The Forest Republican Is published every Wedn slay, by J. E. WENK. Office In Smearbaupth & Co.'i Eulhling ELM BTItEET, TIONE8TA, TA. Trm, - DI.OO ler Your, Ho subscriptions recited for a shorter period than throe months. Correspondence ollollo I From nil parts of tha country. No nolle will bo taken of anonymous oorutuunlo uIods. RATES OF ADVERTISING! One Square, one Inh, on. insertion..! 1 OT One Square, one Ineli, one tionth. ., 8 HO One Square, one Inch, three in nth. . fi One !-'quare, one inch, one year 10 01 Two Squares, one ye'ir ... K 00 Quarter Column, one year ft no Half Column, one year 50 (K One Column, one year I ) 00 Iezal advertisements ten cents per line each innertion. Marriages and deith noting gratis. All bills lor yeany adveriismnit.s e'dlected quarterly Temporary advcri.is?mi?nts ruuit be paid in advance. Job work casta on delivery. lOR PUBLICAN o VOL. XXIX. NO. 10. TIONESTA, PA.. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20, 189G. S1.00 PER ANNUM. This yenr's rcoruita lor the Russian nfmy liumbor 270,000, which is con fcidernbly more than tbo whole British fcrrtivi . William Dean Howell, tbo novelist, recently declared ia a niagnzino nrtl clo tbnt tbo practice of accepting "tips" wns degrading and un-Amori-con. John Damn propones to bnve a la passed by Parliament making it com pnlsory for employers to give domes tio servants "a cbnractcr" on diainis pal. Laws to tbat elTcct bnve long been iu forco in Franco and Germany. Parisians who went to tbo Russian Czar's coronation wero astoundod nt tbo nnpavod condition of Moscow. Thoy found that it would cost 830,- 000,000 to pavo tbo town, and that tbo work would practically havo to bo done over every year on account ol tbo effects of frost. The maritiino provinces of Spain aro helping out the Government in -tbo oequisitiou of a navy. Sevillo and Baroclona bnvo already collootod money to buy a warship each, nud subscriptions aro being vigorously pushed for tho samo purpose in Ma' lags, Cadis and Tarragona. Onco in fivo years the Mayor of Newcastle, Englnud, is rowed up the river in on Elizabethan barge, and, landing at a village- green kisses the prettiest girl bo sees and gives her a sovereign, to clinch Newcastle's right to the foreshore Some of those old English customs aro not so vory silly uftcr all. Three great lifo insuranoo com panies whose home ofllcoa aro in Now York City bnvo polioies in force amounting to moro than 82, 580,000, 000. . Tbe similar engagements of the twonty-six principal Amerioan life companies exceed 83,881,000,000. The grand total of American lifo insur ance policies in force, those of the assessment companies and orders in cluded, is reported to be $13,018,452, CGI. Tbe Fittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes that of tho long list of philan thropists who have given $1,000,000 or more to tho canso of higher education in this country, only ono is a college graduate. Tho sin?lo exception it Beth Low. Girard, 1'eabody, Cornoll, Cooper, Rockefeller, Rich, Parker, Hopkins, Clark, Droxel, Vandorbilt, De Fauw, Lick, Stanford and the others bad not tho advantage of col logo education, but thoy appreciated tho value ot such a (raining enough tc assist other men to obtain it. Horr Albert Joly, formerly confi dential messenger of Prince Bismarck, who entrusted him with the carrying of documents and telegrams of special importance, died at Sohonhauscn re cently. He was well known in Berlin as "tbe Black Rider," bis hair, Lii olothos, bis horse and tbo bag in which he carried his missives being all of that hno. Prince Bismarok gener ally took him with when be traveled. When the Prinoe resigned iu 189C Horr Joly also loft tho publio sorvico, and was appointed Keeper of tho Bis mark Museum at Schonbausen, to tht arranging of which he devoted his las! years. An ideal, but we ore assured quitt necessary, state of cleanliness for healthful eohool rooniB requires thai tho 'floors shall bo dampenod and swept every day, with all the windowi open; tho dusting to bo done tbe next morning with a damp cloth. In addi tion to this cleaning, Dr. Adams, who ii President of the Orange County (Vow York) Medical Societies, be lioves that at least every othor day the floors should bo thoroughly scrubbed with soap and water. The varijus women's clubs