ft ; VOLUME 4. REYNOLDSVILLE, 1'ENN'A., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1895. NUMBER 27. Itattrqit trim Cohlco. 'PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. JL IN EFFECT MAY ID, 1805. Philadelphia Erie Knllrond Division Time Table. Trains leave lrlfi mimmI. KAHTWAHP 9:04 a m-Trnln H, itiilly except Riindny fur Hiinlniry, Hiirrhdiiirir nnd Intermedium stn tlunx, uirlvliitf at IMilliiili'liililii 6: SI p.m., New York, (l:Slp. m.i Hiilllinort,ll:li p.m.i Wiedilnuton, ":: p. m rullmnn 1'arlnr cur from Wllllnmsiiort nnil iiimHeinjer coaches from Kane to riillndelphlii. 8:30 p. m. Train fl, iliilly except Pundiiy for Ilnrt-tHburir and Intermediate iMiitloiiu, nr rlvlns nt rhlludclplilii4:an A. M.i New York, T:iH A. M. I'lillnmn Sleeplnu cum from IliirrlKhnrg to I'lillmli'lplila a ml Now York. l'hlliulrlpliln pnwniii'rH run nmnlu In deeper undhrtiirla-ri until ":' A. M. t-M p. m. Train 4, dully for Siinliury, Ilnrrla liuril nnd Intermediate uitlm, nrrlvliiK lit Philadelphia, fl:.V2 A. M.i Now York, :: A. .on wk days and I0.M A M. on Holi day t Baltimore, il:'!0 A. .: Vnlilnirton, "::) A.M. I'nllmiin mi from Erleiind lllliims- JKirt to I'litlndolpliln. I'lowtiirer In derier or llnlUnioie nnd Wiedilniiion will be transferred Into Walilnirton sleeper lit llur-rlslnn-it. I'aiweiiirer eoin'lir from Erie to riilhuieliilila and Willinmxport to Hull I -more. WKHTWAKD f:2fl a. m. Train I, dully except Hnndiiy for Klduwny, Dnllola, Clermont and Inter medium station. Leaves Klduwny at il:lKI P. M. for Krle. (:M)n. in. Train 3, dully for Erlo and Inter mediate point. 8:27 p. in. Train II, dully except. Sunday for Kane nnd Intermedial est at Ions. THHormi Tlt.UNH Kolt HKIFTWODH KKOM THE EAST ASI) HOi;TII. TRAIN II leaven riillndelplila K:.V) A. m. Wnlilnaion, 7. Mi A. H.; llulilnion, m:Ma. m.; Wllkeslmrro, ll:IHA.M.; dully except Sun day, arrlvlnir at Driftwood nt fl:27 p. M. wllh 1'iillninn I'nrlor cur fi-oui riillndelplila to AVlllliimsnort. TRAIN' JloavesNew York at s p. m.: 1'lilln delplila, 11:20 p. m.i WiikIiIiiuIoii, IM.4H a. in.; Itnli liuoi-e, 1l:.vi p. m.; dully iirrtvlinr at Driftwood nt ti:.V a. m. I'lillinun Bleeplnc can from rtillmlelpltlii to Kile nnd from ViiHlilnuion ami Itiililmore to Vlllluniort and through piiHseimercoiiclie from I'lilln delphla to Ki le nnd llultlinore to Williams port. TUAIN I lenve Rcnnvn at fl:W a. m., dully except Hiimlny, arriving at Drift wood 7::'') a. in. JOHNSOXBURO RAILROAD. (Dally except Sunday.) TRAIN 19 leave" Hldicwny nt V:im a. m.i .tolin tioiilmrir at 11:45 a. m., univlntf at Clermont nt 10:4i)n, m. TRAIN 20 leaven Clermont nt W:.V) a. m. ar riving nt .loliiHonliurg nt 11:44 a, in. unci KldKwny iitl2:0n. m. It IDGWAY & CLKARFI KLD R. R. DAILY EYCKPT SUNDAY. SOUTHWARD. N OUT 1 1 V A I! D. l'.M A.M. STATIONS A75T :m: 12 10 : Kidgwiiy 1 12 1 IK 1-lnlnl Kim 1 1323 IN Mill Unveil I '.' 12:il li.Vi Crovlmid lit 1S! 10ISI HIiortNMIIlK I"-: 12 42 initt Ulue Hock 13. V, 12 44 1007 Vineyard Hn 12 .VI 12-01 10 10 Carrier 12 .HI 100 1022 Uiwlnvnvvllln 12 :H 110 Jii.i: JlcMInn Hiimnilt I.:i0 114 to:w lluleys Hun 12 20 120 IU4: Fulls Creek 12 20 145 Hl.Vt Dwllols I2 01 li IT II 115 5 il 5 4S 5 ::.i 5 25 5 2H r 15 ft 10 TRAINS I.KAVIC HIIKIWAY. Fnstwnril. Wesinnrd. Train . 7:. 7 a. ni. Trnln :t, Il::i4 n. m. Train 1), 1:45 p. m. Train I, :i:no p. m. Train 4, 7:55 p. 111. Truin II, H:'Xi p. 111. 8 M. I'HKVlWT. Hen. Mnnutfcr. J. It. WiiOl), Ocn. l'liss. Ag't. B UFFALO. ROOTTFSTKR & PITTS BURGH RAILWAY. Tlienliort Uno between Diiltols, Rblirwny, Brndford, Huluniunca, HuOulo. itiM-liester, Nluiiara rallit and imlntit In ,1110 upper ull region. (In and after Juno 171 It, IrtU, pnsen (ror trulim will arrlvuiind ilepui t from l-'ulU Creek Ktation, dully, except Muiiduy, 11a fol low h: l.St) p. m. nnd fi.:iO p. m. AcconimiMiullons from PunxKUIawiicy and ltl K1111. 