TBI FOREST REPUBLICAN Is pabllihet everx Wtdaetday, ky J. E. WENK. Offlo In Bmearbangb. A Co.' Bull ding lm mum, tionmta, r, Terms, . . . l.eo prTr. ft mbaertptloas neeivea rot t skertar hhuI RATES Of AOVCRTISIMO orest Republican. tfoa..9 ifi Jtbr. . 8 00 t u ..... ' AnA Innh nnl month . vun 1 "I .T w,.v -i - i , li .. mi. innh lhiA mnflth.. . VfIIO IUUM.v, . . i. , uv Art On. Bquare, on. inch , on. year J m . . - -- - in INI 1 wo olurmi, u J m urter Column, oneyear... ......... JjS til Column, on. year.. ,9 J?J On. Column, on. jr iww Legal advertisement ten cento per I1b each Insertion. Marriages end death notices gratia All bills for yearly advertisements colleonsei quarterly. I'imporary advertisements unaf be paid in advance. ' Job work cash en delivery. VOL. XXV. NO. 4. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1892. Sl.50 PER ANNUM. Tho development of electric rnilronds in this country has been extraordinarily rapid. Professor Gcffcken, of Hamburg, docs not considor 7,000,000 too high an esti mute to represent the number of Ameri can citizens of Oennnn birth or parent age. - It is said tlint Canada is tho only country in tho world in which the mili tary force is armed with tho old Snider rifles. Military men of tho Dominion are urging the adoption of a more modern arm. TMainficId, N. J., boasts of a vast un. derground river which supplies moro water than tho inhabitants can use. In an attempt recently made to test tho capacity of tho stream, more than 4,000, 000 gallons daily rau to wusto, but the river was apparently as full ns ever. One of the curious aspects of our com p!cx nationalities resulting from the number of foreign emigrants, notes tho New York Sim, isthi liability of Italiaus to become counterfeiters. Tho English speaking racci, tho Gnrraaus und tho French, seem inclined to regard counter feiting as not worth tho troublo at tho risk at which such a pursuit is engaged in. But tho lower clnss of Italians, for some mysterious reason, rcgnrd counter . feiting as nn easy way of earning a liv ing. l ... i Large as lias been tho increase of popu lation iu tho United States during tho past decade, it shrinks into insignill- canco beside the growth of the population of India. The present population of In dia is 2Si, 000,000, and the incrensa dur ing the post deendo has been about 30, 000,000, nearly half tho entiro popul tion of tho Uuited States. Gratifying as this merest) is to the British Govern ment, it is also viewed with alarm by many of her statesmen, for some believe that India is already so thickly populate.) that it can sustain no more inhabitants. It Is time, opines tho New York Sun, for tho Cougress of thoso States to givo nttoutioa to some of the things that 'are doing abroad lor tho safety of ships ap proaching a coast lino. Besides tho ver tical light which is to flash skyward in foggy weather, there is no doubt" about the efficiency and valuo of the socket- rocket, which is by far tho best fog sig nal knowp It is discharged by a car- triage ana rises zjuu ieet, curryirg a bursting chargo of half n pouud of gun cotton. Not only is the sound more au dible overhead, but tho light is also fre- qucntly visible when nothing cun be seen horizontally; tor it commonly happens that the log is quite thin above while very thick below. The siren is a very clever invention and a vory useful thing in its way; but for ships befogged tho rocket is confidently pronounced to be worth a dozen sirens. Why should not both be used? An 1 why should the United States lag behind any peoplo in appliances for the security of naviga tion? A bill which rccontly passed the United States Senate has been vigorously assailed by newspnpors all over tho coun try as ai attompt to infringe upon tho Ait iga 5od in business. The rights of citizens en Now York World says of this measure "It is known as the Paddock Pure Food bill. It authorizes agents of the Agri cultural Department to call for and an alyze or have analyzed samples of nil foods or drugs or driuks or patent med iciues, or anything else that a man can in any other Stuto other than that in which they are produced, and it makes it a misdemeanor to send or take from ono Stato to another any food or drug which is adulterated or improperly branded. The measure is bad n'.l over and cleur through. It directs Federal bureau interference with a matter which properly belongs to the several States. It opens up an opportunity for endless ex tiavaganco in the multiplying of needless and costly analyses. It institutes a bureau of inquisition which, in dishonest hands, will become a bureau of black mail pure and simple. It gives to this bureau practically the power to prohibit toe salo of any Hrticle which is not aa absolute simple, to csll auy