-ir, TIOXESTA, r. im. - tjl.oo Pi Year. , aubserlptloni received for a shorter taaa three months. spodem' solloltel from'all parts of Juatry. No notloe will be Kken of' 1.0OU oommuaiaallon. . - rr ; vol. xxxi, no. ni lj. TICNESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11, 1899. 81.00 PER ANNUM. ) o.a ........ W ID uu Coiumn, oae yar.. .......... 100 00 Legal advertisements tea omU par Una each inatrUoa, AImjff and death notices gratis. AU bill for yearly advertisement collected quarterly Temporary advertisements must be paid in advance. Job work cash on delivery. jra official returns it appears that Itwenty-two per coat. ofth:se SJ to rote cast their ballots for inst prohibition in Canada when iportunity was given tome weeks (The referendum does no sewn I tny mora popular in that coun- ' Ln it is in many other Stales. T - " j iJ'ork is now the commercial panoial metropolis of the world uprerao city in all that goes to- reat cities in the world-sense ( term. The sceptre whiohLon ' cs so long held has beon trans The primacy, has passed to ,ierican metropolis. The Clear- use transactions of New York 3 have excelled those of Lon- 7 'nearly. $2,000,000. and the r of commerce in and out of the las exceeded that of London by 0 b.ooo. . " . . I f. ay has recently enacted a law ing the sale of tobacco to youths sixteen without signed orders alts. Tourists who offer oiir- ito youths render themselves o p'rosecation, while the police powered io confiscate the pipes, hnd cigarettes of youths who ithem in the public streets, a the offence being likewise im- j Which mT hit anvtrliar Vi- fifty cents and. $25. King counterblast against tobacco it in comparison with the ro- 'onnterpuff of the Storthing, the members of which are and kuow what they are-leg. auoat. .'.. . 'A NEW VeIr. ""T? Oar other ytArs have slipped away, at ilps th flow-Its i beath'. Once mora with hauls beld out we gasp a girt the Father sends , - And give Him thanks for longth of daw, for ioy that oomns with breath. r', for home and books and happy wo i, for chlldreu and for frlonds. AU in the midnight and the frost we ped the old year out; All In the dawnllght and the glow re bid the new year lul ' -.The King Is dead! Long live the Kli 'tis aye the clamorous shout: And ever 'tis with mirth and hope li new-born reigns begin. What yet may wait of oare or grief tr lUy we eannot tell. Another fear, another start, -nnoth r obanoe to do yii-Hetb. olosest to our hand; Qod tm us, all is woll. " Diraalnlng fear, we greet the year, wiose first white loaves are new. M irjaret E. Sungster. in Harper's Bam. Y A ROMANCE OF. T BY HELOJSE D1 The incidents of this story are taken from lite. The Author. T was breakfast time IE CUBAN WAR. RANT ROSE. it rsft ejl, father jovial specimen of his pro f jts'on, loving outdoor life and always 6 lei in CT off for n rlnv nt. A vnnlola at A vondale, and J U ould manage to escape the routine for the fifth time,1 wuuuciou wuav. itSl ffltlirnnrt frn.r. lnrn T,? wi, r 7- - " - u l" lug t ro inen had not mot for nearly ten yai,and each seemed equally glad tnrnew his college friendshio. As icity Jvy its general applicaV rade and the arts has brought new dangers. Two men were filled on the treetsoftjalii,, an oda fashion! ' One oX'tuer' lately, alloweiTthtf steel rUt ? lilied umbrella to come in eon- lie a terrific storm was prevail ' i an aro light in front of a he man dropped dead, while es shot from his hand. The dividual placed ;his hand n awning pole, which Lad be rged with eleotrity by a fallen id so lost his life. , In .the life we are in death. But it luestion whether there is no V ii more possible death around Jplaces, though the imperfect fhe means used to attain cer panical results.or from a lack Iht on the part of the publio, e is any nead of. " roof that American and Brit st in China are virtually is furnished by refusal of the inister to China to support tion of the Anglo Eastern jfor the contract to bnild the , e'auton railroad affn'rfh. Ann. lerefor had been granted to vaivyJtitJate, says the Ne, jumarcw! Adrertlser. 1 taViuc Sll : n 1 " kept his daughter as he fidgeted .with' his paper and stirred his hot! cotteti.iV Just as his patience was utau end the door opened and admitted a tall, handsome girl, with bright blue eyes and a determined mouth. She held a big bunch of cle niatis in her hands. "Where have yon been, Mona?" in quired her father, Down at the river; I found the stone wall near the boathouso ablaze with these blossoms. I am sorry to cs late, near." "Thv&)uthern mail is in." ob served the General, nodding toward a small pile of letters at her plate. She flushed slightly as she laid the vcle'matls on the sideboard, nud took her seat at the table. A conscious smile crossed her father's face as she broke the seal of tho first letter. lie turned to th.epaper in his hands, and his eyes CAUnt tnia Leading: "A liomance iu Real Life." lie danced at the ar ticle casually, and then the smilo died away&his hands tightened on the paper and his face grew hard and stern while he read the following paragrapn: "With the invalided officers return ing this week is young Colonel Law rence, who was severely hurt in the charge - at Sau Juan. Among the nnrses who went to look after the sick was a handsome young woman whom the Colonel formerly admired. Fam ily misfortunes had forced her to adopt nursiug as a profession. Their friendship was renewed, aud when the Colonel cairle home he was en gaged to his old love. Colonel Law rence is to. ba married very shortly. Keport saysvjt he had entangled himself wfth ,notftKJJy. will uuw mil -A 1 y IS ritish 'v i v it ; VJ" ln i in questj..yf L . . rLsi ben prantil it UK- - -r " ' I aly to 'a" under the .arikussia or rranoe. xne V rotrl runs om Canton, ' UongW to.naukow town i :.iai,etwen Canton and ekin hicn Ues sphere Ul0 purposes, and Great omm.e fell not look with oom- a nrnifint If 1ia A'iA would be controlled by jndly to her. It is acts aAich are making Great e power in the Far East, ill thJ " '""ems a country c J 'i ..... u wuo xitiuau of in006- Jt wlU bo Ta'11"- lor military as well as 'V:-9 Hi rom an agent of the Agri- lartment, published some told how the public cat. n lexas had been injured ck of tenure furnished no the ranchmen to conserve of natnre and of the State. b a partial remedy has been (The plan, whic'ti has found ' in Montana and Wyoming, 1 certain parts of the publio trmers who cultivate irrigated i b amount of range land to be r j' Juate in each case to the , If irrigated land under cnlti- 1 lit is estimated that upon a I nber of irrigated acres enough jbe produced to support dur J ? fcr a certain number of cattle. L I that number of cattle during S Ig, summer and autumn would L certain amount of range land (l quantity of range land to be measured by the number of acres controlled by the pro- Uiee. Under this arrangement on the leased lands is pre. stead of being trampled down froyed by overstocking. This uent applies, of course, only lands, but efforts are being induce the national Gorern- lease publio lands on the same ',1 !. ,ha Ti.nCT else. - . IB bUUV BUV wn.ere,.W consolation." i ile laid down the paper the,Gen er lanoed at his daughter. She waitting with a dazud expression 0DAer faoe, gazing at a letter she held. Valuer, what doos this nieau?" she eX0laimft,i knMiniTAnt liilpH.r. TT tooVit from her, and this is what he aA. ' "24 West Fifty street, "Nsw Tobk. September 13.. 1893. "Dear Mona You may have seen tu the papers an account of my belug wounded; I made light of it in my last letter, fearlDg to alarm you, but the truth Is I am a wreck, at the papers have accurately stated. J am Invalided and crippled, and it It bad not been for devoted uuising I should not be hore'to-duy. Under the olrcumatauces I do not f justlfled In holding you to your engagement; notwithstanding the pain it causes me to do this I waut to release you entirely and loave you f reo to marry somo ono who is not so shattered as myself; but believe me, dearest, that whatever my fu ture lite, you will always bo sbrlned deep In my heart of hearts. Your faithful frieni, "HENnr liAWBESCE." "What does it mean?" almost shout ed tho old General. "It means that your lover is a scoundrel, Mona; read this," and he thrust into her hands the newspaper containing the "Ro mance in Ileal Life." "Be brave, child; be brave," ,said her fathor, as he watched her anx iously. After a moment's silence, the girl turned a pale face toward her father; "I will be brave, but leave me to my self for a while," and crushing the let ter in her hand, she hastily left the room. It was a terrible blow to the Gen eral ; he had