VOLUME 2.
REYNOLDS VI LLE, I'ENN'A., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1U93.
NUMBER 18.
The
una
SUCCESS!
o -Of our stiles for
s and
Men'
Is due wholly to the
fact that we give
you one hundred
cents' worth of val
ue. Why does
everyone say that
Bells are always do
ing something ? Be
cause we have the
Goods and give you
Good, New, Fresh
Goods always. No
old, second hand
stuff on our counters
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In
Jib
We have a few more
MEN'S
we are selling for the sum of
$7, 7.50 and $8.50,
actual values $10, 12, and $14, so if you care to secure one
of these Gems and at the same time save $3 to $5 in cash
you will have to come at once.
SCHOOL
11.
Reduced from $2.50 and $3.00.
School will soon commence again and many a boy will
be in need of new clothes. We will offer 1,000 Boys1 Good,
Durable and Stylish Cassimere, Cheviot and Jersey Suits,
sizes 4 to 14, in all different new styles (see above cut) at
the unequalled low price of Two Dollars.
BELL BROS.,
Clothiers. - Tailors - and - Hatters.
REYNOLDS VILLE, PA.
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Boy's Suits
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11.
ALL IN ONE DREAM.
WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY A MAN IN
A 8HORT SPACE OF TIME.
A Story Showing the llcmarkahle flwlft
nr With Which the Mind Works When
It It Supposed to Be Taking a Rent How
Long II Took to Do Ten Hour' Work.
A few evenings since a number of
newspaper men were In an office await
ing the arrival of a gentleman who wm
to call together a meeting that they had
been directed to report for their respec
tive papers.
A number of topics was discussed,
and one of these was dreams and the
extreme rapidity with which mental
operations are performed. A number of
experiences were given, but the one that
attracted the most attention was that of
a Call representative, who narrated what
he had done in a dream.
"It was," said he, "in 1868 that after
a hard day's work I reached homo and
lost no time in retiring. Glancing at
the clock as I turned oil the gas I noticed
that it was just 18 minutes after mid
night. "Shall I tell you at this point how long
I was dreaming or tell first what I did
In my dream? That yon all may better
appreciate whnt was done, I will defer
the matter until the end. Dear in mind
that what is to be told was all in the
dream. Seated in the old office on Com
mercial street, above Montgomery, I was
endeavoring to put into presentable
shape the facts of n trial that had taken
place In tho district court, when income
E. A. Rockwell, who was the chief ed
itorial writer, and calling me by nnme
said: 'Yon had better get ready and go
to San Leandro. There's been a terri
ble rnilroad accident. There's 00 or 00
people killed, Bnd I don't know how
many injured. Georite E. Barnes, at
that time one of the proprietors and
managing editors, had overheard Rock
well, and in that quiet way of his sug
gested that no time be lost in reaching
Oakland, and there procuring a buggy
and a pair of horses, to go to San Lean
dro or whorever the nccident was.
"Rushing down to the ferry landing
at tho comer of Pacific and Davis streets,
I reached there in time to find that the
steamer for the other side of the bay hail
just pulled out, and that I would have
to wait half an hour for the ne.t boat.
Tho delay was vexatious, and then when
the ferryboat did move eastward it seem
ed as if she would never make her land
ing, she seemed to be going so slowly.
When the slip on the other side was
reached, thcro was some accident to llio
local train, and there was not any pro
spect of starting for an hour or more.
There was not a team of any kind at the
landing, so I had to walk to Oakland.
"A desire to make up for tho time lost
urged me ou, and I think the time made
from the landing to Droadway and
Washington street has never been beateu
by man. Near the corner I went Into a
livery stable and ordered a pair of horses
hitched up. There was a delay there,
for the proprietor had his doubts about
the ability of the team making tho trip
out and back. Finally I started, und
tho way those horses flew over the road
was a caution. When the scene of the
disaster, some distance beyond San Le
andro, about 14 miles from Oakluud,
was reached, 1 proceeded at once to
gather the facts.
"Down on tho notebook were pencilod
the names of 80 odd men, women und
children who had either been killed out
right or burned to death in somoof tho
cars which had caught fire. Then fol
lowed the names of about 40 who hud
been injured, a description of their in
juries and the opinions of the physicians
who were in attendance as to the posyi
ble outcome in each case. Now, any of
you who have had experience in gather
ing information of that kind cuu fully
appreciate that it was not child's pUy.
for the injured were in different pU.i-t.,
and it required time to get around to
them all.
"Then there was the obtaining of data
about the dead. A number of them were
well known residents of this city, others
were from San Jose, so it became neces
sary to obtain enough to givo each a do
cent obituary notice. In addition to this
it became a part of my duty to get the
statements of passengers, so as to de
scribe their feelings when the train de
railed and went over on its side down a
little gully and be able to write up the
narrow or fortunate escape of each.
Then there were railroad officials to in
terview, and, as you all know, they are
the hardest kind of people to obtain facts
from.
"Well, it took nearly three hours to
get all the matter that was needed for a
sensational article that was to appear
under a half column scare head. Then
there was the ride back to Oakland set
tlement with the livery stable man, who
wore that he would never rent a team
to a newspaper man again, a rush in a
hack to the forry landing and the trip to
this city. Without waiting to get any
thing to eat I made my way to the office
and at once commenced to write np, tell
ing every one who came to ask for de
tails to let me alone. I did not write in
copper plate style, and for that matter I
never did, but I wrote and kept on writ
ing until I had enough to fill what would
make about four full colrfinns of The Call
of the present day and wrote that big
scare bead. As I handed the last line
to the foreman to set up I heaved a sigh
of relief and exclaimed, 'Thank good
ness, that's donel' That Is my dream,
"At that moment I felt a hand on my
shoulder, jumped from the bed and
heard my wife ask, 'What are yon
dreaming about? I lit the gas, looked
at the clock and discovered that it was
17 minutes after midnight, or, in other
words, that in my dream of less than
two minutes I had Jierformed all that I
have related.
"I have figured on the time it would
take me to do what I did in that dream
and find that it could not be done In less
than 10 hours under the most favorable
circumstances." San Francisco Call.
Characteristic of Criminal.
The measure around the skull of the
criminal, taken horizontally, Is always
less than that around the skull of the
upright man, and his brain Is found to
be lighter, his constitution feebler, too.
and his heart is weak. Bnt even among
culprits themselves there are grt-at dif
ferences thus the highway robber is
naturally found to be taller than the
pickpocket, and the bones of his skeleton
are stronger. He and the murderer,
when they write at all, write largo
round hand with many flourishes. The
thief writes with effeminacy, a small
hand.
These people are apt to give the stu
dent surprises. Re finds, for instance,
that they are not habitually crueL Wan
ton murderers will be kind to a pet.
Where they are cruel it is the women
who are most so, and who discover the
most shocking forms of cruelty, and al
though a few have talent they are all
wanting in the ability to use their talent
to advantage, but most of them have
great stupidity.
They are flighty and faithless always,
clinging long to nothing. And with it
all they are extraordinarily enprrstitlous
The one satisfactory thing that comes
out of all this investigation is the estab
lishment of the fact that education di
minishes the tendency to crime, and that
as by slow degrees the day shall come
when a whole generation is educated
the children of that generation will be
born with less and less tendency to crimo
or to crime made easy. Harper's Bazar
Mr. Jarrett' Experience as a Forty-niner.
"The first time I was in Portland,"
said Theatrical Manager Henry C. Jar
rett, "was in 1840. I came around the
Horn from New York as supercargo of
three ships bound for San Francisco.
After we had discharged our cargoes I
had some littlo leisure on my hands,
and I concluded to come to this country
and take a look at it. I took passage on
tho Sea Gull, one of the very first
steamers that ever came np the Colum
bia river. The blowing of tho whistle
caused considerable fright among the
Indians along the banks. I brought np
from San Francisco a hogshead of sugar
on speculation. When we landed in
Portland the hogshead fell overboard,
but was soon flBhed out. The sugar was
about 150 pounds heavier after the acci
dent, bnt I sold it, water and all, for 83
cents a pound. The sugar cost me 16
a pound.
"I bought a large lot of potatoes hero
by the bushel at a very low price, and
sold them in San Francisco at $ I a pound.
I also took back with me four turkeys
and told a sailor if he would hitch them
np with strings and drive them through
the streets of San Francisco and sell
them he could have 23 por cent of tho
proceeds! Ho sold the turkoys for $.)0
apiece to a couple of restaurant koepvrs,
who wanted tho birds as an advertise
ment. This was just before Christmas,
1840." Portland Oregonian.
An Old Truth Proved One Mora.
A pneumatic tired safety bicycle that
rested against the curb in Eighth avenue
opposite the Grand Opera House on Fri
day night had a crowd about it for an
hour. It bore a hnge placard with the
inscription, "For Sale, Price $18."
The placard had been placed there by
the owner, who had made a wager that
he would display the bicycle for two
hours, and that no one would venture to
buy it.
There was a lot of lively talk among
the crowd that stared at the bicycle, but
nobody went into the cigar store where
the man who bad bet that a purchaser
would appear was anxiously waiting for
some one with $12 to materialize.
A stout Englishman neatly dressed
came along ana studied the placard with
a frown.
"I hate these practical jokes," he cried.
"I ride a bicycle myself, and I only wish
I had $13 in cash, and I'd get that wheel.
That reminds me of the story of the man
who stood on London bridge and offered
to sell genuine gold sovereigns for a pen
ny apiece and stood there an hour with
out selling any."
The bicycle owner won his bet finally,
to the chagrin of the man who felt sure
that a bargain would be snapped up.
The fun of it was that the owner would
have been forced to part with it under
the terms of the wager. New York Sun.
A Defterter' Good Fortune.
A deserter is not always a deserter,
even though branded with a great big
"D," according to the lawa of Queen
Victoria's realm. Some time ago a well
known EnglinK resident of Wilmington,
Del., applied j the British consul here
for a pension, claiming to have served
his country in an Australian regiment.
He admitted having had his breast
branded with a red iron, with the letter
"D," which marked him forever as a de
serter, but claimed to have rejoined his
regiment after his punishment and
served out the term of enlistment. The
British home office found that he was
right, and the pension has come to him
after a long wait. Philadelphia Record.
HOW CATS OFTEN 8PREAD DISEASE.
Mother Hhontd Teach Children Mot to
Handle Strange Anlmnt.
Since I have spoken In defense of the
dog, let me say something more with
relation to that other favorite household
companion of man the cat. I would
call your attention to the fact that the
cat is a beast far more useful to mankind
than the dog. Without the latter we
could get along, but if we had no cats
we should have a continual plague of
rats and mice, which wonld overrun the
cities and devour the crops and small
live stock of the farmers.
At the same time you may set it down
an indisputable truth that the domestic
cat is a prolific source of a great variety
of diseases. It breeds them and dis
seminates them skin troubles partic
ularly. It carries about with it the con
tagion of diphtheria, one of the most fa
tal of human complaints, and it is seri
ously suspected of helping to sow the
germs of consumption. A trouble akin
to ringworm which attacks the scalp and
causes the hair to fall out is frequently
conveyed by cats. Likewise it is with
scarlet fever, which, when it is in a
house, is always likely to be scattered
abroad by the pet pussies of the estab
lishment. The way of it is thlst When there is
sickness in a house, old cloths are apt to
be used for various purposes. These are
commonly thrown afterward into soino
out of the way place, like the corner of
a closet. 8uppose that there is a tabby
about that is on the point of bringing
into the world a litter of kittens. Fe
male cats are constantly having kittens,
as yon know, being among the most pro
lific of animals. She searches for a se
questered nook for her accouchement
and is likely to make her bed of just
such a lot of old rags as I havedescriled.
As a natural consequence, not only is
the mother cat infected as to her fur
with the contagious disease, but all of
her kittens are likewise. The latter are
fondled by the children. Pathogenic
germs seem to find a most favorablo
breeding ground In the hair of cats. As
a result the complaint is spread. Un
fortunately the infection is not limited
to the house. It is spread abroad by the
cats, which are notorious stragglers.
Thus before many days have passed
there is an epidemic of scarlet fever or
what not in the neighborhood. Nobody
can imagine how it got about Little
Johnny dies of diphtheria, and nobody
dreams that he contracted it by picking
up a strange cat.
Children have a way of picking np
cats and holding them to their faces to
caress them. That accounts for many
cases of that very disagreeable disease
called ringworm. It is the same way
with other skin troubles that are con
tagious. Cats as well as dogs are liu
ble to tuberculosis of the lungs, other
wise known as consumption. That they
commnnicate it to human beings is more
than suspected. Washington Star.
A Louisville Dog That Swear.
A Louisville railroad man has a dog
that distinguishes the days of the week
and different railroad trains. On days
when Midget's owner makes his regular
trips the dog accompanies him to the
station, but never attempts to board the
train just stays on the platform, an in
terested spectator, and wags his tail
cheerfully as the train moves out. On
other days and other trains suburban
trains to Parkland or Pewee Valley
he hops aboard without hesitation, evi
dently aware that the ride in prospect is
one that he may share. Midget swears,
too; swears like a pirate.
The family understand him, bnt they
report that his language is too terrible
to be repeated. When things don't go
to suit him, he retires under a bed or
sofa and lies there rolling off oaths of
fearful description for hours. A young
man who was attentive to Midget's
young mistress unintentionally offended
him, but the dog got even. He actually
broke off the match. He knew the regu
lar nights on which the youth appeared,
and at an early hour would ensconce
himself under the parlor sofa, from
which coign of vantage he would growl
forth such volleys of personal and pro
fane remarks that the prospective lover
became intimidated and ceased his at
tentions. In recognition of these serv
ices Midget's master gave him a beauti
ful silver collar. Louisville Courier
Journal. Maw of III Defalcation.
One afternoon when the boat from
Portland touched at Forest City land
ing, Peaks island, a newsboy leaped
from the steamer, pressed among the
great throng assembled on the wharf
and commenced crying shrilly, "Ev'nin
papers; all about the defalcation of J.
H. Dow." Suddenly there was a move
ment in the crowd. A man was seen to
reel and fall heavily to the ground.
This man was J. H. Dow. He had boen
living at his cottage on the island for
several weeks, waiting with horrible
anxiety the day that should make his
offense public Lewiston Journal.
Cattle Food In Maine.
Maine cattle are living on browse in
the absence of fodder. One man says he's
seen them push against the trunk of a
small tree, bend it over and then walk
astride of it toward the top to keep it
from springing back while they strip
the leaves.
In the same state pigeons were once so
thick in spots that droves of hogs were
driven hundreds of miles to fatten on
them, and they could be knocked over by
the wagonload with sticks. Dr. Ezekiel
Holmes wrote these stories 00 years syne.
Wedged la a Sewer Pipe.
Strung along the comer of Userry
street are a number of clay sewer pipes.
The pieces are 8 feet long and 10 utches
in diameter. About dusk a crowd of
children, among them Mamie Kaylor,
daughter of Councilman Kaylor of the
Fourth ward, were amusing themselves
scampering over the pipes. This sport
grew tame, and some one of them thought
there was more excitement in playing
"hide and seek." Little Mamie Kaylor,
like the other children, would crawl into
the pipes and hide. After the game had
proceeded for some time it was noticed
by the other children that Mamie was
missing. While they were searching for
her they heard muffied screams from the
interior of one of the sections of pipe.
Running to it, Mamie was discovered
wedged in. In crawling in she had
doubled a leg, nnd the knee joint and foot
became wedged. The other children tried
to release the girl by pulling, but their
efforts only added to the pain she was
enduring as well as to tighten the hold
of the pipe.
Borne men were attracted by the cries
and the efforts of the children to release
Mamie. They carried the pipe into the
saloon of John Dickreader. Here they
tilted the heavy pipe and tried to shake
out the little one, bnt without success.
The child was fast becoming faint from
pain and fright, and the men decided to
break the crock. This was a delicate job,
for a chance blow might break the child's
leg or do more serious damage. It was
determined to chip the clay pie, begin
ning at the end where Mamie's feet were.
With a mallet the chipping process be
gan, when suddenly the crock split
squarely in half, and the child was lil)er
ated. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Popular Representation mocked.
The whole question of the revision of
the method of popular representation in
Belgium is blocked at present by tho at
titude of the government in relation to
the reorganization of the senate, which
may lead ultimately to a conflict between
the houses nnd may involve the throne.
The correspondent of the London Times
at Brussels says: A more perplexing mat
ter is the utter insignificance of the point
at issue. Apart from the 26 senators to
be elected by the provincial councils
without paying any taxes is the senate
to be composed only of members paying
a direct tax of 1,500 francs, with tho
proportion of one eligible in 6,000 inhab
itants, or may it not be admitted that
the inhabitants who pay the highest
taxes in each province under 1,000 francs
should be equally eligible for the senate
in the proportion of one to every 8,000
inhabitants? Upon this the whole ques
tion turns. The latter proposal, while
still constituting a senate, of which three
fourths are to ropresunt the great landed
proprietors, would raise the number of
those eligible from 1,200 to 2,000. And
it is for this petty difference that the re
vision of the constitution is not only
postponed in the house of representa
tives, bnt exposed to the danger of ulti
mate failure.
Bared From Death bjr a Boy.
From another great railroad catastro
phe, the dispatches tell us, the country
has been delivered through the alertness
and devotedness of a boy.
He discovered that a heavy crosspieoe
support on the Shore line bridge over
the Qulnnipiac river was broken, and
notified the proper authorities in time
to arrest the Washington express from
Boston and the return "gilt edge" ex
press train from New York to Boston
from dashing upon the weakened struc
ture, 000 feet long and 40 feet high.
All this was done, all this possible
wreck and ruin and human agony, be
reavement and mutilation, was prevented
"by a boy."
Why does not the telegraph have
enough sense of justice to name that
boy? New York Telegram.
Hard Time at the Watering Place.
A few, a very few, of the large sum
mer hotels have been doing a good busi
ness, but a majority of the proprietors
will be vory fortunate if at the close of
the season the balance is not on the
wrong side of the ledger. At Saratoga
there is a noticeable absence of the gar
den parties and balls on which money
was so lavishly expended in former
years, and a curtailment of expenses is
made wherever possible. The hotels, as
a rule, are not making money, and their
doors will be closed with a bang on the
very first frosty night. At the big hotels
in the mountains, where high rates pre
vail, the conditions are much the same
as at Saratoga. Hotel Mail.
People who do not believe in dog
stories are really subjects for heartfelt
commiseration. They have eithor been
unfortunate in their canine acquaint
ances or have not the penetration re
quisite for proper interpretation of dog.
characteristics.
It is said to cost less to send the prod-'
uct of an acre of wheat from Dakota to
England than it does to manure an acre
of land in England so that it con grow
good wheat.
Queen Victoria is superstitious about
precious stones. She invariably wears a
chrysophrase in one form or another
and thinks it brings her good luck.
A western geologist says that Kansas
can raise wheat for another 1,000 years
before exhausting the necessary proper
ties of the soil.
Wisdom and virtue art hv nil manna
sufficient without the supplemental laws
Of good breeding, i .