THE FOREST REPUBLICAN fa Bibutati rrtr7W.1Ue.da7, J. EC. WENK. Cffloela Btneaibungh A Co.'iulldlnj Ml tTBUT, TIOMBTA, T. Term). . . IJtMrTf, u,r:,7,i ' inpmdMe, wlllt4 Im al Miti f th. RATXS OF ADVERTISING I Fore PUB CAN. On Sqnar, on. inch, en InnrHaa. .1 On. Square, on. Inch, on. month.... On Square, on Inoh, thrMmontba.. On Pquar, on Inoh, on year . . . . Two Bqure on year .. Quarter Column, on yar. ........... Half Column, on Tar 1 loo 00 10 09 15 nc mor. tow On. Column, on. jmt. 100 19 Lcal dTartia.mxit tn ent ptr lb aeh Imwlhwv Marriage and death mottoes gratia. All bills foryearly advertisement eo0w.4 quarterly. Temporary advrttwnats aort b paid in advance. Job work oath oa ddlvtry. ; VOL. XXVI. NO. 42. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, EE13. 7, 1894. S1.00 PER ANNUM. 1 Only teu per cent, of the sugar we touHuine is grown iu this country. This is an estinintn iu the Atlanta Constitution : The wealth of the South in 1800 was $4,000,000,000, and in 1800 about, the same. The war cor! the South about $2,000,000,000. She hoi junt about recuperated. Tests of modern rifles are being made by lining human corpses for tar gets. "This sounds brutal," muses the 3sn Francisco Examiner, "but it really is less brutal than making tho tests on lodies that are Hot corpses in the be ginning." , M. Oault states that tho Bus mans, since their occupation, of the district embraced by the valleys of the Syr Darin and the Zarafshan, have given a very grent development to the .mltivation of cotton, and have intro duced several American varieties of the plant, notably the upland. At first the natives wero so prejudiced against the new plants thnt tho experiments failed, but tho Russians persovered, and, whereas nine years ago Turke tan' produced only 3300 poods of cotton .worth $1433, tho ipiantity ex ported in . 1800 was about 2,000,000 loods, . of an estimated vo'.io of $7,000,000. Word has been sent to the courts of Europe that tho Shah of Persia intends to visit Berlin, St. Petersburg, Berlin and Vienna next spring. Ho will start on his journey iu May or Juno, and Will remain iu Europe several months. The rulers whom he is to honor are in an unhappy state of mind already ou account of tho proposed visit, alleges Hhe New York Tribune. No living sovereign, in all probability, is a more unwelcome guest than the Shah, bnt his cousins in Europe are obliged to receive him with all the honors due to io ii.ua. Auwruituiag uun is more expensive than entertaining any other monarch. II is retinue is almost a legion, 0 One of the latest and most popnlar developments of New York society is the lady lecturer, who talks to an audience exclusively feminine upon tho topics of the day. These "talks," as they are called, are held only in private drawing-rooms, and are listened to with the most intelligent intereBt bv a score or more of women who have clubbed together to engage some well informed woman to post them, viva voce, npon all subjects with which they flioukt be conversant. This isa charm ing way to acquire knowledge, and one winch will undoubtedly grow more and moro popular among those who tither have not the time or the inclina tion to.btudy for themselves. That typical Arizona town, Yuma, will probably soon be lifted from Ari zona into California, where, it is claimed, it bus always rightly belonged. Up to about fifteen years ago the point wan often contended between the local authorities both sides the disputed line, bu(, since the urrest, in 1877, by the Arizona authorities of a San Di go (Cal.) tax collector who tried to collect taxes in Yuma, the question haa been dropped. The land office authorities have always evaded the question. Recently William Hyoks was indicted by the Federal grand jury for selling liquor to Indians in Yuma. He denies the jurisdiction of the court to try his case, citiug the authority of the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo and the recent reports of the international boundary commission to show that Yuma is in California. It is thought out there that Hycks may win . his case and that the town will soon be Yuma, California, instead of Yuma, Arizona. The dismantlement of World's Fair structures has in one respect proved a godsend to the poor of Chicago. In Jackson Park there were recently 2000 wagon loads of excellent firewood which the officials were glad to get rid of. The Chicago Relief and Aid So ciety obtained permission to cart the wood away, aud put up the following sign on the park fence near the Sixty second street gate: "Free Wood for tho Poor." Any person with a horso and wagon is now admitted to the park aud allowed to take away all the wood his wagon will hold, the only condi tion being that ho shall present a per mit from tho society. The pilo of debris through which the wood is scat tered has a length of 300 yards, a width of 100 yards aud a height of .twelve feet. It contests of baskets, boxes and barrels. The man iu need of fuel has only to delvo in this pile to get as ser viceable kindling wood as could be found uuywhere. The applicants are ' foreigners for the most part, and judg iug from their ragged coats aud pinched' faeeti, they could get the means of warmth, for their families nowhere' .tl!t A SONG TO THEE. The springtime both Its winds that kiss The roses, whit and red i Nor shall ons sweet wind go amiss Where any rose is shed. And summer hath her sigh and song, Hilt t love thee the whole year long I The winter hath Its frost And rose, born of spring And summer's flowers In le are lost, And birds lorget to sing ! Ah I winter doth a grievous wrong, But I love thee the whole year long I Lire hath but little spaoe , Men love, and then they go For all their glory and their grace Beneath the stars and snow. O, Death 1 It doth a grievous wrong, But I love thee a whole life long ! frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. TWO MOUNTAIN WOLVES. BY. MARY ASKABLE PANTO 3f. . TisAtVihl Venture. M Nancy girl, out u-y on the prairies VN. JLlil' .k v "vauv , 7 -VI rXO Hit a thin with 4h ground as soft as a sponge and the wind still blow- ing straight from tho south. Why, the road takes rod directly under the bluff?" "Yes, yes, I know," the girl answered impatiently. "I know the ground is bad, but the road is safe enough. The last wolf was killed three winters ago. And, in any case, it does not matter, father, for Jack has come for me and his mother is dying. Think of it, father, not a woman to speak a last word of love or comfort, only tho doctor and perhaps, the Bishop. She needs me this very moment, and with Jack how could I be afraid?" Nancy's voice was brave enough, but her eyes were moist as the color deepened in her cheeks. Jack's heart beat quickly with love, the love of a brave man for the woman who trusts him. James Hardwick was a genuine ranchman. He loved the life welL It had brought him health and home, and besides, was not Nancy's mother bnried at the foot of tho knoll just back of the ranch? True, there was no white stone to tell her name and age to curious strangers, ouly a clump of red cedars with a rustic bench circling their roots, and in the summer roses and wild camellias fn profusion, transforming the grave into a flower bed. Here Nancy had grown from a grave, pretty child to a gentle, beauti ful woman, the morning star of her father's life, and until the past six months had thought her life, with its monotonous routine, perfect. Early in the past summer Jack Du Bois had come from the East with his invalid mother, whoso physioians had ordered ranch life in the Far West as the only remedy for weak lungs and failing strength. Jack was to gradu ate in the spring, but his ambitious were put resolutely aside, and his mother's remonstrances met with a tender, reassuring smile. And now she was dying, his efforts had all been vain. The heavy sacri fice had only been the preliminary to a heavier sorrow. When, in the morn ing, the doctor had rendered his final verdict, Jack's first- impulse was for Nancy ; he would start at once and bring her back before sunset. But Nancy was away when he reached the ranch, and did not return until the prairies were gray aud the last ray of orange light had trailed down the ho rizon. Now Nancy was begging earnestly to go with her lover, who was blind to any possibility of danger, knowing so well his own strength and courage. And, above all, far away in the cabin was tho loved "little mater dying. The time seemed very precious, and, in spito of himself, he shuddered visi bly. Nancy read his heart as quickly as though his lips were voicing every change and pleaded with her father until his reluctant consent was won. "You wore always too much for me, little girl," he said, "It has always been, 'yea, yea,' where it should have been 'nay, nay.' You are all I have, Nancy child, aud to-night my heart is on the ground (an Indian expression for 'the blues'). All day the wind has moaned in the clump of cedars. I can't shake off the feeling of fore boding it brings me. There, there, no tears. I know you would be wretched not to go. God keep you safe. Then he turned obrnptly, and, foe ing the man who had takeu so much out of his life, said curtly "If aught happen her to-night, Jack Da Bois, remember my life ends with hers, and both are iu your keeping. "Father 1 Father!" Nancy cried, throwing her arms about his neck. "You are breaking my heart. You shall not sneak so to Jack, ile would give his life for mine." Tho frown that had deepened iu Jack's forehead disappeared at Nuu cy's words. "Naniy has spoken the truth," he answered quietly, speaking her name slowly, caressingly, as though each syllable were a mystio rite. In a few minutes the horses were at the door, Hardwick helping Nancy to mount. As she watched him examine every strap and buckle, solicitous as a lover for every trifle, she began, for the first time, to comprehend a little of the pain her new happiness IiimI brought him. Regardless of praneiug horso and iuipatieut lover, she again threw her arms about, her father's nock.. Neither of them spoke, but when Kurd irk re-entered the ranch his fii.'e wus wet with tsnra. Jack had come over tho mountain road in the -.iinriiiui.', wlieu much of the iiii'irtiue had drained oft, uuil Iu I Hyl thought the lower road Could be so bad. The constant suction of the alkaline Soil kept the horses irritated beyond words. It was slow work to anxious hears. Half the distance was past and the shadow of the bluff over them before a word was spoken. Beyond them in every direction to the edge of the hor izon the prairies wero bathed in a cool, pale gray mist. The wind in the shining, low drooping pines murmured a perpetual requiem. Suddenly Nancy's horse shied, near ly pitching her from the saddle, so un expected was tho lurch. Jack pulled the beast up sharply, astonished as he watched him quiver and tremble. "What happened him, Nancy?' he quiried. "There's nothing insight." Tho girl made no response) but grasped the reins tightly. With her body bent forward and her neck stretched out she scarcely seemed to breathe, in her concentrated effort to hear. As Jack would have touched her hands she drew in her breath murmnring, "Hush, Jack, lis ten 1" Her lover leaned forward, bnt rather to be near her than to hear, at most smiling at her in the death-like stillness of the night. Hut, an he listened, the smile died away. First came the Soft, thick sound of a padded footfall on moist ground, then the sharp, crackling noise of broken un derbrush. A moment's silence was followed by the shrill, savage yell of hungry bencts. Tho wolves had scented their prey. In an instant Jack was on the alert. "Nancy I Nancy!" he cried. "Don't sit motionless like that. They are almost upon us. Use your whip ; strike Modoo square between the eyes He must die for you to-night, if need be." The horses quickly responded to the unaccustomed touch of the whip and broke into a smart gallop, in spite of burning hoofs and quaking ground. At the sound of human voices two ravenous mountain wolves broke through the brash and settled into a steady trot in the horses' trail. They seemingly made no effort to lessen the space between tbem, following at an even distance, like two mocking, sinister shadows. But the space grew less and less, for the horses were be ginning to weaken. The whip, coax ing wordf, even caresses from Nancy a soft little hand were of no avail. The hoarse, oft repeated cries of the wolves ffectod the horses like ague As Jock watched Nancy's face, the deathly pallor, the drawn Hues at the corners of the sweet mouth, he knew there was no need to explain the situ ation to her, but not in tne lace nor in a single line of the supple, young body was there a trace of cowardly fear. What if she woulJ not listen to him ; would not let him save her I" "Nancy 1 sweetheart! No, no, do not stop, as she drew her rein at the sound of His voice. "Give Modoo loose rein and plenty of whip and then, dear, libteu to me. Listen with your heart and swear you will do as say, Nancy, we can t both get out of this alive. Let me live up to your trust in me. Then, as for an in stant. the girl's lips quivered child ishly. Jack's voice broke and he put his hand on his throat to choke back groan. ''Don't child, don't," he said unsteadily. "I can save you, oh I so easily, Nancy, if you will ouly listen and do as I say. Modoo has some strength yet. He is afraid of the whip aud will keep up if he only has time time." He repeated the word half deliriously, it seemed so unattainable a thing. "I will manage this way, dear. will leave my horse, it will stop them for a little aud then, as Nancy shook her head resolutely, "I can keep up with Modoo for Nancy, you must, you shall for my sake, for your father's." So earnestly was Jack pleading he had forgotten how the distance was narrowing at every word. Now, as he jumped lightly to the ground, a yell of ferocious triumph rose up, almost at his very feet. "On, Modoc, on!" ho cried as ho snatched the reins from the girl' still hands and struck the horse wildly on the neck and flanks. The frightened beast plunged furiously for a moment, then darted across the prairie, but unincumbered, for Nancy had loosened her dress and dropped from the saddle to her lover s side. The beasts were now advancing fantastic circles, fawniug to the ground and opening wide their mouths with hideous yawning sounds. Jack stood rigid, as one suddenly awakened from heavy slumber. The horror of it all was upon him. If only he were alone it would not be so hard just the sharp pain, the short struggl and the farewell thought of Nancy aud tho "little mater. But "Nauey jNuucy? ho moaned her name alou in his agony. At the sound Nancy flung herself on his heart. "Jack ! Jack 1 forgive me ! I could not ko. durliug. Heart of mine, it was worse than death to go, Kiss me, Jock, once. Good bye. 1 can almost bear them breathe." Jack took her close in his arms, pressing her face to his breast. ".Shut your eyes, sweetheart. It was nothing," as Nancy started. But he covered her face, lest she should see that the horse had gone down before them. Jack stood with his back to tho snarl ing beasts so that to the last moment Nancy might be spared. As he stood facing the south ho suddenly realized that ou the road, coming rapidly to ward him, was a dark shape, too large lor a wolf and if a horse, riderless. '"Nauey," he whispered, "look up, not back, but straight ahead down the i road. Cau you see anything moving?" "Why, Jack, it is a horso aud, I l think yes, it is Modoc, coming back ! to us. " I Ah. Tack, to get bo'ter view, un wittingly stepped aside, Nuuov saw, iu j its hidcutlb vumjdeJ.caeBttua horror from which she had been shielded. The wolves, half tired of their prey, were ooking up with fierce, wild eyes and dripping jaws; The night grew black about her, and earth and sky seemed rolling away together. Then, with a sudden inspiration her mind cleared, and grasping Jack's arm to steady herself, she began to whistle, soft and low. but clear as a bell or mo plaintive morning cry of the meadow lark. The wolves listened mutely, but the hoi se pricked up his ears and broke into a gallop. He had known the call since a pony. As Modoo reached her nancy tnrew her arms over his foam-covered heck, and Jack just heard her words! Quick, in the saddle pocket at tho right. (I had forgotten all about it.) There ! there I nearer the girth. Oh, Jack, tho wolves are moving I Can't yod find it, the pistol you gave me in the fall? It is loaded, Quickly, asyoii love me!" But Nancy's strength was gone, and she lay very still at Modoc's feet. One of the beasts had already crawled over the prostrate horse, but his temerity cost him doar. The bullet from a clean, straight aim took him squarely between the eyes, and he it'll quivering on his prey. At the report his mate sprang high in the air, but her ugly, revengeful cry as she vaulted toward Jack was cut in two by the second bullet i then a third, a fourth, not until the revolve? was empty and both wolves motionless did Jack throw aside his weapon and turn to the living. It was past midnight, when, witn Nancy in his arms, he staggered to the door of the little cabin. The kindly, white-haired Bishop was first to meet him, and lifting the exhausted girl, he placed her tenderly on the couch, ministering to her gontly as a woman. The dootor grasped Jack by the hand, and, with a warning gesture of silence, led him to the sick bed, where td his infinite joy he found his mother alive, and sleeping like a little child. A strong hand on his shoulder, and he heard the Bishop say : "My son, it is bke a miracle. Twice to-day we thought her dying, but now the doctor bids you hope. God has been very mercUul this night " And Nancy, who had come back to life in the warmth and light, crept to her lover's side as she said "Amen." The Voice. Great Human Endurance4 President Jeremiah Head of the sec tion of mechanical science of the Brit ish Association for the Advancement of Science in his annual address calls attention, among other things, to the power in man to withstand varying at mospherio pressures. "Thus, al-. though fitted for an extreme atmos pheric pressure of about fifteen pounds to the square inch, he has been en abled, as exemplified by Messrs, Glaisher and Coxwell in 18G2, to as cend to a height of seven miles and breathe air at a pressure of only three and one-half pounds to the square inch and still live. 'And, on the other hand, divers have been down into the water eighty foet deep, entailing an ex tra pressure of about thirty-six pounds per square inch, and have returned safely. One has even been to a depth of 150 feet, but the resulting pressure of sixty-seven pounds pi square inch cost h:m his life. These aro, however, extreme cases. Most men experience great inconvenience at any altitude over two and one-half miles, and few can stand the rarefied atmosphere above the three-and-a-half-mile limit in the Andes or Himalayas. So, too, with the increased pressure ; few can long withstand the benumbing effects of titty feet below the surface in water, although the kuowledge of the case with which the normal pressure may be again reached lends courage and assurance, very important lactors in such oases, to the daring experimenter, while the extreme labor of ascending mountains or the uncertainties of balloon action are deterrent in the other direction. Transient Islands In the Pacific. The Western Pacifio is a great plaoo for islands that emerge from waves un expectedly aud as suddenly disappear. Sometimes they come up and stay, but more often they have an existence merely temporary. The wouderful skipper misses a familiar laud mark, by which he has been accustomed to yet his bearings, and perhaps the next day he runt his vessel's nose upon a braud new piece of territory that has sprung up out of the water siuoe he last came that way. The region south of Japan is so given to this sort of eooentricity that ships avoid it. Volcanio action is respon sible for such phenomena. Reports of them will be noted on tho pilot chart in every case, though they are not always reliable, because backs of sleep ing whales aud schools of fishes run ning along the surface are frequently mistaken for inlands and shoals. Sun Francisco Examiner. Animals and the Weather. The tortoise is particularly sensa tive and fully twenty-four hours be fore rain falls will look for a conven ient shelter. However bright the weather may be, whenever tortoises are observed making for shelter raiu is certain to fall shortly afterward. This preseutuieut, which exists iu many birds aud beasts, is doubtless partly due to the increasing woight of the atmosphere when raiu is forming. Iu our own country the robin is said) by its peculiar movements to give evi dence of au impending chango iu the weather, while iu America the cat bird is notorious for its unerring in stinct iu giving waruiug of au aji-j proaehiug thunderstorm. Its method! is to sit ou the lowest branch of a tree J and utter peculiar notes which it Lever appears to use except as storm bigual, - . ' . , s-ii-r--:-.. I RCIEXTIUC AXD INDUSTRIAL, The average man uses twenty-nine pounds of sugar per annum. A Sehemo has lately been devised to Use electricity as a fertilizer of the soil. The largest meteoric stone was found in Greenland and weighs 50,000 pounds. The purer the water the more active it is in corroding and pitting iron or steel plates. The water that trickles into the Comstock mine, Nevada, near the bot tom of the shaft is heated nearly to the boiling point. One of the African Steamship Com pany's vessels recently steamed for sixty miles near Senegal through lo ousts that thickly covered the surface of the water. A substance that is expected to exoel ivory in point of cheapness only, of course is being made out of milk, coagulated, mixed and submitted to tremendous pressure that renders it absolutely solid and durable. The average quantity of salt in the open water is about 3 J per cent. It has boen estimated that the total amount in all the ocean area is equal to $1,410,300 cubic miles, or fourteen nnd one-half times the entire mass of the continent of Europe above high water mark, mountains and all. A sort of antidecay apparatus has been invented tot preserving pictures. It is a glass tray with solid back, and the picture is put inside and hermeti cally sealed. The air is then ex hausted with an air pump, with the result that in this vacuum the paint will preserve its pristine freshness pretty well forever, unless the thing leaks. By exposing hen's eggs to the vapors of alcohol for periods ranging from twenty-six to forty-eight hours, M. Ch. Fere has ascertained that their development is much retarded and often rosults in the production of monstrosities. In some instances al coholized eggs of nearly a hundred hours were hardly as far developed as normal eggs of twenty hours. A curious method of resuscitation in vogue among the miners of Scotland in tho case of insensibility from ex posure to choke-damp, and which is said to be very efficacious, is as follows : The half-suffocated mpn is placed face downward over a hole freshly dug in the earth and allowed to lie until he showed signs of consciousness. The idea involved in this proceeding is that the fresh earth draws the foul gas out of the lungs.- Trees are felled by electricity in the great forests of Galicia. For cutting comparatively soft wood the tool is in the form of an auger, which is mounted on a carriage and is moved to and fro and revolved at the same time by a small electric motor. As the cut deepens wedges are inserted to pre vent the rift from closing, and when the tree is nearly cut through an ax or hand saw is used to finish the work. In this way trees are felled very rapidly and with very little labor. ' he Steamship of the Future. Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, tho late Chief Constructor of the British Navy, has given the weight of his high rep utation to the possibility of construct ing a ship for Atlantio navigation which will be 1000 feet long and 300 feet broad, with engines of 60,000 horso power and an ocean speed of fifteen knots. This ship he described as a "steel island," which will be in capable of entering any dock, at any rate as at present constructed, having several engines working side by side. He thicks that a draught of twenty six feet of water need never be ex ceeded. "I do firmly believe," said Sir Nathaniel, "that we shall get the mastery over the seas, and that we shall live more happily in a marine residence, capable of steaming fifteen knots an hour, than we can ever live in a seaside town. " This project is not, however, intended to shorten the dur ation of a translautio voyage, but to make it more tolerable while it lusts. Most of the efforts hitherto made to deal with the problem of Atlantio navi gation have aimed at speed as the first essential, and have left out of account the possibility of making such me chanical provisions against mal de mer as would enable the most squeamish of passengers to contemplate an Atlantic voyage with porfect equauimity. In this direction the achievements of the lost half century have been truly mar velous. Manufacturers' Gazette. Hrgieiile Value ot Perfumes. Dr. Anders, of Philadelphia, a few years ago made tho interesting dis covery that the ozone iu the atmo sphere, tho element which is tho great purifier, was mainly supplied from blooming rlowerd uud for this reason blooming plants wero healthful iu dwellings as well as attractive. Home interesting experiments with the odors of flowers have beeu made in the old world, and it is found that many species of microbes are easily de stroyed by various odors. The odor of cloves has beeu known to destroy these minute creatures in twouty-five minutes; ciuuumou will kill some species in twelve minutes; thyme, iu thirty-five. Iu forty-five minutes the common wild verbena is found effec tive, while the odor of some geranium fiowers has destroyed various forms of microbes iu fifty minutes. The essence of cinnamon is suid to destroy the typhoid fever microbes iu twelve min utes, and is regarded as the most ef fective of all odors a au autiseptio. It is uow believed that fiowers which are found iu Eyptiuu mummies were placed there more for their antiseptic properties than as mere oruuments or elements iu seutiiuelitul work. Mee iuu's Mouthl v. UiNCLC SAM'S LITTLE ZOO. A CURIOUS BRANCH OF THE CUS TOM HOV8S SERVICE. How Animals Confiscated for Kon Faytrif nt of Duties Are Cared For t'ntll Sold at Auction. 7T" MONO the many other estab- bailments in this city which V Unole Ram owns, is a board J" ing-honse for animals, or the "Animal Castle Garden, " as it is known among shipping men. It is not to be inferred from this that our dear old Uncle is fond of pet animals, that he has set up a separate establishment to keep them in. The aim of the place is much more business-like. In fact, it rather disappoints one to hear that the quadrupeds housed here are some what tainted with the mark of the out cast, for they are not honest animals, like those aeen every day ; they are animals which the Custom House offi cer! have seized from those who were about to smuggle them into this coun try. "It is only a few days ago," said one of them, "that we had a sale here of four Frenoh poodles and three English pugs which had boen seized on board the steamer Weimar by Custom House Inspectors Hussey and O'NeiL The officers were searching for something else, but stumbled across these seven bow-wows and promptly gathered them in." As soon as any animals are confis cated in this manner they are at once forwarded to these stables. The prin cipal work done there' is in handling of horses and cattle which are on their way to Europe. When found necee sary to have a boarding place for the smaller fry the old animal place was naturally selected as the most conven ient one. When Buch animals are brought to the stable the United States Live Stock Appraisers inspect them at once and appraise their value. They are kept a week or two and then are dis posed of at auction. The owners of the stables charge from thirty to fifty three cents a day for keeping an ani mal, and it is necessary for the au thorities to get rid of the boarders as soon as possible in order to escape enormous charges. When not sold at once the charges for keeping an ani mal frequently exceeds the price it brings at tho sale, and then there is unpleasant language all around. One dog which was brought to the stable when the animal boarding house was first instituted remained there so long that the charge for his keep amounted to nearly $100. Meanwhile, from the effects of the long confinement, the canine, a magnificent mastiff, had be come bowlegged. Hence, when he was finally put up at auotion, he brought just seventy-five cents. The top floor of the stable is de voted to keeping the animals, and here, in all the hay and straw, they have a very snug nook. The younger dogs are kept in a large cage and, to judge from their appearance and lively actions when taken out they lack neither food nor comfort. Of course, these quarters are not always avail able, as when a drove of hogs is brought in by the inspectors. The last time this occurred five large porkers were domiciled in tho cellar under the establishment, where they thrived and became wonderfully fat, so fatted that it was with dillicnlty they could be moved up the stairs. But dogs and hogs are not the only animals which take up their quarters iu this establishment. It would really be impossible to name all the known aud uukuown creatures which have passed through here. A bright-plumed West Indian parrot hangs in theoffioe, which was bought at a recent auction snlo by the owner of the stablos, who took a fancy for it while keeping it for Uncle Ham. Then there have been cats and sheep and white mice, and everything else imaginable in the quadruped line. But the palm war carried off some two years ago by a monkey, a chattering, nervous, high strung society lady of a monkey, whose hair was Biiow-white. This peculiarity was not from old age, either. The Simian was a young one, aud the ouly one of its kiud ever seen here. It wns claimed by its owner, who paid all the charges and bore her away in triumph. There is considerable inducement for people to try to smuggle in ani mals, for the import duty ou them i never less than twenty per cent, ad valorem. The sailors are the greatest offenders ia this respect, for they see a chance to have a playmate during their long voyage, and, afterward some profit from selling it. It is all right as long as they stick to one, bnt greed obscures .their common sense and they take several on board. Their plea of "personal property" falls fiat with the Custom House officers aud the animals are carted away to the boarding-house to be finally disposed of for the benefit of Uncle Ham. The scene at tho stubles on an auo tion day is an unique oue. There is always the crowd of hangers-on, who come to every sale simply because it has a sort of fascination for them. Then there are the speculators who make a business of buying aud selling suimals. Last, but uot least, are the people who are interested in the ani mals about to be sold, generally their former owners, who endeavor to ap pear as unconoerned as possible. They deceive no one but themselves, how ever, and a good deal of the rough humor of the auctioneer is directed at them. The bosrders most feared by the at tendants at the stables are the large apes. They are the hardest animals of all to haudle, for they are generally very vicious after the long sea voyage. New York Recorder. Franoe's oyster industry is the Jrj;et of its kin,d Jjj turoi. . .. EVENING.- Far o'er the plains the setting sun ! Sinks in a flood of liquid light ; '; The creeping shadows dark and dun Hpeak the diurnal Journey run, And herald the approaching night. Tho slanting sunbeams glance and gleam ' On many a broad and winding stream, -Whose slowly winding waters seem Full loth to lose a ray. The smiling groves, the fruitful trees, Desorted by the wand'rlng breeze, Fade dimly on the eye that sees The gently dying day. The mountains bare their storm-boat breaft In gladness to the golden 'West. And every shining height .J Ambitious rears Its joyful peak t To satch the last faint golden streak Of slowly waning light. i Bo dies the day, and as it dies, Fair Luna mounts tho Eastern skief ,' . Calm, cold, majestic, as to say "Why mourn the slow-departing day? Let grief for fnir Aurora's flight De lost iu rapture lor the night." John Bnusomb HUMOR OF THE BAY. "Why do you call your fether-in-Uw 'Silence,' Markham?" "Bocaueo ho gave consent." Truth. It is impossible to have the lost word with a chemist, because he al ways has a retort. Boston Courier. "Pretty is as pretty does" Is an honored saw ; But It's oue for which the girls Do not care a straw. Kansas City Journal. "She is the girl of the period." "Well, I thought it was about time for her to come to a full stop. Bosto Gazette. "Come to stay?" asked the fisb. "Oh, no," said the worm. "Just dropped in for a bite." Indinnapolis Journal. A man who unconsciously does much to sour the milk of human kindness, is thit fellow who snores in a sleeping car. Ram's Horn. "Did you say, Aunt Sarah, that your nephew was studying theology?" "Yes, he's a bibulous student."- Cleveland Plain Dealer. She (reading) "Bolls are now mado of steel in this country." He "Yes ; but the finest ones are made of sill: and satin. " Detroit Free Press. Sarah "She's worth a million, and just the right age for you. '4 Jerry "Any girl worth a million is the right age for me. " Detroit Free Press. Not till twenty-five will women Vote or for of&Ve run ; Why ' Because she will not sooner Own that she is twenty-one. Kauaas City Journal. Wibble "The fellow that invented the pneumatic tire got on to a soft thing, didn't ho?" Wabblo So do the fellows who use it. " Indianapolis Journal. Jobbers (unhappily mated)"! wonder if all men who get married lead lives of endless torture?" Eupeck (bitterly) "Ob, no. Some of them die." Chicago Record. Clara "Us girls are getting up a secret society." George "What's the object?" Clara "I don't know yet, but I'll tell yon all about it after I n initiated. Good News. Teacher "Can any of you tell me what is meant by 'home industries?' " Billy Bright (promptly) "Up to our hcuse they're mostly sawin' wood an earryin' iu coal. " Buffalo Courier. "Cholly inherited a good deal of mov.cy from his parents." "Yes. But not much in the way of brains." "That's true. They left him all dol lars and no sense." Washington Star. Caller "Is Miss Sweote at homo?' Servant "No, Sir." Caller "Please tell her I called. Don t forget, will you.' Servant "No, sir: I'll go aud tell her this minute." Tid-Bils. 'TIs now the prudent mother, Lets her children wildly rove Lest they hear their father talking When he's putting up the stove. Atlanta Journal. Mr. Westerly "I dreamed about you last night, Miss Woleott." Mis AVolcott (languidly) "Did you really? Woll, I'm glad to hear that you have pleasant dreams." Sonicrvillo Jour nal. House-Owner "now does join furnuoe work this weather?" Tenant "The exercise of raking it keeps inf warm enough, but the other members of the family complain." New York Weekly. Professor "And uow, my boy, what is your ambition iu life the law, the ministry, polities, science ' Johnny: "Kf I can't be captain I wanter be halfback !" Cleveland Plaiu Dealer. Frieud "I don't see how, ou your income, you manage to winter in Florida and summer in Maine.'' Kharpp "You forget that by thai plan I dode both coat aud ice bills.'1' New York Weekly. Yeast- ''1 wouldn't believe a man who goes about proclaiming every thing from the hoUKc-top." CVIuimi.ii beak "Why, I should think you would consider that high authority." Youkers Statesman. "What ou earth did your uncle mean by marrying that old, dried up tiling?'" "Well, yon see, he's been a collector of curios and bric-a-brac so long that the habit was too stroug to resist." Atlanta Constitution. "Hullo, Chimin y. Ts dey any more good books iu do 'Young Terror' libery?" "I dunno, but 1 hear tell alio it a story by George lillot what dey call 'Daniel do Rounder.' Shouldn't wouder if ilr.t might be pretty good." Brooklyn Eagle. Algy Koftleigh "Would you weally weeoinmeud n person, r.ie for iu stance, to aw think twice before upeaking.once?" Miss liluut ington ''Why, no; Mr. Softleigu. You don't deem in . so erne) ns to tyuut to siriko yviu tluiuV, 1 lii'j'i'." J!'.t.Til-) Ciniiier
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers