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VOLUME -3.
KKYNOLDSVILLK, I'KXN'A., WKIMMAY, FK1.MJAUY -7, ISilr.
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Scot! Tlr( iollnoil. Vice f'rcn.l
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" Single Coats, .50
Youths' Suits, 83.25 to 8.50
Men's Flannel Suits, 5.50
" Worsted " 7.50
11 Fine Cheviot Suits,
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A fine line of Men's Pants.
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before you purchase else
where. N. HANAU.
TONIGHT.
TnnMit I nlmwt envy yon
Your quiet Isit that He-ins.
Too nnrmw for tin- coining In
Of nny noiso or (lre.-iniM.
Bo when tlm cnrili I not t-v hnnl
A moist nml pleasant moM
vTith dandelions Ivro nnd there,
Like scattered bit of (fold,
Then lnnylMi t nhall break lay wny
The rnrth nnd irri'ssi 1ir'i! h,
And smiltnj? with my drow.'y i yea
Shall fiai to nhi p v.lth yon.
-Borthn O. Davis in Kate fit Id's Wnohimiton.
FAMOUS ENGLISH bWORDS.
Sfltnfl Nntlreahle Weapons That Are Ex
hibited In the Tower of London.
Whoovcr visits tliu London Tower
may enjoy n veritable fount of swords,
but nmiil the numberless orrny of woap
on there ore ono or two tlmt nre espe
cially worthy of notion. There Is t lie
sword of statu, which, is girt on tho
monarch's sido after his nnninttm: nt
tlin Imposing ceremony of coronation,
Which girding Is moro honored in the.
broach, onu won hi suppose, when the
motiarcli is a lady. Tim fword is first
consecrated liy tho primate, nml by him
handed to tho lord chamberlain, wlm
completes tho fund. on. It in n two hand
cd weapon, wiih rich decorations on hilt
mid pommel nml scihbird Of scarcely
less importance is the "Sword of mercy, "
Ijiii no bel'oro tlio sovereign i:i l'"i coro
nation procession. This f word nannd
t'nrtana, but though nndonbtedly very
ancient it can hardly claim to bo the
original Curtnnn forged by tho famous
Mnnillcan.
This oriiiinnl C'urtana was tlio innr-lc
weapon of );:ii r tho Uanc, bold lent;;!)!
of Charlcnianno's most wnrliko days.
Our own Curtnnn is in any case many
cei.turies old. It is square pointed, with
tho look as though tho point had been
broken (short; hence possibly its name.
A line pold wire covers its hnndln, and
tlio scabbard is remarkably ornate. Two
other swords are carried nt the corona
tion ceremony swords symbolical of
spiritual and tomporal Justice, the first
with an obtuse point, the latter Minrp.
Cnrtaim and these two justice swords
nro not often called opon to maken pnlv
lio appearance. It is happily moro than
a half century since thoy were last re
quired nt n coronation, but whenever
tho sovereign opens parliament In per
son tho sword of state first mentioned is
called from its repose.
Tho lord mayor's sword is even moro
familiar to tho itoncral public, and not
only London, but most othor corpora
tions, havo tlieir sword and sword bear
er. It is a picturesque survival of tho
middle n(es, which one would rejrret to
see abolished part of tho ritual of stato
customs, which ritual is by no means
meaningless. Public notion must often
be of a llynnUivo character. Such is tlio
modo by which tho city of Loudon some
times docs honor to those who liavo ren
dered tlio nation good service, presenting
to thorn swords of honor. Tlicso civlo
swords bnvo been given to men like
Lord Napier, Lord Clydo, Lord Wolsc
loy. Wellington received one in his day,
and bo did tho Prussinu Bluohcr. Lou
don Standard.
Golf.
A game with a history of more than
400 years must necessarily havo sonio
interesting n o '.s. Golf has been great
ly likod by kings. In the time of James
I it was generally practiced by all
classos. Tlio unfortunate Charles I was
devoted to golf. Whilo on a visit in
Scotland in 1041 as ho was deeply en
gaged in a gamo news was brought him
of the breaking out of a rebelliun in Iro
land, aud the royal golfer threw down
his elub and retired in great agitation
to Holyrood House. When ho was im
prisoned at Newcastle, his keeper kind
ly permitted him to take recreation on
the golfing links with his train. It is
said that Mary, qneenof Soots, was seen
playing golf in the field boside Beaton
few days after the murder of her hus
band. In 1837 a magnificent gold medal
was presentod to St Andrew'! by Wil
liam IV, to Deployed for annually. One
of the earlier kings forbade tho impor
tation of golf balls from Holland be
cause it took away "na small qnantitie
of gold and silver ont of the kingdome
of Sootland, " and at one time "golfe
and futeball and other unprofitable
games" were forbidden in England be
cause archery, so necessary in the de
fense of the nation, was being neglect
ed in their favor. Exchange.
Tha Hawaiian Islands.
The Hawaiian Islands have been found
to bo richer in animal lifo than was for
merly supposed. As the result of a year's
investigation by the British association,
through its committee, it has been found
that of birds there are 78 species, of
which 67 are peculiar to this group. All
the land and fresh water shells are pe
culiar, and of 1,000 speolos of Insects
700 are not found elsewhore. It thus
seoins that these islands havo by no
means been populutod from the conti
nent, but have been centers of independ
ent creation. Independent
A Difference.
" You say you mado money in busi
ness?" "Certainly," replied tho "Now York
polioemuu,
"What was your stock in trade?"
"It wasn't a stock in trade. It was a
trade in stook. " Washington Star.
During the reign of the second Ed
ward an ox brought 1 8 shillings, a sheep
1 shilling, a pig S shillings, rabbit 8
shillings, and pigeons were 6 cents
dosen.
VOWELS AND CONSONANT3.
A ClniiA Lonh Into Pin Wnf They Arc
t'nrmn! ntul I'mmI.
A. Mellvillo Hell of V:i;'hiii;;toii, i;l
his nntii on "Syllabic Consdiitintfi, " rend
nt tho second session of tlin American
Oriental society In this city, said:
"What irt Is a vowel? What is con
sonant? What is a syllable?
"A vowel is defined ns a lionfriction
1 cmlsfiion of the vciro nr of unvoeal
Izcd breath thrit.-!i an oral channel,
with momentarily fixed configuration.
Vowels therefore mil smoothly Into one
another by merely altering tho shapo ol
the oral passago without interrupting it.
"A consonant is defined ns an inter
ceptlon of the breath or volco by oral
stoppage, or by emission through side
channels or through narrow chinks.
The change from one consnnnnt to an
other thus Involves it motion of tho nr
ticul.iting organs, producing, with more
or less audibility, n puff, a Dap or a sib
illation. "Tlio two classes of elements meet in
ec, y, oo, w. A syllablo is any vo-al
element uttered with n single impuUci
of voice. All tho vocal elements in u
syllable must bo clustered together with
out admixture with nonvncals, but nny
number of nonvocals may precedo nt
follow the vocal cluster without nUVct
ing the syllabic unity.
"Tho consonants 1, m, n, when they
nro final after consonants, frequently
form syllables without vowels, ns la
bottlo.
"Tho test of pond pronunciation h
to give each syllablo its own distinct
sound, so that in tlio most rapid utter
anco tho ear can trace the boundaries
of every syllable. But tlio syllable
sounds must be truo to customary pro
nunciation. "Tlio name consonant, if held to im
ply nu element that cannot b e pro
nounced without n sonant or vowel,
would be a misnomer, and its use
should in that cane be discontinued in
scieutiflo mcnology. Vowels nro the
soft mid plastio substance of speech.
Consonants are the articulations or
joints on which vowels and syllablos
turn. Their proper namo is, therefore,
'articulations, not consonants.
"Phonetic elements make syllables.
Syllables make words. Words nro to be
considered ns tho syllables of clauses.
Clauses must bo carefully individualiz
ed, for tlmy nro tho sy I lablcs of sontunces
Divido yonr sentences into thoir logical
units or clauses, mid indicato within
tho clauses nil their phonetic units ot
syllables, and you will fulfill tho grand
fundamental precepts of delivery."
Philadelphia Record.
KIPLING'S KIND ACT.
A Story About tli Fnmnna Author That
! Not I'nplennnnt.
It baa becomo tho fashion of literary
paragrnphcrs to print whntovor stories
of a disagrcelile nature concerning Hud
ynrd Kipling they can hear or find. In
cidents showing tho other sido of the
man tho truo sido, in fact are raro,
but that this wonderful author is not
quite tho literary barbarian which ho is
so generally mado ont to bo finds but
stronger evidence in n littlo story which
I heard quito recently.
Not long ago an ambitions youn;
writer composed his first story. Ho was
rather skeptical of its merit, nud being
n great reader nud admirer of Kipling's
work determined to send his literary
firsthoru to Kipling for criticism. His
friends tried to dissuade him from tho
iden, telling him that ho would uovor
see his story again. But his faith in his
favorite author was strong, aud tho
story went to Kipling. A week passed
by, and finally nearly a month had
elapsed. The young writer suffered keen
ly from the ridicule of his friends In the
meantime, and, truth to tell, his faith
began to waver. During tho fifth week,
however, a letter came postmarked
"Brattloboro, Vt," and tho young
writer opened it with foverish baste.
There was his manuscript, true
enough, but scarcely could he recognizo
it Kipling had evidently put days of
work npon it, making corrections, sug
gestions and interlineations until the
story oontained more of Kipling than ot
its original author. With the manu
script came a letter, in which Kipling
said that be was not "in the habit of
doing this sort ot thing, because it took
so much time." But in this case he saw
good chance to make t5 for a particu
lar fresh air fnnd in which be was in
terested, and if Mr. thought the
work he had put on this manuscript was
worth that sum bo would be glad to re
ceive It for bis fnnd and would send a
receipted billl
The $5 was sent Philadelphia
Timos.
Women Can't Hold Office In Washington,
Judge McClinton of the superior oourt
of Clallam county has virtually decided
that under law women oanuot hold office
in this state. The ease wbioh camo bo
fore him was that of Charles Russell,
relator, against Ella Guptill. Miss Gup
till was in November elected superin
tendent of sohools in this oounty, and
received the largest majority of any of
the snooeBsful candidates, but on tlio
strength of an opinion received from the
attorney general it was deoided to con
test her election, with the result that
Jndge McClinton overruled the demur
rer of the complaint, which deoides the
case as far as the superior oourt is con
oenred. Miss Guptill's attorneys say
that they will appeal the oasa to tho su
preme oourt Seattle Post-IuWllfgeu-er.
HER MIRHOR.
A Jiitflnrf Frory of l! Inflnrnro on a
Mothrrli .fi Mr).
At Y JI. C. A. hall Vcutnso Okatio.
o Jap'UicKo, told tho following story to
a I;ulo nudioiico:
"Unoo upon n time thcro lived in n
llitlu liainb t in Japan n young co.i.)e.
They had ono child alu atililul little
girl whom both loved viry dearly, it
came to pas while tho child was still a
baby girl that tho father was obliged I i
tnko a long journey to tho far distant
9ity. It was too far for him to taku his
Wife nnd child, so ho left them at home
and traveled alone.
"In that gn at city ho saw many new
things which, having lived in tho peace
ful little hamlet tip inuotig tho moun
tains till his life, he hail never seen be
fore Ho desired to take home to his
Wife sonio of tlicso new things which
seemed to him so wonderful. Aud tho
most wonderful gilt ho could takc.it
seemed to him, was n mirror. Ho wi-lied
to tako homo to hiswlfotho pleasure
and surprise ho had experienced whr n
bo ft i t In. ked into a mirror. Bo ho took
ono home to his wife.
"When ho arrived homo' ho pavo Hie
present to his wile, nud for tho iii. t
time she looked into a mirror. 'Whs.t
do you seo?' lirr Ian band nsked. She
replied: 'I declcrul I see n very prctly
woman. She wears lr r hair just as 1 i! i
mliin, and sho smiles and moves In r
lips as if sho were talking to me.' Hi t
he -Ii.inil told lir r that tho mirror was ;l
present for her, and hi' hoped hIiowouM
uso it every day. i'.ut tiiu wife thought
it far too beautiful and raro nnd costly
n gift to uso every day, so she put it
carefully away aud novor spoke about it
to tho littlo daughter, who grew more
beaut ifnl nud moro liko her mother ev
ery day.
"By nnd by a great misfortune fell
upon that little housohold. Tho wiTu
aud mother foil sick, nnd it was soon
evident that sho must dio. As she lay
npon her deathbed sho called her littlo
daughter to her and told her that she
was going to loso her mother forever.
She could point to no futuro lifo nftet
death in which they should be reunited,
but in tlin love ami simplicity of list
heart she did tho best she could. Sho
told her littlo daughter about tho won
derful mirror. 'After I am dead,' she
snid, 'take down that box and look Into
tho mirror that it contains. There you
will sec my face And I want yon to
look into tho mirror every day, that yon
may never forget your mother, anil that
you may grow liko mo moro nnd mor?
every day. '
"So tlio mothor died. Tho littlo girl
did ns sho had been told, nnd in the
Wonderful mirror sho thought sho saw
her mother's face, young nud beautiful
not ns she had seen her, palo nud ill
ns sho lay elyin?, lint fair nnd fresh ns
sho had looked before tlio fatal illnoss.
And tho littlo girl looked into tho mir
ror every duy and thought of her moth
er nnd her many lovely v.iiys, nnd so it
came nhout that sho prcw to ho more
and moro liko her mother as tho years
wont by." Kochester Post-Express.
PICTURESQUE ECONOMY.
A fctyle of Laundry Work Kulil to I'riivull
In llnwrulnt; Houses.
A peculiar nppcarauco in tho front
windows of nn aristocratic boarding
house on ouo ot tho leading uvemien
caused a discussion among paMsersby.
In each pano wasasqunroof whito mus
lin, with embroidered edges, which war
apparently glued to tho pano.
"That's a queer way of koeping ont
tho light," observed one citizen to an
other. "Must be sonio now method of deco
ration," remarked another.
"Don't you know what that is?" said
young woman to her husband. "That's
a window laundry."
"And what may that be?"
"It's the way ladles who board wash
thoir fine handkorchiofs. Yon see, it
dries and irons them at the samo time. "
"I see," answered the young mun,
"that thoy adhere like postugo stamps.
How do they do it?"
"Oh, yon first catch your window;
then you wash the panes and place tho
handkerchief against them, wringing
wot They stick like a plaster, and when
thoy ooine off are as smooth as satin. In
that way every woman can be hor own
laundress."
"I soo, "said ber husband thought
fully, "why so many families board. "
Detroit Free Press.
H Ba Wu Wmi st.
Pension kjml I sea you ha kn
drawing si feastas an tba wounded list
wbon the record stows that yon were
drummed ont of Um army for desertion.
Pensioner Yea. That is so.
Pension Agcut Woll, how were yon
wounded?
Pensioner My feelings, colonel, my
feelings. Atlanta Journal.
Negotiations Not Complete
Customer (fomule aud unfair) I or
dered tun yards of dross goods hero yes
terday to be sout. Has it been out yet?
Shopwalker No indeed The assist
ant said you hadn't boon in yet to ohango
your mind. London Oloho.
Wbeuever you see ingratitude you
may as infallibly oonoludo that there is
a growing stook of ill nature in the
breast, as yon may kuow that man to
have the plague upon whom yon soo tho
tokens.
i
Niobrara, the name of a river in No
jraska. is said to mean "vide water. "
, A MAN'S BEST IDEAS.
An Old Stitili nt Suy Tin y Cnino Into the
Mlnil t'liexpprtcilly.
! Trofcssor von Helmholtz, tho great
Cli rniaii Gcientist of imperishable fame,
not Iniijt befi.rn his death gave an inter
esting review cf bis lifo work on tho oc
casion of tho celebration of his seven
tieth birthday, in which, among other
thiug'j, ho reveals soma instructive fea
tures of bis habits of study nud tho proa
ess by which ho won his ideas ns well
na tlio timo nml manner In which it was
hid went to commit tho hitter to paper:
"As it has frequently beoti my lot to
hove tonwait in uncertainty tho nrrivnl
of appropriate thoughts nud conceptions,
I which then would break suddenly nnd
I unheralded npon me, I havo just gained
J soma experience in tho management of
I tlicso capricious ideas. This may be of
utility to other students of liko phys
iological temperament.
"Tlio best ideas havo often ctolcn si
lently into tho current of my thoughts
While tho latter wero not employed in
seeking them. I know not by what proc
ess of unconscious cv.vbrnl ion they wero
evolved. I only know that they wero
there. Nor could i al first fully t-.it i-
j oialo tho importance of Mich unexpect
ed lint wolcomu visitors.
"Tin hi ideas never Introduced them
selves when my brain was tir I and al
most never at my writing table. 1 had
fust to turn my problem in nil direc
tions nnd Olivia-age it from every si.li,
mid t!n rentier to consign it to my Invol
untary thoughts without even prema
turely attempting tn solvo it within my
self or committing my reflections to
writing. Long nnd patient preliminary
investigation was tho unconditional pio
rcquisito to success.
"No matter how urgent tho necessity
for action, 1 must always givo my brain
its time to relax from fatigue or strain
and awnit tho recurrence of a feeling of
both physical nnd mental well being
and contentment beforo writing for pub
lication. My most valunblo ideas havo
presented themselves in tlio morning on
my awakening from a refreshing sleep,
but. tho favorite . period for thorn has
been while 1 was socking relaxation by
roaming slowly over picturesque bills
or through wooded parks in tho bright
sunlight. Tho slightest indulgence in
alcoholic beverages sufficed to banish
them from my grasp. " Baltimore Son.
Good florae House 111 Uurro.
Tlio Mexican burros ascertain whero
tJ dig for water by closely observing
tho furfat'o of tho gronnd. Wo had
found in nn mroyo a sullicient quantity
of water to mako ooffoo when wo ob
served three burros searching for water.
They passed several damp places, exam
ing thu ground closely, when tho leader
baited near us and cominem i d to paw n
Imlo in tlm dry, hot sand with his right
forefoot. After awhilo ho used his left
torofoot. Having dug n holn something
over n foot in depth, lio hacked ont nnd
watched it intently. To our surprise, it
soon commenced to fill with water. Then
lio advanced and took n drink nnd Ftep
ped n.-ido, inviting, I think, tlio others
to take a drink. At nil events they
promptly did so and then went away,
when wo got down nnd took n drink
from their woll. Tho water was cool
nnd refreshing much better, in fact,
than wu had found for many a day.
There i.i no witchcraft about tho Mex
ican burros, but they havo good horse
senso. I'itlsburg Dispatch.
Feather Superstition.
Wo havo long been neqnaintcd with
tho peacock feather superstition, but
were uot awaro until a few days ago
that it extended to all feathered crea
tures. A young girl admired tho bean
tifnl pigeons strutting, cooing nud sun
ning themsolvcs in the covert of tho
house whero sho was boarding and ask
ed the landlady to sell horn pair to taku
homo with her. "No, indeed, child,"
was tho immedinto response. "Not for
any money would I sell yon thoso birds.
When one person gives c soils nu ac
quaintance a feathered thing, there is
sure to be trouble between them, and 1
do not want to fall out with you."
Philadelphia Times.
An Kasy Way.
The main object ot lifo is to derive
satisfaction from it, tho philosophers
say. Therefore wL".v. yjv. are what is
commonly known as selfish aud grasp
ing you can silence your conscience by
tolling it that you arenoworso than tho
unselfish and sacrificing. You simply
have aootfear wtttoi f enjoying life.
BsabcwBga.
Louilon Newsslrl.
The Loudon Wcokly Tolegraph, a
miscellany published in connection with
the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, is now
being sold in tho streets of Loudon by u
corps of presentable damsels, becoming
ly dressod in a uniform of dark gray,
with rod facings, hood linod with tho
latter color aud foruge cap to match.
A fortnight nfter Easter tho English
formerly observed a festival called Hock
tido. It wag customary tor tho women
to go out into the streets with cords and
bind the moil whom thoy mot until tho
latter purohusod their release with small
contributions of money.
During the first century after Christ
tallow was U cents a pound; cheese, 14
cents; butter, 18 cents; honey, 94 conts;
peas, 6 cents, and beans, 10 oeuts.
Cape Conception, California, was
called after ono of tho vessels in tha,
I fleet of Cccta.
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