t I 7"' r ;t Republican ' -ery VTivln.j.lny, by J. U. WEfiK. Hoi In Smearbaugh & Co.'- BuiltMnj ELM STREET, TIONESTA, TA. Termi, Wl.oo Per Your. No subscriptions received for a shorter period tbnn three months. Correspondence solicited from all purtt of th eouDtrjr. No noilo will ba taken of nnonymous oommunloatlons. - ThcrJre fewer Boman Catholics, proportionately, in Swo.len tbnn iu any other European con u try only 810 out of a population of 4,714,000. Thcro nro nbont 2000 persons ia France who nro sot down na Anarch ists, anj nro under Iho constant wntoh of the polico of the various European countries. Officers in the Bavarian army hence 'orth wilt uotlmvo to fl,ght duels when i Vilhmged if they are opposed to the ..Hi civ A (iivat relief, indcod ; but !'" world nra they to satisfy 'honor?" niarvols llio New Or , ...ih ricnyuno. - A Spanish matador recently wrrto to a London paper to protest against the English habit of denonnoing bull fights na cruel. Ho said the bulla were always killed in a hnmano mnnucr, and as for tho ltbrscs, it wbr a work of oompnssion (o put an end to thoir ex istence ! ' - - 18 Tho Statu of Washiugtju u en gaged - in the "task of rcal-iimicg 1,000,000 acres of desert land within tho State limits. In order to render the soil fertile it will be sntijeotod to a thorough prooe-.isof irrigation. For this -purpose a canal 150 miles in longthwill be constructed within tho . next few months. Only a part of this immense tract will bo irrigated at onoo and if tho plan suooeeds, as it no donbt will, it cna bo very easily ex tended. At present Iho land is uso less, but when fertilized it will sup port something lilto 8300 familios. A cnriouspnrallol can be instituted between, tho I'rosidont-clect and his predecessor, James K. Polk, notes Moses F. Handy in tho New York Mail ond Express. MoKinley and Folk both sprang from tho dominating Hcotoh-Irish race; they both served in their Stato Legislatures ; both en tered Congress young, Folk at thirty, McKinley nt thirty-four ; both served the same length of timo, fourteen rears, and they werfe both Chairman i v.Tnys aud Means Committee, I i 'ie revenue polioy of thoir :i became Speaker of the i.a l McKiuley barely missed Alter retiring from Congress, : became Governor of his State, .u, 1 thus they had precisely tho snmo i -ieUlive uud rxcculivo experience before beiug elected to tho Presidency. Sixteen years havo clapzed since the famous Lord Bonconsfield passed from the scenes of his earthly career, and yet tho great English statesman ia at ill without a biography. In view of tho excellent position which Lord Boa eousflold occupied for so many years its Prime Minister of tho greatest Nation on earth, it is strange that no oua has nrisou from among the cum ber of his surviving' associates to perform this Eervico to his memory. Aside from doing honor to the illus trious dead, however, it seems that fi life of tho great leader should bo written ns contribution to the his tory of England. Unless tho volume makes its oppenranao soon many in teresting incidents whiob ought to bo incorporated in iho story t-f Lis lifo will bo overlooked and for t.otlen. Had d'Israell been an Ameri can, observes tho AtlantaConstitutioo, there would doubtless be in existence, at this time do less than a dozen biographic of him, aud the fact that England has waited so long to put tho narrative of his career into tangible! form emphasizes a murked difference between tho two countries. Tho whale has been described ns a Inrge ambiguous nniuial with no hair nil over it; b)VNr-ordiug to report, tho remain' Tjavo been discov crep -.tflields of Alaska which show fj of pubescence as copious ns those displayed by the relics of tho Hiberiun mammoth sometimes found jnclosed iu icebergs, which have pre served them from primeval agos. Tho hLcry lucks confirmation, like tho one lcccntly put nbout that a North Fa eifio whale- had swallowed Captaii) Warren, of Southampton, Long Isl and, promptly rejected in view of the registered ofiiriul measurement of tho s.vcrago catooean gullet, showing thut it wus of insufficient calibro to take in Biuiablo eenmen and barely largo enough to admit his compass and tobnuco box. The anatomy of the ani mal iu Bbical times, according to the record, gave it nu ampler receptivity, bn.t modern sentiment is opposed to the idea of making the case of Jonah a precedent, cs tho tistimony oi reiense is opposed to giving tho whale u fur. overcoat. Both narrations nro probably, fanciful, belonging in the category of ordinary fl.-h stories, which mo iniended to umusti rather than couviuce. Only luuriucs believe them, even when thoy are decked out iu nil the :ign of plauiiliilily, as these c;iu til UO wiso said to bo. K'QRE VOL. XXIX. NO. WINTER JOYS. . When thu wtndoiv pane Is orustod With a fairyland of snow, And tbe wlfcord Of tho blliward lias shut ofT his blttngjblow. When the morning's Kold has butod I.Ike a billow on the swamp, I'roin my cosy, B y, poy Kit I f!y with Porslan pomp.' Ob, my spirit's bright and Minny, And Joy's echoes In me walce, Ulion I pour tho shining bouoy On Iho Duokwhcnt cako. Oh, tho frosty air Is blttor. Aud the poodlo's cyobalts shluo, And the chicken, Zero-strlckou, Koosts upon tho hn.tso's spine. Oh. tho snowdrifts gleam na.l ulittor With n Rlo.-imlu?, glnrlng gilt, And tho sparrow, To his marrow, Ey old Moroas Is hit, Yet I llston to blui chirrup In the bramblo and the brako Whllo I pour tho maplo syrup On tho Buckwheat cake. Oh, I watoh the dumpy po39aml As ho wags Ms tall in glee, While he's rooting, Or a-scootlufj. To esoapo tho frlcassca, TV ith his nose a frozen blossom Doth tho small boy now appear At the gateway, . And he strattfhlwny Moulds of snow tho doadly sphero. And I lao tho man who passes On his ear that snowball tnko, Whlla I pour tho rich molasses On tho Jiuekwheat cako. -It. K. Muuklttrlok, In MawXork Journnl. THE DANK MYSTERY. . UDGE, I've come to ask if you 11 let me tell you what no one on earth don't ' know but me; 'bout that bank mystery. "Yes. thnk you, I will sit down. A fine fire ieeis cooa on a night like this. Tain't often such as I have a ohanee at this kind of com fort and luxury. "What do 1 know about the bank mystery? Land sokes, Judge, time they opened tho bank that day ten years ugo and found tho bank vault broke into and tho safe blowed op and not a dollar gone, I oould have told it all. Tho people of Tiverton ain't dono talking and wondering 'bout it yet, and there ain't never been no one livin' as could tell what it all meant but mo. "I bought somo papers hore thoy are, Judge whore it's all written down and I can swear to it if you like. I don't want them never used, though. unless I die nnd something comes up as wouia roaico it bost lor my family to know, though therti's things in it I'd ruther dio than have 'em know. If it's nil the same to you, Judge, I'd liko to tell it to you. Seems I'd get rid of a load and would be happier and die easier feolin' I'd spoken it all out to ono livin' human. "You'll be glad to listen? That's good of vpu. 1 knowed you was a kind man and a just one ; that's why I come to you. No, thank you, I don't smoke ; I put all that money away for me wife and children. "Do yon hear that storm? Outside seems like all the evil powers was let loose. ' You can't judge 'bout it here. It oomes kind of mutUed like through those thiok curtains and it don't shako this great house as it docs some. "It's this kind of night as makes men huddle together, Judge, and plan how to get rich and have fine things such as the likes of you. I've been through it all ; 1 know. I've felt as if I had as good a right to 'em as any one and 1 was bound to have 'cm, too. I warn't brought up to no trade nor uothin', aud fair menus seemia' to fail, I took to the other. "Yes, Judge, I started out in life a thief and a robber. I prospered fairly iu a small way, and no one didn't catch np with mo for some timo. Then 1 joined a gang in for anything. Lord, but it was fascinat ing! it was liko drink; I couldn't give it up and I couldn't get enough of it. 1 was iu prUon and out then, tho old story, till I married aud be gun to have littlo ones. "Then, Lord knows what helped me something did and for tho sake of my wifo nud children, I broke loose from everything aud came here, where no one didn't know me, to start oyer again. I had some money and opened tho restaurant just oppo site the bunk. "Long as i didn't read tho papers I got ou well ; but let mo seo them und I'd hunt through 'cm for the robberies and I'd be crazy for a whilo, aching to be iu it all again. Seoin' 'bout my old pals pcttiii' in trouble didn't mako no diflerenoo. - "Timo came, though, when I begnu to enjoy lifo differently, nud to lee! myself wore respectable. The love for the old life begun ter go till I could rcud about it without nittiu' all tired up. I thought then I was all right. "Then they cr.nvi hero, part of tho gang I'd belonged to. First I knowed of it was sceiu' 'cm iu tho restaurant. I 'spicioucd thoy weren't here for uo good nud it inoht took my breath away. They kuowodmu quick cuough, too, mid uothin' woul lu't do but I must join 'cm. t was tho very m m they wuuted, I ceul l help 'em an 1 1 -,vhs Ij.nind to 'em. '1Vus thu li.; ;ett thing they'd nudertaUeu Vet; tho La.uk, They'd com on to examine the 3p 42. TIONESTA. situation, knowing that Mr. Dnrkco, the now mill owner, would make a big payment soon and the money for it would be in tho bank here. Jf there warn't anything else, that would be a big haul, a haul worth havin, and mo boin' here decided 'em. "I do think tho dovil brought all his friends nnd relations with him that night to tempt me. I forgot how to go to sleep, and just couldn't stny in bed. I wonder I warn't in tatters by mornin' with tho devil tuggin' at mo as ho did aud tryin' to keep me out of tho room whoro my slcepiu children lay. "Yer see, them bank people come over to my plaoe for lunch best part of tho time, nnd they nil knowed my littlo poople, and tho mill pooplo knowed 'em too, My oldest boy worked in tho null nnd thoy u been as kind as could be when he's siok. Christ mas timo thoy's good to hiin, too, and there warn't a bank officer but had remembered my littlo people, even to the watchman, beemcd like rob bing my own people, somehow. I's bound not to inform on the gang, and they s bound ter rob ther bonk ; but I enrsod 'em ia my heart for comin' just when I was gottiu rid of tho old life for good and all. I was awful ! "Well, Judge, yon know how them rooms over tho bnnk was rented to start a new daily paper. I niado 'em swear solemn as my name warn't to appear nowhere. I d plan it ail out and givn 'cm points nnd be on hand at the last, but I had to bo cautions. "They found out when thouioney was to be paid and 'greed on the night before for the robbery. I hail it all mappod out for 'em where and how they was to loosen up tho boards of the Uoor iu their iwu above, so we could break through aud lower our solves into the vault when tho time come. Then yor seo we'd only have the safe to get into and tho great iron door between ns and tho watchman. "Everything was ready, nnd wo was pretty sure tho money was paid. "Uo you hear that storm liow, Judge? I was like thut ten years ngo to-night, dark as Egypt, with tho rain and wind a perfect hurricane, ; a terri ble night; the kind of night for any sort of crime. The men chuckled to themselves. 'Twos a forture sure this timo, and they'd all be on the way to comfort and safety beforo day. I ain't never seen cm eo excited. JSothin hadn't gone wrong and nothin' could n't now. "We had sentinels stationed round to give tho alarm, but there warn't much danger on a night like that. "We had plannod so as to have the doors of the sofo ready to blow open when the watohman went ilowu cellar to soe to his tiros. I knowed the time of night ho did so, seem' him often from my house across tho way through the window of tho bank; but to make sure wo stationod a mau where ho could give tho signal nt the proper time. With the watchman downstairs and we shut; iu that vault, with solid masonry below us, 'twarn't iu the rango of possibilities for no human to hear us. Twas planned that when wo broke tho ceiling mo and ono of tho others was to go down first with tho hu terns nnd tools nud got the door ready for Jim Oroogau, the leader of tho gang, to como down and use tho dynamite and be ou hand to take out the money. "It was just the night for such a piece of work, and after I had exam ined to see if all was safo, knowin' tho dangers bettor than tho others, we broke through tho door and lowerod the ladder, uud thero we was right in the vault. 'Twns well for mo I'd hit it right, for my life warn't worth much if any o' my planum' failed to work. "Tom Doolan in a hurry went down first and when I was halt way down bo started baok, eayin' iu a hoarse kind of whisper : " 'Who called me?' " 'No one, you fool, said Jim. " 'Then,' he said, and ho ran past mo on the ladder, 'some ono is down there. Twicet 1 heard some ono say: Uo bnek, go back." ' " 'We'll gag him,' said Jim, and me and him wont down and turned our lanterns round, lookin' everywhere, but there warn't no one there. " 'What's tho matter with the fool?' growled Jim, and went baok aud tried to send him down again, but he just wouldn't go, so Jim cursed him and come himself, and ho anil mo boguu to got tho Bafa door ready to blow up. "Xhat s a thing as takes time and cure, Judgo, but wo went nt it with a will and never a word. It was so still you could almost hear your heart beat, when all of a sudden come a smothered cry liko a woman's. Wo stopped work and looked at each other, Jim's face white nnd scared. " 'What was that'' ho said. " 'I often hears 'em on the street like that,' acid J. '"lhat warn't ou tho street ; it sounded close by,' said Jim.V'We couldn't hear nothin' outside in this place. " 'Noueonse, laid I, 'don't von make a fool of yourself, too, aud spoil all,' nud I went to work again. "l could see how his hand trembled for a whilo aud then got steady again. lhat must havo como through tho room upstairs,' he said presently. IJiieer, thou:;h ; it soundrid so close. "Then we worked on nud there wnru't nothin' more to be heard. Kost of tho gang might nil havo been dead meu, for all the souud they made, and wo didn't say nothiu'; uud to the uight went on. "At lat wn had it all ready, and we.ro only waiting for tho signal to blow it up aud then money enough to ranks irj all rich. 'Tain't such us you t-H.u realize tho excitemout uud tho strain of such a laomc'it. To know it's nil there, reu.ly. uti.l then to have to wait! it's easier walkiu' over red hot coals. It's ull right to po u uud wrk, but to stay btill und only hreitho and liideu gives a luun thu shivers. "Freseutly Jim caught my arm, EPXJB PA.. WEDNESDAY, " 'Say, I thonghtl heard voices, did yon?' he whispered. The men upstairs, 1 said. " 'Hounded down hero. Ilavo'your pistol ready.' "I took my lantern and went round tho vault again carefully, nnd then held it up to examine the walls. Than I shook my head. There warn't no way wo could bear no ono. ." 'It's the qnoerest plane I over was in,' said Jim, 'and, by Jove, I'll be glad when wo are out of it. Why don't that signal come? Suppose thero's any hitch? I swear I hoar voices again.' "Just then como the signal and Jim begun to apply tho dynamite; but his bauds trembled bo and his eyes looked to wild nnd excited his own wifo wouldn't know him. " 'The money, the money,' ho whis pered, 'we must have it now.' "We got out of the way just in timo aud then out camo the door. " 'Iho insido door, quick,' said Jim, but tho explosion had mado that full insido, and we oould juat lift it out. " 'nave the bag ready,' said Jim, as ho leaned forward to haul out the great piles of bank notes and silver wo could seo by tho light of the lanterns. " 'Hands off, or you are a dead man.' "It was a voico that would most have waked tho dead. I dropped my bag and Jim drew back his hand, caught hold of mo with a grip like iron, aud we began to go slowly back to the ladder. " 'The combination is all right; we have them now, they can't escape us.' "We were half up the ladder when we heard the click, cliok of the lock, and as wo drew the ladder after us wd could hear the' ranping of the hinges of tho iron door. " 'Fly, fly, for your lives; wo ore discovered, said Jim, as he went round to warn tho men ; and iu the darkness and tho wind nnd tho rain thoy went awuyjund I niu't never seen one of 'era siuco. I heard, though, a.' when thoy found there warn't no ond there and the bank people didn't know nothin' 'bout it 1 ill the next morning, they just believed as tho bank was hauuted, sure. "Do I know whnt it was, Judge? There ain't no one else as does know, that's sure. 'Taint much after nil. "Yer see, playin' round with ray littlo ones, I found as I could make 'em hcer all kinds of noises anywhere I wanted, aud peoplo cryiu' nnd laugh in'. It was fun for them nnd I often dono it ; ventriloquizin' I believe yon call it ; but that night's the last timo. Yer see, none of the gang didn't know 'bout that, and I don't keer ever to have 'em know it now. It saved tho bank without my informin' and that's all I caro for. "Oh, no.JJudge, the bank don't owe me nothin'. You'll tako care of the papers? Thank you. I'm obliged to you for listening, too. It kind of mukes mo feel easier. "No, no, thank you, I won't stay and take no more of your time. Don't get up ; I con find my way out. "What's that you say, Judge? You honor aud respect me mo? And the bnnk Land Judge, twarn't mo; 'twas my wife and children savod the bank, and I'm proud of 'em proud of 'em, Judne. Good night." Philadelphia Times. Sliuornl Wealth in Siberia. D. M. Ivan and Peter Kulohoff, mem bers of the Russian Gaologicnl Survey, who havo been for some time past in vestigating the mineral resources of Siberia along tho route of the great Siberian railway, arrived at San Fran oisco, Cul., recently on their way to St. Petersburg. Tboy traveled a vaet distauoe of mountain region. Their duty was to explore tho country for 100 miles on the strip along which tho road runs or is surveyed so as to get a good idea of what the country afforded. "We found it a wonderful country, both in point of seenery and resources of gold, silver, copper, load, coal and other minerals," said ono of the gen tlemen. "It was nil we could have elosired. We collected many speci mens of different descriptions of ore which we aro taking back with as to St. Petersburg. Besides tho minerals thero aro many acres of magnificent agricalturnl ground available chietly for growing wheat, oats, barley aud other cereals and vegetables. Tho great rivers of tho country afford tiuo opportunities for commercial develop ment. It has u thousand interest-! than can only bo alluded to. "Now York Mail and Express. Black nud Whito Pepper the Same. "It has always amused mo," re- ! marked a botaunic.il expert, "to hear i people talking of their preforenco for ' black pepper over white, and tho various explanations they give for tho same. Little da they know that both blacK ami wuito pepper grow upon the same shrub. Oor tho pepper seod grows a black covering. The seed itself is white, or nearly so. To make black pepper tho seod and its external covering uro ground up, whilo ! whit.) pepper is tho see l uloiio grouud 1 up. Whito pepper is milder than black, tho creutur part of the pun- geney bein;; iu the ooveriug. A pep per made of tho coverings alone would be such to use u slung term hot stuff thut it woultl burn tho mouth. ' Tho black covering of the pepper seed contains must of tue oil. Washing- . ton Star. First I'se ot Mngarn's Power, Tho firbt use of Niagara's power wai mado iu 1725. a primitive sawmill beiug operate I. Nothiug more was dsno in this lino until IS 12, whou Augustus Porte, conceived tho plau of hydraulic canals, and iu 1H01 ono xvai completed. Tho Cutaruot Con struction l.'oiepauy, from whoso plant power hai just Leeu delivered in Buffalo, was incorporated iu 1SSJ. Seieutillo American, FEB. 3. 1897. THE MERRY SIDE OF m. STORIKS THAT ARE TOLD BY Till FUNNI MEN OF THE PRESS. Altr st Candor on C'nnvHS Sforllni! An Inference- Possibly Ills l.x perlence, lite, lite. Hme.ll profit If we make our mark, And demonstrate our lltn-, Unless, acknowledging 'teed, The world should lie n witness. Wood Levolt Wilson, In i.ifc. RTRIU.INfl. Cholly "I lost five pounds coming ovah." Dolly "Seasicknes." Cholly "Naw pokah." rock. CANDOR ON CANVA1. Artist "How do you like the por trait?" "Well, I dou't exactly liko the ue. " Artist "Neither do I but H'a yours." Judge. AN IKFBHEKCE. She "No; I never met her." He "Then, why do you think sho is passee?" Sho "I havo frequently heard her described as 'kittenish.'" " HIS EXPP.niENOE. Visitor (in suburb) "Do you find this a good location for a physiciau'r" YoungJDoctor "Not f particularly. They all know what to do for malaria, and they never Beem to have anything elso." rossinnT.' Dramatist (wearily) "I tell yon it" William Shakespeare were nliva to Say he'd find it difficult to get his plays read." Friend "Shouldn't wonder, con sidering his penmanthip." A SELFISH POINT Or VIEW. Lady "But it seems to mo you ank very high wages, when you acknowl edge that yon haven't had much ex perience." Bridget "Shure, marm, ain't it harder for mo when I don't kuow how?" Life. A DEFECTIVE ORAC'g. Jackey "But mamma, it's not about what I'm going to receive that it's so hard to be contented." Mrs. Eurlo "What is it then. Jackey ?" "It's nbout what I'm not going to receive." Life. AT TUB RIJSEItVATIOX. The Missionary's Wife "And will not Laughing Water try to bo like her whito sisters?" Laughing Water "Laughing Water is trying. Laughing Water now has her feet cramped into moccasins that are three sizes too small." Fuck. AN IMI'IIOVK.MEXT. Mr. Younghusband (reading) "ITa ! they have finally inventedumachiuo that will photograph sound." Mrs. Youughusljuud " Well what 3t it?" Mr. Younghusband " Why, I think the baby would tako better that way than any other." TOILET NOTF. "Miss rowderpnff must have a very highly colored imagination," said tho young man with tho chrysanthemum in his coat. "Why?'' asked the other with tho geranium. "Because she spends so much timo in making up her mind." Detroit Free Press. A liETROSPECT. Tilgrim "Is this the ono o'clock train?" Ticket Agent "No; this is last Tuesday's ten o'clock express. We're three days late now." Pilgrim "Well, if I tuke this, when will I get to Denver?" Ticket Agent (consulting table) "You will get there day beforo yester day evening, according to this table." KNEW THE LISUO. An evangelist who lives iu the mis sion is bo devout that he never per mits himself to think u secular thought, and his tonguu cannot frame a worldly word. Tho salvution of souls in peril is his single thought, his solo occupation. The evangolist has a very bright lit tle daughter, livo years of ugo. The other day sho answered the door bell and found the coul man thero with it bill. "Papa is not homo," sho informed him, "but if you will como iu, you poor, perishing foul, mamma will pray for you." Sau Fraucitoo Post. a " niANUED 11 Fit OPINION. Mrs. HiuHey "I never coul 1 bear that Mrs. Barley. Sho seems to be always suying such foolish things." Mr. Hiukley ".My dear, I ugreo with you. I met her downtown this morning, and sho gushingly iuformed me thut tho saw you and your bister yesterday. Wheu I told her that it muit have been you and your daugh ter the exclaimed to that everybody within a radius of half u mile could heur that sho didn't think you could be old enough to have u child so lur;;a Of conr,-e, it was ull mere gush I" Nevertheless, tho friendship that lias recently sprung up between Mrs. flinkloy aud Mrs. Darloy has caused peoplo who kuow theiu to marvel much. Cleveland Leader. The importation of spirits into Mex ico bus diminished ou account of tho increased domestic production. The Uuitod States exported to Mex ico iu May, l8'J,i, over SjOO.OOO more uierchandmo than m May, ISJj, S1.00 PER ANNUM. ECIEXTFFIC A SB ISDUSTItML. f4Iycerino is derived from tho lye left after making soap, which for ages was considered of no us. Dropping or striking a steel magnet, or causing it to vibrato by any other means, diminishes its magnetism. J A scientist claims that there nro only ?cvcnty-two different kinds of ven omons suakes in this country. A new hypnotic has probably been found in tho Jamaica dogwood. Tho fluid extract has been found efficacious in dentistry. It is said that dew will not fall on somo colors. Whilo a yellow board will be covered with dew, a red or black ono besido it will bo perfectly dry. A chemical dyeing school for instruc tion and research has been buiit at Crefeld under tho ouspiocs of tho Gor man Government, nt a cost of about 8100,000. Aluminum is now used instead of magnesium for "flashlight" photogra phy. Tho light is suit, to bo equally actinic, whilo tho metal keeps better and burns away more completely. Tho prepnrations for tbe explorntion of tho South Polar rcgioas by M. do Gerlache, a Belgian naval officer, nre nlmost complete. Tho crew of the Belgica will be chiefly composed of Norwegian sailors nnd harpooners, bnt of tho three officers holding responsi ble positions, two nro Belgians. Three Belgian scientific men have offered their co-operation, and will accompany the expedition. Rockall, a dcsolato granito rock ris ing only seventy feet nbovo tho sco, betweou Iceland nnd the Hebrides, is to bo mado an English meteorological station. It lies 250 miles from laud, tho noarest point to it being the littlo island of St. Kilda, 150 miles away, nnd itself nearly a hnudrei miles from tho main group of tho Hebrides. Booknll is in tho path of the eyclouio disturbances on tho Atluntio, and tho station thero would give timely warn ing of storms approaching tho British coast. At Klausthnl, Germany, a bolt of lightning instantly melted two wiro nails 5.32 inch in diameter. To melt iron in this short timo would be im possible iu tho largciit furnace now iu existence, and it could only be accom plished with the oid of electrioity, but a ourrent 200 amperes aud a potential of 20,000 volts would be necessary. This eleotrio forco for ono second rep resents 5000 horse power, but ns the lightning accomplished the molting in considerably less time, say 1-10 of a second, it follows thut tho bolt was 00,000 bono power. America Kick in Wild Plant'. Nenrly nil our grasses nnd forago plants nro introductions from other countries, and every once in a whilo somo botanical novelty is introduced with a flourish, ond predatory ruus mado on tho slim bunk accounts of tho agriculturist, who comes eventually to find tho denrly-paid-for nrticlo no bet ter than it should be. Tho botanists of tho United States Department of Agriculture havo recently shown that our own country is rich iu wild plants of this character, nud might ndd largely to profitable cultivation if only our progressive men could to induced to give them patieut tests, so as toim provo a little ou their wild character istics. Tho idea is that somo fur fetched nrticlc must bo acclimated be fore it can bo vuluable. Tho depart ment has recently issued a valuable publication, profusely illustrated, showing that there are over two hun dred wildlings or natives of the United States which uro worth trial as forage plants, many of which would possibly provo mines of wealth to thoso who would intelligently undertake their culture nnd improvement. The differ ent species of Hosuckiu it especially notes us worthy of trial. New York Independent. t Wliero Horses Aro Scarce. "In a good many parts of tho South horses nre scarce," said L. A. Warner, ot Knoxvillo, nt tho Howard, "nud tho work usually performed by thoso beasts is dono by oxou. In fact, tho latter nro preferred, notwithstanding tho slow progress they mnko. I was iu Western North Carolina a short timo ngo, when I met a mau whom I knew to bo amply jiblo to afford horses if ho wanted them, driviug a yoko of oxen nnd carrying a rillo ou his shoulder ns bo walked by tho side of his wagon. I stopped uud talked to him, uud iu tho course of conversation asked him why ho used oxen instead of horses. 'Why,' Ruid ho, 'it tul.es just a duy to nuiko tho trip to town with tho oxen, and ou tho way I always kill enough game to cook for supper when I get baok home. If I drove horses I could never kill any game. It would tuke all my time to drive, and I would never see nnvthiug to shoot.' " Washington Star. Wears a Bull's Clothes. Samuel Donaldson, of Camden, boasts of tho smallest baby iu Jersey. Sho is only livo days old und weighs UJ ounces. Her head will go into a teacup without touching tho sides. Her bund will about cover a cent. Her bed is on a down cushion placed in u chair. When sho first opcuuJ her black eyes they appjaro I liko spark ling pi u head?. Dr. Frederick Pfeiffor says tho mito has every prospect of living. Sho is as pretty us a French doll, with a wealth of very dark hair. Donaldson, i-i a barber, uud his wifo is tho daugh ter of Thomas J. Francis. They livo at 3J Broadway, and havo one other child, u girl of three years. Tho mother uud grandmother had prepared for a lurger addition to t ho luiuily, uud tho pretty white things they had xpeut bo many hours over were entirely too largo. Clothes ii I to be tukeu lroui Sifter Elhul's bisiiug .Uvli to tit hur, Now York New. I RATES OF ADVERTISINCl One. Squire, one Inch, on insertion..! 109 On Kqusre, one Inch, on month. ., 8 00 One f-'quare. one Inch, three months. . S 00 One Square, one inch, one year..,. 10 W Two Hquires, one year 150K Quarter Column, one year 80 00 Half Column, one year... ,., WOO One Column, one year .... 100 00 Jezal advertisement ten cent par Una each Insertion. Merrier; and death notice gratis. A II bills for yearly advertisement collected, quarterly Temporary advertisement must be paid in advance. Job work cash on delivery. THANKFULNESS. Let us be thaukful. Life Is not so lonp; Fast fndos the dny to nlcht; Half Is but heartache; but some flower of soni? Btlll Hits Its leaves la liKh'. X.nt us be thankful. Wo shall one inv gala The summit crowned nnd hiph; Beneath us lenvo tho llal.tninjc nnd tho nln And face tho clear, ftnrrod sky! Chicago Times-Herald. MU.noit OK HIE DAY. On the Sick List : Notice in a Swim pass: "No echo to-dav." Fliegende Blatter. Sho "Everyboly in the choir de tests the organist." llo "Yes ; I un derstand that he is despised as a non combatant." Fuel-. She ".'She is doiuj her best to fascinate that widower. Of courso ho has considerable meins." He "Per haps sho thinks tbe means justify tho end." Puck. His View : Brown "Do yon believe in civil-servico reform?'' Jones (who has failed to pas an examination) "I do. Tho questions Bhould be mado easier." Puok. "We must get little Bobby a foot ball mask." "What for?" "He is going down town with nnrso, and I don't wont him to miu the shape of his noise on tho 6hop windows." Chicago Beoord. "Young man," Faid a wealthy city man to his spendthrift nephew, "I laid the first foundation of my fortune by saving cab-fares." "I didn't know j'ou ever drovo one, uncle," remarked the youth. Tit-Bits. "Here, what does this mean?" shout ed Whooply, as he found his youngest riding a broomstick over the top of tho piano. "Ibis is all right. Mam ma said it I'd stay in I could pluy on the piano." Detroit Free Press. The Thing for Him: "Don't you think I ought to tuke iron?" laughed tho big fat man, who thought he would bo fuuny with tho doctor. "Certainly; und I would recommend hoop iron." Detroit Free Press. On the Veranda: "There goes Mrs. Chalwicks. Whnt does she come to Florida lor?" "She wants to get rid of her rheumatism." "But why does sho bring her three daughters along?" "Oh, bIio wants to get rid of them, too." Truth. Sho "It's no use, Mr. Slimly; ia my present stato of mind I would not accept the most nttractivo man in the world." He "No, 1 aco you won't; but, nt nny rnto, you will have the satisfaotion of knowing thut he has of fered himself." Tit-Bits. Ue "You have no idoa of the ex tent nnd force of my love. I could dio for you." Sho "Yes, I suppose so ; but dear me, what u graveyard I should havo if all tho men who wore willing to dio for me had been taken at their word." Boston Transcript. In tho Museum : Aunt Hetty (look ing nt tho Wild Meu of Borneo) "What a pity wo cau't scud out more missiounries to civilize them critturs." Unolo Josh "I duuno ! If them fel lers was civilized, they mightn't bs able to git seek a good job." Puck. A Yacht as a Monument. It is reported that the cabin of the old yacht Dauntless, tho "floating monument," was entero I by thieves, nnd that many articles of value wiro taken. Soou after tho death, a fow years ago, of tho owner of tho Daunt less, Commodore Caldwell H. Colt, his mother, Mr.'. SamuolColt, of Hartford, had tho yacht taken to Essex, Conn.? and moored in a cove. Tho rigging was stripped from the vessel, but no ohunges were mado ia her interior, and tho big saloon and staterooms present tho tamo appoar ance that they did tho lust time Com inodoro Colt trod her decks. This was iu accordance with the expressed intention of Mrs. Colt to retnin the Dauntless ns a flouting monument to the memory of her only child. Many offers hvo beeu mado for the yacht, but sho has refused them all, and has announced that ucvor again shall tho auchord bo raised or a sail bent to the spur. Every summer sinoe her sou's death Mrs. Colt has journeyed down from her Hartford homo and spent two weeks aboard, nocoinpanied only by her servauts and refusing to entertain nny callers. New York Press. How Seed Aro Distribute:!, Tho whole subject of tho methods by which seeds are distributed is at tracting considerable attention just now. It seems almost impossible to constrict nuy general law by which to explaiu tho reusou for things in na ture. It does seem, for iuslunoe, safe to buy thut wiu.;snre giveu to seeds to enable them to fly far uway from tho parent trio, and thus extend tho area ot territory occupied by tho species, but iu many of tho lurye seed pines tho linden, aud others, the hollow seeds only nre tho cues blown away. Tho solid, per'eet see ls remain around the parent tree. Tin objectors to every thing nr'io that wiugi are givon la fin out the liht, useless material. But this s:ue!y cannot always be. New York independent. He fishes With au x Tho Cheyuuno (Wyoming) corre spondent ei.' tho Chicago Tribune writes: (.'olouel W. ). i'ic'it-tt, rancher ou Gray Hull Creek, has a natural rel'rigerat or ou his rvioh. l'uriug tho recent o'uiui.o!; ia the Big Horn lia-iiu the io i iir i'cj up nud gorged a littlo valley ou his phv',tbeu froze over solid, imprii uing nud freo.-.in thousauds of su'iuou tiout. Now thu Colonel, wheu ho irauts a mess of II h, j l't .'.'. in en: with au axe nud haelis them out id t'ua io. The gorge gives promise of remaining ia its present stato for a uuuih ox mora,
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