THE FOREST REPUBLICAN b pabflskti arm? WdMAay, kf J. E. WENK. Offlo In BmsMu-baagh A Co.'s Building MJI iTRMT, TIONBSTA, n. Terms. ... II.DO pnTur. H nkKrVtimti air fr a ikwtar Mrlo ta tar, months. Correp.Tiaiir Mtletut fr.m ij at th. RATES OF ADVERTISING) orest ' Republican. One Square, on. inch, one insertion..! 1 00 One Square, one inch, one month..,, 9 Of) One Square, one inch, three months.. 8 00 One Square, one inch. on. year...... 10 K) Two Square, one year 15 00 Quarter Column, one year.,,,, 80 00 Half Cokiinn, one year 5000 One Column, one year. 100 "0 Legal arlvertisemaota ten eenta p.r Una each insertion. Marriages and death notice gratis. All bills lor yearly advertisements collofe4 quarterly. Temporary advertisement, mjil VOL. XXV. NO. 35. TIONESTA, PA., "WEDNESDAY, DEC 21. 1892. S1.50 PElt ANNUM. tu mm in advance. o pi Jo ob work -cash on delivery. v. i t the biggest Ula. Hair-dye ii considered so detrimental to long life that a Paris insurance com pany refuses to Insure the livcj of those who use it. The New Yorlt Commercial Advertiser 5s convinced that "poetry pays when it Teally is pootry, and the Whiltier copy right bring in as much as $8500 a year." The New York Hoard of Health sent Br. Soibert to Hamburg to investigate the cholera. Ho reports that America must expect a visitation from the plague next summer unless immigration is stopped. Tho National organization just forme 1 in Chicago under the title of the "Coun try Road Improvement League" has a . gigantic progrummc, covering tho half million miles of country roads which need to be improved. People who have wondered why no woman has ever composed a graud opera or a great symphony will wonder no more. The London Lancet tells all about it. It is because "woman is de ficient in tho physiological conditions of ideoplastio power." The number of ichoolhouses In tho United States is 210,33 J. The esti mated value of all public school prop erty is 323, 565,532. The total reve nues of the public schools are ' From permanent endowments, $0,825,127; from taxes, State, $25, 177,067; local, $38,328,383 $11,505,112; from othor sources, $9,794, 431. Total revonue, $135,125,010. A curious industry has arison at the result of the establishment of tho Paris London tolophoao. Skilled talkers are employed by the new agencies to do all the telephoning for thosa enterprises be cause of their rapidity and distinctness of utterance As telephoning is expen sive, those experts talk at the rate of 190 words per minute. French only is employed because of tho absence of tho hissing sound that render telephous .talk in English frequently unintollL gible. An electric railroad to run 100 miles an hour between Chicago an I St. Louis is projected. "This sounds big," com ment the New York Tribune, "but the range of electrical possibilities has by no mean been reached. The successful operation of such. road would doubtless point to important changes in our methods of transportation. A speed ot 100 miles an hour, however, will require an almost perfectly straight track, and od the great majority of the railroads of the East it would be entirely out of tho question. One most excellent thing about the proposed new road is that it will have uo grade crossings." One good result which the Illustrated American thinks is likely to follow Eng land's seizure ot the Gilbert Islands is the stoppage of the "contract labor" business. The supply of labor for the coffee plantations in Mexico is small, dear and unreliable. The planters, there fore, turned to the natives of the South Sea Islands to obtain the workmon need ed. Two years ago a cargo of 300 Gil bert Islanders was landed. The native were uuder contract to work on tho coffee plantations for three years at from $7 to $10 a month. At tlio expiration of that period they were to be returnod to their homes. Notwithstanding tho coutracts the laborois wore virtuully slaves. How muny will ever reach home aain remains to be seen. President D. W. Fisher, of Hcuovcr College, Ind., gives the New York Inde pendent information which throws sotuo light on the possible origin of American races. He says: One of the recent grad- uates of Hanover College, W. T. Lopp, for tie post two years has been in charge of the Mission School for the'Eskimos, at Port Clarence, Alaska, on tho Amer