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RE As the uncontrolled master of tha p. u an inn Treasury! the Czar in the rioU est man on earth. I Tbo creditors of tho roan who clnitus thot advertising doesn't pay ft.ro apt to : find that Lo doetu't, cither, remarks Truth, Now York City, according to a re" Mgious journal of the 4own, spends bout 821,000 daily for milk and $10, COO for other boverasos. Mr. Stump, Commissioner of Immi" f rat ion, in bis annual report, doubts it tbero lias been any increase in tho foreign-born population of this coun try since 18!)3. A writer in the Windsor Magazine says that "even Mr. Gladstone, that greatest of all sticklers for offloial re ticence, held that n Cabinet Minister might impart secrets to his wife and liia privato secretary. GoYcrnor Fingree, of Michigan, says: "If the railroads would cut ofl their free poEses, do away with their lobbyists in the Legislature, discharge tboir high-priced attorneys, discard their 1000 mile tickets and permit all persons to ride at the rate of two cents a rnilo, they would earn mote money nnd bo in better favor with the . p ulliu, from which they derive thoii support." An interesting suggestion is made bv a correspond out of the New York ITornld, who says tha in England, when one has a lnrgo number of letten or circulars to mail at one time, ho need not be at tho tronblo of affixing a stamp on eaoli ono of them, bnt may carry the in to the postoflloe, pay the post" ia duo on the whole and pass them iu. No pontage stamps are affixed, explaius Harper's Weekly, but the rfflco simply stamps them "Paid" and they are forwarded. The Herald's eor- . respondent thinks this British usuage ii worth imitating, and Postmaster Day ton agrees with liim, considering that it would be a convenience to business men, though it could not be adopted without action by Congress, InN. S. Bhaler's "American High ways," published by the Ceatary Com pany, the author says that the pgpple of the United States have been a very patient people, or little consoious of the "sore tax" infliotod on them by bad roads. If we are getting to be now impatient, the author warns the publio not to act nastily as to means '. of ordinary communication until we understand how roads ore to be made nnd built. "Those who have the bet terment of onr AtnerVcan highways at heart eh' j Id do all in their power to guide, direct, and oven restrain the present movement toward their im provement, co that enthnaiosm may be guided by a business senso to the end that we may attain a system of ways properly related to the needs of the country." No road ought to be built without study, and topographi cal, geological and climatio conditions must be considered. Fraotioal con siderations would not, of course,, per in it a road to be built where there was lio use for it, but a desira'y highway might be constructed tbrouw " un try which would' Xst too inuV iiey to build or to keep in repair. Miss Frances E, Willard, President of the Women's Christian Temperance Association, hi recently compiled E&mo interesting statistics with regard to women' progress the world over. .She chronicles, among other things, .he fact thut women huvo about suo- weeded in gaining admission to tho Ooiirre.l Methodist Episcoiml Confer ence, end that they have been success full in preaohiug tbo Gospel in all bat tho Episcopal and Roman Catholio sects. With respect to eduoation, Misi Willard fays: "Out of 451 col legos and universities in tho TJnitod fttatos only forty-one oro closed to vjmrj, All the others are i.ow cuedu .. .jlional, aud, besides, women have 1-13 sclioo'.a of the higher eduoutiontl ilor.disrd, with 30,000 students. On fourtU of the fellowships of the Uni versity of Chicago are held by women, eleven Si"!e and fouiteen colleges or univer.-iiies being r -presented. Three women follows have given in structions in tho nnivorsity this year. Oi dOO.OOJ teachers in tho United .States, forty tiiroe per cent, aro wo men ; i:i Enplpml thu proportion is even grei'er. Thra nr.i 123,921 wo moil teachers in Enrlond. In Russia there wero 500 r.pplior.tinr.3 for tho 150 vaca-i-lea iu tiie entering class for the hio'Lc." rouvsa fir women at the univeisity of St. Fete r.'.burg at the recent c.Tiiuiv.f.tioi'.s. V.it:ouliy, tho picre.i of t! .".;ieu in even mcro Wdtne.l. Iv.eutv ilve fit-.teshave given tt.ts clnoilio'.inl br-liot to srumen ; one, Iiti!.v-,.t-iO i.". juioip.il, ud ",'.; ni n ( Coo: nin a ad UlJU Lays u-..;.io iLena fall citizen.'' THE BLOSSOM OF THE SOUL Thou halt unfold U flower With fragonoe-ladon ho.-irt, VThat Is the soorol power That doth thy petals part? What gave thee moet thy hue Tho sunshine, or tile dow? Thou wonder-wakened soul ! As Dawn doth steal oa NIrIi' On thee soft kove bath stole. Thine eye, that blooms with light What makes Its obarm so now Its sunshine, or Its dow? -Robert Underwood Johnson, In Century. HIS LAST CALL. ST S. sBLors. LVRQE winter narty in a rambling old bouse on the Thames is no LrK-yrZ kzW Jtfm thing 7SJ Ti l ;. J H in the ab Btract, bnt if the party is not a osrefully selected one, or there hap pen to be within wheels, the conse quences maybe extremely disagreeable, Perhaps Miss Graoe Furnival's feel iegs may bo imagined when .she dis covered that her brother h& invited. to Walworth Court not only the rich man to whom she had just pnblioly cliehtod her troth, bat the poor man to whom for nearly a year she had been seoretly engaged. Too. don't mean to say you've asked Luke Maitland 1" gasped Grace, on hearing the unweluomo tidings. "And why shouldn't I?" growled Tom, aggressively J "he a as good a sort as auy follow I know ; there are only threo things against him he's poor, he's "high-shouldered, and ha is much too fond of you. . "Indeed 1 and how do you know that last?" "Because I mot him yesterday and told him about your engagement to old Umithson you should have seen him, Grace I thought the poor chap was going to faint I! What fools men are I" "What brutes brothers are!" re fleeted Graoe ; then, with a caressing tone she seldom wanted on Tom, "if yon really think poor Luke is fond of mo, won't you put off his visit, dear? It can hardly be agreeable to him to be here at the same time as dear Ed ward." "Dear Edward be blowed r was Tom's vigorous remark. "Luke is my friend, and I'm not going to in tcrfero with him ; if he doesn't mind coming it's not my concern it's his lookout." Graoe sighed with an injured martyr expression and resigned herself to the inevitable. Tho inevitable was dis agreeable it usually is, but she could see a way out of it. She would her self get rid of theinoonvenient Luke. Uraoo looked at her handsome feat ures in the glass, ana a certain wise old proverb presented itself obtru sively to her mind. "It is best to be off with tho old tove before you are on with the new," sighed the young lady; then, opos trophizing the mirror : "What a fool I've been to get myself into this mess I I've been very weak not to break with poor Luke before." Graoe Furnival was only one-and-twenty when she engaged herself to "poor Luke" ; she had been very fond then of the handsome young fellow, but this fondness had not blinded her pretty eyes to the main chance, and she had only promised to marry him on the condition of absolute secrecy. Luke was a struggling novelist, aud If his struggles continued to ba fruit less and his novels publishless, Graoe argued, with an acumen that did oredit to her head at least, that it would be easier for her to accomplish a brilliant marriage if she were not hampered by a publio engagement to suoh an ineligible as Luke. Luke Maitland was poor. He had more heart than head i he was credu lous, dreamy, absolutely impractical ; his views of life were absurdly impos sible ; he prantioed what he preached, and ba preached over tha heads of his fellow-men. How oould suoh a man ever hope for suooess or happiness. Such man as this was like wax in the hands of Grace Furnival. Tha guests arrived late, and Miss Furnival's toilet was a protraoted ono. When she entered the drawing room Luke Maitland stopped abruptly in his conversation. He stood, white and trembling, his sunken eyes fixed cn the glistening white vision advancing toward him. Though Graoe might feel uncom fortable she was equal tj the occasion : "So pleased to see you, Mr. Mait lajd," eho said. "Suoh ages sinoe we ier was an ordeal for both Luke au 9; even lorn felt unoomfor tabfc wuen ho saw his friend's misera ble fiioe, and wished he had oauoolled his invitation, while an icstinctive feeling that something was wrong hung upon the spirits of the other guests. Whoa the fciitt was ovt the l.id.ii" roso, Luke Maitland opening the door, and as Grace passec! him ho whispered in her ear, under cover of r sudden quarrel for precedence between the guests : "I must seo you to-oic;ui. toll me where and wheo " "At i) in the library," was Grace's prompt reply, as oho steeped to pick up her handkerchief, Luke Maitland waited half an hour in tho gl.ioir.y, book-liued room before Grace joined him. rih9 closed tho door carcfi'.l'y behind hor, drow a chair closo to the Iho, shiveriug and spread ing out her bund" to tho cheerful b!a?., for it was the i7th of Fctraury aud tbo night was bitterly ccld. .tsr- " wheels Luke leaned against the mantelpiece and looked down at her, at her glori ous pile of ohostnut hair, at her finely cnt features and pretty white hands. His lips tremblod he oould not trust himself to speak. "Well," said Grace, glanoing up at him, "what do you want to soy to me? I can't stay here long." Luke steadied his shaking lips with an effort. "I want to know the truth I want to know if you are still the woman I have worshiped or if you are some thing else, a diffcront being to what I Have ever imagined yon." "Would you mind descending to my level and common prose, and telling me exactly what yon want to know in plain English ?" said Grace mookingly. "In plain English, are you engaged to Edward Smitbson as well as to me? In plain English, are ycu a heartless jilt?" Grace looked at him curiously. "I answer 'yes to both thoso ques tions. Call roe as many bard names as you like ; I deserve them." There was silence for some moments. A wintry moon was shining fitfully upon the thick snow outside ; the wind had risen and was growling round the khouse like an angry dog. Luke drew a handkerchief from his pooket and passed it across his wet forehead. It was a white silk handkerchief with a blue border, the initials "L. M." con spicuously embroidered in eaoh cor ner. Grace's eyes rested on it for a moment, and a little flush of color came into her pale cheeks. Luke saw it and smiled. "Ah, you recognize it tho hand kerchief you embroidered for mo only a year ago I It has lasted longer than your love." He pat it oarofiilly baok into his pooket. "Grace," he said, fixing bis dark eyes on hers with a wistful look that touohed her cold heart, "I suppose you think I am taking this very easy; the blow has paralyzed me my brain seems stunned but if it will be any oonsolatiou to your vanity to know that you have broken my heart and whined my life, that consolation may be thoroughly your own." . The young man's words wero a trifle melodramatio ; they reminded Grace of speeches out of his own novels, and she gave a light little laugh. "I hope you will enjoy your honey moon," he went on; "you needn't be afraid of my oreating disturbances and opening Mr. Smithaon's eyes I shall start to-night ou a long journey on a long journey," ha repeated, fixing his eyes on Grace's with a singular expression, "but don t ba afraid, you will see me quite soon enough I shall often return and cull on your husband ; yes, I shall make a point of returning," said Luke, with a laugh. The laugh was such an uncanny one and tha look on tho young man's face so very strange and creepy tnat uraoe lost all sense of dignity in the terror that seized her and fairly took to her heels. She did not feel safe until she had reached the furthest wing of the ram bling bouse and ensconced herself in tho drawing room near to her brother, who was playing a game of cards with the guests. Suddenly he asked : "Anybody seen Luke Maitland? Do you know where he is, Grace? "No." "Perhaps he's in bis room. I'll go and see." Tom returned in a few minutes. "No, he's not there. Where can the fellow be? He oan't have gone for a walk this freezing night. I'll hunt him out though the mora the merrier. He may be in the library, now I think of it Luke's a regular bookworm." And oft went the ener getio youth. This time he returned almost im mediately, and as he burst into the room all rose in alarm, for it was plain to see that something bad happened. Tom's face was white horrified, his hair was standing erect on his hoad, his mouth hung open, his whole frame shook. "What is it?" cried Graoe, 'Oh, what is it?" Tom fell into a chair and covered his faoe with his hands. "It is too awful I ho gasped; "too horrible I Poor Luke I Ob, my God I I can't forget his face. Graoe shook him almost fierooly. "Why'csn't'you speak plainly, Tom? Is he dead?" "Dead as a doornail. But somebody go and fetoh a doctor. Homebody go and cnt him down" a strong shudder shook him "I I couldn't stop there I I can't look at it again." "And how how?" Grace's dry lips could not frame the question. "Hanged himself," auswerodTom, looking up with horrified eyes; "hanged himself behind tha door with the very embroidered handkerohiet I saw in his hand at dinner to-day his initials in all the corners ; expect some woman gave it him. Did you see his faoe, Gould, with tho moonlight on it? I shr.'l never forget it,'" gasped Tom "the head hanging on one shouldor, the eyes starting out of the blackened faco, and tbo mouth twisted up in that awful grin " "Hush," said a friend, quiokly ; "hold your tongue, uiuu your sister's fainting 1" Gvaod Furnival was a cold and some what heai tiers woman, but LukeMait land's death nnd the terrible manner of it was a severe shook to hor. tthe was ill for many weeks with a kind of nervous fever, and when she recovered the first thing she did was to put off her inarriago with K.lward Smithson. Sho wished to delay it until July twelve month, but this her lover would not hoar of it must bo that year or not at all, aud the muiriac was not delayed, As the "happy pau drovo from Paddingtou to Yi; iori i (their honey moon was to bo spent on tho Riviera), draco noticed tin t her husband oust many (iluuccs out of tho window. "Wiiut is it, I, Iwdr-i?" she asked; j "cliiit aro you boLinij et?'' "I was nlv looking to see if that fellow is still following as I suppose he thinks wo are going to a private house and wants to help with the boxes. He's been after us ever sioco we left Paddington," Grace looked out of the window in her turn. "I don't see any one, Edward." "I daresay he's hanging on to the back of our cab like his impru dence I" The subjeot was dismissed and tha man forgotten for the moment. But two days later, when Mr. and Mrs. Smithson were comfortably i estab lished in a luxurious coupe on the night express from Paris to Marseilles, Grace was startled out of her sleep by hearing her husband exclaim : "There's that man again I" Grace opened her eyes sleepily. "Where?" she asked. "There, banging on to the door his faoe against the window. Good God I how did he get there? ne'll be killed." "it must be the ticket collector," said Grace. "With the train running at full speed? No impossible!" "Is he still there?" gapped she. "Yes, of course; are you blind?" "I oan't sea him," said his wife, straining her eyes into the outer dim ness. "Can't see him? Why, ho's there all tha time, as largo as life." The little blind was drawn over the lamp in the ceiling, leaving the car riage in darkness ; any face outside the window would hove been distinctly visible, but Grace could see nothing. See gave a little shudder. "You must ba ill, Edward there is nothing there. Tell me what he is like." "I can't see distinctly his head seems hanging over on his shoulder, and there's something white round his throat a handkerchief, I think. Ah, he's gone good heavens! he must have jumped off- he'll be smashed." Bat Mr. Smithson's borried specula tions as to the fate of the mysterious stranger were terminated abruptly by the disoovery that his wife had fainted. The husband and wife made the Con tinental tour. "Who's your high-shouldered friend, Mrs. Smithson?" asked an Amerioon acquaintance one day as they watohed the rouge-et-noir tables in tha gamb ling rooms at Monte Carlo. "I never see yon and your husband without him, and yet the strange thing is I've never seen his face or met him by him self." Graoe faltered out soma answer and changed the conversation ; but the American was not to be silenced, for presently he looked round, started, and said, with interest in his voioe : "Why, he's there now just bohind you queer looking fellow I I can't make out his face it seems to be twisted on one side and it's half hid, den by a handkerohief. Good gracious, Mrs. Smithson, aro you ill?" Perhaps it was hardly surprising that Grace Smithson beoama ill ; she did not suffer from any specifio mal ady, but she could neither eat nor sleep ; her cheeks grew white .and sunken, her eyes hollow. "I must take you back to England, Graoe," said her husband, but she shuddered and begged to stay abroad till the spring. Grace sat by the window and looked out aoross the moonlit gardens ; it wag a bitterly oold season at MonteCarlo ; the snow lay on the ground, and the wind growled fitfully through tho evergreen oaks. There was a fire in her sitting room, but Grace shivered and drew her oloak closer around her. She rose and went to the table for a book. A little calendar was lying there; she glanced at it the seven- teenth of February. It was the anni versary of Luke Maitland's death I She shook from head to foot and glanoed furtively over her shoulder, half expecting to see some dreadful thing, but there was nothing there. But an awful feeling of terror was on her. She opened the door and went out into the corridor, thinking she would oall the maid on some pretext. In the room opposite her own thore were loud talk and laughter and the lively popping of oorks. The sounds reassured her ; she felt less out off from humanity and half ashamed of her fears she would go baok again. She pushed open the door, but it re sisted and felt curiously heavy under her trembling hand ; its action seemed impeded by some heavy weight. She opened it, however, and it swung book behind her, closing loudly under the sudden impetus. Some dark object was hanging on the door ; with a hear) that had almost slipped beating, Grace stood and looked. It was s dark, dimly-seen figure, the head hanging over upon one shoulder; s faint ray of moonlight touohed the face it was the face of a dead man. A white)handkerchief was tightened un der the blackened throat, tha eyes started forward in a blind, glassy stare, the mouth was twisted in a ghastly grin. It was the face of Luke Maitland as Tom had described it. Wheu Mr. Smithson came iu half an hour later he found his wife rigid and uuoousoious. He, too, saw the awful figuro hanging on the door ; tho glassy eyes seemed storing into his; there was a horriblo malignity iu the dis torted grin. He gazed, fascinated, then a moan from Graoe drew his eyes away. When he looked up oguin the figure had goue. Luke Maitland was never seen again ; he had mado his last call. But his revenge was coniploto, wheu, after mouths of illness, Grace at last recovered her reason aud health, hor chestutit hair was white as snow. What greater vengeauce cculd he have desired ou a pretty woinau. New York TimeJ. I 'V c-l r.ort oil l care of her school, nud Sl.5')0,0i)j to j take oaro of her criiuiuuls iu 13 Jo. i THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE 6TORIES THAT ARK TOZ.O BT THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Plaint of the Housewife Impossible A Friend tn Need Had Given All A Cruel World, Ktc, Etc, Well-monnlng man has seldom said The thing precisely that he ontfhr, He slights her dainty home-made bread And suavely Ratters what she bought. Detroit Free 1'ross. A FMUND IN NEED. Brown "I haven't a' friend in the world." Jones "You can make one; I need five." Puck. TMTORS1B1.1!. Barker "Dafferly ought to go and soak his head." Gruff "Hnmph! He couldn't got tnything on it." Truth. nis WAY. Bambury "I hear that Stimpton is dead. Did he leave his wife much?" Mispah "I suppose so. He always left her as much as ho could while he was alive." Boston Tranecript. THK VILLAGE HUMORIST. Tomkins "The royal bft'jy his not lived long, has it, Simkins?" Simkins "Be it dead?" Tomkins "No, but it has not lived 'ong. Good morning." Skotob. HAD GIVEN ALU Lawyer (investigating client's s;ory) "Now, you must keep nothing from me." Client "I haven't. I paid you every cent I had in the world fcr your !ee." Tit-Bits. IMAGINATIVE AND OTIIERWISE. Quilldriver "The high' salaries of the new journalism make me think of New York's tall buildings." Wilson "Tall buildings?" "Yes, there are so many stories about them." Truth. A FINANCIER. Soiled Hooks "If I Uvea few years longer I expect t' die a rioh man." Seldum Fedd "How yer goiu' t work it?" Soiled Hooks "W'y, look at da money I'm savin' by not buy in' soap." Judge. AS EXPLANATION. Daughter "Ohl papa, What a shocking thing I I read thot a young girl was made crazy by a sudden kiss." Father "What did the foci go crzy for?" Daughter "What for? Why, for more, I suppose." THE GENESIS OF A NAME. "Why," asked the daughter with the dreamy eyes, "why do they cell it the honeymoon, mamma?" "Beoaase," answered the mother with the drawn linos about her mouth, "beoauso it is a sort of sweet lnnaoy, I suppose." Cincinnati Euqner. THAI'S DIFFERENT. "Who's making all that racket out therft? I want some chanci to read and think." "It's mo as is singing," snapped the autocrat of tho kitchen; "and what of it?" "Oh, I beg your pardon. I thought it was my wife." Detroit Free Tress. A CRUEL WORLD. Weary Willie "Yes, poor Slobsj lost heart completely an' committed suicide. He couldn't sttn' dis oruol, heartless world no longor." Flowery Fields--"Everybody against him, 1 suppose?" " Weary Willie "Yes; everywhere be went folks wuz offor'n' him jobs." J udge. THE FIRST STEP. "I wish you would tell mo," said tho kind old judge to the lady burglar, "how yon came to adopt such a disi reputable profession. How did you begin?" "Your honor,'' replied tho misera ble woman, "my first step was to go through my husbaud's pocketa while he slept. After that thu dosoent vat easy." Life. A LUCKY ESCAPE. "It's strange how some mon are al ways fortunate," remarked Mr. Suaggs, "Now here is that man Joues. lie is so uniformly fortuuato that he ii called 'Lucky Jones.' He waa sued for breaoh of promise aud the jury awarded the girl $75,000." "I don't see how he was lucky in that case," interrupted Mrs. Hna-gs. "You don't, eh? Why he escupeJ marrying her." Toxas Sifter. HEPAFATIOV, John Butts, Sr. "I want to leave my property to my two sous one tenth to my youueest son, John Butts, and nine-tenths to my eldest son, Royal Chesterlielt' Chauuoey Do 1'ovs tor Butts." Family Lawyer "fl'm ! do you think that's quite fair?" John Butt, Sr. "Yes; I want lo make some kind of reparation to Uoyal for allowing his mother to give him such a nome."--luok. NO ROOM FOP. HIM. i "Thank heaven I" muttered tho poor fcirl who was serving as the heroine of a paper novel. Aud yet she had apparently littlo for which to lo thankful as she cruwUd into her pallet of straw ou tlio llool iu tho corner of the room. She was very, very poor. And yet tho was thankful. "Tho advuulagu of a bed -a the floor," she murmured, as she lupsod jho a sweet slumber, "lies in the feel ing of security it brings. A man cau not pwssibly get uuder it." Puck. SCIENTIFIC AMI INDUSTRIAL. ITambng has a house of paper. All true internal parasites ore blind, being very safe and without necessity for eyes. A street railroad operated by gas engines is being experimented with iu London. Harber, the great authority on'fish, says that every square inilo of the eon is inhabited by 120,000,000 finny crea tures. Incandescent eledrio light globes cannot be stolen from a new lamp socket recently patented. A key locks the globe in the sooket. An analysis ot the California olive oil made at the experiment station nt Berkeley proves it to contain ns much nutriment as roast beef, pound for pound. M. Henri Moissan, in the course ol his lecture the other day before the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, illustrated his teaching by making a diamond. By using the electrio light during the daytime Professor Bailey produced lilios folly two weeks before the plants grown uuder the natural conditions flowered. An authority on deaf mutes says that the ratio of deaf mutes to hearing is one to each 1G00. aocording tD which there are abont 40,000 such persons in the United States aud about 1,000, 1103 in the world's entire population. What is claimed to be the most powerful locomotive in the world has just been completed nt Liege. At a trial trip a speed of forty-Bix miles an hour was attained with a load of 100 truoks, each containing a dead weight of twelvo tons. Fish in aquaria tarn on their side, or in other ways at times indicate a diseased condition. If they are taken out and placed in a vessel of salt water they will usually recover. They should remain in the salty water about twenty-four hours. A New Jersey man has invented a new trolley pole which does away with one trolley wire on a donble-traokroad, the connection being made with the side of wire, instead of tho undor sur face, thus allowing two cars to pass each other without the interference of the trolleys. The project of building a power nursery at Niagara has been revived, and it is proposed to form the Electrio Nursery Plant Company, with a capi tal stoak of $10,000. A two-story brick structure 300x60 feet is to be ereoted in the northern part of tha city, and space and power leased to small conoerns who do not care to build a factory of their own. Treatment of Cliilblnlni. The medica? expert of the European edition of the New York Herald dis cusses the treatment of chilblains proposed by M. Montmollin, a Swiss pbysioian. This treatment is very simple, consisting in washing the hands four times a day from fifteen to thirty minutes iu a tepid solu tion of tannin in wator, 1 to 100, and twice in soap water for fifteen minntes. He claims that tho chil blains oan thus be otired in two weeks. But, simple as this treatment is, few people who suffer from chilblains oan afford to spend two to three hours a day for a fortnight in the manner prescribed by Dr. Montmollin. Our foreign medical correspondant pro poses a more expeditions and appar ently an equally etlloacious remedy. He says : "For a long time now I have had good results from prescribing a mix ture of almond paste, mustard powder and tannin, for washing the hands, and a saturated solution of piorio acid in water to be applied twice a day to the swollen and even ulcerated skin. With the first meotiono I oompound the sensitiveness to oold is awakened, and oouseqaeutly greater care is taken in protecting the extremities Bgaiust chango? of temperature, while with the latter the chilblain becomes less painful. "This treatment, which is really ef ficaoious, is very simple aud extremely easy to oarry out." Dunces Sometimes "luru Out Well." "The school life of men does not asually indicate, what they will bo Dome," said H. Q. Davies, of Indian apolis, at the Kigs. "It is said that Indiana's favorite statesman, Oliver P. Morton, was a very dull boy at sohool. But what culled the subjeot to my mind was that a certain candi date for a State office, who I see was eleotod, was a schoolmate of mine. Ha was tha butt of ridicule then, slovenly, uncouth, lazy and stupid. He went into the practice cf law, has achieved distinction as a lawyer, and prominence as a politician. I have just heard of the brightest boy in the school I attended, and he has de veloped into an all-round loafer and dead beat. It set mo to thiukiug, aud taking the averages of my classmates the half below the average have suc ceeded far better than those above." Washington Stur. It Cuts Diamonds, It has always been supposed that all tho snbbtanue that would prove of suf ficient hardness to be usod in carving diamonds ha 1 been discovered, but a French scientist, M. Moissan, has found a new oompound which ii intln itely more hard thou tho diamond, thuu auytuiug which has previously been heard of. Tho now discovery is called borou carbide. It is jot black aud resembles zeopuito to a considerable extent. It is not found anywhere, and nature does not make thisooiubiuaticn unaided. It is brought about by heutui bono acid nnd carbon iu uu electrio furnace. Its cheapness has caused it to liud favor already uinoug the jewelers of Europe, aud ouo or two specimens of tho now compound have reached Now York. CP EN THY HEART. Admit Into thy silent breast The n )tos of but ono bltd. And lnslantly thy soul will juln In jubilant accord. The perfumo of Mnsle flow'r Inhale like bre ith of (iol, And in Iho garden of thy heart A thousand buds will noi Toward one star In lieaven'sejipans Direct tKy spirit's fligbf, And thou wilt have in the wide world Sly child, enough light. Johanna Ambrosl'j HUMOR OF TIIE DAY. What a funny feeling it must give a widow the first time tho laughs after her husband's death. -Atchison Globe. The roason tho woodman didn't "spare that tree" was because ho wasn't that kind of a feller. Texas Sifter. "Wool is crawling up again," as the farmer said when ho pulled down his flannel shirt and tucked it iu. Texas Sifter. "I understaud why tho Japanese consider it artistic to put just one flower in a vase." "Well, why is it?" "It sells more vases." Boston Jour nal. "You are weak," said a widow to her son, when he remonstrated against her marrying again. "I am so weak that I cannot 'step-father.'" Texas Sifter. A Texas editor says : "We never could understand why so much shot should be wasted in killing birds while so many young men part their hair in the middle." Texas Sifter. He "Noodles tells ma that when walking with him last night you wero fishing for compliments." Sho "Poor Noodles ; I'm too old a hand to fish in shallow waters." Detroit Free Press. Fathor "Well, May, how would you like to have a littlo brother?" May "If it's just the samo to yon, papa, I'd sooner have n little whito rabbit with pink eyes." Collier's Weekly. The Irish Lecturer "The snperior. ity of the old architecture over the new is beyond question, for whera will you find any modern buildings that have lasted as long as the ancient ones. Tit-Bits. Lanka "What kind of a chicken is this, Mrs. Hungerford?" Landlady "A Plymouth Rock, I was told at tha market." Lanks "H'm I What is tho difference, if any, between this and tho common flint variety?" Pack. "1 am writing a ploy whioh cannot fail to be a great success," said Foyer. "What is its chief features?" "Iu tho last act the comedian who has per petrated all the chestnuts dies a mis erable death." PittsbnrgChrouiolo Telegraph. "How is it that you ore always in, debt? You should bo ashamed of yoursolf." "Come, now; don't bo too hard on a follow. You would per haps be in debt, too, if ynu were in my place." "What place?" "Able to gotcredit." Odds aud Ends. Blaason "You ouu;ht to slay at home and take cure of that cold." Gray more "I supposol ought, but I can't spore tho time.' Blazon "If you don't you may got laid up." Gray-moro--"Oh, iu that case I'd find time to attend to it." Roxbury Gazette. Edith "Is it true that ona has to kiss the Bible whon ones takes an oath iu court?" Aunt Mary "In soma States, I believe." Edith "Then that's what Harry Prinoo must have meant when he said ho knew me like book. He wanted to kiss me." Bos ton Transcript. "Tuko my word for it," said ono gentleman to another, "tho now woman only oomes from one county." "Which is that?" asked the other. "Middlesex." "Ah! why so?" "Be cauee she has not yet become a gen tleman, and is certainly not a lady." London Spare Moments. The Oyster Still Plentiful. "'Ihere may bo an end to the oyster business some time," remarked nu old oysterman, "but it won't come for many years yet. Tho oyster beds of Chosupeake Biy alono aro 3:)00 square miles in extent, and while the oysters there are probably not as plentiful as they were sonio year n-, thero is still a good supply, notwithstanding the number dredged yearly. Of lata years tho supply has been very cou sidorably increased, owiug to the millions of small oysters dredged off the ooast of the C-troliuas, aud planted in tho Chesapeake Bay to grow. Wheu the ocean oyster is first dredged it is too salt to eat. Ju several years, how ever, it loses its fiery aud very salt taste aud soon increases iu size. Though oystsrs are plentiful all along Load Island Sound, aud good, too, yet tho great supply is tiken from Chesapeake Bay. tho annual yield of which is over 3'.),U00,00i) buiuels." Washington Star. Privule hwiiiumiii; T.iu!i. Swimming taulis are now being placed iu tho baseiueutsof many man sions on Filth avenue, New York City, lii' houses that possets these luxuri ous bathing unuexes frequently hold merry swimming parties, which ora said to bo fashionable. 'Iho lad is especially popular aiuoui; tho ladies, and "bathing hops" will probably bo added to the pleasures of society be fore tho end of tho winter season. The unfinished mausion of I'. 1'. Hunting ton, at Fifth uveuuo aud Fifty-seveutU street, contains a gorgeously oou strueto I Turoo-liussian bather, larger by lar thuu any other privato bath iu tho oily, poruupi iu the world. It occupies uhuout the eutiro basement lloor. Tho luo.st in i,ui iei'ut bath rooms iu tho world aro bit.d to bo iu the huiucs of rich GotLumitci,
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