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Tho number of entire Hawaiian to day is about 32,000. In 1778 Captain Cook estimated tho population of their islands at 400,000. EJouird A. Mnrtol, a bright yonnfc lawyer of Paris, lms .darted a now K'ionco. Ho calls it f-poleologio, or (be eeienoo of naves. Ho intends to conduct a tystcmatio exploration of caverns. ' Dr. Arthur Mao Donald, tho Wash ington criminologist, wnli every man, woman iiud child in the country measured on tho Rcrtillon ay stem. He claims thnt Una would make detection irncticnlly certain, and thus put an euJ to crime. A London journalist reveals why Sir llonry Irving plays in America: "Theso visits to tho United Status,-' be says, "are very profitable, and they enablo Irviug to t-peud money lavishly in England on productions whioh won hi not cl themselves pay well enough." A New England newspaper is sock ing the origin of tho barbarous word "shampoo." It can find it in the Japanese dictionary, meaning "clean ing the human scalp by washing and rubbing." It was naturalized in this country by Townsond Harris, a New Yorker, who was our first Minister to .Japan. ' There is a woman in Milpitas, re lates the Sun Francisco Argonaut, the victim of several crushing sorrows, who has a no'el cure for despondency, indigestion, 'usotnnia and kindred ills. . It is nnpatcnted. She determined one day to throw oil the gloom which was making life a bnrden in and about her, and established a rule that she ahould laugh three times a day whether occasion presented or not. She trained herself to laugh heartily at the least provocation, and, without ono, would retire to her room and make merry by herself. Now she is in exoelleut houlth and buoyant spir its, and ber heme ban boootne a sunny and delightful abode. Husband, children, neighbors and friends were gradually infected with mirth every day, aud now all' of them are healthy, happy and wise. Harold Frederic, tho London cor respondent of the New York Times writes: Both in England and on the Continent wo are likely to bear a good deal that is unpleasant this winter about tbe cost of bread. The rooent advance in tho price of wheat has boen uoized upon by bakers every where as warrant for ei advance amounting to a cent on tho four-ponnd loaf, und they lei it be understood that a further rise is not improbable if wheat continues to go up. Unfor tunately, it caunot be remembered that, when who.H began to drop five years ago the briers put down the price of thoir loaves in proportion, and there is naturally a lot ot bitter talk about tho rapaoity of middlemen. This will not row less as winter comet on. Every European country, in' clndiug England, Lis administrative machinery for regelating the size of loaves. To this a provision about tbe price of them could, be fixed without much dilllculty, and it is not improb able tb'it a movement to have this done will obtain a good deal of mo tnontuji beforo spring oomes. The New York nerald exclaims: So it eeerus that tho bioyole is willing to lend itself to almost every purpose of the rider thereof, good and bad. It furnishes one with tho best kind of fxeroifin in the open air end cronies an astouitdiiog appetite. It recreates the digestive organ?, fills the lungs with " ozono and gives the owner a brighter and moro cheerful outlook. It has dono more for tao general health than ull the gymnasiums thst wero ovr erected. Its fascination is so groat that eveu the churches complain ot a eparso attendance, and the box olTloes at (ho theatres assume a lather lugu- liriojs expression. Merchant ore glmu because people would ralher drive tho wheel than attend balls, and &o ecouuniize in silks and satins and laces and ditmonde. If a Now Year's present is oontompluled, it niustbe a machine, o! course, for nothing else will ruitko the heart ps'pitols with f rati'u lo. Knickerbocker and bloome.'s havo tu j-u the p'uoe of dries suits i-nd 'onsc truiiis, o;il all the world W'.ndtia at tho ohnnge which lias tnkcu place in public opinion. There lire ro.nancos couuato-l with tho wh-el uIko. Chance nequiutancu3 which be, i in with u puuetared tire ripens Juto Hom-tihing which demand the prcH-uce o: the clergyman with u marring certillcu-e in his hand. I parents object the b ke furnishes a r-udy Hi". us o' elopement, and the ff mi i.v UKut'ter