mm VOLUME 2. . REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY APRIL 4, 1894. NUMBEK 4fi. Stitllroao fflmi Cnl'lce. BUFFALO. HOCHKSTKU PITTS BURGH RAILWAY. Tin- nIioM line lietweeti IMiilnK Itliluwny, ttriiilfonl, Hiihinintica, Itulliilci, Knelii'Mer. Nlairui'ti I'iiUn anil (mints In Inn iipier nil ri'Klon. on mill after Nov. mill, Imki, pnnen ger Inittif will arrive nnil ilfpni-t from l-'nll Creek si nt inn, dally, exeept riiiiulny, im fol lows: 7.10 A M.i 1.20 n. ni.i mill 7.0" p. ni. Aivutn iitoilutloiiH from I'liniHiitnwiiey mid llltf Hun. B:SO A. M. Iltiffalo mill Hop l i Mer tvnlU'or llriiekwnvvllle, Klilirivny,.lihnsnnlMirit,Ml. .lewett, iirntlforil, Halatnnncn, lliillaln mill Kochester; connecting lit .InlinionlnirK v.iih I, ft K. trnln :i. for Wilcox, Kmii', V linen, I'nriy mill Kile. 7:4' A. M.i l.4." p. in.; mill 7.110 p. tn. Aeenin nioilmion For Pyki'M, Big Hun mill I'imx -Hiiiiiwiioy. 9:80 1'. M. Ilinilforil Aofimimoil lit li l l i r llccehtrce, Hrockwiiy vllle, Klliiuinl. t'Mr . moil, Kliluwuy, Jiilinsuiilnirg, Mt. .lewett mill llrntlfiinl. 6:00 I'. M. Mull For Dulloli, Hykes, Hlff Knn, I'linxsutiiwncy mill Walston. t!t A. M. Hiinilny trnln For llroekwny- vlllp. Kltlgwny nnil Jolinmiilinrir. OlOO I'.M. Miniliiy triilnl'or Illinois, fykes, illtr Itiin mill l'uiiXHiiiuwmy. Vnssenirers nro rciinestcil to purchase tick ets licfore cntcrlnv the cars. An excess chnrKc of Ti'ii Cents will lie collected tiy con ductors when fares mt' pnlil on truiiiH, from till stilt Ion where ll ticket otllfe Ih mtilntlilnrll. Thousand nilln ticket)) nt two cents per mile, irooil fur piiMmmi" between nil Htutloiifi. .1. II. Mi'lNTYHK, Aueiit. K11IN creek, i'u. J. II. Hahiiktt. K. t'. I.ai'KV, ftcncml Supt. Cii'ii. I'ns. Airctit lliitrnli), N. Y. Kochester N.Y pKXN'SYLVANIA KAILKOAD. IN KFFECT NOV. 19, 18!X l'hllndc Ipliln tc Frle ltallroail Division Time Tuhle. Triilni) leuve driftwood. KASTWAKD 9:04 A M Trnln H, dully except Hiindny for Fiinluirv, lliirrlsliurii mill liitermeilliite sta tions, n'rrlvlim lit I'hiliiilelplila b:.ril p. ni., New York, I0:w ji. ni. t Hiiltlmoro, 7:-ii p. m.; Washltimoii, H::ff p. ni. I'nllmnn I'niior enr fititn WHlliimspnrt mid passenger conches from Knne to I'lilllillelphlli. 8::' 1'. M. Trnln , dully except Hiindny for llnrrlshiirir dihI Intermedlntu stations, ar riving ut l'lilladclphln4:HUA. M.j New York, 7:;ci a. M. Tliroui:li conch from HiiHoIh tu Wllllninsport. I'lillinnn Nlecpliiffcurs from llnrriHlHiru to Philadelphia mid New York, l'ltlliiilclphln piiMMciiKcrH emi remnlti In sleeper ii nd lMt urlied until 7:00 a. m. fl:: P. M. Train 4, dully for riiinhiiiy, Harris hurir mid Intermediate HtntloiiH, arriving at I'lillmli'lpliln, n-.m A. M.i New York, B::w A. M. llaltlmore, tl : 2) l a. m.i Washington, 7::t0 A.M. I'lillman cars from Krlemul Wlillaitis- IMirt to J'lillnilclpliiii. I'asseiiKei-s In sleeper or llnltlmore mid Washington will he transferred Into Washington sleeper nt llur rlstmm. 1'iisseiiKer conches from Krle to I'hllailelphlu mid Wllllumsport to Hnltl moru. WESTWARD 7:!tt A. M. Train 1, dally except Httmluy for ltldirwity, 1 in Hols, Clermont mid Inter mediate stntloiis. Leaves Hl)li;way at H:II0 p. M. for Fi le. 9:S0A. M.Trnln II, dally for Erie and Inter mediate points. 0:27 1'. M. Train 11, dally except Sunday for Knne and hit crmcd latest at Ions. THKDI'till THAINH FOR DRIFTWOOD FHOM TIIK KAHT AND Hol.'TII. THAIN II leaves I'hlliuleliilihi N:ri0 a. m.i Washlnitton, 7.W) A. M.i llaltlmore, H:4! A. M. Wllkeslnirrii, 1(1:1.', a. M.i dally except Hiin dny, nrrlvliitf lit Drlftwooil hi tl:!!7 V. M. with I'lillmmi I'nrlor cur from Fhllndetphla to Wllliumspoi't. THAIN it li-avesNew York nt 6 p. m.i I'hlla ih'lphln, 11:20 p. m.i Washlinttoii, 10.40 n.ni.i Hull linoro, 11:40 p. m.i dally arriving nt Ih-lfiwiioii at 0:0 it. ni. I'lillman sieejiinir ein-s from IMillndeliilihi t) Frle mill from WnsliliiKton und Itiililmore to Wtlllamsport mid through passenger conches from I'IiIIm lelpliln to Frle mid Itiiltlmoru to WlllliiniH jHirt mid to Dtillols. TKAIN 1 leiiviiN Kenovo nt n. tn., dully except Hunilny, airhing ul Driftwood 7:iti ll. m. JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD. (Dully except Sunday.) TKAIN 111 leaves Klilgwuy at 0:40 n. m.i John HOiihurit lit 6:U u. in., arriving at Clermont nt lli:4Ti a. ni. TKAIN 20 leaves Clermont nt 10:M a. m. ar riving ut JohnsnuliurK ut 11:40 a, ni. mid Klilgwny at ll:U u. ni. JIDGWAY & CLEARFIELD R. R. DAIIYY EYCEPT SUNDAY. SOUTHWARD. NOKTII WARD. 1. M A.M. STATIONS. A.M. I'.Nf 12 10 1140 lililgway 1:10 u:i 12 IN II4H Tslanil Run 121) H22 1222 Mill llnveu 1 III H l 12)11 liny Croylnild 111 60A 12:tN In 10 HhorlsMlllH . 12 Ml II Oil 12 42 10 15 HIlieKock 12M KM 12 44 10 17 Vlneyurd Kun 12li2 ftr.l 12 411 10 20 Carrier 12 Ml liH 100 lo:rj llrockwayvllln 13 ilM ftHil 1 10 10 42 McMliinHunimlt. 12WI ft2r 114 HI4K llarvoysltiin 12211 520 120 10 m Fulls Creek 12.20 li Ifi 14ft 11 in I lu Hi lis 12 09 5 00 TIUIN8 LEAVE IWK5WAY. Eastwawl. Westward. Train H, 7:17. ni. Trnln U, ll:4 n. nt. Train II, 1:45 p. in. Traill 1, 11:00 p. 111. Train 4. 7:S p.m. Trnln II, H:2ft p. ni. M. FKEVOHT, (len. Malinger. J. K. WOOD, (Jen, 1'hkh. Ag't. A LLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY eonimenniii"; Sunday Doc. 24, 18li:i. Low Crude DiviHlun. KAHTWAI1D. Itedliiuik I.HWHonllKm . . New llnllilelioni Ouk Itlilge Mnysvllle Humnierville . .. llriMikvillu. Hell Fuller lieyiioldsvlllu .. FiiucouHt Fulls Ci-eok Dullol Haliulu Wtnterhurn .... l'onlluld Tyler fJlen Fisher liuneiuttu Orant Driftwood No.l,No.6.No.U. 101 A. M. 10 45 10 Ii7 11 HO 11 HK 11 411 12 OA 12 as 12 ill 12 4:t 1 (10 1 ON 1 211 1 !l) 1 47 1 mi 2 2 ir 2 25 2 4: 2 M U 20 P.I M A. M. li 1 IS 20 S 2H ft 47 8 07 0 1:1 6 2a 44 (1 A2i 7 on 7 10 T 2;i 7 M 7 40 7 no H 01 H IH H 2N 8 Aft A. M t. M. 10 m1 11 uv 100 1 811 1 4fl WKHTWAIU). BTATIOHH. Driftwood tlrant llenezntte CI leu Fisher Tyler I'entieUl Wliileiiiuril .... Hliliu In Diillols Fill Ih Creek l'miconst KeynoldHviliu.. Fiillur Hell lli'ookvllle Hiimmervlllu.... Mnysvllle Oukltldge New lUitliliihiiiu l.awsonhnin.,.. ltuil Hunk No.2INo.6INo.10l A. M 10 10 10 42 10 M 11 10 11 20 11 fill II lift 11 47 I 05 1 2il 1 in 1 42 1 IW 2 10 2 20 2 llil !i AN 11 Ul II 1ft 11 47 4 00 A. M A. M ft 00 ft HO! o 41 ft All (I Ml III tl 2ft tl !I7 II All 7 an 7 2H 7 40 7 A7 N Oil H III H IN H A7 U 0.1 0 li U 4 10 00 A. ft 00 6 10 P. M. I) 111; 7 051 7 111 7 4 7 44 7 A4 H on N 12 H 25! H 32, 8 40 H 4H, V U5 II 17 a 2fti 0 44 10 oil io ih 10 2ft V. M.A M.I P. II Trains dally except Hiindny. DA VI D MdCARUO. Okn'i,. Hiiit. JAM. 1'. ANDEUHON, UKN I,. 1'ahh. Aut. SENSIBLE HINTS. Don't complain J About the weothw For cwler 'tis, you'll find. To makr your mind tn weather Than wenthi'r to yunr mind. Don't complain About "ttio nermnn" And slinw ynnr ln k ol nil, For, like a hoot, a sermon hurla The cliiKer It doth lit. Don't complain About your neighbor. For In your iielglilw,r'B view His nclu'hliui- h, tea faulllcsn That neighbor being you. ExullAtltfO. HUNTING A UUIIGLAR. THE EXCITING EXPERIENCE OF A GRAND RAPIDS MAN. The Hired Girt VVm In It, Too, From Start to finish With HcTolver anil Dark Lan tern the Iluuselioliler Took to the War pathAn Unreasonable Wife. "It la dremlfnl to be Btuldonly awak ened nt night by a lnrf?o, conrse burglar vithont any innuto ri'flnoinont,"6nid th Union street remdent, "and when my wifo awolto mo Thursday night, and in me of flioBo whisnora womon invariably line alter the lights nro out, nnd which always cause a man's backbone to crawl np behind his cars, told ino she wassnro theie was a bnrglar in the house, I re member requesting her to go down and refer him to the Charity Organization society, because I was sure to got the grip if 1 loft my warm bed and went parading around the house withont stop ping to put on anything bnt a dofiont expression." "Did she go?" "She did not, althongh 1 explained to ber that if she wonld merely step