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S1.00 PEIt ANNUM. nuWMJ Mavw HillHHIWItlU U-S a nrvn vmnni M-nmn niml hin R ST China's resistance to foreign aggres sion seems to be limited to wrapping her pigtail about her devoted head, burning joss sticks to her ancestors and making face's at the rowers. Says the Indianapolis News, the live stock of the country is worth to day $230,000,000, o"r fourteen per cent, more titan lust year, notwithstanding the fact that the number of nearly all kinds of lire stock has decreased. . . . The fact that South American coun tries and at least one European Tower are willing to sell their new warships to the United States rather than to Spain is a pretty good indication to the New York Tribune of the trend of their sympathies. . A British investigator, provoked at hearing his eotiutry repeatedly re. ferred to as a "tight little island," an Dotinoes that one county iu Eugland Middlesex is of sufficient extent to allow all tho people in the world to find standing room could they be gathered together there. Fifty years Loudou was Ave times larger than New York . At the pres ont time it is barely more thau two thirds larger, and if the two cities tion it will not be long beforo the me tropolis of the Western hemisphere displaces Loudon and becomes itself the metropolis of the globe, ' Some enterprising statistician on the New York Herald has reduced tho state ment contained in the foregoing para graph to actual figures, with this re sult: Now York. London. IH40 873,000 1,050,000 ISM 036,000 3,600,000 tSf.0 1,175.000 8,200,000 1H70., '. 1,440,000 8,000,000 1930 '. 2,000,000 4,000,000 1830 -. 2,630,000 4,500,000 189S 8,400,000 5,600,00o 1!M5 16,000,000 . 16,000,000 From 1840 to 1850 London's popu lation increased SI per cent, and New York's 75 per cent. Since that time the percentages of iucrease have been as follows: From 1850 to IPSO,. Lou don's 23 per cent., and New York's 79 per cent. ; from 1860 to 1870, London's 13 per cent., and New, York's 21 per cent.; from 1870 to 1881), London's 12 per cent., aud New York's 43 per cent.; from 1880 to 1890, London's 13 per cent., aud New York's 1 per cent. ; from 1800 to the present time, London's 21 per cent., and New York's 80 per cent. In the calculations which the foregoing table makes with respect to Now York's future popula tion, it is extremely conservative; tor in all probability New. York will ecjipse London in population long be fore the approaching century reaches its meridian. . From tho military viewpoint the most interesting story of the Cuban war is told by Frederick Fuuston, late chief of tho insurgent artillery, in Harper's Weekly. It is tho tale of the first, aud probably the last, charge of cavalry on an infantry square armed with magazine guns Mauser six shooters. The .-insurgents were, of course, tho attacking party, and Colonel Fuuston is quite withia. bis rights in calling Desmayo, the name ii i: il. i.-l .. T) l -l-i oi me ncuou, uiu uuuuu usis&iuvs, The charge cannot be said to have succeeded, fiinee the Spanish troops did not withdraw until attacked on the flank by Cuban infantry. More- over, Gomez lost fifty-two per cent, of his mounted force of 479 men, and this chronioler admits that if the in fantry had not arrived he might have lost all. Nevertheless the charge was a military marvel. It is not too much to say that the magazine gun was ex pected to do away with Cavalry as a force to be fought in mass or used for other purposes than scouting, forag ing and raiding. In fact, it has done away with the old. close-order infantry . charge, substituting for it the "rushes" in loose formation Which ec disappointed the war correspondent! who followed Edhem Pasha'? head- '. quarters with expectations formed by traditions of Gravelotte and recoil ec- . tions of Kinglake and Napier. Hence the fact that the Cuban horse were able to cross a space of 400 yards aud reach their foes in fighting condition, so that they disordered their fire and suffered comparatively little after the magazines were emptied with the first six volleys, must bo a matter of sur prise to military theorists generally. The incident ghows that even this oge cannot produce military contrivance the deadly efficiency of which brave men are not able to overcome with stout hearts and primitive arms. We may probably call this, as we