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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