The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, January 18, 1893, Image 1

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    VOLUME 1.
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IN EFFKLT DKOEMIIKR 18, IS',12.
I'lilliiili'lpliln Ii Kile Hiillniiid Dlv Wuii Tlmii
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llnim , nrrlvlnir HI I'lilliiili-lphlii II:. Ml p. M ,
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WiiHlilnvmii. 8:li p. m. Co I linn ii 1'iirlnr riir
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fmm KiiiM'1tiiillHdi'lphla.
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llarrltituji-K and liitii-niMllatii Mat how. ar-
rlvlniiMl I'hlladclpliia 4:iS a. Ni-w York,
7:10 a. M. I'lmiuuli roacli fmm DiiIIoIh to
Wllliiimsport. I'ullman Ph'i'pliiK piu-h from
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I'lilludnlplilii piisKi'iinci-H i-iin remain In
Nleeper uitdlMtiirlied until 7:00 A. M.
flsas I". M. Train 4, dully for Hunlmrv, llnrrls
liiirirand iiilernn'illule Htatlons, arrlvlnirat
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A. M. ; lliillliiiiire, H:20 a. m.s Wa-lilimton. 7::l
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from F.rleaud Wllliiimsport to I'hiladelphla.
I'assenirers lu sleeier for llalttmon and
Washington will Ih traiisferre-d Into Wusli
ItlKtoh slwiHT at llurrlsliurie.
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7:ilA A. M. Train I, dully except Hundny for
lildirwiiy, Uullols, Clermont and inter
mediate fttatliius, IMives UldKWuy nt il:00
P. M. for Krle.
li:.M) A. M. Train a, dally for Eilo and Inter
mediattf iwiints.
H:27 I'. M. Train II, dally except Sunday for
K a ue a nd Itit erined iatt' st at tons.
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1'UO.M T1IK KAST AND COCTII.
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Waolilniftoli, 7..KI A. u.: Hall imore, 8:4S a. M.l
Wilkes Inure, IOMAa. li.s dally except Sun
day. arrlviiiK at Driftwood at 11:27 p. h. wltli
I'lillmaii raihir cur from I'lilliidi-ljilila to
WilliainsfMirt.
TRAIN il iMivesNew York at 8 p. m.! Vlillii
ili'lplilii, 11:30 p. m.i WwhiiiKton, 10.40 a. in.:
llaltliiMim, 11:40 p. ni.; dally arriving at
DrlftwiNHl nt 11:50 a. in. I'ullmuii sleeiilnit
ears frim riilladeliililm to Krle ami from
Washington and Haitiuoru to Wllllmsiorl
and thnuiKh pasiwiiKereoacties from I'hllu
delplila M Krle and llaltliuore to WlUlams
iHiri ami to DuKols.
TRAIN 1 leaves Ueiinvn st a:. "IS a. m dally
except Humlay, airlv1nk- at Driftwood 7:;iA
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(Dally exceiit yutiduy. )
TRAIN 111 U-ves HldKway ut H:40a. m.; John
mmhurir at U:fiA u. oi., urrlvinu at Clermont
at 10:45 it. in.
TRAIN 20 leave Clermont st I0:M a. m. ur
rlvinir at JoluiiMiiiliurK at 11:40 a. m. und
Ulilfway ut lli.Vi a. ni.
JIIXiWAY & CLEAJJFI ELD R. It.
DAILY EYCEPT SUNDAY.
KOUTHWARI),
NORTHWARD.
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12 111 U40 Ulduway ' 1 :H) 700
12 18 Il ls Island Run 120 O.'.l
12 22 U;V2 Mill Haven 1 III 4tl
12111 1002 Croylimd IM J5
12118 10 10 HIlortsMlllH 12 Ml 11 :m
IN 42 10 1A HlueRiN'k 12 M 1125
12 44 10 17 Vineyard Run 12 52 6 23
12 4 20 20 Carrier 12 50 B2I
101) Itlits Hrockwayvllle 12 as 6 (HI
1 10 10 42 MrMInn Summit 12111 5 57
114 11118 llarvuys Itilll 12 2H 5 52
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TUAINH LEAVE KIDCWAY.
EuHtward. Went ward.
Train 8, 7:17 a. m. Train i, 11:114 a. ni.
Tt-alu II, 1:45 p. m. Train 1, 4M p. m.
Train 4, 7 :5ft p. ui. Train 11, 8 : 26 p. ni.
( UAH. E. PITCH,
lieu. Manager.
J. K. WOOD,
Uuu. Paaa. Ag't.
CitKDtlM'i V OF MAN.
TWO GOOD STORIES ILLUSTRATING
A BROKER'S THEORY.
Rii Men Will ItrllfM-o Almost Anytli'nn
M'ltliout l.ciglrul Investlittliin II Kolue
liody Tliey Happen tn Know A iprum tn
lie In t-lnrllent.
They wandered frum sttliject to utili
Jret In n V.stless wiiy over tlieir co'Tee
mid ciffiir; . its ltien often do whi'ti tliey
havo piijoynl n ftivnl dinner, until tlte
broker not on his f.tvorito holiliy the
avernf;o iniitrmTednlity. Hisronipnniim.
a lnwypr. disnrred with him, ind that
Bt onco stnrteil them on tt lively nr;ni-
Inotit. After it few minutes of (""''i'lil
discussion th J lirnlterK.ii l: i
"Well, Ml (rfvo yon tin Institnco. It r
a pretty Htory nnyhow. mid per
fectly true.nlmost iiicredililiMM it mi'tim.
In tht! town where I whs horn there lives
nn old river cniitn'n nnifir-d Stewart, who !
isu trrcat jiii.i liciil joker. The proprie
tor of ono of the two hotels in the place
Is n riftlicr piinipous mid cmiceiled old
limn. Stewart walked into the ofllce ol
the hotel one day tt few years iur. nnd
drawint? out a one dollar Ivtuk note risked
the proprietor if he could change nn
pleven dollar hill. The old fellow said
'yes,' nnd took the hill, which, sure
enough, had tho number eleven in the
corners, nnd just ulauc'nn nt it handed
the amount in chan;;e to Stewart.
"The joker hud ndded another figure in
Ink to the numbers on tho hill, nnd 119
the proprietor did not like to acknowl
edge that ho had never neen nn eleven
dollar hill heforo he Ii.nl only planced nt
it cnsually before putting it in the
drawer. Stewart walked out of tho ho
tel nnd told nil tho men lioiuctnhoiit the
joke.
"About fifteen minutes nfler Stewart
went nway n man walked in nnd mtid tc
tho proprietor:
" 'Mr. Kc.mcdy, I v.ndentnnd that you
hnve nn eleven dollar bill hero. May 1
look nt it? I nover saw one.'
"Kennedy produced it, nnd the man
marveled over it for several minutes.
Ecforo ho got through examining it an
other man wnlked in nnd nsked to see
the bill, nnd then another nnd another.
Finally Kennedy's curiosity liecaine ex
cited, nnd ho thought lio would seo what
the bill really looked like. Ho saw at
onco how it had been 'fixed,' nnd his
fnce wns it study. Tho boys shouted
with laughter, nnil tho old fellow had to
acknowledge that tho cigars were on
him, nnd ho set them tip like a man."
"F'iml that was funny," commented
tho lawyer.
"Well, here's another Instance," said
tho broker. "Stewart went to a picnic
ono day with some men, nnd 0110 of them
had on a brand new hat ho hud just
bought in tho city. It was nn nlmost
white derby, nnd it nt once attracted
Stownrt'a attention.
" 'Well,' ho said, fjoing up to the
young man, 'you've got one of those new
hate, have j-ou? Let's look at it?
"The fellow took it off with some show
of pride and handed it over for inspec
tion. .
" 'I saw ono of them hats the othei
day In the city,' said Stownrt to the lit
tle group of men who had gathered
around him. 'nnd I had half a mind to
get it. but its I wns in a hurry I didn't
stop. They nro something entirely new.
They don't burn, you know. I'd like to
have that hat. Whnt'll you take for it?
" 'I don't want to sell it," answered
tho owner, grinning with pleasure at
being the object of so mnch attention. '1
didn't know it wns fireproof though.
Are yon snre about it?
" ' Oh, yes.' replied Stewart confident
ly. Sell it to mo and I'll snow you.'
" 'No, if you're sure I'll try it myself.'
And the yonng conntrymnn walked ovet
to a wood fire, followed by tho crowd of
men Who had been gaping with wouder
at the reported qualities of the now hat.
" 'How will I put it in? he asked Stew
art, who stood near by with a look of in
tense interest on his face.
" 'Oh, chuck it right in. It enn't hurt
it," replied the joker.
"So the innocent victim threw bis hat
into the fire, which of course made short
work of it. Tho man's face wa con
vulsed with rage and astonishment, and
his temper was not improved when the
crowd of inon burst into a roar. He
looked around for Stewart, but that
gentleman had discreetly disappeared."
"Oh, come off! Go and tell that to
the marines as your 'experience.' You
can't make me believe such fairy ato
nes," said his auditor.
"Those stories are perfectly straight!
I knew tho men myself." New York
Tribune.
Wliy Thorghattaa II u a llulu Through It.
Thorghutton. the famous Norwegian
xnouutoin, has a hole extending entirely
through it from one side to the other.
According to a Norwegian legend this
same Mount ThorghatUm was once a hat
and belonged to one Thorg; hence the
name Thorghatten. It seems that in the
mythical ages a giunt and giantess foil
violently in love with each other. They
were foroud to part for a time, but
vowed that they would marry in the
neiir future. Boon after, however, the
fickle woman pledged her troth to an
other. Th'iB angered her giant lover to
a degree unknown to modem men of
smaller stuture. He was seventy miles
from her when the elfs brought tho
news; but, selecting a good arrow, he
shot it in her direction.
Now it happened that her brother,
Thorg, was standing in direct line of the
arrow's flight. It went through his hat
and skull, killing biu instantly, and fell I
harmless at the teet ot tho faithless
giantess. Sho had the power of turning
til objects into stone, nnd forthwith
willed that her brother's hat becoin- a
stone monument to the tragedy. The
cruel lover was turned to stone where
he snt astride his hnrse at Hestninndo.
and the gin: -: herself petrified at
Leeko. Tho two la'ter objects have dis
appeared, but Thoi ; ;'s hat (Thoi ;;liatt 11)
is still the object of many curious pil
grimages. St. Louis Republic.
A liny In lied.
We nre nnturnlly given to condemn
nnd despise the idea of remaining in bed
when our health is pood nnd all our vi
tal forces in fair working order. Apart
from the mutter of our nightly rest, we
rarely think of "a day in bed" either as
preservative of health or conducive to
longevity. Yet 1 am convinced there is
mnch to bo said in favor of "a day in
bed" now and then, its nn nid to health
in tho middln nged nnd as a measure
tending to prolong life in the old.
In bed the whole muscular system Is
nt ease nnd the wear nnd tear of the
body is reduced to a minimum. The
processes of getting rid of waste matters
nre in abeyance: there i.i less waste to
get rid of. and lungs, skin nnd kidneys
have 11 measure of comparalivo repose.
The nervous tiystem. iihovenll, is sooDied
nnd comforted by the "day in bed."
Anxieties nnd worries disappear after
the rest, und tho individual returns to
the workaday world refreshed and ren
ovated, physically and mentally, in a
degree such 11s the actions of no 111 ili
cines could hnve accomplished.
In a word, tho person who enjoys "a
dny in lied" is in the position of nn en
gine whose fires nre banked down and
whose energies nro recruiting fur tho re
newal of the work of tomorrow. Health
Bulletin
Cunt of IHUslHHlppI Rtrtimtioat.
Pictures of the packets scarcely show
how unlike our boats these nre. tho dif
ference lieing in the methods of work
manship. Each story is built merely of
sheathing, and in tho best boats the
doors and fanlights are hung on without
frames nrotiud them nil loose nnd thin,
as if they never encountered cold weather
or bud storms. All the boats that 1 saw
are as nearly alike in nil respects as if
one man had built them. 1 woHtold that
tho great tmoketa cost only (170.000 to
$100,000, so that tho mere c gino in a
first class Atlantic coast, river or sound
boat is seen to bo of moro vnluo than
one of these hugo pncketti, und a primo
reason for tho difference !n construction
suggests itself.
Uut 1 do not mean to criticise, for
these great, comfortable vessels servo
their piirjiose where ours could not lie
used at all. and nro altogether so useful
and appropriate us well its picturetnHio
und al tractive to nn eastern man that
there is not room in my mind for aught
than praise of them. Julian Ralph in
Harper's
Klectrlcally Guarded.
