THE FOREST REPOELIM b rtub rnr w-if, j J. C. W'CNK. WMoe in Bmurbiih A Co.'s oil ding Ut ITRIIT, TIONBTA, Pfc Trm, ... tlJB prTw. RATIS Or AOVCRTKINOt On. Square, on. inah, on. inrticm. .$ 1 Vf On. Square, on. Inch, on. month ... Ot On. Sqtwr, on. inch, ttorM month. , 0O OiMBquarw, on. inch, on. pir W Two ttqnere, on. ynr 15 M Qoarnar Column, on. jr.,n 10 00 Half Column, on. yr MOO On. Column, on. Jtmr 10010 Ifl avivartiMnMats tea ewrts V Hm eaefc imrtlon. M erringee ml domth notion gratis. All btll.fT-veriyadv.rti.ern.n oBwi qurtrlT. rVmpomry adTertisein.!. be paid in advano. Job work OMh on delivery. . I EPTJBXJCAN. fWrrtH'. rwdrvt rr a atwtei wrioj U Ikn in.ntb awnST 1M Mrrtp.tlm wlVtltd ffn a But. ef Ik. VOL. XXV. NO. 45. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAECII 1, 1893. $1.50 PER ANNUM. Fores 11 1 Only two per cent, of tba Siberian runaways escape with their live.. Tli cro are now 7000 loan associations in this eountry, with a membership of 2,000,000 person. It ia said that Christian missionaries in foreign. countries have mora trouble to convert Mohammedans thaa an other class of people The Chicago llorald bolioves "it is fo to say that almost every five miles of main public road iu Groat Britain is bettor than almost any Ave uiilos of pub lic road in our country." The (Ire lost for 1803 for the United Statot and Canada foots up $132,704, 700; a large sum of money to be com pletely wiped out of existenco in twelve months, observes the New York Inde pendent. A correspondent of the Chattanooga Times, writing from Qlou Mary of the abandonment of sheep raising on account of the raids made by. clogs, says that ' there is not a farmer in that small section but losses twenty -Ave percent, or more of his sheep through tho work of worth, leas curs. Tho dog question is a lively one in Tennessee just at this time. Dr. Parker; of the London City Tem ple, not long ago held a service for the unt.nployed, and invited eich of his hearers into the vestry after scrvloe and presouted him with a small sum of money. One of tho recipients, with cynical candor, said to some one as hs catne away: "I've not done a day's work for scvcu-tind-twcaty years and I don't moan to P Reports lately made concerning the oyster fisheries of Louisiana lead to the belief, says the Chicago Herald, that a large share of tni country's supply of oysters will come from that quarter in the future. It is roporte j that the beds are of enormous proportions, possess every natural advantage for the growth ' of the shelltish, and in many cases are hardly touched by the rake. I 1 Bcientifio distinction by women is .so seldom acquired, even when deserved, that of special interest is the recent ac tion of the Academy of Science in Ba varia in electing a woman' to full mom- , bomhip. This honor' has been con ferred upon the Princess Thoresa, sister of the Prince Regent, the only woman whose scientific, works have been con sidered worthy such recognition. In round numbers, there are 80,000 convicts in the penitentiaries and 20,000 able-bsdied men confined in jails, mak ing a total army of 70,000 men available for employment in road improvement in the United States. Why not employ them in this work! suggests the Farm, Field and Firesido'. Many of them are lying in idleness, fed at the people's ex pense, while the labor of others in the penitentiaries is let by contract to manu facturers and employed la direct com petition with honest labor. A man recently offered to carry the, mails between Booasborough and Keedysvilie, Maryland, daily, except Sunday, free of charge. The distance between the two towns i about three miles, and the bidder thought ttat be bid low enough to secure the cootraot. It was not awarded to him, however, for another roan offered to do the work for aa annual compensation of one cent, and to him the contract was awarded. - Tbe man who offered to deliver the mail free of charge is now wondering why be was not permitted to-do so. "m It looks to the Now York Sun as though the cave-dwelling race, which once lived in Arizona and tbe regions thereabout, had been discovered as far north as Alaska, or upon a small Island off the Alaskan coast which was recently visited by the United States cruiser Bear. Tbe Bear's officers, while explor ing the upper surface of the rock known as King's Island, which rises above the j waters of the Bering Strait, fouud an ab original tribe of oave dwellers, who seem to possess some cf the characteristics of the curious people which iu old time Minted far to the southward. From the account given of the dwellings we infer that, in construction and iu grouping, they resemble those of tbe cliff dweller of Arizona, New Mexico aud Colorado. Some of their implements are similar to those that were made by tbe cave and cliff .people elsewhere; but their food ii not like that which v. as used by their southern kin, who had no opportunity of fattening upou whale blubber or wal rus meat. It is hardly worth while, however, to speculate about these Alas kan cave dwell'-r until we have fuller information concerning them. That the island had some inhabitants was known before it was visited by the Captain of the Bear, whose report is likely to be of interest to American archajologists. THE SKOW.WaVSR'S bono. Book and forth tbe shuttles go, Fashioning the cloth of snow, A ftd the weaver you may bear At tbe wind loem singing clean "Hlnmber, little Sowars, and dream Of th. silver throated stream, ' Shining through the April day As it were a mnsle ray Bearing meloly along From tbe mellow sun of song. - Slumber, littl. fragrant faow, Dreaming in your quiet place.; Soon the dreams shall pan and then You and spring .kali waks again t" Thus the weaver at his loom Binfrs away the winter's gloom, While he weaves tho coverlet For the dreamers who forget: "Slumber, littl. flowers, and dream Of the April's golden beam Which shall com. and fill your ey With the sunlight of surprise; Wi king, you shall hear onoe more Hong birds at the daybreak's door. Klumber, little fragrant faoes, Dreaming in your quiet places, ' ' Soon th. dreams small pas. and then You and spring shall wake again !" Frank Dempster Sherman. NINETTE'S CAREER. BY AMY RANDOLPH. T was snowing still, sharp prickles of whiteness in the gloomy December ausk, when Ninette Beau voir was driven up to ber cousin s house. The air was intensely -cold, the houses on either side of the street loomed up lib a huge phan toms, and tbe gas jets seemed to thrill and shiver in tbe wind. And tbe wel come of Mrs. Berry, her cousin's house keeper, was a dead match for the weather and the wind. "I ana expected, I suppose!" said Ninotto, wondering why tbe woman did not open the door a little wider. 'What name!" cautiously inquired jura, worry. "Miss ' Beauvoir, Georgia." from Atlanta, '1 have heard nothing of it," said Mrs. Berry, without opening the door a fraction of an inch farther. "Mr. Trebleton is at home, I suppose!" "No, Miss, he's not," still frigidly. "I will come in," said Ninette, trying to swallow tbe suffocating sensation her throat. "I will wait for him. It is so cold, and I I am "half frozen.".- Mrs. Berry hesitated a moment, then opened the door, ungraciously enough. "Well," she said, "I suppose you can wait in tbe study until he comes." She showed Ninette into tbe red-curtained, cozy little room, lined with books, lighted by tbe soft ring of flame that streamed from a shaded gas-jet, warmed with tbe glow of a coral-red lire upon tbe hearth. And here, surrepti tiously turning the keys in the secretary drawers and writing-table and takiug them out, Mrs. Berry left her. "There ire the paper-weight," said Mrs. Berry to herself, "and the ivory paper-cutters and tbe inkstand with tbe stag's head in bronze; but I don't be lieve she'd take tbem I" While Ninette, left alone, crouched down in the low chair before the fire and burst into tears. "Is all tbe North as cruel, as hard, as frozen cold as this!" she asked herself, with a convulsive shudder. "Oh, it would have been better to have died of starvation in my own sunny, golden South! If a stray dog, there, had crept in out of the storm at night, tbey would, at least, have given him a bone and a kind w.ord. But for me there is no such welcome I" - When Mr. Trebleton came in at nine o'clock, he found Ninette still looking at th tire through eyes that swan like tears. "I am Ninette Beauvoir, your cousin's child," said she, rising with varying color. "Happy to make your acquaintance, I am sure, said Mr. Trebleton, apparently so busy in removing bis gloves that he never noticed her offered hand. "What can I do for you, Mias Beauvoir!" Ninette looked at him with large, grave eyes. "Papa said, before he died," she faltered, "that you would give me a home with your daughters. I huve no longer a home of my own. Papa's ill ness was expensive and took all our means." "Quito out of the question; quite out of tbe question," said Mr. Trebieton, hurriedly, as be took up a poker and bepsn beating the topmost lumps of coal on tbe fire. "Perhaps you are not aware Miss Beauvoir, that I have a large and expensive family of my own, and I couldn't think of undertaking any ad ditional expenses." Ninette listened, apparently incredu lous of her own seuses. "But what am I to do!" she asked. What do other girls do who are thrown on their own resources!" rather curtly demanded Mr. Trebltton, secretly wishing that tbe interview was over. "I don't know," said Ninette, simply. "I am only an ignoraut Southern girl. No one every told me. I supposed, of course, that I could come and live with joui" "Humph 1" ssid Mr. Trebleton. ''They teach; they take in sowing; they go into stores, shops, faetories. Tbey strive for independence." "Cousin Trebleton," said Ninette, with a quivering lip, "if I could see your wife your daughters they are women like me; they" "I am very sony," said Mr. Trebleton, stonily, "but they are out of town. There, there ; don't cry. If there's any thing I hub), it is to see a woman make a scene. Of course, you can stay here to night. My housekeeper, Mrs. Berry, will take core of you- in the morning you will be better able to look things in tbe face." Mrs. Berry, still, stiff and silent, con ducted Ninette to an arctio-cold bed room at the top of tbe house, where tbe very candle seemed to shiver. "What's tbe matter now!" said Mrs. Berry. "Why are you crying!" "I am so hungry," sobbed Ninette, in whose nature starvation had completely overcome tbe horoio element. "I have had nothing to eat since eight o'clock this morning." Airs. Berry bit her lip Impatiently. "And tbe kitchen fire gone down," said sbo, "and not a drop of milk leftl Well, I'll go down and see what I can find." But when she came back, poor little Ninette, who had crept iuto bed to get warm, was sound asleep. And tbe nig gardly sandwich and slice of withered cake were too late. Mr. Trebleton took Ninette to a gen teel intelligence bureau the next day. "This lady," be said to her, indicat ing a stout female in b'ack-silk behind a tall desk, "will procure decent lodgings for you, and put you in the way to em ployment. And, if I can be of any further service to you, pray let me know." And he bad given ber band a fish-like pressure and was gone, before she fairly comprehended that this was his way of getting rid of her. Poor Ninette 1 Poor little tropical child of the South, how infinitely lonely she felt at that moment. But tbe stout female took op a pen, opened a big book and began to ask questions with bewildering brusqueness and rapidity, and Ninette soon caught the infection of her energy. - The rest of the week was like the shifting scenes which Ninette remem bered to have seen at a pantomime, years and years ago. She was hurried from place to place in the great, noisy bedlam of a city. Nobody wanted a nursery governess; the school lists were crowded to overflowing; from tbe stores Ninette shrank with trembling horror, after she bad seen the smooth, nice, oily-faced superintendents of one or two. "I can do nothing more for you," said tbe stout female at length, "unless, indeed, they can give you employment at the Decoration Rooms. It won't cost anything for you to go and seel" To the Rooms of Decorative Art Nin ette accordingly went. Tbe directress was engaged. She would see tbe young person presently. -Let her be shown into the workroom. A great, bright, well-ventilated apart, ment filled with busy workers, some at frames, some at tables, some standing before easels; and one pale, middle-aged women was drawing a dosign for wall paper on a huge sheet of coarse paper daisies, corn-flowers, trailing vines, all tangled together. "That is not right!" exclaimed Nin ette, involuntarily, as she watched the slow, uncertain progress of the pencil. Let me show you how to bring that vine out!" Tbe woman stared, but Ninette had caught the pencil from her hand, and, with two or three bold strokes, altered the whole character of the design. From mediocre it 'became original; from stiff ness it took on a wild, woodland grace. "How did yo-i do that!" asked the stupid, middle-aged woman in bewilder ment. "I don't know," confessed Ninette, crimsoning. "Hot don t you see can't you comprehend! It couldu't be other wise! It must come out sol A band was laid lightly on ber shoul der, and turning around she found her self looking into the calm, amused eyes of the directress. "You are right, my child," said she, "it could not be otherwise. But it is not one in a thousand who would know it. Come here, I must talk with you!" That half-hour in the work-room of the Decoration Sooiety was the turning point of Ninette Beauvoir's life. She bad found bet niche in life's temple. She could scarcely reckon up within her own mind the number of years that had passed when she sat aloue in the little private parlor of the Decoration Rooms in tbe soft dusk of a March even ing, with the rod gleam of the tiro filling the room with dreamy softness. She hnd grown from an impulsive child into a tall, beautiful, self-poised woman, who presided over the ramifications of the great society with queenly dignity and well-balanced judgment. Aud Ninette was happy now in having discovered her true career. The girl entered with lights. Misi Beauvoir glanced up. "I shall not need the light, Qretchen," she said. "I am going home as soon as the carriage comes for me." "There is an old gentleman. Miss Beauvoir, to see you," said the girl, apologetically. "I told him it was past hours, but he said be bad walked a long distance to see you, aud seemed so old and feeble that I didn't like to refuse him. He has a portfolio under his arm." "Where is he, Gretchen! In the re ception room!" interrupted Miss Beau roir. "I will go to him." A tall, stooping old man, with scanty locks, threadbare clothes and gloves mended uutil they resembled a piece of mosaic, turned as she entered. 'Do I speak," he asked, "to the bead of the establishment!" Miss Beauvoir inclined ber head. In the dark silk drets and mantle edged with iur she looked even older, more dignified than her years. "I am very poor," he said. "I have met with reverses in business aud am quite dependent on the exertions of my daughters. They have been brought up ladies, and, consequently, are compara tively helpless; but thev have done a little needlework, for which they would be glad to obtain a fair price, and" "Mr. Trebletoul" oried out Ninette, holding out both ber hands. He Hushed deeply. "That is my name," he said,' but I was not aware" 'Have you forgotteu me?" she inter rupted. "Little Niueltu Beauvoir 1 Don't you remember that we are cousins! My circumstances are good," she added. naloring a little. "I receive an ex tUlcnt salary here and have money laid uj.. Do you think I can allow my fatiur's cousin to wantf I have a com fortkole home; it shall bo yours, and my cousins' also. My carriage is at the door now. Let us go together to your home." And Minette, in her enthusiasm, over ruled poor Mr. Trcbleton's feeble objec tions. "A comfortable home" she bad called it, but to the poverty-stricken inhabi tants of a tenement-house on Grand street the little brown-stone dwelling seemed a palace, with its bright open fires, its sweetness of hot-house flowers, its moss-soft carpets, dark oiled boards and walls tinted with the softest of colors. Mr. Trebleton sat feebly down in the big velvet arm-chair; his pale, sickly daughters stood beside him, embarrassed, yet happy in their young cousin's warm Southern welcome. "Do you mean," he faltered, "that we are to live here always!" "What else could I possibly mean!" said Ninette, kneeling to arrange the coffee and fruit on the table at his side. "Are you not my cousins! Where should your home be but with me!" Mr. Trebleton brushed something from his eyelashes. "Ninette," said he, faintly, "I do not deserve this. I I didn't treat you so, when you came a solitary orphan to my house I" "Let all that be forgotten," said Ni nette, gently. "Remember, only, that you are welcome, more than welcome to my hearth and home I" So Stephens Trebleton and his daugh ters stayed on, always, in the sunny lit tle brown-stone house. And Ninette was harspy, for she had it in her power to bestow happiness. "Of what use is money, if not to help others with!" said sweet Ninette. "And they are my cousins, toot" But Mr. Trebleton had not argued thus on that snowy December night when Ninette Beauvoir came, homeless and solitary, to him. "Lord be merciful to me, a sinner," he breathed. "But I never knew, until I saw it in the uncompromising light of the past, what a miserable, selfish brute I was." The Ledger. She Remembers Her Newsboy Friend. "There is a young man in Mobile, Ala.," said Colonel Robert McEachin, of Winchester, Va., "who has cause to re member Amelia Rives, the writer, twice a year. When the now distinguished lady was a little girl and lived in that city, she became fondly attached to a newsboy who cned out his papers every morning in the neighborhood in which she lived. They met one day and a friend ship sprang up between them that has lasted to the present time. After the boy's stock of papers were sold in tbe morning he would call for the pretty little blue-eyed miss and theywould take long strolls down Froscute road, pluck ing the orange blossoms and: the magno lia blooms. They soon got to be fami liar figures on Government street, as they would walk along that busy thorough fare with the young girl's head garlanded witli wreaths of beautiful flowers and the little boy's arms filled with vines and evergreens. Tbon Miss Rives moved far away iuto Virginia, but she never forgot her newsboy friend, for it was ber custom almost daily to write him, telling how sadly she missed tbe walks and strolls, his joyous, sunny face and the music of his boyish laughter. I doubt if Mrs. Cbanler, as she now is, ever wrote love lier or more poetic or passionate sen. fences than those she used to send in her letters to her newsboy sweetheart. The boy met with a misfortuue some yaars ago which crippled him for life, lie is poor, but his purse is twice a year re plenished by a postoffice order from Mrs. Chanter. One of these arrives in Mobile on his birthday, which ia in June, and tbe other on Christmas Day.'' St. Louis Republic. Surgical Progress Illustrated. In one of the best known restaurants in this city a few weeks ago there was seated at a table enjoving a hearty lunch a well known physician aud a well known lawyer. When the feast was about endod the physician, rubbing the region of his stomach covered by the lower part of his vest, said: "I'm out of order down here. I believe I'll go to Dr. (naming a well known young surgeon of this city, who has a reputation for skill and ra pidity in the use of the knife), and have my stomach cut open to see what's the matter." Tbe lawyer was amazed, and unwilling to take tbe doctor at his word, askei him what he really meant. "Why," said the doctor, "I mean what I say. The right way to treat the stomach is by opening it and finding out what's the matter. That's what surgery is coming to. It will be the regular practice in a few years iudeed, it is frequently done now. They used to think it was certain death to expose the bowels, but they've got over that. I am in medicine, but not in surgery, but I know what tho surgeons are doing, and even now they take out a man's bowels, fix tbem up again, and put them bock all right." St. Louis Globe -Democrat. Pari Doles ou Horacfiesh. O.ie of the most properous industries iu Paris is the sale and disposal of horse flesh for food. There are in the city of Paris 180 shops for tbe sale of horseflesh, and in the course of this year more than 21,000 horses, sixty-one mules and 275 donkeys have been killed and eaten by tbe Parisians. The moat singular point about this traffic is that the price of the flesh is equal to .that of good beef, 20 cents a pound. It is only fair, however, to add that two-thirds of this meat has been converted into sausages, so that it is more than possible that the consumers aie ignorant of tbe source of their tooth, some dish. It is now easy to under stand how it is that good hor.e are so scarce in the Paris fiacres; at 20 cents a pound a fat horse would be worth more wheu he was dead thau alive. Chicago News Record. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Wood pavements cause opthalmanta. A diamond for cutting glass lasts about three months. Psycologists say that people do their dreaming, or most of it, after 4 a. m. A German savant has discovered what he thinks is a sure means of disinfecting rivers. Physicians are now able to wash out the system through the natural ohannels of circulation by means of injected fluid. The copper plating of sheet tine has been successfully accomplished and the process is recommended where wear takes place. Pittsburg now claims tbe largest glass flattening oven In the world. This new oven will take a sheet seventy -five inches by 111 inches, or in narrow glass one of thirty inches by 131 inches. The most valuable bit of ore ever melted in the world, so far as is known, was a lot containing 200 pounds of quartzholding gold at tbe rate of $50,. 000 per ton, and was found in a mine at Ishpeming, Mich. It is said that one of the new armored cruisers will have smokestacks 100 feet high. These high funnels will be un sightly, but appearances are to be sacri ficed to utility. The increase In height will give additional draft in ordinary steaming. Recent studies of cancer not only in dicate that it is an organic growth, but almost ceitainly prove that it is itself liable to the attack of another parasite. Better acquaintance with the relations of these parasites may possibly bring tbe long-sought method of arresting cancer. There are two fixed rules for propor tioning tbe human form ; . just two. They are that eight heads (that is, skull lengths) make tbe total height of the figure and that the invarinblo center of the total length of tbe whole figuro should be the front termination of tbe lowest part of the pelvis. By placing two iron bars at seven or eight yards distance from each other and putting them in communication on one side by an insulated wire and on the other side with a telephone, it is said that a storm can be predicted twelve hours ahead through a certain dead sound heard in the receiver. Sneezing is averted by pressing the upper lip, because by doing so we dead ea tbe impression made on a certain branch of the fifth nerve, sneeslng being a reflex action excited by some slight impression on that nerve. Sneezing does not take place, when the fifth nerve is paralyzed, even though the sense of 'smell is retained. Paper tough as wood is said to be made by mixing chloride of zino with the' pulp in the course of manufacture. It has been found that the greater the degree of tbe concentration of the zinc solution the greater will be the tough ness of the paper. It can be used for making gas pipes, boxes, combs, for roofing and even, it is added, for mak ing boats. Still another use for aluminum has been found In the construction of slate pencils. It was accidently discovered that aluminum would give a stroke on a slate, and a German forthwith set about manufacturing pencils of tbe new metal. They are five millimeters thick and four teen millimeters long. They are said to need no poiuting, and are practically in exhaustible and unbreakable. The writing, which can be erasedwith a wet sponge, is as clear as that of the ordin ary pencil, only requiring a little more pressure. Tbe Tale of the Telepho ic The first telephone that was ever used was not electrical, nor was it a scientific instrument in any sense of tbe term. A little more than fifty years ago the em ployes of a large manufactory beguiled tbeii leisure hours by kito flying. Kites large and small went up daily, and tbe strile was to see who could get tbe largest. The twine which hold them was the thread spun and twisted by the ladies of the village. One day to the tail of tbe lurgest kite was attached a kitten, sewod iu a can vas bag, with a netting over tbe mouth to give it air. When the kite was at its greatest height, some 200 feet or more, the mowing of tbe kitten could be dis tinctly beard by those holding tbe string. To the clearness of tbe atmosphere was attributed the hearing of the kitten's voice. This is the first account we re member ot speaking along a line. Sheffield Telegraph. Some Carious l'anisliiusnU. During the time of Richard I., and by the advice and consent of that monarch, tbe British Parliament promulgated same strikingly original codes for the main tenance of order on bis Majesty's fleet. Thus, if any seamau killed another ou shipboard he was to be bound face to face with his victim by means of stout thongs "of not less than tbree-ply," the living and dead bundle to be thrown overboard together. Any man who maimed another, the same having been done with malice intent, was ordered to be served in like manner as his victim. One section of this law read as follows: "lie who draws bloude from another by wilful blow struck, he that blow struck with a weapon or with hee's hand only, must lose the baud with which tbe wound was inflicted ; a hand blow that causes no bloude to flow must be punished by ducking the offender thrice. St. Louis Republic. Cuurars Abound in Washington. Complaints are made in eastern parts of tbe State of Washington that cougars are entirely too plentiful for comfort to the settlers. Several of tbe animals have lately visited stock pens and farms in Spokane County, and one was seeu calmly trotting alon the uiaiti luad just outside Spangle. This latter Iwasl was not at all frightened at the approach of men, but auibled off into the woods at a leisurely gait. YARNS SPUN M WHALERS. ftTJ EKE STORIES TOLD BT AEOTIO BLUBBER HUNTERS. Slnsrnlar Effect at the Moon on Whale's Kyee The Crew Umally Humanity's Odds and Ends. STORIES of the sea always have a fascination for the landsman, and so it was that a group of Arctic blubber hunters bad a lot of interested auditors. "How would you like to hare eight or ten thousand dollars on a string!" asked one of tbem, knocking his pipe on the edge of tbe stringer and addressing the group of landsmen collectively. "Well, I've had that much many a time," he went on without waiting for a reply, "and it makes a fellow rather nervous guessing whether he's going to land his fish or whether he'll get flipped overboard. I've been to sea now thirty four years and I expect I've struck about as many whales as the next one, but it's pretty exciting business yet. Why, last season one ot our boats struck a big sperm whale aud he started down. Our ship bad five boats and each boat carries 280 fathoms ot line. That whale took down tbe whole five of 'em 1400 fathoms in all. It began to look as we had lost the whole thing, but he was too tired, and when he came up we feathered into him." "Yon wouldn't believe that fish at least spouting fish are influenced by the moon!" said another of the group. "Well, they are. I've seen it time and again, and I've called other people's at tention to it, too, but I never found any one else who had noticed it. Sometimes when you are at sea and whales are to b seen frequently it may be at the full moon or at new moon well, all at once they will disappear and you won't see one for two weeks. Then just as sud denly the water will be full of them. I've compared notes with other vessels. Maybe they were sixty miles or more away at the time and the whales there would be numerous just at the same time they appeared near our vesse1.. Ob, you fellows needn't laugh. There is some thing in it. "And then I've noticed another thing about this same class of . fish. When you catch them you will always find that they have the pupil of the eye the same shape as the moon at that time. If the moon is full tho pupil will be round, and it it is a half or a quarter the sight will be like a crescent." The Captain stopped to light a fresh pipe and another one of the whalers spoke up. "I've had some experience myself, said he, "but two years ago I came the nearest taking alter Jonah that a man ever dhi. We had made a stnke all right and the whale went down, not very far, but when he came up he had his mouth open, and some how or other he came up with one jaw on the port and the other ou tbe lea side of our boar. Surprised! Well, that whale looked very much as If bo was ready to receive company, but I wasn't invited, so I made a streak for another boat." "You would be surprised," said the first speaker, changing the direction of the talk, - "what queer mixtures there are in a whaler's crew sometimes. Why I've had lawyers and doctors and any number of young men with a degree of some kind. And once I shipped a fel low that turned out to be a preacher, and I wish I could get him again, for we got eight whales that sesson. I be lieve he was a mascot. One poor fclljw who went overboard in agkle, had in his trunk a physician's diploma, and any numberot letters with high recommend ations, but I guess Le bad gone wrong time how, and wanted to get out of the way for a while. lie succeeded better thsn he intended. I guess they won't think ot looking for him at the bottom of the Aictic. "We get lot of men for a season's cruise that way. If a fellows wants to hide himself for a while I don't know ol any place he could do it better than on board a whaler. Nobody would think of looking for such a man in this busi ness, and then they couldu't look much if they wanted to. That kind of a sea man never makes you any trouble. It's the shiftless fellow you pick up here on the wharf that you've got to handle pretty roughly before he learns how to keep a decent tongue in bis head." "On one of ray cruises I had a big, black West Indian in tbe crew," said the first speaker. "One day for some reaaou he jumped overboard. The sea was a little rough and it was quite a white be fore we got the boats lowered, and we lost sight cf blm. But we pulled back a little way aud I soon saw him, swim ming with all his might, but in the op posite direction from the boat. I yelled to hiiu, and when he saw he was discov ered he mado no further effort to get away. And whore he wasgolnj is more than I know, for it all happened in mid ocean. We hauled him into tbe boat, and made for the ship. It was four months before we made port and yet in all that time, Sandy, for that was his name, never spoke a word. No one on board could get a sound from him. Some times he would lie down on the deck and seem to be asleep and some of tho crew would slip up aud stick bim with a pin. At fisst he would twitch a little and then would not move at all. We made a bed for him do-.ru below and kept him away from a knife or other weapon. You could tell bim 13 take tbe wheel and he would steer right eoough, but if you asked him what course the ship was making he was silent as the grave. And when we made the first port he went ashore and I never saw bim again. But some of the crew said he regained his tongue on land and thought he had been 'playing' us all the time. But it was a strange case." San Fran cisco Kxamlner. Only 2.'itilJ sea otter skins were imported to Kuglaud by the Alaska Commercial Compauy and other traders iu lSai. Thep were sold at an average THB OLD BACK STAIR. Of all th. sport of childhood, I know of none o rare As sliding down the banisters Of th. old back stair. I rwfnetnber wH th. circuit. And th. fun it wed to bring. While watching fexrlnm rider. A-dashing 'roun 1 the ring. But this jolly old attraction Could never near compart With sliding down the banister Of tbe old back stair; Then t recollect the barn loft. Chocked full of clover hay; Mother used to send us there To paM a rainy day. But I often .tola away from that And while mother wasn't there, B. sliding down th. baaistws it the oW bvk stair. I have grown into manhood now. And often wander home Th. old folks always welcome me- They're glad to have me come; But whil. they're not looking I'm tempted, I declare To slid, down th. banisters Of the old back statr. C. E. Edwards, In Kansas City JouruaL HUX0R OF THE DAY. A bouncing baby Tbe rubber doll. ' Fair and square Tbe angular blonde girl. Settled out of court The confirmed bachelor. Gossip will very soon die without proper ventilation. Fighting tooth and nail The dentist and the chiropodist. The barbed wire fence is tbe thing that can give you points. A bird that can't sing and will sing ought to be made into a pot-pie. When a bad example is set it is apt to hatch mischief. Kate Field's Washing ton. Many a man has made a goose of himself with a single quill. Texas Sitt ings. Sleep is not the period of conscious ness; it is only the coma, so to apeak. Boston Courier. It takes years for a wise man to ma ture, but a fool can get ripe in a minute. Washington Star. The diamond that poets praise, Though still a favored jewel, Will be outranked era many day, By carbon used as fuel. Washington Star. This would be a much happier world if we couldn't borrow trouble without collateral security. Puck. "A little learning is a dangerous thing," as the poor skater remarked as he picked himself up. Puck. "This is a first-class sugar loaf," said the candy merchant as he retired from business. Washington Star. When some people get on the roll ot honor they must roll it up and take it oS with them. Galveston News. - The height ot impudeuce Taking" shelter in an umbrella shop till the shower is over. Le Monde Comique It has been demonstrate 1 oft A man ne'er reaches fame. Until tb. world familiarly Make, use of his first name. Washington Star. Photographer "Now, madame, a pleasant expression, please-" Son-in-law (in tbe back ground) "Whew I I must not miss that!" Fliogeuda Blaetter. 'I am not afraid to say what I think," exclaimed Ililadd. "I always express my views." "They are too heavy to go by mail, I suppose," replied Larimer She "Dudes haven't more than half sense." Mr. Sappy "Aw, Miss Mawy, are there no exceptions!" "O, yes, Mr. Sappy; some haven't any." Brooklyn Life. "Poor Mr. Mills is so sympathetic, I think." Dolly "What did he do!" "To-day he sat with his eyes closed on tbe car rathsr than see the ladies stand up." Chicago Inter-Ocean. "What have you got all those pictures out on tbe window sill for!" asked a friend of an amateur photographer. "I am simply airing my views," was the re sponse. Yonkers Statesman. Oh, novelist, a littl. light VV. humbly beg of you. Why are th. clocks of which you write Ail mode of ormolu? Washington Star. "Hello, Diowiddiel" exclaimed Shin giss, when the two met on Fifth avenue, "I haven't seen you in an age. What do you do for a living now) ' "I breathe," replied Dinwiddie, languidly. Pitts burg Chronicle. Neighbor's Boy (looking through the fence) "My father's a heap bigger man than your'n I" New Boy (with cold dis dain) "Size ain't no-thin' 1 When my father coughs you can hear him half a mile I" Chicago Tribuue. Elderly Maiden (out rowing with a possible suitor and a little sister who is frightened by the waves) "The.idora I If you are so nervous now, whut will you be at my age!" Little Sister (meekly) "Thirty-seveo, suppose." Tid-Bila. Stranger "I notico you called your friend Professor. Is he really a pro fessor!" Boweryite "I should say so. Why, dat feller swollen a sword eihteeu inches, stands ou his cur and eats glass out of a churu. Professor! Well, I should just smile." New York Herald pi ice ol to5 apiece i fclwv
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