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VOL. XXVIT. NO. 42. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 0, 1895. S1.00 1ER ANNUM.
M paid la ad Tan o.
Job work'
ih on daltrary.
lORES
Tbs averago of human life Las in.
crossed five per Cent, in the pant
Iwenty-flve yearn.
About two per cent., or one penny
in fifty, which roaches tho United
States Rub-Treasuries is thrown out
a hn coin, boing either damagod
or a counterfeit.
T) i t n V nf 4Via ni fir! nw iwint ilia In
Europe when tho Russian loan of $75,
' 000,000 win subscribed for forty limes
over, la twelve hours, exclaims tho
Bt.'Louis Star-Sayings.
. Tho furmers of the gas bolt in Indi
ana bavo organizod to protect them
reives nguinnt bold th loving of live
stuck nail grain. It is estimated that
there will bo 15,000 members.
Cottage homes, in which to house
pauper children and pres?rve them
from tho work-houso taint, have bcon
provided by tho Sheffield (England)
Board of Onardians nt a cost of $150,
000. The Qneon of Sweden, who has
always taken an interest in Swedish
hospitals and tho nursing of the siok,
hnd the first experiments mado in
Sweden with tho ' new onre for diph
theria. '
Itnssia is advancing rapidly in mili
tary civilization. For an instanoc,
the St. Louis Star-8nyingt relates, that
the lance shafts of her Cossacks are
now fitted to be usod as punt poles or
as the handles of scythes with which
to out hay on tho march.
From returns received at tho British
War Office it is estimated that the
number of noncommissioned oQloera
and men eutitlod to the Queen's modal
for long and meritorious service, ran
uiug iium twuuvjr tj tuiriy-iuur year,
in many canoe, is over 80,000.
The New York Advertiser is remind
ed that General Washington was the
victim of moroilcss political attacks
when he was Fresident. General
Gatos onoe alluded to him as that
"dark, designing, sordid, ambitious,
vain, proud, arrogant and vindiotive
knave." Folitioal denunciation sepias
A .1 1. I . J , i .
to ubto grown uociuouiy tame in inese
later years. .
The surrender by tue Mosquito In
dians of their rights under the treaty
of Managua leaves Nicaragua in com
plete sovereignty over the Mosquito re
nerve, and puts an, end to Great
Britain's pretentions to the right oj
protectorate over the reservation.' The
New York Mail and Express atjttas tiifl
no fear remains of. British riiteg
f crence with the Nicaragna Canal Com
pany's right of transit across 'th;
isthmus.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Ilamlin boa issued an order to Collec
tor Kilbreth, of New York,- direottng
that, until farther notice, the inspec
tion of luggage brought by passengers
on transatlantic vessels shall not be
stopped at sunsot, as was done upon
the reoent arrivals of the Teutonic
and Wcsteruland. Hereafter, if the
inspection has been begun before sun
set, all lho luggage must bo passed
without interruption, thus saving pas
Mongers unnecessary inoonvenionce.
'An ostrich farmer In Southern Cali
fornia says in the New York Sun that
the ostrich farming experiment Is not
au entire success, although not a com
plete failure. lie was one of the first
to engage in the business of raising
the big birds for their feathers, and
expected to realize a big fortune
quickly. . Ha says that, while much
money has Leon derived from the sale
of feathers, the birds do not inorease
es rapidly as was expected. Then,
i'Vlty many are so vicious that it is im
pcssiblu to remove the feathers with
out killing them. lie still hopes that,
a the formers gain more experience
,iu the management of the ostriobes,
the business may become as big a suc
cess as was at first expected.
A damage suit, in which the jury
found for the plaintiff, has becu'oloeod
in the St. Louis County Court, at
Clayton, Mo., which, it is believed, has
no preoedeut in tho courts of the
United States or England. The cose
was one, relates the Atlanta Constitu
tion, in which a father claimed and got
verdict for 85000 for the death of
Lis son, who was killed by a railroad
train. It was proved that the boy was
standing alongside the track when the
train rubbed by at a high rate of speed
and that he was hurled to the ground
aud forced under the oars by the cur
rent of air made by the swift motion
of the train. Deep interebt Las been
manifested in the peculiar and new
feature in the case, the outcome of
which in the higher oourts is likely to
open up a new field of action for dam
ages sKttiustjraikoadn.. .. .. .
THE niDDLB OF WRECK,
Dark homlooki, seventy and seven,
High on the bill-slops sigh In dream,
With plumy bead In Iioaven (
They sliver the sunbeim.
One broken body of a tree,
Btabbad through and ilnshod by lightning
keen,
Cmoulod and grim to soo,
Hangs o'er tbo hushed ravine.
A hundred masts, a hundred morn,
Crowd olose against tho sunset II res.
Their late adventure o'or, "
Tbey mingle with the spires.
But one Is lying prone, alone,
Where glentnlng gulls to louwarj sweep,
White sand of burial blown
In shoots about Its sleep.
When lightning's lonshod and sea is still,
Ye sacrificial mystnrlos droad,
Bonpegonts ot shore nn hill,
Your riddle may bo road.
Halen Orny Cone, In tho Contury.
LOVE IN A SNOWSTORM,
EX M. BABINOTOX BATLBV,
HE was a little
l'uritau maiden,
with honest gray
eyes and a sweet,
J f) bashful face. Her
f V'TvV' parents oalled her
f f :fe" ,- Doroth v : h
friends, Dolly.
She had been
"brought np vory
strictly, and it
was not without
mingivings that
her farailv &TlnwA1
her to visit her rich uncle and aunt in
in London, but thoy could not well
refuse the invitation.
Dolly had been in London only one
short week, and she was bewitched
with everything fbe saw. She loved
Ler uncle and aunt, both of whom dis
played strong affections for her, and
indulged her in a freedom she had
never tastod before. She was delight
ed with tho substantial old house, with
its large rooms, big fireplaces and
Comfortable furniture. More than all,
sho admired Londou itoelf. The busy
streets, with their palatial shops; the
colossal, buildings St. Faul's, the
Abboy, tho Housesf Forliainent, the
broad, qnfot r quares, which seemed to
hove been, dropped down .mt random
among the wilderness of houses; the
gay restaurants and the brilliant, fas
cinating theatres. She particularly
likod it at night, when illumined by
countless lights, whose reflections
glittered on the pavement ; and when
the black darkness of the sky, unac
companied by the deathly silence that
it brought in the country, seemed
rather to enhance the noise and bustle
of the prodigal streets. There was
something romantic abont it alL It
thrilled her, she knew not why. Her
heart beat faster, her pulse bounded
more quickly. She felt more alive
thou she had over felt before.
There was another souroe of pleas
ure. Never before hod she been
thrown into tho company of so en
gaging a young geutlemau as her
( couftiu Tpm, tho only child of her
uncle aud aunt. He was Dolly's sen
ior by some half dozen years. Had
.T)olIy's parents suspected what man
ner of young man he was, they would
have mado a speoi.j journey to Lon
don to bring tbeir daughter home.
Fortunately, they were ignorant.
There was nothing really bad about
tho lad. He had a very good heart,
but he wanted steadying a little. He
was exactly tho sort of doHhing, reck
less, freohanded young Englishman
that a handsome, manly fellow bo
comes when plaoed in ciroumstanoes
of wealth and freedom. The first time
he saw his cousin Dolly Le decided
that she was a very pretty girl, but
shy, aud that it would be worth while
to draw her out.
He found it not easy ; and that, not
withstanding the fact, hod Le known
it, that there was in Dolly's heart an
intense willingness to be drawn out by
cousin Tom. But thut shyness of
of hors Jwas a fashionable larrier.
She could not chatter ; the thing was
impossible. Her silence had been in
bred bo long that it had become art
of her anatomical (structure ; aud Tom,
in spite of all his conventional tal
ents aud sooial polish, frequently
found himself reduced by it to a cor
responding state. On the other hand,
if Dolly could not speuk, she could
look. Sho had extremely eloquent
eyes; eyes that spoke far more than
Ler lips. Tom soon began to watch
those eyes and to love them. He no
longor attempted to mako hU cousin
talk ; her eyes rendered conversation
unnecessary.
One afternoon, in the first week of
January, he sauntered into his moth
er's Bitting room, and thero discov
ered Dolly, sitting, like the hixtovio
Miss Mnilit, on a buffet in front of the
fire. Her fingers were busy with
somo orochet work. Tom drew a chair
to the fire.
"Are you going out to-night,
Dolly?"
She lilted her eyes from her needle.
"Not to-uight." .
"Not. Are you sorry?"
"No."
"I suppose your'e getting rather
tired of it. You've a been out pretty
nearly every night . lutolv, haven't
you?" ' - . -
"Yes. I'm not tired of it," though;
I lil it. But aiuitie and I uro going
to hive a quiet 'eveniug to-uight, aud
I ahull like thut' just as well. "
'iti-jre was a pause. .
"Are you sure you will like it just
as well ?"
"I beg your pardon?" said Dolly.
He moved on his chair. "Well,"
be said, "I want you to come out
with me to-night, if you will."
Bhe looked at him in amazoiueut.
"Out with you? Why, where to?"
"The theatre," he responded.
Fleoaure shone in her face. She
gawped with delight. "Oh, yon are
kind I 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 wore not there to soe 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, thoy started in
dne course. The only condition im
posed on them (and the scqnel proved
it a sound one) was to wrap up well,
which they did.
How Dolly enjoyed the performance
it is unnecessary to relate in detail.
She did enjoy it immensely ; and she
frequently turned to Tom and thanked
him so earnestly for his kiudncss in
having broncht her that Tom began
to feel the ecstasy that follows virtu
ous conduct Her enjoyment robbed
her, for the first time, of her shyness.
Her face glowed with an uuusual ani
mation. There was a color in her
checks and sparkle in her eyes that
bad sot been there before. When a
shy maiden does wake up to anima
tion she is ten times more dangerous
ly attractive than her vivacious sis
ters, who sparkle all day long. Tom
thought Lis cousin's face more
seductively sweot 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
love now, all tho way.
They made no haste ont of the the
atre, with the result that, when they
reached the streot, there was not an
available hansom.
"We'd better walk on a bit," said
Tom. "Wo shall come to one pres
ently."
There had been a heavy fall ot snow
during the performance, aud the pavo
ment of the Strand was all slushy and
Bioppy.
"It's rather unpleasant nnder foot.
Dolly," said Tom. "Yon'd better take
my arm.
She did as she was bid, and imme
diately experienced a curious sense of
being owned. It seemed to her that
she belonged to Ler cousin. While,
as for Tool, the soft touch of those
small, gloved fingers on his coatsleeve
gave him more pleasure than all Lis
previous flirtations rolled into one.
When they came to Trafalgar Square
Dolly gave a little scream ot delight.
"Ob," she cried, "how pretty I"
. It was pretty. The whole square
fountains, statues, and all, wherever
(he Buow could find a lodging lay
draped in white. Tho portions that
were free from snow looked doubly
black by contrast. It was a study in
white, with just a little black to help
it out. Overhead fleecy clouds scudded
rapidly, and a full, bright moon stared
down at the guttering panorama. The
square was as light as day.
"Ob, how boautiful I I didn't think
London could look so lovely!"
Tom looked at the speaker, and
thought her lovelier than the scone
she admired.
"Yes," he said, with his eyes on hor
faoe, "it is beautiful, very beautiful
indeed."
"Oh," (aid Dolly, "lot us walk
home. We don't want to take cab
on a lov(ely night like this. I wouldn't
mits the walk for tho 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 in her
rapturous admirr.tion she had slipped
her httnS Ib'ose", '"the streots are elipV
pery."
They walked on .lor three or four
minutes. Suddenly Dolly's foot
slipped. Tom, with remarkable pres
ence of mind, prevented her from fall
ing by putting his arm round her
waist. Thut was a new experience for
Dolly. It had never happened before,
and she was overcome by the strange
noss of it. She didn't say anything,
but she blushed, nud her face looked
exquisitely pretty. I don't think Tom
wos to be blamed very much for bend
ing down and kissing it. He should
not have done it, of course; it was
wrong; but the temptation was con
siderable. Dolly released herself in
dignantly, pushiug him from her.
They wnlked a short distance in awk
ward silence.
"Dolly, are you angry with me?"
. No reply.
"Dolly" very humbly "I'm aw
fully sorry; but you looked so protty
that I couldn't help it."
Still a severe silence.
"Won't you forgive me, Dolly?"
The gray eyes were fixed on the
grouuJ, and the pretty lips were
pressed firmly together. Ho caught
her fingers. She tried to pull them
away, but it was useless.
"Won't you forgive me, Dolly?" he
said again.
She found her voice at length.
"I wibh you wouldn't make mo say
things. Of course, I forgive you, but
you oughtn't to havo done it.". -
"I am really very sorry, Dolly," he
said, repentantly.'..
Then tho buow ctune down.
There was no miatuke about it,
either; it did coiue down., nith a veu
geuuee. The ilukes were nearly x
large as a muu's bund, und the eky i
wa lull ol thorn. . . ,
''Dolly," suid Tom,' firmly, "you,.
niubt taue iny arm ana bold it tightly.
We are going to catch it. "
She took his arm, aud he hnrried
her along as fast as he could. It was
no use. The buow pelted their faces
so severely thau in less two minutes
they were nearly, numbed with the
cold.
"We must shelter somewhere till
tho violence of the storm is spent,"
said Tom. He looked about him for
a oouvenient doorway. Fortuuutelv.
there was oue near. He placed Dolly
inside it, so that the enow could not
get to Ler, and stationed himself at
her side, '
"Are yon cold, Dolly?" he said.
"Not very, thank yoa," she replied.
"Are you?"
"1? Oh I it doesn't matter abont
me, dear. You are the important
member of this small community.
Are you sure you are not cold? Will
yon hove my muffler?"
He commenoed to take it off,
"No, indfpd!" exclaimed Dolly,
preventing him. "Do you think I
would take it from yon? But it was
kind of yon to offer it very kind I
You are kind to me."
"Kind I" said Tom, warmly. "Who
oonld help being kind?"
He pressed more closely to her.
Outside tho snow was descending
heavily.
"Dolly," said Tom, speaking low,
"have yon quite forgiven me?"
She smiled, but did not Bay any
thing. His arm stole round her
again. She made 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 Le
thought it had never looked prettier.
"Dolly," Le whispered, "I love
you."
Her heart bounded. He loved her I
Oh ! the blissful thought 1
"Dolly." Le whispered again,
"could yon care for me ever bo lit
tle?" "Yes," sho murmured.
Their eyes, and then thoir lips, met.
After that I don't think either of them
minded the cold much. .
Tbey were 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 her aunt's
arms, and burst into a fit of sobbing.
"My poor child I" said the lady, ca
ressing her, "you are overwrought;
aud no wonder. Tom, you haven't
taken proper care of her."
"Oh I but he has," said Dolly, Bmil
ing through her tears. "It isn't
that."
"She has promised to be my wife I"
said Tom.
The rest isn't worth telling.
A Usclnl I'ytlioii.
Once, while passing through a Dutch
farm, writes the author of "Three
Years With Lo Bengula," in Africa, I
went np to the Louse to bny some
eggs , standing in front ot the door
was a large barrel, and while passing
I carelessly -tilted it up to see what
was inside, but promptly let it down
again, as there was a big python un
derneath. The Dutchman told me he
had shot at tho suake some months
previously, and a few grains entering
the head, the reptile appeared to be
come stupefied and unable to move
quickly. He then dragged it home,
and extracted the fangs, and it gradu
ally beoime 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 for
killing rats and vermin. By day it
was kept under the barrel. The chil
dren fed the snake, and played with
it. I saw one of tho little Dutch boys
drag it out, and pour two bottles of
milk down its throat, and then give it
six eggs, wh'ch it swallowed. When
they teased the python, it made a hiss
ing noise and reared up on its tail ;
they were not a bit friguiened, and
wpuld catch hold ot it by tho bead,
and drag it along the ground over
their shoulders.
Usefulness of Diamonds,
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 abont oue and one-half
inches. These spaces are filled in with
pieces of steel that exactly fit, and
into these are set the diamonds fixed
in eountersuuk screw-heads, Thoy
are arranged iu groups of eight, and
are so placed thut they do not follow
one exaotly after the other in the cut,
but each lino tukes jts own course.
This circular saw is used iut cutting
up blocks of fctone, uud so efficient ie
it that in less than two nod one-half
years it ha.i to cut out four hundred
and twenty thouaud square feet ol
stoue, at a cont of a 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 dollurs per tooth.
The Ledger. "V . . j
Bull's lor (i;im t'lioniny.
The visible working of the jaws iu
chewing gum is not a pleasant sight,
and that it exasperates sensitive peo
ple beyond measure U not unnatural.
A Buffalo coachman lost a good posi
tion the other day beoune he would
persist in chewing gum on tho box
while diiviug. Thes.verent criticism
levelled at certain regiments of,, the
Massachusetts National Guard at' a
recent iuspeotion was that many pri
vates aud some o Dicers chewed gum
on parade. The only pereotis who
rcallr ought to be allowed to chew
guJ)J!rejo1itJ!i)eu, on night service
oijy, uucirnenjb't rs o( football teaiuii
iuuiiil.i.iijTilifbt. ---Buffalo Commer-
:
i
All Eve to ltusluofts.
'A proposal huvinj been mado iu
Loudon thut boxes should be erected
iu public thoroughfares for the recep
tion of orange-peel and mutches, re
calls the story told of a young gentle
man of excellent principles wulking
with an emioeut surgeon. Ah they
ueured his bouse, the lad kicked away
a piece of orange-peel that lav on thj
pavement into the road. The sur
geon said, "My dear boy, what ar
you about?" aud replaced it exact!
opposite his own door. Argonaut, I
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARB TOLD BY THE
FUNATT MEN OF THE PRESS.
fclke.l Them Welt (irown-Onto
.luck Saved Agiln-An Alt-Sufficient
Hraeon, K.to., Ktr.
The Mamma "At what age do you
consider children raoit interesting?"
The Bachelor Friend "Any timo
after thirty." Judge.
SAV3D AOAIM.
Teacher ".Tohnny Green, point out
Africa on the mop."
John "rieose, ma'am, it ain't po
lite to point," Truth.
THE PRACrtCAT. SIDR 07 IP.
"You haven't read Brown's last
ode, have you?"
"I think I have. It seems to me he
last owed me $18." Detroit Tribune.
THE BEST TIME.
Nodd "My baby looks lovoly when
Lo is asleep. You ought to see him."
Todd- "When shall I call?"
Nodd "Anytime doriuj the day."
Life.
IIBSBKTED THE IMl'UTAHOS.
Caller "Wonder if I can sco yonr
mother, little boy? I she engiged?"
Little Boy "Engaged? Wliatnher
givin' lis? She's married. "--Boston
Transcript.
OP rilACTICATi 1!EKKITT.
- "What hue become of Brown? The
hint timo I saw him he had water on
the brain."
"He's the head of u reservoir com
party now." Judge.
ONTO JACK.
Dolly Swift "The prico-mark ou
Jack's birthday gift is quite plain -$17.50."
Sally Gay "H'ml I wonder what
it really cost?" Puck.
I11S Wll'B COOKPD.
"Dootor Rays a little hard work
would b9 just the thing for me now."
Mr. Nuoook "Come round and
take a few meals with me, old fellow."
Chicago Inter-Ocenu, '
HAD nKASOM.
"Thoro goes a man that really and
ttnly loves the game of football."
"Is he the Captain of the "
"Great Scott, no! he's a druggist.''
Chicago Inter-Ocenu.
i -
AM ALb-BlTFFIClKNT 1IEAS0:'.
Fond Parent "Bobby, why will
you always persist in pnshinsr in tbo
eyes of your litilo tister's dolls?"
Bobby (conclusively)--"Because I
jan't pick 'cm cut. " Truth.
TirS QUICK ANl THE PBAD.
Bob's Widow "Do you dare to sit
there and tell me you ooosider your
self a better mau than poor, dear
Bob?"
Her Brother --"Of course I do, for
he's dead. "Judge.
A REASON.
Johnny "I don't see how that
young chickeu can bo so comfort
able." Hired Mau "Why not?"
Johnny "Why, because it it sit
ting on its pin-feathers." Puck.
lNCRKDIBLE. .
Mr. Homeman "Did you read that
article about a football player getting
shot the other day?"
Mrs. Homeman "No, John; but,
goodness me, yon don't mean to say
the game has oome to that?" Boston
News,
Wis countbus. .
He "l wonder when you
will be
able to set as good
table ns mv
mother?"
She "By the timo you are able to
provide as good a table as your father
does, my dear." Burlington (Iowa)
Gazette,
BAKUFCL BACHELOB ANO nEWFCr. MHO.
Babhful Bachelor, nervous and -fidgety,
trying to remember a speeoh he
had been rehearsing for ou hour pre
viously. Helpful Maid, anxioni aud expec
tant. B. B. "My dearjst, I I have long
wished to tell you that I am full I
mean my heart is full my palpitating
heart 1 1 mean 'your smiles dear
est, would shed would shod
H. M. "Frurips,duar, wo could live
in fl'it at first, aud tueu, wo should
not need a woodshed."
(The all important date was fixed
within five minutes.) Truth,
SlltEK I'OltCK Of UAUIT.
"Does the razor hurt you?"
No reply.
"Is the draught too strougV"
"No reply,
t 'hull 1 shut the door?"
No reply.
"Awtul'llre lust uightl"
No reply.
".-Jhave you pretty close?"
No reply.
"Getting very chilly now I"
No reply.
"That was a very heavy thunder
storm lust night !"
I'o reply.
"Shampoo?''
No reply.
'Trim your hair up a little? '
No reply.
"Brilliuiitino on tho iuoii'Uuheu
No reply.
" lay rum?''
No reply.
Then the bar'vr, who was ftloue iu
liis shop, sat down preatly re'res'.ie I.
H ba l beeu slniviug h'iunelf. - - i'u-UiU.
SCIENTIFIC A5D INDUSTRIAL.
Dews are loss abundant on islands
and on ships in inidocean.
Darwin deolared that insanity is
not peculiar to human beings. He as
ertod that animals often become in
sane. The earliest known attempt at an
explanation of the rainbow was made
by Aristotle. It was along tho lino of
modern scientific investigation.
Many physiologists bolieve that in
sanity is a return to the habits ot the
wholly undeveloped man. Professor
Freeman writes that at different peri
ods of insanity the action of the un
fortunate patient bocomcs "horribly
monkey -like. "
Milk should be kept at a distance
from every volatile substance, and
milk which Lm 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.
The depths to which the sun's rays
penetrate water has recently been de
termined by the aid of photography.
It has been found that at a depth ol
553 feet the darkness was to all in
tents and purposes the same as thai
on a clear but moonless night.
The Canadian authorities Lave de
cided to test all cattle imported into
the Dominion with the Koch tuber
online lymph. "If any animal it
found to be affected with tuberculosis
the owner will Lave the alternative of
taking it back to the placo 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 that, though warb
lers and other migrants are constantly
found dead around lighthouses, hav
ing dashed themselves aguiust tho
windows of the lanterns, swallows
have never been known to meet their
fate in this way, furnishes strong
presumptive evidence of thiB peculiar
ity of the swallow tribe.
The habit of feigning death when
attacked s widespread among animals,
and Angus OVines has found it in the
microscopic insect which produces the
itch. When he tonched an itch in
sect with the point of a needle it
feigned death, remaining perfectly
still for somo time. This , it did re
peatedly. Tho same habit of "pos
suming" has been found to character
ize several varieties of snakes.
A medical paper reports oases from
Philadelphia hospitals where men who
have recovered from electric shocks
of npward of a thousand volts "felt
no pain whatever. " As in tho reports
of several of these cases it is said that
the subjects moaned and writhed be
fore recovering consciousness, it
wonld seem to be more accurate to
say that they did not recall their Buf
ferings at tho time they made the
statement to their physician.
The Last ol Her Tribe,
The lost survivor of the 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 Jobnlloberts, a mulatto,
who died a number of years ago.
They Lad several children, some of
whom are still living. A picturesque
figure she was as she stood
erect in front of her oabiu with her
long black hair streaming over her
shoulders, and the neighbors all had
a wholosome respect for her. She
was nearly sit 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 tho neighborhood.
The Louse she lived in was bought
with some pension money she had
secured on aooount ot the death of
one of Ler sons in the war. Somehow
she managed to piok up a living for
herself until hur last illness, when the
neighbors kindly supplied her wants
until the end came, when they gave
her a Christian burial.
"Indian Ann," as she was called,
was the last survivor of the Edge
pillock Indians, a branch of the Dela
wares. They were assigned to a
reservation in Shamoug township iu
1757, where they remained for a long
time prosperous aud happy. Thou
they were removed to another tract
ot land in Oneida County, New York.
Indian Ann's parents uocompauied
them, but soon bece.me weary and
returned to Burlington County, where
they lived iu a cabin on the Woolmun
farm, near Mount Holly, until their
death, which occurred somo timo in
tho fifties. Philadelphia Ledger,
WauUm Destruction ol Uuinc.
Oar attention has rocontly been
arrested by a recent invention which
is a menace to wild water game, and
an outrage on the sentiment aud prnc
tioe of all true sportsmen. A recently
devised pneumatic boat has for its
upper portion simply a circular rub
ber float, arranged into water-tight
compartments, easily inflated with air.
Attached to this on the under side is
pair' of rubber wading boots. The
operation is very easy. The boatman
thrustsbis legs into the wading boots,
inflates his boat with air, propels him
self with his feet; his body boing con
cealed in his boat, which is covered
with loose sea weed, be can easily ap
proach aud mingle with the uususpeut
iug wator fowl to his profit and their
lestruction. We do not know when
we have heard of a more piratical ma
chine for the extermination of our
wild game. Some gunners will un
doubtedly use it, but the true sports
man never will. It might be well to
uake a target of this pirate boat and
ita vandal oocupuut whenever it makes
ts appearance on tho water. Atlanta
Joustitutioa,
A WINTER THOUGHT,
Old Winter Is a surly soul,
Gaont, haggard, grim and gray )
His trumpet blast sweeps from the knoll
All that is green and gay.
But Isn't he a poet still,
Of twoot and gentle art,
Who fools a kind and gentlo thrill
Of sunshine in his honrt.
When ho depicts In dreams wind-tost
The flowers of summer's train,
In Arabesque of sparkling frost
Upon tho window-pane?
li. K. Muuklttrlek, In Harper s Woekly.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Tell us not In mournful numberj
Life Is but an empty dr"am.
When we've had mlnra pie aud doughnuts,
Turkey, oske an 1 renl lee cream.
Chicago Inter-Ocean,
MoSwatters "I hear Hogo, tho
humorist. Las broken Lis bock?"
MoSwitterg "Well, that's a funny
snap 1" Syrncuso Poet.
The oentre-board of n yacht is most
important in a race, but on a pleasure
trip the side-board is most thought of,
New Orleans Picayune.
She "These horrid photographs
don't do mo justice at all." He "My
love, it's not jnstiooyon stand in need
of, it'a niorcy." New York Ledger.
A rose by nny other name
Might be as fragrant. Still,
We'd all be Just as penniless
When settling up tho bill.
Culuago Inter-Ocean.
Twenty per cont, of tho Chicago
women who registered did not vote at
the late elootion. It is evident that
Tuesday is bargain-day in Chicago,
Bochoster Herald.
Teacher (to olass) "In this slanza
what is meant by the line 'The
shades of night were falling fast?' "
Clever Scholar "The peoplo were
pulling down tho blinds. "Tit-Bits.
Borne o' these days the tlJe will turn,
Though the river looks long aud dim ;
But while you're wuitin' you d better learn
. To swim, my boy, to swim !
- AtlBuln Constitution.
Intimate Friend "Has yonr hus
band's love grown cool?" Sarcastio
Wife "Oh, no. Ho loves himself
just as much now as he did when we
were married twenty years ago. "--
Somerville Journal,
"Did I understand you to say that
Thompson was a farmer?" "Good
gracious, no ! I Raid he made Liu
money in wheat. You never heard of
a farmer doing that, did you?" In
dianapolis Journal.
"Answer by return male," was the
way the lotter wound up that Miss
Footlites received from Mr. Snddeu
rox. "I wonder," said she, "whether
he means by the messenger boy or by
post." Indianapolis Journal.
In a suburban Boston pulpit last
Snnday morning this notice was read:.
"lhe pastor will preach his lant ser
mon this evening, and the ohoir has
arranged a speciul praise servioe for
tho occasion." Philadelphia Ledger.
The pen may be mightier than the sword,
But muny a man Is willing
To bet that bis little typewriter
Is ever so much more killing.
ruck.
Travelor (to train-boy) "Got any
funny books Murk Twain or any of
tho humorists?" Train-Boy "No,
sir ; but I've got a couple of London
papers containing comments on the
American elections," Chicago Beo
ord. Minnie "Did yoa 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
( uess not. I shouldn't wonder if she
lion though." Cincinnati Tribune.
Father (to son who is just going out
in tho world) "And remember one
thing never marry a gal as is rioher
than yourself. When I married your
mother I had five dollars and she Lad
twelve and a half, and she never ceased
to throw it tip in my faoe yet."
J udge. .
- Diamonds Are Uard.
After perfect rubies and emeralds,
and perhaps after great pearls, comes
the diamond iu value. This, too, has
a range of colors, the most prized be
ing red, blue, green aud water white,
while brown or gray tinges are not
quite so highly esteemed. The Koh-i-Noor,
of 102J carats, runks low in point
of size with some of the world's great
stones for instanco with the Great
Mogul, 27'J carats in weight. Diamond
is the hardest miuerul known, brittle
though it be; acids do not effect it,
aud it is also tho only combustible
gem. It has high refractive and dis
persive powers ("fire"), and somo
spooimeus become phosphorescent by
the action of light. It usually occurs
as an eight-sided crystal, New York
Times,
He Dotes ou Dojr,
The Cleveland papers report the
curious case of Mrs. Charles Unilauf,
of that city, who had her husband ar
rested for alleged assault and battery.
It came out in court that the cause of
tho domestio unpleasantness was her
refusal to cook dog for Charles on tho
family etovo. Her cuergetio re
monstrances against Lis etlorta to con
vert the ohildreu to his own views as
to the toothsomeuess of that viuud
provoked him to violence. Charles -promised
the justice to keep the peace
iu the family, and was let go with
caution from the bench. Subsequently
hi told a reporter that ho hud beeu
eating dog flesh for seven years past
uud prefers it to chicken. Atlanta
Constitution.
Profits Iu (he Dni;r Umlucss,
"Speaking ot profits iu the drug
business," suid a Broadway druggist,
"my lease is for seven years, uud ha
four years yet to ruu. If I dou't re
tire with '100,000 clear from this
bloro my figuring powers uro very
faulty."--New l'ork buu.