ican side of Bering Strait. A letter under date of August 31st, 1892, to my self, says of last winter: "No thaws during the wiuter, and Ice blocked in the Strait. This has always been doubted by whalers. Eskimos have told them that they sometimes crossed the strait ou ice, but they havo never believed them. Last February aud March our Eskimos had a tobacco famine. Two parties (Ave men) went with dog sleds to East Cape, on the Siberian coast, and traded some beaver, otter and marten skins for Rus sian tobacco, and returned sttfuly. It is only during an occasional winter that they can do this. But every summer they make several trips in their big wolves skin boats forty feet long. These observations may throw some light Opon the origin of the Prehistoric Races f America." Mr. Lopp is in every way tellable man, and it would seem to be pity not to give to the public the im portant fact wluvU h luw narrated above. . Chicago is to hove 1 H"ope in the world. CHRISTMAS. Oh, the glorious Christmas weather, when all hearts keep time together, And we never have a feeling that is not serene and bright; When the snow is falling, fulling, and the sound of coasters calling To their fellows on the hillside echoes clearly through the night. How the slelghbells tingle, tingle, while the now goea crinkle, crinkle. And the furs aud robes about us bnrdly serve to keop us warm; And our feet and fingers tingle to the music and the jingle, As w. drive on swiftly homeward through the thick flying storm. How the lights shine out to meet us; how the dogs rush out to greet in, As we draw up at the gateway; and the . horses, In a steam, Stand there restless, stamping, stamping In the drifting suow, and clamping At their bit, impatient of us like the shadows in a dream. How the blnr.ing hickory fire flashes higher, higher, higher, As we pile the wood upon it nnJ draw closer all around; And the cracking and the snapping of tho log", like wood-gnomes rapping For release from out their prisons, has a weird and wintry sound. Oh, the warmth and love within there! Oh, the stories that we spin there To the children, of the goblins who live out in all the snow; And ot length we leave the fable., and recall the lowly stable Where the King of Love was lying many centuries ago. Till, as we all wit there thinking, little eyes with sleep are blinking, And the old clock in tho hallway tells of Christmas come again; Anl the whole white earth rejoices as we hear the angel voices Bing again the old, old story; "Peace on earth, good will to men." Then to wake up at the dawning of a glori ous Christmas morning, To find everybody happy with the warmth of Christmas cheer. Ah, when love is such a feeling, all our bet ter selves revealing, Let us dwell in love forever and have Christmas all the year. James G. Burnett. THE CHRISTMAS PIKE. BrMXCK-WEBSTER. HERE shall I go for Christmas," was a question that much disturbed my mind last year; fori had pM"T' jf$ a great many iDvita l3ysyvTV tions.and only a few S?'iSsCK3 days to snare. I nar- ticularly wanted to be back for the big dauco at Tho Haw- thorns, and with open weather, and four good horses in tho stable, I grudged missing even oncday's hunt ing. Still a bachelor's hunting box, seven miles from anywhere, was not exactly my idea of tho place to Christmas in; ao I turned over in my mind the merits and demerits of my various friends' establishments, but could not come to any conclusion as to which I intended to honor with my presence. The evening post settled tho matter forme. "The very place," I cried, when just as I had finished dinner the maid brought in a latter from my old chum, Langham Carter, who was home on a six months' furlough fiom India. He and I had been close friends ft school, but we had not met again uutil one win ter when I went out to Iudia for some tiger uod big game shooting. We were both staying with Sanderson, at Mysore, and good sport we had. He showed us how to catch elephants, as only be knows how, and put me in the way of bagging my first tiger. - "What tun it was! and what a good sort old George Sanderson is very few like him, worse luck," I mused, as Langluiin's letter recalled that jolly time which we had spent together. "Dear Frank." his note ran, "I am going dowu to The Moat for Christmas and I hope you'll come, too. You