SULLIVAN JKSk REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. X. China has twenty times as much coal as Europo. The Detroit Free Press thinks "Ameri can wheelmen arc doing a greit work in the interest of improved roads iu this •ountry." A well known educator has expressed the opinion that while university exten sion is an excellent thing, there is danger of running it into the ground. The Railroad Ua/.ette insists that auto matic couplers should not be made obli gatory until 1900, so that the reform may only be applied to new curs that aru built. AVestern Australia is about eight times the size of the United Kingdom. It? population, according to the census of 1891, was There are about 10,000 more males than females. The cost of a woman's education in various American calleges is as follows: Cornell, $500; Mie'iigan, $370; AVelles lcy, $350; Smith, S4OO, 15ryn Mawr, 8450; Vassar, $100; Harvard Annex, S6OO. A Sussex (England) correspondent announces, on the authority of his vicar, that nine out of ten among the humbler brides swear to "love and liouor cherries and a berry" instead of the regular "cherish and obey" of the marriage service. The Boston Transcript says that it was Cvrus W. Field who more than any other man made the Berkshire Hills fashiona ble. His father was for years tho minister in the Congregational Ciiurch in Stockbridge, where Jonathan Edwards preached, and whoa the projector of the Atlantic cnble became famous he brought foreigners to see the beauties of his old home. Several young men in Nesv York thought it a good joke, relates the At laula Constitution, to make one of their set think that he had inherited and would soon receive a fortune of $14,- 000,000 from an uncle in Europe. The news got out and the heir was flooded with solicitations from the merchants nud money-lenders, lie began to live in the style of a Monte Cristo, and now re fuses to believe .that he has bean de ceived. The doctors say he will carry his delusion through life. The disappearance of the Jim Fisk restaurant recalls to an old Ne-.v Yorker that there were as cheap restaurants iu New York forty years ago as now. In the fifties there was a famous cheap res taurant on Chatham Square. Here one could buy for cents a good slice of beef with potatoes and turnips. For OJ cents more one could have plum pud ding with rich saucu. Thus one ob tained for 121 cents, the old York shil ling, a wholesome an 1 satisfying meal, aud not always iu bad e itnpany. The demolition of Heligoland i? going on apace. Five military watch towers arc being erected ou the island, which is slowly but surely crumbling away. Quo of them, a correspondent states, is just beginning to appear at the South Point, the rock which rises sheer and red above the clear, gree.i water. Only two short years ago that point was the loneliest, loveliest spot on the sunny, silent isl and, aud serve 1 the superannuated, weather-beaten fisheraieu us a station, whence they lookc 1 out when a stor.n was brewing, or when the fishing fleet was overdue. Now bricks and mortar cover the deep grass; the primitive seats have disappeared, aud the German blue coat reigns supreme. Close to the Gov ernment House, in the Quids, a powder warehouse is beiug built, aud over the graves ol the old Frisian Kings the wans of big barracks are rising. Aiuouif the very loremont imitator* for the building of buUer country road* H ex (Jovernor Jtkiitei* A. lleuvor, of iV'iiu*)lv.tniH, who umdo tliM thekubject of UII f«ucutivu during hi* term of nitlcc. Uuvernnr Heaver tut* written lor ihu Forum HII «*|»IHIIHUOU why tuoit coiiiittunUiM tiuil it no tliill nil to goo l loudk. The nitltuo! tux, ht) »4y», wo Iwtvu btjooill# HCUMLO'IJI; 1 to; *0 we Imvii become acourtouwl to bu liun l for olurittble iuttiuttiou* nud for the relief of the poor; but in 1110U KUto* the h.tliit of gDUeritttUll*, »o 1.41 4> eoucuru* the iui|irovciueut of r<> »• i*, li4t been the iucllei live tytlem of "worklujf the rott>U," ho thiit m <*' 11111 hnvo uot only li*d it liriuiy lixe I in their mind* thui rmd* Hie nut |>ro|Mjr tubjuut* for direct lukitiiou, but tliut the bigUw4y» uui{Ut be luwdu by 4 tiuHil contribution of per koiml lubor. It it thu ioiiK 4li*i deep rooted habit 4ii 4 l uuwilliunueM to pay 4 direct kuiti> ieut tux « ij.it u the uriutwy c.tUte of our N41101141 ill- IHJ iii ».< lew good .tint the remedy lie* in kucb 4u •KiUtion 44 u li4|i|<ily now yoiujf on Iti 1110*1 for 4 keener pubim 4(»(»i«m uiton uf the direct KUllHUkll l«i bvUM-ll« ol W«ll built lO*'il, PHILOSOPHY. Remember, O remember, while years are floating by, While springtime sceno* of joyous youth are measuring the sky, To garner in for later years, when life may lose its zest, That treasure which of treasures all Is ever, ever blest— A bravo Philosophyl Remember, O reinemljor, while mauhood's summer grows, While striving 'iuld the piercing thorns to pluck ambition's rose, Though failure, pain and sacrifice may mar thy daily path, That these do sheath their keener pang for him who always liath A wise Philosophy! Remember, O remember, when youth Is far behind, With only mem'ry's cloak to shield from autumn's chilling wind. That thou niay'st purchase refuge with the treasure thou has won, And fnirer, warmer radiance than shed by summer sun, With thy Philosophy t Remember, O remember, when winter's icy hand Draws tighter and yet tighter life's slender, golden band. That there is hope and peace and joy and happiness indeed, And confidence beyond despa r, whatever bo thy creed, In true Philosophy 1 —Carlyle Harris, in New York World. TIIE SNAKE BROOCH. ■ * HAD settled myself jM in uiy corner and the I train was already [nlfyk swinging at a good <BB iw ),acu d n wn .. th , e ' f ' Gold ; Trtw 011 Vtt ' ,c y before 1 noticed, first, that I wa ' no ' ,l ' oue i a »d )<, JJzifely&b second, that I was not in a smoking coni partment. My fellow traveler was a lady, clothed from head to foot in a traveling ulster with a deep cape, and closely veiled. I wnnfed a smoke very badly, and so 1 ventured to ask her if she had any objec tion. Imagine my astonishment when, in stead of replying to my question, she sobbed out something utterly incoherent and burst into tears. This was startling enough, but when I saw that she made no attempt to take out a handkerchief to dry her eyes, but simply sat still with her hands folded under her cape, surprise very quickly gave place to bewilderment. In such a situation a man does not reason; he simply acts on instinct. In a moment I was at the other end of the carriage, begging her in a clumsy, masculine fashion to tell me what was the matter with her. For an answer she suddenly parted her cape and held up two tiny clospe I aud daiutily gloved bauds. As she diil so I heard the clink of fteel, and something bright shown in the lamplight. My fair companion was handcuffed 1 Before she attempted any explanations she opened her right haud aud showed me one of the regulation screw keys which alone will open the steel bracelets that restraiu the exuberance of the unruly or dangerous criminal. "Please unlock thc-e horriblit things lor me and then I will tell you every thing," she said, jind the request was supplemented by a beseeching glance from a pair of tear-dewed eyes, to whose witchery many an older man than my self would have succumbed. I took the key, and, after a little fum bling about the strangely contrived locks, set free the dainty little hands that were stretched so appealingly toward me. Not knowing exactly what to do with the handcuffs, I slipped theui lor the time being into the side pocket of my ulster. As soon as she got her hands free she unbuttoned her ulster and threw it back a little. As she did so I noticed that she wore a strikingly curious brooch at the neck of her dress. It was formed of two thick gold serpents, coiled as if ready to spring, with their heads thrust forward side by side and their emerald eyes gleaming with an unpleasantly life like expression. It was a pitiful tale and to a great ex tent one which the newspapers have of lute years made too commonplace. Forced by social and pecuniary consid erations luto a murriage with a man old euough ti> bo her fatlier, aud possessing no siughi taste iu common witn tier, she had, under sore temptation, brokeu her forced troth aud lied from his house. Too proud to follow her himself, aud yet menu enough to punish her by sol*, nutting her to an unheard-of indignity, he hail put a private detective upuu her track, told him she was tainted with a dangerous mania, aud giveu him strict orders to bring her back to L indou when caught, handcuffed liken felon. The detective, when he overtook her at Hereford, had giveu her a letter from Iter husband in which he told her that if site did not submit to hi* iustructious Ue would pimecuto her for stealing one or two articles of juwelry—the brooch that she »a» wearing among them—which she had unwittingly taken away witn hu in thr hurry ut her flight. To avoid the ditgrace aud public shame she had submitted to the brutal but private tyranny of his revenge. At (Homester her escort had got out to telegraph to her husband to meet them aud had lost the tiuiu through a porter telling him that the stop was five minute* instead of thiue, and she ha I just seen him ruu onto the platform as the train left the station. A* iiho looked round the carriage In whirh «he now li.uu'l In i.elf free, tin klmc kled, ibu kuw the key of her lutud rutin, which inukt li4v«> (4lleu from hU iKket pocket 4• he jerked hi# overc»4t on, ttbe irted Imid to opuu the loekk, but, of cuurtu, h*<l been uu*bh» to do SO, UiUvot 4lid HwilldoU «••«• pftkkeii •* LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1892. she told her tale; we conversed upon the etrange occurrences of the night, and the only stop before Paddingtou was now Heading. Here my traveling com panion decided to leave the train, as by no means could she avoid running into her husband's arms at the terminus. Despite her gentlo winning manner, I felt instinctively that persuasions would be useless, and so I opened the door, got out, and helped her to alight from the carriage, and with a few murmured words of repeated thanks she was gone. When I got back into the carriago I lit a cigar and lay bock on the cushions to think over my By tho time the train drew into Paucnngton I had exalted my beautiful unknown into a heroine of romance, and, I regret to say, myself into something like a knight errant of the days of chtvaliy. »•♦»»» •'This i9 it, twelve-ninety. Are you there, Fred?" Tte train had stopped, and a lamp Hashing into the carriage woke me up from my day dream to hear these strange words, apd to see a couple of men in poliae uniform and a railway inspector peering into the compartment. "Hullo! this must be wrong. They aren't here, and yet this is the right number. Excuse me, sir, how far have you come in this carriage?" "From Stroud," I replied, a bit dazed by drowsiness and my strange reception. "Have you come all the way alone?" Some mad idea connected in a con fused way with tho beautiful woman whose soft, clinging clasp I could still feel on my hand, stopped the truth that rose to my lips, and instead uttered the foolish lie: "Yes, I have been alone in the carriage all the way." A moment later I would have given all I possessed to have recalled my words, for as I uttered them the railway inspec. tor turned his lamp under the scat opposite to me and said iu a hoarse whisper: "Good Heavens! what's that?" My eyes followed the glare of the lamp, and I saw the toe of a uiaa's boot on the floor of the carriage a few inches back from the front of the seat. A minute later and the corpso of a somewhat undersized man, whose face was still drawn in the agony of a violent death, was dragged out, lifted up and laid upon the scat. Of course I Hpent the night in the cells, lor il L could have procured bail to any amount it would not hav# been accepted. Not only was I charged with the-most terrible of all crimes, but the charge was supported by prima facie evidence that looked practically conclusive. The handcuffs had been found in my pocket, and I was accused of procuring the oscope from justice of the notorious Maria S , the w'&' of a member of the Nihilist inner Circle, then serving a lifts sentence in Siberia. No fewer than four murders had been traced to her, and now I was charged with complicity in a fifth, that of a well known English detective who had sought to make a brilliant coup by taking her alone. She seemed to have the power of fas cinating meu with her beauty till they became her slaves, and then striking them dead by some terrible and myster ious agency that left no trace savo death behind it. There is no need to dwell on the hor rors of the time that followed my arrest. Everything that money and skill could do for mo was done, but I was com mitted for trial on the circumstantial evidence to answer the charge of mur der. While I lay in jail awaiting my trial the search for Marie S became an absolute hunt to death. Despite all this, so perfect was her skill iu disguise, aud so unlimited her fertility of resource, that she might have evaded pursuit after all, had it not been for one of thoso slips tint the cleverest of criminals seem to make sooner or later. A smart young chemist's assistant, nt 11 fashionable watering place, one even ing on thu pier made the acquaintance of it very pretty girl, who said that she was studying chemistry (or tho science ami art examinations. This turned the conversation oil chem icals, and she ended by askiug him to (;et her a quantity of a very poisonous substance which she wanted for an ex periment, and which sliu could not buy became she was a stranger iu the town. Thu chemist's assistant was a sharp young fellow, and he saw thu chemical she asked tor w*» not iu thu syllabus of the science and art department. lie tolil his employer of tho occurrence the next day, and iu thu evening took the girl some crystals of