8:50 a. m. HiiH'nlonnd Rocbcster mull For Hrockwny vllle, l(ldiwuy,.lolinsoubiirii,Mt. .lewelt, Ifi-udfoi'd.Hiiluiiianca, Hiilluloand RiM'bckter; connect I111X ut .lolniMiliblirK with 1'. & K. train 3, for Wilcox, Kline, AVurrcn, Oorry and Krlo. 10.SH a. m. Accommodnllon For Sykcs, RlK Run and l'unxNUtawiiey. '8:110 p. m. Bradford Accommodation For Hewditree, Hnx:kway vllle, F.llmout, Car mon, Itldttway, JoIiiihoiiIiiiik, Mt. Jewel t and Urudford. SilO p. m. Mull Foe DiiRoIh, Pyken, Hlg Run l'unxHUtawney and Wulhton. raHMcnKora are requested to purcliano tick ets before euteriiiK tbo cars. An exct'n charge of Ten Ceuta will be collected by con ductors when fnroa are paid on trains, f rom aUatatloim where a ticket otllce Is maintained. Thousand mile tlcketa at two conta per mile, good for puasagu between all station, j. H. MolMTYHE, Agent, Fulls creek, Ytt. R. O. Mathkws E. O. Lapky. General Hunt. Gun. l'ns. Agent Hutfalo N. Y. Uocliiwcor N.Y ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY commoncinfr Sunday May 20, 1895, Low Grade Division. eastward. STATIONS. NO.1. N0.5. NO. 9. 101 109 A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. P. M Red Bank 10 45 4 40 Lawaonham .. .. 10 57 4 52 New Bethlehem 11 HO 6 25 8 12 Oak Ridge 11 8s III ft 20 Blaysvllle 11 40 S 41 6 2s BummorvlUe... 12(15 SOU 5 47 Brookville 12 25 6 20 6 07 bell 12 81 6 20 6 111 Fuller 12 4:1 6 itn 6 25 Reynoldavllle.. 1 00 8 67 6 44 Vancoaat 10" 7 05 6 52 Falls Creek 1 20 7 25 7 00 10 55 1 DO DuBola 1 85 7 84 7 10 11 05 1 43 Bahula 1 4H 7 47 7 2:1 Wlnterburn .... 160 1 1 7 84 Penneld i 05 8 00 7 40 Tyler 2 15 8 111 7 ISO Glen Fisher 2 20 8 27 8 01 Benexutte 2 4.1 8 44 8 IX Grant HI 8 M 8 2 Driftwood V 20 25 8 65 P. M. P. M A. M. A. M. P. M STATIONS. No.2 N0.6 No.10 106 110 A. M. A. M. P. M. P. U. P. M Driftwood 10 1O 5 00 0 85 Grant 10 42 5 82 7 00 Heni.ietto 10 52 5 42 7 10 Glen FUuer 11 0 ft 5 7 8.1 Tyler 11 20 - 6 10 7 44 Pentleld 11 80 6 211 7 54 Wlnterburn .... 1180 20 8 00 Habula 11 47 6 87 8 12 Ihlllols 1 05 0 50 8 25 13 10 6 00 Fall Creek ... 120 7 20 H 82 12 20 5 10 Puneonst 1 84 7 2" 8 411 Reynoldavllle.. 1 42 7 40 8 4s Fuller 1 6 7 57 9 05 Bell 2 10 8 Oil 9 17 Brookville 2 20 8 III 9 25 Buimuervllle.... 2 80 8 8s 9 44 Miiysvllln 2 5 8 57 10 04 Oakltldge 8 Oil 9 05 10 Is New Bethlehem 8 15 9 15 10 25 I.awMonhum.... U 47 9 47 Bud Bank i 00 10 00 A. M. A. U. P. M. A M. P. M. Trains dally except Hunday. DAV I D CCAliUO, Got'L. 8(JPT JAB. P. ANDERSON Gsei'L. Pass. Aoi. THE PA8EO. The wavering heat la broken by long rows Of clim acarlaa, palma and alamos. In brave attire thrro wnlk, between, Joae, Andrea and Aguatln. Andrea, Jooe and Aguxtlti Htnll down the alamcda slow 'Neath spreading Ixingha with plats betwoen Where roue and belled granada grow. Tall gray sombreros, silver trimmed. Bedecked with spangles, ample brimmed, Bhado from bright rays by clouds undlmmed The eyes of all. They loiter on with airy grace, A turn of head till way and that, Wlillo sparkling snilli-s light np the faro Accenting gay, theatric chut. Their jaunty Jackets reach the walut. With rows of bnttotis closely pinned, And braided trousers tightly laced, Coatnmcs complete. A greater charm Is found by far Than shade, bright flowers and tropic weather In Jnnna. Ines nnd Lconor, All pretty maids who drive together, Clear olive faces, lips of red But bark of them the warder's head, The dnena, accredited For watchful eyes. Tho wavorlng heat Is brnkon by long rows Of slim araclna, palms and alamos. In bravo attlro thero walk botween, Jose, Andres nnd Agustln. L. W. Green In "Land of Sunshine. " REMI0T JOURNALISM TRIALS OF A CONFEDERATE NEWS PAPER DURING THE WAR. Wanderlng-s of The Rebel In Three States. Henry Watterson Was Editor In Chief. His Meeting With General Draff How the Paper's Career Was Closed. The story of Tho Rebel In its wnmlor ings over tho nnth is oue of interest. Survivors of the Army of Tonnensoo es pecially remember the littlo sheet flint found its way to tho camps daily and inspired tho bnys to renewed enerpy and hope for tho cauno they doemod tho right. Lilio tho loved and Inspiring "Dixio," Tho Rebel fired tho southeru heart by its very numo. The Rebel first saw tho light Aug. 1, 1802, iu C'luil t:iiii)og:t. It was a four column folio, published by Franc M. Paul. Thousands of copies woro sent to BrnKB's army at Tullahomn, Term., and often tho supply wiih iumleimiito to tho demand, owing to tho fact that tho pub lisher's press, a drum cylinder, could not print them last enough. Often tho press was kept poing all day to supply tho doniaud from the army sutlers. So popular did Tho Rebel bocoino in a few weeks that tho publisher in Octo ber, 18na, onuogod tho young but versn tilo and rising journalist, Henry Wat terson, to edit the paper. Mr. Paul brought to tho assistance of Mr. Watter son Mr, Albert Huberts, a vigorous writ er and trained journalist of Nashvillo. He was a humorous writer, using tho nom do plume of "John Happy. " Watterson and Roberts kept Tho Rebel at white heat, and tho paper grew iu importance and size, being made a five column paper shortly after tho publica tion began. Well doos the writer re member tho eagerness of the army tw the only highly prized paper. Tito boys in cump could not rest until its arrival every morning on tho train from Chut tauoogn. When General Bragg begau his retro grade movement in the spring of 18(13 to Chnttauoogu, Tho Robel was supplied to tho urmy with much tliflluulty. When tho army arrivod thero, tho paper was in still greator dermoid. Iu tho summer of that year, however, it bocamo ovi deut that tho Federals were coming to Chattanooga for the purpose of captur ing that important point And thou it wag The Rebel began its moaudoriugs over the south. The paper was removed .to Marietta, On., Messrs. Watterson and Roberts staying in Chattanooga for few days aftor the plant had been shipped. The shelling of Chattanooga in that month soon convinced the editors that they, too, must go if they would avoid cap turo by the Federal army, and they left to join the paper. Editor In Chief Wat terson had been sharply orltioising Gen eral Bragg whilo the paper was in Chat tanooga. Ono evening he visited a gen tleman'! house in that town, and it happened that General Bragg was also visitor. The two gentlemen bad never met, and while waiting for the host to appear, after being ushered into the parlor by a servant, Watterson and Bragg began a casual conversation, which toon turned upon the war. Although he knew he was In the presence of an offi cer of high rank, Watterson little ins pected It was the commander In chief of the army. Ho indulged in tome crit icisms of General Bragg as he hod been doing in The Rebel. The general listen ed for awhile in almost speechless won der, but ooutrollod himself till his flery oritio bad abused him for some minutes, when he arose, and addtessing Mr. Wat terson asked : "Do yon know who I am, sir?" The editor replied that he had not that honor. "My name is Bragg, sir, " said tho now fully aroused commander. Of oourso Watterson was somewhat taken ubuck, but in his most courtly and chivalrous manner assured General Bragg that he had not meant to be of fensive, but thut his criticisms woro mado in good faith and from motives of slnoere desire to promote the welfure of the Confederacy. But apologies wore not asked or given. General Bragg, however, never forgot nor forgave his oritio. After the buttle of Chlokumuuga, while the paper was at Marietta, Watterson oontinnnd his at tacks on General Bragg, who informed the publisher of The Rebel that unless tho irate editor were discharged the pa per could not come into his linos. Mr. Watterson then renlizcd that ho must seek other friends, for he was not tho man to retract a word nor to be dictated to. As editor in chief he would write his sentimeuts despite any one, so he made arrangements to become one of the staff of Lieutenant General Lcouidas Polk. After nerving a short time iu that capacity Watterson resigned and became editor of one of the papers published iu Atlanta. After an uneventful existence in Grif fin for awhile thn approach of the Fed eral army to Atlanta iu July of that year warned the publisher that ho must move on if lie would keep The Rebel afloat and snvo his scalp, so it was taken to 8olina, Ala., that fall. ' Hero it was that tho event ul paper came to an untimely end with the Con federacy it had so long alid faithfully uphold. It was in the latter part of April, 1 805, that Selinn was taken by General Wilson. Tho Federals know of tho existence of The Robel, and ono of the first things they did to appease their wrath was to Are its olllce, which was iu a building besido tho river and built partly over it The Yankees printed a small sheet, in which they announced their victory over tho "robs" and prob ably tho "general orders from head quarters" announcing tho surrender of tho armies of tho southern Confederacy. Thoy then threw tho materials iu the river nnd burned nil the files they could find. Boston llernld. Origin of Maiiiiag-e, Dr. Forestier of Aix-los-Bains has an interesting paper in Lo l'rogrcs Medic al on "The Origin and Terminology of Massage." Tho physician of l'Huspico Evangoliquo is of opinion that tho method of treatment now known as mussugo was first introduced into Eu rope by some of tho returning members of Bouupitrto's Egyptian expedition of 174111, and relies for his information upon a bonk out lit led "Des lOuux Ther Iiukles d'Alx en fcsivoio, " published nt Cbumbery in 1808. Dr. Duquin, tho author of the work in question, after n pnssago npnposof tho douche, speaks tit the munipul.itioim and frictions' which wero observed by Captain Wallis among tho aborigines of Otnhoito, and then proceeds ns follows: "Thoso who followed tho Emperor Na poleon iu Egypt inform us that thin method was alno in existence among tlio peoplo nf that country, and that it was employed after tho bath. Tho 11111110 of ninsHoment has been given to it, nnd it is administered to tho person whom they want to muHHor by rubbing successively tho entiro surface of his body. "According to this account I think that this operation, which strikes mo as i a very salutary procedure, might with irreat advaiitaize be nut in nrnctico after 1 their bath or douche upon thoso who uiuko nso of our thermal watoro. " Loudon Lancet CurlfMltlea of the Sewing; Tfcedlo. Rowing needles of bono, stone, glass and limn zo autednlo allhistorio records, but those of iron, brass nnd steel arc comparatively modern. Bono nnd gloss needles havo been found iu Egyptian tombs that nro known to bo over 4,000 years old, and similar, domestic- instru ments of brouzo and coppor have been found in the mounds nnd burial caves of Europe and America which aro bo lieved to be much older than thnso found with tho Kilo mummies. Tho necdlo first appoarod in its present form in European countries in tho yoar 1410, but tho art of making them was kopt a secret for upward of 180 years after the date last given. In the year 1080 thoy woro first mado in tho American colo nies, but at what point is a mooted qnestion among the historians. At presont there are no needle fac tories in America, except those which make sewing machine needles, it being considered much choaper and more eco nomical to import them from the great Redd itch and other English needle fac tories than to make them at home. Our great National Needle company at Springfield, Mass., makes about 80, 000,000 maohine needles every year, and the great Redditcb (English) oompaur makes three times that many, or 00, 000,000, of the hand varioty annually. St Louis Republic. Love's Prodigality. A Michigan avenue youth was dilat ing to a friend upon the charms of his adored one. His friend was disposed to distrust somewhat the accuracy of the young man's vision. "She Is bountiful, yon soy?" "As a star I" "And rizh?" "Bah I I know not nor oure. " "True, that is a secondary considera tion. But is she very wise?" " Wiser than Solomon I " "Excellent. I suppose sho is also of fine family?" "Fumily. my boy? Family? Why, that girl has a family troe that would shado Lincoln park I" Chicago Times Herald. True Courage. True courage is cool and oalm. Tho bravest of mon have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and iu the very time of danger aro found tho most screuo, plousuut and freo. Rogo, wo know, can make a coward forgot himself and fight. But wiiat ia done iu fury and anger cuu never bo placed to the account of courage.- Lord ShuitesfTury. LINCOLN'S LOVEMAKINQ. Abe Encountered nil Political Itlval While Addressing Mite Todd. In 1880 Miss Mary Todd of Kentucky arrived in Springfield to visit married sister, Mrs. Edwards. At the instance of his frioud Speed, who was also a Kentnokian, Lincoln became a visitor at the Edwards', and before long it was apparent to the observant among those in Springfield that the lively young lady hold him captive. Engagements at that time and in that neighborhood wero not announced as soon as they were made, and it is not at all impossi ble that Miss Todd and Mr. Lincoln were betrothed tunny months before any other than Mrs. Edwara.i and Mr. Speed knew of it, writes John Gilmer Speed in The Ladies' Home Journal. At this time, as was tho caso till Lincoln was elected to the presidency, bis one special rival iu Illinois wns Stephen A. Douglas. Mr, Douglas had more of the social graces than Mr. Lin coln, and it appeared to liini that noth ing would bo more interesting than to cut out his political rival iu the affec tions of tho entortuining and lively Miss Todd, and so he paid her court A spirited young lady from Kentucky at that time in Illinois would have been almost less than human if shn had refused to accept the attentions of tho two leading men of the locality. There fore Miss Todd, being quite human, en couraged Douglas, and again there was what nowadays would have beeu called a flirtation. This course of action did not spur Lincoln on in his devotion, but mado him loss ardcut, and he concluded, after much solf worriment, to break off tho engagement, which lie did, but at tho samp interview there woro a recou ciliation and a ronowal of tho engago mout. THE REGLNT DIAMOND. The One Preoloue Bto, . .That Cornea Near eat to Being .awleaa. Tho Regent diamond, whilo surpassed in sizo by tho Great Mogul and several other well known stones, is really tho finest of all, being nearly faultless in form and polity and the most brilliant diamond iu tho world today. Its French history dates back to 1717. In that year it was purchased from its English owner, for tho French regalia, by tho Duko of Orleans, then regent of Franco, whonco its present lntmo. It had previously boon known by a niitno almost us famous. Iu 1717 French filiations wero in 11 desperato strait Tho peoplo woro starv ing, tho treasury was nearly exhausted, credit oven was lost, yet under tho per suasions of tho Scotch financier Law and tho Ftench Duke of St. Simon tho re gent of Franco, hesitating whero every monarch of Europo had refused, finally agreed to tho price of $075,000. .Greatly to tho relief of tho duko, his act appealed to tho prido of tho French people, and instead of condemnation for his extrnvaganeo ho received their ap plauso. In tho light of subsequent ovouts thoir approval lius a touch oi tho pro photic. The first prominent oppearaiicoof tho diamond iu tho French regalia was iu tho circlet of tho crown mado for tho coronation of tho boy Louis XV, in 1723. After half a century it was again the contor of a now crown, that which in 1775 weighed heavy on tho head of tho young Louis XVI till ho criod out in discomfort, "It hurts mo I" Thou come 1781) aud tho flro and blood and fury of tho French revolution. Charles Stuart Pratt iu Lippiuoott's. Battle of the naektes. In a potty war carried on between the rival cites of Athous and Egoai a small body of soldiers entered the lattor town. They were mot by on angry mob of women who uuolaspod thoir girdles, which wero fitsteued with niotal buckles, and attookod the foe furiously. The sol diers hesitated, not wishing to injure tho women, but tho ufTray became so serious that thoy fled down the streets. The women pursuod thorn, using thoir long sashes as lassos and striking the enemy without mercy. The pase was afterward brought Into the courts, and, sorrowful to relate, was decided against the Egoans, for the judges decreed that henceforth no Egean woman should wear a buckle. The Athenians thereupon took special pride in this ornament, which they flaunted before the eyes of their rivals. Current Literature. . Mew Cm For Love letters. An Ingenious bride, so the story goes, has evolved a happy scheme for keeping her husband true to the protestations of his wooing. The engagement was a long one, the love letters exohanged, legion. With these letters she has papered bor boudoir. No man could in the face of snoh evidence of eternal devotion object to the price of a new bonnet or be stingy in the matter of pin monoy. How could he scold about tho butcher's bill, or be sulky even if she did give his pet loung ing coat to the old clothos man or put her pug to sleep in his Snuday hat or cry because be staid at tho olub and forgot to come in until midnight as in his bacholor days? Philadelphia CalL A Bnla Diver. It appears tho most giftod native diver a Sum islander or tho tluest phy siquo and in perfect training oanuot star longer uudor water than about S'fi Biinutes. The greatest depth such divors are known to attain is 17 fathoms. Chambers' Journal. THE DESTRUCTIVE TEREDO. Plllug of Wharvee and Railroad Treaties Baloed by I. The teredo is the most destructive marine animal we have. It enters the submerged part of the piling of wharves or railroad trestles and bores into the Interior. When it penetrates the surface of the wood it is about the size of a pin, but Increases in size, always lengthen ing, but nover leaving any part of the hole it botes until its full mission is accomplished. In this way it stretches from the original pin hole entrance far into the interior of the wood and swells in sizo to the diameter of a large lead pencil. At the big end nre tho cutters, two clam shells that rotate from side to side and cut a smooth, round holo. The worm somotimes attains tho length of ton inches. Hundreds of sneh worms attack the exposed wood at tho same time, nnd in a short timo himeycomb it However numerous thoy are, they nover interfere with one another, and no instance is found whero one borer has cut into or orossed the boring of his neighbor, though tho partitions loft between the borings are sometimes to thicker than a slieet of paper. Another peculiarity is that as the places of entianco are no larger than pin heads and the worms re main and do their growing Inside, tho wood may be almost entirely consumed inside, yet the surface nppenrs sound and unaffected. Suddenly, without the slightest warning, tho wooden pile gives way and its fellows follow in short or der, and the wharf which appeared sub stantial is wholly ruined. To combat tho teredo many expedients have been resorted to. One is to sheathe tho piling in copper. Another is to cover tho surface of tho wood with broad headed tacks the rust from which spreads so as to discourage tho teredo's operations. Still another method is to boil tho wood in oreosoto under heavy steam prossnro, so that the creosote sat urates tho flbors of tho wood. All these methods ore cfllcacious, and the crcosoto process is used with perfoct success in wharf and trestlo building all along tho gulf coast. Its cost is the chief drawback, a single stick of oreo soto timber costing sometimes as much as $50 Mobile Register. Coet of French Opera noaea. When tho old Marquis do Cnsa Riera, who had for ninny years tho great Entro Colonnes box 011 tho right side for Which ho paid, if I remember rightly, 1,200 a your, and which, though ho was blind, ho filled every night with pretty women died somo 1 5 years ago, thero was a hot flutter of oxcitement in tho Paris of tho opera as to what would bocome of tho succession to tho box. After u palpitating struggle of influ ences, efforts and diplomacy, equal in emotion to tho contest botween Ulysses and tho Telainoniun Ajux for tho armor of Achilles, tho nephew and heir of tho old marquis iiiiiuiigod to keep tho box for one night 11 week ho could not ob tain more and it was won for each of the other nights by persons of tho high est place, who had been longing for it impatiently for years. An ordinary box for ono night a week costs from 340 to 330 a year, according to its sizo and situation. Tho combat for boxes is un ceasing. It is ono of tho features of the rich lifo of Paris, and to those who know tho peoplo and tho circumstances tho combat is diverting to watch. Blackwood's Magazine. Monday Is Washday. I don't soe why it isn't just as well to hang out tiie family wash on Wodiiesday as upon Monday. Yot I have known wo men who wouldn't havo a flat unless thoy could wash on Monday. As five floors of two families each can't dry in the bock yard and on the roof on tho same day, and the Monday prejudice is very strong, landlords have had to erect hugo telegraph polos in the roar of flat houses, from whiob polo linos are oper ated on a level of each floor. This svs tern also affords the additional pleasure of a near view of tho number and char acter of your neighbors' family wash. Thore muse be some substantial reason for a woman doing just as her neighbors do and what all women in the civilized world do and have boen doing for hun dreds of years. New York Herald. Tho Losnrlooa Roman. The Romans hod no flower shows. There were "bread and circuses," but not bread and flowers. The luxurious Roman used roses in enormous quanti ties at his banquets. . It was a fine joke to have roses fall front above on guests, reclining at thoir tables, and the flowers in such quantities as to smother them, A writer in The Quarterly recalls a pio tureof Alma Tudoma's "The Rose Feast of Elagabalus," which shows the super' abundance of roses. To spend ou a ban' quet in roses 4,000,000 sesterces, equiv oleut to about $100,000, is recorded by Suetonius, but possibly Suetonius exag gerates. Mnat Be 80. "What do you think of this provious existence theory?" . "I know it to bo supported by foots. For instance, I know a woman ouly 87 years old who often thoughtlessly tells about things thut happened 85 yours ago.' Indianapolis Journal Weddlug Irenta. Wedding presents are always sout to tho prospective brido whether tho ao' quaiutauoo has boeu only with the bridegroom or not Ladies' Home Journal THE CIRCUS RING. IS Is Always Exactly Forty-two Feet Nine 1 none In iJlatneter. In various ways tho circus of the pres ent day differs from that of the past, but the ring remains unchanged. It is always 43 feet 9 iuehes in diameter. Go whore yon will, search the world from China to Pern, with diverging trips to the ftosty Caucanns and tho desert of Sahara, and never n circus will you find without a ring 43 feet 0. inches in di ameter. There is a reusou for this reuuiikablo uniformity. Circus riders and circus horses are nomadic. Wherever thoir 1 wanderings bring them they miif-t find . tho ring always the same, elso ther will be disturbed in their performance, if not renlly rendered incapable. Trained to tho 43 feet 9 inch ring, tho horso and his rider have grown nsed wot n, one might say to the exact nnple of de clivity toward tho center of tho ring which tho radius of 1 feet nud a given speed produce. The mound on the circumference of the ring always bos' on thn inside n lev el, so to speak, of earth, at tho samo angle as that into which radius and speed throw tho driver. As for speed, that, aftor tho horso has gono