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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY. NOV. 9, 1892.
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quarterly, Jemporary advertisement I
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Job work cash on delivery. -j
Mains bas wild land worth f 20,000,
T)00 tt low estimate.
The demand for California canned
and dried fruit ha increased till, the
San Francisco Examiner declares, it is
almost a boom.
It if proposed to change the uniform
of the Dorlin police. The present "out
fit" is too heavy and cumbersome, espe
cially tho helmet and sword.
For the first half of the current year
the returns of no less than seventeen En
glish railroads show a falling ofT,and the
losa in coal freights is responsible for
more than half of that.
The German merchant marine stands
next to that of England. In 1889, the
latest year from which figures have been
published. Qcrnian vessels made 66,834
voyages, carrying 21, .193,522 tons of
cargo.
Tho New York Commercial Bulletin
says that "it may bo noecssary to secure
Congressional action to relieve impor
ters of the hardship of paying full rates
of duty for merchandise that has been
fcapa,ire,d iu value by processes of fumi
gation." Tho presiding otiiccr who used a re
volver sj a gravel, the other day, in an
Atchison (Kin.) deliberative assombly,
had no difiiculty in maintaining order.
The chair will always bo respected, avert
the Atlanta Constitution, when it it
ready to blow oil the top of soinebody'i
head for uu parliamentary behavior.
A butter merchant of Loudon was re
cently fined rather heavily for soiling
butter that contained twenty-eight per
cent, of water, whereas in ordinary cir
cumstances the percentage ought not to
bo more than fourteen to fiftoen. II
r proved in court that at tho time the
sales were mado the defendant was awai
On his wedding toir, and yet the) court
refused to accept tho excuse, holding
that an employe ought to know the law.
When the President passed through
Philadelphia recently, the carriago con
veying him to tho ferry was tempomriU
dolayed at Ninth street. A tmall newk.
boy standing on tho curbstoue callod
"outi . J.'Mister, give us a ridel" "Where
re you going!" asked tho Chiof Magis.
Irate of sixty millions. "To Camden."
waa the reply. "Jump in then," said
the President, and the boy clambered
eagerly into tho carriage, his atock of
papers under his arm. "When -the ferry
was reached," says tlio voracious Phila
delphia Chronicle, "tho newsboy pre
sented the distinguished gentleman with
one of his papers as a mark of gratitude,
the gift being accepted with grateful
ac knowledgmcnts. "
A study of the mstoorologicul data
of Idaho leads to the conclusion that the
humidity of the atmosphere is increas
ing year by year. Never since the set
tlement of Idaho has there been such an
immense crop all over the Stato as dur
ing the present season. The product of
grass and grain has been wonderful.
Scientific estimates attributo this result
to a chango in climate produced by tho
multiplication of irrigating canals,
which moisten a great eitent of coun
try and create a humid atmosphere. It
bat been observed that frcquout rains
now fall during the mouths of July and
August. Nature is closing up the gap
between the wot and dry reasons
and equalizing tho rainfall. Many be
lieve that the timo is not far distant
when the arid lands will beoomo arable.
Speaking of the establishment of banks
for the benefit of fariv.cr', recent
writer says: "The F.'-nch idea it for
the Government to advance $2,000,000
as capital to enabk each municipal dis
trict to ostabli'u a bank of simple form,
which shall oe managed by an agricul
tural syndicate or a select number of
farnnrs who would decide upon the sol
vency of tho applicants for loans, and
who would collectively become a guar
antee to the Government for tlu amount
of the i ebt. The money advanced by
the State would be loaned at a rate of
interest lower than that paid to deposi
tors in savings banks, and the Statu
would have the right of Inspection ut
any time of the bunk's affairs, while tho
responsibility for its assets would rest
with the fanner or body anting as a
Board of Management. Paper would be
discounted for as small a sum at one
dollar, and the farmer would be able to
deal direct with the wholesale vendoi
of seeds, fertilizers or agricultural im
plements, giving his paper iu payment
of bis bill, the bank cashing the same
for the merchant and the farmer redeem
ing it alter harvesting his crops. Tho
Jarroer would thus save the expenses ol
the middle ruau aud also effect a saving
of four to five per cent, in discounting hit
paper, the management, of course, be
ing careful, as they would be responsible,
that loans were nude only to economical
and progressive farmers of good stand
AUTUMN'3 MIRTH
Tis all a myth that Autumn grieves,
For, watch the rain amid the leaver; .
With silver fingers dimly teen
It makes each leaf a tambourine,
And swings and leaps with elfin mirth
To kiss the brow of mother earth.
Or, laughing 'mill the trembling grass,
It nods a greet in ; as you paa.
OhThear the rain amid the leaves
'Tis all a myth that Autumn grieves!
'Tis all a myth that Autumn grieves.
For, list the wind among the sheave;
Far sweeter than the breath of May,
Or storied scenta of oi l Cathay,
)t blends the perfumes rare and good
Of spicy pine and hickory wood.
And with a voice as gay as rhyme,
It prates of rifle I mint and thyme.
Ohlocent the wind among the sheaves
'Tis all a myth that Autumn grlevesl
'Tis all a myth that Autumn grieves,
Behold the wondrous web she weaves;
By viewless hands her thread Is spun
Of evening vapors shyly won.
Across the grass from side to side
A myriad unseen shuttles glide
Throughout the night, t II on the height,
Aurora leads the laggard light.
Behold the wondrous well 'In weaves
'Tisall a myth that Autumn grieves 1
Samuel Minturn Peck.
THE CHILD.
. T was the
J 2th
01' Brumaire in the
second year of tho
JTcnrn Republic
TL. . I .. .. l
5W (Mf tS U"J " :uecr
t2iW?V:'&7,W2 less, and the skv
IIWA dark with a threat-
J1S. enina snowstorm.
'4V(f as tho beautiful
Delphine, Countess of Athis under the
monarchy, alighted trom a hack on the
Pont Neuf, close to a liberty tree sur.
mounted with its red cap. A man, who
had been leaning for some timo against
tho pedestal from which they had dis
lodged the statue of Henry IV., came
eagerly forward and lifted his fur cap.
His hair was close cropped in Revolu
tionary fashion, and ho wore a ragged
carmagnole open at the throat, without
any cravat; but even thus disguised, the
lady recognized Maurice Dcspies, ono of
tho youngest and most promising advo
cates in the last Parliament.
"Maurice," she laid, "your dress is
admirable; but that does not insure
your safety. I have sent for you to take
me before tho Revolutionary Tribunal."
"I, Delphine, take you before these
executioners 1"
"Vou know that our friend, Lcfebvrc,
is brought to trial to-day."
"Yes, I know that, Delphine, and I
kuow, too, that be will not be alive to
morrow." "And I, Maurice, know that I ought
to testify in his behalf. Since the 12th
of July I have often heard him declare
himself a Republican, and I can provo
that ho refined a place offered him as
tutor of tho Dauphin against my ad
vice, it is true. I enn bring forward
many instances of his patriotism that
raust convince his judges."
"Tbey will not listen to you. Write,
send word; but do not go yourself."
She looked at him beseechingly.
"Do not try and discourage me,
Maurice. If you only kuew how fright
ened I am in such a crowd and bow hard
it is to do my duty I 1 am trembling
now, and I only go because I mutt."
"You ask me, Delphine, to take you
to certain death."
"If you really love me Maurice, you
would not have me cowardly."
"But it is so useless."
"It is never useless to do our duty. I
have been perfectly frank in acknowl
edging my weakness; but what would
you truly think of me if I ahould follow
your advice, turn now and go back to
my house at Auteuilt"
"Come then," said Maurice. She took
his arm and they walked along the quay,
talking in a low tono of the old frieud
whose courage had brought him before
the bloody tribunal.
"Ho was hidiug," said Madame
d'Athis, "at Mauame d'Aubry', my lace
woman's and he was perfectly safe there;
but he insisted on leaving, because ho
had reason to think that his stay was en
dangering bis benefactress. Ho suc
ceeded in reaching Sevres in safety, but
be wag recognized in a wineshop by some
Jacobins, brought back to Paris, and
now he is iu the Conciergerio awuitiug
bis trial. It will go hard with him."
"Thank you, Delphine, for sending to
let me know.''
"Who but the mau I love, Maurice,
should share my danger?'
As they turned the corner of the large
square clock-tower that abuts on the
quay, they saw a crowd of armed men,
tumultuously swaying to and Iro before
the iron gateway of the Palace of Jus
tice. Delphine quickly withdrew her
hand from Maurice's arm.
"Keep me in sight," she said. "Sly
courage will fail me if I do not feel that
you are looking at me all the time, but
it is best that we should not seem to be
together. I had better appear to bo
quite alone; for I have an instiuctivo
leeling that I shall be safer if these crea
tures think me eutirely unprotected. "
He yielded to her imperious sweetness
stoojwd outside the gte, and then en
tered, following at a distance the woman
now threading her way through the
brandished pikes aud sabres. The widu
staircase was crowded with a rabblo in
subots, carmagnoles, and rod caps,
sloging, shouting, aud surging to and
fro. Groups of men blocked the en
trances to the different Revolutionary
tribunals, loudly urging summary pro
ceedings aud a general massacre, ac us
ing the authorities -f lukewarmness
and leniency towards the guilty.
Newspaper venders came and went, cry
ing : "Here you have the list of the lucky
numbers iu the lottery of the holv
guillotine I Buy tho treason of Joseph
Lefebvre, former physician of the iu
famous Capet. Buy the account of the
dreadful conspiracy of the traitor Le
febvre to bring about the uiassuure of
all good patriots."
Delphine made her wny through the
crowd. She was oing upsatirs when
she was brought to i stand by a a man
dressed in a carmagnole, a self-appointed
sentinel. "Where are you going, citizen?-'
"I am going, citizen, V attend the
trial of Josoph Lcfcbvrc;'I am a wit
noes." Ho made no objection, and she was
moving on when a hideous woman, with
a baby in her arms, protested, declaring
that aristocrats ought to be kept away
from the tribunals, where they only went
to corrupt the judges. She, for instance,
that woman, would go and show her
face, and veep and fnint away and turn
tho heads of all those men Inside. Such
creatures know perfectly well what they
were about, and that was the way justice
was cheated and traitors escaped who let
people die of statvation. But Delphine
hurried on to the room where she heard
the clerk of court reading the summons
of Joseph Lefebvre.
Protected by his dress, Despies fol
lowed her unmolested. But the woman's
railing bad enflamed vindictive hatred,
and on all sides cries arose of, "Marat
has gone. We have lost our best friend
Since he was killed the aristocrats are
raising their heads. Down with the
aristocrats 1 Death to the conspirators!
To the guillotine wish the enemies of the
people I Death to false witnesses! Down
with the sorceresses, tho fine ladies I"
The indictment against Joseph Lefe
bvre was read, the interrogatory was ovei
the witnesses were to be heard. Every
moment some one coming out cf the
court-room gave to the crowd outside a
distorted account of some incident con
nected with the trial. Among other
things it was asserted that it was proved
beyond a doubt that the infamous Doctor
Lefebvre had constantly administered
poison, instead of medicine, to his poor
patient,. And when it was reported that
a woman had testified in favor of the ac
cused, the tumult reiched its climax and
there were shouts of: "She is his accom
plice! Send her to tho guillotine with
him." Then there were interminable
disputes, shameful exhibitions of brutal
ignorance and hendish cruolty.
1 he hours wore away and the popular
impatience grew more uncontrollable.
kept at fever height by occasional ru
mors of a possible acquittal. The cries,
"Death to all false witnesses I crew
louder aud louder. The September
butchers, massed on the stairs, were
talking of breaking down the door, when
it opened and Delphine appeared. At
tho sight of the furious, threatening
moo, sue paused lor a moment, proudly
erect, out very pale. Maurice, who had
followed her closely, pressed to her side
as she stood there encircled by the bare,
brawny arms, the clenched fists, and up
lifted sabres of these bloodthirsty men,
but she restrained him by au almost imper
ceptible motiou of her bead. The
threats redoubled. The women's shrill
cries roso fiercely nbove the drunken
yells of some of the men. The most
frighful of all theso women, the same
creature, with a child in her arms, who
lind kept the crowd in a state of contin
ual excitement for hours, now pressed
forward, aud shaking her fist in Del
phine's face, shrieked: " Yes, my fine
lady, you have (got to bleed for it!"
T.ien a hall-naked, hairy-breasted
giaut pushed the woman aside and
seemed about to strike. Madame
d'Athis bit her lips to bring back the
ebbing blood, and conscious that hsi
lofty aspect of virginal purity and calm
ness was her only protection that the
terrified shrinking of a predestined
victim would bo instantly fatal she cast
her eyes about her and remarked the
hideous mother who stood there still in
a threatening .attitude. Advancing to
ward Her, sueisirnplysau
"You hawo a beautiful cVild."
At these words, the kindest perhaps
she had ever heard, the mother's heart
was touched. Tears came to her eyes.
"Tako him," she said, and she held
the baby out to Delphine, who took him
in her arms and walked down the stain
unharmed, smiling in tho child's face,
while the crowd, hesitating, subdue!,
taken by surprise, made way for her to
pass. She walked thus across the court
with her innocent protector and was
safe. Outside the gatesho gave the baby
to its mother. Neither uttered a word,
but a tear fell on the child at she handed
him back.
Maurice had gone before, and they
both took shelter in tho carriage waiting
for them at the clock-tower. Turning
away, the wheels of their hack came in
contact with the rough cart driving up
to take Joseph Lefebvre to the scaffold'
From the French.
Trees That Sting.
In Australia grows a curious treo
which is dangerous at well at wonderful.
Iu the old trees tho stem it grayitli
white and red berriet grow on the top.
The leaf it nearly round and jagtred r.a
around its edgea like a nettle an t uai a
point at the top. The tree emits a very
disagreeable odor. This tree when
touched stings one like a horuet. A
traveler says: "I have seen a mau who
treats ordinary pain lightly, roll on the
grouud in agony after being stung, and
I know a horse so completely maddened
after getting into a grove of these trees,
that he rushed open-mouthed at every
one who approached him aud had to be
shot. Do"s when stun" will rush about
whining pitcously, biting pieces from
tho affected part." New York World.
Some (nleudar Odditiee.
The duys of the mouth and week are
always the same in March and Novem
ber, in April aud July, aud in Septem
ber and December; that is, if March
"comes in" on a Monday, November
will do likewise, the tame rule applying
to the other months named above. In
leap year January is with April and July,
in other yeart it is with Octobe r. Feb
ruary, in leap year, is with August,
iu other years with March and Novem
ber. The last day of Februar y aud the
fourth day of July always ccur on the
tame day of the week; the tame is true
of May Day aud Chrutuiiis . American
Farmer.
DUCKING FOK HIS LIFE.
A TEXAN'S THRII.tflNO ADVEN
TURE AT A NOTED SPRING.
About to Krlnk, He Sect the Reflec
tion of a Colled Itattlesnakc In the
Water A Close Shave.
It ( y EE'MS to me, if I was going
V to make a curious and varied
lltj collection of snakes, venom
ous and non-venomous, I
wouldn't lose any time in getting down
into Texas," said J. T. Barnctt, of Kl
Paso County, to a New York Hun man.
"When I see the rattlesnake they brag
about up North hero I am amazed, for
the biggest ono I've seen yet seems
dwarfish and lamblike compared with
the interesting Texan rattler, especially
the bloated rattler of tho Staked Plains.
I made my first acquaintance with the
ordinary rattlesnake of Texas at the time
the route of the Texas Pacific Railroad
was being located through El Paso
County. I was along with the engineer
corps, and one Sunday I strolled out in
the direction of the Sierra del Diablo,
whose gleamy peaks and rocky front
were apparently not more than a rifle
shot distant, to clean cut did they stand
out against the sky, but they were teu
miles from camp. But tho bills were
Dot the attraction of my tramp. Some
where between the foothills of the Sierra
del Diablo and camp was a famous
spring, called Rattlesnake Spring, at
which, according to the tradition of the
Indians, two big rattlesnakes were con
stantly on guard. The water of the
spring was alleged to have great medi
cinal properties, but it was death to any
one who attempted to drink at the spring
unless he first killed the two rattle
snakes, for the instant he stooped to
quaff the waters one or both of the
deadly serpents would strike him and
sink their poison fangs into him, thus
putting bim out of the way of all future
trials, tribulation and trouble. That a
rancher had once been found lying dead
with his face nt the surface of the spring,
wbeie he had lain down with the evi
dent purpose of quenching his thirst,
two purple incisions in his temple and
his bloated body showing beyond a
question that he had been struck by a
rattlesnake while lying in that position,
was a well authenticated story in that
part of Texas, and the snake that had
doubtless bitten him was killed in the
rocks at the edge of the spring by the
person who discovered its victim. Still
I had my doubts that any ol these ven
omous reptiles habitually lay in wait
there for thirsty roomers, and the pur
pose of my trip that Sunday was to in
vestigate the matter. I went alone, be
cause no one would go with me. I
found the spring. It was four miles
from the foothills in a rocky basin, and
it came up from the white sand in cool
and tempting volume. I saw no sign of
the presence of rattlesnakes, although
the surroundings looked snaky enough,
and no mistake. I was hot and thirsty,
and after a close and careful scrutiny
of all the rocks and" scrubby bushes
about the spring I was satisfied that if
that water was under the guardianship
of rattlesnakes they must have gone off
duty for that day at least. Still, if I
hadn't been so terribly thirsty, I believe
I would have come away without risking-a
drink, oil the same; but as it was
a tramp of six miles back over the bar
ren r lain that lay between me and camp
without quenching my burning thirst
was not to be thought of, and I prepared
to lie down on tho rock at one side of
the spring, just where they had found
the dead and swollen ranchman, I sup
pose, and quench my thirst. I had bent
my face so close to the water that I
could see myself and everything about
me reflected in the crystal depths as
distinctly as in a French plate mirror.
It is, beyonr question, well for me that
theso reflections were so intense aud
vivid, for I paused a moment to gaze in
to the water at the remarkable mirror
ing. Suddenly something that I at first
thought was the reflection of a nodding
twig or vine tendril, quickly moved by
tho brisk breeze that was blowing, shot
back and forth midway between the
glassy surface and white bottom of the
spring; but as I gazed my heat turned to
cold and my thirst was forgotten. The
swift-moving, quivering reflection I had
thought was that of a twig or tendril
was the mirrored image of the long aud
forked tongue of a tnake, as it shot back
and forth from beneath a shelving rock,
wnicn, seen from above, bad hidden the
lurking danger f-om view. Coiled in a
crevice beneath that sheltering rock, not
two feet from one side of my heed.
and with part of its own fearful head
visible even by reflection, was an enor
mous rattlesnake ready to strike. For
an instant I seemed paralyzed, but know
ing that another instuut's delay would
probably be death, I ducked my head
clear to my shoulders beneath the water,
the position I was in making it impossi
ble for me to rise quick euough out of
danger. As I ducked I felt the snake
strike. I wore a heavy, wide-collared
flannel thirt. The suako's fangs struck
the shirt near the lower edge of the col
lar, not an inch away from my jugular.
Ibe instant 1 felt tho strike I sp'.-ug to
my feet. The rattlesnake's faugi, were
fast in the collar, and its Ion-' body I
squirmed and contorted along my side
and clear to my feet. I drew my revol
ver as quickly as I could, and placing
the muzzle against the rattler's jaw,
blew bit head to pieces. The snake fell
to the ground, aud so did I. There was
do more life left m me than there is in
a dishrag. It was a good while before
I got strength and nerve enough to get
ou my feet again, and if there is anyone
iu the world who knows how it feels to
bs snatched from the very jaws of death
I am that person. When 1 bad recov
ered sufficiently I straightened the dead
snake out. Without his head be was
wo good paces long not an inch less
hail six feet, lie hud sixteeu rattles,
which I cut off and have to-day. I
don't know whether this was one of the
wo alleged rattlesnake guardians of the
priug or not, for I didn't spend any
time looking for auother tne. Neither
did I quench iny thirst at the spring,
but made tracks away from it as speedily
as I could, and arrived in camp about at
iveur famished as any man ever was."
Manufacture of Ensilage.
That the extensive introduction of en
silage as a stock-feeding article was not
long since accomplished in the United
States is a matter of surprise, consider
ing the fact that the system has been in
vogue in nearly all European countries
for years.
About fifteen years ago the discovery
was made by August Goffart, of Burtoi
France, that planing corn tedder in
air-tight cellar or silo, it could be so
preserved as to retain all its rich su e
culent juices, and possess a feeding value
for stock superior to any other winter
foraae. GolTart's first successful silo was
established in 1873, and though many
modifications have since been made in
the construction of silos, the method in
use at present is identical with the first
plant erected.
In TS79, Francis Morris, of Maryland,
built the first silo in this country. The
general use of ensilage was, however,
long retarded, first, beciuse of the ap
parently heavy expense attending the
construction of silos; and next, owing
to the inability to secure the proper ma
chinery for preparing tho fodder for the
silo. After many unfortunate and dis
couraging experiences, this difiiculty hns
been solved, and ensilage bas already be
come a standard product with a ma
jority of the intelligent dairymen and
stockraisers in the country. Uf late
years farmers' institutes have given the
subject much consideration, and the es
tablishment of silos have been generally
recommended.
In tho State of Wisconsin the use of
ensilage has become especially popular,
and here, too, have been built the larg
est establishments for the production of
machinery. Those who have investi
gated the subject thoroughly say that the
adoption of the silo means better kept
stock ; an increase of at least fifty pet
cent, in the winter product of tho dairy,
and the wintering of all kinds of stock
in our northwestern climate for about
one-hulf of the cost of feeding under the
ordinary method. Chicago Graphic.
Where And Whpn America Originated.
It was not until 1837 that Alexander
von Ilumbolt, in his critical examination
of tho history and geography of the new
world, pointed out tho real culprit, and
showed beyond question that tho name
"America" wa first suggested in a small
Latin treatise on cosinogruphy, written
by one Martin Waldseemuller, and pub
lished during the year 1507 at Saint Die,
a village situate! in the upper valley of
the river Meurthe, in southeastern Lor
raine. This little book was entitled
Cosmographiae Introductio Introduc
tion to Cosmography and the ttory of
its authorship and publication, and the
unforseen part that it played in christen
ing tho Western hemisphere, forms one
of the most curious narratives in the
whole record of bibliography. Whether
Humboldt made this interesting discov
ery by mere accident of research, or was
led to it by Foscarini or Bandini who
in two successive editions of Solinushad
noted the suggestive passage in the Cos
mographiae, without apparently com
prehending its real importance cannot
now be ascertained. However this may
have been, it was the author of Cosmos
who first took up seriously the task of
vindicating the loug-maligned Floren
tine, and in so doing threw into the
arena a topic in the discussion of which
bibliographers have racsacked libraries,
labored and disputed, until the whole
liue of evidence hat been developed, ar
ranged, and the demonstration male
complete. A publication which in the
dun early twilight of American history
made the little hamlet of Saint Die the
godmother of our mighty continent is an
object of no ordinary interest to Ameri
cans, and this fourth centenary of
Columbus's discovery would seem to be
a fitting moment in which to bring to
gether in simple narrative form the sub
stance of what is known concerning the
Cosinographiuo itself, the men by whom
it was written and published, the place
where they lived, and tho motive by
which their work was inspired.
Harper's Magazine.
The German Hurs xhoe.
The Germans ar using a new style of
horseshoe. Instead of tho horseshoe be
ing simply a curved piece of iron, part
of the shoe is made of rope. Tho shoe
is mude of malleable iron, and ou the
bottom is a deep groove, ruuuing from
end to end. In this groove tightly fits
the new feature of the shoe a piece of
tarred rope. The rope is about three
quarters of inch thick. The stands are
firmly twisted, and the application ol
tar makes the bit of hawser tough and
durable, yet soft enough to afford the
horse a relief unknown with the ordin
ary shoe. The shoe is fastened to the
hoof by four nails driven through the
rope ou each side. The tarred rope
re-ding on the pavement gives the horses
a firm grip on the grouud, aud as it
makes the shoe much lighter and infi
nitely more comfortable than the solid
iron, its advantage is readily apparent.
The new invention increases the liorte's
pulling pjwer and saves the hoofs a deal
of hard wear which cannot but result
from the iron shoe pounding the rough
pavements. Sporting World.
Why Ouloksji-nls Swall .iw One.
The reason a person sinks in quick-
sand is because the lutter is composed
chiefly of small particles of mica mixed
largely with water. The mica is to
smooth that the fragments slip upon each
other with the greatest lacility, so that
any heavy body which displuccs them
will sink aud continue to sink until a
solid bottom is reached. When particles
of sand are rugged and angular aoy
weight piessiug ou them will crowd them
together uutil they are compacted into
u solid mass. A tund composed of mica
or soapstoue, wheu mixed with sufficient
water, seems iocapubleof such consolida
tion. Chicago Herald.
PERCHANCE.
Perchance In that mysterioas realm, so far
and vague and dim,
Yon cannot hear the ca lenoe of this world's
undying hymn
A song of Love which thrills my soul like
chant of cherubim.
Perchance there Is no note of mine which
may your soul beseech
No sound which tells you of the heights that
earth's joy's sometimes reach
When dwelling with aublincr thoughts than
mortal Hps may teach.
Perchance there is no song of Love that
I eavenly choirs have banned;
1 care not whether simple be t he lay, or an
them grand,
If only you, of all the world, shall hear and
understand.
Dexter Smith, in Hoston Transcript.
HUMOR OF HIE DAY.
Called out on strikes The
Puck.
militia. -
Women seldom tease men they do not
love. Milwaukee Journal.
The best "household receipt" A war
ranty deed Texas Siftingt.
A campaign lie may bo nailed, but
caucuses are bolted. Somerville Jour
nal. A boiling tea kettie does its best to
whistle like a steam engine. Kam's
Horn.
The man who is blunt of speech ii not
apt to make cutting remarks. noston
Courier.
The shoemaker is a man who fre
quently gets beaten out of his boots.
Statesman.
Why does a man say he is going to
button his coat up and then proceed to
button it down? Truth.
The man who bas wisdom never tries
to guess what an embroidery pattern is
meant to represent. Puck.
When a boy is smart there is a quc
tion whether he gets it from her folks or
his people. Atchison Globe.
The man who can honestly say that
he doesn't believe there is any such thing
as luck, must bo in pretty easy circum
stances. Puck.
Sie was a crusty person;
That was plain to any eye
That beheld her working briskly
At the art of making pie.
Washington Star.
Why should any man in the bosom of
his household, reading aloud of the cap.
ture of a female pickpocket, look with a
bard, hidden meaning expression at his
wife. Philadelphia Times.
Mamma "Arthur, didn't I toll you
to take these powders every two hours?"
Little Arthur "Yes, but you never
told me where you wanted mo to take
them to." Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Some backwoods philosopher chops
close to the line in the assertion that it
often costs more to have a man do you a
favor than if you were to buy the accom
modation and pay cash. Blizzard.
There is a great difference between
military engagements and love engage
ments. In ono there is a good deal of
falling in, aud in the other there is a
good deal of falling out. Statesman.
"Mabel, this question of marriage is a
serious one that I hope you have consid
ered well." Mabel "O.i, dear, yes,
auntie, I have worried myself sick al
ready about my trousseau." Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
"That beats me," said good Mrs.
Jason, as she read that a fire was sup
posed to have been caused by "mice eat
ing matches." "I've heard of pie-eating
matches and sich, but this is a new one."
Indianapolis Journal. ,
"Men is mighty skittish critters," ob
served old Mrs. Thirdwed. "Either
they air so cross that there's no a-beariu'
'em around the house, or so goodoatured
that you dassaut trust 'em out o' your
sight." Indianapolis Journal.
Hev. Mr. Prolix "How did you like
my discourse last Suuday, Mr. Foggf"
Fogg "To tell you the truth, I was not
altogether pleased with your premises,
but I was delighted beyoud measure at
your conclusion." Boston Transcr.pt.
Mrs. Chugwater "Josiah, last Satur
day was my birthday, and you forgot all
about it!" Mr. Chugwater "Why,
Samanth, my dear, the time passes
h'm so swiftly in yoursncitty that your
birthdays er come round before I
know it." Chicago Tribune.
Bald Teacher "Now, little boys,
after what I've told you, can any of you
define 'nothing?' " Little Yorick
"Yes, fir, I can." Teacher "Well,
how would you describe it?' Little
Yorick "Please, sir, it's what you've
got ou the top of your head." Drake's
Maguziue.
"Now, Mr. Lakteel," said Mrs. Vau
Bruam to her milkman, "I am goin to
ask you a questiou, uud if you evade
answering I shall take my trade else
where." "Yes'm." "Do you put water
in your milk!'1 "Well, mum, I must
confess that I put in a little, but I al
ways boil it first. You ueedu't I)h
afraid of microbes, ma'am." Pittsburg
Chronicle.
I wonder if I couldn't collect at least
half of the insurance on my wife, re
marked Colouel Percy Verger to Major
Witherspoon. Why, is your wife dead?
asked this friend. Well, not exactly.
But every night when 1 come home lute
she says she is half dead with fright auc'
anxiety. It seems to me that in law aud
equity I coul l collect half the insurance
money. Texas Siflings.
1 lie Cruel Way (ulvis Are Killed.
The usual way is to stic'v the calf's
throat a little to muk it slowly bleed to
death, giving it a whole night of agoa
izing misery. No complaint is made
nbout this. Even the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelly to Auiumla is si
lent u the iniquity. The butchers say
it is necessary to make the veul white so
as to make it suitable for the "chicken
ialad" so popular at church aud other
festivals and for tony private tutertain
sncctt. Kicbmjnd (Ya.) I tun.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Great heat seems to cause melancholia,
Flatirons are now heated by electri
city. About one-fourth of tho cases of In
sanity are hereditary.
A German scientist holds that all
diamonds come from meteors.
A meteorite weighing 500 pounds re
cently fell near North Bend, Wis.
The temperature nf the planet Neptune
is estimated to bo 1100 degrees below
lero.
At the poles, where all meridians
converge, there can be no natural stand
ard time, for it is every hour of the day
at once.
"Masrinm" is the name of tho new
chemical element which has been dis
covered in the bed of an ancient Egyp
tian river.
Reviving an old project, a French
company proposes that lightships con
nected by telegraph be stationed at in
tervals of 200 miles across the Atlantic.
Brick made of plaster of paris and
cork are now used in the construction of
powder mills. In ca?e of explosion they
offer slight resistance and are broken to
atoms.
Dr. Styles, of the Bureau of Aniina'.
Industry, describes a new cattle parasite
which lives in the follicles of the root of
the hair, and produces disease in tho
skin of the animal affected.
Corrosive sublimate, iu the strength
of sixty-four grains to tho gallon of
water, is found by the Health Depart
ment of New York City to be the most
effective of the germ-destroying agents,
A Russian physician declares that the
electric light is a very effective anaes
thetic, relieving paiu in many cases al
most instantaneously. Neuralgia and oth
er local pains succumb usually to a beam
reflected from a bright arc liylit.
The African is better protected against
the evil effects of the excessive heat
than his white brother in two ways.
The texture of his cuticle is exception
ally well adapted to encourage ireo per
spiration and his natural temperament
does not incline him to borrow trou'jle
largely.
Insects generally breath through spe
cial pores iu various pnrtsof their body,
and if these pores are closed by oil, they
are suffocated. Any one may test this
by dropping sweet oil ou the thorax or
back of a wasp; it very soon dies. For
this reason oil has been found ono of the
best things to use for the destruction of
insects.
The stratified masses of tho earth's
crust, where most fully developed, at
tain a united thickness of not less than
100,000 feet. If they were nil laid down
at the most rapid recorded rate of denu
dation they would require a period of
73,000.000 years for their completion.
If they were laid down at the slowest
rate they would demand u period of not
less than C80,UOO,000.
A few years ago five foot drivers woro
considered large on locomotives, but iu
this age of advanced railroading they
nave increased to seven feet in diameter.
Probably the largest diameter wheels in
use iu this country is that on engino 903
of the New York Central's pafseugcr
series that is one of the machines hauling
the Empire State Express. They meas
ure seveu feet three inches, wuilo the
next largest is six feet six inches ou an
other engine in the same service.
French chemists have demonstrated
that it is possible to produce heat with
out fire, and tho discovery is to be util
ized on the railways aud strci't cars of
thecouutry. The device consists simply
of a block of acetate nf so la, which is
plunged into hot water. As it solidifies
after the immersion it gives forth as
much heat us a coal fire for the space of
live or six hours. There is no dauger
of lire from the use of tho substance,
und as the same fuel can be used a fcore
of times its cheapness will be of great
recommendation with many managers of
corporations.
Tho Story of u Picture.
The death of John Graves, a LoikIou
print dealer, may recall to some the pic
ture entitled "Can't You Talk!" The
history of its production, as told by Mr.
Graves under the shade of the historic
mound at Waterloo, is interesting. See
ing one of his children playing with a
pet collie dog one day, the idea occurred
to dim that the subject would make a
charming picture, ami hu gave a com
mission to uu artist to carry out his idea.
The price was one thousund dollars, and
the picture was exhibited at the Royal
Academy's exhibition, where it attract
ed the notice of the Prince and that
Princess of Wales, who expressed a de
sire to purchase it. .Mr. Graves, who
hud placed ou it wliut he considered tbo
prohibitory price of 30110, informed the
Prince that us hu had had tho picture
painted solely for the purpose of en
graving, he diil uot wir.li to dispose of
it; but the Prince grunted graciously
the eugraving rights an I became its pur
chafer. I'p to the present time repro
ductions ol the picture have netted more
than ifl-.'u.OdO. .Near the field of Water
loo Mr. Graves, pun-bused uu estate sev-t-rul
ycur ugo, and he was almost n
inonoinanic ou the subject of that de
cisive battle. He confined his reading
exclusively to it, uud he possessed a sin
gular collection of books tint hud refer
ence to it. Boston Truuiscript.
Ila'chlnr Culejvi liars in I'iil B.ivm.
E B. iiouttou. fascinated the Biology
Sectiou of the British Association with
the results of his experiments ou eatery
pilltrs hatching in pill boxes. The pep
per moth was the particular iusect which
he experiuieuted on, ami his experiments
how that if you take uu egg of oue of
these uud grow it in a nilded pill box
you get a golden caterpiller. Again, if
the pill box be bluek, so is the cuter,
pillar; while a mixed environment pro.
duced u muddled creature, just us ir
man the environment of the slum nt 'hu
palace pretty much determines a person's
thai acteristics.Scieuti tic American..