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VOL. XXV. NO. 41.
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 1893.
S1.50 PER ANNUM.
According to tbe Inst census there are
83,163 lawyers In the United State.
Improved roads furnish one of tbe
nost direct aids to agricultural develop
"mctit. -
-i
Now York City has not furnishod a
United States Souator In more than fifty
years. Nathan Banford, elected In 1831,
was tb hut.
A student la a Western college pro
poses to deliver a lecture on commence
ment day on, "The Relation of the
Wheelbarrow to Araorican Elections." '
Tho Indiana oourts have a curious
Jiroblom, relates tho Washington Star.
A man who was fined for profanity ap
pealed on tho grouad that be was on his
own premises when he spoke, and lia 1 a
right to use any kind of.languago that
be pleased.
Hopoitt still como in, states the New
York World, of the electrical impostor
who appears in various localities with
inventions greater than tho Boll tele
phone or tbe Edison light, sells a little
tack and thon disappears. England is
now infeotod with him, together ' with
other and older electric frauds hereto
fore well known in this country.
Mrs. M. A. Dorchester, special agent
for tho Indiuu School Service, in hjr
annual report refers to improvements in
the school buildings in reference to com
fort, safety, hculthfulucss and general
respectability. She says that theie has
been a great improvement in tbe varioty
and quality of food furnished; the table
service is more attractive, aud tboro is a
. marked change for the better in the
moral and social atmosphere of tbe
schools.
The use of rubber tires on private car
riages has become quite common in New
York City, says the Scientific American.
For. invalids and nervous, persons our
physicians recommend their use. But
the rubber tire is not only expensive,
but last only a little whilo, owing to
our rough pavements and street railway
tracks. . Wby will not some one invent-
cheaper substance than rubber, which
will bo more enduring, c t less, and be
sufficiently clustic to meet the require
ments? . '
,
One of the late Jay Gould's 'sons has
ordered from a press-clipping bureau
'all the comments and accounts about"
his father which have appeared, or will
appear, iu "all the newspapers of the
world." It will be a costly collection
beyond the mere clippings, as it will re
quire tbe employment of numerous trans
lators to write out iu our language the
extracts from Chinese, Japanese, Egyp
tian, Russian, Turkis'i, Spanish, Italian,
French, Ueruiau aud numerous other
publications.
Soys the San Francisco Examiner:
The microscope recently revealed to a
Rhode Island expert that certain blood
stains were of human origin, and certain
hair fouud in conjunction with the
stains were from tho blond whiskers of
niuu. Detectives scurried hither and
thither. They traced all clues faithfully,
and ascertained that they centered in the
limp carcass of a yellow dog, slain with
brick. The strides of science are often
marvelous, none the less so perhaps be
cause not always in the right direction.
Tbe Japanese, if they believe in
omens, will reject any more applicatioas
from French builders of war vessels,
predicts the Suu Fraucisjo Chronicle.
Tbe second French vessel accepted for
the Japanese Navy bus been last in the
inland sea, but this time survivors re
main to tell the story of the disaster.
Tbe other vessel lost was the Uncbikan,
of which no word was ever received. It
was assumed that she struck on a rock
and foundered, bat her fate is one of
those mysteries that will never be ex
plained until the sea gives uy its dead.
Tbe Atlanta Constitution remarks:
ttTfe Vtua Inner Hin ftjlinirtA.1 (but thAtttis.
" 3 - " -" --
'loess of tbe postoffico is a gsod test of
tbe country's progress. Measured by tl'is
standard, the South is in the lead. Ac
cording to the report of the Fourth As
sistant Postmaster General, there has
been a net increase of 279'J postoftices
in the United States over the year end
ing June 30, 1891. This showing sur
passes all former records, and the most
interesting feature is the fact that more
than one-fourth of the new offices were
alkllnViAH ill tllA BIT KtntAB fit Alnlinm.
- -- I
Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi and
Texas, an unmistakable proof of our
""""""fing population, swelling volume of
ties and general advancement,
'her we take tho assessed value of
property, the number of new .enterprises,
the increase of population, the per
capita increase in wealth, or these postal
figures as a tost, the fact looms up that
the new South is forging ahead more
satisfactorily than any other section of
the country."
THREE KISSES OF FARBWEL',
Three, only three, My Darling,
Separata, solemn, slow.
Wot Ilk th swlrt and joyous ones
W tued to know
wnen we kissed- because we loved each
other,
Blmply, to taste love's sweets,
And lavished our kisses as summer
Lavishes bents;
But at th kiss who heart are wrung
When bops and fear are spent,
And nothing Is left to give, except
A sacrament!
First of the three, My Darling,
la saorsl unto pain;
We have hurt each other often,
We shall again;
W hen we pins because we miss each other,
And do not understand
How the written words are so muoh colder
Than eye and hand,
I kiss thee,'dear, for all such pain
Which we may give or take;
Buried, forgiven, before It oomes,
For our love's sake.
The second kins. My Darling,
Is full of joy's sweet thrill;
We have blrnwed each other always,
We always will.
We shall reach until' we find eaoh other
Past all Urns and space;
We shall listen till we hear each other '
Iu every place. '
The earth Is full of messengers
Which love sends to ant fro;
I kiss thee, Purlin?, for all joy
Which we shall know.
The last kiss. OMy Darling,
My love I cannot see
Through my tears as I remember
What it may be.
We may die and never sea each other,
Die with no time to give
Any sign that our hearts are faithful
To die, as live.
Token of what they will not see
Who sea our parting breath.
This on last kiss. My Darling,
Seals the seal of death.
Baxe Holm.
A QUAKER IDYL
, BT W. BB11I FOSTER.
T was a white painted
oim shaded farm
house standing back
from tbe road. The
well kept gravel
walks led from the
gates between rows
of prim hollyhocks
to tbe door stones
these latter scrubbed
as clean and white
as tbe kitchen doors
of the neighboring
domicles. Clean li
-" ness was Sister
Hedhzibah'a greatest fault for cleanli
ness can be carried to that extent. Even
solemn voiced, methodical Stephen
Carew was at times vaguely conscious of
this falling on his wife t part.
On all sides of the comfortable house
swept the broad acres of Stephen's farm
tbe richest, tbe most productive of the
goodly homesteads in that Quaker com
munity. Stephen and Ilcphzibah always
used their substance rightfully, however.
No breath of suspicion ever rested on
their dealings with their neighbors or
associates. For fifty years and more
their lives bad been blameless in the eves
of their Quaker brethren.
Fcr six generations the Carcws had
held the groat farm, and Stephen often
thought with almost carnal pride bow
blessed be was in having a sou with
whom he could trust tbe property when
he sbould bo gathered to his fathers,
Tbe son, Benjamin by name, a great
strapping fellow of eight and twenty,
was much like his father grave, sedate,
methodical.
Benjamin carefully followed in the
footsteps of bit parents, too, And was a
Quaker of the strickest sect. In his
staid, undemonstrative fashion he was
paying attentions to one of tbe neigh
bors' daughters, as demure a little friend
as one could wish. Yes, Stephen and
Hepbzibah wero entirely satisfied with
their son; but their daughters, Marion
and Huth, were somewhat disappointing.
The elder of these bad showed plainly
her indifference to- tbe teacbings aud
traditions of the Friends iu her child
hood; but until recently Huth bad
always bowed with becouiiug; docility to
her parents' will. Ruth was twenty, a
daintily formed creature with transpar
ent skin, beneath which tho blood
flushed warmly. She was a dreamy,
diffident girl, much unlike her older
sister.
Marion early showed ttalts ofliudo
pendence which bad been quite unknown
among the women X( tbe Carcw -family
in former generations. She was a plain
girl, a good foil for Ruth's delicate
beauty, but Marion's was much the
stronger face. Although plainly indif
ferent to the beliefs aud services. of the
Fiiends, she had never openly antagon
ized ber parents by refusing to attend
their place of worship when at home.
She was four years older than Ruth, and
for three years past had been teaching
school in a neighboring town.
Within the past twenty years mmy
families who were not of tho sect of
the Friends bud taken up their resi
dence in the community;, and among
the comparatively new comers were
tbe Hurleys. Darius Hurley was
throe years old when his parents
moved into the place, and the liar-
ley farm being nearest to Stephen
Carcws, Darius and the Carcw
children were playmates all through
their school days. Benjamin's school
days were over tome years before the
other children's and he quickly grew
out of hit intimacy with Durius, who
was of tbe "world's people," and asso
ciated with the young men of his own
sect. Both the girls, however, aud
Huth especially, contiuued tho friend
ship.
From the time that be and Huth hud.
hand in baud, chased the butterflies and
gathered daisies and buttercups in
Stephen Carew's great meadow, Darius
IfSil'j
had always felt a toft spot in .his boyish
heart for pretty Huth. As they grew
older it was Dnrius who carried her
books to and from the village school and
m wtntor dragged ber over tho frozen
snow drifts on bis tied. At the few
merrymaking! that Stophon and his wile
would allow their young people to at
tend, Darius Harloy was always at Huth't
side.
When Huth was fourteen she was sent
to tho Friends school in a neighboring
city, from which Benjamin bad already
graduated, and where Marion was then
finishing her education. The Harlcys
were wen to do people, and tho school
was of tbe best, though conducted with
extreme strictness; to when Darijs ex
pressed a desire to attend it, bis
wish wasgranted. I am afraid he caused
tho teachers no end of trouble, and
gained but little knowledge himself; but
he was near Ruth, aud that seemed to
satisfy both of them.
When their schooldays wore over, and
Darius had returned home to work on
the farm while be was 'making up his
roinu wnat Dusincss he sbould pursue in
life, this Httlo drama, which has been
acted so often since the world began, be
came more deeply interesting and took
on - somewhat of a darker coloring.
Stephen and -hit good wife quickly saw
that their youngest daughter was tread
ing on dangerous ground in fact that
there was danger of what more fosbioc
able parents would have termed a mesal
liance. Therefore with the obtuseness of
tbe great majority ol parents who have
tbe same quostion to face, Stephen denied
Darius entrance to bis bouse. Thus
open warfare was at once declared without
any strategic movements being made
on old Stephen's part. It was Darius
who resorted to strategy.
At first the young man's only consola
tion was to go to the Friends' meeting
on Sabbath days and tit with eyes steadily
fixed on a certain gray gowned and
bonneted figure far down on the other
side of the house. Alter a few weeks
this inaction became maddening, and
Darius acquired a habit of taking early
morning walks past the Carow home
stead in the hope of seeing Huth.
lie was not disappointed. One morn
ing he found her alone by the hedge
corner, well out of tight of the hous.
Then for the first time be taw how wan
aud pale the looked so different from
the light hearted girl who had come
back with him from school.
"Ob, Huth I" be exclaimed, bounding
lightly over the low wall that separated
tho Carew premises from the road.
"Have you been ill!" was bis first ques
tion, at be teized ber two trembling
little bandt.
She tbook her head, not daring to
trust her voice, and trying to smile
brightly into tho eyes that gazed so anx
iously down into hers. But tbe smile
was a poor attempt, and ended in a tob.
Dariut drew her unresistingly to his
arms.
It't an eternal shame 1" he burst
forth. "What if I am of a different re
ligious belief from you! It shouldn't
pnrt us like this and it shall not,
either, Huth. I love you, you know I
do, and I know that you love me.," be
wentron, firmly; "and if that a so, no
unjust opposition shall make us unhap
py for life."
Father thinks he is right, Dare,"
whispered Huth, softly, clinging to the
strong arm of her lover.
"That makes it all the harder for
us, responded Dnrius. "Ivo been
waiting to see you, dear, before. I go
away, lor 1 wanted to bear from your
own lips that you loved me and that you
would wait until I could earn a home
for you."
"Father and mother will never give
their consent.
"But you love me, Huth!"
"Yes, Dare,"
"Then," said the young man, bravely,
we will nud some way to overcome
their opposition. I've been offered a
clerkship in my cousin Henderson's store
n tbe city, with a chance to be partner
f I like the business. I ll go to-morrow,
and as soou as I'm on my feet I shall
come and ask for you."
But liuth only lobbed softly and clung
to nit arm.
Stephen Carcw hcarcTof young Harlev't
departure witn a locling of relief. With
tho cstise removed, he thought, with the
blindness of hit masculine mind, that
Huth would toon become ber old self
gain. Sister Hephzibah might have
told him differently, but it had never
been Stephen's way to ask advice from
that quarter, nor did his wifo expect to
give any. She lived in a little world
by herself a world of cooking.
cleaning, and mending and her great
isappointment bad ' always been
that neither of ber girls had
shown the same love for bakinor and
brewing that made her a kitchen
drudge through all ber married life.
With achiug heart she saw Rub's
slowly waning health aud her lack of
interest in the events of their every day
life. Stephen, too, could not help notic-
ng tbo change which had come over
his daughter; yet neither thought of
bending their will a hair's breadth to
uth t wish. Their duty demanded
that their children should be joined to
none but thoso of their own sect, not to
the world's people. Still the girl's si-
unt suffering caused lines of caro to
show more deeply on Ilcphzibah's face,
ad Stephen s grizzled hair grew whiter
duy by day. "
Months went by each of which saw
Hutb a little paler aud more silent than
before. Marion came home for her
summer vacation, aud with startled eyes
saw the change which had taken place
in ncr sisters appearance, cue likewise
xpressed her opinion on the state of
t!a irs with ber usuul independence; and
perhaps this had something to do
ith btephen s allowing Huth to go away
ith her sister to teach in the full. Ou
ue point the father was firm, however.
uth must promise not to allow Darius
arley to cull upon her, aud not to com-
umcate with her.
At first Marion thought that work and
new surroundings hud jiveu ber sitter a
fresh interest in life, but after the first
few weeks Ruth teemed much tho same
as ever. Tbo only time when she ap
peared brightor was when she received a
letter from Darius. He wrote regularly
and although Ruth's promise pre von tod
her -from answering bis letters, Marion
failed not to keep the young man f tttly
intormcd as to her sister s health and
their life in tho country town where
toey were teaching.
Once a month the sisters went home
to spend the Sabbath, and more plainly
than ever did Stephen Carew and bit
wifo tee tbe change that bad come over
Rutb. But their supposed duty was
still master, and a hard one it proved.
iney uiamea tncmscives now tor ever
lotting their children mingle at all with
the world t people.
One of these Sabbatht Darius was at
home, too, and attended the Friendt'
meeting. All through tbe long service
he watched the figure of Ruth in her
modest gown, but not until they met
laco to lace on tbo meeting house porch
.1:1 L ,- i . . , .
um m rcauze now terrioiy tne had
changed. Only a moment they stood
there together and clasped hands, for
Stephen, with his bard, storn eyes glar
ing at tuem, was close by.
Darius went borne in a daze. Could
that be Ruth Carew, that pale, auicteirl.
whose mouth bad such a sorrowful droop
1 a .... . ... '
woen in reposei Why, she bad been
the life of all their school day merry
makings! IIo thought some very bitfer
thoughtt of Stephen Carew, and I am
afraid the old man deserved them all. .
One thing Dariut was determined on
He bad been patient, hoping for some
ohange of feeling to come over Stephen
and his wife, but ' patience
nad ceased to be a virtue. He
would stand idly by no longer and see
Ruth die by inches uader ber rarents'
cruelty. with this determination he
went back to tbe city the following day
and wrote two letters, one to Ruth and
the other to Stephen Carew.
several days nfter retuning to her
school Huth received a letter addressed
in a handwriting she knew at once. She
waited until she wos alone in her room
with Marion before opening the missive.
She had hardly glanced at its contents,
however, when Marion wus startled by
nearing her sister shriek, and turned to
see her gazing, pale and horrified, at the
open lette.
"What is it!" demanded tho practical
Marion, grasping tho bottle of smellioz
salts and hurrying to her tister't tide.
'Oh, read thatl" cried Ruth, begin
ning to weep. "What has he done?
that it a letter to father. Dure must
have written to both father and me, aud
inclosed tbe letters in the wrong envel
opes, what will happen to us now?"
M-irion took the letter from her sis
ter's unresisting hand and read it. She
fully realized what an effect it wpuld
probably have upoa her father if Darius
had made the blunder Rutb suggested.
Stephen Carew bad been totally ignor
ant of the one-sided correspondence the
young man bad kept up, and if Darius
had written to Ruth in bis usual strain,
in all probability their father would be
furiously angry upon reading the letter.
Marion read the letter intended for
her father in surprise, though not with
out satisfaction. It was as follows:
Stephen Carew, Esqciiib;
Sir I have never bad an ODnortunitv tn
tell you of my attachment for your daugh
ter Itutb, but you have known it, and also
cannot luil to know that she in turn loves
me. I have hoped that you would see how
necessary it is to her happiness, as well as
my own, that we be allowed to become eu
gaged, Dut you appear to be as gruatly
opposed to me now as ever. However, I
can stand this no longer. I love Hutb,
and even it you cannot see it, 1 realize
that unless there is a change some
where ber life will be greatly shortened.
You may, perhaps, be able to stand calmly
by and see ber die by inches, but I cannot,
nor do I propose to. 1 am able to support
her, and in a few weeks she will be legally of
age. If you still withhold your consent 1
shall use every argumeut and all the in
fluence in my power to gaiu her consent to
a marriage without your sanction.
Yours, very respectluily,
Darius Harley.
"What shall we dot I never shall
dare to go home again," cried Rutb,
hysterically, when Marion had finished
reading tbe letter.
"Then go and marry Dare and stay
away for good," exclaimed Marion, des
perately. Then sbo threw ber arms around her
younger sister, and together tho two
girls bad a "good cry" iu all the femin
ine meaning of the term.
Before the week was over Ruth was
fairly ill with npprcheusion, and it was
onlv because of Marion's stronger will
power that she decided to go home on
Saturday. The older girl plainly saw
that the best way would be to have it
over at once. Nothing less than a ter
ribly severe lecture, and a stern refusal
to listen for a moment to Darius Harley's
plea, was what both expected on Stephen
Carew's part. But, struugo to relate,
nothing of the kind occurred.
Stephen had received the letter intend
ed for Ruth, at they had tupposed, and
had bad ample time to think osjsr tbe
whole matter. In tbe letter Darius bad
written very much as he bad in the other
epistle. Tuo old Quaker could not help
seeing the siuce'ity of the young man's
attachment. Something beside duty to
his religious belief softened bit heart
toward Huth, and his greeting to her
was very different from the one which
she had fccrfully expected.
"Ihee bus a letter for me, has thee
not, Hulh?'' asked Stephen gravely.
Wnu trembling hand the girl banded
him the epistle.
"Thee will find thy own in thy room."
was his ouly comment as bo walked slowly
away toward the barn.
His daughters looked at each other iu
glad surprise, though with much uncer
tainty as to what would be the outcome
of the affair. Stephen said nothiug
further until after the evening meal.
Then ho culled Huth into the pleasant
sitting room through whose wiudows
shone the glory of tbe setting suu.
"Hutu, would thee consent to be mar
ried away from thy owa fireside!"
"if it must be," she replied bravely.
"I cannot live this way."
'And is it this that makes thee i
both mind and. body!" he asked more
tenderly,
"Yet. father."
Old Stephen was silent a moment or
two.
"Tbee must not be married away from
thy home, Huth. Thee can tell the young
man that I say to," be laid finally.
Munscy't Magazine.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Most sheep die before they are a year
old.
A vast mine of superior fire-clay hat
been discovered in Vinccnnet, Ind.
A method of compressing wood, to
that it becomes as hard as iron, bat been
discovered.
An eminent authority has it that the
death rat of the world is calculated to '
bo sixty-seven per minute.
In England, France, Qormany and
Belgium the number of births per thou
sand of population is steadily falling.
Drops of water falling continuously
upon a two-inch plank would wear a
bole through it in about thirty-five
years.
It has been observed that the children
of very young parents rarely attain vigor
of mind or body, while the children of
aged parents are usually old-fashioned
and sedate.
According to a paper recently read
before the Statistical Society in Paris,
there are in use in France 78,600 steam
engines, having a total of 5,300,000
horse-power.
Dr. Morris Gibbs contributes to
Science an interesting papor on the food
of humming birds both old and young,
but has never found anything to con
vince him tbe birds live on insects.
The professor of chemistry at Rouen,
France, SI. Bidard, has brought for
ward a new theory regarding storage
batteries, which is sold to make an im
portant advance in electrical science
A remarkable surgical operation has
recently been performed in Berlin. A
patient suffering from chronic neuralgia
has been cured by the removal of tho
diseased nerve from the interior coating
oi the sKuti.
It hat been found by Dr. Riloy that
the larvee of both the bean and the pea
weevil when hatched have thoracic feet
and other structures which admirably
serve their needs of locomotion until
tbey enter the bean or pea, when with a
cast of the tkin tbey are discarded, and
tbe grubs assume the ordinaty footless
shape of larval weevils.
The rerort of commission appointed
at the instance of the Massachusetts
Iiuilroad Commission for the determina
tion of the best form of fender for use
on electric cars contains a recommenda
tion of the invention of a master me
chanic of the Boston Wet End Railway.
Two hundred and eleven fenders were
submitted to the Commission.
Electric beaters are found to be ex
cellent for use in conservatories on ac
count of the absence of all uawbole
some gases or vapors which might injuro
tbe plants, simplicity of construction in
the parts conveying the energy, perfect
safety as regards heat, which can be
regulated at will, cleanliness and con
venience and rapidity in starting and ex
tinction.
Tbe increasing value of effective in
sulators in electrical work causes im
portance to be attached to the statement
that india rubber will soon be made
commercially. The discovery made by
Dr. II. A. Tildin, some months ago.
that isoprene, which can be prepared
from turpentine, under certain condi
tions cbauges into what appears to be
genuine rubber, bat been followed up by
experiments, the result of which points
to an curly utilization of the new pro
cess.
