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I I I A. .
VOLUME 5.
KEYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1896.
NUMBER 7.
iloltronb flmr froblra.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILHOAD.
IN EFFKCT JUNE 14, 1811ft.
Philadelphia Erie Rnllmnrt Division Time
Table. Trains leave Driftwood.
KASTWAUD
11:04 K m-Tniln s, dully except Himdny fur
Punhiiry, lliirrlshnrtf nnd Intermediate sta
tions, arriving nt t'lilliuli Ipliln :') p. m.,
Sow York, U::':i p. m. 1 llnltlmoro, : p. m.
Wnshlnitton, 7:Mp. in rnllmim I'nrlor rnr
from Wlllliimsiiort mid nnssewn'r couches
fnim Knno to I'lilliidclphfii.
p. m. Train fl. dully except PnndRjf for
llnrrlahnrg nnd InliM morilnte stations, nr
rlvlnitnt Plilliulelpliln 4::A. m.i New York,
7:Xi A. M. I'ullmnn Sleeping mm from
lliirrlstmrir to I'hllndclphlii mid New York.
I ) 1 1 1 n ! I i I il pnwcniti'iK run remnln In
sleeper undlstnrlicd until 7:m A. M.
8::B p. m. Triiln 4, dully for Ciinliury. Hnrrls-hnt-K
find Intermediate stations, arriving lit
I'hllnilelphln, :!W A. M.; Now York, ::
A. M. on wook dnys nnd 10.:iH A M. on Hun
tliiy; llMlittnore, B:C0 a. m.; Wnbliiirton, 7:40
A. M. I'ullmnn ram from Erie nnd Wllllnms
port to I'lilliidolphlii. I'nsscniiors In sleeper
for Hnltlrnim' nnd Wii-ditmrtnn will ho
trnnsferred Into Wnshlng ton sleeper nt llnr
rldiurir. Passenger omiohes from Erin to
rhllndclphla nnd Wllllnmsport to Unit t
more. WESTWARD
7:21 a. m. Trnln 1, dully except Sunday for
Hlditwny, Dullols, Clermont nnd Inter
mediate stations. Leaves Kldgwny nt H: Iff
P. M. for Krle.
:.Vn. m.--Trnln 8, dully for Eric nnd Inter
mediate points.
f:2tl p. m.--Train II, dully except Sunday for
Kane nnd Intermediate stations.
THKOIT.H TWAINS VOK DH1KTWOOD
KKUM Til K EAST A N l .MOUTH.
TRAIN 11 leaven I'lillndelphla H:Zt A. m.!
Washington, 7.W A. M.; Hnltlmoro, H:"iOA. M.
Wllkcshtirro, 10:1.1a. m.i dully except Him
dny. arriving at Driftwood at A:SH p. m. with
Tollman Varlor car frotn rhlladelplila to
W'llllnmsport.
TRAIN a leaven New York nt (I p. m.i Phila
delphia, 11:20 p. m.i Washington, 10.40 p. m.;
Hnltimoro, ll:.M p. m.i dally arriving at
Driftwood nt fl:.VI n. m. I'ullmnn sleeping
earn from I'lillndelphla to Krle and from
Washington and Hulilmore to Wlllinmnrt
nnd through passenger conches from I'lilln
delphla to Erie nnd llaltluiui'U to Williams
port. TRAIN 1 leaves Renovo nt (1:30 n. tn., dally
except Sunday, arriving t Driftwood 7:21
a. m.
JOIINSOXBUnG RAJLKOAD.
(Dally except Sunday.)
TRAIN ID leave Ridtcwny at D:20"a. m.i .Tnhn
gouhurg m I):;H a. m., nrrlvlug nt Clermont
nt 10::u b, m.
TRAIN 50 leaven Clermont at 10:4,1 n. m. nr
rtvlug nt Jolmsoubui-K at 11:41 n. m. and
Kldiiway'iit 12:00 a. m.
JJ1DGWAY & CLEARFIELD H. R,
DAILY EXCEPT 8CNDAY.
POCTHWAKD. NORTHWARD.
P.M A.M.
STATIONS. P.M. P.M.