throughout (he couu try, whose members are interested in the work of the publio schools, will do well to And out bow near the school rooms where thoir children spend tho greater part of their waking hours ap proach this stato. "Real Estate Mortgages in the Unit ed States" is tho title of a volume just issued by tbe Census Bureau, tho work having been delayed until now on ac count of tho rush at the Government Printing Office. According to this publication, during thodcoadoof 1880 1890 there wcro 0,157,717 mortgages filed, representing an incurred debt of 812,091.877,793. During this time aero tracts were covered by 4,747,078 mortgages, representing a debt of $4, 896,771,113, and 4,770,039 mortgagee were placed on lot-) to secure uu in curred debt of 87,198,100,681. With in the same period C22, 855,091 aoret were oovered by 4,758,208 mortgages, i .not stating the amount ot debt secured k"Jy them, and ,027,031 lots were cov ' red l;v 4,778,07,3 such Mortgages. THE WORLD IS nol-LlN' UIOHT. In splto o' tomposts blowln' In darkness an' In light, In reapln' tlmo an' sowln' Tbo world Is roll In' rlghtl For still the flowors aie springlu' An' still the birds aro slugln' An' Bweotest doIIb are rlngtn' The world Is rollln' right! In splto o' tempests blowln' The dove Is sure In flight, Beneath the winter's snowln' The lily dreams In white. An' still the blooms are swlngln' In wild winds sweet with singln', An' still the vines aro clingln' The world Is rollln' right. In splto o' tempests blowln' Tbo stars are still as bright; Tho rofo o' lovo Is growln' In gnrdens sweet with light. Hero's homo with nil Its blisses ' With little childron's klsoos; No world's as swoet as this Is Tho world Is rollln' right! -F. L. Btanton, In Chicago Timos-IIorald, A MAN'S VENGEANCE. JV i from Pengelly, yv nnJ tl)0 b8Hkot o( fish Isouo Hooken o a r r i o d was heavy. At the top of the hill he was fain to stretch himself on tho turf and rest bis bent old back against tbe low stone wall which enclosed John Tregon's Held. fccK -XijZT up to tho house tioun s at niarKec, and tho missis'U be turning the plaoe topsy turvy, ho rollccted. "What with spring eloauin sail the year round and the drivin', Bertha has bad a terrible hard timo. And thoy do say in the village . Well, well, he muttered ohecking himself, "it wasn't to be ex pocted with her pretty faco that Jim'i hor first sweetheart. And if Will Car ter deceived her, mebbo she'll think tho moro of bim. Jim just dotes on her. Morefulehe! Bad wives are of account wnativer, ana sapposin you do hap on a good woman, and it pleases the Lord to take her, the years won't fill tho emptiness in you she loaves behind. I ought to kuaw," and Isaac heaved a mighty sigh. "I've buried wives of both sorts three of 'cm." Not a breezo stirred the lifeless calm, and tho midday sun poured fiercely down. Presontly he sought the shude of a spreading tree which overhung tho wall a few paces from him. But he was no longer solitary Voicos fell on bis ear. Bertha Tre gon's and that of the man who report said bad jilted her. 'My poor Bertha t You've no cause to foar me. I kuaw exactly how it was yon forsook me for James Hockcn But I wrote whenivor I had the chauce." "Not a single letter reached mo." "Because your mother waylaid tbe postman. Despite the beat Isaac shivered. Will's insight was making clear much that had puzzeu him. "Perhaps. What matters now?' Asked Bertha, in forlorn tonos. "Yon should havo kept away. It would have been kinder." "And let you continue to think was false T Lookee here, Bertha, you promised to be my wifo before even liockeu courted you. Ana now you knaw J vo been iaituiul to you "I durstn't break with Jim. Mother is set on him. Oh, why did you come You'll get a fresh sweetheart, but Jim won t. And I shall keep my promise to him. But Bertha's love was unchanged and to the breathless listener on the othor side of the wall, Will's tender pleadings were tho knell of his son' hopes. What girl who loved him could re sist handsome Will Carter? Gaunt and grizzled, with weather beaten, strongly marked features, he ho had always known that Jim wasu one that a girl would fancy. And Bertha had only accepted him at her mother's bidding, believing that Will was untrue to her. It was all so plain to him now. Poor Jim I even a flower