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JtEYNOMWVILLK, TIONN'A., WEDNESDAY, ,lt'NK27, 19I.
NUM. IKK 8.
llitllroitti CI tit r Fnilr.
t:i-"KAI.. lioCIIKHTKIt A PITTS-
lUmill HAIIAVA V.
The short line Is'twccn I n MoIm , lOdutftiy,
Hrndforil, Siilumiiiii'ii. Iliinnlci, llochesier,
Miiutirtt rail timl ihiIhim Iti the upper oil
ll'lllnll.
tin nnd lifter Nov. IMih, lsi:i, pnssi'ii-
fcr llulus ulll iiiTlvennd ilei:ol from lulls
'reek mi til tint, flit My. execpl Siinilny, im fol
lows: 1. HI A M.s t p. in.! mill T.im p. in. Ai n ti -iiiimIhiIoiis
fitiin l'iiusiit:mnfy nnd llltr
(in.
H .MI A. M. IliilValn and lliu' I mi i n n Ml i t
llriK'kna.v villi'. lllilu'niiv..lnliiHiiiliiii u.Ml.
.li'Wi'll, Itrailfiit-il.Nnlatiiaiti'a. Itiitlnlo mid
Knehcslcr; collhci'llnig III .1 lllllt 1(1 lilt I IT
Willi P. A I". train :i. frir YI.o, l;mr,
H linen, I 'orry it nil lle,
,t: 15 A. M.i l.l."ip. in.: unit ;.:io p. in. A mi-
inodnttnu I'm SyKcs, Hit; lEuii anil l'iin
siitnwnev.
11:110 I'. M.' Ill ailriinl Afcoinnio il aili i I i i
Itecchtrcc. Ilt-oelovjivvlllc, I llttimil. I'nr-
tiiiin. ItldL'iiiiy, .lohitsoiiliiuir, Ml..lctvclt
nml Ifnidfotd.
11:110 I'. M. Mn 1 1 Tnr HhIIhK Ht l.t i, pi,.
Hun, riinxMiiiittni'V anil iilston,
flt'VO A. M. Siinilny ' 1 1 ii I ti Im HiiH'kuav-
v II li. IIIiIl'uiiv ami .Inliiwtinlium.
llllMI I'M. Mlliiiav train for Hiillols, f vlii'-,
I If ir Kim mid I'linxsinnuncy.
l'liH-iit'i'iH all' ii'tii".liil in 'piiii'lui-i tick
ets hcfole cntcrllm the cars. All exec-s
eharuc of Tin lints will lie eollectcd hy enii
duelois nhcu fare an pulil. on irnltis, fioin
nil sin I Ions where n tleket ollli'c Is maintained.
Thnusiind tulle ticket lit two cents pi-r
111 I If, lit hhI for passive hctwccii till station.
.1. II. Mi'Ittvhk. Al'ciiI, I u II-. ii'i k. I'a.
J. II. llAiuit.i-r K.t'. I.fi:v,
til'IICI'lll Slip!. (it'll. I'as. Alfl'lll
lliilTalo, X. V. Knehcslcr N. V
JKNNSYLVA N I A ItAl 1J( JA I .
IN KKKHT NOV. Ill, IMIKI.
I'lillaili'lplilii ft Kill' Itallroiid division Time
Tlllllt'. Tllllll ll'IIVC driftwood.
KANTWAHII
:( A M - Train H, ilnllv except Htimliiy for
Hit ti I nit y. Ilm i ImIiiiiji anil lulcrnifdliilc sta
tions, lllllvlnif at I ' li 1 1 ii I ' 1 1 id I it ll:.VI p. in.,
Ni'W Vol It, l(i:iw p.m. llnltltnoie.:'.1i p. m.s
Washington, m::i; p.m. I'lillman I'm lor car
fi-oin tlllamspoi t anil piisKcnucr I'oiirhcs
from Kant' In I'lillndclplila.
Il::tli I'. M. Tritlii tl, iliilly except. Sunday for
lliirrlslmrir anil lutcrnicdliiic minions, ar
riving tit I'lillmli'lplilii 4::m A. M.t New- York,
7::il A. M. Throuuli rniirlt from llullols In
Wlllliitusport. I'ullniiiti Hlci-plni; i'iiim finm
1 1 it ft Islmrir tn I'lillaili'lplilii ami Nvw Vmk.
I'lillaili'lplilii piiHii'titfi'rH rim ri'iiialn In
lti'H'r ii m I i"l lit Im iI until 7:ll A. M.
Q:M I. M.- Tinln 4, ilally for Hiinliury. HiiitIh.
