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JJHVXOLDSVILLi; rilXXW., WEDNESDAY JUXK 21, !:!.
NUMBER
Ul-rWT.O. HorilKSTKU .V PITTS-
w:m;ii railway.
The -.lint-i lliii- hetwi-i-n lint:.)!-. Klilmviiv.
llrililfm-il, SithitniMM-ii, Hiitlitlo. Uoelie-ler.
Mnor:i 1'iills mill jni'iim In I lit' upper oil
lVMioil.
on nml lifter .linn' Itli. W(l. en 'en
jfer trains III tn-ilve iiml ilepint from l-'nIN
frees station, iliiily, i-M-ept fiiiiilny, us fol-
.i k l 11 1 1 1 k I... I..,
,mp .a 1 . "i'in'ii''i'i .in I'liiiiii'n.i -i "i
point North tu-tiveeii 1 1- i'iiek nml
Itiiiilfoiil. 7:1. n. in. mlxi'it 1 lit I ii for
i.... ...
1 V;ii. .! . IIIIIIUIIMUHI inn inin limn- i -i
it-iN'Uuiiv villi', KltlLMVMy.Jolni-'oiilnirtf.Mt.
.li-wi-tt, ifrtiilforil. hiilmiimii'ii. ItuHulo nml
Km-licsti-r: i-oiiiii-i-llim lit .loliiiimtin-K
with I'. K. Iriiln II. for Wllrnx, Kant-.
W n m-ii. t orry nml r.rle.
10:HA A. M. Aivonimiuliitloi
-Tor litllilt
Svkes. Itlir Hun urn
1:20 1'. M.-llriiilforil AivotnmiHliulim For
Hcei-litrce, Miis-kwiiyvllle, Kllinont, 1'nr-
nion, Hliliiwiiy, Jolininliiir, Ml. .Ii-wett
nml Ilrmttoril.
:10 I'. M.-Mnll-Fiir DnlloN, Hykcs, HlK
Hun, Viinxsilliiwiiev nml YVnhton.
:2-J I'.M. A nimoifmron - Tor liiilloKHIu
Kim mill I'ntiXHiitiiwney.
OiSO A. M. -Hiindiiy tinin-l'ov llrockwiiy-
vl 1 1-. WilirwiiV mill .lolniHonhiirir.
ilS I'.M. Piintliiy truln For OiiltoK fykes,
Mill Kuti Hiul l'iiiimiiwni-y.
Thousiiitri mll tickets hi two cents tier
mile, tfnml for pus-wire Is-tween nil siiitlons.
.1. II. McIntvhk. Am-nt. r'slls creek, I'll.
.T. II. HaIMKTT. K. I.AI'KV,
General dipt, (leu. I'll". Aircnt
Hriiilfoiil ln. Um-lii-ster N. V.
LLKfiTTKXV VALLEY UAIIAVAY
COMPANY commencing Sunday
Juno IS, 1MI12. Iow lii-ndo Division.
KASTWAHP.
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Fulls t 'reek
Hullols
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STATIONS.
N'o.21 No.il INo.Kii imi I I Mi
I'. M. I'. N.
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7 in
7 Ml
7 44
7 Ml
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K 41
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II 171
II 2."ii
II 41
III l4
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Full I'nx'li ....
i'mii'oiiHt
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I'. M.,A M.I 1". M.
Truln ilully exi-i-pt Sundiiy.
DA VI II McCAKCO, Ckn'i.. Si pt.,
I'ltt-liiii ir, I'll.
JAS. r. ANDKIiWIX, Or.a'h. I'ask Aii-r..
I'll 1-1)111 U'. I'll
pEXXS YLV AX I A llAILItOAD.
in KFFfxrr may 21, lsiiri.
. I'lilliuli-lpliln Sc F.rlc Itiillnuid l)lvb.on Tlmo
Tiililn. TrttiiiH li'Riv lirlftwiMMl.
EASTWAKI)
0:04 A M Tmln H, dully i-xi-cpt. Hiindiiy for
r-tinliury, HiirriHliurir mid inti-rnii-iliiili- ln
tliniM, urrlvhiir ui I'lillndrlplilu tl:.iii p. m.,
Ni-w York, ::t5 I'. M. ; lliiltiniom, 11:4.'. p. m.:
IViislilnirtoii, H:'l.i p. m. I'ullinmi I'm-lor i-nr
from W 1 1 1 1 it ni-M n-t. mid pusnt-nifi-r coih-Ik-h
from Kmii- to IMilltuJi-lplilii.