can have a good mount ou any of the dad's horses they aro all your sort, well bred and good performers. If you bring a rod you can catch pikes galore and of sizes lure in the moat. Father and mother and the girls (you remember Nellie and Nora when they were little) will be do lighted to see you once more. Come by the early (rain ou Christinas Eve and I'll me you at the station. Don't bother to write, just send a wire to say you're coming." t-'o next morning I sent my message, "Thanks, delighted to come," and spent tho rest of the day iu pleasant anticipa tion of the fun I was going to have. If there is cue thing I like, or love, uext to hunting, it is a bit of good fishing, and a big pike is my especial in the tish line; so I packed up my rod and looked out suitable tacklo for the mighty won archs of whom Lang spoke. It wus only midday when I reached the Carters' station, fori had got up bo times. Two very pretty girls were wait ing for me on the platform ; and I in stantly recognized one as an improved edition of the little Nellie I used to chase and kins under the mistletoe long ago. She had been my lirBt love, and we made all torts ot vows and promises dur ing tho winter holidays that I spent at The Moit as a boy. Her companion, wi s not Nora I felt sure of that but I thought she was the most beautiful woman I bad ever beheld. Medium height, and fair, with curly golden hair under an Astrukan cap, she looked quite the regular Christmas-story-book picture girl, with the advantage of a merry pair of sparkling gray eyes and a laughing face. In her anus sho carried a mite of a toy buil terrier, in a smart red cout. As I pulled my traps out of the train Mis. Carter came up aud shook bauds. BT MISfl L. V r-! "Langham was so sorry ho couldn't meet you. Ho won't be back till this evening, so wo let mo introduce Miss Mildred Pnlgrave, who is staying with us thought we'd drive to fetch you in stead. 1 am afraid wo are a poor sub stitute for brother Lang, but you must make the best of it and take us on our merits." Looking at them I though myself lucky, and thanked heaven that Lang could not come, ingratc I was. Miss Palgrnve held out a well-gloved baud, saying, "I am so glad to meet you, for Linghnm has told mc so many stories about yDii as a boy that I quite feel I know you already. Hut they tell mo that I must treat you with respect, for you're a mighty Nimrod now, and a slayer of wild beasts." "Not many, I'm afraid. Mere trave lers' tales. Some of dear old Laugham's Varus," answered I, modestly, but I was secretly gratified at her taking such a friendly interest in me. "You'vo got to take Mildred and Goliath (the tiny terrier) in front and drive," said Nellie, when my luggage had been stowed in tho bottom of the dogcart and I was expecting to havo to sit behind; "I want to havo a rest. Old Banjo wc call tins cob Banjo bc causo he is so musical pulls liko a de mon as soon ns his head is turned for home." Nothing loath, I helped the girls info their seats, and we wero soon at The Moat, which was only tivo miles from the station a very short five miles, and I hated Banjo for making the journey so brief, when I should have liked it to have lasted forever. My companion chatted on as if she had known mo all her life, and I fell desperately in love with her and quite forgot my boyhood's sweetheart, who only reminded me of her presence as wo drovo up the avenue by exclaiming: "This is where you shot your first rabbit that Sunday after- A. Christmas Puduixg. mm Old Christmas comes With frozen thumbs, His long beard whits with snow; 'Tis right good cheer His knock to hear, And grief to have him go. noon when wo were all at church. What a row there was about itl Do you re member? You wero both bad boys iu those days." On the steps were Nora and the Squire, who welcsmed me heartily, and Mrs. Carter met me with a pleasant greeting in the hall. In a mo ment I felt "at home," and it seemed more liko fifteen months than fifteen years since these kindly folks had lost seen mo. As we sat at lunch Mr. Carter apolo gized for Laugham's unavoidable ab senco, and asked me if I cculd console myself with the pike foi one afternoon. "They are all on tho feed," he said, "and Johnsou, the keeper, has got some nice roach. I waut you to try aud catch tho Patriarch. Old Jacob, as we