Iittrir anil lulrrmt'illatii NlatlniiM, iii-rlvliiK al
riillmli'lnhla, II:. 'ill A. M.i Nrn Sink, ll::m
A. M.t llaltltiinrf. H:'.ti A. M.: WiisIiIti-iihi.T::)
A. m. riillman t'ltt-Hfrom Krlt'iiml vllllmn4.
iHirt to riillailrlplilit. rn4'iitrirn In li'cpcr
for llaltlmori' nml Wtislilnttlott will In
trini'.fcrn'il Into Wiishluutoti nlct'iH-r at llur
rlHlnitir. I'liHwum-r coai'lifii from Krln to
I'lillaili'lplilii ami WllllaniKpnrl in llaltl
morn. WKSTWAUI)
7:ir A. SI.-Train I, tlally ftii'i'pt H:iniliiy for
Hlilu'way, liultoln, t'li'rinotit ami Inter,
ntt'illatt Htittloim. Lt'itveii Itlilnway tit ;i:i)
H. M. for Ki le.
DM) A. SI. Triiln 3, tlally for Eric nml Inter
meilliitt' itoliitM.
ft:27 I'. M. Triiln II. iliilly exeepl Hiinilny for
Kane anil liiiei-tiieillalestntloni.
TIIUIMl.ll TltAINH KOK liUIKTWdltl)
I HOM TIIK KANT AMIStlU'l ll.
TWAIN II leaven I'lillaileltililii H:M a. m.i
WaHliititftiintf ,!Mi A. M.s Itiillliiinle, H:4.1 A. M.
Vllki'liariv, li:l"i A. M.i dally exeept, Hun
' m. aiiivliiK in drift tvood al :!!" v. M. Willi
-JTlinun I'm lor cur from I'lilliulelplilit In
fl llllainiport.
rtTAlN :i IcaveHXew York at K p. tn.s I'lillii
delplila, II:lh p. m.i WiediltiKton, UMil n. m.i
llnliimore, 11:411 p. in.) dally aiilvlnn nl
ItrlfiwiNnl nl i:.Vi ii. m. I'ullniait hleeiilnu
etiiN fi-oin riifladelplila to l-itle mid from
on and Hail linnt'C In illlnmiorl
lltld 1 1lliillU'li piiHHem.rer eotirliei from I'lilla
ili'lplilii to Ki le and llalllmoie to llllniii-,-lmi-i
mid to DuMoIm.
TliAIN I leavet Itemivo at lM a. in., ilallv
t'Xi'ept Minihiy. iirrlvliiK at liiirtnood J;:i;
u. in.
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(Oitilv fxi'fpt Siiiiilnv.)
Til A l III leaves UI.Il'Wiiv at ll:4'n. in.: .lulin-
honhuiix in ti:. a. in., tiriivlnic al Clernmiii
at I".!."' a. in.
TKAIN in leaves Clerinonl nt lii:.u n. m. nr
rl Inn at .IoIiiihouIiihk tit 11:411 a. in. and
Ktilutwtv al ll:.Vt u. in.
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IIHiWAY & CLKAKI'UI'XI) U. It.
DAILY KVCK1T HUN'DAY.
fli:TI I V A II I ). Nt UiT 1 1 V A II I ).
P7sr;M: . sirATniNs. ATTrrrsr
11 in" H40 Itldtfwav 1 :tn ii:i
12 IK II 4x Island Unit I .11 i i
li il VM Mill Haven 1 lit II i:
I'.MI la iti I'royland I ml lllki
lilts in HI Shorn. Mills r.'.MI Him
liJ III 1.1 Itlue KiH'k ti . r .vt
13 44 ill 17 vineyard Kiln 1'J r'l n.ll
12 4U I" 'Jit ai rier 12 Ml ft 4m
111" in :k ltiin-kwayvllle 12 :is dM
1 10 10 42 Sli'MInn Summit l'.':ti A25
114 III4H llitrveys Kim 12 2il It'-ll
12(1 Id.Vi Kails Creek 12 211 1.1
14A 11 m Illinois 1211ft SOU
TKAlJiH U.Ath, K1DUWAY.
Eastward. Weslward.
Train H, 7:1" a. m. Train a, Il::t4 a. nt.
Train A, l:4Ai. nt. Train l.3:(l p. nt.
Train 4, 7:l p. nt. Train II, 8:2.1 p. nt.
8 M. I'KKVOST,
(Jen. SIhiiiikit.
J. It. WtlOl),
jen. I'hhm. An't.
A LLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY
COMPANY commencing Sunday
May 27, 18U4, Low Grado Uivihiiin.
AHTWAHD.
TATION8. No. 1. No.5. No. B. 101 ll
. A. M. P. M. A. M. P. U. r. M
Red Rank 10 4"i 4 4(1
LaWHonhum.... 10 57 4 ft'2
New lielliluhum 11 Wl S & 5 12
Oak ItlilKe 11 its S ail 6 2(1
Sluyaville 11 in A 41 li 2s
Suninici vlllli . .. 12 Ui BUI 547
HrookvUlu. 12 2.1 6 Hi 5 07
Hell 12 ill 8 2ll 8 11
Kulltir 12 4.1 B m
Heynoldsvlllo .. Ilm H B7 6 44
l'uncoAHt 1 (im 7 tn 5 112
KitlU Cruek 1 2 7 2.1 7 Oil 10 IW 1 IM
l'uliuU 1 U.I 7 :u 7 Hi U OA 1 44
Haliulu 1 4M 7 47 7 n
Wlnterhurn .... I S!i 7 IW 7 IM
I'entluld 2 U 8 mi 7 411
Tyler t 1.1 H HI 7 Nl
Olen KIsher 2 2il 8 27 8 01
lleneusltu 2 l 8 44 8 is
(iriini IM 8M 8 2N
Driftwood 8 20 2.1 8 5.1
P.I M. P. M A. M. A. M. P. M
WKMTWAHD.
TATIONH.
No.2 1 N0.8 1 No. 101 ion
110
Driftwood
Oram
Henezette
Glen Klhlier
Tyler
I'i'iiHekl
SV'lutrl)urii ....
Huliiillt
llulllllH
Kallnfrimk
PttlK'OHHt
UeynoklMVllle..
Kulltir
Hell
Urookvllin
Hunimtirvllle..,.
Maysvlllo
OakHlditu
New llollileliem
Lawaoiilium....
UedBuiik
A. M.
P. M.
10 11
10 H
nil
7 mil
7 HI
7 XI
10 A2
11 Ml
11 21
7 44
7 M
11 l
11 Mi
11 47
I 05
1 20,
8 (Hi
8 12
8 2.1.
8 it:
12 10
12 20
s on
6 10
1 44
8 40
1
8 4N
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17
1 AM
2 10
2 20
II 2.1
2 Kll
2 AM
8 U)
8 11
8 47
4 00
9 44
10 04
10 IM
10 211
A. M
P. M.lA M. P. M.
. uniij cxiTviiiniiiiiiny.
, J AS. P.ANDEHSON, (iuiu Ann. Aoi.
T. - . a. ......
A CROP O1 KISSES.
From lior uliln I o n-lnln In iho tuornln cool
an gray.
When llio drwuliliirn In llio fiirrnw an Ilia
lillUelltuli lulu dav.
An 1 klsfl lirrnt tint arllti -sli'a the awnrtrnt
tl.lnif In life
Like I iff" In kl" my nwoiMlirart 'font ntjr
sweetlienrt wan my w ile.
It'n kind 11' "RiKidliy" klsnln, Uinnuli It'a kpuln
inlulity Miwiti,
An I my, "1 11 tnaliii It lust 1110 till tlmslind-
drr pnlnt tn nnnn,"
All (lin keen links slnir"lle kl-siil her," an
Hie w inds sIiik "So did we,"
When wiinn w ild inn i ihiich n-t llmlit an Jen'
Mtenls her kiss frnin me.
Then llio plnw mIiiiiiN In llio finicov, nil my
dri'ittnln ej es I i hleld
Aa I hmk tvliero last 1 lei 1 her an I tdnifnrrnM
Hie Held:
"Here's the ti IndN It-lililcliln lit llio, liere'H the
lark n-slnilit this,
'lle'it klsMsl l i r, kls-rd her, klw hor, hut
Iho nwo has slnle the kiss.' "
Then W illi nil the birds a-altiuln an a-lwlllln
lne sn sweet.
t liiso sd'.lit o'nll the Krassoa mun the corn
hlailen nt my fisH
An my Imrso leeks roiin awondorin till he nl-
innst serins tn ray,
"Will you malm a crop o' klsse or atmthrr
criiiii liny?"
An I ilim't kiinwhiiir to answer, fur I'm think-
In, an I seoui
I.Ike a feller Jus' a-wakln from Iho middle, of a
dron m.
An lmr-e Is out 11' hemes, wllh Ills inane
a-llimln free,
An the rose that atole hor k Imca well, ahe
klMea It an inc.
-Pout horn Sliitfazine.
AWFlUrAIISlNTJII.
THE HORRIBLE DRUG WHICH 13 POP
ULAR IN FRANCE,
IU riilef Ingredient la Wormwood, anil It
Pnlnoni the notly anil Hurn Away the
Itrnlna of Ita Vlrtlma The SVIekedest In
tnileant In the World.
DuriiiK tho Algr-riim svnr, wliich last
ed from 184 1 to 18-17, tho French nrmy
wpro more in tlmiuror frnm Africnn fo
vors than from AIkitIiiii rnomlos. Stiv
ernl things wore tried an antidotes or
preventives ly tho skillful amir nlivsi.
cinus. Finally absinthe was hit on us
tlm most cfteetivo febrifuRO.
Tho soldiers wero ordered to mix it
in small quantities three times a day
with tho ordinary French wino. The
luckless happy-go-lucky privates grew
to like their lticdiciuo, which at first
they sworo tit bitterly for siMiiling with
its bitterness that beautiful purplovino
gar they fondly fancy is wina 13ut
when absintho nlono began to usurp tho
time honored plaeo of claret in tho af
fections of tho French army tho evil he.
camo an unmixed one.
Absintho straight as a lieverauo is a
direly different thinu from absintho
mixed as a inedicino or nn occtudoiml
tonio. Tho victorious nrmv nn their
triumphal return to Paris brought tho
habit with them. It in now an whin.
spread through all classes of Parisian
society and Paris gives tho ouo to
France that Frenchmen of seienco and
publicists regard tho custom of altsintho
tippling as n vast national evil.
The consequence, of the use and uso
of this drug rincn to abuse, even with
men of unusual will power has boon
tit rrtuico tliNiistrous to a dreadful de
gree Many men of remarkable bril
liancy havo offered nn their lirnina nml
their lives on tho livid altar of absintho.
Uandolitiro, who translated all Poe's
works into French, hud a terrible
tescmo passion for the pleasant groeu
poison. In 0110 of his mad freaks this
minor French poet actually painted his
hair tho sumo tint as tho lievnrmrn tlmt
corroded his brain, possibly from an
odd fancy to havo the ontsido of his
hoad correspond with or match the in
side, Alfred do Musset, who was the French
Byron, plus a tenderer, naiver tonch,
also foil a victim to the drug aftor
Georgo Sand guve tho final smash to his
fragmentary heart Guy de Maupassant
is reported to have bnniod bis brains
away with the sarao emoraldine flames.
The brain disease caused by this drug is
considered almost incurable. Far worse
than alcohol or opium, it can only be
compared to oooaine for the folluoss of
its clutch on poor humanity.
Yet we take it occasionally as an
after dinner settlor of digestive dobts in
this country, and quite often as an ap
petizer or tonio before meals, whilo in
New Orleans, throughont the older quar
ter, little cabarets, devoted almost ex
olnsively to the sale of it, are quite
common.
What, thcui, is this dreadful drink
composed of, and how is ic made? The
answer is easy enough, though the proo
ess, to insure perfeotion in the evil, is
not so. Absinthe may be technically
described as a redistillation of alooholio
spirits (made originally from various
things potatoes, for instanoe), in
which, to give it the final character,
absinthium with other aromatic herbs
and bitter roots are ground up, or mac
erated, in chemist lingo.
The chief ingrediont is the tops and
leaves of tho herb Artemisia absinthium,
or wormwood, whioh grows from two
to four feet in m-eat nrofnainn
cultivation, and whioh contains a vola
tile oil, absintho!, and a yellow, crys
talline, resinous compound called ab
sinthin, which is the bitter principle.
The alcohol with whioh this and the
essentials of other aroinatio plants are
mixed holds those volatile oils in solu
tion.
It is the Dreoirjttation of r.ha nlla In
water that causes the rioh clouding of
your glass when the absinthe is .poured
on tho cracked Ice double emblem or
warnings of the clouding nml tint crack
ling of your brain if you taktt to it
steadily. Tims every drink of the opaline
liitiiil Is nil object lesson in chemistry
unit carries its own moral.
Home barroom Columbus, ambitions
to outdo Panto mid mid another lower
circle to thn inferno, recently invented
or discovered the absintho cocktail. A
little whisky the worse the better a
thtsh of bitters, it little sugar mid plenty
of iced absintho nuikc about the quickest
inn! wickedest intoxicant in the vtnrld.
The continued use of nbsltit lie gives
rise In epileptic: symptoms us 1111 external
expression of the profound tlisttirbauco
of the brain nod nerves, tine largo doso
of the essence of tint wormwood indeed
hits been noted as causing almost instant
ly t pih plifiii tii convulsions in animals,
lint the drug is not without .its uses from
a broad point of view. As the mime im
plies, it is nn anthelmintic, or a pretty
sure cure for rertain kinds of animal
life that sometimes infest the intestines
of men, muting pain and death. This
peculiar property wits well known to
the Greeks, who had a wine infused
frith worniwisKl railed nbsint bites.
In some parts of Germany wormwood
is used in lien of hops for tho brewing
of certain brands of beer, and It unqnes
tlimably has valuable tonio properties.
Absintho is made almost everywhere,
except in tho i xtremo tropics, and tho
New York variety is just as good or
bad as any. Thn duty on French ab
sintho is very high fia a case of a
dozen bottles.
The first effects of it nro a profound
serenity of teuiHr and a slight height
ening of tint mental powers, coupled
with bodily inertia. This is tho general
rule; but, as a famous physician once re
marked of a dreadful disorder in his
lecturo room, "Gentlemen, tho chief
glor of thn beautiful disease I am now
explaining is tho remarkable variety of
Itu mnuifesratious. "New York World.
When the World Was Cube.
To a person who reads modern books
and modern literature In general, and
who hos never had either time, opporta
nity or inclination to strike off into the
bypaths which wero so frequently and
Industriously followed by ancient writ
crs, thinkers and dreamers, tho heading
or this "noto will bo an enigma.
Without further speculation, however,
and following tho desire which should
always lie uppermost in every writer's
mind that or nt oneo getting thn sub
ject itsolf before tho rcuder I will say
that tliero was a time, centuries since,
of course, whon tho learned men of tho
world really taught that tho world was
a sqnaro, not merely fiat, but that it
was a cube. Tho primitive geographers
of Egypt, Assyria and China all taught
that tho world was a "sqnaro piano,"
evidenco of which mny bo found on
thousands of ancient, monuments in tho
countries mentioned, as well as in their
ancient manuscripts, upon their in
scribed tablets of clay and other early
literary remains.
Ono of tho most curious discoveries
ever made in Central America concern
ing Tolteo belief, symbols, etc., is that
they also had a similar idea concerning
tho form of what wo now speak of as
tho "glolio. A laro writer on tho dis
coveries mado nmong tho monumental
rnins of that country says, "They
(meaning tho Peruvians, ToltiTs nntl
Quiches) believo tho world to lie a culie.
suspended from tho heavens by cords of
gold fastened to each of its cantors. "
Exchange.
niglier Kdnratlon.
Wo have now a high school for the
oulturo and development of feminine
beauty. At this beauty collego tho fair
pupils aro taught tho science of impart
ing tho highest degree of graceful ex
pression to their features and move
ments. Tho young ladies are taneht
how to spook i e., without pulling
laces and bow to pronounce difficult
words' in the most bewitching manner.
One of the most difficult words is the
simple "potato." Two hours are barely
utHoiont to acquire a correct and agree
able pronunciation of the name of this
homoly tuber. The professors at the col
lege have discovered that mnsio lends
a peculiar charm to tho expression of
the countenance. But tho difficulty lies
in the choice of the compositions. La
dies of fair complexion grow melanoholy
as thoy listen to Chopin. Wagner is
specially adapted to dark ladies. His
"polyohromatio mnsio Imparts the req
uisite softness to brunettes, " rendering
thorn charming and pliabla The lar
gest attendance, is found, however, at the
loctures where the pupils are shown how
to sloop that is to say, with a sweet
expression and in a graceful pose. Un
fortunately we are not told by what
means this delightful accomplishment is
to be acquired. Frankfurter Zoitung.
A CouiparUou In Years.
How strange our ideas of growing old
change as we get on in life I To tho girl
tn her teens the riper maiden of 25
seems quite aged. Twenty-two thinks
85 an "old thing." Thirty-five dreads
40, but congratulates herself that there
may still remain some ground to be pos
sessed in the IS years before the half
entury shall be attained.
But 60 does not by any means give
up the battle of life. It foels middle
aged and vigorous and thinks old age
is a long way in the future. Sixty re
members those who have done great
things at threescore, and one doubts if
Parr, when he was married at 100, had
at all begun to feel himself an old
man. London Tit-Bits.
"" AN EXPERIMENT IN THIEVERY.
The Oreaurr filit Nnt C'alenlate nn tl
rittnilrr llelnj So Hoary,
At thn time Geroniino was massa
crelng peoplo for ntntiseiueiit nnd stir
ring things np generally along thn bor
dj'r of old Mexico and tho states I was
with a party of American engineers who
Wero constructing a branch of tho Mex
iean Central railroad not far from tho
iHirdt r and directly in old Geronlmo's
territory.
Down there thn Indians and tho poor'
er class of Mexicans nro inveterate
thieves nnd will steal anything they
can manage to carry away without Im
iug detected. They will steal a thing
totally regardless of whether it is of liny
earthly use to them or not.
Our party had missed n quantity of
tools,, supplies of railroad Iron, ties,
etc., and could not imagine how tho
thieves could utilize the material unless
they wero building a little railroad for
their own amusement. Night after
night wo placed guards to watch for
them, but ft seemed they always knew
when tho guards wero on tho lookout
and refused to attempt a foray on those
nights. Ho wo concluded that thn cul
prits wro members of tho camp mid
knew nil that was going on. After nr
riving at that conclusion we made it a
practice to collect all portable property
into convenient groups and guard it
carefully.
In tho outfit wo hnd a large stoam
pllo driver, a heavy piece of machinery
difficult to transport even under tho
most favorable circumstances which
wo did notdeem necessary to guard, novur
for a moment thinking the thieves
would attempt to make away with it.
But, as subsequent events showed, we
had underrated Mexican acquisitivo'
ness.
It may bo well tn explain that a pile
driver is a sort of derrick varying in
height from f0 to 7IJ feet It weighs
several tons and is held in an upright
position by strong guy topes. This pile
driver was located in advance of the
camps and probably a quarter of a mile
from tho nearest
Ono bright moonlight night tho camp
was aroused by an unearthly noise and
a heavy crash, tho disturbance Seeming
to come from tho direction of onrpile
driver. We immediately surmised some
devilment knowing, as we did, that the
"greasers" wero none too friendly to
"los gringos," a: they called tho Amerl
cans. Four of us hnstily arose, buckled
on our revolvers, nnd with a Winchester
apiece moved on the enomy. Whon we
reached a knoll a few rods from and
overlooking tho location of the disturb
anoo, we "limbered up" our artillery
and cautiously peered over the knoll,
expecting to see a band of Indians or
"greasers" doing some sort of malicious
work and wero fully determined to an
nounce onr disapproval with a hot
broadside from the Winchesters. What
wo tint see wneu wo viewed tlio scene
of tho commotion snrprised us moro
than would havo tho whistling of a few
bullets around our heads.
Tho Mexicans had attempted to steal
our pilo driver nnd had brought a team
of burros to drag it away. They of
courso piuoca tho team in tho wrong
position, cut tho gny ropes nnd tho pilo
driver fell squarely ncrosn tho backs of
tho poor littlo burros, smashing them
flat as tortillos (pancakes).
After that our pilo drivers wero safa
In Mexico. Chicago Record.
He tint Turnip Seed.
There is a gentleman in Alexandria
who involuntarily started a farm. It
happened this way: His front yard, was
as barren of grass as Bill Nyo's head is
of any hirsute adornment With a viow
to having it green and pretty he went
over to tho agricultural department and
begged somo lawn seed, whioh wero
willingly given him by Socretary Mor
ton. Ho then returned homo, and with
much satisfaction and expectation plant
ed them. Pictures of a beautiful green
lawn and neighbors green with envy
were conjured up before his fanciful
mind, and he watched tho beaming sun
shine and refreshing April showers with
the deepest Interest
In a few days the sprouts began to
show above the earth. But they were
very curious looking sprouts, and thoy
seemod about as much like blades of
grass as a spade is like a pick. The gen
tleman began an investigation. The
sprouts began to grow with rapidity,
and in a few weeks there was more pros
pect of having a vogetable garden than
a lawn. Authorities were consulted,
and after a time it was discovered that
Mr. Morton had made a mistake. In
stead of grass he had presented the
Alexandrian with turnip soeU. Wash
ington News.
Be Knew Boys.
The boy bad applied for a job.
"We don't like lazy boys around
here, " said the boss. "Are yon fond of
work?"
"No, sir," responded the boy, look
ing the boss straight in the face.
"Oh, you're not, ain't you? Well, we
want a boy that is. "
"They ain't any." said the bor dog
gedly.
"Oh, yes, there are. We have had a
half dozen of that kind here this morn
ing to take tho place we have. "
"How do you know they ore?" asked
(he boy.
"They told me so."
"So could I if I was like them, bnt
I'm different I ain't a liar, " and the
boy said it with such an air of convinc
ing energy that he got the place. De
troit Free Press.
IN A UOL.- ; 1 . . ..
Cruillfns Hundreds nr Tnns nf Knrk for a
Small Unit of tiro.
For recovering freehold from its ores
thn only successful method, I hough
crndo, which has attained nny measure
of confidence is that known ns stamp
milling. Imagine a long, low bulliliiif?,
one side lined wllh Hirtholes, through
which rock Is fed Into lingo mortars.
In these, ranged along thn wall, taut los,
called stamps, drop at regular intervals,
pulverizing tho HK'k in a bath of water.
Ono hundred and twenty-five of these
stamps, weighing 000 pounds ouch,
pound away at tho qnnrt.oso ore, wllh
20 or HO strokes a minute, nmid infer
nal din, contrasting strangely wllh tho
engine that quietly drives them nil.
F.neli swish nf the water that seems
glad to escaim thn noisy thraldom nnd
censeless pounding drives a littlo of tho
pulpy nro through screens In tint front
of tho inortarH and over inclined copper
plates, thn mercurial surfaco of which
seizes tho freed gold whilo tho ns'k dis
appears over tho tailboard, onwnrd to
tho creek. Formerly 110 effort was tnndn"
to recover nny vnlttn from these tailings,
which still contained overfill percent
of tho mineral. Now, howover, tho uso
of additional plates nnd tables ndds to
tho total receipts, which nro further in
creased by tho introduction of blankets,
in tho nnp of which somo of tho riches
are mechanically collected. Though
orudn, this is nn improvement upon tho
method of collecting gold in tho Malay
islands, where tho washings swept over
prostrate women, in whoso hair tho
metal wns caught. On every Rnndny the
giant pestles aro hung up for rest, while
the mercury gold alloy is scraped off tho
plntes. After straining, thn amalgam if
of almost tho consistency of thick corn
meal mush and contains about one
fourth of its weight in invisible par
ticles of gold. From the results of each
week's rnn tho mercury is distilled,
leaving a bnantiful, porous enkeof metal
of tho size of a baseball, as the fruits of
prospecting for, mining and stamping of
perhaps 200 tons of ore. Cassier'l
Magazine.
Ilia Order.
A speaker who has planned an ad
dress for a mnltitndo and finds himseli
confronted with but a slnglo auditor
sometimes fnils to readjust his remarks,
and thn result is apt to 1st ludicrous.
A little story illustrative of this point in
told in connection with a former presi
dent of the Uuivorslty of North Caro
lina. One day as this dignified nnd stately
personage was walking ahont the cam
pus lie observed an unlawful assemblage,
of students at some littlo distance, lie
did not hasten his steps, but proceeded
slowly toward them, with his head down
and his eyes apparently bent in contem
plation of his own Ik Hits.
When this leisnrely proceeding hnd
brought him to tho spot where the
students had been gathered, only one
young man remained, tho others huviug
precipitately deported.
Tho president raised his head and stir
Toyed tho solitary cnlprit with apparent
severity, although thn yonng man al
ways contended that ho detected a twin.'
klo in his keen eyes.
"Kir," said tho president in a com'
mnnding tone, "instantly disperse tc
your sevi ral places of abodo. "
Didicult though tho feat required
certainly was, tho young man executed
it to tho best of his ability by "dis
persing" without further delay.
Youth's Companion.
A Legal Tilt.
The following 'amiable contest oo-
cured in Westminister hall' between
Lord Campbell and an eminent qucen'i
counsel. The action was ono brought to
recover for damages doue to a carriage
which tho U. C repeatedly called a
broug ham, pronouncing both syllables
of the word brougham, whereupon
Liora iampDeu pompously observed
"Broom is the more nsual pronuncia
tion. A carriage of the kind yon mean
Is generally and not incorrectly called a
broom. That pronunciation is open to no
grave objection, and it has the great ad'
vantage of saving the time consumed by
uttering an extra syllabla" Half an
hour later in the same trial Lord Camp
bell, alluding to a decision given In a
similar action, said, "In that the car
riage which had sustained injury was
an omnibus" "Pardon me, my lord, "
interposed the Q. C, "a carriage of the
kind to which you draw attention is
usually termed a 'bus. ' That pronuncia
tion is open to no great objection, and
it has the groat advantage of saving the
time consumed by uttering two exhra
syllables." The interruption was fol
lowed by a roar of laughter, in which
Lord Campbell joined more heartily
than any one else. Argosy.
"Dyed Hllk" For Londoner.
A writer reveals some of the secrets
of tho milk tradn aa r1isnvAraf1 h him
self in an attempt to run a London dai
ry nnon honest nrincinW TTis flnit Ha.
oovery was that all London milk has to
De --ayea,'- 10 suit toe London fancy.
This is effoctcd by mixing about one
teaSDOonfnl of lionid "annttn. "
ble dye of a harmless nature, with
every eigne quarts 01 mule. In vain, he
ext)lained to his London unstnmnra rim
the proper color of most milk is white.
- i ney insisted that my white milic was
'chalk and water' and other people's
'cream colored' milk was nremmv Kan.
tlful, rich and fresh. My milk was
skimmed, etc. I gave way in this thing
alona I gave them their hearts' desire
the cream colored milk."
ONE DAY.
flentli ramn alnnir ene day
And ankfd Ida ay
The life of a child.
In tills world, rlirlit and left,
I'an'tils am tlois bereft.
The child hn. tiniilcil.
Plinll we, too, smile.
And after nivliilii
He reeon' Med'
Edward H. Cri-amer In Nr York f tin.
Anrlent Musical Instrument.
Ill thn Metropolitan Museum of Art
In New York city there Is nil interesting
Collection of intisl -nl instruments of nil
nations, ninny of which belong to pnst
centuries. They lie silently in the glass
eases. Tho strings of mandolins and
lutes that mado sweet nnisin in days
gone by tint broken and twhted, nnd
the fingers that oneo swept thcin have
passed away, but still tho nir seems
trembling with melody. Imagination
pictures the bnnipiet hall, tho slimmer
nights when the troubadour sang songs
under his ladylove's window, or tho
Uedonln enmp in tho desert, whero tho
flute and guitar wero played during tho
even'-tg hour of repose. Thero nro in
struments hero of all characters rndo
violins and banjos fashioned by savage
hands, nnd dainty lyres inlaid with gold
and mother of jienrl, instruments which
bnvo played their part in ancient cere
monies in faraway Tuilla and China, in
the enstlesof tho middle ages and in tho
African wilderness. It is interesting to
noto that all nations havo tried to make
instruments to ploaso tho eyo as well
as to produce sweet sounds. The, stringed
instruments and flnton of savago races
are often grotesqno nnd even ugly to
civilized eyes, bnt tho poor savago did
his best. Hp enrved his instruments as
well as hn could and also adorned it
with whatever precfons trinkets ho hnd
in his possession. H. H. Conunt in St
Nicholas.
Care nf C'urtalna and Portieres.
When any cleaning or sweeping is in
progress, tho heavy curtains and por
tieres should bo removed and after being
thoroughly tnnshed and shaken should
be allowed to hang in tho air untiTtho
rooms aro cleaned and rendy for their
return. Heavy hangings will absorb the
odor from cigar smoko or from any food
which mny be cooking, and the greatest
care should thereforo bo taken that they
be kept well aired. Tho dooTway cur
tains may be so easily removed and
placed in position again that there
should bo no excuso for any unpleasant
odor being attached to them. James
Thomson in Ladies' Home Journal.
Too Competent.
A duehoss requiring a lady's maid
had an interview with one, to whom,
after having examined her appearance,
She said:
"Of conrse you will be able to dress
my hair for me?"
"Oh, yes," replied tho girl. "It never
takes mo more than half anhourtodress
lady's hair."
"Half an hour, my child I" exclaimed
tho duchess in accents of terror. "And
what on earth then should I bo alilo to
do with myself nil tho remainder of tho
morning?" London Tit-Bits.
Frnrlnic Little Ones.
Fencing is tho latest fad for little
girls, whoso older sisters havo long been
experts in tho art. Even tiny creatures
of 7 or 8 aro now taught to put them
selves en gnrdo and mako tho thrusts
with delightful recklessness. In fact,
the fin do siecle littlo maid is quite a
marvelous product of tiio times with her
riding, fencing, ballet dancing, etc,
and it will be curious to seo what will
be tho effect of those isms of the day on
her Inter development New York .
World.
elflnh Opposition,
Especially in those women who are
always at work upon public opinion by
letters, speeches and writings does op
position to woman suffrage seem selfish
and narrow. They exercise the largest
liberty of affecting the publio for them
selves, but they would deny to the
Siasses of women even the secret ballot.
Boston Transcript
A Pointer.
Unless a gentleman is a lady's escort
he should never offer to pay her ear
fare, as it places her under an obligation
she may not desiro, and for whioh S
cents is a poor remuneration. The in
tention is kind, but the act intrusive.
Table Talk.
The Badcliffe library has a volume of
immense interest to bachelors. It is the
work of an unknown author and is en
titled "The Art of Governing a Wife,
With Sundrie Rules by the Observance
of Which She May Be Kept From
Usurping the Powers Which Appertain
Unto Her Lord and Master. "
A spring of marvelonsly pure water
discovered on the farm of ex-Congressman
Carlos French, near Seymour,
Conn., has been analyzed by Professor
Chittenden of Yale college and pro
nounced to be the purest water yet an
alyzed in America.
"I like to look at you," said a dear
little girl to a stately woman one day.
"Wby?" asked the latter, pleased at the
childish confidence. ' ' Because your eyes
are to green," was the unexpected an
swer. Statisticians estimate that there are
not less than 80,000 barrels of coal oil.
used every day for illumination, foel
etc
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