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VOL. XXV. NO. 20.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 1892. 81.50 PER ANNUM.
REP
Mortality is grantor among tho Alas
kans than among auy other citizens of
the United States.
In the expenditure of money for edu
cational purposes diroct from tho Trea
sury Koutucky is the third Stato in tho
ftdon.
Free baths are advocated in St. Louis
as a means of preventing the loss of about
forty boys who are annually drowned in
the Mississippi at that point.
Ia his speech at Omaha, Nub., tho
other day, General Armstrong said that
no doad American has a riht to lie un
der a gravestone costing $150,000 whilo
a live American woman is starving in a
garret.
Tho present Mayor of Iluulvn, Spain,
where Columbus first met Queen Isabella,
is of the same name and lineal descend
ant ot tho man who. was Mayor of the
place when Columbus sailed to discover
tho' New World.
Now Yorkers have formed a society,
with branches in Philadelphia and other
American citios, for the suppression of
the "intolerable annoyance created by
the frequent noisy clanging of inhar
monious church bolls."
It is estimated by a statistician in the
American Farmer that this country loses
over $700,000,000 a year by adulterated
food. This is more of a burden upon it
than several of tho great European ar
mies aro upon their countries.
It is said just beforo his last campaign
Gladstone hardeucd himself for exposure
bareheaded at outdoor public meeting by
habitually sitting
a wludow from
which. strong draft,
la a heroic duvico fo
i( would be likoly tf
'as coming. This
a strong man, but
play havoo with a
weakling.
The telephone- isstill, to a vary lar"o
extent, an American institution. Eveu
ia England it is Mt slightly appreciated,
and neither in FrAiico nor Gernuuy has
it yet obtained ally thing like a financial
or commercial foot hold. There are far
less telephones I in use in London and
Paris combined than there are in St.
NLouis. i
Che election of a woman Attorney-
QeucrataTnmong the possibilities for tho
State ci, Montana, ' where Ella L.
Knowlcsl the ouly womau lawyer in the
Blale, hasYiceu nominated by the Peoplo's
party, rlwas through the influence of
Miss Knavf.es that the bill was p issed to
admit womcu to practice law tu the
State, aud was herself tho first can
didate for admission under tho now law.
Uer practice is laj go uud lucrative.
Stato Geologist Smock, of New Jer
sey, has gone to Holland to study tho
dyke system of that country and to se
cure other information that may ba util
ized in solving the problem as to how to
save the New Jersey seashore coast. The
ocean's inroads in tho coast from Sandy
Hook southward to Cape May are many
and growing deeper yearly. In some
places indentations of a mile or more
havo been officially noted. The United
States Geodotb au l Coast Survey is to
take the matter up this fall.
London Public Opinion notes that the
centenary of the discovery of coal gas
has just passed. Ouu hundred years ago
William Murdock, a Coruish miner,
studying the coal which he handled
daily, filled nn iron kettle with it and
set it on the fire, connecting au iron
pipe with the nozzle; wlien the gas be
gan to flow from the pipe i ho applied a
light, and the first gas hgnt spraug into
existence. Wide as his useful invention
bas spread, and great as tho blessings
that have resulted from It, how many
peoplo ever heard the name of William
Murdock t
To the Loudon Laucet is due the sug
gestion that prizes should bo ottered for
the best cup of tea or colleu as mi.eh a.
for the best show of fruit and flowers.
Here is an idea fpr county fairs, cocking
school competitions and mission work.
There is scarcely a hamlet in Switzerland,
Frauce, Austria or Italy where one can
not find a good cup of coffee. In this
country it is as raro as in England. Yet
there is nothing simpler or easier to
make. Perfect cotlcu can be mado with
an old oyster cau uud a clean rag or a
born of druggist's filter paper. It should
be unnecessary to plead such a reason,
but the uerve-sustuiuiug power of black
coffee, particularly for peoplo who lead
sedentary lives, should make it at least
as accessible as bars aud soda fouutaius.
Ia fact, as the Laucet says, in urging its
use: "To tuauy of the daily increasing
number of total abstuiners a cup of
really good coffee is perhaps more
wholesome, as well as more palatable,
than a too froe use of aerated waters;
while many who are moderate drinkers
would prefer coffee in the middle ot the
day, or at auy otbnr times when on
duty,"
"IF I VVtRB FAIR."
"Then she looked into her mirror."
If 1 had little hands, and slender feet;
If to my cheeks the color rich and sweet
Come at a word, and faded at a frown;
If I had clinging curls of burnish'd brown;
If I had dreamy eyes aglow with smiles.
