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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,
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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.
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film
IS 2.1
6 20
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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
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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.