iTho Forest Republican It pnbllihod every Wedmslay, by J. E. WENK. Office In BmearbauRh & Co.'a Building ELM STREET, TIONE8TA, TA. Termi, - 8l,(Mil'orYor, No subscription received for a ihortor period than throe month. Correspondence solioite 1 from nil parts of tho country. No notlos will bo taken of nnonymout oomiuunloatlons. RATia OF ADVEHTISIMOl EPTJBLICAN. On. fkrtajra, on. inoa, on ham tfua. .9 1 n' On. Bqnar. Inch, on. month.... t Otf On. Bqoara, on. Inch, ttu-Mmontaa.. SOU On. Pquara, on. inch, on. jaar MM Two Bqu.rM, on yaar ... 1 00 Quarter Column, ona jmt.hi, WOC Half Column, on. yar 0 00 On. Column, on. yr.-r. ... ...... 100 K lzl vtrerXiMinxita tew ent pr tta arh lBMrtlon. Marri.irea and daath aottow (ran. All btlitfoT yearly aavrum.nw VOL. XXVIII. NO. 29. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 0, 1895. S1.00 PER ANNUM. quarterly, lamporary aararas D. paid in aovanoa, Job work oMb on d.llrary. IbOREST IP 11 w Fifty-four members of the now ItottRe of Common, about ono in twelve, have written boolts. Lendon hag deoided to convert into park and playgrounds for children the 173 disnsod graveyards in that city. They havo foand out in California tbnt pench stones bnrn as well as coal and give ont more hont. Thoy sell at tho rate of S3 a ton. Secretary Morton shows that Great Britain is our host customer. Oar ex port trade to England alone is greater than with all tho rest of tho world put togothor. i' . Perhaps the new woman is responsi ble for tho falling off in marriages in England. For tho first quarter of this yoar only 10.C persons in 1000 married, which is the lowest rate on record. There aro ono thousand secret or ders in New Tork City, remarks tho Observer, and thoy have not a singlo woman member, and three hundred chnrchcr, the membership of which is three-fourths women. Moro than 100 canning factories have beon started in North Carolina this year, and hereafter there will probably be a great increase in tho number of factories with each recur ring fruit reason thronghont tho wholo South. In casting about for a suitable titlo with which to characterize the pass ing century, it is not improboble, suggests tho New York Telegram, that the "Ago of Speed" will be found to be tho most comprehensive, A glance at tho news of the day shows, in addition to fast yaohts, the trial trip of the fastest express train that has ever been run in Amerioa, a meet ing ot the three fastest four-year-olds that have ever run on the American tiack, the training of the fastest ame tenr sprinters for the international athletic contest, tho fastest cablo tuessago ever handled by uny of tho cable compouics, and tho attempt of the St. Louis, one of the fastest of they oocan greyhounds, to break hor own record. Toronto, Canada, seems, to Harper's Weekly, to be one of the most regu lated cities in tho civilized world. Sunday is kept there like a tuit of host clothes. There are no Sunday newspapers; the streetcars don'trun; nothing goes on except interest. Even the tides in Lake Ontario omit to ebb and flow on tho Lord's Day. On week days you can rido on tho Toronto street cars for four cents a ride, and if you are going to sohool you can ride at half rate no matter how old you are or how big. The street railways pay the city a just rent for their franchises, and the re sulting revenue is vory large and saves taxes. Nevertheless, it is as serted from time to time that Toronto is losiug in population. The good people don't care, for they say thoy would rather livo in a good city than in a big one, but oovctoua person who do business or own real estate in Toronto grumble, and say the town is too good to succeed. The Chioago Times-Herald observes : 'Albert Baoh, who suggested before the medico-legal oongress that phy sicians should have the right to de stroy the life of a person afflicted with an incurable disease and suffering in tensely from it, is not the first to ad vance the proposition. The subject, repulsive as it is to the imagination, has been discussed by more radioal European eoientiets, who would also dispose of the congenital! insane and persons deformed from birth and liable to protracted pain. Their sug gestions have nbver amounted to any thing more than a temporary sonsa tion; It may be conceded that in 4 few casea, such as acute mania or hy drophobia, where the patient is suffer ing from a pitiless malady without hope of relief short of death, the phy . sician has taken the responsibility of ending the agony by administering an overdose cf opiates. It is well known that duriug tho war surgeons some times gave the coup de grace to tor tured victims of buttlo. But what a respousibility these well-intending . practitioners take I What an unholy function to gain the name of phi lanthropy or science 1 If the prac ticu is common or if physicians gener ally approve of it they keep knowledge and approval to themselves. Their offense is murder under all luws, human aud Divine. The sanctity of life is paramount to every other con sideration, aad it would be iudeed de plorable if the right to slay and fear wot should bo delegated to any oUss of men, either by law or by common consent." SWEET PATIENCE, Oh, trifling tasks so oftnn done, Yet over to be done nnow! Ob, ceres which como with every mm, Morn after morn, the long voars through1 We shrink beneath their paltry sway The Irksome calls of every day. The rofttlnsa senso of wasted powor, Tho tiresome round of little things, . Are hard to bear, as hour by hour Its tedious iteration brings; Who shall evade or who dolay The small demands ot every day? Tho boulder In the torrent's course By tide and tempest lashed In vain, Obeys the wave-whirlod pebble's force, And yiolds Its substance grain by grain; Bo crumble strongest Uvea awny Beneath tho wear of ovory day. 15 i Wo rise to moo! a heavy blow Our souls a sudden bravery flll3- But wo endure not always so Tho drop-by-drop of little IIIbI Wo still deplore and still obey Tho hard bohosls of every day. Tho heart which boldly faces death Upou the battle-field and dnres Cnnnon and bayonets, fr.lnts bonoath Tho needlo points of frets and enref The stoutest spirits they dismay " The tiny things of every dny. And even saints of holy fame, Whose souls bv faith have ovorcome, Who woro amid the cruel name The molten crown of martyrdom, Bore not without complaint alway The petty pains of every day. Ah, moro than martyr's aureole, And more than hero's honrt of fire, We need the humble strength of soul, Which dally toils and Ills require; Sweet rntlence, grant us. If you may, An added grace for every day. Elizabeth Akers Allen. THE MISSING WITNESS. HAD just taken possession of the worst room in Diggs's tavern I was a Jyoung lawyer on my first circuit, and Diggs Kept His best ac commodations for the old stagers when the words, "I say, Bill," and Tom Mansfield burst npon me at the same instant. Tom and 1 had been cronies from the tiinowe committed our first juve nile treepass on Deaoon Boxley's watermelon patch till we afterward studied the actiou of that name to gether in Judge Thompson's office. "I say, Bill, I've got a case, and want your assistance." "Ah I" said I, in a consulting tone. 'A will case," he continued, "full of the nicest kind of points, and the prettiest woman in the world for a client." "What about fees?" I inquired. "If we suooeed there'll bo plonty of money; if we don't, it will bo a uoblo cau Be to fail in." "That's what they said of the dash ing young cuap that broke his neck trying to' make two-forty time with the chariot of tho sun, but it didn't mend his neok." "Confound your mythology; busi ness is business. Let me state the case." "State away." This was it : John Andrews had settled in the country when it was young. He had grown with its growth, and was the proprietor ot half a dozen farms and "one fair daughter." His wife, the partner of the earliest and severest portion of his struggles, had died many years before, and his daughter had beoome the mistress of his hp"ie while yet a child. As Effie inorel id in years her father pros pered , and when at length he found himself the possessor of wealth, the ambition, so common under such cir cumstances, of elevating his daughter to a station in life above that in which She had been reared became a ruling passion. The first thing was to buy her a splendid education; and. like other not ovor-good judges of the ar tiole, he was governed in his choice more by the gaudiness of the coloring than by the quality of the texture. At the end of the usual period Effie was sent home "finished." A house was purchased in town, of which Eflie was made the mistress, and at which Mr. Belden, a young gentleman of city antecedents, and far too" nice to have anything so vulgar as a visible call ing, became a frequent visitor. He had just brains enough to think of providing for the future by a scheme of which Miss Andrews and her appur tenances constituted the central fea ture. But one difficulty remained to be en countered. How to oonoiliat6 the rough old woodsman there was the rub. He had permitted his daughter to amuse herself with tho young dandy, much as he would have allowed ner to play with a poodle. But could he have brought himself to tolurato the idea of her marrying anybody? When Belden reported at headquar ters and implored the paternal sanc tion of his suit he received no such thing ; "on the contrary, quite the re verse. " When Effie tried to talk her father over, for the first time in his life he flew into a passion with her, and sho dared not renew the subject. But Love, the little pagan, pays no respeot to the fifth oommundmeut. The officious interference of parents and guardians only renders him the more impatient and unruly, Effie, after protesting she couldn't possibly think of such a thing, aud af ter many vain attempts to conjeoture whaf people would say, at last, with graceful hesitancy, consented to elope. Huge, frenzy, despair are weak words to describe the emotions of John Andrews when he found his house had beon robbed of its chiofest treas ure. Ilia first impulse was pursuit. It was night when he set out. Mr. An drews's horse stumbled, preoipitnting his rider to the ground and falling heavily upon him. He was taken up insensible, and carried to tho nearest honse. A physician was called, who pronounced the injuries of a most seri ous character. As soon as consciousness returned he dispatched a messenger for a nephew of his, a lawyer of not very good repute, residing in a neighbor ing town. Who Jackson, tho nephew, arrived, he was left alone with his undo at the latter's request. At the end ot an hour the doctor was summoned and requested by Mr. Andrews to note his signature to a paper, to which ho then affixed his name, declaring it to be his will. On his nephew's suggestion that an other witness was requisite, Mr. An drews named MaoX'herson, a Scotch man, and requested the doctor to send him in. MacPherson, it eeems, had been sent on some errand ; but as soon as he re turned the doctor communicated Mr. Andrews's message, and went himself to attend a sick call in the neighborhood, not deeming his presence tbero im mediately'neoessary. Whon he oame back he was aston ished to find his patient dead. By the will, which was published some days after his death, the entirety of his property was dovised to his nephew, who had attended him in his last illness. Everything was in due form. True, MasPherson, one of the witnesses, pursuant to a previous in tention, had sailed for Scotland short ly after tho funeral, and was not pres ent before the Judge of Probate. But his handwriting was proved, and the evidonoe of the remainig witness was qnito satisfactory. Poor Effie's grief, when she reoeived the intelligence ot her father's death, was too profound to be doepnnod by the news of hor own disinheritance. Under all the circumstances, one would have thought that the young husband would have been unremitting in tenderness and sympathy toward his sorrowing bride, who had sacri ficed so much for his sake. And so he would, had he loved her, but de did not. The fact is, his whole heart and soul and mind were oocupied with a previous attachment not for another ; the farthest possible from that its object was himself. This affection, which was of the most ardent descrip tion, had met with a blighting disap pointment in his wife's loss of fortune ; and with hor unceasing grief and continued solf-aoousation Bhe offored no reproaches to him he had but lit tle patience, and soon gave her to un derstand as much. At length he was found dead in his bed one morning, after a night of ca rousal. Effie's cousin, instead of making any provision for hor whoso rights he had most unrighteously supplanted, left hor wholly dependent on others, and had she not fonnd a home in the house of an old friend of her father, she might have gone shelterless. Tom MansSold, who had casually made the acquaintance of the young widow, became warmly interested in her oause, and, guided probably more by sympathy than judgment, had com menced an action to contest the wilL And this was the case in whioh he wished my assistance. We sat up nearly all night in con sultation. There was a point whioh we both thought a "beautiful" one, and we devoted our principal efforts to strengthening it. Ours was the first case on in the morning. Arrayed against us were three of the oldest and ablest practi tioners of the oircuit. Jackson had plenty of money now, and was himself no fool in "putting up" a case. I felt not a little nervous, it was my first case of any importanoe. My courago revived a little when our client came in, eeoorted by Tom, who introduced mo as his associate, and handed her to a seat sear our table. Almost immediately the trial began. The evidence varied but little from the faots already detailod. The at tending physician was very deoided in his opinion that the testator, at the time of signing the paper in question, was in the full possession of his mental faculties. The signature of the absent witness was sworn to by Mr. Jackson himsolf. who further tests tied that the deceased had requosted MacPherson to witness the instrnment, at the same time- de claring it to be his will. At Tom s instance I subjected this witness to a searching cross-exaniina-tiou, but he stood fire like a sala mander. He swore that the testator had not only dictated every line ot the will, bat had heard it read, and had twice read it over himself, before executing it. I gave him up in des pair. At length the evidence closed, and I rose to present our point. It was put in the shape of a motion to direct a verdict for the contestant, on the ground that the witnesses had not subscribed in the presenoe of each other. I was about to adduce arguments and authorities, when the judge inter posed : "lne rule you claim undoubtedly was tho law, and should be so still, but a statute has changed it. The wit nesses need not now sign in each oth ei's presence." A hasty examination proved his Honor was right, and our mam point was done for. To our great relief the court ad- journeJjfor dinner. We were to sum up in the afternoon. That task, on our side, was assigned tome, but I felt it was hopeless. I was determined, howover, to take what sat infliction 1 could ont of Jackson by abusing him as roundly as the 'rules of the court would allow. And, after all, who could toll? The jury might take the the bit in their mouth, and give us a verdict in spite of the law and evi dence. Kesponsibility beoomos amaz ingly light when divided by twelve. On the reassembling of court I was a littlo surprised as well as annoyed at Tom's absence. Could it be he was leaving mo in tho lurch, and staying away to avoid the mortification of our final defeat? I had just risen to address the jury, when somobody plucked m by the coat. It was Tom, his eyes fairly gleam ing and his whole frame in a tremor of excitement. "What's tho matter?" I whispered. "MacPherson's here." "tVhat! tho other witness?" "Yes ; just arrived." "But will it help us to call him?" "Trust me for that. Put him on the stand at onoe. " "What shall I ask him ?" "No matter ; you can't go far wrong; if you miss anything I'll prompt you." In a few words I explained to the court our reasons for wishing to re open tho testimony. Jackson turned pale, and whispered to bis counsel, but they shook thoir heads ; our ap plication was one that would be grant ed, of course. "Call your witness," said the judgo. "Donald MaoPherson I" shouted Tom. The witnoss, a brawny Soot, ad vanced to tho stand and was sworn. "Mr. MaoPherson, look at that sig nature and tell us if it is yours," I said. "It is." "Do you know the signature to the right of it?" "Yes; that's the signature of Mr. Andrews." "Did you see him write it?" "No ; but I am weel acquent with his hand." "Were you roquested to witnes3 that paper?" "Yes," "By whom?" ' "By Mr. Jaokson." "Did Mr. Andrews say nothing about it?" "No ; he was dead when I oame in." There was no cross-examination. "I submit the case without argu ment," I said, resuming my seat. Our senior opponent was one of those lawyers with whom it is a mat ter of conscience to show fight to the last. In a brief speech ho admitted it to be essential that both the wit nesses should have signed their names before the testator's doath, but olaimed that, inasmuch as the testimony of Jackson and MacPherson was in direot conflict on this question, it must be left to the jury. "Certainly; answered his Honor. But when he had conoludod his charge there wasn't much ot Mr. Jaok son or his testimony left. The jury gave ns a verdict without leaving the box. Tom, I am sorry to say, behaved very unhandsomely in tho division of the spoils. Although I was liberally piJ, ho took the widow and her whole for tune for his share. New York News. A Case ol Identification. A prominent uptown man tells the following story on himself, He says; "1 was in Chioago a short timo ago, and knowing thrft I would receive through tho Po it Office a money or der within the next day or two, I went around to the Postoffioe to identify myself to them in advauoe. " U am expecting a money order to the amount of ,' I said to the clerk in that division, 'and my name is .' I showed him some letters addressed to mo from other parts. 'Now,' I continued, 'if I am not the man I claim to be I must have killed him, and am now impersonating him.' The clerk laughed, but I thought that vis ions of more Holmes murders were floating through his mind. Well, the order came on time, and when I called to get the money the same clerk was at the desk. He took one look at me, sized me up and without more ado counted out the money and handed it tome, saying: 'Oh, yes; you're the fellow who murdered tho man. Philadelphia liocord. The Upas Tree Myth. The nonsense about the poisono us exhalations of tho upas tree were dis sipated long ago. It is. however, a good old myth, with many variants in folk-lore. Professor Weisner believes that the upos tree is the Antiaiis toxi caria, to be found in Java, There is one speoies, the innoxia, which is harmless, whereas a drop of the isi pisated juice of the toxioaria will kill a dog. Anyhow, there are quite a number ot the so-called upas trees growing in the botanical garden of Java, and you may walk around the grove in the most comfortable man ner. New York Times. Working I'uJer the lied ot the Thames, For months men have been working deep down beneath the bod of the Thames, in the very heart of London, in the construction of the eleotrio rail' way from the city to Waterloo. The only opening is in tho middle ot the river, and through this the excavated earth is removed. The workmen have now passed beyond the river bed on either side, uud are making their way under the city. Tit Bits. Meaning ol I'lowu. Clown was at first a tattooed per son. In Britain aud Frauoe the ooun try people retaiued the habit of tattooing or of painting the faces in imitation of tattooing long after it had been abandoned in the cities. Baltimore Herald. . THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFJ1 STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY Vin FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS, Queen of Pies Cordial Assent A. na Investment A Contented Hustler A Itoston Hello, Ktc. She isn't versod In Latin, she doesn't paint , on fat 1 11, Bhe doesn't understand the artful witchery of eyes; But oh! sure; 'tis true au 1 certain sin is very pat and pert in Arranging the component parts of luseiou? ' pumpkin pies. Bhe cannot solve or twist 'cm, viz. tho planetnry system. She cannot tell a Venus' from a Saturn in the skies; But you ought to soo lier grapplo with the fruit that's known ns apple. And arrive at quick conolusiuu when ,sli) tackles toothsome pies. She couldn't write a soune;, mil sho couldn't trim a bounor, Bhe isn't very bookish in her letter ol r: plies; But she's much at home jb, very! when sho takes the juicy berry, And manipulates quito' skillfully sympo sium lu pies. CORDIAL ASSENT. Minnie "The man I marry must be a hero." Mamie "Yes, indeed." Indianap olis Journal, ' A BAD INVESTMENT. "I have loved and lost." "Did vou get back your engagement ring?" "No; that's what troubles me." Truth, A BOSTON DELLS. Hicks "But, really, what kind of a looking girl is this Miss Beekonl" Wicks "Well, I cau hardly say; you see, she didn't havo her glasses on the day I sawher." Boston Trau cript. WOMAN 8 INHUMANITY TO W011AN. Clara "George, is looking very handsomo and brilliant this evening." Mabel "Yes, ho proposed to me an hour ago." "And you've refused him I" Chi cago Record. GROUNDLESS FEARS. The Philanthropist "In giving you that quarter, Bir, I'm afraid I've be friended a hard drinker." The Beneficiary "You're mistaken this time, eir; drinking is ono of the easiest things I do." Puck. HOW HE WAS SORRY. "3ay you are sorry for throwing the book at your littlo .brother," said a forgiving mother, "and I'll not pun ish you." "Yes, ma," replied little Johnnie. "I'm sorry it wasn't a brick." OUGHT TO 81' IT. Woman "I want to buy a book for a little Boston boy. Have you any thing you oan recommend?" Clerk "Yes, ma'am. We have just reoeived 'Jack and the Bean-stalk' m words of five syllablos." Judgo. on I Irate Pa "Did you tell that young man of yours that I'm going to have the gas turned off at ten?" Trix "Yes." Irate Pa - "Well?" Trix "He's coming at a quarter past in future." Judy. A CONTENTED HUSTLER, Neighbor "Business picking up ny?" Brown "Yes; I am thankful to say that it has. Tho hard times are over. I've got employment for my wife, and both my little girls. Nothiug like hustling." Harper's Weekly. ON THE LAWN. Dills "Do you believe that the loientists are right in sayiug that we re taller in the morning thau in the night?" Mills "No; from personal experi ence I know that I am a good deal ihortor in the morning, particularly after a night out with the boys." New York World. COVERING! A UHAVER CRIME. Mrs. Outci town-"That, Mr. Sub bubs ehows more consideration for his neighbors than any man I evar saw." Mr. Onlertown (astonished) "Con sideration I Ooodheaveus! Did you Call it consideration to wheel a lawn- mower up and down his grass plot every morning at six o'clock!" Mrs. Outertown "Yes; but he docs it so the neighbors will not hear bis daughter piacticing siuging let sous." Puck, A LIBERAL LANDLADY, New Boarder "What do we get foi dinner to-night?" Old Boarder "This is the night wo usually have chicken." New Boarder "That s not halt bid. Do we often got chiokeu?" Old Boarder "Oh, about threo times a week," New Boarder "Well, by jove I that's pretty line ; but I dou't see how Mrs. Skiiuper cau afford ft." Old lioardtr "Uh, it s the sumo chicken." Brook! yu Life. NOT ON A rUUf'UASISa TOUR. 'Will you be my wife? ' She was very beautiful. Some es timated her beauty us high as 310,- 000.OOJ. "So 1 ' she answered. "I cumo abroad to shop, aud with no id'j.t of uiakiug any purchases. Kot io day, thank you." The titled aristocrat ground his teeth in ruge. lie had ground his teeth in nolUiu else since the previous day ut luuoh con. Detroit Tribune. SCIENTIFIC AJD INDUSTRIAL J There are 150 varieties of mos quitoes. The yaoht Dofenler has a full suit of sails of ramie cloth. In the hope of overcoming tho ten dency to slip, bicycle tire.i are now being made from the rouh skins of sharks, spottod dogs and other fish. The smoke of London in certain states of the wind is found to con dense on the sea as far away a Dev onshire, blackening the water for miles. Constant current machinos are mado of an output up to as many as 2000 aro lights, about 10,000 volts and nine amperes, or ninety kilowatts capacity. Duiing tho yeor a mbnnment is to be unveiled at Osteol, in East Fries land, in memory of the discoverers of the sun's spots, David and Job an a Fabricins. A transparent mirror glass, recently introduced in Germany, reflects light on one side, from which it is practi cally opaque, while from the other sido it is transparent. During a thunderstorm, it is point ed out, the inhabitants of houses should not remain in the kitchen or other room where a fire is burning in the grate, as tho heated gases fr)m the chimney top provide a lino of least resistance, and this is so whether the house be provided with lightning rods or not. In transporting tho great lens for tho Ycrkes telescope from the Clark laboratory, at Cambridge, it will bo necessary to poise and balance it most carefully to reduce jarring, and to change its position constantly in or-' der to avoid polarization of the molo cules of the glass by the swaying mo tion of the train. Tho reason why ships are not struck by lightning is attributed to the gen eral use which is now made of wire ropo for rigging purposes, as woll as to the fact that the hulls of ships are usually constructed of iron or steel. Thns tho whole ship forms an excel lent and continuous conductor, by means of whioh tho electricity is led away into the ocean before it has time to do any serious damage. Professor Frederick V. Coville, of the United States Department of Agriculture, recently climbed to the summit of Monnt Saddleback, Maine. Professor Colville fonnd there many Arctic Alpine plants, including Green land ohiokweed, Alpine holygrass, mountain orauberry, Arctio rush, Arotio pinks and many others. His aneroid baromotor gave tho altitude as 1100 foot above sea level. Bicycle Records. Poople who had paid no attention to bioyoling matters will be surprised to loara of the records for speed and en durance which have lately been made on the modern wheel. A recent road reoord is that of Holboin, who, on July 7th, covered 237 miles in twenty, four hours on roads between London and Peterborough, A traek reoord is that which was mado in a twenty-font hour bicycle race at Putney, England, on June 22 and 23. In this trial of enduranco and speed A. C. Fountaine made 47-4 miles 1290 yards in twenty four hours. But the greatest achieve ment in the way ot endurance is that which was made some weeks ago by a Frenchman named Uurct. Ho cov ered 61S miles in twenty-fonr hours npon a track. Loaving the question of endurance and coming down to tho question of speod, it will bo interest ing for those who have compared the speod of bicyclists with the speed ot horses to note this table : 1-3 ml e. S-l mllo. 1 mile. Johnson (bicyollst).. .46 4-8 1.11 4-5 1.35 2-t Halvator (race horse). .47 1-2 1.11 1-2 1.35 1-K Flying Jib (paoer). .. .59 1.23 S-4 1.51 1-4 Hobort J. (pacer). ...1.0 S-4 1.30 1-4 2.01 1-2 Alix (trotter) ..1.01 3-4 1.32 3-1 2.03 3-4 It will be soon from the foregoing record that the bicyolo has made fast er time than any horse, either run ning, pacing, or trotting, and the cur ious fact is that the greater the dis tance the greater tha advantage iu favor of tha oyolist. Argonaut. A I.nr'e L tbstsr. The biggest lobster ever caught oil the Connecticut coast was brought to this city this morning by Captain Lord, of East Lyme It was caught in bis pond yesterday. The biggest lobster ever known hereabouts up to this timo weighed fourteen pouuds. A leg of Captain Lord's mouster is as big as a man's thumb and the "wrist" at tho claw as big as a man's wrist. The lob ster is from two and one-half to threo feet long, and its body is as big arouud as a good-sized puinkin, Bay two feet in circumference. Captain Lord will boil tho big follow and test its flesh, which may be too rank to eat. lie will then have the shell stuffed and placed on exhibition at Flyun's, prob ably. The lobster is the same as any other lobster txcept iu size. It may be ago that has distended him, for he may have crept iu from the great deep just for a lurk, a sample of the giants further out. His pugnacity is not great, but on the trip ho was carefully kept in a stroug box. Hartford Post. Stars In t'10 Milky Way. During tho last few days Professor Barnard, of the Lick Observatory, has been engaged in photographing iu de tail the Milky Way. When the plates are finished, which will not bo for three years, it is expected that the facts revealed by them will revolu tionize the old conceptions of this re markable phenomenon. Tho text books declare that the Wilky Way probably contains 20,000,000 sums, but Professor Barnard estimates that the camera will record the presenoe of at least 500,000,000, with the certainty that there must be a still larger num ber which are not visible. New York Telegram, HOW 1 LOVE HER. now I love hor nono mny say In what sweet and varied way; Loving her this way and that For a ribbon on her hat; For her soft cheek's crimson dyes--For a trick of her blue eye?! flow I lovo her nono may sny, Yet I love her nil tho dny! How I lovo her nono may know; Who can say how roses grow? How, where'er it brenthos and blow, Still the roug'a wind Iovjs tho rose? For her lips, so h3nny-swa'3t, For tho falling of hor fejt Who shall all my lovo declare? Yet I lovo her nil the y 3ar! How I lovo hor non j may tny In the winter, in tho May In all seasons, dark or brlgli'. Love by day and lovo by nigbl! For hor glance her smilo the moro Presonco of hor hero and thcrJ; In my sighing, in my sJDg, Still I love hor all life lon;! -Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. HUMOll OF THE DAY. Give good, sound advice and get yourself disliked. .fudge. You may bo persevering yourself, but no need for you to try to porse- "Some men," says the Monoynnk Philosopher, "never have any spirit till after death." Philadelphia P.e cord. Candidate "I can't imagine what caused my defeat." Friend "The election of your opponent, 1 should -say." Albany Journal. Possibly what makes it more annoy ing and painful is, whatever he does for man, the mosquito presents his bill before beginning work Phila delphia Timos. Fond Mother "My darling, it is bed-timo. All the littlo chickens have gone to bed." Littlo Philosopher "Yes, mamma; anl so has the old hen." Judge. Horse Dealer "Yon had better buy the horse, Colonel. You - will never find a healthior animal." Colonel Jones "I believe it. If he hadn't been healthy all his lifo he never could have lived bo long." Tammany Ximes. Mrs, Higbee "I think you had bet ter go for the doctor, George. Johnny complains of pains in his bead." Hicbeo "I imcsg it is nothing ser-. ious. He has had them before" Mm TT i rhin "Vfla Unf. nnvx nn Saturday," Brooklyn Life. He was a very brilliant man; He bad a master mind. In homely walks of drudgery His lofty spirit pined. najviuaw (.,11. Minus i.i.u DliUOUll. lie could unfold to you; But somehow ho had never done, But always meant to do. They were telling of books that thoy had read, and the man with the high forehead asked what the other thought ol tne "Urigin ot Species. Xne other said he hadn't read it. "In fact," he added, "I'm not interested in financial subjeots," Boston Tran script Mr. Noopop "My baby cries all night. I don't know what to do with it." Mr. Knowitt-"l'll tell you what I did. As soon as our baby com menced to cry I used to turn on all tho gas. That fooled him. Ho thought it was broad daylight and went to sleep." Pearson's Weokly. "Yes," said the invontor, "I think T. .'II! !.. 11 JT . . 1 see minions in it, 11 1 cau oniy get the thing to work," "No doubt," said the doubting friend. "What have you in mind now?" "A scheme for confining cyclones in bicycle tires. Boo? There is your ideal motor, et merely the cost ot capture." India napolis Journal. W hat Water Cau Do. The effect of tho hydraulio motor, which is now used for tho purpose of removing masses ot earth, well nigh passes bolief. A stroam of water issuing from a pipe six inches in diameter, with a fall behind it of 373 feet, will carry away a solid rook weighing a ton or more to a distanco of fifty or 100 feet. I (Thevelooity ot the stream is terrific, and the column of water projected is bo solid that if a crowbar or other heavy object be thrust against it tha impinging object will bo hurled a con siderable distance. By this stream of water a man would be instautly killed if he came into contact with it, even at a distance of 200 feet. At 200 feet from the nozzlo a six inch stream, with 215 feet full, pro jected momentarily against the trunk of a tree, will in a secoud denude it ot the heaviest of bark as cleanly as it it hud been out with an axe. Whenever such a stream is turned against a buuk it cuts and burrows it in every direction, hollowing out preat caves aud causing tons of earth to melt and full aud bo washed away . in the sluices. Montreal Star, , Mauling iii a fo;. A novel arrangement for signaling at sea during fugs has been placed iu positiou ou Winter Quarter lightship No. 15, now repairing aud relitUug at Wilmiugton, Del. It consists of two safety oil eugiues, supplying com pressed air to two upright boilers, which in turn are automatically acted upon by tuueulocks, placed above. These open aud close tho wListlo valves alternately every liity-five bojouIs. No steam power is use I, tho power being derived from explosions of oil vapor. Tho pressure of uir is regula ted at forty pouuds, aud gives a shrill blast at each explosiou. The new ap pliance is expected to prove effective iu uiaiutaiutug ami opratiug the fog whistle when coal might not be ob tainable for fuel, au J iu trausmittiug a clear tone for many miles, New Orleans Times Demociut.
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