r
SIGNS ONTHE BOWEHY
WHAT ONE MAY 6EE ON NEW YORK'S
FAMOUS THOROUOHFAnE.
The Mnl lllallilKaUhlnt Feature of a
tree! Thai Has Wnrlilwlil Itrpntn
Man As Avenue Wherein Arc round
People of All rtntlnnnlltlea.
To those students of Imiimii tint urn
who are quick to see the weak plile of
rerjr character savo their own, a trip
up the Bowery and Tark row la always
fruitful mt -on& results. There are no
many aighfo, sounds anil scenes novel
nd inteiwitinff In the atirritiR ronieily
slrama, "8tTtncs;le for Ureml," tliat tho
student cannot help feeling amimed ami
intonated. Then, too, tho fact that
nearly every one ho meets is jioorer than
himself Imparts tho lent of roiiipliiceney
to his pilgrimage, and bo steps among
tha hungry and wretched and tho linppy
and careloM, keeps hi hnnd on his pock
etbook and his eyes on the shifting pano
rama of life and make nts.
The signs are the first things that tnkn
the wanderer's eye.
He notes "A Regular Dinner for thir
teen Cents" and "Two Genuine Import
ed Havana for Five Cents" with inter
est. He feels thnt his burlier charges
him too much when ho sees that he can
receive tonsorlnl attention hero for five
rata, with to added luxury or bay rum
for ten cents, and that a clean towel is
guaranteed with every shave.
A large N' gaudy cartoon extolling
the moras rfvtis "Flor do Miigglo Clino
Cigar" attrncts bis nttention. A small
footnote says thnt it is changed every
day, and that while tho merits of tho
cigar will be dwelt lovingly upon, yet
the cartoons will also denl with timely
topics.
A clothing store nenr by tins a big
black signboard stilting that this is tho
headquarters of the "Society for En
couraging the Wearing of Clean Kliirts."
whereof the proprietor is president. He
cannot but feel thnt tho society is at
once beneficial, salutnry and situated in
its proper field, 1'ark row.
The notice over a dingy doorwny thnt
"black eyes will lie made to look natural
for ton cents" causes him some vague
apprehension, as it is a silent witness
that he is in the land of fisticuff and as
sault and battery.
Bnt contemplation of the chalk writ
ten words that "a Dolinonieo lunch goea,
with every glass of beer" gives rise to
more kindly feelings, and ho soon for
gets his fears.
A red nosed man rapping with a rat
tan at a large and startling representa
ton of "The Wonderful Monstrosity,
Jombeto, the Elephant Boy, Half Ele
phant, Half Human, Now to lie Keen
Alive Inside" holds him awhile. But
feels SB to It is a fake and drifts on
, iw me "Auction Bale."
A sharp eyed person in hi shirt
sleeves is extolling the merit of a solid
gold, full jeweled, stem winding, Amer
ican movement watch, cased, chased,
turned and beveled, going at the ridicu
lously low price of tour dollars. Cap
pers are urging victims to buy, pullers
in are bawling the auction to all who
pass and the hnrdy gurdy behind the
dime museum screen tries vainly to
drown their cries by its Jerky render
ing of "Comrades, comrados, ever since
we were boys," while the man at the
door still raps the counterfeit visage of
the elephant boy and cries that the ad
mission is but a dime.
The crowd thickens; evening comes on.
The "oysters and clams one cent" man
lights his torch, Chinamen, bloused and
pigtailed, heading for Chinatown; Ital
ians with pushcarts turning toward the
bend, Greeks bound for James street,
negroes for South Fifth avenue, Ger
mans for Avenuo A, Hebrows for El
dridge street, all homoward bound, work
worn and weary, hurry past. "Beef
steak John's" is crowded. The fifteen
cent lodging houses have each their
core of loungers at their fingy portals.
It is night Now the shooting gal
leries light tip and the "ping!" "pingl"
of the 22-caliber bullets ring down
against the sheet iron targets. Men lurk
in alleyways and slink out to demand
alms. A crowd of roisterers come down
arm in arm. They are collcgo boys,
down on the Bowery for fun.
A one eyed man has song sheets for
ale. He cries his wares and sells
several copies to the youths.
The variety theaters open their doors
and the Bowery amusement seeker
urges in to see the Irish-American Four
and McGiffla) and MoGuflln, the king
fins of song and dance.
The German and Hebrew theaters are
Men, too, and have their crowds also.
A Elite Lady orchestra has tuned np
in the concert halls, and the Bowery is
at it best.
The bell at the family resort is clang
ing for the first performance, and the
ticket seller opens his little window and
gets bis change ready.
The clothing store "barkers" redouble
their efforts to catch trade by manual
force, and the Bowery roars with sounds
of life and trade. Saloons are doing a
fashing business now. Sailors, long
shoremen, mechanics, all out for drink
and recreation, make np the crowd.
' A new venture, the "two-and-a-half-cent-a-cue"
poolroom, has done such
good business that rivals have sprung
np on every side. Those places are all
crowded. The frequenters are for the
most part evil looking, low browed
youths of eighteen or twouty years of
age. They crowd the tables and Bow
ery argot makes their conversation al
most unintelligible to the uninitiated.
The notice that "no profane or vulgar
language is allowed" seems sarcastic.
It is as funny in such a place as "Bow
- ery prices for Broadway goods" is in
the Cheap John clothing store. And
the student of Jiuman nature notes it in
bis memory along with the sign
If I Rest I Rust. -If
I Truat I Hut.
i-. . ntNolluat.
7 Jut No Bunt.
. iiulueCents.
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'New York World.
The nine Vetea.
A particularly beautiful wild flower
from the Old World, now getting com
mon in New England ami giving pleas
lire to the lover of wild flower scenery,
Is the blue vetch, Vlcia cracca. I was
particularly glad to see It come off a con
queror In a battle with the well known
touch grass, which usually acts the
I loll at u among other vegetation. It
usually crowds out everything, and our
Pennsylvania fnrnier regard it a one
nf his worst enemies.
On the sencoast of New England,
however, the yield of this grass is sim
ply enormous, and tho agriculturist em
ploy it largely for hay. It root are
annoying to tho more southern farmer,
a every little piece grow. It can never
lie got rid of. lint here, where tho
same field i mowed for an indefinite
numlier of year, it I of no ronseqnenco
how tho root hold on. The more tena
cious the lietter. Hut it i snch a IkiM
warrior among vegetation thnt nothing
ran grow where it grows, and a field of
rotlrh gra look more like a field of
some light kind of wheat under a enref til
farmer's hands.
Timothy grass here will not stand the
attack. Hnttalion of weed contest
tho Held with it. Couch grass alone
send forth defiance. Hut tho blue
vetch i a masterpiece. It grow up
with tho grnss nnd at length overtops it,
and forms beautiful blue patches over
the whole field, looking like bright
cerulenn lnke over a gray arid plain.
Fortunately tho farmer doe not mind,
as it i a agreeable to the cntt In a tho
grass. It is one of those raro instances
where great beauty nnd utility go hand
in hand together, and strike np a truly
happy innrrlnge. Thoinn Mechlin in
riiiladclphin Ledger.
The Chlnea Culxlne.
"In passing through Chinese towns,"
said tho Itev. A. T. Wright, of Milwau
kee, to the writer, "the astonishingly
large numlier of eookshop interests
and attract the foreign passer by. One's
curiosity is often aroused to know the
ingredient of the messes ho sees liclng
concocted. These p'.ices nro unpleas
antly pressed upon tho pedestrian, for
tho front I invariably open to the street,
and in order to tempt customer by tho
sight and smell of viands tho cook pre
pare hi dishe over a chnrconl llro In
full view, and set sample of hi ma
terials and hi bill of fare out on a show
board liefore him. Table nnd stools
are placed in the rear, ami hero tho hun
gry may banquet.
"Tho Frenchman i not tho only 0110
who ha his frogs' legs and snail sonp,
for tho Celestial, too, revels In these
dainties and many more stranger thnn
these. Snakes and eels alike know the
fryingpan, and when skinned and
dressed apjiear very much alike. Many
varieties of nonpoisonous snakes are
used for food. Silkworm grulis are
regarded as a choice morsel and are
stowed in lard nnd eaten as a relish, and
a multitude of other insects are deemed
edible." Chicago Inter Ocean.
