I THE FOREST REPUBLICAN fa Mllhrt TT W4i1aj, f J. E. WENK. Offlo la Bmibnjh A Co.'a Bnfldins mxm rraisT, noNMTA, r. Tarms, ... .e per Yr. nkw-Tttrttmi netT f a aantar Mrtos Oorr(wnln- MltrHsd frW tl Mrta f tb eon-ur. Iiiim ui k Ukn ml unrwu ooiinuluuow. RATI S OF AOVeRTISIMOl On, Bqnar, on inch, m InM-tlaa. .f 1 On, Bqnar, on, lnoh, cm, month... t Oft On, Sqnar, on, lnoh, tbre month. 04 On, Pquar, on, lnoh, on, year.... .. M J Tiro Hqii.ru, on, ywir IS K Quarter Column, on, yar.a 80 ts. Half Column, on, jrr M ti On, Column, on, jw, - ...... 100 lstnl trirorthMtnxit turn at pr tcn tnnrtton. M arrlag and doth notta frmtto. All bill, (or yerl y ad Twtlwn.n t iflit quarterly. Temporary advertiaemmt aoat ft paid in adranoa. Job work aaah oa daltvary. VOL. XXVIT. NO. 20. TI ON EST A, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 1894. $1.00 PER ANNUM. Forest Repubiicak Mexico, with 7200 schools, can't quit bo called an tmprogressive coun try, maintains t-Jie New York Recorder. Our successful dairy farmers are placing more and more dependence npon the silo, declares the Now Eng land Farmer. After a thorough review of recent rxporimonts the New York Sun's vr dict is that "artificial rain making is not ii very great suooess anywhere." Moat is said to be shipped into Salt Lake City, Utah, more than a thousand miles went of its point of slaughter and in the heart of the range country, and where sheep are at their cheapest. In an interview in an English . weekly paper : Ben Davies, the great Welsh tonor, says: "From the musi cal point of view I must confess that the Amerioan pooplo are considerably la advance of us." Recent' experiments in England would seem to tho New York World to indicate that in the not distant future each farm house will hare its eleotrio lights, the electricity thorefor being furnished by a little wind-mill. Count Ito, Prime Minister of Japan, is described in the Hoview of Reviews as "one of the bost all-round mon in Japanese politics, if not in the world. Th nearest approach to Lis typo in American history is, perhaps, Alexan der Hamilton." Nothing in the estimation of the New York Independent, could more conclusively show that the Chinaman is indeed an "outside" barbarian than the fact that in the reoent combats in ' Seoul tho Chinese fired upon Japan- es ambulance carry ing men who wore the Geneva cross. They killed a doo. . tor and some hospital attendants. The Woroestor (Mass.) Spy has the following : Many Northwestern farm ers hav become thoroughly tired of enduring the trials to which their nn ' certain olimate subjects them, and are 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 farms in locali ties suited to their avocations. Tho discovery is reported from . Central Amorioa of an actual kingdom ofLiliipnt, situated in the wilds of that little-known country. A genera of the Guatemalan army announces that he encountered an army of the pygmies on the borders of that coun try. He desoribes the little people as a tribe of ferocious savages, armed with spears aud blowpipes, with whiob they discharge poisoned arrows. So . far very littlo is known oi this new rac of Americans, but now that they have been discovered the Atlanta Con stitution is of the opinion that they will probably not long be left un known. " The New York Tribune observes: "Cromwell died 236 years ago con; scions of the renown which awaited him, 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 233 years afterward, to com' memorate his exequy, it would very likely have lent a spirit of peace to jis going forth which the occasion actually lacked, notwithstanding that he carried nis crown of achievement - into the still kingdom with him and huld his subject realm in the hollow of his hand till the last. It was really a complimentary demonstration in honor of the memory of the great usurper, and whoever engineered it i. ought to have a medal of hippo potamus hide." Australian fresh meats are begin' uiug to seek new outlets on the con tiuent of Europe end in proviuces of tho United Kingdom. That far ofl iHlaud continent has made suah rapid progress in the last few years in the export of meats in refrigerators that English dealers begin to fear the home markets will be glutted. For this reason, aooordingto the Amerioan 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 part of consumers against frozen meats, and this is another feature with which the trade is obliged Lto contend, yet the exports front i Australia have increased enormously during the last few years. Including I beef, mutton and other meats not ? preserved by beiug salted, the United Kingdom imported in 1893 a total ol 07,800,000 pounds from the country -.rneJ against 43,800.000 pounds in V and 22,400,000 pounds in 1890, A SONQ OF HAPPY DAYS, Blng a song o' happy days Sing it all the time! Roses bloomln' in the ways Bolls that sweetly chime t Bight or wrong, Still sing the song For happy singing pays ' Blng a song o' hnppy years Blng It day and night Let the rain shod all the tears-' Lot tho heart be light 1 Right or wrong, Btitlslng that song Ami keep the harps strings bright t Blng a song o' happy llvos Blng It load sad long! Brothers, listers, sweethearts, wives, Join tho thrilling song 1 Bight or wrong, BUM sing that song, Till aogols to tho chorus throng ! P. L. Btnnton, In Atlanta Constitution. Mi NEW FOUND COUSIN, BY. ARTHUR JONES. O begin with, no fol low was ever more TAlS -T, fortunate than I m r vn - having a host of pretty girl cousins. Aud 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 year I was studying at the School of Fine Art, in Paris, adding the finishing touches to my ednoation in art. 1 was thoroughly devoted to my work and took littlo share in the sooial affairs of the American colony, The few people I cultivated were of the bohemian world, mostly students at the i! we Arts or the University, The novelty of living in this fren, out door atmosphere was so absorbing that I missed very little the society of the urawing-room. Late one afternoon the postman brought me a letter, postmarked Paris and addressed in an interesting fern' inine hand: "Mr. Arthur Jones, Hue de Sevres, No. 163." "Who can this be from?" 1 asked myself as I scanned the envelope and address. I tore it open without more ado. "Daisy lillotson, I read, look' ing first at tho end. "Who on earth is Daisy Tillotson?" But here is tho letter, copied from the original, which is still in my pos sojsiou : Bodlkvabd BlUKSM Ko. 72, Pabib. April 17. 1S93. Mr. Arthur Jones- I will explain at once who I am, and then you win un ior,-mnn wny i write you. lour mother Is a favorite oousin of my mother's. and Mamma made mo promise when I loft New lorn to nuut you up walonl am doing in tue Dest way i xaow or. I sincerely Hops you nrs TBI Mr. Jones, for I don't know your first name. I only knew you wore stu, lying art In Parts. They gave me your address at the Fine Arts. I shall be hore several weeks with my friends, the Paynes, of Ht Louis, and I hope 1 may see yoa soon, xonrs sincerely, DAISY TILLOTSON. 'Daisy Tillotson, Daisy Tillotsoa," I repeated to myself. "1 don t re member of any Tillotsons in 1 our family. However, she seems to know. That's the trouble with having so many relatious. 1 suppose 1 11 have to look her up, or Mother will never forgive me. x 11 call at onoe, to-night I've nothing special on and get it off my hands. She's probably one of those formal creatures, and I shan't have to cull a second time. So I added a few careless touches to my toilet for my life among the stu dents had made me affect the extreme neglige style of dress- walked to the Place Chatelet and took a seat on top of an Aro de iriomphe bus. Ah 1 what a spectacle that is to sit perched on the top of a great lumber ing, careening, three horse 'bus aud see the world of Paris, from one end to the other, pass in review before you I The lights along the Rue de liivoli have just been lit. The shops are olosod, but the cafes are bustling with pent-up expectancy, for Paris is jtibt beginning to wake up for the night. But I must not tarry on tho way. Boulevard Haussman, No. 72. very respeotuble apartment house, Mrs. Payne received me. "Ob, yes, you're Miss Tillotson s cousin. She expecting you. I almost feel as if knew you myself, Mr. Jones. I've heard Daisy rave so over your pio tures." And she shook hands with me with regular Western cordiality. There was a rustle iu the next room, A girl appeared in the 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 seen a prettier girl, and oer taiuly I have not changed my mind sinoe. "Daisy, this is your cousin, Mr, Joues, said Mrs. l'ayne. "Mow, yo can have a good visit togetuor. We got on from the very first. am the easiest fellow in the world to get acquainted with, if you will give me 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 soemod, had been sob.oolin.ates togoth cr, though I didn't ever remember ever having heard my mother speak of it. Strange thing, too, that in all my life I had never heard that the Til lotsous were relatious of ours. And vet ours is such a large family, it was hardly to De wondered at. But we didn t have to confine our solves to' talking over family matters. We -found common ground euough that was more profitable. I had not been home for a year, aud she told me all that had beou going on in art and wusio meantime. She was thoroughly r v i rm vi mm conversant and in sympathy with these subjects. bho was herself a student of the piano. So there was enough to talk about. I looked at my watch. I was after eleven o'clock. How the time had passed 1 Throe hours had slipped away and I hadn't realized it. What better proof that I had found my newly discovered cousin absorbing. It was a new sensation for mo me, who, with my surfeit of fair cousins, had always been inclined to take the sooioty of women at a discount. "Why, I do behove I am actually a little in love with this girl," I solilo quized on the way back to my lodg- ngs. "But it will do no harm. She's my cousin." So interoRted was I in tho subject, however, that at that late hour I sat down upon reaohing home and wrote a letter to my mother in New York, telling her all about Daisy Tillotson. She was an acquisi tion to tho family, I said. I had arranged to take my cousin to tho Luxembourg gallery the next day. Then wo won'd go to the opera in tho evening. This was my plan. I called for her in the morning with a car riage. Think of me riding in a car riage I Why, like a true bohemian, I had always hated anything less ple beian than a publio omnibus or a bi cycle. But then, "she's my oousin," I argued to myself, "and I must make her stay in Paris memorable. It's all on her aooount." Yes, she certainly did look pretty. that fresh, inspiring Apiil morning. She must have studied to look her best. I took this to myself as a com pliment. In turn, I had myself given unwontell attention to my toilet and had spent some little time trying to decide which cravat I should wear. "What a romontio and unconven tional situation fato has thrust us into, Miss Tillotson," I remarked as the carriage rolled off toward the Luxem bourg. "Here are two young people who have never known and scarcely heard of each other bofore, cast sud denly together, far away from home and left to each other without sponsor or chaperon. It sounds too bookish to be a reality." "Yes, l ve boon thinking of it," she answered, "but you know we're cousins, and that s different. "After all, I persisted with the idea of teasing her for 1m a con firmed tease "are you perfeotly sure of that? You never knew me. Jones is a common name. There may be half a dozen painters ia Paris by tho name of Jones, in fact, 1 know one myself. You pioked me out at ran dom. Perhaps I'm not your cousin at all. Maybe tho other Jones is the for tunate one. "Oh, you're just tryintr to tease me," she responded, "and I shan't be teased. I know you d like pretext to get rid of me, but it's quite a privi lege to have a cousin iu Paris who knows everything, and 1 m not coins: to let you go so easily, Mr. Jones. " 'Mr. Jones, indeed, said I in an injured tone. "If yoa call me 'Mr. Jones' I am no cousin of yours. My name is Arthur to my cousins. And I'm going to call you Daisy. May I? 'Miss Tillotson is so long, you know.' "I don't know why you shouldn't, she said, a little oonuettishly, "if you're my oousin. " It was a gala day for me. How I enjoyed telling hor what I knew about the pictures. And in the evening, how I enjoyed hearing her talk of the opera it was "Carmen." Mu&io was as familiar ground to hor as art was to me. And how ofteu wb found that truth was as applicable to one art as to tho other. We had both been pro gressing in the same field art iu the abstract along aittorent but parallel paths ; and the comparisons of views were interesting and broadening to us both. Ponder the subject well aud you will nud that there are numerous essential analogies that ran through pictorial, musioal and literary art. ior two weeks 1 scarcely touched a brush. During that time the doors of the Fine Arts knew 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 lor my neglect of study. was trying to persuade myself that I was interested in Daisy Tillotson simply because she was my cousin But I knew better. I began to wish she Were not my oousin. We were very frank with each other, There was no reason to be otherwise, One afternoon we were out at St, Cloud out under the budding horse chestnuts whose shade Napoleon so loved. I had been reading "Paul and Virginia to her in Trench, I remom ber. "You have no right to be my cousin, Daisy, I said. "What a per versity of oircumstauoe. Here you are the ouly woman I have ever come across that has forced from me any real affection of the tenderer sort. And you are my cousin." "But niaybo I am not your cousin,' she responded with a merry twinkle, "You have said ofteu enough that you are not sure of it. Perhaps I am some adventuress who, counting on your brilliant future, has set a trap for you aud baited it with this cousin pretext so as not to frighten you away. There s no telling, Aren you a littlo suspicious?" And so we kept up the sentimental skirmish. It would have been ft real courtship if that cousinly barrier hud not stood between us. Aud s'lll felt that it was that very cousinly barrier that made mo so bold, and her too. Without it, I presume, we should never, under the conditions, have be oome more than casual acquaintances, With it we had been almost like brother and sister from the very first. and here at the eud of two weeks it teemed as if we had known each other a lifetime. One evening when I was at Mrs. Payne e there came a nug at the door and tho maid brought a card iu to Daisy. It read: "Mr. Anthony Jones. " "Do you know him? Is he a rela tive of yours?" asked Daisy, handing the card to me. "Know him?" said L Know Tony Jones? I ought to. He's an artist, too. He's the one I spoke of. We've been up into Normandy sketching together more than once. But ho b been in Munich since Christ- Perhaps he's the cousin you were looking for when you found me, Hal ha!" Just then Mr. Jones, the other Mr. Jones, entered. Daisy rose to meet him. "Why, how are you, Mr. Jones?" said he, seeing me J "I didn't expect to find you here. "or I you," I returned jooosely. "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, here, hos.relioved me of theaw a d ness of introducing myself." Tm sure I am very glad to see you, Mr. Jones," she musterod self-command enough to soy. "I'm afraid 1 have made a terrible blunder, though, unless you are both my cousins." 1 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 like a oome- dy. But which of us is the real oousin, and whioh 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 deoide for the present," said L "Miss Tillotson, I'm afraid, will have to remain in un certainty until our credentials can be compared. Jouos, that is the other Jones, was an admirable fellow, and it was not long before we were all laughing aud 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, oon jenial party, that's certain. The next day 1 received a letter from my mother in answer to the one I had written two weeks before. She had no oousin of the 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 t I'll go and explain it to Daisy Miss Tillotson, I mean at onoe, thought L "It's due to her. I'll tease her abont it. But 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. "But we re not oousins any longer, jaaid J, suddenly drawing myself up with make believe dignity. "33 I suppose I muBt go baok to my painting and leave you to your real cousin, the other Mr. Jones." "You woulddn'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 be the one to disolaim our friendship, begun though it was purely by chanoe." "BleBS you," I said. "I'm glad, after all, that you're not my cousiu, aud I wouldn't ohange plaoos with the other Mr. Jones if I had the chanoe, for now" So it was, you sec, that Daisy Til lotsoa became Mrs. Arthur Jones, ii you must know. Oftentimes her cousin Tony, the other Mr. Jones, comes to see us, and we have another laugh over the whole -efTiir. If you should happen our way we'd be glad to see you. xou oan find the addreat easily enough. Only be sure not to get the wrong Mr. Jones. The Path finder. The I'lienoiiionon of Gray Hair. Gray hair by no means shows a pre mature deoay of the constitution. It is a purely local phenomenon, and may exist with great bodily vigor. The spot where grayness begins differs with the individual. As a rule a woman's hair begins to change color at the temples at five-aud-thirty, but a severe attack of neuralgia will whiten the hair over the part affeoted in a few weoks. A very severe illness will also diminish the ooloring matter. Gray hair in most cases is very becom ing, and, when really well dressed, has a very distinguished appearanaa es pecially it the face and ooloring of the complexion be still young. The transi tion stage is very trying, and no woman likes finding her first gray hsir ; but, onoe it is completely gray, she may get to delight in the "summer snow." New York Dispatch. A Telephone iu Church. Supporters of the telephone system iu Birmingham can now be placed iu communication with Christ Church iu that city, and practically take part in the servioe. The telephone wire runs right into the pulpit, and the listen ers at the other eud of the system can hear the tolling of the bell, the pray ers, the respousos, the singiug aud the sermon. Even casual ooughiug among the congregation can be dis tinguished. There are many classes of persons on whom this new depar ture confers a great boou. The sick and bedridden, who have long been prevented from attending any place of worship, oan now be present, it not in the flesh, iu the hearing. flew York Telegram. Amajii iu the Civil Wur. Late statistics in odd things in the history of the United States Army show that no less than 159 women dis guised as men served as soldiers in the Army of the Potomac New York Mail aud Express, SCIESriFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. By a new process wood is rendered fireproof. Bacteria can exist in all fluids, acids and alkalies. The electrio light has been intro duced into the large villages of far-off Afghanistan. By a new process of electro-photography a person's intornal organs may be photographed. The male of the sea horse carries around the eggs laid by the female and hatches thorn, while the female 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 iu a loaf of bread. It is said that tho London underground bakehouses are proverbially dirty. Scientists have determined that more than twenty terrestrial elements exist in the sun's atmosphere. Among these are 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, 111. The outflow of gas was so strong that the auger and derrick, weighing 403 pounds, were thrown twonty feet in the air. Mr. Jansaon recently exhibited to the Fronoh Aoademy of Soiences the olookwork that will register the obser vations of tho instruments placed in the observatory on top of Mount Blano, Switzerland. It requires winding up only onoe in eight mouths, and is lubricating with a material that has been exposed to a cold of eighty degrees below zero without freezing. The aeration of the 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 chemioal 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 checks the development of microbes, although it is powerless to kill the bacilli of ty phoid fever. That malady is best ar rested be the suppression of milkmen like that one who caused in Montolair, N. J., lately, one hundred cases and many deaths by supplying his milk cans from a well infeoted by sickness in his family. Tho Cold Bath. The London Medical Journal com bats the popular notion of the injuri ous effects of a cold bath taken when one ia overheated by exercise an idea falsified by tho experience of athletes from the days of -the Greeks and Bo mans even until now, who f nd in this prooedure a refreshing and stimula ting tonic af tor the exertion they have recently undergone. Physiologically speaking, too, according to this writer, a oold plunge or douche taken imme diate after the physical effort, when the skin is aotiug freely aud there is a sense of heat throughout the body, is as rational as in the experience of the athlete it is beneficial is paralleled, ia foot, by the touio olloct produced by the oold plungo when the skin is actively secreting after a Turkish bath, and finds its rationale) doubtless, in stimulating the. uorvons-ystem, iu tLe Increase of internal circulation, aud aim iu tho renewal of activity to the cutaneous oiroulatiou after the momentary contraction of blood ves sels due to the cold. The popular be lief presumably rests on the injurious effects which may be induced by the bath in one who does not resort to it immediately, but allows titu) for tho effects of fatigue to show themselves on the muscles and nerves aud for the surfaoe of the body to got cool ; taken then, the bath is more likely to de press thau to stimulate ; there is lesi power of reaction and greater inabil ity to internal inflammation a warm bath rather than a cold one, at such a time, being inoro suitable and more eafo. Hypnotism in Surgery. Hypnotism as a substitute for ether, chloroform and other opiutos is advo catod strougly in the Arena by Dr. James 15. Cocke. Ho believes seventy fivo to eighty per cout. of tho oases iu which such drugs aro now usod might bo treated with hypnotism. The shock to the system would be avoided, at well as the disagroeablo after effects. A case is Jdoscribed where prolouged hypnotism was successfully used to re duco the pulse, which wus at 130, of a young muu suffering from a most pain ful disease, who was a complete nervous wreck, aud oould obtain no sloop. In two minutes the pulse fell to 108, and in thirteen minutes ho was breathing deeply iu sleep, uud the body was iu state of repose. Hypnotism was also used in place of ohloroform during the harrowing daily treatment of au iu torual wound, aud tho patient was thus dragged from tho jaws of death. Iu deutal operations also, Dr. Cooke has frequently usad hypnotism. Now York Observer. His Tomb a Bliuiuture Church, Dr. Woodward, of Suu Prairie, Wis., has ordered a mouiuueut for himself at Madison. It is to bo a miniature church iu gruuite. It will bn erected ou private property ioar tho doctor's residence, and he will bo buried there wheu he die. Chicago Herat X COST OF A BATTLE SHIP. AS MUCH AS 1 4.000,000 EXPENDED FOR A SINGLE VESSEL. What That Immense Sum Renlly Means Various Items That Knter Into the Ship's Cost. IN looking over the appropriations for the support of the Govern ment for a fisoal year probably no item will be found therein which specifies so much money to be expended for so limited an objoct as one similar to the following: "The President is hereby aulhof Ized 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 that may be paid for increased speed, not exceeding 84,000,000." At the first glauoo. it scarcely seems possible that a single ship, that oan be tossed around at will by the billows of the ocoan, or lie destroyed com pletely in a few hours if cast upon a lee shore, could cost such an enormous amouut of money. Four million dol lars would build a magnificent fleet of forty full-rigged ships, eaoh capable of carrying 2000 tons of cargo to any port in the world. It would buy every ferryboat plying between flew xork, Brooklyn and Jersey City. It would be sufficient to establish a line of six teen good-sized steamships, suoh as run from New York to Jacksonville, Fla., and other domestic ports. A 'fleet of fifty suoh crack yachts as the ,Vigilant could be built and fitted up in elegant style for the prioe 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, ocoupymg a lot Z feet by 100 in an ordinary city, would be worth, on an average, about 000. Four million dollars would build 400 houses of that class,, and if these houses were placed in one row, after making due allowanoe 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. Aa average meohanio, ia good times, will earn about SG00 a year : the money paid for one battleship by the Government would thus support nearly 7UUU lami 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 sum lor iut one ship? A visit to a large ship building establishment wnero suon vessels are constructed will disclose the fact that the principal item of ex nnnsa must be the labor. Walk through the draughting room, the nattern shop, the mschino shop, the boiler shop, and out on the vessel iherself, and everywhere you will find Wen working away hour by hour, all for the one ship. If we should count them we" would find that thero are nearly eight hundred employed on one part or another oi tnis lour-munon-dollar vessel Month after month thev work, and probably at the end of four years' time their task will be Isompletod. ) However, the men we find about the yard are not the only ones who are emplovcd in the construction of the battleship. In different parts of tho country many others are working iu Th mines, the blast furnaces, and rolling mills to produoo the material for the men in the yard to wors: upon. Altogether it is safe to sny th.oAthotr' sand men arecoiydjftBtly" employed for "a neiuoToflour years in the coustrnO' tion of one of these leviathans of the aea. , Probably no other creation of man brings into employment a greater va rietv of artisans than the construction of a war ship. If we glace over the pay roll of a large shipyard wo find represented thereon draughtsmen, pat 'tern makers, machinists, rivetors, cop. persmiths, plumDers, boiler makers, calkers, pipe niters, painters, cnipuu tors, joiuers, sailmakers, riggers, clcc tricians, bellhangers, decorators, up holuterers, and many other special trades and occupations. It has beeu es timated that thero are thirty two classes of workmen necessarily employed iu the construction of a steamship. As the majority of those mon aro skilled mechanics who recoive from $12 to S25 a week, it oan be easily seen whore the money is expended for this class of construction. i Oue of the most expensive parts oi the whole ship it the iirmor for the turrets and belts' arouud tho sides. The contract prioe for this material 'varies between $500 and $u00 a ton, delivered in the shipyard. This does not iucludo the cost of placing tin plates on tho vessel, which amounts to a considerable sun). Some of tho plates weigh twenty-live tons and are worth nearly 814,000 apiece. It is probable that when the guns aud equipment are supplied and tha pre miums paid for increased speed, the cost of one of thso .battle ships will reach a grand totnl cf nearly iJC.,000, 000. New York Uuu. A Dimluutiie Kpet'lniep. Thero has died at hU residence. , Carniney, near lUllymeuK, Ireland, one who was reckoned to bo tho mast diminutive man ia Ulster. His name waa David Yaston, and h;s stature did not reuch beyond tho height of three feet. At tho time of his death, which occurred on July '10, ho had attained tho age of about fifty years. Ho wirs married man uud leuve's a widow and eoveral of a family to mouru his early death. For years pust he was well known throughout JJully men ami the, district as an ova igelistio preuoher nd carried ou the grocery buaiucsj. -Chicago Herald. THE WAT OF THE WORLD. There onoe was a hermit who lived near a stream, In a pleasant, commodious cave t Folks glared oa him dally, with wonder su preme, And he lived on thospresonts they gave. Bat one morning he found, with suoh dread ful dismay, That he oould hardly open his Hps, K new hormtt settled Just over the way, And himself In a total eclipse. F. B. Oppor, In Bt. Nicholas. HUMOR OF THE DAT. Lawyers help those who help them- solves. Puck. Women are fonder of talking than of conversation. Boston Transcript. Few people see things as they are. Most mortals Fee them as they want them. Galveston News. The world is full of peoplo who never aspire above pulling something uown. Milwaukee Journal. The clonks nnd the coats You may air as you will, Bat the odor of camphor Will cling to them slill. Chlcazo Inter-Ocean. Jasper "How did Mr. Blublood make his wealth? " Jumpnppe "He didn't make it. He inherited it, and it made him." Puck. Teacher "Johnny, where was the- Declaration of lndepender.ee signed?" Johnny "At the bottom of the page, mum. Syracuse Jfost. 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 favorite with tho male sex." "Yes." "Why doesn't she marry?" "Her numerous engage ments prevent her. .New lork iToss. Nell "Mr. Sillious is only an apol ogy for a man." BeUe "Well, wouldn't yon aooopt an apology if it was offered?" Philadelphia Keoord. 'TIs not for all the things I want 1 My poaketbook I bleed ; Ale 1 I'm poor, because of all The things I do not need. Puck. When a girl has a dimple in her cheek she doesn't usually get to be more than seventeen years old before she learns how to work it. Somer ville Journal. "Call him a veteran joko writer? Why he it not more than twenty years old." "That is so; but his jokes are veterans all the same." Indian apolis Journal. She "I don't see you with Miss Gotrox any more. Have yoa and she had a misunderstanding?" He "No; an understanding. She rejected mo." Brooklyn Life. Client "I want to sue the railroad oompany for $50,000 damoges. What is tho first thing for me to do?" At torney "G ive me a retainer for $300. " Detroit Free Press. "What! haven't you named tho babyyet?" Mamma "No." "Can't find anything good enough?" Mam ma "N no; can't find out whioh nnole it the riohest." Chicago Inter Ocean. "What's the matter with Jennings, Harlow?" "Oh, some mental trou ble. He suffers from a complete loss of memory." "Suffers? Jove I he's in groat luok, considering his past." Harper's Bazar. Patient "Cau you toll mc, doctor, the cause of balduess?" Physioian "Nothing easier, sir. It is due to the falling out of tho hair. Will you pay now, or shall I put it down to your ac count?" Boston Tnuscript, Teacher" 'They buildod better thaa they know.' Do you understand that?" Bright Boy "Yes'm; they always do. Teacher "Who always do?" Bright Boy "Tha architects, you know. Pop's new $5000 house cost most $10, 000." Good News. Friend'How did the count pro- pose to you, and you acoopt, if be oould not understand your language nor you.his?" Amerioan Heiress "It was very simple. He showed me his family tree and I showed him my bank book." New York Weokly. Miss Bollefleld "Mr. Spatters is a good Bportsraan." Miss Blooratlold "Is he? He never shoots auything." Miss Bollefleld "That is why I call him good. I think it is real wicked to kill innocent animals and birds." Pittsburg Chroniclo Telegraph. "Hast thou a lover'" askod ho, "Oh, maiden of tho lthlne?" Bhe blushed In sweet confusion And softly fultHred "Nelu." He felt rebulldd uud knew not Wlni t best to sty, nud tueu A sudden thought came to hi in ; He ploaded, "Maka it ton." Detroit Tribune. He "Xow that wo aro engaged, J must know if any oue evor kissotl you before." She "Oh, George, how can you doubt me? I bring you a, heart as fresh aud ardent as your own." (George doesn't kuow whethor to be satisfied or not.) Baltimore Tele gram. Wheu one girl tolls you that she al ways prefers the summer at the sea shore and another girl tells you thut she always prefers to spond the sum mer at the mountains, you may be pretty aure generally that tho first young lady taus and the seooud young lady freckles. Somerville Journal. Mr. Smallwort "I see that a fe male bauk 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 nil been picked with a hair-piu." Chicago Record. The present prioe of beef ia Paris is forty oents per pound, niuttofl beiug thirty-eight cents, veal thirty-six cents, aud the best horse meat sixteen cents per pound.
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