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EST JKEPTJBL The now Slinh of Persia i anxious to opon tbo country to international commerce, and favon tha introdao tion of electricity and steam. The now widd-firo law whioh went !jto effect in Connecticut on July 1, 189(1, is not enforoeJ. "Oooil law, but reforms are slow," comments the New York Recorder. Cyoling is slowly bat surely obang Ir.g tlto fashions in Eugland. The silk hut is actually going 'oat of rogue, klllod by tho bicycle. At oast 'bailors roport tint thore is scarooly nDy demand for the fall Irailo. Cuuos aud walking sticks in nnothor branch of business that has boon nearly ruined. An old law of Geo rgiarermittcd tho medical oollogos to claim tho bodies of pauper for tho purpose of tlisseo lion, and for yoars those were fonnd adequate. A few years ago the law was repealed by tho Legislature, and as a result the mcdioal oollegos now llnd that they will bo compelled to dismiss their classes nnlesj means are to and to provide subjects. Tho machcto about which we read so much in tho Cuban dispatches is the tool with whioh tho Cuban works when he is not fighting. It is used in the sugar fields to oat the oane and is a combination of a knife and a hatchet. It inltiuts a severe and mutilating wound. Every ouo in Cuba owns a machete, which is as necossary to the Cuban as au ax to the New Englandor. No Nation otu beat the Frenoh at arranging a funeral or a reception. They oro a spectacular people, with a keen rense of the picturesque. Then, too, they hive the sense to employ the right poopte. Tho best tragio aotor recited for tho Russian Czar. The best poet read an ode, and ho on. The acoonut of the Russiau Imperial visit to Paris reads like a page oat of ro maucc. I'ho Charleston (8. C.) Nows and Courier asks: Is it any wouder that our game birdt are becoming extinot when wholesale butohery is not only permitted, but regarded as sportsman like and worthy of a gentleman? It is a strictly National question in its scope and application, aud by no menus only a question of sontimeut. The evideuoe multiplies yearly that in destroying the birds so wantonly we are destroying what has woll boon oallod "our insect police." The use of motor carriages at the rate of fourteen milos an boar is now legal on Eoglieh roads, and shrewd men in tho cyclo business believe that this new development in locomotion will bo even more remarkable than cyoliug in its general effects on the country. The great manufacturing firms of Leeds, Preston and Bedford have already made big preparations for the now industry, but apparently tho bulk of it will- be centered at Coventry, tho town which first had the intelligence to grasp the possibilitiep of the bicycle trade. The Hues of some of the poets do not fall in pleasant places in this rough world, muses F. L. Stanton, in the At lanta Constitution. Some year's ago an editor gave Samuel Minturn Peck 85 for a few verses. They were pub lished in duo time anfl soized npon by a compos jr, who sot them to masio. Tho minstrel men and opera troupes took to einging them, and, as a song, the verses realized a fortune to the niutio house and the composor of the notes. Peck askej for a royality : "We don't know you in this business," they said: "We cover heard of yon before I" And thus the world wags. In viow of the 150th anniversary of Princetou University, the romarkablo purt played by the graduates of that institution in the Revolution and Constitution-making period deserves oom incmorution, the New York Sun thinks. Of the four hundred and sixty-nine fraduatcs belonging to that period, cue bundled and fourteen were clergy men, thirteen of wboin became Presi dents of colleges ; of the remaining threo hundred and fifty-five, one, James Madison, was for eight years President of the Unitod States ; one wr.s Yioo-Presideut ; six were mem bers of the Continental Cougrese; twenty became Senators of the United States; twouly-tbreo entjred the House of Representatives ; thirteen were Governors of Status ; three were Justices of the Supremo Court of tho United Stutes, and some twenty served us officers in the Revolutionary army. These lucts which Professor Hibben has collected demonstrate that With trrpuon's administration gave Friuoo tou an illustrious name, und placed t lie collne on a high ground of es Ueu ',ioi t-.-ntimious progress was WE CAN to WITH SO LITTLE. V little work, a little piny Co keop us going anl so good-tin) 1 V little warmth, a little light 5f lovo's bestowing and so gool-nlghtl I little fun to matoh the sorrow Of each day's growing and so gooJ-mor-rowl a littlo trust that wnon we dla Wo ronp our sowing! And so good-bye! Goorso Du Muurlur. A WOMAN'S WIT. BY. JAMES M. ADAMS. NDEED, Miss MoLaughlin, it is not ouly pos sible, bat easy of accomplish- -Vis mont. "I think not. The a 1 1 e raut "ft would be hazard ous. No one should endanger his life in such a way." Tho afternoon san shone warmly on Bridgewater ClilTs. The soft murmur of the sea fell faintly on the ear. There was peace in tho air and npon the sea. Mark Hilton's usual clcar-boadetl. judgment was somewhat disturbed this afternoon ; for was not Kitty Mo Laughlin with him? It was not every day that bo bad her all to himself three miles from human habitation. How ever be might strive to conesal it, his elation would show itself in face and speeoh. Nature was in opposition with his mood. This was no ordinary pair. Mark Hilton was twenty-four, handsome not a pretty man. He was tall and straight, possessing a face of peouliarly intellectual cast. His manner, and at times bis speech, exhibited the slight awkwardness often seen in those who are given to habits of seclusion. lie did not much affect general society ; he was a man with an object in life, and that objoot was not mere per sonal popularity. Mark Hilton was, in the highest sense, a gentleman. Miss Kate MoLaughlin was nine teen years of ago; tall and well formed. She had a pleasant and in tolligent face. Pcorlo did not con sider her beautiful, Mark Hilton to the oontrary, notwithstanding. What most distinguished bur wis her re markable gracefulness of speech and manner. She was finely educated. and, like Hilton, possessed ot a marked individuality. The young men who sought her eooioty were well treated, bat, with tbo exception of Hilton, made small progress in their efforts to acquire ber confidence and to beeoine more intimate. There was a line they could not cross. They could never see tho reason why. Sho did. She knew that even the alchemy of love could not nnito gold and lead withont debasing the former. The subject whioh Mark Hilton and Kitty McLaughlin were discussing so earnestly was tho possibility of safely reaching a certain tiny bine flower which grew far out on the rugged faoe of the cliff. Kitty had discovered it in its isolated position a few moments before, and, romarkiug that it wus nnlike any they bad seen that day. wondered what it could be. The dis tance was so great sho coald not de cide, although sho was a good botan ist." Mark, with more enthusiasm than judiciousness, volnnteered to get it for her a proposal sho would not listen to. "Nonsense I" returned Mark. "Thore is no danger worth mentioning. Don't yon see there is a line of shelving rock jutting ont from behind the cliff which leads directly to it. "Rut you might slip or become dizzy. It must be a hundred feet to the bottom," she said, with a shudder "Slipping is impossible with these on," said Mark, calling attention to the rubber-soled lawn tennis shoes whioh be wore ; "and my bead was al ways a steady one. "But you shall not imperil your life in such a foolhardy attempt," said Kitty, deoidedly. "Ob, yes, I will. You don't know what a determined fellow i am when got started," answered Mark with laugh ; and in a second he was several feet out on the face of the crag. The shelving rook along which be undertook to make his way was barely four inohes in width. A diflioult path way. There was nothing to cling to exoept occasional sharp points whioh jutted oat from the mass of rook. Slowly and carefully he advanoos. Kitty watches hi m intently, pale and breathless with suspense. A few steps more and he will reaoh it. Ah I be has it, and holds it up tri umphantly to ber view. She waves her handkerchief, not daring to speak for fear of startling bim. Now for the return. He starts baok along the precarious pathway. He suddenly stops aud hesitates. Why