Many visitors to tho Metropolitan Mu
seum of Art wonder nt tho apparent ab
sence of guard against theft and think
how easy it would be to riflo almost any
of the cases of their valuable contents.
Each of theso cases is guarded, however,
by a small wire which counecte with tho
office und also with a large gong in the
basement. Each of the cases in the room,
which contains the Moses-Lazarus col
lection of porcelain, miniatures and other
valuable objects is connected with these
electrical wires, so that if any person
should attempt to force open a lid tho
signal would bo given nt once. Tho
urnno arrangement is mado for the safety
of most of tho other cases. New York
Herald.
Dividing tha Hwnii.
The prisoner was in the polico court
for stealing a jiocket book und a shyster
interviewed him.
"You want a lawyer to defend you, I
suppose?' he said insinuatingly.
"I'd as soon have one as not," replied
the prisoner, "if it doesn't cost too
mnch."
"Well, I'll only charge you ten dol
lars." "ThunUerationP exclaimed the pris
oner; "there was only eleven dollars in
the pocketbook, and you don't want
more than half of it, do you?' Detroit
Free Press.
Mil at Constitute a Writerf
The tpuestiou uow agitating tho Writ
ers' club is this. What constitutes a
writer? A certain lady recently demand
ei' admission to this club of literary
women on the strerth of having sent in
various things to Punch. Tlie venerablo
jokist had rejected her efforts, it is said,
but the civ'- officers were assured on the
writer's own authority thut her articles
were infinitely superior to tho tilings he
did print vory week. London Letter.
rattan Crowing lu Southern Kuula.
Cotton culture in South Kubsiu, which
was initiated some time ugo by the min
ister of iupsrini domains, is now giving
promising results. The earlier uttempts
failed through the ignorance of the cul
tivators, but since the Khersou school of
agriculture took the mutter up the prop
agation of American cotton seed has
proved entirely successful. Lrtndou
News.
I'Iiib Thread.
If your nerves were steady enough to
admit handling the silkworm's threads
and you were to take a curpentur's rule
and lay such threads side by side until
they covered the space of au inch, you
wenld find after completing the task
fiat you bud handled exuetly 1,009
lli reads. St. Louis Republic.
T1MCKWALK1NG.
A RAILROAD OCCUPATION THAT MUST
GROW TO BE TEDIOUS.
Bn tha III; Trunnpnrtntlnn Conipanlei
Kern Their Itnudhed In Repair l.nok
Ina fnr Ixinne Nate and I'rntrudlni
RplHM Along the Line.
The terrible accident thnt hnpienod tc
Peter Dtmgherty. the "trackwalker,"
gave to many renders n new word in the
vocabulary of "trades and occupations."
That there was Btich an occupation ni
trackwalking under the big cover of the
starry dome not one man in a thousand
ever imagined.
'A trackwalker, a trackwalker?' ex
claimed one citizen when asked the defi
nition of the term. "Why, yes: of course.
A trackwalker is n fellow who wnlki
the trucks. See? .lust as easy! Now
nsk me something real hard."
If pressed for u cl"ser explanation of
the long word's meaning, tho citi
zen proceeds to get facetious: "Oh,
watcher trying to ring in 1111 me now
A trackwalker is a tiackwalW. When
the carnivorous tramp is hunted from
His lair in one city he emigrates to an
other On the way thither, my friend,
he is a valuable specimen of (he genus
trackwalker. When tho manager of an
'L'ncle Tom's Cabin" troop folds up his
pocketbook and. like an Arab, silently
steals away, leaving sweet little Eva,
good old Uncle Tom nnd religious Miss
Ophelia to swear lit his memory for their
salaries, why. then they are very likely
to lieeonie trackwalkers. Then, again,
yon might call hucksters who drive their
wagons up and down the street enr
tracks track hawkers. Ho, he, he! See?"
Which all goes to show that the real
bona tide trackwalker is comparatively
an unknown cog in tho great machine of
the world. If that cog was suddenly
taken out of place and thrown away the
world would very soon discover its loss.
From tho crashing of wrecked trains
would eomo the death rattlo of the dying;
from the ruddy glare of burning cars
would come tho shrieks of tortured
wretches pinned beneath heavy timbers,
and the one cry sounded from end to end
of the land would be. "The trnckwnlker
deserted his trust." Kido along any road
for five or ten miles and you will over
take him. plodding along beside the
track Ue Is not dressed in the latest
rata way diagonal, and his trousers, if
noticed, ling at the knees. He only gets
i' l.iO a day hero in the west, und in some
eastern districts still less. He curries a
wrench nnd u hammer, and now and
then stops to tighten it bolt in a rail or
drive a spike into a tie. He trumps along
thus for twelve hours out of the twenty
four, and at the end of the day "can
sleep without rocking."
A reporter found Duugherty yesterday
in one of the pleasant wards of St. Mary's
infirmary. Bending over him, with her
sweet face full of symputhy, was ono of
the sisters of the order. "He's doing
very nicely." she softly said, "but must
not be excited."
'Yon see, It's my shoulder there now,"
exclaimed Duughterty, raising his left
arm nnd dropping it to the sheet again
with a shudder of pain. "It seems as
though it was under a trip hammer nnd
the hammer was pounding for all it was
worth. Still it isn't ns bad now as it
was. Good gracious, but that old engino
did hit me a clip!"
"How did it happen?'
"AH fired sudden. 1 was walking
along between the tracks, peaceable as
yon pleaso. when down rolls a train on
the left hand. Being afraid that the
steum or something would hit me I
stepped into the right hand track.
Whack! UifT! Yonrs truly got it in the
neck suro as yon live. An engine was
flying down the right hand tracks, you
see, und I merely tried to stop it by putr
ting my 'slioulder to tho wheel.' I don't
remember what happened then. The
lights went out. When 1 arrived in
sight of myself ugain I was here.
"My woik is from Curr street to the
other end of the bridge in Madison. I'm
not complaining of the wulk at all, un
derstand. They always treated me white
us long as I've been working for 'em.
which is only a couple of mouths. I'm
just a little sorry that the company is
soon a new one. They haven't got uny
hospital of their own yet. you know.
That's why I'm hero. Of courso I'm be
ing treated splendidly here just as if I
was at home but. you see, I don't know
exuetly who's going to pay these good
sisters for taking care of me. I'd hate
to Bee 'em do all their work for noth
ing" Duugherty gazed reverently at thecru
cifix Imaging 011 the opposite wall before
answering. "Speuking of the work, it's
all right. get $1.60 a day, just the same
us the other laborers on the road, and it
isn't as hard us digging. All you've got
to do is to be sure und go over your sec
tion as many times as you're ordered,
und see that the rails are in propor shape.
If yon find a loose bolt you take your
Muellers and tighten it. If you find a
spike poking its head into the air, give it
11 clip with your hammer. That's all
there is to the business. If you should
Happen to find something out of whuck
sud cun't fix it yourself, why, you go for
help; that's all. You see, I know just
enough ubout trackwalking to do my
work well. I have never had any of the
adventures thut some of the men have. If
you want to hear some funny stories you
ought to go down to Twelfth and Gra
tiot streets.
"Some of those fellows have been walk
ing the tracks all over the country for
fears. Some of 'em know everv souaro
Incn or rim hetween here unit new Vnrir !
I'll bet. and can tell you with their eyes
shut where they are if set down on any
one of the roads between this town nnd
Chicago. A fellow gets to know the
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I "eiKiiim nit-wen uu every nine ue wuiKS
over, hiki iroui tiny to any learns to picK
out which bolts are going to l looso nnd
which spikes will poke their flat bends
above the flanges of tho rails. It's like
anything else: if you stay with it you'll
leurn it ns you do your friends' fawn,
Btnl it becomes a sort of instinct." Pfc
Lo"i Ulobe-Domocrat.
Learned Men Dlingree.
That even honest doctors may some
times disagree is nn evident fuct. and in
Uteruturo as in medicine there are two
sides to a shield. When Professor E. II.
Pulmer was teaching oriental languages
at Cnmbridgo nniversity. Knglund, he
received a flote. badly written and in
correctly spelled, asking if he could
"read the inclosed document."
The document proved to be n paper
Written in Persian, und presented no
difficulty whatever to the professor, who
ent it back, saying that it was 11 war
rant or ticket for certain goods, setttn
forth in tho name of Allah the quanti
ty, quality and make of the stulT.
A day or two afterward another letter
camo from tho same correspondent. It
contained n ten pouml note nnd tlte
words:
Iikaii Hut-lliKiniy for old Caiulirnliri'! Till
wan what thu Oxford cliup said it was.
"This" proved to be a copy of tho "Ox
ford chap's" translation.
"This very curious and most ietTest
ing document," he wrote, "appears to be
u copy of nn nncient Persian inscripti in,
probnbly taken from a tomb or n trium
phal column. It is, however, very in
complete. It rends us follows: 'In the
linme of God. This was erected by
nnmo uncertain in the year uncertain.
It is ono thousand four hundred and
poventy-five long and seven hundred
nnd thirty broad, nnd if Here the
manuscript nbrnptly ends." Youth's
Companion.
Tim Jewel of a Snlnt,
The idea .of sanctity usually carries
with it a suggestion of poverty, and it
may seem a contradiction to refer to the
jewels of a saint. It has been customary
for painters who choose for their sul
jects saints or mart v ; . tu treat them
with the utino-.i, Hiiiii:'r '. In a ma
jority of cases tin y ni ' i .epieted as do
Void of ornament or dei oration, nnd in
tho fow exceptional instances, ns when
the subject of the picture is a ruler or
king, tho gems aro few and purely sym
bolic, being sufficient only to denote the
rank of the individual portrayed.
Raphael, who was iierhtip tho great
est painter of religious subjects tho world
has known, has in most of his works ad
hered strictly to this rule, but in the
head of "St. Cecilia" is to be noticed a de
parture from it. A row of pearls, to which
nre attached three pendunts, ornaments
her gown ut tho neck, nnd this is her
only jewelry. Tho hnir is simply nr
ronged und without a jowel of any kind.
The singlo row of gems, themselves the
emblems of chastity, emphasizes the ex
quisite simplicity of t'. e faco. Jewelers'
Weekly.
An I'npurdounblo OfTeniie.
A young woman condemns herself in
tho eyes of good society who is observed
to enter olono with a young man a place
for public refreshment, bo tho restaurant
or teuroom over so select. Bred under
other conditions of a society so neces
sarily varying as thnt in our broad
America, a stranger visiting Now York,
for instance, might readily nnd inno
cently mako a miutako of this nature,
und blush at finding herself condemned
for it. In tho same category of offenses
is ranked that of maidens visiting places
of public amusement under the escort of
young men alouo.
Many parts of tho south and west al
low this to bo done with tho smiling con
sent of good society, but in eastern cities
it is considered a violation of the code of
good form, and for tho comfort, if not
the convenience, of tho girl considering
it, had better bo ranked among tho lost
privileges upon which social evolution
may look back with fond regrot. Mrs.
Burton Harrison in Ladies' Home Jour
nal. Mr. Cmenon Knew What He Wauted.
"Those who know Mr. Emerson best,"
said Miss Louisa M. Alcott, "were as
sured that what seemed the decline of
his faculties in his latter years was
largely but a seeming.' It was only words
he could not command at will. His very
forgetfulness of the names of things
would often give occasion for a flash of
his quaint, shrewd wit. I remember
once he started for his usual walk, when
a light shower came np, and he returned
for his umbrella.
"Ho could not remember the word um
brella, and we, who had not noticed the
shower, had no clew to what he was
searching for. Another walking stick
was brought him, another hat, a fresh
'kerchief, only to be refused with that
porploxod shake of the head. 'I wont,'
suid ho ut last 'L want that thing
that your friends alwuys--borrow and
never bring back!' Could any one fail
to recognize that description?' Boston
Transcript.
Women May Ue Manon.
A woli known Freemason tolls me that
women may become members of that
ordor. This is news to me, and will be to
most women, if I am not mistaken. After
a lengthy search I have also ascertained
that woineu muy be Odd Fellows too.
Probably they will not wish to, for to be
"odd" is to be talked about nowadaya.
New York Advertiser.
Trnuhle nf tho I'rlnr nf Wale.
The salary and emoluments of tho
Prince of Wales, supposed to bo about
t '.'00,000, would probably bo enough for
his private needs were he not put to so
largo an expense in performing royal nnd
sneinl obligations which should be nn
dftlnken by his roynl mother. Nw
York Press.
Dlckenn' Debt I'rlunn.
How little to take only ono cars of
the scenery of "Pickwick" remains; how,
indeed, the whole of the London of that
particular timo hns been improved off
the fane of tho enrth, a very cursory con
siderution of the topography of the book
will amply show.
The abolition of imprisonment lor
debt, except by the side wind of ct.m
mittnl for contempt of court, long ago
swept away the sponging houses and
debtors' prisons which occupy so large ft
space in English fiction from the timo of
Fielding and Smollett down to quite re
cent years.
The Fleet, its inhabitants and the
squalid lives they led under Mr. liokes
and his comrades nre only known to the
renders of todny by tho descriptions In
"Pickwick" nnd "Pendennls," und lew
peoplo who tiowndays puss down Far
ringdon street have any Idea that the
ramshackle old prison stood very rvf arly
on the site of the Congregational Me
morial hall as Into ns 18(51, having sur
vived its disestablishment as a debtors'
jail nearly twenty years. English Illus
trated Magazine.
Some rninlllnr Qnntntlnns.
"Alliteration's artful nid" was spoken
of by the little rend poet, Chnrchill.
"Pursues tho even tenor of his way" wns
tho phrase of n bishop of London in tho
last century, Dr. Porteous. "The pink
of perfection" was originated by Oliver
Goldsmith; so were "Mensures, not men,"
and "Man wants but littlo hero below,
nor wants that littlo long." Orny. the
author of the "Elegy." is responsible for
many popular phrases, among them
"Full many tt get of purest ray serene."
"To waste its sweetness on tho desert
air," "This pleasing, anxious being,"
"The paths of glory lead but to the
grave" and "Where ignorance is bliss
'tis folly to be wise." I)r. Johnson gave
ns "To point a moral and ndorn a tale"
and "Who lives to plenso must please to
live." Ho also said, "Who drives fat
oxen should himself be fat." in which
there is moro sound than sense. London
Tit-Bits.
F-r That Coma High.
Fow people realize that there are other
eggs besides those of hens which have
enormous commercial value. In Eng
land so called "plovers' eggs," which are
really those of lapwings, nre sent to the
city markets from the rural districts by
hundreds of thousands. Thoy nro es
teemed a great delicacy and fetch a very
high price, the use of them being for
thot reason confined almost exclusively
to the aristocracy and other luxurious
persons.
Being only about the size of pigeons'
eggs, a good many of thorn nre required
to make a dish. Men make a business
of gathering them from the nests in
marshes and wet field?. Boston Tran
script. I'ecullurltle of a Coal Mine.
A coal mine near Manchester lies at
tho great depth of about 1,000 yards, and
the boring presents tho curious phenom
enon of passing down from one seam of
coal to another one 400 yards geological
ly higher. This is due to a reversed
fault, by which the seams nre thrown
into this remarkable relative position,
At tho bottom of the mine the tem
perature i" 84 degs. Fahr., which is un
expectedly low, and tho barometer
stands three inches higher than at the
surface. New York Telegram.
The OuUlde of Lemuiic
Not many people stop to think about
it, but the outside of a lemon is anything
but clean. If you will look at it you
will see some tiny spots liko scales all
over it. Theso are the eggs of an insect,
and if the lemon is not washed thoy are
likely to become an ingredient in what
ever dish the lemon is used for. Chica
go Herald.
What Be A iked Fur.
"Say, mister," said Weary WUJdng,
"gimme a quarter, will yer?"
"Certainly," said Barber, handing him
a dime.
"This ain't a quarter," said WUldns.
"Yes, it is," said Barber. "It's a quar
ter of forty cents." Harper's Bazar.
Englishmen always eat dinner before
thoy go out to dinner, according to a
humorist, because thoy know the riska
they are running, but nobody ever warns
the stronger, und m he wulks placidly
Into the trap.
Scientists have discovered, it is said,
that the memory is stronger in summer
than in winter. Too much food, too
much physical exercise und too much ed
ucation are umong tho wont foes of the
memory.
The beautiful Cleouice supplants all
brunette rivaU in the heart of her royal
lover, and to do so she hud only to veil
her pearly tears by the shining gold of
her hair.
The French photographer, M, Aluiey.
has succeeded iu photogra piling a dragon
fly on the wing. The time of exposure
was only 1-3, 500th of a second.
There aro little and grout sooundrelo.
Tho last are worshiped by tho ladies;
the others are run in by tho police. Exchange.