VOLUME 4.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1895.
NUMBER 11.
StnUroab (Mm ff'rtbln.
JJKNNSYLVANIA HAILHOAD.
IN Kl'FKCT MAY 111, W.
I'lilliKli'liililii & Krlp Knllnuiri Division Tlmo
Table. Trains leave lnlfiwiMxI.
KAfTWAKI)
0:04 n ni Train s, iliilly exempt Hiinilny for
Hiinliiirv. llni rWlnny nwl Intermedial,' hii
tliiim. n'rrivliiK ill I'lillnili lplilii nr?. ). ni.,
Si' York. : W p. m. I Hnltltnnrv. it: l.v p.m.;
Vielilnirton, 7::m p. m I'ltlliiimi I'urlor riir
from Hllion-pott nml piiM'iinpr roaches
from Kline to I'lilhulelpliht.
:: p. ni. Train it, dully except Similiiy for
HiorNhurif imd Inlermeilltiie station, iir
Hvlniiiil I'lillmMplilii 4::i A. m.i New York,
:: a. M. Ptillntiui Mlecplnir vnm from
lliirrlshunf In riilliuU'lplilii nnd New York.
1'hiliKlplpliln piiwtnrer run rpnmlii In
lrrHr unrtWtnrlH'd tinttl ?: A. M.
9-M p. m. Trnln 4. iliilly for Hiinliiii y, llnrrls
Iiiiiii mid Inicrnicillute Millions, nrrlvtiiK nt
I'lilliHiclplilii, :.Vi A. M.i New York, fliaa
A.M. on week davit mill WM A M. on Hnn
diiys Hiiltlmorp, :( A. M.i Wiixhlimton, ":)
A.M. I'nllmiin riimfntm Krlp nml Wlllliim
port to IMilliulclpliln. Pitwnirerslii sleeper
for Hiiltlmorp mill Wnhlnulnn will lm
trnnfprrpl Into WhiIiIiuiIoii ulrvpor Ht llitr
rlshiirir. PuwM'titrpr ,narhp from Krlp to
riillinfplphln hikI VUIItininxrt to Hiiltl
morp. WEHTWARP
7:W n. m. Train 1, dally except Pnndny for
Klilitwny, ImiHoIh, t'fprniont and Inter
mpifintp Htutlon. I.PHVPH Kidywny nt :00
p. M. for Krlp. .
9:0it.ni.--Truln 3, dully for Krle and Inter
mi'dliito points.
11:27 p. ni.--Train II. dally except Kitnday for
K miic anil IntpiniPillatvKtatlonN.
THKOIIill TH.WNH l'OH DHIITWOOI)
VHOM TI1K KAST AM) SOUTH.
TRAIN II lptivps riillmlilplila H:5n a. m.
Wiishlniitnii, 7.WA. m.: Hulttmore, s:Ma. m.;
Wllkesluirre, ll:1A.M.: dally pxcept Holi
day, arriving nt lirlftwiKMl at :S7 P. M. with
riillnuin I'urlor pur from I'lilladplpliln to
Wlllliiniport.
TRAIN it IpiivphNpw York at A p. m.i I'lilln
ilplplila, U:3n ). m.i WiiKlilimtoit, HUO n. m.t
Unliliiiorp, lli.Mi p. m.i dally nrrlvlnit at.
lirlMwnod at lt:Sti a. m. I'ullnian slccplnir
curs from I'lilliideliililii to Krlp and from
Valilnuton and Hiiltlmorp to VllllamxHirt
and tlirmitfn imwciitfer machos from I'lilla
dplpliln to Krlu and Haltlmore to Wllllunis
lor1 .
TRAIN 1 leaves Rpnovo nt ::is a. m., dally
except Bundiiy, arriving nt llriftwood 7: ill
a. m.
JOIIXSOXBUKG KAILUOAD.
(Dally except Sunduy.)
TRAIN 1 IpnvoH Kldgwny nt ::. m.i .lolin
wmliurir nt l':4J a. m., arriving lit Clprnuiiit
at 10:4(1 n. m.
TRAIN 20 lpavpn Clprmont nt in:.W n. m. nr
rlvlmt nt JolinMinlHHK nt 11:44 a. ni. nnd
IildKwny nt 12:110 a. ni.
