mm VOLUME 4. REYNOLDSVILLE, 1'ENN'A., WEDNESDAY; AUGUST 21, 185)5. NUMI5EK 15. 14 JOB -T1IK- Jol) Work Department OK- Tho Sinr OHico Is replete AvitU tlie Latent StyleH of Types. HU nsi'HTIMO FOR Til K KTA I? -AND 1KT Local, County and State News tor $1.00 a Year. BING & CO. " Summer Dress Goods! Prices greatly reduced. Now is your opportunity to secure a good supply at Lowest Possible Prices. Investigate for yourselves before purchasing elsewhere. Es pecially is to be noticed a full line of Black Dress Goods! NOTIONS! All the lesser articles pertaining to Children's and Ladies' "Ware to be secured cheaper than ever before. Even though you caro not to purchase, call and examine for yourself this fine line of SUMMER DRESS GOODS at BING & OOS. TRU A tver move, i Ono t " of . PPALO, N. Y., Recommended MYERS BROS., Drurjrjists. St. Louis, itself. ed States, 3AM 'H '. 1 MCHT, OCL, :o Wear. - ;r assure on ..t or Hjck. untlerttrmpa. favorable." LflNGET, London, Eng., 1891. "The ture of American Drurj Qlst and Pliar maceutlcal Record. New York. druggists, ment of company. the truss The Pharmaceuti cal Era. New York. formed by and when The Medical Epit omise Indianapolis. tested." Perfect Adjustment and H. WORK! Noat AVoik Done oii Short Nolico! A Mi THK- S S IE S ! Something of Paramount Importance To People Who Wear Them. Light, Cool, Efficient Truss, that would retain tho hernia under all forms exorcise, and could bo worn with com- fort has long boon looked for. and Endorsed by Highest Authorities. "The Silver Truss is light, clean and comfortable to wear, and can be easily put on or off; in fact, it is simplicity Eminent physicians of the Unit Canada and Europe have recognized its great value, and tne re ports from dealers and patients are most Silver Truss, from its adaptabil ity, peculiarity of shape, and mode of application, adjusts itself to every pos the body without displacement, and is worn with comfort." From Clin ical Lecture by Richard Dary, F. R. S. E., Surgeon to Westminster Hospital. "The rapid introduction of the Amer ican Silver Truss, and subsequent sale of them with gratifying success by the have demonstrated the fulfill all claims made for them by the They are, unquestionably, the neatest, lightest, cleanest and most easily adjusted truss of any on the mar ket, and almost every druggist who has Btocked this truBS pronounces it to be of the future." "The wearer of a truss Is always looking for some thing better, and It is, therefore, an easy matter to command attention when the American Silver Tnws Is brought to the notice of a prospective buyor. It is light and simple, made of one continuous piece of metal, without nuts, screws or rivets, and can be the hand to the exact shape of the body, placed in position does not move." "Dr. J. A. Comlngor, Indianapolis, Ind., formerly Dean of the Medical College of Indiana, and Burgeon General of the State of Indiana, who has usud this truss for two years in fully ninety per oont. of his cases, rooommonds and endorses it as entirely satisfactory in more cases than any other appliance he has ever Satisfaction Guaranteed by Alex. Stoke. WHEN MARIA JANE 13 MAYOR. When Mnrtn June's elected to the tmiynrnlty rlinlr, There'll lie mnnr wi-ours oorrortril that nro now nnmrtn t thrro. Tho slitewnlk wbl lo rariiotod, tho streets sweiit turleo 11 tiny. Tho alley he a fragrant os Holds nf new mown hay. Whnt with partleft and receptions nnd ocea- alonnlly a unit. There, will ho a trutufornintlnn nronnd tho city hall. And enoh ward In tho city will be reprem nted then By lovely nlderwmnen and not horrid nldor- mcn. When Marin Jnno la mnyor, none but Incites will, of course. Bo appointed member of tho city police force. And In their bloomer uniforms they'll look eo very awi-et Tho g.ing to bo urrented will consider It ft tri at. Tho stores will he ootnpclb-d to hnve a harnln silo enrli day, And f'T eh' hu Kiirn and Soda you will not no nnkcil to imy. Ah, grcnt reform will bo projected, all tho wrons will bo corrected When Iturln Jtuie'a elected to the mayoralty cunlr. William Went In Chlc-ipi Riord. WAYS OF BUSINESS. THE MERCHANT WHO CORRECTS ONLY ONE KIND OF MISTAKE. A Sclera Crlt !cl:n nf the Way off Shop, keeper and Cuililer Tlio &tea,mbnnt Cleric Who Snld, "We Never Rectify Mla tnkea Hero." No 0110 perceives tho wisdom, niul in deed tho necessity, of accurate book keeping more fully tlmn your huniblo servant, who can't keep books to savo her life niul who finds herself npproaeh ing dementia evory tinio sho endeavors to balaueo a cohIi ncconnt. But why in nil bookkeeping systems, from banks to tho smallest retail shop, is it invariably tho customer who gets cheated if nny body? Tell mo, yo winged w iiuls, which o'er my pathway roll I It is useless to contradict mid say that it isn't Tho ono exception in a thousand years does uot count against tho millions of oppos ing instances. I have lately read tho pathetic nccount by some recluse., who never goes shopping, of tho bloodthirsty monsters who tako moro chnngo than is duo them aud stalk out, leaving no ad dress behind thorn, little recking tho sufferings of tho poorly paid employee who has to innko good tho deficit out of his or her own pocket. Fudge I No such mistakes occur, or, if they do, they nro rarer than fresh vegetables on a country table. In all largo establishments there is a hawk headed Horus at tho "desk" waiting to pounco oil a mistako in tho customer's favor of 1 cent, and ninny's tho timo ovory ono of us can testify tho liltlo slips have been returned to be cor rected of mistakes to our credit, while wo fumed. Thank goodness, there are instances in which tho sharpshooters havo wound ed themselves. Oucolwasou a "sound" boat going from New York to Full River, nnd tho mnn at tho desk gavo me a j bill too much in chnngo when paying after supper. There was something of a crowd, but that mistako would havo made itself evident to mo in a mob. I dashed back aud said, "You've made a mistako iu my chnngo." "Can't help that," said tho lordly clerk. "Wo never roctify mistako here, " "Oh, you don't?" retorted tho heud of tho party. "Well, It will cost you some thing this time, for you have given us $S too much. But if you never rectify mislakos you nro tho loser for once. " It is foolish to dwoll on tho soquel, and I havo forgotten it I only remem ber thut tho young man, pale and agi tated, danced in supplication around tho unmoved flguro of the stern, adiuonishcr for some minutes. I suppose ho got his money, and I dare say thero was no law upholding ono in keeping it, but I hope, at this distance of time, bo didn't. One day, not long ago, I was nt a furnishing shop in State street, Chicago, buying a tie. The price was f 1.50, and I present ed the man with a $3 bilk lie swung over the little birdoage on a telegraph line and it oame swiftly bock with a 60 cent piece. Seeing another tie for that prico, I handed back the change and about to leave, when a voice oame from the elevated desk at the other end "Hit This half dollar is counterfeit I' Although it was a publio place and I am a retiring lady, I bunt wildly forth into a clarion shout of joy. It is so sel dom a modest customer has the chance of beholding a natural enemy canght with his own quicklime. Tho mortifica tion of the salesman serving me was something to see. It did me good for a whole day. Bonding a counterfeit half dollar cheerfully and with promptitude in change and repudiating it on its re turn the next minute I It was a sharp game and a little too sharp. Everybody who shops much knows that it is next to impossible to get a "returned article credited, or, indeed, called for. If you tako two rugs on ap proval I mention rugs bocause you oan t very well return them by hand and state cloarly and plainly and over and over tho price of tho one you have kept and the one you wish returned, you are moro likely than not to find both on your bill tho next month, and you are likely to uud the rug duy after day littering your hull nnless yoa tolo phono twice a day and end by flouncing down yonrself in a ruga and demanding its instant removal. Of oourso if it is kept long you are charged with it, any-' way. The othor uight, when it was very hot, some friends of a lady in moderate cirounistauocs dining witji her suggest' ed a dtivo in tho park. Ono of tho incn telephoned for a landau, nnd nt tho end of tho drivo paid for it. Tim next week tho bill enmo in to tho lady. Now of courso this was an accident But why doesn't tho other accident ever happen? Why should thousands of bills come in to bo paid twice, while by no oversight or bad mnnngnment tluM n bill ever get forgotton or overlooked? Money getting, grasping, greedy generation of shop keepers! Business is business, if yon like, but business need not bo a cnt thront, bloodthirsty system of demand ing what is not duo, need it? Must it bo in this way that men grow rich? It is because only one kind of mis takes occur that ono is Justified in think ing that only ono kind is guarded against. The customer ha to look out for himself nnd tho shopkeeper too. Tho shopkeeper only lxks out for himself. As for tho breaking of promises, tho calm delays nnd the superb independ ence of "purveyors," words fail mo when I attempt to depict their nKgrnvn tions. Success breeds contempt, it seems, nnd tho only way to get n thing done promptly istopafrnnizoa little np town place whoro they can't do it. Mine, lorgnette in Chicago Post. Charles Lamb's Mot. A hundred years ngo in a quaint old English inn, located iu the heart of Lon don, at a table beer stained and aged, sat two very curious looking characters playing nt enrds. Ono wns rough, unclean, shabby and much tho worso for wear Sim tin by name. Tho other, poor in appearance, was, however, neat, refined and attractive, ono whoso genius wo ndmiro, whose wit nlwnys refreshes ns, and whoso character wo love for its unselfishness. Ho wns Charles Lamb. Tho two men played nnd played nnd played long into tho night, nnd while beer nnd something stronger found their willing conrso down their over thirsty throats Lamb kept np his accustomed broadsido of wit. Tho night passed into tho early morn ing, and yet they played. Luck kept favoring Lr.mh, v;!c:i. t ward tho closo of their iw". :.-'-'d with a bright idea'nud ' ' '. uess of tho flirt which tl i . 1 f seemed to roveal moro elc.r , pearanco of his cosipani m. 1 1, "Martin, if dirt was truuipjt, wli:.t you would hold I" , A llaby Kaoliange. Tho inexhaustible energy of Editoi Stead of tho London Review of Re views appears to havo found a new out let Ho has discovered that ono of tin wants of the modern world is a conven ient baby exchange. Thero are families of too ninny children, and thero are couples who havo none. Thero arc homos desolated by beronvoinent, and others that are rendered almost as un bearable by tho influx of a superabun dance of littlo ones, Thero nro infan that have been deprived of their parents by death, and thero are families oi young ones tliat have succumbed to the grim destroyer. At present no medium of exchange exists that would tend to equalize tho supply and demand or to establish tho balance between those whe have too many babies and those who havo none. Mr. Stead is convinced that an exchange of this kind and the ex tonsiouof the practice of adoption would havo the effect of alleviating much mis ery. They Toll n Different Story. There are peculiarities of our English language which no other language ox hibits. Did yon over notice how many English words are formed by simply dropping alternate letters? For ex ample: Wheat, heat, eat, at; sham, ham, am ; wheel, hool, eel ; whale, hale, ale, ovud scores of others. Again, we have in our mother tongue two words which, joined togother, make a distinct word of on entirely different meaning, just as a single word disjoint ed does. Take tho words since and roly, or the separato word sinoeroly. To illus trate: Tour lotfor came. In words that tompt m aeany. You wroto them, sweet, most truly and sin oerely. For praise like that horoea might gladly die, But on another's love you since roly. Jacksonville Times-Union. The Babblere Stone. On the side front of the Mulhoua. town hall thero is hnug up a stone call ed the "Klapperstein" or "Babblers' Stone. " It bears an inscription iu Qer man, of which the following is a trans lation : I am called the atone of babblers, Woll known to evil tonguoa. Any ono who is of a quarrelsome or alan derona turn Will be oompellud to carry me through toe town. This stone, which was brought into requisition for the last timo in 1781, served as a penalty for excessive uso of tho tongue. Its services wore of ton re quired, and never a week passed with out some man or woman being condemn ed to carry it through the streets of OluUiouse. Tribune de (ieueve. In the Dime Museum. "Aud you are tho 'Living Skole ton?' " "Yes, sir." "Poor follow I Aud how did yon manage to got so thin you're uothiug i-but skin and bones I" "Sir," replied the living skeleton, "I was onoe an author, but I wrote for the magazines thut pay on publication I" Atlanta Constitution. FlreinAker. One of the Kaffirs had two sticks for making firo, and ho showed us how he did it. Ono of the sticks was about Iff Inches long and about half nil inch in diameter. Tho other wns flatter nnd had already in it several shallow round holes mndn by setting firo on former oo snsions. Ho took tho latter piece, and having cut n smaller, irregnlnr shaped holo in it lio squatted on tlm ground, holding it firmly down nt each end by his two feet. Ho then took tho first piece of stick nnd held it upright be tween his two palms, with tho point of tho lower end resting in tho holo ho had just mado iu tho horizontal stick. Ho twirled tho upright stick rapidly between his hands, nnd in less than n minuto it hnd bored a round holn in the other, and tho dust so produced began to mokn, nnd then ignited like tinder. A companion brought n lumdfnl nf fine, dry grass, which cnufiht a spark from this, nnd which ho held half inclosed in tho palms of his hands, gently blowing on it till it flamed up. It is perfectly marvelous how littlo tho natives mind being burned by a firo. They will stand over onewhflo tho flames nro licking up their bnro legs and never movo, nnd Will keep their hands nnd foot in redhot ashes with tho utmost indiffernnco for several seconds. National Review. Tho Cnnqtleat of Silence. Washington never mndo a speech. In tho Kcnith of his famo lie onco attempt ed it, failed and gavo it up, confused and abashed. In framing the constitu tion of tho United States tho labor was almost wholly performed in committee of tho whole, of which Georgo Wusliing tou was, day after day, cliairmau, and he mado but two speeches during tho convention, of nvory few words each, something like ono of Grant's speeches. The convention, however, acknowledged the master spirit, nnd historians affirm that had it not been for his personal popularity and tho DO words of his first speech, pronouncing it tho best that could bo united upon, tho constitution would hnvo been rejected by tho peopla Thomas Jeilerson never mudo a speech. Ho couldn't do it. Napoleon, whoso cxecutivo ability is almost without a parallel, said that his difficulty was in finding men of deeds rather than words. When asked how he maintained his influenco over his su periors in ngo and experience when com mander iu chief of nu army in Italy, he said, "By reserve" Tho greatness of a man is not. mensured by the length of his speeches aud their number. Chi cago Times-Herald. . ' v What lie Mked. Speaking of "A Milk White Flag" makes mo think of another of Hoyt's plays, "A Texas Steer," which brings Tim Murphy to my mind, so that I am reminded of a story n newspaper man tellsof Tim Murphy's fat her. The news paper man I havo really no reason for concealing his namo; H was Winfield S. Lamer met old Murphy ono day, and tho old geutlemaii volunteered to drive him to tho capitok Now tlie Murphy horso is one of those nniiimV iu which you havo instinctively implicit con fidence. Ho jogged off down tho avenue, as the result of constant and emphatic urging on tho p:ut of Mr. Murphy, mid turned in to tho Academy of Music. Hero Mr. Murphy stopped, and a little boy clashed ont to offer his services. "Hold your horso, mister?" he asked. "No, mo boy," replied Mr. Murphy ns ho oli nilied down from tlie buggy and looked affectionately at tho horso. "He'll stand. Ho'Ulikoit" And tho horse stood. Washington Post A White Cat's Eyea. On Columbus avenue a white eat keeps the inioo out of the store of its owner. There is nothing reniarkublo in a white cut per so, but tho owner of this particular animal declares that it is a felino curiosity a freak, in fact "Look at thut cat's eyes," he said yesterduy. "Evor see nuythiug like them? Why, don t you see anything re markablo? Don't know much about white oats, thou. Now, that eat, you see, has two blue eyes I never saw or hoard of the like before. Cats usually have gray eyes, but white eats, as a rule, have only one gray eye the other is blue. Evory white oat that I ever saw but this one had oue blue eye aud one gray eye. Both tho eyes of my cat are blue. It is a wonderful freuk of nature, I think. Go to any man who knows much about outs white cats especial!) and see if he doesn't tell you that I am right " Now York World. A Queatton of Age. "Yon wheelmen will havo to pay a olty tax on your bicycles now," said one llttsburgor to another. "Indeed?" "Yes, the new ordinance says that all owners of bicycles and tricycles over the ago of 14 years using tho publio highways shall pay SO oouts for each machine. "That doesn't iuoludo mo. " "What's tho roauou it doesn't, I'd like to know? "My bieyolo isn't 14 years old. only bought it last spring. " Pittsburg ChroulolO'Telegi'upb. Arkansas, the name of tho stato, is officially prououucod as spoiled, but tho official pronunciation of the river is Ar kansaw, although spelled in the same way ai the state. The earliest mention of oats la China is iu A. D. 018. A FAMOUS COUPLET. Tlie Familiar t.lnea Which Hiiro lleeu At tributed to Martin I.uther. Neorly everybody is'fnmiliue in ono IniiRiiago or another with tho fninons . old Germon couplet attributed to Mar tin Lnther, and which literally nnd properly translated into English is ns follows : Who lore not wine, wife nnd song Remains a fool hla whole lite Iiuik, Tills supiHiscd sentiment of tho great reformer has been quoted thousands of times as Ids, and its authenticity was not questioned. But now comes a verv competent nnthority The Lutheran Ob server and stoutly insists that Luther never wroto tho lines, and that, iu fact, tliey inndo their first appearance moro than 200 years after his death. According to Tim Observer, in tl.o year 1777 a well known German poet, John Henry Voss, published at Ham burg a small voliimo entitled "Muwti alninnach (" Tho Almanao of tho Muses"). At tho end of wono of tho poems iu this book he placed tho coup let In German : Wer nleht liebt weln, welb and gesang Der blelbt eln narr win lebenlang. To this effusion Vnssnfilxed the nnmn of Lnther. This caused a good deal of comment aud excitement. Voss wns a candidate for the positl-ai of teacher in tho Hamburg gymnasium. The Luther an pastors of tlie city protested ugaiiist his appointment because Lnther wns not tho author of "tho couplet" which had been attributed to him, and Isennse Voss hnd thus mado Luther encourage intemperance But in spite of oil that could bo done in tho way of denial and explanation tho lines literally clung to tho great name and refused to bo sepa rated, and we venture to say that com paratively few down to tho present thiy ever doubted that Luther was their voul author. As the couplet expresses tho convivial sentiments of many Germans it in prili ablo that it was a common pieeo of"nn written Germuu folkloro even befme Luther's time. Some ugli.'h writetc havo mado the lines into a bncchun;:) rhyme, with a sinister meaning, but t lit true version, coupling "wine, wife and song," expresses tho prevailing senti ment aud custom among Gcrmnn:i in taking their wives uud children witlr' thorn to the gardens Mni.otIier soci.-.l re sorts for recreatiuu aud umuaiimiciit. Buli'ulo Commercial. ELECTRICITY AT SEA. Teat Trove That tho White Mtht l.n l.j Far the Mont Knully Seen. Somo interesting experiments b.'V" been mndo on tho visibility of the ele trio light nt sea by the governments .i tho United St ites, Germany and th( Netherlands. Tho word "visibhi" i-itlie report on tho tests means visible on a dark night with a clear atmoKplirr". Tho result of tho experience of the Ger muu committee wus thut a white light of ono cundln power was visible J. 4 miles on a dark, clear night and one milo on a rainy night Tho American tests resnlted as fol lows : In very cloar weathor a light of ono candlo power wns plainly visible t ono nanticul milo j ono of throo candle power at two miles; ono of t-i c.;nd!o power wus seen by tho nid of a binoc ular nt four miles; one of !2il candle power faintly at five miles and ono of 83 candlo power plainly at five miles. On mi exceptionally clear night a white light of 4i. 'i caudle power was readily distinguished at three miles; ouo of 5.0 candlo power at four milrs nnd ono of 17.3 candlo power at five mi!e.. Iu the Dutch experiments the resnlts wero almost similar, but a 10 caudle power light wus plainly visible at five miles. For a green light tho power re quired was two for ono mile, 15 for two miles, CI for tlinn miles nul ion for four miles. The results of tests with a red light wero almost identical with thoso with green, but it was conclusive ly proved that a white liht was by fir the most easily seeu. Chicago Record. Freckle Cures. , Do tho frecklos prove stubborn? Th'ofe is usually a clamor for "freckle enres" about this time of the year, uud the very best thiug that proves reliublo year after year is simply common buttermilk. Secure it as fresli as possible It will bo fouud that nothing can equal this fresh DutiermiiK tor removing tan, rrccKies, sunburn or moth spots. It has tho great advantage that it does not injure the skin, but makes it soft and white. Take a soft sponge and bathe tho face, ueck and arms before retiring for tho uight. Then wipe off the drops lightly. In tho morning wash it off thoroughly and wipe dry with a crush towel Two or three such baths each weok during the summer mouths will take off aud keep off tho tan aud freckles and keep the skin soft and smooth. Philadelphia Times. Tho Canadian clement furms two thirds of the foreign population of Muiuo and New Humpbhiro, oiio-liulf of thut of Vermont aud one-third of that of Massachusetts. 1 Funning characters! Whoso? Our own or others? Both. Aud iu thut momen tous fact lie tho peril aud iospuniibility of our existence Elihu Burnt t. Karl's Clover Hoot, tho prcat blood purifier' gives fresh uess and ulcoruota to the complexion and cures constipa tion, 25ots., SOots., $1.00. Sold by J C. Klnjr&Co.
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