THE FOREST REPUBLICAN b pablliha Try Wedaesday, ky J. E. WENK. Offloe In Bmaarbaugh A Co.' Building elm rrxurr, tionxsta, ra, Terms, ... IIJO prTtr. RATES OF ADVERTISING One Square, one inch, one inswtion. .$ 1 00 OneHijuare, one inch, one month..,, 8 00 One 8quare, one inch, three months. , 00 One ISq uere, one inch, one year ..... 10 00 Two Squares, one year 15 00 Quarter Column, one year 80 00 Half Column, oue year B0 00 One Column, one y.t.r. - 100 "0 Legal advertisements ten cents per line each insertion. Marriages and death notice gratis. All hills for yearly advertisements collected quarterly. Temporary advertisements must be paid in advance. Job work cash on deliver;-, ' PUBLICAN "l-ertptlwi, neetvea fer a atertar Mrlod tua Urr. months, Corro.Dond.ne. aaliettW fr. Mr, mt k. VOL. XXV.' NO. 20. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 1892. S1.50 PER ANNUM. kmihitt. i eeuc WW M U ef Ua AJIDOOt Forest .Re ) Mortality .is greater among tho Alas kans than among aay other citizens of tho United States. In the expenditure of money for edu i rational purposes direct from the Trea ' sury Koutucky is tho third Btuto in tho 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, Nob., the Other day, General Armstrong said that no dead American has a rlvht to lio uu dor a gravestone costing $150,000 whllo a lire American woman is starving in a garret. The present Mayor of Iluclva, Spain, where Columbus first met Queen Isabella, is of the samo name and lineal descend ant ot the man who . was Mayor of the place when Columbus sailed to discover the New World. New Yorkers have formed a society, with branches in Philadelphia and other . American cities, for the suppression of the "intolerable annoyance created by the frequont noisy clanging of inhar monious church bolls." It is estimated by a statistician in tho American Farmer that this country loses over $700,000,000 a your by adulterated food. This is more of a burden upon it than several of the great European ar mies are upon their countries. It is said just before his lust campaign Gladstone hardened himself lor exposure bareheaded at outdoor public meeting by habitually sitting t window from whicU- Strong draft ina coming. This a strong man, but is a heroio device fol if would be likoly ti play havoo with a weakling. Tho telephone isstill, to a very largo extent, an American institution. Even in England it is ijt slightly appreciated, and neither in FrAnco nor Gcrniiny has it yet obtained anything hko a financial or commercial foothold. There are far less telephones I in use in London and y Paris combined than there are in St. Louis. i The cldctio j of a woman Attorney Gcnerattffamong the possibilities for tho State ci Montana, ' where Ella L. Knowletlthe only woman lawyer in the Stale, hasabucn nominated by the Peoplo's party, Iwas through the influence of Miss Kn&Tos that the bill was passed to admit woven to prnctico law tn the State, aud mo was herself tho first can didate for adinissiou under the now law. Her practice is lago aud lucrative. Stato Geologist Smock, of New Jer sey, has gone to Holland to study the dyke system of that country and to se cure other information that may be util ized in solving the problem as to how to save the New Jersey seashore coast. The ocean's inroads in tho cutst from Sandy Ilook southward to Cape May are many and growing deeper yearly. In some places indentation of a milo or more have been officially noted. The United States Geodotio aa l Coast Survey is to take the matter up this full. London Public Opiniou notes that the centenary of the discovery of coal gas has just passod. Oue huudred years ago William Murdock, a Cornish miner, studying the coal which he handled daily, tilled an iron kettle with it and set it on the fire, connecting au iron pipe with the nozzle; when the gas be gan to flow from tho pipel he applied a light, and the first gas ligflt sprang into existence. Wide as his useful invention has spread, and great as tho blessings that have resulted from it, how many pooplo ovor heard the uaiuu of William Murdock! To tho London Lancet is due the (sug gestion that prizes shquld bo odcrod for the best cup of tea or collue as luueh s- for the best show of fruit and Holers. Here is an idea for couuty fairs, cooking school competitions and mission work. There