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VOL. XXVIII. NO. 23. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25, 1895. S1.00 PER ANNUM.
EST
J r
Tho National debt of Oront Britain
amounts to rntbor moro than $100 for
each inhabitant.
Out of tlio 200,000 pooplo ia Santi
ago, Cliilo, only 250 upcak English,
tint tlv.y mnnngo to snppoit an Eng.
lish uewp.ipcr, known as the Chilean
Times.
Kinco tlio United States Oovornmont
was organized loss tlnia nine hundred
people have sorvod as United States
Senators, while of these more thau two
liuuilreil lnul previously Leon mem
bcrs of tlio Hon so of Representatives.
The Melbourno (Australia) Argus
says tbnt the total amount of tbo pub
lic tiinl privHto debts owing to Great
Britnin by tlni seven Australian col
onies is $I7.",000.000, and that the
amount of iuterest paid last your was
003,750,000.
Tbo English Government in India
collects about $33,000,000 a year from
the sale of opium. 'Ibis is an inter
esting foot iu connection with tho
pyscbology of recent arguments by
English statesmen that tbo moderate
couHiimption of opium in good for tbo
health and morals.
When tho new motor carriages oomo
into uso the horse will receive another
setback. It looks very much as if
Kcieuco were on tbo point of inventing
our long useful equine Bcrvant com
pletely out of sight. "If over ani
mal would be justified in kicking, it
is tho horse," excluiius tho Columbus
Enqnircr-Suu.
Professor Wiley says that "ono of
grandest diuooveries of modern sci
ence" is the agency of microbes iu en
abling plmits to absorb from the air
the nitrogen which is the chief factor
iu their growth. Tbo theory was first
suggested by Pasteur, aud it is thought
to bo fully confirmed by tho researches
of independent investigators. If it does
not deceive expectation it will com
pletely revolutionize agriculture. To
iucreaso tho growth of plants it will
only bo necessary to feo.l their roots
with water containing tlio proper mi
crobes. An idea of tho extraordinary ex
pansion in tulogrnph an 1 telephouo
traffic is suggested iu soino figuros ou
the siuglo item of pole. During tho
Uni tlvi yeais one Connecticut dealer
alono has shippod 130,00.) poles to
tbo various lines ho has constructed.
Ono leading telephouo company has
taken from him over 100 carloads for
ordiuury hues, as well as 7000 "sticks"
for long-distance lines. For telegraph
lines tho demand is also continuous.
Ono telegraph company has m ado a
contract for this year for a minimum
supply of 10,000 poles. Tbo poles
rnngo iu Isnglh from thirty to eighty
feet, avcragiug from forty to sixty
feet. A gang of fifty men will build
ono luilo of liuo in aluy.
Tbo recent iucreaso iu transporta
tion facilities in Amcrioun cities it
really phenomenal. According to re
liable statistics there are now in tho
United Suites 13.5S8 juilos of street
railroad trucks. The classification at
to motive power is oxooodiugly sug
costive. Of the above number of miles
of street railways iu operation, 10,3G3
have eloctrioal power, or about seventy-six
per cent, of tho whole, 1911
have borso power, Cii have cable
power, aud 079 have miscellaneous
mcaus of loaomotiou. There, ore 11,
175 cars regularly run. Thu capital
ntook and funded indebtedness amount
to $1,300,000,000, making an avorago
of $95,000 per milo of track. It is
evident that tbo Aincricau public pro
furs riding to walking, aud roquires
the most rapid means of transporta
tion available. This is an electrical
ago.
Lady Iluury Somerset predicts chin
ing destinies for woiueu iu tho twen
tieth century, uud the forecast is au
uplifting ojio, tho Now York Tribune
admits, whether it awaits fulfilment or
not. Sue thiuks they will win their
highest laurels iu the sphere of gov
ernment, and that muuy oi the great
statesmen and diplomatists of the fu
ture will bo women. By their exclu
sion from these functions hitherto it
is her opinion that the world has lost
a grout deal, and that public affairs
would have goue ou mitcb butter il
she bad tukeu a hand in them. "It
may be true," aiiserts tbo Tribune.
"A good many statesmen are sad dolts,
no doubt, and buvo always been so.
They need, and always will, a re
inforcement of wisdom, aud perhaps
they are to reocivo it from women, ai
Adum rooeived it from Eve, neeoiu
pauing a well-known and momentous
apple. But nothing can certainly I (
kuow of the future, even wlieu it it
illuminated with the beam of u Sybil';
Vision liko that which Lady Hour
1hU upuu it."
THE GIFTS.
Life, thou wast rii-li wltb promise;
What dost thou give?
What prnclous boon hast thou to buow and
say,
"TuliO this and live?"
For wlinn tho glory lay on far, blue hills,
On rocks and trees,
Thou sald'sf, "Tho bnauty of tho coming
years '
Heboid Iu those;"
Or when tlio ulr was full of rushing winds
Or ruin's soft symphony,
Thou snld'st, "Those utter groat, mysterious
things
That are to bo."
Now give! dive lovo, perhaps. But, "No,"
Lift) said;
"Though Love, must bo
And Lovo Is fair ay, wondrous fair is
Lovo
'TIs not thee"
Then Fame! Oh Life, slueo thou doninst mo
Love,
Let mo have Fame!
Bwoot woro tbo voloe of praising multi
tude Tlint spoke my numo.
Lo, tho grand pity In tho faoo of Life!
"Uut fow tlmro aro
(Alus, how very fow!) who climb that
bight
Lofty and far."
Still Joy Is loft for mo. "ChllJ, dost thou
know
How Joy is brief?
None may tho birthright of theruco forego,
And that Is Orlcf."
Not Lovo, nor Fume, nor Joy! What gift Is
loft
Worthy to tako?
Not ono) no slutflo ono! Life, get thoo
gone!
Let my heart break.
Llfo smilod a noble smllo. "Tho best of all
To nil I glve
Hiitv and Uso! Those are tho gifts I bring.
Tako these, and live!"
Virginia C. Gardiner, In IadeHndout
THE WIDOWS MITE.
BY 11 All Y B. M1TCBELU
T is such a little
thing that it scorns
hardly worth the
writing, yet it is
ono of the little
things that make
as glad. Besides,
it is truo.
Mrs. ltetld stood
over her tnb. It
was wash-day. All
days exoept Sun
days were gener
ally wash-days at
. ' . ... o &ji
- tbo ltodds'.
Totty had just bucked up to havo
her frock piuued togethor bIio had
burst of all tbo buttons. Mrs. Ilodd
wiped her bunds ou her aprou an 1
fumbled with a big pin.
"There! I ouu't do anything with
it, my hands aro so soft with the
water. Hun along I I guess you'll
hold together somehow I" She gave
her (laughter's fat little body a gentle
push.
"Let mo pin it, Totty," said an an
gular woman who appeared at tho
open door with a shawl ovar her head.
"Good morning, Mrs. Conant," said
Totty's mother. "Yov've got your
clothes out early."
"I haven't got many to-day. I gtioss
that'll do, Totty." Sho wove a pin iu
uud out at the back of the little girl's
apron, and bestowed a kiss ou tho
buck of her plump neck.
"Sit, down, won't you, Mrs. Co
nant?" iuvitcd Mrs. Ilodd, hospitably
wipiug off a chair-seat with a corner
of her aprou.
"Thauk you, but I oau't stop. I
just rau iu to ask you if you'd heard
about the minister."
"Good luud, no! I hope there isn't
nuytbiug wrong about him!" Mrs.
lledd stopped scrubbing.
"Well, there is, though. He is in a
pook of trouble. It seems ho had a
lot of money in Portland bank, and
it's gono and delimited, or something
of thut kind I don't know just wbut
they cull it. Anyway, ho iost every
cent, aud it's whut bo wus goiug to
educate his children with. The church
bad to cut down his salary this year
on account of hard times, so he's
pretty bad off."
"You don't tell mo ! llow'd yon
kuow about it?"
"I was up there washing yesterday,
and Lotty told inc. She's got to leave
when her month's up, for they c;u't
afford hired help now. Mrs. Day
looked white as a sheet, but the minis
ter was real calm. Lctty said that
when tbo news come it was awful.
Mrs. Day took ou, but tbo minister
chirked her up all the time.
" 'Taiu't as if we wero separated,'
says be,' 'we can bear it together.'
" 'But the children I' says she.
" 'Tboy'll have to bo all tho bright
er aud better,' says be. 'It may be the
best thing for them to have to strug
gle.' Then ho smiled, though Letty
said bo looked kind of teury about
tbo eyes. Well, I'm sorry for biin I"
"So'm I," taid Mrs. lledd, swasbiug
tho water agaiu vigorously. "Mortal
sorry ! Tbo minister's a good man,
and with those eight young ones to
briug up and Mrs. Day's bad health,
it'll go hard. 1 never shall forget
wbut be did for me wheu ltodd was
tukeu."
"Lund! There's my husbund, aud
me a-gu Idiug ! Wbut in thu world's
he home for ut this hour? Well, goo 1
morningl" aud Mrs. Couuut went
away iu a hurry.
Mrs. ltodd wuut on with bor work.
Shu liuiifhed her washing aud bung tho
elotbes out iu the fresh breeze. Sho
mude ueut her littlo house, aud had
the frugal dinner ready for tbo raven
ous children who came from school
uud play to devour it. But sho did it
nil with au abstracted uir, as if bor
uiiud wero fur away,
Viicu let ois-v urw was ouo'i more
ii
scattered tbo oldor children gone
back to school, tho little ones safe in
tho back yard and the after-dinner
work was out of the way, Mrs. Ilodd
repaired to the living-room, and de
liberately sat herself down to think.
She sat a long time, her bands fold
ed in her lap, her face twisted in
varying emotions. Finally sho arose
decisively, and went to her bare little
bedroom.
She put on her best gown, a black
cashmere, thin and old, but neat as
brushing and careful mending couM
make it ; then, with reveront fingers.
sho took out bor Sunday bonnet. It
was a straw of antique shnpo, and its
fow limp bows of rusty crape bospoke
ncr widowhood.
She wont out tbo front door, lock
ing it after bor and putting the key in
her pocket.
"Mammy! mammy! Where you
doin'?" sboutod Totty's sturdy little
lungs.
"Never mind, mammy's baby ! Stay
iu tho yard and be a good girt
Mammy'll be back pretty soon."
The soft summer sky was very blue
overhead, the air was full of swcot
sconts and sounds, and the afternoon
sunshino lay goldon on tbo dusty road
as Mrs. Bedd went up the hill to the
minister 8.
Tbo ministor sat in bis study. He
hud been trying to write his sermon,
but somehow tho words would not
come. No was late about tho sermon
this week. It had been pushed off
from day to day in a very unusual
manner until Friday afternoon. So
tbo minister bad shut himself up, and
was vainly endeavoring to bring his
mind to bear on a severely doctrinal
discourse.
But he had so much clso to think of I
At last, with a sigh, ho laid his gray
bead down on the desk boforo him
aud gave himself up to his trouble
Ho though of the bright hopos thit
bad vanisbod with his savings; bo
thought of the letter ho had sent that
morning. This was tho hardest blow
of all tho letter that told his son
Erio that he could not havo another
year in college Erio, who was to have
been his best message to tbo world !
Eric, who led his classes, and whose
ambition was to be a minister "like
father 1"
He thought of his tired wife's faoo,
and of the many littlo ones to bring
up and fittingly educate, and bis heart
fuilod him.
So the minister's mind wandered
farther and farther from the argu
ments of his Bcrmou, and bis tirod
bead lay still on his outstretched arm.
The afternoon sun, getting well
toward tho west, stolo in, sending
shafts of dusty light through the
shaded room.
Tho sounds of children's voices,
shrill and happy iu out-of-door freo
dom, lloated iu at the opon window.
Tho blank Bheets of paper lay on the
desk, waiting for the sermon that
would not be written. Suddenly tho
the siudy door opened.
"I'm so sorry to disturb you, John,"
said Mrs. Day, laying a gentle bund
on tho bowed head, "but there's a
woman here who says sho must see
you."
"Is that you, Mary?" said tho min
ister, straightening up aud resuming
bis pen with a busy air. "Well, who
is it, deal1?"
"It's Mrs. Redd, tho washerwoman
who lives iu the Hollow. You remem
ber her husband was killed at the mill
last year. I hato to interrupt you so,
but she said she must see you."
"Never mind, wife. Send hor iu."
Tbo minister gave a little sigh. He
felt that tho world was full of vexing
troubles, and that bo must help boar
them all. Even tho smallest burden
seemed too heavy to add to bis owu.
Iu oame Mrs. Ilodd a sintll black
llguro which seemod to shrink into tbo
shadows, and whiob timidly seated it
self on the edge of the njust uncoui
fortablo chair in tho room.
"Good aftcrnoou, Mrs. Bedd. You
must have ha I a warm walk up thu
hill," said the minister.
"Well, sir, it was a trifle wu:m. But
I didn't feel it uny to speak of, aud
it's lirst-rute drying weather."
lbeu ensued a loug sileuco, in which
Mrs. Ilodd nervously worked the fin
gers of her black cotton gloves, aud
tbo minister wished thut she would
come to tbo poiut.
"Aro you uud your l ttlo ones all
well, Mrd. Ilodd?" impaired tho min
ister.
"Ob yes, sir. There's nothing tho
mutter with us. Anyway, nothing to
trouble you nhjut, sir." Again the
conversation flagged.
"What can I do for you, my good
womau?" said the minister, as ho
thought of the unwritten pages ou
bis desk.
"Well, sir, I dou't kuow just how
to get at it. You're always doiu for
us I sba'u't over forget what you did
for me when KodJ died. 1 feel dread
ful about the trouble thut bus come
ou you."
Thu minister wiucod just a little.
It was a subject ho was not anxious to
converse upou. But bo answered
cheerily :
"It was very kind of you to come
all this way to briug mo your syuiputiiy,
Mrs. Ilodd."
"There's something elso I want to
say, sir, if you wou't tuko olleuce at
v beiu ' so bold. 1 kuow what hard
timos uru, and not to have any mouoy
or kuow where your next meal ii com
iu;; from. But I'm tixod comfortable
lor tbo summer with the nhildreu
shoed uud hutted new, aud work reg'lur
uud us much as I can take iu. I've
got a little sum iu tho bauk tliut I've
laid by, and I'd be glud if you'd be so
kiud us to use it if you'll exousu me
lor mentioning it. It's a m .;(' of
six or seven dollars," addod Mrs. ltodd,
with prido iu this evidence of her
thrift aud curuful suviug.
"My good woman I" exeluimod tho
inii.ii.ter. "Do you mean that you
ooino to me to oiler u0 vour JjarJ-
"O, sir, I bopo you ain't mnl at the
liborty I took ! I should bo moro'n
willing that you usod it. I thor.ght it
might kind of help you over a tight
place."
The minister rose from his chair
and gontly, almost reverently, took
Mrs. Rodd's hand with its big, Hup
ping glove, iu his.
"Mrs. Redd "and his voico shook
a bit. "Mrs. Rodd, I cuu't find words
in which to thank yon. You have
done mo moro good thau I can tell
you. I don't need to tako your mon
ey, but from the.bottom of my hoart I
thank yon."
Mrs. Rood looked a littlo disap
pointed. "I hope, sir, you dou't think mo
forward in offering it to you? Yort
might tako it and never fuel beholdoa
to me at all."
"My dear friend," said tbo min
ister, "you hove givon mo moro than
money to-day. I promiso you if I
ever do need what you so lovingly
offer I will come to you. But even if I
never havo to tako your dollars, root
assured that you have brought mo to
day more thau you can possibly
know."
Mrs. Redd went clown tbo hill a
very hippy woman. It was good,
after all, to know that tho money was
still hers. "Against sickness., or
broken lege, or such things," sho said
to herself, thinking of her rough-and-tumble
littlo onos. Even the ministor
could not quito know wbut a sacrifice
tho offer had involved.
Then ho had callod her his dear
friend ! "And he knows he can cotno
to mo for it any time," she said to
hersolf. This last thought gave bor u
pleasing senso of protectorship. Ou
tho strength of those delightful reflec
tions Mrs. Redd went into thu oorncr
grooory and indulgod iu throo whole
conts' worth of peppermint drops for
tho children.
Then sho went homo to hor bibios.
Meanwhile tho minister had torn up
his doctrinal sermon, aud bad gone to
work with fresh paper and fresh hoart.
He wrote steadily as ono inspired,
and when his wife came to call him to
supper, sho was surprised aud glad
dened by tho bright faoo which greet
ed her.
It was a good sermon that the min
ister proached to his people the next
Sunday, and tbeso wero the words of
his text :
"But as touching brotherly love
ye need not that I write uuto you,
for ye yourselves are taught Of God to
lovo ono another."
Not one of all his hearers guossod
who preaob.ed that sermou to tho min
ister. They did not know that tho
littlo washormoman, in a shabby straw
bonnet, who sat in a coruer pew aud
tried to keep within deoent bounds
tbu spirits of fivo rostloss, fat, perspir
ing children, had anything to do with
it. And as for Mrs. Redd, such a
thing never occured to her.
"It's just like tho good man ho is,"
she thought, rcsouiug Totty from a
sleepy full to tho floor.
"I'm dreadful glad ho feels ho can
call on mo any time for that money."
Youth's Companion.
Maine Supplies the World's Spools.
Practically all the wool used in
makiug spools fur thread iu this
couutry and Great Brituiu id cut iu
Maine forests, but so great is tho
amount of lumber required each year
for tbo making of tbeso seumiu.ly iu
signiflcant articles that M iino will not
be ablo to supply tbo raw material
muoh longor. The spools are made of
birch wood, and the birch of tbo
Maiuo forests is tho best for tbo pur
pose. Moro thuu two million feet of
lumber is shipped to Scotland every
your for the use of the great thread
manufactories there, aud almost as
much is supplied to domestic manu
facturers. The busiuess began iu
Maino twenty-ilvo years ag., uud land
that was cut over at that time is now
well covered with young treos, but not
for twonty-flve jours more will this
timber bo fit to out. Birch timber is
beoomiug scarce, and it will not bo
muuy yours before thread mukers will
have to look elsowhero thau to Maiuo
for their spool wood. While it takes
fifty years for birch forests to reuew
thomselves, tho crop is considered a
profitable ouo. New York Suu.
Makiuir Shot in Water.
Tho shot making trade has a legend
which recites that back iu tho days
when gnus wero shut off by lightud
matches aud were swivelod to supports
because tboy wero too big uu t clumsy
to bo lifted to tbo shoulder, and wheu
all shot wus molded as bullets uro to
day, some workmen wero Lutouiii uu
iron gratiug to tho wall of u emtio.
They had cut out tbo hole iu tbo
stone, uud, ufter placiur the iruu in
the hole, pjurod sumo loul iu to hold
thu iron m pluoe, lust as they do to
day. Some of tho le.tl esiipjl uu I
ruu over the odo of tho wall into til )
mout below. Soon afterward tho at
tention of tho soldier was uttructo I
to the loud iu tho clour water, uu 1,
dippiug it out, they found that tho
metal in falling from tuo liiiUt ha I
beoomo globules. After tint thuot
soldiers mudo their bu'ileti by sprink
ling molted lea l over tUJ o.tstlo wall
iuto tho waters of tbo uiou'. Ilird
ware. A Pretty EvpHriuioiil.
A cork that is longer thuu it is
broad floats upon it 4 stum uh. so to
speak ; how cuu we muku it float upuu
its noud?
Place ouo ou end upon u tuble au I
arouud it place six others. Seize
thorn all together unl plunge thoiu
under water, sj in to moistou thoiu
completely. Thuu romuvo yjur hand
and let tbom t-iko tbuir own position
in tho water, when you will Hud that
they will stand upright, as if support
ing ouo another. 1 Ins is b-.'oaiiso tlu
wit'T that penetrates tho corks by
k- ipiilum will in t ; i 1 i u eliu.j to
jctUvr. i'-tlu-lvtyilU 'i 'im j
THE MEUKYSIDE (U LIFE.
STORJE3 THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PHE3'3.
Compensation The ICxi-rptiou A
New Definition A. Iln Inferred
Kojected Addresses, Ktc, Ktc.
Thoro's always a bitter fur every sweet,
A thoru for every ruse;
A rival for every fweetlieart
And oorns for tho daintiest lorti.
If over we love a fragrant ll-iwer,
Tis sure to fii'in awuy:
Whonevor there's soup for dinner
Thoro'ssure to bo hash next day
Kansas City Htiir.
A NEW PEFINITION.
"Why do you c ill a mau a A
egg?" inquires this philologist.
"Well, you dou't waut to have him
louch you when bo's broke," is tho
answer.
TUB EXCE1TION.
Edith "What! Mr. Worth asked
you to be his wife? Everybody says
ho is a womuy hater."
Koto "Yes, but I don't seem to be
the woman." Boston Transcript.
A3 HB 1NKEIIUGD.
First Tourist (graudlj) "While in
Europe last summer I went through
Wales."
Second Tourist (from tho West)
"How much did his Princelets havo iu
his clothes?" Truth.
SHE WAS PAUTICrLAR.
"Let us go to tbo beach and bathe,''
said Mrs. WifTells to Mrs. Taddells.
"Thank you, but I prefer not. 1
think it is unsauilnry under present
conditions. When individual oceans
are provided for bathers I will go iu."
3 udgc.
HEJECrED ADUItE 1.SE I.
Miss Mildinay "I am snro tint
there is good iu Mr. Spouuor. Ho
certainly is very tender-hearted."
Miss Frost "Yes, ho has a heart
that has been tendered lo about every
unmarried womau in town, if thut is
what you moan." Boston Trauscript.
how nu KNEW.
"No," said the man who staid iu
town while his family went to tho sca
ihore, "I haven't had any direct news
from them. But they ure eujoyiu
themselves immensely."
"How can you tell, if they dou't
write?"
"I read about it iu my check book."
Washington Star.
KEPARTEE IN THE MKNAUEIUE.
"You look as if you needed a huir
cut," said the elephant, nosing ubout
tho lion's cage.
"Boforo you go nrouud inukiug re
marks about other ' people's appear
ance, you'd better trim down your
ears," retorted tho lion, shaking his
mune. "You show your ivories too
much wheu you talk, anyhow." Chi
cago Tribune,
CHANGE OF CONDITIONS,
Tho stout man wipod off his fore
bend. "Yes, I wus a good dcul ruu dowu
before I got a bicycle," ho said.
"But uuw," ho added, dctermiuedly
gripping tho handles, uud taking aim
ut ou old lady crossing tho street, "it
is the other pcoplo who are that way."
Tho old ludy was piled up in tbo
gutter. Rockland Tribune.
A FAMILY MATTElt.
Mrs. Perkins (calmly romiuisceut)
"Jonathan, wo've biu married forty
years next 'Tuesday an" uaver ha I u
cross word yit. "
Mr. Perkins "I know it. I'vo stool
yer Jawin' purty well."
Mrs. Perkins "Jonathan Perkins,
you're a nieuu, hateful, deceitful old
thing, au' I wuuldu't marry you ugiu
for love uer mouoy!" - Judge.
A TEST OF MlilllT.
"That's tho best thermometer ou
tho South Side ; I paid a big price for
it, too."
"You're foolish. I got oue for a
quarter."
"But it isn't a correct instru
ment." "Well, sir, I'll bet you it'll register
throo degrees hotter iu summer aud
fivo degrees solder in winter thau this
one!" -Chicago Record.
HI'.llOVlN.l TUB OrTOIIlTNITY.
Major Rosewell was a mau of fixod
habits. At uino o'clock every moruiug
ho outered the door of his club, seated
himself bufore tho fireplace, au 1 pro
ducing a copy of a Now Yurk paper of
the previous day's issue, proooodod to
peruse it. It wus an uuwiitteu luw of
tho club thut while tho M tjor was so
occupied be should not be distitrbod,
and tbo only wan who at uuy time
dared to do so was Crichtou.
Crichtou was a mm with uu inex
haustible supply of dreary uucodutes.
Everything reminded him of stories,
which he would relate with iuliuite
caro aud elaborate detail whenever bo
Could secure au audience.
Therefore when the Major saw
Crichtou enter tbo library ouo xpriu'
morning he buried bis nose deep iu
tho editorial rolumus of his favorite
journal, uud made uo sigu of recogni
tion. Crichtou strolled about the room iu
a desultory way, until tho Major be
gan to grow nervous uud uneasy, and
to foul thut tho room was getliug
rather close, so ho culled tu ouo of tho
servants: "Charles, I wish you would
let that window up. It's very close iu
here."
Here was Crichtou's opportunity.
Smiling pleasantly, he commenced,
"Letting thut window up reminds mo
pf a story -" wheu ho wus interrupted
by a roar from tho Major :
"By Jovo, Churlos I let thut window
ow "- JiarjH't's Ma'uziui1,
SCIENTIFIC AM IVSfSriHAL.
Sulphate of zinc is used to render
molasses puro amber color.
Tho waters of North Amorici aro
stocked with 1810 different variolic)
of fish.
London's Philharmonic Socioty, tho
lost stronghold of tho old high pitch
in musio, has finally adopted the
Frenoh pitch, tho diapason normal.
It is expeoted that some timo this
year tho tow-lino muio will bo sue
coodod by tho trolloy along the canal
betwoea Syracuse and Buffalo, N. Y.
This is an ago of wondor. ' Fino
drawings, made iu London, have boon
successfully transmitted to Paris by
telegraph with tho aid of tho Oruy
telautograph.
The oats of tho Islo of Man aro as
doetitutes of tails as if thoy wero
guinea pigs. It has never been ac
counted for, but in spite of boing uu
soiontilio it is a fact.
An immense soar oh light apparatus
is to be put ou tho top of tho Audito
rium tower in Chicago to flash storm
signals out across tho lake. It is tho
plan of Professor Mooro, tbo now
chiof of tho Weathor Bureau.
It bos been positively demonstrated
that tobacoo is ouo of the primo
causos of color blindness, and men
who aro employed in positions whero
it is necessary to distinguish color are
oautioued against excessive smoking.
Aooording to Dr. Plongcon tho
Mayas language, rccordod in tho pro
bistorio hieroglyphics of Yucatan,
and still spoken by tho natives of tho
country, is practically tbo snino as
the language of early Egypt, and of tho
most auoiont tongues in existouco.
A composite steam pips has been in
vented. It is claimed that it moots
the roqniromonts of increasing pres
sures aud at the satno timo possossoi
tho advantages of copper, around
wh,ich is closely wouu I a coil of steol
wiro, the fibre of which is at right
angles to tho circumferential stresses,
thereby avoiding tho usual risks.
Electric cloth cutters aro pronouuood
a decided snocoss. They aro superior
to the steam cutters, not merely hav
ing double the capacity of tho latter,
but boing portable, so that they may
be oporatod whorover tho current is
found. This obviates tho disarrange
ment and subsequent rearraugement
of the cloth oausod by carrying it af
ter marking to the steam cutter.
Judged by tlin ltnked Benin Tc4.
The custom of having baked beans
for supper on Saturday nights, and
again ou Sunday mornings, is so com
mon in some parts of New Eugland
that the servant who has lived iu
Now England families cannot easily
adapt herself to any cb'iugo iu this
respect.
This was amusingly illustrated iu
the case of a domestic namod lluunuh,
who went to live with a family who
had moved to New England from tho
Wost.
On tho morning of tho first S itur
day in her new homo Ilauuuh came to
her mistress and asked :
"Please, mu'am, whore is the beau
pot?" "Tho beanpotUannah? Wo haven't
any."
"No bounpot, ma'am?" said II. urn ill,
aghast.
"No, Ilauuuh ; we never cut baked
beans."
"Dou't eat baked beatis? Why,
ma'am, whut do you out ou a Saturd ty
night?"
"About tho sumo that wo eat ou any
other oveulug, but wo never havo
beans."
Huuuah departed for the kitchen,
muttering something under her breath,
aud an hour or two later her mistress
chancod to overhear tho following
conversation between Hanuah and u
friend who bud callod to seo her :
"How do you liko your new place?"
"I don't think I'm goiug to like it
ut all. I just believe that those folks
aro aro well, I junt dou't believe
they aro respectable people."
"Why, llununh?"
"Well, they never have buked beans
of u Saturday night, uov uo other
time, so bow cuu they bo respectable?"
Burlington Huwkeye.
Fell luto a Bear's t';iv.
The steumer City of Topeku, from
Alaska, brings uows of a prospector's
futul euoounter with u bear near Bur
ner's Buy. Miko McDonald accident
ally stumbled and fell into u bear's
cave, iu which wero two cub:. Tuo
littlo animals tul up u how I, winch
soon brought tlio mother tu thoir res
cue. Beforo MolJoiiald could eiri
outo himself from tlio perilous sitili
turn, tho m i. ldoiied uuiui tl was uoo i
him with all her fury. The man ve
unarmed, having nothing b u a puc-ket-kuifo
to defend himself with, an I
before ho could briug his wo tpuii into
uso tho bear, with ouo powerful blow,
disabled him.
'I' wo Indian boys who wero with hi:n
woro badly lrighteuod, au I starting
down tho hill an I pluugiii iuto tlio
bay, swam uei'oss to tho opposite
shore, where they could view tho con
flict with a decree of bifoty. Tui
bear fuirly tore tlio llcsh lro.ii tho uu
furtuuato man iuto shrc In. Tho bat
tle lasted nearly liilf an liwiir. Liter
tlio boys retuiuod an l found the b .ly
in uu iiM'oooguisahlc cuu lui j:i.
Now York Advertiser.
A New lu liKli'v.
A new industry 1ms been establish- I
in Paris for tho ussist iuco of tho de
serving poor. Tho society which .start
ad it requests that women sen I tiicir
old siavs to them, for tlio purpose ol
extracting tho whalebone, Iroio which
brushes uud brooms uro aiado by thu
poor people employed by the society.
Those brooms uro said tu lust much
longer thau the ordiuury iuicm mule
MILK I NO TIME.
Come, pretty Thyllls, yon aro Into! '
Tho cows Bro crowding round th" gate;
An hour, or more, the snn has set;
Tho stars aro out; the grass is wet;
The glow-worms shine; the beetles lnim
Tho moon is near eomo, Phyllis, come.
Tho blaelc cow thrusts her braw-tlpp'd boras
Among tho quick nn 1 bramble thorns,
Tho dun cow rubs the padlo"k chain,
Tho red cow shakos her bell again.
And round and round tho hawthorn tree
The whlto Cow bellows lustily.
Tho wistful nightingales complain
From bush to bush along tho lime;
The ringdoves coo from fir to fir.
And cannot shs'p bocauso of her;
The evejars prate on ev'ry side
Oh, Phyllis, where do you abide?
Now fairies, fays, olvw, goblins, go
And find out where sho lingers so,
Aud pinch her noso and chin and ears,
Nor hoed her cries nor boo 1 her tears;
At any farm 'twould bo a crimo
To bo so Into nt milking time!
C. W. Iahnon, in Speaker.
HUMOR OF THE BAY.
no "The lamp is goiug out." Sho
"Yes. It basu't been filled sinco
you oame." Life.
Little drops of margins
Falling day by day.
Make colossal fortunes
For tho few, they say.
"If you ever come within a milo of
my house, stop there," said a hospi
table man. who was unfortuuate in
choosing his words. Tit-Bits.
Edith "I cannot realize, my dear,
that you aro a mother. " Kate "Can't
you? Como una spoud a day with me
nd you will." Household Words.
Mary had n little la.nh.
The lamb was very toui;h.
Coder tho circumstances
A littlo was enough.
Washington Star.
rhysioiau "Aud yon havo felt this
way for soveral days? H'm? Let mo
seo your tongue." ratiout "It's no
use, doctor ; no tongue cau tell how I
suffer." Boston Transcript.
Hobson "Don't you think that
Martin girl is frightfully dull?" John
son "Well, hardly. You should havo
soeu tho way bIio cut mo on tho avenue
yesterday." Pottsvillc Review.
Tho poet wo call a plionomenou rare,
Who duties all analysis null;
But we know that tho longer his vere an I
bis hair
The shorter wo oft find bis cash.
Washington Slur.
"What is tho matter here?" asked a
stranger of u small boy, as ho noticed
a largo wedding party coming o.it of
a church on Fifth avenue. "Naivthiu'
but the tied going out," was the re
ply. Texas Siftiugs.
Bu filing tho Enemy: Frienl (beinr
shown through tho house) "Do you
find that tho uso of n gas stove iu
creuscs your gas bilU muoh?" Mr.
Housekeeper "Nut a bit I Tho com
pany doesn't kuow wo have it." I'uek.
Oregon Tucker -"What is tho horse
good for?" Deulcr--"Well, f be hon
est with ye, he's a littlo too bony fur
mountain trout uu I not quite tough
enough fur corned beef, but he'd cau
up like a daisy fur spring chicken. "
Cleveland Pluiu Dealer.
Littlo Dick "I dou't believo I'll
be u sailor when I'm growed up, after
nil." Littlo Dot "Why not?" Lit
tie Dick "I talked to uu old man to
day who bud been n sailor fur fifty
years uud never been shipwrecked ou
a desert island once." Tit Hits,
Figg "Have lever told you the
story ubout whut my littlo boy said
when bo saw his aunt on a bicycle for
tho first time?" Briggs "No, old
mau, you never have. And I wish to
say to you that I fully appreciate your
forbearance. " Iu liauapolis Journal.
Fushiouable Doctor "My dear
yonug lady, you are drinking un
tilterod water, which swarms with aui
mal organisms. You should javo it
boiled that will kill them." Jlis Pa
tient "Well, doctor, I think I'd
sooner bo nu nquariu'U thau a ceme
tery." Household Word.
A Summer Resort Shortage : "Dear
Fannie," wrote a summer girl, "dou't
come to this hotel uuder uuy consid
erution. The laudlord is tho only
mau here, and he is seventy yean old
and married." "IVur Jenuie," wan
tho reply, "I wou't. Our laudlord
is seventy, but ho is u bachelor."
Detroit Free Press.
Iu tho summer Baby was very busy
supervising everything thut went ou
at tho farm. After a while sho pushed
away her chair at supper ouo after
noon, declaring that Am did not want
any muro milk. "Why not, dear?"
asked mamma geutly, "lSoeuuse,"
bttid Baby, with uu heir of tuiperiority, -"1
kuow ail about, it now; milii is
Ujthiug but chewed (.-rass. "
Impresslveiii'ss ol I hi Tree,
Not many things iu uat iro ein lm
compared with the trees. I'prigbt,
stable, vigorous and with great sizo
above all other things th it grow, it is
everywhere tho impres.ivo type of lifo
uud endurance au I beuily. Wo a I
mire u great tree us the most inaguili
cuiit object that wo see iu ull the
splendid world of vegetable life and
growth. Noith- r the height of a tall
spire, nor the u'.titudc of clou l-e.ippod
peak, uor the stony uutiqaily ol the
grout pyramid ever impresses us
with wondor an I admiration c.i does u
great tree. liichmuud t'eLtr.il Pros
byteriuu. Violet tin-. lis.
T!' ere uro two lar-liiuie l violet furuu
inauaed exclusively by women, w ho
aro their respective uwueis. Ouo U
Meadow Springs Farm, ut St milord,
Coiiu., belouiug to Mrs. Ned l.euvitt,
and the other is tho II olmdalo violet
farm, ut M i lisuii, N. J., o.vu.-d uu I
mutiuged by Mi's. Robert I!. Ilol'us.
Iu the Went, iilso, woaieu uro be ;iu
uiug to make u hp '.-chilly of t'uevellow.
jfofk Wvl'l l.
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