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VOL. XXVI. NO. 15. TIONESTA, TA., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2, 1893. SI. 50 PEll ANNUM.
Sr -
Tin Celestials buy 80,000,000 worth
from un per year. We reciprocate by
buying 81S.000.000 worth from them.
Petroleum in our largest item of rx
jmrt, for wry gallon of which w buy
$1 worth of tea.
i 'f ho city of New York, the popula
tion of which in now beyond 2,000,000,
-must within a very few years, prodicts
"the Hew York Sun, bo the socond city
in tho world. Tho next census will
most likely show its population to be
greater than thiit f Faris. This city
is growing more nipidly than any of
tho other chief cities of tho world.
There were but 00,000 people hero at
Iho opening of tho century; thero are
However 2,000,000.
Ono very novel fcaturo of tho now
suffrage law which wan recently wrested
from tho Belgian Parliament by tho up
rising of t!ie working class ia tho be
stowal of n double vote upon every
:man who is mnrriod, or who has at
tained tho ago of thirty-five, Tho
theory of this is that in tho former CBse
hereprcsenU,not merely his own share
in tho public weal, but that of his fam
ily. In tho latter ho is supposed to
have at least a double share of judg
ment. f A curious exodus has been for some
years and is st ill going ou from Canada to
tho United States. The descendants
of Iicvolutionary Tories and sympa
thizers with Great Britaiu in the war of
1812-1-1 are emigrating to tho Stato of
New York and to tho Northern New
England States in large numbers. They
to run quietly, and because this country
wan the home of their fathers they feel
it to be their natural homo. The New
York Ncwb asserts that tho feeling is
licreditury, and of a pifco with the de
hire of the Israelites in Babylon and
Egypt to go back to tho homoa of their
ancestors.
Among the most beautiful charities
of New York, remarks tho Indepen
dent, is an estate ol shout 181 acres
t .'ii miles north of tho city, left by the
late Robert B. Minturu as tho seat of
n number of buildings crowded out of
tho city itself. Several of them have
recently been completed and aro to bo
ledicated this week. The main object
iu view iu erecting tho buildings has
been to provide homes, instruction
and worship for the boys and girls
gathered from tho slums of the city by
various organizations, such as tho
".Sheltering Arms," "Children's Fold,"
etc. Special attention will bo given
to industrial training.
Tho Sultan of Turkey has, it is said,
Hot the notion into his head that he
must have a world's fair at Constanti
nople iu 1831. It is to be hopod, ob
serves tho New York World, that the
civilized Nations of Europe will frown
severely upon tho scheme. The tax
ridden people of his dominions aro al
ready mulcted of nearly 10,000,000
annually to support his harem. Tho
Turkish notion of a world's fair will
necessitate the invention of a new levy,
the appointment of a horde of new tax
gathers and tho enlargement of tho
present' system of official incompetency
and tyranny that makes life in Arabia
Hil l Syria little bettor than slavery,
Tho inventor of tho bullet proof
uniform, Herr Dowe, in Mannheim,
who only a few mouths ago refused to
till an American order for a single
bullet proof overcoat, for which gar
incut the American offered $250, has
hud tho misfortune of accumulating
small debts as fast as newspaper noto
riety, and tho other day all his personal
property, including his furniture and
the evening dress suit which ho bough
to weur at a hoped for audience with
the Kaiser, was sold at auction. Thus
another one-day wonder has
trampled into the dust. The
who seemed to bo destined to
been
man
bring
about a change in modern warfare in
the bauds of tho sheriff! This is, iu
deed, a queer world.
Tho following table shows the armies
of Europe ou u war footing iu 1809
and 1892:
14(19. 1891.
France l.iiSO.OOO 4,850,000
(iermuny 1.800,000 5,000,000
llussia 1,100,000 4,000,000
Auatriu '. 75O.0iK) 1,900.000
Itily 670.001) 2,23C,00a
England 4-jO.OOO 602,000
Spain 4.10.000 HOO.OOO
Turkey 320.000 1,150.000
(Switzerland 150.000 4M9.000
Sweden-Norway 130.0O) SSH.OOO
Bellgiuin M.ul 25S.0O0
Portugal 70,000 1M.OO0
Deumask 4S.W3 l,O00
Hollau.J. 43.000 IKyoUO
Montenegro 40,000 65,000
Orooo-. 8S.WM 1MO.0OO
liouiuiJLla. 83,000 20.000
srvia.j 2.-..000 10,000
We v see that in 18'IJ Europe hud
6,Ui"i8,6oO soldiers and Unit now the
has .28,248,000, mure than triple th
uruler iu liCO,
WHERE HELEN gt."
Where Helen sits, th darkness Is so dwjv.
No golden sunbeam strikes athwart the
gloom.
No mother's smile, no glance ot loving eyes,
Lightens the shadow ot that lonely room.
Vet the clear whiteness of her radiant soul
Decks the dim walls, like angol vestments
shed.
J"ne lovely light of holy Innoconce
Bhlnes Ilka a halo round her bonded head,
Where Melon sits.
Where Helen sits, the stillness Is so deep,
No children's laughter comes, no song Of
bird.
The great world storms along Its noisy way.
Hut In this place no sound Is over heard.
let do her gentle thoughts make melody
Sweeter than aught from harp or viol flung
And Love and Beauty, quiring each to each,
Sing as the stars of Eden's morning sung,
Where Helen sits.
Laura E. Richards, in the Century.
Helen Keller, deaf, dumb and blind.
BARBARA'S ESCAPE,
SI HKIiElt rOBRKftf GRAVES,
EAIXY and ac
tnally engaged I It
is a strange sort of
feeling, and yet it
lsn t nnpleasant.
Barbara Esmond
stood in tho middle
of tho room, ono
slender hand poised
by its forefinger on
the table, the other
holding back tho
jetty tresses from
her pure, low brow.
Sho was very beauti
ful, in a dark, glit
tering stylo of bean-
tv, and in that elegant room she
might have reminded one of a pearl in
it satin casket. - Black-eyed and
haired, with a creamy skin, fine
grained as velvet, and straight, deli
cately chiseled features, hers was an
uncommon beauty, yet strangely ins-
cinating.
Eighteen years old, ana ongngea to
be married I It was a new leaf in the
Imolt of life for Barbara i.smoml i a
sensation as novel as it was' delightful.
"I wish I had a mother to go to, or
a loving, tender, elder sister, mused
Barbara, restlessly. "1 scarcely un
derstand my own feelings. I wonder
if 1 do lovo him as I should love the
man I intend to make my husband,
Husband I" sho added, with a little
tremulous sort of shudder. "The
word implies a great deal. And Har-
rv Milbrook is to be my husband !"
Barbara was like a newly-caged
bird, restless, fluttering against the
invisible, bars of her prisoned exis
tence; captured with her ov.u toils,y:t
half disnosed to break away into tlio
solitude and independence once more,
Mr. Henry Milbrook, however, was
troubled with no such vague ideas. Ho
had won the heart of Miss Esmond,
the heiress, and what waB of rather
more consequence to him, he hud won
the right to nhnro her wealth.
"I'm a fellow of talent," mused Mr.
Milbrook, "and fellows of talent never
could endure to work like common
cart-horses. Therefore it follows that
I must have money, and, possessing
none of my own, I must marry the art
icle. And although I object to red hair
and a crooked spine, I am quite willing
to accept tho incumbrance of a beauti
ful girl along with said cash I"
That was the decidedly practical and
unromantio manner in which Mr. Mil
brook contemplated his approaching
felicity. He kept his rhapsodies of
romance aud soft poetio whisperings
for Barbara s ear alone, anil elie, like
any enthusiastic girl of eighteen, be
lieved in Inm.
Bhe told no oue of the precious se
cret enshrined in her heart ; it would
havo seemed almost liko desecration ;
but her lover was byuo means so deli
cate. "So you're to bo married. Hall"
said Mr. Joseph Fiercy, at tho club.
"Yes, I'm going to be married ; to a
cool hundred thousand, too," answered
Mr. Milbrook, rubbing his hands.
"Who is it?"
"Oh, tho lady, you menu?"
"Yes, I mean the lady."
"It's old Esmond's daughter."
"What, the star-eyed Barbara?"
"Exactly so."
"I congratulate yon, old fellow."
"Much obliged," answered Mr. Mil
brook, indifferently pulling his mus
tache. "I flatter myself it's a pretty
good speculation for a fellow that
travels on his good looks alone."
"I wish she had a sister for me," ob
served Mr. Fercy.
"I don't. I can't afford to go halves
in tho cash."
There was a general laugh among
the youths of fashion in the club room
at this scintillation of wit, and Mr.
Milbrook sauntered leisurely out.
"I promised she should have my
picture," thought Mr. Harry, "and I
suppose the cheapest place 1 can huve
it done is ot tho establishment of that
ioor devil of an artist iu Grove street.
I guess I'll go round there."
It was hard for so exquisitely gotten
up a youth as Mr. Milbrook to be com
pelled to hide his light under the
bushel of so obscure a Mreet as that
toward which he now bent his foot
steps, but economy was just ut present
something of on object with this mod
ern Apollo of ours.
Signor Fernelli, the artist, was at
home, a dark, courteous little Italian,
with a wife and seven tjmull childreu,
aud very glad he was to receive Mr.
Milbrook's order.
"On ivory, I suppose, sir?"
"Yos, I suppose so. It's dreadfnlly
expensive," thought Hairy, with a
grimsoe ; "but engaged girl:, must have
their own way, of course."
As ho sat waiting for Signor Fernelli
to bring out iouio tpccinieiis of his art,
19 Mlsot tho mot ftppropriaU ' and
style, ho saw through the open door a
dark silk lxK brush by and t ho pure,
clear piofllo of a face that ho well
knew, Barbara Esmond a face.
Hello 1 ejaculated our hero.
"Fernelli, who the dnse is that young
ladv, and how came she horo?"
"That young lady, signor, with tho
brown dress and the long throat, and
tho head like tho goddess Dinna?
'Yes."
''It is tho music mistress of Pauline
Delutout upstairs; she comes twice of
a week, and sings, my word, liko a
nightingale.''
"Who is Fauline Delatonr?'1
"A poor girl, signor, who sews on
dresses; but one day she will come
out ou the stago she will sing at tho
opera.'1
Harry Milbrook stared at Signor
Fernelli like one demented.
"Which size did you say sir?"
"I I don't think I'll make a selec
tion to-day. I will call to-morrow.''
And Mr. Milbrook rushed headlong
down stairs, greatly to the surprise of
Signor Fernelli.
"The dune I" bo ejaculated to him
self as he Btrodo along the narrow
street, with difficulty restraining him
self from tumbling at every other step
over the babies who swarmed on the
sidewalk, "A music-mistress 1 Giving
lessons in such a hole as that. Upon
my word I've come preciously near
being taken in and done for I So it's
all show and empty pretense that
wealth of hers, and she was going to
entran a husband on tho strength of
it. Mv stars! it s enough to mane tne
hair stand right straight up on a fel
low's head. What a lucky thing it
was I saw through the stratagem be
fore I was netted past escape."
Ho lifted his hat, and wiped the
chill beads of perspiration from his
forehead.
'No, von don t, Miss Barbara Es
mond." he muttered to himself with a
bitter, sarcastic smile wreathing his
lips. "I am not quite such a fool as
that, thank goodness.
Barbara Esmond had fluttered lightly
.. . ,t
up the narrow staircase, an uncon
scious of the eyes that were noting
her, through Signor Fernelli's partially
opened door, and enterea a smau room
iu the story above. A pale young
girl, with a sweet, spirituello face, sat
at her sewing by the window. Sho
brightoued up as the delicate figure
came in.
"Miss Esmond, it is so kind of you
to remember me so punctually."
"Not at all kind. I am a genius
worshiper, Fauline, and I have dis
covered tho divine spark in you."
"How shall I ever pay you, Miss
Esmond?"
"By cultivating tho talent heaven
has bestowed upon you. Nay, nay,
Paulino, I am but following out a pet
whim."
"And tho piano, too, that you sent
here. Oh, Miss Esmond, one of heav
en's angels could hardly bo more gen-
"Hush, hush, Pauline 1 Begin your
lesson. I never thought, when first I
heard you singing at your work and
paused' to listen to the fluto-liko notes,
that you would be half way through
the exercise book in less than -six
months. When you sing at the opera
I shall bo tho first to throw bouquets
nt your feet."
Paulino looked with a shy bright
ness at her benefactress. Would that
time ever come?
The lesson was longer than usual
that day. Paulino and Miss Esmond
wero both deeply interested, and it was
nearly twilight before .Barbara
emerged from the house, closely
veiled, aud walked swiftly through tho
darkening streets.
"There's a noto for you, MiBS Bar
bara," said her housekeeper, as she sat
down to rest a minute or two in the
reception-room of her own mansion
before she laid off her thiugs.
"A note? Let me seo it. When did
it come?"
"About fifteen minutes ago, miss.
A little boy brought it."
"Light tho gas, please, Mrs. Moore,
and take these wraps upstairs."
A soft roso tint flushed over Bar
bara's cheek as she recognized Harry
Milbrook's handwriting. Sho broke
the seal and glanced eogerly at its con
tents ; but, as bIio read, tho soft crim
son flush died away into pallor.
It was very, very brief, but cruel as
a blow.
"Miss EhmoniV it read, commenc
ing shortly and sternly, inotead of the
"Dearest Barbara" she had expected,
"allow me to claim back the troth I
have plighted to you. I had supposed
when I engaged myself to you that I
was about to ally myself fo a lady, not
to a music mistress in Grove street. It
will scarcely be worth while for you to
reply to this letter, as I can never, un
der any circumstances, forgive the de
ceit that has been practiced on me.
Therefore, I shall take it for granted
that all relations are ended between
yourself and
"Yours very respectfully,
"H. Milbrook."
Barbara dropped the insulting letter
with a sparkle in her black eyes, a
curve to her lip, which were wondrous
ly eloquent, aud as it lay ou tho carpet
she ground it down into the deep pur
ple pile with her contemptuous foot.
"The puppy," she muttered between
her set teeth; "the miserable pol
troon! How could I ever have fancied
for a single second that I loved him?
Reply to this letter? Of course I
shall not reply to it."
And Miss Esmond walked up stairs
carrying her head high in the air, far,
far beyond the reach of Harry Mil
brook's petty spite.
That young man was seated at his
breuki'aut tuble next morning wheu
KufiiH Kenward lounged iu.
"Halo, Milbrook! I've just heard a
little item about your liuly love, Miss
Esmond, that is, to my mind, better
than till her bonds and mortgages.
What do you thiuk ? She's giving sing
ing l.Mona to my wuV huW mho-
stress, one Paulino Pelatonrj because
the child has a glorious voice and oan't
afford to have it cultivated. I wish
yon could hear Pauline rave about her
benefactress. I think her enthusiasm
would satisfy even your true lover's
ear. Heally, it isn t oiten inat an
heiress like old Esmond's daughter
stoops to perform so toilsome a benefit
as that.
Harry Milbrook had sat down his
chocolate enp, and was staring with
glassy eyes at Mr. Kenward.
"Why, whats the matter? ae-
mnnded that gentleman, somewhat
shortly.
" nothing !
'Dyspepsia, eh?''
''No. I tell yon I'm well enough."
Harry had made a mistake a mistake
that was likely to be fatal to his bril
liant matrimonial aspirations.
"Why didn't I wait? What the mis
chief was I in such a hurry for?" ho
demanded of himself, without any very
satisfactory answer, as he hurried along
the street toward Barbara's residence.
The boy might not have delivered
the note Barbara might not have read
it there were a thousand "might
nots," and he resolved to try his luck,
even in a forlorn hope.
"Is Miss Esmond at home?" he asked
of the old housekeeper, who came to
tho door.
"Miss Esmond wished mo to say
specially that sho was never at home
to Mr. Milrbook any more." was the
cold reply.
And Harry went his way lamenting.
He had chosen his lot, and he must
abide by it. And thus Barbara escaped
the snares laid for her. New York
Weekly.
A Thrilling Advcntnre. -
Ezra Thomas, a prospector of Shasta
County (where he is known as the
"Mountain Boy"), had an exciting ad
venture on Sunday last in the neigh
borhood of Taylor's Flat. While
leisurely walking along the trail with
his pick on his shoulder his attention
was suddenly called to the fact that
something was running along behind
him. On turning around he saw f
deer coming on the dead run and with
in a few feet of him. He stepped
aside, and, as the deer reached him,
he struck it on the head with his pick,
the point of which was embedded deep
in tho deer a forehead. Ihe deer
dropped dead. No sooner had ho dis
patched the deer than his attention
was again directed to the trail over
which tho deer had come, when, to his
utter astonishment and alarm, he saw
a hugo California lion bounding along
after the deer. The "Mountain Boy"
had barely time to step aside to give
the animal the right of way and get
his pick in readiness for an attack
wheu the lion came leaping to where
he was. He made a lick at the ani
mal's head with the pick, but as the
lion was going at such velocity he
missed his mark and struck one .of the
lion's hind legs, breaking it. The lion
with a savage growl and snapping its
teeth in rage bounded away on three
legs aud disappeared. The dead deer
was brought to the residence of J. D,
noyward, where it served to satisfy
the cravings of tho inner man.
Weaverville (Cal.) Journal.
Dried Files From Mexico.
"No matter what it may be, if an
article brings a fair price I deal iu it,'
said a commission merchant to
writer in the Waverly Magazine. "My
lust venture consists of dried flies, just
common flies which come from Mexico,
l'eople buy them lor their singing
birds. I sell them retail to the dealers,
Flies are plentiful in the tropical val
leys aud the time of the Mexican In
dian is not particularly valuable.
Wheu he can no longer sleep in his
hut on account of the swarms of flies
attracted by the fllth which accuinu
lutes about his front door, he some
times is stung into a desire for revenge
on his enemies. lleveuge is sweet,
and sweeter if thero is any money in
it. Ho goes to tho woods aud collects
a number of green twigs of a certain
tree. These he lays in ft pile on the
floor of his hut, with some dry twigs
under them. Then from another tree
he gets a gum which he boils into a
thiu syrup and spreads on tho walls of
his hut. The flies aro attracted by its
fragrunt and far-reaching odor. They
gather to feed on it. When the but is
black with them the Indian sets fire to
the twigs on the floor aud closes the
apertures from the outside. The twigs
emit an aromatic smoke which kills the
flies aud they fall to the floor in thou
sands. Then the native's wife dries
them while he goes to sleep again."
The First Posts.
The first posts are suid to have
origiuuted in the regular couriers es
tablished by Cyrus about 050 B. C
who erected posthouses throughout the
Kingdom of I'ersia. Augustus was the
first to introduce this institution
among the Bomuus, 31 B. C, and he
was imitutod by Charlemagne about
800 A. D. Louis XI. was the first
sovereign to establish posthouses iu
France, owing to his eagerness for
news, and they were also the first in
Mitutiou of this nature in Europe.
This was in 140, or about HUiiu years
after thev were started in Persia.
In England in the reign of Edwar
IV. (1181) riders ou posthorses went
stages of the distance of twenty miles
from each other, iu order to procure
the King the earliest intelligence of
the events thut passed iu the course o:
the war that had arisen with the Scots.
A proclamation was issued by Charles
I. in 1081, that "whereas to this time
there hath been no certain intercourse
between the Kingdoms of England and
Scotland, the King now commands his
Postmaster of England for foreign
parts to settle a running post or two
between Edinburgh and Loudon, to go
thither and come back again in six
day." Chamber ' Junj-nal.
MARKETLNGFARM PRODUCE
LOADED FARM WAGONS CARRIED
TO NEW TORK ON TRAINS.
IIow the Long Island Farmer flets
His Truck to Town for the Early
Morning Trade
-p ONO ISLAND farmers whrj
I f bring fresh country produce
I Y to town each morning and
offer it for sale on the big
west side plaza called Uanscvoort Mar
ket do not, as is generally supposed,
drive their teams all the way iu from
their farms. That used to be tho way
in the old days, but now tho farm
wagons are placed upon flat cars aud
come in by rail.
The only way by which farmers
could reach their jcarly morning cus
tomers in the city a few years ago was
todrivoi but this was very inconveni
ent, for the country roads were usually
bad and the distances great. The morn
ing market was an eorly one, and it
was generally necessary to start the
evening before and drive all night in
order to roach Gansevoort in time.'
From 10 to 11 o'clock every night
the long and dusty roads reaching out
from Long Island City into the great
truck farming country along the North
Shore were traveled by long lines of
big two-horso wagons loaded with
fresh country produco and driven by
sleepy farm hands. It was an expen
sive matter for tho farmer, too, lor it
was necessary to have two complete
outfits of horses and wagons and men.
The round trip, including the market,
required in most cases nearly all of the
twenty-four hours.
Nowadays tho Aorth Shore farmer
loads his truck wagon the evening be
fore and goes to bed. He gets up be
fore the sky has yet shown signs of
dawn, hitches up his horses and drives
to the nearest railroad station. He
finds thero an elevated platform the
height of a flat car, built alongside the
track. It is approached by a long in
cline of slight pitch, up which his
horses have no difficulty in dragging
the wagon. Then he rolls over on his
seat and goes to sleep, or fulls to talk
ing country gossip with his neighbor.
Long before the train comes the plat
form is filled with wagons, and others
are waiting below.
The train at length comes pulling
and rumbling along and stops beside
the platform. It consists of a dozen
or two broad flat cars and a caboose
or an old and shabby passenger car.
Tho farm wagons are pushed aboard
the flat-cars, the wheels rolling iu
grooves which hold them in position.
They are strapped fast so they won't
roll off, for the wagons are run cross
way on the cars. Each car carries
four wagons placed side by side.
When the wagon is secured tho
farmer takes his horses into one of the
box cars and puts them in stalls which
are built in the car and plentifully
strewn with straw. Finally he betakes
himself to the caboose or passenger
car and smokes black tobacco in a
wood pipe all tho way to Long Island
City while he talks crops and markets to
his fellow farmers. The chances aro
ninety-nino in a hundred that he
growls the whole distance over tho
bad season and low prices.
Long Island City is reached nnd
the farmer hitches up his horses again,
drives on a ferryboat and finds him
self in Thirty-fourth street. He then
makes for Gunsevoort Market at a
round trot so as to get there early and
securo a good place ; for at GanBevoort
Market first como is first served iu
matter of position.
By this time it is daylight, but tho
sun is only just out of bed. The big
plaza is full of farm wagons from Long
Island nnd Westchester County and
New Jersey. In a short time the
6treets all around are choked with
grocers' ami butchers' wagons, and a
great swarm of retail dealers call upon
tho farmers nnd buy tho vegetables
they require for their day's trade.
If tho farmer is lucky ho is sold out
by tho middle of tho morning. Then
he drives on to Long Island City
again, puts his horses aud wagon on the
train and comes back to New York, il
ho has time, to enjoy himself after tho
fashion of farmers wheu they come to
town, until tho afternoon hour arrives
for tho market train to go back into
tho country.
At home tho farmer finds that his
men have gathered a supply of truck
for the next day's marketing. This is
loaded on the wagon nt once, and the
farmer goes indoors to his hum uml
fried potatoes, his pipe and his feat her
bed. New York Herald.
Found lloeiinr Profitable.
As J. M. Cook, formerly of Wood
laud, but who iu now farming on tlio
ranch of W. M. McGriff, about one
mile below Knights Lauding, wns en
gaged in hoeing potatoes, says the
Woodland (Cul.) Democrat, he un
earthed a bulf dollar, uud after a short
while ho uncovered another coin of
like denomination. Believing thattiiere
might bo more iu the vicinity, bo aban
doned all thought of potatoes and
turned his attention to a search foi
more coin. By digging to a depth of
about two feet, ho wus rewurded by his
hoe striking some metullio substance,
and upon becking tho cause he found a
veritable gold mine, for an almoM
compact body there luy before him four
twenty-dollur gold pieces, one ten-dol-lur
piece aud St. SO iu silver, making
the total uiuouut of his find 'J5,60.
Mr. Cook immediately declared the re
mainder of the day u holiday uud cumo
to this city, fceUug quite elated over
his fortunate discovery. He informed
a reporti r thut the entire ground ou
which tlio money was found was lews
than feet ill extent aud thnt none
of the cuius were of liter cluto than
1870. lie. also announced his intention
of returning the search upon his arrival
it homo, i'hs my.tcry is, bow came
th. coin tlitio?
SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL.
The sea contains a solution of 2,000,
000 tons of salt.
Buckwheat enkes, according to a
Berlin physician, will give heartburn.
A scientist has discovered that wo
men live longer than men becauso they
talk more.
In tho northern hemisphere all
storms rcvolvo from right to left ', in
the southern hemisphere they rcvolvo
from left to right.
Simultaneous telephoning and tele
graphing on the same wire bus been
successfully tested in Germany on a
line 120 miles long.
ToisoU ivy is considered less poison
ous when the sun is shining on it,
while at night or in tho shadow it is
especially dangerous.
At Selma, Ala., there is nn artesian
well provided with two tubes, ono of
which spouts pure cold water, the
other warm water strongly impregnated
with iron.
A petrified whale, 21(5 feet long, has
been discovered in Costa Bica in a rift
between two mountain peaks some dis
tance from San Jose, and 3300 feet
above the level of the sea.
The world's rainfnll secord has been
broken, with a foot or so to spare, at
Crobamb'urst, a Bmall settlement on the
western slope of Mont Blanc, in south
east Queensland. The standard gauge
at the meteorological office registered
10J, 20, 35 and 10 inches, respec
tively, on four successive days,
Brilliancy of color is obtained by
placing complementary colors together
and a combination of unconiplemen
tury colors subdues them. Thus, when
green and red are placed side by side
each becomes brighter, but if yellow
bo placed beside green it throws a blue
shade on the green and the green
throws a red shade on the yellow, both
thus losing some of their brightness.
According to a table prepared re
cently by a French scientist, tho aver
age growth of the human species varies
at different ages. During tho Iirst
year after birth tho growth is 7 J
'inches; from 2 to 3, 4, inches; from 3
to 4, lj inches; from i to (5, about 2
inches annually: from 7 to 8, '2
inches; from 8 to 12, 2 inches yearly;
from 12 to 13, 1 and 8-10 inches ; from
13 to 11, 2i inches; from lo to Id, '
inches; from 10 to 17, nenrly 2 inches.
After this, although growth continues
until sometimes late in the 20 s, it rap
idly diminishes in quantity.
Professor Wiggins believes that tel
egraph wires cause drouth, that tho
atmosphere cannot absorb moisture
unless it is charged with electricity,
and thnt upon an oblate spheroid like
the earth the electricity will inevitably
collect at the equator. Iu this way he
explains the frequency of rams at the
equator. "If, however, ho says,
"there be elevated spots on a sphere,
electricity will collect on them. Should
these spots or continents be connected
by wires it might accumulate ou each
alternately. This has happened this
veur. and America has all the electric
energy and Europe has lost it ; so that
our continent is flooded and Europe is
burned up with droulh. His conclu
sion from all this is thut electric wires
should bo buried.
Curious Growth of Kalian.
Every one knows tho pretty, light
and' graceful chairs and other articles
of furniture made from rattan, but
every one does not know thut tho ex
tremely tough and flexible wood called
rattan is that of the climbing palm tree
This curious climber, which is more o
a vino thun a tree, is said by the I'hilu
dclphia Times to be one of the singu
lur characteristics of forest growth iu
tho Celebes and other Malayan coun
tries. Starting with a trunk a little
thicker than a man s arm, it wind
through tho forest, now wruppiug i
tall tree iu its fold, like some gigantic
snake, and then descending again to
the earth and trailing along in snak
like curves until it can find some othel
stately tree to fasten and climb upon
m its pursuit of light and air. II
forest is so thick and junglc-liko tha
it seems impossible to follow the course
of uuv of these serpent climbers, but
there is little doubt that at tho last
the successful aspirant, which stooped
and criuied so long below, will bo
found shooting up like a flag-stall
dozeu feet or more above the tree
which has helped it to rise. A use u
rattan, which is unknown to tliohe wh
who havo not seen it iu its native
forest, isasa water carrier. The tliristy
traveler has at all times a tumbler
cool, refreshing water at his command
by cutting off six or eight feet of rut
tan and putting jme of tho severed
ends to his mouth or holding it over a
dih to catch tho water.
Living Over
a Volcano.
China is populate
I so thickly that
hundreds of thousands of people live
all tho veur round iu house-bouts.
Japau is not so overcrowded as China,
but it is populated so thickly that
ubout twenty thousand persons lie
the crater of A so San. a volcano about
thirty miles di-tant from the city of
Kuiiiuinoto. 'Think," suvs a writer in
tho Chicugo Times, "of walking for
miles among fertile farms and prosper
ous villages, peering into school-house
windows and sacred shriues, all within
the shell of uu old time ciuter, whose
walls rise t00 feet all about you. It
gives one a queer feeling. Hot springs
abound every w here. Iu one place 1
saw the brick-red water utilized to
turn a rice mill. 'I he inner crater is
nearly half a mile iu iliumeti-r, end a
hteady column of roaring M- am pours
out of it. The lat serious ruptiou
was in INHi, when Hum, u-e quantities
of black ashes uud dust Were ejected
uud curried by the wind as far us
Kuinamoto, where for three duys it
tu so dark thut ettit'u-iul light hud to
ba used."
ALWAYS SWEEP UNDER THE MAT.
A story is told of a poor servant girl,
Who once was moody and Mnume,
Vt ho nked fur silnilnsion to tlio fold Of tho
church,
As sho had xporlenwd a change.
When aike,i by th pnstor a reason to give
Fora stop so Important as that,
Shfl anwored ''Before, sir, I slighted my
work,
But now I sweep under the mat."
There's a world of good senso
In this simple reply,
And well worth study and thought
To those who are traveling tho way that Is
lirond.
Not dolug the things whic h they ought.
Be true to yourself ; do the best that you
can,
In business, at law, or the tint.
Whatever you do, be faithful and true,
And always "fweep under the mat.''
Fltz Nigel, In New York Trihuno.
HUMOR 01" THE DAY.
Many a man is Bunstrnck trying to
make hay while the sun Bhines.
When s man is generous to a fault,
it is never offe of his wife's. Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
People speak of tho face of a note,
wheu it's really the figure that inter
ests them. Sparks.
A small boy says if timo is made of
days and nights, it must be striped lika
a circus zebra. Puck.
It is contended that there is nothing
in a name, and yet about all one has is
in it. Galveston Ncwb.
Tho man who strikes for shorter
hours is always willing to except tha
one allowed for dinner. Puck.
Independence is the inclination to
mind one's own business, combined
with the ability to do so. Fnck.
A great deal of repentance nowadays
is done in broadcloth nnd ashes of
roses, instead of sackcloth aud ashes.
Texas Siftings.
No girl's musical education is con
sidered complete these days until she
can sing as if she were having her teeth
pulled. Atchison Globe.
A correspondent wants to know if it
is "the correct thing to eat shad with
a fork only." It would bo safer to eat
it with a sieve. Statesman.
Tho chappie of to-day is tho old
fashioned dude dipped in a little do
prnvity. Ho has just brains enough to
be a nuisance. Texas Siftings.
She "How do you suppose the apes
crack tho hard shells of the nuts they
pick." He "With a monkey wrench,
of course." American Hebrew.
Alas for the story of gloom
That chases a chill through the blool ;
tie starts with a wonderful hoom
And concludes with a sickening thud.
Washington tstnr.
The peck of trouble wo hear so much
about, if handled properly, could bo
easily gotten into a quart measure
without knocking tho bottom out.
Puck.
Struckilo "I am beginning to thiuk
that one's ancestors aro important."
Miss McBean "Yes, they come under
tho head, 'Important, if truo.'"
Vogue.
No matter how finely tho display
window of a store may be fitted up,
the pretty young lady clerk will always
prove a counter-attraction. Rochester
Democrat.
You havo all Been tho little thimble
sized after dinner eoll'eo cups, thut are
so awkward to handle ; well, that's tho
size of most men's cup of joy. Atchi
son Globe.
Johnny "Mamma, can't you tell mo
a new fairy story ?" Mrs. Braggs "I
don't know any, Johnny. Maybe your
father w ill tell mo some when he comes
iu to-night." Bulletin.
"Here, mamma, is tho clock-key.
Will thut do?" "Do for what?"
"Why, for you. I heard you saying
a while ago that you were all run
down." Kochestcr Democrat.
Little slotH for nickels.
Open-inoulhod hut dumb,
Gives the jawious schoolgirl
Wuda of i-Uew iug-guai.
Detroit Free press.
A woman w ill face a frowning world
and cling to the man she loves through
the most bitter adversity ; but she
wouldn't wear u bonnet thut was out
of fashion to save the Government.
Tit-Bits.
Husband "Can't 1 help you pack
that trunk?" Experienced Wife
"Yes, you cau help me immensely by
going straight iu town to your ollico
and leaving me to pack it us I see lit."
Somerville Journal.
"Is Sir liobert l'miltou a very t in--"
man, mamma?" inquired little Mumi
earnestly. "No, luy dear, not very.
Why do you ask?" "IVcause father
says he's to sit on your right baud ut
dinner to-night." Funny Folks.
'Boys," suid the teacher, "ie mint
ull work in this world. Did any of
you ever get Miiuethiag for nothing;"
"Yes," replied every boy iu the room.
"What?" asked the teacher ill Mirpripo.
"A licLin'," was the reply. New York
Tribune.
"You uuderst-iud, Betty," said tin
mistress, "that we lire to move out of
this house the tir.t of next mouth?"
"les in, answered Betty. 1 vela-en
swet pin' ull the dirt into tho registers
for the pust three weeks." Chicago
Tribune.
Hicks "Look at Claddings! He has
sot listening to Miss Pcdulponnder play
that piano for over uu hour. 1 though,
you told me that Guddings wasn't fond
of music. " Wicks "He isn't. But
he's just daft oil ut hletii s. "--Boston
Transcript.
"No, sir," said the lnilkmnn, "I um
not going to have the sin on my head
of injuring any one by givir;; impure
milk. 1 have had the water 1:1 my
well analyzed and It ia bad. The well
wants to be cleaned out, the aiiulyct
says, uud I'm goiug t have it cleaned
out, a lid don't uil toilet it. " Bo.tuu
Courier.