Moorish Slavery.
It would do those good who write
passionate articles on Moorish slavery to
see the well-fed, luzy flavo of Wazan
lounging in the sun, kill pipe in mouth.
and scarcely doing a stroke of woik
trom week s end to week s end. The
most ordinary Euglish kitcbenmaid
would accomplish is a couple of hours
what a Wazan tlave doet in a week. All
are free to come and go at they please,
but none avail themselves of this free
dom. The reason it not far to teek. In
Wazan they are fed and clothed by the
shereefs, and on holidays and f sust days
receive presents of money.
Thus all tbe necessities of lifo are
found them without thoir having to
work for them, which otherwise they
would bo obliged to do. Nor it it only
the necessities of life that are thus tup
plied to them free, but they are given
each bit room to live iu aud married at
the expense of the shereefs to tlave wo
men. Their children, by law slaves, are
not necessarily to, and are often appren
ticed to workmen to learn tome trade,
or if they wish are free to seek their for
tunes in other lands. Blackwood's
Magazine.
The I'otomato.
"Potomato" it the name givoa a cu
rious manufactured vegetable which owes
its origin to Dr. B. C. Culner, of Atch
ison, Kau. For more than twenty years
the Doctor has been experimenting
with a view of orossing tbe potato and
tomato vines. It is claimed that this
has at last been accomplished and that
a species of vine bus been thus literally
manufactured, and that it will produce
both potatoes and tomatoes, both of
which grow in thoir nutural elements.
St. Louis Republic.
A Luie In an Exliuct Volcano.
A large lake has been found, it is said,
on the ridge of the Olympic Mountains,
In Washington, betwoen tbe Duckabush
and Snohomish Rivers. It issltuutod in
a deep basin of tbe mountains, at altitude
of about five thousaud feet, aud the basin
Is claimed to be, in all probability, the
crater of an extinct volcano. It Is further
stated to be two miles long and half a
pule wide, with depth unknown, as the I
ctill descends peqwu licularly into the I
water on all sides. Boston Transcript, i
A BIG FORTUNE IN BONE.
AN EXTRAORDINARY SIGHT NEAR
SAN FRNCISOC.
Whales' Teeth Unnrili'il hike Dia
monds Sitrmun-lrd by Stone
Walls and Wntclied Constantly.
A LIT TLE brick and stono struc
ture on tho Potroro shore of
bsy contains a million dol
(, lors' worth ol whalebone stored
and guarded as jealously as if it were so
many twenty-dollar gold pieces or its
weight in precious stones. It is tho
property of the Pacific Steam Whaling
Company and enme olf the whaling
barks Beluga, Mary D. Hume, Agenor
and Amer'ca, lately in from the Arctic.
Tho building is a perfect vault with
brick and stone sides, irou roof and iron
doors. All around the top runs a per
forated pipe by means of which the
whole interior could be flooded if a fire
should by any possibility break out.
Rate are thick on the water front and
can do a great deal of damage to a cargo
of whalebone, so small iron doors have
been put in to answer at barricades when
tho big ones aro opened to air the place.
Oil skins such as the tire patrol uso are
spread over the cargo as the final addi
tional precaution that human ingenuity
can suggest.
The uninitiated on first stepping into
the cold, cheeriest place, with its damp
cement floor, are apt to wonder why it
has all been done. The long black
stalks don't look like much piled against
the walls, and to hear their immense
value set forth is enough to take the
breath away. But tbo place docs not
aiways contain a $1,000,000 stock. The
season just closing was a most profitable
one and in consequence the warehouse is
nearly full.
"The laly purchasing a few sticks of
whalebone on her shopping tour scarcely
realizes tho immense risk and the great
amount of lubor necessary to place it on
the counters," said W. R. Wand, one of
tho representatives of the whaling com
pany. "There is a big risk even here.
We can toko no chances. In tho rough,
after a simple polishing, tho bone is
worth f 5 a pound and we have at least I
200,000 pounds on hand now. When
the vessel docks at tho wharf yonder wo
------ u wjw nuuu jruuuer wu
pitch in and work day and night until
tbe corgo is housed in here and then we
iry io get it on on tno railroad as toon
ns possible. While it is here this little
structure is guurded day and night. A
million dollars is something of a re
sponsibility I can assure you."
"Where does most of the bone go!"
was asked.
"A great deal of it goes to New York."
replied Mr. Wnnd, "but most of the
cutting is done in Paris and Bremen. A j
little is done in London. We polish it
oil here, got the color, assort it out and I
put it up in bundles. Then it is forced
through to its destination as rapidly as
possible. You see the bone with a light :
or pearl shade is worth more than the
black, and we iiava to separate it.
Several of tho bundles boro tbe mark I
M. D. II. in a diamond. "That," snid j
iiir. wanus, "is the name of tho vessel
from which the bone was taken; in this
instanco tho Mary D. Hume, a vessel
which brought tho mtst valuable cargo
ever received from the Arctic seas. Ouo
or two of these bundles nre marked 'cut,'
you observe. That is to guido tho buyer
when the bono is offered for sale. It
signifies that the bono is knicked on
some portiou of it. The valuo is greatly
reduced, and we must therefore baudlo
the cargo like eggs. If roughly handled,
a cargo ot whalebone can be well nigh
ruined. The slightest cut iu a stalk
brings it down in vulue about one-half.
" 1 he bone you know is the toeth of tho
whale, and a fuir sized front molar is
worth about $50. In every whale's jaw
there are 473 teeth, and oue good sized
head is worth a good deal of inonoy. On
the last trip the men on the Jessie D.
Freeman brought ono big fellow along
side, the head of which produced 3000
pounds of bone. Tho mouth of the
whale is simply a huge suction pump.
Tbe monster travels aloug with bis mouth
wide open on the surface. The only
food he will take is a little rod bit of
animal life that floats on the northern
seas. lie sucks in enough to make a
good mouthful and then ejects the
water. The food is sifted down through
tho soft teeth, aud is filtered like a lot
of sawdust would be in a sieve."
"This black hair that fringei the
bone bus a separate vulue. It is cut
from the teeth aud it used for making
due furniture. It has become so valu
able, however, that it cannot be used to
any great extent."
"Ever troubled by thieves?"
"No," was the laughing response.
"Tbe bone is a tiitle too heavy to ruu
away with and the place is too well
guurded. Fire is the greatest danger,
and you can see bow that has been
guarded against." San FruucUcc
Chronicle.
Hair Snakes or Worms.
There is nothiug very mysterious about
the common hair-snake or worm to thoe
who kuow something of its historv and
habits. Tbey are not transformed hir.
but true nematode worms, and are
hatched from eggs, aud the minute grubs
attach themselves, whenever an oppor
tunity presents, to iij lurger iusecti.
such us crickets, grasshoppers aud grouud
oeeties, and tbrongl openings ut the
joints crawl iuto their bodies and re
main there feeding uutil fully grown,
then escape, cruwliug into shallow ponds
and water troughs, where they are ofteu
lound in great numbers, bonce tbe idc.
that they are transformed horse hairs.
hntomologists. wheu collecting i
late in summer, ofteu fiud specimens
containing these hair worms, which will
iry to escape when the insects ar thrown
into alcohol or other liquids. Of cuurso
it is rather difficult to e-onvinc thn.u
who know untiling of the lower orders
of uuiuials that huirs eunnot be trans
formed into worms, and ull is mystery
until the facts are kuowii, theu mystery
tives place to simple knowledge. New
Vork buu,
COUH1SH1P UP TO DATS,
They were sitting close together
In a pleasant, shmly nook;
They looked at i ne anotlinr .
With a loving, longing look;
Turn E Iwin bro'ie the silenc?.
And with emotion shook,
As he softly, softly whispered,
"Angelina, can you cook?'
His anxious face grew tranquil,
Angelina whispered "Yes;"
His thoughts (of well cooke 1 ilinnM
No language could express;
His hand sought Angelina's
In a lingering cnres; A
Then she said. "Oh, Angolina,
Did yon make or buy that dress'"
Edwin's heart grew, ob 1 so joyful.
For she always made bt-r frocks;
And lightly strayed his finger
Over Angelina's lock'.
While they gazed upon the roies.
The pinks and hollyhocks;
Then again he summoned courage,
"Could you knit a pair of socksf
Poor Cupid near them hovered.
And he listened in dismay;
Sighed be, "I'm out of fashion,
1 am only in the way; (
Out of print's the old, old story, ,
Self holds universal way I"
Then he wept, as Edwin whispere f,
"Angelina, name the day."
Boston Courier,
nUXOtt OF THE DAY.
A curling iron The corkscrew. '
Plain sailing The routo of the prairie
schooner. Puck.
The man rowing a boat is always back
ward in coming forward.
Kissing goes by favor, but it often
comes by stealth. Puck.
Wo may not like pawnbrokers, but we
have to put up with them. Truth.
Traveling dresses are now made with
vestibule trains. Berkshire Courier.
What the college freshman doesn't
know be talks about Elmira Gazette.
Woman's face may be a poem ; but
the it always careful to conceal the lines
in it.
The man who fails in attaining other
perfections Ran pnsllv mukn n nni-fnnf.
I j - - - -
'00' himself. Puck.
i The man who didn't fulfill the promise
of his youth claimed that the notes of
minors were not biudiug.
The only niau on earth who thinks
twice before be tpeaks once is the man
who stutters. Atchison Globe.
All women are "beautiful" in tho
newspapers until it comes to the print
ing of their photographs. Puck.
The Indians started for a whoop,
Kut soon their faces fell.
Some students, they, who passed that way,
And they gave a college yell.
Washington Star.
Take your hard luck as you would a
pill. If you grind your teeth over it,
you will find it nastier than ever.
Puck.
Tho man who objected to hiding bis
light under a bushel succeeded in dis
playing bis durkucss to the whole world.
Truth.
"Tho football game broke up in a
fight, didn't it!" "Yes. It wus the
tamest affair I ever saw." Iudiiiuapolis
Journal.
"It't a littlo weigh of mine," re
marked a clerk iu a Main street grocery
at ho gave his customer fourteeu ouuecs
for the pouud. Buffalo Quips.
"I understand that ull you bn,'ged on
your hunting trip was n pair of trousers."
"Well, they wore duck trousers, any
way." Indianapolis Journal.
"I wish you would not take advantage
of the relationship seemingly Implied in
your name to be so familiar," said tho
hen to the hutchet. Washington Star.
The boy stood on the burning deck
But who coul. I blame him, pleusd,
Tbe price of coal hud gore so high
It was either tins or frdt-z.
Chicago lntr-()ceaii.
The making of a joke is a good deal
like the making of u salud. We thiuk
we have struck a good thiug, ulthough
it may only agree with our own personal
taste. Puck.
"How do I look," said tho turkey as
ho expauded his gorgeous array of
feathers. "Fit to kill," replied the sar
donic old rooster who is so tough thut
ho cau't be eaten. IVasbiugton Star.
"Why didu't you keep tho horse, Ber
tie, deuhboy'f" Bertio "The howid
creature had the impudence to tell me
that the horse was bwoken, und I sent
I him back for a whole one.-' luter
i Ocean.
Friend "I suppose your wife ofteu
burns the midnight oil!" "Yes, I
guess she does now uud then; but you
must remember that she hasu't had
much experience iu cooking yet." Iu-ter-Oceiu.
Wife "Charley, dear, these are
grab mil gems that 1 mado all aloue.
Now tell me what you think of them."
Charley "Any ouo who tried to eat
them could tell they wero precious
ttoues.'' Chicago I liter -Oceau.
Pupa eat rending his evening paper
when Tommy cuiuo up aud leaned on
his kneo. "Pu," mid Tommy , "may I
ask you a question?" "Ccrtuiuly, my
boy.'' "Then tell me, pa, where tho
wind is wheu it dojsu't blow." Hurt
ford Journal.
Popular Similes.
As wet as a tlsli as ilry us a boue,
As live as a bird us -lea I us u stone
As plump us u ii.'irtn lc ai poor at
a rat.
As strong as a horsa a weak us a cut:
As hard us a Hint as ..n at a mote.
As white as a lily us olui-k as a coa,
As pluiu as u pibt slult us nm,:li us u bear,
As light as a drum .is lit u liio uir;
As heavy us leu I us iiht us a leather.
As t-leady as tune umvriam u. weu'lit-r;
As hot us hq oven as cold us a li'o.
As guy us u ltti'U as kici: u u-io;.
As slow us a tortoiae us wilt us the. iviuJ.
As truu u tho li.iK-; .ts liiUo -is iiuii;iuil;
As thui lis u liei'i in as lal .i a pu,
As proud US u pe.ns.CA ,(s olttlie u- u grig;
As suvu;u us ti-i'.. - is mil. I us u .i.ivv.
As Ht l It' us u po.vel' us il:lip us u ulove,
As bhll.l MS u but us deal u- a f l ,
As coo! us a cucumber us w.i: m :ts i.i.-t.
.-uiu's J. U:U4l,