SULLIVAN JHS& REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. X. Sixty-sevcß ships will probably be in commission in our Navy during tho present year. Ten men in New York City, declares tbc World, have a larger annual incomo than all the farmers of New York State combined. The Manufacturers' liecord of Balti more says that thu Southern States are planning to spend nearly two million dol lars on the World's Fair. The Fort Worth Gazette predicts that according to the cousin of 2000 Texas will be entitle I to a larger representation in Congress than nil the other States iu tho Union combine..'. Cheese making in Canada has enor mously improved within recent years as a result of the method of instruction which has been promoted by the Government in sending ompetent instructors among the checsemakers. Epidemics may sometimes have com pensating advantages undreamt of by sanitarians, moralizes the New York Sun. Thus we re.ll that in c nse pioncu of the prevalence of small pox at Moltlngon, in Switzerland, the loeal authorities have suspended legal proceedings for debt and fraudulent bankruptcy. In future the steamships of the several transatlantic liucs will have neat, four berthed enclosed rooms provided for stcerago or third-class passengers, who will thus in their sleeping rooms be planed on the same footing, a« regards privacy, with the ordinary cabin passengers. This will be a great boon to and will no doubt be appreciated by stcar igo passengers to America. Tho Government of the Swiss Tyrol has passed n bill imposing heavy fines ou per sons who may bo can :ht while selling samples of the beautiful and rare Alpine fiower called edelweiss, which has been pulled up by the roots on the mountains to such an extent that there is danger of tho plant becoming cxtinpfc." The people complain that, ta'fir'sts arc rapidly killing out that and other Alpine plants, nnd persons bent on money-making have helped on the .destruction by gatliering the plants for travelers. If the history of tiie "Conscience Fund" could be written in full, ob serves tho New York Tribuue, a pathetic and interesting chapter would be sup plied by the experience of the man who sent §IOOO to Post master General Wana mnkcr the other day, with a note saying that it was tho balanco of interest due on the sum which he took from tho Government in ISO*. Tho writer stated that lie had paid in all •'?17,500, nnd added; "No man has suffered more for his crime than I have, and I no>v pray the Lord's forgiveness lor my sin." In tbc bauds of a mister, like Hawthorne, how effectively such au incideut could be treated! The Canadian census takers had trou* ble with their Indians. The Indians aro described as not unnaturally, very curious to know what the census was for. At one place they would demand to be paid for giving their names, and at an other the enumerator had to bribe them with tobacco before they would tell the names of children aud others who wero out hunting or berrying in the woods. At a village of llowqual-gate Indians, where a white man lad teldoui been bccu, the w hole popu'ation surrounded the pally demanding explanations. The chief said the priest bad told him that the Lord had ra -e I them out of the clay aud given the 11 the land, nnd ho supposed that the Government was now trying to llud out their numbers so as to do away with them and get their laud. Ouly after au hour's hard lalkiug through the Indian iulerpretcr* the chief was per suaded thai uotbiug but good was in truded. The allotment of wall space iu the Fine Au build hi ti various nations for the hanging of picture, 10 be inhibited at (be World's Fair, has been made a? follows! Kat ua 112« »I'ltla I'uiUl MiatM .... ', 17 ■ 11,i*tI Ureal lit it tot I tot *>, Mo L '*" Kr«!»«•«?*| «M, HM rmftuy , ~ .I,l*l IMiim it. , , , , M * 1 UM*" 'id ihmmi* Hu*. t. » T.iA . I.M iiauii 1 t|» n, 11 Jape" ... M-slto . , I-'. I.'ssi The 1.1 lu be ml lotal Sjrati Ilia i« • 1 I lie ») «et| IHI lule.im i< I "'i 11 lb'll ■ loulM*. • Hit dm Oil l» 1 • U>. Ut|U*4«« iCIFE'3 LOSSES. Upon the white sea sand There sat a pilgrim band Telling the losses that their lives hal known, While evening waned away From breezy cliff and bay And the strong tides went out with weary moan. One spoke with quivering lip Of a fair freighted ship, With all his household in the deep gone down; But one had wider woe For a fair face long ago. Lost In the deeper depths of a great town. Some spoke of vanished gold. Some of proud honors told. Some talked of friends that were their trust no more; And one of a green grave Beside a foreign wave. That mado him sit so lonely en the shore. But when their tales wero done There spake among them one, A stranger, seeming from all sorrow freo; "Sad losses have ye met, But mine is heavier yet, For a believing heart has gone from me." "Alas!" these pilgrims said, "For the living and the dead, For fortune's poverty, for love's sore cross, For the wrecks of land and sea; But, howe'er it came to thee, Thine, stranger, is life's last and heaviest loss," —Chicago News. THE STORY OF A SACQUE, rrfTi WAS in love with (lift J > a woman whose ' §§§ I ' nco had never S§Li gazed upon, V s> IflSi* whose picture I «iflj'X * lac ' never looked | ttkj. at, and who had A[j jlf never been do ■ - 7/jljJi scribed to me! ®he WH * °f rnc •x&s'M height, she ■ had auburn hair, a fair complex ion, bluo eyes, a ™ " ' full figure, rather square shoulders, a small waist, a slim, neck, nnd delicate hands and feet; sho woio her hair in braids, doubled up; she was young and rich, and her Chris tian name was Kate. Scientists w.'J.L picture to you a masto don when they have M.V$ z, Us » starting point, and I certainly am not ready to Hdmit that they are the only clever people in the world. I could easily judge her height », y the cloak that was before me; a Ion", auburn hair on the back gave me another clue, both as to the color of her hair and eyes. That her figure was full thesacque plainly showed, and two depressions on tho back gavo evidence of the wav that the owner wore her hair. That she was young was shown by tbc fact that the gar ment had been worn by somo person who was still straight in the back. On thejlin ing were embroidered two letters—K. It. Now, in nine cases out of ton, when tho initial letter of a lady's Christian name is K, her full name is Kstc. I bad fallen in love with her at once, though I did not know whether her nose was of the tip-tilted or classical order, or whether her mouth was of the gigautic kind, which easily closes over a whole potato, or of the dainty style, which struggles oven at a kiss. However, I concluded that such a charming creature must possess a beautiful faco. Two days afterwards tho following ad vertisement appeared in the daily paper*: Lost— On the sidewalk, near No. 25 Blank street, n lady's sealskin larque. A lib eral reward will be paid to tho llndor if he will leave it at 1001 West Forty-ninth street, between 'J and 4. Inquire for J. H. I felt at once that my sacque was' the one called for by that mlvertisemeut. Was J. R. a husband, a father, or a brother? It happened that I could not on any day during that week leave inv office between the hours of 2 and 4, aud yet common decency required that the ■aequo should be returned at once. I finally resolved to send my young brother with tho jacket. Again and again 1 iu itructed him to find out who the adver tiser was, anil everything elso that a pcrsou ot au inquiring turn of raiud could pick up. Of course 1 ordered him to decline all leward. During that .lay my thoughts, Instead of being iu my office, were with the seal •kiu sacque, and I hurried homo as soon us I could abandou business and inter viewed my brother. As generally hap pens wheu you trust attaint to other peo ple, the boy had muddled the business; be did uot even remember the name of the muu who had advertised. I was iu despair, for I had hoped that something would come out of that adrertisemeuf. The situation was uot a pleasant one. 1 was iu love with a woman whom 1 had uever seen, and I had thrnwu away iuy ouly ebuueu ol lladiug out where the re sided. Filially, I concluded to investigate No. 100 » West forty ninth street. The building was closed and abandoned. The alfair was evidently at aueud, I resolved to cast all thoughts at the matter aside, aud I concluded that it day's rclaiatiou would help me. 1 took a trip to the t'mlury House, ou the liar lens, luted a boat there, and • attuned m) muscles by luwiug up aud dowu the stream. About thiee u'cloek I deter 1 mined to walk to Msnbatiauvllle, as well Jui iisMKiut ut as (of eserclse 1 strolled dowu the lllueislagitali load ' until I had luaebed a lilttss church thai stands by thu sMe o( lite iuad. Almost I directly lu flout .if lite clmn It • )"u«t ( la-lji, aiatnupmied by a hnghl, active little M ul, was moiling In. child was i tousUlAly delate,, sti-und the t*dy, IUU ning IftMii bet eud thaw is isiss ba< k (e list, Hud'tenty the t bill darted to lit twiddle ol