The Forest Republican I Ii published every Wedn 'sJay, by ' J. E. WE NIC. Ofllce in Smearbaugh & Co.'i BullCinjr ELM STREET, TIONESTA, PA. Tcrini, - Ul.ilDl'iirYonr, No miluerlptloni received for a (hortur period than three month. Oorreipondone sollclto 1 from nil pnrtj of lha country. No nolle will bo takea of nuouymous couiinunlo.illoui. RATIS Or AOVBWTiaiNOl On fVroara, on I Boh, an titaarntaa. .1 On. Square on. Inoh, m month, . $90 (). Square, on. Inoh, ttarm roonta. , I 00 On. Hquar, on. Inch, on far,,,. .. MM Two HqunrM, on ;nr 15 0C Quarter Column, on yar. ........... W 0C half Column, on yaar.,,., 60 00 On. Column, on. y w . . ... ...... 10010 ljagal advertlaamaat tea en par Umm arh tnawtton. Marriacn and daath aottoa. li wUa. tOR EPUB ICAN All bills for yearly advartlaraMnt quarterly. Temporary advarttaamaala I b paid In advanoa. Job work oaah an dallvary. VOL. XXVIII. NO. 24. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1895. S1.00 PER ANNUM. JEST In tbo high aihools of Japan tho Btudy of English is compulsory. Chicago has only twenty per cent, of its population of nativo birth, the rest being foreigners or their cbil drcu. The sheep rnisers of Terra del Fuego aro making plenty of money. It ia said that n mou who starts in with a good outfit and 1000 ewes should in ten years have an income of 10,000 a J cur. Wheat is now carried from Duhitb, Mien., to HulTiiIo, N. Y., adistanoe of over 1000 milor, for two cents or oven loss per bushel, while it still cobts from three to flvo cents a bushel t i carry it from Buffalo to Now York City, only 405 miles. At Bomc, Cavalry Lieutenant Blanc, who maltreated a private ao tbat doath ensued, bag been sentenoed to tbree mouths' imprisonment and to pay an indemnity of 85000 to tho parents of tbo victim. The caso dragged through two years and tbo dofenHe cost tbo doughty Lieutenant 310,000. j Twenty-five years ago tbo groat battlcBof the Franco-German war wcro fought. That war of only 180 days cost Germany, in dead and maimed, 6055 officers and 110,701 men. It appears almost iucrodiblo now that within a fow months 21,508 Frouch offlcera and 702,018 French soldiers were made prisoners or couipollod to disarm. A church in Washington now has a drum corps, announces the rathfludcr. "Thinga bavo gone on until a church is often no longor a church simply; it is a kitchen and dining-room and a room for aooiablos, eto., with, inci dentally, a placo to bold religious meetings. The churoh should be made attractive, of course, but should it bo made a olub-bouse?" The troubles at Kuohong and Tarsus remind the Philadelphia Rooord of the interesting fact that China and Turkey aro now the only considerable parts of tbo world not under Cauousiau Gov ernment or protooterate. Afrioa has been apportioned out in tbo last twenty years as China is likoly to be in tho next twenty. "How much longer tho Unspeakable Turk is likely to last is a question, but only a ques tion of timo." The Norwegians have adopted a vory practical and business-like way of making King Oscar comply with their demands. It is simply to cut down bis royal allowanou if be refuses. It is a new plan, says tho Baltimore American, for a dissatisfied Nation to fine a monarch, but it will probably accomplish more than tho more spec tacular and heroic stylo of fighting to tbe death for their liberty. A King can afford better to lose bis subjects than bis allowanoo, and the sbrowd Norsemen bavo made ablo use of a practical fact. People wbo bavo tried to learn other languages than thoir own will wish success to tbat young Gorman philo logist, who saya he bis invented an other system by which it is possible to loarn a lunguage iu threo months. As tho result of a challenge, be has prom ised to submit bis system to a practi cal test. lie has undertaken to learn twelve languiiges in threo years, name ly French, Italian, Hpauish, Portu guese, Dutch, Vanish, (Swedish, Nor wogiaD, Polish, Russian, CzeoU and Hungarian, lie started on tho task ou July 15, and will, therefore, have finished bis work on July 15, 181)8, when bo will undergo an examination by a committee appoiuted for the pur pose. This man certainly hav con fidence iu bis iuvuntiou. ' Tho persou wbo was asked to point out tho most popular book of last year based on the circulation of copied . woulJ hardly be likely to hit upon tho right answer. It is not to "Trilby," the graceful, nor the