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VOLUME 3.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., MONDAY, DECEMIlEIt 21, 1891.
NUMBER 33.
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Kcnlt ?l li I'.iicil, Viei' IT. -.;
.toVirl M. tin wit ir, 4 n.lili'i.
Directors:
V. Mlteliell, Hi'nlt McClt'lliinil. .1. '. Kill'.'.
Josrnh Hii-iiii'.., .Itiscnlt lli'iulcixm,
O. W. rillliT. .1. II. Kl!ii-!:'l-.
Doe h ireiii!-nUii!iliint:liitsli'e.siin(l Millfitw
he ni'i'i mutt or iiicrrliu ills, it-oresliniil in n.
fiirmiTH. niivliitnlcH. miner, liinilii'rmcii titui
ot her.. tii'oiiiNIn-; i In iiinsi iii r-fit! i i i'ii i Ion
to I he IiusIiii'sh iif nil pel - n i
Hllfl! IVpnll loc fnl' in, I .
Flint Nntlniiiil llimk liullillnit, N.iliin Wink
Fir Proof Vault.
COM EE INi
Where?
TO Til 10
on
Ail 0,
m ii i-:i:k
L J. McEntire, & Co.,
The Groreryiuan, deals in all
kinds of
Groceries, Canned
Goods, Green Goods
Tobacco and Cigars, Flonr
and Feed, Baled Hay and
Straw. Fresh goods always
on hand.
Country. produce taken in
exchange for goods.
A share of your patronage
is respectfully solicited.
Very truly yours,
Lawrence J. McEntire & Co.,
The Grocerymen.
First National nam
Qont let Hard Times keep ijon awaij!
THE, LITTLE ONES WILL T
Christmas Presents
this year just the same as other years. We are headquar
ters for everything in the line of
HOLIDAY
We have the Largest stock in Keynoldsville. Toys of all
kinds. Dolls and Doll Carriages for the Little
j Folks. Books, Albums, Toilet Cases,
Plush Goods, and Fancy Articles for
the Older People. Sensible
Gifts 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
Largest stoGK or Musical Goods
in town. Violins, Guitars, Mandolins, Harmonicas, Banjos,
Accordions, Flutes, &c. 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.
CHEAPEST
anil BEST
G80BS!
Ever brought to cur town in
Ladies'
Spring and
Summer
Dress Goods!
Hrandenberg never was
Hold less limn 'JO 1o 'J.'c. per
van!; will si ll von now for
l'-'A.
Dimity,
Tuvkry Ued D.-.mask, :!7-i
" Prints, or
Ginghams, - 0."
China Silk, :
lii lter (Jonds tlian you can
Iniy fiity ) ilare else.
The same (ireat, llediv
tiun in
Men's - and - Children's
CLOTHING.
Children's Suits, 8 ..)
" " - 1.00
" " 1.2!)
" 1.75
" Single Coats, .no
Youths' Suits, ftf.2!) to s.50
Men's Flannel Suits, - 5. f0
" Worsted " 7.50
" Fine Cheviot Suits,
6 to H.50
A fine line of Men's Pants.
Come and examine my goods
before you purchase else
where. N. HANAU.
GOODS!
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MARY'S LITTLE CAMERA.
t A mil" imp'. r:i ii. vy nati
Win did ut Ci'M It vpi
And rvi iy I'hir" that Mury wont
hw tm.lt tin) tiling along.
Twr.n of ttv 1:i-t:uii;'iirm kind.
Twonld tiik.-lln- li;'litnintr' flnst.
Or nnytlimit vmrv iui hly than
The int. ri . k' Kin vivAi.
Bin trlf d tin- v:tii. r.i mi a fly
And cauvlit it tin it llrw,
And dI tl.-- In. ;v, I ;:7.uiK 1we
hilu fci i- -id irv.
But wIm ii hii' tried to catch n 1..y
Who Yr 1.1 hi )i" j. leu-It p-m .1
Tin1 inwt:mt;mi'ouM procr? faili d
Klin wiiH completely lltorcd.
Tho time when lie Ix'un a t;H:
Wn very, vrry fow,
And when lio did iMKtn ho full, d
himv In noon vtis thrimt;h.
iI.-.mcH t'aHtln in Homo und tvnntty.
K LTECT1 V E A li A 1 1 MS.
THE RETIRED BURGLAR TELLS OF
AN ANNOYING EXPERIENCE.
KflrnmitiTi cl It Mn-t Ili'limrliHblr f,.
tvm of f'.uvi;!.ir AliirniH Inn II.Mit Willi
I'nlorkcil Duori lli'll Tin Vnn ni!
llnii'bnll Hat Till' l-:xplnnAtlon.
"Omo ni'Iit laic," n:iiil tlio rr''v'.l
tui'i,!;.i', "1 v.rnl into a homo in it vil
liiK'i in wist. vii ('..liiiut'lioit, iit(Viii,i
ly ii cellar vinilow, (in I usually ilid
wlw it I was late, so as nut to tli-stui b
the loll: 1 looked iirouuil tlio cellar
nit'l loeal' il tho HtairH mid fitat teil up.
Alj.iut thii'-'-quarter.-: of the way tip n
riijie that was stretched ncrox caunlt
i".e tinder tho rhiu and toppled mo over
down stairs. There was only tho stotio
wall of tho cllar on ono Mdo mid no
rail ( it tho other, no thcro was nolhiiiK
to pntli to, and I jnst tumbled down
As I bumped along sonietliiiiij scattered
nIoii( down with mo, whaiiR ImnKiiiK
down tho steps over mo nnd under me
ami around mo, chasing mo all tho way
down, and when I finally got to tho cel
lar bottom that thing was lying ncross
my chest. It wnB tho coal shovel, which
had evidently been stood up ngaiusn tho
rop'o and which I had jarred loose.
"But tho worst thing of nil was that
my lamp was broke. I h t my jimmy
on tho way down, but I hung on to my
lamp, but now tho litht was ont nnd
tho glass w as broko, miS tho slido was
jammed around in front, nnd I could
not turn It. I felt around till I found
my jimmy, nud then I waited to seo if
I'd woko anybody up. I didn't hear
anybody, nnd so I Bturted ngain, nnd
this time I felt my way up tho stairs
carefully to tho door. I found it unlock
ed, and I had got it open about an inch,
I should think, when I henrd a littlo bit
of a ncraping ou tlio other side, and tho
next instant tho dreadfulost rarkot that
anybody ever heard, tho falling of a
dishpau that must havo been hanging
ou the other nido on tho doorknob or
tho key, and nt tho sanio timo what I
iniagino must havo boon tho potato
masher I don't know, because I didu't
look for it dropped from tho top of the
door upon my head.
"This dii'ir to tho collar opened from
a littlo squuro hall or entry way that
had, ns I learned by fooling, a door to
tho left, to tho kitchen, I Rtippos-'o, nnd
ono to tho right, I guessed, into the
front hall. I waited n;;nin, but no sound
from up Maim, so turned to tho right
and opened that door and stumbled tho
first thins over a chair closo by in the
hall and almost bi oko my shins. I fell
along mid found a row of chairs stand
ing closo together from that door clean
to tho front door. I sat down, in ono ol
thorn nnd nursed my shin nnd waltod.
Still no sound, nud I tried ngain, and
got along all right this timo, and turned
off to tho left and into tho parlor, uii'j
back front, that into tho dining room,
for a wonder without falling over any
thing, and I beguu to fool encouraged.
But in tho dining room there wag noth
ing but plntod spoons and forks, which
of course I could tell by the touch just
as well as though I'd had an electric
light. If they hod any silver, they bad
carried it up Btairs, as some people do
at night
"I turned back into the hall and
groped my way through that row of
chairs to the foot of tho stairs. To mak
sure of the first step in the dark I step
ped high and stepped into a pan of wa
ter on the bottom step. That made m
mod, but I didn't make any noise, and
I stopped out of it and started on tip
At about the third step my log struck ft
string that was strung across these stuira
and set a bell a-riugiug that was hang
ing ou it, and kicking that string start
ed dowu ou mo from above a shower of
pie plutos, and presently I fell over it
wash boiler that had been sot on tho
stairs a step or two up and brought that
down ou me.
"As I was floundering around in this
tinware aud string and bolls and things
I hoard children's voioes op stuirs, and
a minute later I heard steps in tho hull
above, and I could see in the blackness
up thoro the whito of a uightgown at
the head of the stairs. Then something
came sjamming against the banisters,
hitting mo as it rattled down aud final
ly landing with a great bang ou the
floor among tho chairs in the hall. The
minute ho threw it, whoever be was,
be ran, aud I began to think it was
bout time for me to go too. I bad freed
myself from the belloord by this time,
and 1 got down tbe stairs and into the
ball again, and tbura this time I tep
ped on a banobnll bat that was what
bad come banging down at me from
above that rolled ont from under me
an I upset uifl rmr?9 more 'inion.n :hno
"I (tot up nit I opened ?!i front door
it wasn't leek"--! in I a-it out 511 the
pl.tzra l3i'f.)ie I '.nijjjt o the top front
utep . heard n Ii int bl.ivvuiu from in
np aii w in.'i.uv 111 '.in- -i.lc if tne
h')u'H an-i an 111-t tut later a Mint ffm
wc'1' 1 i' I ) i 'i !! iin:;ii!:r l'l:. re
Win : ' I'l' in; .11 Ju.-t. li-lli;j Alld 11 llltle
'iiV. .i-j-v ti:; 1 its' w Mt away I look-id
V.t I. n il -:i'- ihce children all in
Kit'.'.!: i.M teauititf out of 0110 window
.VI lii M '-otid Miiiy- On 0110 side th 'rn
i' n 1 ry -if tli'int 1 1, at I should sii"as
lv tint Unlit, liiiii!? a pistol. He wan
the Vv, no doubt, tint had thrown tho
bt;. Din b,f. On the other sid.) wn his
yonuuer brother with a good pair of
I 'Hit; iiliiwin-r n fi-hhoni about as long
ts t lii iin pole, nnd in the middlo was
their littlo siMtr swinging n big bull
with both hau'l!-. nud take 'em alto
gether they weio making a great deal
of iioisp.
"I didn't wait to inquire about it, but
it wan ju-'t nil Hmplo as rolling off a
lo?. The children '8 parents had had to
pi nwuy 1 oaii'Win iv overnight, sicl.m
(r vihir.:. and had l ."t the children
nli .ie. Tin; j-otiii folks had forot to
loel; the liens, but tlnro really wasn't
any ri ' . 'sity of loikiug 'cm, with such
ft 1 !.! -';t til.-rm system nMlmt." Now
Y01 1: : -mi.
a cur:o:.nv or- lunacv.
rerlmtlo Hi iu 11 i e of Itlanlu, liy Willi li
lie I'lltli n' l.lv i ( lin n l.lvi K,
The v i 1 :t 1 ; ' ei it ft --in nf mental dis-ea'-o
first. di- oiK-l in l'ntneo, whoso
detlv'io chnraeter is given to it by its
perioiiieity, end Ik neo it is called folic
cirenlaire. In it th ro :;ro three seelii'.iiii
of tho mental chvlo that the patient
move:i in e!i vat ion, depression and
sauiiy and in this round ho spends his
life, passing nut of 0110 into the other,
for it is, when fully established, a very
incurable disease.
The patient takes an attack of mania,
during which ho i;-i joyous, restless,
troublesome, extravagant and often
vicious. Ho eats voraciously, sleeps lit
tlo and never seems to tire His tem
perature is a degree or so nbovo tho nor
mal, his eye is bright nnd glistening,
ho is enamored of tho other sex, he
shows (limine bed telf control and no
common sense.
This hiHts for n few weeks, or a few
mouths more commonly, and then ho
passes sometimes gradually und some
times rather suddenly into a condition
of depression, during which ho is slug
gish, dull, looking dilTcrcntly, dressing
differently, eating differently, fearful,
unreliant and sedentary in habits.
This state will last :t few weeks or
mouths, nnd tho patient will brighten
np into wiutt scorns recovery nnd is to
all intents and pnrposis in his normal
state. This again lasts for a few weeks
or months, und ho gradually gets mor
bidly elevated. You find ho is passing
through every minute mental phase nud
habit ho did at (ir.st. Depression follows,
ns before, and then sanity, mid this
round of throo states of feeling, of intel
lect, of volition, and of nutrition, goes
on, circle after circle, till tlio patieut
dies, lio lives three lives. Hospital.
CIrnilillg HottU'M,
It is surprising, says 11 physician, how
many people persist ill cleaning bottles
with shut att. r the frequent cautious
that have been given. Nothing .deans
bottles so easily as a handful of shot,
which can be. shaken into every aoruer
until the gln.s fairly shines with jletn
liui.'ss, but tho danger of load poisoning
is treat oven when tlio bottlo is rinsed
out with jlenn water, nnd it is ioubly
.l.tiigeroue when '.hero is 110 rinsing ut
at .til, is ,8 usually the use. '.'lean
sand is a :onvcuuut and thorough oit
tie olcanscr. especially us the partioli's
of nan I which adboro must be f terw&rj
washed out to lompleto the raaoss.
When time is not an object, cottie
can be well cleansed by the Aid at potato
parings, bat as they must 5e corked in
and left to ferment tho plan U not x
peditiouB enough for general ate.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Muei Cuoal Kleotrlf Llghtt.
The value if lectrio light taver
ef time and money t striktnglr illus
trated in a return made of tbe overage
timo occupiel bv ships In passing
through the Sura canal. With the
electric light tho journey is accomplish
ed iu eight minutes under 20 hours.
Without tbo light 31 hours and 31 mlu
utos is the time usually required.
London Suu.
In IIU Klnuieat.
Attendant Professor Pithon, the
naturalist, has got the d. t. 's tonight.
Imagines he's surrounded by all sorts
of quoor snakes.
Head Physician Is ho greatly terri
fied? Attendant Not at all. He's sitting
there, with a sweet smile on his faoo,
classifying them. Loudon Tolcgraph.
Wlfo Heaton la Oornmnr.
They know how to treat wife boaters
in Germuuy. The brutal husband has to
work all through tho week, turn over
bis wuges to his wife 011 pay duy and
go to jail Suturduy night and Sunday.
About two weeks of this sort of fun
takes all the wickodneisout of a fellow.
Naw York World.
Did Bar DU
Miss Eldorly I shall never marry.
Laura Probably not, but yon made
brave fight Philadelphia Timet.
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INCIDENTS OK ARMY LIFE.
tJni'tiMnmit Hni'lnl I'rpei-lrnrrs K":tu't!'ties
l:M'rlrncnl III 1NiM nml Cilivrl -i'l-..
Notwithstanding the fact that tlio offi
cers of tlio Aivirie'in tinny are the vi ry
pink of courte y. tiny nometlnies in
pii' t nnd garrison Hie have very iniph us
nut social cNpi rii i ces. An nliii i- i.i a
nai ri. en is't'-sigiii ! iini ti i s noi itceord
lug to the ncciSMlh a of his iaiuily, hut
ill ueeenla'ii e wiilt bis rank.
It llu rrforo comes out (jiiiie frequent
ly when a new cfil'ier is sent to a po-t
thnt there are many changes of quar
ters, sons to make room for him. VJ10n
n new miijnr arrives, for instanc e, ho
selects tho qtiarti v.i tinil suit him best,
it matters not who occupies them, pro
vided tho occupant is below him in
rank. IIo can turn nut 11 major lower
on the list or any captain or lieutenant,
nnd each of these when di.' posse:-i cd can
choose for himself what quarters suit
him best if rc upied by mi interior in
rank. One move, tin rcforo, may lnako
n dozeu others. Tho women of tho ar
my, It is said, are greater st ii klers for
their riyhts than the men. Hut, the men
themselves, whili' ! vviii'j all tho
fniins of liiijii; cimllesy, sometimes
push their nntln.rlly to the fullest limit.
For iustaii'.'c, nt a two company post
in the west umio j-eitrs :!);) 11 captain of
infantry was in cei'iniand, ns bis com
mission whs of olih r ilato tl.au that of
the captain of cavalry nl.-o (lure. Tim
two captains wi ve mutually antipathic.
I't their nfiicinl intercourse all tho forms
Vi ve i.Vi'tv d, but still 11 v.us plain to
all that they o.ntialiy i!i. likul each
other. Ono day the si nii.r taiilaiu or
dered the junior t j t ike a tilo ef men to
tho forest nnd rut tho firewood ncedi d
for tho winter. This duty ordinarily
would have been ludv. n to a ser;,i ant c;r
corpora!. The cavalry captain had 110
recourse nnd was ohMrcd to obey. Just
ns ho pit. outside tho post tho mail,
whirl! camo only now and then tit in
tervals of a week or so, arrived, nnd
tho cnvalryman stopped for letters. Ono
of these bron;;ht liim his com mission
ns major, lie nt onco issued nn order
taking command of the post and then
another order assigning tho wood chop
ping duty to the lute commandant.
(Jliicngo Times.
PAINTINGS OF CHRIST.
Tbe Ft.A a lit-plrtt'il by Hnme nf the More
Modern ArtlNla.
Among tho moro modern paintings
representing tho Saviour is that by Cor.
regglo, painted in tho sixteenth cen
tury. It represents Christ with short
curly beard, with long waving hair, sur
mounted by a crown of thorns. There
is u look of niuto anguish ou his face
that is heartrciidiiifj, but nevertheless
tho face is rather weak.
Tho most terrible likeness is that
painted nt nbout tho tiamo timo ns that
ot Correpitio by Albert Durcr. It rep
resents it powerful face, with a (Irecian
cast of countenance, with eyes distorted
by pain and anguish, nud oven a tritlo
of nugcr is apparent.
Tho Christ of P.aphael, n contempo
rary of both tho above, is nn essentially
Italian work, tbo faco being Italian,
nit hough tho model for the forehead nnd
upper faco was evidently a woman.
ThuKembrandtC'hvlstof thuFcvi nfet nth
century wears nn unpleasant expression
about the im .fit h and has too Ion;; 11 faco
to bo perfect, yet it is 0110 of tlio groat
artist's last effort!!.
Perhaps tho most fantastic pietnro of
Christ is that painted in tho iiftoenth
century by Leonardo 1: Vinci. It rep
resents tlio Saviour looking over his
shoulder, a cynical smilo on his face.
A hand may bo n"cn in his hnir, evi
dently drawing tholiead to ono t-ide. It
cannot compare in beauty, however, to
tbo same artist's face of Christ in tho
famous "Lord's Suppor. "
Tho noblest nud tho grandest is that
by Titian, painted in the sixteenth cen
tury. It is a faco of resignation, of
firmness strong, yet mild; mild, yet
strong. Titian was 00 years old when
he painted this, nnd it is considered ns
one of his masterpieces.
Of tho absolutely modern paintings
of Christ thoso of Munknczy, Ary 8hef
f er and Gabriel Mnrx rank highost Sti II
every one of thoso is an imaginary pro
duction, aud the Saviour will still cou
tinne to bo the "Man of Mystory."
Edgar Mols in Homo and Country
Good When You Find It.
Jndgo Culdwoll of North Carolina
was slow to see tho point of a joke. On
trying a case ou one occasion the solic
itor called in vain for a witness named
Sarah Moonoy. As she did not answer
he Informed the oourt that he could
not proceed "without ceremony. " The
bar laughod, but the judgo looked puz
sled. Some weeks after thnt when at
borne tho point dawuod on him, and he
brolcn into a loud laugh, Upon his wife
inquiring tho cause of his morrlment
he explained thnt the solicitor had oall
d Sallio Moonny, and when sho did
not answer ha had laid ho ooald not
proceed without ooromony. The wlfo
said sho did not oo the point The
Judge aid it hadtakou him three weeks
to find it, but when she did fee it it
would bo very fnuuy. Oreou Uag.
Dreadful PoMlbllltr. -.
It wits ovldout that they wore man
and wife and wre returning from as
sisting at tho wedding of two of their
frloods. "Wouldn't it be awful," she
was heard to say to blm, ''if tbny wote
lo live together long enough to find oat
that the si'vor wo gave thorn was only
platod?" Iudiuuapolls Journal.
PICTURESQUE PERSIAN FUNERALS.
t ut Tying t lm ItimaliK nf Hi rinirt PUgl'lm
to the (.ulcn of I'aruillno.
Saiiig nn occnsional "Yah khaki"
frem tlio threat of 0110 of tho tan'Tlo
headed nnd wild eyed dervishes stink
ing along barefoot in tho sand, not a
sound breaks t he f-tillncs-t of tlio bright
October morning ns our caravnn moves
toward tho In nlga over tho Ilulnian Hi
tr, thnt lends to the town of Kluinukiii,
the customs ntid saniiitry station of tiio
Ottoman government, nbontthrco hours v
(list, men from tho Turko-Persian frou
tiir. It is u singular cnvaleado we form,
too, a veritable "enravnn of tho dead,"
for tbo true pilgrims among us are main
ly defunct Persians, whoso remains nre
being conveyed direct to tljennet, the
"gates of paradise," at the foot of their
mat faint and Ag.i, the liniin Hussein,
nt Kctbpln. Iu front, and perched high
up ou tho biuret camel that could bo 1
begged, borrowed or hired for tho jour
ney, ride our tsliaunh, or conductor,
swarthy nud turbnnncd, tho bluo iu his
garments prcclniming him a said or do- '
lieciidaiit of tbo prophet. Tho pro) bet, I
may lcinntk in passing, lu;i n s .onn:f
liueh i:i every Persian village, IIo 1 olds
aloft tho royal ensign of tho empire nf
the sun und lion, bearing 1 1 .0 11 1 inn of
tho shall nnd bin own below it in letters
of gold. Following him march tho '
liaasbkesh, or "carriers of tho (lend,"
Mich nt tho head of n long Htriug of
mules laden with tho remains intrusted
to them.
Tlio nnimals aro m by churl adars
muleteers and each benrs two bi.rties,
one slung on cither side whero tho pan
niers would ordinarily ba Tlio corpses,
when intact, aro carried iu hermetical
ly closed cases, but eomparativley few
of thoso nto tc bf found na n tnlo,
ninong these defunct, pilgiims 1 lio ex
pense would Ir tor gn-nr. ho ti pious
Persian w ho desire- ts giVi(Tert to the
Inst wish of hi departed parents waits
nnttl nothing of tbei' temaius Is left
but tlm "keleton which is thou swathed
in bandages, mummy fashion, 1111 1 hand
ed over to the naushkesh to bo taken to
the gato of paradise, which every good
Shuto (irmly bulinvei is nt the exact spot
where tho sainted Hussein is buried iu
Kerbnlti. Fat the greater unmber'of tlm
mules comprised iu our caravan aro
laden with such bandaged bones nnd
swathed koletoni slung ou each side,
the outline showiug distinctly through
wrappings as they swing to and fro
with the measured pnoiug of tho ani
mals. LoudonStaudnrd.
Dnngprous flurgery.
Medical authorities havo in some
cases had renson to regret too nctivo
and energetic surgery in diseases ot the
nose nnd throat. It has in a numbor of
instances appeared that partial or cu
tiro (leitfncss has followed operations,
nnd complete loss of tho sense of smell
is not uncommon. Conservatism is gain
ing ground among tho best surgeons,
nud pnlliative treatment is recommend
ed whenever there seems to bo 11 chance
that it might havo the desired effect.
Tlio best doctors know that tho knifo is
a good servant, but nn exceedingly bad
master, nnd only thoso whoso skill and
judgment tiro likely to bo fnnlty nre
willing to cut nnd slash on tho slight
est pretext. New York Ledger.
Tlifrn Wn Ono IllnVrcncB.
Perhaps tho liest nnturcd nnd nt the
samo time, ono of tho wittiest rejoinders:
in religions di.-puto wns thnt mndo by
Father O'Leary to an Irish Protest nut
"I have 110 objection," snid tho latter,
"to havo Iho Virgin Mary treat ed with
reverence, but only ns a respectnblo,
vencrablo woman, just such n one ns
my own mother." "Still," roplied
O'Lenry, "yon must nllow there is some
(liiTereuco in tho children." Philadel
phia Prcsi.
A Cariout Illrd.
Jan Oohnutor, a Viennese book agent,
discovered a curious bird in tho Aus
tralian bush, whero ho has been travel
ing in tho interests ot his employers.
Tbe curious creature resembles a guinea
ben In size and shape. At the bottom of
tbe lower bill of the female is a large
pouch, something like that of the peli
can. It is not nsed as a storage reservoir
for food, but a place of refuge for the
young when frightened.
nolmes on Shelley.
Shelley vaporized everything in big
glowing crnciblo, but thoro was gold at
tho bottom of it. When I look at him,
spreading tho starry wings of his fancy
over bis chaotio philosophy, he seems
like a seraph hovering over the un
fathomable chasm, whose blackness lit
the abode of demons. "Autocrat of the
Breakfast Table."
Hopeful.
"I am not suah whethub she loves me
or not." said Willie Wibblos.
"Have yon had any onoouragemont?"
"Yes, indoed. I am infohmod that
she wofors to me as 'it, ' just as she does,
to her pet dog. "Washington Star.
The whiskers of a cat are supposed by
tome naturalists to be provided with
nerves down to the tips, while others be
lieve that tbe base of the bair is better
fitted ont with nerves than most other
parts of the skia
Dr. Johusou said, "No man in bia
senses, if be could gut a young girl,
would marry, widow." Ho himself
married widow many year bis senior.
The St Croix river, in Maine, wa
named from the crots made by two rlv
ars at it month.