SULLIVAN JSIK REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XI. A man in Wolfo County, Kentucky, lias been disfranchised for life for selling his vote. Calhoun County, Florida, is without a railroad in its borders, has not a single lawyer, nor is there a single barroom in the county. A French merchant, the victim of sev eral defaulting cashier?, now advertises for "a cashier as honest as possible and paralyzed iu both legs." The Territory of Arizona is, so far as the sheep industry is concerned, in as prosperous a condition, avers the New York World, as any State or Territory in the Southwest. The United States furnishes 673,000 Freemasons and 047,471 Oddfellows, "with lodperoom reasons for late hours nnd latch keys,"according to the Chicago Herald. Kate Field's Washington, after patient toil, has discovered that it cost more to Lury and eulogize a dead Statesman than it does to feed and clothe him during his two years of Congressional service. American ingenuity in holding tho ribbons is extending very rapidly to the manufacture of ribbons as well, boasts the Chicago Herald. The product of American looms has increased, according to the figures just published, from $0,023,100, in 1830 to $17,051,447 in 1890. The death of General Beauregard leaves but one of the seven full Generals of the Souther i Army living and none of the five men on whom the rank was con ferred at the beginning of the war. These five men were Cooper, Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, Albert Sydney Johnston and Beauregard. Bragg and Kirby Smith were afterward made full Gen erals. Kirby Smith alone survives. A new style of wall decoration iu these hard times in England may become pop ular, opiues the Caicago Herald's Lon don correspondent. A Dover street sufferer by recent corporation collapses has papered one of the rooms of his house with share certificates, now value less, but which represent the investment of an immense sum. C. W. King, the well-known philatelist, set the fashion some time ago by covering the walls of a room with postage stamps valued at $3500. Among the envelopes containing the electoral votes for President and Vice- President was one with a queer seal, y now in possession of Mr. Sparr, one of k the doorkeepers of the United States Senate reception room. It seems that Montana, though a State for seme time, has as yet no seal. Tho envelope con taining the electoral votes was fastened with a great splash of red wax fully two and a half inches in diameter and in the wax, while it was still soft, was stuck a bright silver dollar of the year of Mon tana's admission into the Union. Grover Cleveland evidently thinks that type-written letters are not good form. This, at least, the New Orleans Picayune thinks, is the fair inference to be drawil from the following incident: A politi cian of National prominence the other day, wishing to urge the claims of a cer tain persou for a cabinet position, dic tated a letter for Mr. Cleveland to his typewriter, signed it and sent it away. Shortly afterwtrd ho received a reply, written in a somewhat crabbed, but dis tinct hand, which on examination proved to bo on autograph of Mr. Cleve land. The gentleman has put the letter carefully away, and says that he will never again be guilty of sending Mr. Cleveland a type-written letter. The typewriter is very convenient, all the same, and a good deal more legible than most autographs. A St. Louis man says that "it is u question just how far a silk hat and a supreme nerve will carry a man, but our people appear to yield readily to such in fluences. The best instance of this is Colonel Hale, of nowhere in particular, but who has a habit of blowing iu with the spring breezes and promoting things generally, much to his own interest. Colonel Hale blew into a rapidly grow ing Western town recently and quickly grasped the fact that there was no cable road. With everything gone but a silk hat and $125, he spent SIOO for admis sion into a swell local club and proceeded to Mist on the remaining $25. He gathered about him the leading moneyed men and laid bare the scheme of mill ions in a cable road. He agreed to ob tain the franchise and put it all through for $30,000, part of which was to be paid down as a guarantee of good faitb 1 Do you believe that that fellow dusted up his silk hat and attacked tho alder men next. By dint of promising and pompous appearance of wealth he Se cured an ordinance, was voted stock, drew what was coming to him and blew out again, leaving every oae to wonder." THI ROAD TO YESTBRDAT. Will some wise man who has journeyed. Over land and over sec. To the countries where the rainbow And the glorious