VOLUME 2.
REYXOLPNVILLE, PENN'A., WKOXESDAY XOM MHKK 2, 11593.
NMIBEIi 29.
THE UNPARLLELED
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-Of our sales for
s and
Men'
Is due wholly to the
fact that we give
you one hundred
cents' worth of val
ue. Why does
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everyone
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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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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
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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 Boys' 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.
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Clothiers - Tailors - and - Hatters.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
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11.
AS TO VACCINATION.
SOME FACTS ABOUT ITS DISCOVERY
BY DR. EDWARD JENNER.
He Wae Ohfttractrd anil Rlrilrulrd, unit
I'onllah fttnrirl Were Told About the Kf
fecteof Vaccination Rerognltcd nt f.aeft
and Honored by an Kpltaph of Pratee.
Vaccination, aa performed at the
present iIhv. i . iin operation of compar
atively recri.t origin. Preventive in
oculating with smallpox virus, how
ever, was known for mnny years pro
vioua to the discovery of vaccination.
For several centuries smallpox was con
sidered mora than any other pestilence
the foe of mankind, statistics showing
that about one-sixth of those attacked
died, and that many survivors were left
blind, deaf and disfigured.
When Edward Montagu was appoint
ed English embassador to Tnrkey. in
1716. his wife, Lady Mary, called at
tention, in one of her letters, written in
1717, to the custom of "ingrafting"
smallpox. Upon her return to Eng
land she at once undertook the intro
duction of the art into that country,
showing her absolute faith in the oper
ation by having her young daughter in
oculated. In 1721, scientists having
questioned tho expediency of tho oper
ation, the government extended remis
sion to sevcrnl prisoners under sen
tence of death on the condition that
they would submit to inoculation. The
experiment proved successful, and the
prisoners were releused. Upon the
strength of this experiment tho opera
tion wna received with royal favor, the
Prints? of Wales having two of her
daughters "infected" after the "Turk
ish method."
The efticiency of tho operation in mit
igating tho severity of smallpox was
grent, tho mortality averaging but three
in 1,000. But there was one drawback
which waa considered fatal. However
light the ingrafted disease might be, it
was still smallpox, and the more it was
conveyed in this way tho more were- cen
ters of infection multiplied from which
those not protected were liable to con
tract the disease in its most virulent
form.
Dr. Edward Jonner waa the son of
an English clergyman, born in May,
1749, at Borkeley, a village in Glouces
ter. The confident assertion of a young
country woman that having had "cow
pox" Bhe waa proof against smallpox,
made a lasting impression on his mind.
In his twenty-first year he went to
London to finish his medical education
under Dr. John Hunter. Returning aft
er two years, he began practice in his
native village of Berkeley. On renew
ing his acquaintance with the dairy
people of the district, the belief of an
existing antagonism between cowpox
and smallpox waa again brought to his
attention. By degrees he accumulated
sufficient evidence to convince him that
there was something in it. On May 14,
1798, Jenner made his first vaccination
on a boy of 8 years, named James
Phipps. Several weeks afterward the
boy was inoculated with smallpox mat
ter, and, as Jonner had predicted, no
result followed. Within one year from
the first announcement of the discovery
70 of the leading physicians of London
signed a declaration of their absolute
confidence in it.
In spite of this the discovery was not
generally accepted without much oppo
sition. Jnner, his system and all who
adopted it were made the butts of at
tacks hardly equaled in extravagance
by any in the history of medicine.
When he persisted in pressing the con
sideration of vaccination on a medical
society of which he was a monitor, he
was threatened with expulsion. Jenner
and his followers were denounced as
quacks. The so called school of ortho
doxy consisted of those practitioners
who still adhered to inoculation.
A mother complained that since her
daughter had been vaccinated she
coughed like a cow and that hair had
grown all over her body. It is also
said that vaccination bad been discon
tinued in one country district, because
those who had been inoculated with
vaccine virus "bellowed like bulls."
In 1800 the practice was introduced
into this country, and six years after it
was first made public the knowledge
and practice of thia operation had
spread over the entire world. In Russia
the empress gave the name of "Vacci
noff," to the first child vaccinated and
made its education a publio charge.
Many honors were conferred on Jenner
by foreign courts. The anniversary
of his birth and that of his first vacci
nation were for many years celebrated
in Germany as feast days. In 1803 par
lament voted him $50,000, and five
fears later 1100,000 more. He died of
apoplexy in 1828, and his remains were
laid in the parish church of Berkeley.
The following epitaph is inscribed on
his tomb:
Within this tomb hath found a retting place,
Til great phyaiclan of the human race
Immortal Jenner, who gigantic mind
Brought life and health to mora than half
mankind.
Lot rescued Infancy his worth proclaim
And lisp out bleuinge on his honored name,
And radiant beauty drop one grateful tear,
For beauty's trueat friend Ilea I uxlod here.
