THI FOREST REPUBLICAN It llst rr7 Wedandty, fcy J. E. VYENK. Offlot) la Bmarban(h A Co.' Bail ding vrurr, tiokxsta, r. Terms. . . . joMrTw, mtoeHHIaM rwT4 rr t w .-loj At op Atrttwimm t For PUBLICAN, On Square, on. Inoh, on. Intrt1a..t ft On. Square, on. Inch, on. month ... P On Rniism on. Inrh. three months. . 0 0 On. Square, on. Inch, on. year 1004 Two Squares, on. year HOT Quarter ColutnD, oneyear.. 80 Half Column, one year......... .. 80 A.. Hnlni.1. nn. ! - -. , 100 LegiU a4rMMmea(a ten cental par IBs MOD Insertion. Marriages and death notice gratia. AUblllsforytarly dvortln.m.nbicollkotjj quarterly. Temporary advertisements mat b. paid in advance. Job wort ontfc an delivery. - VOL. XXV. NO. 5. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1892. S1.50 PEE ANNUM. est It it estimated that about 30,0011 Isorset were ousted from street-car service last year by electricity. Michael DaTltt, tbs Irish Home Rule agitator, urges the Imperial Government to loan, at low Interest, f 50,000,000 to the Canadian Dominion for the advance ment of immigtatinn in the Northwest. In New York State during 1891 the dentin by consumption were 13,145, a compared with 13.K31 in 1890. TUi fc cquivclnut to 109 dentin in 1000 doathi from all causes, a ratio decidedly lowet than waa observed during the last quin quennium. The ratio hoi been known (In 1888) to arie to 137 in a thousand dentin. at bureau of press clipping In London hat received the royal command" to furniah twenty distinct acts of new-' paper cutting from every periodical In the world, to farm obtainable, referring to the death of Prince Albert Victor. The aeU are to be pasted each in a sep arate album. The section dovntod to American clippings should make very edifying collection, in the opinion of the Chicago Ilerald, if the bureau ia faithful In obeying the command. Professor McCook.of Hartford, Conn., finds in his investigation of the tramp nuisanco that of 1295 caet coming un der bi notico, fifty-six per cent, were American born, while but about ten per ceut. were unable to read or write. Of 1314 tramps, 459, says the professor, claimed to be strictly temperate in their use of alcoholic drinks, whllo V .rty of thorn boldly deolared themselves as total abstnjuers. It is more likely that the only really temperate onci of tho 1300 and odd were the thirty who never touched a drop. .. - - . j Says the Baltimore Sun: The great in crease ol insanity in tho United States, n increase far in excess of tho iucreaso of population, it justly atttacting atten tion. An illustration of this increase is given in the statistical tablet of the Now York Board of Charities, which hut just been roportej to the State Legislature. The figures show that tho number of in sane patients in New York asylums has Increased from 9537, in J830, to 16,01 7, la 1891. It is further estimated that oounting the insane not in tho asylums tho total number in the State will reach 20,000. Some of the revelations of the census will startle a good many people, remarks the Boston Transcript. For iustancc, there, are now more than half a million almond .trees . apt uall 7 bearing iu tho United. 'States; - there' ore. hundreds of thousands of bearing cocoaout trees; there are more than a quarter of a million olive trees, producing fruit equal to tho best Mediterranean varieties. There are more than half a million bearing banana plants, " 200,000 bearing lemon trees, 4,000,000 orange trees and !U, 000,000 pineapples. And the valuo of tropical and semi-tropical fruits grown under tho Americau flag is nearly $21,000,000. 'Walnut lumber as a commercial quantity Jo. tho lumber trade is almost a thing, of the past," said a prominent local dealer to the Man About Tpwn of the St., Louis Republic tho other day. 'It is not because there is any real scarcity in the supply of timber from which walnut lumber may be iniido, but from the fact that the crazo for walnut furniture has died out entirely or nearly so. Oak, ash and maple have taken Its place,, principally oak". The. crazo for all tortt of furniture in the latter timber is causing a. wholcsalo onslaught on the b:tt tlmbert ; in . tho.