THE FOREST REPUBLICAN U rbllsk4 (vary W4im4j, ky J. E. WENK. Cfflooln Bmiubmib Co.'i BuHdJuf lb run, TIONHTA. IX RATI OFAOVtRTiaiMOl On. Bqmr, on I Boh, am nmrUnm. . 1 0t On. 8qor, on toon, month..., M On Bquu-s, on inch, tbrOT montka. . I On.Hqu.r, on. Inch, on ymr...... Mm Two Bquaryi, on ymr..., .......... ISO , Quarter Column, on. jtr... BOOC Half Column, on. rw,,,,, 00 00 On. Column, out . ... ..... ..M0T Local atvsrtUMnunts to onto par JJm aach 1b Motion. PUBLICAN. Trmt, 1.80 MrTur. Maniajres and doath notion graato. All bUl.torroarlTadTartlaam.nte eo Oorrpmiim MltatM On tl Mrt af it,. VOL. XXVIII. NO. 7. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1895. S1.00 PER ANNUM. quarterly. Temporary advwUswnaBto I b. paid la ad vaaoa. Job work oasa on daltrary. Re EST England has 200 men each worth over $3,000,000. Two thousand patents have bocn taken out in this country on tho man ufacture of paper alono. Greater New York, with 317 squaro miles of territory, would bo throe times as lig as London an twelve times me area of Fans. In tho past seven years tho German production of boot sugar has doublod, whilo the homo consumption has only ucroasod one-third during the eamo period. A few years' ago the Chinese cabinet advised tho conquest of Jupan to stop the spread of western civilization. It ssotus tho plan was put oft" a liltlo too long. The Now York World observes: Tho courts iu Brooklyn are trying tho efficacy of 823,000 verdicts fordamngo when a trolloy oar kills a person. Wo predict that tho death rate from this causo will be greutly reduced. Good apples are said to bo dearer than eggs in tho Now York market. Tho reason is that most of tho good ones havo been exported to Euglund, where tho demand for American ap ples has boon unprecedented during the past season. Chitral, in tho region of Upper In dia, the inhabitants of which the Brit ish are now attempting to punish and, perhaps subjugate, wos, until tho on tranoo of tho British Army, entirely without commerce and without money. Tho people accepted tho rupees given thorn by tho British officers for tho performance of petty services, ostootu ing thorn highly as ornaments; but they mado serious objections to receiv ing too many of them as their use of ornaments was limited. A shaft into tho earth is proposed by M. Toschal Gronssct as tho sensa tion for tho Taris Exposition of 1900. His plnn is an inversion of the idea of tho Eiffel tower. Elevators will carry tho publio down tho shaft: at inter- vhJs there will bo restaurants and con cert rooms, decorated so as to har monize with tho temperature, which will increase with tho depth, as far as 2100 feet below tho surface. Beyond that point, as tho heat will bo too great for comfort, a nurrowcr shaft is to be drivon for scientific purposes only to a depth greater than has ever yet been obtained, possibly 5000 feet. It is a question whether the Semi Dole war is over yet or not. Tho Secre tory of tho Interior has asked the Secretary of War to tell him, ns it in volves a question of the Semiuolo lauds. Most of tho "people who fought in tho war aro dead long ago. Secre tary Lamont replying to the com muuication from Secretary Smith in formed him that tho first Semiuolo war in Florida, from 1830 to 1842, was officially auuouuced as closed August 14, 1812, and that tho seooud Florida Semiuolo war began December 20, 1835, eud was officially declared closed on May 8, 1858. When the great Suit Fond of Block Island has been connected with tho ocean by tho ship channel that is now being dug, it will becomo an impor tant roadstead for the luugost ships. It is perfectly land-lockod, and covers 1200 acres, of which 800 are navigable, tho depth ranging from fifteen to sixty Xeot. Tho New York Tribune thinks tho value of such a refuge, situated as it is eo near Gurdiner's Bay, Long Inland Sound and New York City, must be of considerable consequence from a naval point of view ; it would surely be worth holding by au enemy preying on our coasts, especially by a lloet of warships operating aguiust Now York City. Tho possibilities aro interest ing. Mux Nordau, a German investigator, bus published a work entitled "De generation," which is sturtliog Eu rope. Ho seeks to demonstrate thut the brain of man has been put under a suicidal Btruiu by tho enormous in crease of activity iu the lust llfty years, and that it has produoud in tho upper 10,000 of every