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VOL. XXV. NO. 2.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1892,
S1.50 PER ANNUM.
A Belgian paper Is publlsV'ng articles
on the decay of the English Navy.
The German Reichstag has docrcd
that telegrams are inviolable secrets, ex
cept in criminal cases.
Thero has seldom been a time la the
history of American enterprise, assorts
Public Opinion, whon capital was more
reluctant to invest its Idle money than it
is at present.
Carlisle, Fenn., tlio oldest of Indian
training schools, was openod in 1879 and
ha graduated only three small classes.
None of them, admits the New York In
dependent, havo had time to show what
they can do.
Judging from the number of charters
taken out in the different States for the
construction of railroads, it is estimated
that upward ot 7:JJ miles or new tract
will be added to the total mileage of the
country this year.
The Journal of the Collogo of Science,
published at Tokio, contains articles on
paleontology, seismography nnd natural
physios, which would seem to indicate
that, in the course of time, Japan will
have its distinguished savants and sci
entific investigators.
Some of the wisest scholars delight in
the collection of pamphlets, learns the
Chicago Herald. Indeed, there are
pamphlets which attracted little notice
at the time of their publication a cen
tury ago that are now worth a hundred
times the piica then asked for them.
Dr. Edward Everett jjalo is one of these
pamphlet collectors. Ho keeps his in a
series of baskets suspended by rope and
pulloy from the beams in the ceiling of
hit study.
, A hundred thousand children of Den
mark, with penny contributions, pro-
. cured a crown of gold, to be preseuted
to the King and Queen " on their golden
wedding day. The gift is wrought to
represent corn ears and clover leaves,
and interlaced . with a ribbon bearing
, the inscription "The children of Dan
mark have woven this crown for the oc
casion of the goldeu wedding of King
Christian IX. and Q reoa Louise on May
28, 1892."
One new creature In the next European
war will be the Bosna-Hcrzsgoviuian
troops, who are now exciting the admira
tion of Vienna by their superior phy
sique, martial bearing, firm, elastic step
and steadiness, as well as by their prac
tical dress and equipment. Following
the British example with native Indian
troops, the Austrian Government do
cided to uiioglo iudi9criminatoly in
these new levies Christians and Mahome
tans, Greeks and Roman Catholics, in
stead of keeping tho sectaries apart.
The plan is said to work admirably.
According to the New York Truth, the
outcome of tho experiment now being
tried by M. Gilbert Tompkins at his
Southern farm, near San Leandro, Cal.,
will, in all probability, be a complete
revolution in the accepted method of
training horses for speed. Tho system
the idea is not absolutely new, but has
never before been applied on c largo
scale consists in training horses in tho
water, making them swim in tanks of
tepid sail water instead of tho constant
track work tint has lamed so many
promising auimals. Tho swimming re
ducos flesh rapidly and strengthens the
muscles and improves tho wind as much
as ten times tho sa:iiu time spent on the
track, and a very little supplementary
track work puts tho horso in condition
to make a record. Should this system
prove all that it now seems to be, Mr.
Tompkins will have done much to further
the improvement of horse flesh.
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The Now York Sun says: Somo of
the members of tho Foreign Legations at
Washington who are well kuown in the
New York clubs are sulTurcrs by tho un
fortunate names which they have inher
ited. Mr. Grip, the Swedish Minister,
for example, has had to listen to so much
play upon his name since his namesake
became a lashionablo malady, that it is a
wonder be survives it. Mr. Ho, of the
Chiuese Legation, furnishes much mild
amusement in social circles because it can
be said with safety that be is not a rake
a comment which the Celestial mind
absorbs blaudly and blinkingly without
comprehending fully its meaning. The
late Persian Miuister, Hadji Hassein
Ghouli Khan (I aui not quite sure of the
spelling' of all of it myself), found his
name so twisted in the mouths of meuials
as well as of the people he met socially
that he probably looks upou Americans
to this day as very ignorant people.
There is an Italian iu Washington who is
oot at all of the Legation set, who has
gained some local prominence as Secre
tary of the Italian (society, whose unfor
tunate name is Ianuaroue a name which
the vulgar have corrupted iuto Anuie
Itooney, to tu I it," -'a iw.l;!iieu's jjreat
disgust
LOVE STRONO AS DEATH.
Nay, sty not, Sweet, that Love has turned
away
Because on. day
Be gathered alien flowers while it was Hay,
For Love is Love, and cannot go that way.
'-Tho little lores there be that dance and
sin?,
And kiss and cling,
And praise the light an-l laughter of the
Spring,
But 011 dark days, like birds, forbear to
sing. - '
Shall Love that bore tbe blast and did not
fail
Now cower and quail
Strong Love that blanched not then, to-day
turn pale?
