THE ; FOREST REPUBLICAN b MhlhkeO it try Wdaeduty, kf J. E. WENK. Offloa In Bmaarbangh Co.' uildlni SUM ITMH, TIONraTA, Pa, Term, . . tljto pr Tar. H nbMrtptf nmItc4 far Awtar Mrlod U tkrr months. Onrraapondnm wllclta fmi al Mrii at th ennnvy. N aUc wUl Ukaa f unnnu owumoJeaUtu. RATKS Or ADVERTISING! On. Rqnara, on inota, an lmwrtfoa. .1 1 00 On. Kqaar, on inch, on month. . . , ( 09 On Squara, on inoh, tbr month.. , 00 On Hqn.re, on inch, on ;r, ., 10 W Two bquare on jaar 1ft 00 Quarter Column, on yaar. B0 00 Half Column, on yaar B0 00 On. Column, on JW . -, 100 10 LK1 advert lumnta ten orat pr 11m wch uiMrtion. Marriage and drath notloaa gratia. All bi Hi for yearly adrertiement uuDa Forest Republican. VOL. XXVI. NO. 25. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11, 1893. $1.50 PEll ANNUM. quarterly, iamporary adrarummaoia I b paid in adrano. Job work oath on delivery. IF t i i ' Wandering bicycle ridern havo lately caused a vost increase in tho business of wayside iuus. Tho Forestry Department of India in successfully naturalizing the mahog uuy troo in Bangalore. Labrador, a country which wo al ways associate with Arctic snowdrifts, icebergs, etc., had 900 species of flowering plants, fifty-nino fcrim nnd over 250 species of mosseB und licheliH. Handkerchiefs woro first inndo for tho market nt Paisley, Scotland, in 1743, nnd hi 'Id for nbout 81 each. Lust year it is computed that 80,000,000 dozen were sold in tho United States. Many Germnns aro leaving Kansas and nettling in Maryland. Tho grunt West has been ovor-boomod, nnd thou sands of people want to get away, says tho Atlanta Constitution in explana tion. An English woman of great wealth claims that tho clergy pay so much at tention to tho poor that oho could not get on to attend hor husband when ho needed spiritual consolation. Sho admits a great deal, is tho comment of tho Atlanta Journal. Venice is in hopes of reviving her ancient niaritimo prosperity. Im portant .harbor-works havo been going on for the last twenty years to form tho "Lido Port," which probably will beendy for vessels next year, although the works will not bo concluded till 18'J5. Once in St. Paul, Minn,, a$1.50-a-day laborer had lung trouble. He went to Bontheru California nnd began keopiug bees. Last year ho sold $10,000 worth of honey. Bees do well iu Southern California, for flowers bloom at all seasons, and they keep on laying np honey for tho winter that never comes. Great joko on "tho bees, isn't it? Tho Western Tobaoco Journal ad duces figures to show that tho annual pcr-capita consumption of manufac tured tobacco iu this country, on a basis of 05,000,000 population, is five and one-third pounds, costing not less ' than $5 at retail. No other country approaches tho United Btates in tho amount and value of tobacco consumed per capita. Tho wheat outturn will not exceed 443,000,000 bushels, according to tho American Agriculturist's own reports, and of its interpretations of Govern ment returns, compared to 611,000, 000 as tho average for tho last two seasons ami 400,000,000 bushels in 1890. Nearly 2,500,000 less acres were devoted to wheat than last year, und .tho bulk of this decrease was in tho surplus States, which bill fair to havo 78,000,000 fewer bushels than last year, and 125,000,000 bushels un der tho surplus States' product of 1891. Prince Bismarck mado a suggestive statement in his address to an organi zation of schoolmasters. Ho drew a comparison between tho French and tho German Bystems of education, showing the bearing of the latter in the unity and strength of tho Nation. Ho dislikes the French system because it inculcates "National vanity and ignorance of the geography aud history of other Nations." No Nation excels Germany in its educational system, nnd the ex-Chancellor well knows the ad vantago of making tho Gorman school "a specific institute, like a corps of officers." Groat excitement prevails in Franco owing to tho discovery that, of tho twonty-eight companies which own the various submarine cables which en circle tho globe as with an iron net, no less than niueteeu are English, and that during the recent troubles iu con nection with Siam tho dispatches ad dressed to tho French Government from the far east were read Bud known at tho English Foreign Office several hours before their delivery iu Paris. France is, in fact, entirely dependent upon Englibh companies for cable com munication with her various colonial dependencies, including even Tunis, and actually goes so far as to grant a State subsidy of 8li0,000 per annum to tho English "African Direct Telegraph Company," whose lines she is obliged to use iu order to reach her possessions on the west coast of Africa. Of the twenty-eight cable companies only two are French, one Danish, three North American aud three South American. Indued, of tho 125,000 miles of sub marine cable which constitute tho sub marine telegraphic system of tho world, more than three-quarters are iu tho bauds of tho English, w ho aro placed thereby iu a singularly advantageous position with respect to other nationalities. From Chicago comes a loud protest ngainst stroet parados, which ore char acterized as a nuisanco. Old English silverware is much in demand in tho United St ates just now, and genuino pieces, especially those of historic intorost, fetch high prices. Weather forecasts in Great Britain grow moro accurate every year, and the metoorological council anuounco with pri do that eighty-four per cent, of thoso given last year word success ful. Throo yoars ago nearly seventeen per cent, of tho storm warnings were not fulfilled, but now the rato has fallen to soven per cent. Tho park policemen of San Francisco uso tho lnriat to stop runaway horses, and nil aro exports with tho ropo. Tho Captain of tho Golden Gate Pnrk squad says his men "can stop horso within a distance of fifty yards without tho f lightest danger to themselves," and ho implies, though he doesn't distinctly say so, without danger to tho ruuaway or its rider. Tho Chineso aro- the most lightly taxed pooplo in tho world. They havo no Chancellor of tho Exchequer wor ried over budget-making. All the land there belongs to tho State, and a trifling sum per acre, never altered through long centuries, is paid as rent. This is the only tax iu tho country, and it amounts to about $5 per head yearly. Two little girls, Gertrudo and Ethel Hedgcr, who aro wards in chancery and heiresses to 3100,000 each, wore recently arraigned as vagrants in a London police court. Their fortunes aro so Bocurely locked up in chancery that by no process of law can any of tho money bo obtaiucd until tho chil dren aro of ago. They ore at present practically destitute, nnd unable to procuro decent surroundings, clothing or education. Tho beauty 61 tho elm is more than skin deep, says the Now York Post, and a high light of forestry gives it tho first rank as a shade tree, both for streets and parks, because it is likewise strong, vigorous, and can be grown ihso many places. Tho leaves are so tough that dust has little eflcct on them. Certain kinds of maples also have a good stand ing for shade, beauty, aud rapid growth, though the soft maplo is use less for heavy shade. Oak trees, tho English and tho Turkish, though rarely seen as shado trees iu our streets, tako high rank for that use. Soys the New York Tribune : "It may not be flattering to our vanity, but it is a fact, novortholess, that Europe does not tako nearly as much interest in America as America takes in Europe. This has long been indi cated by tho paucity of American nows in the European press ; and it is now forcibly brought to our attention by tho iudifTcrouco of Europe to tho greatest Exposition that has ever been held. The average European classes tho United States with Australia, Madagascar, South Africa and other out-of-the-way countries, whose do ings can- havo no possible interest for him. This being so, tho wonder is not that thero havo been so few Euro pean visitors to tho Fair, but that auy ono in this couutry should havo ex pected them to come." As a result of his investigations, Pro fessor McCook estimates tho army of tramps in tho United States at 45,845. Practically all of them are in tho prime of lifo and in good health, with noth ing to prevent them from earning a livelihood, three-fifths of them having trades by which to support themselves, and nine-tenths able to read and write. And yet thoy aro loafers and non-producers, refusing to assume the obliga tions of citizenship, and aro a lucre burden to society. At a conservative estimate, their maintenance costs tho public $3.50 a week, eighty-four cents of which is spent for spirits and to bacco ; aud if to this is added police und hospital charges, tho expense is increased to 4.40 a week, as much as it costs to support the most dangerous criminal. Tho aggregate sum thus required to keep tho tramp army in motion is SO, 109,000 a year, a sum double the cost of the Indian bureau, and more than ouo-quarter of tho an nual interest of tho publie debt. Worso thau this, tho army is a con stant menace to public morals and publio health, the greater that it is al ways iu motion, in that of those who are ill by far tho larger proportion suffer from exceedingly loathsome and contagious diseases. The tramp evil is thus a most pressing one, not only because of its demoralizing effects up on industry, but because of tho moral aud physical dangers to which it ex poses the working population. SWINO HIGH AND SWING LOW. Swing high and swing low, whilo thebroczo thoy blow It 'b off for a sailor thy father would go : And It's horo In the harbor, in sight of tho Ron, Ho hath left his woo babo with my song and with me : "Rwlng high and swing low, While tho brooKOB they blow !' Swing high and iwlng low, whilo thebroezea they blow It's oh for tho waiting as woary days go ! And It's oh for tbo boartocbu that smltoth mo when I Blng my Bong over and ovor again s "Swing high and swing low. While tho broozos thoy blow !" "Swing high and swing low " thesonslngeth so, And It walleth anon In Its ebb and Its flow ; And a sloeper sloops on to that Bong of the sea, Nor rocketh ho ovor of mlno or of mo I "Swing high and swing low, Whilo th bronzes thoy blow 'Twos off for a sailor thy father would go !' Eugene Field, In Chicago Herald. A LOVE LETTER, BY B. A. WEISS. QUIRE MADDOX sat at broakfast, reading tho leading county nowspaper, and choking with toast nnd indigna tion at a fierce ed itorial attack npon his own political Tiart.v. "Confounded i ViiR-Sin' nonsense an d i d - iocy !" ho exclaimed, at length, as he con temptuously tossed aside tho paper. "Here, Eva, child, another cup of coffee !" As his daughter received tho empty cup, ho noticed something of an ex pression of sadness on her usually bright face, and his conscience re proached him as being the cause of it. Since tho death of his wife, whom he had tenderly loved, his daughter had boon dearer to him than anything on earth, and ho did not liko to see her looking unhappy. "What ia tho day's programme, Evie?" ho asked, quite mildly. "Hadn't you better drive down with mo to Chester and see the Lyne girls while I call on my lawyer?" "No, thank you, papa. The Lyne girls are coming here to tea and cro quet this afternoon." "Ah! And who havo you to meet them?" Eva's hand was a littlo uneteody as she poured out the coffee, and her aunt, Miss Maddox, quietly answered for her : "Young Mr. Moffit and his sister, and tho Harmon girls and Jack Biver ton, and Mr. Patton will bring a friend with him." The tquire's brow darkened. "Wasn't Jack Biverton here yester day?" "No, not yesterday." "Woll, tho day before then. Seems to mo ho is always hero. Pity his father don't keep him more closely to his desk in his office, or that ho can't find oomo other place than my house in which to pass his superabundant leisure. And I don't see," he added, lrritubly "I don't see why ho should have boon invited here, when 1 have already expressed my objection to him." "He is not particularly invited, "his sister answered. "It is only the sec ond meeting of our little croquet club all that we can find to amuso us in this dull country neighborhood. And, of course, you can't blamo him for coming with tho rest." Eva's soft, dark eyes had filled with tears. "Papa," sho said, with a little tremor in her voice, "why do you ob joct to Mr. Biverton? Everybody likes him but you. " Tho squire hesitated a full half miu ute, as ho make a pretense of care fully buttering his egg. "I have nothing against tho young man's character," he said at length, still moro impatiently, "but I don't like him personally that is, his ways. I w ish to hear and see no moro of him if possible. I object decidedly, Eva. to your accepting tho attention which ho has recently been paying you, and I must request you, Matilda, not to enoourago his visits here. " "I am sure I don't encourage him," Miss Matilda replied, bristling a little, well aware in her own mind that Mr. Rivertou neoded no encouragement from her. "But I can't uuderiitand, brother, what you can find to object to in Jack Bivertou's muuuerB. Every one says they aro delightful, and you never found fault with him until lately." "That is just ii. His innuneis have entirely changed of late. When f. man comes courting my daughter" this in a very possitive tone of voiut "i like him to uppear as a man, ai d a man of sense and business. Ho should come to mo in the first place and soy froukly that ho wishoi my consent to his ad dressing my daughter as ho er finds that he er litis a regard for her, or something plain and simple of that kind. But Biverton is a ispoony, and is making a fool of himvelf. If thero is anything that I thoroughly despise, it is to see a tail young fellow like that languishing around a woman, making sheep's eyes at her on all occasions even in church and dawdhiig about for hours in the moonlight, repeating poetry and calling her darling and dearest, aud other such bnliy names. It's disgusting 1" Here Eva, whose cheeks ba 1 been gradually assuming the hue of the damask role which was pinned at her throat, suddenly leaned back iu hei chair and burst into teHrs. Sho know now that papa must hnvo overheard that talk between herself and Jack, when they sat in tho moon light under tho drooping roses right beneath his open window. Arid she had never dreamed that pnpn could lc mean enough no, sho would not say that but unfeeling enough to listen. As sho softly cried, with her dainty handkerchief pressed to her eyes, she heard her father's concluding words : "When you find a man making love in this idiotio way, you may bo posi tivo of one thing that the love is only skin-deep, nnd that ho will make an indifferent, if not a bad husband. For this reason I object to Mr. Jack Biver erton courting my daughter. " That evening, in the quiet twilight interval between tea and croquet, Eva took ocoasion to convey to Mr. Biver ton n warning hint of what her father expected of them in tho future. Jack know as did most of the squire's acquaintances that despite a "good heart nt bottom," tho old gen tleman was apt to take up absurd nnd unreasonable prejudices, and to stick to them with tenacious obstinacy especially when ho found himself op posed. But on this occasion the young man's spirit rose in high rebellion, and it took all Eva's influence to pacify him. "No, Jack," she said, with a gentle firmness, in reply to his excited re marks, "you must not speak to papa at present. It would only make mat ters worso while ho is in this mood. Wo can do nothing but wait and see if in time ho won't yield to more reason able improssions." "In time!" repeated Jack, im potiontly. "Why, Evie, he don't change lib views on any subject within five years' time." "Well," sho said, with a sigh, "I suppose we shall havo to wait, even if it is as long as that." One day tho Bquire( returning from his morning ride, found his daughter and his sister seated in the pleasant littlo sitting-room opening upon the garden. Eva's whito fingers were deftly fashioning somo rose-colored ribbons into dainty knots and loops. "What aro those for?" her father inquired, as he seated himself in his own big arm-chair and unfolded his paper whilo glancing admiringly at tho silken stuff. "To wear at tho lawn party this evening, papa. And you will go with us, of course?" "A lawn party? Ah, I had for gotten! Well, where is it to bo at the Lyens'?" "At tho Bivertons'," Miss Maddox said. Ho scowled as he roughly shook out his paper. "I don't wish to interfere with your pleasures or enjoyments, Evu," ho said, "but I would rather that you should not go to this party at the Bivertons'." She know thai when her father ex pressed a wish, it was intended as a command, and hor hands dropped listlessly into her lap, crushing tho crisp ribbons. Tears forced them selves between the long lashes, and sho presently rose and quietly loft tho room. Then Miss Maddock looked up from her own work, and there was some thing unusual in her expression. "Archibald," sho said, gravely, "I have something to say to you. I would warn you not to carry this matter too far, nor to be too hard upon Eva and Jack Biverton, lest you drive her into open disobedience and even an elopement. " "An elopement !" His sister took from tho littlo work box which Eva had loft on the tablo a folded letter. "I found this here, just where you see that she keeps it. Perhaps I ought not to have read it, seeing that it is a love letter ; but, under the cir cumstances, I consider it my duty to let you know the contents. Will yon read it, or shall I do so?" Tho squire replied with a sort of inarticulate grunt, which his sister interpreted in her own way, anil accordingly commenced reading, aloud : " 'My owa prooious angel, Eva ' " I "Bah!" said tho squire, with an ex pression of unutterable disgust. " 'since a cruel and relentless fate at pres ent forbids our meeting, 1 can but take this unsatisfactory method of comniunieatint with you, uud teiliug you, my owa dearest darling, of how unspeakably aud uuutterably dear you are to uiu. " "The fool !" muttered the squire. " 'Oh, uiy soul's beloved' " "For heaven's sake, Mat ilda, spare mo any moro of that sickening and idiotio stuff! Why, it's worso even that 1 would have thought Jack Biver ton capublo of. hat were you say ing about an elopement?" "It in this," answered his sister, glancing down tho page : " 'I Hud that I cannot exist apart from you, and siueo your unfeeling father ' " "Humph!" " 'will not consent to our union, w must take our fortunes iuto our owu huutls and defy any earthly power to keep us aiutider.' " 'The rascal!" cried the squire, stsrliu erect iu his chnir. But his Histcr put out her hum), Vjpreeutiugly. "Hear the rest, Archibald !" "Not another word I The idea of it rn.vul nu l idiot liko that presuming to court my daughter " "But at least hcur the !ast lines: " 'GooJ-iillit, my souTa beloved ! M;ty J newels fun yeu to slumber Willi their fra- i t:riU''.o-l;itlrn wmi ! and iu yur ureii-ns thtnli of yonr ewn devoted " 'A neuinAi.u M.'.unux.' " Thero was a bhiuk, bewildered psTVse. "What does this mean, Matilda? What letter is that ?" His sister quietly handed it to him. "It is one which you wrote over twenty years ugo to the woman whom J you loved ami married Eva Chesney. Your daughter found it a few days ago among somo old letters nnd papers in the attic closet." Tho squire looked over tho faded and torn sheet as ono in a dream. "I would not havo believed that I cofild ever havo written in a stylo such as this," ho said, in a strangely sub dued voice. "And yet you woro a devoted hus band and mado your wife a happy woman." Ho read tho letter through, nnd a moisture gathered in his eyes. "Wo aro opt to forgot opt to for get!" ho muttered, as he refolded it. Just then Eva entered tho room. "I must put away my work," sho said, apologetically, and thero wero traces of tears in her eyes. Her father put out his hand, and drew her gently to her former seat. "Sit down, dear, and finish your ribbons. I will take you over to the Bivertons' this evening." And Eva never knew until after hor marriage to Jack Biverton what hod caused so sudden a change in her father's views and sentiments in regard to that subject. SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL. The average woman lives longer than tho average man. All medical authorities hold that fruits aro essential to prolongation of lifo. Attempts havo been mado to coun terfeit meteorites, because they are so valuable, but without success. According to tho tracks found in a stone quarry in Connecticut, a bird with a foot eleven inches in length in habited thoso parts. Dr. Brown-Sequord says that press ing in the neighborhood of tho ear, es pecially in front of the right one, will stop a fit of coughing. Tho hydrographio office at Washing ton is disposed to attribute the heat and drought in Europe this season to the scarcity of icobergs in tho North Atlantic. Tho Chicago Common Council has empowered tho Mayor of tho city to negotiate for tho erectiou of garbage crematories of a capacity of 100,000 tons a day. Criminals aro usually of weak phys ical organization. In 1885 sixty seven per cent, of the men in French prisons and sixty per cent, of tho women were sent to tho hospital at some time during tho period of incar ceration. Tho narrowest part of tho Strait of Florida, through whioh the Gulf Stream flows at tho rato of five knots an hour, is fifty miles wide, and has a mean depth of 850 fathoms. If this wero stopped up tho climate of this country in winter would bo totally changed. A recently constructed submarino bout, destined for tho French Navy, is moved by electricity, carries a crow of twelve men, and can remain under water for two hours. It is plannod to lodgo under an enemy's vessel a tor pedo powerful enough to break a big steamer in two. A. D. Bisteen, in a recently pub lished paper in the Astronomical Jour nal on a new method for determining tho direction of tho sun's motion through space, concludes that ho has obtained results which not only show the reality of suoh motion, but that its rate is 10.9 miles per second. fter two years' trial with pine, oak and greenheart in the Suez Canal Com pany's arsenal basin at Port Said, it has been found that whilo tho pine and oak are almost entirely destroyed by tho "taret," or borer worm, tho greenheart has. suffered no injury whatever. This wood is a native of British Guiana. Experiments with a bicycle fitted out with a small chemical tank and fire axe aro being made by a South Boston fire company. The bicycle has cushion tires and with its whole outfit weighs about sixty pounds. The tank holds about two gallons of chemical, which amounts as an extinguisher to ubout twelve pails of water. It is popularly supposed that tho sudden downpour which usually fol lows a bright flash of lightning is iu some way caused by the flash. Me teoroU gists have proven that this is not the case, and that, exactly to tho contrary, it is not only possible but highly probable that the sudden in creased precipitation is the real cause of the flash. A Curious ludlau Kcllc. Not long ago thero was dug np in Ashland a curious stone with some dim and crude inscription upon it. It be ing thowu to an old Oregon pioneer he pronounced it a temauewas stone, worn as a breastplate by tho ancient Indian priests. It has holes in tho upper corners by which it may be hung upon tho priest's neck. It carries upon it a uicturo of the sacred wigwam, and at one end of the wigwam stands the totem pole, on the top of which a little flag was hung that warned tho evil spirits off while tho priest performed his divine func tions in the sacred house or wigwam. This temauewas may coincide with the breastplate of tho Ephod, worn by tho ancient Hebrew priests, so that tho pieturo of tho wigwum on this utoiio may represent the primary an cestor of all ihe temples ever dedi cated iu the world, and all flags uud liberty poles of all oges uud countries may possibly be the lineal descendants of th'J original totem represented on the stone. Probably this Ashland stone is tho only one of the kind now iu existence. Ashland (Oregon) Tid-i'ib's- Of the 206,000,000 natives of India but 2,000,000 cau speak Kuglish, the language of tho rulura. HUNTING FOR BIG GAME. THE PERILS OF ELEPHANT SHOOT ING IN SOUTH AFRICA. Iiovrs for the Protection of F.lcphant- Tho Heaviest Tusk In tho Wortti at the Fair. 1ynE heaviest elephant tusk in j tho world, so far as known, is ot tho World's Fair in tho Capo Colony exhibit. It is seven and a half feet long and weighs 158 pounds. At tho thickest part it is about six inches through. The mate to it, which is a littlo lighter, is iu tho museum at Capo Town. Thero is an elephant tusk larger than this, be longing to tho King of Siam, but it is not so heavy. Tho elephant who enrried these monstrous tusks moro than 800 pounds of ivory, or twice tho weight of an average man was killed in the Zambesi country, South Africa, somo years ago.. Ho was about fourteen feet high and was a genuino king of tho for est who would havo dwarfed Jumbo himself. Elephant hunting is the first of oil sports with tho gun, but tho slaughter of thoso great animals haB been so pro digious since tho Arabs and other traders have sold breach-loading rifles to tho tribes throughout Africa, that many fear their speedy extermination. However, Bobcrt Lee, who is ono of tho men in charge of the Capo Colony exhibit, and who has traveled much in the elephant country, thinks that tho groat beast will hold on for many gen erations yet. Africa is so vast, many regions ore so difficult of access, and tho elephant is bo tenacious of life, ho says, that man cannot kill all his tribo as ho has slaughtered the buffalo in America. "Elephant hunting is extremely dangerous," said Mr. Lee. "I know of no other sport iu which t he hunter is so liablo to become tho hunted. I am not a sportsman myself, nnd I have never tried to kill an elephant, but I was oncowithotherswho thought they would accomplish such a feat. "In 1887 I accompanied Colonel Carrington's expedition into tho coun try north of tho Transvaal. Whilo rid ing along through an open country wo saw a hord of elephants. I think thero were about twenty of them. Wo ciimo close enough for a shot. The Colonel called for his elephant gun and blazed away at tho elephants. In stantly tho wholo hord darted toward us, trumpeting fiercely ond really presenting a most terrifying appear ance. Nono of us paused for another shot, but turned our horses and gal loped away as fast as we could, tho elephants in full chase. So for an we knew, tho Colonel's bullet had missed entiroly. "My horso was not nn especially good ono, and 1 brought up tho rear of that flying column. An elephant, de spite his awkward appearance, can run very fast, and I began to think of my sins. My horso stepped into n hole. stumbled, fell and threw mo over his head. I wasn't much hurt, and I jumped to my feet instantly and seized tho horse's reins. Tho animal wasn't much hurt, either, and I got him to his feet and was on his bad; and oil again in about fifteen seconds, I think. I don't know how close tho elephants were to mo when I fell, for I never looked back, I overtook tho rest of tho party, and when wo stopped tho ele phants were to bo eeeu no longer. People who are fond of n chase with plenty of danger in it should hunt the elephant. I don't care for it inysolf." Mr. Leo Bays ho has seen many herds of elephunts along tho Zambesi River, and thoy are still more plentiful further north. Though Capo Colony ban been settled about as long as tho United States, there aro still somo elephants in a portion of its mountainous region, known as tho Kuysoi country. They are supposed to bo about five hundred in number, and protected by tho Gov ernment. Elephants aro said to grow larger south of the Zambesi than north of it. There aro considerable herds in tho couutry of Kuhma, King of tho Bow longs. This man is tho most advanced of all tho South African kings or chiefs. He bus provided a set of game laws for his couutry, aud they are rigidly enforced. Hence iu the large territory over which ho rules the ele phants are increasing in numbers rather than diminishing. Khama, nat urally a man of good disposition, is largely under the influence of a Pres byterian missionary, a Scotchir.an, and a very enlightened and a humane man. "I know Khama very well," said Mr. Lee, "as I accompanied ono of tho expeditious of the English into his couutry. He is a remarkable mau in appearance, as well as in character. He is at least six feet four inches tall. aud enormously fat. He received us kindly uud usked us many questions. Ho was greatly pleased with our clothes, aud discarded his African at tire in favor of a suit like ours." Proper Sitting Position. "A nrooer sitting noMifion " mat-u solpelindv. "remrlreH tluif tlm unit... shall be kept straight, aud that the support needed for tho upper part of tho body shall be felt iu the right idiLce Tlierefi ire uit us fur liuolf possible iu the chair, so that the lower ; .1. .11 ii.. i i . i run ui iiiu noiuu Milan nu Itraooil at lUO Dacn ol mo seut. ew lork times. Itig Calilorula Itoses. N. W. Scudder has upon his desk a mammoth rose of the lloticha Concha variety. It measures six inches across, while exactly two feet of tape is re quired to find tho circumference. This extru largo specimen was grown upon a bush which has yielded some forty blossoms almost us largo us this one. Petuluma (CaL) Courier, FOR LOVE'S SAKE. Ayo love me, sweet, with all thy heart, Thy mind, thy soul, nnd all thou art Anil hnp'st to bo lovo mo with lovo Thnt nn'uftht beneath tho hoavnns may move ; Yet say not wlmrofore ; say not why Thou lovost since In thoso do Ho Tho Boods of death to Lov, but say, Thou lovest, and must lovo alway I For ihould'st thou lovo somo witching graco Of word or manner, form or face Should thy hoart's worship thus bo bought Uy any gift that Timo hnth wrought. So art thou false to Love's pure creed, And like to fall In sorest now! : But love for Love's dear sake, I pray. Then shalt thou lovo me, sweet, alway ! Zllclla Cocke, in Lippineott'S. HUMOR OF THE DAT. It is thyme that makes tho old man eage. Well done Tho farmer who falls in with bunko men. Philadelphia Coll. The quickest way of smoothing rough characters is to iron them. Texas Sittings. Many a fond parent does not get to sleep until after tho bnwl is over. Boston Globe. Even when the acrobat ia bending tho crab on the front lawn he is, figura tively speaking, on tho back stoop. Detroit Free Press. Geography Teocher "Tommy, how is tho earth divided?" Tommy "Er, not at all ; cause everybody most wants it oil." Chicago Inter-Ocean. "Smith's business is going along liko clockwork." "Pooh, his place is in tho hands of a receiver." "That's it, being wound up." Chicago Inter Ocean. Pinkie "Funny thing about Not rich and his new piano. " Danklo "Is, eh?" Pinkie "Yes; plays it by ear and pays for it by note." Buffalo Courier. Arrival "Can I put up at this house?" Clerk "I suppose so. Got any baggage?" Arrival "No." Clerk "How much do you want to put up?" Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Jones "Is your wifo at home, Mr. Wilbur?" Wilbur "Not certuin, but if you'll hold that Bcreon door opeu half a minute you'll hear from her." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tho Consolation of Matrimony : Sho "I suppose you would havo been happier if you had not married mo?" Ho "Yes, darling, but I wouldn't have known it." Life's Calendar. Prisoner "But I would rather tell my own story. Don't you think it would bo believed?" Lawyer "Yes. that's tho trouble. It would carry conviction with it." Harlem Lifo. "You seem to liko tho Colonol, Uncle Mose?" "Yes, sail ; he's so gentlemanly, sab!" "Gentlemanly, in what way?" "With his money, sail, with his money." Buffalo Courier. Tenor "Sir, this musie is a tritla too high for me." . Manager "Let us take it a note lower." Tenor "Oh, half a note would do." Manager (solemnly) "Here, sir, wo never do things by halver !" Tit-Bits. Mr. Baldboy (smiling kindly) "Tho waves are using you rudely. Will you permit me to assist you to the shore?" Miss Watorly -"Never mind, thank you. Tho waves may bo rude, but they are not fresh." Brooklyn Life. Mr. Spiker (iu search of a boarding house) "There is no limit to the diet, I presume, madam?" Boardiug-houso Keeper (proudly) --"No limit, sir. During the last year five of my boarders died from over-eating." Tit-Bits. "Mr. Metemau," said tho young wifo with great severity to her butch er, "those last eggs you sent mo were all spoiled, and unless you chtingo your old hens for new ones I shall bo ohligod to trade somewhere else." Chicago Record. Random Observer --"Pardon me, but what aro you putting down in your note-book?" World's Fair Visit or "Oh, I'm just putting down tho things that have made an indelible im pression upon my memory so that I won't forget them."- Chicago Record. Froshleigh (to stranger at a recep tion) "Gad, this is a funny house! I came hero to-night without an invita tion." Stranger--"So iliil I. llow did you come here?" Frcshleigh "Just walked in. llow did you conio here?" Stranger -"Just walked in. It's my house. "- Vogue. He was a small man, tho conductor of an electric car, and she was a large, powerful looking womuu. "I want you to put me off at Concord aired," sho said. He viewed her majestic fig ure for a moment, and re plied : "Mad am, I will stop the car and let you gel off." New York Press. "I suppose the panic hasn't struck you yet, Mr. Gotrox?" "It hasn't. h? Here 1 vo got more u $10,000 that I can't get people to borrow at all they're all afraid to go into busi ness any deeper. If these times keeps np a littlo longer I'll land iu the poor house in six mouths. " Indianapolis Journal. A judge, in crossing the Irish Chan nel one stormy night, knocked against a well-known witty lawyer who was suffering terribly from seasickness. Can 1 do nuvthiiig for you?' said the judge. "Ves," gasped the seasick laivyer, "I wish your lordship would overrule this motion." White Jlouii- tuiuei r. t'hollie "I hate to sav anything ill of a dead mau, but tho doo: id lawyers who have been looking over Tipper ton's papers have bwouglit to lie,lit things that shoKctl him to be n eu tlemen." Chappie "Haw ! What did they find?" Oliollio "Kv y time he loaned any uioiicy to auy of tho men in the club ho made a memuwauluui of it." Indianapolis Journal. I
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