12 10 2S Itldgwny 2 00 :)
12 17 in Island Run 1 M fl 2:i
12 21 OIW Mill Haven 1 4H 111
12 Ifi 9 4H (,'royland 117 noil
12IW flM PhorisMllls 1H4 04
12 40 tl 67 Hliln Rock 1 211 A 50
12 42 II Vineyard Run 1 27 fl .17
12 4i 10 01 Carrier 12.1 5,14
12.15 1012 Brock way vlllo. 1 15 544
105 10 22 McM Inn Summit " 105 iXi
10 10 2.1 llarvoys Uiin 12.1H 5 2K
Itt lO.'IO Falls Crock 12 50 ft 20
146 10 40 Dultols 12 40 5 10
TRAINS LEAVE ItlDOWAY.
FiiHtward. Went ward.
Train H, 7:17 a, m. Train 8, ihiWa. m.
Train s, 2:10 p. in. Train l,il:l.1p.m.
Train 4, 7:55 p.m. Train II, 7:21 p. ni.
8 M. PKEVOST,
- Gen. Manager.
J. R. WOOD,
Cien. Pawt. Ag't.
BUFFALO, ROCHESTER & PITTS
BURGH RAILWAY.
The short, line hetween DiiHola, Rldgway,
Bradford, Halamanca, liull'alo, KiH'lieHter,
Niagara Falls and pointa In the upiier oil
region.
On and after Nov. Kith, 1W5, pawaon
gertrnlnawlll arrive and dopart from KhIIh
Croek atatlon, dally, except Hiindny, us fol
lows! 7:84 a.m. for OurwnnHVille and Clearfield.
1:85 p. m. Accommodation from Pudxhu-
(uwney and Hlg Kun.
10:IOn.m. Huff ulo nnd Rochesfer mull For
'Hrockwayvllle, Kldirwuy,,lohnNotilmrg,Mt.
Lowell., lirudford.Hulaniancii, HulTalii and
ICochoaU'r; connecting lit. .lohliHouburg
with P. ft E. train X, far Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, (Jorry nnd Erie.
10:27 a. m. Accommodation For Sykos,
Big Kun and PuiiXHiituwuey.
8:20 p. m. Bradford AiTommodntlon For
Muechtroo, lirK:kwnyvll, Kllmont, Car-
mini, Rldgway, JuhuauKbuig, Ml. Jowett
Mid Bradford.
4:8T p. m. Mail For Tiiflols, f)ykea, Big
Bun PunxMutuwiiey and Walxton.
Pamengnni are rtiiuerftcd to purchaxe tlck
eta bufore entering the cimh. An exiwiM
churgvi of Ten Cent will be collected by con
ductora when fare nre paid on trains, from
al I at at tons where a ticket otlloo Ih maintained.
ThoNHnnd mile tickets at two cents per
mile, rMd for passage between all stat ions.
3. lJ. McIntykk, Agent, Falls Creek, l'u.
E. C. IAl'tr, Gun. Pas. Agent,
liochestor N, Y.
ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY
COMPANY oommonnlng Sunday
May 20, 18U5, Low Grade Division.
KASTWAKIl.
No.l.No.5.No.8.
101
108
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Lawaonham .
10 4fi
10 67
4 40
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41 80
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uak Kldge
Mayivllle
Summerrtll...
BrookvUla
Bell
Fuller.
KeynoldsTllle..
Pancoaat
Falls Greek
DuBols
abula
Wlnterburn ...
Panfleld
Tyler
glen Flaher
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Grant.....
Driftwood
11 BH
11 40
It 05
U 251
6 20
t 28
6 47
6 07
8 13
815
6 62
T 00
T 10
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6 41
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8 20
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12 81
111 43
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( 67
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188
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105
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A. U. A. U. r. M. P. M. P. M
Prtftwood 10 10 6 00 1 85
Grant 10 42 6 82 7 (Ml
Ienetetta 10 52 6 42 T 18
( ten Flaher 11 00 6 611 7 Ua
Tyler... 1120 6 10 7 44
Penfield 11 80 t 20 7 64 '
Wlnterbuna.... 11 86 t 2tl 8 00
Eahula 11 47 t 87 8 12
UuBols 1 OS 8 50 8 25 18 10 8 00
'BllsOreek $ 2d 720 8821880 6 10
ucoaat i84 tl 840
noidTllle.. 1 42 7 40 8 48
u.ior 1 6H 7 67 8 05
il S 10 6 00 f 17
nrakTllle t 80 8 10 t K
mmervllla.... ItC 8 8K 0 44
Tllle 1 68 8 67 10 04
I Mie....... I OS 8 05 10 18
; - toculehem 1 15 f 16 10 16
--.nuam.... 147 8 47
L-ss( 4 00 10 00
A. at. A. M, P, U. A U. P. M.
'x alaa dally aioapt Bunday.
DAVID MoCABUO, QaVL. Invt.
J 13. T. AMDaUUOM Qwfh Tim. Am.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For county commissioner
' SAMUEL STATK9,
)F BEI.LTOWNHHII.
uliloct tothe Democratic prlmnry election,
held June lit, If'.sl.
JJKKCH CRKKK RAILROAD.
Nfw York Central & Hudson River R. R. Co., Leiiee
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.WOHlover.
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s:w 121:1 Now Mllisirt 6 40 6i
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825 12 00 .Mitchells 5 58 6 1.1
80.1 II 40 l.ve.Cleurllold.liini'.Arr fl 1.1 6.M
7 55 11,11 CLEARFIELD
7 4.1 II 21 ATrTlcnrfletdTiinc.Lvir
7!I7 II 12 WoiHllund
7:i1 II 01 Illuler
7 28 low Wnlliu-oton
7 1.1 10.10 .. Morrisdnle Mines....
707 1041 I.vc Mnnnon Arr
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11 m
tl 5.1
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Arr Miinson Lve
Wlnlmrne
PEAI.E
r.lllintown
NNOE SHOE
....BEECH CREEK
Mill Hull
LOCK HAVEN
Yoiinudnle
JERSEY SIIOHE.ICNC.
IERSKY SHORE....
Lve WILLIAMSI' T Arr
TmiIla. A Rkaiiimi R. R.
Air WII.l.lAMSPT Lvet
Lve I'lllLA Arr
Lv NTy.vIii Tumiiiiun Ar
1.V..N. V. via I'lillu.. Ar
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p m
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"Dnlly t Week-days I (I oil p ni Sundays
J 10 5,1 a m Sunday
'b" New York passengers traveling via Pbll
ndolpbin on In .Hi a m train from Willlums
isirt, will change ours at Columbia Ave.,
I'lillndelphla.
CONKCTION. At Wllllnmsport, with
PliiliidclphlmvKciidlnglt.K. AtJvrsoy Shore
with Fall Hnsik Railway. At Mill
Hall with Centiiil Rnllroadof Pennsylvania.
At 1'lilllpshiim witli Pennsylvania Railroad
and AII.Mmu.t riilllpsburg 4'onnectlng R. R.
At Cloarllelil Willi HulVnlo, Risiiester A
Pittsburgh Railway. At Mahafrey and
Pat ton with Vnihrlu ft Clcnrfleld Division
of Pennsylvania Ruilroud. At Muhaffey with
Peimsylvanla Nort h-Wesh-rn Railroad.
A. U. Paijmem, V. E. llKtlHIMAK,
fuporlntopdent. tn'l Pnss. Agt.
IMilladelphln, Pa.
JJOTEL McCONNELL,
REYNOLDSVK.LE. PA.
FRANK J. JiLACK, rnyrictor.
The leading hotel of tne town, lleadqiiur
ters for commercial men. Steam heat, free
Ihis, bath riHims and closets on every fleor,
rumple rooms, billiard room, telephone con
nections &c.
JJOTEL BELNAP,
RE Y NOLDS VILLE, PA.
C. V1LL3TAX, rnviictoi:
First class In every parlilcular. Located In
the very centre of tiio business part, of town,
free 'bus toand from trains and commodious
aamplo rooms for commercial travelers.
jJOORES WINDSOR HOTEL,
1217-29 Filbert street,
PHILADELPHIA, - PENN'A,
PJtESTON J. MOORE, Prnjhtr.
842 bed rooms. Rates 82.00 per day Ameri
can Plan. luhliK'k from P. K. K. Depot -and
block from New P. St. H. K. Depot.
4Ilacrllanroua.
NEFF.
JUSTICE OF THE TEACE
And Real Estato Agent, Itcyotldsvlllo, Pa.
Q MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-L.VW.
Office on West Main street, opposite Ufce
Oocnmorciiil Hotel, UeynoldsvlUu, Pa.
C . nOHDON,
ItiMS W. REEO.
QORDON t, REED,
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
Brookvllle, Joircrsun Co., Pa.
Office in room formerly occupied by Gordon
aVUorbott West Main Htreot.
W. L. MeCRAOKEV,
BrHkrillt.
0. KcDONALB,
Ityatl4iTill.
Mccracken & Mcdonald,
Atltrnieys and Couwellvr-ut-Law,
Ofllcea at Reynoldlvllle and Brookvllle.
jpRANCIS J. WEAKLEY,
ATTORN E Y-AT-LA W,
unices In Mahouey building, Muln Btrnut,
Iteyuoldsvllle, Pa.
D
R. B. E. HOOVER,
REYNOLDS VILLE, PA.
Resident dentist. In building near Metho
dist church, opposite Arnold block, Geulle
pesa In operating.
jyR. R. E. HARBISON,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Kcynoldsvllle, Pa.
Office In Yooms formerly occupied by 1. 8.
MuOrelght.
jyX. R. DeVERE KING,
DENTIST,
Office at the residence of T. O. King. M. D., at
corner of Malu and Sixth atreuta, Beynolda
vllle, Pa.
JEYNOLDSVlLLE LAUNDRY,
WAH 8ING, Proprietor,
Corner 4th street and Gordon alley. First
class work done at reasonable prices. Glva
tit laundry a trial.
ARIZONA'S MOUNTAIN PUZZLE.
Ia II a Hot Through an Inao- ble Teak
or Only a natural MI....1-?
Fcr the lrtst half contnrr the Ameri
can residents of Tomon, A T., have
been trying to aolve a mystery In the
shape of what np.penra to bo a hole
through a mountain peak in phtin sight
from the town. In the rarefied air It
looks to be only a short distance away,
when in reality it is at lciist 40 miles.
Tho eml i :t residents noticed the phe
nomenon, and the only difficulty thnt lay
in the way of flutling out just what.it was
was tho fact that it was inaccessible,
and when they rame anywhere neor the
spot the hole disappeared from sight
In fact, it can only be seen from within
a few miles of Tucson, and this has led
ninny people to believe that it is not a
hole at all
By the aid of a good marine telescope
tho mountain cau bo brought to within
a few miles, but not near enough to tell
the exact nature of the rock form nt ion.
An astronomical telescope cannot be fo
cused on it, as the mountain is too near.
A first peep through the gloss would
lead one to believe that there was no
mystery about it. The hole appears as
plain as possible, but several days' stndy
of the spot will develop tho fact thnt
the hole does not always look the
same. Many tlays when the sky is dork
behind the mountain tho hole will ap
pear a brilliant white, like a snowdrift,
and on days -hen the sky is blue it will
often hxk so dark as to be almost in
visible. These facts have led many to
think that ' it is an immenso piece of
mica lying with its polished surface to
wnrd the sky and reflecting the clond
formations of another part of the horl
on instead of being the light seen
through a hole. Viewed with tho naked
eye the hole simply appears ns a white
spot, but the telescope reveals pine trees
and other details, although very indis
tinctly. Tho rnnge of mountains in which the
arrange peak can be seen is known as
the Cataliuos, and numerous parties
have made the attempt to climb it, but
all hnve failed on account of the steep
and rugged precipices in the vicinity.
The peak is a high one and can be seen
from any point in the journey toward
it, but when ten miles out of Tucson the
hole cau no longer bo seen, even with
the aid of a glass. This can bo explain
ed on tho mica theory, as a surface of
that material would not reflect a ray of
light toward a person's eye after they
got out of its Angle of projection. San
Francisco Coll
LIFE WITH THE CIRCUS.
Incidents Attending the Visit to a Laos
dry of a High Collar.
"Walking along the streets one day
in a town where we were showing,"
said a retired eircus man, "tho old man
saw in a laundry window a sign reading
Collars and enffg 3 cents.
" 'Do you tuke any kind of collars at
that price?' he asked tho laundryraan.
" 'Ves;oh, yes,' said tho laundrymun.
'Everything goes hero, '
"Wo had a giraffe nt tho tinie-fhat
we used to .dress np for the evening
parade in a sort of a dude costumo with
a high collar reaching from its shoul
ders up to tinder its head. The old man
got one of the giraffe's collars and had
it sent down to tho laundry to be dono
up. When he laundrymnn opened tho
bundle and spread it out on the oountor.
he says, 'What's this?' and the man
that had brought it down said that it
was one of tho giranVg collars.
'"By gosh! That's so,' said the
laundrymnn, .just as though giraffe's
collars used to be a common item of the
waHh in his laundry, but ho hadn't had
very many icome in lately and they'd
kind o escaped his mind.
" 'Five o'clock, ' he said whon the
man asked when it would be ready, and
at 8 o'clock the man found it waiting
for him done np iu a roll About as big
as a stovepipe.
" 'How much? ho asked.
' ' 'T cents ' said tho laundryinan.
and he swept the 8 cents off the counter
into the drawer without turning hair.
He was game plumb through. But
the old man was no chump. He sent
the laundryman a dollar, whioh was
about what the work was worth, and a
oouple of complimentary tickets. That
night tne liinudryinan came to the cir
cna. He was just as cool as ever, but
von could see that he was pleased, easy
enough when he saw the giraffe come
out wearing the collar that had been
done up in his laundry." New York
ban.
"Clean" Monay.
A clerk in the redemption division of
the treasury department says that the
"cleanest" paper money in circulation
ia that which circulates in Washington.
while the dirtiest is that which oomes
in from Chicago for redemption, fit
Louis is a close second to Chicago, and
Cincinnati next New York is next to
Washington iu the record for clean mon
ey, Philadelphia next, while Baltimore
ranks next to Cincinnati for having dirty
money. The money that oomes in from
Chicago, besides being dirty, is always
much mutilated, so much so, he said,
that there is twice as much time con
sumed in patching it np prior to cancel
lation as there is in counting it
Washington Star.
A Datd4 Morally.
"Have yon seen the latest novelty in
the new hatsf"
"No: what ia Uf"
- "Brains. " Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Oil a of Bis Awful Experiences.
"Awful experiences? Yes, "said the
tramp as ho sat at a Holland street
kitchen table and cut into the second
piece of custard pie.
"I was sleeping soundly in a box car
out in Iowa one night last summer, and
the wind was blowing like thunder
across the plains. Suddenly thnt car got
loose, the brakes broke or something, nnd
it begnn to crawl along out of the siding
and on to tho main track. It was nuts
for me. I thought the wind wouldn't
blow mo far, and so I kept on. I stood
in the door and saw the houses and
fences go by faster and faster, till all of
a sudden I realized I was going too fnf t
to get off, and no way of stopping it
Half nn hour after we the car and I
dashed through a little station, and I
hnd Just time to see tho telegraph oper
ator run out and look after ns nnd then
run bock to telegraph down the line to
clear tho track. We were going more
than a mile a minute, and my hair was
standing on end. Forty miles down tho
lino wo went through another Btntlon,
and 011 a siding I caught sight of an en
gine with steam np, and a man with a
rope on the cowcatcher. Thnt engine
chased ns 80 miles down the track. The
man with tho rope threw it around the
brake wheel on top of our cor and grad
ually stopped it, while all the time the
wind was blow big a gale.
"Wo hnd Just got headed back toward
tho depot when an express train showed
up where we should havo met it ker
chunk that's good pie." And he took
another piece. Lewiston Journal.
Haw Sidewalks Are Calked.
A New Yorker who when n boy was
accustomed to frequent shipyards and
watch the construction of flno clipper
ships was astonished ns ho neared Wall
streot, when walking down Broadway,
to hear the familiar sound mado by a
hammer nnd mnul ringing ont on the
air. It was n weleomo sound and brought
t mind a flood of recollections of his
boyhood.
On investigating the cause of the
sound, ho was somewhat surprised to
discover a ship calker sitting on the
pavement carefully calking tho cracks
between the flagstones of tho sidewalk
with onknm, while another man fol
lowed with a pot of tar. Inquiry brought
out the information that it was neces
sary to make the sidewalk waterproof,
owing to tho vnults which extended out
under the pavement At certain periods
the crocks must be recalked, and the
operation is quite an expensive one.
The trade of ship calking, like many
other things, is not enjoying tho most
prosperous time in its history.
Tho decline of wooden ships, brought
about by the demand for those nf iron
and steel, has caused tnauy cnlkers to
turn to other trades for work. New
York Times.
Wanted ta Pnneh Bar.
The curly haired, mild little woman
at tho cashier s desk in a Park row beau
ery renowned for its piety ns well as its
boons glared fiercely at a demure wait'
ress standing by tho draw one counter
and called ont with seeming vicious in
tent in her tone:
"Sixteen, oome over here till I punch
yon!" .
"I have been punched once," pleaded
Sixteen with a pout that seemed to the
surprised man who was paying his
check to threaten tears.
"Well," said the cashier imperiously.
"oomo over here till I punch you again.
I didn t punch you good.
Sixteen tripped over to the onyx pul
pit and handed her checkbook to the
cashier, who figured np the stubs and
then punched an O. K. hole in tho book.
"Tell all the other girls to oome np
and lot me punch 'em again," said the
cashier to Sixteen.
And the man paid for his ' '0110 iu
milk, " heaved a sigh of relief at tho
amicable closing of the incident and
wondered afresh at tho oddities of bean'
ery English. New York Sun.
Too Precocious Child.
A South Sido Architect has a small son
who is very bright The youngster's
latest fad is punching colored paper
'With the fancy shape steel punches con
ductors use. The architect had just fin
ished a series of blue paper drawings
which represented many days' labor,
aud the next morning went cheerfully
to get them from his study. He never
got farther than the door, for on the
floor sat his son and hoir in a floating
sea or blue puper stars, crosses and ores
oenta "Ain't they prettyf" calmly remarked
the infant "I'se just finishing the last
sheet. Want some mora "
He did not get more. He received
something else. Chicago News.
Took IS Literally.
A little maiden of 7 years attended
the wedding of an elder brother. The
Episcopal service, heard for the first
tune, inade deep impression on her
mind. A few days after, she called to
see the bride and found her sitting on
her husband s lap. Looking at them
wistfully for a few moments, she ex
claimed, "Oh, yes, I see to have and
to hold. " Exchange. -
Quaer,
"There ia alwaysone thing I can't
understand when a valuable dog is poi
soned." "Well, what is it?"
"The loss always occurs the day after
the owner has refused ffiOO for the
beast ' ' Chloago Reourd.
THE BLACK CASTLE.
A Stronghold and Palace Erected fay Ring
Herod In Jnrtaia.
Eastward from the dull nnd almost
waveless waters of the Dead sea there
is a wild and gloomy land of mountain
ons heights and dark, precipitous ra
vines. On one of Die highest points of
rock, overlooking the surrounding coun
try, Herod hud constructed over tho
ruins of a former fort the stronghold
and palace of Maehrems, or "Tho Black
Cnstle." A town had grown np near by,
With heathen temples, n theater and
places of trndo and manufacture. The
palace had been mado so splendid that
Herod preferred it as a resilience, es
pecially as it was close to the frontier of
Judica, and as from it ho could readily
go to any other port of his dominions
nnwntched nnd unimpeded. Hero at
least he could do whatever he pleased,
and all prisoners were nt his mercy.
It was by no means safe for a stranger
to draw near to the frowning gates of
the citndcl of MocliKrus, but the dis
ciples of Joliu did come, again nnd
again, only to be refused adiuifsion. For
a long time therefore the buptizer was
in comparative ignorance of what might
be going on in the groat world beyond
the costlo walls. Its kings might come
or go, its kingdoms might rise or fall,
its cities might prosper or perish, and no
news of all could penetrate tho solid
stono that walled him in.
A deep, dark, rock hewn room was
that dungeon under tho citadel of Mo
chrerns. High up near the outer lovel
wns a cell with 0110 smnll window and
a heavy barred and grnted door.
Its occupant was a gaunt, tall, un
couth man in a coarse tunio of camel's
hair girded with a broad belt of leather.
He had preached to multitudes, nnd ho
nnd his disciples hnd bnptized vast num
bers. Ho hnd nctunlly brought nbout nn
important reformation in public morals;
but, mora than nil, ho had proclaimed
himself one sent to declare the speedy
coming of another "mightier than I, "
concerning whom tho people who henrd
John ohtnined only a vague idea. But
John's hearers were encouraged to ex
pect the king who wns to restore th.
throne nnd crown of David.
Whatever John had understood or ex
pected, his work seemed ended, for there
was no possible escaie from Herod's
dungeon. W. O. Stoddard in St Nich
olas.
A HAWK THAT HERDS COWS.
An Educated lllrd That Ia a Wonder In
Its Way.
Two miles north of the little town of
Oxford, in Ornngo county, N. Y., James
Cloyd owns a farm which borders on the
road to Bloomingtou Grove. He is the
owner of what is probably the most ro
markable hawk in the world.
This hawk brings homo a herd of 75
cows every evening and gathers in the
stragglers and keeps the herd together
even more effectually than Hiram Cloyd,
the son of tho farmer, used to do. HI
rani had killed the parent hawk, which
hud been stealing chickens, and took
this 0110 from tho nest. As it grew up
he made a pet of it and took it with
him every evening when ho weut out to
bring tho oows iu.
Ouo day Hiram cut his foot so that he
could not walk. Ills lather was absent
nnd when 5 o'olock came and went
without Hiram putting in an appear
unco, Abe, the pet hawk, flew out of the
'barn and awny. In half an hour or so
Mrs. Cloyd heard a noiso like cows
moving together along tho road, and on
looking out of the window saw tho
whole herd coming along apparently
alone. She ran ont to tho gate to find
out what was the matter, and 011 noar
ing tho fence to take down the bars she
saw Abo perched on tho horn of tbo last
cow, surveying the scene with apparent
satisfaction, when a cow lagged or loi
tered by the wnyside, tho hawk flow nt
it fiercely, making it quicken its move
ments to keep from being struck by its
great wings. He then went back to his
-curious perch, from which ho watched
for stragglers.
After that duy Abo always brought
the cows in, starting punctually at S
o'clock on his tusk, nud generally round
ing tham up inside of half an hour.
Since the story of the hawk's accom
plishment has become known many poo
plo hnve visited tho farm to see the per
formance. Numerous visitors have wait
ed along either side of the road watch
ing the herd and their novel keeper go
by. St Louis Pout-Dispatch.
Roaslaa Dirt.
One has heard of Russian dirt Mos
cow is its highest expression, I'm sure.
Our baker is excellent (what a kulutch
for breakfast this morning I), but he has
been put into prison twice for having
such a dirty shop. In Russia! What
must it have been I This beautiful house
was discovered to be in a state of filth.
Eight muzhiks were sent for, and two
women, and they and St Petersburg
servants set to work yesterday. The su
perintending is difficult, for the men
in Kussia noble creatures I will not
scrub, neither will they wash windows,
and they needed much persuading, pre
cept and example. Mary Grace Thorn
ton in Century.
Michigun has been called the Luke
State for an obvious reason. It ia bet
ter known as the Wolverine State,
from the former presence of great num
bers of these animals in it forests.
Dlntillers in Victoria. Australia, re.
eeive $9.7S week, in Germany $3.50,
In Deumark f 8,90 and in Spain $4.93. .
Bhlaht and Bnnr.is.
Mohammedans divide tin mti lves into
two principal sects Hhlah and Sunnl
tho Persluns representing the bulk of
tho former, tho Turks of the latter.
The chief points on which they differ
are tho condition of tho sonl nfter death
and the succession of caliphs. "Tho ,
Sunni belief is that there is one im
mortal God, whoso works are withont
beginning or end, nnd that ho will bo
visible to tho souls of the blessed, while
tho Shiahs deny tho immortnlity of the
soul and maintain thnt the coexistent
principles of Zoroaster will forever con
tend for tho mastery. " With regard to
the prophet's successors, tho Sunnis
claim that the lawful successor of Mo
hammed was Abu flokr, and after him
Omar, Osman nnd All, nephew and son-
in-law of Mohammed. The Shiahs,
however, reject tho first threo nnd bold
thnt Ali was the only legitimate suc
cessor.
Shiahs prny bnt three times a dny,
and enjoin pilgrimages to Nejef, Ker-
beln, Knzimnin, Meshed (Persia), Ho
niara and Kum, ns well ns to Mecca nud
Medina. Sunnis make pilgrimages only
to the two latter cities, and pray five
times a day. From this it can bo rend
ily understood thnt the circumstances
of tho Turks being in possession of the
shrines of Nejef (Meshed Ali), Kn.i
maiu nud Kerbelo is most displeasing to
devout Shiahs. Blackwood's Maga
zine. Bow to Ponlsh a Jilt.
"Do you remember, " sold Mr. Cawker
to his wife, "that when the lovely Miss
Beeson jilted young Mr. Spudds five
yours ago to marry Mr. Dillingham the
rejected one swore a mighty vow to be
revenged on his successful rival?"
"Yes," replied Mrs. Cawker, "I re
member it well j but such threats never
amount to anything. "
"In this case they did. Spudds has
filled fat tho ancient grudge he bears
Dillingham."
"He hasn't killed him, has ho?"
' 'Oh, no. His torture is moro linger
ing than that, my dear. "
"Wlmthashodouo?"
"Dillingham told me of it himself,
nnd I must say that the scheme does
Spudds credit in his ingenious cruelty. "
"But tell me what it is."
"Well, nfter the wedding Spudds
went mid allied himself with a fashion
ablo drapery house in the city, and ever
since then ho has occupied his time in
preparing tho most perfectly Irresistible
descriptions of bargains of all sorts and
sending special invitations to Mrs. Dil
lingham to attend the sales. The poor
fellow tolls me that ho has two mort
gages on his house now and expects to
go into irretrievable bankruptcy imme
diately after the next bargains at
Spudds emporium. " Loudon Tit-Bits.
Wandering Needles.
In ouo of the medical journals a sur
goon recorded some years ago strange
instance of the wanderings of a needle
in a lady. Tho patient culled upon him, ,
stuting thnt the greater portion of an
ordinary sewing needle hnd. broken in
the first joint of her left thumb. Tho
surgeon could plninly feel tho needle
point, but after ineffectual attempts at
the extraction of tho foreign body ho
recommended that nothing further
should be done lost the attempts to re
move it might result in greater injury
to tho joint.
About a year afterward, however, the
patient called upon him to inform him
that a day or two previously she hud.
felt a pricking sensation of the right,
forefinger, and having broken the skin
sho without difficulty extracted the
portion of tho lost needlofrom tho point
of tho finger. If all these facts bo cor
rect, oh reported, the needle traveled
from the left thumb along the arm,
across the chest to the right arm, and
down tho hitter to the finger where it .
was extracted. Chambers' Journal.
For Dosing Oneself.
A phyHiciun recommends rochelle
salts for amateur doctoring. He says
that it is an excellent thing to, several
times a duy, toko as much of the salts as
may be put on a 8 cent piece in a little
water j that they will sweeten the stom
ach and act as a very desirable spring
modicino. He also speaks highly of
sodu, huving no putience with those
timia people wno nave an idea that it
is a dangerous dose, doing some vague
harm to the coating of the intestines.
"Why, every tiling we eat almost has
soda iu it, " ho crios in disdain. "It in
an admirable thing to take half rochelle
salts uud half bicarbonate of soda, as
directed, several times a day. I know
of few gentler and still more beneficent
gonerul modioines." Philadelphia
Press.
Maw Caa Tow Blotters.
Tho clerk at the drug store notioed
that tho lady he was waiting upon hud
had her attention attracted by some blot
ters bearing an advertisement So he
wrapped a couple of them around the
lady's purchase. The timm-Wr, f tho
establishment was not a little surprised
about a week later to receive a letur
from tho lady saying that she hud worn
those blotters on her chest countantly,
and she was pleased to say that a sore
ness in the lungs.from which she bud
suffered for years hud entirely disap
peared. Bostou Transcript
While wild geese are on the wing,
hoy are talkative and noisy, but whon
thoy alight to feed, at they do generally
t night, they are so quiet that one may
pass within a few yards of 100 of them
and never notice their urvseuce.