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VOLUME 2.
REYNOLDSVILLE, I'ENN'A., WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1 , 189 .
NUMDER 31.
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ENGAGED.
Beside the tea I walked with her,
A maid so passing fair,
I envied the autumn .an
That lingered In her hair.
Hut brown her cheek, slender her hand.
Her dark eyes hnxel gray.
It seemed an antral Just from hearts
Did walk with ma that day.
Her profile pure against the bint.
Clear like a earven gem.
Oh, never regal brow
Wore inch a dlndeml ,
The breese caressed her taored cheek
And fragrant with her breath
Forgot tta mission to the land
And died a blltaful death.
A wanton spray of golden rod
That dared to kin her hand
My keepsake Is. She does not knowi
ha cannot understand.
Mine Is the memory of that honn
Mine la that setting sun
The light that lived, the breeie that died.
The tingle star that shone.
Oh, gentle maiden, passing fair.
How little can you guess
The costly tribute that 1 pay
To your sweet lovellnessl
iiy promise true another holds.
Beside a distant shore.
"I could not love thee, dear, to n?nch
Loved I not honor more."
Boston Transcript.
A THOUGHTFUL BRIGAND.
Tired of Ills Calling, Ha Writes a Cour
teous Letter to the Commandant.
Nothing could bo more correct or
gentlemanly thnn the behavior of the
Corsican brigand Barthelemy Dnrili in
surrendering himself, as he has recent
ly done, to the offended justice of his
country. Writing from Plana to the
comninndant of the district, he saidi
.MoNsir.tTti tub Commandant I, the under
signed, rlnrthelotny Dnrili, brigand at Pinna,
have the honor to respectfully submit to you
that 1 Intend to give myself up Into your cus
tody as a prisoner to be tried at the approach
ing assizes. Pray, monsieur the commandant,
let me know when 1 can do so and address
your reply to my mother. Mine. Ourlll, at Pl
ana. As soon as you have written to her, and she
has sent me the lottor, I beg you, monsieur the
commandant, to be good enough to Instruct
your gendarmes In order that I may proceed
without molestation to AJnccio to surrender
myself. I should not care to be arrested on
the way by the gendarmes, and I shall take It
as a favor If you will give them Instructions on
the subject. Please let me hear from you five
or six days before the date of the assises, that
I may have time to make my preparations. I
rely upon yon. Accept, monsieur the com
mandant, the expression of my entire devotion.
Urmia (HARTHKI.r.MT),
Brigand and Landowner at Plana.
London News.
No Waiting Tor a Tllte There.
Mr. W. K. Reynolds, Jr., in a letter
to his) father from British Columbia
dated Nov. 18, tolls the following re
markable story t
"Was at Duncan's two nights; spent
an hour at the Cowichan river each
evening catching salmon by the tail and
throwing them up the bank or back in
the river. 1 suppose you will think
this overdrawn, but it is a tact just the
same. The river is literally swarming
with them, and the water can hardly
be seen for fish. The banks are cov
ered with dead fish, and the stench is
horrible. The people are complaining,
but apparently nothing can be done. I
caught about 40, one after the other,
and got pretty wet over it The sport
is more exciting than fishing with a
rod. Every little slough in the river is
filled with .them, places where the wa
ter is only six inches deep, but they
force themselves along very fast and are
fearfully strong. The average weight
is about 10 pounds, but there are many
heavier and few lighter." Halifax
Acadian Recorder.
James Stanley a Widow.
Another of the strange stories for
which the English chancery court is re
markable Is astonishing everybody to
day. The Widow Cullener bad a life
interest in her husband's estate, ter
minating on hor remarriage. It la al
leged that she married a certain James
Stanley in 1805. The answer is that
the widow is Stanley. She has lived as
man for the past 28 years and carried
on business as a plumber. She went
through a marriage ceremony in 1866
with another woman named Newland,
and they lived as man and wife till
188S. The case is still on trial. Lon
(on Cor. New York Sun.
Doesn't Kaww Hit Own Mother.
George C. Hunter of Oakland has lost
his memory completely. He U alive
and well, but can recall nothing of bis
past lite. He does not remember hia
wife or his mother. Though he has a
good education, be has forgotten bow
to read or write. Young Hunter was
working on a locomotive in the railroad
roundhouse when an iron plug was
blown from a steam pipe and struck
him on the bead, fracturing the skulL
San Francisco Examiner.
Wyoming Elk la England.
An interesting attempt is being made
to acclimatize the Wyoming elk in this
country. Sir Peter Walker acquired 80
head while on a tour in the United
States, and the animals have arrived
safely, after a journey of 8,600 miles
across America and the voyage from
New York. They have now been de
posited in Sir Peter's park at Osraaston.
London Tit-Bit.
He Heard Fa Tall Me.
"Ynnr Vinli. isn't not - ..,1-1 l,il
-- - nvv V 11 i. LI U
Tommy to Mr. Flyer, who was calling.
"No, of course not. What makes yon
think my hair was wet?" he asked, verv
much surprised.
"I heard pa tell ma that you oonljn't
keeD vour head above' watnr. M T.nii.l.ni
Tit-Bite.
THE L'BERTY CAP.
Its Origin and Significance and Those Wire
Hart Worn It.
The liberty cap, that bag shaped
headgear so often seen on the head of
the Goddess of Liberty, and which sur
mounts tho national colors on nearly
all of our silver coins, owes Its origin
to the Roman empire, where it was
given to slaves as a sign of their manu
mission. The principal significance of
the liberty cap to the American mind
is not, however, its Roman origin, but
rather its use as the official cap of the
successive doges of republican Venice
that "model of the most stable govern
ment ever framed by man. " In the
doge's palace at Venice there is gal
lery full of portraits of the men who
ruled the republic for 700 years, and the
conspicuous place occupied by the liber
ty cap in these portraits shows its im
portance as a national symbol of free
dom. It rather heightens the significance of
this ancient symbol in the mlnda of
good Americans when it Is remembered
that the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
humbled himself before a wearer of the
liberty cap, and that Andrea Dandolo
wore it on the fourth crusade and at the
conquest of Constantinople. It occu
pied a place in the forefront of the ad
vancing hosts that in the early part of
the fifteenth century swept tho Dalma
tian towns aud conquered the entire
coast from the estuary of the Po to the
island of Corfu.
Wlnlo Columbus was discovering
America the wearers of tho liberty cap
were acquiring Zante and Cyprus, and
when the first half of the half starved
settlements on the Massachusetts coast
were buttling for existence the republio
from which we borrowed our lilierty
cap, having successfully resisted a
league of all tho kings of Christendom,
was at the zenith of its glory.
The liberty cap is not as consplcuons
in our national signs and symbols as it
was in those, of tho rulers of the Adri
atic, yet in a modest way it immortalizes
the greatest republic of early times.
Philadelphia Press.
Fight With n Leopard.
A striking ili .. .nation of British
courage and di;;ged persistence wus
given by an officer in Itnliu. named Ap
cher, in a fttfht with a leopard. Ho
was going round n rock, following tho
beast, which he had wounded, when
tho leopard, meeting the hunter, dash
ed lit him. Apeher Jumped one side
and fired. The shot only staggered the
leopard. The man stinted to run, but
before be could turn round the beast
was almost upon him.
Ho struck the animal with the gun
as it was in the act of striking him and
so warded off tho blow from his head.
But tho beast's claws of one paw cut his
right cheek, und the other paw knocked
the gun out of the officer's bunds.