Nay, Love is Love, my own, and cannot
fail.
Ob, could Love cease, or change, or pass
away,
Then the soui's day
Would turn to night, unlit by any ray;
But Love, Sweetheart, can never pass away,
l'hilip Bourke Marston, in Independent.
A BUFFALO HUNT.
B IT F F A T. fi is
El more timid than
those calves
browsiug there,,
and more power
ful than a lion.
A trifle will scare
the wits out of
him; but unless
you hit him in a
vital part you can
almost put a
whole cartridge box into htm before you
will bring him down."
The speaker was a raw-boned frontiers
man, who for more than thirty years had
lived in tbe West. He had taken Grej-
ley's advice and grown up with the
country. He had swung through a wide
range, nnd bad lived among tho mount'
ains, but now owne 1 a largo ranch on
the plains. Though engaged extensively
iu the cattle business, there was a time
when be was as well nigh as largely en
gaged in the buffalo business.
"Yes," ho resumed, "you can send
them flying as easily as you can a brood
of chickens, but it will not require the
wind of a thoroughbred horso to catch
up with them. And when a buffalo runs
he is the most ungainly, lumbering crea
ture going.
"just about twenty years ago I was
along here when down from the north'
east rolled a big herd of them, contain
ing fully 30,000 buffaloes. It had been
a dry season. I was among tho hills
yonder when I heard the thuodor of their
heavy gallop. The earth fairly shook
beneath their tremendous movement,
Great clouds of dust rose above them, as
though a cyclone was tearing up the
earth and tilling the air. That smalt
stream we crossed a short distance back
was not near so full of water as it is now
But the buffaloes had scented it, and
nad come irout miles away lor it with a
mad rush.
"It seemed as tbey approached that
their speed quickened. The herd was
led by a numbcrof great, powerful bulls,
Their eyes rollod, whuo their tongues
bung from their open mouths. I bad
watched herds approach and pass me be
fore. But, hidden behind a rock, so as
not to disturb-?. em, I watchod with an
entirely new interest the sweep of this
herd, impelled by the fiery torments of a
consuming thirst. I quickly perceived
its object, and, as the channol of tbe
stream is a trifle deep, I judged that
there would be a sudden increase of
speed for a brief moment when the banks
were reached.
"I had witnessed a comparatively dry
river bed quickly covered by a foaming
toircnt, whose rising tides soon swirled
and boiled up to the very top of tho
shores a result of heavy storms nearer
their source. ' I concluded from the im-
Eetuous rush of this turbulent stream of
uffaloes that tho channels of this river
would soon be covered and quite filled.
But moment later my conclusions were
more than realized. Fir when the lead
ers reached the very brink they plunged
down the steep bauk, and they would
have suffered no particular injury from
the sudden and swiit descent, because a
buffalo, though awkward and weighing
a ton, when he goes down almost 11 pre
cipitous decline will so combine a tum
ble with a slide and roll and leap that,
much like a cat, ho will soon be right
side up at the bottom. It was what came
after them that prevented the leaders
from getting tho best of the bargain in
reaching the water first.
"For this great herd was almost a
solid, compact mass, and it had acquired
such a momentum in its headlong career
that considerations for the fate of the
leaders were not of sufficient force, if
even they had been entertained soon
enough, to perceptibly cheek its move
ments. So down the banks they tumbled
on top of the leaders, rank after rank,
until the channel for a quarter of a mile
was lull and overflowing with thorn.
"Yes, the momentum was so great
and tho stop so sudden that froan my
point of observation it seemed like au
enormous blak wave, whose edge had
suddenly swollen higher than tho suc
ceeding body, and it was rolling over
and over because of the undertow.
Pushed on by the great mass behind, the
buffaloes which reached the bank had to
leap upon tbe backs of those ahead for
their lives, and so that great mass rolled
over and over, throwing many ou the
opposite bauk. You would bave sup
posed that fatul consequences would have
resulted to great numbers.
"The rush was soon stopped. Then
herd widened out, those in the rear hur
rying up and down the stream, and those
tumbled into a heap iuto thu bed of the
stream rapidly extricating themselves,
until, in an almost incredibly short space
ol time, every buffalo was comparatively
free. I do not suppose there were more
than half a doiou that were seriously
injured. It is simply remarkable, the
toughness of the hulfuloe-i which used to
roam iu this great West.
"limiting the buJulj i$ existing
r
port. To an old hunter, though, it is
usually a simple affair. For a long pe
riod during my life the commonness of
the bunt rubbed off about all the novelty
there was in it, and it came to bo re
garded as quite an ordinary event.
"I want to say, too, that the whole
sale way in which these huge animals
were slaughtered by speculators is some
thing which always riles the btaod of a
Westerner when it is referred to. And
I cannot recall those grand old boasts
without being reminded of tho brutality
and unpardnnablo bloody work of many
a white man from the Last.
"I remember a chase which took
place down near the Arknsaas River
along in tho early spring of the year
18G0, I think. Our camp was beginning
to suller for provisions. One afternoon
I mounted my pony, intending to win r
some duck in a distant bend of the river,
where there were sedgy marshes, aud
where tbey found a favorite resort. But
I was unable to discover tho faintest
sign of their presence, and, alter ex
hausting both myself and my pony in a
long search beyond, I concluded to
stop where I was for tho night. The
next moruing my hunt for ducks was
made to appear a small and insignificant
pursuit, unworthy of a strong man; for
there in the distance was a great herd of
buffaloes feeding. It was to tho wind
ward and consequently I ran no risk of
being scented.
Hastily eating what littlo lunch I had
remaining from tbe previous night I
started. Luck favored me. I discov
ered tho serpentine line of a narrow
hollow formed by the waters when great
rains fell, moving to the river. This
line wound around in a long and circuit
ous fashion until it came nonr the herd.
I was soon into this hollow, and my
pony picked his way down it on a fast
walk. As I came near I could heir dis
tinctly the ripping sound which innum
erable mouths made as they tore tbe
green grass from the sod.
"I had not reached quite the point
where I determined to mount the bank
and make a charge upon the herd when
I came uuexpectedly into au opening
where the bauks lowered away, exposing
me to the full view of the cows that
happened to bo browsing iu that direc
tion. They instantly tossed their heads
and started. The attention of others
was drawn and then some bulls gave a
sharp snort, which was a signal for a
general stampede. Away the whole
herd plunged. It waj then or never,
So spurring my pony up tbe grade I
tore after tbom. They were in good
condition for leadrng me a long race,
and swept away like the wind. But my
pony possessed unusual qualities of speed
and 1 gamed on thorn gradually.
came close to the straglers, but, as I was
after some tempting steak, I had no dis
position to shoot down anything that I
could reach. So pressing on I saw some
fine cows ahead, and reaching them I
put a couple of balls in the first and
three in tbe others, which brought them
down. Then a couple of rods or so
further iu advance I saw a magnificent
bull. He was the biggest fellow I had
yet seen, with tremendovs shoulders and
a mane which was immense. I urged on
my ptny as the enormous fellow, then
on the edge of tho herd, a stalwart pro
tector, lumbered swiftly along, As I
drow nearer his great proportions excited
keenest admiration, aud I at once re
solved that if I got nothing else I must
certainly securo him. His magnificent
head and his huge hide would be tro
phies that any hunter . might well be
proud of.
"It was a nipnnd-tuck race. Tho big
fellow seemed to catch on to ray purpose,
for he stretched himself out and tore up
tbe earth as his gait increased, making a
spurt of speed which lengthened the dis
tance between us. .
"But my pony caught the full excite
ment of the race and bent himself with
new energy to his work, and it was
but a few minutes when we came
up to the big fellow's side. I
took careful aim, and blazed away.
Instinctively my horse swerved away
just in time to escape the outward.
luage of the beast, who tossed his he id
and camo charging after.
But he mado only several leaps, when
he resumed his pace and went tearing
aheid with still greater speed. Evi
dently my bullet had only grazed him,
stimulating him rather than damaging
him. My hone was at his best and
rapidly came up, so that wo soon were
tearing along neck and neck again.
"We were a little further oil this time
from the animal, when, ou a line with
him, I shot again. He turned quick as
a flash toward me. My pony, attempting
to leap aside, struck a number of prairie
dog holes and lost his footing. Before
he could extricato himself tho enraged
bull was upon us. His head was down
and be caught the horse beneath. His
rush was so great tint his heal was pre
vented from being thrown up as highly
as it might have been. As it was, my
pony was lifted from his feat, gored, nnd
thrown to one side in a Leap. I was
jerked from my seat, and wont sprawl
ing over the beast. Iu tue intense ex
citement of a chase like that, one does
not stop to calculate the risks he runs.
"In my condition any ono of a dozen
incidents would seem to be tbe occasion
of instant death. Bahind 1110 ctnio a
score of these largo fellows right on a line
of my fall. It seemed tint I wo ild be
trampled to piece.?. But I Ian led on all
fours and was at once ou uiy feet s'lout
ing and brandishing uiy ar ns. Tue iuas
parted, and I ran to a distance. But the
wounded bull, catching sight of me,
cume chargiug upon mu with a furious
bello w. My bid luck w as bouud to con
tinue, for I stumbled aud fell.
"Down, iu tremendous plunges at
me came the monster. I csuld not rise
quick enough, and falling at the side of
an old buffalo tr.iil 1 narrow path worn
into the ground by tho mirc'iiag of
countless buffaloes moviug in single tile
1 rolle I urn this. The b3a-k,tnrt up the
ground Willi his ho 3 i.i try .u 1 1 slop
and ltmke I fei-u.-iuii ly ut 11:. -. His Ml
aye -yi s Inline I like t ills if tiri-, an I
ln-lli, si ni in-1 n itii h! "i I, ili'ip 1:; I If i 11
nib ino'itii. hc-i 1 1 ! ): 1-4 Idle lia i ;
uot.ctJ Ike LJI-.41 cia: i Lia iict'l ; till j
lying thero, with that tossing and dash,
ing head above me, it see nedto be three
times as largo and ugly and tcrriblo in
the extreme. I expected every instant
to feet the awful thrust of his horns. His
head bumped against me. His enormous
mano brushed mo. His nose struck me.
The froth from his mouth spattered me.
His tremendous breathing puffed like a
steam engine again aud again into my
face. But his horns wero too short to
catch on readily. I knew that my only
safety was to lie low and say nothing.
Just as I was about to congratulate my
self that the fellow could not get at rae
has horn toro a rent in my trousers. The
ripping noise maddened him if possible
still more. Uo made a deeper scoop for
me and caught my buckskin coat in the
shoulder, jerked me up from the ground,
and threw me to the right. I fell side
ways, but mostly on my foet, and started
on a run In a direction opposite to where
his head pointed.
"He swung around nnd was after me
in a trice. Of course I could not hope
to outrun him. Ho gained on me. 1
stoppod, facing him, and had by this
time drr.wn my revolver. On he came
like a hurricane. His grizzly and awful
front, his fiery eyes, his mighty,, head
long, plunging gait, which seemed tbe
very embodiment of an overwhelming
force all this has been indelibly photo
graphed on my brain, though the process
was about as instantaneous as could be.
When he was within about four or five
feet of me I leaped to one side, and hit
impetuous rush swung him straight along.
But as he tore by me, the very ground
shaking with his jumps, for he weighed
over a ton, I sent a bullet into his side.
It penetrated his lungs. The others had
been effective. I could see him reel.
"He stopped, turned, was about to
make another charge, staggered, sank on
bis knees, his fierce eyes rolling in mad
fury at me. I injved around to his side
and put another ball into him, when he
went clean down and stretched himself
in the last struggle.
"Come down and visit me, and as you
step across my threshold there in the
vestibule confronting you will be his
enormous head, as lifelike as the art of
taxidermy can present. Look at that
grand head and you will be compelled
to give credence to a part of my story,
at least, and your regrets will join mine
that no more of the noblest American
game is to be found on these great
plains." Chicago Tribune.
What to Do In Case of Accident.
Professor Wilder, of Cornell Uni
versity, gives the following short rules
for action iu case of accident, which will
be found useful to preserve or remem
ber: For dust in the eyes, avoid rubbing ;
dash water into them; remove cinders,
etc., with the round poiut of a lead peu
cil. Remove matter from the ear with
tepid water; nevorput a hard instrument
into the ear.
If an artery is cut compress above the
wound; if a vein is cut compress below.
If choked got upon all fours and
cough.
For slight burns dip the part in cold
water; if the skin is destroyed cover
with varnish.
Smother fire with carpets, etc. ; water
will otten spread burning oil and in
crease danger. Before passing through
smoke take a full breath, and then
stoop low ; but if carbouic acid gas is sus
pected walk erect.
Suck poisoned wounds, unless your
mouth is sore; enlarge the wound, or,
better, cut out the part without delay;
hold the woundod part as long as can be
borne to a hot coal or end of a cigar.
In case of poisoning excite vomiting
by tickling the throat or by warm water
and mustard.
If in water, float cn the back, with tho
nose nnd mouth projecting.
i or apoplexy raise tbe head and body:
for fainting lay the person flat. New
York Herald.
Have Variety iu Yoar , Food.
There is a source of ill health in many
rural homes which certainly should not
exist. The causo here referred to is lack
of variety of food. It may sound strange
to some to hear such a cause of ill health
is existing on our Ameiican farms, but
such is actually the case. It is true that
really good vegetable and fruit gardens
are lacking at a great part of our rural
homes. There may be a few vegetables
growing in the garden at the height of
the season, but such a thiug as an effort
to have fresh vegetables in abuudance
uino months in the year is ulmojt un
known on a Northern farm, and the
same is true in reference to fruits. While
it is possible to hive fruit on the table
every day iu the year grown on a farm
in the North, there is not one farm in
ten thousand so supplied. Vegetables
and fruits take the piace of modiciuos iu
maintaining health and vigor of tho
body. Iuueed, it is doubtful if peoplo
suppliod with an abundance of fresh
vegetables and ripe fruit bave much need
of medicine or medical aid. More and
more attention to this matter is n.-eded.
New York Independant.
A Itello of the War.
The following, says Harper's Weekly,
a c.i.iy of a bill, written iu lea 1-
pencil on coarse yellowish "w.ir piper,"
for Bee :i l-liand erocKery-waro sold at
auctioi i;i Raleigh, North CLtroliu-i,
January 7, 181 1. Tuu war was still
uearly 11 year and u half from its doe,S)
some i lea may be gained of wiiat priori
ose t ) in thj la-t days of tuu Con
federal :
i wait -iv, eac'a 4 00 8 00
1 silt,-.- ft o
i stoi? iTocat, each ti U5 -4 ,Vl
li cu,!-. mi 1 saue-ri T- 00
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I t p 1 eion tH 2S . 75 00
1 pa1' mil;;
vj kUs-iri thhhtx, uaeo (Vi no 3-10-1
'J Ht'-a'dtisiiM, eaeti tKit 00 4i (M
Tt? ij -.o .vl, ttii'l cniHt s"i ui
'J pt(-4l ili-h--K. tc.i t4 50 01
il Mill staii u., null frj OJ IS oil
1 soup lurt-tiu Hs uo
1 Ki'iiV? (dsn 10 00
1 yi-uvy ih-h (c.-ackeill :i Ml
."1 (illlll-T liiale.-, imc 1 i :il 3,
v?0-n ii-k- .iiiit', e-icli ib -5, :pi in
411-41 .iili'J W
SCIENTIFIC ANI INDUSTRIAL.
Woodon pavement foundod On steel
are a novelty.
The normal tompcraturo of a man is
98, degrees Fahr. that of a fish, seventy-seven
degrees.
Fifty-one metals are now known to
exist. Four hundred years ego only
seven were known.
The latest discovery In industrial
science is that glass can bo cast into
largo blocks for building purposes.
A now mineral species called "bolerito"
has been discovered in Lower Cnlifornio.
It is a copper and silver ore, which is
found in cubic crystals of an indigo-blue
color.
Ten dams with a horse power of 100,.
000 units will be erected in the St. Louis
River, near Fond du Lac, Wis. This
power will be utilized for tho benefit of
DuUitb, Minn.
A puddle-ball weighing 606 pounds is
being made at tho National rolling-mill,
nttsburg, Pcnn., and will form a por
tion of the Worlds Fair exhibit at Chi
cago. The ball will break the record
for size.
A brilliant aerolite, burning with a
green color, was observed rocently at
Madrid, Spain. It remained for five
minutes near the constellation of the
Great Bear, and afterward took a north
westerly course and vanished.
" Becont experiments on the "action of
metals on India rubber show that ooppor
is tho most deleterious. Platinum, pal
ladium, aluminum and lead act only
slightly, while magnesium, zinc, cad
mium, cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium,
tin, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, silver,
and gold have do action whatever on
this material.
A correspondent of the Geneva (Switz
erland) Tribune relates that his family
were disturbed one eveuing by a mys
terious ringing of the electric bells all
over the house. Investigating tho cause,
the writer found that a large spider had
established itself at a point where the
bell and the electric light wires ran close
to one another, with ono leg on cit'uet
wire, thus establishing a connection.
Most yellow or orange colored flowers
ere phosphorescent, if watched in the
twilight during July and August, wheu
the atmosphere is highly electric and
not a particle of moisture is iu the air.
The common potato, when decompos
ing, gives light enough to rend by a
light so vivid that once a cellar at Stros
burg was thought to be on fire whec
shining with the phospborescenco of de
composing potatoes.
A specimen of prehistoric hatchets ol
peculiar form was exibited by M. Vil
lavona, of Piera, nt the meeting of the
French Association. About two hun
dred of them had been found at Elcho.
They were simple emblems or images of
a hatchet, made of a thin blade of met il,
ornamented on both sides from one end
to tbe other, and without edges. At the
top is a kind of cup suggesting a socket
that does not exist, und representing,
probably, the jet of the casting.
