1 VOLUME 3. KEYNOLDSVILLE, PKNN'A., AVKDNESDAY, JULY 11, HUM. NUMItKIl J. llitllvotttt frlm frabl. lUl'TALO. linCIIKH'IT.U PITTS- IP (ill HA11AVA V. Theslmrl llnr lietwein IMillnl", Hlilitwny, Hnulfnrd, Niiliittitium, Itiittnlit, lliM-heiter. Miiuiiiii Villi iiimI pnlnls In tin upper oil M'flin. n nnd lifter Nov. imli, I":!, ptien iner 1 rn In Mill m ilie mid tleptitt fi'imi lull "i k 1iilltui, dully, cxrcit Ntiniluy, iih fol low: 7.10 A M.: 1.20 11. m.t "ml T.mi p. in. Am n -tnfiiliitliin frtim runiitiiM ney Mini lllir Kun. 8:MI A. M. Iltilhilu nnil l!. i- 1-. -ti t ii nlll i i liriM'kwn vvlllr. Uli(!r!iv..lilin-'iihiiiif.Mt. .! t , lliinlloi.l, Piilnuiiiui'ii. Hull 11 In nnil Km'lii slri ; r.ii Ilim III .liiliniinliinu Bitli I'. ft V.. tniln II. fin Wllriiv, Kiltie, iiniMi. Cm rv unit l''.i'li. T:41V A. M.t 1,4.1 p. in.; nnil 7:. p. in. A tn- Inndittliili l iit yltio, 1 1 1 ix Hun unci I'unx- I1IW11I'V. Slid I'. ,M. Hiiidfnlil A tninnil lilli till Ilriehliie. lltiM'kniiyvllli', l lliniinl. I nr num. lililuwiiy. JuliiiHiinlmru, Alt. Jewell mnl llt:nlriitr. I'. M. MieU'or HullnU. fyke, lilvr Kun, riiniHiitiiunrv nnil M:iMm. Ol'ill A. M. ciiiiihiy mini 1 f lliinkttiiy-vtlli-. Ititlmwiv mnl Jolin-iiiiliili if. OHIO I' M Mimliiy iriilnl'.ir llull.ili, fykes, lilu Ifitti tinil rutix-utnwncy. Vn-i ntffi itii- i'nin-.irl in piiivlni-c llrl,- els liefine enteituu tin' nil-. An i'Xim-ih rlllll'lic nf Tell frills w III III- t'tllli-i'ted liy I'ntl dilrlir when fiui'H mi puiil mi trtilti. ftntn till si in Inn, w lietv ll I irki'l iilllcc I iiiii in I ulni-il. TliiitiMind mill tlrket lit luoceltt HT mill', k'mul fur pll-'-lliri' llel ween nil t III Ion.. .1. II. Mi'lXTVIlK. Alien!. I n II creek, I'll. .1. II. IIaiiiiht K. '. I.AI'KV. lil'lll'llll Mll. M'II. I'll. Atfi'tll I lii IVnli . X. Y. Hih IivsIit X.Y J K N X S Y I . V A N I A H A 1 1 .1 U ) A I . IN KI KIXT NOV. Ill, 1M!:. riillmli lpliln . Krli- K-illniHil lllv Won Time Table. Trains leave Hrlft nixsl. K A ST W A 1(1) (1:04 A M-Triiln H, dully except Hniiiliiy fur htinlniiy, HiiiTlslitittf nnil Iniettiieiilitie ih ttntm. iirrivlnir nl IMilliiili'lplitti ll:."n p. in., Ii"A Yolk, ii:i-ii. lit.; Hu It ttniire, 7:'.n p. in.; V iiMiinulmi. S:.ii p. in. I'nlliiimi Purler enr from tlliiitn.iirt mid pneiiu:er cimi'lic front Kline In riifliidt-lphtii. 8::i P. N. Trtilti , dully except Hiitnlny fur lliirrMiurir; nnd ftilerincdllile Htmlon. lir rlvlniiiit I'lilliiili lplilii 4::m A. M.s New Yoik, 7:'Xi A. M. TliroiiL'ti cintt'li fi-oin lliillols 1ii lllhini-ipol't. I'nlliiimi MffpliiK fiii-M friitn lliiiTWIiui tf to riillndi'lplilii nnd Xiw 'ii k. riitlndt'lplilfi piissi'itui'i-H run rrmiiln In KlrrHar iindlHiuilM-d iinlll 7:im A. M. 9::n I'. M. Tniln 4, dully for Siinlitny, HiiitIh-litlt-tr nnd Intrrtiirdtiiti hint Ion, m rlvinir tit I'hllndidplilii, il:.Hi A. M.; Nrw York, H::i A. M. ; Hull liniii-r, il:'-li a. M.: Wimlilni.'iiin,7:;iil A. M. riillninn rti rn from Kr1i find Wtlllnni lMtrt to I'hlliidrlplilii, I'nHsrtiirri'H In Hlrrivrr for liltlinor mnl IViisIiIiikioh -a 1 1 1 Ih lmtiNfrn-rd Into M HslilnutoiihlrrtM'r nl llur rlstnii'tc. I'liNHcinrrr roiirhrs from Kfli lo riilluili'lplilu mid lllliini-Hiil to Hull I nioiT. WKSTWAHl) 7:S3 A. M. Tniln 1, dully cxropt H:itilny for Kldirwuy, IiiiIIoIh, Clrrinont nnd lulrr- niroluii' HttilloiiH. KriivcM Kidiiwny tit ,1:110 p. M. for Krl. 9:ft0 A. .U ."Tin I n 3, dully for Krln mid Intcr- nirdltitn polntM. 8:27 I. M. Train II, dully ourrpt Hundiiy for Klinr nltfl IntriTnrilliili'Hliitloim. TiiKoriiii tkainh kou nmiTWoon l'UOM TIIK KAST ANDSOCTII. THAIN II lruvr I'lilluilrliihlH H:M A. m. WiisliliiKton, 7..VI A. m.i llulllinoiii,K:4.1A.M.; Mllkrslmnr, 111:1.1 a.m.; dully rxrrpt, Sini dny, mrlvlnx lit Drift wood nt H:i7 I". M. Willi I'tilltnun I'll rlor cur from I'lilltidi'lplilii to WIllliiniNnort. THA I N H loiivi'H New York lit N p. m.t l'lillii fti'ljililu. II p. m. I iislilnuton. III. 40 u. m.t Hull linoir, 11:40 p. m.i dully iii i IvIiik nt DrlflwiHul lit W:.V) ii. in. 1'iillniuii Klrriilnu rui-H fntm I'litludrlplilu to Kill nnd from WiiHlilnvton mid Hull Itnort to VllllutnHioi't nnd Ihroiiuh pu-itruurrroiielirN from I'liilii drltiliin to Krlr und Hultlinori to WlllluniH liorl nnd to DuIIoIh. TliAIN I Iruvrs Krnovo ut II: ill n. m., dully cxrrpl Sumliiy, iirrlviiiK nt Driftwood 7:! a. m. JOHXSOXHUHG KAILKOAI). (Daily oxoopt Snnilay.) THAIN II' Irtivr. lililitwuv nl H:4li'n. m.t Jolm- HonlmrK nt U:.M u. in., urrlvliiK ut I Irrnumt lit 10:4.1 a. ni. THAIN 20 lrnvc Clormont ut 10:M a. m. iir- rUInK lit JoliiiHonlmrK Ht 11:40 u. in. und Kidwnv lit !l:.Yii. m, JIDGWAY & CLEARFIELD It. R. DAILY EYCKIT SUNDAY. POL'TIIWAKD. NOKTHWAKD, P.M A.M. STATIONS. A.M. I'. ST 12 10 U 40 Kiiluwiiy i mi H:m 12 IN II 4N l-llili(l linn 120 22 12 22 11.12 Mill lliivvn. 1 lit 1.1 VIM 1002 Croylnnd lint lk1 12 :w loio short. Mill 12.111 H ihj 12 42 10 1.1 nine Hork 12.14 A .14 12 44 10 17 Vlnoynrd Kun 12 .12 M 124U 1020 luirlrr 12.HI A4k 100 lo:t! nrockwiiyvllln 12 : ls:w 1 10 1042 MrMInn Summit 13 ml A 2.1 114 11)414 llurvoyH Kun 12 211 A 20 120 10 Aft KulU Cn-tik 12 20 A IA lift 11 OA DllBnla 12 0S 5 00 TRAINS LEAV E KIDGWAY. EHKtwurd. WuKtwnrd, Train H, 7:17-4. m. Train 8, 11:144 . m. Train 6, 1 :4ft p. m. Train 1, H:UU p. ni. Train 4, 7:Mp. ni. Train 11, H:2.1 p. ni. 8 M. PKEVOST, Gon. Munuirer. J. R. WOOD. Gun. PaKH. Ag't. ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY commencing Sunday May 27, 18U4, Low Grade Division. KAHTWARD. TATION. No.l.lNo.A.INo.S.I 101 100 A. M . M A. M, P. U Red Bank Lawaonham Now Hi'thluliem Oak Uidite MayHvlllu BummwrvlUe ... Brookvillu- Bell Puller Hry noldavllle . . Pancoant Kallu Creek DuUoU. Hubulu Wliilorliurn .... Penlield Tyler Glen Kiulier BeneuittAi Grant Driftwood 10 4.1 10 A7 11 DO 11 UN 11 411 12 OA 4 40 4 A2 A 2.1 t XI B 12 ft 21 o 41 ft 2N 6 (III ft 47 a 07 12 2.1 12 HI e 211 a 211 6 !IHI 1.1 12 4,1 8 2.1 C 44 A3 1 00 6 1 OH 1 211 1 m 1 4 1 AH t OA 8 1A 1 211 II 4.1 2 5.1 7 OA 7 7 00 7 10 7 2:i 10 Afi 11 UA 1 an 1 45 7IM 7 4' 7 AN 0 00 8 III 8 27 8 44 8 A4 SA 7 34 7 40 7 AO 8 01 8 IN 8 2N 8 M A. H. 8 20 P.IH '. II WEHTWAltU. KATIOMI. NO.2 No.t No.10 lU) no A. M. A. M. P. U. P. M. P. M Driftwood 10 10 ft Oil ft u,i Orant 10 42 ft 82 7 0(1 Benezette 10 A2 ft 42 7 111 Glen Klalier 11 Oil ft Alt 7 KJ Tyler 11 20 8 10 7 44 t'enneld 11 Ml 8 So 7 A4 YVInterburn .... 11 80 ft 20 8 00 Haliultt 11 47 6 U7 8 12 DullolN 1 OA II AO 8 25 12 10 ft 00 ''alia Creek 1 20 7 20 8 S3 12 20 ft IV 'ancoaut 1 114 7 2" 840 teynuldavllle . . 1 42 7 40 8 4N ''uller 1 AH 7 A7 t OA tell t 10 8 OH (17 Brook vtlle t 80 8 10 S tft Humniervllle..,. tail 8 UN (44 Mayavllle t AH 8 57 10 04 OakKldxe B (M 9 OA 10 IN New Betlilebem I 1A 1.1 10 2.1 I.awMinlmiu.... 147 8 47 Bed Bank i 00 10 00 Trains dally ecept Sunday. DAVIDMuCAUJO.0bh'i,.Bdp(. JAB. P. ANDEKBON. 0'l Faiuj. Aot. ... JE. A Imrlirl'ir, nld 1 t: I ' . i..t . Wan nil lllu; ni, i.r in In in . in, IIIpIopb wild unit iM'Vn nt-lilntf, And li fn fun ivn-.iiV: prrud w lilt gloom. Ko llttln nnrV hIiiiiiIm dlHtitrtird him. Krnin n'ili' tin ltnti"r nm frre In furt, from Hir nl I Ir Inrrllnr W'nn ipllrt iw nulrt fluid Iki. Nomnllrnl nld wnt liirkintc. The rrviint nn-w rri'd lilnrlnt;, Hi'MTirnlly lirurd IiIh orili'M And nillril Mm W illi cvrrytlilnc. Illtl 1 II tlnrr piiinrtlilnix n niitlliff, KnmrlhiiiK In: i-nlililii't rt imlnnn:l - Tln kindly uiinln of tiiiui-.lriii Tlin (inirli of r. (jciitlr Imnd. Anil ho Bnltl an M lirnw urow durkrr. And I10 rruiK fur tin lilrrllim iitirnn, MVrll, inurrlnuo inny In 1 fntlitn. But tills In n lilnnu d n'trlit worn!" Honion Ccmrlor. FJXIN'S FOU STOVES. A DEALER IN HEATERS TELLS HOW THEY CAUSE TROUBLE. Trllnilnllnn of Tropin Yhn Tltlnk They Knew About Their Stored, hut Flml When They inquire to ItepalrThem That Their Ignnrnne In Appalling. TI10 lifo of n dealer in ntovo repairs in not mm of unalloyed Miss. Holms til classes of jiooplo to deal with, nnd 1I10 jrtvntnr jiortion of tliem seldom know what they want. They think they do, Imt they don't This will ho roadily understood when it is known that then) arc manufactured today between 70,000 and S.0,000 difTerent stoves. Aseaeh vn riety lias from 8 to in component parts this will mnkn a total of between 1500,- 000 and 040,000 different pieces. It will bo sr-en that unless ininuto details am pivnn thero nro jiossiliilities of hav ing a mixed Ktovo on your hands. A visit to ono of tho largest repair shops In t ho country was prwlnctivo of somo lnterestinR infommtion an well as Homo anmstiiff incidents. "It. is siiiRnlar," raid tho maunder, "how littlo tho Reneral public knows hbout stoves, l'wjilo will liandlo n stovo for years nnd still w a stranger to it Then, when something hapiMins to it, they como to us anil expect us to know what part is wanted by a general de scription. Wo carry supplies of about 80,000 different stoves. Thero aro about 800 stovo ninnufactnrers in this country, and they turn out on an avcrago 0,000 now designs every yoar. As wo aro called upon to supply tho different parts of nil of them, wo have to kocp a pretty iargo stock ou hand. "Wo have four stories full of sup plies, which weigh 8,500 tons. Besides theso wo havo 800 tons of patterns and pay $10,000 yenrly for new designs. Our stock is an accumulation of over 23 years. Homo of our supplies nro for ptoves that haven't lieon manufactured for years. Ono would think that people vould want tho latest pattern in stoves, but they don't They will hang onto n stovo as long as thero is anything to patch up. Why, only tho other day wo wcro asked to supply a grate for a stovo that was mado in 183(1. You seo, thero aro lots of people, especially in tho country, who uso tho old fashioned wood Btoves, and although ono of tho new stoves would save them enough in ono season to pay for itsolf they Btick to tho old ones. "Wo have any nnmbcr of amusing experiences, although somo of them would try the patience of a saint Peo plo will como to us who think they have enough information if they give us tho name of their stovo. An Irishman walked into our plnco tho other day. Be was ono of thoso positive Irishmen who think it impossible to make a mis take, " 'Good momin, be began. 'Oi was laid off yesterday, an Oi just came down to git some fixin'i for tho stove. The ould woman's been lackin for new back this long toime. ' " 'What kind of a stove is It?' " 'Ob, just a common ivery day stove.' " 'Does it burn coal or wood?' " 'It's a coal stove an burns a divil of a lot of coal Sure, It takes the best part of me wages buyin coal ' " 'What is the name and number of It?' "'No. 8 Star.' " 'Are yon sure?' " 'Am Oi sure? Of course Ol'm sure. D'ye suppose Oi've sat In front of it for the last eight years an not know what kind of a stove it is? Phat do yon t'ink 01 am, a choomp?' " 'But there is no such stove made. ' " 'Is that so? Maybe yon t'ink yon know more about it than Oi do, un ye niver sane the stove at all, at all. ' " 'But there are several kinds of Stars. Who is the maker, what is the date of the patent, and what is the size of the oven?' " 'An do yon have to know all that? Sure, the next toime Oi come down for a job loike this Oi'U sind some one else.' ' "Thon there is the 'handy man, who comes in with a piece of string or a ticlc. There are knots in the string and nicks on the stiok to show that the stove Is 'so long and so deep. ' When we toll him what is necessary before he can be accommodated, he beats a hasty retreat And there is the lady who thinks we are 'just horrid, ' when we tell her that we don't know what kind of a stove she has, that there are between 70,000 and 60,000 for which we have repairs, and that hers might be any one of them. "The other day a German, who keeps a secondhand store was in here far some A BLAMLD parts to two stoves that he had lioiiglit. Jio could not speak Knglisli very well, nnd as near ns tlieclcrk could liinkn out the names of his stoves wero tho 'Hini sago' and the 'Maggots.' As no such Btoves Wero nindo to our knowledge, wo wero somewhat puzzled. Finally tlio catalogue was resorted to, and the Ger man triumphantly pointed out the names of his stove. They were tho 'Hue cess' nnd the 'Magnetic. ' "Occasionally a mini of (lie Hpoopcn dyko nnler enmes in. Ho wants it water front. IIo him tho name and tint details all right, ami wo give him the part and fuiTKcst that wo send a man to put it in for him. Ho declines our assistance; says ho Is used to theso littlo jnlm. Ho enjoys them, ilesides ho isn't as big n fool ns sniiiii people, who pay n man to do a siiiiplii little piece of work when they could save the money by doing it themselves. Nexl day ho comes In crusty and wants to know what wo mean by giving him tlm wrong front. I'poii in vestigation it appears that he has taken out tho firebrick all right, but has neg lected to remove the shell, which makes the water front too largo by about nil Inch. "If tho peoplo would bo moro partic ular to give us tho right information, they would havo less troublo in having their stoves repaired. "Chicago Trib unal THE ORIGIN OF FIRE. Btmrteil by m Whnli, Areonllng to the Rnnth Heft Inlandera. Tho South Hen islanders tell a curious Story of the origin of (ire. If they are to lie believed, they came int-j possession of that useful element in tho following manner: A great whalo was mice wash ed ashoro upon ono of their islandsduring tho prevalenco of a terriblo hurricane Tho monster becamo entangled in a grovo of tallow twes (n species of ever greens whoso branches easily ignite), and while gnashing his tooth in his im potent rago struck off a spark which lighted tho grove nnd consumed both trees and whalo. Fires which are said to have been porpetuated since tho day of tho "great whalo flro" may yet bo soen burning in many parts of the is lands. Another fire legend, bollovod in by tho inhabitants of tho islands to tho north of tho ones in which tho "great whalo flro" is preserved, is to tho effect that a great nir dragon (probably light ning) breathed upon a tallow treo and set its branches on flro. From tho coals left from this flro they learned of its groat valuo and havo over sinco used tho element for domostio purposes und in thoir religious ceremonios. They also havo a tradition that tho time will come when tho dragon will return for the flro, and that no man will bo able to with stand him and savo tho sacred spark ex cept he bo a person born with pink eyes, fair skin and whito hair. For this rea son tho birth of an albino is always hailed as a good omen and bis or her person guarded with jealous caro, so as to prosorve lifo to its utmost limit Marionette mentions seeing a "fire god" or "flro guard" (albino) whilo on his visit to tho islands who was believed to bo at least 1 05 years old and who had always lioon provided for by the tribe. Rofilnesqno, who made South Sea is land myths and legends a study for years, is of tho opinion that the return of tho dragon for his flro is symbolio of death nnd tho flight of the spirit St. Louis Kepublia The World la Wanning Away. An interesting calculation has recent ly been mado publio through ono of the ninny publications of tho French Acado my of Sciences. It is to tho effect that, taking into cousideratou tho wear and tear on tho solid land by ocean lashing, river erosion and wind and weather, to say nothing of probablo voloanio action, the world will by the end of the year 4,500,000 be completely washed away, and the ocean will roll over the present foundations of our great continents London Standard. Kxpenilrs War rare. The oodt of firing one of Krupp's 180 ton steel guns is 050, or, adding the cost of the projectile, 300, about 050 for each shot fired. The gun costs 39, 000, and it can only bo fired at the most 60 times. Two shots a minute can be discharged, so that if it were fired con tinuously it would become valueless in about half an hour. The gun has a range of IB miles, and the projectile weighs 2,600 pounds. London Court Journal Vaed to It. "Well, Jennie, I hoar you and Tom have fallou out" "Yes. I gave him his quietus lost evening. Ho really thought I would have him, when I was only flirting. " "How did be take his rejection?" "Oh, easily enough. You know he is used to taking negatives. He's a photog rapher. "London Quiver. Chinamen, when they refer to their wives which is as seldom as possible speak of them as "My dnll thorn," or "The thorn iu my ribs, " or "The mean one of the inner room. " Children simi larly are styled "insects" or "worms," muoh as we say "chicks" or "cubs. " It is said that no book has ever been printed which did not oontaiu typo graphical blunders. The nearest ap proach toperfootion is "The L ami ad," printed by Josa Soma In 1817, which has bnt one, and that an aooident canned by the press. TYPEWRITERS. Opinions r fThein Dlrtnlril to lno of Them by an AeenniplNheil Ntenographrr. Moro trash and nonsenso aro written about typewriter girls by peoplo who do not un lerstaud what good typewrit ing is or how to dletato to a typewriter than about any other profession or any other business in which either men or women nro engaged today. Tim fact of the matter is that typewriting is worth anywhere from if.'i a week up to f 80 or f'iii, which issometimes pnldns n week ly salary to expert typewriters who have no knowledge of short linud. It H no nnusual thing for typewriters to enru at folio work from dictation by stenographers ?'! an hour ami over, nnd tlio lliunt experts nro worth every cent of that amount of money. Among stenog raphers (1 an hour is the ruling rate, and for that M a good typewriter with an exK'rt dictator will transcribe from 110 to 40 folios nn hour of testimony. Iu some cases even 40 folios nu hour of solid matter have lnen dicliiied. Forty folios is two columns of Tho Sun, and of tho men who write about dictating to typewriters as though they know nlxint it thero aro probably not half a dozen in the country who can dletato so much. Many years ago tho writer was em ployed as shorthand amanuensis by Goorgo Alfred Townsend, well known as "Oath," who habitually dictated to him in shorthand two columns an hour and did it every day in tho week two hours a day for months at a time, in dicating every full stop, semicolon, quotation mark and paragraph. If "Gath" dictates to a typewriter now and lias one of the best in tho business, no doubt he can dictato from a column and a half to two columns nn hour of original matter, and the writer knows of no other man who can do that Of courso there aro plenty of incompetents who poso as typewriters and who bring the iiusuess Into discredit by their poor work. For many years the writer has been thrown in contact with expert typewriters in bis business as an ofllciul stenographer. In view of tho many gibes and sneers in which newspaper writers indulge on tho subject of typewriter operators nf tho feminiuo gender, it is matter of simple justice to say that tho women with whom ho hns lieen associ ated in his business havo been without exception well educated, refined, capa ble of doing rapid and accurate work, who attended strictly to business nnd did not waste timo with frivolous remarks. It seems unfair to judgo of any busi ness or profession by tho weaklings on gaged therein, whether tho work bo law, medicine, tho ministtry, shorthand or typewriting; nnd any ono who cannot accomplish twice as much dictating to a good typewriter operator as with a poll is unublo to do that either because ho diM-s not know how to dictato or lie causa ho has an inferior operntor. It took just eight minutes to dictato this articlo to a typewriter who does not claim to special expertuess and whoso chargo was 25 cents. (Tho above wti3 not altered in any ro spect by tho editor, and tho printers wero requested to follow copy. Tho reader may therefore judgo of tho ac curacy both of tho dictator and tho typewriter.) Now York Sun. Why Deer Kr(i An Mode Ko Thick. It takes a long while for a beer keg to wear out It has a tough constitution and is protected from internal decay by a coat of pure and hnrd pitch. Tho pitch used on the modern keg is much superior to that formerly used. It is clear, taste loss and tough. An empty beer keg will stand a great many hard knocks before tho pitch scales off. The kegs wear out when they do wear, externally. They are wet and dry alternately, and this promotes decay. Then they get a great deal of unneces sary banging around between the time they leave the brewery and are brought back again. Everybody, from the driver and railroad and steamboat hands down to the barkeepers, seems to think the kegs are indestructible. A whole car load of empty kegs is frequently thrown from the car down to the ground. A single empty keg is often thrown 1 5 feet It really isn't neoessary to make the kegs as heavy, so far as the keeping of the beer is concerned. They began by being mado heavy in the old days. The brewers thon deemed it absolutely req uisite to make them that way to with stand the pressure of the beer. The very fact that they were made heavy and clumsy subjected them to rough han dling. Now they have to be made heavy and extra material has to be put into the heads and staves simply because of this handling and not from any danger on account of the internal pressure of the beer. Chicago Tribune. Adulteration of Rubber, The adulteration of rubber is some thing remarkable, and in ordor to make it weigh more barytos, white lead or most anything is used. The consumer is attracted to the produot because it Is cheap, but he pays just so muoh more per pound for the heavy minerals com pounded. Insulating men use a very cheap rubber coming from the eastern coast of Mexioo and Nicaragua, It sells for about IS oenta per pound and can hardly be called rubber. Chiole is very cheap and used In the manufacture of chewing gum. The whole subject Is one of price, and as you cannot get some thing for nothing yon oannot get last ing mechanical goods at a quotation whioh will not pay weight for weight for the rubber supposed to be in them. Hardware. HE NEVER FOUND IT OUT. rathetlo Tat of a Lost roeliethook anil a Charming Clown. "WhAt n charming gown that isl" cried tho young woman with tliopletnro hat. "1 only wish I had oun like it, but I never cm Id afford it." "Neither could I, my dear, if I hadn't lost my pooketliook. " "Good gracious, prosperity hns nf fected your mind! I don't seo how." "Well, you see, Albert gavo mo tho money to buy a gown. I told him it was Hot half enough, but he protested it was every cent ho could nfford. I cried for two days about it, nnd as ho didn't glvo in then I concluded bo was really telling tlm truth, so I started out to do tlio best. I could. I went to every dry goods storo in town and never worked so hard in my life, but I couldn't find what 1 wanted nt tho price. Finally in despair 1 decided to t.'iko the first piece I had looked at, and oh, Laura, imagine my horror to find when tlio clerk had cut off that pattern that I hud lost my pockctliookl" "How perfectly awful I" "Wasn't it? I thought I should tlio. I knew I would have to tell Albert all about it somo time, so I rushed around to his oflleo to tell him iu tho presence of strangers, when ho could not say anything dreadful. I wept and accused myself of careli-ssness, when ho said he would advertise, for I couldn't remem ber when I had it last nor how much money was iu it His partner was there, and ho seemed to feel so sorry for mo he's an old bachelor that Albert didn't scold much and actually gave me tho money tho second timo. " "And you went and got tho gown?" "Well, no. I had changed my mind about that piece of goods, it had such a cheap look, so I just went homo to think it over." "But you never got that gown cheap?" "No, I didn't Tho fact is, I found my pocket book on the hall table where I had left it when I took out my car faro to put in myglovo. I am soenreful of money that I don't like to display much in tho cars. " "And what did Albert say when he found it out?" "Ho would have said a great deal if ho had found it out, but ho never did. I knew he'd scold mo for carelessness if I told him, so I just kept all tho money and bonght my gown. I'm so glad you like it dear!" Chicago Tribune, Tariff of Wines. In tho earliest times of purchase a woman was burtered for useful goods or for services rendered to her father. In this latter way Jacob purchased liachel and her sister Leah. This was a Bceua mnrringo, where a man, an in Genesis, leaves his father and his mother and cleaves unto his wife, and they become ono flesh or kin tlio woman's. The prico of a brido in British Columbia and Vanconver island varies from 20 to 40 worth of articles. Iu Oregon an Indian gives for her horses, blankets oi buffulo robes; in California, shell money or horses; iu Africa, cattle. A poor Damara will sell a daughter for a cow. A richer Kaffir expects from three to 80. With tho Banyni, if noth ing bo given, her family claim her chil dren. In Uganda, where no marriage recently existed, sho may bo obtained for half a dozen needles, or a coat, or a pair of shoes. An ordinary price is a box oi percussion caps. In other parts a goat or a conplo of buckskins will buy a girl. Passing to Asia, we find her prico is sometimes 6 to 60 rubles, or at others a cartload of wood or hay. A princess may be purchased for 8,000 rubles. In Tartary a woman can be obtained for a few pounds of butter, or where a rich man gives 30 small oxen a poor man may succeed with a pig. In Fiji her equivalent is a whale's tooth or musket These and similar prices else whore are eloquent testimony to the lit tle value a savage sets on his wife. Her charms vanish with her girlhood. She is usually married while a child, and through her cruel slavery and bitter life she often becomes old and repulsive at SO. Westminster Review. Sewage la Germany. The claim is made for Germany of having the most complete and success ful system of sewage disposal of any country on the continent of Europe. In Berlin, where the features of this sys tem are so perfectly represented, the drains from the houses receive both the rainwater, the refuse water from the kitchen, etc, and the contents of the water closets, conducting them to an arrangement of radial sewers, through which, by a natural fall, they pass to a dozen different pumping stations with in the area of the town. From these the sewage, through the medium of combined force and suction pumps, pro ceeds through pipes of 8 foet or still greater diameter to the land whioh the corporation of Berlin possesses, the ma terial thence making its final exit through a system of conduits so ar ranged that before reaching thorn, it has parted with all its manurial power to the soil through whioh it is made to pass. The sewage water thus filtered reaohes the river through the natural fall of the conduits in a comparatively purified state. New York Sun. Baaed Milk. Pat milk in an earthenware jar. Cover the opening with thick paper and bake in a moderate oven until the milk Is as thick as cream. This is often pala table to invalids who do not care for toilk New York World. Couldn't Pool film. Charles Johnson, a licgro, though of , Swedish nomenclature, had been arrest ed for highway robbery out on Inde pendence avenue. A toy pistol, which had served hint in "making n bluff," nnd a handful of small coin wero taken from him. Ho was then ushered before tho captain for tlm usual cutcc lilsui. "Let's se what were you in for tho lost time, Charley?" "Never dulio bean heah befo', boss." "Oh, come, now, Charley; you've been hern a dozen times before. " "May do good Lnwd 'nilato me, boss, IV.o tellin ytih do troof !" "Well, take him nnd lock him up." "Hoi on der, cap'ii, ain't yuh gwine tor let mo hah my money?" "Well, I guess not," said tlio cap tain, winking nt tlio lienleiinnt. "This is my rnkinff. Do you suppose I can stny hero for nothing?" "Hut yuh'U let inn halt it iu do mawnin, won't yuh?" "No, fir." "Not uftab tho jedgo gits t'rough wid me?" "No." "Hay, ynh can't fool mo dnt a-way, boss. I'.o liean heall befo' I" Then the old darky was taken down stairs, wondering what everybody was laughing uliout. Kansas City Times. Del led Fish Handwlehea, You may find it hard to believe that sandwiches made from boiled fish are good, but if when you havo a bit of boiled halibut left from dinner yon muko a few for luncheon or tea you will find them very good. Tho fish should of courso havo tho flavor that comes from boiling it in salted water with a bou quet of vegetables say a slice of onion,' a stalk of celery or a sprig of parsley and half a dozen jicppcrcoriis. Ii ak up tho fish with a fork; then take a wooden spoon and rub it as flho as possible Mako it into a seasoned pasto by adding a fourth of a pint of sweet cream, a tea spoonful of salt, a sultspoonful of whito pepper or paprika, and at tho very lust nnd gradually a tablespoonful of lemon juice. This amount of seasoning is for 1 J-g pounds of llhli. Cut your bread very, thin, spread tho slices with a littlo but ter nnd then with tho fish. Lny between tho slices before putting tho two togeth er a small, tender lettuce leaf. New York Post. A t'to For flair Hurned Carbona. Thero is already a demand for tho na uscd nnd half burned carbons from tne aro lights. Some ono has discovered that carlxin is a euro for consumption, and it is a well known fact that men who work in carbon factories are singularly healthy. Jnst how tho fragments of car bon nro broken up and tho particli-s in haled does not appear, but people collect them a good deal und profess to derive benefit from their uso. It has been claimed for years that a smoky atmos phere is a good one for a consumptive patient, although this has been denied by doctors again and again. Tlio carbon theory may acconnt for what some peo plo believe to bo nonsense und others an infalliblo theory. St Louis Globe Democrat Absentmlnded. Professor Dusenborry of Columbia collego is so completely absorbed in his profession that he is becoming moro and more alMcntmiudcd every day. He re marked to ono of tho students: "Something very stupid h: 1 to me tho other morning. 1 1. : am becoming a littlo atacutmiud.. "What is it?" "You see, I wanted to take my wife out in a buggy and give her some fresh1 air, and when I came to think over it I remembered that I never had a wife. Texas Sittings. What Did She Meant Dickie So you've taken up the pbys-1 ical culture fad? I hear you are exercis ing on a rowing machine and indulging in long walks in the park. What does it all mean? Daisy Well, you see, it develops but wait until yon see me down at the sea- shore a couple of months hence. Boston Courier. The driest place in the United States, at any point where regular observations' are token is Fort Garland, Cola Less, than six Inches of rain fall there during1 the year. There are, however, localities; in Arizona, Nevada and Utah where rain has never been known to fall. The Vienna police have general charger of all newspapers and keep records of all presses and publications, maintain a (ensonhip over all theaters and plays,! issue licenses for the publication and sale of all books, magazines and period icals. It is said to be a foot in natural his tory that in tropical regions a certain bird, whenever it fluds a small snake. Will perforate it with its bill and kill it, after which it will impale the body on a thorn of a thorn applo tree. A. Andrews of Toronto has in his pos session a lock and key of massive weight ' which he claims to be the identical in-' strunients used by Cromwell for sec Br ing the crown jewels of England. Of a mistaken philanthropist Jerrold; said he was "so benevolent, so merciful a man he would have held an umbrella1 over a duck in a shower of rain. " . Cioero was a notable punster. A col-; lection, not now extant, of his puns was bade by Julius Csasar.
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