f J "i tie rorest licpublicm b publlihoj every W.ln lay, by J. E. WZNK. Office In Smearbaufch & Co.'s Building ILM 8TKEET, TIONE3T.V, I'L Terms, . Hl.nu iOP vr. No ibiftptloni rc,oJ for a shorter period tnnn tliroo moutht. Correspondence kollciio I from all n,ru of th country. No no. lot will be u.nn 0i nnonymous ooaimuula uidih. JbOR PUBLICAN. One Bqanra, on Inch, on .n-rt.on.. I 00 One faquir, on inch, on month. . 8 f0 One Kquare. one inch, ttire-? in mLhs, . ft l On yqunrA, one Inrh, one J oar 10 0) I wo Square, one yeir . I Qinrrr Column, one year...., ffMW HaJt tVitunn, one yvir. 1VHW Una Column, one yftr 10" ral A'lTortiftitei)ts ten cnU per line each innpTtion, iMnrnap en 1 Heith not lev grnt.. Alt iMllstory.ar.y ndvertis vn nl cH qtinrtrir Tamportrj ailvertinaeuu niimt ue pal 1 in aivanoe. Job work cah on 'lp.iTr. VOL. XXX. NO. 22. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15, 185)7. S1.00 PER ANNUM. j J RATES OF ADVERTISINCl .Re 5 The frog industry is growing. A statistician enumerates "fifty-seven frog farms now in snocestiful opera tion" in various sections of the coun ty. - "The Queen's 'Jnbileo produced at least one good poem, observes Har per's Woekly. Rndynrd Kipling's "Re ceBsional" is edifying both to the ear and to the spirit. A correspondent of the Hartford Times says that a lathor of tar soap appliod to the face and hands, . and then gently rubbed off, is a sure pro tection aguitiHt mosquitoes. One hundred Paris detectives went on strike recently; they objected to oue of the inspectors, and to being obliged to keep the-run of travelers when they ' leave hotojfud boarding houses, as they had nit they could do to watch them when they arrive. f Lnrgo farms, nnless all their acres ye made available in some way, are burdens instead of blessings. The assessor 4akes in all the acres, and the taxgathorer is tjuite as exacting. Hence, to make all the acres pay their way, with something over for the far mer's purse, is to be in the middle of the road that leads to goal of success. Mainz has decided to celobrato the birth of Gutteuberg on Midsummer Day, 1900, iu order not to interfere with Leipzig's celebration of the same . event in 1899. As the exact year of the inventor of printing's birth is not known, tho difference of a year or two' in the observation of the 500th anui vorsavy will not shock historical ac curacy. Tho , co-operative movement has reachodsneh proportions in Scotland that Dundeo butchers have pledged "ourselves to support only those live' Btock salesmen, dead-meat salesmen,' auctioneers, dealers ami others who refuso to have any dealings, directly ar indirectly, with co-operative soci-! eties, and not support any person who' deals with such society in any way, or who deals with any retail butcher who declines to sign and support this reso lution." The attention of rurliaineuf has been called to the boycott. " - )Q The librariau of the publio library at Kansas City, Mo., says that for a yeai there has been a greater call for workf on Alaska than for books on any othe country or suction of tho globe. She has supplied the library, she says, with everything trustworthy she could pro cure ou the country during this time, wondering all tho while what had . arousod so much interest in that coun try iu Kansas City. Readers, she says, have studied writings on the habits of the people iu Alaska,read the Government reports on the Territory, and given especial attention to routes to the Yukon country. Soys the New Orleans Times-Democrat: One of the lacks of the ago is pleasant fiction. Vapid fiction wo have in large 'quantities, but there are few novels which are at the same time pictures of life and pleasant ones. A book to-day is seldom called "strong" or "important" unless its tone is gloomy, even despairing. Hopeless ness, iu most of these cases, does not seem to arise from experieuoe or con viction, but grves tho impression of being only a popular literary pose. Tho idea is abroad that a work of fic tion ought to be a bitter and painful dose, and that it would not be fulfill ing its purpose if it proved "an ano dyne" to anyone who wished to forget his suffering. The Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph is authority for the stutement that comparatively few people have any idea of the importance of the bitumin ous coal industry in the United States. Says this newspaper informant: . "Since 1893 it has led in point of mar ket vulue the mineral products of the country, the value of the output for the culeudur year 1896, according to the report of the geologicul survey, being neurly 8115,000,000. Fu) sev tual years prior to 1893 pig iron was the most valuable mineral product, the total for 1892 being $131,000,000, while the vuluo of bituminous ooul for the same year was 8125,000,000. Since . 