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VOL. XXVI. NO. 39. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1? 1894. $1.00 PEIl ANNUM.
Forest Republican.
Tho phrnno in Chicago ubo1 to l
"Before thn fire." Now it in "Before
the Fair,"
A mile of hedge and ditch equals an
acre of Intnl. Tim nmount of extra
land that would ln rendered available
for crops, were nil tlie hedges in tho
United Kingdom trimmed properly,
would be equivalent to 600,000 aoros.
It is apparent to tho Toledo (Oh in
Commereinl that the lnw must furnish
morn severe penalties or tho erimes of
train wrecking nnd train robberies.
These crimes are becoming so numer
ous, and it is so seldom thnt the per
petrators nro caught, thnt tho most
wevere punishment should bo dealt out
when once tho outlaws nro brought to
justice.
Texas raises 1,200,000 bnles of cot
ton, which yield nearly $50,000,000.
The cotton seed product exoeeds 000,
000 tons. The sugnr plantations ori
"the Brazos Mono produce 12,000,000
pounds of sugar and 1,200,000 gal
lons of molusso. Texas has 5,000,
OflO sheep and clips 25,000,000 pounds
of wool. The pecan trees of Texas
yield every yenr 9,000,000 pounds of
nuts.
) There is a cross-country stago line
Jrom Abbott Village, Me., on the Pis
cataquis River, to Bingham, on tho
Kennebec, the only intervening settle
ments being Kingsburg and Miiyfiold,
loth such small villages that they are
ncarcely diHtinguishnblo from the sur
rounding country. Tho length of the
route is over twonty-fivo miles, and it
is doubtful, declare the New York
PoBt, if there are ninny more thau fifty
occupied dwelling-houses on tho main
road along tho line.
It appears, according to tho regis
tration report of Massachusetts, that
nearly twiee as many women as men
in that State live to bo over eighty
years of age. This is accounted for,
explains tho Chicago Herald, by the
greater exposnro of men to accidents,
to weather agencies, to the constant
strain of business life, to tho anxiety
of providing for tho family, all of
which tend t- shorten tho life of men.
The deaths by accident among men are
more than three-fold greater thau
nmong women and men commit suicide
in about n three-fold ratio as compared
with womeu.
"Our neighbor on the sonth.Mexico,
give us a great denl moro trouble,"
maintains tho New York Hun, "than
our neighbor on the north, Canada. If
gangs of Canadian rebels were in the
habit of entering our territory as the
Mexioau rebels enter it, Canada would
J brought to order upon short notice
Wo put up with a great deal from
Mexico. Troops of our army are in
service agaiust her rebels half the
time. It is absurd in Minister Romero
to say that these rebels are Americans.
-We havo arrested lots of them, anil all
bore Mexicau names, spoke Mexican
Spanish and boosted they wero Mex
icans. .
Among tho 05,000,000 people in tho
United States, the Chicago Herald
thinks there are probably not 500 out
side of tho locality who are aware that
at the mouth of the Mississippi there
is a little village built upon wooden
piles stauding far out into the water.
This village, which is called Bulize,
is reached from tho mainland by
canoes or boats, and its inhabitants
have to climb a kind of polo ladder to
get to tho doorways of their homes.
This is probably tho only plnce in the
United States iu which "pile dwell
ings"occur, but all along tho Venezue
lan const and at the mouths of tbeOri
nooo and the Amazon, similar villages
are frequently met with, mauy of them
inhabited by the Iudiuu fibbing tribes
of the Amazon estuary.
Tho New York Press has compiled
from the census report a tuble show
ing the wages paid iu 123 cities as re
ported by tho census of 1890. The
aggregate iu the 123 cities was 2,451,
679 operatives and fl, 318,077,618
wages paid. The number of hands
and the wages paid in the cities of the
country, where over 25,000 appear in
the list of employes, are given iu the
table following :
Nam. 0Uve.
Buffalo 43,'J'J1
Brooklyn luJ,6i3
Boston 90,178
Baltimore sl.OUl
Cleveland 41,771
Clnoinnatl 8D,529
Cbioago 203,153
Detroit 3:1,014
home 1 2,0S
Minneapolis 32,317
Milwaukee 41,127
Newark 41,302
Now York City 311,757
Pittsburg M,4!1H
Provldeice 3a, 671
Philadelphia 253, 07J
Koohester 31.47s
Baa FraiK-ltco 4:,H50
JtOJ.,,. ... r......i.f SMiWJ
Wage. Paid.
121,017,403
61,75,700
64.636,95
35,377,538
27,5'Jti.40i
43,931,884
119,146,357
19,277,248
10,695,545
16,322,013
19,248,998
21,5U8,9U1
22-1,537,295
33,898,152
19,068,687
i:u,436,2t;s
10,523,410
29,8(10,057
LADY BUTTON-EYE9.
When the busy dny Is dono
And my weary little one
Rookcth gently to and fro t
When the night-winds softly Mow
And the crickets in the glen
Chirp and chirp nnd chirp again
Wh'n npon the haunted green
Fairies dance around their queen
Then from yonder misty skies
Cometh Lady Button-Eye.
Through the murk and mist and glonm
To our quint, cosy home,
Where to singing, sweet and low,
Rooks a cradle to and fro ;
Where the clock's dull monotono
Telle) h of the dny that's done ;
Where the moonbeams hover o'er
rinytliings sleeping on the floor
Where my wenry wee oue lies
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.
Cometh like a fleeting ghost
From some distant eerie coast j
Never footfall can you hear
As that spirit fnroth near
Never whisper, never word
From that shadow-queen Is heard.
In ethereal raiment dight.
From the realm of fay and sprite
In the depth of yonder skits
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes.
T.syeth she her hnnds upon
My dear weary little one,
And those white hands, overspread
Like a veil the curly head,
Seem to fondle and enroM
Every little silken tress ;
Then she smooths the eyelids down
Over those two eyes of brown
In such soothing, tender wlso
Cometh Lady Button-Eyos.
Dearest, fuel upon your brow
Thnt stressing mngia now ;
For the crickets in tho glen
Chirp nnd chirp nnd chirp ngnln,
While upon the hnuntnd green
Fnirii'i dnnon around thotr quoen,
And moonbeams hover o'er
Flaythings sleeping on the floor
Hush, my sweet ! from yonder skies
Cometh Lady Button-Eyes !
Eugene Field, in Chicago Record.
rWO PIECES OF SILVER
BY. UWIS H. EDDY.
UERTEa los grin
gos
Blnck Rosa'i
mall, augular
form shook with
rage. Her face
grow blacker
thau its natural
hue, if thnt wero
possible. Trem
iinng in every
nerve, she glared
viciously, and
shook a long,
bony finger iu
tho faces of the
group of miners who, with jests and
jeers, had met hor supplications for
chantv.
"Get out of this!" ouo shouted
"Wo have had enough of yon."
"She's got plenty of money," criei'
another.
"Wears dinmoudB in tho city,
sneered a third,
"Get out! No beggars allowed!
thev all shouted.
"Muerto a los gringos!" repeate
the woman, witli a shriek which wotil
nave chilled tne blood of men unusee
to her vicious ways. Tho crowd pushe
and jostled her, and laughed at her
murderous denunciation
Manager France, of the Bull Do
mingo, hesrd the disturbance between
the miners and the miserable old wo
man as he cumo up tho gulch
"Here, my good woman," said he.
"here are two silver dollars. Y'ou had
better not stay around here," h
Added, kindly, as she took tho mone
and called blessings upon, his geuerous
soul. "I he men nro not used to givin
aims, and iney win only treat vou uu
kindly."
"He'd a better bo savin' them tw
dollars to help out the pay-roll of the
Bull Domingo, remarked a saloon
keeper, who had been keeping a slat
for nearly three mouths for tho ac
commodatiou of workmen on that
property.
"It's a woman as always breaks a
sucker's heart' urged a miner. And
then the crowd fell to discussing tho
material affairs of a camp, and for a
time forgot the Mexican woman who
occasionally came up from Durango
on a begging expedition.
Souora Rosulina Ortiz oneo enjoyed
a happy home in tho City of Mexico,
her birthplace. Sho had all the op
portunities of education, both iu
Spunish and Knglish, and iu her early
married life had traveled much. But
misfortune camo to her in the death
of her husband and two of their three
children, after the loss of all the prop
erty they possessed. They had for
several years made their home iu the
United States, where Seuor Ortiz had
died, leaving his widow penniless.
Poverty Bud sin were her undoing,
and when the Colorado mining fever
filled the mountains with fortune
seekers of high and low degree, Senora
Ortiz drifted to Durango. She had
sunk so low iu vice and crime that
she was accounted well fitted for any
thing from begging and petty thiev
ing, even to the cutting of a throat.
She was married to a hardened char
acter known as "Robber Dun," an
American whose life both in and out
of tho penitentiary was a series of
misdeeds. He had earned his title us
she had earned hers. They were well
mated in their criminal careers,
though the woman thus fur hud known
no more of prison life than is afforded
by county jails.
The ill-treatment she had received at
tho hands and tongues of the miners
at Rico had burned into her soul like
a hot iron, though the wound was
largely healed by tho soft words and
fcilvtr so kindly bestowed by Johu
Fruuue, Dut, kiuvv ke wan uut likely
ever to bo nblo to carry Outlier threat
of denth to nil savd her bwn raco
and equally incapacitated to insure the
blessings which sho had invoked,
neither her curses nor her prayers
were heeded. However, nono who
knew her had any faith in Black Rosa's
possession of good will toward anyone
of American or European blood.
tven Robber Dan n male companions
in crimo wuo formed tne most no
torious nnd daring bnnd of robbers iu
Southern Colorado did not escape
tho vindictive spirit of Black Rosa.
But the woman wns useful to thein
and, when plentifully supplied with
drink, theru was no crnno too black
for her wicked heart, nor scheme too
deep for her cunning brnin. If she
possessed a single redeeming trait, no
one hnd been able to discover it.
Durango wns ablaze with tho glory
of frontier life a glory which comes
but once in tho lifetime of a new town.
But there was then little regard felt
for tho future by tho fortune-hunters
who swarmed tho streets and filled up
tho hotels and held high rovelry in
the saloons and dance halls of that
new camp.
Honest men with capital, seeking to
doublo their investments in a fort
night, stood on tho same level of asso
ciation with tho horse thief nnd the
road agent. Mine prompters and
gamblers drank over the same bar.
Tho crack of the stage-driver s whip
was but the echo of tho pistol shot,
John Franco stood leaning with his
back against the end of tho bar in the
saloon attached to the leading hotel of
tho town. His hands wero thrust into
the side pockets of his sack coat, while
his face wore a nuzzled look. John
France's handkerchief, was missing.
That was a mere incident, yet he con
tinued to look puzzed.
"Going back to tho mine in the
morning? asked tne clem oi tne
hotel a minute later, as France ap
proached the desk and asked for writ
ing material.
"les, sure 1
"Stage leaves at 2 o'clock."'
"Well, call me a half-hour earlier,
and don't, for your head, let me mins
tho stage. I mnst be at the mmo to
morrow by all means, By the way, I
have lost a large, white, silk handker
chief, with a blnck border. Look out
for it."
A few minutes later, while France
was Btill busy writing, Sheriff Barney
approached him and presented a little
Mexican chop, in whoso possession had
been found tho silk handkerchief.
"What shall I do with him?" asked
tho sheriff.
"L.oek . him up," answered the
manager of tho Bull Domingo, sternly
"lock hiin up! Thnt is the little
rascal who came to mo a few minutes
ago begging for money. I gave him
two-bits, and he shows his gratitude
by stcnling my handkerchief."
Tho attention of tho loungers about
the hotel otlice was attracted to these
loudly spoken words of John France;
but they did not henr what he said in
a hurried undertone to tho sheriff, so
there was n murmur of indignation
nguinst tho man who would seek the
punishment of a child for stealing
a silk handkerchief and that after it
had been returned.
Johu France luughed and went to
his room, while the sheriff smiled, as
ho always smiled in danger and out,
and led tho boy away. The crowd
looked puzzled.
"He had my boy locked up, did
he!" shrieked Black Rosa when the
details of this littlo episode were re
lated to her. The face of tho little
Mexican woman seemed ablaze with
indignation. "Ho shall pay for this !"
"Senora forgets the two silver
dollars!" taunted Robber Dan; "I
thought tho senora might feel sorry
that we had planned to rob this fine
Americano. But it's all right now
is it, dearest?" ho added mockingly.
"Rob him ! Murder him!" yelled
Black Rosa, and bIio staggered from
her chuir as if she would carry out her
own command, but fell on the floor in
a heap.
Dan uud his puis lifted tho woman
to a bed, and the loader remarked
thnt sho would sleep till morning and
be neither help nor hindrance. It
had been knowu for twenty-four hours
that the money somo ten thousand
dollurs .for tho Bull Domingo pay
roll had been received, but, until an
nounced by Manager Jt ranee, it was
not known when that gentleman
would start for tho mine.
At twelve o'clock that uight four
men, heavily aimed, rodo out of Du
rango. Two hours later the stago followed
them, with ouo occupaut on the inside
and the driver alone on tho front boot.
It was a lonely rido. Bloomer, the
driver, might us well have beeu eu
tirely unaccompanied bo fur as the in
sido occupant of the couch was con
cerned. But he was used to these
lonely rides, and when a pussenger
preferred to be exclusive it simply ex
hibited to Bloomer the poor tuste of
the passenger. So he tulked to his
horses, and saug to them, and passed
the lonely hours as comfortably as if
ho had beeu surrounded by a half
dozeu passengers, and soon forgot the
fellow on tho inside.
Coming to a beud in the road, where
tho ascent of tho first steep mountain
is begun, Bloomer fell into a reflective
mood, and remarked to tho nigh
wheeler that the fellow on the inside
might possibly "rise to an apprecia
tion o' the society of a stage-driver
and his hosses if tho muzzle of a
double-barrel shotgun should happen
to appear at the window of the couch.
Of course Bloomer wus not reully
expecting such a surprise for his un
sociable passenger i so when the shot
gun appeared, with three others, uud
ttocompnnied by uu order to "throw
down them ribbons and throw up them
hands," ho wus himself so completely
surprised that he obeyed without
word of protest.
It Lv un.TUed. at this uJJvu
appearance bf road-agents, ho wan I
really dumfounded at what followed.
For five minutes there was a rattlo of
shotguns, as if a miniature battle were
being fought. When it was all over,
two stage-robbers were fatally wound
ed nnd tho other two surrendered to
Sheriff Barney and the man of straw
on the insido wbs literally shot to
pieces. And this is tho way it nil hap
pened, as Bloomer himself was fond of
telling it !
"You tee, they didn t put mo on
Never seen a sheriff yet that thought a
stage-driver hnd nerve enough to play
his bnnd out in A game like that ; an'
I don't know but a feller would git a
leetle bit rattled a-wondcrin' how he's
a-goin to come out at tho end o the
game. It's purty ticklish bizness to
bo a-Bittin' on a stago through the
long, dark hours o' the night 'n' a
guessin' whether ycr goin' ter drive
back cr rido 'n a box. But tho way it
all happened was liko this:
"You seo thnt kid wa't Btole the
hnndkercher dono that fer a blind, His
ol' woman she put him on. Sho writes
a note ter France, V tells tho kid ter
drap it iu his pocket 'n' steal his hnnd
kercher cr anything ehe ho could git
his hands on, 'n' then kinder loiter
'roun' bo's to git caught. Well, sir,
that ol' Black Roaa wns a corker. She
gives the whole snap away in the note,
'n' she tells France ter havo the boy
put in jail, V that'd be a tip fer her
that ho gets the note. Then she sets
up a howl 'n' throws the gang off, an"
havin' bin drinkin' considerable 'n,
feelin' a leetle bit skeered that her
play wouldn't win, she was knocked
clean out excited V fainted on the
dead square.
"So France, w'en he gits the ol' wo
man's note, he just quietly lets Barney
in, 'n' Bnrney he tolls him his system,
n' they plays it to win. W'en France
he goes up to his room, Bnrney he goes
'n' gits his team 'n' meets France at the
back-door, 'n' they goes out V lays
for tho gang. 'S only one place on
the road where a job o' Btage-robbip'
could be clone V the robbers git away,
an' Barney be knows the place, an'
that's where they campB 'n' waits for
the gang an they gits cm dead to
rights.
That inside passenger sw at knock
ed mo cold. They puts the stage-
aaent onto the play, n he fixes up a
straw man w'at ye calls a dummy
'n' he loads him into the stage bo's to
fool me 'n' the road-agents both.
I reckon Black Rosa didn't know
how near sho was a-callin' the turn
w'en she prescribed death for gringos.
Sho didn't git tho ones sho was after
in the fust place, but I reckon the
death of her ol' man V Peto Johnson
suited her notions better, w'en ehe
come to size up tho job, fer they was
both gringos ono was American n
t'other a Swede.
"They say them Mexicans has al
ways got a grudge ag'in' somebody,
but never remembers a kindness; but
tho way that play was made, it looks
like or Black Hosa didn t lergit John
France's kind words to her w'en the
miners was a joshin' her.
"Yes; perrapsthe two silver dollars
did havo somethin' to do with it sil
ver was a great power 'n Colorado 'n
them days." Snn Francisco Argonaut.
Swallowing a Fin.
I have often looked with alarm at
tho amateur nnd professional dress
maker, who invariably makes a pin'
cushion of her mouth, regardless of
possible consequences, and in my ignor
ance 1 have wondered, "iNow, if one
of those pins lodged in that dress
maker's throat, how should I attempt
to extricato it.
To-day I am wiser. If there were a
brisk fire at hand, I should instantly
proceed to make a stiff little dumpling
of flour and water, bake it till it was
quite hard, nnd then give the unfor
tunute victim a piece about the size oi
a small walnut to swallow.
Tho chances are thut the point of
the pin would adhere to thin, and loose
its tension of the flesh. Another thing
to do iu the event of swallowing a pin
or tuck is to make a stiff poultice und
to swallow quite a quantity. Ihc uen
tlcwoman.
Curious Anatomy ot the .Snake.
Tho auatomy of the snake is pe
culiar, and bus much to do with its
peculiar motion. The ribs are loosely
articulated with tho vertebra), and are
movable. By bending the body iu
laterul curves, which is tho only mode
of motion, und not the vertical bend-
iug, us mauy think, the scales, which
are attached to tho ends of the ribs,
uro separated, and, by their free
edges, take hold ur on the ground
When tho body is struightened out,
the ends of tho ribs approuch each
other, uud so force tho body forward,
then, by tho bending of tho other side,
this movement is repeated, and so the
snake glides along, iho same move
meut ot the ribs und scales forces the
animal through the water, as it swimi
with the head above tho surface, and
with its body blightly submerged.
New lork 1 lines.
homo (Jueer Lullabies.
Such lines us these tho Chinese
mother chants over her infant:
Kuail, suuil, come out und be fed,
I'm out your horns uu ltheu your head,
Aud lliy uiuiuuiu will give thee mutton,
For thou art doubly dear to me.
Tho Arab tuwuy treasure seems t
be eauieHt sent into dreamland with tht
following bucolic verse :
Bleep, my b;iby, sleep ;
Slurp u'ttluiutHT bale.
Kwuftly rest till inoruiiig liht,
My little farmer boy, to bright.
And the little Zulu goes to :
Hush thee, my baby,
Tby luotbt-r's o'er the mountain gone ;
Tbtru stie will dig the littlu gurdou putoti
Aud water sbo'll lotob from tbo river.
The ancient Romans had a unmbel
of lullubies. One begun :
I.ttllo, lullu, kiln,
Aut duml, uui 1 'U,
Scientific and IndustriaI..
The gnat is provided with a regnlal
set of lancets and cupping glass from
which tho air esn be withdrawn.
Physiologists sav that the gastric
glands of tho stomach of nn adult hu
man being number over 6,000,000.
At Great Falls, Montana, the mer
cury hns been known to drop twenty
nve degfees lusnlo of five minutes.
Plants placed under blue glass w-ill
Btarvei because they caunot absorb
tarbonic acid from tho atmospherci
It is said thnt blue-eyed cats are
always perfectly denf, and thnt purd
white ones are alllietcd with the snmo
infirmity.
Bartholomew, in his roccut articles
on tho mapping of tho world, claims
that only one-eighth of the lnud sur
face of the globe may Btill bo described
as unexplored.
The Capitol at Hartford, Conn., is
of marble aud local engineers claim
thnt it expands ono inch to each 100
feet, being three inches longer in sum
mer than in winter.
The density of things at tho centre
of tho globe is so great that, if a block
of steel four feet iu cubical dimen
sions were plnced there, it would be
reduced to a nine-inch cube.
Germany is the greatest zmz-pro-ducing
country of the world. The
main district is in Upper Silesia, whero
the metal is made from cnlanine and
zinz blended by distillation.
The idea of nn ancient tropical con
tinent at the South Pole nuiting South
America, Madagascar aud Australia is
arousing considerable interest and
discussion in scientific circles.
Sandpaper grows on trees in Dutch
Guiana, for the leaves of the trees
known botnnically as the Dillonia
Bcabrelia ato so rough on tho surface
that they can be used ss sandpaper.
A multiple filament lamp which hns
been used for some time in Germany
is thus described : It contains a num
ber of filaments united in common at
the tipper part. Each half can, there
fore, be used with any of the others,
thus enabling nil but one-half of a
filament to bo used up or broken bo
fore the lamp must bo renewed. The
extra expense of this arrangement, it
is said, is much less than the equiva
lent in new lamps. Furthermore,
several of the filaments can bo used at
once, thus increasing the caudle power.
Horse as a Reasoning Animal.
"It is a mistaken idea thnt nono bnt
human beings can reason and that
dumb animals have not that power,"
said rrofeesov Albert A. Palmer, of
Buffalo.
"I am fully prepared to demon
strate that the animals inferior to man
have reasoning faculties, and that
what is generally termed instinctplnyg
nn important part in their doings and
actions.
" Let me give a Biuglo exumple. 1
have a friend of tho namo of Down
ing, who owns a string of valuable
race horses. Iu his string is a horse
known as Speedwest. A day or so be
fore a race in which tho horse is en
tered he generally sends him out ou
the track mounted by a stable boy for
a little preparatory work. This
horse will not take kindly to his work,
and no nmount of persuasion with
whip or spur can get bim awuy from a
common canter.
" I noticed this peculiarity in tho
animal, and ono day suggested to
Downing that perhaps tho horse knew
that ho was not expected to race, and
for that reason could not understand
exactly what wns required of him. I
prevailed upon hiin to dress the Btnblo
boy in tho colors usually worn in a
race and try the horse again. He did
hi and the boy was placed in front of
the animal for a moment thut he might
see the colors.
" The result was thut when tho boy
mounted again tho horse broke nt tho
word of command and set off at a long
swinging gallop, which he increased to
a run, finishing tho work under a
strong pull. Auother stable boy was
put up without the colors, and the
horse refused to leave tho lopiug gait
nt which ho started out. A secoud
time tho colors were used und ugniti
the animal set out at a rate of speed
calculated to break tho record.
" Whut do you call that, instinct or
reasoning? I contend thut tho horse
hnd a rational faculty which ho exer
cised at will. Ho knew that without
the colors he had nothing iu particular
to gain by exteudiiig himself to u
swift ruu. When the colors wero put
ou the horse reasoned thut thero was
Nome object in view. Ho reasoned
thut ho was already prepared for a
race uud made his puoe accordingly
without being urged." St. Louis
G lobe-Democrat.
Nine KmI on Oue Itnilronl Ticket,
A widow who gavo her Sittme us Mrs.
Simpson came into t!'e t'nion Depot
Thursda y over thoC. B. aud Q. Road
from Pierre, South lUkota, with
eight childreti. They nil rodo on one
ticket. That wan the ono the mother
bought for herself. Tho entire Union
Depot force was bttghing about it.
The widow had changed rouds severul
times. Each time sho met a new con
ductor u row ensued, but sho came out
victorious every time. Tho children
were all smull. The riilwuy rules al
low children under six yeurs of age to
ride free. "Are they all your chil
dren?" the conductor would ask.
"Yes, sir, they are. Don't they look
like ineV ' "Well, I can't carry all of
them, for some of them are over six
yeuis old." "Why, there are two
pairs of twins iu among them," sho
would exultingly cxcluiin ; then ull
thy puKKi-ugci'M would Iniigh, uud tho
entire delegation got their little feet
ou the one ticket aud rode safely
through. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Careens, the capital of VenezutU,
u lo'iu'.le 1 thrvu cvhturWt ago,
IT FEEDS ON CARPETS.
THE TROUBLESOME "CARPET BEE'
TLB" OR "BUFFALO BUO."
First Discovered About Twenty Years
Ago The Pest Described --How It
May He Destroyed.
TTT H
I sr
hi
HE carpet beetlo (Anthrenus
scropulariH1) also known bs
'tho buffalo bug, was, like
hlmost every other noxious
insect to bo found iu this country, in
troduced from Europe, and, though it
has hftrdly been in the country twenty
years, has thoroughly made its homo
among us and has done incalculable
damage.
Professor J. A. Lintncr, the State
entomologist, in one of his reports
says thnt the insect was first discov
ered in 1874, nnd he found it in his
own hoilsa nt Schenectady in 1H76. In
describing the pest he writes :
Tho earliest beetles eniergo in Octo
ber nnd continue nppearing during
tho fall, winter nnd spring months.
They pnir soon after appearance, and
tho female almost at once lnys eggs iu
cracks of tho floor and in nooks, so
that during the next summer the car
pet may be yet more cnten.
The beetle is quite smull, smaller
than would be ordinarily expected,
considering the size of the Inrvn be
ing only about one-eighth of an inch
long by one-twelfth of an inch broad.
It is almost a perfect ellipso aud its
bock and under surface are rounded.
When turned upon its back it coun
terfeits denth, with its logs bo closely
folded to the surface as scarcely to bo
seen, and in this state the ordinary ob
server might be nt a loss to know the
lower from the upper side.
It is a beautifully marked insect, in
its contrasting colors of white, block
and scarlet, arranged ns follows : Tho
edge of the wing-covers, where they
meet on tho back, is bordered with
rod, forming a center red line, with
three deep red projectious from it out
wardly one on the middle of the back
and one other toward each end. At
the extreme tip of the wing-covers is a
widening of the bordering line,
making nlmost a fourth projection
from it. The first projection near the
bond is connected with a white spot,
running upward on the middle of the
front border of tho wing-cover. On
tho outer border of the wing-covers
are three white spots, nearly opposite
the red projections. Tho intermediate
pieces are black. The segments of the
body beneath are covered with pale
red scales, and the thoracic region,
which bears the legs, with whitish
tculcs.
Professor W. Beuttenuiuller ento
mologist at tho Natural History
museum, said a few days ago : "These
insects have done considerable damage
to carpets nnd rugs since tho little
pests were introduced here, twenty
years ago. Those carpets, however,
which are frequently tnkcu up and
shaken are little, if nt nil,
damaged, for they are no longer a
comfortable dwelling plnce for this in
sect, which is of a secretive and re
tiring disposition.
"It seems probable that the pest
was imported simultaneously by car
pet dealers in New York and Boston,
and thence shipped iu goods to inland
cities. Dr. It. Hagen, of Cambridge,
iu 1875, for instance, traced three
quarters of the infected carpets
brought to his notico to a particular
lino of goods sold in a single estab
lishment in Boston. At the present
day this insect is one of the greatest
household pests in tho New England
States. It destroys carpets and all
woolen goods, while furs do not escape
its attacks.
"The beetles fly to tho windows and
may often be caught upon the panes
of glass; they nre alsocuptured out of
doors upon flowers. Tho insect gen
erally attacks the carpets urouud the
borders of the room. The remedies
are benzoliuo and uupthaline ; but per
haps tho best way to get rid of thein is
to lay a wet-cloth over the carpet and
iron with a hot flat-iron ; the steam
generated will certainly kill every larva
it conies in contact with. Other rem
edies are camphor, pepper, tobacco,
turpentine and carbolic acid."
Inquiry was made of ono of the larg
est carpet dealers ns to whi.t ho ad
vised as the best way to destroy tho
pest. "Pest! My deaf sir, we don't
consider it a pest. In fact, the buf
falo bug is one oT our bcstcousumerB ;
but if people want to get rid of them
I cu recommend tho following: Take
every piece of furniture out of tho
room and open every door aud win
dow ; aud if it is a windy duy ull the
better. Tuko a stiff broom and sweep
over tho carpet with a strong hand,
paying particular attention to tho
edges uud those spots over which fur
niture has been resting. This done,
say once a month, will effectually keep
awuy the curpet bug."
It may bo uddud thut the name "buf
falo bug" was not derived from the city
of thut name in this Htate.Miut was given
to the insect years ago ill California
owiug to its miniature resemblance to
tho now almost extinct animal. It had
beeu probably brought to California
from Europe by tho Spuuiards. New
York Tribune.
Youth uud Old Age.
"Why is it," asked uu elderly gen
tleman who has beeu all over the world,
"that a young man will iusist upon
having other people think ho is u much
older man thau he reully is, and an old
man makes himself silly by trying to
pose as a young man? These uro cer
tainly two extremes, but if you havo
hud uuy experience t ull, you will re
cognize the fact thut what I say is true.
The, boys will simulate maturity uud
the idd men will try to appear young.
Which is the most luughuble?" Phila
delphia Cull.
About three hundred million fet of
I'lmhcr sry cut anuually iu AMmmu.
WINTER'S MINSTREL,
Beside my hearth, In genial glow of heat,
I close my book of soug nnd legend old
to hear tho ancient minstrel of tho cold
Rocite his saga with the rhythmic beat.
Against the wlndow-psnes, of Kunlc sleet.
He came at Bet ot sun across the wold
Willi chilly winds his brother", warriot-bold-
Thnt whirl Me leaves unto their last defeat
And ponnd npon belated sails nt sea. ,
He chants the dirge of Iinlder lying low,
Tbte minstrel boar, the while 1 listen teen, '
Applaud his numbers, swelling ssd and free.
Then tarn once moro unto my book and
grow
Oblivious, wandering tbrongh some mead
ows green.
--Chicago Record.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
"All broke up" The World's Fair.
Pastimes The middle nges. Truth.
Lovers' quarrels should be soft snaps.
Elmira Gazette.
Debt makes a man look as nselesa as
the letter b iu tho word. Hello.
The messenger boy is wedded to his
idles. Glens Falls Itcrmblican. t
"This iB the lap of luxury," remarked
the kitten as ehe came across a bowl of
creBm.
The astronomer's business, in spite of
tho dull times, is looking up. Lowell
Conritr.
In tho shoemnking business the first
is the" lost and the last first. Roches
ter Democrat. ,;
Since swells fight shy of polities, '
It must continue bad,
Until, by one of fashion's tricks.
It gets to be a fad.
Washington Star. v
Nell- "Miss Tnsso hasn't a very
beautiful form, hns she?" Belle--"No,
but she makes up for it." Phil
adelphia Record.
When you loan a man $10 yon nro
apt to learn thnt it is no easy thing to
"pursue tho even tenner." Gleus
Fulls Republican. !
Buy your mushrooms only from
your botanist, nnd be sure that your
botanist understands his botany."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"The sentence is thnt ye be hanged,"
Baid a Welsh Judge to a poor criminal,
"and 1 hope it mny prove a warning to
you." Londou Tit-Bits.
He may be called nn honest man
As one could wish to behold
But If you'll notloe yon surely will find
He's not above taking oold.
Chicago Inter-Ocean. .
The Spinster "Those jokes on the
nge of womnn nre so tiresome." The
Debutante "Yes, I understand how
you feel about them." New York
Herald.
"You ought to bo very proud of
your wife. Sho is a brilliant talker."
"You'ro right there." "Why, I could
listen to her all night." "I often do.'
Texas Siftings.
rrofesBor of Logic "I put my hnt
down in tho room; I cannot see it
anywhere J there has been nobody in
besides myself; ergo, I i:m sitting on
it !" El Nervion.
Father "Is that young girl you're
going to marry economical?" Son
(enthusiastically) ' I should say so!
Why, hist year she spent &2500 iu bar
gains!" Chicago Record.
Customer "Have you a copy ol
'Fifteen Decisive Buttles?' Book
seller "No, sir; wo nro. sold out.
But we can give you 'Reflections of a
Married Man.' " Tid-Uits.
Codling "Why did you speak to
thnt howid twamp, deur boy?" Softly
"Why Bbtmld'nt I, old chappie?
Ho isn't iu twado aud he doesn't work
faw a living." Boston Globe.
"It's wonderful, "remarked the
editor, "how proud n man acts when
ho is going to have his picture pub
lished uud how humble he is after it
has happened." Washington Star.
I.ove hatli a million tender ways f
For simples nnd for scholars. J
Aud yet for love somo I'nvn no praisf
Without a million dollar. . '
IMroli Free Tr 0
"I tell you thut idleness don't psy.
The surest way for a person to get
ahead is to keep moving." "Guess
you're right. That's the way four or
llvo tenants got ahead of me Inst
week." Buffalo Courier.
It is useless to tell n boy who has
determined to become a barber that
he must "begin nt the foot," aud it is
equally a wnste of time to sny to a boy
who intends to bo u chiropodist that
ho will reach head somo day. Har
per's Bitzur.
Mr. Jones "So you are tho new
servant my wife has hired. I suppose
you had good references?" New Ser
vant "Yes, indeed. I was in my lust
place three years and they gavo me a
time allowance of nine months for
good behavior. "Texas Sifting.
Chief Miller "Say, SIcuthpup, did
you catch that thief?"' Detective
Sleuthpup --"No, nil'." Chief Miller
"Well, why didn't you catch him?"
Detective Sleuthpup -"I don't know,
Chief, unless it's because, I've just been
vaccinated." Philudt. Iphia Record.
Largest Itamre Light iu the World.
The Lighthouse Board will shortly
begin tho construction of tho lurgest
range light in the world on the pres
ent site of tho Waackaack Beacon, just
eusi of Sandy Hook. The leus, which
was on exhibition nt the Columbian
Exposition, is i,ix feet high and three
feet iu diuuict.T. Tho leus cost $12.
0(10, and is of tlic bet t'i'cucti make.
When placed ou exhibition u small
light was put behind il, bi t the ruys
were so powerful that it hud to be re
moved an '.I shown without a light. The
light from tho ue.v beucoa will be
equal to Unit of a seaich light. Tho
light is a very important one, us it is
used by mariners t-uttriug tlio mail
ship channel alter luuuuiug Sandy
Houkjbyuiid iu.Sdeutiilo Auicf Ktui.