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VOLUME 4.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER C, 1895.
NUMBER 20.
SUUroab rim CabWe,
PENNSYLVANIA UAILROAI).
IN EFFECT MAY 19, ISO").
Philadelphia A Erie Hiillrond Division Tlmo
Table. Trillin leae Driftwood.
EASTWARD
9:N a m-Trnln S, dully except Sunday for
Hiinbury, llim-lslmry nnd Inlerniedltite. sta
tions, uri I vIuk lit I'lillndcliililii :SI ). in.,
New York, :3:i - m.i Hlt Imnm. n:li p.m.!
Wsshlnitton, ":: p. m I'lilliniui I'nrlur rnr
from Wllllitmxport. nnd pnxHenirer couches
from Kitiietol'hlliidelplilii.
8:Wp. m.-Tinln . dully except Sundtiy for
HiirrMiiirii nnd Inlernicdlnte smilon. nr
rlvlnitut rhllndclpliln :: A. Mi New York.
i :a a. m. I'lillinnn Sleeplnij rnrn from
lliirrlsliiira to I'lilludelplila iinil New York.
Phlhiilolphln ptiiienKcrs ' remain In
sleeper luidMurbed until 7:il A. M.
9: p. m. Trnln 4, dully for Ciiiilinry, llnrrls
Ixii'ic nnd Intermedium stations, iirrlvtnp ill
riilmilclpliln, :.VJ A. M.t New York. ::tl
A. M. on week duys und in.:o A M. on Ciin
diiV! Ilnltlmim'. n.'Hi a. m.: Washington, J::M
A.M. I'lillinnn ours from Krle nnd Williams-
JHirt to I'iiilnilclplilii. I'lewciniera In sleeper
or Htiltlmoie nml Wn-lilniilon will lie
transferred Into Wiishlmrtnn -deeper nt llnr-rlslnit-ir,
l'iiHenirer coin-he from Erin to
IMilhiiiulphiu mid Wllllntic.irt to llnltl
moro. WESTWARD
7:5 n. m. Trnln I, dnllv except Hntuliiy for
Kldgany, llnlloN, lennotit nml Intcr
nieifiiiie. Minimis. Leaves KlilKny lit 11:00
r. M. for Ei lr.
:Sfm.in. Triiln S, dully for Erie nml Intor
niedliile points.
6:27 p. ni.Tniln II, dully except. Sunday for
Kline and Intermediate -Millions.
THROVOII TRAINS FUR DRIFTWOOD
FROM TDK EAST ANDSOfTll.
TRAIN II leaves l'hllndclplilii a:lw A. m.
Wiililnifton, 7.MIA. m.i lliililinoro, h:.vi a. m.i
Wllkeslmrrv, l:lA.M.i dnllv except Sun
day, arriving- lit Driftwood nt 11:27 v. M. Willi
l'ullmtin I'nrlor rnr from I'lilludolplilii to
Wlllliinisport.
TRAIN SltiivoNi-w York nt 0 p. m.i l'hlln
dclplilii, 11:20 p. in.; W n-lilii-t..n, nun . m.i
rliilllmorc, ll:.V) p. tn.j dully iirrlvltnc nt
Drift id nt U:.w n. m. I'ulliniiii shi-plrnr
ciir from l'lilliidi'lnlilil to Kilo nnd from
W'Hvlilntfton mid liiiltlinnrc to Mlliiiii-.poii
unit through piism-nircrcoiielici from I'lillii
(Iclpliln, to Kilo and llaltimoru to Wlllliiius
port. TRAIN ! leaves ltenovn nt fl::it a. nt., dally
except Sunday, urrlvlim at Driftwood
a. m.
JOHXSONRURG KAII.KOAD.
(Daily except Sunday.)
TRAIN lit leaves Rlduwny nt li::l n. m.i .lolin-
Konlnirir at 0:15 a. in., urrlvliin at t'lcrnionl
at 10:411 a, m.
TRAIN 20 leaves Clermont nt W-IV) a. m. nr
rl Inir at .lolinsonlmrK nt 11:41 a. in. nml
Kldiiw ny at 1 -i a. ni.
JIDGWAY & CLKAUF1KL1) H. U.
DAILY EYCEPT SUNDAY.
ViJOFTllWARD. NORTH WARD.
V.'l ATNl. STA1T0Ns7 Arir.
12 10 l :) iiili;nav' :i'' " :.
12 IK II : Ilnnil Run I :' 1122
12 22 1)42 Mill Haven 1 ;l H i;
12:il H.V! Croylninl III M'"'
12 SH KMKI SlioiinMillH H'! ni"
12 42 loin lllue Rm-k 12 .VI ft I
12 44 KHI7 Vlneynid linn 12 W tS.M
12 4H Kill) Currier 12 .VI f,4s
inn M2i lliix'kwnvvllle 1 2 :i .Vir.
110 in :-! MeMInn Siiiinnlt 12:) f '
114 in :ih llarveys lum I ; ;ii h
"VI20 10 4J FaIN Creek 12 !" .1 r
144 10M ' llilltols I2U1 '"'
1 RAINS LEAVE UllHiWAY.
Eilxtward. West wind.
Trnln , 7:. 7 a. m. Train :i, II :W n. m.
Train It, 1 :4S p. m. Trnln I. a:i p. m.
Train 4, 7:.v p. m. Train II, p. m.
8 M. l'KEVOST,
Oen. .MamiKer.
J. It. WOOD,
Oen. I'ass. Aj;'l.
BUFKATX3, UOClir.STKU & PITTS
UUlMill TvAlLWAV.
TlieKlioii lino between Dnllols, 'lildswny,
llradford;' S.-ilaniiinea, lliilliilo, RoWieMer.
Nlnu'Hia Falls and (Hilutn In the upper oil
region.
On and after Juno 17tli, l'.4, passen
gor trnliiH will arrive and depart from l ulls
Creek Mutton, dally, except Minday, us fol
Iowh :
l.art p. m. and 5.:i0 p. m. Aeeonimodatlons
from I'unXNiituwiiey and Rig Run.
8:50 a. m. Hiill'nloniid Hoehester mall For
Hrorkwiiy vllle, RI(lifwuy..loliiisoiihuri;,Mt.
Jiwett, II rail ford, Ntlumuneii, HiiiVnlo and
Hoehester; eonneel loir at .lolinsonliurt;
, wllli I1. & E. train :l, for Wilcox, Kane,
Warren. C'orry mid Erie.
10:53 a. m. Aeeomniodallon For Pykes,
liig Run and I'uuxHUtawney.
2:80 p. m. Rradford Amimmodutlon For
HeiH'litroo. HriK'kwiivvllle. Ellmont. Cnr-
mon, Rldway, Joliiisoiiburx, Mt.Jcwett
and Bradford. -
5;10 p. m.-Mall-For PiiRoIh, Hykes, IUk
Kun l'unxsutawney and WaLston.
Passeniconi aro requested to iiundiaso tlek
etii liefore eiitnriiiK tlio ears. An exeesn
cliarKe of Ten Cenli will lie eollerted liy eon
duetors when fai'ea are paid on trains, from
all Ht Hllons w hero a tie kul oltlcc Ik maintained.
Thousand mile tickets at two cents per
mile, good forpassiiK'u I wt ween all stiitloiw,,
J. H. MolNTYRR, AKcnt, Fulls creek, VaK
B. O. Mathkw E. O. Lapky, V
General Supt. Gen. I'as. A (lent ;
Hulfalo N. Y. Rochester N. X
ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY
COMPANY commencing Sunday
May 26, 18115, Low Grade Division.
BAHTWAHP,
No.I. N'0.5. No.. 101 100
A. U. T. U. A. M. P. U. P. II
10 4. 4 40
10 K7 4 K
11 an S 2.'. S 12
11 US t iU 31
11 4H ft 41 S 2K
12 On 6 Oil 6 47
12 25 6 20 6 07
12 31 2a 6 l:i
12 4:i f as 2T
1 (III 57 44
1 OK 7 OA 2
1 211 7 2T 7 00 10 M 1 1)8
1 85 7 34 7 I" U 05 1 46
14N 7 47 7 at
1 Ml 7 SN 7 4
t ( 8 0B 7 40
2 la HI 7 Mi
2 2ti 8 27 8 01
2 4a 8 44 8 is
2 M 8 M 8 2H
20 S in 8 K
P. U. P. M A. M. A. M. P. M
wnsrwAKi).
NoJ No.6 No.10 lot) 110
A. M. A. M. P. U. P. M. P. M
10 10 S 00 llu
10 42 6 B2 7 Oil
10 02 6 42 7 111
11 Oil 8 Ml 7 XI
11 20 111 7 44
11 ;m 8 2(1 7 M
11 an 211 8 00
11 47 8 87 8 12
IB 6 M 8 25 12 10 H 00
1 2tl 7 20 8 U2 12 20 S 10
1 H4 7 2s 8 40
1 42 7 40 8 4s
1 M 7 57 IX
1 10 8 Oil 9 17
t 20 8 111 25
t llll 8 as 8 44
2 IW 8 57 10 m
8 011 8 05 10 1H
8 15 8 15 10 25
8 47 47
4 00 10 00
A. M.IA. M. P, M. A M. P. M.
Rod Bunk
La who n ham....
fiem BelaUihem
Oak UldKu
Mayavllle.
ftummervllle ...