4l:itli I'. M. Tmln II, lally ixit-it Hiiiultty for
lltirrlHliurur mid Intt-rnii-dlato HtmliNis, nr
rlvlnit iit l'lillHili'lpliin 4:.'m A. M.; Ni-)v York,
7:10 a. H. TliroiiKlt ihmu-Ii from IIiiHoIh to
Vllli:iniHHirt. I'lillmaii r-lt-L-piii); i-itr from
Tliii-rl-liiirtr to l'lilliiili-lplila mid Ni-w York.
I'lillnili-lplilii piiHMa-niri-i-H i-mi rrmnln In
oli-t-pi-r uiiiIInIiii'ImmI iiiiI II 7:im A. M.
9::t1 1'. M. Train 4, dully for Sunliuiy. HhitIh
liurir mid Ititiirnii-dlalti Htatlonn, arrlvlinr at
ki'lliiailnlplila, t:M a. it.; Ni-w Yolk, It : -U I
A. i.; Itiiltlnioi-ii, 11:211 a. i ; U iihliiton, 7::m
a.m. 1'iillnian i-arw and piiMHt-inxi-r i-iuk-Iii-k
from Krii-iuid Wllllnmxixirl to I'lillaili-lpliia.
l'uj.-4iiiKii'K In Hlii-M-r for lin It linorii and
AViiHlilnirton will m trnnsforruil Into Wash
ington HUmpui- til Ihiri'lsliiirg.
WKS'l'UAItl).
7:8-1 A. M. Trnln I, dally i-xi-i-pt Hiindiiy for
Hidirway, iiiltoln, Clt-rmont. and atiitir
iiii'illatti Htatlous. Luai' Kidt;way at ll:i0
p. u. for F.rlu.
:fttiA. M. Train 11. daily for Ei-io and Intiir-
nti-diato THilntH.
11:27 I1. M.--Train II. dully oxit-pt Hundiiy for
Khiii-and Inti-rnii-dlati-HtatloiiM.
TllUOll.ll TKAINH Folt IH1IFTWODI)
FIIOM THE EAST AN' I Hol'TII.
1 TRAIN II leuivx l'lilludi-liililii n:.MI a. hi.;
Wiislilnutoti, 7..MIA. M.; lln It ilnoril, H:4i") A. M.t
Wllkt-Hliiirri-. Hi: ir a.m.; dally i-.vi-i-pt Hiin
diiy, arrlvlinr at Drift wihiiI at 11:27 p. M. with
I'ullinmi I'urlor our from I'lilladttlplilii to
IVflllainspoi't.
TRAIN il Ii-iiviuNi'W York at 8 p. in.! I'lilla-
fl..l..l.l.. II. .M ... . t'..l.l. ........ 11,11,
u.-iMii, .-v .. in., unn ,. iiiii, i.,... u. in.
llaliiiiioin, 11:40 p. in.; dally uirlvlnu at
lirlftwiMid at li::0 a. in. I'ulliniin hUh-jiIhk
rum from I'lilladi-liiliia to Krli- and from
'YVtiHhiiiifion and lliiltiniom to WlllliiniHport
and tlirotiizli puhni-iiiii-i-coiii'Ik-h from I'lilla-di-lplilu
to Frlii and llulllmoiu to WUUiuim
lxirt iind to IiuIIoIn.
TtiAIN 1 linvi)H Kt-novo at 41 .:l ii. m.. dally
pxi-t-pt Hunday, uitIvIiik ut Drift wixxl 7:;ti
a. m.
JOIINSONBURG RAILItOAD.
(Dully excopt Suntluy.)
TRAIN HI li-avi-K lilduway at li:4u'a. in.; .lulni
Miiiliuw at U:ar a. ui., arrivliiK ut I'loinicint
at Hi:4ri a. m.
TRAIN 20 lituviiH C'li-rmont at 10:iH n. ni. ar
riving at .loliiiKonlmrK at 11:40 a. in. and
liidKwuy at ll;.v a. tn.
IDGWAY & CLEARFIELD R. H.
DAILY EYCEIT SUNDAY.
DTIIWAHI). NORTHWARD.
STATIONS.
A.M. I'.M.
KldlMviiy 11 7 00
IhIiiiiiI Run 1 20 ll.'.l
Mill llavun 1 111 tt -III
i:royliind 1 oil tl ;c
riliorts Mills 12.10 II lift
Illnii KiM-k 12 .14 II 2.1
Vliii-yiird Uun 12 .12 II 3!l
Cm rlnr 12 ,10 II 21
Hroi-kwiiyvlllo 12 8 II ml
Mi-Minn Summit 12110 fti17
llarvuy Run 12 -Art li 53
Falls (iiuiik 12 20 A4A
DulloU liiH II JO
- . TRAINS LEAVE UIDGWAY.
. Eastward. Wostwarcl,
Train 8, 7:17 a. m. Train a, 11:114 a. m.
Train A. I:4A u. in. Train 1. H:(K) u. in.
Ti'lli4, 7:66 p.m. ' Tiulii 11, 8:26 p. in.
H M. PHEVOST,
V Ouu. Munugar.
J. R. WOOD,
Uou. Vum, Ag't.
I F.M A.M
12 1ft IMO
Jl IM (1 48
f 12 23 MM
12:11 10 irl
) 12 M III 10
in JU 111
12 44 10 17
. 12 4ll 20 20
100 10113
110 10 42
1 14 10 18
120 HIM
144 11 OA
AN INDIAN WIND SONG.
The wMf of the wln'.r w ItmI la rwlft.
And hearts nm nnil fliruks nro iialo
Whrn wo hrfir Uln howl In the uhotly drift
hertwhru mst on n iilmntom trull.
And nil the litxli o JmiMlc nnd four,
Kor we know 0ml bin mtli in tlt iftth of
drnth.
And the llnrnm hum low ft hen hn nwyw nra
nt-ftr.
And the dim hut ri-tK with hU rnvo cold
brffUh.
The fnwn of the wind of tlto Kprlntc it fhy,
II or Hht ftM't ruttlu the m;iv, w hitu frt-iiAf,
The trees lire mused an nhe mwn hy.
In the pfttteHnff rain wo hear her Vix,
And the bovr unntrund wc met aside
While we w Innow the Kotden, hoarded malxe.
And tho earth awaken with a thrill of irld
To deck her bcanty for fe?tnl Any.
The hawk of the summer wind In proud;
8he cirolet hiirh at the throne of the un.
When the storm Is fierce her vrrenm 1b loud,
And the scorch in glance of hereyo wo shun.
And oftentimes when tho noon Is bright
A alienee falls on the choirs of sons;.
And the partridge shrinks In ft wild affrHrht
Where a searching shadow swings along
The hound of the autumn wind la slow:
He loves to hank tn the heat and sleep
When the eun through tho drowny haze bends
low
And frosts from tho hill through tho star
light creep.
Rut oftentimes ho FtarM In his dreams
When the howl of the w inter wolf draws
nigh.
Then lazily rolls in the go'd warm beams
While the flocking hirlftothesotithdrIft by.
P. MeArthur lu Youth's Companion.
THE SUITER TRICK.
Tliis vnniisht'il dancing pump wns
nlippod off the foot of nn exquisite yonns
mnn nt a reception nt one of tho lerulinj?
salons of r.n-is. My eminently correct
rendersneed not turn up their aristocratic
noses nt the vulvar lack ef delicacy be
trayed by my exquisite yornj; man. Let
him ntnong yon who dors not ndoro n
dainty foot cast the first stone.
Octavo Lntournolle that is jny ex
quisite young man's name was not only
a perfect dancer. He poessed not only
two vory nimble, legs, but two very nim
blo hands, whereof tho adroitness was
tho admiration of Ell his friends. Indeed
tho most expert conjuror wonhr-not havo
been nsharaed to own him for a pupil.
At his word of command watches passed
from one pocket to another, gold coins
vanished into thin itir, flowers grew upon
hira as if on a magical bush he drew
them forth from his pockets, his sleeves,
his waistcoat, his cravat, in quantities
sufficient to decorate tho corsages of all
the ladies present, nnd tins after having,
by way of preamble, turned his pockets
inside out, rolled up his sleeves nnd
opened his waistcoat. In a word, ho was
the enchanter of the best drawing rooms
and tho spoiled child of tho Indies.
Perhaps, rather than tho spoiled child,
he considered himself tho potted dar
ling. At nny rate ho was in lovo, and ho
made that fact known with tho audacity
thnt often gives success.
.Tho object of his adoration was the
jonng wifo of General Pascnlon it is
only tho husband's rank that restrains
mo from mentioning th disparity of
tlieir ages. But nil generals have young
wives, which is only another proof that
the truly brave do not recoil from dan
gers of any kind. It is Irnditional in
cases of this kind that the husbnnd
should be jealous, but General Puscalon
was not so. Bnt if he was not an Othel
lo neither was he a fool.
Trusting in the loyalty of his young
wife, ho cherished no illnsions. Ho en
joyed many a Palais Royal farce with
hui wife by his side more often than not,
which was imprudent perhaps bnt he
also escorted hor to balls, novor plead
ing hi ngo ns an excuse, nnd waited pa
tiently for her till nftcr tho cotillon,
and to all appearances his wifo was quite
content.
Perhaps she was so. But there were
plenty of young fellows who would look
down at you from the high superiority
of their 25 years if you ventured to ox
press such nn idea nnd say:
"With nn old fellow like that! Really
yon nre too refreshing."
The general was not to bo laughed nt.
He knew his danger, not only before all
the world had soen it, but licfore any one
else suspected it, and ho saved his honor
like a mnn of intelligence which indeed
ho conld Imvo done in no other way.
And this brings fi down at last to the
varnished sbpper of the exquisite young
man.
I have said that the affair took place
In tho midst of a reception. Dancing
was going on in the -larger rooms. The
general was chatting with somo of tho
older guests in a small room adjoining
the one set ont with card tables. Ho
happonod to glunco carelessly toward
the players and sturted suddenly in sur
prise. "Bless me," said ho, putting up his
glasses, "there's my wifo at a whist tublo.
I certainly thought sho was waltzing or
polkuing or something, and there sho
is playing whist. She must be vory
tired, for she never plays curds and is
always dancing. I shall have to scold
her," he added, with a laugh, "for in
dulging herself so much in her favorite
pleasure that she has to do penance nt
the card tablo," and ho strollod leisurely
toward the pluyors.
, A jostle knocking his glasses from his
eyes ns ho reached the whist table, ho
stooped to pick them up and saw be
neath the tublo a slipper, a patent leath
er pump, from which its tenant had es
caped, and now, shod only in fine black
silk hoso, was pusjiod against the little
foot of tho general's wife. But he also
'noticod that the latter constantly avoided
the foot that so persistently pursued hor
Own.
"Hum," said the general, taking in
the situation at a glance, "the fortress
is attacked, but it is well defended. J
have nrviveil just iii time." Then, smil
ing calmly ns if ho had seen nothing,
leaning over his wife's chair, questioning,
nnd advising her play, he devoted him
self to n feat that would h.-tvo furnished
a dnnuati:it with an irm iitibly comic
theme, considering tho difficulties of tho
situation. Tho general had undertaken
to draw toward him with tho tip of his
boot the abandoned slipper, provoking
every instant sudden jerks from jostlcS
feet, protestations from disturbed play
ers, astonished looks from thoso who
could eo tho extraordinary movements
of his leg nnd tho remonstrance from
bis wife:
"My dear, what makes you knock my
chair about so? You aro giving me a
headache."
At this moment tho mistress of the
house came up to ask Lntonmelle if he
would not perform some of his amusing
tricks.
"Certainlyj I shall be delighted," he
answered nervously, preoccupied ns he
was by tho extraordinary movements of
the general, who stooped down just then
as if to pick up something and immedi
ately got up and left tho group.
"Well, sir," said tho lady, "give me
your arm, and 1 will introduce you.
Your audience is growing impatient."
"Certainly, luadaino, in just ono mo
ment," said Latonrnello, feeling with
his foot for his slipper, and so recom
mencing the remarkable jig executed by
the general a few moments m-fore. Kow
tho oilier players laughed outright
which they had not dared to do the first
time. And tho mistress of the house
stood there, surprised at being kept
waiting so long ami wondering how
much lonu'er her escort would keep her
in that auiiinle. Impatient ladies emtio
in hhoals to add their solicitations to
those of their hostess.
Ouv yo;i:'g man positively had to get
out if the predicament somo how. llo
did get out of it, but with only ono shoo,
for he also had stooped down nnd dis
covered the disappearance of tho mis
guided slipper, and ho marveled in deep
anxiety how he was going to explain such
a state of ulTairs.
His one shod foot provoked general
hilarity, then delighted npplauso nnd
cries of "It's a trick! It's Bomo trick!"
Tho petted davlitigof the ladies smiled
a Weak smile and stammered:
"Yes, ladies, it is n trick."
Applause, accompanied by n general
clapping of hands, greeted this an
nouncement, while Lntournello kept say
ing to himself:
"Oh. yes, it's a great trick, but somo
ono has played it on me, and I don't iind
it so very funny. If 1 only knew who it
was" then, struck with an idea: "Heav
ens! If it could bo tho general his sin
gular performance just now and I saw
him stoop down if it was really ho, it
would be a pretty uncomfortable jokoon
mo. How enn I make sure?'
As ho escorted tho lady through tho
room ho tried to got near tho general.
Ho managed to do so, and with the back
of his hand ho cautiously knocked
against tho pockot of the goneral's coat
which he suspected contained the slip
per. There was nothing there! Ho tried
to sound tho other pocket, but a slight
move on tho general's part carried him
out of reach. To touch it, it was neces
sary to pass around on the sido whero it
was.
"Where in tho world are you taking
me?" demanded tho lady on his arm.
"Why or to tho head of the room,"
and ns he wns now on tho right side of
the genernl lie wanted to try tho other
pocket. Hero was a new obstaclo that
ho had not foreseen. Tho fact that tho
lady had tho arm nearest tho general
made any attempt at exploration impos
siblo. Ho offered the other on the pre
text of an old wound which was paining
him and wns able nt Inst to repeat his
former tactics. This time ho was satis
fied. "It's thoro!" ho murmured, and he
did not onjoy tho reflection that the hus
band of his adored one had discovered
his maneuvers under tho tablo.
"Well, I'm in a pretty mess," ho con
cluded. Everybody had crowded into tho room,
there was an expectant hush, and all
were on tiptoe for the promised trick.
There was no way to retreat.
"Here goes," said the imprudent lover.
"I must take the plunge, coino what
may." And he plunged.
"Ladies," he said, "I have lost my slip
per. I have not got it concealed about
my person; my pockets are empty" ha
turned them insido out "nor is it in my
coat" he held itopen "nor in my waist
coat" he unbuttoned it "nor in my
slooves" and he turned them up to his
elbows. "You see, ladies, I have noth
ing in my hands or uiy jiockets. . I must
find out, then, where the lost article is.
Nothing is more simple. I have only to
make a slight cabalistio calculation.''
With this he covered bin fuco with his
hands and assumed an attitude of pro
found cogitation. Then, without re
moving his hands, ho counted: "One,
two, three, four, five. My slipper," he
cried, "is in the left pockot of the sixth
person to my right."
This person wag the general.
"Not bod!" the latter exclaimed uu
der his breath, and in obedience to the
universal cries of "Search yourself,
search yourself, general," he drew the
slipper from the pockot indicated.
A storm of applause was evokod by the
brilliant success of the trick. Then, aft
er much whispering, several voices
cried, "Oh, the general is his confeder
ate." "Yes, yes," came a chorus of voices;
"he's a confederate,"
The conjurer protested,
"Do it again, then!" some one demand
ed, and everybodvjook tip tho cry : "Yes,
yes! Do it ngnin!"
"Oh," said a lady, "the general has
just been whispering toM. Lntournello."
And tho cry went up oi tiui hi lra
a confederate.
Tho general nfflrnvd that ho wns in no
sense furthering the eonjm-er's devices.
"But you were just now whispering
with him," insisted tho witnesses of the
conference.
"Tho exact truth Is this, Indies: Yon
nsked the conjurer to repent his per
formance. I just this moment told him
thnt it was ono of those tricks thnt should
not be tried a second time. Did I not,
sirr said the general significantly.
"Precisely, genernl, nnd I shall fol
low your advice," replied Lntonmelle.
"It shall not be repented."
And it never was. Translated For Ar
gonaut From the French of Jules Moi
nanx by L. B. Vnssault.
Four Sad Summer Deaths.
Four of my friends during the terrible
heat of last July died in homes where
every convenience was possible, but from
which women were absent. With their
families scattered in the country these
men wore forced to remain in the city.
In each case the thousand and one little
attentions thnt a man's home receives at
the hands of woman were neglected by
the servants. Meals were irregularly
served and more irregularly eaten ; rooms
were ventilated Just ns the servants re
membered or forgot them. That terri
ble week of incessant heat, which we nil
remember, enme nnd exhausted these
men.
Dysentery nnd kindred summer ills
nre not far behind a mnn when ho is run
down by sleepless nights, harassed by
business, living in n cheerless, disman
tled, nncarcd for home under torrid days
and stilling nights. In ono instance it
was a young man in the flush of suc
cess, who camo homo ono evening only
to dio during tho night, too weak even
to ring for nssistanco. In another case
a man of millions, with bis family nwny
nt ono of tho fnshionablo resorts, suc
cumbed to the heat and wns found dead
the following afternoon. In the other
two cases the blow came not so sudden
ly, but yet within a week. And in each
instance tho families knew not that tho
mainspring of their support were ill un
til they were dead. Perhaps the pres
ence of mother, wifo or daughter might
not havo staid tho hand of death, but
who will deny tho efficiency of womanly
care in sickness? E. W. Bok in Ladies'
Homo Journal.
rrcillutlng Ktirthqiinkt'ft.
Professor Falb of Vienna has attained
lotno notoriety from tho fact that ho
predicted tho coming of both series of
eart hi pinko shocks from which the island
of Zante hns recently suffered.
Earthquakoprognosticntionsliavebeen
recorded as coming truo in not a few in
stances, but there is reason to lielieve
thnt tho fulfillment of tho prophecies was
purely accidental. Seismologists aro not
likely to, givo Professor Falb much credit
for prescience. They will say ho merely
happened to foretell what wns coming.
We mny, to be sure, predict enrth
qunkos in somo regions with a good deal
oi confidence that tho prognostication
will como truo. If wo predict, for in
stance, that an earthquako or earth
tremors will bo felt in Japan tomorrow,
the chances aro thnt the prediction will
como true, for ono or two earth move
ments on an average are felt in that
country every day, but we cannot tell
exactly where they will occur or what
degreo of violence they will exhibit.
The greatest boon which could bo con
ferred upon regions that aro subject to
violent earthquake shocks would bo tho
discovery of somo means of foretelling
tho coming of theso terrible calamities.
For years seismologists have given their
most earnest attention to this problem,
but it cannot be said that they have
mndo much progress. Professor John
Miluo says that he and his assistants
have spent years in observing the earth
quake phenomona of Japan, but they
have never yet succeeded in foretelling
the coming of an earthquako. Now
York Sun.
The UnmnilnK of Telegraph Wires.
Yon have nil heard tho humming and
singing of telegrnph and telephone wires
as you passed the poles along the streets.
No doubt you have concluded that it is
caused by the action of the wind on the
wires and given it no further thought.
But it is not true that the singing is
caused by the wind, and if you are at all
observing you will notice that often the
humming sound is to be henrd cold win
ter mornings when thosmoko from chim
neys goes straight up until it is lost in the
clouds, and when the frost on tho wires
is as fuzzy and thick as a roll of chenille
fringe.
The wind has nothing to do with the
sound, and according to an Austrian
scientist the vibrations are due to tho
changes of atmosphorio tomperaturo
and especially through tho notion of
cold, as a lowering of tomperaturo in
duces a shortening of the wires extend
ing over tho whole of the conductor. A
considerable amount of friction is pro
duced on the supporting bolls, thus in
ducing sounds both in the wires and the
poles. ,
When this bumming has been going
on, birds have mistaken the sound for in
eocts inside tho poles and have boon
eon to peck with their bills on the out
side as they do upon the apple and other
trees. Boston Journal of Commerce,
JTeiwlmlsUe.
"Do you believe tho rain fulls alike on
the fust and the unjust?"
"Nudel The unjust swipe tba umbrel-las.'-Exchange.
Put on Trousers anil Nnw the Bights.
Miss Emma Wood, who claims to bo
tho daughter of a wealthy Colorado
rnnchmnn, wns arrested in company
with a young man who snid his nnmo
wns Frank Pntton, and both were dressed
in masculine attire. Tho story of tho
couple is that they both reside a short
distance from Denver nnd for tho Inst
two yenrs have kept company. When
Pntton, who Is employed on a neighbor
ing ranch, was sent to South Omaha in
charge of a consignment of cattle, they
thought i an excellent opportunity to
give the old folks a surprise party by
making the Journey nn elopement ns
well. The girl declnres thnt they were
married by a Lntheran clergyman be
fore they left Denver.
They arrived in Omaha Thursday night
and devoted the next do,v to seeing tho
sights. The girl had often worn her
brother's clothes out on the ranch dur
ing a roundup and helped tho men drive
up the cattle, and Inst night she declared
her Intention of putting on one of her
husbnnd's suits nnd going out to see the
town by gaslight. Sho assumed tho
trousers, nnd the pair started down
Dedge street and visited one or two swell
resorts, after which the woman con
cluded sho had enough, and they started
to the hotel, but were arrested. They
were released today without being fined.
Omnha Cor. Chicago Tribune.
f tint as a llrnrrr For the Flnh Snnn.
Whilo a largo pino log wns being work
ed up nt tho Brown & Hall sawmill,
Acton, Ontario, a wonderful discovery
was made. After the outsido "slab"
had been cut oft a lnrgo toad wns seen
to poke his head nut of a holo in which
bo was imbedded, and whero ho had
barely csenped being cut in two by tho
saw.
How tho creature ever got there Is a
mystery, as ho was jierfectly incased in
tho wood with no possiblo means of in
gress or egress. As tho log was tho fourth
or fifth up from the butt of tho tree his
inisition must have been at least 50 or 00
eet up from tho ground. There Is but
ono way of nccotiiitiiig for tho fact that
ho was found in the l it nation mentioned.
Ho had grown up . ;:'i I'm troy from In
fancy nnd was pro'.i.io,y hundreds of
yenrs old when tlies-.-. ,v nwakened him
from his long nap. N.itnralists of Acton
say that ho is of i.a unknown species of
tho roptilia, nndtlii.t f j cavity in which
ho was found wns perfectly sound and
ns smooth ns though chiseled ont by n
enrpenter. Ho was surrounded on nil
sides with solid wood from 4 inches to
8J feet thick. St. Louis Republic.
A LurKU lnnii or Run Spots Vlnlhle.
Trofessor Hidden of tho Lick observa
tory says that n i.trgo group of spots is
now clearly visible on tho sun, which
by tho use of a smoked glass enn be Been
with tho naked eyo. It will bo extreme
ly interesting to noto what, if any, ex
traordinary chango in the weather of tho
present period may occur.
In any caso experience shows that us a
rulo wlu-n tho nun's activity is increased
remarkable meteorological changes very
soon tako placo on tho earth. Tho pres
ent indications from the largo group of
spots telescoped by Professor Ilolden
nro that wo may shortly look for an in
creased movement of the trado winds on
our gulf and south Atlantio coasts, and
consequently "warm waves' in the in
terior of tho country." Now York Her
ald. New Itullng- on Itnllroad Liability.
A drummer for a firm of jewelers lost
a checked trunk in an Illinois railroad
accident. It was tho kind of a trunk in
which jowolry drummers carry their
samples, anil its contents wero worth
$7,000. Ho brought suit and recoverod
judgment for tho full amount of tho loss.
Tho railroad company carried the ense
up. Now tho supremo court of the
United States "reverses" tho court be
low, sets asido tho judgment and lays it
down ns law that tho railroad compa
ny's check and liability cover only the
personal effects of tho drummer his
shirts, collars, cuffs, oto. As for the de
stroyed jowelry, he and his employers
must arrango thnt matter between them
selves. It is no concern of the common
carrier's. Hartford Courant
The Fateful Opal.
Miss Glzzcllo Sikuy, 10 years old,
daughter of John Sikay of Bridgeport,
died Sunday. She was to have been mar
ried to Henry Callopee. Miss Sikay had
, just boon trying on hor wedding dress,
and displaying an opal pin intended for
tho veil remarked to her bridemaids:
"Some girls think opals bring ill luck. I
am suro this will brinif Henry and me
nothing but happiness.'' '
.She deposited the pin in its dase and
turned to rearrango tho display of her
wodding gifts, when the muscles of her
fuco contracted and sho was seizod with a
convulsion, during which sho sunk to tho
floor unconscious. Her heart ceased to
beat in 40 minutes. Now Huven Regis
tor. Ituyul Rollc.
A writer in "La Vio Contomporaino''
has discovered that an old bos in tho lum
ber room of tho Louvre musouin instead
of containing archives, as was supposed
by many, is full of the relics of royal por
souuges jawbones, shouldor blados,
shanks, ribs and vertebra). The writor
states that thoro are among thorn the
scapula of Huguos Cupet, tho thighbone
of Charles V, the shiubonos of Charles
VI and Francis I, the vortobrnj of Charles
VII and Charles IX, the ribs of Philippe
lo Bui and Louis XII and the lower jaw
bone of Catherine do Medlois, The authenticity-of
these relics is, he says,
proved by papers also found in the box.-
Iteautlfiil Lectures on Joumnllnm.
Lectures on Journalism nre becoming
abundant. It goes without saying that
19 times ont of 80 they nre by those who
know nothing of their subject experi
mentally, but know nil about it theoret
ically. And, oh, how beautifully they
do talk! But if they'll only take a little
back at it in a practical day in and day
out sort of way they'll find that journal
ism means something else than spider
web rainbows and pansy beds, or we'll
lose onr guess.
We havo never known a enso where
actual experience with book canvassers,
committees who want a lot of free ad
vertising In the editorial columns "for
tho good of the cause, you know," etc.,
ever failed to leave its impress of stern
logic. Those who presume on the duties
and responsibilities of journalism and
all that sort of pretty talk would see
some things at least a little differently
if they'd only get down from their high
horse nnd take a hand nt jonrnalism
themselves. Milford (N. Y.) Journal.
A Great Flnh. ,
Thero was landed recently nt Strotn
ness, Orkney, a halibut of extraordinary
dimensions, measuring 0 feet 10 inches
in length nnd weighing no less thnn 215
pounds. The fish wns discovered by two
lads who were engaged in hauling lob
ster creels nt the back of tho Uolms, a
distance of about 1 miles from Strom
ncss pier. It wns observed on tho snnd
nppnrently nslocp, nnd ns they had no
appliances with them with which to at
tempt a enpturo they marked tho spot
nnd returned homo to acquaint their
father.
Armed with a kind of harpoon, to
which a lino was attached, they went
back to tho placo and found the hugo
fish had not moved. Carefully watch
ing an opportunity, tho father succeed
ed in planting tho harpoon in the back
of tho halibut. Tho weapon entcrod tho
spine nnd rendered tho fish powerless,
but on nccouut of it slzo and weight it
wns only nfter considerable difficulty
thnt it wns got on board. It proved a
splendid specimen of tho hulibut and
wns in a first rate condition. In its
stomach was found a vnriety of small
fish, which weighed upward of sis
pounds. It wns nt once carefully packed
nnd dispatched by steamer and rail to
tho London mnrkot. London Field.
F.mpcror Wllllutn's Defeat.
The defeat of tho Germnn army bill,
from whatever point of view it is re
garded, is a very serious affair. In the
first placo it increases, only a little, per
haps, but still increases, tho probability
of war. Tho emperor, rebuffed nt homo,
cannot ncccpt any kind of rebuff abroad
nnd will bo far more sensitivo thnn be
fore nbout slight incidents nnd moro in
clined to beliovo that France or Russia
is taking advantage of his situation.
Moreover, Frenchmen will think that
tho internal struggle will weaken Ger
many, as it would weaken Franco, and
the hopo of finding a moment to fight
Germany when sho is wenk is exceeding
ly keen. Too much must not be mado
of this danger, because the rulors of
France ore much better informed than
her journalists and can see that a decla
ration of war would at once reunite the
German pcoplo, but still it exists and
must bo recorded. In tho second place,
it is probable thnt tho rejection of tho
bill does leave Germany weaker than sho
should bo. London Spectator.
English Sporting Terms. - j
We reprint the following from an Eng
lish paper as a curio in sporting litora
turo: "We lenrn with great pleasure that
Lady Hilda McNeill, young Lord Strad
broko's sister, who since her marriage
to a nephew of Sir John McNeill has
boen living nt Rothloy Grango, near
Loughborough, Is rapidly recovering
from tho nasty full sho lately expen
enced in tho hunting field. Lady Hilda
is an accomplished horsewoman, and her
spill throws no discredit upon her as a
cross country rider. The accident was
tho result of a cannon, another liorso col
liding with hors as sho negotiated a stiff
fenco."
Edwin Booth's Tobacco Habits.
Edwin Booth's physical disability is
generally ascribed to excessive indul
gence in tobacco. The cigars which tho
famous tragedian smokes are marvels of -strength,
yet it has boen smoko, smoke,
smoke from morning till late at night
for many years. When he was playing,
Mr. Booth used to havo his valot stand
at night at one of the entrances to tho
stago holdiug a cigar and a light, so
that as soon as tho scene was ended Mr.
Booth would have his fuvorito weed at
hand. Exchange
Davenport Against Bernhardt.
Miss Fanny Davenport dosiros to de
bar Bernhardt from putting on Sardou's
latest play in this country, becnuso she
produces plays "in an incompetent
way." And the vexatious part of it is
that it will take two years or more to
get it through the Gnllio head that this
is an American joke. It is annoying to
bo obliged to protest to Parisians that
we bolieve that in somo ways the Bern
hardt can give tho Davenport points.
New York World.
To He Seen at Chieauu.
Among the many "freuks" offered for
exhibition at tho World's fuiris alien
that always walks backward, a Shotlundj
pony that) is so small that hor shoes uro,
made front HWO gold pieces, a razor that,
had been used by George Washington,
an Indian prodigy, aged 4 years, who
can recite "Thanatopsis,1' and a garment
400 years old.