a harmless salt which resembled what shu had wanted somewhat closely, "This is not what I asked for," she said, as shu lojked into tbe packet. "No, you can't make prussiu acid out of that,mi'«, but it's -iter to play with," coolly replied the youth, and as bespoke a man wlio had been leaning over the rail of the pier a few yards away moved silently up behind thu girl, pinioned her units to lur side and held her down to thu scat. Tne detective i-tlled a cab on the es ptenade, and thu three got in and drove to thu pollcu station, pulling up the win do vs to avoid any possible obsuvatiou as thuy went through thu streets. When the cab luaclte I thu station thcru was no sign or sound of niovt uieut iii iide it. Thu t ibman got down an>l opened the door, and as he did so lie -Uugeii I back aud lull gasping for breath to the pavement. lii.tdu thu .ab Mary H *»t with I Iter two wt uld becaptors—de tI, and Ml i the face of each corpse there was the •auie espres»iou that there was on the ■ lusturus of the dead man who was takeu nit ol the carriage at I'addiugtou. min a the clothing Ol Ma i« rt —» mini! to U searched lite mystery was --olvd by the 1181 ivjiy of one of the i most internally iii .uiiiom contrivance* that have over seived the purpose of luulder. inside tliu drees, just above the i waistband on the right baud side, were found two small rubber ball pumps, such as are used for ordinary spray producers. From these two tubes led up to a bottle suspended round the neck. This had two compartments and two necks closed by rubber coiks, through which ran thin tubes, which ended in the mouths of the two golden serpents coiled in the form of n brooch. The horrible apparatus was so arranged that, on working the ball pumps by pressing the right arm against the sido two sets of vapors could be ejectel from the serpents' mouths. These jots when united formed what was practically a vupor of prussic acid, which would be blown directly in the face of any one within a couple of feet of the brooch, and would of course kill them almost in stantly. To the wearer of tho brooch there would bo little or no danger, provided she h<sld her breath for a couple of min utes and moved quickly away, as tho gas mixes very rapidly with the air and is soon lost. In a confined ppaco like the cab the atmosphere would soon bo so saturated that it would be death to breathe it. All this was, of course, told to me after my release, which was effected im mediately after tho mystery was cleared up.—Sheffield Telegraph. Detecting Ilad Coins. "Here's the way wo test coins in tlie Treasury." And the expert swiftly poised the dollar piece horizontally on the top of his forefinger, holding tho thumb a quarter of an inch away from it and gave it a brisk tap with another coin. A clear, silvery ring sounded out. "Good, but here; listen;" and he re peated the operation with another coin that gave out a dull, heavy clink that ceased almost as soon as it began. "Type metal aud lead; moulded, too. That is a wretched counterfeit." "How do you tell that it was moulded?" lie held tho two coins so that tho light struck on their edges. "Just compare the reeding, will you, or milling, as most people call it. Iu this genuine coin this is very clear aud sharp cut; in the counterfeit it is coarse and dull. That is because moulded iustead of be iug stamped in cold metal, like tho Government coins." Why do the coun terfeiters not use the same cold process?" "It costs too much and makes too much noise. Witli a mould, you sge, a coun terfeiter can carry on his work iu a gar ret, and if a policecnau comes in he can shy the whole outfit out of the window. But it takes great power to run a die. Still some high flying counterfeiters do use them, and their work is usually harder to detect, though it is never so perfect as that of the Government Mint." "What is the surest test for counterfeit coin for popular use?" "The looks of tho reeding, as ! waa telling you—tho milling, by the way, is on the face of the coiu, and not ou tho edge, as most people think. That's tho surest and easiest thing, but of course other tests have to be used, especially for weight and thickness. A little scale for weight and measure is the handiest thing to set tle that. Then, for plated ciin, a drop of acid squirted on tho edge where the plating wears most will chow up the base metal in a hurry." "What acid do you use?" "For gold coin a mixture of strong nitric acid 6 J drams, muriatic acid fifteen drops, ami water five drams, is used; for silver, twenty-four grains of nitrate of silver and thirty drops of ni tric acid, with one ounce of water. One drop is sufficient. If the coin is heavily plated we scrape it a little before put ting on the acid."—Springfield Ropub. licau. He Makes Cjclones. Professor Douglass has succeeded in manufacturing miniature cyclones and tornadoes by means of electricity, thus proving tho electrical character of tho "prairie terrors." Iu carryiug out his plans he susi>ended a large copper plate by silken threads and charged it from a battery, lie then used arsenious acid gas, whereupon the combination of gas and electricity could bo seen hanging from the uuderside of tho plate in tho form of a perfect fuuuel-shaped cyclouo cloud. When everything was ready, tho Profosior swung tho plate and the miniature cyclone to and fro across a table litere I with matches, pieces of paper, pens, pencils, etc. The lighter objects were instantly sucked up, the heavier scattered in all directions. Tho effects were exactly those of destructive cyclones. There curious experiments explain cyclonic phenomena. Low clouds become charged witli electricity, dosccud aud form a couuecliou with tho caith. Then a violent electrical com motion ensues, finally settling iuto u whirl which continues until an electric equilibrium is established.—St. Louis Republic. |,el I handed "suddenly. Three years ago a young lady of Fall Itiver, Mass,, was hit ou the left side of the head by a falling sign as she was walking almig a street iu Boston. This was followed by a brain fever. After some weeks she was as well iu iiiiud aud b >dy as ever, but from aright handed person she had become so left handed that she could neither cut, saw nor write with her right hand, but ! louud it easy to dc all tliese things will her left. Iter right hand was just about as use ful a* her left ha I been before she was I hurt. What is strange u that, with so recent a e i HI <e in tho use of her lunds, sliu never makes an awkward motion, aud is as graceful in the use of hul left j baud as if sue bad been boru lefthaude i. ' —Boston Post. To Utilise Itvlierja. A com pan y ha< been org mlxeit iu Sewfouiidlaud to gather ice from ice i hergs for the use of ice consume*). lie ' ehiui iy ha< been perilled loi cutting ! in# from bergs, aud the airival of a •learner load is reported at I'llluy's let j aud. The ice is said to IMI much purer and harder than that hsive.su- i lt*ni <tremus aud pou Is, and a Uigu duniiu | | fur it U eijHrtJied. New Voia Wo»U. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. The solnr system has twenty moons. A Cincinnati doctor recommends eat ing lemons for rheumatism. Chewing gum's main component, gum chicle, is the sap of sapodilla, a Mexican tree. The great Italian warships are 400 feet long, with a beam of seventy-live feet. A man obtains his miximum weight at forty years of age, and a woman at iifty years. The human skin is exactly like that of a fish, as it is covered with minute scales overlapping each other. Tho right side of the body perspires more than the left, and the palm of the hand four times more than tlio skin of the chest. A spermaceti candle consuming 120 graitu per hour, or at the rate of two graius per minute, will give an illumina tion of one standard candle. M. Darneny has taken successive photographs of the lips of a speaker, so that on arranging them a deaf mute, able to read from the motiou of the lips, can understand them. A new islet has been pushed above the surface of the Caspian, near Baku, Rus sia. It is three and a half miles from shore, measures 175 by 100 feet, and rises about twenty feet above the water. There is said to bo a volcanic area forty miles square in extent in Lower California that is a veritable tire land, livery square rod of the territory is pierced by a boiling spring or spouting geyser. The soldering of aluminium, which has long been a difficult problem, has been recently solved. By sprinkling the surfaces to be soldered with chloiide of silver, and melting down, the soldering is effected simply and satisfactorily. Dr. Peters, the African explorer, has discovered enormous saltpeter beds be tween Mount Kilima-Njaro and the vol cano Donjo Ngai. The whole great ter ritory between Kiiiiua-Njaro an 1 Donjo Nyai is said to be one great salt pete: bed. Food for cattle is scarce in Norway and a winter diet of cows in some parts of the country is said to be a mash of cod fish heads. The milk of cows so fed has an unpleasant taste of co l-tiver oil, but is thought to be a valuable drink for consumptive patients. When alternating currents arc seat through tho human body the physio logical effects increase in severity with au increase in the current strength, ac cording to Professor E.lwic J. Houston. With current strengths greatly in excess of those employed in electrotherapy, addi tional dirts are produced, and a tonic contraction' T>( the muscles follows. Moreover, in such cases the severity of the physiological effects is increase I by the high potential of the break-iuducel discharge. The World's Largest Active Volcano. Hawaii is chiefly famous for its volca noes, says tho Ariatic tjuarterly. Kil auea, the largest active volcino in tho world, lies oti the sido of the mouutain Mauna Loa, at an elevation of four thou sand feet. We usually think of an ele vation as a cone, but Kilauea is rather a great sunken pit, in the midst of a vast desolate plain which slopes up geutly to tho summit of the mountain. It is a pit of iiD less than nine miles in circumferanco and the area of its lowest level is six square miles. The level varies; but it is at present six hundnd feet below the surrounding country, anil is reached by a steep descent down the sheer face of a precipice, which extends right around the crater, anil, as it were, walls it in. Within the crater, toward its southern end, is an inner crater, with one or more lakes of tire, called Halemaumau, or llouso of Kverlastiug Burnings, which constitute the true chimney of tlie vol cano. Hero Kilauea exhibits its cease less activity. In tho outer crater occa sional graud eruptions occur, but signs of the slu nberiug forces below are ever present iu the form of blowiug coiies and steaiu cracks, varying iu size from nar row clefts to great fissures, from which issue puffs and clouds of steam, fumes of hot poisonous gases, and, from some, liquid lava. The general bed is made up of countless lava flows, of a variety of forms and contortions difficult to do scribe. At times it is surrounded by a circle of crags, thrown up from tho la\» iu a molten stale .Mid solidified as they rose. They tower above tho level of the outer basiu to the height of 100 to tl'lo feet. From the top ouo giuei down ward iuto a sea of liquid fire. —Boston Transcript. Corcan Hospitality. In the matter of hospitality wo might learn much from the Coroans, who ap pear iu tho following story to keep alive tho ancient uotiou that nothing should be too good for the str mger within their gates. When Admiral Shufeldt wont to the hermit Nation to arrange for a treaty, Mt.ts Shuleldt missed a valuable bracelet, thu t tie ft of which was duly reported to the proper authorities. Huspiciou rested ou two uatives, who weie taken before the tribunal aud subjected to a rigorous eiauiitialiou. The oilLials found that no uicriuiiuating uvidonce could be ob tained against the inspected culprits, aud informed Mis* Hhuieldt of the 'act, but added, iu a spirit of courtesy, "If madam wiahes, however, we will at once cut ol! the heads of both men.Boston Trail* •crlpl. lluit Ear I'lillin; llifaii. Auciently, iu itiauy parts of Frat.ee, when a »ale ol laud took place, It was the custom to have twelve adult wit nesses accompanied by twelve little bo)s, and » huii the price of the laud was paid, and its suriender took place, the ears of ti.e hvys were pulled, aud they were beatvu severely, MI that tile paiu thus is*- I'. ii led should make au impression upon iheir memory ■ aud, if requited after ward, they might hear witness hi the sals. —New V <i» World* Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 81.25 after Three Months, THE MARKETS OF HAVANA. UNiaUE SIGHTS IN THE METROP OLIS OF CUBA. Produce Carried to Market on Mule Hack— 'i'lie Hucksters and Then Wares—Milk Dealers. "7T" MONG the most interesting /\ sights of a unique and inter eating city are the markets ol /Havana. A visit to them helps the stranger to the better understanding of the methods of life not only of the city people but of the country dwellers as well, and shows strikingly the curious mixture of races that goes to make up the population. There are three large markets, each one occupying a huge low stone building plastered on the outside, the manner in which, most of the build ings of Havana are constructed, and constituting a block by itself. Ap proachiug the market during the busy hours of the morning we rtucl the streets on every side almost blocked by hcavily ladened mules, just in from the country, carrying produce of every sort. The roads throughout the island are so bad that almost all heavy load'', except sugar caue and the huge casks of sugar and molasses, are carried in this way. Panniers made of very coarse bagging, or woven from straw, or of palm fiber, are fastened upon either side of the mule, and then tilled with merchandise until the mule is almost hidden from sight. In this way almost every sort of fruit aud vegetable is 'carried, also cocoanuts, corn-fodder, live chickens, live pigs, cans gfmilk an d whatever else the country may send to supply the town. Corn-fodder is ono of the prin cipal articles of this cummerce, as it is almost the only feed that is used for the horses and cows kept in the city. It grows all the year through, rarely attains a height of more tliaa four feet, and is cut when the grain if hardening. Theu it is tied in bundles aud bound ou mules until nothing but the nose aud tail of the animal can be seen, and so brought into market. Tho hucksters and traffickers who come with the mules aro as varied and curious as the wares they bring. There are Cubans and Spaniards of tho poorer class, Indians, Coolies and G.injivos— the native men of the mountains. They are a ragged, dirty, uncouth lot, shoeless and hatless, sometimes tramping along beside their loads, and again mounted upon the very apex of the crowded pan niers. It may be seen at a glance, not only from their own poverty-stricken look but also from the leanness of their beasts, that they are wretchedly poor. A visit to their homes would still further emphasize this fact, as there are tew poorer habitations known to civilized niau than the p.alm-b irlc cabins of these Cuban siuall-farmers. Hut they are good-natured and apparently happy. On arriving at the market they are noisily busy for an hour unloading their mules and arranging their wares for sale. Or anges are poured from the panuiers into large, flat baskets, until ono wonders that they could have held so many. The baskets, holding perhaps a bushel aud a half, are lifted upon tho head—the fa vorite way hereof carrying all burdens and taken into the market. Then there are pineapples and plantaius and ban anas, as plentiful as apples or potatoes with ui at home; these are all ridicu ] lously cheap, a dozen tine oranges for a dime, a good pineapple for tive cents, 01 the very best for ten, aud as many ban anas as you care to ci.ry tor a dime. Toe potatoes here aro quite as tine as oue would see in any Northern market. Them are also those other tropical fruits, sapotas, sapoditlas, anil some whose names 1 could not easily ascertain, curi ous looking, nriuy of them with rough brown coats, all of them sweet aud, to a Northern palate, somewhat insipid. In midwinter there is in tho vegetable booths everything that wo have iu mid summer, new com, celery, lettuce, oni ons, tomatoes, artichokes, etc.. aud there are some curious looking messes, ready cooked, of which tin odor is enough for us. It goes without saying that there is dirt everywhere, for these people aro not at all cleanly, when judged from the American standpoint. The interior of tho market is given up mainly to the sale et things eatabiu. Iho outer portions, fronting upon the streets, aro tilled wila booths of various sort* where one may buy a thuusau i things of little value, and hardly anything of real worth. One may buy poor candies, flowers made into gaudy bouquets, imi tation jewelry, cheap tovs, brilliantly colored pictures and books with strik' iugly illustrated covers, deealcouiauia supplies—this seems to bo a favorite decorative aft--cheap little wooden statuettes of the saints, in faet anything aud eveiything that is calculated to catch the eye aud tho money of the ignorant aud unwary, There is uiiicu noise aud chattering wherever two or more are gathered together, or where even the smallest commercial transaction is iteiiig conducted. Tuu people, though most of them are Pressed iu rags, show soiuo bit of color that holps to enliven the scene. Old eroues, perfeot wltflhes iu form and feature, hobble about idling herbs, charm* and lottery tic.»ols thi uarneil sit stolidly behind counters whereon are »howu delicately carved bits of ivory and tluely worked b uos of t.c itcd woods. I'.io milk ilnilur U about lh>< only iiu ri limit u< 4uy aon wli'i onuwu Ik> found 111 Ibo iiurkcl. It It Itv I* j»wl now UOUIg !»I"UJ4 tlia uri-ol ouUuU), ilrviu,' bi» la-ril Uefiiw Unit nuU ■io|t|>in 4 111 wwU (low «»' >lr4W, 1 (row llw 1 uw, «iub * »ujiply ** ui.»f IHI W4>itvl, Mini 111 'lut Hlllk tlHt I 111 tlu< t'lljf 14 iirotiitriitl m tli>* w«v, «i|4 *ln» »*i »t «uy hour « li«ril»iii4U nt »y Imi mjuu 111 ll»o»liiu kirlviug » l<i»'i •iuMit i i»1 hi »«>'* l»o (ur« him froiu U'ttt u It —Auiari Cttu mtlMfUM ii'* uli|i"«l •t'l'l li»lM>"' M« 11041 wH<wl 111 ,'itueiic* »• it»wi at ilif Imvinii 11. l'tlllU«)l*MllU- ll »#* I «'««•••» i'» l?t>l •u4 bM gi>*akU'4 10,41* «M»U. NO. 4V). X WOULDN'T, VOUNO MAN. Von can marry a woman with plenty of gold— I wouldn't if I were you— She is haughty and proud, and her lips aro cold — I wouldn't if I were you. ». True love alone can the heart assuage, And to live ono's years in a gilded cage S Would make of life a long, dull page— I wouldn't if I were you. You can do all sorts of foolish things— I wouldn't if I wore you— For a lyiug part no pleasure brings— I wouldn't if I were you. Oh, who would forfeit tho depth of bliss That always eornes in an honest kiss 'Tweeu a faithful youth and a trusting miss— I wouldn't if I wore you. You can cheat, and steal, and grasp, and clutch — I wouldn't if I were you— For wealth brings never a joy to such— I wouldn't if I wore you. And better than gold is a loving friend. Whose heart will a ray of sunshine lend. You may strive, it you will, for a selfish end — I wouldn't if I were you. You may, betimes, grow strangely blind — I wouldn't if I were you— To the debt you owe to all mankind— I wouldn't if I were you. For all who breast life's troubled wave Have a common birth and a common grave; You may praise the king and spurn the slave— I wouldn't if I were you. You may be tempted to quit the truth— I wouldn't if I were you— That a mother's love has taught your youth— I wouldn't if I were you. And the angels will bless you while you sleep, And they'll kiss your honest lips and keep Sweet watch o'er your slumber soft and deep— I wouldn't if I were you. —Nixon Waterman, in Chicago Tribune. HUMOR OF THE DAY. A check mate—The stub. A green grocer—The oue who frusta. —Puck. Tho handle to our name is tho tiling by which pride lifts us up. It doesn't tnko a bit of meanness out of a rascal to polish him.—Ram's Horu. In the bright lexicon of matrimony, the base ball playor is not always a good catch.—Puck. A woman's glory is in her hair, but it is a good plan to tie it up when cooking. —Texas Sittings. Tho man who never attempts to sing at any other time will break out iu a picnic wagon.—Atchisou Globe. "I've lost fivo pounds of flesh on your account," sighed tho butcher, as a dog ran oil with a steak.—Texas Sittings. Every man's ideal woman is one who would believe ho caught whales in the river if he told her so.—Atchison Globe. It was a much too sudden move; For just before ho spoke The words that told her of his lovo The hammock broke. —Judge. "There goes Blobski, the boomerang I poet." "How did he get that name J" ' "Hy his verses always coming back to | him."—Philadelphia Record. A contemporary lays down a number ! of rules of aetiou in case of one's cloth ing taking tire. One of tlicm is "to keep I as cool as possible.—Tit Hits. He "That's that ass, Bound arson, isn't it* He should have been drowned jas a puppy." She—"There's time J enough yet, isn't there?"— Punch. l)o not judgo from outside appear | ances. The football looks plump and 1 fair proportioned, but there is nothing in it but wind. —Uostou Transcript. A victim o'erworke I l-'or whom hearts should grow teudor Is tho lemon that's uswl Hy the lemonade vender. Washington Star. Hudson Rivors—"Chicago has souio very tall buildings, has it not?" "C. H. Aequo—"Has it! You have to lie flat ou your back to see out of towu."—New York llorald. Dog Fancier—"l tell you, gents, that dog o' mine Is au intelligent critter." Synnok—"Possibly; but you wouldn't think it, judging from the company ho keeps."—Uostou Tiauscript. A mystery on a sij>u at a South Kud provision store: "Hoof is very high, our prices are the same," The questiou is, tloes the sign attract or repot cus tomers? Uostou Transcript. lie —"1 never heard a eouundrum yet that eould trouble lue for a moment," Shu (admiringly)—" Can you always answer them, ttieu?" lie —"Oa, no I 1 always give ilium up,"--Soumrvilto Journal. Fred—"Tuere seems to be a lot more fuss made of Mni A.'s.iuniug than Viisi K 's, aud I aiu sure Mis* K lias by far the richer voice." Jack "Oh, yes, but Miss ,V. has by tar 'lie richer lather." Pick Me Up. Paterfamilias-*"What have you to show as the means of support in; lay daughter if you wed her, Mi . Snippy I Mr. Snippy (with obvious embarrass liieuti—" Kr—all--l eould tell lH<tt*r i( _*r— Iliad semi youi latest will."— Clikoag > News Keeord. Srcdv Party (contemplating himself iu a pix'kel mirror) "Here I am waning the luiols of a bank manager, the trousers of a landed proprietor, a baron'* coat and vest, and even a count s hat, ami in spile of all that I look like a tr i nip,Pliegeude Hlaetler. Nellie Mtiiiiuieigirl -"We've t»eeu en ga,.>>d iivel a acek, lie >rge, dear 1 , Won't you think we ought to break UI" tteoigo liidemaud ~"tireak the engagement! Why, love, ate you tired of uie au snout" >• N mi} but dou't you think I ought to give the otUei gifts some chaucc at yuit, string you're the euljt usaa hwei">«» Uttlvu M«er».
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