USE'THE RIGHT IIAKI) A PREFERENCE THAT 13 8H0WN NEARLY EVERYTHING WE DO. IN I Mvetiantee, at Table unit In SamM It I the Role The Bnttntin on Onr Cloth Inff Cniitome That Recognita the Bnpe rtorlty of the night. Tho other day, ott ofTorirtR to filmVo hand, with a arlf pnMPiwpd "young gen tleman, " I received from liiiu the left hand for tnlutntion, and lit revered parent iimtantly remarked, "That is the wrong hand. " Before I hnd well gotten out of my mind tlio thought, atirred np by this exprealon, I nv a rnqienter driving nails with li in left linnd in thn niot rosy going fanhion. There are. left bunded player in I ho baseball Held, iu the cricket field und in tho tennis court, ond it in cnrionn to note tho ehniigei mado iu tho disposition of the "Held" in the first two cases nnd tho evident discomfort of tho other plnyers in Ihe third case, Weinnyeven Bee left handed gunners in tho sporting clnhs, lint the bystanders instinctively draw back when ono appears on tho line, as If Ihey were ofrnid that tho weajxai held in tho left hand might shoot round tho corner. Theso things, nnd many others of liko kind, nro considered abnormalities, for men and women nro supposed to bo nor mally right handed nnd not left handed. There nro, however, some marked incon sistencies, as, for iiiRtanco, that wo must hold our knife, in the right hnnd nnd not ent with it, but with tho fork held in our left, while a spoon must bo held in the right hnnd, nnd tho sonp conveyed to tho mouth by thnt, for every eye at tho tnblo would bo turned on a person who ventured to uso tho spoon in the left hand. Tho results of tho prevalent right handedness of man nro shown iu ninny curious ways. If wo hxik nt dress, we find thnt n man's buttonholes nro on tho left, while tho buttons nro on tho right. "A mnn in buttoning grasps tho bntton in his right hand, pushes it through with his right thumb, holds tho button hole open with tho left nnd pulls all straight with his right forefinger. Re verso tho lido and both hands at onee eom equally helpless. " Not very long ago the buttonholes and buttons of women's dress were on opposite sides to those of men. It may bo so to a lurge extent even now, but I am told ou very good nnthority that with tho introduc tion of tailor made dresses the old rulo is going out of vogue. If so, this last badge of masculino superiority is doomed, and tho future man will have but little difficulty in donning tho coat of the now woman. A mnn generally carries his loose cash in his right hand pocket in order that ho may roach it with ease. His pocket handkerchief ii placed in-4he right pocket of his "sack" coat if low down, in the left breast pocket if higher up for a similar reason. His railway ticket nnd nickels for car fare ocenpy a middlo position on tho right hand side, in order that they may "be ' 'handy. " A soldier wears his sword on the left for convenience ; the driver holds his reins in tho left hnnd, while the right carries the whip as his weapon of offense. Tho right hand is tho seat of honor at banquets nnd ceremonies, and the phrase hns come into uso for tho post of dignity in matters both sac rod and secu lar. We hold out the right hand of fel lowship, not so much perhnps from any sense of its superiority as because in days gone by it was found that if it was extended in greeting it could not be used to grasp tho sword and thus give an unforeseen blow. In the way of tools, screws are made to be turned by the right hand, and that useful article at picnics a cork screw is fitted for dexlral nnd not sin istral use. Clocks nnd wntches run round froiu left to right, as the sun ap pears to do, although tho earth, whose time they are koeping, is so perverse as to move from right to left. In walking down the street wo keep to the right hnnd, and that is the rule of the road in driving, as well as tho way in which trains move along the traok. When we eomo to augury, matters become mixed up. The Romans held that a lightning flash from loft to right was propitious, vhile ono from right to left was unfavorable. It mny have been be cause, as the lightning was supposed to be hurled by Jove, from left to right would be the way in which it would be seen if the Deity had his face toward the suppliant, but if Jove turned his back on the watchers tho lightning hurled by his right bond would move from right to left. But why is there this difference in our hands at all? The truth is, our bodies are one sided. The heart is, after all, a very important item in a man. An in jury to it is fatal Hence even savage man found out that he had to defend it and devised the plan of covering the re gion of his body where it is located with a shield. Blows, therefore, were struck by the right arm, and soon right showed might With frequent use in this way followed adaptability in other ways, and as each generation of the imitative genius followed not it own bent, but the practices of its predecessors, right handedness became tho mark of the in dividuals, and, although there might be lest necessity for striking blows with each generation, the right hand did not "forget its cunning." Civilisation has adopted the prinoiple as a law of polite society, and therefore to be right handed is right, to be left handed is wrong. I must out my food, write my letters, greet my friends and do a thousand otn- 1 er things with my right hand. In the main, I must tell the truth, for that is right; but, according toaoertaln phrase of the oodtL I may toll an untruth if I qualify it by the phrase "over the left. " Philadelphia Press. ( tie! m Remedy. New Woman Husband, I need a change. The doctor said my life is too monotonous. I need excitement Hoibejid Try staying at i Tit-Bit , Petti and Iter Price. Of course in this matter of money and mnsio no one needs to he told at this time of day thnt Mme. Patti is far and away tho best remunerated artiste in tho world. Patti was tho first prima donna who demanded in Paris a nightly salary of 10,000 franca When it was oonoeded to her, her rivals preferred the same claims, so that, to keep her su premacy in the operatic market sho per sistently raised her price to 10,000 francs, which sum sho received for each cf the three concerts she gave In one iveek at tho Eden theater. And yet Patti began modestly enough. When' sho mado her debut in London in 18(18, sho was engnged for flvo yenrs nt a snl nry of 1150 a month for tho first year, 200 for tho second, fiiiO for tho third, 21)0 for the fourth and 400 for the fifth yenr, the lady to sing twice a week. Until her marriage to tho Marquis do Cnux, Pntti never received from Covent Warden more than 1 80 per night. Con sidering that the diva gets H00 per concert in Loudon, and that an Ameri can contract recently gave her a mini mum salary of 1,200 per night, plus expenses nnd half" of all the gross re ceipts oVrr 2,400, times have undoubt edly changed. During tho last 10 or 13 years Mme. Patti's annual average hns been about 40,000. To tho nonprofes sional mind tlris may seem out of all proportion to the value given and re ceived. Chambers' Journal. The Vallrjre of Msdn-faacnr. No great faith is expressed by General Duchesne iu the future of railways in Madagascar. "The road built by the French military engineers from Majuuga to Andriba was, " said the general in conversation with our Paris correspond ent, "child's play compared with the difficulties of tho country through which the French had to go at an almost run ning pace. I had taken with me officers of the engineers to survey tho country for a military railwny, but when they saw the difficulties they gave it up. It looks very easy on a map to go up the valleys, but Madagascar valleys are not like those of other countries. They shrink into gorges and are cut up by mountain range. The whole couutry is a maze, and yet tho west road is com paratively easy when compared with the east ono from Antananarivo to Tania tave. Tho latter defies description. I was taken down to Tamatave in a litter by active porters. I cannot mnke out how we came to our jonrnoy 's end. Your porters take you through quagmires, tumble down sheer cliffs and push through tangled forests. They cling to the boughs of trees like monkeys und balance themselves on rocks. I am bound to agree with travelers' good opinion cf the climntc, onco yon are tlu-ough the fever roue. I never felt better than ou the plateau. " London News. Anybody Fit For Anything, In ono of his letters to Motley, John Stuart Mill, that English friend of the United States, deplored "the fatal be lief of your public that anybody is fit for anything." This optimistio conceit was no doubt developed by tho practice of the earlier Americans, who turned their hands to anything, and, thanks to tho bounty of a virgin continent, generally with good results. But progress has given rise to specialization, and tho American, like the European, has be- oome a specialist Ho is learning to do one thing well. Already the "fatal belief" deprecated by Mill has disappeared from business where it moans ruin and bankruptcy, and from manufacturing and transpor tation where it means arsou and mur der. But it still survives in our admin istration of publio affairs, whore the evil consequences, though greater, are not so strongly felt, because they are less per sonal, less taugiblo and more widely diffused. I hesitato to say that anything is or could be worse than our unrofonn ed civil service, yet I suspect the bane ful character of what Mill calls that ' 'fatal belief ' is most strikingly revealed in onr administration of eduoation. Forum. Tanning. The most recent and expeditious proo s in tanning, according to The Revue Soientifique, oonsistn in passing a cur rent of hydrogon gas or a current of some gaseous compound of hydrogen containing a certain quantity of arsenio through the liquid in which the hidos ore immersed. The hydrogen is obtained either from the action of commercial sulphuric acid upon sino or iron or from that of steam upon iron, the calculation being, in fact, that in this case the hy drogen obtained will ooutain a sufficient quantity of arsenic. The gas, collooted under pressure in a gasometer, is intro duced into the bottom of the tanning vat through a pipe provided with a se ries of apertures, and after bubbling up through the liquid it flows out through another pipe affixed to the cover of the vat Vats of very large dimensions employed, and the tanning proceeds very rapidly. Humors of examinations. In dealing with immature minds, one should be careful to say what he means. A little boy in the course of his reading lesson came to, the word "widow" and called it "window," a word more familiar to him. The teacher, who wan toting as examiner, corrected the blan der, and t ion, wishing to improve the oooasion, put the question, ' 'what is the difference between 'widow' and 'window?' " The boy's answer began, "You oan see through a window. but and then stopped. The amuse' ment plainly visible on the teacher's face prevented this miniature Sam Weller from completing the contrast Black' wood's Magazine. Friendship hath the skill and observa tion of the best physician, the diligence and vigilance of the best nurse, and the tenderness and patienoe of the bast mother. Lord Clarendon. Jewelers in New South Wales reoeivt 132.80 a woek, in Switzerland 8.88, la Germany $6.11 and in France o.l4. 8UQAR MAKING IN CUBA. The Crude Method Thnt Were In t?M Twenty Teem Ago, Twenty yenrs ago, in those times of slavery nnd high prices, but little atten tion was given to machinery or engi neering. Planters were content to get what tonnage of cane they could from nn ncre of land. The ennn wns brought to the sugar house, where the laborers slowly put it on tho carrier, passing it to the mill, where it was rolled or ground between the rolls of a three roller mill to extract the juice, getting an extraction of 68 per cent out of a possible 80 or 88 per cent of tho whole weight in tho cane. The cano was brought to the sugar house ' 'train, " which was a set of four or five kettles set in brickwork, having strong fire under tho smallest or 'strike" kettle. Tho flames passed un der nnd wound nil tho kettles, the un oonsuined gases escaping through a chimney. Tho combustion wns so imper fect that at night flames could be seen many feet high, coming from the top of the chimney. Tho lnrgest of these kettles received the raw juice, and there it was limed and skimmed ns tho impurities rose. It was then ladled to tho next kettle in succession, each time being thickened in density nud reduced in bulk by evapora tion until it arrived at the "strike" kettle, where a skilled attendant knew the exact point at which to stop the fire and lndlo out tho mass into the crystal lizing pons, in which it was allowed to cool. In a few days it was firm enough to bo taken out, placed in hogsheads and allowed to drain in the storehouses, losing nt least one-sixth in dripping mo lasses. The hogsheads were then repack ed nud placed on carts and drawn many miles to the railroad for shipment to the merchants' stores at tho seacoast, where they were again allowed to drain, were repacked, rcweighed and sold, thus piling up an expense account thnt mnde the profits look slim ; but, as sugar wns selling at a high rate, these expenses could le borne. A. W. Colwell in Cas sier's Magazine. International Arbitration, The real obstaelo in the way of inter- nntiomU arbitration is not so much a lnck of efficacy in the method as the lack of disposition to try it. The sys tem of arbitration necessarily presup poses that nations desire an amicable adjustment of their differences. Such an adjustment may be prevented either by a willful opposition to it or by tho adoption of n stylo of controversy that will render argument impracticable. Against such obstacles it is difficult to contend, since their direct tendency nnd effect is to bring about a collision be fore nn arbitrator can intervene. It is obvious thnt arbitration can no more afford an absolute safeguard against such contingencies thnn can a system of municipal law absolutely prevent men from attempting to settle their differ ences by fighting in the street, if they desire thus to revert to primal condi tions. Yet severe penalties, Btrictly en' forced, may reduce such chances to a minimum, and it is conceivablo that a scheme of international action might be devised so comprehensive as to render a resort to war exceedingly difficult and hazardous. "The Possibilities of Per manent Arbitration" in Century. Social Life Long Ago, The stately dames of the court of Ed ward IV rose with tho lark, dined at 1 1 a. m. and retired to rest at 8 in the evening. Henry VIII went back to 10 in tho morning for dinner and had supper at 4. In Queen Bess' days her maids of honor began the day with a round of beef or red herring and a flagon of ulo for breakfast at about 6 :30 and dined at 11, and then went to the play house in the afternoon, not later than 2, sometimoi as early as 13 :80, accord ing to the order of the play and the day. One Correct Answer, An amusing little story was told a good many years ago in connection with Governor Mattox of Vermont At one time he was chairman of tho committee appointed to examine candidates for ad mission to the bar of Caledonia county. He reported that one of the candidates was, in his opinion, unqualified, having answered correctly but one of the ques tions put to him. "Only one? Well, what was that?" asked the presiding judga "I asked him what a freehold estate is," replied Mattox. "Important question, " said the judge. "And what was bis reply?" "He mado it without the least hesita tion, " said the chairman, with a twin kle in his eye. "Of course that fact is in his favor. " "Well, what did he say?" asked the judge, with some impatience. "He said," returned the chairman, "that he didn't know. "Youth's Com panion. Thoee Monotonous Sonnets, Sho (gushingly to the literary lion) Oh, Mr. De Reitre, I did so enjoy that last volume of yours that "Little Book of Sonnets," you know. He Thank you. I am glad that yon enjoyed them. But haven't you any helpful criticism for me? . She Well, don't yon think if you had made them different lengths they wouldn't have looked so monotonous? New York Journal, Wauled. Ladies and gentlemen suffering with throat and lung difficulties to call at our drug store for a bottle of Otto's Cure, which we are distributing , free of charge, and we can confidently recom mend It Be a superior remedy (or coughs, colds, bronchitis, consumption and all dutoases of the throat and lungs. It will stop a cough quicker than any known remedy. We will guarantee it to cure you. If your children have croup or whooping cough it is sure to give instant relief. Don't delay, but get a trial bottle free. Large sizes 50c. and 25o. Sold by W. B. Alexander. m. w. Mcdonald, FIRE. LIFE and ACCIDENT insurance. I havo a largo line of Companies and am prepared to handle large or small lines of insurance. Prompt attention given to any business Intrusted to my care. Office in Nolan Block. Ttevnnlds- vlllo, I'a. L. M. SNYDER, Practical Horse-shoer and General Blacksmith. Ilore-lnM'lnir dune In Hie neatest, ninnner tuxl by tin lult Improved ini'ihml. Over limililVerent ktiiilf of noc mmle for correc tion of faulty tti'ilim anil liMcncl feet. Only the iH'st nnike of hImh'n nnrl milk lined. Ite imlrluir of till kinds carefully nnd innnihtly dune. Hatihf action Ci arantkkii. I.iihiIh'I--men's supplies nn hnnd. .Iiti'kson HI., near Fifth, lteynoldHVllle, I'a. Facts and not "fad" are ele ments the thoughtful buyer is looking for in these days of close com petition, and these are found in purchasing GROCERIES where you get the best returns for your money and this you can do at the GKOCEliY - STORE OK ' W. R. Martin, Dealer in Fine Groceries, Canned Goods, Tobacco and Cigars, Flour, Feed, etc., Fine Teas and Roasted Coffees. W. R. MARTIN, Main Strket, Rkynoldbvillk, Penna. I have bought the Finest and Best line of Goods ever brought to Reyn oldsville. A line of novelty goods from 10 to CO cents a yard; dress goods in all colors and at all prices; plaids from 8 to 75 cts a yard; Shepherd plaid from 124 to 75 cts; cashmeres in all colors and at prices to suit the times; forty-five inch Henrietta in black, blue, green and rope at 48 cts a yard; former price $1.00. A large line in wash goods Dimity, Percale, Gesmonda and Moire Esistal, Dotted Swiss in white, blue and pink at prices lower than ever white goods at all prices satines in plain, striped and figures. Large line of embroideries from 2.tts up, to 75 cts yard. Ladies' waists from 48 cts to $1.25. CLOTHING. You will save money by buying your , clothing at Hanau's. Men's all woo' cheviot suits at 6.50, worth 10.00; men's all wool cheviot suits at 5.00; men's clay suits from 6.50 to $14; youth's suits in cheviots, worsteds and clay, all colors, at al priceB. Boys' and children's suits from 75c up to 5.00. A large line ' of laundried shirts, white and colored from 50o to 1.25.' A fine line in neckwear hats and caps. Please call in before buy ing elsewhere. No trouble to show goods. !N". Hanau. sew Price List! Best flour, in cotton, Pine Cnl. apricots lllc, or 2 cans, i 00 2.-1 1 00 .10 05 05 05 20 05 1 00 " Tomatoes 7c. a can, lii cans, " Syrup, per gnllon, " Head rlco, per Hi,, " Hnlsins, " " Fnre tnptoea, per lb., " Tea, extra quality, per lb., " Jlma beans, " " Navy beans 8 lbs. 25c, 35 lbs. " ColToo cakes, 5 11m., " Tens, 10 lbs. Absolutely pure popper, per lb., 18 20 " ' baking powder. The above Is price on a few articles In our immense stock. We have the goods and our prices are right all along tho lino. We can save you money on GROCERIES, FLOUR and FEED. Robinson & Mundorff. A. D. DEEMER k CO. Have one BARGAINS of the season to offer you. one yard wide, at twenty-three cents per yard. Would be cheap at thirty cents. All col ors. We have enough ribbon in the Nation's colors to supply all for Decoration Day. SHIRT WAISTS, all styles detachable collars. 1 he are going fast. Call "Wash Dress Goods, . . Dimities, Organdies, Swisses, All the up-to-date goods. our Silk Ginghams to Linen for shirt WAIST A new line just opened this ana at one-tinru less man you wouia . have paid elsewhere. CHIFFON All colors, for trimming. and fl. To Our We will be found in the Centennial Hall Building at th - -r 1 1 itt 1 n room formerly used Dy tne jNoveity wonts ana will be prepared to furnish all kinds of FEED AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES Golden Sheaf Flour SI.OO sack, S3.90 per bbl. 9 Keep Youp Bye Opei for the ticket Gold HALF A CENTURY CLO, s it It a tura remedr for Coughs, Coldt. Whoop ing Cough, and all Lung diseases when used in season. Fitly yean ago, Elder Downi vat given up by hit jphystclant to die with Consumption. Under these circumstan ce he compounded this Miltxtr, wat cured, and lived to good old age. You can try it for the price of one doctor's visit r or sue everywnere. CURE0 ANNUALLY. Kur sale lijf II. Alex stoke. subscribe for The Star, If you want trie New. of the best Just think of an all-wool Serge, and colors, with and without new bow tie tor ladles soon if you want one. Percales and Ginghams, We have reduced the price of well, way down. Grass waists and suits. SILKS . week. The latest patterns, Fancy ribbon for stock collars! sasheB. D. Deemer &Go. Customers that draws "Watch. thd MEEKER BROi Reynoldsvixlx, PriTH'j )
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