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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1892. S1.50 PER ANNUM.
V...I..UJ. iiDu wiu a laaaa of aaei
uoBjmout
viunucauoaa.
The stationary condition of Franco'
population in point of numbers may bo
in part accounted for, explains tho New
York Buff, by tho fact that among
38,000 communes thoro ro 20,000 with
out medical men. Thus the recent
statement on medical authority that
enough infnnt lives nro sacrificed to ig
noranco to rcpopulate Franco if pre
served, scenm to have a substantial
foundation ol fact to rest upon.
Ten years ago Maryland and Virgin
ia supplied thrcc-Iifths of nil the
oysters of tho country at a prico
easily within rench of ordinary moans.
Now, laments tho Biltimoro Sun, owing
to tho enormous docreuso in their yield,
tho prices are twice ns great, and tho
poor pooplo cannot buy them. It is tho
importance of tho bivalve as a cheap
and wholesome fooil that makes tho con
dition of tho crop in tho Chcsupcako
liny a matter of National interest.
Tho salary of an Excise. Commissioner
of Now York City is $3001) a year and
a term of oflico threo years. Thero is
also a lot of valuable patronage. The
Exciso Hoard has seventy-two olllces to
till by appointment, tho aggregato salary
of which is $1 31,775 a year. Tho chief
offices within tho gift of tho Hoard nre
nil attorney at $.'i0()() a year, a sccrotary
at $3000 a year, an assistant secretary
and a cashier Bt ifJJ.Ji) a year each, a
chief inspector at $2500, and olevou
special inspectors at $15011 n year each.
Tho Spanish Columbian Exposition,
to bo held next September in Madrid,
has bcou very rarely mentioned in this
country. This is a remarkable fact, nnd
especially so became naturally it would
bo thought desirable to induce tho Span
ish Government to permit the exhibits to
bo brought bodily to Chicago in 181(3.
Tho Spaniards are adopts at preparing
spectacles. The proposed exhibits ol
tho condition of Europe aud tho condi
tion of America at tho time of the dis
covery cannot full to be of great interest
and should bo procured for the widct
exhibition iii this coqiitry.
By direction or tho Secretary of War
the following is published for tho infor
mation of all concerned : It having been
represcutod to tho War Department that
necessity exists for olleriug prompt and
safe facilities to pcrsous who dosiro to
make contributions for tho intellectual
and moral wclfnrc of the enlisted men of
the army, tho Secretary of War author
izes tho Adjutant-General to receive,
free of expanse to the sender, such con
tributions of books, periodicals, pham
pleU and papers as may bo sent to him
by phiiauthropic persons for distribu
tion to tho army, especially to the troops
in tho far West."
Tio boundary lino between .Mexico
aud the Uuited States is so illy pa
trolled that bandits in tho guiso of r0'
volutionists have very little difficulty iu
raismg a row iu Mexico, and when close
ly pressed, retreating over the border.
There Is no question, says tho Sau Fran
cisco Chronicle, that the Uuited Statos,
iroops uo an in incir power to prevent
t our soil being made a base for operations
of the kind referred to, but there are net
enough of them to take cure of our long
frontier, aud as a couscqucuce thoro are
frequent incursions from this sido into
Mexico. Tho latter nation usually diss,
plays so much energy iu hunting dawn
Apaches when they uudortuko to raid its
soil that it seem? surprising that tho
slender bands of idlegcd revolutionists
should skip forward and backward with
impunity. Can it be possible that tho
peoplo of Northern Mexico are in sym
pathy with tho revolutionists, or so-called
bandits, and do not desire to catch them?
The circumstances seem to point that
way.
The National Board of Fire Under
writers, which is formed of the leading
tire insurance compacies doing business
in tho Uuited States, has icon an official
letter to President Harrison, calling his
attention to the great wasto of values by
fire in this country, which has now
reached nu enormous sum annually, and
appears to bo increasing year by year.
Iu 1881 the estimated destruction of
vuiuua was 901,000, uuv; in loVL tno
record of estimated loss was about one
hundred and forty millions of dollars
that is, tho fire loss seems to bo increas
ing nt a fatter rutio than the increase in
national wealth, and bids fair, unless
some decisive check can be put to it, to
seriously iuterfero with our National wel
fare. "It may be pointed out," com
ments the Boston Herald, "that tho
President has only a perfuuetory interest
in matters of this kiud. Even if ho
were to recommend to Congress that ac
,tion should bo taken looking toward the
correction of this evil, Congress could
not act, for tho defects conipluined of are
correct ible only by local legislation. It
is a mutter of surprise that only a few
cities in this country have building laws,
lor iu most instances the form of con
si 1 net ion is left entirely with the ifldi
vii! ml owners
A SPRING POEM FROM BIOK
"Toll me, Myrson, toll ma true,
W hat's the season pleaseth youf
Is it summer suits you best,
When from harvest toil we rest?
