THE FOREST REPUBLICAN li MbUtkri trarf Titatilir, hf J. E. WCNK. Offlo la Bmaubau(h A Co. 'a Bofldlnf mlm rrxirr, tionhta, ra. Term. . tl.BO stTt. ntoertntlns rMdr4 It t skrt Mrloa thnw Bntk& Onrrwi)4nw Mllttl fara tl Hiti f h eotinuy. N Lie VUl k Ukaa ifuniHll KaiUlMlC4UM. RATI OP ADVERTISING! FOB EPUBLICAN. On Bqnr, on. Inota, an InnrtltM. .t IW On. Bqnr, on. inoh, on. month. . ., 00 On. Bqure, on. Inoh, tnra. months, . CQf On. Bqu.ro, on. Im-h, on. nir UN Two Hqunrjs, on. ymtr 15(18 Quarter Column, on TMT. BOOC Half Column, on. rr -, BO 00 'On. Column, on. yw.'-r-. . . ...... 100 'W Lal ftvnrtLMnwit. taw easts pes IBM Mtcb I ton. Mani.K anJ datth aotkwa lT'-J AM bill. forTrly .dTn-tiMmcnt 0st9 quarterly. Temporary adverttwiMftti MHO b paid in idnaM job work uh oa daltvary. VOL. XXVIII. NO. 5. TIONESTA, FA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1895. S1.00-PER ANNUM. R Chicago has averaged one suicide a day this year. U, 1 . . Scientist predict that In a century's time there will be no disease that is not curable, The emigration from Ireland lost year it the lowest reoorded atnoe the collection of return ooinmonccd in 1851. Probably tbe most complete series of court records in Amcrioa are said to bo those of Northampton County, Virginia. The sories commonoes from 1032 and is complete up to the present time. Dr. Riohardson, a famous English phyeioian, thinks that coven out of ten would reach the ago of 110 if they would keep cheerful, tako proper exerotse, bo tempernte in their habits and sleep enough. lie does not re gard the stomach as a factor of longer ity. What will be known as serum ther pontics i. o., the treatment of dis eases by the injeotion of serum that Las been "immunizod'' is likely to be extended to other diseases than lockjaw, hydrophobia and diphtheria, remarks the Now York Independent. A series of highly interesting experi ments has lately been conduotod by no less than six of the progressiva doctors of the day, in tho treatment of pneumonia by scrum with satisfac tory results, and it is quite certain that these experiments will be carried etill further. A writer in the Overland Monthly has seriously proposed tho introduc tion of tho kangaroo in this country to take the place of the now practi cally extinct buffalo as a food supply on the Western plains. It is nrged that tho kangaroo is hardy, easily ac climated, doreostioatc.l without diffi culty, breeds easily in captivity, is cheaply maintained, has a largo amount of excellent and very edible flesh, is valuable as a fur and leather producer and can bo cheaply and easily procured. It is ruled by tbe postal authorities tli at any reduotion of tho size of a pos tal card by clipping, rounding off the corners or otherwise, will subject the reooiver of tho oard to a ohargo of one cent on dollvery. This makes the oost of a postal card equivalent to lotter postage. Many persons enclose postal cards to correspondents iu envelops too small, and imagine that a little clipping won't make any difference. Othors round off tho corners for orna mental purposes or convenience in handling. Sat tho praotioe is wrong. Tho privato carrying of pistols in England appears to have reached tho proportions of a niouaoo and a nuis anoe, ond Lord Carmarthen reoently introduced a bill in Parliament to regu late the conditions under which that dangerous instrument may be sold, and define those under which it may be carried. Tho object of tho bill was to kocp it ont of the hands of roughs and minors, and in n general way to discourage tho praotice, except where it wa manifestly necessary. It pro rides that tho render must tike out a liconsc, and that the pistols must be consecutively numbered, so that they can bo at ar.y time identified. Tho buyer's name must bo registered, and he must not bo a oonviot or a ticket-of-loavo man, or under eigbtoon years of ago. It contains other rather stringent interdictions, showing that the abuse which it sought to rectify had grown into considerable propor tions. A company has just been incorpor ated at Springfield, Ohio, for the dis covery of tho heirs of the vast Holmes cetato in England, said to be worth 8400,000,000. It was left by James Holmes, a South Sea trader, and Will iam Hiiurod, of New York, is said to be ono of tho heirs. Tho odds aro 103 to one that there is no such estato, de clares tho Atlanta Constitution. Simi lar announcements are made fro-n time to time, and thousands of people in this country havo been bled by un scrupulous swindlers. There are no estates in England worth millions of dollars awaiting Americau claimants. Our ministers and consuls have fre quently made this titnteuiont, but it Las no effect. Just so long aa peoplo love money und lack ccnunou sense and information thoy will bo tho victims oi tbe Uwyers and agents who work the unclaimed estato racket. Iu the past few years it has boon unnounoo J that various persons in Georgia were at tempting to recover million-dollar in heritances iu Europe. Not one ever Huoceedcd. They spent what money they eould spure on tho agents who were swindling them, and that was the last ef iti Ftnplo hunting big iiUtai, as a itfls, will have to R8Juimilul tUtiut ii tUtil iwb iffvrtt) ! HE TOOK TIME TO DIE, There was an old follow who never had time tor a fresh morning look at ths Volume sublime, Who never had time for tho soft hand of prayer To smooth ont the wrinkles of labor and care, Who eould not find time for that service most sweat At the altar of home where the dear ones all meet, And never found time with the people of Goil To team the good way thut tho fathers have trod; .But ho found time to die, Oh, yes! Ho found time to die. This busy old fellow, too busy was ho To linger at breakfast, at dinner or toa For the merry small chatter of children and wife, But led In his marriage a bachelor life; Too busy for kisses, too busy for piny, No tlmo to be loving, no time to be gay, No time to replenish his vanishing health, No time to enjoy his swift-gathering wealth; Bat he found time to die; Oh, yes!, He found time to die. This beautiful world bod no beauty for him; Its colors were black and Its sunshine was dim. No leisure for woodland, for river, or hill, No time la his life Just to think and be still, No time for his neighbors, no time for his friends, No time tor those highest Immutable ends Of the life of a man who is not for a day, But, for Worse or for better, for ever and aye. Yet he found time to die' Oh, yes! He found time to die. ' Amos B. Wells, In Horner's Weekly. FIVE BLACK MARKS. HE most miserable time I ever had in my life," said Dr. Macpberson one day as we sat chat ting in his cosey drawing room, "was spent in a gunboat off the coast of Guinea. I began my profes sional ilfe as a sur geon in the navy, you know." . i did not know. But as the Doetor seemed intent on telling the story I did not interrupt him by saying so. "We had been cruising about in tbe Mediterranean," be went on, "when wo were unexpectedly ordered to the Bay of Lagos to overawo some miser able lictlo tribe near tbe coast which had not been behaving itself as a properly regulatod little tribo under tbe pro tection of tho British Empire ought to do. Kakoga's tribo, it was called, and Kakoga came in for a good share of honest abuse from the officers and men of the Dragon-iiy, when our orders came. The worst of it was, as far as the officers and mon were con cerned, that we were not at unity among ourselves. The engineer, called Lashton, had been disappointed in love, and was naturally morose in consequence. What mado him more bo was the fact that his successful rival was tho 8ub-Lieutenant, an aw fully nice follow, and tho only man on board that I cared for. Lieuten ant Gilby had met Miss Callnn at Malta, and had become engaged to her without the least idea that tbe en gineer bad intentions that way. not that it would have made any differ ence to him if be had, I suppose Lashton's unconcealed enmity against him made life on board pretty un pleasant, and divided us into two cliques. The Lieutenant's clique, con sisting of himself and me, certainly had the liveliest time of it, for tbe successful suitor of Miss Callan was tho merriest fellow on earth, and while we were in the Mediterranean we suffered rery little from the en gineer's hostility. But direotly we steamed off for Lagos a most remark able ohange came over my friend, and be turned as taciturn as Lashton him self. "It puzzlod me to discover the rea son, for though we were all sorry to leave the Mediterranean, still it was not like Gilby to sulk over it. lie could not see less of bis tiauoee than he had been doing for two or three months, aud we had the prospeot be fore us of a small light, for which he had been wishing. Lashton suggested to mo in his sinister way that it was the prospeot ot fighting which caused the change in my friend, and though I answered tbe suggestion iu tho tone it deserved, still it seemed tho only explanation. "Gilby said, when I asked him, that it was tbe weather, and the irritation with which be answered preveutod me coutinuing my iuquries, and mado mo more than ever convinced that it was funk," and a very severe form of tho disease, too. Ia fact, he took very little pains to concoal it. " 'I hope to goodness thut I shall not have to goon shore,' he said, when we bad nearly reached our destination. 'I wish the Commander would lend tho party, aud leave me here to look after the ship.' " 'Iiis not likely,' I answered, gruff ly, and I was glad that Lashtou was not about to overbear hini. I an swered his next suggestion more gruff ly still. " 'I supposo you would not like to certify that I ought to be on the bick list, would you, Macpberson?' he asked me, hesitatingly. "I refused llutly. "If bo had told :ue the truo reusou of his four I might have acted dif ferently, for be looked ill enough, poor fellow I His face had grown quite white and was since we started. "It looked whiter still next day wheu he had to RO in command of the landing parti wutou I vouipuUd, vftiuur., 3 the enterprise, his one idea seemed to be to get it over with all possible speed, and the haste with which be advanced t Kakoga's country would have been impossible if tho men nnder him bad not themselves been so anxious to got into action, and introduce a little chance into tho monotony of life on a gunboat. " However, tbe'ebange was less than tho majority of the blue-jackets hoped for, tho miserable little tribe did not show fight, and our business was ac complished. In five days from the time wo loft tbe Dragon-fly we were back again, none the worse for our trip, except that wo were all wore out by Gilby s forced marches. "The Lieutenant seemed more ex hausted than any of us, and as soon as he had received the congratulations of tbe Com man dor, he retired at onoo to his berth. What surprised mo was that ins spirits did not show any im provemont after tho chance of fighting was at an end. It seemed to me as if be were still expecting some calamity to happen to him, and I began to wonder whether there might not be something seriously wrong with his health to account lor all that had sur prised ino in bis manner. This ex planation, which bad not occurred to mo while there was any real danger, struck ma forcibly, now that we were safe on the gunboat, and, as soon as I had enjoyed tbe luxury of a bath after my five days of discomfort, I strolled down to the Lieutenant's cabin to have a look at him in tho new light of t patient. "Tho door of my friend's cabin was ajar as I approaohed it, and whon I glanced into the room before knock ing, I was surprised to catch sight of Engineer Lashton standing by the side of tho Lieutenant's bunk. "The faot of Lashton's enmity for my friend was so undisputed that at the sight of bis figure in his enemy s cabin 1 felt quite justified in watching what was going on before making my pres ence known. Gilby was lying across bis buuk, half undressed and appar ently fast asleep. The engineer was standing over him with a bottle of some black fluid in bis band. While I watched, he made five small marks with it on the sleeping man's arm. The operation seemed such a mysterious and inexplicable one that I watched him till he put the cork back into the bottle, without moving a step to inter fere with the man, but I pounced upon bimns he turned to loave the cabin. " 'What on earth have you been do ing?' I asked, unceremoniously, and the fellow seemed rather taken aback. "'It is only a practical joke,' he said, with a feeble attempt to smile unconcernedly. " 'Joke or no joke, I demand to see what is in that bottle,' I said author itatively, my mind full ot mysterious poisons, and tho engineer handed it over tamely. "The bottle oontained nothing bat ink." "Ink 1" I exclaimed, when the great brain specialist reached this point in his narrative, and Maepherson smiled in tho peculiarly quiet way be has when ho has perfectly mystified a nearer. "Yea, ordinory ink," he went on. "The discovery naturally made me feel rather foolish, bat not so much as it would have done if I had not been conviccd etill that his action was iu some way a malioions one. What his idea could be, however, it was impos sible for me to divine, and I felt so serious about it that I should have roused my friend at once to enquire bow five black marks on his arm could possibly affect his happiness, if he had not looked so thoroughly worn out and in noed of sleep. As soon as Lashton was gone, I left tho cabin at once for fear of disturbing the sleeper, without stopping even to try and re movo the ink-stains, a piece of stu pidity at which I have not ceased to wonder. You see, it was impossible for me to guess bow desperately seri ous the plot was that the engineer had formed against the man whom he con sidered his rival. I retired to my own cabin opposite Gilby 'a, keeping the door open to make sure that Lashton did not return to do more mischief, but I made a poor sentry. I was tired out, like the youug Lieutenant, through not having my proper amount of rest for four nights, and I fell asleep still wondering about the five black marks. "Wheu I woke, I do not know how long after, it was to find Gilby stand ing iu ray room, half uudressed as I had seeu bim iu his bunk, but with his blurt sleeve buttoned up over the iuk-stains on his arm. I was too full of sleep, however, to notice the fact at tho time, or even to remember for the moment anything about what I had seeu. Sleepy as I was, I could not help noticing the look ot complete misery and despair on my friend's face. He was standing at the side of my buuk, holding an envelope, and when I started up, rubbing my eyes, he put it into my baud. '1 am glad you are awake, Mae pherson,' he said, in a strangely con strained tone. 'I wanted so ask you to do me a favor. Will you give this letter to Miss Cullau personally when you see her? I do not waut to take the risk of sending it by the mail.' " 'But you will see her yourself as soou as I shall,' I said, in surprise at the request, oud Gilby did not reply. Instead, he turned and walked out of the cabin, leaving ma staring at the letter iu my baud und woudoriug what it meuut. i was so stupid with sleep still thut it took me two minntes to think of any explanation at all. Wheu I did I was out of my buuk and run ning across to the opposite cabin iu a second. Just in time, too, for Gilby was in tho act of locking bis door when 1 burst it open and rushed iu without ceremony. The fuct thut tho vouuj Lieutenant's revolver aud a couple ot Utters, ou. of them h tlrworJ to my, wr lying vu the ta bit, urn t iun U tfeM Iff, foari were not ungrounded. The first thing I did was to aeoure the revolver. Then I turned to my friend. " 'What are you going to shoo! yourself for ?' I demanded, bluntly. "Gilby mado no attempt to deny bis intention. " 'I am sorry you have disturbed me, Macpberson,' he said, with per fect ooolnoss, 'because it cannot make any difference.'" "And tho reason I" I asked, with interest, for tbe Doctor bad paused to light another cigarette. Macpberson blow a whiff of smoke from his mouth, and continued bis story. "I suppose you have nover heard of disease called 'Guinea Madness?' he asked, and when I shook my head, ho went on : "Neither had I, until Gilby told me about it, although I am a doctor. It is one of those strange diseases that limit themselves luckily to a particu lar district, and is only found among a few tribes along tho coast of Guinea. It is generally thought that Europeans cannot take it, but the idea is an erroneous one, or, at any rate, there are exceptions, or Lieutenant Gilby'e father died of it, when my friend was a boy of ten. His father was Captain of a trading vessel, and tho Lieuten ant was accompanying him on a voy age when they called at the Guinea Coast He therefore saw his father in all the indescribable agony of the dis ease, which seems more like hydro phobia than anything else, althougK it is infectious. "The sight mado a great impression on bim, and, since his constitution was quite similar to his father's, ho had always suffered from an almost super natural terror of the Guinea Coast. He was quite persuaded that if he ever went ashore there bo would catch tho disease and die like bis father. Lash ton, it seems, was aware of this mono mauiaofhis; tor it almost amounted to monomania." "And he had really caught tho dis ease?" I asked. Maopberson smiled. "He thought he bad. The first symptom is the ap pearance of small black marks on the arm or leg." Pall Mall Budget. The Rlce-Puper Tree. The rice-paper tree, one of tbe most interesting of tbe flora of Chiua, has recently been successfully experi mented with iu Florida, where it now flourishes, with other sub-tropical and Oriental species of trees and shrubs, says the St. Louis Bepublio. When first transplanted in American soil tbe experimenters expressed doubts of its hardiness, fearing that it would beuu able to stand the winters. All these fears have vanished, however, and it is now the universal opinion that it is as well adapted to the climate of this country as to that of the famed Flowery Kingdom. It is a small tree, growing to a height of less than fifteen feet, with a trunk or stem from three to five inches in diameter. Its canes, which vary iu color according to season, aro large, soft and downy, the form somewhat resembling that noticed in those of the castor bean plant. The celebra ted rice paper, the produot of this queer tree, is formed of thin slices of the pith, which is taken from the body of tho tree in beautiful oylinders set oral inches in length. The Chinese workmen apply the blade of a sharp, straight knife to these cylinders, and, turning them round either by rude machinery or by hand, dexterously pare the pith from the circumference to center. This operation makes a roll of extra quality paper, the scroll being of equal thick ness throughout. After a cylinder has thus been pared it is unrolled and weights are placed upon it nntil tho surface is rendered uniformly smooth throughout its entire length, j It is altogether probable that if rice paper making becomes an industry -in the United States these prirait ivd modes will all be done awa y with. The Chiropodist on Pointed Shoe?, "1 am sorry to see a tendency on the part of men to forsake the sliarp poiuted shoe that has bold the fashion for so long and to return to the broader style of extremity," taid a leading ohiropodist. "The change, ifitoome about as I expect it will, will have H pretty substantial effect for the worse upon my business. Two-thirds of the patients who come to me sufferiug from painful callous growths on tuoir feet are the victims of stmrptocd shoot. There is only one foot iu a thousand that can wear such uu article with anything like comfort, but the Uf'J who can't, stand the misery m order to make a pretty pedal uppearauoe. The contracted space allowed for the toes iu such shoes crowds them to gether as iu a vise, aud circulation ia them stops and corns aud bunions are the result. Xo one should we.ir a shoo which does not allow tlie joiuts of tho toes to work naturally, but it should always fit the foot closely au.l snugly. A loose shoe is as provocative of eorus aud other foot ailments us u tight au.l narrow one." Washiugt-ju Post. Illuslratiui What He Meant. Latter d-iv speakers of Eujiiili urj getting to bo very wordy and pom pous iu the uso of our laugingo, ac cording to tho distinguished linguist, Professor Whitney, and he thiukH wo ought to get buck to the modesty and simplicity of our ancestors. This u l vioo of Professor Whitney is no doubt timely. But in u lvisiug us not to uso big words and tube clear, pure oud siuiplo iu diction he employs tUu fol lowing words: "Avoid ull polysillu bieal profundity, pompous prolixity and veutriloquiul verpidity. Shun double eutondrean I prurient jocosity, whether obsoure or apparent. Iu ether word, sptak truthfully, natur ally, dearly, purvly, but ilu but K THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BT THE FTJNNT MEN OP THE PRE33. If You Can't Get One With a Title Different Kyes Ancient Not n Boy Evidence, Ktc., Ktc. Don't marry a man for money, It's a dreadful tliinv to do; But to mnrry a mnu with money Is really the pro)r euc. Detroit Free rp-ss. DIFFERENT EYES. He (in love) "There she goes with her St. Bernard. Beauty and the beast over again." Tho Other One "Yes; isn't ho a beauty," Life. EVIDENCE. Miss Summit "Mr. Jagway callod on me lost night, and I think he bad been drinking." Miss Palisade "He told me this morning that you looked beautiful." Life. NOT A BOY. Little Ethel "I stopped into Mrs. Brickrow's to see her new baby." Mamma-r-"Did yon? It's a boy baby, isn't it?" Little Ethel "Ob, no, I guess not. It's real sweet." Good News. ANCIENT. MiesBedbud "Mr. Quilter said ho wrote a joke about you and sent it to one of the papers. " Miss Penstock "Was it accepted?" Miss Bedbnd "No. Tho editor said the subject was too old." Life. PBOOF OF THE TRUTH. Uncle Hiram "If yer want tor have good dogs yer must edjieate 'em to it. I took as much trouble to rear me dog thar ez I did with my son, Ike." "But thet dog is no good I" Uncle Hiram "Neither is Ike." Life. AN ALTERNATIVE. "Do you think a girl ought to learn to cook before she gets married ?" said the practioal man. "Yes," replied his dyspeptio friend, "Either that, or else she ought to be willing not to try." Washington Star. PREPARATORY TO CHOOSING. "Is this where you vote?" said an Ohio roteress to tho election officer. "Jes, ma'am." "Then please cut off samplos of all the tickets and I'll take them home and see which I like best." Pittsburg Chroniole-Telograp h. IT WOULDN'T MATTER. Little Boy "3istersays she's nerer going to marry any one that's in a trade. Sho says she's goin' to marry a professional man." Old Lady "Well, it won't matter. The little doar nevor did hivj much appetite, unyway." New York Weekly. MERELY GEOORAPHICAL. Clara "Do you know, Maud, Mr. Smithers paid me a great compliment last night?" Maud "No, what did be say?" "He said I was among tho prettiest girls at the party." "Yes, I noticed yon wcro among them." Texas Sittings. m VARIETIES OF TOUCH. "Success?" Tho pianist tossed bis Ieouiuo looks back from bis brow. ".Success--" His lingers wauJered aimlessly among tho keys. "--is all in the touoh." Persons who had boon touched for $5 a seat to hear him play had, by a curious coincidence, arrived at the ideutioal conclusion quitj iulepcud cntly. Detroit Tribuue. UEACUIN'O HIS ENEMY. Fair Shopper (to clerk, who hai shown bor every piece of goods iu tho store- "Well, I dou't see anything here that suits me. I'll go down to Yard k Tapelev's and see what they have." Salesman (eagerly) --"Hero's tho card of one of their salesmen. Will yon kindly get bim to wait on you?" Fair Shopper (pleasantly)--"Ah I a friend of yours, 1 suppose?" Salesman "Not at all!" Puck. OFF AND OS. A lawyer noted for his success ou cross-exauiiuutiou fouud his match in a receut trial, wheu he asked p. ioug suQering witness bow long ho bad worked at his busiunss of tiu-roofln. The answer was : "I have worked ut it off aud ou. but havo worked ut is steady for tho past twelve years." "How long off r.u l on havo worked at i'.?" 'Sixty-five yo-iri." 'How old aro you? ' "Sixty-five." . "Thou you ht'vo l.etf.i a tiu rojfof from birth?'' "So, sir; of course I hiveu't." "Then why do yoa say that von huvo worked ut your tia lo sixty-live years?" "Because yo.l Hiked how long o.l und ou I bud worked ut it. 1 have worked ut it off and ou uixty-tivo yeurs twenty years ou und lorty-tivo off." Hero there was a roar iu tin court room, but not at tho expoiisi) of tli witness, and his inquisitor hurriedly finished his examination iu rcat con fusion. Harper's Maa.iue. A Copy of the Aitketi Bible, the first J'lbla lu the HuylUli lanjuajj printed ia Aiiisriou, w sold iu It.niuu If Wv fiw 4h kv fvr tf-i'M SCIENTIFIC AXD INDUSTRIAL. It is estimated that gold in circula tion wears out on an average in 21) years. Thomas A. Edison has again secured control of the phonograph and will further improvo it. Hnman hair varies iu thickness from the two-hnndredth and fiftieth to the six-hundredth part of an inch, - Light and power are now trans mitted from San Antonio to San Ber nardino, Cub, a distance of thirty miles. Loncnhock and Humbolt both say that a single pound of tho finest spi der webs would reach around the world. The diatoms, singlo -celled plants of the seaweed family, are so small that 3000 of them laid end to end scarcely suffice to cover an inch of spaoe on a rule. Admiral Besnard reports that tho newest French battleships were tested for speed so frequently that their machinery was worn out before they were put into service. The smallest known species of hog is the pigmy swine of A ustralia. Thoy aro exactly like tho larger bietbren in every particular except size, beinr not larger than a good-sized houee rat. Dr. V. P. Clayton, of Greenville, S. C. , is experimenting with the uso of cotton seed for food. Cotton-seed meal's nntrive value is 03 great for men as for stock. It is exceedingly rich in bone and muscle food. A comparison of the maximum tem perature in different parts of tho world shows that the great desert of Africa is by far tho hottest. This vast plain, which extends i!00!) miloH from cast to west and 1000 miles from north to south, is said to have a tem perature of 150 degrees Fahrenheit iu tho hottofit days of summer. ' In a paper recently published Pro fessor W. W. Campbell writes that under the spectroscope Mars and the moon present the samo appearance. Tbe evidence of watei vapor in their atmospheres, be thinks, is produced wholly by such vapor iu the air of our own planet. This is the most impor tant of a series of observations all tending to show that Mars cannot be inhabited by animals such as wo are acquainted with. Professor John W. Laugley writes in a recent paper that wheu a muscle is exercisod a portiou of it is oxidizod or burned. Onr bodies aro furuaoes, in which the vital heat is supplied by tbe same chemical changes which go on in a stove when tho tiro is lighted. And if for any reason tho flesh of our body is not continually consumed by this process of "combustion" we die, as the fire goes out in a stove when it becomes clogged with ashes and cin ders. Dog's Kcspnnso to a Taunt, A dog story has come to the writer's cars which, though not within his per sonal knowledge, is vouched for to him in an entirely trustworthy way. A certain dog, which was growing old, was in a barn one day with bis master. Tho two were up ou a haymow from which a sloping ladder led down to the barn floor. The master walked dowu the ladder, but tho dog went around by another way-. Whon the dog reached tho barn iloor his master began to say to bim somewhat taunt ingly: "Poor old fellow 1 Daren't walk down tho ladder nny more 1 Daren't walk down tho ladder I" AVhereupou tho dog, with a quick glance at his master, walked clear up the Judder to tho top aud then turned around and walked dowu it again. Tho jirocoeding looked vory much like n deliberate demonstration on tho dog's part, to bis master, that ho was etill capable of walking up and dowu a slanting ladder. Did the dog under stand tho tiuut, or did he merely catch the words "down the ladder," and take tho utterance for a command, which ho dutifully proceeded to obey? No one will over kLow, probably, since the do himself can givo n) ac count of tho mutter. Boston Trau Beript. Electrical Ueatluir. Tho advnutugos of eloctricity for beating are being recognized, A man ufacturer iu tho south of Franco pro poses to employ water power for heat ing his factory, thus saving SUJOO per uuuum in fuel. Iu South America an electric drying machine, iu which nir is forced through a chamber of boated plates and comes out as a hot blast, ii to servo iu ilryi:ig wheat, tho current to be generated by wofto water power. Other plans proposed aro electric beat for use with ammunition caps, and for tleotric soldering irons to bo employed in a gunpowder factory wb re tho irons must not get hotter t'uau 430 de grees F. Probally tho most curious application now beiug arranged isouo to prevent tho freezing Of a clock. A largo town clock iu an exposed plaoo often gets clogged with snow aud ice iu winter, ami this is tj bo remedied by placing an electric boL platoon tho top or side of the clonk. Trenton (X. J.) Amciieau. M air ii eric Siiinl tor furs. An cxperiineui his recently been made uear Orauge, N. J., ou the Suo urbau Traction Coinp.uiy, with Mi; uetio sand from tlu oio bopuvutiii,: works ut Ogdou. K Ksou had uu id-'.i thut tho sau I would have more elloet iu preventing blippiug of tho wheels than the ordinary sand. The experi uieut was tried ihuin; a snow storm on the Edglo Buck line, where the grades are exeessivo and the difficul ties of operating iu mow ure enor mous. Tho experiment proved a cow plete ueoess, tlie s.iud uiaking a pui (tot ktrtnsl ci'nuu-.'tU'a wivh tho rail aud slip V!ij UvkvdWatt InwWU titan THE SOVEREIGN POET. Hoslts abovp tho clang ami dust of timn, With tho world's secirt tromlillng on hi lip. tin asks not converse nor eomi-aiiiniiMiip In the cold stnrllirht wh"ni tliou canst no" nllmb. The undelivered tliliwrs in his l.rciwt Buffer him not to rest. He sees afnr the Immeniorable throne, And binds the fluttered ng'W with a song. The glorious riddle of ids rhythmic brent h, His might, his spell, we know not whof they be: We only feel, whnteVr he ultcreth, This savors not of death, This bnth a relish of eternity. William Watson. Ill'MOIt OF THE DAY. Although money talks, woman can meet it half-way and get iu tho lost word. Puck. A new broom may sweet clean, but a now towel does not wipe clean. Atchison Globe. You will not find one spring poot iu fifty who does not need liver medicine. Galveston Nows. "That Baglcy is a chump." "Why so?" "He paid me ten ho owed me, right before my tailor." Life. A piece of limbnrger cheese is like a tnck in one respect you can always find it in tho dark. Texas Sittings. "The whole world loves a lover Then I really do not seo Why my suit didn't prosper (She w:as nil the world to me! It is a dangerous business for men and women to lie to each other until thoy are married. Detroit Free Press. A woman should havo learning ; but she should convert her learning into wisdom, that sho may know how to conceal it. Puck. The blindest kind of lovo That ever did exist. Is the unwceninn kind That marks the egotist. -ru.-k. Mrs. Nuwed "Our landlord thinks of nothing but the rent." Nuwed "You wrong him, my dear. I'm suro be never thinks of tho rent iu tho roof." Judge. The proprietors of n West Philadel phia sale-stablo have this sign outside their establishment: "It you aro looking for mules don't forget us."- Philadelphia Record. Mrs. Watts "So it was in tho Chi cago wheat market that you lost your all?" Everett Wrest "Yee, mum, all save me honor and nu elegant thirst." Iudiauapolis Journal. A maiden lady in Nowlmrg keeps a parrot which swears and a monkey which chews tobacco. Sho says be tween the two sho doesn't miss a hus band very much.- -Atchison Globe. She "How old would you say I was?" He "Um-well, I should say you were old enough to know better than to think I would answer a ques tion like that."- Detroit Free Press. Burglar Bill ''Wot'B become o' Sliokflngor's sister?" Snceky Sam "Servin' time fer follcriu' a fashion able fad." Burglar Bill "Wot fad?" Sneeky Sain "Kleptermauier. "New York Weekly. "Who is that gentleman engaged ia conversation with Mrs. Sobriybt?" "I don't know bim ; but ho must bo ouo of the most distinguished men iu tho country." "What makes you thiuk so?" "His portrait bis never ap peared in tho newspapers." Norris town Herald. Chinese Emperor "Why did you lose that battle?" Geueral Wuu Bun "The Japaneso attucked us in the rear." Chinese Emperor "1 was in formed that they attacked you ia front." General Wun Bun "Y-c-s; but that was our rear wheu they got thore." Now York Weekly. "Have you been able to catch tho speaker's eye?" asked the first lady legislator. "Have I?" rejoined tho second legislator. "Well, rather. I wore my navy blue bensaliuo with tho hoilotrope sleeves, and the speaker couldu't keep his eyes off me." I'pou the call of the bouso they uoparatod. Detroit Tribuue. "Hypnotism," suid tho professor, "iu our prtseut stato of knowledge, may be defiued as tho power exerted by one person over tho mind of an other." "Why," fjiggled the fluffy Rirl, "that is ju-t tho same as fulling iu love." "Itnid 'mind,' my dear young lady," retorted tho professor. Cin cinnati Tribuue. Sympathetic Old L i ly " A'ill you please tell mo if the la ly is iu who writes tho 'Mothers' Column' iu your paper every week? I want to tell her how muoh pleasure I had iu perusing her articles ou The B.iby iu tho Cradle.'" Otlijo Boy tie's" yonder, inu'uiu. That's him who is standing there with a piuk shirt ou au.l smoking his pipe." l.a Seinana Comica. Novel Fouil I or Hug', Fresno County (California) grape growers ure eoiibi li-iiug of establish ing a bii; poik paAiu;;' lions.1. Tho hiooud crop of grapes, if dried, aolt imly interferes with tiu iirt crop of raising, houoj th nu.v s.'hs ne is to turn hogs into t lie vin.'y.ird an I fat ten them on these latj grapes, which mature iu November, il is oti uatod that OJ.OdJ tons ot tlusj secjud crop grapes ure produecd every year around Fresno. Now York Tnbuu. The (ireek Colony in tieoivi.i. A Greek colony lias been established ut Eden iu EOi'i im County, Georgia. They have pur-iUuse I eighty noros of laud from Mm. B tliu, uu I about a dozen of them are aliuady there und others are expocte.1 soon. They will raise vegetables nu I other farm products, but thu.r principal object It to raUe fruits und (jr !', Xney are n thrifty, linrd wi'iHUj lr( rl WSVrVWi-rf! Yvt'ti J illf 4'-i
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