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TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1897.
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A
Seven-eighths of oar own export
and import troJo is carried under
foreign flag.?.
iTOsidont Dint, of Moxloo, has ftp
pointed a commission to consider wo.ya
and means of protecting tba forests of
thut conntry.
A report issued by the Swiss Com
mercial and Industrial Union statos
' that weaving by band in Switzerland
has increased.
Florida now bas a State Good Roads
Jssooiotion, composed' of progressive
itiaons of the various counties and
oflloorod by men who will do all in
their power to advance the objoot of
the association, viz : Tho building of
good roads in every county of tho
Sta e.
Miss Mary French Field soys that
' hef father, tho Into Eugene Field,
didn't make a cent out of his popular
poem, "A Little Peach in nu Orchard
Drew." Hubbard T. Smith, the man
who set it to musio, roalizcd$35, while
the publishers of tho song cleared
"$30,000.
A remarkable temperance sermon
JWss thst dolivoro 1 by a priest in Iro
japd, relates tho Now York PoBt, which
oonoludod with this convincing state
ment to his flock : "What makes 3-0
shoot at ycr landlords? Tho drink 1
Ayo, and what makes yo miss them?
The drink I"
A prematurely charitablo English
lady who gavo away nearly $2,000,000
by deed recently tried to have the
doeds set aside, on tho ground that
she did not know what she was doing,
but chancery has decided that tho
deods arc valid and that she cannot
got her money back.
Trofessor Johu Do Witt, of Frinoe
ton Thoological Seminary, denies a
ycent statement in tho Evangelist that
burreyor General Simoon De Witt wat
the man who gavo Latin names to sc
many towns in western New York.
Tho man responsible for that act, Lt
says, was tho Doputy Secretory of
State, ana not tho Surveyor Gcucral.
It is estimated that fully 150.000
Americans lcavo this country every
jvaft iui Liuiu;u, uouservawvo esti
mate placos the money spent by these
people at tho rate of $2000 a year in
foreign markets, making a total ontgo
of American money in this particular
line of diversion of fully 8300,000,000.
The Americans are tho most extrava
gant travolers in the world.
, .
Tho peaceful invasion of Mexico by
tho Japanese Las boon begun, an
nounces the Now York Tress. The
Mexican Government is offering extra
ordinary inducements to the Benjamin
of civilization. Land at ten cents an
acre, with freedom from all taxation
for tho first ten years of occupation I
Think of it 1 Mexioo expects to have
a population of at least 40,000 Japan
ese within two years.
The following statement shows the
value and percentage of manufactured
merohaudiso exported from the United
States during each of tho last fig-
years;
Tota'f'exports Porceut-
y of manu- ngo of
I i.-.;ul year. futures. tot. expts.
loi)2. ...M-4j-.-',, ..tl58,510,937 13.01
""-i8i1J,-.7 158,023,118 . 1U.03
1891 183.723,808 21.11
1895.;..., 183,595,713 23. 11
1890..-. 228,671,178 26.13
Athens, soventy-fivo years ago a
squalid Turkish village- ot huts and
ruins, has bcoomo a city of 161,000
inhabitants, a centra of intellectual
life, the seat of a great university, an
influence to be reokoned with in the
connoils of the nations. Factories
hum and smoke in the haunts of idyl
lip traditiou. Busy seaports have
sprung to importance, and a mercan
tile marine, ranking eighth among
thoso of tho world, carries on tho
memories of tho ehip Argo. The
masses of tho Groeks are industrious,
temperate, shrewd, brave and remark
able for the chastity ot their domestic-
'0. They are all patriots.
There ore 23,003 white people and
only 13,000 colored in tho City of Au
gusta, Go,, but while only thirty-two
whites died ot consumption there last
year, sixty-four colored people sue
cutned to that disease. Dr. Eugene
Foster, President ot tho Hoard ot
Health, in giving theso figures, eayi
that beforo emancipation the colored
ruoe was utmost wholly immuno of
consumption, a oolored person with
consumption, prior to tho close of the
war being a clinical curiosity, "Thif
new susceptibility of the African race
to consumption," he says, "is one ol
the numerous penalties following
upon tho changed relations of tbit
people consequent to the Loon o
fleedom."
"CLEAR THE WAY! "
Men of thought! be up an 1 stirring
Night Rod day;
Bow tho seed, withdraw the curtain,
Olonr tho way.
Mon of action, aid and cheer them
As ye may!
Thorn's a fount about to st renin,
There's a light about to benin.
There's a warmth about to glow,
There's a flower about to blow;
There's a midnight blackness changing
Into gray;
Mod of thought and moo of notion,
Clear tho way.
Ouco the welcomo light has broken,
Who sliall sny
What the unltnaglued glories
Ot the day?
What tho evil that shall perish
In Its ray?
Aid tho dawning, tonguo and pon;
Aid It, hopes of honest men;
Aid It, paper aid It, lype
Aid It, for the hour Is ripe;
And our enrnost must not sluckea
Iuto play;
Men of thought and men of nation,
Clear the way.
Lo! a cloud's about to vnulsh
From tho day,
Aud a brazen wrong to crumblo
Into clay.
Lo! tho Right's nbout to conquer
Clear the wny!
With the Right shall many moro
Enter smiling at tho door;
With the giant Wrong shall fa' I
Blauy others, great and small,
' That for ages long have held us
For their prey;
Mod of thought and mon. of action,
Clear the way!
Chnrlci Mnckny,
"guoi WEinur
HOPS DAH1NO.
3L1AN SNELL,
teacher of tho
first grade in
building No. 3,
publio schools of
Windsor, turned
quickly from tho
blackboard where
on she had been
drawing a port
wren swinging on a spray of clover,
"Who is crying?" she asked, in a
sweet, linn voice.
"It is little Agues Gregory," volun
tecred a dimple-faced boy who tat
uonr.
Miss Sncll crossed the room and
bent over tho child.
"Agnes, what is it? Can you not
tell me an about it ?
Sobs were Agncs's only reply. Miss
Suell kissed her gently, then wont
back to her work. When it was fin
ished and tho children all provided
with work, she lifted the sobbing
child and tenderly carried her to
tho teacher's desk. Here, somewhat
removed from tho curious little ones,
j-iilian sot about toothing nor pupil,
Agnos was a pretty fair-faced child
of bix. Sho had sunny blua eyes and
iter liair, a golden cliostnut, ourled
about her faoe and neck. Her cloth
ing was cloau, but well worn, and Lit
iau noticed tho gaping holo in the tiny
shoo as well as the thinness of the
fadod dress. Notiood it with a sym
pathetic thrill of tho heart that
throbbed with something of the divino
spirit of motherhood toward tho chil
drcn in her care.
Agnes's story was soon told. Her
widowed mother had had no brenkfaat
for her little ones.
"i iion 1 care so mnon about my
self, Miss aucii, the child went on
artlessly, " 'caaso I'm mamma's brave
girl, but when little brother Itoyco
wakes up he will be so hungry, and hg
is only tureo years, ue gsta Soi know
ho mustu t cry.
.AJUite tBo'ro questioning and Lilian
learned that someone owed Mrs. Greg
orr for sowing, also that she hoped to
have dinner ready when Agnes came
home.
Lilian looked ont into the driving
storm of a January forenoon. She
knew Mrs. Gregory, and her heart
aohed for the pule young mother.
Miss Snell was quick of thought and
action. Ten minutes later Agues was
in tho warm clonk room feasting on the
daiuty lunch Mrs. Snell had prepared
for her daughter's midday meal. Tho
young teacher had written a note and
a list of articles of food and was at tho
door ot tho room across the hall.
The teacher, Florence Fox, iiatenc
sympathetically to Lilian's story and
to the suggestion that her own twelve
year-old brother be called from tho
sixth nrado to deliver the note.
"Of course Fred can go," she cried
"And Lilian, you say you havo written
to Mr. Duvis tho circumstances and
asked him for good weight. I'll send
an order to ootisiu Hugh for a half
cord ot wood, tell him tho story, aud
ask him likewise for good weight.
A faint crimson flush stained Liliuu'
cheek, but she warmly thanked her
friend and hurried back to her work
Mark Davis was a stout, genial-faced
mau of thirty-eight. Ho tat in hi
oflico, his morning's work at his books
just tinibhod. Through tho open door
ho could see brisk clerks stoppin
about in tho grocery store from whie
the ollico opeued. There was an odor
of spices, coffee, fruit aud fish in tho
air.
"Eight hundred dollars more profit
this year thau last," the grocer said to
himself, ".somehow it don t do a man
any good to pile up money, when ho
bus no one to spend it on.
Hero his roverie was cut short by
tho cntrauce of a clerk, who handed
hiin un euvelope, Buying, "A boy just
brought this.'
Two paiiers dropped from the en
velope m ho tore it open. The first
was a list, including a loaf of bread
potatoes, crackers, dried beef ana
few other articles. He glanced over
it aud opeued tho other. It was Lil
iaa's note.
fftfk
Dear Mr. D.ivls A llttln girl In my room
In crying because sho has had no breakfast.
Her uamo is Agnes Gregory, and her mother
In n poor widow who lives on tho third Iloor
f 4 Hampton street. riiae send the things
ordered at once. I will como in after school
and pay for them. And, -Mr. Davis, please
give good weight. Truly yswirs.
lilLIAN B5E1X.
Mr. Davis bad been a friend of tho
Snell fnmily for yearn, and it was not
the first time that Lilian had appealed
to him for help in her charitable work.
So that was not tho reason that so
strange a look came into his honest
brown eyes.
Agnes Gregory and lives on Hamp
ton stroet," he murmured. "It surely
must bo Margaret s child. Good God I
Margaret and her child wanting
bread I"
A half hour later Mark Davis wbb
making his way tip the stairs to the
floor upon which Mrs. Gregory's rooms
wore situated. His knook at the first
door was answered by a red-faced
woman.
'Mis' Gregory it is you air want-
in'?" sho asked sharply. "And it's no
bad news you air after bringin' her, I
hopo. '
"1 wanted to deliver some grooerios
a friend has sent her."
The clouded face cleared as if by
magio. "Heaven s blissin be on your
head then I Mis' Gregory, she's gone
out, but I've her key hero, and will
unlock the door. That's her by, and
aswato child he is." "
Mark looked eagerly at the pink nnd
white faoo of the boy. Ho held out a
great goldon orange, and littlo Hoy 00
pang for it, his childish laugh echoing
through th-3 room. Then the groocr
followed Mrs. Donavan to the home of
Margaret Orogory.
It was a bare plaoe, but clean and
neat. Mark sighed as he noted the
signs of abject poverty. While tho
dolivcryman was bring up tho parools,
Mrs. Donavan volubly explained that
Mrs. Gregory had gone to try to get
monoy duo her. Tho warm hcartod
Irish woman had snrmisod that for-
tnno was at low ebb with her neighbor,
partly because of littlo Koyce's unu
sual frctfuluosH, which had been
quiotcd by a huge slico of bread and
butter.
'She's worked her prcoious fingors
most to tho bone," sbo concludod,
"but work's scarce, and I don't know
w hut's ever goiu' to beoomo of her and
her bauies.
Tho wood soon camo. Florenco's
-half cord had boeu reinforced by a
whole cord, perhaps because sho had
written hor cousin that tho nesdy
widow was a protege of Miss Snoll a.
As to Lilian s order for grooerios,
Mr. Davis had o Ido I to it a saok of
Hour, a ham, oofloo, tea, eugar, apples,
cookies, cheese, canned fruits and
moats, and a big bag of candy.
Mrs. Douavau went back to her own
room, and the wagons rolled way,
Mark hastily built a tiro.tbea sat down
to think how best to explain the liber
ty he had takon.
Tho baro room faded from his vision
as ho sat there. In its place came an
old country garden overgrown with
rosos and clematis. It was June, and
the air woe heavy with the scout ot
many blossoms, liy his side was 1
beautiful girl in whoso curls the sun
shine seemed entangled. Ho bent
lower, and the rose-rod lips of hU
companion murmure.i, "1 love you,
Mark. bull lower his head sank un
til his lips touohed tho oues that had
uttered tho sweet words.
A start, and ho sut upright,glanoing
around him. iliac was ten years ago,
He was poor then, and Margaret, beau
tiful Margaret Henson. had been tho
only daughter of a wealthy home. So
their engagement had been forbidden.
They parted, vowingeternul oonstanoy,
A year later Murjr&Kifcooame the wife
of Vojgrregory, but it was not until
tuouths after that Mark loarnod of the
treachery and deceit that had been
employed to urge her to that stop,
It was too lato then. Xuoro was
nothing to do bnt to endure
Ho had known for some time that
Margaret was a widow and lived in tho
dity. He knew nothing of her poverty,
supposing that her moans were ample.
To ao to her now witn a story or love
had never ocoured to him. She know
nothing of what had parted them. He
could not blacken tho memory of the
man who had been her husband, tho
father of her children.
He sprang to his feet. There was no
need of an explanation. Ho passed out,
pausing for a final word with Mrs.
Donavan.
1'ell Mr. Gregory tho things came
from the teachers at No. i,
"To be sure, Mr. Davis," responded
tho woman, who hid reoognizod
Mark. "I'll tell her all 'bout it. And
may tho blissiu's of all Yhe saints rest
on your dear head !
Mark hurried away, leaving a shin
ing silver dollar in Itovce s hand.
lt was only a low minutes after his
departure that a thinly clad woman
camo toiling wearily up the staiis. It
was Margaret Gregory. Tho woman
who owed her was out of town. The
needy mother had applied at several
places for work, ouly to meet witn
refusal. Then sho had gouo to a store
and begged for credit, but in vain.
She had reauboa the end. There
was but one way open. She would
ask Mrs. Donovau to give her children
their dinner. When sho had rested
aud conquered tho bitter relelliou in
her heart she would go out again aud
apply to the oity for charity.
Margaret Gregory was proud. She
was already faint for the want of food,
yet she turued iu ioathiug from the
thought of a luoul obaiuud in that way.
It would bo worse tbuu douth, but
deuth does not como at one's call, aud
thi ro were her bubios.
- A dry sob burst from her lips. Sho
passed Mrs. Donovan's door iu silence.
Sho must havo a moment to herself
before sho cuuld auk charity of one so
poor as her kind neighbor. Hurrying
on, she pushed open her own door.
A bright firo was blazing in tho
cracked -d tyo. Mrs. Donavan had
prepai iuiud.utoes tor the ovou and
cut f ' heurtedjy for frying from tho
bnru. The open door of tho woo l
closet showed u hnge pilo, while the
table was heaped high with food.
For a moment she stood gazing
wildly around her. Then she dropped
on her knees, nnd a shower of tears re
lieved her overwrought nerves.
The next dav s mail brought a letter
from Margaret to Mr. Davis. The
writer had gone to Miss Sncll to thauk
her. From the young teacher she bad
loarncd of Mark's connection with the
affair.
It was an earnest grateful letter,
blotted hero and thoro with tear stains.
Sho accepted his generosity, for her
children s sake sho oould not refuse
charity. She referred to the friend
ship that had existed between their
parcntc, bnt Mark was glad that she
was too womanly a woman to oven
hint at the relation they had once
boroo to each. When bo finished
reading tho letter, his heart was light,
for ho understood that Margaret know
of tho treaohery that had blotted the
sunshine out of his life.
Mark went straight homo and told
bis aunt, who was also his housekeep
er, all about it. M rs. Everts was knit
ting beforo tho open coal fire. She
was a bright-faced old lady with toft
white hair and a serene face. When
he had finished, she laid down her
work and sat for along time, gazing
into the dancing flames.
"1 he only daughter of my old friend,
Rebecca Henson, in want of food," bdo
said, a note of pain in her voico.
"MurK, you aud I both have plonty of
money. There is room in this house,
and in our heart, for Margaret and her
babios. But she is proud. Go and
ask her to como and sew for me. Tell
her 1 am lonely and ask her to bring
hor little ones to brighton me up."
Mark bent to kiss tho placid faoo.
"Thauk you, Aunt Elsie, I see you
understand." A few hours later he
knocked at Margaret's door and saw
that years had changed hor. The wild
rojo bloom had fadod from her chocks,
tears had washod tho joyous light from
her bluo cyos, yet it was surely the
Margaret ho had loved, that stood be
fore him.
Sho mot him frankly and with un
disguised pleasure. Her voico trem
bled when sho undertook to express
her gratitndo. Murk mado light ot
the wholeaffuir and insisted on talking
of thoir childhood days. The fruit
and nuts ho brought proved an open
sosame to tbo hearts ot Agnos and
Itoyco, and they were soon on the best
of terms with tho caller.
Margaret was very grateful for the
offer of work. She hesitated a little
ovor accepting Mrs. Everts's kind in
vitation, fo&ring lest tho children
provo an anuoyauco. But when Mark
drew a touching picture of tho loneli
ness of his aunt sho gladly consented
to oomo. It was arranged that tho
carriage como for tho Gregorys the
following afternoon.
One morning, two months later,
Florence Fox tripped across the hall
of No. 3 and entered Miss Sncll's
room.
"Of course, you ara going to tho
wedding reception Thursday evening,"
she begun. "I think it snob a lovely
marriage, don't yon?"
"Indeed I do," Lilian replied warm
ly. "Yes, I am to go iu the aftornoon
and help with the deoorutious. The
whole uouso is to bo iu green ana
white, smilax, ferns, rosos and carna
tions. Mrs. Everts says Mr. Duvis
canuot do too much for his bride,
'our dear Margaret,' the sweet old
lady calls her."
"And I beliove it all oame about
from your begging him to give her
good weight," "Florence cried, mer
rily. "He is obeying your request iu
an extravagant manner. And Lilian
is not that pretty pearl ring and tho
bentiMs- expression on oousiu Hugh's
face tho result of m efforts along the
same line of charitablo work?"
The bell rang then, and the blush
ing Lilian was spared the necessity ot
a reply. Womankind.
Worry and Indigestion.
It is so remarkably easy to offer the
advice to persons whose lot is not
altogether custt iu pleasant pluoes, aud
with whom thiugs do not go well, to
refrain from worrying, but how hard
it is to follow this well-meaning ad
vice 1 Nouo tho less, worry is a fruit
ful source of many of tho ills that
llesh is heir to. It imprints lines on
tho face, and eeama it with furrowj,
aud has a most depressing effect upon
tho stomach. The worry aud anxioty
which depress tho brain produoo a
semi-paralysis of tho nerves of the
stomach, a"ud the result is indigestion.
Indigestion is a terrible enemy to
temper, and this affects our happiness,
and, of course, to health, for thic
affects our appeurunce. One unmis
takable bigu ot mental health is
serenity of temper and a self-control
that euubles us to bear with equanimity
nud unrulllod temper the trials aud
troubles ot life, moro particularly
thoso arising from contact with scold
ing, irritating aud irritable people.
tlullee liliiiducss.
Dr. Snoitken oays: "It is well
known that the Moors are inveter.ttc
coffee-drinkers, especially tho mer
chants, who sit iu their bazaars and
drink coffee contiuuully during the
duy. It bus been noticed that almost
invariably when theso coffeo-drinkerc
reach tho ago of forty or forty-live
their eyesight begins to fad. and by
tho time they get to bo fifty years old
they beoomo blind. One is forcibly
impressed by tho number of bliud men
that are seou about tho streets of the
city of Fez, tho capital of Morocco.
It is invariably attributed to tho ex
cessive use ot coffee."
Indian Ocean Sharks.
Although tho waters of tho Indian
ocean are filled with voracious sharks,
tho inhabitants of tho numerous isl
ands uear Ceylon swim about in the
water with impunity, the sharks re
fusing to molest them, while a
Btruugcr would be instantly devoured.
THE MERRY SIDE OP LIFE.
STORIES THAT A HE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY ME!f OP THE PRESS,
Wings Camo When Needed TI10
St amp of (Jenl us Captious -Hopeful
of Ills Hor, Htc, lite.
"Why do yon call me 'Rlr.lle,' doar?"
He asked with longing eye.
"I have no wings, an doth appear,
And therefore cannot fly."
Rut art fugacious "Hlrdle" nil
Much better thnn he knowv
For later comes hor stalwart Mud,
And straightway "Birdin" flew.
Boston Courier.
TIIB STAMP OK GENIUS.
Admirer "What is tho groatont
difficulty you poets have to encouuter
getting rhymes?"
Dactyl Lyno -"No; postage 1"
Puok.
WITHOUT DtTT.
Milford "I say, what are your chief
'"nports iu America?"
Van Isho "Poor men."
Milford "And exports?"
Van Isho "P.ioh girls." Truth.
ONR OF MANY.
Brown "That is Professor Thinker-
ton, tho inventor."
Perkins "What has he invented ?"
Brown "Don't remember, exactly
some sort of a 'soopc' " Puok.
nsn heart's uesibr.
"I fear your weddod happiness will
bo of short duration."
"I hopo so," candidly confossod tho
young lady who was to wed the multi
aged mult i- millionaire. Indianapolis
Journal.
A NATURAL MISTAKE.
Railway President "Our consult
ing engineer is the most wonderfully
ingouiouB man in our employ."
Friend "I always supposed it was
tho follow who mado the folds in your
time tables."
hopeful op nts iioy.
Mrs. Ferry "Bobby is awfully
stupid in his arithmetic "
Mr. Forry "Oh, he'll iraprovo be
fore long. It will soon be time for
figuring up baseball averages." Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
NO SEAL DANGER.
Mrs. Scantem "Young man, don't
count your chickens before they are
hatohod."
Festivo Boarder "Oh, with tlnso
eggs the risk is so small it's really not
worth bothering about." Truth.
EYES OPENED.
"There are many moro women liv
ing than I used to think."
"Is that so?"
"Yes; beforo I married I nsod to
think my wife was tho only woman in
tho world." Columbus (Ohio) Stato
Journal.
CAPTIOUS.
"I'm told Charlio Binks is quarrel
some" "Ho is. Why, when that follow
was appointed a committee of one to
decide on a cortain matter at our club
be put in a minority report I" Har
per's Buzar.
A DIFFICULT IlKflKONINO.
"I see thero has been a maohino
patented which records every time a
man moves," said Juniper.
"Well, it would put tho machine to
a pretty good test if it was triod on
some of my tenants," said Flatte, the
landlord. Youkers Statesman.
A SUPERFLUITY.
Little Elmer .-"Fa, how many is
uiauy ?' "
Mr. Honnypoek "It depends upon
the nature of the article enumerated,
my son. If yon had two dollars they
would not be many, but it you naa
two wives you would find them many
very, very many I" Puck.
NO ('HANOI!.
Eov. Mr. Driukwater "I was sorry
to see yoii coming out of a saloon to
day. I wish 1 had met you beforo you
wont in.
Tnnkerton "lt wouldn't havo dono
vou any good, sir."
Bev. Mr. Driokwater "Why not?"
Taukertou "I ouly had a nickel."
CAUQIIT.
Mr. Angler (opening basket)
"Yes, dear ; I had excellent luck to
day. I'll show them Why,
why, they're salt mackerel !"
Mrs. Angler (sweetly) "It's all
right, dear. I told the groocr to send
mackerel tho next tituo for a ohuugo
you'vo caught so many fre-ih 1UU
lately, you know." Judge.
MENTAL DEKANOHMliNT.
Mamma "Why don't you study
your lessons, us Tummy Jones does?"
Johuny "If I studied liko Johnny
Jones does, I'd bo afraid of getting
bioiu trouble, liko ho has."
Mamma "Has ho any bruin trou
ble?' Johauy "Must huvo I Ho says he
likes to go to school?" Puck.
A l'KIISONAL MATTI'.lt.
"Yes," suid tho viteruu; "I was
shot iu the chest got u bullet from
ono of those SchluinpauNki rilles. "
Thero wu u sbude of borrow ou tbo
face of tbo benevolent looking
stranger.
"My frioud," said ho, "I begot you
never again to mention the uuiuo of
that riilo in connection with your
wouud. I am the inventor of thut
ritio I am Schlumpuu-iki aud it
would injure my reputation to huvo it
known that a man was hit iu the chest
with one of my bullets and vsouped
with his life." Puck.
SL'IESTIFIC AM) INDl'STUIAt.
About twenty-two acres of land are
necessary to support one man on flesh
meat.
At the present rato of increase, the
population ot the earth will double
itself in 2G0 years.
Tho brain of an ant is larger in
proportion to its sizo than that of
any other Known creature.
There are three times as many mus
cles in the tail of a dog as there are in
tho human hand and wrist "
Silk that has been weighted with
metallic salts can bo detected by tho
use of X-rays, Tho pure silk throws
no shadow; the adulterated silk doef.
A series of investigations reocntly
completed by railroad experts shows
that the average lifo of an iron rail is
sixteen years, and that of a steel rail
forty yoars.
A German naturalist has curiously
developed tho "scorocrow" idea. The
dragon fly is a deadly onemy of the
mosquito, and the naturalist has found
by tunny experiments that tho driod
bodies of a fow dragon flies suspended
by threads around a bod keep the
mosqnitoos at a distance.
A mino of graphite of romarkablo
purity bus boeu discovered about five
miles south of tho town of Coon Bap
ids, iu Carroll County, Iowa. The
vein is said to be fourteen inches in
thiokness. Tho value of tho discovery
can be estimated when it is recol
lected that pure graphito sells for $60
a ton.
An improved railway car truck is
constructed largely of prossod steel.
The weight is carried ou springs over
the axlo boxes, thus rednciuo; dead
weight, and tho ends arc united trans
vorsoly, thus making ono side assist the
other in rosistiog shocks and affording
moans to secure the brakes to tho out
side of tho wheels, whero they can be
onsily inspected, applied or romovod.
A Baltimorc(Md.)man who dcmau.lod
$3500 from a street railroad company
as damagos for tho alleged Ireaking
of his arm was oiler od $100 as a com
promise, aud refused it, nud was then
subjected to tbo test of tho X-ray,
whioh showed that his heavily baud
aged arm was not broken and never
had been. Then ho offered to settle
for $25, but the company was no
longer in a compromising mood.
A practical nso for utbestos has been
devised by a Yankee, who has converted
it into shoes for tho use of workmen
in foundries and smelting works. In
tho intense heat of thoso factories
ordinary leather hob-uailod shoos,
such as are generally worn, last but
two or threo weeks. Shoos of asbostos
are not affeotod by the heat, and seem
practically indestructible. Tho won
iler is that the availability of the ma
toriul had not previously suggested
itself to anyone.
Living Mummy.
The Aoademy of Medicine in Taris
is just now studying one of tho mot
extraordinary human beings who have
ever been born into this world. He is
known as tho mau mummy, and ono
glanco at his ghottly face and body
shows that ho deserves the title, says
the New York Herald.
Tho phenomenal being is named
Cnstagna, and, according to tho civil
register of Paris, ho is now
twenty-eight years old. Ho is
abont four foot high and ho weighs
only forty-threo pounds. Evon
with his clothes on he is a most
tingulur lookiug objcot a veritablo
lusus naturiD, His forehead is largo,
and over it is stretched a thiok cover
ing ot parchment-like skin. His eyes,
tho muscles of whioh are atrophied,
are qnito round aud are wido opou,
like the eyes of night birds. His noso,
too, reminds one of such birds, for not
only is it entirely without llesh, but
it is also curved iu tho form of a beak,
drooping iu this fashion over a mouth
in which tho tooth can always be seen,
set together as though in a grimace.
Altogothor, the head and faoo arc bo
unoauny aud so horrible that it i-4 im
possible to sot down anything like a
vivid description ot tboin ou puper.
His arms and the logs are inconceiv
ably thin and slender. Bonos aud
nerves are pressed close against each
other, aud tho tight skin holds them
together as though it were a sheath ol
India rubber. The whole body is, in
deed, a miracle of frailness aud
meageruess, and tho wonder is that a
good puff ot wind does not blow it
away.
Prepared to Swim tho Ditch.
A short time ago a man put iu hie
appearanoo in au Orcgou city aud
secured a stopping placo iu tho coun
try a short distance from town. He
stated he wus from Chicago aud hud
come to Oregou for his health. Oue
morning after ho uud been at his stop
ping place a few days ho allied a farm
hand how fur it was to tho foot of tho
mountain. Tho dii tuuee did not look
more than two miles, ami ou reoeiviug
the reply that it wus fifteeu miles he
smiled aud taid ho would walk over
and back before breakfast, aud ho be
lieved it would give hitu au appetite,
aud accordingly set out across the
bottom. After breakfust tho farm
baud aud another mau, who wus stop
ping ut the place, started out ou horso
buck in tho direction bo hud takeu.
After they hud gouo about three luilos
they oomo upou biui taking off his
clothes aud btuudiu'j beside a little
ditch about three feet across, which
wus running full of wuter. On being
utUed whut ho meuut, ho suid that he
hud beeu fooled and was not goiug to
1 10 fooled u-aiu. Ou being told thut
they could not understand whut ho
mount, he replied: "Well, I started
out to walk over to that mountain,
thinking it wus not more tbuu two
miles distant, aud huve got fooled, us
it looks as fur oil as ever, uud I'm not
going to be fooled again. 1 am going
to swim this ditch." Ashluud Town
Tulk.
A SONO OF THE ROAD,
Rain and sun, rata and sun,
Cloud nnd wind In tho sky;
Whito roads that westward ran,
Banks where n man mny lie,
Sleep nnd dream that his tramplng'a flon
And the long, long Idlenoss baguo.
Crlekots chirp by the fire;
Orawhoppers wild nro wo,
Tho white road's onr delro
Where foot nnd tongue wag freo,
And kisaes grow upon every briar.
And drenms are banging from every troa
Cloud and wind, cloud and wind,
Theso bo our friends, Instead;
Evory bush keeps kind
Hlmde for a vagrant head.
Sweot, let tho dull world lag behind,
The bookonlng road runs on ahead. -
Black and White.
IllMOIt OF THE DAY.
Tho bill collector looks forward to a
promising career, Adams Freeman.
Dyer "Is Cutora a fashionable
tailor?" Duell "No jhe does astriotly
cosh buBinoss." Puck.
"Willio is absolutely madly in love
with me." "How do you know?" "He
told me he would work for mo, it the
worst hopppened I" Answers.
Miss Huggum "Frank has frao
tured our engagement." Miss Qnixem
"How is that?" Miss Huggum
"He fell and broke his right arm."
"They did nothing at Mrs. Dumpy
Dimplo's reception but talk abont tho
weathor." "Well, what greater variety
could yon desire at this time of the
year?"
"What's the matter between Blims
and his typewriter?" "He thought
whon he hirod her that ho was going
to dictate to her, but he has discovered
his mistake." Detroit Freo Press.
Apparont Customor (inquiringly)
"Got any clean collars and cuffs?"
Storekeeper "Plenty, sir, plenty."
Apparent Customer (coolly) "Then
why don't you wear some?" Haxtford
Times.
"But we cannot live on papa," pro
tested tho savage's bride-to-bo. "Ha
is dreadfully poor." "Wo oan wait
until ho is futter I" exolaimod the
youth, for love is brave. Detroit
Journal.
Beats "Is Bugloy bead ovor heels
iu dobt?" Boals "Yoh,I hear so. He
signed a contract with his tailor to pay
$2 a night for the hire of a dress suit
till ho rotnruod it. After the second
night it was stolon?" Philadelphia
Press.
"Why do you insist upon taking
yonr wifo out for such long walks in
this rough weather?" "Tho dootor has
told her that she must bo very careful
not to talk whon she is out in the cold
air." "Say, who's your doctor?"
Clovclaud Leader.
"This," remarked tho victim, with
great presence of mind, as the dyna
mite exploded, "puts me quito out of
countenance I" It was evident at the
funeral that if ho had waited till be
landod ho wouldn't havo had tho faoo
to say it. Now York Press.
"Papo," said the darling daughter
of tho household, "how did you pro
poso to mamma?" "Don't ask me,"
answered the old man. "I can't re
member a thing about it. Go and ask
your mothor. She ruouagod the whole
affair." Cincinnati Enquirer.
"This is not tho umbrella I lent you
six months ago," remarked Tenspot as
ho surveyed tho artiolo Whiffet had.
returned. "Oh, yos, it is," replied
Whiffet. "I've had it recovered and
a new handlo iusorted, but it is the
very same nmbrolla." Judge.
Murgerie, aged four, had just been
told the story of Little Red Biding
Hood in, as tho raconteur thought,
very thrilling style. Attheoonolusion
Margerlo asked nonchalantly: "Did
tho wolf cat Littlo Bod Biding Hood
without any butter?" Washington
Times.
"You say that Goorgo Huxley has
lost a fortune? I don't understand
how that oan bo. I didn't suppose
that ho ever had moro than $5 at a
timo in his Mo." "Ue uevor has, but
tho father of the girl that ho expeoted
to murry fulled yestorduj ."Cleveland
Leader.
"Why, is that you, Mr. Tweddlo?"
shrieked the inquisitive lady at th
man iu tho steamer chair. "I thought
you were dead." "Just keep on thiuk
ing so, madutn," said Tweddlo, as thi
ship gavo auother lurch, "and I'll try
to verify tho report ii a fow minutes."
Washington Times.
Fouith Floor Neighbor (apologetl
cally "Does my baby annoy yon
when it cries?" Fifth Floor Neighboi
"No, indeed I I liko it." Fourtb
Floor Neighbor (pleased) -"Oh I I'm
so glad I" Fiftn Floor Noighbor
"Yes; it drowns tho noise your
daughter makes on tho piano." Puck.
Au Unwritten Law.
It is ouo of the unwritten laws that
tho President shall uover go beyond
tho bouudury lino of tho country dur
ing his term of ollico, and naval mon
tay that as soou as tho President's
ship loses soundings ho is out of the
jurisdiction of tho Nation. This is
uot literully true, however, for all
aloug the Atluutio seaboard, from tho
Virginia capes to New York, thero is
whut is known us tho 100-fathom
mark, extending far out iu tho ooeau
beyond tho threo-milo limit, doolarej
by international law to bo the extreme
limit ot jurisdiction that a oouutry
bus over its' ooeau bouudury.
Tho 111 lo In tidcuce.
A Chicago mau who sued u street oar
oompuuy for $ JO'J damages for killiug
his $ J00J St. Bernard dog, whioh wan
suid to bo one of tho largest iu America,
broiiV ' ' " court as one of his ex
Uibif aia rsg mado of tho
skii . head ot his dog. Tho
jur oemiugly greatly impressed
by its appearanoo, but gavo a verdict
lor tho company.
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