FLOUNDKIt STKIKINO.
A 8POIU OF THE NEGROES OF THE
80UTHEHN COAST.
It rnlrn Whit Mnn, tint tlm Itarhy (an
Hit a Mimmli r Willi 111 Knear Where
Ynll Would Hee Only Mild -The fcftpcrt
I'Mo-rninit Never "I l-4it IIU I'Mi.
Did rott over "ctrllm" n flounder?
l'robnbly not mil in you hnvo livril or
(JHKHCcl RDIIIfl tllllll Oil till) CllllMt of till)
DOtlll ITIl HtlltcX.
Olio lovely AiiRiist evening, Just be-
fl.rO tOlllHct, llrtl fctood Oil til" Illicit IHirrll
of Olir KIIIIIMUT llotllll Oil tllO COlVd llf
Hmith C'iirnlinii, I noticed Unit our 1 y
Ilnli, n went bin Muck chit rfnl looking
fellow nhntit III v iii: nlil, lis hiy 11 ras
cal nnd Hi l'itf : thief 11 hi whole race
could produce, ! I t i In' Very Imiy
ever n bo.it :i tin little wharf only it
short 1 ist :iii''" f: t!io hunse, audit
I Mood theie wau l ing liilll til'! ln.N i-tcry
Van ophiincil.
Xi'.ticitiK that 1 was watching him
With il (jim n I ilrul nf interest, ho came
up to tho Ftrr.y, mill I'l'iiinviiiK the tat
tend rim of what wiw om-o u felt liat
Biiiil:
"linsi 111:111, piin 'ptrikiii' flntiii
li r tniii;lit. lii!io to ,'o 'luiifi? lt'n ea--y
'niltT, " i"i Hitfil. ".li st put oil olo rlotui
that ilnii't inatler 'limit u (tin, ami I'll
call for you after mipprr. "
After having finished flipper niul en
joyed 11 ci.ir nnl n iitroll 011 tlm liraeh,
watihiiiK the lint hers in the unif ami
fipyliiu n distant Mill 011 tlm horizon, I
proceeded to ilreR for the occasion. Tak
ing Dob's mlvli e, 1 selected an old pair
of baseball shoes, nil niieieiit pair of
cailet troui'i rs that had stiHid tlm test of
many n dress paradii a relic of my
"rat" year a eap of tlm same, deserip
tioii and a (laiiuel shirt ami a heavy
coat, for it was cool on thn water after
miiiser, even in midsummer, not fnrKet
tin; to tako 11 Kood supply of tobacco
and a pipe to keep oil tlm glials and
wind Hies and a plun of rhcwinir tnhnu
co for my compaiiioii. Negroes nlwayii
claim to bo out when a whito man in
around.
I Joined Hob at tho back door, and wo
tnado our way down to tho lauding.
Hero wo found a largo flat bottomed
ricow, on 0110 sido of which was fixed nn
old tnatc, in which a tiro was burning
fiercely, whiln at tho other end won a
lingo pilo of dry oak, with plenty of fat
pino for kindling. Htiiwlinjf in tho
boat wan a colored hoy of about tho rtitmo
sizo and blnc.knesB of my attciulant,
whom Bob designated to mo as "my
mammy's Bister Kally'H boy Hufo. "
UroctiiiR tho grinning Hufus, who ro
plied by scraping tho bottom of tho boat
with 0110 foot, while ho touched whero
bis hat would have been had ho worn
any, for 110 Hitch article, encumbered his
woolly crown, wo nil mado ourselves
comfortable, Dob standing at tho bow,
Kufus at tho stern, with a polo, whilo I
was invited to tako tho middlo scat near
tho flro and reinicstcd to keep tho boat
clear of water, which as noon ns wo lo
gan our Journey rushed through tho
many crcvioes with astonishing rapid
ity. Tho night was very dark, but lighted
by our tiro wo liegan to follow the rihore,
anil our tint bottom enabled us to keep
in very closo. And now enmo to mo
whnt was tho strangest part of tho pro
ceeding, nob, standing, as I havo said,
in tho bow, nrnied with a striking polo,
which is simply a heavy rod nliout 8
foet long, with a two pronged fork nt
0110 end, kept his eyes fixed 011 tho wit
ter, which wns brightly lit up for sev
oral feet in front of tho boat, whilo ho
held tho polo raised in his right hand.
All at once, and without a word, ho
suddenly thrust tho polo into tho water
in front of him, and with a chuckle of
triumph dashed tho polo into tho lot
torn of tho boat, and struggling and
sploshing around wns n dark flat objoct
nbout a foot long, with two great gap
ing wounds mado by tho prongs of tho
fork. Tho flounder wns exactly the col
or of tho bottom of tho wntor and very
flat, and how on enrth anybody, oven a
hungry negro, could distinguish it with
the boat going at a pretty rapid roto
was Bomcjhiug I could not make out
and havo nover becu able to fathom.
To be suro, tho water was quito shal
low, ranging in depth from 1 toa,'
foot, and tho light front tho tiro was
very bright, but when you take into
consideration the fact that tho soil was
almost block and very muddy and soft,
and that tho fish almost bury thorn
elves therein, it will be seen that it re
quires no small amount of skill and
quickness to detect the flounder with
the boat being rapidly poled along.
And I nover saw Bob miss. It would
be natural to suppose that the "striker"
would occasionally mistoko some objoct
for a flounder in waters that teemed
with all kinds of fish, or that sometimes
he wonld fail to secure the fish, even if
he struck correctly, for it is a known
fact that "the biggest fish I ever caught
was the ono that got away;" but, no, I
never knew Bob or any of' the other
many negroes whom I afterward saw
out "striking" to be guilty of failure.
sometimes ttie nonucr would be pierced
by only one prong instead of two, and
sometimes the wound would be very
pear tha sidu of the fish, but secure him
they always did.
That night we were out about two
hours and secured eight of as flue floun
ders as I evor saw, ranging in size from
10 to 10 inches, three of which fur
nished a very fine breakfast dish the
next morning. Philadelphia Times.
Quality Against Quantity.
As regards woman suffrage, New
York, with all its fashionable furore, ii
till in that stage of the agitation
passed years ago in Boston whore the
"antis" seek to make an impression by
claiming "qnulity as against quantity"
of names In their petitions. To put for
ward this rather vulgar boast was soon
found to be very indiscreet campaign
ing in New England and a powerful
help to the other side. Boston Transcript,
MAPKED ALIKE.
Wolril Hfiiry nt Two Men WlinMi Mlng-nlar
Wouniln Were the ffnitm,
"I inn not a believer in ghosts, rein
carnations or tho Mipcrnnttirnl in any
shape, but I hail A Hiiigtilar experience,
somo years ago which I hnvo never been
able to account for satisfactorily," said
J. P. linerolx of Montreal.
"I wnsseeotid inatnof nmerchniit ship
in lHHa. Among thn crew was n tough
customer iiaiiied Lander, always in
trouble, lln htid a frightful scar, ex
tending from brnw to chin, tho result
nf a ilock fight, lie Imd a bullet wound
which had taken away tho IoIhi of Ids
right enr, besides n peculiar jimtiiher.
ancn like a wen oil his forehead. I
would tako my oath t hero was not an
other man nlivo marked Just like him.
At thn end of that voyage Dander killed
his wife and cut his own throat. Ho
severed tho windpipe, but. ho recovered.
The wound in his throat, healeil, but
left, a hole, which ho had to cover with
bis hand when he sMike. lo breathed
through nsilver tube, lie was tried mid
convicted, mid happening to bo in port
I was present, nt tho hanging mid miw
the ImiiIv buried.
"In IH'.io 1 was 011 tho gold coast of
Africa. Ashore 0110 day I caino amiss a
man bossing it gang of negro laborer.
His form seemed Strangely familiar, ami
1 started with surprise when 1 saw him
place his hand over bis throat when
giving some orders. loing closer, 1 saw
tho scar, tho wen, tho lobeless ear, tho
hole in the throat, tho silver tulsi ami
every featuro mid characteristic of a
man I nw hanged and buried. 1 got
into conversation with him. Ho said ;
his iinmo was Hauler. Ho was unable '
tn tell how ho camo by thn wound in i
his throat, ear mid face. Ho said bo i
must havo had it long illness. Ho re
mcmlHTcil being in a hospital, ho said,
but it wns like a dream, ami ho had no
recollection of his life lieforo that.