With all his strength tho man dashed
bis right band into the beast's month
and with the left grasped him around
the throat. The leopard caught him
near the elbow aud bit through tho fore
arm. Exerting all his strength, Apeher
threw the leopard into a rift between
the rocks and on its hack. With his
knee on its chest, ono hand in its mouth,
tho other grasping its throat, ho held
the struggling animal. His native boy
caino up with a Uoublu barreled gun.
"Put it in the leopard's mouth and
fire," said Apeher.
The boy obeyed, pulled both triggers
and killed the beast, fortunately with
out hitting tho hand. The dogged offi
cer's loft hand and arm were much in
jured; every finger of the right hand
was lacerated, the hand bitten through
and the forearm torn in five placos.
Youth's Companion.
How the Gorilla Walks.
The usual pictures of the gorilla do
not represent him as I have seen him.
Ho has not only a crouching habit, but
he walks on all four of his legs and has
the motion of most quadrupeds, using
his right arm and left leg at the same
time, and alternates with the left arm
and right leg. It is not exactly a walk
or a trot, but a kind of ambling gait,
while the chimpanzee uses his arms as
crutches, but lifts one foot from the
ground a little in advance of the other.
They do not place the palm of the hand
on the ground, but nse the back of the
fingers from the second joint and at
times the one I have described above
seemed to touch only the back of the
nails, but this was when she was scarce
ly moving at all. I am now preparing
to photograph some of them, and I think
I can give a more reliable picture of
this animal than I have ever seen here
tofore. McClure's Magazine.
Devotion to Principles.
Old Mrs. Geewili kens reads in a New
York paper a short account of a ballet,
bat as her eyesight is poor makes a
mistake.
"Land aakes, Josiah, the good times
have come, and womon are votin in New
York. This paper says the cast of the
ballot was very tine, and a large number
of girls took part and were good at the
figures. The paper says some of 'em, it
is sure, were grandmothers, though they
was spry. That's devotion to princi
ples, Josiah, even grandmothers comin
forward on the stage of duty and uain
the ballot. I wish I was there."
Princeton Tiger,
A western ceoloirist states nffoi. m.
ful observation that rich beds of gold,
copper, coal, cement, marble, aluminium
and silicate clav abound in laroa nmn.
titioi in Wyoming,
FOOTBALL IN MALAY.
A Game That Might Give Oar Own Players
a Few Pointers.
Among the Malays football has been
In existence from time immemorial,
but it is with them essentially a game,
as, for instance, battledoor and shuttle
cock is with us, and it is not a contest.
The football Is rather smaller than that
nsed at Eton ant is made of wicker
work. Those who join in the game ar
range themselves in a wide circle and
kick the ball from one to another with
the inside, or, at times, with the flat of
the foot. The object of the players Is
to keep the ball passing about without
its ever touching the ground or the hand
of any one. Great dexterity is shown
in this performance, and the ball is
usually kicked to a very respectable
height. There seems to be no penalty
exacted from a player who may kick the
ball badly or fail to kick it at all.
We had our own game of football,
and the Dutchmen, assisted by two
members of our tesm, scored two goals
to our four. During tbe game the na
tives collected in still gi eater numbers,
and at its termination they begged us
to allow them to have a game among
themselves. To this we assented, and
two of us acted as captains of the sides,
numbering about 1)0 players npieco,
most of whom stripped to the "sarong, "
and wrapped it round their loins, leav
ing the rest of their bodies bare.
The ball was started, and then fol
lowed ono of the most extraordinary
games of football that has ever been
Been. The game soon ceased to be a
gament all and became a veritable bat
tle As when a sort of lusty shepherds try
Their force at football, earn of victory
Mukes them salute so rudely, breast to breast,
That their encounter seemed too rough for Jest.
Hands, arms and even teeth, were
nsed on all Bides, blood flowed freely,
aud scattered about the field were soon
to bo seen tho wounded, I might almost
say, tho slain. As some fell exhausted
to the ground they were removed, and
their places In the fray were taken by
others, who rushed forth eagerly from
the crowd of spectators.
Shouts of victory nnd groans of de
feat rent the air, and at length things
became so serious that the two captains
were obliged to seize upon the ball and
bolt with it to the pavilion. The game
thus came to im cud, und the players
withdraw to their homes, with tho ex
cited crowd following at their heels.
This must have been regarded as a Ted
letter day by the native community of
Moduli, nnd tho visit of the "Orango
Puteh" (Englishmen) will be remem
bered unioiig them for some time to
come. We m-eived a bint next morn
ing from the authorities that tho natives
must not be allowed to tako part in our
games. Fortnightly Review.
To llenefU Ilnrnialda.
A movement is on foot in England,
fostered by a group of uoblo ladies in
terested in tho subject, to protect bar
maids as to their hours of labor. It is
estimated thnt there are 120,000 young
women in London in licensed houses
who work from IS to 18 hours a day on
weekdays und from seven to nine hours
on Sundays, with ono Sunday off in
each mouth. Surely when so much is
said about an eight hour day for men
these young women ought not to bo for
gotten. They find a haven of rest in
their brief intervals of leisure at the
Morlcy rooms, established by tho late
Mr, Kimiuel .Morlcy and now under the
superintendence of Miss C. M. Gough.
Here barmaids out of work can stay,
paying a very small sum for board and
lodging. But tho social part of the
work is tho most valuable. Barmaids
are brought into contact with ladies of
education and refinement. The rooms
are used for reading, writing, music,
conversation, rest and advice, and books
are lent from uu excellent library.
London Truth.
Surprised Her Court.
At ber birthday soiree recently the
German empress displayed an accom
plishment that no one knew she pos
sessed. Among those honored by an
Invitation from her majesty were the
piano teacher of the crown prince, Horr
Esner, and his wife. Frau Esner is a
Norwegian, and as soon as the empress
discovered this she spoke Norwegian,
to the great delight of Frau Esner and
tc the surprise of her other guests.
Ha Wat a Senator.
Senator Allen of Nebraska is a big,
burly man who looks like a prosperous
dealer in live stock. Shortly after his
arrival in Washington he was stopped at
the door of the senate chamber by a new
doorkeeper, who informed him that no
one save senators was allowed on the
floor. Mr. Allen smiled sadly, waved his
hand and said: "Very well, sonny, I'm a
senator. I don't look it, I know, but I
am, just the same," and passed into the
sacred precincts. Chicago Herald.
Papa's Heathen.
Mamma Georgie, whero is the S
oenta I gave you to put in the contribu
tion box for the heat lion ?
Georgie I'm saving it for Aunt Het
ty when she comes.
"Why?"
Georgie 'Cause I heard pupa say,
"Is that old heathen coming here
aguin?" Washington Star.
Kwlte Kweer.
How ore you going to spell tjunil
without a q, or question, or quiz, or
quit, or quotb, or quote, etc. ? Dayton
Journal,
Kwail, kwestion, kwiz, kwit, kwothe,
kwote. Toledo Bee.
ANACREONTIC.
W be the fruit on yonder vine
That bends Its lnsclnns purple tips
To tempt that liquid ere of thine
And melt npon thy rosy lips.
Or, better still, tome favored rose
By thee beloved, by thee caressed,
That I might on thy breast repose
An hour and diet hut, oh, how hlestt
Dnniihoe's Magazine.
Pulverised Cork.
Considerable nse is now being made
of the newly introduced French article
to which the name of subirine has been
given. The substance consists of put"
rerized cork of different degrees of fine
ness, known as impalpable, fine, medi
um and coarse, the pulverization being
effected by very simple means, such as
horizontal giindstone. Among these
the medium powders have for some
time been employed in tbe French navj
and by various navigation companies
for painting the sheet iron and parti
tions of the insides of vessels. Tbe effect
of such coatings is said to be to consider
ably diminish the conductibllity of the
sheet iron and the vibrations so un
pleasant which are produced as soon aa
the sea becomes a little rough. Another
use for theso cork powders is in the
preparation of a substance called lie
gine, which consists of the powder
mixed with fine plaster in the propor
tion of about 10 per cent. This liegine
composition Is turned out In all shapes
and sizes and is stated to be spociully
useful as a protection alike from heat
or cold, or for partitions, roofs, lofts,
ceilings and coatings of all descrip
tions; also as packing for boilers, ice
houses, conservatories, coverings for
wagons, steam pipes, and similar uses
in short, for the large number of
cases whero it is desirable to maintain
an equal temperature. New York Sun.
Hntler Tank the Case.
"I had a important ;iw ense on,"
said a Wakefield gentleman. "I knew
no one could win thnt caso for ino but
Ben Butler. lie was in Washington at
the time. I wont to Washington, and
ufter hard scrabbling for two days got
an nndleneo with him. Tie said be
wouldn't tako my caso for f 1.0(10 a day.
He bad more work on his hands now
than ho could attend to, nnd he weut
about bis work right then.
" 'General,' I said, 'I was horn in tbe
samo town with yon.' "
"Ho grunted, but wasn't otherwise
affected that I could see.
" 'Do you remember littlo Miss?
And you remember the boy who nsed to
send notes to her, und the boy who used
to tako them? I am the boy who took
tho notes. '
" 'And I nm the boy who sent thorn,'
said tho general. He held out bis hand.
'I guess I'll tako your case, after all,'
ho said, nnd be did and won it." Bos
ton Globe.
Dream Warning of Death.
There is n family well known in lit
erary circles in New York of which one
member, an old lady, has bad 18 or 18
repetitions of a dream that she was car
rying n child a long und wearydistance
np hills and over rough paths. When
ever the dream occurs, some member of
tho family dies shortly afterward. It
ia not connected with previous knowl
edge of ill health, for in ono of these in
stances the death baslieen that of a per
son supposed to bo perfectly healthy, sit
ting at his study tablo at work, and car
ried off quickly by n strokoof apoplexy.
Tho last instance of this dream was just
before tho death of a well known news
paper man in this city last winter.
Chicago Post.
The Latest In Advertisements.
"Wanted, with a view to matrimony,
a young lady to match a bonnet trim
med with green, which I won the other
flay in a raffle for charitable purposes.
Must have means of her own. Please ad
dress under hn heading: Lcbensgluck
(lifo's happiness), the ofliee of this pa
per. Lady cyclist preferred. " Pfnl
lendorfer Anxeiger.
They All Saw It Move.
Mrs. Burton, with her husband Sir
Richard Burton, the famous traveler
and two ladies, had driven out of Trieste
to a village dunce and were sitting iu
the carriage listening to the band. In
telling of it she said:
Suddenly, at the top of a roof, I caught
sight of a rat, which appeared to me to
be spellbound by the music.
"Look!" I said. "Don't move, but
watch that rat, fascinated by the mu
sic." So we all sat and watched it, and
thought it most interesting that rats
should be susceptible to music like liz
ards and snakes.
We all saw it move. We all saw its
head turn and its tail move, and we kept
still, not to frighten it away. The next
day, feeling so much interested in the
affuir, we sent to inquire about it. The
rat, it turned out, was made of painted
tin and fixed to tbe top of the house
Bo much for iinugiiiution. Youth's Com
pmiion. Diplomacy.
Hungry Higgius I didn't git nothin
to eat from the woman next door
Mrs. Wickwire And you will get
nothing here.
"I Wttsn' goin to ask you for notlmi,
but I wanted to tell you that there"
woman next door I jist spoke of did Buy
she would hand out the grub if I find
out how you keep your complexion so
beeyutiful. Would you mind helpiu a
starvin muu by tellin me?" .
"Er oh do you like sugur and cream
in your coffee?" Indianapolis JournuL