greut city a race of "degenerated," thut is, meu who, though perhaps brilliant ineu tully, uro physically and hereditarily ou thedown grade, uud who are bound in a generation or two to perish through partiul iusunity uud sterility. Iu direussiug this overpressure ho cites th, immense increase of muil mutter ul 1 declures ihut "a cook re ceives aui semis moro letters nowa days than a university professor did formerly." The iucreuso of suicides throughout Europe helps Hcrr Nor iluu's deductions. St. Petersburg, for imtunce, reporting 445 kuccu:-s(m! hui cides iu the put twelve mouth THE ANGELIC HUSBAND. Thiiro are husbands who aro pretty, Thuro aro husbundHWboa.ro wlttv. m . . . . . t . ' mere nro nuHiiantl wti lu public nro as smiling ns tho morn; Tlmro aro husbands who aro healthy, Thoro aro famous onos and wealthy, But tho roal angollo husband well, ho nevor yet boon born. Home for strength of lovo aro notod, WJio aro ronllv so devoted That whene'er tholr wives aro ubsont thoy nre lonesome and forlorn- And whilo now and thou you'll find ono who s a roally good aud kind one, Yet the rani augcllc husband ob, ho's never yet neen born. Ho tho woman who Is motod To a man who may bo rated as "protty fair" should cherish him forever and a day, For tho real angcliii cronturo, l'orfoct, qulbi, lu every feature, Uo ha nevor boou discovered, and ho won't bo, so thoy say. T. B. Aldrieh, in Boston Budget. "ONE GOOD TURN." 'ROM the tiny village oi ucwuurst to Ber sea, a smnll town on tho Euglish channol. is eight milos by road and nine by river, xno train takes twenty min utes between tho two places, good going indeed "for one of thoso South cm linos." One dull, licnvv. nlnbn n;..i, t ... . . . .V UcuiKo uuugioy would gladly have sut a whole hour in tho most un painted, tinpodded, draughty and jolty carriago of any "one of theso Southern lines" if he might got from iue vuiugo 10 mo town. Ho had been payiug a stolon visit to Kato-to lovely Kate Bascott, of Dewhnrst. He hod said good-by to her at tho bottom of her father's garden, and run all tho y xoiue railway station, only to find the last train itnna Jrl.,., struck and tho ono stroet of Dowhurst was as empty or pooplo as tho churoh yard. Laugloy sat down on a hand-truck which he found chained to a post. Ho ui uis pipo ana proceeded to con sidcr his position. Ifar.liv , i, . .w.j u .. v. UD UC- eun the reilection tb.it lm 1.0.1 " - " - m uMii naiivcil mauy miles thut day, and was glad of !.; ...... 41. 1 . . . 0 ui im vu me unuu-iruek, when Hashed inlo his mind the picture of a H,:o. 11- 1 Fuuv, wim aciiiia m uer, seen moored below tho bridge to-day. Then he telt s Uush of pleasure when ho UrollHUt to mind that it mttat i, about ebb at Dowhurst. In a light puui, auu on tuo back or a six-knot tide, ho should fly along tho nine miles of water to Berscn in less thau half the timo it would take him to reacu tuo half-way house on hid weury feet. At tho bridge ho had to proceed caretuily for ho did not know the ground well; there was no regular lauding ulaco. ami lir.ll. . . J " gl.UllUVl of light trickled through the lowering tiuuui. i uu a lecung of profound relief ho found thoskiff with skulls ly ing on the thwarts. Casting off the nainter he stunnn.l almm-.i ;i. . chuckle of remorse when ho fancied mo owner s arrival later to liud tho boat gono. Bowing alono through the damp darkness of that autumn night was not inspiring; but ho realized with ileligut tho great pace from tho light swiftness with which the skulls came to him through the water, and from the ponderous, silent sliding by of the black banks. His course lay ueurly due south. There was something in the mannor of tho ghostly banks, and in tho hur ried whispering of tho water at his bow, which told him he should not reach home before the storm broke. "In a lew minutes tho gale will break," said Laugley to himself. "This is a nice sort of ooeklo-shell to be abroad iu the dark if tho water gets sloppy. It would bo no easy job to land here. I suppose if the storm docs como down particularly heavy I must take it as a judgment sent as puuishmout for stealiug tho boat." AU at once the trees on tho bank set up a shrill whistlo of alarm, and the woods on tho hills took up the alKria and burst into a roar. The chnunel of the river wax fille.l wifl. barrier of wiud and rain, through which, iu spite of Laugley's utmost efforts, he could not press the sniff. Water flushed in spray from tho bows, aud slopped obuurd at the cou ter. He tasted the salt water on 1 lmistnelie. Ha liunt l.iu n.i.l his der tho rain flung upon his neek, and felt it run down his buck. The banks were steep und almost indiscernible. If the puut were swamped it would go hard with him He wus stroug uud heultuy ; only twenty-seven ; full of life aud hope ; ho was just beginning to seo u road towards competency. Then there was Kate there was Kate? there was his Kate I No, no ; it would never do to drown here. But the boat was hulf full, tho banks high aud dim, tho storm tremendous. It looked as if he were to perish ufter all! By Jove, that gust had whirled the punt's head rouud as if she wus a cork ! Yet it would bo cruel as well as ridiculous to dio here. And still the tempest wus over whelming ; tho water getting sloppy ; the puut heavier deader aud deader. Let him try to make out the exact point of the liver where the water huh jultiug, aud tossiug uud wouudiug hn puny skill'. Yes; ho was iu tho Long ltcucii, where the buuk ou either sido is steep. tStay! Whut was that low-ooiliu-ehuped thing stuudiug buuk against the frantic sky '( J If That was tho old deserted boathouso wua ttie slip ! Thank God I If ho could only reach the slip and jump ashore, scramble asnore, swim ashore, all would bo well Ihink of it all would be well I Ho should again seo tho sunlight in tho Helds, and tho sails on tho shining son, and Kato iu her whito gown I He should again movo back the straying . . 1 . ,. . . . ; trusses oi gomen uair irom tuo fore head- -ll n Mlmnl.l mrtvn 1 1 11 o Ir 1. v itia 1 witli Hits mnmrt n.lm .1..1. U n..u u.o DHUIV J ' 1. 1 11. OTUilU he was now grinding against the harsh uuu ui iue oar, in uosperate endeav or to tear his life from tho trough of the water. At last firm earth held Ins limlm n,l body tip I Ho no longer rocked and omiycu iu nu ills oody. Drenched aud sodden, be sernmlilml up tho slip. Ho mode eo effort to save tuo punt. Iho moment 'ha Htmmml ihore she had been swept away. "I milRt mnlrn tlint. Unui nnnfl 41, n vu..v ' .... . . V.. . I1U owner, thouch sho h us linnn noftrlv tlm .l.u ' . ' . . uuaiu ui me. i ii never put my loot nuuuru uuui ipr rrnic ntt i inn n nvo- lonuer irora this until I die. Uu, what hard work it had boon to keen Olio'fl feet U'linn nicrmTintr nn tlmt treaUerouB oU slip to gain ita piucc, wuu its BUeJtorauUita Becunty, irum mo moutus oi tuo lippiog. ravou infj warors i This boafc'hoilHn Vita nniv naa.l tliav Stiid. by Blank Hill v. tlm i ? . p. I'T' us a jair irom wntcn be might surprise imuuuers uy nignt. l'oacuers were many and dnrin? in tlii nninrblinrlinml Black Billv (tntnrtainn.l a nnrtinnlni. hatred against them and they against l.: ii . .. ... unu. my ueavcu iuov mtgut not mistake huu for Black Billp. nr Tllnnb uniy mm ior any ono of tueni. n:it- i - . i o door ou tho boat-house. That id not mutter. Ir nfTur.W nlnntv nf shelter, aud that was what one now p - - " ... uw UI.V V. match, a heap of straw, a lurgd heap DCflllHlI. mill In I in tlin I . rvli I- nT 'i s.rnw, ui, mo ena inr irom tuo uoor In his sattirnleil nnnrlitinti til lin down on the straw would be to secure illness anil invitr. ilnntb Tflm allr.l briskly up and down until he became nrna.ni 1 . 1. . . - L 1 1 ., . . " ,l nuu iudu eieiji uuuer me siraw r-n i i.i .... u ii-uuw wouiu not oniy escape a cnill or rheumatism, but enjoy the ad vuutages of hvdrotmthio treatment. Lanelev becau uacino' tha flnnr a rapidly as tho limits of the building and tho darkness woul.l norm it In halt au hour ho had worked himself into a clow: then he crawled under the straw, taking care to cover him self comnletcl v with it The heat of the body increased to such a degree that lio was sorely lempiod lo creep forth, again, but a chill now would be disastrous, an ha InV Still nu 1 suffered. lla listailflil in the wind roarinor in tha wood, nml tn the flails of the r.iiu thrushins on the roof. Littlo by little the burning ueai OI U18 tio.lv subsidcil. nml jifter awhile ho fell asleep. Ho was awakened by voices. The storm had ceased, and Langley was on the point of struggling out and de clining himself when his oars caught wordi which held him still. "It s a hau 'iutr job. Jim." said n deep, gruff voice. "(Veil, that's your affair. You knocked him into the river." said a high tenor voioe. e were both of ni m it. and when he started ou us 'livn vmi olinched." "f wnt nnltf lliiMin-v mi lit l.i'a A.in j " 1 ,- "J mid gUlli aud was holding ou with my two hands wueu you uut-enned nun ana be tum bled iu. I Couldn't. ilAVA fttninlr ilia blow for my two bauds were on his C II uu, nam. "Anil wlmn T nam vrtn in tyi.U1.. did I turn tail and run away? Did I?" iierooly; "or did I shorten my piece and let drive at him? Aud isn't the dark look of his eyes turned on me - - - . . . , ....... u wuuw ...... .IVUVU.U subdued as he weut on, uud at the end it had lost all its auger, aud was not fillilrOKA.l 1 lii Jim tint, uiiiilf.in leutless vacancy where tho dead eyes lived. L.insley felt a cold shiver duwu his ll:hi'lr. Ifo bil.l lieim 1 imLiiii n. in tit.. history by pouohers of Bluok Billv's last encounter with their fraternity. The mun with tlm bi'rh v,iin.i utn...l so closo to Laugloy thut hi.i feet wero in tho straw, uud Langley could feel the straw movo wheu the inuu move.1 Yet Laugley durst not stir an iuch away. After a pause, S..m, thj more distant man, tho one with tho rough voiot, tlio Htrilcer nf tlm lililiv rp.invi.ra.l hit... self, uud said as if awaking from sieep : v lint are wo to do r ".StriliO U 1 i LT 1 1 1 UUil lot IIS KIM iclint'd iu this cursed hole." "But any ouo cjuld seo a li 'ht from tho river. " ".Villi who, woulil lul mi tli.i tiv.it lit such au hour, aud after suuh a night ?" Laugley's heart stood still. I'p to this his fllllvr tedium wun min nf l.iulb. iug and horror of tho presence of two 11 1.1 r i t uiuu, iKi-iiiiuuoa irom iuuraer. jow tho fearful neril of his owu nosition struck him. Hero were two desperate men, fresh from tho most awful orimo, with no other thought thun, How shall we escape the terrible consequenoes? They were sruied. they wero truing to ttrilie a light. If they discovered him? He tried to lie still us a loj. A match was struck. The hiih voice said : "What a lmnn of bti'iwl I suppose it was his bed. It I ;k mure liUu hs if ouo hud been sleeping under rather thau ou it. Noth ing but the struiv iu the shanty. Thero, tho mutch is out! Wh it uro we to do, Sum? "Twill sjou bo day. u i I thou they'll fiud it iu the water." With tho going out of the match Jim's terrors returned. Silence for a while. Laugley felt sure bin breathing, or the ticking of his wutch, or the beat ing of hin heHrt must be heur.l. The cold sweat run down his fueo uud nock. Ho wus uittdly impelled to shriek. Tho muscles ol his legs twitched, llo had to dig his nails nito his puhus to keep his huuds bi'.'.. Suddenly, with an oith, Sam criod: "I havo it I I hove it!" Arn Vtll Lill r. II i n rr fn 4 1 i -,-.. I rn j uuwuwiua IUI tUU Y,XJ 1 aV'vif even before thoy havo light to find uj iiiiii iu tuo i iver i wuisjiereu o lni. "I have it, I toll you," cried Sam, in triumph. "What fell in tho river was carried to the sea in tho dark, when there was no light." "What's your opinion, then?" "Old Billy often slept here. There's the straw to show ho did " r i.n.i.,1 iio Lt.on. :r ou it now," said Jim, in a whisper of uorror. "Bluck Billy is in the channel long ago, yon 1001 r Jim moaned. "Either tho straw moved or I'm mad." "You'ro crazy with fear. You haven t the heart of a hare. Listen. To-night old Billy slept on tho straw " "Don't! Don't, Sam! Let the straw lone, it bears you! Uo has como to UI) out of the water. I'm nearer tho straw than yon. I can hoar him breathing. "Hold your prate, or I'll put a charge iuto you. To night he set fno to T.nn HTTAW mill wua liurnml rlnut What do you think of that, my white- l: t- ii . .. iivereti .1 im t n.riini nam nvn inni v "I I I thiuk it mirrht iln if tin was in tho river or the sea. But ho's here. He's lyiujr on tho straw, listen ing to us. aud whatever von do nr : 1 'Mil.-.' .... T ... 7. . " uo ii uuug us. j. cuu leui tuo siraw stirrinsr aszainst me now. For OodV suko strike a light 1 My bands are shaking so I can't." "Ay, I'll strike a light fust enough." TIlA nntinll fnltnurml ilin wnv.la nn.l Sam thrust tho flamiua match into tho straw. A cone of fire shot np. Langlny, pale and resolute, detorm ucd to make one desperate plunzo for tha flnnr IaaiiAiI frnm Hid l.lu?!.!. , 1'" - - - " " ... straw and, dashing tho smoko from uis eyes, siuggered, paused motionless, nn.l tttmi.l uid; .l;ann.l.1 open month at the door. "It'll Ttlnnlr Ulllo l.i.nuolfl" i.;av.i Jim, cowering against the wall and poiuuug lo iue guasuy iuco oi Xjaug ley. Ouick as liffhtnincr Sum cnvereil Lancrley. "If you move vou are a dead man. Wha are you?" 'It's Black Billy himself." whimn- (irOil Jim. 4HlAnW Rillv bimculf nnmn out of the river to hang us 1" "lie s the makings of anothor mur der. It's a snv. Uis hair is liirht. tint. dark, you fool 1" Liaugley did not move. He glanced from the muzzle of the cuu to the doorway. He spoke : "I am not Black Billy. There woul.l be no good iu my saying I did not near your conversation. "Then it was a bad hour for you when you did hoar it," said Sam, with the gun still pointing at Langley. "I'm not so sure of that, and I think it a very good thing for you I did over hear it." "I ilnn't. wnnf tn tnlrn i-aii Inn an d- den, for you may not have beeu hero us a spy ; but you know too much for ever going out of tho door of this place alive." "I kuow more thau you thiuk, and therefore I will go out of that door alive. "Come; tho house, is filling with smoko. You can have ten minutes." "Cnu't I have till day?'' "No. In three minutes this uluen will bo too hot and too lull of smoke to stay in it." "V..t till ,1.... n..t tn !. .., once more, and it is already dawn. IjOOK ! The poachers alreadv turned their eyes towards the door. With a groan Jim foil forward iu sensib'o. With an oath Sam dropped his truu to the ground. Iho liRure of Black Bill v. tho gamekeeper, stood ou the threshold. Jim wus dragged out of the burn- iug building aud Sum's bauds wore i t UOI11UI. "Wheu I was just exhausted iu tho water, after that rulliau had knocked me iu, said tho gamekeeper luter, "I gripped theguuwaloof a half-swamped puut, nnd with tho other half of her kept utlout until I scrambled ashore. 'Tl.at I 1, ...... 1,,.,.. .., l. 1. . . It . . .1 !. I V. ULL 11 HI J UUHI said Luiil'Iv. "so that niv mint suved u , 4 your life, and thau you saved miue. i on, ono good mru deserves an other,' I dure say." St Paul's. Animated Barometers. Suvs an old Peunsvlvuuiu farmer : "I ahvuvs kuow wheu thero is to be u windstorm by wutchiug tho turkeys and chickens so to roost euch niu'ht. lu calm weather tho fowls always roost on their poles with their heads alternating each way; Ihut is, ouo r,i.u .....it ii... i...vt ......f .... i u . U L .. .J I . . 1 . V. .. A b PbDI) 11 11 . I 13 .1 VU. But wheu there is goiug to be a hi'h wind tuey hi ays roost with tuuir heads toward tho direction from which it is coming. There uro reasons for theso different ways of roost iuur. I tuke it, Wheu thero is no wiud to guard sguiust they can see other dan uer more reudilv if thev uru healed in both directions, but when wiud is to ariso they face it becuuso they cau hold their po.siiious better. But the part I cnii't iiu-.lei stand," ho con eluded, "is how tho critters know that the wind is guiu to rise wheu we morluls luck ull iutnuutiou nf it." New York Tribune. The Butcher's ( hopniiiT Muck. Butchers' chopping blocks nialo in nei't Ii i II s nr. I liiiviv' ui inn 'I I in . u lun 1 111 stead of tho old-time block made from u tectiou of u single large tree. i'ir uups the soircity of timber has souio ihing to do with the introduction of the new sort of block. It is made of maple iu lou parullctopipe.il us about one und a hulf inches square. it is said that bucu a block may be made of uniform Irirdueis throughout, a thin" ii j'. u ii i'Iv iuiuil iu thu sulnl j blovk Mvn' Voli; Sua, THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARB TOLD 3T THE FUKNT MEN OF THE PRESS. A Wn of Pprlnn Lovers' Lunacy Her Own Lliiillcd Conditional "There Are Tricks," Ktc, Ktc. We kuow that Hnrlnir tim has como rouud, rur us wfl WIIIK trie RlreeT, see a fchliibiK, briinil-iiew tie On every uiau we meet. Hartford Journal lovehs' iatnacv. Sho "What effect dots tho full moon havo upon tho tide?'' He "None, but it has considerable upon the un tied. Life. COSUITIOSAIi. "Will you lovo mo wheu I'm gone?" asked iUr. Liuger of his sweetheart. "If you'll go soon," replied tho faithful girl with a yawn. Judge. IN THE OliOAMlNO. Sho (pointing at a star) "Ah, there is Orion ! Voice (from the durkutss)- "Ye2 are mishtukeu, mum, it's O'Beilly." Lio. JIEB OWN. "The duke seems to be completely bliuded to Miss do Million s true char acter." "Yes; she threw dust in his eyes." Puck. DEAT1SO AUOUT THU BCSH. A. wuatl lou culled me a swin dler?' B. "No; but I am prepared to give ten dollars to any one who proves to mo tuo contrary. LIMITED. Patient (about to have his leg re moved, cheerfully) "Well, doctor, I'm afraid that I won't bo able to go to any more dauces. " Dr. Knifer "No. After this you'll havo to coulino yourself to hope. " New York World. HIS PRUFEKKXCe. A Slilyan Ilaire--"iMy daughter re turns from Europe to-dav, sir. Make arrangements for a stunuiug reception to her. 1 give you carte blanche. His Secretary "I would bo per fectly satisfied, sir, if you would only give me Blauche." Truth. "THERE ARB TRICKS." Visitor "Are all thosa ladies wait ing for change?' Merchant Prinoe "Oh, dear, no! They are conuocted with the house. lhey stimulate trade by struggling with customers who try to approach tho bargain counter." Puck. A PASSION WITH HIM. Sho "And tell me now, are you much interested iu scicuce?" Ho "Interested in science? I thould soy so. Why, I kuow the his tory of all the champions of thu ring, and there isn't anything about any of the big fights that havo taken place in the last forty years, that I can't tell you. Science? The mauly art is just food, drink and lodging for me." Boston Transcript. THE LON"EiYWOOD 1IOSU COMPANY, Citily "I seo you wear a badge of the Lonclywood Hose Company. Isn't it pretty tough to havo to rospond to an alarm on a cold, ruiuy night, when you've worked hard iu tho city all day?" Commuter (lightly) "Pooh, pooh, luuu ! Why, you cau stay lit home and pay a dollar (3 no. ThatV what everybody does except the man whoso houso is atire. Judge, SIiKUITEil. "What is this?" excluimod tho pri ma donna, as she crumpled tho printed sheet, threw it upun the flour und stamped upon it. 'What is tho matter, my dear?' asked her husband. "A brand of piano hits been placed on the market without iny knowledge, and I have not written a testimonial faying it is tho finest instrument I huvo (.ver used. This iu thu first time riieh u tLiug happened uud it is an in suit." Washington Stur. JUSTll'IKO SIHl'KION. "Yes," said tl'O laudlord, who was ihowiug u prospective tenant through tho house, "the flat is litted with ull modern improvements, good sanita tion, u'.nplo heat and light arrange ments, a lino kitchen, tlovutcr service ill night, and the rent is only 825." "Say no more," interrupted the tlut liniiter, sadly. "I must re?uso tho in viting offer. There can bo on'y one iuferenco from your low rent there is u young 1h.1v pianist iu thu Hat above." Chicago ltecord. Bl'KPh'IENTIiY 1:ew Uior.D. The latest jokt nl tho (pcuso of the J-'reueh Society for thu Protection, of Auiinuls is to the following effect: A cdiiiitryr.iun, uriued with au im-ii.eu:-o club, presents himself before tho l'rofcidci.t of the society, uud claims the lirt pri. . lie is asked to describe tho net of humanity ou which he founds the claim : "1 savid the life of a woil," replies tho country man. "1 might uisily Lave killci him with this bludgeon," uud hr t iu.ifs his '.uj ju iutbui.ir, to thu nun) en ic discomfort of tho Pres ident. "But viheio i.s tint; o:l? " in pines iho latter; "what i: a 1 ho doue to yoiiV "!fc had just devoured my wiff," was tho reply. Tim Presideut reflects i'.u instui.t, uud then says: ".My JVioud, 1 am '-f piliiou that you have been sc.liioieut 1 luwerded." New York Post. I SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL, Only one-half of children born reach the ago of seventeen years. Coal tar is tho latest Parisian remedy for all tho ills. It is taken in the rough. On a summer day tho overage healthy adult perspires about twenty-eight ouncos. W. C. Eagan has given a collection of 10,000 rare fossils to tho Chicago Acadomy of Sciences. Twenty-seven knots per hour is tho guaranteed speed of tho new British torpedo bout destroyer Jonus, just launched. A number of pbysioiuus declared that cuclein, tho recently discovered fluid, will create a revolution in medi cal science. An English inventor bus devised au automatio air brake, in which tho weight of tho train supplies the power to set tho brakes. Sea anemones have boou known to live for three or four years without any nourishment save what thoy ex tract from tho water. Experiments are beiug mado with two ambulance wagons, the ouo equipped with solid rubber and tho other with pueumatic tires. The sound of a bell can ba heard through tho water at a distanoo of 45,200 feet. Through tho air it can bo heard at a distance of only 430 feet. Freight cars iu England are only seventeen foot loug, carry but tou tons, and forty-five of thorn make a train for one of their funny little en gines. Women nowadays nro generally ac knowledged to bo au iuch or two taller, aud two or three inches greater iu chest development th iu their gruud- motuers were. I The people of tropical couutrios almost invariably uso some form of capsicum with maize as a stimulant to the stomach, maize beiug moro diffi cult of digestion than some other grains. A well kuown electrician. S. A. Var- ley, has expressed his opiniou that u lightning disehartro may occasiouallv kill birds flyiug iu tha air, but simply r ii ... i ... . .. irom meir uoing asoiuoutaliy iu the liue of tho path of discharge or iu close vicinity to the path. It is now a wall recognized fact. states a medical journal, that the structures of the eye, especially tuo cornea and conjunctiva, are subject to malarial affections, periodical in char acter, differing from tho usual affec tions of these parts, but involiug actual tissue change, aud amenable to oui- nine or other antimalarial treatment. One of the latest English torpedo- boat destroyers receutly main a suc cessful trial, attaiuiug a mean speed on six n-iles at 27.97 knots, nnd for the three hours' running 27.0 knots, being more than half a knot iu excess of tho contract speed. Exhaustive trials of steering, both ahead nud aiteru, at full speed were alsa carried out with satisfactory result. A Convict's Pr.iplictic Vislo:i. Ira Cooper, rjcoivo 1 at thu Peni tentiary December 0, 1SJJ, from Ash- laud Couuty, to servo a three-veur sentence for burglary uu 1 lar juuy, hi I his loft arm wreujhu.l frj u t'ua sock et and torn completely u'.l by beiu caught iu the shafting. A romarkublo incident in conjuuo- tiou with thu affair is related. At three separate times, as stuted by Cooper to a trieud who stood by tho side of his cot after he had become' somewhat culm ufter Iho accident, he had dreamed of being one-armed. Some threo mouths a"o ho had tho dream and saw himself with ouo arm gone ; which ouo he di I uot remem ber. Shortly after bo ha I the same sort of a dream uu I remembered iu his waking hours tlmt it was tho lefc arm thut was missing. Ou Wednes day night, so ho btatud to his friends, ho hud tho most vivi 1 drcuui of tho series iu which tho sj,mo of tho actual occurrence of yoiter lay was live I over iu almosr t lie exact details. IIo slated his dreani to his cellmate Thursday luorniug, und ulso stated tj him thut ho had a similur dream twice before, llo gloomily predicted thut somtthiug would happen that day, und seemed to bo thoughtful uud de pressed ull day '.iuumi illy so. Wieu night came Thursday he was u littlo more cheerful uud seemed ohtd th) day had pase I otl without the ocMir rence ho ha 1 feared. Yesterday morn ing ho roso somewhat gloomy, yet hopeful, but Iho vividness ot the dreum could not bj sh aUeu oil, uu 1 it wus tho lirst tUiug Iu thought of uu I spoke of ufter ho ha I recovere I some what from the first bin jt thu uf- fuir. Ohio Sluto Journal. SuU! Mines. The natural soap iniii js at Owen's Luke, California, uro ucejiinto 1 for by u scientist who u Iv.iue this theory, according In the Cio inn it i Kit. purer : Tho wutur ill the Ia'.;e . .jntiuus, ho Miys, u strong solution of both boras uud soda. Ju til) water u curious specimen of gl ub iil ee 1 1 by millions. The.o Ki'iibs K1' thi'oii !i their various transformations un I illy i' iic.'.,'e in short-winged, lu uvy bo In.d Hies, very fat Slid inly. Tiny livo but a few days, dyiug uud t.il:i:i ; l it i tie. 'a'.io ill such numbers a-. I i in-, lie pi. utl washed ashore in i . v-. i .-, nioio ihau a loot thick. Tiu u.:v . a ,;.uic j ui th i dead flies I.Icu.U v. .; i I h . alkali of ih : borax uu I sola ail the rcviP. u layer of pun soup, coi r sjniu.bii ; 1,1 thickness lo the drill Mi ' il i o llr; dead Ilio:-, u foot deep o.' iti, s :iri!iu ; u layer ot i.ohi nearly uu i : i -' thic!.. Theso strata, icpeaNi I c.u a Ur cu:-, have funned the ce! ni-.ilc I " i 1 1 i Banks of linen's I.ii.e, ' whi le (or a uuuibt t cf years a ;.ir.;e body g, meu huvo bt.cn regularly at worU. WANS O' THE MOON. Tho ley moon lmth had her day. The moon Hint brought the frost t .(nyj Tis timo ihut sho were Roue aw:i To stay away forever. Iter hands tlmt let the frost-flowers fall" The white and velvet funeral .all, No mor" have any powi-r nt all To set the worl 1 to shiver. Itnro trophy hers of frozen l.ir 1 Stahhed to tha death with ley nworJ And pit'ioss frozen flocks and herds Amid the ten-Midds lyini: f piteous human folk that mil Clustered nhout a cold heart hstoue, Aud tinhorn flowers as cold and loue, Aud unborn blossom dyiu r. Come, mild spriuK moon, Unit sweetly strays O'er gold and purple meadow wayy, Sown llko our land iu rleh May duy, With cowslip heads and clover; Come with thy iild eyes like n (,-irl, Thy lifted gowu of mother o' pearl. iVhureiu the dear spring blooms uufurl! Come, make the world thy lover' -l'all Jbill Budget. II I'M OK OF THE DAY. Many people cau do worse thou road spring poetry. They might write it. Philadelphia Times. Strawber-"Was her father willing to holp you out?" Singerly "That's tho way ho acted." Brooklyn Life. "Tom, whom did you say our friend Lawley married?" "Well, he marnod $10,000. I forgot her other name." Tid-Bits. "Do you think the new boarder is permanont?" "Yes, indeed ! Ho threat ens continually to leave. "---Chicago Inter-Ocean. Ho "I'm awfully iu lovo with hor, but I wouldn't havo her kuow it for the world." Sho -"Sj she told me." Pull Mall Gazette. "Oh, doctor, how do yon do? You look killing this evening." "Thauk you; but I'm not; I'm off duty, you know." Brooklyn Life. "Oh, my dear Mrs. , how glad I am to seo you. It is four yeurs siuco wo met, and you recognized me immedi ately?" "Oh, yes; I rccoguized tho hat." Tommy Askei "Xow, if you was to git to be a artist, what would you like to draw?" Audy Ouick "A check on the bank." Philadelphia, inquirer. First Boarder" What's tho star boarder making all that hubbub about over that berry pie?" Second Board er "I guess ho found tho berry." Syracuse Post. Squildig "He's a great criminal lawyer, isn't he?" McSwilligen "Well, I bolievo he always stops short of actual criminality." Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. ".Say, Jack, what is tho capital of Switzerland?" Jack (who has just re turned from iibroud) "Why, tho money they get from travelers, of course." Boston Bulletin. i iKgs .uy i nut isu t that a pic ture?" Fogg "tjuito stylish. But what is it? Looks rather largo for u piano lamp, and rather too small for a woman. " Boston Transcript. Sho "So tho couut's relatives con sider it n mesalliance?" Ho "De cidedly. Tho girl has only a quarter of a million, and tho count owes threo times us much as thut." Judge. Professor (to his wife) "Elise, I have promised to deliver au address to-morrow eveuiug ou tho rational ex ercises of th memory. Dou't let mo forget about it." Flieguudo Bluetter. Gussy "Why do you sa persist ently wear tho hair of another womau ou your head?" Bjatricj--"Por tho samo reason that you wear tho skin of another culf on your feet. "The Great Divide. Goutran burst like a whirlwind iu upon his friend Gustou. "Will you be my witness?" "Goiug to light?" "So, to get married." G.istou (after a pause) --"Can't vou anuloize?" Los Angeles Herald. Her "John, I do believe tho baby has swallowed your collar buttou." Him "It won't tike loug to tin lout, If ho bus he will bo trying to crawl uu der tho bureau iu u fow miuutes." Cincinnati Tribune. Wife (to uuhappy husband) "!, wouldn't worry, Johu ; it doesn't do any good to borrow trouble." Husband "Borrow trouble? Great Cu-iur, my dear, I uiu't borrowing trouble; I'vj got it to loud. "--Colorado Suu. Stem Parent "You tell mo that you love my daughter uu I wish tu marry her. But how do you expect tu livo ou 100 u year?" Loving 'Swuiu "Oh, come, now, your iuejino must be moro thau that !" Boston Tran script. Nell "Do you kuow, I was ull ulouu in tho couservutory fur tou min utes with thut fusciuatiug Charles Fill lertou lust eveuiug, uu I I wus so afraid." Bullo "So afraid of wliut? Afraid ho wus goiug to propose to you?" Nell "No; afraid he wusu't." Somerville Journal. Mr. Shandy (peluluutly from his pil low) "Kthel, i know I heard u uoiaj. I'm suro there's u woman iu the house. I wou't sleep u wink unless you g. down uud see." Mri. Shuudv (eit with revolver) "Blumo it ul!, Willie, if you bother me like that uutu, 1 11 (end you hues; to your futbcr."--Nw York Herald. New York City hai lo-it uuo of its typical characters m the death of Natliau Sunders, who lu: yiau sup plied street venders with their wares, uud thereby earned the title of the "King of tho Fakirs." The number of Franco is steadily sixty per ceut. of brought by wouiou. wivoreo cases in ou tho increase, thu suits being