Tiie Forest Republican RATES OF ADVERTISINCl One Square, on. Inch, on. Inrtl:n..l 1 CI Ono Sipisre, one inch, on. month. 8 00 Una Fquare. one inch, three months. . 5 on On i-'quaro, on. Inch, ono J?ar..a4 10 fjo Two tSquares, one yeir 13 "I Quarter Column, one year .,. n Oil Half Column, one yeir .. .V) 08 Une Column, one year lot) tW Ie?nl advertisements ten centa per line each insertion. Alarriaies an 1 de-ith notices gratis. All hills lorTcanyadvertisern-uts collect! quarterly 'f eniporary aiivertiKuv iil. must be pai I in advance. Job work cash on delivery. j Ii published every Wednn lay, by J. E. WENK. Offlc In Smearhaufrh & Co.'i Building ELM BTRfiET, TIOXESTA, TA. Termi, M.ou for Vear. 1 Ha ubscrtptlonj reeolvod for a shorter period than throo months. Correspondence solloite I fro-n nil parts or th country. Ko notion will bo taken of anonymous ooannualoatlons. HOR PUBLICAN. VOL. XXX. NO. 9. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1(5, 1897. S1.00 PER ANNUM. EST ii A ' We pay .")0O,00O a day to foreign eliip owners for carrying the goods sold of purchased. Russia has 41,800 public schools, while Germany, with only half the population, has 59,000 schools, with nparly three times as many pupils as the Russian. , ' A prominent Javanese newspaper ndvocatos the giving of a Government subsidy to the Salvation Army, assert ing that the work of the Army in Java is too important to pass without rec ognition. During nine months ended March 81, the total exports of breadstnffs, cotton and provisions from the United States amounted to nearly $475,000,- 000, compared with 383 millions one year ago and 278 millions two years go. ' " Mexico has adopted the theory that every citizen is bound to defend the noil, the interests and the honor of his country as a soldier. Thus in future a wealthy Mexican will have to serve in the army, at least in case of war, as well as a poor one. The constitution lias to be amended for this purpose, 'but there is litllo doubt that all the Stato.8 of the great Central American federation will give their consent. More sweets are sold in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago than in the whole of Franco. In each of these v cities the delicacies oro turned out by -the ton. Tho United States contains more than 2000 manufacturers of con fectionery, whose combined capital amounts to over $10,000,000, and who employ 16,000 hands. The amount paid in wages and for materials is close upon $30,000,000 per annum, while the yearly value of the products is half as much ngaiu. According to the last regular census taken by the Government, the gain in wealth mado by the North Atlantic States, including Maine, New Hanip 1 shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Ialand, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, amounted to less than two per cent, for the entire decade preceding. Against this show ing, however, says the Atlanta Consti tution, the former slave-holding States of the Union disclosed a gain of twenty-seven per cent, during the same longth of time. 1 The immense importance of the newly-invented telegraphy by which 8000 words a minute can be sent con tinuously can best be appreciated by noting what it could accomplish in a Bingloexample of business. Between Now tt- and Chicago, where about 40,000 letters are carried daily, it , would require but two lines in contin uous operation to handle the entire business. At present it takes three days to receive a business reply be tween New York and Chicago. This transmission by machine telegraphy could be accomplished easily the same day. The London World thinks reading Scott's novels is what makes Ameri cans so title crazy. It says: The de basing effect of Scott's lords and ladies is nowhere stronger than in young la dies' colleges in the United States. Girls there imagine that persons who live in old castles and sleep in rooms hung for hundreds of years with tap estry must be far above the ordinary level. Their dream is to become, through dollars and feminine charm, mistresses of these imposing abodes, and bear the titles connected with them. An American lady married to a prosaio British nobleman with a eu phonious title had filled her imagiu nflon with thoughts of Eeuilworth. She was more than disappointed to li ml that earls were not belted, and that a Howard could be a matter-of-fact burly person, fond of plain food, and pluin in all his ways. IT On -the authority of one of the lead ing statisticians of Europe, Dr. Lip sins, of Berlin, it is stated that the Turks have massacred 100,000 Ar menians, destroyed 2500 Armenian towns and villages, sacked 568 churches und compelled 282 towms to embrace Mohammedanism within the last two years. Dr. Lipsius, says the New York Mail and Express, is a fair wit ti098l and has made a careful inquiry. He began it with a serious conviction that the Turks had been maligned and misrepresented, but as he went on with the work he discovered that the story of their infamies had been only half told, and that the full truth of their butcheries would not bear repeti tion to the ears of the Christian world. His dreadful statistics of the devasta tion of Armenia shed a vivid light upon the character and purpose of the nation whose hands the European countries are now supporting in a war pf subjugation against Greece. "I DIDN'T If all the troubles In tho world Were traced hack to their start, We'd And not ono In ten begun From want of willing heart. But there's a sly woo-worklng elf Who lurks about youth's brink. And sure dismay he brings away Tho elf "I dldu't think." He soems so sorry when ho's caught, His mien Is all contrite, lie so regrets the woo he's wrought, And wants to make things right. Kut wishes do not henl a wound, Or weld a broken link, The heart aches on, tho link Is gone AM through "I didn't think." IIER By JENNY r, FflliAwavn a daughter of mine, fe$S2 I would disown her! If I thought a daughter o f :IAy!wKwfcS! mine would s o swear she had been chauged in her cradle. Wait a little while till wo teach their arrogant, pretonsion how France resents it; and then such women will lament the treachery they dare call love." So spokePierre Duval in hot breath, just before the siege of Faris had be gunbreath kindled by the news brought him by the fair girl shrinking before his anger the news that one of her schoolmates, the daughter of an old neighbor, had been married, the day previous, to a young Prussian offi cer, bearing active arms against the country of his newly-mado wife; and he had left her side twenty-four hours after the completion of the ceremony, to rejoin his regiment. All through the day, old Fierre kept muttering to himself; at nightfall, he called his little Marie to him. "Women are strange beings," he be gan, as if to relieve his mind of n load which was weighing upon it; "and per haps I've no right to bolieve you of dif ferent stuff from the rest. These are uncertain times we're in, too. The Prussians are proving stronger than we thought, and it behooves every mou who can carry a musket to stand ready. But, Marie, girl, if your old father marches after the drum and fife with the rest and uo young legs of them all will march more willingly I waut you to make me a solemn promise; nay, more, to kneel beside me and make me a solemn oath. Kueel, my girl kneel!" Pale and terrified, the girl knelt. "You frighten me, papa," she said. "It's naught to frighten you," he answered; "but it's one thing to march out to the field and another to march back. They may leave me cold and stiff behind them on their return the gallant sons of France; but I'll rest easier in my grave, though that grave be a trench filled with the bones of my comrades, if I know my child never will dishonor her raoe.. Now raise your hand, Marie, and swear that you will never marry a man who oaunot boast French blood in his veius!" Holemnly the girl swore. The old man smiled triumphantly as he bent and kissed the long, ilaxen braid wound about the little head. "J'm ready now," he said. Within a week the siege of Paris had begun. Within a month Pierre Duval s daughter was orphaned. A Prussiau bullet had stilled forever the heart so loyal to France. For a time Marie was stunned. No one found opportunity to sympathize with her grief, for around aud about her every one was nursing some misery of their own. Every house bore somo badge of mourning. Every heart carried, its own burden. But sorrier days were in store for Paris -days when the Prussians marched untroubled through its streets, aud spoke their hated language in loud, triumphal accents. On a party of these Mario stumbled one evening as she hastened home. Her pretty face, from which she had thrown back her heavy veil of crepe, attracted them. Instantly two of them approached her, addressing her in her own tongue. one nastily drew down her veil, but one bolder than the rest raised his hand to again uplift it. Scarcely had he done so than it was struck down by a sharp, quick blow from behind. Mane turned, to see the French man who had befriended her; but. lo! a young officer, in full Prussiau uni form, stood before her, respectfully touching his hat. A few swift words of command to the men sent them, ubushed. awav. Then, w ith an accent almost as pure as her own, he begged that she would allow hiiu to escort her to her home. Such outrages in time of war are difficult always to prevent," he said; "but you risk much by appearing un attended in the street. Always your fttther-your brother" An! she interrupted, "do von leave us our fathers and our brothers? No! I have been to the hospital, caring for the poor lueu who may be spared to their daughters aud their sisters. As for me, you have alreudy taken from me my all." Aud she moved quickly away, as if the conversation were at au end; but the young officer kept pace beside her. mm MM Pardon me, she fcuid, "but you THiNK." I half believe that ugly sprite, Bold, wicked "I don't care," In life's long run less harm has douo V Because he is so rare, And one can be so stern with him, Can mnke the monster shrink; But laek-a-dav. what can we say To whining "Didn't think." This most unpleasant imp of strife Pursues us everywhere. There's scarcely one wholo day of life Ho does not cause us eare; Hmull woes and great he brings tho world Wrong ships are forced to sink, And. trains from iron tracks are hurled By stupid "Didn't think." When brain Is comrade to tho heart, And heart from soul draws grace, "1 didn't think" will quick depart For lack of resting place. If from that great unselllsh stream, The Golden Hulo, wo drink, We'll keep God's laws and have no causi To sny, "I dldu't think." Ella Wheeler Wilcox. ENEMY. i WHEN, are too young and too pretty to pass through Paris unmolested. You hate mo as your foe, but you must let me guard you to your home, even though you bate me the more. "There is no need," she replied. go every day to the hospital, and every day at tms hour, or very little earlier, 1 must return. A shadow, and then a light, swept over the young man s lace. "I am stationed so near here that. if you w ill permit me, every night I will be your escort," he snub "I would rather die thau accept a kiudness from your bauds, or those of nny of your blood!" she answered hot ly "you, who are my dear old father's murderers! Aud as she spoke the last words she paused before a gate, which the con cierge hastily opened for her admis sion, and which instantly swung to be- luiKi ner. But alone in her room, Mario paused Singularly enough, she could recall every feature of the oung officer's lace a face which seemed to her to re nlisse some dream of manly beauty: the echo of his voice lingered iu her ear a voice low, and rich, and musical musical even when he had sternly ad- uressea the soldiers in his own gutter al tongue. Her heart was beating high with fear and excitement, and indignant auger, but mingled with it was a strange thrill of joy. "It is because I proved my hate," she murmured to herself. "Yet he was kind to me. But for him " She would not continue her thought to tne end. Kesolutely she put it from tier. All the next day she was busy again among her wounded. Since her fath er s death she had gone into the hos pitnls. Kitting, with folded hands, in the midst of all the misery about her, with her own wretchedness for montal food. she had felt herself upon the verge of madness, and so nnd oiltired her ser vices, which only too gladly were ac cepted, though there had been some little demur about her youth. AVhen evening fell she hastened homeward, but with new dread, new sinking, until, looking behind her, as she turned the corner of a street, she saw, following her, her protector of the night before. Until the gate again closed behind her, he let but that little distanoe in tervene between them. Hot blood mounted to her face, aud yet an instinctive sense of carj and protection mingled with whr.t she named his presumption. tvery night afterward it was the same. Earlier or later, as she might chance to be, he was near her, nor left her till safe within her own home. One night he approached her. "There will be fighting to-morrow," he said. I cannot be here to aid you. You must not go out alone. Promise me that you will not." For a moment she was almost tempted into forgetfulness thut he was a Prus siuu. For a moment she was almost tempted to answer, "I promise!" then she recovered herself, and turned hotly aud iudignautly upon him. "Pass my word to you!" she said "to you, my enemy the enemy whom I hate!" "And you, my enemy, are the enemy I love!" he replied. "Why should I love a woman to whom I have spoken scarce twenty words iu my life, and who has answered me with scorn and contempt always? I kuow not. Some strange freak of fate, perhaps; but so it is. I may go out to-morrow to meet my death. If I should, doubtless you will never know that thus France has avenged herself; but I should like to feel you sometimes gave me one kindly thought, even as my last thought, liv ing or dying, w ill .Vie of the one woman who gave me a stono for the heart I offered her. But, for God's sake, promise me you will not go alone to morrow on the street! Do not let mo have the added torture that you are in peril." They had reached the gate ere this. Her bund was on the bell. She opened her lips, meaning to scathingly utter his deserved rebuki, but, lo! insiead the two simple wo'ds, "I promise!" alone issued from them in a low and thrilling whisper. Before she had divined his inten tion, he had caught in his the little, gloved fingers and ruised them to his lips. The next moment the gate swung to between them, and Marie, flying to her own room, had flung her self iu a burst of bitter sobbing ou the bed. He was a Prussian, and she hated him. Three days later she paused beside two surgeons, in earnest conversation. "There's but one way to save him," said one. "It's an ugly wound, but he's sinking from loss of blood. If wo could get some one to submit to transfusion, I think he would recover. "Impossible!" answered the other. And Marie passed on to the room where lay the sufferer. She paused beside the cot. He wos lying, white and insensible, upon the pillow, his head bound in blood-fdnined bandages; but, all changed as he was; she recog nized him, and fell, with a low cry, beside him. To her-he was nameless, but he was tho Prussian whom she hated, and the man whom sho loved! Ah, in that moment she knew the truth, and then sho remembered the surgeons' words. They were about separating when she returned to them, "You said transfusion would save him," she said. "I am strong and I am ready." And rolling back her sleeve, she dis closed her bare, white arm, with its dimly-outlined blue veins. A little while the physicians de murred, but in the end she had her way. She did not shudder ns the sharp lancet penetrated her vein, aud the faintness which crept over her the deadly faintness as the blood poured from her veins into hiB, was ecstasy; for though to her it might mean death, to hun it was life her life for his. She swooned before the operation was completed, and days had passed before Bhe could rally even to know that her sacrihee had not been in vain days when Taris had been racked by a bitterer foe than the hated Prus sian, even her own inhnbitauts. But the terrible days were over, when Marie was allowed to once more assume her role as nurse. Ernest Haupfmnn was still in need of all her care; but when she stood once again beside him, ho looked at her with wide-open, conscious eye , into which, as he recognized her, there came a look of ineffable happiness. "My love!" he murmured, and then he fell asleep, with her hand clasped tight in his. Through long weeks she nursed him weeks which taught her that all her future must be wretchedness, since her promise to her dend father forbade that she should share it. How dared she tell Ernest of it until he spoke the words which unsealed her silence? But one evening, ns they Bat to gother in the twilight, he almost wholly convalescent now, he spoke them, as, in low, endearing accents, he asked her to be his wife. Amid bitter sobs, she told him all then, and hid her face withiu her hands. But ho gently drew them dowu, nnd drew her head upon his heart. "My own," ho said, "your sacrifice has borne its fruit. Your husband must boast French blood in his veins. forsooth! Have I, then, none in mine? Did you not mingle yours with mine the very blood of Pierre Duval himself? Ah, Marie, keep your vow to your dead father, and, keeping it, give yourself to me! In silent rapture Marie listened to the words; but, as her arms close clasped themselves about his neck, he knew that he had won his cause, and that she had gone over forever to the enemy! Saturday Night. A Coupon of 1T78. Cornelius Holton, of 435 Fifth ave due, this ' city, called upon Mayor Strong in New York yesterday and pre sented for payment a coupon clipped from au old water bond issued by New York City ou March 5, 1776. The coupon called for the payment to bearer of four shillings and was signed by Benjamin Blagge as clerk. Mr. Hol tou said that it was through his wife, who was formerly the w idow of (Dr. A. Barnes, of Greenwich, Conn., that he got the coupon. She had received it from her grandfather many years ago. Mayor Strong said there wos no fund from which the coupon could bo hon orrd, so ho referred Mr. Holton to the City Chamberlain. General MoCook knew of no fund from w hich payment could be made, so the holder was in turn referred to Controller Fitch. There the question of the city's lia bility was raised. Deputy Controller LVons said that the issue of bonds in question was authorized by the com mon council four months before the Declaration of Independence was signed. He expressed the opinion that the successors of King George were the responsible parties from whom in terest should be collected. So Mr. Holton returned to his home without his four shillings. Brooklyn Eagle, j I'rotvi-tlng Iroii'Atfalimt Kust. A now procesB for the protection of iron against the injurious action of rust has been suggested by M. Deuinger, a Dresden chemist. It consists of treat ing the iron with a solution of ferro cyanide, which forms a coating of cyanide of iron, uniform and imper meable to water, and of such a uuture as to, protect effectively the iron cov ered. The operation, applied ou a large scale, has ulready given good re sults. The following is the method adopted in practice: The solution is mixed with a flax-seed varnish, to which bus been added a little turpen tine or benzol, so us to cause a very homogeneous emulsion, which can be applied without difficulty. The evap oration of the alcohol leaves the flux seed varnish, which forms a cout pro tecting the cyanide of iron which is do posited upon the iron. There is no uecesHity, says the Industrial World, of previously preparing the iron be yond the removiug of beds of rust too thick to admit of the action of the ferro-cyanide. TIIE MEKUY SIDE OF LIFE STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THI FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS, A Notable IlinVrenre 111m GurMA tRri.Knnril HI llluft We ailed 'linllpa llM-rrninpnt Near the Dan ger I. hie Too Grliernii With It., Ktc N'o-.v bluelilr 1 pipes his music mild; We love libn to be frank Because his notes are never filed Against us In a bank. Detroit Free Tress llln Ghoim. Papa " 'Sine qua non' means some thing yon ran not do without." Little Fratik "Oh! a whecl?"--Tuck. A New HnfcKimrd. "Why are they putting that glass front in the savings bank?" "So thnt tho depositors can see how homely the President's typewriter is." Cleveland Plain Dealer, ICft'ertive Tt'.lKO Man le "Wondor how it happened that Mr. Hniarto proposed to Carrie?' Edith "I understand she told him that another man was trying to marry her for her money." Boston Trans script. Chollle. Didcernmoitt. "I do believe that English valet of Chollie's has not the slightest Bense of humor. "Of course he hasn't. That is how he holds his job." Indianapolis Journal. III. HlufT Whs Called. Reporter "That fellow who wanted his name kept ont of tho paper called in to-day. Oh, ho was mad! Editor "What about?" Reporter "It seems we kept it out. lit-Kits. Hear the Dnncer I.lno. "The most curious thing in the world began Bixley. "Hush!" hoarsely whispered tho horrified Junkins, with jesture toward the door, she s iu the next room. .Boston Traveler. Their Status Quo, Marie (the maid) "You look charm ing, Miss Penelope; Icon toll you that as well as the glass. Women were made before mirrors, you know." Penelope "Yes and they have been before them ever since." Up-to-Date. Combined. Bobbie "A boy called me a liar to day, but you told me never to fight and so I ran away. Bingo "That's right, Bobbie, but are you sure tnat was the reason? "Yes, sir. That aud the size of tho boy. Life. Too Generou. With It. "Mr. Henpeek, ' said the doctor, after examination, "I fear your wife's mind is gone. "That doesn't surprise me," soul the poor man. "She has been giving me a piece of it every day for ten years." .Memphis Scimitar. Preferred His I'rcaent State. Visitor "I suppose, Bobbie, you are looking forward to the day when you will be a big man like your father. Bobbie "I don't know. I'm in no hurry to being bulldozed all the time by a woman. Life. Ills Awful Condition. Seldum Fedd "I'm afraid poor old Wabbly ain't goin' to live much longer. He's delirious all de time au' seein' horrible things." Bagged Huggard. "What sort er horrible things snakes?" Seldum Fedd "No; woodsaws an' axes an' shovels." Judge. Bho M ould Not Ktay. "The situation of your house suits me, mum," said Norah McCurty, who had visited the home of Mrs. Tenspot with a view of inspecting tho induce ments offered for her to assume tho position of help-ludy in tho house hold. "I am glad you like it," replied Mrs. Tenspot, w iih becoming humility. "The pay you offer is satisfactory too, aud the number of people iu the family. The room your help-ludy occupies is pretty good too, but I must ask you a few more questions before I make up my mind to remain iu your service." "Certainly," replied Mrs. Tenspot, humbly. "Ask all you like." "Do you ride a bicycle?" "Yes." "Mr. Tenspot too?" "Yes." "Do you provide a bicycle for your cook?" "Yes, certuinly. We have one for her exclusive use." "I am glad of that. Some people seem to think that cooks ought not to rido a wheel." "Oh, we would' not think of de priving our cook of that privilege." "What muke is the wheel?" "The same make as Mr. Tenspot 's and my own tho Itipsnortcr." "Then, ma'uin, I'm sorry, but I can't come." "Why not?" "I don't know that make. I couldu't think of ridiu' anything but the Jim dandy inako of bicycle. Good-by, ilium." Harper's Jtuzar. Ilule'a Kilvt-r WV.IiIIuk Girt. To celebrate his silver wedding the Marquis of Bute has given S'lOIMI to th.tt.iu n nf ('iirililT the income to I 1) given to poor girls who need the money i........;,l YVIiiiMt-pr tint ilnui V is handed over, the Mayor of the town must read to the bride and groom the first eleven verses of the second chap ter of the Gospel according to St. John the description of the miracle ot turning wuter into wine at C'uiia. Any age can be recognized by the men upon whom it confers fa ,ors, SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Ichthyol is recommended by Der Stein der Weisen as a much better remedy for insect bites than ammonia. Astronomers say that 1,000,000 "shooting stars" fall into the sun for everyone that comos iuto our atmos phere. The Paris Fire Brigade authorities are said to be quietly carrying out some trinls with a hose van propelled by means of a petroleum motor. Aluminum helmets have not proved entirely successful in the German army, the saving in weight being more than offset by tho metal's storing heat even to blistering the foreheads of the wearers. A remarkable invention has just been made public which promises to revolu tionize the problem of rapid telegraphy. It is called the synchronograph, and the Inventors claim that a speed of 8000 words a minute can be attained. The Inventors are Professor Crehore, of Dartmouth College, and Lieutenant Bquier, of the United States Army. Java has thunderstorms, on an aver age, ninety-seven days in the year; Italy thirty-eight, Belgium twenty-one, Holland eighteen, France, Austria and South Russia sixteen, Spain and Port ugal fifteen, England nnd the high Swiss mountains seven, Norway four, Cairo three. In East Turkestan, as well ns in the extreme north, there are scarcely any thunderstorms known. In pressing woolen fobrics, iu order to give them a smooth, even appear ance, both a uniform pressure nnd uni form heat are required. To attain this snd recent experiments have been mode ivith electric heating, which have been markedly successful. The fabrics are placed between metallic plates, through tvhich sufficient current is passed while under hydraulic pressure to heat them slightly more thou the temperature of boiling water. Tho tuning fork, struck aud applied to the crown of the head, has beeu found by Dr. N. E. Malioutine, of Moscow, Russia, to transmit its vibra tions to the vocal chords, causing them to vibrate in unison, In this way he has cured, with vocal exercises, a case pf hysterical loss of voice that had re sisted all other treatment, including suggestion. He believes that the pro sess would aid in training and improv ing the voices of singers. Bacteria, as one might infer from their simple structure, seem to have appeared with the first life on earth. Iu a study of the early rocks M. B. Renault has found indications of tho presence of microbes in bones, teeth, scales and coprolites, as well as an abundance in vegetable tissue, espe cially in the spores and sporanges of ferns, The coceoid or globular form appears to havo been earlier thau tho bacillar or rod-shaped, the species, as a rule, having been different from those now living. WARFARE OF BRAINS. Guarding New York's Aniiroarlirt With Klertrlclty. During the post few years the United States engineer corps at Fort Wads worth have been engaged in accurately plotting the approaches to New York harbor, so that the positions of all buoys and landmarks are accurately known. The elevation of each gun re quired to drop a projectile upon any one of the plotted points would, there fore, in the case of war be no longer a matter of experiment, and doubtless the same is true of other harbors abroad. With electro-magnetic sentinels ju diciously placed iu the approaches to a harbor at a distance too great for the invader to reach the city with shells, almost the exact position of an invad ing vessel, the direction of its course and its speed would be known during the darkest night as well as iu the brightest day. With the iuoreased means of intelli gently following the movements of the enemy which electricity alone eau af ford, future warfare will be less a con test of brute force than one of brains. Iu such a contest the United States has little to fear. In the next general war the most ef fective forces will be braius and elec tricity. Armor plate and projectiles will be of secondary importance. Electricity. "- Cuntotn Prom the Compieat. To-duy is the famous Puseo do las Flores, a custom which is said to date from before the conquest, lho iga canal will this morning, from un early hour, present an animated appearance. It will be crowded with the canoes of Indian women bringing in their (lowers and vegetables. Each Indian woman iu her canoe looks as if sealed iu a flouting flower garden, aud all of them are crowned with gur lands of poppies. It is probable that this festival was held in Azteo timcB iu order to cele brate the return of spring, but the Christian priests converted this day nit a commemoration in honor of our Lady of Sorrows, Nuestra Senora de los Dolores. To witness the animated scene ou the Yiga canal and its banks ut its height, it is well to go earlv, not later than seven, and to stay about two lours, i he scene is one of the most picturesque that can be seen iu Mexico. 1 ho surface of the cunul is alive w ith llower-ludeu canoes gliding swiftly along. The bunks are crowded with men on horseback, people in carriages and pedestriuus. Indian women oc cupy every avuilublo spot, where tin y offer food, drink, or How era to the passers-by. Of course, the ubiquitous rutoro is there, and a careful vigilance over one's wutch and pocketbook is iu order. Mexican Heruld. Not by Half. Wutts "I saw you down town this morning with your better half." N. Peck "If you please, she is not my better half. She is tho whole thing. " Indiaiiupolis J ourual. LIKE SHIPS AT SEA. MV-e ships at sea. IVif side by slJa With Idle sails at eventide Vpon the unruni-'d water- tie, H, for an instant, you and I Drift here together on life's tide. ' Our port, our venture, and beside (lu r con re, to each to m rvn as guide, Acio.-s the nnrrow paee w? ,.ry. Like ships at sea. With swelling snlls wo swifter glide. . And soon across the distance wide. Cue scarcely hears the faint good-by; And so, to meet no more for ave. Upou life's main, our paths divide, Like ships at rra. HUMOR OF THE DAY. She "l'ou have broken the promise fou made ine." He "Never mind, ny dear; don't cry. I'll make you au ither." Comic Cuts. Smith "Is young Flyingwcdgo practicing law?" William "I think aot. He was called to tho bar, but I think ho is practicing economy." Il lustrated Bits. "So, Dorothy is not going to marry Mr. Scrymser?" "No; she kept talk ing to him about books ho hadn't read, ind he got irritated aud broke tho en gagement." Puck. "Don't cry!" ho entreated. Then he perceived that her handkerchief was ddged with the most exquisite lace. "Don't weep!" he said, correcting him self. Detroit Journal, f An old bachelor says: "It is all nonsense to pretend that love is blind, t never knew a man in -love who did aot see ten times as much in his sweet lieart as I did." Standard. First Tramp (scanning paper) "Here's a bloke wot says one of the pictures nt the academy lacks repose." Second Tramp "Well, Denny, he orter oe here an' see ns. " Judge. Mrs. Hornbeak "Ezry, why da these city hotels have their bi'lls-o'-fnre in French?" Fanner Hornbeak "Because they wouldn't git their warmed-over vittles eaten if they lidn't." Puck. Wiggins "I never argue with a woman. In the first plnce it's a bore, ind then, ngoin, it never does any good." Mrs. Henpeek "Ah, but you forgot how much joy it gives to tho woman." Trnth. Littlo Sister "Johnny Smith's mother has nnd bad cough, a the doctor 'old her to go to Florida." Little Brother (bitterly) "And when I had i bod cough he told mama to send me lo school!" Puck. "I never go to a sad play," said the roung woman who poses. "It is ilmost sure to make me cry, and then it is bud for my eyes." "Yes," replied Miss Ciiyenne, "and sometimes for the somplexiou." Washington Star. Husband "l'ou don't try to make iiauie attractive. Look at that table aow; no luxuries to tempt tho ap petite." Wife "Why, you provoking ihiug! You told me only lust night .hat you didn't have any appetite." Boston Transcript. Lawyer "Did you kill your jousin only, and no other member of your family?" Prisoner "Yes, only my cousin." Lawyer "What a pity! Had you but murdered your whole .amily I might have got you off on a plea of emotional insanity." Robert "So you w ere not accepted by Miss Vellum? What did she say? Did she tell you how sudden it was?" Uichard "Oh, dear, no. She's liter- try, you kuow. Sho merely replied thnt sho was very sorry, but I was not ivnilnble. Boston Transcript. Employer "John, you were drunk last night. I have waited till you were sober before inflicting the penalty In order that you might know what you were punished for. You are dis charged." Servant "Don't you think you are making a mistake, sir? It deems to me that you ought to havo discharged me when I was loaded." Boston Cornier. ,.' Last llmira of a lloiiama King. ' " III a recent inquiry iu tho celebrated Fair will cuse it transpired thut none of the dying man's children was pres ent ut his last agony. The only ones about him were hired servants. A physician testified that Fair's valet was drunk and incapable of being of any assistance. Fair's bookkeeper mid collection agent stood outside tho door, and seizing the drunken valet whenever he emerged from the cham ber exclaimed: "Is the old man dead'.' How much longer will ho lust?" When, ut length they learned that the breath was departing from their master's body, they rushed in, heed less of the pitiful, dying creature, and gathered up ull his papers and per sonal belongings aud rushed out, even currying off the physician's instru ments in their rupucity. New Or leuus Picavuue. Kail I.a of an Kspvrt. Philatelists will be both interested aud Borry to hear that the well-known stamp dealer and expert ou postugo stumps, Decker, of Hanover, is reported to have decamped. He was uu uu knowledged'aiithority, both iu and out of Germany, us regards the genuine ness of postage stamps. Since his flight accusutious are said to have been put forward to the effect that in his exper tises hu replaced genuine stumps with counterfeit ones ami great uneasiness iiid indignation are manifested by large private collectors iu consequence. New Orleans Picayune. lug In llnrnewK. Is it right to make a dog work iu luruess? Belgium answers yes, F.ng and uo, the United States is iudiffor n , anil France is deliberating. Tna French law ugaiust using dogs as beast it burden is often violated in some of lie province, and a movement has jeen started for a repeal. Belgians a,v their draught dogs are quite jolly; :nit if the dogs could vote ou the sub jet, they would be apt to approve the. English view. r
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