down stairs nnd speak to the burglar in a con ciliatory wny he would probably go away quietly, and there would be no tronblo. I told her that if I should and denly come face to face in my own house with a crude, uncouth robber who had not been invited there, and who bad no letters of introduction, my fiery temper wonld prolmbly get tho bottor of me, and there would be an awful hand to hand struggle, which would like enough inspire in mo such a fiendish longing for worm, red blood tliiit I would thrash around for weeks afterward killing re spectable people on sight. I have al ways striven for a higher mission in life than to go around shooting largo, ragged holes through tho vitals of my fellow men, and for that reason I ex plained to my wifo how even a burglar might have loved ones dependent upon biin for support, and that life was prob ably just as denr to him us it is to a member of congress. "But you can't talk any sense into a woman's head after she has become imbued with the idea thnt there are burglars in tho honso, and at length, rather than have any trouble over the matter, 1 aroso, and graBping a revolver and lighting my boy's dark lantern Btarted out to find that burglar and ex plain to him thnt he must have been mis led by the number on tho door and got into the wrong house. 1 did not go down on a gallop, because I preferred to give the housebreaker a chance to realize his danger and escape with his life whilo there was yet time. It seemed harsh and unfeeling to coldly shoot a man to death when I did not even know whnt ward he voted in, and so I slam med things around and created consid erable disturbance on the way down stairs. "I looked undor the door mat and turned my searchlight on the batrack withont finding a burglar nnd was just on the point of returning up stairs to consult with my wife as to whether alio cared to have the parlor carpet mussed np with hiB blood if I should find bim when I caught a glimpse of a form robed in a long ulster start back from the landing and dash up stairs. My first impulse was to lot the burglar stay ap there if he cared to, because I could have got along on the ground floor well enongb the remainder of the night, and I do not want to seem inhospitable to anyone, but I realized that it was my duty to protect my family, and I took after him. Well, air, I had no idea there was so much fnn in merrily romping around the house with a burglar after business hours. We made the first cir cuit of my family residence within 19 seconds, nnd though 1 could not tocos the dark lantern quickly enough to get a good look nt the boueubreaker I could tell by bis hoarse labored breathing and the way in which he reached out and covered spuce that he waB a good deal annoyed by the turn offuirs had taken. "I hud never seen a burglur act that way before, and it did a good deal to ward restoring confidence. It seemed to i- that a bnrglar who bad no more ang froid and nerve than that had bet ter go home and take in pluin sewing rather than try to eke out a precurioui existence in the midnight marauding line, and the reflection served to put so much boyish zenl und enthusiasm into my mad pursuit that tho hem of the only garment with one exception that I wus wearing at tho time began to fray out. On the third lup we plunged heavily over the baby's crib in tbe nursery, and my wifo covered up bur houil in the bed clothes nnd screamed, and tho dog took after both of us, mid there was trouble all around, "On the next round the burglur gained a trifle on me, und when be reached the kitchen he unbolted the buck duor and dashed out into tho night, with a pierc ing wail, nnd 1 after him. We toro around the honso twice and then down the sidewalk to tho next honso.whero me burglar mado a break for the barn In tbe rear. I found him cowering in one corner of a box stall, with hands upraised, and as 1 stood over him with leveled revolver the rays of my trusty dark lantern revealed a hired girl, wear ing a wild, hunted