The Forest Republican Is publhboj ovorjr WodnnJny, by J. C. WE NIC. Ofllcc In SmDarbauRh & Co.'s Biilldiufj- ELM BTKEET, TIONESTA, TA. Terms, - 81.HO lor Year. No subscriptions rwnnivoJ for a shorter period Hum throo month. Oornnpondoneo solieltod from nil parts of the en mi try. No not la will bo takna of anonymous communications. RATES Or ADVERTISING I Ono ftqusr, on Inch, one insertion..' 1 W One Hiiinri one itK'h, one month. 8 I0 One Hipwre. one Inch, tlire-? months. . BflO One Fqusre, one ini'h, one year...... 10 U" Two Squares, one year - oo Oimrter Column, one year JtM0 Half Column, one year Moo One Column, one yar 1W fnl advertisements tun vents er litis each Insertion. Alsrrinijc and de-ith notices (rrntls. All billsforyeftrlyndvertis-oi ints collected quarterly Temporary advertisements must, bo fiail in advance. Job work cas'i on delivery. For EPU CAN O VOL. XXIX. NO. 11. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1890. S1.00 PER ANNUM. est ' I r Tho Circuit Court of Grand Bnpids, Mich., 1ms rulc.l that a bicyolo is per sonal property, and not subject to ex ecution. ' ' ". i Herbert Spencer, llio English phil osopher, in opposed io tbo furlhcr nprend of Ibo metric nystc.ro.. Ho bolda tbnt n belter pystcm would bo ono based on tbo nttmbcr twelve ' Fivo huudrcd tons of light ttccl rails wero recently scut from a Mil waukee (Win.) ttccl works to Japna by way of Buffalo nnd New York. Brit ish oxpcits soy Iheir pull with Japan is lessening. Tbo Lntiu Nations of Europa tho old blood nro being crowded con stantly closer to tbo wnlljof extinction, declares tbo Chicago TimeB-IIernld. What with tbo ruiuouti noccssity for maintaining ouorinous war equipments uud tbo steadily declining fertility of toil and people, tbolr prospect Is most gloomy. Tho Busslau btur is rising on two continent. Goveruo. Bushuoll, of Ohio, Las received a letter from Professor E. D. Cope, of tbo Department of Compara tive Auntomy m tho University of Foumylvuniii, nnd Prcsldout of tho Society for tbo Adyancoment of Science, in which bo deprecates tbo fuct tbut Ohio is soon to adopt tho eleetrio method of cxooutlug tbo death Buutcueo, which bo says is s fad nnd a borbariBiu. Tho effect of tbo electric iibock in, ho says, unocrtaiu nnd but littlo uuderttooj. In many cases por nous bnvo suffered severer shocks than tiro iidmiuistered under tbo Now York law and bavo recovered. Tho profes sor iutimateo that ho thinks tbo per sons who offered to rcsuscitato any o' tho persons cxeoutcd in Auburn could do it, and would if allowed. Ho says there is no doubt in his mind that uoverul of tho person electrocuted buvo really died from tho rooult of tho post-inortoin examination. Tho Detroit Frco Fross philoso phizes about tho death of Austin Cor bin as follows: A grand estato com prising 40,000 acres in tbo scenio regions of tbo old Granito State. A splendid manor affording a luxurioua yet restful rotroat for city-wcary mind nnd body. A rotinuo of servant?, footmen nnd gamekeepers. Great utublos nnd noblo stocds, and miles and miles of riding in magnificent cquipugo iu tho shade of forost troos. Animals tamo and wild roam ovor tho vatt preserve four-footed pets from runny diirercut clinics. This immense acreage, this extoubivo privato park, and sometimes homo of an owner with thrco others quito as pretentious iu a different way to go to, und thus dis tribute his abundaut leisuro. Many millions in railwuy and banking stooks to turn dot-ire into gratification, wishes iLto realization, nud permit not a siuglo whim to go ungranted. A life of princely opulouco and imporlal power; a rose-scouted pathway of ma terial buccess. Y"ou envy tho posses sor of thoto buppiuoss-produoing pos sessions, don't you? Well, you would Letter not. Tbo strong man who gloried in them was thrown from bis enrriugo lust Friday and killed. If all tho rocks wero crystals and tho Boas puro gold they could not bring Austin Corbiu buck to bis great bouses, hie broad lauds and uncounted thousands. A New York paper tolls of an inci dent said to bavo occurred ou tbo l'unnsylvania Eailroad, between tho city aud Trenton. Near Trenton, thoro is a wcll-kuowQ lunatic asylum. Tho beroiuo of tho affair boarded the train at Jersey City. I'reseutly a man en tered the car, and aftor courteously inquiring whether tho scat beside her was taken, sat down iu it. Suddenly, iu ordinary conversational tones, ho turned to tho woman, and said : "In a short timo wo shall reach Trenton, aud