VOLUME 4. HEYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, J)ECEiMER 4, 1895. NUMBEU 30. itttllvottti Print (fnltr. PENNSYLVANIA HAILUOAD. IM EFFfHTT MAY III, Wi. riillndclplilit A Krle Itnllntnil Division Time Tublu. Train Ictue Iniftwnnd. EAPTWAKII 9:04 n in Triiln dully except eniidny fur Hunliurv, Hint Miuiii mill liitirnii'illiite t -ttinia. arriving lit I'lilliiilelplilii 11:! p.m.. New York. I'::!:! p. ni. I ll!iltliiiiinll:ti p.m.i Wiislilimlnn, 7:: p. in Piillinnii Pinlnr rnr from W lllliiinsnrt n tif I iu.euircr onii'lic finin Kline to I'lilhuli'lplilii. 4-..KI p. m.- Train B. ilntly except Siimlny fur ItiirrMilllif mill Iiitiint-illti1i. station, m rlrlnmit IMilliiili'lplilii 4::i A. M.; New Vmk, 7:3:1 A. M. I'nlltmin Hlccplnir curs frmn lliirrlshiirti tn I'lillmli'lplilii it ml Ni'W York, i'lilliiilelplilii inc-si-iiui'i run remain hi sleeper unfllwtnrlM'il nnlll :cn A. M. t:M p. m. Train 4, dully fur rnnlniry, llm-rl-liurii nnil Itileiiiicdliiit! Minimis, iirrlvlini tit I'lilliiilelplilii, ll:.V! A. M.i New Viirk, V:'X A. m.iiii week ilny nml ln.:u a m. ihi Hiiii ilnyj lliiltliniin-, :Jiia. M.i iislilnitinn, J::w A. M. I'tilluuin rmn from Erie nnil VVIIIIiiins port to I'lilliiilelplilii. I'lisxcimrrs III sleeper for Hull linoni nnil Wii-dilintioii will lie transferred Into Wiedilimlon -deeper lit llnr rlslmrir. I'liHuciuier eonclies from Krle to riilliiilclphlu nnil Wllllnmsporl to llnlll mote. WESTWARD 7:M n. m. Trnln I, dully except Panday for HldKWiiy, llullnfs, rleriiiont mid Inter iiicilliite stations. Leave ItldKWuy nt nam p. M. fur F,rU. 9:l ii. m.--Triiln 3, dully for Ki ln mid Inter medium points. 9:27 p. ni. I'mlii II, dully except Hnndiiy fur K ii hp und Intermediate slut Ion. TUMil'tlll TWAINS l'OH IMIU'TWOon KKOM T1IK EAST AND SOUTH. TKAIN II leave l'hlliidcliililn. Ht.VI a. ni. lllllnntllll,7.!KA. M.i Itllft lllllltf, M::VI.. M. Wllki'Hlmiw, 10:1.1 a. m.i dully except Sun diiy, nirlvliigr ill Kilflwood lit H:27 p. m. with Piilltnmi I'urlor iur fruiii Philadelphia to Vlllliimnl. TRAIN 3 leave New York nt p. ni.: I'lillti delplilH, ll:2ii p. in.) Vt iixlilniiiiiii, lii.Ki n. m.i ltiili Itnoie, 1 1 : "J 1 p. m.i dully m rlvlim ut Driftwood nt !l:.n n. m. I'llllmlill Hlecjln:r csr from I'lilliiilelplilii to File mid from SVnslilnuton nnd Itiiltlmore to Wllllmupoii nnd through imonirer conches from I'lillu clclplitik to Erie mid Hultlmoru to lllliuiis port. THAIN 1 leaves Henovo lit lt::n n. m., dully except Sunday, itrrivliiK at Drift wimhI 7::il a. ni. JOHNSOXUUUG UAILUOAD. (Daily except Hunduy.) THAIN ID leaven ttidiiway lit ::! a. m.i .Iiihn minlinrii at W:4A u. in., urrlvlnu at t'lerinont at 10:10 a, m. TKAIN 20 leaves Clermont at W:.V) a. ni. nr rlvlmi at .IoIiiimiiiIiui'ii at 11:44 a. in. and lililKway nt 12:00 a. in. JIDGWAY & CLEAUFIKL1) U. U. DAILY EYCEPT SUNDAY. BOUTHWAUD. NOUTIIWAKD. HTATIONP. A.M. I P.M A. ST 12 10 :) llldiiwiiy I :ft 12 1H :w Islmnl Hun I 2.1 12 22 1142 Mill llliven 1 21 12:tl DM Croylund III 12 :W loin) HIiortH Mills 1 02 12 42 10 in Itlue Itock 12:Vt 12 44 10 07 Vlnevaril Kun 12. VI 12 40 10 10 furrier 12 "0 100 1022 llrrH'kwiiyvllle 12 :in 110 lo:rj Mi'Mlmi funinilt 12 :io 114 K):ih llurveys Itun 12 20 120 10 4.1 Fulls Creek 12 20 145 10 M Dnllols 12 0(1 TKAINB I.F.AVE KIDOWAY. Eastwatil. West ward. Trains, 7:. 7 a.m. Train 8, II :M a. Train 6, 1:4ft p. ni. Train 1, 3:00 p. Train 4, 7:M p. m. Train II, 8:25 p. 7m. II :"i II . 0 17 IKK lino ft.M nr,i him a:i ft 2.1 ft 20 ft in ft 00 8 M. I'HEVOHT, Gen. ManaKor. J. H. WOOD, Uun. l'ass. AR't. BUFFALO, noCHKSTFR & PITTS BURGH RAILWAY. Tlienliort line between Dnllols, ltlditwiiy, Bradford, Hiilamanea, Itutlalo, His'liester. Niagara Fulls and points 1 11 the upper oil rctilim. On and after June 17th. 1804. Dlisien- er trains will arrive and deimrt from Fulls ''reek station, daily, cxoeut Huiiday, us fol lows: c' 1.20 p. tn. and ft. 30 p. m. Aeoommodiitlons from l'unxsutawney nnd ItiK Uun. 8:50 a. m. Iluffnlnnnd Horhester mull For Broekway vllle.Kldxway.JoliiisonliiirK.Mt. Jewett, Bradford, Hulummiea, Uullulo nnd ltoehCKter; conuoctliiK ut .lohnsonbiiiK with 1', & E. train 3, for Wilcox, Kane, Wnrrcn, Corry and Erie. 10:5$ a. in. Accommodation For Hykes, .' Big Kun and l'uuxsutuwnoy. 8:90 p. m. Bradford Aeeommodntlon For Beechtree, Brookwayvllle, Kllmont, Car mon, Kldnwny, Johnsonhurn, Ml. Jewett and Bradford. 5:10 p. m. Mall For Dnllols. Pykes, Dig Kun l'unxsutawney and Walston. Passengers are requested to purchase tick eta before enteriiiK tlie oars. An excess charge of Ton Oents will be collected by con ductors when fares are paid on trains, from all atatlons where a ticket otlice la maintained. Thousand mile tickets at two centa per mile, good for passage between all stations. J. H. MclHTYBl, Agent, Falls creek, Pa. R. O. Mathkws E. C. Lapky, General Hupt. ' Gen. Pas. Agent Buffalo N. Y. KM3hester N.Y ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY commencing Sunday May 26, 1805, Low Grado Division. KASTWAUU. No.l.NO.0.No.9. 101 Red Bank Lawsonham.... New Bethlehem Oak Kldge Muysville r-ummervllle.. Brook villa Bell Fuller Rey noldsvllla . Pancoast Falls Creek.... DuBols Babuia Wlnternum ... Pennuld Tyler Glen Fisher.... Beneiette Grant Driftwood A. U 10 4ft 10 : 11 ao 11 as 11 411 12 tn 12 v 12 81 u 4:1 1 00 1 0H 1 24t 1 lift 1 4M 1 Ml 10ft I 1ft 1 2l 1 i a iwi 20 p, P. M 4 411 4 ft: 5 2ft 5 33 ft 41 00 20 e 2 e 3s a ft? r oft T 2ft 7 84 7 4' 7 ft 8 Oil 8 111 8 -l 8 44 8 &4 9 2ft P. A. U. 5 12 5 211 ft 2S ft 4: 6 07 13 2ft 44 8 ft: 7 00 7 10 7 23 7 34 7 40 7 SO 8 01 8 1H 8 2 8ftft A. M P. M 10 ftft 11 OS 10V 1 m 14S WESTWAHD. STATIONS. No.2 NO. No.10 10S 110 A. U. A. U. P. M. P. II. P. M Driftwood 10 1(1 S 00 t 85 Grant 10 42 5 32 7 Oil Beoeret te 10 A2 5 42 7 Itt Glen Fisher 11 Ml 5 ftu 7 HI! Tyler 11 20 8 10 7 44 Penfleld 11 80 8 20 7 R4 Wlnterburn .... U 8n 8 2)1 8 00 Kabul. 11 47 8 87 8 12 DuBols I OS 8 6" 8 25 12 10 5 00 Fulls Creek 126 7 20 8821220 5 10 pancoast 1H4 72H840 Reynoldsvllle.. 1 42 7 40 8 4H Fuller lfts 7B7 80ft Bell t 10 8 0U t 17 Brookville 1 20 8 ID 25 Bunimervllle.... 2 3 8 3S 8 44 Maysvllle I SH 8 ft7 10 04 Oakltldge 8 Oft t Oft 10 18 New Bethlehem 1 1ft 9 1ft 10 26 Lawsouham..,. 8 47 ( 47 fcadBauk i 00 10 00 Trains dally axoept Sunday, DAVID O OAROU, Gn'L. BCPT JAf. P. ANDES BON GaVL. Pas. Aot. TIDE WAVE FORTY FEET HIGH. Awfnl llore That Rweeps RveryttiltiR lie fore It on a Chinese Itlrer, Twloo a your nt owli riiiitinx tlio fittiums liiles of tlio Tsimi Tuntr river, tlmt (lows from (lift bnrilmn of KitiH"li Ftihkicn nml CliikluiiH to llniini'liow Imy, nttaitl (heir irroutoHt lioi k Ii t, nml a boro of si Hindi mi's over 40 foot in lieinlit Bwpcpn iirosislilily tip IU slmllow nml fiiiiiicl hIihii.i1 nstuiiiy, of ton iiroilticitiK tieitii'iiilouH hnvoo to tlie nurroiimliuff country; ImiicpitM nninn, "money dike," from (lie iimouiit exnpudcil in sucocsaiTO centuries 011 its utnbiiiikniPiits, It is Nimn at ltd best nt llntiRcliiiw, tlio iirofucturnl city not fur from itn month. Twelvo or 14 minutes before it is visible a dull, distant rour Is liciird, momnntiirily flwolliiig, until tlio wall of muddy witter, tall an the bulwark of tlie blugont liner, as overwliolmiiiH a a glnoier, swoops into night rmiuil tlio bend a mile awny. Mot a boat in to be teen on the lately crowded river. All are lmnled up ou to the lingo embnnkment and moored foro and nft witli n dozen rnttnti cnbles, for none but ocean going steamers could stem (ho current, and eveu they would need skillful navigation. As the engre neitrs the roar becomes deafening as a storm at sea, drowning the excited shouts of tlie thousands who lino the walls, until flmilly It foams post in turbid majesty, hurrying toward the heart of China. The Chinese annals tell how, 1,000 years ngo, l'rinue Vu 81m mado C00 "during" archers shoot half a dozeu arrows each at tlio advancing