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So subserlptiont recel?d tor a shorter China's resistance to foreign aggres sion seenis to be 1101110(1 to wrapping tier pigtail about her devoted head, burning joss sticks to her ancestors and making faces at the Powers. Says the Indianapolis News, the live stock of the country is worth to day $230,000,000, dr fourteen per cent, more than last year, notwithstanding the fact that the npmber of nearly all kinds of live stock has decreased. The foot that South American coun tries and at least one European Power are willing to soli 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 couutry repeatedly re. ferred to as a "tight little island," an nounoes that one county in England Middlesex is of suSlcient extent to ' allow all tho people in the world to find stauding room could they be gathered together there. Fifty years London was five iimes larger than New York. At the pres ont time it is barely more than two thirds larger, aud if the two cities ' continue to grow in the same propor tion it will not be long before the me tropolis of the Western hemisphere displaces London and becomes itself the metropolis of the globe. ' Some enterprising statistician on the New York Herald has reduced the state ment oontaiued in the foregoing para graph to aotual figures, with this re sult: New York. J.ond6n. 1840 873,000 1,900,000 1850 030,000 2,600,000 1300 1,175,000 8,200,000 1870. 1,440,000 8,000,000 1880....... 2,000,000 4,000.000 1890. 8,630,000 4,600,000 1893 8,400,000 5,600,000 1945.,.. 16,000,000 . 16,000,000 From 1840 to 1830 London's popn- lation increased 31 per cent, and New York's 75 per cent. Sinoe that time the percentages of iuorease have been as follows: From 1850 to 18S0,. Lon don's 23 per cent., end New York's 70 per cent. ; from 1860 to 1870, London's 13 per cent., and New, York's 21 per cent.; from 1870 to 1880, London's 12 per cent., and New York's 43 per cent. ; from 1880 to 1890, London's 13 per cent, aud Kew York's jl per cent.: from 1890 to the present time, London's 24 per cent., and New York's 80 per cent. In the calculations which the foregoiug table niakes with respect to New York's future popula tion, it is extreinelv conservative: for in all probability New. York will ecjipse London in population long be fore the approaching century reaches its meridian. . From the military viewpoint the most interesting story of the Cuban war is- told by Frederick Fuuston, late chief of the insurgent artillery, in Harper's Weekly. . It is the tale of the first, and probably the last, oharge of cavalry on an infantry square armed ' with magazine guns Mauser six shooters. The . insurgents were, of ' course, tho attacking party, and (jolonel Fnnstou is quite within his i-inJit.a in nnllnirv T)A..-iiavn ftiA namfl VI bj.t muvavu, k Li u wuvfu ji-rm . ia i. The charge cannot be said to Lave succeeded, Since 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 foucht in mass or nsed for other purposes than scouting, forag ing and raiding. In fact, it has done away with the old close-order infautry , charge, substituting for it the "rushes" in loose formation Which ec disappointed the war . correspondent; who followed Edhem Pasha's' head- '. quarters with expectations formed by traditions of Oravelotte and recoil eo- . Hons of Kinglake and Napier. Hence the faot that' the Cuban horse were able to cross a space of 400 yards and 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 be a matter of sur prise to military thoorists generally. The incident sjiows that even this age cannot produoe 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 havi said, the last cavalry charge. Cer tainly Murat himself, with the pick o: his cuirassiers, could not have niadt a better ending for the knightly arm of war than did Gomez, the bush- tignter, wi uis ragged rougu riaers THE CAME OF LIFE. The prize for which you're playing may not bo a costly ono; - Perhaps you are Indulging just for pastime or for fuu, -But, no matter what tlio stake ii, and ao matter what tli9 game, You're no man unless you like to quit a winner just the same. The girl wbo smiles .upon you may not captivate your heart; Perbapt ber maunnr tells you that she merely plays a port, But when the flirting's ended, and you quit the little game There Is gladness ia the knowledge that you've beaten, just the samo. ' Lire Is but a game ot hazard you are playlug for a stake, Which Is seldom worth the struggle that you're called upon to make; But, at the dual shuffle, when you come to quit the game, . What a Joy there is iu knowing you're a winner, just the sums I 8. E. Riser, iu Clovoland Loader. 8 THE STRANGEST EVENT IN THE WORLD. By C. SYLVESTER HORNE, M. A. CANNOT tell the story as he used to tell 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 his lips in agony of apprehension for the fate of the hero, as he dipped his bauds info the but that is to auticipate. I sus pect that a oriticul listener if any one sould listen audemain critical, which I doubt might have detected some vagueness as to date and place. If my memory serves, the old gentleman told the tale as a story of the CarliBt rising in Spain, and dated it about '34. But it is fair to say it may have been Mexioo or China, and any . date you please. So now for the story. The generals had been in consulta tion all the morniflg. Hour after hour passed by, and the wretched prisoners, closely guarded, waited on in all the agony of suspense. There were four hundred of themfcn all, a few haggard women and half-starved children among them. As you may imagine, there was not much conversation. The men, for the most part, were dogged and sullen. Some of the younger ones assnmed a mood of forced gayety which deceived no one. And still captives and captors stood n-atohing for signs of movement about the entrance to the General's tent which would announce the end of the conference, aud thattbe fateful decision had been arrived at - At last, soon after noon, there was a murmur of excitement. The sol diers on guard drew themselves up iu military fashion and roughly con strained their prisoners into line. . The Commander-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, and as ho reined up his horse and proceeded to read it, you might almost have heard the pul sations of fonr hundred hearts. : The substance of the messago was awful. Every man, woman and child was to be shot; they wonld be allowed nutil 6 o'olook 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 battles 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. )uch was the effect upon the condemned. But more serious, and of far 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 and to shoot ing down defenseless men, women and 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 oommon 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. Tlitu 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'elock the sound of a trumpet was heard through the canp, and confused noise 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 in a bag, and of these four hundred 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 u officer gal loped up with the bag, shaking it as he went, that every one- might know that the tokens of. Life and Death were fairly mixed. Then he dis 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 haved under their, ordeal. Some of them, when they drew a blank, waved the little white paper above their ?5 heads. Others, scorning any exhibi tion, strode away to the right of tho ranks with iuipassivo countenances. Further and further down tho line moved the officer with the bag, and man after man drew out a whito 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 them 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 hun dred left. Thereupon the officer shook the bag again, and, putting in his hand, Btirred np the papers, after whioh the drawing proceeded. But somewhat more slowly! , At nrst a man had one chance in ten to escape; but now those loft had no more than one chance in seven. 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 woraeu, too, hurried to the right; but the 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 in 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 an examination by wb'3h he sat isfied himself that the papers with the red cross oil were actually lying with tho rest,, and that it was impossible to distinguish them by the feel. .Theu he shook up the contents of the bag once more, and resumed his duty. But neither searching nor stirring up of the papers chauged the course of events. Fifty more blank lots were drawn; and then, at last, thoro was a movement,, a stfv of excitement, a murmur of sympathy. In the midst of it. all were heard the frtTutic pro tests of the unfortunate prisoner, whose arms were, beiug strapped by the guard. lie' wildly "exclaimed against his fate. Why was ho to be shot when 250 had escaped?. It was monstrous 1 ' It was unfair, unfair! He would not submit. Then he be gnn to plcjjJ-nnd bog for mercy, aud when thirl produced no effect, he screamed his old comrades to save him from murder.' Finally he was gagged as well as strapped, and borne off to the left, to the spot selected for the execution. This horrible scene broke down the nerve' of moro than one auidng'the miserable remnant of prisoners; aud they began to drag the fateful papers more and more slowly to the light, hardly daring to . look at them, lest the awful rjaross should be upon them. StiTT, from man to man tho bag moved on, and no one drew a second death-paper, dooming him to join the first victim. The third hun 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-uigh 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 off to death; then a third, and a fourth, and a fifth. - Yet be tween ueao ill-fated wretches there had been many who had drawn blanks, so that at last an extraordin ary result was reached. Forty papers remained in the bag, and thirty-five bore the red cross of death. It was at this stage that the officer holding the bag advanced, and presented it to one whoso face showed him to be a foreigner. ' Ho was bronzed: but he had the fair skin, and light brown hair of the Englishman. There was an air of distinction about the. man; and the officer looked at him with a puzzled expression, as who should say: "How do yon 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 out a white paper, held it np as if to satisfy the officer, then thrust his hands into his pockets, turned on his heel, and walked away apparently the least concerned of all the onlookers at this curious drama. - Before, however, he reached the ranks of those who had successfully passed the ordeal, a wild cry reached his ear; and he looked back. The man whose turn to draw had now come was a tall, haggard, fierce rebel; and he was prepared to try his fate without ado. But his wife, who stood next to him, threw herself between him and the bag, with a most affecting cry that they would pass by her husband. The poor creature 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 mattsr to you whom you shoot. I will draw in stead of this w oman s husband. Let him take my place and I will take his." There was a mnrmur of admiration among the soldiers. The woman 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 quite 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 have no objection to offer." The stranger, without a word, thrus' his hand into the bag, drew out a paper aud 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 foi the man's wife." The soldiers gazed at him as if he were out of his senses. The oflicei held back the 'ag for a moment, and looked at him ft-otn head to foot. He was porfectly calm and at ease. "Yon mean what you say?" mut tered the officer. "Sometimes," said tho foreigucr carelessly; "now, certainly." "It's absolute madness," said an other officer. "It's a mad world," said the for eigner. "Well, your life is your own to throw away 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 np. "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 cbout to olasp the wonderful 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 yon have magic. Sir, you have listened to the wife; oh, that you would listen to the mother!" . In her fierce emotion she did not heed the efforts cf her husband to re strain her. Every ono 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 .strong." He looked at her, mnsing, for a few second; and added; with. a whimsical accent: "It's a little strong. But how many are there? There's only roofn for two." "These two, kind sir!" 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! and fo think that a mer.e resemblance in theroice can make a man such fool!' Thon 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 slipped his band into the bag. "Now, the question is, whore those two papers are. Well, this for one shot!" aud he drew out the paper and hauded it to the officer. A. shout arose which there was no suppressing. It was a white ere. "Yon 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, and 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, qnizzical smile. "There's a handful of fate!" he said. Suddenly he openedhis fingers, and revealed the paper lying open on the palm. It was a white one. Then indeed such a cheer arose as has seldom been beard on this old earth. The officer carried back tho bag to the generals' tent, where he re ported what had happened. The generals, discerning in it the finger of Providence, declared the lottery at an end, 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 offioor who had carried round the bag. "It's some years now since I heard the voice of a woman stvangcly like that voice. But for her I suppose I shonld never have been in this mess. Well, there's compensation everywhere; for, but for her I shonld never have got these poor wretches out of this mess. So she's done me a good turn at last; and it makes np for a good many bad ones." New York Independent. The Do Imhiii Statue. Fromiet, the French sculptor, has completed the model for the colossal statue of Jferdinand de Lesseps, which the Suez Caual Company is to erect at Sue,z iu 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 painting to the en trance of the canal. - The statue will be placed on a pedestal, ornamented with a large medallion and profile bas-reliefs of the Kbedr, who aided De Lesseps' work. THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE FUNNY- MEN OF THE PRESS. Romance and lteallty Landed on III Feet The One to (Jo-Home Hlflerene-. Their First Quarrel Hard-PreMed Appreciative Not a 1'arty Matter, Etc. Be was a freeman, so ho said; He swore that Spain should drip with red, He cursed at every tyrant's bond, He wished each duspot cold and dend; Then came a voice from overhead "Jobn Thomas, you nomo straight to bedl" Cleveland Plain Dealer, The One to Go. Timmy "Pop, if there's a war, are you going?" Pop "No, sir. Your mother has been the man of tho house for the past year." Life. Some Dlflerences. Miss Passe "Did he refer to me cs fair, fat and forty?" Miss Caustic "No; he referred to you as homely, fat aud forty-live." Syracuse Herald. Landed on Hi. Feet. She "I like your impudence, I haven't quite reached the bargain connter yet." He "You would be a bargaiiTou any counter." Harper's Bazar. His Idea. 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 beiug 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. Eailljr Explained. She "Why is a girl said to be of age when she's eighteen, when a man reaches his majority at twenty-one?" He "Perhaps it's because girls born in 1877 are celebrating their eighteenth birthday this year." Chi cago News. Not a Fartv Matter. "Maude," he said, bashfully, "I am a silver man, I must tell you that." "What caro I for your metal?" she cried. "As long as you are a Populist who can pop and has popped I am happy." Harper's Bazar. Their Firt 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., v . It Wann't Necessary. "I suppose," said the villag ' .uon to the minister, "that your oastaut prayer is that you may ever bo poor and humble." "Not exactly," replied.the minister. "I pray that I may remain, humble, but my congregation attends to the other part of it." ChieagJ Eecord. HI. Suspicion. "Willie," said the li'.tle girl who listens attentively to i-ie conversation of her ciders, "does your mother be long to the smart set?" "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 Girl. Helen "How do you like my en gagement ring?" Mattie "Oh, I like it much better now than formerly." Helen "What do yon mean by that?" Mattie "Why, dear, it's the same one I wore for three weeks last sum mer." Chicago News. Mattfot Taste, Said member of a household eco nomio association to a lady of society, "The city water is so full of animal cules I wonder you dare to drink it as it is. Wo always boil ours." "Dear me!" returned Mrs. Muu dane; "what a distressing thought. I'd rather- be an aquarium thau a graveyard, so I drink mine raw." Judge. An. Honest Man. "Now, look here, Thompson," re marked Brown; "it has beeu six months sinco you borrowed that 85 from me." "Seveu," corrected Thompson gravely. "Well, then, seven months," snort ed Brown, "and you promised to give it ba k to me iu a week. Promised faithfully, yon did. to return me it in seven days, instead of mouths." "I know it," answered Thompson, sadly, drawing a memorandum book from his pocket. "That bill was Series F, No. C72,9'2'., issue of 1887.' I made the note, and 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 man of my word. When yon 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. C72,.'2!), Series F, is sue of 1887, I'll seo that yon get it, for I am not the oue to go back on my promise." Harper's Magazine. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. All the land above sea level would 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 amoug women. The time required for Niagara to cut its g( r ;e has been variously esti mated at foui 7000 to 35,000 years. Roentgen rays havo been found to act on vegetation like very weak light in experiments by Signor G. Tolemei. Helmets made of aluminum, to be covered with waterproof cloth of vari ous oolors, according to the branch oi the service wearing it, are about to be adopted in the French Army. Dr.' Zambaco states that more than forty lepers circulate freely iu the streets of Constantinople, Turkey, and are engaged in all kinds of tradew, 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 precipice in the Shawan gunk Mountains, at an altitude of 2200 feet. These trees, although they had perfectly developed cones, were only six inches in height. . ; High prices are paid for butterflies, and some private collections, snch an 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 $250 apiece. One of the Rothschilds is said to have paid $1000 for a Papilio, now quite 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 cerebrum. But this professor, after comparing brains from all grades of the lower animals, de clares that the human brain is an anatomijal monstrosity, aud that, in 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 of the brain. Shrapnel'. Terrific Force In fighting at close range one of the deadly things that will bo brought 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 pnrpose. Shrap nels are hollow projectiles filled 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 are made of all sizes up to seven-inch. Tests show that when they explode 1000 yards from the muz zle of the gnn the bullets and frag' ments will cover a circle at least twenty feet in diameter. Thif 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 jagged pieces and spread destruction. . Huntauiau Ha. a Bis; Head. Professor Giis. Stainsky, the well known taxidermist of Colorado Springs, is now engaged in mounting what is conceded to be the finest aud 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 and prowess in venturing into wild sections. ' The exact measure; ments of the moose head and horns are as follows: Spread of antlers, GO inches; length of beam, 48 iuohes; palmates, 15 inches; circumference of beam burr at head, 16) inches; cir cumference of beams at smallest place, 10 inches. The antlerB have thirty two points. The body measured 14 feet 4 inches from lip to rear hoof; 6 fee 8 inches from hoof to top of withers; girth, 8 feet 9 inches; around neck at shoulders, G feet 7 inches; 32 inches frpm tip to tip of ears; 44 inches around tho lips of the open mouth. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Old Time "Best Men." During the old ' days of Sweden there were several best men, and the term was applied iu its full literal sense. Jt .The duty of the best men in 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, aud therefore generally pre ferred to wait until she was on her way to bo married to another man, when the attempt was made to carry her off by main strength. It was then that the best men if they were the best men came iuto good play. Hence the custom is still preserved in the "best" man of to-day. Philadel phia Press. . Hi. Name 1. Sonorous. ' Clafliu University Washington i the gorgeous name of a colored boy al Orangeburg, H. C. He was born with in a short distance of the college, heace his name. CONSOLATION. When Molly comes home from the party to-nlcht The party was out at nine There were traces of tears la her bright blue eyes That looked mourofully up to'mlne. For some one bad said, she whispered to me. With her face on my shoulder bid. Some one bad said (there were sobs in her voice) 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 dear, now listen to me; Just listen nnd dry your eyes. "This world is a difficult world, indeel, And people are hard .to suit. And 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-'twotild be If every one of the folks that I know Would only agroo with me. "But since they will not, the very best way To make this world look bright Is never to mind what people say. And do what you think is right." Walter Learned. HUMOR OF THE DAY. "What made you go ou so about the moon last night? It is the same old moon." "I know; but I was with s new girl." Chicago Record. "There! Do you think the photo graph is like me, 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 and 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." Truth. Brief Peace of Mind. "Clara, Hove to be with you." "Why, Edith?" "When I'm with, you I know you are not gossiping about me." Chicago Record. Mrs. Bainbridge "The girls of to day should be taught to say 'No.'" Mrs. Hemphill "That's what Ithink. 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 onght to sir, I've been three months working it up," Brooklyn Life. A ponderons basso having just com pleted a'loug 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 yonr idea of a clever wo man who can see the point of a joke?" "No; my idea of a clever womau is one who can 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 expeots that posterity will call him William the Greater." Truth. He "There are at least a dozen' women who wonld be glad to get me if you were to die." She "I don't doubt it. They know I have got you pretty well traiued." Indianapolis Journal. "Do you ride a wheel?'' she aBked. "Well, I don't know that I would be exactly justified in claiming that," he replied, "but now and then I have a wrestling-match with one of them." Chicago Evening Post. Old Farmer "That's a fane 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 month." Chicago News. Bing "Yes, that's old Spriggings. Half-a-do.en doctors have given him upatvaiious times during his life." Wing "What was the trouble with him?" Bing "Ho wouldn't pay his bills." Boston Traveller. Mrs. Fkinlint "Here is a ha'penny for you, my man ; and pray tell how you came to be so miserably poor?" Mendicant "Ah, mum! I was like you too fond of giving large sums of money to the poor!" ''it-Bits. "Why are you so angry, colouel?" asked Major Covington of Colonel Bloograss. "I've been insnlted, major?" "flow?" "My wifo called me a . hydraut-beaded monster." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Ardent Young Frenchman "Par-donnez-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 you kneo, and she laugh. Vy?" Stand ard. "Well, sir," said the chief of police to one of his shrewdest detectives, "has aiyone succeeded in deciphering that mysterious paper you fonnd on the suspect?" "Yes. It was a doe tor's prescription." Detroit Freo Press. Father (to bis nineteen-year-old daughter) "And what did yon do at the clnb tfcJi'y, dear?" Daughter "Oh, papa! e had just the bett time. We spent three hours disous sing the value of silence in women." Judge. "May I ask which of the city's po litical factions you belong to?" said the straugcr? Tho boss looked at him sternly and then responded: "What you doubtless mean to ask, sir, is what political faotion 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 vou enoloso a stamp?" Poet "Of course not." Friend "Well, there's where you made a mistake. Had you doue so it would no donbt have appeared iu the mail next morn ing." Chicago News.
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