THE PHH-OSOPHY OF NOISE. Averalon to DIMnrlmnee In Symptom of Xcnrotlo Iegneratlnn. A woman Buffering from neuralgia sta Hons her don to keep boys from mnltlng ft noise in front of the houso. A ly comeg by whistling a performance in which we mnt recognize a nntnrnl, wholesome anil boylike act, whereupon there ensnes n short, slmrp fight Iwtweon the pnir, in which one is accidentally cut, Tho upshot is not important; the origin of it is. It has long been usual to accord spe cial privileges to invalids in relieving them agninst noise. Formerly straw would bin strewn in the street, and thou, snnds of persons who were not sick would be inconvienced to ease the pains of one who was. In part, this custom was one of ostentation. It conld be practiced only by the influential who were exalted by making themselves a nuisance. When death ensned, a hatch ment was set np in the same spirit of vainglory. All the windows in the house were closed for a term, the dura tion of which waa fixed by custom, but which bore a relation to the estate of the deceased and the consequent degree of exaltation descending upon his heirs. All healthy animals delight in noise. The description includes barbarous folk and children. Dogs bark (curt only neak off), birds scream, boys shout, girls clap hands to their ears in sweet confusion, horses paw, ail animate na ture responds to the exhilaration of noise. The sick do not. In every form of sick ness the nervous function Is deranged. As we have seen above mankind has shown its appreciation of this fact by its customs. Excessive sensibility to noise is thus one symptom of neurotio degen eration. It is the mark of one broad dis tinction between the state of civilization and its opposite. It testifies to one part of the price which that state exacts from man on his physical side. Within civilization itself indifference to noise is one of the distinctions of n system rudely healthful, both iu body and mind. The converse of this propo sition Is equally true. Whenever a per son displays peculiar sensitiveness to noise we may know that the case is one of an unwholesome mind in an unwhole some body. From the fact that the dis turbance is essentially a neurotio one it follows that it is controllable to a great extent by the will. Much of the dis turbance that Is experienced from noise can be put completely aside by exercise of the will. A barking dog may keep one person awake while his healthier or wiser neighbor sleeps the sleep of the just. Under the pinging of the cable car bells a valetudinarian subsides into frenzy while his younger clerk is lapped In dreams of the equally unconscious typewriter on the next floor. The con trast here need not be one of relative strength of mind merely; one of the two minds is sick. In such a case the will power is im paired. It would probably be found tlml the complaining person Is also irritull, passionate, perhaps consumed by self contemplation. In many cases of this order relief could no doubt be gained through treatment by suggestion. But in vastly the greater number the patient is competent to minlHter to himself. He is still capable of exerting the will, and in this exercise lies complete and per manent cure. Furthermore, the cure does not apply alone to the particular noise that may have called for it. It will be found to have Influenced the mind permanently. The injurious effects at tributed to noise do not proceed from Without, but from within. They do not inhere In the aerial vibrations, but in the mental response made to them. Finally it ought to be observed that the disease is one that increases by be ing yielded to. The noise that is first noticed as an annoyance in some mo ment of irritation, anxiety or other nerv ous disturbance can be nursed into an object of horror. Time was when folk thought sensitiveness to noise to be evi dence of high strung character. They were rather proud of it and trotted it forth in public The world knows bet ter now. It erects hospitals for the Mrs. Wittitterlys, whom it rather admired in Nicholas Nickleby's time. It no longer holds poor Tom of Bedlam for in spired, and since it has learned how much sickness is either a fruit or a phase of ignorance it is getting a little sick of those sick folks, at least of whom it has a right to look for something better. New York Evening Sun. Fruit Good at Any Tim. All fruit ia said to be most wholesome the first