CLEVER SHOOTING.
RESULT OF TWO SHOTS LEARNED
AFTER TWENTY-NINE YEAR8.
An InrMrnt In th Practice Work of
Southern Field tiny flow Colonel Rleh
ftrdson Came to Know Thnt He Unit Dona
Plnme Itamng;. to lilt Kneiules.
When ths Wmhlmrton artillery wns
at Morgan City, there were many strik
ing Incidents thnt sprang ont of the cer
emonies of dedicating Fort Star and of
practicing with the iolid shot. Tlie
whole day the war and Its memories
were kept before the people, tmt it was
not it reawakening in which the bloody
shirt had any play, but more of a
thoughtful retrospection, In which the
recalling of battles was not with bitter
ness, but with an impartial sndnesa
Among the happenings of the day none
was more singular and noteworthy than
one which ocenrred to Colonel Richard
son, the commander of the battalion.
It was during the time when the bat
teries were firing shell at the two tar
gets, which looked like tiny handker
chiefs on the water, they were so far
away, A good shot was fired, and the
spectators were applauding the excellent
marksmanship, and the colonel stepped
up to the gun to commend the gunner,
when without canse or without knowing
why the memory of a similar shot which
had been fired 29 years ago almost to the
very day flashed into his mind when he
had stopped up to a gunner and compli
mented him in much the same style.
It was when he was at Fort Malone at
the siege of Petersburg, which was
known as Fort "Damnation," when the
hot 29 years before had been fired, and
the Fourth of July was almost the anni
versary of the very day. Instead of
white targets for a mark it had been the
tops of two Sibley tents which peeped
over the ramparts of Fort "Hell," just
opposite Fort "Damnation." They were
the tents of the Federal officers. He knew
that from a deserter who had Informed
him, also that the officers of the whole
command held a daily consultation there,
and that he could tell the time from the
fact that they bitched their horses around
the tents.
Colonel Richardson was then a cap
tain in the Washington artillery, and he
conceived the idea of scoring a point on
the Federals by firing on the tents just
at the time of the daily consultation.
He selected the best gunner in his com
mand and told him what he wanted him
to do, and that was to load and prepare
the guns for a special shot which he was
going to direct them to make the ensu
ing, day. The young captain was sure
that he had gunners he could depend up
on, and to make his triumph complete
he asked General Malone to be present
when the shots were to be fired.
It was noon the next day When the
horse of the Fedoral officers were seen
collected around the two tents. The
gunners were told to train their guns
upon them And to be certain to make
their shots tell. Those two shots were
made the center of the interest of those
in Fort "Damnation" for that day, for
the word was passed around that the de
struction of the officers' tents was to be
attempted.
After a deal of preliminary arrange
ments the two shots were fired, and the
tops of the two Sibley tents disappeared
like cardhouses in a gale of wind. The
success of the shots was the signal lor
cheering on the part of the Confederates.
General Malone complimented the ac
curacy of the rlillerymen, and it was
then that the captain stepped to the gun
ner and expressed his approbation in
much the same way that he used to the
one that had made the good shot at Mor
gan City. But there had always been a
tinge of dissatisfaction about that shot
at the Federal tents, and that was that
he had never ascertained whether any
one had been hurt in the tents, and for
the 29 Intervening years that one thought
had pervaded the whole incident.
With these thoughts in his mind Colo
nel Richardson turned away from the
gunner at Morgan City, And at that mo
ment one of Morgan City's prominent
citizens, Mr. Gray, stepped to the colo
nel's side and said: , ,
"Isn't this Colonel RioaardsonT
"Yes."
"Well, I hav been wanting to meet
yon for many years, ever since I heard
yon had been is Fort 'Damnation' at
the same time that I wasisJTort 'Hell.'"
"Yen?" said the colonel, "and when
were you in Fort 'Hell?"'
"In July, 1804. In fact, Just 29 years
ago today," answered Mr. Gray.
The oolonel instantly thought of those
two shots and wondered if his curiosity
was to be satisfied. "Do yon remember
a day while yon were opposite me in
Fort 'Hull' when the tents of the officers
wens taken down by two shots which
were almost simultaneous?"