The reason for the red sunset indicat
ing a fine day to come is because tho
nraaunt of vapor floating iu the air re
flects the beams of the sun and more
freely transmits the red rays of light
than the colored rays. It is the degree
of moisture in the atmosphere which af
fects tho refraction of tho light, and
when red rays of evening are freely
transmitted the amount of moisture doe1
not approach tho raiu point, and, there
fore, promises the following day to be
fine.
A Unique Portrait.
Many remarkable stories are told con
cerning the wonders of penmanship,
such as the work of Jolin,J. Taylor, of
Strentor, 111., who once wrote (iOOO
words on the blsuk sido of a;postal card ;
and the Austrian who wrote 400 letters
on a grain of wheat; but in the estima
tion of the writer, Gustuve Dahlberg, a
Swedish university student, has ecbpe 1
thorn all. . - .
This wizard of the peu has made a
portrait of Kiug Oscar, the whole Iu
microscopic letters, forming short and
long extracts from the Bible,
Tho right eyo of this wonderful
portrait I mado up of even verses from
the Psalms of David ; the left of versos
from tho Proverbs of Solomon, the Book
of Chronicles, and the Song of Solomon,
containing iu nil 317 words and 170!)
letters. Thu King's uniform is com
posed of the whole of the first fifty
Psalms.
The exact number of words and letters
in the whole portrait is not stated, but
judging from the fact that it took 1700
letters to ma e oue eye, the whole num
ber of letters in this triumph of the pen
man's art cannot fall much short of
50,000. In making the uame of tbe
Kiug alone, Dalhberg usod all of the
Hoy nl Greek prayer and the cxxvi. and
exxvii. Psalms, says the Philadelphia
Press.
The portrait, which is said to look
life-like and uatural, is on tinted paper
of tho kind known as "Hayne's Stand
ard," aud is so small that a United States
half-dollar laid upon it comparatively
hides it from view. Taken all in all, it
is accounted tbe most wonderful piece
of peuuianFbip ever executed.
Au Orator's Bashful Uexuinln.
During the Indian war of '36, while
volunteer companies were being formed
in different counties of the State, a com
pany was organized in Huucock Couuty,
Captuin U. W. Brown commanding. On
their departure for tbe seat of war the
citizens of Sparta decided to give them
an ovation. Orators were scarce, and
after searching the town over for a
speaker it was augmented tint there was
a young lawyer there who had uevei
made a scecli, but who might be per
suaded to try hia luck ou that occHsiou.
The young lawyer was quickly seen, and
consented to say a few words by way of
encouragement to the Ifaucock Blues ou
their departure on so patriotic a missiou.
The speech was the talk of the town for
several days. Tuo speaker was Alexan
der II. Stephens. Atlanta Constitution.
SOME POINTS ON CLAMS.
I ACT 3 ABOUT THEM WHICH ABB
NOT POPULARLY KNOWN,
Pat One in Tan ot Sea Water anil
Observe What a Wondcrlul Crea
ture It la Porcine Clam llnntcra.
IN a talk on clams an ichthyologist
snid to a Washington Star man:
"The clam in point of merit seems
4 always to have been over-shadowed
by the oyster. Yet the more humble
mollusk, which finds a domicile in sand
or mud, is a very useful ns well as ad
mirable creature. You know the 'squirt'
clam, which is so justly popular in Now
England, where it is sometimes called
the 'sand gaper' or 'old maid.' It Is an
animal unattrative enough in appearance
when newly dug up. But put it into a
pan of shallow sen water and you wiil
presently observe some things about it
that will surpriso you.
"As soon as tho clam, thus restored to
its natural element, has regained confi
denco it stretches out its tube or 'neck'
to a length ot several inches, porhaps
nearly a foot. Then it is scon that this
important organ has two opeuings at the
end, fringed with, appetdagos like littlo
feelers. Two tubes pass through the
neck to the body of the clam, and, if you
watch, you will see a current of water
flowing iuto one tube and out the other.
This current is produced by tbe motion
cf small hairlike 'cilia' lining the interior
of tho animal. The clam has viscera, a
heart, a stomach into which the mouth
opens almost directly but I did not in
tend to give you an anitomical lecture.
"These 'squirt' or 'long' clams are
found plentifully as far north as tho Arc
tic Ocean, where the seals, walrus, polar
bears and foxes feed upon them greedily.
Their habitat extends as far south as
Cape llotteras, below which they are
scarce. They thrive also along the north
ern coasts of Europe and on tho shores
of Japan, Alaska and northeastern
Asia. The young clam, as soon as he is
old enough to establish a dwelling tor
himself, protrudes his foot, which is at
the opposito end from tho neck, and
proceeds to dig with it. This foot is
really a very remarkable instrument,
inasmuch as the animal can alter its
shape at will so that it becomes a spade,
a book, a sharp wedge or n pointed grav
ing tool. With it the clam digs down
for six or eight inches into the sand,
leaving extended behiud him his siphon
like neck.
"It is by no means of this siphon that
the clam maintains communication with
the surface. Having neither the means
nor tho inclination for roaming, it de
pends for food upou microscopic articles
which are sucked in with the current of
water through tho tube, tho water bring
ing oxygon also to tbe gills. Iu burden
unloaded, the water flows out through
the discharging tubes, carrying with it
all excrementitiou8 matter. This cur
rent is continuous, so that it is never
long between drinks with this bivalve,
which fact may perhaps account for the
origin of the phrase, 'happy as a clam.'
'Hogs on Long Island and elsewhere
know how to dig for clams very well.
They go out upon tho flats at low water
nnd root wherever the pressure of their
weight causes a squirt to appear. This
is a very cheap and profitable method of
kcepiug swine. In winter tho cla-ns bury
themselves doeply, but icicles arc ofteu
louud In their shell. These inollusks,
which, as human food and tor bait, con
stitute au important element of the ma
rine wealth of tho United States, have
been recently transplanted to tho Pacillo
coast, bepig enrried across the continent
with the oyster seed which is annually
transported in large quantities from the
Eastern States. They havj thrivon great
ly, succeeding where tho oysters havo
failed, and have stocked San Francisoo
Bay with a now food supply.
"The Pilgrim Fathers aud other early
colonists in this couutry fouud tho In
dians 'treading' and diving for 'round'
clams, otherwise known iu the aborigi
nal tongue as 'quhaugs.' They adopted
the former method, and to this day
their descendants In New England rail
be seen all along the coast wadiug iu
the water and feeling with their toes
for tho uiollusks, which lie buried
usually in mud that is thickly ovorgrowu
with seaweed. Tho auiiiinl always lies
with the edge of its Miell out of the mud
in order to breathe aud the fecliug of it
to tho foot is unmistakeabli'. Diving
aud 'treadiug' for quahaugs ainoug the
Indians used to be performed by tho
squaws and older children, tuch labor
being beneath the dignity of the luou.
At present oyster tongs, rakes and
dredges are employed for tho purpose.
The aboriglues manufactured money out
of tbe shells, as well as arrow points,
scrapers, spoons, paint holders nud other
utensils.
"The Indians in tho old days wero
great eaters of clams, as is proved by the
enormous deposits of the shells which
remain along tho shores ot bays aud estu
aries. They dried clams as well at
oysters iu tho sun ou pieces of bark,
thus preserving them for purposes of
trade. Tho coast tribes conquered by
the powerful Six Nations paid a large
tribute of (.'lams, which were regarded
aa a great luxury iu the interior not
only thu interior of the ludiuu, I mean,
but of the couutry. Iu the summer and
fall the savages cume to thu seashore for
the purpo&e of celebrating their great
festival of the green coru, ou which oc
casion clams, succulent ears of corn and
seaweeds were roasted together. It is
from this custom that the modern clam
buke was derived.
Arabian Iloroo.
The true .Arabian horsos cannot bs
purchased, as the exportation of them
from the Turkish dominions is prohib
itcd. All of them that have been brought
here have been given to prominent per
sons by the Turkish or Kgyptiau Govern
ments, aud us only horses are given aud
uo mares they are not bred pure in any
part of this continent. Consequently the
flaliions are us'jd only for crossing.
New i'oilt TiuiM.
THE OENBROU3 LA.TJOH.
Oh,
th gonerooa
laugh, unreserved and
whole, ' .
Is the music of the heart; .
TIs the anthem granrt ot a gotfd big sou)
And of heavenly choirs a part,
I'll grasp tha hand of the man or maid
Who with laughter flll my ear;
'TIs the only sound that can never tads
In the Valley of vanished years.
Oh, the thrilling; shout '
As the laugh rings out r-
From a stout heart, firm an-l true; ' :
'Tie tha robust sound S
The wid world round, ' ,'
As it thrills you, through and lhrnu-7i '
P. S. (Jaibuly
HUMOR OF THE DAY. -
Food for reflection The good dinner
that you missed. Sifting!.
Remains to be seen Tho girl before
the mirror. St. Paul Globe.
The leap-yoar girl might try him deli
cately with a little pop-corn. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The spring poet has few writes that
publishers are bound to respect.
Rochester Post-Express.
Thero was a fire iu a lawyer's oflico
here the other day that was caused by a
soot in the chimney. Lowell Courier.
At the Fifth Hour: Zenobia "I liko
autumn." Augusta "How so?" Zeno
bia "Autumn leaves." New York Her
ald. It is a dangerous timo for a man's
greatness when his wife's imagination
begins to wear thiu. Iudiauiipoiis Jour
nal. '
A New Jersey minister married fiftc?n
couples within sixty minutes the other day.
Fifteen knots an hour isn't bad. Lowell
Courier.
In Eugland they stand for office, in
this couutry they ruu, aud iu both coun
tries they lie more or less. Oil City
Blizzard.
A magazino article asks: "Do titles
payl" Well, generally, no, until they
are sued, and then sometimes tuey get
out of it. Rochester Post.
A barking dog or a crying baby may
not be appreciated by one's neighbor,
but cither certainly gives tono to one's
establishment. Boston Transcript.
Yes, my son, colleges have their
faculties, but it is not tho faculties of
the students that receive tho highest
compensation. Boston Trauscript.
Wool "Who was it advocated
'throwing physio to tho dogs?' " Van
Pelt "Don't.romeruber the name; some
fellow whoso wife had ono, likely."
Brooklyn Life.
"Ah," mused Mr. Hungry Higgiut, as
the "charitable oflieer,'' steere I him
toward the city wood-yard, "I havo once
more struck tho popular cord." Indian
apolis Journal.
A housemaid says her mistress is In-;
consistent. Sho charges her not to
break a dish, and if sho does break one,
she charges her for it just tho sime.
Boston Trauscript.
"I think this thing of overwork being
fatal is all rot," remarked thu paste-pot.
"Why, of coui-30 it is," replied tho
Lent-umbrella joke. "Just look at us!"
Indianapolis Journal.
Colonel Slye, of St. Louis, has bee
sent to prisou for twenty years for rob
biug an express car. Tho Colouel mado
a mistake by not taking the whole rail
road. Washington Post.,
Bertha "Grandma, is oor toef good V
Grauduia "No, darling; I've got rono
now, uufortunntoly." Bertha- "Then
I'll give 00 my nuts to mind till I como
back." Pacific Methodist.
Conductor "Madam, I am obliged to
ask fare for that boy; ho looks older'
than four years." Mother "Uo isn't,
at all; ho. has his father's heal but his
mother's wuys." Cloak Journal.
Mrs. Dix "These clubs must be very
unhealthy places." Mrs. llicks "lvi
mikes you think so ?" Mrs. Dix "My
husband says they wouldn't lot a imiu iu
unless he had the grip." No York
Herald.
Thoio are too many penplo who will
not cast their bread upon the waU-rs un
less they are assured beforehand that it
will come back uguiu in a few days a full
grown sandwich, all trimmed with ham, '
butter and mustard, rolled up in a war
ranty deed for one-half of the earth and
a mortgage on the other. Orriu (W.uh
iugton) Enterprise.
The girls are busy just now miking
neckties for their best youug ineu. They
first carefully study his complexion, an-l
then buy tbe silk which will be beco uiu
to his peculiar style of beauty. Tue silk
is crouched iuto a "four-iu-hand tie."
It takes timo aud patience, but the muid
aud mau are happy. The youth who has
not been presented w'-th one of tho new
ties is wearing a pained, hurt look.
Now York World.
Karlj Hours In Austrian To tiis.
There is a peculiarity which Vienna
shares in common witii all Austrian.,
towns. At 10 o'clock tho streets are de
serted. Scarcely will you meet oue soli
tary soul. A law authorizes the portiere
or concierge to levy a tax of teu kreutz
ers, called the Spergold, 011 auy person
leaving or entering the house after that
hour. Thus this Spergold obliges you,
when you are iuvited to a party, to pay
ten kreutzers on leaviug your own apart
ment, ton more for yourself and your,
servnut on entering your host's house,
the suiiiu wheu you leave it, aud thu
name 011 re-eutcriug your own. Thus
thu theatre aud opera begin early, ami
the perfoiuiauue is timed to end at a
quarter before teu. If it lasts longer
nearly the whole audience rises uud
hastens away to be home iu time to nvo
the Spergold. Cafes are emptied at tuat
hour, the trains are crowded as tha last
moment of jraee arrive, aud even tho
rubbers of whist at the t lulx are iuter
rupted. it yrows into such 11 torce of
habit, and is sueh au aeecpted f.iel, that
unless under exceptional i-iirimistae.ocs,
you do not think of lucuuiug the deb.
New York Dispatch.