JJIDGWAY & CLEARFIELD R. R.
DAILY EYCEPT SUNDAY.
HOCT1IWARD. NORTHWARD.
f,h A.M. HtAtioSs, A.M. I'. ST
12l(l Silo Tudtfway HI M
12 1H HN Txlnnd Run 1 2.t II 22
12 22 0 42 Mill Hnvpit 121 6 17
12111 II 52 froyland 111 HOT
12 m in IK) FhortnMllla 1 H2 (
12 42 HHA Hlue Hock 12 VI ft M
12 44 I0(i7 Vlnpyard Run 12 M SM
12 4 10 10 t'nrrlpr 12.10 5 4H
l(l 1022 Biwkwny vlllo 12 HN II
110 I0K2 McMInn Summit 12 W
114 Id; llarveyn Run I2 2H ft 20
120 in4.t Knlla Crvpk 12 20 ft IS
14ft 1UM IIuHoIh 1210 6 00
TRAINS LKAVE UIDGWAY.
Enatwnrd. WnBtwnrd.
Trnln H, 7: .7 . m. Train a, 11 :M . m.
Train (I, l:4Sp. m. Trnln 1,8:00 p.m.
Trnln 4, 7:SA p. m. Trnln 11, K:2A p. ni.
B M. I'REVOHT,
Oon. MuniiKor.
J. R. W(X)D,
Gen. I'hmh. Ag't.
BUFFAIX), RCKIHESTEU & PITTS
BURGH RAILWAY.
The altort lino bctworn DiiHola, HldKwny,
Bradford, Hnlitmuiicu, Buffalo, Roclumtpr,
NlHuara Kalla nnd point In the upper oil
region.
On nnd lifter Juno 171 h, 1HH4, puHson
gor trains will arrive and depart from Kalla
Creek atullun, dally, except Sunday, an fol
lows: 1.80 p. m. nnd R.J10 p. m. Apoommodntlonii
from 1'iiiixi.iitiiwiiey and HlK Run,
8:&U a. m. lliilfiiloaiid Rwhentur mull Kor
Hrm-kwayvllle, ltliliiway,Joliniiil)urK.Mt.
Jewptt, Bradford, Hiilanianca, HulTalo and
Rocliotiter; pntinectlnK Ht JolinwHiliurg
with P. & E. trnln 8, for Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, Oorry and Erie.
10:5 n. m. Accommodation Kor gykos,
HlR Run and I'unxHUtuwney.
8:80 p. m. Bradford Apoommodatlon For
BiHiclitree, Brockway vlllu, Ellmont, Car
mon, Hlduway, JohuaonburK, Ml. Jewett
nnd Bradford.
S:10 p. m. Mall For PuHoIh, Bykcs, Rig
liun I'unxaulnwuey and Walatoiig
PnHHcnucrB are reiiucated to purcluiHO tlrk-
ota before euterluK the cara. An exceiut
rlmmo if Ten (kuita will lie polleCted by con-
dtictora when fnrttt are paid on trntntt, from
ttllatutloua whereu tluketottlee Ih maintained.
Thousand mile tickets at two centa per
mile, Kuod for pnssiiKe between nil stations,
j. II. McIntyiie, Agent, Kails croek, Pa.
R. G. Mathkwb. E. O. Lapiy,
General Supt. Gen. Pas. Airent
liutlulo N. Y. Uuchealer N. Y
ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY
COMPANY commencing Sunday
May 20, 18U5, Low Grade Division.
EASTWARD.
STATIONS. No.l. No.5. NO.B. 101 KM
Red Bank 10 i 4 4ti
Lawsonbam .. .. 10 ft7 4 ft2 .
New Hethlehont 11 80 t 2ft t 12
Oak Kldue 11 8N 6 HI 6 20
Maysvllle 11 41 5 41 6 2N
Bummervllle... 12 0ft SOU 6 47
Brookville 12 8ft 4 20 07
Hell 12 81 4 20 6 13
Fuller 12 4:1 8H 4 2ft
Keynoldsvllle.. 1 00 4 07 4 44
Puneoust 1 ON Tffi 6 ft2
Fulls (Jreek 1 2 7 2ft 7 00 10 ftft 184
I Hi Hols 1V 7 84 7 10 11 06 1 45
Babulu 1 4H 7 47 T SI
Wlnterburn .... lft" 7 fix 7 84
PenHeld 1 0ft 0 7 40
Tyler t 1ft 8 Hi 7 fto
Glen Fisher 2 211 N 27 8 01
Bimniutte 8 4!I 8 44 8 IN
Grunt IN 8 ft4 8 2N
Driftwood 8 20 S 8 ft.1
P. M. P. II A. M. A. U. P. U
WKHTWAKD.
STATIONS No.2 No.4 No. 10 104 110
A. M- A. M. P. M. P. M. P. M
Driftwood 10 10 6 tin 4 Uft
Grant 10 42 4 82 7 00
Hennxntte 10 IW 4 42 7 HI
Glon Klslier 11 OH 6 fill 7 8U
Tyler 11 20 4 10 7 44
Penfleld 11 M0 4 20 7 64
Wlnterburn.... 111 8 8)1 SOU
Pabula 11 47 4 87 12
DuHols 1 Oft 4 AO 8 2ft 12 10 6 00
Fulls Creek 120 7 20 8 82 12 20 t 10
Paueoast IlU 7 2 840
Keynoldsvllle.. 1 42 7 40 8 4N
Fuller 1 IW 7 ft7 0 Oft
Bell 2 10 8 00 9 17
Brookville t 20 8 HI 2ft
Hummervllle.,.. 1 80 8 an 44
Maysvllle I AN 8 67 10 04
OakHldKe 8 Ml 0ft 10 IN
New Uetlileliom 8 lft 0 lft 10 25
Lawsonbam.... 8 47 8 47
Bed Bank 4 00 10 00
A. M. A. II. P. M. A U. P. U.
Trains dally except Sunday.
DAVID OCARGO, Gkn'L. Supt
JAB. P. ANDEEBON ,GN'L. PANS. AOT.
OTKL Mil'ONNKLL,
HKYNOLDHVIU.K. PA.
FRASKJ. ttLACK, Proprietor.
The lendhi'J lititrl tif thottuvn. lloiMlqutii
tt'r foi roinnii'h'liil nti'ii. Htrnin IiimiI, fit'n
1ii, tiiHh noin find i'IiMn on rvt'iy 1wir,
miiiiplt' t-iMinm, lillliuid itHm, trlrpliono con-
II
OTEL RCLXAP,
RKYXor.DsVIM.i:. PA.
J. ( 1M.LMAX, l'riiilt:
I'lrst i'bi" In every particular. Located In
t hp very cent rp of the hindni". part of town.
Krpp 'bu to and from train anil commodious
aainplp rooms for eomnipivlnl IriiM'lers.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
UROOKVILLE, I'A.,
'. 7'. VAlililEli, l',-))Htnr,
Haninle riHms on the itrouud tloor. House
hentpu by natural Kns. Otnnthua to and front
all trains.
M
OORE'S WINDSOR HOTEL
1217-21) FlLIIKRT BTRKF.T,
PHILADELPHIA, - PENN'A,
ntESTUX J. MOOllE, I'mrhUir.
Mi bed riMims. Rates $2.00 m-r day Amerl
piiii Plan. I'.blis'k from P. R. It. Hi'isit and
i block from Npw P. ft. H. R. )pNit.
liUscrllattrott.
NEFF.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
And Real Kstnte Aucnt, Rpynoldwlllp, Pa.
Q MITCHELL,
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W.
Otllcp on Wpxt Main stii'et, opposite the
t.'ommetvlnl Hotel, Reynolilsvlllp, Pa.
D
R. B. E. HOOVER,
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
Rpslilent dentist. In bulldliiit near Metho
dist church, opiMislte Arnold blvH'k. Gcnllp
ness In oppratlnir.
C. K. OOllIM). JOHN W. HKKIl.
QORDON& REED,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Bnstkvllle, Jefferson t'o., Pa.
Offli'p In room formprlv ix'euplpd by Gordon
It t'orliett West Main Street.
W. L. MeCKACICN, 0. M. MtDONALD,
BrMkvllli. HiyatldiTilU.
CCRACKENA McDONALD,
Attorney nnd Connixllorit-Lair,
Olnces at Reynoldlvllle nnd Itrookvllle.
REYNOLDSVILLE LAUNDRY,
WAII SING, l'wpriitor,
CorneMth tretnd Gonlon allpy. Flrst
rlass work done at reasonable prices. Give
the laundry a trial.
D
R, R. E. HARBISON,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Rpynoldsvllle, Pit.
Offlce In rooms formerly occupied by I. B.
MoCreltrtit.
N. HANA
Has brought the
Best and
Lowest Prices
ever Been in this town. Come
and see for yourself.
A Fine Line of
Summer Sims I
plain and figured. Silk that was sold
at 40c., now 25; sold at 50c., now 37i;
sold at 55c., now 45.
Fine line Henrietta that was sold for
40c., now 25.
Fine line of Dimity and Jaconat
Duchess 10 and 121.
Dress Ginghams for 5c.
A fine line of Ladles' Curies from 2
to 118.
Children's ready-made Eaton Suits,
age 4 to 12 years.
Fine assortment of Novelty Goods in
the Ladies' Department.
Clothing - Department!
Suits that were sold for 97, $8, $10 and
112, now for 15 and W.
Children's Suits for OOo.
Cheviot Shirts for 24c.
You will save money by calling and
examining our stock before purchasing
elsewhere.
N. Hanau.
II
THE TOY3.
My lttl on, who lonkVI from thnuKhtf ul ny
And mov'd ami flpko in q1tt, Krmvn up wise.
Having niy law the fvvrntli tlmo lisolx')-Hl,
1 ntrurk him and tUMiilm'd
With banl word nnl unkiflVd.
Hid mntht-r, who v.t.p pntt nt. WIhr dmd.
Then, furtng h-nt hlhpriof fdiutild liituU-rehfn,
1 vlMtcd h bf?d,
But found him Blmntu ring d 'p,
With diirk(MUl iyrlfitfl and their liudips yvt
From bin Into tolltnt( wet,
And I, with hit mil,
KlHfttnc? nwny ill- ; ..rn, hit nthtM of my own,
For on a tahlo dr;iwn 1i-11o liii wit
llu hml imt, wit hiii bin ri'drh,
A box of countoi'M Httd n roil vuln'd Rtono,
A picre of Klaus nbrndf.-d hy the boaoh
And six or sovui nlu lK
A bottln with bhioltolU
And two Fn-noli cMppor coins, rang'd thrro
with rnri'ful art
To comfort hi sad heart.
Ho when that ntuht I prayed
To Mod and wont and said:
"Ah, wht n t hint we lie with tranced breath,
Not vox lni( thou In death,
And thou rom'm1oroHt of what toyi
Wo make our joys,
llow wmkly understood
Thy grout commanded good,
Then, fathorly not b
Than 1 whom thou hat molded from the clay.
Thou It Iravo thy wrath and ftay,
'I will bo aorry for thoir childihnsB., "
-Coventry rutmuro In C hurch Btandard
NOT APrJlECIATED.
OHN BULL'S MEANNESS TOWARD A
FOREMOST INVENTOR.
All Thine llrltlah Tried llard to Crtuh
the DiMorerer of the "lleftMunttr Irmv
NM'-Ths Grrnt Chung Wrfintrht by tlin
Invention 11HtM'mprn PnTotj Htmnp.
Tlie Inventor of tlio cvlt'btitttd "lien
feuipr procoBtt" is tlin ttnwt intitlo:t of
uioii, Rliunuing rnthor tlmn courting ob-(tpn-ation.
A few yearn since lio was
Boiiictimcs to lie sppii taking n "eoimti
tntionnl" In the neighborhood of his un
pretentious alxxlo nt Doiiiinuk Hill, lu
England, but tlio vcnerablo goiitlcman
with the bciiovolt-nt face, in tlio old
faxliloiiod frock coat nnd volmtiinouK,
many foldcil clinker neckcloth, Ih now
rarely seen ovcu by his iuimedialo neigh
bors. The BritiBh pnblic, tlio BritUh gov
ernment mid Biitisli manufiicturors diil
their very bout nt one timo to crnRh one
of the most nnefnl men ever born in
Britain, and failed ignomlniouHly. Shef
field langhcd nt him, and Woolwich gave
him the official cold shonlder, bnt Shef
field and Woolwich wonld bo crippled
indeed at the prexont timo wero it not
for "Beftdomer steel." Yet, even now,
although foreign potentates havo show
ered crosses and stars npon him, the
English government has not conferred
upon him any honor mora important
than au ordinary knighthood, nnd this
in spito of the fact that ho has created
one of tlio largest and most important
industries in the world.
