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VOLUME 4.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1895.
NUMBER 12.
tttlrtt Vim ffnWrn.
pKXNSYLVANIA UAILUOAD.
IN KFKKCT MAY ID, ISO.).
Philadelphia Erie ltnllrond Division Time
Tahle. Trains leave Hrlftwood.
KATWAUI
0:04 a m-Trnln s. dally esrept Hnnrtny for
rtiiiliiiiy, 1 1 it rt-ltt) i y nnil Intermediate sta
tions, nrrlvlnic nt Philadelphia (I: SI p.m.,
Mew York, 8:31 p. ni. I Hiililiiioio.il: l.i p.tii.i
nshlimloii, : p. m I'lillmim I'urlor enr
from Wllllnniviimt nnil passenger ronehes
from KnniMo I'lillnilelphlii.
3:: p. m. Triiln 8, ilnlly except Cnndiiy for
HiirrMiiiiir mid .Intermediate stations, nr
rlvlhKHl nillinl'lplilii4::i"A. M.( New Vnrk,
7:: A. M. ! 1 1 tn i li ears from
lliirrlhnrii to I'hlliidelphla mid Nc York.
l'lilliKli'lpliln pnenircrs rim ri-mnln In
sleeper undlstiii lied until ":() A. M.
:: p. m. Train 4, clnlly for fnnlniry, Ilnrrls
hiinrnnd Interniedliite stations, nrrlvlng lit
I'lilliiili-lpliln, 8:.YS A. M. New York, f:;
A.M. on week days nnil on f,"n
riny, Baltimore, :2fl A. M.I Wiislilnijton, iiitO
A.M. I'nlliiiiiii cm s from ErlviiiiU Williams
port to I'lillmli'lpliln. Passengers In sleeper
Tor Haltlmorn nnil Wnililimton will ho
transferred IntoW iislilnxion sleeper at llnr
rWlinrir. I'nsseinrer eimrhes from Krlo to
I'hlliKlelphla and Wllllnmsport to Hnltl-
WESTWARD
7:1(1 n. m. Train 1, dully except Sunday for
Kldirwny, Unltols, liormont. nnil Inter
mi'illuio Mitt Ioiih, Leaves HIlKy lit 8:00
p. M. for Erie.
B:80 a. m.--Trnln 8, dully for Erie itnd Inter
mediate point s.
8:2" p. tn. Train 11, dully cm-opt Sunday for
Kane nnd Intermediate stations.
THKOHJII TWAINS Foil IllUFTWOOIl
FKOM THE EAST AM) SOUTH.
TRAIN II lenves Vhlliideliilila 8:n A. m.
Washington, "..VIA. M.l llalllmoro, H:WA. M.J
Wllkeslmrrv, 10:18. M.t dully except riiin
dy, arriving lit lh-lftwood lit 8:27 P. M. Willi
1'iillmiin Parlor riir from Philadelphia to
Wllllnmsport.
' TRAIN 8 leave New York lit 8 p. m.l Phila
delphia, ll:2i p. m.s Washington, til 40 k. m.i
Baltimore, II:!VO p. m.l ilnlly nrrlvlng lit
lirlftwisxl nt :.V) u. rn. l'ullmiin sleeping
ears from Philadelphia to Krlt mid from
Washington and Itnltlmore to Wllllamsport
and tlirough pawnger eoafhes f roni Phila
delphia to Erie mid Kiiltimoro to Williams
port. TRAIN 1 lenves Henovo nt 8:iH it. m., dully
except hominy, arriving Ht Driftwood J:2il
n. m.
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
(Daily except Sunday.)
TRAIN IP leaves Uidgwny nt 0:30 n. tn.j .Tolin
sonliurg nt 8: m., arriving at Clermont
Ht 10:4(1 n, m.
TRAIN 20 leaves Clermont nt 10:50 a. m. ar
riving nt .lolinsonhurg nt 11:44 a. m. nnd
Kldgway at 12:00 a. m.
JIDGWAY & CLEARFIELD R. R.
DAILY EYCEPT SUNDAY.
