' THI JOREST EEPDELICAH b aabltahta tTtry Wsaanaay, hf J. E. WENK. Offloaln Bmiubinh ft Co.'a VulldLri kji murr, tionhta, r. RATIS Or ADVERTISING! On. Sqaara, on. inob, en Inwrtiaa. . I 00' On.t-qu.re, on. inch, on. month..,, ICO On. Square, on inoh, three month. , ( 00 One Square, one inch, on year.... 10 M Two Hqusros, on year IS 00 Quarter Column, on jir,, ,, ft) 00 Half Column, one year . , 00 00 Une Column, one year. 100 Legal advert uwmt ten ent per Ha each Insertion, Marriages and death notices (rati. All bill, foryearly advertisement eoft4 quarterly. Temporary advertisements aeart t paid in advanoa. Job work caih oa delivery. H OR EPTJBXJCAN. Trm. ... iiOptrYtir. nkterliHIoM ntn4 In akartsr ar1od tki tin month, Oornapondmr Ml1elt4 fraa al parte af th conntrr. N. ii.llc will Ukw funnwu VOL. XXVI. NO. 30. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15, 1893. $1.50 PER ANNUM. Nearly 1000 children uro born yeor ly in London workhouses. Iiifo insurance companies aro be coming the holders of enormous iiiiibsos of capital. Paris statistics show that out of every thousand bachelors forty nru criminals, rail out of rvcry thousand married men only eight. This gives n ratio of crime five times ns high with unmarried men. Between 2000 mid 2500 convicts from . English prisons nre niiiiiinlly dis charged on ttckct-of-lonvo, nnd of these over seven hundred nro apprehended for fresh offenses and 120 for fulling to report themselves. Tho City of London is sacred from intrusion by tlio Boyal troops, and only two regiments in tho British scr vico have the right to innrrh through it in innrtiul nrrny, with bunds play ing, bayonets fixed and colors dis played. "Tho thoroughfares of Rio d Ja neiro are bo narrow that people can lean out of windows and shake hands across tho street. Kvcnts, however, remarks tho Washington Star, do not indicate that they feel liko doing this very often. Theodoro Hoosevclt thinks that tho day is not far distant when tho lake country of Wisconsin and Minnesota will bo famous ns the summer resort of both tho Kostorn and Western States, and that a trip thither will bo nM pop ular as one to Newport or Saratoga now is. Tho Now York News boasts that "from tho figures furnished by the State Board of Equalization it appears that the apparent value of leal estate, pins tho assessed vnlno of personal property, make an aggregates of nearly six billiou dollars. This is equivalent to about one thousand dollars for every man, woman, and childfin tho State, or fivo thousand dollars for nn average family. Tho Loudon Standard correspond ent at Shanghai telegraphs that Viceroy Chang, notorious for his hatred of foreigners and for encourag ing natives in tho barbarous treatment of Europeans, is reported to have ad dressed a petition to the throne openly advocating tho extermination of for eigners in China, and especiolly Eng lish, in order to prevent tho eventual partition of China among European powers. Tho hostility to loreignersin tho provinces is unabated. Statistics are said to show- that young men do not, on tho average, attain full physical maturity until they arrive at tho age of twenty-eight years. I'rofessor Soheiller, of Har vard, asserts, as the result of his ob servations, that young men do not at tain to the full measure of their men tal faculties before twenty-five years of ago. A shrewd observer has said that "most men aro boys until they nro thirty, and little boys until they aro tweuty-tive ;" and this accords with the standard of manhood whio was fixed at thirty among the ancient Hebrews and other races. Tho stocking of Alaska with reindeer is a pronounced bucccss according to the llev. Poctor Sheldon Jackson, United States General Agent of Edu cation in Alaska. Of 170 reindeer brought to Alaska from Siberia last year but eleven died, while eighty eight fawns were born, of which seventy-nino wero living threo weeks ago. The revenue steamer Bear made several trips across tho straits this summer and transported thirty-scveu more reindeer to Alaska. The purpose of the scheme is to furnish a reliable supply of food for the natives and also to establish tho use of the deer for work purposes. A Peruvian inventor has endeavored to provide against the danger to which vessels are exposed when iu tho vicin ity of icebergs or other impending col lisions by designing a means of stop ping the vessel suddenly. A vertically sliding frame on a post at the bow of tho vessel has on its sides pivoted wings which will expand transversely when required. The wings are held iu their normal position by means of chains attached to a forward projection of the frame, and otherehninsconuect iug tho free ends of wiugs with the sides of tho vessel. A winch, the mechanism of which is under the con trol of tho officers in charge, is placed on deck, and hold the chains or ropes which actuate the wiugs. As soon as danger approaches a few turns of the winch will throw open the wiugs and a resistance will thus lie ottered to the forward motiou of the ship which will Lave a material effect iu bringing it to n standstill, "YOU COME TO K COUNTRY RI;H WITH CORN." Voa come to a country rich with corn, Octolxr ! The young birds pipe la tho Holds now shorn, October 1 Htooks of ruesot oa every hand Like pointed tentB of the rod man stand, Octolx-r 1 Tho flail Is hoard on the farmer's floor, O'rtober ! Straw and chaff aro thick at tho door, October ! The dusty sacks ko over thn hill, And merrily, merrily whirls tho mill, Ooto!or ! Your voice Is a thrush's, a town's your trend, October 1 A garland of wild flowers Is round your head, October ! Your ohnek how bonny, your breath how sweet ! And the lamps of tlio forest light your foot, October! Shake your crisp locks to the life-giving sub, October I Drink of your presses, that laugh as they run, October I For the Ice King lurks In the fields of snow, To rifle your kingdom and lay you low, October ! Dora B. Ooodalo In Harper's Young People. WHAT SHE SAW. BY. EMMA A OPPER. APPT ( Yes! Never had Net tie Frame looked for such happiness. It was wonderful, incredible. Would her mother think it too sudden? No, no j not when void all about it. It had been three long months that she had been here with Aunt Julia, who, extravagant woman, owned two summer cottages elsewhere, but who so greatly preferred this big, jolly, lovely hotel on Cliff Isle that she had come hither for two entire seasons, bringing her favorite niece with her. And this summer her fa vorite niece had met Stanley Muyhew, been loved by him, loved him and promised to be his wife. Nettie sat in the corner of a great, soft sofa in the long parlor, thinking her happy thoughts. Only three months ! but how well they knew each other now 1 Stanley came down from the city every night, and every Sunday for all day, and how her contented Blind teemed with sweet memories of moon light strolls on the saudy -shore; of quiet hours on a rustic bench on the hill ; of crabbing and fishing in his little skiff; of long talks, only bright and friendly at first, then something more ; of the moment when he had spoke, aud sho had yielded her full trust to him ; of the blessed two weeks since then. Sho had written to her mother nnd she had told her Aunt Julia; and she wondered if she ought not to tell Eleanor Wells. Why hadn't she? Eleanor and she were chums, and Eleanor was an old friend of Stanley's family in the city, and was the one girl beside herself to whom Stanley paid any attention. Was sho, perhaps, just the least mite jealous of that old friend ship, aud of Stanley's frank admira tion of Eleanor? Was it because of that lurking little doubtfulness that she had not confided her happiness to Eleanor ? Nettie was ashamed of tho fooling. Of course ho admired a handsome, clever, charming girl. He himself had introduced them, and wanted them to be friends, as they wero. It was herself whom he loved. Was not that enough for her? Did it not seem to fill her world with radience? She would go and find Eleanor this minute and tell her. Sho would tell how she almost wondered that he had not chosen her instead ; and they would laugh together probably cry a little and have a good talk. She must hurry. It was after seven o'clock now, aud he would be down on the eight o'clock boat to-night, he had told her, because he had a little extra work at the office. She would just have time, when she had seen Eleanor, to get into her prettiest gown for him. She rose, smiling and flushing, aud went tripping down tho long room, humming a gay air. A huge, gilt-framed mirror was at the end of it. She stopped suddonly, in the act of passing it. . He had come I There he was, just entering thefarthor door of tho parlor. Eleanor Wells was with him. Nettie stood waitiug, her eyes fast ened on the mirror which reflected them. Tho moment she stood there seemed to her nn eternity. Her smilo faded, a quiver passed over her, and her faoo took on a marble coldness ; for she had Been Stauley Muyhew stoop over Elea nor Wells seen her raise her pretty, graceful head, aud seen their lips meet. Herself they had not seen. Poor Nettie ! She turned away. Her trembling hands wero clasped so tight ly that it hurt her ; her breath came in little, miserable gasps. Sho hardly knew what she was do ing, when sho passed out ucross the broad piazza, and, bareheaded, went gropingly out into the thickening dunk. To be alone to get away from every body aud ever) Ihiug tlist wits her be wildered longing. "He must have come by the seven o'clock bout," she said to herself, me chanically, again aud aguiu. M And that was nt first ns far ns her thoughts would go ; for sho could not believe what sho had seen. ! "No, nol" sho whispered, wringing her hands. "It wasn't Stanley. No, no 1" as though every feature of his, every look, wero not familiar and dear to her. She found herse lf mounting the hill nnd sinking down on tho rustic sent where they had sat together so often. And there bIio pressed her face on tho rough wood and tried to think. Think? She could not. Ono thing blinded her to nil besides and stifled thought ths remembrance of that which the mirror had reflected of that sight of the man she loved and had trusted tenderly, bending to caress nnother woman. Ho did not love her, then. Sho was a plaything merely asourccof whim sical amusement for him during the ldlo hours of the summer. He had not cared for her ho had not been serious. He had meant to make love to her whilo tho mood was upon him, and to break tho bond when he should tiro of it. Elso could he be making love to another woman ? And she had cared for him so deeply her faith in him had been so entire 1 And her love for him had so filled her heart and her life 1 Oh, it had been no light matter to her. And now what? Sho could not find relief in tears, as she asked her self that wrenching question. She felt frozen, benumbed. She sat motionless, and stared up at the first faint star in tho gray skin. "Nettie 1" a voice called, impera tively and half impatiently. It was Stanley Mayhew's, and he followed it. He came hurrying up the bank. "Mrs. Loney told mo she saw you coming np her. What on earth You must have known I'd be there. Or, no; I told you the eight o'clock boat, didn't I? Well, I got through before I thought I should, and here I am." He threw himself down beside her, a shadowy form in tho dimness, and patted her hand by way of greeting ; nor did he notice that she drew it away quickly and far. Ho was laughing, and when he had paused a moment to get his breath, he began to explain why. "Now, what do you think?" he de manded. "Now guess! I ve just seen Eleanor Wells, What do yon think she told me?" Nettie shivered. "Well, they're engaged !" said her lover, with an air of triumph. What did he moan? she wondered, But she did not care. What difference did it make what he meant? What difference could anything make now? "They re engaged, he repeated. "lue trouble is over, tno storm is ended, and they've got into smooth waters, with the matrimonial port in plain sight. Of course she's told you all about Leonard? Talked to you about him for hours, I suppose? "No?" he went on, though Nettie had not spoken. "I can't believe it! Aud yon such chums ! "Well, I've told you about Leon ard, you kuow my next older brother who went to California in April to manago a mining syndicate the clev erest fellow you ever saw. "Well, he and Eleanor were en gaged. Really, didn't she tell you? Why, that's port of our family record, for it's an old affair. Tho Wells chil dren and 'we una' used to play dolls and tag together, you know, and it has always been a settled thing, somehow, that Eleanor would marry Leonard when they got old enough, because they were always sweet on each other. "Well, they had been regularly en gaged for a year or so, when lo, nnd behold t early this spring they had u tiff. "It was all about a young Spaniard that Eleanor didn't care any moro about than sho docs about me ; but the spat grew into a quarrel, and tho quarrel ended in , Eleanor's sending back poor Leu's riii aud all his pho tographs aud tin types and presents. "1 believe there was a packing box full of them, and I'red and I arranged them in his room, uud put crape over the door. But we were really broken up about it, all of us. Mother was actually sick for a week. Aud Len Len was a mental wreck. "He looked like a ghost. Ho said he'd got to get away, and first we know he'd packed up and gone off to California to manago a syndicate. "I've been gluin enough over it. I knew Leonard thought the world of her, aud that she well, I'll come to the point," said Stanley, with another breezy laugh. "I met Eleanor down at the house just as I got there, aud she told mo that it's just fixed up. "She said she knew nil the whilo that she was to blume, nnd tho other day sho mustired up courago to writo and tell Leu so, ami the very next day she got a long letter from him. "He vowed he was iu tho wrong, aud wanted her to forgive him aud take him back, and so forth aud so on. Their letters had crossed each other; the spirit hail moved them both almost at tho same time. So now they're both back in their seventh heaven. " don't see why Eleanor never told you. She's just the irl to eon tide her troubles to a sympathizing girl friend. But you say you didn't know Hello!" He hod lighted a match for his cigar, and playfully held it to her face. "Nettie, what is any thing" But Nettie grasped his coat-front with two tremulous little hands. "Aud when she told you you kissed her?" she queried. "lid you guess thit?" he asked, laughing. "Of course I kissed her. I was so glad, 1 didn't kuow hat 1 was doing ; but 1 should hsve given her thut kir-s of brotherly affection uud congratulation if 1 had known. Why, Nettie why, dear " She was sobbing softly. Of course his cignr fell to the ground that his arms might do their duty. "I I've wronged yon," sho sobbed. "You and her. You wouldn't speak to mo again if you knew!" But ho did know two minutes later, ami he only laughed and drew her closer. "Now I do know you care for me," ho declared, in high contentment. And if I hadn t been so so jealous of her," Nettie whispered, "it would never, never have happened. I should have told her of our engagement then, and she would have trusted me and told mo about her affair, nnd I should never have suspected either of you. Oh, Stanloy, can you forgive me can you ?" Yes, bo could, for he kissed her. "I think you had the worst of it, little girl," ho said, in tender banter. "I know I did, she answered, solemnly. Saturday Night. He t.rew Up With the Country. Dozens of letters have been received from all corners of tho United States for more information about the little gray toad that was dug np under sev enteen feet of hardpau on the premises of Henry and Eliza Henderson in the southern part of this city, soys a Tocoma (Washington) letter to tho New York Sun. Managers of museums aud owners of aquariums covet tho littlo hopper, which is not over a month old, dating from tho day he was unearthed. What surprises the scientists most is the fact that he does not turn np his cat-like claws and die. Heretofore, toads taken from stones or dug up out of ih) earth at a great depth have died in a few days, most of them expiring inside of an hour or two, but this particular toad is grow ing fat on flies and can hop eighteen inches any day. Ho loses his appetite after eating six or seven plump houso flies. These have to be caught for him. When they are placed before him he jumps after them viciously and blinks, and shifts his weight from one forefoot to the other after swallowing them. There are various surmises as to tho age of this toad. Trees which were Baplings at the time Columbus landed were growing in the four feet of soil on the top of the hardpnn until the Hendersons felled them three years ago. In a few days the toad will be forwarded to Harry Henderson, of Pittsburg, Penn., a nephew of the Tacomo Hendersons, who will place' him in an aquarium in Shenly Park, East Liberty, at that city. Miss Hen derson is afraid to trust this ancient treasure to the care of a friend, an ex press company, or the mails, and she will probably make a special trip East in tho capacity of fly catcher and chaperon for his toadlets. A Substitute for Tan Bark, Growing wild in great abundance in New Mexico and Arizona is a plant that yields a large percentage of tan nic acid. It is known as canaigre. Experiments were made with this plant, and when it became certain that the product of its root was in every way suited to tanning, a large quan tity of the tubers were shipped to various tanneries, both in the United States and Europe. This was in 1889. The results obtained were at once gratifying and encouraging to all con cerned. A number of European tanner erected plants for extracting the acid from the canaigre root and adapted their. tanneries to the use of the prod uct. It will surprise most readers to learn that since that time they have had large forces of men employed in New Mexico and Arizona digging and shipping the root. American tanners have boen slow in taking up the canaigre root, fearing the supply could not bo made to an swer the demund. They have long been convinced, however, that it fur nishes equally as good a tanning agent as the oak or hemlock bark, and at last steps aro being taken to begin the cultivation of tho plant on a largo scale. Many formers in New Mexico have undertaken to make a business of it, and a large company has been in corporated for the purpose of improv ing the lands of the Pecos Valley, where tho conditions are especially favorable to its growth. Waverley Mugaziuo. Not so Dangerous. "Man iu No. OS wauts some parlor motches. He says these eight-day sticks are a confounded nuisance," the bell boy said to the clerk iu one of the hotels yesterday. "Tell him he'll have to get along with the old-style match," answered tho clerk. 'The insurance companies don't allow parlor matches iu the rooms. " "Yes, that's a fact," ho continued, iu answer to u surprised questioner. "Insurauee policies of ucrrly ull com panies prohibit tho keeping and use of parlor matches iu any part of a hotel, but they lire generally kept in the offices because they are iu greater favor u:id more convenient than the sulphur match, and tho requirements of the policy is to that extent over looked by both its holders ami the issuing company. There isn't much chance lor an accidental ignitiou of a parlor match to do much harm iu a hotel office, but they are dangerous things iu rooms, where carpets or cur tains or slray paper are lialde to catch tiro from them. They ore not only more easily lighted by accident, such us steppiu.; upon them, but, as is not generally known, they often break out in flame from spontaneous combustion. You may judge how easily this is liable to happen by holding a iiuiich of them iu the dark and uutching the fume that continually stises from them. Tho sulphur match is not so danger ous iu uuy of these particulars. " KaiAMts City Times, SOMIiQUKKHTELKUItAlMIS. NOVEL WAT3 OP SENDING MES SAGES LONG DISTANCES. Series of Mourning nunon, Hea"nu Klres niul Signal Towers t'om ItilinlcMtlug by Sun Flushes. WHEN the Erie Canal was opened from New York to Buffalo, it was announced by tho booming of cannon all along the route J the man with the big gun nt IiufTal j began, and the one Bt the next station heard it, nnd fired his, anil so on step by step till the city of New York was reached. That was one kind of telegraphing, but the eyo is employed iu signaling moro often than the ear. Beacon fires flashing from hill to hill is the earliest way of sending mes sages of which we know anything ; of course, those in charge of tho fires understood each other's signs one, two, three blazes by night, one, two, three columns of smoke by day, meant to those who understood that an en emy was approaching, that there were few or many, and so on. Jeremiah, tho old Jewish prophet, called on tho people of Benjamin to kindle a fire signal on a mountain top, and the old Oreek poet, iEsehylus, tells us that the commander of the Greeks nt tho famous siege of Troy telegraphed tho message of tho city's fall to his wife, who was in far-off Greece. The news was flashed by fires from peak to peak of eight intervening mountains, traveling the whole dis tance in one night. Threo hundred years ngo, when nil England wns stirred with terror nt tho coming of the great Spanish Armada, how eagerly they watched by night for tho first flicker on the hilltop. Each peak near tho const had its bonfire ready laid, nnd below waited men with swift horses ready to carry the message of woe if 'he Spaniards came by day. But tho flint never struck tho spark from steel to start the blaze, the trusty horses never cluttered down into tho valleys, for the winds nnd wnves of the Atlantic scattered the great fleet, and not a ship was landed on the coast. Iu later times the semaphore served a very good purpose to carry messages. Towers were built on commanding points, five or ten miles apart ; frames on these held shutters by the opening nnd shutting of which sixty-three dis trict signals could be made. A simpler arrangement was afterward used con sisting of two arms worked up nnd down from within these towers. On the lookout room wero telescopes which were constantly fixed on the tower next in line. So perfect was the system that when the timo ball was dropped at tho Greenwich Observatory at the hour of noon, it was signaled to Portsmouth Bnd tho message of ac knowledgment received at Greenwich within three-quarters of a minute. Of course a fog rendered these signals useless, and they were gladly given up when men began to play with light ning nnd train it to carry their mes sages. Flags are used moro or less at sea for signaling, but a fog also ren ders them useless, aud the tit fulness of the wind is nnother difficulty ; too little breeze leaves them flapping nt the post, too much may flutter them with the end toward the other party. Then tho semaphore system is used, as a must or polo with its two arms can be set np anywhere on a ship. There is still another mode of sig naling used largely between the army posts in our Western country, iu which old Sol writes the letters of tho mes sage. Perhaps every boy or girl has flashed the sun's light by means of a mirror, nnd enjoyed seeing the vivid spot dunce nt his will, by the adjust ment of the looking glass. Some one, with the kind of bruin which sees n step further than his comrade's does, said: "W'hv not make practical use of this vivid fur-reaching flash?" and forthwith the heliograph or sun writer came into being. It is a small compact nIVair i n tripod holds a bar which supports a mirror, on the bar is a projection like the sight on a gun to guide the eye in adjusting it. A small hole is scratched t hrough the quicksilver at the centre of tho mirror, which, of course, makes u dark spot or shadow in the centre ol the patch of light. The operator takes his instrument to tho highest point convenient and with it "eover i" tho mountain poak where he kuoAs tho other party with whom he wimts to speak must be. Attached to the sight on tho -od is a small white disc. The opera. or ad justs his mirror till the little uark spot of shadow is thrown on thu disc, and as ho knows from thy "aiming" or "sighting" of tho rod that the disc covers the spot he wants to strike, he is suro thut the strongest glare of the light is just where he wants it to be. Now tho muu on tho other mountain wutehiug tho vivid spot, sees it Hash, flush, flush, then move so fust that it is merely a flicker; then flash aguiu with longer or shorter intervals, aud just us tho length of the dush iu the alphabet of the electric telegraph makes the letters or words, so does the length of tho flush of light iu this system. The position of the sun makes no differ ence, for when he is iu the wrong place, a second mirror is substituted for his majesty uud throws the beam on the first one. In tho Himalayas, where the atmos phere is so clear, a message Ins been flashed sixty miles, but the success of the heliograph of course depends iu largo measure on tho ubseuco of clouds. New York Observer. One of the choicest articles iu tho collection of the lute E. i4. Ames, of Boston, is what is sui 1 to b. the largest crystal known to exist. It is seven inches in diameter, und Mr. Ames is believed to have paid 1,0 )0 lor it. S( lEYTIFH; A fl INDUSTRIAL. Tho adult humnn heart is live inches long. A single polypus hns been cut into 124 parts, nnd each in time became a perfect animal. Tho climoto of tho Southern Polar regions is much more severe than that of corresponding regions to the north. The Iorio column was never less than four and rarely moro than six diameters high, ami the diameter nt the top was three-fourths that at tho bottom. A German has invented a paper from which any sort of ink may be erased by tho use of a moist sponge, but the Government hos refused to grant him a patent on it. The lost animal circle of wood leaves nn accumulation of living cells upon its surface, nnd toward midsummer these cells produce nu abundance of new ones until the aggregnto is suffi cient to form a new annual layer. This process on common trees requires about six weeks. Among tho products which science hns put to valuable service is the net tle, a weed which is now being culti vated in some pnrts of Europe, its fiber proviug useful for a vnriety of textilo fnbrics. In Dresden a thread is produced from it so flno that a length of sixty miles weighs only two and a half pounds. An official notice has been issued in Bussia that "physicions shall have tho right to make use of hypnotism in tho treatment of their patients. In every case of tho application they must in form the administrative authorities, at the same timo giving the names of the physicians in whoso presence the pa tient was hypnotized." A man fifty years old has, according to n French stnt stician, worked 0.100 dnys, slept 0000, amused himself 4000, wa'lkcd 12,000 miles, been ill 500 days, hns partaken of 30,000 meals, eaten 16,000 pounds of meot and 4000 pounds of fish, eggs oud vegetables, and drunk 7000 gallons of fluid, which would make a lake of 800 feet surface if three feet deep. An attempt is being made in Eng land to utilize tho power absorbed in the application of the brakes to tram cars so as to render nid in restarting the car. A spring is charged which can be released and will start the car without tho aid of the horses. A for ward and not a recoil movement is at. once given to the wheels, but its action can be reversed in case of need such as to overrunning joints ot junctions. Electrical progress has been very rapid in Switzerland on account of tut abundance of cheap power from water falls. Professor Dezler, of tho Zurich Polytechnic S"hool, states that at the close of 1892 there were in operation 5"2 electric light installations, fifty two plants for the electrical transmis sion of power, 121 flatteries of accum ulators and 1050 dynamos and electro motors. Tho number of incandescent lumps was 115,92(1 and of lamps 9740. There are several simple methods of distinguishing betweeu mushrooms aud toadstools, and any person who has seen the two together would not be likely to mistake one for the other. The mushroom has the neck solid, with a color or frill midway betweeu the earth nnd tho head, whereas tho stem of the toadstool is hollow ; tho mushroom has a thick kid-liko cover ing, which the toadstool lacks, aud salt has no effect on the mushroom, where it turns tho toadstool black. Imitative Forms iu Flowers. Those who have given any particular attention to tho study of botanical oddities kuow that tho Brazilian flower known us tho "running ante lope," is so called because its white petals have a series of well-defined, dark-colored lines and dots iu w hich the imagination can readily trace the form of an antelope with its limbs out stretched nnd head thrown back, seemingly lleeing for its life. Iu the "carieatr.ro plant" one species has the imitative form on the petals and an other haw it. outlined iu the ribs and shading of tho leaves. This hist mentioned curiosity bears a remarkably well-executed likeness of the Duke of Wellington, ami has, on that account, been named "Arthur ami his Nose." Among the orchitis the imitative form is entirely different iu churacter, being exhibited iu the shape of the flower itself. Some are exact counterfeits oi bees, butterflies, moths, etc., while others take upou themselves the form of worms and beetles. Naturalists be lieve that ill the first instance it is nature's trap to lure other bees, moths and butterflies, but the case of tile worm ami beetle orchids, or those thut are exact counterparts of toads, lizards ami huge spiders, they do not attempt to explain. St. Louis lie public. Bacteria ami Cold. According to tho Berliu correspond ent of tho Lancet, Professor Seheuk has found thut the micro-organisms move toward warm points. This move ment he terms thcrmotuxis, and he concludes ns tho result of experiments with a specially constructed apparatus that warmth acts as a stimulant on micro-organisms, which move toward a warm body in their neighborhood, uud thut this thermotuxis is a vital prop erty of bacteria. Tho professor fur ther considers that in certain cases of "catching cold" au infection is con veyed by bacteria. Thus a person en tering a cold room would attruct the bacteria preseut by hia warm body, aud there, finding admission through the skin or otherw ise, produce, after a certain tnun of incubation, the results ifdin.rily attributed to "catching cold." Tho hair bulb sheath-, sweat glands, and mucous membranes ui'c all aid to offer possible points of entry to bacteria. Scientific American. THE POPPIES IN THE CORN. When the mist In penrly column Klscs o'er the hilltops i?rfty, And the dews of early dawning la the grasses melt away, ' Then the sun in softened splendor Hheds his first rays thro' the morn, Lo, they kiss tho sleepy faces Of tho poppl In tho corn. O'er the scene there falls n silence. All the twittering sonK-liirds still ; As the lark, his far flight tnklnif, Circles toward tho distant hill, t Up anil upward, tiles triumphant. Earth-bred warbler, heaven-horn, Till a snmi steals down from cloudlnn t O'er the popphis In the corn. Slowly comes the husli of noontide, Not a leaf sways 6a the trees, Not a dew-drop on the grasses, Not the whisper of a breeze, mows the sun in scorching fury, One wee butterfly forlorn, Panting, falls In dying struiles On the poppies Iu the corn. Soft a breeze comes rustling over, Slghinirthro' tho cedars tall, Stirs tho grapes In hanirjnsr clusters On tho mold'riug wine-clad wall, Sinks tho sun in amber glory, Pies tho day as night is born. One woe star poeps through tho twilight, At the popples In the eoro. Maud E. Kendrlek, in Boston Olobe. HUMOR OF THE DAY. No doubt tho jail-bird often wishes ho could fly. Truth. It is tho man who is always getting left that talks about his rights. Most of the things that "everybody knows" aro not true at all.- Puck. Tailors and lawyers build np their business by core in taking measures for winning suits. A short history of China: A seven dollar tea-cup and n three-dollar ser-vout-girl. Washington Star. A dollar in a savings bank will ulti mately turn out to bo worth two in an old stocking. ---Boston Herald. The tenant who spends all his money on a tear naturally has cause to worry over the rent. Buffalo Courier, There was n man in our town, Aad he was wondrous wise, He kept his tongue, he stopped his ears, And also shut his eyes. It is the man with about $0.17 to his crodit in a bank that usually tries hard est to stir up a panic. Washington Star. The highest form of sincere flattery nt the present time is to ask n mau if he can change a 810 bill. Memphis Appeal. The walking delegate doesn't need to be remarkably handsome to present a striking appearance. Buffalo Courier. A good many concerns that have gone under lately have been sunk by their floating debts. Philadelphia Ledger. Friend "Well, Tommy, now that you've started to school, what do you liko best?" Tommy "Recess." In ter -Occnu. "Well, Anna, have you found tho rose for my hair yet?" "Yes, Madam ; but now I cannot find the hair." Eliegende Blaetter. Quericus "Who was it that wrote the Bong 'They're after me?' " Witti cus. "Adam, in ull probability, ns ho was the first man." The Club. He w .'nt to get a photograph ; lie posed iu k 11 1 in l; style. The sad result was littlo elso Than hands uud feet and smile. Washington Star. Tho true luxury of an niarm clock lies in its reminder that with n littlo extra haste you can spare fifteen min utes for another nap. Washington Star. In the search for the Western train robbers, one detective arrest. 'd another detective ns one of the guilty men. Detecting is a great business some times. Bult imoro American. They didn't couie with awiul bills To present wit'.i a savau stare. For they were afraid Iu l begin to t --11 Ol the thiu ;s he'd seen at I lie Fair. - Chicago Inter-O'' -an. "Eifo is a soii', " said some poet, ami he told the truth. But it is a sad reflection that a man may mike his existence as obnoxious to society a t some popular tunes get to be. --Washington Star. "I wouldn't be so piy ticular to ttiko the sand out of your shoes all the time, Mr. Nocdle," she said, uud then, after u pause, "Your system might absorb a little. 1 think you ueed sonic." Philadelphia Bccord. "A penny for your thought--, my love," ' lu tender tones tie sahl. Th-Ii she (oll lluit iMoiis of oy-.ter fte-vi Were floating throic'li her he.nl. - t'lii-aK'o Inter-Ocean. All the wedding party were assem bled ut the registrar's. The bridegroom alone was missing. At last he put iu a belated appearance. Me was u hale old gentleman of seventy. "Another time," said the registrar, "come n bit eurlier. " Sor titagsblat t. "Well, Aunt Kachel," said the youm; lady iu the travelling suit, "I shall have to bid you a long farewell." "If you're j;oing iu this train, uri'uui," said the i;iiard (signalling to the driver to go uli. '.-id, 1 "you'll have to make it pretty short." Tit Bit. A Boat ol a Single I t mi I. A Turin jewehr has made a tiny bout formed of u sin-le pearl. Its sad isof beaten gold studded with dia monds, and the binnacle light ct its prow is a perfect ruby. Au emerald serves us a rudder, and its stand is a slab of ivory. It weighs less than half uu ounce. It price is $20,000. Tho total gold production of Central Queensland lor the last year w.is l(ii, 000 oiiuces, with ore averaging one ouuco tiiiltctu pennyweight to thf tou.
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