-EST THE FOREST REPUBLICAN b rbltek4 mrf Wrtaetdiy, kf J. E. WENK. Offle la Bntaaibangh Co.' Bufldluj BLX mUST, TIONMTA, r. Terms, ... II.50 M'Tttr, RATI8 OF ADVCRTISIIIOl ' On. Sqnar. on. ineh, en. Iiunttoa. .f ' ttf On. Kquare, on. Inch, on. month.... 1 09 On. (square, on. inoh, tbre month.. . I OQ On. frtquare, on. Inch. on. fw 1(W Two Kqu.rn, on. ynr 1(100 Quarter Column, on. year... ......... 80 OC Halt Column, on. fwr -: B00O On. Column, on. year.-. 100W . tfnU fcdTertiMrcuaioi t crate pmtiSmm mch InMrtion. j hi nrriKrm and damth notion znASa. ublican W nkiKr1plMMi iMln4 ft 1 Mwctat Mr1o4 OnrrwponiWnra lllt4 tra tl Mrti f tht eon n try. N. n.Uc IU k takta uafWUI All bills for yearly ad verttmmenat VOL. XXVII. NO. 47. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MA11GII 13, 1895. $1.00 PER ANNUM. quarterly. 1 .mporarr ad vertlmmtBta I b paid In advanoa. . i ob work cub on dellvarr. 'j Forest Rep Of tlie whito population of America only eight per cent. are unablo to rend or write. Tho IcgiHlntive assembly of Viotoris, Australasia, hag passed a bill imposing ft tax on tlio unimproved value of laud. There aro in the Unitod States at present 0,000,000 farms. About ono lialf the population of tho Republic or over 30,000,000. pooplo liyo on them, and theso dwollois furnish moro than soveuty-four per cent, of the total value of tlio exports of tlio country. Italy propones to encourage the na tives of Abyssinia to cmigrato into tho valleys of the Nile and open up tho Soudan to civilization. The Italian colonists on the high lands, now that the possession of Kassala has opened new horizons, would protoct and on courago tho native emigration. The now Stato ofllcials of Bonth Carolina aro unusually young in years, even for the South, 6ays tho New York Advertiser. The Governor is thirty one, the Adjutant-General twenty-five and tho Attorney-General only twenty four. Governor Evans is tho young est man ever elected to tho Governor ship, The figures of tho Now York Build ing Department show that in the last fourteen years $325,000,000 have been spent in building fiats and tenements in New York, and tho St. Louis Star Sayings estimates that at least $50, 000,000 of Ibis amount has been wasted in needless brickwork, which only obstructs light In the course of a recent speech Ad miral Field, a Tory member of the British IIouso of Commons said: "There is no such thing as equality in this world and there will not be in heaven." Tho Liberals among his constituents have challenged the Ad miral to produce his Biblical authori ty for the latter clause of this asser tion. It has been ml oil by Judge Drew, of Boston, in the caso of a man charged with highway robbery that he was not guilty because after first demanding money from a woman with a threat of death if she, refused he made a polite requost for it after the pnrse was produced. It is held that this was a voluutary act on tho part of the victim. The Japanese alphabet of forty; eight letters is written in fonr dif ferent characters, one of winch is re garded as especially appropriate for men and another for women. Works of science and higher literature of an official nature aro written in tho Chineso characters. At present, adds the New Orlcaus Ticayuno, Japan is writing the history of the Japan Chinese war in characters of blood. According to the New York Sun, American cheeses used to be sent abroad by tho thousand pounds twenty years ago and returned by the same steamship line properly labelled as English. It is perfectly well known that most of tho popular for eign cheeses are more or less success fully counterfeited in this countrv, and itviould be interesting to know what proportion of the large ex portation of American cheeses return as foreign. The fattening of livo stock on cot tonseed hulls and meal is becoming quite an important feature in South ern business affairs, announces the Manufacturers' l'ecord. it promises to add materially to the prosperity of the Sjuth, and to enable that seotion not only to supply its own wants for J pd beef, but to chip fattened beeves North in competition with the West. The cattle can be fattened on cotton seed meal and hulls at a total cost of about ten cents a duy, while it is esti mated to cost at least twenty cents a day in the West and Northwest, whore hay, corn and other foodstuffs are used. It is said that the Chinese are the greatest gamblers in the world. Games of chance are the very breadth of their nostrils, and they cannot live without them. It is the oue pastime in a life of unceasing toil, but the evil does not assume serious phases so long as foreigners do not moddlo with their games. A Chinaman may in rare in stances lose his all when gaming among his countrymen, but if he does he goes contentedly buck to work next day aud is not, like most ruined gum biers, incapacitated for honest toil. It is when the riffraff of other ruces are allowed to take a hand and to utilize Chinese fame tables and banks for the gratification of tkuir-owu pur ports that w despread mischief is wrought. W II F.N THE SKIES CLEAR OFF. Tho proipect will be brighter, Tho liunlrns will bo lighter, An' tho souls of ns bo whltor When thcskhi elonr ofT. With sweeter roses sprlngln', An' ewoctor birds a'slnglu', An' nit tho bells n-rlngin' Wlirn the skies dear oil! Tho silver -It'll Jingle, Till your fingers tingle, tlnglo j Old frlends'll moot and mingle When the skies clear oft. Au' trouble, like a feather. Will gosnllln' oat tho weather; Wo'll slnn nn' danoo tootner When tho skies ole.ir off ! There's a sign o' light n-comln' ; Au' yon henr tho wagon hummlu' t You'll bo mnrohln' to tho drumtnln' When tho skins olonr ofT. No matter want's tho trouble It'll break jest like a bubblo, Au' you'll drive In harness doublo When tho skies clear ofT! Atlanta Constitution. A MYSTERIOUS CLERIC. Nadvertiscraent of the following tenor appearod iu one of tlio fliitlv 4nnr. (Cw&ftm nals of prosperous W'''.V?lU!Bi and rapidly arrowing Amorican city some years since : ACCOUNTANT Tho en-Ices of an accom plished and competent person aro desired by the advertiser to tnke ehnrgoof the books nnd correspondence of a flourishing business. Liberal salary nnd permanent position Is olTere.l to one with proper credentials. Ad dress. A hundred candidates for this place presented themselves at tho establish ment of Mr. CorlieT and among the competitors there came a modestly attired person, who more than tho others seemed, at first sight, accepta ble to the proprietor. Tho address of this applicant was quiet and pleasant. His whole ap pearance that of an earnest, well-disposed man, who was desirous to get along in tho world. He brought with him and presented to Mr. Corlis a few brief letters of recommendation from persons resid ing eastward, and exuibited a draft for a limited sum npon a responsible banking house in the town. His story was simple and straightforward, and his manners were altogether prepos sessing. Ho wrote a fair business hand, his credentials proved fiat ie fac tory to the not over-cautious Mr. Cor lis, and he was engaged. Ernest Maywood for thus the ap plicant signed his name proved a model clerk. He must have been some thirty years of age when he entered the employ of Mr. Corlis. He might have been five years younger, por haps. Ho reaped tho experience of forty, at least, for be was cunning in accounts, and his knowolcdge of tjho ramifications of dobt'and credit was extraordinary. His varied qualifications were quickly brought into requisition, and his em ployer very soon came to esteem him for his accuracy in meroantilo mat ters, as well as for tho every-day good ness of character that marked his con tinually upright and honest course of conduct. Mr, Corlis had a daughter, hisonly child, in whom were oentored all his hopes. The father thought bo saw in the character of his new clerk busi ness qualities most desirable, and he believed him to be a man of integrity and worth ; and at the end of a twelve month he secretly determined upon bringing about an intimacy between Ernest and his daughter, with, a view to making him his partner in trade at the fitting moment, and subsequently, if possible, to uniting his ' daughter with him in marriage. Maywood had onoe or twice been the guest of his employer at dinner, where he had been introduced to the fair and agreeable Miss Ccrlis, and an evening or two had been passed by him at her father's house ; but nothing occurred to offer the parent any hope ihat his employe had been affected in any wise by his daughter's charms. Thus the months passed quietly by, Maywood continued on in the same plodding, indefatigable, untiring round of duty, always at his post, ever devo ted to bis master's interests, and more than satisfying the expectation&of the thriving Mr. Corlis, who was fortunate indeed in the selection he had made in his now confidential clerk. "Ernest," said his employer to him one morning, "I voluntarily increased your salary, a twelvemonth since, be cause you merited it, though you) did not mention the subject yourself. Two years ago to-day, you commenced ser vice with me. The balance sheet ex hibits a handsome profit upon tho .lust year's business, to which result you have largely contributed, directly and indirectly. I now proposo to offer you an interest iu the business, and from this date, if you agree to it, you shall become a partner." The offer was a liberal one. The in come derivable from such a share of the profits would have quintupled Maywood' earnings. On the purt of his employer, it was the opening wedge for his future plan ot marrying his daughter well, aud to his mind. His decision a declination instantly, but frankly and kindly given, as tounded the generous Mr. Corlis. Maywood said he was content as he was t His salary was ample, and was a full equivalent for his humble ser vices, lie did not desire it increased. He had no use for money than his place now yielded him. He had no wish to incur additional responsibili ties. He was happy, and if Mr. Corlis was satisfied, so was he. And there the matter droppod. Maywood oontinued in the perform ance of his dutigs, and Mr, Corlis 11 mm quietly ownitod another opportunity to onrry out his long-cherished plan in reference to his daughter's prospects J whilo Miss Corlis lost no fitting occa sion to second her parent's views and wishes. "Time flics with silent wings." A twelve-month passos swiftly. Another year elapsed without making any pe culiar change in the relations of tho parties about whom we havo written. Tho city where our narration dates was located upon tho river, and upon its front street were situated tho stores occupied by Mr. Corlis. Nearly threo years had passed since Maywood hail been installed there, when a steamer camo down, on its way to Now Orleans. A rival boat was in sight, closo bo hind, and it was the custom for these craft to halt en route at tho landitg in front of Mr. Corlis's warehouses, to tako or leave passengers. As the fore most boat rounded up at the levee, her engineer neglected to "blow off" her surpltisago of steam, desiring to retain it for a dash with bis competi tor when ho loft this' halting-place. The resnlt of this neglect was the ex plosion of one of tho large cylinders, by which accident a dozen persons on the deck were fearfully scalded. The sound of the crash immediate ly drew a crowd upon tho loveo, and shortly afterwards the shrieking suf ferers were brought on shore. Mr. Corlis and Maywood wore among the first who reached the river's edgo. Body after body maimedand scathed the river's odgo. Body after body maimed and scathed and blackened was borne from the boat, and May wood and his employer wore actively busy in their oflices of kindness to tho unfortunate, when tho figure of a plainly dressed man was brought out, writhing in his last agonies and fear fully mutilated. Mr. Corlis approached him as ho came forward iu the hands of the the crew who were removing him, and Maywood followed closely npou the steps of his employer. The fatally injured and dying man openod his eyes as tho clerk camo up, gazed fearfully at him, and shrieking the broken syllable, "May I" expired I Maywood started back, horror struck t For an inBtant ho was para lyzed! That face and voioe that last glance ! The olerk was bowild- crod, and motionless as a statue and tho body was taken to tho levee. Maywood in the cou fusion fled. Subsequent search for him proved futile. Hetdisappeared instanter, and all efforts to find him, or to learn of his whoreabouts or his fate, were alike in vain. After weeks of una vailing inquiry, tho belief of his em ployer settled into no very satisfac tory channel .(though he feared that Maywood hail either fallen from the boat, amid the terrible confusion, or that he mustlhave committed suicide,) and his plaee was filled in theoount- ling-houso, while the business of the establishment went on as before. What disposal the bookkeeper had made of his surplus earnings, from time to time, if he had any, or wheth er ho had saved any portion of his pay, was unknown to his late em ployer. Inquiries were instituted, and all tho means at hand likely to afford any light upon the singular and sudden disappearance were availed of but to no purpose Maywood was gone! Six years, with their round of joys ana sorrows, pains and pleasures, changes and fortunes, had passed away, after tho accident relatod, when one evening there halted beforo the door of Mr. Corlis a carriage, from which alightod a lady and gentleman, who inquired if the merohant were at home. They were shown into the drawing-room, aud the cards ot "Mr. and Mrs. Ervine" were sont up. The name was not familiar, either to Mr. Corlis or his daughter. "Ervine?" said the father, "Er vine? I do not recognize the name, daughter." Mr. Corlis soon after entered the apartmont, followed by his daughter, and the strangers rose to pay their re spects. "Mr. Ervine," said the merchant, "I am happy to meet you. But, really, I do not reoolleot " "No," Baid the stranger, "I never had the pleasure of meeting you be fore. This in my wife, however," he added, presenting tho modestly-attired lady who accompanied him. "She says you will probably reoolleot her." The lady advanced, offered her hand to Mr. Corlis and his daughter, and said : "Purely, Mr. Corlis, you have not forgotten me?" "Maywood 1" exolaimod father and daughter together. "You are right," said the lady, cal inly. "But how is this?" asked tho mer chant. "When did this change oc cur? A woman 1" "Sit down, my deor sir," said the lady, calmly, "and I will at onoe un ravel what must have seemed a most mysterious proceeding', iu your esti mation : but which, under the circum stances, could not be otherwise. "Nearly twenty years ago I married a man of whom I know too little, aud who proved himself utterly unworthy of the confidence and love of her whom he gMit-sly deceived, before and after our union. - His habits were dissolute ; he soon became a ooufirmed inebriate ; onr prospectively happy home shortly became a scene of continuously riotous dissipation; his little property, with my own, was squandered, and, before five years had passed, we were home less, penniless, friendless. "When I could no loiiger boar up under the cruel treatment to which I was subjected, I made a final appeal to him. Iu his drunken wrath he forced me violently away from him, aud in despair I fled from the scene of my early miseries. I adopted my maiden name of Maywood, procured the letters of credence which you have scon, aud haying ucquird a knowl edge of books and accounts in earlier years assumed the habiliments of the rndor sex, believing that I could thus better earn a sustenance. "I came here, entered your service, saved a few hundred dollars and you remember the torriblo occurrence which immediately preceded my dis appearance?" "The accident on tho steamor?" "Yes. We wore hurrying about among the wounded, as you reoolleot, when the figure of one of the dying sufferers approached us." "Yes, yes, I remember." "That man was my husband." There were toars in the eyes of tho little coterie who listened to this sin gular tale of woe. "I recognized him, and he half pro nounced the name of Ma ry, my bap tismal name, as I hurried about amid the frantio crowd on that fearful oc casion. Stunned with tho recognition under such ciroumstanocs, bewildered by the trying position in which I thus suddenly fonnd myself placed, and fearful of the rostilts of exposure, I knew not what to do, or scarcely what I did. "He did not survive tho accident, however J and, two hours afterwards, in homely female attire, I claimed his unfortunate remains. None recog nized me in my plain apparol, and suroly none could suspect that tho veiled and humble woman who fol lowed the corpse to its last resting place was in fact the bookkeeper of the well-known Mr. Corlis. "I left town forthwith. Through your kindness and liberality I had been able to lay by a considerable sum of money, and I departed for the Wost, and, once more among total Btrangers, I continued the resumption ot the habiliments and habits of my sex. With the moans at my com mand, I continued to live quiotly and respectably, until some two years ago I met this gentleman, who offered me his hand. I am now Mrs. Ervine, and this is my husband, sir." As may well be imagined, a happy reunion succeeded this denouoment of the long-time mystery which had shrouded the sudden disappearance of Mr. Corlis's bookkeeper. And tho reader may be assured that Mr. and Mrs. Ervine were not only very wel come in the rich merchant's family, but that the newly wedded pair bo oame tho future fast frionds of "May wood's" former employer and his ex tended social circle. New York News. A Bog's Intelligence. G. Rugg Thompson, the six-yoar-old son of Dr. Thompson, of GlenB Falls, is the owner of a large St. Ber nard named Nero. The animal has a light-brown coat and weighs about 150 pounds. Nero is an unusually intelligent dog. no .has a great head for mathematics and can add, sub tract, divide and multiply with sur prising colerity. Let a certain num ber of porsons enter a room. Then lot half the number depart, and Nero will notify his master by barking how many there are left in the room. Should others enter the room after Nero has notified his master of the number present, ho will quickly and accurately indicate the now number. Souio of the problems worked out by this cauine wonder would prove diffi cult for a ten-year-old boy to demon strate. An interesting examplo of Nero's ability as a mathematician is shown when a series of figures run ning from one to nine is placed on a blackboard. As each figure is set down, either in rotation or at ran dom, the dog will signify by a bark tho number. On one occasion Nero entered a ho tel with the doctor. A number of guests were standing, sittiug, or mov ing about a room. When asked how many persons were present, Nero de liberately walked about until he fonnd four men behind a counter. Then ho sagely trotted back to his master and announced the correct number, fif teen, lie informed his master how many of the number were sitting and how many standing. Troy Times. Tho First l'alisnt.. A few days ago the littlo son of a well-known physician was entertain ing a playmate at his father's house. As children will, they ransacked every nook and corner of the " building. . Thoir ouriosity led them ts explore the recesses of a closet in which tho doctor keeps his instruments and other personal effects, among which is a complete skeleton. The Htrango boy was frightened when ho first behold the grinning remnant of what ouco hud been a human being and started to run away. The doctor's son, how ever, had seen tho skeleton so often that he entertained for it only that feeling of contempt begotten by familiarity, and in a littlo while suc ceeded in so allaying the fears of his companion that the youngster began to handle the thing und rattle its dry bones. "Whero did your father get it? ' ho finally asked. "I dou't know," was tho reply ; "but I guess it was his first patient, for he's had it uu awful long time." Butte Miner. Mixed Up the liable. Gilbcrtian humor has been exem plified by au incident at Southport, England. Last week births took plauj in two families living iu the samo house. In ouo case twins arrived und ouo baby in the other. As a joke the three babies were placed iu one bed to make the father of the twins be lieve that his wife had given birth to triplets. Everything passod o!f pleas antly and satisfactorily uutil tuo "lark" wr.s explained und tho busi ness of restoring tho iiifautii to their respective, mothers began, ilero u serious difficulty presented itself, for tho attendauls were unable to say which was which. The 'identification has not yet been satisfactorily UV Ushod. Chicago Ueruld. THE MERRY f?ll)K0F LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BT THE rUNHT MEN OP THE PRESS. Maud Muller Up to Date A Good Trait The Grace of Experience Not a Truth-Teller, Etc., Kto. Mnnd Mullor, on a summer's day, BtufTod the mangor full ot bay. Her hat was there, but not the rake, For that was but a poet's fake. Slapping the old eow on the side, She laughed until she almost cried. Must thirtk, old bossy," crjod the maid, "I'm having a pair of bloomers mado." Minneapolis Times. NOT A TRUTH-TELLER. Blinker "Who wrote 'Man wants but little here below?' " Botts "I don't know. Some awful liar." Philadelphia Life. A NATURAL QUESTION. She "The subscriptions, you know, are entirely voluntary." Ilei "Yes; I wonder how much we'lthave to give?" Puck. MORTAL IMPERFECTION. He "Jane callort mo a perfect id iot. You don't think that, do you?" Mary "No. Nothing human is perfeot." Detroit Freo Press. AN AVERAGE WOMAN, Littlo Girl "Does your mother lalk much about woman's rights?" Little Boy "No ; she