call him, is a huge brute who abides by the island. Ho is wily, but as no one has fished the place for a year we aro hoping he'll give you a show. Lost year he broke two of my friends, ono ol tho.u twice, and they swore he must be dfty pounds at least. He ate a good-sized duck last summer, aud we picked up a half dead carp not long ago that weighed over fifteen pounds, and had a big hole in its side like a cavern. No doubt it was old Jacob's work." I almost forgot Mildred in my excite ment, and directly lunch was over rigged up my pet old rod, made of a bamboo I had brought from India, where it had killed many a goodly mahsecr in tho swift Joaldoka, aud put on live bait tackle of abnormal strength aud size. Johnson and I were soon iu the punt, and begau at the foot of the mout where the wuter was shallow. I mounted a nice roach, fresh and lively, of about two ouuecs, and under the keeper's instruc tions tried a bit or water beside a log. My flout was scarcely settled when I had a pull, and knew I was iuto a good fish, aud altera few minutes a respectable tun pcuudor was iu the bout. On the way up I caught two more and then cmiio the haunts of the Patriarch, aud we grew cautious and slow. "No use trying a small bait for him, sir. Put ou the very largest iu the well." So, dutifully, I selected cue that was fully half a pound weight, and, follow- J j 1 1' WSzi ing Johnson's directions, swung it well out into a deep hole at the mouth of a backwater that ran round a littlo island in front of tho houe. "That's tho place, just where your float is now," cried the squire, who with the girls had come down ou the lawn to watch the fun. A charming group they made that fine old country gentleman, the picture of health and good nature, with three pretty girls standing by him, and Don, his scdnto old pointer, at his heels; while gayly frolicking round them ail was the irrepressible Goliah, who scemcj to im agine that tho whole psrty had conio out entirely for his gratification ind nmuss ment. As my bait touched the water the excitable littlo dog pricked up his cars, and advanced At tho water's edge, surveying it critically ns if he fanciod it might be some vagrant water rnt with whom it was bis duty to do battle. "Come to heel, Goliah, como to heel, called Mildred. "You'll tumble in and catch your death of cold." Hut sho called in vain, ho heeded not her warning, and I almost forgot my fishing, so taken up was I with watching the comical littlo beast, as ho dodged about tho bank in fusy impor tance, his red jacket contrasting prettily with the dry grass and weeds. My bait was so big and lively that it kept the float moving briskly, constantly pulling it under, and as I had no spare corks I was obliged to let it go, hoping that a sensible patriarch would discrimi nate between a bony reach and a float and prefer the former, iu spite of tho attractive red top of tho latter. However the eccentric vagaries of the said red top attracted all Blaster Go liath's attention, and each time the flaat bobbed up he gave a littlo jump and n yap in unison. At length his excitement grew so intense that we all burst out laughing. To him it appeared no laugh ing matter, but a serious subject which - . . . - I an . - w wmimmmm 1 The children dance. An J the babien prance, For the tiniest toddler knows 'Tis a world of drums And dolts and plums Where the jolly old pilgrim goes. required investigation, aud when tho bright red top disappeared longer than usual he could stand it no more, but jumping with a dash, regardless of the bitter cold wuter, swain out for tho poiut where he last saw tho float. Mildred's face was a study. "Oh, my poor little dog I" sho cried. "D gut him out at once, Mr. Galloway, and bring him iu. Dou't I030 a moment." As well as his laughter would let him Johnson wns paddling to meet the bold swimmer, nud I leant ready iu the bows, with my sleeves turned up, to grab him as soon as ho was near enough. His round, little head and big eyes and red coat made him look like sumo strange new water-baby come to view tho world. When he was within stx feetof the boat, aud I was just making ready for tlio grasp, thero was a mad swirl thu cent tho water flying into my face, u ruili, a huge pair of jaws swept tho surface, and iu a moment tho Patriarch hail puliod poor Gotiub under the water, uud hu was lost to our sight! All the girls screamed in choru', nud Mildred gave such a weird, wild, ag.i uizsd cry, as she saw her darling disap pear to certain death, that I felt almost as if I were a murderer; for h u! 1 u t been tishiui; this would uevor have hap pened. Johnson had all his wits about him "He's gone for his hold thero unilci tho willow," said he, driving the slo.v punt forward, and plunging tho pole deep into the water iu hopesuf frighten ing the monster off his prey. As hu did so up came fish and dog, the latter strug gling guiuely, but still held ucross his quar.cis iu the cruel jaws. I could not help myself iu a mo neut I dived from the punt right ou to the n, and quick as thought with my left hand grabbed Goliath by the collar, whilst with my right 1 struck a heavy blow across the pike's jiws, whic made bi n leavo go. Johnson seiz j I my huud as 1 tunic I rouud, mid was helpiu:; me into the punt when the Patriarch, wildly eiu-.i-.;i- i at losing his p"y, made another d.i.-ii, granping my arm just aijovo the wri.-.t in bis elTort to get ill the dog. Ii it hi. Meujeis had conic. Johusou hud the gaff in his hand, end did not lose a sec ond In galling .Mastr Jacob behind the shoulders. Luckily it was ono of the old fashioned, homo made ones a huge h ok enough to gaff sharks, with a big holding barb ou it and struggle and fiuht as ho might the monster could not get ftwny. Meanwhile I had chucked the halt dead Goliath into the punt and struggled in myself; then, slipping a cord over the IW.i'n tail, wc soon bad him in tho boat, where a judicious tap on tho head with n leaded "pike stick" settled his hash. Tne sight of his enemy seemed to bring new life into Goliath, and seizing him by a fin ho shook and shook to his heart's content, quite oblivious of his own broken leg and torn sides. When we touched the shore I scrambled out with the pliuky littlo terrier in my arms and restored him to his anxious mistress, who thanked me heartily and gratefully while she showered kisses upon her rescued treas ure. Tho squire hurried me off to tho house, wisely thinking that a hot bath would prevent any evil effects from this cold dive. My coat sleeve had protected my arm so well that a few deep scratches were the extent of my ills, and I felt as if I would gladly have lost a hand to bo thanked once nioro like tnat by my darling Mildred. For I quite regarded her now as my own, and determined I would propose that very night alter dinner. For tho first time in my life I felt grateful to the uncle who had worked hard und left me tho money which had made my life so easy and pleasant ; and I kept repeating to my sell the old adage, "Enough for one is enough for two," And thinking how I should spend next Christmas at home, and how Mildred and I would ask Langham and Nellie and Nora to stay with us, and how we would talk over this day's pro ceedings, and enjoy ourselves. By the time I had dressed I felt quite "good," and had no doubts at all about the future. "Tea is served in the drawing-room," said the pretty parlor maid, "aud the ladies are waiting." "How's Goliath?" asked I. "All right, sir. Johnson has set his leg, and tied up his wounds, and he's doing nicely. He is asleep now, sir, on Miss Palgrave's lap." "Sny I'll be down in a minute," I an swered. And as soon as I brushed my hair, and tied my scarf to my satisfac tion, I stalked down stairs as if I was wnlking on air, to receive the renewed thanks of my idol, and to try and tell her that my life was at her service. As I stalked into the drawing room Langham rushed forward and shook me warmly by the hand, exclaiming, "I am so glad to see you, Frank, you dear old num. A thousand thauks for your bold ness in rescuing Millie's pet. She treas ures thnt littlo brute above creation " For a moment I was thuuderctruck. My dream was overl Fool that I was, it served mo right, and good sense soon returned. Hcuitily could I congratu late them both on their good fortune, and 1 hope no one ever guessed my dis appointment. "Bar ono thing," Mildret broke in, as sho slipped hei hand caressingly into bis arm. "And says it's just because I gave it to her," continued Langham. "You know it was my first present to her after we were engaged." When he had done talking over our advcntuic, and saying how