Some fascinating calculations, made
by Sir Houry himself, prove that one
year's production of Bessemer stool
might bo represented by a solitl column
1 6 times tlio height of St Paul's ca
thedral, and as thick throngh ns an or
dinary gasometer about 100 feet
Henry Bessemer, son of the late Mr.
Anthony Bessemer, was born in Hert
fordshire in tho year 1813. His earlier
years wero devoted to art, and we find
that he was on exhibitor at tho Royal
academy nt the age of 20. At this early
age ho had discovered a means by which
impressions of the designs on coins,
medals and other reliefs could bo repro
duced in any nnmbers on cardboard.
Some of his work in this lino is still ex
tant, and when specimens oomo into the
market they bring high prioes.
This led him indirectly to a more
important invention. Ho discovered that
the government of tho time was robbed
to tho rnno of '100,000 per annum by
unscrupulous persons, who were in tho
habit of removing tho embossed duty
stamps on legal and other documents
and using tho sauio again. Young Bes
semer Invented tlio useful littlo contriv
ance by which tlio stamp is embossed on
the paper or parchmcut of tho document
itsolf, and submitted it to the thou chief
of the stamp department at Somerset
House.
The potentate in question saw the ad
vantage of this system at a glance, and
oon afterward the authorities expressed
their willingness to make use of it. A
pretty little story is connected with this
invention. When his model was com
pleted, Bessemer showed it to the young
lady to whom he was then engaged. Her
first comment upon it showed that she
was well fitted to bocomo the wife of an
inventor, fcho said :
"Yes, I understand this, but suroly, if
all stamps hud a data put upon them,
they oould not at a future timo be used
again without detection. "
Tills proved a very valuuble sugges
tion, f oi' Bessemer soon hit upon tho idea
of a steel die with a space for a movablo
date, and in that form his invention was
adopted by tho authorities Will it be
oreditodthut he never received u solitury
farthing from the government for his
services or tho uso of his invention?
Such is nevertheless tho fuct, and
when he hinted mildly at legal remedies
be was told by the solicitor to the stamp
department that he was entitled to no
oompeusution, inasmuch as be had pre
sented his invention to the government
gratis I This was at a time, too, when
he was by no means well off, when in
deed he lacked the necessary money to
sot up housekeeping with the clever
young lady whoso brilliant suggestion
Lad resulted in a perfect stamping ma
chine I Ho received many generous prom
ises from various ministors, of course,
but one government went out of power
after another, and to this day ho lias
never been compensated in any shape or
form.
A man of vast wealth now, Sir Henry
BosRomcr enn afford to regard tho trou
bles of that period of his life with com
parative indifference, though ho has
since had more nmplo reason to cherish
a tlisliko for all British governments
and politicians. But his disappointment
in this instance, taught him a very salu
tary lesson. When ho mado tlio great
discovery of his lifo that by which it
is possible to convert pig iron into steel
by a simplo and inexpensive process
lie kept his discovery a secret. To some
extent it is a secret to tills day. The
importance of the discovery can hardly
be overestimated.
Before tho Bessemer process came
into uso steel could not be bonght under
50 a ton, and its price prohibited its
use in numberless departments of indus
try whore it is now considered essential
At that tlmo, too, only 61,000 tons of
oast steel were produced in Sheffield in
a year. In 1892, 83,640 tons of steel
were manufactured in tho worltl every
day according to the Bossomor process,
tho selling price per ton .averaging 8
perhaps. It is chiefly duo to Sir Henry
Bessemer that ouo is almost ns safo on n
modern ocean steamship as on land, and
that the modern structure of steel is
nearly as imperishable as the Pyramids.
Such a discovery, it might bo sup
posed, wonld be hailed with enthusiasm
by those interested in the iron trado of
Great Britain. Not a bit of it. Ues
bemer mot with every possible discour
UKcmeuL The steel manufacturers of
Sheffield wero dead against him from
tho first, and tlio government ignored
him. Bostou Commercial Bulletin.
Oeoernl Greely'i Iun.
General Grecly of nrrtio famo is as
distinguished in tho social circles whoro
hn is known ns in tho field of polar ex
ploration. Bravo nnd gallant, he is a
grout favorito in society, but it is doubt
ful if ho lias iinywhcro a tnoro ardent
admirer than one small maiden to whom
he stands as a knight "sans reproche, "
Sho was the host's daughter at an aft
ernoon reception when General Greoly
was the lion of the occasion. The bolles
of tho town wero directing all their vol
ley of suiMirlntive and bewitching
glances at the hero, who, however, ig
nored these enticements and asked to
accompany the 13-year-old miss to the
dining room. Delighted beyond measure
at this unexpected attention, tho child
accepted and went proudly off, scarcely
knowing whether the salnd he brought
her were chicken or sawdust. The crow u
log jy came, however, when, talking
to her as if sho "hud been Mrs. Clove
land," to quote her own words, her com
panion asked how many brothers uud
sisters she hud.
Sho replied, "One brother and one
sister, the boy between," and added,
"Somo persons call ns a sandwich, but
I think that is rather hard on us girls,
because everybody likes meat so much
better than bread."
"Ah, my dear," said tho general,
with a bow, "not when it is so well
bred."
Can any sueercr at puns drive from
tho maid's memory her exclusive pleas
uro in this one? Now York Times.
When Tears Arm rtongerotub
M. S. Gregory, sheriff of Amador,
was tolling some friends tho other even
ing about a plucky deputy and wound
up by saying: "When you fiud a man
as cool and steady as a rock in the face
of danger, you can bet on him. But the
most dangerous men are those who
laugh or cry when they havo a dispute
on bund. I know a man named Drew,
down in Texas, who was noted as a very
bad man. Wheu ho was doing any shoot
ing, he would laugh loudly a hard, de
mouiucul laugh, without any merriment
in it Up at Indian Diggings, muny
years ago, two men named Archer and
Puwsou had a dispute with a German
about a claim. Wheu they claimed the
property, he broke down and cried, and
thoy, supposing they would have no
trouble in taking possession, marched
on the ground. The German took up a
broken pick and laid them both out.
Archer was badly hurt and was a long
time getting over his injuries. After
that whenover he saw a man start to
cry he got out of the way. " San Fran
cisco CalL '
He Could.
A well known and busy actress has a
littlo daughter who is a precocious
young pagan, and the other night, as
the nurse was away, she was put to bed
by a friend of bor mother's.
"Do you not say your prayers, dour?"
"Nop I" responded the infantile hea
llien. "I don't know any, and mamma
is ulways away when I go to bed. "
"Perhaps yon would like to learn a
prayer," suggested she of the mission
ary tendencies. "Do you think you
could?"
"Could I learn a prayer?" repeated
tho younger in derisivo tones. "I should
say I could. I'm very quick study. "
New York Mercury.
The Man He Wanted.
"I beg your pardon," suidoneuiun to
another in a railroad train, "but I am
the muuager of a museum, and I have a
vacancy now for a strong man. "
"Well, what of it?"
"Why, sir, I saw you open the oar
window with no appureut effort, and I
thought perhaps we could agree on tho
terms and you could begin your en-
fugeuieut immediately, "Detroit Free
"res.
FRENCH BARBARITY AT YAFA.
Ttionmnd of 1'rlKoner Wero Shot llowti
Afler tho Surrender.
No Frtyich victory was ever marked
by such unbridled license ns that which
tho victorious) troops practiced at Yafiu
But what followed was worse, for tho
prisoners of war wero too numerous for
tlio ordinary tiwiiro. For somo days thry
wero treated according to tho terms of
quarter they had exacted. On tho 17th
a council of war unanimously voted that
tho old rulo under which no quarter is
given to defenders in mi assault should
be applied to them. For three days Bo
naparte hesitated, bnt on the 3l)th his
decision was taken. A few Egyptians
wore sent homo nnd the remainder of
tho prisoners, together with the 800
militia from El Arish, wero marched to
the beach and shot In tho report to tho
directory tlio tnunlier was pnt at 1,800.
Two eyewitnesses estimated it one at
8,000, the other nt 4,000.
"I have been severe with those of your
troops who violated tho laws of war,"
wrote tho author of the deed to Jozzar.
No mention of tho fact or exenso for it
was mado in any of his other corre
spondence at the tlmo. All winter long
ho had been dealing as an oriental with
oriental, and this was bnt a piece of
tho same conduct. The code of Christian
morality was far from bis mind. In Jan
uary, for instance, he had ordered Mu
rat to kill all the prisoners of a hostile
tribo in tlio desert whom ho could not
bring away, and in the same month
identical orders were Issued to Bertlilor
concerning unothcr existing horde.
Tho plc;i which is mado by tho eulo
gists of Napoleon and by some recent
military writers for this wholesale exe
cution is that nitiong these slaughtered
men tho garrison of El Arish, which
had surrendered, hud been found again
with arms in their hands; thnt they
were deserving of death according to all
tho laws of war, nnd that, ns to tlio rest,
there wero no French prisoners for whom
to excltango them and no provisions to
support them, consequently their pres
ence with tlio army would jeopardize its
success, nnd it was therefore justifiable
to diminish the enemy's resisting power
by their execution. Those who beliovo
that war, whether just or unjust, justi
fies any barbarity which will lead to
speedy victory will agree with that
opinion. Professor W. M. Sloane's
"Life of Niiisileon" in Century.
Iron Tonlo For Orango Trees.
G. W. Prescott of Highland, who took
tho medal for the best box of packed or
anges at tho late California Stute Citrus
fair, has been experimenting with iron
filings in his young orchard. Being
master mechanic of the Santa Fe system
in southern California at San Bernardi
no, he knew more about iron filings thun
he did about guano or any other fer
tilizer, and knowing that a certain
amount of iron in tho soil was essential
to a healthy growth of tho tree and tho
production of fruit he put five pounds
of tliis material around each tree, and us
a result he hug a highly colored orange,
where before he had a pale colored fruit.
The cost is insignificant A thousand
trees on ten acres will require A, 000
pounds of filings, which costs f 4 per ton
llOforthotenaoroorchard. Of course
this application of iron is not intended
to supersede all other fertilizers, but
simply to supplement them in order to
give a good color to the fruit and enable
the grower to put an attractive orange
on the market, and inoidentully to assist
him occasionally in winning a gold
medal. The railroad shops at San Ber
nardino can furnish one ton per day of
this material, and other shops can also
assist in supplying the domand. Pro
ducer. Coet of Living In Europe's Capitals.
An investigation into the comparative
cost of living at tho various European
capitals results in tho following interest
ing facts : At Vicuna tho prices of most
articles of food are lowest At Madrid
they are dearer thun in any other cupi
tal, and Buch things as bread, meat, sug
ar and coal are vory expensive. At St
Petersburg also tho prico of bread is so
high that white bread is still considered
a luxury above the means of the work
ing classes. Next to Vienna, Brussels is
an inexpensive city. Paris is a littlo
higher in the scale, but London is "ter
ribly expensive. "Westminster Ga-
ECttti.
Tho Pleiades.
Those timekeepers the Pleiades have
been used to mark tho days from the
most remote periods. Mr. T. W. Fewkes,
describing the fire ceremonies of the Pu
eblo Indiuns of Tusuyan, says that, hav
ing boon present on two such occasions in
1803 and 18t8,'ho found thut the error
of timo made by the Indians as to the
13th of November in those two years
was insignificant It was the culmina
tion of the Ploiados which told the In
dians the proper time for tho beginning
of their rites. Now York Times
Overeating.
Overeating is generally coudemuod on
the ground that by stuffing tho digestive
organs or by giving them too much to
do the food token is prevented from
properly nourishing him who takes it It
is possiblo, however, that one may suf
fer from too much uatrimeut as well as
from too little, even whou it is properly
assimilated.
Tlio Alleghany river was catled by
the Delaware Indians the Welikhanne,
"fair water. " Several other names were
given to this stream by the early explorers.
BIRDS LIKE TO TRAVEL
Tlio Roain The? Annually tave North
ern Clluiee and Hy South.
Why do tho birds flit southward each
autumn and return again with every
spring? No one knows, bnt science, in
tho person of Professor Wang, the emi
nent Austrian ornithologist, has Just dis
closed that the usual flippant answer to
this question, "Becnnso they like to
travol," is not far ont of tho wav, after
alL
In a lecture that Professor Wang re
cently delivered at Vienna ho gave some
extremely interesting details regarding
tho migrations of birds, all of which
migrations resemble one another in two
respects: They follow the most direct
line southward, and are made with al
most incredible rapidity. Numerous ob
servations have been made at Helgo
land, which is the principal hulling
place of birds of passage from northern
countries, nnd of Egypt, which is the
winter home of many, and these obser
vations have established some facts hith
erto unknown. Tho bluebirds traverse
the 400 nautical miles which separata
Egypt from Holgoland in a single night,
which is at the rate of more than 40
geographical miles per hour. Tlio swal
low's speed is over 9)6 miles per min
ute, or nearly three times that of tho
fastest railway train. Even tho younger
birds, 0 or 8 weeks old, uccompany the
others in their jonrney.
Professor Wang asks himself what is
the impulse which causes the birds, aft
er tlio brooding and molting season is
over, to quit our uothern climate. Ho
does not think it is fear of cold for
many species quite as delicate, as thoso
which migrnto southward easily with
stand the rigors of the winter but tlin t
they have au irresistible, humor for
traveling. This is his idea, of tho fact,
bnt ho can givo no explanation.
FIRST SHOT OF THE WAR.
Fired by the Cadets of tho South Carolina
Military Academy.
The first shot in the Into war was fired
by the cadets of the South Carolina Mil
itary academy, which occupies a spacious
and formidable looking building called
the Citadel, which was originally con
structed for an arsonuL The organiza
tion and curriculum are similar to those
of the United States academy nt West
Point After the ordinance of secession
was adopted the cadets were ordered to
report for guard duty and were manning
battery on Morris island, when, on
Jan. 9, 1801, the Star of the West at
tempted to enter the harbor with sup
plies and re-enforcements for Fort Sum
ter. Tho impulsive boys took the re
sponsibility of driving her bock, firing
m shot aoross her bows to give warning
The steamer immediately ran up the
United States flag and increased her
speed. The shots fell thick and fust
around her, and when one struck her in
the stem the commander thought it
prudent to retreat and turned his vessel
seaward. Tho cadets of this institution
believe that aot entitles them to tho
homage of the south, and the prestige
thus acquired has made them tho objects
of envy throughout thut whole section.
Charleston Letter in Chicago Record.
A Polar City.
Numbers of explorers who have sought
the arctio regions in quest of the pole
have told of a mysterious city mirrored
against the northern sky tatoly build
ings in choioe architecture, tall and im
posing spires, but such as differ from
anything we know about Whether tho
foundation of this mirage is a reality
and only unrecognizable because of
transposition as to directions, wliother
it is a work of some mysterious remnant
of our race thnt once occupied the pole,
or whether this is some fanciful feature
of tho frost, us the peculiar shrubbery
we see on the window pane whatover
this is, it must be consigned to tho per
plexing enigmas of the an known region.
Who knows but some spot, once tho the
ater of bnsy uud advanced human life,
may have escaped the geueral cntuclys
mul wreck, and this city may be tho si
lent and as yet undiscovered witness of
prepolar times, standing alone in the
dead desolation, in the rigid shroud of
now polar death. If we must bo burred
from entering this undiscovered country,
we may add to our equipment by a care
ful noting of its mixture, and then give
to the base of these phenomena a most
thorough study. Philadelphia Press.
Tlmo and Step.
"Sometimes," said an old soldier,
"one sees the cuptuiu of a company
inarching proudly along, in time with
the music, but out of step, the company
right, the captain wrong. Distressing.
But then I huve seen a musician march
ing out of stop to the musio of his own
buud, uud there is now uud then a sol
dier who never really learns to keep
stop. Tho familiar order is, 'Left, left,
left, left, the left foot down at tho
heavy tup of the drum.' "New York
Sun.
Thlu as tho Mint.
Scene, a town in the north uu u very
misty day.
Sandy McKay (coming out of a pub
lic house and meeting his minister face
to face) Losli, sir, it's an awful do
oeiviu thing, this mist D'ye ken (im
pressively), I wondered in there the
uoo, thiukiu it was tho grocer's? Lou
don Globe.
Shlloh's Curo is sold on a guarantee.
It cures Incipient consumption. It is the
best cough cure. Only ouo cent a dose,
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