you will get off thcro with mo. Yen, I sea your ticket says tbut you'ro to go to l'hiladolphiu, but you won't reach thcro until I bavo first scoured tbo money and jewelry that I sco you bavo about you. It's no uso for you to make tbo slightest outcry" which outcry tho woman, of courso, made at oueo, but tho mau was as good as bis word, aud at every appeal sho made to tho passengers uud couduclor, ba cut bur short with a "Don't pay the slightest attentlou to her, she's my sister, uud she's suffering with a terri ble hallucination us to her identity, and mine, aud everything cho. I'm tukiug her to tho iusauo asylum no-r Treutou just as quickly as I can gel her there. I bavo tbo wurruut rijht here. Yuu needn't mind what she uuje, as tho may becomo violent." Whereupon, so tbo ttory goes, both conductor uud passengers wero deaf to the womun's appeals, aijd at Trenton bbe was bustled into a closed carriage, taken to a lonely wood, deuuded of ber diamonds uud ducats, aud ut u !uUj Lour returned to tho fetation. FROM A WINDOW, Thotido of lifo noes surging by, With novor obb, nor lapse; Tho restless foot, tho favored ovo, ' Keeklnft a vagiio Perhaps. All ongorly on Import bout, Of (rrood, of Joy, of pain. Avo, hoodless snvo of ono Intent Tkolr purpose to nttain. No quiet nook, no cool rotroat, No grnolous spring allures; Ou, nvor oq, tho rushlnR foot Tho pri7,o Ills who onduruB. But thoy who full? Aliis for thoso. Only tho Blrnitglo florce, Tho hope?, tho fears, but no miens From griefs that keenly ploreo. Tho lln that rises o'er tho throng Is donfenlng, nnd no rpecca Can ehecr tho fnltorer n'ong, '. ThoURh ho may oft brpcooll Alono, 'nihl multitudes he move-", Alono, 'mid crowds of men A puppet In a puppet's proovoj, Tho Why boyond our ken! Dully I ecu this liurann stream Passing, restless, on, And of Its dostlny I dream Its Import, lost or won? Wo know not. Only this I know Tbnt It shal find, at Inst, Itnpcso, boyond tho reaoh of Woo, Wultlior it trends so fyt. As rivers flow, so must thoy eon so In occaD, wldo nnd doop. Tuolrturbuleneo baohmiRod to peace, Tholrrestlussnoss to sloop, tio this on-swooping, human tldo Hhull ond Its oaxor quest, Aud lonn Itself Iu ocean wide, Aud from Its BtruKRlo rest. OUvor W. nosers, In Boston Transcript. THE TROUBLE ON BOARD THE ATIIOL QUAT, swarthy nnd malignant, be paoed tho quarter-dock in the midd'o watch, bis ono eyo shoot ing liery glances nt tho opaquo black ness to windward, at tbo canvas aloft, at tho group of Bail ors forward huddled under thoBholterinpr woathcr rail, and at tbo b o 1 m s m a u, braced against tho wheel, and iuimov nblo. lie paused in bis walk, "Euso her when alio pitchos," ho bellowed. Aud tho y.J. helmsman answered J-i-JsiS' and assumed life. vj Ho resumed his walk and communings, his mind go iug back to tbo fight in tbo slaver's hold ten years ago. Again ho fought that terrible duel with ebouth-kuivos. Uo thrust, parried, dodged, advanced and retreated, watchiug tho steely blue of tho enemy's eye, fcoliug again tho exhilaration of boiling blood, tu initial tingling of tbo hair roots, beard again tbo shouts, oaths and en couragements of bis lawless ship- mates, and onco moro buried bis knife in Hillings shoulder and recoived tho cut on bis cheek in return. Again ho eucccodod and tho kuifo was trans ferred from tho wounded right hand to tho left. He had him now. lla rushed and Billings slippod in hi own blood. On to tbo prostrate form Jio pounced one stroke would finish Iilm; Billings bad dronpod his knifo and ho bad raisod bis own. But it cumo clown Blunting ; tbo stroke was futilo. Tho wounded man had or.cir idod bis neck ; his cheek was pressing tho warm blood on his rnomy a rhirt. and ho felt it now tho insertion of tho thumb, tho smarting pnin and blinding, burning sheet of Cro that marked tho going out of bis left nyo forover. And the strange weakness which overcome bin and euablod Bill ings to throw him to his feet and fol low, and plant that pllu-driviug liet blow that sent bim eo near to eternity, And all over, a sick blackbird, too, that Billings wautcd to nurse. Bill ings might have killed him. it was bis right. Yet---but ho bad gouged, nud no mau who is a mau will do tbut. Ho had said ho would even up, aud he would. This 6bip, iu which ho was chief mate would linith tho voyuge ono man short. It was iu tho zenith period of Amer ican shipping, iu the days of short mlzzen-masts, tingle top sails and squnro sterns and squarer stern win dows ; when tho American sailor was American born, bis proudest title, Ablo Seaman, yet, feeling within bim tho potentiality of quarter-deck duty quick to resent ill-treatment, tocou Bpiro aud oven mutiny, JOtlicers car ried arms iu those days, crews wero trained to tho uso of currouades, pi rates watched for aud slave trading considered as a slight lapse from tbo conventional a little out of duto und stylo. Of such description was tho Atbol nnd her crew, outward bound from New York on a summer voyago to Liv erpool with Cuptnin Smith command ing. George Euro chief mato und one Johu Billiugs iu her forecastle. Tbo ouptaiu appeared and joined tho broodiug Hist olUccr. "Well, Mr. Eirp, what do you tbiuk of tbo crow?" bo askod. "Strikes we, they'ro u proity good lot ; don't you think boY" "No, captain, I can't eco it. They're tho worst gang of soldiers, farmera aud beachcombers t ever saw together. I'm going tu work them up ; they need it." Too otptain le.n-fho I. "Tuoro's on mau who don't," bo said; "Billings, tbo red-headed fellow in your watch. I heurd of bimnbhore; came homo mato with old Johnson iu tho Trado Wind ; beeu mate iu that employ live years uovv; would bavo goto out in mm w) ml m command this timo, only ho had a bad row with old Johnny, who got tho owners down on him. My brothor nsod to pmI with bim in the Blave trade. Billings lias an rjngovernnblo temper ; you will hovo to look out for tbnt. llow the hlavo trado counts against a man nowadays I Call mo if it freshens." Tbo mato was alono again, litis ac cidental and unnecessary proposition to work np tho mon, coupled with tbo mention of Billing's hasty temper, gnvo form to bis speculations. Bil lings knew his placo and work too well to ever put himself in tho way of pun ishment, but, worked tip with tho rest, ho would probably join thorn in rebellion. Tbon, as ono of a mutinous crew, bo oould bo disposed of. Ho would roako suro of that. Next day tbo working up becron. All 1 1 1 i. ? ii. uuijoa were Kept ou ucc& la luo uiior' noon. Unnecessary ropetition of or dcrs, oaths, epithets aud insults fob lowed tho crow as thoy hurried around tno uock or worked in tUo riciiing. Man after man was scut from tho wheel until Billiugs took tbo helm when even tho critical mind of the mate could find no fault with the steer ing. No matter how suddenly he ap peared at tho binnaclo ho only found tho ship on her courso exactly. And Billings, though always respectful, did not hesituto to occasionally 11 x the calm, open bltto eyes on tbo scowling viugo of tho mato in an expressionless stare not too prolonged, yet enough to crowd tbo evil heart into tho throat and stifle tbo words of abuso bo longed to utter. Thoro bud boou no furtber recognition betwecu tho two, At the end of a week tho exasperat ed men wero ripo for mutiny and mur der, which Billings's iuOuenco alono prevented. One night as thoy hauled and panted hko overladen horecs on tbo forcbrace, and tbo mato stood amidships pouring forth volleys of in vectivo aud malediction, a marlinspiko whizzed past his cur from tho dark ness near tho fororigging and buried itself an inch deep in tbo woodwork of tbo cabin. Ho iircd bis pistol for ward, but struck no ono. It was not Billings who had -"Arrown it, 0.9 ho bad hoped on tbo moment. Billings was perched on tho rail looking forward. Liut Billings was tbo one man thcro who bad Been tho missilo thrown, nnd in tho forcoustlo discussion which fol lowed took a position against mob methods, losing thereby bis ascend ency over bis mates and only regain iug it by knocking down tho marlin spiko thrower and two otbor oppo nents. "Jf tho timo comes," ho said, "when wo will bo justiliod in the courts, you'll find mo ready to put tho after guard in irons aud ti.lie tho ship homo. Mennwhilo l'vo no desire to hang or go to prison. " But Billings himself was not infalli ble. Under tho outward semblance of calm was tho hot resontmont of a Bolf respecting man at tbo iusults, often now, leveled at bim directly. As the captain bad tcstillod, bis failures m life bad all been duo to busty action, nud for tho sake of tho littlo wife and babies at home ho had begun agnin at tho bottom, resolved to sutler aud sub mit until be could rise above the need for it. Tho mate's porslutcnt persecu tion slowly nndcrmiuod this resolution, aud ono night ho gavo way. Sitting astrido tho extreme end of the main topsail yard ; passing and heaving out tho weather reef-oaring, wbilo bis follows ou tbofootropo liftod tho sail out to him, ho listened with bursting heart to tho copious flow of impersonal abuso which tho stridout voice of tho mato carried np to them. And when bis namo was called, cou pled with a fou' epithet, tho darkness of tho night turned red. All details of spar, rigging aud dock, and tho forms of bis shipmates wero swullowod in tho crimson background. Ho saw nothing but the form uud uplifted face of tbo mate, nearly beneath him. Tbo beaver iu bis band swung above his bead aud whirling downward, struck tho deck at tho mute's feet and bouudod high iu air over tho lco rail. Thou, tho vicious bark of a pistol was beard and a dim gray cloud of smoke followed tho heaver to leeward. Shot from a yardarm. How many times has this happened iu tbo early duvs of tbo century. Billings rolled baokward and with limbs extended ztruight aud etiu, turned slowly over as bo fell and dis appeared in tho water, feet Hist, cIoko to tho side of tho ship eloso enough to bo saved by a ropo bad bo uppoarod and ono been tbrowu. Butting bis smoking pistol in bis pocket, Mr. Earp cut short tbo chuckle iu bis throat to rour out : "Beef that sail ; finish that lob, you lubbers." As they wero uuytbing but lubbers thoy llui bed it Of wbut need to descrlbo the inuuity which followed. A can tain, two mates and a steward, armed with shotguns, and helped by a car pentcr with a formidable broudux, can, as a rule, quell auy mutinous up rising of unarmed sailors that may oo our. This is what buppouud, and with tbreo wounded mon in tbo lorocastli tlisoipliuo was restored. But a stormy tllseUNHiou took place iu tho cabin bo tween Captain Smith uud tho Drst of- tieer, fragments of which reached tho ears of tuo man at tho wheel and the working up oenscd. About 10 o'clock on a calm, sultry cveniug, nbout a week ufter, tbo first ollicer und tho steward descended, with a lantern, to discover tho where alAmts of certaiu cabin stores which the former hud stowed in port. "I put them here," said Ibo mate, "close up to tho cabin trunk ; you must have broken thorn out. "JNo. lou uuow, J vo giveu you plot bread so far ut tbo table; uud it's only to-duy that tho captuiu i.sl.ed lor soda biscuit ; I haven't tcon them, thoili;h I kucw wo had them. "Bet's look uloug tbo wing for ward." Tho mato wout aueud with the lantern. At tho extreme forward corner of tho liulf-Jcck, bin uu.l'T jaw dropped, big hair etiffenod and his lantern fell from his nervoloss fingers nnd went ont. For, as tho oirolo of light illumined tho bulkhead, a tall, pray figure had arisen to full height, tho palo faco snrruonutod by a shaggy orop of rod nnir, tbo xorobond crossou by a long, rod mark tho figure ana faco of the murdered Billings. With a squawk of terror, tho stow ard fled, and the moto followed. Up tbo ladder they bounded, tho stownrd turning aft, the mato forward. Tho latter looked back ! tbo palo, scarrod face was just appearing abovo the hatch, rossessod by blind, unreason ing fear, bo bounded down to tho main deck and lookod again, The tall figuro waa coming giant-liko in tho darkness noiseless aud gray. With a gasping gurglo, that only by effort ho raised to a Boream, ho ran on, Tho crow bow, nnd scattered to tho other sido of tho deck. Forward, oronud tho foro hatch, wont tbo mate nnd tho silent gray pursuer. Aft on the other sido disporsing the crew agnin ; up tho steps to tho poop, around tbo cabin tho mato nttcriug hoarse, jerky screams and the torrible thing keeping up tho steady, noiseless pursuit, but a fathom behind. Tho captain, aroused by tho stoword, nppenred only to shrink baott out of the way as tho pair i it.- i .1 i.' .1 . 1, , JIUfcBUU VUU eUUlil UUUI. iUlKUU .""J wont again. Tho mato, ovldontly growing weaker, stumbled, fell, aroso, and wont on ; tho figuro pausing, only to rcsumo the pursuit. Forward aft forward again the mato fulliug at intervals, tbo grey No- mosis ulways waiting always main tains an oven bis feet bonind, tbo frightful raco went on, until tho ter rorized first officer mounted tho fore cantlo deok, and with a last agonizod shriek ringing in tho ears of tho oth ers until tho wator out it Bhort. I no gray apparition followed. Neither was scon again. There was a dearth of soda bisouits on tbo cabin tablo uutil tho ship was docked at Liverpool. Not a man aboard would ontcrtbo half deck night or day. As Lop tain bantu carao down tbo edgo of the quay lute ono night, he saw ono of tho Athol s stern windows opcu. This was btrange ; it should bo shut. A whito face appSiied-in it, then a grny form whiob slowly, and with great effort, climbed down the rudder pendnnts, lookod np to tno transom, and slipped into the wator. "That's our ghost," muttered the captain, "but ghosts don't need to olimb or swim. It's Billings." Ho ran olosor ; tho ghost was iu trouble. "That you, Billings? Come in ; I'll help you out." "Help! I'm drowning," gurglod tbo swimmer, unptuin smitu nurrieuiy removed tho gangway ladder and drop ping it over, assisted tho exhausted man to safety. It was Billiugs iu gray undcrclothos aud stockings. "Now, Billings," said ho to tho pros trate man, "by all reason aud logic, you 6hould bo half way to tho bottom, 1000 milos out, witu a bullet turougu your bead. now is it mac you ar climbing out of my stern windows to night? "Because 1 wont with thorn, captain. Tho mute's bullet glanced, but it knockod mo off the rod audi wont un der tho bottom. When I camo up 1 was under the quarter aud hung cu to tho ruddur pondants, fouud a window loose enough to. open aud got in. I was stronger then I bisouits and tank water weaken a man. I'vo beeu iu tho half deck since." "Except when you plnyed ghost ; bo that's wbero our biscuits wont." "I didu't moan to drown tho mate, captain, 1 thought tho jig was up when ho fouud mo, and 1 wauled one good kuook-dowu before I wout in irons ; then I saw bow scared he was and kept it up, but I never saw bim after I struck tho water or I would have helped bim. I knew he couldn't swim ; wo'vo been shipmates before1 Tbon I caught the rudder again aud climbed in." '; "Billings, my brother is in port, and I've just loft bim. Ho told mo: about tho troublo you bud with Earp somo timo ago. Come aboard and get something to eat." Johu Billiugs went home chief mato o! tho Atbol. Atlanta Constitution. I'nlquo Traveling Regulations. An American who was travoliug in tho hills of Scotland paid ten dollars for a llrst-oluss ticket for a stao coach ride over tho mountains. Soou aftor the start bo noticed tbut a mau who hud a Hcooud-class ticket, which cost fivo dollars and soveral who had third-class tiokcts, prico two dollars aud a half, wore enjoying as good Bents and uppareutly as many privi leges as ho ,wus, Tho American con cluded thut tho canny Scotsman bud gotten tho better of bim, but decided to hold bis peace and pay for tbo ex perience. When tho end of tho jour ney was reached, at evening, however, tho traveler had changed his mind ; he fult thut bo bad hud his money's worth. For every time thut duy wheu tbo couch camo to tbo foot of a steep bill the horses were stopped, and the driver culled out, "First-cluts passengers, keep your seats; tccoud-clusn pasM?n gore, get out and walk; third-class; passengers, get out aud push !" And they ull did. every time Hurper's Bound Table. l'ostoflleo Free Libraries. A Weuteru philanthropist who is iu (oruhtod iu establishing freo traveling libraries iu tho country where ho lives found that mauy places, especially "iu umull hamlets' und iu isolated farm ing commuuiliet'.tho po. tmastiTS woro willing to tuko chuvgo of uud distri bute tbo books without extra pay, und also thut wbero there were uo reading rooms tho postulllco was tho mobt con venient center for tho placing of such a library, so thut it would bo sure to get into tho homes iu tho neighbor hood. Wtubiugtuu btur. THE MERRY SIDE 01? LIFE. STORIES THAT ARK TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF TUB PRESS. - Tho Problem of Ml"c Defined -Doubtless Tho Cyclist's lAist Wlr.li-lipfiiscd, Kfc, i:tc. Tho Jewel OtltliVe3 t tin pi'lt In j", And llkowiso doestho hen; Tho bnekwho.it enko of tho morning Will nver rls ) naln. Tho can outlasts tho lobster, Tho flout outlives the can Ton can't bo behind in tbo proeessloa And still bo In tho van. You can't keep a horse and wagou While bvinxiu u Hat; Oh, mnny n this year's enput Is in n Inst year's hat. A (rood pair of cowhide upper Two sets of solos will outlast; Ifou can't with n comb of the present Part tho front hair of tho (Mist. But hero's iho question thai pu.;:li d mv soul And Mils it with wild dlsnsler: Dews tho porous plaster oullivo Ilia bolo - Or tbo bolo tho porous r.laster? liuffulo lixpres.Si DEFINKD. "Undo Bob, what is a pedestrian?" "Why, bo's tho follow who makes a row when a bicycle runs over him." Omaha Bee. DOUIiTLKSS. Doctor "Tho matter with you in that you want to bo out more." l'utlont "I'll bo out enough when I get your bill, doctor." A FAIR