lit* (M |, *leatn uf hurst*. Hetss si 4 lapld lata* turned lb# isjissi t the tdtlid aeeuM't »|.ell bound aid lb* hpty see its ed let tut slitefceti I l.sht.l luise l ate I tbi »bild aituost h>uob« SSsUI lit* Iml wi llw IMIM' SS4 1 alio I LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1892. her to tho young lady. For tho latter the strain had been too severe, and sho would have fallen, if I had not caught her on my arm. I fanned her and sho quickly recovered. Tho little one seemed much affected and lisped out: "Katy naughty, Aunt Mary! She won't do so any more." Her aunt smiled at hor and took her hand. Tho young lady walked as if she were still weak, and so 1 offered her my arm,which sho loaned upon as we moved slowly to her home, not far distant. I said very little to hor, for I did not wish to] worry her. Wheu we reached her home the mother of the little girl hap pened to bo on the piazza. She hurried toward us as if she feared that the young lady was ill. My com panion explained that sho had fainted, and that 1 had been kind enough to as sist her. Tho now comer at ouco took possession of tho young lady, who bowed to me with a pleasant smile, and then I departed. Of course, I am blessed with a sister. I state tho fact in that way, gouerally, though privately I am ready to admit that she has fallen into an unpleasant habit of compelling me to escort her to theatres and parties. Abstractedly, I admit that there is considerable pleasure to bo derived from escorting pretty girls to places of amusement; but, then, those pretty girls must be other fellows' sisters. One evening, early in tho winter, my sister entered tho room where 1 s<tt en gaged in reading the evening newspa per, and she proceeded at once to de velop a little plan she had thought out; "Harry," said she, "Mrs. Labrunt gives a party next week, and I want you togo with me." "Now, Jenny," expostulated I, "I really cannot take other follows' sisters out, unless the other fellows recipro cate." "But you don't take nnvbody's sister out now; so you may as well tako your own sister to Mrs. Labrunt'g. That was too true. Ever since I picked up that sealskin sacque, I had left all ladies to their own devices "Anyhow," she said, "it's settled, and you must go. Besides, my school chum will be thcro, aud I want to in troduce you to her." That school chum had been held up, in words, before my eyes ou buudreds of occasions. We had been threatened with numerous visits by her, which, for tunately, had all been preventedLfey un foreseen circumstance-,, jenny had fixed h»s V.vVi'i upon a plan which she had de vised, of- marrying her friend into our family; and, as sho couldn't marry the girl herself, she had selected me as the victim. Of course I went to Mrs. Labrunt's party, aud of course I found the usual jam there. The brothers of tho other girls seemed to be very fond of dancing with my sister, and, as I was not partic ularly anxious to deprive them of that privilege, they carried Jenny from my sido. I was introduced by our hostess to an immense blonde. 1 am a fair-sized man, but she towered at least a head above me, and,oh,what a stride she had 1 I had always supposed that,in the waltz, it was the duty of tho gentleman to guide tbc lady; but on that occasion I changed my views. To use a rather coarse expression, the lady walked all around me. I escaped trom her clutches as soon as I decently could, aud wan dered into the greenhouse. There I sat down, aud, whilo 1 was wondering whether I had uot better look after Jenny, I heard a lady speak; somehow tho voice seemed known to inc. "Now, Mr. Labruut," she said, "whore is the cactus?" Mr. Labrunt came forward with—l recognized her at once—"Auut Mary" of the Bloomiugdaleroad adventure. As sho approached she glauceil sharply ut me for a moment, aud thou, while a bright blush tinted her cheeks, she bowed to me. "Ah, Harry," said Mr. Libruut: "I didn't suppose you were acquainted with Miss Hotnan." "I have had the pleasure of meeting her once," I replied, "and sho is kiml eucugh to remember it." Just r.t that moment Mrs. Librunt ap peared ut tho door and called her hus band. Wheu our host aud hostess had departod, 1 ottered my arm to Miss Human uud we strolled atuoug the (low ers. "I never nvon thanked yon ou that day," laid she, "for—" "Please, Miss Roman," interrupted I, "don't think auy thanks are required. 1 aui very happy that I was able to be of service," I bowed as iuy eyes met liei clear, blue j ones, which weiu looking kindly at inc. "And now for the cactus I" I reclaimed. Wo waudered around the room chat ting merrily for some time. Su ldeuly she halted: "Do you know," said sliu looking at me aichly, "that 1 do uot believe you | know a cactus frmu a cabbage!" ' 1 assured her tint she was mistaken, I limited fir the cactus aud, ol course, found it ueur the spot where we had met j at flr»t. 1 darnel* vera! timet with her duriu ; 1 the eveuiuj, and 1 really believe that, if | it had uot been fur iuy taucy for the owner id that sealskin sac.pie, 1 should j have left that house without uiy heart. When Jenny »a* ute with Mia* Itoutalt j au eiptuesiou of a»t tuisbuteul crept over j my sister's fate, aud, as aooit as I hal . lelt "Auut Mary," Jenny ran to her ami I gushes) all ovei her—but that wasjemty's I Vb 14 If • Ou uut j lorney home Jenny was wu commonly lively, aud she knit luquitlng about the particulate ut uty lirst inter . vie* with Mi** H utu. lam 'l imply ; turned the 1 stile on bet by luqtiiin=siy ■ vety solemnly: • It) the way, Je«uy, why, oh why dtdtt't you lilllu iu< e Ute to )oIU Jlieud, ' tl x | (tuget the nam* < * ♦ ■Ves, • *a l shei "wit'*' a pity it la Ik <1 i did i< 4 mill.doit joitl' And lite it li(i iivj H |l ll llill il4>i i Mill MMMfctilltig t/%4 i tliu* ) I 4'l-luJ *Jt«, 11***4 iM% ft •tfti*ta<»4 iw I night in the cutter. It will hold three, won't it?" "No," replied I, suspecting that tho friend was her school-chum; "of course it will not," "Ah," said she, "I am so sorry, be cause I promised to take Miss Roman up to her brother's house, on tho Blooming dale road, to-morrow evening." "Oh," snid I, "you referred to the cutter. Of course that will easily hold three." "I thought it would," said she, quito demurely.* On the following evening, Jenny, Miss Romnn and I rode in the cutter up to Miss Roman's hom on the Blooming dale road, and aft.;r that evoning, one cutter might have been seen on the Bloomingdale road quite often, and I can assure you that neither of its two oc cupauts was my sister. "Aunt Mary" drove my sealskin s..cque inamorata en tirely out of my bead, and, in a very short timo, I felt that I must wiu Miss llomau, or live a bachelor till I died. One evening, after the snow had dis appeared, I drove to Miss Roman's home in a buggy, thinkiug that, thought the weather was still cold, wo might havo a pleasant drive. Sho agreed with me and was wrapping horself up in a warm shawl, when her sistor-in-law urged her to wear something warmer. Miss Roman ran upstairs, nnd almost immediately re appeared clad in a sealskin sacque. 1 glanced carelessly at the sacque for a moment, but then something about it caused 1110 to scrutinize it more carefully. It was undoubtedly the sealskin sacque I had found. I was struck dumb with astonishment, and I did not recover my voice until we had entered the buggy and had started down the road. "Miss Roman." I presently inquired, "please tell mo whether you once lost that sauque ;" "Yes," said she, "I took it off in tho carriage once; and, while I was in a store, tho movements of the horses jarred it from tho seat, and, tho carriage-door being open, it fell out. But how did you know that?" "Because I found it." I replied. I confess that I don't kuow how it came about, nnd I haven't the most re mote idea of tho words I used; but it happened somehow that the horse was walking wherever bis own will led 'AWti, that my arm was p. round Roman's waist, and tJ.v.'.V iny lips were occasion ".Vi'y pressed against the sweetest lips in the world. "All " said I, looking into her clear oyes, "there is only one thing I regret." "Hcgret!" said she, iu a touc of sur prise. "Yes," said I."I had dreamed that your name was Knte, and now I find Liiai u i» Mary.' 1 "But it is Kate, too," snid she; "I was always called Kate in my Western home. My name is Mary Kathcrine; but I never used Mary till I catuc to my brother's house. My sister-in-law is also named Kate; nnd, to nvoid confusion, they call me Mary." '•Then you shall always be Ivato to me," I exclaimed. Strange as it may appear, Jenny heard of my performances ou tho following day, although I did uot breathe a word about them to any person in our house. Then, for the first time, my sister in formed me that my Kate was Jenny's school chum. Nevertheless, I propose to marry my Kate, aud the school-chum of Jenny, and "Aunt Mary," and the owner of the sealskin sacque.—New York News. Nesting of the I'liHsensjor Pigeons. Perhaps the nearest approach in mass aud multitude to the shoals of fish onco to be found oil the American coasts was the annual passage aud assembly for nesting of the passenger pigeons. Audubou onco counted 1(13 flocks of these birds flying past iu minutes; and Andrew Wilson, from the data supplied by him, estimated the number of pigeons passing over a certain observed area at 1,115, 13ti,000. What ever be the value of this astonishing con clusion, it la certain that Dr. Sagnisch, a German naturalist, saw in one valley a wood nino miles loug, iu which the pigeons had occupied with their nests every tree and sapling across the breadth of the valley, some trees holding from fifteen to twenty nests, frotu which the youug were shaken down into sacks, baskets and carts by the people who came to collect them. Not content with this prodigality ot nature, the greedy pigeou hunters of Michigan have for years shot the nesting pareut birds, together with the youug, until they nre stated to be "n)W un known 111 most localities over which they passed."—Chicago News. The Itrul 11 Worker's l.imrh. The mail who wants a clear head hai .need to be especially careful iu selecting food for his tuid day meal, and for this, plain soups, cold chickeu, milk, creases, lettuce, rice, or rice pudding, «»ud wiches made of beef or lamb, brea I aud butler, or plaiu caae am foods that are nutritious aud easily assimilated. Alco hol iu auy furiu is not ou the liat, aud pastry, faucy cakes, aud ice ereaut an meutiuiied as fool» to be avoided. KOl the late diuuer a mail luay, a* a rule, eat what he Mauls, ouly takiug eare uot tu overload the *t turaeh, aud to have his food varied and abuudaut, and so uicely served that latiujf Is pleasmalde. —Ne* York I'uai. ihtuMiug Hie., at a Hedging. This l> a h lic of a*i old It nuau cu* tout, and has probably been oouiutou ia Kuulaud slut* Ho.nau times. Brand ('•Popular AatiuuitUM") tfivu* sevetal au thoritiM lot 11. Vrittud ("flow«i Lorn") it lets lu lhe ease ol Its htide ol llcltl) VII-, «! lilistol, iu Hill, wheu wheal Was IhiOWN Upon bet with lite (fteellttg, "Welcome aud rfo<r| !u>k I" Hire t* "*t<l situilarly at wedding* iu lot wheal ill Mil iistu 1 >uultjr *1 tat> )<.ai* way be psfHy das la tW lari, Imi tatter# wheat eatte.il ttadily Ue totsie at live wool I ualuntil) soonest itself at 1 swewUtista. - Mwi«i a»4 SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Canes aro now made of paper pulp. Red hot irons touched to the flesh, a Berlin physician argues, will euro hys teria. A newly patented device makes the load of a car vary the levorago of the brakes. An atlas of the sky is now under way. It is a stupendous undertaking and will require years to complete. Professor Smith, of Rochester, N. Y., thinks that the latest arrived comet has been 8,000,000 years in getting here. Boiler scale is used as a material for cement floors in the Sauta Fo shops at Topeka, Kan. With good ramming and puddling it makes a good floor. According to the Hatch Experimental Station of Massachusetts, electricity ap plied to the roots of plants gives more satisfactory results than when applied above. The latest kind of lock for nuts on railroads, machinery or other places is formed of an otastic non-metallic wash er, to bo placed ou the threaded end of tho bolt. It is confidently expected that long distance telephones will bo iu working order between the Columbian Exhibi tion grounds, Chicago, and New York and Bostou. Mr. Kite, in his system of ventilation, employs a jet of water at service pres sure issuing from an orif.ee in the form of a Greek cross, for inducing the air current. Those jets may b# upward, downward or horizontal. The necessary equipment for six miles of eloctric tramway is now on its way from this country to Siam. Six genera tors, two complete steam plants, twenty car equipments and extra parts to last for six months make up the order. The road is to be insta'led in Bangkok, and will bo tho first electric tramway in Siam. Electricity lias now been applied t<i stone carving—the blow being sAluck by means of C.irstarphen's electrical recip rocating tool. Wit's this machine tha stonecutter or f .Mo sculptor can devote his entire utteutiou to the lines his in btrumeat is to follow, while doiuaf the work more rapidly than by his own mus cular power. A maguificeut specimen of tho hama dryad, or king-cobra, twelve and a half feet long, has been shot in a tree a few miles from Castle Rock, India, ou the Southern Mahratta Railway, and the skin has been sent to the Bombay Natural History Society. The existence of this formidable Burma snake in India has not been known very Ion;;. A Kansas City paper says fiat there is a boulder in the Ozarks which will at tract a jack-knife dropped nino foet awny, and that nlong tho line of tlio fifth principal meridan, in the counties of Carter, Reynolds, Iron and Washington, the lines of east nnd west surveys are de flected from the true courso several de grees, the needle beiug affected by de posits of loadstone. A new case of mimicry, observed by Siard, is reported. Ono is a saw-fly :nd the other is afl.'. When both in sects nre quiet, they resemble each other perfectly in color and patterns, a'ld as the saw-fly is protected oy its unpleasant smell from the beaks of birds, it is prob ible that the fly is mistaken for it by jirds on accouut of the bad taste of the insect it resembles. The largest machine now in use for tawing stono can deal with blocks three feet one inch high by eight feet three inches lon-; and six feet six inches wide. The saw of this machine is seven feet three inches in diameter and is a steel plate mounted ou a screw spindle, along which it can be shifted by means of large nuts so as to vary its position for a cut in any desired place. Tho rim of the saw is studded with diamond. Ed A. IJabcock, of North Stonington, Conn., while crossing his rocky farm met %n odd and brilliaut-looking snake of a ipecies that was suppose I to be extinct in Connecticut, and after a lively chase :aptuicd it. It is a little fellow uot half jrown and is black, except that a broid •olden baud encircles its neck. It be ougs to the golden-baud racer species, ivluch grows to be ten or liftcuu feel oug aud are swift aud ferocious, A Modern Kite s Kg*. A great rarity is now exhibited at tho gardens of the British Zoological So ciety in London. A fossil egg of the uepyoruis, of which very few specimens nre iu exist suce, and fetch from 41500 each. The egg is uearly a foot loug, and is ouly rivalled iu sun and rarity by that of the great auk, which a'so brings a faucy price. A few of these eggs have been fount iu Madagascar. Th« bird that laid them is ouly imperfectly kuowu front frsK'nelils of its huge skeleton, tut is siip|»>std to be the origin of thu famous roc by which Miitdbad, thu sailor, es caped from his captivity iu the valley of diamonds. The latter, however, a» is usual 111 legends and ui)ths, is very 111 null exaggerated as to sise.— New York Journal- A Vlracle l'« rfuiittcU b> v ircJ Ueese. A friend of outs, whose veracity w> •houhl uever think of luipeauhing, re luted lu us a uiost iitiaoidiuaiy > »pen. .lice of Ills while wildfowl shooting In 1.. 11.. It. 11 I . mull). In thai • I tpol, it tuked aud buttressed iu by tow< 1 lug lulls, is a natural tul-dc su ol Ibe I'll River, probably su acre tu estetit, tnd much it sol ted to bjr wild diwke aud lien. Visitiu; this vaily una uuusnall) old utoiuiHg recently he waa suipriu t •eywud lueasute tu sie lite lake eovetcd aitlt ti e and a tt' is uf wild frosee ,1 ils sulfas*. Imagine hla MIMUMh 1 , man I 1 - tii«i 1. Ihe »p a 4>la I ti , Adtauee Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months. ISLE OF SPICE AND PALM, CEYLON ONE VAST FERNERY AND HOTHOUSE GARDEN. EvprytliliijE That Grows Under I^, Tropical Sky Found Tliere —An Karl lily i'aradisc. IT is worth n trip half way round tho world to visit this charm ing island of spices aud palm groves, surrounded as it is by a double girdle ot golden sands, in which are embedded precious gems that sparkle and twinkle in the luzily rolling surf. Long before the island is reached one isigreoted with its pet fumed nnd spicy breezes as they are wafted far out to sea. The island of Ceylon is situated, ns is well known, near the southeastern ex tremity of ludia, only six degrees from the equator. Under this tropical sun, with several hundred inches of rain fall annually in many places, the island presents the appearance of ono vast fernery uud hot house garden—a paradise of flora, beautifully disposed into plaiu and highland, vallt aud peak, where almost everything grows that is known to a tropical sky. For miles and miles one rides through bewers of wav ing palms of talipot, the leaves of whish have been used for 2500 years, and aro still used to this day by the Buddhists for their sacred scripture books. They are prepared and the letters scratched ou them by means of a stylus, and so whole inspired volumes are written just a3 the Egyptiaus used to write on pa pyrus. Here one passes through groves of co coauut, areca and betel-nut palms, with their long slenilei> stems and beautiful foliage nnd fuits. \ cocoanut tree pro duces from 100 to 300 nuts annually, auj mauy natives would starve should the crop fail—a tb.'AjZ which has not happened for Z\)00 years. » e next drive along the ronils lined with towering feathery bamboos as thick as one's body. From these houses are built, furniture and utensils and orna ments are made. Then one sees the broad-leaved bread fruit trees, bearing a delicious fruit the size of u melon; sugar cane of enormous size; large jackfruit trees; huge india-rubber trees, from which caoutchoue is obtaiued. These trees have as many roots above the ground as there are branches. Another huge tree frequently seen is the banian or Indian flg three, with its hundreds of branches that have taken root in tho ground. Then there is the sacred Bo tree seen frequently. This tree sprang up to protect tonl Budda wherever 110 chanced to rest, fhen we pass orchards of bananas, clnehouas, allspice, nutmegs, cannas, cloves, dracieuas, crotons, cin namon, erythroxylon cocoa, from tho leaves of which cocaine is obtained; pa paya, from which a digestive ferment is made; cocoa trees that yield chocolate, and so ou dowu to tea—fine ceylou tea, of which there are thousands of acres, just as there were thousands of acres of collee some few years ago, yielding millions of pounds of good cotlee. But tho death blow canio to coffee in the shape of a fungus, and a green bug,which destroyed the trees so completly that Ceylon coffee has now all but disaapeared. The nights in Ceylon, especially up in the moiiDtaius, ure perfectly delicious. The atmosphere is cool, clear and per fumed with many delicate atauius from the flowering shrubs and spices. Mvr iads of fireflies dart hither and thither iu glittering clusters, lighting up tho ilarkuess like so many tiny electric lights. Evcrjwhero the crickets and frogs and many unknown birds nnd boasts sing and cry in choruses that lull ono to forgetful iic3s iu the sweet arms of Morpheus. Iu the starry vault the beautiful southern cross and many brilliant coustellatious shine overhead like so many unknown world", which in fact they are, with tho north polar star scarcely above tho hori zon, all making a picture so pleasing that onco seen i« never to be forgotten. It is like a dream of fairyland. Ceylou has an area of 25,000 square miles aud a population of .'1,000,000 souls. Of these 2,000,000 are Cingalese, and nil faithful Buddhbts; 800,000 TaueiU, who ure Brahmins uud Hindoos; 6000 Europeans of many religions sect", aud the rest Mohammedans Japanese, Chinese, Burmese, etc., with a handful of aborigines found ou the island 2500 years ago, when Buddha tirst plante 1 his foot on Adam's peak to preach and save the human race. These aborigine* are called Veddahs, aud live like animals 111 the jungle and woods. They wero mis taken by early travelers for utoukeys, which indeed they seeiu to resemble. They go uaked aud upritk an unknown tougue. Colombo is now the port of entrance for all large vessels. The city is charmingly situated uu the blue Indian Ocean's sparkling sands. It is tilled with aveuue* of waving (ailiiis aud flowering shrubs, aud possesses many fine buildings aud a good Kuglish foil. The city has WM.tHH) inhabitants, tuuslly Cingalese. They live iu small huts made of bamboos, iu the uiidst of cocoanut groves. Their huta have a large hole for a window and half a side out, which auswero for a door, tlue room is ususlly all these huts |Htssess, |u this the natives cook, eat aud sleep. Kurmture is unknowu. Their beds are mats of |tabu leaves. I bey sit ou the door, uut cross legged, as do the Turks, but iu a squatting p»ioi« ou their hauuehet They live ou lack fruit largely—a coarse fruit, twelve inches ituig by sin wide, tUat grows ou huge trees. Besides litis they eat cocoattula, bananas, bltad trull, nuts,rite audiuny and pai'tys, a I nut alsout the stse and suiuewhal ol the taste uf a utuskiueluw, the natives have ralhet darker skins than the Indians, i.ot they are well de veloped and Intelligent. Many u| them sie g I took lag. t hen t iolbiug Is vety simple t'hsy »su long bell.wbnb laity aud have t-oeoeutt! oil tubbed tutu itself datk ekHtned bodies I his enables insist tu ~0 at- ut in atr pt k ei sun with uul Wl*l«4l«tf 1 > i«i Isiiijj 111 HI shins - Isa t I SU- ISI 41. h|- ilvlt , N(0. 38. cheerfulness. Be cheerfulf Meet each woful chance With sueh a smiling countenance That, like the famous Btone of old That turned whate'qr it touched to gold, _ Thou makest sorry hearts to sing, And winter blossom like the spring. Be choerful! Little flowers that grow Along the roadside do not know Why clouds must lower and raindrops fall- Yet they smile bravely through it all. Be thou as they. g6 do thy part. And carry sunshine in thy heart. —Eunice Holbrook. HUM OK OF THE DAY. Acta beneficially on the liver—Bacon. —Puck. The telephone takes everybody's word. —Binghumton Republican. Singular that a tireless wheel should give out first.—Lowell Courier. College students should goto bed early, and avoid the rush.—Puck. The butcher is always happy to meit his customers.—Boston Trauscript. The race is not always to the swift, if there is any money to be made by selling it. We may always expect tho impecuni ous friend to call on us in a short time. —Puck. The world may owe us a living; but it pays the debt in mighty small install ments.—Puck. A man may be set# contained without containing anything remarkable.—Bos ton Transcript. The man with an impediment in his speech never speaks well of anybody.— Boston Transcript. "This is worth following up," as the dog said to himself when ho saw the cocn up a tree.—Chicago Blade. Everybody has moro or loss ca'isc to be unhappy, liappy Is the man who is too busy to bo miserable.—Truth. There is a right time for everything, but the four dollar watch seldom man ages to hit it.—Somervillc Journal. No doubt, iu business matters, a man's word ought togo a long way. We suppose that is why there is such a gen eral use of the telephone.—Fun. Anxious Stranger—"My good man, don't let that child get so near the edgo of the lake!" Old Sauerkraut—"Oh, I got blenty more zu heim."—Jester. No bird remains in list year's nest, And therefore may we scorn it; But—'tis the lul who knows it b>st— It's different with a hornet. —Washington Star. The Bearing of It: "Then, perhaps, you're afraid that [ couldn't support wifei" "Not in the least; but I think that a wife might liuJ you insupport able."—Judy. A New York youug mau whoso girl went to Chicago and picked up another tellow, got a letter from her the othet day so cold that it must have come on iu a refrigator car.—Truth. Father—"Hans,you must not go bath ing to-day, as you have got the stomach ache." Hans—"That wou't matter, daddy, I can swim on my back, you know."—Fiiegende Blactter. Mrs. Youngwifc—"Could you telj by my manner that I had been married but a short time?"' Mrs. Thirdly—"Eiisily.' 1 Mrs. Youngwife—"How?" Mr?. Thirdly "Well you seem to believe everything your husbaud tells you."—Boston Post. Mrs. Newfnd—"You must meet Mr. Risibles, Margie—the great humorist. He is such a perfect gentleman. Why, do you know, he told me this evening that he never laughed tit his owu jokes, except as an act of politeucssto himself." —Puck. "Even the grip has its good points," said pretty Mrs. Jones; "it's apt to make a charming widow of one." "Well, it'll uever make a charming widow of you," said her grumpy husband; "I'd cut my throut before I'd let it do that."—Hing hamton Leader. "Good morning to you, Herr Fastben der. I have to ask you a favor. You see I want to pawn my bed, if you will only be so kind as to let me sleep iu it at nights; you can keep it for yourself all day, you know."— Fumilicu Wochenblatt.- "Marin," called out Mr. Ilillus in au agitated voice, "I have lost my pocket book; I can't fled it anywhere! " "It is exactly where you left It last night, Johu," replied Mrs. Dillus from the iim of the stairway. "It is iu the left hip pocket ot the striped trousers you hung up ou the last hook in tl:e closet; lull there isn't anything Iu it—a*#."—'Chi cago inter Oceau. Mml* Them ►'»»• •th'» Mude. This stor,' about (i - mi ll Custer is picked up by tha Buffalo Courier: The gallant i ivklryni.su believe I in having martial music ou all p usibla occasions. Hi VMU h.ivt I.k hawi Mil it > h tu the morning an I the last tiling in the (•veiling. Oia iU> when the umlur't reguuuut had ju -1 e iiue into camp lieu rral Cutler ordered the band out. Ton uitn Mere tirtd ail I lled that Itiey had lost I lie Mouthpiece* Mi then instru ments, "Very wcil,said the ticiieral, "you may take pu k ivw and shovels ml help repa>r the roads. You may find the tuusiug mouthpiece* while jousre w i log." It la unnecessary to stale that the baud placed soon alter. lluh the ItnuU Travels In Mtiilu^. 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