THE FOREST REPUBLICAN 1l bltae nmj Wdiet4j, kf E. WENK. Offioela Bmrbnh ft Co.'suildlng u rnuurr, tionvta, r. Trm, ... HJtptrTur. RATXS OF ADVKRTISINCW ' On Bqaar, on. look, ant Imnrttoa. .( 0V On Square, on Inch, on montn, . , 1 00 On Bqaare, one Inch, three month. , 00 On8qar, one Inch, cm year... ., It 00 Two Hquiir, one ymr ........ 109 Quarter Column, on yT... WOO Half Column, on yar 80 W On. Column, on. yaar. . 100 LCI drartuwmtfiai tea eat p Hm aeh iaMrtiaa. Marti and ilMtb boMom fnttl. All bill. for yearly advertisement urf1t I quarterly. Temporary advertomnmt an be paid in advanoa, Job work sah on delivery.' - Forest Republican. nkKrtptlnt relTa rr akrtr rtol Onntopondtne Mllclte fria tf mart. f the Country. N. n.Uc wUl k Uk tfuniwui VOL. XXVI. NO. 7. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1893. 1.50 PER ANNUM. P.hodu Island legislators get olio dol lar n dny. Forest tiros in this country destroy every year $12,000,000 worth of tim ber, i A statistician, noted by tlio Boston Transcript, finds tlmt tlio denth rate is lower among clergymen than among any other class of workers. Notwithstanding modern improve ments, tho Yankoo Blado nvors, that it costs moro per 1000 feet to manu facture lumber to-day than it did forty your ago. At n met t ing of the largest exporters of Mediterranean fruits, recently held ut Pnlcru.it, It.dy, it was unanimously decided not to ship fruits this season on steamers carrying immigrants. There are est imated to bo at present 40,000 elk, 1500 deer, 300 buffalo, 1000 black-tailed deer, 800 mountain sheep and plenty of bear, beaver and other varieties of animals in Yollow-stono Turk. Once A Week is of opinion that "tho problem of what a man possessed of plenty of money not earned by himself shall do for a worthy and honorable occupation, is certainly Jiot yet worked out in this country." Iu the course of atrial to determine tho ownership of ahushcl of oysters, a Capo May (X. J.) oysterman testified that ho could identify hiB own oysters wherever ho found them. Tho jury didn't agree with him, but ha says he will oppe:d tho case. When a settler in tho Northwest Territory wants to go baeH to Outar to bo married, tho Canadian Paeiflo Railway sells him a matrimonial ticket -at the usual rate ; and, on presenting the return coupon and a marriage cer tificate, he is eutitled to free transport for his bride. "Austria's desire for peaco amounts to a passion so iutense," observes tho Detroit Freo Pres.", "that she requires twenty-two new batteries of artillery and moro men iu her regiments in or der to keep up her friendly relations with all the Kuropcan powers. The armed Nations of tho East uro bound to have peace, cost what it may iu the way of men and arms." Justice Field, of tho United States Supremo Court, has denied tho appeal of tho State of Virginia for a readjust ment of the boundary betweeu that State and Tennesson. Tho disputed territory is u strip from two to eight miles wide from, tlio North Carolina line, a duo. west course in latitude 30.30 north to tho Kentucky line. Tho court held that tho present lino had been recognized as tho true boundary for over eighty-live years. A compendium of consulur reports on tho couditiou of European roads has just been issued by tho State Depart ment nt Washington. Two features of this report should be of especial in terest to American farmers. In tho first place, tho highways of France, Germany, England, Holland and Belgium are far superior to those of tho United States. A fair sample of the statements ou this point is that of ouo of tho cousuls in France. Ho says: "The wagon roads of France, always passable aud reaching all centres of population, no matter how small, are the chief competitors of tho rail ways, as means of communication by water are not numerous." Tho other point which ought to interest American farmers, adds the Chicago Herald, is tho effect which these splendid roads havo had on tho price of laud and on the prosperity of the small landowners. Tho New York Post states that "Biblical students tlio world over will take great interest iu tho reported dis covery by Professor Harris, in the Convent of Mount Sinai, of a complete Syrian text of tho Four Gospels. It was from tho ignorant and secretive monks of Sinai that Tisehendarff finally obtained his famous Codex Siuaiticiis forty years ago, and Professor Hurris's find is even moro precious, if tho report is correct, since this Syrian version doubtless antedates any extant New Testament manuscript iu Greek. It promises to be of the highest im portance to Biblical seholurs in the light which it will shod upon that question which critics uro now so earnestly debating tho evolution of the text of tho New Testament as we now hare it. Professor Harris has already gone fur towards fulfilling his own prophecy, made in his recent edi tion of the new-found apocryphal Gospel of St. Peter, that the next generation would see more important discoveries in Christian antiquities than the pust four centuries tmt tufcjeUwr." Tho most beautiful bank notes issued are those of Franco and Germany. They aro very difficult of imitation. Between London and Paris tho long distanco telephone lines have almost supplanted the telegrapli, so much more expeditious are they. i It financial disasters bo a tost nf ac tual condition, the boasted prosperity of Australia seems, to the Now York Commercial Advertiser, to bo about to come to an end in the crash of banks. A New York Judgo has decided that the practice of boyootting is not il legal, but he seems to tho San Fran cisco Chronicle to have based his deci sion upon tho fact that both employer and employed had mutually engaged iu tho business of harassing each other. According to tho New York Inde pendent ono of tho greatest literary undertakings of luto years in America is tho reprint in a somewhat revised slmpo of Walch's edition of Luther's works. This is being done by the book concern of tho Lutheran Synod of Missouri and other States. Twelve volumes in largo quoto havo already appeared. A Kentiickian who entered tho august presenco of tho United States Supremo Court recently bays there wero but two lawyers within the bar, ono of them making A prosy speech and tho other working mightily like a man who was expecting to answer his opponent. "There was an air of solemn dullness about the gravo jurists which seemingly was an appropriate atmos phere for tho enshrouding of brooding Buddlms." A reform movement seems to" bo sweeping over our Southern noighlior Mexico, notes the Independent. States havo passed laws abolishing bull fighting, and it is expected that tho National Congress will complete tho work by a general prohibitory bill. This is a very gratifying indication of tho working of good influences in our sister llepublio. Mexico without bull fights and without revolutions is Mex ico under the control of tho new civ ilization. . Tho Railway Suspension Bridge at Niagara, the first of its kiud iu this country, aud for many years regarded as a wonder second only to tho great cataract, has outlived its capacity, de clares tho New York Mail and Express, and probably will soon bo replaced by another and greater structure. This old bridge was the first of tho marvel ous triumphs of our engineers, who have now progressed far beyond it, aud who have come to regard it as a very ordinary affair. Captain Molard, a professor at St Cyr, Franc's West Point, who ought to bo good authority, has made a care ful calculation of tho force of soldiers now under call iu Europe. He puts France at the head, with 2,500,000; next, Bussia with 2,451,000 ; close upon her, Germany with 2,4l7,0lK); then, after a long interval, Italy, with 1,514, 000; while fifth among tho armies comes that of Austria-Hungary, with 1,050,000. A great drop brings us to Turkey, with 700,000; to England, with 342,000; and to Spain, with 300, 000. The lesser powers put together can muster 1,289,000, so that tho ag gregate would be 12,56:1,000. It is a tremendous aggregate for Europe to maintain, comments tho New York Sun. However, only a small part of these forces aro constantly with the Colors, forming what we should call the regular or standing army, They iucludu tho reserves of various grades, and perhaps only a fourth or a fifth of the whole body are always underarms. These figures, nevertheless, as wo un derstand the matter, shows us the number on the rolls or in the calcula tions for possible use in time of war, and for which provision is mado of some sort in the military budgets. But Captain Molurd expects these num bers to bo far outdone seven years hence. From various calculations and surmises he concludes that in the year 1000 Germauy will havo 5,000,000 sol diers; France, 4,350,000; Bussia, 4, 000,000; Italy, 2,236,000; Austria Hungary, 1,900,000; Turkey, 1,150, 000; Spain, 800,000; England, 602, 000, aud the smaller powers 2,832,000. Here would be A prodigious aggregate of 22,420,000. This calculation for the year 1900 supposes, therefore, an ad dition of nearly 10,000,000 to tho crushing military establishments of to day. It is not beyond the domain of a reasonable possibility that before the Twentieth Century arrives the huge military fabric of Europe will tumble of its own weight, aud tlmt, under a general plan nf disarmament, the armies of that period, instead of being nearly double those of 1S'J3, may uyt ba more Um Wf m tpwU LOVE'S FIRST KISS Sweetheart, twos but a while ago it senroe seems yesterday, Though now my looks nre whlto as snow and all your curls are gray NVhon, walking In the twilight haze, nre stars had smiled above, I whispered soft : "I love you," and yon kissed me for that love I The first kiss, dear I and then your linnd your little band so sweet, And whiter than the whlto, white sand that twinkled 'nenth your feet '.aid tenderly within my own 1 Have queens suoh lovely hands? No wonder that the whip-poor-wills made sweet the autumn lands ! It seemed to me that my poor heart would beat to death and break, While all the world, sweetheart ! sweethoart 1 seemed singing for your sake ; And every rose that barred the way In glad and dying grace, Forgot its -faded summer day and, leaning, kissed your face ! I envied all the roses then, and all the rosy ways That blossomed for your sake aro still my life's bright yesterdays ; But thinking of that first sweet kiss and that first clasp of bands, Life's whip-poor-wills sing sweeter now though all tho winter lands ! Frank L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution. AN UNPUNISHED CRIME, EX LUCIA BURTON MORHB. E BOY, you were well warned of this in ample timo to prevent its occur rence. A year ago, when you left col lege, I settled all your debts, in creased your allow ance, gave you a good start in your chosen profession, and told you decidedly then, or tried to impress upon you, that all further expenditures must come within the limit of your personal income. Your opportunities for making that income a large amount were better than most young men start out with, and if it has failed to meet your expenses you must settle the matter in the best way that you can. Tho affair is yours alone." The Hon. Amos Leonard turned again to his paiiers, as though to dis miss the matter, while his son, whose affairs had been returned to himself with so much decision, crossed the room and stood looking out of the win dow, whistling softly as he jingled the coins in his pockets. He had not expected this rebuff. Never before had his indulgent father refused to help him out in whatever difficulties wero brought to him for consideration. It may have been in ono sense the fault of this parent that his only son had grown to manhood with a disre gard for dollars, which led his gen erons, happy-go-lucky nature into wild and reckless extravagance. Leroy Leonard had been a very lit tie boy when his mother and older sister died, leaving him alone to his father s care. So it was the most natural thing in the world that, after tho first paralysis of grief had worn away with time, Mr. Amos Leonard centered all his love, and hope and pride in this lonely fel low. Whatever happiness was left in the world for his father was embodied in Le Boy. What wonder is it that the boy grew to a man with the idea that all obstacles would be in some way removed from tho path of tho courted Le Boy Leonard. He had gone through college with every confirmation of this idea aud it was not until he started out iu business, that his father realized the utter lack of discipline or manage ment in his adored son. Then with his usual mixture of indulgence and in consistency, ho gave him a generous start and absolutely withdrew all further aid. It cost the Hon. Amos Leonard more than his son dreamed to hold out in this matter. He would deny himself anything in reason, or out of it, to save this bright natured son of his one extra care or trouble ; and this self-denial for Le Boy's own good was hardest of all because it brought its hardships to hiin as well as to his lather. This idea of discipline had occurred to Mr. Leonard rather late perhaps, but he was determined to undo the wrong of former years, at whatever cott of self-sacrifice. There are many who will criticise hia judgment in this case rightfully, too, perhaps but he wus doing what he thought best. His motive was good, indeed ; it was ouly that he was a man A father, not a mother. Le Boy stood whistling for more than half an hour. Then he took his hat and started toward the door. "I shall dine with you at home to night, father," ho said, pleasantly. "Good-bye, sir." "Good-bye, my son," his father re plied, looking up us Le Boy left the room. Ho looked at the door for some minutes after his son had passed out. "The boy is ull right," he said, half aloud. "It was only a little firmness that ho needed. I havo never been quite firm enough." So he turned and went on writing. Le Boy walked down the avenue to Twenty-third street and stood for a few moments in tho porch of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. His debts were larger than usual, and two of them were what is culled iu a certain circle "debts of houor. " They must be paid to-morrow at the latest, aud his entire income for several months ahead was long ago consumed. His profession was not yet paying divi dends. He hud been three times to his father, and ho reulized now that he meant to refuse all aid. Suddenly, standing there iu the bright winter suiibhiue, Le Hoy Leouur J grew very pale and started slightly. After that ho stared intently at the square opposite for five minutes, find then walked hurriedly off dow n Broad way. "What is this? I havo no note of such a sum. " "It is quite correct, sir. Theamotint Is A large one and tho cheek was pre sented by your son. You must recol lect." Tho cashier of tho down town batik placed in the Hon. Amos Leonard's hands a check for exactly the amount of Le Boy's debts, not a cent more or less. It was signed with the Hon. Amos Leonard's name, in his own peculiar chirography, but not by his hand. Only ho knew that he and one other. "Ah yes! my memory must be fail ing a little, I yes, of course." Mr. Leonard forced a short, harsh laugh. "I recall it now yes, yes perfectly. It is all right, good day, good day, perfectly indeed." A young clerk, with his slim legs twisted among the rounds of a high stool, watched the stotely old man, as he made his way out. When the heavy door swung together, he dipped his pen in the ink again but paused before ho used it, to say with a shrewd, malicious grin : "Guess Beau Bruinmel Le Boy might help him to remember it bet ter." "Go on with your books, sir?" The cashier spoke in a quick, stern voice, which admitted of no retort or disobedience. Silence ensued, except for the scratching of the pens. Mr. Leonard's faltering steps carried him homeward unwittingly and he sank into his deep chair before the library fire, conscious of a desire to think it all over and a corresponding dread of the same. Perhaps it might not be long before ho ceased thinking altogether. He felt that he had grown to be an old, old man in the last fow hours. How brightly tho fire was burning. The great library looked unusually neat and well appointed. He re membered that it had lately been cleaned and renovated. He hoped that Harry kad mislaid none of his books or papers. Ah ! papers ! He must begin to think now about that paper he had seen at the bank. When he had warmed his bloodless hands well, then he would think about it. Since Le Boy had entered upon his professional career, father and son had rarely met during the day, but they bad by mutual, though tacit, agree ment taken up the old habit of dining together almost reguaarly, notwith' standing the demands of society upon the time of each. lo-night, Mr. Leonard reasoned, Le Boy would probably not come home. Or perhaps he was not aware of the fact that the check had been shown to his father. It would be better to wait in that case until ho did know. It would also afford Mr. Leonard more time to think the matter over. He stepped to a window to lower a shade, where the sun blazed in too glaringly in its red setting light. Down tho' avenue he saw Le Boy com ing home. The father stood there watching his son, as he had dono a thousand times before. Le Boy had grown into the habit of expecting him there, and now just as he had always done, ho snatched off his hat and waved it boy ishly over his head. The Hon. Amos Leonord nodded his white head and thon luughed aloud at tho mockery of it. "He does not know yet," he mused. "I shall have more time to think." He was waiting in the library when Le Boy came down stairs dressed for dinner. Ho sat down by his father aud read tho evening papers, until the meal was announced. Then ho arose, and just as he had done ever since he grew to his father's height, offered his strong young urm and led his father to his place ut the head of tho tuble. The evening dinner had always been a happy one to those two old friends when they dined alone together. So it was to-night. There were no guests. Le Boy's bright talk cheered the lonely home and his father joined in it with more than usual vivacity. It was no time to think whilo "tho boy" wus present. After dinner came a game of chess, and that finished, Le Boy got out his guitar and accompanied his rich, sweet baritone in the balluds his father loved to hear. Usually after this, Lo Boy went out some where. Occasionally the Hon. Amos Leonard went with him, but to night neither seemed inclined to leave the luxury of homo. Not until the great hall clock chimed tho hour of midnight did Lo Boy rise and bid good-night to his father iu the old, boyish and unusual, perhaps, but in finitely sweet to the old muu, who had no one else to bid him good-night iu uuy way. After that it was too luto to think. "To-u'orrow," said Amos Leonard to hims.df, "he will know and ho will not cone. " "To-morrow " pased slowly and yet the father had not found time nor mind to think. That dull old grief had come upon him again just us it hud when he was first left with ouly Lie Boy iu the world. Sometimes he seemed to hear the boy's childish pruttle, us he did in the days pant, when it wus meaningless to him, coming through his mist of sorrow. At five o'clock ho rose and stood iu the window again, with the western sun blazing iu his face. Aud there, indeed, came his sou I At Boy up the street. Otf came his hat ugaiu ; bob went th) curly head, and what could his father do but bow and smile us of old? No ono outside should know. When Le Boy should come dvu to dinner he would speak, Dhiner was announced, however, before the young man appeared, so it must again be deferred. If Le Boy know that his father had seen that check ho was either a most remarkable actor or a hardened villain. There was in his manner not the slight est trace of nervousness or fear. If any change Could be discerned it was a slight increase of the respect and tenderness in his manner toward his father, which had withstood all iudul genoe. As they passed into tho library after dinner, Le Boy remained standing at the table when his father was seated. "I am going to the opera to-night with Mrs. Von Crnger's party," he said ; "but before I go I want to say to yon, sir, that I have been thinking things over for the past few days and I begin to realize a little of what yon have done for me. I have never been appreciative nor grateful, I know, and a great deal of it all has been thrown away, but whatever I can do now to make up for it I shall try to do faith fully, and honestly. Good night, sir." And leaning down he put his arms around his father's neck as he had dono years ago and kissed the glow ing, grand old face with new reverence ami solemnity. It was the ouly reference either man every made to this ono dishonesty in Le Boy Leonard's brilliant and honor able career. Elmira (N. Y.) Argosy. Bell Founding. The art of bell founding is undoubt edly of great antiquity. Tho Saxons are known to have used bells in their churches, although probably but small ones, for the Venerable Bede, writing at the end of the Seventh Century, al ludes to them in terms which seem to show that they were not unfamiliar things. The to-vs of the Saxon period have belfries f considerable dimen sions, in most cases ; and at Crow land Abbey, in South Lincolnshire, there was a famous peal of seven bells many years before the Norman Conquest.. The monks at that time, and for long after, were the chief practitioners of the art of bell founding which, in deed, is one of tho many things those well-abused men have handed down to us. Their bells were rarely without inscriptions, often in very bad Latin, containing perhaps some obscure joke, the point of which is quite lost. More often they were of A religious nature, sometimes, we fear, not unmixed with a dash of superstition, as when the bell declares that its sound drives away the demons of the air who caused pestil ence and famine, lightning aud thun derstorms. As a rule, unfortunately, they put no dates on their bells, A de feet which has been in some measure overcome by the researches of many enthusiastic campanologists, but which is likely to keep the early history of bells shrouded in darkness for A long timo to come. Gentleman's Maga zine. The Boys' Festival in Japan. The great event of May, in Japan, is the celebration on the fifth day of the month of the boys' festival. It is called Nobori-no-sekkn, festival of flags, or Shoby-no-sekku, festival of reeds. Before the door of every abode which has been blessed by the birth of boys during the past seven years, rises a tull bamboo pole, from the top of which are flung to the breeze gigantic carp koe made of paper or woven stuffs in brilliant colors, one for every son. This particular fish is chosen for a symbol because it swims stoutly against stream, and even up rapids, leaping cascades to the higher waters. This implies that the boys in like mau uer must be sturdy and indomitable, stemming courageously the stormy currents of life's stream. Flags also are raised before the houses, bearing pictures of the Chinese mythical hero Shoki, as an example of strength and bravery. Weapons, urmor and pic tures of heroes and horses uro chosen for the decoration of tho tokonoma, the slightly raised platform which is the place of houor in every liviug room. The flower held in highest favor for this festival is the iris; but a kiud of eurly chrysanthemum, and a particular variety of bamboo, called moso-chiku, are also used. Bundles of reeds uud mugwort are fastened to the projecting root's of tho houses on this duy. Demorest. A (ienerouH Cat. A member of tho Zoological Society says: "I once hud a cut which always sat up to tho dinner table with me, and had his napkin round his neck and his plate and some fish. Ho used his paw, of course, but ho wus very par ticular and behaved with extraordi nary decorum. When he had finished his lish I sometimes gave him a piece of mine. Ouo day he wus not to be found when the dinner bell rang, so we began without him. Just us tho plates were put round puss cumo rushing upstairs and sprung into his chair, with two mice iu his mouth. Before ho could be stopped he dropped a mouse on his own plate aud then ono ou mine. Ho had di vided his dinner with me, as I hail often divided mine with him." Lou don Answers. Courteous llaudlts of ( hlua. The robbers of China are banded to gether, and form a terrible compact. If a bunk in the city wishes to send a large amount of money to Pekiu, tho banker semis a gift to the chief of tho banditti infesting the territory through which the money is about to pass, tell ing him the time the silver will be sent, uud requesting that it be not disturbed. When such a request is made, ac companied by a handsome present, it is usually honored. These banditti are not the only robbers. Tho Government is engaged iu the same business. Taxes lire very high, aud every time one comes iu contact witli the rulers i couts bumcthilig. Bl'ouklyu Citizen, HUyriNtf THE rOLECAT. NOT FASTIDIOUS, BUT PATS BETTER THAN FARMING. The Kind of Traps t'seil-IIU Favorite Haunt the Cemetery Tho Skins In Great Demand. FROM the 15th of November till the first of March, A good many of the dwellers in the rural districts of Connecticut, and especially in the Connecticut Biver Valley, find profitable employ ment in trapping polecats. The occupation is not a pleasant ono for a person whose sense of smell is toned up to the point of fastidiousness, but it pt.t i far better than farming or any other vocation that offers itself to the back-country dweller. The trapper, about tho middle of November, sets stone traps and baits them with pieces of fresh meat. A chicken's wing, tho "hind-quarter" of a musk rat, or a piece of fresh rabbit is considered A fetching bait. The trap is A heavy flat stone, supported by notched sticks that are held in place by a spindle, upon the end of which the bait is placed. In attempting to take the meat from the spindle the trap is tripped and tho stouo falls on tho animal. Tho most favorablo localities for setting these traps are under the walls around pasture lots and near ledges and old cellars or chimney stacks. Steel traps are sometimes used. They are placed in burrows ; but it is neces sary to carefully conceal them, or the animal will dig around the trap and escape. When deep snow covers the ground, the skunk remains in its burrow and tho trappers are obliged to wait until the ground is bare again before hunt in. the animal. Vhen the polecat is stirring, his favorite stamping ground is easily found, for the soil will be turned up aa if by pigs. The animal roots in the ground for worms and roots of grass and certain shrubs. He is also fond of eggs and chickens, and he makes bad work for the farmer when he manages to get iuto his chicken house. He seems to hold the flesh of the fowl in a lower estimation than its blood. When a skunk finds himself iu a well filled chicken house he proceeds to kill the fowls, and as he does so he drinks their blood, sometimes so gorging him self as to bo unable to get away, and ho falls into tho hands of the person whose property he has destroyed. In the fall skunk hunting is quite a popular sport among the men and boys of the back-country. The hunt usually takes place onthe "yonngo' the moou." Tho participants clothe themselves in raiment for which they caro but little, and, armed with a stout club or jwle, from eight to twelve feet long, they take to the field about nine o'clock iu tho evening. The polecat has an uncanny prefer ence for cemeteries, and, if moving at all, he will bo found burrowing around a graveyard ofteuer thau anywhere else. If there iB a cemetery within a reasonable distance, tho hunter makes it his objective point. When tho game is sighted, tho hun ter, moving us stealthily as possible, advances upon it, and if ho manages to get within striking distance of it with out having been noticed, he stamps on the groudd. Tho animal, ou hearing the sound, immediately faces the enemy. There is a quick blow of the club, carefully aimed, and the polecat's days are ended. It sometimes happens that tho aim of tho hunter is faulty and tho animal is not seriously hurt. Then it is that the man tikes to his heels aud beats an inglorious retreat. From the fatty substance taken from tho animal some people try an oil, which they believe possesses w onderful medicinal properties, aud it is freely used by them in severe cases of croup, inflammation of tho lungs, and rheu matio affections. The true valuo of the animal lies in its pelt, which finds a ready market. Tho pelts are graded iu three classifica tions, viz: .Stripe, half stripe, and black. Iu the majority of skunk pelts there is a white stripe running from tho head to the tail. These are classed as striped skins. When the white stripe extends only half way along the buck it is a "half stripe" skin. A black pelt has but little white in it, and it brings a much higher price than either of the other classifications. Within tho pust few years skunk skins have made a wonderful increase iu valuo. Formerly tho hides went slowly ut ten cents apiece ; but the de mand has grown for them, uud u stripe aud half stripe pelt now brings the trapper from eighty cents to one dol lar ami a black skiu goes ut one dol.ir and a half. The skins are used extensively in tho manufacture of fur garim uts. The monkey skiu capes and muffs that were so popular a year ngo wero largely made of black skunk skins. Large numbers of them are annually exported to Europe, where they are manufac tured into caps aud other articles of wearing apparel. Scientific American. To .Make ( loth Waterproof. Here is a recipe to make ordinary cloth waterproof. In s pail of soft wuter put half a pound of sugar of lead (tho acetuto of lead) and half A pound of alum; stir this ut intervals until it becomes clear, theu pour it off iuto another pail uud put th. garments therein uud let them stand for twenty four hours. Then hang up to dry without wringing. Garments treated thus can be worn iu the w ildest storm of wind and rain without the wearer getting even dump. The rain haters in globules upon the cloth, and cloth that is waterproof is better uud more heulthv than rubber goods. New York World. Pierce City, Iduho, now deserted, hod 20,1)00 juiiabitttUts ilk gold day BONO. OF THE FLOWERS, We are coming, we sre coming O'er the field and o'er the fen, In the forest, In the glen, Where the sunlK-ams dance and gleam. By the brooklet's silvery stream? O'er the hill and down the river, Where the tnrnliling willow shivor, We are coining, we are comity To thy hoart, O, spring, nitaln f We nre coming, we are coming Sonttnring swectwss all the wuyJ Here a tendril, there a spray, Buds uplifted to the sun, Blossoms opening one by one, Whispering of tho dawning golden, Bmnthlng still tho mystery olden We are coming, we are comtng, ltenewiug ltfo from out decay ! Eliza A. HotcUer. HUMOR OF THE DAT. Taken from tho French tho Pan ama pilfering. Jagson says it's always foot up or shut up with tho ledger. Elmira Ga zette. Money talks; but if it speaks tho truth, it must plead guilty to a good many crimes. Boxiug tho compass is not counted as one of the "spars' of a ship. Bos ton Transcript. You can prove almost anything by statistics, except tho truth of the figures. Puck. "This is certainly a hand to month existence," remarked tho dentist. Washington Star. How many things there aro to laugh at in this world to the girl who has pretty teeth and dimples. Texus Sitt ings. Tho time that most men waste in ex plaining their failures would, if prop erly employed, put them on their feet agaiu. Puck. Impressionist "Now, candidly, what do you think I ought to get for it?" Critic "A hiding place." Kate Field's Washington. "How are you getting on with your bicycle riding, Dick?" Dick "I spend most of my time gettiug ou." Chicago Inter-Ocean. It does not follow that a person will become a successful! fisherman just lie cause he has a pull ou tho liucs.1 Bochester Democrat. It is the cynical bachelor who thinks that most marriageable young women have graduated from the school of do sign. Lowell Courier. The long-winded story teller seems to base his claims to reliability on tho fact that ho is never short iu his ac counts. Washington Star. Ouo of the latest arrivals at Jackson Park is an orang-outang from Java, and visitors are cautioned not to mon key with him. Chicago Tribune. "Why are you so sure that Dempsey doesn't know anything about base ball?" "Jupiter, man ! He's been an umpire for years." Chicago Inter Ocean. No machine ever in vented will begin to stand tho wear and tear and abuse that the human stomach will, and still keep working ou. Dausvillo (X. Y.) Breeze. 'I ain't, much at the piiinny," said the coal yard employe us he adjusted tho weight of a loud of coal, "but I'm great at runnin' the scales. " Washing ton Star. "And is the air healthy here?" asked a visitor ut a mountain resort. "Ex cellent, sir, excellent. One can be come a centenarian here ill a little while." Tid Bits. "I tell you, there's nothing like cool ness iu the presence of danger," said Juggins. "No," replied Juggins ; that's what keeps people from being fciiu struek." Washington Star. "You don't seem to know me," said tho ward worker to the "boss," as ho unrolled his petition. "Your face is very familiar," said tho "boss," "but I cau't place yon." Philadelphia Press. Mary had a little laruli. Sim gave her litMtt a tiivi An I snt it liut'k Imvmiis i she la 'ke.l 'i'liti mint to make tta s;iu ,. Wushiienou Slur. "What nre you reading?"' said ono clerk iu a broker's office to another. "A work on tin: theory of money." "That's Uo good. What w e want is tho practice of money." Washington Star. Cholly "Do you ever have luoim nts when you feel like doing something absurd?" Myrtylla "Yes, indeed. Why, when you proposed to me lie-t I felt for a moment like accepting you." New York Herald. "You should see Mrs. llunkius and her daughter in their new onKcs," said the marksman's wife. '"They aro sights." "I've seen them," replied tho opt ii'ians's wife. "I never saw such qc etudes. " Washington SI ir. "There is uot much similarity be tween our wnysof eiiruiiiga livelihood," said the dentist to the paint manufac turer. "No," admitted the manufac turer, "there is not. 1 grind colors, while you cull grinders." Indianapolis Journal. The Coroner ill Boston is said to bo awaiting the suicide of h poet in that city who wrote about c'usviiig "tho two tremulous hands" of hi-- 1 uh love, but which the printer made lo r, ad "the two tremendous bauds." New York World. Mrs. Cur per "Yes, my daughter wus crazy to et uiuirie 1 uud the mar ried a li i ii ti who litis full in c r v t hiiig he bus undertaken. " Airs. l!olliose husband has failed for ti million) "Gracious 1 They iiiusi be iiiniii i;t i ly rich." New Y'ork I'rei-s. Manager "Say, Doctor! I M-ut my leading man mound to on to-day. He's complaining of rlupoi and till that. What's the matt, r Willi him'.'" Doctor "His liver refuses to act." Manager "1 wish he was as : iimI'Ic, u Li liver." liosteu ColU'Kf,
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