AORtEMF.NT. "Look hero, Bawl BariitRB, I'vo a proposition to make." "What is it, Noopop.3?" "You stop talking about your bioy clo and I'll not say another word about my smart baby." Truth, TIIB CICIjIST'8 LAST WISH. "Poor Dick is gono ! Ho was a de Voted cyclist, wasn't bo?" "Yes, indeed 1 Ho loft a will stat ing that ho was to bo cremated and used to help out on our new ciudor path." Louisvillo Courier-Journal. HEFUKED. "Er that autobiography of mine," Said tho author, "you ' co.iidu't givo mo somotbing on it in advance, could you?" "Not on your lifo 1" said tbo heart less publisher. Cincinnati Enquirer. WARNED. go to-day "Can I mamma?" and bathe, "Don't bother mo." "But, can I?" "Well, yos, then. But if you go and get drowned, don't venturo to como and show mo your faco again." Sketch. COnNERINOS A WITNES'J. Lawyer Quick "That settles i. Frioud Slick, take the witness." "Lawyor Slick "Your honor, I neo the impression that thin plaiutilFs tes timony has mudo, but I challenge itu truth, your houor, and I bolieve thut I have but to put ouo question to provo tho forco of my challenge. T hovo hero, Bubpo'mnd as witnesses iu in robuttal, twolvo iutiranto friends of tho plnintiif, each of whom has known him for years, and whoso tcstimouy I may or may not bo obligod to offer. "Now, sir (turning to tho witness), you bavo testified that your namo is Walton and that you are au export onglor what wus tbo length of tho largest fish you over enught?" Witness (feebly) "I bog to with draw tbo oompluiut." tub iiest Auviei;. Tho man in tho bicyclo euit laughed heartily. "Very fnnny," ho said. "What?"nskcd tho muu with a largo Boction of skin gono from his nose "Why.thcse 'Dou'ts' for bicyclist",'' replied the man iu the liicyclo suit. "Lot's see them," said the mau who was short of skin. Tho man in the bicyclo cuit handed him tho paper. "The bust ouo isn't there," said tho mon with tbo fantastic nose, shortly. "If it was, tho rost wouldn't bo uoces eary." "What do you consider tho best ono?" askod tbo man with tbo bicycle suit. "Don't rido," auswerod tbo man whose nose stood iu need of grafting, aud tbon ho carefully put a large piece of court plaster wbero it would do th most good. Chiougo Fust, now IT BTATtTED. Finkcy "How lovely! I sco you bavo ouo of thoso splendid new None such bikes," "Ethel "Yes, isn't it dear? What make do you ride?" I'iukey "Ob, I rido a Soorchoui." Ethel "They're uiugniticout." l'inkov "Ves, bo ligbt aud dur able." Ethol "How much does your wbcul weigh?" Finkoy "Twenty-two pounds."" Ethel "Twenty-two pouuds? Why, miuo only weighs twenty-one." I'iukey "But thou yours, you knew, is not so durable." Ethel "The Nonesuch not durublu? Why. thut is udiuiltod by every one" I'iukey "Nonsense I A fiiuud of miuo bought one, aud it weut to pieces iu a mouth." Ethol "I don't believe it." Finkoy "Wbut? You don't believe mo." Ethel "No, I don't. Ono None such will oulust a dozon Scorcbeius, They'ro tbo worst looking raUlctrup I over luid eyes ou." I'iukey (furiously) "You'ro a hor rid, contemptible thing, uud I bopo you'll never" speuk to mo aguin I" Etho? (eoirplueeutly) "Don't worry, 1' wouldn't compromise myself by speaking to uuy ouo why rude Scorebem.1 , Kt'lEMinC AMI 1SDUSTUIAU Bnmio cloth is usod as machino belting. A psychological laboratory is 'io bo established in tho Uuivcrtity of Cali fornia. TrofcBsor Wiggins says tbnt tho cloctrio wires which ro strung over head are tho causes of tornadoes. A balloon sent up from Paris at tained a height of 15,000 metros, or about niuo and a half miles, beforo it camo down near Cambrat. Tbo telopbono ear bus developed it self. It is a groater Bousitivonoss of the left oar from much using of tbo telopbono roceiver with it. Tho graduates of tbo Atlanta (Go.) University nro to muko an inquiry in to tho causes of tho excessivo mor tality among colored peoplo in oitioF. A Bussian medical mau has noticed that tho human oyo naturally winks thrco our four times less often when reading by olectricity light than when a condlo is used. Profossor Hebra, of Vienna, assotis tbnt tbo sun does not produco freckles. Thoy novnr appear, ho says, iu chil dren under tho ago of six or eight years, whether cxposod to tho suu or not. The Italian professor, Angelo Colli, declared at the international congress of hygiene, iu London, tbnt Italy was centuries behind the English etaudnrd iu all that safeguards tbo public health. , It is stated that the workers in tho acid rooms of tbo sulphide pulp works soon notice that their beards and hair becomes very black, and remaiu bo for several weeks. At tho same timo they are apt to becomo bald. An aouto musicol eur will detect so Blight a difference in tono botween two cotes as the ono-sixth of a semi tone. This means that in tho eleven octaves thut tho human oar compasses thoro would bo at least somo 8000 or 9000 consciously different uotos. Tbo owl bus no motion in tho oyo, the globe of whiob is immovably fixed in its socket by a strong, elastic, bard, cartilaginous caso; but, in order to compensate for tbo absence of motion iu tne oyo, the owl is ablo to turn ita head round in afmdst a circle without moving its body. The physician aud bygionist Sir H. W. Biohardson roccntly expressed bis decided opinion that if men aud womon in general proporly under stood and steadily obeyed tbo laws of thoir being pbysioal, intellectual aud moral seventy per cout. of them would live to 110. Sir John Lubbock tnys that tho housefly, which produces tho sound F, vibrates its wings 20,100 times a minute, or 335 a second ; aud tho bee, which makes tho sound of A ns mauy as 20,000, or over 430 a socoud. Ou tho coutrury, a tired bee bums ou E, and vibratos its wings only 1)00 times a minute. An Ape's Strateiry lor a Meal. In tho Transvaal somo of tbo fruit gardens are much exposed to tbo rav ages of largo synoceplinlio apes, aud a good guard has to be kept, or tho re sults of long labor would bo lost. Iu somo of thoso gardens grow certain shrubs which uro much all'cctod by wasps, tbo insects liking to attach thcroto their nest?. Thoso wasps, though small, bavo a very venomous sting. Baboons have ofteu been no ticed eyeing with envious glances tho fust ripouing fruit in oue certaiu gar den, but fearod to gather for fear of attracting tho assaults of wasps. Ouo morning the farmer heard terrible crios, and with the aid of a good field glass ho witucssed tho following tragedy ; A large, venerable baboon, chief of tho baud, was catching the younger apes aud pitching them into tho shrubs whereon bung tbo wasps' uosts. This bo repeated aguiu uud again, in spito of tho most piteous cries from his victims. Of course tho wasps asm mod the defeusive iu swarms. During this part of tho performance the old brute quietly fed ou tbo fruit, deigning occasionally to throw frag mentary romuius to eomo female uud young baboons a littlo further off. Westminster Budget. Tho King taliloniia Have l'lcrt-e, Ono of tbo most curious us well as most valuable of Americuu rings wai presented to President Pieroo iu 1MV2 by tho citizens of Culiforuia. It is of massive gold, weighing upward of u pouud; tho circular portion is cut into squares, which ure eiubclisbed with beautifully executed designs, tho entire group presenting a pictorial history of Culilorum. Tbo seal of tho ring is reully a lid, which swings upou a bing, uud is covered with the unus of tbo Stute of California, siirui juutcd by tho Stars uud Stripes. Underneath is a squure box divided by bars of gold into uiiiesepurute compartments, each containing a pure specimen of the varieties of ore found iu tho coun try. On tho inside is tho following inscription: "Presented to Franklin Pierce, tho fourteenth President of Uuited States." I'st's for Ozone. Ozone is becoming uu important industrial agent. It artificially uges liquor, removes theelb-ctof oily beuus iu oolVoo and improve-) tobacco. In its late implication to tbo rapid sea soning of wood for soiiudmg hoards uud musical instruments it increases the resistance of tnojwood to temper ature uud moisture uud adds to its ucoustiu qualities. It thickens linseed oil for linoleum iu a few days, whero ua tho old method of oxidation oltcu took severul months. It bleuebe.i hueu iu less thuu a third of tho jtiim required by sunlight. It is ulso val uable iu chemical uud technical pro cesses, especially iu purifyiug starch derivatives from uudcttirublo color, odor uud tuotu. A SUMMER SHOWER, A dnep'nliiR veil obseureq tho blue, A low murmur 'senpi-stho trees, And dead leaves from soiuollfeless bough Innee merrily In tho breeze. Tho plaintive ery of timid bird. As swiftly homeward ns they soar, l.e-ei-hoeil from afar Is heard, Amidst the noise uf heaven's roar. At last the misty curtains creep And o'er the woodland's verdant Rrcou, Liko haunted visions slowly swwp, T.oavlni earth resplendent seen. Oh! joyous wood! Oh! happy shower! What bliss to life thy visits brliiK. Tliy touch Is mn,'ie to tho flower, liorno on fairy wing. jiijmok or Tin: i.vr: Never writo lead pencil couiinonUln ' . i 1 1 1. Tl, .' ...1. ' VV" i thorn out. Uso ink. Life. We may bo led into temptation tho first time, but after that wo cm gen erally find our own wny. Lifo. She "They must bavo quarreled J: yesterday.' Ho "What makes you w -', ' .think so?" She "lie's so attentive , . now." Chicago Becord. ' A man never realizes how insignifi cant ho is until ho attempts to do- . Bcribo to bis wife tbo dress worn by another lady. Texas Sifter. Mr. Willis "It takes lots of money tu send you to tbo seaside every Bum mer." Mrs. Willis "Yes? What a blessing you must think mouoy isl" "Johnny I" said tbo nervoue mother, "I want you to dry up right this min ute 1" "I can't," wailed Johnuy. "Bill jiiBt soaked mo." Iudianopolis Journal. Sho "Thoy nny ho mnrried Mies Wrinkles for hor mouoy. Huh she got much?" Ho "Sho must have lots of it. Have you never scon her?" Uur leta Life. "But, waiter, if this is n spring chicken, whore is its wishbone?" Wuitor (oquul to tho occasion) "It was too young to wish, sir." Detroit Freo Presj. no (onrnostlv) "Am 1 tho first man you ever kissed?" She "Of courso you nro. How stupid men nrel I DeVCT knew ono who didn't ask that." Now York HeraldT- "Deblor's poster didu't wiu A prize J' "No; ho forgot to paint iu tho cus- " "" tomary girl aud tho judges hud noth iug to divert thorn from criticising his work." Chicago Becord. "Uau you givo mo cuango lor nvo dollar?" iuquirod the usually iuipe cuuions frioud. "Certainly," was tho unguarded answer. "Then loud mo three." Washington Star. Lawyer "Do you tbiuk that you nro capable of tilling tho position, young man?" Boy "Capable I Why, my last boss said I know more than ho did. That is why I had to leave." Vanity. Aunt "Why did you staro nt that goutlemau so rudely, Ethel?" Littlo Ethel "Ob, he's a drellul man; ho never goes to church or nothing. I heard father say ho was nu acrostic." Judy. Howland "I understand Scorcher nnd his wife have quarreled nud sepa rated." Davis "Ves; ho precipitated ull airs by tolling ber sho couldn't rido a wheel half us well as bis mother did." Philadelphia North Americuu. Millie "'It looks as though tho bicyclo would drive the horse out of existence." Loavitt "Not a bit of it. Tho moro bicycles thoro aro tho moro thoy will uoed horses." Millie "What for?" Iiouvilt-"Ambubiuees." New York Herald. Mr. Hoy Tolloy (extending bin baud) "llowdy do; don't you re member mo lloy Folloy." Mr. Haul- , ton -"Ob or, yes Polloy nuusuul name that stuck ; but your fueo in such u common ouo it really escaped me, you know." Hurlom Life. Tramp "Madam, do you eponk French?" Lady of tho Houno (sus piciously) "No." "Do you speuk German?" "No; what do you" "Then, uiadam, I fear that I shall bavo to Uhk you for something to cut iu plain Eiiglinh." Chicago Becord. A Neighborly iievouKo: "Isn't Mrs. Juivis an agreeable neighbor?" "No ; she's horrid. I gavo a luncheon uud didn't invito her und tho menu creatine loaned mo a lot of spoons and forks und then sent ber littlo boy over ufter them when wo were only iu the seeoud course." Chicago Becord. Tho mendicant stood bei"oretho way farer with outstretched bauds. "Please, nir, ' bo said, "1 buvo seen l etter days." "Well, that's no uffuir of mine,'' sui.l tho wuyfur-r. "Muko your complaint to tho cleik of tho weather if you don't like this kind of u duy." Tit-Bit. tYliat lie I'oiiiul Aui.uig Mis Out Sod.?. Book ( t your seed. Oue of tho e:iti tpriiiiiig farmers in tho towu of Piiri'i recently bought i;oiuo "spooiully puro" V.'e.-tei ii seed oat ). They woro to full of i'orcl;,!! mat, rial that bo hail io pick them over. From ouo pouud ii,.r.i is w'i.ift. b.t o-.it. In-sided iie.ts: . ... J 15J grains of barley, llSt, ruiueof rye nu 1 wh at, 11(10 i-ruinsof iuu:;.ard iced, pr.iiuo of tlai.eed, 1 thistlo beads, lillccu other kinds of aoodn which be eauuot fame, the numberu of tho dilfereiit kin. Is belie; itvpec lively ha'., .17, 7-1. IU, l-', B1. 'J, 1. 3, und live of I each, a:id u qu-iulily of chuff biraw, etc. Augustu (Ale.) Journal. icil'cto Wux. ( I'alei'l'ill.ir '1 liul Sci It bus been found that certain cater pillars secrete w ii. Thus tho celU o u leaf pine Tot lrx formed of resiu nro lined witii wu, u: on dissolving uwuy (lie I'-eu with alcohol, Dr. Kuugg foind u slight film of wax; ulso i-icivtiou of v.ux has beeu detected iu tho larva of a luitexly. i
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