SOUTHWARD. NORTHWARD.
P.M A.M. rTAllONH. A.M. P.M.
1210 A HO HldKway IXi :)
1 IK 9 :h Nliiml Run 1 23 8 22
12 22 042 Mill Hiivon 121 8 17
12 HI 052 t'mylnnd 111 80ft
12 an HI l Him Ik Mill 102 8110
12 42 100S HlnoltiK-k 12 iW M
1244 101)7 Vlnoyanl Run 12 M 6M
12 48 10 10 Currier 12 no 6 4N
1 00 1022 Brookwnyvlllo 12 :w 8H8
110 10 VI McMInn Hummlt 12 HO 8 2H
114 10 HK HiirvvyK Run 12 21 8 20
120 I04S KiiIIh frpvk 12 20 ft 1
14A 10 M Ihlllolft 12 08 600
T RAI NS LEA V E UI DO WAY .
Fnatwnrd. Wotward.
Train H, 7:. 7 a.m. Train a. 11:H4 a. m.
TriilnH, 1:4. p. m. Train 1, 3:00 p. m.
Train 4, 7M p. m. Train 11, 8:25 p. m.
8 M.PUEVOST,
Oen. MitnuKor.
J. R. WOOD,
Gen. l'limi. Ag't.
BUFFALO. ROCHESTER & PITTS
BURGH RAILWAY.
ThOHhort lino notweon DiiBoIm, Ttldgway,
Bradford, Hnlamanca, Huffaln, KoirhoHter.
Kliiimra l'lilU and poinm In the upper oil
region.
On nnd after June 17th, 1804, pnnnon
ffer trnliiM will arrive and depart from Falls
Creek Hint Ion, dully, except Sunday, aa fol
lnwa: 1.30 p. m. and 5.H0 p. m. Accommodations
from l'miXHiituwiiey and IIIk Kim.
8:50 a. m. Hull'iiloiind HoWiettlor mall For
Broekwayvllle. Rldnway.Johnxonliurii.Mt.
.lewett, Bradford, Hulaniunca, Hufl'iilo and
Rochester; ronnootinff at .lohnnonhurg
with 1. It E. train 8, for Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, Oorry and Erie.
10:63 a. m. Accommodation For 8jkea,
Big Runund I'linxnutawney.
S:SO p. m. Bradford Accommodation For
Beeclitree, Mrockwayvlllo, Kllmont, C!ar
mon, Rldfrway, JohnHonnurg, Mt. Jwett
and Bradford.
6:10 p. rn Mull For DuMols, Hykoa, Big
Run PunxHutawnoy and WaUton.
Pafwongora are requented to purchase tlck-
ta lieforo entering the cars. An exceda
hnrge of Ton t'enw will he collocted hy con-
lucuirn when faros lire paid on trains, from
all stations where a ticketufllce Is maintained.
Thousand mile tlckota at two cents per
mile, good for luusage between all stations.
J. H. McIntyrk, Ageat, Falls creek, P.
B. G. Mathkws. E.O. Laprt,
General Hunt. Uen. Pas. Agent
Buffalo N. Y. Rochester SLY
ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY
COMPANY commencing Sunday
Hay 26, 18U5, Low Grade Division.
AMTWAMO.
STATIONS. No.l. NOJk.HiO.8. 101 10
A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. P.
KedBunk Ml 4. 4 40
Lawsonham.... 10 87 4 82
New Bethlehem 11 80 8 2. 8 12
Oak Ridge 11 a t ( t 20
liayavllle 11 40 5 41 2k
riummervllle... 12 Ui 8 00 1 47
Brookvllle 12 2. 20 t 07
Hell 12 81 8 211 13
Fuller 12 4a 8 an 6 2.
lU-ynoldHvllle.. 1 00 8 67 8 44
Panvoust 1 ON Hi 8 82
Falls Greek 128 7 2. 7 00 10 85 1 81
DuHols 189 7 84 7 10 11 05 1 45
Baliula 1 4H 7 47 7 2a
Winter burn .... 1 60 7 8 7 W .
PenSold I 05 8 08 7 40
Tyler t 15 8 18 7 50
Glen Fisher 2 2H 8 27 8 01
Benetetta 1 4a 8 44 8 IN
Grunt IM 8 84 8 2
Driftwood 8 20 25 8 6.
P. M. P. M A. M. A. M, P. M
WKHTWAMl.
STATION!. I N0.2 I No. INo.101 108 110
Driftwood
Grant
Benexette
Glen Fisher....
Tyler
PenHeld
Winterburn ...
Bnliula
Dulluis
Fulls Creek....
Piinconst
KeynulUsvllle .
Fuller
Bell
Brookvllle
fumniervllle...
Muysvllle
OukRIdite
New Bethlehem
Lawsonham.
Eudllunk....
A. st.
10 10
10 42
10 62
11 00
11 211
11 80
11 80
11 47
1 U
j 20
1 84
142
1 &H
I 10
I 20
z
t 6H
I 08
8 1.
8 47
4 00
A.
A.
8 110
6 82
6 42
6 611
6 10
6 20
8 20
6 87
8 60
7 20
7 2N
7 40
7 6;
8 00
8 10
8 8N
8 67
ton
8 15
8 47
10 00
A. M
P. M
8 85
7 08
7 18
7 88
7 44
7 641
8 00
8 l:
8 25
8 82
8 40
8 4H
9 W
t 17
25
844
10 04
10 IN
10 25
12 10
12 20
6 00
8 10
A M.l P. M.
Trains dally exceptBunduy.
DAVID OOARGO, Gu'L. BCPT
J AS. P, ANDEB80N lOw'b PA88. Aai.
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90UI.
OTEL McCONNELL,
REYNOLDSVILLE. PA.
FKAXKJ. JiLACK, Proprietor.
The leading hotel of the town. lleniliUiir
ter for romnieri'liil men. Htenm heiit, free
Im, hath room and eliwels on every lloor,
sumple riMinis, lilllliird riMini, telephone con
nections Af.
JJOTKL BKLNAP,
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
J. V. 1HLLMAX, Proprietor.
FlrM clns In every pnrtti-iilnr. Is-ated In
the very centre of the liilncttpnrt of town.
Free 'Inis to nnd from trains nnd commodious
sample rooms forconimerclul travelers.
QOMMERCIAL HOTEL,
BROOK VI LLE, PA.,
PHIL P. CAHlilKll, Proprietor,
"amnio rooms on tho ground lloor. Home
heiiteil by niituriil gns. Ouinllius to and from
all trulns.
WHEN 8HE GOES BY.
M
OORE S WIXDSOR HOTEL,
1217-29 FlLBKHT BTRF.KT,
riHLADELPIIIA, - PENN'A,
PltESTOX J. MOOliK, P,-o-vtor.
'M2 bed rooms. Kales (2.00 tier tiny Amerl
ean IMiin. I'ltilm-k from P. II. R. Depot and
4 block from New P. A. R. R. Depot.
HUcrllattrou.
NEEF.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
And Real Estate Agent, Reynoldsvlllo, Pa.
Q MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
tltflco on West Mnln street, opposite the
Commercial Hotel, Reynoldsvlllo, Pa.
I)
R. 15. E. HOOVER,
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
Resident dentist. In building near Metho
dist church, opposite Arnold block. Gentle
ness In operating.
C. K. nORDON. JOItR W. HEED.
QORDON & REED,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Brookvllle, Jefferson Co., Pa.
Office In room formerly occupied by Gordon
A C'orliett West Main Htreot.
W. L. KcCBACKElf,
Brttkvillt.
Q. M. HtDONALD,
BtyulsnllU.
JcCRACKEN & McDONALD,
lHomrt oml CouwicVorx-iit-Law,
Olliccs at Rcynoldlvlllo and Brookvllle.
JJEYNOLDSV1LLE LAUNDRY,
WAH SIXG. Pmpriitor,
Corner 4th street and Gordon alley. First
class work done at reasonable prlcea. Give
the laundry a trial.
jyi. R. E. HARBISON,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Reynoldsvlllo, Pa.