Is It autumn with its glory
Of all surfeited desires'
Is it winter, when with Btory
And with song we hug our Brest
Oris it spring most fair to you
Come, good Myrson, tell mo truol"
Another answci-eth.
"What the gods in wisdom send
Wo should question not, my I r lend;
Yet, since you entreat of me,
I will answer reverently:
Me the summer time displeases,
For Its sun is scorching hot;
Autumn brings such dire diseases,
That perforce I like It not;
As for bitter winter, oh I
How I hate its ice nnd snow I
"But, thrice welcome, kindly spring,
With the myriad gifts you bring!
Not too hot nor yet too cold,
"Sracioiwly your charms unfold
Oh, your days are like tho dreaming
Of thoso nights which love beseems,
And your nights have all the seeming
Of those days of golden dreams!
Heaven smiles down on earth, and then
Earth smiles up to heaven again I"
Eugene Field, in Chicago News.
A STROKE F0R LIBERTY.
BY J'REDKHICK M. COLBY.
HE 9th of May,
1775.
. 1110 day was
serenely fair,and
tho warm sun
shine of spring
shone pleasant
ly upon a beau
tiful scene. A
broad, green
clearing sloping
toward tho long
tract of the fair
stretching wa
WfflllA tors of Lake
Cnamplain, which seemed to lie asleep
in the rays of tho descending luminary.
Through the clearing meandered a pretty
little brook, which emptied itself into
the lake at a place where a narrow bay
indented tho land. In tho midst of tho
opening, and but a few rods from the
shore of the lake, stood an old fashioucd
farmhouse, with an outhouse, barn and
garden, nil showing signs of more or less
enterprise and thrift. From tho chim
ney of the farmhouse curled a cloud of
smoke that floated dreamily ovei tho
landscape, and finally melted away in
distinguishnbly with The vapory atmos
phero. Several other chimneys belong
ing to scattered farmhouses that stood
farther back from tho lake were sending
up smoke likewiso, and back of the little
settlement, with green uplands nnd
forests between, extended a ridge of
hills, forest-clad to theirsummits. Across
the lake aud in full view rose tho frown
ing walls of Ticonderoga, from which
lloatcd tho lion flair of Great Britain.
soon to be plucked down by the fearless
hands of the free sons of America.
"Supper will be ready a soon as Na
than comes," said a matronly woman ap
pearing at tho door of tho farmhouse,
sleeves rolled to the elbow, aud the
signs of culinary toil apparent on her
perse n.
"It's time that ho was here," replied
Farmer Boniau as he straightened up from
bending over a harrow that he was
mending, and turned his bronzed honest
face towards tho lake. "lie isn't usually
so late us this."
Tho figure iu tho doorway followed
tho direction of bis gaze, shading her
eyes with one hand from the rays of tho
westering sun.
"I think he is coming now; yes, that
is his boat. You can just see it in tho
glare of the sun'. Well, I suppose you'll,
be ready when be gets here." And Mrs
Bemun disappeared within the kitchen.
The Bemaus being thrifty people and
living on the shore of the lake, herecnly
a milo wido, were in the habit of sending
their produce to the fort, where the
soldiers paid good prices for the same.
Their sou Nathau, a boy of fourteen,
usually acted as agent on these occasions,
and this particular afternoon be had
rowed across the lake with a basket of
poultry and fresh eggs for tho garrison.
He had started immediately after dinner,
and expected to be back in three hours,
but it was nearly six o'clock as he drove
his canoe up tho mouth of tho little '
brook and anchored it to a clump of
hazel bushes. Ho walked up the path,
crushing whole phalanxes of the starry
blossoms of the white wood violets a
sturdy boyish figure, clad in shirt and
trousers, without shoes aud with a rag
ged cocked hat on his head. Whistling
merrily, basket on arm, he entered the
farmhouse, from the open door and
windows of which now camo the fragrant
odors of steaming flapjacks and hoecukes
and pennyroyal tea.
"You ore late, Nathan," said his
mother, who was just pouring a cup of
the hot drink.
"Yes, mother, I know I am, but there
was a good deal to eco, aud I couldu't
seem to get away."
"Anything new at old Ti? " asked Mi.
Beman.
"Nothing particular, father, only
they've got a barber there."
"A what!"
"A burlier, a man who cuts hair and
shaves you. The soldiers were alt being
shaved; it was fun to see some of theiu
wince and squirm."
"Did you see the commandant! "
"Yes, Ctiptnui de la Place bought tho
chickens and eggs hiimelf, and took me
to Lis room to pay me. Ho told me,
mother, that ho did not get such nice
eggs as yours anywhere else."
Mrs. Reman smiled with pleased van
ity. "Well I keep good hens and feed
thein well, and 1 always sell my eggs
fresh," she said.
"Yes, mother," said her husband,
"and you make more money from your
poultry thau 1 do from my farm. How
ever, we've ulwav worked together.
But, Nathan, you are thoughtful. What
are you thinking about!"
'Oh, I was thinking how easy old Tl
could be taken," answered Nathan.
"Capturo old Tl!" exclaimed his
father, " why, lad, tho thing's impossi
ble. Abercrombio lost two thousand
men thero in '58, aud young Lord Uowo
was killed. I wasn't teu feet from him
when ho fell. Tho fort's impregnable
But what in the world put the thought
iu your head! Who is there to take it."
"I don't know, fntl jr, but ever since
we beard of the battlo of Islington be
tween tho redcoats and our farmers, I
have been thinking how old Ti might be
taken. You don't know how careless
they are. There were no sentinels on
duty this afternoon, and the soldiers
wcro drinking and gambling."
"That may be, but Ticonderoga isn't
a gal to be taken by the first wooer.
'Twould jo a great stroke for liberty,
but no, no, there's nobody to do it."
And Farmer Beman, who was a thor
oughly patriotic American, shook his
head firmly.
But as tho former and Nathan were
milking tho cows that night, tramp,
tramp, tramp, came the sound of many
feet, nnd rising with thoir filled pails to
see what tho matter might be, thoy saw
the road filled with more than three
hundred armed men.
"They are not redcoats, but who can
they be!" askod the elder Beman with
honest surprise.
He was answered by the appearance of
two officers of rank one a large, tall
man of Herculean cast, dressed in high
heavy boots, buff breeches and waistcoat,
and a high collared white shagcoat; tho
other a slighter man, but well mado and
of noble bearing, whoso garments were
richer and more fasbicnablo in their cut.
Both were on horse back and wore swords,
epaulettes and other insignia of rank.
"As I'm alive, its Colonel Ethan Al
len!" exclaimed Farmer Beman, address
ing the colossal figure.
"And you aro Ebcnezer Bomnn," cried
tho famous Green Mountain hero. "This
is Colouel Arnold, and we nre on our way
to take old Ti."
"You must be mnd, Colonel Allen,"
cried the farmer aghast. "Goneral Aber
crombio had fifteen thousand men and
failed."
"But I am not General Abercrombio,
nor does insanity run in my family," an
swered Allen, sturdily. "Yonder fort
will be in the hands of free men to-morrow
morning, or Ethen Allen will be no
more among the living."
Young Nathan Beman stood looking
with all his eyes upon the stalwart figure
of the Green Mountain hero, who to him
was the personification of everything
great ana glorious In the worm. The
looks of Arnold he did not like as woll,
iho had a reckless air and a proud, con
cmptuous expression of countenance, but
those flashing eyes and sinister lips did
not then foretell tno ill fame that was to
corno to this brave and gifted man.
I suppose you have made provision
for boats to transport your troops across
the lake, Colonel Allen," said the farmer.
I have sent a party to secure what
bouts they could above here, and another
party has gone to Skenesboro, but I
trusted to find certain craft at this place,"
answered Allen. "Could I nave been
misinformed!"
"There is nn excellent scow a half-mile
abovo here, and there are dozen skin's
down yonder that you are welcome to."
"Aud now, Mr. Boman," said Allen,
beuding upon him the steady gaze of his
stern blue eyes, "do you know of any
one that we can depend on as a guide,
some one that knows all about the fort
and its approaches? I wish to avoid if
possible any danger from tho salute of a
charge of grapeshot or canister from tho
wide-mouthed war dogs of old Ti."
"I don't know of any one that knows
old Ti better than my son Nathan bore.
He goes over there as often as onco a
wsek."
"And can you, young man, conduct
us to the fort and show us the way to the
commandant's quartors? Aro you sure
you can do it!" Colouol Allen's voico
was stern and decisive, for it was an im
portant task that was required, aud the
person that served him must not fail
him.
"I know the fort as well as I know
our house yonder," declared Nathan
boldly. "I've been all over it by day
light, sir, and I think I could find my
way over it by night."
"And do you know where tho com
mandant's quarters are!" inquired
Arnold.
"I've been there a dozou times, sir,
and should know the place blindfolded,"
answered the lad.
"Then you aro the boy for us," re
turned the other. "Colonel Allen, if wa
get the boats, the morning sun will see
the red flag of England pulled down
from yonder ramparts." .
"Aye, aud we will hope that it will
never float there again," responded A! leu,
solemnly.
During the next few hours tho so'.diers
were busy gathering the boats of the
neighborhood, and it was a little after
midnight that Allen and Arnold and
about eighty of the troops crossed to tho
western shore of the lake. The boats
they expected from Skenesboro and Pan-
ton did not arrive, but neither of the
great leaders dared delay uuy longer. In
the lust boat that crossed went Nathau
Beman, tho boy guide of the expedition.
After landing their passengers tho
boats were sent back for another load,
while their companions waited on tho
shore of tho lake. It was a soft May
night, bright with stirlight. Tho frogs
kupt up their chorus through all the
night hours, and at intervals tho sharp
call of tho whippoorwill sounded a dia
pason. The lirst streak of the dawn ap
peared iu the east.
Ethan Allen gazed anxiously across
the lake.
"It will never do to wait for the boats
to return, " ho mutteied. "Daylight
will soon be here, aud if the garrison
espy us we are lost."
Delay was. indeed hazardous, and the
two coimuunders resolved to proceed to
the attack at once.
The men were accordingly drawn up
in three ranks upon tho shore, and in a
few brief words Allen told thera of his
determination. Thon placing himself at
their head, he called to Nathan Boman.
"Conduct us to tho tally port, and
mind that you do not run into any un
necessary danger."
Tho boy guide looked up into the face
of his superior officer with a firm, bravo
glance. "I am not afraid, sir, and per
haps God will fight lor us."
"God will fight for us," cried tho
Green Mountain hero, clasping Nathan's
hand. "Forward, men, in the name of
the Lord I"
Slowly and silently the little troop ad
vanced. The vast bulk of the fortress
rose dark and frowning above them. No
sound came from tho walls. The band
of light in the east had broadened into
a great, glowing belt of radiance.
Up within twenty paces of the en
trance gate tbey marched before their
presence was discovered. Tho surprised
sentinel gazed in mute astonishment and
alarm for an instant; then raising his
musket he levelled it full at the tower
ing figure of Allen. Luckily tho weapon
missed fire, nnd as he turned to flco the
patriots followed him.
"This way," cried Nathan, running
under a covered walk within the walls.
In a brief time the rushing column of
Americans swept like a whirlwind into
the parade in front of the arracks, whero
they gave three thundering cheers that
made the old walls tremble, and roused
the sleeping garrison from their beds in
wild dismay at the unwonted sound.
Filing off in two divisions, the patriots
formed a lino of forty men along each of
tho two ranges of barracks, so that the
soldiers of the fortress were mado prison
ers' as fast as they arrived upon the
scene.
'Now, Nathan, lead me to Captain de
la Place's room," commanded Allen,
sword in hand.
Up the stairway sprung tho boy and
the great leader, and in another moment
tho hero's sword was banging away upou
the commandant's door.
Captain do la Place camo to the door,
his clothes in his hnnd, but when he saw
the majestic form of Allen, he stood
amazed and speechless.
"I demand the immediate surrender
of this fort, Captain do la Place!" cried
Allen.
"But by whoso authority do you
make this bold demand of his Majesty's
fortress!" asked the commandant,
scarcely realizing the situation, which
was uo wonder.
'Jn the name of the great Jehovah
nnd the Continental Congress, " replied
Allen in a tono that could not be gain
said. De la Place relinquished bis sword
and tho capture was complete.
The spoil that fell into the hands of
the victors consisted of one hundred and
twenty pieces of iron cunnon, fifty
swivels, ten tons of musket balls, threo
cartloads of flints, a lot of gunpowder,
a fine array of muskets and a large quan
tity of other stores, all of which proved
of incalculable bone fit to tho patriot
army near Boston.
As the sun rose up over the green hills
of Vermont, Nathan Beman stood beside
Allen and Arnold on the ramparts of
Ticonderoga, while British cannon were
pealing forth their deep-mouthed
thunder to the reverberating mountains
the proclamation of victory.
"God has indeed fought for us,"
said Allen solemnly, as he placed his
hand upon the boy guide's shoulder.
"Aye, aud it is the first triumph of
young freedom over the arms of her
haughty oppressor, " cried the future
hero of Quebec and Saratoga. Now
York Observer.
A Famous Island Wushinx Away.
Sharp's Island, a famous old fishing
and gunning spot on the Chesapeako Bay,
Maryland, is rapidly washing away. The
island is situated near the mouth of tho
Chesapeake River. The storms of the last
two winters have undermined and carried
into the bay all the fine old trees that
stood on the banks. The island was
granted to John Bateman by letters pat
ent from tho lord proprietary of the pro
vince ot Maryland, February 23, 1069.
In 1675 Sharp sold it to John Eason for
4100 pounds of tobacco. The island
originally contained over 1000 acres. A
survey made iu 1883 showed 300 acres,
and now it is scarcely one-third that size.
No one now lives on the island. A few
years ago William Denny put two femalo
aud one male rabbit on tho island.
there being none there. Now there aro
thousands. Chicago Herald.
The Beggars and Loafers of Naples.
A century ago there were 30,000 "laz-
zaroni" iu Naples. Neither disease nor
want has diminished their number. Their
children die at a fearful rate, but there
are many hospitals for the survivors, and
peither board nor lodging costs them
much when, at a mature age, they are
turned loose into the world to become
lazzaroni" in their turn, like their un
known fathers and mothers. What is a
"lazzaroni?" may be asked. According
to Colettu ho is a being who lives how
le can without working. If he puts
hand to honest labor he is do longer a
'luzzarono." It may be doubted whether
tho "luzzarono" will ever become ex
tinct. The "resauitation" schemo will
not oust bim nor make him chauge his
habits. Ho is more than half what his
climate makes him. American Farmer.
Cure for Prominent Van.
When a boy's or girl's ears aro abnor
mally large, or stick out from tho held
in au ugly fashion, it may bo accepted
as a distinct misfortune. Nobody ad
mires cabbage leaves in lieu of tho pretty
piuk shell-shaped organs of heariug that
all would like to have, if allowed to
give a few points to mother naturo while
siie was engaged in tho tusk of making
up a job lot of auricular appendages.
The best cure for prominent ears is 1111
old-fashioned uight cap tied down close
ly. It will be found 011 trial rather com
fortable thuu otherwise. The writer
knows a beautiful boy whose ear havo
beeu trained very successfully in tlui way
they should go, by this biinplu Ul
meut. New Yolk News.
AN AMERICAN LANGUAGE.
INTERESTING WAY IN WHICH AN
INDIAN SYMBOLIZED BOUND.
A New System of Recording Speech,
and. How It Was Invented by an
Illiterate Native American,
T THNOLOGIST PILLING,of tho
Bureau of Ethnology, said to a
Washington Star reporter : "As
bct of the English language is not in it
with tho Cherokee syllabary. Tho syl
labary I speak of was invented by a half
breed Indian named Sc-quo-yah. IIo
was entirely uneducated, not even know
ing how to read any language. But he
had become acquainted with the princi
ple of the alphabet namely, that marks
can be made the symbols of sounds. Ac
cordingly this untutored genius con
ceived the notion that ho could express
all tho syllables in tho Cherokee tongue
by distinct characters.
"He first went to work to collect in
his memory all the syllabic sounds in the
Cherokee language which ho was able to
recall. He found tho number to he
eighty-six, and for each of these ho de
vised a peculiar mark. At the begin
ning he drew the marks in the sand and
nnd after he bad them mado to his satis
faction he transferred them to paper.
For somo of thera he took tho letters of
our own alphabet, using various modi
fications of the Roman letters, together
with some characters of his own inven
tion, for the rest.
"Each of theso eighty-six characters:
stood for a certain syllable sound and the
entire eighty-six comprised all tho sylla
bles used in the Cherokee language. With
these symbols ho set about writing let
ters, and by means of them a correspond
ence was soon nctually maintained be
tween Indians of bis race in Wills valley
nnd their relatives beyond tho Mississippi,
five hundred miles away. This was done
by individuals who could not speak Eng
lish nnd who had never learned any np
phabet except this syllable one, which
Se-quo-yah had invented, taught to others
and introduced into practice.
"The remarkable point about this
syllabary was the rapidity with which it
could be learned and utilized for writing
and reading. After tho English alpha
bet has been learned a considerable
period pf schooling is required before
tho most intelligent person can read or
write the language composed jvith it.
But, with the aid of this sot of Cherokee
symbols, the average Indian, without any
previous instruction in the written signs
of any language, can learn to read and
write in Cherokee fairly well within two
weeks and fluently within four weeks.
A more than ordinarily intelligent person
can learn to read and write with the
symbols io a week's time.
"As soon as Se-que-yah had published
his invention interest in it rapidly spread,
until at length young Cherokecs would
travel for great distances to obtain in
struction in this easy method of writing
nnd reading. Within a few days they
were able to begin writing letters, and
upon returning to their native villages
they taught others. At present tho sylla
bary is in general use among the Chero
kecs, and there is no part of the Nation
where it is not understood. Iu no other
language cm the art of reading be ac
quired with nearly the same faculty.