And graceful limbs, and pretty girlish
wiles
If I were fair, Lova would not turn aside;
Life's paths, so nai row, would be broad and
wide,
If I were filrl
If 1 were fair,
Perhaps like other maidens I might hold
A true heart's store of tried and tested
gold.
Love waita on Beauty, though sweet Love
alone,
It seems to me, for aught might well atone.
But Beauty's charm is Btrong, and Love
obeys
The mystic witchery of her shy ways.
If I were fair, my years would seem so few;
Life would unfold sweet pictures to my
view,
If I were fair!
If I were fair
Perhaps the baby, with a scream of joy,
To clasp my neck would throw away its toy
And hide its dimples in my shining hair,
Bewildered by the mass of glory there!
But now oh, shadow of a young girl's face,
Uncolored lips that Pain's cold fingers trace.
You will not blame the child whose wee
hands close,
Not on the blighted bud, but on the rose
Bo rich and fair.
If I were fair,
Ob, just a little fair, with some soft touch
About my face to glorify it much !
It no one shunned my presence or my kiss
My heart would almost break beneath its
bliss.
'Tis said each pilgrim shall attain his goal
And perfect light shall flood each blinded
soul
When day's flush merges into sunset's bars
And night is here. And then beyond the
stars
I shall be fair!
E litb Rutter, iv London Spectator.
JIM JENKINS HIS STORY.
A SKETCH PROM LIFE IS TUB MOUNTAINS
OF KENTUCKY.
HE moon wuz shin
in' away off up yan-
dcr in the blue front
yard uv Heaven cz
oft an ycller cz a
ripe custard pic;
tho apple blossoms
wuz pink an' white
on the' trees, fillin'
the air with the
smell uv angels; me
ana Mamny wuz
tettin' out on tho porch steps; the old
folks wuz gone to bed, an' I reckon I'd
been holdiu' onto her han' fer up'arda uv
sever 1 minutes, tickled 'most to death
'cause sho didn't snatch it away.
"Mai vinyl" says I, purty nigh in a
whisper.
"Yes, Jimt" says she, hltchin' up an
inch or two.
"Ain't thor somo follor you kinder
like a littlo bctter'n some other fellers?"
'No, Jim," says she, an' I sorter felt
my gizzard drap about two feet an' a
half.
"Nary one?" says I.
"Yes, Jim," says she, "one."
That hoped me a good deal ; that an'
the way she said it.
"Malviuy," say I, takin' a new holt
onto her hau', "ef I'd throw .a rock,
about now, could I hit the feller you like
the best!"
"No, Jim," says she, au' down went
that durn gizzard ov mine ag'in.
"Why couldn't I, Malviuy t" say I,
fisbiu' 'round fer a hint.
"'Cause, Jim," say the, an her ban'
glvo a twitch.
'Cause what!" iays I.
"Jis 'cause," say she, an' she jerked
her baa' outer mine an' slid over to'rda
the rail in'.
"Do you reckon I could hit hi in with
a club!" says I, pickiu' up a bit.
"I reckon," says sho.
"Could you, Malvinyt" says I.
"Yes, I could," says sho, kinder quick
an' uarvous, au' thou a heap softer, "but
I wouldn't."
"Why wouldu't yout" says I, aggin'
her on.
"I wouldn't Lit a dog with a club,'.'
says sho.
"I ain't no dog," says I, brcakln' out
in the wroug place.
"Who said you wuzz!" says she,
mighty provokin'.
"You did," say I.
"I didn't," say she.
"Well, you come mighty nigh it,"
say I.
"I wazn't talkin' about you, at all,"
say she, sulkiu'.
"Who wuz you talkin' about, then,"
says I, gittiu' ugly myself.
"That for me to kuow, au' you to find
out," says she, ez sassy az a gal with
seven beau.
I seen I wuz gittiu' on ticklish ground,
an' I begun backin' off. '
"What's the use ov us quarrelin',
Malviny?" say I, mighty forgivin', an'
tryiu' to git holt on her hand agin.
"I ain't quarrelin'," says she.
"But I kuz tryin' to," says I, mcetin'
her ruore'u half way, an' she sorter let
her ban siip over to'rda mine, that wuz
reachin' 'round in tho shadders.
I wuz feehn' purty shore now, an'
gcttiu' a cliuch outo her hau', I say :
"Malviuy," say I, "I think heap uv
you."
"Jis' keep ou thiukiu' that away,
Jim," says she.
"Fer how long?" says I.
'That depeu's," says she.
"Depen' on what?" says I.
"How do I kuow I" says she, sorter
peerish.
"You women air tho beateu'eat ciit
terssays I, drappiu' her hau'.
