j. M. WIHTON, MUNCY VALLEY,
JTXST E/EOEITED
Date Stock of Goods
so
Men's& Young Mens' Suits. |
You are a!! invited to come arid examine the goods, j
1 to be seen here is the most stylish. These
are the prices which you can get good suits for:
Also a big lot of BOYS' SUITS. « / ■HI
izes from 3 years to 16 years. Knee pants, assorted col- H
« ' from $1.75 lip. Also a big lot of Hoys' School Knee ||
Pants, strong as you can make them for little money. i 1 IJm
A bi;; lot of MEN'S WORKING PANTS at 75c worth % i
1.2". $3.50 pants reduced to 2.10 per pair. Also a big lot \ M Ir^l
•iF.N'S HATS latest st>Us; they are thoroughly up to 1^
d e and acceptable to those who want to wear stylish
|i r.s, Also rece'ved up to date stock of LADIES' SKIRTS CJjtof
ANL) COATS, FURS AND SWEATERS.
Sole agents for W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES.
From 3.00 to ro. Also r ceived twenty-five cases of boots and shoes for Ladies'
1 , i\ts and Children from 9SC up; all new goods, no trash. All sizes and low prices.
Reliable dealer in Men's Clothing.
Jacob M. Wihton
MUNCY VALLEY, PA.
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> round-trip, long trancit and return limit*, liberal atop-over
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JfetMr M The rats is practically on the basis of one fare for the round
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r.j-i "V. s yr s "'--' or Washington, the cost is slightly more.
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JOHN SEBASTIAN, , finOuMj
Pa»E. Traf. Mgr., Rock hlend System, Leare about \*V Jj
CHICAGO. De.UnaUon
WHY THE HORSE BHIE9
Sensible Explanation of the Habltt
of Well-Known Animals.
Dr. Louis Robinson, an English zool
ogist, ban just given to the world no
account of the habits aud mode of life
of certain animals, and the conclusion
at which he swm > to arrive is that nil
suet) phenomena may be explained on
the ground of atavalstu. Thus he
claims that the horse of our day de
rives his swiftness and power of en
durance from the fact that his ances
tors in former days were obliged to
flee from and frequently to defend
themselves against their great enemies
—the wolves. In like manner lie
claims that the reuson that the horse
shies is because his ancestors were
forced to be constantly on the alert
against hidden enemies, and that the
reason that he rears and plunges Is
because only by pursuing such actlcs
could his forefathers shake oIT wild
animals who had leaped upon their
backs.
Sheep when frightened immediately
rush off to the highest point they can
reatili. The reason, says Dr. Uobinson,
is because alt sheep originally inhab
ited mountainous districts. And this,
he claims, is also the reason why they
wear a thick fleece of wool all the year
through, the summer temperature in
mountainous districts being almost as
cold as that of winter Finally, we are
assured that the reason sheep invaria
bly follow a leader is because their an
cestors were obliged togo In Indian
file through the narrow mountainous
passes.
l'igs have also engaged Dr. Robin
sou's attention. He was pu/.zleU for a
good while as to the < ause of their
grunting, says the Chicago Tinies
llerald. but now he thinks he has dis
covered the real reason. The pigs of
to-day, he says, evidently grunt be
cause their ancestors made their
homes in thick woods, and only by
making this sound could they keep
track of each other and guu>:d them
selves against going astray from the
common herd. Coinnientine on ciMs
latter explanation, a scientist suggests
that Dr. Robinson might now do well
to spend some time in trying to find
out why the horse neighs and why the
dog barks.
Well-Dressed Man Arouses Sympathy
The generosity supposed to be hid
den under the mask of the ancient
highwayman Is sometimes present un
der the rags of his modern edition, the
street tramp. A well-dressed man,
who had Just left the fcrryhouse in.
New York after crossing the river, 1
started to pick his way through the,
mud of the crossing. His patent leath- {
ers, his silk hat and his shining even
ing dress made him an obvious prey:
for the tattered dock bandit, who
slouched up to him with the usual
piteous cry for help to get a night's
lodging.
•My dear fellow," said the well
dressed man with a sudden instinct of {
frankness. "I'm in my store clothes,
but the fact Is I've got to walk up
town because I haven't a nickel to pay
my car fare."
"Is that so?" said the other in an ex
cited whisper. "Well, It ain't goin' to
be said I left a panl In the lurch when
he was dead broke."
And putting his hand Into his rags,
be hauled up a bewildering heap of
silver and offered anything the other
wanted.
The "pard" burst into a shout of
laughteT and Insisted on shaking hands
with the beggar, though he refused the
nickel. And all through his trudge
home he had plenty of food for
thought, humorous and otherwise
An Expert. Svrordfish.
Hank Carruthers. of Block Island,
R. 1., an old-time fisherman, last year,
caught a young sword fish, not more
than two feet long, which had refused j
to leave the dead body of its mother,
which he had harpooned after an ex
citing fight. The young fish survived
the transportation to a tidal pond be- 1
hind the Carruthers homestead and tho
entrance to the pond was closed with
a net to prevent bis escape. Since then
Mr. Carruthers has tamed the fish so
that it will feed from bis hand, and the
neighbors had become so accustomed
to the sight that they did not notice it
any more. Last month a French gen
tleman, who Is a well known fencing 1
teacher, M. Tierce, had been train- j
Ing the fish furtively. He had made a j
•oft pad of leather, which he adjusted [
on the tip of his sword, like the button
on a foil, and the two gave an exhibi
tion bout of fencing which could not
be equalled for nicety of action and
correctness of dash in the Fencers'
Club. The fish apparently knows all j
the rules of the game and carefully re-■
trains frem committing fouls. He cuts j
and slashes swiftly, and several times |
he caught M. Tierce unawares,
New York Press, and nearly transflWd
him. The Frenchman has offered Mr.
Carruthers a large sum of money for
the flsh which he wishes to exhibit.
Hot Baths.
Here Is a point that English folks
might learn from the Japanese. The
reason we are Inclined, in this country, j
to catch cold after taking a hot bath !
in the daytime, Is that we do not take
it hot enough. If only you have tho
water as uear boiling point as possible, I
there is no fear of your getting cold
afterward. The Japanese revel iu
these hot tubs, says Chambers' Jour
nal. They take them three and four
times a day. In some districts of Ja
pan, I believe, the people are amphib
ious: for months at a time they live
practically in the water. A Japanese
»nce called upon ma, and he apologized
at the outset of our conversation for
being so unmannerly and dirty, for he
had only had time to take two hot
hatha that day.
A Dangerous Indulgence.
"There's only one drawback to a
ay off."
"What's that?"
"It makes you want another day
off." —Chicago Reotird.
Neversweat Nicodemus—Did yer ever j
iear about a princess wot slept for one
hundred years?
Tattered Tolilver—Yes. Wot an idee
Jfe she led!— Kansas City Indepem'
ent.
The Parson—l both de angels doni
lotc-bed yo' anudder baby bruafler?
"Ysa*. but It Jest seems lak dem
angels picks us eat de blackest bablea
op fntr'-Lifa
SOUTH LONDON.
ilf Wilier lleflant ©lves Noma Interrot.
I«t Sketch** of Thiit Ancient I*or
lion «112 111© rity.
Besides being a novelist, Sir Walter
Besant is a historian, particularly the
historian par excellence of London.
For tho last few years he has written
articles on historic London for The
Pall Mall Magazine. The last series
to appear were on South London;
these, like the others, are now present
ed in book form under their original
title and with the elaborate and artistic
illustrations which so enhanced their
value when they were printed in the
magazine. The publishers of "South
London" in this country are Frederick
A.. Stokes Company.
"The chief difficulty in writing 'South
London,' " said Sir Walter in his pie
face. "lias been that of selection from
the great treasures which have accum
ulated about this strange spot. The
contents of this volume do not form a
tenth part of what might bo written on
the same plan, and still without Includ
ing the history proper of the borough."
The author courteously acknowledges
his obligations to tte artist "Mr. Perry
Wadham, who has 10 faithfully and so
ctinuingly carried out the task commit
ted to him."
"My South London," says Sir Walter,
"extends from Battersea in the west to
Greenwich in the east, and from the
river on the north to the first rising
ground on he south. This rising
ground, a gentle ascent, the beginning
of the Surrey hills, can still be observ
ed on the high roads of the south—
Clapham, Brixton, Camberwell."
At first London had 110 communica
tion with the rest of the world, <xcept
by water. Then a causeway was 'iiult
across the Southwark marshes. I he
second road connected with the high
road to Dover: it is now eailod Hi :h
Street Borough. It formed an entirely
open and broad communication; ii be
gan not far to the west of St. Saviour's
Church, opposite the Roman Trajectus.
the mediaeval ferry, now St. Mary
Overies Dock. Ferries were soon es
tablished across the Thames, and at
length the marshes were drained. Pre
historic remains prove that all this
was done during the stone age and
the bronze age.
Centuries passed by. "High Street j
of Southwark is now a crowded thor
oughfare, because it is tbe main artcrj
of a town containing a population of
many hundreds of thousands. In thf
j last century it was quite as animated
because it was one of the main arterie?
by which London was in communica
! tion with the country. An immense
i number of coaches, carts, wagons
and 'caravans' passed every day up
| and down the High Street, some
| stopping or starting in Southwark it
! self; some going over London Bridge
! to their destination in the city."
Among the relics of the bygone ages
stands to-day the remains of the p\laca
lof the Bishop of Winchester. As ona
'of the Bishops of Winchester would
have made a very good modern Police
Court Judge and District Attornej
combined, it may not be Inappropriate
at this place to tell something about
I the punishments of the tim» that were
: ordered by the church. "There was
1 whipping, but not tne terrible, mur
derous flogging of the eighteenth cen
. tury; there were hangings, but not Cor
everything. Mostly to the credit <' r
1 *he church, punishment was designed
; «otto crush a man, but to shame him
| Into repentance and to give him a
chance of retrieving his character. A
man might be set in the stocks or put
1 in pillory, and so to feel the hein
-1 ousness of his offc..4e. This punish
ment was like that which was inflicted
' on a schoolboy; the thing done, the boy
jis taken back to favor. The eighteenth
j century branded him. imprisoned him,
I transported him, made a brute of him,
and then banged him. Did a woman
1 speak despttefully of authority—pre-
I sumptuous quean—set her up in the
| cage beside the stoulpes of London
: Bridge, that every one should see her
j there and should ask what she had
done. After an hour or two take her
! down; bid her go home and keep hence
forth a quiet tongue in her head. This
leniency was only for offenses moral
and aguinst the law. For freedom of
luought or doctrine there was Bishop
Bonner's better way. And it was a
j way inhuman, Inflexible, unable to for-
I give."
I Sir Walter Besant, in showing how
j the palace either contains or has at
j some time contained the work of nearly
1 every archbishop In succession, inci
dentally remarks, in speaking of some
of the improvements executed by the
various prelates, that the Ciiicheley
Tower, commonly known as the "Lol
! lards' Tower," "never had any connec
; tion with Lollards, and that all the talk
! about the unhappy Lollard prisoners is
without foundation."
And, In a word, which will explain ,
why 1 have given an apparently dispro- j
portionate space to Lambeth Palace,
the author thus ends his chapter on the
' royal houses of South London; "Lam
beth Palace, the only palace in the
whole of South London, is a moniimer/
of English history from the twelfth
century downward. Kennington ap
! pears at intervals; Eltham is a holiday
j house; Greenwich practically begins
| with the Tudors. Lambeth, like West
minster or St. Paul's belongs to the
long history of the English people."
I From the fragmentary "lives" of
! Shakespeare we have learned consider
able about the Globe Theatre, but in
"South London" we find a great deal
more, and also much about the Bear
Garden, Blackfriars, and Paris Garden,
the Hope Theatre, the Swan Theatre,
and the Rose. It is all very interest
ing.
And of the South London of to-day,
there is much that is of interest, much
that is fascinating, albeit the tourist
to London can see it all if he only takei
the troutle.
Tempering Steel.
The tempering of steel with uniform !
results is a feat hardly to be achieved
by the most expert artisan. A German
I Inventor had devised a process for ac
curately obtaining any desired degr<v
I of hardness, the variations being effect
I ed by changes in the liquid used, ant
depending on the fact that grad d re
suits may be produced by the use o,
milk in varying forms and dilutions
that Is, by fresh and skimmed milk
sweet and sour whey, fresh and ok'
buttermilk, and different mixtures will
water. The various stages of acidifica
tion of milk are also said to give al
the effects of hardening in oil and oth
er fat mixtures.
ii C/ Jiik .
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Wea K, Nervous,
Wretched, Tired,
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"I)r. Miles' Restorative Nervine has done
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tri me nervniirntss, dizzy spells and fit k
headaches n:nde me mosi miseralie. 112 had
been under the care of our local phvsician
for some time, but f;ot no better. 1 w.;s 011
the ver<;e of nervous prostration. Had no
appetite, and couUl not sleep. 1 i;rew \v.i?e
as the dizzy spells continued and loft tlosh
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•it the local drug M'-ie ur.d when it was one
ha 112 pone I notice I that the medicine Mas
helping me. I continued taking it according
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