VOU'MK 1. UKYXOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY .JANUARY 25, Um. NIJMI5KI. 37 tlititrrtt (Mntc Citltlr. 15 llrWI.o. Kilt IIKSTKU & 1'ITTS- IU"li(!ll KAIIAVAY. Tin- lioi I llni' hetwccti 1'u I lul-., lililuHtiy, Itrnilforil. Mnhiiiiti'H'i. HtitTiil", tlm-hi'sler. Nltmira I'lilis nml tsiitils In lite upper nil ICsilill. (Hi ii ltd after Nov. Illlh. I!IJ. iinsscii Her li nlns w III arihciinil demit from falls Cii-ck station, daily, ev-cpi Sunday, ns fol low: 7ill A. 11. Iltntlfonl Aivoniinodntlon I'll!' points .North ln-twcen 1'ulls I reek nml llinilr.iiil. Till a. in. in i ill llnlli f"i i'lliixsiitnwnev. IIMIAA.M.- Iiiiniilniinil tCiM'lii-t'r mull I'm' llro-l:u nv Hie. I f'l 'Any, .Inliiison In i rir.Ml. .lewett. lit it 1 1 f t il . Siiliiitinni-ll. Ilnnii In tniil llis-lit-sirr: ffiniifi'iliiif tit .lohnsotiiiiiiu lih I. A K. Main :. (or Wlhiix, K ii in , Wurii'ii. rm tv nml r'ric. 10:. A. M.-Ai'i iHiiiiiiiiliiiliiii - I'lif Hullols, S ki'i, lllit Kim mill I'linssiit nancy. I 'ill 'P. M.- Ilniilfniil Aeeoniinothitlon-ror Hccfhtrcc, lll'iH'kwiiyvllliv Klltnollt, I'lll- iiinii. Itliltfwny, .lohtisottliiitit, Mt. .Icwetl nml Itrtiilfonl. 4:(ill P. M.- Mull- I'nr littllol. Sykcs, lllit Kun, I'uiiisuniwncy mill Will-ton. TiSft P.M. A iiiimodniloii- l or Hiillols.lllu Kim iiikI I'liunsa'aw ncy. Train Arrive-;:m . M.. Acconiinoditiloii I'uiiYsiitftu-ucy: lutirt A.M. .Mull from Hiil ston nml Piiii-iiiriwiii-y: iur.Vi A. .M., .e eottiitiisliitlou from Hniilfiiiil: l:'M P. 11., Aecoimnoilal Ion from I'liiixstitnwnev: l:.vi P. M.. Mull from llnlliiln nml Ui-hctcr: T:.v P. M., Aecoiiiiuoihitioti from llriiitfotd. TIi.iii-.hihI inlli- ti.-kcts in in iit- per mile, uood for p:e iti:c lictNccn nil stations. .1. II. Mi Im viu:. Au'"iil. lulls clock, Pn. .'. II. Haiihutt K. r. I.xokv. (il'llfllll Hunt, licit. I'll-. Alfcllt llliiilfoid. Pn. UiM-ln -ti i . N. V. t i.i .:; hkny vaf.lky k.ii,w.vy COMPANY onmim iioing Siiinhiv TK'i-. I". I.nv initio Division, i: tv 1 1 1. id il Hunk f.llWnHlllUIII .... Ni'iv ll.-llili li.'lil nk I; 1. 1.- Mayll!e Miintnervllle . . . llrookvlllc Hell Fuller Hcynoldsvllle.. I'nni-oast Full Crook I III Hois !llllllll H Intel lim n I 'oilfield Tyler (lien I'lshor Itcllczctto (Irani IH'KiwimmI uTt-ruiN. : Xn.2 1 Nn.ii :Nii.iiii iki i hi M.iP. H. II'. Kl II .'111 M. P. M DllflWlHHl I runt HelH-retle Ulen l'llu r Tyler Pilltlelil Wliitertiiirn S11I111I11 DiiHiiIm Fiillnrreek Plllh'illlst HeynolilKVllle.. Fuller Hell ttrixikvll.e "utlil vllle.... Mnvsvllle OllkHlilue Mew Ill-till, hem I.iiWHoiilini Ued Hunk 7 in 7 I"' ; :i4' 7 4H V .14 Ji! II 11.1 11 ii ii :i7l 7 ml m. 7 401 7 .171 k mil in h :is H .17! II (II. 11 l.V tl 471 1" ti im N mil H Til 1 iki 1 , I :u I 42 1 fW' 2 in 2 '.n 2 2 ; :i ml .1 1.1 :i 4; t 01, .1 411 .1 :in :i2 K 4l' N 4N tl 11.1, tl IT, (I 2.l! II 44 111 IM ll I" 2.1 1 1. M . M. I. M. A P. M. TmliiHiliilly exei'iit Siiniluy. DAVID Mif.MWO, liKN'i.. Si pt.. PIMhIiiiiv. I'll. JAS. P. AXDKItfUN. (;r.x'i.. Pk. Aiit.. PlitHliurir, Pa PENNSYLVANIA HAILTJOAO. IN F.FFKCT DKI KMHKH 1. IH.'. Plilliiilellililii Kile Hiillnmil hlvl-lim I'lnie Tnlile. TruliiH leave DiKiwikmI. KASTW Mill 9:04 A M Train H. dally ev.-epl Hiindny for Hiinliury, llarrlnliuiir mid liiteriuedlnte ttu tlniiK, nrrl liar at I'lilhidelplilii it:.ni p. u., New York. ::i.1 P. M. ; Hull Imiili', 11:4.1 p. M.; WuMlilimtnn, h:l;1 1. m. Piillniim I'm-lor ear from WlllinniHirt and KiHseuer eoa.-lies from Ktmo to Phlltidelplilii. S::w P. M. Train . dully exeent Sunday for HuitIkIiiii-u mid Intel tnedliitn Hiatloii, ur rlvliiK lit Plilludlililu 4:2.1 A. M.t New Vol k, 7:111 A. M. Thmuitli eoueli from Itiilloi to 1VlllianiKHirt. I'ulltumi Sleepiuu ears from llurrixlairK to l'lilliideliiltln mid New Yul k. I'lilludeliililu iiUMKenuerH run ri'iiuilti hi sleeper lllldlhtui'lied until 7:10 A. M. I'::i1 P. M. Train 4, dally for Hiinliurv. llnrrN. Iiurir nml Inlorniedluto Htailons, urrlvluii at I'lilladeliilila, H:."n A. M.; New York, H::m A. Ml Baltimore, il:2li A.M.: Wu-IiIiikIiui, 7::m A.M. Piilliumi ears mid pussi'iiuer eouelies f linn Krle and Wllllumsii t to Plilludelplila. PiiHHetiitorH In sleeper for Htiltitnore mid W'HMliliiKton will lie transferred Into Wu-li-liiKlon Hliviivr at lliii-rlsliui it. WKSTM Altll. 7:: A. M. Train I, dully eveept Sunday for ItlilL'way. DiiHols, I li rmi.nl and luter niedltite statluiiN. Leaves Kidirwuy at :i:nu P. M. for Erie. U:.VIA. M.-Traln 3, daily for F.rie anil Inter mediate imiIhIm. :27 P. M.--Trulii II, dully exeept f unday for Khiio and Intermediate stations. TIIKIH'I.H THAINS Foil li!IFTV(KII) FUOM T11K EAST AM) Sdl TII. TUA1N II leuvt-N Phlliidelplilu H:.m a. m.; WiiKliliiKton, 7.MI a. M. i llaltlniore, k:4.1 A. H. WllkeHlmi ie, 10:1.1 a. M. daily exeept Sun day, iirrlviiut at Driftwood at 11:27 p. M. Willi Piillnmii Parlor ear from Philadelphia, to WIlllniiiKport. THAlNiHeiiveuNewVorkat H p. in.: Plillu delphiu, 11:2(1 p. m.: M ushlimton, 10.41) a. m.t Itiiltimora, 11:40 p. m.t dully arriving at Driftwood at ttnV) . m. Pulliuuii sleeping ears from Phlliidvlphla to Erie mid from WiwhliiKton and lultlniore to Wllliumsiort and IhiYmifh puswiiKer eoaeheii fi-oin Phila delphia to Erie and llaltlniore to W llllamt- xrt and to DulloU. tAIN 1 leaves Uenuvo lit 6:3S n. m dally exeept Sunday, arrlvliiK ut Driftwood 7: HI n m . JOHNSONBURG RAILItOAD. (Daily except Sunday.) TUAIN lb leaves Kldiiwiiy at H:4u'a. m.: Jolin Miiihurn ut :M a. ni arrlvliiK at IMerinont ut 10:45 a. m. TKAIN 20 leaven Clermont ut 10:M u, m. ur rlvinK ut .lolniHiMiliurK ut 11:40 tl. m. and Hldiiway ut 11:A& a. in. JIDUWAV & CLEARFIELD R. R, DAILY EYCEIT SUNDAY. HOUTHWAHI). NOHTIIWAUI). P.M A.M. STATIONS. A.M. P.M. 12 10 W40 KldKwuy I .'Vi 12 1 4" . Island Hun 120 IK 22 UM Allll Haven 1 10 12111 10(r t'royland MM 12 ilH 10 10 Hhorls Mills 12 Ml 154IS 10 Hi . HlueKoek 12 04 12 44 1017 Vineyard Hull 12.12 12 40 20 20 Currier 12 50 100 in;i2 Hrnekwuyvlllo 12 : 1 10 10 42 MeMlun Hiinimlt 12 111 114 104M lliirveys Hun 12 2H I2U J0 5A Fulls Oreek 12 20 14.1 1105 llullula 12 Ou 7 00 ti.M tl 44) 011.1 inm D25 (1211 0 21 0n 57 5 52 A 45 5 JO THA1NH LEAVE KIDGWAY. EtiHtwurd. Westward. Train H, 7:17a. m. Train II, 11:114 a, Train a, 1 :45 p. m. Train 1, i:U) p, Tralu4, 7:55 p. in. Traill 11, 8:25 p. C'llAH. E. HUGH, Uou. flauavor. . It. WHI, uen. runs, ai l .Nii.I.:Nii.."i.Sii.!'. ml i Im (. M.'l. W.i.1. M. I'. M . 1 1. l ! In 4 4 ' , I in I i; I 1 il :nl .1 i; .1 I.-.! I il :is .1 -jv .1 11 j.i .1 m. ! Hi a .vr s .vi , I l i'. il i:t in 12 :il 'I Ml it in I J : 'till! it !! I im; II nit il 4V I IK II Il .Vi I w 7 ml 7 m in .vi I :m I :r 7 m 7 I" II hi I 4.1 1 r 7 4 7 2:1 I ij 7 :i- I 2 in H (l 7 41 2 i:. H 111 7 .11 1 i" '!'! M III 1 2 4'.' N 441 llll i M i .vi b :inl ;i -in 2:11 ti ii ! 'l. M.L. M. A. M. r. M. WHEN BETSINDA HCUD THE ROSE. When lli'tKlllihl held the rne Anil the rtuu ih-eked (llKliirs HiiKer, Thuekerny, 'Iw ns spiirl In llnirer Willi thy wl.:e, viy lirttrtrd priwe. Ilnokn were merry, i;iMdui' knows, When Hetslnda held the ruse. Who hut fiHwy driulKlliti;sdnx While Huh (lllpln timsts thy wltchen. While the Khnst wa lays thy bruechr, Intfnlilslo'i. Sllrh ta!e! us I hosn F.xorelfed ear ss iU woes When l(cllmlil held the ruse. Itenltsm, lltott sperlmts pn!'! Ilniy It Isirrssl we met this-; lint, passed hy. we'll si-arre rr-itn't the, For we love the lliilit that iilown Where (Jtirrn Fnney'ii puaptint rowi And Hetslnda holds the rose. Rhnll we dure It? Then let's elnse Hi sirs tmilulu on Hi I lies Ktntlstlo, Herk th heart Ii In eirele mystie. Till the cnnjiired lire llitht showt W'herw youth's htihhllna: fniintnln flows And Hetslnda holds the rose. -Owen Winter. A Novel lllvlllK Hell. ArcliibiiM rrico, mo of tlio jilonoor settler of KntiHivliit vnlley. West Vir glnin, wnn ninkdifr ttinplo uttKnr in n grovo iicroM tlio rivrr from his lnuiso, wlien lie fiinijlit si(;lit of tlirpo Iiiiliims pkulkin in the vicinity. "The Varmints!-' ho miiil to liiniself. "So thry niPiiti to iioiim'p im me wbou I'vo two jiniln o' t.:ii nliiiiiril." Ho was just stnrtinu; fur mnne of tlio more distant trees. Of course lie dintiKril his imriidse on the instant, but lio wiis quick wilted rnotmli to iive no nijrii of tlio fact, nnil for n few inonirnts luisinl himself about the boiling lnce. whistling merrily. If he net olt across the river in bis canoe, tlio Indians would pursue and pboot lilm. He hail a brother who was a nea diver. From him ho had learned soiiietb'tiu; fibont diving bells, nml ho now took n midden resolve to make his kettlo ierro him in that capacity. He emptied It. btit in mtch it way that nn observer at a little distance would have supposed ho was filling it from a tub standing near. As soon ns it was emptied he liftod it quickly, and hurried down the river bank, whore ho raised it, in an inverted position, over his head, the rim resting on Ids shoulders, and walked into the water. Tho bank was steep, and the water was soon np to his shoulders. Keeping a firm hold of the kettle, he proceeded. The water got deejier and deeper until it was several feet over tho top of tho kettle, The improvised diving bell answered its purposo excellently, supplying nir for him to breathe until he emerged on tho home side of tho river. So Mr. l'rico saved himself and his iron kettlo from falling into tho hands of the savages. Youth's Companion. The It' and Fall of Farallln. A fnmi), liko n race or a nation, does indeed bud, flower and run to seed, and tho seed must bo transplanted to new soil in order to bud and flower again. Now a part of the foolish ancestorship of the past resulted in tho rreation of aristocracies built on tho foundation of on illustrious ancestor. Wo are got ting wiHor nnd better. Wo oro putting our aristocracies closer to the primal source. Wo aro learning no longer to respect n man becanse his ancestor was better than himself, but because ho him self is nn ancestor. The farce of royalty is played out; the farce of rank nnd casto is in a moribund condition. All men will soon learn to laugh at tho claims of long descent. Many men laugh nt them now. And this in itself is an immense step in advance. Snobbery, vulgarity, pretension these hideous traits will soou be of tho pant. Our grandchildren, freed from tho ab surd ideas, the absurd restrictions of semisavago inception, will bo larger, ntoro generous, more tolerant better, in short, than ourselves. Fresh and vigor ous blood will intermix with tho worn out descendants of great men, nnd iu due time greater men from tho stock will bo born to tho future. Every suc ceeding ago sees tho abandonment of somo superstition which has checked tho progress and development of the race in the past. William S. Walsh in New York World. Xiiwi About London Duila. I wish to announce for the benefit sole ly of the youth who desires to be English, that the turning up of the trousers at the feet is quite the thing and indicative of "squally" weather in London; that it is also quite the thing to be very slow, painfully slow, in speech, and that to be tray interest in anything or anybody is a Bcrions fault in the makeup. The advice to preserve on all occasions a fixed and tony gaze is trite and altogether un necessary. I am quite well assured that the man who writes a book on how to be English, if he goes to his grave un wept, unhonored and unsung, will at least have made enough out of the work to defray the expenses of his burial. But I want to siy that the thing above all others is to have a small appetite, par ticularly at luncheon. In the near neighborhood of the city hall is a "holo in the wall," where many of our most successful lawyers take their midday bite in some cases a most sub stantial bite. There was quite a gather ing in this resort the other day at noon, whon the very latest in London makeup arrived. Leisurely walking to the bar the "Londoner" drawled, "Waiter, give me a bit, just a bit, of toast and a glass of milk." In the silence that ensued up on this light demand, it is relutod that the waiter, in tho excitement of the mo ment, buttered the toast and neglected to put waiter in the milk. Washington Now. THE FLV EATING PLANT. A I'tirluun Operation of a YrR-rtittitii l! votirtiiif Anliunl I. He. Ono species of tlio droncahas its leaves rounded, while tlio other has them elon gated, but both alike have them reddish in color and covered with short hairs or filaments. At tho end of each of these hairs there is an enlarged gland which secretes a tiny drop of what npH?ars to be harmless dew. Harmless, however, tho liquid is not. for to most insis-ts, espe cially small flies, tho tl rosea is n most insidiously baited trap. Tho liquid is in reality a sweet, sticky substance, and if the very smallest fly docs but touch it ever so lightly it sticks there and dies. The manner in which the plant after ward actually digests tlio bodies of the flies it entraps is interesting in tho ex treme. Within a short time of tho capture of a fly so excessively sensitive are the glands all the filaments growing around the one which has made the capture com mence to bend inward, covering the luckless insu't until it is securely within the grasp of the relentless plant. Each gland then pours out upon the body a digestive liquid, not altogether unlike the gastric jnico of nnimnls, and In the course of a day or two tho fly is com pletely digested, do tmtritivo purls have been wholly absorbed by the plant and tho filaments have bent back to their original position, ready to make another capture upon tho ilrst opportunity. If, however, tlio substance caught by the leaf is of an indigestible nature, such ns a grain of sand or a piece of stick blown by the winds on to the glands, the leaf docs not remain closed moro than n few hours. Tho numlier of insects thus caught must be very great. The plants themselves nre very abun dant in most upland bogs. Each plant has five or six leaves, nnd ns many as thirteen dead flies have been found on a single leaf. Curiously enough, Darwin, whoso re searches into tho subject wero of a most exhaustivoand interesting nature, found that tho leaves on his plants wero killed when ho gave them n surfeit of cheese nnd raw meat. The excessively sensi tive uaturo of tho glands almost sur passes conception. Darwin found tint the absorption of only the l-20,000,0(Hith part of a grain of phosphate of ammo nia or thereabout was tmflicicnt to cause tho filament bearing tho gland to bend toward the center of tho leaf. Good Words. Good Ailvlio on tho riuhject of Huts. Somo one Iris said that not ono man in a dozen knows how to wenrn tires i coat, and it is quite ns truo that n largo num ber of individuals do not linvo any idea how to wetir n hat. Ono man can wear his hat at tho buck of his head and look well dressed, whilo another hnving his lint in that position would look as though he wero recovering from a protracted round of dissipation. It is just tho same with tho other positions, on tho top of tho head, on cither sido or druwn over tho forehead. It is knowing how to wear a hat which makes it look well, und the knowlodgo often enables tho poor man to look moro dressy in n cheap hat than his richer neighbor in n much more cost ly one. Tho time tho knowlodgo is a saving ono is when buying n hat. A good sales man will take euro tlmt a customer gets a hat that will fit him when worn in te position which is most becoming to that individual, but unless this is taken care of by either purchaser or dalesman there will be littlo satisfaction from tho pur chase and tho hat will probably blc ,v off at tho smallest provocation. A I' .t that fits and is worn right seldom blows off, no matter how high tho wind may bo. St. Louis Qlobo-Dcmocrat. Living In Cliauilivra. Within Into years n new stylo of house keeping has como in. It is a step fur ther than tho "flat." Besides it is much more swell to livo in "chambers" than to livo in a flat. It is just the thing for young married people. They take a suite of two or three rooms and bath. There is no kitchen. They furnish the rooms to please themselves, and have of course their own latchkey, just as if it were a flat. The house bos an office down stairs a good deal like a hotel. Here mail, etc., is received. A reception room is provided down stairs, where guests wait while their cards are brought to you. The Buites are all supplied with bells. A ring brings a boy, as at a hotel. Yon can get ice water or stationery as at a hotel. Yon can have them "ring a mes senger" or send a telegram. A cafe down stairs supplies meals as you want them. The house supplies chambermaid service if yon want it. A more complote way of living who could conceive? Wash ington Post. A Gift to Gladstone. There has been forwarded to Mr. Glad stone from Barmouth an album mounted in gold plate in commemoration of his visit to tinowdon and Barmontu. En graved upon tho lurgo gold plate is a shield bearing the arms of Merioneth and the Welsh loek, und around the edge of the plate are the words, "Mudo of Welsh gold from Clogau mines, Bar mouth, North Wales." New York Press. Voloa t rhllonophsr. The man, be he editor or reader, who imagines that tho public feels the faintest degree of interest iu his envies, jealous ies, complaints, grumblings or quarrel ings is an Idiot. Pascagonla (Mist.) Magnet, A Christmas Killing-. A young mnrried iiiiin living on n fashionable street who wanted to ttir.ko himself of somo use in domestic affairs bought a live turkey for the family Christmas dinner nnd undertook to chop off its head. As tho weather was cold, instead of killing tho turkey out of door he took it into the kitchen and with block nnd hatchet heroically decapitated It. The whole household had lieen sum moned to witness his skill ns nn execu tioner. No sooner was its head off than the decapitated turkey gave chase to members of the family. Out of the kitchen into the dining room, and up on the table, nnd Into tho sitting room, nnd into the parlor, and onto the furniture and against the cur tains, nnd out into tho hall, where, in nn exhausting effort to climb the front stnirs, it yielded to the inevitable, turned over on its back, gave a few last protest ing kicks, and died. But there wasn't a. drop of blood left In thnt bird's tiody. It had bled copiously, nnd had literally pninted the lower part of tho house and a good portion of the furniture and the carpets and the curtains and the wall paiier a genuine turkey red. That young married man has a long life before him nnd a lovnblo wife to share it with him but she has now this terror hanging over him: "Jolin," sho said, "if ever you again do such n thing ns to cut off the head of a live turkey in the house I'll I'll look for a moro sensible man when I marry Bgain." Saratoga Cor. New York Sun A Kin Collection of Itntlernies. The California Academy of Sciences contains ono of the finest collections of butterflies and moths in the world cer tninly the finest on the Pacific coast This collection was made by Dr. II. 11. Behr, who began the work in 1814 and who has lieen steadily adding to It ever since, yuite recently Dr. Hehr presented to the academy, which means the people of California, the accumulated riches re sulting from his labors of nearly half a century. Previous to 1844, Dr. Behr made an other collection which be presented to the Duke of baxony-Anhult. It is now in the museum at Kothen, Saxony. The oldest butterfly in Dr. Behr's later col lection was caught in Bntavia in 1844. Since this date the enthusiastic scientist has pursued his researches in Euro(. the East Indian Hrchielago. Manila, the Stinila islands, the Caie of Good Hope, the Isthmus of Panama, Brazil Mexico, Australia and tho United States. By exchanging with other collectors he lias obtained specimens from all parts of tho known world. Some of the finest and rarest are from the Amoor river. The collection includes nearly 20.0UU specimens, of which ubout tt.000 aro still unclassified. The number of determined species is 4.001. Of theso 1.200 aro Cali fornian. San Francisco Chronicle. A Mew t'ostofllre KiirlmenL Lot no man say that St. Martin's le Grand has not taken enterprise to its bosom. Thnt much criticised depart ment has just begun to experiment with a sort of automatic postofiiue, und tho front of tho Royal exchango has been se lected as a likely place for it. It is a further extension of the great principle of the penny in the slot. You drop in your penny, and in return you got an en velope and a correspondence card. At the game time a bell is automatically rung in the nearest postofllce. You write your urgent message on the card, put it into tho envelope with tho fee, at tho rate of threepence a milo, and drop the communication into the letter box. A messenger arrives in a few min utes and takes tho letter to its destina tion by omnibus, railway or cab. This is a capitul idea, likely to be especially useful in so busy u locality as the Royal exchungo. But if it succeeds there, it ought to bo, und no doubt will be, ex tended to other places in London. St. James Gazette. The World's Fair In Kiujlaud. A foretaste of the Chicago exhibition was given this week by Mr. Dredge, at the Society of Arts, when thisgontloman gave a lecture, to the accompaniment of tho magio lantern, on the exhibition as it is and will be. So many romancing talcs of tho greatness of tho show have been exported from America that a feeling of doubt as to whore fact left off and fancy began has been in many minds. Mr Dredge's lecture and Mr. Dredge's magio lantern slides, however, put it beyond a doubt that tho show will be almost as big as it is painted. The buildings them selves appear to be even more substan tial than all accounts have made them, and there is no doubt that the exhibi tion will really be "the greatest show on earth." London Court Journal. Sunday Opening of the Fair. "How do you stand on the question of opening the World's fair on Sunday?" said Representative Bntler, of Iowa, to Representative Crain, of Texas, on the floor of the house yesterday. "I am in favor of it, so as to allow the workingmen an opportunity to see the exposition," was Mr. Cruiu's reply. "Well," said Mr. Butler, "I have been making a canvass of the house on the subject and you are the S?0tb man 1 have asked. So far the vote stands 8 majority for Sunday opening." Wash ington Post Maiua's Winter lone Ulrds. Now that the mud digger has left Bock cove the gulls are left in peace, and they have groat times there at low tide feed ing off the flats. There were thirty or more crows assisting the gulls yesterday, and all together made the air full of weet niusio. Eastern Argus. Forrtit t'lnntlno;. In the coal regions of Pennsylvania hearty every piece of available timlier has been cnt away to form props for tho archways and fur various other uses in connection with coal mining. Nearly every stick nnd every piece of plank ttsed in these regions now nil have to lie brought from a distance. Tho Girard estate has endeavored to solvo the pro blem by making some small plantations lis a test. Eight years ngo a large num ber of larches nnd Scotch pines were (limited; plow furrows wero simply driven through tho underbrush growing np where tho old forests had lieen cut away, and one-year-old seedling larches nnd pines planted. Tho larches now average somo seventeen or eighteen feet high, and aro particularly healthy and thrifty. There can Im no donht, from theso experiments, that forest planting in these regions would be an nndoubted success. It may lie noted that the larch was the most popular of forest trees in the early planting on the western prairie, but the leaves were attacked by a fun gus; the timber therefore did not prop erly mature. It finally fell into dis favor for forest planting. On these early exiwriments the larch has suffered much iu reputation, but it must be remem bered that tho western prairies furnish Unfavorable conditions for the larch. It is a mountain tree, ono thriving in comparatively poor Koils, and tho low altitude and rich earth of western prai ries wero entirely foreign to its nature. Tho (iirard plantings are some 1,4011 or 1,300 feet nbove the level of the sea; these are the conditions of itsown home, and tho remarkable healthiness of these trees shows that they appreciate the po sition iu which they find themselves. Meehau's Monthly. One Man'e Tesslinlsm. "The pessimism of some men is sim ply astounding," said n visitor in the city. "Why, I know a fellow who actu ally insulted another man for saving his life. The way it happened was this: "A devilish, bright but knockabout Sort of a chap named Whittaker was one day sitting on the veranda of a country hotel in a southwestern town chatting with a number of friends. Some one happened to call him by name, und uu old white whiskered gentleman stand ing near by came waltzing up to the crowd, and holding out his hand to Whit taker said: " 'Is your name Whittaker?' " 'Yes,' was the reply. "'Ain't yon littlo Willie Whittaker, of Balesvil'le, Ark.' " 'Yes,' again. " 'Well, don't you remember the time you fell off i- flatboat into tho river about twenty years ngo, nnd how you'd V got drowned if I hadn't dived in nnd saved you?" " 'Yes,' Whittaker said, 'I do, you old fool. What good did it do? I'vo been playing poker for tweuty years nnd never won a cent. I've been kicked nnd cuffed over fourteen states, nnd I'm out of a job now. Goodby.' And the really in dignant Whittaker stumped off down the steps, leaving his innocent bene factor r.ghast with surprise." St. Louis Republic, The Origin of rrnfanlly. Swearing, it is presumed, came in with tho original man, for as Adam was an agriculturist it is not presumed that ho was free from the trials and troubles, vexations and weaknessesof other farm ers. Tho old Greeks and Romans were most proficient nnd picturesque swear ers, and wero accustomed to rattlo up their gods in the most finished style when things weren't coining their wny. To speak colloquially, it was a cold day when tlio Olympian deities did not hear their names taken iu vain by the impa tient mortals who pursued their ordi nary duties or paved the way to classic textbooks for future generations. This reprehensible practice has prevailed in the Latiu countries to tho present day, and the French woman says "mon Dieu," and tho Italian or Spanish woman swears by tho sacred properties with as littlo compunction as Octavia or Corne lia would have emphasized tlio name of Jovo or coupled the altar of Vesta with an ordinary statement of fact. New York World. Looked Too Worldly. An Auburn man was rebuked for in dulging in a pleasantry in a prayer meet ing not long ago, but still daring spirits occasionally transgress in that way with out being gridirsned. It is related at a re cent parish meeting in Richmond, Me., to see about calling a pastor, a well known citizen prominent in church af fairs took occasion to remark on the ap parent indifference of church members to the object for which the meeting had been called. Ho had hoped, he said, to see the church membership fully represented, but it was with much regret that he noted their ab sence. At the conclusion of the gentle man's remarks a woman in the congrega tion who had grown uneasy under his criticism ventured to suggest that there was a fair representation of the ecclesi astical body present, indicating by a wave of her hand several church members occupying seats in different parts of the bouse. For a moment it looked like a knock out in favor of the woman, but tho gen tleman was equal to the occasion, and straightening np he romarked with his usual gravity, "It may bo that our members look and appear so much like the world's people that I did not recog nize them." Lewiston Journal. The Sorrows of Onn AdmlnlMmtlou. Sorrows have nccumuhited upon this administration to nn extent center per hrtps thnn nny other in the history of the country. Tho littlo son of President Picrco was killed in a railway nccidtmt on tho trip from New Ilnmpsiihv to tho inauguration. Mr. Lincoln lost it son while ho was president, and was . sas lnated nt the lieginning of his second term, and tho snmo fato liefell President Garfield. A nnmber of distinguished people, including ono or moro cabinet officers, wero killed by an explosion of n cannon on board a ship on tlio Potomac during Mr. Tyler's administration. No administration, however, has had so many sad surroundings ns the present ono. It will be recalled thnt the houso of Secretary Tracy was destroyed by fir3 and his wife and daughter wero burned to death in the ruins. After a long ill ness the wife of Mr. Halford. the presi dent's private secretary, died. Whilo Mr. Blaine was secretary of state, hei favorito son, Wnlker, wns stricken down and nover recovered, anil soon after bin retirement from tho cabinet, within a week or two another son. Emmorui Blaine, died almost without a moment's warning. His daughter. Mrs. (,'oppingor, also died while ho was a member of thn cabinet, and one of his sisters, Secreti;ry Windom, of tho treasury department, while in New York to make a speech a", a banquet, died nt the table. Tho chief ushernt thee.xeeutivo mansion. Mr. Dins more, has dieil within a year. In the president's own household sor rows come thick and fast A Bister of his wifo has died within the past year or two. Mrs. Harrison, after patient suf fering, breathed her Inst in the Whit9 House nnd wns followed a few days after by her venerable father. Wash ington Cor. Montgomery Advertiser. Visitors to the Great l-'alr. According to present indications there will be large transfers of population be tween Now York and Chicago next sum tntr. The Chicago women who are not identified with the various movement that their sex are undertaking are begin ning to anticipate with dismay the hos pitalities the great show will entail. Theso propose to let their houses in Chi cago for the summer months, nnd tako lodgings in this city or occupy cottages at the seaside. When these opportuni ties have been made known such of the New York people as exjiect to visit the fair have availed themselves of tho chance of escaping the crowds at the ho tels and the chances of boarding houses, and engaged theso vacated houses. A group of people divide the time among them, succeeding ono another in such in stallments us they may arrange, and with their own servnnts livo as comfort ably as if at home. Many Now Yorkers would gladly avail themselves of such opportunities if they could be made known. If some convenient exchange of properties could be established it would be mutually beneficial. New York Evening Sim. Pronunciation of Two Names. It may seem like trying to gild refined gold or paint the lily to suggest tho pos sibility of an improvement in tho pro nnnciation of proper names adopted by Mr. Daly's company of players, but I have always imagined that the heroine in "As You Like It" was Ros-alind. with the accent on the first syllable, and that Shakespeare made a humorous point in the stretching of the pronunciation in Orlando's love verses. This point is en tirely lost by pronouncing the name Ro salind, with long"i," and equal stress on first and last syllables, all through the play. The first intimation that tho mel ancholy Jocqne was a ruralized proto type of the Chatham street churictor also comes from Mr. Daly. George Clark is addressed in his "As You Like It" rolo as Jnkies. Is there uny author ity for either of these novelties? Cor. New York Advertiser. Follll ltecallertloil. She You haven't brought me a box of candy since we wero married. Ho Yes, but think of the tons I brought yon before we were married. lew York Weekly. A Great llalil Eagle Killed. The largest bald eagle ever killed iu this vicinity was shot in the town of Concord, a few miles west of Oconomo woc. Wis., recently by Richard Yates. It measured 7 feet 3 inches from tip to tip. and weighed eleven pounds. The talons, measured along the convex sur faces, are nearly two inches in length and very strong. It was perched upon a lofty elm, when Mr. Yates discharged both barrels of his shotguu at it simul taneously, after which the bird flew a few hundred feet and suddenly fell to the ground dead. A golden eagle, measuring nine foot from tip to tip, was captured by Johnnie Spahnhumer, a sixteen-year-old boy, a few miles south of West Bond, Wis., on the same day. Milwaukee Sentinel. Boogb Treatment "Well, Rustus, how did Christmas treat you?" "Cbris'inus done treat me well enough, sah, but da Christians dey's been harass in of me." "How was that?" "I gibs yar my wo'd, sub, a great fat plump clucking done flowed into do winder o' my home de day befo' Chris' mus, sah, und I was arrested on Chris' mus day, sah, for bubin dut chicking in my possession, sah. Said 1 stole her f'uia Mujah Yancy, sah; nd jos' because I vouldirt prove what doy calls a yallerby when Mose Thompson said be seed ma at de coop do night befo' dcy fined me fo' dollars, sah." Harrier's Bazar.