His Game Won, In a campaign in Kansas some years ago, when the tari was made a domi- pant issue, an old German was run- aing for a county office in central Kan- sas. He didn't know enough about the tariff to talk about it two minutes. More than that. he didn’t care much, for it had nothing whatever to do with | the office he wanted anyway. But the | voters were much excited over the question and seemed to think that every candidate should be able to dis- cuss the problem from A to Izzard. So this German and his campaign manager invented a successful subter- fuge. When the German got up at the meetings to talk be would say: “Now, shentlemen, 1 vill talk mit you about der tariff. It is lke" : Just then his campaign mapager sould interrupt: “Why. John, you have only five minutes to talk. You cannot do - yourself justice in that! length of time on the tariff.” ! “Then | won't talk about dot tariff,” would be John’s inevitable reply, and he would go on to tell that he wanted a certain county office, and so on. His game won, and be was elected.—Ean- sas City Journal. Wheat Does Not Grow Wild. The existence of names for wheat in the most ancient languages confirms the evidence of its great antiquity and of its cultivation In the more temper ate parts of Europe, Asis and Africa. From the evidence adduced by bota- nists of high standing it seems highly improbable that wheat bas ever been found growing persistently in a wild state, although it has often been as- serted by poets, travelers and histo cians. In the “Odyssey,” for example, we are told that wheat formerly grew in Sicily without the aid of man. Dio- dorus repeats the tradition that Osiris found wheat and bariey growing pro wmiscuously in Palestine, but neither this nor other reputed discoveries of wheat growing wild seem at all cred- fble, seeing that it does not appear to | be endowed with the power of per | sistency except under continued cul- | ture. The Mind During Sleep. “During sleep.” says an authority on mental subjects, “the workings of the mind are under no control, and yet it seems to have a wonderful faculty of building up and arrauging scenes and foncidents. 1 remember once having a wivid dream of going into a house the furniture and inmates of which be- tonged to the middle ages. So clear | was the dream that | had no diff. | culty in recalling it, and then as | went over each derall of dress, armor, | Jewelry. ornaments and other objects | seen in my vision | realized that every- | thing | bad beheld was historically accurate—that is to say, that probably fn a fraction of a second my mind had conjured up a scene to construct which, with the sume faithfulness to detall, while nwake would bave taken me several hours.” | - - | The Use of Condiments. In an article ou the use of condi. | ment= the London Lancet, the fore- | most British medical publication, says: | “The classic experiments of Pawlow | have shown bow important is the role | of the condiments In diet, how fit is | they improve appetite and increase di- | gestive power. Mustard, pepper and | salt, used, of course, in sensible amounts. assist the appetite, give a | zest to food and partly by reflex action | as well as local action stimulate the | flow of digestive juices and Insure fealthy assimilation. Even vinegar Is known to have a softening effect on tough fibers, and hence its use is justi fled in so many instances.” —— -e The English Pheasant. It is claimed that the pheasant of the English preserves can trace its ped- igree directly to the brilliant bird of the same species in Japan. About the middle of the nineteenth century a few live pheasants were brought from Japan and crossed with the common species. The result of this was, it Is sald. that a new race of birds was in- ‘troduced, and the beautiful pheasant. | with its iridescent plumage, was pro- duced and naturalized as an English bird ! Coals of Fire. " «1 thought.” said ne, “that those peo: ple treated you so badly. and now see! They luvite you to their reception Shall you go? “Why. certainly,” said she. “Their inviting me showed they harbored uo grudge against me for the way they treated me.” —New York [’ress. A v— : Well Answered. “Ok. no: | don't claim to be any dit- ferent or any brighter than the bail- ance of mankind. | espect | shall mar- ry some fool soman some of these days.” “If you ever marry that's the kind of a woman you will marry, all right.”— Rochester Union. A Telitale Touch. «Js it true that sightiess people can tell the color of things by touch?” some one asked a blind man. “Occasionally, yes.” came the an- gwer. “lf, for instance, I touched a redhot poker I could tell it was red.” Ce — Swift's Sarcasm. . “My brethren." said Dean Swift iu a sermon. “there are three sorts of pride—of riches. of birth and of tal- ents. 1 shall not now speak of the jatter, none of you being Hable'to tha: zbominable vice.” Badger. great epicure on the hostility «7 anima’ les une fact that it will, when chance, devour a whi or pheasant eps also to be ful of delicacy, 1 should ble that they may of it. It is certain that these animals have a particulur for the nest and larvae of and wild bees, digging down with strong feet and infinite persever- till they atrain thelr object These animals are said by keepers to kill and devour freely young rabbits. That they do partake of this fare at times is, | think, certain. bit that they destroy any very considerable number is more than doubtful. Still, the badgz er is carnivorous in his tastes and is pot. even by his kindliest friends, to be absolved from devouring at times tender rabbits and even the young of game birds when he can get hold of them.— Westminster Gazette. 5 g 8 i Strange Fishing Matches. Ip the olden time in England lords and ladies sometimes invented queer amusements, They were always oo the lookout for some novelty, and one of the strangest they discovered was fishing by a goose. A line with a bait- ed hook attached having been fastened to the goose, tied to its leg. she was flung into the water from the boar in which were all the gay lords and i dies. Then, when an pike caught the bait, she was sport indeed. a royal bar. tle between bird and fish, and all thw time, between the loud splushinzs wheelings and flounderings. the on. lookers in the boat giving vent to their feelings In cheers, bandclappings and bandkerchief waving. But the goose was usually the victor and ended the struggle by landing its prisoner on the shore, where its quack-quack as it cleared itself from the line and wad- dled away ended the scene. The lake of Monteith, in the southwest of Perth. | shire, was often the scene of such an- gling matches. The Soldier Ant. The lion is the king of beasts, but all of his magnificent strength and ferocity would avail him nothing when he faced a mere ant. But this ant Is not the usual kind which peacefully goes about its domestic duties day by day. It 1s the terrible driver or soldier ant, said to be the most invincible creature in the world. Against these tiny enemies no man or band of men. no lion or tiger, not even a herd of elephants. can go anything but bur riedly get out of the way. Among the Barotse natives a favorite form of cap- ital punishment is to coat the vietun with grease and throw him before the advancing army of soldier ants. I'he quickness with which the poor wretch is dispatched Is marvelous when It «| considered that each ant can do noth: ing more than merely tear out a smh particle of flesh and carry it off. in a surprisingly short time the writn- ing victim wiil have been changed wi a skeleton. Old Saws and Sayings. A few old saylogs on ‘he subject or food come to us rather as a surp:is<- in our age of dnintiness and retin. ment, yet they bave their raison d'etrs notwithstanding. “Meat Is much, man ners are more;" "Cease your chatter and mind your platter?’ “The ass tha: brays mest eats least;” “The wing with the liver to him who's the giver;” il» can give little to his servant who lick his own trencher.” Apropos of this remark, It is amus- ing to note that “manners” was the name given to the remnants of a meni. These came to the servants as official perquisites: hence our well worn ex pression before emptying a dish, “Leave the last slice tor whatever fit may be) for inanners.” though If votes were collected on this polnt it Is hardy likely that any of us would have taken it as it stands in the original. Carthage’'s Great Snake. The ancients firmly believed in mon: ster serpents of all kinds and of both the land and marice species. During the wars with Carthage a great snake is said to have kept the Roman army from crossing the Bagrados river for eral days. The monster swallowed no less than seventy Roman sol during this combat and was not conquered until a hundred stones from as many different catapults were fired upon it all at one time. The monster skull and skin were preserved and afterward exhibited in one of the [to- man temples. The dried skin of the creature was 120 feet in length, auc- cording to Pliny. § Throat Trouble. “You look bad. old man. What's the matter?” “Throat trouble.” +] didn’t know you were subject to in" “Yes, 1 am. This throat belongs to the newcomer in the nest house, whe practices singiug at all hours of the night.” Past Is Past. Finish every day and be dome with ft. You have done what you could bo | Some blunders and absurdities, doubt. crept in. Forget them as soon as you can.—Emerson. The Drawback. “Can't you live just as cheap in the suburhe as in town? “Yes. but everybody knows it out there.” —Life. Bs a — Distance is a great promoter of ad- miration.—~Diderot. Yor i prem ————— it Represents the Whole Man, Ten Fin- gers and Ten Toes. Twenty is called a score because It represents the whole man, ten fingers and ten toes. Etymologically it means a cut or mark. In very early times, when men could not count beyond twenty, or “one man.” It was usual to cut a notch In = stick and begin again, and so It went on, one man, two men, and so on. This Is why sheep are still counted by the score. Now, a tally (French taille, cut or nicked means an account kept by means of a notched stick, and until the end of the panied by a written document. tomer had ware scored against him on what was called a tally stick, and when it reached twenty, or a “whole man,” be wax expected to pay, In some English country inns scores are still kept on » m.'a. m. 1105 65 2 ONTE. | 9 10/5 05 9 40 18 % 2 ooh | 3 is om 17 718 2 45 HEC ] EC LA PARK. 345 441918 733/07 23 2 51|.. Hublersburg... 8 39 4 HH 0 ! 73067 § Sry BH 4216 7 42/7 38 301). Huston... BR 4B 0 746 738 305. Lamar... f829 421/85 748740 308. Clintondale.... 18 26 4 18/18 54 [Ea 10th ig ad 802/754 2220. .. 812 403 843 308 781 3355 Raion wb | 810 401 8 41 810: 802 330, MILL HALL. 805 356 83 (N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R.) ne 88... Shore.....| 309 782 } IT. » Vi 12 29 11 0 Cus. | WMIPORT J ic 23% 6% 73 650... “183% 1% 1 1 i 9 00 (Via Phila.) | p.m. a.m. Arr. + Week Da Lve.! a.m.! p.m. ELLEFONTE CENTRAL RAILROAD. 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