round two or throe times and is warmed t bis work, is the same through tho act. Iu fact, a strap generally holds his head so that he cannot get beyond a certain paoe. Tho ringmaster snaps it's whip, tho clown shouts, the band plays loilder aud louder, but tho horso knows just how much this empty show means aud jogs on at the samo old pace until, witli the last jump through a tissue b.tliooii, the act is eudod. Exchange. The Ttomnn LeRlonnry. The Roman legionary is a por-tnnage of romorkablo intore? t. He is indeed the first soldier whom we seem fo recognize as such a disciplined man of tho high est training, with prido in himself , con fidence in his leaders and considerable esprit do corps; in fact, a warrior whom tho modern soldier cnu take to his heart. Thero were legions and legions, of courso, ns in modern armies tliero nro regiments and regiments. Somo indeed, like tho famous Tenth, enjoyed even a nickname, "Tho Larks" (Alnndn). The men, if wo aro to believo Vegetans, suf fering from tho samo wpaknescr-t, could bo raised by tho samo moans to !hc Siiino excellence as tho voternns of tho peuiu suln war. Ai to tho lighter moods of tho Roman legionary, aro they not im movtaliod iu tho umno of a Roman emperor? Tacitns toll us how Gerninmcus, al ways a popular general, having lwttl a son bom to him in tho camp, dressod tho lad liko a littlo soldier, complete evon to his boots (calign), in tho hope of pleasing his mon. Tho men of course mado a pet of him and called him Cali gula, or Littlo Boots, and rt is by his camp nickname of Littlo Coots that; Claudius, son of Gormnuicus, lives jn ' history to this day. It is a envious ex- ample of the persistence iu tho notnroof fighting mon. Cochrano's rough Chil ean sailors dressed up his 5-year-old son as a tiny midshipman and mado a pet of him iu tho samo way. Mucmillon's 1 Magaxino. Rosea In a Tomb Five Thousand Years Old. Flinders Petrie, the nrchniologist, while excavating among somo anciout Egyptian tombj, found a wreath of roses which had been bound into a garland and buried with the dead thousands of years ago. M. Crepin, the botanist and microseopist, made a careful examina tion of this queer find and prepared a paper on it, which he read before the' Royal socioty of Belgium. From this paper it appears that in places where the flowers wero matted together they still rotninod thoir color as well as a very faint odor. Tho species to Which thoy bolong is now extinct, but a rose resembling them in several particulars is still grown in Egypt and Abyssinia. St Louis Republic. Napoleoo'e Mother, Napoleon's mother was as much of a soldier as her great son. Ou ono occa sion, whon ho wanted his own way, she gave him to understand that the first duty of a soldier was obedience aud that if he wished to be a soldier he must, first of all things, learn to obey. He bad, to the end of bis life, the high est regard for his mother. At his court she was styled "Mme. Mere," Speaking of the influence of tho mother ou the character of the child, he said, "The future destiny of the child ia always the work of the mother. " Have Ton a Shoe Tree? The fashionable woman who doos not own a shoe troe in these days is fur be hind tbo times. These "trees" are rather expensive. They must be carefully made from tho last it the shoes thoy aie to hold. They cost 5 a pair, and ono must have one loss pair than she has slippers and shoes. With ordinary usage thoy are iudostructiblo. Thoy keep the footgear in excollout shape and oouditiou for the longest possiblo term of usefulness. I have alio soon the world, and after long experience have discovered that ennui is our greatest cnomy and retna nerativo labor our most lasting frioud. Justus Mosor. Shlloh's Cure is sold on a jjuaruntoo. It cures incipient consumption. Itistlm . best cough euro. Only ono cent u doso,' 2uct., SOots. and $1.00. . Sold by J. C. King & Co . .
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers