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RE est Socialism is raid io make rapid progress in Bpa'c. Ordinarily when a European says "America" be means "tho United State." Tho Fleasr.nt Sunday Afternoon movement in England has enrolled some hundred thousand members, and is steadily nuranoinp. Tho census of 1895 shows that the German Empire now has a population of CI, 753,00,'), despite emigration, an inorease of 2,330,000 in four and a half yenrr. Thoy aro raising a row in Wisconsin ever the Stato university. It is charged thai it is being converted into nn institution for the sons of rich men, and that poor men havo no show ther. "r.aroly does the death of a public, man call forth euch generous, almost unqualified, Rnd practically universal tributes of esteem both for the man find the political leader,"' notes Publio Opinion, "as hive beon acoordod tho late ez-Senator Thnrman." By the official cenms of 1811, taken in the year preco.ling the beginning o! hostilities with the United States, tho population of England was 10, nOO.OCO, of Scotland 1,800,000, and of Ireland 0,000,000, a total of 18,000, 130. The census o" the Unitod States taken in 1810 showed the total popu lotion of this country to be. States and Territories 7,230,000. The last official census o! Great Britain, taken in 1891, showed the population to have been 37,SS8,000, and the census of the United State?, taken the year previous, showed tho population of this country to bo C2,C22,000. Dr. II. K. Carrol!, in tho Independ ent, says that the aggregate o! oolored chrtroh members in the Unitod States is, in round number?, 2,07-1,000, dis tributed as follows : Baptists, 1,403, 659; Methodist?, 1,190,038; Prosby tcrianv, 30,000; Disciples of Christ, 18,578, nnd Protestant Episcopal and Reformed Episcopal together, some what loss thaj 5000. According to tho census 2gures, there has been aa increase of 1,150,030 colored c'uuroh members during tho last thirty years, which Dr. Carroll thinks is unparal leled in the history of the Christian Church. The voice of colored church property is S26.62G.000, and the num ber of edifices is 23,770. An Australian agriculturist, Mi Kricbauff, has called attention to the fact that tho potato will celebrate the 300th anuiversnry of its introduction into England this year. It was in 159C that Sir Walter Raleigh returned to England from America with the first tobacco and pointoe?, which oi'iginally grew in Peru. Although the potr.to, it is estimated, now furnishes one sixth of the nourishment o! the human race, for a long time it was a delicacy for the rich alone. Even at the be ginning of the seventeenth century noblemen paid two shillings a pound for potatoes and seasoned them with elerry. People often visited the gar dens of the botanist Gerard at Hoi born to sco the plants in bloom. There is talk of a celebration in honor of the anniversary. The American Cultivator remarks: Tho fire fiend is an enemy to forestry. More stringent measures are necessary to prevent forest fires. The forests are becoming too valuable to be neg lected. Their destruction by fire means not only the loss of property, but the serious loss of employment to woodsmen, teamsters, sawyer?, wood workers and all the kindred trades. Ordinary cutting of trees need not destroy a forest, but a heavy lire works destruction. Dr. liothrock, of the Pennsylvania forestry commission, thinks it an outrage that while a man under our lawa cannot set fire to a ben coop without severe punishment, he may carelessly or willfully set fire to a forest and burn up many thou sand dollars' worth of proporty with out being molested. Pennsylvania loses 91,000,000 annually through forest flres, and 850,000,000 would not cover tho annual loss to the coun try from this cause. It is found in many cases that when a mau is pur sued by one holding a mortgage on bis woodland he sets fire to it to spite the man who foreclose!. It is very difficult to convict such a man. Care lessness and ignorance are responsible for many fires, jot thousands of dol lars' worth are burned every year from this causo without anybody ever being punishel. Why one kind of property can be burned up with im punity when other kinds are protected by the severest fines is one of the curiosities of legal administration that is beginning to hi looked after uouu too curly. A .DEAUTIFUL THOUGHT. Chlsnl In hnud stood a ssulptor bij-, With his marblo block before him. And his face lit up with a smile of joy As an nnifo'-dreani passed o'er him. Ho carved the dream on the, shapeless stone With many a sharp Inalsion; With heaven's own llirht the sculptor stood Ho had cnught tho "Angel Vision." Sculptors of life aro we, as wo stand With our souls unearved boforo us, Wnltlng the hour'whun at Ood's command. Our lifo- dream passes o'er us: If we carve It thon on tho yielding slon, With many a sharp Incision, Its heavenly beauties shall be our orn, Our lives that "Angol Vision." Wshop Doane. A STORY OF THREE. BY AMIERT B. HOOl'ER. E was a stalwart young farmer, a grandly built man, with a handsome, bronzed face ; broad shoulders, feet which stood square ly npoc the earth, .w.ni ana a pair or tear CaSEless eves. Frank Maxwell, agod twenty-five, owner of broad acres, a physical frame in per fect condition and a well developed luind, was a man (o be envied. She was a dainty maiden, with a graceful figure, a complexion of mingled roses and lilies and eyes as bright and blue as the summer skies. Daisy Springfield, aged nineteen, owner of a beautiful face, a glad hearted, sunny disposition and count Joss pretty dressos. was a woman to be loved. It was something loss than a man, bnt more than an animal, with a face of satyr-like hidcousnoss, a misshapen back, bowed legs and a pair of arms so long that tho hands hung low like those, of a gorilla. Dumb Dick, of age unknown, owner of a half-witted mind, a body of abnormal strength and ugliness and a fierce and ungov ernable temper, was a creature to be shunned and distrusted. These were the invariable judgments of everybody who knew the three characters of this little story. Frauk was an orphan, living on his own farm, understanding his business and capable of conducting it in a thoroughly efficient manner; just tho sort of man who would be likely to cut a very respectable figure in the world and end by leaving bis children more money and more acres than his father had left him. Daisy was the only daughter of a prosperous lawyer, a little inolincd to be vain of her good looks, but good by nature and thoroughly puro heart ed ; just the sort of woman to make an affectionate wife, careful of her home, a comfort to her husband and a friend to her children. Dumb Dick was presumably the or phan child of agypsy woman, who had brought him long years ago to tho workhouse aud had died there. He was wild and unmanageable, had run away and refused all control, and lived where and how he could. Frank and Daisy 6tood together in tho path of a little wood. Dumb Dick was also in the wood, but was hidden by a thiok screen of hazels. Frank and Daisy faced each other, and Frank held both of Daisy's little white hands in one of his brown palms. Dumb Dick, all unseen, clenched his rist and ground his teeth in fury, crumpling up his face into the new ugliness of mingled rago aud misery. The little wood was very still, save for a slight rustling among the dry leaves, or the crack of a twig beneath the swift foot of a squirrel, or the oc casional fall of a ripe nut. And in the silence and tho shadow Frank bent forward and kissed Daisy lightly on the hps. Then the lovers walked away to gether, hand in hand, like a pair of uappy children And all alone behind his screen of hazels, Dumb Dick Hung himself down at full leugth, clawing at the brown earth with uis hands aud giving vent to his feelings in inarticulate growls of rago and dry choking sobs of misery, Frank bought a new dog oart, a light and delicate turnout of the latest pat tern, painted black and picked out with red, and with its polished lamps and new silver plated harness and its bright bay, it looked rather a smart nnd showy affair. He drove it round in triumph to Squire Springfield's, and his pride redoubled when he saw Daisy's delight. But when he had handed her in, dressed in her latest and prettiest costume, and hid sprung lightly up to his plaoo beside her, he felt that bis pride and happiness were almost complete. He gathered up the reins, clicked enoouragingly to the bay, and off they went, bowling along the lanes in splen did style, laughiug and chatting as only a happy pair of lovor3 can when the course of their love la smooth and prosperous. The first slight chili of autumn was in the air ; the hedgerows were brown ing, and the perfume of the flowers had given place to a faint scent of do cay, but it was summer in the hearts of the lovers, and in the selfishness of their bliss they were heedless of the first eigus of the year's approaching death. On a piece of comnioa land which skirted the little wood in which Frank had told Daisy of his love there were uiauy clumps of bracken, now in pro cess of chaugo from green to ruddy Gold. In the midst of one of the lurgest of these clumps lay Dumb Dick. He seemed to be unconscious, and be might have been either drunk or sleeping naturally. Presently there was a sound of swiftly approaching wheels grating along the road, and theu the sound bvcume tuddculy aiulllcd, as if the r vehicle was bcinj driven over the grass, Lnughtor and the sound of glad voices Micceedod, aud by some magical power they penetrated to the dull brain of Dumb D ck and made him dream for one brief moment of Paradise.. Deep in bis dream he heard tho music of a woman's voice, and ho taw tho radiant beauty of a woman's face; and then and then Btill in his dream some envious fiend seized his wrist in the grasp of a red hot hand, and he awoke in agony. A rour of anguish burst from Dumb Dick as he leaned to his feet, holding his wrist, nnd stamping madly about in tho bracken. Frank pulled in bis bay. "Hallo. Dick!" ho cried. "I'm afraid you aro hurt. Did the wheel go over your wrist? How could you bo such an ass as to stick your hand out? In his momentary excitement Frank ponred out questions upon one who had no power to answer them. As for Dumb Dick, bo turned upon his questioner with eyes which blazed with furr, and for a moment he looked ready to drag him from the cart and tear him to pieces. But lie caught sight of Daisy's pitying glance, and instantly the fire died out of his eyes. Daisy sprang to the ground, and, timidly approaching tho spot where Dumb Dick stood, she laid her hand upon his wonnded wrist. It was as cool aud.white as a snoa flake upon the hot, baiiy band; and he at once surrendered to her will. Showing no sign of fear or disgust, but with only tender pity in her glance, Daisy exam ined the great hand, knotted and clawed like the paw of a wild beast. She saw that, light though the wheel of tho dogcart was, its iron tire had cut the flesh nearly to the bone, and, taking the white silk scarf from her neck, she deftly bound it round the wounded wrist and stopped the bleed ing. By this time Frank was standing by her side. "This isn't work for you, my dar ling," he said ; "let him go to the nearest doctor. Here, Dick," he added, ''see how soon this will heal your cut. As he spoke he tossed half a soverign on the ground at Dumb Dick's feet, slipped his hand through Daisy's arm and dexterously lifted her back into her seat. In another moment the cart had been driven away. uiUDD jjick watcneu it until it was hidden from view, and then he stooped and picked up Frank a half sovereign. There was a sudden flash of light and a tiny dise of gold went singing through the air in the direction of the wood. Dumb Dick a next act was to tear Daisy's white scarf from his wrist, and then he walked away along the road, marking his track with blood. The fiery finger marks of autumn no longer lit up tho faded foliage of the little wood ; oniy a few brown leaves clung to the skeleton branches of the tree, the rest lay in rottiug neaps around the roots, fitting grave- clothes for the dying ferns, till the chills blasts should arise again and scatter them abroad. Approaching the same spot along widely diverging paths came two figures, the ono tripping lightly and the other sloughing along with slow, limping strides. Though the method of their advance was so different, the rate of their progress was about equal, and they met just at the point where the two paths formed a junction with the main road. Daisy, who had all along: had hor eyes fixed upou the last visible point of the steeply sloping mam road. looked up when she hoard the .shuttling footsteps, and, with a start, recognized Uumb Dick. Dumb Dick, who had Been and known the first flutter of Daisy's dress in the distauce, now halted ; and his red eyes peered out strangely from the taugled musses of hair which hung over ins luce. Daisy knew that Dumb Dick was feared and shunned by everybody, and sho was not a little startled at finding herself .alone with him. She wished he would pass her ; but he stood quite still, and ecemed waiting for her to speak. "Is your hand better, Dick?" she asked, touching her own wriBt." Ho seemed to understand, for he thrust his hand clumsily forward. An ugly, deformed uud much knotted hand it was, but, to her surprise, Daisy noticed that it was now quite clean, and its great clawlike nails bad been closely cut. Dumb Dick pointed to a purple soar on his wrist with the finger of bis other hand, and Daisy saw that this other finger was both dirty and clawed. She looked back at Dumb Dick's blinking red eyes and smiled. A single glance at that one clean hand, mis shapen aud ugly though it was, had driven all fear from her heart. It was as if the wing of Ariel had suddenly sprouted from the shoulder of Culibau, and Miranda felt a ttrange throb of joy, fur her woman's iustiuot told her that she had some mysterious part in bringing the first sign of order into this human chaos. But hark ! the sound of a wildly gal loping horse and the swift roll of wheels I Daisy looked up tho steep incline of the roud, and saw that Frauk aud his dogcart were iu sight. But no smile of joyful welcome appeared on her face ; she turned as pale as death, clasped her hands in an involuntary attitude of prayer, aud cried out sharply ia her deadly fenr. For her first glimpse of Frank hal shown her that he wus standing up iu his cart, swaying to and fro, und that although he still held the tightly gathered reins, he bad lobt all control of the bay, whichseemed to be rushing to inevit able destruction. Dumb Dick baw Frank's peril, aud I understood iu au instant the catas trophe which must ocanr at tho bot tom of tho hill ; and, flinging bis long arms wildly above his head, he broo forth into a hideous cacklo of laugh ter. A new terror seized upon Daisy's heart at the sound, bnt, with it a new thought entered her mind, and, with out hesitation, she laid her hands upon Dumb Dick's arm and shook it fiercely. "dare him, Dick I Save him 1" she cried. No sooner did her hand touch his arm than be turned to look at her, and, at the sight of her pale and agonized face, his laughter ceased. Then Dumb Dick responded to her call ; he obediently leaped into the middle of the road, and awaited the onrush of the terrified horse. Nearer and nearer came the horse, and Frank swayed more and more iu the cart, till at last he was so near that Daisy could see the terror in his eyes. Then, with a mighty leap, Dumb Dick sprang to meet him; two long arms swung upward, there was a whirl of dust, a wild beating of hoofs, a sickening crash and all was still. Then came a cry. "Help, Daisy I Quick I" It was Frank's voice I Thank God I he was safe I Daisy ran forward and found Frank bending over the motionless figure oi Dumb Dick. ' "Quick, Daisy 1 take my hat and run and fetch some water from the nearest ditch." Daisy obeyed, and then, kneeling in the road, Frank opened Dick's coat and coarse shirt and thrust in his hand. The hunchback's heart had oeased to heat ; but when Frank with drew his hand he drew forth a white silk soarf stained with blood. He quickly replaced it, and then ran to meet Daisy, who was returning with the water. "He is dead, poor felloe," said he The Quiver. Best Huiitln? Ground for Jlcieor?. Twenty millions of meteor3, accord ing to Dr. Murray, fall upon the earth every day, their aggregate weight amounting to something like two ton?. In a hundred years we should get at least one pound, at most twenty pounds, of cosmio dust distributed over each square mile of the earth's surface, and yet the organized sejircb which has been made for cosmio dust in every quarter of the globe has yield ed meagre results. The best hunting ground has proved to be the bottom of the Paoitio Ocean, where, 1000 miles from any land, a red clay is brought up, which, on examination, is si own to consist of three kinds oi partio'03. A magnet will pick out cer tain microscopio fragments of titanic or magnetio iron, leaving behind a mixture of blackish and brownish spherules, the former of which con tain copper, and are seemingly of vol canio origin, while the latter (called "chondres") are of radial eccentric structure, and are judged to be cos mio dust. The slopes of Ben Nevis also yield traces of this extraneous matter, which, considering the millions o: years during which it hasboen steadily raining on the earth, is strangely little in evidence. Pall Mall Gazette. Origin ot "John Bull." The origin of tho term "John Bull" is thus explained by the London Gold en Penny : Dr. John Bull was the first Gresham professor of music, orgauist of Hereford Cathedral and composer to Queen Elizabeth. John, like a true Englishman, traveled for improve ment, aud, having heard of a famous musician at St. Oiner, he placed him self under him as a novice ; but a cir cumstance very soon convinced the master that he was inferior to the scholar. The musician showed John a song which he had composed in forty parts, telliug him at the same time that he defied all the world to produce a per-on capable ot aiding another part to his composition. Bull desirod to bo left alone and to be indulged for a short time with pen and ink. Iu less than three hours he added forty parts more to the song, upon which the Frenchman was so much surprised that he swore iu great ecstaoy he must be either tho devil or John Bull, which has ever since beon proverbial in Eng land. Growth ol Trees at Diflorent Times. The growth of trees at different times oi the day has been u subject of experiment by Mr. E. H. Thompson, the Government Eutomologist of Tas mania, who has contributed his re sults to knowledge, Measurements were takou as far as possible every three hours. Of the total growth 8j' per cent, were obtained between the hours of 6 aud 9 a. m. ; 1 J per cant, between 9 a. m. and noon; none be tween noon and 3 p. m. ; none botween 3 and 6 p. m. ; 1 i per cent, between 6 and U p. 'iu. ; BJ between 9 and 12 p. m., aud eighty-five per cent, between midnight and G a. m. The greatest growths in twenty-four hours were Bauksia rose, Id J inches; geranium, 5; inches; wattle, 41 inches; apple, 2; inches; pear, 11 inches. Trenton (. J.) American. (iold from Ocean Sand. The Pucilio Beach Mining and Dredging Company is the name of a corporation recently formed iu this city for the purpose of exploiting the gold fields which it is claimed exist iu tho sand along certain portions of the shore of the ocean between ltedondo aud S inta Monica. The cor poration has a lease on a mile ami a third frontage ou the oceau, which it proposes to treat as soou as proper facilities iu tiie way ol machiuery, etc., can be placed upou the grounds. Already an analysis has bet u made, with the most promising result, and the company expects to develop au important luiuiug iulustrv. Los 4'ixcles (Cal.) Herald. THE MRRlf SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES 11IAT ARB TOLD BT THE FUNNT MEN OP THE PRESS. When IjOvo Is Honey Xo Slclfflit-of-Ilancl. Kltlier Ho Understood Her Piling on the Agony, Ktc. 'TIs sweet to love; And It's Just honey To love a uirl With lots of money, Kansas City Journal. nB tlKDERRTOOD HER. Mrs. Gossippy "About Ruch'things as these, John, the less said tho bet ter." Gossippy (with resignation) "Tell mo the whole story then, dear." Truth. NO SLEIOnT-OF-HAND, EITHER. Littlo Johnny "Isn't this a funny horn, pa?" Brown "Yes, my boy ; nnd if you don't Btop making that largo noise you will come out cf the small end of it." Judge. TTIASa ON THE AOONY. "Doctor, I want a tooth pulled. I'm ;i great coward when it comes to en during pain, nnd yet I'm afraid of both laughing gas and chloroform." "You might be happy with ether." Chicago Tribune. A SOMNAMBULIST. Mabel (all agitation) "Marie, what jo you thiak? Your brother actually proposed to me during tho sermon at church this morning." Mario (nonchalantly) "Oh, you mustn't mind that. He often talks in his sleep." Pick-Mo-Up. fillE WAS rnUDENT. "Ho must bo worth at loost a hun dred thousand dollars, mamma." "How do you know?" "Ho told mo his fortuno ended iu Gvo ciphers." "H'm. Maybe it begins with one, too." Washington Star. rois others' profit. "Brown is weak financially, isn't ho?" "Ho hasn't much money, buthe gives employment to a great many men." "Who aro they?" "Other people's bill collectors." -Brooklyn Life. HOW IT CAME AllOUT. "I think a girl who whistles is very unattractive." "Woll I don't know. Yl1istlin3 brought