iThe Forest Republican Ii published every Wednesday, by J. E. WENK. Office la Smearbaugli & Co.' HuiKing ELM STREET, TIONE8TA, PA. TcrniD, - Bl.ool'oi Your, No miliscrlntloni rocnlvod for a shorter period thnn tnroo month. Oorrmpandonee solicited from nO pnrts of tlio country. No notice will ba taken of nnonyuioue connuunloatloiis. ATXS Of ADVERTISING t For Republican, On. 8qnr eo lmwMuay, .t t"j On. HntiAr. aim lnnh. on. nonta. V Oof On. Rau.r. on. Inoh. thro months. .f W On. Hquar. on. Inch, on. TXU-... .,' Two Hqunrx, on. ;r ' 11 Quarter Column, on. jHr,ln JjH tun uoiumn, on. yr , , , . .-. t . . w 'On. CAlnmn. on. tmt . - . 110 Igal dTCTtiMmmBj' tea eat. paM sea iHMrnon. Manirx and doth notion fraftto All bill, (or TrlT.lrtlsmnt a quarterly. Temporary dTerUnt. it paid la adr.no. Job work oai oa AtUrmry. VOL. XXVIII. NO. 14. TIONESTA, PAM WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1895. &1.00-FER ANNUM. Tlio returns from on nero of beets iu Germany aro $40 while that from whcot nncl otber cereals only $20. Sir William Vernon Ilarcomrt nn nounces tlio intontiou of the British Government to stand firmly on tlio Rolil bneii1. The share of land falling to each in habitant of tho globe in the OTont o( a partition might bo set down at twon-tv-threo and a half acroc ' "This ago is prolific is striking phrases," says tho Christian Standard. "We have had tho masses' and the Vnbmcrged tenth,' and now we bear the expression 'the unreached major ity.' " It is now stated by seiouoo that in digestion is caused by a microbe. This discovery, tho Washington Star remarks, makeg tho microbe responsi ble for every known inconvenience) except tho overhead trolloy and hard timer. Marion Crawford, Uio American novelist, recently doliverod at Sor rento, Italy, an address on Tasso at the celebration of tho three hnndrcdtb anniversary of tho great poet's death. This address, which was in Italian, was noteworthy, observes tho San Franoisco Chronicle, bocauso Craw ford declared that tlio inflticnco of Tiikho'b works could bo traced in tho writings of three famous Euglish poets Milton, Hyron and Wordsworth. Tor Imps Crawford's best point was his claim that wo should never havo had "Paradise Lost" had not Milton loved and studied Tasso's "Jerusalem De livered." . Chicago is after tho trade of tho South, notes tho Now Orloans Tica ynnc.tho importance of which it is just beginning to realize, and moans to grab for it with both hands. A largely attended meeting of railroad and busi ness nieu was held in that city a few days ago to disciuJs ways and means of securing tho Southern trade, and ouo of them said that if tho people inter ested iu the different sections of the South and by tho Honth is meant tho oountry lying south of tho Ohio and east of tho Mississippi could have an understanding with tho various trans portation linos, and sotno efforts in tho direction of unity and a common interest could bo reached, large results would neoessarily follow. Mr. Stono is enthusiastic on tho subject, and a vigorous pusher. J. S. Buckloy ex pressed himself in similar language. In his opinion tho tide of immigration waa sooc to movo southward, and the southern section of this country would, iu a very near future, oooupy rela tively the Btuno position as that hold by the great Northwest in tho past. Now Orleans is tho proper and natural distributing point for ths larger part of this grand territory, but she will havo to bestir herself and improvoher methods if sho wants to hold her own. The system of kindergartens re cently established on some of tho Indinu reservations has proved so suc cessful that it is soon to be widely ex tended, especially in the Southwest. The luiliiui children thero aro un usually shy. Under tho iufluenoe of tho kindergarten games they have been found to rapidly lose this shy ness and reticenoe, and to become friendly with each other and with their teachers. A number of new day schools will also soon bo opened iu that part of the country. It has been found best to cdueuto tho children as far as possible iu kindergartens, rather thau iu boarding schools. After u timu those whoso cases seem udvis ablo can bo transferred with little op position from their parents, who prob ably would have objected strongly if tho children had been taken away to a boarding school at tho outset. Tho principal work of tho schools at pres ent is in tho line of industrial educa tion. Tho girls are being taught oook iug. sewing, washing clothes and tho like, and tho boys plowing, tilling, tending cattle and usiug tools, rather than even reading and writing. They learn English with considerable ease, but huve no inherited aptitude for mathematics. . Indians have very little appreciation of numbers, being fa miliar ouly with addition and sub traction. Some of tho Iudiuus huve reached a high degree of prolicieucy, and tho Indiuu Oilice is daily reeoiviug applications iroiu Indian girls, who huve been graduated from high schools for positions us teachers, l'luees are found for some, but not many, and the remainder usually return to their tribes and relapse int.- their formei ways of life. Superintendent W. II. liailmau, of the ludiun schools, is very anxious to tiud positions for mure of these girls in nearly any elussof work, lie says they make excellent servauts, and he would like to lieur from any one williug to employ them. WHICH ARE YOU? Thoro aro two kinds of pooplo on earth to day, Just two kinds of people, uo more, I say. Not the sinner oud saint, for 'lis well under stood Tli. t--d nr" linlt Lad, and the bud are lull! good. Not tlio rich ami tho poor, for to count a mail's wealth You must first know tho stuto of his con science aud health. Not the humblo nud proud, f.r In life's little spaii, Who puis ou valu airs Is not counted a man. Not tlio happy and sad, for tho swift flylug ytirs Bring ciwh man his luughlor and oaeh man his tears. No i tho tw. kluds f people ou eurtli I moan, Are tho people who lift, uud the iwuplo who lean. Wherever you go, you will llud tho world's masses Are always divided in just thoso two classes. And oddly enough, you will llud, too, I Wenn, There Is ouly ono lifter to twenty who leuu. Iu which class are you? Aro you easing tho l.i.i.iy Of overtaxed lifters who toll dowu tho road? Or an) you a leaner, win lets others boar Your portion of Inbor nud worry aud care' Ella Wheeler Wilcox, iu Harper's Weekly. THE FAIIi BICYCLIST. I'S quite uscloss wuiting for me, Fred. It will take at least uu hour to overhaul my machine aud adjust those con founded bear ings. You'd bet ter ruu ou to St. Albans nud order a rattling good dinucr for two at the (Jeorge. By tho tiiuo it's ready 1 t-hnll be with yon again." "It will bo bet ter than, hanging ""kv I can do uo good," I agreed. "It was a nasty spill, and you muy think yourself lucky to have got off with nothing worse thau a few bruises aud a little deluy. Ton my word, I wus afraid our tour was al ready at au end. Trust to me, Harry, old fellow, to havo all ready for the inner man." "Aye, I'll trust you for that," re torted my cyclist chum, Hurry Holmes, as I gripped tho bundle-bar of my ma chine. "Aud not having to listen to your edifying remarks concerning my appearance, I shan't, perhaps, bo so long repairing damages at you think." With this friendly pieco of parting banter to spur me on, I pressed the pedals in earnest, and the next mo ment was speoding along the high road to St. Albans, distant sotno six miles. It was a bright, bracing morning, aud a sharp spiu at my own paoe was uudouf todly preferable to sitting smoking ou a bank, watching my uu lucky frieud tiukcriug with a spanner, aud listeuiug to alternate giowls at treacherous rouds and all such misfor tunes as sido slips. 1 had traversed half tho distunoe, when rounding a curvo iu tho road I observed a lady cyclist a short dis tance ahead. Apparently something had gone wrong with her mouut, for sho was standing with it propped up by the side of tho road, and was view ing surrounding objects with an air of evident dejection. True to tho spirit which prompts every cyoliU to help another in dis tress, I slackened spooJ, and as I drew nearer noticed that the lady was both young uud pretty a discovery which at ouoe mado my impressionable heart hope that sho might be glad to avail herself of my services iu some way or other. My wishos in this rospect wore speedily gratified, for as I dismounted aud politely inquired if uuything had gono wrong with hor inucbiuc, the young lady's fuco became sutlused with the most winning of smiles. "Oh, thuuk you, so very much, sir," wus the response, spokou without the slightest trace of frigidity. "I must confess that I'm in a wretched tlx. Tho huudlo-bar of my machine has become loose, aud I haven't a tool of nuy descriptiju that will tighteu up tho nut. Aud to inuke mutters worse, my brother, Mujor Uwyuue, has lost me or, I suppose, I hare lost him; uud I'm afraid he hasn't the least idea that my plight is such a bud one." "Oh, we'll very soon set things right," I said, reassuringly, aud the look of grutitude bestowed upon me made me think 1 had never before met with so charming or so handsome a girl as this Miss Uwyuue. Whippiug out my spuunor, I ad justed it, and prooeeded to tighten up tho loose nut of tho steeriug-bar. 1 noticed thut the young lady's machine wus anything but a good oue. Iu fact, I was quietly telliug myself what an inferior and old-fushiouod mouut it was for so winsome aud apparently well-to-do a rider, wheu, to my dis may, the screw broke short otf, au i the nut attached to it rolled iu the road. "Now, here's a pretty go !" I bluri jd out, reddening with miugled confu sion aud vexutior. "Whatever shall we do now, Miss Uwynue?" "Oh, I'm sure 1 don't know," was tho reply, uttered iu tones of conster nation, which almost overwhelmed me, aud mado mo call myself everything the reverse of complimentary. "Aud it must be ut least twenty miles from home, too; and my brother will, I am quite certain, never tronr-J himself to turn back to look for mo. He'll sim ply keep ou driving ahead. Hut, thero, I suppose ho is just like other brothers quite useless as escorts." For my own part I felt doidodly pleased ut tho prospect of tho broth er's continued absence. "Well, I've Inndcd you iu this scrape, aud yon must allow me to see you out of it, that's all." Secretly I begun to feel rather glad, as I perceived what a very pleasant duty had suddenly devolvod upon mo, and for the time, at all events, my chum Holmes wosquito forgotten. "Hut what can either of us do? You can't pick mo up and give me a ride. Yours isn't a bicyclo built for two, you'know, " and the young lady laughed with such perfect good humor that I felt quite at my eano again. "I sincerely wish it was, for onco," I returned, boldly, and then, as she turned a pair of bright, laughing eyes upon me, I blushed at my unusual temerity, tho while I was growing positively eager to becomo tho slavo of this fair cyclist. "I can ouly suggest," I added, "that as you aro fur from home, you will allow mo to see you to some hotel while I try to get a new bolt and nut. l'ossibly you oan tell mo of a likely place to put up for an hour or two, as I nm a stranger about here. I can easily manage to wheel your machine and my own along." Somowhat to my surprise, however, Miss Uwyuue was visibly embarrassed by my proposition. "There's ono great objection to snoh a thing," she snid, after a pause. The fact is, Dick I mean my brother, Major Uwynue has left me without a penny iu my pocket." She colored up cburmiugly at tho coufession, and went on : "Of course, ho doesn't know that, and it's my own fault. I often go out without bringing my purse, but I deeluro I never will again." She gave a little laugh, as if to con ceal her vexatiau, and added: "And so I can't accept your kind sugges tion." "Ou the contrary," I returned, more eagerly still, "it is tho greater reason why I shouldn't dosert you, especially as your predicament is entirely due to my carelessness. You don't know how annoyed I am at having rondered your machiuo useless, nud, under tho circumstances, I feel iu honor bound to repair tho mischief, and if you will afford me tho happiness of seeing you made comfortable, I cau, no doubt, very soon get your mount put right." Miss Uwynue hesitated, and I flat tered myself thut sho seemed in no way averse to my compuny. Cer tainly I was making a very favorable impression upon her. "Oh, but if I allow you to spend anything upon me it must ouly bo as a loan. No, please don't interrupt that must bo distinctly understood. My brother must, and will, bo only too happy to settle with you. Bo sides," tho girl continued, with a smile, "whatever would ho say to me if I allowed a perfect stranger to spend money upon me?" "He'd say it servod mo right for my carelessness. But you will allow me, then, to see you made comfortable somewhere while I try to repair damages?" "Really, 1 don't see what elso I can do, uuder tho circumstance," was the answer, with a little sigh, as of regret. Then, with a light laugh uud in a mook-meuaeiug toue, she added : "Oh, but wou't 1 make it warm for brother Dick when we meet ! A dual ho cares about me. You see, he hasu't even troubled to ruu buck to liud out whether I've broken my neck or not and, between you aud me, he hates the idea of lost grouud. But let us be moving, Mr. Mr. " A little hesitation, some apparent embarrassment, one half-shy glauco at mo, aud my heart was no longer my owu. I kuow I was, even already, madly in lovo with pretty Miss Uwyuuo. "Fred Brandon quite at your ser vice. " "Well, Mr. Brandon, there's a turn ing half a mile down the road which will take us to just the place we want. Theu you will bo ablo to run ou to St. Albaus to get what you need for my machine There's uo placo nearer, and I'm afraid you will bo very glad when you have done with such a very troublesome ujmpauiou us I am prov ing." "Ou tho contrary, quite a pluasant interruption to my journey," I gallantly ventured, and I really thought thut Miss Uwyuae wus the most charmiug uud uueouveutiouul girl I hud ever met. Iu foot, we presently reached the inn bho had spokeu of all too soon to suit my newly awakened emotious. I fouud, ou iuquiry, that I could reach St. Albaus quicker by taking some short cuts across the fields thau by riding rouud tho road, uud so I de termined to leave my machine at the inn. As for poor Harry, I was by this timu utterly oblivious of his ex istence. Looking in upou Miss Uwyuno bo fore louring the house, I found her already enjoying au appetizing repast a sight which momentarily gave me some qualms of oouseieuee eoueeruiug the dinner I had promised my chum should bo ready for him by the time ho reached the George. "l'urdou me, Miss Uivyune," suid I, "I haven't hud a chanoe to Bottle with the luudlorJ yet. aud ho may look for payment before f cm return. Except for a few coppers, th s note, as it happens, is the smallest amount I have about me ; so pray accept it uo tho loan which you say you will insist upou you brother. Major (lv i:ie, re turning." I delicately placed a 3 note upou the table, and theu blushiug furiously ut the rather curious look accorded me which 1 recalled soou afterward I hastened from the room. Havinit procured what I wuuto 1 u St. Albano, I was bnok woll under the two hours. Of Miss Uwynno, ho-v-over, I could noo no traco. "Ob, tho lady went soon aftor you left, sir," said tho landlord, in answei to my interrogations. "Sho said said you'd know which way she'd gone, and Bho would tako her brother' bicyclo, as you'd arranged to como back for hers and to scttlo np with mo." "What!" I fairly oaspod, "gono oil on my maohino said I was her broth er? And loft mo to seUlo up? Why, what on earth are you raving nbout, man?" "Ain't raving at all," snapped tho landlord, eyeing mo suspiciously. "But but I hope it's alt right. Sho " "Hopo it's all right," I interrupted furiously. "It's all wrong. If sho said I wes her brother and gono ofl with my almost new 20-gninoa mouut, and my 5 note, tool Oh, yos, it is all right for her, no doubt, and a very clever swindler that girl must be. That machine she's loft behind isn't worth tho price of old iron. And yon let her Blip away under your very noso I" I could hardly repress a groan as I saw how neatly I had boon deaoived, for I felt very hard hit both in pookot and vanity especially tbo latter. My mortification, moreover, was no doubt commensurate with tho knowledge of what a thorough fool I should appoar to everybody. "Well, it's your own fault, sir,' tho landlord retorted, grullly. "If you lot the girl soft-soap you down like sho seems to havo douo, you'vo got no ouo bnt yourself to blame. And it's my belief that she ain't a girl at all, but a chap dressed up as such, so as to swindlo gents easier. I had my doubts when she left, but now I'm sure. Teu to one you'vo been done by a young follow called Dau Ford, a clever bi cyclo thief, much wanted by tho po lice iu these purts. He's better known as Dolly Ford, because he makes such a good looking girl wheu he dresses up. You ain't tho first gent as he's swindled in just this same way. I daresay lie'd no sooner got out of sight of this place than ho assumed his truo character, and by this time your bioycle has put him miles out of reach, and may bo it's already sold." To learn that I had beou ignobly duped by a commom bicycle thief maddened me still more; but tho only consolation I had was iu wishiug all sorts of dreadful things toward tho pseudo-Major Uwvune's sister. Lon don Tit-Bits. Prehistoric Footprints. An Austrian student, Herr Low, who has beeu traveling in Central American, has recently obtained and forwarded to tho Imperial Museum in Vienna twelve large stono slubs boar iug footprints iu tho solid rock. The slabs wero taken from the quarry over Lake Managua, iu the territory of Nicaragua. These footprints had been overlaid by oloven different lay ers of stone, extending to a depth of four metres, and indicating an anti quity for our race quite transcending all conjectures hitherto hazarded. They are about three-quarters of a metre square and sre sunk into the stone to a depth of from eight to teu centimetres. Tho footprints are said to be very conspicuous and seem to be those of three distinct persons, ouo ot whom wsb a child, lo whut race ov to what oge they belonged no ouo 3'et has ventured to guess. New Orlcuus Picayune. The fiiufiowpr. Some mouths ago we culled atten tion in this columu to tho wonderful productiveness and prolit iu cultivat ing this plant which grows independent of drought or raiu. We now take pleasure iu quoting the fo'.lowiug from tho Boston Trauscript : "S. D. Cone, a South Dakota farmer, will this year plant 100 acres of litis siau suullowers. The yield is from thirty to forty bushels per acre, ami the seed produces about Ouo gallon of oil per bushel. The oil is high-priced, aud is what is kuowu as the nearest approach to the oil of olive. After the nil has beeu extracted tho seed meal mal es a good cuke for cattle uu I horse feed, much superior, iu fact, to that made from the llux. Thou the stalks, which will number bont 1.1,1)0 J to the acre, will yield live to six cords of fuel ubouUtipial to wood, aud worth iu the neighborhood of $13 per acre." Atlanta Constitution. A Small Iliy's ;,n Memory, One of the dentists of this city bus u precocious child of about four sum mers. Tho bright little follow keeps his father aud mother wideuwuko dur ing the whole day by his wit aud keen ness. Wheu tho child was ubjut two yours of tt','e his purents visited Ni agara Palls. 1! iliy went allium Tlio other day a frieud of tho family was ut the house, aud she spoke of Niagar i. Tho four-year-old quickly spoke up that he hud beeu there. His mother told him that he certainly could not remember it, but the child suid thut he oould. His mother asking him whut it looked like, Johnnie repliol: "It looks like u great -big oceuu goiur uw ful fust." All.uiiy (V. Y.) Jourunl. I'scs ol l lie LI 'lieu. Tho lichen's most important fniu I tion seems to be to bcuutify the laud (cape, though some tiny ones ure util ized by mother htuumiug-bird to cover the outside of her nest, iu order to coueeul it us much as possible. Iu Iceland the lichen culled Iceland moss is gathered every year by the boys aud girls. It is boiled iu milk uud eaten. 1'unuy Bergen, iu her little book on "Plant Life," tells us thut tho Indians guided themselves through the track less forestj by observiug on which sides of the trees the Jicheus grew . thickest, those being 4tho northern sides, St. Nicholas THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. BT0RIE9 THAT ARB TOLD BT THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. A Woman of the Future A l.rjiul Kxpcrlmpnt Too Much Means Defeated tho Knd, Ktc., Ktc. I lovo tu coming woman, I lovo her pretty ways, With music mid with sweetness Klin fills my fleeting days; I kiss hor laughing dlinpli-s. And stroke her hair of gold. For my dainty coming woman Is only four your old. Truth. A LEOjATj expebimknt. "What do you moan by a tost case?" "A test case is one which is brought to sco how much lawyers can ruako out of it." Puck. TOO MIUII. May "Why did Pamela broalt off her engagement with tho Duke?" Eva "Sho learnod that his charac ter was above roproaoh." Life. SPITE. no "How was Millie looking when you saw Lor?" Sho "Both ways, as usual; her eyes aro crossed worso than over." Brooklyn Eagle. A MODERN DEMOSTHENES. Sho "Is Mr. Humbler such an olo quont man ?" Ho "Ho is indcol. He onco per suaded a cablo car conductor to riug tho bell to stop. "--Life. MEANS DEFEATED THE END. Jasper "Ciosar aud his wife are constantly quarreling." Jumpuppo "Yes; they have differ ent theories as to what each should do to make tho other happy." Puck. Ol'I OF HEn 11EAL1I. Foreign Count "I nm reputed to be worth a million." American Uirl "Theu wo must part. Seven hundred uud firty thou sand is my outside figure." Puck. TAKEN OFF HIS OUAHD. Mothor "Johnny, you'vo been in swimming." Johnny "No, I haven't." Mother "Was the water cold?" Johnny "You bet it was." Judge. ONE-SIDED. Gillbook "Is it true that you don't spend as much money now as you did before you were married?" Paokott "It is. I wish I could say the same thing of my wife." Judge. A MILE REQUEST. "I wish you would givo mo a good receipt, Will" tho bicyclo girl blushed, "for keeping my " sho paused, ns though iu doubt, "my bloomers from bagging at tho knees." A REFLECTION, Briggs "You soy tho phrenologist who examined your head wasn't very complimentary?" Griggs "Hardly. Ho told me I was fitted to be a leader iu society." Life. A WUISVEKED DIALOflUE. Tho Husband "You aro right 1 It must bo burglars I Where is my re volver?" The Wife "Down in tho library over tho desk. Yon know I tied riu bous on it for au ornament." Life. ONE BENEFIT OF KNOWLEDGE. Mr. Busymau "I havo beeu sum moned for jury duty ; how cau I got off?" Lawyer "Oh, just let the n seo that you kuow how much two a id two make.uud they'll excuse you in a jiffy." AND SUE WENT. Tho New Woman (at tho theatro) "Well, I'm glad that act is over." Her Husband "Didn't you enjoy it?" Tho New Womau "Yes; but I've been dying fur tho last fifteen miuutcs to go out and see a woman." Judge. A Hl'ill I'HIME. Struuger "Why did you lynch thi young schoolmaster?" Native "Per drawiu' a salary uu der false pertences ; ho called himself a porfesser, tin' when wo asked him to trauslato the French iu Trilby, ho couldn't do it to Brooklyn Eagle. save his neck. A I'UOl'HKT of woe, "You say," remarked tho bicycle to) a low-spirited stranger whom it h:id met by ueeidcut iuu back stroet, "you say that my popularity will not last. Who aro you, uud how do you know?" "I kuow by experience," said tho slrauger, lugubriously. "I am tho roller skate. "--Chicago lluoord. A l'UOllLKM. The Caller "I'm all mixed up as to what to do. " Hostess "What about?" Culler "I've got to get tea and a butter-dish, uud I dou't kuow whether to got the tea where they ;;ivo away butter dishes or the butler didi where they givo uwuy tea." Traveler's Kec Old. A SAFE OFFKII. "Did you heur of Noc ibh's m st generous oiler to the town of Little ton?" "Xo; what was it?" "Ho offers to give the tu u $000,01)0 for a free library if tho cituem will raise a similar amount." "But Noeash in not worth )TJ0, 00 )." "Neither uro the eitmeus of Little tou. " Xorristowu lit raid. SCIENTIFIC A!fD INDUSTRIAL. Electrical mechanism has been in troduced for opening and cloeiug tho now Van Burcn bridge iu Chioago. An incandescent lamp gives ofl about one-tenth tho heat of equivalent gaslight, and an arc light about one- Cftioth. In Copenhagen, Denmark, last year 10.28 per cent, of tho animals which entered tho slaughter houses woro found to bo tuberculous. By moans of compressed air, water can bo lifted from a woll of any rea sonable depth without working parts of any kind being placed in tho Well. A prize of 8200 has boon offered by tho Bologna Academy of Scicnoes for tho boat system or apparatus for pre venting or extinguishing tires by chemical, physical or mechanical moans. Somo recently granted patents for weaving machinery have beeu put into such practical shape as to justify tho prediction of an impending revolu tion in tho economics of the art of weaving. A novel suggestion isa house of etcol skeleton f ramo construction, with walls and partitions of tiro-proof til ing. Such a house, it is said, will bo cool in summer aud warm in winter, bosidos being fire-proof. Opaline laminae is a now vitrified material which cau be made into plates of any size and used for decorativo tilos. It is mado from fifty-four per cent, of silica, thirty-uino per cent, of baryta aud seven per cent, of soda. Standard motors for street railway work aro now designed to givo a twenty-foot cor, loaded, a speed of from twenty to twenty-two miles an hour on a level, and to develop their full rated capacity tit a speed of ton miles au hour. Much of the success of tho new gas engine boats is duo to tho atomizer by which tho gasolino is divided aud mixed with tho air previous to igni tion. For lighting, an electric spark produced iu the interior of the ougiue is usod. The absence of a constantly exposed flame is also a decided ad vantage A new uso has boon found for .tho electric search-light. In Connecticut a woman and child recently disap peared, and it was believed a murder had beou committed. Two electric Boarch-lights of 3000 candle-power are being used iu the examination of the swamp whore the bodies aro thought to be hidden. A Frog in tlio Elephant's Trunk. Jess, tho big elephant belonging to bells Ac lientfrow s cirous, was slumber ing quietly on tho ground in the menagerie tent at Salt Lake City, Utah, when a frog, mistaking the nozzlo of her trunk for a hole iu tho ground, jumped into it. Nothing B3 terrorizes an clephaut as the presenoe of a live insect or animal in its trunk, and the big brute broko looso and went on a rampage. The keepers were eating their lunch at the time, and tho mouagorie tent was entirely deserted. A great crash was heard, aud the meu rushed back just in time to sco Jobs go through the side of the tent aud amble off toward tho business centre of the city. A scuue of wreckage was presented withiu tho tent. Tho big brute had broken her chain, apparently, and amused herself by tossiug the cages about beforo leaving. . Four cages were thrown over on their sides as though they were so many toys, uud theu the elephant walked right through tho sido of tho tent. The cages were those containing tho badgers, hedge hogs, monkeys and kangaroos, but fortuuutely nouo of tho animals wero iujured aud very little damage was douo to tho wagons. Fifteen mounted meu were sent in pursuit of the elephant. Jess came straight down town aud astonished the fow pedestriuus ou tho street by pro menading up nud d jwn Muiu stret t, occasionally striking tho curb with hur truuk aud uttering cries of dis tress. Mr. Sells was with tho men who overtook her, uud soou discovered the cause of her discomfort. By com pressing the truuk tho fro,j wus forced dowu, and liuully blown out by the elephant. She theu became docile and was takeu buck to tho tent. Denver Bepublicuu. Appi'uruiioe ol th.' Musk-Ox. The appearance of the musk-ox is so odd aud striking that when once seen it is seldom forgotten. You seo an obloug muss of tremendously long brown huir, four and a half feet high by six uud u hulf long, supported upon wide hoofs uud very short, flick legs, utmost hiddcu by the boily hair. There is ulso a blunt uud hairy muzzle, u puir of eyes, u pair of broad, llattoue 1 horns thut part like a woman's hair uud drop far downward before they curvo upward aud that is all. The muss of huir is so thick that as the robe lies ou the tloor it is about as easy to walk over us u feuthcr bed. Over tho loins you will liud, if you look closely, u broad "saddlo uiurk" of dirty white huir, sho:ter thuu tho rest of tho coat. Next to the body is a matted mass of very line uud soft hair, like clean wool, so dcUbo that to snow and fo, it is quite impenetrable. Over this lies a thick coat id very long, straight hair, often twelve inches iu leuglhaud sometimes twenty, like the grass ruiu eoat of a Japanese soldier. Sometimes it actually touches the snow as tho ui'imal walks. St. Nicholas. Chinese M.ilo n. A Chiuubo proverb says: "Let every mull sweep the t.uow troin his own doors uud not trouble himself uboiu the frost iu his neighbor's tiles." The Scotchman. EO I.IKE A ROSE. v Thou art so likn a lovely roso . That opcnfi in tho summer air, And let its wondrous sweets diseloso Its modest worth and beauty ran). That, ns I gaze on thy fair ne'e, MlTased with girlhood's vague sweet dreams, And mark tho free and r.ir lcis grace With which thine rv movement teems, It seems that onrtli must pupir grow. While holding then in her great arms. And nil her hitter woes forego Te exercise for thee Iut (harms. Lollie D. Vylic. in Atlanta Constitution. HUMOR OK THE DAY. "Shall I return his presents?" "No. no might be mean enough to accept them." Life. Diplomacy consists, first, in pre senting your ultimatum, nud then see ing how much of it you cau get. Puck. He "You reject mo beoauso I am poor." Heiress "Say, rather, that you aro poor because I reject you." Boston Transcript. A. "I hoar that your frieud X. has gone to South America. Was it upon his-physician's advice?" B. "No; his lawyer's." Tit-Bits. Kingloy "Docs your wifo try to boss yon as much as sho nsod to?" Bingo "'No; sho doesn't even havo to try now." New York Herald. So muny thiugs in this world havo to bo taken "with a grain of salt," that, along towards middle age, wo begin to grow rather thirsty. Life. This world's a most eccentric place Tlie thought wo can't dislodge One-half Is hogging for tho work The other wants to dodge. --Washington Star. Hho "I have au iustiuctive fooling that I can trust you." Ho (pussiou utcy) "Ah, my dnrliug, would that some others felt'thut way. "New York Herald. "I heor, Miss Impecnue, thut you havo tho bicycle craze." "Yes. That is, I havo tho craze, but I'm sorry to say that I haven't the bicycle. " Har per's Bazar. "Father," said tho boy, "what is insolvent?" "Insolvent," was tho ro ply, "is morely a long word nsod to describe A short condition." House hold Words. "You usod to do a little trading on 'change, didn't you, Higgs?" "Yes." "Wero you a bull or a bear?" "Nei ther, Blobbs. I was a lamb." Chi cago Tribune. New Boarder "What's tho row up stairs?" Landlady -"It's tho profes sor of hypnotism trying to get his wife's permission to go out this even ing." Spare MomeutB. His teeth are looso and his noso is a sight, Aud his headl they've iu bondages bound n weut out to look fer trouble last night, Aud ho fouud It. Boston Courier. Stern Father of tho Oirl "Isaw you kiss my daughter us I passed the par lor a whilo ago, and I want you to know I don't liko it." Young Mau "You may not, but I do." Boston Globe. Proud Father -"This ia a sunset my daughter painted. Sho studied painting abroad, you know.' Friend -"Ah I that explains it. I never saw a sunset liko that in this country." Tit-Bits. Little MissMuggs(huughtilv) "My sister never goes out without a chap eron." Little Miss Freckles (disdain fully) "My sister wouldn't be allowed to, either, if she was like your sister." Chicago News. Debtor (apologetic) "The payment of that accouut is a source of constant anxiety to mo, I assure you." Cred itor "Very likely. You're afraid you might forget yourself and pay it." Chicago Record. "Say," yelled the exuberant bleacher to tho visitiug gentlemen who were makiug what Uo termed a kick, "why dou't you guys play ball? Do you t'mk you are u buby show?" Indianapolis Journal. Landlord Logic: Prospective Tenant-"! like the top tloor best. hy docsu't tho lire escape go lower than the third tloor?" Ageut-"It isn't needed. Tho lirst throe Hours aro empty." Harper's lluznr. Figg "Wonder why it is that those professional pugilists aro men con founded talkers." Fogg -"Perhaps it is because of a determination ou their part never to bo struck speech less." Boston Transcript. Author "I've got a great scheme to make a fortune. I am going to write u book on the liuaiiciil ques tion." His Friend "Woll?'' Author "And then I'm going to write a re ply rofutlug it." Chicago Record. Father "Fritz, I saw you last evening helping homo uu iutoxioated student. Dou't do it again ; it makes u bad impression." Fritz "OL, that's all right. J ouly did it to got oven with him." Fliegoudo Bluet tor. The Hi, 'lu st Type ot lluittiu,'. Iu my estimation, the pursuit of tho inouutaiu sheep is the highest type of huutiug our continent ntlords. To "collect" uu old lam requires good luugs, goo I legs, good judgment, uud good uhootiug. in tho doing o' it you arc bound to rie in the world, ti expand mentally, morally, uud physi cally, and to couio uuderjthc spell that nature always iuys upou the hunter who onco sets loot upon her crags uud polks. I regret the disnppcuruuco of the moiintaiu sheep oven more than the passing of the buffalo and oik, for it is au iiuiuiiil of liuer mold aud stronger and more interesting charac ter every way. it is much more alert than tho iiiouutuiu goat, and therefore more dillioult to shoot so suy tho nun who have limited both. W. T. lWuuduy, in Juno St. Nicholas.
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