i deprived of the foe v, b'cli is given to another minister twoutv liiilei lroiu hon.0. WINO WISDOM. Tho llttlo bird pipes, The little bird peeps, ADd the llttlo bird proons bis wings; Ho settles himself on a liendlng bough, And this Is tho song bo sines: ' Sing ho, merry men; ring ho, morry mnids; Tbe world Is n glad old place; If you meet Its glnnco with n bold, bravo Rlr There's an answorlog smile on Its face!'' The llttlo bird chirps, Tho little bird cheeps. And the little bird curvos bis wings; He lnavne his perch on thu bending houg'i And flits away as lie sings: "Slug ho, merry men; Sing ho, morry mnlilffi Orasp courage nd hope and truth Aud tho glad old world will grant you tbe gift Of Life and Eternal Youth!" LA TAHANTOLA. BY C'H xjES L. HILDRKTH. tf"iAVli you ever seen a taran tola? Not the small, oompara tively . harmless insect of the Southwest so label ed and I i b e 1 e d i n your c o 1 1 e o- tioUB. I mean the genuine tarautula of the ijkwff '1 tropics, a won-l-t'l sterns large as lyiJ a silver dollar, W HbaJrfP covered With as Ions as a young Kitten a ana with legs as thick as slate penoils. If you have ever mot this gentleman, alive and ready to pay his respcots to yea, you have met satan in person Give me by preference the rattlesnake. lie at least is a lair enemy, ana warns before be strikes. The hooded cobra will not nttnek without what be te cards as provocation. But the hideous tarantula seems inspired by invetorate malignancy and hatred. He will per severingly search for bis victim. A tarantula in tho same room with you will not seek to escape : on the con trary, be will never be satisllod until be has found yon, and leaping upon you, perhaps from the distance ot two yards, fixed bis lungs in your nosh. Thon tho sooner you make your will. pay your debts und forgive your enemies, the butter, for you have only twolve hours to live, and there is no remedy known tosoience that can save you. Yon are bookod, let us hope in all cases, for heaven, and by an express train. I tell you this by way of preface to an experience which might have been a tragedy had it not turned out to bo a comedy ; and let me assure you that, in this curious life of ours, the two are never very far apart, when, in deed, they are twins. As the only American in the little Costa Rioan city otAUjuela I was a marked figure at the festa by tbe jofo, or mayor, iu honor of bis eleotion to ofiloo. I was the resident manager of tho mahogany and dye-wood mills re coutly established on . the Cbagres River, near the coast, whence I had boon driven by an attack of fever to the purer air of tho upland region. hud boon living in my small but, just outside the town, some three mouths at tho date of my story. I was a young man then, scarcely twentv-soven. and disposed to com pensate myself for the limitations and discomforts of my situation with such amusements as might fall in my way, The Contral Americans, more particu larly tho Costa Rioans, regard dancing as an essential portion of existence. Every night, during tbe dry season. tboy danco out of doors, usually in the pluzu, or opon square, provided for the purpose in every town, or in some space or glade among tbe woods out side the village. I had taken my share in these open air balls at Alujuola, and among tbe pretty senoritat who dance, aa they love aud bate, with fury, my favorite partner bad been .Nouns Alajas, handsome mestizo. Tall for ber race, aud lithe as a puma, she was a mere bundle of nerves a human eleotrio battery, shooting sparks of living fire from ber grand, black eyes. Voice, emile, touch, motion everything about ber was instinot with the vol cauio emotions of her ill regulated na ture. Ignorant and superstitious past be tiof, proud as a peeress, jealous and revengeful to the verge of sheer insan ity, she was altogether a character moro picturesque than pleasant. But Nouitu Muj.iH could dauce like a bao shauto. To whirl with ber in the fan dango, or tho Spanish waltz, to the clang of tho marimbas aud guiturros, was intoxication. There was a oharm as irresistible us unwholesome in tbe savHgo energy with which she flung herself into tho rhythm of the bar baric music. It was I can think of uo better similo like danoing with something compounded of flume end poieon. It was not dillioult to understand liow uho bad won her nanio among the villagers of "La Taruutola." You have read of tbo uuoieut superstition that ono bitten by that hateful spider must danco deliriously until relieved by death. Boins a young mau, consequently moro or less of a fool, I had puid con siderable attention to La Taruutola. I was llattored by bor ovidont prefer ence for mo, an l t had not stinted compliments. .1 had asi-ured her that I had never met so purfeot a dauoer, li. at she was beautiful, und that 1 thought of her constantly, till three statement being quite ttue. I fancy I also told ber that she was tho light of my eyes and the objeot of my soul, assertions uot nt nil truthful, but not more extravagant tUnu any Costa lticun bello eipects lroiu uu accuptuble purt uei of an evening. mm hair As tbe jofe's particular guest at tbe festa, I was required, as a matter of course, to danco with bis daughter Julietta, a pretty, modest little maiden, who pleasod me so well that devoted myself to her during tue whole evening. In fact, I was begin ning to weary of tbo tompostuous hu mors of La Tarantola, and though I saw her glowering ferociously at me from tbe ring of spectators outside of the dancing spaoo, 1 was careful to keep at a safe distance- from her. It was after midnight when l naae farewell to the jofe and his pretty daughter, and retnrnod to my. hut, which was but ten minutes' walk dis tant. I closed and faHtonod my door, und, as was my habit, lighted a caudle and inspected the room closely, u neoessary precaution in a region wncre all sorts of venomous reptiles and in sects are much more intrusive than welcome. Having ousted a scorpion and a cen tipede or two, I undresHed and went to bed, leaving the shutter of my Bingle unglazed window open for air. At the head of my bed, within reach of my band, I had constructed a sort of toilet table, npon wnicu l kept my comb and brush, my wash basin and a few odds and ends, such as a bottle of perfume 1 have always beon very fond of perfnmes a booK or two, my revolver, matches and tho like. You will understand, presently, why I am thus particular to mention this table. It must have been toward i o clock in the morning when I was awakened by some one calling my name. 1 arose unon mv elbow and stared sleepily to ward the open window, through whioh the moon was pouring a flood of tropio splendor. Outlined against tbe brilliant square of sky framed by the casement were the head and shoulders of a human being a woman. Who are you? I exclaimed. "What do you want?" VJcnor Carlos," repliol a voice, hoarse and tremulous with passion, "I urn Nunita Mai as, and 1 hava como to say something to you. "At this time of night I Well, what is it?" You bavo insulted me," said the girl, in tbe same guttural tones. "You have put shame npon mo. Bother I 1 ejaculated. "Uo home and go to sleep. In the morning you will think better of it: You oughtn't to bo hero anywav, you know. Go, there's a good girl." 'No, I will not go, returned Nuuita, fieroely. "What do 1 oaro what people say of me? What uo they say already? lour American lover has discarded you. tie dunces the whole festa with Julietta. He bas forgotten you. Shall I boar suoh taunts? Shall I not have my re venge?" "Listen to me, Nunita." I said, seriously. "In the first place, I was never your lover, and never pretended to be. I liked your style of dancing, aud you were satisfied with mine. That is all there was to it. I don't see what you have to complain of if I chose to dance with another girl." "Nothing to complain of?" her voice rose to a shriek. "Did I not boheve that you would marry me and take me to your borne in the great Northern city, dress mo in fine cloth ing, givo me many servants, and a carriage to ride in?" "I cannot help it if you have in dulged in Buch foolish notions," I said, beginning to lose patience with the girL "I certainly never gave you the slightest reason iu word or, act. Now, if you have any sense or de cency left, you will drop this nonsense and go borne at once.". "Then you will not marry me?" nor voioo tank to its former low, gut tural tone. "Certainly not," I ro plied prompt ly. "If I had ever entertained such an absurd idea, yonr actions to-night would have settled tbe matter." "You will marry Julietta?" The voice sank still lower. "In preference to you, ot least," I retorted, angrily. "You will