flood, and then, after praying to Wu Ts7,-sl (tlie tutelnry deity of the stream, and origi nally on upright milliliter, whose body was cast into the rlviaj afier Wu had committed suicide), put the key of tlie dike water gate into an envelope and threw it into the stream, whereupon the wators retired. But as by that time, they would have flowed back In any cufio, eveu the Chi nese did not regard the experiment as Tory miraculous. A couple of hundred years later the emperor, Kan Tsung.had (on iron platen, each weighing about ir0 pounds, sunk In the river by way of propitiating the spirits, but the water promptly carried away both oharms and embankments. Only Inst century a Hang-Chow tea merchant leaped into the river, like an other Marcos Curtius, to avert the an nual disaster. Black and White, Mining by Hog Power. "I was ridiug through the mountains in Trinity county a few days ago," said a prominent mining mnu yesterday, "when I happened to take a trail that led by old Burlap Johnson's cabin. You know he has always been called Burlap Johnson booause be was never known to wear a pair of boots, but always kopt his feet sewed up in burlaps like can vas packod bams. I took dinner cold corn bread and bacon with him, and then sat down for a smoke. " 'Wouldn't you jest as soon do your smokin outside, poduer?' he asked. "'Certainly,' said I, 'but you don't object to the smoke of a oigar, do you?' I was naturally surprised, for he was already pufllng away at an old oornoob pipe. " 'No, course not, Booin as I'vo smok ed nigh on to 60 years, but I keep my hogs at work. ' "My curiosity was aroused, but I said nothing. Ho took down a doublo bar reled muzzle loading shotgun and his powder born. Then he went out to a hod and got a pan of shelled corn. He sat down on a bench at the cabin door, rammed down a oouple of charges of powder and poured a handful of corn into each barrel. He put on a percussion cap, pressed it down with the hammer, cooked both barrels and blazed away at the side hill across the little gulon. The roar had not died away till a drove of hogs came running, grunting and squealing, and commenced to root the idehill for the com. Whenever they slacked up in their work, the old man fired another charge of corn. " 'That's a moan triok,' I said. 'Why don't yon feed it to them in a trough?' " 'Feed it to 'em?' he repeated in amazement 'Then they wouldn't work. Besides, they don't need it 1 " 'What do you want to make them work for, and why do you waste corn on them if they don't need it?' " 'Why, man alivet They do as much work as four men would. They root up the dirt, and when the rain comes I luioeit' "Then I understood that be was us ing the hogs to help him mine." San Francisco Post A High Prload Hang-man. L'Intransigeant says that some yean ago Charles Castellani, the Parisian painter, wanted to paint a picture of M. Deibler, the executioner, to be exhibited In a panorama of Parisian notabilities. Be didn't, because Mme. Deibler de manded 90,000 francs for the privilege of taking the "famous" hangman's likeness. . A Good AnetionMr. "I'm going now. Yes, I'm going, going," murmured Steigher. "What an excellent auctioneer you'd make," said the heartless but tired Miss Nyoegirl. Boston Courier. IwmI la Comparison. "Doesn't the rag peddler annoy yon with his born?" "Mot bslf as much as the piano ped aler next door. "Detroit Free Press. THE THREE GREATEST ACTRESSES. Bernhardt, Modjeska and Dnsa Maid to lava Mo Living Rivals. There, are perhnps only three living nrtrrwes now in nrtivo life to whom the) titlo "groat" would be applied by com mon consent. These nro Hurnli Iternhnrilt, Helena Modjeska and Kleonora Diiho. Jnnanscliuk, nliisl altliougli still upon tlie stage, beloiiKS to tlie piit, while Kl lun Terry, Willi nil her dainty skill anil radiant clinrm, hits not yet reached those helgli(M to which genius nlouo can ns pirn. Eneh of them exocls in wnys pe culiar to herself. Bernhnrdt, after cnrrylng off all the laurels offered in (ho lutillclul nml do olninntory school of French tragedy, has devoted her mnturcflt powers to tlio il lustration of (he most violent passions conceivable by mnrhltl Imagination. Her achievements in tills direction have been extraordinary, and her drnmiiMn genius cannot be disputed, but some of her lat est triumphs have been won in deilnnce of most of tlie laws of nature and many of the rules of true art. Modjeskn, if loss potent in tlie inter pretation of the Onroest emotions than her French rival, fioed fear no compari son with hor in poetic trngody, wliilo in tlie field of poetio comedy she in un rivaled. Hor performances of Juliet, Rosalind and Ophelia nro almost ideal ly beautiful. Eleonora Dnso, whose fnmo has blitzed up with mutoorio sudilunnoss, is pre eminent above nil actresses of her time for versatility, tlmt rare gift of imper sonation, still rarer among wauinu than among men, which can conceal the real beneath the assumed identity without resorting to tlie common exjiedieiits of theatrical disguise. Tlio phrase that such or such a part was assumed by this or that actor is heard evory day. It is a oonveulont, conventional and meaning less expression. In the case of Duse it is used correctly and signiflcs just what has happened. "Eleonora Duse," by J. Rauken Towro, in Century. ENGLISH AND ZULUS. Count Tolstoi Bays The? Ara tha Two Most llrntal Nations. Count Tolstoi says the English and Zulus should both bo bracketed together as the two most brutal nations on earth. Both worship their musclo, and while the Zulus go about naked all day long, English women strip themselves hull naked before they dine. The count wishes he had time to write a book about them and thoir brutality. Apropos, some one has found timo to write a book about the count, and it promises revelations. This person is a lady who lived for ton years as govern ess in (he Tolstoi family. Tho following story is told about the protended vegetarianism 1 "The old count always demandod that vegetarian dishes should bo brought to the table for him, while his wifo and tho rest of the, family nte beefsteaks and othor flush foods. "It often happened that the countess would put a little, chicken on her hus band's plate, but ho, with indignant looks, would push it back, murmuring : 'No, I will not cat meat Absolutely, I will not ' But I buve often snrprisod him going to the sideboard for a pieoe of roast beef which the evening before he hnd solemnly refused at table The oarnivo rous instinct having been awakened, the ennrmons piece of meat would be swal lowed in one bite by this apostle of veg etarianism. "Now York World Letter. Tha Dlplomatle Clerk. "Henry, you haven't a room left, have yon?" inquired a New York drum mer of bis friond of many yoars' stand ing on tho other side of the counter. "Standing" is used advisedly. "Not one," roplied Henry, "but I'll look over the raok again and see if I can't find you a plaoe somewhere. " "All right," said the New Yorker while bis friend gave the slips his anx ious attention. Light broke over bis faoe in a moment, and be came book. "A man up on the parlor floor gave up his room about an hour ago, but be didn't expect to leave it quite so soon. I'll send up and see if I can't hurry him little." Tho porter's bell was rung, a whis pered colloquy took plaoe between Henry and that blue shirted functionary, and la 18 minutes the man from the seaport of whioh Chicago makes such frequent nte was rejoiolng in one of "the best rooms in the bouse. " But the clerk omitted to inform him that the previous oocupant had given up his room at the preoise moment when be bad given up his Ufa. Na tional Hotel Reporter. Striking Bargain. A story is told of St Folx, the French poet Like many other students aspiring to the gifts of this classic art, he forgot to pay his dobts. His creditors were larger in proportion than the checks re ceived for bis poems. Ere long he found himself in a precarious oondition. But somehow he managed to evade all cred itors through the exertion of bis caustio wit One day be sat in the barber's shair with his face lathered and ready to be shaved. Suddenly a creditor ap proached him and in stentorian tones demanded the payment of a bill. "Won't you wait until I get a shave?" inquired the poet in utmost oirility. "Certain ly," repliod the other, pleased at the prospect of collecting some money. St Foix made the barber a witness to tha agreement, then calmly wiped the lather from his face. He wore a beard to bl dying day. Paris Letter, THE HAUNTED KITCHEN. Terrible Fright of a Ilelstrd Conk and Her I'rerlpllata night. Out in tho neighborhood of Iowa cir cle lives a government clerk who has grown gray in the services of his coun try, nnd with his Rrny hitirs have grad ually crept up in Mm several ills that flesh is heir to, aiming others 11 n occa sional touch of insomnia. Insomnia breeds irritability, and his irritability had been stirred to its lowest depths by inability to get a satisfactory hirod girl, but a month or so ngo he wns fortunato enough to get a "se(tled woman," who was pretty near perfection. She was a good 000k, staid in nights except when hor "s'ciety" met, and in other ways was a model. About once a month (he oblong piece of bull colored pnper (hat was slipped under tho basement door by the gasman would bring a frown to Mr. 'a brow, but he would only cantlorl the hired gill to turn down (he gns when not using it. A few nights ngo a "s'ciety" meeting hnd called the girl out before s'o finished washing the dinner dishes, and she hadn't returned when the family retired for (he night. Mr. had a protracted interview with his enemy, the sleep killer, tlie same night and could find 110 rest. In vain he thought over all his misdeeds and counted 100 backward and forward several times. Sleep wouldn't come, so, after tossing about until long after mid night, he flnnlly got up and sat at tlie window. Happening to look down in to the yard, he saw a streak of light glinting from the basement shutters, and he thought of burglars. Creeping stealthily down the stairs, he heard dishes, so he went back up to his room. Then he got mad at this wanton waste of gas, and going to the speaking tube yelled, "Put out that gas and go to bed I" It was tho first time there hnd been an occasion to use tlio tube since the new girl came, and she hadn't boen introduced to it before. A smothered exclnmation in the kitch en, the noise of a chair knocked over and pans rattling to tho floor were followed by a scurrying up stairs, three steps at a timo, and tlie budly scared colored wo man gathered ber few belongings in her room aud made a rush for the front door. Mr. tried to intercept her, but she was thoroughly frigbteuod and wouldn't stop. "Lemme go, boss; lemme go. I wouldn't work boah any mo' for all the money in the troasury. I was wash In the dishes down stairs jes' now and a loud voice oome right through the tin pan I was Jos' hangin up, and it said, 'Put out dat gas nnd go to h I' I know this bouse is haunted, and I wouldn't work hoah any mo' for nufiln. " And she wouldn't Tho next evening in the "want" column of The Star was an ad. for a settled colored woman to do housework up at some hundred and something Thirteenth street Washing ton Star. A MONSTER BOOK. Tha largest Ona In tha World In tha British Museum. The Chinese department of the Brit ish museum library contains, says a writer inCasseirs "World of Wonders," a single work whioh occupies no fewer than 6,020 volumes. This wonderful production of the Chinese press was purchased a few years ago for $6,000 and is one of only a very small numbr of oopies now in existence. It is an en cyclopedia of the litorature of China, covering a period of 28 centuries from 1000 a O. to 1700 A. D. It owes its origin to the literary pro olivities of the Emperor Kang-he, who reigned from 1003 to 1783. In the course of bis studies of the ancient liter ature of his oountry Kang-he discovered that extensive corruptions had been al lowed to creep into modern editions, and be conceived the idea of having the text of the originals reproduced and pre served in an authoritative form. This was a mighty oonception truly, and in its execution it remains unique down to the present time. For the purpose of carrying out the work, Kang-he appoint ed a commission of learned men to se lect the writings to be reproduced and employed the Jesuit missionaries to east copper types with which to exeoute the printing. The oommlsaion was occupied (or 40 years in its great task. Before the work was completed Kang-be died, but ha bad provided that his successor should see the book oompleted, and be faithful ly carried out bis trust The book is ar ranged in six divisions, each dealing with a particular branch of knowledge. The divisions are thus designated) First, writings relating to the heavens; sec ond, writings relating to the earth; third, writings relating to mankind; fourth, writings relating to inanimate nature; fifth, writings relating to phi losophy; sixth, writings relating to po litical economy. Taking Desparata Chanoaa. Mr. Billus It's very kind of you, Maria, but I'd rather buy my cigars myself. Seven for 10 cents is rather too cheap, Mrs. Billus I know that's cheap, but I thought there might be one good one in the seven. Chicago Tribune. Missouri ranks first in mules, having In the last census year SSI, 714; the next being Texas, with 837,433, and the third Tennessee, with 208,689. The Acquia creek, in Virginia, baa an Indian name signifying muddy water. iat stEWM at Sf? : urtt Why Tannin I.Iks lings. And why do people keep such lots of dogs lliemsolves and go in such numbers to see other people's dogs? llerntise the dog is nt once tlie elneorest flatterer nnd tho most successful eheerer that tlio liti innn race over had. A Rood dog always gives us tlio feeling that we men nnd women nro a sort of gods. Nn other iml mal does anything of the kind. The cat treats us as nil inferior, nml tho horse will trout us ns n dear friend, not a di vinity. Tlio dog, moreover, imparts Something of his peculiar gayety to ns in awuy tlmt is irreNistibla lie mingles his suggestions of gayety with his lln( tery, for ho not only Icavl's his dinner nutnsicd to walk with us, but the mere fact that wo tire apparently giving our selves tho plenstiro of n walk raises him Juio such a delirium of delight (lint tho sight of it puts all our dumps nnd bines to such reproach that we shake them off in very shame. And when we don't walk, but sit moodily at home, tho dog curls up lovingly at our feet and looks up now and then into onr eyes nnd "glides Into our d;irkor musings with a wild and lienling sympathy. " Yes, there is a solid reuson for tlie fondness of men for dogs, and it will never come to mi end until either men or dogs become very different beings from whnt they are now. Boston Transcript. Tha Oldest Wooden Untitling. Japnn possesses what is probably tlie oldest wooden structure in the world. It contains the art treasures of tho mikado and is situated in Nara, which for annin years was tho imperial residence. Tho building is oblong in shape and Is built of triangular logs of wood. It rosts on piles. The wood used is of native growth and shows extraordinary lasting power, considering the trying climate which it has had to endure for over 1,200 years. A peculiar feature about tho logs of which the building is con structed is that, in the parts most ex posed to tho weather, the logs nre thin ner by several inches than in those in a more sholtered position, tho wood hav ing gradually worn away. The treasures which tho storehouse contnins nre of great antiquity and have boen seen by Europeans during only tho lust three years. They consist of rare and beauti ful fabrics of Persian, Indian, Chinese and Turkish manufacture and ancient articles from all parts of the world. Architecture and Building. Ona on tha Lawyar. One of the lending young lawyers of Washington went away from home re cently in a hurry and forgot to give all instructions to his clerk. He bad an of fice In one of the largo buildings of the city, whore a lock postofflce box Is sup plied for mail. The lawyer particularly wanted some letters forwarded to him that he was expecting, and so instructed bis olork in a letter. Ho addressed it in his own cure so as to insure delivery at his ofDce early. Ho inclosed his postof flce box key. No letters wero forwardod, and he was in something of a quandary until ho returned and found that the box con Id not be unlocked, and he had shut himself and his clerk out by having his key mailed in his care. A locksmith was called in, but the joke on the lawyer got out and cost him several rounds. Washington Star. Tha Spider's Spinning Machine. The "spiueret," or web machine of tho common garden spider is an objoot worthy of the uureful study of every owner of a microscope. It consists of four uulted masses, each pierced by a multitude of holes, tho openings being imperceptible to the naked eye. These several holes each permit the passage of a Binglo thread. Some idea of the in finitesimal fineness of these threads may be gained when it is known that the spidor's thread as we see it is made up of upward of 4,000 minute webs, 1,000 from eaob of the four spiueret masses. These 4,000 separate threads unite at the main opening of the spiueret, mak ing the single filament from which the spider spina its web. St Louis Repub lic tUh and Tobaeao. The Antinarootio society can, it seems, claim the flub of the sea among its supporters. Fish are known to have a very keen sense of smell, and it was re marked at this week's reunion of the Piscatorial society at the Holborn res taurant that even some of the greediest sea fish would decline a bait which had been touched by an angler whose band bad recently held a pipe or oigar. An glers therefore should not smoke, but then to most persons angling minus the pipe would be angling without one of its chief pleasures. Westminster Gazette. Keeping Down Competition. There existed at one time a ring of brokers at Paris who, by way of keep ing down competition, hired a number of pale faced ragamuffins to attend ev ery publie sale and occupy the beet places, in order to frighten away the general public As a further precaution these mercenaries were served with on ions and garlic. The plan succeeded. Henry Rocbefort, "Mysterea de l'Hotel dea Ventes." Mo Traai. "When be proposed but night he told me be bad aotually bought the ring. " "Have you accepted him?" "Not yet He forgot to bring it with him. "Town Topic. PtnnVnt of Many Colors. I have had in my own study at Ox ford not only Turks, Arabs, Hindoos, 3inmeso, Japanese and Chinese, but I received only tho other duy a vhiit from one of the Dhtckfoot Indians, tho flint of tlmt tribe who hnd ever set foot ou English soil, n mint interesting nml in telligent man, who was bewailing to me the fate of bis nice, .limned, as he thought, to diMtppcnr from tiio faro of the earth, as If llali.vloiiii.ns i.ihI Aiyrl ans, Auadiiins nnd Hitlites liuil not dis appeared before. His mime v. ;.H Strong UulTalo (not UufTalo Uill), und most powerful, determined and sensible man he seemed. Ho reminded mo of n young Mohuwk wlio also used to deplore to me tlio fato of his race. Ho camo to Oxford many years ngo to study medicine Ho came in his paint and feathers, bnt left in his cap and gown and is now a prac ticing physician at Toronto. Theso visits of strangers from distant lnndrt am often highly Instructive. I notted some knowledge of the Mohawk lnngmigo from Dr. Oronylm Tekn. One Is thus brought in coutttct with some of tho leading spirits all Over tho'world. I have now, or have hnd, pupils, friends and correspondents in India, Bnrmn.V Slum, Japan, China, Korea nye, even in the Polynesian and Melunesiun islands, In Sonth America and in several Africuil settlements. Mux Mailer in Nineteenth Century. The VanNhed rerrlitlve Poem. It may bo fanciful to attempt to trace a connection between tho rarity of the meditative mood among readers nnd tho prevalence of short poems among writers, but certainly there is a falling off in long poems on tlio aspects of na ture. It would bo a brave Wordsworth who today would writo an excursion and expect to have it rend in the mo ments of leisure accorded to the normal man or woman. Somebody wonld read it in order to write a reviow of it, a short review that one could read while waiting to start on an expedition for en joying nature, but very few other peo ple would. We are so used to tlio tran sient and the vurious, we can go so quickly from one aspect to another, that we demand that our poets shall give us an impression, not a description, or we have so completely nthcred into the quietest scenes the presence of contest, effort aud attainment that we insist on some human suggestion or some dramat io contrast within the limits of so call ed poetry of nature. Our poets have realized that there is scant timo for ad dresses and odes to tho mighty mani festations of creative force, and content themselves with the reflection of a fleet ing mood caught in a dozen lines and fixed on the page of a magazine. Phil adelphia Citizen. A man's wisdom la nil best friend; folly bis worst acuuuy. A Naught of Soda. The little girl came into the drug store. "Ploath, thir," she said, "mother thayth have yon a naught of soda?" "A what?" repeated the olork. "A naught of soda, " reiterated the little girl. "Do yon want a glass of soda water?" asked the clerk. "No, thir. Mother thaytb I can't have that till evenin. She thayth have you a naught of soda?" "What can she mean?" muttered the puzzled clerk. The chi Id grew impatient "A naught of soda, " she said sharp ly. "Why.it ith a funny bottle wif a thqnirter to it, and it goeth 'si-a' when you work it" "Oh I You mean a siphon of soda," exclaimed the clerk, "Oh I Thiphen? Thiphen? Yeth, thir, it wath thiphen. But thiphens and naught ith the thame, ain't it?" And the clerk said that ciphers and naughts were the same. Philadelphia American. Ona of tha Wonder of Physloa, An experienced meohanio who was asked what be regarded as the most wonderful thing for general utility re plied: "The tracking of a car wheel is the most wonderful thing to me in the whole range of science and invention. Here are two rails, up bill and down hill, round the sharp curves and along false tangents, and upon, them fly at more than a mile a minute, without jar or jostle, a dozen heavy car drawn by an engine weighing 60 tons. Passengers realize no danger, yet there is only the little flange of a wheel between them and eternity. An inch and a half of steel turned up on the inner side of the wheel holds up the whole train as se curely to the rails as it it were bolted there in grooves. " Albany Express. Tha Origin of Mrs. Grundy. How many who daily use the name of Mrs. Grundy have any idea of her origin? It it generally believed that Dickens was somehow responsible for ber, but a writer in the Dundee Advertiser points out that this is an utter mistake. The real creator of Mrs. Grundy was Thom as Morton, the dramatist (born 1764, died 1838), the father of the author of "Box and Cox," and she is referred to in his comedy, "Speed the Plow," which was first performed in 1708. Mrs, Grundy is not a character in that play. She is merely a mysterious personage whom Dame Ashfield, the farmer's wife, constantly quotes, much in the same way as Sairey Gamp alludes to Mrs. Harris. Shlloh's cure, the great cough and croup cure, is In great demand. Pocket size contains twenty-five doses, only 25c Children love it Sold by J. C. King Sc. Co.
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