VOLUME 5. RKYN0LDSV1LLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1896. . NUMBER 6. HtnUronK Mm "bU. PENNSYLVANIA UA I LRU AD. IN EFFECT MAY 17, 1SIH1. Philadelphia ft Erie Hatlrnnd Division Time ThIiIo. Trains leave Driftwood. KASTWAUI) f:04 a m-Trnln H, dully except Pundny for l"unhury, HiirrMniru iind Intt rmedllitc sta tions, Hrrlvlnu lit Philadelphia :' p. m, Kcw Vi Washington. 7: ft p. m l'ullmiin Parlor our from WVlllanispoit and passenger conches from hnne to riillnnclplilu. 8::t9p. m. Trnln s, dully except Sundny for llnrrtshtirg nnd Intermediate Million, ar riving at l'lilliidclphla4:;iA. M.; New ork, 7:ltt A. M. l'lillnmn Sleeping earn from Hiirrlslmrg to Philadelphia nml New York. I'hllndclpliln passengers run remain in slcciier undisturbed unlll 7:1X1 A. M. t-M p. m. Trnln 4, dully for Stinbury, Harris burg mid Intermediate stations, nrrlvliiK lit Philadelphia, fl:.VJ A. M.i New York, J:XI A. M. on week days nnd lO.W A M. on Pnn dliyi Hilltlniolv, 11:20 A. M.; Washington, 7:40 a.m. l'lillnmn ears from F.rlennd Williams ptirt to i'litlndi-lpliln. Passengers In sleeper .for lliiltlmorc and Washington will Im transferred Into WashlngtniiMlcepcr at llnr rtshiirg. Passenger coaches from Erie to Philadelphia li ml Wllllnmitport to Unit L more. WESTWAUn 7:21 a. m. Trnln 1, dully except Sunday for Kldgwny, IIiiHoIh, t'lcrmont. and Inter mediate stations. Leaves llldgwuy at U:0n P. M. for Eric. :). m..-Tniln 3, dully for Eric nnd Inter mediate point. :( p. m. Trnln II, dnlly exenpt Pundny for Kane and Intermediate stations. THROI'dll TRAINS l'OK 1KIFTV001 FROM THE EAST AMI HOl'TH. TRAIN It leaves Philadelphia S:SI A. m. Washington, 7..10A. H.; Baltimore, H:.Vi A. M.i Wllkcsbarre, Hi: l. a.m.; dally except Sun day, arriving at Driftwood til (l:nn p. M with Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia to Wtlllumsport. THAIN a leaves JCow York at p. m.: 1'lilla-l.-l lli I ii . p. m.i Washington. KMO a.m.; Ilalttmoro, ll:.Vi p. in.; dully arriving at Driftwood at ti:.V) a. m. l'lillnmn slcctilng corn finm Philadelphia to Erin and from Washington and Itiiltltnorc to Wtlllitmsport and through pnssni:er conches from Phila delphia to Erie and Baltimore to W'llllnms- NMt. TRAIN I leaves ltenovo at ::l a. m., dully except Hutiduy, arriving at Driftwood 7:1 a, Tn. JUHNSONBURG RAILROAD. (Daily except Sunday.) THAIN 111 leaves Kldgway al :i a. m.; .Tolin sonhurgnt n:Wa. m., arriving at t'lcrmont at. 10:8.1 a, m. TRAIN 20 leaves t'lcrmont al 10:45 a. m. ar riving at .lohnsonburg ut 11:41 a. m. and Kldgway at 12:00 a. m. JIDGWAY & CLEARFIELD R. R. DAILY EYCEPT BCNDAY. SOl'TDWAKD. NORTIMVARTI. P.M A.M. STATIONS. A.M. P.M. 12 III iTSi) Kldgway Ul ;J IS in V : Island knn 1!1 ?i H42 Mill Dawn 121 17 12 i VKI Cmyluvd lid 1104 12 : 10 00 PhortH Mills 102 (100 1242 10 OS Hlnp Rock 12MI AM 12 44 10 07 Vineyard Kun 12 M S.M 12 4 10 10 Carrier 12 V) 5 4M 1 110 1022 Rro-kwuirvlllp 12 m IM 110 Ki:i2 Mi'MlnnHummlt 12 :W A25 114 10 :ih Harvey Hun 12 2(1 R20 1 20 10 45 Falls Creek 12 20 A 1.1 145 10 55 DiiHoIh 12 05 6 00 TRAINS LEAVE R1DUWAY. Eastward. Westwa'xl. Train H, 7:17a. m. Trnln a, II :M a. m Trnln , 1:4 p. m. Truin l,.'l:ii p. in Trnln 4. J. p. in. Trnln II, H:0B p. m J.R.WOOD. Gen. Push. Ag't. Ucn. Manager. "nUFFALO, ROCHESTER & PITTS- - ' UUHliH RAILWAY. The sluirt line bet ween DiiRiiIh. Rliigwuy, Dn.lf..wl U..IUn.OH..U U..IT..I.. Niagara Falla and fiolntH In the upper oil region. On and after Nov. 10th, 1H05, passen ger trains will arrive and depart from Falls creek ntullon, uallf, except Mliiduy, us Ml Iowa: 7:2ft a. m. for Curwrnisvllle and ClearAeld. 1:35 p. m. Aeoormtiodutlon from Ptinxsu- tawney aiKi Hlg Kun. 10:00a.m. Ilulfaloand Rochester mall For KnH'kwnvvllle, Kldgway..lohusonHirg,fl1t. 1..,.... I, u.. I.. ........... n..n.. I.. .. .. RiN'hest4'r; lumnectlug al .ohiiM'.inlnirg W'lin i . ec train if, for v tlcox, Kane, warren, ixirry anu r.rio. 10:CT a. m. ATimmodntlon For Sykos, nig nuu ana I'tiuxauitiwney. S:80 p. m. llrndford Accommodation Fi Heechtroe, liixvkwayville, Kllmont, Car niou, Rldifwuy, Jolinsonliurg, MuJewett aim uraumru. 4:37 p. m. Mall For Dullols, Pvki, Dig Run I'unxHUtawmy and WnlsUin. Passengers are reiiuesU'd to purcliniw tlck eta before entering the cars. An .excess charge of Ten Cents will lie collected by con ductors when fares are paid on trains, from all si atlons where a ticket office Is nialntulned. Thousand aille tickets at two cents per mile, good for pussuge Imtween all sta.tiona, J. It. MoIktyiik. Agent, Falls Crook, Pa. E. C. Lackt, Gun, Pus. Agent, Uochester N.V. ALLEGHENY VATXE Y RAILWAY COMPANY commencing Sunday May 26, 1895, Low Grade Division. AHTWAHD. STATION!. NO.1. NOJ. NO.. 101 M A. M. P. M. A, M. P. M. P. 3t Bed Bank 10 45 4 40 Lawsonham.... 10 67 4 62 New Hethlehem 11 B0 6 25 6 12 Oak Ridge 11 as 6 KJ S 20 Mayavllle 11 4tl 41 6 Summervllla... 12 05 ton 6 47 IlreokTlUe 12 25 6 8V 6 07 Bell 12 81 6 ai IU Fiilier 12 4a 6 as 6 26 ReynoldsTllle.. 1 00 6 67 6 44 Paacoaat 1 OH 7 05 6 62 Fall Greek 120 7 26 7 00 10 M 1M buBoU l ai 7M T io ii oft la Babuls 1 4 7 47 7 CI Wlaterburn .... 1 69 7 M 7 H4 Peufcld 101 6 06 7 40 Tyler , t 15 6 HI 7 60 Qlen Planet 120 8 2" fi 01 Beueaetta I 4a g 44 8 18 Grant IU 6 64 8 28 Driftwood 1 l 25 8 66 P. M, P. M A. M. A. U. Pi M WEHTWAUO. TAT(OHI. I No.2 1 No.8 INo.101 106 I UO A P. M P. M. P. M Driftwood Orant Benetett Glen Jfiaher.... PenlTeld'."'.'.;'.; wlnterbura ... Sabula DuBola Fall Creek.... ' Pancoaat KeynollUvlUe. luller ill rookrllle I immervllle... I .v.vllle i . Mldte 10 10 10 42 10 62 11 UU 6 as 7 05 7 16 7 aa f 11 20 11 10 7 64 u an 11 47 8 00 8 12 8 25 8 Kl 8 40 8 48 ( 06 t 17 1 OS 1 20 It lOi 800 8 10 in sol 1 H4 1 42 1 68 1 10 I 20 I 8 I 68 8 06 8 15 8 47 9 25 844 10 04 10 18 1016 1 toavalehem i oahau.... 4 00 A. Ii .Ttiaa dally except Sunday. DAVID iloCABUO, Qmfh.tvn. JAM. F. AKDKKBOM fiaft Tam. Aw. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Foil COUNTY COMMISSIONER- SAMUEL STATES. OF HELL TOWNSHIP. Subject to the Democratic primary election, held, I line l:i, WW. JJEKCH CREEK RAILROAD. New York Central & Hudion River R. R. Co., lertee (NDK.NSEI) TIME TA11I.E. li r. At t'P Ili:l (hiws Exp Mull No'lO XoStl Mull No V. Mat i . l-mn. No X p m p m p m ta :i a 52 55 Arr....PATToN. . .I.vc :I4 est over. To JIAll AfT'EV. :15 I.ve Kermisir . . . . oo 6 25 4 15 4 42 ami Arr 25 IT A.A M ....... . AM J 52 4 .VK Aid 6 1 '.I A 15 A:i4 H 4.1 :is H25 SIA 1H Arr Keinustr Lve 5 41 III New Mllis.rt A 4rt 07 olinila A.V no MltchillH 55s 40Lve.Cleurt1i'ld.liiiic.Arr H 15 7 55 11 ai .CLEARFIELD. I 5 45 l II 10 7 45 II '.'I Arr.clcnrlli ld.liinc.Lve 7.17 II 12 Woodland 7al 1105 Illgler 72.1 105S ..Wiillaceton 7 15 10 50 .. Morrlxilnle Mines.... 7 07 1041 Lve Minium Arr HH5 6 45 n.V! 1157 7011 7 15 tl I'.l 6 20 M 6 40 6 4M 1157 :i5 100.; urn 10 an" 10 aa 10 12 11 50 114:1 S 4S H :ci H25 S 15 800 ?M 17 25 11 ni a m 0 AA II .W e 1 . V ... JPHILTSH'OVlvc T4o 6 55 6:i5 700 7oa 7i 7 41 7 52 a 42 HAH 1107 II is 0 20 II V p m 7 05 7 00 (140 6 20 6 ia 5 is Ao. 45H 4 47 4 4:10 4 00 p m p m 1 ill r Mniison Lvo Vlnhurne PEALE nillliitown ....SNOEMIIOK .1IEECII CREEK . ... Mill Hall ..LOCK HAVEN Votingdiile HSEY HIIOKE.irNC. .JERSEY SHORE.... e WILLIAMSP'T Arr H 4s noi 1107 II Irt 9 20 11 ao I0H5 a m Piili.v A: Rk.mhno It. R. Arr WILLIAMSP'T Lve Lve ... .J ' 1 1 1 LA... rr Lv N'.vliil 'iiriuniiiii Ar Lv..N. Y. via Phlln.. Ar 11 m 10 20' AIM iiTxT 1)7 25 p m p ni II Ml ran p m n ni 'lally t Week-days 01) p m Sundays t III 55 a m Siindny V New York paenger traveling via Phil adelphia on IO.211 a in train from Wllllnms port, w ill change run at Columbia Ave., Philadelphia. ONlNKt'TIONfl.-.At Wllllumsport. with Phlludi'lplilaKeadlngR R. Al.lers.y Shoiv with Fall llnsik Railway. At Mill Hall with tVntral Rntlroad of Pennsvlviinia. At Phllipxhiirg with Pennsylvania Railroad and Altoona A PlilHipliiiig Connecting R. . At Clenrllekl with Hiiimln, Ris'hi-ster ,t Pittsburgh Railway. At Muhutrcy nnd Patton wlih Cnmhna Clearfield Division of Pennsylvania Railroad. At Mabaffev with PeniiKylvnnia North-Wesiern Railroad. A. tJ. 1'Al.MKH, F. E. llKttniMAN, Sii'rlntatndenU (ien'l Pass. Agt. Philadelphia, Ph. moid. JJOTEL MOOONNELL, RKYKOLDSVILLE. PA. FRANK J. BLACK, PrnpiHclnr. The leading hotel of the town. Hoadqnur trs for comnii-rclal men. Steam heat, free bus, luith rooms and closets on every Hoor, sample rooms, oiiuaru room, leiupnoue con nectkma tec. JJOTEL BELNAP, REYKOLDSVILLE, PA. J. C.'J)1LLMAX, ZVijmViw. Flrwt class tn every particular. Located In the wry (entire of the IiusIih-hh nart of town. Free 'bus and from trains and comtnodioun sample rooms for commercial travelers. jyjOORES WINDSOR HOTEL,, 1217-29 PlLHKRT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, - PEKST'A, PHE8TOX J. MOOliE, rrnmetor. 42hed rooms. Rates 2.00 per dnv Amerl ran Plan. l'l)lnck from I1 !'!) nek rripio 1'. K. K 4epot and M lilis'k from New r . &. It. U. DciMit, tXieccUanroue. J NEFF. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE And Seal Estate Agent, Reynoldsvllle, Pa. Q MITCHELL, ATTORN E Y-AT-LA W. Ofiioe on West Main street, opnmdte the uoniuierciai Hotel, iieynolUHVinc,i?a. O. B. OORIION, JOHN W. HERD. Q.ORDONAREED, ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W, Brookvlllo, Jefferson Co., Pa. Office In room "formerly occupied by Gordon uortMiu. fviwii. ntaju Dtreei.. W. L. MtCEAOISK, BnwkTiUt. 0. M. M.DONALD, BayultiTille. ccracken & Mcdonald, AttomwH and Coumtelkrrs-atrLaw, Offices at tteynoldlvlllc and Rrookvlile. JiRANCIS J. WEAKLEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Offices In Malioney building, Main Ctreot, lieyiuuuttviiiu, I a. jya. B. E. HOOVER, REYNOLDS VILLE, PA. Resident dentist. In .building near MeUio- atsicnun:n, oppiwiie Aruuu uiuck. ueaue- neaa in operaiiug. D R. R. E. HARBISON, SURGEON DENTIST, Reimoldsvllle, Pa. Office In rooms formerly occupied by I. & rauvraiKiiv. jyv, R. DeVERE king, DENTIST, Office at the residence of T, O. King, M. D., at coruur or Malu and Blxtn street, Jwynulda- vine, ra. JJEYNOLDSV1LLE LAUNDRY, - WAH SING. Proprietor, Corner 4th street anal Gordon allev. FlraU rlaaa work done at reaaouable price. (Jlva uw iauuurj a trial. IN JOYFUL YUCATAN. A TRAVELING GROCERY MAN WAXES ELOQUENT IN PRAISE. He Talk! of Bread That Grown In Knta, Milk That Come From Treea, Blrnp That Gathers on Ants Racks and Light That Shines From Leave. "Seems to mo thnt I ouplit tolm bditt I went down there, now, " said John Vtlhert, the travelitiK grocery mnn, who retently returned from a fix weeks' stay lu Ynoatnu. "I don't see how I ran go ahead and rcaume the ronnds thnt my business rolls for without a sigh and a regret, that, go where. I mny in my native land, I will look in vuiu for tho tree that in tliose tropical climes gave me light by night, for the tree thnt gave mo my daily broad, nnd the one that gave me milk for my eoffce, to say nothing of tho pleasing and bnlbons ant that gave me the sweetening for it Tiino and cash customers may wear down nnd blunt tho edao of this regret, but it is sharp now, and I really suppose that I ought to be sorry I went down there. "I didn't know anything about these remarkable specimens of tho vegetable and animal kingdoms when I first struck that country, but I noticed that the bread we had in ramp was very good and tho milk very choice and crenmy, whilo the coffee was deliriously sweet ened. One morning I heard the cook of our party hollering out orders to the Indian guides. " 'Here, youl he hollered. 'Hurry up and pirk some bread! And them ain't a bit of milk! (Jo boro for some right away! And say, you dago over yonder, what's the matter of you straining some sugar out o' thein ants? "This was a little astonishing to me, and I asked for information. Then I found out all about it, "The tree that gave the bread we ate down there doesn't look a bit as if it 'would do it. But I found out that looks are deceptive under tho equator. The bread isn't bread exactly when it is first picked, but it is a nice, stiff dough in closed in nutshell about the size of a goose egg. They crack the shell, take out the dough, knead it a little, and it is ready for baking. By thinning it down to a batter with tho milk they gvt from another tree, our camp cook used to make first rate pancakes out of it The day I came away he strained the sweetening out of a quart of ants, mixed it np with a batch of tho dough and mado eweet rake that would hnvoljeen good enough for anybody's folks to set out before company. "The ants that supply the honey, or sirup, ir whatever it might be called, are worth traveling all tho way down there on a mulo to sea They are about tho size of a small peanut, and on their back is a transparent sack that they dis til honey into until they swell np as big as a good sized marble. You can scoop these nnts up by the peck. The,y make this honey to feed their young on, but they ro so good natured nnd so suscep tible to familiarity that all one has to do is to tickle thein nnder the fore shoulder and they will givo you every drop of honey they have in stock and then go meekly off to fill up ngniu. "But this accommodating tint isn't one whit moro curious thau tho treo that acts in the capacity of dairy down there. This tree has a big lent so tough and leathery that they uso it, for half soling shoes. When thoy want to milk one of the trees, they boro a hole in tho trunk, and it lots down a sap as white and as sweet as any milk you over read about in summer hotel advertisements. To got sweet milk out of this vegetable cow, though, yon must milk it early in the morning. After the sun bus been np two or three hours the .tree gives sour milk. Thoy tell awoird tale down there about a -vengeful snake and a foolhardy Indian. The snake is of .the deadly ven omous 4tphidiau family familiar in the tropics by a queer Indian name which I can't remember and which I couldn't pronounce if I did remember it In Eng lish it is bushman. This particular snake had a nest of young ones, and the Indian was foolhardy enough to steal them. The mother snake followed tho Indian to his hut only to find the dead bodies of her offspring lying about with their heads smashed. The mother snake disappeared. Next morning the Indian went out and tapped his cow tres for milk, and returning drank it for his breakfast He had scarcely swallowed it when he began to double np and howl. His eyes bulged ont and his checks turn ed fiery red and with a yell fell dead. " 'The buahmlin I' cried his wifa 'Tho bushman ha stung him I' "He had all the symptoms that follow the lite of that cheerful serpent, but no where about Mm could the marks of the deadly fangs of one be found upon the dead Indian. Later they found the mother boahman lying dead in the bushes near the cow tree. In the trunk of the tree, deeply embedded, they dis covered her poison fangs. Then the ter rible truth was revealed. The snake, despoiled of her family, had avenged herself on the despoiler. tihe hod min gled her venom with the milk in the tree, and the Indian had drunk of It leeply and met his awful fata "But the tree that give light inter ested and amazed me more than the oth ers. This tree doesn't grow more than 10 or IS feet high, but three of them would light a pretty good sised house. If yon rub its leaves smartly between your hands they will glow la the dark liks a lightning bog. As soon as night comes tho leaves on this treo begin to shine as if they were so many electric lights. Looking off across country, one can see scores of the trees shining hero and there in the dnrkness like beacon lights set in the hills. The Indians call it the witch tree, and I don't blame them. It gives the best light after it lias been drenohed with water, and so if tho tree begins to grow a little dim nil they have to do is to douse two or three pails of water over it, nnd it isjust like giv ing the wiok of a lump a turn or two higher." Nw York Bun. WHIPPING HI9 WEIGHT. The Champion Lofffer OTerestlmateil J.:. FUtle Ability. In tho logging camps of Mich'."! might makes right nnd the 11111:1 !.- has whipped all comers in fair f ;,!. king of his camp. One of these, said a lopper to 1 porter, was very boastful of bin t :-. ' He had been the victor in nt'.i ;; nd no one cared to enter tho 1N v him, but every man in the ciunp lu.ic! the champion. Going into a saloon 1 )" jay he announced: "I'm tired fif tlv?" babies in camp. I ain't hnd a good flgl't in Michigan. I can whip my weight in dogs, wildcats or anything thut breathes for $100." A meek looking man took the bet and arrangements for the fight were made. It was to take placo in it closed room one week from the time tho bet was made. Tho day ramo and tho champion called, "Bring on your nuimile. " Tho man who had bet ngainst the king of tho camp brought his antagonist in a large sack, which had been deposited behind tho stove in the saloon whero the mntch hnd been entered into, the weather Just beginning to get cold. The gladiator entered the rooiUj tho suck was omptied and tho people crowded nt tho window to seo the contest. Out of tho sack ciuno throe largo hornet nests, tho octJupauts of which had been revived by tho heat. They issued from tho newts in swarms and lit all over tho man. ' Ho fought them for a minute or two, then with a yell Jumped through tho window, carry ing sohH and glass with him, never stop ping until he readied tho river, into which he Jumped. "8nid ho could whip his weight in anything that breathed," remarked tho meek littlo man as he pocketed tho stakes, "but about f ve pounds of hor nets knocked him out in the first roand. "Washington Btur. A BEETLE THAT GNAWS SHELLS. And It Does Other Thlncs Calculated to Make Its Prey Tremble. Of all the insects the beetles are tho most interesting. There is one thut car ries a cannon, which a naval man would call a utTii chaser, and is loaded with a fluid. When pursued, the bcotlo fires it, nnd the other insect, usually 1 carnivorous beetle, is blinded by the dis charge of fine acid spray. Henco its numo of bombardier. The latest thing fhat has been learned abont beetles is hat Pytiscus ruargiualis cuts its way through tho shells of snails and mollusks and eats the inhabitants. W. B. Tcgetmeier writes to the Lou don Field and tells about the curiosity of naturalists at finding shells manifest ly gnawed by some insect or other mid the flnnl discovery of Dytisnus margin alis at work on the shell. Then he tells some things about tho Dytiscus family. Says he: "I know of no more interesting nni mnl in an nqnarium than a Dytiscus, who soon acquires the habit of follow ing the fingers for loort nnd amuses himself at night if the aqnariuui is open, by flying round and round the room, and occasionally misses the way, and, being unable to return, is found on the floor in the morning. There is onedrawbaok to the habits -of this crea ture. Ho is a bloodthirsty tyrant of the aquarium, requiring the whole place to hinuolf , for if kept with tadpoles, frogs, fish or any other animals, he quickly destroys them. even if many score times hi own size, " What hawks are to the other birds, cats are to othur mammals, sharks are to other fish, the Dytiscus ia to other in sects. Reeutnmended X Boston lady who . had been reconv mended to go west on aooqnut of the ill hoalflh of herself and family wrote to the footmaster of a small town asking for information of various kinds regard ing the healthfnuness, cost of living, state -of morality tmd church priviloges in his town. His reply oaused her to re mark that she "preferred death in Bos ton, " for he wrote-' "Doce moddam, come on. Tills town is all rite. The general health can't be beat If it wasn't fur the little soraps of a Saturday night and when the cowboys come in to make ns a little visit we'd have no need of a graveyard. Natural deths are unknown, and we ain't had but 14 funerals here in three months. Sowcioty is away up. Free dances come off every night and on Sunday nights we have a grand free duuoe and sacred eon oert in theoperry house. Don't go home till morning and joy rules tho roost All bad characters are lynched aa soon as oaughtV One has Just been caught nd I must shut np the postofAoe and go np to what we call Lynchiu hill and see the fun, so I can't rite no more at pres ent But yon come on. Let me know when you'll git hers, and I'll meet yon at the depot with a brass band, Come rite onl" Detroit Free Press. tHE HORSELESS CARRIAGE. The Perfect Vehicle Will Come Into tTM lowly but Hnrelr. A little reflection will convince any one thnt the use of motocycles, or, in other words, horseless carriages, wilt improve the roads. General Morln of Frnnco is authority for the statement thnt tho deterioration of common roads, except that which is caused by tho weather, is two-thirds dnn to tho wear of horses' feet and one-third due to the wheels of vehicles. This being the case, rf the same amount as nsnal continue to bo lnid out upon tho roads, nnd tho continual damage decreaso two-thirds, then the amount spent will go to in creased nnd permanent improvement, nnd tho roads will bo "as smooth as a barnflixir." There are many questions to bo solved, many difficulties t be sur mounted, before tho unexceptionable vehicle appears. It was a long time be fore the difficulties tit making sewing machines, revolvers, repeating rifles, typewriters and typesetters were over come. Yet, examine tnemi it is nil plain and simple, and not nt all mnrvel ous now, nnd we can hnrdly imngine how any mechanio could spend years of time studying over such easy problems. 80 it will be with the motocycles. The mountains of difflcnlty will sink into molehills, and the ingenuity displayed will bo found to take tho form of judi cious application of ordinary mechanio' al appliances, npproved by the flnnl umpire, the common sense of mankind, Those who build automobiles must not permit themselves to think that they were born with nil tho carriage makers lore inherent in them. A man may be a first class theoretical nnd prncticnl mechanio and not be able to make good vehicle to run on wheels. Tho per fect carriage, as wo know it today, is the aggregato of the years of exhaustive trial nnd experiment nnd the improve meuts on thnt experience made by 1,000 men of genius. If the carriage builders bestow upon tho new carriage all the nrt acquired in building tho old, and the motoryelo men learn the reasonsof tho convention alities of tho trade and adapt their im provements to them with reference to tho opinions of those who are not preju diced against innovation, they will both work together in harmony nnd with 0110 purpose, nnd, so united, they will ranko rapid progress in the devel opment of tho inevitable vehicle of the future. Cnssier s Magazine. Should Plays Be Printed? Moliere objected to tho printing of his plays on the ground that they were meant to bo acted on the stngo, with the costumes, scenery nnd illusions per taining thereto, and not to be read in the closet. It was also inferred that Shnkespcare entertained the same notion as Moliere, seeing how indifferent he was as to the f ato of his plays so long as they were popular on the stage. There is also tho explicit declaration of Hey wood in tho following terms: "It hath been no custom in me of all other men (courteous readers) to com' mit my plnys to the press. The reason thongh some may attribute to my own insufficiency, I had rather subscribe in that to their severe censuro than by seeking to avoid tho imputation of weak uoss to incur greater suspicion of lion esty, for, though some have used a dou ble salo of tiieir labors first to the stago and after to the press, I here proclaim myself ever faithful to the first and never guilty of tho last" The author of tho most successful eomcdy of modern times exhibited tho Same indifferenco to, or rather dislike of, tho printer. Whcu "The School For Scandal" met with so brilliant a recep tion, from its first, appearance on May 8, 1777, Ridgway, the publisher, agreed with Sheridan ns to its publication, but ho never succeeded in getting the manu script Ho applied to the author in vain, and at length got an answer. Sheridan said that ha had been 19 years endeavor ing to satisfy himself with the style of the play, but had not yet succeeded. The printing of the play was done in dependently of the author. Ho presented a manuscript copy of it to his married sister, Mrs. Lrfauu, at Dublin, to be disposed of for her own advantage to the managers of the Dublin theater. This brought hor 100 guineas and free admis sions to the theater, and it was from the manuscript thus procured that the Dub lin edition was printed. Notes and Queries. HI Mm leal Choioa. "Eothen" Kinglake was a great friend of Mine. Olga de Novikoff during her sojourn in England, where one feature of her entertainments was afternoon musicals to which none but dilettanti were invited. On one occasion Kinglake presented himself, and as an intimate of the house was admitted. He retired to a corner and listened attentively. Madame was surprised, but pleased, and ap proaching him said: "Which order of musio do you prefer, my friend classio, Italiun or the Wagnerian school? I fancy you do not know onr great Glinka?" "I assuredly am fond of musio," he an swered, "but my taste is perhaps pe culiar. As an instrument I prefer the drum." Maduwe took measures to pre vent his being admitted to these assem blies again. Ontoe leads the right way. If yon choose the wrong, take it and perish, but restrain your tongue. Charge not, with lights sufficient and left free, your willfnl auioide on God's deoree, Cow-per. FIRST LOVb. There Is heaven In the throbbing heart of tnnldcn and uf youth When there's not a aongxtcr In tho land that stnos a noto of ruth! It Is when they meet In purity In Drat lore's hallowed nllmt, Whore the twilight nnd the darknons moot and kins as lorers Mm! There's a curse upon hnmnnlty, pronounced at Adam's fall Thurc's n period In an Edunland, however, for ns all And It's during lore tryntx of our youth, while fticllns lovu s unit bows Where tho dnrknens nnd the twilight meet and kins as lorers kin"! Memphis Commercial. A QUESTION OF ENGINEERING. The French Statesman lie Freyclnet and Ills Arcnment With a Criminal. A story is told of the French minis ter, M. do Freyclnet In tho midst of tho trial of a man for high trcfion ho became deeply interested in nu argu ment with the accused to tho effect that his crime might have been committed much more easily nnd cheaply. M. do Freyclnet is a man of fine character and ability. Before he be- enmo a politician he was a skillful en gineer, when he was president of the judicial council a man who was accused of helping- to pnll down the column Vendomo in 1871 was brought before him. Tho mnn confessed his guilt, but pleaded thnt he was young nnd fanatical at tho time, nnd that he hnd been drawn into helping to pull down tho column by his pride as nn engineer in arranging scaffolds and ropes to accom plish the feat "You are a criminal," said the min ister severely. " You insulted the his tory nnd tho glory of the country in de stroying that column. But," he reflect ed a moment, "how did you do it? As a question of engineering I would like to know" "Oh, it was very simple, " replied tho accused, and he sat down nt the ta bic, drew out a plan and calculated lines, curves and angles, whilo the min ister bent over hini, following the work with interest As it weut on, however, Do Freycinet shook his head, shrugged his shoulders nvirl fitiiiterl. nnd when it was finished took paper and pencil and said: "That isn't bad, but you might have done it much mure easily and economic ally." Then in his turn covering the paper with curves, angles and calculations he proved thnt twice as much time and money as were necessary had been ex pended. "However," ho concluded severely, "you were guilty of high treason against the nation and must pay the penalty." The engineer did not escape with a light sentence, but he hnd much satis faction in replying: "Ah, monsieur, but did you not just now say that it hnd cost me too much already?" Savannah News. A Corral of Bulls. Iii tho Irish house of commons of 1705 during a debato on tho leather tax the chancellor of tho exchequer, Sir John Pornell, observed that "in tho prosecu tion of the peasant war every one ought to bo ready to givo his last guinea to save tho remainder of his fortune, " Mr. ' Vnndelenr replied that "a tax on leather woultl press very heavily on the bare footed peasantry of Ireland. " The Post in 1813 nindo the following statement: "We congratulate ourselves most on having torn off Cobbett's mask and re vealed his cloven foot It was high time that tho hydra head of faction should be soundly rnppod over the knuckles. " The present Duko of Leeds is reported to have accused the lute government of ' making a direct attack on the brewers by means of a side wind. Only the other ' day I noticed, in The Standard, I believe that Sir Francis Scott, reviewing tile"? troops after the Ashauti expedition, sam inai inoy were no aouniu.suppoint ed at having no fighting, but if there had been "there would have been many absent faces here toduy. " It was during tho late adniiuiiitratiou thut one of the Irish whips telegraphed to Dublin that , "the silouco of the Irish members would be heard in the house of commons no longer." It was tho celebrated Sergeant Arabia who, at the ceutrul criminal court in formed the prisoner before him that "if there wus a clearer case of a man rob bing his master, that caso was this case," and ufter passing sentence con cluded, "I therefore give yon the oppor tunity of redeeming a character irre trievably lost " Loud. in Spectator. 1 Numbering Thread. 1 The questions, "Why is spool cotton numbered as it is; and why are figures not used in regular order?" aro often asked. The explanation is this: The numbers on the spool express the num ber of banks which are required to wind a pound. The very finest spinning rarely exceeds 800 hunks to the pound, while in the very coarsest there is abont a half pound in such hank. The more common qualities, however, those from which sowing thread is usually made, run from 10 to 60 hanks to the pouud, and the spools on which it is wound are numbered 10 to 60 in accordance. Women of tho Boor. Bubby Popper, what does the paper mean by the women of the hour? Mr. Ferry I guess it means that wo- -man who says she will be ready to start in IS minutes. An hour is about as near as she oomes to it usually. Cincinnati Enquirer. . , '
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers