SULLIVAN JHLFE REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XII.
The marriage rate in England is
lower at present than ever before.
A geographical export estimates the
fertile portion of the earth's surface
at '20,260,200 square miles and the
barren region at 22,960,00 square
miles.
Russia is the only country from
which there has been an increased im
migration into the United States dur
ing tho last ten months, notes the
Rochester Post-Express.
Onr trade with tho Hawaiian Isl
ands twenty years ago amounted to
only $1,631,580 ; but for the last fis
cal year exports and imports were
valued at nearly twelve million dol
lars.
Competent authority, even in Eu
ropean countries, is unanimous in the
view that the wild flowers of America
are the finest iu the world, yet, la
ments the Detroit Free Press, Ameri
cans know practically nothing about
them.
The Protestant population of all
Europe is about 50,000,000, or equal
to that of the United States ; but while
continental Europe has only about
eight per cent, of the Sunday-schools
of the world, tho United States has
forty-nine per cent., or nearly ono
half!
Henry Laboucliere says in London
Truth:"The reading public maybe
divided into three classes : Those who
read and remember; they are few.
Those who read and forget; they are
many. Those who read little or noth
ing, and they are most. Tho original
writer of to-day belongs to the first
class, and, it may lie said, ho writes
for the others."
There has recently been some dis
pute as to the authorship of the song
"The Vacant Chair," which has been
sung all over the world for nearly
thirty years. Tho Watchman, of Bos
ton, says it was written by the Hon.
Henry S. Washburn, in memory of
Lieutenant J. William Grout, who
was shot in tho retreat from Ball's
Bltifl. The song was first printed in
the Worcester (Mass.) Spy.
According to the Glasgow (Scotland)
News it appears that the latest statis
tics issued by the German Imperial
Health Department give to Berlin the
honor of being tho healthiest city in
the world. The death-rate is given as
only 16.3 per 1000. The unhealthiest
city is Alexandria, which, despite its
unvarying fine weather, its 300 foun
tains and its soft sea breezes, has a
death-rate of no less than 52.9 per
1000.
Professor Richard L. Garner is cer
tainly an enthusiast in his investiga
tion of the language of the simians.
Speaking of his recent visit to Africa,
he said: "The world at large expects
too much. People seem to insist .ipon
it as their right that I should goto the
gorilla country, spend a few months
there, and return with a comptete
dictionary to the gorilla language.
Why, if I were sure of learning
eventhree words a year, I would
forsake triends and family, goto
Africa and devote the rest of my life to
n study that yielded such rich results
in the present and promised such im
mense possibilities for the future."
not only in Japan that, incom-
doctors are punished for pro
fessional failure resulting in tho loss
of lifo of their patients, but in Russia
also, where physicians are held simi
larly responsible. A woll-known medi
cal practitioner at St. Petersburg has
jttst boen sentenced to seven days' im
prisonment, to a lino of 1000 rubles
ftnd to the payment of an annuity of
300 rubles to a lady who was injure 1
by liis unskilful treatment. Russia is
already lamentably deficient as far as
tho number of Its medical men is con
cerned, and this somewhat drastic
punishment is scarcely of a character
to increase the popularity of tli* pro
fession.
Uaptaiu Moore, of the sailing ship
Mary Gibbs, tells a suggestive story of
Ills last voyage. Me was from Boston
to the gold coast of Africa, and his
Cargo consisted of New England rum.
Oddly en ough, lie also took out AM pas-
Hangers two woiueu missionaries, who
had been sent out to exert a civilizing
and Christianizing influence on these
benigted people. The brigantine
stopped at thirteen ports to unload the
Cargo of ruin, which was received with
%ild enthusiasm by the natives, while
ttobody seemed to want the mission
ari«a. Tim latter S«MIUI I <liscour*gsd,
but nevertheless well! stoutly to work
to counteract the efleets of the rum
Itefore he could lull what sqeeeae they
Ware bavin* the tlibU sailed for
IKMB*.
Almost seventy-five per cent, of the
men manning the British mercantile
marine are foreigners.
Forty-four out of every hundred
persons in the United States are
agriculturists; fifty-six in Canada,
forty-eight in France, seventeen in
Germany and seven in England.
The United States maintains in
China one hundred and thirteen mis
sionary stations, quite forgetting tho
fact that China maintains, in Califor
nia alone, forty heathen temples.
Mark Twain asserts that there are
less than fifty original jokes in exis
tence, all the others being simply
modifications of these. There are
only seven notes of music, but we get
a great variety of harmony out of
them.
Our t-iade with Japan is falling oft.
In 1891 38.25 per cent, of the goods
exported by that country came to the
United States; but in 1893 only 31.49
per cent. In 1891 10.87 per cent, of
all the goods bought by Japan came
from this country ; but in 1893 only
6.91 per cent.
A triumph of art over nature was
illustrated recently when a well-known
English artist made a painting of some
old beech trees in a Kent pasture,
which he sold for SI4OO. The owner
of the pasture sold his land and the
trees together for SSOO, and called it a
good sale at that.
United States Consul Penfield, at
Cairo, says that Egypt is aggressively
comparing in a small way with us, not
only in Europe, but at home, in sup
plying raw cotton, and the consump
tion of Egyptain cotton by New Eng
land spindlers has grown from noth
ing, ten years ago, to more than 60,-
000 bales, and valued at $3,000,00;.).
Within a few mouths Pekin will bo
united by wire with St. Petersburg,
and, in consequence, with the tele
graph system of the entire civilized
world. According to the lat»st issue
of the Turkestan Gazette, the telegraph
line from Pekin has been brought as
far west as the city of Kashgar. The
European end of the line is at Osh,
and a small stretch of about 140 miles
now alone breaks the direct telegraphic
communication from the Atlantic to
the Pacific.
The Secretary of the Interior has
given up the experiments which the
Government has been making for som )
years past to in dice rain over arid
tracts. The railroad companies opera
ting in New Mexico and Arizoua will,
however, continue experiments aloug
this line. Getting blood out of a
turnip would not bo a difficult opera
tion if the plebian vegetable contained
blood, and so artificial methods might
precipitate moisture iu the form of
rain if there were any in tho atmos
phere, but there are places where the
air is as moistureless as a live fish in a
lime basket, and neither powder nor
dynamite can shako out of it what it
does not hold.
Tho exhibition epidemic is raging
the world over. Not only have all the
capitals of Europe some kind of an in
ternational show running this year,
but very many of tho smaller cities
have an exhibition on their hands.
Tho United Exhibitions at Milan were
opened on May 6. They comprise ten
exhibitions, of fine arts, oils, wines,
and other specialities. An Interna
tional Sanitary and Health Exhibition
is to be held in Boulogne from July to
September next. An International
Exhibition opens in Bucharest on
August '26 ami closes November 12.
Aud now Tasmania comes forward with
an invitation to the world to partici
pate in an International Exhibition at
Hobart on November 15 next.
The balance sheet of tho Suez Canal
just issued cannot fail in the opinion
of the New York Tribune to be most
satisfactory to tho English nation,
which, thanks to the foresight of Lord
Ueaconsfield, secured a controlling
voice iu the management of the prop
erty. The aggegate of uearly 8,000,
000 tons of shipping that have passed
through the cMual during the Usual
year that has just closed exceeds even
the most sanguine estimates of Ferdi
nand d« Lesseps, aud ill view of the
fact that the vast majority of the ves
sels passiug through the caual were of
l.iigltsh register, there being nearly
3000 British ships as compared with
170 French, the llritisli directors have
doiio the right slid gtacefnl thing in
moving for and securing a vote tusk
ing adequate all I generous provision
foi the «i(« and family of the now
moribund and completely ruined orig
matoi of this magnificent enterprise,
Ferdinand de Ussepa
LAPORTE, PA., FKIDAY, JULY 27, 1894.
THE CLOVF.R.