Nowadays the old fashioned method
of arm to arm vaccination is no longer
practioed, aa there is always more or
less danger of transmitting disease
from one to another. The virus, aa
generally used now, is obtained from
young heifers. Quill alios are charged
with it, each slip reoeiving enongh mat
ter for one inooulation, "Points" of
ivory are also used for holding the
vims.
The lancet is still used where one
vaccinntion is to be performed. When
a large nninlier of people are to be vao
cinnted now needles are always used,
a fresh needle for each case, thua in
suring absolute safety to the person vac
cinated. New ort World.
CHALLENGED JUDGE AND JURY.
Extraordinary Turtle of Pennsylvania
Lawyer to l:nllren a Trial.
"I don't believe in trying n case in a
dull, routine manner, so that it be
comes a question whether the attorney!
or the jurors will go to sleep first,"
said 8. 8. Boyer of Sunbury, author of
"Boyer'a Criminal Digest," to a re
porter, Mr. Boyer waa defending
George Ruhn in the United States
courts against the charge of imperson
ating a United States officer. The case
proved to be one of the most amusing
that has ever been called. It was full
of funny incidents from the beginning
to the end.
Attorney Boyer is a Pennsylvania
Dutchman and has enough of that ac
cent to make his conversation very at
tractive. The first day of the trial a
witness was called who, owing to some
chronio affection of the throat, waa not
able to speak in an ordinary tone, but
had either to speak in a whisper or
shout his words. Attorney Boyer didn't
know this, so when the witness tiegan
to shout his answers Boyer thought he
wos doing it to bo disrespectful. He
became angry and shouted hin questions
in a not very polite manner.
In his speech to the jury Boyer said
some very bitter things about thd wit
ness, among which was, "You saw how
much of a rowdy he was by his actions
on tho stand." He was quito taken
aback when United States District At
torney Hall arose and explained the wit
ness' affliction. In addressing the jury
Attorney Boyer apologized for not being
able to present his cose in an eloquent
manner for his soldier client, "for,"
he said, "as my client left part of his
body on tho battlefield, so I left part of
my voice at the breakfast table." He
had met with nn accident to his teeth.
Attorney Boyer then went on to say :
"In tho great book of 1ooks it says
that it is better to leave 00 guilty per
sons go unpunished than to punish one
innocent man." Attorney Hull in
closing answered this in a neat man
ner by eayingi "When the attorney for
tho defense quoted about 00 guilty per
sons from the 'book of books,' I at once
presumed he meant tho Bible. 1 can
now see my mistake, as that sentiment
is not expressed there, for by his 'book
of books' he must havo meant 'Boyer'a
Criminal Digest' " Thia created a
great laugh in the court.
Aa Attorney Boyer closed his speech
he did a most uncommon thing. He
turned to the jury and said : "If there
is any point you don't understand about
this case you'd like me to explain, just
ask me tho question. I'll havo to make
the same restriction to you aa I did to
the supreme court, however. I told the
judges they were at liberty to ask me
questions concerning the cose I had
before them and not to be afraid to do
so, as thoy could not embarrass me, but
to ask only one question at a time, aa
that was all 1 could answer. " This odd
practice created quito a littlo sensation
in the court. Attorney Boyer, after
abusing a witness In a terrible manner,
turned and said, "If that witness wants
to see me outside after the case is over,
I'U apeak to him. ' ' The case gave con
stant amusement by the oddities that
crept in, and Attorney Boyer'a natural
manner of addressing the jury seemed
to take, for his cliont waa acquitted.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
A Nebraeka, Editor Draw the Line.
Volume I, No. 6 of The Moslem World
is upon our table hammering for an
exchange. It is published in New York
by Colonel Mohammed Alexander Rus
sell Webb, and has an advertising pat
ronage that insures its financial suc
cess. Its purpose is "to spread the light
of Islam in America." The light of
Islam is what we want, but in spread
ing it don't put it on too thick. We
cannot get to believing in Mohammed
all of a sudden. It takes time to sub
due and overcome the prejudices that
were inculcated ia earlier years. It
isn't so hard to believe in the divine
mission of the prophet or to observe the
seasons of prayer or give alms when
you have them about yon, or to keep
the fust of Ramadan, but when it comes
to the pilgrimage to Mecca that do set
tle it. If it takes a trip to the orient
as a condition for securing eternal Ufa
and the possession of a harem in Hal
lelnjahland withdraw from ns the
"light of Islam" and we'll take the
doctrines of the Christian Bible in
"onrn." Nebraska State Journal.
Liquefied Oaies.
All the liquefied gasos except oxygen
and hydrogen have been frozen by self
evaporation in a vacuum. By evapo
ratipg liquid air in a vessel surrounded
by liquid oxygen, Professor Dewor suc
ceeded in reduoing the air to a clear,
transparent solid. It has not been de
termined whether the oxygen of the
mixture is really frozen or merely en
tangled among the particles of solid
nitrogen in some such way as rose
water in cold cream, or water in the
solid gelatin of calves' foot jelly. Al
though pure oxygen has never been
frocen.it ia noasibla that when mlnul
with nitrogen its freezing point is raised
so wax me two souairy together, Bel-enoe.
COURTSHIP IN GREENLAND.
Bow an Aretle Deaaty In Mildly Bullied
Into Miitrlmnny.
Since the Danish missionaries have
gained the confidence of the natives of
Greenland, marriages in the far north
are celebrated by the representatives
of the church. In a recent issue of one
of the Danish patters one of the mis
sionaries gives the following account
of the way courtship and marriage are
brought about t
The man calls on the missionary and
says, "I wish to take unto myself a
Wife."
"Whom?" asks the missionary.
The man gives her name.
"Have you spoken with her?"
As a rule the answer is in the nega
tive, and the missionary asks the reason.
" Because, " conies the reply, "it Is
so difficult You must speak to her. "
The missionary then calls the yonng
woman to him and says, "I think it is
time that you marry."
"Bnt"ahe replies, "I do not wish
to marry."
"That is a pity," adds the mission
ary, "as I have a husband for you."
"Who is he?" asks the maiden.
The missionary names the candidate
for her love.
"But he Is not worth anything. 1
will not have him."
"However, " autreM tho missionary,
"he is a good fellow and attends well
to his house. He throws n good har
poon, and he loves you."
The Greenland beauty listens atten
tively, but again declares that she will
not accept the man ns her husband.
"Very well," goes on the missionary;
"I do not wish to forco yon. I shall
easily find another wife for so good a
fellow."
The missionary then remains silent ns
though he looked upon tho incident Its
closed. But in a few minutes sho whis
pers, "But if yon wish it"
"No," answered the pastor, "only if
you wish it. I do not wish to overper
suado you."
Another sigh follows, and the pastor
expresses regret that she cannot accept
the man.
"Pastor," she then breaks oat, "1
fear he la not worthy."
"But did ho not kill two whales last
summer while tho others killed one?
Will you not toko him now?"
"Yes, yes; I will."
"God bless you both, " answers, the
pastor and joins the two in mnrriago.
1 The Shade He Wanted.
Delacroix, tho painter, was walking
out one day in Purls with a friend of
his, when he fell into a brown study.
"Whnt Is up with yon now?" said the
friend.
"1 can't get a certain shade of yol
, low," replied tho artist.
"What sort of yellow?"
i Just then a cab drove past.
"The very thing!" the painter gasped
j out. "Stopl atopl"
! "I am engaged, " the cabby replied,
' without stopping.
Delacroix started in pursuit and at a
' steep place in tho Rue des Martyrs over
took the cab. Opening the door, he
said, in tones of entreaty, to the pas
, sengor inside i
"Do please toll your driver to stop;
I want your complexion for a painting
', on which 1 am ot work. There is a
; color morchant close at hand. I ahall
not detain you above five minutes, and
! in acknowledgment of the service you
render me 1 will present you with a
sketch of my picture."
I The bargain was struck; Delacroix
1 got bis yellow, and a few months later
; the "fare" received a sketch of his
' "Assassination of the Archbishop of
! Liege. "Harper's Young People.
Velocity of the Earth's notation.
I Everybody knowi that the earth
makes one complete revolution on ita
I axis once every 24 hours. But few,
i however, have any idea of the high rate
1 of speed necessary to accomplish that
: feat The highest velocity ever attained
vj m vouuut. hB.t was uwu nuujHKm fa .
1,628 feet per second, which ia equal
to a mile in 8.3 seconds. The earth,
in making one revolution in 24 hours,
must turn with a velocity nearly equal
to that of a cannon ball. In short, the
rate of speed at the equator has been
estimated at nearly 1,000 feet per sec
ond. OP a mill) AVArv ft A vnnda
Therefore it has been calculated that if
I cannon ball were fired due west and
! could maintain its initial velocity in
dependent of the earth, and conld keep
np the speed with which it left the
mouth of the gun, it would beat the
sun in bis apparent Journey around the
earth. St Louis Republic,
Cruihlog the Clerk.
The hotel clerk who is flip may be a
prize package to his employer, because
some people love the easy familiarity
which blooms without cultivation, and
then again somo don't One of those
who doesn't recently walked np to the
desk of a hostelry.
"Can you give me a room in this
house?" he asked, with the air of a
man who wanted the best.
The clerk spried np at once.
"I couldn't very well give you one
out of it, " he replied, whirling tho reg
later around.
"Well, I guess somebody else can, "
retorted the visitor, and he picked up his
bag and walked out Detroit Free
Press.
A col logo stndont is reported as say
ing that on the whole he rathor enjoys
his studies. Thoy furnish a needed re
laxation from his athletio work.
Elevated Railroad filuH.
I saw while riding in a Third avenue
elevated car from the City hall stntion
to Twenty-third street among other
interesting things, a mother spunking
her boy ; any number of people making
up beds; room after room of cheap
lodging houses in which men were
smoking, reading, talking, cliowing to
bacco; a woman scraping the scnlos
from a fisht a young man kissing a
young woman, and presumably a young
woman kissing a young man; a squir
rel turning his wheel with tremendous
rapidity ; a spits dog, a bulldog, a skye'
terrier and a parrot with a green and
J'ellow tail ; any number of men sitting
n their shirt sleeves and smoking at.
the windows; boys blowing "spit balls"
upon the passers below young women
waving handkerchiefs to the engineers
and brakemen; any number of unmade'
beds; a little boy taking a baths girls
and men working sewing machines; a
littlo chap blowing soap buliblea and
the editor of a well known evening pa
per taking a drink. Joe Howard in
New York Recorder.
Italian Etiquette.
If the woman who visits Rome wishes
to follow tradition and "do ns the Ro
mans do," sho will be careful never to
take an escort's arm in a Cathulio
church. Indeed, the guides instruct
those who stroll Innocently arm in arm
about St. Peter's looking at the pictures,
frescoes and altars of that wonderful
cathedral that they are committing an
impropriety.
Italians are very particular about the
etiquette of kissing the hand. A uian
kisses the right hand of his mother, aunt
or elderly friend and the left hand of
his sweetheart. It is not permitted him
to kiss tho palm of the hand except In'
great and affectionate intimacy. It is
regarded as a token that he is very
much in love. Upon arriving at a
formal dinnor a gentleman tukes the,
hand of his hostess and bends low over
it as if about to kiss it, but does not
do so. After dinner etiquette domunds'
that he take her hand again and kiss it
New York World.
Dog and Cat.
The effect of a dog on a cat's tail Is
well worth study. When a cat encoun
ters a strange dog, the tail immediately,
assumes an upright position, the back
becomes highly arched, and the fur
atands out straight all over the body.
This sudden change dismays the dog,,
who brings himself to a halt and the
two regard each other steadfastly.
But if the dog should turn his gaze
away for a fraction of a second there is
a swish and a bound, and the cat has
disappeared over a fence or up a tree.
Stimuluted by the presence of a dog,
cats have been known to climb to such
heights that they were unable to de
scend the way they went up. Ex-1
change.
An Oecnlatory Feat.
Readers are familiar with the pictun
which represents a little child in night
attire standing before its mother's mir ,
ror and kissing the image reflocted by ,
the glass. Mrs. Newly Rich recently'
called upon one of our New York por-,
trait artists and desired a copy of the
picture painted of her daughter, but
explained :
"I do uot believe in kissing upon the
lips, so you will please paint it so that
she will be kissing the reflection op.
the forehead. "New York Herald.
An Unanswerable Argument.
"Now, for instance, " said Watts, who
had been airing his views on evolution,
"if the conditions were such that'
horses were compelled to climb for their
food, it would be but a matter of time'
until a race of horses with claws would'
be developed. "
"What nonsense I" replied Porta.
"Haven't cats been trying to learn tO'
sing for the last 4,000 years?" '
urlgin of Tawdry.
Tawdry came from Bt. Audrey. In
old times there was an annual fair in
several cities of Europe on St. Audrey's
day. Incautious persons wero fre
quently imposed on at these fairs by
worthless tinsel jewelry ; hence the say
ing, "Bought at Audrey's," was equiv
alent to show without value.
In order to prevent "rear end" col-:
lisions a western railroad has issued an'
order that every passenger train must;
have a flagman on the rear platform'
constantly, and this flagman must not
leave his post to eat or sleep until he ia
relieved by some one capable of stand-'
ing watch.
The discharge of a river ia the vol
ume of water it pours into the sea with-,'
in a given timo, usually expressed us
so many feet per second. It is eati-'
mated by finding the breadth, the avor
age depth and the average rate of a;
river at its mouth and multiplying. ,
No one can , be called educated who,
has not self knowledge. It underlies'
all true wisdom and saves one from'
calling that virtue in himself which he I
calls vice in another.
The flint newspaper published in Hol
land appeured ou the morning of Jon.
8, 1650. It was called Do Weecketyckoi
Courante Van Europa. It is now the
Haarlem Courant
Great Britain cnt tmn h.
o w..w w uv. n.aw
lions from piratesthe Leeward islands
in Borneo and Sarawak ia the north
west of Borneo,