Hrook vllle ......
Kell
Fuller
Keynoldsvllle..
Pancoast.
KallH Crtwk
ItuBnla
Babula
Wlnttirbunt ....
Penliuld
Tyler
Glen Fisher
rlunexette
Grant
Driftwood
STATIONS.
Pr! ft wood
Grant
Ben&att
Olvu Fisher
Tyler
l'entleld
Wlnterburn ....
, Pubulu
DuBols
FuIIm Creek
Paueoast
Keynoldsvllle..
Fuller
Bell
Brookvllle
fiuminervllle....
Muysvllle
OakRIdire
New Bethlehem
Lawsonham.
Bud bunk....
Trains dally axoeptBunday.
DA V 1 D COABOO, Gkm'l. 8UPT
JAB, P. ANDERSON Osk'l. Pass, Aot.
4
HOMEMADE TRUNKS.
Th flchnmit nf Chlrao Man to Beat the
KallroatU on Itavtava
A cnllor ilroppotl Into the nrln1ttH)ile
tint nml fomul Mr. nnd Mrs. lirlejitfliiln
nnd their wifl littln torrior, MImr, nil
axRCtnblpA I11 tlio kitchen. Mr. Bright
tiilo wim bnny ImriiiK holoa with nn an
p,pr In thfl pnil of Kixxl nlzotl pnrking
box, while) Mm. Hrinhtslilo mid tlio dnn,
inntcd 8ido by "iilo on the flour, rpRiird
ed bim with intniim tlionKh pmwibly
liypoeritirnl admiration. Nonr by utood
miothor pnekliiK box with four IioIm in
pnch end, throtiKh whieh looi of ntroiiff
rope hnd boon no fnntoned 88 to Innko
good, sorviooalilo linndloit.
"This is nbont tho Rrentost crlsl" of
my lifo," olwrrved Mr. Hri,htni(lp.
"How do yon snjipono I got that ropo In
without openiiiK the box? JuHt llguio on
It now."
As tho cnllor lioliniRStotho fox which
hns novor proilncod n Rront ppio poom,
dlncovcrod 5 continont or voted for tlio
Rovornor of Illinois, she riwo np the
problem with n cheorfnl meekness born
of contnrios of acknowledged Incapaci
ty. Mr. DrlRhtsidn, hnviiiR (lt)icliod lsir
iiiB, prodncod n bent wiro nnd a piece
of string, one end of which wns fasten
ed to a few feet of rope. With tho wire
he proceeded to Insert tho strinR into
0110 hole nnd w-IrrIo it cnt nnnthor. lly
menns of the string the rope wus then
towed into position, tho wholo process
endinR triumphnntly in another pnir of
hnndles.
"Hut whnt nro yon doiiiR it for?"
"He's milking trnnks," explitinod
Mrs. UriRhtHido. "It's his latest spe
cinlty." "The only tronblo with me, "snid Mr.
UriRhtsido, with apparent Irrelevnnce,
"in that I'm ln?.y."
"Unt whnt on top of the prnirin are
yon mnkiiiR trnnks ontof imcking boxes
for? Cni bono, you know."
"To snvo freiRht. I'm sendiiiR them
to n friend in Wisconsin, you see. I've
pot somo other friends starting out thcro
tonight, mid if these tilings have hnn
dles on they enn tnko them ns bnggiiRa
Olhei'wi tho rnilwny company won't
let them, (..'nn yonr femnlo lnind nssim
ilato thatfai t? Taking it by and large,"
ho added modestly, "it's a beautiful
piece of work. "
The caller joined tho intent nudienco
on tho Hour und contemplated Mr.
liriglitside with wonder, love and praise.
It was pleasing to lind any 0110 clover
enough to get ahead of n railroad com
pany. Chicago Trilinno.
MAKING TOYS.
The Art Ienreii,llnv From One Gonernt Ion
to Another In Ft. I Irleli.
MissAmelin D. Kdwnrds, inlior "Un
trodden Peaks," mentions many nn In
terestinR visit to the homes of tho work
ing peoplo of St. Ulrieli, where so ninny
toys nro made.
In onn house, runs tho account, wo
fenml an old, old woman ntwork, Mng-
diilonn Pnldanf by liamo. Kho enrved
cats, dogs, wolves, sheep, gouts and ele
phants. She has made those six iniimnls
her wholo lifo long, nnd she lias no idea
of how to cut anything else. She makes
them in two sizes, and sho turns out as
nearly ns possiblo a thousand of them a
year.
Who has no model or drawing of nny
kind to work ny, but rocs on stoadih-,
niiorringly, using gouges of different
sizes and sheping out her cats, dogs,
wolves, sheep, goats und tjlephants with
an oase and an amount of truth to na
ture that would be clever if it wero not
utterly mechanical. Magdiilena l'aldauf
learned from her mother how to carve
those six animals, nnd her mother had
learned, in like, manner, from her grand
mother. Mngdnlcna hits now taught tho
art to her own granddaughter, and so It
will go on being trausmittod for gener
ations.
In another house Miss Edwards found
the wholo family carving skulls and
erossbones for fixing at tho bases of
crucifixes, for the w od carving of Grod
nof Thai is roligifn. in Its nature as
well as amusing. In other houses there
wero families that carved rocking horses
or doll or other toys, and in still other
bouoei there were families of painters.
In one bouse we found about a doz
en girls painting gray horses with block
points. Id another house they painted
only red Dorses with white points. It is
separate branch of the trade to paint
addles and headgear. A good hand will
paint 13 dozen horses a day, each horse
being about a foot in length, and for
these she is paid 65 soldi, or about 2s. 8d.
Cyras Field as a' Boat.
Happening to be a visitor in the
Washington building- recently and pass
ing the old office of Cyrus Field I recall
ed the day the house was opened to the
public. Mr. Fiold was extromely proud
of it Be had invited 200 or 800 friends
to a bunquot on the roof and stood at
the open hatchway to welcome all who
came. It was Into when up walked
muu of middle age who had never seen
Cyrus Field in his life and had not only
not received an invitation to the ban
quvt, but know nothing about such an
affair. Be was merely looking around
the building.
"Yon are just the man we all are
waiting for," said Mr. Field, holding
out nis nana wun a merry luugh.
"Come right along. The feast is ready. "
Before the man oould ask for an ex
plication the host had hurried him
along to one of the most conspicuous
seats at the board and ordered the best
in the house for him. He had a knack
of making every one fee perfectly at
home. Bis end was very pitiful. New
yorlr Prca
THI JAPANESE.
As Clean a They Are Pnllte and as Gen
tle as They Arc Brave.
Tho Japanese have ninny nice quali
ties, nnd some groat ones. They are
clean, they are polite, mid apparently
they are very gentlo and very bravo.
They are said to lie exceedingly neat,
too, and to lie bonntifnlly endowed with
thnt senso of propriety n defective do
telopmont of which accounts for much
of the rubbish in American streets nnd
most of the disngrceabloness of Ameri
can street car travel. Thoy certainly
beat us In a good ninny things, mid not
nnronHounbly their example is much held
np to ns nowadays for emulation. Intel
ligent foreigners who hnvo observed ns
closely have declared thnh-e nro tho
rudest nnd tho kindest people In the
World.
Of conrso it Is n pity thnt wo nro not
more universally courteous; that our
children nro lint demnro nnd orderly liko
the JnpniiPRO children i thnt we throw
papers into tho street nnd drop peanut
shells nnd orange pool on tho floors of
our public conveyances. Of conrso it is
a pity thnt wo nro not moro liko tne
Jnpaneso in many particulars; but, for
my part, I make bold to confess that
American manners, with till their de
fects, nro better suited to my American
tnsto than Jnpaneso manners, with all
their gentlo perfections.
American manners nro not nearly ns
good as they should ho, not nearly as
Rood ns one may hope they may beenmo,
but that Japanning would profit them is
not so certain ns it looks nt fitst sight,
even if it did not involve n much great
er amount of self repression or self ob
literation, doubtless 111010 apparent than
actual, than tho American temperament
could endure or hns any desire to attain
to. The amelioration of our national de
meanor must rather bo sought in an in
creased and enlightened self control
joined to n strengthened self respect. If
wo ever do lx-eomo civilized, it will bp
Hist at the hem t nnd afterward at ti e
rind. Herihner's.
HORSE FOLLOWED FUNERALS.
A I.onlMllle nteerl That fnu.ed IIU Ml
Irene leep Mortification.
"Somo years ngo," said Alderman
James C. (-filbert to n reporter, "I had
a tenant down town who died, leaving
a wife und helpless family. Their only
property consisted of tin old mare, and
more to oblige them than anything pise
I bought tho horse. W10 was gentle nnd
my wifo adopted her for her own driv
ing, mid was much pleased for nwhile,
ns tho old mare wns ho gentle that my
wifo could drive her about (own herself.
"It seemed, however, that tho initio
had oneo belonged to an old lady over in
Isow Albany who had a mania on the
subject of funerals and made a point
never to miss one. Tho old mam's
principal occupation for yeius had been
to follow f n nci ;.l processions to the
cemeteries. One day my wifo was driv
ing down the htieel, when sho suddenly
encountered n negm funeral, followed
by a number of societies with nil tho
pttrnphiTiialiii of nn imposing college.
"Tho old miuo recognized tho proces
sion tit a glance, mid calmly turned in
to tho lino of tho parade. In vain my
wifo tugged at tho reins and (vied to
turn iniu Tho old mnro know her bnsi
nesH, mid with head hung down solemn
ly followed closo behind the mourners.
Occasionally they would meet an ac
quaintance of ours, nnd they looked
Willi surprise, nt tho tribute which my
wifo was apparently paying to tho do
ceased, until my wifo was frautio with
mortification nnd anger.
"At every crossing sho would nppenl
to bystanders to stop tho old maro, but
. 1 . 1 ,i . , , , , . ,
they didn't seem to understand until
at lust they passed a policeman, who, in J
response to my wife's tearful appeals, !
stopped the old mare and dragged hor j
out of tho procession, much to her sur- i
prlso and disgust. Of conrso I had a
good laugh over it, but it was no laugh
ing matter with my wife, and I had no
peuce till I sold that old mare and got
her out of sight for good. " Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Dag Fancier and Deafness.
"It is a peculiar fact," said Edwin
W. Fiske of Mount Vernon, N. Y., who
is one of the best known dog fanciers,
especially in the spaniol line, in the
country, "that almost invariably a
man who is a dog fancier and follows
bench shows with any degree of regu
larity is deaf.
"The best known dog men in the
country have their hearing more or less
affected. It is caused by the incessant
barking and howling which one iways
finds in a bench show. A oontj ,ous
noise of itself wonld not necet drily
canse deafness, as men in rolling mills
and faotories have to stand noise of
mnch greater volume and of a more
shocking nature than you can find in a
dog show. But the barking and howling
of a dog seem to have an nnexplainable
effect upon the ear dram. Of course to
affect the hearing it takes a long time,
so that ouly mon who are old in the
business are affected. Yon take the
prinoipal owners of dogs exhibited here
and yon will find my statement veri
fied. "Pittsburg Dispatch.
It is estimated that 1,200 tons ol os
trich feathers have boon exportod from
Cape Colouy during the past 80 years,
valued ut $30,000,000.
The largest tombstone In the world,
a rough block of granite, marks the last
resting place of Hunry Scarlett of Dp
ton county, Ga.
Artificial Marble.
"Nine-tenths of the mnrble topped
tables and so on whnt I might call fur
niture marblo soen In this country are
made of artificial mnrble," said a mnu
in the trade.
Thousands of tons nf this mock mnr
ble are mntle annually, nnd even men
in the trado enn scarcely tell tho differ
ence between the real and tho false ar
ticle, for the markings or mnrblings go
wholly through the block nnd nre not
merely superficial. The basis of the
Wholo is a combination of limestone and
chalk, which, chemically trpnted, can
be made of any shnilo desired. The ar
tificial marblo in the rough is placed in
a water bath, and upon this is f prink led
a sort of varnish, consisting orsosqui
oxido of iron, gum and turpentine, nnd
all manner of mnrblcd designs nro pro
duced when tho turpentine is broken up
by tho addition of water.
Any pattern of marbling enn bo pro
duced to order. Once such pattern ap
pears, the air is expelled from the block
and the colors aro fixed by tlio immer
sion of tho stono in sulphate and warm
water baths, and then another bath of
sulphnto and fine so closes up the pores
nnd hardens tho stono that it acquires
the density of tho natural article nnd
enn be cut nnd polished in the same
manner. Atlanta Constitution.
A Handsome Book Hlndtnf.
Tho only old gold nnd silver bonnd din
mond incruslod book in the world is en
shrined In tho holy Mohammedan oity
of Isnuu-Huzn, Persia. Tho book is of
conrso a copy of tho Alkornu, nnd is a
gift from Abd-nr-Kahmnn, ameer of
Afghanistan. Tho covers of this unique
volume, tho sides of which nro U,1 by
4 Inches, nro of solid gold plates 0110
eightll of mi inch in thickness, lined
with silver shoots of the same thickness.
The centorpicco, ns well as tho cor
ners, is a Fymbolic design wrought in
diamonds, rubies and pearls. Tho center
fignro is n croscent, with n stnr between
its points, tho wholo design being com
posed of 101) small diamonds, 107 pearls
and 122 rubles. The diamonds on each
corner, which nro almost hidden in tho
golden sotting, nnd the ornngo colored
lncquer with which they nro fastened
nro each worth nbont (ii,00O. Tho book
itself is on parchment, entirely written
by hand. It is valued nt 12"(,00n.
Tlieronro enid to have been over 100,000
visitors present in Isiinn-ltuzn, tho day
tho holy rolio was enshrined. Philadel
phia Record.
If Chain AdJUHtment Goeii Wrong-.
If your chain adjustment goes wrong,
tho difllcnlty can bo easily Ktirmoutiteil
by tho nid of a knifo and a hedge. A
local cyclist, whoso chain had liceu
stretched to nn extent utterly impossiblo
to nil ordinary, well behaved animal,
found that tho screw of tho adjustment
had become hopelessly bent, and then
foro tho nut would not move either np
or down. Ho, cutting u piece of timber
from u juvenile treo growing in n neigh
boring hedge to tho requited si.o and
shape, ho ll.xcd it in the slot of the back
Htny, at tho length required to hold tho
spiudloin position, nnd screwing np tho
spindle nut effected n perfectly satisfac
tory adjustment. Indeed tho wheel ran
for somo weeks with that piece of wood
holding it in position until ho found
himself in tho vicinity of it repairer,
who supplied tho missing link in tho
complete machine. Chicago Tribune
Hlatnrlo Wheat.
Exports on tho Bubjeet of bread grains
say that wheat can bo traced back into
tho dim past ncross tho lino marked by
tho ndveut of historio muu into the dim
shados of the stono ago. It has been
, eJUUWU 111 XJUVMU 1,11 1 1 114 111V1 IU1IUJB Ul
, Kaphmti ind tho Tigris since tho
1.. ..... 1.. I.- 1 4.. .,,.11 . 4
timo when history "runneth not to the
contrary." The prehistoric races which
formerly livod in the famous "lake
dwellings," which wore built on plat
forms supported by piles driven in the
hikes of Switzerland, had their mealing
stones, wheat mortars, sickles and oth
grain harvesting and flourmakiug appa
ratus nt loast 4,000 years ago. Wheat
fonnd in ancient Egyptian tombs and in
the ruins of the lake dwellings referred
to is identioal with that which has so
bountifully blessed the husbandman in
the Mississippi valley in this season of
' 1895. St, Louis Republic.
Haddock Marks.
Why do haddocks carry those peculiar
black "flngor marks" near the headf
Some tell ns that they are a memento
of the prebsure of St Foter'a fingers
whon he went fishing for the tribute
money. On the Yorkshire ooast they say
the devil once determined to build a
bridge at Filey. Bis sutonio majesty did
not start the bridge for the convenience
of the people, but for the destruction
of ships and sailors and the aunoyanoe
if fishermeu in general. In the progress
of his work old Nick dropped his ham
mer into tho sea. Snatching at it hastily,
he caught a haddock, and all haddocks
carry the imprint of his black fingers to
this day. Loudon Fishing Gazette.
Huxley on Coal Formation,
Among tho important announcements
made by the lute Professor Buxlcy, and
whloh created n great stir among scion
tiflo men, was one that the coal beds of
England were not formed, as previously
supposed, from trunks of trees, but al
most wholly from pollen of lyoopodinms,
tree ferns and other oryptogunioug
plants.
English leather gloves were sold all
over Europe In 1347.
Better Than a Sleeping Draft,
The soul of a Brooklyn electrician
has been soroly tried by the nocturnal
long of cats. Night nfter night his well
earned rest would be broken by the solos,
duots and choruses which were given by
tho feline congregation in his back yard.
One night, whilo he wns lying awake
vowing deep and snmmary vengeance on
his tormentors, mi inspiration onme to
him. Hq hnd heard that the cat, like the
skylnrk, does not sing on the ground. It
must climb a fence to find inspiration
for the outpourings of its musical soul.
The electrician's buck ynrd is surround
ed by a high fence, which would lnvnri
nbly be studded with dim silhouettes far
into the night, but they are there no
longer. The overwrought sufferer oon-
oolved tho idon of running a wiro through
which ho could send a powerful current
around the top of tho fenco, the switch
bar being closo to his hand. Ho says the
sweetest moment of his lifo wns when
the first cnt humped its back ngainst tho
wire. Ho joyously pressed the button.
There wns n ragged, nltornnl ing current
kind of n howl und nn instantaneous
whisking of a furry mass, and all wns
still. Within a week not a cat would
come within ten rods of that fenco, nnd
the iiiRouions Drooklynito now sleeps
peacefully. Exchange.
Franne'a tine Guillotine
There is only onognillotmo in France,
all others having long since been de
stroyed. Tho one of I'aris alone remains,
but it travels all over tho country. In
the com so of its peregrinations tho in
strument is governed by local customs,
and according to their nature nro exe
cutions painful or painless.
In some departments tho condemned
is slowly tnken to the plnco of execution
through the streets, and toilet dutailfl
depend on local precedents.
Not long ngo a prisoner wns tnken to
early mnss, nnd meanwhile tho instru
ment of death awaited him by thochurch
door.
In Paris, ouly IS minutes interveno
from the waking of the prisoner to tho
fall of his head in tho basket, but in tho
country tho hungry knifo is sometimes
allowed to wait for its victim for hours.
Tho condemned Is entirely in tho keep
ing of tho jailer, who is responsible for
tho man's life that is to say, it is his
duty to deliver to (ho guillotine u living
being.
But ns things are tho prisoner is often
needlessly tormented by tho timidity of
tho keeper, who, knowing to what ren
alties ho would bo subject, is often over
anxious to guard ngninstsuicido. Pear
sou's Weekly.
Value of Arteilnn Wells.
Iu many parts nf the country nrtosinn
wells may ho bored nnd will furnish
running streams nt the surface. This Is
duo of course to tho formation of tho
under strata of tho pmth, and if ono is
fortnnaln enough to strike n Rood vein
tho supply will he iibumluut. In por
tions of the south nrtesiau wells have
been bored to tho (loplli of 1,500 feet.
Ono of theso wells wan finished ill less
than three weeks, striking :t vein of wa
ter 1 ,aO0 feet below the surfaeo that fur
nishes an outpour sul'iciciit for the
town's uses. It is not mi uncommon oe-
onrrenoo that one mu.t drill the second
timo into a well to secure a permanent
supply of water. It is a cm-iouH fact
that after one him reached a certuin
depth piping is nnnoeei-sni-y.
A well in New York Htuto was dug to
a depth of ISO feet and furnished it rea
sonable supply of water by pumping.
Alter the seconil season it gave one en
tirely, when tho drill was put in and
nearly 800 feet more wero cut through
befuro wuter was reached. For tho first
100 foot tho pipo went down, but nfter
that tho water rose through tho cnt iu
tlio eurth, thero being consistency and
firmness enough iu tho soiltomako pip
ing nnuecessury. New York Ledger.
Anecdotes or irArcy meuee,
Mr. McGoo informed ns thnt one day,
whon ou a railway train at a station, a
littlo boy with a telegram for him ran
through tho car shouting, "Is Darky
MoQoe hore?" Mr. MoUoe said that be
beseechingly called ont, "Soften the a,
my boy. " Mr. MaQee, as we all know,
was of a very dark, rich complexion.
Bo also assured us that in an olootion
contest between Mr. Doridn and him
solf thoy together visited a negro settle
ment ueur Montreal, tho votes of which
wore an important qnota in the election.
Be (McQeo) said he maneuvered and
got Dorion to first address them, which
he did in a long, stirring appeal, and
then he (MoGee) arose, and, opening hii
month from ear to ear and glowering at
the negro audience, shouted, "We are a
downtrodden raoe," and then resumed
his seat. "And, "said Mr. McGoo, "they
voted for me to a man. "Canadian
Magazine.
Cattle William.
Perhaps the name of the fort on Gov
ernors island is more often spelled and
prononnced incorrectly than correctly.
It is Castle Williams, and not Custle
William, although thore is an impres
sion that it took its name from King
William III of England. In reality it
dates no farther bock than the early
part of the present century. Now York
Tribuno.
The ImperUhable Fool.
It is a curious facj that the supply of
foolish peoplo never, gives out, although
th?y nro dying of their folly every day.
Hartford Courant.
Bismuth was first separated and dis
tinguished as a metal by Agriooln, the
famous chemist and scientist, iu 1620.
Oaneral I.
The shortest tinine In the world Is de
veloped by tho war between Jnpnn and
China. It Is that of Metiers! I, a Tartar
commander, who has perhnps distin
guished himsolf above other Chinese
generals, having conducted a campaign
though n losing one of somo effect
iveness.
Tlio French are supposed to luive an
exclusive monopoly of suinaiues which
consist of one letter. A considerable
number of such names have been cited
in the French press from time to time.
Mllo. O, for instance, keeps grocer's
shop nt Lonviers, and Monsieur A is a
guard in tho department of Colo d'Or.
A family named Y is tho prldo and joy
of a small llelgian town.
In tho United States given names
they could hardly bo called Chrlstinn
names consisting of n single letter
have not iufroqneutly been bestowed. A
western business man boro tho given
nniuo nf P no nuiro, no less through
a long lifo, nnd a cortuiu Now Kuglnud
boy is mimed J.
No namo so short as that of General
I hns yet been discovered, however, ns I
is certainly tho thinnest letter iu tho
alphabet. Youth's Companion.
The Georgia Method of Kitting a Melon,
Ho Is already without tho incuni
brauco of n coat, and rolling up his shirt
sleeves to tho elbow ho poises the melon
high enough uboyo a stono or a stump
to break tiio rind without dashing it
open. A-watermelou i.i liko fruit cu';o.
It should be broken, not cut. Inserting
his lingers into the crock he pulls it open.
Ono half is left comparatively empty,
all tho heart remaining in tho other side.
To this latter half, which is practically
tho wholo melon, the epicure now ilo
votes himself.
Hctting it down upon the ground,
with its great crimson heart bulging up
ward, ho plunges ono hand down inside
tho rind on either side und lifts tho en
tiro heart out in onn solid lump us hig
us hin head. Leaving what remains iu
the rind for the pigs or tho pickaninnies,
ho seats hiniM'lf in tho shade nod bite.-
from (lie cool, crimson head, ici a boy
would eat a largo pear. As one sngary
mouthful after another carries delight
to tho inner matt, and tho wealth of
jtiico trickles down chin and elbows, all
earthly ills are for the timo fnrgntlcn,
and that (-ieorgia cracker is happy.
Augnstit Chronicle.
aim Formerly Taught Greek.
It is not generally known to tiio many
who have had tho pleasure of cooing
Mr. and Mrs. Ueerbohm Tr"0 that, this
charming actress was formerly Mis.
Maud Holt, professor of Greek und IIo
brcw ut CJueon's col lege. Her ability
nnd charm ns well as her linguistio
capabilities tiro notorious, besides which
she possesses it voice delicnto as n thread,
in truth, but a veritable thread of Rold.
When tlio yonng coup In started life to
gether, every one was interested in
them because they brought gifts to tho
stage which too rarely adorn it name
ly, those of education, character and goo I
breeding. Theirs was a lovo match,
originally developing during tho niiiii
tour theatricals in which they met, tmd
which led to tho dincovery of their ovti
and each other s talents. Siueo tho day
of their maf-iugn husband nnd wifo havu
rarely played apart, nnd they have re
mained sweethearts on tho st.-tgo utid
lovers iu their own homo. Englishwo
man. Fair Iloxlng Not a Ilrutnl Sport.
There is not anything brutal about it.
It is u business with tho yonng fellows
who sit there with naked backs nnd
clean, whito, hard flesh and easy mus
cles, who are being rubbed and fanned,
and who aro having their tongues scrap
ed with a "strigil" and pressed with
lemons. There is nothing ugly about
thorn. They como up to each other smil
ing and sometimes take eneli other's
hands in both thoir own to show they
feel no ill will.
When yon have seen it all, and even,
perhaps, one of the contestants a bit
"groggy" at the end, you haven't seen
anything immoral or bad or brutal. Yon
have only been seeing part of the life
that is explained by the word athletic
Yon liojto only been interested in those
things that make for physical superiori
ty, tho power of which shall never cease
to be admired. Scribner's.
Graveyard Marrlagea.
A strange custom prevails among a
certain tribe in the Caucasus. When a
single young man dies, somo one oalls
upon the bereaved parent who has car
ried to the grave a marriageable daugh
ter in the course of the year and says :
"Yonr son is sare to want a wife. I'll
give yon my daughter and yoq shall de
liver to mo the marriage portion in re
turn. " A friendly off er of this descrip
tion is nover rejected, and the two par
ties soon como to terms as to the amount
of the dowry, which varies according to
the advantages possessed by the girl in
hor lifetime. Cases huve been known
where tho young man's father hus given
as much ns 80 cows to secure a dead
wife for his doad sou.
The codo of society is stronger with
somo persons than thnt of Sinai, and
many a mun who would not scruple to
thrust his fingers iu his neighbor's
pocket would forego peus rather than
uso bis knifo as a shovel Lowell
Shiloh's cure, the great cough and
croup cure, U In great demand. Pocket
size contains twenty-five doses, only &"o.
Children love It. Sold by J. C. King
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