8he lnrchaat Then.
She wasn't exactly old, but tho dis
criminating oliserver conld see that bIio
hadn't seen tho inside of a schoolroom
for at least ten years. The shopman
threw down piece after piece of fleecy
white material before her critical eyes,
bnt none of them seemed to claim her
unresorved admiration. She was taking
a great deal of his tlmo and the silk
counter was crowded, so he decided to
play his trump card.
Holding up a Iengtn or crepe tie clime
so that it full in a perfect cataract of
shimmering folds, he remarked, reflec
tively, as if to himself alone, "Tho liest
thing for graduating purposes wo have
had in the store this year. Iheenoct
was instantaneous, and in another min
ute the tactful salesman was measuring
off a full pattern for his well pleased
patron. Kato Fluid's Washington.
Old Engilah Meadow,
Probably there are no meadows in the
world so good as those in England or so
old. Yet from the early Anglo-Saxon
times old meadow has been distinguished
from "pastures" and has always been
scarce. Two-thirds of what is now es
tablished meadow land still shows the
marks of ridge and furrow, and from
the great time required to make a
meadow ten years at least on the best
land, a hundred on the worst men have
always been reluctant to break np old
pasture.
The ancient meadows, with their great
trees and close, rich turf, are the sole
portion of the earth's surface which
modorn agriculture respects and loaves
in peace. Hence the excellence of the
meadows of England and the envy of
the American. London Spectator.
The Cat la Art.
Until the present century the peculiar
difficulties offered by the structure and
texture of cats had hardly been sur
mounted. When the old masters drew
a cat they made it solid and bard it is
probable that the varieties they knew
were less beautiful than those which we
now delight in hut also there was a
conventional neglect of the furry char
acter of the surface. In painting a cat
Dow the danger is in avoiding a false
solidity, to lose all sense of the osseous
forms in securing softness and light
ness. London Saturday Review.
Gritlclalng tha Parson.
A minister of the Gospel must be pre.
pared to submit to all kinds of criticisms.
One "leading" member criticised the
minister for saying, "When Adam was
born," and remarked to a friend: "Any
man who will say, 'When Adam was
born,' instead of 'When Adam was cre
ated,' is unfit for his position. I call
such a remark an egreg-rious blunder."
Christian Advocate.
Better Than Trees.
Mr. De Avnoo I don't see why Mrs,
Forundred should put on suoh airs over
von. Our family trees are as good as
hers.
Mrs. Dt Avuoo Y-e-s, bnt her hus
band ha the gout and you haven't
New York Weekly.
ALL. HYENAS ARE NOT COWARDS.
Illnstratlvs Rnennnter with Them In
Hnmsllland.
Hyenas are noted a great cowards,
bnt I have come aero a few exceptions.
When about sixty miles from Uerliera,
on my return Journey, I camped close to
a Somali sareba. Soon the head men
tame In and asked me to shoot a pack
of six hyenas, as they had killed a great
many sheep and goat. That morning
they killed two sheep, and the same
night Jumped Into thn rareba nnd cur
ried off a sheep and badly bit a young
cow.
Next morning I saw two Somali men
running' after a hyena with Siears, but
he only kept alsmt 100 yards In front,
and as soon a they stopped he did the
same and had a look at them, and on
their returning he quietly walked on.
I was busy with a koodoo head at the
tlmo, so did not go after him, but evi
dently he wanted to see whnt I wns do
ing and so came toward mo. When
about KKI yard off I put a bullet through
hi shoulder.
Ho much for No. 1. Ho knew how
far a Hoiunli could throw a sjiear. but
not how far a riflo would carry.
Next day at noon we heard a great
shouting about a mite off. After awhile
I made out thnt a Hon had killed one of
my camels. I look tho 4.M) express and
started off. On arriving on the scene I
found it wns not a lion, but a hyena, and
that tho camel was not dead, but badly
bitten on tho hind part.
A woman said the hyena was behind
some low hushc abont 1511 yards off.
The bushes, three in number, were only
I't" feet high and on an oicn plain. As
thoHomnli men had lieen making a great
noise I said nothing would stop there.
However, I went to havo a look, and
when about seventy yards off tho bush
np came a hend and took a good look at
me, and then went down slowly, like a
lion crouching. I went twenty yard
closer, when up came the head to have
another look. I took n steady aim, nnd
next moment an express bullet between
the eyes of a hyena finished him.
Ho wns n very large nnd fat benst,
with a good coat of hair, nnd hail a good
portion of a sheep in hi Inside.
Now I could imagine one going for a
a camel if starved, but not when fat,
and at midday, with a man and woman
accompanying tho camels a thick bush
within SIM) yards on tho left, if ho had
wanted to get away. Instead of doing
so he kept to tho open country, with
three linslies hardly lingo enough to
conceal him, nnd then held his ground
until shot dead. I think it showed
great pluck. End of No. !.
In the night the men heard some of tho
others howling, so at daylight 1 went
over to where 1 shot No. 2, and there,
sure enough, were three more hyenas.
Just then one of the threo picked up
the dead one by the linck and carried i
In hi mouth, with his hend thrown up
to keep it off the ground, only the feet
trailing. Ho took it about sixty yards
and put it under a bush. I lay still for
a few minutes, and then the vultures
came down, but the three hyenas drove
them off. I then sat up and oun of them
saw me. A they were only K'5 yard
off, however, I had a good shot, and a
hollow bullet behind the shoulder fin
ished No. 8. Tho other two made, off,
so I loft them.
In the afternoon one of my Somali
men said there was a hyena keeping off
the vultures. I went out with the glass
and saw he had taken the Inst dead one
alwut 200 yards up a stony hill with
some large rocks on the top. He was
Just going back to tho rocks after hav
ing made a sortlo upon the vulture. I
then went up toward the rocks, when
out he came and took a good look, stand
ing facing mo.
It was a long shot, over 200 yards;
but by good luck I put a bullet in the
center of his throat, killing him instant
ly. This made the fourth. Next morning
I went to take a look and there was one
with the dead one shot the day liefore.
London Field.
Voloes of liana.
"Hons," says B. F. Taylor, "are vocal
but not musical, unless one has an ear
for filing and sawing. Their languago
is too rich in consonants; it is docidudly
Saxon and without the softening accents
of the Norman French. The call of
something 'found' is quite as intelligi
ble as the town crier with his bell. The
defiant voice of the cock is a challenge
in honest vernacular, and his triumph
ant crow is a hurrah in plain English.
The announcement of an egg laid is ex
pressive if not eloquent. The mother's
cluck, cluck is veritable baby talk, and
the yeep, eop, eep of the little chicks de
notes happiness at home."
How soon these little fellows learn
the cluck, cluck of the mother warning
them that the robber hawk is soaring
watchfully above, seeking whom he
may devour.
The blue Jay hates yet dreads the
hawk, and frequently insults it by fol
lowing end imitating its notes so ex
actly as to deceive those well acquainted
with both. Troy Times.
Malls In Early Day a.
Boston's first newspaper, The News
Letter, contains the following advertise
ment, which is an exact copy of the origi
nal spelling, capitalization, etc.:
By order of the Post Master General of North
America:
These are to give Notice, That on Monday
nltfUt, the Sixth ot this Instant, December, the
Western Post, Between Boston and New York,
seta oat at oace a Fortnight tha Three Winter
Months of December, January and February,
and to go Alternately from Boston to Bay brook
and Hartford to Exchange the Maylea of let
ters with the New York Kydor on Saturday
night the 11th Currant. And the second turn
He seta out at Boston on Monday Night the
80th Currant to meet the New York Kyder at
Hartford on Saturday ulght the lS5th Currant
to Exohange Maylea. And all persons that
send Letter from Moaton to Connecticut from
and after the 18th Inataut are Hereby Notified
to first pay the Poatrates on the same.
How Age Affects the Sexes.
Very few women grow old without
becoming more patient, and the years
seldom add np on a man's shoulders
without making him more fretful
Atchison Globe. I
Karly Methods of raring; Sktne.
The original process of curing skins
was probably the simple one of cleaning
and drying thorn. Removal of the hnlr
by maceration In water seem to have
lieen common among thn very early
trilies, and one writer hn suggested
that the Idea was obtained from the
natural process of depllation. They
must certainly have lieen Miniliar with
it In the case of drowned nnimnls, whore
maceration can be plainly observed.
Following this, nmoke, smir milk, oil.
and the brains of the animals themselves
were found efficacious. Many of these
primitive methods are employed at thn
present time, thus bringing Into novel
conjunction tho days of tho roving Mas
sngetm and those of the thrifty Ameri
can. (leorgo A. Ulch in Popular Science
Monthly.
Hardly an Knrnre.
A quartet was giving a concert lie
fore tho pntieut of the Insane hospital
and was singing a number Into a rather
mournful cadence nnd a subdued re
frain. The audience, with tho liest of
good humor, such as Invariably charac
terises the audiences at the hospital,
heard it to the bitter end, and when lis
last note hnd died away an old lady
with a virtuous and dignified air of rec
onciliation on her face popped suddenly
np out or me auuieiice, nun turning to
ward thn stage said reverently, "O
Lord I forgive them, for they know not
what they do." Lewletoii Journal.
A Valuable Until I'lere.
In 1 787 a goldsmith of the name of
Brasher coined a sixteen dollar gold
piece, which Is now one of the rarest of
coins, there Iming but four specimens of
it known, nil of which are held nt 1,000
each. This rare piece has the well
known motto stamped iiion it. in thin
mixed np form, "1'nlimi K I'liirilius."
Philadelphia Press.
In the yenr ended Juno 110, IH1II, a tax
was paid to tho United states on more
than tiH.OOO.ooO gallons or distilled spirits
made in the country, and a duty wns
paid on a million gallons morn iniHirtod
from abroad.
There is a curious exampleof a repent
ing crossbow in tho United Nervine mu
seum, taken from the Tnkn foils, at
which place the Chinese archers caused
us heavy loss on the first occasion of
tho uttnek.
With many people, objects particular
ly ancient, of which no practical use Is
liny longer recognized, have presumably
some occult proicrty attaching to them.
For Scrofula
"After suffering for about twenty-five
years from scrofulous sores on Uie legs
and arm, trying various medical courses
without benefit, I began to use Ayer's
Karsaparllls, snd a wonderful cure was
the result. Five bottle sufficed to re
store nis to health." Hmilfacla toper,
827 K. commerce St., San Antonio, Texas.
Catarrh
"My (laughter wss afflicted for nearly
a year with catarrh. The physicians be
ing unable to help her, my pastor recom
v mended Ayer's Harsaparllla. I followed
his advlcs. Three months of regular
treatment with Ayer's Harsauarllla snd
Ayer's Tills completely restored mj
daughter's health." Mrs. Louise ltlelle,
Little Canada, Wars, Mass.
Rheumatism
"For several years, I was troubled
with Inflammatory rheumatlam, being so
bad at times as to be entirely helplea.
For the last two years, whenever I felt
the effects of the disease, I began to take
Ayer's Harsaparllla, and have not bad a
spell for a long time." E. T. Ilansbrougb,
Elk Hun, Vs.
For all blood diseases, the
best remedy Is
AVER'S
Sarsaparilla
Prepared by I)r. J. C. Ayer k Co., Lowell, Waaa.
Bold by all Druggleta. I'rlee $1 i all bottlte, $6.
Cures others.'wlll cure you
$1,000 TO THE MAN
Thnt. lireiiUn this record. Tills Ih June II. and
I luive received since Blny l. in imnenis
Unit were ullllcted Willi ihihi worm. I re
moved eitclil of I hem unci have two pi i-url ntr
fie tnuf metit. Now. Home of the MlnlMiscd
hrluht llixlitx of Allegheny, I'lttitimrir and
suburbs wiy I buy the tune worms, euiicers,
etc., that 1 exhibit In my windows, from the
Iiim.iiOi.Ih. Iii iinwei' I stninlv otTer to irlve
4l,i"Mo any of these all-wlso lielnir If ihey
will produce a iniin or set of men Unit will
meet mid compete Willi mo before the puliliu
on cures ol lane worm, cancer rmurrii
ui.riifiilii. ir nil till, Ml culled Incurable till
meulsoftlie hiimnii family, further, I will
take my Hystem Hcnovulor and no on public
iivlillililim with iiiiv or all bllch all-wise
people, nil pin en I medicine men and all
udvcrilsliiK iuacks la Hie land and take llko
eases us i bey come und beat them and prove
to the public thin they do dot know w hat tho
llUniUU IHMIV IS Climisismi hi, ur 11 iim-j w,
tlievdo not' know bow lo treat It III sickness.
1 treut through the blood Willi nature's
remedies, roots mid lierlw. hystem Huiiova.
tni u m twin s..cr,.t. Iiiiiiest iireuuratloli. com
posed of dandelion, .Miiyupple.liiii'hiiiiiiiassia,
cinchonu, ciisciirii.siiKrtula, itentlan.sussufms,
lmiiiisi.t. kliltiev wort, nnd sursuuurllu.
System Kenovator costs il.M pcriuttto; or
QUOllll'a llll f.r, HI 11. i,-A r-mmi in
DH. J. A. lll'lidOON,
xl l II. lii St.. Alli'L'l v (it v. Pa
Office Hours 8 A. M. to t I'. M. Hours for
Consultation- A. M. to3 P.M. Munliiy office
hours and furcousulintlou A. M. to i- .u
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MDfjEY
made easy Manufacturing
Itubbur Stainue. Hend for
I'rlee Mat of Outfits, to
j. r. w. iiormen x to.,
'.'17 dun ucrmaii street,
Ihiltlmoro, Md. V. 8. A.
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REYNOLDSVILLE, PENNA
lr'Opponit) KtokiVn dnitf ntorr.
1 1
It n Hint cldHH fjimily journal, published every
Weiliuwlny nt Rey.ioltlwvilli', Ta., by C. A. Stepli
eiiHnn, coiitjiiiiw nil 1li IocjiI nnd irenern newH; tli
KiibHcriptioii prit;e in but Sl.M) a yenr in ndvnnre.
Tlit! Job department in replete witli tlie latent
denial ih in type, ami Letter Ileadn, Note Heads,
Hill I leads, Statements, Knvelopes, Pouters, Circu
lars, will lie turned out witli neatness nnd dispatch.
fls an flilvmisiiio
MgKcc $ Warnick
IIEA.KjnAHTE.tr TON
Fancy and Staple
GKOCEKIES,
Oil, Flour! Feed.
An elegant line con
nisting of sour, nweet
and mixed pickles.
Onions, chow chow,
oliveH, cauliflowerH
and othem too numer
ous to mention.
-J
C Ati endlesn vnrietv on
hand; always fresh.
Try our fruit and
chocolate taken.
WO
-rJBfl
"Wanhbunie'H Bent"
leads the lint; it's a
dandy. Try it. We
have in ntock, "Our
Kent," "Straight,"
"Imperial," "N. W.
Patent," "Pilgrim"
and othern.
We have no oil wagon
on the road but we
deliver you a 5 gal.
bent 150 oil for 50
cents. Get our rates
on oil by the barrel.
A FULL STOCK of vxl In our
line alway ot huml. Iijjlient
market price paid for country
produce.
GOODS ltECEIVEIi
DAILY.
SO OLD GOODS
FOR SALE. :
McKeo & Warnick,
TI19 Grocers,
Cor. 6th and Main St., t .
a . , IteynoldsvUte, l'ettna.
Medium
it outshines them all.
I want to clone out my sum
mer goods to make room
for fall stock, and
will sell
r
AT COST!
i,.i. o l ir.
Cooons
II
willing viutn, u t;riiLP, i
Sold before for 8 centrw
i. rit4.i. u ..,.
vuiuiy vvimiii, o dcuib.
Sold beftve for 10 cents.
Outing Cloth 12 cents,
Sold before for 12 i cents.
Challie, 10 cents,
Sold before for 12. i cents.
Challie, 10 cents,
Sold before for 15 cents.
Sateen, 10 cents,
Sold before for 15 cents.
Indigo Blue prints
6 cents per yard.
Men's Seersucker Coat
and Vest at 65 cents,
Sold before for $1.00,
Men's and Boys'
Outing Shirts '
At 19 cents apiece.
Men's suits at $3.60,
Sold before for $5.00.
All Men's suits reduced
From $2.00 to
$3.00 per suit.
Children's
Suits $i.oo.
Nnw lavi-mr time to eave
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money, lueso guou uro an
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