jus' has 'em without any talkin'." Good News. NOT A GOOD IDEA. A Friend "If you lovo her, old follow, why don't yon marry her?" Bachelor Doctor "Marry her? Why, she is one of my bost patients." Life. THE GRACE OF EXPERIENCE. He "How well Miss Elderberry carries her age." She "But, then, she has become so accustomed to it, you know." Bos ton Transcript. c A GOOD TRAIT. Bobbins "Higbee has one redeem ing trait." Mack "What is it?" Bobbins "He takes his watch out of pawn occasionally." Philadelphia Life. PATRIOTIC. Mr. Awthow Anglo "You Ameri cans have no patriotio airs such as we have.". Mr. Amer E. Kan "Haven't eh? What is the matter with Uncle Sam as a National him?"- -Truth. THE DULLEST SPOT. Jaok "Miserly has boen studying it up, and he says the sense of touch is dullest on the back." Dick "Strike him for $10 and see if you don't strike a duller point than that. " Detroit Free Press. HIS NERVES GAVE THE LIB. Jimson "I con never put confi dence in the word of Gimble again." Weod "Why?" Jimson "Because ho told me that tho chap who plays tho cornet in tho fourth floor back is a composer." Life. UNEQUALLY DIVIDED. Mrs Upton (from beneath the oom fortable blankets) "Oh, you needn't growl 1 We all have our ups and downs in this life." Uptou "Yes : but the ups with this kid last two hours, and tho downs only last five minutes !" Puck. A CHANCE FOR IT. Nurso (to dootor, who has just beon oallod in) "It appears to be a very complicated caso, doctor. Can you make anything out of it?" Doctor "Well, botween you and mo, I think I can muke a couple of hundred out of it." Puck. nOW TO EXPRESS IT. "I'm so sorry supper isn't ready," said Mrs. Dinsmoro to her husband when ho came iu. '.'I attended the meeting of tho sewing circle this after noon, and I couldn't get away." "Hemmed iu, were you?" askodhcr husband. .Detroit Free Press. NOT THAT KIND OP A MACHINE. Clork "Mr. Brown, of Brown Brothers, wants to know if he can seo yon at the telephone?" Broker Smart "Tell him it is hardly possible for him to see me, but bo may bu able to hear mo talk. This is a telephone service, cot a kin otoscope. " Truth. THE INTRODUCTION. First Gentleman (just introduced) "By the bye, I did not quite catch your name. " Second Gentleman "My name is Wilkins, I didn't hear youre either." "My name is liilkin. What is the camo of the gvutleiuun who intro duced us?" "Give it up. Never saw him be fore." New York Weekly. THE HIHTOliy OF LITTLE TOMMY S CASE. 0.30 a. m. Tommy arises. (i.35 He complains of a headache. 7 Quite Bick, but able to eat a hearty breakfast. 7. yt) (letting worse very rapidly. 8 Ho develops signs of fever. 8.15 Complications' of toothache and sure throat. 8. -15 Ho fears ho will die. 'J (school time) Ilif.'li fever, aches all ovei, and sobbing with pain. 'J. 15 Littlo Tommy is out in tho yard wrestling merrily with the uuiyU bur' boy. Cluoaao Itocord. SCIENTIFIC AXD INDUSTRIAL. Electrical cranes are multiplying. In nearly all the arid land regions artesian wells can be obtained at a depth of from 300 to COO feet. Half a. teaspoonful of sugar scat tered over a dying fire is better that kerosone and has no elomout of dan ger. A monument to Dr. Charcot, the great hypnotist, is now an assured fact for Paris. The money for it has been raised. Chicago clergymen hove forced a club to instruct prospective ' mission aries in foreign languages by means of the phonograph. Exports have made exhaustive tests, and have found it took no more power to haul the doublo truck car than tho single truck car. In the sugar corn the conversion of sugar into starch is arrested at a par ticular point in tua growth; the grain does not fill out, and is consequently shrivelled. The British Medical Journal has caused somo excitement by charging recent outbreaks of enteric fever among tho wealthy classes of Loudon to the eating of oysters. Dr. Bertillon has struck anew idea in the identification of handwriting.?. It is based on tho measurement beat ing of the pulse, which is said to have in evorybody a different characteristic effect upon the handwriting. Habitual arscnio eaters can often take a doso of two grains with impu nity, and it is curious that arsenic docs not affect the miud in any way, like opium or other drugs, aud never be cornos a passion with its votaries. Belgian sciontifio men propose to equip an antarctio expedition. It will leave in Septomber, and bo absent from eighteen to twenty months. It is to follow the routo of the Jason east of Grahamslaud, and if if be found impossible to winter there, the time will bo utilized in exploring the less known portions of the Indian Ocean. Acoording to a paper read bofore the Field Naturalists' Club in Edin burgh tho British lion is not a myth like the fabled unicorn. He was a veritable native of the forests of an cient Briton. The modern lion could not face him. He wore a shaggy coat, of which the lion's mane of to day is only a survival, aud his skin was spotted. The two eyes really see two objects. If the two forefingers bo held, oue at tho distanoe of one foot, the other two feet in front of tho eyes, and the for mer bo looked at, two phantoms of the latter will be observed, one ou each side. If the lattor finger be re garded, two phantoms of tho nearer finger will be observed, mounting guard, one on either side Dr. C. Born, a German physiolo gist, has just demonstrated tho possi bility of building up living animals from parts of several other animals. The experiments wero made with tad poles aud other larua of amphibians. Each of theso was cut in two aud dif ferent parts wore placed together in various ways, when somo of thorn uuitod, the hinder parts more readily than the fore parts. Two hiuder parts, one with and tho other without a heart, united iu twenty four hours, aud the monstrosity lived aud grew for a weok or more. Breathing Carbonic Acid. It is well known that a very much larger proportion of carbonic acid than usually exists iu tho atmosphere can bo inhaled with impunity, but only reooutly have we been aware of the large quantity that can be breathed without actual danger. Ordinary fresh air contains but four parts iu 10,000, yet tho carbouia acid has to reach three per cent, or 100 times the usual quantity before any difference is noticed in the respiration. As the percentage rises tho persou breathing it begins to punt, but with air con taining as much as tou per cent, only a headache is projueed, although tho panting is violent. The actual danger point is not reached until the carbonic acid rises to eighteeu per cent. Foul air iu a room whero a number of persons are preseut is not danger oub on account of the carbonio acid it contains, but owing to a poisonous orgauio substanoo given off with the breath. Carbonio acid is not a direct poison, but when the dauber point is reached the air can take uone from the blood in the luugs, so that the fires of tho human engine are extin guished by their own smoke, as it were. It is really wonderful what tho human engine will endure, for a caudle goes out when tho cxygeu in the air sinks to 18.5, instead of the usual twenty-one percent., aud the curbouio acid rises to 2. 5. Chuinberu's J ouri.al. Misapplied Kindness. Misapplied kindness is frequently more unpleasant than literal cruelty. Two women sat side by side in u Brooklino cur. They were strangers to each other, but oue noticed that the other was haviug serious difficulty arruugiug a jacket alio wore, and which fitted so ti;;htly over her sleeve that it would neither come ou nor off. "Permit mo," said tho other, uud she pulled tho jacket ou oue shoulder au 1 jerked up tho collar. Still the woman lutiuued to struggle, so that the coat ouco more slipped down, whereupon the other hauled it iuto plaee aguiu. "Now, if you'll turn round, I'll pull up the other side," she said to the wearer. "Thank out," returned tho coated oue; "if it's all tho same to you, I'm trying to get this jacket oil'," uud with u liual pull oft it came, w hile the woman who had tried to help her attempted to look out of the w widow Willi tlio air of ouo who hid gotten enormously rich mill lin her own buoinets. Boston Homo Jouruui. TI3 ETJT A LITTLE THING. 'Tls but a little thing to smllo Approvingly once In a while ; To speak a word of praise, of chcor, When things socm rather chill nnd dreaCi To sometimes fondly bold and press, Komo hnn 1 caress. 'Tls but a littlo thing to go And strive to sootho another's woe, 1 To gently stoop nnd whisper low, iou unuorstnna, you lool ana Know That you will help him all you can To be a man. 'Tls but a little thins to boar The dally trivial woar nnd cara Without complain or needles? fret- "Tls but a little thing, dear yot 'Tls Just such simple loving deeJt The Father heeds. Kathleen Knv.innph, In Ticnyuna.' HUMOR OF THE DAY. Half a loaf is better than no vaca tion. Life. It is all up with tho ccntipedo whoa ho is knocked off his feet. Family ties The ono your brother is always borrowing from yon. Puck, There are conspicuous exceptions to the rule that short accounts maka long friends. Puck. , It can not be said of the profession al bankrupt that "his failings lean to virtue's side," Fuck. ( Tho longest polo won't knock thfl persimmons unless tho right kind of a man has hold of it. Statesman. ' After a bank cashier has feathered his neBt he fancies that ho has plumed himself for flight. Galveston News. Suffragist "I tell you tho women, are advancing right along." Gayboy "Yes, the married ones; Biugle ones never got beyond a certain stage." Boston Courier. Mr. Cawker (after his wifo has reail several pages) "Is thero any news in your mother's letter, dear?" Mrs. Cawker "I haven't come bo the post script yet." Truth. Bobby "Yon ought to 'see my big sister. Everybody says she's a beau ty." Johnny "I bet she can't hold a candle to my sister fer looks. Why my sister sold tivonty-two tickets for a' charity ooncer Good News. "What are you writing, Hawley?" "A story. I'm going in for fiction." "Really? For a magazino?" "No. For my tailor. He wants his money, and I'm tolling him I'll send him n cheok next week." Harper's BazarlV The one unnoticed point which thd present flood of illustrated Napoloonid literature has mado more prominent than any other is that throughout tho great Corsican's whole early lifo hi) needed a hair-cut. Buffalo Express. , Mrs. Houser "Havo you any idea what 'speaking tonus' means, Mr.' Houser?" Mr. Houser "Certainly,1 madam. Anywhere from 850 to $100 per night, according to tho promi nence of tho lecturer." Buffalo Cour ier. j "I see," observed Mr. Chugwater," looking over his morning paper, "they're making another eflort to put a tax on bachelors." "Is that tha single tax I've heard so much about?1' inquirod Mrs. Chugwater. Chicago Tribune. She was a now tolophono girl " "What number, please?" "Ono hun dred and fifteen." "I didn't oatch that." "Ono hundred" "Yes?" "And fifteen." "All right. Heroin 100. Fifteen is busy just now." Harper's Bazar. . Contributor "Pretty poem, isn't) it?" Magazino Editor "Yes, very; but we cau't publish it." Contribu tor "Why not?" Magazine Editor "Why, anybody can tell at tho first reading precisely what it means." Somorvillo Journal. "I don't believe you can read minds, donchor know," said a chuppio to a professional mind-reader. "Oh, yes, I cou," replied tho latter, pleasantly.' "Bring around somebody with a mind and I'll soon prove that I can." Pittsburg- Chrouiclo-Telegraph. John's Wifo "John, I wish you'd saw up some wood for tho house." John "I wish you wouldn't ask ma to do such work, Maria. Sawing wood's a thing that even tho poorest tramp refuses to stoop to, and you know mo." South Boston News. A little three-year-old girl went to a children's party. On her return she said to her parentH : "At tho party a littlo girl fell off a chair. All the other girls laughed, but I didn't." "Well, why didn't you laugh?" " 'Cause I was tho ono that fell off." Tid-Bits. Ileal Cookery Toai'lilnir. Buttor and now-laid eggs flgura largely iu cooking schools, uud as thu teacher has not to puy for them, sho waxes eloquent aud insists upon such, a lavish lue of both that wero her les sons generally auted npou thero would soon be a mighty famine iu tho luud. But tho poor dou't come ; tho rich can do without such teachings, for others do their work ; aud only a few ladies iu the middle classes w ith very inquiring minds put iuau uppearuuee. "Let the teacher," .said u poor wo man, "come to my house uud show mo how to cook there, and then 1 shall bo obliged to her." Hero is tho test of good, cheap cooking to cook with little mouey ; a small, smoking lire; u luiserublo oveu ; a couple of taueo puus, uud uo teales ; und sometimes more mouths to feed th in food to put into them. All tho Year Hound. Au Ai'cliliishup's Diligence. Tho Ar -hliiAhop of York has com pleted his self-imposed task of visiting the whole of tho ti U) parishes in his ilioe -sc. Tim work has occupied tin co year. M.iuy of tlio parishes had not privioimly been visited by a prelate, of the Church witliiu living memory, Lou iou Ttlciauuk. 1
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