Soma sing of tho lily and daisy nnl rose,
And the pansles nnd pinks that tho summer
time throws
In the green, grassy lap of the medder that
lays,
Bllnktn' up at the skies, through the sun
shiny days ;
But what Is the Illy and all of tho rest
Of the flowers to a man with a heart In his
breast,
That lias sipped, brlmmln' full of the honey
and dew,
Of the sweet clover blossoms his boyhood
knew?
I never set hevey on a clover field now,
Or fool round a stable or climb In a mow,
But my childhood comes back just as clear
and as plain
As the smell of the clover I'm sntffln' again ;
And I wander away, in a barefooted dream,
Where I tangled my toes in the blossoms that
gleam
With the dew of tho dawn of the morning of
love,
Ere It wept o'er the graves that I'm weeping
above.
And so I love clover. It seems like a part
Of tho sacredest sorrows and joys of my
heart;
A I*l whenever it blossoms, oh ! there let me
bow,
And thank the good Lord as I'm thankin'
Him now,
And pray to Him still for the strength, when
I die,
Togo out In tho clover and tell it good-by,
And lovingly nestle my face in its bloom,
While my soul slips away on a breath of
perfume.
—.Tames Whitcomb Riley.
ImNTEjoiT
BY GODFREY QUARLES.
fOBERT HARRIS
was his right name,
but in honor of his
calling we all calleil
him "Monte Bob."
I well remember liis
advent among the
citizens of Lone
Horse Gulch. It
was in '57, just after
a rich find had
made the heretofore
isolated and lonely
gulch famous in a
day, and caused the
eager gold-seekers
to pour in from all
quarters. He was
at that time very young. His fresh,
boyish face had apparently never
made the acquaintance of a razor.
His blue eyes were round nnd laugh
ing, and his mass of jet black hair,
fine and soft as silk, would have been
an enviable source of beauty to any
woman. His figure was slight and
youthful, and strongly suggestive of
the truant school boy.
A single day served to make the
newcomer a citizen of Lone Horse
Gulch, and soon after his arrival
"The Kid," as he was called, on ac
count of his boyish ways, his soft
white hands and apparent inability
to work, was known to the whole
camp. Every one liked him; but
when one night he won five thousand
from one of Frisco's most noted sport
ing men, and pocketed the money wit h
careless indifference, his reputation
was made; pity was changed to ad
miration ; Lone Horse Gulch was en
thusiastic, and its citizens to a man
vied in doing honor to the new found
hero. From that day forth he became
a leading citizen, and the faro bank
which he soon after set up was well
patronized.
Like many others, "Monte Bob"
was very reticent in regard to his past
history. He was frequently the re
cipient of letters bearing an Eastern
postmark. Some were directed in the
weak, nervous hand peculiar to wo
men of advancing years; tho rest in
the round, graceful hand of a school
girl. But it was a noticeable fact,
vouched for by the postmaster, a gen
tleman of unquestionable veracity,
that "Monte Bob," though he always
read them carefully, very seldom re
plied to the letters received. But, as
the postmaster had been a heavy loser
at Bob's faro bank, these state
ments in regard to his neglect of his
private correspondence were received
with a marked grain of allowance. On
the other hand, the agent of the Wells,
Fargo & Company express line, a gen
tleman of equal standing in the com
munity, asserted that "Monte Bob"
often sent large sums of money to a
certain Mrs. John Harris in the East.
This statement was made before a
crowd of citizens at the Eureka Ha
loon, where the testimony of the post
master in regard to the domestic af
fairs of "a well-known business man"
were undergoing careful examination.
The trusted agent of the great exnress
company was a warm admirer of the
youthful gambler, and always con
cluded this evidence of his hero's re
deeming qualities by saying: "And
you may bet yer boots, he sends that
thar money to liia old mother back in
the States; and ten to one he is the
only galoot in this yer camp that does
do it."
And a large majority of the camp
Acquiesced iu this opinion.
At an early period "Monte Bob"
allowed that he was a public minded
citizen aud deeply interested in the
welfare of Louo Horse Gulch. When
it was determined that the spiritual
welfare of the town was sadly neglect
ed aud that a place of public worship
was one of the prime needs, he was the
first to head the building subscription
with a handsome sum ; ami when the
young preacher fell sick of fever and
after a long sickness died, "Monte
Hob" took upon himself the task o|
seeing that he was decently buried
and that all the debts incurred by bis
aickueaa wer» paid Then 111 a quiet
way tie furnished the weak, frail
willow lliuana With which sl|« reached
kiit llieuda iu th« hast.
And, again, when the dread scourge,
smallpox, lifcoko out in tho camp and
scores of strong men sickened and
died, unmindful of danger, "Monte
Bob" put to shame those who had (led
in fear, by closing his bank and uurs
ing those around him as tenderly and
carefully as any woman. When the
scourge died away and those who had
flod came back, he returned oner
more to his fascinatiug calling and
was never heard to mention the good
work he had done.
Like many other mining townc, in
two short years Lone Horse Gulch saw
its inception, its glory and its decay,
One by one the bars petered out. The
dissatisfied miners were forced to seek
newer and more paying fields of labor,
and I lost sight of "Monte Bob."
Five years had passed and I was la
boring on one of tho well known Sac
ramento dailies as city editor. In
the hurry and rush of daily journalism
the old life at Lone Horse Gulch had
long since become a thing of the past,
when suddenly several things occurred
to bring it back, fresh and vivid, to
mind; forgoing to my duties at an
early hour one morning, I chanced to
overtako my old friend "Moute Bob."
The flight of time had left its shadow
upon him, and he was changed. A
heavy moustacho coveted the smooth
lip. Tho rakish high hut had been dis
carded, the shiny suit of broad cloth
had been supplemented by a plain
business suit, and the dazzling dia
mond had disappeared. He was taller,
his shoulders broader and his step
firmer than when last we met. The
dashing, reckless gambler of five years
before was gone, and his place had
been taken by a quiet, earnest man.
He knew me, and by the hearty, cor
dial pressure of his hand, I knew was
glad to meet me. He talked freely of
the old life at the Gulch, and of those
who hail been our companions there.
We chatted for a few moments and
then I left him at the door of a well
knewn business house with au invita
tion to come and see me. That very af
ternoon I learned from another old
citizen of the Gulch that he had long
since abandoned the life of a gambler,
and was now and had been for two
years working as a bookkeeper. And
let me say that my informant was
none other than "Monte Bob's" warm
friend, the old-time express agent at
the Gulch. I also had it from that
gentlemau, that u larger portion of
the young man's wages was regular
sent to his mother and sister in the
East.
Contrary to mv expectation, Bob
availed himself of the invitation I had
extended to him, and soon after spent
an evening with mo in my cosy bach
elor apartments. I found him au in
telligent and pie;- ant companion.
Besides reading much he had been a
shrewd observer of men; and in the
flow of conversation the evening
slipped away before we were awaio of
it. When he arose togo it had been
arranged that he should spend au
evening of every week with me. In
the months that followed our acquain
tance ripened into friendship; from
friends we became confidants, and ere
long I kuew the history of his past
life.
His father had died when he was a
mere boy, leaving him to the care of
an uncle. Until twenty his life was
passed at his uncle's house and at
school. Lacking the kind, watchful
care of a father and deprived by cir
cumstances of the loving thoughtful
ness of a mother, he had been led
astray by the influences which sur
round tho youth of a great city. In
the course of time ho became heavily
indebted to a gambler, and fearing
exposure, he had forged his uncle's
check to the amount of several hun
dred dollars, hoping to replace the
money ere his uncle should learn what
he had done. This he failed to do —
and when his crime became known, he
was forced to flee the couutry to save
himself from a felon's cell. By his
mother he was given money to aid
him in his flight, and had come to
California. Made reckless and des
perate, he had first adopted tho gain
ing table as a means of support, and
with what success I well knew. Tho
money given him by his mother and
that taken from his undo had been
promptly retnred. Ho had also paid
for the education of his young sister
aud enabled his mother, who has lost
most of lier property, to livo in com
fort. Her love had always followed
him, and through her entreaties and
the promptings of his own better self
he had given up drink and abandoned
the gaming table.
Ho was working hard; had won tho
confidence of his employers ; was re
ceiving a fair salary and by frugal liv
ing was constantly saving money.
Two years had passed since wo liail
become fast friends, aud Bob was now
the confidential clerk of his firm, and
the prospect of his becoming a part
liar was not far distant. There re
mained nothing for him to do lint to
bring his loved ones to California and
there make them a home. This he
determined to do, aud when his sister
wrote him that his mother's health was
failing aud that she had but a few
years to live, he redoubled his exer
tions, hoping that the pure air and
sunny skies of California would win
back the health of the invalid. Mis
salary had becu increased mid ho was
self sacrificing in his efforts to sar<>;
but, notwithstanding these facts,
mouths, perhaps a year, would have
on pass before he could have his dear
ones with him.
But iu the meantime fickle fortune
was preparing to do 111 a few days what
the Hard work of years could not have
accomplished.
My friend and I both held stock in
the "Tiloluutue Milling I' imo.tny,
whose veins of ore ha I lon ( since
played out an I be»n abandoned as
wortlili-iN The sto.'k was not even
north ttie paper on win di it wai
printed, and tile world ha I forgotten
tUst «uyb a coiapau) Us I ev«r esiste I
But tho original jroprietor of tho com- '
puny was one of a class of men to
whom many a wealthy man of to-day
owes his sudden riso to riches and
affluence. He had energy and perse
verance and uubonnded faith in tho
possibilities of his claim, and kept
working away long after his follow
stockholders, having wasted their
money, ha l given up in disgust.
At last the labor of years had been
rewarded, and he had struck a vein of
ore so rich in quality and capacity
that the stock which had long been
valueless leaped at once to par and
began steadly climbing. The papers
were filled with accouuts of the rich
find, and the Stock Exchange was
crowded witli eager, excited men,
anxious to buy tho long-negleoted
stocks. Daily wo eagerly scanned the
reports aud noted the rapid rise of
Tuolumne Mining Company's stock.
At last when it paused and stood still
at seventy five above par we sold and
found ourselves each seventy-five
thousand dollars richer than we had
been one month before. Bob seemed
but little elated by his sudden rise to
wealth and only thought of the happi
ness it would bring to those whom he
loved. The modest little cottage which
he had rented was given up and a
handsome mansion purchased and
fitted up with the utmost care. Then
he wrote for his mother and sister to
join him. A month later they came,
and no happier group could have been
found in all the West than the four
who sat down together on the night of
their arrival.
Many years have flown since the
"Tuolumne Mining Company" made
its president aud stockholders rich in
a single day. Loving care and most
skillful medical aid could not win
back the health of the good old moth
er and she long siuce passed to her
home above. Robert Harris is a man
well known in tho business circles of
Sacramento. His lmir is now gray,
and pretty, bright-eyed children
climb upon his knee and oall him
"papa." The friendship began in
Lone Horso Gulch so many years ago
has not diminished, but has grown
stronger with the flight of years ; for
the lady who sits opposite to me
while I write and whom I call wife,
is "Monte Bob's" sister.
Birds at the Pole.
Til the countries bordering on the
Polar seas, where the changing soasons
bring alternately tho two extremes of
dearth and plenty, birds are more
numerous in the short summer than
anywhere else all the world over, aud
in winter absent altogether. All are
emigrants t ere by force of circum
stances. In lue ti.arLTie" the birds of
temperate climates are affected by the
seasonal changes, though in a less de
gree, through the influence of cold
and heat upon their food supplies
rather than by effect of cold upon
their well-protected bodies. A coat
of mail is not to be compared to a
coat of feathers for safety, so far as a
bird's life is concerned. Layer upon
layer of feathers can withstand any
amount of water or any degree of
cold; in proof of this see how the
delicate tern, after wintering in com
paratively mild weather, go back to
tho ice floes of the Polar Sea and lay
their eggs on the ice. For two or
three weeks the tender breast of the
sea swallow is pressed against a cold
block of ice. Again, as auother ex
ample of the influence of food rather
than climate in governing bird action,
take tho colony of beccattcos. The
beccafico is a Mediterranean bird
common oi» the southern shores of
Spain and Italy, in the Grecian
Islands, Sicily and Malta, and on the
northern shores of Africa. Formerly
it was quite unknown in tho British
Isles, but some years ago a largo
orchard of fig trees was plantod near
Brighton, and tho boccaficos have dis
covered the fact aud come over to
share the spoil. Doubtless the
nightingales told them the story of
English figs and showed them the way
ovor. Be this as it may, the little
birds from the warm shores of the
Mediterranean bid fair to become es j
tablishod as naturalized British sub*
jects. --Liitell's Living Age.
(ioutsklns or Sealskins.
It is said that sealskins are going
out of fashion, and perhaps the United
States are going to a great deal of
unnecessary trouble and expense in
guarding the preserves of the sealskin
monopoly in UeringSea. Certain it is
that last winter a great many of the
fashionables of Europe, who formerly
never appeared out of doors in cool
weather unless arrayed in sealskins,
appeared in other furs, notably the
skins of tho thihetan goat, which is a
a very haudsoino fur. It is hinted
that the parsimony of the Voi'th Amer
ican Commercial Company is largely
to blame for this fact. While the
Alaska Commercial Company con
trolled the output of Bering Sea, it
was accustomed, it is said, to make its
wares popular by makiug sure that
the royalties of Europe, the opera
queens and other people, who sot the
fashions, had sealskin sacquea and
overcoats of the finest skins aud latest
cut, and all for nothing. The past
year, under the present management,
the free list was entirely suspended,
and it is asserted that not a single
complimentary jacket was received at
tho Court of Hi. James. Ladies of
fashion waited in vain for their cus
tomary tip, and in revenge for the
neglect proceeded to array themselves
hi goal and other furs. It seems rath
er hard to have to give expensive furs
to the people who air best utile to pay
for them. But it is the way, the
world over. Those best aide to pay are
tho one* that do not have to. —New
Orlean> Pieayiiue.
The milling region* of California
•■over a bolt <>f eo iit try ah nit 'J2O
mile* long by I row iwitj to 100 wide.
Terms-- -SI.OO in Advance ; 81.25 after Three Months.
THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THIS
PESTIFEROUS INSECT.
How He Grows and Spreads Over
the Country—lnsect Knemies of
the Locust.
IT is only within the last twenty
years that the locust has attract
ed much attention by its ravages.
Locusts had several times been
known to do damage to vegetation in
Manitoba and Minnesota as early as
1819, when they are said to have been
very numerous. Indians speak of hav
ing seen them flying in great swarms
in the air, but as there were no culti
vated fields for them to destroy, they
were thought nothing of. There is no
account of their doing much damage
before 1874. Whether swarms of
th'Bse insects visited those districts as
often prior to their settlement as they
have since, it is not easy to ascertain.
The breeding places the locusts
in the West have been plains ele
vated above the surrounding country,
where the wind is brisk; they aro
treeless and without rank vegetation.
When the insects migrate from the
West to the East, as they have been
doing lately, they find no such plains,
but they seem to have a faculty of
adapting themselves to their sur
roundings. Dampness spoils the eggs
so they will not hatch. The general
opinion is that as soon as these lands
are settled and cultivated and trees
planted, which will not be many years
hence, the locust will be greatly di
minished, if not driven entirely from
our Western States.
Eggs laid in June often hatch in
July, but the time required varies
greatly in different latitudes, at
various altitudes, and at different
times of the year. The young, after
hatching, require from forty to sixty
days in which to mature, varying, of
course, according to the state of the
weather, the abundance of food, and
also their vigor.
Soon after hatching the little fellows
begin traveling in search of food, as
they are generally hatched on grounds
partially bare. In a very short time
they moult or shed their skin, which
operation is performed four more times
in most cases before arriving at matu
rity.
The larva quits feeding and becomes
dejected and drowsy, creeps to some
sheltered nook and there lingers for a
time, when the skin of its head and
thorax crackß and it wriggles itself
out, a soft and tender looking hopper.
Soon, however, the tender limbs and
body become dry and rigid, and the
locust is again in trim for its raids.
Its appetite Is iuisw very keen from its
late fasting, and it devours everything
in its way that is eatable.
The principal change from the larval
to the adult locust is the acquisition
of wings. The wings are developed as
folds of the integument and strength
ened by hollow rods called "veins."
There are in the veins of most in
sects six main veins. These usually
contain an air tube and a nerve. The
arterial blood flows through them, so
that the wings of insects act as lungs
as well as organs of flight. As soon
as the wings of the locust are fully de
veloped it leaps into the air, unfolds
its hitherto-untried members and takes
n short flight. Each one does this for
himself. Then soon, when there is a
brisk breeze blowing, great numbers
with one accord spring into the air
and begin rising in a circling manner
until they have attained a sufficient
altitude, when they permit the wind
to carry them along.
They do not fly but float on the
breeze, with their face to the wind.
When hungry they come down and
feed and then are off again. This con
tinues until near the time for deposit
ing their eggs.
It is evident that the enormous
powers of flight possessed by the
locust, especially its faculty of sailing
for many hours in the air, is due to
the presence of a great number of air
sacs. It will be seen that, once hav
ing taken flight, the locust can buoy
itself up in the air, constantly filling
and refilling its internal balloons with
out any muscular exertion, and thus
be borne along by favorable winds to
its destination.
The number of enemies of this
dreaded pest is "legion." Professor
Sam Aughy says that during a period
of twelve years, he dissected (330 birds
of ninety different species, all show
ing their great fondness for the locust
as food. Not only wild birds, but all
kinds of poultry eat them with avidity.
Even squirrels, mice, chipmunks,
weazles, skunks and larger animals
devour them in groat numbers. All
reptiles and fishes do a great deal to
ward lessening the numbers of this as
well as other injurious inserts. How
ever great is tlio destruction of locusts
by those animals which we cannot see,
it is carried ou in a much larger scale
by insect parasites which we do not
notice. These are very numerous in
species and individuals. Some of
them confine their attacks exclusively
to the oggs ; others to the young ; and
still others only destroy the mature
locust.
The locust also lets internal para
sites, which do much toward dimin
ishing this dreaded pest.
lu view of all the enemies, includ
ing man, this poor insect has, it is
truly surprising that a single one at
tains maturity. N«w York Suu.
The Custom Mouse receipts in Guat
emala am muted during the year 1803
to (1,3 )l ,Ml H. The tax ou the expor
tation of coffee produced #1,198,807,
which gives a total for all resources
from the Custom Mou»e, export* and
imports iuoluded, «>t nearly #5,600,-
000.
There are nine Yale men tn the
Mouse of K*preseuiativea aud four m
|lt'> I'nited hiatea Senate. g
NO. 42.
THE FELLOW'S MOTHER.
If he knows it all, as some chaps do,
And thinks he's smart, and says so, too,
Who holds the same erroneous view?
The fellow's mother.
If he's narrow-chested, weak at knees.
And soft of muscle, tell us please,
Who thinks he's a modern Hercules?
The fellow's mother.
If, In the eyes of woman dear,
He fondly thinks he has no peer,
Who entertains the same idea?
The fellow's mother.
If the lifohe leads is fast and gay,
And if weak his morals, tell us, pray,
Who's last to think he's not OK/
The fellow's mother.
If, perchance, a time comes when
He's sick and friendless, tell us men,
Who hurries to his bedside then.'
The fellow's mother.
If, later on} he should be found
Watering with tears a grassy mound.
Who'll slumber there in the quiet ground?
The tellow's mother.
—Joseph Banister, in Raymond's Monthly.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A lean dog generally growls the
most.—Ram's Horn.
Those who serve friends never lack
employment.—Judge.
Beats the world—'The impecunious
tramp.—Texas Sifting*.
When a man hears of distress, he
longs to give advice.—Atchison Globe.
A Boston woman speaks of a dirt
wagon as a "real estate conveyance."
—Statesman.
It is strange, but true, that cold
cash always burns in the spendthrift's
pockets. —Truth.
Mamma—"Mamie, don't!" Mamie
—"Oh, please don't make me don't,
mamma!"— Judge.
The less people know about each
other, the politer they are to each
other.—Atchison Globe.
Missed his calling—The fellow who
was forgotten by the hotel clerk.
Dansville (N. Y.) Breeze.
The fool has one great advantage.
He never lets his better judgment get
away with him.—Galveston News.
I always know when comp'ny's here,
I can tell it any day ;
For papa then calls mamma "dear,''
And never calls her "say."
—Detroit Tribune.
"Yes," remarked the egg; "my the.
atrical venture was a success. I was
cast for the villain and made a great
hit."—Truth.
Farmer—"Now, what do you s'posa
that man's a yellin' at?" Son —"Ha
appears, father, to be yellin' at the
top of his voice. " —Judge.
As a supreme test of the bullet-proof
oloth it is suggested that it be made
into seats ami knees of trousers for
small boys.—Kansas City Journal.
Little Girl (to her mamma) "What
is a dead letter, please?" Mamma—
"One that has been given to your
father to post."—Jewish Messenger.
Though ambuscades have passed away
Along with things of bygone date,
It is a fact that e'en to-day
The Ushennan dot i lie in weight.
—Buffalo Courier.
As soon as a man makes a little
money it is discovered that his wife is
qualified by birth aud education to
shine in the oest society. —Atchison
Globe.
There is nothing that gives one such
an idea of the importance of an old
saw as the fact that it sometimes per
versely works just the other way.—
Truth.
He—"Well, for my part Ilike a pic
ture that tells a story." She—"Mrs.
Witherby's portrait ought to suit you,
then. It makes her positively hand
some."—Harlem Life.
Fond youth, though summer bids you shirk,
For picnics ne'er forsake your work,
Close to your office duties cling—
Don't undertake to push a swing.
—Washington Star.
English Visitor—'"What are the dis
eases peculiar to yer H'merican
youth?" Yankee—"Croup, measles,
ohicken-pox, huppiu cough an' love."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
If people would exercise the same
ingenuity in paying a debt that they
do in contracting one, interest rates
would be lower than they are now.
American Investments.
There is no pen powerful enough to
deaoribo the feelings of a man ou the
oeoasion when for the first time ho
goes out walking with his first wife,
wearing his first plug hat.—Truth.
Mrs. Newly wed—"And do you al
ways trust your husband implicitly?"
Mrs. Experience (enthusiastically)
—"lndeed I do —that is to say, o)
course, to a certain extent."—Homt
Journal.
"I don't mind a woman bein'noat,''
said old Mrs. Jason, "but one woman
I used to know was jist a little too
neat for any use. Why, that there
wornau used to take a couple of gold
fish she had out of their tank every
Saturday night and give 'em a bath.
—lndianapolis Journal.
Some day a great genius will develop.
He will invent a double-barreled alarm
elook that will go off a second time
after any desired interval. After the
first rude half a>v,»keniug a man cau
enjoy the best part of any uight's sleep
that of not hiving to get up right
away —in the s< retie half-oonsciou«
confidence of having a sure thing ot
not oversleeping himself.— Pnok.
••('•rat in the Jeweler*' l.aaguage.
Twenty-fourorat gold la all gold,
twenty-two carat gold has twenty two
I part* gold, ou- ol silver and uu« of
i cupper; eight« i earat gold Sax eight
eeu p«rta of pure gold and tbrea parts
,a <h of silver an i copper in its "oin
, poslttou i twelve ear.it gold is half gold,
the rnuam tei be.ii> uiade up •»( l)|
parts of aiht-r aud M| parts of copper
j —MI Louis ltepubllo