- Tki FOREST REPUBLICAN b abllsk tnry IftimttiKj, fry J. E. WE NIC. Offlo In Bmtaibaneh A Co.'a VoUdlng mi muT, noNvri, ra, Urmt, . . luo ptrYtar. " wWH fr Miwtw Mrlcxl laa Ikra. oaths. Oornwpond.ne Mllclu frn al MTU f tht eotmiry. N a. lie wUI fc taa f unintni o-araaaleaUB. RATIS Or ADVERTISING! Ona Sqnara, on inoh, on iniertloa, .1 1 W On Square, on inch, on month. . ., I 00 On Square, on inoh, three month., (00 On Square, one inch, on year ...... 10 007 Two Square, on yar 11 00 Quarter Column, one year 80 (Mi Half Column, on year , (W 00 On. Column, on ;r . -. 100 UK Lai adTertuwmaat ton cent per iimm each iaMrtioD. Marriage and death nottoe gratia. All bill for yearly advertisement oHun quarterly. Temporary advertisement matt b paid in adranoa. Job work oaah on delivery. r OR EPUBXJCAN VOL. XXVI. NO. 17. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1G, 1893. S1.50 PER ANNUM. R r , '" Nonrly nine hundred thousand grown English peoplo can neither rood nor writo. Assuming the working ago to 1o from twenty to sixty yen, buiI count ing only nmlo workers, 440 persons in thin country livo ou tho labor of very 100 workers. NoltkcnhofT, of Geneva, Switzerland, nays thero ore 311,000 blind persons in Europe, mostly from fever, and that seventy-five per. cent, would hove kept their night had they boeu properly treated. Tho valno of farming lands in this country is greatest in New Jersey. In 1888 it averaged: New Jersey, $05; Massachusetts, $50; Ohio, $40; New York, (N4; Vermont, $38; Maryland, 832 ; Wisconsin, J23, and in some Western States less thsn $5 jcr aero. Some olio has ingouiouHly mado and placed on exhibition at tho World's Fair a largo ear of corn, over twouty inches in length, by glueing largo grains of com on a wooden cob, tho wholo being very deceptive in appear once. To hear tho farmers discuss tho merits and demerits of this largo car of corn and its smaller brothers, as well as to observe tho efforts mado by others to get a few grains for need, afford considerable amusement for those who understand tho secret, says tho St. Louis Republic. . i Tho Chineso Government appears to bo awakening to tho fact that tho rapid increase in tho solo of Indian teas in Europe may bo duo in part to causes for which tho Cfiincso growers aro responsiblo. Tho Likin authori ties have issued a proclamation against tho manufacture of what is significantly-known as "lie tea," The docu ment points out that this scandalous practice has dono much to bring about tho lamented decline in the tea trade, and declares that tho authorities are determined to put a stop to it. Peo ple aro warned not to make any tea ex cept from tho genuine tea leaf ; but, says the proclamation, if any person should disregard tho warning, the pun ishment will bo severe namely, trans portation for life, for tho maker, tho seller, the buyer, and everybody else concerned in the transaction. Any person who may give information that will lead to tho detection of those carrying on this unlawful business will be handsomely rewarded and "re ceive a button of the fifth class." The proclamation ends with an assurance to tea dealers that hereafter they need have no fear of adulteration, as no one will dare to disregard this official an nouncement, although no provisions whatever have been uiado for its en forcement. Says the New York Sun : "Thero it evidently a great deal for woman to learn in tho domestic arts and sciences at the Chicago Exposition outside of the beautiful building dedicated to her special honor and instruction. There is a vuriety of cooking exhibitions, and ouo of them is especially to be com mended. This is tho exhibit devoted to the illustration of all tho uses to which tho products of maize, or corn as it is universally called in this coun try, ciu bo profitably and palatably put in tho economy of the household. Although the queens of the American kitchen have been supposed to bo well acquainted with eorn meal, it appears that there are many grades and modi fications of the familiar yellow Hour, and the ingenuity of a celebrated de monstrator of tho culinary art has evolved soino forty savory products with such queer nameB as "plnnkots," "jolly boys," "mu-kia-li-wo" and "kia-lnu-ia-li-we." It is to bo hoped that these articles all tu.ste as sweet under any other name. This exhibit ought to prove of further use as showing to foreign visitors the value and desira bility of corn flours for human food. The use of American corn before it has been transformed into pork for the table is little known abroad. It was not known at all until a speciul com missioner, Mr. Murphy, was sent to Europe by Secretary Rusk of the De partment of Agriculture to give lec tures and demonstrations of how palu tablo and nutritious dishes could be mado from a grain which, ou that side of the Atlantic, fed the lower animals alone. As a result of his efforts the knowledge of corn flour has become quite usual among the culinary experts of Paris, Berlin and Vionua, and os soon as tho peasantry of Europe have become acquainted with -it the foreign market for our corn will bo ap preciably enlarged. It is to bo hoped that the appetizing exhibit of johnny cake and its fanciful derivatives at Chi cago may loud added fragrance to every breakfast table in the United States, as well as make all Europe ac quainted with a wholesome, nutritious, cheap and pttluUble article of food," Thore is a predominance of females over males in Spain, tho number of the former being 8,943,000 ond of tho latter 8,007,000. Though tennis is much moro popu lar in tho North than in tho South, fully 15,000,000 pairs of tennis shoes aro sold below Mason and Dixon's lino every year, tho peoplo preferring them as a foot wear to other shoes. Tho high price of horses in Great Britain has increased the numbers bred in England and Scotland 4035 head. Increased attention is given to horso breeding by the farmers, ond the quality is materially improving for the useful draught horso the Shires and Clydes. The Atlanta Constitution suggested the day after tho collapso of Ford's Theatre at Washington that tho spot should bo marked by a monument, os an occursed piece of ground not fit to bo utilized for building purposes. Tho Washington Evening News now makes a similar suggestion. It proposes that' tho spot shall be devoted to a memorial of the dead. The San Francisco Chronicle notes that Japan is reaching out for new fields to colonize The success of the recent experiments in Hawaii has stimulated the Mikado's Government to endeavor to repeat this work In Mexico and Australia. On the coffeo and sugar plantations of Mexico great difficulty is experienced in securing good reliable labor and in the Austral ian colonies every device has been tried unsuccessfully to fill the demand for hands on remote ranches. Tho Japanese aro not ideal laborers, but they are far superior to the South Son Islanders that have been tried in Queensland ond other colonics at the antipodes. We do not care how many of tho Japanese swarm into Moxioo ond Australia, but we are not anxious to see them enter our ports for wore this immigration encouraged it would result in the same evils that hnvo fol lowed the influx of the Chineso. In the Century Georgo Kennan re plies to the recoutly published defense of Russia made by tho Secretary of the Russian Legation at Washington. Mr. Kennan presents a large array of facts to controvert the assertions of Mr. Botkine. "A striking proof of tho impoverishment of the Russian peasan try is furnished," ho says, "by tho of ficial statistics with regard to the num ber of farm animals in the Empire, and particularly the number of horses. Every American farmer .knows that ho would find it extremely difficult, if not absolutely impossible, to work his land without the oid of a horse ; and that the complete absence of horses on n farm is an unmistakable cvidenoe of extreme poverty and destitution. What is tho condition of the Russian peasant when tried by this test? In the year 1882 there were in the Tillage com munities of European Russia 9,079,024 peasant households. Of this number 2,437,555 households, representing a population of perhaps 14,000,000,. and constituting twenty-seven per cent, of tho whole agricultural class, did not own a single horse. Of caurae these 14,000,000 people had not always been without horses. They had lost thorn, partly through contagious diseases, which they knew not how to combat, partly in forced settlement of debts to money-lenders, which they were un able to pay, and partly as the result of the ruthless and short-sighted policy of a Government that soil? tho last horse of a poor peasant farmer for taxes, and thus renders it almost im possible for him ever to pay taxes again. Mr. Botkine refers in his arti cle to the recent famine in Russia as a calamity that gave the Ameaioan peo ple on opportunity to show their sym pathy with the people of Russia. I wonder whether it ever ooourred to him that the calamity to which he re fers was permitted, if not caused, by the 'beneficent sovereign' whom he de fends; and that the dibtress which called forth our sympathy was the work, in large part, of the very Gov ernment that ho describes as 'natural and satisfactory. ' The famine of 1891 92 was not one of the sudden, unfore seen, and unforeseeable) catastrophies that are described in bills of lading and insuraco policies as 'acts of God' J neither was it due solely to the un favorable meteorological conditions which brought about a failure of tho harvest. It was the remit, in large part, of tho oppression and maladmin istration to which the peoplo had been subjected, and wot merely the culmina tion of a long-threatened crisis. Tho economic condition of the peasants in the famine-Btricken provinces, and particularly iu tho provinces lying along the Volga River and its tribu taries, wag almost hoptlveS bcfvrw the Jiarr6t(ilo4i". .. A FIVE O'CLOCK POEM, The shadows lie across the road In long, cool streaks ; The sunshine touches tenderly Tho green hill peaks. The air is clear as cloar can be, Tho sky, soft blue j And all tho oarth seoms fair and sweet, Tho heavens, too. And by tho walk before the gate, The evening breezo Makes all the leaves to bond and wave Upon tho trees. Tho sun Is low above the hill Out toward the west ; The quiet air brings happily A hint of rest. The cow goes slowly 'long the fence ; And in tho field, The men amid the hay, their scythes Have ceased to wield. Ho swoet and bright and fair has been This afternoon That one might wish the whole round year Could be all June, But best of all the summer eve Is this I seo A cheery man comes up the path 'Tis JohD, to toa. Ironton Register. A NIGHT WITH KIT CARSON. HI W. THOMSON. HILE crossing the plains en route to California in the summer of 1850 we had entered tho northeastern edge of Arizona. One forenoon we were plodding slowly along when ahead on tho trail wo saw a singlo horseman riding swiftly towards us. "A whito man, by thunder I and alone, boys, exclaimed our guide, Sam Lount. "A mighty risky trick for these parts. Were on the stamping ground of the Apaches and they re always on the warpath. ravening for scalps. We'll likely hear some news, boys, ihat mans got uusiness on nanu. xuat Kind of a fellow don't hurry for nothing." By this time the lono rider had reached the head of our line, and singling out the guide, he conrteously sainted mm. "lounail better bring your wagons close together, and bo ready to form a corral at a moment's notice," he said, including us alL "There's a big band of Apaches, led by mat young villain, uoronimo, laying for you behind Baby Range, about eight miles further on. They iutend to stay tuere until yon get into the pass, but may change their minds and attack in the open. "Much obliged, stranger," said our guido. "Jly name is Sam Lount : might I ask yours and how you got clear oi tne reds yourself ? "Well, smilingly responded the man, "my Sunday name is Chrii topher, but I'm generally called Kit Kit carson, at your service. "Kjt Carson I Kit Carson!" tho familiar uamo ran down our extended ranks like a cheer. We all hurried to tho front to shako hands with the famous scout. Carson was at this time in the prime oi jiio about forty years old. I think A casual observer, noting his rather unaer-sizea form, peaceful appearance ana modest, unassuming manners, would never have dreamed of selecting him from out a crowd as the most dar ing rider, fearless explorer and success ful Indian fighter known to Western fame. Carson went on to answer the guide's question: "I had no troublo to keen clear of the redskins, because, though I was oltcu much nearer, none caught sight of me at a less distance than sixty rods, and they know Lightfoot" (his colebruted thoroughbred mare) "too well to wasto time in a chase. " "I've got men and horses camped down on the Little Colorado," he went on, "but I have been riding alone for a week trying toselcct the shortest and easiest wagon route through this part of the country. Throe days ago I ran on Geronimo'B warriors just oftor they d wiped out a party of emigrants. The remains of four wagons were still smoking, and, os nearly as I could judge, sixteen bodies had been piled up with them, tight mules lay dead around. Looking down on their camp yesterday J discovered they had five American horses ond men," he added slowly; "they've got a young white womau prisoner. " "Thero were 106 Indians in the band. There ore 91) now. Most ore armed with bows and arrows, tomahaws, lances and knives. About thirty carry old smooth boro flint lock guns." "And you think they know that wo're coming?" asked Lount. "I'm sure of it," answered Carson. "They have scouts out. You haven't seen them, but they've counted you over and over again." "But they must know that you'd warn us?" I observed. "What do you take me for, young sir," laughed Carson. "Not a red has had sight of me for the last twenty four hours. It was from their motion that I knew n train was couiiug." "And now," continued tho scout, becoming serious, "it must never be said that thirty -six American men al lowed o countrywoman of theirs to be carried off by u baud of savages. If you'll join iu and do exactly us I say, we'll rescue that girl before to-morrow morning. Who says yes?" "I," shouted every mun of us. "Very well, then," said Carson with a sudden sunny smile. "Unhitch for dinner, now, und we shall not start again until tho middle of the after noon. Tho plan is to reach Baby Range just before sundown and camp liUlotliiilide," f Carson managed so that we arrived, seemingly in the ordinary course of travel, at tho appointed spot shortly after the sun had disappeared behind tho range. In order to ovoid oil chances of his dreaded presence being descried by the Indians he had dis mounted whon within o mile of tho mountain, placod his famous horso in the rear amoung our led onimala and concealed himself in ono of tho cov ered wagons. Everything in tho vicinity was quiet os the grave, but tho redoubtod scout assured us that, lying behind the frowning heights, were five score sav ages, and that probably ono or two wore looking down upon us. Wo formed corral in the leisurely manner of men unconscious of dangor. Night came ou with o cloudless sky. By the light of o full moon objects would be quite distincly seen, while n strong wind blowing from tho west, i. e., directly from the enemy's position to ours, effectually drowned the noise of ony movements we might make. After supper Carson gathered ns around him ond said in his peculiarly soft low voice: "Near the south end of this little range there is, as your guide knows, a deep, ragged ravine winding around to the west and finally running out on the open plain quite close to tho trail. "Geronimo'smen won't make a move while this wind is blowing to carry a sound to ns, but they know that it will die away just beforo daybreak. They propose then to .steal through the pass, form up on this side, mako a rush and take you by surprise ; if they could do that, not a man of you would escape. "Now, I propose obout midnight, when tho horses will all bo in tho cor ral, to tako twenty men, rido straight down tho east side to the ravine, pass through it like shadows and come out on tho trail in their rear. Hero the real troublo will begin, as wo shall then have to sneak, down wind, over a mile of open ground. "Under ordinary circumstances at tempting to surprise a band of Indians in this way would be childish, but these fellows are gorged with, stolen food, are intent only upon wiping out this party, will never dream of being attacked from the west, and if they keep watch at all it will be only for a short time ond in this direction. "But remember, men, whether we rescue a live woman or a mutilated corpse depends entirely upon the exactness with which you who are loft in camp follow instructions. "If our surprise is perfect tho reds will all rush forward to meet our attack. They will not, must not have time to think of thoir prisoner, else they'll murder her at once. "One hour after we leavo hero ten of you must silently saddle and mount your horses. The instant you hear our first volley dash like lightning through the pass. "You'll sco the woman tied up close to the rocks on the left of tho puss as you go out. Two of you, appointed bo forehand, must snatch her up and fly back, while the other eight join in tho fight. It won't last ten minutes, for there's not a band of Indians on tho plains that will stand that long when unexpectedly attacked at night on both sides at once. And now," concluded the intrepid and experienced Carson, "we may rest for a few hours in abso lute security." At midnight Carson ond his selected party left so stealthily that somo of us who were dozing did not notice their departure. Precisely at 1, Lount having previously let us draw lots to determine who should accompany him, directed the mount. Both young Alec Eraser and myself were of this number. The wholo ten of us, silent as statuos, sat motionless for some time in our saddles. We were armed with percussion lock muzzle loaders. Each man carried, besides his belt knife, a heavy Colt's revolver. At last, when nearly a half hour had gone by, tho old guido whispered: "All goes well, boys. If tho redskins havo no dogs along, Carson'll surprise them. " Ho had hardly spoken when out upon the night air rang a volley of rifle shots, and simultaneously from tho Indian camp rose a pundcnioniuui of yells and shrieks. "Ride, men! xide!" cried Lount. The corral keepers whirled ono of tho encamping wagons aside, and wo flew into the pass five abreast. As we thundered headlong over its 200 yards of length Lount hurriedly added: "You two, Prescott and Ad ams, seize the prisouer. You others follow me, and, boys, don't throw a bullet away !" Tho next instant wo flashed out upon the Apaches' camping ground and immediately caught sight of tho captive. She was sitting with her back to us, bound to a spear shaft driven into the earth. Never drawing rein we dashed past her, leaving l'res- eott and Adams. We spurred on where a tight was raging a huudred yards to the west. Tho savages, ready to fly when a score of warriors failed to rise after the rifle volley, had now correctly es timated tho number of their assailants and were rallying. Most were on foot, but some had scrambled to their ponies bareback. Just as we came out upon them I saw two mounted braves charge furiously down with leveled lances ou Carson. Beforo either came within striking distance the unerring marks man had iired twice, lightning like, and both fell. They never noted our approach, and when wo tired upon their rear the whole body broke and lied. I hen Carsou's voice, no louirer soft and low, but ringing out trumpet toned, rose abovo the din: "Reload your guns and pist U ! Follow up!" We eight men had aimed uuly at tb.9 ei pouiu. In the uielue and we La I brought them down, so that among the rush of flying savages thero was not now a single mounted man. It was a wild race. We did not in tend a second ambuscade to bo set for us. It took ns only ten seconds to re chargo our rifles, then we dashed off Carson, who carried two magnificent revolvers, joining us and leaving his Iarty to reload. Tho sixty-five Apaches were strain ing every nervo to reach the shelter of the dark ravine, and as they had but one milo to cover it seomed possible that wo might not overtake them. Carson, Lount anil Soott, superbly mounted, gained on them and came within half rifle shot, whilo tho other six of us wero still 150 yards in the rear. Suddenly, seeing only three were close upon them, a dozen war riors turned and delivered thoir fire. Scott fell, and his trained horso came to a dead stop. In the hope of secur ing at least one scalp, the braves rushed up with tomahawks and knives. As we pressed forward wo could see in tho brilliant moonlight, close on each side of the riderless horse, Carson on the right ond Lount ou the left tho two veteran plainsmen sitting calmly in their saddles awaiting the onset. Wo did not dare to discharge our rifles for fear of hitting our leaders. Carson had said calmly: "Thoir pieces aro empty, Sam. Wait till they almost touch us." Tho Apaches, finding the whites did not fire, evidently supposed that their "shoot-all-day little guns" were not loaded. With exultant yells they camo recklessly on. They had reached within fifteen feet of the impassivo horsemen, when six shots, so rapidly discharged that tho report of one overlapped tho other, blazed out and as many braves went down. Then, before tho remaining six could turn and run, Carson, giving way to a fit of rage, drove the spurs into his horse's flanks, and, with on appalling shout, fairly rodo two of tho miscreants down ond tho others skurriud away, but our rifles finished them. The twenty men who had been left behind to reload rejoined us here for tho pursuit, but Carson put up his re volvers. "That will do, boys. The reds have got their lesson." All this, which has taken so long to tell, occupied scarce a minute in the doing. Wo found Scott with but a scalp wound, ond we setoff back to tho Indian camp a jolly party. Scattered over the ground we found blankets, buffalo robes, deer skins, prairie wolf pelts, war clubs, bows and arrows and spears. Twenty sets of theso weapons still lay by the warriors slain by tho opening rifle volley. Near at hand were tethered more than a hun dred ponies. Then we set out for the corral. The approach, tho attack, the rescue, the skirmish, the pursuit, the destruction of the camp had been crowded into less than three hours. This was only ono among the daring necessary deeds w hich made Kit Car son's name a household word through' out the length and breadth of his na tive land. In after years when, nt his own homo in Taos, I came to know Christopher Carson well, he assured me and his history bears him out in this that never onco in his long career of battle had ho needlessly killed a single red man, though in thoso times among tho pioneers of the Western plains the life of an Indian was considered of no moro account than that of a noxious beast. When tho "jubilation" had quieted dowu Carson inquired for tho pris oner. "Safe hero, but utterly worn out and nearly starved," replied Prescott. "Tho Indians would offer her nothing but horseflesh. Wo gave her a good supper, with plenty of hot tea, and she is asleep in Scott's wagon, fast asleep if not awakened by our noise. " Now York Press. A Gruesome Occupation. Tho macchabeo men, or fishers of dead bodies, of Paris, France, who ply thoir doleful trade on tho Seine be tween the Auteuil viaduct and tho Bil laueourt bridge, threaten to go on strike owing to tho slowness with which their money premiums are paid. Pero Joseph, the senior member of the profession, has been fishing for mac chabees or dead bodies for the past twenty-five years, but ho and his com panions are now idle as he has not been paid for tho last batch of corpses sent to the morgue. Joseph sent forty-two macchahccu to the city dead house last year and was paid three dollars each for them, his total gains being about ouo hundred and twenty six dollars. This year tho trade seemed to be improving; the morgue literally overflowing with bodies taken out of tho river, and in ono day ho made twelve dollars. That money, however, he hus not yet received, al though it has been duo for a fort night, and hence lie hus laid down his ropes and grappling iron until the city officials, whoso duty it is to remuner ate li i tn and his companions for their services, shall be moro expeditious iu their puyiug New York Mercury, Metallzlnjr (loth. An interesting announcement is imide iu tlio French papers of tho dis covery of a process for mctalizing textile fabrics, by which, it is claimed, the latter are rendered proof against the attack of insects. Tho materials, such as wool, flannel, calico, etc., are for this purpose immersed in a boiling bath composed of 2 pounds of sul phate of copper, one pound of sul phuric acid und sixty-two gallons of water, the fabric being calendered and dried alter it removal from the fluid. The finish obtained by this process will, it is said, beur two or three wash ings before it is again necessary to subject the cloth to a repetition of the opciutitm. Detroit I'm l'rvw, SCIENTIFIC AMI IMlCSTHIAb. It is a scientifio fact that Chinamen aro remarkobly long lived. Neison says that for every death dur ing tho year two persons ore con stantly sick. A new glass for thermometers is un affected by a heat of 1000 degrees, tho ordinary glass being unre liable above 750 degrees on account of its tendency to soften. Lyonet, who spent his wholo life in watching a siuglo species of caterpil lar, discovered in it 4000 eyes. Tho common fly has 8000 eyes, and certain butterflies 25,000. A salt mine near Speurenberg, Ger many, is over 4194 feet deep. It is sixteen feet in diameter for 1200 feet, the boring below that having been made with a thirteen-iuch augur bit. Edison is working on a magnetic ore separator. Tho only obstacle in tho way of its success at present is tho necessity of crushing tho ore to a very fine powder beforo the separating process. The smokes of Paris have been mapped by M. Foubert. The princi pal factory chimneys have been set down, with circles of various sizes and tints to represent tho emission of smoke from each. A new device iu the driving gear of a locomotive which equalizes the steam pressure and prevents tho pounding in the cylinder has been in vented and patented by David S. Pat terson, of North Platte, Neb., who has been blind all his life. The human heart is the most powerful pumping-machino for its sizo ever made. It throws into tho arteries seven and three-fonrth tons of blood per day. Its exertion is equivalent to that required to raise a weight of 122 tons one foot iu twenty-four hours. , The telephone is now used by deep water divers. A receiver and trans mitter combined is allixed to the in side of the helmet near the diver's ear. By a slight turn of his head he can speak into tho 'phone, and he can hear readily from it ot all times. Its value in deep-sea work, for reporting pro gress or receiving instructions, is clear. Formerly the only communication was by a system of pulls at a cord. Iridescent clouds wero recorded at Christiana from 1871 to 1892 by H. Mohr. Tho phenomenon is rare, such clouds having been visible only on forty-two days and not at all iu tho five years ending with 1880. They occur mostly in midwinter, range in height from fourteen to . over eighty miles (tho lowest twice as high as any other clouds), and seem to bo con nected with storm in tho North At lantic. An Australian inventor has just per fected a method of plowing with the help of dynamite. Tho explosive is used in very small quantities, and there is an apparatus for touching it off underground. The result of this is to thoroughly disintegrate the soil. It is asserted that there is no possibility of a serious explosion, and that owing to-the small quantity of dynamite used the cost is very little, whilo tho result ing benefit is enormous. Curious Spoil From Dahomey. It is said that General Dodds, who recently returned to Paris from the conquest of Dahomey, brought back with him a large collection of curious objects, which will soon bo placed iu the various museums of Paris for the delectation of admiring Parisians. Among the articles are three large fig ures, sculptured or carved in wood, representing Behanzin; his father, Gle-Gle, and his grandfather, Gle-Gle, who was also called Kini-Kini, or Lion, has, iu his counterfeit presentment in wood, tho head and features of a mon arch of the desert, while Behanzin, tho still living but deposed Duhomcyan chief, has a shark's head in token of his nom do guerre, as it may be called, Le Requin. Tho general has ulso iu his possession tho banner given to Be hanzin by some Portuguese traders ou tho west coast of Africa. It is in scribed with tho words Rei (or king) Behanzin, underneath being tho Do homcyau arms, coutisting of a shark, an egg, ami two palm trees. Two Krupp guns taken from tho Dahomey -aus, who had buried them in a field after tho capture of Abomey, have been unshipped at Toulon, and will soon be placed in tho museum of tho Hotel des luvalides. Picayune. Swedish Honesty. A point which soon attracts the at tention of travelers in Sweden ji- the punctilious honesty and truthfulness of the inhabitants. This is best seen iu the many little iucidents of daily life. When asking for ldaees at a theatre, for instance, the ticket clerk never fails to inform the aoolicant if. owing to thu crowded state of thu house, a better position would be se cured with a cheaper ticket than the one asked for. Atriiiu. when unreels are taken out by steamers from Stock holm to country places in tho neigh borhood, they are just thrown out on to the quay, where they frequently re main half the day without being claimed. It never seems to onv one that they could possibly be taken by anybody but their rightful owners. On a canal trip of any length a littlu book lies iu the saloon of the steamer, iu which each passenger keens his own account of the number of meals, etii., ho may take during the journey. New a oi k Dispatch. Circumstances Alter Case. Iu the Isle of Man it was formerly tht) law that to take away an ox or a horse was not a felony but a trespass, lieeaiise of tlio difficult v in that little territory of concealing or carrying them off. But to steal u pig or it fow I, wlncli is tiisily done, a OttPltuJ criue, Nt i'ork World, THE BLACKSM1IH, Cllns dang, cling clang! Went the blacksmith's hammer, While his brazen voice outraug High o'er all the clnmor. In his forge from brenk of day, When ho pealed his roundelay, , Ho fleree ho seemed, tlio neighbors rOV t Quaked with terror nt tho soun'U Loudly ring, my nuvil true, I'll have ne'er a bride hut you ; In my blaek nbode, thy beat Than a love song is more sweet i La, la, la, la, la, ia, la, Iu, la, liu Cling clang, cling claug! Softly rang the hammer : lioger's heart Instead went ban?, With a violent clamor. Ho the pretty Hoo hail senn, Flower half blown of sweet fifteen, Put on gloves, was wed full soon. Changed was then the blacksmith's tuns I Soft, my anvil, ring to-day In tho uiimo of love I prny, Boftly, softly sound the blows, Not to drown the voieo of Hose, La, la, la, In, la. la, la, la, la, la. Cling clang, cling clang 1 lioso was very trying ; Three times, hark ! a slop outrnng, Into silence dying. Ah, poor Bose, sure all is o'er ! Came the watch anil burst the door. Lo, the man of noise and strife On liis knees beforo his wile ! Eoso, in love's near name I pray, Beat me, beat me all the day. For thy pretty baud will bo Boft as satlu still to me. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, Ja, la. From the French ot U. Lemoine. HUMOR OF THE DAY. The lyin' of society Not at home,' Shoving tho queer Incarcerating lunatics. The baby in tho cradle strikes thd bed-rock of happiness. Tho police justico should always b(J prepared to see a fiuo point. When a man begins to say "Every thing goes!" it usually does. Puck. The less attention you pay to your neighbors the more you interest thorn. Two for five A couple of trampe trying to pick up a nickel. New York Journal. Ah escaping prisoner seldom begs pardon for the liberty ho takes. Troy Press. It is a strong boarder who can eat three plates of hash without turning a hair. Boston Courier. Yalo wants tho "rocks" but what to) do with a granito quarry is a puzzle. Meriden Republican. Knowledgo is power except in tho case of tho man who knows he is licked. Indianapolis Journal. One way of providing for a rainy day is to mako preparations to go to a picnic. Philadelphia Times, It is hard to live within one's salary, but thero is ouo consolation it is harder to live without it. Truth. The bare-faced lie naturally docs not meet with tho sumo respect as the ancient humbug with whiskers. Puck. "The heart kuowcth its own bitter ness," but there aro many souls who don't appear to realize their own gall. Ram's Horn. The modern landlord doesn't get frightened when ho sees the hand writing on tho wttlL Ho just gets mad, Buffalo Courier. If cholera prevails iu years when rhere are few flies, the indications f r a healthy summer are very favorable. Buffalo Express. A Camden minister who was given a mutch sealed in an envelope for a wed ding fee mado light of tho imposition. Philadelphia. Record. Ho "Don't you think von could love me just a little?" She "Oh, yes: I eau love you just as little as you like." Somerville Journal. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a woman to go through a ferryboat without glancing in the mirror. Puck. "What's tho name of your new boat ?'' "I named it 'Bridget,' after the cook, because it makes such heavy rolls. ''--Journal of Education. You perhaps wouldn't think so ti look at it, but almost any musician will tell you that tho stick' beM tho drum all hollow. Troy Press. Miss Chicago "Is your neuralgia any better, dear?" "ms Boston "Better? How could it be? It was never good. " --Detroit Free Press. A great deal has been said as to tho slowness of the turtle's movements, but all we can say is that he generally ar rives in time for soup. Drake's -Uug-aziue. Even after people have struggled to reach the top of tho hill of success they find tho apex swarming with mosquitoes and other uuis.tuee:.. Truth. Hotel Clerk (Chicago) "Sir, you are leaving without your board lii'll!" Guest "Of course 1 am ! Don't tako me for a freight train, do you?" At lanta Constitution. Bob (trying to grow a mustache) "I k:iy, Tom, does it shotv ut all ?" Tom (seriously)--"Well, yes, n little; but never mind. 1 don't think anybody will notice it. " Washington News. "Is Spooney apt to marry that pret ty girl at tho cravat counter?" "I think ho ould if ho felt that sho could break herself of the habit of Balling for 'cash.' " Philadelphia: Record. "1 think I will t.i'ue a holiday tho next three weeks," remarked the Sec retary and Treasurer of a private com pany to the Chairmen thereof. "lint you returned from one only two wck.t ago." "True; thut was my holiday as. KccivHl'y; I Hh to jj j U'.iW us iU!W
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