IK FOREST RXFDBLICAN RATXS or ADVERTISING! On Square, one inch, on InesrMoo,. .1 1 Ot' On Hquare, on Inch, on month. . . W On Square, one inch, three months. '' 00. One Hquare, one inch, one year 10 OT Two Mquarss, one year , 15 OO Quarter Column, one year . ..... 8000 iinlt Column, on ynr.... 0000 One CotUOin, en year. I'M Local xnvtimwita ten oanta per ibm each In flon. Marriage and death notice gratis. All bill, for yearly advertisement. ao0i4 quarterly. Temporary advertisements wat be paid in advance. ; Job work cash on deltrery. refe'lsa. rrtrj WJr. J. C. WENK. Offl In Bmibanh A CcVa Walldlai SUI STHBXT, TJOITOTA, Fa, Twmi, ntmrtiHlnve rseelvea fee Stwrter sr!o thrm Bisiithe, Oorm.pw.dw. MlltlMI lm U Mrts f th t-nntry. N. n.Uoe wul take f unrOMl VOL. XXV. NO. 41. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 1893. S1.50 PER ANNUM. Forest Republican. , According to the last census there are .13,1 C3 lawyers ia the Uaitad States. Improved roads furnish one of the most direct aid) to agricultural develop inout. New York City bat not furnished a United States Souator in more than fifty years. Nathan Saoford, olocted in 1631, u tin last. A student in a Western college pro poses to deliver a lecture on commence mcnt day on, "The llolation of the Wheelbarrow to American Elections." ' The Indiana oourts have a- curious problem, relates the Washington Star. A man who was fiued for profanity ap pealed on the ground that he was on his own premises when he spoke, and lis 1 a right to use any kind of language that be pleased. - Repot t still corao in, states the New York World, of the electrical Impostor who appears in various localities with inventions greater that the Bell tele phone or the Edison light, sells a little stock and then disappears. .England is now infected wtth him, together with other and older electric frauds hereto, fore well known in thia couutry. Mrs. M. A. Dorchester, special agent for the Indian School Service, In hjr annua! report refers to improvements in the school buildings in reference to com fort, safety, hcalthfulncst and general respectnbility. She says that theie bas been a great improvement in the varioty and quality of food furnished; the table service is more attractive, and there is a marked change for the better in the moral and social atmosphere of the schools. The use of rubber tires on private cat riages has become quite common in New York City, says the Scientific American. For invalids and norvou persons our physicians recommend their use. But the rubber tire is not only expensive, but last only a little while, owing to our rough pavomeats and street railway tracks. . Why will not some one invent a cheaper substance than rubber, which will be more enduring, -cost less, and be iffi. I m At., tit it Mflnl the r&n ill r. meats! . , ' One of the late Jay Gould's 'sons has ordered from a -press-clipping bureau 'all the comments and accounts about" bis father which have appeared, or will appear, in "all the newspapers of tho world." It will be a costly collection beyond the mere clippings, as it will re quire the employment of numerous trans lators to write out in our language the extracts from Chinese, Japanese, Egyp tian, Ruraian, Turkis j, Spauijh, Italian, French, Uerniau aud numerous other publications. . Seys the San Francisco Examiner: The microscope recontly revealed to a Rhode Maud expert that certain blood stains were of human origin, and certain hairs found in conjunction with the stains were from the blond whiskers of a man. 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 a brick. The strides of science are often marvelous, none the less so perhaps be cause cot always in the right direction. The Japanese, if they believe io omens, will reject any more applications from French builders of war vessels, predicts the Sua Francisoo Chronicle. The second French vessel accepted for the Japanese Navy has been lost in the inland sea, but this time survivors re main to tell the story of the disaster. The other vessel lost was the TJneblkan, of which do word was ever received. It was assumed that she struck on a rock and foundered, bnt her fate is one of those mysteries that will never be ex plained until the sea gives ujj its dead. The Atlanta Constitution remarks: "It bas long been admitted that the bus loess of the pojtofBce is a gsod test of the country's progress. Manured by this 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 2791) postoflices in the Uuited States over the year end ing June 30, 1891. This showing sur ji.bx all former records, and the most interesting feature is the fact that more than one-fourth of the new offices were established iu the six States of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi and Texas, an unmistakable proof of our growing population, swelling volume of business and general advancement. Wbathor we take tho assessed value of property, the uuuiberof 