mm VOLUME 4. REYNOLDSVILLE, FENN'A., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1895. NlLMltfilt 13. Stititroitb fflmc ffnWr. J, !'. X X S Y LV A X 1 A K A I LI K) Al ). IN KKFKCT MAY lit, 1SII.V riilliitli-lplilii Ki ll! linllmiiil Division Time Tnlile. Trains leme Driftwood. KA5TWAHD 9:01 ii m-Tinln s, iliilly rxccnt Hiindiiy fur Niinliinv, lliirrKliiiru nnd Ititi-rmiilliitcstii-ilini. inilvlnu tit liilliiili'liililn tl:SI p.m., Nrw Yolk, :.': p. m.i lliililnniriil:IA p.m.! Wiisliinuton, 7::i p. in I'lillnniti I'mlni i'ar fiiini lllliinipciit mid pnweiwr i'iiiic'Ih'h finm K In 1 'li 1 1 ii .t.-l li) i . :i:;wn. in. Trnln . dully except fnnniiy fur lliirrlolnli'ir nnil Inti'i nirillnl' l lit Inn, nr ilvlimnt I'lillmlrlpliln :' A. M.) .Nc York, ;:;tl A. M. I'lillninn MecpliiK curs from H.iiTlsliniir tn I'lilliiilclpliln unci New York. I'hllmli'lplilii piiioi'iiL'i'ri mill remain In sleeper iindl-tili lieil mil II T:(t A.M. 9:M p. mi. Train 4, dully fur Siinliiiry, lliirrls liurii mid InHTtiiiillilte kIiiiIihih, urtlvlnil lit I'lilliiilrlplilii, ti-.m A. M.i New Vnrk, 0::h A. M. on vti'i'k dnv and in.:n A M. on Sini duyi llaltlinmo, ilr.'n A. M.: Wnslilnirtun, "Ml) A. M. Pullman cur from Kiie and W lllliim nurt to Philadelphia. 1'iei-clr.rciK In ..liiper for Hiiltinniiv and iiMitim Inn will lie. trnn-fcrreil Into WiihIiIiikioii sleeper nt Hur rNliurir. Pnisentfcr cnni'lics from Krle to I'hlladelphln mid WlllliiuiKport to Haiti menu. WESTWARD ;:M a. ni. Trnln I, iliillv except Panrtiiy for Hlduwny, DiiUoU, I'lermiint nnd Inter mediate stations. Leaves Klilxwuy lit i.W p. M. for Krle. ):.Wit. m.--Triiln a, dally for Eric nnd Inter mediate points. :27 p. in.-Train II, dally except Punduy for K a lie a lid Intermediate si at Ions. THKOl'OH THA1NH VOH DUlKTWOOl) M(lM TIIK KAST AND SUIT II. THA1N II leaves riilladelpliln S:.W A. m. Va-hlm.'ton,7.""A. M.s llafilmore, H:!WA. M.( Wllkeslmrre, Hi: l. A. m.j dally except Sun day, iirrlvlnit nt Driftwood in 11:27 v. M. with I'lillninn Parlor ear from I'hllndelplilii to Vllllnms)ort. TH A1N H loaves New York nt S p. m.: Phila delphia, ll:3n p. m.i Wnshlinrloii, 10.1(1 n. m.i DaliliiKire, II :sn p. m.i dally iirrlvlnit at. Driftwood at li:.Vl u. m. I'lilliiinii sleijilntf cars from Philadelphia, to Krle nnd from Wie-liiinrtiin nnd llii III more to Wlllliinmpnrt nnd throiiirh pnsseinrer couches from I'hlhi clclplila to Kriuimd llnlllmore to Wllllunis liort. TKAIN 1 lenvoH Kenovo nt S:M n. m., dully except Sunday, iirrlvlnit lit Driftwood 7:20 ii. m. JOHXSOXBURG RAILROAD. (Daily except Sunday.) TKAIN 10 leave lildiiway nt 9:31) a. m.i Jolin- nonlmm nt U:4A n. m.. iiitIvIiik nt Clermont nt 10:411 ii, m. TRAIN 20 lenvoH Clermont nt 10:!W n. m. r- rlvliiK nt .lohnsonliiirK nt 11:44 ti. m. mid KldKwny nt I2:0U u. m. JJIDGWAY & CLEARFIELD R. R. DAILY EYCEPT SUNDAY. SOUTHWARD. NORTHWARD. r-.M a.m. STATIONS. A.M. P.M. 12 10 II :l RldKWay 1 1 H.l 12 1H IK1S Island Hon 111 H22 12 22 H42 Mill II liven 121 BIT 12:11 n VI Croylnnd 111 6 0S I:in loim eliorlH Mills (r 8 10 1242 Him BlueK.s k 12 VI AM 12 44 10 07 Vineyard Run 12 M II SI 12 411 10 10 Carrier 12 SO 4H 1 00 1022 nroekwiiyvlllo 13:is Sl 110 10112 McMInn Summit 12:) ft 21) 114 low Hiirveys Hun 12 2D 1120 120 I04S Falls Creek 12 20 ft IS 14S 1UM DllKols 12IH 600 TRAINS LEAVK KIDOWAY. EiiHtwnrd. Wostwnrd. Trnln s, 7:.7u. m. Trnln a, 11:114 n. m. Trnln , 1:4ft p. m. Trnln 1, 8:011 p. m. Train 4, 7:! p. in. Train II, (t:2A p. ni. 8 M. I'HEVOST, lien. Mutineer. J.R.WOOD, lien. I'iibs. Au't. B UFPALO, ROCHESTER & PITTS- BURUH RAILWAY. The. snort line between DiiHoIh, Rldttwny, Brndford, Snlnniiincn, Hiiffnlo, Roehester. Klnpiri! 1'iiIIh mid Kilntn In the upper oil retilon. On mid nfler Juno 171 Ii, 1SH4, passen ger trains will iirrlveiind depart from Knlln Creek million, dully, except Sunday, ua fol lo wh: 1.80 p. m. nnd ft SO p. m. Accommodations from Punxsutiiwney nnd Hiu Run. 8:&0 11. m. Ilutfiilniina RiK'hestor mall For Krockwnyvllle, RldKWiiy.Jolinsonhiirtf.Mt. Jnwett, ifrnilford. S11I11 tun noil. Ruff iilo mid Rochester', eoniiBctliin ni JohiwoiihurK with 1'. Si E. trnln a, for Wilcox, Kune, Wnrren, Corry mid Erie. 10:5M 11. m. Aceommodutlnn For Sykes, HiK Run nnd I'linxnutiiwuey. 8:20 p. m. Bradford Accommodation For Heuehtroe, Hrockwnyvllle, Kllmont, Cnr mon, Kldirway, JoliiiHouhurK, Alt. Jewett mid ItrnUford. 6:10 p. m. Mull For Illinois, Sykos, Big Run I'unxHuiuwnuy mid WuUton. PiiHsenfforH are requested to pureliHHO tick ets hefori enlerliiK the curs. An excess rhnrite of Ton Ceiitu will he collected by con ductors when fares nro paid on trains, from ullHtutioiiH where a ticket olllce IsnuilntHlnud. Thousand mile ticket t two cents per mllo, good forpaHHnxe between ull ntntlous. J. II. McIntykk. AKont, Falls creek, Va. R. O. Mathkwh. E.O. Lapkv, Ooueral Sunt, Oen. Pus. Affont Hullulo S". Y. Rochester N.Y ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY commencing Sunday May 2, 1SU5, Low Grado Division. KAHTWAIID. STATIONS. No.l. No.ft. No.U. 101 109 A. M. P. M. A, U. P. U. P, M 10 4S 4 40 10 ft7 4 112 11 an 6 2ft S 12 11 as 6 si ft 2(1 11 411 6 41 6 2H 12 OS II 00 fi 47 12 2S 6 20 fl 07 12 Ul a 211 t) 1:1 12 4:i 6 ils 2.) 1 00 6 B7 44 1 oh 7 os e ft2 I 211 7 2.- 7 00 10 fts 1 an in 7 :u 7 m 11 or 1 43 1 4H 7 47 7 2.1 1 Ml 7 in 7 IH 2 OS 8 Oil 7 4n 2 IS K 111 7 AH 2 2 8 27 H 01 2 CI H 44 H Is 1U H S4 ft 2s a 20 v 2.1 8 fts I'. M, P. M A. M. A. M. P, M WKHTWAUI), No.2 N0.6 No.U) 100 110 A. M. A. M. P. M. P. II. P. II 10 10 6 on a as 10 42 ft a2 7 (Kl 10 S2 ft 42 7 111 11011 6 All 7 111 II 20 6 10 7 44 11 :i a 20 7 A4 11 Ml 20 8 Ul 11 47 B 37 8 12 1 Ul B AO 8 2A 12 10 6 00 1 211 7 20 8 U2 12 20 S 10 1 111 7 2X 8 4(1 1 42 7 40 8 4H 1 &H 7 R7 II UA 2 10 8 Oil II 17 2 20 8 III 9 2S 2 Ml 8 UN 9 44 2 AN 8 A7 10 04 a ou 9 os 10 in a IS 9 IS 10 in 47 9 47 4 00 10 00 A. M. A. M. P. M. A M. P. M. Hud Hank... Liiwsoiiluim New llethlehem Oak Rlduo Uaysvllle Siininuirville ,, HriNikvllle Hell Fuller Reyiioldsvlllo . l'uiicoust Fulls Creek..., Dullol. Sahulii Wliiti'rliurn ... I'enlluld Tyler Glen Fisher.... Rnnnzotto (iruiit Driftwood Driftwood Grunt lienezotte Ulen Fisher Tyler l'eutield Wlntiirburii .... Hiiliuln Dllllols Fulls Cruuk l'ancouHt ReyuoldsvlUe.. Fullor Hell Rrookvllle Sumniervlllo,,,. Miivsvillu Oukltldiiu New Uuthlolium Lawsonhutu.... Uedlluuk Trains dully except Sunday. DAVID COABGO, Okn'I,. Bun JAB. P. ANDERSON Okh'l. Pas. Aqt. lttcl. II OT EL MiOXXELL, liEYXOLDSVtLLE, l'A. FKASKJ. ULACK, Vm,,-hlor. I'he lendliitf hotel of the town. llendiiiar 1 fin- commercial men. Steam beat, free bus, hath riHims and closets on every lloor, suiiiiile riMims, lillllurd risim, telephone con iieciloiis Ac. JJOTEL HELXAP, REYXOLDSVl LLE, PA. J. T. It ILL MA .V, Vmpriilnr. First clifs In every particular. Located In the very centre of tlie business part of town. Free 'bus to nnd from trnlns and commodious sample iiHims for commoivlul travelers. COMMERCIAL HOTEL, HROOKVILLK, PA., PHIL P. f.VI ItHIKIi, Pmtmitnr, Samiile risims on the Krouiid floor. House lieiitou by natural tras. Oinntliiis to and from nil trnlns. JJOORIVS WIXDSOR HOTEL, 1217-2!) FlLBF.RT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. - PEXX'A, PllESTO.X J. MOOliE, Vmpritlor. :H2bed rooms. Rates 2.m per day Ameri can Plan. I1 .block from I'. R. R. Depot and H blis'k from New l. St. R. R. Depot. ItlUcrllitrtrou. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE And Ronl Estntc Aeiit, ReyuoldsvlUe, Pn. Q MITCHELL, ATTORXEY-AT-LAW. (Ifflce on West Main street, opposite the Commercial Hotel, Reynoldsvlile, Vn. R. 13. E. HOOVER, REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. Resident dentist. In bullrtlnir nonr Metho dist church, nppostto Arnold block. Cienlle ness In operatlnir. C. X. (lOIIDON. JOHN W. 1IK.KD. QORDON & REED, ATTORXEYS-AT-LAW, Brookvllle, Jefferson Co., Pn. Olflco In room formerly occupied by Gordon Corls-'tt West Main Street. w. l. Mccracken, BrtokrllU. 0. H. KcDONAIiD, HiyuKiTilU. cCRACKEN & McDONALD, Attnrmy and C(uimUiiii-U-Luw, Offices nt Roynoldlvllle nnd Brookvllle. REYNOLDSVILLE LAUNDRY, WAH SING, I'minutm; Corner4th stnet nnd (lordon alley. FIi-mI-clitss work done at reasonable prlcis. Give the laundry a trial. JR. R. E. HARBISON, SURGEON DENTIST, Ucynoldsvlllo, Pn. OIHcc In rooms formerly occupied by I. S, McCrelitht. N. HANA Has brought the Best and Lowest Prices ever seen in this town, dome and see for yourself. A Fine Line of Summer silks! plain and flpurod. Silk that was sold at 40c., now 25; sold at 50c., now 374; sold at 55c, cow 45, Flno lino Henrietta that was sold for 40o., now 25. Fine line of Dimity and Jaoonat Duuhoss 1(1 and 12t. Dross Ginghams for 5c. A flno lino of Ludiott' Capes from 92 to $18. Children's ready-made Eaton Suits, aye 4 to 12 years. Fine aesortmout of Novelty Goods in the Ladies' Department. Clothing - Department! Suits that were sold for (7, $8, $10 and $12, now for $5 and $U. Children's Suits for 90o. Cheviot Shirts for 24o. You will Bttve money by calling and examining our stock before purchasing elsewhere. N. Hanau. NATURE'S INSTRUMENT. The Vrook which gnrHlo on 1tn wnjr And whirls lw-ncnth tho nM 1mh tVnce Mnknn mnslo in my rnr tolny; 'Ti ono of n turn's Initrurnvntfl. I trrtn to hmf it drth ntnnp, Impnticnt at thn hfml'rlnff Rtnnoft, Vut lt npinH K"'ly In Itn iwmif Of mingled Joy nnd inonotonrit. E'm when a boy Jf eVr I hnrt A aoftrnttl nvnnn of wnrMly puln Tho nulrncp of that hrootc houk Ind Hectored my hnppy mAt ngnln. And now nlmvo tho lrksomo round To which in noiy world given Tent I hour n nwort, relieving mmd. The Btrnin of nutnro's Instrutnt tit. Joo Cono in Boston Trnveller A CIIEERFUiroiVEIl. NOVELIST HOWELLS DESCRIBES HIS TRIBULATIONS. A Maimed IWmr, Solltnry llulf Inllnr And the Content Between Two Con clenoeit tTniiettled A I'atmlly t'nlin Mind, bnt s Compromlne V ArrmiR-d. Mr. W. D. Howells lms vritten for The Century two pnponi entitled "Trib nlutiotiB of a Cheerful Giver, " giving bis experiences with the Ik'kkiur frater nity. Tho following is taken from the first pnper : Some months ago, ns I win pnssing through a down town street 011 my way to the elevated station, I saw it man fitting on tho steps of a house. Ho seemed to be resting his oIIhiws on his knees nnd holding out both his hiuids. As I came nearer I poreeived that he had no hands, bnt only stumps, where the fingers had been cut off close to the palms, and that it was theso stumps he was holding out in the mute appeal which was his form of begging. Other wise he did not ask charity. When I ap proached him he Aid not look np, anil when I stopped in front of him he did not speak. I thought this rather fine in its way; except for his mutilation, which the man renlly could not help, thore was nothing to offend tho taste, and his immobile silence was certainly impressive. I decided at once to give him some thing, for when I am in the presence of want or even the appearance of wunt, there is something that says to me, "Give to him that asketh," and I have to give or else go away with a bad con sciencea thing I hate. Of course I do not give much, for I wish to be a good citizen as well as a good Christian, and ns soon as I obey that voice which I can not disobey I hear another voice re proaching me for encouraging street beggary. I have been taught that street tggary Is wrong, and when I have to unbutton two coats and go through three or four pockets liefore I can reach the small coin 1 mean to give in compli ance with that imperative voice, I cer tainly feel it to bo wrong. So I compro mise, nnd I am never nblo to make sure that oither of those voices is satisfied with me. I nm not even satisfied with myself, but I am better satisfied than if I gave nothing. That was the selfish reason I now had for deciding to yield to my better nature and to obey the voice which bado me "Give to him that asketh," for, as I said, I hate a bud con science, and of two bad consciences I always choose the least, which, in a case like this, is tho ono that incensed political economy gives me. I put my hand into my hip pocket, where I keep my silvor, nnd found noth ing thore bnt half a dollar. This nt once changed the wholo current of my feel ings, and it was not chill penury that repressed my noble rage, but chill afflu ence. It was manifestly wrong to give half a dollar to a man who hnd no hands or to any sort of beggur. I was Willing to commit a small act of iuci vism, bnt I had not tho courage to flout political economy to tho extent of 60 cents, and I felt that when I was bid den "Give to him that asketh" I was never meant to give so much ns a half dollar, bnt a cent, or a half dime, or at the most a quarter. I wished I had a quarter. I would gladly have given a quarter, but there was nothing in my pocket bnt that fatal, that inexorably indivisible half dollar, the continent of two quarters, but not pract ically a quar ter. I would have asked anybody in sight to change it for me, but there was no ono posting ; it was a quiet street of brownstone dwellings, and not a thronged thoroughfare at any time. At that hour of the late afternoon it was deserted, except for the beggar and my self, and I nm not sure that ho had any business to be sitting there on tho steps of another man's house, or that I had the right to encourage his invasion by giving hint anything. For a moment I did not know quite what to da To bo sure, I was not bound to the man iu anyway. Ho had not asked me for char ity, and I hod barely paused before him. I could go on and ignore the in cident. I thought of doing this, but thou I thought of the bad conscience I should be certain to have, and I could not go on. I glanced across the street, and near the comer I saw a docent look ing restaurant, and "Wait a uiinuto," I aid to the man, as if he were likoly to go away, and I ran across to got my half dollar changed at the restaurant I was now quite resolved to give him a quarter, and be done with it; the tiling was getting to be a bore. But when I entered the restuurant I saw no one there bnt a young man quite at the end of long room, and when he bad oomo all the way forward to find what I wanted I was ashamed to ask him to change my half dollar, and I pretended that I wnnted n package of tiwect Ca pornl cigarettes, which I did lint want, nnd which it was a pnro waste for me to buy, siuco I do lint smoke, though doubtless it was better to buy them mid encourage cimiincrco than to give the half dollar anil encourage beggary. At any rate, I instinctively felt that I had political economy on my side in the transaction, and I madehasto to go back to the man 011 the steps and secure my telf with Christian charity ton. On tho Way over to him, however, I decided that I would not gi vo him a qnarter, and I ended by poising IS cents on ono of his outstretched stumps. THE NEBULAR THEORY. Bow, According; to It, the Ann nnd the rinnets Were Formed. The finite mind can hardly conceive of a time when there was neitlxr sun nor planets, yet both the Diblo nnd sci ence teach ns that such a state of nlTuirs onco nctnnlly existed. We have all read tho Biblical account of creation, nnd not a few of ns have s)Mut vulnaliln time reading learned essays on the condition of things in the time of "the begin ning. " It is not the object nf this "note" to discuss the origin of tho snn and the planets from a Biblical stand point, nor do we mean to give a resume of scientific opinions on the subject. On tho contrary, we shall confine our re marks to what is known ns the "nebu lar hypothesis," or nebular theory of the origin of worlds nnd suns. According to the opinion of the most lenrned astronomers, tho "beginning" is ushered in with the existence through out all space of nn tinilctlnable matter of substance called "nebula. " This neb nln was of such wonderful thinness that it is believed that millions of miles of it could have easily been compressed in to a common thimble. The heavier portions gradually gathered around common centers after the lapse of ages and formed planets, suns nnd stars, the light nnd heat of tho two latter be ing duo to the clashing of their compo nent atoms as they gravitate continually toward tho center of tho mass. The nebula origin of tho snn and in cidentally of the planets also is thus finely set forth in a recent nrticlo by a well known British writer : Tho matter, or rather the gas which composes onr sun, was once spread out to the farthest orbit of the outermost planets of onr system that is, to tho planet Neptnno. From the orbit of Neptune this incon ceivably thin moss began to ron verge, growing denser and denser and smaller and smaller as it gradually approached its existing dimensions. As it con densed, revolving upon its axis, the so lar mist left behind it nt intervals por tions of cloudliko matter cast off from its equator. Theso masses of gas, undergoing a similar evolution to that of the sun, or central mnsH, have, with great slowness, hardened into what is now Jupiter, 8at urn, tho earth and tho other planets. Meanwhile tho main central mnss, al ways retreating, eventually formed the sun itself, tho present chief luminary of our system of worlds. St Louis Re public SHE WAS AFRAID. And Took Particular Care to Outwit Thoee Wicked Night lloctom. Mme, Kirkholder's servant was get ting ready to go home for the night It was about 0 o'clock in the evening. Just as her bonnet was on her head and her hand on tho door to depart, lime. Kirk holder noticed that tho fuce wus aglow withgroaso a liberal cout from oar to ear. "Tut, tut, Katie I" remonstrated Mme. Kirkholdor. "Wush your face bo fore yon go. Yon mustn't go homo with such a looking face as that " Katio muttered something, and taking off her bonnet turned to the sink, as if about to make tho improvements sug gested. It chanced that just as Kutie was again about to depart Mono. Kirk holder was amazed to find her counte nance even more tremoudons in grease thuu before. "What on earth is the mutter with yonr fuce, Katie?" asked Mine, K. "Why don't yon wash away that grease?" "I'ce afoard of dein yur night doe tabs, " said Katie f uiutly. "What's that?" queried Mme. K. "The uight doctors. What in the name of goodness is a night doctor, and whut have they to do with yon?" "Why do night doctoha done cotch yo'," replied Katie iu a horrified whis per, "an dey tukes yo' an bloods yo' to def. 'Deed dey does. Doy cotchos yo' an puts a plustuh over yo' mouf so yo' can't squall, an lugs a pussou oft som'res an bleods 'em till dey's dnid. An dat's why I done greases all rouu my mouf. Dat's so no plustuh won't stick, nn cf day teches me I'll holler like a wildcat, an yo' bet dey'U done drap me an mosey off. 'Deed I'zo 'feared, Mis Kukholdub, to go outeu de dark onlcsg my mouf is groused." Mine. K. said no more, and when Katio slammed the back gute her face was like unto a pun of lard. Wash ington Star. Repudiated. Go!' The form of the young and beautiful girl was drawn up to its full height, and quivering with rugo she pointed to the door. "You told me it would be" With a commanding gosture she hand ed him back the ring he had just ten dered her. "at least three carats. "Detroit Free Press. HALF A CENTURY AGO. Philadelphia Gentlemen Drank tn a War to Attonlnh Their Imiceni1nnU. Among Americans np to 1853 tho uso and abnso of strong drink were nlmost universal, bnt it certainly affected their health less injuriously thnn nt the pres ent time. The worry nnd strain of mod ern business nnd six'ial lifo shatter nerves now and lend to dram drinking to repair them. On tho contrary, most of the excesses in the old times en 1110 after a solid dinner, and three or four hours were spent in rest and convivial ity, bnt the amount drank was enor mous. When the exchange was com pleted, in 1833, a dinner wns given, nnd there wns some apprehension that the wiua would run ont, nnd a well known broker on the committeo expressed his surprise, as the company had not aver nged more thnn three bottles apiece. This would be thought a very large al lowance of strong Madeira in these times. In 1853 the final audit of the accounts of tho United States bank was complet ed, and on behalf of tho government James A. Bayard (ft Delaware, John M. Mason and a Kentucky gentleman named Dukes appeared. It was a mere formality, as the matter had been settled ten years before. John Young acted as clerk. Tho party met in tho northwest chamber of the bunk building now the custom house nt 1 1 o'clock. A bottle of brandy and six of Madeira were on the table, nnd after a short inspection of papers the wine was opened, and by 1 o'clock wns drank. The day wits warm, nud a bowl of bishop was order ed, and this was made by the servant with the brandy and a flask of Curacoa. This was drank, nud the three com mitteemen went to dine with Charles J. Ingcrsoll about 5 o'clock. They returned, bringing a friend. A dozen Madeira were nt band, and smoking, drinking and whist were iu order until 13, when the Inst bottle wns drank, and then Prosser, the cook, brought in cold ducks nud a mighty lobster salad. A gallon bowl of brandy punch was made ns con ducive to digestion. A tumbler of this finished the clerk, who went to sleep and was aroused at daybreak to drink a cup of coffee, and then all went down the steps and wulked away in the fresh morning air, none the worse in appear ance from the night's potations. It is apparent that iu a life like this it was the survival of the fittest The steady ones carried off the honors, but gout, gravel and dropsy played havoo with the others, and these complaints were charged to port and Mudeira by the doctors, and so the habit of drinking claret and light wines came Into fashion. Gambling was almost universal, and many fortunes of old Philudelphiansdis appeared in this way. Philadelphia Times. Financial Affair of France. The financial speech of tho ex-Prime Minister M. Loulict, iu tho senate, is to be posted, by order of that house, all over France. Thero are some statements in it worthy of consideration. Thus, the national debt is set down at ' 1,200, 000,- 000. It alsonppeurs that the difficulty of making both euds meet has greatly iu creased since M. Meline secured the tri uinph of his system. Tho court of audits bus discovered ill irregularities in the last budgetary account of money puid. By irregularities it means cmliez.le mcnts, sot down under the head of "viro nients." Among them figures the 800 spent on behalf of a minister for "cubs," and 040 a month for littlo "de jeuners" nt Voisiu's, whore a min ister of justice entertained his friends. The "viremeuts" at the home ofllco are set down at 050, those of tho war of' flee at 1,830, those of the, colonial office at 3,000, those of the public works of flee at 3,878. When M. do Froyoiuot was wiur minister, tho "viremeuts" of his department amounted to about 0, 000 a year. Ho, as minister of publio works and war, swelled tho national debt moro than any ono elso iu power since Thiers retirement Tho redeem' able loans were an expedient of M. do Frcycluot to give employment to tho publio works department Loudon News. Some Folate About Willi. Do you know that yon cannot will away your body ; that a clause iu your will giving your body of tor death to any person or institution is not legally bind ing? Your executors cannot be forced to carry out your wishes, though they may do so tlirougu doforouce to your ex pressed preferences. It is also important to remember that three witnesses are needed in devising real estate instead of two, as in bequeathing personal property, "When a woman will, she will, do pond ou't," says tho proverb, But there are so niuny sharp turns and short curves iu the course of the luw that though a woman wills to will what she will, how she will in nine cases ont of ten she cannot make her will so that sho wills whut she will ns she wills to will. New York Press. In 1403 tho cold was so sovero in Rus sia that the Bultio sea was frozen over. In 1400 this occurred again, and horse men rode from Denmark to Sweden. A mean landlord raised the rout of oue of his houses because the walls have bulgod out, and therefore made the house larger. The total immigration from Franco to this country has slightly exceeded 118,000. BORROWING TROUBLE. flow Some Fereone Make l'nlonl Work a Harden to Their 1'iutnr. Several well known clergymen of this city were chatting together at the clofo of a ministerial gathering u few days ago, when ono of them remarked that ono of tho hardest tilings ho had to con tend with iu his work us a pastor was the disposition of manv members of his church to borrow trouble. "I can nearly always find some way to comfort persons suffering from pres ent trouble," said the minister, "but I am always discouraged when I find a parishioner worryimr over some antici pated trouble that will probably never materialize, " " Thut Is my experience, too, ' ' remark ed another of the group, "and I had an amusing example of it in my own house not long ago. I went into my study aft er breakfast one morning and was as tonished to And oue of the servants sit ting on the floor in front of the grate fire, crying and moaning as if her heart would break. '"Why, Mary, said I, 'what iu the world is the mutter with yon?' " 'Oh, sir,' she answered, 'I got to thinking, sir boohoo I thut suppose I should get married, sir boohoo! and should have a fine hnby boy, sir boo hoo 1 and he should grow big enough to walk, sir boohoo nud ho should got in front of a fire like this, sir boohoo boo! and should full into it and lie burued to death, sir, whatever would I do, sir, and how would I feel, sir,' and then the touts and wails cumo so fast she couldn't speak ut alL "Now," continued the minister, "how could I comfort a person who bor rowed trouble like that? I certainly couldn't do it trying to convince the girl she would never be married, and so I simply mado no effort to console her, but told her to go to her room and stay there until she had recovered her lost wiU "New York Horald. BROOM HANDLES. Interesting; Information About an Indus try of Considerable Mugnltude. There is but a small amonut of wood in a broom, but so many millions of these implements we nsed every year that the consumption of wood for broom handles is a considerable item. While it would have been almost impossible to sell a broom huudlo made of heavy hard wood a fow years ugo, at present the re verso is true. The manufacturer prefers hurd wood because it does not require so large a bolt, con be turned down smaller and yet retuin sufficient strength and can be ornamented more cheaply and artistical ly. Broom swith hurd wood bundles sell moro reudily and do not deteriorate in appearance liko the soft wood handles. Any kind of inexpensive hurd wood, such as boech, birch, maple or ash, makes aoceptuble bundles, whilo springy woods like elms ate not salable, bo cause one essentiul of a good broom is a straight handle. The manufacture of broom handles can only be miwlo profitublo when the timber runs largely clear. In the eastern stutes the timber wuste iu making broom handles exceeds SO per cout, while in tho southwest it is usually less than 25 per cout. There ore four factories in Amsterdum, N. Y. , one of which has a capacity of 1,200 finished brooms a day. They use hard wood handles from the south aud west and gut them for less than the bolts ready for tho lathe can be furnished from native hurdwood. The handles are turned green aud dried uf terwurd. The large cud ou which tho brush is wired must bo thoroughly dry, or tho broom will work loose. The drying of tho upper part of the bundle is of less consequence, except in the saving of freight. Southern Lumberman, Ingalls on His Defeat, Ex-Senutor Ingalls, speaking of hi ' defeat nt Topcka in 1890 whon ho was aenndidato fir re-election, said: "When the returns r-ime in nud I saw how over whelming my defeat was and what it meant to me the end of 18 years' serv ice in the American senate, possibly the end of my publio life I confess that agony was iu my soul. It was a beauti ful day. Everybody was watching me to see how I was going to take it all my family. It wus a trugio hour. I went over to my pusture and walked through tho withered wood. There in a little grassy glade, sheltered from tho autnmiml breeze, the snn shining cold ly down, I opened the windows of my spirit nud let that whole thing in on mo, and commanded my fortitude. I sut thero iu thut little doll until the struggle was over, until I wus nuuster of mvself, " , 1 A Proverb Bevtsed. . We are froqnontly reminded of the inutility of liking tho born diior after tho horse is stolen, bnt wo nro uow told ot a cuso where a man's stublo has been stolen. Tho oduge might be revised, however, so ns to read, "Don't put yonr horse in his stall after your stublo is stolon. " Boston Transcript Hops were asod as a medicine and us a basis for an intoxicating beverage in Egypt as early as 3000 B. C. The plant is represented ou the Egyptian monu ments of that data Shlloh's Cuim U sold on a guurantoo It cures incipient consumption. It Is tho best cough cure. Only ono cout a dow,' 25ots., 50cts. and 1.00. bold by J. C. King & Co
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