RATI8 OF ADVERTISIHOl On Bqwr, on I Boh, on Iraartlaa. . t ft On Sqaar, on Inch, on month... 9 69 On Bqaaro, on inoh, tbr montlu. . 9 CO On Hquar, on Inch, on ;r.. .. 109 Two Bqur on year. . . , IS 00 Quarter Column, aa tmt. ..., 00 0C Half Column, on yr 00 On. Column, on. Jr. -. . ... ...... 11010 Laical klTtiMnwita ttr eaate par B" eh buartkm. HORE EPTJBLICAN Mania and nth notion graSM. IU nVwrlpifm nfln It t (tarUr mnioi thr months. OorrapoiKlmca ioHcHcS ttm iM auta f the ennntnr. N. atic wul k lua luninugi wmuiunlcatlou, ' All bills for yearly arsrtianni i qoartxrlr. Temporary adverUtaawaM I it paid In advanoa. Job work oaah on daltvary. VOL. XXVIT. NO. 27. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24, 1894. S1.00 PER ANNUM. THE FOREST REPUBLICAN fa nblXh.4 Ti7 WtdaeuU;, ftj J. E. WENK. Offlot In Bmaarbangh A Co.'a Bulldlus tM fTREKT, TIONKSTA, Fa, Trma, . . il.to prTr. i "V :st r Parisian policemen nro being mount ed on bicyelcs. The polico officials nro bonnd to get thieves on tho run, comments tho Hartford Journal. In tlio opinion of an expert tbo nnb Btitution of tho Itnlinn for tho Irish man and tho Oermnu in laboring cir--chas is the prirao oauso of tho falling off in siinstroKp. Thero aro ubont 08,000 postofficos in tho United Stales. About 07,000 of them do not pay their running ex poiincR. Tho profit of tho New York postoflioo is 81,000,000 a year. Tho Jopnnoso nro now making ten nis rackets, and boiuo of them, tho New York Lodger learns, aro imported to tho United States. Tho workman ship ii unoomtnouly fiuo, and all tho materials look dnrablo. Eiiropoans in Japuu Lave long played tenuis, and the gamo originated a good donl nearer . Japan than Europe It was tho Bad minton brought to England by East Indian travelers. Tho nnt'onal guardsmen of Now York will hereafter bo prosonted by tho State with a haudsorao modal for long sorvioo. Theso modale aro to bo presented for a ecrvioo of thirty, twenty-flvo, twenty, fifteen and ton yoars, and aro dosiguod to bo manu factured of eighteen karat solid gold, flold and silver, silver and bronzo, and broD7.o, according to tho incrcosod years of nervico. Thero is no differ enco ia tho design, excopt that tho modal for thirty years is set with brilliant. ' Iloat holidays havo now been estab lished by law in tho publio schools of Switzerland, and, in tho opinion of tho New York Tribune, our education al authorities might do worse than tnko a hint from this enterprising and progressive little republic, which for .centuries has been famed for its en lightenment and coramon-souso. Rec ognizing tho well known fact that tho brain cannot work properly when tho Lout is excessive, tho childron are dis missed from their tasks whenever tho thermometer goes abovo a cortain point. Wero this sonsiblo regulation to bo adopted in this country stops would havo to bo taken to safeguard tho thermometers from being nefari ously doctored by tho euterprisiug American schoolboy. Dr. Erwin F. Smith, of tho depart ment of agriculture, described to tho American Association for tho Advance ment of Soionco tho other day an im portant discovery that ho hag mado of a post which has boen giving groat and increasing trouble to tho watermelon raisers of tho South. It is a fungus growth, which attaoks tho viues nnder tho ground, epeodily stopping np tho minute water ducts of tho plant, and causing it to wither away. Ho asserts that this yoar tho South has lost many thousands of dollars' worth of mulons through tho ravages of this disoaso. Dr. Smith does not suggest any remedy for tho disease, but he thinks that a pood deal might bo done for its exter mination by burning the old vines. He thinks that many farmer! are re sponsible for its spread, as they aro accustomed to gather up the old vines, and allow them to rot on their com post hoaps for munurc. Tho Russian thistle, thnt has created bo much disturbauco in the Dakota? as to causa a bill to bo introduced in Congress appropriating money for its eradication, has mado its nppenranco in Illinois, states tho Chicago Reoord, and tho farmers are called upon to do their utmost to eradicate the import ed pest. Tho worst feature of tho weed is tho great rapidity with which its spreads over vast areas of territory, tho scud being easily scattered by tho wind. It is not a hard wood to deal with if taken in time, for it is an au nual plant, and if out before seeding tho lat half of August it is eHoctu- nlly destroyed. It is not so difficult a weed to deal with as tho Canada thiElle, whioh somas to tbrivo by ro pca'.cd cutting. If tho Russian this tle has secured a foothold in this State, it is very likely to eproad fast and far. Olico established in tho highways and r.long railroad tracks, all attempts to dislodge it will be of littlo avail. The country highway Beom3 to bo devoted to tho propagation of nox ious wotd.", vhilo tho right of way of a railroad company is not kept with much idea of killing weeds. Tho Rus sian thistle is eagerly eaten by Bhecp, and, if cut when young, ia likod by cattle. It is not a worse pest on a farm than tho ox-eye daisy. But tho farmers of Illinois have enough to contend with without tha Russian thistle being added to their burdens, ttiid self-interest should prompt tboru to a vigorous warfare against this new ly arrived foreigner. TWO sonos IT AtfD AWAY I TUB Wnll!f!Nt. Tldo's at full ; tho wnvo breaks white (Oh, up nml awnjr la tho morning) 1 Mao Is tho blown grass, rod Is the bolght ; Wash with the sun tho sail shines white (Ob, up and away In the morning), YVldo Is the world In tho laughing sua (Oht up ami away In the morning). Work' to be done and woalth's to bo won Ere a man turn home with the homing sun (Oh, up and away In the morning). Long Is tho heart's hopa, long as tho day (Oh, up and sway In tho morning). ITonrt hath Its will and hand hath its way Till tho world rolls over and onds tho day (Oh, up and away In tho morning). It's home that wo toll for all dny long (Oh, up and away la tho morning). Hand on tho lino and buart In tho son?, Tho labor of lovo will not soom long (Ob, up and nway In tho morning). home, noME in Tns evekixo. When the crows fly In from soa (Oh, home, home la tho evening), My love In his bout comes back to ms, Over the tumbling leagues of ?a (Ob, homo, home In tho ovontng),' And when tho sun drops over tho hill (Oh, homo, homo in tho eronlng), My bnppy oyos tboy tnko tholr All Of watonlng my lovo as ho ollmbg tho hill (Oh, borne, homo In tho evening). And when the dow falls over the lanl (Ob, home, homo In the evonlng), I bold In my hand bis dearest bund, Tho happiest woman In all tho lan J (Ob, homo, borne In tho evening). All day she sang by tho collage door (Oh, homo, homo In tho evening) ; At sundown came bis boat to tho shore But bo to tho hoarthsldo comes no moro, Home, home In tho evening. Charles O. D. Itoberts, In tho Century. KITTY'S ADVENTURE. OOD-BY, donr." "A sufo journey and a pleasant one. Tho train began to move. Miss Kitty Belwhistlo distributed a faro woll series of nods and smilos. Sho felt quite fond of tbo Chol mondoloys, now that sho was leav ing them. Thoy vprtl nnrrv tn lnan "SV'Jn their guest un.' doubtedly. Their brother sorrowed also, but not as ono without hope. Business of a pressing nnturo was likely to take him up to Loudon in tho course of a week or bo. Kitty, experienced hand that sho was, had not spent three weeks nt Northwitch Grango for nothing. Tho understanding between herself and tho heir of tho Northwich acres was pretty definite, that young gentleman llattered himself, inoy were almost, if not exaotly, engaged. Kitty had mado tho usual etipnla tion. If, within tho space of twelve months from date, ubo met somebody else eho liked better than dear Ohub- biugton, all that had passed between thorn was henceforth to be regarded as on idle dream. If on tho other hand, sho did not, then- Kitty pulled up tho window nnd sank back into her comfortablo corner Beat. Tho first-class compartment contained no other passenger than tho charming young iudy in tho sealskin coat and crimson-leatnerod toque wuo consulted her complexion in the strip of looking glass before sho full to overhauling her bags and packages. Tho journey was tedious, and would bo certain to bo a cold ono upon this keen, frosty January day. But Kitty, who always was distin guished by admirable forethought in matters where her own well-being was concerned, had got all her littlo com forts around her. 'Eau do cologne? Yes, tho house maid put it in. How stupid of Parker to catch bronchitis! Of eourse, I was obliged to leave her buhiud. If I had insisted on her traveling sho would have beon sure to incur a fresh chill and die on mo out of spite. "If anything in the shapj of an ad venture could possibly present itsolf in the courso of the humdrum sovon hours' railway jonrnoy between Nor wich nnd Liverpool, I should bo in clined to wolcomo it, unless it camo in tho form of a railway smash. Ugh) Tho bare idea makes ono shudder. "Let mo just peep at tho luncheou basket. Tonguo and turkey sand wiches, bard-boiled eggs nnd onchovy ditto, abottlo of cold tea, half a pine and a bag of maocaroous. IVrhaps Chubby superintended tho arrange ment! Poor Chubby 1" And Kitty smiled a hcartloss littlo smile at the remembrance of Chubby's pink tinged noso and tearful eyes. Then she opened a brand now railway novel, "The Fang of tho Adder," and immersed herself in the most thrilling chapter of that electrical work : "Forked nnl lurid flashes ot llKhtnloR nbBonlly plnyod over tho uililulght awiro. A low ieal of t'uiuUer ruuiMod ovorhua 1 as ruulfn.i a galno.l tht ciiurouyurJ. hboreacho I Ilia louulv riBtln.f lilaoj of tlio ujuu whom her heart had worjlupo 1, tbo man whom hor re!t'.nt'es hau l had guMui to Ills torn, "Old ho but know It, Cliurringtou Chlm Win bitterly avenge 1. "A3 (ob& thkkonat In his muMoross's strangling throat urni sho sink forward amid tbo luutted and tangled k'rus-j wbut bupponedV ' A hai: J toucho 1 hor on tltashuuldor. A voice gutd Iw !(!)" "Kimpton, Kimpton I Changa 'ere for Curbury r.nd Walsing." Tho train f.lowe.1 and stopped, with a jerk. Kitty chut the book and let down tho window. Something darkened tho carriage door. A dark-faced, mustacbed, fur coated stranger got in hurriedly. Ho trampled on Miss Bel whistle's toes and apologized floridly. His tone offended her cars ; tho perf nine which exhaled from his garments offended a still moro sensitive perception. Ho tromp'od on Kitty s toos again so ho receivod into his arms a hoavy bundle, tho helpless figure of another man, and deposited it in a further corner of tbo compartment, with evi dent difficulty. Another mnstnehod, scented and fnr-coatod stranger followed and ent himself down in tho scat immediately opposite Miss Belwhistlo. Kitty, in a state of freezing indif ference to tho admiring manifestations of her vis-a-vis, resumed her perusal of "Tho Fang of tlio Adder." Tho two mustacliod and fur-coated individuals interchanged a scntonco or two in an undertone aud then settled down to their respective nows- papers. Tho invalid luy back help lessly in his corner, swaying from sido to side with tho motion of tho carriago. Ho was small of stature and slight of limb. Ho woro a grny-flappod traveling cap, tied under the chin, and a long gray ulster. From under neath the edge of tho ulster peeped a pair of tiny littlo feet in patent-leather boots. As much c! his profile as was visible to Kitty's observatiou was perfectly rogular and of a waxen delicacy. The ungloved right hand, which rested stillly on his knee, was small and dazzingly white. "Oh," exclaimed Miss Belwhistlo involuntarily as tho express rounded a curve and tho invalid lurched violently to the right. The mustacbed aud scented strang ers looked ovor their newspapers. Kittv had half risou from her seat. "Anything wrong, miss?" inquired No. 1 in ncconts of oily vulgarity. Tho train stead 10 J; tho invalid loft off wobbling. Kitty sank among her mors and parcels. "I I beg your pardon. I I was afraid tho your friend was going to faint." she breathed. To cover her confusion she stopped for her book, which lay sprawling on tho tloor. "Tho young lady thought Mr, Walker might bo feeling ill, Sig. Den' zo," romarkod No. 2. "Tell him to answer hisself if he'a got any manners in him," the signor added, and looked at tho invalid. Immediately Mr. Walker spoko in a nuecr, highly pitched voice, which seemed to como from under tho soat which ho occupied. "I thank you, miss, for your kind inquiries and beg to say I am quite well." Kitty began to regret tho exolaino- tion of alarm into which sho had boen betraved. Sho began to wonder bow lonu it would bo before tho next 6top page would afford her an opportunity of exchanging to anotuor carriage, This horrible pair wero evidently bent upon improving tho occasion. Rosenbanra offered hor a comio pa per. Deo'ined with thanks. Tho Bignor producod a silver flask of cognao, which might nave con tained about a quart, and audaciously invited tho young lady to tost tho aualitv of its contents. Declined with thanks. Upon which both the Bignor and Mr. Rosenbaum applied themselves to tho liquor with gseat good will. Thoy produood hugo packages of sandwiches and ate witu gusto ana witnoui ouer- Ing tho invalid a share of their sup lilies. Kitty burnod with indignation and was conscious of a yearning In tno ui rection of her woll filled luncheon basket, but dread of provoking the oivilities of her companions staid her. Sho would chaupro at the nsxt station thev stopped at, and then- Thank goodness an old town rising out of tho Buowy landscape ! Tho omptv noi-:o and bustle of a station suoceedinar. She collected her lug gage hastily J she peered anxiously out of tho window Bsarehiug for a porter, "By vour leave, miss, said tho odi ous voice of Rosenbaum. He opened tha door and jumped out upon tho platform. Tho signor followed. Thoy vanished, arm in arm, into tho refresh went room. "Porter." cried Miss Belwhistlo, but no funotiouarv responded to her call. Sho loaued out of the window, Sno waved her muff. Sho called to the porter aain without suooess. Thero was a dull crash, a sickening thud, behind her. Sho turnod. The invalid Mr. Walker hal tumbled out of his seat and lav prostrate on tho floor. Boforo tho affrighted girl could utter a scream for help tho express moved on. Whore, whero were those callous companions of tho sick man? Doubtless Rosenbaum aud. tho siguor had been left. Sho raised tho head of tho insonsi ble man. Ho was li-diter than she had expected uud strangely, strangely stiffen Sho opened his collar with a shaking! hand. Kho uot' out tho bottla of tea and endeavored to pour a littlo down his throat. UjoIcss. Tho rigid lips were not to bo forced apart. Sho removed the traveling cap and wet his fore head and temples with cau do cologno, He showed no signs of reviving. She wined his face with her handkerchief and oh, horror ! The faint color vanished from his checks, his lips turned palo. Tho sick man had been painted. Sho lookod ot him moro closely, The btraugo light blue eyes that main taiued their horrible uuwiukiug stare. tho deadly color of the f.ico aud tb icy coldness of its contact struck chill to her. Hho felt at his heart, Not a beut ! Mr. Wulker was dead dead! Had his munlerers thoy must bo his murderers painted tho doad face with tho hues of life, doocivod ner eye with roua and powder as they ad doccivod hor cars with a vontrilo- quial trick? Had they not made good their escape, leaving thoir help less dnpo alone alone with their victim? And at last tho cuprous Blackened speed, jolted, stopped. Thoy wero at Ely. She might scream now, and she id. "What's here? Oenllomcn ill, miss? What do you say? Thus the guard. "Thero has been mnrdor hero," shu Raid, looking out upon tho throng of faces that surrounded tho carriage door. "Telegrah to tho last stopping aco. I can describe tho guilty wretches who have done this awful dcod. Ah, thero they are 1" Hore they woro indood, the guilty wretches. Dared thoy brazen it out? Did they mean to deny all knowlodgo of tbo dead man? This is a seriouscharge, you know, gentlemen. I must trouble you to come along with mo." With pleasure Mr. Polizeman, said the signor, with horriblo light ness. "But wo lojdt at thiscorpo morto hero first, with your kind obligomont. Why will pretty young ladies shriek at everything? My good Rosenbaum, you havo better tho English language Please explain. Rosenbaum drew a largo poster from tho bulging pocket of his fur coot. Ho gravely handed it to tho station-mas ter. It boro this inscription : TOrNIGIIT. At tho Temple of Varieties, Ely. Hurr ltosonbaum and HI?. Denr.o. Tho Marvolous Conjurors and Vantrlloqulsts, In Thoir UnpiralMed Entnrtulnmant, In which tho ANIMATED DUAIUlf will also tnko p-irt. COME EARLY. "This hero jointed wooden figure with the wax faoe and hands," went on Rosoubanm, "is tho dummy. Ho usually travels in tho guard s van, but tho c-uard oouldn't guarantee his reach ing Ely in condition to appear before tho public, having a lox-temer pup in charge as was given to worrying. So wo took him in the carriage with us, At the last station we stopped at, mo and tho signor, gets out for a drink, and tho train having started sooner than wo bargained for we whipped into second-class compartment. Sorry tho young lady has boen frightened. Ain t you, eignor? "Estremamente I said big. JJonzo. Qontlowomau. Mexican Skill With the Rope. "The cowboys of NowMoxico, Texas, and Arizona are all skilled in the art of using the lasso," said Louis Ed' wards, of Santa t o. "I nsod to be m tho ranching lino mysolf, and once thought I could throw a rope as straight as any man living. But that was beforo I mixed to any extent with the Mexicans. As good as the Amen can cowboys are, they can't hold I candle to a Greaser when it oomes to tho ropiuflr business. They can do things with hemp that no otbor inor tals can over hope to accomplish. As tho Australian'stands out pre-ominently in throwing the boomerang, bo does tho ignorant son of the 'land of Qod aud liberty exceed all other men in this one accomplishment. "A Mexican will chase a steer at full speed, and while he guides his bronco with one hand, whirl his rope with tho other, and it isn't once in a thou sand times that tho noose Will fail to catch just whore tho rider meant, favorite trick with them is to stick lot of long-handled knives in the ground close together within tho limits of a narrow circle, and bet with out eiders that they can ride past at raoe horso speed nnd pick up any one of the knives designated with a' rope. They aro good marksmen with the ritle, too, but in this regard the cowboys are fully their peers." Washington Post. E'.iKllslimeu Grow Taller, Francis Galton has collected some interesting facts in regard to the ef fect of athletics and improved physi cal condition during the last forty years on tho physique of tho middle classes. Mr. Galton gives instructive evi dence of tho amelioration of the upper middle class. When he was an under graduate at Cambridge, from 1810 to 1811, although but live feet nine and three-fourths inchos in height, he was taller than tho majority of his fellows. In addressing them ho habituelly lowered his eyes, and if in a crowd ho would readily boo over tho heads of the people. Writing in lo'Jd he states that he no longer possesses theso advantages. Altered social conditions, in his opinion, havo helped to improve tho bodily powers aud address ol his class ; such conditions, for instance, ai moro wholesoiro and abundant food, better cooking, warmer clothiug, moderation in the use of uloohol, bettor ventilated sleeping rooms, moro chauge through vacations, and, lastly, moro healthy lives led by womon in their girlhood. St. Louis Globo-Demoorat. A Vase ot Uuld. Tho Department of Grock an3 Rjinuu Antiquities, British Museum, h'lsquike recently secured by purehasj one of the choieest examples of aucient art in solid gold whioh even that grout collection possesses. It ia a vase of this metal in its purest condition, without sculptures, measuring nearly eight inches in height, about four inches in diuinoter, and in shape most liko a police when deprived of its bundles. It is of Roman origin, per haps of the period of Augustus. An inscription on the bottom of the vessel indicates thut its weight nearly cor responds to two pouud troy of the modern scale. It was lately found by a sponge diver in the sea oft tho Islaud of Suinos, ual may be all that remains of a wreck wr-ich occurred thero nearly 11000 years ago. Tho Atho-uuuuw. SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL, A flv'a cfror will hatch in twelvo Lours. Entomologists estimate that 10, 003,- 000 species of insects exist. Thero is harmony nul discord in tho combination of odor-", 113 thera i 1 in mnsio. Carriages propelled by eloctricitr derived from a etorago battery nro common in Berlin. Aluminum felloes in bicycles are cx- pocted soon as an improvement on wood in both lightness an 1 Btr jngth. Willie Jones, of Girardvillo. Penu., having lost his shin bones by blou I poisoning, has been supplied by a sur geon with now ones ot iudia rubber. Dr. Biggs, of tho Now York Board of Health, who has been in Europe in vestigating Dr. Koch's now treatment for dphtheria, says that it is an abso lute cure if applied in time. The phylloxera, or tho vine pest, i:i making suoh ravages in the sherry wine districts of Spain that the Gov ernment has appropriated $100,00j for the extermination of tho disease. Tho utility of the mosquito is bo- yond qnestion. It is born in tLo ewamps, and feeds upou animal aud vegetable matter, which, if allowed to decompose, would fill tho nir with poisonous gases. Tho vital principle is presarved in seeds and eggs, fruits and vegetable during cold weather, because thay have a heat of their own. Tho tem perature of an egg or apple, down to the freezing point, is always sjvral degrees jibove that of th-j surroua linj air. The Japanese are really a very pro gressive people. Tho Schoul of Soi once at Yokohama is remarkably thor ough. Ono of tho naval officials, Ya mana, has succeoded in produeiu a new Bteel, at tho Tanaka Government factory, which is provon to bj a most remarkable metal. Tho Government has adopted it. A living specimen of tho largest an I most deadly snake known has boon added to . tho Zoological Gardens ol London. It grows twelvo to fourteen feet in length, and is hooded like tho cobra. It occurs in India, Burma nnd in tho East Indian archipelago, living in forests aud jungles and rsa l ily climbing trees. Tho Icohinio scientist, Th. Thorod Bsen, is at prosont engaged iu a very interesting scries of geological obser vations on his nativo island, for which ho has recoivod gonerou3 Government support. Tho special object of his study is the sands and glaciers iu tho district of Austur-Skaptafell and tho great glacier ' Vatnajokull, ia the southeastern part of Iceland. A French electrical journal, iu re ply to an offer of an award of $ 10,003 by tho French Government to tho in ventor of a simpl'j and sure method of determining fraud in the production of alcoholio liquors, suggest? that a knowledge of tho eloctrical conduc tivity with that of tha density might be a sufficient moans, if tho liquors be brought to tho temperature of molt ing ico. A Peacock's Little (Same. Sol. Stophan has made a disoovsry tip at tho Zoo. The big peacoak has for several weeks made a practice of going every afternoon to the entr.iuoj gate and parading back aud forth across tho path for half an hour. This action occasioned no remark for a time, but after awhile it was noticod that the fowl came resularly at 4 o'clock and at no other hour, and al ways remained about half uu hour, after which it would walk away and go about the lawus as usual till the following oftornoon. For the past week a watoh has boon kopt on it, and at last the secret is discovered. Near the gate is a glass door, lending to a cellar in the hillside, aud about 4 o'clock tho light falls on tho door so that the peacock cau soo himself at iu a mirror when ho walks past. Ho evi dently takes great delight in looking at himself. The strange part of tho affair is that be should know just when to come, as tho reflection is clear uud distinct only about half an hour after 4 o'clock. Cincinnati Times-Star. . A Street Car Hearse. Ono of tho Sau Francisco railway Companies has constructed au electric funeral car for tho Han Matao Ceme tery. Tho car is named Cypress L iwu. It is thirty feet in length and is divided into two compartments, the forward twenty foot iu leugth and tha rear ten foot. Tho former is richly upholstered, tapestried nu I carpoto I, and twelve plush seats are arranged to seat twenty-four persons. Iu tho roar, or funeral compurtmeut, seats on eueli sido, capable of seating twenty, nro ar ranged for rclutivos and near friend, aud in tho centre is the bier on which the casket stands. As Sau Fraueisoo has an extensive system of electric railways tho car can bo employed throughout tho city, and will, to some extent, it ia expected, supersede the uso of hearaea and carriages for fu nerals. Tho. cost of buildiug it wp.i about 82003. Philadelphia Record. Cold Water It Best. Ico water ia said to be oue of tho deadliest foei of tho American pcoplj, and its temptation ii especially in li, lions in the daya ol numiuur. Au excellent substitute for real ieod water, or water made of icy tempera turo by containing ice, is a pitcher or caraffo of water which baa stood for some hours in tho refrigerator. Tha water is then cold enough to be very agroeable, more so than at tlio paralys ing temperature of ico itself; uue has a pleasing consciousness of bygionu virtue in drinking it aud it has the added excellence of saving both trouble aud ico iu its preparation. Rochester Pc-ut-Express, MODERN COAST DEFENSE. AN IMPREGNABLE SYSTEM OB SEABOARD FORTIFICATIONS. What Would Happen If s Hostile Kleot Should Attack New York- Hunger Areas' In the Harbor. WHAT with pneumatic dy namite fines, ten and twelve-inch steel rides, twelve-inch steel mortars, automatic gnn-lifts that play with great fifty-two ton cannon as if they wero toys, and all the other recent im provements in coast defense, tho day is near when New York City will be protected from danger of invasion by Boaby an impregnable system of forti fications. When that day comes the artilleryman's fun will bo over, for promiscuous target practice is hardly possible with big guns whoso lifo is less than fifty round, while each Bhot costs $1000. And should an enomy's flccet attack New York, he will have still lens fun, for then he will be stuck away under a bomb-proof, where he won't know whether he scored a hit or a miss, because he won't bco what he's shooting at. Although not new, this will proba bly seem to the pnblio the most inter esting phase of the development of modern ordnance. There is no exag geration in it, either. When tho pro posed system of fortifications is fin ished, should thero ever be an attack from the Bea only a few dozen officers and men would bo whore they could see the attacking fleet at all. Almost all officers and men would be below bomb-proofs, in concrete, steel-lined gnn-lifts or deep in vaulted mortar pits. Down there, where nothing can bo seen except the hugo breech blocks of tho great guns and the complicated machinery for moving them, the can non wil bo loaded, aimod, raised over tho steel plated parapet oud fired, and not a mau will know what he fired at or whether the Bhot did any exectt' tion. The method by which this is ac complished is much more simple than would be expected from this state ment. It is this : The United States Engineer Corps has carefully plotted out on a map all the channels and deep-water basins and holes around New York, aud then the map has been covered with little squares, each of which is numbered, Each snuare represents the "danger area" to a shin ; that is, a shot fired anywhere in that square would hit a vessel stationed there. Now suppose all the different forts have their mor tar batteries, gun-lifts, etc., which have boen designed for them, and an invad ing fleet is sighted approaohing Sandy Hook. At once every gun's company 13 told off to its station. Tho officer in command of eaoh gun has a table giving the numbers of the squares, and opposite each number telling him just what elevation and what lateral direction ho must give his caunon in order to got tho range. Each gun is connected by telegraph with an observation tower, in which are tha officers commanding operations to- gethor with signalmen and other as sistants. They aro all provided with rouge-finders ond glasses, and the map with the numbered squares is sproau out before them. As soon as the positions of the ships can be fixed, ono of the officers begins to plot the oourse of the vessels on the chart. Finally, eav ono of the ships passes into square No. 27, and it is de cided to nre at her wnen sue geis i"o Ron aro No. 28. "Tick, tick," says the telegraph to all the grim, hidden men behind the grim, hidden guns. "Train cruus on saaare No. 28, Around swimr the truns. and tho of- floors elevate or depress them by aid of level and azimuth. AU is ready. The observers ia the towers have soon the doomed ship steam into square 28. "Ready I" says the telegraph. Up crocs the great twelve-inch gun on its disappearing carriage. Up flies the ten-inch rifle on its big gun lift. Tho dynamite guns ond the mortars don't move. They aro already trainea on the square booauso thoy nro at a groat uncle. Tho shin passes into the snuare. "Fire 1" ticks the telegraph. With a crash that shakos the earth flames burst from a dozon different points and tho next iustaut a quarter of a hundred projootiles fall on the ship. Tho gnus drop back behind their parapets and tho deafened, powder-bloekenod men clean them quickly and load aguiu. They havo nothing else to do. Thoy cauuot tell what effect their fire has had. Thoy have seen nothing. Thoy cau hear nothing uuloss shells lroiu the ships fall on their gun pits and tear up the earth above them, trying to get at thorn. This is no mere theory. It has beeu proved iu praotioo that with the accuracy now absolutely attained by tho modern breech-loading, all-steel, rifled cannon and tho all-veel, rifled mortars, shot after shot can be dropped into a space less than that oooupied by a modern ocean steamship. Tho mortars will bo placed in bat teries of sixteeu, contesting of groups of four, aud tho aggrogute weight of the shells, if the sixteen be fired at onee, would bo 10,000 pounds, besides being filled with explosive charges. At a test at a range of five and a half miles, ten oonseoutive shots all fell within a space 105 1-8 yards long and 8 J yards wide, about tho same space as that occupied by an ocean steamship. Thus, if an entire mortar battery, a twelvo-iuoh oud a ten-inch gun, wore oil fired together (naturally uot o likely cireuiustauoe) ) 1,801 pounds of steel would fall iu ono square. No battle-ship afloat would be oblo to withstand this terrific assault. New York World. Seeds 2000 years tnuwu to sprout. old havo baeu ADVERTISE RIGHT ALONO. When trndo Is flush, nnd with a rush Tnrgo ordprs lo you pomp, "You'll find It wise to advprtlsp,' And kepp thlns on tho "hum." Whentradol poor don't elosctho door The rulp is still tho same : 'Vou'lt find It wise to advertise," And therpl'y win fresh fame. Indeed 'tis Inn whato'er ; ou do, This Ii tho safest plan, "You'll lin I it wiso to advortlso" For then yon load the van. Henry Slorrill Warren. HUMOR OF THE DAY. High society is often simply low so ciety in fiuo raiment. Albany Argus. St. Louis now having a depot, trains will probably stop thero for way pas sengers. Chicago Mail. Teacher "What is discretion?" Bad Boy "Oittin' over th' fence first when ye call 'nother feller named." Puck. A soldier in summer camp making love to a pretty girl shows the pleas anter side of a court martial. Phila delphia Times. Tho Opposite: Jone3 (facetiously) "Got a wife ot last, eh?" Smith (sol emnly) "No, my wife got a husband at last 1" Voguo. Amy "How can I influence Charlie to propose?" Mablo "Get some ono to tell him you'd bo sure to reject him." Detroit Free Press. "It's nil np with mo," groaned Sky lite as he sank on tho eighth stairway.-, endeavoring to reach his flat after a hard day's labor. Boston Courier, Little drops of water Hprinkle l Into Btoeki Lmvo the gentlo lamhlet Quito berjlt of rosks. 1'utladolp'jla Liff. The reason why people who soo what they think ore ghosts never grapplo with them is that they know it is dan gerous to hug a delusion. Boston Transcript. Love for the sea ia felt whon ono leans over the rail of a ship, looking out over the doop bluo ocean, feoliu ready to givo up everything for it. Texas Siftings. "Thoy say Sphoftloy was badly hit by that handsome Misa Phlirtom the other night." "I'm not surprised. I saw her throw her eyes at him several times." Buffalo Courier. Von Pelt "Aro yon a believer in tho theory that ono should marry a wifo his opposite iu tcmporamoni?" Enpeo "Don't bother about that; they 're all opposite enough." Puck, I rnthcr think I'm gotting old I feel It In my bons ; Aud girls who called me Uncle Bo') Mow call me Mister Jones I Hurpor's Batsir. A girl is perfectly justified in look ing with suspicion ou a young man who tries to convince her that diamond rings are no longer fashionable for en gagement purposes. Merchant Trav eler. Judge "You say your boy wai kept ia the house nights and read books. What books?" Father (of tho youthful accused) " 'The Boy Ban dits of Bomboy' series." Boston Transcript. "Conductor," said the weary oom. mntor, "I wish yon would open this window for mo." "Oh, yon do, d'j you?" returned tho conductor. "Dj you take me for a 'strong maa?' Harper's Bazar. Maude "Oh, he wrote mo a lovely poem. It began, 'When you would know why men go mad, go gazo into your mirror' " Bertha "What bosh I You're not so ugly as all that." Pear son's Weekly. Wifo "Tho doctor says I will gnia ton or fifteen pounds if I go away for a month. Cau't I go, dear?" Hus band "Not muoh I Why, not ono of vour gowns would fit you thou. " Kew York Herald. Wylio (talking over collego days) "And whatever became of Duller, tha ouly follow in tho class who was al ways at the foot ?" Do Bigs-s "Pro fessional ehlropo list, the last I heard." Buffalo Courier. Second Husband "You needn't gTowl because I don't work. All your first husband did wan t whittle." Weary Wife "Yes; but I always found onouh shaviuw after hi) got through to build tho fire iu tho morn ing." Syraonso Post. "And w hat's your rcasou for increas ing tho servaut's wages, pray?" her friend asked. "Booauso my husband couiplaiued tint ray dress nnd millin ery bills oqualod tho household ex penses, nnd I want to show they do not." Fliogendo Bbtuttcr. "Did you divide your apples with Freddie?'1 Robbie "No; I give 'em nil to him." "Did mama's generous little boy enjoy seeing his friend eat them moro thuu having them him self V Robbie "Yea; mobbe he'll get sick an' then I can borr.iw his bi cycle." Chicago Iater-Oocau. A Record Breakiu? Turtle, A turtlo weighing between 803 ami 1000 pound, seven feet loug, six feet wide and two feel laid:, was receutly caught uonr Baltimore. The head wus two feet in circumference, aud a man could got his head iu the turtle's mouth. Its 11m were as loug as a man's urm and u foot v.-ida. It wai ciught in a net, and hal to bo raised out of tho uet nnd ou tl.o thoro with a black aud tackle. It required fif teen niiuutos nnd a crowd of uiou to get tho turtle ou tho boat. When tho monster was taken off tha tdeamer it required six men t turn it on a truck. It di.l ou ''to boat from in juries received iu boiu hoi ted out of the seine. The Maryland Academy of Sciences will have tlio big bheil mounted. Mew York Advertiser.
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