THE FOREST REPUBLICAN I pabUthea every Wedsesdsy, kf J. E. WENK. Offlo In Bme'axbauch Co.'a Building KLM tTBUT, TI0NK8TA, n. Term. ... ti.eo pirTur. RAT28 OF ADVERTISING! J One Square, one inch, one insertion..! 1 On' One Square, one inch, one month..., KXR One Square, one inch, three months., BOO1 One Squsre, one inch, one year... , 10 00 Two Square, one year 15 00 Quarter Column, one year..., 80 0(; half Column, one year 60 00 Una Column, ona year. 100 10 Legal adTertiemjiU ten cents par line) each insertion, Alarriaires and death notice gratia. All hills for yearly advertisements enflsetod quarterly. Temporary advertisements must be paid in advance. Job work cash on delivery. Forest Republican. He nbsertptlma reeaivee for start sarlod ta-a tkrea siontha. Ocrraspondcnes Mlteltea frem al part ef the eonntrr. Neaeilca wUI he Ukaa faanimoui wvinanleatlou. VOL. XXV. NO. 27. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20, 1892. S1.50 PER ANNUM. One-third of the deaths among Ameri can Indiana aro duo to consumption. A plant is being cultivated In Fiance which bears a white blossom In the morning, a red one at noon and a blue one at night. The Boston Transcript thinks this flower should be very popular among patriotic Americans abroad. I A useful innovation has been intro duced Into the public schools of Balti more, la the shape of sewing lessons for the girls. A directress of sewing in the publio schools has been appointed, under whose direction weekly lessons will be given in all the schools. Fine samples of work are provided for the pupils, who aro required to imitate them. " - ! Famino and cholera have made war upon Russia and prevented Russia from making war upon hor neighbors. But pestilence as a peaco-proraoter is worse, the Washington Star admits, than the war which it obviates. Tho forces of destruction now issuiug from Russia move far more rapidly than an army, their attack is far loss avoidable and far more deadly, and tbey threateu the new world aa well as the old. A few manufacturers recently oflered prize for the best original motto for a pen. The New York Tribune avers that a mou in a backwoods county of Iowa promptly scut hira the old stand by, "The pen is mightier than the sworcr," with tho request to send tho prize by tho next mail. The manu facturer jokingly wroto to hira asking if he could prove his claim to be the author of the saying. And ho got tho following reply. Well I've read Mc Guffey'i reader and Kidd's oiocution and the Proverbs in the Bible, so I can't say whether I read it or just thought it. If It is not in these books I'm sura it's original." It may not be generally known, thinks trie Ubicaao Times, that Nobrns'ia h. one-third of all the beet-sugar lactorles in iht muted States. Hero is the list : The Alvarado Bugnr Company, at Al varado, Oal., was tho first, built in 1879, and is still opcratod by E. II. Dyer; the econd is that of Claus Spreckles, at "Watson ville, Cal., built in 1887; tho third was built by Henry T. Oxnard, nt Grand Island, Neb., and worked its first crop la 1890; the fourth one was also built by Mr. Oxnard in 1891, at Nor folk, Neb. ; the fifth is at Chino, Cal., and the sixth has just been completed thig year ly local capitalists at Lohi, Utah. Thus it will bo seen that there are at this time but six beet-sugar fac tories in the United States. A statistician of the German Govern rnt Vas come to the rescue of those ; arsons whs dc not share the wide spread superstition that Friday is tho most unlucky day of the week. A short time ago he determined to make a "scientiflo investigation of this question, using for the purpose, among other things, tha records of the Department of Compulsory Insurance. The most fatal or unfortunate week-day, according to the investigator, is not Friday, but Mon day. Sixteen and seventy-four hun dredths per cent, of all accidents, it seems, occurred on that day; 15.51 per cent, on Tuesday, 10.31 per cent, on Wednesday, 15.47 per cent, on Thura day, 10.38 per cent, on Friday, the same per cent, on Saturday, and 2.69 por cent, on Sunday. Comment upon the email percentage of accidents on the first day of the week is unnecessary. The compiler of the table, however, at tributes the largo relative number of ac cidents on Monday "to the excessive amount of liquor consumed on Sunday." P. D. Armour, of Chicago, is said by the New York Post, to be interested in a project to establish a zoological garden 4 ." Lincoln Park. Tho idea was aug- J.ck, of Hambnrg, Germany, to exhibit .uraals from his gardons in Borlin and . iuinburg at the World's Fair. Mr. .lagenbeck and Mr. Armour believe that .o exhibition could bo male permanent -itli advantage to the city. Tho former .vs: "I have never known a better lo tion for a public garden of tho kind -u Lincoln Pirk. The great lake :b its tine, refreshing breeze, tho lutiful flower beds, aud other features " ie-it-lts Meal sj t for the purposo which I have in min i. I shall ho back in Chicago again in January, and Mr. Armour is then to have a consultation with me upon the matter. He is deeply interested In the project. I am of opin ion that a zoological garden would all immensely (o the attractions of Chicago. We have one of some kind or other in every city in Europe. A sum of $5UJ, 000 would be sulK -iont for tha complete establishment of the gardens, while one fifth of that amount would make a very good begiuuing. I am not personally interested, but I have simply promised my aid aud advice when the mutter hits matured." r WORDS AND DEEDS OF HEROES. The hero true will speak for yon When cowards' Hps are sealed with fear; . lie pleads your cause when comet the pause That chills with doubt the eager ear. He dares defend Tha absent friend, ' 1 And he will bare His heart to share The threat' ning, poised and pointed spear. How brave his deeds, when fashion pleads Forfforgeous gilt and trappings gay I He will not wear the feathers fair For which he ha no means to pay. He dares to meet Upon the street, In garments old, Men deckedvlth gold, ' Who dream not of the debtor's day ! How brve is he who fearlessly In b gangers dares to meat, i ."are the blows of angry f osa In storms of flame and leaden sleet. ' True oourage high i Its Bag will fly ; In front of wrongs. When shouting throngs Trample the right beneath their feat. His word a bond, he looks beyond The courts to keep him just and true; And we can trace upon his face The honest courage shining through. Hail, heroes just, AH men can trust. Whose words and deeds, Like scattered seeds. Spring up like roses wet with dswl George W. Bungay, In New York Ledger. WLIY SHE SENT ME DOWN. OW Jimmio, what is wrong? You look shock ingly blue, and when I've such a morsel for you too wait till you hear and sco it .' And Lady I 'J7T. ' Ulossop gavo little nm.pnlt full sr oi picasant mys terv. as aha A--s handed me cup of tea. I felt in an infernal temper, iuu. never riaa sucn a aay in my life. 'Drew a fox in one of the most unlikely covers in ten counties; then my brute of a mcunt went dog lame, when I'd barely managed to keep on the tail of tho field, over a few miles of the beastliest fallow-land (just after a severe thaw, tool In the shires I did feel blue. even though it was tha women's hour and dinner was in the neur future. "li'mi"- I rather crossly replied to pretty tsiancne Ulossop's sweetly uttered remark. "You'll have to turn out some thing big to soothe me just now, Blanche, I 'm in a pretty hole, and hore's one or tho beasts on which I have been banking, as my chief mainstay during the ro3t of the season, utterly broken aown. uadl it s hard lines." "Abominable!" she murmured aymna' x 1 1 1 . .... . 1 lueucaiiy. "rou poor boy; never mind, I have your remedy, and I know he is worth at least 800,000. Then she is quiet a presentable indeed, really a very pretty little barbarian.' "American I" I inquired briefly. Blanche nodded. "Mrs. Chumley met her at Nice in the autumn and trotted her out a little; she introduced her to me. She says fhe is traveling lor amusement and to improve herself. I think she is looking about to buy up a suitable parti." And Blancho's lids drooped over her big blue eyes in an nmueea smile. Lady Glossop had always stood mo a bright gooa friend ; she had out a Man Chester girl for me all through that win ter; a big girl with a corresponding big puree; Manchester straight through, she roeked of cotton. And the worst of it all was the creature insisted on riding, or trying to. OQe nad Half a doz.-n clean thoroughbreds down at Glossop during her stay cost five hundred each and up to twelve stone she rode them on a curb, too. It was the very dickens to see her tugging at those beauties, while i pounacd along on a forty or fifty guinea insn oeasi; it was a severe win ter. if.. i. n . tnuer tuo circumstances, you can understand how relieved I was to hear of an American; anything but a buinma gem Englishwoman. "Blanche!" I cried enthusiastically. "jou re a trump. Half the men I know would be colonizing cow but for you're saving help; you're our only refjge, God bless joui Where is she?" 'Ob, she will be here directly, she's quite decent looking, very chick, and that you know whj, here she is 1" I looked up as there entered quito a smart-looking body very pretty, too, just my style, ull big gray eyes and fuzzy hair, very correctly dressed. Blanche introduced her all rouud, skill fully steering her up to me. "Ina," she said said sweetly, "lot me introduce to you one of my nicest boys, Mr. llallett. Now you must be very gracious to him, as he i;ives the best things about here. But 1 must run; I sec Captain and Mrs. Randal ure coming in." Soon wo were chatting away, ami I was the happiest and most sanguine of fishers. Sho had excellent poiuts and was really very fetching in any case she was a Iroruondous improvement on Miss Morton, the awful cotton heiress. Now theio was staying at Glossop just then in tho character of Blanche Glos sop'i favorite tamo cot, tho Bay Middlo tou of the North country; his name was Arthur l'rfai'ton, we called him "Beauty." I'll grant him he could ride crocks and unkuown auimals to better advantage thau any other man in the Shires. He cettaiuly was at that time the very surest thing between the fla's, and he was really the handsomest mau under eleven stone in our set. Briurtou, as we all knew, never did own aay cat tle, but yet he was always ouo of the best mounted umu out; truth was, Beauty of a diplomatic turn, aud kept ia with the "tailors," who ailuctod 3fl W-.iV to ride, and who we afraid to ride a gentlemen's beast when tbey did own one. To all it was obvious the one thing which floated him was his rid ing and Lady Glcssop's regards. When Bnarton noticed my little American he went in for her hot and heavy. Blanche was furious, and keen as mustard in pushing the affair in my direction, She threw us together on every possible occasion. I liked the child, too, pon my word I did; did my level best to please her; even allowed her to ruin a ripping polo pony trying to teach her to ride, you know. "Miss O'Brien," at last I ventured one evening, "I want to speak to you most seriously, may I?" Such confused astonishment was never seen on any young woman's face. What an actress the little sinner was to be sure. "Seriously! Whit can you be going to tayt Why, Mr. llallett, you almost frighten me to death," and she smiled till her face was a regular bed of dim ples. "Ina," I remonstrated, "you know, you must know how I " "Hero Hallct, old man, sorry to dis turb you and all that, but Ltdy Glossop wants you to give us a banjo perform ance; cut along now, thore's a good fel low," said Briarton over our backs. I scowled st him, but he was beautifully imperturbable, and I needs must obey my hostess's commands; she was angrily observing "Beauty" take my place. "Well?" she interrogated crossly. "Briarton said you wanted me!" I re plied shortly. Sho almost stamped, really she did. "Wanted youl" cried Blanche. "Why, Jim, you surely knew better than to think I'd call you away from her Oh doarl Go bock to her at once no, I want him to sing and Miss O'Brien to play." But, impatient, she went herself. So for the present the danger was over. For a few weeks "Beauty" and I ran neck aud neck. Then Blanche and I counseled to gether; I had either to go to the wall or have the girl, and, ns I told Blanche, there was no sense in proposing only to be sent down. Blanche scolded me like a good 'un. "Think of some plun," she calmly demanded. "Have you no brains, man?" I sai I "Yes," pensively, "but what is thcro to think of I I have no title to offer her; thoy always want a title, you know. .Nothing but half a dozen platers, a hunting box, and the far-famed Lame of Hallct. Briarton has nearly as mu:h." "Why, I have it; you can invent a coming title. Conistoa'must be going to dial Do you understand? Telegraph for him to-day, now! He's to have hopeless consumption; doctors give him up and all that. He can be going away to his place in Italy for this horrible consumption. Ho must be going to die soon ; then you will be Lord Conlston. She'll never refuse the future Lord Con iston for penniless Arthur Briarton. Cooistou will agree to helping you out; he's such a goodnatured fellow, you know." I was delighted with the plan, so .was Con when he arrived; we laughed no end over it in fact, he was strangely amused at my attempts to se cure a rich wife; admired her Hiber nian name, too. Well, we took that girl n to see Co(i. Thoy acted tho whole business through like professionals. He gasped like con sumption, and coughed, and breathlessly begged her to excuse his not rising from the midst of the shawls and blankets hi which he had enveloped himself on a I sofa in a darkened room; and Blanche had his eyes done up with some black connoction, till he really did 'look hollow-eyed and consumptive, but Con was so energetic in his acting wo had to remove Inn, as his gasping brought on a fit of genuine chokin?, with which samo complaint, to our extreme surprise, Ina was affected. When wo got her outside the door she said "it was because she felt so sad to see a great big man lying there weak and ill. dying, perhaps. And Blanche and I were touched by her tender little heart, and then I told her of my grief and how I loved my brother, and would mourn his death even though it benefited mo. Would you behove it, the little sin ner let me warble on but never gave me a chance to get right down to business? Then Con and 1 went to Paris and had, well we thoroughly enjoyed our selves. Altera week of paradise, I returned to the classic shades of Glossop, aud my heiress. I found Briarton goae north. I also, to ray intense discomfort, met many inquiries alter ray brother a health, and, to my delight, much sympathy from Ina. So I resolved to propose. I began by seeking sympathy fcr my coming be reavement. She gave it lreely, etc., etc. In fact, I gave her a preliminary canter to warm her to what was expected of her then I told her I loved her. "Could she, could she, be my wife?" She really was embarrassed I'll, say that much for her. I pressed her for a i answer, rather approving wliut 1 con sidered her maidenly coyuuss. Sbo li 1- dlcd with her Ian; she twisted hor hand kerchief into wild, grotesque enough snipes even to decorate a German cake. she suiued, cleared ncr throat, aud went through awful facial gymnasiici; so I put my arm about her, aud bruihe i my mmtachu across her cheek, just to s e her though, you know. "Oh, Jiml she burst out, ".ada t Lord Coniston tell you I met bi n at Mrs. Chuinley's in the full, aud uh, well we re engagod, so there. I didu t quite take m her muauing. "What?" I deiuanJcJ, but she wai laughing, in a narvous kind of way. "Ah, really, it was all his fault, you know," sho suid between her giggles. "He wouldu't let me tell you after all that joke about the consumption ; said it wus too good to spoil." Then I corupreheud'id ! All a beauti ful little cover for Con to slip oil to Puris under. Joke, indeed! It's all serene, though, as the moaoy's coming into the family, and you may be qtiiteassured Cou will see me through, or Lady Couiston will hear of that week we spent in Paris, when I had hiui dying of cuM-mnptiou. Sail FraucUco Wave. WISE WORDS. Faith makes men work. Dollars dominate their owners. A good mother is a beautiful woman. Newspapers find all faults except their own. A verse may find him whom a sermon flies. Cooki more than kings have made men better. Man's ambition is the teter board of hope and fear. Opportunity makes more men than men make opportunity. The brain compounds the healing balm, the heart administers it. When a person loses respect for hire self nobody ever finds it for him. Those who are bound by their animal desires have no conception of real free dom. The spirit is crucified within them. The despotism of custom is on the wane; we are not content to know that things are; we ask whether they ought to be. In the lottery of life there are more prizes drawn than blanks, and to one misfortune there are fifty advantages. Despondency is the most unprofitable feeling a man can indulge in. Almost every one in his turn has la mented over something which afterward turned out to be the very best thing for him that could have happened, ar re joiced at an event which became the source of his greatest sufferings. On with your mission, and never a summing of results in baud, nor thirst for prospects, nor counting upon bar vests; lor seed sown in faith day by day is the nightly harvest of tho soul, and with the soul we work, with tho soul we see. Duty is a power which rises with us in the morning and goes to rest with us at night. It is coextensive with the ac tion of our intelligence. It is the shad ow which cleaves to us, go where we will, and which only leaves us when we leave the light of day. It is a cowardly soul that shrinks or grows faint and despondent as soon as tho storm begins to gather, or even when the first cloud appears on the horizon. Our motto should be, "No Surrender," and, far from yielding to the ills of life, let us take fresh courage from misfor tune. Perfumed Pekoe Tea. The tea that is always drunk in nov els, orange pekoe, is a tea perfumed bv laying orange flowers among the tender young leaf buds, but not produced in near sufficient quantities lor the de mands made npon it by the lady novel ists. A new perfumed tea, however, is being introduced. It is called Fayhara tea, and is expected to soon have the vogue in literature of orange pekoe. It is even mere valuable in life, because it is described as agreeable cold as hot, and can be used to flavor custards, ices. while in punch its own aroma is even more fragrantly distilled by the other in gredients. Fayhom tca.it seems, is made of the flat-dried leaves of a white or chid that grows as a parasite in the forests of Mauritius. It botanical nam is Acgreecuni fragrans. The plant has long been known, but only recently or chid tea has been introduced in Paris, where it has since become an article of commerce. But it is not only as a tea that this parasite is making itself re putation, Cigars have also been made of the leaves, and the vanilla-like odor they emit is described as worthy the end of the century. The orchid of all plants has been hitherto regarded as the most purely ornamental, as it not feven sup ports itself. The discovery of a variety that rivals both tea and tobacco on their own grounds is regarded of economic importance, and the probability is that the orchid which belongs to the very highest botanical circles, will yet be cul tivated and numbered with the crops. New York Sun. Dust Storms Here and Abroad. Baud and dust whirls occur in arid regions in hot weather. They may bo anywhere from a rod to several rods in diameter and lrom twenty to thousand feet high. They are sometimes com pound, a score or more small whirls forming a whirling ciicle around a com mon centre. They are very common in India. They sometimes carry up so much sand in the Sahara and Arabia that those on whom the sand fails are overwhelmed. They occur also in the arid regions of the United States. In theMagdalena Valley, across the mountains westward from Socorro, in New Mexico, during a hot day in summer they form at the head of the valley in a long, slender, vertical column, perhaps six hundred feet high, and then travel down the valley toward tno village of Magdalena, over which they burst sometimes, bringing little puff of contrary winds and a shower of tine dust. In some places a group of stationary whirls of tho same general character as the precediug aro tied down to one point. Such are the whirls which form sometimes over volcanoes. Chicago News. A Pretty Auvcdote. Here is a pretty anec Joto from Romo. "I am too old to wear white gowns any longer" a wistful asseveration of the Queen of Italy. "Let us take a fort uight to think over the matter" the answer of her devoted husband. At the end of a fortnight's time arrives a largo packing case containing white gowns of every description, addressed to the Queen, with tho words, "The King's decision." Another story of the Royal couple is equully characteristic. The King's hair, ;:.H we ull know, turned almost suddenly white. Tho Queen, much concerned, as a ro:itlo hint placed a bottle of hair dye upju her husband's table. The follow ing morning at breakfast the King ap peared with their favorite white poodle under his arm, with his coat dyed a fine black. His own locks remained as be fore. 'e York Journal. ASIATIC CHOLERA GERMS THEY LOOK LIKE THE USED IN PRINT. COMMAS A Physician Who Has Some of the Tinv Germs Furnishes a. Descrip tion ot Them. PR. SILAS M Francisco, hai inga newspaf a view of th MOUSER, of San as been entertain newspaper reporter with the wonderful lab oratory wherein he is said to cultivate disease germs after the manner of Dr. Koch. From the reporter's interview we quote as follows: "The cholera germ," said Dr. Mouser, "cannot only survive cold, but the dis ease has raged in Russia during tho depths of winter. Dry heat kills the germ. It is well to remember this. No substance subjected to 160 degrees centi grade will shelter even such tenacious life as the comma bacillus possesses. Le me show you." Dr. Mouser escorted his visitor down stairs, across a rear yard to a plain framo structure, which he opened. "This is my laboratory," he explained. He took from a shelf a tiny tin tray that hold up right an array of glass tubes. Each tube contained a gelatine-like substance, fill ing about a quarter of the space, and each tube was corked by a wad of cot ton. There was death in almost any one ot them. The gelatine was covered by a scum, or partly covered by a splotch that had not spread over the entire sur face. This indefinite scum is mado up in every instance of germs of some mal ady. Here is the very essence of fever, of phthisis; hero are atoms which, in troduced into the purest biocd, would turn it to corruption and clog the arter ies of life. And here, innocent to the eyes, is the common bacillus, the inhab itant of India, that at irregular intervals finds its way abroad and scourges the world. Cholera in a bottle, and tho cork cot ton! It may console the timid reader to know that the germs are dead. Dr. Mouser experimented with them until he had ascertained all he desired to know about them, and then turned his attention in other directions. The poor germs, neglected, subjected to unseemly temperatures, allowed no filth upon which to thrive, gave up their several ghosts, and all that the tube now con tains is their inanimate remains. To the naked eye the comma conveys no impression, being individually invis ible. Magnified 700 times it assumes the size of the ordinary comma used in newspaper print, and a glance at its imago shows why it is known by its peculiar title. One naturally handles the tubes with some care, as a splinter of glass convey ing into a chance wound a speck of the virus would, in regard to most of tho specimens on the day, bo fatal. 1 he malignity of tho comma bacillus has been shown in experiments. A sraa animal inoculated with it dies in a short time in alt the agony of cholera, and is so charged with the germs thit inocula tion from the first victom to a second is as certain and speedy in its tatul results a man so treated wouia nave no more hope of suviving than the guinea pig, wuo is usually chosen as a subject for the trial. A pin thrust into the pig and then iutoa mau would kill the man. And yet the actual germ has not been found in the muscular tissues or in the blood. It concentrates its malign force along the nliraeutary canal and in the intestinal membranes. S:ienco lias been studying? it for several years. In a general way science has determined its actual dcriva tion and its ellect it kills. But just how, just why, science, led by the great Koch, cannot tell. The theory is that it sets up a poison. Even this theory is denied in some quarters, and opponents of Koch assert that the comma bucillus is only such during a siege of its develop ment, and other germs aro also present in cholera. But Koch's doctrine is standing tho tost, and thoughtful and learned mcu aro glad to learn of him. Dr. Mouser is such a mau. "Koch," said he, Holding a tube with a carmine coating over its deposit of gelatino up to tho light, "Kich is tho greatest man in this lino in tho world. Next after hira comes Sternberg, au American, now in Urooklyn. Sternberg, bv tho way sent mc this tube. He thought he had fouu.l the jellow-fever j,er.n, but he hadu't. Nobody has. Sternberg has been hunting this germ ton years, going as lar as Cuba and boutu America." Tho doctor displayed the delicate ap. paratus with which the laboratory abounds, 1 here are ovens for dry heat, used to tterilizo tho tubes and cotton. Other oveni are for tho purpose of main taining a temperature at which the germs develop. "Since Koch discovered tho comma bacillus lias any specific been designed to meet it'" asked the reporter. "There is no specific. Of course wo aro enabled to meet tho disease ina more intelligent manner," tho doctor replied. "What would you advise a person discovering symptoms of cholera in him self to do? What should he take?" Tho germ txpcriinenter smiled rather primly. "I would advise him to con sult a doctor without losing time," he replied, "the best one bo knowi." The "Velloiv Day." September 6, 1881, is well remembered in Maine, New llamjxhirc, Vermont and parts of New York aud Pennsylvania as the "Yellow Day." Catada also took on ome of the characteristics noted in the States above mentioned, only that tho yellow wus of a dull, greeuish cast, which accounts for the (art that the Canucks refer to it as tho "Green Day." In the morning the sky had the appear ance of being clouded, but as the iun rose it was plainly visible, and ot the color of tarnished brass. About midday the intense yellow was most apparent; everything except leaves and grass was oi a well tinted dark yellow color. Tho cause of the phenomena has never been tatifactoiily explained. Philadelphia Pre. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. There are fifty species of electrio fish. A year on Mars is two years and 49 days long, earth time. Harvard's new star photographing in strument has been tested, and the results are satisfactorily. If cork is sunk 200 feet in the ocean it will not rise again on account of the pressure of the water. Divers in deep water aro hereafter to use telephones to talk to the serface with, and to hear talk from it. The new German army tent is divisible Into two portions, each of which ;an be converted into an overcoat in case of rain. The most recent trustworthy investiga tion is that of M. Do Chatclicr, who fixes the effective temperature of the sun at 12, COO degrees Fahenheit. A single glass eye can rarely be worn more than a year without being polished, for the surface becomes roughened by the action of the tears, etc., and irritates the lids as they rub over it. A projoct is at present on foot to con itruct a railway to the summit of Ben Nevis, Scotland. It is intended to make it like to tho Righi Railway in Switzer land, on the cog-wheel system. When nearly asphyxiated by drowning, tho patient's head should be held down wards. Rub the stomach and back freely, and apply ammonia to the nostrils. Give plenty of warmth and friction. Sudden prolonged and violent hic coughs can often be checked by acid drinks, cold douches, musk opium and finally if the others fail an administration of ether or chloroform internally, or by inhalation. A new method of quickly rendering glass transparent auring the process of manufacture consists in forcing into tho melted materials a stream of oxygen gas, the enormous heat generated oxidizing all deleterious materials. A small observatory is to be erected soon on the very summit of Monte Rosa, which has an altitude of 15,581 feet, and is, next to Mont Blanc, the highest peak in tho Alps. The station will be named the "Queen Margaret," after the Italinn queen, aud will consisUif a threo roomed hut containing the necessary scientific instruments and a bedroom and kitchen. As the summit of the peak is frequently struck by lightning the life of the observers will not lack variety. Swedish iron, which if soft, yet strong and ductile, is almost free from phos phorus and sulphur. It is held to be practically inexhaustible, though taken out at a rate of about a million of tons a year. It Is found all through the coun try, though mined chiefly in central Sweden, in the Danuemora district. Several of the heights as truly deserve to be called iron mountains as those in Missouri, and there is -one in Gellivare, in Sweedash Laplnnd, beyond the Artie Circle, where the ore occurs in four gi gantic strata, thnt would supply nearly all the iron that tho country would require in a century. There is a curious snake (hydraci yeti) in South Africa that lives wholly upon birds' eggs. It has no teeth or signs of teeth in the mouth, the dental array being lecated in the stomach. Buckland says that tbey are not true teeth, but that they serve all the purposes. Tbey grow from the centre of each vetebne. They pass through the walls of the stomach and are covered with enamel, just like true teeth. Tbis is nature's provision for breaking eggs without running the risk of losing the precious contents, as would be the case it this egg-eating ser pent had its teeth in the proper place. When the egg is safe inside the abdom inal walls contract and crush it against the long row of vortebral teeth. America's Many Names. In these quadro-centenuiul days it is worth while to recall the fact that the continent now named America has gouo at oue time or another by a great many names. The notion that Columbus held of finding a westward passage to India by way of the Atlantic is recorded in the names. New India and (ndia Occiden tal, found upon old maps as indicating the land discovered by Columbus. Amer ica Mexicana was an old name of North America, aa America Peruviana waa of South America. Then Brazil was for a time the name applied to the Southern Contiuent, Finally, tho origin Jof the name America has been gravely disputed, though the weight of testimony leaves practically no doubt that it comes from the Christian name of Amerigo Ves pucci. Somo enrly authorities, however, gravely contend that tho name catrio lrom the Peruvian word Armaru, mean ing the sacred symbol of the cross, made of a serpent and stick, aud the sullixcn, meaning country. Thus derived, Amer ica means the land of the boly-uuimul. New York Sun. The Gorirnor Wus Trespassing. Governor Pattis m, ot Pennsylvania, during a walk in the suburbs of Phila delphia recently, sat down to rest on a rustic seat beucath a tree which was on private ground, although ho did not know it. He wus soon informed of the fact by a little girl, who, approaching him, said: "Do you know that this is private property, and that my father will prosecute trespassers!" Aud there upon the Governor, who wus too much amused by the situation to make any protest, was escorted oil the ground by the little girl. Picayune. Au Air-Tight Watch. A recent English invention of crreat importance to navigators is a hermetical ly sealed chronometer to prevent the de trimental effects of the atmosphere aud moisture on the mechanism. The irveu- tion cousists iu hermetically closing tho casiug of the chronometer, doing away with tho keyhole through which ihe air and the moisture gained access to the works, and euectiog the winding up of the chronometer by providing a flexible or elastic diaphragm. Chicago ileralj. MOTHER'S POSIES. ' Kind o' purty, don't yah think? Green an' red an' yeller , Bloomln' In th' winder there Sort o makes a feller Think 't rammer's book agin, Even though he knows his Eyea V on'y caught the shins There nv mother's posies In th' oi' tomater eans An' th' pots an' boxes, Thrae they bloom as big as life Pinks an' hollyhockset. Creepln' things an' vi'lets, too, Purty colors showin, Peekln' through the winder-pans Out whur it's a-anowln'. There's a grea' big fuzie there Weth some ferns aside it, An' a primrose with soma moss Tryin' far tub hide It, An' geraniums an' sicb Cluttered all together, Bloomln' there like sixty anf Laughin' at th' weather. Tots o' green an' pots o' red Make up lights an' ahaddera, Weth th' ivy an' th' vines Climbin' up th' ladders , What I whittled out m'sslf Jes fer them to grow on An' the'r' ban tor In' th' snow An' th' wind a-blowiu'. Yea, sirree, it's purty an' Soothin' like an' cheerin' To set here on days like this' An' s .-e mother clearin' Out th' dead leaves an' sieh things Frum th' vinos an' phloxes In th' ol' tomater cans An' th' pots an' boxes. Carl Smith, in Harper's Weekly. HUMOR OF THE UAt. The spectacles most admired by ladies aro gold beaux. Binithamtou Hcpubli cai. The cow sets us an admirable examp?j she never blows her own horn. Statesman. "Mamma," faid little Johnny, "if I swallowod a thermometer would I die by degrees?" Boston Post. Professor "What animal i) most faithful to man?" Lovesick Student (enthusiastically) "Women 1' Pick Me Up. "I declare," said the new baby in its mind, "I shan't try to talk any more. I am always being misunderstood." Washington Star. "I like to hear a baby cry," said a crusty old bachelor. "Why?" " Because then the little nuisauco is taken out of the room." Tit-Bits. Mistress "You know how to make bread, I presume?" New Girl "No mum. No use learniu' such things till aftor I gets married." Puck. "Thisia an un-rcad letter day for rno," said the young woman as she tossed the slighted missive unopened iuto the waste basket. Washington Star. "Is it not very exciting to see the anchor weighed aboard ship?" "Not half so excitiug as it would be to see one wade ashore." King's Jester. Mrs. Punc-Tual "Your clock is al ways on time! Pray how do you manage it?" Mrs. Slopay "Why, my husband got it that way." Jewelers' Weekly. Young Siowboy "Oh,no,Mi:sSmilax, I assure you I was not attempting to kiss you; 1 should not dare do such a thing." Miss Smiiux "I hate a coward." Boston Courier. What the belated husband needs is a keyhole as largo as a horse-collar, so that he can stick his head through it au 1 call his wife to come down and open the door. Dallas News. When an old bachelor gots married there is always great curiosity to see his bride. The people want to sco what kind of a woman he has spent so many years looking for. Chicago Times. Drawing-Teacher (despondeutly) "Thut thing you have drawn looks more like a cow than it does like horse." Fair Pupil (brightly) "Why, of course, Professor, it is a cow." Tid BiU. "Politics aie decidedly mixed iu our family," said Mr. Jutigepapp. "My wifo is a Democrat; I am a Kepublicnn, and the baby, as near as I cuu maUo out, ia a calamity howler." Indiauapolis Journal. "I hope you apprcciuto the fact, sir, that in marrying my daughter you marry a large-hearted, generous girl." "1 do, sir (with eiuotiou), aud 1 hope sho in herits those qualities lrom her father." Brooklyn Life. Younghusbaud "If I wcru you, my dear, I wouldn't tell my friends I had trimmed that hat myself." Mrs. Young husband "Why, love, would it be con ceited?" Youughusband "No; siiir lluous." Life's Cul'Midur. "Why, hello, old man! I thought you intended to maku your K.iropeau trip last a year?" "I did, but my wifo found a lie v fashion in gowns in Paris and hurried home to be the tirst to wear it." Indianapolis Jouroul. Minister "Johuuie, I supposo you save all your pennies In help mao com fortable tho poor, benighted heathen I' Little Johuuie (proudly) "Yes, sir; I do. Mamma took everyt ling out of my bunk this morning to help get it pieseut for you." Chicago Iutur-Oc-uu. ll-sr lit-ui t is a ruluruiu b ill, With an elustie string! it novir lliud I ttyoti't ivoall At Uor uioit e.u-t'less ri:iij; Airl w.ieu mio Bc-udi it out 1. 1 iiiu 1 ki'ji at it ia vain, For, witu u .nine uf j-n l n'l gUv, tsuu draws ii bae aauil l'ue'r. Mrs. Velox "The lau llord was here today for his rent." .Mr. Vclox "Weill" Mis. Velox " iVell, I paid him tho money uud showed him the baby." Mr. Vi lox (who is lather w eary of the fuss made ub out the infant) "Bad! Why didu't you give him the baby and show bin the money You women have no .sense. '' Moid tears. Drake's Muguziuea
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