SULLIVAN JUSSh REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XI. One-fourth of the land surface of the globe is occupied by English-speaking people. " The year 1893 began on a Sunday *nd will finish on a Sunday, so that it will contain fifty-three Sundays. Indiana has more Germans than any other State. They constituc fifty-five per cunt, of the population. Ex-Secretary of War Elkins inclines to the abolition of both the sword and the saber, ou tho grouud that they are no longer of the slightest practical use in actual warfare. One of the most striking features in connection with this ago of electricity, remarks the New York Independent, is tho wonderfully large and rapid growth of books aud pamphlets bearing upon the subject. An electrical journal recently assured its readers that within a comparatively short time many trolley roads will be constructed in country districts for the express purpose of carrying farm pro ducts to market. Tho New England Farmer is authority for the statement that "the condition of the average farmer in Now England, all things considered, is much better than that of the average farmer in most other sections of the country. Two car-loads of Boston girls havo gone to Texas to supply the demand there for wives, which leads the Detroit Free Press to exclaim that "the man who seeks to escape from woman recklessly tackles the impossible." Fresh Government clerks in Washing toil arc tempted by offers of credit on all sides. This, explains the Atlanta Constitution, is because persons em ployed by the Government must pay the dobta contracted while in office oi suffer dismissal. When a clerk is tardy in set tlement the creditor can have the amoiinnt of the debt deducted from the debtor's salary. During the year 1892 England published.49ls aud 1339 new editions, or a total ot' 6351. Last year the figures were 5706. The increase has been especially in tho department of novels, namely 1147 as compared with 896 in 1891. Theology reports 528, philosophy 579, medicine 127 new pub lications, while law has only twenty-six, altho p3etry has 185, history 293, and geography 250. Chief Justice Fuller, having gono to his doctor's house in Washington recent ly in preference to sending tor the physician, found that gentleman absent and was invited into the library to await his return. The attendant who ushered the visitor in was ignorant of the latter's station, but recognized him as a man of culture and kind impulses. This was evident from the surprising request that the Chief Justice should improve the time by writing a love letter for the man who let him in. Pens, ink, paper and envelop were proffered, and without hesitation the favor was granted, the missive being completed before the phy sician's return. It is said that when a native of Hawaii wishes to give evidence of his sorrow at the loss of a kiusmau he goes to some secluded spot and endeavors to knock out one of his front teeth. In case it is his maiden effort at mourning, relates the Atlanta Constitution, tho bereaved not uufrequently bungles the job, and on looking over the debris often finds that he has knocked out a couple or more. If the griet stricken party, however, lacks the nerve or distrusts his prowess to accomplish the tooth's displacement, a dear and obliging frien I is always at hand to offer his assistance. As a result of this custom a man of middle age is often short so ninny teeth that gastronom ers are embarrassed in eating their food. American dentists will do a land office business in Hawaii if the United States annexes the islands. The New York Tribune maintains that there has been no revolution in the pro duction of cotton since Whitney in vented the gin and took the "seeding" of it out of the hands of the old women and children. Now, however, there is a prospect ot another great change. Over 600 machines have been invented in the last twenty years for picking the cotton from the boll, and all have failed to give satisfaction. But still another is to be tested, and cotton men believe it will bo successful. It will pick, it is said, 10,000 pounds a day. An ordin ary field hand can pick of the short staple about 150 pounds a day, and of the long staple about 350, so that the new machine will do the work of about forty men. Fifty cents a hundred pounds is considered fair la the cotton belt. The machine, therefore, will e»ra SSO a day. BONO. Where wind-flowers to tho kissing wind! r*o bend their dainty leaves, And gold of cheery celadine Doth mock the August sheaves— Where blue bells, elfin marriage-bells, Ring out their tiny