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VOLUME 2.
REYNOLDSV1LLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY AP1ML11, 1894.
NUMBER 47.
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-UITAI.O, HiHIIKSTKlt & PITTS
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Tin-lmr) line between Inillols, Kliluway,
ntnilloril, Miliiinilili'il. Htlllalo. Itoelieitcr.
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reirlon.
t ul nfter Nov. t'lih. imw. passen
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low: T.IO A M.: l.iOp. m.i anil 7.0H ). m. Accom
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Jewell, lirailroHl.Piilainiincn, hull u In ami
Hoi-hotcr; cotinefllna III .lolitetolililltjl
with I'. .V V. tniln :i, for Wilcox, Kline,
an I'll. Coitv mid Krle.
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JA8. r. ANDEUHON, Gen i,, i'AHa. AiiT.
BE MY 8WEETHEART.
CTho first love on evop written by Mr. Field.)
Sweetheart, be my nweetheart
When birds are on the wln,
When bee ami bud and babbling flood
Hfsiienk the birth of niirltnr.
Come, sweetheart, be my aivcctheart
And wear this pnsy rlnul
Bweetheart, be my sweetheart
In tho mellow Rotdrn kIow
Of en nil nflu-li with the urnrltitts blush
Which the ritenlnt ileitis foreshow.
Dear sweetheart, be toy sweetheart
As Into tho moon we irnl
Sweethcnrt, be my sweetheart
When falls the bounteous year.
When fruit and wine of treo and Vina
(live us their harvest cheer.
Oh, sweetheart, bo my sweet heart,
i'or winter It drawoth nearl
Sweetheart, bo my swoc thcort
When tho year Is whilennd old,
Wrhen tho flroof youth Is spent, forsooth
And the hand of n'tn Is cold.
Yet, sweetheart, be my sweetheart
Till the year of our lovo bo toldt
EtiRcno Held In Ladles' Home Journal.
EXPERT IN EMBLEMS.
WISE IN THE MATTER OF FRATER
NITY PINS AND BADGES.
A Bowery Man Who Makes These Thing
a Feature of Ills Tawnhroker Bale Hbnp
and Finds Them the Most Fascinating
Incident nf Ills Business.
On tho Bowery not fur from Broome
itreet is a pawnbroker's Halo simp, the
proprietor of which makes a peclalty
of dealing in coIli'KO fraternity pins and
badges. You limy examine every other
pawnshop and alo store on tho Bowery
and find not more than fire or six such
emblems In all of them, but in this
shop, occupying a conspicuous position
iu.tho show window, there is always a
velvet covered trny on which a dozen or
more pins of diiferent secret societies
are displayed. The place is getting to
be known nmong college men, and peo
ple who have lost fiaturnity badges go
there as the first step to finding them.
Every few weeks the proprietor of the
place goes on a tour of tho pawnshops
looking for badges, and in bis long ex
perience ke has picked up a fund of in
foinmtion about college fraternities that
would int the average graduate to the
blush. There is not much money in that
pattionlnr branch, tie says, but be has
become interested in it and made it a
anrtf study. Mot only does he know
the emblems of every .fraternity in this
part of the country, but he is a perfect
encyclopedia of information regarding
their relative Bize, imirtance and the
peoaliar characteristics of each society
and of the colleges in which each has its
chapters. One wordd be certain that be
himself is a college man but for certain
peculiarities of speech that pioclaiiu the
east aider and his positive assertion that
be has never been inside the doors of a
college and has nevor even seen any but
tbe local colleges from the outside.
A reporter in search of a lost badga
which he thought might have found 'its
way, as many lost articles do, into
Bowery pawnshop went into this store
to look over tbe stock of fraternity pins,
tie didn't find bis badge, but he found
many others. The proprietor had some
Interesting things te tell about some of
bis pins.
"There ain't many things in tbisiline
teat's fun," said he, "A man wouldn't
go Into it for bis health. But this secret
society pin business 4s mighty interest
in. Of course you understand it's only
a nide lay not my regular trade. How
did I get into it? Why, the funny let
ters on the pins used to catch me when
I was on the lookout for stull in tbe
bookshops, and I began pickin 'em up.
Then I got interested more by an old
gnnt from tbe University club that was
up on that line and nsed to tell me
things about the badges and their differ
ent organizations. He came into my
shop one day to look at a badge. That's
bow I got to know Mm. He used to send
me books and magazine articles on fra
ternities till I got t know as much
about it as be did, and sow I guess they
aint many college societies in this part
of tbe country that I don't know enongb
about to surprise the members if I want
ed to tell it.
"They ain't a college fraternity ia
the east but what I've .handled one or
more of Its pics. I'm keepin tab on the
bockabops all the while, and whenever
I find a badge I nail it. Usually I get
'em cheap, for tnoy ain't any demand
for 'em to speak of. Occaeionelly a mao
brings in a pin to me, or I see one on a
bum's coat and buy it, bnt it's mostly
tbe pawnshops. How do I s'nose tber
get there? Well, most of 'em are lost,
I think. I know enough about 'era to
know that the last thing a college
man'll hock is his society pin. When
they do bock 'em, though, it's down
here, and not np town, where they think
other college fellows may go in and see
'era. They get mighty little on 'em,
for the bocksnop men are dead loury of
things they don't understand. Of course
the pin itself has a good deal to do with
it. It it's heavily jeweled, a man muy
get half its value on it. Then ping that
are a marked design buck well, because
they sell well. Tbo T pin of the Delta
Psis, and the star and crescent of the Al
pha Delta, and the crosses like tbo Alpha
Tan Omega or Delta Phi will find a
market easier than tbe plain monogram
pins or the diamond shaped,
"Now, here's a pin," continued this
erudite student of fraternities, taking a
small, plain Psi Upsilon pin from the
case, "that I've bad here for 18 mouths,
and not an offer for it, I got it in a
queer way, I was in a bockxbop down
By CannI street chowin the rag over a
couple of badges that tbe proprietor
bad, when in came a yonug woman
almut 20 or 88 maybn nnd pretty, too,
only she looked kind of half starved.
She nnpinned tho pin from her dress and
asked :
" 'How much will you loan me on
this?'
"Her volco trembled, bnt she wns
gamo and kept a steady face. The mnn
offered her f 1, and she turned togoout,
When I said I'd give her (!) for it.
" 'I don't wnnt to sell it,' sho said.
'I want to get it back so 1110 time.'
" 'Well, I'll koeplt six months for
you,' I told her and gnve her my busi
ness card. 8he took tho money, nnd she
kissed tbo pin before sho banded it to
mo. I never saw her again. Theio's
nothin on the pin but her name."
The speaker handed the pin to the re
porter, who looked on tbe back and saw
engraved the one word "Llzzio." He
returned the pin to its place, and it Is
probably there now if nny Psi U wants
to go Bowery hunting for it. Now
York Sun.
tailing Smith.
Miss Kate Field relutes an experience
winch she had in trying to sleep in a
hotel in n Utah mining town where the
partitions between the rooms were of
boards merely and quite innocent of
lath and plaster. Tho ordinary going
and coining of the early part of the night
Were bad enough, but toward morning,
when ot last slie hml fallen asleep, aloud
voice shouted from her keyhole:
"Smith! Smith!"
As her name was not Smith, bIio made
no response.
"Smith!" came the shout again. "It's
time to skip!"
"My name is not Smith," she then an
swered. From across the hall caine the call of
the day clerk, who occupied the room
there:
"No. That ain't Smith. Smith's at
the end of the hall."
"Well, this is the end of the ball,"
came from the neighborhood of the key
bole again. It was the voice of the por
ter.
"Aren't there two ends to the hall?
It's the other end, you blockhead."
"Who wants Smith?" came a sharp
voice from the distance. "I'm Smith."
"What's the matter? I'm Smith,"
came still another voice.
"Well, whichever Smith wants to get
up at 4 o'clock, bim's the one," growled
the porter.
Both these Smiths slammed their doors
with a vehement protestation that they
didn't want to get up.
"It's Smith in No. 11" Bcreamed the
day clerk.
The right Smith had not been waked
at all, so the porter found No. 1 and
pounded on the door so bard that every
body in tlw bouse who bad not already
been waked was aroused, and several
peoplo rushed out into tho hall, thinking
there was a lire.
The porter went down complacently
to the olhce on the floor below.
"Well," said he to the night clerk, "I
waked him up anyhow."
A Curious Farasltn.
It is ua old saying that every dog has
bis day. According to an English au
thority, Uiatday is neither very long nor
socially comfortable in Fiji. It is im
possible to keep foreign dogs alive for
much more than a couple of years. Those
born tltere may live four years. The
cause of this mortality is a species of
worm that lives in the blood vessels, ar
teries and heart. Adult specimens of
this parasite sometimes measure as much
as five inches, and the blood of somo an
imals is actually swarming with them.
Puppies are often troubled with them,
although it seems to take about six
mouths tu develop them to a troublesome
stage. When a dog is attacked, it begins
with a sharp barking, whloli is at once
recognized as the beginnlngof poor Fido's
lust chapter. Thus far no remedy has
been found or even suggested. The same
parasite is found in dogs in eastern Asia,
and identical symptoms are noted. The
animal may live six months to two years
after the first indications areobserved.
New York Ledger.
Uls Wtah.
A wicked story is told about two part
ners who respected each other's business
ability, but who hated each cordially.
To one of them came a fairy saying that
be could have any boon be desired, and
whatever he had his partner should have
in double portion. Naturally bis first
wish was for a barrel of money, "All
right," said the fuiry, "but your jrtner
will get two barrels on that wish."
"Stop a littlo," said the first, "Perhaps
you'd better not give me a barrel of
money. I'd rather you would make me
totally blind in one eye." New Orleans
Tuuea-Democrat
Fraotioal.
Romeo Up-to-dute What does it
matter whether we are rich or poor,
darling, so long as we bave
Two souls with but a single thought
Two hearts that beat as one?
Juliet Fin-de-slocle Only this thut.
for all thut, we've always got two
months that eat as two. Liverpool
Mercury.
A Watch on tha Wall.
For many years a silver watch miirht
be seen fastened to the wall of one of
the fronts of the iuner quadraugle of
Bomerset House. Londoners nsed to
point it out as having saved the life of
its owner when ho fell from a scuflold,
and he placed it there as a testimony,
New York Advertiser,
CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT DOQ3.
Bsklmos Find tha Faithful Animal a Ne
cessity of Their Miserable F.ilstence.
"Without dogs the Inrger portion of
the greot Eskimo family peopling the
barren northern coast of America would
find it impossible to exist in its chosen
home." So writes E. W. Nelson in his
"Mammals of Northern Alaska." They
are nsed in the winter for liuntin
sledge drawing and the like, bnt in sui.
mer are mostly left to shift for them
selves. They receive much hard usage,
as well as do much hard work, but are
described nevertheless as a rollicking
set, full of piny, fond of human society
Und quarrelsome as schoolboys.
Mr. Nelson credits them with a vein of
humor and declares that their varying
characteristics can be read in their faces,
They are worth from f J to fill 11 piece, ac
cording to age, sizo nnd intelligence.
For sledge drawing they nro harnessed
in teams of either seven or nine three
or four pairs and a lender. The load is
from 850 to 700 pounds, nnd the course is
mainly through unbroken snow or over
rough ice. With a team of seven dogs
and a load of more than 800 pounds Mr.
Nelson made a journey of moro than
1,200 miles in about two mouths. The
last 00 miles were inudo over a bad road
in a continuous pull of SI hours. They
are much affected by the moon. During
full moon half the night is spent by them
in howling in chorus.
"During the entire winter nt St. Mi
chael's," says Mr. Nelson, "we werelnva
rlably given a chorus every moonlight
night, and the dogs of two neighboring
villages jollied In tho servitude." He
speaks of Its "wild, weird harmony"
and seems to have found it agreeable
rather than otherwise. The influence of
the moon is also very apparent when the
dogs are traveling. They brighten up
as the moon rises, and pricking up their
ears start off as if they hod forgotten
their futigue. The fur traders take ad
vantage of this fact and sometimes lie
over during the day and travel at night.
The dogs endure an astonishing degree
of cold. Mr. Nelson saw a femule with
two newly born puppies lying uion the
snow near a hut, with no sign of shelter,
when the thermometer ranged from 80
to 85 degrees below zero.
Indlnn Coronets.
American women who long for coro
nets should hesitate before accepting In
dian ones. The case of an English woman
who sued for divorce from her Hindoo
husband points a moral. She alleged
cruelty as a ground for her suit, and it
is claimed that the same plea might be
made by nearly all the women who mar
ry orientals and go home with them.
As a usual thing, the oriental gentle
man pursuing his studies at an English
or American university is a picturesque
figure. He is likely to be very clever,
and it is taken for granted that he is a
prince at least, when he is at home. He
is popular with his fellows, und through
one of them he meets and marries a
pretty, freely brought up girl. Then be
takes her home.
She may not meet with nnkindness
from her husband's family, for the ori
entals have many amiable nnd attractive
qualities, and they are not cruel. But
if the husband has not cut himself adrift
from the religion and ties nf his child
hood his wifo must conform to a certain
extent to the ordinary lire of the native
woman. And, inasmuch as she will
only do this so far as her love and duty
to her husband oblige her, she will cer
tainly fail to satisfy her new relatives
and will be looked on with coldness and
suspicion by them. New York World.
The Sum's Fire.
How was bent originally imparted to
our great luu 'lury? Was he "born in
fire" and has he been in an active state
of combustion since the day of bis birth,
or was he once "a darksome body, flit
ting hither and thither and yet going
nowhere in particular?"
If once a mighty planet of somber hue,
why is he now the torchlight as well as
the heuting apparatus of a great system
of worlds, aud, being both, who is equal
to the task of calculating even tho cycle
of time wherein the great change took
place? It may have been that there were
no worlds in what is now the solar sys
tem prior to that time, or, if there were,
probably only two.
These two black giants of this dark
ened portion of the great universe may
have collided and coalesced into a vast
nebnla, from whence the whole of our
system has been evolved. If light and
heat were thus mechanically produced
and still retained to a certain degree in
our sun, the lurgost fragment of the two
colliding worlds, is it not altogether like
ly that the great solar fires will finally
burn out aud that as a result man and
all living creatures will become extinct
on all of the inhabited planets? St. Louis
Republic.
Wblud Flnanolal Bepulehers.
With some very few exceptions, which
It were invidious to name, but which all
In tbe railway world know as such ex
ceptions, the railway corporations of the
United States literally live from hand to
mouth and have no working or reserve
lapitul whatever, although their business
requires it moro than any other. The
railways are capitalized for much more
than they are worth. Usually the bond
ed indebtedness, car trust certificates,
equipment und terminal securities, taken
at par, represent a value in excess of the
cost of the roud, and upon them fixed in
terest is compulsorily payable. Hence,
whatever the roud eurns upon actuul
cost must, unless it exceed, say, 6 per
cent, be puid out annually in the shape
ot interest alone. Simon Sterne1
SMITH WA9 A BAD MAN.
and He Had Learned One Clnme nf Which
II Could lloast.
"But speaking of train roblcrles," put
In the colonel, "reminds me of a man I
met when I wns In command of Fort D.
A. Russell nt Cheyennp. He was an ex
press messenger nnmed Smith, and his
run was on what they called out there
the 'hi'h line' of the B. nnd M. railroad.
Smith nin't much of a man to look at,
but ho was great In action, as you'll agree.
"I'd heard of Smith before I met him.
He'd killed two men down in western
Kansas, and they were saying around
Cheyenno that he was 'bad.' So I was
curious to get him to tell me tho story,
ml after awhile he did.
"He used to have a run on the Santa
Fe down where it crossed into Colorado,
All the messengers, you know, carried
gnns in those days they do yet, for that
matter bnt Smith understood the use of
a six shooter better than some of his
mates. Things had been so smooth on
his run for so long that he got a bit care
less at last nnd used to leave the door of
bis car unlocked so that the brakemen
could come in and talk with him when
ever they liked without his having to
go to the end of the car to unlock the
door.
"Smith bud one game, though, which
was all his own. He told me that he hud
practiced it a good deal so thut be could
shoot within a fraction of a second after
hearing any one say, 'Put up your bauds.'
All the train men on his run knew thut.
You know those fellows are great in
skylarking, and Smith had warned them
never to try to play that joke on him,
because, he said, the first man who came
into his car and took him unawares with
that remark would be likely to die.
"One day be wus sitting beliind his
little square iron safe checking off bis
money packages. Ho bad the safe i:i a
corner of the cur facing one end. He al
ways sut with bis buck against the front
end of the cur. The front door was al
ways barred. When be raised the lid of
the little trunklike sufe the messengers
nsed then, be always put his two big six
shooters on the corners of the safe in
front of the lid. Any one approaching
him from the rear end of the cur couldn't
see the guns, but they were ready for in
stant use.
"Well, on this day I'm telling yon
about, as he was checking off the pack
ages, he heard the car door open and
some one come in. He took it for grant
ed that the visitor was the brakeman
whom he was expecting, and without
looking np went on with his work. - He
checked two or three more packages and
was almost finished when he heard the
shurp comtnund, 'Put up your bands!'
"He looked np on the instant and saw
two men, not in the least disguised, cov
ering him with six shooters. His own
hands were behind the lid of his safe.
'AH right, boys,' be suid. 'Don't shoot
They're up.'
"They went up, that was true, but as
they came over the lid of the safe there
was a six shooter in each one. Butu
six shooters cracked tho instant their
muzzles came above the safe lid, aud
both bullets killed. The robbers fired,
but they didn't pull until after they bad
been hit, and their bullets went wild.
"It was all done so quickly thut there
was no outcry or noise, and when the
brakeman went into the car a few min
utes afterward he found Smith washing
np the blood from the floor. The dead
men were on a blanket in a corner. That
was how Smith got his reputation for be
ing 'bad.'" New York Sun.
Painstaking Forgers.
"Men try in every way possible," said
a prominent bank president, "to obtain
the signatures of New York bankers.
"Their object is evidently to use them
in committing forgeries. At least we
suspect so, and for thut reason try to be
as careful as possible in signing letters.
"In this bunk we have many letters
from the west of such a trivlul nature
that we suspect an ulterior motive upon
the part of the writers, and if we answer
them at all do so by typewriter, even to
the signature.
"One forger or counterfeiter in Indi
ana ia exceedingly systematic and per
sistent In his efforts to obtain the signa
tures of our officers. As regularly as
the year comes around be writes, inclos
ing a $10 bill, and requests ns to send
hiin one of our new $10 bank notes in
exchange.
"He always gives the same reason for
the request that he wants it for 'his col
lection.' Of course that is nonsense. We
believe that he wants a new bill so that
he may discover if we have changed our
officers and get their signatures.
"He never does get them though. We
always return his bill with a typewrit
ten letter on paper containing no names,
excusing ourselves on the ground that
we bave no circulation outstanding."
New York Heruld.
Took tha Train.
Employer Yon are late again. Didn't
I tell you to tuke the train because it
would bring yon much faster than you
could walk the distunce?
, Boy Yes, sir, and I did.
Employer Then bow do yon explain
your lateness?
Boy I bad to loaf around the station
for half an hour waiting for the train,
which was away behind time. Philu
iulphia Times.
Great Feat,
Mr. Grogan (telling the story of the
argument) An I hud to sthund there
lukiu at hifu, shmoilin th' best Oi cud,
tn all the toime I wus so mad Oi was
grittin me teeth behind me bolck. In
dianapolis Journul. ,
A SPY'S CLOSE CALL.
Ha Was Rescued From Impending Death
bjr a Clever If ewspaper Ruse.
On the battlefield of Antietam Mr. Mo
Clure met General William J. Palmer,
then a captain, nnd strongly urged him
not to continue his movements ns a spy
after Lee had crossed into Virginia, but
the gallant young soldier gave no prom
ise as to what ho would be likely to do,
and tbe very first night after Lee crossed
the Potomac he was again in Lee's camp
ami brought back important information
to General McClellan.
Again he returned and entered the
Confederate lines, and when he did not
report after a week it was assumed that
bo hud been captured and would proba
bly be executed as a spy. He had been
captured, was tried and condemned as a
spy and sentenced to be executed, but he
was saved by a clever newspaper devlco
determined upon after a conference in
this city between President J. Edgnr
Thomson of the Pennsylvania railroad,
Colonel 8cott and Mr. McClure. Thom
son took special interest in Palmer, as he
hud been his secretary, and was mnch at
tached to him.
It was decided that Washington dis
patches should be prepared for all of the
Philadelphia morning papers announc
ing the arrival ut tho capital of Captain
William J. Palmer, stating in what par
ticular lines of the enemy he had oper
ated, and adding that be had brought
much important information that could
not be given to the public at the time.
These dispatches apiieared next morning
in all the Philadelphia puiiers, promi
nently displayed, aud of course reached
the southern lines within 48 hours.
The result was that Captain Palmer's
identity was never established in Rich
mond, and his execution was thus sus
pended. In a little while, when some
prisoners had been exchanged, there was a
vacancy made in the list of the exchanged
men by death. Palmer's friends had
him take the place and name of the dead,
soldier, nnd he thus escaped and returned
to the service. Philadelphia Times.
African Ante.
Dr. Sharp gives the following extract
from Dr. Livingstone's "Narrutive of an
Exiedition to the Zambezi:"
"We tried to sleep one rainy night in a
native but, but could not because of at
tacks by the fighting battalions of a very
small species of formica not more than
one-6ixteenth of an inch in length. It
soon became obvious that they were un
der regular discipline and even attempt
ing to carry out the skillful plans and
stratagem of some eminent leader. Our
hands and necks wero the first objects of
attack. Large bodies of these little pests
were massed in silence round the point
to be assaulted. We could hear the
sharp, shrill word of command two or
three times repeated, though until then
we had not believed in the vocal power
of an ant. The instunt after we felt the
storming hosts over head and neck."
New York Ledger.
A New Kind of Insurance.
Agent Ah, good morning, Mr. Talk-ed-to-denth.
I've called to see yon
about Insuring yon in my company. I
want to
Mr. Talked-to-deatb Oh, go awayl
I don't want any insurance. I'm al
ready "But, sir, you don't understand.
This"
"No, I tell yon! I've been nearly
talked into my grave by insurance
agents, and" -
"Aha, now we're talking business!
That's just why you ought to take a pol
icy in my company."
"What is your company?"
"Why, it insures you against being
talked to death by insurance agents!" '
Boston Traveller.
..--mipeckers That Look Ahead.
There is a species of the bird known
as the woodpecker in the far west that
has an unusual amount of reasoning fac
ulty. It is much tumor than the species.
of that bird found further east and fre
quents the towns rather than the woods.
They make holes along the eaves of the
dwellings, and in these holes they place
acorns, not for the purpose of eating
them, as tbe birds do not eat the acorns
at all, but for the purpose of devouring
the grubs that germinate in the acorn.
This indicates a continuous train of
thought, looking forward to the time of
the creation of the worm and its desira
bility as food. St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
A Curious Fatality.
A curious fatality seems to have at
tached itself to the family of Captain
Wilson, the African fighter. All the
members of it that have died have been
the victims of accident or violence, ex
cept his mother, who succumbed to an
attack of paralysis. The husbands of two
of Captain Wilson's sisters weredrowned,
as wen two brothers in South Africa.
There remains now the eldest son, Dr.
George Wilson, a pioneer of sanitary
science and a lover of fox hunting. New
York Ledger.
lUmn From a Italloon.
A remarkable sight to be seen from
balloon is the bottom of lakes und ponds.
While over Lake Erie Carl E. Myers,
tbe balloonist, says be saw clearly a
wreck lying nndor 75 feet of water. It
was that of a schooner, sunk 40 years
ago. At a height of half a mile tbe en
tire bottom of a small lake or pond can
be clearly seen, and Mr. Myers believes
that on a cleur day an aeronaut of good
vision could see from a height of a mile
submarine objects at a depth of 400 or
600 feet beneath the wuter.