never do it," she biased between her set teeth, "for to-morrow you will be dead. See?" She held up a small object so that the moonlight fell npon it, and I reo ognized one of those tiny wicker ouges in which the ououyo, or fire boo tie, is trapped. There was no oucnyo in it now, but a black objeot with spread ing legs that struggled violently in its prison. "Do you know what it is?" she asked. "I will tell you. It is tbe leaping tarantula. You bavo seen men die of its bite. You know bow they die. I leave bim to execute my ven geance." As she spoke sbo shook tbe cage in side tho widow, and I heard something drop upon the floor. In the space of moonlight I Baw the great spider lumped together near tho wall. Then the shutter was banged to; there was a peal of shrill, derisive laughter out side, sound of swiftly retreatiug footsteps and I was left, alone in dark nets with the turautnlu. In my first flurry of terror I stretched out my band to find a match, with the result of overturning my table with a crash npon the floor. Ut terly nnnerved, I fell back upon tho pillow, and lay for somo minutes try ing to contemplate my position with some degree of calmness. By those unuoqnainted with the habits of the tarantula my pauio may seem oowardly. But, as Nauita hud intimated, 1 knew the creature. I knew that he would not attempt to es cape. On tbe contrary, be would never rest until he had found me out ; for it is the nature of these domoniao insects to pursue and attack all warm blood ed animals, particularly men. Their sense of smell is marveloosly acute, and the one now iu the room with uo would infallibly locate me, sooner or luter, uui then A oold sweat broke out upon my body. Death by the kuifo or sword, death by the bullet, death by tbe bursting shell, death by tho wasting breath of disease theeo ono oonld meet with fortitu lo ; but to dio bowling from tbe bite of a ppider t What philosophy is strong enoush to meet such a fate with rquanimity? As I lay thus I could hour a faint scratching sound, whioh I knew wai caused by the horny claws of the spider crawling about the floor. An l now a strong musky o lor cvrae to in;r nostrils' The tarantula, when irrita ted, casts forth si ch an odor. Ho wo. approaohinj me; perhaps his next leap would be npon my bed, to fix hi venom-charged mandibles in my flesh 1 I could bear it no logger. I would at least make one effort for life. I would try to rcaoh the door, before the spider could spring upon mo. I put ono naked foot to the lloor, but instantly drew it back with a cry of agony. A shurp, lacerating pain warned me that I had been bitten. I fell back in a stupor of despair. It was useless to movo now. Thu poison was in my blood and there was no hopo for mo; the mrutching sound had ceased ; the malignant thing ha I done his work and ho was satisfied. But the odor of musk was stronger than ever. Ho was evidently crouch ing there in the daiknoss, watching me die. Slowly, moment by moment, I felt the death languor creeping o'or mc. I felt the venom coursing through my veins. My senses wera leaving me. I could make no effort to rouse myself. I thought of my Northern home, my boyhood, my friends, the bright hopes thus miserably darkened in my priino. My eyes closed, my limbs relaxed certainly this was not the death they told me off, not that I had witnessed in the victims of the tarantula. But for the pain in my foot, I should have been almost comfortable. Strange I Rap, rap, rap I Tbe sound of re iterated knocking penetrated to my dulled brain. 1 openod my eyes and gazed vngnely around. Bright Btreaks of morning sunlight were streaming through cracks in door and shutter. I was not dead, then? lho bite of the deadly tarantula bad not destroyed me. How was it? "Senor Carlos I It is 7 o'olock 1" I recognized the voice of my fore man at the mills. I sut up in bed and examined my foot. The wound, sore enough still, was not from tbe jaws of the tarantula. And there upon tbe floor at my bed side was the cause both of my wound and of tbe musky odor whioh I bad attributed to tbo spider the frag ments of my perfume bottle, which I had overthrown in tbo darkness. I arose, and, chary both of broken glae and the bidden epiilor, I slipped to tbo door and admitted my foreman, to whom I communicated the faot of the presence of a tarantula in my bed room, and sonttled baok to bed, wbilo bo, protected with high boots and a stout stick, made a search for tbe in sect. He found it presently, drowned and harmless, iu a buoket of water into which it must have fallen while trying to driuk. I was careful not to relate my ex perience of that dreadful night, and Nanita was equally careful to suppress ber own part in the tragi-comedy. 1 often danced with bor after that, and when she was married, some tun months later, to Joe Mariuloa, the drover, I presented ber with a neck lace of amber beads from whioh was suspended a silver spider, which I had ordered especially at Aspiuwall. With ber marriage and tbe nppearanoe of two or three brown, chubby little Marialoas she ceased to merit hei nickname of "La Taruutola, "--New York Ledgor. X-Ruy Cure of Germ Discuses. Dr. William Sbrader, of tbe Mis souri State University, is convinaed, at a result of numerous experiments with the Roentgen rays, that the rays are invaluable in the treatment of germ diseases. Among the most suooessful experiments conducted by' him were bad upon two guinea pigs, whioh were inoonlatod with a solid oulture of diphtboria prepared in tbo bacteriolo gical laboratory of tbe university. These pigs weighed 210 and 185 grams respectively. Ono was exposed to the rays for four hours iu a wooden box, having a rubber cover, aud is alive to day after a lapse of nearly two months, and no traces of the disease can be' found. Tbe other pig, not exposed to the fays, died within wenty-eight hours after the injection of the poison. The post mortem examination showed that bis death was due to the dipth tberia germs. Previous to these testa other experiments were made with the diphtheria bacilli. Tubes were inoou luted with the germs, one exposed to the rays and the other not exposod. In the former the germs wore de stroyed, while in the latter tboy lived. Atlanta Constitution. (ilMvvtorm Radiations. A discovorv made bv M. Henry, an:'i communicated by him to tho Acideru des Sciences, states that he latoly bad occasion one eveuing to place some glowworms for from half an hour to two hours npon a "properly-protected" pbotogruphlo plate, und on devel oping the plate black and white linos were found which oouospouded toler ably uccuri.toly to tho itiuerury of the subvontrul light of tho worm. That tha glow light produced by thee;o in Beots should be capable of penetrating substances optquo to liflit, in tho manner of tho X rayi:, suggests thnt tbo now raj a may iu ton.a manner be utilized to produco the glow light sought by scicntist-i. A New Illuiiiiiiaut. A new illuminating gas made from petroleum has been produced in Ger many, which, it is asserted, can be supplied of a quality equal to the best existing photoinetrio star durd nt a oost of twenty-five ceuU per lOlil) feet. The generative plant is sbi'plo ; one ablo to keep up a hundred lights can bi built foi iloO. TUE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE, STORIES THAT ARB TOLD BT THE FUNNY MEN OP THE PRESS. A Tragedy to Her In loubt What More Could He Do ?- Wouldn't Keel at Home, Ktc, Etc. Bhn sweotly bears the burdens Thnt'd kill man were they his; Yet sho files quite ail to pieces. If ber hair gets out of friz. Judge. WHAT MOHB COULD HE DO? "You shonld bavo more of an eye to tbe future, Jack." "Great Scott I don't I always antici pate my allowauoe?" Truth. TS DOUBT. Sho "Do you intend to go abroad on your wedding trip when you get married?" He "I do, if I marry the right girl." fuck. WOULDN T FEB Ei AT HOMB. Clergyman "Madam, be consolod, by tbe thought that your husband has gone where there is no night." Widow "If be has be won't stay long." Truth. ONLY HIMSELF TO BLAME. Borbor "You don't need Bbavo." any Would-be Customer "All right. If you find your sister's face all scratched up to-morrow don't blatno me." Town Topics. VAOUE. Mack "What do you - think of Scribbler's new book?" Robbins "I haven't formed an opinion." "You must have beon reading the critioisms." Life. joaotNd nis MEJions. "I've been thinking nil day over that story vou told me at tbe dinner last night." ' "Good, wasn't it?" "Yes ; I was trying to remember where I bad heard it." Fuck. A CHARACTER STUDY. Mrs. Gabbleton "How clearly one can read character from a portrait 1" Grimshaw "Yes. Now, for in stance, this picture of Mrs. Hornbeak