thankful we were that it had terminated so well, we all went out to inspect the foe, the sight of whom made Goliath bristle with rage, and struggle to get out of his mistress' arms, nnd attack once more his would be murderer. Certainly he well deserved the name of tho Patriarch. He weighed forty eight pounds and was long and leau aud la:ik, with jaws like a crocodile Had hu beeu iu condition in proportion to his length he would have weighed fully sixty pounds, and I felt quite proud of having played even a subordinate pirt in the capture of such a monster. Johnson got a couplo of sovereigns from Langham for his share, nud well ho deserved it. If it hai not been for his prompt action I believe old Jacob would have matched Goliath from my anus and left his mistress a-lamenting. We spaut a jolly evening, and never have I enjoyed a Chrismas more than I did that one, though this year I fancy it may prove even pleasanter still; for now I nni going us Nellie's accepted lover. Dou't hiUk'h; in spite of one day's infat uation for her friend I discovered that it was Nellie, my first and ouly sweet heart, that 1 really cared for, and the girl I loved as the boy of twelve I uow love with the strong and lasting love of manhood. Oh, yes, the i'litriaicli and Goliath, what becamo of them? Goliath went out to India six weeks later, when his mistress married my old friend, and I am afraid he will curry the murks of that day's adventure till his death. I trust ho may never again encounter so cruet a foe, for a pluckier littlo dog was never wrapped iu a skiu. And the Patriarch' Wo ate some of him on Christmas Day. Iu life he wus terrible, unci iu death ho was horrible; may I never taste so vile a tish again. Peace be to his memory, we ue'er shall look u ion his like again. His skin is stiilled, and holds a place of honor in my hull, uud I look upon him, indirect ly, us the means of giving me my love. What's Nellie like? Well, my friends, you 11 see uext year wheu we ure mar ried, uud then you'll agree with me that she is the sweetest girl iu thu world. Holly Leaves. A Suggestion. Head of Firm "You hu i better give tliu oilice buy a couplo ol dullurs, Mr. I'cn .viper, for Christina"." Mr. Penwiper (tlio bookkeeper) "I ihink wo ha I better muko it a New Year's gift, sir. 1 have just suit him out with a ti le, i tin, mid 1 don't think he will get back by Christmas." SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Fifty-one metals are now known to exist. The dragon-fly tan devour its own body and the head still live. The bleaching of one piece of linen requires forty-four distinct operations. Fish are thought to be very cold, yet their normal temperature is seventy-seven degrees. The astronomers say thero are at least 18,000,000 suns, each as largo and many larger than ours, iu the Milky Way. There are seventeen different railroad gauges in this country, varying from two feet to Bvo feet seven inches in width. Hypodermic injections of pcrccdate is said to be the new cholera remedy which checked the disease in Hamburg, Ger many. The moth has a fur jacket and the butterfly none because tho nocturnal habits of the moth require it, the diur nal movements of the butterfly do not. From a Japanese fruit a Gorman chem ist has obtained agreeu coloring matter, trickosanthine, which is interesting as being the first vegetable green differing decidedly from chlorophyll. It can be proven by a simple calcula tion that the number of people which havo existed on the globe during the past C000 years approximates tho graud total of 60,000,000,000,000,000. It is proposed to construct a railway to the top of Bon Nevis, the highest moun tain in the British Islands, where a me teorological observatory has been main tained for years, connected with the lower world by a telegraph wire. Calculations deducted by a newly in vented "electric measuring and flash light photographic apparatus" prove that cannon balls move through the air at the rate of 1626 feet per second, the average being about three seconds to tho mile. Recent astronomical calculations havo caused the "star-gazers" to annouccu that the surface of the inoou is about as great as that of Africa ami Australia combined, or about equal to the area of North and South America, without the islands. Mars is in opposition about once in