riNHEAD REPUBLICS.
MOST OF THEM IN EUROPE OR ON
ISLANDS OF THE 8EA.
The dmnUcit In Am la Little Mot Than
ftqimr Mlls and the Rmallmt In Pnpn
Intlnn Jintiiler I'injr-nr. HonU Simple
Form of (fovrrniitrnt.
Whm n rorsnn rpnrilf . nf mnll rppnb
lien, ho in Htipposod to moan thone of
South America nnrl Knropo, whirh nro
nmvkcd im every innp mid rlearrihocl iu
every cyclopedia printed sineo they hnvo
beoomo reptihlied. Tho fart in, tho world
in spotted with iniill ropnlilicii thnt nro
liever heard of, noma no imnll thnt they
ceni more like needle points ttnm pin
head.. A few of them nro known to tho
most learned teachers of geography, nnt
the majority of them would net tho most
of these teachcin n task which would ro
qniro more than n ".Ingl.-dny'ii lrwnreh.
These little repuhlicH nro found on is
lands no diminutive that they nro mark
ed only on navigators' charts nnd nj;;rin
lctveen nnd in tho center of kingdoms.
In area they run from less thnn n nqniiro
milo up to nhont 100. In population they
run from Eflpcoplo up to hut little more
than that many linndreds. They nro nil
republics in th:it they nro governed by
thepeiiple, hut their plan of government
show a great ninny noveltien.
To Tavolara may ho accorded tho dis
tinction of being the (imnllcst repnhlio
In point of population on tho face of tho
globe. It is sitnnted on nn Island nbont
five miles lung hy five-eighths of ft mile
in width 1!) miles oiT ttie northenst const
of Sardinia. lis population numbers
nbont B5 people. TI10 principal occupa
tion of tho inhabitants is fishing, the
land being tilled only cnongh to supply
tho needs of tho islanders. Tho posses
sion nnd nbsoluto sovereignty of tho is
land of Tavolara wan formally grnnted
by King Charles Albert of Sardinia to
the riartoleoni family in 1R30, nnd for
more thnn half n century Paul I. king
of Tnvolarn, reigned over it in pence.
On tho Both of May, 1RS3, King Paul
died of heart diseaso.sitMnginhischair,
liko tho Emperor Vespasian, vainly en
deavoring to write n will. His Inst words
wero n reqnest that noun of his relatives
should sncceed him on tho throne of tho
island nnd that its inhabitants be allow
ed to govern themsolves. None of the
relatives over fllod n claim, nnd on
March 27, 188(1, tho islanders hold a
mass mooting nnd decided to establish a
republic. Tho matter was a simple one
for them. A constitution was drown np,
which gives, by tho way, equal snffrnge
to women nnd nlso provides for tho elec
tion of n president every six years. Tho
president receives no snlnry nnd is nd
visod by a council of six, tho members of
which nro elected by tho people. There
is 110 pay nnd 110 perquisites attached to
any of tho offices. Tho independence of
Tnvolarn was formally recognized by
Italy iu 1887, but thero is nothing on
tho records which shows any other coun
try having taken notico of it
If we wore judging tho countries by
their area, thon to (ionst must be award
ed tho honors. But whilo its nren is not
ono-third ns great ns thnt of Tnvolarn
its population is over twice nsmneh, tho
total numlKT of inhabitants being about
l!)t). Ooust is situnted on tho flat top of
a mountain in tho Lower Pyronnos nnd
occupies nn area of but a fraction over a
milo. Tho republic has existed since
1048 and is recognized ns nn independent
stnto by both Franco und Spain. Tho
government is vested in n council, con
sisting of 13 members, who serve sovon
years.
ThiB council elects from its nuniber
Olio who discharges tho duties of chief
cxecntivo. Ho nets ns tnx collector, an
sessor, judge, etc., but from nil his nets
there is nn appeal to tho bishop of Ln
nms in tho valley below. Other thnn
these there mo no officers, not even
a clergyman. Neither is there a oomo
tery or uny public institution whntever.
Tho pass which leads to tho adjacent
Spanish parish of Laruusissostoop that
the carrying of heavy burdens is nn im
possibility. Tho inhabitants of this tiny
mountain republic have built a chute,
therefore, down which they slide honvy
articles und tho bodies of thoir dond to
tho cemetery far below. Indeed the good
inhabitants of Const lire baptized, mar
ried and buried in tho nenrby Ossan
vulloy. Since the sovontoonth oontury
tho population has varied but littlo, am
bition und a desire to seo tho world call
ing tho mora venturesome from this ro
publio in tho clouds. The inhabitants
ore long lived and robust, uro shephords
and weavers of cloth und seem entirely
contented with thoir lot, having littlo
ambition either fur riches or power.
Thoir language U a quaint mixture of
French and Cutulouiuu Spanish.
Another republic of dwarf proportions
is that of Frauceville, an island in the
Now Hebrides group, situated east of
Australia and a Bhort distance north of
Now Caledonia. It contains an area of
some 86 miles, and its population con
sists of about 40 whites and 600 natives.
The island was formerly a colony of
France, but its independence was guar
- anteod it in 1870. Ita government oon
liHtfl of a president and advisory council
of eight, chosen by the peopla The
president, who is at present a Mr. R.
D. Polk, a native of this country, is ap
pointed a judge, from whose decisions
there is no appeal. Equal suffrage is ex
tended to all. White or black, male or
foiualo, may vote, but only the white
male may hold office. The island repub
lic is in a prosperous condition and car
ries on a good trade with Frauoe. St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Voloee of Nutloiu.
The Tartars are supposed to have, as
a nation, the most powerful voioes iu
tho world. Tho Gorinuus possess the
lowest voices of any civilized people.
Tho voices of both Japanese und Chinese
are of a very low order and feeble com
puss mid are probably weaker thnn any
other nation. Ttikou us a whole, Euro
peans hnvo stronger, clearer und better
Voices tliuu tho iuh.:liit,iut.s tho other
Continents. London Til -liil.;.
TMl CAT CAMt IN.
Is It tfcw Rvhmmifjttmi of the Old Kntt
ln Whe iDliln't Come BerkT
"Hants? Why of course I believe in
them," said Wm Henrn to a group of
congenial Bohemians crowded around
the lunch counter about midnight
"'There's a hurt now," and he pointed
to a big black cat which stealthily made
its way in the door and under a table, out
of the shadow d which his eyes glowed
red nnd green. "Thntcnt's ahnnt and a
mascot all in one.
"Ono stormy night about four years
ago he came in here, and ho 's never been
away since. There nsrd to bo nn old
musician who visited ns every night
steady for yenrs. Ho used to como in
hollow eyed andhaggnrd. Ho never said
a word, but laid down his money, got
his bracer Old Tom gin nlwnys tho
same, and went on his way. The time
tho cat camo in tho night mnn noticed
thnt tho old musician hadn't nppenred. It
wns a stormy night too, just nlxmt this
timo. Tho wind howled nnd moaned,
and the lightning flashed in red ribbons
whilo tho thunder cracked like tho guns
rf battlo and reverlierated in n boom
thnt mado nil the dishes in tho houso
rattle. It wns n bad night, too dismal
by far for peoplo to bo out in. Every
Ixwly was sitting around the stove talk
ing. Just ns tho clock wns striking 1 3,
Mr. Frazeo expressed wonder that tho
old man, moaning tho musician, hadn't
come in. At that moment tho big black
cat camo in and took his placo by tho
stovo nnd never uttered a meow, and ho's
never been away since, nnd, moro thnn
that, ho never sleeps. If that cat should
go to sleep, I boliovo tho honso would
fall down. Oneo in nwhilo ho gets a lit
tlo bit sick, and then everything goes
wrong.
"But tho strnngo part of tho story is
that tho old musician never camo back.
Two days later ho was pulled out of tho
river dead. Ho must have jumped in tho
snmo night that cat camo. I believe tho
spirit of that old man is in that cat.
What makes mo believo so is that us
noon ns a band passes that door playing
that cat makes for the river as fast nsho
enn tear. He goes away tho moment any
musio is heard, nnd ho doesn't tarry
when ho starts. What ho goes to tho
river for I don't know. Perhaps it was
musio that drove tho old man crazy.
I've heard some musio that would drive
anybody so. "Florida Times-Union.
Dnblied a Vlalonnry.
The probnbility thnt vehicles driven
by steam would bo the future monns of
trnnsportntion on lnnd wns very well
foreseen 20 years before the Inst century
closed by Oliver Evans of Philadelphia,
the inventor of the high pressure steam
engine. As early as 1780 ho petitioned
the legislature of Pennsylvania for the
exclusive right to use his inventions for
road wagonB to be propelled by stoam.
Tho word locomotive had not then come
into use. This privilege wns denied, but
the Maryland legislature gv;iitcd the
right for 14 years. Thero appeared at
one time good prospects of Evans obtain
ing the necessary financial support to
apply his steam engine to the propulsion
of boate and road wagons, but some
cautious capitalist of that day deter
mined to hnvo B. H. Latrobo, an accom
plished architect and engineer, report
upon the schemes that Evans was ndvo
cnting. Lntrobe reported strongly
against tho steam engine, saying that
the inventor was a visionary. This re
port ruined Evans' career nnd depiived
America of the benefits of tho steam en
gine in transportation for two genera
tions longer.
By a curious irony of fato tho son of
this snmo Latrole performed important
engineering services in building the Bal
timore nnd Ohio, the first railroad iu
this country whero a steam engine was
used successfully. Locomotive Engi
neering. Don't Judge ny Apppnroncc
A one logged street beggar who, rnin
or shine, sits every day with outstretched
hand on tho steps of a worehonso in a
down town cross street is quite a philos
opher in his way. Ho says that, so far
as his experience goes, little can be
judged regurding tho benevolence of men
or women by thoir appearance. Some
times, ho says, he will see a man ap
proaching who sooms to be tho personi
fication of charity allied with opulonca
The beggar stretches forth his hand with
confidence, bnt withdraws it with disap
pointment. Thon there hurries by a Me
phistopholian looking creature, seedy
perhnps, with a cynical smile on his face,
who drops a quarter into the beseeching
palm. Among women, the beggar asserts,
the best dressed are seldom the most
charitable. There are exceptions to the
rulo, of courso, but the prevalent theory
that a street beggar can "size up" a pe
destrian by his appearanoe is erroneous.
New York World.
Falling- Eye.
"I think the eye power of the present
generation of civilized men must have
deteriorated a good deal," said an ocu
list to mo tho other day. "I am called
upon to examine so many young persons
nowadays whose eyes show no symp
toms of disouse or strabismus, but ore
imply unable to do the ordinary amount
of work required of schoolboys, school
girls, oollege studants or moderate read
ers without showing symptoms of over
work. "This weakness seems to be constitu
tional, and glasses are required which
lessen the muscular strain on the eyes
only. In spite of the invention of the
typewriter, which has relieved the eye
of so much work, the state of things is
almost equally as prevalent in business
circles as among students. "Now York
Herald.
A Juvenile Reporter.
"Now, tell me, " said the aunt to lit
tle Annie, who hod been token to the
concert for the first time in her life,
"whut did they do?"
"Oh, there was a lady screaming be
cause she hud forgotten to put on her
sleeves, und a waiter played on the pi
ano all the time!" was tho child's reply.
Corriero dolla Sera.
fear fell ! Che Mine Fox.
Ia Siberia the skiaof the bine fox, or
testis, is highly priced, and the first
prize for the horse races of the Anadyr
in a fine pelt. According to M. Langka
vol, the bine fox still Inhabits the Lap
land pnrt of Scandinavia, the islands of
the White tea, parts of northern Russia,
the coasts of Siberia, the new Siberian
Islands and in America tho Aleutian is
lands, Atton, Oonnlnska the Fox is
lands Alaska, the Commander islands,
the Mnckenzlo river district, Labrador
and Newfoundland. The blue fox is a
vnrioty of the white fox, so rare that of
100 white fox skins only fonr or five
will have the bluish or cloudy tinge
London Ulohe.
Temporary Change of Lodging-.
At Monte Carlo a gambler had won
tho mnximnm at rouge et noir three
times in succession.
"There's a fellow running off with a
splendid hnul of bank notes!" said a
spectator.
"Oh, " cnrclessly Interjected the cro.
pior, "thnt mnkes no difference to th
bank. It is merely a bit of our mono
sleeping out fortho night!" Pnris Ptti
Nlcois.
Obeyed Order.
Employer (to new office boy) If nny
ono calls, James, bo snro nnd remember
that I nin not in. (Half nn hour later.)
Didn't you hear me call, yon young ras
cal? James Yes, sir, but 1 t'onght yer
wasn't in. London Punch.
A Khiule Too YIMrilng.
Binks Why so gloomy?
Jinks My wife let me hnvo tho last
word in nn nrgument this morning.
"What of that?"
"That shows that sho Is going to do
as she plonses anyhow." New York
Weekly.
All of J. M. Bnrrio's stories nro snid
to have grown out of his everyday life,
and In tho young men who nro pictured
walking knee deep in tho heather of
Thrums and vicinity one can find the
boyhood and the present life of tho bril
liant young Scotchman.
She wns a wealthy soprano, and nt the
concert sang, "Oh, For tho Wings of a
Dove!"' yot nn hour later nt supper she
took the wings, legs nnd most of the
breast of a turkey and then pnssed her
plate for"more stuffing."
The German name for trnm cai is
"pford strHsscneiwenbahnwngen." It
looks formidable, hut so would the Eng
lish equivalent if written in one word
in the Germnn style " horseroadrail
way carriage."
The descriptions given by Strabo of
the osier houses of the Gauls and Brit
ons might be applied to human habita
tions in central Afiica today.
For an example of pure and unalloyed
contempt take a barber's opinion of the
yonng man who Is growing a full beard.
Why
Unit Aver'e H irsanaiilla. nut or Hie rival
nuuihur of similar iTp:ii.HIim nmmi' in
oirml throughout tho wmld. v;.s Hip ui'v
iiioilliliin ot I ho IU111I HilntlUi'U nt tho
World' Fair, Chloui:o? Anil why v:;s It
tint, In spite of tho loillc 1 elTorlM of 1' "
liiaiitiniclui'crs ot other pi 'i'Miations.
division of tlio WorM's Fair Direct. os .i :i
not ravursnl
BECAUSE
AeconlliiB to Riti.e IB "Artlclrfj
that are In any way dann-eronn 0?
offensive, also patent modiclncs,
nostrums, ard empirical prepara
tions, whoso ingredients are con
cealed, will not be admitted to the
Exposition," anil, lliuroforo
Brctmte Ayer's Sai'saparllln Is not n
patent medicine, not a nostrum, and not
a secret preparation.
Brcautt It proprietors liad nothing to
concent when questioned 11s to the for
mula from which It I compounded.
irav It Is all that It Is claimed to be
a Compound Concentrated KKtract ot
Sarsaparilla, and In every sense, worthy
the Indorsement of this most Important
committee, called together for passing
upon the manufactured products of the
entire world.
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LISTEN!
Till I toll you of something that is of
great Interest to all. It must be re
membered that J. C. Fi'oehlieh is tho
I'opular Tailor of Reynoldsvillo, and
that is what I am going to dwell on at
this time. Never mind tho World's
Fair for a few moments, as his exhibit
of goods is something on that scale. The
tremendous dinplny of seasonable suit
ings, especially the full ana winter as
sortment, should be seen to be appre
ciated. . A larger line and assortment
of full and winter goods than ever. 1
ask und liiHpection of my goods by all
gentlemen of Uoynoldsvlllo. All (its
ana worKmuiistilp guaranteed purloct.
Yours as iu the post,
J. C. FROEHLIGH,
Re ynoldsvllle, Pa
KD"Ncit door to Hotel McCouuull.
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N. HANAU
llaa just rt'liirnt'tl from
immonpp
Sprino and summer Goods !
which ho will ncll sit rmrprisingly low prices.
Set? his roods Ix'fore. buying elsewhere.
Look for his advertisement
next week.
ouse Cleaning Time!1
Has arrived nnd Everybody needs a
NEW CARPET,
So .do not buy before examining our line of
Body Brussels,
Velvets, Tapestry,
and Ingrains.
Also a fine line of Rugs, Crumb Cloths, Mattings, both
Japanese and Chinese, Oil Clotha and Linoleums.
We are offering special cut prices on a lot
of Remnants of Carpets, in all grades.
Window Shades!
Our line is complete in any size and color. A special line
of Fringe Shades and Curtain Poles.
The largest and most complete line of
BEDROOM and PARLOR SUITS,
Side Boards, Wardrobes, Book Cases, Hall Trees,
Chiffoiners, Extension Tables, Dining Room
Chairs and Fancy Rockers, in Wood,
Cobbler and Upholstered Seats
to be found anywhere.
Our Children's Carriages are finer and cheaper than
ever before.
PRIESTER BROS.
Eastern citifP with nn
lino of
Every Woman
Sometimes needs a reli
able monthl regulating
medicine.
Dr. PEAL'S
PENNYROYAL PILLS,
An pmmpt, Mf nnd certain in mult. Th pnn
ln (Dr. rcnl'tt) nrvor disappoint. Pent tuiyiibemi
1.C0. PoalMofllcin0-.CIeTUurd.O
Sold by 11. Alex. Stoke, druRRlt.
KUllMKU 11(1
o r it ic 1 'sol ns vill k
cnpimu $80,000.00.
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Nrnlt .tlHii'llmiit, XU-ft lrr.
J oil 11 II. Kaiiclirr, 4 axlilrr.
Director:
'. Mllrlii'll, Hcntt Mrclclluiul, .t. C. Kln,
.li)M'ph Htt'iiilHH, Jiitfpli lli'itHi't-smi,
(1. W. I'nll.f, J. i(. Kiiuclli'l'.
t)(H' n trcm'i'ul lumkltiff lulfH'H!int Holli'itH
tlu niTimntM of nirrvlinntM, prnrt'vslnnul mi'ti.
fiit-mri-M, hit'ihutil'H, mint'!, lmnhirnicii nrul
ollllTM, t(Unl-.lllK till' liiiint curi'dll It 1 1 I'll t ii ill
to the !mliifN uf nil pciMtiiis.
Hnfo Drixisll tlnxi- fur rrnr.
Tlrst Nntlmml Hunk biilldllin, Nolnn Murk
Fire Proof Vault.
Royal
PliosDlioric
Goiiee !
Why You Should
Use It.
Because
All that use one pound of
it will use no other,
FhysiciaiiB recommend it,
It changes a person's taste
for something more delicious
than ordinary coffee,
A trial proves it and it is
cheaper than other coffee.
L. A. STILES,
Sole Aient f'or County.
Grocery Boomers
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HUY WHKKK YOU CAN
C1KT ANYT1IINC!
YOU WANT.
Salt Moats,
Smoked Meats,
CANNKD GOODS,
TEAS, COFFKKS
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CONFECTIONERY,
TOHACt'O.
AND CIGARS,
Everything in tho lino of
Fresh Groceries, Feed,
EZtc.
(JooiIh itrllrrred free tiny
pluve In town.
Call on u and yvt price.
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