combination of substances nu adulteration, and to help ono man's bus:ness by destroying the bus iness of his competitor with nn arbitrary ruling. If tho bill becomes a law the bureau may at will select a baking pow der, for example, and accopt its compo sition as the standard, forbidding tho sale of all baking powders mado iu auy different fashion by ruiiug that to cull them baking piMvm is to brand thorn improperly. It may favor ono kotchup in the same way, and so ou through tho whole list of foods and drugs and drinks. There is no public desire for such a measure. There is no occasion for it, aud no sense of justice iu it. It is uu arbitrary, tyrannical, paternal im pertinence at best ; at worst it is some thing very mugb, wore objectionable than that." THE HAPPY UND' The happy land 1 Studded with cheerful homestonds, fair to see, With garden grace and household symmetry : How grand the wlde-brow'd peasant's lordly mien, The matron's smile serene! O hsppy, happy land I The happy htndt Half bid in dewy grass, the mower blithe Sings to the day-star as he whets his scythe; And to his babes, at eventide again, Carols as blithe a strain. O happy, happy land I The happy land I Where, in the golden sheen of autumn eyes, The bright-haired children play among the sheaves Or gather rlp3st apples all tin day, As ruddy-cheeked as they, O happy, bappy land. O happy land I The thin smoko curleth through the frosty air, The light smiles from ths windows; hearken there To'the white grandsire's tale of heroes old To flame-oye 1 listeners told, O happy, happy land I O happy, hippy laud! The tender-foliaged aid or j scarcely shade Yon loitering lover and glad blushing maid. O happy land! the Spring that quickens thee Is Human Liberty O happy, happy land! W. J. Linton. THE MYSTERIOUS FACE ON BOLTLE PINNACLE. T may bo you have seen the pottery bot tles made by the Zuni and Pnriilo Indians of New Mexico. They nro never tine, Mfe always crank s'ded. The Pinnae -was x'j about as symmcrical 'i- ns are Indian pottery g bottles. IthasavcU fitting stopper. You felt like climbing un with a screw and drawing the cork for a look inside. But thonga tho wine of tho gods had been in them, you couldn't have climbed that bottle. There wusa't anywhere a chnuca to catch on with lia gers or toenails. And if there woro any thing harder that tho quartz iu tb.it pil lar, dynamite-makers may be acquainted with it; I'm not. 1 Our settlement was proud of its bottle. bragging about it nt barbecues, and camp-mcctings, and turkey-pulling, and corn-huskings. Wo wero forever daring climbers to try their nails, and spurs, and chisels, and augers on it. livery stranger that came our wny was certain to be challenged to try his skill.. There wasn't a soul in the settlement but claimed a share in Dottlo Pinnacle, aud I reckon there wasn't a shareholder Ci.it didn't take a look at it cverv dav, No wonder, then, that on one certain morning the villagers were running about before breakfast, calling on one another to look at an unusual obect perched up there, on the stopper of Bottlo Pinnacle. Sine enough, thero was something up there. ' It was parti-colored red and vel- low, as far as could be mado out. Its size! well, you know it is with tho moon. lou can n.uko it seem to you the size of a dinner-plate or as larire as the hind wheel of n lumber wajjou. The sizo of that object on the stopper was anywhere from that of a butterfly to a calf, accord ing ns you allowed for the distance or uidu't allow, k Most ot the people of the settlement had cold breakfasts that morninar, or burnt biscuits, because of the disputes they got into about the "thin-'" nerchod on tho co,k. diaputcs too, that didn't stop for weeks. "It's shiny likogold." "It j8 KollI. ..jf, , t it ' out or the quartz." "It's no more like a gold nuggut than a cat is like cattle." 'its like a face that's up there there's a nose as plain as there's a nose ou your face!" "It's a human lace!" "How in reason could a face get up on that stop per when hands aud less couldn't do it to save their souls!" "Nobody means its a mortal face; it's a gliost-fuce." "If we could only get up there! I ho people twisted ana screwed their brains over plaus and schemes for scal ing tho Bottle Pinnacle. There wero not any bridge builders in tho settle ment,' Dor any tower of Babel architects. 1 here were no acrobats or cymnnsts ti jump over tho iuoou, or swing to the stars. The discussions, the exclamations went on: "We might blow np the pin nacle and find a gold mine!" "And gpou tho great natural curiosity of the settlement?" "If we had a canuon, we might shoot out the cork!" "i here is a magnifying gloss nt tbs village down the valley; we'll borrow that 1" said somo one at last. The magnifying glass wan brought. and most of the men aud boys from the villuge of the valley came along ith it. Tho pcopjo pestered so ubout their turns to look through tho magnifier at the ob ject on tho bottle that a. guard had to stand around the gluss and. let iu one person at a time to the gazim, be"iiiuiu; with the A's. This mado the waiting Y's aud Z's fighting mad. The remarks went on: "It's not a nugget!" "It's not gold!" "If it's L-old. it's a gold face, for u faco it is!" "It's a fucol" "It's a face!" everybody suid. "It's like tho face of George W. Gillott!" "It's tho ghost of George W. !" "But he died the day after that faco took up its residence on the stopper!" "The faco looks a heap more like Grandma Tuttlo'sl" "It's u sin to speculate ubout ghost fuca !" lhere was one person who at least un dertook to do something beside speculate. This was Gcvann, a spry youth, with hair ns yellow, or red. as the obiect shining ou the pinuacle. There was a strong, tall tree stuudiug near the bottle. Uovaun climbed this treo nearly to its tij'top. Then tie walked out on a ti-le branch toward tho pinnacle," and looked the face in tho face. Hut he couldn make it out any moro than he had done on the ground with the magnifier. Tho crowd below passed up a swing. Oovann fastened this to limbs and swung out in a free way toward the bottle, the faco steadily looking on. It might have laughed in its sleeve, if it owned slcjvo, at tho way Oovann returned crashing hack through tho boughs, hang ing on them shreds of his clothes shrodr, to?, of his sandy hair for the use of future nests-builder;. Oovann reported that he did not ob tain any additional knowledge of tho subject by that tour of observation Tho face on the stopper was a face; that was certain. The magnifying glass was sent up to tho investigator, btanding on one foot in a swaying branch, Oovann took ob' servations with tho magnifier. He re ported that it was really a face; more' over, that it moved and "made faces'' at him. "Surely it was some wicked spirit tho ghost of some one beheaded for Then they fell to rediculing Oovann for tho failuro of his tree excursion. He had not advanced the general informa tion except by stating that the faco had moved. "I doubt tho face's mov ing." "The motion was all in Govann's cyt." "Taking dagucreotypes " was just then getting around to our parts, and all tho peoplo said that they d subscribe to get a picture-taking man and his machine to come over and take the likeness of that red-and-yellow mystery, sitting uncon cerned up there. Oovann said that if tney would give him the money which it would cost to get the thing's picture taken, he'd under take to solve the mystery. How would ho do it? They must raise the purse and he must see the money ; he didn't propose to wait till planters could raise another crop and sell it before l.eel ing of his money. Then, too, he must have the help of all tho men and tools that he might need. Govann's first call was for good axes, sharp saws and the best of choppers. All the other men of the settlement stood looking on while tho axmen chopped and the sawyers sa vied at tho tallest tree in ail that country the companion through years of storm and sunshine of the Bottle Pinnacle. There were guesses and reck onings about tho probablo happenings when the gieat tree should fall. "The bottle might bo broken to pieces I" "The lace might fall at their feet!" Not only the settlement , but a crowd from near and far came to the tree fall iug. And it did make a sight and i sound worth while. The top was broad enough to mako a skv-dr..Mir. When the folks saw the great plumy mass of green sweeping down like a forest, inak ing a moving shadow like a swift storm clcud, they held their breath, feeling tunc nothing could save iiottle 1'innacle that it must bo crushed into a thou- saud fragments. ' But not a crumb was brokeu from it, though it was thrashed with great groen whipi past numbering. " stood silent, unharmed, Tho treo itself received a thousand wounds, but was safely lodged against the ruck, as Govaan had planned. . At once the choppers and sawyers began to lop oil tho branches along the massivo trunk. Then, up the Indian ladder formed by the notches, UoVann climbed till ho reached the rock where tho bottle's neck beguu. Thero he crept out on tho shoulder, seeking a hold, a break in the rock, by which he might get hlghor, or for yielding spots where he might screw in his augers. But the pinnacle stood unyielding, uucouquered. Ho called for the longest and lightest ladder that the settlement could produce. II took the hard tugging of a score of men to get it up to him. It was planted on the bottle's shoulder, stayed by the treetop. . It was now dark. By a lantern Govann climbed up and up to tho lad der's topmost