Hennypeck fully explains the resigned and hopeless look of ber husband. " Tuok. A LOST OPPORTUNITY. First Dirae-Novol Reader "I missed the ohance of my life last night." SecondDime-Novel Reader "How's that?" First Dime-Novel Reader "There was a burglar broke in our bouse, an' I never woko up." Puok. HE MUST LIVE. "Why have you charged me twice is muoh for burying my second wife as you charged for my first?" asked tho indignant widower. "I regret to say, sir," said tho undertaker, "that the death rate has decreased fifty per cent, in the mean time." Life. M. ASntTRY rEPPEUS, "It is queer," said the thoughtful boarder, "that whisky, being made in the manner it is, does not smell of the oopper. " "Ob, well," said Asbnry Peppors, "the thing is evened np by the oopper usually smelling of whisky," Cincin nati Enquirer. OOT WHAT HE ASKED FOR. A tramp camo tumbling out of a store on bis ear a moment, und then oollapsed in a heap. "Hello !" cried a bystander. "What's tbe matter? "Excuse me,pard," said tbe vagrant ; "I just went in there and asked that feller to help me out." Philadelphia Record. WORST KIND OF A CASE. "You look thin and careworn, Tad ley," said the man in the rnssut shoes. "Insomnia!" replied Tadley, with a groan. "Insomnia?" repeated the man in tbe rusHet shoes. "Oh! come now, a man with no more than you bavo to worry him dcesn't get insomnia." "It's the baby that's got it," ex plained Tadley, as he stepped off the ferryboat and resumed his struggle with life. Rockland Tribune. KEEPING nEB WATCH IN OKDER. Thoy wero sipping oboooluto at a cafe and talking of watches. "I have curried my watch for ten years," said the senior member of tho party, "and it bus never cost me a penny for repairs." "Mercy," exclaimed another ono, "bow did you manage?" "I took care of it. You know men are always making disagreeublu re marks about women's watches, and when my husband gave me mine ho said it would probably be out of order most of the time. Aud I put made up my mind to show him that there was one woman in tbo world who knew bow to take cure of a watch." "But havo you never lost it or bad it stolen ?" "Never. I dropped it severul times at first, but it t'ldu't show any murks. " "But do the works never gut out of order?" "Tho what?" "The works inside. Have you never broken tho maiuspriiig?" "I never look inside." "But bow do you wiud it?" "I don't win J it. That's bow I tako care of it, aud Veep it nice." They all stared a momeut. Then they said, "Oh, you clever thing," and adjourned aiu' die. Detroit Free I'resd. SCIENTIFIC AXD IM)L'STBIAL. Hollow shafting gains favor. There are aluminum duck boats. The Krupp Works have 1500 fur nacos. There is a projcot on foot for sup plying Lyons, Franco, with electricity by damming the Rhono at Jonage. Dr. Max Wilf, of Heidelberg, Ger many, bas discovered flvo new asteroii' on photographs cf the heavens. Thu brings the number ot minor planets up to 423. Over ninety-five per cent, of tbe vessels which passed through the Suez Canal during 1805 used the eleotrio light, so as to bo able to continue the trip through tho great watarwoy dur ing tho night. A new instrument, called tbe pbo nendoscope, enables the skilful medi cal man to hear tho sonnd omitted by all the organs in the human body ; the heart, the lungs, the liver, oto. , and discover if they are in a healthy condi tion or otherwise Professor Liversidge, of Sydney University, has made chemical experi ments which show that there are over 100,000,000,000 tons of gold dissolved in the ocean water of tho world if the rate of one grain por ton, whioh he found on the Australian coast, holds everywhere. The mountains of tho moon are im mensely larger in proportion than those of the earth. The moon is but nne-forty-ninth tho size of tho earth, but its mountain peaks are nearly as high. Twenty-two are higher than Mt. Blano, which is within a few feet of three miles high. The highest is a little more than four miles and a half. A twelve-year-old boy at Parma has just bad his heart washed. He was suf fering from acute perior.rditis, and bii dootor, using an instrument invented by Professor Riva, drow off tbo puru lent serous matter iu the sac, and then washed the heart and its serofibrous covering with a solution of sodium biborato. The boy recovered rapidly. Balloons were used in tbe recent German army manoeuvres. Each corps had a balloon bandied by sixty men. Six gas carriages, drawn caoh by six horses, belonged to eaoh balloon, and tbe unloading, filling and Bending up took only fourteen minntcs. The bal loons were kept at a height of 3200 feet, from whioh tho officers tele graphed to headquarters and sent sketches ot tbe enemy's position down tbe rope. Life In i rent Cities. And as tothe tondonoy of tbe growth of great cities to enervato Nations, there is no proof of it at all nil loss we identify the life ot great oities with tbe passion for idleness and ploasuro and self indulgence, which senictimes, but by no means universally, accom panies their growth. Wbenjyou get a large proletariat living, as that of anoient Rome and possibly of Nineveh and Babylon did, on tho alms of the rich and powerful, then, no doubt, you have tbe conditions of a thor oughly unnatural and unhealthy life, and no one can wonder at the rapid decay of such oities and of the Nations which gloried in them. Bnt where tbo honest working class far outnumber the proletariat, where the middlo classes'of distributors and manufac turers and professional men are labor ious and energetic, aud even the class that live on its accumulate. 1 wealth contains a considerable sprinkling of torious and disinterested workers, we do not believe that there is tho small est evidenco of any greater danger in the life of the agricultural village or the pastoral tribe. Indeed, we should regard Olive Sohroiner's picture of tho life of tho modern Boers as indicating a condition of things more prolific of morbid elements, with its almost com plete absence of any stirring or active intelligence, thau any kind ot modern life that is honestly laborious at all. Tbe Boer lifo is too sleepy, too desti tute of stirring thought or effort, tc bo altogether natural. It noods al least tbe old element of danger uuJ neoessary vigilance to ronder it evei bracing. London Spectator. The "Academy Headache." A new disease bus como to tho roi jue of tbe young art students of both soxes who are looking for a respite from labor. It is known as the "academy headache." Still, it applies to others than students, and is ofteutitnos so un pleasant that it may well bo i-huuuod. A well-known ooulist has discovered that when it is necessary to direct tho eyes considerably above the horizontal line a number of times a great strain is thrown upon the muscles which ro tate the eyo upward, as well as upnu tbo muscles of the upper eyelid.-, whioh have, of ootirso, to bo correR pondingly raised to accommodate the eye-bull. "This being eo," says the oonlist. "It is time tthat those who uro responsible for the distribution of the pictures in galleries should rjoogni.j tbe fact that tho human rye it not constructed for looking upward for any length of time, and if const .lor--tiuns of spans obligo tbo whole of tho available wall area to be ntili'jJ the higher picture cbo-il-.l bo tilte.1 at a mitablo angle iu order to in'uimi.'.e the strain ou the eia muscles." New York Journal. A Discovery of l'irieit:al Motion, At Frceport, III., a ue'-v industry is to bo sturtJ. Oa a quarter tcotiou of land an :i;terpriuiig Kruuns farmer will establish a tbouhsud blue'x c.us und 6000 rats, ca whioh lo "e l ti e eats, estimating !mt t'i-. clIbviII iu crease 15,000 in twj Jfcars, their -kiua being wi.rtu a dollur oicli. The rats will multiply five tirses as io-t us the cats, and w.il be u 1 to feed tlie lat ter while t ty ekiouB.t Cut will furm b lod to lh rr.U. Thm bua perpetual :'.otiou burn diacoveicd nt ltttt. Wirrcu Sectiuel. THE ROSE AND THE THORN I sock my garden for tho roso That blossomed In the enrly morn; , But lo! the twilight gleams dlsoloso A bud of all Its petals shorn, And 'neath it frouslhe naked Thom. Oeorgo II. Conrad, In th Auolus, HI'MOU OF THE IUY. Take onre of the poor Indians and the poor Indians will take hair of yon. Texas Sifter. "Is she rich?" "Yes, but she doesn't know anything?" "Why don't you propose?" Truth. She "They say he married ber for ber figure." He "That was quito natural." Sho "Oh, no, it wasn't." Fick-Mo-Up. A West Union man, after training e dog for several years, can at last make tho dog do almost anything it feels like doirg. West Union Gazette. Teacher "What is the true test ot greatness?" Little Johnnie "To have your hired girl interviewed by report ers whenever you do auything." Cleveland Lender. Dora "And now, Augustus, bow do you like my new coiffure?" Augus tus "Weally beautiful, 'ponhonab; makes you look thirty years younger, bai Jove 1" Standard. Bess "Why didn't you either ao copt Tom or refuse him when ho pro posed?" Kate "Why, yon see, we'vu got a philopena and I couldn't suy yes or no." Yale Record. The Finncce "I'm surprised at you I I saw you flirtiug with her I" Tbo Fianoe '-I swear, l'riscilln, you are mistaken t Beauty bas no charms never bad onv charms lor me !"