Offlce In rooms formerly occupied hy 1. 8.
McUrelght.
I. HANA
Has brought the
Best and
Lowest Prices
ever seen in this town. Come
and see for yourself.
A Fine Line of
Summer silks!
plain and figured. Silk that wa Hold
at 40c., now 25; sold at 50o., now 37i;
sold at 55c., now 4i
Fine line Henrietta that wag Bold for
40c., now 25.
Fine line of Dimity and Jaconat
Duchess 10 and 124.
Dress Ginghams for 6c.
A fine line of Ladles' Capos from 12
to $18.
Children's ready-made Eaton SuiU,
te 4 to 12 years.
Fine assortment of Novelty Goods In
the Ladies' Department.
Clothing - Department!
Suits that were sold for $7, 98, $10 and
$12, now for $5 and $0.
Children's Suits for OOe.
Cheviot Shirts for 24c.
You will save money by calling and
examining our stock before purchasing
elsewhere.
N. Hanau.
Vhen she goo hy with hend erect,
A springtide blossom fair nnd sweet,
I wonder If sho can' suspiwt
Bow hemls are turned nlong the street,
Or how I try to catch her eye
And win a smile w hen sho k ics hy.
When sh goes hy with wind tossed cnrls
And cheeks whom winter roses blow,
Bhe quite eclipses all the girls
It's been my happiness to know.
Oh, how those fnlry feet do Hy,
No loitering, when sho gov hy.
When she goes by, gay, debonair,
With graceful swaying figure, though
To follow her I do no dare.
My heart la taken Into tow,
And I ean only long and sigh
And rail at fate when she goes by.
Detroit Free Press.
CHEESE BOX MAKING.
AN EXTEN8IVE INDUSTRY OF WHICH
LITTLE IS KNOWN.
Half a Million Dollars' Worth of Cases
Turned Oat Yearly by Expensive Ms
ehlnsry How the Logs Aro Cooked and
Then Cu Into Unbroken Sheet.
An Moa of tho tnngnltndo of the
ohoeso Industry in this country is given
by the fuct that the boxes in which tho
cheese is shipped represent a cost of
nearly $500,000 annually. It is not
many years since cheese was shipped in
any kind of barrel or box which wonld
hold from one to half a dozen good sized
forms, packed in straw to keep them
from being brnised or broken in tho
handling. It was only factory nmdo
choose that received guch protection,
while dairy cheese was sent to market
destitute of any covering other than its
own roughly bandaged rind, which in
most cases proved invulnerable. Com
petition among manufacturers has
ohanged all this, and at present the
manufacture of boxes gives employment
to a large number of hands aud necessi
tates the uko of powerful and expensive
machinery.
It was enstomary iu the early ditys of
the business to saw the hoops, as the
large body of tho box is called, out of
tho log in planks about one-flfth of an
inch in thickness. The waste of materi
al was a most serious objection to this
plan, fully 60 por cent of the timber
going in sawdust. The invention of the
rotary cutting machine has prevented
this waste aud at tho same timo pro
duced a better hoop than the sawed arti
cle. The chief timber used in making
eheesebox hoops is the common swamp
elm. No other timber seems to possess
the same qualities of lightness, tough
ness and elasticity so requisite for
cheescboxes as this onoo despised prod
not of American forests. The logs, aft
er being out in the proper lengths, gen
erally 5 foot for an ordinary cheese
box of 18,4' or 10 inohes diameter, are
thrown into long vata filled with water,
where they are boiled from 19 to 80
hours. Tho time required to soften the
timbor, or cook it, aa the operation Is
called, varies according to tho size of
the timber and the season. Large logs
require to be cooked longer than small
ones, particularly when the logs are
frozen. It is not uncommon to find the
oenterof a log still frown ufter IS hour
of boiling.
Experienoe is the beat guide in this
part of the business, ami to know when
the timbor is thoroughly oooked and not
overdone is one of tho thiugs aorraired
only by constant observation. When
sufficiently boiled tho logs are lifted in
iron grapples from the vata and laid on
kids, where the bark is removed. Then
a log is lifted by a crane and swung in
to place in the machine, where it is held
in horizontal position by chocks or
dogs that center it fit each end.
lis this position the log revolves like
a roll of popor in a printing press. The
knife which does the cutting is very
heovy and is bolted to a heavy hoad
called a enrriago, which is fed forward
by sorews toward nhe revolving log. In
the most approved machines the knife
has an end or oscillating as well as a
forward motion. This reduces the strain
on the machine aud permits the cutting
of soft, unsound an shaky hearted logs.
As Hie knife comes in oontoct with the
timber, the inequalities of the log are
first shorn off and gradually the log be
come perfectly round and yields an un
broken sheet of lumber, like the unwind
ing of a roll of cloth. This sheet of
wood is broken off in convenient
lengths, which are passed under divid
ing knives that cut them into uniform
Widths corresponding with the required
depth of the box.
If the boxes are to be made up at once
the hoops are bent around iron cylinders
to give thorn the form of the box, after
which the bottom is pressed in and
nailed in plaoe. Comparatively few
boxes are put together in the larger
mills. In most eases the produot is dried
and shipped to the cheese manufactur
ing centers, where the boxes are com
pleted. The boxes in the finished state
are too bulky for economical handling.'
An ordinary freight oar will not oon
tain more than 600 oomplote boxes,
while 6,000 can be carried if shipped in
the bale.
The remnants which are not wide
enough for hoops are used for the oovor
band and for the narrow band that goes
around the bottom of the box. The box
es vary in gize both' as regards depth
and diameter. The most common gize
will hold a cheese of from 60 to OS
pounds. Such a box is 10 Inches deep
and 16 inches in diameter. This is
the size of cheese most in demand for
export The size for home consumption
is as a rale much smaller aud requires
a box from 6 toO inches deep, but of the
same diameter as the other.
Various kinds of timlier nro used to
form the heads of the box, but elm Js
tho accepted material for tho lumps.
Owing to peculiarities of tho soil, the
timber in some localities is inclined to
be slinky, the checks or shakes running
around the log and following tho grniu
of the timber. Such timber was useless
when the hoops wore snwed, but in the
rotary process much of it can bo turned
to good account. Tho bulk nf the elm
limber used in this business is brought
bi from Canada.
The western iietiitisula of Ontario ly
ing north of Lake Erie contained one of
the largest tracts of elm timber on the
continent. It tins been greatly depleted in
recent years. Logs are taken ont in win
ter when the swamps are frozen and are
skidded near the railways or on the hike
shore. Tho bulk of them are taken to
the mills by water iu tow of powerful
steam tugs. New York Sun.
HE WAS VERY HUNGRY.
ttow a Texan Ont a Good Meal at a Gen
eral Expense.
Mr. Goes, iu his "Recollections of a
Private," quotes the remarks of a Cou
fedorate about two famous leudors under
whom ho had fought This man said of
Btonowall Jackson, "If yon uns had
some good general like him, I reckon
yon uns could lick wo uns. " When ask
ed whether bo had ever seen General
Lee, he replied: "Yess I was a sort of
orderly for Uncle Robert for awhile,
lie's a mighty calmliko man when a
fight is going on."
This story is told of General John B.
Magrudor:
"Our Genoral Magrudor thinks a pow
erful heap of what he eats and wears.
Be allors has a right smart of truck.
"There was a Texas feller one time
who had straggled from his brigade,
and he were a pert one, he were, stran
ger. Bo were hungry enough to eat a
general, buttons and all that Texas
foller were. He saw Magruder's table
all spread, v-ith a heap of good flxin's
on it, and I'll be hanged if he didn't
walk in, pert as you pleoso, grabbed a
knife and fork and opened fire all along
the line on them flxin's.
"Magrudor heard something in his
tent and hurried in and asked that Tex
as chap whit brought him thnr. Tho
Texan 'lowt.1 ho were hungry. Thou tho
general, stiff and graudlike, said, 'Do
yon know, sir, at whose tablo you are
eatin?'
"Tho TexM chap, he kept drivin in
the pickets on them chick'ns, and he
said to tho gen'ral, said he, 'No, old
hoes, and I ain't no waysportio'lor, nei
ther, since I've come solderin. ' "
"What did Magrudor do?" asked a
Yankee listener.
"Do? Why, he saw thorn chicken flx
in's wore spilod, aud he jest put his
arm under his conttail, pulled his hat
over his eyes and walked out And Mr t
Toxas hoss didn't loave anything on that
thor table 'ccpt tho plates not even his
compliments. -
"Who were he? Well, no matter. He
hadn't no manners, he hadn't He were
powerful hungry, stranger, that chap
were."
What Cassar Bald,
A little girl lately asked her mother
how to pronounce Censor 'a famous hv
oonio utterance. "I really don't know
what to tell you," was the answer.
"When I studied Latin, we said 'Voui,
vidi, vioi,' exactly as it is spoiled. A
fow years later they began to use what
was called the continental pronuncia
tion and said, 'Veene, veode, veeke.'
Now I fancy your oollcginto sister would
tell us that it waa Weene, woedo,
weeko. " The oollegion was appealed to
accordingly and announced: "No; there
is a luter way stilL Wo say, 'Wainoe,
woedoo, wechce.'for the very latest"
As Lowell complained in his old ago,
who con pretend to keep up with the
gibberish into which the classics are be
ing turned by modern teachers of thorn?
Philadelphia Press.
of DUInfeotiag Walls.
Heavy rains are apt to contaminate
wells and spread disease; hence Dr.
Franck hag brought under the notice of
the Polytechnio society of Berlin a means
of disinfecting wells, which he employs
with success. It consists in suspending
in the mouth of the well an earthenware
dish containing 60 to 100 grama (a
gram ia about 15 grains) of bromine,
which, being volatile in air, forms a
dense vapor that fills the woll, and is
absorbed by the water, thus diajnfeoting
it The water, it is true, has a slight
taste of bromine for a time, but is whole
some enough. London Globe.
How It Was.
"And Where's Sappeigh?" inquired
the returned clubman, who waa posting
himself. "Is he still courting that bright
western girl?"
"Oh, no," replied his friend. "Bhe
jollied him for six mouths or more and
fooled him at last "
"Ah," with asympathetio sigh, "she
rejected him, did she?"
"Not much. She married him. " Do
troit Free Press.
Tho KoglUh Soldier.
An English soldier coming on duty
waa heard to say to his oomrade, "Well,
Jim, what's the orders at this post?"
Jim replied, "Why, the orders is you're
pever to loave it till you're killed, and
if you see any other man leaving it
you're to kill him. " "Reoolleotious of
a Military Life," General 8ir John
Adoe.
A DELAYED BRIDE.
he Wonldn't lie Wedded Till the Condi
tion Were All night.
The company waited, but the bride
was not ready. A bridesmaid was sent
to notify her that Gcorgo Edward was
in the oriol room nnd the baud under
the stairs watting to strike up the first
strains of the wedding murch.
"I don't core," she pouted as she
throw herself disconsolately on a divan,
to the great danger of her veil: "I'm
not going to be unlucky nil my llfo if I
can help it Dear, dear, why didn't I
remember it sootior. "
"Rememlier what, dear?" inquired
the perplexed bridesmnid.
"Why, that everything I have on is
new. I did remember thut if
"Married In white,
You have chosen all right,
but I forgot tho other :
"Bomothlng old and something new.
Or yonr eholeo you'll surely ruo.
Every stitch I have on is new, and I
just will not stir a step until I have
something old added to my dress. "
"Take v r handkerchief," suggested
one of tho girls.
"What could I do with it?" whined
tho poor thing. "Brides don't have
pockots ; neither do they carry handkr--chiefs
in their hands. It would look aa
if I expected to cry. "
"I have a happy thought," said the
bridesmaid. "Exchange shoes with mo. "
"They won't fit My feet are two
sfzes smaller than yonrs. "
"Thanks, awfully. Haven't yon a
pair of your own Ciuderellos?"
"Yes, I lntvo," said tho brido, jump
ing up in a hurry. "Your head is lovel,
door. Look in the pink box in tho chif
fanior, or in tho blue one. Oh, th'
won't do, they'ro so awfully soiled I"
"Got me some bread crumbs nnd a
box of powder," said a practical soul iu
theparty. "Quickl I'll have them white
in a jiffy."
"You'ro just door," said tho grateful
bride. "Now I shall feel that I am
properly married, nnd that ovorythii -has
been done to insure my fntn.ro hap
piness. Just one thing more for luck i
"Hurtle a shoo
After me do,"
When tho brido descended the stairs
leaning on tho arm of George Edward,
the sweet nreuity of her faco was a
subject of favorablo comment Her
friends felt that site was not entering
unprcpnred upon the future awaiting
her, and sho folt that way herself. De
troit Free Press.
A DOCTOR'S YARN.
It I of Two Sister Who Killed Their
Grandfather to Esm HI Pain.
This is a bit of a true story a physi
cian told mo tho other day, and it struck
me as being the text for a fascinating
story of tho Sherlock Holmes sort We
wore, talking of the advisability of put
ting hopelessly ill persons out of their
misery as snou as possible. Dr. B. didn't
bolieve in i .
"I was iiicod to do it once," he said.
"Two sisters atikod me to kill thoir
grandfather, whom I was attending.
Ho was old and could not recover. They
sooniod simply to pity his pain. I re
fused. Noxt morning when I called tl"
man was dead. Tho nurse told me t' -sisters
had sunt her out on an errand.
When she returned tho windows of tho
sick room wore open. There waa n
strong odor of chloroform in the room
and the man was dead. "
"And what did you do?" waa asked.
"Nothing. The elder sister is now
under the core of a specialist in nervous
diseases. Sho cannot sleep. She will not
allow herself to be alone a moment, and
she keeps tho gas burning in her room
all night I think she will end in a
madhouse.'
Isn't that a priceless bit for some au
thor's notebook? Washington Post
An Awful BlU.
"Speaking of fishing experiences,"
said the man in the negligee shirt, "I
shall never forget the day when Bob
White and I you know Bob? were try
ing our luck on Lake Squam. We hH
fished for an hour or more and had
caught only a few little follows, when
suddenly I had an awful bite"
"And then you pulled in your liri,
hand over hand, only to lose a ten pound
piokerel just as you were about to land
him," interrupted the fat man aittL.
on the flour barreL
"I hod an awful bite," the fisherman
resumed, without noticing his interrupt
er, "and I mashed the fellow aa flat as
a doormat It was the biggest mosquito
I ever encountered. "Boston Tran
script
The Tramp1 Opportunity.
Queer things happen in this world. A
tramp took refuge in an old graveyard
In Georgia and prepared for a sound
night's rest between two graves. About
the hour when churchyards are supposed
to "yawn" he was awakened by a
strange noise, and on looking up he dl
covered an escaped convict in the act
of filing his shackles. As tho tramp
stood up tho convict, iu superstitious
terror, fell upon his knees, whereupon
the tramp arrested him, dolivored him
over to the authorities at tho camp near
hy and received a reword of $30. At
laula Constitution.
Too Vanny by Half.
"Do yon keep bloomers to rent?" site
asked as site sailed into a fashionable
dressmaker's on Fulton street
"No," said the polite talesman, "but
we keop materials for repairing rents in
bloomers. Have you"
But she was gone. Brooklyn Eacrle.
WHEN WOMAN IS NOT GRACEFUL
Condition Under Whloh She Manage to
Look Absurd.
Why is It that, notwithHtntidiug the
Worship accorded to woiiinn in the ab
stract, sho generally mnnnges to look
absurd under conditions wherein men
try to keep their diu.nity? Is it stereo
typed convention which hninpers our
Judgments, or are theso things really
facts? For instance, there is nothing re
markable in an old gentleman crossing
a street or even walking in ft gale of
wind, but place an elderly woman,
somewhat portly, In the same situation,
and the result is a caricature. Her pet
ticoats outline her shape nbsurdly, a
vast expanse of stocking fills a doubt
ful gup, nnd her feet seem to straggle
helplessly.
Few women can enter a carriage,
mount tho steps of n coach or hurry in
to a hansom gracefully, while the speo
tncle of a woman getting into a boat is
far from pleasing. A stout lady on a bi
cycle gives fair cause for ridicule, and
yet fat people dance far more lightly
aud buoyantly than thin people The
slimmest girl cannot run prettily, and
as for football, we have seen the re
sults. But, to leave the sphere of athletics,
a dowager in a low dress Is far from
pleasiug, while the multiplicity of ob
jects carried by a woman when out shop
ping seems to hamper nnd render her
movements awkward. Sho has none of
tho convenient pockets affected by men,
sho is nlways seeking for her pocket
handkerchief or struggling to extract
hor purse from the black folds of her
gown, or burdened with nu umbrella,
a parcel, a satchel or with her dross it
self. On a journey she is hot and flus
tered nnd in a hurry and cumbered
with many cares, while a man drops
easily into his seat, unfolds his paper
nnd smokes or thinks, impervious to
fate. A woman is only really graceful
when she is at rest, lolling in a carringe
or sitting in a drawing room or else
dancing, when she has the genius for it
London Graphic.
The Ton miners.
The Touraiuers themselves are com
forting to behold a stalwart, brown
faced people, with contentment deep set
in them. The women in their blue cot
ton gowns, white mutches and unwieldy
wooden shoes, are picturesque enough
for anything, if their dark, Bloclike eyes
and ready smiles be also token into ac
count One sees fair faces among the
younger girls Madonnalike faces. It
wore easy to fanoy that Agnes Sorel,
"the fairest of the fair," resembled the
best of them when she, too, was young
and had not yet caught tho eye of a
king. As for the men, they are what
one wonld expect them to be iu such a
natural gardena hardworking class,
prone to rejoice in all the festive leisure
they can obtain!
They love their native province pas
sionately; it is difficult to realize what
thoy must have felt when, a quarter of
a century ago, tho Prussian soldiers trod
thoir fields and vineyards under foot and
burned their homesteads. "I do not be
lieve," said one of them to me the oth
er day, "there can bo any other conntry
in the world hotter to livo in than Tour
aine. We have so much sun even in
winter. The climate is so mild and all
things grow in it" All the Year
Round.
Got Their Money Worth.
American naval officers who were in
China during tho late war toll of a day
thoy spent ashore looking for sport For
a fow yen, amounting to about 4 cents,
they secured the services of two Chineso
to fight for their entertainment The
first fight went on bravely, and as fights
go in China, not being up to the Ameri
can hippodrome stylo, one of the Chi
nese was whipped. But he was angry.
As he moved away from tho scene of
combat he found a stone, and, turning
upon his late antagonist, struck him a
blow that killed him. The murderer
was speedily beheaded, but the authori
ties deoidod that it was no concern of
the Amorican officers if a murder result
ed from thoir plan of amnsemont One
of the younger offlcors remarked : "We
not only got a fight, but a killing and
an execution, all for 4 cents. You
oouldn't beat those rates. "
Sonteneod to Siberia.
A nobleman onoe entered into a con
spiracy against the Russian emperor
and was sentenced to Siberia. His eyes
were bandaged, and he was put into a
dork carriage, and for seven days and
nights they traveled on and on, only
stopping to take food. At last he folt
they must have reached Siberia, and in
the utmost angnish he perceived that
the carriago had stopped, and the band
age was token off his eyes, and ho was
in his own home I He had been driven
round and round St Petersburg tho
whole time, but the fright oured him,
Young Ladies' Journal
A lady of genius will give a genteel
air to her whole dress by a woll fancied
suit of knots, as a judicious writor gives
a spirit to a whole sentence by a single
expression. Gay.
The Kentucky .river bad its name
from an Indian expression, Kuiu-tuk-ee,
"at the head of the river. "
Captain Sweeney, U. S. A., Sun Die
go, Cal., says: "Sbiloh's Catarrh Item
edy is the first medicine I have ever
found that will do mo any good." Price
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