always liked Colonel Law rence, and consented to tho engage ment just before the young man was ordered to Cuba. Facing the rooms wrathfully, ho gave vent to his feel ings. "The scoundrel! I should like to horsewhip him myself for a whelp of a cur if he were not wounded. What are his hurts to the stab he has given. Mona ah! when Gilbert hears this " and then the General remembered that his son was coming home that week. It was a satisfaction to have a man around to whom he could give vent to his outraged feelings. As though in answer to his thoughts, the bntler at that moment brought in a telegram. "Yes, Gilbert was com ing, and, fortunately, a day earlier than expected, bringing a friend with him for the ball. Just as well to dis tract her attention, " though t her father, as Mona joined him with her hat on and a letter in her hand. "I have written a few linos to say that his viewsupon the subject of our engagement entirely coincide with mine." "My brave girl." "Don't soy a word more, now.falher; I can't bear it." "Gilbert is coming to-morrow at 5 with an old college friend, who, it seems, has just turned up iu New York." "I am glad," said Mona, quietly, and then calling to her dogs, she walked quiokly away. Gilbert Higgerson was agood-heart- sbor s they were alone the General pbarsd out his indignation and woe to hia iin, who was naturally much in ceiifwd at the behavior of Mona's fian-e. 1 " 'ity that your friend is an officer and jnst home from the war; it will keoj : tho wound open," added his fathr. "(onfonnd it, so it will; I am deuo edlylorry for Mona. No wonder she is oijup, but as Laurie is sure to know Lawence, we must be careful not to shot him that Lawrence has hurt us. Mom is plucky enough and must force hers If to be jolly for a couple of days till laurie takes his departure." "ildly 1 Poor girl, how can she be?" sighl the General. a,"I hould like to wring that rascal's neckj exclaimed Gilbert, impetuous ly, td he of all men, !whom we all likedlo much." "Tat is.just whero it hurts bo," answred his father. "B George," exolaimed Major Lauii, (aftetlcusing herself early Ifi th- evening, Mona had left the three oen in the billiard room smok ing,) but Miss Mona is stunning. If I. wertndt ared to the dearest girl ki theworlu, i should lose my heart te you sister." "I tld not know we had to congrat ulate 5u, old fellow." "W on does the happy event eome off?" soon; you'll be invited." "Ww is she?" asked Gilbert, inter ested. I "A Miss Sterling, whose nature verified her name; hare known her Bipce sie was a girl." her anxious time for her when re-wounded" suggested the oi il jsesti ncflil bnt I was not in mnclldanger. yon know; now Borne fellows got so cut up you would hardly recognize th'em. There was poor Lawrence (tfbth his listeners started) one leg clean gone, the other up to the knee, one arm off, and a scar across his face aud the plucky chap just smiled through it all." Father and son exchanged glanoes. "He pulled through, thanks to the devoted nursing he got," continued Laurie, unconscious of the interest his words aroused. "I never saw that man down until yesterday, when ne collapsed as though shot ."How was that?" asked Gilbert, in a con8traned voice. "Well, you see, it was this way; he's very reticent, still, we all knew he was devoted to some girl at home, though he novcr mautioned her name or spoke about her; couldn t get him into the slightest flirtation with anyone. When we camo back together he spoke for the nrst time to me about his affair. 'You Bee. Laurie. I am such a wreck; should I marry a girl when she might nave to nurse me? and tlien, at best, I'm not a whole man; will have but one sound arm and only part of one leg to offer her.' By George, I felt for the poor devil when he talked like tht. Well, I suggested to try her aud see what she thought about it. Write and offer to release her. Ho caught at the idea. 'But I wouldn't write as thouah pleading with her; I wonld not want to be married out of pity, but would just state the facts nud leave her free to decide,' said he. 'And what do you think she'll write?' I asked him, 'I think she is too faithful to give me up,' he answered, and, pon my word scar or no scar he looked so proud and handsome as bespoke, I only wished his sweetheart could have seen him." "And then?" asked Gilbert, as Lau rio paused in his narrative. "Oh, then henrote, alluding to his being a wreck, aad referring to the ac count in the paptrs, and yesterday her answer came; I wis in his loomswhen he got her note ;ust a short one, but ho turned white, and said bitterly, 'She writes that my views upon the subject of our togagement ending meet her own; sh' releases me, evi dently without re;ret, thankful to be free from what mijht have been a bur den to her.' I tritd to cheer him up; he gave me one lo k, euch as you see in a hunted beast a you shoot it down, and, by Jove, he kelcd right over. I was in aiearful fmk, and called his bian. He came rcind presently and Legged me not to m ntion the subject again." f "Laurie, for Qd's pake explain matters a little ma,' cried Gilbert, who had risen frothis chair iu great excitement. 1 . "Yes, sir," cried 1 e General.equally roused, "you don'tknow how much depends upon wha you have been telling. Colonel Lwrence is eDgaged to my daughter Mo." "The mischief!" and tho eyeglass dropped from its ha.tual place. "And here's news of his engage ment to another woman?" echoed Laurie, evidently in hopeless amaze ment. "The nurse who took care of him. There is a flaring account of it in to day's Reporter." "Confound the newspapers; it's all a lie," cried Laurie, fumbling for his eyeglass and almost dropping his lisp. "They have mixed our names up; it is I that am engaged to the nnrse Miss Sterling, whom I just mentioned; Lawrence has never looked at any other woman nor had a thought except for his fianoee; I can swear to that." "But his letter," began the General. "All his confounded chivalry; wish ing to give Miss Mona a ohanco to be free of an invalid; why, he's more a man now, with legs and an arm off, than half (he whipper-snappers one meets every day." "What is to be done?" cried Gil bert. "My sister is nearly broken hearted " "By thunder, sir, if what you say is the true explanation of the situation, then you have made three people very happy to-night," added the General. "Tell your sister that I am off foi New York, and get a note from her. What time does the train leave?" "There is one at 11.45, if you really mean to go." "If you will kindly order a trap foi me, I'll get ready now," 6aid Luurie, looking at his watch and relapsingjnto his lisp and drawl. The next morning when Major Laurie walked into the adjoining bed room his friend started up in bed and tried to ask a question, but Mona's note was iu his hand before he had time to frame the words. "My darling." she wrote, "forgive me fot misunderstanding your letter. I cannot free you from our encasement as Ions as I realize that you love me and that 1 can be of use to you. What matters to me a loss oi an arm or a leg, as long as you ban body enough left to bold vour soul to gether. I am yours till Qod calls that sou) Dome to lilmseir, loon Lovmo Mona Toward noon of that day Majoi Laurie had a vision of Mona with hei arms around her lover's neck heard her joyful cry, and from Law rence a murmured "My darling at last," and he hastily left to themselvet two of the happiest hearts in New York. as ne turned to JUona s brother in the next room, wiping his eyeglass which had suddenly become misty, he saia Deiow nis breath, "Uy Jove, rather think I've done a good day' worn. few lorlc Times. A Story of General Grant. Stuart Robson tells the following Story in which the late President Grant occupies a prominent place: "I was playing some years ago in a well known theatre outside of New York The first act was over and I was chat ting in tue wings with my manager when a boy rushed in on the stage to tell us that General Grant and his family were in one of the boxes. flash of gratified pride mounted to the manager g face, followed by a look of agonized doubt, as he evidently re fleeted that perhaps the General had 'dead -headed into the box. 