0 VOLUME 1. KEYNOLUSVILLK, PKNN'A., WEDNESDAY MAY 3, 1893. NUMBER r,2. r 1 r $100.00 GIVEN AWAY This is no Lottery Scheme, but a donation of 8100 to my cAiptomem ' I will give you a Ten Cent Money Order with each two dollars1 worth of goods mr chafed at my ptore, and when ten of thope money orders nra presented by any one per son I will cash them, paying 81.00 in silver or currency for them or when you buy 81.00, or more, worth of goods at one time I will ac cept them an ho much cash towards paying for same. I want everybody to avail themselves of this offer. . Yes, this is the place to Save you money ! BUY FOR CASH, SELL FOR CASH, at prices surprising to every body. New York RACKET STORE. REYXOLDSVILI.E, PA. N.HANAU. Though quality is the best. We make the statement for the benefit of those who are not our customers, and so may not know it: Our pricks MAKE CUSTOMERS OF ALL WHO COME. ",. 1 A full line of . -Dress Goods, ' The Best and Cheapest ever brought to Reynoldsville. A full line of Henrietta at 25c' in all .shades, 40c, 50c, and $1. 00. Silk warp. Henriettas. Summer Silks for 50c. per yard.: -. Ladies Coats and Capes the flnest-and cheapest in town. - Anice line of Children's '. Jackets from 2 to 12 years. Clothing, No Fancy Prices, : ' .,' -'Men's suits the best and .'cheapest you ever saw for . : the jnoney. We don't say so except we can convince you. . , " '.Men's Suits, . four button . cutaway from 10, 12 . to 815, 4 worth 14, 16 and 818. ". Men's straight cut worsted '. for -10 to 12.50,' worth 16, ; to 81 8: ' Children's Suits 5.75, are worth 8.50 to 85.00. A' line line of" Boys' and ' Men'B Negligee Shirts. . Hanau. ASK FOR A KntYoAK'. FINE CANDIES. m SEALED PACKAGES AT H. ALEX. STOKE S, THE LEADING DRUJUIST, Reynoldsvllle, Pa. GENTLEMEN I I am positive that I have something rich In store for you If you will call nt my tailor shop. I have received an ex cellent Beleetion of Spring and Summer Goods. I enn chow you the finest selection of pond In this city. All tltft guaranteed to ho perfect. One trial of tho excel lent goods and work in convincing for all. Hoping that I may receive a call, I remain Vour oh 'dient servant, J. G. FR0EHUGH, Reynoldaville, Pa. C9"Xext door to Hotel McConnell. Gltii Meat Market I buy the best of cattle and keep the choicest kinds of meats, such as MUTTON, VEAL BEEF, PORK AND SAUSAGE. Everything kept . neat and clean, Your patronage solicited. E. J. Sclmltzc, Prop'r. J. S. MORROW. HF.AI.EK IN Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, and Shoes, Fresh Groceries Flour and Feed. GOODS DELIVERED FREE. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK Reynoldsville, Pa. , LOOK! FOR THE FeoDie's Bargain store. Quick Sales and . Small Profits. General stock of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods and Shoes. A. KATZEN,. Proprietor. ALCOHOL A LA SWISS. r.ESULTS OF 8IX YEARS' OPERATION OF THE MONOPOLY PLAN. ttHtlstlrt Which Mill Interest American Readers Itecanse nf the Fart Thnt Hnmf. what similar Mthm1. Are Proposed In Farts of This Country. The particular method of dealing with Ihfl alcohol question which is now adopt ed in Switzerland Is discussed ly Mr. W. Milllet of Berne in a recent publication at the American Academy of Political Mid Social Science. There is, it seems, no appreciable cur rent of opinion among the Swiss In favor af total abstinence, considered either as a voluntary act or as the outcome of prohibitory legislation. It is true that by an amendment of tho federal consti tution passed in 1RH5 the cantonal leg islatures acquired the power of restrict ing the number of places for the sale of liquor within their respective jurisdic tions. The power has ostensibly been pxercised in 14 cantons, but even in these, taken as a whole, the number of laverns has somewhat increased. No substantial result, therefore, has followed the concession of restrictive power. Such is not tho chpo with tho alcohol monopoly introduced in 1887. This has accomplished two things. It has greatly improved the quality of tho Sistillod liquors consumed in Switzer land, and has caused a marked reduction in the uso of them. The primary nim of the monopoly was to bring nbont the substitution of fermented for distilled liquors, and short ns is the period dur ing which tho experiment has lasted tho results are encouraging. Before the creation of tho alcohol mo nopoly, Switzerland suffered from tho practico of peddling distilled liquors and from tho existence of n multitude of small stills in agricultural districts. The product of these stills, by reason of the primit ive methods of manufacture and tho absence of rectification, was ex cluded from tho general market nnd was consequently consumed by the peas ant distillers themselves. Tho effect of ;heso siniill utills wan to mnlco the daily irinking of "schnapps," ns the domestic raw liquor is called, almost universal imong farmers and agricultural hilxw rs. It was the alarming spread of alco holism that enBiied which bronght about Hie chango in the federal constitution whereby limited rights of iuterferenco with tho liquor traflic were granted to the authorities, both federal and can tonal. Since the creation of the alcohol mo nopoly, 1,400 large and small distilleries have been suppressed by expropriation. From the remaining 00 or 70 distilleries, the monopoly administration is tho only purchaser. Tho product does not go di rectly from distiller to pnrchnser. Tho administration takes it under fixed con ditions nnd brings it back to the trade only after it lias been duly rectified. Of the profits of the monopoly, one-tenth, now amounting to about (1140,000 a year, mnt lie applied to the struggle with al coholism that is to say, to the mainte nance of the poor and the insane whoso misfortunes may be traced to that mal ady. Now as to the effect of the monopoly on the quantity of spirits consumed. In 1883 the consumption of distilled liquors per capita was 10.20 liters; in 1891 it was only 0.32. A part of this decrease is duo to the cessation of smuggling of distilled liquors from Switzerland into the adja cent countries. But after reasonable de ductions on that score have leen made, It is estimated that the shrinkage in the Dse of ardent spirits by the Swiss them selves is not less than 25 per cent The decreased consumption is obviously duo not only to tho extinction of private stills, but to tho fact that a higher price must be paid for the product of distil leries. The joint effect of diminished consumption and of the greatly improved quality of tho liquor sold is expected loon to show itself in the statistics of al coholism. We have said that the pnrpose of the Swiss legislature was not to abolish the use of distilled liquors, but gradually to supplant it by that of wine or beer. To that end, while the price of spirits was raised, that of fermented liquors was lowered by relieving tlieni from certain excise duties. So far as wine is con cerned no marked chango took place in the volume of consumption between 1863 nd 1890. This is attributed, however, to the remarkable decline of tho home production in the period named, a de cline which had to be made good by im portation. In the case of beer, on the other hand, the effect of the liquor monopoly on the habits of the Swiss people is unmistak able. The consumption of beer in Swit zerland increased between 1883 and 1890 from SO liters per capita to 43 liters, showing an advance of some 23 per qent. 6o for as the Swiss experiment has gone, It seems to show the jiossibility of sup planting to a considerable extent the use of ardent spirits by that of thoso fer mented liquors, such as beer, which con tain relatively little alcohol. New York Sun. An Old Custom Seldom Followed. " In many old families the custom has obtained from time immemorial of put ting an extra pluto and chair for the Itranger or an unexpected guest. In Ihose old days there was good reason for this. Hotels were few, and traveling was mostly done by private conveyance. It was the unwritten luw of hospitality that the stranger could find a welcome la almost every household. Of course conditions have changed, and generosity has taken a new form. Baltimore Her ald. Never I.tt Tea Remain In tha Pot. Tea should never bo allowed to stand upon the "gi-onnds." If itmnst unavoid ably le mado some time Wfore it is to be used, the liquid should 1e poured from the leaves. It may then lie kept ready for a delayed mcmlier of the family for long time without serious deteriora tion, or at least without the addition of any harmful qualities. Good House keeping. Saul, tho first king of Israel, killed himself rather than lie slain by the Phil istines. Defeated in battle and his kingdom gone, he hod nothing to live for. LAW THAT IS QUEER. A Decision Which Practically Makes Nam de Plnrae Common Property. A very interesting claim, in which every author who uses a signature is more or less concerned, was ignomini onsly dismissed by Judge Lacombe in the United States circuit court. As I understand it, a mediocre book was pub lished in this city purporting to have been written by Alan Dale, thenom do plume of ono of the brightest nnd cleverest of New York's younger literary men. As a matter of fact, Sir. Cohen (Alnn Dale) did not write tho book, nnd when ho heard of itspublication protected against the use of his name. Protest lieing un availing, through his counselor, Mr. Stockier, he sued the publisher, claiming f 1,000 dnmnges. After hearing Mr. Co hen's testimony, Judge Lacombo virtu ally informed tho jury that thero was no necessity of further evidence, as it could not lie shown that tho plaintiff's sulnry on a daily paper in this city had lieen de creased by reason of the publication, or that he had had nny subsequent tronblo with publishers. Thnt may lie laws It's not justice. Mr. Cohen could have proved by George Alfred Townsend, A. C. Wheel er, Samuel L. Clemens and other writers of national repute that tho signatures over which they are known to tho world of readers G at h, Nym Crinkle, Mark Twain mean a fortune, and that nny use of those signatures by other parties was not only an abuse but a traverse of equity, dishonest and cruel. I can't un derstand Lacombe's action in the mat ter. It virtually says to- irresponsible publishers: "Go nhend, publish what yon please, lyingly announce that tho matter is written by any author whoso name you may prefer. Ho has no rrv.i edy unless ho can provo that ho has lu -r an engagement or is in disfavor with the publisher." I wonder how Lncombo would liko to see decisions, purporting to havo been rendered by him, signed with his name, circulated in the community. And I also wonder whether it ever entered his somewhat interesting mind that it is ad visable to mnlot thieves, liars and liear- ers of false witness, for the protection of the community in general and of men as well to whom reputation is worth much more money than the circuit conrt could possibly collect. Joseph Howard in New York Recorder. Churches as riace. of Ho fug. In War, Our ancestors transacted a good deal of business of one kind or another in and about their churches. To liegin with, tho churches of old England in turbulent times were regarded as places of safe custody for public and private property, In tho border land of England and Scot land the idea was carried out still more completely, and churches, or at leant their towers, became regular fortresses and not Infrequently were objects of of fenses and defense. We may noto in rural England that in the cases of an cient churches the towers are often not merely disproportionate in size to the rest of the church, bat are carefully nnd strongly built, evidently with an object. Even in peaceful Murrey and Sussex the belfries are veritablo strong rooms with barred windows and massive doors and oftea contain ft massive treasnro chest. Hither, at the first alarm, money and valuables were hurried, for beyond the securirjaof thick walls and bars and bolts there was an aegis of sanctity which in a superstitious age protected the building from the most ruthless of foes. The fortresslike construction of many of tho border land churches is an interesting study to antiquarians. Lon don Standard. A New Type of Girl. I met a new type of girl the other doy, and she was certainly refreshing. Girls are all s good deal alike as t general thing, you know, and one does get so tired of the same old stereotyped girl sweet enough in her way, I grant you, but with an eternal sameness that grows rather irksome. She is a little witch to begin with. She will steal a man's heart before he knows it and then pretend not to know it herself. This damsel is most attract ive to men, for, spite of her originality, Bho is adaptability personified. She seems to be able to converse intelligently with all sorts of men and gets each fellow's fad at her finger tips too. Sho knows more than many of her men friends, but she never lots them suspect it She makes each believe that she learns so much from him and depends so much on him. She is a very feminine, unassum ing, natural sort of little woman, with something appealing about her. But down under it all she is artful. She has mdde a study of men, and she has profited by that study Chicago Newft-Record, A Terrible tlnhlt. "Were you ever troubled with the thought while you walked along" somo street," said Charles EWt, "that some how yon ought not to step on the cracks that sepnrnte the flagstones of the pave ment or the boards of the wnlk? You have been th well, then you know. That is the meanest hnhit to form. Cigarette smoking Is bad, and cigars are rxpitisive and so bad also. Tobacco chewing is nliominable nnd drinking is killing, but the crack dodging hnbit is tho worst of all. If I could exchange this miserable feeling that possesses me when I walk along the streets for any one of those habits providing I didn't possess all of them already I would do it instantly. "I will start out of a morning for a pleasant stroll, just to see the beauty of nature, and unconsciously I will begin to step over nil cracks. Then I will ac cidentally step on one, nnd all my pros pective pleasure is gone simply dis pelled and driven away by that one mis erable thought of utter uselessness thnt I have stepped on a crack. I have start ed for home of a nighttime fairly tired and conscious of duties well done, pur posing to enjoy a long, sound sleep. Again I fall Into the desire to avoid step ping on those miserable partition lines. "If I succeed in avoiding all of them, I rest beautifully, but if not then I go homo nnd have n restless, nervous sloep in which thero is no satisfaction what ever. Of nil the dinholit-nl mental in ventions that go to break up a man's hnppiness and peace of mind this one mental status of avoiding cracks is tho most consummate that any evil genius could afflict a man with." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Rnndwlrlt Inlanders and Their Ills. When a Kanaka feels a bit out of sorts he imagines that he has not been diligent enough in his devotions to some particu lar god. He immediately procures a bunch of nwn or something inthennturo of a comforting drink, and after a short prayer to his mountain or river deity ho murmurs apologetically, "Here's your food" or "Here's your drink," as tho case may be. Then ho devours the sol ids or liquids himself. If the Kanaka's health improves, the god Is appeased. If sickness still creeps over him, he turns to tho Kahun. One of the guild is im mediately hunted up nnd approached with a bunch of awa or a pig. Then the Kanaka dilates upon his infirmities, and the Kahuna begins preparing to drive out the sickness or the evil spirit. The patient is stripped and laid flat, and with a bunch of tl leaves the Ka huna rubs him nil over, murmuring meaningless words tho while. If the Kanaka gets well, the Kahuna's influ ence is increased. If tho Kanaka dies, ho was a doomed man anyhow, and the Ka huna did his best. Such of the Kanakas as patronizo a Kahuna nowadays do it covertly, nnd tho Kuhnnns keep under cover. Honolulu Cor. Chicatro Tribune. An KtiBllth Duke Receives a Tin, The English journals mention an amusing epilogue of a pilgrimage to Rome. Just after the last train which brought the pilgrims back to London had entered tho Victoria station an old lady burdened with packages was with difficulty trying to find a carriage when a middle aged man, simply dressed, ap proached and offered his services. . Thinking she hnd to do with one of the employes, the good woman gave him her bundles, which tho obliging man carried to the end of the station and then, hailing a cab, placed the old lady and her impedimenta within, nnd giving the driver tho address sho had indicated, called to him to dnvo on. As the car riage was about to roll off the woman placed a feo of twoiience in the hand of tho mnn who had rendered her the serv ice. Ho was simply the Duke of Norfolk. Tho duke pocketed the twoiience, think ing the adventure very original. More over, it was the first time in his life that lie had ever earned any money by hi own labor. Model CUy to lis Built. A "City of tho Future," such as Bel lamy dreamed of, will be shown at the World's fair of Paris, which is planned lor the year 1UOU. The Inventions Nouvelles proposes a departure from the usual toy arrange ment of miniature models, Eiffel towers, etc, and advocates the erection of a city on a site sufficiently lurge to illustrate practically all the most prominent now inventions, as well as the fruits of mod ern electro technique. The cost of erect ing this future model city is to be cov ered by renting out the houses, hotels, etc., as well ns all the stores to tho ex hibitors. At the close of the exposition the entire site, witii buildings, etc;, will ho utilized as the nucleus for a new marter of the city of Paris. Philadel phia Record. Now Mutely DJsaKreelnjr. Beside tho highway that leads from Bridgton to Norway are two burial plots upon opposite sides of tho road. Hero are interred the Woodsum brothers, ami of course every ono who posses tlmt way is anxious to know why thero is this divi sion. The stage driver can tell you. Tho Woodsum brothers could nover agree. They disagreed in roligion, politics und every conceivable point that could bo brought up between them. Oh, their disagreements in story form, as told by the neighbors, would make a tale of prickly interest. Of course they couldn't agree to repose thoir bones upon the same side of the road, and henco these two graveyards, tho stones glaring across at each other through rain, snow and snn- sbino. Lewistou Journal. ' PARBLEUI What, prettyl-shef With that brown skin And hair pale hrownt the cheek too thin) llray eyes rare cyrnt ell; have It so That's one a-rftid point! but prettrnoi And nine In ten would pans her by." "Knlth, mnn, I'd bo the tenth," qnoth I. "CWerf nnt hc! Ilo whnt j-nn list She's, the dull dng tlmt licks your Hit; Or only clever In ilivlne A man's least Ml by the least Btirn- I.lke nature, soothe, one knows not why." Here's genius past all wit," qnoth I. Hut Boodf Parblrul by those calm looks Bhe'a learned In hymns nnd cookery books Made for a spinster, whoee poor pains Will swell tho crent world's srneral rains. Uncounted, as the years run by." Merer, If love wins lore:" thouKht I. Dora K. Ooodale In Homcmaker. Aa Idyl of the Sunshine. The girl was fair. Soft blue her eyes as the skies, and pink and white her cheeks as the mnnntain peaks at sunrise, and golden light her hair as the moon light air. Ah, she was very fair. Uncrowned save by her tossing tresses, she stood facing the east, and the sun' came and kissed her. Kissed her long nnd lovingly. Her mother saw her there and called to her. "Let me linger here, dear mother," pleaded tho fair being. "Tho air is so sweet, the fragrance of the Bowers so rich. The skies above me are so tenderly blue, nnd, mother denr. I feel as If I were a little queen standing here in tho glorious reign of the sun." The mother appeared at the door. "Fudge!" she exclaimed. "You ought to have sense enough to come in out of that sort of a reign. Don't you know you'll lie freckled worse than a turkey egg?" And a heavy black cloud rose np and swiped the sun across tho face. Detroit Free Press. Children Over filx Hundred Years Ago. Somebody has unearthed a book writ ten by Bartholomew Anglicua about 1200, of which one of the most amusing chapters is on the children of his day. Of these he writes: "They dread no perils moro than beating with a rod, and they love nn apple moro than gold and make more sorrow and woe for tho loss of an npplo than for tho loss of a heri tage. They desire all that they see and pray and nsk with voice nnd with hand. They keep no counsel, but they tell nil that they hear nnd see. Suddenly they laugh, and suddenly they weep. Always they cry and jangle and jape; that nn neth they be still while they sh-ep. When they bo washed of filth, anon they defile themselves again. When their mother wnsheth and comlieth them, they kick and sprawl and put with feet nnd with hands, nnd withstand with nil their might." All of which sounds very mod ern and up to date. The Educated lloosler Cockroach. Whilo a gentleman was at his office dusk a day or two ago, one of these dis reputablo roaches ran across the paper on which ho was writing. He flipped it against tho wall with his finger; and it bounded back on the desk, lighting upon Its back. It remained motionless for some time until it rocovored from th . shock and then endeavored to got upon its foot again, but in vain. Smaller roaches passed by thoir prostrate brother, evidently without noticing it, but a larger one came along pretty soon, stopped, went over to the one that lay npon its back, straddled across it, and giving it a quick jerk with ita forelegs landed it deftly npon its feet, and the two disap peared over tho odgo of the desk, In dianapolis News. Ths Karth Will Fall Out of Ilalance. Marshall Wheeler, one of the best known of the great army of Pacific coast scientist:), claims to havo discovered a "third principal motion of the earth.." which is this: Every 20.003 years thtT globe changes its north and south poles on account of the attraction tho earth has for its own mugnetism. The suu, too, strongly attracts one of the poles ond repels the other. This being the case, it only takes the short space of 20,903 years fur tho doublo attraction to careen it over to such an extent that it suddenly "flops" 90 degrees. Mr. Wheel er says that one of these grand "flops" occurred 0,000 years ago, at the time set down by tho geologists as tho "glacial epoch." St. Louis Reiblie. An Eusy Way to Keep Insects OA Trees. To trap various insects in the open air, half fill wide necked bottles with sirup or sweetened water, addinp- enough arsenic to make the liquid poisonous. After a rainstorm the bottle should b emptied and refilled, as before mentioned. Hung the bottle on tho branches of the trees and among the bnshes, etc. This is a ready and simple method of trappi all insects that prey on sweets, conse" quently keeping the trees free from muny noxious pests that prey annually ou shade nnd fruit trees. Cor. Bruoklyu Eagle. About Cutting the I'luger Nails. Thtte are several well known sayuig3 with regard to the paring of the finger ' nails, and among them are the following: "Cut thorn on Monday, cut them for lieulth: cut them ou TmK.lnv m,t !,..,.. for wealth; cut them on Wednesday, cut i rutin tor a letter;, out them on Thurs day, for something better; cut them ou FrioUv. von out for n wif. mr l,..i.. .. - - . V'l Saturday, cut for long life; cut them oil Sunday, von cut them for evil; for all that week you'll bo ruled by th dovil:" ' Pldladolphiu T,ime, v