two years, but, owing to the ecceutricity of his orbit, his distauco from tho earth varies greatly at different oppositions. The most favorable ones like those of tho past summer and 1877 ocour nt in tervals of about fifteen years. A man in Columbus, Ohio, has pat ented an electrical device iuteudo l to automatically lower and raise roilroal gates at grade crossiugs at the approach and after tho passing of trains. The ap paratus is expected to entirely supplant the flagmen and gate tenders. Heat-lightning is simply the reflection of the lightning of distant storms, too far away for the noise cf the thunder to reach us. These storms often draw nearer and develop into tho ordinary type of thunder-showers, or they may pass away in another direction. A steam dynamo is the latest combina tion noted. In this the tteura engine an upright one is attached to the dynamo, instead of, as t first, the dy namo being attached to the engine. Tho floor space requirod is no largor than if the dynamo hud u pulley for belt driv ing. The Mtues. Tho Muses were demi-gods, or, rather, demi-goddesses, the patrons of litera ture, music, poetry, dancing and tiio fine arts generally. They dwelt upon tho three sacred mountains, Ilclikon, Parnassus and Pindus, iu Greece, and there were nine of them. Clio was the muse of history. Sho is generally represented carrying a roll of munuscript. Melpomene was the muse of tragedy aud is uiado to wear a musk And sometimes carry a sword or club. Thalia wus the muse of comedy and bur lesque She wore a mask and carried a shepherd's crook. Then caina Calliope, the muse of heroio poems, sometimes culled the chief of the Muses. Shu carried a writing tablet aud u stylus. Urauia presided over the study of as tronomy. In thu luprescutations sho sits besido a globe, holds u compass with one huud, while with thu other sho points upward to the sturs. Euterpe presided over music. She was figure 1 ns playing the flute. The in use of song and oratory was Poljhymuiu, or Polym niu, generally pictured iu an attitude of contemplation aud wearing a laurel wreath. Love and marriage songs had Erato for their inspiiution. Eputo woro a wreath and played on a large lyre with many striugs. Terpsichore wus the lust of the muses. She presided over danc ing, and is represented as wreath crowned and carrying a lyre. Mnemosyne, mean ing "memory," was tho "mother of the muses." The muses occupied a prominent place in the later mythology of Greece an 1 Rome, and are tho subject of very fre quent allusion iu literature. New York Voice. "Compressed Tea." A novelty for travelers who cujoy tho cun thit cheers is "Couiiuessed tea." I This is put up by certain Jtussiau firms resident iu China. It is made of Un due dust of tea-leaves, but is none the loss expensive for all that, for it is com pressed by the powerful force of stern machinery iuto compact tablets which take up about cue-sixth thu space which tho same amount of oom tea-leaves would occupy. These tablets are in turn enclosed in tinfoil, then in fancy puper wrappers, and finally packed in metal lined casus. Put up iu this way, the tea is considerably easier to cany, aud the tine dust of th a tea which is usually sold at a low price is in i do use of to good profit. These tablets of tea have been extensively used for some tiiuu in Itussiu, for every H isiau unj-iys his cup of tea und knows but little aitj ii coffee, though thu Turk, w ho is at his very doors, makes the very best coifee iu the world. Thus far the-e tablets of lea have not been imported In nuy intent iuto our country. .Nu.v Vork i'uuunc. HER NAME. "I'm lostcdt Could you find me, pleseJ" Poor little frightened baby! The wind had tossed her goldon fleece. The stone had scratched her dimpled knees, I stooped and lifted her with ease, And softly whispered "May be." "Tell me your name, my littlo maid, 1 can't fin-1 you without it." 'My name is Shiney-eyos," she said. "Yes, but you last?" Sift) shoo! her head; "Up to the house 'ey never said A single fing about it." "Hut, dear," I said, "what is your name?' "Why, didn't you hear ma tell youf Dust 8hiney-oyes." A bright thought came; Yee, hen you're good ; but when they blame You, littlo ono it's just the same AY hen mamma has to scold you!" "My mamma never scoldf," she moann, A little flushing ensuing. "Ccpt when I've bean a-frowing stones, And then she says" (the culprit owns.), "Mehetable Sapphira Jones, What has you beeu a dome;" Anna F. Burnham. HUMOR OP THE DAY. Tarts of speech Hyphens. Truth. Goes through without change-Th8 shopper. Tuck. The iudispcnsible servant is master of the situation. Judge. Clothes may not mako thy man, but suits make tho lawyer. Eimira Gazette. Fame is a bright robe; but it soon wears out at the elbows. Ram's Horn. "K iriy to bed and early to rise" Makes of a man what most people despise. Jul(;e. When one woman praises another, f.i'.ks think she is sarcastic. Rum's Horn. Whuti3 done cannot bo undone, especi ally if it is a hard-boiiei egg. Toxas riiftings. Success shows off our good qualities; lack of success shows off our defect. Texas Sittings. A man has to bo puffed up well be foro he can blow his own horn with proper vigor. Puck. The sign-painter may make a dollar while tho steeple-painter is making ascent. Boston Courier. If you want to get ahead in the world, don't lie abed in the morning thinking about it. Atchison Globe. A great many "gentlemen of the old school" do not seem quite to havo fln ishel their education. Puck. It is noticeable that a little man is always very mild in his testimony agaiust n big mau iu court. Atchison Glob. It's a queer thiug, but the course of true love runs all the smoother the more it is studded with rocks. Southron. Had Her There: Mistress "You're the biggest fool I cer knew." Maid 'You forget yourself, ma'am." Judge. Every man who gels whipped for a sin complains that otiier people hao done more nnd been whipped less. Atchison Globe. "I thiuk Charles the First was crazy," said Professor Bungleton. "Ho certainly lost his head," observed Professor Sin gleberry. Southron. It does not fo'low that ell women aro purseproud simply because they iuvarl ubly carry their pocket-books in their hands. lio-tou Transcript. Notwithstanding tlio precautions tnkon by attendants at a circus tent to swell tho treasury, the rain will sometimes beat its way iu. Statesman. Notth Sido Mother "Oscar, why can't you be a good boy?" Wayward Four-Year Old "Mamma, it makes me so tired!" Chicago Tribune. "That is Miss Sharp singing. Her father is having her voice cultivated." "You can easily tell that." "How?" "It's harrowing." Cape Cod Item. A London woman advocates tho use of dynumite in securing "women's rights." This is currying a disposition to blow the men up to uu extreme. Washington Star. Nellie "Mamma, Geordie's swallowed a quarter an' he's chokiii'l" "Oil, my child, why did you do itl Now I haveu't enough for car furu. " Chicago News. l'riscilla "But dou't you thluk it' a girl's duty to ask the consent of her parents?" Pruuclia "Oh, yes; unless the thinks they won't grant it." Ne York Herald. "Lightning never strike twieo in ths same place," they say. "No?" "No." "Well, how do you account for it?" "Must bo ininipulate 1 by a woman, I suppose." Chicago Tribune. "Smiggins appears to grow mora stupid every day." "Yes. Somebody told him that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, aud he is trying to forget all hu knows." Washington Star. When the city man ou u farm begins to talk at thu breakfast (able about "speckled beauties" lie wants to make it plaiu at thu very start, that he doesn't mean the horny-handed fanner's daugh ters. Somervillu Journal. "Now , wife, you huvu again given ino too much tea. 1 asked you for a cup half full. Don't vou know what half full is;" "Well, John, I on-lit to. You have endeavored to illustrate many time what it means." UiiiValo Kuq lirer. "Whut u sii;ht you are!" "Just as I wus leuviug thu lioii;c to tome to tho club my wile pelted imu with flowers." "But that doesn't account lor your bruised und buttered uppcarauce." "Vou tee, she forgot to take them out of tho pots." i'liegende Bluetter. While-lie Rates. Race nn U;i:;s ill India generally in clude smiiu comic te.itures, uud" the latest novelty is a "white-tie race," in troduced at Kiil.cc. The competitor ride u Oei lain .iisl.inee, dismount, uud kneel before a lady while sliu ties u whilo tiu loiind their neck in a u.ut bow, then they rimoiiiii aud tit for tliu winning pout. Much depends ou '-he 'tiJy' di-Uucss. Chicago l'iuies. i f 1 .3 "1 J I i I ' '"J
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