bravo "Goutlo muu of France. " nor the "Prisoner of Zeuda," nor "Coiu's Finanoiul Behool," nor "Merrio England," nor any of tbo books of tbo day that bold the record. All these, with their 23,000 and 50,000 and 1011,000 of cir culation, nro far iu tho year. Tlu lender iu books last year, as for all tho years, was tho Bible. Tho report of the American Bible Society for 18'Jl shows ibat this single organization printed uud procured iu tbo twelve months 1,908,1)74 copies of tho book, uud of theeo 815.0U3 were ciruiihitud iu Amerieu an I tho rest in foreign lunds. The Sau Francisco Examiner believes that "a work that sells at the rate of over 800,000 a year iu the United States after some centuries of circulation is not exactly to be con sidered as lui i ou the s'ltlf. " LAUOH ALONO. If tho world present a sorrow T.miuli at It, Chair at It; Is thoro throat of woo to-morrow ClmfT at It, Laugh at It; Tho joy will comoas surely If you fuoo tho world dnmurelyj Orthofrrlof will fall as certain If you strive to rend tho curtain From the coming day to borrow All Its storo of Joy or sorrow. Bo lot tho world keep drifting Laugh at It, ChalT at It; Tho deeds of mortals sifting Chaff at It, Lough at It! Cleveland Plain Dealer. HIS liliWAKD, SW'.jaE was tho clerk of the cash in a largo drapery cstablishmun t, and when the rolling balls gavo him a mo ment's leisure, nscd to look down from bis high perch at tho big shop beneath bis feet, and, in bis slow, quiot style, study tho ways of tbe numberless assistants whose life -books thus opened to him so many of their pagos. Lately thero had come to tho plaoo a slight, gray-oyod girl, who woro her black dress with such grace and held ber small head with such dignity that he whimsically bad narnod bor to him self "Tho Littlo Duohoss." lie liked to look down and catch a glint of her hair's sunshino when his brain was dulled with calculating change and his Gngcrs ached with shutting cash balls and despatching them on thoir journeys. And ho used to wondor greatly how any customer could hosi tato to buy silks and satins when their lustre and sheen were displayed by bor slim littlo lingers and the quality descanted on with so persuasive a smilo. Thero wero handsomer girls in the shop, girls with finor figures and better fouturos; but to the boy in his mid-air cago thero were none with tho nameless charms that made the little duchess so lovablo. For, of course, bo did love her. In less than two mouths ho had begun to watch for her cash-ball with a tremb ling eagerness, to smooth out and stroke gently tho bill her fingers had written and to wrap it and its chango up again with a careful tenderness that, I may assure you, no one else's chango and bill received. He bad spoken to her half a dozen times in ail ; twice at tho door on leaving weather remarks, to which sho bad re sponded graciously; ouco or twico about bills that she had come to rec tify at the desk, aud onoe ho had had tbe great good fortuno to find and return a handkerchief sho bad dropped. Such a pretty, ridioulous atom of muslin it was, with a fanciful "Nellie" taking up one-quarter, and souio delicate scent lundiug a subtle fascination that had mudo it a real wrench for the lad to take it from his vest pooket and proller it to her. Ho great a wrench, imleed, that he proffered bis love, too, humbly, but fervently, and recoivod a very won dering look from the gray eyes, a badly concealed smilo, a "1'hankyou," for tho handkerchief, aud a "No, thank you," for the lovo. He had kissed her, though, and that was so mo consolation afterward to his sore spirit kissod her right upon tho sweet, scarlet lips which had said "No" so decidedly, and then, bold no longer, bad fled to the shelter of tho friendly packing cases and boaton a retreat to his desk aloft. That was nearly a fortnight ago; not ouco since had tho spokeu to him, aud to-day be was feeling desperate. It bad been a very busy morning and bo had fouud hardly a eecond to raise his oyes from bis work ; tho ouco that he had looked down sho had beeu busy with a customer, a girl prettily dressed aud goUlen-huireJ like herself. That bad beeu at about ten o'clock; before twelve ber cash box, with tho notch upon it that his pouknifo had mule, rolled down its liuc, and bo opened it, as be had opened it twenty times that moruiug ; but this time it bore hia. fate. Besides the bill thero was a little twisted noto