SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY. Publisher.
VOL. XI.
Georgia ranks as our first State in
the production of watermelons, second
in that of rice and third in that of cot
ton.
' United States Consul Newson, at
Malaga, reports that it is possible for
a very poor mun to live there on five
cents a day, while a very respectable
dinner may be had for a dime.
The salary of the Mayor of Abilene,
Kan., is a dollar a year. For this rea
son it is thought by the New York Tri
bune that next year the office will seek
the woman, since there is nothing in it
for a mun.
Tlie London Times calls Captain A.
T. Mahan, of the United States Navy,
"the most distinguished living writer
on naval strategy and the originator
and first exponent of what may be
called the philosophy of naval his
tory. "
The Duke of Argyll has been making
a special study of the "seven centuries
of English misrule" in Ireland, and has
just completed a work in which are to
be brought to light many new and un
noticed facts bearing on this subject.
The work is to be called "Irish Nation
alism ; An Appeal to History."
Railways never would have been per
mitted to exist in England, writes
William M. Acworth, had they been as
reckless of human life and as careless
of the inconvenience they inflicted on
individuals as American railways have
been and to a great extent still are.
"An Englishman can only stare with
astonishment when he sees for the first
time trains running through crowded
streets of cities such as New York and
Chicago."
The complete .tisties show that the
production of beet agar in the United
States has more than doubled during
the past year, although there has been
no increase in the number of factories.
The total production of the six factories
was 27,083,322 pounds, against a total
of 12,004,838 pounds last year. Ex
periments in growing sugar beets have
been tried in a number of the Western
States, and the success has been so
great that the number of factories will
be increased.
The Bankers' Monthly avera that
our banks on the frontiers of Canada,
have, at times, it is said, paid out, or
technically, put iu circulation the bills
of Canada banks that float over for
border purchases and expenses of
travel, etc. On these they are liable
to pay ten per cent, tax to the Federal
Government. The only way our banks
can get rid of them and avoid the tax
is to ship them to Canada, and have re
mittance made to New York for ac
count of the American bank.
The New York Herald thinks that
the danger of contracting disease from
microbe-laden bank notes is very much
underestimated in this country. It
suggests that, as most people who are
t'iken with contagious diseases are not
able to tell how they are contracted ;
perhaps in many cases the malady has
been contracted by handling microbe
laden currency. It may be so, com
ments the New Orleans Picayune, but
so long as this same currency is a legal
lender, and one cannot refuse it with
out forfeiting his claim to payment,
what is a poor fellow to do? It is a
case of neck or nothing.
The Now Orleans Picayune .'Urintains
that "American cotton mills, and more
particularly Southern mills, having the
supply of raw material close at hand,
and being equipped with the most per
fect machinery, should be able to un
dersell Lancashire in all the world's
markets. We can raise cheaper cotton
than any other cotton-producing coun
try, and, with the looms und spindles
located in close proximity to the cotton
fields, we ought to be able to furnish
the world with cheaper cotton than any
other country. It is, therefore, very
evident that the near future must wit
ness a wonderful development of our
cotton goods exports.
Says the New York Press: The ob
stacle to the general substitution of
aluminum for iron and steel in the arts
has been the high cost of extracting it
from the native clay. This lias been
partially overcome by progressive im
provements in the process of manufac
ture, but still aluminum remains too
costly to be thought of as a substitute
for the baser metals, notwithstanding
its advantages in other respects. The
reported discovery of extraordinarily
rich deposits of aluminum clay in Ala
bama and Georgia indicates a long step
forward for the white metal. Six coun
ties in these two States are said to be
underlaid with bauxite ore, some of
which has yielded as high as forty-eight
per cent, of pure aluminum. If the
reports from these counties are reliable
J,i a':: -i-im age is approaching.
Chicago's mortality statistics show
that a surprisingly large number of
residents of the lake city live to bo
uver ninety.
A capital of $25,000,000 is invested
:n the nursery interest in 172,000 acres
)f land. In all horticultural pursuits
the cntiro capital is estimated at over
81,000,000,000 by the . census of tho
Agricultural Department.