have said, the last cavalry charge. Cer taiuly Murat himself, with the pick o: his cuirassiers, could not have mad a better ending for the knightly arm of war than did Gomez, the bush fighter, with his ragged rough riders THE CAME OF LIFE. The prize for which you're playing may not bo a costly one; Perbnps you are Indulging just for pastime or for fun, Hut, no matter whit tho stako is, and no matter what tlm garco, You're no man unless you like to quit a winner Just tho same. The girt who smiles upon you mny not onptlvnte your heart; -Perhaps her mnnner tells you tlitit she merely plttys a part. But when the flirting's omled, and you quit tho littlo game There it gladness in the knowledge that you've beaten, just the same. Mre Is but a game ot hazard you are playing for n stake, Which Is seldom worth the struggle that you're called upon to make; lint, at the llnal sliuflle, when you come to quit the game, What a joy there is iu knowing you're a winner, just the samel S. E. Kiser, in Cleveland Leader. THE STRANGEST EVENT IN THE WORLD. '.;. 1 O J3y C. SYLVESTER HORNE, M. A. tff SI ., ;;? ;.4 tS ts n CANNOT tell the story as he used to toll it, the dear old man, short of stat ure, with those pale blue eyes which shoue and twinkled in enjoy ment of the narrative; neither can I hope to suggest his vivid and pictorial style of telling it. How breathlessly I have myself hung upon lm lips in agony of apprehension for tho fate of the hero, as he dipped his bauds ittto the but that is to autioipate. I sus pect that a critical hsteuer if any one Suuld listen aud remain critical, which I doubt might hove detected some vagueness as to date and place. If my memory serves, the old gentleman told the tale as a story of the Cat-list rising in Spaiu, and dated it about '34. But it is fair to say it may have been Mexico or China, aud any date you please. So now for the story. The generals had been ' in consulta tion all the mornijig. Hour after hour passed by, and the wretched prisoners, closely guarded, waited on in all the agony of suspense. There were four hundred of them Vi all, a few haggard women and half-starved children among them. As yon may imagine, there was uot much conversation. The men, for the most pavt, were dogged and sullen. Some of the younger ones assumed a mood of forced gay ety which deceived no one. Aud still captives and captors stood n-atching for signs of movement about the entrance to the General's tent which would announce the end of the conference, aud that the fateful decision had been arrived at At last, soon after noon, there was a murmur of excitement. Tho sol diers on guard drew themselves up in military fashion and roughly con strained their prisoners into line. .The Comnunder-in-Chief of the victorious army emerged from the tent, mounted his horse and advauoed slowly to where the captured force was drawn, up, as if he did not half like the duty he had to discharge. Ho held a pa per in his hand, aud as ho reined up his horse and proceeded to read it, you might almost have heard the pul sations of fonr huudred hearts. The substance of the mossago was awful. Every man, woman and child was to be shot; they would be allowed until 6 o'clock next morning to pre pare themselves for death. ' The gen erals were determined to strike terror into all hearts.. Moreover, it was well known that provisions were scarce, and it was easier to -shoot their pris oners than to feed them; so the four hundred were doomed. The scene that followed this fright ful proclamation bullies description. Some of the male prisoners who had awaited it with most apparent uncon cern broke into wild volleys of oaths aud curses. Fathers -clasped their children in their arms, as if with the intention of defending them. The children were the least moved in all the throng, tyuch was the eft'oct upon the condemned. But more serious, and of for greater moment, was the effect upon the victorious army. Sol diers trained to find a terrible joy in battle have an unconquerable aversion to cold-blooded massacre aud to shoot ing down defenseless men, women aud children, simply because they have fought a losing fight. Moreover, these prisoners were of their awn flesh and blood, natives of the one father land; and the bitterness of civil war could not ' destroy the fact of their common race and lineage. The con sequence was that in the course of an hour or two it became known to the generals that their own troops were on the verge of mutiny. . Then there was further conference, held in hot haste, aud lasting late like the other The sun went down upon the misery of that doomed host, which had only death to look for with the dawn. About 10 o'clock the sound of a trumpet was heard through the camp, and confused noiso as of troops rapidly mustering. Then followed a second proclamation. The generals had decided to be less than just that they might be more than merciful. They would make an example of forty out of the four hundred; and, as the fairest method of determining which of the prisoners should die, they would compel them to draw lots in the morning. Fonr hundred papers would be placed n a bag, and of these four huudred papers forty would bear a blood-red cross; the remainder of the papers would be blank. Every man, woman and child must draw out a paper, and for the forty who drew those with the red cross, Death; for the rest, Life. At the appointed hour au officer gal loped up with the bag, shaking it as he went, that every one might know that the tokens of Life aud Death were fairly mixed. Then he (lis mounted, and the business of drawing lots began. There was breathless stillness in the camp, and it was curi ous to notice how the prisoners be havod under their, ordeal. Some of them, when they drew a blank, waved the little white paper above their ' i .; ;; ni iJ ; i as heads. Others, scorning any exhibi tion, strode away to the right of tho ranks with impassivo countenances. rurther and further down tho hue moved the officer with tho bag, and mau ofter man drew out n white pa per, aud took his place with those who had safely passed the ordeal. The first fifty drew blanks, the second fifty drew blanks, and, as you may imagine, the relief which came to tlretn meant increased anxiety to those who still had to draw. Indeed, a low murmur of astonishment and indigna tion began to run through the three huu dred left. Thereupon tho officer shook the bag again, and, putting in his hand, stirred np the papers, after which the drawing proceeded. But somewhat more slowly . At first a man had one chauca in ten to escape; but now thoso loft had no more than one chance iusevon. Hands moved reluctantly to the bag, and drew out tho lots with hesitation. In deed only fierce threats on part of the officer induced some to draw at all And still the stream of white pa pers flowed from the bag, and ineu, ay, and women, too, hurried to the right; but tho space on the loft, re served for the doomed forty, was un occupied. Even tho officer was as tonished when the two hundredth prisoner drew a blank and marched away ' with the white paper stuck prominently iu his hat. Half of the whole number had drawn their lots, and of those left one in every five must die. The officer took his bag aside, and made au examination by which he sat isfied himself that the papers with the red cross o j were actually lying with the rest,, ami that it was impossible to distinguish them by the feel. Theu ho shook up the contents of the bag once more, ana resnnieu nis auty But neither searching nor stirring up of the papers chauged the course cf eveuts. Iiftv more blank lots were drawn; and then, at last, there was a movement,- a stir of excitement, a 'murmur of sympathy. In tho midst of it all were heard tho frirtic pro tests of the intortnunte prisoner, whose arms' were being strapped by the guard. He wildly exclaimed agaiust his fate, why wub ho to be shot when 250 bad escaped?. It was monstrous! It was unfair, unfair! He would not submit. Then he be gnn to plead-and bog for mercy, and when that produced " no effect, he screamed to his old comrades to save him from murder. Finally he was gagged as well as strapped, and borne off to tho left, to the spot selected for the execution. This horrible scene broke down the nerve of moro than one among the miserable remnant of prisoners; aud they beguu to drag the fateful papers more and more slowly to the light. hardly daring to . look at them, lest tho awful ' retl cross should . be upon them. Still, from man to man tho bag moved on, aud no one drew a second death-paper, dooming him to join the first victim. The third nun dred had all passed through, the or deal, and only one of all the number had drawn the blood-red cross. The tension now became well-nigh un bearable, for of the remainder almost very other man,- woman or child must of necessity prepare to die. Presently the former ghastly scene was repeated; another victim was marched oil to death; then a third, and a fourth, aud a fifth. - let be tweeu these ill-fated wretches there had been many who had drawn blanks, so that at last au extraordin arv result was reached. Forty papers remrfiued in the bag, aud thirty-five bore the r sd cross of death. It was at this sta;je that the officer holding the bag adtauced, and presented it to one whoso faoe showed him to be a foreigner. Ho was bronzed; but he had the fair skin, and light brown hair of the Englishuiau. There was au air of distinction about the. man; and tho officer looked at him with a puzzled expressiftn, as who should say: "How do you come to be here with this vermin?" The sur prise in his face was not lost upon the Englishman, who, however, made no ado, but plunged his hand into the bag, drew ont a white paper, held it np as if to satisfy the officer, then thrust his hands into his pockets, turned on liis heel, and walked away apparently the least concerned of all the onlookers at this curious drama. . Before, however, he reached tho ranks of those who had successfully passed the ordeal, a wild cry reached his ear; and he looked back. The mau whose turu to draw bad now come was a tall, haggard, fierce rebel; aud he was prepared to try his fate" without ado. But his wife, who stood next to him, threw herself between him nnd the bag, with a most affecting cry that tbey would pass by her husband. The poor crcatnre was nearly beside her self with terror; aud the soldiers were proceeding to unlock her arms from her husband's neck. Without a mo ment's hesitation the foreigner stepped back to the rauks, and in a quiet, deferential way accosted the officer. Sir," he said, "it cannot inattir to you whom you shoot. I will draw iu- stead of this woman s husband. .Let him take my place and I will take his." There was a murmur of admiration among the soldiers. J. ho womau ceased her hysterical cries to look at the author of this strange interrup tion. There was a whispered consul tation among the officers. At last one of them spoke. "Do you mute understand that there are thirty-nine papers in this bag, and thirty-five of them are so marked that he who draws one of them must die?" The stranger bowed. "Then if, knowing that, you are prepared to draw for this man, we ha vo no objection to oner." The stran ger, without a word, thrust his hand into the bag, drew out a paper and held it up for all to see. It was a white one. "So far, so good," he said, quietly; "the man is free, and I am free also. Now, by your leave, I will draw for the man's wife." The soldiers gazed at him as if he were out of his senses. The oflicet held back the bag for a moment, and looked at him from head to foot. He was perfectly calm and at ease. "You mean what you say?" mut tered the officer. "Sometimes," said tho foreigucr carelessly; "now, certainly." "It's absolute madness," said an othor officer. "It's a mad world," said the for eigner. "Well, your life is your own to throw nway if you will." "Oh, but it's not thrown away yet," said the man. "Where is tho bag?" They handed him the bag, and he put his hand again among the papers. "One turn for luck," he said, stir ring the papers- up. "Now!" and he held the paper high above his head. It was a white one. He bowed to the man and his wife. "We are so far fortunate," he said, and smiled. The man fell to the earth, and was about to olasp the wonderfnl strangei about the knees; but his wife was be fore him. "Oh, sir!" she cried; "yon have a charmed' life; you have Heaven with you; you- are good, or you have magic. Sir, yon have listened to the wife; oh, that you would listen to the mother!" Iu her fierce emotion she did not heed the efforts cf her husband to re strain her. Every one was moved. The officers could not disguise their feelings. The Englishman alone seemed collected. "Whew!" he whistled. "Children, are there? That's coming it a little stro-.g." He looked at her, musing, for a few second; and added; with. a whimsical accent: "It'salittle strong. But how mauy are there? There's only room for two." "These two, kind su !" pleaded tho woman. "Oh, sir, be their savior, aud the good God keep you from harm!" "Two, are there?" said' the man. "Very well, I will draw for the two.'' Then he said, with a sigh, "Heigho! aud (o think that a mere resemblance in theroice can make a man such a fool!' Thou turning to the officer, he said, courteously: "Will you so far extend your indulgence as to allow me to draw again?". "As you will," said the officer, but with marked consideration of tone. "I am indeed beholden to you," ho said, and slipjVd his baud into the bag. "Now, the questiou is, whore those two papers are. Well, this for one shot!" aud he drew out tho paper and hauded it to the officer. A shout orose which there was no suppressing. It was a white ere. "You will have yonr children," he said to the woman; "for if I fail this time, it will only be my life they will require. And I have no friends!" Ho turned again to the bag, and said: "We will take the first that comes this time." He drew it out, shut in his closed hand, aud held it there. All the army seemed to have gathered round. There were eager faces, quiv ering lips, tearful eyes. But he was looking at his hand with a curious, quizzical smile. "There's a haudful of fate!" hesaid. Suddenly he opeuedhis fingers, and revealed the paper lying open on the palm. It was a white one. Then indeed such a cheer arose as has seldom beeu heard on this old earth. Tho bflicer carried back tho bag to tho generals' tent, where he re ported what had happened. The generals, discerning in n the nnger of Providenco, declared the lottery at an eud, released tho five victims, and proclaimed a general amnesty. "Curious thing, the voice," said a man in camp that night, over a cigar. He was talking to the officer who had carried round the bag. "It's some years now since I heard the voice of a woman strangely like that voice. But for her I suppose I should never have been in this mess. Well, there's compensation everywhere; for, but for her I should never hnve got these poor wretches out of this mess. So sho's done me a good turn at last; and it makes np for a good many bad ones." New York Independent. The Do I-tsenn Statue. Fromict, the French sculptor, has completed tho model for the colossal stutue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, which the Suez Canal Company is to erect at Su?z in memory of the French en gineer. Tho statue will be nearly twenty one feet high; it will represent De Lesseps standing, draped in the camel-skin "burnous" which he was fond of wearing in Egypt; in the left hand he holds a plan unrolled, and with his right is pointing to the en trance of the canal. Tho statue will be placed on a pe.leMal, ornamented with a large medallion and profile bas-reliefs of the Kliedi'.s who aided De Lesseps' work. THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD UY THE FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Romance anil ltcallty Landed on Ills Feet The One to lo Some Differences Tlielr First Quarrel Ilrcl-rreed Appreciative Nt a I'arty Matter, F.tc. He was a freeman, so hn sit Id; He swore that Spain should drip with red, He oursed at every tyrant's head. He wished eaeh despot cold and dead; Then came a voice from overhead "John Thomas, you eomo straight to lied!" Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Ono to Go. Timmy "Pop, if there's a war, are yon going?" Pop "No, sir. Your mother has been the mau of the house for the past year." Life. Some DiHereiices. Miss Passe "Did he refer to me as fair, fat aud forty?" Miss Caustic "No; he referred to you as homely, fat aud forty-five." Syracuse Herald. Landed on His Feet. She "I like your impudence, I iaven't quito reached the bargaiu connter yet." Ho "You would bo a bargaiaou any connter." Harper's Bazar. His Irfrn. Bobby "What docs the fiscal year mean?" Pa "I er guess it relates to er the months er we're allowed to catch fish without being fined." Syracuse Herald. Hard-Preised. Briggs "What did sho say when she rejected you?" Griggs "She said it wasn't neces sarily due to lack of merit, but on ac count of the great pressure of other material." Life. Easily Kxplnlned. She "Why is a girl said to be of agewheu she's eighteen, wheu a man reaches his majority at twentv-oue?" He "Perhaps it's because gills born in 1877 are celebrating their eighteenth birthday this year." Chi cago News. Not a PartV Matter. "Maude," he said, bashfully, "I am a silver mau, I must tell you that." "What caro I for yonr metal?" she cried. "As long as you are a Populist who can pop and has popped I am happy." Harper's Baznr. Their First Quarrel. Mrs. X (reproachfully) "I am be ginning to believe with Bryon that 'Man's love is of man's life a thing apart.'" Mr. X "Well, I can't say that I ever found out yet that 'twas 'Wom an's whole existence.' "Harlem Life. Appreciative. "What a beautiful specimen of in laying!" exclaimed the guest. "Yes," replied Mr. Cumrox, as he put his hands behind . and tiptoed complacently; "but that isn't any thing. You ought to have seen the outlay it represents. "Washington Star. It Wasn't Necessary. "I suppose," said the vilhtj ' .uon to the minister, "that your cj.istaut prayer is that you may ever bo poor and humble." "Not exactly," replied.thc minister. "I pray that I may romain. humble, but my congregation attends to the other part of it." Chieago Record. His Suspicion. "Willie," said tho little girl who listens attentively to the conversation of her ciders, "does your mother be long to the smnrt sot?" "I think she does," was the auswer of tho lad with a cold. "She has started to raise me on mustard plasters and ginger tea." Washington Star. Those Loving Girts. Helen "How do you like my en gagement ring?" Mattie "Oh, I like it much better now thau formerly." Helen "What do you mean by that?" Mattie "Why, dear, it's the same one I wore for three weeks last sum mer." Chicago News. Matter ot Taste. Said a member of a household eco uomio association to a lady of society, "The city -water is so full of animal cules I wouder you dare to drink it as it is. Wo alwnys boil ours." "Dear mo!" returned Mrs. Muu dane; "what a distressing thought. I'd rather- be au aquarium thau a graveyard, so I driuk mine raw." Judge. An. Honest Man. "Now, look here, Thompson," re marked Brown; "it has beeu six months since you borrowed that 85 from me." "Seven," corrected Thompson gravely. "Well, then, seven months," snort ed Brown, "and you promised to give it ba k to mo in a week. Promised faithfally, you did. to return me it ill seveu days, instead of months." "I know it," auswered Thompson, sadly, drawing a memorandum book from his pocket. "That bill was 'Series F, No. G72.02'.), issue of 1887.' I made tho note, nnd then I spent the money Since theu I've been trying to recover it." "But," howled Brown, "any other would do as well." "No," responded Thompson, shak ing his head, "I'm a mau of my word. When you gave me the bill I said 'I will return this to you.' and I meant it. Brown, old man, just as soon as I come across No. 072,1121), Series F, is sue of 1887, I'll see that you get it, for I am not the one to go back on my promise." Harper'a Magazine. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. All the land above sea level wonld not fill up more than one-third of the Atlantic Ocean. If the weight ot the body be divided into eleven parts eight of these parts will be pure water. An eminent oculist announces that there is twice as much blindness among men as among women. The time required for Niagara to rut its gt re has been variously esti mated at frjm 7000 to 35,000 years. Roentgen rays bavo been found to act on vegetation like very weak light iu experiments by Siguor G. Tolemei. Helmets made of aluminum, to be covered with waterproof cloth of vari ous colors, according to the branch of the service wearing it, are about to be adopted in the rrench Army. Dr." Zambaco states that more than forty lepers circulate freely iu the streets of Constantinople, Turkey, ami are engaged in all kinds of trades, yet they do not appear to give the disease to the inhabitants of that city. At a meeting of the Torrey Botan ical Club, recently, the President de scribed some remarkably small pine trees which he had found growing on the top of a precipico in the Shawan guuk Mountains, at an altitude of 2200 feet. These trees, although they had perfectly developed cones, were only six inches ill height. . i High prices are paid for butterflies, aud some private collections, sneh as that of the Hon. W. Rothschild at Tring, Herts, are said to be worth $500,000 more or' less. Some New Guinea butterflies have fetched 8250 apiece. One of the Rothschilds is said to have paid 1000 for a Papilio, now quito common. The demand for rare specimens has led to dishonesty. The insects are dyed or else wings from one species are fastened to the bodies of other species. A Cornell professor makes an inter esting announcement about brains. The main portion of the human brain is composed of the cerebrum, and the portion anterior to it, devoted ;to smell, aud known as the olfactory bulb, is sometimes treated as a mere appendix to the cerebrnm. But this professor, after comparing brains from all grades of the lower animals, de clares that the human brain is an anatomical monstrosity, aud that, m a historical view of tho brain, the por tion devoted to thinking is more prop erly to be styled a mere appendix to the part devoted to smelling. In some creatures the olfactory portion is much the largest part cf the brain. Shrapnel's Terrific Force. In fighting at close rauge one of the deadly things that will bo bronght in to use will be the shrapnel. Experi ments extending over a long period have brought this terrible projectile to great perfection, and the United States Army has ready tor service now several types that are considered al most perfect for their purpose. Shrap nels are hollow projectiles tilled with a bursting charge, aud containing in addition 200 to 280 balls of hardened lead, which are in layers separated from each other with cast iron separa tors. Shrapnels ore made of all sizes up to seven-inch. Tests show that when they explode 1000 yards from the muz zle of the gun the bullets and frag ments will cover a circle ut least twenty feet in dinmeter. This pleasant missile is so designed that not only do the bullets fly around with force t go through two or three men each, bnt every part of the shell, in cluding even the cast iron separators, will burst into jugged pieces and spread destruction. Iliiiitsuinu line a Big Head. Trofessor Giis Stainsky, the well known taxidermist of Colorado Springs, is now engaged in mounting what is conceded to be the finest and largest moose head in tho world. The head came from a large bull moose killed last summer in the Cook's Inlet country by Hall Dewese, a sportsman of Canon City, who is noted for his nerve aud prowess in venturiug into wild sections. ' The exact measnre: ments of iho moose head and horns are as follows: Spread of antlers, f9 inches; length of beam, 48 inches; palmates, 15 inches; circumference of beam burr at head, 10 J inches; cir cumference of beams at smallest place, 10 inches. The antlers have thirty two points. The body measured 14 feet 4 inches from lip to rear hoof; C fee 8 inches from hoof to top ol withers; girth, 8 feet 9 inches; around neck at shoulders, (i feet 7 inches; 32 inches fipm tip to tip of ears; 44 inches around tho lips of the open mouth. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Old Time Heft Men." During tho old days of Sweden there were several best men, and the term was applied in its full literal sense. H The duty of the best men iu those times was to defend the groom and his prospective bride from a rival, who, accompanied by several retainers, was sure to appear while the wedding procession was on its way to church and make a stubborn fight for possession of the woman. The Scandinavian warrior consid ered it beneath his dignity to court a maiden's. favor by gallantry and sub mission, and therefore generally pre ferred to wait until she was on her way to bo married to another man, wheu the attempt was made to carry her off by main utrength. it was then that the best men if they were the best men came into good play. Hence tho custom is still preserved in the "best" man of to-dy. Philadel phia Tress. His Name is Sonorous. ' Clafliu University Washington is the gorgeous name of a colored boy at Orapgeburg, H. C. He was born with in a short distance of the college, hftaue his name. CONSOLATION. When Jlolly comes home from the party to-night The party was out nt nine There were traces of tears in her bright blue eyes That looked mournfully up to mine. For some one bad said, she whispered to me. With her facs on my shoulder hid, Some one had said (thore were sobs in her voioe) That they didn't like something she did. So I took my little girl up on my knee I am old and exceedingly wise And I said: "My denr, now listen to me; Just listen and dry your eyes. 'This world is a dim ult world, indeel, And people are hard .to suit. Ami the man who plays on the violin Is a bore to the man with the flute. "And I myself have often thought How very much bettor-'twould be If every one of the folks that I know Would only agrou with me. "But since they will not, the very best way To make this world look bright 19 never to mind what people sny. And do what you think is right." Walter Learned. HUMOR 0FTHE DAY, "What made you go on so about the moon last night? It is tho same old moon." "I know; but I was with a new girl." Chicago Record. "There! Do you think the photo graph is like mo, Count!" "Like you. Ah, Mees Mabel, like iss not ze word. It is lofeyou." Brooklyn Life. Jack "Yes ; ancestors certainly help to give a person social prestige." Tom "Especially when they are wealthy aud one lives with them." Life. "So Jack went to the Klondike? How is he getting along?" "Not very well. He writes me that he owes three thousand dollars for board." Trnth. Brief Peace of Mind. "Clara, Hove to be with you." "Why, Edith?" "When I'm with, you I know you aro not gossiping about me." Chicago Record. Mrs. Bainbridge "The girls of to day should be tatijht to say 'No.'" Mrs. Hemphill "That's what I think. The pert things all say 'Nit. "Har per's Bazaar. The Elder "So you want to marry my daughter, eh? I like your nerve.' The Younger "You ought to sir, I've been three months working it np." Brooklyn Life. A ponderous basso having just com pleted aMoug solo at an afternoon con cert, a little girl's voice was heard say ing, "Mamma, hai the gentleman quite done gargling?" Tit-Bits. She "There are people who use religion as a cloak." He "I know it."- "What will they do in the next world, do yon think?" "Oh, they won't need any cloak there." "What is your idea of a clever wo man who can see the point of a joke?" "No; my idea of a clever womau is one who cau laugh at a joke without seeing the point." Chicago Record. "I wonder if it hurts the Kaiser's feelings to hear his grandfather called William the Great." "Oh, no. He expects that posterity will call him William the Greater." Trnth. He "There are at least a dozen women who would be glad to get me if you were to die." She "I don't doubt it. They know I have got you pretty well trained." Iudiauapolis Journal. "Do you ride a wheel?'' she asked. "Well, I don't know that I would be exactly justified in claiming that," he replied, "but now and theu I have a wrestling-match with one of them." Chicago Evening Post. Old Farmer "That's a hue lot of pigs over there. What do you feed them?'' Amateur "Why, corn of course," Old Farmer "Iu the ear?" Amateur "Certainly not, in the mouth." Chicago News. Ring "Yes, that's old Spriggings. Half-a-dozen doctors have given him upntvaiious times during his life." Wing "What was the trouble with him?" Bing "Ho wouldn't pay his bills." Boston Traveller. Mrs. Skinllint "Here is a ha'penny for yon, my man ; and pray tell how you came to bo so miserably poor?" Mendicant "Ah, mum! I was like you too fond of jivin large sums of money to the poor!" ''it-Bits. "Why are you so angry, colonel?" asked Major Covington of Colonel Bloograss. "I've been insulted, major?" "How?" "My wife called me a . hydrant-headed monster." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Ardent Young Frenchman "Par-donuez-moi, vat you call zat?" She "A guitar." He "Ah, zen I was right. I tell my landlady zat you do sing to me viz you garterre on yon kneo, aud she laugh. Vy?" Stand ard. "Well, sir," said the chief of police to one of his shrewdest detectives, "has anyone succeeded in deciphering that uiysterions paper you found ou the suspect?" "Yes. It was a doc tor's prescript ion." Detroit Free Press. Father (to his niueteeu-year-old daughter) "And what did you do at the club to-day, dear?" Daughter "Oh, papa! we had just the bett time. We spent three hours discus sing the value of silence in women." Judge. "May I ask which of tho city's po litical factions you belong to?" said the strauger? Tho boss looked at hint sternly and theu responded: "What you doubtless mean to ask, sir. is what political faction belongs to me." Washington Star. Poet "I sent a poem to a morning paper last week, but for some reason it has failed to appear." Friend "Did you enclose a stamp;" Poet "Of course not." Friend "Well, there's whero you made a mistake. Had you doue so it would no doubt have appeared in the mail next morn ing." Chieago News.
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