PE | mo ! it Explains How Cyclones Drive Rivas ed in a weak solution of lime juice or vinegar has given rise among ignorant and superstitious people to the notion that it has life and that it loves vine- gar and loves to swim in it above ull things. But there is no more life iu au eyestone than there is in a paving: stone. It is composed of calcareous material and when placed in the soir. tions named is made to move about I); carbonic acid gas. which is evolved hy contact with the liquid acid. “These little stones and all genuine eyestones once were the front doors 80 to speak, of the shells of a little molluscous animal that lives along t!:+ South American east coasts. The xhei! of that little creature is a univalve This calcareous formation is on the tip end of the mollusk. and when It draws itself into its shell to escane danger or go to sleep the end. of course, is the last part that is dravy into the cavity or mouth of the shell. where it fits so closely and is so bar! that it affords perfect protection r« the animal against its enemies fram without. “The natives collect these little mo lusks in large numbers for no other purpose than to secure the eyestones as we call them, and they hold the. in great awe, believing them to pes. sess superuatural attributes. Sailors on the vessels engaged in the frur trade with those regions cbtain the stones from the natives and bri” them here for sale to the wholesaie druggists, and there was a time wuen the demand for them generally w= quite large, “There is nothing better to remove foreign substances from the eye than one of these South American eyo stones, which use is what gives the! their name. Many people think th: before using them it is necessary to put them in vinegar ‘to give them life’ but it is not necessary at all The stone is inserted at one corner of the eye, with the grooved side next to the lid. The pressure of the eyebnit forces it to move about in the eye. and the grooves collect the foreign matter and retain it, After making a thor ough circuit of the eye the stone will come out at the corner next to the pose. No inconvenience is caused hv its presence. “There arc other eyestones. In the head of our common crawfish there are two little bones, just back of aud beneath the eyes, which resemble the South American eyestones, about the only difference being that they are smooth all over instead of grooved on one side. These crawfish bones are known as eyestones and are used as such in the west, but they have none of the virtues of the real eyestoune. Their proper name is crab stones. In Poland and parts of Russia quite n trade is found in the collecting of these crab stones. The crawfish are taken and buried in deep pits, wherb they are left to die and rot. The refuse 18 then washed and the stones are picked out. They are not used in those countries as eyestones, but are taken internally, faith in their benefi- cent stomachie properties being great.” —New York I'ress, Only One Mesczge. The lady of the house where they use a “party line” told the new maid to repeat to her any message. Then the lady went shopping. When she returned she summoned the maid. “Did you receive any message for we, Jane?" she inquired. “Only ome, ma'am. 1 thought I heard th’ bell ring, wa’am, an’ ! took down th' receiver, ma'am, an’ just then a voice said, ‘Listening again, are you, you old snoop?” Cleveland Plain Dealer. : The Old Mill. . Tourist in Holland—1 suppose, my good man, that mill has ground out your living for a good many years? Gentleman of Marken—Bless you, no! The old shack hasn't run for twenty years. 1 make a better living renting ° it as & model to American artists.— Judge. Papa Enjoined. “I call this the limit.” “How now?" “A young cub has enjoined me from interfering with his attentions to my daughter.”—Kansas City Journal, Philosophy is nothing but discretion. ~Selden. softly into the house and removed his shoes, but as he tiptoed up the stairs one of the treads gave a loud creak. “No, my love,” replied Bilkins; “it's the stairs.”—Illustrated Bits. upon him. A vast storehouse of wit. ancient and modern, was literally ex- bausted for the occasion. Even the di- minutive size of the New York mem- ber was meutioned in terms of dispar agement. . The speech caused much merriment in the house during its delivery, and its author, with an air of self satisfac tion rarely witnessed even in that body, resumed his seat. Me. Cox nt once took the floor. No attempt will be made to do justice to his speech. The manner, the tone of voice, which caused an uproar upon the floor and in the galleries, can never find their way to print. Referring to the ill mannered allusion to his size, he said “that his constituents preferred a representative with brains rather than one whose only claims to distinction consisted in an abnormal abdominal development.” In tragic tones he then pronounced a funeral eulogy over his assailant and suggested as a fitting inscription for his tombstone the pathetic words of n: “Tis Greece, but living Greece no more.” Soon after the nomination of Tilden for president Mr. Cox was invited to attend a political meeting at the state capital and address the Democracy of Vermont. When the scarcity of Demo- crats in the Green Mountain State is taken into account the significance of Mr. Cox's reply will readily appear. His telegram was to the effect that pressing engagements prevented his attending, but “i the Democracy of Vermont will drop into my library an: afternoon about 4 o'clock I will ad. dress them with great pleasure.” A Tragic Wedding Ring. A tragic story of a forgotten wed- ding ring is told in the “Lives of the Lindsays,” He should have been ut church when Colin Lindsay, the young _Earl _of_Balcarras, was quietly eat- ing his‘ breakfast in nightgown and slippers. Reminded that Mauritia of Nassau was waiting for him at the ai- tar, he hurried to church, but forgot the ring. A friend present gave him one, which he, without looking at. placed on the bride's finger. After the ceremony was over the countess glap-- ed at her hand and beheld a gri ning death's head on her ring. 8':* fainted away. and the omen made such an impression on her that on recover- ing she declared she was destined to die within n year, a presentiment that probably brought about its own ful fillment, for in a few months the care less Colin was a widower. The Old Way of Passing Bills. A document found among the Duke of Rutland’'s papers at Belvoir castle throws a curious light upon the mode of getting private bilis through the English house of commons in the days of King Charles 11. The case in hand was the divorce bill of John Lord de Roos, an affair that caused a great deal of gossip in its day. One of his lordship's agents wrote in January. 1667: “On Wednesday last 1 got six and forty of the house of commons to the Dog tavern. in the palace yard at Westminster, when were present Mr. Attorney General and Mr, George Montagu. As soon as they had dined we carried them all to the house of commons, and they passed the bill, as the committee, without any amend- ments, and ordered it to be reported the next day.” News In Olden Times. Not many minutes after a statesman has finished a speech nowadays the news is selling in the streets and has been flashed to every capital in Eu- rope. It was different in the elections in the time of Pitt. He made a memora- ble speech one March, and the eager public only learned exactly what he said from the Gentleman's Magazine of the following November.—Londen Saturday Review. Over the Mark. “Does he aim at realism in the sto ries he writes?” “He may aim at it, but he doesn’t hit within a million wiles of it.” “How's that?’ forced through almost anything, pro vided the veedle is kept from break ing. For thix purpose the cork is sup plied, which keeps the needle from starting to bend, baving for this pur- pose what might be called an infinite ly inclined plane or straight line, This phenomenon explains several things of frequent occurrence. * Cy- clones sometimes drive straws through trees three and four feet thick. The compressed air round the straw keeps it from bending, and the enormous force driving it forces it through. Of course in the case of the needle and, in fact, any pointed instrument gradually getting larger from the poiut the advantage of the inclined plane 1s made use of in continuing the motion As it takes much less force to roll a barrel up an inclined plank into a dow than to lift it directly from the ground to the door. so we can separate two things or to parts of the same thin easier with a pointed instrument (which is the same thing as a round wedge) than with au instrument of th« same size all the way.—St. Louis Re public. . No Such Thing as Any Animal Having More Than One Life. All animals have the power to re cover from injury occasioned by shock ~from being stunned. Insects are in no sense an exception to this, and most of them possess what has been called tenacity of life to a remarkable degree. A butterfly will sail away with a pin through its body, an ant will go floundering around after being cut in two, and all insects will quickly re cover from a blow, even if such may dent or break their external coveriugs In such cases the inside parts are mostly out of use for a short time, somewhat similar to the case of your arm when you have struck the “funny Uulie” or to your foot when 1 is Is merica’s Greatest Medicine—Take it This Spring Thovoughly cleanses the blood, cures all eruptions, improves the appetite, relieves that Get it today, in usual liquid form or tablets called Sarsatabs. tired feeling. Groceries. 55-12 Groceries. 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Through Tree Trunks. rest the wasp can again resume iis | ance, but really so. And this may re | ~ mm Adlai Stevenson in his reminiscences | If 8 needle is shoved luto a cork un | actions. sult from the wearing out of its active | ~NENTRAL RAILROAD OF PENNSYLVANIA. —_— | tolls some stories of the witty New | til just the tip eud shows on the opju-| A wasp is well armored. Its exterior | vital organism, which may be cali | Nc ngensed Time Table effective June 17, 1909. Bellefonte, Pa., April 8, 1910. | York congressman, “Sunset” Cox. One site side and the veedle is then broken | covering is bard and almost unyieid- | old age, after sometimes only a few ; ——— | relates how COX gOt €éven with a new off so that the upper end Is flush with | ing. When it is struck a severe blow days or weeks of life. Its one life has | READDOWN | | READ UP. ee ar | member who tried to crush him, and or hidden under the top surface ou the | the soft, delicate inner parts yield ro | then been termiuated beyond any | Stamos |&T ’ a. . . cork an interesting thiug may be | the impact: the nerves and musculy | doubt.—St Nicholas, No 1 No5No 3 . [No6NodNo2 | another gives Cox's retort to Samuel Fy Ph | J. Tilden's effort to win the dyed in shown, known as the increase of pres. | tissues cannot operate in unison, and - . TD. TH, DoT, “AT. De T, PA Me The druggist took: a small bottle the wool Republican state of Vermont sures. If this cork be now pinced| the insect may be sald to have been The Job Department. ees 2 20! 910 505 940 from a drawer and emptied from it a in 1876. needle point down ou a copper cent or rendered unconscious as well as inca Former Employer—~And so you are Twa ®3 as 1Gen few tiny objects that looked like flat. A new member from a sparsely set- | other small colu a light blow ob top of pable, for the “mind” actions depeno | 3 newspaper man now, Thompson? | 727 718 2 845 441915 round bits of polished bone. He pick: | ted district entered the house. His | the cork with u hammer will drive the | Upon its entire nervous system. Thompson— Yes. sir; I'm the editor of Ron 3 na 18 w ed up one and handed it over for io- avoirdupols was in keeping with the needle through the copper ‘The expin-| But there is no such thing as ap avi | the job department. Former Employ- | 7 3 728 2 836 429 905 spection. One side of it was marked vast territorial aren he represented. nation is as follows: mal’s baving more than one life. Whe | er~Editor of the job department? Ta 3 ay inne with numerous concentric grooves. As a wit he was without a rival in his | Everything bas its Hmits of resist. | crushed, dismembered, poisoved 1 | Thompson— Yes, sir; | carries in coal, | 746 738 3 1829 42118 57 “Tha is an eyestone.” said the druz. | A% 8 wit he wae WOR 8 SVE TV | ance. and we may define thin in teruvs | Smotbered beyond recovery, when it~ | and scrubs the foor. and cieans the | § 5% i} RE 4 laa ot gist. He poured a tablespoonful or x» stituents over the marvelous attain. | 10 the square inch that will overcome | vital organs are injured so that they | windows, and all such editin’ as that, | 75617 8 3 B18 4 918 48 of liquid out of a bottle into a saucer. | Stituents over Fe TITECNS FY | it. Take a ten pound weight and place | cannot agaiu resume their regular | sir.—London Graphic. 805 751 3 “am dons like dish and diluted it with water exceeded his own. Only the opportu- it on a surface of (Wo squure eles 810 802 330. ... 805 356 836 aud this,” said be, “is a weak sol- nity was wanting When the star of the the pressure is evidently five pouudx or a (N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R.) n of lime juice.” The druggist took gentleman from New York should go | © the square inch. Now take away | Hood's Sarsaparilia 1140 853... Jersey Shore. 309 752 Shee SEikhe ey wtones 4nd Jucea p down and his own be in the ascendant. | 90€ Of the A inches, and There i" 13 28 11 0 Lae. | WMPORT [K¥e 230 TE ewe alive. It made ir | The opportunity at length came. In Joa 2 i wot Ro Bh b 73 6%... it > 1183 1% way slowly about in different direc. | the great speech made by the new PO ’ . | oud | Way slowil ‘| member Mr, Cox was the victim of the ° of 1 Hood Sa 11 1010 900... NEWYORK....... 900 ns the liquid in a mysterious hour, the recipient of many compli: needle peint and put a tive pound * S rSapari a p.m. a.m. Arr. 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