with "John Walters, private," written upon it, and the hoy's very heart leaped at the iwlit. Down below customers wealthy vailed for change and anxiously vatuhed for their owu particular ball hile tho dens ex luuehina read agaiu ill. I By;iiiu, with taer eyes, "Please till you meet ma at luuuhtimo on the Uruud? Do, if you cau. I am iu ruublo. You s:iid you loved me." L'lieu, as ho began mechanically to uiitiipulale. tho waitiug balls, he ooked down to the acoustouiod placo if tlrj littlo duchess. Hue was pule, io saw, and her lips trembled oddly lo.v and u,;aiu. Thero was a friht- ued look iu ber gray eyes, and ouce r twieo he thought ho noticed, a 1 ki i k ! as of tears. At lunch time bo actually tore hrough the shop aud away down to ho appointed place. Hho was there, .ti l pale, still nervous uud ilutteriug. Let us go to tuo gardens, it is punter," ho said, putting a great uMrauit upon hiuisi ll ; thou, when at ast they wero witbiu tho nates, "Uod jlcss you for this, N'cllio!" "Whit?" ssid tho girl, with uu ;ertainty. but tiot lookiug at the dark, ii.' (. I luce that was ull aglow with ovu for hi r. ".Fur telling mo about tho worry isUint; mo to co'iio. Oil, Uol bless ion, Nell.c, n iw tell inc." . bbe sat iloii u ou a .out aud beaa to a ' T. W 1 mm mm cry, quietly and miserably, till tho boy was ulmost beside himself. At last, betwoeu tho sobs, ho learned ber trouble, which was grave, i idecd. Sho and ber sister bad vory much wanted to go to a certaiu ball, and, more than that, to have now drosses for it, of soft, wbito Liberty silk, such os sho cut ofl daily for fortunate customers. But ber purso was empty, so in their emergency tho sisters bad hit upon a plan, questionable, indeed, but not dishonestly meaut. Tho sister came to tho Bilk counter and purchased thirty yards of silk, paying 15s. for it instead of 3 15s. 'That was ou account; I was only taking a littlo credit like other cus tomers," said tho littlo duchess, with a haughty movement of the head. 1 'On Saturday I was going to make out a bill for an imaginary customer and send 3 up to you. Don't imagine I would roally wrong tho firm by a half penny." "Oh, no," cried tho boy, eagerly ; "it's all right." "That's not all." The girl began to cry again, hopelessly, miserably, "I bad no money to got tho dresses made, and the next customer paid 2 10s., and and I only sent 10s. up to you I wanted to make it just 5 I bad borrowed. I thought I might borrow enough, as I was borrowing don't forget, I would rather bavo died than have stolen tho o, Mr. Walters." "Of course, of course, I under stand," said the cash clerk, seeing that it was a worse fix than be bad imag ined, but longing to take her in his arms and kiss away the tears. "And then that horrid Mr. Groavcs, who signod first in a hurry, asked for my book and took it for something. And then sent it up to the desk, and the figures are all confused, and the chock loaf isn't the same as I sont it to you. I hadn't timo to make it right, and when the books are com pared to-night it will bo noticed, that I shall got into trouble, and, oh, I am so miserable I" Tho littlo duchess was sobbing pitifully. lie kissed her this time in earnest, on tho lips, tho ohocke, tho hair, tho tcar-wot eyes. I think ho would be kissing her still, only a gardener's form, and specially his smilo, obtruded itself upon their notice, and they sat apart, looking foolish, till the two o'clock bolls rnado them hurry back to the shop. "I ll put everything right don t you worry," he said, iinot she smiled relievedly and went to the counter. That afternoon ho did what all the other years of his lifo he had deemed impossible for him to do. Ho made a neat alteration iu his books, so that tho 5 in question would not be missed. To-morrow, ho rcsolvod, ho would take j of his own, and would pay it into tho account of the firm. The little duchess would be his debtor, aud run no more risks. But, alas for the mor row I Ero he had fairly taken his scat in tho morning, bofore Nollie had fin ished fastening in her neck the violets he had brought her, some words were said at his elbow, and he slowly be came awaro that he surely it was a droamt was beiug arrested for de falcations in his acounts. He learned that for some time past the firm had been awaro of cousidorablo discrepan cies in tho books, and had placod a doteotivo accountant in the ofheo. Lost night, for tho first timo, tho man had discovered, as ho thought, a clue, and had convinced tho firm that in Walters ho had found the olfondor. Tho lad was ashen pale, horror- stricken, as bo realizod how these thing must go against him. Ho could not drag in the namo of tho littlo duchess ; eveu if bo did it would not avail him much; ho certainly had al- tcrod his book, and to meutiou tho girl's shure would only bo to have two of them brought to trial and perhaps to jail. Tbe little duchess in jail I That hair catohiug the prison-yard sunshiuel That slender form -Julia the garments of shame I The boy drew a deep breath, wavod ono very wistful glauce at tho silk counter, and then walked straight to tho mauager's room followed by tbe policeman. "I took the 3 yesterday uud brought it back to-day. On my oatb, before Ood, sir, I have uover misapplied ono farthing of my monoys. bis voioo trembled iu its oageruoss, the deep set eyes gleamed aud tho white lips worked. "Your purpose, Walters?" Tbo manager looked hard, disbe lieving. "Direst neod. Oh, believe me, sir, I hive served you throe years honest ly oa man can servo yesterday I borrowed this money nnd brought it back this morning don't ruiu my whole lil'o for this ouo act." "Your pressing need yesterday 1" John drew a deep breath agaiu. "I can't well tell you." Then tho heads of tho firm came in iudiguant at their misused trust, aud they scorned his story. The defalca tion amounted to almost j0 iu all, and ho bad confessed to j, which had beeu found upou him. Of course, he aud no other was the offender, and thoy must teach their employes a lesson. So Johu walked down that long shop by the side of tbo official, his head very erect, bis face palo aud his kuees shaking; all bis life he would remember tho glances of pity, curiosity uud disdaiu that ho met ou every side. As he passed tho silk counter the little duchess was meas uring a great piece of rose-red, sheeny satin, that gleamed warm and beauti ful beueath her hands. Sho was very white, and in her eyes wus a look of ab ject horror aud uutreaty ; his eyes ro assured her, uud passed on uud out of the doer. Yes, ull bis lifo he would iomouiber thut that rose-red satin and its brilliant, glancing light. After the trial everyouo thought hi m. lortuuitto to gut only two years, and tho little duchoss, who bad grown thin aud uucieut-lookiug, breuthod freely us she read tho uuoouut iu the paperc, nnd saw that her namo was not oven mentioned iu conuoction with tho matter. He wrote to her a loving, boyish letter, and told her sho must bo true to him till bo catno out and thoy would bo marriod and go away wbero this could never bo beard of. ft was no small thin; ho had dono for ber, bo know, and as ho was not more than human bo expected his re ward. And tho little duchess had cried quietly over tho letter, and for several days cut off silk and satin with a pensive, unhappy look that quite touchod her customers thoso fow among thorn who realized that it was humau flosh and blood at tho other sido of tho yard measure . Twenty mouths uf tor the littlo duch ess was at tho same counter measuring silk and satin for the stock-taking, when a noto was brought to her iu a writiug sho remembered too well. "I got out to-day, Nullio coma down to the Gardons iu tho luuch timo." Sho hesitated when tho timo camo ; but, you see, ho might como to the shop, and that would nover do. So she put on hor bat thoughtfully aud set out for tho Domain. Ho was awaiting her on the scat where nearly two years ago the gar donor had smilod at thorn. He stood up as she camo slowly towards him, and for a miuuto they gazed at each other without speaking. bho was in black of course, but fresh and dainty-looking, with a bunch of white chillon at hor throat, with her little tan shoes, and her hair showing golden against tho black of hor lace hat. For him, his face had hardened, the once thick, curly hair was horri bly shorter, his hands were rough and unsightly, his clothes hung awk wardly upon him and his linen was doubtful. "The littlo duchess 1" ho said, dullvj' then ho put out his band, too' her small gloved one and looked at it cu riously. "I I am glad you ro out, she said, carefully looking away from him. "Yes wo muBt bo married now, Nellie ; that's all I've had to think about all this awful lime." His face flushed a littlo under its tan, and his eyes lightened. "It s good not to see the walls, bo added, looking round at tbo spring's bravo show, thou away to to the blue sparkle in the bay and tho glancing tails. "We rausn't talk of that time, though ever, eb, Nellie?" "No, "she said, rogarding hor brown shoes intontly. His eyo noted tho smooth rouud ncss of ber cheek, the delicate piuk that came and went, tho turn of tho white neck. "Aren't you going to kiss me, Nel lie?" ho said slowly ; and ho drew her a little strangely and awkwardly to him. Then she spoko. "I knew it wouldn't be any uso, and you'd uuvoi have any money or get a placo after this. We couldn't be marriod on notbiug, and it would oniy drag you dowu to bavo me, too. I'm not worthy of you." "Well, littlo duchess," ho said soft ly as sho stopped au.l faltered ; a slow smilo crept over his face, and his deep set eyes lighted up with teuderness. Not worthy, his littlo duchoss t Then the crimson ru'shod into ber f we, and sho flung up her head de fiantly. "I married tho new shop-walker four months ago!" Hartford Times. Bear Huating in a Town's Suburbs. "You are thinking about goiug bear hunting, oh 1" remarked y unuer El more, the largest salm in pucker ou the Columbia River, when ouo of his acquaintances expressed a dosire to bag some big game. "Well, if you want to get plenty of bcurs without much troiblo go to Astoria." "Astoria is a nice littlo city of about 10,000 inhabitants, but half a mile south of tho Cu-to:n Home is a viriu forest skirtiug Young's River and tuj Lawis aud Clarke. Tho foiosl stretches eastward to tho Willauictlo Valley and is full of elk, doer uud bear. "In the summer timo daring tho packing season thousands upou thou sands of salmoubcads aro throwu into thoColumbia River offthe water front. Tho tide carries them around into Young's Bay aud they drift up ou tho beach. "Bears, like cats, aro w ild for fish. Thoy will leave a beehive to get a salmon head, and the result is that great numbers of them come down from the mountains to the beach to feust ou s:ilmou bead ). Many people set big log traps baited with salmon iu tho timber along tho beach an I many bears uro trapped every year almost witlnu guushot of the Custom House." San Francisco Post. Walk a TliuusDiil -Hi let ti Worship. Tho history of (lunula, especially its earlier history, preserves tho story of many a deed of heroism an I devo tion ou tho part of (Jhristiau mission aries who worked and perished unions the Indiaus, but thero are few stories which reflect so much credit ou Iu lisu piety as that pnblishod from (jjobeo. Moutuguais aud Kikimoi ea uo from the southern shore of Hudson Strait to worship in tho Province of Quebec. This involve J a tramp ou foot ot 1 01) miles. No pilgriiuugo iu tho mi Idltt uges was ever ma lo iu eiroiiiuituu ;es of greater hardship. Tho citizen who is loath to walk a blojk to chtireh along a smooth, dry pavement, ou ;ht to think of these Indians plodding 1000 miles through au inhospitu'oU couutry.throuh forests, across rivers, mouutaius aud lakes, to render a duly they owo to their religiou. Torouto Mail aud Empire. TIJE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUHBI HEN OP THE PRESS. They Tvevsr Spenk Now I.ljht Ifeaileil An Kasy Itoss Quito Heady Almoat a Fixture, Ktc. Ite nski-d tlio mill h-n for a kiss Ills lovo hr oould not Hinotlior. Hho mid (in fun): "Hhould you take oni You'd suroly want another." Hp shook his head and firmly said: "f will not ask for two!" With wn)t Hiirprlsi) sho murmured: "All Tho other follows do!" Intwriiutional Ticket Agent. QflTE HF.ADT. lie "I'd lika a flower iu my coat when I go." She "I'll put it in now," Life, AS EASY BOSS. Clerk "Our new boss is a good one. Started his administration by giving each of us a Derby hat." Wigwag "Making his presents felt, eh?" Philadelphia Record. ALMOST A riSTUllB. "You 6oy you came up from Florida by boat and rail without change. How is that possible?" "Easy ouough. I camo by boat, but moro than half the timo I was ou the rail." Life. LKHIT-HHADED. Willio Gibbs "It's awfully strati-jo, but when I go into tho watab, 1 never can hold my head undah faw a moment." She "It would bo very surprising if you could. "Truth. THK AMEND noVOEABLE. Indignant Citizen "See hero, sirt You reported iu your paper thot I was going arouud with a black eye. It's abominably false, sir. Iain suffering lrom graulosis, and havo to wear a patch to keep tho light out." Editor "I don't liko to mako cor rections, my friend, but I'll fix is all right iu the paper to-morrow. I'll announce that your antagonist is in bed with two black eyos. " New York Weekly. AFTER A LION. "Who is this Doau Swift they are talking about?" whisperod a socioty lady to Lady Bulwer at a party. "I should so like to invite him to one of my receptions." "Alas, mudam, fan doan has dono something which has shut him out of sooioty." "Dear me, you don't say so? What a dreadful thiua; 1" said tho lady iu a breath. "And what was it?" sho udded. "Well, about a hundred years ajo he died." Tit-Bits. C'ALLIXO HISTORY TO niS AID. The deacon shook his head. "I can't do it," ho cried iiupationt ly; "I've put money in your schomos until my patience is exhausted aud what good docs it do? Next month yon aro back for more." "But, faaiior," protested tho younr man, "this is the last time I shall have to call upou you tide me over only one day and I'm savod. Remem ber what Joshua did." "Thoro you go," interrupted tho deacon, raising an impatient band ; "always quoting tho Bible on mo. But I fail t j see how you can find a parallel between this case and Joshua." "You appear to forget," said tho youug man earnestly, "that Joshua kept his sou from going down for twenty-four hours." Rockland Trib une. THEY MET UY CHANCE. Two real estate men. both partial to bicycles, met iu tho club liouse not many moons ugo. " Where is vour wheel?" asked No. 1 of No. 2. "Laid up for repairs," answered No. 2; "aud yours?" "Ditto. What's tho matter with yours?" "Ridiug out last night. Mot a mon key ou a wheel iu tho dark. Collis ion. Bruised my faco uud leg and broke my wheel. Tho wretch who was tho cause of the catastrophe escaped. How was your bike damaged?" "Riding down K street uud met a fool ou a velocipede Ho turned into me at Seventeenth stroot, and, besides having two tires broken, I camo out with a barked shin aud sore nose." "What timo was it?" exclaimed No. 1. "About 10 o'clock." "I wus tho 'fool'. "Washington Times. TBACINCI TUE LOSS. Thb two dollar bill was missiug; that was one sure thiug. Mr. Hauk iuson bad giveu it to Mrs. Hankiuson to pay the iceman, and Mrs. Hankiu son hud it ou tho mantel. Now it was gone. Two plumbers bad beeu iu through the room early in the after noon. Later the meu from the stor age warehouse bad called for tho llaukiusou silverwaro, ere the Hauk iusous departed for the couutry. These, besides tho usual members of the family, were all who had bo-tu iu tho room. "Perhaps," Mrs. Ifaukinsou wildly observed, "as tho window was opuu, it was blown out." Mr. Hankiuson snorted. "Most l'kely it was blowuiu!" bo said. Then the cook came forward. "Thim plumbers tuk ut !" she mid ; "they were hero first. Tho storage miu couldn't bov tuk it fer they wor here lust, uu' 1 saw it after they wor gono !" Mr. Hankiuson thought profoundly for a moment, aud, as this seemed a plausible theory, ho let it go ut that. Puck. SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL, A pnoumatio tubo is to bo placed on Brooklyn Bridge to expedito mail communication between tho two cities. It is claimed that proxide of hydro gen in combination with tho olectrio current will bleach discolorod tooth in a fow minutes. According to a recent loctnro of Pro fessor Sinister, of London, the safest courso for a human being in a thunder storm is to got thoroughly wet. Diamond dust was supposed to bo poisonous by tho o.irly chomists ; but it ho9 boon settled that thoro is no poisonous matter in the diamond. David II. Wyckoff roooutly wroto thot a million horse power could not produce tho effect that a single flash of lightning has beon knowu to accom plish. Hie Weather Bureau proposes to es tablish a system of rocket firing along tho Atlantic coast to notify vessels passing at sea of tho approach of storms. It is roportod from Paris that tho aeronaut Capazza, dropping from on elevation of 4000 font, has succoedeil in guiding his parachute exactly to the spot previously desiguatod by him. It is not generally known that, size for sizo, a throad of spider silk is do cidodly tougher than a bar of steel. An ordinary thread will boar a weight of throo grains. This is just about fifty por cent, stronger than a steel thread of the same thickness. According to tho French professor, tho rabbit is ablo to bear tho greatest oold. ne shut a rabbit up all night in a block of ice and the next morning tho animal scomod to bo very com fortablo and not to know that any thing unusual had boon going on. Tho Paris-Lyonos-Mediterranoan Railway Company ba3 rocontly put clocks on tho outside of its locomotivos on tho sido toward tho station plat forms, for the bouofit of botli p.isson gers aud station agents who wish to noto tho instant of arrival and de parture. The British Medical Journal calls attention to the fact that diphtheria is often nproad by cats. During tho last epidemic at Brighton, Eugland, it was found that several cats died of diphtheria and that beyond doubt the dread disease had, iu a number of Bases, boeu eommunicatod by pets to human beings. The fourteenth annual bulletin of tho Freuch Cremation Socioty states that in Paris alono moro thau 20,000 bodies have been burned since tbe bo pinning of the raovoinont. Tho process of converting tho corpse of an adult into ashes occupies slightly loss than on hour. The society counts auiauj its members a largo proportion of wo men. Lightning an J Rubbers. It is not agreeable to bo struck by lightning. Nor is it at all necessary. There is a stiro preventative as sure us it is simple, inexpensive uud always accossiblo a pair of rubbers. If a woman will simply put ou a pair of rubbers when tho lightning begins to flash and the thunder to roar, and will stand on the floor so that she touches nothing else, sho will be as safe as if sho wero sealed in a glass eago. Rubbor is a non-conductor of elec tricity, and if tho lightning has to go through u sheet of rubbor to get at you, it will leave you alouc, aud take something else. Iu other words.when you bavo on a pair of rubbers, aud not in contact with anything, you aro perfectly insulated This is not a theory merely ; it is a fact proven by innumerable experi ences. A pair of rubbers bus saved many a lifo iu a thunderstorm. Only a littlo whilo ago Horace W. Folger, of Cambridgeport, Mass., was on a pilot boat in Boston Harbor, wheu a thunderstorm camo up. Ho was ou deok wearing rubber boots, but steadying himself with one hau I by a wire cable from the muiu topmast. Lightning struck tho " topmast, shivering it into splinters. Down tho cablo went tho current. Folger was knocked unconscious. When bo re covered ho was full of aches and pubis, but ho pulled through. If it bad not been for the rubber boot.--, tho cur rent would have passed entirely through him. As it was the current oould not get through bis boots, so it passed dowu tho cable. It might be well to add that a pair of rubbers to bo effective against lij;htuiug must bo sound aud whole. Do not put ou uu old pair with a crack iu tho too, because electricity will get out of a very small hole wheu it is cornered, aud a pair of defective rubbers will do you no good. Now York Press. A l'lii'uinutic lluat. Tho pnoumatio boat of tho Interna tional Pneumatic Boat Company, New York, will bo useful to bportsmeu and travelers. It resembles a horse collar made of iudia rubber cloth, but tho interior is provided with rubber boots oud trolistrs, into which tho user thrusts bis legs, bringing tho boat up round bis waist. He thou walks into tho water aud inflates the collar, w hich buoys biui up. Of courso he cau pro pel tho boat by treaniug tho water or ly rigging up a sail, and ho remains quite dry. The "boat" is easily cur ried about. A Couvlct's Romance, A man iu a jealous passiou killed a rival iu Indiana, uud was sentence 1 to twenty years' imprisoiiuieut. Tho souteuco having just expired, tho ex couviet now u white bared mau has boeu married to tho woman ou ac count of whom he Committed the crime. During his imprisonment the sweetheart worked so hard thut sho was ublo to accumulate money enou.;h to support both during tho reiuaiuder of their lives. WITHOUT U3. Wo struggle nuj strive for a wonderful plain In llin won Inrf it world about us. And thi-ii wedlf, un t tho wondnrful world (loos iie'rrily on without us. Carrie liluko Morgan, In Overbold. IIU.HUK OF THE DAY. Tho man 'who keeps step with con science rarely gets his heels trampled, Clevelnud Plain Dealer. Ovit the wires crt'i-pini;. Daily, till cure are sore. Come tho voleiw of stronx men weoplog Aud women who w.nt tho score. l'ltisliuru rrsa. Do not tell secrets to poople ou an oceau voyago. They can nover keep anything to thomeelves. Life. Ull" is In a deal of troulile, For she hu.s lost her Hood nnrao. 'Twus enuraved ou ln-r iiinlirellu, Aud soiuubody stole the same. Washington Pol Some hearts never loarn the differ ence between an earnest longing and a hoggish greod. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Spinner "After all, it fs easy to mako the time fly." Bicyclist "Yes, only the other day I made a century ruu." Life. Housekeeper "Your milk is as thin as water to-day." Milkman "Well, it was very foggy this morning when wo milked." Bcforo marriage, a girl complains cf ber kiu to her lover, and after mar riage ho complaius of them to her. Atchison Globe. BilkinB "I am advised to take a vacation and go abroad at onoe." Umitkors "Who so advisod you, your doctor or your lawyer?" Doctor "Aro you troublod by Sreams?" Patient "Vorymuohl I have iu my pocket now the third bill tor my daughter's latost." Puck. It is by no m-viin vainly That she's e lueated well; Bile's aide, wheu siie sues a mouse, To give her college yell. -1'uck. When you find a mau of whom it i often said that he has his heait in the right place, thoro is apt to bo some thing wrong with his head. Atohison Globo. "Cholly shows a grout lack of self confidenoo," said oue friend. "Yes; and right there he shows a great abundunce of good judgment." De troit Frco Press. Five dollar bills aud ten dollar bills Are things 1 don't often see; but four dollar hills aud nine dollar bills Are presented quite often to mo. Lifo. Extract from tho casualty column of a Western newspaper : "Ho fell on his nock, but ho didu't weop, for he fell a loug distance oud the nook was his own." West Union Gazette. Possibly tho highest proof of tho shrewdness of doctors and lawyers is tho fact that they seldom rely on thoir own judgment iu thuir own cases. Chicago Times-IIoruld. To lie In a hummock is bliss; Thou the world seems to have not a frown; Though it's w'ueu one is thinking like this That the pesky old tuiui tumbles dowu. Jiuhre. Johnny Suaggs "Papa, what is tho dillereuco between a boom aud a boomlet?" Mr. Suaggs "A boomlet is a tnovoraent in favor of a candidate wo don't want, my boy." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Vultures and a Bend Tiger. The vulturo is seen at its bost when a dead tiger, brought iutj camp to be skinned, is exposed in the open. Over bead is a cloudless sky, and not a bird to bo soon iu that groat void by the human oyo. Tho tiger's body is throwu from tho pad to tho ground, and before tbe skiu has beeu removed thero, abovo oue, aud always neariug tho earth, uro the vultures circling, posing like things of air ; now a dozen of them, iu a few minutes a score or two, and thou a huudred strong. Then, when the flayed carcass of the tiger is left by thoso who skinned it, the vul tures descend ; dowu thoy come like featherod thunder out of tho sky, and from the east uud west and north and south. Tho very embodiment of power, while thoy whirled aloft uud in their quick descent to earth ; aud now, as tho waddle around that carrion beast, miHsliuppou ghouls, whose only apparent btrenth is that of the rav ening jaws which tear uud gorge tha tiger's llesh, until within tho hour naught of that spleudid brute remains but a cleau-pickod skeleton. Thirty Years of Shikar. A New Filter lor Milps. A new filter for ships is made of a treo-truuk. Tho water is pumped up into a reservoir and then forced, un der heavy pressure, into tho filter formed by the trunk ot tho tree. In a few minutes tho water is seen ooz ing out of tho lower portiou of the trunk, aud is entirely freed from suit uud tho objectiouublo tuste of sea water; iu fact, it is drinkable, uud may bo u-jed for ull domestic pur poses. This is a disojvery of tho ut most importance, as heretofore chem icals have beeu the ouly means of purifying tho sea-water, uud this sometimes brought about unpleasant results, on account of developing uew elements by the mixture of tho puri fier with tho salt water. Now York Ledger. Rapidity ol ilulr-l. ninth. Authorities dill'er as to tho rate of I'rowtli of tho human hair, aud it id tai 1 to bo very dissimilar iu different individuals. T to most usually uccept ud culculiitiou i;ivos six uud a half in ches per annum. Au Englishman's hair, allowed to irovv to its extreme length, rarely exceeds twelve or four teen inches; while that of a woman will grow in rare instances to sovjuty .ir seventy-live inches, though the av erage doei not exceed twouty-iivu or thirty inches.
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