-- Tuck. "This," said the stranger, pointing to the passing oortego, '.'is a very scan tily attended funeral." "Well," said the residont, apologetically, "you eeo the deceased waa a baseball umpire." Watorbury. "You don't make allowances for our boy," said the fond mother. "That shows how little we are appreciated," eaid ber husband, as he finished draw ing a check. "I don't do much oUe." Washington Star. Nell "Miss Bjouoa uses Fronob phrases in the most peculiar manner." Bell "Does she?" Nell "Yes, in deed? Why, at breakfast yesterday x uskou uer uow sue naeu ner eggFf and she said thoy were very chick." Philadelphia Record. Ah, radiant rose, with your grace so de mure, Your beauty the oye aud tho spirit con tents; llut there still lurks the thoru. None would guess, I am sure, That you oost mo a dollar and twnnty-flvo cents. Washington Star. Voice (at the telephone) "Major, will you ploase bring your family and take supper with us next Sunday?" f'ervant Girl (replies back through the tolephone) "Master and mistress are not in at present ; but they can't eome to supper as it's my Sunday out." Boston Globe. The Scnly Ant-Ealer. An animal made of tin-plate, of tbe shape of an elongated fir cone, about three feet in length, which crackles and rustles with every movement, is one of tbe latest acquisitions of tbe Zoological Society of London, Its liamo is tbo pangolin, or scaly ant eater, and it belongs to the same fam ily gronp as tbe armadillo and platy pus. It bas excited great attention at the "Zoo," for it is if we are cor rectly informed the first animal of tbe kind which has been exhibited there. Its home is where tbe termites, or wbito ants, are found ; for the ani mal foods on theso destructive crea tures, and possesses claws which are designed to break down their strong holds. The cluwi are also necessary for burrowing in the ground, for the pangolin excavates a cavo for himself and his mate eight feet or so below tho surface of the earth, and in this strange borne one or two young are produced every year. The pangolin at present at the "Zoo" is fed upon aula aud their eggs, aud also exhibits a partial ity for oookrouokes scalded in milk. The Boalos with which its body is covered are hard aud sharp as steel, and it can give a terribly cutting blow with its powerful tail. It can roll its body up into a ball like a hedgehog when it so wills. Public Opinion. Moving a Running Factory. A remarkable feat which was re cently accomplished, moving of a fac tory in which the machinery was maintained iu operation is described in tho American Machinist. The shop referred to is situated iu Boston, and was movod to make room for the work being done in thu elevation of the tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The move ment of the shop was about three hnu dred feet in one direetiou and fifty foot in another, und was effected with out suspending work, the shop being operuted just us if nothing uuusuul was goiug on. The building is of briok, 35) by fif ty feet, ubout one-half its length is three stories bt( a aud the rest two stories. Electrio motors were at tached to the shafting to supply the power, they receiving their power by wires run from a generating pluut put up for tho purpose. The shop was thus moved bodily a distance of 350 feet and kept iu operation during the transition, which was particularly desirable on uocouut of rush of busi ness. Sea Signaling by Flags. Tho flags to bo hoisted at one time in signaling at sea Ut-v r tx.'to.i four. It is un iuterestiug tu itiii inrtn-ul fact that, with eighteen various colored flags, and never moro tha i four at a t 'e, no fewer than 7H,''. I J signals can Lo niveu. Cincinnati luuuirxr.
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