chimes— There will I baste me in the Spring, To fashion fragrant rhymes. There will I haste me in the Spring, My lovely lady's charm to sing. Oh! Lady mine, what wind-blown flower Hath half thy wayward grace? What bloesomed gold was e'er so bright As that which crowns thy face? What blue bells but thine eyes would shame And make with envy pale? Thou art more fair than gracious Spring E'er drest a Winter vale. Then haste thee, baste thee, pretty Spring, • • That I may prove the truth I sing. —Amelie Rives Chanter, in Onca A Week. AT LONE MOUND STATION. BY TOM P. MORGAN. <p\ OOD-BYE, Hall" - -7 the conductor called from his 112 [ perch in tlie turret Ixf \ °f the yellow ca boose of freight Isf/ train No. 43. "Good-bye, "rWjj&ty Abel" Keanley \'/>V-ysL answered, as he JKjf trudged along be »A }y% Bide the long train V/ toward the small sgfh I depot, beyond the 11 brown water tank. JJ The engine soon slaked its thirst at the tank and got under way again. A moment later the caboose passed Kean ley, and, with ever increasing speed, swayed onward toward the curve at the Lone Mound. As Keanley nearcd the little depot, the strains of a violin floated toward him. Soft and sweet came the tune, like the tinkle of musical glasses, and there was in it a pathetic, wailing undertone, as if the player was striving to tell in music of a heart ache and trials bravely borne. Keanley could hardly repress an ejacu lation of surprise as he entered the little office and beheld the wielder of the magic bow, a pale-faced boy, almost a child. As the lad carefully deposited the violin in the open box at his side, and slowly rose, Keanley saw that the little fellow was a cripple. One leg, distorted and shriveled, swung, a useless member. Resting on his crutches, the boy raised his hat. "You're the new agent, I s'pose," he ! said. "Yes," Keanley answered, "I am the new agent. And who are you?" he con tinued, kindly. "The ex-agent!" "No, only his son," the boy replied. "And where is your father?" "Over there, on the slope." The boy's chin quivered as he spoke. Keanley looked from the window. On the slope of the Lone Mound was a tiny grave yard. One oblong black blotch in its midst marked a new made grave. The agent was there. "Pardon me," Keanley said; "I did not know. My instructions simply told mc to take charge of the station. I sup posed the agent had been promoted or discharged." "He was promoted," the boy said gravely. "And what will jou do now?" Kean ley asked, presently. "I don't know,"the boy answered. "I've been thinking and thinking, but it's no use. I don't know what to do. P'raps the superintendent will give me a place in an office. I can write a fair hand and wire pretty well, but I ain't much on heavy work." This last with a rueful glanoe at his crutches. Then Keanley lied, and deliberately, too. He had no need of an assistant, but a lightning resolve flashed through bis brain, and he said to the cripple: "You arc just the chap I am looking for. I need a boy to help me." "What for?" asked the lad. "To—to—why, to write and look out for thing* generally," Keanley answered, half desperately. "I'll feel safer to gad about wben I have an assistant whom I know I can trust. TheD, too, I might be sick, you know." The boy looked doubtfully at him. "If you are in earnest, I'll jump at the chauce to stay," he said. "In earnest?" Keanley cried, in pre tended pique at tho lad's doubt. "Of course, 1 am. Do you think I don't know my own mind, young man?" The boy said nothing. And so it was eettled, and crippled Ben became Kean ley's assistant, although there was not work enough to occupy half of one per son's time. As the days when the breeze brought from tho slope the perfume ot the wild verbenas wero succeeded by those when the snow came with a rush and hiss against iho little depot, Keanley grew more than fond of the little cripple. To be sure, to board and clothe the lad and to pay him an occasional dollar made quite a gap in each month's 3alary, but Keuiley never grudged a penny of it. It was pay enough to witness the boy's gratitude, and to see tho lad's great eyes following liim with their glances of posi tive beatitude. Often and often the violin sang its sweet songs, but now they seldom had the pitiful, wr.iling undertone. The lad's father had planned to do justice to his talent by having him taught by a master of the violin. Now, Kean ley and little Bon planned in a happy, visionary way. Tlicy were to save what monoy they could, and thus littlo Ben was to havo the coveted musical instruc tion. But, at best, the accumulation of funds went on slowly. Tho plans of the two went further than this. Keanloyhad, "once upon atime," been foolish enough to fall in love with old Senator Ilicks's daughter, and she returned his love. The old senator, when he found how uiattors stood, pro LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1893. ceeded to squelch the whole affair. He even forgot the time when he had been as much of a pauper aa the young fellow he sent packing from his presence. The girl, with her tear-wet face up turned to his, promised Keanley to wait for him till he succeeded in accumulating the SIO,OOO that the old senator named as the amount of wealth Keanley must possess before he could aspire to winning her. Then, when orders had sent Kean ley to the west, he had gone with the determination strong within him to Very soon gain the money and the girl; But he speedily grew despondent. The fates seemed against him. He struck no bonanza or highway to speedy wealth, and finally half gave up the stiuggle. The money that would flow to Utile Ben as the substantial reward of his genius was to be invested by Keanley, who, in this manner, would soon obtain the coveted SIO,OOO. Then when prosper ity smiled upon the senator s new found son-in-law, little Ben'a wealth was to be returned to him. The two plotters placed great faith in this plan, chimerical as it was. Then, came the great storms, and, with them, one that the "oldest inhabi tant," popularly supposed to 1 now every thing, declared was tho largest and heaviest rainfall since '3l. The creeks seemed to have wholly forgotten their boundaries, and, later, the work begun by the rain was completed by the cloud burst, over in the next county, near the head of Hackberry Creek. It was nearly 10 o'clock when a message went clicking Dy, and Keanley, who had been nursing an aching tooth all day, remarked to Ben, who was playing the violin loudly, to shut out the sound ot the rushing rain: "Dispatcher is telling them to look out for an east bound special that leaves Hamilton at 10:40. That means 11:20 when it passes here." , Ben nodded and went on with his tune. Presently the train dispatcher was heard calling "G." That was Giddings, the station just beyond, where the rail road bridge spanned Htc'.<berry Creek. "What is the condition of bridge 331?" the message ran. The operator at Giddings presently clicked back the answer: "Bridge 381 is O. K. Water high but not dangerous." The cloud burst had not yet oc curred. Meanwhile Keanley's tooth grew more painful, tilt its victim did little but walk the floor and anathematize the of fending molar. "If it don't ease up soon," he said, presently, "I'll tiamp over to the settle ment and have it out, storm or no storm." Soon, the pain not abating, he donned his rubber coat and boots and started away in the darkness and storm. With his violin tor company little Ben scarcely felt lonely. He wondered pres ently if it were not time for Keanley's return. Suddenly the sender began to click furiously: "H. H. H."—the Hamilton call. Then came the message: "Bridge 381 is down. For God's sake, hold the special I" The cloud burst had done its work. Ben glanced quickly at the clock. The hands indicated a fraction of a minute less than 12:26. The special was on time, and, even as Ben turned, there came the flash of the headlight through the storm that drowned the noise of the engine's approach. No time even to-take the red lantern from the cuddy and light it. Little Ben remembered afterward how, even in the intense excitement of the moment, it had flashed through his mind how useless the effort of the frightened operator at Giddings had been iu tele graphing to Hamilton, when he might have known that the special had passed there half an hour before. The engine gave no call for brakes, and Ben knew that no stop would bo made there and that tho train would rush onto destruction at the wrecked bridge at Hackberry Creok. The headlight seemed abreast of him as he flung open the door, and, with a mighty spring on his crutches,, threw himself out on the platform of the little depot. Th sre was no use or time to signal, and there seemed nothing to do but to let the train rush onto wreck. Then, like a flash, the little cripple raised his right crutch, and, with the rapidity almost of lightning, hurled it, lance-fashion, at tho window of the engine cab, just as it flashed past him. Then he slipped and fell headlong on tho wet platform. Passing just above tho back of the dre man, as be bent to open the furnace door, the crutch struck the engineer's shoulder with a force that made him cry out. His quick perception took in the situation, and he knew that something serious had caused the train to be sig naled in that manner. Soon the train came to a standstill. Then it backed up to the little depot, and the engineer, crctch in hand, descended hurriedly from the cab. He found the owner of the crutch crawling to his feet with a face much paler than usual. Tho story was soou told, and then it was retold in the parlor car, where the conductor spceidily carried little Ben. In the cab, the engineer said to the grimy fireman: "Bill, it almost makes me ashamed of myself to have my life saved by sucb a weak, pale little feller, an' a cripple at that." Though not numerous, the passengers in the parlor car were generous, and the sum of money that they droped iuto the hat, passed by a white-bearded man whom they called "Senator," was a goodly one. Then, when little Ben had bashfully expressed his gratitude, ho asked, timidly, if any one present could tell him where togo to obtain tho coveted musical education. The story of his hopes had to be told, and when he was done, the while-bearded man cleared his throat in a manner that sounded sus piciously as if he was choking back a sob. Then he took Ben into the little depot, and the two talked earnestly to gether. When Keanley returned, muddy and wet but minus the aching tooth, he was I astonished to see the special stauding in front of the depot, and Senator Hicks and little Ben in earnest conversation in the office. The old senator did not ap pear to recognize KeanMy. "So y~u are the agent, young man," he said. "Allow me to congratulate you upon your good judgment in selecting so efficient an assistant. Now let me in troduce my recently engaged private secretary, who will accompany me when the special leaves." The old man laid bis hand caressingly on Ben's shoulder. "And," spoke Ben, eagerly, "he says I shall have the best teacher he can find, and all the time I want to study I" Soon the special left to return to Hamilton, and with it went little Ben. "Good-bye! Good-bye!" the cripple called from the receding parlor car, and Keanley answered with a mechanical farewell. Then he sat in the little office and stared moodily at the fire for a long time. "How lonesome it is without himl" he said, "I loved that little cripple, I think." Then the sounder began to click Irom Hamilton, and the message came: "Good-by, old fellow. Little Ben." Then Keanley sat listening to the fall ing rain for a long time. Three months later he was surprise*] at seeing Senator Hicks and little Ben alight from a train at the faded station. "Young man," said the Senator, abruptly, "ho v much of that SIO,OOO have you accumulated, hey?" "A trifle over $100," Keanley an swered, dejectedly. "Near enough, near enough 1" jerked out the old man."This boy has been continually talking of you, and—and—l sometimes change my mind, and—well, there is a girl at my house who seems anxious to see you." And so it all turned out happily, just as all stories should. There is a new agent at Lone Mound station now, and Hal Keanley is rising in the lucrative position procured for him by the old senator. At the wedding that made Keanley Senator Hicks's son-in-law, a young musical artist, who, though a cripple, is rapidly rising in popular favor, held tho guests almost spellbound by the strains of a violin, that seemed singing a song of happiness.—Romance. A Stork Monopolist. In Skane, in the southern part of Sweden, a pair of storkß lived for many years on the roof of my father's parson age. One spring, a pair of young storks appeared in the place, who, after survey ing the old nest—probably their parental home—set about building tbeir habita tion on tho opposite side of the roof. Wben it was finished and tho eggs had been laid, the old female stork returned, took a look at the new-comers, but al lowed them to remain in their home in peace. Her attention was soon occupied by a number of youog suitors, who zeal ously wooed her, though she rejectod all their offers. Some days later, this Pene lope among birds wa3 rewarded by the arrival of her old mate. But then camo an end to the truce with the young birds. That very evening the old stork, followed by his female com panion, flew to the nest of the new comers. By -violent blows of their beaks they first put the young male stork to Bight, and then began to attack the sit ting hen. Patiently she suffered all ill usage and remained upon her oggs. The assailants then altered their tactics. On< continued to attack the young mother bird, while the other, watching till iu her struggles to evade the blows an egg became uncovered, instantly pushed it out of the nest. Thus, one by one, the four precious eggs were remorsely sacri ficed. When all the eggs had been de stroyed, the young fomale stork, after standing for some time in the courtyard, looking up to her ruined home as in de spair, sadly flew away. There was never any sign of that pair of storks on our roof again. The old ones had attained their end; henceforth they were tho only storks in that part ot the country, and were left in sole possession of its food supply. To the inhabitants of our par sonage, whose sympathies for the old storks wore thus rudely shaken, it seemed a just retribution that, though the birds had some eggs that summer, none were hatched, and thus the old storks had to return alone to tbeir Southern quarters that winter—a solitary pair.—London Spectator. How to Bun Fast. In the mountainous villages of Ger many the letter carriers are the hardest worked people in the country. They carry all the mail and are compelled to go at the rate of about five miles an hour. You know that in running even a short distance you quickly get "out of breath," as you say. The German letter carriers, to avoid this shortness of breath, carry a quill in the mouth so that the air caunot be so rapidly ex pelled from the lungs. If boys who want to become "sprinters," or very fast runners, will practice carrying some thing in tho mouth when running, they will find that they caa soon run a long time without losing breath. They must be very careful, though, not to swallow what they are carrying in the mouth. And they must be such careful runners that they will not fall. Very young sprinters would do well to wait awhile before trying to become champions.— New York Ledger. Mongolian Pheasants. If the Mongolian pheasant at all re sembles in gamy spirit its European af finity it is more fitted for a barnyard fowl than a sportsman's trophy. Proba bly it is just as easy of domestication. It is a common thing to hatch out pheasant* under ordinary fowls, and they readily come at the call for lood. 1 The less of the game quality they have I the better are they fitted for the spit. It !is amusing to learn that as the Mongo- I lian pheasants are greedy grain feeders they should be boarded out on tho farm -1 ers of the Sacramento and San Joaquin, j —Marysville (Cal.) Appeal. UiNCLB SAM'S GRKAT SEAL. ITS TBUE HISTORY AS PREPARED BY THE STATE DEPABTMENT. It is Contained In * Husite Mihoj anjr Bo* and la Caret all jr Guard ed by the Clerk*. T | THE great seal of the United 1 ; States, which is contained in a | massive mahogany box in the "5* State Department and carefully guarded by the clerks, Whose duties are to see that its impress is properly affixed to State papers, is of much interest to visitors to the department, but its true history was never written until a few months ago, when, under orders from the Cabinet, an account of it was pre pared by one of the historians of the de partment and printed at the Govern ment's expense for distribution among State libraries and prominent persons. The pamphlet was prepared with ail the care that its importance carried, beuad in rich covering, with the stamp of the seal imprinted upon the outside. It tells that the final attempt to perfect a seal was made by order of the Continental Congress, which appointed a committee, consisting of Thomas Jefferson, Jobn Adams and Benjamin Franklin, who were told togo ahead and prepare a de vice for the National seal and coat of arms. After several months' labor the committee suggested a design most elaborate in execution, but which did not meet with very general approval. This device represented Pbaroah sitting in an open chariot, with a crown on his head and a sword in his hand, passing through the waters of tho Red Sea in pursuit of the Israelites. Rays from a pillar of fire in a cloud, expressive of the Divine presence and command, beamed upon Moses, who stood on the shore and extended a hand over the sea, which caused it to overwhelm Pbaroah. Under neath was the motto, "Robellion to ty rants is obedience to God." Later on another attempt was made to arrange a device by a second committee, which resulted iu one not quite so ela borate and pretentious. This design contained a constellation of thirteen stars, with the same number of alternate stripes. This, too, met with disapproval, and the matter was let alone for some years. Then, after some experiments, a device was submitted that suited, and was adopted on June 20, 1782. The first seal was cut out of brass, and was first used upon the commission granting full power and authority to Washington to arrange with the British for an exchange of prisoners. This device was in use for fifty years, and varies little from the pres ent seal except in detail of execution. The second seal was cut in Philadel phiain 1841, and, by tome mistake, seven of the thirteen arrows which it should have had were left out. The present seal was made by Tiffany in 1885 by order of Secretary Freyliughuysen alter the de sign had been passed upon by a commit tee of historical scholars and authorities on heraldry. It is not true, as generally supposed, that the seal is affixed to all appointments made by the President, as its impress is put only upon commissions of Cabinet officers, ceremonious commu nications from the President to heads of foreign Governments, conventions, treat ies, and formal agreements of the Pres ident with foreign powers, pardons, or commutations of sentence, warrants and miscellaneous commissions of civil of ficers, whose appointments are not now especially directed to be signed under a different seal. All treaties to which the seal is affixed have the impression made also with a wax wafer, with a red, white and blue cord running through it. The treaties are then packed in boxes of highly-polished and expensive woods, to be sent to the country negotiating them with us. The treaties of some foreign Gavercments have been sent in boxes of gold and silver, richly ornamented, in some instances, with valuable stones. These boxes are carefully stored in the archieves of the department.—New York Suu. The Conraxe of Elephants. They will submit day day after day to have painful wounds dressed in obedi ence to their keeper, and meet danger in obedience to orders, though their intel ligence is sufficient to understand the peril, and far too great for man to trick them into a belief that it is non-existent* No animal will face danger more readily at man's bidding. As an instanco take the following incident, which recently occurred in India and was communicated to the writer. A small female elephant was charged by a buffalo in high grass, and hei rider, in the hurry of the mo ment and perhaps owing to the sudden stopping of the elephant, fired an ex plosive shell from his rifle, not into the buffald, but into the elephant's shoulder. The wound was so severe that it had not healed a year later. Yet the elephant stood firm, although it was gored by the buffalo, which was then killed by an other gun. What is even more strange is that the elephant was not "gun-shy" afterward."—Loudon Spectator- Frozen in a Hospital. It seems to be a tacitly understood principle in England that one who is not robust enough to resist the effects of cold is not fit to survive, and any attempt to keep public places reasonably warm in the winter is seldom made. A public hospital is the last place in the world, one would think, that could do without heat, but it is reported that a child was actually frozen to death the other day in the waiti'Jg room of Guy s Hospital, one of the roost famous institutions of Lon don. The child was sick with teething, and the mother took it to the hospital to sec the doctor. She had to *ait five hours in tho cold till her turn came, and when the doctor finally did see the baby, he found it iu the last stages of freezing to death. An inquest was held, and there has been much talk about cold waiting rooius, but so far as heard from do stove has beon put up in that one.— New Orleans Picayune. Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months. &Gi£Niit'iC ANl> INJiJSi'iitAL. Professor Hermann has photographed the sound of vowels. Tanning extract is used to treat rail-' road ties to preserve them from decay. Bacteria grow most rapidly in the warm, sultry conditions which usually precede a thunderstorm. Among some recently observed inter esting results of application of cold, M. Raoul Pictet has found that at 150 de grees all chemical reaction is suppressed. A Brussels dispatch says a new phar maceutical bottle has recently been in vented which indicates the hour at which the medicine is to be taken. A Belgian establishment has secured the sole right to manufacture these bottles. A considerable freight business is be ing carried on by an electric railroad in Maryland operating eighteen miles of track in a good farming country which is not reached by steam roads. The cars used have a capacity of five tuns. Sugar is nothing but charcoal and water, combined in certain proportions. This is proved by weighing resultants into which sugar resolves. If weight wero less, something lost; if more, something gained. But weight of ro solved charcoal always equals weight of sugar. The operation of the electric under ground road to South London has not only demoralized the telephone service of the entire vicinity, but has rendered futile observations on the earth's poten tial. At Greenwich Observatory, some miles distant, it has been found neces sary to abandon the tests. A Frenchman has recently conducted a series of experiments which will go far towards correcting a popular impression regarding the effects of electricity oa vegetable growth. He has demonstrated that currents of electricity passed through the roots of vegetables tends to injure them, but that static electricity might be considered slightly beneficial. A wide awake New York real estate agent proposes to remodel antique office buildings on the electrical plan. He has a large steam plant lying idle in the basement of one of his buildings, and ho is utilizing this plant for the generation of electric powei to bo distributed to manufacturing concerns in the same block with the office building, besides installing in the building itself electric elevators, electric lights, electric fans and electric beaters. An effective method of warning line men who may be at various working points of a city, of the approach of the electric current, has been provided in the "screecher" whistle. One of these whistles has been attached to the boiler at the electric-light station io Chatham, and will be blown ea£h day feve minutes before starting the dynamos. There can bo no mistake as to the fitness of this instrument for the purpose to which it has been applied, as it is guaranteed to bo heard at a distance of fifteen miles. A startling proof of the value of the fire-proof wire was given by its in ventor, who, takiug a number of pieces of various insulated wires and joining them together, had a current of 150 amperes passed through the circuit. Tho current destroyed the pieces on the outside of either hand, but the section of wire held between the hands remained in such a cool condition that its holder, in spite of the risk he would have run with au ordinary wire, was tho calmest and least concerned member of the party. Best Way to Get Bill of Bats. The best way to get rid of rats and mice is not to poison them, but to mike them thoroughly tired of the locality and so induce them to leave. They are gen erally too smart to eat poison, even when it is prepared for their benefit in the most seductive fashion, but they are not so particular about tartar emetic. When a little of this is mixed with any favorite food they will eat as greedily as though the phy«ic were not there, but in two or three hours there will be the most dis couraged lot of rats about the place that anybody ever saw. Tue tartar will not kill them, it only makes them deathly sick. If you put your ear to their holes you can hear them trying to vomit; sometimes they will crawl out and walk about like a soasick man, so ill that they do not seein to care what becomes of them. But it disgusts them with tho whole vicinity, and as soon as they are able to travel they march off and you see them no more.—New York News. A Change of Air inn Slok Boom. A clever doctor has just completed a wonderful invention, whereby a change of air desirable for any patient may be brought direct to tho sick room. Bot tled ozone, condensed Alpine air, or tinned tropical summers; these are the possibilities the discovery appears to open up. The poor patient whose means do not reach the sum necessary for the physician's prescribed change of air will perhaps, before long, take half an hour's inhalation four times a day before meals, or the overworked business man, unable to leave town for a holiday, may take his fresh air into the city with him every day. However, the invention does not go so far just at present. What can be accomplished is the impregnation of a sick room with the fragrance of pine forests, the health restoring perfumo which delicate persons are sent to Switzerland to breath. New York Times. . A Quaint Epitaph. A collector of curious epitaphs—and there seem to be aa many such as there are collectors of coins and stamps and insects and ferns—claims, according to Harper's Young People, to have found this singular inscription upon a grave stone in a New Hampshire burying ground: To all my friends 1 bid adieu, A more sudden death yon naver knew— As 1 was leading the old mare to drink She kicked, and killed me quicker'n wink. NO. 27. inti WITCHINQ HOUR. Snow for hourshad blown and drifted. And the rack went scudding by} Spectrally the branches lift*! Naked arms against -the What oared we though time WM flltttoC- Wtat oared we though winds iwdl nW, In the witching twilight sitting All alone? She with a rocker oo«y, I upon a hassock low, v . r . Watching o'er her face thp romf Cupid dimples coma and go; Tj For the lover firelight heightened J Every blush with ardor bold. And her looks of brown were brightened Into gold. Like the fabulous "Jack Hornar" Of the merry nursery page, t Gleeful from a dusky corner _ < Grinned an idol gray with age; And metbought his dark Hps muttered, What I longed to there avow: "Tell her I" were the words be uttereJ, "Tell her now!" Then there fell a silenoe sweeter Than when air is stirred with song. Than when strains in mellow meter Swing with rhythmic t weep along. In her eyes a look beguiling Bade me not to break the spell. Something told me in her smiling All was well. Slowly grew the firelight dimmer Till the angles of the room. Lighted by no ruddy glimmer. Melted in the shrouded gloom I And not e'en the ancient idol Saw love's apotheosis. Or the presage of a bridal In a kiss. —Clinton Scollard, in Munsey's. HUMOR OF THE DAT. Stand and deliver—Saleswomen. A common report—The sunset gup. A force pump—A reporter's inter view. Out of the fashion—A dressmaker's profits. A checkered career —The chess player's. Love is merely a very pleasant faith cure.—Galveston News. The auctioneer is a man who likes to havo you talk back.—Statesman. Even when hard at work the cooper has a staving good time. Boston Courier. "We will let it go at that," said the young boy as he threw an apple at a dude. Harvard Lampoon. When a man says that the world is growing better, it means that the opinion of himself is growing higher.—Ram's Horn. "I can dispose of a whoifi boat loftd jof sailors," remarked the whale, "but it's when I swallow their yarns that I feel worsted."—Elmira Gazette, When doctors disagree. An' (luauo what does ail yer. Then, 'twixt you an' me, They jes' c.tlls it "bearc failure 1" —Fuck. The bee of Northern Greenland has no sting. But there is nothing in Northern Greenland worth stinging. - Nature sel dom makes a blunder.—Chicago Tri bune. The great difficulty about politics is that it is utterly impossible for the ap pointments to make any kind of a nu merical showing alongside of the disap pointments. The idea of employing pretty women for bill collectors looks feasiblo, but it would not work. Tiie delinquent debt ors would all want them to call again.— Somerville Journal. The question of deportment is not au unimportant one. A man always looks better who carries himself well than when two or more friends arc trying to carry him.—Philadelphia Times. Be talke I of love in a cottage, It was his fondest dream. But he forgot the awful expense Of beating it by steam. —Chicago Inter-Ocean. Physician—"Considering the weak state of your eyes, it will be as well if you gaze as much as possible into empty space." Patient—"All right, then; I'll keep looking into my purse."—Blumen lese. Yapsley—"Miss Passay seemed offend ed at you last evening. What did you say?" Mudge—"Blessed if I know. I only asked her if she didn't dread having to wear hoops -Again." —lndianapolis Journal. "I thought the Miltons were going to give a largo party." "Tiioy were, but a water pipe broke in the house." "Couldn't it be mended?" "Yes, but the plumber took the house as part pay." —Chicago Inter-Ocean. Flora—"Why docs Mrs. Minton Worcester invariably wear white this season?" Dora—"Oh, hadn't you heard that her S3OOO vase was broken? And white, you know, is the mourning color —for China."—Vogue. Wife—"Oh, George, the water pipe is leaking and the water is spoiling the new hall c irpet. Go iiud got a plumber, quick!" Husband—"That's all right, my dear; let it go; it's cheiper to get a new carpet."—Harvard Lampoon. Cook (on the day after hor arrival)— "Please, mum, I'm a bit fiery at times, and when I'm tiery I'm apt to be a bit rough spoken ; but you needn't let that put you about—with a little present you cau alius briug uic round again."—Tit Bits. Mistress—"Now, Jaue, clear away the break tast dishes and then \oo'& after tho children. I'm around the corner to have a dress fitted." Faithful— "Yes. mum. Will ye take the night key, or shall I set up for ye?"—Texai Sift ing*. New Boy—-"There's a man outside as acts as if he owued the place." Ajjent —"Tell him I'm out. (Liter) What did he say?" New Boy—" I'bac if you couldn't stay here ami attend to business he would get an agent who would."— New YorkSuu.
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