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VOL. XXIX. NO. 8, TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1890. 81,00 PElt ANNUM.
REP
"ESX
Chicago Rives notico at this early
1uto that ju twenty-five years sbo will
bo "trending on tUo hools ol Lon
don." Tho Washington Slur thinks "Intor
mtionnl arbitration would bo an ex
ecllont tiling if England could bo per
Miudod to torego the privilege ol dic
tating tho torms of every Compro
mise." The industry of instructing mnrdor
cm in tho muuly art of insanity is
something new, ami, in tho opinion
of tho Sun Francisco Examiner, ought
to bo profitable if tho lawyers in the
caso can bo induced to divido on a fair
basis.
In a recent lawsuit it was shown that
Iho materials for one of our best makes
of bicycles cost only about 815. The
work costs say, as much more. "But
mo long as enthusiasts will pay $100
for all tho wheels first elans makers
can produce, tho makers would bo
foolish to reduco prices," remarks the
Pathfinder.',
Tho trolley car and tho bioyclo aro
credited with being mainly responsi
ble for tho rcmarkablo fact, stated in
tho Department of Agrioulturo re
ports, that the valuo of horses and
initios in this country decreased by al
most ono-half between 1802 and tho
end of last year. Tho aggregate do
clino in tho valuo of horses is put down
at 8500,000,000 and of mules SS0,.
000,000. Tho stories that have come
from Western ranges lately seoui to
bear fcut tho figures in general.
The lightning performs some onri
ous freaks, but tho othor day it took
it into its head to bofriond a woman
out West. This woman had straight
hair, relates tho New York Herald,
nJ, of courso, she despised straight
bair and wanted it curly. Wo always
want what we don't have and can't
have. Well, this woman was caught
out in a tcrrilio thunderstorm. The
lightning played all about her in tho
most carctsing fashion, and on one oc
casion took a little excursion through
lier body, starting on tho pionio at her
licad, and saying farowoll, or au ro
voir, at her foot. Whou she rooovored
consciousness sho found that her hair
was frizzled as nicely as though it had
been done with tho curling tongs.
Well, a moro grateful creaturo you
never saw. Sho behoves in electricity
with all her hoart, and is glad that sho
Mas struok by lightning.
How strange it is, muses JaniosTayn
in the Now York Independent, that
Africa, tho louTjt populated, audon tho
wholo tho least interesting of tho four
quarters of tho globe, should always
bo written about at greater longtu
than any of tho others. From tho
days of Livingstono down to that of
Slutin Pushtt uocounts of this region
liave always been published in cxton
bo. When you havo read oua chapter
about tho Soudan you havo read al
most all j one chief is tho fae simile of
uuother; ond tribe, ono army stand
for all ; ono rulo of cruelty and blood-t-hed
extends from end to end of tho
f;reiit 1 arren tract. Tho piotures of
hideous men and still more hideous
women that illustrate works on African
travel do uoteuhuueuthoir attractions.
If tho writers would condense a littlo
I feel suro thoy would havo much moro
of tho publio's attention.
In a paper in tho Fornui on "Tho
Futuro of tho South," A. S. Van do
Ciauf says: "Tho South is large: it
yet remains thinly pooplod and prac
tically undeveloped. (ireut as has
been tho industrial advance made,
considerable as appears tho present
immigration movement, thoy but
foiutly ioreshadow tho development
now at hand. If so much has been
douo in tho last thirty yenrs under
such disadvantages uud practically
unaided by immigation, what may wo
not expect when that rich tide which
has created the Empire States of tho
Northwest is turned in even greater
volume southward T Only the marvel
ous growth of the great West itself
cun guide the imagination in attempt
ing tho forecast, and even that must
be surpassed. To the South unques
tionably belongs the futuro. In such
on expansion of its population and
wealth as even a single generation has
witnessed in the West, its race problem
must vanish oven though tho emigra
tion of tho colored people should
cease; sectional lines must bo blotted
out and South nud North merged in
the indivisible Union, which is ideutity
of interest and conditions, as well as
of blood, of language and of history.
Tho peoplo of tho South are ready for
this tho moro perfect Union, tho pro
phetic aspiration never the attain
ment of tho fathers: Louisville,
Chattanooga uud Atlanta havo spoken
our feuliug. It but remains for tliu
people of tho North tn come, au I shuio
'all the wonder that thull bu.' "
WHERE'S MOTHER?