that Bortha had plucked was precious to him. Iludn't he fonnd a rose whithered and doad in his pocket Aud all bis love in vain I Isauo whipped out tils liand kerchief, and mopped hi iiis iaoe. let, n will nadn t re turned But oontrary to his expectation, tho girl was iirm in her resolve. "I won't listen to you," she said at last, aroused by Will s upbraidings, "Jim isn't to blame he knew nothing of our sweothearting nor am I. It didn't enter my mind that mother might 've got your letters. Ho should it? As if you alone suffered I she faltered. ".Let us part friends. "3weothearts or nothing," said Will gruffly. - With a swish, swish of feet through the long grass, crawling to his knees, old Isnao peered cautiously over th wall. Bertha was running toward the hoiue, and Will Carter, with his head thrown back, striding in an opposite uireotion. "Bless the little maid 1" he ejaculat ed. "One time I wus af eared for J im But he's got a good grip o' things, Yes, plenty more sweethearts for Will," he chuckled, observant of the pueo of his head. "And there s bu one in the world for my lad Bertha X'regon. May my tongue be slit if let out to him." Rising, Ibouo shouldered his basket Mr aud proceedod on his round. The old fisherman had been some what rash, however, in his conclusions. By her own admissions, Bertha s ilecision had been prompted solely by fear of her mother, and consideration for James Uocken. But if on reflec tion she wore still willing to sacrifice hor happiness, Will Carter certainly had no intontion ot yiolding to her weakness. A fine seaman of whom Pengelly was proud, for the past year Will hod been on board a yacht cruising in the Meui tcrrranean. But for reasons best known to herself, Mrs. Trogon had discountenanced his Bn.it, and, although ho had every confidence in her, Bertha's silenoo had inspired misgiv ings not easy to allay. Once moro free, be had roturned at the earliest date to England, and at Plymouth, where he landed, bad mot a friond, who, among other items of Pengelly news, inforaod him of her uoscrtion, adding: "And sho 11 be Mrs. Hockcn in a fortnight." . Determined to demand a full expla nation from Bortha herself, Will made no comment, but bis laugh was ud- mirthful. And with rage in his heart he had hailed a passing cab, driven to tho railway station, and taken the train to Walebridge. Thence he could walk to the Tregous'. But the house in view, in crossing the flold, Will espied Bertha in tho garden, and, with a mullled Ahoy I sped to the tree that sheltered old Isaac. Sho had swiftly joined him. Neverthelsss, tbo shook of his return was visible in her white face, and her trembling lips would frame no wel come. Looking at him imploringly, her bine eyes filled. And longing to clasp her in his arms, the reassuring words which, while enlightening him, had ohilled Jim's father, did duty for the reproaches he had como primed with. But Will had taken Bortha by sur prise, and between her dread of niin and terror of her mother, who ruled the Tregon household with a rod of iron, he rightly divined tbat sho. had caught at the readiest means of escape which in her direction bad presented itself to her. Yet his faith in her firm ness was limited ; the revival of fond memoriies would tend to lessen her mother's influence. And cunningly calculating that apparent indifference would further incline her to be guided by his counsels later, ho devoted a week to nis menus and generally en joying himself, ills disappointment treated thus lightly, he succeed in de luding everybody, including Bertha, who shed bitter tears in secret that he should be so easily consoled for her loss. The bare sight of James Uocken almost maddened her ; and she had to hide her aversion to bim, and listen ovening after evening to his dull talk And in another week sho would be his wife. The tree beneath which sho and Will had parted had beoome her favorite resort. Here she could indulge in the luxury of "a good cry unrebuked; and, grown desperate with tho nearer approuoh of the wedding day, sitting on tbo gnarled roots ono afternoon, she burst into a very passion of grief. A face Will s appeared above the wall. "Ahoy! Whatever's tho matter, Miss Tregon? he gravolv inquired. "Shall I fetch Mr. Hocken to "oe?" 