look and a dun col ored robe do nnit mado of outing flan nel. "That was all. Silently and with bowed, uncovered heads the girl and I walked back homo, where tho fnmily awaited us, and after she had explained in a fatigued way that, hearing the rackot I had kicked np, she had started down stairs, and seeing me prowling around the front hall had mistaken me for a bnrglar, we went to bed again, nd my wife felt greatly relieved. The next morning when I went down town I saw my next door neighbor looking curiously at the irregular splotches in his driveway, where the hired girl'- Unit tors had dng into tho gravel, but I did not feel called upon to explain to him." Grand Rapids Democrat. HOE YOUR OWN ROW. It I a ProfltleM I'rorredlnf to Carry Coals to Kewcantle. There are more ways than one, my son, of carrying coals to Kewcastle, nnd in almost every case it is a profitless pro ceeding on the part of the person engag ed in it. Therefore, my son, have nothing to do with that kind of trnflic that ir to say, do not encroach upon another's preserves except to admire. Do not attempt to stock them with your own gnme. When a man is a snlesman in a dry goods store, do not attempt to instruct him by tho ventilation of ideas of your own. If he be an actor, do not intrude upon him any of your amateur notions. If a clergyman, refrain from Scriptural titation and exegesis when in his compa ny. If a profemiionul humorist, resist, as it were the evil one, all temptation to facetionsnesH and paronomasia. If ame chunic, do not presume to give him points in his calling. But, on the other band, my son.donot attempt to interfere with hiB speaking or his calling, profession or specialty. So long as you listen yon make no mistake, and the wing of friendship molts no feather. Give car to the story of his experiences at the counter, bnt interject none of your own; listen toand applaudhis spoutings, but spout not yourself; receive with be coming reverence his interpretations of holy writ, but meddle not yourself with that which the lay mind is not supposed to be able to cope withal; listen and laugh at his wit and whimseyB, bnt hazard no joke of your own; attend while he relates his mechanical achieve ments, but vaunt not yourself in the same line. It is a common mistake, my son, to snppose that because a man delights in talking about a certain something in which he is proficient, he loves to hear every babbler that falls in his way des cant upon the same subject; that because it pleases him to exalt himself in a given direction he likes to hear others in the same direction exalt themselves. When a man knows a thing thorough ly or thinks he does, which amounts to the same so far as he is concerned he is quite ready and willing to instruct others, bnt he brooks no incursions by others into his peculiar domain. When he has finiiihed the exposition of his wares, it is time for you to show up yours, provided of conrse they are of an entirely differ ent line. There must be reciprocity in the com merce of conversation, an exchange of complementary commodities. Each must give what the other lacks and receive in return that in which he is wanting, else there can be no trade, no harmony. You would not ship oranges to Flori da, ice to Nova Zembla or hot uir fur naces to Sahara. Then why carry oouls to Newcastle? Therefore, my son, let each man pad dle his own canoe as it best pleases hiin. Admire, applaud, if you will and it is your best hold but don't put in your oar, though he be swamping. Boston Transcript. An Affecting Tale. Barber Poor Jim has been sent to an insane asylum. Victim (in chair)-Who's Jim? "Jim is my twin brother, sir, Jim has long been broodin over the bard times, and I suppose he finally got crazy." "Hum! Not unlikely." "Yes, be and me has worked side by side for years, and we were so alike we couldn't tell each other apart. We both brooded a good deal too. No money in this bnsiness any more." "What's the matter with it?" "Prices too low. Unless a customer takes a shampoo or somethin, it doesn't pay to shave or hair cut. Poor Jim I I cuught him tryin to cut a customer's throat because he refused a shampoo, and so I bad to have the poor fellow locked up. Makes me very melancholy. Sometimes I feel sorry I didn't let bim bIuhIi all lie wanted to. It might have saved his reason. Shumpoo, sir?" "Y-e-s, sir." New York Weekly. It Depended. "I don't sue your husband with yon so much as when you were in your hon eymoon," said the clergyman as be niet an occasional attendant at bis church. "Hus he grown cocl?" "Not if whut you preach be true," she said coyly. "He is dead." Toledo Blade. THAT "TOO, TOO 80LID FLE8H." Fat or No Fat In an Anllfnt Diet Prnfea Blonallj DIeeoMeri. Speaking In a paper on the subject of the various diet cures for fatness, the eminent authority, Dr. Andrew Wilson, says! Doubtless starches and sugars, repre sented in such vogetablo foods as bread, rice, tapioca and tho like, aro fnt form ers. The living body hns thus a power of making fat out of thnt which is not fnt. And along with this point is an other thnt fnt itself does not go, di rectly at lenst, to malco fnt in tho body. Fat is, on tho other hnnd, a valuable addition to tho diet of a corpnlont pcr lon because it has a power proporly ad ministered of burning oft food excess. In moro thnn one system of body reduc tion fnt is, therefore, administered as nn essential part and pnicel of the diet enre. It is snid thnt when fnt, starches and sugars are all cut off reduction of woight takes place much faster than when fat in allowed in the dietary scale. This may be so, but I strongly question tho wisdom of the proceeding. All we know nbont fat points to it ns nn absolutely essential clement of our food. We can't live heoltbily withont It, nnd if djecronBO in weight rapidly follows its elimination from the diet the very rapidity of tho reduction is an argument against its safety. Besides, starch and sugar largely omitted from the food, with a moderate quantity of fat allowed nnd a slight increase of the flesh foods, will accomplish all that Is needed more gradually, but I also bold more safely for the patient. The lesson of physiology, therefore, to us nil is: Don't neglect the fats of the food. Tbey assist the assimilation of other foods and are essential for the body's nutrition. I should not believe in nny system of ordinary diet or of woight reduction which neglected fat on the one hand or insisted that its absence was essential for the cure of corpulence on tbe other. New York Times. Sonth American Politeness. It rather staggers the North American traveler in Peru to see tbe prettily uni formed young women collecting fares on the street railways, bnt when he vis its the second city in Mexico, Guudnla jnra, and witnesses the refined courtesies practiced by tbe mule conductors on the street cars there he is completely par alyzed. The manners of theGuadnlajarnn are in keeping with tbe cheerfulness and friendliness of this city. Imagine your self entering a street car in New York or any city in the United States and be fore taking your sent bowing, hat In hnnd, to your fellow pnHsengcrs, nono of whom yon have ever seen before. Then suppose yourself arrived at your destination. You rise, smile a friendly farewell to tbe car in general, shake hands with the conductor, and with a polite inclination of tho bead take leave of tbe driver. The number of times I have witnessed such exhibitions of po liteness convince me that it is one of the customs of the country. New York Journal. Description of a Tlllase Choir. Dr. "Westminster" Bridge, attbeend of a musical lecture in London, gave an account of his experiences of a village choir in Suffolk. The local talent was thus described: "A few boys who scared rooks, a blacksmith whoso tenor voice was as motallic in sound as his anvil, a boy alto who had in bis youth, it was reported, swallowed a whistle, which apparently bad lodged in his larynx and helped to produce sounds of a most on-. earthly character, and a miller who had five low notes, and only five, which bad always to fit into tbe chant or hymn be ing sung and which made a sort of rumbling accompaniment, not anlike the souud of his own millstones. The rook boys came and went, though the miller sang on forever." London Tit-Bits. Chief Qaanal Parker. Chief Quanul Parker of the Comanche Indians possesses some odd traits of character. He occupies, with bis five wives, a handsome 'bouse of 80 rooms near the reservation, and whenever be loaves for a journey he turns his wives out of doors because they " have no more sense than to let tbe bouse take fire and burn down in bis absence. " (jnanal is 42 years old, very rich and inclined to adopt tbe ways of civilization to tbe ex tent of wearing its cloths, driving a team of fast horses and serving on bis table the best that tbe market affords. New York World. Railroad Danger. When the Liverpool and Manchester steam railroad was projected, all aorta of objections were made. - "The smoke would kill all the birds." "The sparks would set tbe bouses on fire." "Pas sengers could not breathe in a train moving so rapidly." "Tbe railroad would kill all the game." "Thousands of coachmen would be thiown out of employment." "Tbe English spirit of independence would be totally destroy Id." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Reminder. New Futber-in-luw Well, sir, the ceremony is over, and now thut you are tho busbund of my daughter I want to give you a little advice. Whut would you do if you should wake up some night und find burglurs in the house? Bridegroom I should tell them that uiy tuther-iu-luw forgot to give my wife u wedding dowry, und they'd go away, London Punch, THE FIRST IRISH POTATOES. Sir Walter Raleigh Planted Them Near Cork, bnt the People Feared Them. Sir Walter Raleigh was an unprin cipled ndvcntnrer and tailed na nn nd- minlHtrntor nnd colonizer, but bo bad a most commcndublo tasto for planting nnd gardening, nnd in theso branches of efToit his influence reranins potent. Three hundred yeurs hnvo passed Bince be lived in Ireland, in the county of Cork, on tho vast estate which hnd been bestowed upon him, but the yollow wall flowers which he brought to Ireland from the Azores still flourish nnd bloom in the very spot where he planted them. Near by, nt Yonghnl, nenr Cork, on tho shores of the Blnckwnter estuary, Stands tho Affane cherry which he planted. Borne cedars which he bionght to Cork are still growing at a placo called Tivoli. Four yew trees, whose branches have grown and interlaced into a sort of summer bouse, are point ed out as having sheltered Raleigh when he flist Binoked tobacco in Lis garden at Yonghal. Raleigh tried to make tobneco grow in Great Britain, bnt tho climate was not found suitable to it. He succeeded, however, by introducing tho habit of smoking it, in making it grow in plenty in other places. More important to the world than the spot where Raleigh sat and smoked bis Indian weed is another spot in bis gar den nt Myrtlo Grove, in this same Yonghnl. This spot is still bounded by the town wall of the thirteenth century. It was hero thut Raleigh fiist planted a curious tuber brought from America, which throve vastly better than his to bacco plants did. This tuber Raleigh insisted was good to eat, though common report for a long time pronounced it poisonous. Some roots from bis vines be gave to other land owners in Munstor. They culti vated them nnd spread them abroad from year to year. This plant was the Irish potato. Be fore many generations it became tbe staple food of the Irish people almost the only food of a great many of them. It was tbe "Irish potato" which came back to America and became the groundwork, so to speak, of the Amer ican farmer's and workingman's dully breukfast and dinner. Sir Walter's curious experiment in acclimatization became an economic step of the very first consequence, and the spot at You ghul which was its scene deserves mark ing with a monument much more than do the places where the blood of men bus been shed in battle. Youth's Com panion. Rnekln's Methodlcnlnese. Never has a man been more method ical in his work than Professor Rnskin, nor more precise in obedience to the rules he hus laid down for bis guidance. His working hours have always been from ? in the morning until noon, and on no account whatever would be ex ceed the limit. Within those five daily hours has all his work been produced books, lectures and business, public and private correspondence. Work in the afternoon has always been by himself forbidden, unless it took the form of reading. His earlier works, of course, were written at Herne or at Denmark Hill or while on a tour on the conti nent. His later ones buve been wrought in great part at the flower decked table of his study, overlooking Collision lake. A wonderful room, thut long study of bis, with his Turners upon tbe wallB and ranged in ranks in tbe great Turnor cabinet upon the floor, with its book cases of wonderful missals and manu scripts and early black letter hooks and the originnl manuscripts of a half dozen of Scott's novels, with its superb Lucca della Robbia "Virgin and Child" over tbe fireplace at ono end and the mineral cabinet at tbe othor. With what pleas ure did Ruskinshow them to me on my first visit the unrivaled collection of agates and the equally perfect collection of gold ores and the rest. McClure'a Magazine. The Cblnete Hunchback. I am reminded of a picture I pur chased some time ago, I bought it be cause I thought it was the ngliest pic ture I had ever seen. I tried to find out tho bistory or meaning of the thing for some time without any success until a few days ago, while studying Taoism, I found the ugly man was one of the Taoist gods. In hiB early duys bis spirit bad the power of leaving bis body and roaming over tho universe alone. When off on one of these trips, wolves came and ate his body. So when bis spirit re turned it found only a few bones. After bunting around for awhile tbe spirit found the body of a dead hunchback beggar who walked with an iron cane in bia lifetime. Tbe spirit crawled in this body and has lived in it ever since, Tih Kwalel, for that is the god's name, carries a gourd on bis back, which, if tbe breath wore blown out of it in the heavens, would bring back bis original body. According to last accounts, the breath hus not flown out of tbe gourd. Cunton Cor. Louisville Courler-Jumuul, . I'rle Kauiple of lluil Grammar. An English puper gives the following sentence as the perfection of bad gram mar : "Them sheeps is youm." How about the famous reply of tho Yorkshire children when "Dr. Syutux" told them thnt their mother was culling them? John Leech, we think, reported nnd il lustrated it years ugoi "Her ain't n-cull-ing wo. Us don't belong to she. "Bos ton Pilot. NOT AFRAID OF DOGS. They Knew taut What to Do When Big One Came After Them. I was standing on the railroad plat form of a small country town a few evenings ago. There were four men grouped apnrt from where I was stand ing conversing among themselves. Just beside the edge of the platform were tho grounds of Bomo private residence, fenced in by an iron fence only 8 feet high. Inside the fence, held by a heavy chain, was a dog of the deerhound breed. Ho was impatiently chafing agninst tho restraint imposed upon bim and pulled and tugged at his chain at a great rate. Tho four men wero standing looking at bim nnd making comments. ' "I don't know why it is," snid ono, "that I never have the least sensation of fear of dogs. Why, if that dog was to break loose and jump the fence, it might be dangerous, but I'd be just as cool as I am now." "I've hnd several narrow escapes with ferocious dogs," suid another, "and I've trained myself to Instantly crush them by looking them in the eye steadily. Notice my eye ? ' ' The other three peered into it. "Well, gentlemen, that eye has cowed dogs that would tuke a leg off you ut a bite." Tho third man, who had been for some time trying to interrupt No. 9 in order to get oil bis little tale, seized the opportunity and struck in. "1 simply kick em," he said. "I've had dogs come at me at lightning speed, gentle men, jaws wide open and their eyes red with rage. All I've done is to calmly step aside and plant one tremendous kick in their ribs as they went by. It took courage, but I was always there. I never had one to come back at me yet." The fourth man was just opening his mouth to tell his little lie when the deerhound over the fence got loose, and probably not thinking of the four men nt nil bounded over tbe fence to make good bis liberty. I watched to see the man with the wonderful eye get in his work, and the kicker do bis great kicking act, and the man with tho iron nerve stand coolly with bis arms folded, but none of them was doing his specialty that day. Instead the whole one horse quartet turned and jostled and bumped and trod on each other's toes in a wild en deavor to get out of the wny of that deerhound. The head of the iron nerved man bumped into the mini with the meBmericeyeand jammed his hat down no that the ltiBtcr of the eye was dim med, and I suppose that's why it didn't work. Tbe man who always kicked vicious dugs did get in his kick, but it was on my right shin accidentally, as be rushed by me to save his life. But tbe deerhound rushed over the fields without looking at any of the heroes. Mount Holly Dispatch. She Waa Djrapeptlea A rather sallow looking womnn, well dressed and refined, wus at u tablo in company with another lady, somewhat her junior in years. " What do you want?" snid the maid. "Oh, I don't know. Sometimes it seems like I bad dyspepsy. And I've done everything for it. Drank hot wa ter in the morning and lived on milk diet exclusively for a month. Then I tried the raw beef system and took enough medicine to float a steamboat in. Didn't do me no good, and I just quit thinking uliout myself and said if I was sick I was sick, ami I'd jnet give my stomach something to think abuut. So I quit fooling, and now I just eat any thing I pleuse or want. Well, just or der mo a chicken salad, a piece of hot mince pio and a cup of chocoluto with whipped creum. They won't hurt mo any more thnn crackers, beef tea or toast. If my stomach doesn't lust long, it will enjoy itself while it does last." Cincinnati Tribune. An Odd Verdict. Wo sometimes hour odd stories or funny verdicts by country juries, but it is not often we really come across one in the realms of fact. A Hawkburst jury which sat on a poor old laborer pro vides us with a Kentish sumple of sharp wit. The surgeon who mado tbe post mortem gave it as his opinion that death arose from a powerful irritant poison. Tho jury bad their own ideas und gave a verdict tbot deuth was due to the in clement weather! We have not heard whether tbe case has been placed in tbe bands of the county analyst, but it is certainly new thut cold weather and ir ritant poison are synonymous. Roches ter and Chatham (England) Standard. An Intareetlnif Region. In spite of tho interest long felt in the cliff dwellers of the west there are still some fine examples of their work in eastern Utah as yet unexplored. The' approach from this side is over the ranges and high mesas of western Colo rado, a country most difficult to traverse and peopled chiefly by miners too eager for gold and silver to give much time or thought to ethnography. This may ex plain the fact that so interesting a re gion remains neglected. Chicago Her ald. Negroes Hpeuklug IfIhIi. The Irish language still lingers in the Bahamas among tho mixed descendants of the Hiberiiiu'n slaves banished by Cromwell to tho West Indies. Ono cuu occasionally hear, it is said, black sail ors in tbe London docks, who cannot speak a word of English, tulking Irish to the old Irish upplo women whom they meet nnd thus milking themselves in telligible without a knowleilgo of tho Suxort tongue. London Globe.