IP p4 VOLUME 4. IfKYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 22, 1890. NUMBER 3G. 1 ,tnUrit Chit ffnbli-e. PENNSYLVANIA KAir.HOAI). IN KFFIOM' MAY HI, IWKi. IH.tl.1..t..l.l J. r..l I llWUl.mTIi' TnWe. Trillin Ii-im' Diiflwond. I KAKTWAHU ' 0:14 a m-Tniin C dully except Knniliiy foi Hiinliuiv. 1 1 it tWhiiij iiihI tiiicinu-iHiiii- sin- ! tlnii". ii'irlvlnu ul I'IiIIikIi Iplilu p. pi.. I New Vm k. :23 p. m.i lin It Iiikiit. l: l" p.tn.i I Wiislilnulon. I:. HI n. Ill I'iiIIiiiiiii I'm Inl I III i from Yllllii?nint nnd iiscii;:cr couches fniin Kane to l'hlllldellllil. 3:3!i p. m. Trnln (I, dully except "midiiy fur llitrtlsiiuiu nun iiiii'iiniMii.nt sin is, iii- kvlvlnu at IMilli'ilclpltlii 4i:n . m.i Now Vorli. i :33 A. M. riilliiinii rMocpina; curs irotti Ilio-rlsliiirH lo Philadelphia Mini New Vol k. litlnili'lphMt ui-sfni:rrs rim remain in t'H't IIIKIISIIII'IITII lllllll ..' A. M. 'i.fdi. m. Train 4, dully fur auiihury, Hnrrls- I li-H-i! ami Illicit Hull' l III liilti. lirrlvlIlK ill "T Philadelphia, :' A. m.i Now York, Mi:i:i A. M. (Ill HI'I'K OUTS mill lir..fci n m. i-im- llnyl llnllliniilf, lli.'il . M.I Wii-liliiuK'ii, Ti.Hi A. M. I'lillmnti oiirs from Krln Mini Williams port li I'lilliiili'liililn. I'lisHfimetslii sleeper fur Hiilllinoie mill V ii-ihintooii lip transferred Into Wnshlinrioiisleopor m lliir rlshurir. PHssomror couches from Krln to Philadelphia mid Wlllliunspoii Hi I tiki 1 1 nmre. WEHTWAUD W a. m. Train I, dully except Himdiiy fur Hlilawuy, liullnls, clorinimi mul Inter- Imciiinic sinuous, i.oiiv,", ivommiy in, ;'- r. M. for Krln. ."Oh. in. Train II, dully for Erie mill Inter mediate points. 127 p. m.--Train 11, dully except, piinniiy lor KnilVltllll I III I I 111! I II HI O SI .11 I1IIIS. tiiuoriiii TitAiNH Koit dimftwood r HUM TIIK r.A!T A.MIWI) I II. fRAIN 11 leaves Philadelphia S:50 A. in. Vt llslllllKton, A. M.i IIIIIIIIIIOIP, KIP.IA. M.i I Wllkpslnirri', 10:15 a. m.i dully except Hiin I rlny. arriving nt Drift wood tit il:27 v. m. with riilltuiin Parlor rnr from riillnilclphtii to VlllitiinsiMtrt. WAIN' Menves New York tit s p. m.: Phila delphia. 11:211 p. in.! tfUMliliiition, 10.411 ii. in. t llnliliiioip, 1I:.W p. in. ilnlly iiitIvIiiu til Driftwood tit :W n. tn. I'lillnmn slecnln.' ruin from Philadelphia to Krlp find from Witsliliiiilnn mul lliililinoro to 1 1 1 1 n i i - i I nnd 1liroitill imsseinrcr conches friitn Phila delphia to Erie and Italllmore to Wltllains porl. i'HAIN 1 loaves Hi novo tit n:M n. m., dully exi'ppt humliiy, lirrlvlnu nt nt in wood t:.ii ' JOHNSON BURG RAILROAD. (Dully except Siiiulity.) HA1N III Ipnvpi KldKwny nt n:.'Kin. m.i .Tolin-Hoiilnii-ff at H:4ft a. m., urrlvliiK nt C'li.'rniont nt I0:4d ft, m. MAIN 20 lotivpn Olprmont nt I0:.V) a. m. iir rlvltiK nt .loliiisonliuiK nt 11:44 a. m. and Kldxwny ntl2:i0a. in. IDGVAY & CLEA1JFIKLD R. R. DAILY EYCEHT SUNDAY. OTJTHWARU. NOUTHWAKI). M AM HTATIONH. A.M. I'M'. 14 III (KlU Klduwiiy Islniid Unit Mill Htivi-n rroylttnd rihortHMMU lllun HiK-k Vliipynrd Uun C'urrlpr Tlnvkwiiyvlllo Mi'MInn Humnilt llnrvpyn Uun VuIIk t'rpok ilulloln I 3 1 2.1 1 21 h:i V 1 18 :t 1 2 22 DI2 2 31 II Ag 2 an iodo in inn I 02 ti on 12 M n M 12 M n :"! 12 .VI It IN 12 ;w n ;w 12 :to o 2.1 12 211 It 20 12 20 A lA 12 05 6 00 2 42 ions 12 44 10117 40 10 10 I 00 1022 I H) 10 :c! 1 14 Hi :ii 120 KU.-i 14.1 10M TUAIN8 LEAVE KIDOWAY. Enntwnrd. Westward. 'rain H, 7: . 7 b. m. Trnln a, 11:34 a. m. 