so long ; is it to rest? No ; he is test ing a portion of the rock with bis foot. Has he become suspicious of his highway? Yos; and with good reason. A large portion of the rock is loose I 'He bears on it it harder, when a sudden roar, followed by a terrible crash, reverberates from dill to clilT. A deep silence follows. What bas happened. Has Mark Hilton pussod forever from human eyes? No ; there be is on bis narrow pathway clinging olosoly to the lodge. A huge piece of rock constituting part of liis perilous road has scaled off, leaving the chif ncurly as smooth as glass for six or eight feet m his front. His return is out off. The sun has become obscured by heavy, dark clouds. A wind has ariseu. Tho sea no longer murmurs softly, but sends forth a sullen, omni ous roar. How suddenly everything has changed I Murk Hilton realizes bis situation. He cannot go forward ; he caauot go back, except a few feet. Above bim the perpendicular rock rises to the height of ten feet before the top of the olilT is gained. It is smooth excopt a lew flight projections here and thore. No mortal could climb it. Mark knows this, nd yet bo feels ho must try. He cannot long romain in his present position. Was this beautiful day and bis life to end together? Had he brought this girl whom ho intended soon to ask to be bis wifo to this lonely, isolated spot only to witnoss his exit from Iho world? the world in wnion ho had hoped to accomplish so much. The thought of death, when in close proximity to it, is a dreadful thing, es pecially to a young person. Kitty McLaughlin, when she real ized tho catastrophe whioh hod over taken her lover, was so appalled that sho could neither speak nor move. She stood like one paralyzed nntil tho voice of Mark, calling to her not to bo alarmed, brought her back to tbo world of reason. Kitty was not one to remain long in active if there was anything she could do. Coming to the top of tho elm, above bis bead, she cried : "0, Mark I" (There was no "Mr. Hilton" cow. On the verge of death as ho was, Mark noted this withathrill of pleasure.) "Can you bold on till I can get assistance?" .Mark mado a lapid calculation. Three miles to the nearest bouse, and the roughest possible path. It would take at least an hour for help to reaoh him. Too woll be knew that he coald not retain his hold for half that time. Ho was already muoh exhausted and beooming dizzv. It required a great effort to keep from falling. "So," said Mark, mournfully. "We must shout for help, and if no one comes I must attempt to scale the cliff!" The olearagonized voice of the girl rose on the air, but was nearly drowned by tho ever-inoreasing roar ot tbo sea. Mark's deep voice pene trated bnt little farther. Neither oould be heard a half mile. Their cries re-echoed from crag to crag nntil there seemed to be a soore of voioes calling. A score calling but not one replying! After a few minutes spent in this way it became evident to both that it was useless. Mark was growing weak er. He felt the necessity ot making his perilous efiort before losing more strength. Without a word he lays hold of some sharp points of rock above bim and at tempts to ascend. When np about three feet his foot suddenly slips. and, half unconsoions, bo feels himself roughly sliding down the face' of tho oliff. Throwing oat his bands by in stinct, oue of them reaches a fissure in the rock and he finds himself, faint and breathless, in his oiiginal posi tion. Nothing bat a miracle saved him from going over the precipice. Kitty, hearing the noise, cried out in an agony of apprehension. "It is no use," callod poor Mark ; "a cat oould not climb it much less a man. I! mnst remainhera until I fall from exhaustion, unless somebody comes. And whit could they do if they did?" Kitty was in despair. Must she re main there doing nothing and see her lover perish? She never realized be fore how she loved him, or, indeed, that she loved him at all. Now it was all revealed to her. And she the cause of bis peril t A pang of anguish passed through her when she thought of this. What should she do? She looked about wildly. Ah! the milkweed! The hill was covered with it. Her knowledge of botany was not useless. Running to tho veige ot the oliff, she cried out : "What is the longest possible time you can hold on?" 'Twenty or twenty-five minutes," said Mark, feebly. "Then for heaven's sake, oling!" Rushing baok, she pulled up a score of the largest stooks of milkweed. Se looting one, she rolled the fiber into a cord or string. How often she had seen her teacher do this when botaniz ing! She knew tbo cord thus formed to be very strong, capable of support ing at least twenty-five poands. Fonr of these twisted together mado a sab' stantial rope, but they were so very short not more than two feet in length. Milkweed after milkweed succumbed to her doft fingers, until at length, by frequent splicing, she had a rope ten feet long and four strauds strong. It would easily bear one haudred pounds. This was enough his own ellorts, aided by the projecting rooks aud fissures, would accomplish the rest. Kitty, in spito of her celerity, was nearly twenty minutes manufacturing the rope. bho knew that Marks strength must bo most gone. Hearing her upproach the brink alone the poor fellow lost all courage, supposiug her unknown mission had failed. "Uood-bye, Kitty, I" "O Mark! Hold on! Hold on a miuute longer!" and she flung him the rope. He summoned np all his strength. Seeing the rope be took it iu his bunds and said with surprise : "Will it hold?" "Yes j your whole weight, probably. But that will not be nooeHimry, Let me know when you ure ready." "Brace yourself ! If I am too much of a burden let go instantly ; for heaven's sake don't lot me pull you over tho preoipice. Ready!" Up, up, he goen, his hope lending him superhuman streugth. He makes evory projection aud depression of the rock ooutributo to his support. His feet oitun slip, but thd ropu, with the strong, brave girl at the further euJ, upholds him. A moment more, aud he falls fainting at the top of the oliff. Kitty is about to faint, but seeing bis condition, -recovers herself, and bostons to a neighboring spring fot water. Mark soon revives, but his mind is clonded. Looking around, be says : "The flower I Where is the flower?" "Never mind that, dear" ho thought she said "dear," bnt was so nearly unconscious as never to be sure "it is safo. Don't talk now, nntil yon are feeling better." A few minutes aud he is himself again. Holding np the flower, bruised and broken, whioh bo bos olung to with a lover's care through all his peril, he says ; "Not muoh of a gift, but I got it for yon." "Why, it is a forget-me-not," crios Kitty. "Yes, a forget-me-not; and its 'language' is 'truo lovo.' O Kitty, let it be an emblem of the lore I bear yon," presenting it to her. "As suob I accept it," she replies, softly. It Never Needs Unpacking. Thore are many useful improve ments to ohroniole in tho way of lug gage, and among them a trunk that does nt need to be nnpaoked, bat an swers the pnrpose of a wardrobe and a chest of drawers. It can be set, on arrival at the journey's end, against the wall. Tho lid will remain open when thus placed, and discovers sepa rate trays for millinery, handker chiefs, gloves, linen, laoes, and boots and shoes, lined with washable water proof, so that, if thrown in muddy, dirt can be washed off ; some having one long receptacle aoross for umbrol las, parasols and stioks; the latter wo men have taken to in the country much of late. Bolow this upper tray the box is divided into a series of drawers holding a few dresses each a wonderful oonvenienoe. One of tho best inventions in traveling bags has all the fittings removablo as a whole and fitted on tho outside toilet requisites, writing, etc, oombinod ; this leaves th9 interior of tbo bag free. The bost have square mouths; and a new kind has all the fittings above the sides of the square, whioh, oponing automatically, adjust themselves ou the top and can easily be slippod off and stood on the dressing table ready for use. For the better preservation of obeck books they can now be fitted into a long, narrow, leather looked case, with an accompanying blotting pad. . Indeed, every want is fore stalled ; all that is needed is to dis cover tho purveyors of such innumer able aids to comfort m traveling. St. James Gazette. Why a tut Lights on lis Feet. An experimenter recently undertook to discover why a cat invariably fell on its feet. He finds that a cat always falls on its feet providing it has a dis tance of a yard to fall in aud enable it to make a half turn iu the air, so as to get its foet undermost. It holds its paws vertically and manages to pre serve this position during the rest of its fall, in spite of the initial move ment of rotation taken by its body. The mechanioal explanation is simply that the animal, by thrusting forward its left limb, shifts the center of grav ity of the whole body so as to make i revolve npon the axis of tho spine nn til the feet reaoh the ground. More over, a cat does not hurt itself by o fall from a height, not because it in variably falls on its feet, but because the structure of a oat's back and spine is extremely flexible. The musoles ol its legs are extraordinary strong and numerous, and, further, it has clastic pads or cushions consisting of a most of fibrous tissue and fat on all its feet, seven in eaoh forepaw and five in each hind paw. Chioago News. Notes Upon Cheese. Nine-tenths of the oheeso produced in this country is made in the States ot New York, Wisconsin. Ohio, Illi nois, Vermont, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Michigan, ranking iu the order named. The New York produot alone is almost one-half the total, and this State and Wisconsin together make over two-thirds of all. It requires the milk of about 1,000,. 009 oows to make the oteeBO annually pressed in tho Unitod States. The value of tho annual cheese produot of this country varies from 820,000,000 to 325,000,000. About 0,000,000 pounds of oheose are imported annually into the United States. The rate of consumption of oheeso in America is about three pounds per capita per aunam. Consumption of cheese is apparent ly somewhat decreasing. Qood cheese is approximately com posed of ono-tbird water, one-third milk fat and one-third casein, with souio sugar aud ash. II. E. Alvord, Chief United States Dairy Division, Colors in Cuudy-Makiiig. The French Government, whose pa ternul car? extends over oven the eandy-making and candy-eating of its citizens, prescribes what substances may or may not be used iu tho manu facture of candy. According to the Frenoh law, the materials that may bo employed are us follows: For blue, mdigo, Prussian bluo aud ultramarine ; for red, eochiueal, csratiue ami citr ruiuo lake; for yellow, satfron, French berries, Persian tumerio aud fustio ; for green, a mixture of oue of the yellows and one ot tho blues. World's Most Striking Monument. The tuo-t striking monument iu tho world is said to bo that erected on tho shores of Lako ls.y-Kul, iu Ceutrul Asiu, in houor of the Russian Gouerul Prjevalski, a famous explorer of that region. The tomb is hollowed out in the summit of a jutting clill ou the euhtcrn luurgia of the lake, uud the mouuuient consists of uu enormous rough-hew a block of gray graiulo, tweuty-tive feet high, over which is thrown a chart of Central Asia. TUB ME BUY SIDE UP LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THD FUNNY MEN OP THE PRE3S. A Reasonable Ioilt Ifplplnj Them Out-Would Kill Illm I'p-A Strong Resemblance, Ktc, Ktc. A weight llos heavy on my soul, No Klf'nm of hope or elisor is nigh; Oh, toll mt, ye who thlntrs control, Atn I in lovo, or Is it pli? Chicago Record. nELPINQ TIT EM OUT. "Is Nora really going to leave?" "Yes, but she said sho would givo as a certificate of good character." A GTCNERAI ' RMASII. "So you went wheeling yesterday. Did you break tho record?" "No; but I broke nenrly everything else." Detroit Free Pross. MAKING IT CLEAR. "Papa, why do they call language tho 'mother tongue?' " "Because tho father so seldom gets cbanoe to uso it." Chicago Record, WOULD FIMi HIM TP. ' The Toet "Sho invited mo to ber bouse to dinner." The Friend "Sho told me she didn't think there was much in you." Town Topics. a STnosa nESEsiniANCE. Visitor "How much tho baby re sembles its mother I" Father "Yes, it talked whon it was only six months old." Harlem Life. HI3 MASTERLY METIIOD. "Uncle Simon, whjit is a campaign orator?" "He is a fellow who doesn't let thinking interfere with his talking." ""Chicago Record. no Dounr ABOUT IT. Johnnie "I fcol sure our dog bit that tramp." Papa "Did tho tramp say so?" Johnnie "No, but tho dog looks sick," Harlem Life. TRAPPED. Canny "Is Miss Wilbur at home?" Norah "No, sorr." Canny "Well, go up stairs and ask her when she will be at home." Norah (going) "Yis, sorr." Har per's Bazar. HARD TO TELL. Little May "Why do they consid er marriage such an important step in life?" Agatha "Because it's so hard to tell whether it's a step up or down." Pick-Me-Up. ARITHMETICAL. "Nearly all married men are good accountants ; they can carry enormous sums in their heads." "How do you account for that?" "Because they wouldn't daro carry snch sums iu their pockets." HORTICULTURAL. "That man in tho next flat calls bis lively wife Blossom." "Great Scott; how inappropriate." "What makes you say so?" - "Blossoms shut up when the sun goes down." Chicago Record. THAT is IT. "When it rains, Bryan simply hoists an umbrella and goes on with bis speech," remarked the snake editor. "1 see," replied tho horse editor. "Ho'd rather put up thuu shut up." Pittsburg Chrouiolo-Telegrsph. HIS THIS WAS VALUABLE. Teacher (severely) "Tommy Smith, come bore. Why haven't you learned your geography lesson?" Tommy '"Causo tho papers say there's going to be a change in the map of Kurope. " Chicago Dispatch. TnE DOLEPl'L llArnELOR. "Why," asked tho Sweet Young Thing, "why do they say that love is of the heart?" "To show," said tho Doleful Bacho lor, "to show that tho brains havo nothing to do with it." Indianapolis Journal. NOT FOR "KEEPS." "What do they mean by 'salting' a mine, popper," uskod the small boy. "Is it anythiug like halting moat?'' "No, ludneJI" answered Mr. Bitt wuntz. "Whon a man ealU meat it is because ho wants to keep it." Cin cinnati Enquirer. THE TIP. "WhoBo immeuso funeral procession is that?" "llo was ono of tho richest hotel men iu the country." "Of what hotel was ho proprietor?" "Ho wusu't any proprietor. He wus the bead wuiter." Cleveland Plain Dealer. THE PROPER MOOU. "What an idiot lovo makes of a man 1 Here Timmins bus beeu writing poetry to hisBWeetheart's 'geutlo eyes.' " "Well, what of it?" "What of it? Ho can sho bo gentle-eyed when she is cross.eyed?" Indiauapolis Journal. A I.OlilflA.N. Corporal (to soldier) "Why is tho blade of the sabre curved iutlca t of straight?" Private "It is curved iu order to givo more force to tho blow." Coruorul "llmulitiu I It is curved so as to fit tho K'ublmr.l. If it was I straight how would you get it into tho j crooked scabbard, blockhead ?"- Flie- ttuJe Blaetter. SCIENTIFIC AS1 IXDISl'tJJUr,. Thirty-five million human beings di every year. A Pastonr Institute has been estab lished at Athens, Greece. Tho juice of a pineapplo cuts tho mombrano from the throat of a diph theria patient whon nothing else will. Astronomers eay that 1.000,030 "shooting stars" fall into tho Bun for every one that comos into our atmos phere. Luminous inks may now be nsod to print signs to bo visible iu the dark. Zino suits and calcium are tho medi ums generally used. Motor carriages which can travel sixteen miles an hour on on ordinary road, at a cost of a half-penny n mile, havo been exhibiting in Wombly Park, London. An "elcctrio restaurant," serving dinners automatically without waiters, will be a feature of next year's inter national exhibition of hotel arrauge montsat Amsterdam. A new lead for deep sea sounding carries a cartridge which explodes ou touching the bottom. A submerged microphone receives the' sound, and the depth is estimated from the time oconpied by the load in sinking. Tine and fur have long fibers, ex ceedingly well adapted to the use of the paper maker, but the resinous sub stances contained in these woods form bo large a percentage of the composi tion and are bo diflioult of removal that the paper makers are compelled to use other varieties. An experimenter with Roontzen rays states that, besides the now well known sunburn effect, exposure for two or three hoars to these rays may cause the joints to becomo nearly transparent, the nails to die, and the hair to fall out, although both nails and hair will grow out again. Tho effects seem to bo duo to electrical notion. A Bullet Mailo a Hailstone. Colonel Clark R. Westcolt, of Lon don, England, who bas been spending a couplo of months in Chicago and the West in tho interest of a syndfeato which owns considerable mining prop erty iu this country, is responsible for the following account of a singular natural phenomenon. His story is as follows : "Ono hot day a couplo of weeks sinoe I was riding along a mountain road in Colorado ou my.way to a mino in whioh I am interested, when I no ticed high above soaring in majestic oirole au eagle. I had a 45-90 Win chester Elung across my baok, and it was but the work of a moment to un filing the gun and fire at the bird, whioh appeared to be directly abova me. As I fired I noticed that the bird was directly betwoon myself and a donse black cloud which hung above me. The shot was a clear miss, and, not caring to waste any more cart ridges, I was about to rule on, when I was startled to hear what I took to be the dull 'chung' of a stone thrown by an unscon hand, which fell into a littlo gully partly filled with leaves, within tweuty loet of me. I looked carefully about me in all directions, but could see no sign of n human boing, and then dismountod, and, scraping baok the loaves, wus ustouished to find a pieco of ice as lurgo as a goose egg and abont the same shapo. Upon close examination I was further aston ished to discover my rifle ball firmly imbedded iu its oeutre. I have spec ulated a doal over this phenomenon since that time, and the ouly solution I can see is that the ball iu passing through the cloud gathered the moist ure and held it by its whirling motiou, so that it was frogen at a higher ulti tude and fell to the earth as I havo described." Chicago Chroniolo. The Clilncso Work Backward. Tho Chinese do everythiug back ward. Their compass points to tho south instead of tho north. The mou wear skirts and tho women trousers; while tho in cm woar thoir hair long, the woman coil theirs iu a kuot. The dressmakers are meu ; tho wonion carry burdans. The spoken language is cot written and tho written lunguago is not spoken. Books are read back ward, and any notes are insertod at the top. White is nsod for mourning, and the bridesmaids wear black in stead of boing maidens these function aries aro old women. Tho Chinese surname comes first, and thoy shako their own bunds in&toud of the haud of the one whom they would greet. Ves sels aro launched sidowiso and horses aro mounted from tho off side, Thoy commenoo their dinner with tho des sert and end up with soup and fish. In shaving the burber operutos ou tho head, cutting tbo huir upward, then downward, and then polishes it oil with a small knife, which is passed over tho eyebrows aud into the cose to remove uuy superfluous huir. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The .New England Apple. Other friuts may do thoir best in milder regions ; but tho apple of New England remuius supremo. Thore are several thousand vurietic j,but of these cot more thuu a couple of hundred are actually grown for profit, anil probably not more thuu tweuty havo uu wido reputo or sale. Aud there is reasou for this. With all the ex porimoutiiig of horticulturist, there roiL'aiu to be fouu 1 uny bettr varieties than tho old luuuliur oti. s, tho Bald wins, Rhode Island (ireeuiugs, Hub bard. dona, PortcrH, RuHi-et, uud tho like. Providciit-o Journal. 'Ihu Littlo llnt'iT. Adepts iu palmistry usei t that the length of the fourth or littlo linger is the most itnportaut diu iu tlio hau I. There is no man, thoy ruy, who riei to importuuee in any line of life with but a loU aud straight .ntle linger. WHEN POLLY E MILES. When I'olty smlls the gmyost sklos Take on a heavenly blue; And O, the light In I'olly's eyes How bright It Is! How trtw! And from Ids perch, on her scdato Young ehouldcrs you can n-e Lovo shoot his arrows swift and straight, When Polly sml'.es at tno. But, O, my soul! when Tolly Trowns, How bl.v:k nnd fierce the skies! And, ottcntluios, a ralndr.jp drowai Tho light In I'olly's eyes tut when I kisa her nil tho rain And storm clouds quickly flee, And hnrTpy skies are blue again, Tor Polly smiles at mo. , Anna Tczler. HUMOR 01' THE DAT. VThen in thebrnHsy skies above V" hope nnr help I ,., 1 gladly seek the girl I love Bha'd always oonl to mn. Cleveland l'luln-Dcaler. Littlo Elsie "Ain't