1887 there has been a steudy decline iu the price of coul, while the output has steudily increased. The 137,610,-' 000 short tons produced in 1896 sold for less money than the 118,000,000 tons produced iu 1891. Pennsylvania leads all the States iu the Union iuthe production, its output for lust year having beeu 49,100,000 tons, valuedat $15,000,000; but this was a milliou tons lebs than for the preceding year. West Virgiuiu apparently suppluutiug the product of this Stute, the produc tion of our neighbor iucreabiug 1,600,. 000 tons, and aggregating nearly 13, 000,000 tons, valued at 88,336,000." Into the fields both young and old With gay hearts Went; Tho ili'uHiit hells, nil green ond gold, All flowers mid scent. Anil first nmong them old man Mnck, With his two grandsons. Hurry nnd jack Two eager Imya w'i'wh feet kept time III resiles fashion to this rhyme: Hhnrpnii tho scythe nnd heiid the. bank. Hiving the nrm for ftti even track; Through daisy bloom nnd nodding grifss Htrnlght and olenu mint the mowur pass There are tasks that boys nuift learn, not foil n 1 In nny book Tusks on the harvest nnd bnylug ground, lly wood nnd brook. When I was young but few could brluj Into tho llela a cloanut swing; $ NOT TO HE "pain fill coufes s i on " is mine, John Spindler, detec ti ve, Scotland Yard, and how it came about was just this way: r or a long time I had been on the track of a gang. of coiners which iu my professional pride I had vowed to capture. More thau once I had pouueed down upon them in their haunts, and ull vanished like inagio ami i oeing unaulo to produce proofs. the chief whom I desired most to con vict fairly laughed at mo and my efforts. This naturally gave me considerable annoyance, nnd with some heat I ejac ulated: "You've escaped me this time, Jim Bradley, but I'm not John Spind ler if you do the next!" "When you catch me, hold mel" he grinned. "How dare yon malign an innocent man?" "Innocent! thou tho evil one is not so black as he is painted," I retorted: Well, it wus nearly nine months before I again ran down Jim and bis gang; theu I detected them in a low, wretched street near the city road. The house thoy used was kept by an old Irshwomau. Having watched 0 the houso till I was suro of my game, I went to Scot land Yard, saw the chief, reported my nows, got some men, and ou oue dark, gusty winter's uiht made a swoop upon them. Leaving the police I had brought at a little distance, I knocked at the door. Gettiug no answer, 1 stepped back and looked np at the house. It was dark as piteh, save a faint glimmer in the first-floor window. As I returned I felt certain I saw the blind of the lower room move. Trust ing, if I was beiug inspected, that.the darkness had concealed my identity, I repeated my summons, whon, after a long delay, tho door was opened by the old landlady, bearing a flaming tullow caudle. "Did you knock afore?" bIio said, peering feebly at me. "Sure, I'm just as deaf as a post, yer honor, and don't hear a bit. Who do you want?" "One of your respectable lodgers, Mrs. O'Brien," I answered, entering tho passage and putting my foot so as to prevent the door closing. "Thanks, Did lady, I won't trouble you fur ther." Giving a preconoerted whistle, men came rapidly forward. my "Oh. the perleese! oh, holy St. Patrick 1 have mercy upon a lone widder woman! Oh, good, jintlemen, what's the matter, sure?" shrieked the hag. Paying no heed to these ejaculations, I placed oue policeman on guard, and with the others sprang up-stuirs. Beaching the landiug I found all dark, save a faint glimmer which is sued from under the door in front of ub. I tried the handle. It was locked. . "We have caught him this time!" I whispered exultingly, for I had caught the sound of Jim Bradley's voi. "I have exuiiiiued the house well, and there is no means of egress either by the roofs or the windows. They are trapped. Open, in the Queen's name!" I exclaimed aloud. "Hullo, is that you, my dear Spind ler?" cried Jim from within. "Happy to see you, I'm sure! Bemember what I said: 'Hold me when you catch me,' old boy! The thing is to trap your bird!" "1 will take care of that, Mr. Jim," I rejoined. "Open, or we shall break iu the door!" "Oh, plaze, jiutlemeu dear, good jiutleiueu, for the love of the saints, dju't make a noise. There's a poor sowl jist partin' this life up-stuirs, au' his dear youug widdy's a'uiost dis tracted. - Borra a oue of ye jintlemen hev any pity. Don't terrify the col leen no.- the partiu' sowl who, sure, has trouble enough." - "Silence, you old croue!" I ex claiiued, "and fetch a light, or I'll have you arrested us an accomplice." With a regular howl of disappoint ment she hobbled away, declaring she'd do anything for us, imploring pity for a poor, lone woman and com passion for the partiu' sowl up-stairs. We didn't wait for her return. Aware no one could pass us on the stairs, aud believing Jim might be trying to de stroy the moulds, we put our shoul ders against the door and drove the lock from the box. 1 had prepared for the light to be extinguished and u rush made. I was disappointed. Jin sat com posedly at the table with another man, playing cards. "Hullo! you dou't stand ou cere mony, John, my frieud,"he remarked, laughiug. "I thought every man's house was his castle." "So it is, Jim, until he makes it a shield for law-breuking," I auswered. MOWING. Hilt you must tako my place to-dny, Cut the grass, and scatter the liny. Ho sharpen the scytho nnd bend the back, Hwlng the nrm for an even track; Through daisy blooms nnd nodding grass Htrnlght and clean must the mower pass. Straight nnd clean Is the only way You'll nnd that out Iu other thing, than cutting liny, I mnko no doubt. Bo lis sure through tho nojdlng grass Htralght nail clean with your scythe to pass; It Is far hotter than nny play To mow tho itrnss nnd to toss the h Ho shnrnon tho scythe nnd bend the back, Hwlng the nrm for an even track; Through dnlsy blooms and nodding grass u.tcigui, uuu uiu:n must ino mower pass. iuiroit r reo rress, BE DONE "Prove your words, mv man.' "I intend to, I hope; so you will just cousidor yourself my prisoner while I search. " "Please yourself, and take the con- iuuences, he replied, and carelessly went on with his game. Putting my men on guard, I began vo examine ine apartments. I sounded the walls, groped up the chimneys, tried the flooring. No, not a sign; while Jim Bradley's uncr inuiuereuco, l own, perplexed uie. "Done again!" I muttered, when heard a heavy step in the room above. "Who's that upstairs?" I asked. "You should know yourself by this lime, answered Jim. "lean only say iiiui oouiounuea insu nag is always scrcechin' as a chap's a-dying, which ain't much concern of mine, as long as he keep hisself to hisnelf, nnd don't groan too loud. 'Igh, low, game, with out even the Jack, Phil," he added, to nis companion, putting down his cants. The sick thought I. man's a ruse, perhaps, "Come, lads," I said aloud, "we'll go upi UegarUless of the old woman's en treaties not to disturb the poor "dyin" wii we mounted. The buck attio was as bare as bare could be. When I was about to enter the other, the door opened, and a grave looking.respeotablly dressed man crosseu tue tnresuohl. "Hush," he said, iu a low tone. "May I asked the meaning of this dis turbance.' It is most unseemly and out of place! The poor fellow iu here has but a few moments to live. His uufortnuute young wife is distracted." 1 looked keenly at hiin. "If it isn't au impertiuent question, sir," I asked, "pray who may you be?" "Who am I?" he smiled. "I am Doctor Aloxandor, of Jnde street, close by. Now, iu my turn, who are you?" I iustautly acquainted him with my uuiuuesH. no looueu serious and in terested. "Humph'" he said, . drawing mo a little nsido; "I have only visited this place once or twice, but I own I have Had my doubts of its respectability. We medical men see strance scenes. Still I don't faucy the poor woman and her husband have had any connivance wnu me people below, lie is a brick layer. Though, of course, in such matters, you are tho best judge. Such persons are capable of all manner of tricks. It is, of course, your duty to make certain. Only, iu case you are wrong, be gentle with the wretched wife and mother. Come in." We entered. The room was almost devoid of furniture, and barely sup plied with the commonest necessaries of existence. At one side was a'uiiaerable mattress laid on the floor, and stretched on it was the dying man. Kneeling by him, her head bowed down to his, her black hair streaming over the tattered patchwork covering, was the youug wife weeping bitterly, as she pressed her baby to her bosom. I'm not hard-hearted, and the sight took me back, especially the counte nance of the husbaud, upon which the hue of death had already settled. I was following the doctor when. abruptly, he leaned forward, then, drawing back, placed his hand ou my arm. "I thought as much," he whispered: "all is over!" The words were scarcely audible. yet they reached the wife's ears. I shall never forget the scream she gave. Starting up on her knees, she gazed wildly iu the face of the dead, then shrieked, turning appealiugly to the doctor. "Oh, no no; not dead! Don't tell me that! Not dead! Oh. Tom. Tom dear Tom; speak to me sneak to Lizzie!" Then casting herself ou the bod v. she weut off into violent hysterics. "Poor thing," said the doctor, raising her. "Pray, my good fellow, take her to a chair while I close the poor man s eyes. lhat done, be rejoined me. "You want to seurch the room." he said. "It's a pity that this should have happeued at such a timo, but duty is duty. Pruy do yours quietly before this poor woimiu recovers. Her troublo is enough without auv addition." Duty was duty, yet I felt like a hard-hearted, meuu spirited cur as I performed mine, and professed to have lucked my usual acuteness, for more than once the disciple of Oaleu aided mo iu my suggestions. Nothing, however, cuuie of it. I could not liud a trace. Yet," I said, "I'd tuke my outh the dies are iu this house, and it's one hundred pounds iu my pocket if I Mud them." "Then I most decidedly should try." said the doctor. "That sum is not to be ot every day." "No, nnd I'll keep a watch in thii house till I've found them." "In this room?" he asked. "No. I ain't quite made of stone,' I rejoined, a bit hurt. "But I shal' inspect all who go out or oome in." "Quite right, and I wish you suo cess, for there's no telling the suffer ings these coinors occasion." We then descended and the doctoi left, after telling the old Irishwoman he would call as he went home on th parish undertaker aud give the neces sary orders for the itinera!. Well, I needn't lengthen out m; tory. I rented the parlor (by compulsion of the landlady and established I watch night and day upon who auc what went out and entered the house Jim Bradley came and went, o course, unmolested, and chaffed mi considerably when we met, while with out the slightest demur he let me visi' his room whenever I pleased. What did it mean? I also made a call now and then or the widow. Poor thing, she was always cryinf aud so meek aud full of grief as shi moved about the room where her oof fined husband was, for she wouldn'' leave it, that the sight was pitiable. The medical attendant dropped ir once to. inquire how I got on, and shook his head on hearing of my want of snocess. "I fear if the (lies are really here,' he said, "the fellow yon call Bradloj Is too deep for you." "Not if I know it," I said. "I havi applied at headquarters for permissioc to make a better search, and I'll tak up the flooring." "I fancy that's the most likely place. What is that?" he asked. "Only the undertaker's men," I said, putting the door open. "It's the pool fellow's fuuerat to-dny." "Iudeedl Ah, they hasten thes matters with the poor." Just at the moment the wretched colli u and its bearers passed along the passage, followed by the weeping widow leaning on the old Irishwoman. They were the sole mourners. The doctor respectfully removed his hat, and we looked in silence until i' had goue by. "Poor poor thing!" my companion remarked, with a sigh; then, giving me his card, and asking mo to call if 7 proved successful, he went away. Well, tho hours crept by, aud ths silence of the house began to surprise me. Bradley had gone out early, aud hadn't beeu home since. My assistant came in about eight, but neither thf widow nor the landlady returned. I waited and waited. Eleven o'clock struck. I began to get suspicious. Had I been done? I turned hot aud cold; then seizing the candle, darted upstairs. Bradley's room was as usual; but the attic th sight of it made mo feel ready to drop. "Done cleverly done!" I cried, waving my candle around. Yes; bitter the humiliation I had been duped! I had been the victim o! sensibility and a clever trick 1 J. here was the mattress, ripped up and there, where the coiliu had stood, was a bole in the iloor, where the plank had been removed. That had been the place of concealment. But where were the dies? Where-- why in tho coiliu, of which, no doubt, the dead man had been oue of thf bearers. "Nonsense!" I ejaculated. "Th man must have been dead I It isn't likely he could deceive tho doctor a kind-hearted fellow, but a keen oue; I'll go to him!" Leaving my assistant in oharcro. I hastened to Jude street, with his card in my hand. 1 he red "danger signal" indicated the house, aud, knocking, I asked to see the doctor. Tho servant, showing me into the surgery, went in to summon him. Iu a few moments he appeared that is, a gentleman appeared; a gentleman of about sixty, with silver gray hair. 1 beg your pardon," I said: "it it Doctor Alexander I wish to see!" "Alexander! My name, sir, is Lind say, uud I am the only professional man in this house nay, iu the street. There must be a mistake." "Impossible!" I cried. "See. sir. here is his card." "Humph!" I have never heard the name in the neighborhood." he re marked, perusing it. "Wait a mo ment if you will allow me I wilf see. Taking down oue or two thick vol- umos from the bookshelves, he ran over the lists under the iuitial A. "No, " he said. "As I thought hii name is not here. I fear the title of 'doctor must be assumed, aud he is uot a certified medical man." I then told my story. "Sir," remarked Dr. Lindsay, un able to suppress a smile, "I fauoy you have not only been duped by a dying man, but also by liis medical attendant." Aud so it proved. The whole hud been a clever trick from the widow to the doctor and "parish" funeral. Nevertheless, I might have remained iu doubt to the last, had uot my "pride of place" beeu so wounded that I did uot rest until I had tracked Jim Brad ley again, uud this time succeeded in capturing him and his . gang, and among which I not only discovered the young, disconsolate widow of her dead husbuud, but the doctor, the greatest rogue of the lot, as it was he who, under his gentlemanly appeur auce, circulated the spurious coiu. lo my satisfaction, I saw them all sent off for a considerable term iu Portlaud, with small chuuee of a tickot-of-lcave. I was uot, after all, to be done. A note of the Bauk of England, twisted into a kind of rope, can sus pend as much as 329 pounds upou oua end aud not be iuiured. THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. She VTmm m Bird In Modern I'trlnnre Where It Belong A ftrMlde In ference A Timely Diet Two Voices Dead Kmy Very Clone lie Knew, Etc. The charming damsel had no appetite; Her health was delicate, her mother said; Gut at the table she put out of sight As much as would have two longshore men fed. "I cnt no more than would a bird," laughed she, Hut when she rose and from the table went, Tbe landlord frowned and bit his Hps, said he: "1 guess nn ostrich was the bird she meant." Boston Courier. bond Easy. "Bertie, you crnel boy, how can you hear your baby Bister cry?" "Why, that's easy everybody in the block can." Truth. In Modern Variance. "So lie has burned the bridges be hind him, has he?" "Well, practically. He hos sprin kled tacks along the road." Truth. Two Voices. She "Oh, James, how grand the sea is. . How wonderful. I do bo like to hear tho roar of the oceau." He "Ho do I, Elizabeth. Please keep quiet." Where It llfloiiKA. Assistant Librariau "Where shall I put this bjok. 'Inipressi"us of America by nu Englishman?' " Librarinu "Iu the fiction depart ment. " Life. A Seanlde Inference. Mm. Gazzatn (reading the news paper) "Here's an article about 'A Fatal Flirtation."" Gazzam "They got married, did they?" Hurlein Life. A Timely Viet. Doctor "For dinner take forty minutes." Timid Patent "Would it be dan geious to add a piece of meat and somo vegetables?" Fliegende Blact ter. Very Cloae. "Isn't there some sort of a relation ship between Madge and Mr. Dash ing?" "Oh, yes, indeed; he wai tho first man she was ever engaged to." Har lem Life. Ills Advantage. Mamma "Who is to have the big gest apple?" Georgie "Me!" Dot "No, mel Georgie was eatiu' apples two yeurs 'fore I was born." Pick-Mo-Up. There's Many n Slip. Grump "One false step in life may lead to irreparable disaster." Spoouer "I know that well. I loved a girl who thought me a hero un til I fell down a ooal holo when lifting my hat to her." Judy. Teinpus Fugnx. "I wish you girls would be a little more punctual. I make a point of al ways coming up to time." "Ha! that explains it." "Explains what?" "Why time flies." Pick-Me-Up. lie Knew. "Two hours of sleep before mid night is better than four after that hour. " "Fiddlesticks 1 Two hours' sleep after one is called in the morning is better than all the others." Judy. Told the Truth. "See here. That horse you sold me runs away, kicks, bites, strikes aud tries to tear down the stable at night. You told me that if I got him once I wouldn't part with him for $1000." "Well, you won't." Detroit Free Press. It Proved Eflectlve. "How in creation did you manage fo get the big policeman to sleep, doe? We tried everything known to medical science." "I just stationed a couple of fellows jutside to yell for help." Detroit Free Press. Simple Remedy. MainniA (severely) "Daisy, you have been at my workbox again! I'm afraid that everything I tell you goes in at one ear aud out of the other." Daisy (aged five) "Well, muuuna, why dou't you 'top one of zeui up?" Pick-Me-Up. Capitol, Though Labored. Teacher "Do you understand the meaning of the terms cupital and la bor?" Boy "Yes, sir; I know what it is. If a boy coasts down a hill, that's cupi tal. If another boy rides the bicycle up, that's lubor." Fuu. Safe. "May I kiss you, Miss Teuspot?" asked young Mr. Hoggins. "Have you ever kissed a girl be fore?" asked the youug lady. "Never!" anseverutod the young man. "Theu you may kiss me. I draw die line at meu who kiss aud till." Life. A Tulu of Two Ulc t. "Whore will Frau Meyer go now that both her daughters uiu married. To her son-iu-luw's house iu Frank furt or to that of her other sou-iu-luw iu Stuttgurt? ' "One wants her in Stuttgurt and tho other wishes she would go to Fruuk furt." "What dutiful sous iu laws!" "I beg your pardon. The one in Frankfurt wants her iu Stuttgurt; the oue in Stuttgart wants her in Frank furt. "--Fliegeude Bluetter,- SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Wells says thot the annual dewfall of Great Britain is equal to 21,161, 837,355 tons. Dr. Max Schlier, of Berlin, has de monstrated that by the use of Rontgen rays one can oe how sounds are pro duced by the voice iu singing. Professor William Crookes, of Lon don, is authority for the assertion tha to count the molecules in a piu-hea spaoe at the rate of 10,000,000 per sec ond would require 150,000 years. The longest continued cataleptic sleep known to science was reported from Germany in 1892, the patient having remained absolutely uncon scions for four and a half months. A ton of Atlantic water when evapor ated yields eighty-one pouuds of salt; a ton of Pacitlo water, seventy-nine pounds; the water iu the Dead Sea, more than twice as much 187 ponndf to the ton. An American scientist has recently discovered a new microbe which is par ticularly destructive to the tissues of the human body, and the most strik ing peculiarity of the creature is that it is nearly all mouth. Petroloum ether has proven to bo adapted for low temperature thermo meters, as it is still iu a scmi-linuid condition and capable of further con traction at the temperature of the liquefaction of air 310 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Tho process of crystallization is be initudied by Professor Van Sehrovcu, who has taken 2800 photographs Vj show the transfer of orgauic into in organic matter. It seems that this fuot led to a recent sensational and in correct report thut crystals have beeu found to be organic substonces. It is desired to prevent the freezing of the Baltic Canal aud keep it open for navigation as long as possible. The authorities have, therefore, triod to replace the fresh water by salt water. Leaving a sluieo open near Brnusbuttel during low tide, tho salt water entering by the Baltic end of the canal, expels the fresh water through the other end. A remarkable peculiarity in tho law of solar rotation has beeu reported by Lewis Jewell as a result of spectro scopy work at Johns Hopkins Univer sity. The outer and iuuer portions of the sun's atmosphere are found to hnve a difference in rotation period ol several days, the period increasing as tho photosphere is approached. Tho measures also show much tho greater equatorial acceleration for tho outer atmosphere, there being little differ ence at lower levels in the period for different latitudes. Engaged Thirty Years. A bright example in constancy ana filial devotiou is ufforded in tho ex perience of a couple recently wedded iu Liberty Township, Indiana, the newly married pair being Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foreman, who reside ou their 400-uere farm neur Greeutown. In point of ago both brido and groom havo passed the hulf-ccutury mark. Though lovers from early childhood aud betrothed from youth, the mar riuge was deferred until now, the en gagement covering a period ot thirty years, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Young Foremau had a stepmother to whom he was greatly attached and to whom he solemnly pledged support during her lifetime, promising not to marry while she remained alive. Con trary to expectations, tho invalid and dependent stepmother lived until a year or more ago. During this long wait of nearly a third of a century the lovers scrupulously observed theii vows, toiling ou through the years without a thought of disregarding the pledges given the stepmother or break ing faith iu auy manner whatever. They grew gray, lived frugally, saved their earnings aud patiently bidei' their time. When death removed the barrier the lovers had accumulated sufficient means W buy the lurgest furm iu the township. The minister first engaged to perform the inurriugo ceremony died of old age many years ago, and a divine of a new generation otlieiutod at the long-delayed wedding. A Congress of Young Blood. Never in the history of this country have there beeu so many young men chosen as representatives of tho peo ple iu Congress as were elected to the present house. It is emphatically u Congress of youug men, us the most casual observer from the galleries will readily note. That these men hud to contend for their nomination and elec tion against veteran politicians of ability uud experience is plcusing proof thut the people realize talent and Htutesuiuulike qualities wherever found, aud that it is no longer neces sary for one to have wrinkles and houry locks before being deemed qual ified to compete for political honors. Washington Post. Cat I'rateruUua With Birds. At oue of the grocery stores at Pit muu Grove, N. J., lives a cat of more thuu ordinary intelligence. Besidet beiug uu expert mouse uud rut-catcher, it frequently finds time to go ou snake hunting tours, uud ulwuys bring home a largo serpent, which it lays at itt master's feet. While other cats make a specialty of capturiug youug birds, this cut protects the birds uud pun ishes their feline enemies. Philadel phia Inquirer. Will Two Mluutea lie KeiulivdT This is the year thut, us turfmen huve said, will see tho record of hur uess horses reduced to two minutes for a mile. The pucing record dime within a fraction of tho murk u yeut ago, aud it is uudorstood thut the trainers of u number of noted horses are determined thut the coveted murk shull be reuched before the seusou ends. Suu Francisco Chronicle LOVE AND JOY. t sing of love thnt sorrow ne'er has known, Love thnt has dwelt with gladness from Its birth, Cove thut has mnde moro bright the gra cious earth, And given every song a tender tone. With my heart hnve I upreared a throne And set this love thereon with buoyant mirth, And much that seemed before of little worth, Soft-sunned by It to beauty strange has grown. That which was 1 erewhtls Is I no more; Tho nlchemtst I.ove a wondrous change has wrought. And In my soul now lurks no base nlloy. I have cost oft the bonds that thralled be fore; The gold of love hnth purified my thought, 1 And Joy my sovereign Is, for Love Is Joy. Clinton Scollnrd. HUMOR OF THE DAY. "She usod to be so delicate before he took to the wheel." "Well, she's indelicate enough now." Detroit Journal. First Tot "My mamma says, 'If the shoe fits, put it on.'" Second Tot "My mamma says 'If the shoe fits, take it off it's too big.' "Puck. The Captain (boisterously) "Come, jld tnnn, brace up! What's got into you?" Passonger "If you don't put uie asuore you ii very soon see. " Life. Minnie "In my opinion one wheel is as good as auother." M.."o "J suppose there is not much diftVrerr'se in rented wheels." Indiannpolis Jour nal. """You must get rid of tho Orioi' jont, Mike, if yon want togli uS.' Yet, shure, I was tin yeurs in Loudon be fore I could git over it mesclf." New York Journal. Style in the Far West: "The NiyUUs ,iut ou lots of stylo, don't they?"" "Well, I should say! They have in dividual cyclouo cellars up ut the Smiths." Puck. Scientific Methods: Birch "Riches have wings!" Pine "Possibly; but most millionaires seem to have suc ?coded in clipping them pretty suc sessfully!" Brooklyn Life. "Speaking of runs," observed Me ihuscluh, "I'vo just scored my ninth century," aud he cut another notch in his stick and continued to roll down the ages. Chicago Tribuue. "Horseloss carriages nro gettiug to oo quite common iu the East now." "Yes; but they are not as numerous as the voiceless opera Ringers." Cin cinnati Commercial Tribuue. Wadford "Did you catch anything ou your fishing trip?" Bilfcr "No, didn't catch a fish." Wadford "Say, Bilfcr, that's the straugest fish story I've heard yet." Roxbury Gazette. After the Slide: Ho (at the ball game, enthusiastically) "He's safe!" She (earnestly) "Oh. I do hope so, but tho way ho wont down! I thought he'd breuk his neck." Brooklyn Life. Fiction: "Monster!" she exclaimed. Her very look meant volumns iu tho old romantic school; iu tho fiction of tho prcaeut day it could be adequately disposed of iu forty pages. Detroit Journal. 'Airy "What kind of people do you havo down here in tho season?" Old Salt "Well, sir, all kinds; some werry common, some real gents and ladies, an' some like ycrself, sir, 'alf-aud-'olf." Tit-Bits. The Correct Idea: Weary Willie "Ef you lied a million dollars, Fields, wot would you do wit' it?" Flowery Fields "W'y, I wouldn't do uutt'u' wit' it I'd jest rest easy aud let it do sutt'n wit' mo." Truth. Tho Professor's Soliloouy: "Yes, my memory is certuiuly gettiug better. Now I remember distinctly enough that my w ife told me to tie a string ubout this finger. If I only could think whut for!" Judge. A political speaker accused a rival of "unfathomable meanness," and theu, rising to the occasion, said, "I warn him not to persist iu his disgrace ful course, or he'll find that two of u cau play ut thut game I" Tit-Bits. Ruth "I understand Percy High life has stopped trying to trace back his family tree. I suppose tho further back ho went the harder it got?" Freddy "Yes aud the further back ho went the harder his ancestors got, too." Puck. "Papa," suid Billy, tearfully, aftei a playful romp with the good-uuliired but ruther rough St. Bernard puppy, "I dou't . believe Bingo knows what kind of a dog he is. He plays as if he thought ho was a little pug." Harper's Buzur. "I hear you are about to build a fine residence," suid Sir. Teuspot to Mr. Crewe Doyle. ''Yes, siree," re plied the man of uewly-fouud wealth. "It is going to huve a piuzzuro in the front uud a Porto Rico iu the rear." Harper's BuZur. Philunthropist "I am lurprised thut a ludy of your retiuemeut aud good impulses should wear a dead bird upou her hut." Tho Offending One "But then, you see, a live bird would fiy away unless it were tied on, and that would be cruel, you know." Boston Transcript. The Corufed Philosopher: "Ther is no doubt," suid the oracular uud bumptious neophyte, "that the way to a man's affections is through his stom ach." "Aud yet," said the for life J Philosopher, "it ii uot mun who ex pects ice cream and such to bo Ixnigbt for him." Indianapolis Journal. Human 1't-rsplralluu I'uUouuua. llumuu perspirution, if injected into dogs or rabbits, ucts like u deadly poison, according to M. Arloiug's ex peruueuts. 1 erspuutiou secreted our ing hard muscular work has more toxic power than the ordinary kind, while that obtained from subjects who secretion has been checked by cold i Very poisonous.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers