ftje VOLUME 3. JtEYXOLDSVIUE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, 8EITKMBEU B, 1IUU. MMIIKH 17. Closing Out Sale ! We will CASH: Our Entire at first cost. All Shoes and Rubber Goods must be sold before January - IVe Mean Business -AND- See our prices in window and call and get prices on any Shoes in store. Call early and get cream of stock at Wholesale Prices. . NO CREDIT! But CASH buys Shoes at first cost. REED'S SHOE STORE. sell for Stock of 1st, -1895. Shoes Must Go! WOES OF THE MILKMAN. Try 111. tic.!, Hn Never Sineceeil. In (letting ItMk All HI. Ilnttlr. "The grentest trinl of my life, " snys n milkman, "In bottle. Yes, fir, bottle. If it wasn't for bottle, I'd wnnt nothing better. Other peoplo never think of bot tles I netnnlly dream of bottle lt' bottles, bottles, bottles who' (jot tlitt bottle with tiio nil the timet "The most perfect system of book keeping ever Invented will not account for bottles. When ! fond out 100 bot tles of milk in the morning, I'm dend rrrtittn to loe track of half n dozen I never look upon them bottle all attain Never ncaln. sirl The milk nre 8 rents nnd the bottle are 8 cent. Hut tho pco pel who would acorn to stonl milk will keep the bottles. They think bottle don't rost nothing, or they don't thiuk nothing nt :ill "Some time ago lady was behind about seven bottle and hadn't returned any for n week I know mmo peoplo get two or three day behind with their t'inptiep, but I couldn't account, for nil of thee. YVhilti I was thinking about it nnd look over neross toward her lint I nw her ninid chuck an empty out. of tho kitchen winder into the lot. And. don't you know. I wont over them nnd found n whole pilo of broken littles and two or three whole one. They didn't know nny better. Now, there wan n lady in tho other dny, nud I av. 'Mn'nm, ' says. I, 'I've (jot you chanred with five bottle hero ' " 'Whnt' thnt?' ny she '1 haven't got nny of yonr old bottle. Yon don't snpposo I'd Bteal milk bottle, do you? When I (jet to stealing, I'll take omn thing better'n old castotf milk bottle I don't like your milk anyhow. It' more'n half water, and I'm going to change. ' "And ho did change, and I lot a good customer by the mure mention of bottle Some peoplo keep their ten nnd thing in the bottle. You can't go nnd earch for them. Yon must take theli word for it thnt they ain't got none They nre supposed to return limit elliptic the next dny, and they'll keep them for n week. I'd have to have n carload of extra bottle to suit them Rome of them just, ship on their empties when the dumbwaiter come their way, and Homo other mil kmnn goo on" with them Thoy don't care. And then, when you cull up for their empties, they get mnd n hop and wenr they sent them down which perhnp they did, but not to us "And there' the servant thnt. break hot ties uud swear thoy returned them n week ngo, nnd their mitree believe them. It's enough to drive a man to drink I" Now York Herald. THE- DRUMMER WILTED. A ftl.OOO Ant It, Ik fe-fmtftHMl (twine A'U T.ki 1(1. h For II In Hlm.it. A group of millionaire were playing what wm probnbly tho stiff est gnmn of poker ever plnyed in the United Htate It wn at, Chnmhcrliii'H, in Wasliin ton, In the winter of IHHlt and I Hn Thooxaet. list of the player will nev be known, but Senator Woluoit. of : . or ado mid ex Governor Manser of Mini tana were in it, and Senator I'Virwell .,r Chicago wn In tho room. About midnight a woll drummer for a Chicago dry goods firm ent nj hi card to Senntor Farwell. The onntor went, down to see him nnd brought him np to the room where the game won going on He introduced him to t he other players "Have you any objection tw my play ing?" asked the drummer. "Well," sard Senntor WolcoU. "1 havo no objection, but or well, you noo, the game is pretty steep. " "Ha, lm!" Innghed the drummer "Thnt is the kind of a game I like. " Ex-Govemor Hnnsor remarked that If hn oonld stand it the rest of the crowd hnd no objection. With a wink at Senator Farwell, the drummer t down, polled ont a "wad, " peeled off a 1,000 bill and said to Governor Hnu er, who wa dealing: "Give me ome chips!" Then hn looked nronnd fbe table, m much a to say? "'No flies on me, eht" "Give the gentleman one white chip, " aid Senator Woloott Govern or Hauser passed over the chip witbnnt a smile and remarked: ""Jack pot for $1,000 F up yonr money. " The drummer sat aghast for an In stout; then hn picked np his snoney and said: "Too rich for my blood I" It is currently reported that one man won over ff.100.OQO thnt night Chicago Times. Th. I'otWtj Tree of Para, One of the curiosities of Brazil is a tree whose wood and bark contain so mnch silica that they are used by pot tors. Doth wood and bark are burned, and the ashes are pulverized and mixed in equal proportions with clay, produc ing a Tory superior ware. The tree grows to a height of 100 feet, bnt does not exoeed a foot in diameter. The fresh bark cnts like sandstone, and when dried is brittle and bard. Demorest Maga zine. Some - one is said to have invented a substance that can be seen through more clearly than gloss. We dou't know what it can be unless it It a man's ex cuse to his wife for not returning home before 8 a. in. Indian corn, or maize, never has an even number of rows of grains, be cause it has opposite radicals of growth from the cob center. TRUTH ABOUT THE POPE. HI Ttoctor Correct Report. Which All Ahrimrt About III. Ilenltll. The numerous reports regarding tho ill henlth of tho pope which have leen in circulation recently hnve induced I)r. Lapponi to mnko tho following state ments regarding tho condition of his holiness: "Tho health of Leo XIII," says tho doctor, "is excellent. Contrary to re ports, his nourishment remains the same ns formerly, and his appetite never fails him. At H o'clock in tho morning he takes n cup of chocolate nnd a bit of brend. At 2 o'clock p. m. his luncheon is served. It consists of soup, ono or two courses of meat, fruit and a glass of Bordonnx. In the evening nt 0 o'clock Leo XIII ngain eats soup, meat, fruit nnd wine. His stomach nets with mnrvolon regularity. His sleep is long and quiet. He cannot be said to bo los ing his powers. Tho pope has ns greut powers of resistance ns ho over hnd. During tho great heat of tho summer ho hns, of course, been affected somewhat. To givo nn idea of the strength pre served by this old man of 84 years lot mo say that Leo XIII takes pleasure in going in search of great book in tho library, some of them weighing ns much as 10 pounds, and carrying them to his working desk. To those who say thnt tho pope cannot hold himself erect and is obliged to allow himself to bo carried in a litter wo can simply reply that, like all his predecessors, Leo XIII allows himself to be carried in a litter when he goes to the garden. lie gets into the lit ter in his office. But thnt is simply n rule of etiquette. Every dny, after once reaching tho garden, he walks for hours at a timo, supported by his cano. Ha walks more easily than a number of per sons of his suit In short, Leo XIII walks, or at least stands np, for four or five hours a day. Only recently ho con firmed 80 persons without feeling the least fatigue." JURY REFORM. Mannachnnrtt. Ha. a New Law Containing Excellent Provisions. A new jury law has just gone into operation in Massachusetts, and some of its provisions nre manifestly so good that they might well be embodied in tho codo of other states. For instance, ono section reads, "The board of alder men of any city shall not strike any name from the jury list as prepared, ex cept of o person who has been convicted of a crime, nud has not beon pardoned on the ground of his imiocence of said crime, or of a person who is not quali fied by law for service ns a juror. " The intention here wns to do nwny with the favoritism by which men of influonco were in tho habit of ridding themselves of the duty of serving on juries. Tho penalty for a violation of the sec tion quoted is sevoro, it being providod thnt if nny person is guilty of frnud In tho drawing of jurors, cither by prac ticing on tho jury box previously to a draft, or in drawing a juror, or in re turning into tho box the nnnio of a juror which had boon lawfully drawn out and drawing or substituting another in his stead, or in striking a name from the jury list, he shall be puuishod by a flao uot exceeding (500. An additional ofllcinl safeguard is thrown around the selection of jurors by tho requirement thnt tho mnyor of any city shall bo present nt the drawing nud verify by personal inspection tho result of the ballots Announced by tho alderman appointed for tho purpose, Tho law was framed to counteract tho corrupt influence that hnd previously prevailed in tho making up of juries iu the cities of tho state, Now York Post. A SHOWER OF FROGS. Thrifty f'&mirm Welcome the Visitors and Eat Them For Supper. A curious phenomenon occurred iu the northern portion of the county Thursday afternoon. Shortly after 8 o'clock a ahowor of live frogs began fall ing. The-shower of living creatures con tinued for five minutes andoovered a 10 acre fieldon the form of Ezra Willburn. The frogs fell only on Mr. Willburn ' farm, and at the time they full the sky -was cloudless. Mr. Will burn's small son was the only person who witnessed the shower, and after recovering from his surprise at such a strange occurrence lie informed his father of the affair. The Willburnsatonoe began catching the largest of the frogs and enjoyed a regal repast of delioions hams for sup per. The neighbors wore also liberally npplied. Tho cause of the shower is amewhat a mystory, although it is said that the frogs could hove been drawn from a distant pond by a strong whirl wind and carried through the air to a point over Mr. Willbnrn's field. Mun oie(Ind.) Cor. Chicago Herald. Hindoo 0nn. The four grade of society among the Hindoos are the Brahman, or sacerdotal class, who nre said tit the moment of creation to have issued from the month of Brahma; thn Kshntrya, or Chuttsco. or military class, sprung from thn nrm of Brahma; the Voisya. or Bnls, n mercantile olass. from the thigh of Brahma, and Swims, or Bonders, or sorv ile class, from thn foot of Brnhmn The business of the Sndras I to serve the three superior classes, more espe cially the Brahman Their condition is Dover to be improved; tbny are no to accumulato property and are unable by any means to approach the dignity of the higher classes. These division nre hereditary, impassable and indefeasible Brooklyn Eagle DETECTIVE AND TRAMP. Thn Offlrer Fceil. a t-anilntilnit VagAlionit anil Oct. Nn Tlinttk. There was in tho tramp's nppearnncn a suggestion of the lethnrgy that follows a gorging with freo lunch nud copious libations of beer that belled hi piteous story of not hnvlng had anything to eat "since yesterday morning. " Tho simile of night were falling fat, nud that may have to (omit rxtent nccounted for the mistake of the hum in sclct tiiiu m tho object of his whining appeal Met Musky, one of the best known of the Centra! office detectives, who was "slouthinat It" nlong the Bowery. "You nre shy dinner nnd supper for yesterday nnd breakfast, dinner and supper today Come with mo, "said McClusky, nnd he led tho way Into n greasy little hennery from the door of which hung n dingy eipn nminuncliig "regular meals, H cents." Had tho va grant known what was in store for hi in he would have never cro-si d the thresh old except under forcible persuasion "Givo this man his yesterday' dinner. " snid McClnsky. A slice of boiled beef, n boiled potato, two slice of bread nnd n cup of muddy coffee were soon set. up Slowly the tramp attacked tho meal, nnd Met Musky waited When the dishes were clean, tho detective beckoned to tho waiter noil nid: "Bring thn gentleman last night ' npper. " Tho order was repented. Thn tramp began to suspect something, hut be thought It the bettor to net his part. Perhnp his eccentric benefactor would give him the price of a bed. Vnin hope! The supper disposed of, McClnsky or dured "thn gentleman's breakfast." "Sen hero, pardy, I never eats lint, one meal a day." the latter demurred "It Is not enough Yon told mo yon wero stnrving, nnd of an officer of the New York police force It shnll never be nld Hint hn allowed a fellow man to starve." And the detective displayed his badge. "Snpposin I won't eat?" snld the tramp sullenly "Then you take u ride Seet" The trapped bum saw. nnd li.- r.. . Ins breakfast, nnd then in great ngony be tunnnged to dispose of his dinner. Na ture would stand no more "See hero, pardy, I couldn't eat nny more, uot If I got two yenrs for it," he pleaded In genuine distress McClnsky had had his fun. nnd he excused his victim the supper. As the tramp rolled torpidly out of the place he paused at the door, and with n mur derous gleam in his pyo said hoarsely. "I'll get even wid you for dis, yon big 1" New Y'ork Advertiser. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. A VnmiB l I.V Who UriI a Nnrrnw FUcnpn I'min Conviction. "Stories of conviction on circumstan tial evidence urn rifo in the lawbooks nnd have afforded thn pint of many n novel," said J H. Ilals-rling of New York. "A very sad case, not of con vicliou, but almost ns bad in its results, occurred in Now York recently A young lady1 of refinement, a stranger in tho city, obtained employment as gov ernes iu a gentleman's family. Ono of hur pupils, a girl 1.1 years old, lost n diamond ring. It was found in the desk of the governess. Sho declared shu had not seen it since it was last nn the girl's hnnd, but sho was hustled off to thn Tombs, mid uunbln to give bond was kept thore several days, rxposod to the companionship of the most depraved of her sex. Sho was taken to court in tho Black Maria with a ucgress nnd a white woman, both convicted felons, go ing to lie sentenced. Sho was kept in the pen waiting for her caso tube cnlleil exposed to the impudent gaze of the horde of courtroom loafor. "When her caso was called, thncourt appointed a lawyer to defend her, as she was ponniloss. The prosecuting witness and her father told the story of the find ing of the missing ring. The presump tiou that the accused had placed it there was more or less strong until the law yer began to cross question tho owner of the ring. Guessing at the truth, by adroit questioning he drew from tho unwilling witness the fact that she had ofteu pried into the desk and dressing case drawers of the governess, and that she had been so engaged nn hour or so before she missed hor ring, and the far ther fact that the ring fitted loosely. The judge dismissed the case promptly, and the accuser's father apologized, but the youug woman, being of a highly strung and nervous tcmperamont, was completely prostrated by her torriblo experience in the Tombs, and the 111 effect will, it Is feared, be permanent. " St Louis Globe-Democrat Thn Wom.n In Black. "One of tho most mysterious cir cumstances connected with the keeping of national cemeteries Is a woman In black who visits them all," snid E. C. Trindlo. "I was in charge of one of these cemeteries for several years, aud this womau made two visits that I know of. She nevor comes daring the day, and it is purely accidental when we learn thnt she has been there nt all. Hiring a carriage at midnight, she will come to the wall, and climbing the in closure will search the entire cemetery by mean of' a dark lantern for the grave of some relativa She has neves found it, but every year she makes the round of every national cemetery in the country in the vain hope that some day she will learn where her loved one lies buried. "Cincinnati Enquirer. CHANCE AND CHANGE. "Thi-m was a rn ty jour pntn lnt yor. Good nrlRlilmr, ti ll mo now," lir pnlil, "Have, tlio frosts of Ihn wliitrr Inft It mirct Or bloom It yet In your gulden bcilf" "Two for una Have the ml hnils lilown. Two for nee Ihnt tin-re used lo tie? For fliPM:'. iniinv a tiny 'Twist Mr.y nnd Muy, And many s idiimi;r! in n ymrl" riid' "Anil Ihr-rn a iftrl nolh yonr ro-if I it yonr. linod nrititior. ti-'.l mo now," hi1 nn'd. "lJoci her loot t:ill liL'ht In the ronni;c nrnr. Or H shn H-nopi! nnd is the wtd?" Pti" lies npurl Willi n jii:eee l-.cnrt. A limited ln :u I, 'iiejitti ilio rod rn 'i irrM For tlirre'i n-ar.y ti dnv "t'wlxi Mny mi l Mnv, And nmny a i Imncn in n ycur!" unid she. Kale I'. Iisuood in IiihhI llontPkn,iiti. PENGUINS f EED7N3. TbftTrnnKroriimtltin Tlint Ttikes I'lncc When Thi-y l-lnter tlie Water. Tho ntipean-iico of tho keeper, with his pail of live gudgeon, is the si-unl for sudden nnd intense excitement in tho pages. Tho penguins wnvo their lit- tlo flippers nnd waddlo to tho door, whence they peer eagerly down tho wooden steps leading to tho pool. Tho Cormorant oronks nnd sways from n.lo to side, nnd the darters poiso their snaky hends nnd spread their hatliko wings. At tho water's edge the penguins do not launch themselves upon the surface liko other waterfowl, but instantly plungo beneath. Once below water nn astonishing chnngo takes place. The slow, ungainly bird is transferred into a swift nnd bril liant creature, bended with globules of quicksilver, whero the uir clings to tho closo feathers, and flying through the clenr nnd waveless depths with arrowy speed and powers of turning fur greater than in nny known form of nerinl (light. Tho rnpid nnd steady strokes of the wings nre exactly similar to thoso of tho air birds, whilo its feet float straight out level with the body, unused for pro pulsion, or even ns rudders, and ns lit tle needed iu its progress ns thoso of a wild duck when on tho wing. Tho twists nnd turns necessary to follow the nctivo little fish nro made wholly uy the strokes of ono wing nnd the cessntinii of movement in thov other, and tho fish nre chased, caufit and swallowed without tho slightest relaxa tion of speed in a submarine flight which is qnito ns rnpid ns thnt of most birds which tnke their prey iu 'midair. In less than two minutes some !10 gud geon are cnught nnd swnllowed below wnter, tho only nppournnce of the birds on tho surface being miido by ono or two bounds from tho depths, when the head and shoulders leap above tho surfueo for A second nnd then disappear. Any attempt to remain on the surface leads to ludicrous splashing nnd confu sion, for the Rubmnriiio bird cannot flont. It cnu only fly below tho snri.:co. Immediately tho meal is finished both penguins scramble ont of tho wnter and shuille, with ronnd bncks nud drooping wings, back to their cago to dry und digest. Spcctntor. Cholera In curope. The appearnuco of cholera here and thore through Enropo is exoiting no alarm, although tho sanitary authorities are expressing gravo forebodings. Rus sia soeniB to bo getting a general bacil lus Bcnro. So much has been said there rocoiitly about dangers from microbes thnt in tho city of Buku, on tho Cas pian sea, an nuti slinking hands society hns been organized in order to provent tho exchange of bacilli by contact. Members pay 0 rubles a year and wear a button as a sign of membership. They nro fined 8 rubles for each handshake. The ladies of tho city resent the prohi bition and recently sent a largo petition to tho governor genernl asking him to, suppress the society. London Letter. To thn North Pole. To reach the north pole an architect, ' M. Haul ii, has proposed to the Geo graphical society of Paris the construc tion of wooden huts one or two days' journey apart He considers Greenland the most favorablo locality for an ex periment of this kind Each of the hate would become in its turn a base of sup plies for the construction of the next. As the distance to be covered is about 900 miles, a score of hats would be necessary to establish a route to the pole. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Kept the Crown. Orleans House, Twickenham, where Louis Philippe lived when duke of Or leans, is in the property market Iu later days, staying as an exiled king at the Star and Garter, Richuioud, he walked one day to Twickenham for the purpose, as he said, of seeing some of the old tradesmen who had served him when he resided there. The first person to recognize him was an old man, who doffed his hat and hoped his royal high ness was well The recognition, how ever, was not mutual. "Perhaps, " said the old man, "your royal highness will remember me when I tell you that I keep the Crown" an alehouse closo to the entrance of Orleans House. "Do yon?" said Lonis Philippe. "Let me congratulate you. Yon ore able to do what I am not" London News. The French Congo region cover 850, 000 square miles. The population is estimated at 7,000,000, but there ore only 800 Europeans in that number. ourious present for a deaf person bos been introduced in Germany a fan, deftly concealing tiny ear trumpet in Its end stick. k
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