Mm VOLUME 3. REYNOLDSVILLE, PEXN'A., WEDNESDAY, Jl'NKfi, 11M. UfiUroati flm (TkHi. 1)1 IT.U.O. INMIIKK'IT.ll & 1'ITTS- IH Iitill liAIIWAY. Tlii' sliml 1 1 in ticlwcen iMiltnK lildirvvny, Itriulfcrd, Siilioicinrri. Ilntliiln. Ilnclicste'r. Ni:i urn I'ulis unit iiuinls In llie upper nil re: nil. Un mill lifter lnv. Will. I!i:i. pns'-cti-Xi-i ileitis uill iiriixcmitl ilcpmi frnin l'lill-. 'urk ! lit inn. iliiily, cft l Mimltiy, li- fill ing s: 7.n M.l I .'.' ). III.! Mini .! l. Til. Ai I II - i. eiln I imis f 1 1 .in ruiiv-ntiiu nc null Kin I. tin. :.- A. l. I. hi i'!n M .1 line I i ii i n n i i l: .. l;lll 1 1 In. Kill II .-..Inlill-niil ml-' Ml. .in . .I'll, lirnil fm il. :ii:iin:iii-:i. liiillnln niul le if hcM l'i': fnhllci'l illl.' lit .Inlill-iilllllll-tf vnli I'. K. tnilii :t, fur Wilfev, Kane, V I'tlelt. I'nrry mill Krle. T : I A. M.; I.4.i p. in.: mid i.'V p. in. A mi- inn'lm inn I'm h Ui's, Mi Kim mid I'uiix 'lllliWIlev. 'l.'io I'. M. Hnnlfnirt An"(nilii hl i i i l I i I I! hirec, llrnckwny vlltc, Klltiinnt. I'nr- mnii. illilmvuy, .Inliicmntitiri;, Mt..lewctt niul lliniifiiril. U:DI I'. M. Mull l or fiiilloU. SykcM, Hi run, I'tinK-iiiHviicy mid W iiKlnn. Oltfo A. M. MimIii . Iinln l-'nr llriickuiiy- ll'c. Klilirwiiv mill .Inlnimtiltiit'ir. Oil'O I'.M. Mimlii) triilnl'iir liiilloU, Sykcs, Hi-: Knn mill PiiiiVHiiln-vnry. r;i-i'in;i.i-s lire r,-,pic.tc(l to imrclinso tick ets In ftirc ciilerlnu llir ears. An exec I'hiii-'. f 'IVn Cciiis will Ih cntlis-tcil iy rnn- (lili'tm s ivlicli fines lire paid on Iriilns, frnin nil si n I Inns lii'i'nii ticket nlllcc In iiitiliiitilni'd. TliiiiiHimd tulle tickets lit two cents ht Hlllc, Kilnll fill' pilssllL'li iM'l WCCII llll HllltlilllH. .1. II. Mf'lM'ViiK. Airent. Kills iwk, I'll. J. II. IIAKMKTT. K. ('. I.AI'KY, f.cticuil Supi. tien. Iiim. Aircnl HiiITiiId, N, Y. Itncht-Mtcr N. Y pKNNSYLVAMA RAILROAD. IN KI'KKCT NOV. 10, IStlX Plilhiili'lplilii Frio liMllrraid Division Tlinci ' Til lilt-. Train leave IirifiwiMMl. KASTWAHI) 0:04 A M-Trtiln K, dully except Hiinilliv fur Hiiiiliury, Mlii'i lsliiiri; mid intermediate sin tliins. ii iri v I ntt in I'lillinlclplilit u:-n p.m., New York, ln:(ls p. in. ; IImIi liimic, 7:'.'il p. in.; Wii-lilta-tnti, S::i7 p. in. Piilliniin I'lirlnr cur from illliitnsHirt mid pnsmnixir coiicIich frnin Kline to Plilliidnlpliiu. H::ri P. M. Train t(, dally except Sunday for lliirrlshiirtf and intermediate Htiiilnns, iir rivlnit nl I'Mladi'lphla 4::i a. m.; Now York, 7'.:ti a. M. 'riiroimli coach from Hiiltnls to VllllnnisHirt. Piillinan Slccpliin can from I In iil-hnm to I'lilladclplilit mid New York. I'liltadi'lplilli passcinrcrH call rcmilin III sleeper iindistiirlH'd until ":(ia. M. i::i."i I. M. '1'ialn 4. dally for Hiinliury, ilnrrU liniir and ttitiirmcdlalu HtatloiiH, nrrivliiK at I'liilndclpliili, tlt.'-ll A. M. ; New York, A.M.; Iliillliinirn. tl:'.1i A. M.: WiimIiIiiuIoii, 7::l a.m. I nl Iriiu ti can from Krlcnnd Wllllnms port to Philadelphia. I'nssciurcrh In Nlccpcr for llaltiinorfi mid Wasliimxton will hu trunsfcrriMl Into VashlnKtoiiHlccHr at liar rlsliuru. I'lissiMini'i- cniii'lips from Krln to l'hllad'!t,lilu and "iVllliumsMrt to !' I I moi u. WESTWARD 7:SJ A. M. Train I, dally exenpt Suiuluy for IMdvuiiy. IMiIIoIh, t'lcrmoiit Hiul Inter- mcdlatii HtiitloiiH. Leavea Kldicway Bt U:00 P. M. for Ki ln. 9:.VI A. .M.Trnln 8, dally for Rriu mid Intcr- r.cdiaH' points. 6:? I'. M.TthIii II, (Inlly oxcept Sunday for ft line and hit crmcd laic Htailons. TIlKul'-ill TKAIXS KOK imrFTWOOD IHOM TIIK r.AS r AMISOl Til. TItAIN II leaves IMillndeliihiit HMt a. m. V asiiliik'ton. 7. Mi a. M.s Hall i morn. N:4A a.m.: V, llke-bnrrc, 111:1(1 a.m.; daily except Siiii duv. Hrrlvlmr at lliiftwoml ut A:'J7 p. u. with I'li'llmaii I'nrlor cur from I'hlliidclphln to i iiiiamsioiT. TItA I M 'A IcavpH Npw York lit H p. m.! Plilla- iieipuui. ii:zii i. ni.; aHiiinion, in.411 a. tn.t lliililmore, 11:411 p. m.; dally nrrl vlnir ni Ih-iftuood at li:.14i a. in. Pullman Hlccpinu; curs riom I'liiiiiiieitiiini to r.rie and from "A aslilmriou nod Hall Imore to WlllliiinsiMirt anil I tiroimli pasHi'infer coacheH from Phila delphia to Kiie and Hullltnol-ato llllaiiiH port and to I'll Hois. TKAIN I leaves Kenovo at II: in a. In., dally except Sunday, iiiiIvIiik ai HrlflwiMHl 7:;U ii. in. .JOHNSONBUHG RAILnOAD. (Daily oxniipt Sunday. ) TKAIN Hi leaves ItldKway in li:4iiu. ni.; .Tohn- Hoiiliurv at U:.V h. in., urrlviiiK at t'lermont in Hi:4."i a. m. TKAIN W leaves Clermont lit ln:!W n. m. nr- rlvlnir at JohnsoiilmrK ut 11:40 u. tu. und Jlldmsay ul 11:ii.i n. in. Jri)(;VAY & CIJOARFIELD R. R. DAII-Y KYCK1T SUNDAY. HOrrilWAKI). NOKTIIWAUn, FTJI 13 "Hi Vi IH ii -a Vi :il vi ; 12 41 11! 44 13 411 1 no 1 lit 1 14 lai 146 A.M II 411 II 4M II .VJ HI Iri HI HI HI iri HI 17 III ill HIICi 11143 III 44 STATIDNS. A.M. P7M Klilmmy lslmid Knn Mill Haven Croyliind HIiortNMIIlH lllue KiH'k Vineyard Klin ('arrler Itnickwayvllln McMliin Summit llarveys Hun KuIIh (rpuk I In Hols 1 : 120 1 Ul I mi 12 iw 12 M 1!S 13 AO 12 :ih 13 30 12 211 12 30 ii :m 0 23 ii ir. tun (Hill ft .11 (I4N film IS 2.1 6 20 C IA too KIM 1103 12 05 TRAINS I.KAVK RIDOWAY. KuHtWHrtl. WeHtward. Train b, 7:17 a. m. Train 3,11 ::H a. m. Train 6, 1:4.". p. ni. Train 1, 3:(i p. m, Train 4. 1M p. ni. Train 11, 8:2fi p. ni B M. l'KEVOHT, J. It. WtKI. Oun. Manager. Gen. Pttiw. Ag't ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY commencing Sunday Deo. 24, 1893. Low Grade Division. ABTWAUD. No.l.NoJ.No.. 101 ioe A. H P. M. A. M P. M. gedllnnk... awMonliam . 10 4.1 4 40 10 57 4 52 t 6 3.1 New Hothleliem li au 11 UN 11 4fl 12 Ul 12 2.1 li 4 20 Uuk Uidxe Mayftvllle Biimniervllle ... Hniokvlllu Bell Fuller ReynoldHVllle .. PaucouMt FallH Ureek HuUoU. Siibula Wlnterburn PenHeld Tylor Glen Klsher Henezette Grant t 41 5 2H 5 47 4 07 4 13 4 2.1 444 4 53 7 011 7 10 7 23 7 34 7 40 7 60 4 Oil 20 4 2il 4 UN 4 57 7 05 7 13 12 31 12 43 1 00 1 ON 1 21 1 ai 1 47 1 511 1 OA 1.1 2 V 42 2 53 10 Ml 184 146 7 35 7 4H 11 05 8 00 8 Ul 8 HI 8 2A 8 01 8 44 8 1H 8 2 8 5.1 8 55 Driftwood 8 20 8 it P. II A. N WUHTWAHU. STATIONS. NoJil No.6INo.10l 104 110 A. M Driftwood.. Grant lienuxotte .. Glen KUUur. Tyler IVnllold P. H P. . 10 10 6 3.1 7 OA 7 HI 10 42 10 A3 11 10 11 20 11 80 11 HA 7 84 744 7 54 8 Ul 8 13 8 2.1 8 33 8 40 8 4H Ul 8 17 S 2.1 844 10 04 10 1H 10 25 II Wlnlerburu .... rinmiu.. 'itillolH Kalin Creek PaucoaHt Heyuolunvllle . . tller Jll Arookvllle Hunimervllle,,,, (Maynvllle 11 47 I M 1 2ri 12 10 12 20 R 00 t 10 1 84 1 42 1 6H 2 10 2 20 2 8 8 68 8 (Ml jiew betliieh'etu 8 15 8 47 awaonliam. iUUank.... 4 00 1 A. M P. M.lA M.I P. M, Trains dally except Sunday. ., . pXy ID MOO A KOO, G'L. Run. J AS. P.ANDEKttON, Gau'L. Paw. Aut. ON THE BATTLEFIELD. The Ptin row over llip Held of wheat And warmed the tin-nth of nn early pprhiR. Tlioi-nillinic llowern iniuli- llie moi'MiiiK werl. And then- were cnmlinic hird. lo piiitf, And liy the lirnnk were clii'ilrrn nt piny. l'l.'iniiiiiK tlii lr clilldi'li Kn iihk for lie' day. l:nl lli" run --.'iiik nvern r.-ld of red. Iii-:ivi'M nowliivt linr n l':ir:nlini?i" there. Only tin' i-li.i- lly iitu v nl' I lie ili-n'l And hliu-kn -s n:nl ruin ever) w tn-n-. And nlntiK il' hronl;, In-ti :nl nl pli-y. AVcrc llie Hilenl fiTrns nf l.lui- pn-l rt:".'. I'. II. S vei'l. , TJIE FIN ANCIAIi KM). TRIALS OF THE BOX OFFICE MAN AND THOSE WHO WATCH HIM. Ktory nf the lilt of 'Rrdloanl Tlmt Admits One to the Tlientcr Tlio Slnnagcr on tlm Itond Hum to Keep Ilin Kypn Open, Sny il S Man IV ho Him Ilcen TlirnllKll the Mill. Tlicro is foinclliiiiK iibont tlm wont nnrt tenr of tlio tlutios incidental to the box ofllro tlmt prciniitnrcly nj'H n yoniis num. Stay ly him a kimkIo day, mid yon'll kiiowwluit it i. When ho comon to tlio thontor in tlio moniiiiK nnd nr- rniiKOH his tickets in tlionu-k nndconnta ont his chmiKO nnd the ndvnnco sales on thnt day, it is with nn nir of resiiim tion snch as kinirs nnd qnrens rtsod to wenr jnst beforo they woro carted ont for execntion. There nro so many tickets of various kinds and prices propnred for cneh per- fonnaneo nnd dnly dated nnd numbered and ninrked with a biic letter or iiniiilier for tlio day of tho week. This lnririT desiirnntion is with tho view of han dling rapidly. Thero nro drawers con tniuiiiR tho tickets of tho following days, each day by itself, nnd when an advance snle is made ho pnts tho money received for it with tho tickets for thnt day. When tho day is over, ho pnts thnt tray of tickets nnd money in the snfo for tho night Tho ndvnnce money is thns nsu oily kept nntil the day comes around and then goes into tho pile recoived for the night s performance. The peculiarity of this bnsiness is that everything connected with tho box office is cash. Tho sales are cash sales. and if a combination show is in tho house the settlement with tho combina tion treasurer is mado in cash at the close of every performance Simply put, therefore, at tlio close of the day tho difrnrence between the number of tick ets on hand in tho morning and tho tickets left unsold is roprosentod in tho cush drawer. As a matter of particular fact, how ever, thero are numerous complications incidental . to tho operation, and the treasurer of tho house and his assistant the box oftk-o yonng man beforo nllud ed to becomo prematurely old and ab normally smart grappling with them. On tho rural circuits tlio trnveling manager is obliged to bo very wary in his dealings with the box office man. As booh ns tho theater doors are thrown open to the public tho combination man ager or treasurer looking after tho in terests of the company plnying in tho house makes his apponrance and takes up his stand at tho door, whoro he can watch bolh tho box office and tho ticket taker. When yon enter any thontor whoro a combination is playing, you'll seo this wary individual nt his post of dnty. Ho is thore on the presumption that tho local jiooplo will "do" him if they can. Ho knows all tho tricks nnd wilos of tho box ofllce young man and the doorkoopor and takes nothing for granted. Ho sees thnt every comer hands in a ticket of some kind, and thnt tho door- 'keeper puts that representative of so much cosh in tho padlocked box. The pasteboard in that tin box represents the receipts of the house, of which his com pany has a certain percentage nnloss playing on a oertointy. He carries the key to that box, and if he is "fly" never let the box go ont of his sight There is another watcher at the gallery door taking the same precaution. Of course he knows the nice box offloe yonng man wouldn't cheat him not far the world I Bat all the same he is on guard against a possible lapse of oansoienoe. "On the road," said Billy Eeogh, who has had experience in the box of floe and as traveling manager andonght to be pretty well up in the tricks of both, "the traveling manager goes on the principle that every box offloe is go ing to 'do him up' if it oan. The first thing he does is to go to the theater and get his mail and 'size up' the local man. And the first thing the local man does is to get 'fly,' and if so it will be diamond ont diamond. That prooess we call 'jollying' begins at onoe. "Tho traveling man is always on the defensive. He can't beat the other man. All he oan do is to prevent the box offloe from beating him. He must be up to the tricks and as hard as nails. Yon know in small towns the local treasurer gets a yearly benefit and the doorkeeper gets a benefit Bo these two men will 'play' traveling companies for the ben efit of their friends at every opportunity. "The collusion between the box ofllce and the doorkeeper is perfect Some times they are very sensitivo about be ing watched, and sometimes they pre tend to be indignant The most indig nant treasurer I ever met was in a place where we caught the doorkeeper, who was on the landing just above the box offloe, sliding tickets down a orack in tho floor into the box offloe below. " . ake a popular prioe house and big audiences of from 1,400 to 1,600 people, and in the rush it is hard to prevent be fog 'done.' If I oan .manage to hold ihem down to f 10 or f SB margin, I'm pretty well satisfied. A new pocket reg ister has como into nso that helps keep run of the ndmissiniis. Yon ran stand nt tho receiver, and with yonr hand in your pocket count every person that goes into tlm house. "When the ticket seller nnd tlio door keeper nro close together, there is the most danger, for they will coiniininii ale with each other with a nod or by sijtns or words that the company's represent ntivn will not niiilcrst:iud. No, I don't think tho honsn itself often profits by these tricks. It, is considered a rule that tho honso is 'done' along with tlio trav eling company, thongh this is not al ways tho case, to my personal knowl edge. " Now York Herald. THERE WAS NO STRING TO IT. But tie Hail Ahumtnnt Iteaion Ni-vrrttir-U-h to lie Suiiicloiifh Thero was a bright new ftO cent piece lying on tho pavement on Jefferson nv pnne, nenr Oriswold street, when a bow backed man with a satchel enmo along from the depot. Ho snw tho coin whilo he was yet 20 feet nway, and he mado a Bndden forward rush to get it. Tho movement was almost instantly checked, however, and he walked slow ly forward and backed to tho enrhstono and stood there and gazed at tho coin with a foxy look on his countenance. In about a minuto a pedestrian enmo np, saw the coin nnd reached for it nnd pnt it in his pocket Observing tho nttitudo of tho old man at tho samo timo ho turned and queried: "It didn't belong to yon, did it?" "Waal, I swan!" was tho reply. "What's tho matter?" "This is the queerest durned town I ever struck in all my Ufa I was coming up this street last year alxint this time when I saw a 50 cent piece lyin jest about hero. I mado a grnb fur it, fell on my nose nnd rolled all over and final ly got np to find that a boy had a string on the money and had pulled it into that doorway. " "And so yon wero shy of this ono?" "Yaas, I was shy." "And are half a dollar behind tho game?" "Yaas, I'm half a dollar out Bay, are yon in a hurry?" "Yes great hurry." "Wall, I'll hov to find somebody olso thpn. I want to find a follor who'll sot down with me fur about two hours and post me np. I'm oomin into Detroit once a week now, and I want to find ont what's got strings to it and what's lyin aronnd loose and kin be picked Tip. " Detroit Free Press. A Countryman's KagcMtlon. A countryman who boarded the firo boat New Yorker at her berth at tho Battery the other day was interested to observe the completeness of her equip ment for fighting fire along the river front Her powerful pumps and ingen ious arrangements for directing the streams upon burning bnildings or into the holds of vessels filled him with ad miration. Then ho asked f he engineer to show him tho workings of the search light He took it for granted that thero was ono and was nmnzod to learn that thero was no electrical plant nt all on the boat. This wonld appenr to be a cu rious deficiency in a boat otherwise per fectly appointed, and it is difficult to see how so obvious a need could hnvo been overlooked in the bnildiug of the New Yorkor. The connrryman's discov ery has led to a discussion of the need of a searchlight and may lead to its in troduction on the boat It is admitted that such a light would be of the great est value to the New Yorkor in finding its way at night about among tho crowdod and tangled slips. It wonld, moreover, make it possible to direct a powerful light upon the fronts of ware houses, to the very great assistance of the firemen. Eleotrio lights on the boat wonld also be supplied in place of the old fashioned oil lamps that are now in use. New York Bun. Bow Ha Wora His Shosa. ' "I'll bet any one in the party, " CoU nel Jack Gambill said to a group of ac quaintances one day, "that I did some thing when a growing boy out in old Tennessee that has never been done by.. any one before or since." ... : ZLTZ?:Z r" 'W. , " " " f. . .'-yji'i Jl rvJlUt,ni?r sometime." "Explain." "You see, it was this way. Shoes were a novelty to me. The shoemaker was slow, and I was impatient, as all boys are, for a new thing. He finished one of the shoes on a Saturday and told me I would have to wait another week far its fellow. I couldn't stand that, so I took the one shoe and wore it to such an extent that when I went for the oth er I had to leave the first one for re pairs. It went on this way week after week, and somehow I never oould bring that pair of shoes together on my feet The family was too poor to think of buy ing me an additional pair. Odd thing, wasn't it, to have one foot in leather and paddling the hoof with the other? Boys'll do queer things sometimes. " Ban Franolsoo Call. An Aalbm, This definition of an anthem is oo oredited to a British workman. Under taking to explain the meaning of the word to an inquiring friend, he began, "Well, if I said 'Brintr meauickax.' that would not be an anthem, bnt if I said 'Bring bring bring bring me the pick pick pickax bring me the piuk piokax' that wonld be an. an them. " New York Timet. THE PLANET URANUS. Sonrn Intei-ptln Thltiirii a Vo.vnirn to tlm CllKnntll) World Would lliorlnvp. If Ui-anns, which is n star of tiliont the t-ixth magnitnili', were a planet liko those little ones called iisteroids, which nro being discovered by tlm down tvery 'i ar, it could in t have much claim npi.u popular nttfiition. Hut t'l-aims i-u-t ally a gigantic world, move than (in times B-i large as Mils. lis vast distance, now about 1,700,1100,0(10 miles from tlio earth, is what can -cs it to look so small. Uranus has four moons, which revolve backward in tlu irorliits that is to fay, they revolve from east to west around L'r.ums, while Uranus goes, liko all tho other planets, from west to east around the sun. It is believed that Uranus ro tates backward on its axis nlso. More over, tho nxis of that great, strange glolio lies in snch a direction that in tho course of its year, which is equal to 84 of our years, tho sun shines nlmovt perpendicularly fli-ht upon ono polo nnd then npon tho other. Measured by our timo standard, there nro 40 years of con stant daylight, followed by 40 years of unbroken night, around tho poles of Uranus. And the sun rises in tho west nnd sets in tho c-nst there, Bnt tho sun looks very smnll when viewed from Urnnns only ono four-hundredth ns largo as it appears to us. Still it sheds npon thnt planet 1,1500 times as much light as the full moon sends to the earth, so that daylight upon Urnnns, Whilo faint compared with the blay.o of a terrestrial noonday, is nevertheless a very respectable kind of illumination. It is a pity thnt the telescope is able to show us very littlo of tho detail of tho surface of Uranus. Some faint bands or belts, jnst visible with the most pow erful instruments, are all thnt can bo made out If we could visit Uranns, we should probnbly be greatly surprised, if not greatly disappointed. Its averago density is but a triflo m excess of thnt of water, and of course its surface den sity is far less. A voyager from tho earth landing on Urnnns would probably sink almost as rapidly as if he had leaped npon ono of those round white thunderclouds which, piled high in air, look so solid and snowy cool on a July afternoon. Ho could no more walk on the surface of that world than he could walk on water. It has generally been assumed that the meaning of the slight density of Urnnns is that that planet is still in a vaporous or liquid condition and ex ceedingly hot perhaps. If so, it may in tho course of future ages contract and condense and cool until it comes into a condition resembling the earth's. Will Vital forces then become active npon it and produce a long succession of living species, brightening its dim dnylight with tho oolor of flowers and tho ceaso less activity of animate existence? It is not likely that man will ever bo nblo to auswer thnt question, but who tlmt looks npon Uranus keeping step with the earth to tho ninsio of tho sun can help asking it? Garrett P. Scrviss in New York Sun. Jangling riann Rtrlngm Another enso occurred in a honso whoro I was onco stopping in Nova Scotia. A piano with a bad noto was fixed by simply opening nn insido shut ter of a bay window at tho opposite sido of a parlor from tho pi ana Tho lntch of one shutter was lightly resting against tho edgo of another and caused tho jan gle whon ono particular noto was struck. Tho lndy player had previously declared that she would send for a tuner the next day and laughed at my attempt to fix it by hunting about the room whilo sho pounded. However, she did not conceal her surpriso when the trouble was re moved and admitted that there was something about this sound business that she did not quite understand. In regard to locating these jangles, however, I will say that it is not always so easy. It requires some practioe before the ear becomes capable of locating with any degree of snooess the direction of sounds of this kind. - This was my ex perience with the first piano jangle, that the cracked globe, which was quite difficult. That of the window shutter was easier as well as many oth whloh j hllve loo(lted A , i. .i t an-loal ear is also an Important .idjnnotm the case. A. A. Knndson in fopular Science Monthly. " ; . Birch Bark Mmm. Shoes and other articles beside bas kets and oablnets are manufactured from birch bark by the Russian peasantry. The bark from which these articles are made is from the inner skin of the Rus sian birch tree, common in almost all parts of the empire. It is gathered spring and fall, and the prooess la a very simple ona An incision is first made aronnd the trunk of the tree, and the peasants have a knack of tearing or un winding the bark from the starting point, which gives them a strip of even width that they wind into a boll and keep through the winter nntil it is dry enough to use. It is then made into Ihoes, baskets and other useful articles. The barks shoes are universally worn by the Russian peasantry. Other shoes used in winter ore mode of aheeps' wool. These are mannfaotured by itinerant cobblers who travel from house to house, nsing the peasants' own materials. Philadelphia Ledger. Coatfortlao Patient Well, doctor, how's my long? . Doctor Protty fair it will last as' long as yon lira Hallo. HOME OF THE ORANQ. crnm Wit nr Karri In llnrnro, Where TIiom Anlmnlii Are Miwt I'lentirill. The great island of Rorneo i:i t'tn homo of the ovang, nnd one of (he tac t liotieenlilo features of tho lninl:ipo is the. nests of tho nrmig, which i. re ( ('al tered ntiont, thickly among thetall li-"is. From tin ir number ono might gi t. n greatly exaggerated impression of the plentifnliicps of the spcr-ics miles it Wero understood how and for what pur poso theso roosting places were con structed. The npes nro greatly annoyed by flics, from which they nro nblo to protect tho front part of their bodien With their hands, lint they cannot keep tho vicious insects from biting them in tho rear, nnd so they gather a quantity of leaves and branches nnd mnko them into couches to repose against among tho bonghs. A protection of this sort serves very well for awhile, bnt presently its mate rial liegins to decompose, nnd the decay ing leaves nttraet tho flies which tho orang is so anxious to get rid of. Then ho is obliged to make another nest of fresh stuff, nnd so ho mny reqniro a doz en of them in the conrso of tho year. Inasmuch as he does not take the troublo to remove the old one they remain to adorn tho tree top in which he swings about. Orangs hnvo a curious method of fighting. In their conflict among themselves, which are frequent, their effort is always to seize the fingers of their adversaries and bite them. It is owing to this method of bnttlo that it is almost impossible to procure a skin which does not lack some of the fingers. If defending itself against a mnn, the orang will always attempt to grasp the arms of Mb human opponent, so as to chew off his fingers. For this purpose its jaws are excellently adapt ed, being enormously powerful and equipped with huge incisors. To protect itself from the raiu the orang crooks its arms over its head. Tho hair on the orang's upper arm points downward, the apparent pnrposo being to shed the rain like a thatch when tho attitude thus described is assumed. Pittsburg Dispatch. The Moom Made Quirk Time, "Any one who thinks a moose can't travel at a pretty lively gait is very much mistaken, " remarked Goorge T. Horton of St Paul. "I used to be a lo comotive engineer np in the northern part of my state, and ono day I had au opportunity to test tho spood of this an imal. I was running a light freight train, nnd i.i coming around a curve saw a big moose standing directly on the track. As soon as tho animal saw the cngino ho took to his heels right down tho path between tho rails. For about four miles we had a perfectly straight track, and as I had hoard of tho great speed of this animal I deter mined to test its ability. Tho gait of tho mooso was a sort of trot, snch only M a moose can exhibit, his paces being about two rods in length. At first it was only a littlo jog, but as tho engine began to gain speed the mooso let himself ont Faster and faster sped tho cngino, but still tho frightened mooso trotted in the van, and all tho mysterious power of steam could not prevail upon this mon arch of tho forest At lust after wo had covered the four miles, turning a ourve, wo enmo upon a gang of section hands who were fixing tho track. Tho sight of theso men frightened tho moose from tho trnck, and ho wns soon 'lost to view in tho forest "St Louis Globe-Domo-orat Quaint Old White Meeting HoMea. In the midst of the prevailing craze for odd and bizarre styles of architec ture it is pleasing to come across a plea for the simple and homely buildings such ai contented our forefathers. Wil liam Henry Bishop, in an artiole in The Century, in which he gives his ex perience while searching for a summer home in upper New England in the form of an abandoned form, says: "Two small white meeting houses show their Christopher Wren steeples complacent ly. Time has been when all these white oountry meeting houses alike seemed to freeze the Imagination with their cold ness, but times change, and we with them. The charming grace and light ness of design that many of them pos sess have been recognized. Their white ness is a refreshing spot amid the green eryin short, they are coming back in to favor again, with the many other nioe old fashioned things of the period, and the invasion of gothlo chapels that suo oeeded them hod better look well to the security of its domination. " The Acme of Forenjlo Force, "And now, gentlemen of the jury," houted the yonng lawyer, running his long fingers through his flowing locks, "now, gentlemen of the Jury, I ask you as men and as oitizens of this great and glorious repnblio if the spotless char acter of my olient is to be permitted to suffer from the words uttered by that by that by that vermiform appendix who sits in the witness box with perjury stamped all over him!" Indianapolis Journal "Where Ignorance," Eta. Bridegroom Elect (who has given ev ery reason he can find to justify his marriage) Besides, old man, it will im prove my position. Now, yon were well off before yon married, weren't you? Henpecked Husband Yes, I was. But I didn't know It London Judy. Statistics show that mild winters are much wore conducive to health than severe ones. Wine In tint Hen. The inerenso of tho strength of wino by keeping depends npon whether it is kept in cask or bottle. If stored in cask, thero is a constant increase of iileohol. Tho niicients knew that wine improved if kept in leathern bottles, and tho samo result is obl.iim d by kci ping it in wihhI en vcy; .'!;!, f.T Initli leather nnd wood nro more i a-i! j- penetrated by water than l,y alcohol. Kvnporat ion ensues from both, but more freely irom Mater, and tho wino foie(iuently becomes richer in alcohol. On the other hand, the opin ion that wine has grown old in bottles nnd therefore become stronger h! thor oughly false. Evaporation is very much hindered by tho cork, even when this is not covered with rosin nnd sealing wax. The simple explanation of our Hurting old bottled wino rich in alcohol is that only tho stronger wines can bo preserv ed nnd tho weaker ones cannot resist tho effects of time. At tho samo time, although nil wino must eventually bo spoiled nnd weakened by keeping it in bottles, yet sonio kinds ncquiro, ns a first cousequeneo of thnt cause which nfterward destroys them, and which is neither more nor loss than tho chemical alteration in their constituent, projier ties which render them moro ngreenblo both to smell and tasto. Brooklyn Ea gle. L'nlforma to Hear the Knemj. According to the report prepared by tho war deportment, red uniforms wero first ndnpted by tho Emperor Valerius Maximns in order that tho Roman sol diers might not be frightened by tho sight of their own blood. To this day the children of England are told thnt this is tho reason why French troops wear red trousers, and French children ore taught tho samo notion respecting tho red contsof tho British. The legion aries of ancient Rome wore tho skins of bears on the field of bnttlo to mnko them look fierce. For tho samo reason they pnt figures of frightful beasts on their shields and helmets. From this odd cus tom springs modern crests and nrmorinl bearings. The idea of scaring tho enemy by such devices has boon perpetuated up to quite recent times. Tall bearskin hats wero originally adopted to make thorn look taller by tho French cuiras siers, each of whom carried a handful of grenades for scattering among the ranks of their foa Troy Times. Bun Sputa It has been observed that after the sun spots have boon at a minimum tho summers are hotter, just as though thero was more heat coming from tho sun nt snch periods, and tho fact has been ac counted for by supposing that sun spots are caused by vast clouds of matter erupted from tho sun and condensed in tho surrounding space. These act as screens nnd prevent tho sun's heat from radiating freely through them. From an examination of statistics A. II. McDownll, M. A., has found that in England during tho hot Bummers, fol lowing tho minima of sun spots, tho month of August is hotter than July, an effect duo, in all likelihood, to accu mulation of tho heat American Reg ister. The !lnnt ClunriU. Tlio distinction of having tho great est number of tall men in ono company belongs to the First battalion of tho Scots guards. The "A" or right flank company of that battalion has over DO men on its roll, and their averago height is 0 foot 24 inches. There nro 13 men in tho compnny over 0 feet 4 inches, and ono stands slightly over 0 foot 7 inches. No individual member of tho company is loss than Ofoet in height London Court Journal. Workmen's Tool of Moaee' Time. A collection of tools nsedby workmen in building the pyramids of Egypt that is owned by a famous Egyptologist in dicate that many tools credited to mod ern ingenuity were in use when Moses was troubling the pharaoha. It is also annonnoed that a furnace has been un earthed somewhere along the Nile inl which hot blast was used centuries be fore the modern Neilsan formulated the same idea. Age of Steel. It is put forward as one proof of the change of climate in England within the past centuries that fig trees bore fruit In the Deanery garden, at Win chester, is a fine old fig tree from which James I picked fruit in 1628. At West Tarring, in Sussex, a large fig tree still, stands, said to have been planted by Thomas a Beoket An impure oonditionof the blood and1 an irritated state of the nerves which arises from it are oommon causes of sleeplessness. Thns it is that in disor ders of the liver want of sleep and bad dreams are very common. Louis Kossuth did not like the name by which Faneuil hall is known. Said he, "I do not like the idua tlmt you call, this place 'the cradle of liberty,' for cradle scents of mortality, and liberty Is Immortal. " Newton abandoned the idea of pub lishing several of his works for fear of criticism. Thov and were published after his doath. Neither Qrav. Fiuldlna- nor AVmiui.iA ever sat for a portrait, and their features are known to later times by pictures painted from memory. Hardl, the great French drainatiafc. wrote 800 dramatic nleoea betweAn thai years 1600 and 1687.
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