Republican J. E. WENK. Offloa In Bniaarbaagh A Co.'i Bull din; blii nun, tionista, r. Trm. . . !UoprTur. WrhHIi nctfwl fw 1 BkarUr Mrto4 lt UrM ncntht. Oornapondme MllH4 trrm tl vto f p,, country. N aatlc wlU UkM of uniwu RATI8 OF ADVERTIStHOl On. Bqnarit on. Inoh, on. Inwrtloa, .1 1 On. 8quar, on. Inch, on. month..., 00 On. Square, on. inoh, tbros months. , 0 On. 8qu.ru, on. inch, on. yoar W Two Bquarn, on. year 1 00 Qnartor Column, on. rw,,.H 0C Half Column, on. jut J521 On. Column, on. 7 Mir. - Lata! adroit umrit tm eat. pe teh tmartlon. MUTi.KH UVi dth BOttOM F"- Ail bill. forr early wlT.rtlwm.nt. ttBmm quarterly. Temporary adverttaanMsria aaaa. b paid in advanoa, , Job work oah oa deT.vsrr. I Forest r CAN. VOL. XXVI. NO. 47. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1894. 81.00 PER ANNUM. "mmlctuou. epubjui Lifo insurance in moro popular in America than in any other country. Almost flve-oighths of tho steomcri! in tho world nro nudcr tho BritiHh flag. An ndvocoto of electrical cooking oliiiniH that of every 100 tons of conl tisod in a cooking stove ninety-six tone go to waste. Tho Atlnntn Constitution fignros that Massachusetts produced 89,062 poems Inst yeor, New York, 49,827, nnd tho country nt large, 2,888,951. It appears that tho detailing of offi cer! of tho army as instructors in col- logos is growing in popularity both with tho educational institutions and with Congress. Ono hundred domestic servants nro killod annually in England in tho pro cess of window cleaning. An inven tion recently patented its a window of which tho outsido may bo cleaned without exposing tho cleaner to any chance of a tumble." Dr. Bertillon, author of tho French system for tho identification of crimi nals, says that, as a matter of fact, it is impossible, among 100,000 individu als to Hud two persons with ears exactly alike, except in tho case of twin brothers. This is ono of tho reasons whv ho was ablo to start a new era in police science. Robert Moore, a Water Works Com missioner of St. Louis, made some re marks at tho recent meeting of the Engineers' Club of Kansas City, which deserve more than passing attention from tho eo ninorcinl meu of New Or- . leans. lie said : "You ask mo to talk on Missouri River navigatiou. It reminds me very forcibly of tho chapter on snakes in Ireland. There is no Mis souri River navigation, and con quently I know you will excuse mo from expressing my views on tho sub ject." He added that the freight traffic on the Southern railroads was making river navigation oven on tho Mississippi almost a lost art. Tho polyglot character of tho Aus trian army wua abundantly shown tho other day whim tho ancient custom of solemnly swearing in tho recruits in the presence of tho troops was re vived, after having been discontinued since 18(58. In Vicuna alouo tho for mula of oath to tho colors had to bo administered and read out in nino languages, to wit : German, Hun garian, Croatian, Bohemian, Polish, Rutheuian, Roumanian, Servian and Turkish, while tho religiouH part of the ceremony was conducted by Ro man Catholic, Greek Catholic and Greek orthodox priests, Protestant pastors, Hebrew rabbis aud Mahome tan uloma. In answer to a recent inquiry mado of the Secretary of tho Interior by the Commissioner of Education in re gard to a division of the fund to agri. cultural colleges in tho South, tho Secretary has decided that the division of the fund as already or hereafter to be made by tho various State legisla tures shall bo approved by tho depart ment, unless it is apparent that such suggested division is grossly inequit able and that in cases where the State legislatures have not yet proposed an emiitable apportionment that the basis of division now in forco shall re main till the legislative intent regard ing the matter is made known. In tho case of South Carolina the act of Con- gTesa of July 26th, 1892, applies not only to tho sum due tho State at tho time, but to all sums bocomiug due under tho act of August 30th, 1890. A Washington letter says: Surpris ing news has reached tho bureau ot ethnology respecting tho recent disen tombment of the'couqui-'S Pizarro, ;n Peru. It seems tint' jTeorpso ex hibits oortain abnoriies which are extremely interesting from tho point of view of anthropologists. The skull reveuls all the marks of the criminal type, as reoognized by science to-day, As shown by it the military hero, so worshiped and revered evon now in South America, was a murderous aud bloodthirsty brute. The cranium has even the so-called "fossa of Lorn- broso," which modern criminologistt have never discovered except in con firmed and habitual enemies of society. The skull is abnormally broad. An other anatomical peculiarity is the in- step, which is extraordinarily high. The latter was a feature of his con quering race. It recalls the warrior indefatigable on the march, whether on the desert tracts of tho coast, or in the wilds of tho Peruvian Cordilleras. As to his age, reliable evideuco is to the effect that Pizsrro was s little wore than seventy years old Ue he IN SHADOW-LAND. ITis pennon nt his prow to float No bronsw along tho islet sweeps But ronn'l and round tho swaying boat Tho Indolent, slow eddy creep. If yostur ovo or yester-yonr H. drifted on this Idle strand Who knows? Time has no moasure hero In Hhadow-IiSnd. - For one perpetual season flower, And knows no ohnugo of sun or moon To mark tho never-varying hours From down to dusk, from night to noon ; Nor song of bird, nor brnath of rose. But still and far, on either hnnd, Tho lily blows, tho water flows, In Shadow-Land. Thnt soft, unceasing ripple rocks Tho konl that with it seems to glide, Aud to his dronmlnr fnncy monks The motion of nn onward tide. Dim shapes his half-shut eyelids fill, He hears the wave wash on tho sand, Nor guesses that he lingers still In Bhadow-Land. Awake, O dallier with a dream That only In thy fanoy dwells I Fmli out into the open stream Buyond these poisoned honoy-bolls ! Lot tho strong wind asunder rift The drowsy fragranoo round thee fanned, Or perish ot its deadly drift In Shadow-Land ! Kate Putnam Osgood, in Independent. DAN'S DISCONTENT, WEISS. don't know what's conic over Dan," said Mrs. Dawson, as she placed the steaming coffee pot on the Sunday breakfast-t ablo. "He was always the brightest and best-tempered of my children, and now he's that downhearted and I skeercdy know discontented that him. He hain't seemed to take any in terest in his work lately, and now's talk ing about goin to sea, or listing in the army. "I don t know what we d do without Dau'l," added tho mother, with tears in her eyes, "and Teddy wanting to stay a year longer at the 'Cademy school. "If Dan wants to go, mother," said Maria, a bright-looking girl of twenty, "why, let him go. lie s got no cause to be discontented, and I believo he don't know himself what he wants. Let him go, ami my word for it, in six months he 11 be glad to get back nnd have a fatted turkey killed for him, since we don't raise calves." And Maria laughed, as she wont to call Dan to breakfast. Dan, meantime, was leaning over the front gate, gaziug absently down the road toward the village. He looked listless and moodv, and yet ho was a young man in the prime of health, witnacomfortablo borne ami kind relations. He did not know why he should feel so restless and dissatis lied, aud as he stood there, chewing a straw, he turnod round, facing tho house, and, with his hands in his pockets, looked moodily about him. There stood the cosy, little brown house, with its deep vine-shaded porch ; there was the well of delicious cool water, under the big elm tree, and the row of boe-hives by the garden fence, and the littlo orchard in the rear, A pleasant picture it made to the eye of the passers-by, and it had always seemed pleasant to Dan until this un accountable mood of discontent had come over him, and made him restless aud unhappy, He tried to persuade himself that bis present life was lot the right kind for him, aud that he could do better out in the world. If it wasn't for his mother being op posed to it, he said to himself, and Teddy away at echool, ho would have gone long ago. Anil iut here it was that Alarm raised the window and called "Dan, breakfast ready !" Her light, careless tone irritated him. She knew that he was not in good spirits, and yet never seemed to have any sympathy with nun. So he took no notice or tue sum mons, and presently she called again 'Dan, are you coming, or must mother and I keep the breakfast warm and wait for you? "Bother! he muttered, in reply. Yet he walked slowly to the house, and when his mother had said grace, took his place at the foot of the little table. You don t seem to relish your breakfast, Dan, Mrs. Dawson said 'I thought you d like tue fresh, eggs and new potatoes, and the cakes you're so fond of. 'It's a good breakfast, mother, but I haven't got much of au appetite, "Arent vou well. Usui slio in nuired, anxiously. "Not particularly, mother, I think There's a queer, all-gouish sort of feel iug, a kind of emptiness and faintness, and I can t exactly describe it, but seems to take away my streugth and appetite. I've been thinking that maybe I'd better try some Bort of tonio medicine." Martha laughed heartlessly. "That's all your imagination, Dan, You know you never had a day s sick nessin your life, and you look stout and strong enough to knock down an ox. I guess It s only that you re love with somebody Mutildu Price, maybe, or Sophy Howella. hich it, Dan?" Dan received this suggestion with supremo contempt. Ho made a boast of having never been in love, and though the girls mentioned by his sis ter were the belles of the neighbor hood, and had each tried the power of tier charms upon him, he had remained obdurately mtliffoieut toward Uem. 1JY 8. A Matilda, ho said, was bold and loud, and Sophia vain and affected, and it would take a very nice girl indeed to got him in love. "It's 'moat time to get ready for chursh, ain't it, Dan?" said Martha, glancing Bt tlio clock on the chimney sholf. "Matilda '11 havo on her now bonnet to-dny. I tell you eho'll be worth looking at." "Stuff I I'm not going to church." "Why, Dau'cll" said his mother, reproachfully. "What's the use, mother? Just to soo old Deacon Ball asleep, and hear Miss Beckcy Jones screeching the hymn out of tune, and listen to Par bou Tnuuer's tiresome " "Dau'cl I" interrupted his mother, severely. "We'll, mother, I'm tired of it all. I believo I'll go over to Kadway Bnd seo Bill Brewster. He s going on a voyage next week bound for tho West Indies aud wants mo join him. But I haven't made up my mind yet about the army-recruiting businejs that tho boys are so crazy about. Bon Howclls eays he'll enlist if I wilL" "Oh, Dan 'ell" said his mother, tears starting to her eyes. Dan was very fond of his mother, and it went to his heart to see her in tears. "I don't say that I'll go mother, so long as you oppose it But I wish you'd consent." "Do let him go, mother 1" said Maria, sharply. "It will likely do him good." It was late that evoning when Dan, who had spent tho day at Kadway, came home to supper. He noticed that tl :ie parlor windows were lighted i but that was always the case on Sunday, hen Maria 8 beaux were calling on her. As he stepped into the kitchen entry he was greeted with a savory odor of les and cake, and saw that tho table was nicely set with tho best moss rose bud tea set. Moria, who had heard his step, came to meet him. "Oh, Uan, 1 wanted to tell you I We'vo got company arrived mother's cousin Lydia nnd her daughter Dora. They've been visiting Uncle Erasmus, in Huttouvillo ; audto-day ho s brought them over to spend some days with us. hope they 11 stay longer, for they re such pleasant people I Step up stairs and brush yourself up, for supper'll be ready in a minute." "Bother ! I won t go in to supper. They needn't know that I'm here." Now, Dan, 1 wouldu't ne doing anything more to vex mother. She s worried enough about you already ; and I've left her in the parlor with Cousin Lydia to talk over old times; and Dora's helping me to get supper. She's tho nicest girl !" Maria disappeared ; and Dan, as ho stood hesitating, had a view into tho neat kitchen. There he saw a slender and very pretty girl, with dark eyes and hair, arranging the cups and saucers, and he noticed how daintily she handled them, and how light ond graceful her mo tions were I And also her sweet voice, as she laughingly replied to some re mark of Maria I It struck him that he had never before seen the kitchen look so bright and cheerful. He stole up stairs, and carefully brushed his hair and put oa a more becoming tie. Then he came down and was introduced to Dora. She stepped forward with a smile aud gave him her hand, and as Dan met the clear, frank eves, it seemed to him that a sort of sunshine stole into his heart, partially dispelling its gloom And as he sat and looked at and listened to her, his face gradually soft ened and assumed a cheerfulness which it had not worn for many a day. He did not go out after Bupper, al though he had half promised Ben Howells to have a talk with him about that enlisting business. And next day he hung around the house on some pretense or other, getting little climpses of and brief chats with Dora. Maria saw it, but prudently said nothing only managing to throw them together as much as possible. 'Dan, she said, next day, pre tending to be in a great hurry, "can you spare time to help Dora shell those peas? I'm so busy, and the peas must be on tho fire in ten min utes to bo in tune lor dinner. So Dan sat down, and while shell ing the peas, watched Dora's deft fin gers as they split the crisp pods and dropped the little, shining green balls into the bowl. "1 guess you're not used to work much," ho said, noticing how white tho hands were. "Aint I?" she said, laughingly. "Just ask mother about that. I do most of tho work at homo help to cook and clean, and I sew, and find time to play on the piano." "Do you?" said Dan, who was very fond of music. "I wish that Maria hud a piano, but she never cared to learn to play. " "You will make a nice wife for somebody, Dora, with all thoso accom plishments," Maria said. Dan glanced up, with a sudden twinge of jealousy. He wondered if sho were engaged ; nor did he feel en tirely at his oao until he had learned from Cousin Lydia herself that, though Dora hod plenty of beaux, she had never shown a preference for any uny ono in particular. "Cousin Dan," said Dora, as the two sat on the front porch in the twi light, "they tell me that you are thinking of going to sea or enlisting for a soldier?" "Well," he answered, a little sheep ishly, "I hadn't made up my mind about it" '"Twouldbo a pity to leave your mother, wouldn't it? Sho would miss vou so !" He felt half mortiflod that he sh.uld appear to her so heartless. "I don't know thut I was really in earnest about going. I felt Bowehow rentU. ud diwtttutled, nnd ili4 pot know exactly what I wanted. I guess I needed a change of some sort. But I'm getting over it now." "I hope you are. I don't seo how you could wish to leave this pleasant homo for tho hard lifo of a Bailor or soldier." "Do you think it pleasant?" lie asked, with a sudden light of interest in his eyes. "1 think it ono of the sweetest homes I have ever seen," she answered, frankly. And then there was a moment's si louce. "Dora," paid Dan, slowly, "if you think I'd better not go, I won't." Aud then ho blushed at. his own boldness, and strangely enough, Dora blushed, too. A day or two after, Mrs. Dawson said to her son : "Dan'el, my son, yon were talking about wanting a tonic, end I've Bpoken to tho minister s wife concerning yon. She says you're needing quinine and calomel, or gentian." "Oh, never mind, mother 1 I guess I won't neod it now. I'm feeling bo much better." "But. my son. how about that fccl- inir of emptiness and all-goneness, and not takin' an interest in anything " "Oh," interrupted Dan, hastily, "I think I'm getting over itl Don't worry about me, mother, I was just out o' sorts, and didn't know what I wanted that's all." And as he hastily left the room, Maria lauehed. "I gneBS, mother, Dan's all right now. He's discovered what it was he wanted, and I think he's found it." "Why, whatever do you mean, child?" "Imeonthat he has found all he wanted in Dora. Why, can't you see it yourself, mother? Depend upon it, Dan will never be discontented any more or wanting to go away from home. Why, just look at them in the garden there how happy they both are " And as the mother carefully adjusted her spectacles and viewed tho unsus pecting lovers, a mist dimmed tho classes, and she murmured : "God bless 'em I" Saturday Night Taint Used br Indians. Much speculation has been indulged in by theoretioal writers regarding tho source of paints and the means by which they were originally discovered. As in all theoretical explanations of Simula matters, the plain facts have been overlooked and complicated cx planations have been entered into, The earliest record of paint used by the Indians tells of a mixture of blood with charcoal. From this it was an easy step to tho ferruginous clays which produce yel lows, browns and reds. Bed chalk and rod and yellow ochre are to be fonnd over wide areas and are easy of access. Black micaceous iron, of grophitelike consistency, is to be found in many parts of the mountains, while the blue carbonates of iron and copper furnish many hues. Green fungus growth are sometimes used, mixed with the white infusorial or chalky earths to make shades of green tinging into pure white. The sulphuret of mercury to be found about the mineral springs, especially the hot ones, forms an abuu dant supply of paint, while the juioe of the choke cherry makes a beautiful red. In the Dakotas many colors are produced from the use of plant juices mixed with earth. Since the advent of traders among the Indians native paints have been al most entirely supplanted by those sold in the stores. There are still some of the isolated tribes that use their own paints, but these are becoming more rare with each succeeding year. 10- day the paint bag, which formerly car ried a bit of red chalk or black graph- itia iron, contains a bit of manu factured ochre, or prepared lamp black, for which probably a hundred times its value has been paid by the man who formerly obtained it through al most a minimum of labor. Globe- Democrat. Deepest Metal Mine in the World, The United States has now, we be lieve, the deepest metal mine in the world. For some time that claim ha been mado for the Mario shaft, at the mines of Przibroin, in Austria, which was 8675 feet below tho surface at the' time of the great fire in 1892 ; and nothing, we believe, has been done upon it since that time. It has now been surpassed in depth by the No. 3 shaft of the Tamarack Copper Mining Company, in Michigan, which on De cember 1st was 3640 feet deep, ond ie now moro thou 3700 feet, the overage rate of sinking being about seventy five feet a Mouth. This makes it be yond question the deepest metal mine ill existence, and only one other shaft has reached a greater depth, that of a coal mine in Belgium, for which 3900 feet is claimed. Engineering aud Min ing Journal. Au Almost Unknown Country. Lower California, which somebody periodically threatens to purchase aud bring under the territorial dominion of the United States, is the longest of North American peninsulas. It is of about tho same area as Florida. Its greatest length is about 800 miles, and its greatest width about 156 miles. The whole peninsula is subtropical in climate and productions, and its ex treme southern end is just within the torrid zone. The coast line on gull and ocean is about 1700 miles in length. The population issparse, ond the Means of communication so unde veloped that it is one of the most re mote regions in the civilized world. Tue gulf ports ore almost unknown to the people of this country. Sun Fran cisco Chronicle. The army worm travels in such oompoct line that processions of them are frequently tuisUken for sonkei, IMMENSE HERDS OF DEER, THE "BARREN GROUNDS" OF CAN ADA SWARM WITH OA .IB. Twenty Acres Covered With the Ani mals Standing Thickly Together A Veritable Hunters' Paradise. J.I TYBELL, of the Geological Survey, and his party, says an Ottawa correspondent of the New York World, tell marvel ous stories about tho game they saw on their recent journey through the great "barren grounds" of Canada' Northwest. No one dreamed that Canada possessed such immenso herds of deer as were seen by JNlr. lyreu s party. The Bight at timos was marvelous, said Mr. Tyrell. "When we reached the edge of the woods uorth of Lako Arthabasca, in about the begmuiug of August, we commenced to meet a few doer every day. Ono evening, just after going into camp, a deer was seen standing on a little island not very far oway, and my brother went over and shot it. It was very poor in flesh : nevertheless we found it mado pretty good meat. On tho fol lowing day, as we were paddling along o moderately largo lake, ono of my half b.eeds drew my attention to wnat he thought to be the earth moving some distance away, and on looking through my glass I saw thnt it was an immense herd of reindeer. We equipped our Belves with firearme, paddled ashoro and walked toward them. There were thousands in the herd. They were in bands of two or three hundred each, and crowded as close as possible together. It was presumed they did bo in order to partially escape tho tor ture of the black flies. Walking in between a couple of bands we opened fire, ond they stampeded in every direction. One of tho party wns ob liged to take refuge behind some heavy brush to prevent tho doer from tramp- linguponhim. Wekillee about seventy of them. Many were too poor lor us, but tho fatter ones furnished rich, juicy meat. The choice meat of each deer, when dried, would averago oniy about twelve pounds. "After remaining thoro two or three days, during which we were engaged drying the meat, we started taking photographs. Wo could walk right into tho midst ot the deer, as we did so they would push u little way to each side to allow us to pass, and then close up the ranks immediately behind ns. The sight was amazing. There we stood, surrounded on every side by the deer, swaying their long, slender horns to ond fro. As fr as we could Bee there were countless herds, covering about twenty ocres each, and standing as thick os they could mass together. "As we proceeded further north herds were constantly met with graz iua on the sides of tho hills. Tho weather waB something like that of November here, but tho ground was always wet. In the summer tho doer live on grass and in the winter chiefly on moss. After tho month of August we shot very few, the old ones wo saw being wild and almost unapproochabie. In the fall and winter they make their way to the edge of the woods in order to get shelter from tho fearful gales that blow over the barren ground. "Those deer differ considerably from the ones in this port of the conn try. They are about the height of the Virginia deer, but somewhat stouter and heavier ; their horns are larger and more branching. They shed their coats in July, and at that time ore often very rough in appear anoo ond poor in flesh ; but towards the end of August, when they get their new coats, they begin to pick up and fatten. Their skins are good ond warm, but the hair, being brittle, breaks off and renders it valueless as fur." Apex of Frugality. A wealthy aud very parsimonious person who recently died in England, and who was called a miser by his re lations after his death, because ho preferred public charities to thou in his will, was fond of attending theatres, and on account of his very great re card for his health always took his overcoat with him. But where should he leave this garment during the per formance? Tho box-keepurs would expect at least six pence ; and, should he leave it at a cotl'ee-housc, he must spend three pence for house room for it. His invention supplied him with a method cheaper aud equally secure. He -pledged his garment, every even ing that he attended the play, at a pawnbroker's near the theatre door for a shilling. This sum ho carried back at tho close of the play, added one penny to it for iuterott, and re ceived his ereat-coat aain safe and sound, as it had literally beeu laid up in luvender. New York ami. Where Machinery Fail. Many attempts havo been mado to suppluiit tho glass-blower by niacuiiio ry, but up to this time none havo at tained commercial importance. Eith er the cost of production has beeu found to be higher than by the time honored method, or the work pro duced wm not of a duality up to tho demands of tho market. This is more especially the case in tho kinds of bot ties used to contain eft'urvesoent drinks which must bo capable of withstanding a pressure of several atmospheres with out failure. This, in fact, is the critical point in th automatic manufacture of bottles, since the difficulty has always been to olit a in a distribution of the glass form iau the walls of the bottle as uniform as in tho huud work. The attempt has beeu made to press the body au bottom separately and to uuito tho two by funing them together, but th bottles made in this manner were very heavy and of poor appearance, -(,. Vina, SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL, Dust is responsible for many ex plosions in coa mine3. Granite is the bed rock of tho world, being the lowest on tho csrth's crust. Dynamo machines were in 1878 ordered by tho British Government for tho Lizard light Tho planet Neptune has tho longest, year, consisting of more than sixty thousand of our days. The young of tho polype grow from the body of tho parent like buds, and when almost gTowu are separoted by a sudden jerk. Two Scotch scientists have figured out that power equal to 145 horses would bo required to propol o whale through th water at the rate of twelve miles an hour. Trofessor Dolbear says a powerfnl searchlight could project a beam to Mars in four minutes which could bo seen and responded to if they have tho apparatus that wo have. A current of electricity docs not always kill when it appears to do so. It simply produces an oppearonce of death, from which tho Bubject may in many cases bo restored by artificial respiration. In water in which decoying vege tables have been infneed the niicro- ncone discovers littlo animals so minuto that ten thousand of them would not exceed in bulk a grain mustard. Yet these creatures are supplied with organs as complicated as those of a whale. It is believed that whales often at tain tho age of four hundred years. The number of rears theso huge crea tures have lived is ascertained oy counting the layers of limiuio forming the horny substance known as -wnaie bone." These lominie increase yearly, just as the "growths" do on a tree. The prevalence of crimson colors in certoin fishes on the New England ennxt on portions of which scarlet and crimson seaweeds abonnd, is explained bv Professor J. Brown Goodo by the rod piarment derived by the crusta ceans from the seaweeds they devour, and which in turn form tho food ol the fishes. A Tacoma (Wash. man, George R. Cowls, is said to be the inventor of a process for making illuminating gas - -n 1 . 1 out of wood, r rom one cora oi woou he cets iras and products worth $48, so it is claimed. 11 this be true, tueu Washington State can use up nil its long tree stumps in tho manufacture of gas and get so much clear gain ou of them. The thinnest part of a soap bubble is where the black, or rather gray, tint appears- 3:1st before it nreans. This thickness has been calculated by tho laws of optics to bo less than one- one hundred and fifty-six thousandth of on inch. From this minuto amount the thickness of the bubble may in - :i.i.. crease up 10 quuo a jierueiinum quantity. Bricks are now being burnt by elec tricity. This promises to revolutionize the industry by greatly reauciug iuu labor and cost. The kilu-ilrying pro cess is entirely dispensed with. Tho wet cloy is put into a sort of covered iron mold, which holds about iuuo bricks, and o strong current of elec rimtv is then turned on. and in a very Bhort timo tho bricks are dried ond burnt and all ready to ue out for Bale. turned The Humming Bird at Home. While spending tho winter in Cali fornia, writes Frank Ford, in tho Magazine of Natural Science, I mado my first acquaintance with Madam Hummingbird "at home." In the first place the location could not have been improved on. Just picture in your mind a lawn dotted with orange, lemon, fig and palm trees, with hero ond there a giant century plant, or bunch of pampas grass, and no cud of flowers. While a cypress hedge, over shadowed by stately eucalyptus and pepper trees, separated the lawn from the street Ono day while gathering oranges, I was sturtled by the rapid and antrrv darting of a humming bird near my face, which led me to look closely in that part of the tree, which resulted after a little search in the discovery of my first humming bird's nest. It was placed ou a twig not as large as a h ad pencil, on one of the lower limbs of tho oraugo tree, and it was so covered with lichens the same color as tho bark of tho tree that it was difficult to find it aguin even after I knew about where it was. The nest is about the size of tho burr oakucoru cui. built almost entirely of the1 feathery plumes of the pampas grass, covered with green lichens, and all held together, and to the limb, with something greatly resembling spider web. Within this "marvel of con st ruction" were two semi-transparent eggs, almost too small to describe, and my efforts to use the blowpipe on them blow them all to smithereens. Before taking tho nest, I visited Madam Hummingbird several times, and nearly always found her at home. She never left the uest but a fow min utes at a time. Wheu Water Boils. Water boils at different tempora tures, according to tho elevation above the sea level. Iu Baltimore, water boils practically at 212 degrees F. ; at Munich, in Germany, at JM'.' degrees; at the City of Mexico, iu Mexico, at 200 degrees, aud iu tho Himalayas, at an elevatiou of 18,000 feet above tho level of the sea, at 180 degrees. These difli-reuces are caused by tho varying pressure of tho atmosphere ut theso points. Iu Baltimore the whole weight of air is to bo overcome. In Mexico, 7000 feet above the m-u, there are 7'f f.-t t less of atiuohphere to be resulted, coiiscquoutly less heat is required ami I boiling takes place at a lower tcuipvrn1 J tiire. Boston. Cultivator, A MODERN LYRIC, If you could only always know, Whon tho door-bell rings, Just who It is thnt stands below, Making tho door-bell jingle so, Quito frequently you wouldn't go When the door-bell rlns. It Isn't sure to bo a friend, When tho door-bell rlnits i ! It may bo "Umbrellas to mend? Or some ono with flno shoos to vend, Whoso flow of Innguso has no end, Wheh tho door-bell rings. It's always at your busiest time, When tho door-boll rings. Tour hands may bo aro black withgrim In such a ease your language I'm Quite suro I'd never put In rhyme, When tho door-boll ringn. But to tho door you always go, When tho door-bell rings. You soe, you'ro curious to know Just who Is on tho portico, And so outsiders get 0 show When tho door-bell rings. Somervillo Journal. 1IUM0K OF THE DAY. Cut rates Surgeons' fees. Truth.' The Pood hnckmnn is known by his carriage. Florida Times-Union. A kiss is a song that should always be encored. Florida Times-Union. Ringing a belle-Putting a nose ornament on a Kafir woman. Hallo. The pawnbroker never gets so old that he takes no interest in life. Bos ton Transcript. Some people do not recognize their obligations when Uiey meet them. Galveston News. No, my son ; a doctor doesn't know everything ; but he thinks yon think he does. Punch. People who think before they speak olways mamige to economizo on talk. Washington Tost. When some people want counsel they proceed to cousult their own in terests. Galveston News. The dentist who devotes himself to pulling aching molars is necessarily a pains-taking fellow. Buffalo Courier. Motto for the Shopping Fiend : "If yon see what you want, price o dozen other things before asking for it." Puck. A man breathes, on on overage, ten thousand quarts of air a day ond talks about 1,000,000. Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. The woman who can pass a mirror without looking into it has the heroism nf which martvrs are made. Florida Times-Union. A local dealer advertises "a new stock of walking-sticks lor geuueiueu with carved wooden heads. "Phila delphia Record. Mrs. Shopper "Why, all these toys Klw.nkeeper "ies, manam, but then you know most of the babies ore new."- Vogue. An ounco of prevention is worth a pound of cure; that is to say, we druggist is likely 10 cunij j-" much for it. Puck. When a man claims that grip is only a vagary of a deserted brain, it is pretty safo to bet ho has never had it. Philadelphia Record. A Chicago mnu who had just sur rendered his watch to a foot pad, wa moved to remark that he didn't know when ho had been so pressed for time. Washington Star. The doctrine of heredity is a com forting theory. It is so pleasant, you know, to be uilo to lay our faults and foolishnesses on our forefathers. Boston Transcript. Tho jealousy of physicians is re markable. No sooner does one of them discover a disease than half-a-dozeil moro conceutrnte all their energies upon its suppression. Puck. Traveler in Missouri "I want to find the conductor. Who has chargo of this train?" Trainman "Can't tell till after wo pass tho next strip o' woods. "Cleveland Plaiudeoler. "Do you believo that practice al ways makes perfect?" "No ; it hasu' made anything but a row ever slnco that idiot upstairs commenced with his flute." Chicago Inter-Ocean. Byers "What was your idea in getting vaccinated on your rheumatio arm?" Heller "Economy of pain. I couldu't make tho arm hurt worse than it did ulrcady." Chicago Trilmn. "That young widow Flisou is quite h dashing creature, don't you think?" "I guess you uro right. She dashed my hopes most effectually when I asked her to marry me." Indianapo lis Journal. Charlie Sniffers (out with Dollie Dimple) "Pardon me for bowing to thst shabby old codger, but I feel ob liged to do it." Dollie "Vlo ib he, Charlie?" Charlie "He iB the head of our firm." Hprre Moments. Nell "How do you know she is '.u love with Jack?" Belle "Because the told me he was peerfeetly horrid, aud if sho were 111 my place she wouldn't have imythiug to do with him. " Philadelphia Record. Footman "Hoy, Jeems, hat would we do if wo found a poc-ketbook with 20,000 that tho boss had left ill the carriage?" Coachman "Do? Wo wouldu't do nothing at all. We'd live ou our income." Texas Siftiugs. Customer "Why is it you chargo as much for a six-pound pig as you do for a sixteen-pound pig?" Butcher "The smaller the pig, uiiiiu, the worse it hurts us to kill it. Got to charge somethiu' fur our foeliu's, mum." Chicago Trilmiie. Miss Scare "Jack Marlik-head gave me great reception yesterday. Ho has a xi 11 Hun oil his vai-ht and when I caiuiron board he til ed a salute of .er so many guns forty-nine, 1 think it was." Miss Smarti "One for every year of your age, 1 isujipow." Yotfuf
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