THE FOREST REPUBLICAN I nblltkii Tiy W4ailay, kf J. E. WENK. Offloo la Bmoarbaugli Co.' Building KJI ITHMT, TIONESTA, Fa. Trms, . . . tl.Be rYr. RATIS OF ADVERTISING! One Sqoar. on inob, on. Innrtlo . . I W On Square, on inch, one month. ., f 00 On Square, on inoh, thre months. . I0U One Hqu.re, on inch, on year 10 00 Two Bqunrx, on yar 1 0t Quarter Column, on year.,.,,. ...... IV) 0C Half Column, on yar WOO On Column, on yar. 100 00 Laeal alTrtiMtnita tov rat par 11m sch tmwtlon. Marriage and d.mth notice gratia. AllblllsforyrarlyadvertiMinienta enOMfti Forest . Republican. nkKrtptlma recti Te4 r.r t Mrtv MrloS t lkr mnth. Cnrnxpondenc ollcltsd frm hi part. f- th enaniry. N. tlc will Uk mf unrain ""ia.onK-ttio VOL. XXVIT. NO. 3. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1894. $1.00 PER ANNUM. quarterly, i.mporary arerunmnn b paid in aavanoa. Job work-oaah on delivery. "The blarney ntono at the World's fnir nm a shnm rock," acoording to the Roohestcr Post-Express. Tho production of cotton yarns in Japan tins increased from 1,000,000 pounds in 1888 to 64,000,000 in 1892. Three-fourths of tho earth's surfnoe is unfit for cultivation on aooonnt of mountain ranges, deserts, swamps and barren ground. Tho coBt of tho 'world's wars since tho Crimean war has boon $13,265, 000,000, or onough to give a $10 gold piece to every mnn, woman and child on the globe. Dr. Forbes Winslow, tho expert on inaauity, seeniB to be veering round to tho idea that suicido is an opidomia and that mental contagion "is as possi ble as physical. Something liko $100,000,000 is now invested in cottou mills in the South, na compared with $31,000,000 in 1890 aud $22,000,000 in 1800. Thero has been an iucreaso of about 450 pel cent, (tinoe 1880. in capital, spindlos and looms. President Eliot, of Harvard, says that thero is scarcely a singlo subject taught nowadays in tho same way it was taught thirty years ago and that even law, tho most conservative of studies, is now treatod in an entirely different method from that which pre vailed in former years. Tho method, ho adds, is beingadoptod all over the country and is making its way into tho English universities. Then, too, the teaching of tho sciences and lan guages has been greatly changed. Somo queer stories are told by the Chicago Herald about the United States cruiser Charleston. The plana were purchased in England and now it turns out that they wero a very sorry lot of drawings. Not only that, but the machinery plans wore so dofoctivo that tho entire scheme of motive power for the ship had to be remodelled. Tho English plans were practically ol no acoouut, and hence the charge that tho Charleston is a ship of English de sign is absolutely without foundation. New York is now wondering at the arrest of an express robber in away that, in tho opinion of the St. Louis Star-Sayings, wipes out all the detec tive stories in whiuh Sherlook Homes, Aridocq, Lecooq and their kind figure. More than $30,000 was stolon from an express package in transit. The com pany had possession of the envelope which containod tho key to the safe from which tho money was taken. This envelope had thumb marks on tho seals which had been broken. Im pressions of the right thumb of seven men who had handled the envelope were taken, and an official of tho com pany was held in $10,000 bail on th evidence furnished by the microscope of the linos in his right thumb.. A correspondent of tho American Dairyman asks for the annual value of the agricultural products of the country. Tho question is one of the , most difficult to answer. The census of 1890 does not do it satisfactorily, and since that date the aggregate value of farm production has steadily increased. President Harrison, in one of his latest messages, estimated it at $4,500,000,000 annually. The present Secretary of Agriculture, in his late report, is silent on this point, although ho does say that there are six millions of farms in the country on which thirty millions of the population live. Our opinion is that the Secretary's es timate of tho number of farms exceed by a full million the actual figures. To unswer our friend's query, nothing bettor than an approximate estimate can be offered, and his own is about as valuable as any other. The whole thing is mere guesswork. The cost of transportation has been on the decline for tho last ten or twelve years, and even for a much longer period, remarks the Boston Cultivator. Tho deoline in rates per ton , ' mile on all the railroads of thocountij has beeu from 1.236 cents to .967 cents from 1882 to 1892. Tho decline for this period was'the least in the' middle and central northern Stupes, and the greatest in the South Atlantic and Clulf States snd the northwestern States, Tho latter em braood the Granger systems. The re sult of these heavy declines has been disastrous in many instances, being more than the railroads could bear. It goes to show, however, that the cost of transportation is downward, which is an important factor in the cost of merchandise. Time aud cost per mile of transportation are great ugenoies in equalizing prices in differ ent pX$t BPRINO FEVER. Spring fever ain't no ouro for It t I have It onoe a year ; It takes me In the oity, And It make mo drowsy there. And I nod, And I nod, Like a Georgia flshin'rod. When It feels the trout a-pullln Tor yon land him on the sod I Spring fever don't know how It comes, And no one ever knew i And all I know is when It's here, It oreeps all over you I And you dream, And yon dream That you're float In' down a stream ) Flontin', noatin' like a feather Where the water-lilies gleam ! Atlanta Constitution, AT CHARITY'S MERCY. BY. FltANR R. SWF.KT. HERE wifV rret tior pieceTn land in all the oonntry round than that oc cupied by the-Tinker County poor farm. It sloped to tho north, to be sure, and that did not add to the comfort of such paup ers as were able to work in winter, but in compensation it had splendid woods and a fine lake front. The lake was deop and clear and dotted with small islands. On the opposite slope, and half hidden by noble trees, were the outlines of a conntry mansion ; and in the distance were blue hills which might almost be mistaken for mount ains. But it was not on account of natural beauty that the Tinker County poor farm had been selected, Ihe town of' ficers were hard, practical men and did not care for snoh th lugs. When it was decided Uiat it would be for the town's advantage to farm its paupers instead of selling them at auction, tho select men looked arouni for a suitable place. The Bowen farm had the reputation of being the poorest in the town. It was rooky and unproductive, and had already ruined several small farmers who had been imprudent enough to trust their little to its keeping. Of late both purchasers and renters had given it a wide berth. But it was jnst the place the select men were looking for. It was off the highway and was cheap. They ap proached the owner cautiously and found that he was anxious to sell--so much so that he accepted their first offer. The next thing was to rent the farm and the paupers to tho lowest bidder. This happened to be Sim Pratt, a man who had always been an unsuccessful farmer, because he was too Btingy to become a prosperous one. He was not a bad man ; but he was poor and covetous and narrow-minded, and all these pointed to a questionable future for the paupers. And as the years went by all the indications were fulfilled. Pratt had been keeper of the farm for ten years now, end in all this time there had been found no one to under bid him. The pay was small, the farm poor and the paupers not very desir able, even to men of dull sensibilities. J i one tried to succeed him. "But Pratt liked to rule. Before his advent to power he had never been able to hire help. Now he was autocrat of a small colony. In a few months he had fixed upon the maximum work which could be had from each of the paupers. Some were aide-bodied, Borne could only work part of the time, some oould not work at all. But, as a rule, it was the able-bodied who were the hardest to manage ; it was their laziness which had brought them to the town farm. Tinker County had little money to spare it paupers for clothing,, and Pratt and the farm needed all' the work they could give. Consequently there was much suffering during the winter. When it was too cold to mend stone walls and fences, the strongest were sent to the beach after seaweed. All the rest who were able to work were put into the barn and sheds to stamp out beans and shell corn. It was nothing unusual for a pauper to die, and the town physician sometimes expressed his views very decidedly. But a physician's views had little weight with the practical guardian of the oounty s finances. One afternoon several of the old men were at work in the lower field, Tho wind was sharp and cut through their clothing until their teeth chat tered with the bitter cold. All of them were thjJy clad ; and at last a little, routtfrouldered man began to finger ncrusly at his coat which was already bu ttoned. "I don't call this much charity," he crumbled, discontentedly. "Soems like the town might let us have over coats sech pesky cold weather. What sav, Squire?" The man addressed did not answer. Lifting a heavy forkful of seaweek he spread it thinly over the ground. As he returned for another loud the little man went on, peevishly : "Seems like folks might be sosner bl in a plaoe like this. . 'Taiu't much we've got ter live fer, anyway. Jest packed away like oid fnruitoor in a garret, an' good riddance when the undertaker brings bis box. Seems like we might pick what crumbs we could outen the cobwebs." The other man did not seem to hear. Again his forkful of seaweed was spread, and he was reaching for more when tho little wan stepped in front of him. "Can't ye answer a man's question?' he asked, irritably. "You ain't no more deef 'n I be, an' I'm gittiu' siek an' tired of it. Hero I've been rooiu iu' with you more'u two 'year, mi' you ain'l scasvly 6Ter spoke t wo 'pt you's 'bleeged ter. 'Tain't decent I I'm a sosherble mnn myself, an' I don't like bcin' tied to a stick." The Squire gazed at him vacantly for a moment. Evidently his thoughts had been far away, and he was bringing them back by a powerful effort. As he strnlghtonod himself up to his full height he looked very tall and thin ; and there was something pitifully incongruous in his rough, ill fitting garments nd .his clean-cut, scholarly face and snow-white hair. "What is it, Thomas?" he asked, gravely. "I was thinking, and did not hear yon. We old men," with a slight smile, "have so much past and so little future that we are apt to go wool gathering." "Speakin' fer yourself an' not me, then," said Thomas, hastily. "My past ain't a good place ter gather wool, an' I don't go to it 'ccptin' I'm 'bleeged ter. But that ain't here nor there. I didn't want nothin', Squire, only jest tor hear you speak, so't I'd know you was 'live and not a pnrnambnlatin' machine." He spread seaweed for several minutes in silenoe, then once more leaned upon his fork. "Come ter think on't, Squire, thore is one thing I'd to ast ye. When I come ter this place I found you was a'ready hero, an' I got to call in' ye Square cos the rest did. But down 'n the kitcheu last night they told me 'twas raly so. Is it?" "Is what?" dreamily. "That yon was high-toned oncct, an had money an' things, like rich folks?" "I had all I wanted, I believe." "An' owned that house acrost the" lake, an' had horses an' stables an' servants an' an' Government bonds?" excitedly. "Yes" a slight tremor came into the grave voice "but we will not speak of that, Thomas. Suppose we go to work. Wo will freeze if we Btand here talking. Ihey set to work vigorously, each taking one side of the long row of piles which the wagon had left and spreading as far as the seaweed would cover. But occasionally Thomas glanced furtivoly at his companion. bo it s raly true, he muttered under his breath, "son gambled an' run off an' old man paid his debts an' come here. 'Tarnal pity 1 fer the old feller 8 a good sort, if he don t talk. An' the son well, I guess it's them kind o sons as makes bangin s. All through the afternoon they worked, and only stopped when the Bhrill call of the supper hoin came across the field. As they passed through the barn yard, a great, hulking figure slouched from one of tue sheds. "Hullo, 'Sios!" called Thomas, jeer ingly; "got over bein' sick, have ye?" "Ye-as, 'baout," the man answered, sheepishly. "Well, take car' ye don't git down ag'in when it's time fer work." At the door they met Pratt. "Jest tho fellers I'm lookin' fer," he said, briskly. "You'll have ter go back an' do up the barn chores. Bill an' Ike don't seem to think they're fit. You see t' the horses, yourself, Sqnire." he added, as they turned to do his bidding; "Thomas ain't per tickler 'nough." It was late in the evening when they returned to the house. Thomas went into the kitchen, but his oompanion was too tired to eat. He climbed slowly to his cold room in the garret. In the morning he was awakened by the rough voice of Pratt. "Come, git up, Squire 1 Bill's down with cold an' you'll have ter drive his team ter-day. Step lively 1" The old man dressed hurriedly and Btumbled down the dark staircase. It still lacked an hour of daylight. Pratt stood by the kitchen door. "Take a bit o' suthin' an' be gittin' off soon 'b ye can," he exclaimed, im patiently. "It'll be daylight fust ye know. I'll be boun' there's a dozen teams on the beach already." "I don't know as I shall be able to make a load without help," said the Squire, doubtfully, "I sprained my back a little yesterday. "Tut, tut I We've got shirks 'nough on the place now 'thout you tryin' to join 'em. You're all right. Git some vittles an' be starin'. We can't 'ford ter board ye here for uothin'." The Squire mada no reply. Taking a few pieces of cold bread he ate them mechanically, and then opened the door and went out. It was bitterly oold, and he took a handkerchief from his pocket and tied it around his neck. When he reached the barn he found a piece of old sacking, and this was made to do duty as an overcoat. It did not take him long to yoke the oxen, and presently the heavy wheels of the wagon were creaking sharply over the frozen ground. When the sun rose he was well on his way to the beach. Soon after he drove across the low ridge of sand hills which had been washed up by succes sive storms. But, early as he was, sev eral teams were ahead of him. The best of the seaweed had been thrown into piles, and the men were now load ing it into their wagons. As the wind was offshore thero was no fresh sea weed coming in. The Squire took his folk from the wagou and drove slowly along tho beach, picking up stray bunches here and there. Sometimes he stepped into the water and rescued musses which were being floated off by the rising tide. But ii was slow, hard work. The other teams left and new arrivals took their plaoes. At last he threw his fork upon the load and drove away. It was long past noon. Back through the sand hills and across the pastures to the main road, and then up hill and down until he came in sight of the town farm. On top of the last hill he paused to let the oxen rest. Near him tho road branched, and one of the foi ti curved away into the j woo da and urouuJ the Jake, Hi old eyes grow wistful. It was the road which lod to the mansion among tho trees. As ho stood there he saw a carriage approaching. Driving his team to one side he waited ; but the carriage stopped as it came opposite. "Does Squire Burke still live at the old place?" a man asked. "No ;" he left many years ago. At the sound of the voice the stranger started and glanced at the old man sharply. Then he sprang from the carriage. But as he drew near he paused and bowed his head, like a man waiting sentence. "Richard I" The Sqnire tried to keep his voice steady ; but it broke as tho young man sprang forward and caught him in his arms. After a few moments they stood back and looked at each other. "Where have yon been all- these years, Richard?" the old man asked. "What have you been doing?" 'In South America working. After you disowned me I wandered about the country for some weeks and then shipped on board of a vessel as a com mon s ' 'or. Finally I drifted into a place w e I obtained a good situa tion. After a while I went into busi ness. Then I wrote to the man whose name I had forged and told him I was able to pay some of the money and would pay tho rest as soon as I could. He answered that it was all paid. Of course I nnderstoqd. After that I worked harder than ever. I determined to repay every cent, and thought that if I could make you be lieve I was not all bad you might perhaps change your opinion. The Squire raised his hand deprecat ingly. "Don't, Richard ! I changed it many years ago. I was harsh cruel un just!" "No!" in eager protest. Then, for the first time, he seemed to notice the Squire's garments. From them his eyes wandered to the oxen. "Surely you are not so so" "Poor? Yes; I have been on tho town farm nearly ten years. I was ill,1 and could get no employment. There was nothing else. " The young man's face whitened. Stepping quickly to the carriage he said something in a low tone to the driver. Then he returned and took the whip from his father's grasp. "I will drive the team," he said. "Tho carriage will come for us in an hour and take us to the hotel. To morrow we will see the owner of the "old place and buy it back. But you are cold !" Removing his overcoat, he threw it around the shivering form ; then he took off his gloves and forced them on the toil-worn hands. The old man's eyes glistened. As his gaze wandered across the fields to where the paupers wero at work he said, eagerly : "There is one thing we must get, even before we buy tho old place." "What is it, father?" ''Overcoats for all the men on the farm. " Independent. Frightened to Death. There are several well authenticated cases where fright was the cause of death. An English surgeon tells of a drummer in India across whose legs a harmless lizard crawled while he was half asleep. He was sure that a cobra had bitten him, and it was too much for his nerves aud he died. Frederick I. of Prussia was killed by fear. His wife was insane, and one day she escaped from her keeper, and, dabbling her clothes with blood, rushed upon her husband while he was dozing in his chair. King Frederick imagined her to be the white lady, whose ghost was believed to invaria bly appear whenever the death of a member of the royal family was to oc cur, and he was thrown into a fever and died in six weeks. But perhaps the most remarkable death from fear was that of the Dutch painter Pentman, who lived in the seventeenth century. One day be went into a room full of anatomical subjects to sketch some skulls and bones for a picture he intended to paint. The weather was very sultry, aud while sketching he fell asleep. He was aroused by bones danoing around him, and the skeletons suspended from the ceiling clashed together. In a fit of horror he threw himself out of the window. Though he snstained no serious injury, aud was informed that a Blight earthquake had caused the commotion among the ghostly sur rcuudings, he died of nervous tromer. The Million. Early London Streets, In tho seventeenth and eighteenth senturios, when a London street was newly formed, its name and date were frequently recorded on a tablet built into the wall of a corner house. Tho houses themselves were also sometimes distinguished by initials, names or dates, either placed like the street tablets or on a rain pipe or inside the building. Some of these relics still survive, but there is constant danger of their deiitruction, for every year many old houses are leveled with the ground, and streets, once important, cease to exist, are merged in other streets, or lose their importance by beiug re named. London Notes aud Queries. Power of Foreign Police, The Vienna police have general charge of all newspapers, and keep records of all presses and publications, luaiutain a censorship over all theatres aud plays, issue licenses for tho publi cstiou aud sale of all books, magazines ami periodicals. All plays, dialogues, songs, dances un.l entertainments by societies, clubs or individuals must be submitted to the police aud approved beforo 'production New York Journal. INDIANS OF NEW MEXICO. QUEER CUSTOMS PRACTICED BY A PECULIAR PEOPLE. Km Change In Their Life Since Pre historic Times Land Is Held In Common by This Peaceful Itace. SCATTERED all around through New Mexico and Arizona are to be found Indian villages, called pueblos, where the red faced Americans live, almost as their ancestors did hundreds of years ago. The habits and customs of these Indians are interesting, but most in teresting of all to the ordinary tender foot from tho land where idolatry is looked upon as dead and gone long ago are the idols which are to be found constantly in many of the pueblos. One hears of the heathen from China and occasionally from tho ends of tho world of benighted men who are idolatrous, but in New Mexico, within three days of New York City, are to be found men aud women who, it is claimod bv many, are Christians, but who not only make idols, but keep them in their houses. Whether they worship them or not is a question which is much discussed, and it looks very much as if the testimony to tho effect that some of the Indians do worship their idols outweighs that to the contrary. The idols of tho Indians ... ri.liniilmis lookin&r concerns, ( 1 U Ul.IV - ' ' and are a source of constant and vary ing amusement to tho Easterner who loves to dig about in old villages and museums. The Indian pueblo nearest the city of Santo Fo is theTcsuque pueblo, and here a man may buy a whole bagful of gods, large and small, for a dollar or so. The Indians are not very much in love with their gods, for a, hundred gods may be made in an hour or so and exchanged easily for ready money. The people of tho Tosnque penblo are not a bad sort. They live in com paratively well-made houses, mostly of adobe clay. If you say "Good day" to them in Spanish they will repeat your greeting; if yon remark to a gray old buck, "Hello !" ho and his lit tle ones will cry out, "Hello, boy! Hello, boy 1" There is no sense in being bashful when surrounded by the squaws. They certainly are not. Tho majority of them have no reason to be so ; their on,l nrrliness are sufficient protec tion. But among the women are to be found four or nve very preivjr . . t t .wn These young lames are irom to sixteen years of age. They are not toil Vint thir tiirures are srood, and they are as bright and as pretty as any of the darlings oi new j.or, ri.ii.i..i.,l.ia n, Ttalt imore. It is true i iiimvibiuiH v. thaw U1k tAO ifiAfl brunettes, but then some men prefer brunettes. Their features are regular, their eyes bright and flashing, aud never dazed and heavy-looking from too much danoing or too many cups of tea. Their teeth are white and regular and there are not half a dozen chunks rW m. 1 tin ,1 Rilver scattered about among them. The girls do not lounge about in hammocks or read novels all day long. They get out and viiuli ahnnt and ulav with their ...tu.. ii Vioin them at work, and if UlUlU&tD - they don't like what is said to them floor the young meu wivu bu"u right-hander from the shoulder. It is difficult, in fact impossible, to get the Indians to talk about their gods, their religion aud their tradi tions aud superstitious, unless one lives a great time among them. Several gentlemen, in tho interest of science, haved lived among tho Indians, but ae they say very little in their writings about the superstitious beliefs and tho gods of tho ludians, tho chances are that tho Indians managed to keep their secrets to themselves. It is no! pleasant to live among tho Indians. There are very few Indians to b found in the larger towns and cities of New Mexico aud Arizona ; they prefer to keep to themselves. They live in their pueblos or villages in the houses which wore probably built huudreds of years ago. The Indians have changed but little in the few huudreds of years suico the Spanish conquests. Their pueblos are built on almost tho same stylo as those found by Oortoz. Their habits have changed very little. Tho ludians speak but littlo of any thing but a patois tif Spanish. Their women are not fond of overmuch dressing. They work pretty hard, much harder than the lower class of Mexicans, whom they despise aud look down upon with contempt. They farm and make very good pot tery, and shoot and sell their furs and carry wood in turn to the towns, where they sell it or exchauKO it for the necessaries of life. As in olden times, land is held in common, and there are chiefs, just as of old, who govern the pueblos. Each pueblo is like a littlo republic of itself, and it is very seldom that au Indian malefactor ever gets into the outside courts. Tho punishment meted out to wrong-doers by tho heads of the family iu the pueblo is generally just, aud one rarely or never hears of family mat ters beiug taken before the white men for adjustment. Tho people, on all subjects but their religion, talk freely and pleas antly to strangers, and haven't tho least objection to a man's walking all over the pueblo. The women aud children follow the visitor aroiAid, aud when he leaves hurrah for hiin uud wave their hands at him until he is lost to sight. New York Sun. Small Boy (to grocei) "If you please, Mr. Wellby, my mother wants to know if you will give her an al manac?" Grocer (leaning over Iho couuter) "liul, my hUlu man, jut mother docs not get her gnu-eric here." Small Hoy ' No, Mr. Wellby, but we borrow your wheelbarrow," Ttt-Dit. SCIENTIFIC AMD INDUSTRIAL. There are aluminum bath tubs. Incandescent lamps now sell for twenty-five cents apiece. More than 16,000 Hindoos have been inoculated for the prevention of cholera. Illinois physicians indorse tho theory that sun upots and smallpox are connected. The human skin is exactly liko that of a fish, as it is covered with minuto scales overlapping each other. Peach stones find ready sale to be used in manufacturing perfumes, flavoring extracts and prussic acid. Illinois University is to have a sum mer station for the natural history laboratory and tho study of aquatio fauna. Opticians say that the eye can de tect tho color produced by adding but ono-millioncth of a gramme of fuch sine to a glass of water. The projected Pan-American Rail way will be from six to ten thousand feet above sea level, and a good many long and expensive tunnels will be necessary. The largest passenger engine in tho United States belongs to the Cleve land, Columbus, Cincinnati and In dianapolis Railroad. Weight, sixty five tons. Zoologistsclaim that tho strength of tho lion in the fore limbs is only sixty nine per cent, of that of the tiger, and tho strength of tho hiud limbs sixty-five per cent. The cylinder head of a Connecticut locomotive blew ont while at full speed. The train's momentum carried it to the station, five miles away, without a pound of steam. It is said that Paris will bnild a tubular railway eight miles long for the exposition of 1900. It will be for passenger service and electricity will furnish the motive power. Josioh Hoopes, of Westchester, Penn., has been collecting American birds for forty years past, and now has carefully mounted what isbelieved to be one of the finest collections in the United States. It numbers 6l)0J specimens. As to where man first appeared it is beyond doubt that his earliest home was in southern Europe, or Asia, or North Africa. No earlier traces of him have been found than those found in the area that is now Engluud, France and Spain. Professor Otto Lugger, in charge of the Minnesota experimental station nt St. Anthony Park, Minn., has discov ered from numerous experiments that if the animal is healthy no rise in temperature will follow the injection of Koch's lymph, while, if afflicted with tuberculosis, even iu its incipient stagos, there is an instant rise in tem perature. In tests last year in the German town of Dessau it was shown that cook ing by wood and coal coBts a littlo more thon twice that done with gas. From experiments continued at Leip Bio for several years it is estimated that a consumption of 700 cubic feet of gas per mouth is sufficient for pre paring the ordinury food of & family of four persons. Dr. Koppen, of Hamburg, has com municated to tho Lnited states ny.lro graphic office his method for calming the waves about a snip in times o; storm. He recommends tho use oi soap suds. G. W. Leutchales, assistant United States hydrographer, says that it is the particles of air uu derneath the water which result in tho formation of waves. He also recommends soap suds for preventing the growth of waves. The Delicious Maraenju-). Have you ever eaten maraeiijus? If not, I advise you to make the experi ment as soon as may be. I had never seen them till the other night, when I was diniug out, aud noticed what at first I thought were oranges nestling on the dish beneath glorious bunches of purple and green grapes. The fruit was arranged on low silver epeiyues and mingled with flowers, as is now often the case. I soon, however, dis covered that tho skin of the fruit ns well as tho shape were quite dis similar to that of an orange, the ex terior being shiny and "papery," aud the size and shape resembling that id a very largo Victoria plum. I found that maracuja was auother name for tho fruit of tho passion flower, and as soou as 1 had been tol I this I recollected that even iu England tho shape and color of our owu passion flower fruit is exactly similar, though it becomes no larger than a good-sized damson. Those to which I was introduced the other evening eniao from Jamaica and the south of Maderia, and were obtained at a West End fruiterer's. It requires a littlo pluck to eat them, as the interior is rather a shock. The fruit is like a collection of dark gray seeds iu silver-colored gelatinous syrup, and does not look appetizing, but the flavor is .delicious, resembling a most beautiful hothoiwo melon. If maraeujas wero better known, I am sure they would be a favorite addition to our dessert. London Geutlewouiuii. Tho Phantom City ol (ilaeier Hay. During the past eight or ten years a curious phenomenon has been regu larly observed at Glacier Bay, Alaska. Jt always occurs immediately after the full moon of Juuo aud at no other time during the year, aud is Baid to bo a beautiful mirage of some unknown city suspended in tha raritied air directly over the bay. A. Juneau (Alaska) photographer has taken pic tures of it on four difleivut occasions, but so far no one ha.i been able t identify a simple- one of tltu yhostiy buildings outlined, yu 1-'" phitoi. --St, iivUi l'.epuMio, DEVELOPMENT r, people change ; we did, yon know Last August, just a year ago, You wore red popplos In your hair That night at Drown's ; I called yon fair, And yon were pleased I thought yon so. The nraste, throbbing toft and low, ; Seemed filled with joy or was it woe? I could not tell, for you were there Yes, people chano. To-night your gown's like drifted snow i The wedding-march peals softly, slow t For Tom a bridal wreath you wear, , And I some way I do not care. I should have cared a year ago Yes, people change. Helen Nlcolay, In tho Century. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Experience tries to teach some very slow pupils. Puck. Fogg refers to his glasses as an over sight. Boston Transcript. If advice cost anything we would all spend money to get it. Atchison Globe. Gossip is talk about other people 8 affairs which are none of our business. Truth. It is hard to be gratoful to tho man who fought your battlo for you and got licked. Sittings. Necessity may be the mother of in vention ; but, more often than not, she is ohildless. Puck. It is useful, often, to hold your tongue ; but far more bo to know how to hold your pen. Puck. Teacher -"What is it, Harry, that stings liko an adder?" Harry "Tho end of a leather strap." Truth. "You've the advantage of me, sir," said Pompuf, loftily. "Naturally, as . I'm not you," replied Seous. Puck. . "Delay is dungerous, " remarked the train-robber, as he requested the pass engers to hand over their valunbles. Puck. Waiter "What kind of fish will you have, Bir, bluofishor whitetieh?" Guest "I don't care; I'm colorblind." Hallo. "Does Flagson practice what ho preaches?" Great Caesar 1 No; ho never gets through preaching." luter Ocean. When it transpires that a speaker has only one idea his audience is always anxious for him to carry it out. Dallas News. Jillson says he has noticed that when a discreet man goes to the pawn broker's he generally puts up and shuts up. Buffalo Courier. Her tast'W were so expensive, Bo inclined to prices steep, She was uniformly sllont From the fact that talk is cheap. Puck. "I fear," sadly said the postage stamp, when it found itself fastened to a love-letter, "that I am not sticking to facts." Indianapolis Jour nal. Teacher "I don't suppose any one of tho littlo boys here has ever seen a whale." Boy (at tho foot of the class "No. sir, but I've felt one. "Brook lyn Life. Irate German (to stranger who has stepped on his toe) "Mine frent, I know mine feet vas meant to be valked on, but dot brivilege pelongd to me." - Tit-Bits. Yager "I made one ringing speech in my life, anyway." Chorus (de risively) "Where, when?'" Yager "The night I proposed to Mrs. Yager." Buffalo Courier. Lady (in a book store) "Can you tell mo where Packer Institute is?" Clerk (trying to think) "I'm not sure, madam, but I should say it was in Chicago." Detroit Free Press. If men were true to their first lovo, as stage heroes, novels and women de maud that they should be, every man would marry the cook who made him little cakes when he was a boy. Atchi son Globe. First Samoan Belle "What horriblo instincts those Christian women must have." Second SamoanBelle "Why, dear?" "I am told that they actually wear live lizards for ornaments. " Indianapolis Journal. Ambitious Young Person "What do you thiuk is the first step one should take iu order to becomea poet?" Experienced Editor (thoughtfully) "Well, 1 should say take out a life in surance policy. " Souiervillo Journal. 'The next own I shall issue," said tho ladies' tailor, "will bethe triumph of the century." "Indeed," said his humble assistant. "Yes, indeed. It will bo impossible to tell Irom its shape that there is a woman iu it at all." Indianapolis Journal. If you would know the difference in the speed of the shooting star aud tho canal mule, quietly observe a man iu the act of taking niouey from a debtor aud tbrustiug it into his pocket ; and then watch him us he tukes a dollar from his pocket to shower upon a creditor. l'uck. . Pendragou "Hello, Wordleigh, vou're lookiug way up. Where'd you get you're good clothes?" Wordleigh "Oh, I'm doiug finely. Getting rich. Peudragon "Whj, how's that? Tho last time I saw you you lookid like a tramp, and complaiued that you couldn't get an article accepted." Wordleigh "Oh, yes; but now I'm readiug a series of unpublished manu scripts before tho Bellamy Literary Club." Brooklyn Life. "Look here, I have come to the con clusion that it is all humbug with your vegetarian principles. The other eveuing I was at a vegetarian club and, true as I am ulive, most of the mem bers present wero actually gorging themselves with beefsteaks!" "That is easily explained. Any member ar riving late on a club night is com pelled to eat a beefsteak by way of punishment ; au 1 yet, strange to s;iy, jnuuy of our members uluys umLo a point u being late,"-, SjJUWVOj;eL
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