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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1, 1893.
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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.
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