round, the people wutch ing the latter mount higher and higher till it seemed a star. At the top he held out and up the lantern at arm's length, but no light was thrown on the face. There's nothing boys won't do for fun. They serenaded Govann, singin" "Hockaby, Bsby in the Treetop." in tue morning uovann returned to the top of the ladder and lashed himself to it. He had a rope with three lashes. each lash endiug in a loop. This triplo lasso noturew up, trying to lasso tho face. Lho countenance was turned throe quarters .to him, but he could hardly get u glimpse of it on account of the pro jecting lodge on tho bottle just below the stopper. He worked at lassoing all the morning withouttooce touching the face. But just as he heaid the diuuer horns of the settlement soundiug faint aud far he found thut his rope was caught by some thing in the stopper. This made his blood jump. Bracing himself he pulled at the rope with all his might. It did not start. His heart beat hard. If the rope would hold he saw that he could climb it to the top of the pinnacle. Holding to the top of tho lad!r, he swuug all his weight ou tho rope. It held taut. Again and again he tested it carefully from side to side. It did not start. His heart giew hot with courage. "Climb it! Up! Climb it 1" they below shouted. He looked down to tho dwarfed peo ple shouting cad waving uncouragoiueut. Tbeu his brain reeled; his heart was suddenly cold as stone; for a moment only tho lashing ropes kept him. Slowly his head steadied. He retried the rope caught there somehow on the top of Bottle Pinnucle; tho end of tho rope in his hand lie tried to tie the lad der. But the rope was far too short for a good knot. Govann wore a puir of homemade susjiguders, kui". by his sweetheart out of a double und twisted flax. He twisted the puir together, and pieced out the u pe. Then he freed liaelf ffom the bidder aud beyun climbi:iy his sjiider'i thread j to He wont carefully, carefully over the ledge, carefully up tho stopper, till his eyes were taking iu the crest of the pin nacle, the first in all tho world to get a sight of that uplift. There was the rope on which he hung; ho saw that ono loop was caught over a littlo rocky uno venness about two inches above tho gen eral level. Over the rim of tho stopper lie passed, rose to his feet, and saluted the cheer ing throng below. The shouting grow uproarious as he held up to view the red and yellow mys tery, though the peoplo didn't yet know what it was. What did Govann find there on Bottle Pinnacle? There were square rods of surface on the crest that had looked from belew like a point. Ha found an eagle's nest from which the bird was then absent, and cn the nest's edge, fronting the settlement, forming a part of the nest's embankment was the red and yellow face, held in place by sticks and other build ing material, gathered by tho bird that can stare the sun out of couutenance. Hugging the mystery with one arm, the hand holding on the waist band of his trousers, Oovann slid down the rope, backed down tho ladder to the treetop, climbed down the Indian stairs and swung down on a pilo of feather beds which the women had protided against a fall. Then, the boys helped him oil the feathers to the stump of the big tree, and there he held up the mystery in plain sight a bundle of clothes with a mask face tied on it. "It's George W. Gillet's scarecrow I" The proud bird of the sun, instead of being scared by the mocked sentinel, had captured it and carried it to the pin nacle's crest. Govann secured the purse, married his sweetheat, and founded one of the first families of his State. Its coat of arms is an eagle perched on a misshapen bottle. Atlanta Constitution. Sacred Feathers Among the Indians. Feathers figure very prominently in the religious customs of most aborigi nes, and remarkably so in the Southwest. Among Navajos and Pueblos alike those plume symbols are of the utmost efficacy for good or bad. They are part of al most every ceremonial of tho infinite su perstitious of these tribes. Any white or bright hued plume is ot good omen "good medicine," as the Indianwould put it. The gay feathers of the parrot are particularly valuable, and some dances cannot be hold without thee, ' Indians have to travel huudreds of miles into Mexico to get them. A peacock is harder to keep in the vicinity of Indians than tho finest horse those brilliant plumes are too tempting. Eagle feathers are of sovereign value; and in most of the pueblos great, dark, captive eagles are kept to furnish tho coveted articles for most importaut oc casions. If the bird of freedom were suddenly exterminated now, the whole Indian economy would come to a stand still. No witches could be exorcised nor sickness cured, nor much of any thing else accomplished. Dark feathers, and those in particular of the owl, buzzard, woodpecker and raven, are unspeakably accursed. No oue will touch them except those who "have tho evil road," that is, are witches, and any Indian found with them in his or her possession would bo officially tried and officially put to death, Such feathers aro used only in secret by those who wish to kill or harm an enemy. in whose path they aro laid with wicked wishes that ill fortune may follow. St Nicholas. Marriage by Proxy. A curious custom among tho rulers ot tho Old World is marriago by proxy, For instance, Francis II., the ex-King of Naples, was wedded by proxy in 1859 to Maria, a duchess of Bavaria. Of course the marriage by proxy goes no further than the ceremony. i-xacth why it should bo done at all is not clear by past or prcseut history, unless to save the Prince the trouble ot going after his wife aud give her a decent excuse for coming to him. In tho case of Francis, .he had never seen Maria, aud their first interview is said to have been attendedwith consid erable disappointment. In fact, if tho youug man had not btei already married by proxy he would probably have never married tho lady at all. Leopold, King of the Belgians, also married his Austrian wife by proxy, but he knew what be was about, having met lier a month previous during a visit to Viennu. At the time of tiie marriago ho was but a mere stripling, and his wife was chosen for him by his royal pa rents, who, however, gave him. the priv ilege or seeing her in advance. On his return, from Vienna Leopold was sick for about a week, aud, accord ing to general report, not love sick, at leust with his uppoiuted wifo. Their married life, however, bus not been un happy, so fur as the world knows, except through the extraordinary misfortunes which made Carlotta aud Stephanie widows of the house of Austria. Drake's Maaziue. Making Pearls. It is reported that a French savant, M. Bouchon-Baroudely, has devised a method fur the artificial manufacture ot real pearls. The process adopted is simply to bore holes iu the shells of a pearl oyster with a gimlet, introducing through these perforutious little bulls of gloss, uud stopping them hermetically with corks. After four weeks' time the Halls of glass are fouud to bo covered w ith a thin layer of pearl. Iu six months the layer has become of a tntlicient thickness to be permanent, and the big ness of the jewel thus manufactured is iu proportion to the period ullowed to elupse. Of course, this has its limitation, inasmuch as the inollu.sk will not deposit nacre indefinitely, its only object being to protect itself from irritation by the intruder. The expert quoted believes that pearls can be made of various color order by selection. Picayuue, HOW MATCHES ARE MADE. A PRETTY AND A MOST INTEREST ING) CEREMONY. Preparing the Pine Splints Dipping in the I'liosphoriui Paste Won derful Quick noss of Workers. ATCH-MAKING is one of the prettiest and most Interesting industries imaginable. Tho following is a bird's eyo view of it, as carried on in the leading factory in London which is to say, In the world. To begin with wooden matches. They are of two kinds "lucifcrs " nod "safe ties ;" but as the process of manufacture is almost identical, wo will confine our selves to the lucifers. The wood, Ca nadian pine, comes to the factory ready split up into little sticks or splints, as they are called of the same size as a match, but doublo the length. The first process consists in preparing these splints for dipping in the phosphorus paste. Imagine a very large, airy room, with several rows of stands or tables running from end to end. On each stand is a small machine driven by steam say 250 machines in all and to every two ma chines a match girl. All she has to do is to feed the two macbiues alternately, first one and then the other. She takes a handful of splints and puts them into he feeder, exactly as you put coffee into a coffee mill. They pass through and are bound together in a most ingenious way by a strap, so as to form a sort of wheel or drum about the sizo and shape of a large flat cheese. Tho splints, il must be understood, lie across, so that their projecting ends represent the sides of the drum, and each one is separate. It tukes only a few minutes to put to gether 5000 or 6000 in this way, and as soon us they ure ready the machine stop automatically. The whole bundle is then removed and corried to the dippino place. Here the phosphorus composition is ladled out of a vessel and spread on fl slnb. By simply laying tho wheel down flat on the slab every singlo splint ol which it is mado up receives a dub of phosphorus at one end, and by turning it over the other end is similarly treated. This work is done entirely by men, and takes place in a shed with an open roof, so as to allow very free ventilation. Eacn splint has now been converted into a double match with a head at both ends; we have, in fact, got a bundle containing 10,000 matches. For clear ness' sake some details havo been omitted ; but it will be Eecn that the preparation of 10,000 matches only takes a few minutes all told. After dipping, the bundle is dried In a hot chamber and then unrolled, which is done very prettily by another machine. The end of tho strop binding the lot to gether is caught and drawn between two rollers, and as it goes tho wheel un winds aud the matches come off in a perfect shower. It is all done in a moment. One more operation remains, and it is tho most interesting of all. The matches, as has been said, are so fui double. They have to be cut in hnlf and packed in boxes. This is done by the girls with astounding rapidity. Each one stands at a table; on her loft aro a lot of empty boxes half open, on hei right a pilo of double matches, and be tween the two a lever knife like those used for cutting tobacco. She takes a hai'dful of matches iu her right hand, and tho extraordinary thing is that she always pick up exactly the right number to fill a box, never varying by moro than one or two. She puts them under tho knife, cuts the bundle into two, and fills two boxes with them in the twinkling of an eye; the swiftness and accuracy of her motions are indescribable. The whole performance docs not take more than five or six seconds. And it is not one wpmuu only. Hero are rows upon rows of them throughout a vast building, all doing the samo thing with equal or almost equal proficiency. Iu another department an instance of still greater dexterity may bo observed. Every ono knows the wrap pers of transparent paper in which the safety uiatcli boxes are commonly en veloped, and a look at them will show that they are folded several limes iu dif ferent directions. This folding is done by women like a flush of lightning or a conjuror's card trick. Tho eye fuils to follow the movemeut of their hands There is only ono thing niorc nimble than a woman s hand, aud that is her tongue. ci r . il.., , ml uiiiuiai umijjei. Parisian Beggars. Professional beggars in all countries must heartily hate M. Paubair. the ircuch gentleman who has taken on him self to expose them and their tricks. Some time ago, it may bo remembered. he published a book ou the subject, con taining the most extraordinary revelu- tions, and this is shortly to bo followed by another work on meudicitv aud men. dicants, which will be publishod simul taneously in ranee, hnglund, and Amer ica, for in tho two last-numed coun tries the author is aware, he says, thut mendicity and imposture llourish the same as iu Frauce. M. I'uubair believes he has fouud u remedy for tho evil, the nature of which he will divulge iu his coming work ou the subject; aud in the meantime ho continues to hunt up tho beggars of Paris, and cleverly disguised. to go about as oue of them, thus learning what they pocket per dav. what their ricks arc, and so forth. Ho culculutes that there are over 10,000 professional ifggars iu the French capital, whose tukings daily, at the very lowest figure, aro eighty cents per head. This gives the fabulous total of (Jl'.H.'iO.OUO giveu awuy unuually iu charity in the streets of aris; ami lie is very likely right in nd- mg Uiut ut leust four-tifthuof the mouev finds its wuy iuto tho pockets of impos tors, or of peoplo who ctuld work for their living if they chose. M. Puubuir says he has a choice little collection of threatening letters which ho has received uud is constantly receiving. Ho ig unt the bete noire of the professional beir:zur. Loudon Stuudurd. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. A hop picking machine has Jon in- vented in Australia. Electric tanning is likely, it is said, to be taken up and vigorously pushed here. Hard rubber handles for bicylcs nro being rcplacod in great numbers by the moro popular cork. Thunder is a noise caused by a dischargo of atmospheric electricity why or how is not clearly known. The circumference of the earth's orbit is about 612,309,500 miles, that ot tho moon about 1,500,493 miles. The sanitary condition of the Capitol, at Washington, is to be examined by two eminent experts, in order to ascertain whether it is a healthy structure. Sufferers from neuralgia are warned by a medical writer not to drink tea, but to drink freely of coffee into which . tho juice of a lemon has been squeezed. The workmen employed on tho exca vations at Sparta, Greece, by Dr. Wald stein, of the American Archtealogical School, have discovered tho circular building nt that place mentioned by Epimenides. In distance tho moon is 210,000 