SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY. Publisher. VOL. XIII. The New York World prints n list of 109 New Yorkers who will have to pay an income tax of SI 000 and up wards. W. W. Astor's tax is set at 8178,000. Mrs. Ilettio Green pays more than auy other woman. Tho despised rabbit of Australia is being anxiously inquired for by tho British nrmy contractor, records tho American Agriculturist, who sees n possible supply of cheap and whole some food for tho army in that direc tion. The stock of the Pullman Company, of 330,000,000, sell for 8174 to $172 a share (par valuo being S100). Tho compnny pays on this §3(5,000,000 of stock a dividend of two per cent.,pay able quarterly, or eight per cent, per annum. Alaska's mail service has heretoforo been dependent upou Eskimo dogs. Reindeers, however, are so much bet ter for the purpose that tho Govern ment has imported several families of Laplanders to teach tho natives of Alaska how to train and uso this ani mal. Three hundred Japanese reside in New York City. They do not live to gether in a colony like many other foreigners, bccauso they are divided by their interests into distinct classes, and, in addition, they are wealthy enough to bo ablo to live wherever they please. A promoter in Culiforaia proposes to build an electric railway through tho mountains sixty-two miles to tho Yoseniito Valley, and, by utilizing tho vater power, lurninh electric light and motors for all that region. About '.IOOO tourists visit tho Yosemito every year, paying §35 each for tho stago ride. _________ French statesmen, notably M. Lc villc, uro endeavoring to extend to Franco the benefits of tho American homestead, and as thero is no word in tho French tongue which is a proper equivalent for it, tho word "home ttead" is retained in a bill that has been introduced in tho Chamber of Deputies. Formerly the mau with a hand or pau strapped over his back and an up right stall firmly fitted to one side ot the instrument was a familiar 6ight; but now ouo rarely sees this old speci men of music box. The musical piano, which is run on wheels, and which, if anything, makes even more hideous noise, has almost entirely supplantod the old organ. A scientist employed by tho State of Indiana reports that tho supply of natural fjas in Hoosierdom will toon be exhausted, nud that the samo fate awaits gas fields wherever thoy may exist. lie does not rest this up on his bare assertion, adds tho Detroit Free Press, but gives reasons at length which ndmonishthe holders of natural (jus stock to let go if thny can. In France the telephone is used on many railroad mam lines. On a por tion of the Vincenncs R lilw.ay a rather novel system is in voguo by which at a given signal on ♦lietelophone instru ment tho operator connects tho tele graph wires with a telephone ver bal communication. Tho largo Aus tralian railways uso fiel l telephonos, which may bo connected with tho tele graph wires at auy point without in terrupting tho telegraphic communi cations. New York und Boston together havo ten miles less of paved stroats thau has the city of Chicago. Philadelphia has forty miles moro of paved streets than New York and St. Louis together. Tho question of pavement, which was formerly considered only -with rela tion to the wear nud tear, or, rather, tho wear and pressure of vehicles, is now considered by the students of municipal administration gonerally in reference to tho problem of street cleaning, says tho New York Sun. Germany lias for years possessed tho most efficient pigeon service in Eu rope. At Strasburg there aro GOO birds, r.t Metz 00J, at Thorn 1000, and they aro kept by tho hundreds at other eeutres, such us Mainz, Cologne, Kiel und Danzig. The wholo frontier is connected by pigeon post with tho military headquarters and with towns in the interior. Tho service is sup ported by an uppropriotion of about S9OOO a year. The practical use of tho pigeon post was fully demon strated at the siege of Paris iu 1870. Since then it hns become a reeoguizod part of tho military 'organization of nil European countries except Great Britain. Russia has now on her Pol ish frontier alone, 300} birds, und ap propriates yearly SIO,OOO for pigeons; the French appropriation is twice as large, A HOSE SONG. In a garden's rod retreat Bloomed this roso tor you, my swoet I Caught the sunshiuo and the dew, Dreaming ot tho lips of you. Heard your swoet voice lu tho rtl's And the son? of tho whlppoorwills, With tho tendorest unrest Yearning evor for your breast. Withered, Is it worth a slghV Do love's roses evor die? Bay not that its charm is AjJ ; Say not that its sweets are dead ; Sunlight, moonlight, win Js that slug, Lured it into blossoming! In its drooping diadom Some swoet momory livos of thorn; Still each fading petal soems Fragrant with love's swoutost dreams! Will his Hps a kiss deny? Do love's roses over die? Other roses climb and creep Softly to your curtained sleep ; Lingering your lattlco noar, Glad to dto as ro3es thcro! Yet, to this one roso that grew In the Night and dreamed of you— Death for lovo its doarcst bliss— Givo lovo'a sweetest, holiest kiss ! Sun and stars fade from tho sky, But love's roses never dio! —F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. SAVED M LIGHTNING, HERE Lad been a ii irf>' succession of cx vi ll' tons * vo height car vv\ ' robberies perpe itw-rs t rated ulong the '' uo °* •* Railroad, and the company's —'' v officials ■were at their wits' enils. An accident enabled Freight En gineer Billy Burnton to discover tho thieves and enabled the company to recover o largo quantity of the stolen goodß. A substantial reward was tendered him for his services, but it was only after being repeatedly urged to accept it by tho President of the road him self that ho accepted it. "You've earned it honestly," urged his superior, "for our offer extended to everybody. Now lam going to put yon on tho Imperial." And this was more gratifying to tho young engineer than tho money re ward, for tho Imperial was a through fast express and tho engine which whirled it from one end to the other of tho W., C. & B. line was the fastest and handsomest piece of mechanism that ever delighted the heart of a lo comotive engineer really loviug his profession and tho implements of bis calling. As a further evidence of tho trust reposed in him, Billy was given a two weeks' vacation with full pay. One of his first acts was to "dress up" and pay o visit to liis sweetheart, pretty littlo Nellie liyrues, whose father, old Lorry Byrnes, had diod while Billy wus serving an apprentice ship at "firing" on tho engiuo which Larry had run for many years. For a year past they had been en gaged, and thero was no reason, Billy thought, why tho marriage day should not be fixed upon. Of course Nettie was delighted to hear of her lover's good fortune, and when he prossed her she blushingly consented to fix the wedding day. It was nothing strange to them that Billy 6hould consider himself a man very much to bo envied, when upon tho expiration of his leavo of absence he laid a firm hand on tho throttle and felt tho big express locomotive throb beneath his touch. For a month lie continued without adventure in his now position. Then, much to his regret, he was obliged to "lay off" for several days to testify in court against tho freight car robbers who had been arrested through f his efforts. When they were called up for sen tence tho leudor, a white-faced, snakv cyed man, turned fiercely upon the engineer, and shaking his fist ddwn upon the young man's head tho vilest and most horrible maledictions. »%"ril have your life for this, you liound!" ho cried. Nettie had been sitting beside Billy, and when tho robber turned upon her lover sho uttered a frantic cry and clung to him convulsively. ' As soon as possible one of tho court officers drow iiilly aside and whis pered : "You heard what that sneak said?" "Of course." "Ho means it." « "I'm not afraid of him." "Don't say that too quickly, my friend. I believe that ho would com mit a murder quicker than any other man in tho United States. There's nothing that he won't do to get square." "But he's going straight to prison." "Quito right," assented tho court officer, and then added, significantly: "Sometimes, you know, prisoners escape, and it's almost always fellows of his desperate typo who manage to do tho escaping. By tho way, is that your wifo with you?" "Not yet. "Oh, your sweetheart. Well, then, I can give you another point. If this sneak thief ever docs get out of prison he's likely to try to find out all about you, and then ho may let you live and kill her instead." "Then I will bo on my guard, and thank you,"said Billy, hi* tcetli clos-, jng together with a snap. About a week after the trial Billy and Nettio wero married and began housekeeping in a pretty little cottago at the end of tho young engineer's run, BO that ho could "lay off" at home. Nettie had often ridden on tho en gine with her father, and as Bill could not afford to take her upon an exten sive wedding tour sho had laughingly LAPORTE, PA., FRIDA.Y, OCTOBER 12. 1894. declared that slio would make a honey moon trip upon the big express looo motive. So it happened that tho morning af ter tho wodding found her snugly coiled upon the engineer's "box," looking very fresh and charming in her pretty, neat-fitting white dress. And seeing that she was comfortably fixed he kissed her agaiu and jumping from the ongino walked down the plat form to tho dispatcher's office to de liver a messago to bis friend, Tom Stafford, one of tho telogroph opera tors. "By the way, Billy," eaidTom when tho engineer declared that "timo was up," and he must got back to his on gino to bo ready for the signal, "tho head of that gang of freight car thieves escaped from tho penitentiary early yesterday morning." His face was so grave when ho re turned to his engine that .Nettio in quired anxiously jf ho wero ill. For tho first thirty miles of the run tho Imperial mado no stopß, and they had nearly completed that distance when thoy entered a considerable for est and approached a sharp curve just before crossing a high trcstlo bridgo that spanned a rocky gulch, through which tumbled a shallow, brawling stream of water. As ho approached tho curve ho seized tho throttle with one hand aud the air-brako lever with the other and leaned out of tho cab window. Like a flash they rounded the curve. As they did so Billy's trained eyes saw a terriple sight. Four heavy ties, one on top of tho other, had been spiked across the rail in the center of the bridge. At tho same timo n strange over powering influence seized Billy, and he stood rigid, helplessly clinging to tho throttlo and tho brake lever. On dashed tho ongino toward cer tain destruction, and Billy's bruin reeled with horror. Suddenly thero was another terri ble flash of lightning, and a groat treo in tho valley below was splintered from top to base and fell with a crash. Simultaneously tho power of action returned to Billy's paralyzed body, and with his teeth firmly set he threw his weight upon both throttlo and brake lever. So sudden was the check that tho stock nearly threw him from his foot, and Nettio tumbled from her perch. Would it never stop? Slower, slower, aud not ton inchos from tho obstruction the grcut loco motive came to a standstill, and Billy, with a cry of joy, reeled back upon his bench unconscious. When ho re covered his senses Nettie was crying and sobbing over him, and men wero coming up tho bank bringing between them a dead man—the miscreant who had spiked down tho ties. He had been killed as ho was run ning across tho valley by tho flash of lightning that had seemed to loosen Billy's momenta-y paralysis. Nettie took one frightened look at the face, and a cry of wonder escaped her. It was tho robber who threatened Billy ini tho courthouse.—Boston Globe. ' Profited by the Blunder. Ordinarily spoaking it is not easy to get two pairs of shoes for the prico of one, not even if tho 6well goes off his own thoroughfare and descends to Eighth avenue or tho Bowery. Sim ply enough, tho other day, however, this transaction was accomplished by a member of the smart set, who goes to an equally smart shoemaker in Broadway. Ho selected a divinely pointed pair of patent leathers and had the right shoo tried on. It fitted perfectly and the pair were sont home. Thoy wero donned in a hurry, and the first weather they encountered turned out sloppy. The left boot wasn't uncom fortable, but felt difyrently from, tho right, and boiug examined on return, proved to bo not a match. Thoy wero tho same make of sbos, but the right had fivo buttons, tho left six, and tho left had not such an exaggeratedly 'pointed toe as tho right. "You 1 11 tako tho second pair, of course, sir," said tho shoe dealer, on being confronted with the pair of mis takes. "Not exactly," repliod tho son of finance, who sow a capital deal in tho mishap.* l "You'll refund the money for thdfte you stuck me with. Qood looking object you made of me." "You can havo the two, sir," con cluded the man ruofally, seeing half a loaf was better than no bread, and that ho ran tho chanco of losing a customer otherwise. And the man about town took them. —New York Herald. A New Explosive. Important experiments arc being made by tho German arm authorities with a new explosive. It has already been submitted to elaborate tests and its conyjosition is still the inventor's secret. Tho new explosivo has not as yet received a name, but it is referred to under tho test designation of "C." People who should bo in a position to pronounce an opinion upon tho sub ject say that tho effects of "0" are un doubtedly ten times moro powerful than dynamite. In appearanco "C" is similar to gun cotton. Several of the new army rifles havo been subjected to practical tests with "C" as tho charge, but nothing doflnite has been divulged as to tho rosult obtained.— New York Sun. Tlio Profession ot Wludow-Uazlug. "Window-gazing" is a profession in London. A couple of stylishly dressed ladies pause before the win dow of a merchant, remain about fivo minutes and audibly praise the goods displayed inside. Then they pass on to another store on their loug list of patrons.—Chicago Herald. SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL. Tho female fly has 16,000 eyes. Peoplo who arc troubled with sleep lessness ehould drink cocoa, instead of tea or cofloe, at the evening meal. Tho senso of tasto is most accutc in tho base, tip and edges of tho tongue, and is almost wholly lacking on its in ferior surface. Tho chemical composition of tho epidermis of tho heel is nearly tho same as that of tho matter of nails, horns and hoofs. Mr. Maxim says that he is not try ing to make n flying machine for freight or passengers, but purely for military purposes. Tho sanitary improvements intro duced in Berlin within the last few years have brought tho annual death rate down to 18.3 per 1000. It is now believed that chemical and medical science will soou make tho vegetable foods—notably grass—di gestible by man without first passing through animal intermediates. A new scrubbing machine is whirled over the floor like a lawn mower. It soaps, wets, rubs aud dries the floor, and two or thrco movements of the machino make tho boards shine. Scienco tells us that the body of every human being woighiug 15 J pounds contains one pouud of salt. Also that every ono of us needs in a year about fifteen pounds of salt. Tho aerial spaco within the limit of our vision is calculated to have a diameter of 240,000,000 miles and a circu nfereneo of 1,329,742,000,000 miles. And this is only a fragment of tho immensity of space. An ingenious Pittsburger has de vised 'a clothes wringer which is ope rated by eloctrieity. It works auto matically, aud when tho last piece is squeezed out a boll ring.s aud the wash tub is turned ovef and emptied. Doctor SellrxlV, of Vienun, has ap plied photography to the study of the human skin. A bright light is pro jected on tho part of the skin to be ex amined, and by direct exposure many small details of the skin, including markings not usually discernible, are photographed. A mass of 1009 pounds' weight will lose exactly two pounds between tide water and the top of a mountain four miles high. This, itisplainto be seen, is becauso tho foreo of the earth's at traction is much less ou tho m juntaiu top than it is at the sea level. In the constellation of Orion there is a star, known as Theta. Orion is, which, when viewed through a power ful telescope, appears a septuple star, thus presenting tho magnificent pan orama of seven suns revolving about each other. It is to be supposed that ench of these suus is encircled by planets, and these by moons. The photographers of tho Paris Ob servatory have just finished for tho Academy of Sciences the clearest view ever secured for tho moon. Thoy havo photographed her surface iu sections, which fit, making a great imi<ge five feet in diameter. Tho work is so per fect 'hat towns, forests and rivers would be porceptiblo if they existed. A Shoo Mannlactiircr's Story, Tho influence for evil which a trade paper may exert, when heedlessly con ducted, was seriously felt by a large shoo manufacturer of this city some time ago. lie had manufactured ahead a largo lino of shoes in antici-. pation of a good domand for that par ticular stylo of footwear, and the or ders he early recoived from tho trado satisfied him that there would bo no difficulty in disposing of his stock be fore that fickle creature, % Madame Fashion, had changed her mind and demanded something new. thing promised well, and orders wero for a .time received as fast as they could be fillod. Suddenly the demand stopped, and ho '.earned that a paper devoted to the boot and shoo trade had made the announcement that this stylo of shoo was no longer in fashion, and there was no demand for it. It was useless for him to try to convince the retailers that such was not the fact. They pointed to the paragraph as conclusive proof that it would be tho height of folly for them to stock np their stores with shoes that no body \fould buy. Tho strange part of his experience was that there was a steady demand for them on the part of the public, who found tho shoe ad mirably adapted to their needs. Of course this state of affairs could not last long, the demand became so gen eral and persistent that the retailers saw before tho season was over the er ror they made, and, in deferenco to the wishes of their patrons, sent 111 their orders for goods for which they had been led to bolicvo there would bo no call. Had tho shoe been of n less popiu.r make it is probable that the little newspaper paragraph, writ ten probably without a thought of do ing injury, might have resulted iu tho loss of many thousands of dollars.— Boston Transcript. Artificial Cotton. A Mr. Mitchell, according to Li Scienco en Famille, has recently brought out an artificial cotton, which is mndo from the wood of pine, spruce or larch ingeniously defibrated, and then disintegrated and bleached with a hot solution of bisulphite of soda and chloride of lime. The pure cellu lose obtained is treated with ohloride of ziuo, castor oil, caseine and gela tine, whioh is passed through a perfor ated plate, as in tho manufacture of macaroni, and is dried between steam heated cylinders. It now only remains to weave it in order to obtain a fabric that has a very presentable appear ance and a certain amount of strength. It may be dyed and printed like nat ural cotton, than which it is said to be much cheaper.—Scientific Ameri can. TOE CUISINE IN KOREA. THE DIET OP THAT QUAINT PENIW STJIjA'3 INHABITANTS. Rico tlio Staple Nourishment—Visit Kuteii Ruw—Do-r's Flesli tlie Su preme Tld-blt. OLONEL LONG, tbo wcll- If known traveler, litteratour V J and former United States Con sul in Korea, furnishes the fol lowing interesting details ancnt tho diet of tho inhabitants of that quaint peninsular, to a French paper. Tho Koreau goes to bed at the set ting of tha sun and gets up ere it rises again. An immense public bell, called In-Klnn^j-gives tho signal for closing tho shops; tho Btreets, which during tho day are swarming with people, become in an instant silent and deserted. Before extending him self upon his mat the good Korean gorges himself with "pap" (rice); after which, while playing a game resem bling backgammon, ho imbibes a for midable quantity of "sul" (a very in toxicating rice spirit). The Korean is a heavy drinker, and it is aby no means rare spectaclo to sec his wifo drinking as hard as he. "Pap," which constitutes the staple nourishment, is rice washed in salt water and then boiled. This prepar ation, which is also customary in Japan, imparts a snowy whiteness to it which renders it exceedingly pala table. It is then emptied into a largo pail, around which tho family squats. They eat as iu China, with spoon and chopsticks; plates, knives and forks thoy wot not of. All their uton sils are of copper, though a few Man darins use pale gray porcelain bowls, imitating ancient porcelain. Tho Korean has nlso his stew, called "kimt"hi"—beof boiled with turnips, onions, radishes and various roots, strongly seasoned with salt aud pep pfr, and accompanied by a kind of sa'irkrout, with a sickening smell. Every coolie who indulges in this lux ury oxhales nu odor stronger than that of tho American polecat. Should ho bo iu the service of an European ho is only permitted to cat of it when ho gets a twenty-four hours' holiday. Fish also occupies a large place in the cuisine of tho country. It is eaten very high, and even rotten. More over, the nativo does not disdain to eat it raw; and ho frequently sees tho fishermen squatted on tho banks of tho rivor, with rod and line, plungo the fish they have just caught in a jar of "soy"' (a very highly seasoned sauce) and then munch it alive. "Ho ho," a salad of fish bones, i3 regarded as a great delicacy. But the supreme tul-bit, as much appreciated by the coolie when he can afford tho luxury as by King Li-Hi, is dog's flesh. A dog soup is the no plus ultra of every Korean. It is, more over, rogarded as au infallible uni versal remody, which the King fre quently administers to himself, in sf'to of the American doctor and Protestant missionary attached to his person. Tho Koreau dogs of average size recall thoso of Constantinople and Cairo; their price averages fifty cents. On high days aud holidays the King distributes gifts to tho Manda rins and foreigners resident iu the capital; tho present of a few dogs is tho highest favor the sovereign can accord. "Kimtchi" aud dog soup figure ever) day on the table of tho Mandarins. One sees besides a quantity of poultry and game of all kinds, which aro very abundant aud of superior quality— chickens, quails, geese, wild ducks, bustards, swans, vension, bear, etc., sometimes oven tiger and leopard. But it is all badly cooked, and seasoned with poppery or sweet sauces, revolt ing to a European. Shall I give you an idea of tho prices? During my sojourn in the laud of "Matutinal Calm" a chicVen fetched ton cents ; a pheasant from teu to twelve cents; a wild duck, eight cents; a wild goose, fourteen cents; a bustard, eighteen cents; eggs from three to four cents a dozon, etc. There is fruit of the ebony treo; and to drink, a horrible dococtiou of gin ger and other roots, seasoned with pepper and sugar. I tasted it once, but never trie !it again. There is no tea. Tho Korean is too dirty and too lazy to be placed at tho head of a kitchen, and the Europeans employ him only as A scullery hand. Ho is paid from $1.50 to $3 per month; he sleeps at home and keeps himself. The Japanese aud Chinese on the other hand, are excellent servants; they cost from $lO to 815 per month. They are of remarkable cleanliness a cleanliness which our European do mestics, so little inclined to wash their hands, would do well to emulate. Each day the Japanese asks his master for an hour's leave of absence, which he passes in taking a bath, which costs him one cent. Ho keeps tho house as bright as a new pin; the cooking uten sils are as carefully polished as if they wero of gold. Tho Japanese are ideal domestics. ♦•Light Wood." "Light wood" is ono of tho most useful Southern products, especially in Florida, where it is used by all sorts of country folk, and particular ly by the hunters. A cordwood stick carried into tho wilderness will cut up into fragments with which a dozen meals may bo cooked. The lich res inous pine makes a quick, hot tire, es pecially suited to open air cooking.— Chicago Herald. "L'lieeslialiteaumuck." Caleb Cheeshahteaumuek was tho only Indian who ever graduated lrom Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. He was born in 1616, graduated in 1C65, without especial distinct ion, and died in Charlestown, Mass., in 1666. Trenton (N, J.) American, Termsoo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months. SELECT SIFTIJiUS. j A piano contains nearly a mile oi wire. In China when a pupil is reciting his lesson ho turns his back to his teacher. Tho earliest book in which copper plate engravings were used was issued in 1470. A five-pound eel was fonn I iu tlio water tank of a locomotive at Boston the other day. At Rotterdam poor people who can not pay a feo must marry on Wednes day beforo noon. A Hungarian inventor claims to be able to mako from woo 1 pulp a fabric suitable for durable clothing. The Scots Guards Regiment has ouo company averaging six foot 2< ; the tallest six feet seven, iiouo uu.lcr six feet. A cotton shower, looking exactly like a snow storm, is a common sight in the cotton-wood groves in Col orado. A man in Lexingtou, Ky., hat suc.l a neighbor for $2303 damages sus tained to a suit of cloth 33 through a dog's ferocity. The Sierra Nevada range of lno'm tains in California is nearly 500 miles long, seventy wide, au I from 7000 to nearly 15,000 foet high. The tallest man of whom there are authenticated measurement? was Fan* nam, of Scotland, eleven feet and a little more than six inches. Long ear lobes are deemed very beautiful by Home nations. In tho Burmese statues of Gautama his ears come down below his waist. At a depth of 1003 feet from the sur face of Ithaca, N. Y., there is a solid stratum of rock' salt of an excellent quality, nearly 800 feet thick. Tho fattest man was D.iuicl La:n bert. A few days beforo his death, l. his fortieth year, he was weighed and turned tho balance at 730 pounds. Birds and bees frequently fight pitched battles over houey stored iu trees. Sometimes one side and Home times tho other comes out victorious. The leaf of the cocoaunt tree is nearly thirty feet long. A single leaf of the parasol maguoliu of Ceylon af fords shade for fiftcou or twenty par sons. Tho earliest Greek inscription to which a date can bo given is that at Abu Sniebcl cut in a statue guarding the Greek temple. Tho date is about COO B. C. Mark L. Gilbert, who began follow ing tho sea with his father at the ago of ten, is now, at the ago of seven teen, master of the schooner Addio Wessols, running between Rockland, Me., aul Now York, aud is probably the youngest sea captain iu the mer chant serv ! ee. Fish hawks get their entire food supply from the water. Their eyes are so constructed that even at great heights they can see fish that swim near the surface, and then dive with lightuing speed. The fish is caught in tho claws au.l taken to the nest of tho bird beforo being eaten. The tlirco Wiuter brother*, of Berks, Penu., whoso combined ages make 270 years, ar J outdone in this respect by three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Ewing, aged ninety-two; Mrs. Eliza beth Zell, ninety-four, and Mrs. Mar tha Morrison, ninety-seven, who live at Lancaster, in tue same State. Theii combines ages amount to thirteen years more than the aggregate of the Winter brothers' ages. Au Unpleasant Experience. "You can say what you please about the English compartment cars," said T. M. Harper, "but I don't waut any further experienco with them. I rode from London to Liverpool. My only companion was an old mau who looked like a retired professional man. Ho was neatly attired, but was pale as though suffering from disease. Wo were locked up in tho coach, an I soon after tho train started my coaipauion arose and began to feel my head naming the bumps as he procoodod. 'Not a valuable life,' he muttered, and then proceeded to make a further examina tion. 'I must note it carefully,' ho said. 'I can't understand the com bination. I must get it and thou seo if it is the same on the inside. Now is my time to prove tho truth of my science.' He pulled a murderous look ing knife from his pocket and ran his finger along the edge. I was too par alyzed with fear to mako any resist ance, and felt that my time had como to join tho silent majority. Just then tho train stopped, the door opened and I jumped out, leaviug tho insane phrenologist alone. I don't want to over travel in au English railway car riage again."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Cooked Honey. On a farm near New Windsor, Md., is an elm treo supposed to be hun dreds of years old. Its trunk is thir ty foet in length to tho lower limbs, and measures twenty-eight foot niuo inches in circumference. Tho limbs that remain are as largo as ordinary forest trees. Nearly fifty years ago some of theso limbs had fallen and tho broken stumps decayed and became hollow. A swarm of bees.took posses sion of one of these hollow plaoes and deposited a large amount of honey, which was not removed. On July 5 tho treo was struck by lightuing, but apparently not damagod very mmh. Soveral days afterward suioko was seen issuiug from ono of tho broken limbs, and the treo was discovered to bo on fire. The treo burned very slowly on account of tho honey and honey comb in the tree. It burned for three weeks and caused somo of limbs to fall off. The fire was subse quently oxtinguised by a heavy rain. —New York Sun, NO. 1. IN A MARSHLAND CHURCHYARD. Hero where (bo J end men Jroam, ol llfa Under the grass and clover, White birds come from the scostorm'B Strife Circling tlio marshland ovor. Faintly ever, though winds blow froe, Echo?s tho surgo's thundor, llcro whcro the dead men, home from soa, Hark with a droamy wonder. Tlrod of tempest and racing wind, Tired of the spouting breaker, Here they come at the end to flnl Rest In tbo silent aero. Shore 3eoms bettor when seas ran high, Moaning In weary fashion; Boa scams better when life's awry, Swept by the storms of passion. Foot pass over tlio churchyard turf, Up from tho s?a or downward. One way leads to the raging surf, One to tho perils townward. "Iloarken, hearken!" tho dead men call, •'Whoso Is the stop that passes? Knows ho not wo aro safe from all Under tho nolding grassesV" —Pall Mall Gazette. HUM Oil OF TIIE DAY Tim way of tho transgressor is often a puzzle to the detectives. —Pack. The most dangerous hole in a man's pocket is the one at tho top. —Puck. Tho elephant is not big enough to concentrato his mind on a peanut.— Puck. When tho shark is down in tho month ho must feel sick all over.— Puck. Tho only thing n man wants, after ho gets all tho money ho needs is moro. —Puck. An egotist is a man who thiuks tho world thinks as well of him as he does himsolf.—Puck. Tho man who has a tondoncy to make an ass of himself never lacks for skill and material. " 'Jason'? Why did you name your dog that?" "Becausa ho Is always searching for tho fleece."—Life. "3eo those violets. How modest thoy are!" "Modest? I guoss you never asked tho price of them.-Truth. "My son,"said awisofather, "never throw away anything; there is no bait at which somo Hsli won't bite."—New York Sun. Mistress—"And pray, why do you want to leave us, Anna ?" Cook—' 'Tho doctor has ordered my grenadier a more genorousdiet!"—Baseler Nachriohten. Daughter (wcoping)—"Oh, papa, to-day I enter altoady on my thirtieth year." Father—"Ca3m yourself, child —it won't last long."—Fliogendo Blaetter. Peacemaker—"Laura, haven't you and Irene kissed and made up yet ?" Laura—"Oh, yes. That is, we ki3sed. She was already made up."—Chicago Tribune. " "Why, MissDe Belle, how costumes alter some people. I hardly know you." "Do I look such a fright then?" "On tho contrary, you look most charming." "I can give you a striking illustra tion of my theory," said tho man who argues. "Don't do it," replied the capitalist, wearily, "lot's arbitrate.'' —Washington Star. "Do you really moan that you liko Blinks's last book?" "Yes; I enjoy it moro than any of tbe others.' "How could you?" "I <lid;i't read it."— Chicago Inter-Ocean. "Hello, Bilby! St»'.! in tho patent fire extinguisher business?" "No. The fact is, Sipes. 'tho building wo were doing businoss in burned down. Wo lost everything."—Chicago Tribune. Edith—"What makes you think that Charley is in lovo with you?" Maude "Why, ma talked to him over half an hour last evening, and ho really seemed to enjoy it."—Boston Tran script. She—"l don't believe you think half BO much of me as Tom Dinsley docs. Ho tells me he could die for mo." He —"That's nothing. I love you well enough to live with you."—Boston Transcript. nausfrau (to dunning tradesman) — "If to-morrow is bad woother I shall bo ablo to pay you. But if it is good weather you need not call, as we shall neod tho money togo to a picnic."— Fliegende Blaetter. Joax—"You know Bagley fell off a car yesterday and broke his jaw. His face is all bound up. I went up to see him to-day." Hoax—"How was he?" Joax—"His wife said he couldn't oomplain."—Philadelphia Record. Stoaks—"There goes Cantor, Oakes. Ho's got one of tho finest voioos I ever heard. Ever hear him sing? Ho's got a fine voice." Oakes (sadly) "Yes; nice voice. I hoard it about an hour ago—he borrowed ten."—Chi cago Record. General (when bnilot-proof uniforms become common) —"What have you learned?" Aid—"Victory will soon poroh upon our banner. We have filled tho enemy's clothes so full of load that thoy can't move auothcr step without undressing."—New York Weekly. "Exceptional ability is not awarded adequately these daye," said Hicka. "Look at that urmless wonder who rubs his eyes with his heels; ho only geta ten dollars a week, while you, who can't do that or anything like it, get twenty-five a week for ordinary work."—Harper's Bazar. "Mother," said a little girl, lookiug cp from her book, "what does transat lantic mean ?" ' 'Oh! across the Atlan tic, of course. Don't bothor me; yon mako me forget my connt." Does trans always moan across?" "I sup poso it does. If you don't stop both criug me with your questions, you'll goto bed." "Then does transparent mean a cross parent ?"--Tit-Bits.
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