V fije VOLUME 3. REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A, WEDNESDAY, DECEMIJEU 19, 1891. NUMIJEH 32. Wt let Hard Times keep you awau! THE. LITTLE ONES WILL WAN! Christmas Presents tins year just tho name as oilier tern for everything HQLID AY We have the Largest stock in UeynoMsville. Toys of all kinds. Dolls and Doll Carriages for the Little Folks. Hooks, Alliums, Toilet Cases, Plush Goods, and Fancy Articles for the Older People. Sensible (lifts for Everybody. A Full Line of Bibles, Testaments, Hymnals, Gospel Songs, Poems, Etc. Books of all kinds are away down. You can get them at your own price. Remember that we have the Laroesi stock 01 Musical Goods in town. Violins, Guitars, Mandolins, Harmonicas, Hanjos, Accordions, Flutes, fcc. A full line of Violin, Guitar and Banjo Strings and musical trimmings of every description. You will find our stock complete and prices of goods lower than ever. Remember the place THE REYNOLDS DRUG STORE, Main Street, W. B. ALEXANDER, Prop. 1st )6 -BY Jan. ALL OUR STOCK OTP S TJ TT S 0 We have rented our store room to Mrs. S. B, Gilbloom, of Punxsutawney, Pa., for a Clothing Store. ALL SHOES will be sold at Cost and Car riage. Money saved by all who buy Shoes from us! HENRY A. REED. years. We are hendqunr in the line of GO d! 1, '95, DOS! So REX MORITUR EXSUL MWo know no kin, no (V., no mnntor, wel" Whnt wonrtrr when yonr pa-mlonn know nc TtUWtvT When morbid, moonstruck, monsutvlrM van ity. Th mnok of tint ton a, whirl yon frwtor Toward tho stocp doom of downfall and dim tvr A ruin dcopor thnn tho nnfnthntnpd sn? Vnlnttlorlons fool, your rhronlo nif is vnlnl Birth mynl in nnturo'n (rift, n hrnvrn or brntn, And miturnl right thrum high nbova youi mob Of silly months nnd mow, whom nlrndt-t Tho froth of Individual Impotonoo Blira to ridiculous rnt(o that fntn would rob Thw sun of right to shinn in hi'avi-n, if thmre Absintho nrrvptt might thrill and pothouse pulsea throb. C. J. B. In Acadomy. WOKKS HE STUDIED. THE KIND OF LITERATURE THAT IN TERESTED NAPOLEON. He Jell t'tliler tho Inflame of Abbe Ker nel, Who Advlurd Illm to Reed Mar llrfnre Writing lie Wes Pertlnl to Hli torjr, I'nllllr mill fleogrnphr. Rousseau bad been tho prophet aud forerunner of tlio now social disponsn tiim. The scheme fur npplying its prin ciples in found in n work whioh bears tho uamu of a wry nietliocro mini, the Abho Ilayunl, a tunn who enjoyed in lits ilny nn extended mid splendid repu tation whioh now appears to have had only tho slender foundation)) of tinnier itrd persecution nnd tho friendship of superior men. In 1770 nppeurvd over his 11:0110 a vohmio of which ho wns tho compiler, lint not tho ntithor. "Philo sophicnl nnd Political History of tho Establishments mid Commerce of the European!! In tho Two Indies" is a mis cellany compounded of extracts from many sources nnd of short essays by Raynnl's brilliant acquaintances on su perNtition, tyranny nnd similar themes. Tho reputed author hud written for the puhlio prints nnd hud published several works, none of which attracted atten tion. The amazing success of this one was not remarkable if, ns tho critics now believe, at least a third of the book was by Diderot. The position of the self styled author ns a man of letters imme diately becamo a foremost one, and such was the vogue of tho work that tho au thorities Dually became alarmed. A dramatic climax to Raynnl's renown was secured when in 1781 the vol ume was condemned to be bnrned and the writer fled for safety into exile. The storm had finally subsided, ho had re turned to Franco, and communication was opened between the great man and bis aspiring reader. "Not yet 18," nro thestnrtling words in the letter writton by Bonaparte, "I am a writer. It is the ago when we must learn. Will my boldness subject me to yonr raillery? No; I am sure. If indulgence be a mark of true gouius, yon should have much indulgence. I inclose chapters 1 and 3 of a his tory of Corsicn, with an outline of tho rest. If you approve, I will goon; if you ndviso me to stop, I will go no fur ther. " These chapters as they rnmu to Raynnl's hands are not in existence, so far as is known, and posterity can never judge how monumental tliuir author's assurance was. The abbe's reply was kindly, but he advised the novice to complete his researches and then to re write his pieces. Bonaparte was not unwilling to profit by the counsels he received. Soon nfter, in July, ho gave two orders tonGenovose bookseller, one for books concerning Corsica, another for tho memoirs of Mine, de Warensand her servant, Claudo Aunt, which are a sort of supplement to Rousscnu's "Con fessious. " Tho young historian's letter teems with bad spelling and bad grnm mar, but it is saturated with the spirit of his tlmo. Some of the lagging days wore not only spent in novel rending, aa the em peror in after years confessed to Mme. de Romusat, bnt in attempts at novel writing to relieve the tedium of idle hours. It is said that first and last Bo naparte read "Werthor'' five times through. Enough remains among his boyish soribblings to show the kind of fantastio dreams both of love and of glory in whioh he indulged. Many en' tertain a shrewd suspicion that amid the gayetiea of tbe winter he lost his heart, or thought he did, and was re pulsed. At least, in his "Dialogue on Love," written five years later, ha says, "I, too, was onoe in love," and pro ceeds, after a few lines, to decry tbe sentiment as harmful to mankind, a something from whioh God would do well to emancipate it There seems to have been in the interval no opportuui ry r philandering ao good aa the one be had enjoyed is the drawing rooms of Mme. de Colombier. It has at all events been the good fortune of that excellent and charming woman to seoure, by this supposition, a place in history not mere ly as tbe influential patroness of Napo leon, but as tbe mother of his first love. Bnt these were bis avocations. The real occupation of his time was stndy. Bosides reading again the ohief works of Rousseau and devouring the Abbe Raynal, his most beloved author, he also read much in the works of Voltaire, of Filangieri, of Necker and of Adam Smith. With notebook and ponoil he extracted, annotated and criticised, his mind alert and every faculty bent to the clear apprehension of the subject in hand. To the conception of the state as a private corporation, which be had imbibed from Rousseau, was now added tbe conviction that the institutions of Franoe were no longer adapted to the occupations, bolft'fs"or morals of her people, and that revolution was a neces sity. To judge from n memoir presented somo years later to the Lyons Academy, ho must hnvo absorbed tho teachings of tho "Two Indies" nlmoit rntire. The consuming zeal for studies on tho part of this incomprehensible youth M probably unparalleled. Having roil Plutarch in his childhood, he now de voured Herodotus, Hlrnbn nnd Dlodonu. China, Arabia nnd the Indies dazzled his imagination, nnd what he could lay hands npon concerning the east was loon assimilated. England nndOormniiy next engaged his attention, and toward tho close of his studies Int became nrdeiit in examining tho minutest details of French history. It was, moreover, the science of history nnd not of literature which occupied him dry details of revenue, resources and institutions. The Sorbonno, tho bull Unlgonitus nnd church history in general, tho chnrncter of peoples, the origin of institutions, the philosophy of legislation all theso ho studied, and if tha character of his notes is trustworthy with some thoionglinoss. Ho also found time to read the master pieces of French literature nnd tho great i.Ttticnl judgments which had beeu passed r.pon them. Professor William M. Hloane in Century. POLICE AND THE POODLES. tattle. Who Want Oflleera I1i IhII. iI to Pro tect Their lt I)ig. "Somo folks have strnngn Ideas ns tn tho duties of tho police forco," said the desk sergeant. "When I was nt tho North Chicago nvenuo station, for instance, I remem ber a case. A lady rang mo up 0110 niter noon nnd said she wanted two police men sont to her residence at once. Slie lived on Dearborn nvenuo, nnd when sho told me her nnme I recognized it as that of a woll known business man. I asked whnt tho policemen were wanted for. " 'They will bo told when they get here, ' snid sha "'But, madam,' said I, 'I couldn't send two policemen to your honso with out knowing what they wero going for, even if I wanted to. It's against the rules. ' "Sho thought it was a very strange rule, sho said, which compelled her to state her private business over a tele phone, but sho finally told me what the trouble was. She said she had been ont walking with her little dog, and that two very suspicions looking men had been watohing her from the other side of the street She was sure thoy meant to steal the dog, and she wanted thorn locked up When I explained to her that we couldn't arrest anybody on such evidence, sho gave n few more opinions about the police and rang off. "I had a rail something like this from a residence in Bellovne placo. This one camo by phone, too, and was from a Indy. She wanted tho patrol wagon sont to her house right away. She declined to tell me at firHt whnt it wns wnnted for, but when I refused to do anything until I knew something further sho snid nn ugly dog wns hang ing nbout her back steps, and that sho couldn't let her dogs out to play in tho yard, as this dog insisted on plnying with them and was not tho kind of a dog she wautod her dogs to associate with. I told her that I conldu't send tho patrol wagon on such an errand, but said I would havo tho dog taken to tho pound by tho wagon on its way there next day. Sho snid she didn't want the dog there overnight, nnd I suggested that perhnps ho would go away of his own accord whon ho snw ho was being snubbed. She hung up her phone with a bang, and as I lonrnod afterward reported mo at headquarters. " Chicago Times. Japanese Lore For Children, Next to their frugality and exquisite neatness a remarkable thing about the Japanese is their great love for the lit tle folks. Thoy have an extraordinary talent for making thoir doll babies hap py. They aro forever inventing oomioal toys and designing fantastio little ploy things to amuse them. With ns the grandfathers and grandmamma are tbe children's playfellows and best friends. Over in the sonny little empire all the world has nothing more important to o thnn provoke the pleasure of his own child or the Mr. Little Boy or Mis Lit tle tiirl of his neighbor, as they are al ways called. At the bazaar, on fete days, at festivals and concerts, the in desoribable little creatures are seen piok abaok, with their sweet, round yellow arms tightened lovingly about some big sister's or big brother's neck. They have peppered jam, iced beans and pickled sweetmeats to their hearts' content de licious tarta jellied to laurel or lemon leaf, and aa many dolls, kites and ool ored lanterns as they can possibly oarry away from tbe booths. Tokyo Letter. There War Two Kinds of FUh. Mr. Broker says he has changed his restaurant down town, "so he can know what he's getting. " His mind got un certain about his old place after an ex perienoe he had last Friday. Friday la "fish day" at this place, and Mr. a likes fish when it is" just right" So be oast his eye over the bill of fare and remarked: "Lizzie, how is the boiled oodflsh today? If it is good, yon may bring me some; but, you mind, if it isn't good I don't want it Do you see?" Lizzie saw and departed, and then, Mr. Broker says, be heard her oall down tha shaft of the dumb waiter in the rear, "One boiled ood, please, off the new fish I" Pittsburg Bulletin, SHORT. 8WORD3 FOR TWO. A Story of What Might Reva Hero Among Old Time Henntom. The' Into Judgo L. Q. C. Lamar pos sessed a mtnnrknblo peculiarity. Un usual excitement soomcd to net npon hi norvos liko nn oplnto nnd put him to sleep. This wns strongly exemplified nfter his remnrknblo verbal encounter With tho great New Yorker, Mr. Conk ling. Mr. Lamar, nfter scarifying Mr. Conkling for life, leaving him with burning yet deferential resentment, closed ns follows: "I npologizo to the sennte for thlf seeming unparliamentary language" (advancing to tho Now Yorker nnd throwing his index finger full in hi face), "lnngnago that no man, good man, deserves, aud no brave mnn will wear." Immediately Mr. Lamar walked to the cloakroom on the Democratic side, lay down on a sofa, nnd In three min utes wns sleeping ns calmly as a babe. There wns great excitement It wns be lievod Mr. Conkling would not submit to the Inngnngo applied to htm, nnd that, while lie probably wonld not dial lengo Lamar, being nn athlete, ho would meet biin on the streets nnd nssnult htm. Tho lata Senator Zeb Vance, a Hercules In stature, who was devoted to Mr. Ln mar, without tho knowlodgo of that gen tleman or of nny other human being, shndowed Mr. Lamar for somo duys, ex plaining afterward that if Conkling ever struck Lamar ho intended to beat him to dentil. Mr. Vnnco, however, did not know what those intiinntely acquainted witli Mr Lamar knew. In all probabil ity Mr. Lamar could have whipped them both. Ho prided himself npon his muscle nnd has bften said to the writer, "1 believo I am better fitted for a prize fighter than I am for a senator. " It was apprehended by some that Conkling would challenge Mr. Lnmnr. Conkling was known to be an expert with the short sword. Mr. Lamnr said afterward to an intimate friend in discussing the mntter, "If Mr. Conkling had sent me a dial lengo, I should have chosen short swords. " "Why. Mr. Lamar," replied his friend, "Conkling is an expert with the short sword. " "I know that, " replied the senator, "but I took some lessons with the short sword myself when I wns in Pnris tho time that I was sent by tho Confederacy on a mission to Russia." "Why, senator," the frlond replied, "you have not had a short sword in your hand in 80 years." "I know that," coolly replied the sonatnr, "but I should have chosen short swords. "New Orleans Picayune. Toad Bnperetlttons Superstitions as to toads having been early inculcated, it has been exceeding ly difficult to get rid of them. One rem nant of this ancient credulity still ex ists. It is in regard to the absolute Im perishable character of the toad. There are woll educnted Amoricons who be lieve that a tond hops out alive from a slab of etono, though he has beeu im prisoned thero for severnl millions of yenrs. Wo glvo in brief Dr. Bucklnnd'i experiments with toads in 1835. He took 13 toads nnd had tho toads put in 13 cells cut in sandstone, and over these ho put plates of gluss. Thoy woro bur- iod in a garden for over a yoor. When exhumed, thoy wero all dead. Then some wero put in porous sandstone, and at tho end of a yonr a fnw woro found "greatly emaciated." Whon buried fot another year, they all diod. Toads wore inclosed in wood, nnd they nil diod. Tho conclusion is that, deprived of nt mosphero or without food, toads must die. If a toad as a tadpolo could have entered a crovioo in a rock, it might have grown, but would have died in time for want of air and food. This toad nonsense is so irradioablo that it is supposable it never can be dissipated. Now York Times. Didn't Make a Bala, A Lewiston family, whioh traces its ancestry back beyond the Revolution, owns an old coat whioh is supposed to have boon worn by a major in tho colo nial army, and whioh is stained by his blood. This ooat hangs in showcase ln the hall, among other curiosities, and the family have for 60 years pointed to the yellow stain with pride. The other day a peddler came to the door and was left standing in the hall to await the lady's pleasure in seeing him. He sold some kind of infallible soap to remove tains, and seeing the ooat and its hon ored stain he thought to please the owner by removing the diBoolor. "Yon see, madam, that this soap is sure to remove stains of all kinds, " he said when she appeared, and he pointed to tbe ooat He did not sell any soap there. Lew iston Journal FUh, Flash, Herring. "Neither fish nor flesh nor good red herring" ooours in Dry don's Epilogue to bis Duke of Uulse(182). The Epi logue takes the form of a dialogue be tween tbe actress who spoke it and a Trimmer, and ends with this exolamn tion: neuters, In their middle way of steer- In 11. They're neither flub nor flesh nor good red nemng. Maomillan's Magazine. Fabre, in I85S, ended a series of ex periments by which he oonoludod that bycaroful cultivation for 13 years be bad produced a speoies of perfeot wheat from a oommon grass growing in south era Europe. A DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION. One Cm In Whleh the Patient Wonld Mather t ight Than Take It. Tho mnn from tho tamaracks had been standing around tho Brush Street stntion so long that the policeman on duty concluded ho would tucklo him on suspicion, so he crossed tho street aud approached tho muu standing on tho sidewalk. "What are you doing here?" inqiiirod tho ollleer. "Notliin, " wns tho qutot response. "What are you going to do?" "Nothiu." "What nro yon after?" "Nothin." "Whot do yon want?" "Nothiu." The officer wns Rotting tired. "Well," ho said sarcastically, "why don't yon tako it aud go?" "1 nm, soon s that train gits ready to start. " Tho officer looked at bis victim cu riously. "That's nil right," langhed tho vis itor. "I ain't goln to steal tho streot oar track ner a house nnd lot tier a church steeple. I ain't got 110 use fer 'em up my way. I livo a pieco np hero onto a farm. I'vo been workin fer five years try in to life a uioi-tgngu on my place. It's the heaviest liftin I ever nudcrtuck. Uot it h'isted at Inst, though, nnd felt good, but tho doctor said I needed rest aud a change of -sceno. Told mu I'd better como down to Detroit and do nothiu for awhile. That's what I'm dotu now. You'vo seen me nt it. You'll do for a witness in caso I need 0110. I'vo been doiu It sinco the train come in this mornlu. It's tho hardest work I ever dona I'd ruther lift mortgages. I'm goln back soon as that train starts. If that doctor says anything to mo, I'll give him a liokin that'll make him think rest and change of scone restored me to strength and health in a snpprisin mnuuer. Now, you g'long about your business, and I'll tend to mind," but tho officer talked with him till the train loft nnd wns in vited to come np nnd spend a week with him. Detroit Free Press. Mot Target. In a Now England courtroom one aft ernoon an energetio counsel was setting forth in no measured terms his opinion of certain testimony whioh had been given by one of tho witnesses. As he talked he gesticulated freely and was particularly lavish in the nse of the forefinger of bis right hand, whioh as sumed a docldodly threatening aspect as bo progressed in bis speech. Suddenly a tall, lank countryman, who wns directly in a line with this warning forefinger, rose from bis seat among the jurymen. "I jest toll ye what 'tis," said he. "I ain't done nothiu I'm ashamed of. I ain't done nothin no way of 110 kind, so fnr's I know, an I ain't a-goln to sot hero an be abused. Ef yon say another word, I'll jest light out fer homo. " "My denr sir," stammered the oonn sel, "my reninrks woro not intended for nny member of tho jury. They referrod entirely to the witness." "Well, then, yon jest qnit a-p'intin your finger at me when you'ro tnlkin liko that," said tho lank juryman with out nppenring to bo much mollified by this statement "If yon do it agin, I'll bron It up his 'ere court, or my name ain't Joshny Bowker. " And with a determined mien nnd firo in his eye Joshua Bowker nt Inst subsid ed, nnd tho counsel continued his ha rangue without further interruption. Youth's Companion. Economical Mr. HtayholU "Tho most economical man I know of," said Mr. Gratobar, "Is my friend and neighbor, Mr. Staybolt. Whon ho smokes a cigar, ho lights it carefully and completely, so that it will burn, perfeot ly and withont waste, and hav ing so lighted it he blows out the motch Of coarse he knows that a match once ignited Is of no farther nse, but his babit of mind is such that he hates to see tny waste of material whatever. Some men blow out a lighted match be fore throwing it away, so that no barm oi oome from It Mr. Staybolt may have that In mind, too, bnt bis actuat ing impulse no doubt springs from his spirit of economy. " New York Sun. . Charity. The lady was making some remarks boat tbe kind of clothes some other ladies at church had on. "The finest garment a woman can wear, " said her husband, "is the man tle of oharity." "Yd," she snapped, "and it's about the only one some husbands want their wives to wear. " Exchange. Lofty Bareaam. "What did tbe critics think of your play?" inquired one author of another. "Think about it? They did not think about it at all. . They merely wrote) about it "Washington Star. Hadrlau, one of the best Roman em perors, was married to Julia Sabina, Trajan's niece, but neglected her to saoh an extont that she went mad and killed herself. St. Louis was named from Louis IX of France. The name was originally given to his depot and trading station by Pierre Laolede Ligaest The Indians called the Des Moines river the luyanshoh-shahwopka. ' 'River ef hen Stones."
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