"Ho said bo rcincmlMrcd, whilo still
ill, taking a long voyage ho didn't
know where from until ho bad lauded
whero I met him. Ho told 1110 my face
looked likooiio.hu had seen in a ilreiim,
but ho knew ho had never seen tun be
fore. How do I account for it? I don't
try to. I 11111 only telling tho facts. 1
don't know whether Hauler wns Lander
coine to life ngain or a reincarnation of
him. Maybe Lander's neck was not
broken nnd some scientillo chap had
been experimenting oil him with a bat
tery. All I know is that 110 two men
could possibly bo marked in exactly the
nmo way. If it was Lauder, ho was
greatly lienctiteil by tho change, ns 011
inqniry I found that ho bore a splendid
reputation ns n quiet, law abiding, peace
ablo citizen. " Chicago Times.
FAMILY HANDWRITING.
ExprrU 8y All nf llrnrrnt Inn Have tlm
Knme Cliftrantrrlntlca.
Exports in handwriting say that nil
tho peoplo of a single generation write
aliko, and it is well known that moid
French handwriting has a strong family
likeness to tho eyes of others than
1 Frenchmen. Nearly nil Chinamen of
! tho washhouse class look aliko to super
, fioinl observers, and persons unnccus
j turned to colored persons find difficulty
in distinguishing 0110 from another.
I It needs, however, n comparison of
i two or threo family photograph albums
( of 20 or 1)0 years ngo to convineo nu n
and women of today that there are strik
ing superficial likenesses running
through Americans of a given genera
tion. All these old albums show curious
resemblances, chiefly perhaps of dress
and face, but sufficiently striking for
0110 family album at first glance to be
taken for another. Ab pago after page
of each is turned over there is tho same
succession of men, women nnd children
in full figure, sitting, standing, poinl
in groups of two or throe, with hats,
without hats, draped iu shawls, nnd
manifestly dressed iu their best for tho
occasion.
I Tho photographers of thoso days
chose, for reasons of their own, to niako
full length pictures, and as they wero
unusually small costume counted for 11
great deal and helped to intensify tho
general likeness running tho whole gen
eration. rnuudoiphia Pres.
Csrnot and Jean Carries,
The death of Joan Cnrrios, tho sculp
tor, recalls an anecdote in which he and
the late President Caruot wero tho prin
cipal actors. The artist's busts mid
figures at the Champ de Mars excited the
admiration of all, and they were de
servedly classed in the first rank. M.
Carnot, when on his visit to the salon,
noticed an old man, who seemed much
moved on Booing him, standing before
the works of art of the sculptor. Some
one said to the president, after pointing
out the artist: "Here is need for repara
tion, M. le President Carries it ono
of bur most skillful men of art and he
is not yet decorated." Forthwith M.
Carnot detached from the buttonhole of
one of the officers of the military house
hold in the place of a cross of the chev
alier a cross of an officer of the Legion
of Honor and placed it himself on the
breast of Jean Carries. The next duy,
in The Officio!, the artist was named a
chevalier of the order. London Figaro.
Stanford's Retort.
Onoe Senator Stanford was traveling
through California in hii private car.
The train had stopped at a small town,
and the seuator was leisurely strolling
back and forth on the platform at the
depot A baggageman was unloading
truuks, and in doing so carelessly pi tolled
one onto the platform, and it burst
open. The senator looked at it and re
marked, "Well that' a shame." The
baggageman impudently asked, "Do yon
own this trunk?" The answer came
quickly, "No, young man, but I own
this road. "Horseman.
It is said that Lord Campbell was of
ten overbearing and irritable. A lawyer
who had long struggled against the
chief Justice's oritioisms finally folded
np his brief and remarked, "1 will re
tire, my lord, and no longer trespass on
your lordship'a Impatience. "
A FAT MAN'S DEED.
itory of a Trnirlr Kprne nn tlrnnhlyn Trnl
l y C'sr tVhl. h Mlitht lln True.
A very stout old Brooklyn gent Ionian
Kpieezeil himself past two Women on n
Putnam avenue car nnd wedged in be
tween mm of them and a mail at thn
other end of tho seat Tho fit wns such
a tight 0110 that thn women held tin ir
breaths and assumed n pancake appear
ance. At tho coVner whero tho car turns
into Piitiinui nvenuii the rt man tunu d
liko a big turret and put up a chubby
finger. Tlm enr stopped.
"Putnam avciitie; (Irand nvennn nnd
Fulton street I" shouted tho conductor.
Tho fat man settled back and resum
ed reading it newspaper, which ho had
dropped ill his lap.
"Want to get out hen-?" nsked the
conductor, with bis hand on the Is II
ropn. Thn fat mnn shook bis bend. Thorn
Wns nn niigry twang of tho cord, and
tho trolley N'uan to WI1I7..
At Nostranil avenue tho chubby fin
ger went up again. The car topK-d.
Wolsidy movoil. Then the man who rings
np tho fares got angry.
"Hoe here," be exclaimed after h"
had cIIiiiIk iI along thn step on tho lido
if the car until he was opposite I be
fat man, "what do you inenn by tellinr;
1110 to stop for when you don't want to
get off?"
"Why," responded the mountaiii nt
flesh ns coolly as such niuass of adipose
could Ih cool, "tlm car Jolts so that I
couldn't read this paragraph, which is
slightly blurred. I merely wanted to
hnvo thn enr stand still until 1 had fin
ished it. That's nil. Now, if you can
go along slowly without Jolting, I will
Ihi nblo to get nlong very nicely, but if
I conm ncross another bad lino or two
I'll put my hand back of my head, nnd
you stop. It's too much trouble for me
to turn nround. "
Tlm conductor's eyes twittered in the
orbits. He placed his linnil to bis bead
and uttered shriek nf tor shriek. Uenson
was shattered. Ho had becomo cross
eyed nnd insane. New York Mail mid
Express.
ANCIENT LIGHTHOUSES.
Bravnn I.lgliU tn Ouliln Mariner Cneval
With the. l-:arllfMt f'nminerre.
Beacon li;,'hts to gnido tlm wave
tossed mariner to a snfo harbor must
hnvo l-en nlmost coevnl with tho enrll
est commerce. Thero is positive record
that light housts wero built iu nncicur,
times, though few evidences now re.
main to us from old writers or in crum
bled ruins. This is not strange, for liyht
towers, never tho most stable architec
tural form, wero exposed to tho stornm
of sen nnd war.
The Greeks attributed tho first light
houses to Hercules, nnd ho wns consid
ered tho protector of voyagers. It is
claimed by some that Homer refers to
lighthouses in tlm nineteenth book of
tho "Iliad."
Virgil mentions n light 011 a temple
to Apollo which, visible far out nttea,
warned nnd guided mariners. Tho Co
lossus nt Khoilcs, erected iibout !III0 I!.
C, is said to have shown n signal light
from its uplifted hand.
Tho oldest towers known wero built
by tho Libyans iu lower Egypt. Tin y
wero temples nlso, nnd thn lightkeeper
priests taught pilotage, hydrography
nud navigation. Tho famous tower 011
tho islo of Pharos, nt Alexandria, built
nbout 'iMi B. C, is the first light house
of undoubted riord. This tower, con
structed by Sostratus, tho nrchiteet, wai
square in plan, of great height nnd built
in offsets. An open brazier nt tho top
of tho tower contnined tho fuel for the
light. At Dover nnd Boulogne, on ei
ther sido of tho English channel, wero
ancient lighthouses built by the Romans.
But tho lighthouso nt Corunna, Spain,
built in tho reign of Trnjan nnd recon
structed in lli:H, is believed to bo flio
oldest existing lighthouso. E. P.
Adams iu Cnssicr's Magazine
The llrug More Telephone,
"Accommodation bureaus are all right
when they nro conducted as such," said
a west sido druggist, "but the sign over
my door was iuteuded to inform the
publio that drugs wore dispensed within
and not information doled out or tele
phono messages delivered blocks away.
I mako no kick whon stamps are asked
for and tho city directory consulted by
people, but when they ring up the tele
phone and call me from my work to an
swer it and thon want a message deliv
ered to a friend living a long distance
frpin tho store only a certificate of mem
bership in the Antiswearing club which
I have pasted on the transmitter keeps
me from uttering fancy languaga This
morning I was at the breakfast table and
was called to the phone. I fonnd it was
a lady who patronized me about onoe a
month. She didn't talk plainly and
kept me guessing for IS minutes what
she was driving at I discovered that
he wanted me to tell her next door
neighbor that she wouldn't be home to
dinner and ask her to open a window of
the house and 'for mercy sake feed the
poor little cat ' The telephone has been
removed. " Buffalo Enquirer.
Anyelo'a Verdict,
Once a painter notorious for plagia
risms oxocutod a historical picture in
which every figure of importance was
topied from some other artist, 10 that
very little remained to himself. It wa
shown to Michael Augelo by a friend,
who begged his opinion of it "Excel
lently douo," said Augelo, "only, at the
day of Judgment when all bodies will
resume thoir own limbs again, I do not
kuowwhat will become of that historio
1 painting, for there will be nothiug
left of it ' ' San Francisco Argonaut.
The Origin of Dyipepala.
Doctor It's merely a case of dyspep
sia, ma'am.
Wife And what does that come
from?
Doctor It comes from the Greek,
ma'am.
Wife Ah, I thought he'd been get
ting at something. He was all right as
long as he stuck to beer. Wllkesbarre
Newsdealer.
IMPURITIES IN FOOD.
They Are Not aa Citiuiimn aa Many Teranna
niny NiliiiMe,
Singularly exaggerated ideas oonenrn
ing thn ndiilteratlon of food nro Very
generally held, according to l)r. H. W.
Wiley, chemist of thn United Htntos do
partment of agriculture. Hand, for In
stance, is not sold with sugar at least
in tlm United Wales.
Thn granulated nnd lump sugnrs in
thn market nro almost absolutely pure,
iiiwdered sugar sometimes, though rnrn
y, contains n little Hour or starch, nnd
low grinlii sugars nro iiupurn chiefly
through tlm molasses nod water they
nro made to absorb ill manufacture.
Not as good a report, can bo given of
ririips. Thero is very little pure inaplo
sirup, most of what is sold 11s such lin
ing a mixture of gtuciisn or cine sirups,
with a small proportion of tho product
of tlm maple, while in an imitation ac
tually protected by a patent the ni'ipln
flavor is given by an extract of hickory
bark. Liquid honey Is largely adulter
ated with glucose. Of comb hnjiey,
however, only that In bottles nnd Jars
is Impure, tho old impression that comb
honey on tho frame Is adulterated hav
ing Ihm'H proved to be erroneous.
(Iromid colTeo is so larg'-ly adulterat
ed with chicory, pens, beans, etc., that
it is rarely round pure, and even the
ntigroimd berry is Imitated. Tenia rare
ly mixed with foreign leaves, but fre
quently has its weight increased by the
addition of salts of iron nudcoppir
materials quito prejudicial to health.
Cix:oa and chocolate nro largely adul
terated with starch end stifjar, nnd
products claimed tobo greatly improved
as to digestibility may havo little of the
Virtues of tlm original cocoa beau left
ill them,
A danger in canned goods Is thn use
of adulterated tin, which may contain
ns high ns 12 per cent of lend, tlm or
ganic salts formed by tlm corrosion of
thn lead being nlways poisonous. The
common practice of coloring canned
peas With copper is very object ioiiahle.
Tlm uso of preservatives, such ns sali
cylic acid, is not witliont risk, whilo nn
occasional sourco of danger is tho devel
opment of nitrogenous bodies called
ptomaines Iu preserved meata Tho
abovo nro illustrations of tlm principal
food adulterations, which, though bad
enough, nro insignificant in comparison
with the startling reports that havo
been published. Much tlm greater part
of foods wo eat. is pure nnd wholesome.
NATAL AUTOGRAPHS.
TlieHlKii Milium! of thn Child Thut limn
nt ChiiiiBi! In Life,
Thero is bom with every 0110 of us
and continues unchanged during our
lives 1111 unfailing and ineradicable mark
or marks, which absolutely distinguish
each 0110 of us from every other fellow
being, These physical marks never
change from tho cradle to tho gravo.
This born autograph is impossible to
counterfeit and thero is no duplicate of
it among tho teeming billows in the
World. Look at tho inniilos of your
hands and tho soles of your feet; closely
examine tho ends of your lingers. You
seo circles and curves and arches uud
whorls, somo prominent with deep cor
rugations, others minute and delicate,
but all it well dcllucd and closely traced
pattern. Thero is your physiological
signature.
Kun your hands through your hair
and press linger nails 011 a piece of clear
glass. You see nil tho delicate tracing
transferred not two lingers uliko; even
"tho left hand kuowcth not what tlm
right hand dooth. " They aro distinctly
different. Even twins may bo so little
different in size, features and general
physicul condition 11s to bo scarcely dis
tinguishable, yet their linger autograph
aro radically dilfereuL
Iu fact, iu nil humanity every being
curries with him 011 his baby fingers and
his wrinkled hand of decrepit old ago
tho identical curves, arches and circlet
that were born with him. Nothing ex
cept dismemberment can sblitcrate -ir
disguise them. OiuiimiU may burn and
sear their hands, but nature, when tic
restores tho cuticle. Invariably bringt
back the natal autograph. Louisville
Courier-JouruaL
Tha Way of Long Twilight
On first thought it seemt tc be 1
rather paradoxlcul statement that the
nearer we approach to the equator the
shorter It that intermediate stage or
transition from day to night and from
night to day, which we call "twilight '
This being the case, however, the period
of duration ot "the dim, uncertain
light" in all tropical countrioi ti very
short when compared with that ot coun
tries of high northern or southern lati
tude. The explanation It this.- On the
equator the sun's path Is at exact right
angle with the horizon- The last beam
of light fades from view when the tun
is at 18 degree! below the horizon.
This 18 degree mark is quickly reached
at the equator for reasons given tn the
first sentence of this explanation. The
farther from tho equator we get the less
become the angler which ths sun's
course makes with the horizon, and the
longer the time required for him to
reach the IS degree mark; henct the
longer the period of twilight St Louts
Republic,
Clnnamoo and Cholera.
A decoction of cinnamon is recom
mended as a drink to be taken freely In
localities where there is typhoid fever
or cholera, for cinnamon ha the power
to destroy all infections microbes. Even
its scent kills them, while it is perfectly
harmless to huinnu beings. It i said
that the essence of oinnnmon, when ex
posed in the sickroom, will kill typhoid
bacilli in 19 hours and prevent fresh
case. Kansas City Times.
A great idea 1 usually original to
more than one discoverer. Great Idea
oome when the world need them. They
urrouud the world' Ignorance and
press for admission. A. Phelps.
One of the first things to be don In
ease your clothing catohei fire ii to
keep as cool as possible.
Tha tlear and the t'mhrrlla.
How much danger is thero to the
pound iu a wild black bear when yon
timet him iu bis haunts accidentally and
nt closo quarters? Mrs. (!. F. Latham,
wlfo of lulim host nt. Oak Lodge, on thn
Indian river peninsula ( Drevard county,
Fin.), was reiiirnlng from tho Is-noli
alono nnd armed only with nn umbrella.
Whon Just it quarter ff it mile from this
very porch, she heard the rustling of
somo niilinnl coining toward her through
the saw palmettos.
Thinking It must bo a raccoon, she
quickly picked up a chunk nf palmetto
wood and held It rendy to whack Mr.
Coon over tho bend tlm instant he
emerged. All at once, with a mighty
mstling, tint stepH'd n big black lnr
within six fii't of herl The surprise wns
mutual nnd profound. Naturally Mrs.
Latham was seared, but not out of her
wits, nnd she decided 1 1 utt tn run would
bo to invito pursuit nnd possibly nt tack.
Kim stood her ground and said nothing,
and tlm lK-ar rose on his hind legs to get
a belter look nt. her, making two or
three feints iu her direction with his
p.'IWS.
Feeling that she must do something,
Mrs. Latham pointed her umbrella nt
tlm bear and quickly ofs'iicd and closed
It two or thno times. "W'oof!" said
tlm bear. Turning nbout, Im plunged
into thn palmettos and went, crashing
nwny, while tlm lady rati homeward ns
fast lis sho could go. Ho much for tlm
"savage nnd nirgrrasive" disposition of
the black bear. W. T. Hornailay InSt
Nicholas,
An t'lieany linttr.
"I want nil uneasy plaster, sail I"
Tho colored woman, whoso bend wns
done up in 11 bandanna handkerchie f, tur
ban fashion, offered nsilver quarter of
a dollar to tlm npothocary ns sho spoke.
"1 cr don't think 1 understand
yon," replied tho mull liehitul the coun
ter. "It's nil uneasy plaster 1 want," ro
pealed tho woman.
"What's that?"
" Uneasy plaster, sail."
"I don't know what you mean. "
"Tho missus said I waster git on un
easy plaster. Hero's tho money for it "
Tho npothocary reflected for a mo
ment nud scratched his head. Then an
idea sis iiied to break upon him.
"A porous plaster is the most uneasy
kind of plaster I know of, "ho sold
"I'll glvo you 0110 of those. If It's not
right, yon can bring it back. "
Tho colored woman did bring it bnck
about 15 minutes later. Sho also had a
note from her mistress explaining thut
adhesive plaster, for a cut finger, was
the article wanted. This, by the way,
Is a truo story. Washington Star.
Aa Unnd aa a Ulaas Stopper.
If you wont a stopper for a bottle of
acid or any substance that would nat
urally coll for a gloss stopper, because
of thn danger that tho cork would be
eaten up by tho contents of tho bottle,
tako tho cork and steep it in vaseline.
It will thon bo impervious to acids of
any kind, and 110 action of chemicals
Will decay it. It will, iu fact, bo as
good for all purposes as a glass stopiicr.
Jewish guides ill Romo nover pass
under the arch of Titus, but walk
around it. Tho reason is It commemo
rates n victory over their race.
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Easy to Take
And Perfect In ThcV Action,
AVER'S PILLS
Nsvcr fail to relieve Dyspepsia,
Constipation, and Headache.
"I have proved the value of
Aver's Tills in relieving ilysiiep- o
k'i-i nud headache, with which
complaints I was so long troubled 0
that lieitlu-r the doctor nor my- o
self supposed I should ever bn o
well again. Thiniigh the use of
the above medicine I inn better 0
than I have been for years." o
A. (iASKiLI., Versailles, 111. g
T Imvn 114f.1l A-r' l'ills for J
i years nn a cathartic in liver I
complaint, nnd always wnn ex- jj
trenieiy is'iieltclal einci. never
lic.ving hail lieeu or 01 hit nieiii- o
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till., 1 itinw ji.i o ..... .v. -
inv children, when they require gl
tin" aperient, niul tho result is al- 61
wnvsj most satisfactory-." A. ol
A. Katon, t'oiure t'onwiiy.N.H. gj
with enstiveness, I was induced ol
to trv Aver a mis. 1 heir use mis ri
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euecieii 11 complete cure, mm 1 o
can contiilentlv reconiiiieml them
to all siinilarlv ntllictcd." C. A. g
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AYER'S PILLS ol
Received Highest Awards
AT THE WORLD'S FAIR
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(-'uUcsu preparutory bourdlns aciinul for
both Hcxea. t'oi'HSKS t'litsU-ul, Lliemi-y,
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mid I'riu'tit'eof TvucliiiiK, llllile Study, Music,
Art, KtmiogTuphy uiiii Typewriting. Semi (or
cutnlouge.
subscribe for
The Stir,
If you wtiil th New.
Every Woman
Sometimes needs a ret!
nhla monthly regulating
medicino.
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I wish to call the
ATTENTION
of the public to the fact that
I have received my
Spring - and - Summer
Suitings,
and that the cloth U the lat
est and best. My prices are
made to suit the times and
my workmanship is guaran
teed to be perfect.
Yours for honest dealing to all,
J. G. Froenilcti. ttie Tailor.
Reynoldsvllle, Pa.
C3"Xext door to Hotel McConnell.
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OF KKYXOLItS YILLE.
CHPITBL, 960,000.00.
C, .mil brll, Prr.ldrnlt
Scott .Vlr4'lrlland, Vlr Prva.l
. John II. Kaurhrr, ah!er.
Director:
C Mitchell. Pfntt UcClelland. J.C. Kinj,
JoiH-ph Stnuisn, JummiIi IU nileron.
a. W. fuller, J. II. Kuucucr.
Ooeii a general hanklnitbuslneHsani ollclu
the KCcountHof men-hunt. pnfclonal men,
furmers, mechanic, miuvnt, lilnibt-rnii-o and
01 hem. promUlmi the niunt careful attmition
to the buslmu or all perton.
Me IVpo.lt Boxmi for rent. ,
First National Bank building, Nolan block j
Fire Proof Vault.
ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE.
E8TATB OF JOHM II. Ml'LHOLUIN. DECIUXD.
Letter of administration on the estate of
John V. Mulliollun, Ule ef Kt-ynoUUvllle bur
outfit, FetTerMm county. Ha., deceased, havlun
been irranted to the underpinned, all penotui
Indebted to ald e.tule are hereby not 1 tied to
niuke Immediate payment to the admlul.
tratrtx, and tlioae having claim anulmtt It
will present them propetly authenticated, for
ovttlement. Mhh. K. J. XIci.hoixah,
AduluiatratrU of John K. UulaoUau, dee'd.
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