about my engagement." "How was that?" "I puckered my lips to whistle, and Charley couldn't resist kissing them, and so of course" Harper's Bazar. RrVAIi DIGNITIES. Englishman (producing a pocket coin) "My great-great-grandfather was mado a lord by tho king whose picture you see on this shilling." Yankee (with a similar posture) "What a coincidence! My great-great-grandfather was mado uu angel by the Indian whoso picturo you sco on this cent." Puck. Till! SECRET OUT. Jasper--"Mr. Grcataiau's snccoss is wholly duo to tho publication of a fakod interview with him." Juuipuppo "I Biippoeo he gained uotorioty by repudiating tho inter view?" Jasper "Oh, no I Ho went quietly to work tn livo up to tho bright thoughts tho reporter had credited him with." Truth. RAW AN OPENINfl. "Do you think we ehall ever be oblo to fly?" young Mr. Cumagaue was say ing along later iu the evening. Miss Logageau's glasses trembled visibly. "Koally, Mr. Cumagane George," she returned, iu an agitated voice, "I had no did not think so suddenly bus this come upon mo but there, you dreadful creature go ask pal I'm sure thero will bo no need of any thing clandestine I" Sho hadn't been watching all thesa yours to let a chance like that slip through her lingers. ltocklaud Tri bune. 1 vnvr HE SAID. In an English court a man was on triul who could speak nothing but Irish, aud au interpreter was called aud duly sworn. Tho prisoner at ouco asked him some questiou, and be re plied. Tho judge interposed sharply. "What does the prisoner 6ay?" de manded the judge. "Nothing, my lord," answered the interpreter. "How dare you say that, when wo all heard him. What was it?" "My lord," said tho interpreter, be ginning to tremble, "it had nothing to do with the case." "If you don't answer I'll commit you. What did ho say?" "Well, my lord, you'll excuse me, but he said, 'Who's that ould woiuu with tho red bed curtain round her sitting up there?' " The court rour.J, "Aud what did joil say?" asked the judge, looUiug a little uncomfortable. "1 said, 'Whist, ye senlpeeu ! That's the old boy that's S01U3 to hung yez.' " The Watoibury. Justice, llnrriiuiiu, of New York City, was called upou the other day to settle a question of tho ownership of some carrier pigt ous. He ordered the pigeons released, siiyn g tl-al they would go to tiieir own o u. r's cote, but neither of the disputants have sn 11 auythiug of them sinec, and they tu .talking ttbQUt SUUJtf the jutictt. SCIENTIFIC AMD tSDUSritlAL. The heaviest rainfalls in the United States are in the East and the extreme Northwest. If a well could be dug to a depth o" forty-six miles, the air at the bottom would be as dense as quicksilver. After drilling down 5000 feet in search for water in New Haven, Conn., and not finding any, the job was given up. Tho single oar propulsion common among tho boatmen of almost every country is on the principle best seen in the tail of a fish. Coal of excellent quality, and in ap parently enormous quantities have just been discovered in Arizona, in the Oos Cabezas district, only six mile? from the railroad. If teeth were not provided with enamel, they would be constantly breaking, their nerves would be irri tated, and the whole human animal kingdom would be afttioted with a never-ending toothache. An experiment was recently mado to determine the effect of magnetism on the hatching of eggs. It was found that those egg3 hatched between the poles in the magnetio field produced an unusual number of abnormal chicks. Some English electricians have re cently tried the conduit eleztrio road problem and produced something in the nature of a small tunnel and motor therein with a projection which reaohed through the slot and pushes the street car along. Ours is the densest planet of the lot, if Dr. Backlund, who has made a new determination of the mass of the planet Mercury from the motions of Encke'a comet, is right. His result is that Mercury is only two -thirds as dense as the earth instead of being denser, as hitherto supposed. One year's record of electrio trac tion in Europe is an increase in elec trio railways from 43 to 70, of the ag gregate mileage from 189 to 431, and of the number of motor cars from 533 to 1236. Germany has 22 lines, ag gregating 227 miles; France, 11 lines, of 59.7 miles; England, 13 lines, of 42.6 miles. The overhead trolley is used on 55 out of the 7i) roads. Diphtheria of the skin, a very rare disease, has been curod by the use of anti-toxine in a little two year-and-a-half-old Berlin girl recently. She had besn badly scalded with boiling water and, as the skiu was healing, was kissed by her mother on the wounded spot. The mother had diphtheria and thus communicated it to the baby's skin; the throat was not affected. Anti-toxine shortens the time need ed for the retention of tho tube in tho larynx in cases of croup and diph theria, aocording to Dr. Bokai, ol Budapost. In 215 successful cases where he used a tube without anti toxine the average period of intuba tion was seventy-nine hours, while the average duration of forty-five success ful cases with the anti-toxine was sixty-one hours, being a reduction ol eighteen hours. ' Bagpipe. Music Kills a Horse. Tho important question of whetlier or not the bagpipes are musical instru ments has been settled in the negative by a Milwaukee jury. William Mat tham brought suit against the Wiscon sin Theatre Company for damages bus tained by his horse taking irigbt at t procession headed by a Soottish piper in full Highland costume, who was waking the echoes with "The Camp bells Are Coming." The sight caused the horse to real and plunge anl final ly drop dead. Tho foreman of tho jury happened to be a German with decided opinions on the question ot musio. The prose-' cution sought to show that the bagpipe was not a musical instrument. Iu this the foreman agreed. He held that it had no place in a Wagnerian sym phony and was nothing but a "doodle-sack." Iu consequence of these views the jury returned the following uniquo verdict : "State of Wisoonsin, Milwaukee County, William Mattham vs. Wiscon sin Theatre Company, ss. We, the jury in the above entitled action, find : "1, That the doodle-sack is not a musical instrument. "2. That the said horse, being of a nervous temperament, was scared to death by an unearthly noiso mado by a friend with the aforesaid doodle sack, "J. That the plaintiff shall recover from the defendants for said horse tho sum of 3123." Chicago Times-Herald. A Curious l'oein. The present war talk revives the memory of a curious poem written by Arthur O'Connor while being cou veyed to a pi ison in Scotland during the Irish rebellion of 17U8. As w ill be teen, it is loyal when road iu the or dinary way : The pomp of courts and prido of kiujs I prizu above all earl illy thliius; I lovu my country, bat tiiu kiu--A'love ail uiuu his pruis-j I biuir; The royal banners aro dinplayc I, Aud may suc-tus the sl.iu lurj alii. I fain would baui.-h far from ben ! The "Uihts of Mau" and common sem": I'oufu.-lou to his uthotis reiiru. That foe to princs, Tuouiiu l'.iiu'-! iii-f. iit aud ruin sei.e the i-ause Of Ffaueo, its liberties uud law-! But if tho first hue of tiie second verse is reu t after the first liue of the first verse, anil sj uu, the poem will breathe a spirit of rampaut rebellion: Tho p imp of i-otirts and prids of kiiiijs 1 t.iiil would b.tlll.Hil 'ar lro:n boUi-e: I prize it'iove all earthly things The --ittwhis of M.tn" undco.nmou sea.-u", J love my country, but tho kin Cmf-JMou to his o liujs rciu! Ahovo all nu-n hi- praise I flu;.;. That foe to pruiee-, T io:uas liiu:l Tie r y.il banners are displayed; i f.-at an 1 ruin tii:'..i 1 he cause! An l inuy su -"'-9.4 1 let a an iard aid O' l'laui.', its lilcruc-. and law.-! New Yi.irk Tribuue. HEARTS tUMMEFI. The fields that were so Kroou tin othir day When wo walked throu'a them, now aro white and still. Forgetting all their summ:-:- '-muls, nnl chill With the drear ohillue-s or Di-esmoer gray. Across the snow a single nirrow w.iy Is marked for foot whlc'j wandered at thcl. will Whon lavish sum-nai- lured frDni hill to hill And niggard winter seemed so far away. Oh, friend ot mine, this somber winter tide We will not ask from summer's careless band Tho gifts the churlish winter hath denied. Bat In the narrow footpitb, icy spanue', We two will walk nllclo33r. Bide by sid- In summer freedom through a snowy lan 1. reterson's Magazine. HUMOR OF TIIE DAT. f The man who is looking for tronblo doesn't noed a search-light. Puck. "What is your favorite dissipation?" "Sir I" "Beg pardon! I mean of what sin are tou most tolerant in others?" Puck. He "So you refuse me? Well, there are others." She "Precisely. I'm already engaged to ono of them." New York Herald. Do not think you can talk about people aud not do them damage ; a cyclone is composed of nothing bnt - - -wind. Atchison Globe. It was possibly the man who mar ried a rich wife who started the joke on the difficulty of finding a woman' 4 pocket. -The South-West, Jack (to friend on bicycle) "What's your hurry ; are you racing for a train?" Joe "No; I'm training for a race." Harper's Bound Table. An astronomer, brilliant, but rash. From an open lot tried to view M.irs, But a blliy-Roat came with a And the star-gazer quickly saw . Philadelphia Beoord. "Did you stop to think how ridicu lous that expression sounds, 'Shewa-.. " murdered in cold blood'?" "But . what else could one say I This was a Boston girl. " Wife "Is that von, George?" Hos-nv V band "Yes, dear." Wife -"Oh, I'm so glad 1 I'm always afraid there's o man in the house till you oome." Pick-Mo-Up. She "I think I will do the cookiiig myself awhile." He-"H'ml That was what you wanted me to take out more life insurance for, was it?" Ia- " dianapolts Journal. Day "I find there is a twenty-five-hundred-dollar mortgage on the prop erty you sold me. You never said anything about it." Gay "Certainly I did. Didn't I distinctly tell you it had all modern improvements?" New i' York Dispatch. "Baptistel" "Monsieur?" "You are getting careles?, my boy." "Oh, monsieur I" "You don't brush my clothes now." "I assure you " "I left a half-frano piece in my waistcoat pocket yesterday, and it is thero yet." ; . Lo Petit Parisien. Manchester"! think Snags has concluded that it is aout time some of his daughters were getting mar ried." Birmingham "Did he tell you so himself?" Manchester "No ; but he has given iway his two dogs." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. "The man I marry must be both brave and clever," said the sweet girl. "When we were out sailing," returned the adorning youth, "and upset, I saved you from a watery grave." "That was brave, I admit ; but it was not clever." "Yes, it was; I upset the boat oa purpose." "You darl ing !" Tit-Bits. Miss Bondclipper recently called at the studio of Herr von Dauber, the celebrated artist. "I de're to haye my picture taken," said Miss Boud clipper. "Viteh would you brefer, a creyon portrait or an oil painting?'' askod von Dauber, "You can paint me a crayon first, and if I don't like it you can put tome oil on it afterward." Texas Sittings. lilectiic-lly Sanitary. That a great and beneficial change in the health and general physical condition of employes has been made by the introduction of electricity, es pecially in tho way of lighting, isvery evident to even the casual observer. Dr. Sauuders, the modioal officer of the London Board of Health, says the electrio li;ht in general use has ao ojmplished a great deal in makiug the employes of commercial and manufac turing establishments healthier. Faces that were pale and wan from work iu gaslighted basements, stores and shops are much improved siuoo the intro duction of electricity. The heat from the gas jets aud poor ventilation are responsible for much sickness. Jt is also shown that iu the same city the electrio light has lessened crime. Darkness breeds wickedness aud light dispels it. AtlaDta Constitution. "'' -v, Banner I'ruiu Natural tias. The soil iu the coal regions ot In diana aud some of the adjacent States is so permeated with gas that it is dan gerous to ttart a fire out of doors, or to throw a lighted match or cigar luto any depression iu the earth. Beceutly au excavation was begun for a builu-iu:-r, and having Uecn undisturbed for a day or two, some workmen, as they returned to thuir labor, threw a lighted match into tho ditch. Au explosion immediately follou'j I, Nud through a ' small fissure iu the earth c tinu a littlo jet of Latural gas. It is thought by many experts that the tupply of uatu lal gas will last but a few years longer ; indeed, cjusideriu the prodigal wasto of it on its ovvj grouu i, the w unler is that it his lastjd b long. New York Ledger. Baron H eckereu, who, uuder tho name of D'Autes, killed the liussiau poet 1'a'i'ukiu iu a duid iu 1:17, has just dud at tliH a;;o of lijhly four at Hu'.t, iu Alsuc..'. f
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