Tiie Forest Republican Is published overy Wodnes lay, by J. E. WENK. Office in Smcarlaugh & Co.'i Building ELM STUEET, TIONEUTA, TA. Tormj, - Bl.(K)l'or Year, No subscription! received for a shorter period than throo months. Correspondence sollolto I from nil pirts of the country. No notion will bo tukea ol liuonyrnoui oounuuuieailom. RATES OF ADVERTISINGS One Failure, one Inch, one Insertion, .f f 00 OneKipinre, one Inch, one Mouth. .1 8 HO One Pquare. one inch, throe months, . 5 00 One Sonre, one iw-h, ono year 10111 Two Squires, ono yr I no Quarter Column, one your 'to 00 Half Column, oneyeir,., VmkJ Une Column, one year 1 IK) Legnl ailTrUsi'iii"nts too cents per line each insertion. Marriages and deith notices gratis. All blllsforycarlyavertisotn nU collected quarterly Temporary advertisements must lie paid in advanue. Job work cash on delivery. Fore KEPUB ICAN. VOL. XXTX. NO. 13. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY L, 1890. ffil.00 PEll ANNUM. It appears tbnt sevonty-flvo per cent, of Enolinb ohlmnoy-swccpors die in the workhouse. Socially tho Slnmeso Hronndoubtodlj advancing. Thoro nro now ft number of men of f ood po.sil ton whoso wives nocompnny (hem iu public, driving to mtertuiumouts, and bo forth. l . t Tbo 'Medical Society of Borno Switzerland, hns inaugurated a plan for the tupproHHion of prows notioos of unicidos, os it bus beuu observed that epidemics of suicides, bo called, come from "suggestion," acquired through printed accounts of tbcra. ; 'i Spurgcou's eermons oro among tho fjrent literary successes of tho contur. Tbo Westminster Gnzottco Bays that of these Fermons havo bcon printed nud Fold, nnd that tho eum total of tbo sales renchei nearly 100, 000,000, on average of about 05,008 copies per sermon. 1 A mint is about to bo established at Nuukiug for fcilver nud copper coinage, mnkiug two mints for tho Chincsa Empire, tbo other being nt Cauton. Tho common mouctary unit of China is a copper "cash," of which between 1000 oud 1700 niuko ono tael and twenty-two malio ono penny. Thcro nro iu Iho neighborhood ot 100 big office btnltliu ;s in New York City, employing about 3500 men and women, and paying out about 8200,. 000 a month in wagea. In tho very largest buildings a Buporiutoudent hires tho help 11 ml rents tho offices, but iu Iho luujority of cares thuBO duties ure divided between tho owner, real citato ngcut nud jitnltor. And tho janitor is tho most important man of the trio. 1 Thcro aro forty-eight thousand artists iu Furis, tnoro than bulf of whom nro puiutero. Wo wonder how ninny of tbeeo realize tho far-rcAching luorul nflects for pood or evil of which tho products of chitA, pencil or brush ure capable? musos tho Now York Ob server. It in to bo feared that artists frequently fail to tako any serious thought ns to tho ethics of art. And there appears to bo eoino foundation for tho witticism in which a Oerman pnper has recently indulged to tho ef fect that tho secret of mcccsj iu modern art is to bo crazy In an origin el way. j Tho 1,411,000 square miles of Can ndiuu territory previously unnamed lias been divided and named and ap pears on tho new official map duly labeled. Tho now districts nro as fol lows: Ungava, which includes all the district between Hudson's Bay and tho Arctio Ocean, with tbo exception of tbo narrow const liuo of .Labrador. Franklin, tbo groat group of islands north of Hudson's Straits oud lying between tbo Bixtioth nud 125th dogreo of wost longitude. West of this again is Mackenzie, taking in tho mainland country between tho northorn limit o! Athabnska and tho Arctio Sea, and being bctweeu tho 100th meridian ol lougitudo and a lino about 500 union west and parallel with tho Mackenzie River. Yukon iuoludes tho distriot iuclotcd between tho bitter line and tbo northern boundary of British Coluiubiu, tho eastern boundary of Alaska and (bo Arctio Ocean. Ungnvs is alwott us extensive as British Columbia, and Macken.io Is largei than British Coluiubiu and Quebec combined. Of t'10 remaining districts, each ip bigger than Ontario. Tho New York Tost eaysi "Few newspapers iu tho South mourn th nbaudoumeut of tho proposod South ern States Exposition iu Chicago. Id u few quarters tho attouipt is mado ta ascribe tho failuroof tho entcririso td the rivalry of tho Teouoeseo Conten nial Exposition, to bo hold in Nash ville. But tho truth of tho mutter U that tbo peoplo of tho South took lit tle interest in the unfair, nud outsido of Bouio 'drumming' iu tho Atlantio Coast States, little attention was paid to it iu tho columns of tho newspapers or elsewhere. It was evident from! this upatby iu tbo South that tho ex position would not bo a success, and for this reason it was abandoned. Ono North Carolina paper says of it: 'Tlp3 underlying idea was nover a very prao; ticiU ouo. It was to divert tho cotton goods trade of tho South from tbo North and Kubt to tho West. Tho laws of trade aro inexorable Tbo North uud tho East aro tho South's natural customers; tbo South and tho West tro both agricultural sections and nro competitors. Tho business men never took bold of this Chicago lioutheru Stutcs moveuieut. V'hero never seemed to them to bo anytbiaj in it.' This quotation may bo ua cepted as a fuir illustration of feeling at the South over tho uUompt to force trade, tbrutt;A an uuMitiuul channel, to GiieaiO." A LITTLE LOVE SONO. Tuoro In nuvor a blossom that blooms for Love's bosom As sweet as my blossom my swoott And not In Qod's skUvs a.iy Btars llko her cyos Like Iho oyos of my blossom my swootl Llko hor beautiful eyes, of tho rainbow's 1k.l1 dyes, With tho bluo and tbo daw ot God's Infinite skies! Bho Is wondorful swoot, sho Is wonderful wise My boautlful bloa'jom, myswoot! And not for tho queens of th" lovollost InndH Would I Kivo nor mv blossom, mv awnot! Not aklsnof bnr Hps, not a clasp of her bauds l'ortuo lovullost lady you a moot! For tho lovullost uiald in wboso honor a blado Hath Unshod whoro tho bnttlo mado fonmon ufrutd; Dor Hps to my own! May God's toniH;xts bo stayed For my blossom my blossom, my sweet F. It. Htantou. THE MADNKSS OF SI1ERE BAHADUR, BI 8. LEVETT VATEA HE Mahout's small son, engaged with an equally email friend in tbo pleas ant occupation of bringing into gar lauds the thick vol- low and wbito chainpao blossoms that strewed tho ground, under tho broad louvod tree near tbo loutona hedgo, was startled by an angry trumpet, and lookod iu tho direction of Sucre Baha dur. "Ho is must," said ouo to tho othor in an awo-strnck whisper ; nud thon, a sudden torror seizing them, they boundod like littlo brown apes, silontly and swiftly into a gap iu tho hedge anil vanished. Thoro woro 100 evil desires hissing in Shoro Bahadur's heart, as ho swayed to nnd fro under tho huge pcopnt trco to whioh ho was chained. Indignity upon indiguity had boen heaped upou him. It was a tncro oooident that Aladin, tho mahout who had attended him for twenty years, was doad. How ou earth was Shoro Bahadur to know thut his skull was so thin? Ho had moroly tapped it with his truuk in a moment of petulunoo, and tho head of Aladin had craokled in liko tho shell of an egg. Shcro Bahadur was ro duoed to tho ranks. For weeks ho had to carry tbo fodder supply of tbo Mahuraj's stabloa, liko an ordiuary boast of burdon ; and alow-caeto slave, a fool to boot, bad boen put to attend on him. It was not to bo borne. Shoro Bahadur clanked his chains angrily, aud. ever and anon, fluug wbisps of straw, twigs And dust on his broad back and mottled forohcad. Ho, a Kumoriah, of Kemerlahs, to bo treated thus I Ho was no longer tho stately beast that boro the yellow-and-.iilvor howduh of tho Mahsraj Adhira in solemn proccssiou who put aside, with a gentle sweep of his trunk, the ohildren who crowded the narrow streets of Kulesar. No; it was differ out now. He was a felon and an out cast, bouad like a thiof. Something had given way in his brain, aud Shoro Bahadur -was mad. Tho llios hovcrod on tho soro part ovor his left car, wbero tho long poak of tho driving iron had burrowod in, and, with a trumpet of rago, tho elephant blow a cloud of dust into tho air, and strained himself backward. Click 1 Cliou I Tho cast-iron links of tho big obain that bound him suapped, aud Shore Bahadur was free. Ho cautiously moved his pillar-like logs backwards and forwards to satis fy himself of tho fact, aud then, with tho broad fans of his cars spread out, stood for a moment still as a stone. High up amongst tho leaves tho grcon pigeons whistlod softly to caoh othor, and a gray squirrel was engaged in hot dispute with a bluojay over trcus uro trove, found in a hollow of ono of tbo loug branches thut, python-like, twined uud twistc4 overhead. Fur uway, tior upou tier of purple hills rose, aud beyond t'uoiu a wbito liuo of enow-oappod peaks stood out nainut tho sapphiro of tho sky. Hutbni Khund was there, tho deep pool of Jumna, whoro, thirty years boforo, Sbcro Bndadur had uplashod and swum. It was thero that ho fought and defeated the hoary tusker of the herd tho one tusked giuut who had bullied aud tyranized over bis tribo for time beyond Sbcro Bahadur's memory. l'vrhaps a thought of that big Qght stirred him ; perhaps tho broezo brought him tbo sweet scent of tho young urttss iu tho glous. At any rato, with a quick, impatient flap of his ears, bhuro Buhadur turned uud faced tho hills. As ho did so his twinkling rod eyos oaught sight of tho Kulesar statu troops, ou their parade ground, barely a quarter of a niilo lrom wbero 110 stood. Tho fat little Muharaj was thcro, standing ncur the saluting point. Close to him was tho Vizier, with tho court ; and last, but not least, a know ing littlo fox terrior dug up tho earth with bis foro paws, scattering it about, regardless of tbo august presence. The Muharaj was proud of his troop;. Ho had raised them hiiubelf iu an outburst ot loyalty, tho day af ter a birthday guzottc, iu which His Highness Sri Kuuubir l'crtab Sing, Muharaj Adhiruj of Kulesar, hud boon admitted a conipumon of uu exulted order. Tho Htuv of Iudia flittered ou tho podgy littlo prince. Ho was dreaming of a glorious day when ho ho himself would leud tho victorious levy through Khybor, lirut iu tho Held aguiust tho lluss, whon a murmur that ew oiled to a ory of four rose from tho ranks, and tho troops melted away be fore their king, ltilles aud aocouter- moats were thing aside, there was a vilJ etumpede, uud tho gorgeously at tirod Colonel, putting ppnrs to his horse, mingled up with tho dust and was lost to view. Tho Mahnraj stormed iu Lis native tonguo, nnd then burst Into English oaths. Ho tnrncd iu his fury towards tbo Vizier ; but was only in timo to soo tbo snowy robes of that high func tionary disappearing into ft culvert, nnd tbo coufusod mob of his court running helter-skelter across tho swnrd. But yet another object caught the prince's eye, ond chilled him with horror; it was tho vast bulk of Shoro Bahadur moving rapidly and nois lessly towards him. Sri Itanabir was a Bajpoot of tho bluest blood, and his heart was big ; but this awful sight, this swift, silent alvauco of hideous death, paralyzed him with fear. Alroady tho long shadow of tho elephant had moved near his foot, already ho soomod Im paled on thoso oruol whito tusks, whon thcro was a snapping bark, and tho fox terrier Hew at Shoro Bubadnr and danced around him in a toinpost of rage. Tbo clopbant turnod and mado a suvugo dash a tbo dog, who skipped nimbly between his les, nod renewed tho assault in tho rear. But this mo ment of reprieve roused His Highness. The priuco becamo a man, and the Muharaj turnod and fled, darting liko a star aoross tbo soft green. Shoro Buhadur saw tho Hash of tho Jowolod aigrette, tho sheen of tho or der; and, giving up tho dog, curled his truuk uud started iu pursuit. It was a desperate race. Tho Mahtraj was out of training ; but the time ho mado was wonderful, nnd tho diamond bucklos on his shoes formed a Bbreak of light as ho fled. But, fast as ho ran, the raco would have ondod in a few second i if it had not been for Bul ly, tho littlo whito fox-terrier. Bully thoroughly gruspod tho situation, and noted accordingly. Ho ran around tho elephant, now skippod between his lcf,.aud tbo next moment snapped at bun behind; and Bully had a ro mnrkubly due set of teeth. The Muharaj sighted ft small but, tho door of whioh fciood invitingly open ; it was a poor hut, mado of grass aud sticks ; but it soomod a royal palaco to him. With a desperate spurt, ho reached tho door and dashed in. But Sbero Bahadur was not to be deniod. Ho stood for a moment, and then, putting forward bis forefoot, staved in tho sido of tho frail Bboltor and brought down tho house. Sri Kanauir hopped, out like a rat, and it was well for him thut, in tho cloud of dust aud thatch flying about, ho was unobsorvod, for Shero Bahadur, now caroless of Bully's assault and certain of his fmun, was diligontly searching tho debris. But he found nothing but a brass vessel, whioh he savagely flung at tho dog; thon he carefully stamped on tho hut and reduced every thing to chaos. In the meantime Sri Iianabir, unoonsoious that the pursuit had ceased, ruu on as if ho was wound up liko a clock run until his foot slipped, nud tho Muharaj Adhiruj rolled into a soft bed of a mullah, and luy thoro with his oyes closed, uttorly beaten, aud careless whether tho death he had striven so hard to avoid canio or not. Then thoro was a buzzing in his ears, and everything booarae a blank. "iilosscil be Vishnu I Ho livoth and tbo Vizior helped bis fallen mastor to rise, aided br tho heir apparent, in whoso heart, however, thero wore thoughts fur dlft'orout from thoso whioh found expression on tho lips of tho Nawah Juggan Jung, Prime Minister of Kulosur. Tho sympathotlc.if some what excited, court crowded round thoir king; oud a littlo iu tho distance was .tho wholo population of Kulosur, armed with every concolvablo weapon, and keeping up their courage by beat ing on tom-toms, blowiug horns and shouting until tho confusion of sound was indescribable. "Coino baok to tho palace, my lord. They will drive the ovil ouo out ot him and tho Vizior waved his hand in tho dirootion of tho orowd, and poiutod to where, in tho distauoo, Shoro Bahadur was making slowly and btoadily for tho hills. " But tho Mu haraj Adhiruj would do no such thing. "Kyful lao," ho roared in his vernac ular; "Gimmo my gun," ho shrieked iu English, Thoro was no refusing. A doublo-barrelod gun was thrust into his hands; bo Ectamblcd on to tho back of tho first horsa ho eaw, aud, followed by his cheering subjects and tbo wholo court, dashed after tho clo pbant. ' ' "Mirror of tho Universe, dostroy him not," advised tbo Vizier, who rodo at tho prince's bridlo Laud. 'Tho boast is worth 8000 rupoos, and cannot bo roplaced ; tbo treasury is almost empty, aud wo Rhall want him whon tho Lut Shuib oomos." Tho Mahuruj was prudout if ho was bravo, and tho empty treasury was a strong argument ; bebides, they were gottiug rut hor oloso to Shore Buhudur, and outpnoiug tho faithful peoplo. tiut ho gavo iu blowly. "What is to bo done?" ho asked, tubing a pull at tho roius. "Tho people will drive him baok," replied tho Vizier, "aud we will chuiu him up securely. Ho is but must, aud in a month or so all will pass away. Shero Bahadur had now roaehod an open plain, whero ho stopped, uud, turning round, faced bis pursuers. "Oo on, bravo men I" sboutod tho Vizier ; "u thousuud rupoos to hiin who links tho first chain ou that Shnitun. IJrivo him buck I Drivo him back I" Thero is tho courngo of numbers, and this tho people of India possess. They gradually forinod a somioirclo round Shero Bahadur, cutting otf his ret rout to tho hills, uud atte mpting by shouts and tho beatings of tom-toms to drivo him forward. But they kopt at a eufo distance, and tho elephant remained unmoved. "I'rick him forwards," roarod the Vizier. "Aro uoue of ye men? Bo hold I the Light of tho Universe watches your deeds) A mini ele phant I fab I what is it but on ani mal?-' "By your lordship's furor," answered Toioo, "ho is not must, only angry thero is no stream from his eye. Nevertheless I will drive him to tho linos, but I am but dust of tho earth, and ft thousand rupees will mako mo a king." Thon a rod-turbanod man nteppod out of tho throng. It was tho low-casto cooly who hod boon put to attend to tho elophant on Aladiu's death. Ho was armed with a short spear, and ho crept up to tho boast on his hands and knees, uud thon, rising warily, dug tho woupon into tho elephant's haunch. Shore Buhadur rapped his trunk on tho ground, gavo a short, quick trumpet, and, swinging round, mado for tho man. Ho did this in a slow, deliberate mnuner, and actually allowed him to pain tho crowd ; then ho flung up his hood with a Ecrcecb, and dashed forward. Crack I orack I wont both barrels of Sri Ranabir's rifle, and two ballots whistlod harmlessly through tho air. Tho panic-struck mob turned and Hod, bearing the struggling prinoo in the press. Tho elophant wan, however, too quick, and to his horror, Sri Ranabir saw that ho had charged homo. Thon Sri' Ranabir also sotw some thing that ho never forgot. Not a Boul did tbo elephant harm ; but, with a doggod persistence, followed the rod turban. Some, boldor than the rent, struck at him with their thin talwar, somo tried to stab him with thoir spears, and one or two matchlocks were fired nt him, but to no purpose. Through the orowd he stoored straight for his prey, and tho crowd itself gave gave back boforo him, in a sea of frightonod faces. At last the man himself scorned to rcalizo Shere Baha dur's object, and it dawned like an in spiration on tho rest. Thoy mado a road for the elophant, and ho separated his quarry from tho orowd. At last I Ho ran him down on a plowed Hold aud stood ovor the wretch. Tho man lay partly on his sido, look ing up at his enemy, and he put up his hand weakly and rested it against tho foreleg of tho olophant, who Btood motionless above hini So atill was ho that a wild thongBry-vv-.Trel!or)1?henyvy.,vou.t yougono r - ;j lor, wim iuu rcHuuruv uuru ui iiuoji nent peril, ho gathered himsolf to gether inch by ineb and mado a rush for freedom. With an easy sweep of his trunk Shore Bahadur brought him buck into his former position, and then tho dovil came up, and a groan went up from the crowd, for Shero Bahadur had dropped on his knoes, and a momont after arose and kicked something a mangled, ebapoless somothiug baokwards and forwards between his fcot. "Lot him bo," said tho Vizior, lay ing a restraining hand on Sri Ranabir. "What has ho killed but refine? Tho Shaitan will go out of him now." Whon ho had done tho deed. Shore Buhadur moved a few yards further, and bogan to cart olods of earth over himself. Thou it was seen that a Binall figure, with a driving hook iu its littlo browu baud, was making directly for tho ele phant "Come bnok, you littlo fool I" shout ed Sri Ranabir. But tho boy made no answer, and, ruuning lightly forward, Btood before Shore Bahadur, lie placed tho tinscl-oovcred cap he wore nt tho boast's foot, and held up his hands in supplication. Tbo orowd stood brcathloss; thoy could hear nothing, but tho child was evidently speaking. Thoy saw Shore Bahadur glare viciously at tho boy, as his trunk droopod forward in a straight line. The lad agaiu epoke, and the elophant snorted doubtfully. Then there was no mistaking tho shrill treblo "Lift I" Shero Bahadur hold out his trunk in an unwilling manner. Tho boy seized hold of it as high as ho could reach, pluced his bare feet on tho curl uud murmured somothiug. A moment after ho was Boated ou the elephant's neck, uud lifting tho driv ing iron, waved it iu tho air. "Hai I" ho scrouuiod, us ho drovo it on to tho right spot the soro part over the loft eur. "Hai I Busu-boru thief back to your lines." And tbo huge bulk of Shero Bahadur turned slowly round uud shambled off to the peepul tree liko a lamb. "By tho trunk of Ouuputty. I will mako thut lad a buvildcr, uud tho 1OO0 rupoos shall bo his," swore tho Ma huruj. "Pillnr of tho Eurth I" advised tha Vizior, "lot this unworthy ono spenk. It is Futtch Din, tho dead Aladiu's son give him flro rupees, aud lut him bo mahout." Whon I Inst saw Shoro Bahadur ho was passing solemnly under tbo old archway of the "Outo of tho Hundred Winds" ut Kulosur. Tho Muharaj Adhiruj was seated iu tho howdu, with his oxcollouoy tho Nuwab Jugguu Juug by his side. Ou tho driving scut was Futteh Din, gorgeous iu cloth of gold ; and they were ou their way to tbo funeral pyro of tho heir nppurout,who hud died suddenly from a surfeit of croum. As thoy passed under tho arehway,a sweotmcut seller roso uud bowed to tbo priuoe, and Shero Bahadur, btretohiug out bis trunk, helped himself tea pouud or so of "Turkish delight." . ' "Such," tuid tho bwoetmcut seller to himself ruefully, as ho gazed utter tho retreating processiou "suoli uro tho ways of kings." Pull Mall Gazette A Trench t'al'o freak, A man hanging by tho uoek thirteen days and nights wus tho attraction ut a Montuiurtro (Paris) cufo recently. Tho dcctori1, however stopped tho per formuueo at the end of tho fourth day, the man boiii'f iu a critical couditiou. lila uamo is Duraud. Ho ultuiued no toriety some time ago by ttuudiug ou a pedestal ut Mar.ieillui 'or t tuuty eight consecutive day. ? LIFE. J 8T0RTK3 THAT ARE TOLD BT THE - FUNNY MEN OF THE PRE33. Wonderful Moclilno SubBtltuto Took Thoir Word for It A Hint Thrown t'p, Ktc, Ktc. Thoy sny n most pocullar thing Happened horn In town: A woinnn took hor watch upstulni, And then tho watch ran down. Washington Post. . HOW BUB KNEW. Clara "Didn't ho kiss you?" Muudo "What, did you hoar mo scream ?" "No. I heard you utter a cry of Joy." Lifo. BTOATKOY. "That is a remarkably ugly Tunama hat you havo on." "Yes, I hod to get an ugly ono so my sisters wouldn't wear it all tho timo." Chicago Record. TOOK TIIEII WOllD FOB. IT. Nopbow "Docs tho heat bother you much, Uncle?" , Uncle Silas "Well, I used tor think it did ; but, nowadays, folks tell me it's tho humidity." Puck. " . , A SUBSTITUTB. ' lie "Tonguo cannot expross tho iovo I bear you." : Bho "They say that monoy talks. Let us hear what that has to say iu tho promises." Boston Transcript. A niNT TlinOWN IT. ' Sho "What aro tho wild waves say ing, I wondor?" . Wantorgo Holinos "They scotu to me to be asking if I would mind thur ing my supper with them." Lifo. iit'xt'itioua. Dicky "Thoy toll mo you aro liv ing on tho fat of tho land at your new boarding place." Woofers "Yes, oleomargarine ond fillodohocso." Cleveland Plain Dealer. ffcrprrw-rfn authtiattim to auu - i-a., residing on a 1 iNewiy-murriou amu-"--ao; wwie waiting to save up enough ' to live in kooplng with the stylo of tho wedding presents." Philadelphia North Amer ican, A new renin. Brown "I seo that tho lawyers in a rcoent caso wanted to havo a violin played in court as part of tho evi dence " Jonos "Yob; a juryman nowadays can't toll what bo's going to run up against." Puck. OOVEB1NO IT UP. "You bad boy, you havo mado a groaso spot on tho new sofa with your broad oud butter," said Mrs. Chaflio to hor sou Johuuio. "Nevermind, ma; you cau set oa it whon there's company iu tho p'ir lor." Texas Siftor. HIS VEfiSATlMT?. Tourist (iu Oklahoma) "I should not think that piuno tuning would bo a very lucrative ocoupatiou iu this re gion pianos aro not very plentiful here,. are thoy?" Piano Tuner "Well, no; but I make ft pretty foir iueomo by tighten ing up barb-wire fences on tho side." - Puok. rSANBWEnABLC Littlo Claronoo "Pn, what is tho proper definition of$'mngaziuo?' " Mr. Callipers "A plaoo whero ex plosives are etored, my sou." Littlo Clarence "Well, then, pa, why do they call a publication with a story in front and all tbo rot of the pagos devoted to bioyclo advertise ments a magazine?" l'uok, WE MAT COME TO IT. Friend "I don't think the "X" rays should bo used in modicino." Doctor "Why, it's being used now I We can got iuternul photographs of tho pat lout." Friend "Yes; but somo day the patient may bo able to get iuternul photographs of the doctor's head and find out if ho knows anything about tho caso." BUE KNEW THEM. A railroad was about to bo run through tho host part of a Western farmer's farm. Ho had had a stormy interview with tho agents of tho road, aud was very wroth at them. Ho wus expecting another visit from tho agents whon his littlo daughter said : "Thero thoy como again." "Who is it?" askod tbo futhcr. "Thoto road agouU auiu." we'vb known him, "I heard about a queer cuso of ub Bontmindedness tho other Ouy. You know that old Professor, Al tlobray?" "Yes; whut did ho do? Try to pick his toeth with tho hypothcuuso of a triangle?" "No. You see, tho Professor and Jones occupy tho tamo room ut tho Tip-a-Duy Xfotol. Tho Protestor wanted to tako uu early truin, aud told tho clerk to v.'i.ko him ut throe o'clock. Tbo clerk did so, and i:i the hurry the Professor got Jones's clothes on. Ho didn't notice t'10 illllereneo uutil ho reached tbo depot, uud I'll bo kicked if ho didn't go buck to tho hotel nnd (ro to bed." "Woll, I dou't seo any ubseut mindoduoss In that." "i'ou don't I Why, ho thought tbo clerk hud walled tbo wrong man." Truth. About half the houses of London tuke a morulug paper, uud ubout ouo third of them tuko 110 puuer at alb THE MERUIT SIDE SllESTinc AMU INDUSTRIAL, Tbo trollov ear is to bo tried in tho Mnino lumber regions to haul logs to tho main rivers. A steel ploto Bovcnty-six feet threo inches long and five feot wido has just been mndo by a Stockton (England) company. Somo St. Louis physicians insist that tho anti-toxine treatment will euro the consumption an woll as. tho diphtheria. Tho Civio Federation, of Chicago, is making war on tho Ice Trust there, and declares that it is making ico from tainted water. It is estimated that a Novembor fo in London costs, in gas and electric light, accidouts, delays and dumagc, about 8500,000. Her official tests show that tho Ore gon, just finished on thoPacilio coast, is the swiftest and most formidablo battleship afloat. A commission ot Japnnceo havo ot rived in tho country, sent to study tho electrical power and telephone systems of the United States. An aluminum boat for sportsmen's use has been made ; it weighs but thirty pounds, is fourteen feot long and will carry two people. During a storm at Wakolio, Mich., a farm house was photographed by lightning on tho whitewash of a room, but the picture soon faded. It has been discovcrod that all tho shellfish of the Hawaiian