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 i more satisfactorily than any other section of the country." TUBES KtSSBS OF FAREWEU-. Three, only three, My Darling, Separate, solemn, slow. Not Ilk the swift and joyous ones We need to know When we kissed- becauee we loved each other. Simply, to taste love's sweets, And lavished our kisses as summer Lavishes beau; But as tb kls who heart are wrung When bops and fear ar spent, And nothing Is left to give, exoept . A sacrament 1 First of the three, My Darling, Is socrel unto pain; We have hurt each other often, We shall again; When we pin because we miss each other, And do not understand How the written words ar so muoh colder Than eye and hand, I kjss thee,'dear, for all suoh pain Which we may give or take; Buried, forgiven, before It comes, For our love's sake. The second kiss. My Darling, Is full of joy's sweet thrill; We have bleesed each other always, We always will. We shall reaoh until we And eaoh other Past all time and spaoe; We shall listen till we hear eaoh other ' In every place. The earth Is full of messengers Which love sends to ani fro; I kiss thee, Darling, for all joy Which' w shall know. The last kits, OMy Darling, My loVs I cannot see Through my tears as I remember What It may be. W may die and never see 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 see our parting breath, This on last kiss, My Darling, Seals the seal of death. Sax Holm. A QUAKER IDYL , BT W. BBIIT FOBTBR. T was a white painted elm 'shaded farm house standing back lrom tbe road. The well kept gravel walks led from the gates between rows of prim hollyhocks to the door stones these lutter scrubbed as clean and white the kitchen doors the neighboring SsS--S domic! cs. Cleanli ness was Sister Hedhzibuh's greatest fault for cleanli ness can be carried to that extent. Evn solemn voiced, methodical Stephen Carew was at titles vaguely conscious of this failing on his wito's part. On all sides of the comfortable house wept the broad acres of Stephen's TSTm the richest, the most productive of the goodly homesteads in that Quaker com munity. Stephen and Hephzibah always used their substance rightfully, however. No breath of s'upicion ever rested on their dealings with their neighbors or associates. For fifty years and more their lives had been blameless in the eyes of their Quaker brethren. Fcr six generations the Carews had held the groat farm, and .Stephen often thought with almost carnal pride how blessed be was in having a son with whom be could trust the property whon he should be gathered to his fathers. The son, Benjamin by name, a great, strapping feilow of eight and twenty, was much like his father grave, sedate, methodical. - Benjamin carefully followed in the footsteps of hii parents, too, and was a Quaker of the strickest sect. In his staid, undemonstrative fashion he was paying attentions to one of the neigh bors' daughters, as demure a little friend as one could wish. Yes, Stephen and Hephzibah wero entirely latislied with their sod; but their daughters, Marion and Ruth, were somewhat disappointing. The elder of these had showed plainly her indifference to- the teachings and traditions of the Friends in her child hood; but until recently Ruth had always bowed with becoming; docility to her parents' will. Ruth was twenty, a daintily formed cieature with transpar ent skin, beneath which the blood flushed warmly. She was a dreamy, diffident girl, much unlike her older sister. Marlon early showed trails ofr inde pendence vhich had been quite unknown amoug the women "Cf the Carew -family in former generations. She was a plain girl, a good foil for Ruth's delicate beauty, but Marion's was much the stronger faoe. Although plainly indif ferent to the beliefs anil services. of the Friends, she had never openly antagon ized bar 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 many families who were not of the sect of the Friends had taken up their resi dence in the community), and among the comparatively new comers were tbe Hurleys. Darius Hurley was three years old when his parents moved into the place, And the liar ley farm being nearest to Stephen Carews, Darius and the Carew children were playmates all through their school day. Benjamin's school days were over some years before the other children's and be quickly grew out of his intimacy with Darius, who was of the "world's people," and asso ciated with the young men of his own sect. Both the girls, however, and Ruth especially, continued the friend ship. From the time that be aud Ruth had, hand in hand, chased the butterflies and gathered daisies and buttercups in Stephen Carew's great meadow, Darius ii N29 MA iU i- i-y -t rm ur it bad always felt a loft spot in ,hia boyish heart for pretty Ruth. As they grew older it was Darius who carried her books to and from the Village school and in winter dragged her over the frozen snow drifts on his sled. "At the few merrymakings that Stephen and his wife would allow their young people to at tend, Dan us Harley was always at Ruth's sido. When Ruth was fourteen she was sent to the Friends school in a neighboring city, from which Benjamin bad already graduated, and where Marion was then finishing her education. The Harloys were well to do people, and the school was of the best, though sonductod with extreme strictness; so when Dariis ex pressed a desire to attend it, his wish waigranted. I am afraid he caused the teachers no end of trouble, and gained but little knowledge himself; but be was near Ruth, and that seemed to satisfy both of them. When their schooldays were over, and Darius had returned home to work on the farm while he was -making up his mind what business he should pursue in life, this little drama, which has been acted to often since the world began, be came more deeply interesting and took on - somewhat of a darker coloring. Stephen and -his good wife quickly saw that their youngest daughter was tread ing on dangerous ground in fact that there wss danger of what more fashion able parents would have termed a mesal liance. Therefore with the obtusenets of the great majority ol parents who have the same question to face, Stephen deuied Darius entrance to his house. 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 sit with eyes steadily fixed on a certain gray gowned and bonneted figure far down on the other aide of the house. After a few weeks this inaction became maddening, and Darius acquired a habit of taking early morning walks past the Carew home stead in the hope of seeing Ruth, lie was not disappointed. One morn ing he found her alone by the hedge corner, well out of sight of tbe hous?. Then for the first time be saw how wan aud pale she looked so different from tbe light hearted girl who had came back with birn from school. "Ob, Rutbl" he exclaimed, bounding lightly over the low wall that separated the Carew premises from the road. "Havo you been ill!" wss his first ques tion, as he seized her two trembling little hands. She shook her head, not daring to trust her voice, and trying to smile brightly into the eyes that gazed so anx iously do wn into hers. But tbe smile was a poor attempt, and ended in a sob. Darius drew her unresistingly to bis arms. "It's an eternal shame 1" he burst forth. "What if I am of a different re ligious belief from yout It shouldn't part us like this and it shall not, either, Ruth. I love you, you know I do, and I know that you love me.," he went" on, firmly; "and if that's so, no unjust opposition shall make us unhap py for life." "Father thinks he is right, Dare," .whispered Ruth, softly, clinging to the strong arm ol her lover. "That makes it all the harder for us." respjnded Darius. "I've been waiting to see you, dear, before. I go away, for I wanted to hear from your own lips that you loved me and that you would wait until I could earn a home for you." "Father aud mother will never give their consent." "But you love me, Ruthi" "Yer, Dare," "Then," said the young man, bravely, "we will find some way to overcome their opposition. I've been offered a clerkship in my cousin Henderson's store in the city, with a chance to be partner if I like the business. I'll go to-morrow, and as soon as I'm on my feet I shall come and ask for you." But Ruth only sobbed softly and clung to his arm. Stophen Carew hearcTof young Harley't departure with a feeling of relief. With tbe ctuse removed, he thought, with the bliudneas of bis masculine mind, that Ruth would soon become her old self again. 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 disappointment had always been that neither of her girls had shown tbe same love for baking and brewing that made her a kitchen drudge through all her married life. With aching heart she saw Ritu's slowly waning health and her lack of interest in the events of their every day life. Stophen, too, could not help notic ing tho change which had come over his daughter; yet neither thought of bending their will a hair's breadth to Ruth's wish. Their duty detuauded that their children should be joined to none but tho.-o of their own sect, not to the world's people. Still the girl's si lent suffering caused lines of care to show more deeply on Hephzibah's face, and Stephen's grizzled hair grew whiter day by day. Months went by each of which saw Ruth a little paler and more silent than before. Marion came home for her summer vacation, aud with startled eyes saw tbe change which had taken place in her sister's appearance. She likewise expressed her opinion on the state of affairs with her usual independence; and perhaps this had something to do with Stephen's allowing Ruth to go away with her sister to teach io the full. Ou one point the father wus firm, however. Ruth must promise not to allow Darius Harley to cull upon her, aui not to coin uiuuicute with her. At first Marion thought that work and new surroundiiius hud tiveu Uvf sister a fresh interest in life, but after the first few weeks Ruth seemed much the same as even The only time when she ap peared brighter was when she received a letter from Darius. He wrote regularly, and although Ruth's promise prevented ber -from answering bis letters, Marion failed not to keep the young man fully informed as to her sister's health and their life in the country town where tbey were teaching. Once a month the sisters went home to spend the Sabbath, and more plainly than evor did Stephen Carew and his wife see the change that bad come over Ruth. But their supposed duty was still master, and a hard one it proved. They blamed themselves now for ever lotting their children mingle at all with the world's people. One of these Sabbaths Dan us was at home, too, and attended the Friends' meeting. All through the long service he watched the figure of Ruth in her modost gown, but not until they met face to face on the meeting house porch did he realize how terribly she had changed. Only a moment they stood there together and clasped hands, for Stephen, with his hard, stern eyes glar ing at them, was close by. Darius went home in a daze. Could that be Ruth Carew, that pale, quiet girl, whose mouth had such a sorrowful droop when in repose? Why, she had been the life of all their school day merry makings 1 He thought some very bitter thoughts of Stephen Carew, and I am afraid the old man deserved them ail. - One thing Darius was determined on. He had been patient, hoping for some ohsnge of feeling to come over Stephen and his wife, but ' patience bad ceased to be a virtue. He would stand idly by no longer and see Ruth die by inches under her parents' cruelty. With this determination he went back to tbe city tbe following day and wrote two letters, one to Ruth and the other to Stephen Carew. Several days' after returUng to her school Ruth received a letter addressed in a handwriting she knew at once. She waited until she was alone in her room with Marion before opening the missive. She bad hardly glanced at its contents, however, when Marion was startled by bearing ber sister shriek, and turned to see her gazing, pale and horrified, at the open lette. "What is iti" demanded the practical Marion, grasping tbe bottle of smelling salts and hurrying to her sister's side. "Ob, read that!" cried Ruth, begin ning to weep. "What has he done? That ia a letter to father. Dare must have written to both father and me, aud inclosed tbe letters in the wrong envel opes. What will happen to us now?" Mirion took the letter from her sis ter's unresisting hand and read it. She fully realized what an effect it wpuld probably have upon her father if Darius had made the blunder Ruth suggested. Stephen Carew bad been totally ignor ant of the one-sided correspondence the young man had 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 Carkw, Esquirb: tiir I have never had an opportunity to tell you ot my attachment for your daugh ter Kutii, but you have known it, and also cannot fail 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 en gaged, but you appear to be as greatly opposed to me now as ever. However, I can stand this no longer. I love Kuth, and even if you cannot. see it, 1 realise 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 her die by inches, but 1 cannot, nor do I propose to. I am able to support her, and in a lew weeks she will be legally of age. If you still withhold your consent 1 t ball use every argument and all the in fluence in my power to gain ber consent to a marriage without your sanction , Yours, very respectfully, Darius Harlit. "What shall we do? I never shall dare to go home again," cried Ruth, hysterically, when Marion had finished reading the letter. "Then go and marry Dare and stay away for good," exclaimed Mution, des perately. Then she threw her arms around her younger sister, and together the two girls had a "good cry" in all the femin ine meaning of the term. Before the week wus over Ruth was fairly ill with npprcheusion, and it was only because of Marion's stronger will power that she decided to go home on Saturday. The older girl plainly saw that the beat 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 Hurley's plea, was what both expected on Stephen Carew's part. But, strange to relate, nothing of the kind occurred. Stephen had received the letter Intend ed for Ruth, as they bad supposed, and had had ample time to think owr tbe whole matter. In the letter Darius had written very much as he bad in the other epistle. Tno old Quaker could not help seeing the sincerity of the young man's attachment. Something beside duty to his religious belief softened bis heart toward Ruth, and his greeting to her wat very different from the one which she had fenrfully expected. "Thee has a letter for me, has thee not, Rulh?'' asked Stephen gravely. With trembling hand the girl handed him the epistle. "Thee will find thy own in thy room," was his only comment as ho 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 tbe outcome of the affair. Stephen said nothing further until after the evening meal. Then he called Ruth into the pleasant sitting room through whose wiudows shone the glory of the setting sun. "Ruth, would thoe consent to be mar rted away from thy own fireside!" "if it must be," she replied bravely. "I cannot live this way." i'And is it this that wakes thee i mjf j both mind and. body?" be asked more tenderly. i "Yes, father." i Old Stephen was silent a moment or two. "Thee must not be married away from thy home, Ruth. Thee can tell the young man that I say so," he said finally. Munscy's Magazine. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Most sheep die before tbey are year old. A vast mine of superior fire-clay has been discovered in Vincennes, Ind. A method of compressing wood, so that it becomes as hard as iron, has been discovered. An eminent authority bas it that the doath rate of the world is calculated to ' be sixty-seven per minute. In England, France, Germany 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 hole 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 ot 5,300,000 boisc-pcwer. Dr. Morris Gibbs contribute to Science an interesting paper on the food of humming birds both old and young, but bos never found anything to con vince him tbe birds live on Insects. Tbe professor of chemistry at Rouen, France, M. Bidard, bos brought for ward a new theory regarding storage batteries, which is said to make an im portant advance in electrical science. A remarkable surgical operation has recently been performed in Berlin. A patient suffering from cbionio neuralgia has been cured by the removal of tbe diseased nerve from the interior coating of the skull. It has been found by Dr. Riley 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 they enter the bean or pea, when with a cast of the skin tbey are discarded, and -the grubs assume the ordinary footless shape of larval weevils. The rep ort of a commission appointed at the instance of tbe Blassachusetts Railroad Commission for the determina tion of the beat form of fender for use on electric cars contains a recommenda tion of tbe invention of a master me chanic of the Boston Wes t End Railway. Two hundred and eleven fenders were submitted to tbe Commission. Electric heaters are found to be ex cellent for use in conservatories on ac count of the absence of all unwhole some gases or vapors which might injure 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 ot effective in sulators in electrical work causes im portance to be attached to tbe statement that india rubber will soon be made commercially. Tbe ditcovery made by Dr. H. A. Tildin, some months ago, that isoprene, which can be prepared from turpentine, under certain condi tions changes into what appears to be genuine rubber, has been followed up by experiments, the result ot which points to an early utilization of the new pro cess. Moorish Slavery. It would do those good who write passionate articles on Moorish slavery to see tbe well-fed, lazy ilave of Waian lounging in ths sun, kid pipe in mouth, and scarcely doing a stroke of woik from week's end to week's ond. . Tbe most ordinary English kitchenmaid would accomplish is a couple of hours what a Wazun slave does in a week. All are free to come and go as tbey please, but none avail themselves of this free dom. The reason is not far to seek. In Wuzan they are fed and clothed by tbe shereefs, and on holidays and f sast days receive presents of money. Thus all the necessities ot life are found them without their having to work for them, which otherwise they would be obliged to do. Nor is it only the necessities ot life that are thus sup plied to them free, but tbey are given each bis room to live in and married at the expense of the sbtreefs to slave wo men. Their children, by law slaves, are not necessarily so, and are often appren ticed to workmen to learn some trade, or if they wish are free to seek their for tunes in' other lands. Blackwood's Magazine. The I'otoiuato. "Potomato" is the name given a cu rious manufactured vegetable which owes its origin to Dr. B. C. Culner, of Atch ison, Kan. For more than twenty years the Doctor has been experimenting with a view of crossing the potato and tomato vines. It is claimed that this has at last been accomplished and that a specie of vine bas been thus literally manufactured, and that it will produce both potatoes and tomatoes, both of which grow in their natural dements. St. Louis Republic. A Lake lu an Extinct Volcano. A large lake has been found, it is said, on the ridge of the Olympic Mountains, iu Washington, between the Duckabush aud Snohomish Rivors. It lssltuatod in a deep basin of the niouutaius, at altitude of about five thousand feet, aud the basin is claimed to be, iu all probability, tbe crater nf an extinct volcano. It is further stated to be two miles long and half a mile wide, with depth unknown, as the I clill descends perpeudicularly into tbe water on U sides. Boston Transcript, A BIG FORTUNE LN BONE, AN EXTRAORDINARY SIGHT NEAB SAN FRANCISOC. Whales' Teeth Guarded Like Dia monds Snrroonlod by Stone Walls and Watched Constantly, A LIT TLB brick and stone struc ture on the Potroro shore of the bay contains a million dol (, lars' worth of whalebone stored and guarded as jealously as if it were so many twenty-dollar gold pieces or its Weight in precious stones. It is the property of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company and came off tbe whaling barks Beluga, Mary D. Hume, Agenor and Amer'ca, lately in from tho Arctic. The building is a perfect vault with brick and atone sides, irou roof and iron doors. All around tbe top runs a per forated pipe by means of which the whole interior could bo flooded if a fire should by any possibility break out. Rats 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 as barricades when tho big ones are opened to air the place. Oil skins such as the tire petrol use are spread over the cargo as the final addi tional precaution that human ingenuity can suggest. The uninitiated on first stepping into tbe cold, theerless 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 tbe place doe not always contain a f 1,000,000 stock. The season just closing was a most profitable one and in consequence the warehouse is nearly full. "Tbe lady purchasing a few sticks of whalebone on her shopping tour scarcely realizes the immense risk and tbe great amount of labor necessary to place it on the counters," said W. H. Wand, one of the representatives of the whaling com pany. "There is a big risk even here. We can take no chances. In the rough, after a simple polishing, the bone is worth f 5 a pound and we have at least 200,000 pounds on hand now. When the vessel docks at the wharf yonder we pitch in and work day and night until the cargo 1s housed in here and then we try to get it off on tbe railroad as soon as possible. While it is here this little structure is guarded day and night. A million dollars is something of a re sponsibility I can assure you." "Where docs most of the bone go?" was asked. "A great deal of it goes to New York." replied Mr. Wiind, "but most of the cutting is done in Paris and Bremen. A little is done iu London. We polish it off here, get tbe color, assort it out and put it up io 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 liava to separate It. Several of tho bundles bore the mark M. D. H. in a diamond. "That," said Mr. Wands, "is the name of the vessel from which the bone was taken; in this instance tho Mury D. Hume, a vessel which brought the meat valuable cargo ever received from the Arctic seas. One or two of these bundles are marked 'cut,' you observe. That is to guide tho buyor when the bone is offered for sale. It signifies that tho bono is knicked on some portion of it. The valuo is greatly reduced, and we must therefore handle the cargo like eggs. If roughly handled, a cargo ot whalebone can be well nigh ruined. The slightest cut in a stalk brings it down in value about one-half. " 1 he bone you know is the teeth of the whale, and a fair sized front molar is worth about $51). In every whale's jaw there are 473 teeth, and one good sized head is worth a good deal of money. On the lost trip tbe men on tbe Jessie D. Freeman brought one big fellow along side, tbe bead of which produced 3000 pounds of bone. Tho mouth of the whale ia simply a huge suction pump. Tbe monster travels aloug with his mouth wide open on the surface, Tbe only food he will take is a little red bit of animal life that Boats on the northern seas. lie sucks in enough to make a good mouthful and then ejects tbe water. The food ic sifted down through the soft teeth, aud is filtered like a lot of sawdust would be in a sieve." "This black bair that fringes the bone bas a separate value. It is cut from tbe teeth and is used for making fine 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. "The bone is a tiifle too heavy to run away with and tbe place is too well guarded. Fire is the greatest danger, and you can see how that has been guarded againrt." San Fruucii.ee Chronicle. Hair .Snakes or Worms. There is nothing very mysterious about the common hair-snake or worm to those who know something of its history and habits. They are not transformed hiirj, but true nematode worms, and are hatched from eggs, and the minute grubs attach themselves, whenever an oppor tunity preseots, to the larger insects, such as crickets, grasshoppers and ground beetles, and through openings at the joints crawl into their bodies and re main there feeding until fully grown, then escape, crawling into shallow ponds and water troughs, where they are often found in great numbers, hence the ides that they are transformed horse hairs. Entomologists, when collecting iusects late in summer, ofteu find specimen contuiuing these hair worms, which will try to escape when tbe insects an thrown into alcohol or other liquids. Of coursu it is rather difficult to convince Vutt-e who know uothingof the lower orders of auiiuals that hairs cannot be trans formed into worms, and all is mystery uutil the facts are kuowu, theu mystery fcive place to simple knowledge. New York siui, COOR1SHIP UP TO DATE, They were sitting close together In a pleasant, shady nook; Tbey looked at ne another . With a loving, longing look; Tutn E Iwln bro'ie the sileno?. And with emotion shook, As he softly, softly whispered, ' "Angelina, can you cookf j His anxious face grew tranquil, Angelina whimpered "Yes;" His thoughts (of well cooked dinner). No language could express; His hand sought Angelina's In a lingering caress; A Then she said, "Oh, Angelina, Did yon make or buy that drees!" Edwin's heart grew, oh 1 so joyful. For she always made her frocks; And lightly strayed his fingers Over Angelina's lock" While they gasad upon the rose. The pinks and hollyhocks; Then again he summoned courage, "Could you knit a pair of socks!" Poor Cupid near them hovered. And be listened in dismay; Sighed he, "I'm out of fashion, 1 am only in the way ; ( Out of print's the old, old story, , Belt holds universal way !" Then he wept, as Edwin whisperej, "Angelina, name the day." Boston Courier. HUMOR OF THE DAT. A curling iron The corkscrew. ' Plain soiling Tbe route 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. We 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 she is always careful to conceal the lines in it. The man who fails in attaining other perfections can easily make a perfect fool of himself. Puck. The man who didn't fulfil! the promise ot his youth claimed that the notes of minors were not binding. The only man on earth who thinks twice before he speaks 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, But soon their faces fell. Some students, they, who passed that way, And they gave a college yell. Washington Htar. Take your hard luck as you would a pill. If you grind your lecth over it, you will find it nastier than ever. Puck. The man who objected to hiding his light under a bushel succeeded in dis playing his darkness to tho whole world. Truth. "The football game broke up in a fight, didn't it?" "Yes. It was the tamest affair I ever saw." Indianapolis Journal. "It's a little weigh of mine," re marked a clerk iu a Main street grocery as he gave his customer fourteen ounces for the pound. Buffalo Quips. "I understand that all you bagged on your hunting trip was a pair of trousers." "Well, tbey were 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 the hen to the hatchet. Washington Star. The boy stood on the burning deck But who could blame him, please, The price of coal had goue so high it was either this or freez . Chicago luter-Oceau. The making of a joke is a good deal like the making of a salad. We think we have struck a good thing, ulthougu it may only agree with our own personal taste. Puck. "How do I look," said tho turkey as he expanded hia gorgeous array of feathers. "Fit to kill," replied the sur douic old rooster who is so touch that he can't be eaten. IVushiugton Star. "Why didn't you keep tbe horse, Ber tie, dtuhboy?" Bertie "The bowid creature had the Impudence to tell me that the horse wus bwoken, and I sent him back for a whole one." Inter Ocean. Friend "I suppose your wife ofteu burns the midnight oil I" "Yes, I guess she does now aud then; but you must remember that she hasn't bad much experience iu cooUiug yet." In-ter-Ocein. Wife "Charley, dear, these are graham gems thut 1 made all alone. Now tell me what you think of -them." Charley "Any one who tried to eat them could tell they were precious stones.' Chicago I liter -Ocean. Papa sat reading his evening paper when Tommy came up aud leaned on his knee. "Pa," said Tommy, "may I ask you a question?" "Ceriuiuly, my boy.'" "Then tell me, pa, where tho wiud Is when it doesn't blow." Hurt ford Journal. Popular Similes. As wet as a fish as dry as a Lout, As live as a bird as ilea 1 as a stuue; As pluuip as a partri.lti a-i poor as a rat, As strong as a horse ai weak as a cut; As bard as a flint as soft as a uiote. As white as a lily us black as a coa, As plum as a uisesUill1 as rou:li as u bear, As light as a drum us tree as the air; As heavy as lea 1 as lilit us a leather, As steady as time uueriaiu weather; As hot us an oven asctild ss a lru.r, As gay as a lark us sick as a lo; As slow as a tortoiMi as switi us tlie wind. As truu as the (Kipel us rulsti us inunkiuJ; As thin us a huiTin as tut as u pi,.-. As proud as a m..km-' n blithe hi u grig; As savage as tigors as iuiM us u nove. As stilt as a piier us limp u-f a t:luvr; As blind as a bat as deaf a a pt; As cool as a cucumber as warm ki l ast. -fuiu's J. ui usi,
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers