TEE FOREST REPUBLICAN I a-bltta rrary WadaMday, fef J. E. WENK. Otfloa la Boubtnt Jk Co.'a Bulldliif zl rrurr, tiorbsta, r. ratis or ADvenrisiMOi Republican. H OR On. 8qnar on. Inoh, on innrtla. , I On. Square, on. Inch, on. month. .., I 00 On. Square, on. inoh, tbrae month. , S 00 On. Hquara, on. Inoh, no. J ear ...... Two Hquars, on. year 190C Quarter Column, on. ;nr., 9) 0C Half Column, one year . . MOO On. Column, on. ftir, 100 Lea) advertiMma-iti Urn enti )-ar Umm ach u-aartion. Marriairwi and daath notln. fratbi. All bllliforyrly adTertiem-.nb- uuflaam qnirUrly. Temporary adT.rtimm.Bta aaaat b. paid ia advanoe. Job work oaih on delivery. Trmt, . tl.C r. nk-wrtptlme nttLtH fet mtrtm Mrloi fata thma Biontba. OnrmpmltiMt Ml1tt4 frtm at aorta of the eonntry. N lie wtU H Uata ( unruul omiakauaa. VOL. XXVIT. NO. 42. TIONESTA, PA., AVEDNESDAY, FEB. 0, 1895. 1.00 PER ANNUM. ES Tb averago of human lifo baB in creased fiv. per Cent, in the past twenty-five yearn. About two cr cent., or one penny in fifty, which reaches tbo Unitod State. Hiib-Troasurios is thrown out as a bail coin, being cither dauiagod or aconutorfuit. ' Think of tho money lying iillo in Europe when the HiiBiiian loan of $75, '000,000 was subscribed for forty times over, in twelve hours, exclaims tho St.' Louis Star-Soyiugs. . Tho fnrmors of the gas bolt in Indi . ana havo organized to protect them rmlvoa against bold th loving of live stook and grain. It is estimated that there will bo 15,000 members. Cottage hoineH, in which to houso pauper children and preserve them from tho work-bouso taint, have boon provided by tho Sheffield (England) Board of Guardians nt a cost of $150, 000. ' Tho Queen of Sweden, who has always takou an interest in Swodish hospitals and tho nursing of the sick, had tho first experiments mado in Sweden with tho ' new cure for diph theria. llussia is advancing rnpidly in mili tary civilization. For an instance, tho St. Louis Star-Sayings rolatos, that the lance shafts of her Cossacks aro now fitted to be usod as punt polos or as the handles of scythes with which to out liny on tho march. From returns received at tho British War Oflice it is estimated that the number of noncommissioned officers and mon eutitlod to tho Queen's modal for long and meritorious service, run ning from twenty to thirty-four years in many cases, is over 80,000. The Now York Advertiser is remind ed that General Washington was the victim of merciless political attacks when ho was President. General Gates onoo alluJod to hint as that "dark, designing, sordid, ambitious, vain, proud, arrogant and vindictive knavo." Political denunciation sooms to have grown decidedly tame in those ater years. Tho surronder by the Mosquito In dians of thoir rights under the treaty of Managua leaves Nicaragua in com plcto sovereignty over tho Mosquito re nerve, and puts au end to Great Britain's pretentions to the right o protectorate over tho reservation. The New York Mail and Express states tfcifl uo 'fear remains of. British intca ference with the Nicaragua Canal Com pany's right of transit across tbf isthmus. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ilamliu has issued an order to Collec tor Kilbreth, of New York,' directing that, until further notice, the inspec tion of luggage brought by passengers on transatlantic vessels shall not bo stopped at sunset, as was done upon the recent arrivals of the Teutonio and Westeruland. llt-roafter, it the inspection has boon begun before sun set, all the luggage must bo passed without interruption, thus saving pas sengers unnecessary inoonvenionco, 'An ostrich farmer in Southern Cali fornia says in the New York San that tho ostrich farming experiment is not au entire eucooss, although not a com plete failure. Ho was one of the first to engage in the business of raising the big birds for thoir foathers, and expected to realize a big fortune quiokly. , Ho says that, whilo much money has been derived from the sale of feathers, the birds da not increase as rapidly as was expected. Then, iXVTj many are so vioious that it is im pcasiblu to remove the feathers with out killing thorn. He still hopes that, as the farmers gain more experience in the management of the ostriches, the business may booome as big a suc cess as was at first expected. A damage suit, in which the jury found for the plaintiff, has been'cloeod ia the St. Louis County Court, at Clayton, Mo., which, it is believed, has so preoedent in the courts of tho United States or England. The case was one, relates the Atlanta Constitu tion, in which a father claimed and got a verdict for 85000 for the death of his son, who was killed by a railroad train. It was proved that the boy was standing alongside tho track when tho train rushed by at a high rate of speed and that he was hurled to tho ground and forced under the oars by tho cur rent of air made by the swift motion of the train. Deep interest has been manifested in tho peculiar and new feature iu the case, the outcome of which in the higher oouits is likely to open up a new field of action for dam ages agaiuotttikoaoji.. . THE rtlDDLE Of WRECK. Dark homlooks, soventy nail seven, High on (he hill-slope algh ia dro&m, With plumy beads In honven They silver tho sunbeam. On. broken body of a tree. Blabbed through nml alnshod by lightning keen, Unsoulod and grim to aoo, Hangs o'er tho hushed ravine. A humlrod masts, a hundred more, Crowd close ngninit tho subset II res. Thoir Into adventure o'or, Tuey mlnglo with tho spins. But one Is lying prone, alone, Whore gleaming gulls to sua war J swocp, White sand of burial blown In shoots about Its sleep. When lightnln'-'s leashed and son Is still, Yo sacrificial mysteries dread, Bonpegonta of shore an 1 hill, Your riddle may l.e read. Helen Gray Cone, In tho Century. LOVE IN A SNOWSTORM. BY M. BABINUTON BAYLBt, HE was a little I'nritn,, l., with honest gray eyes and a sweet, Q 5 ftl bashful face, ner rV'ft V pnronts called her I M" ,'.(rri,: Dorothv : ! r friends, Dolly. She had been brought np very strictly, and it was not without misgivings that her family allowed her to visit her rich uncle and aunt in in London, but they could not well refuse tho invitation. Dolly had been in London only one short week, aud she was bewitched with everything sho saw. She loved her uncle and aunt, both of w hom dis played strong affections for her, and indulged her iu a freedom she had never tasted before. Sho was dolight od with tho substantial old house, with its largo roouiH, big fireplaces and comfortablo furniture. Moro than nil, sho admired Loudon itself. Tho busy streets, with their palatial shops; the colossal- buildings St. Paul's, tho Abbey, tho Houses Parliament, the broad, qnfet equares, which seemed to bnyo been dropped down -at random among the wilderness of houses ; the gay restaurants and the brilliant, fas ciuating theatres. Sho particularly liked it at night, when illumined by couutlcts lights, whoso reflections glittered on the pavement ; and when tho black darkness of the sky. unac companied by tho deathly silence that n Drought jn tho country, scorned rathor to enhance the noiso aud bustle of tho prodigal streets. Thero was something romautio about it all. It thrilled her, sho knew not why. Her heart beat faster, her pulse bounded moro quickly. Sho felt more alive thou she had over felt before. Thero was another souroo of pleas ure. Never before had she boon thrown into tho company of so en gaging a young gentleman as her cotmiu Tom, tho only child of her uncle and aunt. He was Dolly's sen ior by eomo half dozen years. Had Dolly's parents suspected what man ner of young man ho was, they would havo made a special jouruey to Lon don to bring their daughter home. Fortunately, thoy were ignorant. Thoro was nothing really bad about tho lad. Ho hod a very good heart, but ho wanted steadying a little. He was exactly tho sort of dashiug, reck less, freehanded young Englishman that a handsome, manly fellow bo comes when plaoed in circumstanoes of weulth and freedom. The first time ho saw his cousin Dolly ho decided that sho was a very pretty girl, but shy, and that it would be worth whilo to draw her out. Ho found it not easy ; and that, not withstanding tho fact, had ha kuowu it, that thero was in Dolly's heart on intense willingness to be drawn out by cousin Tom. But thut shyness of of hers "was a fashionable larrier. She could not chatter ; tho thing was impossible. Her sileuco hnd been in bred bo long that it had become yart of her anatomical structure ; and Tom, in spite of all his convesratioual tal ents and social polish, frequently found himself reduced by it to a cor responding state. On the other hand, if Dolly could not rpeak, sho could look. Sho had extremely eloquent eyes ; eyes that spoke far more than her lips. Tom soou began to watch those eyes and to love them. Ho no longer attempted to make his cousin talk ; her eyes rendered conversation unnecessary. One afternoon, iu the first week of January, ho sauntered into his moth er's sitting room, and thero discov ered Dolly, sitting, liko tho historio Miss Muilit. on a buffet in front of tho fire. Her fingers were busy with some crochet wurk. Tom drew a chair to the fire. "Are you going out to-night, Dolly V" She lilted her eyes from her needlo. "Not to-uijjht." "Not. Are you sorry?" "No." "I suppose your'e petting ruther tired of it. You'vo , been out pretty nearly every night . lately, haven't youV" . ' " "Yes. I'm not tired of it, thounb ; I liko it. But auutio aud I uro going to have a quiet 'eveuiug to-night, aud I .hull like tbut'ju&t as well," There was a pause. "Are you sine you will like it just as well V "I beg your pardon?" said Dolly. He moved ou his chair. "Well," ho said, "I want you to come out with me to-night, if you will." bho looked ut hitu iu umazoiueut. "Out with you? Why, where to?" "The theatre," he responded. Pleasure shone iu her face. She r- gasped with delight. "Oh, you are kindl But do you think auntie will allow me?" "I'll ask her," said naughty Tom. It was really very wrong of him, for Dolly's parents would have been scan dalized at tho idea of their daughter being seen in a theatre. However, they wero not there to soo it. It never occurred to Dolly that it could be wrong for her to go after Tom had proposed it, and so, as Tom's parents raised no objections, they started iu due course. Tho only condition im posed on them (and the sequel proved it a sound one) was to wrap up well, which they did. How Dolly enjoyed tho performance it is unnccossary to relnto iu detail. Sho did enjoy it immensely; and sho frequently turned to Tom and thanked him so enrncsHy for his kindness iu having brought her that Tom began to feel the ecstasy that follows virtu ous conduct Her enjoyment robbed her, for tho first time, of her shyness. Her face glowed with an unusual ani mation. There was a color in her chocks and a spnrklo iu her eyes that had not been there before. When a shy maiden does wake up to anima tion she is ten times more dangerous ly attractive than her vivaoious sis ters, who sparkle all day long. Tom thought his cousin's faco more seductively sweet than he had imag ined it could bo. He warmed toward her. He no louger wanted to draw hor out, to flirt with her. He was in lovo now, all tho way. They made no haste out of the the atre, with the result that, whon they reached the street, there was not an available hansom. "Wo'd better walk on a bit," said Tom. "Wo shall come to ouo pres ently." Thero had been a heavy fall of snow during tho performance, and the pave ment of tho Strand was ull elushy and sloppy. "It's rather unpleasant under foot, Dolly," said Tom. "You'd better take my arm." Sho did as she was bid, and imme diately experienced a curious sense of being owned. It seemed to her that she belonged to her cousin. Whilo, as for Tout, the soft touch of those small, gloved fingers ou hiscoatsleeve gave him more pleasure than all his previous flirtations rolled into one. Whtn they came to Trafalgar Square Dolly gave a little scream of delight. "Oh," she cried, "how pretty I" It was pretty. Tho whole square fountains, statues, and all, wherever the snow could find a lodging lay draped in white. Tho portions that wero free from snow looked doubly black by contrast. It was a study in white, with Jn'st a little black to help it out. Overhoad fleecy clouds soudded rapidly, and a full, bright moon stared down at the glittering panorama. The square was as light as day. "Oh, how beautiful ! I didn't think Londou could look so lovely I" Tom looked at the speaker, and thought her lovelier than tho scone she admired. "Yes," he said, with his eyes on hor faco, "it is beautiful, very beautiful indeed." "Oh," toid Dolly, "let us walk home. We don't want to take a cab on a lovely night like thit. I wouldn't tuits the walk for the world. It isn't far, really, is it?" "About a mile," said Tom. "Only a mile. Oh, that is nothing. Let us walk. Shall we?" "Decidedly, if you wish it. You'd better take my arm again," for iu her rapturous admiration she had slipped her hand foose, "the streets are slip. pery. They walked on for three or four minutes. Suddenly Dolly's foot siippod. Tom, with remarkable pres euoe of mind, prevouted her from fall ing by putting his arm round her waist. That was a new experience for Dolly. It had never happened before, and she was overcome by tho strange ness of it. Sho didn't say anything, but she blushed, nud her face looked exquisitely pretty. I don't think Tom was to bo blamed very much for bond ing dowu and kiimiug it. Ho should not have done it, of course; it was wrong ; but the temptation was con siderable. Dolly released, herself in dignantly, pushing him from her They walked a short distance in awk ward silence. "Dolly, ore you angry with me?1' . No reply. "Dolly" very humbly "I'm aw fully sorry; but you looked so pretty that I couldn't help it." Still a severe silence. "Won't you forgive mo, Dolly?" The gray eyes were fixed on the grouud, aud the pretty lips were pressed firmly together. Ho caught her fingers. Sho tried to pull thtin away, but it was useless. "Wou't you forgive me, Dolly?" he said agaiu. She found her voice nt length. "I wish you wouldn't make me say things. Of course, I forgive you, but you oughtu't to have done it.". "I am really very sorry, Dolly," he said, repentantly.'- . Then tho snow come down. Thero was no miatuke about it, either ; it did come down, with a ven geance. The flukes were nearly as large as a man's hand, uud the feky was full of them. "Dolly," said Tom,' firmly, "you mutt take my arm and hold it tightly. We are going to catch it. " She took his arm, and he hurried her along as fast as he could. It was no use. Tho snow pelted their faces so severely than in loss two minutes they were nearly, numbed with the cold. "We must shelter somewhere till tho violence of the utorm is spent," said Tom. He looked about him for aoouveuii-ut doorway. Fortunately, there was ouo near. He placed Dolly inside it, so that the enow eouKl not get to her, and stationed himsulf at her side, ' "Are yon cold, Dolly?" he said. "Not very, thank you," she replied. "Aro you?" "I? Oh I it doesn't matter about me, dear. You aro the important member of this small community. Are you suro you are not cold? Will you have my muffler ?" Ho commenced to take it off. "No, indeed !" exclaimod Dolly, preventing him. "Do you think I would take it from yon ? But it was kind of you to offer it very kindl You are kind to me." "Kind 1" said Tom, warmly. "Who could help being kind?" Ho pressed more closely to her. Outsido tho snow was descending heavily. "Dolly," said Tom, speaking low, "have you quite forgiven mo?" She smiled, but did not say any thing. His arm stole round her again. She mado no effort to repulse it. He looked at her face. The cold had turned it a dead white, but it was beginning to glow again, and he thought it had never looked prettier. "Dollv," ho whispered, "I love you." Her heart boundod. no loved hor I Oh! tho blissful thought I "Dolly," he whispered again, "could you caro for mo ever so lit tle?" "Yes," sho murmured. Their eyes, aud then thoir lips, met. After that I don't think either of them miuded the cold much. . They wero prisoned in that sancti fied doorway an hour before the snow abated, and then it took them another twenty minutes to get homo. They were received with rejoicings. "We thought you had got lost," said the master of the house. Dolly ran straight into hor aunt's arms, and burst into a fit of sobbing. "My poor child I" said tho lady, ca ressing her, "you nre overwrought; aud no wonder. Tom, you haven't taken proper care of her." "Oh I but he has," said Dolly, smil ing through her tears. "It isn't that." "She has promised to be my wifel" said Tom. Tho rest isn't worth telling. A Useful Python. Once, whilo passing through a Dutch farm, writes the author of "Three Years With Lo Uengula," in Africa, I went up to tho house to buy some eggs , standing in front of the door was a large barrel, and whilo passing I carelessly -tilted it up to see what was inside, but promptly let it dowu again, as there was a big python un derneath. Tho Dutchman told mo ho had shot at tho suake some months previously, and a few grnins entering the head, the reptile appeared to be come stupelicd and nnablo to move quickly. He then draggod it home, and extracted the fangs, aud it gradu ally became tame. The python, which measured sixteen feet, was allowed to crawl about the place at' night, never attempting to get away or do any dam age ; in fact, they found it useful tor killing rats aud vermin. By day it was kept under the barrel. The chil dren fed the snake, and played with it. I saw one of the little Dutoh boys drag it out, and pour two bottles of milk down its throat, and then give it six eggs, wh'ch it swallowed. When thoy teased the python, it mado a hiss ing noise and reared up on its tail; they were not a bit frightened, and would catch hold of it by tho head, and drag it along tho ground over their shoulders. I'so'iiluess ot IHainotiils. Diamond powder and chips, and even the finest dust, are of great value iu the mechanical arts. Brazilian diamonds are now put to a novel and interesting use. A thin disk of steel, seven feet in diameter, has spaces at intervals of about ouo and one-half inchos. These spaces are filled in with pieces of steel that exactly tit, and into these aro set the diamonds fixed iu countersunk screw-heads. They are arranged iu groups of eight, and are so placed thut they do not follow one exactly ufter the other iu tho cut, but each lino takes its own course. This circular saw is used for cutting up blocks of stone, aud so elUcient it it that in less than two nud one-hulf years it has to cut out four huudred and twenty thouxuud square feet of stone, at a cost of n trille less than two cents a square foot. In this time it has been necessary to renew twenty of the teeth, the average oost of which has been about two dollars per tooth. The Ledger. Hub's lur (i nn Chewing1. The visible working of the jaws iu chewing guiu iu not a pleasant sight, aud that it exasperates sensitive peo ple beyond measure U not unnatural. A Buffalo coachman lost a good posi tion the other day becuuso ho would persist iu chewing gum ou tho box while driviu. The s. verest criticism levelled ut certain regiments o(. the Massachusetts National Guard at' a recent inspection was that many pri vates aud some o'licers chewed gum on parade. The ouly pereous who really o.ight to be allowed to chew gujjire polii1ueu, ou night service oijy, autraemui-r of football tcum iu-uuiuali coblUct. --Buffalo Couimcr- cjfcir, ' : Au Eye to Business. 'A proposal having been mado iu Loudon thut boxes should bu erected iu public thoroughfares for the recep tiou of orange-peel aud matches, re culls the story told of a youug gentle man of excellent principles walking with au eminent surgeuu. As they uearod his house, the lad kicked away a piece of orange-peel that lay on thj pavement intu the road. Thu sur geon said, "My dear bov, what arj you about?" au J replaced it exaot:, opposite his ou door. Arouuut, THE MKRRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARB TOLD BT THE FUNNT MEN OF THE PRESS. 1-dked Them ll Crown Onto .lack Saverl Again -An All-Sufficient Krasou, Ktr., ICtr. Tho Mamma - "At what age do you consider children molt interesting?" The Bachelor Friend "Any time after thirty. "Judge. BAV3D A'iAIM. Teacher "Johnny Green, point out Africa on tho map.' John "Please, ma'atn, it niu't po lite to point." Truth. THE PRAfTICAIi MLH O? If. "You hnveu't read Brown's last ode, have you?'' "I think I have. It pccics to me he last owed me 818." Detroit Tribune. THK HEST T1MR. Nodd "My baby looks lovely when ho is asleep. You ought to see him." Todd- "Wheu shull I call? ' Nodd "Anytime during the dny." Life. rtESENTED THE IMl'lTAHOX. Caller "Wonder i( I can see your mother, little boy? I she engtgsd?" Little Boy "Engage 1? Whutoher givin' us? She's married. " -Boston Transcript. OF rilACTICATi DEyEViT. "What has become of Brown? The lant limo I saw him ho had water ou tho brain." "He's the head of u reservoir com pany now." Judge. ONTO JACK. Dolly Swift "Tho prieo-mark on Jack's birthdav gift is quite plain $17.50." Sally Gay "H'ml I woudcr what it really cost?" Puck, HIS Wll'E COOKFD. "Dootor says a little hard work would ba just the thing for mo now." Mr. Nuoook "Conin round and tako a few meals with mo, old fellow." Chicago Inter-Ocean. HAD nBASON. "There goes a man that really and truly loves the game of football." "Is he the Captain of the " "Great Scott, no! he's a drnxiist.'' Chicago Inter-Oceau. AN ALti-Hl'FFICIKST ltKASO:. Fond Parent "Bobby, why will you always persist iu pushing in tho eyes of your little lister's dolls?" Bobby (conclusively)--"Because I :an't pick 'cm cut." Truth. THIS QUICK ANJJ THE DEAD. Bob's Widow "Do you dare to sit there and tell me you oonsider your self a hotter inau than poor, dear Bob?" Her Brother --"Oi course I do, for he's dead." Judge. Johnny "I don't see how that young chicken can bo so comfort able." Hired Man- "Why not?" Johnny "Why, because it is sit ting on its pin-foathers." Puck. IXCREDIBIit. Mr. Homemau "Did you read that article about a football player gotting shot the other day?" Mrs. Homemau "No, John; but, goodness mo, you don't mean to say the game has come to tint?" Bostou News. SHE OOUNTEUS. He "1 wonder when you will be able to set as good a ta'jle ns my mother?" . Sho "By tho time you are able to provide as good a table as your father does, my dear." Burlington (Iowa) Gazette. BASHFUL nACIIELOll ANU HELPFUL MUD. Bashful Bachelor, nervous aud fid gety, trying to remember a speech, he had beeu rehenrsiug for an hour pre viously. Helpful Maid, auxiom and expec tant. B. B. "My dearest, I I have long wished to tell you that I am full I mean my heart is full my palpitating heart 1 I mean you- smiles dear est, would shed would shed H. M. "Perhaps, dear, wo could live in a fl it at first, and thou wo should not need a woodshed." - (The all important date wai fixed within five minutes.) Truth. SlILKlf t'OltCK Of 11AOIT. "Does the razor hurt you?" No reply. "Is tho draught too btroug?" "No reply. 'VShall I shul the door?" No reply. "Awful'ttre last night!" No reply. ".Shave you pretty close?" No reply. "Getting very chilly now I" No reply. "That was a very heavy thunder stor. n lust night !" J'o reply. ".Shampoo?'" No reply. "Trim your hair up n little? No reply. "Brilliuiitine ou tho iuou-1 cUt ? X.. reply. " Jay rum?'' No reply. Then thu barber, who was alouo iu Ids shop, sat down greatly rc 'ivs ia I. He ha t beeu shaving huuelt. - - i'll-UiU. SCIESTIFIC ASD INDUSTRIAL. Dews aro loss abundant ou islands and on ships in midoceau. Darwin deolared that insanity is Dot peculiar to human beings. He as aertod that animals often become in ane. The earliest known attempt at an explanation of tho rainbow was mado by Aristotle. It was along the lino of modern scientifio investigation. Many physiologists bolievo that in sanity is a return to the habits of the wholly undeveloped man. Professor Freeman writes that at different peri ods of insauity the action of the un fortunate patient becomes "horribly monkey-like." Milk should bo kopt nt a distnnco from every volatile substance, and milk which has stood in sick chambers should never bo drunk. The power of milk to disguise tho taste of drugs as potassium, iodide, opium, salicy late, etc. is well known. Tho depths to which the sun's rays penetrate water has recently been de termined by the aid of photography. It has beeu found that at a depth of 553 feet the darkness was to all in tents and purposes the same as that on a clear but moonless night. The Canadiau authorities have do cidedtotost all cattle, imported into the Dominion with tho Koch tubcr culine lymph. "If any animal is found to be affected with tuberculosis tho owner will have tho alternative of taking it back to tho place whence it came, or having it slaughtered with out compensation." As far as is known swallows' mi gratory flights are always carried on by day. The fact thnt, though warb lers and other migrants are constantly found dead around lighthouses, hav ing dashed themselves against tho windows of tho lanterns, swallows have never been known to meet their fate in this way, furnishes strong presumptive evidence of this peculiar ity of the swallow tribe. The habit of feigning death when attacked tridespread among animals, and Angus' Cfaines has found it in the microscopio insect which produces the itch. When he touched an itch in sect with the point of a needle it feigned death, remaining perfectly still for soma time. This . it did re peatedly. Tho same habit of "pos euming" has been found to character ize several varieties of snakes. A medical paper reports oases from Philadelphia hospitals where men who have reooverod from electric shocks of upward of a thousand volts "folt no pain whatever. " As iu tho reports of several of these cases it is said that the subjects moaned and writhed be fore recovering consciousness, it wonld seem to bo more accurate to say that they did not recall thoir suf ferings at tho time they made tho statement to their physician. The Last ol Her Tribe. The last survivor of tho Delaware Indians, who formerly owned all of the lands in this section of New Jersey, died a day or two ago. in her humble cottage in Southampton township, N. J., and was buried from the little Methodist chapel at Tabernacle. Hor name was Ann Roberts, and she was the widow of John Hubert s, a mulatto, who died a number of years ago. They had several children, some of whom are still living. A picturesque figure she was as she stood erect in front of hor cabin with hor long black hair streaming over her shoulders, and the neighbors all had a wholosome respect for her. She was nearly six feet in height, very muscular, and despito her years she was past ninety could do a day's chopping in tho woods with almost any of the men in the neighborhood. The house sho lived in was bought with some pension money sho, hud secured on account of the death of one of hor sons in the war. Somehow she managed to pick up a living for herself until her last illness, when tho neighbors kindly supplied hor wants until the end caiue, when they gave her a Christian burial. "Indian Ann," as sho was called, was the last survivor of the EJgc pillock Indians, a branch of the Dela wares. They wero assigned to u reservation iu Shamoug township iu 1757, where they remained for a long time prosperous aud happy. Thou they were removed to another tract of land in Oucida Couuty, New York. Indian Auu's parents uccotupauiud them, but soou bocr.me weary and returned to Burlington County, where thoy lived iu a cabin ou tho Woolmuu farm, near Mount Holly, until their death, which occurred some timo in tho fifties. Philadelphia Ledger, Witutou Destruction ol ti unc. Our attention has recently beeu arrettod by a rocvut invention which is a menace to wild water game, aud an outrage on the sentiment aud prac tice of all true sportsmen. A recently devisod pnoumutio boat has for its upper portion simply a circular rub ber rloat, arranged into water-tight compartments, easily inflated with uir. Attached to this on tho under side is a pair of rubber wading boots. The operation is very easy. The boatman thrusts'his legs into tho wading boots, inflates his bout with uir, propels him self with his feet; his body being con cealed iu his boat, which is eovored with loose sea weed, he can easily ap proach aud mingle w ith tho uususpeut iutf water fowl to his protit aud their destruction. We do not know wheu are huvo heard of a more piratical ma hiue for tho extermination of our irild game. Some gunners will un doubtedly uno it, but tho true nports utu uever will. It might bo well to uake a target of this pirate boat and ts vandal occupant whenever it niukcs ts appearance on tho water. --Atlanta voustitutiou. A WINTER THOUGHT. O'.d Wlntor ia a aurly aoul, Qnunt, haggard, grim find gray ; Ills trumpet blast sweeps from the knoll All thnt Is green and gay. Hut Isn't he a poet still, Of awoot and gentle art, Who fools a kind and gentlo thrill Of sunshine Iu his heart. Wheu ho deplcta In drenms wind-tost The flowers of aummor'e train. In arabesques of sparkling frost Cpoa the window-pane? 1'.. K. Muuklttrlok, In Harper's Weekly, HUMOR OF THE DAY. Tell ui not In mournful miub-ri bife Is hut Bn empty ilrvirn. When we've hnd mlnee pie uud doughnuta, Turkey, oako an 1 rend ice cream. Chicago lnter-Oeeiiu. McSwatters "i hear Hogo, tho humorist, has broken his back?" MnHwitters "Well, that's u fuuny snap!" Syracuse Pott. The oentre-board of a yacht is most important in a race, but on a pleasure trip tho sido-board is most thought of, New Orleans Picayune. She "These horrid photographs don't do me justice at all." He "My lovo, it's not justico you stand in need of, it's mercy." New York Lodger, A rose by any other name Might bo ns fragrant. Htlll, We'd all be Just ns penniless When settling up tho till. Cnlcago Iutur-Ocenu. Twenty per cent, of tho Chicngn women who registered did not vote at tho late election. It is evident that Tuesday is bargain-day in Chicugo. BochcBtcr Herald. Teacher (to class) "In this stanza, what is meaut by tho line The shades of night were fulling fast?' " Clever Scholar "The peoplo were pulling down tho blinds." Tit-Bits. Somo o' these dnys the tide will turn, Though the river looks long aud dim ; But while you're wailiu' you J better learu To swim, my boy, to swim ! Atlaula Constitution. Intimate Friend "Has your hus band's love grown cool?" Sarcastio Wife "Oh, no. Ho loves himself just as much now as he did wheu we wero married twenty years ago." Somervillo Journal. "Did I understand you to say that Thompson was a farmer?" "Good gracious, no ! I said ho made his money in wheat. You never heard of a farmer doing that, did you?" In dianapolis Journal. "Answer by return male," was the way the letter wound up that Miss Footlites received from Mr. Suddeu rox. "I wonder," said sho, "whether he means by tho messenger boy or by post." Indianapolis Journal. Iu a suburban Boston pulpit last Sunday morning this notice was read:. "ihe pastor will preach his last ser mon this evening, and the choir has arranged a special praiso service for the occasion." Philadelphia Ledger. The pen may be mightier than the sword, But muny a man is willing To bet that hla little typewriter Ia ever so much moro killing. l'uck. Traveler (to train-boy) "Got any funny books Mark Twain or any of tho humorists?" Train-Boy "No, sir ; but I've got a couple of London papers containing comments on tho American elections," Chicago Iteo ord. Minnie "Did you hoar about Mol ly's fiance falling off the trolley oar and breaking his arm?" Mamie "Yes. I wonder if he will sue the company for damages?" Minnie "I i ness not. I shouldn't woudor if sho i'.ocs though." Cincinnati Tribune. Father (to son who is just going out in tho world) "And remember one thing never marry a gal as is richer thau yourself. When I married your mother I had five dollars and she had twelve and a half, and she nevor ceased to throw it up in my face yot." J adge. Diamonds Are Hard. After perfect rubies and emeralds, aud porhapB after great pearls, comes the diamond iu value. This, too, has a range of colors, tho most prized be ing red, blue, greeu aud water white, while brown or gray tinges aro not quite so highly esteemed. TheKoh-i-Noor, of 102 J carats, runks low in point of sizo with some of tho world's groat stones for iustanco with the Great Mogul, 27'J carats iu weight. Diamond is the hardest miuorul known, brittle, though it be ; acids do not effect it, aud it is also tho ouly combustible gem. It has high refractive aud dis persive powers ("lire"), and some hpociuieus become phosphorescent by tho action of light. It usually occurs us au eight-sided crystal. New York Times. l!e Doles on Do;,'. Tho Cleveland papers report tho curious case of Mrs. Charles Umlauf, of that city, who had her husbaud ar rested for alleged ussault aud buttery. It came out iu court that tho cause of tho domestic unpleasantness was her refusal to cook dog for Charles on tho family stovo. Her energetic re monstrances against his offorta to con vert tho ohildreu to his own views as to tho toothsomeuess of that viuud provoked him to violence. Charles promised tho justice to keep the peace in tho family, uud was let go with a caution from tho bench. Subsequently hi told a reporter that ho hud beeu eating dog llosh for seveu years past uud prefers it to thicken. Atlanta Constitution. Profits In the Dm;- fineness, "Speaking of profits iu the drug business," said a Broadway druggist, "my lease is for seven years, aud has four years yet to run. If I duu't re tire with -510(1,000 clear from this ntoi'o my llguring powers uro very faulty."-- New Vork Suu.
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