The stranger did not reply for a full
minute. A shadow seemed to Call over
him, his eyes grew dork, and he stepped
'back and surveyed the colonel from head
to foot Then he broke out feelinglyt
i"D n yout I shall never forgot those
shots. They swept away the flower of
my corps. My first lieutenant was killed,
'and the leg of my second lieutenant was
shot oft, and five others were killed. And
did you fire that shot?"
The deep feeling of the man was evi
dent, but a moment later he said, "Well,
'colonel, you ore now teaching your young
soldiers to serve the flag for which my
officers laid down their lives." New
Orleans Times-Democrat
Too Var OK
He had wandered about into dozens of
stores hopelessly trying to match a piece
of goods for his wife. At last he quit
'and leaned np against a post with the
ample in his hand.
' "What's the matter?" asked passing
friend. "Sick?"
"Yes. I guess I'll have to go to heav
en," ho replied, sticking the sample out
aimlessly toward the inquirer.
"What do you mean?"
: "Well, they say matches are made in
heaven, and I guess they're right. IH
swear they're not made anywhere around
here," Detroit Free Press.
A Terrible Lasklna ria.
A well known gentleman of Seattle the
other day banded to a reporter a curious
looking scarfpin, the head of it being of
the size of a small marble, such as is
need by boys. In color it was a peculiar
reddish mler, and seemed to contain a
strnnge lifelike heart, from which a drop
or Dlood appeared reaily to rail.
"A heart of fire bedreamed with haze.
"What is it?" asked the reporter.
"It is an eye taken from a mummy,
was the reply.
"Where was it taken from?" was asked.
"I was at Arica, Peru, in 1882, and
took It from mummy myself," was the
reply. "A number of young men and
myself one day were out for sport snd
dng np a dozen mummies for the sake
of seeing what they bad been buried with.
We found money, pieces of pottery, etc..
but did not strike a gold mine. Nearly
all the better class of mummies seemed
to have these eyes in them, and I took
this from one of them. I could not
learn what it was. Some people in Peru
contend that it is the natural eye pre
served and hardened in some manner,
while others think it a fish's eye. They
do not bother their heads much about it
down there, however. The fact that
these eyes are found in mummies is suffl
cient for them. I have never heard of
any tradition connected with them.
"I took the eye to a jewelry store in
Ban Francisco and tried to get it pol
ished, but could not, although half a
dozen men worked on it. The powder
arising from it while they were at work
would make them deathly sick and also
get in their eyes and blind them tern'
porarily. Yon see that it has scaled off
in places. I finally had it set in this pin
as yon see it" Seattle 1 toss-Times.
Where the Beaton Hotels' SlWer Go.
The fad of collecting spoons for sou
venirs has ramifications little dreamed
of by those who toy curiously with the
quaint little products of the silversmith's
art as they sip out of dainty porcelain
the fragrant brew from my lady's tea
ball.
Harvard boys are faddist as well as
their sisters and sweethearts, but they do
not seek the uttermost ends of the earth
for their treasures. The famous and
hospitable hostelries of the neighboring
Hub are where they carry on their dep
redations.
The more thoughtful and honest first
make sure that the obliging waiter does
not have to replace the missing article.
and then they slyly slip a fork or a spoon
into a pocket and no matter what the
check may amount to the spoony sopho
more is nappy, for he has added an
other to his collection with which to
mystify his fair friends.
This accounts for one who at a little
spread took tea from an Adams House
spoon and salad from a fork bearing the
word "Parker s."
If the student has been industrious.
every individual of a party uses silver
from a different hostelry. Boston Her
ald. .
Photographing In Colors.
Color photography has attracted much
attention during the past year or 18
months, and the experiments in that line
have been startlingly successful. Pro
fessors Lippmann and Vogel are the pio
neers in this branch of the photographio
art, and both are enthusiastic over re
cent results. Lippmann's investigations
have proven that on a layer of albumen
he could take brilliant photographs of
the spectra, nor was it necessary to
bring ont the colors one at a time by a
laborious application of specially pre
pared chemicals. On the contrary, they
ail -came out at once, even red, and that
too, without the interposition of colored
screens. In a letter to a society of pho
tographers Lippmann says: "Announce
the most wonderful discovery of the age.
I have brought out colors more brilliant
than the tints of the rainbow after an ex
posure of less than 80 seconds. Alas! I
grieve to tell yon that there are certain
colors in the rainbow that I have not
sucoeeded in chaining to my plate." St
Louis Republic
The Atlantis Ooean.
The area of the Atlantio is about 80,'
000,009 square miles, less than half the
area -of the Pacifio and between one
sixth and one-seventh of the total sur
face area of the world. It wonld form a
circle 4,180 miles in diameter, which is
rather more than double the distance
from Liverpool to New York.
Its depth is mnch better known than
that of the Pacifio and averages more
than 2,000 fathoms, probably about 14,
000 feet or about 2 miles. The height
of Mont Blanc is about three miles.
The cubic contents are therefore near
ly 80,000000 cubio miles, so that the At
lantic could be contained bodily in the
Pacifio nearly three times. The number
f cubio feet is 117 followed by 17 ci
phers, a number that would be ticked
oil by our million clocks In 870,000 years.
Its weight is 825,000 billion tons, and the
number of gallons in it is 78 trillions. A
sphere to hold the Atlantio would have
to be 688 miles in diameter. Long
sum's Magazine.
Entertaining the Batcher.
Little Mary is the daughter of a Pres
byterian clergyman in a pretty village
of western New York. One morning a
corpulent butcher called at the parsonage
with a roast of beef for dinner. Mary
answered his knock at the kitchen door
and proceeded to entertain him until her
mother should arrive. The pastor's wife
on her way down stairs overheard this
conversation:
"This is a very lovely day) Mr. Mea
aon." "It Is indeed."
"Do yon like roast beef?"
-Yes."
"Do you eat it every day?"
"Not every day. Why?"
"Nothing, only your stomach seems to
be larger than ours." New York Times.
Acquiring and foneeilng treagth.
In childhood we study mathematics
and languages to strengthen our mind.
When we get older, our mind is so strong
that these things are driven entirely out
of it Boston Transcript
Senator Stanford'! Ultimo.
An Intimate friend of the Stanford
family relates an incident in the sena
tor's life in Washington: A policeman
on duty one evening on K street, within
a block of the Stanford residence at the
national capital, found a man lying un
conscious on the sidewalk. He was
about to ring In an alarm for the patrol
wagon when a gentleman came np and
recognized the unconscious man as Sen
ator Stanford. They succeeded in get
ting the senator into his house without
any one else knowing what had hap
pened, and nothing was ever said about
it The first question the senator asked
when he regained consciousness was
Whether the newspapers would know all
about it, and he appeared to be greatly
relieved when he learned that it had
been kept a secret. The gentleman who
knew of this incident said that the sena
tor's sudden death was no surprise to
him. San Francisco Chronicle.
A Novelty In Trolley Road.
In an electric road recently construct
ed in England a radical departure from
American methods has been made. A
trolley wire is suspended from arms pro
jecting from steel columns. No guy
wires are employed, as the steel wires
are especially designed to withstand se
vere strains. At the corners the trolley
wire, instead of following a curve of the
same radius of the track, as in ths Amer
ican systems, is turned on an angle, the
whole system depending on the flexibili
ty of the trolley arm, or side collector,
as it is called, which automatically en
gages the trolley wire in any position
from two to twelye feet from the side of
the car.
Another change from American prac
tice is the adoption of a pressure of only
850 volts. The cars are only 22 feet long
and are equipped with two motors of 15
brake horsepower, running at 400 revo
lutions. Philadelphia Press.
Teetotal Sailor.
A large number of the crew of the ill
fated Victoria were teetotalers in fact.
a lodge of the Independent Order of
Good Templars the Victoria's Lifeboat
Lodge A. D. had been established on
the ship. Not one of the names of the
members of the lodge is included among
the list of the saved, so that the lodge
has no longer an existence. A curious
fact is that a whole lodge of the same
order was lost in the terrible disaster
that overtook the Eurydice in 1878.
London Tit-Bits.
How, This I Fishing.
Frank Vinton and others caught a 800
pound sturgeon last week and made the
line fast to a young tree standing on
shore. Later, when they went to draw
the big fish to land, they found it had i
caped by pulling the tree up by the roots
and taking over 80 feet of small rope
along. The fishermen have three other
big fish tied up at different places along
the stream. Asotin (wash.) Sentinel.
The latest fad for the owner of dogs is
to make them wear shoes in the house
to protect the polished floors. The shoes
are made of chamois skin.
A Mr. Veal and Miss Ham were mar
tied in England a short time ago. This
marriage is meet for rejoicing among
newspaper enmonsts.
itttacrllanrou.
MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office on Went Main Htreot, nppmiHe the
Cnnimi.tvlul Ui.vn.il, l.ivillm P.
jyn. B. E. HOOVER,
REYNOLDS VILLE, PA.
HcbIiIi'tiI dentist. In building near Mpthn
dlM i'IiiiivIi, ilte Arnold lilork. (jentle-
III 111 0M!l'aUllC.
JJOTEL MuCONNELL,
1 IE YNOLDS VILLE. PA.
Fit A XK J. It LACK, Proprietor.
Tlio leading lintel of the town, lleadquar
tent fur roninii'ivlal men. Hleam heal, free
Haniple tiiuniH, billiard room, telephone con.
nut, nuill non)M niwi mi(l mi nvnrv limn.
JJOTEL BELNAP,
REYNOLD3VILLE, PA.
OREEXA- CVXSER, Proprietor.
,,r, . i.irw. ,,ic,i-, hll I 1,1111,1. lK-Hlt'U III
the very centre of the liiiMlneHH part, nf town.
ITreA 'hiitt I.. miri fmm tMiln. un.l .uiMnil,...
.ample roonm lorcoinnien-ial Uuveli-nt.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
BROOK VILLE, PA.,
PHIL P. CARRIER, Proprietor,
lilinililu svmma r tm. n-K..mi1 11.,. 1
hfuul hy nuiurulnus. Omnibus to and from
till truin.
urns
System Renovator
CURES ALL
Liver, Kidney L
"w Stomaeh
F DISEASES.
BTttem Senovstnr I the only remedy In the
world that trulv taurine the blood and actsUD-
on the kidneys, liver aud bowel without making
them weak. Moat medicines undertake to
eleunse without building up. This Is wrong,
snd It weakens the organs. Renovator builiU
up while It Is cleansing the system, frloe, fl.uo
par uuiue, or BIX lor to.uu.
After years of suacea at his office. Dr. Bur'
goon has concluded to put up his tape worm
remedy In such a manner that patients can
treat themselves at their own homes. This Is a
messed boon to autferers from this terrible snilo
Uon who live at a distance. Write.
Mir. Uurioou' a Hutnaioat Cancer Cure
oai no equal on the lace or tue earin. it
positively cures all kind of canoers Internal
snd external, without the use of the knife scro
fula, syphilis, aud all sorts of blood poisons aud
humors. This remedy Is In the reach of all. A
M-ouuoe bottle, an s-weeka' treatment, for ts.OO.
These medicines are fully endorsed by the beat
puysiuiauB. wiiu eacn oi mem mere is a guar
antes to cure or monev refunded, lfvourdruir
gist does uot keep tueut, Insist that fie does, oil
VIWM HIWI IKUUI
DM J. A. BUKUUON,
. Mir renu Ave., Pittsburgh
Bend stamp for book of lustruotlons..
t-Vfor uio at 11. Alex Htoke's drug "tore.
Town Talk I
Bargains !
The general topic of the
people ia
Where iky get tlicir
llaraiiis.
Their reply re-echoes from
the woodland and the valleys:
-RT THE-
RACKET STORE.
You know they are always
busy in every town where
there is one.
Why?
B6C31IS6 prices are the same
to all.
" goods are of lst-class
quality.
" money is always re
refunded if not
natisfactory.
" an apportionment of
of goods ishandled
that is in daily use.
" they buy for cash
and sell for cash,
which enables you to get
ROCK BOTTOM PRICES,
and you do.
Yours Respectfully,
M. J. Gome,
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
The First National Bank oi
Reynoldsville.
CKPITHL 9SO.OOO.OO.
C. OTIK'lirll, Prraldrntl
Scott Mcrldlnnd, Vice Prra.
John II. Kniirlipr, aolilrr.
Director:
C Mll.-licll, Hi'ott. MoCIHIiind. J. ('. Klutr,
liWM'nh HtriniHN, Jotenh llfnderwm,
0. W. l uller, J. If. Kawht r.
IW n ircnrrHlhiiiikinirhiiKlncNHiind wiMcIIh
the acromitauf nierehatilN, pmfiNlonitl nion,
fiirnitirM, meWiatilcN, mlnerH, lumtH'rmrn and
(itliera, itmtnlNliitf iho nuwt cart'ful attention
to the btiHlnt'HH of all ihtkoiih.
Temporary quarter In Centennial Hall
HiillilliiK, opposite llolel Helium.
,THE
(UNSCCTARIAN)
NO PAPER LIKE IT ON EARTH
Unique not Eccentric
Witty not Funny.
Religious not Pioui.
Not for Sect but for Souls.
WHOLE SERMONS IN A 6ENTENCE.
Send a dime In stamps for three peeks trial.
THE RAM'S HORN,
1W WOMAN'S TEMPLE, Read
Per Year. CHICAGO It ones.
ONLY PAPER THAT EVERYBODY LIKES
ReynolQsvlllB Harflware Co.,
DEALERS IN
HARDWARE, STOVES and RANGES,
TIN, - SHEET IRON - AND - COPPER WARE,
AMMUNITION, - FISHING TACKLE OF ALL KINDS, HOUSE
FURNISHING GOODS, WOOD AND IRON PUMPS.
And everything kept in a First-class Hardware Store.
Roofing and Spouting Done to Order.
REYNODSVILLE, PA.
N. HAWAII,
No Fancy Prices,
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: Or it rnicKs
MAKE CUSTOM KKH OF ALL Wilt'
COME.
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
finest and cheapest in town.
A nice line of Children's
Jackets from 2 to 12 years.
doming,
Men's suits the best and
cheapest you ever saw for
the money. We don't say so
except we can convince you.
Men's Suits, four button
cutaway from 10, 12 to $15,
worth 14, 1G and $18.
Men's straight cut worsted
for 10 to 12.50, .worth 16,
to $18.
Children's Suits 2.75, are
worth 3.50 to $5.00.
A fine line of Boys' and
Men's Negligee Shirts.
N. Hanau.
Grocery Boomers
W
BUY WHERE YOU CAN
GET ANYTHING
YOU WANT.
FLOUR,
Salt Meats,
Smoked Meats,
CANNED GOODS,
TEAS, COFFEES
AND AIX KINDS Or
Country Produce
FRUITS,
CON FECTIONERY,
TOHACCO.
AND CIGARS,
Everything In tho line of
H
U
&
Fresh Groceries, Feed,
Etc. .
OomtH delivered free any
place in town.
Call on iM rtiirf get prlcex.
W. C. Sclraltz & Son
N
"ASK'FOR
MX.
PINE
CANDIES.
IN SEALED PACKAGES
AT
H. ALEX. STOKE'S.
THE LEADING DRUGGIST,
Reynoldsville, fm.
GENTLEMEN !
I am positive Hint 1 have omethlnff
rich In store for ynu If you will c 11 nt
my tBllor shop. I huro reoelvcd an ex
cellent suh-ntlon of
Spring and
Summer Goods.
1 can show you tho flnput selection of
(foods In this city. All fits guaranteed
to bo perfect. Ono trial of tho excel
lent Roods snd work Is convincing for
all. Hoping that I may receive call,
I remain
Your obedient servant,
J. G. FROEHLIGH,
Reynoldavllle, tm.
WNoxt door to Hotel McConnell.
Giuj Meat Market
I buy the bent of cattle and
keep the choicest kinda
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,
TiKALKtt IN
Dry Goods,
Notions,
Boots, and
s
Shoes,
Fresh Groceries
Flour and
Feed.
GOODS DELIVERED FREE.
OPERA HOUSE BLOCK
Reynoldsville, Pa.
LOOK!
FOR THE
People's
Bargain store.
Quick Sales and
Small Profits.
General stock of Ladies'
and Gentlemen's Furnishing
Goods and Shoes.
A. KATZEN,
Proprietor.
Subscribe for
"The Star."
$1.50 per year.