Bursting In from school or play,
This Is what tho children sny;
Trooping, crowding, blft and small,
On the threshold, tn the hull
Joining In tho constant ery,
Ever as the days go by,
"Where's mothor ?"
From tho weary bod of pftln
This same quostlon eomos again;
From the boy with sparkling eyos
Soaring homo his earliest prize;
From the bronzed and bearded son,
l'orlls past and honors won;
"Whoro's mothor V"
Burden with a lonely task,
Ono day we may vainly ask
For tho comfort of her faoe,
For tho rest of hor ombraco;
Lot us lovo her whllo we may,
Well for us that wo ran say
"Whoro's mother '"
Mothor with untiring hands
At the post of duty stnnds,
rattciit, seeking not bor own
Anxious for the good alonu
Of the children as thoy cry,
Ever as tho days go by,
"Whoro's mother?"
J. 11. Eustweod, In the Qulvor.
ON A GATE POST.
MBROSE NETS
tlewn has what he
thinks is a valu
able manuscript.
He thinks- so.
doubtless, because
it rocords a part
of his lifts Ono
AO;
bight reoently,
wmm
wuno l was at his
house, he brought
out mo manu
script and read it
to me. Althonch
!WlUltMeK
I did not ask permission, yet I do not
feel that I violate his confidence by
giving, as ueariy as a can roniemoer,
tho contents of the paper which he
treasures withBUcn affections:
Tho prospect was not cheerful.I was
riding a horso across a country whoso
loneliness was as deep as a sigh which
bespeaks the long absenoo of some
one. Night was coming on and a storm
waB gathering its forces, A frightened
owl flitted past me, screaming in my
face. The time of year was when na
ture hesitates wbothor to continuo
winter or begin spring. My horse al
most shook me off when he stopped
and shivered. Tho owl screamed in
my face again. Dead leaves, for a mo
ment would whirled before me, and
then full, scattered and torn as
though they had, by an angry hand,
been swept from their loug, damp
rest, only to be mocked. "What a
dreary, dreary place it is !" I mused.
"I feel as though something terrible
is going to happen. The air, just be
fore tho great agitation which must
come, seems quivering in its desire to
bear the sound of murdor.murdor I As
I live yonder is a light. Is it possiblo
that I hhall rccoive shelter?"
Urging my horso forward. I goon
reached a small house, near thohummit
of a desolate peak, overlooking tho
Arkausaw Kiver. ldismounted near
the door there was no fence around
the house. My horso looked appoal
ingly at me and without asking per
mission from any one within, I led the
animal to a stablo close at hand, took
off saddle and bridle. As I Jwas
returning, the storm burst upon tho
river. When I approached tho door,
I hoard a wail. I knookod and hoard
tho wail coming slowly toward mo.
Tho door was opeuod by a girl scarce
ly moro than twelve years old. Hor
fuco was tho picture of despair. Sho
said nothing, but pointod to a bed,
npon which laid an old man, gasping
for breath. Approaohing him, I saw
that he had but a few moments to live.
'Ihe girl knolt besido the old man. He
tried to put his hand upon her head.
Failing, he looked at mo and I assisted
him. Ho tried to speak, but could
not. Tho girl sobbed frantically. Tho
rain poured down and th-j storm shook
the house.
"He will never got well !" she cried.
"My grandpa will die."
Yes, her grandpa would die. His
lifo had already passed away. Tho
hand lying on her head was growing
cold. She looked at him and shrieked.
What a night wo spent in that
house. The storm howled and tho rain
fell until nearly daylight. The girl,
who 1 say was intelligent, with an im
pressivo fane, eaid that her name was
Munctto Logcmou, and that since
her earliest recollection sho had lived
with tho old man, who had spout most
of his time, since sho had begun to
talk, in teaching her.
"I havo no relatives," she said, in
answer to a question.
"Anv friends?"
"So friends."
"You have neighbors?"
"Noue. The nearest houso is nearly
eight miles away."
I knew uot what to do. Surely tho
situation was serious. Early at morn
ing wo buried the old man in the yard.
As best I could, I made a coffin of a
trough which 1 found in the stable.
After the burial I went on and found
enough corn for my horse. I left
Munette at the grave, on which she
had, sobbing bitterly, thrown herself.
"Whore ure you going, little girl?"
I asked when I returned, still finding
hvr on the grave.
''How cun I go anywhere?" she
asked. "I havo no friends, I told
you."
"You cannot remain here."
"I euuuot go away."
"I will not leave you here. You
must go with me. My mother has no
littlo girl. She will receive you."
Still lying on the grave, and with
out looking up, she replied :
"I will go and work for my board."
"You will not huve to work. Whan
I tell my mother of the circumstances
uiiiler which I found you, sho will
take you iu her urius. Com;, nef
ait
yiut clothes. It is timo wo were
leaving hero, boo, tho sun is shining
beautifully. It is a now day for you."
Without replying, sho arose and
turned toward me. Hor faco, even
asido from her grief, was so sadt and
hor eyes wore a look bf such tondor
Appeal that even though she had had
relatives I would have thought it my
duty to take hor home with me. Sho
went into tho houso and soon returnod
with a small bundle.
"I haven't much to tako," she said.
"Grandpa and I wore Very poof, and
you seo, having inhoiritcd his poverty,
I am poorer than ever."
1 Was not surprised to hoar her make
such a remark) for I had diseovorod
that sho had never associated with
children, and was consequently wise
of her age.
"You shall have eomo nice dresses
after a while," I replied.
"Pretty red ones?"
The child was asserting iUolf,
"Yes, and blue onos."
Hho wept anow as wo mounted the
horse sho seated behind me. As long
as wo wore within sight of the house
she fiaid nothing, but when wo had
descended into tho thick woods, she
said :
"I won't cry any moro if I cm help
it."
"Your grandfather must have booh
good to you?"
"Yes, biit ho made mo read many
books that were very dull great law
books. I don't like them. His eyes
for many years have been so bad that
l nad to do all ms reading for mm
Ho wrote a book full of awful curious
things and murders, bat one day whod
ho found me rending it he took it away
from me and burned it up. It must
huve been bad, and be rauct havo boon
sorry that ho wrote it.
The day passed rather pleasantly,
with tho exception, of the iuflucnoo of
tho night before, which naturally
enough she could not dispel and which
I could not kco0 from arising occa
sionally. We sat on a log and ato
dinner, and Munotto's remarks gavo
me additional insight into her closo
habit of observation. When evening
came wo stopped at a farm house,
where tho sad story of tho little girl
awoko such sympathy that the kind
hearted houso wife bogged me td al
low the child to remain with her.
"It is a quostioa that sho must do
oide," I rejoined. " iVhit do you say,
Mnnotte?"
"I am surprised that you should ask
me such a question," she replied, ap
proaching tho chair where I sat and
taking my hand. "Would it not be
ungrateful in mo todesortyouso soon,
or to ever desert you?"
"She's got more eenso than an old
woman right now," said the host, ad
dressing his wife. "Our twenty-eight-year-old
daughter that married last
month ain't a patchin' to this girl,"
"W'y, Jesperson," said his wife, in
mild oousure, "Margaret ain't twculy
eight years old."
"She's mighty nigh it."
"An' besido that," continued tho
woman, "she never had no chance." -
"Didn't go to school three mouths
outon nearly every year, eh? Wnat
show does a gal want, I'd like to know?
This littlo creotur, I warrant you,
never has beeji to school."
"Oy, yes, sir. My wholo lifo has
boon a school. The old house where
I nsod to livo contains many books.
If you want them you may go there
and get thorn. I shall never go after
them. I could never read them
again."
"Well, blame my buttons if 1 don't
mosy up that way. I ain't much of a
scholar, but I reckon I cau worry
through with a lot of them."
My mother welcomed Munottc, and
when I related tho sad story of how I
found her tho sympathetic woman took
tho child in her arms and kissed her.
A few days afterward, whon I scturned
homo after a short absouce, sho Hashed
upon me in a gay rod dress. Sho was
moro of a child than I hud ever seen
her moro so than I had thought it
possible for her to become. My mother
was delighted to seo her innocent
pranks, and I, for tho first timo, kissed
the ohild.
"You have kissed mo at last," sho
said. "Is it because I look lettor in
this dress?"
"It is becauso you look moro liko
a child. Before you reminded mo so
much of a womau."
"Do not women liko to be kissed?"
I laughed aud my mother, shaking
her head I can see her gray hair now
said : "Ah, Ambrose, our young
girl haj a very old head."
We sent Munotte to school. Tho
teacher, a man who had the reputa
tion ot being profound, met mo one
day and euni :
"Munette is tho most, romarkable
child I ever saw. She has read so
many books and makes 'mo such wiso
observations that I otii constantly sur
prised. To toll you the, truth, I can
not advance her. Not that I am not
intellectually ablo but er becauso
I do not think at her a;o it would bo
safo. Therefore I would advise you
to take her from school. I know tho
effect that too much learning has on
youth. I know how narrowly I es
cape J."
When I spoke to Munctto she said:
"That school is a very dull plaoo. It
ii i constant hum of arithmetio. 1
dou't like to cipher, as the children
cull it. Fraotions luako my head ache
uud miscellaneous examples make me
sick. Let me study at homo."
I took her from school. Sho was a
devoted student, but was never so ab
sorbed that she was oblivious to the
littlo attentions which a woman of my
mother'sa;e prizes so highly. Muni tto
grow rapidly and I was p'"- ' t-i
seo that sho was daily becoming uwo
graceful.
The war came on. How natural it
is iu writing a story, to say, "Tho war
camo on ;" hut t'lid is not a ftury, nn 1
uotliiii'; o.:i:i ho inur. nituriU than
tiutU aitUoiih it is suid to ho
stranger than fiction, Therefore, whon
I say that the war came on, I intend
that the declaration should have us
full meaning. I loft home full of
pride. . I was captain. . My tnotner
prayod j but Munetto did not Boom td
bo very much affected. ''Good bye,"
she eaid. "War is one of the inoidents
of civilization, as woll ftg a feature of
barbarity. I know that you will do
your duty, and that you will not for
get tho littlo girl whom you once saw
sobbing Under the hand of a dving.
man. When yod return, I shall be
old enough to kiss you."
I looked bt her in astonishment.
Morrimcnt sparklotl in her eyes. "Yon
don't like to kiss children, it seoms.1'
"Munotte, you are strange. I onoe
said that I did not kisa you becauso
you looked like a woman.
"Oh, yes, that is true. I thought
that you did not want' to kiss me be
cnuso I was so small. There, now,
captain don't swoll up like a toad."
I turnod away. Sho called me when
I was about huudrod yards away an J
said: "When you pass the big gate,
look on tho right hand post."
I did so and found the words, "I
lovo you."
I did not receive but one letter from
Munotte, and that might just as well
llato boon written by a professor of
geology; for its four pages were de
voted to a description of a lot of peb
bles sho had found in a cave.
I returned home ragged and ilL Mu
nette was delighted to see me. Sho
was so pcoaliar, though, that I could
hot tell whether or not she still loved
me. It eccniod that she did not, for
wbonever I attempted to remind her
of it, she changed the subject; Like
all true lovers, i felt that without her
my life would bo a blank. I spoke to
my mother concerning my trouble.
"Sho is a very strange girl, but I
always found her frank, except when
1 asked hor if she loved you, and she
replied that tho hawks had carriod off
threo of tho dominiekcr nen s chick
ens." Ono day, in passing tho gate, I wroto
on the post tho following :
"Will yon marry mo?"
Two days afterward I visited the
plitoo and found the word "yes;
Without further communication, ox
oept to appoint the timo by "post,'
we were married. I did not find het
disposition to be peculiar, only in the
intensity of her love for me. "Why
did you treat me so?" I ono day asked
her.
'Tho dominiekcr has a great deal
of troubleawith her chickens," she re
plied. Shortly afterward, whon sho
thought that I was not looking, she
threw back her head aud laughed,
lldnl Hill itiiuys,
Tho for co of tho ttde3 as distin
guishod from that ot the swelling
waves is to be utilized to keep in agi
tation bull buoys in harbors, Undor a
patent just granted; "A current aotu
utod boll buoy" is what the inventor
calls it. The action from the force of
tho current h wholly automatic; The
fioat upon which tho superstructure
and bell are mouuted cuts and shifts
from side to sido. A ball is confined
in a tubo ucdor the bell at its mouth,
and having free passage as the float
lists it strikes the bell with great force.
Tho bell will ring equally well by the
action of tho sea.
Tho feature that is most novel is
that tho bell is at its best when the
B'.a is smoothest.. Just bo long as
there is motion in the Water, whether
tidal cr current, it is sulUcieut to ring
tho bull. This feature will bo most
appreciated by masters find pilots for
the reason that as a rule a thick fog
is accompanied by a deathlike still
ness. It is thou that the skipper anx
iously feels his way, listouing for
sonio familiar guiding sound. Ho has
no hope of hearing a bell that is alouo
actuated by tho eou, but tho tide is al
ways with him, either at ebb or flow,
and the tidal bell buoy is sure to be
faithfully at work, pealing it warning
notico. Now York Journal.
. Wanted Au Heir.
One of the most curious cases down
for hearing in tho Court of Chancery
is tho tiual settlement of the disputed
will of tho celebrated prima donna,
Mme. Titions, whoso death ocoured in
1877, noarly twouty yours uo. Mme.
Titiens was born in 1810 ut Hamburg.
Sho made her first appearance on tho
stage at the early ago of fifteen. Sho
was uover married, and at her death
her immense fortune was left to a rela
tive, who, however, disappeared threo
years beforo her death, oul has neyer
since been heard of. The missing rela
tive, Peter Titjou, was in 1873 resid
ing iu Cardiff, and shortly after that
time ho intimated his inteution of go
ing to South America, but whether ho
ever did so cannot bo traced. For
ncaily twenty years tho next relatives
have endeavored to obtain the wealth
on tho presumption that he is dead,
and has left no heirs, and lust year an
order was granted that, after proper
advertising, if ho or hid heirs failed to
appear it should bo assumed ho was
dead. (Juliguaui Messenger.
Mate lor Houses.
Sluto is too much overlooked as a
materiul for inside dcooratiou. Jt ex
ists in many different th les. It is
easy and iuexpeuaivo to quarry, uud
by i'nr tho easiest stouo to shape into
plei ug forms. These qualities render
it lh) cheapest of durable materials
for interior purposes, and the wonder
is that so little of it is iu common me.
If largo dealers, would establish depots
of standard goods made up for eoni
biuutiou in houso building in such
forms us would bo uvai'.ablu to archi
tects, its use would be indefinitely ex
ten. led. Hardly a Cottage of uny pre
tensions would he built n here il would
not tako u proiiiiuunt putt. If such
depots were established, house build
ers would bu c.i i'.led to see it, uud
!; I.- '.a. 11 : 1 . i ; ' y uiil clu'llpliesH.
As il if, Vir.iiy ,... i i five lulu U J
Uiiuws auj iLn.j ; u. tit If. r. Stouo.
THE MIS 11 It Y SIDE OK LIFE.
8T0R1K9 THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
'Jweii to Printers' InK Solid Kooft
Td Fit the AppetlteA Cor
dial Invitation, Ktc, Etc.
Ho talks no moro of seasons dull,
Ma sales are dally growing;
Persistent advertising wrought
This hoped-for, woleomo showing.
A Btmti WAV.
Cook ''I can't break the ido,Mum."
Ladv "That's vcrv remarkablo,
Dridge't ! Did you try letting it fall ?"
Atchison Globe.
A COHDIAI. INVITATION.
"Come and see mo."
"Wbprn do vou livo?"
"On the canal. If you happen down
my way, drop in." JNow loric dis
patch.
pond FOOI).
Tl.o Hk. T.nnialTriRteKS "I am afraid
you will find our dear Missouri watef
rathor unploasant to your taBte.
Uuest ".Not at all, juauanio. xib
the best I ever ate." Life.
IP AT A1X.
Mrs. liushma "Collegians stiotri to
havo such splendid tunes that I often
wonder whon they do thoir stiulyiug."
Mr. Rushma "Why, after thoy
leave college, of course." Truth.
A FOOTNOTE 10 ntSTOIlV.
Bighead "Mon didn't commit sui
cide as frequently in olden times as
thoy dd now"
Cynicus "No, Tho men whd made
history relieved them of the necessity. "
Truth.
TO TIT TnE APPKTITI5.
"What do you charge for board?"
"Do you rido a bicycle?"
"Yes; what difference docs that
make?"
"It'll be 81 more a week "Chica
go Record.
A nOT ONE.
, "Smith got off a bright thing tho
other day."
"What was it?"
"A lighted cigar somo ono had care
lessly dropped into the chair he sat
on." Detroit Free Press.
BY ACTDAii COX'N'Ti
"Mamma, I saw a dog to-day that
had only throe legs."
"Weren't you awfully sorry for
him?"
"No'in ; ho had ono moro leg than I
iiadl" Chicago Record.
AN CNFAin advantage!.
Bleacher Boardman "Kelly ought
o have been out on that slide in from
third base;"
O.car P.idor-"Why?''
Bleacher Boardmuu "His captain
bad paved the way with bauuna skins."
Puck.
ns didn't know.
Mrs. nenpeck "I called on young
Mr. uud Mrs. Nowod to-day. Now, I
think it nice to seo a couple happily
married and soitled down."
Heupeck (glaring) "Yes, I should
think it would bo." Philadelphia
North American,
NOT ALL TIIEHE.
"Men's superiority to women is all
in thoir mind, " said Mrs. Diusmoro,
scornfully.
"A good deal is in the mind," rs
sented Mr. Dinsmore, "but man's phy
sical streugth, us well as his mental, is
superior to woman's."
UNPOnTUNATE.
"Ono of my Bunco's letters is lost."
"How do you know, when you have
got so many?"
"Why, I havo kept conut of tho
kisses ho has sent me, uud there should
be 2,000,000, but there aro 1000 miss
iug," Flicgende liluettcr.
ms liomuni.E EXAMPLE.
Johnny Jameson had arrived at his
eighth birthday, and thought that it
would be real nico to writo a letter to
his papa, aud this is the way he bogau :
'My Dear Pupa : Whenever I um
tempted to do wrong I think of you
and say, 'Get thee behind mo, Sutuu.'"
ntOCIUSTI.NATION.
"nave you uoticed how extrava
gantly Mrs. Murray Hill is dressing
this season?"
"Yes, indeed. Her husband has
boon losing heavily on 'change of late,
aud she is evidently makiug the most
of her present opportunity." Judge.
THE Blcri'LE IIAUIT.
"What is tho hardest thing to letiru
about a bicycle?" asked tho elderly
boarder. But beforo tho bloomer
boarder could reply tho Cheerful Idiot
hastened to say :
"To keep from talking about it, ns
far as I cau notice." Indianapolis
Journal.
A SEI1IUS Ol' COMI'MiWllOSS,
Tough Bill "When 1 laid him out,
ho says : 'This hero uudoos mo com
pletely. ' "
Chorus of Admirers "What d'yer
do ter him, then?"
Tough Bill "Why, dero wuzn't
only ono t'iug. I went ter ivork, an
did him up again." Wriulde.
AT THE MASirCllAMi HALL.
Peg "I just saw your friend, Mr.
leeeut, going into tlio conservatory
with Helen ileartbre.ik. llo looked
as white us a blu et."
Jaek Ware "1 wonder what was
tho matter with lit in V"
Peg "Ho was noiut; into a der'.uie,
1 i-hoiild say, limn w li.it llliow of
. I: leu." -Harvard Lampoon.
SfJlEMlUfJ ASI INDUSTRIAL.
Certain eminent physicians declare
that there are three hypnotio states.
Fooplo ns a rnlo hoar better with
their right than with their loft ears.
Over 7000 varieties of microscopic
sea shells havo been enumerated by
natural ists.
Somo Syrian tobacco has so small a
pcrccnlao of nicotiuo thit this alka
loid can hardly be detectod.
Tho joints enduro much use because
thoy are constantly lubricatod by an
oil seoroted by glands specially adapt
ed to that pnrposO,
It is announcod that a f ronch natu
ralist has invented nu instrument,
which ho torms a "glossometer," for
measuring the tonguos of bees.
Tho bonos of the aknll aro arched
because in that form the greatest
strength is combined with the least
weight and quantity of material.
Dr. Erich Langhold announcod at
tho International Physicians' Congress
at Wiesbadon that ho had discovered
a new remedy for tuberculosis, whiclv
he has namod aclimicrobio, -
The air, after a heavy snowfall, is
usually very clear, becauso tho snow,
in falling, brings down with it most of
the dust and impurities and loaves the
atmosptero exceedingly clear.
The Alps and the Himalayas ecom
immense to tho beholders who stand
at thoir bases, but upon tho globe, as
a wholo, thoy are no more than the
roughness of tho skin of an orange.
The horn of tho rhinoceros doos not
grow from tho bono, but is a mere
oxcrcsoonco of tho skin, liko tho hair
and nails. It can bo separated from
the skin by the use of a sharp knife.
Tho habit of turning around threo
or four times beforo lying down has
survived in tho domostio dog fr jm his
savago ancestry. It thou served to
break down tho gross and make a bod.
Electric heat has been applied with
success to the thawing out of frozen
water pipes in England. A wiro is
run into the pipo nutil it moets the
obstruction, and then the current is
turned on.
Goorge Shiras, a son of Justice
Shiras, of tho United States Supremo
Court, has perfeotcd a spring-gun
camera for automatically photograph
ing Wild animals. A fiush-light at
tachment, with a mirror reflector,
makes it as useful at night jis in tho
day-timo. ' - .,
. He Could Cook.
A Lcwiston man has been complain
ing lateiy thot hie wife does not pay
enough attention to cooking "for to
morrow." At such times his wifo has
remarked, "Why don't you cookyour
solf ?" The last time she said this was
at supper timo Monday night. Ho
didn't answer, but after supper ho
rilled the cook stovo with wood, took
off his coat and started iu. lis got her
cook book down aud began at the com
meucemout, and made two pans of
doughnuts, two batches of biscuit, mo
hissed gingerbread, hasty puddiug to
fry for breakfast, cookies, tart.--, six
custard pioh, boiled vegetables for
breakfast hush, and iu half un hour
had the stove eovered with dishes of
all kinds. His wife went out into tho
kitchen and dropped speechless into a
chair. At half past eleven that night
ho washod tho last dish aud closed the
dumb waiter iillud with food which
compared very well with somo his wife
had made, nud went to bed. Tho next
noon his wife handed him a bill ot
$7.40, which she said was tho amount
of raw material ho hud need tho night
before. "Are you going to cuuk as
much as that every day?" she asked.
Lewistorl (Me.) Journal.
Artificial Mcmtiru
An old Welsh blacksmith, who was
also a dealer iu groceries uud various
other trifles, was uuablo to real or
writo, but had a wysteia of his own,
aud kept his uceouuts in uu original
kind of hieroglyph, iu which ft rude
representation of uuythiug hu sold on
credit did duty lor writteu symbol?.
At Christmnstiino ho got his friend,
tho schoolmaster, to make out his bills
os ho dictated. Ouoo he sent o bill
for thoeiug, etc., to old Sir Hubert
Vuilghuu, who presently c inio down in
a great fluster. "Orillith Jones, you
villiuu, you havo charged mo with a
cheese, uud 1 never had uiio from you
in my life I" ",ito a hit," cried
Griffith, "while I look iu tho book."
Aud there, sure suouh, was a big
round O, which iu Giilfilb's script
represented a cheese. Then ensue i a
wordy war between blacksmith and
barouet, iu which it was dilli :ult to
siy which had the bet of it. Sir
Robert was riding off iu a Mgc, whou
tho blacksmith callol him back.
"Stop; I reuii'uibcr tho cheese was
all right, but 1 forgot to put a hole iu
it. It was a grindstone. " Household
Words.
tiiiiko Bostroys mi Oimii.c Taw
Mrs. It. U. Johnson. of Dallas, Texas,
had a lino ihreo-year-old Otuheite
orange tree, of which she was very
proud. Soon after she put the plant in
tho greenhou.'O last fall it began to
show unmistakable signs of decay, and,
iu spito of her best o:'.orls, it contin
ued tJ wither, uud seemed, iu fact,
quite deud, Hoping, however, to re
vive it so soou this Hiring as was prac
ticable, Mrs. Johnson set the pot out,
thiukiug that tho genial warmth would
restore tho plant. Bat, instead of re
viving, it boomed lo wither tho more,
nuil yesterday, when tlio siiu biioiio
lull upon it oii the gallery, Mrs. John
eon saw tho oran;;e quiver and tremble
us if possessed of the pa!-y.
ot comprehending mi queer a per
formance on the part "f a plant, she
failed a servant and had him carefully
turn the put iqmdo do.vu.wueu to her
horror u hi ,' hlaeksuuUo slowly un
coiled himself from about the roots of
tlio oraiigi-, where H li I no doubt
comfort ihly hibernate I nil winter. -Philadelphia
Tinn s,
I WONDER,
' -
ff I this night, at sot of sun,
Should find my raco waif nearly run,
Would I havo earned tho glad "Well done?"
I wonder.
Would I look back at dear ones here?
Would I go onward without fear?
Would there be timo for nny tear'
I wonder.
Would it then l.o so strangely swoet,
Where l ived ones wait their own to greet,
That life would pass with pinged feet?
I wonder.
Would all tho countless trials soro
Perplex mo never, nover more?
Would heartaches, failures, all bo o'er?
I wonder.
llo says, "Unto tho weary rest,"
Cnto the friendless homo so Most: ;
and so to Him I leave the rest
No wonder.
IIUM0K OF THE DAY.
nard to beat A wet carpet. Mel
kourne Weekly Times.
Tho wail of the athletic record
"I'm broke again." Harvard Lam
pcoc .
"Can' you a?Ji-8 -heck for 2 ?''
"Ob, yes." "All right, lend -mo the
five." Lifo.
Why is it that we always believe we
can save a little monoy next month?
Atchison Globe.
A man has to be something moro
than ecccntrio to have his eccentrici
ties tolerated. Lifo.
Courtship consists largely in trying
to find out what tho girl thinks with
out asking her. Puck.
"Wbfn io-noranco is bliss" Whoa
you have moro money than you know
what to do with. Puck.
Blncc thobicvolo ora envelops ns qulto,1
All tlio univorso seeois to sock "safety" iu
night.
Boston Courier.
Hoax "What's a good book for a
man about to got married?" Joax
"A bauk book." Philadelphia Rec
ord. Husband "Strange, but my wifo
always wants mo to remember her
birthday, but to forget her age."
Fliegendo Blactter.
He "Miss MoUrossns Imogcno
I I cannot livo without you." Sho
! "How did you acquire Bach cxtrava- .
'gant habits?" Truth.
"Do you have any idea how many
tons of coal you burn each winter?"
"No ; I only know how much I pay
for." Chicago Record.
Young Wifo "That'd just tho
trouble. It makes mo so mad when
he gives into mo without fighting."
Philadelphia North Americuu.
j Sniggs (breathlessly) "Phow I I'm
all out of wind I" Briggs "Jt seems
to mo that the wind is nil out of you."
Philadelphia North American.
"I boliovo you'ro going to full on
me," said tho shod to the shot-tower.
"Well," suid tho shot tower, "it's
true 1 havo a leaning that way." New
York Tress.
U. "Papa, what is meant by having
horse uonse?" "It means knowiug
enough to 'mako hay whilo tho euu
shines.' Rim now and talk to your
grandmother." Truth.
! "Aro you satisfied that tho team I
sold you uro well matched?" "Yes,
they're wall matched. Ono is willing
to work, and tlio other is satisfied to
lot him." Now York Telegram.
H0''Your vast fortune ought to
enablo yen to do iv great deal of
good." She "Jt does. 1 have es
tablished tho credit of any number of
young men." New York Herald.
"Mr. Badger, when is a woman in
tho prime of life?" "Well, Mrs.
Badger, when she's tuirty-fivo." "Aud
a man?" "Oh, nuywhere from tweu-ty-onoto
eighty." Chicago Record,
i Farzley "My houso ut Trilbyvillu
is only threo minutes Irom the sta
tion." Flatler "City or suburban?'
Purzley-"CitY or suburban what?
Flutlor""Miuuteii." Roxbury .U
zette. 1 "Miss Cuyenno is a very bright
youug woman," ho remarked, admir
ingly. "Does slid say clever things?
"Better than that. Sho sees the
point when somebody ehe says them.
Washington Star.
Hurry "I cauuet oiler yon wealth,
Mario ; my brains nre all the fortune I
possess." Mario "Oh, Harry, if you
ure so badly off us that, I am alruid
pupa will never givo his consent."
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Hobson "Wilkes, you remember
that fifty I loaned you two years
ug0" Wilkes "Vou uio not going
to press a friend fr payment, 'aro
you?" liobson "Certainly not.
Take your time. I only wish to bor
row it for a while." Harlem Lite.
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Eiiga-ioiiioiit lliolti'ii in u IiiilU rmis Way
Tho engagement of a prominent
belle of a Southern city was broken
off under most lildierouseireiuustauces
recently. She conceived tho insane
notion of nllccting u li-qi uud made a
fatal mistake of attempting to prao
tice on her wealthy flauo. Entering
tho parlor iu a clou I of vera-violetlo
or tomo stieh choice periuino, sho
proofed the voting man Willi: "Dou't
l Wll'lootr "Not miue," was tlio
practical young fellow's reply, as ho
arose, guthere 1 his hut r.ud flounced
out of the room uivor to return ue,aiu.
Now York Advirli.-or.
To To-t Diamonds.
It is well known to jewelers that
aluminum will mark a gla-s or "pa-te'
diamond, hut not the true gem, pro
vided tho surlace is wet. This fact Has
now been uppl'od in tho pro Uietiouof
a liieehuuienl tester, whieti ooiiM-ts of
a small disc of aluminum, rapidly re
volved by an electric motor. The
stone to ho tested i-. welled, un I held
u jain-1 tho edge of tho disc by moans
tf a spring clamp.