miles away from our earth, around which sho gravitates like a satellite. Her diameter is about 2153 miles; she Ins a solid sur face of 14,600,000 miles, and a solid content of about 10,000 cubic miles. The scientific reason for cooki ng spinach and other green vegetables, such as tops of beets, dandelion, kale Brus sels sprouts, and cauliflower, in salted boiling water, is that the first contact with the boiling water closes tho cells of the vegetable and prevents the escape of the coloring matter and the flavor. One of the features of electric-lighting work, as compared with gas-!ightiug,has been the absence in tho former of all "residual products" that might consti tute an element of economy and profit. It has now been pointed out that for muuy local companies a chance to in crease revenue can be fouu 1 in the utilization of exhaust steam. A novel application of tho electric light is now to be witnessed in the vehicles of the London (England) Gen eral Omnibus Company. The inspectors have been provided with an electrical apparatus, which, from a case about the size of a hunting-watch fastened to the waistcoat, throws a steady, mild and effective light on the dirtiest and most tattered tickets. Steam should nevcrbe put into a brick or cement sewer, as it has nn injurious effect on the same, causing disintegra tion and collapse within a very short time; neither should it be led into a bricK chimney, for tho samo reasons. Tho Stationary Eugincer points out that in some places it is the practice of en gineers to turu the exhaust from the pump or small engine into tho sewers, but this is bad practice. It ought to bo in illegal act iu cities, for it will de stroy tho sewers. Tito Great Redwoods. fho Eastern lumbermen who aro hero aro much interested in tho great ro.l ivoods, of which they havo seen a fow, and iu tho moiiBtor trees of Santa Crur, and tho sequoilus of tho Yonomito and other California park.. The great pines and fur of tho North Alio I them with surprise, but the trees they havo seen here they say have arouse 1 their credul ity us to what California cun pro luce. Nevertheless, they have not seen tho really greit trees, like those of tho high Sierras, including the Kings lliver aud Yosemite products. 'S. E. Holcom, one of tho discoverer of the grovo of giant sequoias in Fresno County, in what John Muir has domi nated tho New Yoscmlto, is nt tho American Exchunge. He says no words ran describe their gr.indeur, nor Mo im pussions created upon tho visitor when beholding them for tho first time, "They are trees that astonish and urn ze," suid lie, "und the effect is last ing. It lusts for ull time. At least. I do not thiuk I shall ever get rid of tho effect which they had on ino, nor do I wish to do so. If to Brrunt such groves as he saw wero temples, what must these be considered I I leave all t his to the poets, but thero are some points that I doubt not will be of interest to the lum bermen. "There is a treo thero with the aston ishing circumferonco of Vi7 foot, and a diameter la the narrowest place of forty two feet, while the trunk roaches nlmost 400 feet in tht air. Then there aro trees there twenty-eight feet through aud ba bies of twelve feet und so ou. To see them is an object lesson wjica curries with it ostor-islimeut forever. To stand in their shadow is something worth do ing at almost any cost. Could the lum bermen of tho pineries behold them never again could they view the oidiuury treo but they would be impressed with the fact that they were but mere saplings, cuttiuga set iu tho gruuiiu, and ouly these." Sau Fruucisco Examiner. A Mysterious Fuujus. Tho scieutiflc men iu this capital arc has much exercised over a fungus that recently mado its appearance upcu tho olive trees which uro ouu of the principal features in the country around Chalco. It has the appearance of a reddish blotch, and pluys tho very deuce with the trees iu question. The scientists uro not yet decided cither upon the uature of the fungus or tho remedy for tuuiu. They aro also exercising their wits upon a mys terious disease which is attuckiug the his torical cypresses of t'hapultepec. In the year LS77 there wero of these uolilu sous of the forest, iugood couditinn. At tho present writing forty of them uro uhcudy dead, aud sundry others are iu a very bud way. The cieutists of .Mexico, with a zeal for the welfare of the public favorites which is beyond all praise, are seriously taking counsel us to the best uieuusol saving the baluuce. They think thut wunt of tlie necessary water has a iiood deul to do with it, City of Mexico LOVE. Bright are the jewels of the mine. And rich their radiant gleam, , When wrought In ninny a quaint device. They flash their fiery stream, A thousand charms ore in their hearta Our senses to enthrall. With gold and silver they are bought, But love is worth them all ! Sweet are the blossoms wo behold In summer's glorious prime, The dear companions that enh.iuc3 The joys of summer time; In wondrous beauty thoy appear, In sadder beauty fall; Our darlings for a few brief houra. But love outlasts them nil ! Beyond the present treasures liv And flowers perfume the way; The air-looms of an ancient house, Whose glories ne'er decay . A whisper from the promisc.l land. Inspires the earnest soul : "Eternity is thy reward, And love shall win tho goal P' Josephine Pollard, in tho Weekly, IIUMOR OF THE DAY. A bad reputation is a hard thing to lose. Boston Transcript. As soon as wo form a habit wo have a master. Detroit Free Press. The strictest railroad about issuing passes may occasionally pass a dividend. Lowell Gazette. Dancing masters aro generally posted as to the latest movements on foot. Philadelphia llccord. When you are asked to hold the baby, it will never do to "shoulder tho re sponsibility." Truth. Britaunia rules the wave, but she doesn't control tho tide. That't all moonshine. Chicago Tribuue. Briggs "Do you think that iiobiniou loves her?" Griggs "He wcut shop ping with her." Cloak Review. When a big corporation is reorganized tho small stockholders are generally dis organized. Baltimore American. Smell o' woods n-fire Croakin' gurdeu gate; Poet with a lyre Liardiggin bait! Atlanta Constitution. IIow much more affectionate the mem bers of a family group arc in their photo graph than they are out of it. Atchison Globe. The reason that the average man is unable to "put himself in your place" is that ho feels altogether too big to Ull it. Washington Star. That school teacher who put pepper on the tongues of refractory pupils ex plains that her ultimate object was to make them smart. Philadelphia Times. Young man, when you escort a young lady to the piano bo sure that tho music is done to a turn before you turn over two leaves at once. Detroit Free Press. You say that I'm your sheltering oak That will not yield when tompests crash; But I am so consumed by love, I should iu truth be culled an ash. -Puck. The two-headed boy may not havo so macy corns in proportion to his sizo as other boys, but ho must have a great deal more toothache Biughumton Repub lican. Young Lady "Huv3 you 'A Heart That I Can Call My Own?" Music Clerk "Well er aw uot just uow, miss; another has a claim on it." De troit Free Press. Oh, I love- the sweot old posts Who san of love so true! Hut I wish they'd left a littlo For me to sing of, too. Puck. "What luck did you hnvo wheu you wero out huntiug yesterday?" "Tho worst in tho world. It's very struugo that the birds never fly where I shoot." Texas Siftings. One of Her Pets : She "I always havo a great many pets ubout me," He (tenderly) "Am I oue of them?" She "Yes. You aro my pet uversiou." Now York Herald. Kre be was wed his hsart was lishr, And he would sing from morn till night, Hut since his blessed babo was born He's got to sing from night till morn I Ooo lull's Sun. "Why, Jackson, this isn't a bit tho kind of a house I supposed yon would build?" "No; I'm rather surprised my self, but the architect is very well satis fied." London Tid-Bits. A damsel of twelve who dislikes boys wrote uu essay upon them, in which sliu said, "If I hud my wuy half the boys iu the world would be girls and the other hulf would bo dolls." Modern Society. "The last time I saw you, Bill, you were complaining about tho wolf at the door, and now you simply wal.ow iu wealth." "I kuaw it. 1 cuught tho wolf uud exhibited him." New York Times. Africa's Population. According to the latest and most rn. liable estimates tho population of tho Durk Continent is placed at 103,000,000, or fourteen inhabitants to tlm mile, while the population of tho Tlirco Americas is giveu ut 123,713,0'Jt), or eight iuhabituuts to the square mile. It must be remembered that while explorers tell us of large districts iu Africa thut aro scuutily populated, there ure ulso vust regions densely populated, of which but few persons have ever heard. It limy in fact be said that only tho fringe of the Dark Contiuent has us yet been renewed after 1U00 years of intermittent cxploratiou. New Orleans l'icavuue. Tho District of Columbia. The District of Columbia was origin ally ten miles square, 10H square miles iu area. Of this sixly-four square- miles was ceded to tho National Government by Maryland iu 177S and thiitysix square miles by Virginia in IT'S'.!, m 1810' the portion of tlio District west of the Potomac was ceded back to Vir gitiu, leaving its present urea sixty-four square "- " -..'..; by tl,u last Good hurp pluyeis are scarce, Two I(e;iublics, ty of
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