those oows email, ma?" Ma "Yos, dear." Little Elsie "I guess them's the kind they pots condensed milk from, ain't they?" Philadelphia Rcoord. Canny "Is Miss Wilbur at home?" Norah "No, sorr." Canny "Well go upstairs and ask her when she will beat home." Norah (going) "Yis, sorr." Harper's Bazar. The orator tho nlr mnkes blue, While selling In hi. Iluks, And as the dnys growoooler whew! How hot grows politics ! Boston Courier. "What in thunder are yon speakin' to tho school children for?" asked tho voter. "Just keop quiet," replied the candidate; "they'll all be old enough to vote before I'm elected." Atlanta Constitution. "How did yon daro toll futher that yoa had a prospect of a hundred thousand dollars a year?" she asked. "Why," ho answered, in righteous in dignation, "I have, if I marry you." Washington Star. It is talk wasted for an unmarriel woman to boast of her economy to an unmarried man. A man never appre ciates economy in a woman until after he bat marriod a woman who doesn't praotico it. Atchison Globe, Hendrioks "Say, if we can't get this crowd in front of us out of tho way, we are goiug to miss our tiain. What shall wo do?" Curr "I have it. Let's start a discussion on the coiuago fiii.n tt lie rails In long aud tedious proso Ahmit- tha Hpii'nti'a ili.urMt. Yet lie pays and goes To see the shows Aud ho laughs his money's worth. Washington Star. Mr. Frankstown (admiringly) "How fresh yon look this morniug, Miss Homewood I" Miss Homewood (who detests tho youuy; niau) "How fresh you talk this luoruiug, Mr. Frankstown." Pittsburg Chronicle. "What did the crowd gather at tho corner for a few minutes ago I" "A woman's wheel collapsed." "I sup pose they wanted to Bee how badly she was hurt." "No, thoy were trying to iind out the name of the wheol. " Judge. "I want yon to understand," roared Beoily, "thut tho sun caver sets ou the British Empire." "That's right," quietly remarked Yank E. Doodlo, "but Undo Sum has found it necossary to Bet on her onco iu a while." De troit Freo Press. Coroner "is this man whom you found dead on tho lailroad traok a total stranger?" Wituess (who bad boon told by tho company to be care ful in his statomouts) "So, sir. Hii leg was gone iutoirely. lie was a partial stranger." Texas Sittings. Mrs. Spoonor "Charles, do you thiuk you would over marry again?" Mr. Spoonor "What, aftef having lived with you for ten years! Never!" Mrs. Spoouer says sho would give something handomo if she only knew what he meant by that. Boston Tran script. Fixing His Identity: Attornoy "Well, cow, you say you taw tho man who did the stabbing?" Witness "Yis, sor." Attorney "Aud would you know the culprit again if you saw him?" Witnoss "Ho wasn't no cul prit, sor; bo was a Eyetalian," Cleveland Leader. Bees Mop Kuilwav Work. Bees recently stopped tho construc tion on tho Butler (1'oun.) aud Pitts burg Railroad, Audrew Carnegie'f new freight line from Pittsburg to the groat lakes. Near Butler the road passes through a two-aero field whero bees are kept by tho owner, George Reibur. Mr. Reiber refusod to givo tho railway company the right of way through th bee hold, Mr. Reiber refused to inovf the bees, but oflered to sell them to tbo railroad company. The company deoliuod to buy them, aud ordered tho workmen to remove them. When this was attempted the bees reuistod the invamou of their homes bo violently that the invaders were compelled to floe. The beos are there yet, and the workmou ou the road will uot touch them. New l'ork Press. A Deadly Venom. The question bas been asked which is the most powerful poison. So far us is known, snake poison cousists of a peptone which produces local ulcera tion, uu uukuowu virulent substauco, which causes iiililtrutiou of blood when injected into tho tissues, and au albu men which is not apparently poison ous. When snake veuom is concentrated by removing tho third subbtuueo and retaining the other two, w hut is left constitutes the most powerful poisou known to toxicology. It is forty times more powerful thuu the original snake veuom. It has beeu reckoned thut a siuglo thimbleful oi it suitably applied would bo enough to kill '25,000 people. Now York Journal.
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