'rain 0iJ:4A n. m. Train l.Ilinn u. tn. Train 4,:IU p.m. Train ll.M:2A p. m. 8 M. 1'kF.VOST, Oon Muunjcttr. J. H. WOOD, Uen. I'hsh. Ar'I. BUFFALO. ROCIIF.STKR & PITTS UURGH RAILWAY. The nhort lino lwtwcen DuIIoIk Itldiiwuy, Rrndford, Hulnmiinpii, lliiffulo, Horlipstpr, Nlannra t'ttUn and polntn In tho upper oil region. On and after June Ktli, ls'.M. ptissen- fpr trains will arrive and depart from I'm Ms reek mutloii, dally, except Hunduy, an fol lows: l.SO p. m. and 11.30 p. m. AfcommiMliitloiiM from funxMitawney and Mix Uun. 8:ftO a. m. lluffuloand HiH'hester mull For llroekwayvllle,Hlditway,,)olinsnnlurf(,Mt. !.... Iln.lr.....l U..I....... ...... U..IV..I.. .....1 UiM-lipster; conned Inir at ,olinHonl)iirK with 1. & E. train 3, tor Wilcox, Kane, Warren, Corry and Ki lo. :5!l a. m. Accommodiillon For Sykna, Bin Uun and 1'iinxHiilnwney. i:30 p. tn. Ilradford Accommodation For isoocmreo, lirocKwnyviuc, r.iiinoni, car num. Hliliiwuy, Jolinaoiibui'ii, Mt. Jewett ' and Bradford. :IO p. m. Mull For Do Hols. Pykea, Dig Uun 1'unxHUtawney and WaUton. PaHaengera are reiiuested to purchase tick et before entering the oars. An excess charge of Ten l.'enu will he collected by cou ductora when fares nre paid on trains, from all stations where a ticket otlk'O Is nialiilulued. Thousand mile ticket at two cent per mile, good for passage between all mutloua,. J. H. McIrtyhi, Agent, Falls creek, l'a. B. O. Mathews E. O. Lapkt, General Supt. Gen. Vn. Agent Buffalo N. Y. Hochester N. Y ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY commencing Sunday May 26, 1805, Low Grade Division. AHTWAHD. STATIONS. No.l. NO.S. NO.9. 101 109 A. U. P. M. A. M. P. M. P. M Red Bank 10 4.1 4 4(1 Lawsonham .. .. 10 57 4 cW New Helhluhem 11 80 t 2.1 S 12 Oak Kldge 11 as 8 Itl 6 20 Maysvllle 11 40 6 41 6 28 ffummervllle... 12ui on 6 47 Brookvllle 12 2.1 6 20 07 Bell 12 HI t 2il 6 13 Fuller 12 43 1 3H (2.1 KeynnldsTllle.. 100 4 A7 4 44 Pancoaat 1 On 7 OA 4 62 Falls Creek 1 at T 2.1 7 00 10 M 1 88 IhlBoln. 18S T84 7 10 1106 1 45 Cupula 1 4H 7 47 7 l Wlntrburo .... 1 59 7 5s 7 84 PenOeld 10", I On 7 40 Tyler t 15 8 Id 7 50 Glen Fisher I 20 8 27 g 01 Benesetto I 43 8 44 8 1H Grant S 53 8 54 Driftwood I 2u 8 25 8 55 WUTWAHD. STATION. I NoJ I No. INo.101 108 I 110 A. M P. M. P. M. Driftwood Grant Benesette Glen Fisher.... Tyler Penfield Wlnterburn ... Fabula DuBols Falls Creek.... Paneoast P. M 10 10 6 85 7 0(1 7 IB 7 83 744 764 8 00 8 12 8 2.1 8 82 10 42 10 52i 11 W) 11 20 11 80 11 8U 11 47 1 (tt 1 2ll 1 84 11 10 12 20 500 6 10 8 40 leynoldsviUe.. 1 42 8 4K 9 05 9 17 uuer ell rookllle... Bumniervllle. Varavllle.... Oakkldiia.... t 10 9 2S1 I aii t AH 8 0b I V 147 44 10 04 10 111 w beuilebein 10 25 lwsonhas. Mstik..., 4 00 A. P. M.IA M.I P. M. Trains dally aiotpt Sunday. PAVID 0CAKGO, Onrt BOM JAI.P.ANDEZOM Gu'b.PAM. Am. , , SEALED IJY A SHOT. A SINGULAR INCICENT OF THE BAT TLE AROUND ANTIETAM. I'nlon Soldiers Altnort Kainlahr I For Lack nf Water IHnroTer a Bprlng A Confed erate Phot Knded the fttrurgte Pnr the Pparkllns; MqifM. From tho llrnt pcrp of tlnwn Honker, : oil the cxtremo tlnUt, hnviiiK crossed Antletnm crock tho previous evmiinfi, ' hnd boon ponndhiK tho Cimfpiliirates and gptthiK ns good In rotnrn, nnd Mnnsflold in tho oflntor hnd hoon soooiidiii Fight- : ltiR .Too' endcarorg with varying boo- ; cpss, so thnt it who fully hlgli noun ho- j fnro RurnHldo tin tho left rocolvod nny intiiiintliin tliut IiIh wing (if tho mmy won to hnvo liny Kroalcr nhnro In tho I coutrovnrity than thntof liitorcnttMl nudi- ' tors. Tlitmyli thcro had been souio brlk j cklrmlHhlng in front of tho loft, all oyoa , in that quarter were- turned toward the , contor of tho stngo, nud when it was learned tbnt tho gitllitut Miinsfltdd had , gono down lu tho conflict thoro win ninny a pnng of grief, for Munsrield was . a hnra 1 Whllo tho troops lay massed by bri- i gndo in tho open fields and broiling sun 1 between tho creek nnd the low bluIT to ! tho east of the bridge, they sought to pre pare themselves for whutover might , conio by keeping their cnuteriiH filled with water. Tho nreok, so near nnd yet i so fur, proved to be a danger line fur tho : occupants of both batiks of tho stream, ; for it was almost certnin d'ith fur either Federals or Confederates