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A statistician estimates that Ameri cans expend 81110,000 a day for amuse ments. 1 A statistical, person lina figured ont tlmt the average life of a cabinet nudcr tho present French Republic has been bine months. By a new routo which is proposed from Euglnnd to Australia, neross Canada, tlio trip from London to Sydney, it is believed, mny bo tbortonod to twenty-eight days. Tlio Chicago Ilccord confidingly ad mits tlmt "of all suds words of tongue or pen a few of the saddest uro those which would properly describo n view the World's Fiiir grounds tit tho pres ent timo." . Of nil tho States Kew York has tho greatest number of savings batik de positors, 1, 010,389, and also tho great est amount of deposits, 8588,425,421. Massachusetts comes next with81,131, 203 depositors, having ou deposit $309, 55u,38. ' rffV Twenty-two years ago there were 222 bearers of titles in the French Chamber of Deputies, whero now there are lint sixty-five. Only three marquises are left out of thirty, while the counts have declined from thirty two to fifteen. At this rapid rate of disappearance a few decades moTe will seo ' almost tho entire extinction of tit l in the Republic. The recent use of tho guillotine in l'uris bun started anew the discussion as to relative merits of methods of rendering tho murder innocuous. It in nut be admitted, argues tho Kau Francisco Examiner, that a man ouoo beheaded is fully as iticapable of act ing on criminal impulse- as though ho had been hanged, and that an electro cuted person is at an equal advantage. mi - . inereioro uu uio mewious nave points of excellence. A manufacturing company in Wil mington, -Del., stopped its whistle thirteen years ogo because it was com plained of as a nuisance, and at tho same timo informed its workmen that any man who was luto would bo fined twenty-live cents. In all tho years since thou only two men have been fned for tardiness, and tho question is asked by the Chicago Herald : What need is thcro for a noisy whistle to call employes to work anywhere? In a littlo co.Tin about fifteen inches ong the heart and other portions of the body of a man, whoso itfsgracoaud suicide, in tho year 1892, brought about tho overthrow of a cabiuct, is sued forth from tho morgue in Paris a few days ago on its way to tho Tere la Chaise" cemetery. They were the remains of Baron do Reiuach, who in ho heydey of his power was ono of 1uo financial magnates of Europe, con trolling even tho destinies of minis ters and influencing tho policy of the Nation. , There have been great changes in tho United Htates Government depart ments in tho last thirty years. The first woman regularly employed was put on the rolls of tho Navy Depart ment thirty-five years ago. She was a young widow, and the officials consid ered it an awful problem how to dis pose of her. Finally they hit upon n plan. They treated her as if she wag a contagious disease and isolated her in an attio room. Sho received aud re turned her copying by a messenger. But tho disease caught on, so to speak, and to-day there ore 1000 women in tho Treasury alobc. There is oue woman to every seven men. Two or three recent railroad catas trophes, fortunately of the minor Bort, have directed public attention to the fact, remarks tho Washington Star, that the-use of stoves for heat ing purposes aud oil as an illuajiiuant is still indulged in by nueieut aud moss backed corporations, t which the safety of the passengers is apparently a minor consideration. Publio senti ment should be strong enough to work thtecessary reform, but the trouble about public sentiment is its failure to declare itself until sumo frightful . combination of collisjn or derailment aud conflagration arouses general in- dignatiou. The rullmuu und Wagner companies-r-worried over even the small quantity of oil used for cooking purposes ou the buffet cars huvo completely banished tho dangorou fluid, and will in future do their cook ing with gas, thus removing every clement of danger that can possibly be gotten rid of. The publio should insist strenuously upon tho uuiversal adoption of every safegnard, and tho time to insist is in advance of uuJ not bfVex ft great railroad horror. UNAWARE. Soma day, when falls a sudden senso Of perfect peace on heart and brain, That oomcn, wo know not why or whom?, And ere we Rook Is gone again. When breathes tho nnoxpeotunt hour Strange beauty of nn Instant blown, Ar if a rose were full In flower Whose earliest buds wo knew not grown. Terohnnoe ono winded moment apod Down tho white bights of lieavonly air, Some spirit of our blessed dead Hath stood beside us unaware ! THE BOTKINE BATH. Bt ADELINE 8. VINO. ROFESSOR Botkine, of tho University of California, was sitting on his front steps at Berkeley in tho morning of a sultry July day. Ho was delightedly watching the efforts of his pet K J7. toad to capture a very lurge angleworm, and his enjoyment was enhanced by tho fact that his beauti ful German wife, who usually declined to interest herself in anything which she even suspected of a connection with science, was seated beside him, giving eager littlo pressures to his hand and uttering a pleased exclama tion, in her pretty foreign accent, whenever tho toad made an extra effort. Tho fact was that she, whilo cutting roses, had been tho ono to see tho be ginning of tho contest, and felt the proper prido of a discoverer. The toad had been sitting still, looking n-s if carved by a Japanese artist, and giving no sign that it saw anything. Tho worm gave a littlo wriggle as it began to come out of the ground, when, quick as a Hash, the toad made a leap and seized tho cud of the worm in its mouth. Then began a tug-of-war. Every timo that the toad gavo a pull, the worm drew back. But the toad was not to bo discouraged. It jerked aud jerked until it fairly stood on its hind legs. Still, it could not dislodge tho worm. At this interesting' point a train whistled. "Why, Solma !" said tho professor, "thero is the train already. I had quite forgotten that I must go the city to-day. Where is my hot?" "Do wait an instant, dear; just see what that toad is doing," she ans wered, holding him back. Ho glanced down and saw tho toad twisting its leg about until tho worm was wrapped twico around it, then tho toud gavo a hop, and out came tho worm. 11ns niui ticen too lascinating a epectaclo to tho unwary professor. Ho dashed into the houso and back again, Kissed ma wile, ana, witn a regretful glance at her rippling hair, and soft blue eyes, started off. Suddenly he rushed back. "Why, dear," ho criod, "I forgot to tell you that that Mr. Smith, the Ca nadiun, who wrote the paper ou bacteria, will bo hero this afternoon to stay a day or two. Ho may come bpfore I am back." She clasped her hands in moek despair. "But what shall I do with him?" she wailed; "you know lean uot talk science and pollywogs 1" "Oh, don't bo aluriiied. Ho isn't go very dried up. Just let him have a good soaking in a bath-tub. Then he will come out perfectly human aud happy. He's an Englishman, you know," and tho professor, with a laughing glance at his little wife's rue ful expression, threw dignity and his coat-tails to the winds as he madly ran down the street, "looking like a great black bird of prey," as Mrs. Botkine laughingly remarked to herself. But she grew sober as sho thought how ruthlessly 'science and scientists seemed to dog her unwilling footsteps. Her hnsViand certainly loved her, but ho had a way of becoming utterly Absorbed in his studios, and then burst ing into her reflections with remarks which sounded positively ghoulish. Ho had oppenred only yesterday in her own private sanctum carrying a "hor rid snake" by tho tail, and, although he had not yet reached the pitch of Professor Agassiz who was said to have consigned infant serpents, for safe-koeping over night, to his wife's boots she did not know where his en thusiasm might lead. "I'm half ufi'aid to go to sleep," she had roguishly said to him one night. "I'm afraid that your deepest interest even in mo is only scientific, and I be lieve you nro capable of cutting me open to seo what queer thing there is in my heart that I love such a bookish old bear with." "Now here was this Cauadian com ing ! And how was she to be properly interested in his old bacteria and not disgrace her husband by betraying her ignorance on the subject?" sho asked herself. Manifestly, he must take a bath, and everything possible must bo done to make that bath-room attractive, so that he should stay there as long as possi ble. She went upstairs, and with her own dimpled hands got down a -ew cake of perfumed soap. Sho eyed it critically. Perhaps his severe scien tific mind would bo disgusted with such effemiuuta luxury. Perhaps who knew? ho might discover even iu it tho presence of baeteriul She hud heard it slid that a man with a theory finds examples of its truth in everything about him. Never mind ! She would pluee besido it a cake of white castile aud one of tar soap. Then, whatever his taste:-, ho must be pleuted, Bhe put tho alcohol aud. 11 y - cologne bottlo within easy reach ; got out smooth and rough towels and a bath-blanket ; saw that tho shower bath worked ; and with aigh of relief, went down stairs to impress tho cook that during tho entire nfternoon there must bo plenty of hot water in the boiler. Suddenly a happy though struck her; she went into her husband's Btudy and brought out every book on bac teriology thot sho could find. These sho ringed on a shelf ai tho foot of tho bath-tub. Standing ovt 1. little beyond tho others, as if but just shoved in, was Mr. Smith's own pam phlet on "Bacteria." Sho van sure of tho vanity of authors. Ho would at least take this down to seo if any passages were marked, and might he lured into the perusal of sotno other books. Mrs. Botkino pinned on tho wall somo colored illustrations of various forms of bacteria, nnd then surveyed tho effect with tho calm satisfaction of a general who foresees the success of his manoeuvres. Sho sighed regret fully that sho could not bring herself to introduce into tho room a few sam ples of tho "germ culture" that her husband was carrying on, but she felt that she must draw tho line at living germs. Sho smiled again. To be sure, Mr. Smith might think her husband rather cccentrio in pursuing his studies in this room, but he would certainly feel that ho had found a congenial spirit in a man who could not tear himself away from his beloved bacteria even in his bath. She had done all she could. With this virtuous feeling sho was able to go about her occupations for the day, and iu tho afternoon even banished tho thought of her expected guest enough to take a quiet nap. She was awakened by a knock at her door, and the maid handed her a card bearing the seemingly innocent in scription, "Mr. Worthington Smith." Sho was filled with a nervous fear, and her heart beat fast as sho walked down the stairs. She lingered outside tho drawing-room as long as she dared, aud then, putting her trust in the bath-room, walked in and greeted her visitor with a smile of timid welcome. Ho did not look at all alarming. She was surprised to see that he was young, darkly handsome, and dressed with moro regard to fashion than the scientific mind generally deigns to be stow. He saw her timid air and blonde beauty with evident admiration. After the first polite commonplaces, Mr. Smith smilingly observed: "Pro fessor Botkine's recent researches have been of such interest to scien ritic men that they must lay him open to a great deal of persecution from in quiring admirers, but " "Ob, not at all," she answered, rather incoherently; "or, rather, I should say, he likes to be persecuted that is" (with some confusion) "he will bo delighted to find you hero when ho returns. In tho meantime, I hope that you will let mo look after you." Mr. Smith thought that he should like nothing better, but contented himself with remarking: "Thank you, very much. Perhaps you would be so kind as to explain to me a few things I should like to know about Professor Botkine s theories on bacteria." Ho was Bnrprisod to see a deep flush and a look of distress como over her face, aud, before she could answer, he hastened to add : "But I fear that I am trespassing ou your timo. Frav, do uot let mo incommode you. I have some uncut pamphlets in my satchel here, and will look them over as I wait," aud he looked down embar rassed. A furtive feeling of relief crept for a moment into her eyes. Then the thought that she could not bo guilty of fueh inhospitality as leaving her guest to shift for himself forced itself upon her. But here he was, plunging into science tho very first thing and turning shy besides. Oh, she must send him off to that bath 1 It seemed rather awkward, but she nerved her self to the effort. "No, Mr. Smith," she said, gayly. "I am sure that I could not tell yon anything on tho subject, aud I can not think of leaving you here alone, You must let me mako you comfort able. I know that after your journey you would like a bath. Ho looked amazed and then em barrassed. "Thank you, very much, Mrs. Bot kiue," he stammered, "but I do not earo at all for a bath. I shall do very well here, and "Xo, no 1" she said, nervously; "I know that you are only afraid that there is no hot water on such a warm day, and you do not wish to give trouble. He put ont bis hand and tried to in terrupt her, but sho shook her head and went on rapidly : "It is all ready. Everything is in tho bath room, aud I will ring for James to show you up. He looked thunderstruck at her in sistence. "But, I assure you, Mrs. Botkine," ho exclaimed, "it is not at all worth while. 1 ' "Not another word, if you jdease, Mr. Smith. You will really annoy mo if you refuse." She thought to herself that he littlo knew how more than annoyed she was at the thought of his possible ques tions. As the man-servant appeared, she said : "James, take this gentleman's satchel to tho gueet chamber aud show him to the bath-room. Mr. Smith endeavored to hang back aud say something, but Mrs. lint kino smilingly wuved her huud toward the stairs aud wulked into another room She had looked alternately vexed and triumphant. As he followed James, Mr. Smith remarked to himself that before this eipencuca te would have vowed tUut she was too pretty to be eccentric He had no wish to bathe, but fearing to vex her, meekly proceeded to per form his ablutions. She, meantime, was vastly relieved. She smiled to herself at tho thought of how unwilling he had seemed to give the slightest trouble. "I suppose ho thought wo Ameri cans never had any decent facilities for a bath, she reflected. Ihon: "Ho really is remarkably good-look ing, for a scientist. If I had not known what he was, I should havo thought he was 111st a nice young fel low and rashly tried to get on with him. Oh, if George had not told me in time!" She shuddered as sho tho-ig'at of her escape. "1 suppose ho will be drted-np look ing before long. Ho is a whited-se- pulchro kind of man now. I could not see the slightest sign of baldness in him, but his seething intellect is bound to cook his hair off in a few years. Even Georgo is a wee bit bald. But how delightful that Mr. Smith did not fathom my ignorance." Sho was so elated that she went to tho piano and sang for a half-hour. She was startled by hearing some one come r.ishing into the room be hind her. She wheeled on the Btool and encountered the gaze of Mr. Smith, who stood before her, looking decidedly nnoasy. "1 beg panlon for interrupting you, Mrs. Bodkinc." he said; "but I wish to thank yon for your kindness and to make my adieux." "Why, Mr. Smith " she began, but he waved his hand apologetically and con ti nod : "I am very sorry not to have found Professor Botkine, but perhaps 1 can come again. There is just time for mo to catch the five o clock train. It was her turn to be astonished. Sho opened her lips to speak, but he went on, nervously : "Pray forgive my leaving yon so abruptly. J. bank you very much. Good afternoon," and, bowing pro foundly, he was gone. For a moment sho felt stunned. Then a flood of questions poured through her mind. Was the man in sane? Or what had she done to offend him? What would her husband say? What was there in science to turn an apparently "nice" young man into such a distraught savage? "Ah I recommend .me to. a plain, commonplace man who has not bacilli on the brain 1 she sighed. The rest of the day seemed endless, but at last sho descried Professor Botkine, and with him a rather desic cated and "dug-np"-looking man. "Oh, dear!" she moaned; "there is another scientist, I know to look at him. What will he do, I wonder? Dissect my cat, or say that he cannot dine with us becauso ho never eats anything but bacteria?" "Here we are at last," said tho pro feasor ; "I found our friend on the train. He had mistaken the train and gone to Alameda. Mr. Smith, let me present you to Mrs. Botkine. She welcomed her guost cordially, but the minute she was alone with her husband, she seized him by the lapels of his coat. "What joke have you been playing on me?" she demanded; "who is this Mr. Smith?" The professor looked astonished. "Why, my dear, there is no joko. This is tho Mr. Smith that I told you I was expecting this afternoon. Whut is the matter? "Matter!" she criod; "who is tho Mr. Smith that came hero this after noon with a satchel, and asked about your theories? "Why, we met him at the station He had a few specimens to show me. Ho is the son of ray friend, Coinmo dore Smith, of San Francisco. He had just run ovei for a short call." "A short call!" sho echoed again; "what will he think of me ! I sent him upstairs to tako that bath!" Argo naut. Monkeys. Monkeys, with somo notable excep tions, aro some degrees worse than savage niou iu their treatment of the sick. On the new Jumna Canal, at Delhi, monkeys swarm in trees upon the baukB, and treat their sick com rades in true monkey fashion. Tho colony by the canal being over crowded, and as a consequence un healthy, did, and probably does still, suffer from various unpleasant diseases. When ono monkey is so obviously un well as to so offend the feelings of tho others, a few of tho larger monkeys wutch it, and taking a favorable op portunity, knock it into tho canal. If it is not drowned at once, tho sick monkey is pitched in again after it re gains the trees, aud cither drowned or forced to keep aloof from tho flock. At the Loudon Zoological Gardens the monkeys torineut a sick one with out mercy, and unless it is at once re moved from the cage it has little chance of recovery. Tho small monkeys bite and pinch it ; the larger ones swing it around by the tail. When it dies, as many moneys as can find room sit ou its body. New York Disputch. Horse-Power of a Wlinlc, Au interesting study of the horse power of the whale has been made by the eminent auatomist, Sir William Turner, of the University of Edin burgh, Scotland, in conjunction with John Henderson, the equally eminent Glasgow shipbuilder. Tho size and dimensions of a great whulo stranded jeverul years ago ou the shore at Lougriddy furnished the necessary data for a computation of the power neces sary to propel it at tho rate of twelve "niles an hour. The whulo measured eighty fet -iu length, twenty feet ucross the flanges of the tail, u id weighed seventy-four tons, It was calculated that 145 horse-power was necessary o Ottuiu the speed nica-iioued, SCIE.VriFIC A51) INDUSTRIAL. The proposed Hoboken (N. .T.l Bridge will have a singlo span of 5850 feot the longest 111 th world. Tho greatest depth recorded of Lake Michigan is 870 feet, or about one-sixth of a mile. The mean depth is about 325 feet, or onc-sixtccnth of a mile. The flea is covered with nrmnrnd plates very hard and overlapping each otner. Jacu is set witn spines, ana bends in conformity with the move ments of the body. Tho largest engine is at Friedens- ville, Penn. ; its driving wheels aro thirty-five foet in diameter, tho cyl inder is 110 inches, and it raises 17,- 500 gallons of water per minute. A new prooess of rain making was recently brought before the Aeademio des Sciences, Paris, by M. Bandoin. His theory is that electricity main tains tho water in clouds iu a state of small drops, and that if tho electricity bo discharged the water will como down. , An instrument has been invented for sounding tho depths of the sea without using a lead line. A sinker is dropped containing a cartridge, which explodes on touching the bot tom ; the report is registered in a microphone apparatus ond the depth reckoned by the time at which the ex plosion occurred. The air brakes on railroads are being built with a view to their use on trains of 100 cars. The plant on each train is being built bo that it can be used in such a way as to bring the speed down from eighty to thirty miles per hour within five seconds. Great power has to bo used, and every purt of tho apparatus has to be perfect to stand the Btrain. Dr. Hughes, of Moriden, has re ceived a letter from It. W. Sawyer, of Nassau, New Providence, one of tho Bahama Islands, telling of the finding of a pink pearl in a conch shell thcro that is the finest ever brought to light. This pearl is nearly as largo os a pigeon's egg and of the same shape, having no flaw or blemish, and of per fect color and marking. It was sold to the local agent of a Paris house for over $2000, the largest price, it is believed, received for a pearl at the Nassau conch fisheries. At tho recent meeting of the chemical section of the British Association for tho Advancement of Science the arti ficial diamonds that have been made by M. Moissans, of Paris, wero ex hibited and awakened much interest. These, as yet, aro of hardly suflicient size to be marketable, but there ap pears to be no longer doubt that this and the cost aro but questions of technical detail, and that another de cado at most will suffice to reduce diamonds to tho vulgar level of the amethyst or tho llhine stone. How Old Is the Human Race Tho fullest answer that scienco can yet give to the three most interesting questions perhaps over asked in the world are expluined in an article iu the Forum, by Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, tho ethnologist. Ihese questions are: "When did the first man appear?" "By what process did ho appear?" and "Whore did ho appear? Summing up all that geologists and authropolo gists know ho appeared certainly 50, 000 years ago, and it may be as many as 200,000 years ago. The evidences of his existence which date back 50,000 years are unmistakable By what pro cess he came into being science has no definite answer. If it refuse to accept the doctrine of specific creation, it must refuse also, for lack of complete evidence, to accept tho doctrine of gradual evolution the old Darwinian doctrine. Dr. Brinton thinks the theory of "evolution by a leap" is as good as any other theory. According to this, man sprung from somo high order of mammal, tho great tree upe, perhaps, by a freak, just as men of genius are freaks, und as all the vege table and auimal kingdom show freaks. As to where man first appeared it is beyond doubt that his earliest home wusx iu southern Europe, or Asia, or North Africa. No earlier traces of him have beeu found than those found in tho area that is now England, Franco and Spain. Natural Curiosities. Curious resemblances iu Nature start with the cocoau'iv, in many re spects liko the hi tnunskull and almost a facsimile of tho monkey's. The meat of the English walnut is utmost u copy of the human brain ; plums and black cherries liko tho human eye, almouds liko the human nose, ami uu unopened oyster and shell a perfect likeness of the human ear. The shape of a man's body may be traced iu tho mammoth squash, tho open hand iu growing scrub willows aud celery, the human heart in German turnips aud egg plant, and dozens of tho mechan ical inventions of tho present day to pattorus furnished by Nature. Thus, the hog suggested tho plow, tho but terfly tho door hinge, tho frog stool tho umbrella, tho duck tho ship, and tho fuugua growth on trees the bracket. New Process lor Kiiaiiulinir. Fletcher, llussell & Co. , London, have introduced a new process to su persede tho use of Berlin black ami black lead for protecting cast iron. Tho casting is coated with a film of enamel, which is so thin that even the finest details on tho metal are pre served. This enamel is said to be ab solutely proof against rust, aud pie serves its qualities ut any tomperaluro up to bright red heat. All colors are obtainable, including gold aud silver, blight or dull, anil as muiiy us arc wished can be produced 011 0110 cant ing. The process is said to offer great facilities for decorative work oj all kiudn. Scientific American, f BIG (JUiNS OF BIG NAVIES WEAPONS THAT CAN BE FIRED ONLY SEVENTT-FIVE TIMES. Powder Charges Welghina ttflfl Pounds Heavy Projectiles nr.d Their Terrific KfTocf, Two of tho mammoth 110-ton gnus, upon which tho British admiral ty has so proudly commented as the "modern naval artillery, and wiucli cost about 8100,000 each, went down into seventy fathoms of water with tho battlo ship Victoria, and in con nection with this fact, says tho Wash ington Star, thero must havo been awakened much intcrst among readers as to whether such heavy war weapons, heavier than any yet mndo for tho United States navy, and heavier than will probably be built, are a wise ad dition to a modern war vessel. And yet this big gun is not a new thing, as it practically dates back twelvo ycars About forty of these big guns have been built, and some of them wero sent to Italy. It is eaBy to comprehend among navy officers that such guns aro an expensivo luxury, not only in tho actual cost of tho gun and its ammunition, but also in tho sizo of tho ships requirod to carry them. But what will be of most in terest to lay people is the quantity and cost of ammunition ond tho lifo of the gun itself. The best ordnance experts calculate the life of tho 110-tou gnu to bo seventy-five rounds with full charges. Tho 110-ton gun, and, in deed, all largo guns, lire fired with slow burning coacoa powder, tho name eoaooa being derived from tho brown color of tho powder. It is shaped in hexagonal prisms, this being tho most convenient form of packing, and 10,- 000 of these prisms are needed to make a full chargo for this monster gun. Each prism is pierced with a hole in the centre to give ready access to the llamo and msure nn equable ignition. For nenrly all naval guns tho pow der charge is mado up of four car tridges, but owing to tho extraordi nary weight of tho 110-ton gun charges (!)(l pounds) it is divided into eight cartridges, each weighing 12i) pounds. To load tho gun it is necessary to bring it to its extreme elevation that is, the muzzle is pointed upward as far as it can bo ou the mount, and these operations follow: 1, Unlock and unscrew the breech block ; 2, withdraw tho breech block ; 3, tra verso breech block to ono side! 4, placo the loading tray in tho gnu ; 5, swab out the gun ; t, rani home, or put into place, tho projectile; 7, place the first chargo; 8, placo and rain homo the Becoud half charge ; withdraw tho loading tray; 10, replace the breech screw ; 1 1, screw up aud lock tho breech screw. Tho guu is then ready to bo sighted by the captain of the turret from hit conning tower. It is fired by elec tricity. Tho gun can bo loaded and fired within two and a half minutes. Tho projoetilo used in tho gun, when ships or forts aro attacked, weigh 1800 pounds, or nearly 200 pounds los than a ton, aud it leaves tho muzzle with a velocity of 2105 feet a sec ond and a destructive energy equal to 55,305 foot-tons. When tested before mounting on the Sansparoil three years ago the shot tore its way through specially manufactured steel armor twenty inches thick, and yet tho armor belt of tho Victoria ranged from sixteen te eighteen inches in thickness only. In addition to tho twenty inches thick uess of steel tho shot went through eight inches of iron fastened iu a heavy wrought-iron frame, twenty feet oi oak baulks, six feet of granite blocks, eleven feet of concrete, and six feet ol brick. In other words it went throng! forty-four and one-third feet of a wal! unique iu history for combination ol width and variety oiid strength of ma terials. Tho cost of 0110 tiring of this guu was 400 for tho powder and $WlC for tho projectile ami fuses, and aftel seventy-five rounds there would be 'he cost of tho gun to add, namely, 8100,000. In firing the gun against a body ol men or a flotilla of boats it is intended to uso schrupnel, u drum-liko cylindei of steel, inclosiu); 2300 four-ounce bullets. As soon as the schrupnel bursts tho bullets go living ou, the spinning of tho shell caused by the rifted grooves of the gun spreading them out over 11 largo urea. When u shell is used it is charged w ith powder, which causes it to explode and scatter its pieces with great destruction. English Law to Aeciileils. The term "accident" would appeal to be easily defined, but the late Lord Chief Justice Cockburn thought not, aud oil several occasions insuruueo companies have bought a definition iu tho courts of law. It has been decid ed that asunstroke is not an accident, but that injury to the spine by lifting a heavy weight is oue. Even if physi cal iilmcnts contribute to 1111 accident it is covered by tho policy. The rela tives of a man who, while bathing in shallow water, was seized with a tit und suffocated sustained their claim, as did those of a man who, whim similar ly seized, fell under u train und was killed. Aguin, u person having fallen and dislocated his shoulder was put to bed ami carefully nursed, but in less than a mouth he died of pneumonia. The connection between tlmt complaint aud u dislocated shoulder is not at once, visible, but on tho ground that the restlessness and susceptibility to eidd produced uy tho accident led to the disease which killed him, the rela tives wero held to entitled to claim. "The influence of iutosieul ing liquor'' has been authoritively defined as "in fluence which disturbs the balance of a man's mind or tin intelligent exerciso of his faculties," and injuries received whilo iu thst couditiouuie not covered by an insuruueo policy, Chambers's Journal. MY LITTLE CHILD. My little child Blips from my arras Just when my heart , Most to her warms, . Ood bless her 1 How She thrills mo when She tumbles in , My arms again. V Tears fly so fast 1 ( Soon she will b A maiden then She'll turn from me, ... Some smooth-faced boy Hor heart will steal From me what u"' Of love so leal? What use? Why, thon It comforts ma To know that i Her memory I hold my place- Young lovo wanes fast. But father's lovo Will always last. -PUll. L. Barker, In Chicago EocorJ, ! t HUMOR OF THE DAY. A correct coBtume The convict's garb. The golden rule The power of money. Lawyers may bo poets ; they write lots of "versus." Lumbermen are not necessarily log gerheads. Lowell Courier. It's a wise cow that knowns its own butter. Florida Times-Union. A gross outrage Finding it a few packages short. Florida Times. Tho Hawaiian difficulty How to prouonnce the Oueen's name. Hallo. A miner may be ever so well off, but he can't help getting in a hole occa sionally. Toledo Commercial. ' What care ho for wealth, For pulace or hovol Tho boy in good health. With a yellow baik novel? Buffalo Courier. 1 Tho burglar is not inclined to be talkative, but he is a great bore when he finds the safe locked. Binghamton Republican. He "This is a bird's-eyo view of my home; it " She "Yes, I notice it has a kind of jay appearance." Chicago Tribune. "Did the oflice seek the Colonel?" "Yes, but he had three days' Btartand there was no reward out for him." Atlanta Constitution. ' Tho boiler-maker with oratorical tendencies ought to have little trouble in riveting the attention of his hear ers --Buffalo Courier. Tho idea! juror in a criminal case is the man who either never reads any thing or never understands what he reads. Milwaukee Sentinel. ' Somo say that with the greater use of tho telephone, tho messenger boy i beginning to go. He may be, but ho'a not going fast. Philadelphia Times. ; 'Tis now the naughty littlo boy Gets home from shool loo lato To carry in thu evening ooal, But not to go snd skake. Chicago Iuter,Ocean. A shoemaker in Lynn, Mass., dis plays a sign in front of his shop read ing: "Boots and shoes repaired and promptly executed. " New York Ob server. Clara "Would you tako Wulter Handsome and Arthur Haudsoine for brothers?" Amelia ''Yep, I have al ready promised to be asister tothem." Raymond's Monthly. A Young Higher Critic Fond Pa rent "Yes, Bobby, tho Angel of Death passed over tho houses and smote the first-born of each Egyptian family." -Bobby (after a moment's silence) "Pop, what did the ungel do when it was twins?" Harlem Life. Young Lady "What be-e-autiful chrysanthemums! What aro they worth?" Dealer "Twenty-five each, ma'am." Young Lady "Aud what are all those young men ranged along tho counter for?" Dealer "Those are tho ten-cent stems," Cleveland Plain Dealer. Muggins (recently married, showing his apartments) "This is a wardrobe where my wife hangs her clothes, and this is another wardrobe where my wife hangs her clothes." Bilter "Where do you hang your clothes?" Muggins "( Hi, I don't havo any now." New York Herald. Wagleigh "Bagleigh hud a curious adventure the other day. He got iuto the middle of a field when he found that au angry hriudlo bull stood iu front of one gate while a healthy Jer sey tow guarded tho other, lie didn't know which one to face." Tagleigh "l suppose tho cow proved to bo tho most harmless. " Wagleigh "Xo; it was a toss-up between, tlwtwo, Brooklyn Life. The Soil Cimsiimcil by Flames. Several hundred acres iu Humboldt Couuty that this summer raised the biggest hay crop iu tho State burned to ashes. The soil itself has been consumed bv lire to a depth of fifteen feet. Two years ago ttie laud was several teet under water, and was known a Owl Lake, it was drained by a big ditch ami dried up, leuving a very rich soil. A few days ago, when a prairie lire swept over it, the soil it self took tire, burning liko turf. Tho tire eats down to a hard clay that will be of no use for farming purposes. Island County (Wash.) Times. To Cure a t old Sore. It is very vexing and annoying b have one's lips break out w ith cold orcM, but it is better to have them Out thau in. A drop of warm mutton Miet applied to the tores at night, just before retiring, will sjoii cuii.se them to dieappcur,
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