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THE FOREST REPUBLICAN ST RE Mexico, with 7200 schools, can't quite bo called an unprogressive coun try, maintains the New York Recorder, Our successful dairy farmer are placing more and moro dependence npon the silo, declares the New Eng land Farmer. After a thorough review of recent r xporimonts the New York Sun's ver dict is that ."artificial rain making is not a very great success anywhere." Meat is said to be shipped into Bait Lake City, Utah, more than a thousand miles west of its point of slaughter and in the heart of the range country, and whore sheep are at their choapost. In an interview in an English . weekly paper ; Ben Davies, the great Welsh tenor, says : "From the musi cal point of view I must confess that the American peoplo are considerably in advance of ns." Recent' experiments in England would seem to tho New York World to indicate that in the not distant future each farm houso will have its eleotrio lights, the electricity thorefor being furnished by a little wind-mill. Count Ito, Prime Minister of Japan, is described in the Review of Reviews as "one of the best all-round men in Japanese politics, if not in the world. The nearest approach to Lis type in American history is, perhaps, Alexan der Hamilton." Nothings in the estimation of the New York Independent, conld more couolusivcly show that the Chinaman is indeed an "outside" barbarian than the fact that in the recent combats in - Seoul tho Chinese fired npon a Japan ese ambulance carrying mon who wore the Geneva cross. They killed a doe- . tor and some hospital attendants. Tho Worcester (Mass.) Spy has tho folio wing : Many Northwestern farm ers have become thoroughly tired of enduring tho trials to whioh their un certain climate subjects them, and aro turning their eyes toward the South as the- land of promise. A large num ber of Nevada stock farmers and dairy men are preparing to move to North Carolina and purchase forms in locali ties suited to their avocations. Tho discovery is reportod from . Central America of an actual kingdom ofLillipnt, situated in the wilds of that little-known country. A genera of the Guatemalan nrmy announces that he encountered an army of the pygmies on the borders of that conn try. He describes the little people as a tribe of ferocious savages, armed with spears and blowpipes, with which they discharge poisoned arrows. So . far very littlo is known of this new race of Americans, but now that they have been discovered the Atlanta Con stitution is of the opinion that they will probably not long be loft un known. The Now York Tribune observes: "Cromwell died 230 years ago con scious of the renown which awaited Lira, but probably not foreseeing all its manifestations. If he could have had a forecast that the flag at Atlantio Highlands, N. J., would be set at half-mast 230 years afterward, to com memorate his exequy, it would very likely have lent a spirit of peace to -us going forth which the occasion actually lacked, notwithstanding that he carried, nis crown of achievement into the still kingdom with him and hold his subject realm in the hollow of his hand till tho last. It was really s complimentary demonstration in honor of the memory of the great usurper, and whoever engineered it $. ought, to have a inedul of hippo- potamuB hide." Australian fresh meats are begin ning to seek new outlets on the con tinent of Europe and in provinces of tho United Kingdom. That far off island continent has made suoh rapid progress in the last few years in the export of moats in refrigerators that English deulcrs begin to fear the home markets will be glutted. For ' thisreason, according to the American Agriculturist, they insist that in ordei to avoid serious loss new markets must . be found for their frozen meat in . dustry. There is more or less preju dice on the pnrt of consumers against frozen meats, and this is another feature with which the trade is obliged . to contend, yet the exports from Australia have increased enormously I during the last few years. Including I beef, mutton and other meats not I preserved by being salted, the United I Kingdom imported in 1893 a total ol 67,800,000 pounds from the countrj -med against 43,800.000 pounds in and 22,400,000 pounds in 1800, A SONO OF HAPPY DAYS, Bins a sons; o' happy days Bins it all the time! Itoses bloomln' la tho ways Bolls thnt sweetly chime t Right or wrong, Btill sing the song For happy singing pays ( Bins a song o' hnppy yonrs Sins it day and nltfht i Let the rain shod all the tonrs Lot tho heart bo light I Right or wrong, Btill slug that song And keep the harps string bright I Blng a song o" happy lives Blng It loud nnd long! ISrothors, aistors, swocthearts, wivos, Join tho thrilling song ! Right or wrong, Blill sing that song, Till nngols to tho chorus throng ! F. L. Btnnton, In Atlanta Constitution. MY NEW FOUND COUSIN. BY ARTIICR JONES. O begin with, no ful low was ever more fortunato than I m having a host of pretty girl cousins. And what's better, 1 am always discover ing more. I seldom go anywhere with out adding a new onoto my list. In short, I am no long er surprised at any thing in this direction. Last yoar I was studying at the School of Fine Art, in Paris, addins tho finishing touches to my education in art. I was thoroughly devoted to my work and took littlo eharo in the social affairs of the American colony. Tho few poople I cultivated were of tho boheraian world, mostly students at tho lino Arts or tho university. Tho nftvclty of living in this free, out door atmosphere was so absorbing that I missed very little the society of the drawing-room. Late one afternoon tho postman brought mo a letter, postmarked Paris nnd addressed in an interesting fem inine hand : "Mr. Arthur Jonas, Rue do Sevres, No. 163." "Who can this bo from?" 1 asked myself as I scanned the envelope and address. I tore it open without moro ado. "Daisy Tillotson," I read, look ing first at tho end. "Who on earth is Daisy Tillotson?" Rut here is tho letter, copied from the original, which is still in my pos session : UOCLIVAUD IlACflHHAXM, No. 72, 1'ahis, April 17, 1393. Mr. Arthur Jones- I will explain at once who I am, nnd then you will understand why 1 wrlto you. Your mother is a favorite cousin of my mother's, and Mamma made mo promise when I loft New York to hunt you up which I am doing In the best way I know of. I Binceroly hopo you are thx Mr. Jones, for I dou't know your II rat name. I only know you wore studying art In Paris. They gave me your address at the Fine Arts. I .hull be hore several weeks with my friends, tho Paynes, of Ht Louis, nn j I hope I may see yoa soon. Yours sincerely, Daisy Tillotson. "Daisy Tillotson, Daisy Tillotsoj," I repented to myself, "1 don't ro member of any Tillotsons in our family. However, sho seems toknow. That's the trouble with having eo many relations. I suppose I'll have to look hor up, or Mother will never forgive me. I'll call at once, to-night I've nothing special on and got it off my hands. KUo's probably one of those formal creatures, nnd I shan't have to call a scoond time." So I added a few careless touches to my toilet for my life among tho stu dents bad made me affect the extreme neglige style of dress- walked to the Place Chutelet and took a seat on top of an Aro do Triomphe 'bus. Ah I what a spectacle that is to sit perched on the top of a great lumber ing, curoening, three horse 'bus and see the world of Paris, from ouo cud to the other, pass in review before you ! Tho lights along the Rue de Hivoli havo just been lit. The shops aro closed, but the cafes are bustling with pout-up oxpectancy, for Paris is jnst beginning to wako up tor the night. Rut I must not tarry ou tho way. Boulevard Hauesman, No. 72. A very respectable apartment house. Mrs, Payne received mo. "Oh, yes, You're Mibs Tillotsou's cousin. She's expecting you. I almost feel as if I knew you myself, Mr. Jones. I've heard Daisy rave so over your pio tures." And she shook bauds with me with rogulur Western cordiality. There was a rustle in the next room A girl appeared in tho doorway. She was dressed in red, a warm red. My critical eye at once saw that it just suited her. I though then I had never soon a prettier girl, and cer tainly I havo not changed my mind sinoe. "Daisy, this is your cousin, Mr, Jones," said Mrs. Payne. "Now, you can have a good visit together. We got on from tho very first. am the easiest fellow in the world to get acquainted with, if you will give mo half a chanoe, though I do close up like a clam when I come in contact with an unresponsive object. My mother and her mother, it seemed, had been schoolmates togeth er, though I didu't over remember ever having heard my mother speak of it. Strange thing, too, that in all my lifo 1 had never heard that tho Til lotsous were relations of ours. And yet ours is such a large family, it was hardly to be wondered at. Rut we didn t havo to confine our solves to tulkiug over family matters. Wo -found common ground enough thnt was more profitable. I had not been home for a year, and sho told me all that had been going ou in art and luusio meantime. She was thoroughly conversant nnd in sympathy with those subjects. Sho was herself a student of the piano. So there was enough to talk about. I looked nt my watch. I was after cloven o'clock. How tho time had passed I Three hours had slipped away and I hadn't realized it. What better proof that I hnd found my nowly discovered cousin absorbing. It was a new sensation for mo me, who, with my surfeit of fair cousins, had nlways been inclined to tako tho society of women at a discount. "Why, I do beliovo I am actually a littlo in love with thin girl," I solilo quized on tho way back to my lodg ings. "Rut it will do no harm. Sbo's my cousin." So intcro&tod was I in tho subject, however, that at that late hour I sat down upon reaching homo and wroto a lottor to my mother in New York, tolling her all about Daisy Tillotson. Sho was an acquisi tion to tho family, I said. I had nrranged to take my cousin to tho Luxembourg gallery tho next day. Thou wo wou'd go to tho opera in tho evening. This was my plan. I called for her in the morning with a car riage. Think of mo riding in a car riage I Why, like a true bohomian, 1 had always hated auything loss ple beian than a public- omnibus or a bi cycle Rut then, "she's my cousin," I argued to myself, "and I must make her stay in Paris momorable. It's all on hor nccount." Yes, sho certainly did look pretty, that fresh, inspiring Apiil morning. Sho must have studied to look her best. I took this to myself as a com pliment, in turn, I had myself given unwontoll attention to my toilet and had spent some little time trying to decide which cravat I should wear. "What a romontio nnd unconven tional situation fato has thrust us into, Miss Tillotson," I remarked as tho carriage rolled off toward the Luxem bourg. "Hero aro two young pooplo who have never known and scarcely heard of each other before, cast sud denly togother, far away from home and left to each other without sponsor or chaperon. It sounds too bookish to be a reality." "Yes, l ve been thinking of it. sho answered, "but you know we're cousins, and that s different. "After all, I persisted with tho idea of teasing her for I'm a con firmed tease "are yoa perfeotly sure of thnt? You never knew me. Jones is a common namo. There may be half a dozen painters in Paris by tho name of Jones. In fact, I know one myself. You picked mo out at ran dom. Perhaps 1 m not your cousin at all. Maybe tho other Jones is the for tunato one. "Oh, you're just trying to teaso mo, she responded, "and I shan t bo teased. I know you'd like pretext to get rid of me, but it s quito a privt lego to have a cousin in Paris who knows everything, nnd I'm not going to let you go so easily, Mr. Jones. " 'Mr. Jones, indeed," said I in an injured tone. "If you call me 'Mr. Jones' I am no cousin of yonrs. My name is Arthur to my cousins. And I'm going to call you Daisy. May I? VJliss liuotson is so long, you know. "I don't know why you shouldn't, she said, a little ooqucttiuhly, "if you're my cousin." It was a gulu day for mo. How I enjoyed telling her what I knew about the pictures. And in the evening, how I enjoyed hearing her talk of the opera it was "Carmen." Music was as familiar ground to hor as art was to mo. And how often wo found that a truth was as applioablo to one art as to tho other. W o had both been pro gressing in the same field art in tho abstract along ditioreut but parallel paths ; and the comparisons of views were iutoresting and broadening to us both. Ponder tho subject well and you will nnd thnt there aro numerous essential analogies that run through piotoriul, musicul and literary art. For two weeks I scarcely touched a brush. During that timo tho doors of the Fine Arts know me not. My art had been temporarily eclipsed. "Oh, well, a fellow doesn't run across such a cousin every day," I urged to myself in excuse for my neglect of study. I was trying to persuade myself that I was interested in Duisy Tillotson simply because sho was my coubiii. Rut I know better. I began to wish she wero not my cousin. We were very frank with eaoh other. There was no reason to be otherwise. One afternoon we wero out at St. Cloud out under the budding horse chestnuts whose shade Napoleon so lovod. I had been reading "Paul and Virginia to her in rreueb, 1 remom ber. "You have no right to be my cousin, Daisy," I said. "What a per versity of circumstauoa. Here you are the only woman I have ever come across thut has forced from mo any real affection of tho tenderer sort. And you aro mv cousin." "Rut maybo I am not your cousin," she responded with a merry twinkle. "You have said often enough that you are not suro of it. Perhaps I am some adveuturess who, counting on your brilliant future, has sot a trap for you aud baited it with this cousiu pretext so us not to frighten you away. There's no telling. Aren't you a littlo suspicious?" And so we kept up the sentimental skirmish. It would have been a reul courtship if that cousinly barrier hud not stood between us. And still I felt thut it was that very cousinly burrier that made mo so bold, and her too. Without it, I presume, we should never, under the conditions, huve be oomo more than ousuul acquaintances. With it we hud been almost like brother and sister from the very first, and here at the end of two weeks it teemed as if we hal known each other a lifetime. Ouo evening when I was at Mrs. Payne's there came a ring at tho door, and tho maid brought a card in to Daisy, It read: "Mr. Anthony Zone." "Do you know him? Is ho a rela tive of yours?" asked Daisy, handing the card to me. "Know him?" said I. Know Tony Jones? I ought to. He's an artint, too. He's the one I spoke of. We've been np into Normandy sketching togother moro than once. Rut ho s been in Munich since Christ mas. Perhaps bo's the cousin you were looking for when you found me, Hal hal" Just then Mr. Jones, tho other Mr. Jones, entered. Daisy rose to meet him. "Why, how aro you, Mr. Jones?" said he, seeing me ; "I didn't expect to find you here." "Nor I yon," I returned jocosely. ' Lot me present yon to my cousin, Miss Tillotson," I went on. "Miss Tillotson Mr. Jones, Mr. Anthony Jones." "Your cousin?" said he inquiringly. "Why, she's my cousin, too. then. I must explain, Miss Tillotson. My mother is a cousin of your mother's, I believe. She has written command ing me to call upon you and make my self known. Fortunately Arthur, hore, has.relioved mo of theawk a d ness of introducing myself." "I'm sure I am very glad to see you, Mr. Jones," she mustered self-command enough to say. "I'm afraid 1 havo made a terrible blunder, though, unloss yon are both my cousins." I came to her rescue and explained the situation to the other Mr. Jones. "Why, it's very theatrical," said he, laughing ; "it's very much liko a come dy. Rut which of ns is tho real cousin, and which the impostor. Or, are we both her cousins, and so our selves cousins of the tenth degree or thereabouts. "I don't see any way to decide for tho present," said I. "Miss Tillotson, I'm afraid, will havo to remain in un certainty nntil our credentials can be compared." Jones, that is the other Jones, was nn admirable fellow, and it was not long before wo were all laughing and chatting freely over the humor of the situation. Daisy brought Mrs. Payne in and we all had a game of whist together. Whatever our relationship might prove to be, it was a jolly, con jenial party, that's certain. The next day I received a letter from my mother in answer to the one I had written two weeks before. She bad no cousin of tho name of Tillotson, she said. There were no Tillotsons in the family that she had ever heard of. "Well, well, what an amusing mis take ! I'll go and explain it to Daisy Miss Tillotson, I mean at once," thought I. "It's due to her. I'll tease her abont it. Rut it's no more than a good joke anyway, and no harm's done." So I went and told her I What a good laugh we had over it all. "Rut we're not cousins any longer, ".said I, suddenly drawing myself np with make believe dignity. "3o I suppose I must go baok to my painting and leave you to your real cousin, the other Mr. Jones." "You woulddu't do that, Arthur," she said. "I found you, you know, aud I claim you by right of discovery. A friend when once found is too valu able a thing to be thrown away, and I shan't bo the one to disclaim our friendship, begun though it was purely by chance." "filess you," I said. "I'm glad, after all, that you're not my cousiu, and I wouldn't change places with the other Mr. Jones if I had tho chanoe, for now" So it was, yon sec, that Daisy Til lotson became Mr. Arthur Jones, if yon must know. Oftentimes her cousin Tony, the other Mr. Jouos, comes to see us, and we have another laugh over tho whole -effitir. If you should happen our way we'd be glad to see you. You can find the address easily euough. Only be sure not to get tho wrong Mr. Jones. Tho Path finder. The Phenomenon of Gray Hair, Gray hair by no means shows a pre mature decay of the constitution. It is a purely local phenomenou, aud may exist with great bodily vigor. The spot where grayness begins differs with tho individual. As a rulo a woman's hair begins to chauge color at the temples at five-aud-thirty, but a severe attack of neuralgia will whiten the hair over the part affected in a few weeks. A very severe illuoss will also diminish the coloring matter. Gray hair in most cases is very becom ing, and, when really well dressed, has a very distinguished appearance es pecially if the face and coloring of the complexion be still youug. The transi tion stage is very trying, aud no woman likes finding her first gray hair; but, ouoe it is completely gray, sho may get to delight in the "summer snow. "--New Y'ork Dispatch. A Telephone iu t'burc'J. Supporters of the tolephono syttoiu iu Rirmingham can now be placed in communication with Christ Church iu that city, aud practically take purt iu the service. The tulephoue wire ruus right into the pulpit, aud the listen ers ut the other end of the system can hear the tolling of the bell, the pray ers, the respousos, the uiugiug aud the sermon. Even casual ooughiug among tho congregation can be dis tinguished. There are many classes of persons on whom this new depar ture confers a great boon. Tho sick and bedridden, who have long been preveutod from attending any pluoj of worship, can now ba present, if not in the fiesh, in tho hearing. new York Telegram. Aiiiuzjiis lit tho Civil War. Late statistics in odd things in the history of tho United States Army show that no less thau 150 womeu dis guised as men served as soldiers in the Army of tho Potomac. New York Mail and Express. SCIENTIFIC AUD IXDTJSTIUAL. Ry a new process wood is rendered fireproof. RactoriA can exist in all fluids, acids and alkalies. Tho eloctrio light has been intro duced into the large villages of far-off Afghanistan. Ry a now process of electro-pho-tqgraphy a person's internal organs may be photographed. The malo of tho sea horso carries around the eggs laid by the femalo and hatches thorn, whilo tho femalo wan ders where she pleases. An absolutely saw proof metal is made of three layers of iron, between which is placed alternately two layers of crucible steel, and the whole then weldod together. Dr. Waldo, a London health officer, has found thirteen different kinds of living microbes in a loaf of bread. It is said that tho London underground bakehouses ore proverbially dirty. Scientists havo determined that more than twenty terrestrial elements exist in tho sun's atmosphere. Among those aro calcium, manganese, nickel, sodium, magnesium, copper, zino, cobalt, aluminum and hydrogen. A vein of natural gas has been struck at a depth of 111 feet on the farm of Henry Mell, near Moweaque, III. The outflow of gas was no strong that the auger and dorriok, weighing 403 pounds, wero thrown twenty feet in the air. Mr. Janssen recently exhibited to tho French Aoademy of Sciences tho clockwork that will register the obser vations of tho instruments placed in the observatory on top of Mount Blanc, Switzerland. It requires winding np only once in eight mouths, nnd is lubricatinsr with a material that has been exposed to a cold of eighty degrees below zero without freezing. The aeration of tho water of rivers in falling over dams and natural ob structions has been regarded by some as exerting an important influence in purification, but according to an ex periment made by Professor Leeds upon the water above and below Ni agara Falls, where natural aeration is carried on to the utmost extent possi ble, no chemical purification is effect ed during the process. Izal is the name given to a new sub stance chemically prepared from cer tain forms of coal, which chocks the development of microbes, although it is powerless to kill tho bacilli of ty phoid fover. That malady is best ar rested be the suppression of milkmen like that one who caused in Montclair, N. J., lately, one hundred cases and many deaths by supplying his milk cans from a well infeoted by sickness in hie family. Tho Cold Rath. Tho London Medical Jonrnal com bats the popular notion of tho injuri ous effects of a cold bath taken when one is overheated by exercise an idea falsified by the experience of athletes from the days of -the Greeks and Ro mans even until now, who nd in this procedure a rofreshing and stimula ting tonio after tho exertion they havo recently undergone. Physiologically speakiug, too, according to this writer, a cold plungo or douche taken imme diate after tho physical effort, when the skin is acting freely and thore is a sense of heat throughout the body, is as rational as in the experience of the athlete it is beneficial is paralleled, in fact, by the tonio olect produced by tho cold plungo when the skin is actively seoretiug after a Turkish bath, and finds its ratioualo doubtless iu stimulating the uervons-system.ln ii.0 increase of internal circulation, and also in tho renewal of activity to the cutaneous circulation after tho momentary contraction of blood ves sels due to the cold. Tho popular be lief presumably rests ou the injurious effects which may bo induced by the bath in one who does not resort to it immediately, but allows titnS for tho effects of fatigue to show themselves on tho muscles und nerves and for the surface of the body to get cool ; taken then, tho bath is moro likely to de press thau to stimulato ; there is lesj power of reaction and greater inabil ity to internal inflammation a warm bath rather thau a cold one, at such a time, being moro suitable aud more safe. Hypnotism in Surgery. Hypnotism as a substitute for ether, chloroform and other opiates is advo cated strongly iu tho Arena by Dr. James R. Cocke. Ho believes seventy fivo to eighty per cent, of tho cases iu which such drugs aro now usod might be treated with hypnotism. The shock to tho system would bo avoided, as well as tho disagreeablo after effects. A case is Jdoscribed where prolonged hypnotism was successfully used to re duco the pulse, which was at 130, of a youug man suffering from a most pain ful disease, who wusa complete nervous wreck, aud could obtuin no sloop. Iu two minutes tho pulse fell to 103, aud in thirteen minutes ho was breuthiui; deeply iu sleep, utid tbo body was in state of repose. Hypnotism was also usod in place of chloroform during the harrowing daily treatment of an iu terual wound, und the patient was thus dragged from tho jaws of death. In dental operations also, Dr. Cooke has frequently used hypnotism. New York Observer. His Tomb a Miniature t'liiircii. Dr. Woodward, of Sun Prairie, Wis., has ordered a mouumeut for himself ut Madison. ft is to be a miniature church iu granite. It will bo erected ou privuto property iear tho doctor's residence, and ho will bo buried there when he dies. Chicago Herald. COST OF A BATTLE SHIP. AS MUCH AS 14,000,000 EXPENDED FOB A SINGLE VESSEL. What Thnt Immense Sum Keally Means Various Items That Knter Into the Ship's Cost. IN looking over the appropriations for the support of the Govern ment for a i'mcal year probably no item will be found therein which specifies so much money to be expended for so limited an object as one similar to the following: "The President is hereby authof f zed to have constructed by contract one sea-going, coastline battle ship, de signed to carry the heaviest armor and most powerful ordinance, at a cost, exclusive of armament and of any pre mium thot may be paid for increased speed, not exceeding 81,000,000." At the first glnuco. it scarcely seems possible that a singlo ship, that can be tossed around at will by tho billowB of the ocean, or be destroyed com pletely in a few hours if cost npon a lee shore, could cost such an enormous amount of money. Four million dol lars wonld build a magnificent floot of forty full-rigged ships, each capable of carrying 2030 tons of cargo to any port in the world. It would buy every ferryboat plying between New York, Rrooklyn and Jersey City. It would be sufficient to establish a line of six teen good-sized steamships, such as run from New York to Jacksonville, Fla., and other domestic ports. A fleet of fifty such crack yachts as tho Vigilant could be built and fitted up in elegant stylo for the price paid for just one battle ship. If we make our comparisons witn ojects on Bhore, more astonishing facts can be gleaned. Take, for instance, dwelling houses ; a good three-story brick house, occupying a lot 25 feet by 100 in an ordinary city, would be worth, on on average, about 810, 000. Four million dollars would bnild 400 houses of that class, and if these houses were placed in one row, after making duo allowance for streets and sidewalks, we would have nearly two miles of dwellings. There are not many towns of 10,000 inhabitants where the entire taxable property is assessed for $4,000,000. An average meohanio, iu good times, will earn about 8000 a year ; the monoy paid for one battleship by the Government would thus support nearly 7000 fami lies, or a city of 35,000 inhabitants, for a whole year. It will naturally be asked, after reading the above statement, how is it possible to expend this great sura lor iut one ship? A visit to a large ship building establishment wnero sucn 'vessels aro constructed will disolose the fact that the prinohial item of ex 'tienso must be the labor. Walk through the draughting room, the .vattern shop, tho machino shop, the iboiler shop, and out ou the vessel 'herself, and everywhere you will find 'men working away hour by hour, all for the one shin. If wo should count them we would find that thero are neai'y eight hundred employed on one part or another ot tuis lour-miuion-dolla.' vessel. Month after month thdv work, and probably at tho end of four years time their task will be aomuletod. I However, tho men wo find about the yard are not tho only ouos who are employed in tho construction of the jbattlo Bhip. In different parts of tho country muny othors nre working iu ,the mines, the blast furnaces, and rolling mills to produce the material for the men in the yard to work upon. Altogether it is safe to say tjUfttnthoH and men arej?ojitUrtitly employed for a penod'oFlour years iu tho construc tion of ouo of these leviathans of the sea. . Probably no other creation of man brings into employment a greator va riety of artisans than the construction of a war ship. If wo glaco over the pay roll of a largo shipyard wo find represented thereon draughtsmen, pat tern makers, machinists, riveters, cop persmiths, plumbers, boiler makers, 'calkers, pipe fitters, puiuters, carpen ters, joiners, sailmakers, riggers, elec tricians, bellhaugcrs, decorators, up holsterers, and many other special trades and occupations. It has been cs timatedthat thero are thirty two classes of workmon necessarily employed iu tho construction of a steamship. As the majority of theso men aro skilled mechanics who receive from 812 to $25 a week, it can be easily seen whore the money is expended for this class of construction, i Ouo of tho most expensive parts ol tho whole nhip ii the irmor for the turrets oud belts arouud tho sides. Tho contract price for this material varies between $500 aud $ti00 a ton, delivered in the shipyard. This doe not includo the cost of plaeiug the plates on tho vessel, which nmouiili to a considerable sum. Some of the plates weigh twenty-llvo tons and aro worth nearly $14,001) apiece. It is probable thut when tho gius aud equipment aro Mipplied and the pre miums paid for increased speed, the cost of one of tL36o,batt!e ships will reach a grand toti.l tf nearly 0;".030, 000. New York Uut:. A Dimimitiie t-'kc!nie: Thero has died nt hU residence. t Caruiuey, near Rallymona, Ireland, ono who was reckone I to bo tho most diminutive man in l'1-iter. His name was Duvid Yastou, and h:s stature did not reuch beyond tho lieiflit of three feet. At tho time of his death, which occurred on July 20, ho had attained tho ago of about fifty years. Ho was o married man und lc:-.ve; a widow uu l eovoral of a family to moiiru his early death. For years past he was well known throughout llallynieuit aud tUfi district as an evangelistic preauher and curried on tho grocery busjiivsj. ! Chicago Herald. THE WAY OF THE WORLD. There once was a hermit who livod near a stream, Ins pleasant, commodious cave t Folks glared on him dally, wltn wonder su preme, And he lived on thryf roscnts they gave. But ono morning ho found, with such dread ful dismay, That he oould hardly open his Hps, k now hormlt sottlod Just over tho way, And himself in a total eclipse. F. 15. Oppor, in Rt. Nicholas. HUMOR OF THE DAT. Lawyers help those who help them selves. Puck. Women are fonder of talking than of conversation. Roston Transcript. Few people see things as they are. Most mortals see them as they want them. Galveston News. Tho world is full of peoplo who never aspire above pulling something down. Milwaukee Journal. Tho eloaks and tho coats You may air ns you will, But the O'lor of camphor Will climr to them still. Chlca:o Inter-Ocean. Jasper "How did Mr. Rlublood make his wealth?' Jumpnppe "Ho didn't make it. He inherited it, and it made him." Puck. Teacher "Johnny, where was the Declaration of lndcpender.ee signed?" Johnny--"At the bottom of tho page, mum." Syracuse Post. Prospective Purchaser "What min erals are there in this spring?" Owner "Plenty of gold and silver, if you advertise it properly." -Truth. "She is a great favorito with tho male sex." "Yes." "Why doesn't sho marry?" "Her numerous engage ments prevent her. "New York Press. Nell "Mr. Sillious is only an npol ogy for a man." Belle "Well, wouldn't yon accept an apology if it was offered?" Philadelphia Record. 'TIs not for nil tho things I want I My poukotbook I bleed ; Alns ! I'm poor, because of all The things I do not noed. Puck. When a girl has a dimple in her cheek sho doesn't nsnally get to be more than seventeen years old beforo she learns how to work it. Somer ville Journal. "Call him a veteran joko writer? Why ho it not moro than twenty years old." "That is so; but his jokes are veterans all tho same." Indian apolis Journal. She "I don't see you with Miss Gotrox any more. Have you and sho had a misunderstanding?" He "No ; an understanding. Sho rejected mo." Rrooklyn Life. Client "I want to suo the railroad company for 850,000 damages. What is tho first thing for me to do?" At torney "Give me a retainer for 8500. " Detroit Free Press. "What I haven't you named tho baby yet?" Mamma "No." "Can't find anything good enough?" Mam ma "N no; can't find out whioh uncle is tho richest." Chicago Inter Ocoan. "What's tho matter with Jennings, nailow?" "Oh, some mental trou ble. Ho suffers from o complote loss of memory." "Suffers? Jove! he's in grett luok, considering his past." Harper's Hazar. Patient "Cau you tell mo, doctor, tho cause of baldness?" Physioian "Nothing easier, sir. It is dne to the falling out of tho hair. Will you pay now, or shall I put it down to your ac count?" Ronton Trinscript, Teacher " 'They buildod bettor thaa they knew.' Do you understand that?" Rright Hov "Yes'm; they olwaj-sdo. Teacher ""Who always do?" Rright Hoy "The architects, you know. Pop's now 8000 house cost most 810, 000." Good News. Friend "How did the couut pro pose to you, and you accept, if be could not understand your language nor you'his?" American Hoiress "It was very simple. Ho showed me his family troe and I showed him my bank book." New York Weekly. Miss Rellofield "Mr. Spatters is a good sportsman." Miss Rloomtiold "Is he? He never shoots auything." Miss Rolleiield "That is why I call him good. I think it is real wicked to kill innocent animals nnd birds." Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. "Hast thou a lovnrr" asko 1 ho, "Oh, uiuldou of tho llulne?" Hha blushed In swunt confusion And softly fultre;l "Neiu." He felt rebutted and knew not What best to say, nud tueu A suddt-a thought came to him ; lie ploudoJ, ' Maliu it tun." Detroit Tribune. Ho "Now that wo aro eugagod, I must know if any one ever kissed you beforo." She "Oh, Goorgo, how can you doubt me? I bring you heart as fresh oud ardent as your own." (George doesn't know whether to be satisfied or not.) Raltimoro Tele gram. When ouo girl tells you that ohe al ways prefers the summer at the sea shore und another girl tells you that she always prefers to spend the sum mer at tho mountains, you may be pretty sure generally thut tho first young lady tans and the second youug lady freckles. --Somervillo Journal. Mr. Smollwort "I see that a fe male bank robber has been operating out West and has so far escaped cap ture." Mrs. Smallwort "How do they know it is a woman if the robber has not been captured?" Mr. Small wort "The combination looks havo all been picked with a hair-piu." Chicago Reeord. The present price of beef in Paris is forty cents per pound, muttofl being thirty-eight cents, veal thirty-six cents, and tho best horso meat sixteen cents per pound.
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