is scarcely a hamlet in Switzerland, France, Austria or Italy whore one can not find a good cup of coffee. In this country it is as roro as in Euglund. Vet there is nothlug simpler or easier to make. Perfect coffee can be made with an old oyiter cau aud a clean rag or a horn of druggist's filter paper. It should bo unnecessary to plead such a reason, but the nerve-sustaining power of black coffee, particularly for people who lead aedeutary lives, should make it at least as accessible as bars and soda fouutaius. In fact, as the Lancet says, iu urging its use: "To uiauy of the daily increasing number of total abstainers a cup of really good coffee is perhaps more wholesome, as well as more palatable, than a too free use of aerated waters; while many who are moderate driukers would prefer coffee in the middle ot the day, or at any other times when on duty," "IF I WERK PA1H f'Then (lis looked into her mirror." If 1 bad 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 wen fair, Love would not turn aside; Life's paths, so nai row, would be broad and wide, If I were fair! If I were fair, Perhaps Ilka other maidens I might hold A true heart's store of tried and tested gold. Love waits on Beauty, though sweet Love alone, It seems to me, for aught might well atone. But Beauty's obarm is strong, and Love obeys The mystic witchery of her shy ways. If I were fair, my years would seem so few; Life would nnfold . 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 I But now oh, shadow of a young girl's face, Uncolored lips that Pain's cold fingers trace, Ton will not blame tbe child whose wee hands close, Not on the blighted bud, but on the rose So rich and fair. If I were fair, Oh, just a little fair, with some soft touch About my face to glorify it much I If no one shunned my presence or my kiss My heart would almost break beneath its bliss. 'Til said each pilgrim shall attain his goal And perfect light shall flood each blinded soul When day's flush merges iuto sunset's bars And night is here. And then beyond the stars I shall be fair I EJith Rutter, in London Spectator. JIM JENKINS, IIIS STORY. A SKETCH FROM LIPS IN THIS MOUNTAINS OF KENTUCKY. IIE moon wua shin in' away off up yan- der in the blue front yard uv Heaven ez soft an' ycller ez a ripe custard pie; the apple blossoms wuz pink an' white on the trees, fillin' tho air with the smell uv angels; me and Malvioy wuz settin' out on tho porch stops; the old folks wuc gone to bed, an' I reckon I'd been hold in' onto her han' fer up'ards uv sever' minutes, tickled 'most to death 'cause she didn't snatch it away. "Mai vinyl" says I, purty nigh in. a whisper. "Yes, Jim!" says she, hitcbin' up an inch or two. "Ain't ther somo fellers you kinder like a littlo bctter'n some other fellors?" '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. "Malviny," says I, takin' a new holt onto her han', "of I'd throw. a rock, about now, could I hit the fuller you like the best!" "No, Jim," says she, an' down went that durn gizzard ov mine ag'in. "Why couldn't I, Malviny!" says I, fisbiu' 'round fer a hint. . .. " 'Cause, Jim," says she, an' her han' give a twitch. " 'Cause what!" says I. "J is' 'cause," says she, an' she jerked her ban' outer mine an' slid over to'rds tho railin'. "Do you reckon I could hit him with a clubt" says I, pickin' up a bit. "I reckon," says she. "Could you, Malviny?" says I. "Yes, I could," says she, kinder quick an' uarvous, an' then a heap softer, "but I wouldu't." "Why wouldn't you!" says I, aggin' her on. "I wouldn't hit a dog with a club,'.' says sho. "I ain't no dog," says I, breakin' out in the wroug place. "Who said you wusz?" says she, mighty provokin'. "You did," says I. "I didn't," says sho. "Well, you come mighty nigh it," says I. "I wazn't talkin' about you, at all," says she, sulkln'. "Who wui you talkin' about, then," says I, gittin' ugly myself. "That for me to know, an' you to find out," says she, ez sassy az a gal with seven beaus. I seen I wuz gittin' on ticklish ground, an' I begun backin' off. ' "What's the use ov us quarrtlin', Malviny!" says I, mighty forgivin', an' tryin' to git holt on her hand agin. "I ain't quarrehn'," says she. "But I w.uz tryiu' to," says I, mcetin' her more'n half way, an' she sorter let her han' siip over to'rds mine, that wuz reachin' 'round in the shaddurs. I wuz feelin' purty shore now, au' gottiu' a clinch onto her han', I says: 'Malviny," says I, "I think a heap uv you." "Jis keep ou tbinkiu' that away, Jim," says she. "Fer how long?" says I. "That depeu's," says she. 'Depen's on what!" says I. "How do I kuow?" says she, sorter peeVish. "You women air tho beaten'est crit ters,",. ys I, drappin' htr han'. "I ain't," says she, flarin' up. 'You air all growed on the same stem' says I, flarin' up, too, 'Well, I don't keer," lays sho ez peaky ez stubborn calf, Mem what I am, an' I can't be no more'n I am, kin I?" "How do I know!" says I, comin' back at her on her own tracks, an' a dab uv a clond came acrost the face uv the moon an' the wind blowed the smell uv tho apple blossoms t'other way. I wuzn't makln' no headway at all, an' I sat thar without sayin' a word tell that cloud went by an' the moon showed bright agin. Malviny wuzn't sayin' a word nuthcr. "Malviny I" says I, atter a bit, but she wouldn't answer. "Malviny," says I, beggin'; "I'll take that back. They ain't no nicer gal than you in the wholo country." "That's what Sam said last night," says she, colder'n shade in Fcb'ury. "Sam who?" says I, chokln' up. "Sam Higley," says sho, smirkin'. "You didn't think it was Sara White, did you?" "Wuz he here last night, too?" says I, swasgin' downtell my hopes wuz most draggin' tbe ground. "No, he wuzn't," said she, provok iner than ever, "but he was tho night afore." I couldn't stan' it no longer, an' I jumped up offen the steps and begun stompin' round like a man with the toothache. "When you git tired, Mr. Jenkins," says she, politer'n a basket uv chips, "you may set down." "When I git tired," says I, maddcr'n a wet hen, "I'll go home." "What fer?" says she. "Fcrever," says I. "That's a powerful long timo, ain't it, Jim!" says she, sofenin' somo. " 'Tain't no longor'n you're keepin' mo in misery," says I, settin' down agin. "How'm I .keopin' you in misery?" says she, ez innercent cz a turtlo dove. "You know, well enough," says I. "I don't," says she. , "Yes, you do, too," says I, fightin' her ofl, fur I seen she wuz comin' 'round. "Well, you aggervated me to it," says she, kinder excusin' herself. "I didn't mean to," says I, feelin' some better. "Didn't you?" says she. "No, I didn't',' say I. "Shore, Jim?" says sho. "Shore'n ehootin', Malviny," says I, an' with that she edged over some an' put her hand in mine ag'in. She didn't say nothin', an' I didn't say notliin', an' we didn't do nothin', only jis' sot thar, holdin' hau's, ez ef that was all ther war in tho world to do, anyhow, whllo the moon waz shlnin' soft and the apple blossoms waz smellin' sweeter'n, sweeter, every minute. "Malvy," says I, in comin' back to tho star tin' p'int attor while, "s'posin' a man waz to kiss your' "S'posiu' what?" says she, lookin' tiorco. "S'posin' a man waz to kiss you!" says I. "What man?" says she, curious, like women is. "Me?" says I, boldor'n a bantam. "Ycul" says she, jumpin', but not gettin loose. "Yes, me I" says I holdin' cn tight. "Well, s'posiu'," says she,seeiu' I had her. 'Then what!" says I, all the timo pull in' her ovor a lcetle clos'tor to me, an' she comin', cz if it wuz unbeknownst to hur what I wuz cloiu'. "How do I know, Jim!" says she chirpin' Hko a bird. "Would you keer very much, Mal viny!" says I, changin' hau's an' sorter slippin' t'other one 'round her waist, 'an her not tryin' to git away, nuther. "flow keer!" says she. "Keer ef I did!" says I. "S'posin' I keeredef you didn't, Jim!" says she, turnia' 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, an' I frabbed her to me with both hau's, an' she lifted her face tell the moon shun right down ou it au' put a gold crown ou her hair, an' the stars laughed ia her eyes, an' tbe sweet uv the pink an' white apple blooms blowed 'round her, au' I bunt down an' tutched my lips to her'n, an' I felt ez cf I had kissed the jasper gates uv Paradise an' wuz wadiu' knee deep iu glory through the uicddcrs uv the Promised Land. "Malviny?" says I; atter uiy feclin's had settled somo. "Yes, Jim," says sho, nestliu' her head ug'iu my chist, an' me with both arms 'round hor, holdin' on's cf sho might git away ef I didn't. "S'posin' I'd hint somothin' about gittin married?" says I. "Who gittin' married?" says she. "Mo." 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'tor cn' ketchiu' her breath. "Do what?" says I. "Skoer uie," suys sho, kiuler shivery like. "What skcered you, Mulviayl" says I, fairly haukcriu' to haul the daylights outen anything that ud skeoi the gal, an' wuntiu' tho wurst way to ast hur to huvo me, but a feared to do it. "You did," says she. "Howl'' says I. "Axin sich fool questions," says she. 'Ain't you uuver goiu' to git mar ried I" says I, swulleriu' hard. "Don't look oz uf I wuz, does it?" buys sho, luughiu'. "How do I know!" says I. "You ought to know?" suys she, pus tcriu' mo like everything. "How!" says I. "Guess," suys she, luughiu' that sweet, low, little, gurgliu' laugh uv lieru ag'in. "I can't," says I. She looked up at mo outen tho comer uv hor eyes, cuter'n a kitteu, an' the suinmer eveuiu' breeze spread a smell uv apply blossom all over them porch steps, an' a honey suckle fell off the vine an' hit mo in the face. "Malviny," says I, all of a suddon 'Icttin' go my holts an' standin' up straight ez a bean pole, "of the plumb, biggest.doggoue fool iu Hick'ry County wuz to ast you to ba his wife, what 'up you say?" She was settin' down, but when I stopped talkin', she got up an' comin' over to me, she put both her ban's onto my shoulders, an', lookin' me es straight in the eyes cz ef I wuz the Jedgment Days, she says : "Joems Jinkins," says sho, oz slow es m'lasscs in Jinuary, "I'd say 'yes, sir,' an' make a sensible 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 made a mistake, fer somehow tbe moon ain't no older'n it wuz, ner the stars no dimmor, au' the apple blossoms air jist as sweot as they wuz that summer night, an' Malviny an' me an' June seems to be movin' along with our arms around each otbor, an' I'm jist big enough fool to wanter die when Mulvina an' June does, an' go with 'em over yander. Will J. Lamp ton, in Detroit Free Press. Tho Taper Age. The world has seen its iron age and its branen age, but this is tbe age of pa per. We are making so many things of paper that it will soon be true that with out paper there is nothing made. We live in paper houses, wear paper cloth ing, and sit on paper cushions in paper cars rolling on paper wheels. If we lived in Bergen, Norway, we could go on Sundays to a paper church. We do a paper business over paper counters, buying paper goods, paying for them with paper money, and deal in paper stocks on paper margins. We row races in paper boats for paper prizes. As the ago dovolops the coming man will be come more duoply enmeshed in the pa per net. He will awake in the morning and creep from under tbe paper clothing of his paper bed, aud put on his paper dressing gown and his papor slippers. He will walk over papor carpets, down papor 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. He will wipe his lips on a paper napkin, and having put on his 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 ciage to his paper office. He will or ganize paper enterprises and make paper profits. He will sail the ocean on paper steamships and navigate tho air in paper ballonns. He will smoke a papor cigar or paper tobacco in a paper pipe, lighted with a paper match. He will write with a paper pencil, whittle paper sticks with a paper 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 gun, loaded with paper cartridges, and will dofend his country in paper forts, with paper cannon and paper bomb. Having lived his paper life and achieved a paper fame and paper wealth, he will retire to paper leisure and die in paper peace. There will be a paper funeral, at which'tho mourners, dressed in paper, will wipe their eyes with paper handker chiefs, and tho preacher will preach in a paper pulpit. He will lie in a paper coffin, he will be wrapped in a paper shroud, his name will be engraved on a paper plate, and a paper hearse, adorned with paper plumes, will carry him to a papor-Iiued grave, over which will bo raised a paper monument. Paper Re cord. Discipline of Chinese Troops. An English journal describes the man euvering of Chinese troops at a review that was held at Nanking lost month in the presence of the Viceroy and a great throng of spectators. Tho drill was en tirely on European lines, except that at certain points during the movement the bearers of nags leaped out bofore tho main body of troops, uttering terrilio yells and brandishing long flagstaff like spears, concluding by refolding their nags around the stalls by a dexterous movement and leaping backward into tbe 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. In the opinion of one observer, tho 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 exercise was also gone through smartly, aud the firing was well up to the average. The men used their old muzzle-loading muskets. New Orleuus Picayune. Ailr suture of Double Windows. Double windows that is, windows with double glass are an advautage in either wiutur or summer. In the winter season they pay for themselves in a month or two by the diminution of coal bills, since with their assistance not more than half the coul which is usually needed i required to warm a dwelling. They are just as great an advantage in the summer season, for not only do tbey shut out the dust, but by keeping them closed during tho day the temperature of a room may be kept five or teu degrees below that of the air outside. New York Journal. A Curiosity of Digestion. As a rule, people digest most easily what they like bust. There is a dyspep tic iu this town who suffers the agouies of death if he eats a piece of white bread or dritiks a cup of tea, and yut 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 says he likes pork and beau, and nobody can doubt it sfter seeing him eat them, aud he unquestionably fur nishes an illustration of the maxim that dyspepsia is an unaccountable malady. bt, Louis Globe-Democrat. CAPriVE BALLOONS IN WAR OBSERVATION CARS TJSKD TO GET A VIEW OF THE ENEMY. t? How tho fichmno Workocl In the Kranco-I'rasHlan War MoClol Inn'a Balloon. THE alarm which prevails in 1 1 : : -l -MA. , V. n German balloons that havo crossed tho frontier in mid-air to study tho fortifications of tho groat czardom along its boider-lino from a strategic standpoint is but a repetition of the surprise with which tho captive balloon was bailed during tho war of seventy. The Franco Prussian war and tho sioge of Paris have amply demonstrated the utility of tho balloon for tho purpose of investigation and communication, which without it would have been impossible. During that siege of fivo months, lasting from tbe 23d of September to tbe 28th of January, not Uss than sixty-flvo balloons with a crew of 155 men, 363 carrier-pigeons and a tonnage of 20,000 pounds of mail mattur, consisting of letters, dispatches aud newspapers, wore sent from Paris to tho provinces. Tho carrior-pitreous were used for carrying back news from tbe provinces to the locked-in capital. That tho plan workod successfully is proven by tbe fact that fifty-seven carrier-pigeons returned with more than 100,000 dispatches. When it is borne in mind that this mode of com munication was the only one left to a metropolis cumbering its populace by tbe million this modest result assumes enormous importance, and tho future besiogement of largo centres will un doubtedly bring a repetition and im provement of this method. During tho last century tho French military engineer employod captive balloons, which were held with ropes by the privates of his corps. From the car attached to the balloon observations could be made of tho territory, the battlefiold, or the fortress occupied, aud a correct idea could thus be formed of the position and movements of the enemy and the lortiflcations erected by tbem. As early as 1793 and 1791 balloon ascensions were made for this purpose during tho sieges of Valen ciennes, Maubeuge and Charleroi, and the battle of Fleurus. General McClel Ian was unusually fortunate in the employment of his balloon June 1, 1862, during the battle of Richmond. His headquarters wero connected by tele graph with tho observation car of tho balloon and he directed the battle according to the flashes of intelligence received from there. These and many other example?, dem onstrating tbe superior advantage of a bird's-eye viow of the situation, assume still greater range when the trajectory power of our present firearms is consid ered, together with the introduction of smokeless powder. Tbe battlefields must of necessity expand, the fighting distance become greater, and that side which discovers the enemy first will have many points of advantage, enabling it to a certain degree to shapo and outline tbe developments of the contest. A brief lookout from tho car of a balloon 1000 to 1600 feet in the air reveals more plainly the position of the enemy to tho eye of tuo strategists than ail tuo tutor motion that can be gathered from re connoitering parties, outposts aud spies. It is a connected picture that is thus presented of all that would otherwiso havo to be gradually uuitcd into a whole from news and reports as they come. What can bo seen from an observation- car is a complote chart, not one com posed of isolated fragments, no matter how correct they may be. These facts, bearing so closely upon the tactics of future wars, have resulted in an increased utility of thecaptive bal loon, tbe first essential of which is that it shall be ready for service at short no tice. Napoloon I. abolished Coutelle's corps ol aeronauts only because they were unable to keep up with bis army. Tbe military corps of aerouauts at Cbaluis-Mcudon, in charge oi Iteuard, succeeded at lust iu constructing au aero naut's park, the special arrangement of which is kopt as secret as that of the English and German parks of this class. Gabriel Yon, one of the most noted Parisiuu eugiuecrs, who assisted iu the building of the gigantic captive balloons exhibited at the world's fair of Paris and London has constructed his aeronaut parks aftor the Keuard model aud sup plied with them Italy, Russia, Chin aud other countries. Two opposing elomeots govern the construction of a military balloon, and to harmonize them great care and judg ment is required. One is absolute safety for the lives of the aeronauts; the other utmost lightness in weight of the balloon and its outfit. . The first demands a con struction insuring durability aud sufuty; tho second of minimum weight. To ef fect a compromise between tho two only the bust material can be used, aud care ful calculation and many tests are neces sary to achieve tbe deiired result. The weight carried by the gas ia by no means small, for Yon's Ituliun balloon weighed, with passengers, etc., complete, a little over 1000 pounds. Chicago Times. Licorice. Tbe 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 common aud cheap gum obtained from au acacia, which grows iu great abundance iu Morocco aud aloug tbe west coast of tbe Sahara aud is culled Burbaru gum. But this is not the only substance used, for starch, flour and even suud are employed iu such quanti ties that some of tbe cheap grudua of licorice have only oue hulf their weight composed of the material they purport to coutaiu. St. Louis Globe-Dumocrut. The largest of turtles is inid to be the species known as the logguivad, which grow to the enormous wcigtit of ItSOO pounds. '1'uuoe are found iu the sua, ' SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. The mean height of land above tho soa level is 2250 feet. An incandescont lulnp without a fila ment is the next electrical improvement we are promised. Mutton is more nutritious and digesti ble than beef, although some 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. Etiennc, Franco. Tho particular use to which it is there put is in the tempering of springs. A scheme, propounded by M. Rngo sine, which providos for tho construction of a steel pipo line from the Caspian Sea, through Persia, to tho Persian Gulf, for the conveyance of kerosene, is attracting attention in Baku oil quarters. The total average efficiency of tho Frankfort Lauffen plant which trans mitted 150 horse-power of electrical energy a distance of 109 miles is stated in tbe official reports, just published, to have been about seventy-five per cent. At three of the largo London railway stations Charing Cross, Cannon street and London Bridge as many as 32,969 movements for signal and point levers have to be made every twenty-four hours, quite apart from the tolegraphic opera tions. Two Indian gentlemen have invented an anti-collision apparatus. It is worked by electricity, the principle being that when one train gots on the sumo pair of metals an another train within a certain distance the current so acts as to . bring them to a strudstill. Twenty-two acres of land are nzedod to sustain a man on flush meat, while tho same amount of laud under wheat feeds forty-two people; under oats, forty eight people; under potatoes, Indian corn and rice, 176 people, anil under tbe pluutaiu or bread fruit true, 6000 people. Globus announces tho format iou of a new islet in the Caspian, noar Buku, by upheaval. It lies three und a half miles from shore, and measures 175 feet by 100 feet, rising about twenty feet abovo the water. Its surfaco is irregular aud composed of blackish gray and yellow hardened mud. Considerable astonishment was re cently excited in a zono of Sweden aud Russia, comprising the towns of Stock holm, Elisavetgrod, Pinsk, Kovno aud St. Petersburg, by the appearance in tho air and tho eventual deposit on the ground of large clouds of a powder of peculiar appearance. A French paper is authority for tho statement that a Parisian lauadryman has discovered a way of cleunsiug fine linon without using soap or other chemi cals. Instead of these, he ru'is boiled potatoes upon the goods, making, it is claimed, much-soiled liucn, silk aud cot ton whiter and purer than when washod in the usual way. Tho truth of the statement may be easily tested in any laundry. A Uniquo Exhibition. Tho Soldiers' Company of London have boen exhibiting in their ball an ex tremely interesting collection of all kinds of saddles and bridles in use from tho earliest times to the present day. From tho Tower of Loudou came a knight's tilting saddle of wood, covered witli leather, with an arrangement not unlike stocks, into which the knight's legs wero thrust, so that he might not topple ovur 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 there wore several examples. Sir Henry Uulford contributed the velvet saddles used by Prince Rupert and Charles I. at the bat tle of Naseby, and Colonel Somerville tbe accouutrements of a war-horse which once belonged to Oliver Cromwell. The trappings in which Sir Edward Seymour rode when he met the Prince of Oruugo on the shores of Torbay aud tho Duko of Monmouth's gorgeous saddle were near by. Close besidd them was the fa vorite saddle of tbe famous jockey Fred Archer. The Queen sunt a marvellous collection of Oriental saddles aud trap pings, iucludiug those of Tippo Sahib. The Empress Euguuie luut, iiiuoug other relics of tho Napoleonic dyuasty, a velvet saddle and trappings said to havo beuu used by Nupoleou I. iu his lust cam paign. Near them luy the squuro-cautlod svldlo of old Blucher, "Murshal Vor wartz." There wero also many iro specimens from private collections, in cluding those of Lord Ilosubury, tho Duke of Portland, the Duko of Sotuersut aud others of equal culubrity, while the War Ollice lent specimens of military saddiory from Cout ueutal Power. Modern cavalry saddles, with latest equipments, wure well represented. Boston Transcript. Fat-Tailed Sheep. Somo interest has been evoked by the announced arrival of u flock of sixteen of the fat-tailed sheep of Persia for our Agricultural Department ut Washiugtou. It has been thought that iu our wide rauge of territory there might be found a place for these curious but not very valuable sheep, of which thero i not much known by the public, except among experts, of those auimule, und some mistaken impression uro existing in regard to the enterprise. Sheep guu erully have a natural facility for laying fat on various parts of the body. Some gather it ou their ribs, others ou their viscera aud others ou the toil. This habit is uatuial to some kinds of the ox tribe, aud bthur animals, us the buuvur, which Las au exceedingly lurgu aud fat tail. Oue race of sheep fouud iu Asia Minor, southuru Asiu, easteru Europe, Arabia aud in Africa, have this fat tail enormously developed. Wheu kept iu houses and highly fud, the tuil, fosteuud to a little curt for protection, reaches the weight cf forty pounds. The fat of it is used iu place of butter. American Puirymau. SUMMER. Oh, sweet and strange what time gray morn ing steals Over the misty flats, and gently stirs Beo-iaden limes and pendulous abnlee. To brush the dow -bespangled gossamers From meadow grasses aud beneath black firs. In limpid streamlets or tran. 'ucent lakes To bathe amid dim heron-haunted brakes! Oh, sweet and sumptuous at height of noon Languid to lie on scented summer lawns, Fanned by faint breeses of the breathless June; To watch the timorous and trooping fawns. Dappled Vke tenderest clouils In early dawns, Forth from their ferny covort glide to drink And cool lithe limbs beside the river's brink t Oh, strange and sad, ore daylight disap pears, To hear the creaking of tbe homeward wain. Drawn by its yoke of tardy -pacing steers, 'Neath honeysuckle hedge aud tangled lane; To breathe faint scent of roses on the wane By cottage doors, and watch the mellowing sky Fade Into saffron hues uisonsibly I HUMOR OF TUE DAY. A tailor's goose The dudo. Cuts a queer figure Tho Chinese idol carver. Tho way to nail a lie is to pin the man down to facts. Union County Standard. A man is called a confirmed liar whoa nothing that ho says is continued. Bos ton Transcript. Did any ono ever sco a woman who could look intelligent while talking to a buby ! Atchison Globe. Don't speak lightly of tho graduate : ho knows a great dual that you havo for gotten. Elmira Gazette The badge of tho delegate shows you who ho is for, but it does uot show you what he is aftur. Dallas News. It is altogether useless to try to talk politics to the man who was married only a week ago. Somerville Journal. Friend "My, you grind out jokei pretty fust." Humorist "Fasti You ought to sea thom come back." Yankeo Blade. After a woman passes a certain age -she would just as soon get married on Friday ai ou any othur day. Atchisou Globe. Farmer (to tatterod tramp) "Why don't you work for a living!" Tramp "Because I have a dread of dying rich." New York Journal. Pationt (who has been In railroad col lision, feebly) "Doctor, cau I recover?" Doctor "What!" Patient "Damages, of course." Yankee Blade. Thero are iu some soil 43,560,000 mosquito lurvui to au aero. It is always safe to couut a mosquito's eggs before they are hatched. Now York Herald. When Johnny broke his rocking-horse In angry words his motlior spoke; But Jotiuny's argument bad furco: " W hat good's a horse unless it's broke?" Judge. Tomly "Does tho High ami Low R. R. pay, do you think?" Dunly "Oh, yos. I uudurstnud that the conductors on that road are amassing fortuuos." Yaukee Blade. Cobwiggor "I huvou't any chauge this morning; just chalk it up." Milk man "That's too much to ask. I can't afford to waste my chalk that way." Bostou Transcript. Billy the Beau "Anything new in en gagement rings?" Jeweler "Yos: our new 'Seaside' plutod goods are cheap and are warranted to outwear any summer resort engagement." Jewelers' Weekly. Clara "How well you looked ou the street yesterday." Maud (immensely fluttered) "Do you really thluk so! I am awfully ghvl." Clara "Yes, you had on such a becoming veil." Cloak Review. Mrs. Vau Crugor "It strikes mo, my dear, that flirting has become almost a science. It reminds ma much of chess." Edith Theodora "Yes, mamma, that's so. Xou can't gut along without the iueu, you kuow." Bostou Budget. Employer "Wo waut a man who is willing to work and knows tho city." Rugglus tho Tramp (sotto voce) "Well, I guess I ought to till tho bill. I kuow the city like a book, und I've been work ing it for tho past two weeks." Yuukeo Blade. Magistrate "You are charged, sir, with hitting the prosecuting witness, McFuddun, with a brick. Guilty or uot guilty?" Groguu "l'leosoj yur auuur, 'twor a vury soft brick. Misthor McKad duu is a iriuud of mine." ludiuuupolis Journal. Servant (delivering message)--"Mr. Triplett sends his compliments to Mr. Gazzum, with the request that ho shoot his dog, which is a ruisance in the neighborhood." Gazzum "Give Mr. Gazzum' compliment to Mr. Triplett, aud ask him to kiudly poison his daughter or burn up hur piuuo. Harper's Bazar. Three Kinds of Llshtulny. According to Arago, the celebrated Frcuc.h physicist, thero ary throe kinds of lightning, which ho uuiues lightning of the first, second aud third classes. Lightning of thu first class is kuowu as fork lightuing. That of thu second class a sheet Iightiiug, which bus uo definite form, but scum to bu a great muss of light. It hiu uot thu intensity of lightniug of thu first class. WhuVlt occur bohiud a cloud, it light up its outline only. Occasionally it illuminate the entire body of clouds, and appeal to come forth from thu very heart of it. Sheet lightniug i vury much moro fre quent thui" forked lightuiug. Lighlumg of tho third kind is cullud bull light. liiuL'. Bull Ii'dituiuir Inst tor seconds, uud, iu this respect, dilfers wiueiy iroiu lightniug of thy tiru and second classes, which are, iu the ttrii tust seuao, momentary. 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