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VOL. XXXI. NO. 3. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 4 181)8. S1.00 PER ANNUM.
Tiie Forest Republican
U published every WeduoeJay, by
J. E. WENK.
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XtX 8TBEIT, TIONESTA, FA.
Terms, , - 8 l.oo Per Vear.
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.