Islunds aro peculiar to the locality, and most of their birds and insects are found no whoro elso on tho globe. If tho ontiro population of tho world is considered to be 1,400,000,000, tho brains of this number of human be ings would weigh 1,022,712 tons, or as muoh as uiuety-Bix ironclads of tho ordinary size. Switzerland proposes to do away with phosphorus mutches, tho manu facture of which is attended with great danger, and will establish a State factory, whoso product will bo exclusively pormittod in that country. Sizo for size, a thread of spider's silk js decidedly tougher than a bar of steel. An ordinary thread will boar a weight of threo grains. This is is about fifty per cent. Bt render tbau a steel thread of iLs 2 mo thickness. Dr. Danghold, of Qormany, has in vented ft consumption cure, which is swallowed instead of being hypodcr mioally injected, and it is said to work wonders. It is called anti miorobiou, and has boon iutroduoed into a number of hospitals. A portable military crematory, ro sombliug iu appeal auco an army bak ing oven, only that it is larger and hoavier and requires eight horses to draw it, is to bo supplied to each Oer man army corps. It is tho invention of a Polish ongiuoor, nnd is iuteudod to do away with tho risk of epidemics from burial by,disposiug of tho bodies of soldiers killod in battle. TI10 Plunge of a (JIucUt. The fall of a glacier in tho Bernese Overlund last autumn, from an atti tuto of 10,823 feet nbovo sou level, is thus described by Engineering : Tho wholo mass, estimated to bo half as largo again as tho largest of the pyra mids of Egypt, leaped down 4000 feet to the bottom of tbo valley, then up 1300 on the side, and back into tho valley just fur ouough not to destroy the wateroourso through it. It ap pears to havo jumped tho water course, moving as a solid riass. It took only about twenty eeoonds in its first downward plunge, ten iu its leap upward aud ton iu falling buck, so thut ut tho ond of forty seconds tho muss had ohanged its pluco from near tho top of the mountain to tho farther sido of tho valley, whero it buried nearly one square mile of rich pasture to the depth of six feet. A similur ice ftvuluuche is recorded as haviug oc curred at tho same spot ou the tuiuo day of tho year in 1S72. Picks Tucks Out of Tires. Punctures are curious things. Some people will go for months without hav ing ono, whilo others seem to pick up all tho'uuils, thorns un i other pointed objeots whioh are lying ubout. Wo hud a sudden turu of luck ourselves ouo day recently, says a writer ou bi cycling, and got a nail iu both tires iu a siuglo rido, uftur huviuaj escaped for some eight or niuo nunths. Now, these two punotures might havo been avoided by a very simple device, which wo may call a uuil catcher. It iu simply a piece of string, wire or cat gut tied aeroFS tbo trout forks and the upper backstays, just ubovo tho tiro, but not quite touebiug it. Wo behevo thcro is uow a speoiul curved catcher, mado with attachment dips. Now, whon a nail or other object is picked up by tho tiro it docs not, as we havo previously said, at once penetrate tho cover and iuuer tube, so that this catcher at once picks it out auiu bo foro any mischief is done. Iusiiraueo Against Twins. What worse domestic calamity can bcfull a poor man's home than tho ad vent of twins, unless it bo triplets! Thut, at least, is tho idea upon which tbo projectors of tho Providence Bounty Association, orguuized recent ly, propose to bank tbo prospects of tho concern. As a liuuuciul document it is unique. It hours some respectable names, aud subscriptions to tho capital stook of 850,000 uro invited, with tho most tempting inducements. "it is notorious," says these pro jectors, "thut many peoplo marry in tho hope of improving thoir fortuue, but frequently disappointment comes with tho advent of uu unexpectedly large family. This ussociutiou provides to some extou '""vut contingency, JtX c 1'pstautial sum iu is. " Peursou's STORY OF THE SEEDS. "Ono I love;" a pretty faco Ilen llnit o'er tho Kr.ite; '7'vo I love," a soft, nweot voic"1, M(noire.- out her Tate, "riir.'" I love, I ay," and still Other smmIs nuloro. "Four I love with all my heart," What need Is there of more "Five I ca-t owny '- Ah, uo! Fori uud thus were wrou, Bhould thn count thus eude 1 be; Love's ties aro loo strorur. ".Six ho loves," a dimpled smile; '.Seven sho loves," a blush; "Eltfht both love;" n sweet look se,i'i O'er tho (air face Ilus'.i. "Nine ho comes ; he tarries ten." "Kleveii he courts" but wait! Anxious search has failed to I'm 1 Tho seed where rests her fate. Carefully sho looks them o'er, Then, ns brow grows liulit, "Twelve he marries. Merev! I Nourly died from frb;hl!" Pue JIUJIOK OK THE DAT. "I lovo you unspeakably, Molly." "But perhaps you might speak to mamma. " Fliegeudo Bluelter. Toucher "What is an island?'' Iiittlo Johuuy Kquauch "A body of land almost entirely occupiod by iu turgeuts." Puck. - Icaehor "Can you givo me any idea of what a hollow mockery is?" Pupil "Yosstim ; our ice chest iu win ter is." Box bury Gazette. Oneo more tlte.se sad conditions eumo To grieve tho cuuntry nnd tho town; Tho mercury now ruiui' th up; Tho perspiration runneth ilown. - Wtu-hiiwtou star. Very Amateur Singer (at evening party) "Let me liko a soldier fall !" Agonized Ouest "You , certainly should if I had u guu anywhere handy." Standard. Depth of Woo: "Did Ooorgo look anxious whou ho proposed to you, Kitty?" "Yes; ho looked ns if ho were learning to rido a wheel." Chi cago Record. Suobsou "I feel dweadfnlly. I gavo an at homo yesterday uud only ten peoplo cumo." Quiz "Why dou't yo:i givo a funeral? You'd havo it crowded." Truth. Attorney "Whut was thcro nboht tho deceased that led you to lxfiova-bo' -was of unsonnj mind?" Witnoss "Wpll, for ouo thing, ho abhorred bicycles." Philadelphia North Ameri can. Teacher "Now, Freddie, since you havo correctly spelled Philadelphia can you tell mo whut Stnto it is iu?" Freddio "Yes, sir. 1 heard pa say tho other day that it was iu a state of coma. " Hicks "I saw your poem iu tho paper last week. How did yon get your pull with the editor?" Wicks "Oh, I didn't bother tbo editor, I called upon tho business manager." Somervillo Journal. "Now, Johnny, do you uuderftand thorongbly why I am going to wbij you?" "Ycs'in. You're iu bad humor this morning, uu' you've got to liuk some ouo before you'll feel satis fied." llarlom Life. Margarot "Dou't you tbiuk Muudo loved Charlie?" Ethel "No, fleur ; it is my firm belief that she only mar ried him for his bountiful collection of striped outiug shirts." Philadel phia North Americuu. Ho "Which did you liko best of my verses?" Sho "Why, tho one on tbo flrfctpnge." He "Let mo seo. Which ouo wus that?" She "Don't you re member? Tho ono iu quotation murks." Harlem Lifo. "You do not go out often to dinner, Mrs. Wuddiugtou?" "No, I don't think tho best dinner ou earth is buIU cieut compensation for making one's self agreeublo for threo hours ut u ttret jb." Chicago Record. Duughter "This piano is really my very own, isn't it, pupa?" Pu "l'es, my dear." "And when I marry I can tako it with me, cau I?" "Cortaiuly, my child ; but dou't tell any one. It might spoil your chuuees." Tit Bits. Ferry "Why dou't you get mir ried? Dou't tay you can't stand tbo expense. That excuse is too thin." Hurgreaves "I could ttuud tbo ex pense well enough, I ut tbo girl's father buys ho can't." Cincinnati Euquirer. M'ss Ucllotield "Do you liko Mr. Vuu Brauiii, Nellie?" Miss Blooiuliehl (who is addicted to shin;:) "Yes, I liko him I don't think." Miss Belle field "That is the great trouble with you, Nellie. You should cultivate a habit of thought." Pittsburg Chron icle. "Whut do you think of my work with tho camera?" a-ked Iho young man, who is uu enthusiastic uiuateur photographer, "it's splendid lu its wuy," replied the girl who mcuus well. "It's better tbau any of tbo profes sional caricaturists cau do." Wash in.tou Star. A Continuous Performance: "You rumember when I proposed I o you?" F.aid the young biisbau.l. "1 believe I do recollect bometbiu of tho xort," answered tho young wile. "And you told mo I would have to no your mother." "Yes." "1 must have mii -understood you. I never dreamed that it was tbo programme that 1 should see your mother every day I came home." Indianapolis Journal. A While t oon. A white eoou that hasn't a dark hair ou its body is owued ut Weiser, Iduho, nud is u kind of towu pi t. it bus distinguished itself by nhippin;; uli tho do-s in tbo neighborhood, and is sure death to eats that stray into iti vicinity. It spends most of its timo chained to tbo nidcwulk ouluidj its owner's store. Beuuiugtou Center, Vt., with a population never exeeediug 1100, has furuished four Governors to the State.
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