'I hate him 1 I hate him !'' she sobbed hysterically. "That s bad, said Will sympathiz ingly. "What's he been np to?" "Up to 1 Isn t he old ; isn t he ugly ; isn't he stupid 1 And and I hate him I I hate him!" she reiterated. "And I won't marry bim. Mother may storm, but 1 don't care." Will vaulted over the wall. On the day appointed for James Hocken's nuptials the whole village Hooked betimes to tbo church. But neither bridegroom nor bride put in an appearanoe, and by and by it was known that Will Carter aud Bertha Tregon were missing, and that thore would be no wedding at Pengelly that day. Weeks and months rolled by, and no tidings could be gleaned of the graceless couple. They had clean van ished, leaving no olew to their where abouts. Mrs. Tregon's tongue sharp ened to a doublo edged sword, ready to slay friends and foe alike who ol ludod to her daughter. And tho dumb misery of Jim's plain face was pitiful to see. Old Isaac's heart ached for his son. If he had only prepared him for tbe blow I Curiosity was at length appeased. An acquaintance of the runaways visited London, and returned with a woful story. She bad seen Bertha, who had confided to hor that after being married at a registry ollioo, Will and had decided to go to Ameri ca, bnt while looking in at a shop window he ha 1 been robbed of bis savings, and that subsequently they were reduced to great straits. Then he had brought her the welcome news that he had obtained a berth on a steam lauuch, and the next morning he bid her goodby to go aboard, sinoe when she had never clapped eyes on him. Mrs. Pegglso said that Bertha had refused to give her her address. But Jim ascertained that she had met her at Rotherhitho, and that was enough for him. "I'm off to London," he announced, when be cuino downstairs after pacing the door the live-long night. "1 shall niver rest nntil Carter and me are face to face. " "Thee bo a fulo, Jim," bis father, who had been disturbed by his monotonous troad overhead, said peevishly. "If you must stir in this business, find Bertha. It'd be a charity. For all her sharp temper, her mother's frettin' herself into her grave. Take what money you want out o' my old leather bag ; only promise, lad," uoHuj the sullen fire in his deep set eyes, "not to meddle wi' Will." "Trust me to Had Bertha. - Jim had been in London three months ; his quest had been unsuccess ful ; yet he continnod to haunt the principal thoroughfnres, tramping north, south, east and west, in turn. Big Bon had struck 1 ; he was re crossing Westminster Bridgo to his lodgings, when a woman crouohing by a lamp post ahead of him, fell forward in a heap, nn l, hastening bis steps, bo endeavored to raiso her. But with tho light falling on the pallid, hunger pinched faco a groan escaped him. His quest for Bertha Carter hod ended. At that moment a policeman came, up. "Poor soul I she's dead," he said, at a glance. "Better so than the leap into the water she was bent on. I've had my eye on her since 7 o'clock. She seemed dazed." The body was convoyed to the mor tuary, and tbo verdict at tho inquest was in accordance with the motlical testimony, that death was due to starvation. Outwardly calm, his sole thought to avenge Bertha, Jim staggered out of tbe court. His inquiries for the man who had robbed him of tho one jewel ho covet ed, to cast it Irom him, at length elicited that a seaman answering to bis description of Carter was homeward bound from Singapore Thenceforth, knowing neither hunger nor weari ness, he was watchful of new arrivals at the docks. His dosire for revenge was by now a monomania. And to-day no nad a strange prescience that Will and he were boou to meet. Self-absorbed, in crossing tho street he was knocked down by a dray, and, stunned, con veyod to hospital. On recovering consciousnesshisJirst request was for his discharge. .Not yet awhile, said the nurse, "But you won't bo dull." That poor chnp yonder," indicating a bandaged object in a distant bed, "has been ask log for you. lou don t recognize him? o wonder! He was brought in months ago after tbe fire in St Thomas s street. Ho was looking on, and a woman and Eome children ap pcared at a top window. Tho firemen were beaten back by the blaze below, but poor Will he won't tell us his surname couldn't withstand theit cries, and he climbod up the water spout on to the roof with a rope, and thiew one end to them, and had actual ly lowered two of the children in safe ty when the walls collapsed. He was picked up so terribly injured that we had little hopo of him. But he ban done splendidly. If yon " But Jim was midway across the ward. Oh, heaven, to think that this poor mangled wretch wai "handsome Will I" And so sorely misjudged. Leaning ovor the bravo fellow Hock en's emotion was hard to restrain. "Don't give 'em my name," whis pered Will, "I'm maimed for life. And I wouldn't 'vo poor little Borthn saddled with a helpless husband not likely. To bavo happened just when the tide had turned!" he groaned. "Where is she?" "She has renchod port bofore us," said Jim, in a smothered voice. "Don'l 'ee take on, Will." His own tears were coursing down his rugged cheeks. "We'll go bock to Pengelly. I can work for both." "You work for me? You " "We both loved her," Jim rcmindod him. "If so bo you'll trust yoursel.' tome. You will bo doing me a favor." Feebly pressing tho hand thai gripped his, Will mumbled indistinct ly, and hastily covered bis faco. Household Words. The Svrcct nnti Sentimental Murderer, "There is a story that the most famous of all Japanese robbers, lshb kawa Goemon, onco by night entering a house to kill and steal, was charmed by tho smile of a baby which reached out bauds to him, aud that he re mained playiug with the little creature until alt chance of carrying out his purpose was lost" writes Lafcadio Hcurn. "It is not hard to believe this story. Every year the police records tell of compassion shown to children by professional crimincls. Somo months ago a terrible murder case was reported in the local papers the slaughter of a household by robbers. Seven persons bad been literally hewn to pieces whilo asleep ; but the polioe discovered a little boy quite unharmed, crying alone in a pool of blood ; and they found evideocs unmistakable that the men who slew must have taken great care not to hurt tho child." An Expensive jit-atli Vault. The heirs of the lata Charles Pratt, a rich millionaire who died some timo ago in Brooklyn, decided to build an expensive vault for tho last resting place of his ashes. Tho vault will be constructed of the finest quality of marble and will bo elaborate in de sign. It will cost S19i),O0J, iu ad dition to which tho sum of 860,000 will bo set aside for tho proper ouro and maintenance of this hundsome monumental structure. Iu further ance of this pluu agreed upon by the heirs a part of Mr. 1 hut's estuto near Glen Cove, L. I., has been set aside as a private cemotury and there the vault will bo erected. Atlanta Con stitution. Fossil Fo-tt print of a Uiurt Bird. By tho fulling of an overhanging cliff near Hustings, Euglitud, an inter esting slab of stone was exposed. It bears on its surfuco tho clear impres siou of tho foot of some giguutio ex tinct bird bavin.; three toes. Each toe-murk is nine uud one-half inches long and shows that tho original of the imprint had claws two inches in length. The ball of the foot, whore the three toes should meet as a ceuter, does not appear, indicating that the portion ot the foot did not reuoh the ground. From the tip of the middle eluw to where the spur toe mark is teen behind is exactly twcuty-foui inches. THE MERllY SIDE OF LIFE. STORTFS THAT ARE TOLD BT THH FUNNYMEN OF THE PRESS. A Quick Chnnae Artist A Threat for Ulcycllsts Not In Adapted by Nature, Ktc, Ktc. In the spring the gentlo Inmblot Gambols 'round the mother ewoj But tho next day it's a cutlet, And tho noxt dny 1-i h stow. Truth. A THREAT FOH BICYCLISTS. "If that puffed np thing undertakes to ride over me, I'll take the wind out of it," remarked the tack, as tho pneu- dc atio tire hove in sight. Puck. ADATTT.D BY NATURE. Mrs. Bunting "1 am afraid that Jimmy never will lenrn to spell." Mr. Bunting "Nature evidently intended him to be a sign-painter." Judge. KOT IT. Peddler "Is tho head of the house in?" Young Mother "No; ho's out with his nurse, in the perambulator." New York Weekly. HB WAS INSPIRED. "Sprintley broke his long-distaneo running record, did he not?" "He did ; we told him just as he started that bis wife had sent for him to boat the carpet." AN ADAGE PROVED TRUE. "I have here a pardon for you from the Governor," said tho sheriff to the cold-blooded mmderor. "Ah," replied the latter. "No noose in good news, as the proverb says." Judge. TIME TOO LIMITED. "What was the cause of tho trouble ia the woman's club I" "The majority adopted a resolution limiting the time of each woman for speaking on any one question to threo hours. IN DANGER. Jasper "I wonder why Jones whistles so much?" Jumpuppe "Probably to keep np his courage. A man who whistles as badly as he does is in oonstant danger of death." Truth. STRIVING TO l'LPASE. "What would you do, dear, if 1 were to die?" asked Mrs. Darley fond- Jy- "I don't know," replied Darley thoughtfully. "Which is your choice burial or cremation?" Judge. KOT A BEAUTY. "They eay she's worth half a mill ion." "Well, she needs it in her busi ness." "What's that?" "Looking for a husband." Puolt. TIIESE SEASIDE INTRIGUES. Mrs. Mamma "If Lord Forgivus asks you to marry him you toll him to speak to me." Ethel "Yes, mamma but if he doesn't?" Mrs. Mamma "Then tell him that I waut to see him." Truth. now he KNEW. Jones "This chicken is fourteen years old." Smith "How can you tell the ago of a chicken." Jones "By the teeth." Smith "By the teeth? Chiokens don't have any teetb." Jouos "No J but I bavG."--Judgo. EFFECT OF THE CIRCUS. "I hear you bad the circus iu your town tho other daj?" "Yes." "1 suppose the children were wild." 'They wore aud I doubt if we oau over tame 'cm again. Bobbie's got to have a cago ; and as for tho buby, ho won't sleep unless ho's standing on hU head." llarper's Bazar. THE AMENIT1FS OF LIPF. "I hear Bilk has put np somo new houses iu your neighborhood." "Yes j and he's ruined tho neighbor hood with them." "He sail you had spoiled it with those houses ol yours." "Now isn't it just 1 Uo Bilk' mean ness to nay a thmg of that kind about a fellow he's known all his life?" Judge. WHY SHE DID It. ".Mamma," said the little girl, point ing at tho womau ou the other sido oi the c ir, "wlmt makes tho la.ly wear her rings outside her glove?" "Hush," suid the mother ia an ag gravated stage whi-per. "Don't bo rude. ' Tho lady wears her rings out side her glove to keep thoui from blackening her lingers." Indianapo lis Journal. titiol People (o Kiiiivf, Miss Kiugsley, th3 African trnvelor. gives uu nintiKiug accuiiutof tho begin ning of her lovo of udvculurw. Sho wus at tho Cuunry Isluuds, uud hear ing "very dreadlul account of tho dangers uud horrors of traveling iu Wist Africa," sho felt sho must go out of inero feuiiuiuo curiosity. She con tinues: "I usked a man who knew the conutry what I should liii-l most useful to take out with me, aud ho re plied: 'An introduction to tbo Wes leyuu mission, because they have a line hearse uud plumes ut tho station aud would bu uble to give you u grand funeral. '" Chicago News. In the new Hotel Cecil, iu London, there is a telephone iu each room. RttEJTIPIO ASti IXDCSTRUL, 1 Gas made from sawdnBt is"nsed to illuminate the streets and bonnes of Doseronto.Oonnda. Tho sawdnst comes from the lumber mills in the neighbor hood. . Threads of shredded steel are nso 1 in Germany as a substitute for sand paper. It is said to work more quickly and uniformly than sand papor, and does not clog. Only about two minutes are required for the blood to course through the heart, thence to the lungs back to tho heart, and then tbrongh tbe entiro body, and return to the heart. A Parisian inventor is endeavoring to perfect a phonographio watch. If he is successful, the world will soon see a watch whicb, by touching a spring, will whisper the time in your ear. The report of the Railroad Commis sioners of New York State shows that in 1890 twenty-six I per cent, of our street railways were electrically equipped, and in 1895 about ninety four per cent. A ton of Atlantio water, when evap orated, yields cighty-ono pounds of salt ; a ton of Pacifio water, seventy- nine pounds; tbe water of tho Dead Sea, more than twice as much 187 pounds to the ton. How much water shall we drink? From one-third to two-fifths as many ounces as there are pounds in our weight. Thus a person weighing 1C8 pounds would drink thirty-six to sixty four ounces, or to four pints daily. An aerial cable railway will soon be built to the summit of the volcano Popooatepetl, near the City of Moxico, 18,000 feet above the sea. It is de signed both for the shipping of sulphur from the crater, and for the accommo dation of tourists. Essential oil of garlio has been UBod to cure consumption by Dr. Seionrnet, of Revin, in the Ardennes. Mixed with two hundred times its woight of steril ized olive oil it was injected under tho skin, produoing a marked improve inent in the sixteen patients on whom it was tried. In Siam there is a species cf small blnok ant officered by monntod "gen erals." Among the working troops monster ants elephants as compared with the others move at regular in tervals, and on each of these ants sits or rides one of the small ants, evi dently in command. It is said that a new soporific, to which the name pollotin has been given, has been discovered in a Moxi can cactus called nuhalonium. The native Mexicans cat slices of the plant, which they call "pellote." Itshynotio alkaloid has been separated by Dr. Ileftor, of Leipsio. One grain of pol lotin is equal in its effects to 15 J grains of trional and thirty-one grains of hydrate of chloral. It is ellectivo in quieting delirium tremens only in large doses. Difficult Rhymes. In tho Sunday Journal of June 21 was given a list of words for which it is either impossible or nearly so to find rhymes in the English language. "Thin buck too" was given as tho only rhyme for "Timbuctoo." There is a better one, however, which was originated by a clergyman some years ago iu a verse written during tho progress of a social game : "If I wore a cassowary, On tbe plains ot Timbuetoo, I would eat a missionary Hut and boots and hymn-book too." The only rhyme for "scalp'' is "alp." It would require much thought to con nect these words with good effect, but Byron has certainly done so in the following passage from "Child Har old:" "Above me ore the Alp?. The palaces of Nuturu whose vnt wall Have pinnnoled in olouds their snowy sculps And throned Eternity in lay h ills Of cold sublimity, were forms and fulls Tho avalanche the thunderbolt of snow!" There is also the case of Dean Swift, who was at one t.mo most anxious to find a rhyme to Bettsworth the name of a friend. One day, whilo remon strating with a workman, whose clutni for wages ho disputed, the man ex olaimod : "It's what my two-days' sweat's worth I" Dean Swift bad found his rhyme and gladly paid the claim without further parley. Now York Journal. Styles Iu Men's Shirts. A shirt that opens in the front ia loss likely to break across the bosom than ono that opens in tho back only ; aud one that opens in tho front only (many shirts are now made to open front and back, too) fits best; tbo buttonholes in tho collar-baud aud tho eyelets, or other openings in the bosom for studs, afford Btitlicieut play, while the yoko of tho shirt remains firm and smooth. The shirt that opens front and buck has tho advuutugo thut the studs oau be put iu place before the shut is put on ; iu putting on aud taking off the shirt it is opened ut the back ; the stud need not bu removed until the shirt is sent to tho wash. With this freedom from bundling tho shirt is likely to remain longer iu suit able condition for wuur. The proportion of shirts mu le to open ia front, either front uud buck both or front only, is all tho time in creasing. Moro and more shirts are now being woru with cull's utUchod. Philadel phia News. Illiterate ltiissiuu Conscripts. About seventy-live per cut. of tho Rtissiuu conscripts ura illiterate. In other words.out of 25 ),0U0 meu drafted into the uruiy every yeur, 200,500 uro unable to read or write. Ou entering the army they are taught to read mid write, wherefore the ltussiuu War Min ister claims for the ooiiseriplive sys tem the credit of being ono of tho chief adjuuetd to rudimoutary publio instruction. THE LIGHT. rhore is no shadow whom my love Is InMj For (ever thus I fancy In my dream. Tbnt wakes with mo ami nnl;es niy sleep) somo gleam Of. sunlight, thrusting throug'.i tho poplar shade, Falls there; and ovnu wh-n llio vrind hns played Ills requiem for tho D.iy, one stray san benm, rale as the palest moonlight glimmers scorn, Keeps sentinel for Tier till starlights ta lo. And I, remaining hero and waiting lung, And all enfolded in my sorrow's night, Who not on t-arth again her faco may see For oven inomory d ies her likeness wrong Am blind and hopeless, only for tlio light This light, this light, through all the years to bo. II. C. Euuner. HUMOR OF THE DAT. "I second tho motion," said tho man on tho roar of tho tandem. Yalo Record. lie "DurliD?, "we'll havo a lot to contend with when vo nro married." She "Yes, dear, we'll havo each oth er.'' Judy. "Dear mel" exclaimed tho fond father, anxiously ; "whntevor can bo the matter with tho baby? It isn't crying." Puck. "Queer bow everybody resents hot weather." "Yes, and when a tine diy comes along they ull strut as if they hod inado it." Chicago Record. "I rofuso bim regularly each month. Ho proposed last night for the twentieth time." "Oh, he is con vinced now that it safe." Truth There nro two kinds of people: Thoso who talk without thinking, and those who think without talking; and they make each other very tired. Pnok. Mr. Youngman "Is thero anyway to find out what a womau thinks of you, without proposing?" Mr. Bene dict "Yes; inako her mad." New York Weekly. Not a Bit Abashed : "I should think those strawberries would bo ashamed of tho discrepancy between thoir Biza nnd thoir price." "Ob, they have plenty of sand in them." Truth. Sho "I hear Miss Flurts is learn ing to rido a bicycle." He "But she rodo one lust year ; why does she havo" to learn again?" She "Another gen tlemun is teaching her." Funny Cuts. Prisoner "I bono your Honor will bo lenient wit' me, fer I am"a poet." Judgo "Hem ; ever publish any po ems?" Prisoner "Oh, yes, sir; lots of 'em. Judge "Six months." Judgo. Bobbie "Mother, wero all the bad men dostroyod by the Hood? ' Mother "Yes, my sou." Bobbie (who has just received a whipping from bis father) "When is thero going to be another flood?"- -Brooklyn Life. A man who stuttered badly went to consult a specialist about his affliction. The expert asked : "Do you stutter all the time?" "N-n-n-no." Replied tho sufferer. "I s-s-s-stut-t t-t-ter only when I t-t t-lulk." Harper's Bazar. Mrs. Thirdwed "That young Mary Allen makes a perfect idiot of herself over her husband." Mrs. Fourthwod "Well, my dear, you must remember that bo is tho first one sho ever had."- Cincinnati Enquirer. "I wish wo wero rich, John, and could do something for the world," Mrs. Clericus remarked, half devout edly, half imputieutly. "But, my dear, wo can do good in a quiet way now." "Yes: but no ono will ever boor of it." Tit-Bits. Ho (as tho pitcher bonds himself out of shape just us ho is about to de liver tbo bull) "Now get on, tohis curves!" Sho (her first game) "Yes, isn't it awful? Ono would think it impossible for bim over to get baok into bis original shape." Puck. Tommy "Say, Mollie, 1 wish I bud ten couts to get somo cuudy with." Mollie "Go nud ask fnther who Socrates wus aud what ho meant by tho differential calculus. Ho's got company, nud I shouldn't wonder if ho guvo you a quarter." Boston Truusoript. "Wo try," expluiued the precep tress, "to give tho girls a practical education, aud to especially tit them to bo wivos. Yes. First class in tying a man's crnvnt, attention I Co kiug? Ob, no, not since years ago." Already tho now century was dawning, cold aud Bry- Detroit Tribuue. The Edelweiss. In certain parts of tho Alpiue chain there uro certain portions delivered over to tho chamois us their own, iu which no gnu muy bo fired, where the bountiful creatures may bo sure of rest and security, iu which they may nurture their youug, uud to which, when hard pressed they may tlee, as as to cities of refuge. Iu Tyrol such an asylum is culled (lamsuufreiheit. Of late years it has become necessary for law iu Switzerland to extend itu protection to tho edelweiss. This po uuliar uud beautiful Mower is much iu request, both by lover, who preseut it to their sweetheurt.-1, uud ulso for tho formation of httlo mementos for travelers. Tho edelweiss docs not require an altitude so great that it is near tho mow, nor u precipitous rock to crown; the poor plant has been driv en higher aud eveu higher aud to iu uccessiblo poiuts us tho only places where it eau live iiumole.stcd. At Rosenheim, ou tho li.tvuriuu plateau, nt tho ro.its o! tho mountains', nro fields of edelweiss, where the plant is cultivutea to satisfy tho iusatiatilo visitor, who iu.siHts on going homo from his holiday with a tult iului hut, nud on sending dried specimeu i to all his frieu 1j. C'huuibeis'a Journal.
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