-country, and has run the prices of first and second grades way up. : A few years more of the craro for oak will exhaust the supply of best grades and then some other wood will become the fashion." . Bays the New- York Sun: The mag nolle needle has been acting in a very erratic manner recently in some parts ot France and Scotland, where its decli nation; now is tweuty to twenty-five minutes greater than it was a fow months ago, though no chaugo has occurred in the adjacent regions. Scientific men do not know how to accouut for this mag netic anomaly, unless it indicate.! that metal-bearing rocks in tho depths ot the earth have been displaced by tome pro found geological disturbance, which is made apparent at the surfaco by theso UQusal vagaries ot the needle. Tho theory was long ago advanced that ter restrial magnetism, if we could read it aright, would explain what is going on in the bowels of the earth; and in the connection that tho geologists are dis posed to trace between tin recent mag netic disturbances and subterraucun geol ogy we have another illustration of the sciences, a gre&t truth to which Wallace called attention sq vividly when ho based conclusions relating to prehistoric geological changes upon tho present dis tribution of (uuna iu the Malayan archipelago, ASPniNOTIME IDYL, The bluebirds they are culling, The robin plumes his wing. The snow-born streams ar. falling Upon the feet of spring, Bing sweet, oh Southland, Bint; soft, oh Southland, O'er hamlet, farm and town; Invade the Northland, Surround the Northland, And pull that snowbank down. The wee frogs wake from sleeping, They're gettikg out ot bed: And thro1 the eold turf peeping The crocus shows her head. Arise, oh Southland, Blow toft, oh Southland, O'er dinglo, dell ami down; Go flood the Northland, Dimolrt th. Northland, And pull that snowbank down. Oo sound the eow-boll loudly; Wake feather, fur and fin. If y brothers, tee bow proudly The splendid spring comas In. All hall, oh Boiitlitand, Cora, soon, oh Southland, And green the hills of brown; Invad. tho Northland, Oofnilte tho Northland, And pnil that snowbank down. Duarial (Can ado) Banner, TOLD IN THE TWILIGHT. BY BRI.LR MOSES. ILES around Briar ;1111y heaped, deeper mere than about the other villas, which were built on elevated ground. while Briar Lodge nestled In h..H, But If the two inmates of this abode were snow-bound, that fact troubled them little. They were all in all to each other, this mother and daughter, whose kingdom was their home, so they could afford to laugh nt tho vagaries of the vainer. They were very companionable; for whether through the influence of Mil dred Vicars't healthful flow of tpirits, or the still unquonched Are of the mother't youth, the yeart had passed lightly over the older woman's head. Her figure still retained itt graceful outlinet, her soft skin was unwrinkled, her glossy black hairscarcely showed asilvcr thread. A woman, one could tee, who had care fully husbanded tho best yeart of her life, to now at the harvest-tiino there were no disappointing tare among tho golden grain. The mother waa la the fullness and perfection of maturity, and the daughter in that tweet first jjlow of youth fair of face and joyous by naturo as a girl of ninetccu thould be. Briar Lodgo wat a fitting bower for two tuch charming women. It wat the homo of Mrt. Vicars't girlhood, where, as Madeline Hunt, sho had made it tho most attractive place on the hillside. The Prince camo at last, invaded Briar Lodge and took Madeline captive; but he died iu the flush of happiness. Little Mildrod gave warmth to he. mother's life, urging her to cast off the blighting inllucnco of her sorrow; and Madeline's nuture blossemcd afresh, all tho better and stronger for itt crucial test. Though many of the old suitors again surrounded her, the beautiful loucly woman only twined her affoctious more closely about her little daughter. After a longer stay than usual, the snow was beginning to melt, and one bright afternoon Mildred Vicars armed herself with a light snow shovel, an 1 sallied forth to aid the run in his work. From beneath hor jaunty seal-skin cup her Iwight face glowed with tho stirring exercise, and snatches of sung roo to her lips, floating on tho clear thin air down among the frozen hollows and out upon tho broad stretch of moorland. Her eyes were often turned in this direction, until ii certain dark sot on tho horizon took a more dcliuite stupe. Then tho color deepened in her cheeks, nnd sho bent to her voluntary labor r.s if her daily briad depended upon it. Nearer aud nearer came the hurrying figure of a young man, whoso steps were bearing directly down upon Briar Lodge. Reaching the prickly hedge ho called softly, "Mildreil Mil dred!" The giil dropped her shovel and turned quickly around, mooting a pair of ardent eyes that caused her own to fall in some confusion. "I I am g!nd to set you homo, Her bert. When did yon airive? As she spoke the came slowly up to the hedge that divided them, aud reached over her little gloved hand in greeting to tho new comer, who caught and kissed it passion ately beforo he rvlcucd it. 'Didn't you know I was coming to day?" he usked reproachfully. "1 am sure you expected me, Mildred. Answer me truly. I cannot beliuvo that you have forgotten." "Forgotten! oh, no!" returned Mil dred quickly. "I thought I imagined well If you must have it I did took for you to-day " Herbert Overton's fu?e grew radiant. "Have vou no warmer ni-lnmne f., rae. May I not como in?" he asked af- I ter a vain attempt to repossess himself of her haud, across the intervening bar rier. "Yes," she ventured slowly, "aud and mother says you may stuy to tea il you like." There was a tremor in the soft voice ; but Mildred sh-.'t a roguish look at hiiu from und.r her long lathes, mid tho young in a a vailed for no second bid ding. Another moment and he was be side her, grjsping botn bauds, and try tuft to rend tho pretty downuut face. "What U'3 I to understand by this, Mildred?" he demanded iu a low, eager tono. bite did not withdraw her hundu Inn with au impulsive movement she nestle J cioser to ins swe, ami answeieil uliuo.t in a whisper: "Whu-cver ytu wish, ler Herbert." Than they lost uglit of time mid place, and fell to planning their lulure, a oulv happy lovers can, Meanwhile, Mrs. Vicars sat alone with her thoughts, marveling as tho short af ternoon wore on, at the intricate weav ing of circumstances which ha'I brought theso young people together. Sho was thankful that it was so, for it partly ef faced an act of hef own which had cost her many a bitter pang of self-reproach. She had once been engaged to Colonel Overton, Herbert's undo and guardian; but with tho dawn of her love for Ashloy Vicars she felt that sho could no longer keep hor promise. Ho reloasod her it was all he could do for her happiness was his first thought. But from that day he ncv.r set foot in Briar Lodgo. He spent a good deal of his time abroad, superintending Herbert's education, but when bis nephew determined to practice law in the city, he took up his residenoo once more in the old mansion on the brow of the hill. He had never married He and Madeline met occasionally, but beyond a grave bow on either side there was no further intercourse. The young people, however, made up for their elders, and Madelino wat glad to see the feeling that had grown botween them. Not so the Colonel. Ho listened quietly enough, when on his return that evening Herbert asked his consent to a speedy marriago with Mildred Vicars, and an unwonted flush came to his hand soino face at he said : "I am sorry for this, Herbert, nad you confided to me sooner I might have spared you much pain. Such a thing cannot lie thought of, and lot me advise you, my boy, to go back to the city. The only hope for your peace of mind is to root out this unfortunate love." Herbert looked flushed and Indignant. "I do not wish to root it out, uncle, you do not know Mildred. She is truth and twectnest itself." "The girl is like her mother," an -twered Colonel Overton; "she loves you now at least, she thinks she does; but lot a handsomer man appeal to ber fancy, and her over-tender conscience will blight your happiness. Withdrew be fore it was too late. "Jt is too late now," burst out Hor bwt vehemently. "I cannot understand your prejudice against Mildred." "I have no prejudice against the younsr lady. I do not know her," answered the Colonel. Then, after a pauso, he con tinued, "I am the lost person to oppose a true love match, Herbert; besides I know that opposition only adds fuel to the flame. But this much I ask of you loave things as they are for awhile. You are both young, and can wait. Oo bock to the city aud your work, and if in the end I find that I can give my full and free consent I will send for you." t "Yes but " began Herbert.' Colonel Overton smiled rather sadly as be lata a hand on his nephew s shoulder. "I know what you would say, Herbert; You are ot age aud quite. your own mas ter, fully capable of controlling your own iiilairt; but I deserve from you tome slight consideration after years of faithful guardianship. Tho tamo hot blood flowed in my veins once that now courses through yours, and I will not have its warmth chilled if I cau help it. Can you trust mo for awhile?" There was a short struggle, then Her bert held out his hand. "I owo you too much, undo, to refuse such a request," he said, in a trembling voice. Colonel Overton grasped tho proffered hand, then went slowly and thoughtfully from the room. Just at sunset, tho following day an ther figure mado its way across the moorland toward Briar Lodge a taller, statclior figure th:iu Herbert's. It was the Colonel himself. It was over twenty years since ho had taken that walk, and be hesitated now almost afraid to stir tho slumberiug passion of his youth. Ho had fought a long, hard battle, and if he had not been victorious, he had at least retreated with flying colors. Why thould ho jcopsrdizo the little that remained of hit future for the sake ot Herbert's hap pincsif Tho thoughtless boy might be gratefnl to him for an hour, and then he would live his life alone; for Madeline's daughter should not haunt hitu always with her presence. That would be too much. At fifty, when the sun ot youth is forever set, and the twilight shadows creep ou apace, he should havo peace, undisturbed by the gnawing of a pain which he thought dead. But as bestrode along, hit fine figure alert with graceful, e.isy motion, and no eager look in hit dark eyos, one might almost have fancied that the years which had silvered his hair bad done no further damage. And ho was himself surprised to find his heart beating with the old impatient throb, as he traversed tbo well remembered path. The tun had vanished behind the hill, leaving a misty pink trail, when at last C-louel Overton passed up the pretty walk which led to Briur Lodgo. How strangely familiar everything looWl without. The garden still pre served the same trim aspect, but at he whs admitted he naticed at ouco the subtle change that pervaded each nook and corner. A bluzing log fire cait grotesque lights over the rOJi into which Culouel Overton" was usher-jd, and he stood on the haarth preparicg him.ulf for au in terview which would surely bo a puiuful one to both. How would she meet him? With the same unembarrassed coldtieu that had so ofuu wounded Liiu? His conjectures came to a sudden halt, for Madeline hu l j entered quietly, aud now rtood before hicu with ouUtreU-hed hand and a faint smile hovering on lips which tremble! in spite ot alt her etlorts. 'Vou are welcome, Grcville," the Slid, using uurouiciously the fumiliui Lume, and as the Colonel took her baud uud looked into the tweet, uualtered face, be fell a strange, wild impulse to I lake here in hit anus and forget the iu- i tirveuiu,' years. I Somehow at the slight of hi in a crowd of tender memories swept over the Sleeping hcttrt of Madeline Vl ir. A footing deeper thau friendship liinda the blood luouut slowly into K-riUeck. Hhe withdrew tier baud from his Kr'I'i aud said iu a low, hurried voice, "11 will ring for lights. It is very gloomy here." "Oh, to," answered the Colonel quickly; "I will not detain ycu long. Surely, after all those years, you cannot deny mo a fow moments." "I have never dono that." "True," ho interrupted. "It wat voluntary banishment. I .was afraid to como here, Madeline. I am afraid to Iks here now, but that necessity forces mo." "You speak of tho children?" the questioned. "I speak of your dnughter and my nephew, who have most unfortunately formed an attachment for each other." . "Unfortunately?" "Yes, I say unfortunately, for you know from experience how it may end. I cannot allow Herbert's life to be wasted nt mine was. He is young, ambitious and clever. I have great hopes of him." The tears tlowly filled Mrs. Vickers't beautiful eyes. "You are hard," she murmured. "I thought I thought " sho paused. "Mildred's happuesa is even dearer to me. She loves your nephew truly, and perhaps, Greville, their marriage may may bridge over the gulf between us. We may be friends once more." Sho nervously clasped and unclasped her hands, and Colonel Overton saw a fow bright tears trembling on her lashes. "You mean well, Madeline," he an swered quietly, "but though we are post the turning point in our lives, the even flow of friendship can never exist be tween us. As for Mildred sho is young she has soen nothing of the world. There may bo some other who may touch her heart more deeply I have known such cases and then Herbert's happinesi will be wrecked." Madeline was weeping bitterly; but Colonel Overton continued: "I do not mean to reproach you. Yourcourse was better than deception ; but I will protect Herbert to tho best of my ability." "And Mildred po.or little Mildred is bIio to suffer too?" Madeline rose from her chair, and coming close to him laid a beseeching hand upon his arm. The Colonel seized it, and fixed hit passionato, pleading eyes upon her. "Madeline, Madeline! you try me past my strength. Did you think of my feel ings when you told me the cruel truth years ago, and now am I required to make still greater sacrifices? Even if all thould turn out happily, do. you think that it would causo me no pang to tee Mildred yOur Very image flitting about the Old place which has known no gentle presence since you refused to enter it? Would you force mo into exilo again? Madeline, I am too old leave me my solitary hearth, where I may spend a few peaceful twilight hours." "Mildred could mako them much happier for you," pleaded Mildred's mother. "Neverl" ho said with sudden fire. "There is but one way of happiness for all. I am mad to dream of such a thing, for when . I gave you up, Madeline, I swore I would never approach you again. I shall keep my vow. . But, if you truly wish to mend the breach between us, thcu it it your plaoe to seek mo not for Mildred't sake, nor Herbert's, nor even mine, but at the bidding of your own heart and desire." He gently disengaged her clinging hand, uud left her to. ponder his words. So whilo Mildred sang in the joy Of her heart, Madeline went about bar ac customed duties, dazed and bewildered. When the twilight came that meant so much to her, she could bear it no longer; sho left the lovers to their dreams, and scarcely giving herself time for thought, she took her way across' the moorland, halting at last at the familiar gate. The spirit of the place was dead the serene old gentlewoman who had brightened the homestead for her children. The front door stood ajar, ' sq Made line slipped in, and guided by old asso ciations, found her way to the library; i nis uoor was. ciosca ; sue . turned . the handle softly, aud entered unobserved by the lonely occupant. The room lay deep in shadow, tho glow of the fire was tubdued and fitful, and tho sight of the solitary man before it, buried in his own thpught9, uncon scious of her presence, tohched tho ten dercst chords of heart. She heard him sigh once, as she moved silently toward him in the gathering gloom. She pausod behind his chair, and summoning all her courage, laid a timid band upon hit head. "Greville, I have come," sho whisp ered. Ho did not start, nor even turn, but he reached up and drew her gently around in front of him, without a word. She crept into his embrace, aud there another sweet and solemn secret was told in the twilight Times-Democrat. The Biggest Kito Ever Hade. Tbo biggest kito in tho world wat made in Durham, Greene Couuty, N. Y., about a year ago. It may be taken as the biggest kite ever made. The frame consisted of two main sticks twenty-eight feet long, weighing each 100 pounds, and two cross sticks twenty -ono feet long, aud weighing scveuty-tivo pounds each; all of these sticks were 2x0 incites in dimensions. Over this frame work was stretched a Krcat sheet of white duck, 25x18 feet, uud weighing fifty live pounds; the tail of tho kite alone weighed fifty pounds, and contained 150 yards of muslin. Twenty-live hundred feet of a half -inch rope served as "kito strings." This plaything cost 75, and when it mounted iuto the air, it exerted a lifting power of S00 pouuds. Six men once permitted it to usceud 1000 fect. At lanta Constitution. The Quickest Yet. A Texas doctor recently took a six hoi.r drive with a Texas villager, who ni'u-d hi in a great many questions about the reined lea used for certain diseases ll.ru prevailing iu the loculity. On the '. lowing week he had occasiion to visit a neigh Ixjring village, whero he fouud his recent eonipuniou with his shingle out as a full Itedged doctor. Ho hud (.Tkduatcd iu thut six hour ride. Texan bittinys. THE GREAT TULIP MANIA. 1 A SEVENTEENTH OS5f TUT ORAZB OF TREMENDOUS TIOLBNCE, lortnnfa Won And tio.1 On tho Pret ty Flower It nt If Origin ot she Spring lira uly ot Our Gardens. THAT gey flower, the tulip, hello of the garden, hat reason to carry itself with proudly up lifted head,' for its history It a unique one. A native of flowery Persia, growing there in prodigal luxuriance and making tho earth flame with its crimson corollas. Coming from there to Turkey, it received its name, tulip, from tutbend, the Turkish name for turban, which it resembles. At lust in iu migratory mood it chose its home among the good people of Holland, henceforth with quiet effrontery Ignoring its birthplace and go ing out into the world as a Holland bulb. But the flower which in the rich toil of Persia glowed a bright crimson, in the saudy loam of its new home ap peared in a new and fantastic dress of "two-fold beauty and a parted streak," and ever since dorista have been trying to vary the garb of tho flower. For years otherwise sensiblo men devoted their lives to finding some way of pro ducing black tulips, but with no bettor success thau their compeers who sought blue roses. Tulips were introduced into Northern Europe about the close of the sixteenth century. In Holland they quickly bo came tho popular ornament of their prim gardens, and by ono of those strango freaks which seem to sieze n nation us well as an individual, they became ar ticles of commercial speculation. Tbo riso and fall of the tulfponfania has no parallel in tho business world. In 1PG0 tulip marts were established in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haurlctu and other cities, where they were sold as stock on Wall street is to-day. Prices lose higher and higher. Bulbs bearing all kinds of high-sounding names wcro offered for sale. They were bought and sold again without t'le buyers receiving, indeed, with no expectation of ever see ing them. All classes entered into the speculation, from noblemen to turfmen. Servants, becoming suddeuly rich, loft their places to set up establishments for themselves. Men parted with houses, land and even clothes for bulbs. A sailor in a warehouse picked up a bulb and bit it, supposing it to be an onion. The cost to tho merchant of that one bito would havo banqueted tho Prince of Orange nnd his retinue. Suddeuly this strange inflation ceased and was followed by a panic. Prices fell, merchants could not meet their en gagements, rich men found thomselves beggared but the tulip had come to stay. Even in England amid the excitement of civil war and the stern, joyless rulo that followed, the tulip gained itt place and friends. An old book gives a pleas ant picture of tieceral Lambert, one of the noblest officers" of the Porltan army, turning from buttles to cultivate the bulb with such loviug care that the cavaliers satirized him as Knight of Ye Golden Tulip. But while thoso bright flowers blush "in gay divcisitie" at our feet, and mako our lawns and parlors brilliuot for so long a time as nature, aided by the flor ist's skill will allow, they have compau ion blossoms that refuse 'to lend them selves for such lowly ends. They bloom but for tho stars, and choo.o for their admirers birds with plumage as showy as themselves. Perhaps tho eagle pauses to wonder at the gay coloriug of the tulip tree. Although common in the Middle States, comparatively few havo Ecen the mag nificent blossoms of this tree. This It because of the great height it attains be fore it branches out. It seems strungo to think of those great cup shaped flow ers glowiug in theis strange beauty of variegated scarlet, yellow- aiid orange over a hundred feet from the ground. For hundreds of ye"' those trees, the largest in America except the California group, will bear their blossoms and peo ple living in their shadows will never see the coloring of their canopy. By somo law of association, perhaps that instinct which makes birds frequent thoso trees whose foliage will best conceal them, the tree attracts to itself the gayest hued birds, notably the oriole, to which Haw thorne compares Its flower. Detroit Freo Press. Poison by Lead Pipe The uso of lead pipe for the convey ance of water for domestic use is rarely dangerous. It is Only to when tho water stands for some time in tho pipe and when it is largely chaiged with carbonic acid. Then tho acid may act on the lead and produce a soluble caruouate which is not safe to take in tho stomach. But even in this case, it the water is run for a short time so as to clear out the stand ing water, the danger is avoided. Hard wuter soon makes a deposit of carbonate of lime or alumina in the pipe, whidj acts as an insoluble lining, and thus pro tect the in' ,a from the action of the water. When a pipe has been in uso for tome months without any evidence ot action oq the lead, it may be considered safe, as then it may be believed thut the lead bus not been ucted upon or has been coated ovsr safely. The purest water has the most effect. pou lead. New York Times. Presenting Arms to a Cut. Souio fifty years ago a very high Eng. Hib. official died in a fortress, at a place that is one of tho centers ot Brahumic orthodoxy, and at the moment when the news of his death reached the Sepoy guard at the maiu gute, a black cat rushed out of it. The guard presented anus to the cat at a salute to the flying spirit ot the powerful Englishman, uud the coincidence took so linn a hold of the locality thut up to a few years ago neither exhortation nor orders could pre vent a Hindu ieutry at that gate from presenting arms-to uuy cat that passed out at niht. Bombay (India; Times, SCIENTIFIC AN D 1NIH STltlAb. Italy is experimenting with liquid fuel for torpedo boats. The naval ordnance smokeless powder continues to produce satisfactory results. Thero is a thermometer at Johns Hop kins University in Baltimore, Md., which is considered worth f 10,000. The Hollerith cloctrical counting ap paratus has saved the census bureau 5600,000 in tho expense of enumerating tho population of tho country. Frost has a variety of effects upon different products. Under the same in fluence eggs will burst, apples contract and potatoes will turn black. It has been found that sandstone as nn engine foundation is far from perfect. The ttone toon becomet saturated with oil, making it soft and easily friable. Broommakcrs dye their broomcorn so green that housekeepers are afraid to break off one of the splints to test a cake with, for fear they may be poisoned with p&ris-green. To find the rolativo distance of tho tun and stars, suppose the .earth and sun but one inch apart. At I same relative distance the nearest I stai would be just eleven miles ai It it said that tho latest lu.r roved guns are able to give a velocity to their projectiles of 2887 feet per second, whicl is at the rate of 19b'8 miles an hour. This it the highest velocity yet recorded. It hat been found by experiments tha ordinarily the blood travels from thi heart through the arteries at the rate o about twelve Inches a socond nnd through the capillaries at about 3-100 o an inch per second. The floating fire-engine, propelled b steam, which has been lately built foi the service of the prefecture of the port, says the Levant Herald, made a short trial trip in the Marmora recently. Il steams twelve to thirteen miles an hour. A new English pattern of stair thread is made of alternate strips of lead avi steel, tho lead furnishing loothold and the tteel preventing wear. ; The lead is cast in grooves in a plate of steel, and it' is asserted that this form of step has unusual durability, not wearing smooth even under heavy travel. The microphone is the latest absolute test for death. Recently a St. Pe tersburg (Russia) woman, who wa; subject to fits of catalepsy, apparently ceased to breathe, and was looked upon by her friends as dead. Her medical attendant, who knew the history of the case, applied the microphono to the re gion over the heart, nvd was thai enabled to hear the faint sounds of iti beats. After strenuous exertiont tin doctor was enabled to restore tho woman to consciousness. Anew means hn been found foi shutting off an electrical current without injuiy to the dynamo when wires hap pen to get crossed or there is overheat ing from any cause. The essontial parts of the apparatus are four needles to arranged that when the voltage in tho wire it increased above tho limit from any cause, one of tho needles will emit sparks and so bun through a fina thread. This thread is connected with springs which shut off the current whec the tension is broken, p(mj Coo The Prineo and alio Cook ' Tho following story, which is not now, will boar retelling. During tho earlier visits of tho Ilcyal family to Bal moral, Prince Albert, dressed in a very simple manner, was crossing one of the Scotch lakes in a stc.nner, and was curi ous to note everything relating to the management of the vessel, aud 'among other thinirs cooking. Approaching the "galley," where a brawuy Highlander was attending to the culinary mutters, ho was attracted by the savory odors of a compound known tiy Szotclunon ns "hodgo-podgo," which the Highlander was preparing. " hat is that," asked tho Prince, who was not known to the cook. "Hodgo-podge, sir," was tho reply. "How is it made?" was tho next question. "Why, there's mutton intil't, and turnips intil't, and carrots intil't, and" "los, yes," said tho Prince, who had not learned that "intil't" meant ('into it," expressed by tho contraction intil't; but what is intil't ?" "Why, there's mutton Intil t, aud turnips lutll t, nnd carrots intil't, and " " Ye, I see, but what is liitil'l?" The man looked at him, and seeing that tho Prince was serious, ho replied, "There t mutton in til't, and turuipa intil't, aud " "Yes, certainly, I know," urged the inquirer; but what is intil't intil't?" "Ye daft gowk I" yelled tho Highlander, brandishing his big Soon, "am I uo telling wlmt't intil't?" Thcro't mutton intil't, uud " Hero the interview was brought to a close by one of the Prince's mite, who wot fortunately passing, and stepped in to save his Royal Highness from being rapped over his head with a big spoon, !n search for information from the oook Manchester Times. A Iloaldor Itoilliot From tha SI let. Frank Nqwell, a cattleman of F.nglo County, Choctaw Nation, Indian Terri tory, reports that a lnr.ro meteor fell on tho prairie tho other day. It was Im bedded at least twenty feet iu tho earth and protude twelve feet in tha air. The meteor when seeu by Newell appealed in tho air liko a monster bull of fire. When the earth was struck 't fairly trembled, and there was a splutteriug and siz.iug like unto a piece of hut iron dipped into cold wutjr. Tlu meteoric stone was as hot as a furnace hours uftei it descended to tho earth. Newell esti mates tho weight at several tuns. Thi meteor Tell about eight o'clock on thu prairie near a small water course called Flick's Creek. Newell was on horse back about tivo hundred yards distant. His horse trembled with terror, camiag him to dismount. It was not until thu following morning that Newell und bis neighbors could approach nar thu meteor, uud then only to s-ithin a dis tance of about fifty yards. AtlautuCoa-. ttitutiou. ON A ROSE PRESSED JN A BOOK. I win tha summer bank again At touch of this de 1 rose 0 lavish joy I O tender palnl r The very June wind blows, An 1 thrills mo with the old refrain Whose music my heart knows; 1 win the summer back again - At touch of this de-vl lose. ' Ah, lost is all the su.nmer's gain, And lost my heart's rnposo; And was it tears or was It rain That wept tho season's close? .A The winter suns they coldly wane; White fall the winW snoWB: , But Love and Summer come naln. At touch of this dead rose. Louise Chandler Moulton, Iu the Century HUMOR OF THE DAT. Out on a lark Feathers. "Has a settled look" A receipted bill. A counter-irritant Tho vincgarish saleslady. Makes little thing3 count Tho toacheV of the smallest class in arithmetic. It is sometimes hard to tell whero business sagacity loaves oft nnd down right rascality begins. Texas Sittings. The mother hunts for bargains, And the father handles s ocks, y But the babies in the cradle ' Are the ones that get the "rocks." A woman is novor so likely to bo mis taken nt any other time as sho is when she Is "perfectly sure." Somcrville Journal. There are twiu brothers in Brixton to much alike that they frequently borrow money of each other without knowing it, Tid Bits. Gummey "Now that is what I call a faking picture.'1 Glanders---"Ye; it's a paiuting of a pickpocket nt work."--Detroit Freo Press. Ho (at tho dinner tablo to young wife) "My dear wifey, I begin to think that there area few misprints iu your cookery book." La Tribuna. Lady (to her legal friend) "You won't chargo for n question, I hope?" Lawyer "Oh, no; only for the answor." Fliegendo Blnettcr. ' "I wouldn't marry tho best man in" creation," said Estello. "That lets ma out," said Chappie. "Farewell forever.'! Now York Herald. Ji "Manilly is the toughost paper known, I belltvo," said Wick wire, incidentally. "Say," queried Mudgo, "v'.i?ii can I get acopy?" Indianapolis Journal. v Iko,Jr. "Whnt arc you smiling about, mother?" Mrt. Partington's Niece "I'm reading a funny story nnd have just got to thesmilax." Buffalo Express. "3weet, I must go: 'tis lat," said h Hhe did not moan or shiver, But, looking at him smilingly, Said: "Better late than never." Chicago Sun. Teacher "How many scruples are there in a dram?" Dick Hicks "Sup posed to bo three, but most druggista tell 'em without any.'' New York Her ald. "I'm so torry," said Mrs. Parvenu, bidding good night t her guests after the reception, "that tho storm kept all our host pcoplo awayl" Bostou Her ald. Visitor "Do lifo prisoners survive very long!" Kcopor "Only those whoso sentences were commuted becauso thoy had but a short timo to live." New York Sun. "Papa, what is patrimony?" "It it v.hatisiuhcritcd from a father, my dear." "Oh; and thcu Is matrimony something inherited from tho mother?" Brooklyn Life. Jock "Sho is not generally considered a belle, and yet I have neon her look kilting.'- Charlie "Indeed I When wat that." Jack "At a ball onco when I trod upon her train." Kato Field't Washington. Editor (of monthly uiagazitio, nftet reading tho manuscript) "Your poem, sir, has great literary merit." Author of Poem (in a voice of agonj) "Then of courso you can't uso ill" Chicago Tribune. How wo do laugh over tho pictures wo hnd taken when wo wcro young I By tho way, wonder what wo would havo thought iu early lifo could wo have (oen tho photographs wo havo had taken since wo reachod middle life! Boston Tran script. A teacher of natural philosophy onco asked tho bright b,iy of tho class how many kinds of force thero were, and was BHtouished to receive the following re ply: "Three, ma'am. Mental force, physical force and police force." Phar maceutical Era. "What book Is that you are reading?" asked Mrs. Suuia's t her husband. "It's a book ou tree culture, my dear." "You don't want to know anything on that subject, do you?" "Yes; I want to learn how to raiso nn ambush. "Pittsburg Chronlclc-Telouraph. Tho Bank Clerk "It's a shame, tho way some men mIi their employers by loafing when they'll paid to work. There's a brickliycr n:i that new' build ing across thu itrei t who hasn't dou a stroke for un hou.-- I know It because I've done not him; but watch him." Knto Field' Washington. Sliuiiir.ick und ( loror. There Is a prevalent notion that the shamrock, is nothing but clover. Indeed, Uiany liii-h people will sho.v you clover mid tell you thut it ij tlie .1 auirock. But, according to the best .mthoi itiet, the tiuu shamrock is the taalis, not the tiifoliuui Uimi. All the lush fiagt s hiclt bear thu shauiroi k lepre-ent tha former plan), w hich is . i IT. i . 1 1 1 froui the other in this: Clover h- ivi s npiiii in a buiich fioiu a common r.K.t ; shamrock' leaves spriu,' in ulleiu itiug order from cither side of a Mem w loco cit-.pi ; iose to the (round. Thclfivc sniulh-r than lho.su of the clovi .i,uit, more itli. rate, uud the plant is, as i ..oj i.i.d lib. lover, ury i.uc LUiUIm iX. V.) C'urier.
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