.. tB FOBLSl REPUBLICAN Is DUk tiny W.4T, , J. E. WENK. Offlo la BaWbnb Co.1. BuUdinj WAX IS Of AOVr JtTISIROi On. Sqnar, on. inota, on. limn tim. ,1 I ft On. -quara, on. inh, one m nth. ... I 00 On. Square, on. inch, ttiree months. . 00 On. ."quara, on. Inch, on ytar... .. 10 00 1 wo bqurs, on. yanr 18 OC Quarter Column, on. ywir 0 0C half Column, on. ymr MM) On. Column, on. jnr 100 Lcal advartiaamaots tn kiU par Um aarh Inaartkm. Uarnacf. and d.ath actio, gratia. All bill, lor yearly adT.rtin.rn.nt. oct11ii.ii quarterly. Temporary advertiasnKaai am b. paid in advance Job work ash oa dal'.rary. For CAN, Tarma, . . 139 porYoar. "nntry. N.MtletWl lli. irS!.!! VOL. XXVIT. NO. 15. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1. 1894. S1.00 PER ANNUM. REPUBLI The marriage rate in England is lower at present thnn ever before, A geographical expert estimatos the fertile portion of the earth' surface at 20,200,200 square miles and the barren region nt 22,900,00 square miles, Russia is the only country from which there has beon an increased im migration into the United States dur ing the last ton months, notes the Rochester Post-ExpreRs. Our trade with the Hawaiian Isl ands twenty years ago amounted to only f 1,631,580; but for the last fis cal year exports and imports were valued at nearly twelve million dol lars. Competent authority, even in Eu ropean countries, is unanimous in the ' view that the wild flowers of Amerioa are tho finest in tho world, yet, la ments the Detroit Free Frew, Ameri cana know practically nothing about them. The rrotestant population of all Europe is about 50,000,000, or equal to that of the United Slates; but while continental Europe has only about eight per cent, of ' the Sunday-schools of the world, tho United States has forty-nine per cent., or nearly one half. . Henry Labonchere says in London Truth: "The reading public maybe divided into three classes : Those who read and remember ; they are few. Those who read and forget ; they are many. Those who read little or noth ing, and they are most. The original ' writer of to-day belongs to the first class, and, it may bo said, he writes for the others." There has recently beon some dis pute as to the authorship of the song 'The Vacant Chair," which has been anng all over the world for nearly thirty years. The Watchman, of Bos ton, says it was written by the Hon. Henry 8. Washburn, in memory of Lieutenant J. William Grout, who was shot in tho retreat from Ball's Biufl. The song was first printed in tho Woroester (Mass.) Spy. According to the Glasgow (Scotland) News it appears that the latest statis tic issued by the German Imperial Health Department give to Berlin the honor of being the healthiest city in tho world. The death-rate is given as only 16.3 per 1000. The unhealtbiest city is Alexandria, whioh, despite its unvarying fine weather, its 300 foun tains and its soft sea breezes, has a death-rate of no less than 52.9 per 1000. Professor Biohard L. Garner is oer tainly an enthusiast in his investiga tion of the language of the simians. Speaking of his reoent visit to Africa, he said: "The world at large expects too 'much. ' People seem to insist jpon it as. their right that I should go to the gorilla country, spend a few months there, and return with a oompleto dictionary to the got ilia language. Why, if I were sure of learning eventhreo words a year, I would forsake friends and family, go to Africa and devote the rest of my life to a study that yielded such rich results in the present and promise J such im mense possibilities for the future." It is not only in Japan that incom petent doctors are punished for pro fessional failure resulting in tho loss of life of their patieuts, but in Bust-in also, where physicinus are hold simi larly responsible A well-known medi cal practitioner at 'St. Petersburg has just been sentenced to seven days' im prisonment, to a fine of 1000 rubles and to the payment of an annuity of 800 rubles to a lady who was injured by his unskilful treat niout. Russia is already lamentobly deficient as far as the number of its uiedioul men is con cerned, and this somewhat drastic punishment is soar only of a character to increase the popularity of tho pro fession. Captain Moore, of the sailing ship Mary Gibbs, tells a suggestive story of his lost voyage. He was from Boston to tho gold coast of Africa, and his Cargo consisted of New England rum. Oddly enough, he also took out as pas sengers tworomea missionaries, who had been sent out to exert a civilizing and Christiauiziug influence on these benigted people, The brigautine topped at thirteen ports to unload the cargo of rum, which was reoeivod with trild enthusiasm by the natives, while ttobody seemed to wank the mission aries. The latter s.etned discouraged, but nevertheless went stoutly to work to counteract the eflects of the rum. Before he coul 1 tell what suooesa they were having the Gibbs sailed for (lomO) AJmost seventy-flve per cent, of the men manning tho British mercantile marine are foreigners. Forty-four out of every hundred persons in the United States are agriculturists; fifty-six in Canada, forty-eight in France, seventeen in Germany and seven in England. Tho United States maintains in China one hundred and thirteen mis sionary stations, quite forgetting tho fact that China maintains, in Califor nia alone, forty heathen temples. Mark Twain asserts that there are less than fifty original jokes in exis tence, all the others being simply modifications of these. There are only seven notes of music, but we get a great variety of harmony out of them. Our tiade with Japan is falling off. In 1891 38.25 per cent, of the goods exported by that country came to tho United States; but in 1893 only 81.49 percent. In 1891 10.87 per cent, of all the goods bought by Japan came from this country ; but in 1893 only 6.91 per cent. A triumph of art over nature was illustrated rooently when a well-known English artist made a painting of some old beech trees in a Kent pasture, whioh he sold for 8100. The owner of the pasture sold his land and the trees together for 500, and called it a good sale at that. United States Consul Penfield, at Cairo, says that Egypt is aggressively comparing in a small way with us, not only in Europe, but at home, in sup plying raw cotton, and the consump tion of Egyptain cotton by New Eng land spindlers has grown from noth ing, ten years ago) to more than 60, 000 bales, and valued at $3,000,000. Within a few months Pekin will be united by wire with St. Petersburg, and, in consequence, with the tele graph system of the entire civilized world. ' According to the latest issue of the Turkestan Gazette, the telegraph line from Pekin has been brought as far west as the oity of Kashgar. The European end of the line is at Osh, and a small stretch of about 110 miles now alone breaks the direct telegraphic communication from the Atlantio to the Pacific. . The Secretary of the Interior has given up the experiments which the Government has been making for somj years past to indioe rain over arid tracts. The railroad companies opera ting in New Mexico and Arizona will, however, continue experiments along this line. Getting blood out of a turnip would not be a difficult opera tion if the plebian vegetable contained blood, and so artificial methods might precipitate moisture in the form of rain if there were any in the atmos phere, bnt there are plaoes where the air is as moistureless as a live fish in a lime basket, and neither powder nor dynamite can shake out of it what it doe not hold. The exhibition epidemic is raging the world over. Not only have all the capitals of Europe some kind of an in ternational show running this year, but very mauy of the smaller cities have an exhibition on their bands. The Unitod Exhibitions at Milan were opened on May 6. They comprise ten exhibitions, of fine arts, oils, wines, and other specialities. An Interna tional Sanitary and Health Exhibition is to be holtTin Boulogne from July to September next. An International Exhibition opens in Bucharest on August 26 and closes November. 12. And now Tasmania comes forward with an invitation to the world to partici pate in an International Exhibition at Hobart on November 15 next. The balauoe sheet of the Suez Oaual just issued cannot fail in the opinion of the New York Tribune to be most satisfactory to the " English nation, which, thanks to the foresight of Lord Beaoonsfleld, secured a controlling voice in the management of the prop erty. The aggegate of nearly 8,000, 000 tons of shipping that have passed through the oaual during the ftsqal year that has just closed exceeds even the most sanguine estimates of Ferdi nand de Losseps, and in view of the fact that the vast majority of the ves sels passing through the canal were of English register, there being nearly 3000 British ships as compared with 170 French, the British directors have done tho right aud graoeful thing iu moving for and securing a vote mak ing adequate and generous provision for the wife and family of the now moribund and completely ruined orig inator of this magnificeut enterprise, Ferdinand de Lessep. THK CLOVRB. Bonn, sing of the lily and daisy and kwi, And the panste. and pinks that the summer time throws In the green, grassy lap of the medder that lays, Bllnkln' up at the skins, through the sun shiny days ; But what Is th. Illy and all of the rest Of tb. flowers to a man with a heart In his breast. That has sipped, brlmmln' full of the honey and dew, Of the sweet clover blossoms his boyhood knew? I never set hevey on a clover Held now, Or fool round a stable or ellmb In a mow, But my ehlldhood comes back just as elear and as plain A the smell of the olover I'm snlmn' again j And I wander away, In a barefooted dream, Where I tangled my toes In the blossoms that gleam With the dew of the dawn of the morning of love, Kre It wept o'er the graves that I'm weeping above. And so I lovs elover. It seems like a part Of th. saoredest sorrows and Joys of my heart ; And whenever It blossoms, oh I there let me bow, And thank the good Lord as I'm thankln' Him now, And pray to Him still for the strength, when I die, To go out In the clover and tell It good-by, And lovingly nestle my face In Its bloom, While my soul slips away on a breath of perfume. James Wbltcomb Riley. MONTE BOB. BV GODFREY QCABXES. OBERT HARRIS was his right name, bnt in honor of his 1 g 1 calling we all called (7 1 K him "Monte Bob." I well remember his advent among tho citizens of Lone Horse Guloh. It was in '67, just after a rich find had made the heretofore isolated and lonely gulch famous in a day, and caused the eager gold-seekers to ponr in from all quarters. He was at that time very young. His fresh, boyish faoe had apparently never made the acquaintance of a razor. His blue eyes were round and laugh ing, and his mass of jet black hair, fine and soft as silk, would have been an enviable source of beauty to any woman. 'His figure was slight and youthful, and strongly suggestive of tho truant school boy. A single day served to make the newoomer a citizen of Lone Horse Guloh, and soon after his arrival "The Kid," wis he was called, on ao oonnt of his boyish ways, bis soft white hands and apparent inability to work, was known to the whole camp. Every 'one liked him; but when one night he won five thousand from one of Frisco's most noted sport ing men, and pocketed the money with careless indifference, his reputation was made ; pity was changed to ad miration ; Lone Horse Guloh was en thusiastic, and its citizens to a roan vied in doing honor to the new found hero. From that day forth he became a leading citizen, and the faro bank whioh he soon after set up was well patronized. Like many others, "Monte Bob" was very reticent in regard to his past history. He was frequently the re cipient of letters bearing an Eastern postmark. Some were direoted iu the weak, nervous hand peouliar to wo men of advancing years ; the rest in the round, graceful hand of a school girl. But it was a noticeable fact, vouched for by the postmaster, a gen tleman of unquestionable veracity, that "Monte Bob," though he always read them carefully, very seldom re plied to the letters received. But, as the postmaster had been a heavy loser at Bob's faro Dank, these state ments in regard to his neglect of his private oorrespondenoe were received with a marked grain of allowauce. Oa the other hand, the agent of the Wells, Fargo & Company express line, a gen tleman of equal standing in the com munity, asserted that "Monte Bob" often sent large sums of money to a certain Mrs. John Harris in the East. This statement was made before a crowd of citizens at the Eureka sa loon, where the testimony of the post master in regard to the domestic at f airs of "a well-known business man" were undergoing careful examination. The trusted agent of tho great exuress company was a warm admirer of the youthful gambler, and always con cluded this evidence of his hero's re deeming qualities by ssying : "And you may bet yer boots, he sends that thar money to his old mother back in the States; and ten to one he is the only galoot in this yer camp that does do it." And a large majority of the camp acquiesced iu this opinion. At an early period "Monte Bob" showed that he was a public minded citizen and deeply interested in the welfare of Loue Horse Gulch. When it was determined that the spiritual welfare of the town was sadly neglect ed and that a place of public worship was one of the prime needs, he was the first to head the building subscription with a handsome sum ; and when the young preacher fell sick of fever aud after a long sickness died, "Monto Bob" took upon himself the task of seeing that he was decently buried and that all the debts incurred by his sickness wer paid. Then in a quiet way he furnished the weak, frail widow means with whioh she reached tar friend in tho East, 7 r k And, again, when the dread scourge, smallpox, l4oke out in tho camp and scores of strong mon sickened and died, unmindful of danger, "Monte Bob" put to shame those who had fled in fear, by closing his bank and nurs ing those around him as tenderly and carefully as any woman. When the scourge died away and those who had flod came back, he returned onct. more to his fascinating calling and wos never heard to mention the good work he had done. Like many other mining town., in two short years Lone Horso Gulch saw its inception, its glory and its decay, One by one tho bars petered out. The dissatisfied miners were forced to seek newer and more paying fioldnof labor, and I lost sight of "Monte Bob." Five years had passed and I wan la boring on one of the well known Sac ramento dailies as city editor. In the hurry and rush of daily journalism tho old life at Lone Horse Gulch had long since become a thing of the past, when suddenly several things occurrld to bring it back, fresh and vivid, to mind ; for going to my duties at an early, hour one morning, I chanced to overtake my old friend "Monte Bob." Tho flight of time had loft its shadow npon him, and he was changed. A heavy moustache coveted the smooth lip. The rakish high hat had been dis carded, the shiny suit of broad cloth had been supplemented by a plain business suit, and the dazzling dia mond had disappeared. Ho was tiller, his shoulders broader and his step firmer than when last we met. The dashing, reckless gambler of five years before was gone, and his place had been taken by a quiet, earnest man. He knew me, and by the hearty, cor dial pressure of his hand, I knew was glad to meet me. He talked freely of the old life at the Gulch, aud of those who had been our companions there. We chatted for a few moments and then I left him at the door of a well knewn business house with an invita tion to come and see me. That very af ternoon I learned from another old citizen of the Guloh that he had long siuoe abandoned the life of a gambler, and was now and had been for two years working as a bookkeeper. And let me say that my informant was none other than "Monte Bob's" warm friend, the old-time express agent at the Guloh. I also had it from that gentleman, thvt a larger portion of the young man's wages was regular sent to his mother and sister in the East. " Contrary to my expectation, Bob availed himself of the iuvitation I had extended to him, and soon after spent an evening with mo in my oosy bach elor apartments. I found him an in telligent aud pleasant companion. Besides reading much he had been a shrewd observer of men ; aud in the flow of conversation the evening slipped away before we were awaie of it. When he arose to go it had been arranged that he should spend an evening of every week with me. In the months that followed our acquain tance ripened into friendship; from friends we became confidants, and ere long I knew the history of his past life. His father had died when he was a mere boy, leaving him to the care of an uncle. Until twenty his life was passed at his uncle's house and at school. Lacking the kind, watchful oare of a father and deprived by cir cumstances of the loving thoughtful neBs of a mother, he had been led astray by the influences which sur round the youth of a great city. In the course of time he became heavily indebted to a gambler, and fearing exposure, he had forged his uncle's check to the amount of several hun dred dollars, hoping to replace the money ere his unole should learn what he had done. This he failed to do and when his crime became known, ho was foroed to flee the. oouutry to save himself from a felon's cell. By his mother he was given money to aid him in his flight, and had oomo to California. . Made reckless and des perate, he had first adopted tho gam ing table as a means of support, anj with what success I well knew. Tho money given him by his mother and that taken from his uncle had been promptly retured. He had also paid for the education of his young Bister and enabled his mother, who has lost most of her property, to live in com fort. Her love had always followed him, and through her entreaties and the promptings of his own better self he had given up drink and abandoned the gaming table. He was working hard ; had won tho confidence of his "employers ; was re ceiving a fair salary and by frugal liv ing was constantly saviug money. Two years had passed since we had become fast friends, and Bob was now the confidential clerk of his firm, and the prospect of his becoming a part ner was not far distant. There re mained nothing for him to do but to bring his loved ones to California aud there make them a home. This ho determined to do, and when his sister wrote hiin that his mother's health was failing and that she had but a few years to live, he redoubled his exer tions, hoping that the pure nil- and suuuy skies of California would win back the health of the invalid. His salary had been increased and he was self-sacrificing iu his efforts to save; but, notwithstanding these facts, mouths, perhaps a year, would have to pass before ho could have his dear ones with him. . But iu the meantime fickle fortune was preparing to do in a few days what the hard work of years could nut have accomplished. My friend and I both held stock in the 'Tuolumne Mining Company," whose veins of ore ha I lou Miuoe played out an t been abandoned as worthless. The fctock was not even .worth the paper ou whiuU it was printed, aud the world had forgotten that nuifh a company had ever existed. But the original proprietor of tho com pany was one of ft class of mon to whom many a wealthy man of to-day owes his sudden rise to riches and affluence. He had energy and perse verance and nnbonnded faith in the possibilities of his claim, and kept working away long after his fellow stockholders, having wasted their money, had given up in disgust. At last tho labor of years had been rewarded, and he had struck a vein of ore so rich in quality and capacity that the stock whioh had long been valueless leaped at onoe to par and began steadly climbing. The papers were filled with accounts of the rich find, and the Stock Exchange was crowded with eager, excited men, anxious to buy the long-neglected stocks. Daily we eagerly scanned the reports and noted the rapid rise of Tuolumne Mining Company's stock. At last when it paused and stood still at seventy five above par we sold and found ourselves each seventy-five thousand dollars richer than we had been one month before. Bob seemod but little elated by his sudden rise to wealth and only thought of the happi ness it would bring to those whom he loved. The modest little oottage whioh he had rented was given up and a handsome mansion purchased and fitted up with the utmost oare. Then he wrote for his mother and sister to join him. A month later they came, and no happier group could have been found in all the Wert than tho four who Bat down together on the night of their arrival. Many years have flown sinoo the "Tuolumne Mining Company" made its president and stockholders rioh in a single day. Loving care and most skillful medical aid could not win back the health of the good old moth er and she long sinoe passed to her home above. Robert Harris is a man well known in tho business circles of S.ierainento. His hair is now gray, and pretty, bright-eyed children Climb upon his knte and call him "papa." Tho friendship began in Lone Horse Gulch so many years ago has not diminished, bnt has grown stronger with the flight of years; for the lady who sits opposite to me while I write and whom I call wife, is "Monte Bob's" sister. Birds at the Pole. In the countries bordering on the Polar seas, where the changing seasons bring alternately the two extremes of dearth and plenty, birds are more numerous in the short summer than anywhere else all the world over, and in winter absent altogether. All are emigrants t .ere by force of circum stances. In like manner the birds of temperate climates are affected by tho seasonal changes, though in a less de gree, ' through the influence of cold and heat .upon their food supplies rather than by effect of cold npon their well-protected bodies. A coat of mail is not to be oompared to a coat of feathers for safety, so far as a bird's lifo is oonoerned. Layer upon layer of feather can withstand any amount of water or any degree of cold ; in proof of this see how the delioate tern, after wintering in com paratively mild weather, go back to the ice floes of the Polar Sua and lay their eggs on the' ice. For two or three weeks the tender breast of the sea swallow is pressed against a oold block of ice. Again, as another ex ample of the iufluenoe of food rather than climate in governing bird action, take tho colony of beccafloos. The beccaAoo is a Mediterranean bird common on the sovfthern shores of Spain and Italy, in the Grecian Islands, Sicily and Malta, and on the northern shores of Africa. Formerly it was quite unknown in the British Isles, but some years ago a large orchard of fig trees was planted near Brighton, and the beooafloos have dis covered the fact and come over to sharo the spoil. Doubtless the nightingales told thorn the story of English Uga and showed them the way over. Be this as it may, the little birds from the warm shores of the Mediterranean bid fair to beoorae es tablished as naturalized British tub jeots. --Liitell's Living Age. Goatsklus or - Sealskins. It is said that sealskins are going out of fashion, and perhaps the United States are going to a great deal of unnecessary trouble and expense in guarding the preserves of the sealskin monopoly in BcringSna. Certain it is that last winter a great mauy of the fashionables of Europe, who formerly never appeared out of doors in cool weather unless arrayed iu sealskins, appeared iu other furs, notably the skins of the thibetau goat, which is a a very handsome fur. It is hinted that the parsimony of the North Amer ican Commercial Company is largely to blame for this fact. While the Alaska Commercial Company Con trolled the output of Beriug Sea, it was accustomed, it is said, to make its wares popular by making sure that the royalties of Europe, the opera queens and other people, who Bet the fashions, had sealskin saoques aud ovorooat of the finest skins aud latest cut, and all for nothing. The past year, under the preseut management, the free list was entirely suspended, aud it is assorted that uot a single complimentary jacket was received at the Court of St. James. Ladies of fashion waited in vaiu for their cus tomary tip, and in revungo for the neglect proceeded to array themselves iu goat aud other furs. It seems rath er hard to have to give expensive (are to the people who ate best able to pay for them. But it is the way, the world over. Those best able to pay are the nues that tlo uot have to. New Orleans Piuayuue. The mining regions of California cover a belt of country about 22 I mile long by troui forty (o 10" wjde. THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS. nrnSRESTTNO FACTS about THIS PESTIFEROUS INSECT. How He Grows and Spreads Over tho Country Insect Knemles of tho Locust. IT is only within the last twenty years that the loenst has attract ed much attention by its ravages. Loonsts had several times been known to do damage to vegetation in Manitoba and Minnesota as early as 1819, when they are said to have been very numerous. Indians speak of hav ing seen them flying in great swarms in tho air, but as there were no culti vated fields for them to destroy, they wero thought nothing of. There is no I account of their doing much damage oeiore 101. wnetner swarms oi th'tse insects visited those districts as often prior to their settlement as they have sinoe, it ia not easy to ascertain. The breeding places of the locusts in the West have been arid plains ele vated above the surrounding country, where tho wind is brisk; they are treeless and without rank vegetation. When tho insects migrate from tho West to the East, as they have been doing lately, they find no such plains, bnt they seem to have a faculty of adapting themselves to their sur roundings. Dampness spoils the eggs ao they will not hatch. The general opinion is that as soon as these lands are settled and cultivated and trees planted, whioh will not be many years hence, the locust will be greatly di minished, if not driven entirely from our Western States. Eggs laid in June often hatch in Jnly, bnt the time required varios greatly in different latitudes, at various altitudes, and at different times of the year. The young, after hatching, require from forty o sixty days in whioh to mature, varying, of course, according to the state of the weather, the abundance of food, and also their vigor. Soon after hatching the little fellows begin traveling in search of food, as they are generally hatched on grounds partially bare. In a very Bhort time they moult or shed their skin, which operation is performed four more times in most cases before arriving at matu rity. The larva quits feeding and beoomea dejected and drowsy, creeps to soma sheltered nook and there lingers for a time, when the skin of its bead and thorax cracks and it wriggles itself out, a soft and tender looking hopper. Soon, however, the tender limbs and body become dry and rigid, and the locust is again in trim for its raids. Its appetite is now very keen from its late fasting, and it devours everything in its way that is eatable. The prinoipal change from the larval to the adult locust is the acquisition of wings. The wings are developed as folds of the integument and strength ened by hollow rods called "veins." There are in the veins of most in sects fix main veins. These usually contain an air tube and a nerve. The arterial blood flows through them, so that the wings of insects act as lungi as well as organs of flight. As soon as the wings of the loenst are fully de veloped it leaps into the air, unfolds its hitherto-untried members and takes a ehort flight. Each one does this for himself. Then soon, when there is a brisk breeze blowing, great numbers with one accord spring into the air and begin rising in a circling manner until they have attained a sufficient altitude, when they permit the wind to carry them along. They do not fly but float on tho breeze, with their faoe to the wind. When hungry they oome down and feed and then are off again. This con tinues until near the time for deposit ing their eggs. Jt is evident that tho enormous powers of flight possessed by tho locust, especially its faculty of sailing for many hours in the air, is duo to the presence of a great number of air sacs. It will be seen that, once hav ing taken flight, tho locust can buoy itself up in the air, constantly filling aud refilling its internal balloons with out any muscular exertion, and thus be borne along by favorable winds to its destination. The number of euemies of this dreuded pest is "legion." Professor Sam Aughy says that during a period of twelve years, he disseotod 630 birds of ninety different species, all show ing their great fondness for the locust as food. Not only wild birds, but all kinds of poultry eat them with avidity. Even squirrels, mice, chipmunks, weazles, skunks and larger animals devour them in great numbers. All reptiles and fishes do a great deal to ward lessening the numbers of this as well as other injurious insects. How ever great is the destruction of locusts by these animals which wo cauuotseef it is carried on iu a much larger scale by insect parasites which we do not notice. These aro very numerous in speoies ami individuals. Soiuo of them confine their attacks exclusively to the eggs ; others to tho young ; and still others only destroy tho mature locust. The looust also hag internal para sites, whioh do much toward dimin ishing this dreaded pest. In view of all the enemies, includ ing man, this poor insect has, it is truly surprising that a siugle one at tains maturity. Nw York Suu. Tho Custom House receipts in Guat emala amounted during the year 1803 to S 1, 3 ) 1 ,H 1 (S. The tax ou the expor tation of coffee produced 11,196,807, which gives a total for all resources from the Custom House, exports and imports included, of nearly $5,500, 000. There are nine Vale men. in the House of Representatives and, four in the. United States Senate. THK FELLOWS MOTHER. If he knows It all, as some chaps do, And thinks he's smart, and says so, too, Who holds the same erroneous vlewf The fellow's mother. If he's narrow-chested, weak at kneee, And soft of muscle, tell us please. Who thinks he's a modern Hercules? The fellow's mother. If, in the eyes of woman dear, He fondly thinks he has no peer, Who entertains the same Idea? Th. fellow's mother. If the life he leads Is fast and gay, And if weak his morals, tell us, pray, Who's last to think he's not O Kl The fellow's mother. If, perchanoe, a time comes when He's sick and friendless, tell us men, Who hurries to his bedside thenr Ths fellow's mother. If, later on, he should be found Watering with tears a graxty mound. Who'll slumber there In the quiet ground? The fellow's mother. Joseph Banister, In Raymond's Monthly. HUMOtt OP THE DAT. A lean dog generally growls the most. Ram's Horn. Those who serve friends never lack employment. Judge. Beats the world The impecunious tramp. Texas Sif tings. When a man hears of distress, he longs to give advice. Atchison Globe. A Boston woman speaks of a dirt wagon as a "real estate- conveyance." Statesman. It is strange, but true, that oold cash always burns in the spendthrift's pockets. Truth. Mamma "Mamie, don't 1" Mamie "Oh, please don't make mo don't, mamma I" Judge. The less people know about each other, the politer they are to each other. Atchison Globe. Missed his calling The fellow who was forgotten by tho hotel olerk. Dansville (N. Y.) Breeze. The fool has one great advantage. He never lets his better judgment get away with him. Galveston News. I always know when eomp'ny's here, I ean tell It any day ; Tor papa then calls mamma "dear," And never calls her "say." Dotrolt Tribune. , "Yes," remarked the egg; "my the. atrical venture was a success. I vrs cast for the villain and made a great hit." Truth. Farmer "Now, what do vou s'poss that man's a yellin at?" Son "fls appears, father, to be yellin' at the top of his voice." Judge. - As a supreme test of the bullet-proof cloth it is suggested that it be made into seats and knees of trousers for mall boys. Kansas City Journal. Little Girl (to her mamma) "What is a dead letter, please?" Mamma "One that hoe been given to your father to post." Jewish Messenger, Though ambuscades have passed away Along with tliing9 of bygone date, It is a fact that-e'en to-day The fisherman dot j lie in weight. Uuffalo Courier. As soon as a man makes a little money it (s discovered that his wife is qualified by birth aud education to . shine in the best sooiety. Atchison Globe. There is nothing that gives one such an idea of the importance of an old saw as the fact that it sometimes per versely works just the other way. Truth. He "Well, for my part Hike a pic ture that tells a story." She "Mrs. Witherby's portrait ought to suit you, then. It makes her positively hand some." Harlem Life. Fond youth, though sunnier bids youshlrk, For piouiea ue'er forsake your work, Close to your offle. duties olins? Don't undertake to push a swiuir. Washington Star. English Visitor "What are the dis eases peouliar to yer H'uiericao youth?" Yankee "Croup, measles, chicken-pox, huppin cough an' love." Cleveland Plain Dealer. If people would exercise the same ingenuity in paying a debt that they do in contracting one, interest rates would be lower than they are now. American Investments. There is no peu powerful enough to desoribe the feelings of a man on the oooasion when for the first time he goes out walking with his first wife, wearing his first plug hat. Truth. Mrs. Newlywed "Aud do you al ways trust your husband implicitly?" Mrs. Experience (enthusiastically) "Indeed I do that is to say, oi course, to a certain extent." Uonit Journal. "I don't mind a woman beiu' neat," said old Mrs. Jason, "but one woman used to know was )ist a little too for any use. Why, that there woman used to take a couple ot gold fish she had out of their tank every Saturday night and give 'em a bath." Indianapolis Journal. Some day a great genius will develop. He will iuvent a double-barreled alarm olook that will go off a second time after any desired iutervaL After the first rude half awakening a mau cuu enjoy the best part of auy night's sleep that of nut haviug to got up right away iu the serene half-oouscious confidence of haviug a sure thing of not oversleeping himself. Puck. "Carat in the Jewelers' Languaite. Twenty-four carat gold ia all gold; twenty-two carat gold has twenty-two) parts gold, one ot silver aud one of copper; eighteen oarat gold has eight een paria ot pure gold aud three parts each of silver an I copper iu its com position ; twelve carat gold is half gold, the remainder belli made up of 3; parts of silver aud til parts of copper, it, Louis Republic,
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