The Forest Republican j li publlthoJ every Wedn -aJtiy, by J. C. WENK. Office in Bmearbaugh & Co.'i BuilClng ELM STREET, TIONEBTA, TA. X'crma, - 91.00 1'or Year, No subscription received for a shorter period than throe month. Correspondence sollnMo 1 from nil parts of the couutry. No nolle will bo taken ol anonymous counuunloutlons. RATI or ADVKKTISIMOl On. fVlllra. AM iMk MM I lrOR EPU ICAN un. square, on. loon, vim imn. . On Kquare, on. Inoh, thr month. . W On Hqu.ra, on. Inch, on. ;, .. M M Two Hqunr one year IS C Quarter Column, one year. W W faalf Oolnmii, on yaar ... WOO Or. Column, on year, -i . ... ...... MO Legal adTerttemMiti to en, par Umm MrriA. and daath aottoaa i All billi for yearly advertt.ra.ot VOL. XXVIII. NO. 24. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 1895. 81.00 PER ANNUM. qu.rxeriy. l empcrary aov b. paid in advano. Job work cash oja daHvary. R In tbo high schools of Japan tho tdudy of English is compulsory. Chicago bus only twenty per cent, of it population of nativo birth, tbo rest being foreigners or their chil dren. Tbo sheep misers of Term del Fuego are making plenty of money. It ia Bald tbnt a umu who starts in with n good outfit ami 1000 owes should in ten year s have an income of (10,000 a J car. Wheat ia now carried from Dalutb, Mirn., to Buffulo, N. Y., adistonoe of over 1000 miloF, for two ceuts or even loss per bushel, while it still coots from three to five cents a bushel t j carry it from Buflnlo to Now York City, only 405 miles. At Homo, Cavalry Lieutenant Diane, who maltreated a private to that death ensued, has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment and to pay an indomnity of $5000 to the parents of the victim. The caso drsggod through two years and the defense cost the doughty Lieutenant 110,000. Twenty-five years ago the groat battles of the Franoo-German war were fought. That war of only 180 days cost Germany, in dead and maimed, 6065 offloere and 110,701 mon. It appears almost incredible now that within a low months 21,508 Fronoh officers and 702,048 French soldiers wore made prisoners or compelled to disarm. A church in Washington now has a drum corps, announces the Pathfinder. "Things havo gone on until a chnroh is often no longer a church simply ; it is a kitchen and dining-room and a room for sooiablos, etc, with, inci dentally, a place to hold roligious meetings. The chnroh should be made attractive, of course, but should it be made a club-house?" The troubles at Knoheng and Tarsus remind the Philadelphia Rooord of tbo interesting fact that China and Tarkoy are now the only considerable parts of the world not under Cauousiau Gov ernment or protooterate. Afrioa has been apportioned out in the laist twenty years as China is likely to be in the next twenty. "How.muoh longer the Unspeakable Turk is likely to last is a question, but only a ques tion of time." The Norwegians have adopted a very practical and businoss-like way of making King Osoar comply with their demands. It is simply to cut down bis royal allowanoe if he refuses. It is a new plan, says the Baltimore Amorican, for a dissatisfied Nution to fine a monarch, but it will probably accomplish more than the more spec tacular and horoio stylo of fighting to the death for their liberty. A King can afford better to lose his subjeots thau his allowanoe, and the shrewd Norsemen havo made ablo nee of a practical fact. Fcople who have tried to loam other languages than their own will wish success to that young German philo logist, who says he his invented an other system by wbioh it is possible to learn a lunguage in three months. As the result of a challenge, he has prom ised to submit his system to a practi cal test. lie has undertaken to learn twelve languages in throe years, name ly French, Italian, Spanish, Portu guese, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Nor wegian, Polish, Russian, Czech and Hungarian. lie started on the task on July 15, and will, therefore, havo finished his work on July 15, 1898, when he will undergo an examination by a ooinmittee appointed for the pur pose. This man certainly has con fidence in his invention. " Tho person who was asked to point out the most popular book of last year based on the ' oiroulution of copies . would hsrdly be likely to hit upon tbo right answer. It is not to "Trilby," the graceful, nor tbe brave "Gontle- mun of Frunoe." nor the "Prisoner of Eeuda," nor "Coin's Financial ' School," nor "Merrie Eugland," nor any of the books of tbo day tbut hold the record. All those, with their 25,000 and 50,000 ond 10D.OOO of cir culation, nre far iu tbo year. Tba lender iu books last year, as for all thu years, was tho Bible. Tbo report of the American Bible Kooioly for lS'Jl ttbjws ihut this single organization printed uud procured in tbe twelve months 1,958,074 oopics of tbe book, and of thcbo 815.003 were circulated in America and tbe rest iu foreigu lunds. Tbe Bun Francisco Examiner believes that "a work that Bulls at the rate of over 81)0,000 a year in tbe United States after some centuries oi circiilutiou ia not exaotly to be ouu tidtrvd as luii ou the n'ltlf." UUOH ALONO. If the world present a sorrow Lnugh at It, Chaff at It; Is there threat of woo to-morrow Chuff at It, Lnugh nt it; The Jny will oomeas surely If you face tho world demurelyt Or tho grief will fall as certain If you strive to rend tho curtain From the coming dny to borrow All Its store of Joy or sorrow, Bo lot the world koop drifting Laugh at It, Chaff at Its The deeds of mortals sifting Chaff at It, Laugh at It! Cleveland Plain Dealer. REWARD. mm mV. wm dm WV T 3 . I of the cash in a I large drapery establishment, and when the rolling balls gave him a mo ment s leisure, used to look down from his I high porch at tho big shop beneath his feet, and, in his slow, quiet style, study the ways of the 'A'Efi ftTVrvl Wi fl slow, auiet f ill "Jr fvifcil i .i TO SIU r;;: "XrVZl numberless assistants whose life -books thus opened to him so many of their pap-os. Lately there had come to the plaoe a slight, gray-eyed girl, who wore her black dross with such grace and hold hor small head with such dignity that he whimsically bad namod her to him self "Tho Little Duohoss." lie liked i i. ,i ii, i; i LU ll.U hair's eunnhino when his brain was I dulled with calculating change and bis fingers achod with Bhuttmg cash' balls and despatching them on their tourneys. And be used to wonder greatly how any customer could hesi tate to buy silks and satins wben tueir lustre and sheen were displayed by hor sum little fingers and the quality coscanted on with so persuasive a smilo. There wore handsomer girls in tbe shop, girls with finer figures .1 l . i - rnnl.fl. t tl.a 1, In his mid-air cage there were none with ti i .. i, IUD UHUIDIUDO VUUI UID IrUSOH UMUW KUW I IllWD U UVUI.CO DV 4V1UU1V I For. of conrsc. he did love her. In loss than two months ho had bosun to watoh for her cash-ball with a tremb ling eagerness, to smooth out and stroke gently tho bill her fingers had writtou and to wrap it and its ohango up again with a careful tenderness that, I may assure you, no one else's change nnd bill received. He had spoken to hor half a dozen times in all ; twice at tho door on leaving weather remarks, to which she had re sponded graciously; once or twice about bills that she had come to reo tify at the desk, and onoe he had had tbe great good fortune to find and return a handkerchief she had dropped. Suoh a pretty, ridioulous atom of muslin it was, with a funoiful "Nollio" taking up one-quarter, and some delicate scent londing a subtle fascination that had mado it a real wruuoh for the lad to take it from his vest pooket and protlor it to hor. Bo crcat a wrench, indeed, that he profTerod his love, too, humbly, but fervently, and received a very won- denng look from the gray eyes, a badly concealed smilo, a "Ihankyou," for the haudkorobief, and a "No, thauk von," for tbe lovo. He bad kissed her, though, and that was somo oonsolation afterward to his sore spirit kissod her right upon tho .i,.i ivi. oui.i "No" so decidedly, and then, bold no i iu .i,ifn f tho frimnllT iiackinn casos and boaton a retreat to his desk aloft. That was nearly a fortnight ago; i Minna i,,.,! -no m,r,w in i,i, ...ii....i...i,.,.,.i.,i;,,,w.i IKS U3 i. i. i i. ...... o i.e m.,,inlmmn followed bv the uolicoman. "I and he hod found hardly a second to nicn liia nvufl frrtii li iu wnrlr " ilia nnna A taic-.u uio v I " - " " hat he had looked down she had boou buy with a customer, a girl prettily dressed and golden-umred like herself. That had been at about ten o clock : before twelvo her cash box, with the notch upon it that his peuknifo had made, rolled down its lino, and ho openod it, as he had opeuod it twouty times that morning ; but this time it bore his. fate. Besides the bill there was a little twisted note with "John Walters, private," written upon it. and the buy's very heart leaped at the ii:jht. Down below customers wealthy vnited for chuuge aud anxiously viitobed for their own particular bull vhile tbo dens ex maobiua read agaiu n. I agniu, with ca?er eyes, "Please t ill you meet me at luncbtime on tbe Hraud? Do. if you can. I am in rouble. You said you loved mo," I'heu, as ho bugau mechanically to nuuipulitte the wuitiug bulls, he ookod down to the accustomed place if tba little duouess. Bhe was pale, io saw, and her lips troubled oddly low uu.l u;;aiu. Ibero was a fright tued look iu ber gray eyes, aud ouoe r twice he thought he noticed, a .pinkie as of tears. At lunch time he actually tore bruugb tbe shop aud away down to ho appointed place. Bbe was there, .til pule, still nervous and fluttering. -"Let us co to tho gurduus. It is tuieter," lie said, ' putting a great o-.tr.iuit upon himself; thou, when at ast they woro witlnu tbe gates, "Uod jIohs you for Ibis, Nelliul" "Whit?" said the girl, with nn- iertuihty. but uot looking ut tbe dark, mi ' 'u.l iiii-o that was all aglow with ovo for her. "Fur telling mo about tbo worry ihkiiiir mo to en no. Oil, God bless von, Xell.o, n iw toll me." Bhe sat iluu ou a sunt an J begau to cry, quietly miserably, till the boy was almoHt beside himself. At Inst, between the sobs, he learned her I trouble, which was grave, indeed, one and her sister had very much wanted to bo to certain ball. and. more than that, to have now dresses for it, of I soft, white Liberty silk, such as she of. out oil daily for fortunate customers. But her purse was empty, so in their emergency tbo sisters had hit upon a plan, questionable, indcod, but not dishonestly meant. 1 no Bister came to tho silk counter and purchased thirty yards of silk, paying 15s. for it instead of A 15s. That was on account: I was only taking a little credit like other cus tomers," said tbo little duchess, with a haughty movement of the hood. "On Saturday 1 was going to make out a bill for an imaginary customer and send 3 up to you. Don't imagine I would really wrong the firm by a half penny, I 1 1 , ! . 1 1 1 . vu, no, orieu mo uu( uguujr , it s all riant. That's not all." The gh I began to ory again, hopelossly, miserably, "l had no money to got tbo dresses made, and the next customer paid 2 10s., and and I only sent 10s. np to you I wanted to make it just o I had borrowed. I thought I might borrow enough, as I was borrowing don't forget, I would rather havo died than have stolen the o, Mr. Walters." Of course, of course, I under sianu, buiu iub oueu uiurii, miug i i , - i it.. i i i. : i. .. . it was a worse fix than he had imag iL bat Win to take her in his arms and kiss away the tears. "And then that horrid Mr. U reaves, who signed first in a hurry, asked for my book and took it for something, and then sent it np to the desk, and tbe figures are all confused, and the cheok leaf isn't the same as I sent it to you. I hadn't time to make it right, and when tbe books are com- ..... ... .. . parea lo-nigm n win uo uuuueu, uim snan go into irouuic, auu, un, x um so miserable I" The little duchess was small gloved one and looked at it cu aobbing pitifully. rionsly. He kissod her this time in earnest, on tbe lips, the cheeks, the hair, tbe tear-wet eyes. I think he would be kissing her still, only a gardener's form, and speeially his smile, obtruded itself upon their notioe, and they sat apart, looking foolish, till the two o'clock bells made them hurry back I to the shop. i ll put everything right don't orry," he said, -nd she smiled rolievedly and went to the oounter. - . V 1 II . . . , ... - - - j , oluer years or um . u u ueemeu "npossioie lor nim 10 ao, He made a neat alteration in hisbooks,so that the 5 in question would not be missed. To-morrow, ho resolved, he would take 5 of his own, and would pay it into the account of the firm. The little duohoss would be his debtor, aud run no more risks. But, alas for the mor row I Ere he had fairly taken his scat in the morning, bofore JNolue had nn' ished fastening in hor nock the violets he had brought her, some words were soid at his elbow, and he slowly be- came aware that he surely it was a dream I was being arrested lor Ue- faloations in his acounts. He learned that for some time past the firm had beon aware of considerable discrepan cies in the books, and had plaoed a deteotive accountant in the oihoe. Last night, for the first time, the man had discovered, as he thought, a clue, and had convinood the firm that m Walters he had found the offender. The lad was ashen pale, horror- stricken, as he realized how these things must go against him, Ho could not drag in the name of the littlo duohoss ; even if he did it would not avail him much ; he certainly had al tered his book, and to mention the girl's share would only be to have two of them brouorht to trial and uorhaps to jail, me lime aiionoss in jan i That hair oatobinor the nrisou-vard sunahiuet That slender form -Jad in the garments of shame I The boy drew a deep breath, waved one very stfnl c ttnoe at the BiU counter, and u.1in nllrod Htrftiodit to the manager's took tbe 5 yesterday and brought it back to-dav. On mv oath, before I r .. Uod, sir, I have never misapplied one rariii no ni mv monova." iim voioa trembled iu its eagerness, the deep- set eyes gleamed and the white lips worked. "Your purpose, Walters?" Tbe manager looked hard, disbe lioviug. "Direst need. Ob, believe me, sir, I hive served yoa three years hocest lr as man can serve yesterday I borrowed this money and brought it back this morning don t rum my whole life for thu one act. Your pressing need yesterday? John drew a deep breuta agaiu. "I can't well toll you." Then the heads of the firm came in indignant at their misused trust, aud they scorned his story. The defoloa- tion amouuted to almost M in all, and ho had confessed to o, which had been found upon hiui. Of course, he aud no other was the offender, and tbov must teach their employes lesson. do Johu wanted aown tuat Ions shop by the side of the official, his head very erect, his laoe pale and bis knees shaking; all his life he would remember the glances of pity, curiosity uud disdain that he met on every side, as ue puusea tue suit counter tbo little duchess was inoas uriug a great piooe of rose-red, sheeny satin, that gleamed warm and beauti- ful beneath her hands. Bbe was very white, and iu hor eyes was a look of ab- jeet horror aud entreaty ; his eyes re- assured her, and passed on and out of the doer. - Yes, all his life he would iouiembor that that rose-red satin and its brilliant, glancing light. After the triul everyone thought him fortunnte to got only two years, and the little duchess, who had grown tbin and uuoioutdookiug, breathed frooly as she read the account iu the papors, and saw that nor name was not even mentioned iu connection with the matter, lie wrote to her a loving, boyish lotter, and told her sue must be true to him till ho came out and they would bo married and go away whero this could never bo heurd It was no small thin? ho had dono for her, ho knew, and as ho was not more than human he expected his re ward. And tho little duchess had cried auiotly over the letter, and for several days cut oft silk and satin with a pensive, unhappy look that quite touched her customers those few among them who realized that it wan human Hosh and blood at tho other sido of the yard measure. Twenty months after the litiloducn- ess was at tho same oounter measuring silk and satin for the stock-taking, wben a note was brought to her in a writing she rcmemberud too noil. I got out to-day, Nollio come down to the Gardens in tho lauob time." She hesitated when the time camo; but, yon see, he might come to tbe shop, and that would never do. Ho she put on her hat thoughtfully and set oat for tho Domain. He was awaiting hor on the scat where nearly two years ago the par doner had smilod at them. He stood up as she came slowly towards him, and for a minute they gazed at each other without speaking. Khe was in black of course, but fresh and dainty-looking, - with a bunch of white edition at ho. throat, with her little tan shoes, and her huir showing golden against the blaok of hor laoe hat. For him, his face had hardonod. the once thick, early 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 !" he said, dully ; then he put out his hand, took her "I I am glad you re out," she said, carefully looking away from him. "Yes we must be married now, Nellie; that's all I've had to think' about all this awful time." His face flushed a little under its tan, and his eyes lightened. "It's good not to see tbe walls," ho added, looking raund at tho spring s brave show, then away to to tue blue sparkle in the bay and the glancing eails. 'We mnsn't talk of that time, though ever, eh, Nellie?" "No, she said, regarding nor brown shoes intently. His eye noted the emooln round ness of her cheek, the dolioate pink that came and went, tbe turn of the white neck. "Aren't you Koing to kiss me, Nel lie?" ho said slowly ; and he drew her a little strangely and awkwardly to him. Then she spoke. "I knew it wouldn't be any uso, and you'd never have any money or get a place after this. We couldn't be marriod on noiuiug, una , wuow only drag you down to have me, too. I'm not worthy of you." "Well, little duohess," he said soft ly as she stoppod and faltered ; a slow smile crept over his face, and his deep set eyes lighted up with tenderness. Not worthy, his little rtuoUe.l Then tho crimson rushed into her f toe, and she flung up her head de fiantly. I married the new suop-wainor four months ago !" Hartford Times. Bear Hunting la a Town's Suburbs. "Yon are thinking about going bear hunting, ob ! remarked .Simuer 1,1. more, the largest saliniu paokor on me v.uiumum vi, wuou w v. u. aoauaintanoes expressed a desire to bag some big game. "Well, if you want to get plouty of bears without inuou troiuie go io asiorm. "Astoria is a nice time oityo, auous 10.000 inhabitants, bat half a milo I south oi tho (Justo:i forest skirting Young a Kiver and tu i Lawis aud Clarke. Ibo foiest I . . , . . IA. .1... ir:M .1 sireiouos easiwar.i vo mo " va lev ana is mil ui ein. "ret uu I bear, In the summer time ujring the packing season thousands upon thou sands of salmonhuads aro thrown into tbe Columbia Biver off tbe wotor front. Tbo tide carries them around into Young's Bay and they drift up on the beach. "Boars, like cats, are wild for fish. They will leave a beehive to get a salmon head, and the result is tnui great numbers of them come down from the mountains to tho bench to feast on salmon headii. Many people set big log traps baited with salmon in tho timber along tbe beach aud many bears are trapped every year almost within gunshot of tbe Custom House." Ban Frauoisco Post. Walk a TIiousmiJ Miles ti Worship, Tho history of Canada, especially its earlier history, preserves the story of many a deed of heroism an 1 devo tiou on the part of Christian mission aries who worked aud perished among the Indiuus, but there nre few stories which retlectso much credit ou Iu lUu piety as that published from Qjobeu. Moutuguuis uud lijkuuos cauio from the southern shore of Hudson Btrait to worship iu tho 1'roviuce oi tuouoo. This involved a tramp ou foot of 100'J miles. No pilgrimage iu tba middlu ages was ever ma le in circumstances of greater hardship. The eitizeu who is loath to walk a blook to oburi-li along a smooth, dry pnvoiuent, oii:;bt to think of these Iudiaus plodding 1000 miles through au iubo.spiU'ols euuntry.tbrougb forests, across rivers mountains uud lakes, to rouder u duly they owe to their religiou. Torouto Mail aud Empire. TUE MERRY" SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FOUNT MEN OF THE PRESS. They Never Spenk Now Light Headed An Kasy Ilosi Quito Ready Almost a Fixture, Etc. Hn aski-d tho mul b-n for a kiss Tils lovo could not nmother. Hlvi snid (In funl: "Should you tulco oni lou a suroly want nuothwr. H shook hl head and (Irmly said' 1 win not ask tor two! With swiMit surprint) sho muriuurod: All Tho other follows do!" IuternntloDftl Tickot Agcut QFITB BEADY. no "I'd like a flower in my coat when I go." bhe "I'll put it in now," Life. AS EAST BOSS. Clerk "Our new boss is a good one. Blurted his administration by giving each of us a Derby hat." v igwag "Mak in g his presents felt, eh?" Philadelphia Record. ALMOST A FlXTPnB. "You say yoa came up from Florida by boat and. rail without change. How is that possible?" "Easy enough. I came by boot, but more than half the time I was on the rail." Life. WanT-HEAUED. Willie Gibbs "It's awfully strauga, but when I go into the watab, 1 never can hold my head undah faw a moment." Bhe "It would be very surprising if you could." Truth. THE AMEND BOKOBABLE. Indignant Citizen "See here, sir! You reported iu your paper thot I was going around with a black eye. It's abominably false, sir. I am suffering Irom graulosis, and havo to wear a patch to keep the light out." Editor "1 don t like to malco cor rections, my friend, but I'll fix is all right in the paper to-morrow. I'll announce that your antagonist is iu bed with two black eyes." New York Weekly. ' AFTER A LION. "Who is this Doan Swift they nre talking about?" whispered a socioty lady to Lady Bulwer at a party. "I should so like to invite kirn to one of my reoeptions." "Alas, madam, the doan has done something wbioh has shut him out of society." "Dear me, you don't say so? What a dreadful tiling 1" said the lady iu a brenth. "And what was it?" sho added. "Well, about a hundred years ao he died." Tit-Bits. CALLING H1STORV. TO HIS AID. The deacon shook his head. "I enn't do it," he cried impatient ly; "I've put money in your schomes until my patieuce is exhausted and what good does it do? Next month you aro back for more." "But, faAher," protested the young man, "this is the last time I shall have to call upon you tide me over ouly one day and I'm saved, liemom ber what Joshua did." "There you go," interrupted tho deacon, raising au impatient band ; "always ciuotinar the Bible on me. But I fail to see how you can find parallel between this oase and Joshua "You appear to forget," said tbe young man earnestly, "that Joshua kept his sou from going down for twenty-four hours." Kockland Trib une. TIIKT MET lJlf CHANCE. Two real ebtate men, both partial to bicycles, met in tbe club house not many moons ago. "Where is vour wheel?" asked No. 1 of No. 2. "Laid up for ropairs," answered No. !i; "and yours?" "Ditto. What's the matter with yours?" "Biding out last night. Mot a mon key on a wheel iu tbe dark. Collis ion. Bruised my face aud leg and broke my wheel. Tbe wretch who was tho cause of the catastrophe escaped. How was your bike daraagod?" "Riding down K street and met a fool on a velooipedo. He turned into me at Boventecuth street, and, besides having two tires broken, I camo out with a barked shin and sore noso." "What time was it?" exclaimed No. J. "About 10 o'clock." "I wj the 'fool'. "Washington Times. TRACING TUB L03S. The two dollar bill was missing; that was one sure thing. Mr. Hauk iusun had given it to Mrs. Haukinson to pay the icemau, aud Mrs. Huukiu sou had it on tbo uiautel. Now it was gone. Two plumbers bad been in through the room early in the after noon. Later the men from the Utr age warehouse had called for tho llankiukou silverware, ere the Uauk i uso n s departed for tbe couutry. These, bcidis tbo usual members of the fami' , were all who had beau iu the room. "Perhaps," Mrs. Hankiusou mildly observed, "as tbo window was open, it was blown out." Mr. Huukiusou snorted. "Most l'kely it was blown iu!" he said. Then tbe cook came forward. "Thiui plumbers tuk ut I" sho 6uid ; "they were hero first. The storage miu couldn't hev tuk it fur they wor here lust, an' 1 saw it after they wor gone !" Mr. Uankiuson thought profoundly for a momeut, aud, as this seemed a plausible theory, he let it go at that. Puck. SCIENTIFIC AXI) INDUSTRIAL. A pnonmatio tube is to bo plaoed on Brooklyn Bridge to expedite mail communication between the two cities. It is claimed that proxide of hydro gen in combination with the electrio current will bleach discolorod teeth in a few minutes. Acoording to a rocent lecture of Pro fessor Bhustcr, of London, tbe safest courso for a human being in a thunder storm is to get thoroughly wet. Diamond dust was supposed to bo poisonous by the early chomists; but it has been settlod that thore is no poisonous matter in the diamond. David II. Wyokoff roooutly wroto that a million horse power could not produce tbo effect that a singlo flash 'of lightning has beou known to accom plish. The Weather Bureau proposos to es tablish a system of rocket firing along the Atlantic coast to notify vessels passing at sea of tbo approach of storms. It is roportod from Paris that tbe aeronaut Capazza, dropping from an elevation of 4000 foot, bas succeeded in guiding his parachute exactly to the spot previously designated by him. It is not generally known that, size for size, a tlirond of spider silk is do cidodly tougher than a bar of stool. An ordinary thread will boar a weight of three grains. This is just about fifty per cent, stronger than a steel thread of the same thickness. According to tho French profossor, tho rabbit is able to bear tbo greatest oold. ne shut a rabbit up all night in a block of ice and the next morning tho animal scorned to be very com fortable and not to know that any thing unusual had beon going on. The Paris-Lyonos-Mediterranean Railway Company has recently put clocks on the outside of its locomotives on the side toward tbo station plat forms, for the beuoSt of both passou gcrs aud station agents who wish to note the instant of arrival and de parture. The British Medioal Journal calls attention to the fact that diphtheria is often spread by cats. During the last epidemio at Brighton, England, it was found that several cats died of diphtheria and that beyond doubt the dread disease had, in a number of Bases, been communicatod by pets to human beings. The fourteenth annual bulletin of the Frenoh Cremation Booioty - states that in Paris alone more thau 20,000 bodies have been burned since the bo pinning of the raovoment. Tho prooess of converting tho corpse of on adult into ashes occupies slightly loss than an hour. The society counts among its members a largo proportion of wo men. Lightning aud Rubbers. It is not agreeable to be struck by lightning. Nor is it at all necessary. There is a sure preventative as sure as it is simple, iuexpensivo and always accessible a pair of rubbers. If a woman will simply put on a pair of rnbbers when the lightning begins to flash and the thunder to roar, and will stand on the floor so that she touches nothing else, she will be as safe as if she were sealed in a glass uago. Rubber is a non-conductor of elec tricity, and if tho lightning has to go through u sheet of rubber to got at you, it will leave you aloue, uud take something else. In other words, when you have on a pair of rubbers, and not in contact with anything, you aro perfectly insulatod This is not a theory merely ; it is a fact proven by innumerable experi ences. A pair of rubbers has saved many a life in a thunderstorm. Ouly a littlo wbilo ago Horaoo W. Folger, of Cambridgeport, Mass., was on a pilot boat ia Bostou Harbor, when a thunderstorm came up. Ho was on deck wcariug rubber boots but steadying himself with one baud by a wire oublo from tho main topmnst. Lightnyig struck tbo ' topmast, shivering it into splinters. Down the oable went the current. Folger was knocked uucouscious. When ho re covered ho was full of aches aud puius, but ho pulled through. If it had not boon for tho rubber boots, the cur rent would have passed entirely through him. As it was tbe current could uot get through his boots, so it passed down the cable. It might be well to add that a pair of rubbors to be effective against lightning must bo sound and whole. Do not put on an old pair with a crack in tho toe, because electricity will get out of u very small hole whou it is cornered, aud a pair of defective rubbers will do you no good. New York Press. A l'ncumutio Beat. Tbo pneumatic boat of tbo Interna tional Pneumatic Boat Company, New York, will be useful to sportsmen and travelers. It resembles a horse collar made of iudia rubber cloth, but tbe iuterior is provided with rubber boots and trdhscrs, into which the user thrusts his legs, bringing the boat up round his waist. Ho then walks into tbe water and inflates the collar, which buoys him up. Of course he ouu pro pel tho boat by treuuiug tbe water or by rigging up a sml, aud bo remains quite dry. The "boat" is easily cur ried about. A Convict's ltouiaiico. A man in a jealous passion killed a rival iu Iudinua, aud was seutouood to twenty years' imprisonment. The sentence having just expired, the ex convict now a white bared mau has boon married to the woman ou ac count of whom ho committed the orimo. During bis imprisonment the sweetheart worked so hard that sho wus able to uceuiniilut ) money enough to support both during the roiuniuder of their lives. WITHOUT U3. Wo struggle nnd strive for a wondorful plane Tn ('un wondnrf li world ubout n9, Aud ttn-n wodlf, and the wonderful world Onus m"rrlly on without us. Ciii rlo lllake Morgan, in Overluud, IIU.H0K OF THE DAY. The man !who keeps step with con science rarely gets his heels trampled, Cleveland Plain Dealer. Ovrr tho wlrns ereeping, Daily, till oars urn soro. Come tho voIchs of strong men weopiag And women who w.i'it thn score. Pittsburg rrosg. Do not tell secrets to poople on an ooouu voyage. They can never keep auythiug to themselves. Life. Bhn is tu a denl of trouble, For she has lost hor good unme. 'Twhs engraved on her umbrella, Aud somebody stole tho same. Washington Pol Borne hearts never learn the differ enoo between an earnest longing and a hoggish greed. Clevelund Plain Dealer. Spinner "After all, it fs easy to make the time fly." Bicyclist "Yes, only tbe other day I made a century run." Life. Housekeopor "Your milk is as thin as water to-day." Milkman "Well, it was very foggy this morning when we milked." Before marriage, a girl oomplainscf ber kin to her lover, aud after mar riage he complains of tbeiu to her. Atchison Globe. Bilkins "I am advised to take a vacation and go abroad at onoe." Bmithors "Who so advised yoa, your doctor or your lawyer?" Dootor "Aro yoa troablod by areams?" Patient "Very muoh I I bave in my pocket now the third bill for my daughter's latOBt." Paok. It is by no moans vainly' That she's educated well; She's ablo. when sho si u mouso, To give bar oollegu yelU Puck. When you find a mau of whom it is often said that he has his heatt in the right plaoe, there is apt to bo some thing wrong with his head. Atohison Globe. "Cholly shows a groat lack of self confldenoe," said oue friend. "Yes; and right there he buows a great abundance of good judgment." De troit Free Press. Five dollar bills and ten dollar bills Are things 1 don't often soe; But four dollar bills aud nine dollar bills Are presented quite often to me. -Life. Extract from tho casualty column of a Western newspaper : "He fell on his neck, but he didn't weep, for he fell a long distance and tbe neck was his own." West Union Gazette. Possibly tho highest proof of the shrewdness of doctors and lawyers is the foot that they seldom rely on thoir own judgment iu their own cases. Chicago Times-Herald. To lie In a hmnmouk is bliss; Then tho world seems to havo not a frowni Though It's when one is thinking like this Tiuit tho pusky old thing tumbles down. J udge. . Johnny Suaggs "Papa, what is the diilorenco between a boom and a boomlet?" Mr. Snaggs "A boomlet is a movomont in favor of a candidate we don't want, my boy." Pittsburg Chroniole-Telograph. Vultures and u Dead Tiger. The vulture is soeu at its best when a dead tiger, brought iut J camp to be skinned, is exposed iu the open. Over head is a cloudless sky, and not a bird to be soon in that great void by the human eye. The tiger's body is thrown from tho pad to tbo ground, and before tbe skiu has been removed there, above one, aud always nearing the earth, are tho vultures circling, " posing like things of air ; now a dozen of thorn, in a few minutes a soore or two, and then a hundred strong. Then, when the Hayed carcass of the tiger is loft by those who skiuuod it, the vul tures descend ; down thoy come like feathered thunder out of the sky, and from tho east and west and north and south. The very embodiment of power, while they whirled aloft and in thoir quick descent to earth ; and now, as tho wuddlo around that carrion beast, raisshappeu ghouls, whose ouly apparent strength is that of the rav ening juws which tear aud gorge the tiger's llesh, until within the hour naught of that splendid brute remains but a cleun-piokod skeleton. Thirty Years of Bhikar. A New Filter lor Ships. A now filter for ships is made of a tree-trunk. The water is piiuipud tip into a reservoir uud then forced, un- dor heavy pressure, into the filter formed by the trunk of the true. In a few minutes tbe water is seen ooz ing out of tbe lower portiou of tbe trunk, and is entirely freed from salt uud tbe objectiouuble taste of sea water; iu fact, it is drinkable, and may be used for ull domestic pur poses. This is a discovery of the ut most importance, as heretofore chem icals have beou thu ouly means of puriiyiug the sea-water, and this sometimes brought about unpleasant results, ou accouut of developing new elements by tho mixture of tbo puri fiers with tho salt water. Now York Ledger. Rapidity ol llulr-t.rontli. Authorities differ us to the rate of growth of tbo hiuuau huir, and it u sui 1 to bo very dissimilar iu different individuals. T io most usually accept ed calculation gives six uud a half in ches per uuuuin. Au Euglishuiau'a hair, allowed to grow to its extreme length, rarely exoeeds twelve or four teeuiucbos; while that of a woman will grow iu rare instances to seveuty .ir seventy-rive iuchos, tli u'li tbe av erage does uot esccod tvouty-nva or tbiity inches.
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