The Forest Republican Is published every WoJo lay, by J. C. WENK. Ofllcl la SmeHrlmufth & Co,'i Buililing BTltEET, TtOXESf a, ta. llifnlMi Ol.iKtl'oH Vcnr. $6 aiibs.-flptloiis reenlvod lot bortor pelpd Ihrirl throe months. y 'tesporideneo sollolto I from fill prirts of V Hairy. , tfo notloe will be taken of V. aymous ooruinunloation. RATES Or ADVERTISING Ono Rqimre, one Inch, one Insertion. . I 1 One tenure, one inch, one month. .. 8 One r-qnere. one Inch, three months. . One r-'quare, one Inch, one year...., lMM Two Squares, ono yoir 'r' Quarter Column, one year JHio Half Column, one your '1 One Column, one year I" Imtnl advertisement tun cor.U per line each insertion. Marriages and deith nrvtlcos prntli. All hills for yearly Rdveriise.ii N.U collected quarterly Temporary ailvortiaeiiKiiU must b paid in advance. Job work eash on delivery. Forest Republican VOL. XXtX. NO. 20. TIONESTA, 1'A., WEDNESDAY, HEVT. 2, 1890. fil.00 PER ANNUM. Three times, ns rnuny liorrings nr(J I consumed as any other kiud of Ash. There were but twenty-eight foreign ers naturalized in Mexioo thelaxt fiscul yenr. The people of the Uuited States vjse on nn average 12,000,000 pontage itunips of all kinds onch find every day Of the yeah or ft total of 4,380,000,000 per ohhttni; A ranchmniij wild lives oil tho Will ititictta liivbr, below llolbrdok Station; Orrgbrt, lias solemnly- declared that the cnip in the river nre destroying his meadows by eating tho grass and grabbing up the roots. FostmaHter-Goncral WiIhou hai is sued an order forbidding railroad offi cials or employes from carrying or de livering letters on which flovernment stamps have not been affixed. Ho claim j that by this practioo the Gov rnont loecs $2jJ,000 aunually. Elcctrio lighting is to bo applied to art in Brnssols. On the Anspnch Me morial St. Michuol is represented on horseback slaying tho dragoon. The word will be mado to blaze like a word of fire, lights will be put in the saint's ryes and in the iusidos of the dragoon. The law against nndignified compe tition in trade has cleared tbo win dows of Iiorlia shopkeepers of tho oneo familiar placards which told of telling off stock bolow cost, of dam aged goods' sales, cto., which, if they wcro untrue, laid thoso displaying them liable to punishment under the low. Abont a year ogo a Wichita (Kan.) man was a juryman at the trial of a man accused of counterfeiting. The implements of tho counterfeiter were in evidonoe and tho juror examined them elosely. After the trial was over lie went home and made some coun- lenomog tools mmseir. tie was caught, waa recently tried and is now in prison. For a snog time past it has been a cause of private complaint where it was not hailed with delight that danoing was going out of fashion in London. The assertion is now of floially confirmed by the fact that the British Association ot Teachers of Danoing called a speoial conference to consider bow best to resono the busi ness from tho total collapse which threatens it. M. do Mahy recently brought for ward in tho French Chamber of Dep aties a proposition to the offeot that only Frenchmen should be eligible to otnoe in the i reach colonies. showed that the Tamatavo Munioii Committee, formed since the war in Madagascar, was composed of three Englishmen, one American, one Prus sian and only three Frenohmen. The Chamber took no aotion in tho matter. Tho demand for the short sermon ia cot quite so universal, says an English paper, as some superficial pcoplo imagine. The people of a village in Cornwall recently presented a petition in favor ot long sermons. Evidently they wanted to be well fed, comments the New York Observer, and rooog uized the fact that whilea few minutes wry do for lunch the larger fraotion oi an boor is required for a good spiritual dinner. IIow many bunohes, big bunches, of bananas do you think were impoited into this country last year? asks the New York Herald. Make your figures tremendous, then double it, then mul tiply by four. Well, you are all wrong in your guess, and it isu't half large enough, bo I may as well say at onoe that the cumber of bunches was very close upon eighteen millions that is, one bunch for every five people in this country, inoluding bnmmers,piok pockets, children and olergymcn. We are evidently a fruit consuming poo pie. Between 18S0 and 1890 the number ot farms in the United States increased from 4,008,007 to 4,501,611, a gain of over 550,000. In the same period the number of farm mortgages increasod rom 370,931 to 625,091, a gain of only about 150,000, less than one third of tho gain in the number of farms. Botweou 1880 and 1890 the value of farming realty iucroased from 810,197,090.770 to 813,279,252.619, a gain of over $3,000,000,000. In tho tamo interval the amount of furm mortgages iucroasel from 8312, 500, 477 to 8335,729,719. aa advauoe of enly about 5240,000,000, or consider ably lees than a tenth of the iuoreaso in the value ot funning realty. At the same time the value of the imple ments nud machinery ou farms in er. iiB. d nearly &9J,00.,0'J;, and tho uluo of live Btoek over S700.UOO.Uua THE BARB ED O ATE, Our lives aro prisonsj wo can touch The bars they are so low! We cannot see tho path wo tread, Au hour beforo we go'j A look, a sigh, a whlspnred word, A struggle, fierce and Blow, A closing; down of eyollds pale And tbte Is all we knowl Tost Whoolor, In Now York Press. episode In clairvoyance T was Mrs. Shcr win Blake's after noon 'At home" nt 52 Macclesfield Squaro, 8. W.. and thut fascinat ing lady was cn- deavoring in heroio fashion to administer tea and coUoo, to remem ber who took Bngur and who did not, and to chat ter a 11 ably to some half dozen lodv friends olustcred around her, making occasional bolts toword the door to recoivo new visitors. Of course, her daughter Miss Nettie Blake, ought to nave uemea nor mother with the so cial duties J but that young lady Was sitting in a far corner, engaged in earnest conversation witu a certain Mrs. Itupley, who professed to know a great dual about spiritualism. "But tell me," Nettie was saying in an awesincken voico, "can this wo man you were talking about really see what is going to happonto people, and do her prophecies always come true?' "As to mat, replied her friend, have certainly known her foretell the future wonderfully; but she succeeds uost in discovering people 8 oharao ters and lives from merely holding in ncr uunu somominir belonirinrr to them. For instance, if you give her a letter she will, without evon looking a ii, tea you an about the writer. though both you and the writer are quite unknown to her," Now, besides the number of lady visi tors at Mrs. Blake's that afternoon there had been one man Captain Le Streme Tussling of tho Lifo Guards. He had left a little while before, but Pietue s tuougbts werestill full of him J in fact, though she had known bim but a brief time, this foolish girl, fresh irom me schoolroom, had lost her ro mantio little heart to the handsome soldier, and had accepted him as the ideal man. Of his foelinas toward her she knew nothing, but she pleased utrioo.i wiiu liuniuiu lUUt U1B On&rUl ing manners were even more oharming with her than with other, and that his dark oyos had a particularly ton j i i- i.. ii i . uer iuuk iu luem wnen in nor com pany. buch thoughts were buried doop in her inmost heart, and were never breathed to anybody, exocnt. of course, her esnoeial ffirl friend, wlio didn't count ; but she pined to know whet bet her conviction was right, or whether his calls and attentions were for her mother alone. Tho talk with Mrs. ltopley at once sucirosted to her mind a way of satisfying herself on mis point. "1 should so much like to see this marvellous thought roader," bognn Nettie again. "1 wonder how I could manage it. Does she livo far off?" "She lives in Thilippa Eoad, St, Johns Wood, "replied the othor: "but I Bhould advise you, if you think of going, to ask your mother s leave." "Oh, no, I don't think I want to go really at least I might," stammered the girl, "but I'll ask mother. What Dumber did you Bay?" "Number 43 ; it's a small provision store," answered Mrs. Kaploy, rising to depart; "but probably Mrs. Blake will not let you go. Good by." The visitors having gone, Nettie hastened to make a note of the ad' drees, privately resolving she would not give her mother the ohauce of re fusing her periuhssion to visit the clair voyant. A day or two afterward, when a din ner party was under discussion, Not tie was strougly in favor of inviting Captain Tussling; and though ehe had to bear some banter about this eagor ness the gained her point, and also promise thut the gallunt Captain should take her in to dinner. The invitation was sent, and next morning at break last Airs. Blake laughingly tossed noto across to Nettie, saying ; "There, my dear; I hope that will satisfy you. It merely oontained the usual formal words, "Captain lassling has muc pleasure in accepting Mrs. Sherwiu Blake's kiud invitation to dinner on 16th instant." Yet Nollie preserved the note carefully, and, like the little goose that she was, read it over and over again when she was alone, taking in every letter of tho beloved baud writing, and even but no; it were unkind to mention every little cirlibl folly that she committed, and, besides. Nettie is not tho only silly girl iu the world. The time had come to put her plan into execution, however, and in con siderable trepidation she crept out tbo bouse, armed with the precious scrap of paper, by means of which so much was to be revoalod to her. By the time she reached the Dibtriotltai way station Nuttio well nigh repente and abandoned her plan ; for she was, on the wholo, a good, dutiful daugh ter, and her oousoienoe reminded her that her mother did not like her going out alone, and would assuredly object to suoh an expedition aa that whereon she was bent. Still, the burning de siro for au answer to one question overcame all other considerations, and having resolved within herself that she would stay but livo minutes with tho cluirvoyaut and thuu go straight home, she took a ticket and rushed down the steps iu time for a Buker street train, bt. John's Wood station safoly reached, tl.o next point was to hud Fhilippu Kuad, and thin wu uo mm easy matter. She first consulted a po liceman, but bo only repeated "rhilip pa Koal, miss?" in a querulous totie hat implied a certain degree of im.g- tintion at the notion of any place pre suming to exist without bis knowledge. But tbo next moment his face as sumed an expression of studious medi ation, and ho appoarod to bo pondcr- ng over tho problem Nottie had pro pounded! For several seconds she hopefully Awaited eomd sign in his cotlotonancb Which might betoken a solution, but in vain ; the thoughtful expression" gradually gave plaoo to one ot resigned melancholy, and, With a desponding head shake, ho said: "I'm afraid I ean't toll yon, miss." "ibank you, said Nettie whit ft siirli. "I'll take a cab." and. hailing a hansom, she left the policeman and drove away, feeling rather dopressod. This did not help much, for the driver had tho vaguest of ideas as to tho whereabouts of Pbilippa Koad, and bad to make inquiries every few mm Utes. Halt an hour passed, and poor Nettie, well high in tears, was on the point of otdoring tho cabman to drive back to the station, when he turnod into a dark, narrow street, with a wel come tame, I'hilippa HoaJ, at the corner. Tho vehicle stopped in front of a small grooer s shop, out she jumped, and telling tho driver to wait, dashed in and asked to see the pro prietor'a Wifo. She Was dismayod to hnd how late it had crown, and de epairod of getting homo in limo td avoid awkward questions! but she Was determined to go through with it now bt &U costs. The grocer, who looked knowing, and seemed quite used to this sort of thing,showo 1 her upstairs, and shouted for his wifo. The latter was an exceeding quiet, mild looking little woman, not at all resembling the wild witch Nettie had pictured. "Please," began the girl, timidly, feoling Bomewhat foolish, 'I am in great hurry, but I should like yon to tell mo what you Can about the person who wrote this, and she handed her the note. "I'll trv, miss," replied tho woman, "but. to tell the truth, I'm not at my best just now. You sec, folks begin coming to see me early in the morn ing, and to day I've had a great many one alter the other, till I'm tired out." Nettie looked blank; this was too bad, after she hal come such a long way. "Butcan t.rou tell me anything? she inquired, beseechingly. ' The woman smiled at ncr eagerness. 'I dare say I can tell you something, " she said; "but I never invent, as some clairvoyants do. It's rather a peculiar thing about me, that, no mat ter how tirod I am, I oan always Bee and describe places, though I can't hit off peaplo or characters at all unless I'm feeling absolutely fresh." "Well, the plaoe will be better than nothing," said the girl with a sigh J "and, please, be as quick as you oan." Nettie watched tho woman curiously as sho stood with tho note that had been taken out of its onvelopo, though it was etill foldod up in ono hand. Presently eho began : "Overlooking a great park I Bee a large red briok building, with a clock tower in the centre, surmounted by a weathercock. Bart of tho building is low and long; there are iron railings iu front and some sentry boxes with tall soldiers in red uniforms on guard. They wear helmets with long, white tassels. Other soldiers, mounted on beautiful block horses, are just riding in pairs through the large iron gate, their helmets sparkling in the sun shine." The girl listened in amazement ; the woman had described the barracks wherein Captain Tassling was quar tered, and she waited feverishly the answer to her question. "Oh, please go on!" she criod. "What do you see next ?" "Outside the railings in front of the build-ug," continued the other, after a brief pause, "I see young womou wheeling children in perambulators ; thoy are looking through the bars at the soldier j in the courtyard, and " Here Nettie gave a little stamp of im patienoe, and bogged her to speak of the writer of the note. There was a short pause ; then tho woman started afresh : "I see in one wing of the building a beautifully fur nished room; there aro u great many photographs standing about, nearly all of different young ladies, and some aro iu theatrical costume " Here Nettie interrupted onoo mora, saying with a remarkable amount of heat for a girl usually so sweet tempered, that she did not care about the photo graphs. The cluirvoyuui, protested that such interruptions would spoil everything, but at last she mauagod to como to the point. "In this room I see a tall, fair man with dark eyes ; ho looks strong and soldier like, aud ho sits polishing tho hilt of a sword, us he whistles tune." Nettie's heart bout faster. "Oh sho exclaimed, "cuu't you tell me what he is thinking about, und whether be is" sho was about to say "in love, but sho stopped and merely added "tell me something about him." "Just now," continued the woman, "ho appears to be in some perplexity; I can't be quite euro what about, but it seems thut he is deeply atlaohod to someone, and ilous not know wbetuer his love is returned or not. But I think ho is fairly hoi oful that it is. At this point the exertion appeared to bo too much for her, aud, breaking off suddeuly, sho put her hand to her forehead, excluiming: "1 cuu't goon any nioro I" The girl source heard ; she repeated the words "Deeply attached to some one, over aud over auiu to herself, and her eyes sparkled as she exclaimed, "Please, please, take a little rest, and try and sou somethiug about tho girl ho is uttauhed to, or wait u minute, perhaps you could describe where she lives Ihut will do quite as well! "Yes, I will do. thut if I can," au swerod the woman, "but, iudeed, tnise, you mustn't ask me any moro." Sho seemed to make a tremendous ef fort to collect herself, and then re sumed : "The house connected in soma way with tho man's thoughts is a good sized ono, painted a dark rod, with creepers round tho lowor windows and climbing up the balcony. It in in a square, near ono end, and at the other there is a church with a tall Bpire." That 8 itl cried Nettie, wild with excitement, "that b St. Gregory s, Macoleslield Square I Go on, go on ! "There ia a large figure b'i painted id gilt on the brown doors and on the balcony I see A large white bird with a yellow drest oil & stund.' "Oh i" criod Nettie in ruptures, "that's quite enough the old cocka too settles it. I can't tetl yod how grateful I am !" And in proof she gave tho woman a sovereign ; then hurried back to her cab and drove the whole way horn?, where she arrivod lato for lunch. But she was in suoh a state of bliss that none of the ques tionings or scoldings naturally show ered upon her had tho slightest effect, and this sudden abnormal elevation of spirits completely mystified the mem bers of her family, who made futile efforts to divino its causo. On the day of the dinner party sho was more exuberant than ever ; and she was drossod and waiting in tho drawing room half an hour before any body else, listening eagerly for the front door bell, and blushing every time she board footsteps on the stairs. When Captain Tussling arrivod, everybody was electrified to see the quiet, demure Nottie rush forward all smiles, and present him with a beautiful carna tion, accompanied by a tender look, meant to speak volumes, that puzzled tho good Captain not a little. Her behavior toward him throughout the evening was altogether extraordinary, and any ono who did not know her would have classed her as a hardened flirt. This was Captain Tassling's conclusion after a time, and, though it did not agree with his first impres sions, he could give no other inter pretation to hor forward demeanor to ward bimself. 'Well," thought the Captain, as ho drove back to barracks, "I never made a greater mistake than in thinking tho little Blake girl a qnict, broid-iuil butter sort of creature. By Jove, what eyes she can make, and how she did go on ! And what would my Lily have said, I wonder, it she bad seen us I" Meanwhile Nettie was having hor hair brushed out, fooling jubilant in deed, despite the severe lecture her mother had given her. Somehow, tho happiness in her face seemed to be refleoted in hor maid s, for Baiter was positively beaming with satisfaction and at the same time her thoughts seemed far away, for she repeatedly, iu a lit of abstraction, brushed hor young mistress's faoe, which was most painful. JUurker, what are you tuinking of? remonstrate 1 Nettie, after tho third faco brushing. For answer, Barker throw down the brush, aud an nouueed with tears of joy in her eyes and a happy giggle iu hor voice: "Oh, Miss Nettie, 1 m so excited J hardly know what I'm doing! I'm go ing to bo married I And his name s Tommy Green, and ho'is so good look ing, miss but stop, I'll bhow you hia photo." She pulled an envolopo out of her apron pocket, and took from it a photograph of a handsomo man in uniform, which she laid triumphantly before bur mistress on tho dressing table. But Nettio did not look at tho pho tograph; ber eyes were fixed ou the address of the envelope, which was in the handwriting she had so tenderly studied as that of Captain Tassling. 'Tell me, Barker," she ejuculuteJ, "who is this man you're going to marry?" And sho suatohod up tho portrait hastily. "Lor', miss," answered Barker, "he's the servant of that Captain Tussling who was here this evening, and the Captain thinks no end of him, and" "Oh, I Bee," said Nettie, greatly relieved, "he directs his lotters for him. Can't your soldier writo, then?" "Can my soldier write I" exolaimed Barker indignantly. "Why he's most highly odueated, miss, far abovo the common tau of soldier servants ; and as to writing, he does it so well thut somotimos when tho Captuiu'6 busy ho gets Tommy to answer letters for him, like a private secretary. Not impor tant letlors, of course, miss; but I mean, for instanco, he'll sometimes toss him an invitation and say 'Just except this for mo Green,' or perhaps ho is to rofuso it, as the cuso may be, miss; and then, you see" "Yes, yes, Barker; good night. I'm very tired," said Nettie, somewhat abruptly, "aud I wish you every happiness." "Thank you, Miss Nettio ; I was just going to tell you it was Tommy as answered Mrs. Blukc's last uoto inviting the Cuptaiu " "Good night, Barker," repeated Nottie, with a sharpness that sent the maid away in a great hurry, wondering, what was wrong. Nottie did not mention Captain Tatsliug when tho caul 1 possibly avoid it. When an invitation to his wedding with Miss Lillian B.iuk'ord came, Nettie did not go; but the rest ok, tho family did, and said it was a very pretty welding indeed. Black und White. A New I'lnbrcDa. Umbrella making is among the most interesting of industries. Something like 1000 putenU have been tukcu out during tho laid twenty ycard. The most recent iuveutor, who, if success ful, will eclipse all rivals, is a maker who claims to have contrived a trans parent umbreliu, which, while beiu' equally waterproof with silks and al paca, will have the great urvuntugo of allowijg the wuyfaier iu a rainstorm to uroi.l Coliisiou with lamp ) jbt" uud other obbtuclcj ulouj the way. lIIE MEUUif SIDE 0b' LIFE, StdHfES THAT ARB TOT.D BT THE rVSNY MEN OB THE PBE33. liOnKfellow Revised rial il-Ilemled The New Art It Seemed So to Him Nothing New, Ktc., Ktc. "Try not to pn.ss," the biker said, As hn the other oyolera led, "Unless you wnut to break your bend." Excelsior. BAT.D HEADED. "Davie, do you know Mr. Bnldley?" "Is ho th' feller that's troubled with ingfowin' hair?" fudge. t'NAVOlrAni,r HEAVY, Ho "Wonderful how somo pcoplo weigh every word thoy say." She "More wonderful that they don't breaktho bobIcs." Judge. 1KB NEW AB.T. Tommy "Paw, what is a designing villain." Mr. Figg "Oh, the description would applv to one of these poster artists about as well as anything." TOO ACnoBATlC. "That was tough on Davis." "What?" "Ho stopped on a banana peel, fell, tnd was arrested for giving a street sorformance without a liconse. " I'rath. II SEEMED HO TO HIM. Mamma "I think tho baby is grow ing very fast, don't you?" Papa "Decidodly. 1 thought Lo ireighod three pounds more at four 'clock this morning than ho did at ;wo." Truth. EQUAL OFFENPEnS. Little Clarence 'Ta?" Mr. Callipers "Well?" Littlo Clarence "Which is the more abominable, pa, the man who mows it all or tho man who baa al ways hoard it before?" UNDER ANOTIIEU HEAD. Old Olivier (at tbelibrary) "Where trill I find that great anthropological fork called, 'Man, tho lluler of tho World.' " Bluestocking Librarian (scornfully) "Under the head of 'fiction,' sir." -Truth. A POINTER ON SKEPTICISM. Brobson "I'm a good deal of a ikeptio I" Craik "Well, skepticism is dead msy. AH a man has to do is refuse o bolievo whatevor he cannot oompre lend ; and the bigger fool he is, tho rreater skoptio he booomos." Puck. NOTUINO NEW, Adorer (nervously) "Isn't that rour father's step on tho stairs?" Sweet Girl "Yes, but don't mind ihat; it's only a scare, llo won't some down. He always stamps around ibat way when 1 sit np with young men if ter eleven o'clock." New York (Veokly. A NEW WAY OP rUTTINO IT. He "Now, darling, you know how itrong is my love for you. De not lay you will be a sister to me." She "No, Goorge; I will not say io. You" He "Then you will " Sho "You may be a brother to mo, 3eorgo." J udge. EI8 EXPERIENCE. jon e8 "There is a mon with a great leal of faith in human nature. Smith "I thought that was lilowa, ;he detective." Jones "So it is. no has known 9eoplo who were accused of all sorts if things, but he nevor could find any ;hing againBt thorn." Puck. A PROFTTADLE INVESTMENT. Cobwicorer "It's no wonder he be- jamo a miliionnaire, for he is the best iusiness man I ever Baw." Morritt "I guoss thut s so. lloforo he announced his daughter s eugaso mont to tho Count ho advanced tho fellow enough to settle all his debts it fifty cents on the dollar." -ruck. RF.011ET. Business Mau "Yes; I'm snro it is 1 USelUl OOOlt. I Ul ruiuei duiij didn't get it tomo timo ago." Canvasser "Ihon you n iuko a oopy?" Business Man "Oh, no I Ifs too late now I But it I had it beforo you oalled it might havo saved both of us a great deal of valuable time." His VIEW. He Urohin "Say, Map, did yev hear de lady as just went iu dero tell de littlo girl what sho has wid her as she could havo all Bhe wuutod ter eat?" Sho Urchin "Yes." He Urchin "Well, dut was oil a bluff. Dero's two pios left iu do win dor, an' dey'ro bote gettiu' up from do table." l'uuk. llut'i liobbeis. "Now you know tho details of tho affuir," tttid tho doctor to the lawyer a few days later, "what would you ud viso wo to do about it?" "Go back to your pructiee," re plied tho lawyer, pro upt'.y. "Vou havo uo ease. Ten dollars, pleuse. "Now that I have told you the ymn toiuV said iho lawyer to tbo doctor a few cluys later, "what w.ml 1 you ad vise mo to do?" "Go back to your practice, repn tho pbybiuiau, promptly, nothing erioiisly wrong Vou have wilh you. Ten dollars, p'.euse." Thus it happens that two inou are cullui;; each other r;bV ---. I'Obt. SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUS! KIAt-. Over 360.000 species of animals hnv been described by naturalist np to the present date. The now British army magazino rifle will throw a bullet to a distance of over 4000 yards. Tho law id Enslnml now compels every case of load poisoning to bo ro ported at once to tho oiithorities. A rooentlv opened guuno caVO in Georgia was found to be inhabited by great swarms of white flies having yel low legs aud pale pink eyes. It is said that a woman's voico can bo heard in a balloon rtt a height ot two miles, while a man's voico cannot bo heard at a greater hoigat than ono mile. : Lawson Tait, tho well known Bir- mincham doctor, has designed on in strument whereby tho electric current is applied for tho surgical arrest oi bleeding. The fiftv-six lareest towns of Austria have an aggregato population of 3,- 530.000. Tho deatn rate in in jo varieu from 1.22 per cent, at Weinbergo to 3.C7 per cent, at Teschon. The wearing of corsets has been pro hibited in the electrical department of a California High school. Iho steels were found to have an effect on tne in struments, and iu consequonoe delioate oxporiments wero found impossible. President Octave Chanute, of the American Society of Civil Engineers, has offered a speoial prize of 8100 for tho best monograph on tho kite, giv ing a full theory of its mechanics auu stability, with quantitative computa tions appeuded. It haB been discovered ofter nnraer ous experiments that a dark hair is much stronger than a light ono. Ono dark hair can carry a weight of 113 grammes, whilo a light colored hair will break if a weight of To grammes is hung from it. A trial of what is known in electri cal scienco as "the third rail system" was made recently near Boston, with the result that an open oloctrio car, in tho teeth of a breeze blowing fif teen miles an hour, ran several miles at the rate of eighty miles an hour. Tho Proctor Memoriul Association contemplate erecting an international obsorvatory on Son Miguel Mountain, Culifornia, with a telesaope constructed on a new principle, with a magnifying power fonr times greater than the new Yerkes lens reoently set up in Chicago or the 36-inch lens in the famous Lick observatory. Tho lens is to be built on the sectional plan, tho invention of Louis Gathmann, of Chicago. The bite for the observatory has been dona ted by Mr. Isham. New Wuy to Light Fires. This inventor may not got a monu ment in this generation, but in years to como tho now womou will bo called upon to subscribe the money that will in enduring bronze commemorato the virtues of the man who removed from their husbands lives tho groat bug bear ot making a lire in tho cold rango or tho chilly or draughty grate, says tho Now York Journal. Tho now fire lighting fau does away with the treacheious kindling thut g.iyly burns out und loaves no impression upon tho stubborn coal. It is a simple mechanical contriv aaco this "fau," shaped as its numo. It fits close to the stove front or the grate. Within its shott-iron walls is a main spring and clock wheels to work it. It is wound up by turning a handle at the side and set going or stopped by a lever. When tho apparatus is to be used a small quantity of paralllne oil is poured into a cavity in tho blow pipe, which ii filled with asbestos fiber. When the fiber is thoroughly soaked a light is applied, and tho fan set to going, thus forcing from tho outlet into tho grate an oxidizing flame which quickly npreads through and thoroughly ignites tho coal with which tho grate has already been tilled. The machine is also usod for blowing up a dead firo, tho spring being wound up, aud tho fau sot in motion for from throo to ton tniuutes. Japs Are loml of a Joke. The skill of a Jupaueso juggler is illustrated by a recent iucidout ut u Japanese dinuor, where ono of them was employed to entertain the com pany. foroigu guest determined to have no optical delusions about what tho juggler did. Ho nevor let his glanoes be distracted, aud was not onoo off his guard. Notic ing this, tho old juggler pluyed to him entirely. An immense porcelain vase was brought in aud set iu the middle of tho room, and tho juggler, crawling up, let himself dowu into it slowly. Tho skeptic then Bat for half au hour without taking his eyes from tho vase, which ho hud first been con vinced was sound uud firm aud stood on uo trup door. Alter this prolonged watch, the rost of the company us.-uileJ him with laughter and jeerj, and pointed to bis tido, where the old juggler wis seated iuuniug himself, uud uud been to seated for somo minutes. Loudon Tit-Bits. Tlio 1'ult'siinu liiiilnuy. It is proposed to extend tho railway between Jerusalem uud Jalla to Port Haul, a distuueo of about miles from tho former city. This would ud lit it of tourists now piutiug through tho Suez Canal vUitiug the eurly t.eo'ies of tho CLristiuu religion with out delay. Gnut llrltiiiuN Ships The number of vessels which eu icred the ports of Great Brituiu lu.-t year was S 18, 330, uud their total tou uago wus over 91,000,000. Of these flups H.')7,'.!8'J wero sailing under the Brili-U lla;r, uud no lom.thtm 17,02'J vi i btuuiuel's. THE MAN FOR HER. "Some ulrls ask for men who nre wealthy," A maid who was scnMlde said, "And somo want men who nro handsomo, Whilo others prjfer them well-bred. "There is Kate, wants a mnn who's an artist, And Rue sltfhs for oni who can write Wrlto sonnets conaernlriff her bemity, To fill tho wide world with il-lliht. "Fair Eunice Woull marry an aclor, A title sweet Alice prefers; An Htblrte alone may ever claim hor, The Rentle Owendoliue avers. "Fair Frances doclam Ibat sho never Will marry unless she Is fowl Ey a man who regards as abhorrent The eilly and simpering dude. "A statesman for draec, while Georgian. Upon tho militiaman dotes As for me, woll, all that I want is A man who has sown Ids wild oats." Cleveland Leader. HUMOR OF THE DAY. When iho oflioo seeks tho man, bo seldom compels it to scorch. Puck. The man that sips from Fortune's cup May, in himself, be small; Die KrHHtness lies in picking up The Ideas fools lot fall. Truth. An inability to make a long story short detracts much from some peo ple's popularity. Fuck. "IIow beautifully it pumps 1" said the professional interviewer, gazingad miriugly ot the mosquito. Jndgo. lie told her he had lost his heart, As he gazed In her lovely eyes; Bat, nlas! the cruel maid answered: "Why don't vou advertiser" Up-to-Dute. Lord Nocount (proudly) "I can trace my descent from William the Conqueror." Cyuicus "Yon havo been a long timo on tho downward path." Truth. Cumso "Well, Johnny, how do yon liko your new teacher?" Johnny "Not much. Sho doeen't know any thing. To-day eho asked mo who dis covered America." Brooklyn Life. "Now. Eleanor, you weigh 130 pounds and the weight gauge ou the nammoca regisiers uuu jjuuuun. " did that other 170 pounds como from?" ..n VT l 1 11:. .1. T.ifa rroin nnew xoru, jl iuiun. "1 bco the Jacksons have put screens nil around their piazza." "Yes, and I havo my opinion of people who are bo stingy that thoy won't evon let flics Bit on their porch." Chicago Becord. "Make hay while tho sun sUlnos" Is advice often needed. "Make love while the moon sbiucs" Is otteuor beodod. Washington Star. Freshly "Well, Professor, I sup. poso you aro dovoting nil your time nowadays experimenting with X rays." The Professor "No, my 6on, I hove many outsido interests." Brooklyn Life. "Ob, would you mind doing me a favor?" "With pleasure. What is it?" "Kindly reuiovo that costly mantle out of your window." "Why, pray?" "I shall bo passing your shop with my wifo in a few mitiiito.. " Wegweiser. I thought her mine my rival watehod Us ride away, then h Went straiuht and boiurht a tauden, and Of course that seti led me! Clevulaud Plain Dealer. Young Lichtpayte "How long does a man havo "to study if he wants to bo a good lawyer?" Lawyer Hharpe ,"Why do you ask that question?" "Because I am thinking of studying law myself." "Five hundred years." Chicago Tnbuuo. A littlo four-yeur-old occupied an upper berth iu the sleeping oar. Awakening onco in tho middle of the night his mother asked him if he knew where ho was. "Tourse I do," ho re plied. "I'm in tho top drawer." Youth's Companion. Mrs. Cusey "Hurrigan's daughter is luriiin' out for a medium. Sho do be hear in' voices iu tho upper air, they tell me." Cusey "I hour thiin every day, niosolf. Sometimes thoy yells -mortar,' and sometimes 'brick.'" Cincinnati L'uquirer. Mr. Figg "i'ouug man, what sort of mischief havo you been into?" Tommy "Ain't been in none." Mr. Figg "Oh, yes, you havo. Didn't your mother just toll mo that you were gettiug to bo just like mo iu your ways?" Indianapolis Journal. Tho Teacher "Now, un alturist is ono who is willing to Bubjugato his own interest to tho interest of his fellow-man. Does uuy littlo boy here understand whut au alturist is? ' The Kid "Yos'm. A ulturist is a feller that makes a sacrifice hit." Indian apolis Journal. lure of the Do not poultice au Eyes. eye under any ciroumstiuues whatever, litudiug a wet application over on eye for several hours must damage thut eye, tho asser tions of those professing to have per sonal expel leueo iu this to tho cou trury notwithstanding. The failure to aggravate au existing trouble by bind ing a moist application over an iu tlumed eye, which application is sup posed to rei.'iaiii for uu entire night, euu only bo explained by tho supposi tion that a guardian angel has watched over that misguided ease, uud has dis placed tho poultice before it had got iu its tine work. All oculists coudemu tho poultice ubsolutely, iu every thupe iMid iu overy form. Tea leaves, bread aud milk, ruw oysters, scraped beef, tcruped raw turnip uud raw potato, uud tlio luodley of disgusting domestic remedies popularly recommended ore, one uud uil, capable of producing ir remediable duuiugo to tho integrity of tho tissues ot the visual oran. Antiquity ot Mosaic 1 1 o s. MoM.ie doors, lui 1 with liiuall picjes of different colored Btouis set iu regu lar pulterns, were known to tho K.yp tians lit 1 10 II. C. In llubylou tloor of this kiud dated Usji U0J B. C.
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