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VOL. XXVI. NO. 43. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14, 1894. gl.00 PER ANNUM.
quarterly, lemporary aaverusemeou i
& paid in aavano.
Job work cash on delivery.
isymous
miflKainil,
uti'll ill 1111 j i nut nj'i;uiio vicj .
year 0,0(10,000 ou. her army.
Ohio produces fully one-half of the
total quantity of iron and steel roofing
sold iu tho United State.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat state
.nit the houso property of Australia
in more valuable, compared withpopu
lHtion, than iu Europe,
"It in somewhat of n joke," thinks
the- Chicago Times, "for baukrupt
Spain to talk of building a navy big
and powerful enough to stand any
nhow besides thoso of England or
RuHHia. "
The total valuo of the crops of the
United States during 1892 is estimated
at 5:1,000,000,000, of which tho larg
est item in $7."0,000,000 worth of hay.
Tho animal product, including meats,
dairy products, poultry and eggs, and
wool, are placed at $905,000,000 more.
A consignment of about thirty stall
ion, broodmares and some, trotters for
road and campaigning hr.vo just been
aent abroad, notes tho New York
World. Homo of the animals have
been already sold, and others are taken
on speculation. Tho idea ia to intro
duce tho American trotter to the notico
of foreign horsemen.
Owing to the ruthless manner in
whijh orchid hunters and other Eu
ropeans have devastated the fauna and
flora of tho domains of Sarawak, Rajah
ltrooko has decided to prohibit tho
collecting of natural history specimens
within his territories. Many species
of valuable plants native to that re
gion were in danger of becoming ex
tinct. Sixty per cent, of the Hungarians,
more than half of the Italians,, thirty
five per ceut. of the Anstrians and Bo
hemians, twenty per cent, of tho
British, eighteen per ceut. of the
Germans, forty per cent, of the Irish
and ten per cent, of the Scandinavians
who came to tho United States botwecn
1S.S0 and 1890 returned to their native
lands in the decade.
In spite of the substantial nature o!
the buildings of London fires in the
great metropolis are not infrequent,
observes the San Fraucisco Chronicle.
The most destructive are those which
occur in largo store and ware houses,
but they are generally conn nod to the
premises or block in which they origin-
tte. The Fire Department of Lon
don, although the English seem to
think it is perfect, docs not begin to
approach the degree of efficiency
reached in many American cities.
Comparative drills show that Anieri'
can fire laddies tnrn out with much
more celerity than the British. For
haps when the latter cultivate spry
ness to the same extent as tho Yankees
fires will be less numerous and less de
structive in London.
The early and deep snows in the
mountains of the Northwest aro cans
imr a wholesale slaughter of deer. The
animals, compelled to leave the bills,
are the easiest kind of prey for the
sportsman, tho pot-hunter and the
wanton slaughterer. Five hunters
with four dogs killed twenty-four deer
in one duy, and a total of fifty-one in
a six days' hunt in tho Elk Creek dis
triet, Oregon. The animals have been
driven to tho tidewater along Pnget
Sound, and great numbers aro being
killed all over the Sound region. The
Indians over the border in British Co
lumbia are slaughtering the deer in
droves simply for their hides, leaving
the carcasses untouched. A trapper
found over two hundred fresh skins in
one camp of Indian hunters a week or
so ago.
A French engineer named Bozin
comes to the fore with a scheme for
steamship on rollers or drums. These
rollers are to be snppliod with paddles,
or creepers, and driven by engines, so
that the craft will progress more like
a street roller or a locomotive than an
ordinary ship. This scheme is spoken
of as something novel and startling.
In fact it appears to be identical with
a scheme iuveutod and carried forward
to on experimental stae some two or
three years ago. The inventor ap
peared somewhero in the West, and
later was engaged in building a craft
on this plan n it far from New York.
Of lato nothing has been heard of
him and his drum thip. Did M. Bozin
steal the idea from the American, or
U this another of tho instances in
which great discoveries are made in
dependently and almost simultaneously
by different persons far removed from
one another? Be that as it may, we
may depend upon it that the Ameri
can, if alive and compos mentis, will
bob tip as a claimant in case M. Bozin
makes a success Of his ocean high-roller.
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SERVICE AND SONO.
"I am worn with work anil watching ;
My home Is humble ami lone ;
Why lift up my voice In singing
For no human heart but my own?"
Her notes stirred a passing poet 1 "
He sang to a mighty host ;
And the world Is glad and better
For tho music she counted lost I
O.T. Packard, in Youth's Companion.
SAVED BY A SNOW-SLIDE.
ADDLE-nOSS
Teto's record in
tho mining-camps
of the San Juan
District was as un
savory as his
crouching form
was unsightly Biid
his hoarse voico
disagreeable. He
was a short, thick
built man if man
lie really was, for
he had more the
appearance of n
boy who shuffled
about and leered
at you with a fiend
ish grin which
made you feci un
easy in nig pres
ence. His brain was
quick though his
physical movements were slow, and he
was strong as a beast. His record was
that of tin-horn gambler and all-round
thief. Added to this he bore the repu
tation of having boon run out of Lead
villo for hors ) stealing, and having es
caped from Tombstono's rcadv-niade
justice, charged with a like offense.
Thus ho came to the mining camp ly
ing in a pretty basin under tho shadow
of old King Solomon, one of tho
grandest mountains of Southern Col
orado.
Nine-tenths of the population had
departed before the first storm had
come, as was the custom in new camps
in tue early days before tho railroad
had broadened the trails and opened
tue passes through the Rocky Monn
tains. Only about ono hundred men
and women remained in camp that
winter, and they had little else to do
than amuse themselves. They were
law-abiding and had little use for
peace officers. So the town and county
officials took their usual vacation with
others who did not feel like facing the
rigid winter which was predicted.
Saddle-Hoss l'eto did not go out
with tho majority. He usually formed
a minority of one. But he was not
disappointed at their leaving him. Ho
thought he would be able to stand it
for one season. But Paymaster Bill
and Big Frank, who seemed to be
looked upon as guardians of the affairs
of the camp, plainly told him that he
must go out that the penalty of his
return would be sudden death. So
Saddle-Hoss Pete departed before the
second storm had come whither no
body knew.
Parson Tom hod come to the camp
in tnc previous spring ana nad made a
good lmpressiou on his own kind of
people, though the present remaining
population knew little of lnui, and did
not care whether ho remained or not,
None of thorn were church-going peo
ple. But as the parBon said ho had
no idea of preaching, nobody objected
to his staying iu camp, lie gave a
reason lor staying that in case of death
his service would be needed. Bovond
that he would not intrude his ollices.
Tho extreme length of the winter
had led Paymaster Bill to inquire into
tho parson's finances; and, learning
that there was a probability of his
running short before his parishioners
should return, Bill proposed to the
men in the camp that a purse be raised.
His suggestion was aetcd upon, aud
Paymaster Bill himself presented tho
hatful of money, accompanying the
presentation with an appropriate ex
tempore speech, in which he advised
Parson Tom of the appreciation of tho
donors.
Parson Torn declared he could not
accept the money unless ho should
have an opportunity to earn it.
"But we don't none of us want ter
die," objected Bill, "jist ter give ye a
chance ter earn the money. We'd
ruther pay ye ter pray fer our con
tinued good health, jist as wo drinks
ter your good health w'en we makes
up that purse."
Parson Tom laughed, and said he had
no desire for the demise of any one,
but merely wanted to give them some
return for the money.
That night Parson Tom appeared in
Big Frank's saloon, where the entire
mole population was endeavoring to
break the bank, having cleaned up the
Corner saloon early iu the evening.
The appearance of the parson created
a flutter, and one or two superstitious
players lost every bet they made for
the balance of the deal. When the end
of tho deal had been reached, the par
son asked their attention for a few
minues, and, mounting the platform
which held the look-out chair, he
thanked them kindly for their gener
ous donation, aud said if they would
come to the little school-house on Sun
day evening for a half hour he would
endeavor to entertain them without
preaching a sermon. He declared that
he could not accept their money with
out earning it.
Upon entering his cabin, Parson
Tom stirred the fire, thinking of his
visit, and, after sitting by its warmth
till he had thawed himself, he went to
his trituk, which held his treasure, to
look at the little hoard of gold anil
silver which these rough men of tU
mountains had so kindly donated.
It whs not there I Perhaps, in his
excitement at his good fortune, he had
hidden it from himself and forgotten
the hidincr-plaee. But, no, it was not
in the cubin !
The parson was troubled. He could
uot believe that any of the men who
if
had been so kind to him would be
guilty of robbery. And yet the money
was gone. The long buckskin bag, in
which ho kept his money and which
bore his name worked in silken thread,
he found behind tho trunk.
When ho met Paymaster Bill on tho
following morning, ho mentioned his
loss. Bill was astonished. He did not
believe that any man iu the camp was
mean enough to steal, "at any rate, not
a parson s money.
The story of the loss of 1 arson lorn s
money was told about tho camp, and,
while it was a mystery to some, the
more irreverent smiled and said they
guessed the parson was excited, and it
would turn up all right in time.
On Sunday the sun shone out bright
and clear, Bnd old King Solomon was
as glorious a sight as ono might wish
to see. His biblical noinesake in all
his reputed glory could not have fur
nished a grander inspiration.
Every malo person was promptly on
hand that night at tho little school
house, and there was a sprinkle of the
other sex women who had not
listened to a preacher's voice since
they were little girls.
Tho half-hour was devoted to read
ing stories, which were responded to
by hoarty laughter and a few pathetic
exclamations.
When Parson Tom had finished and
was about to say good-night, Paymaster
Bill arose and reminded his compan
ions that on the night the parson had
called on them, it had been proposed
that a fund be started toward building
a church. Then he added :
"I don't reckon none of ye has got
a notion o' backin' down on thet ther'
propcrsition. Ef ye has, let's hear
it."
There was not a dissenting voice,
though the amount of gold and silver
dropped in the parson's pretty buck-
Bkin bag was not so large as it might
have been had the parson not "lost
his first winnin'."
The moon had dropped down be
hind the peak of King Solomon, leav
ing the camp in darkness, while soft
snow fell with that monotony which
indicates a heavier fall to come.
Porson Tom had just opened the
door of his cabin to Btep in, when a
heavy hand was laid upon his throat
and a hoarse voice demanded :
"Give me that money 1 Quick 1"
The parson was by no means a
coward. He struggled with his assail
ant, and together they fell into the
cabin and rolled out iuto the light
cover of fresh snow which had fallen
on the frozen crust. Muttered curses
and a tighter grip upon his throat met
his resistance.
Parson Tom knew not how long he
had lain there, and, despite the
warmer temperature, he was numb
with cold when he crawled into his
cabin. He was so completely over
come by the struggle with his assailant
and the cold that he lay upon his bed
iu r. stupor far into the night.
When he aroused, the snow was fall
ing in great sheets, like drifts, from
the gulch, above. He opened the door
and looked out. He could see noth
ing but the blinding storm and the
darkness which was scarcely subdued
by the ghastly whiteness of tho snow.
He dored not venture out. No man
could live an hour in that terrible
storm.
Rebuilding the Sre, the parson sat
down and tried to think tried to
think where he had heard that voice
before it demanded his money. If he
could only recall that, ho would be
able to identifv the man who had
robbed him. Without that recollec
tion, his claim that he had been
robbed the second time would be only
laughed at by tho men who had been
so generous in their gifts.
But it was impossible to recall it,
though he knew he had heard it oud
remarked its peculiar tone. And there
he sat through the long, black night
hoping against hope.
It was broad noonday when he
awoke, sitting by the dying embers
on the hearth. The sun shone brighter
than it had shone for weeks. IU hot
rays melted the snow on the roofs of
the houses, and the day was like a day
in spring. But it brought no joy to
the heart of Parson Tom.
Tho habitues of Big Frank's saloon
had hardly settled themselves down
to the pleasures or pastimes of the
day thuir morning hour being the
noon-time when they were startled
by the ghost-like appoarauoe of Parson
Tom. In a trembling voice, he told
his story.
"He plays it well, sneered Big
Frank ; that's a purty good make-up
ye've got on yer face. Ye'd ought ter
be a performer. 1 here 11 be chance
fer ye when the variety show opens
up in the spring."
This speech was greeted with laugh
ter by the crowd, and the poor parson
was dumb but not deaf with morti
fication. How could he face these men
who disbelieved his very first utter
ance.' no turned to go.
"Hold on ther'!" cried Paymaster
Bill; "this is twicet yer say yer bin
robbed iu this camp. Both times it
was our money as ye was robbed of
money 'at we give ye. Now ye're got
ter prove it ; fer wo don't 'low no man
t' accuse none 'o us 'o robbin' him the
second time 'thout he perduces ther
proof."
"Ther proof's 'at we wants 1"
shouted the crowd.
Parson Tom stood as still as death.
He could not speak.
"An' tlier's another thing ye've got
ter prove, continued Hill, as he saw
tho parson would not reply ; "ye've got
ter prove thet yo didu t rob some
other parties besides yerself. More'n
one cabin was burglarized hist night ;
au" ef ye ain't ther burglar, thtu
prove it !"
But Parson Tom could utter no
sound, save a groau of anguish. Coul'
he but recall that voice ! But, no
His memory failed.
There he stood as dumb as though
he had been born without speech,
while Paymaster Bill demanded that
he provehis innocence, and the crowd,
led on by Big Frank, sneered at and
reviled tho accused.
Dnring this trying ordeal for the
parson, threo men, selected ny Jig
Frank, had gono to the parson scabin,
and there, upon the floor, had found a
nugget of gold belonging to Big Frank.
This they brought and flouted in the
face of the trembling victim. Well he
knew how it had come there, but it
was idle to assert or protest. His
words if he could have spoken
would have been, to these infuriated
men, liko the screech of a wild bird
borne on the wind iu a howling storm.
"Ye hov no rroof o' yer innocence,
said Paymaster Bill, hotly, "au' we
hev this proof o' yer guilt. Wat d'ye
say now?"
Pnrson Tom saw that all hopo was
lost, but with dying hopo his speech
returned, and he said with evident ef
fort ;
"Gentlemen, I sec no hope of estab
lishing my innocence ; but still main
tain it. That nugget of gold must have
been dropped by the robber in our
struggle in the cabin. If I could re
call the voico I should convince yon.
It was nono of yon who did the deed,
but one who has once lived here among
you, though I can not tell his name.
He can not livo far away perhaps at
one of the idle mines or in some de
serted tunnel. Ho went toward tho
gulch, for had ho come this woy he
would have had to cross my body, as I
lay there in the snow. That is all I
have to say. Do with me as you
must."
It was useless to search the gulch
tho heavy snow would not permit.
And, then, these angry men had no
doubt of tho guilt of the parson. Only
the production of the man he claimed
had robbed him would destroy their
belief in his guilt. Tho crowd grew
angrier as the minutes passed.
The parson has lied, - coolly re
marked Big Frank, whose faith in the
preacher sort had never ueen strong.
"He s an ungrateful robber, Pay
master Bill added.
"Hang him 1" yelled A man in the
crowd.
The excitement increased like the
roar of tho wind through the gulches
in the coming of a storm. A minute
more and the infuriated mob who, in
the absence of a court, had tried, con
victed, and sentenced the accused, was
eager to execute tho sentence of death.
Like wild men they flew to the
upper end of the camp, dragging the
parson with them. Convinced of his
guilt, and maddened by thoughts of
his ingratitude, no hand could stay
them.
Quickly the preparations for the ex
ecution were made. Two barrels, each
of which supported an end of a broad
plank, placed under the stout limb of
a great tree, formed the scaffold. One
end of the rope was fastened to the
limb, the other formed into a noose
and placed over the head and around
the neck of the trembling parson.
"Aire ye ready?" cried the leader
of the mob to the two men who were
stationed at the ends of the plank
ready to lift it out from under the
feet of the doomed man.
"Give him ono more chanca tor tell
who robbed him," demanded Paymas
ter Bill.
Standing there upon that plank,
with the death rope around his neck,
Parson Tom's memory returned. The
ugly face of his assailant, which he
could not see the night before in the
darkness, was now plainly visible, and
the couched form of the robber ap
peared as plain as on the dav he had
sneaked out of camp at tho command
of these same men.
The crowd waited almost breath
lessly.
"Quick!" shouted Big Frank, who
was leader.
"Saddle Horse Pete !" almost
shouted the parson.
The crowd broke out in jeers.
"Oh, no!" they said, "that can't be.
He was drove out, an' he's not likely
to show his head anywheres 'rouu' this
camp. That won't do. Guess agin.
"Ye'll hev to pcrduco ther body of
Saddle-Hoss Pete afore the court 11
admit ther evidence," said Bill.
Once agin. Aire ye ready?"
shouted Big k rank.
"Yes, came the calm but determ
ined voices of the two men at the ends
of the plank.
Give him time ter pray, begged
an unwilling participant.
"Pray then ! shouted the leader.
Parson Tom stood erect with bowed
head. Slowly aud with firmness he
lifted his voice. Suddenly he faltered,
turning his face toward the mountain.
Hark! Look! Ihe excited group
of men stood there riveted to the
ground. Tho hands of those who held
the plauk were frozen as if in death s
clutch. The tongue of hnu whose
word was law was paralyze 1. The
sound which filled their esrs carried
more terror to their souls than the
awlul roar 01 name, ine rusuiiifjoi ino
mightv waters in a storm at sea, and
the rumbling vl au earthquake, all
combined, could have inspired.
Ou, on it came, tearing lrom their
roots great trees that had withstood
the storms of generations ; hurling
heavy branches, logs, timbers and
rocks a hundred feet above the heads
of the frightened witnesses.
Great clouiM of snow tilled tho air
and hid from view tho surroutiding
mountains.
Not man in that group, all huddled
together liko so many frightened ani
mals, but comprehended the situation
iu an instant.
These men who were brave enough
of heart to have fought with the in
spiration of patriotism ou the field of
buttle, or faced with fcurless courage
the ocean's wrath, or listened without
the faintest dread to tho earthquake's
fearful rumblings, stmd treiebling
like little children in the face of a
j tnuv-slide I
Swift as a meteor it came, and, like
tho bursting of a thunderbolt, had
spent its wrath ; and its dreadful har
vest lay scattered far and wide, liko
dead and wounded soldiers on a battle
field. And when tho sky had cleared there
lay, at tho feet of them who held a life
within their grasp, a dead and frozen
human form. Tight against the breast,
the clutched and stiffened fingers of
the dead held the buckskin bag of
money tho evidence of Parson Tom's
innocence !
Tho crowd fell back, aghast !
It wa? Saddle-Hoss Pete 1 Argonaut.
SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL.
Two hundred and eighteen thousand
tons of phosphate have been mined in
South Carolina during 1893.
There aro fifty miles of clectrio
railway and lfiOO telephones iu use in
Grand Rapids, Mich., a city of 90,000
inhabitants.
A deposit of iron ore has been dis
covered near Chipman, New Bruns
wick. Specimens are now being tested
with a view to working mines.
P. Silvert, of Dohlen, Saxony, pro
poses the manufacture of glass pipes
by rolling down molten glass in
grooves or flutes, and using a core to
complete tho formation of the pipe or
tube.
The strongest timber is said to be
that known as "hilian," or Borneo
ironwood, whose breaking strain is
1.52 times that of English oak. It
becomes of ebony blackness under long
exposure.
The Yolo Medical School has re
ceived a new respiration apparatus, an
invention of Professor vort, of Ger
many. 'It is said that it will make an
innovation among the medical schools
of the country.
Petrified horse tracks are among
the curiosities attributed to Missouri.
They are said to be found in the bot
tom of a creek in Kay County, the
ancient bird tracks of Connecticut thus
have present-day rivals.
The highest pressure used to drive
a water wheel is claimed by a valley
near Grenoble, Franco, where a tur
bine ten feet iu diameter has been
operated since 1875 with a head of
1638 feet. A flow of about seventy
flve gallons of water per second gives
a force of 1500 horse power.
On French canals some boats havo
apparatns by means of which they pull
themselves along, drawing in (and dis
charging behind) a chain cable that
lies along the bottom of the canal.
Formerly the machinery was worked
by steam; but electricity has been
used, with a trolley system, for the
last two months on the Bourgogne
Canal.
Thousands of photographs of light
ning nave been secured during tue
last few years, but until last month
there was no known record, made in
this way, of the globuUr form of
lightning. Such a one is said to have
been obtained by Dr. Kemphill, of
Kingstown, England, on November 9,
during a terrible storm. This nega
tive exhibits both the ordinary sinu
ous flashes, and, on the surface of the
sea, a number of fireballs, joined to
gether by horizontal lines of light,
and resembling "the course of a boll
of wool played with by a kitten."
Under the Thibetan system of poly
andry, as observed by Mrs. Bishop
(Isabella Bird), the eldest son alone 01
the family married, aud the wife ac
cepts tho brothers of her husband os
secondary spouses. The wholo family
is thus held to the home. The children
belong to the elder brother, while the
other brothers are "lesser fathers."
The natives sre Btrongly attached to
this custom. Tho women, in particu
lar, despise tho monotony of European
monouamv. and tho word "widow is
a term of reproach among them.
Children are very obedient to their
fathers and their mothers, and the
faiuiiy feeling is strongly developed.
The Coat Fitted.
Deacon Ironside (after the service)
"Elder, I got in a little lute this
morning, but I don't think you had
any right to tako it out of me in your
sermon."
Elder Keepalong "Take it out of
you? How?"
"Get back at me. Ain't that what
you did? I hudu't hardly got iuHido
the door when I heard you say : 'And
now comes tho worst of them all, the
chief rebel against the government of
heaven.' And then you went on de
scribing my character, aud putting all
failings in the worst light you possi
bly could. You didu't mention no
names, but I knew who you win driv
Uf at, aud I must sy, Elder, that I
didn't like tho way of "
"But, my dear Deacon Ironside, you
totally misapprehend. The subject
this morning was The Rebellion In
Heaven,' ami when you came in I was
trying to picture the depravity of Lu
cifer, the arch-apostate. I urn truly
sorry, deacon, if 1 seemed to "
"Sever mind, elder; never mind.
We'll- h'ui we'll say no more about
it. Rather a nasty moruiug, ain't it?"
Chicago Tribune.
Following iter Kxauile.
It is often remarked that an unac
customed traveler can get on pretty
well if ho will keep his eyes and ear
open. A native of Ireland lauded at
Greenock ami wanted to take the train
for Glasgow. Never having been iu a
railway station before, ho did not
know how to get his ticket, but ho
saw a lady going in aud determined to
follow h.-r leal. The lady went to
tho ticket box aud, puttiug down her
money, said:
"Maryhill, single."
Her ticket was duly handed to her
and she walked aay. Pat promptly
planked down his money and shouted:
"Patrick Murphy, married!"
Youth's Companion.
ODD LAPSE OF MEMORY.
CASE OF A FARMER WHO THINKS
WITH ONE BRAIN HEMISPHERE.
Operation of Trephining Performed
on the Skull Results In a Queet
State of Afliilrs.
7T MOST remarkable medical ra
has originated at Keokuk,
Iowa, which is giving physi
cians something to study
about. It is what somo surgeons calj
Jacksonion epilepsy. The patient is P.
R.Tnrnbull,a farmer residing at Pack
wood, Iowa. When ho came to Keokuk
ho stated that ho was thirty-ono yean
old, and that when ho was only ten
years old his brother accidentally
struck him on the back of tho head
with an ax, fracturing tho skull nbove
tho right ear. Ho says ho did not
suffer much from tho wound until the
fall of 1891. Then he began to notice
n numbness in the little finger of the
left hand. This numbness extended to
the other fingers os time woro on, and
finally his hand would experience
spasms of contraction. He lost con
trol of tho muscles to the extent of
paralysis. Finally his entire arm, the
left side of his neck and face, and his
left leg became involved, and in Sep
tember, 1892, began a series of terrible
epileptio fits. These became so fre
quent and depressing thiit lately Turn
bull shot himself in the breast, but the
ball Btrnck a rib, doing no serious
harm.
Turnbull had a wife and four chil
dren, ond on account of his infirmity
bo abused his family that hiB wife
seen red a divorce. He was operated
upon by surgeons at a hospital there
Thursday and has so far recovered s
to relate some very queer things. Tho
operation consisted in removing the
skull in tho vicinity of the old wound,
which was nothing but a scar. This
was trephined and a section of bono
taken out. The bone was found to bo
much thickened in front of tho cut
made by the ax twenty-one years ago
and was spongy at tho side. The
membranes of the brain were unusually
adherent. After the operation Turn-
bull came out from under the in
fluence of anaesthetics, and, opening
his eyes os ono who had been sound
asleep, asked of tho attendant, a Sister
of Mercy, in the hospital :
"Where am I?"
When told that he was in a hospital
his amazement was somethiug stir
prising. He wanted to kuow how he
got there, why ho was there, aud in
reply to the explanations ot tno at
tendant seemed more dumbfounded
than ever. Then one of the operating
physicians recalled tho story that
Turnbull had told of his accident
when a child, ond of oil he had said
concerning his ailment just previous
to the operation. Turnbull looked at
tho physician moment in blank
amazement and then exclaimed :
"Why, I never saw you beforo in
my life 1"
"Do you remember all thoso epilep
tic fits?" asked the surgeon.
"I never had but two," replied
Turnbull, "ond they were in Septem
ber, 1892. Have you told my wife of
this?" asked Turnbull.
He did not know that his w ifo had
secured a divorce, and realizing that
fact the suriieon made ou evasive
answer.
"My God, is Bhe dead !" exclaimed
the poor man. When assured that hij
wife was alivo he exclaimed: "But
something might have happened worse
thau death I"
Turnbull has returned to his home
in Packwood, but he cannot remember
a single thing that has happened since
September, 1892. He thought Har
rison wosstill President, had not heard
of Cleveland's election, nor of lioies's
defeat I He has learned for the first
time that times are hard, as ho spoke
of monev beiuir plenty and prices for
farm products high. The World's
Fair and its glories urea myth to him.
Physicians explaiu tho theory of this
phenomenon on the statement that
some people use 0110 hemisphere of the
brain to tho exclusion of tho other,
and if somo injury occurs to it tho
other hemisphere is brought into ser
vice ond old impressions are effaced.
There is no doubt that Turnbull will
be restored cured to his wife uud
family. Chicago Times.
.Money in a Rahhit Ranch.
It ;s not generally known that a rab
bit ranch exists near South Bend on
.vhut promises to be quite uu extensive
scale, observes tho journal of that
place. J. B. Baumgarliicr and Mat
thias Foerg aro theowiierof the lunch,
which is located above the Narrows,
and already have a barn forty feet long
and divided up into stalls, all of which
ore now occupied by buuuy uud hi-J
numerous progeny.
The rabbits are of tho lop eared va
riety, a breed exceedingly scarce ami
held ut fancy prices in the 1'uited
States. Mr. Ban ugaitm r imported
two pairs from Sw.t 'crlund iv year mi l
a half ago, paying J200 for them. lie
now has over sixty rabbits from those
two pairs, which shows that in rabbit
fanning, ut least, two pairs beat threo
of a kind. The rabbits breed seven
times a year uud hove from ei-lit to
ten to 11 litter. When full er .v. 11 tlu-y
weigh from foiut'cii to eighteen
pounds. They aro most delicious eat
ing, their lleiih being considered supe
rior t. chicken. A.-, they command
from fifteen to twenty cents per pound,
rabbit farming is much morn profit
able thau chicken raising.
Like ordinary rabbits, they are prac
tically oinuiverous. They &r beauti
:ul animals, with their long, aiiky tar-i
111 1 fluffy fur. Uuliko other rabbits,
li'-y do not burrow exceot at bleeding
. .lie, and cro exceedingly tame by ua
.lire U I easily kept. Messrs. liaiim
gartner uud Foerg say tliat they -.i.Vd
i.uly ma it a fair begiiiniug 111 the
business and uio ulreudy pluuuiii to,
enlurge their building uud rncii.
VIRTUE.
Sweet lny so cool, V calm, so bright
The bridal of the earth and sky ;
The dew shall wepp thy fall to-night,
For thou must die !
Sweet rose whose hue nncry and brave
liids the rash gazer wipe his eye ;
Thy root is over In its grave,
And thou must die!
Sweet spring full of sweet dnys and r09es
A box where sweets compacted He ;
My music shows ye have your closes,
And all must die I
Only a sweet and virtuous soul,
Like seasoned timber, never gives ;
But though the whole world turn to coal
Then chiefly lives.
George Ilerbert.
IIVMOK OF THE DAY.
Fast colors The regimental flag in
a cavalry charge. Lowell Courier.
A small soul has plenty of elbow
room in a narrow-minded man. Texas
Sittings.
When a real-cstofo agent begins to
go down hill he loses ground very fast.
Texas Siftings.
A man can talk himself out of a job
easier than ho can talk himself into
one. Atchison Globe.
A baby always helps to make home
happy particularly when the baby is
asleep. Texas Sittings.
Professor A. "Whom do you re
gard as the greatest linguist of tho
ago?" Trofessor B. "Mrs. B." Tit
Bits. HickB "Your heart goes out in
sympathy for tho poor?" Wicks
"Yes, but it sounds like rank egotism
to say it."
The new fad, podistry, or tho telling
of your fortuno by your feet, is get
ting science down pretty low. Hart
ford Journal.
Many a chap thinks himself brow
beaten when he is only beaten by the
gray matter behind tho other fellow's
brow. Puck.
Checkcrly "Bow Jove, Cholly, I
wish I know some polite ond easy way
to put offduns." Stripes "Just pay
cash." Harper's Bazar.
Ho "I want to marry a woman who
I know knows more than I do." She
"Well, if she is wise sho will never
let you know it." Detroit Freo Press.
Choppie "I aw heoh that the
football playah cut you out with Miss
Daisy." Cholly (shuddering) "Cut
me out! He thwew mo out 1" New
York Press.
The Youth "Does a man ever get
too old to tako any interest in life ?"
The Suge "Oh, yes. But he gener
ally recovers by the time ho is twenty
five." Indianapolis Journal.
"My!" exclaimed Alice, "tho Mr.
Jones that Aunt Clara knows must be
an awfully small man. Aunt Clara
says that his wife keeps him under hor
thumb." Philadelphia Times.
"Is there any chance for a mnn to
rise in this community?" asked the
stranger. "There is, air, " replied the
old inhabitant. "Lynched three this
morning by daylight." Atlanta Con
stitution. Dinwiddio "Bookkeepers and
sleight-of-hand performers havo much
in common. an ISruam " flow bo?
Dinwiddio "They both flourish in
the ledger domain." Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
"It's queer about Jay wink never
taking his wifo out into society any
more." "Well, no it isn't; his doctor
told him he should not take anything
that disagreed with him." Chicago
luter-Oceau.
Wife "I want to talk with you
about some things we need for the
house. " Husband ' ' What are they ?"
Wife "Well, to begin with dear,
don't yon think we need a new bon
net ?" Tit-Bits.
Artist "I painted this picture, sir,
to keep the wolf from tho door."
Dealer (after inspecting it) "Well,
haug it ou the knob where tho woll
can see it, and he'll skip quick
enough." Detroit Freo Press.
"And what is that a photograph of?"
she asked of the young man who win
exhibiting his collection of instantane
ous pictures. "Of a football gome."
"Dear me ! I thought it was a lot of
musicians having a quarrel." Wash
ington Star.
Mrs. Dobson "Bridget told me she
saw Mr. and Mrs. Hobsou going to
church this morning. I wonder what's
the matter." Mr. Dohsoti "Why,
either Mr. Hobsoii has had another
attack of his heart trouble or Mrs.
Hobsou has a new hat." Puck.
"There goes Judge Sohkem," said
Meandering Mike. "An old acquaint
ance of yours, I s'pose,"n joint d Plod
ding Pete, sarcastically. "Oh, wo'ro
jest on spcukiu' terms. I know him
well enough to say 'not guilty' to 'ini
oucet in a while. " Washington Star.
Domestic (trembling) "Oh, phase,
I hear burglars 111 tho house." Mrs.
liliukers (reassuringly) ".Most likely
it's Mr. Blinkers just in from too
dub." Domestic (posit ively) "No,
mum, it's burglar. They haven't
stumbled against anything at all."
New York Weekly.
"Can you let me havo five dollars?
I left all my money at homo unci I
haven't a cent with me," said Johnnie
l-'ewscods to his friend, HostcUer Mo
Uiniiis. "Sorry 1 can't lend yo livo
dollars. But In re is a nickel car-fait1.
Von can ride home and get your
money," replied Hostetter. Texas
Siftings.
"I am a poet," said the young man,
resolutely. "Indeed?" replied the.
kiud-hearted, but abseut-Iiuuded, edi
tor. "Yes. And I came t see if you
will not give me a trial." "Dear,
dear! My pood fellow, I wouldn't
bidder about a trial. I'd just plead
guilty aud take my chances. "--Washington,
Post.