"I aiu't," aays she, Darin up.
"You air all growed on the same
tern says I, flarin' up, tui
"Well, I don't keer," lay sho ez
pesky ez a stubborn calf, Hum whut
JUL
I am, an' I can't bo no more'n I am,
kin I?"
"How do I know?" says I, comin'
back at hor on hor own tracks, au' a
dab uv a clond came acrost the face uv
the moon an' the witid blowcd the smell
uv tho apple blossoms t'other way.
I wuzn't makiti' no headway at all,
an' I sat thar without sayin' a word tell
that cloud wcut by an' tho moon showed
bright agin. Malviny wuzn't sayin' a
word nuther.
"Malviny 1" says I, otter a bit, but
she wouldn't answer.
"Malviny," says I, beggin'; "I'll
take that back. They ain't no nicor gal
than you in the whola country."
"That' what Sam said last night,"
says she, colder'n shade in Feb'ury.
"Sam who?" says I, chokin' up.
"Sam Higloy," says she, smirkin.
"You didn't think it was Sam White,
did you?"
"Wuz ho hero last night, too?" says I,
swaggin' downtell my hopes wuz most
drnggin' the ground.
"No, he wuzn't," said sho, provok
iner than ever, "but ho was tho night
aforo."
I couldn't stau' it no longer, an' I
jumped up offou the steps and begun
stoiiipm' round liko a man with the
toothache.
"When you git tired, Mr. Jenkins,"
says sho, politer'n a basket uv chips,
"you may set down."
"When I git tired," says I, madder'n
a wet hon, "I'll go home."
"What fer?" ays sho.
"Ferever," says I.
"That's a powerful long time, ain't it,
Jim?" says she, sofenin' somo.
" 'Tain't no longor'n you'ro keopin'
mo in misery," says I, settin' down
agin.
"How'm I keepin' you in misery?"
says she, ez iunerccut ez a turtlo dove.
"You know, well enough, says I.
"I don't," says she.
"Yos, you do, too," says I, fightin'
her off, fer I secu sho wuz comin
'round.
"Well, you aggcrvated me to it," says
she, kinder excusin' herself.
"I didn't mean to," says I, fcelin'
some better.
"Didn't you?" says she.
"No, I didn't',' say I.
"Shore, Jim?" says sho.
"Shore'n shootin', Malviny," says I,
an' with that sho edgod over some an
put her hand in mine ag'in.
Sho didn't say nothin', au' I didn't
say notliiu', an' we didn't do nothin'.
ouly jis' sot thar, holdiu' hau's, ez ef
that waz all tlier waz in tho world to do,
anyhow, while tho moon waz shinin' soft
and tho apple blossoms waz sinelUa
swecter'n, sweeter, every minute.
"Malvy," says I, in comin' back to
tho startin' p'int attor while, "s'posin' a
man waz to kiss you?
"S'posiu' what?" say she, lookiu'
fierce.
"S'posin' a man waz to kiss you!"
says I.
"What man?" says she, curious, like
women is.
"Me?" say I, boldor'n a bantam.
"Ycu?" says she, juinpiu', but not
gcttiu' loose.
"Yes, mei" says I holdin' on tight.
"Well, s'posin'," says she, seein'I had
her.
"Then what?" says I, all the timo
pulliu' her over a lectio clos'tor to me, au'
she comin', cz if it wuz unbeknownst to
her what I wuz doin'.
'How do I know, Jim?" says sho
chirpin' liko a bird.
" Would you keer very much, Mal
viny?" says I, chaugin' hau's an' sorter
slippin' t'other one 'round her waist, 'an
her not tryin' to git away, nuther.
"How keer?" says she.
"Keer ef I did?" says I.
"S'posin' I keered ef you didn't, Jim?"
says she, turuiu' her head away an'
chuckin' her chin tight down agin her
purty white neck.
"Oh, Malviny," says I, with all tho
soul I ever hope to git salvation for in
them two words, au' I grabbed ber to
mo with both hau's, an' sho lifted her
face tell the moon shuu right down ou
it au' put a gold crown on her hair, an'
the stars laughed iu her eyes, au' tho
sweet uv tho pink au' white apple
blooms blowed 'round her, au' I bent
down uu' tetched my lips to her'n, an' I
felt ez cf I had kissed tho jasper gates
uv Paradise au' wuz wadiu' knee deep
in glory through tho medders uv the
Promised Land.
"Malviny?" say I, otter my feclin'g
had settled some.
"Yes, Jim," says sho, nestlin' her
head ug'iu my chist, an' mo with both
arms 'round her, holdiu' ou's cf she
might git away ef I didn't.
"S'posiu' I'd hint somcthiu' about
gittiu' married?" says I.
"Who gittiu' married?" says sho.
"Me." says I.
"Who to?" says sho pulliu' off.
"You," says I, ketchiu' a new hold of
her.
"Don't do that ag'in, Jim," says sho.
snookiu' up clos'ter tu' ketchiu' her
breath.
"Do what?" says I.
"Skcor mo," says sho, kinder shivery
liko.
"What skecred you, Malviuy?" says I,
fairly huukcriii' to haul tho daylights
outen anything that ud skeer the gal,
an wautiu' tho wurst way to ait her to
havo me, but a feared to do it.
"You did," says she.
"Howl" says I.
"Axin sicU fool quostious," says she.
"Aiu't you never yoiu' to git mar
ried I" says I, swallerin' hard.
"Dou't look ez ef I wuz, does it?" bays
sho, laughin'.
"How do I kuow!" uys I.
"You ought to kuowi" says she, pes
teriu' mo like everything.
"How?" says I.
"Guess," isays she, laughin' that
sweet, low, littlo, gurgliu' laugh uv hern
ag'in.
"I can't," says I.
She looked up at mo outen tho corner
uv her eyes, cuter' n a kitteu, au' the
summer eveutu' breeze spread a smell uv
apple bluosouiJt all over them porch
steps, an' a honey tncklo foil off the
vine an' hit me in the face.
"Malviny," says I, all of a sudden
'lettin' go my holts an' staudin' up
straight cz a bean polo, "of the plumb,
biggest, doggone fool in Hick'ry County
wuz to nst you to be hi wife, what 'up
you say?"
She was settin' down, but when I
stopped talkin', she got up au' comin'
over to me, she put both her han's onto
my shoulders, au',lookin' mo cz straight
in the eyes cz ef I wuz tho Jedgmcnt
Days, she says :
"Joems Jinkins," says she, ez slow ez
m'lasses in Jinuary, "I'd ay 'yes, sir,'
an' make a sonsiblo man outen him."
"Malviny," says I, resumin my fust
holts, "you've done it right new."
That wuz forty year ago, an' I reckon
Malviny must have mado a mistake, fer
somehow the moon ain't no older'n it
wuz, nor tho stars no dimmer, an' the
apple blossoms air jist as sweet as they
wuz that summer night, an' Malviny an'
me an' June seems to be movin' along
with our arms arouud each other, an'
I'm jist big enough fool to wantor die
when Malviua an' Juno docs, an' go
with 'em over yauder. Will J. Lamp
ton, in Detroit Free Press.
Tho Paper Age.
The world has seen it iron ago and
its brar.cn age, but this is the age of pa
per. We are making so many things of
paper that it will soon be true that with
out papor there is nothing made. We
live in paper houses, wear papor cloth
ing, aud sit on paper cushions in paper
cars rolling on paper wheels. If we
lived in Bergen, Norway, wo could go
ou Sundays to a papor church. We do
a paper business over paper counters,
buying paper goods, paying for thorn
with paper money, and deal in paper
stocks on paper margins. We row races
iu paper boats for paper prizes. As the
ago dovolops tho coming man will be
come more deeply enmeshed in tho pa
per net. He will awake in the morning
aud creep from under the paper clothing
of his paper bed, aud put on his paper
dressing gown and his papor slippers.
Ho will walk over paper carpets, down
paper stairs, and seating himself in a pa
per chair, will read the paper news in
the morning paper. A paper bell will
call him to his breakfast, cooked in a
paper oven, served on paper dishes, laid
on a paper cover on a paper tablo. Ho
will wipe his lips on a paper napkin, and
having put on hi paper shoes, paper
hat and paper coat, and then taking his
paper stick (he has the choice of two
descriptions already) he will walk on a
paper pavement or ride in a paper car
ciago to hi paper office. He will or
ganize paper enterprises and make paper
profits. He will sail tho ocean on paper
steamships and navigate tho air in paper
ballonns. He will smoke a paper cigar
or paper tobacco in a paper pipo, lighted
with a paper match. He will write with
a paper pencil, whittle papor sticks with
a papor knife, go fishing with a paper
fishing-rod, a paper line and a paper
hook, and put his catoh in a paper bas
ket. He will go shooting with a paper
guu, loaded with paper cartridges, and
will defend his country in paper forts,
with paper cannon and paper bombs.
Having lived his paper life and achieved
a paper famo and papor wealth, he will
retire to paper leisure and die in paper
peace. There will be a paper funeral, at
which the mourners, dressed in paper,
will wipe their eyes with papor handker
chiefs, aud tho preacher will preach
in a paper pulpit. Ho will lio in a paper
coffin, he will be wrapped in a paper
shroud, his name will bo engraved on a
paper plate, aud a paper hearse, adorned
with paper plumes, will carry him to' a
paper-lined grave, over which will bo
raised a paper monument. Paper Re
cord. Discipline of Chinese Troops.
An English journal describes the man-
osuvering of Chinese troops at a review
that was held at Nanking last month in
the presence of the Viceroy and a great
throng of spectators. The drill was en
tirely on European linos, except that at
ccrtaiu points during the movement the
bearers ot nags leaped out before the
main body of troops, uttering terrillo
yells aud brandishing long flagstaff liko
spears, concluding by refolding their
llags around the stalls by a dexterous
movement and leaping backward into
the ranks. The drilling was conducted
first by companies and thon by regi
ments, tho various bodies being after
ward reformed and put through various
movements together. Iu the opinion of
one observer, the men did not keep very
evenly in line, but he saw no soldier
losing his place either in quick marching
or the rapid forming of squares and col
umns. The bayonet exerciso was also
gono through smartly, aud the tiring was
well up to the average. The men used
their old muzzle-loading muskets. New
Orlcuus Picayune.
Advantage of Double Windows.
Double windows that is, window
with double glass are au advuutage in
cither winter or summer. In the winter
season they pay for themselves in a mouth
or two by the diminution of coal bills,
since with their assistance not more than
half the coal which is usually needed is
required to warm a dwelling. They are
just as great an advantage iu the summer
seasou, for not ouly do 'they shut out the
dust, but by keeping them closed during
tho day tiie temperature of a room may
lie kept live or ten degrees below that of
the air outside. New York Journal.
A Curiosity of Digestion.
As a rule, people digest most easily
what they like best. Thero is a dyspep
tic iu this towu who suffers the agonies
of death if he eats a piece of white bread
or drinks a cup of tea, aud yet he will
eat a large piece of fat pork and a plate
of baked beaus swimiuiug iu grease,
without experiencing the slightest annoy
ance. He suys he likes pork aud beaus,
aud nobody cau doubt it after seeing him
eat tliem, aud he unquestionably fur
nishes au illustration of the maxim that
dyspepsia is an unaccountable malady.
St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
CAPflVE BALLOONS IN WAR
OBSERVATION CARS USED TO GET
A VIEW OF THE ENEMY.
V?
How tho Reliomo Worked In the
Kraiico-PrnsHlan. War McClot
lan'a llnllnon.
THE alarm which prevails in
Hussion army circles over the
German balloons that havo
crossed tho frontier in mid-air
to study tho fortifications of tho great
czardom along its botder-lino from a
strategic standpoint is but a repetition
of tho surprise with which tho captive
balloon was bailed during tho war of
seventy.
The Franco Prussian war and tho siego
of I'aris have amply demonstrated the
utility of tho balloon for tho purpose of
investigation nud communication, which
without it would have been impossible.
During that siogo of five months, lasting
from the 23d of September to the 28th
of January, not ltss than sixty-fivo
balloons with a crow ot 155 men, 363
carricr-plgoons and a tonnage of 20,000
pounds of mail matter, consisting of
letters, dispatches and newspapers, wore
sent from Paris to tho provinces. Tho
carrior-piceous wore used for carrying
oack new from tho provinces to the
locked-in capital. That tho plan workod
successfully is proven by the fact that
fifty-seven carrier-pigeons returned with
more than 100,000 dispatches. When it
is borne in mind that this modo of com
munication was the only one left to a
metropolis numbering its populace by
the million this modest result assumes
enormous importance, and tho futuro
besiegemcnt of largo centres will un
doubtedly bring a repetition and im
provemcut of this method.
During tho last century tho French
military engineer employed captive
balloons, which wcro held with ropes
by tho privates of his corps. From the
car attached to tho balloon observations
could be mado of tho territory, the
battlefield, or the fortress occupied, and
a correct idea could thus be formed of
tho position and movements of the
enemy and tho fortifications erected by
them. As early as 171)3 and 1791
balloon ascensions were made for this
purpose during tho sieges of Valen
ciennes, Maubcugo and Charlcroi, and
the battle of Fleurus. General McClel
lan wo unusually fortunate ia the
employment of his balloon Juno 1, 1802,
during the battle of Richmond. His
headquarters woro connected by tele
graph with tho observation car of the
balloon and ho directed tho battle
according to the flashes of intelligouco
received from there.
These and many other example', dem
onstrating the superior advantage of a
bird's-eye view of tho situation, assume
still greater range when tho trajectory
power of our present firearms is consid
ered, together with tho introduction of
smokeless powder. The battlefields
must of noccssity expand, tho fighting
distance become greater, aud that side
which discovers the enemy first will have
many points of ndvantago, enabling it to
a certain degree to shapo aud outline the
developments of tho contest. A brief
lookout from the car of a balloon 1000
to 1600 feet iu tho air reveals more
plainly tho position of tho enemy to tho
eyo of tho strategists than all tho infor
mation that cau be gathered from re
connoitering parties, outposts aud spies.
It is a couuected picturo that is thus
presented of all that would otherwiso
havo to bo gradually uuitcd into a whole
from news and reports as they come.
What can be seen from an observation
car is a complete chart, not one com
posed of isolated fragments, no matter
how correct they may be.
These facts, bearing so closely upon
the tactics ot future wars, have resulted
in an increased utility of tho-captive bal
loon, the first essential of which is that
it shall bo ready for servico at short no
tice. Napoleou I. abolished Coutelle's
corps of aeronauts only because they
were unable to keep up with his army.
The military corps of aeronauts at
Chaluis-Meudou, iu charge of lteuard,
succeeded at last iu constructing au aero
naut's park, tho special arrangement of
which is kept as secret us that of the
English uud German parks of this class.
Gubriel You, one of the most noted
Parisian eugiueers, who assisted iu the
building of the gigantic captive balloons
exhibited at the world's fair of Paris aud
London has constructed his aeronaut
parks after the lteuard model uud sup
plied with them Italy, ltussiu, Chin i aud
other couutrics.
Two opposing elements govern the
construction ot a military balloon, aud
to harmonize them great care and judg
ment is required. One is absoluto safety
for the lives of tho aeronauts; the other
utmost lightness iu weight of the balloon
und its outfit. . Tho first demands a con
struction insuring durability aud safoty;
thotccoud of minimum weight. To ef
fect a compromise between the two ouly
the best material can be used, uud care
ful calculation aud many tests are neces
sary to achieve the deiired result. The
weight carried by the gas is by no means
small, for Yon's Italian balloon weighed,
with passengers, etc., complete, a little
over 1000 pounds. Chicago Timoj.
Licorice.
The stick licorice imported from Eu
rope is rarely pure. Most of it comes
from Spain, where it is adulterated toau
almost incredible degree. Tho chief
adulterant is a commou aud cheap gum
obtained from au acacia, which grows iu
great abundance in Morocco uud aloug
the west coast of the Sahara aud is culled
liurbara gum. Hut this is not the only
substance used, for starch, tlour aud
eveu sand ure employed iu such quanti
ties that some of tho cheap grades of
licorice huve only one half their weight
composed of the material they purport
to coutuiu. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The largest of dirties is cud to bo tho
species kuowu as tho loggctud, which
rmw to the enormous wciilit of 1800
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The mean height of land above tho
sea level is 2250 feet.
Au incandescent lamp without a fila
ment is tho next electrical improvement
we are promisod.
Mutton is more nutritious and digesti
ble than beef, although somo physicians
hold that broth mado from beef is more
nutritive than that from mutton.
Electricity as an aid to gun-making Is,
it is said, in successful use at tho gun
factory of St. Eticnuc, Franco. Tho
particular use to which it is there put is
in the tempering of springs.
A scheme, propounded by M. Ilngo
sino, which provides for tho construction
of a steel pipo litio from tho Caspian Sea,
through Persia, to the Persian Gulf, for
the conveyance of kerosene, is attracting
attention in Baku oil quarters.
The total average efficiency of tho
Frankfort Lauffuu plant which trans
mitted 150 horse-power of olectrical
energy a distance of 109 miles is staled
in the official reports, just published, to
havo been about seventy-live per cent.
At three of tho largo London railway
ctations Charing Cross, Cannon street
and Loudon Bridge as many as 32,969
movements for signal nod point levers
have to be made every tweuty-four hours,
quite apart from the telegraphic opera
tions. Two Indian gentlemen havo invented
an anti-collision apparatus. It is worked
by electricity, tho principle being that
when ono train gets ou the sumo pair of
metals an another train within a ccrtaiu
distance tho current so acts as to . briug
them to a strudstill.
Tweuty-two acres of laud aro nseded
to sustain a man on flush meat, while tho
same amount of laud under wheat feeds
forty-two peoplo; uuder oats, forty
eight peoplo; uuder potatoes, Indiau
corn oud rice, 176 people, and under
tho plantain or bread fruit tree, 6000
people.
Globus nuuounccs tho formation of a
new islet in tho Caspian, near Baku, by
upheaval. It lies three and a half miles
from shore, uud measures 175 feet by
100 feot, rising about twenty feet above
tho water. Its surfaco is irregular aud
composed of blackish gray and yellow
hardened mud.
Considerable astonishment was re
cently excited iu a zono of Sweden aud
Russia, comprising tho towns of Stock
holm, Elisuvetgrod, Piusk, Kovuo and
St. Petersburg, by tho appearance iu tho
air and tho eventual deposit on the
ground of largo clouds of a powder of
peculiar appearance.
A French paper is authority for tho
statement that a Parisian lauudrymau
has discovered a way of cleansing tine
linen without usiug soap or other chemi
cals. Iustoad of those, ho ru'n boiled
potatoes upon tho goods, making, it is
claimed, much-soiled liueu, silk uud cot
ton whiter aud purer than when washod
iu the usual way. The truth of the
statement may be easily tested iu auy
lauudry.
A Uuiquo Exhibition.
Tho Soldiers' Company of London
have boon exhibiting iu their hall an ex
tremely interesting collection of all kinds
of saddles and bridles iu use from the
earliest times to the present day. From
tho Tower of Loudon came a knight's
tilting saddlo of wood, covered with
leather, with an arrangement not uulike
stocks, into which tho knight's lugs wcro
thrust, so that he might not topple over
when his horse wheeled about suddenly,
or a spear point struck with full force
against his armor-plated ribs. Of Cava
lier and Cromwellian saddles thero were
several examples. Sir Henry Halford
contributed tho volvet saddles used by
Prince Rupert aud Charles I. at tho bat
tlo of Nasuby, and Colonel Souicrville
tbo uecouutreuicnts of a war-horse which
once belonged to Oliver Cromwell. Tho
trappings in which Sir Edward Seymour
rodu when he met the Prince of Oruuge
on tho shores of Turlmy aud tho Duko
of .Monmouth's gorgeous saddle were
near by. Close beside them was tho fa
vorite saddle of the 'anions jockey Fred
Archer. Tho Queeu sunt a marvellous
collection of Oriental saddles, ami trap
pings, including those of Tippo Suhib.
Tho Empress Eugenie lent, among other
relics of the Napoleonic dynasty, u velvet
suddio ami trappings said to havo been
used by Napoleou 1. in his last cam
paign. Near them lay the squarc-cautled
Slddlo of old Blucher, "Marshal Vor
wurtz." Thero were also many raro
specimens from private collections, in
cluding those of Lord Kosobury, tho
Duke of Portland, the Duke of Somerset
and others of equal celebrity, whilo the
War Office lent specimens of military
saddlery from Cout uenLal Powers.
Modern cavalry saddles, with latest
equipments, were well represented.
Boston Transcript.
Fat Tailed Sliccp.
Somo interest has been evoked by tho
anuouueed arrival of u (lock of sixteen of
tho fut-tailed sheep of Persia for our
Agricultural Department at Washington.
It has been thought that in our wide
rauge of territory there might be found
a place for these curious but uot very
valuable sheep, of which there is uot
much knowu by tho public, except
among experts, of these animals, uud
some mistaken impressions are existing
in regard to the enterprise. Sheep gen
erally havo a natural facility for laying
fat ou various parts of the body. Somo
gather it ou their ribs, others ou their
viscera and others ou the tail. This
habit is natural to some kinds of the ox
tribe, und other animals, as tho beaver,
which Las an exceedingly large and fut
tail. One lace of sheep found in Asia
Minor, southern Asia, easleru Europe,
Arabia uud iu Africa, have this fat tail
enormously developed. When kept iu
housed und highly fed, the tail, fastened
to a little curt for protection, reaches
tho weight cf forty pounds. The fat of
it is used iu place of butter. .Vmeric iu
Duirymau.
BUMMER,
Oh, sweet and strange what time gray morn
ing steals
Over the misty flats, and gently xtirs
Bee-laden limes and ienilulous aboles.
To brush the dew -bespangled gossamers
From meadow grasses and beneath black
firs.
In limpid streamlets or translucent lakes
To bathe amid dim heron-haunteJ brakes!
Oh, sweet aud sumptunus at height of noon
Languid to lie on pcented summer lawns.
Fanned by faint breezes ot the breathless
June;
To watch the timorous and trooping
fawns.
Dappled lke tenderest clouds !n early
dawns.
Forth from their ferny covert glide to drink
And cool lithe limbs beside tho river's brink!
Oh, strango and sad, ore daylight disap
pears, To hear tbo croaking ot the homeward
wain.
Drawn by its voke of tardy -pacing steers,
'Neath honeysuckle hedge and tangled
lane;
To breathe faint scent of roses on the wane
By cottago doors, and watch tho mellowing
sky
Fade iuto saffron hues insensibly I
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A tailor's goose Tho dudo.
Cuts a queer figure Tho Chinese idol
carver.
Tho way to nail a lie is to pin the man
down to facts. Uuion Couuty Staudard.
A man is called a continued liar when
nothing that ho says is coullriuod. Bos
ton Transcript.
Did any ouo ever sec a woman who
could look intelligent while talking to a
baby? Atchison Globe.
Don't speak lightly of tho graduate:
ho knows a great deal that you have for
gotten. Elmiru Gazette.
The badge of tho delegate shows you
who he is for, but it does not show you
what he is after. Dallas News.
It is altogether useless to try to talk
politics to the man w ho was married ouly
u week ago. Souicrville Journal.
Friend "My, yon grind out jokes
pretty fast." Humorist "Fasti You
ought to seo thorn come back." Y'ankoo
Blade.
After a woman passes a certain ago
sho would just as soou get married ou
Friday ai ou auv oihur day. Atcuisou
Globe.
Farmer (to tatterod trump) "Why
don'tyou work for a liviug?" Tramp
"Because I havo a dread of dying rich."
New Y'ork Journal.
Pationt (who has been iu railroad col
lision, feebly) "Doctor, cau 1 recover'"
Doctor "What?" Patient "Damages,
of courso." Yankee Blade.
Thero nro iu somo soils 43,560,000
mosquito larval to an acre. It is always
safe to couut a mosquito's eggs before
they nro hutched. New Y'ork Herald.
When Johnny broke his rocking-horse
In angry words his mother tipoke;
But Johuny's argument had force:
"What good's u horse unless it's broke?'
Judge.
Tomly "Does tho High and Low R.
R. pay, do you tliiuk?" Datily "Oil,
yos. 1 uudurstaud that the conductors
on that road aro amassing fortunes."
Y'aukee Blade.
Cobwigger "I haven't nuy chaugo
this morning; just chalk it up." Milk
man "That's too much to ask. I can't
afford to waste my chalk that way."
Boston Transcript.
Billy the Beuu "Anything new in en
gagement rings?' Jeweler "Yos: our
new 'Seaside' plated goods ure cheap and
are warranted to outwear auy summer
resort engagement." Jewelers' Weekly.
Clara "How well you looked ou tho
street yesterday." .Maud (immensely
flattered) "Do you really think so? I
nm awfully glad." Clara "Yes, you
had ou such a becouiiug veil." Cloak
Review.
Mrs. Van Cruger "It strikes mo, my
dear, that llirting has become almost a
science. It reminds mo much of chess."
Edith Theodora "Yes, muuiiua, that's
so. You can't get along without tho
men. you know." Boston Budget.
Employer "We want a man who Is
willing to work and knows tho city."
Haggles the Tramp (sotto voce) "Well,
I guess I ought to fill tho bill. I kuow
the city liko a book, and I'vebeeu work
ing it for tho past two weeks." Yaukeu
Blade.
Magistrate "You aro charged, sir,
with hitting the prosecuting wituess,
McKuddcu, with a brick. Guilty or uot
guiltyt" Grogau "Please, yer uuuer,
'twor a very soft brick. Misther McFud
dan is a Irieud of mine." Indianapolis
Journal.
Scrvunt (delivering mossage)- -"Mr.
Tripled scuds his compliments to Mr.
tiazzam, with the request thut he shoot
his dog, which is u niisaucu in tho
neighborhood." Ga.zaui "Give Mr.
Gazzam's compliments to Mr. Triplett,
aud ask him to kindly poison his daughter
or buru up her piano." Harper's Bazar.
Three kinds or Llghtuliiy.
According to Arago, the celebrated
Freuch physicist, there ud three kinds
of lightning, which ho names lightning
of tho first, second uud third classes.
Lightning of the first class is known us
fork lightning. That of the second
class us sheet lightning, which has uo
delinito form, but seems to bo a greut
untss of light. It luo not the intensity
of lightning of the first class. When it
occurs behind u cloud, it lights up its
outline only. Occasionally it illu iiinatus
the entire body of clouds, aud appears
vo come ioriu irom tlio very heart ol it.
Sheet lightning is very much more fre
quent than forked lightning. Lightuin.r
of tho third kind is called ball lighu
uing. Ball lightning lasts lor several
seconds, uud, iu this respect, differ
widely from lightning of the tirt and
Second classes, w hich are, iu the ttrirtest
sense, uioiueutury. Detroit Free l'io.
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