sunsets b«\ Kindly tell a little stranger Who haa oddly lost her way, Where's the road that she must travel To return to Yesterday 1 For, you see, she's unfamiliar With To-day, and cannot read What its strange, mysterious sign-posts Tell of ways and where they lead. And her heart upbraids her sorely, Though she did not mean to stray When she fell asleep last evening And abandoned Yesterday. For she left a deal neglectei That she really should have done; And she fears she's lost some favors That she fairly might have won. So she'd like to turn her backward To retrieve them if she may,— Will not some one kindly tell her Where's the road to TesterJayf —Julie M. Lippmann, in St. Nicholas. "CHIHUAHUA" BROWN. BY MOHAKD H. LINTIIICUM. H HJORTUNES were found sometimes in a day at Pyrites, E an< * 80 Chihuahua Ju Brown went there when the camp was first started. That was six months be -7 'fly, f° re time of which I write. £o's Pyrites was a typ ical mining town : or "camp," far up in the Rocky Mount ains. It had grown in six months from one log cabin to a town of a thousand in habitants. It was a rough, unpreten tious town, both as icgards its buildings and a large number ot its citizens; but under the duck suit of the miner there are more honest hearts, more noble and generous natures than will be found in almost any other calling in life. It is a noticeable fact about a new mining camp that the most high-sound ing titles are applied to the most com mon-looking structures; the cheapest place always has the grandest name. For instance, the Delmonico restaurant was the worst of all the eating establishments in Pyrites, and the Windsor Hotel of fered the poorest accomodations of any hostelery in the place. The cleanest, most home like eating house in the place was Mm. McGwire's restaurant. Bridget McGuire was a lively, bustling Irish woman, with a red face and hair a shade lighter. She was popular with "the boys," as she called the miners who patronized her place. "We can always get plenty on our forks at Mrs. McGuire's," was the usual sen tence of praise bestowed upon her es tablishment. "Chihuahua" Brown boarded with Mrs. McGuire. He was a quiet, retiring sort of a man. No one knew much about him, except that he once had some min ing property near Chihuahua, Mexico. There was another Brown in Pyrites, so he was given the sobriquet of "Chihua hua," to distinguish him from the other Brown'. He paid his board promptly, and was highly esteemed by Mrs. Mc- Guire, who sometimes spoke of him as "the widow woman' 3 friend," on account of his once having loaned Mrs. McGuire S2OO without security, when the good natured Irish woman first started in busi ness. Now she was beyond the need of financial assistance, and was doing a flourishing business—such a lajge busi ness, in fact, that she had been obliged to send to Denver for additional help to wait upon the table. The "help" duly arrived upon the stage and created a sen sation in Pyrites. The first general de scription was given out by the stago driver, "Fairplny Bill," ton deeply inter ested throng of listeners at the Silver Bear salc>on. "She cum up on the stage along side of mc," said Bill." "There was three girls for the danco hall, besides. When we got to the first station, at Turkey Creek Canyon, she asked if she could ride on the seat with me; she did so ad mire the scenery. I took her up beside me on the box, and you never heard a girl goon so about the color of the sky, and the trees and rocks, and the wild flowers bloomin' on the mountain side. She pointed out things to me about the scenery I never see before. I never see a girl so gone on scenery. She really did enjoy it. I got so interested, hearin' her talk, I cum purty near slidin' the whole outfit down the mountain, as X cum 'round Dead Man's Curve. She's differ ent from any biscuit shooter ever I see." "Purty? She's purtier than that nigh leader o' mine, but she don't put on as much style as Kitty does, 'specially when she's just been- hitched up, an' anxious to go. Purtyr? Ever see 'em pictures 'bout a woman raisin' up out the sea? Ever see that picture of 'Rumyo and Julia?' She's purtier than either one of 'em. I've crrried many a hash slinger In my time, but I never see one like her. Most of 'em's got their hair cut short and curly, an' act fresh. She's differ ent; long hair, blacker'n a dark night in the canyon; big eyes, roses in her cheeks; she's a lady, that's what she is. I could tell that first time I see her. This was how Doris Ware came to Pyrites to be the "help" at Mrs. Mc- Guire's restaurant. It was not strange that the business of the restaurant in creased. Mrs. McGuire's now waiter girl was very, very pretty, and a pretty face is an attraction anywhere, but es pecially so in a new mining camp, where > women constitute a very small minority of the population. It is not strange either that many of Mrs. McGuire's boarders fell in iovo with Mrs. McGuire's waitress. There was quite a noticeable sprucing up in the waj of general appearance among the boarders. Two or three of"the boys" affected brigh* colored ties, and when they came to their meaW they were par ticular about washing tbeir faces very clean. They seemed to put more than LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1893. the usual amount of water oil their hair and combed ft back slicker than they had been in the habit of doing. All this seemed to hare no effect upon Mrs. McGuire's help. She was a* demure, retiring and modest as when she first arrive J. There jvas one boarder who loved the pretty waiter-girl with the consuming passion of a secret affection. Ho scarcely dare raise his eyes to her, be was so diffident. The Sutter of her dress was sufficient to cause every nerve in his body to tremble. If she spoke to him he was sure to put a lump of butter in his coffee or sprinkle sugar all over his plate during the ensuing mo ment of confusion. This boarder was "Chihuahua" Brown. He was reserved in hil manner, so quiet and gentlemanly that Doris was naturally attracted to him. They became friends and gradually "Chi huahua'' Brown learned of the past life of Doris Ware. Her father had been a man of wealth; he was a speculator. A bad investment had left him almost pen niless. He lacked the moral courage to face adversity and in a moment of des peration and despondency lie blew out his brains. The shock almost killed his wile, a woman of a delieate, nervous temperament. His daughter Doris ro \e superior to the occasion. She supportel her mother from the rather small wages she earned in a store. One day she read an advertisement in a Western paper: "Ten girls wanted for light, easy occu pations in the mountains; wages $25 per week." With such large wages she could comfortably support her mother. The amount was more than twice as much as she had been receiving. She had used her meagre savings to come West, only to find that "the light, easy occupation" for which the ten young girls were wanted was to serve beer in a dance-hall in Leadville. Being almost without money she took the first place she could get; it was her present one— waitress in Mrs. McGuire's restaurant. "Chihuahua"' determined that the girl should not longer work in the restau rant. But what could he do? There was no other occupation in which she could engage and remain in Pyrites, and he could not bear the thought of send • ing her away Well, there was one thing which ought to be dope, if it could ho done. One September morning "Chihuahua'' Brown bade adieu to Pyrites for a short time and went up to bis mines on Snow shoe Mouatain. Before going he laid in a large supply of writting paper, some big, thick pointed pens, a bottle of ink and some blank mining deeds. The miners working adjoining claims noticed that "Chihuahua" Brown was paler than usual. His manner was less lescrved. He was nervous and excited at times. He sat up late at night writ ing and always concluded by tearing up what he had written. One night when he was thus engaged, one of the men working on the night shift came to the door and yelled: "Chihuahua 1 Chihuahua! come into the mine and look at the stuff we've got in there—we've strjek it big." "Chihuahua" hurried into the mine. It was a beautiful September after noon in Pyrites. The mountains were covered with wild flowers, and here and there the sides of the monster hills had been touched by the frost, transforming verdant hues into purple, crimson and gold. Doris went for a stroll early in the afternoon. She gathered the flowers as she went along, and almost every steo revealed some new beauty of the floral kingdom. Her mind was not so much upon the flowers as it was upon him— big, bearded, honest, manly "Chi huahua" Brown. She had received a letter from her mother that morning, in which a remittance of SIOO was ac knowledged. The letter to her mother had been sent by "Chihuahua" Brown, and he had stated therein that the SIOO was a part of the proceeds from a mine in which Doris had an interest with him. The money was badly needed by the mother, and her gratitude was almost extravagantly expressed. Doris strolled on, thinking of the generosity of "Chihuahua," and the secret, delicate method he bad taken of showing it. It was time to return. The shadows began to gather on the mountains, and darkne«s would soon be upon her. She started back to the trail; but, alas 1 there was no trail where she thought it should be. Again she located in her mind's eye the place where she had left the trail in her search tor flowers, but there was no trail when she arrived there. It was almost dark. She real ized that she was lost. Lost in the mountains; lost in a little basin, with the town of Pyrites just over a small ridge. But this latter fact she did not know. Higher up in the basin she saw a light. It came from a miner's cabin. She started there. It was very much further than she thought it was. It seemed at least an hour before she ar rived at the little cabin from the window of which the light streamed out upon the dark mountain. The door was slightly open. Dorris knocked. No answer. She entered the cabin. There was a Are in the stove, for the night was chill. A neat looking bank with clean blankets and coverlid stood in one corner. There was a mining map upon the wall. A bucket of water and a wash-basin were near the door. Can dles and miners' candle-sticks were stuck in the log crevices. In the centre of the room was a table covered with writing paper. On the table was a light that had guided her to the place—a can dle stuck in the mouth of an empty bottle. What was this! A mining deed. Maxwell H. Brown to Doris Ware, a "ue-balf interest in the "Goodness Gracious" lode. A letter—she must not read it. Her name? Why, what could this mean? •'Dear Miss Doris"—so the letter be gan. Then she read: All my life I have been going It atone, and I'm getting tired of it.l want a pard—a pardner, 1 mean—and that's you. 1 took you into pirdnership on the "Goodness Gracious' JOJ« last month. WiU jrou be my pard for life, and have a regular warranty deed made out by Parson Wllaonf I never was in love till 1 met von. I don't know bow this affair will pan out, bnt I don't think Pit be able to winter throogh without you. I know my lovo ain't worth aa much to you as your* is to me, and if yon say you will be my wife, I'll try and make the bar* gain even by throwing in the whole "Good ness Gracious" mine and the "Small Pota toes," which is an adjoining claim. Answer me quick. If I don't get an answer, I'm afrai 1 I'll hurt some of the boys. because I dou't know what I'm doing half the time. Please marry me—will youf And oblige, yours respectfully. MAXWELL H. BBOWN. Just as Doris finished reading she heard a step, a heavy step, at the door. She grabbe I the pen and wrote in large letters at the bottom of the sheet; My answer is yes. —DORIS. Some one was bending over her. Some one had Been her write. Some one saw that plain, big "Yes," and she was gathered tight in a pair of strong arms, and felt a fervent kiss upon her lips. Another step at the door. It was "Galena" Mike, a miner. "Chilhuahua," he said, "there's an eight-foot vein oi that stuff, and it will run at least SIOOO to the ton. "Chilhuahua" did not answer Mike, but Doris heard him say: "I wouldn't give one minute like this for 8,000,000 tons of it."—New York World. Cultivating the Appetite. Altogether too much time and talk are expended on what we shall eat and what we shall drink. Dainty dishes are all very well in their way, but in many fumilies their preparation seems to be the chief end and aim of existence. No sooner is one meal cleared away, than plans are laid for something new and ap petizing for another. What to cat forms the subject of con versation in little gatherings of all sorts. Of course, cooking-schools and the gen eral interest in culinary matters have something to do with this, but the sub ject, like ail others, is in very great danger of being overdone. Especially is this the case where there are youn{ and growing children. They gather from all that is going on about them that eating seems to be the principal in terest of the family and friends, and it is not difficult to see to what this will lead. The little appetites are pampered, and the minds are filled with fastidious notions about dishes and the way to serve them. Too much importance cannot be at tached to good, plain cooking and tho proper preparation of food, but eating should not at any time form the princi pal subject of conversation. It is no* considered good form to talk about one s food while at table; there are topics of conversation much jgore desirable, and some pains should be taken to introduce some agreeable and interesting subject at the outset of the meal. Do some thing, do anything to avoid tho unceas ing tirade about what to eat and how to prepare it. That sort of thing is well enough in its place, but is by no means a proper subject for general discussion. —The Ledger. How Corean Troops Are Drilled. On the recent arrival at Chemulpi, Cores, of the United States steamer Marion, Commander Gridley, accom panied by three of his officers, paid an ofiicial visit to Seoul, where they were the guests of United States Minister Au gustine Heard, at whose request His Majesty, King Li Fin, granted a private audience to the officers and assured tho commander of his friendship for the United States. The officers were also in vited to witnes; the drill of a battalion of Corean soldiers, whose military bear ing was specially noticeable, as were also the precision and excellence of their drill. Two companies of 130 men each took part in the evolutions, which were per formed according to Upton's tactics. The manual of arms, wheelings and marching in quick and in double time were admirably performed. The file closers all earried long handled clubs, or paddles, instead of rifles, like the rest. The officers' curiosity regarding the use of these paddles was soon satisfied. A poor devil in the rear rank,who brought his piece to "shoulder arms" instead of "order arms," was instantly pounced upon by two burly file closers, knocked down and given a beating that must have made his bones ache for a month. He made no more mistakes that day. This interesting diversion was repeated several times.—New York Herald. Pests of Australian Farmers. The Australian farmers have many enemies to fight against, besides those which have been imported into the coun try, like the rabbit. Large fruit eating bats do much damage to the orchards, and it is no pleasant sight for the industrious agriculturist to see devouring swarms of these so-called flying foxes advancing on his crops of an evening. Wild dogs were formerly very numerous, but they did so much damage that they were destroyed without mercy. On large plantations a man is kept whose sole work is to lay out poison for them. One of the greatest annoyances in certain parts of Australia is the poisonous net*', or "stinging tree." It is so poi onous that if its beautiful heart shaped leaves are only putin motion they cause one to sneeze. They are covered with nettles on both sides, and a sting from them gives great pain. Horses wounded by them roll as if mad with pain, and if they do not at once receive attention they will in this way kill themselves.—Chicago Times. Parental Influence. As a general rule a child's taste, opin ions, character and trend in life, and even its permanent destiny, are practic ally shaped before the child is seven or eight years of age. The failure of the parents rightly to instruct and train it in these early years, both by teaching and example, by constant watchfulness and loving care, can never be made good by a lifetime of dgvrtedness in later years —Detroit Free Press. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Mexicans have been using a decoction of black spiders as a cure for typhus fever. The average weight of the circulating blood in the body is about twenty-eight pounds. Tanning is done In this oountry in about one-quarter of the time allowed in Europe. The leading metallurgists in this country and in Europe have for some time been endeavoring to enlist electric ity into their service. It has been shown by Nathan that the addition of a small proportion of nitro genous material to the "must" of fruit results in the formation of more alcohol than usual. The duration of the electric spark does not exceed the twenty-five thou sandth part of a second, and a bullet in (light has been photographed by means of this spark, a marvelous development of modern science. A moist, warm atmosphere, where the changes of temperature are slight, is the most favorable for persons suffering from rheumatism. The worst place is one in which the air is the dryest and the cli mate the most changeable. The programme of the sanitary exhibit to be held in connection with the Chi cago Exhibition defines its purpose to be to show as adequately as possible the position-in which the theory and prac tice of hygiene stand at the present day. Copper and brass can be melted in an iron pot because their fusing point is be low that of iron, but most metals aro melted in earthen pots—crucible is the technical name. These are earthenware jars of various sizes and shapes which stand tremendous degrees of heat. Ouo of the latest ideas for illuminat ing towns is to suspend in the air a large balloon shaped like a torpedo and ma le of thiu aluminum, filled with a suitable quantity of gas and having a rotating fau to keep it steady. The light can be de rived either from a number of arc lamps attached to the ends or sides, or from incandescent lamps with which the out side of the balloon can be covered. The height of the balloon above the groun .1 would be regulated by the length of cable employed. Professor Joseph Leidy placed the fact beyond doubt several ago, that nlgtc existed in the tissues of fresh water mussels. Professor John A. Ryder noted &reen about the heart of oysters in the aquafa at Sea Isle City, and which coloration, noted also in Europe, has been ascribed by Professor Decaisne and others in France to phycocyanin ab sorbed from certain batons. Profewor Ryder inclines to the belief that Dr. Liedy's discovery, as above noted, forms a more probable explanation. Wolves In Russia. Wolves arespecially active this winter. Even in France accidents have been re ported, and Government has thought it necessary to urge the Louvetiers to exert themselves. Dreadful stories have reached u» from tho plains of Eastern Europe, where the inhabitants are used to reckon wolves as an abiding peril of the winter season, and take no great ac count of the victims whose lives are lost in the accustomed manner. But it is many years since a town—even as "towns" go in Russia—was actually be sieged by these animals. Such, we are told, is the fate of Tikhvin, in the Pro vince of Novgorod. They quarter its neighborhood in large packs, and make forays into the streets, seizing any living thing they can catch. The women stay indoors, and the men only go out armed to the teeth. This tale is not to be dismissed as a mere fable. It may probably be exaggerated by legendary incidents handed down from the time when there was no safety outside the towns. The Governor is said to have despatched a battalion of infantry, asot nia of Cossacks, and three hundred Chas 6eurs to make war upon the enemy. Such a force may protect Tikhvin, but it is not be hoped that the wolves will suffer much. They will be driven off to prey upon the country districts. Those who know nothing of the matter are apt to regard it as another evidence of barbar ism that these creatures should be al lowed to flourish. Why does not the Government or tho people exterminate them? The answer is that it cannot ba done, even in France, though they might be redifced to a trifling number there if the Louvetiers were in earnest. But wclves are migratory. Many of those which aro beleaguering Tikhvin may have traveled from Siberian wastes.— London Standard. Tallest Structures in the United States. The tallest structure now existing in the United States is the Washington Monument, the memorial shaft erected at the National capital in honor of the memory of the "Father of His Couutry." It is 550 feet in height. Next after the Washington monument, the tallest struc ture is the tower on the Madison Square Garden, near Madison square, New York City. The lookout gallery at the sum mit of this tower is the highest point of vantage in New York City, and with the exception of the summit of the Wash ington monument tho highest in the couotry. Proin the pavement to the electric lights on the forehead of the gilded Diana, which until recently crowned the structure, there was an in terval of 341 feet.—New York Press. The Biggest Sehoolhonse. A schoolluuse to coat $200,000, capa ble of seating 2100 pupils, is being built in New Yoik City. The structure will contain four floors and an attic. The first floor will be used for a playground and will be so arranged that it can be thrown into au auditorium 60x120 feet for lectures and evening classes. The attic is to be devoted to manual training and a gymnasium. Tie three floorulie tween are to be divided into claws rooms, —San Fiaucisco C'Lirouicle. Terms—ll.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months. WHITE HOUSE KE<;EPTIOiNS DIVERSIFIED GATHERINGS AT IHI EXECUTIVE MANSION. People One May Meet «t * Presiden tial Reception—A Panorama ot Oflclal and Political Lite. TT T the Preiident's house on a / \ reception night, or at the house of <i cabinet officer on a Wed £ nesday afternoon, or of a Sen ator on a Thursday afternoon, or at any place to which people are asked for their public position, there will be found men and women representing every stage of prosperity in the Union, and every honest calling that leads to prosperity. And that is precisely what is to be found in the public places of the Republic—in the House of Representatives, in the Senate, in the Cabinet, on the Supreme Bench, and in the White House itself. It is a strange and interesting acsumula tion of human beings, most of them too timid to be as interesting as they might be. Even when the President issues cards, the people who get together make up a curious conglomerate. The new Congressman takes his wife to the President's, expecting to find the entertainment not very different, al though perhaps on a somewhat grander scale, from that to which he is accus tomed in the judge's house at the county seat during court week. So he goes, perhaps, in his frock-coat, feeling an American prejudice against evening dress, and a white or lilac tie, while his rather fearful helpmate has put on her best black silk, modest or prudish, as you will, with its high neck and its long sleeves. The new Congressman experiences no trepidation in addressing the President. They are both politi cians, and the new Congressman may even believe for a moment that some day he may even stand at the head of a line of well dressed women, whose necks and arms now shine in his startled eyes. Ha does not doubt that the President is aware of the unique vicissitudes of the recent campaign in his district. There are a hundred subjects that the two have in common, but he is disappointed as he is about to utter his first smart phrase of conversation to feel that the President's baud is gently impelling him forward and that thero is a soft pressure of the crowd behind him in the same direction. It is his first introduction to the reti censes and restraints of high life, an in troduction which is emphasized and made more impressive by the disinclina tion of the receiving women to shake hands, or to indicate their recognition of the new member by anything warmer or more emphatic than a courtesy, which, however, is <}•,*-? enough for the timorous wife at his side, who, much more than her husband shrinks before the grand dames of the White House and Cabinet, some of whom were born to polite society, while some have ac quired a large amount of social assur ance during their husbauds' struggles up the ladder of fame. Other persons besides Congressmen are here, some of them equally uncomfort able, many of them, however, enjoying themselves to the utmost. There is a panorama of all that is prominent in offi cial and political life. There are officers of the army and navy who have been on itaff duty at the capital, and are now undergoing, with pbasure or fortitude, as the case may be, the pronounced ad miration of young women. There are older officers, who have been more re cently on the plains, and who come to the function with their wives and daugh ters and sisters with a delight or rever ence due, to their honest thinking, to the highest and most resplendent social ceremony in this country—the drawing room not only of the head of the Nation, but of the commander-in-chief of the two military services. The army and navy folk of the staff are usually of that inner circle whoso peculiar traits and customs are not now under considera tion ; but the army people who have spent years on the plains know nothing better, or wiser, or generally more praise worthy, than their own people. There lore they will be found to gether, although the excited women, who have for years endured with a noble patience the monotony of life at army posts, are lejoiced beyond words if they may only grasp the hand and hear the voice of some paragon of Congressional wisdom who has been good to their hus bands or to tho service. There will bo diplomats in dazzling uniforms; Chinese mandarins in silk at tire; Japanese officials, the men in the black evening dress of convention, and the women iu tho proper costume of Europe and America. Nearly every one of those who make up this interesttng human collection finds somewhere in tho moving throng a friend or comrade who will save him from that terrible isolation of an evening party which most persons have felt, and which is often as depressing as the solitude of a great city. There is little need to be alone, and the object of a wondering gaze that freezes the warm blood, in a crush it a Washington reception.—Har per's Magazine. The Vegetable Fly. One of the most curious productions of the West Indies is the famed vegeta ble fly, an insect about the size of a drone bee, but without wings. In the month of Uay it buries itself in the earth and begins to vegetate. By the begin ning of June a sprout has issued from the creature's back and made its appear ance upon the surface of the ground. By the end of July the tiny tree (known on the island as the fly tree) has attained its full size, being then about three inches high, but a perfect tree in every particular, much resembling a delicate branch. Pods appear on its branches as soon as it arrive* at its full growth; these ripen and drop off in August. Instead of containing seeds, as one would naturally suppose, these pads have from three to six small hail worms upon the interior.—Rural Collaboration. NO. 26. TALK'S CHK*t\ There's lots o' quaint ol' Myista Fve,noticed in my d»y— Big truths and solid principle" Told in the shortest way. My father ust to have one. An* this 19 how it ran: '•Talk's oheap, my boy," he oak to MT» "But money buy* the lan'." I own the sayin's homely. Undignified and rough; But then it tells jest what you mean, An' tells it brief enough. An' when you git to thinbin' How short is UfeFs thin span, 1 It's well to min' "that talk is cheap, But money buys the lan'." 'T won't do to boast an' blaster An' brag an' try to bluff; An' don't you git to thinkin' This world "ain't up to snuff." It is; an' while you're blowin' Tour own bazoo, my man. There's some one sneerin', "talk is cheap, But money buys the lan'." —Chicago News Record. HUMOR OF TIIE DAY. An unostentatious gift—A loan.— Fun. Mistress of the situation—The servant girl.—Life. Consumed with curiosity—Unfamiliar viands.—Truth. Gets down to work—The pillow maker.—Truth. A man never finds how dull he ii till he tries to live by his wits.---Life. Carver—"l'm but a hewer of wood." Marine Painter—"And I but a drawer of water." She—"Are these flowers all uaturet" He—"Yes, all except the price."—Chi cago Inter-Ocean. In a tight between a porcupine and a bull dog recently,, *he latter was severely outpointed.—Puck. She "Diamonds are like women's hearts—the richest jewels in creation." He—"And the hardest."—Fun. Ethel—"How did George like your swan's-down boa?" Maude—"He was tickled with it."—Newport News. One of the times when a man begins to cry and sigh that all men are not hon est is when he gets the wrong hat.— Ram's Horn. "Well, I've been making a goose of myself," said the hen, when the egg 9 on which*she had been sitting hatched into goslings.—Truth. "Did you ever goto Bins, the tailor?" "Yes. Got two suits from him. One dress suit. One law suit. Very expen sive man."—Waif. It is curious how much faster ;i street car humps along when you are running after it than when you are riding on it. —Richmond Recorder. "Goodness me, Johnny 1 What are you crying about now?" " 'Cause Tommy dreamed about catin' pie last night and I didn't."—lndianapolis Jour nal. "Why did your hired girl leave you?" "She didn't like the extra work." "What extra work did she have to do?" "Collecting her wages," Harper's Weekly. Merchant—"Now here is a piece of goods that speaks for itself." Uncle Hayseed—"Well, that wouldn't suit Mandy. She likes to do her own talk in'."—lnter-Ocean. Father—"A hundred dollars for a suit of clothes I I nevor paid that for a suit in my life." Son—"Well, you'll have to begin now, father; here's the bill."—Brooklyn Life. Mrs. Bingo—"Dear, "after this you must wear a dress suit down to dinner." Bingo "What for?" Mrs. Bin>® "Our now girl has been used to itr*»- Clothier and Furnisher. He—"Do you love me, darling?" She —"Sometimes I think I do; and then again when you have that hideous, baggy new overcoat or. I doubt the strength of my affection."—Tid-Bits. Trotter—"l hear that Grace Willough by is engaged to a teal live lord." Bar low—"Well, they claim he's alive, but I've seen him several times and I'm rather sceptical. "--Vogue. "Now we can fix him in this way," said the lawyer. "Ob, talk is cheap," said the clieut. "Well, wait till you get through with this and see whether talk is cheap or not."—New York Press. "Don't you find him just as I repre sented him?" Lady (indignantly) "No, sir. You said he was a bird dog, and he hasn't sung a note yet, and I've had him two weeks."—Chicago Inter- Ocean. At the Chemistry Exam: "Which is the best-known insulator?" The Candi date (a young student, pale and thin, with a bilious complexion and a savage look about him) —"Poverty, sir!"—Le Monde Itlustre. Mother (putting the boy out of the gantry) —"How many more times will I ave to tell you to keep out of the pre serve jar?" Small Boy (sobbing)—"No more, mamma; they're all gone."—De troit Free Press. Sport—"My watch loses something every night and seldom makes it up dur ing the day. What ails it?" Jeweler (reflectively)—" Evidently it is trying to conform to the habits of its owner."— Jewelers' Weekly. Prisoner—"Yes, your Worship, I committed the theft with which I am charged entirely through the instigation of my medicj 1 adviser." Magistrate— "You mean to that in carrying out an experiment * hypnotism he sug gested the crim to you?" Prisoner—"l don't know about that; but one thing ia certain, he told me to take something before going to bed."—Agenda Prin temps. Reports from New Orleans show that the Louisiana sugar crop reached last year 189,500 tons, upon which the bounty will be $7,580,000, as against $6,882,590 paid in bounties last year,
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