The New York Herald notes that the
instalment plan of selling bicycles,
which all the leading manufacturers
have adopted, has vastly increased the
uumber of devotees of the silent steed
and to the same extent the advocates
of good roads.
Frances Willard, temperance advo
cate, has somewhat astonished English
people by suggesting in all seriousness
that the "grill" behind which all wo
men except peeresses have had to con
ceal themselves to listen to tho debates
in the House of Commons, be placed
in tho British Museum as a relic.
A Mr. Snashall, of Washington,
D. C., has recovered from tho Metro
politan Street Railway Company of
that city $443 as a recompense for the
loss of the services of his wife, through
an injury that she received in 1888 on
the cars of that company. He is said
to be a wealthy gentleman from Wis
consin, and his wife did the family
washing. Of course her services were
very valuable.
In 1892 the total number o* persons
employed in and about all the mines of
the United Kingdom was 721,808, of
whom 6099 wero females, working
above ground. There were 862 acci
dents during the year, occasioning 1034
deaths; one death for every 679 per
sons employed, as against one for every
668 in tho preceding year.
The sibilants in the language of the
Northwestern tribcß cannot fail to Vie
noticed by the traveler in Washington
and British Columbia, although their
speech is described as "a choke and a
splutter." The Indian names of places
that are still preserved there are full
of hisses and s's. Examples:
Squullyamiuh, Spats urn, Spuzzum,
Scuzzy, Snohomish, Similkameen,
Sumass, Sweltcha, Skomekan, Hyosk
wulmloos, Squim, Swinomish, Skagit,
Samamish, Snoquaimie and Snokomish.
That versatile and industrious statis
tician, Edward Atkinson, has made a
calculation as regards the "bill for our
Civil War." He figures up, as the ex
penditure for war purposes and re
construction, some $4,000,000,000;
and as to the probable cost of war, in
money, to the South, of $2,200,000,-
000. To these he adds the pension
roll at $1,800,000,000, and the esti
mated cost of future pensions, accord
ing to life tables, at about $2,000,000,-
000 more. This, together with tho in
terest allowance of about $2,000,000,-
000, swells the total cost of the Civil
War to the sum of $12,000,000,000.
An examination of tho statistics of
horses, horned cattle, sheep and swino
of the country shows some surprising
things to the American Dairyman.
Placing our population at 65,000,000
we find that there is but one horse for
every four and a small fraction of our
per capita. That there are but a triflo
over three-fourths of horned cattle for
every unit of population, while there
aro about two-thirds of a sheep for
every person of the population. From
this we can gather the importance of
the labor of the farmer. Without his
crops wo should soon be on the vergo
of starvation. With this condition con
fronting us, civilization would soon
disapjjear and man become a barbarian
if he did not descend still lower in the
scale of life. This should teach us the
importance and dignity of the farmer's
calling and our absolute dependence on
his labor.
County names in New England and
middle Atlantic States are almost ex
clusively of English or Indian origin.
In the border States of the South they
are chiefly English ; in the gulf States
English and Indian, with French in
Louisiana and traces of Spanish origin
in Florida and Texas. In the Missis
sippi Valley they are again of English
and Indian origin, with some French
names coming down from the Jesuit
explorers. In the Bocky Mountain
States they are again English and In
dian, with a larger proportion of the
latter than elsewhere, and on the Pacific
coast of Spanish County names again
crop out. Toxas has a Deaf Smith
County, about the only instance of a
nickname having been fixed upon an
important political division. The Chi
sago Herald thinks a pretty fair history
of the political and social influence at
irork in the early development of a
State conld l>e written from a study of
county names,
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1893.
WHAT YS BEYOND.
The bine sky and Am bine lako
Meet together
In sunny weather, _
But what, oh I what Is beyond?
I know this side the horizon line,
With its purple hillsides, broad and fine;
But the country beyend, has it lakes like
ours,
And trees of grandeur, and fruits and flow
ers?
What, oh! what Is beyond?
The gray sky and the gray lako
Meet together
In sombre weather,
But what, oh ! what is beyond?
I know these homes, with their loves and
woes,
Tholr buried hopes from which patience
grows;
Are these broken affections united there?
Are hopes fruition, and answered, prayer?
What, oh ! what Is beyond?
The black sky and the black lako
Meet together
In stormy weather,
But what, oh ! what is beyond?
I know the currents that thrill the earth,
And flash the sky at the thunder's birth j
But what of the circuit for souls between,
And the central power in the Great Unseon?
What, oh ! what is beyond?
-Sarah K. Bolton, In New York Independent.
THE COWBOYS' COLLECTION
T was Sunday. The
little church bell
W7fl had summoned the
[ryg] congregation to
Kml morning service,
-r"- Kgjj though a few late
" jjW comers were still
'JSS'; ,H the con secrated
spot. The Sabbath
|-jf fy! )■ ma*'l observed and
| t respected by all the
residents of the
town, excepting Jan
3ebhardt. This citizen, despite the
pleadings and persuasions of the little
parson and different members of the
church, refused to close his saloon on
Sunday, for upon this day he usually
realized his biggest profits.
Many laborers from the surrounding
ranches, farms and mines spent their
Sabbaths and week's wages at Geb
hardt's tavern, and the passing traveler
was sure to rest there over night if he
arrived on Sunday, and this was, of
course, another source of revenue for
the proprietor. This morning Jan was
standing at the door, placidly smoking
his pipe and looking away toward the
mountains with a self-satisfied expres
sion. The beauty of the landscape be
fore him might have Awakened the soul
of a poet or an artist, but Jan was not
of a sensitive, emotional disposition.
The scene presented to his phlegmatic
mind simply eortli, vegetation and air,
while in the clear, propitious weather
he discerned alone the promise of ex
tended patronage.
As he stood thus, wrapped in pleas
ant anticipations, he heard a faint, low,
steady rumbling as if of distant thun
der. He looked up quickly. There
were no clouds in the sky. What
could it mean ? It wits gradually be
coming louder and more distinct, and
seemed to issue from a large gulch or
pass to tho west. Jan took the pipe
from his mouth and listened. Suddenly
a shout, accompanied by the report of
a number of revolvers, startled tho
echoes far and near, and there issued
from the gulch a black mass which
shortly resolved itself into a body of
horsemen bearing down toward the
town. Jan watched them lazily,
thinking of the money he would be able
to realize from them.
Nearer and nearer sounded the clat
tering of the horses' hoofs, until Jan
eould almost hear each separate foot
fall, and presently they slowed and
■topped outside his door. Smiling and
ducking his head, he wished the visi
tors good morning and invited them in.
They accepted his invitation, and were
soon standing and sitting about the bar
room, while the obsequious Jan served
them with drink. One of them, a burly
fellow, asked him for a certain kind of
liquor, and after the keeper of the tav
ern had taken i„ from the shelf and
turned about, his smile was suddenly
transformed to a look of horror, for he
found several revolvers levelled at him.
"Mein cheuelmens, fhat you goin' to
do?" cried the affrighted man.
"Dutchy," said the burly fellow,
"don't you know you're desecratin' the
best day in tho week by keepiu' yer sa
loon open?"
"Veil, how can I helps it, chenel
mens? It's tho pest day for peesi
ness."
"Business or no business, old man,
you've got to reform. We're tho Sal
vation Army, wo are, and don't you for
get it."
"Chenelmens, cheuelmens, don't do
noddings to me," cried Jan, wringing
his hands in anguish, as he looked down
the bright barrels of half a dozen re
volvers.
"Fetch down them bottles from that
shelf," shouted the cowboy.
The trembling Jan obeyed. "Now,
then," said this strange avenging angel,
"set'em up across th' room; every
one's a bull's eye."
Jan hesitated, but the revolvers com
pelled obedience. Before the caval
cade moved on he had been obliged to
see the destruction of a large port of
his wares, and the unfortunate man was
left standing amid a confusion of broken
kegs, neckless bottles and pools of
wines and liquors, wringing his hands
and calling down maledictions upon his
persecutors, who were now continuing
their mad career, down the street.
The cowboys soon came in sight of
the little church, standing in a lot sur
rounded by a rough picket fence, while
a few small poplar trees seemed endea
voring to cast a little shade abort the
building. The sweet melody of of
the old hymns floated out to them, and
chey unconsciously pausedaud listened,
and when it ceased rode onto the gate
way.
"Now for some fun, boys," said Billy,
a graceful, lithe young man with mis
chievous brown eyes, as he reigned up
his horse; "you fellows just follow Spot
and we'll see something interesting."
Spot, who had been spokesman at the
saloon, urged his horse forward and
they slowly rode into the yard and to
the door of the church.
The congregation were kneeling in
prayer, while the pastor, standing in
the center of the platform, his arms
uplifted, his face writhing in the most
ludicrous contortions, was moving his
body up and down, keeping time with
the shouts he emitted, which were sup
posed to be the prayers for the salva
tion of the souls of his sinful brethren
—at least so Billy surmised, as he
watched him with an amused smile.
As the pastor was gathering for the
culmination of his prayer, the leader
turned to his companions, and said in
an undertone, "Now, then," and their
horses' hoofs resounded on the wooden
floor of the church. The startled con
gregation, rising with one accord, be
held Spot, the cowboy, riding solemn
ly up tho aisle, followed by his com
panions.
"Don't be alarmed, ladies 'n' gentle
men. We're only come t' join in the
services, an' 'ill trouble you t' sit still
they're over," said Spot, with a smile
manufactured for the occasion, as the
people seemed inclined to depart rather
precipitously. Seeing themselves thus
at the mercy of the cowboys, they
were obliged to rtssume their seats, al
most overcome by fear ond apprehen
sion.
"An' as fer yon, parson," said Spot,
pointing his revolver at the trembling
man, "don't stand there snivelin'.
You're a purty kind er shepherd! I'll
bet there ain't one iu th' flock as big a
coward as you, 'n' yet you think you
kin buy off th' Lord by shoutin' 'u'
pretendin't' save souls a heap better'n
yourn. I'll give you sompin't' do iu
earnest. I ain't had no one to pray fer
me since I was a little kid at my mam
my's knee. You jis' git down on yer
knees 'n' pray fer me now."
The parson hesitated, threw up his
hands, and rolled np his eyes iu depre
cation.
"There, parson, dont take on like a
fool about it, bnt git down t' business,
or I'll give you a lift t' a better land, a
service y'd no doubt thank me fer."
The little man did not seem quite
ready to depart, for a better land, bo
covered by Spot's revolver, he was ob
liged to sink on his knees and begin
his prayer.
"Lord," he prayed, in a quavering
voice, "O Lord—forgive and protect
—this poor sinner "
"See here, no« I don't want you
givin' th' Lord no mistaken impression
'bout me. You tell Him about th'
benefit lam t' this yere world." And
again the revolver figured as a per
suader, and the littlo parson changed
the nature of his prayer.
"He's giving Spot quite a 'send
off,' " said Billy in an undertone to one
of his companions^' 'we're not in it.
The parson prayed for some time,
then prepared to arise.
"That ain't enough," shouted Spot,
flourishing the revolver; "I'll be
hanged ef I'm not goin't' have enough
prayiu't' last, me a week, and then
here's all these boys ain't been prayed
for yet."
So the parson resumed his prayer.
Several times he uttempted to finish
and arise, but every time Spot com
pelled him to return to his prayer.
At last, when he was out of breath,
stiff in every joint and Bick with
fright, Spot condescendingly said:
"There, littlo 'un, that's enough. And
now we're goin't' take up a kerlection.
Boys, take yer hats 'roun,' 'n' don't
let any guilty man escape."
Two of the boys, each holding a hat
in one hand, u revolver in the other,
passed about tho church compelling
every member of the terrified congre
gation to give some contribution.
Those who had no money were obliged
to give a watch or a ring, or some
other jewel or trinket they might have
about them, and finolly it was all
brought to Spot, who turned tho col
lection over to Billy.
"An' frien's," said Spot, "we're
much obliged t' yon fer all this yere
stuff, 'n' the par-son fer his prayers.
Wo only wanter ask one thing more o'
you. We ain't no low down thieves.
We ain't takin' np this yere money 'n'
gewgaws fer ourselves. We're going t'
good with 'em. Now we'll trouble you
t' tell us who's th' most deservin'
charity in this yer town."
"The widow !" said several voices in
chorus.
"And who might bo the widder?
There ken be more'n one widder in a
town. What's yer widder's name?"
Nobody seemed to know, but he was
told where she lived, and the caval
cade of cowboys turned their horses
around, and passed from the church
into the bright sunlight.
They wended their way down the
road, laughing boisterously over their
recent escapade, and soon found them
selves in the littlo lano leading to the
widow.
The horses had been trotting brisk
ly, but upon nenring the little, half
decayed shanty standing alone among
the sage ,iush and wild flowers, their
pace slackened, and they finally came
to a standstill before the broken gate.
"Whose a-goin't' take the money 'n'
stuff in t' the widder?" asked one of
the boys. They all looked at. each
other in some perplexity.
" 'Pears t' Spot ourter," said another,
"lie's bin heuiliu' th' gang all day."
"It was Billy got up th' fun," said
Spot, "so 'cordin't' my miu'he ourter
be th' one to' do th' charity act. 'Sides,
he's a lady's man, an' a talker from
way back."
Billy made some remonstrances, but
was finally prevailed upon to undertake
the commission, and, hanging his six
shooter and belt ou the fence, he
,1 ."t the tloor. A feeble voice
said: "Come in." Pushing the door
open, ho stood irresolute upon the
threshold. The light in the room was
dim, and he could indistinctly see a
figure streched on a low couch in the
farther corner.
"Will you come in, sir?" said the
same feeble, gentle voice; then as
Billy stepped in with some embarrass
ment she continued, "What is your er
rand, sir?"
He tried to think of a means by
which he could delicately and accept
ably deliver his message of charity, but
finding none he was obliged to make
known his errand as Bimply as possible,
trusting to the inspiration of tho mo
ment to help him out.
"You are a widow, are you not?" he
asked.
"Yes," sho replied, raising herself
hastily on one elbow as he spoke.
"You must forgive a stronger,
madam, for coming to you with so little
ceremony and asking such a question,
but the truth is, I—we—"
"Tell me, sir," she interrupted, "do
you live in this part of the country ?
Are you a cowboy from one of the
ranches? Excuse me, I am partly
blind."
"Yes," he said, "I live here and I
am a cowboy."
"How long have you been following
this occupotion ? How long have you
been in Colorado? You were not born
in the West, I know, for you have
neither the speech nor manners of the
people. Where did you come from ?
Tell me, I implore you."
Billy looked at the form dimly out
lined before him in blank astonish
ment.
"Why, madam, I'm perfectly will
ing to tell you. My home was in
New Haven, Conn., God bless it, and I
came West eight years ago. Since
then I have met with many varied ex
periences. I've tasted the sweetness
of prosperity and the bitterness of ad
versity. About a year ago I had a
comfortablo sum of money and was
preparing to return to the East, when
by an unhappy speculation Host it all;
then I drifted into my present situa
tion. But I mean to accomplish some
thing before I go home again to my
dear old mother," There wasacharm
iug youthful ring of hopefulness in his
voice which his eight years of trying
experiences had failed to obliterate.
The widow dropped back on her
couch and was perfectly still.
"But I am forgetting my errand,"
continued Billy. "My friends and I
have brought you a little offering,
which I hope will be acceptable. It
should be, for it is a present from the
good church-members of the village,
who beg you will accept it with their
compliments."
Ho advanced * ■> the side of the couch
and bent down to place the contents of
his hat in her lap. As ho did so a ray
of light stole through the half-closed
blinds and fell upon the woman's face.
"My God!" He started back poler
than his companion, while the hat
dropped heavily to the floor. The
next moment he was kneeling beside
the couch clasping tho wasted form iu
his strong young arms, his frame
shaken by violent sobs.
"Willys, dear Willys, I havo been
seeking you all over the West for the
last five yeurs. Thank God, oh, thank
Him a thousand times that I have
found you at last."
In the meantime his companions out
side were becoming impatient.
"Wonder what's keepiu' th' feller so
long," said one of them; "ho could a
gave the widder th' money a hundred
times over during th' time he's been in
there."
"I should think he could. Tell you
what. I'll just creep aroun't' th' win
der 'n' see what he's up t'." said Spot,
suiting the action to tho words. Drop
ping on his knees, he cautiously peered
through the half-closed blinds. Tho
next moment he had fallen backward,
and was soon hastening to his com
rades with a curious expression on his
face.
"Well, what's up, Spot?" he was
asked.
"I du' know," replied Spot, scratch
ing his head' " 'pears like Billy's gone
and got mashed on th' widder. He's
down on his kneeß 'fore th' bed a-hold
in* her in his arms."
A hearty laugh went round the
crowd. At that moment Billy ap
peared at the door with his sombrero
pulled well down over his eyes.
"Boys," he stammered, and the
strong man's lips quivered—"boys
there's an old lady inside who wants to
know my friends. Come in. It's my
mother." —Tho Californium
England's Plowed Land Diminished.
During tho last twenty years the
area of land in England under tho
plow has diminished by very nearly
2,000,000 acres, or over fourteen per
cent. The amount of arable land in
Wales has diminished twenty-one per
cent, in the same period. In Scotland,
on the contrary, it has increased by
78,000 acres. This difference is partly
explained by the relatively large areas
of land in Scotland retained under
clover and rotation grasses, more thun
one-third of tho whole cultivated area.
In England the proportion of culti
vated laud so occupied is little more
than one-tenth of tho whole.—Chicago
Herald. _
To Locate Metals in Flesh.
An electrical instrument has recently
been invented which is sufficiently deli
cate to detect the presence of one
eighth of an inch of steel or iron wire
at a distance of six inches from itself.
It is intended for use in locating small
pieces of magnetizable .metal, such as
needles, tacks, steel and iron chips,
etc., that may have entered tho human
body unawares and hidden themselves
in the skin or deeper tissues. It will
probably prove to be of great service
where the ordinary methods of detect
ing the presence of foreign metallic
substances are ineffective and unreli
able.—American Farmer,
Terms—ll.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months.
FEMETS IN NEW YORK, j
OVER A THOUSAND OF THEM IN
USE IN THE CITT.
They Orlve Away Rats - Harmless us
Kittens When They Are Not Hun
gry--Their Habits.
~| T'ERBETS aro becoming popular
I—/ as pets in many of the big
J business houses of New York,
(i and in houses in the city and
suburbs. It is not necessarily the
ferocious little animal it is supposed to
bo when it is brought up amid quiet
surroundings and is fed regularly every
day. Its fighting qualities, however,
whon attacked by tho big rats that are
brought to this port from South
America, are shown to great advantage.
There is no pluckier little fighter in the
animal kingdom.
It is estimated that- over 1000 ferrets
are owned or hired by the proprietors
of big buildings in New York and
Brooklyn that have been infested with
rats. These animals, which have been
trained carefully to do their work, will
answer a call or a whistle the same as a
faithful dog, and will not leave a build
ing in which they have been placed
until taken away. They are affection
ate little animals and appreciate good
treatment.
The ferret's original home was in
Africa, and some come from Kentucky,
but many of the ferrets now in New
York have a pedigree that runs back
to the importation of ferrets from
Ireland nearly a quarter of a century
ago, and have been raised not far from
New York. They breed twice a year,
from one to ten at a time. The mother
resents the handling of her young. If
one of them is touched when it is only
a few days old, she will at onco devour
it.
From seven to ten years is the or
dinary life of the ferret, but after five
years' existence it becomes stupid,
passing most of the time in sleep, and
is no longer useful or interesting.
In order to be valuable in ridding a
building of rats the ferret is trained
not to catch the rats, but only to drive
them away. The ferret's presence is
soon detected by the rats, and unless
the latter are particularly large nnd
vicious they will scamper off iu rhort
order. The use of ferrets to chuse
rabbits out of holes is well known, al
though it is against the law in this
State. Many ferrets, however, rre
sold from Thanksgiving to Christmas,
and after the ferret has routed out the
rabbit from a hole a fox terrier out
side does the rest. If a ferret, in tho
course of training, persists in biting
rats it becomes necessary to muzzle it
or cut its teeth. The reason is that
ferrets do their best work on a com
paratively empty stomach and if one of
them ate a rut it would make it so
sluggish it wouldn't do any work for
three days. Trained ferrets bring
$7.50 a piece, and untrained ones
$2.50.
"The details of the training of fer
rets," said B. Isaacson, who lias been
truining these little animals for a gen
eration, "are, in a measure, a business
secret, nnd 110 two persons train them
in precisely the same way. But I will
tell you about one good method. Put
some rats in a cage in a room and then
turn the ferret loose iu the room and
don't give him anything to eat until he
finds tho rats. He will soon learn 011
what his meals depend. These ferrets
here answer as I call their names, and
are glad to see me. The best of the
three, the dark one with brown eyes
and very bushy tail, and the two light
colored ones with pink eyes, are as
gentle as pet cats or rabbits, and any
child may play with them without the
slightest danger, especially after they
liavo been fed. If they have not eateD
anything for a number of hours pre
paratory to setting out 011 a ratting ex
pedition, they may snap a stranger's
lingers placed near them, but they do
not give a poisonous or painful bito.
If the teeth closed on a linger, they
would let go at once on pinching the
bottom of one of their feet, which are
very sensitive."
Ferrets are quite blind in the day
time, but are guided swiftly und ac
curately by their keen sense of smell.
When they are attacked by the big
newer rats they quickly get a fntal hold
;uid exhaust the life blood of their as
sailants. Then they will eat tho brains
of the rata if not called off. On one
occasion, Mr. Isaacsm used six ferrets
to rid a vessel of a large colony of rats,
some of which ranged from a pound to
a pound and a halt' in weight, and
were big onough to look like small rab
bits. About 100 rats showed fight
against the six ferrets, who pluckily
kept their ground for a time and killed
at least a dozen rats, but they would
havo been overpowered if reinforce
ments had not come to their rescue.
After the rats were scattered, the fer
rets succeeded in driving them from
the ship.—New York News.
Amcricnn Students in France.
There are from 1500 to 2000 Amer
ican students in France, homo of
these are working to perfect themselves
in tho language, some are studying
vocal music, some architecture anil a
fow sculpture, but the majority aro
working at the easel. The schools and
studios of Paris are open to the wbolo
world, and, with a few exceptions, even
the prizes of the grand Salon an? ac
cessible to foreign students. The art
student may connect himself with a
private school, or, if his drawings are
satisfactory, he may obtc-in i'dmis»ion
to l'Ecole des Beaux Arts. In the Ju
lian schools a work-room is furnished
in which the student can work for a
certain number of hours each day, and
can have tho-best of art.stic criticism
twice a week for about Ave dollars a
month.—Public Opinion.
Tho Pennsylvania Hospital, in Phila
delphia, is the oldest hospital in the
United States. It was built in 1755,
NO. 35.
"HOW DID YOU REST LAST NIGHTiT"
"How did you rest last night?"
I've heard my gran'pap %»y
Them words a thousand times—that's
right—
Jee' them words thataway!
As punetchul-like as mornin' dast
To ever heave in eight.
Gran'pap 'ud alius half toast—
"How did you rest, last night?"
TJs young-uns used to grin
At breakfast, on the sly,
And mock the wobble of his chin
And eyebrows helt so high
And kind. "How did you rest lust night?"
We'd mumble an' let on
Our voices trembled, and our sight <
Was dim, and hearin' gone. .
• ••••*
Bad as I used to be,
All I'm a-wantln' is Jt-Xl
As puoro and oa'm a sleep fer mo -•$
And sweet a sleep ns his !
And so I pray, on Jedgement Day
To wake, axfd with its light
See his face dawn, and hear him say—
"How did you rest, last nighty"
—J. Whitcomb Riley, in AtlantaOonstitutiun.
HUMOR OF THE TTAY. <_•
Small talk—"Yes" and "No."
A lump eum—Damages for a club
bing.
Whatever one's lot in life, he should
have good deeds to show for it.—-Phila
delphia Times.
We never knew a man so good that
his wife didn't often say : "Oh, pa !"
—Atchison Globe.
When a man finds a woman that
there is nothing too good for, he wants
her to take him.—Galveston News.
It wasn't until woman started into
improve her mathematics that she be
gan to count for much. —Troy Press.
Said tho hen, "Thoughts expressed
In slang will not do.
But it must be confessed,
I am laying for you."
—Washington Star.
"I will now write something in a
light and airy vein," said the clerk
who makes out gas bills.—Washington
Star.
Don't offer to bet with an elevator
boy unless you mean business. He has
a way of taking you up.—Buffalo
Courier.
He—"No, they don't pay me more
than lam worth." She—"How in.the
world do you manage to live on it?"—
Funny Folks.
Singers must bo particular about
their diet. This is owing to the closo
relation between their board and their
timbre."—Binghamton Leader.
Life is real, life is earnest.
But It might be more sublime ■
If a man were not kept busy .V.
Bodging microbes all the time.
—Washington Star.
Treebag—"Did .Toblots leave liny
last request?" Humplate—"Yes; he
wanted the funeral procession to drive
around by the way of the ball grounds."
—P. &S. Bulletin.
Nervous Passenger—"Are you sure
there is no danger?" Officer—"Nat a
bit. The Captain's just gone to take a
nap, because it's too foggy to see any
thing."—P. & S. Bulletin.
Probably tho first cooking school
product on record is tho famous pie
whose four and twenty black birds
were so done that they began to sing
as soon as it was opened.—Washington
Star.
Burleigh—"lt's my opinion that
Brown hasn't half the brains he thinks
he has." Wagleigh—"Probably not;
but did you ever think how nicely he
could get along with even less than
that?"— Detroit Tribune.
Nervous Passenger (011 New Haven
steamer) —"There's a very peculiar
noise in the water to-night. Do you
notice it, Captain?" Captain—"Yes,
madame ; that's the reg'lar Long Island
Sound."—New York Mercury.
If in search of 11 name that's bound to be
lucky.
Lot the next buttle ship bo eallod the Ken
tucky,
For it's sure that her guns would do t<_rrible
slaughter.
And though shot full of holes she would novel
take water.
—Chicago Record.
Cumso (to Tlireds) — "Not counting
you, how many clerks are there in this
store who can't tell the truth?" Threde
(highly indignant)—" Sir!" Cumso—
"Oh, well, don't bo cross about it.
How many are there; counting you,
then ?"
A Permanency: A young countrywo
man iu Burgundy, writing to the parents
of a little girl whom she has in charge,
wound up her letter in this affectionate
strain : "I remain, with respect, mon
sieur and madame, your wet nurse for
life."—Le Phure du Nord.
In a Picture Gallery: A—"That's a
newly married couple." B—"How do
you know?" A—"He is always step
ping on her dress." B—"What does
that prove?" A—"After ho has beeu
married some time and found out what
a dress costs, he will be more careful."
—Fliegende Blaetter.
She—"Do you love me ns much as
when wo first became engaged?"
He—"As much? Why, my darling, I
love you a thousand times more." She
(anxiously)—"l don't know, George, I
wish I were sure of that." He—"Yon
can be, dear. Just think of all I have
invested in you."—Brooklyn Life.
Live Chameleons for Ornaments.
The importation of live chameleons
from Florida is becoming quite the
fashionable thing with returning
tourists. A gentleman who reached
New York last week after a two
months' sojourn in Florida says that
almost all of the women coming home
from the winter resorts in that State
bring with them from two to a dozen
of the little creepers with variegated
colors. In some cases the chameleons
are attached to tiny gold chains and
worn as personal ornaments. —New
York Times.