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VOL. XXVI. NO. 14. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1893.
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RE
JMexieo took over 0,000,000 bushels
of corn from this country lust year.
In Atlnnln, On., in January, 1873,
cotton brought twenty-one cents a
pound. To-ilny it in about sewn
cents.
The Minister of Public Instruction
in Frnnco linn decided to establish 1000
more experiment fields in addition to
t ho 000 that now exist iu connection
with the primary schools.
Governor 1'nttiHon, of Pennsylvania,
has vetoed the compulsory educational
bill panned by the Legislature on the
ground that "free attendance upon
free hoIiooIh secnisto inont benefit a free
uo ilu. "
Tlio Turks who are on exhibition at
the World's Fuir do not have a surfeit
of the luxurious ease of which their
Nation is proverbially fond. They are
employed most of the timo in carrying
people about in palanquins, and some
times the burden proves onerous. One
. vhn with a companion was thus trans
porting a corpulent woman was heard
to murmur : "Accursed am I, and I
kick my bones for the day that I first
heard of Columbus."
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, says
that no person can bo brought in close
connection with the mysteries of na
ture, or mako a study of chemistry or
of the law of growth without being
convinced that behind it all there is a
Supremo Intelligence. He says that
he hopes to bo able some time to dem
onstrate tho existence of such Intelli
gence through the operation of these
mysterious laws with the certninty of a
demonstration in mathematics.
A I.owell (Mass.) mau gave a sur
geon now practicing in Great Falls,
N. II., a deed some years ago, dispos
ing of his body for anatomical pur
poses, nt his death, for $10 in hand.
He has sinco been iu South America,
has made a great deal of money, and
is now anxious to have a decent funeral
and interment when he dies, but coun
sel whom he has consnlted, advises him
that tho deed holds good nnless he
buys it from the holder. This he has
tried to do, but tho doctor has refused
large offers.
There are 6552 benefices in England
and Wales affording a less income to
tho incumbents than $1000 a year.
There is great complaint at the poverty
of the clergy. It is almost as grievous
to-day as in Syduey Smith's time, and
the New Orleans Ticayuno suggests
that tho witty and sarcastic jibes of
that reverend satirist on tho policy
that permits such conditions might be
reproduced. If England is to have an
established church she should not give
prinoely incomes to bishops and leave
tho humbler clergy to abject poverty
and misery.
Tho other day a drummer on tho
Chicago and Northwestern Road pre
sented his milago book to tho conduc
tor, and the latter, after asking him a
few question, put tho book into his
pocket, saying, "Will see you later."
After a while tho drummer askod for
his book, and tho conductor rcfusod to
surrender it. Thereupon the drummer
got off at a station and t jlegraphed
ahead for an officer to arrest a thief.
The officer boarded the train and the
drummer pointed out the conductor,
who was arrested in spito of his pro
tests and takeu before a magistrate,
who fined him $7 and costs, and re
turned the book to its owner. As they
were both leaving court the conductor
said, "I'll smash your face for this!"
Thereupon the drummer immediately
had him rearrested and taken before
the same judge, who put him under
bonds to keep the peace at more costs.
That conductor met his match.
During the fishing season of 1892
the United States Fish Commission,
which busies itself solely with the pro
pagation of edible fish in the waters all
over the country, stocking rivers with
species new to the region, distributing
eggs and young fish to the lakes aud
sea coasts, and working in a vast num
ber of ways to the ono end, distributed
a total of 306,580,432 eggs, fry and
yearlings of all kinds of fish. Tho
largest operations were in shad. O
this fish 69,000,000 fry, 1,000,000
yearlings and 8,000,000 eggs were dis
tributed. Cod is tho fish most dis
tributed next to shad, and of whitefish,
lake trout, pike, perch, snlmon, flat
fish and lobster the distribution of
eggs fry aud yearlings were away up
iu the millions of ouch, every Stuto and
Territory getting a share. Tho work
of tho Commission, which is of bo great
importance and substantial value to
the holo people, is done quietly, in a
thorough business way, without parade
of any kind, and the Commission is a
by ik nieaus widely known department
of ta Government.
HAND3 OF LOVE.
Bands thnt woo and win you,
(None thoso hands condemn
Till the heart within you
t Wrings Its way to thorn !
Wrings Its way, and like a dove,
Nasties In those hands of leva'
Llttlo hands too tender
For the thorns of lite
Back of all the splendor
Sheltered from the strife!.
Yet they hold the heavens nhova
Lightly and a mother's love I
Bo, thny woo and win you
In the dark and day
And the heart within you
Flutters beats away,
'Till It nestles like a dove,
Oently, In those hands of lovo I
-F. L. Stanton. In Atlanta Constitution.
tllRISTlSA."
HE was a German
girl who landed in
New Orleans from
an emigrant vessel,
friendless and deso
late. Her mother
had died on the
voyage, and her
brother, Hans Her
kel, who had come
to New Orleans
threo years before,
to make a home for
them, had gone, no one knew where.
The woman with whom he had board
ed, and whose address Christina had,
knew nothing of his whereabouts.
"Ach, Gottl" Frau Werlom ex
claimed. "But Hans said you would
come not for two year."
No, Christina answered, trying to
choke down her sobs. "Bnt the met her
wanted to see him, oh, bo much, and
the got weaker and sicker all tho time.
Then the mother says, 'I must see my
boy before I die,' and tho good neigh
bors, oh, they feel so sorry. They sell'
our things for us, and they givo much
money to pay our way hero. And tho
mother is at the bottom of the sea, and
Hans is gone, and I am alone."
The poor girl burst into a passion of
tears, while Frau Werlein sat much
troubled in mind, between sympathy
for her countrywoman s grief and pru
dential considerations. She was not
an unwind woman, but a long struggle
with poverty had blunted all delicacy
of feeling, and in trouble or not, she
could not afford an unprofitable lodger.
She had found out that Christina was
penniless and friendless, and she must
be made to understand that she, Frau
Werlein, could not give her a home
without some equivalent
"But then, what will yon do?" she
cried. "I am poor, and I ran keep
you not without the money. Hans will
come not back, perhaps, aud how will
you live?"
Christina took her hands from her
eyes and looked up. She had been too
much stunned (y grief and disappoint
ment to have given a thought to her
own situation. But she was practical
and sensible, and it did not take her a
minute to meet the emergency.
"I can cook, I can wash, I can nurse
children, I can embroider, and I muko
One lace. Ach ! I can do many things,
and in this great city there must be
plenty of work. And then when Hans
oomes back. "
"Ah, yes, yes, " Frau Werlein said,
much relieved. "If you cau do all those
things you will not starve. We will go
to-morrow to tho intelligence-office,
and you may get a fine place."
I happened to go to the baiuo office
that day iu search of a nurse, and heard
Frau Werlein's voluble enumeration of
Christina's accomplishments.
I saw a short, stout girl with large
features and pale blue eyes. Her cos
tume, a short blue skirt, velvet jacket
with innumerable silver buttons, long
earrings, silver rings ou her red,
stumpy fingers, only seemed to in
tensify her remarkable ugliness. Bnt
she was clean, strong-limbed and
healthy, and there was a frank, good
humored expression in her pale eyes
that took my fartcy. I thought I
could safely trust baby Ruth to her
care.
Her English was almost unintelli
gle, but thut would improve every
day, eo then and there I made arrange
ments with her, or rather with the
frau, that her protegee was to enter
npon her duties the next day.
"Upoa my word, Helen," my hus
band said to me when the new nurse
arrived, "where did you pick up that
frightful specimen? That girl is as
clumsy as she is ugly. She looks like
the old woman of Bunbary Cross, with
rings on her fingers, and I suspect she
has bells on her toes as well. "
"I never said she was handsome," I
answered. "But I do think, Paul, she
has a good open countenance."
"Open, indeed," he laughed. "Very
opent Nose, mouth, eyes stretched
to their widest. Well, my dear, we
can only hope she will do better than
she looks."
And she did. In her strong capablo
hands the work of the nursery became
a trifle. My children were carefully
dressed and systematically cared for.
But it was on baby Kuth that all the
treasures of her love were poured. It
was pathetio to watch her strain the
child to her bosom, and kiss it, with
little tender German love words on her
lips. She spoke to me often of Hans
but the baby had brought healing to
ber sore heart.
"She do make me to forget," she
aid.
The hot June had prostrated me as
it usually did, and Paul proposed that
I should take the children aud spend
the summer at Last Island. There was
fine surf-bathing, and it was neur
enough to the city for him to run
down for a holiday every fortnight.
The island was little else than a long,
narrow strip of sandy sand extending
into the sea. Looking at the slight
Novation of the land from the water,
M govo mo rather an uneasy feeling,
for tho island was evidently of rocent
formation, and who could say bnt
what it might bo submerged again
during some storm. But Paul laughed
at my fears.
"For fifty years Last Island has held
its own against wind and waves," ho
said. "It isn't likely you're going to
play the Jonah and sink it."
As for Christina, she looked at the
strange country with dread aud sur
prise. "Ach Gott," she cried, "but it is do
wasser all round, and do erf no higher
as dat. When do waves come, what to
do?"
"They have neve come over as yet,"
I answered. Sho shook her head, but
day after day she took her way to tho
beach. Tho scene seemed to have a
fascination for her, but the fascination
of terror, for she was always measur
ing tho height of the tide on the sand.
It became a common thing to hear her
daily report.
"De wasser come two fingers moro
high don yes'day," or "De wasser go
down so far."
"That girl has water on the brain,"
Paul said, impatiently. "If a mighty
'logre' should come and sweep us into
the gulf she wouldn't be a bit sur
prised." Meantime life went on as it usually
docs at thoso seaside resorts, but pleas
ant as it all was I was not sorry when
the 15th of September, tho time de
cided upon for our return to the city,
arrived.
Paul had como for us, but tho fif
teenth was ushered in by such a storm
of wind and rain that the daily steamer
did not arrive. The mainland was not
at a great distance, but in a storm the
sea between it and tho island was ex
tremely rough.
Toward noon the gale increased. 1
noticed that PbijI became restless,
hurrying out to the beach and examin
ing one or two lit t lo fishing skiffs
moored there. One of them he drew
up and fastened near our cottage, say
ing: "I suppose, there is not a bit of dan
ger, but it's well to bo prcpored, you
know. I think," trying to speak in
differently, "I might as well knock to
gether those old shutters lying in the
yard ; make a kind of raft. Not that
there's tho least danger, but it's rain
ing and storming so that I want some
thing to poss away the time."
I watched him with a sinking heart.
Bnt Christina was alert in assisting,
and, in fact, did more than half the
work on tho raft. She seemed sudden
ly to have lost all fear in the presence
of real danger and looked brighter
than I had ever seen tier.
Night came black and starless, but
when supper time arrived, Paul in
sisted upon my going to the dining
room. We were in a small cottage,
about two hundred yards from the main
building, but the wind was so high, it
was with difficulty I traversed the short
distance.
You can imagine that I had little ap
petite for supper that night. I heard
musio in tho ball room, where tho
young people were dancing, as they
did every night, but my ono object
was to got back to my baby, whom 1
had left with Christina. The two elder
children were with us.
Suddenly the utmost fury of the
storm burst upon the island, as we
reached the door.
"My God," cried Paul, "the wind
has gone round to the north 1 Hold
on to me, Helen, lake one of the
children ; I have Mary. "
Our first step, was in water above the
ankles. Another tremendous gust,
and we heard a crash behind us, mixed
with' piercing shrieks, and knew the
hotel was gone. Half fainting, I was
dragged through the water. I knew
not where or how. When I revived, I
was tossing iu a skiff with my husband
and children.
"My baby, where is my baby?" I
cried.
"Von have two children, Helen,"
Paul said in a choking voice. "The
cottage was swept away with the hotel.
If it hadn't been for tho quick flashes
of lightning, I never could have found
the boat, and wo would all have been
drowned. "
"My baby, my babyl" I cried,
wringing my hands.
"Her chances are as good as ours,"
Paul said sadly. "If this boat is
driven out to sea, it won't live an
hour. I think the wind is lulling a
little, though. Oh, if daylight would
only come."
I do not know bow that night
passed ; that horrible night that even
,uow haunts my dreams. By daylight
the storm was over, and we found our
selves in comparatively calm water.
"Look, look, Helen !" Puul cried,
don't you see that stunted orange tree?
Don't you remember it grew on a
mound to the left of tho hotel? We
have been on the island all night."
I looked. With tho exception of
that little green tuft above the waves,
not a vestige remuined of Last Island.
We could see bluek specks on the
water, but whether they were boats or
the debris of buildings, we could not
tell. Later wo were told that out of
over ono hundred people who were on
the day before, not more than twenty
were rescued.
"Steamers and vessels will soon be
coming to our rescue now," said Paul.
"Of course they know what has hap
pened. Here comes a steamer now,
thank God!"
I did not echo his words. I was
numbed by grief and exposure, and
even when we were taken up by tho
steamer, and in the midst of kind, sym
pathizing friends, I sat there unable to
feel grateful, when I thought of my
little drowned baby aud her poor nurse.
I heurd my husband ask one of the of
ficers of tho boat :
"Have many been rescued?"
"The schooner Geni out yondir
picked up several," be answered. "I
saw them take up t, woman and child
a few minutes ago."
I think I was wild when I heard that.
I can just remember entreating tho
captain to take us to t he Gem. It might
be Christina and my baby. And then
for hours I knew nothing distinctly,
until the voice of my faithful nurse
was in my ears, and baby Kuth in my
arms.
"Ach, bnt when do wasser como I
put baby ou de raft, and I hold it
tight, tight all de time, and do wind
blow as never was, and do waves come,
but I hold it tight, tight."
A man with staring eyes came rush
ing up to Christina as she spoke.
"Christina I Christina 1 he cried.
"Moin brudder!" she screamed, ond
then there was a scene I have no space
to relate. I had found my baby, and
Christina had found Hans, who was
employed as second engineer on the
steamer.
Paul's gratitude to Christina took a
substantial form, in the shape of a neat
little cottage just outof the city, where
she has made a pretty home for Hans,
who, through his new friends, secured
a position in a manufacturing estab
lishment. We often see each other,
for the "heavenly sweet boby," whose
life she saved, is the darling of Chris
tina's heart.
I have heard that a hotel has been
rebuilt at Last Island, and that people
go there. But one tragedy satisfied
me of its insecurity. The island has
too recently como up out of the sea not
to he reclaimed by it time and again
until many years have poBsed. Tho
Household.
Russia In the Pamirs.
Close upon the announcement that
Great Britain has lately practically
recognized the Chinese claim to sov
ereignty in the Pamir country, in
Central Asia, comes tho news that Rus
sia has already established a garrison
in the disputed territory, and that she
is preparing to move a largo number of
troops into the region during the com
ing summer.
The Pamir strip is generally recog
nized as being without tho Bussian
sphere of action in Asia, and it is com
monly accepted as certain that neither
China nor the Government of Great
Britain can assent to the occupation of
the territory by Bussian troops.
Threatened raids into tho country have
already been the subject of urgent
protests on the part of Great Britain,
and once already this same subject has
been tho cause of seriously strained re-,
lations between tho two countries.
The claim of the Chinese Government
to sovereignty in the disputed territory
would seem to point to trouble between
China and Bussia should tho report
of the Russian occupation be confirmed,
and as Great Britain has practically
assented to the Chinese claim, and has
herself already protested against the
advance of Russia into the Pamirs, any
trouble that may grow out of the affair
is sure to involve that power.
The news from Central Asia will,
therefore, be watched with interest,
the more particularly as there is a
deep-seated conviction that the next
war is likely to arise from Russian ag
gression in that part of the world.-
New Orleans Picayune.
Chalcedony.
"Here is something new and neat
and sure to be popular," said a dealer
in crockery ware and china to a Mail
and Expressman.
"It is called chalcedony, and is tho
latest product of the kiln."
It was a beautiful piece of waro and
looked as if it was cut from agute.
There were the same pretty veinings,
fractures aud seeming cracks with
gold moulding.
"The manufacturers are turning it
out in all sorts of shapes and for every
kind of use," continued the mau, "and
it is finding considerable favor.
"Here you see is a complete dinner
set from soup to coffee. These whito
and gold pieces are for soup and meat
and then, of course, these plates with
the fish designs aro for tho llsh. The
same idea, you see, is carried out with
the plates for game, all of them being
decorated with birds and things of that
kind, and then hero we have the salad
dish like a cabbago lettuce leuf and
little lettuce leaf plates to match.
"Makes a very dainty set, doesn't
it ! Oh, there are constant novelties
in our business as iu all others and
changes occur continuously. Glass
ware is being decorated now, too, with
garlands and wreaths aud other things,
but it will never crowd out cut glass.
That has a field entirely its own."
New York Mail and Express.
A Quick Reply.
In one of the kindergartens the teacher
was endeavoring to familiarize the
children with the words "cold" and
"hot" at sight without spelling them
by letters. When sho asked them what
they would get if they went out of
doors iu winter without their coats and
pointed at the word, they caught the
cue at once and answered "cold" in
stantly, but "hot" proved a puzzler
for a moment.
"Now, Mary," said the teacher to
the little girl in the end seat, "suppose
that you were standing right close np
in front of a great big fire, just flaming
and flaring aud burning and blazing
away what would you get?"
"I'd get right away from there," re
plied the child in a matter of fact tone
that upset tho instructor for the after
noon. Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette. A lire With Snakes,
The Isles of Shoals, mere rocks
stauding ton miles from New Hamp
shire coast in a cold sea, aro alive
with snakes. Ou a warm day one will
see dozens of them running iu aud out
of the boggy places or sunning them
selves on the bare ridges. They are
nothing to be afraid of, however, for
they are of only one variety the com
mon little green snake, that seldom
grows to a length of two feet,
THE FATAL GOLD MINE.
CHEROKEE INDIANS CAREFULLY
GUARD ITS SECRET.
Only One White Man Ever 8avr It,
and He Patd for the Sight With
His Life.
IT appears from a dispotch which
was sent out from Wichita tho
other day that there is to be
another attempt to locate what
are sometimes characterized as the
fabled gold mines of the Indian Terri
tory. Many people have faith in the
existence of these mines, whilo many
more smile when the subject is
broached, and are inclined to think
that they have no existence outside of
the fertile imaginations of the space
writers. But I belong to the first
mentioned class, and feel that I have
the best reasons for my belief, says a
Pueblo (CoL) correspondent of tho St.
Lonis Globe-Democrat.
Many years ago a white man, whose
name has been long ago forgotten, an
adventurer with more daring than pro
dence, stumbled upon the mine, when
there was not a white settlement within
hundreds of miles. He was not a
miner, but bad found the quartz, filled
with native gold, cropping out of the
ground in a most unexpected location,
and although he was entirely alone
and without facilities for mining, as it
is usually conducted, had taken out
and separated from the quartz within
the courso of a few days more of tho
precious metal than be could carry.
Realizing that he had made a dis
covery that would give hira wealth be
yond the wildest dreams of avarice, ho
determined to retrace his steps to a
settlement, organize a small party and
return, fully equipped for working tho
lead and taking away the gold. Ho
filled his pockets and his hunting
pouch with the virgin metal ond
started for civUizntion, first carefully
noting the landmarks, that he might
have no trouble in guiding his party
to the spot upon his return.
He had got some twenty miles away
from the locality when he was dis
covered by a party of Indians, some
ten or fifteen in number. They took
him in charge and conducted him ito
the presence of one of their principal
chiefs, to whom ho told the story of
bis discovery. The old chief listened
patiently, and, realizing that this was
an important matter, called certain of
the sub-chiefs into council. He made
the first speech to them, and called
their attention to what had first oc
curred to him that if tho gold-hunter
were allowed to return to the haunts
of white men with his precious burden
their country would immediately be
overrun with miners, their hunting
spoiled and their tribe eventuolly
forced to vacate - their accustomed
range.
The Indians were at that time peace
able, and were extremely averse to
taking an action which would precipi
tate troublo with tho whites, who wero
just commencing to plant feeble settle
ments in tho lower Kansas counties,
just north of tho Osage aud Cherokee
Nations.' Yet it was a serious matter,
for it seemed almost impossible to
allow the white man to return to
civilization and spread the news of his
wonderful find, of which every one
else, oven tho Indians themselves, had
been in utter ignorance up to that
time. It meant all manner of evil for
the red men, and tho matter was care
fully discussed pro and con by the
beads of the tribe, the council lasting
far into tho night. The decision was
at last arrived at that it was better
that one life should be taken than that
the peace of tho whole tribe be
destroyed. And so, for none other
than prudential reasons, the council
passed the sentence of death upon the
hapless discoverer of tho mine. Tho
result of the deliberation wus, bow
ever, kept from him ot first, and ho
was induced to guide a small party to
the locality of his find. Three of tho
leading chiefs of the tribe were of the
party, und under their direction all
traces of the lead were covered up, lest
some other white men straying through
tho country in search of pelts might re
discover it. Then the unfortunate
white man was executed on the spot
not by torture, however, but in the
most merciful manner uud tho party,
being far from borne, struck camp for
the night. Far in the night, when all
the others were asleep, the three chiefs
arose, having secretly determined upon
the course before leaving tho council,
and with their keen hunting knives
treacherously took the lives of their
brothers, also, lest iu an unguarded
moment one of them might divulge
tho fact that such an enormously rich
mine existed, aud all tho ills which it
was so earnestly desired to avoid bo
thus precipitated. Tho bodies were
buried near the mine, und tho threo
chiefs, after tuking upon themselves
an oath of secrecy, returned to tho
tribe, telling I kuow not what story to
aucouut for the non-appcurauce of
their companions.
By this courso the secret of the
location was left with the three lead
ing chiefs, who, upon their deathbeds,
transmitted it to their eldest sous.
Aud so it has been passed down ever
since, uever more than three being iu
possession of the knowledge at one
time. But no ono of them has cvov
dared to attempt to work tho mine or
profit by their knowledge.
One girl is kept partly employed in
shelling and skinuiug walnuts for
Queen Victoria's tuble. The nuts have
to bo extracted and peeled whole ; any
broken ones are discarded. Hut
Majesty is also very foud of blanched
almonds, ami a largo dish is always
provided for the ltovul dessert.
Bourbon County, Kentucky, tleeS
her county judges for life or good be
havior. She has had only four judges
siuce 1850, and each has been re-elected
Ui be died in oilicc
SCIENTIFIC AXD INDUSTRIAL.
Tho diamond drill is pointed with
block diamonds.
A whale develops 145 horse power
when it flops its tail.
Intenso melancholy amounting to
mania is sometimes caused by intense
beat.
Tho condor, when rising from tho
earth, always describes circles in the
air and can rise in no other way.
Some of tho Comstock mines are so
deep that no means have as yet been
devised to overcome the excessive heat.
England reports a ten-ton cutter
about to bo built of the new metal.
The theory is that on aluminum hull,
with the usual lead keel, ought to bo
light and stable.
Comfort for tho fat and the lean can
be derivod from some recent medical
statistics which show that at the age
of thirty-six lean men become fatter
and fat men leaner.
Cocoanut butter is now being made
at Manheim, Germany. The method
of manufacture was discovered by
Doctor Schluk, a chemist, at Ludwigs
bafen. It is said that the butter is
very nourishing and will soon be placed
in the London market.
It has been estimated that the firing
of a small pistol sets free about 600
foot-pounds of energy, while a watch
consumes only about 1-54,000,000 of a
horse power. Tho energy of a bullet
would be sufficient, therefore, to keep
the time for two years.
The Government of Queensland has
decided to establish a bacteriological
and pathological institute in Brisbane
for the special study of diseases pe
culiar to stock in that colony, and an
effort is being made to secure as di
rector a member of tho Posteur Insti
tute. There is a demand for a typo writer
for travelers, the machine to be of the
better class, or two-handed, and not to
weigh over eight or ten pounds. The
type writer has become a necessity for
many traveling men, and a light, por
table machine would find many pur
chasers. A scientific paper describes how to
make ice on a small scale. Touch the
convex side of a watch crystal upon
water so as to leave a drop hanging on
tho glass. Pour a little ether into the
convex, and blow npon it. The rapid
evaporation of the ether wiil render
the glass so cold that the drop of wator
will be frozen.
An European dentist is said to have
bad great suocess in curing toothache
within five or six minutes, and often in
less time, by applying one polo of an
elcctrostactio machino to the trouble
some tooth and the other pole to the
body of the patient. In seventy-six
cases thus treated by him only three
are said to have been unsatisfactory.
How water, commonly called sop,
necessary to the life of a tree, passes
from the roots to the topmost leaf and
evaporates is a problem not yet solved
by botanists. It is known that the as
cent is made chiefly in cavities in tho
sap-wood only, the heart aud bark serv
ing other purposes. That is the extent
of our knowledge of the matter. Be
yond is mere conjecture, and every
theory yet advanced has failed to stand
the test of experiment.
Split Cane With Their Teeth.
There is one booth in Jackson Park
that cscapcB tho collector of tho de
partment of concessions. Because its
profits are devoted to entertainments
in woman's building the salesroom
conducted by the board of lady man
agers escapes the twenty-five per cent,
tax. The booth did a rushing busi
ness last woek, selling over $1000 worth
of goods. They ore sent by the
woman's exchanges of all largo towns
and cities, and articles are replaced as
fast as sold.
Some "nests" of baskets made by
two Attakpas Indian women aro at
tracting much uttcntiou. These two
old women, who are both over eighty
years, are the only full-blood survivors
of the Attakpus tribe, which many
years ago was numerous and powerful
in Southern Louisiana, where these
women live. They found much diffi
culty in making these "nests" each
basket growing smaller as it ap
proaches tho center because they
have lost most of their teeth, by means
of which tho cane is split. Tho work
is exquisitely fine, distinctly Egyptian
in dosigu, and each "nest" represents
two years' patiert labor. Chicago
Herald.
An English Artist's Luck.
Lee Stanton, an English painter,
bought a leather vulise at tho Grand
Trunk Railroad Solo of unclaimed bag
gage for two dollars. On opening it
he found 107 shares iu tho Western
Gus Improvement Company, of Chica
go, fully paid up uud worth $107,000.
The vulise was the property of Louis
Halbetstudt, who died in Broekville,
Canada, in October, lH'.tl, of ulcohol
ism. He wont to Brockvillo from Nu
piersville, 111. A large sum of money
uud so are jewelry, which lie whs known
to have had just prior to his death,
were missing and it was believed nt
tho time that he had been robbed.
Atlanta Constitution.
A Painter's I'nique Monument.
Above the grave iu New Bedford,
Mass., of William Bradford, the Quaker
painter who first showed the world
what color wus iu Arctic ice an I how
impressive were tho bergs and the
skies and tho Bhipn, h'ls beeu placed a
great grunitu boulder. Tim boulder
has rested for ages ou the shore near
Fort l'heuix, uudwusu landmark w lu re
tho puiuter used t'l stroll; it lies
rough as it wus over the grave, with
the barnacles still clinging to it, save
for the face, where the artist's name is
out, with dates of birth uud death, and
two lines from Wbittit-r's dedic ttiou to
Lim of bis poem, "Amy Went worth,"
TWILIGHT.
Plowly dies the long June day,
Boftly rolls tho earth awny, '.
Lovelier light nt length divining,
All a dream of misty bloom,
Trembling stars, ami golden gloom.
Larger heavens and sweeter shining
Which Is dearer, dusk or day?
Where the glory died the dark,
Lost In light the ruby spark,
Violet gleam, and saffron splendor,
Melt and mingle Into one.
When the long Juno day is done.
All tho depths throb close and tender
Is It day, or Is It dark?
Love ! tho long June dny had life,
Bilvor showers and gunny strife
Now Its rosy wraith fades o'or ns 1
Eld's vast twilight fills our eyes,
Yet what freedom of tho skies
Tarts the star-sown way boforo us
Is it death, or is it life?
Harriet P. BpofTord, in Harper s Bazar.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A call to arms "Come, John, and
take the baby. "Troy Press.
Even the worm will turn. If given
time, into a butterfly. Puck.
Little dogs bark the most because
that is all they con do. Texas Sitt
ings. We don't envy tho alligator, al
though ho has a great o inp. Elmira
Gazette.
The perpetually irascible man is
known by his standing choler. Boston
Courier.
How wo all admire tho w isdom of
those who como to us for advice.
Ram's Horn.
Luck may be defined as that which
enables our neighbors to-surpass our
selves. Puck.
He "Do you know, darling, I have
never kissed any ono before?" Sho
"Well, this is no kindergarten."
Life.
Herdso "Do you believo in tho
faith euro?" Saidso "Yes; one treat
ment cured all the faith I bail."
Vogue.
There aro more than a thousand dif
ferent things made from petroleum,
including angels. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"With all her money there is ono
thing Mrs. Oldgirl doesn't own."
"What's that?" "Her ago. "Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
"How about this new neighbor is
she agreeable?" "No; sho had three
new dresses inside of a month." Chi
cago Inter-Ocean.
He "Now, darling, what kind of
an engagement ring shall I givo you?"
She "One that won't tit any other
girl's finger." Detroit Freo Press.
"Poor fellow. Did ho lose his eyes
in the war?" "Oh, no. Ho tried to
pass a womon on the street w hen she
hod her umbrella up." Detroit Tri
bune. "Does yon teacher get out of temper
easily?" "Goodness gracious, no; sho
has enough to last her if she lives to
bo 100 year old." Chicago Inter
Oceau. "Why is it," she OBked, "that stolen
kisses are always tho sweetest?" "I
guess," he replied, "it is because they
are takeu syrup-titiously." Boston
Courier.
Stranger (addressing an old brick
layer) "Uncle, who's building this
house?" "Mr. Hirschbug, ho build
do house, but Queen Anne sho drawed
de plan." Reformed Messenger.
First Tramp "I found this hero
bottle o' spring bitters in a bar'l this
inornin'." Second Tramp "T'row it
away, Fitzey. S'poson dey was to enre
you of that tired feeling' I You wight
want to work. " Puck.
Officer Flynn "Como, now, if yea
don't get away from thero I'll run yez
in." Boy (peeping through fence)
"Say, cap', if you'll lo' mo see dig
double play out I'll let ye tuko nie to
de islau' fer life." Puck.
"Is Diggins au old baseball player?
I see that he bus a mask hanging in his
library." "No. He puts that on when
ever ho wants to have a talk with his
wifo about cutting down household ex
penses." Detroit Free Press.
"Is ho a young mau of good ad
dress?" UHked tho proprietor when tho
applicant for a position had left. "I
should say so," replied the bookkeeper ;
"he lives in ono of the swellest parts of
the city." Washington Star.
Mrs. Neversee "What, made you toll
mo he was tho carver of his own for
tune, when ho got every dollar ho has
by marrying an heiress." Neversee
"Hump! He had to cut out half a dozen
fellows to get her, didn't he?" Buffalo
Courier.
Out of Place : "Of course, you have
somebody to clean tho boots uud knives
and somebody to do tho kitchen "
"Oh, of course, und 1 send tho beds
out to bo made. 1 wanted Homebody
only to bo looked nt but you won't
do. Good inoruirg." Judy.
"I tell you," said the proud father
as he replaced a letter in its envelope,
"that youngster of mine is goim; to
muko his mark iu literature." "Whr.t
makes you think bo?" "llo's only five
years old and ho writes to mo iu
diulect." - Wiihhiugtou Star.
Mrs. Hiehurch (as sho gazes oat of
the window ou a rainy Sunday nu. ru
ing) "Yes ; it's true. Providence due
temper the wind to tho shorn liil."
Mr. Hiehurch 'What makes you say
so?" Mrs. Hiehurch "Why, my new
bonnet didn't como home lust nilit!"
Puck.
Fond Mother "Here's rometiiing
about u buby whose head mtMiivs
twenty-live iuehes in ciivimlVicuco.
Is thero any duuger of our dm -linn b.i
ing so deformed ?'' Skeptical l-'atln r
"No, dear; not unless he could um'.er
tud and believe all the things you
tay to him." Tit-Bit 4.