THE FOREST REPUBLICAN J. E. WENK. Offloatn Bmaarbanth Co.'nlIdlD( KJ1 STRalT, TIOWBSTA, r Trm, ... UO prTtr. "Wrtrli, tmlT64 fat k Btartar kotIoO U laraa aistuha. Oorraapondrnta MlleM fro U mm at th. RATfS Of ADVKftTISIMCf ' One Bqnaxa, on Inch, 9nm uilVm..t I W One Kquafe, ona nr ova month. . ,s I W Ona Square, one ineh, tbraemontba. , 00 Ona tfqnare, one Inch, ona year... . , 1M 04 Two Hqnr, one year. . IS 00 Qoarfor Column, one year.. .......... WOO Unit Column, ona yaar 0 00 Una Column, one yaar. . KOI Lfl advartlaantenti tea onta par Mm each uwertioa. lb ORE XT A TvT Marriages and death aoWoa frmtJa. Ail bills tory early adrertlamiann i aauca will m ukaa ( aaaa; VOL. XXVI. NO. 7. TIONESTA, PA.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 7, 1893. anarteriT. temporary aaveriw 1.50 PER ANNUM. fBMIU M paid in aaranoa. Job work naih on delivery; -XL Bhodo Island legislators got olio dol lar a dny. Forest fires iu this country destroy every year 1 2,000,000 worth of tim ber, i A statistician, qnotod by the Boston Transcript, finds that tho dentil rato is lower among clergymen than among any other class of workers. Notwithstanding modern improve ments, the Yunkeo Blade avers, that it costs moro per 1000 foot to manu facture lumber to-day than it did forty years ago. At a meeting of tho largest exporters of Mediterranean fruits, recently held at Fnlermo, It.ily, it was unanimously decided not to ship fruits this season on steamers carrying immigrants. There aro estimated to be at present 40,000 elk, 1500 doer, 300 buffalo, 1000 black-tailed deer, 800 mountain sheep and plenty of bear, beaver and other varieties of animals in Yellowstone Tark. I Onco A Week is of opinion that "the 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 the ownership of abushel of oysters," a Capo May (N. J.) oysternmn testified that ho could identify hiB own oysters wherever ho found them. Tho jury didn't agreo with hiiu, but he says he will appeal tho case. Whou a settler in the Northwest Territory wants to go back to Ontarfe to bo married, the Canadian Paciflo Railway sells him a matrimonial ticket 'at the usual rate; and, on presenting the return coupon and a ninrriage cer tificate, he is entitled to free transport for his bride. ''Austria's desire for poaco amounts to a passion ho intense," observes tho Detroit Free Press, "that she requires twenty-two new batteries of artillery and more men in her regiments in or der to keep up hor friendly relations with all the European powers. The armed Nations of the East aro bound to have peace, cost what it may in the way of men and arms. " Justice Field, of tho United States Supreme Court, has denied tho appeal of tho Stato of Virginia for a readjust ment of the boundary between that State and -Tennesson. The- disputed territory is a strip from two to eight miles wide from, tho North Carolina line, a due. west course in latitude 36.30 north to tho Kentucky lino. The court held that the present line had boon reoognized as tho true boundary for over eighty-five years. A compendium of consular reports on the condition of European roads has just been issued by the State Depart ment nt Washington. Two features of this report should be of especial in terest 'to American farmers. Iu tho first place, the highways of France, Germany, England, Holland and Belgium are far superior to those of tho United States. A fair sample of tho statements on this point is that of one of tho consuls in France. He saye: "The wagon roads of France, always passable and reaching all centres of population, no mutter how small, are the chief competitors of the rail ways, as means of communication by water are not numerous." The other point which ought to interest American farmers, adds tho Chicago Herald, is the effect which these splendid roada have had on the price of hind nnd on the prosperity of the small landowners. . . The New York Post states that "Biblioal students the world over will take great interest in the reported dis covery by Professor Harris, in the Convent of Mount Sinai, of a complete Syrian text of the Four Gospels. It was from the iguoraut and secretive monks of Sinai that Tisehendarff finally obtained his famous Codex Binaitious forty years ago, and Professor Hurris's find is even more precious, if the report is correct, since this Syrian version doubtless antedates any extant New Testament manuscript in Greek. It promises to be of the highest im portance to Biblieiil scholars in the light which it will shud upon that question which critics ure now so earnestly debating the evolution of the text of the New Testament as we now have it. Professor Harris has already goue fur towards fvil tilling 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 iu Christian antiquities than the puot our centuries yut together." Tho most leautiful bank notes issued are those of Franco and Germany, They aro very difficult of imitation. Between London and Paris tho long distance telephone linos havo almost supplanted the telegraph, so much more expeditious are they. It financial disasters bo a test of ac tual condition, the boasted prosperity of Australia seems, to thn New York Commercial Advertiser, to be almnt to come to an end in the crash of banks. A New York Judge has decided that the practice of boycotting ia not il legal, but he seems to the San Fran cisco Chronicle to havs based his deci sion upon the fact that both employer and employed had mutually engaged in tho business of harassing each other. According to the New York Inde pendent one of the greatest literary undertakings of late years in America is the reprint in a somewhat revised shape of Welch's edition of Luther's works. This is being done by the book concern of the Lnthcran Synod of Missouri and other States. Twelve volumes in large quoto have already appeared. A Kentuckian who entered tho august presence of tho United States Supreme Court recently bays there were but two lawyers within tho bar, one of them making a prosy speech and the other working mightily like a man who was expecting to answer hiB optxment. "There was an air of solemn dullness about the grave jurists which seemingly was an appropriate atmos phere for the enshroudiug of brooding Buddhas." A reform movement seems tor be sweeping over our Southern neighbor Mexico, notes the Independent. States have passed laws abolishing bull fighting, and it is expected that tho National Congress will complete the work by a general prohibitory bill. This is a very gratifying indication of the working of good influences in our sister Republic Mexico without bull fights and without revolutions is Mex ico under the control of the new civ ilization. Tho Bailway Suspension Bridge at Niagara, the first of its kind in this country, and for many years regarded as a wonder second only to the great cataract, has outlived its capacity, de clares the New York Mail and Express, and probably will soon bo replaced by another and greater structure. This old bridge was the first of the marvel ous triumphs of our engineers, who have now progressed far beyond it, and who have come to regard it as a very ordinary affair. Captain Molard, a professor at St Cyr, Frane's West Point, who ought to bo good authority, has made a care ful calculation of tho force of soldiers now under call in Europe, He puts France at the head, with 2,500,000; next, Russia with 2,451,000 ; close upon her, Germany with 2,417,000; then, after a long interval, Italy, with 1,814, 000 ; . while fifth among the armies comes that of Austria-Hungary, with 1,050,000. A great drop brings us to Turkey, with 700,000; to England, with 842,000; and to Spain, with 300, 000. The lesser powers put together cau muster 1,289,000, so that the ag gregate would be 12,563,000. It is a tremendous aggregato for Europe to maintain, comments tho New York Sun. However, only a small part of these forces are constantly with the colors, forming what we should call the regular or standiug army, They include the reserves of various grades, and perhaps only a fourth or a fifth of the whole body are always under arms. These figures, nevertheless, as we 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 made of some sort in the military budgets. But Captain Molard expects these num bers to be far outdone seven years hence. From various calculations and surmises he concludes that in the year 1900 Germany will have 5,000,000 sol diers; France, 4,350,000; Russia, 4, 000,000; Italy, 2,236,000; Austria Hungary, 1,900,000; Turkey, 1,150,. 000; Spain, 800,000; England, C02, 000, and 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 the 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, and that, under a general plan uf disarmament, the armies of that period, instead of being nearly double those of 1893, may uvt be mure Um tndt m gtvt. LOVE'S FIRST KISS Sweetheart, twas but a while ago It tcaro seems yesterday, Though now my locks are white as snow and all your curls are gray When, walking In the twilight hop, er stars had smiled above, I whispered aoft : "I love you," and you kissed me for that love 1 The first kiss, dear 1 and then your linn J your Utile hand so sweet, Kni whiter than the whlto, white sand that twinkled 'neath your feet l.ald tenderly within my own I Have queens suoh lovely hands? No wonder that the whip-poor-wills made sweet tue autumn lands ! It seemed to me that my poor heart would beat to death and break, While all the world, sweetheart I sweetheart ! seemed singing for your sake ; And every rose that barred the way In glad ' and dying grace, Forgot Ha -faded summer day and, leaning, kissed your face 1 I envied all the roses then, and all the rosy ways That blossomed for your sake are still my life's bright yesterdays ; But thinking of that first sweet kiss and that first olasp of hands, Life's whip-poor-wills sing sweeter now though all the winter lands ! Frank L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution. AN UNPUNISHED CRIME., Bt XiUOIA BURTON MORSE. E BOY, you were well warned of this in ample time to pisjvent its occur rence. A year ago, when yon left col lege, I settled all yonr debts, i n -creased your allow ance, gave yon a good start in your chosen profession, and told you decidedly then, or tried to impress upon yon, 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 yonng men start out with, and if it has failed to meet your expenses yon must settle the matter in the best way that you can. The affair is yours alone." Tho Hon. Amos Leonard turned again to his papers, 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 wut 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 were brought to him for consideration. It may have been in one 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 tle boy when his mother and older sister died, leaving him alone to his father s care. So it was the most natural thing in tho world that, after the first paralysis of grief had worn away with time, Mr. Amos Leonard centered nil 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 the path of tho courted lie Boy Leonard. He had gone through college with every confirmation of this idea and it was not until he started out in business, that his father realized the utter lack of discipline or manage tuent in his adored son. Then with his usual mixture of indulgence and in consistency, he gave him a generous start and absolutely withdrew all further aid, It cost the Hon. Amos Leonard moro 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 him as well as to his father. 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 cost of self-sacrifice. There are many who will criticise his judgment in this case rightfully, too, perhaps but he was doing what he thought best. His motive was good, indeed ; it was only that he was a mau 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, he said, pleasantly. "Good-bye, sir." "Good-bye, my son," his father re plied, looking up as Le Boy left the room. He looked at the door for some minutes after his son had passed out. "The boy is all right," he said, half aloud. "It was only a little firmness that he needed. I have never been quite firm enough." So he turned and went on writing. Le Boy walked down the avenue to Iwenty-third street and stood for a few moments in the porch of the Fifth Avenue Hotel His debts were larger than usual, and two of them were what is called in a certain circle "debts of honor." They must be paid to-morrow at the latest, and his entire income for several months ahead was long ago consumed. His profession was not yet paying divi dends. He had been three times to his father, and he realized now that he meant to refuse all aid. Suddenly, standing there iu the bright winter sunshine, Lettuy Leoiiurd J grw very palo and started slightly. After that he stared intently at the square opposite for five minute, nnd then walked hurriedly off down Broad way. "What is this? I have no note of such a sum. " "It is quite correct, sir. The amount Is a large one and the check was pre sented by your son. 1 on must recol lect. " The cashier of tho down town bank 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 he knew that he and ono other. "Ah yes 1 my memory must lie 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 dny, perfectly indeed. " A -young clerk, with his slim legs twisted among the rounds of a high stool, watched the stately old man, as be 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 Bean Brnmmel Le Boy might help him to remember it bet ter." "Go on with yonr 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 few hours. How brightly the 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 had mislaid none of his books or papers. Ah t papers I 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 wonld-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 regiianrly, notwith standing the demands of society upon the time of each. To-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 he did know. It would also afford Mr. Leonard more time to think the matter over. Ho stepped to a window to lower a shade, where the snn blazed in too glaringly in its red setting light. Down the avenue he saw Le Boy com ing home. The father stood thore watching his son, as he had done 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 Leonard nodded his white head and thou laughed aloud at the mockery of if "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. He sat down by his father and read tho evening papers until the meal was announced. Then ho arose, and just as he had done ever sinoe ho grew to his father's height, offered his strong young arm and led his futher to his place at the head of the 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 while "tho boy" was present. After dinner came a game of chess, and that finished, Le Boy got out his guitar and accompauied his rich, sweet baritone in the ballads his father loved to hear. Usually after this, Le Boy went out some where. Occasionally the Hon. Amos Leonard went with him, but to night neither seemed inclined to leave the luxury of home. Not until the great hall clock chimed the hour of midnight did 1x3 Boy rise and bid good-night to his father iu the old, boyish and unusual, perhaps, bnt iu finitely sweet to the old man, who had no one else to bid him good-night in any way. After that it was too lute to think. "To-u-orrow," said Amos Leonard to hiuie.-lf, "he will know and he will not "To-morrow" posed slowly and yet the father bad not found time nor mind to think. That dull old grief had come upon him again just as it had when he was first left with only Le Boy in the world. Sometimes he seemed to hear the boy's childish prattle, as he did in the days past, when it was meaningless to hiiu, coming through his mist of sorrow. At five o'clock he rose and stood in the window again, with the western sun blazing iu his face. And there, indeed, came his son Le Boy up the street. Off came his hat aguiu ; bob went tho curly head, and what could his father do but bow and smile as of old? No one outside should know. When Le Boy should eonie dowu to dinner he Vfould speak. Dfnner was announced, however, before the yonng man appeared, so it must again be deferred. If Le Boy knew that his father had seen that oheck he 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 indul gence. As thev passed into the 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. Van 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 done years ago and kissed the glow ing, grand old face with new reverence and solemnity. It was the only reference either man every made to this ono dishonesty in Le Boy Leonard s brilliant and honor able career. Elmira (X. Y.) Argosy. Bell Founding. The art of bell founding is undoubt edly of groat antiqnity. The Saxons are known to have used bells in their churches, although probably but small ones, for the Venerable Bode, writing at the end of the Seventh Century, al ludes to them in terms which seem to show that they were not nnfamiliar things. The- to-vjs of the Saxon period have belfries)' f considerable dimen sions, in mosf cases ; and at Crowland Abbey, in South Lincolnshire, there was a famous peal of seven bells many years before the Norman Conqnest. 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 the many things those well-abused men have handed down to us. Their bells were rarely withont 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 nnmixed 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 and 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 time to come. Gentleman's Maga zine. Tho 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-sekku, 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 tall bamboo pole, from the top of which are flung to the breeze gigantic carp koe made of paper or woven stuffs in brilliant colors, ono 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 man ner 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, armor and pic tures of heroes and horses aro chosen for the decoration of the tokonoma, the slightly raised platform which is the place of honor iu every living room. The flower held in highest favor for this festival is the iris; but a kind of early chrysanthemum, and a particular variety of bamboo, called inoso-chikn, are also used. Bundles of reeds and mugwort are fastened to the projecting roofs of the houses on this day. Dcmorest. A Generous Cat. . A member of the Zoological Society says: "I once had a cat which always sat up to the dinner table with me, and had his napkin round his neck and his plate and some fish. He used his paw, of course, but he was very par ticular and behaved with extraordi nary decorum. When he hail finished his fish I sometimes gave him a piece of uiiue. Oue day he was not to be found when the dinner bell rang, so we began without him. Just as the plates were put round puss came rushing upstairs and sprang into his chair, with two mice iu his mouth. Before he could be stopped he dropped a mouse ou his own plate aud then one on mine. Ho had di vided his dinner with me, as I had often divided mine with him." Lou don Answers. Courteous Bandits of China. The robliers of China are banded to gether, and form a terrible compact. If a bank iu the city wishes to send a large amount of money to Pekin, the bunker sends a gift to the chief of the banditti infesting the territory through which the money is about to pass, tell ing him the time the silver will be sent, anil 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. The Government is engaged iu the samo business. Taxes ure very high, aud every time one comes iu contact with tho rulers it cotts something, Brooklyn Citizen, IIUiNTIMJ THE rOLECAT. NOT FASTIDIOUS, BUT PATS BETTEH THAN FARMING. The Rind of Traps Vsed-IIls Favorite Haunt the Cemetery The Skins In Great Demand. FROM the 15th of November till the first of March, good many of the dwellers in the rural districts of Connecticut, and especially in the Connecticut River Valley, find profitable employ ment in trapping polecats. The occupation is not a pleasant one for a peton whose sense of smell is toned np to the point of fastidiousness, bnt it pi.fi far better than farming or any other vocation that offers itself to the back-country dweller. The trapper, about the middle of November, set stone traps and baits them with pieces of fresh meat. A chicken's wing, the "hind-quarter" of a musk rat, or 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, npon the end of which the bait is placed. In attempting to take the meat from the spindle the trap is tripped and the stoue falls on the animal. The most favorable localities for setting these traps are nnder the walls aronnd pasture lots and near ledges and old oellnrs or chimney stacks. Steel traps are sometimes used. They are placed in burrows ; bnt 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 iix the animal. When the polecat is stirring, his favorite stamping ground is easily found, for the soil will be turned np as 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 into his chicken honse. He seems to hold the flesh of the fowl in a lower estimation than its blood. When a skunk finds himself in a well filled chicken house he proceeds to kill the fowls, and as he docs so he drinks their blood, sometimes so gorging him self as to bo unable to get away, and he falls into the hands of the person whose property he has destroyed. In the fall Bkunk hunting is quite a popular sport among the men and boys of the back-conntry. The hunt usually takes place on the "yonng o' the moon." The participants clothe themselves in raiment for which they care but little, and, armed with a stout club or pole, from eight to twelve feet long, they take to tho field about niue o'clock in the evening. The polecat has an uncanny prefer ence for cemeteries, and, if moving at all, he will bo found burrowing around a graveyard ofteuer thou anywhere else. If there is a cemetery within a reasonable distance, the hunter makes it his objective point. WUien the game is sighted, tho hun ter, moving as stealthily as possible, advances upon it, and if he manages to get within striking distance of it with ont having been noticed, he stamps on the groudd. Tho animal, on 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 someti mes happens that the aim of the hunter is faulty and the animal is not seriously hurt. Then it is that tho man takes to his heels and beats an inglorious retreat. From the fatty substance t aken from the animal some people try an oil, which they believe possesses wonderful medicinal properties, and it is freely used by them in severo cases of croup, inflammation of the lungs, and rheu matic affections. The true value of the animal lies in its pelt, whieh finds a ready market. The pelts are graded in three classifica tions, viz: .Stripe, half stripe, aud black. In the majority of skunk pelts there is a white stripe running from the head to the tail. These are classed as striped skins. When the white stripe extends only half way along the back 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 the past few years skunk skins have made a wonderful increase iu value. Formerly the hides went slowly at ten cents apiece ; but the do mand has grown for them, aud a stripe and half stripe pelt now brings the trapper from eighty cents to one dol lar and a black skiu goes at one dol. ue and a half. The skins are used extensively iu the manufacture of fur garun nt. The monkey skiu cupes and muffs that were so popular a year ago were 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 Cloth Waterproof. Here is a recipe to make ordinary cloth waterproof. Iu a pail of soft water put half a pound of siiK'ar of lead (the acetute of lead) and half a pound of alum ; stir this at intervals until it becomes clear, theu pour it off into another pail aud put th.) garments therein aud let them stand for twenty four hours. Then hung up to dry without wringing. Garments treated thus cau bo woru iu the wildest storm of wind and rain without the wearer getting even damp. The lain hau;rs in globules upon the cloth, and cloth that is waterproof is better und more healthy thau rubber goods. New York World. Pierce City, Idaho, now deserted, Ld ihlutbitauU iu gold days. IONO. OF THE FLOWERS. We are coming, we are coming O'er the field and o'er the tea, In the forxet, In the glen, Where the sunbeams danou and gleam By the brooklet's silvery stmnm7 O'er the hill and down the riw, Whore the trembling willows shiver, We are coming, we are coming To thy heart, O, spring, sijnln I We nro coming, we are coming Scattering sweetness all the way I Here a tendril, there a spray, Buds uplifted to the snn, Blossoms opening one by one, Whispering of the dawning golden, Breathing still the mystery olden We sre coming, we are comlug, Renewing life from out decay ! Eliza A. Hotcher. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Taken from tho French the Pan ama pilferings. Jagson says it's always foot up or shut np with the lodger. Elmira Ga zette. Money talks; but if it speaks the truth, it must plead guilty to a good many crimes. Boxing the compass is not counted as one of the "spars" of a ship. Bos ton Transcript. You can prove almost anything by statistics, except the truth of the figures. Puck. "This is certainly a hand to month existence," remarked the dentist. Washington Star. How many things thero aro to laugh at in this world to the girl who has pretty teeth and dimples. Texas Sitt ings. The time that most men waste in ex plaining their failures would, if prop erly employed, put them on their feet again. 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 getting on." Chicago Inter-Ocean. It does not follow that a person will become a successful! fisherman just be cause he has a pull on tho lines.1 Bochcster Democrat. It is the cynical bachelor who thinks that most marriageable young women have graduated from the school of de sign. Lowell Courier. The long-winded story teller seems to base his claims to reliability on the fact that he is never short iu his ac counts. Washington Star. One of tho latest arrivals at Jackson Park is an orang-outang from Java, aud visitors are cautioned not to mon key with him. Chicago Tribune. "Why are you bo 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 the wear and tear and abuse that the human stomach will, und still keep working on. Dansville (N. Y.) Breeze. "I ain't much at the pianny," said the coal yard employe as ho adjusted the weight of a load of coal, "but I'm great at ruuniu' the scales." Washing ton Star. "And is tho nir healthy here?" asked a visitor ut a mountain resort. "Ex cellent, sir, excellent. Ono cnu be come a centenarian here iu a little while." Tid Bits. "I tell yon, there's nothing like cold ness iu tho presence of danger," said Juggins. "Xo," replied Juggins ; that's what keeps people from being sun struck." 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 familiur," said the "lams," "but I can't place yon. " Philadelphia Press. Mary had a little lamb. Hhe gave her head a tos.4 Anl sent it iMU-k lietius i ulin huke.l The mint to make the sua e. Wasliiustoii Klar. "What Mre you reading?" said ono clerk iu a broker's ofliee to another. "A work ou tlnj theory of money." "That's no good. What we want is the practice of money." Washington Star. Cholly "Do you ever have moments when you feel like doing something absurd?" Myrtylla "Yes, indeed. Why, when you proposed to me lust I felt for a moment like accepting you." New York Herald. "You should see Mrs. Buukins nnd her daughter in their new tinsses," said the marksman's wife. "They lire sights." "I've seen them," replied the optieiaus's wife. "1 never saw such ipootiu-les. " Washington Sl-ir. "There is not much similarity be tweeli our waysof earning a livelihood," said the dentist to tho paint msuufac turer. "No," admitted the manufac turer, "thero is not. I grind colors, while you cull grinders." Indianapolis Journal. The Coroner iu Boston is said to 1) awaiting the suicide of a poet iu that city who wrote about clasping "tho two tremulous hands" of his lidy love, but which the printer made to rtud "tho two trciuoudous huuds. " New York World. Mrs. Carper "Yes, uiy daughter was crazy to get niniru J und t he mar ried a muu w ho has fail' iu c ry thing he bus undertaken. " ns. ltov (whose husbuud bus failed for a million) "Gracious! They must be iuinitutily rich," New York Press. Manager '"Say, Doctor! I cent my leading mau around to you to-day. He's complaining of Mupor and all that. hut's the matter with linn'.''' Doctor "His liver lefuscs to ait." Manuger "1 wish he was ns . I ilo as his liver." Boston Cyuiur, t
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