The first book printed in the characters
was probably a collection of Cherokee
hymns, published in 1829; but previously
to that, in 1833, the first number ot tho
Cherokee Phoenix, a weekly newspaper,
were issued at New Echota partly in
English and partly in the syllabary.
"This Cherokee alphabet is altogether
syllubic except for one letter, which
answers to tho English S, and is placed
between tho syllables to give a hissing
sound. There is not a consonant, in the
wholo sixty-nine characters. In the
Cherokee language thero is not a souud
f, j, p nor v!1 Tho tongue is guttural,
nnd a person speaking Cherokee can talk
all day nnd not have occasion to close
bis lips. Se-quo-yuh's English name was
Georgo Guess. Ho was born in Georgia
in 1770 of a Cherokee mother. I am
creditably informed that the father of
the 'American Cadmus,' as ho has been J
called, was Colouel Nathaniel Gist, who
was with Washington nt Braddock's de
feat and who was taken piisjuer by the
Cherokecs, among whom ho remained
five or six years.
"Se-quo-yah is said to have had as a
boy no liking for tho rude sports of
other Indian youths, preferring to stroll
alone in tho woods, whero he employed
himself in building littlo houses with
sticks. His first attempts iu tho direc
tion of his invention were addressed to
devising word signs, but he soou found
that this plau would require too many
characters. Tho syllebary was adopted
by the Cherokee Council iu 1823, u silver
luedul being awarded to tho inventor as
a tokeu of admiratiou for his genius aud
of gratitude for tho service he hail
rendered to his people. Tho medal was
made in Washington.
"Four years later tho American Board
of Foreign Missions defrayed the cost of
casting a Jont of type of the characters,
uud lrom this time 011 publications iu
the syllubary beguu to multiply. At
present the literature of the Cherokee
language, composed with these signs,
consists of scores of books uud pamph
lets, including periodicals, abuauuci,
school books, tracts, laws, the Cherokee
Constitution, the wholo of tho New
Testament and most of tho Old. Thus
there came into use a new system of re
cording laugiiuge, the invention of au
illiterate mini, ignorant alike of books
and of tho various arts by which knowl
edge is disseminated a practical system
devised by u native American for tho
perpetuation of a native Amcricuu lau-
tju'iyu-" mmm
It is estimated that 6,000,000 pounds
of uiuplu sugar,iuaiiufcturcd in Vermont,
will receive the Govci anient bounty, tho
ujfgn-gate of which will amount to
$100,000.
Tho largu.il hop yard iu the world is in
Sacramento, C'aliloruii, $SJ,000 worth
having beeu sold from lilty uats.
SCIENTIFIC AMI I.NIHJ81 KIAL.
Tho wire-wound gun is tho nowest
thing in heavy ordnance.
Thin bolts, ns wide as possible, givo
by far the best results working vertically.
A thick vertical belt will not hug tho
pulleys.
A comet with three tails, each 10,
000,000 miles long, bus come into the
view of a Lick (California) observatory
astronomer.
Secret trials nt Spandau, Germany,
with a carbonic acid rille reservoir hovo
proved very successful. With one charge
300 shots can be fired.
Tho largest telephone switchboard iu
tho world is that iu the Exchange at
Berlin, Germany, where 7000 wires are
counected with the main o'lice.
Mr. Allard, of Levis, Ciundu, has,
after twenty years of labor, discovered a
method of tempering red copper, aud has
sold his secret to a rich American.
A shoemaker in Berlin,. Gjrmany, has
iuvented an urtidcial sole of stone for
uso in shoes. It is elastic nnd easy ou
tho feet, uud is calculated to last for
years.
Au English zoologist urges tho syste
matic domestication of the zebra. It
would be a most useful transport ani
mal, and it would bo saved from ex
tinction. A refrigerator has just beeu mado in
Now York which will freeze flvo huu
dred tons of ice in twenty-four hours.
The machine weighs 175 tons and was
built for St. Louis.
An important invention has been made
in the adaptation of magnetic electricity
to the prevention of the slipping of car
wheels. The use of it, it is claimed,
will increase the hauling power of an
engine many per cent.
Hiram Maxim, the American inventor,
is still busy at Crayford, England, in con
structing bis flying machine, or, rather,
his apparatus, "for ascertaining how
much power is actually required to per
form flight with a screw-driven
aeroplane."
Aneroder dredger was recently tested
on a shoal composed ot sand and other
alluvial matter, which was disintegrated
nnd mixed with tho water and carried
away in suspension. The amount of
work done was estimated at thirty-five
cubic yard? of material removed per
hour.
Tho British Consul nt Mozvnbiquo
mentions that there exists on the east
const, south of the Zambesi River, a reef
of pearl oysters. Tho greater portion of
tho reof is within enclosed waters, nnd,
as it has never been regularly worked,
the peails which could bo found there
must be of considerable dimensions.
Tho bacillus of diphtheria is believed
to develop with epocial rapidity in tho
presence of warmth, moisture and dark
ncss, scvoral outbreaks of tho disease
have been traced to cesspools or sewers
into which steam and hot water woro
discharged. The artificial heat scorns to
have wakened into activity germs which,
if undisturbed, would have remained
dormant.
Metals Dearer Than Gold.
Many of tho elementary mctnls are
more valuable than gold. To spoak of
of them as being mined is, however,
hardly precise. They are extracted by
tedious and expeusivo processes iu chemi
cal laboratories in infinitesimal quantities,
Tho following is a recently prepared list
of the elements whose market value ex
ceeds that of gold, the price of the latter
being $299.72 per pound, avoiid ipois:
Value P.T Lh,
Value At V
Vanadium. ,.f,?M
Rubidium... 8,-'Hl 00
Calcium a, 40 X)
Lantalum... 2,4411 20
Cerium 3,44il 'JO
Lithium(wire) 8,3S 44
" Iglobules) 3.2JS Tfi
Er'jium 1,571 f7
Uidymimn... 1,11.40 uri
Strontium... 1,570 44
Indium I,S of
Hutheniiim.
1.H04 IH
Columbiutn,
Rholium. ...
Hai'ium
Thallium. . .
Odinium. ...
Palladium. .
Iridium ....
Uranium. . .
l.tKUSI
IU4 K
7.1S 3J
0.VJ 32
41W i) I
4Mi iVJ
4;i4 9
Theso are not nominal values, as many
of the elements nro used in the arts.
Vanadium, for instance, is employed iu
tho production of unilino black. It re
quires some twenty-fivo distinct chemi
cal operations to extract vauudiuui from
sandstone. New York Herald.
Lived niitl Died Together.
There died in Ward's Island Hospital
on Friday aftcrnoou, of consumption, in
the samo room aud on aljoining beds,
two men who were inseparable coinpau
ious for over forty years. Their names
were John Murphy, a laborer sixty-two
years old, aud Peter Dully, also a laborer,
sixty-five years old. They were both
boru in the samo town in Limerick Coun
ty, Ireland. They knew each other in
their young days and were always to
gether. When Peter started for America to
better his fortune John packed his grip
uud camo with him. Tbey worked to
gether, drunk together aud lived togeth
er for many years. Tiiey hired a room
iu the lodging house at 472 Pearl street,
uud stayed there until u few weeks ago,
when they were found iu the street des
tituto aud sick. They were both re
moved to Ward's Island Hospital. On
Friday afternoon thoy both died of con
sumption within ten minutes of cucii
other. New York Sun.
The .rent Sword City.
Lieutenaut Clarke, of tho United Statos
Army, in writing from 'Germany to a
friend iu Baltimore, mentions a visit to
Soliugen, Germany, tho famous sword
inauulueturing town. He states tho
sword bludes, bayonets uud knives are
manufactured on a largo scale, but that
all tho machines used iu the factories are
nude iu Aiuericu. The dues blades nre
mado by hand uud are mounted by tho
lurgo manufacturers, by whom they tire
sold. Uue ot the most skillful of these
sword-inukers was tho keeper of a restau
rant w here Lieutenant Clarke took break
fiist, the smithy being under the rvistuii
rant. The coupling ot Nwurd-mukiiig
with other occupitioi.s seems to bo coin
inou with persons who possess the secret
of making the liucat blades. New Or
kuus Picayune.
TBEE9.
6ot out trers! adorn the homestead,
Make it pleasant all round,
Let the elms and oaks end maples
AVith the evergreen abound;
It, the ho;ne be so attrnctiva
That the boy that is to-dny
When he shall arrive at miiihon-1
And In foreign lauds may stray,
Then with longing heart nnd loving
To his home these hills amon'r.
Thinking how the trees ara thriving "
Which he helped to plant when young,
Bet out trees ! yes, plant an orchard ;
Dear, good farmers, do you know
Of the wealth there is iu fruit trees
For the labor you bestow;
How the apples turn to money,
With the peaches, plums aulpenr.
And the luscious, bright re 1 cherries,
All the fruits the orchird heirs'
Little children love the fruit tre?s,
How they wait, with wnat delight,
For the coming of their blossom,
In thoir lovely pink and white; !
Never flowers were half so pretty.
Never such profusion shown,
As Dame Nature gives tho fruit, trees,
With a glory all their own.
Set out trees! along the highway.
Place them thick 011 either side, !
In the present joyous springtime, ,
Every one his part provide;
Bet out walnuts, chestnut, beeches,
Whore the playful squirrels come;
Iu homlockf, firs and spruce.
Shall the song birds find a home,
Let their branches growing, twining.
Forming arches o'er the way.
Shield the horse and screen the rider
Through th long, hot summer day,
Thick green leaves tho golden sunshine
Hiding while the uogstar reigns;
Then when autumn paints them gayly
Carpeting the hills and plains.
Set out trees ! upon die common.
Ashes, lin lens, poplar?, birch;
Set them out around the school house,
Place them thick nho'it the church,
Have the children's play ground shaded
Aud the public walks as well.
And the joys from these arising
Coining ages glad will tell.
These shall live and gro.v and gladcn
While we moulder 'neath their loaves,
Let us then improvo the present,
Leave behind us priceless trees'.
Mrs. Annie G. Marshall, in N. E. Farmer,
Ill'MOR OF THT. DAY.
The line of beauty Aquiline.
Always making brakes Westing
house. Life.
Tho deaf-mute is always re uly to take)
a hand in conversation, Puck.
The stamp of truth won't take a letter
through the mails. Chicago Blade.
The wing shot ought to bo a bnng-up
marksman. Binghnmtou Republican.
Tho hungry boy is the first to realize
when he is too big for half-fare.
Truth.
Tho thief who tnndo a break for liberty
forgot that brakes were made to restrain,
Truth.
Why shouldn't we speak of the driving
clouds! Don't they hold the rains!
Lowell Courier.
A live wiro is so called because it is
frequently the cause of suddeu death.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Man is uot merely the architect of his
own fortune, but he must lay tho bricks
himself. Galveston News.
Little Edith gives expression to tho
thought that poetry is pro with its
gloves on. Bos-ton Transcript.
"I think I'll give tho ountry the
shake," remarked the malaria as it pre
pared for business. Texas Siftiugs.
Tho road-reform movement is becom
ing a landslide. Tho country is fast
pelting ready to mend its ways. Chicago
Tribune.
Sa'uho "You wife doesn't look a
minute older than she did ten years ago."
Hicks "According to her statistics suo
isn't." Tid-IJits.
"So Gouely has married Miss Ruler
and formed a copuitncrsltip for life?"
"Yes. And lie's tho silent paitucr,
loo." B-jstou News.
An honest man is so jealous of his
honor that he is indignant if lie is uot
in-d:mtlv believed when he tell- the truth
and aiso when he lies. Puck.
Jess "Did you know Harry's father
was a Congressman I" B ess "No; ho
never mciilioued it; but I Mir idscd thero
was a skeleton iu the family clcsot."
New York Herald.
Chollic "Think I'll change me boot
maker.'' Chappie "lluvf" "Haw.
Tho beast awsked me if 1 would wuthcr
have 1110 slioci well - shape 1 or did I
pwefer a lit." Indianapolis Journal.
"I don't think,'" said Cla-.t, "that
these flowers match my I'ouip'i von, do
you?" "No, they don't," raid Maude,
"anil you mustn't go out that way. But
I wouldn't bother to change the flowers
if 1 were you." Cloak Kovie.v.
Rector Black "I was gla I to see you
in church yesterday morning. What
did you think of my exordium uud pero
ration?" Mr. Ka-v "l'retiy good,
but" Rector Black "lint what?"
Mr. Easy "But they were just a little
too far apart." Boston Beacon.
Sorry we haven't this Washington
girl's name. An attache of the British
legation in addressing her said, "I am
tony that the Bering tea trouble is
looking so seiioiip, because with her
splendid nuvul equipmcut Great Biitaiu
would wipe you oil the face of tho
earth." The young lady retorted,
"What, again?" And then came a flush!
cf tileuce. L'ticu Observer.
A Novel M atch.
One of the most ingenious and expen
sive novelties of the day is a gun metal
watch, keyless, and howiag upou its
face, through small apertures, tho day,
date, mouth aul slate of the moon. Tho
v. .ilea leqiiiivs only to be wound iu tho
i:muiI way, and when the hour of twelve
o'ldock, midnight, ai. ives, with a slight
click the day and ilato change ill a
n.agic. although autoa.al.c, maimer,
New Voik Journal,