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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1897. 81.00 PER ANNUM. woo work cash on delivery. i "ru muiuy-Bix moiinrcuics ID WORTH WHILE tho civilized world. For a world in which thoro is noth ing now undor tho sun Truth think there are a lot of disoovorcrs. Frosidont Sharpies, of Havcrford College, thinks thcro ii roomMn the United Stnlea for a first-rato small oollegc. Dr. Jameson, tho leader of the Transvaal raid, stirs tho undertaking was a groit mistoko, for tho simple reason that it failed. Thnt appears to be tho cssonoo of British public opinion on the whole enterprise. There wero regrets in Emporia, Kan., that Behodnles had not boon dif ferently nrrnugod, relates the New York Bun, when an a Ivcrtiseinent of a railroad excursion to Tort Arthur ap peared in the pnper, setting forth that "there will bo no charge for births for the trip, provided twenty-fivo person! dosire to avail themsolvos of this ac commodation." In a reoen,t lecturo on the cultiva tion of the memory, Professor A. P. Lyon declared that after trying all the mnomonio systems ho ha J at Inst como to the conclusion that the only socrot of being able to remember things was attention, association and repetition. The noxt most important prinoiple is that of classification. Tho leotnror did not, however, venture to snggost any infallible method of reoalling things, and oven oonfeHsod that that vary day ho had received a noto bog ging him not to forget that ho was to lcotnro on "Alotuory" in the after noon. An announooment in the English pa per j causes a ilutter of eager antici pation. It is stated that thore has been found in Egypt a manuscript text of the Logia, perhaps that of Papias, Now of all the lost works of the Apostolio Chnroh Fathers, tho one whioh is most wanted is tho Logia of - Papias, as to whioh so ranoh doubt hai been raisol whothor it ever existod. These Log I a have boon boliovod to bo tho original dooument from whioh the sayings of our Lord in tho Synoptio Gospels were compile 1. It is almost too much' to hope that tho report is trno; but, if true, it would make an epoch, if not a revolution, in tho study of the Gospels. The usury laws must need reform ing in Canada. The Montreal Gaeotte Bays: "A judge of the Superior Court baa, bold that thoro is nothing in Quobcc's law limiting the rate of in terest that may bo charged, and has given a decision upholding the legality of a claim of five. per cent, a day on an overdue note. As a result the dofcudant has to pay, if it cen bo collected from him, some $03,000 in terest for the uso for two years of $150,000. This, while tho most glar ing, is only one of a number of oases that have lately attracted attention in this city, where usurious ratos of in terest have boon eaforood by tho courts." Tho instauco quoted is simply legalized swindling, declares the Now York Observer. Probably nover before was tho sub joot of good country roads more thor oughly discussed than in tho recent past. Not alono is hand to band work being done by granges and other "tanners' organizations, but Couuty, Stnto and even National officials are working toward improvement in this great question . The United Stated Department of Agricnltnro is making investigation through its office of road inquiry, under tho direction of Roy Stone. Tho latest bulletin on this subjc ct is from an address delivered sometime ago by Judge Thayer, of Clinton, Iowa, who succinctly remarks thufc the United States annually con tributes lo tho mud fiend 250 million dollars which is a total loss. He fa vors borrowing inonoy on long time bond at low rato of intercut, using the taxes to pay tho intercut und princi pal. "I 'am in favor," ho said, "of allowing the people of a township the right to vote upon the question of borrowing money, not to exceed a cer tain per cent, per year, to uso in road building. I would have road im provement a township matter, based on looul option. If the people of one township want to build a certain num ber of miles of good road, 1 would not permit the people of auother township or the State Legislature to prevent it. If u majority of tho peoplo of a town ship want good, permnueut roads, at a cost within certuiu proscribed limits, I would not put it in the power of tho minority to prevent it. I would build good roads with tho taxes now paid. I would cover the State with a network of durable, permanent roads, whieh can be used every duy iu the week ou which to haul a full load, and I would do this without increasing tho l'jeteut road taxation one mill." 'Tls easy enough to bo pleasant, Whon life flown alnnir like it snnr- But tho man worth while Is tho one who will smile Whou ovorythlng rocs deal wrong; For the tost of the honrt is troiiblo, And It alwnvs eomns with tlin vnnra And the Btnllo that Is worth tin prilso of enf-th Is the sinllu that eooios through tears. It Is easy enough to bo prudent, When nothing lumpts you to strayt When without or wlttilu no volcoo' slu Is luring your soul nwnyi But ll's only a negative vlrtuo Until It Is tried bvflre. And tho llfo that Is worth tho bouor of earth Is the one that roslsts doslru. By tho cynlo, tho sad, tho fallen, Who ha 1 no stron-th for ths strire, Tho worll's highway is cumbered to-d.iy; They mnko up tho Item of life. But tho vlrtuo thnt conquors passion, And tho sorrow that hide In a miin It Is those th.it nro worth tho homajo of earth, For we flnl thorn but once In a whtln. Ella Wbooler Wllcos. MY FIRST PATIENT. BY MARO BOYRN. iiau doo n a week in my . now apartment. A week ' a short time and yet it teemed in tho retro t-pect like an endless succession of days, oaoh ono of whioh contained tho dreams and hopes ot an entire lifetime, rot a whole week the white poroelain sign of a praotio ing physician had shone in splendor at the street entranoe and upstairs on the glass door of my neat little fiat. For a wholo .week my small reooo tion room, with its dark curtains and its straight-backed chairs, had waitod for patients to avail themselves of the advico and help of "Dr. Max Er- hardl." It really did not surprise me at all mat my omoo was empty lor a fow days, because, as I told myself, con solingly, the neighborhood must be come familiar with the fact that it bad good medical advioo right horo in its midst. After 1 had sentaway my fir .t patient completely onrod, things would assuredly be dill'oront. Then after my growing refutation had been an nounced to the neighborhood, or better still, to the whole city by a orowd of patients in officii hours, as well as by a neat little coupe, whioh a dignified ooaohman would drive through the principal streets then. yes, then And sol came to the dream which oconpied me most. Ifanoiedmv solf again with my cousin Mary, who i i . . .I , . . cenaiuiy wouiu nt tue role oi a doc tor's wife most delightfully. I was in love with my little orolden haired cousin. As a boy I had shown hor all those little knightly attentions whioh are possible from the stronger playfollow in the house and on the playground. As a junior I had dedi cnted to her my first poem, and as t senior I had nearly ru ined my unformed baritone voice by continually singing about the "duxou haired maiden." When I camo home, after passing my urst examination, mo young medioal student became sure thnt the "flaxen haired maiden" returned his love with -hi. i . . i an uer ucan ; yet not a word was spoken. My university course was finished, Whenever I was working unusually hard or lighting successfully the tire soms battle of a final examination, in spite ot my preoconpation, my dear Mary's eyes wero constantly in my thoughts and seemed to be taking the liveliost interest in the results of my -rtn.i , t, i ..... . Y enorts. w non my mite cousin, greet ing my home-coming, whispered softly, "Doctor Erhardt," I looked deep into her dear eyes and whispered, just as soitiy, "urs. uootor luhardt" Then I saw a bright blush pasi over her face, as she drew quickly back into the win dow niohe. In the following days I had oppor tunity to talk with Mury about all the air castles which a young pbysioian in his empty office has abundaut time to bnild ; but I did not venture yet to discuss my droam of the future doc tor's wife. There lay at times in my sweetheart's blue eyes an expression whioh drove the words baok oven when they were trembling on my lips. Not that I doubted in the least that Mary's heart belonged unconditionally to mo ; no, it seemed rathor as if a lack of confidence in my professional ability lay in her glance, and my pride in duced me to keep silent, until a re port of my first independent case shoald call forth Mary's full approba tion and unlimited confidence in my ohoseu vocation. I sat iu my consulting room bnried in suoh thoughts as these on the after noon of this dnll November day, I had barely heard the timid ring with whioh some one begged admittance. I rose to open the door in place of the little page whom I had sent on an errand. During the few steps that I had to take, I confess that I was over whelmed by a Hood of the wildest fancies. Here was a caller who needed my help. Of course, it was an aristo cratic patieut, with ringing praise, and fame, and ah, there I was again, thinking of the doctor's wife. I openod the door. A poorly-olad woman stood before me in the dim light of the Into fall day. A pair of jjreat dark eyes looked beseechingly at mo from a fuoe thin and streaked with coal dirt. "Doctor," sho said, in a trembling voice; "oh, Doctor, be merciful, I beg you I My little Mary is so Biok." That name atoned, to some extent, for the disappointment whioh the woman's poverty-stricken appearance had caused, for it did not harmonize with my recent dreams. "Who are you? Who eeii'Is you to me?" I asked. V. iff "o ono sends mo," repliod tho woman, softly and rnpidly. "Oh Doctor, do cornel Ever sinoo morn ing 1'vo been carrying coal from tho wagon to tbo next house. I live over opposite in the oonrt. My child has been sick since yesterdny, and I found her so mnoh worse when I hurried homo for a minnto just now." I besitatod somewhat, the disap pointmeut was so ereat. iho woman wiped with her grimy hand a face that already showed the trnccs of tears. She sobbed painfully. "I suppose I ought to call in tho charity dootor ; but your servant is son of the cobbler in our court, and be has told all tho neighbors that you were so kind-hearted. Oh, help my nuio girl r 'Well, of conrse, the woman must be helped. I was bnmnn, and surely know what was duo to humanity. So 1 wont with her. after first taking ont, with an importance that surprised and half-shamed me, most of the necessary instruments of a physician Across tho street to a groat court lying behind a long row of houses, up fivo flights, each darker ond steeper than the last, through an ill-fitting door into a Ilttlo chamber with a slop mg ceiling and one tiny window, and there on a poor but neat bod, with feverish limbs, and wandering, uncon scious eyes, lay a child about fourteen months old. The woman knelt down by tho bed. "She doesn't know mo any more, she moaned. The child conghod hoarsely. That was oroup of tho worst kind. I tore a leaf from my blank-book and wrote my first real prescription. "Go to the nearest apothecary's," i sam. Sho looked at ma with some embar rassment. "Can't I take it to King sireotir- sue asked. "No, indeed," I cried. "Why do you not wish to go to the apotheoary in this street?" .Tho women reddened visibly in spite of the coal dirt. "I think," she stam mered, "at the Eagle Pharmacy, in King stroet, tuey may know me. oarry coal there, and perhaps they will i nave no monoy." A large tear foil onto the paper in her hand. "Oh, these peoplo who oon't pay for uocior or medioine either! 1 said, impatiently, to myself. I took out some money and said aloud : "There, laue that and nurry I The woman pressed her lips on the iittio ono s niml, and then, before I could stop her, on mine, and hastened away. . I looked around the room for a scat A poor chair, a rough box, an old table, somo ohoap kitchen ntonsils on the low, oold stove, whioh took the place of a range: in ono corner, bane ing on the wall, a threadbare woolen dress, and near it a ohild's gown and a little hat tnmmod with a blue rib bon ; on the narrow shelf near the tiny window a curled myrtle plant, a soariot geranium, and a hymn book with bright gilt edges ; that was all that the room contained. 1 brought up tho chair and eat down near the little sick girl. She was evidently well nourished; her little limbs were plump and shapely, the golden hair soft and curly. Sho breathed painfully, but she was not consoious; and her blue eyes stared straight before her, as if she were looking into a distant, unknown coun try. it was cold in tho room. I went to the stove, but found only a tow ohips too few to bnild a fire. So I sat down and waited for the woman and the medioine. Again and again mr dance wan dered about the poverty-stricken room. A poor, hard-working woman who carried coal on the street, while her child lay Bick and BuCfcrincr; and yet sho cortainly loved her little one tendorly. Suddenly a thought shot through my mind that I should not bo able to save the child ; that per haps I had not been decided enouch to take on my own responsibility the extreme and energotio measures whioh would have wrested the little suderor from death. My heart grew hot as I hurried to tho door and listened for the mother's footttcpa. There she was at last. To mv re- proaohfnl look she ouly answered, humbly : "There were so many people in the store. Folks like me must stand back." An hour of torture passed. The medioine did no good : little Marv oould not swallow it. Neither did it avail when, with tremblinsr heart, but a steady band, I used the knife on the slender, holpless throat. The little golden-haired girl died died before my eyes ou tho lap of her stricken mother. The woman looked un as if startled when a tear fell on to Ler hand, for she had not wept. "You aro crying, ioctorr on you must not do that. You will Lave to stand bv so manv sick beds where God sends no relief." She looked earnestly at the little body. "I loved hor so. 1 did everr. thing for her that I. could, being so poor. When I oame home from my dirty work I always found her so pretty, so loving. For hours sho would lie ou the bed or sit on the floor and play with almost nothing, and then she would laugh for joy when I came home. God has taken her ; Ho loved her better than I but oh, how lonely it will be for met" X pressed tho poor woman s hand; could not speak, but I laid some money on the table und went out softly. Onoe at home, I laid my case of instruments away, and sat down overwhelmed. I could eat no supper : I went to bed and hoped to sleep, but tho picture of a dismal attic room, of a dead child, and a humble, devout woman would not let me rest, auv more than the torturing reoolleotion of my own part iu that scene. iarly the next moruinir an old col lege friond oa tu e to see me as he was passing through the city. He dragged me through the crowded streets, to the museums, to all sorts of restaurauts,and complninod of my lack of spirits. pleadod a headache, and so escaped going to see a popular play at the theater. Tirod and cxhaustod, I went at last alone to my room. As I passed a Uonst s brilliantly ligthed windows, I stepped in and bought a costly white camellia and some fragrant violots. Iclltnbod the five flights to the home ot tho poor woman. I found the attic room unlookod. It was dim ly lighted ; a small coffin stood in the middle of the bare room, and the child lay there in a white shroud. The rib bon from the hat ou the wall bad boon worked over into two little bows; myrtle wreath rested on the fair hair, and the geranium blossoms wore scat tered over the body. On the table near by wea a lamp, and the opon hymn book was beside it. I laid the beautiful white blossom in tho stiff little hand and fastened bunch of violets on the breast of the silent sleeper ; then I looked at the open book. "I joy to depart" the old hymn that I bad learned at school and half forgotten : "To my dear onos who grieve, Do not mourn for me now; This last message I leave, To Ood's will you must bow." I laid the book away with a sigh. The words of tho old hymn, the sol emn ct ill nose, the peaceful little child oppressed me. I went home, after inquiring about the bonr of the burial. I retired early. I was woary, and all my unrest had gone. As'if oallod forth by a power higher than my own. the words of an earnest prayer came to my lips, of tho prayer that God would bless me in my hard profession, and would change my haughty self confidence into a humble trust in His protection, wherever my small knowl edge and -ay faithful etlorts would not avail, when I must stand, aa on the day before, helpless to aid. In the early morning I awaited the little coffin at the door of the house, A man bore it before him, and the mother followed in hor poor blaok gown. She pressed my hand with a grateful look, when she saw that I had joined the little prooession. The way was not long, the streets wero al most empty, and the air was unusually mild for November. When tho iron gate of the cemetery opened, tho weeping woman bowed her head still lower. A young clergyman stood beside the grave. "I have undertaken, as far as l am able, to pronounoe a last blessing over all tho sleepers of my congregation," he said, softly, as ne met my surprised look. That evening I went to see my rela tives. I did not find the parents at home. Only Cousin Mary was thore to receive me. We sat by the window where the moonlight fell on us, and then I told her of my first patient, and what I had learned from it. Mary said nothing in answer to my confes sion ; but suddenly I felt her arms thrown around my neck.. She looked at me with wet eyes. "Don't you see, Max?" sho said, "now you know your self what was laoking in your prepara tion for work ; but, thank God, it has come to you with your first patient, now l believe that you will make a good physician who will bring help, even where his own skill does not work a sure." I kissod my dear one. 'And now, what do you think?" I eskod. "Hove you the courage to become the wife of 9ucu a dootor?" She smiled through her happy tears. And so at last we were betrothed. As it happened, the very next day. 1 was called to a child that was Buf fering intensely with oroup, and was so happy as to bo able to save it. Since then God has shown much favor to the sick and miserable through my efforts, and my work has grown ever dearer to me. But the mother of my first patient moved into my house to be my house keeper until my sweetheart becamo the dootor'a wife. Evon after the wedding, she remained as cook, until ehe decided later to make still another change, and came to nurse our little first-born daughter, Mary. Sho wept over our baby for joy, and in thankful remembrance of the little golden haired girl who had found a happy home for her mother and had made a dootor worthy of bin high profession. Translated for the Independent. Stout Hearts, These. The heart is not always the dolicato organ it is generally believed to be. Dr. William Turner records in the British Medical Journal a fow cases whioh point to tho fact that woirhds of the heart are seldom, if ever, imme diately fatal. A child two years old was brought to him with a sewing needle driven into its heart, and the needle was extracted without evident harm resulting to the heart of the child. Another case described is that ot a soldier in whoso heart a bullet was found imbedded six years after he bad been wounded, ho having died from quite another cause. Several instances are also given of persons living for mouth and years after their hearts had beon torribly lacerated. Indeed, neither gunshot injur ies nor penetrating wounds bring the heart at onoe to a standstill ; so that this part of tho animal organism is apparently not its most vital strue ture. An Favlo as an Alurm Clock. Mr. W. Le O. Beard, in St. Nicho las, tells of a tamo eaglo he had as a pot in Arizona. Mr. Heard says : The half-breed iu whoso charge ho had been left told us be was far better than au alurra clook, for no ono oould sleep through the cries with which he greeted the rising sun and his notion of breakfast time; aud while au alarm would ring for only half a minute, Moses was wound up to go all day, or uutil ho got something to eat. Hut his guurdian treated hitu kindly, and Moses grew and thrived, soon putting on a handsome suit of brown aud gray feathers, which ha was very proud of, and spent most of his spare time in pr ceiling. TIIK MOT SIDI2 OF LIFE. STORIES TftAT ARB TOLO BT THE FUN2JT MEN O? THE PRE 33. Hrlilitcr Jjlstlits Her Standard of IJentily Xot Kcr I prorated WIso Advice . Hood lti-mon, Kto. My swo-itln-art ride hnr wh"ol at nl)ht, Y"t shows no lH'itirn proper; ILjr oym, so brleMit. shino full of IlKht, Aud fool tin watchful oppnr. Cincinnati Cornmerelal-Trlbuno. WHENEVER AWAKB.. New Koaider "What is tho land lady scolding about?" Old Boarder "About two-thirds of the time." A OOOr RRABON. Smyth "What makes yoa tbluk Bogjott is a good bookeopcr?" Browne "Ho never returned onos I loaned him." Twiuklos. the AMATORi. Loola "Don't you think they are two souls with but a single thought?" Hazel ''Well, I shouldn't wonder. They nro both making fools of them selves." Truth. A PEFINITIOV. Sohoolmaster "A poot is callod a word painter; now, Tommie, oan yoa name mo a groat poot?" Tommie "Dad 1 Ho paints signs." New York nerald. NOT RECIPROCATED. f Mrs. Nowrocks "I like bntler very much." our new Mr. Newrooks "So do I; but, somehow, I'm afraid ho has a poor opinion of us." Puck. A NATURAL QUESTION. "My little girl's eyes ore the color of the sea," said Margie's Papa hold ing tho small miss in his arms. "An is zat why ze tears tas' so salty?" she asked. Puck. THIS IS GHASTLY. "You aro doing right well to-day," said the matoh. "Oh.yes !" answered tho natural gas. "It is a cold day when I got turned down at headquarters." Indianapolis Journal. is the juny ROOM. First Juryman "That lawyer was very complimentary to us in summing up." Second Juryman "He was, ipdeedl He flatterod us so eloquently that I forgot ho was wasting our time." Puck. A OPINION INDORSED. "Dis hero piece," remarked Plod ding Pete, "sounds an impressive note o' warnin.' It says us Amcrioans orter take longer for onr meals." "So we ought," repliod Meandering Mike. "Wo orter iike moro timo, an' not waste a minute of it, neither," Washington Star. nER STANDARD OP BEAUTY. "She said she thought I was looking well," remarked the younj man who was looking pensive. "U'm yes. But you'll notioo that tho next minuto she askod mo if I did n't think her pot bulldog was the handsomest animal in the city." Washington Star. WHERE BEPOIIU TIEQINS. "Josophino has au interesting meas ure to put bofore the mothers' cot gross." "What is it?" "She wants a law compelling overy woman who has a son to remember that he will probably bo somo other woman s husband. Uhicago iiooord. a EUTnLEss sraaEsnos. "I wonder," said tho young man who is able but exooedingly loquaoious, "why it is that a gouius i not appre ciated until after ho is dead." "Perhaps," was the oold-bloodod answer, "it's booanso in so many cases he insists on boring his friends up to the timo of that occurrence." Wash ington Star. HOW TUB ADS1IIIAL WENT AWAY. Tho Admiral is payini? a eomi-otUcial visit to one of the battleships, and has fignallod to tho llagship for his Hag lieutenant to como to him. The flag lieutenant, dubious as to tho correct dross, goes iu quest of tho cabin door sentry (a marine). ".sentry, did the Admiral go away in his cocked hat?" Sentry "No, sir, in his steam lauueh." Collupeo of "Flag Jack." Answers. AN APPUKHENSIVB FATHER. "I think." suid Mr. Blvkius. "that I'll eoud a note to Willie's teacher aud tell hor to stop his geography lessons till next term. "I don't Bee why," repliod his wifo. "The claaH has just started iu on the map ofEuropo; and the higher he passes iu his examination the hurder it will be to start iu and learn it all over again when King George aud tho Sultan get tbrouh with what they aro goiug to do to tho boundary lines." Washington Star. TliU I'oiv Difti'J on 'ailH, M. II. Beyuolds, of Factorvillo, Penu., a few days uko sold a cow to a butcher, who killed it for beef. When dressing the curcuss ho noticed something very hard iu tho stomueh, and, upon investigation, fouud over u quart of assorted nailf, from a ttub of a horso nail to a tea-penny nail. Htruugo as it uiuy appear, the cow never buffered any in convenience from the nails beiug in her stomach, SUESTinC AMi INDUSTRIAL. Lcncnhook and Humboldt both snv that a single ponnd of the finest spider weos would reach around tho world Somo English reporters now take notes nt night by tho light of a tiny incandescent lamp attached to the waistcoat. Somo interesting investigations hnve boon mado on the green color fot which some Italian cheeses are so ro markable. This color is not, as has sometimes been supposed, duo to the action of bacteria, but is a oonso qnenco of the presence of copper iD iue onocso. The world contains nt least font mountains composed of almost Bolid iron ore. Ono is the iron mountain of Missouri, another in Mexioo, an other in India, and a fourth in that region of Africa explored by Stanley, ond thore have been reports of such a mountain existing in Siberia. Inseot life in tho Arctio regions is vory limited, and to insure their ot traction one of tho genus geuui rosaooouB plant) from Alaska has row of large petals. This plant, also tho genin novalo, is utterly unablo to fortilize itself, and demands insect holp, as in the skunk cabbage. All Arctic flowers aro very largo in oora parison with tho plants bearing thorn Unbreakable mirrors aro now being mado by putting a coat of quickBilvei on tho back of a thin sheet of cellu loul, instead of on glass. By laying a second sheet -over tho coating a clouoio mirror may be obtatnod. Coin mon celluloid is highly inll immablo. one of its iugredients being gun cot ton. But it is alleged that a way has beon found to overcome thisobjoction by introducing a small proportion of some other substanco inlo tho com position. Tho late Alvin Clnrk, of Cambridgo port, Mass., discovered in 18(52 that the star Sirius had a far less brilliant companion. Continued observation for nearly thirty years proved that this pocoud body rovolvod around tho first ono in an elliptical orbit, at a distnuco nearly aj great as the planet Neptune from tho sun. But in 181)0 the companion disappeared from view. having reached a point in its track so nearly in lino with Sirius that its faint light was overwhelmed by the dazzling euuigonco of tho dog star. During the last six years it has travolcd far enough to become visible onoe moro, Some Tricks tho Eyes Play.' It is an old and wise saying thnt "sooing is believing," yet everybody knows that very often what wo soo. and theroforo bolieve, proves to bo not roally true at all. As wo grow older, finding that our eyes have bo froqnently deceive 1 us, we aro often not, satisfied with the ovidonoe thev givo as until we have verillod it by touch or smell or hearing or taste, or by looking at some doubtful thing from dillereut points of view, or under a different lighting. We aro not willing to beliovethat a conjnror actually draws rabbits fro:n a man's ear or coins from tbo tip of his nose just beoauso our eyes toll us such tales. Somotimos onr deceptions are so lnsting that things must bo made wrong in order to look right. which Beetns rather contradictory, if wo look at the letter S or the figure 8 as carefully ns we enn, tho upper and lower halves seem almost oxactly tho sumo size. If wo turn thorn upside down, thus, g, g, the dilTerouco in tho size of the loops is quite astonishiug, and wo wonder how we could have been so mistaken ; yot perhaps the truth is that the loops are neither so uillerent nor so inuoh aliko as thoy seem to bo, as we see when wo look at thorn turned upon their sides, thus, to, 00. St. Nicholas. Tho Ureal est Travelers. Tho number of Americans who spend much monoy iu travoling for pleasure ouly, writes Jjcwis lddiugs in Sorib ner's, is well measured, as has already boen suggested, by the number of Americans who visit Paris yearly. I oiler tho following figures, whioh woro obtained through tho courtosy of tho chiof of polioo of Paris, as a pertlnout oontributiou to the discussion. Exact statistics of visitors in Paris havo been kept by the police, under the present detailed system, only from 18',):). Since thcu all arrivals iu that city huve been carefully reported at the Prefecture by tho proprietors of hotulc and pensions, under pain of a lino fot neglect, and thoy may be in purt tabu lated as follows : IS IU. 1S1I1 IS'J.1. EiiKlisu 4(1, 1 UJ 4l,o:;7 4:1,373 Amorli-uus 8J,3.'J 4l,li5 42,111 Uormaus UI.4J2 'Si,HA 'M.tli Our First Kepiihlii'au Joicruui.mt. Between 1730 and 1751, 210,000 people came to the Carolina shores from Ulster County, Ireland. Tuey were puro Scotch people all Protes tant. The first Republican Government iu America ias iuangurutod by these early settlers. It was called tho "Watauga Association," taking its uamo from tho tS'utauga ltiver iu North Curoliuu. Its date it between 17(i'J and 1772. "Like all tho govern ments formed by Auglo-Saxous, it had no theories, no abstractions, but was adapted to tho actual neui;s of tho peo ple." Its legislature consisting l thirteen, had chairman, clerk and district attorney, with stated sessions. Amoug tho ooiuiuitteo wero to bo fouud the names of Jirown, Carter, Kobortsou, Sevier, Smith, aud Jones. Now York Observer. Tlie Ueuillug of u ooJ Honk. A pump may bo couuoctod with a very deep well of very good water.aud yet need a pitcher of water to bo brought from another source to be poured iu ut tho top before it can work. So with the miuil, sometimes. Tho reading of a good book helps it into running order. SWEET ISLE OF DREAMS. Hwwjt Islo of Prmras! my Iwnrt would fain Bust there, forKnttiuir all Its pain; Tho wild waves all tholr clamor oonso And molt upon Its sands In peace. Upon Its shore wo II n swoot rost, Tho prrfumo of tho gardons blost Tho holy stlllnossnnd the calm, To woary hoarts Is h,ilthy balm. Sweet Islo ot lirMtns! no discord Jan Tho onr nttunod; no harsh sound mars The muslo floatlnif on tho nlr, Tlio song of sornphs, puro nud fair. But nil Is peaco and Joy nnd lovo, Like t lint of honvon f.-ir nbove, Where nngols, clnd in Rnrmonts whllo, Chant hymns of pralso la realms of light. Bwoet Isle of Dro.im! Fair Land of sieop O'or us tho angels vigils Icoopj ' Pnrehnnco our spirits with thorn roam, And that they toll us of tholr home. Or It mny bo thoy ooma In dronms, To wander with us by glal streams In gnrdons fair; and what wo see, Viaklng, wo hold In nv.-mory. Henry Coylo, in Donahoe'sr 11C.H0U Of THE DAY. Cora "Lovo is a strange thing," Clara "Oh, I don't think so. I've been engaged soven times." "Faith," siid the littlo boy after a week's study, "faith is believing some thing that you know can't bo true." Indianapolis Journal. "day, boy, what did you kick that dog for?" "He's mad." "No, ho isn't mad, cither." "Well, if any one should kick mo I'd be mad." Truth. Mrs. Panenke "I can't soo why a great big follow like you should bog." Hungry Hank "Woll, mum, I s'posn mo size helps to gimmo an appotito." Truth. "I notioo that somo peoplo claim that a dootor's whiskers may oarry diseaso gorms." "Why don't tho doo tors boil their whiskors?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Jimmy "Would you like to go with them toilers that goes lookin' for the North Polo?" Tommy " Wouldn't I, though? You bet I'd bring my skates I" Puck. Dr. Powder "Ah ! hew are you to day, Mr. Glimp?" Glimp "Do yon ask as an inquiring friend or as my family physician ?" Philadelphia North Amorican. Baoon "None of tho women will speak to Poniuan siuco he wrote bis last book." Egbert "Why is that?" "Why, didn't you hoar tho name of it? 'Women of All Agos." "Tho marriage of the star and tho loading lady has been deolared off, I hear. "Yes; they couldn't agree as to whoso name should bo first on tho wodding invitations." Puck. His Esoapc. Ho "Did you know that our minister onco bud a narrow escape from tho Fiji Islandors?" She "How?" Ho "Ho was on tho point of going out among them as a missionary, when ho reocivod a call from a congregation in Boston." Puck. "Truly," musod tho Sultun, "D43 queens would nioko a full house." "I wonder what his gnme is now?" mut tered tho Grand Vizier. Bat at that moment the postman came with a number of ultimata from tho Croat Christian Bowers, nud tho conversa tion naturally sought other channels. Detroit Journal. "Tho writer's namo must aooompanv every communication," said tho oditor to the man who had handed in a littlo piece signed "Constant Header." "I see," repliod the man. "You don't want to got tho world iuvolvol in con troversy about tho authorship of a second series of Junius letters." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. "You women," said ho, iu the pe culiarly exasperating way a man has of saying thoso two words, "you womeu buy bargain thiuiis because thoy are cheap." "Wo do not," said sho. "Wo buy cheap things booaiiBO thoy aro bargains." Tho diatiuotioa was almost too subtlo for tho blunder iug luasouliuo intellect, but it was thcro. Indianapolis Journal. MuMiiir Kuiu-y Buttons. Tho handsome buttons one socs on ladies' costuiuos are, as a rule, import ed from Germany and Frauco. Tho making of thoio fancy buttons is really an art these days, such quaint and beautiful designs aro shown nud suoh exquisite workmanship is displayed. Metal buttons showing a special device or initial on tho faeo rouuire a die, and havo to bo made very carefully by maohiuery. Some of 'tho fiuost workmanship is shown oubone bnttous, whore tho carving is douo by baud aud very delicate aud artistic. Now York Tribune. l'iclu red History. Tho lively optical iustrumout with mauy names, but known iu England as tho animatoruph, is to bo used to reserve for posterity living pictures of Princess Maud's woddiuer. the Derby won by tho Priuco of Wales, the coming jubilee ot the Oueeu. aud several types ot Loudou street scenes. Tho celluloid lilms beariui; tho views will bo inclosed iu several tubes, and ought to bo good for many roproduo- lous 4 thousand years from now. hloago luter-Ueeau. A Peculiar Coniplaiur. Duko George, of Saxo-Meiniucen. who a year iif;o met with a serious ao- ehicut iu -Italy, has iu consequence booomo tho victim of .a peculiar com- laiut. His hcuriug hus been partially destroyed iu such a uiauuer that ho hears somo notes higher, others lower, than they really are. Music of tvery kiud, therefore, has become torture to him, us it seems to hitu horribly du- ordatii. Tho physicians say that this can uevt-r bo cured. Chioio lieoord. 7
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