thing in the morning and urely no fruit is so cleansing and re freshing and very little so delicious at that hour as a big juicy melon, cooled over night and almost cracking open and Toluntarily exposing its red heart after the knife has gone partly through it Buch a melon, however, is just as good at other hours in the hot days, for which it seems to be especially provided as a refreshing experience, something more than the shadow of a great rock in a weary laud. It is no wonder the south ern darkies are so fond of watermelons. In these most trying days of the long summer of the south the melon is more refreshing than chill dewdrops on the early morning grass, and to the over heated, overwearied and thirsty soul a good juicy ripe one "comes home to the business and the bosoms" of darky and white man alike. Hurtford Times. Cuy Teats For Proving a Diamond. It is an easy matter to detect the dif. ference between a genuine diamond and an imitation. Tuke a tube of filtered water and drop the stone therein. If it is paste, it can be seen as it passes through the water, but if pure the eye is unablo to see it at all. Another test is to place the stone upon a pencil dot made on a piece of white paper. If the dot is du plicated upon the facets you cun rest as sured thut the stone is a fraud, but if not it is a good atone. The common be lief that a stone can be tested by filing ia erroneous, for the beat diuinond ever cut will splinter and break when rasped with this instrument, St. Loui Olobe-Dnm ocrut. India For the Indians, A Madras native gentleman was once asked by Lord Roberta what he thought of "India for the Indians." He replied: "Go to the zoological gardens and open all the cages. You will then see what would be the end of India for the In dians. There would be a grand fight among all the animals, with the result that the tiger would walk over the dead bodies of the rest." On being asked whom he meant by the tiger, he replied. "The Mohammedan from the north." The moral of this allegory of my friend, who was certainly one of the most enlightened native gentlemen I have ever met with, was that India could not be left to herself, and that a supreme power was necessary to hold together the varied and various races. London Spectator. People Who Do Mot Whittle. Arabia must be a heaven for those whose lives are made burden to them by the whistler. The Arab maintain! that a whistler's mouth cannot be puri fied for 40 days and nights, and they as sert of the whistler that satan has touched his body and caused him to pro duce the offensive sound. Then there are the natives of the Tonga islands, Polynesia, who hold that it is a sin to whistle, as it is an act disrespectful to God. Even in some districts in north Germany the villagers declare that if one whistles in the evening it makes the angels weep. Exchange. Bow Air ItMlut n Loeomotlv. Experiments made by the scientist! appointed for that purpose by the French government show that the resistance of the atmosphere to the motion of a high speed train often amounts to half the to tal resistance which the locomotive must overcome. Two engines, of which the resistance was measured repeatedly and found to be 19 pounds per ton at 87 miles per hour, were coupled together and again tried. In the second trial the re sistance fell to 14 pounds per ton, the second engine being shielded from at mospheric resistance by the first. It strikes me that there is an idea for some inventor half unmasked in this item. St. Louis Republic A Sign of Good Breeding. One of the most convincing signs of good breeding is respect for other people's rights. We all subscribe to that state ment in theory. Yet how many of ns always remember in any pnblic place, in the street car or at a hotel table not to introduce the two subjects that are inevitably certain to hurt some one pres ent religion or politics? Women are not exempt from dabbling in politics, thongh generally professedly ignorant of public affairs. Sometimes their speeches apropos of one's favorite politician re mind one of the hint conveyed in the as sertion that the wasp can sting as well without its head as with it. Chicago Mail. It is from the rootlets or small fibers of a tree or plant that its subsistence ia obtained, and in the performance of its duty nature has given these delicate, tender parts wonderful strength and persistence when exerted within rules. In their search for food supply they will sometimes even penetrate soft rock to reach favored spots. JSTltAY NOTICE. dime ti-CKpHKHitiir on the premises of K. fox, in WHshlnirinn township, on the 17th tiny of Aiiitust, iKlti, H Unlit red mllc-h cow, nlHiiit three years old. with tx-11 on. Tho owner In requested to come forward prove property, pay rharm-s and take her away, or she will he disposed of according to Inw. Handy Valley, Sept. IBth, 1IS. " 6 8 SnrM, Tn: W B Aliiuiu, Ciiklar F A Aluulw, All't CukUr. Seeley, Alexander & Co., BANKERS, Organised In 1HH4. Paid up Capital $60,000. Stocklwildernt pop. O. Rnrague, L. 1. Hoeley.-' E.lJ. Seeley, W. B. Alexander. I)n a general hanking business. Accounts Millcltud. Private paper for our customer Hlud away and kept iu FIRE PROOF VAULT. Ti.,u. Kf..rwi..i.. Grocery Boomers W BUY WHERE YOU CAN GET ANYTHING YOU WANT. Salt Meats, Smoked Meats, CANNED GOODS, TEAS, COFFEES H U AND ALL KINDS Oi T FRUITS, CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO, AND CIGARS, Everything iu tho line of Fresh Groceries, Feed, Goods delivered free any place in town. Call on w utul yet prices. W. C. Schultz & Son & N r Country Produce ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY commencing Sunday June 18, 181)2. Low Orado Division. BASTWARO. Nn.l.No..No..l 101 Red Rank Lawsonham New llcthlehem Oak KIiIko Maysvllle Pnmmi-rvllle ... Hmokvllh. Bell Fuller Kcynoldsville ,. Pancoast. Kails t'reek Hullols Pnlmla W'lntorlmrn .... IVntleld Tyl.-r Glen Klshor Hcncictte Urtmt Ilrlftwood A. Ill P. M A. P. M 10 4 4 40 10 K 4 Kl B 2.1 6 l ii ao S 12 II its 11 4 12 01 12 l A 21 8 4 B 2 II 47 6 07 6 no 2i 12 31 S Zll S K ft 2-1 l s it: 6 44 Mi I OS 1 2l 1 ill tfti 1 n 7 to 7 4s s s on 10 M 11 M 1 M 1 4A 10 I 4' 7 2:i' 71 2 m 2 l.i 7 41 7 .11 s ni s 2 V 1 2'l 8 41 V. 8 I'll 9 on 2 Mi 20 21 V I H. P. M A. H WKSTWAIID. STATIONS. No.2 1 Nii.d INo.101 ion Prlftwood Grant lteneifctte tli-n Fisher.... Tyler IVnneld Wliitcrlmrn ... Pahnln Illinois FHllst'reek.... I'nm-onst Keynoldsvllltt. Fuller Hell linsikvllle Hnmmervlllo... Mavsvllle OnkMlriire P. M t H.1 7 oi 7 IS 2s 4.1 IW mi 7 84 7 44 7 M ml ft on 8 12 i 20 M 42 Us! lot 211 mi, is! ml l.i 471 S 2.1 12 fill 12 1.1 40 Ik iW S 411 4S 9 Ml 9 1 2.1 44 10 04 10 IS New Bethlehem 10 2.1 I.awsonliam. Ked Rank.... 00 10 MA P. M.A M.l p. m: Trains dally except Oundny. DAVID Mo' A HOC), OKN'U HtiPT., JAR. P. ANDERHON. 0N',.. r'Asal'.r" rittshurg, Pa The First National Bank ot Reynoldsville. CBP1THI. $80,000.00, C. mtehell, President! Neott meClelliind, Vlee Pre. John II. Kanrher, Cashier, Directors: C. Mitchell, Hrott McClelland, ,T. O. King, Joseph Htrnuss, Joseph Henderson, G. W. Fuller, J. If. Kaueher. Does a (teneralhanklnKhuslnessand solicits the accounts of merchants, professional men, farmers, mis-hnntcs, miners, lumliermen and others, promlslns the most rareful attention to the huslness of all persons. Temporary quarters In Centennial Hall RiiIIiIIiik, opposite Hotel Relnap. Itttwcrllaitratt. c MITCHELL, iTTODVl'V. AT T AWT Office on West Main street, opposlto the Commercial Hotel, Keynoldsvlllo, Pa. D R. B. E. HOOVER, REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. Resident dentist. In hiillillnit near Metho dist rhiirch, opponltc Arnold block. Gentle ness In operatuiK- otrl. JJOTEL McCONNKLL, REYNOLDSVILLE. PA. FRANK J. IlLACK, l'mprirlnr. The Iciidlnif hotel of the town. Headquar ters for commercial men. Hteam heat, free hus, hath ristms anil closeta on every floor, sample rooms, hllllard room, telephono con nections &c. JJOTEL BELNAP, REYNOLDSVILLE. PA. aHEEXd COXSEli, Proprietor. First class In every part icular. Located In tho very centre of the huslness part of town. Free 'hus to and from trains and commodious sample rooms for commercial travelers. COMMERCIAL HOTEL, BROOKVILLE, PA., PHIL P. CARRIE 11, Projtrietor, Sample rooms on the ground flisir. House heated hy natural (aa. Omnibus to and from all trains. "Flrel Fire! Fire!" REYNOLDSVILLE, Pa., July 5, 1893. To all wluvm it may concern: My dwelling house on Hill street, ReynoldHvillo, Pa., was struck by liffht niner on Juno 25th and was insured in N. G. Pinnoy's agoney, Brookvillo, Pa., by Walter Spry, solicitor. The loss was paid Thursday and I can recom mend Pinnoy's agency as prompt and reliable. 10-0. John Williams. Every Wom.. Sometimes needs n r " nb'.o monthly tcgulatii.j medicine. Dr. PEAL'S PENNYROYAL PILLC, Are prompt, mis f.r.ii cm ln Ip iom.Iu 11m cr trie (Dr. HohI'bi npvr rifn.iitnu Kimt uc) wliora $1.00. PouloaxlnoCj , Cievfjaad, O. Bold by 11. Alex. Htoke. drutrirfMt. KNOW ME BY My WORKS. Are you koIiik to attend the I'lttsburir Ex poHliitius and see 1 lit. Wonders of the World? The icreatest and m aiidnst is that of Dr. Hur tiuou. Ilid you ever s thouauds of tape worms and cancers In one collect Ion? Htopat Dr. HurKotin'sottlce, UC7 I'enn ave., I'lttsburK, live niinuLtiM wulk from llnldii ululiiii,. und aee them; their equal lias never Imm-ii seen. w nunition lias laaeu ,hiu iniie-wornis in tu months, and Iiiim i-uind thmiMuiiflM of luuinli. of cancer without the use of the knife. I u eysteni jtenovator and live, fur sale at all liruK H to res. Catarrh, narasltls. tune-worms. ete.t aocrut diseased of men and womeu a specially. Ilu di lid the world to show as niauy cures of so-called luciirahlu diseases as lie can. Keuieuibur uuw addrusa; solid slump for book. BO 7 PKNN AVKNVK, PUUburif. Pa. IVFor sale at II. Alex Bloke's drug store. $6,000.00 IN PREMIUMS ! THE GREAT AGRICULTURAL FAIR OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. The Second Annual Exposition of the Jefferson County Agricultural Association Will be held on the grounds of the Association in BROOKVILLE, Pf ON TUKSDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY, iniiiiicr mill A concentrated gathering of the various products of the Shop, Soil and Household. A Home Celebration, com memorating Discovery, illustrating Achievement, and bearing the same relation to this locality as the World's Fair does to the whole country. M UNUSUAL PROGRAMME OF RAGES Has been prepared on lines tending to the development of speed and affording rich enjoyment to lovers of speed con tests. NO DEPARTMENT WILL BE NEGLECTED. More Exhibits, More Attractions and More People May be seen at the Fair this year than ever before, and more pleasure and information obtained. t2F" Excursion rates on all railroads. (frlces ot Admlsslon.O Single ailmlHHlon for adult $ o,-,, Kinifle ailmlHHlon for children under 12 and over 0 years of ago 10. Slntflo admlHHlon for single or doublo team 2f. Exhibitor's tickets (for exhibitors only) 1 (Ml. Season tickets j n). Season tickets for children under 12 and over 0 years of age '. .'. ftd! Admission to Grand Stand ir. Season tickets for Grand Stand (reserved chuirs) 1 (X). For Premium Llstt, etc., call on or siddresits A. D. LONG, W. L. McCRACKEN, Secretary. Prealdent. Town TalKl Bargains ! The general topic of the people is WJicre they get Bargains. 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? B6C3US6 prices are the same to all. ' ' goods are of 1 st-class quality. " money is always re refunded if not satisfactory. ' 1 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. their to m. mi 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 trices MAKE CUSTOMERS OF ALL WHC 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, 16 and $18. Men's straight cut worsted for 10 to 12.50, worth 16, to $18. Children's Suits 2.75, are worth 8.50 to $5.00. A fine line of Boys' and Men's Negligee Shirts. N. Hanau. 1 Fancy Prices, ASK FOR Nkitftsie FINE CANDIES. IN SEALED PACKAGES AT H. ALEX. BTOKE'S, THE LEADING DRUGGIST, Reynoldsville, Pa. GENTLEMEN I I am positive that I have something rich in store for you If you will call at my tailor shop. I have received an ex cel lent selection of Spring and Summer Goods. I can show you tho finest selection of goods in this city. All fit guaranteed to bo perfect. One trial of the excel lent goods ami work is convincing for all. Hoping that I may receive a call, I remain Your obedient servant, J. G. FROEHbIGH, Reynoldsville, Pa. C3TNext door to Hotel McConnell. Gitu 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. Schultzc, Prop'r. J. S. MORROW. TlEALKIt IN Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, and Shoes, Fresh Groceries Flour and Feed. GOODS DELIVERED FREE. OPERA HOUSE BLOCK Reynoldsville, Pa. M. J. Kiggs, Proprietor ot the Cheap WEST Mm ST., Has an elegant and fresh line of Groceries, Provisions, Flour, Meats, Confectionery, Tobacco, Cigars and every thing kept in a First-class Grocery. Farm Produce always on hand. Goods delivered free to any part of town. Call and get prices. Subscribe for "The Star," I.SO PER TERR. o Store as uroce
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