mm VOLUME 4. KEYXOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1895. NUMBER 9. StiUlronti Mm CnHce. JEX NSYLV A XI A UAI I.RO A n. IN EFFECT MAY 1(1, WVt. rnllndclphln Erlp Mntlmnd Division Time Table. Tt ill Mr leave Driftwood. EASTWARD 9:04 n m Tniln S, dully except Sunday fur Nimhurv, llnrrlNlniru nnd Intpi-mcdlnte ntn tlmin, arriving tit Philadelphia :U p. ni., New York, p. tn. ! Uiilllnmre.Sil.l p.m.; WimtiliiiMon, :.'in p. ni riillmiiii I'nrlor enr from Wlllliiinsport itwl pimspnjrpr pohcIip from Kntip to I'hlliidplpliln. B::! p. m. Train , dully except Pundiiy for llnrrlnhurr and Intprmedlntc nttilionn, nr rlvltmnt I'hllndclplilB 4:: A. M.i New York, 7:t A. . I'nllninn HI-opln(r nun from llnrrtnhiirc to I'hlliidelphls and Now York, rhllndplpliln pnnii'iiKcm run rptntiln In Mppppr undMiirlipd nntll:eOA. M. 9:m p. m. Train dully for Siinhnry, llsrrln burg nnd Internipdlntp stations, nrrlvlng t riillitdelphln. ll:.V A. M.! New York, H::il A.M. on week dnyn nnd UM A M. on Hiiii lay; llnltlmon, :Ma. m.s Wnshlimlon, ":: A. M. I'nltninn enr from Erlp nnd Wtllliinm port to I'tillHilplphttt. Piemenirpm In sIppimt for Hnltllnore nnd Wiislilns-ton will lip trimwfprrpd Into WimlilnirtciiHlePiier lit llur-rlnnur-y. I'nsnenirpr cnnclicn from Erlp to rillllKlclplllH Hlld WillllllllsMll to lllllll- muru. WECTWAKD 7:2" H. m. Trnln 1, dully except Siindny for Jtiditwny, IhiitolH, Clermont nml tnter mi'illiili' Minions. Leaven Khliiwny lit P. M. for Erie. (:.Vla. m.--Trnln a, dully for Eric unil Intpr nipdlutc points. 8:27 p. m. Train II, dully except Sunday for Kane Hnd Intermediate stations. THHOI'fill TRAINS FOK URII-TWOOn KKOM THE EAST AXPHOl.TH. TRAIN 11 lpnvpn I'hllndplnhln H:.V) a. m. WnshliiiMmi, " SO A. M. ; Hiilllniore, s:.VI a. m.i Wllkt'NlMtrrx, I0:.a. M.t ilully except Wnn dny. arriving: at Driftwood HI :S7 P. m. with Pullman I'Hrlor ear from riillitdclpliln lit Willlitnisport. TRAIN HIpiivprNpw York lit S p. m.i Plilln dplpliln. Il:2 p. m.; Wiisliliwlon, HUfln. m.i Hiiltlniurp, 1 1 :.vi p. m.; dully nrrlvtiiir ut llrlflwimd ut 1l:;Vl h. tn. rnllnilin mIppjiIiik enm from Phlliidplnliln to Erlp unit from W'tislilnKtnn hnd Iftilliiiinrp to WlllltiiiisiHii-t nnd through ptisspuirpr i-onchp from Plilln dplphln to Erlp nnd Hultlmorp to WlUliirnn port. TRAIN 1 Itiivon Rpiiovo it t h. ni., dully exeppt Sunday, iiirlvlnit ut Driftwood 7:-'H u. ni. JOHNSONBUUG RAILROAD. (Daily except Sunday.) TRAIN ll Innvpn RldKwny ut tl::m n. tn.: .Tohn nnnlmrit Rl H:4A a. m., Hnivliifr lit t'lpi-niont lit Hi:4liu, ni. TRAIN 20 l'iivp Clprmnnt nt l:.V) n. m. nr rUltiff ut .liilinotiliui'K nt 11:44 n, ni. nnd HI(lKuy ut I2:(ih. m. R IDGWAY & CLKAUFIKLD It. 11. DAILY EYCKPT SUNDAY. BOt'THWARD. NORTHWARD. I'.M A.M. STATIONS. A.M.I'.M. 12 10 : Rlduwuv l: h:i 12 in n :k Ishmil Run I 2." n 22 13 S3 042 Mill Hhvpii 121 II IT lj;il II.V Crnvliind III m mat mm HhortH MIIIh 102 242 in a Him RiH'k I2;m ::a 12 44 I0W Yllipyurd Itllll 12 .VI 5 .'.I I24K 10 10 Cnrrli-r l-'Vi A4h llm 1022 llrcH-kwiiy villi- 12 lis f.m 110 io;i MrMlnti Suninilt. I'M" .'i-'A 114 HKIN llurvpys Hun I22U fi-Jii 120 10 45 I'iiIIh Cli'.'k 12 20 A l.'i 14.1 10.V llilllilix I2II.I ftOO TRAINS LEAVE KIHGWA Y. EiiHtwurd. Wpstwiird. Triiln K, 7:.7u. m. Trnln :i, Il::i4 u. m. Trnln U, 1:W p. m. Trnln I, p. in. Trnln 4, ":.Vi p. in. Trnln II, H:25 p. in. 8 M. I'REVOST, (jtin. MuuuKur. J. K. WOOD, Cipll. Push. Ar'I. Bl UFFALO. KOC.'HKSTKK & 1'ITTS- BUIUiH ItAlLWAY. Tlionliort linn bplwi'pn DtiHois, Kldirwny, Brudford, Sitlumuncu, Ititll'iilu, Rim'IiphIpi-, Nliiuuru EuIIk und mi1ii1h In t lie upH:r nil roKion. On nnd tiftor June 17th, 1MI4, pusspn jrpr trutiiH will nrrivoiind dppurt from Eiills Orpuk Hlutlon, dully, uxpppt Sunduy, uh fol Iowh: l.VO p. m. null It.W p. ni. AppommiHliitioiiH from I'linxHiituwnpy mid lilit Kim. 8:60 u. ni. Hun'uloiinu Korlipxtpr mullFor Hroikwiiyvllp, RIlKwity,.lolitii4oiiliiirK,Mi. Jpwptt, Itrudford.Hulumitupu. HulVulo und KiM'hi'Htpr; roniiprtlnic ut .loliiisonhurK wilh I, fit E. trnln II, for Wllrux, Kunu, Wurrtin, Corry und Erlp. 10:AH n. m.A(pominoilullon For SykPH, lllu Run und ruiixmituwiipy. 11:20 p. ni, llrndfiird Appiininindutlnii For Ht'pi'htrpn, ItriMrkwuy vlllp, EUmoiil, Cur ninn. ltldirwny, JohUNonliurK, Ml. Juwutt und Bradford. S:1U p. in.-Mull For DiiIIoIh, Hykpu, HlK It ii n 1'iiiiXKUtuwupy uud WuInIoii, PuKHPiitfiim uiv rpiiiPNtiid to purcliusp tli'k- ptn iM'forp wntprinir tlip purs. An pxrp-s chui'lIP of Tpn tVntH will Ik- pollpiipd tiy piiii- diictorH whiin furitH hi-p puid on trulim, frnni ull Htutloim wiiuru a tlckiit olllpp Ik luuliitulnpd. TlioiiNund mlln tlpkotu ut two cpiHh per mllu, (tihhI for puHMiiu bptwppuull HiutlniiH, J. 11. MclNTYllK. AkpiiI, FullHcrvpk, I'll. It. G. Matiikwh E. ('. I.AI'KV, Gunprul Hunt. Uuu. I'iik. Airiiut liullulu N. Y. Umiiomur N. Y ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY commencing SunUuy May 20, 18U5, Low Gi-udo DiviHion. KAHTWAIID. STATIONS. No. 1. NO.5. Nil. II. 101 1011 A. M. 1. M. A. M. 1. U. I'. U Rod Bunk Ill 4' 4 40 Luwwinluim .. .. 10 57 4 ft2 New llntlilulium 11 ' A 25 5 12 Onk UKIku 11 :iM 6 ;tl A 20 MuyuvUlu II 40 A 41 A 3 Hiiuimorvillo... 12 Ofi 1100 A 47 llrookvlllo 12 25 20 07 Hell 12 U I 2il l:l Fullur 12 4:1 tt HN 25 nuyiioldHVlllu.. 100 I) A7 0 44 l'lllllHMlHt 1 OH 7 05 It A2 KiillnUruuk 120 7 25 7 00 10 MS 1 IW DiiIIoIh 1 5 7 IW 7 10 11 05 1 4A Siilnilu 1 4H 7 47 7 2:1 Winuirliuri 1 All 7 AH 7 ;n Pontluld 2 05 8 OH 7 40 Tylur II 15 N HI 7 Ml Gluu Fluliur 2 211 H 27 8 01 Hunuruttu Ul 8 44 8 IN Grunt IM 8 54 8 2H Driftwood a 20 V 25 8 55 P. tl, P. M A. M. A. M, P. M WKHTWAHII. UTATIONH. N'u.2 Nu.B No. 10 lUI 110 A. II. A. H. P. H. r. M. P. M Driftwood 10 111 A 00 tt 115 Grunt 10 42 5 IK 7 0(1 liunozolto 10 52 A 42 7 HI Gluu Klalior II OH A M 7 3.1 Tylpr It 20 6 Id 7 44 l'piilluld II Ml (I 2il 7 54 Wlmurburn .... II mi tt 2il 8 00 Kutiiilu 11 47 tt U7 8 12 HuIIoIh I US tt Ml 8 25 12 10 A 00 FulU (Jrouk 1 211 7 20 8 112 12 20 A 10 PuncouHt 1 III 7 2H 8 411 KiiynoldHVlllo.. 1 42 7 40 8 4H Fullur 1 5K 7 57 II 05 Hull 2 III 8 Oil II 17 Hmok villi! 2 20 8 111 U 25 BuniiiHirvlUu.... SMI 8 an 0 44 Muyivllli 2 M 8 57 10 01 OukUldKi a Oil (I 05 10 IH Now KuthUiliom B 15 0 15 10 25 JiUWhouliitiu,... a 47 1147 Uud liunk 4 00 10 00 . A. M. A. M. P. M, A M. P. M. Tntliiu dully excoptHunduy. DAVID CCAROO, Gkm'i,. Bupt JAB. P. ANDERSON .Okh'Iv Pau. Aot. LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI. My 1 yonn. y ln l trtr, Hwit, trim nnd nniluliln In nhp, with turkiH pypN snd tnpnii hntr AIM. my love in lont to mpl Hi-r Bo rrtimilpii nor crnnkn rnnfonnil. Nor IlmrnttlKli prolilpnin vpx; Pho hnn no tlu-ortu to propound I've npvpr lipnrd her mpntlon hps. Php rtoenn't umlle on Hmpie motn; Hnr tnt In drpiw in qnltp divine; Hho'n hnlf nn unift'l, giMlni'i known, 13nt, nil, oho iipver piiii 1m nitne. I k Nhe pnlntiil timilionrlncn And plrklp JurH nnd ropppr bella, Vlth fluw-iTN nml vtnrkn nnd river ncene And moonlight vlew-n on nonllop ahell. fihe'i pitlntiil photo frnmrn gnlore WiwmI, velvi-t, Ivorlne nnd hrnnii; 6he pAlntN the pAneln of the door; Hhe hnn not npnrtfl the looklnK Rlnnn. The plunh tfV mil pluquen uton hi-r wall, Her limp .rt munllnn rverywliere, The llornl drnin plw In her hull Thi y know the phiik" I've had to bear. And now the Rubicon In panned, The itri'nt nbyna hptw,n un net, Tho flnul blow ban fall'n nt lant I've mild Koodby to Amoret. Qoottby to bllnn that tnlxht have been, Goodby to happy hopen that were Bhe'n "draped" Vernln-Mnrtln aoreen And OHplnnllpd an empire ehnlr. -l'ull Mall Gatette. THE RUSSIAN KNOUT. A BRUTAL PUNISHMENT INFLICTED IN THE CZAR'S DOMAIN. Claim Tlmt Ita Vne In Home Renpecta Una lteen Abnllnhed Ttia t'a of th Cruel Inntrnment Dencrlbed by a Polltlml Kill WI10 If nn SnnVred In Klnerla, C)no ncvpv knows fot cprtaiii how imiih (if tho knout is loft in modem Rniwin. Tho tolotrruph wiro HtiU nt tiuiwi carrieB tho horrid whia of it from ro moto Siboriu, and only t ho othor day I wiw rnontioii in nows from St. lVtnrs bnrjf