'Did you send him a box?' he asked me, and on my replying in the nogative he pulled a card from his pocket and, scribbling a line on it, told the boy to take it to the box office and bring back an an swer. The boy rushed off, his Ii6ad full of the General, and returned in few minutes with the card, which he handed to Mr. Manager. A ghastly look crossed nis face as he read it. and without a word he handed it to me. The first line read, in a rather shaky managerial chirography; 'Did General Grant pay for his box?' while underneath appeared: 'No, but my son, I red Grant, did TJ. S. Grant, New Orleans Times-Democrat. Matrimonial Inhibitions. Don't marry a polished girl she might reflect too much. Don't marry a tennis girl- she'll be on to all your rackets. Don't marry a girl who plays pool- she knows too much about pockets. Don't marry a musical ' girl sh knows too much about notes and bars, Don't marry a bright girl she might go out when you most needed her. Don't marry a grass widow yon might nave to cure her of nay fever. Don t marry a melancholy girl hei sighs might prove a heaviness to you. Don t marry a girl who cries damr powder is awfnlly disappointing. Don t marry a "peach she might not be easily preserved. Don t marry a lazy girl, nnless yon are in the tire-repair business. Don't marry an industrious girl it might prove too great a temptation foi you. Don t marry a vain girl, nnless yon are anticipating breezy times and will want :to know which way the wina blows. Her Pet Parrot. A woman came out of a tailor's es tablishment on G street Wednesday morning and I could not bnt turn tc stare at her. On her left forefingei sat an imperturbable green parrot. There was a faint suggestion of frost sting in the sunny air and Mastei Farrot was fortified against it. II wore a coat, or a blanket, oi whatever you like to call it, of green velvet, made of two pieces, just th shape of a turtle's shell. One piece hung over his chest. The other pro tocted his back, aud the two piecoi were joined to a kind of collar. A bicycle stood at the curbstone. The lady placed the utterly self-possessed bird on the handle bar, mounted and rode away. I said to myself that ob viously there was a woman who was wel who had been having "Miss on her visiting cards since hoop skirtf were in fashion, but when I asked the very next woman I met about it, she told me that the parrot's mistreat not only has a husband, bnt a rea! live baby, too. Washington Post. PUZZLE DEPARTMENT. 5 will ap- Tie' solutions te tbwe pnztles peajr U' a succeeding Uaue. 83. A Drop-Vowel Quotation. B- -sh-m-d t- d- - -nt-1 - - -w-n B-m- v-ct r- f-r h-m-n-t-. h-T- SO. A Double Acrostic. The primals spell the name of a famous poet, and the finals a so briquet which was given to him. Reading across: 1, A civil lawyer; 2, somewhat aged; 2, a time-piece of auy kind; i, a kind of spice 5, a Shakespearean character; G, to dis close; 7, a special business intrusted to a messenger; 8, the act of going out; 9, one of the minor prophets; 10, a blue mineral; 11, upright; 12, re cently; 13, a failure of any kind; 14, "Tho Morning Star of the Reforma tion;" 15, the goddess of health; 1G, feeble; 17, a place of publio worship; 18, a loquacious person; 19, a moun tain in the Bolivian Andes; 20, not na tive; 21, a novel which exposes the wrongs of the North Americau Indians. 87. Five Keheailments. 1. Behead a place of refuge, and have a bower. 2. To wander and have a trongh. 3. A journey, and have belonging to us. 4. A roof cov ering, and have behind time. 5. Part of tjjo body, and have a kind of tree. 28. A Diamond. A consonant. A man's name. To wink. A fluid. A consonant. ANSWERS TO 1'IIEVIOCS PUZZLES. 21. A Charade Earnestly. 22. A Novel Acrostio First and third lines, The Red Badge of Cour ago. 1, Trend; 2, hoods; 8, elfin; racks; 5, ebony; G, daubs; 7, bards 8, agave; 9, doges; 10, green. 23. A Traveling Puzzle- Katydid idea, Eastef, error, ortolan, angle lemonade, debate, tetraroh. 24. Five Hidden States Maine Utah, Missouri, Idaho and Oregon SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. in The chemical composition of nitride of calcium is given as N2 Ca3, and its specific gravity at sixty-two degrees Fahrenheit is 2.G3. It melts nt about 2500 degrees Fahrenheit. Diphtheria prevails but little rural districts, for only five per cent, of the cases in Massachnsetts from 1887 to 1895 were in towns with less than 5000 people. The sanitary authorities of Sutton Surry, England, have gone into the perfume business in an nnnsnal manner, for they are producing laven der on their sewage farm. A French statistician has calculated that the human eye travels over 2000 yards in reading an ordinary sized novel. The average human being is supposed to get through 2600 miles of reading in a lifetime. It is claimed that with cotton com pressed in the round bale it is pos sible to put 70,000 pounds iu a single railway car, while but 12,000 to 14 000 pounds of uncompressed can be put in a car, and 30,000 to 40,000 pounds of square-bale compressed cotton. Experiments as to the porosity of thin sheets of metal carried out in the United States Navy Yard at Washing ton have shown that a plate of steel one-thirty-second inch thick is abso lutely impervious to water, even under a pressure of six thousand pounds to the square inch. Users of electric incandescent lamps are warned that, though the heated filament is inclosed in hermetically sealed glass globes, they may set com bustible materials on fire. Dry goods merchants, for example, who are in the habit of plaoing such lamps among their window poods, should not have the lamps in contact with the goods, or they may find their dis play suddenly in flames. The Origin of Soap. The Consul at Havre, France, gives an historical sketch, saying that, ao cording to some authorities, soap (French savon) takes its name from the town of Savona, near Genoa. A washerwoman of that place, while one day warming a solution of lye iu en earthen vessel which had contained olive oil, found that the combination of the two made a semi-solid mass which very much resembled the arti cle at present in general use. From the writings of Pliny tho Elder, how ever, it is evident that - soap was known to the Romans as early as the first century. According to him that ordinary articlo was prepared with ashes and tallow, while a better qual ity of soap was made witn goat s fat and beechwood ushes. Neither of these products was hard, but of the consistency of the common soft-soap, and, curiously enough, were used fre quently by the Gauls in bleaching their hair and by the Romans as a perfume. Pliny says that the article most in use for washing was saponin, the mucilaginous product of a Syriau plant. New York Post. lis Annual Victim. The seeds of the Datura stramonium recently claimed their annual victim in Newark, N. J., in the petson of a five-year-old child. It is snid that there has been iu that city at least one death from this causo every year for the past twenty-five years. The prac tioe prevailing in many of our large cities, as well as in tho smaller oues. allowing vacant lots to produce year after year crops of noxious and poisonous weeds cannot be too strongly condemned. It was by seeds pro cured from such sources thai the re corded fatality was effocted. -V PRICE OF MICA. A NallWProdoct, lint Thla Coactry Is Unable to Supply the Demand. "There are between 250,000 and 300,000 pounds of mica used in the United States annually," said a whole sale dealer in that mineral in New York to a writer for the Washington Star recently. "North Carolina, New Hampshire and other States once supplied all the mica used in this country, bnt so extensively has the material been utilized in the last ten years in various arts and mechanical trades that many of our most produc tive mines have been pretty nearly exhausted. The consequence is that about fifty-five per cent, of the ma terial is now imported from Norway, Sweden and Russia, and the expense incident to shipping it to this conn try has raised the price of the article twenty per cent. The wholesale price of mica at present varies from $1.20 to $25 a pound, according to the size and quality of tho sheet, and a still larger Advance may be expected if new American mines are not soon dis covered. "The material is largely used in the arts for spectacles and optical instru ments, especially for holding small objects for examination through a microscope. It is also used, when finely ground, for making bronze powder. Sheet mica is used, as is well known, instead of glass, in places exposed to heat, such as re fleotors, headlights and stove and lantern lights. On naval ships it has taken the place of glass in portholes, where it is not easily fractured by the discharge of heavy gnns. "The working of a mica mine is a comparatively easy and inexpensive process. Sheets of the silicate stand in upright ledges, and, when uncov ered, are easily separated from the adjacent rock. Then with hammers the splitting up of the strata is accom plished without much trouble. Blocks yielding sheets two and two nnd a half feet square have often been quar ried in New Hampshire. 'Scrap' mica is gathered in the mines in great quantities, much of it being the de bris left where the sheet mica has been broken by the picks in cutting it out. It is ground up for use in varnish and paints and makes a glit tering coating for wallpaper. It is worth from 85 to $25 a ton." Combating the Tetse Fly. All have heard of the ravages of the terrible tsetse fly of Africa, which is so fatal .to cattle and horses that none of these animals can approach with impunity the so-called "fly belt" where the dreaded insects congregate, This belt commences about 100 miles from the coast, and extends for about the same distance np country, aud the re-enforcements recently sent to Uganda to quell the mutiny which broke out among the Soudanese troops were compelled to cross it. In order to protect their ponies two officers of the Royal Welsh fusiliers hit upon the t.evics of dressing the animals up in specially constructed garments, which gavo them a most comical appearance, resembling the pantomimic creatures seen on the stage at Christmas time. First, the ponies were swathed in bands of straw, on the top of whioh came coat anduousers of cloth dipped in oil and iodoform. It was necessary thus to raise the material from actual contact with tho hide of the animals, for the tsetse fly can pierce ordinary cloth. It will be interesting to learn whether the ponies thus protected went unscathed through the terrible "fly belt," for tho experimental cloth ing, if effectual, may lead to the in troduction of some material which may come into regular employment for the same object. Chambers s Journal. An Old Torto Itlcan Town. San German is one of the oldest towns on the island of Porto Rico, having been founded in the same year ns San Juan. It contains 24,847 in habitants. It is situated on a long ir regular ridge, along which runs the Guanagibo River. It has a fine church with marble altars, and three plazas. It has a largo botanical establishment in connection with a seminary for young priests and contains several charitable establishments. Its terri tory grows cane, coffee, cacao, cotton, corn, oranges, lemons, alligator pears, tamarinds, pines, and has largo bands of cattle and forests of fine trees. It manufactures Panama hats, mats, hampers, and hammocks of maguey fibre. This town was attacked and destroyed by the French in 1528, and in 1748 it obliged the English to re tire. Quite a Beard. Probably the longest beard iu the world is that of a metal worker at Vandenne, near Nievre, Franco. The man is seventy-lour years old and iu perfect health. When fourteen years of age he had a beard six inches long. It grew from year to year, and now his hirstute attachment when unrolled has reached the respectable length of ten feet ten inches. When this man goes out walkin he carries his board rolled up iuabig skeinunder the arm, as the old Roman senators carried their togas. In winter time he winds his board several times aronnd the neck, using it as a boa. Since the roan is rather small in size, measur ing bnt five feet three inches, tho beard is more twice the man's height. Chicago Journal. De Meant Well. The trial of a doctor's suit was pub- ished in a Connecticut newspaper some years ago, in which a witness was called for the purpose of approv ing the correction of the doctor's bill. The witness was asked by the lawyer whether the doctor did not make sev eral visits after tho patient was out danger. "o, replied the wit- f ness, "1 considered the patient in dan ger so long as tho doctor continued his visits." Tho Sauitnrin.'i. CENIUS. Far out at sea '.he sun was high, While veer'd the wind and flopp'd the sall- We saw a snow-white butterfly Dancing before the fitful gale, Far out at sea! The tittle wanderer, who had lost Ills way, of danger nothing knew; Settled awhile upon the mast, Then flutter'd o'er the waters blue, Faroutatsea! t Above, there gleim'd the boundless sky; Beneath, the boundless ocean sheen; , Between them danced the butterfly, - The spirit -life of this vast scene Far out at sea! The tiny soul then soar'd away. Heeking the clouds on fragile wings, Lured by the brighter, purer ray Which hope's e:statih morning brings. Far out at seal Away he sped with shlmmerfhg glee) Scarce seen now lost yet onward borne! Night comes! with wind and rain and he No more will dance before th morn, Far out at sea! He dies unlike bis mates, I ween; Perhaps not sooner, or worse eross'd And he hath felt, thought, known and seen A larger llfo and hope though lost. Far out at sea! Richard Hengist Home. HUMOR OF THE DAY. secre- Long drawn out The naval tary interviewed. Bell "And so they were happily married?" Nell "Yes; each one of them married somebody else." Tit Bits. She "I think I must have hit the caddie." He "Naturally; you were not aiming to hit him." St. Louis Republic. Mommer "Billy, where are all those huckleberries? Did you eat that plateful?" Billy "No, mommer; I ate it empty !" Doctor "Do you take a hath regu larly? Once a week, I suppose?" Pa tient "Lor bless yon, no, sir. I hain't so dirty as all that!" Sketch. "Let me show you something." "What is it?" "A kinetoscope rep resentation of Johnny going through a new pair of shoes." Chicago Rec ord. "Why did Josephine dismiss her suit for damages?" "The man proved that he ran into her bicycle because he was looking at her." Chicago Record. "Mrs. Rinks seems like a very fussy woman." "Fnssy? Say, if she built a house she'd insist on having all the nails manicured." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Groom (very wealthy) "Why did you marry an ordinary chap like me?" The Bride "I haven't the slightest idea. Mamma managed the whole affair." Harlem Life. Mrs. Bronson "The Sillibys have reached an agreement with the owner of their flat house." Mrs. Marble "So?" "Yes. Their children are to be allowed to visit them once a week." Life. Emily "I am so unhappy. I be gin to see that Arthur married me for my money." Her Dearest Friend "Well, you have the comfort of know ing that he is not so simple as he looks." "That woman tried to beat me down on the price of quinine." "What did she say?" "She said I ought to make it ten cents cheaper because she had to pay her little boy to take it." Chicago Record. Tenant "You call our flats the Klondike because they are so cold in winter and so hot in summer, I sup pose. Ha, ha!" Landlord "No, be cause there's no such money in them as people think." Detroit Journal. Husband "Anything you want down town to-day, my dear? Shall I order some more of that self-rising flour?" Wife "We have plenty left; but I wish you would stop at an in telligence office and order me a self rising servant girl." "Am I the first girl you ever loved?" she asked him, more as a matter of habit than anything else. "I cannot tell a lie," said he. "You are not. You are simply the best of th 3 bunch." Being a modern maid, she was con tent with that. Cincinnati En juirer. Mr. Buyer "Mr. Green, there seems to be something serious the matter with the horse I bought of you yesterday. He coughs and wheezes distressingly, and I think perhaps he is wind-broken. What would you ad vise me to do?" Jay Green (promptly) "Sell him as quickly as you can; I did." Tit-Bits. These two converted savages were speaking of a third; nothing is to be gained by repeating names here. "He'd sell his soul for a dollar!" ex claimed one. "And that's 'way below cost, if there's any truth in the sta tistical reports of missionary expendi tures!" replied the other, evidently much disturbed. Detroit Journal. Torpedo Uoat's Wear and Tear. So injurious is lifo on a torpedo boat that a year's continuous service will mentally and physically incapaci tate a man. This asssrtipn ia mado on the authority of Lord Charles Boresford, but that the strain on any one serving on these crafts is very great is shown by the fact that to ono mouth's service tho liiitish naval regulations allow ono week off. Aus tria is endeavoring to mitigate the hardship of servico on these boats, and life on ouo built for the Austrian navy, and tried on tho Thames ro coutly, was demonstrated to be pleas autor than on those of tho English navy, A Great Hlalo. Kansas is a great Stato in a variety of ways. Among tho candidates wha weio voted for at the lato election oc cur tho following names: Napoleon Bonaparte, Georgo Washington, An drew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Liuoolu, John Bunyan, Tom Corwiu, Julius Ciesar and Edgsr Poc. Nearly all of .the30 were candi dates for the Legislature. .V: Y .-4 ... IP
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