to ap proach the stroiun, so that DnruHide's mon spent their time by reliefs in pro- I oaring the coveted liquid wheresoever it could ho found in the roar. Directly eastward from the famous stone bridge, and immediately to the l rear of one of the massed brigades, and scarcely 200 yards distant from the i creek, was found by some of the eager j searchers a diadem in the shapo of a ! stream of cool, pure wator pouring from ' the face of a slaty embankment of scarce- i ly nnre than ten feet iu height. j During all tho past time that this ' diminutive stream had been making its ; egress from the bosom of the earth it ! bad boon permitted to spread itself out j over tne adjoining inonaow luna or una its way to the creek through the shallow morass that formed at the base of the inNigulflcnnt knoll from which it seeped. Never, perhaps, since the croatiou did suoh a small trick lo of water jump so suddenly into importance and usefulness as did the one in question, for the prac ticed eyes of the water famished Yun- I keos, who had learned by their expert- j ence on the peninsula to smoll water afar, followod up the moistened water coarse to its source, and, having found the head theroof, it was but a matter of few minutes till they had a solid strentu of the sparkling gem of about , one-half inch in diameter pouring through o trough which had been im- ; provided from the bark of a noarby sap- ' UuR. ! This improved oonditioa of the little ( stream, becoming known to nil the j troops lying near by, proved to be the signal for a general riot, for the strug gle for the privilege of holding the can- ' teen under the spout booamo so boistor- ' ous that tho officers were corn-polled to plaoe not only a guard, but a oordon, of , troops around it to prevent the contend ing soldiers from murdering each other j in their mad endeavor to got just one taste of the oo voted prize. All this, too, ! in the face of the foot that the Johunies ' beyond the creek had opened their bat- ' teries and musketry on the columns then moving in the direction of the i bridge, and numerous mlesiloa found j their way to a disagreeable proximity to ' the spring. But Jurt as a semblance of order had been restored the word was ; passed to "fall in," and tha life giver i was loft to itself and for the time for- ! gotten, but as the brigade advanced by battalion the soldier oould not refrain from casting a backward glanoe of re gret at the thread of silver dancing in ! the afternoon sun. Half an hour later the battle was on j in all its fury, and every moment add- ed to the stream ol wounded men pour ,ing backward ont of the line of danger. Those who knew the spring made Straightway for it, followed by others, jfor who of those who ever had the ex perience can forget for a moment the terrible condition of wounded soldier with an empty canteen? If the strife for possession of the spring previous to the advance bad been jkorioos, it was now a thousand times worse, for around that bit of moisture urged a maddened, trended man of bleeding humanity in all the conditions of wounds resulting from the fleroe battle then raging less than half a mile distant and consequent turmoil Bo fleroe was tha struggle that they de stroyed tha spout, and the mad and fam ished men would rush forward if only to get a hand wet At this supreme moment a Federal battery took position oo the knoll imt mediately above tha spring and opene on the enemy. This brought a reply from a Confederate battery on the high jhround beyond tha oreek, and about tne first gun from the other aide settled tb Etention as to the value of tha little lam, for a solid shot struck tha em kment about a foot above the outle. of water, buried itself out of sight and jrat off tha water as completely as a fanoet aver stopped the flow from the nouleof a hydrant Notwithstanding tiu cxgeUgn! gaotloa of. tha reel artjl- fery ', simin of tho suffering soldiers Luv- ! ored about tho spot for n tlmn In tho hope thnt the water would find another ' outlet, but sttch proved n vitfn dream 1 indeed, ns f ho writer, DO days therenft- j er, pnssitifj that way, sought a sip of ' the coveted nectar nnd found the only t'Videnen that a stream hnd ever llowof" from tho spot to be tho dilapidated re malm of tlio Improvised bulk spent. Pittsburg Dispatch. One of Engene field's I'rnnkn. When Engene Field Wo city odltor of tho Kansas City Times, ho found grent amusement in nnnnyingnneof the char acters employed on the paper. Ferguson was ono of the "make nps" on the pa per, nnd in Wynnilotte, where ho resid ed, just over tho lino from Kansas City, ho wns the lender of a local temperance society. For over a year Field, on com ing down to the paper to go to work, would write a personnl concerning Fer guson. Oenernlly it ran like this: "Mr. John Ferguson, tho well known 'mnke up' of The Times composing room, ap peared for work yesterday evening in his nsunl beastly st:;to of Intoxication." This entertaining bit Field would send down in a bnudlo of copy, nnd the oth ers of the composing room would sot it up nnd say nothing. Poor Ferguson knew that this awful personal was in their midst, and every night would go carefully over every gal ley for the purpose of locating nnd kill ing it. It gave him vnst trouble. Every now nnd then Field would not write his personal nbont Ferguson, and then the bedeviled Fotgnson wos worse off than ever. As long as he could not find it it might still bo there It almost drove the poor man off the paper. Now and then I it escaped his eugle eye and wns prlnt ! ed. On such occasions Ferguson's bur ! dons were beyond the power of even a I Christian spirit to bear. Delay That Wasn't Daniwrona. Once in a whllo the dry puges of gov ernment reports nre eu livened by dotal Is of sensational incidents. Witness tho following from a report of John W. Fleming, United States mino inspector for New Mexico I "I arrived at Cerillos on the evening of the 20th of February, at 11 p. m. On the morning of the 87th I went out to the White Ash Coal mine, about 1 miles from the town. When I arrived there, I asked tho superintendent of the mine, Jamos Duggan, about the oondition of tho mine, and ho informed mo thnt it wns uevor hotter ; that he had been in the mine every day 4?or eight or ten days past, and hnd taken air measurements and found that the venti lation was better than ever before. Upon my request that he proceed into the mine for its inspection, he stated that he was roqulrod to go to the coke ovens of the company at Waldo, about 21 miles distant, and would rotnrn by noontime, and we would go into the mine." At 11 a. m. an explosion of fire damp occurred in tho mine which klllod 34 men, and showed the inspector that, somotimos, dolays are the reverse of dangerous. A Fond Mother's Rase. There is a mother on the north side who has a family of small children. One day she became very much interest ed In a book, and it soemed ns if she must read it, but tho children bothered her very much. Finally she thought of a scheme whereby she could get rid of tho children, so sho took a broom and put a red cloth on it and hung it in the window. Bhe then told the children they must play she hnd the smallpox, and that they must not dare come near her, for they would catch it. They kept away beautifully all the afternoon, and she finished the book. Some of the neighbors also saw the rod flag and asked the children what was the matter, and they said smallpox, and the report was current on that side of town in a very short time. Nr, only the ohildren, but the neighbors, ktpt away until they learned of the scheme. Indianapolis Journal. Ancestors, Abraham Bayward, the famous Quar terly reviewer, onoe thought that be would like to have some ancestors, so he walked straight to a picture dealer's. Selooting a portrait of a oavalier in half armor, with features not quite unlike his own, Mr. Hayward made a bid for it, but deeming the price asked too high, be went his way. A few days later Mr. Bayward went to dine with Lord Houghton, and was astonished to find the picture in the dining room. Seeing that it attracted his guest's attention, Lord Houghton said: "Very good pio ture that I Came into my hands in a cu rious, way. Portrait of a Mllnes of the commonwealth period an ancestor of mine." "Ah, indeed!" said Mr. Bay ward. - "Be was very near being an an cestor of mine. " Witches la Cggshells. When Napoleon III was approaching sovereignty, he asked a judioiona friend to observe blm carefully for a week and to point out to him anything that ha did which was not according to the severest code of the manner of a well bred man. At the end of the week there was only one practice which his friend bad no ticed. The emperor, after eating boil ed egg, invariably throat his spoon through it Whenoe this practioe has arisen, at one time not uncommon, it is difficult to say. Some date it from very early period and assume that it was dona originally in order to prevent witches sailing in tha eggshells. Harder Than Diamonds, When boron Is lundo to net npnn car bon nnder the hoat of the olecttla fur nace, two bodies nro formed, one of them stablo, tho other nttiu kablo by a mixturo of potnsslo chlorate nnd ncetlo acid. The first of theso has tho formula IJofl C. M. M. Moissnn, in Ln Nature, says it Is obtained by the direct union of boron with carbon in tho electric fur nace and in other wnys which nre indi cated by the author. Fioriilo of carbon belongs to tho same class of compounds as sllivido of carbon (carbide, of silicon). Llko tho lntter, It possesses great stability and great hard ness. It occurs In bri Uliint black crys tals, having tho density of S.61. Heated to 1,000 degrees C. in oxygen gas, it bums slowly and with more difficulty thnu tho diamond, yielding carbonic nctd nnd a black residue coated with melted bornclo acid. Tho most curious property of this new compound is its ex cessive hardness. Whllo silicido of cor bou scarcely polishes the diamond and does not cut it, facets mny be produced on tho diamond by nsing the dust of borido of carbon. The luttor is very friable. It can bo pounded flno iu a mortar, then mixed with oil and usod instead of diamond dast for cutting diamonds. The hardness of this boride is appar ently less than thnt of the diamond, since it grinds moro slowly, but the facets nre cut with great clearness, and it is the first exainplo of a definite sub stance capable of cutting tho diamond. Tho compound therefore is harder than silicido of carbon. Popular Science News. Do We Rat Too MnehT If yon reqnlro proof that we do, snp poso that we have for breakfast a nice fresh ' roll which eats like a piece of cake, will we not eat more heartily than if we had to partake of bread two or three dnys old? Can it be affirmed thnt it is absolutely necessary to have several courses for dinner? After tho second course we only eat for the sake of eating. There is no doubt that we eat more than enough to satisfy our hunger. If we compare the quantity of food which satisfies a peasant and that which Is considered necessary for a rich man, we shall be inclined to think that they belong to a different species. A fisherman will be contented with a piece of bread and cheese, but the tour ist who goes with him takes a tremen dous hamper craminod full. It is not be cause physiological necessity is more ex -noting in the one man than in the other, but because the gentleman is no customed to eat, not according to the dlotates of hunger, but until all the courses are exhausted and in many eases until it is materially impossible to eat more. The Arab who accompanies the sports man on an excursion in the desert finds a piece of hard bread and a fow dates sufflclont for his wants ; the sportsman is afraid of dying of hunger if he does not take with him several baskets of provisions, boxes of preserved meat and the like. London Tit-Bits. I The Mirage. Lord Raleigh snys that the delusion ; of water appearing in niirngos on hot, sandy plains is due to the fact thnt the i undisturbed stratum of nir near the earth is highly rarefied. A ray of light falling very obliquely upon this stratum and be ing totally roflocted readies the eye of an observer Just as it would if reflected from water. The phenomenon is, strict- : ly speaking, one of refraction rather thou ' reflection. Now, Just as tho glass lens ' forms an image on the screen, so the crystalline lens of the eye forms an im age on the retina or sensitive back part ' of the eye. This retina image is invert- : ed, as all retina images are, and being , projected to another strata of rarefied air j above baa the effect of making the de- ' luslon perfect Raleigh further tays that there has been much unnecessary : speculation in connection with the the- : ory of Inverted retina images, the mys tery being that we do not see all things inverted. The truth of the matter is i now look for something yon never saw in a book we do not see the retina im- ; age at all ; we only fool it. If we oould see the image on the eye of some one ' else, we would certainly see it inverted. Painful. She Then you are willing to die for '. me? ! Be Aoh, with pleasure I ! She Well, I don't ask for that, but I am going to put your affection to the test Be By all means. What am I to do for you? Shall I capture a lion, or say to tie mighty ocean, "Stand still ; my love commands it?" Bhe No, I don't crave after any such impossibilities. There is only one thing I ask of yon. He What Is it? She Never to come here again. tins ere Gsellschaft Two Drummers For Trade, A Portland merchant has recently bad illustrated to him in the persona qf two commercial travelers great vicissitude! of fortune. One who called to solicit trade for a certain brand of catchup was at one time one of the leading merchants of Boston, and his residenoe, when ad versity came, sold under the hammer for $78,000. The other, who bad a line of cigars, bad been twioe elected gov ernor of one of the largest of the middle western states. Portland (Me. ) Advertiser. Power Cnnsnniptlnn lu I'lano Playing. Tho ntnonnt of power exponded In playing on a piano has rocently boon figured out in a way which, If not alto gether accurate, is at loast interesting. Commenting on tho stnfoment mndo that "it requires more forco to sound a noto gently on this Instrument than it dues to lift the lid of a kettle," Tho American Art Journal says that this Is "easy to verify if ono takes a small handful nf coins nnd piles them on n key of the piano. When n Rufflclent quantity is piled on to mnko n unto Kmnd, they mny be weighed and tho ; flgnres will bo found to bo trno. If tho ' pianist is playing forttrslmo, n much ; greater forco Is needed. At times a forco of six pounds is thrown upon a single key to produce a solltnry effect. With chords tho forco is generally spread over ' the various notes sounded simnltnneons ly, though a grenter output of force Is j undoubtedly expended. This is whnt : gives pianists tho wonderful strength iu I their fingers that is often commented on. j "A story nsed to be told of Pnderew I ski that he eonld crack a pane of French ! plate glass half an inch thick merely by placing one hand upon it as if upon n keyboard and striking it sharply with his middle finger. Chopin's Inst study 1 in O minor has a passago which takos two minutes and five seconds to play. , Tho total pressure brought to bear on this, it is estimated, is equal to three : full tons. The avorago 'tonnngo' of an hour's piano playing of Chopin's muslo ; varies from 13 to 84 tons. I "Wngnor has not yet been calculated along these Hues. " Cnssior's Magazine. The Magicians of India. j Tho mngicians of India lire a clever . lot. For a rupee (80 cents) they will furnish quite an entortuinmont. Ono j beats a drum and acts ns interlocutor, ; while there is generally a small boy or girl ns assistant. A clever trick is per ' formed by placing the small boy or girl . in a basket, covering tho opening. After ; ramming a sword in the basket from j the top nud all sides, until ono imagines ' the youngster done to death, tho bnsket ; is opened nud he is still there intact. No ! preparations are mnde beforehand, and ; these cunning tricks are done on the i ground but five or ten feet away. In the i same wny a small bush is mnde to grow under merely a cloth oovering. Cousid ' erlng that the mngicinn has no accesso ries, it is really wonderful. The Inst part of tho magiciun's pro I gramme was no trick by nny moans. A oocoaunt was handed to mo for inspec ; tion. It seemed sound and solid. After , a grent deal of drumming and hooting to produce an excitement the oocoanut was thrown into the air 20 feet. With a loud yell the mogioian sprang under it, when it descended nnd the coconnut burst to pieces on his head. The blow staggered him at first, but a few approv ing pats on the back by bis comrades and n drink of whisky soon straightened blm out. Nantch girls, accompanied by one or two musicians, are frequently seen dancing in the street, but their per formance is very slow and uninteresting. Outing. The Real Mlatreae of Balmoral. The ruler of Balmoral castle is not the queen, bnt the housekeeper, a Mrs. Musseus, a typical personage of her class, gowned ulways in rustling black silk, lace trimmed apron and white cap. She and the quoen are said to be excel lent friends, nud many a gossip have they had together when affairs of state have been laid aside. Mrs. MuHseng also stands high in the favor of the little Battenborgs, who are sure to seek her out as soon as they have landed at the castle, for she fairly idol izes the little ones and keeps many a treasure in her apartments with which to regale them. To the world at large Mrs. Mnssens is a holy terror. Her word is law, and she enforces it at the point of the bayonet or the broomstick. It is said that onoe the queen wonted a certain maid, to whom she had taken a fancy, detailed to the care of her own room, but the house keeper remonstrated, telling her majesty it was quite out of order and she really must not spoil the servants by undue notioe. The queen was wise enough not to insist, and "dear Mrs. Mussens" won the day. Strand Magazine. Boiler Scale. A very novel method of getting rid of scale in a boiler is credited by a Boston paper to an engineer in that city. Tha scale came from the use of well water. The feed pipe enters the front of the boiler Just about the water line, and has slots out in it about an eighth of an inch wide, Instead of the ordinary spray" ing method of distributing the water, and surrounding the feed pipes is larger pipe, about 6 inches in diameter and out away at the top; the feed water enters the boiler and discharges through the slots in tha feed pipe, depositing all the foreign matter in the water into, this catch pipe instead of into the boiler the success of the plan depending upon having a high temperature of feed at about the boiling point, when the solids held in suspension or solution in water will be deposited. Fall of Hail A tramp was put out to pasture on the Bancroft, Neb., rock pile recently with a ball and chaVi attachment The attachment was no so great as to pre vent his selling the ball and chain for $1 to a green farmer as a curio, and making off with tha money. Burling km Bawkeye. x The Melon Didn't Cnnnt. Tho memoirs of Ge:ii al J.tuvbot npoil the first French empire reiii'.o thnt, on tho occunIoii of n vety form.'il distribu tion of rowan!) made by i'upol on before Rntibon, nn old grenadier rniur, f'trwnrd ond demanded somev. li-.it shiuply, totho astonishment of u'l, a cross of the Le gion of Honor. "Bnt whut have you done?" said Na poleon. "Why, sire," said tho soldier, "it, was I who, In tho desert of Yufa, when it was terribly hot and you weto parched with thirst, brought yon n wnlernielon. " "Thnnk you," snfd Nnpolenn, "bnt a watermelon for a general in not worth a cross of tho Legion of Honor." Tho grenadier flew into n violent rago. "Well, then," ho shouted, "I suppose that the seven wound that I got nt Areola and at Lodi nnd nt Ansterlitz and lit Friedhind go for nothing, eh? My 11 campaigns in Italy, in Ko'pt, iu Austria, in Pru.sHiii, and in Poland you don't count I suppose?" "Tut, tut, tut!" oxcluimed tho em peror. "How yon do get excited when you conio to tho essential point of the wholo matter I I make yon now a cheva lier of tho Legion of Honor for you wounds and yonr computus, but don't toll me any more about your watermel on 1" John's Demise. Mr. L., a good natnred Oerman, was tho prosperons proprietor of a considera ble clothing business-in a country town. Ho had in his employ ono John S., whom ho hnd advanced from enshboy to head clerk and who had for many years been nn attache of the storo. Sinco his promotion John hnd sevorul times asked for a raise in his salary, and each tlmo his request hnd been granted. One morning John again appeared at the old merchant's desk with another re quest for an increase of $10 per month. "Vy, Bhon," said Mr. L., "I dink I bays you pooty veil alretty. Vat for I bays yon anymore?" "Well," .replied John confidently, "I am your principal help here. I have worked you np tn a Inrgo trade. I know every dotnil of the business, and indeed I think you could not get along without me." "Is dot sol" exclaimed the German. "Mein Gott, Bhon, vot vood I do snppose you vas to die?" "Well," hesitated John, "I snppose yon would have to get nlong without mo then. " The old man took several whiffs from his big pipe and said nothing. At lost he gravely re marked, "Veil, Shon, I guess you pet ter gonsider yourself dead. "Business Journal. Old Pomp. Old Pomp, the colored porter of the University of Pennsylvania, has held thnt position sinco 1804. "As a conse quence," says the Philadelphia Record, "the faithful, good natnred darky en Joys privileges extended to no other per son connected with the university. Even Provost Harrison bows with no small deforence to Pomp, and the professors and students alike obey his mandates and respect his wishes. Pomp carries bis importance with well assumed dig-, nity and is the special pride of nun-! : drods of the students and alumni of the i big school. He is widely known by rea son of his foghorn voice, which has coached the various athlotio teams on to many victories. " Our army does more traveling than any other on the globe. When troops are moved in Franoe or Germany, it is only for a short distance, but shifting the position of a regiment in this eoun try sometimes involves thousands of miles of travel. Man is a bundle of habits ; in a word, there is not a quality or function, either of body or mind, which does not fe.il the influence of this great law of ani mated nature. Paley. Sh lion's Cure U sold on a guarantee. It cures Incipient consumption. It is the best cough cure. Only ono cent a dose, 2octs., 50cts. and $1.00. Sold by J. C. King & Co Sugars are higher. The Trust says "thumbs up." Many other goods are lower. Will give new price-list next week. Robinson & Mcndolff.
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