of a now imyiprinl nknso, "nboliHh ing tho nso of tho knont for tho puninh mcntof (itToiinpH rommittrd by tho poa nntry, which Iiiih hitherto boon complete ly nt tho morcy of the locul' JuiIkph in thin rpupoct. " I wan nndor 1 110 impro ion that tho "lix-nl JttdKi'" had boon deprived of thoir knout for 20 youra or more, but tho (tender of this liiptwigo adds that "Htatinties wore snbmitted to tho czar, showinK that in ten yeurs 8,000 persons, mostly Kuihy of thefts of pmd tice, had died after punishment with the knont" Granted tho infliction of tho knout, tho 8,000 deaths nro easily believed. Tho instrument itself, supposing this re port to be true, evidently dies harder than its victims. But even in Russia, where tho rod and its equivalents have had n mure extended and bloody exist ence than in any other European state, tho hnimtner spirit of tho ago has been felt, and one i: disponed to regard as ex aggerated tho statements just quoted. Certainly wo hud been given to believe that tho knont was abolished fur all bnt tho gravest ulTonse as lung ago as 1800. But Russia has never been governed wholly by its written laws, and there aro regions of that empire where a ukase may bo slow to reach tho "local judges." Tho merciful edict of 1800, however, stopped short at tho confines of Silieria, and it was with tho object of learning to what extent the knout is used iu the Siberia of today that I sought an inter view with a distinguished and very in teresting exilo, M. Alexander Sochao zowski, on a visit to England. M. So chaczewski, a Polo by birth, an artist by profession, and in England to ar range fur tho exhibition of a picture which will move tho sympathies of ev ery friend of tho victims of the czar, was a political exilo in Siberia ut tho age of 21 and suffered 4j years iu tho mines, during 2 of which he carried, night and day, chains of which marks are permanently graven on his ankles. Twenty years iu all were the days of his exile, and he counts himself happy that he did not, like so many of his comrades in oppression, perish under that cruel yoke. Indeed he speaks with out bitterness and says that even iu Si beria one may often forget oneself. M. Sochaczewski could suy much about the ktiout Ho had boon iiuiny times a witness of its infliction. The knont, in fact, was in use in the mine duriug the whole of M. Sochaczewski's exile, und those who wore condemned to it suffered in public. At the present day M. Sochaczewski believed that it was practically abolish ed in 1808, but the governor retains a certain discretionary power, which ma; mean much in Siberia. Would M. So chaozewski describe the punishment? Ho took a half sheet of note paper uud a pen and made a rupid sketch. "That is the knout, he said. A baud of leather, as is well known, serves the execu Honor for a houdlo, and the knout it self is a single thong of leather, rongh and very hard, taporiug toward the ex tremity, where it is weighted with a ball of lead. With this tho executioner who is generally a reprieved murder ercan iutiict as great or as little suf fering as he pleases. "Thus," said M. Sochaczowski, "the prisoners would sometimes give him a ruble to prove his skill, when ho would Strike one of them, oppuroutly with full force, ooross the puhn of the hand, but the blow would scarcely be felt and would uot leave a scratch. With tho sumo iustrnmeuthecouldkill at a single stroke, uud was oocasiouully bribed by a ooudemuod prisonor to do so, breaking the ribs aud almost touring out tho heart. What number of strokes,. I asked M. Soehaczewski, weroordinnrily Inflicted? He replied that it was of no great con sequence, inasmuch ns punishment with tho knont was generally regarded ns a sentetico of death. A man tinder sen tence ot 100 limbo might dio at the third lash, in which caco tho remaining 07 would lie given to tho corpso. It was possible, if tho executioner did not em ploy his wholo art or strength, for tho victim to escape death, but ho Would then inevitably be n cripple for the rest of his life. There wero men in tho hos pital in his time whom the knout hud maimed forever. I asked whether tho knont exhansted tho resources of penal discipline In Si beria. "By no means," said M. So chaczewski. He took up his pen ngain, nnd soratch d mo a picture of a whip called tho plet, which has three tails of twisted leather, with bits of metal nt tho tips. It is a littlo less deadly than tho knont, but nn expert flogger can kill his victim at the fifth stroke. There is a difference in flogging with tho knont and with the plet, Tho knont, likotho English "eat," Is laid across tho back. Tho three tails of tho plet score tho back downward, from tho napo of tho neck to tho loins, and every stroke, properly given, carrion away three strips of skin nnd bites well into the flesh. Yes. M. Sochaczewski had seen many comrades suffer under tho plet. "Protest? To what end?" To protest was to lie tied up oneself. Tho very flogger ran tho risk of being cut to pieces with knont or plet if ho failed to kill or maim his victim. St Paul's. The Large Flylna; Sqnlrrel. Tho largo red flying squirrel is inter esting, bnt not beautiful. It Is wholly nocturnal, and, like most nocturnal an imals, is exti'omoly surly nnd spiteful if disturbed in tho daytimo. It is ns l:ir;;n as a eat, with a face like n rnbbit's. In coloring is extremely brilliant for n mammal, aud in general npponrauoo it resembles some envious monster in n Chinese painting. Tho fur is a rich and deep chestnut on its bnck, Haht chest nut below, its head white and its eye a dull pnlo gray. Tho wide parachnto membrane be tween its legs is covered with fur, and its tail is long, thickly furred and round. This rquirrcl docs not "fly" in the proper sense of the word, but in the forests its parachuto membrano answers its purpose nlinost equally ns well na wings. It runs with a wonderful agil ity up the trunk of tho tree, aud to tho end of a branch, nnd then takos a flying leap, with its limbs extended to tho ut most and tho wido Hush membrano stretched. This "aerial slide" carries it forward and downward to a horizontal distanca of perhaps 40 or ISO yards, and it is no ticud that, us in tho caxo of birds when making use of their powers of descent with Used pinions, tho squirrel throws itself upwutd and mocnds slightly at tho cUwo of tho "flight, " perching on tho bough it aims at, with all tho light norts of a pigeon descending from a tow er, to somu point upon the roof below. Spectator. To blurt tliu Story. In writing a story thero uro authors who do uot plan tho courso ot events in advance because they do not know thorn, but they writo on, certain that somo ingenious complication will sug gest itself iu short, the story is to write itsolf. I confesB I believo in and rather fol low this system, for the roason that tho incidents seem moro like real life whore tho unexpected so often happens, and where events turn up iu a oapri clous way. However this may bo, I have always found that everything depends on petting well started tlmt is, started witli such eageruoss and enthusiasm that you could sit down then aud thero and writo on and 011 to tho cud. Others doliberuta and potter, us it wero, hover ou tho brink, honitating to inuke tho plunge. Tho moment of de parture Is put off and put oil', und wbcu ut lust a start is ni.iilu it becomes a tusk uud a drndgury and is virtually 110 start at all, because it is so labored aud unin spired that you feel you have uot be gun. "Memoirs of nu Author," Percy Fitzgerald. Regret That Came Too Zjite, The London Musical Herald tells a qnoer story about Jack Wilson's tomb in the Little Cloisters at Westminster abbey. Wilson wus Shakespeare's tenor. Ho was probably the first to siug "Sigh No More, Ladies," and bodied at the ago of 78, in 1673. The inscription on his tomb at the abbey was much oblit erated, nnd tinder the direction of an antiquary a man was employed to recut the letters. The antiquary stood looking over him, so that he should muke uo mistuke, aud to muke the time go pleas antly he expatiated at greut length to tho workman upon tho gruudeur aud merits of tho deceased. Tho man even tnully stopped his work, nnd looking up ot tho autiqnury suidK "I wish, sir, we hud kuown tlmt ho wus such a swell be fore we run that there druiu pipe through him." TouKhened. "Say," said tho deputy, "I put No. 711 ou the treadmill eight hours ugo as a punishment, uud I'll be dinged if he ain't goiuou jist as chipper und bunny as can bo. " "Why, of course," suid tho prison warden iu tones of disgust. "Didn't you know tho feller was sent hero for bicycle stealing? Tlmt sort of thing is right iu his line. " Iudiunupolis Jom-uuL QUEER LANGUAGE. The "Camphor Tnnane" nf it Wild bnt In nffenilve Hare. One of tho queerest languages in the World, used for the queerest purposes, is tho "camphor language" of Johore, a country of tho Malay peninsula. It hns lately been studied and reported upon by Mr. Lnke, nn English engineer in the service of the sultan of Johore. This language in cnlled the "Piuitang Ka por," or enmphor liuignngc, nnd is used by tho natives and all others who are engaged in gathering the product of the Malayan camphor tree nnd only nt that time. If they used cither of the lan guages of tho region, the Malay or the aboriginal Jnkuu, tho natives believe thnt they could not obtain any camphor, and for a most curious reason. Tho cam phor rreo, Dryoblanops enmphnrn, grows abundantly iu certain parts of tho pe ninsula, bnt only occasionally contains enmphor crystals. Tho camphor is uot tho sumo as thnt obtained from tho cam phor laurel of Formosn nnd Japan, which is tho source of tho ordinary cam phor of commerce. It is a sort very highly prized by the Chinese iu tho em balming of their dead, in incense and in niedicino, and the gum brings much more thnn tho common enmphor. Tho Malayans nnd othor Johoro na tives believo that each species of tree has a spirit or divinity that presides over its affairs. Tho spirit of the cam phor treo is known by tho numo of Bi san literally "a woman." Hor resting plaeo is near tho trees, nnd when nt night a peculiar noise is heard in tho woods, resembling that of a cicada, the Bisan is bcliovcd to le singing, nnd camphor will surely bo found in tho neigh borhood. But tho spirit of the cam phor treo seems to bo jealous of tho pre cious gum nnd must bo propitiated, nnd if sho knows thnt hunters are in quest of it sho will endeavor to turn their steps aside. So it is necessary to speak in a tongno which sho does not under stand. For this pnrposo tho "camphor language" has been invented. It con sists of n mixture of Jnkuu nnd Malay words, bnt theso nro curiously altered nnd reversed, nnd tho natives positively believe that tho divinity of the camphor treo iscompletoly confused. The Jaknus who hunt tho enmphor aro one of tho wildest of people, but inoffensiva They live together with monkeys, dogs, cats, innumerable fowls nnd perhaps n tamo hombill in perfect harmony under mov ablo leaf shelters built on polos iu the woods. Boston Traveller. The Invincible Armada, Tho invincible armada was a famous naval expedition sent by Philip II ( f Spain against England in 10N8. It con sisted of 1,10 vessels, 2,4!I0 great guns, 4,075 quintals of powder, nearly 20,000 soldiers, nbovo 8,000 sailors and moro than 3,000 volunteers. It arrived iu tho English channel 011 July 111 and was de feated tho next day by Admiral How ard, who was seconded by Drake, Haw kins and Frobisher. Eight tire ships having been sent into tho Spanish fleet, they boro off in groat disorder. Profiting by the piuiio, tho English fell niton them nnd captured or destroyed a number of their ships, nnd Admiral Howard main tained a running light from July 21 to July 27, with snch effect that tho Spun ish commander, despairing of success, resolved to return homo, und as escapo through the English channel was pre vented by contrary winds ho nndertotik to sail around tho Orkneys, but tho ves sels which still remained to him wore dispersed by storms or shipwrecked among the rocks aud shallows on differ ent parts of the Scottish and Irish coast, uud upward of 0,000 men wero drown ed, killed or taken prisoners. Of tho whole urmada fi3 ships only returned to Spain, nnd theso iu u wretched condi tion. Tho English lost but one ship. Brooklyn Euglo. Anlraala Tliat Commit Suicide. Intelligent observers have testified to fucts which uppcur to show that iu cor tuiu circumstances tho snake, scorpion and eveu some quadrupeds commit sui cide. M. Henry, a clock manufacturer of Lougnyon.Fruuoo, hus recently described an experiment of tho kiud which ho mado with a wasp, Tho wusp wus im prisoned undor a glass, and knowing thut benzine asphyxiates insects he put some puper soaked in it beside the cap tive. Tho wasp become uncomfortable, then angrily attacked the paper, bnt find ing all its efforts unavailing it finally lay down on its back, and folding up its abdomen planted its stiug thrice into its body. M. Henry was bo curious to con firm the fuct thut, in spite of his hu mane feelings, he repeated the experi ment ou three wasps with the like re sult London Globe, The Scholars of France, As a sample of the payment of distin guished scholars in this country it may be mentioned thut M. Qustou Buissior, who wus lutoly elected life secretary of tho Academy, ouly received $000 uumf ally as rector of the College de France. Iu his now position ho is entitled to 1 , -200, or double the sum puid him as head of the great educational establishment over which Ernest Reuuu ruled. The immortals, according to tho founilatiou rules, aro supposed to be paid ifHOO year ly, iu addition to their fees for attend ing meetings. As a mutter of fuct, how over, thoy only receive $200 annually. The remainder of tho sum forms a sink ing fund, out of which eight aged acud emicinns get allowances, if their private annual income fulls short of $1,200. Paris Letter. THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE. It Wan Iliillt by Oliver Kvana, Who Couldn't Iy I'p Money. Tho real Inventor of tho locomotive never realized a cent from his invention. His nnme was Oliver Evans. Ho was born in Delaware in 17150 and spent nil his lifo perfecting inventions which wero destined to bring him nothing bnt more poverty. Ho wns tho origlnnl in ventor of tho high pressure engilio used In locomotives, the only kind that conld be employed to advantage iu this form f transportation, but realized nothing for his idea. His application of the notion to both land and water powor wns somewhat novel. In 1804 tho municipality of Philadel phia cnlled for bids for tho dredging of the river nnd the cleaning of tho docks. Evans put in a bid lower than any of his competitors, nnd wlijn it was ac cepted determined to build a steainlxiat to do tho work. Ho fitted ont a scow with a steam en gine, building both the engino nnd the scow in his own workshop. When tho boat wns ready to bo launch ed, Evans determined to give tho peo plo of Philadelphia ail object lesson in mechanics, so ho put tho boat on wheels, fitted up a push wheel behind, set his engine to work and propelled the bout through tho streets to tho river in tho midst of an open mouthed throng, not a fow of whom hnd a dim idea that he ought to bo arrested for witchcraft. When tho boat rettched tho bank of tho river, tho wheels and axles wero tak en off, tho craft was launched, fitted out with other wheels nnd mndn to do tho work of dredging tho harbor. So fnr ns tho Invention of mechanical devices went, Evans hud n splendid genius, but when dollars nnd cents camo up for considerntion ho was a moro child, nnd even nl lowed himself to be chented out of the money that was duo him for cleaning tho Philadelphia har bor with his new funglcd steamboat St Louis Uloho-Democrat AMENDED HER LIST. She Now Ileclarea 'That Lawyer Come Under the Head or Mulaancen, A fow evenings ago a luwyor living iu West Philadelphia was visited at his rosideuco by 1111 indignant woman, who declared thut sho hud come for legal ad vice, und iu a busiuosslike manner de posited ou his table a $3 note as a re taining fee. After pocketing the money tho man of law politely requosted her to proceed with her statement She said sho was continually ulllicted with a se ries of nuisances which she desired the lawyer to have abolished. Sho was annoyed by a neighbor on 0110 sido, sho said, who is a music touch er uud trainer of tho voice The con stant thumping ou tho piano uud tho discordant uotes of tho vocal students made her very nervous. Ou tho other sido the neighbor kept chickens, which uwoko her early iu the morning by thoir crowing und annoyed her during tho day by flying over the feuco und iuvnd ing her premises. Day uud night sho wus made nervous by tho uoise of tho trolley cuts passing her door, organ grinders and peddlers mado her life mis erable, hucksters added to her misery by culling their wares, aud sho wanted to know what action she must tuko iu I order to be mado free of such nuisauces. The luwyer reflected a fow moments with compressed brow, uud then suid, "Madam, you uro decidedly unfortu nate, uud uiy udvice to you is thnt yon go to a real estuto agent und eugugo him to secure for you u uice comfortable dwelling iu tho suburbs of somo coun try village, whero tho ueurest neighbor is a quarter of a mile away, organ grind ers uukuowu, trolley curs unheard of, uud whero hucksters uud peddlers do uot como. " Realizing that she wus $5 out, tho woman replied, "I'll do as you suy aud include among tho others thut uo luwyors must exist iu the samo coun ty. "Philadelphia Record I'roltt In god Fountains. A New Orleans man named May told me that his yearly profits from his soda fountain wore $30,000. One San ders, a Detroitor, who owus ou $8,000 fouutuiu, tho finest displayed ut tho World's fair, does a rushing business, aud his sules run from $300 to $700 per duy the year round. Iu Buffalo Stod dard Bros, employ 80 girls to handle ice creum soda, aud it tukos 8,000 glass es to accommodate thoir trade. Thoy soil it at 6 cents a gloss, uud thero is a not profit of just 100 por cent. Iu Bos ton Thompson's Spa, tho greatest soda resort at the Hub, easily clears for its owner $50,000 a year. There ure iu tho Uuited States 100,000 fountains in op eration, and manufacturers are getting moro orders now than thoy evor got be fore. Washington Post Uegouuu Hot Uarden Decoration. It is now getting to be woll under stood thut many plants thut it wus thought could ouly be grown under glass do remarkably woll iu our climato un dor Bummer shailo. Tho begonia is es pecially suited to this summer work. The writur came across a little piece of rookwork constructed under the shade of somo largo trees, iu which tho wholo muss of rocks wus completely covered with species of begonia. Every night, or nearly overy night, wuter wus showered nn them through a huso from a hydrant Nothing oould exceed the beauty of this muss. Moohuu's Monthly. The bear's houd used in a Cambridge college iu 1570 oosi 10 sbilliugs. 8POONINQ PARTIES. How These Commendable Alda to Matri mony Should lie Conducted. "Spoouiug" parties are popular In some quarters. They tnke their name from a good old English word which was intended to ridicnlo the alleged fan tastlo actions of a young man or a young woman w ho is in love. For some reason, which no one ever could explain, every body pokes fun at the lover. In fact, that unhappy character is never heroin in real lifo, no mutter what great gobs of heroism aro piled about him on the stngo, and in all the romantio story books. Tho girl in lovo and the boy in love are said to be "spoony. " When a "spooning" party is given, tho committee in charge of the event re ceives a spoon from each person who at tends, or else presents each guest with spoon. These spoons are fancifully dressed in male and female attire, and are mated either by the similarity of costume or by a distinguishing ribbon. The girls and boys whose spoons are mates are expected to take care of each other duriug the cont immure of the so cial gathering. Of course tho distribution of tho spoons is mado with the greatest possible care fulness, the aim being to so place them as to properly fit tho cuse of the young peoplo to whom they aro presented. The parties are usually given by the young people of some neighborhood where the personal preference of each spoony is well known, and they are the source of no end of fun. It is possible also that they serve as aids to matrimony as well, and aro therefore commondublo, since an avowal is made more easy to a diffi dent swnin after he feels that his pas sion is not a secret, but that his weak ness for a "spoony" maiden is known to his friends nnd enemies ou the commit tee which dispenses the spoons. It may be mentioned that after the spoons have been distributed among tho guests, each conplo retires for consultation regarding tho reasons which caused the award of mated spoons in their case. Thisconsnl tatiou is kuown by tho nnmo of "spoon ing." St. Louis Republic A Clever Way to Get Dinner. I lmpiHined to be 0110 of a party of six dining tho other night ut an up town restaurant Most of us wero strangers to each other, having met ouly iu tho aft ernoon iu tho courso of business. There wero a bunker, a politician, a lawyer, a theatrical manager and a something else, I do not yet know what, in tho company. Tho something else inado himself ex ceedingly ngrecablc. Ho was, in fact, tho lifo of tho party. Ho was politeuess itself, and his wit and epigrams were fetching. After dinner ho rather sud denly nnd mysteriously droppod ont of sight nnd wus missed. "Who was tho gentlemnu?" I asked of tho theatrical manager. "I'm sttro I don't know," ho replied. "I thought ho was n friend of yours. " "No, I never saw him before. I sup posed ho was a friend of yours," I said. Then I put tho same question to each of tho others and fotuid that tho man was unknown to uny of tho party. Ho hud simply invited himself to dino with us, behaved like a jolly good fellow and disappeared nt tho right moment The ouly thing wo have against him is that ho forgot to pay his bill. New York Press. Shnkenpeare's Name. It has ofteu beeu a puzzle to students of Shakcspearo why his name is spelled in so many different ways. Shakespeare himself is said to have signed his uomo ou different occasions "Shakspearo" and "Shakespore," uud lounied disquisitions have beeu written to prove which is tho proper spelling. None perhaps wus more amusing than the "weather" reason given in 1851 by Albert Smith, who averred thnt ho hud found it iu tho Har luiuu MSS. It was as follows : How dyd Shnkonpeiiro spell hyn namot Ye wer.thcrro mnyde yo chunK wo saye, So writo It as yv plpuw); When yo amino nhono he mnydo hys A, When wutto bo took hys E'ea. Sonna. A residont of Cincinnati who knew Sousa, the bandmaster, when ho was a . boy in Washington, says: "His mother was a Gcrmitu and his father a Spaniard, and though they hud other children Mrs. Sousu would always talk of 'my Chonny' as if he was the only one. Chouny had every whim gratified. He wanted a piano, and got it ; a violin, and got it i a drum, got it ; a horn, got it His parlor was like a musio store. He played everything with ease. He was at first a drummer boy in the army, but later got charge of the Marine bund, whether by inlluouco or merit I do not know. Thut guvo him room to develop, md he did to an amazing extout " Tho Mwui Itklug. Maude Do you know Mr. Jinks faint ed lust uight ut the duuee aud would have fulleu if I hudu't caught him iu my arms? Ethel (slightly jeulous) Yes; be told me thut hu'd bcuu suffering from the effects of tho grip. Scribner's. I must have kuowu life otherwise iu epochs long siuco flod, for iu my veins some orient blood is rod, uud through my thought nro lotus blossoms blown. S. B. Aldrich. 1 Shiloh's Cure is sold on a guarantor). It cures Incipient consumption, It Is tho best eouuh cure, Only one cont a dose, 2."ots., oOets. und $1.00. Sold by J, Cv King & Co. V
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