ft Me VOLUME 5. REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 19, 1890. NUMBER 15. ttatlYOrtb dm 1abt: PENNSYLVANIA UAILllOAD. IN EFFECT JUNE 14, 1H!M; TMillndolpliln A Eric Urxllrnucl Division Time Tlile. Trains leme Driftwood. KAHTWAHH 0:O4 n m Train H. dully except Sunday for Hutibury, llarrMiuiii mill Inlcrmeillole m tlima, nn Ivlng nt riilliiilciiinia n -'i p. ni.. Mew York, p. m.i Uiiltltiior,ll:il p. m. from WllllamMMirt. and nnaHetiKt'r roaches from Kane to I'lillnilcliililn. 3:W p. m. Train , ilnllv except Runiliiy for llarrtshurK and Intermediate station, arriving- nl rlilliiilcliilila 4::m A. M. New York, ":Xi. A. M. I'lllllnnli Hlt-enlnit cars from llarrNbiinrtn I'lillndclft.ila and New York, riitlitdclpliln paiwmfors run - remain In sleeper imdlMiirhcd until 7:H0 A. M. :; p. m. Train 4. dully for Htinhiiry, Hnrrls hiirn nml iiiti-rmiMlliite stations, arriving nt riilliiililiihlTi, cl:, v.! a. M.i New York, V-..U A. M. on J diiyn nml 1i.:ih a m. on Hun diiyi Haltlmnre, H:2n a. M.i Washington. 7:40 A. M. I'll 1 1 in :t ii i'r from f.rlennd Williams port to I'lillixlt'lpliln. I'HSKi'imfinln sleeper fur llultlmore nml Valilimioii will ho transferred Into Washington ah-pper nt llnr HMitirg. Passenger roaches from Krie to l'lilladulphla and Wllllamsport to llultl more. WEKTWAKH , 7:51 . m. Trnln 1, dully except Sunday for Kldgway, llnlloln, i lernmiit nnd Inlcr ...?diato stations. Leaves litdgway at 8:10 P. M. fur Erlo. B:!Mn. m.--Traln 3, dully for Krlo and Inter mediate potnlM. B:2flp. m. Trnln II, dally except Holiday for Kanu nnd Intermediate stal Ions jj TIlltoroH THA1NH Foil DIOFTWOOD FKOM THE KAST AMIHOL'TII. TRAIN 11 leaves Philadelphia H:' A. m.! Washington, 7.IW A. M.t Hnftlmore.HtflOA. M.I V llkexlmrre, 10:1.1 A. m.i dally except Hun day, arriving at Driftwood al 5:'.1I p. M. with I'ullman I'arlor car from riilliidelphla to Yllllnmspurt. TRAIN 8 leaven New York at 0 p. m.i l'lilla dcliilila, 11:20 p. m.; Washington, 10.40 p. m.i Hnfilniore, 11-..10 p. m. dally arriving at Driftwood nt. a:50 a. m. Pullman alceiiing nn from riilltidclplita to Erie and man Washington and llultlmore to WllllatnMH-t and through passenger conches from Phila delphia, to Krlu nnd llulllmoro to Wllllnnis port. TUA1N I leaven Itcnnvo at 8:3f n. m., dally except Sunday, arriving at Driftwood 7:21 " JOHNSONBUBO UAILUOAD. (Dally except Sunday.) TWAIN 10 leaven Hldgwny at :40 n. m.t .lohn soiiburg ut v-W a. m., urrivltiK at Clermont at 10:IU a, m. TKA1N 20 leaven Clermont at 10:411 a. m. ar riving at Jolinwmliui'K nt 11:41 a. in. and ttldifway at 12:00 a. ni. R IDGWAY & CLEAHFIELD B. R. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. UOTJTHWAHD. NOUTHWARD. P.M A.M. STATIONS. P.M. P.M. iTlO Hlilgwny 2 00 :) 12 17 : Island Hun 1 'M 12 21 CM Mill Haven 1 48 611) 12:tt 9 4N t'roylnnd 137 6 011 12 : 8 ft HhortKMilla 1 :w 4104 12 40 8.17 Blue Hock 1211 ft iW 12 42 ! Vineyard Hun 127 AM 12 4.1 10111 Carrier 12,1 ft M 12 M 1012 BrockwuyvtUe lift A44 10ft '10 22 Mi'MinnHiimmlt 1 OS i:a 109 102.1 llnrveys Itun 12.1N A 2x lift 10 HO Falln Creek 12ft0 ft 20 14ft 1040 DuHola 12 40 S 10 TRAINS LEAVE K1DUWAY. Enntward. Westward. Train H, 7:17 a. m. Train , ll:i4 a. m. Train 0,2:10p.m. Train l,;i:lft p.m. Train 4, 7:ftft p. in. Train II, 7:21 p. m. 8 M. PHEVOHT, Uen. Manager. J. It. WOOD, Uvn. I'uwi. Ag't. BUFFALO, ROCHESTER & PITTS BURGH RAILWAY. The nhort line between Dulloln, lildgwny, Bradford, Halamanra, Buffalo, Kochoster, Niagara Falla and polnta In tlio upper oil region. On and after Nov. loth, 1S0.1, passen ger tralna will arrive and depart from Fall'. Creole mallon, dally, except bunday, aa fol lowat 7 84 a, m. for Curwensvillo and Clearfield. 1:35 p. m. Arrnmmodatlon from Punxsu- tawney and Big Kun. 10:O0 a.m. Buffalo nnd Roclientr mall For II rock way vllle, ltldgwayIohnsi in liurg.Mt. Jewett, Bradford, Halamanca, Buffalo and It4icheHter; connecting at JoliUMonhurg with P. & E. train H, for Wilcox, Kane, Warren, Corry nnd Erie. 10:97 a. m. Acrommodutlon For Sykei, Big Kun and I'unxsutawncy. 8:80 p. m. Bradford Acrommodntlna-I'or Bochtree, Bnickway vllle, KUmont, f ar- mon, Kidgway, Johnaouburg, Mt. Jewett and Bradford. 4:87 p. m. Mall For DuRoln. Hykes, Big Kun Punxautawney and WhIbIoii. Pasaenge are requmted to purchase tick eta befot:, ntring the cars. An excu&a charge of Ten Centa will be collected by con ductors when fares are paid on trains, from all stations where a tlcketofttce la maintained. Thousand mile tickets at two centa per mile, good tor passage between all atattons. J.H. MoTnttri. Agent Falls Creek, Pa. E. 0. Lapit, dun. Pas. Agent, Uocueater N. Y. ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY commencing Sunday June 7, 18U6, Low Grade Division. No.l. No.ft. No.. 101 lot) STATIONS. A. M. P. M. A. M. A. M. P. M Red Bank 10 4.1 4 40 Lawsonham .. . . 10 ft7 4 ft2 New Bethlehem 11 M0 6 if. S 20 Oak Kldge 11 an 6 83 6 27 Mayavllio 11 4U 6 41 6 H4 rJummervllle... 12 Of. 6 00 ft M BrookvlUe 12 2ft 6 20 ' W) Bell 12 Bl 2(1 td 1ft Fuller 12 441 6 II t 27 Kuynoldsvllle'.. Ion ftft 6 ft Panooast 1 00 7 Oft M Falls Creek 1 1 7 12 7 00 10 DO 1M 1-uHols. 1 Hft 7 20 7 10 10 40 1 46 Sabula 1 4H 7 8.1 723 WlntHrburn .... 1 ft 7 40 7 84 PenHeld t Oft 7 82 7 40 Tyler 211 8 02 7 SO Dnnesette 2 43 a 80 B IK Grant W ta 40 fa 2H Driftwood 120 tlO iftft P. M. P. M A. M. A. M. P. M WK8TWAHU. No.2 No.t No. 10 106 110 STATIONS. A. at. A. M. P. M. p. M. P. at Driftwood 10 to S 00 S 80 Grant 10 42 6 82 01 Benesette 10 62 6 42 11 Tyler U 20 C 10 8U Penneld 11 80 C 20 4 Wlnterburn .... 11 W ft 2H ftft Rabula 11 47 4 87 7 07 Dulloln I 00 t 60 7 27 12 40 6 10 Falls Creek 1 2)1 720 7801260 (20 Paucoast 1 30 724 740 Reynolds vllle.. 1 42 7 40 7 62 Fuller 1 ft" 7 67 OH Bell t2 10 8 (W t8 21 brookvllle 2 20 1 10 8 20 Buniuiervllle.... 1 81) 1 8H 8 4N kayavllle I 6H 8 87 t Oft OakUldge 8 Ul 08 9 1M New Betlilebem 8 1ft 8 18 8 25 Lawsonham.,.. 8 47 6 47 ted bank 4 00 WOO Tralna dally except Bunday. DAVID MoOAIiUO.QlN'L.BUPT. Jkt. r. ANDEKaON Ou't PAM. AOT. JJEECII CHEEK RAtLUOAD, New York Central & Murium River R. fl. Co,, Lenee CONDKNHKD TIMR TAIIM5. nrAii t-p llf:n imiwn Exp Mall No 30 NoiXI T.M No :I7 No ;n May 1", WW. p III I M Arr., a ni p in 3 30 3 82 .PATTON.. . . Westover. . t.vo I 31. II 2.1 mio 1 10 MAIIAFFKY 2 3ft I. ve Kermisir ., 4.1 00 8 2.1 4 II 4 42 1 SI .Arr S.KI 12 21 (TVZZAM.. .. 8 31 K 43 12 IN A S3M 12 13 .. 32 1207.. N il 12 00 .. ..Kei-inour ....Lvu 8 41 4.1s New Mllisirt 6 40 AUI ...olnnia ft-VJ Aim Mitchells AW 6 1.1 m II 40 l.ve.Clellllleli June. Arr 1.1 834 88 II 31 CLEAHFIELD. T4.1 II 71 Arr.rlcnrlleld.1unc.Lfa 1131 H III ft 211 1134 4I H4N 8 87 727 H31 f(10 7IH 7ai 7 44 7 82 8 42 8 83 8 :1N 9 07 9 IS 9 211 9 88 p 111 7 37 II 12 WiHHlllllld ft 4.1 7 31 110.1 7 23 III.1H 7 I I 10 Ml Illnler 11.12 . .Wlllllicetott tl .17 Mort-lsilnle Mines 7011 07 10 41 Lve Muiinon Arr 7 11 H :n lomrLve I .... ,,,, I Arr 7 27 II 01 ArrM lln' 1 'M l.ve 7itt lo: Arr.....Munson Lve 7l WW Wlnhiirne 8 40 10 12 PKALK 0 20 1180 nlllltilown 40 8 8ft fir 7 22 7 40 7ft7 8IM H4H II 01 07 II Ml II 2ft II 30 10 Ul a m 6 13 0 43 HNOEHIIOE H4s ....BEECH CHEEK H:n Mill Hull 8 28 LOCK HAVEN A Is 8 08 4 ftH 4 47 4 31 4:l 4 00 JLl'l 8 18 Yoontrdiilc ano.lEHSEY HlloHE.ICNC. 7 8.1 IFKHF.Y HI Ii HIE.... 7 2.1 Lve WILI.IAMHP'T Arr n in n in n ni ruin. Kkaihmi It. It. am n in a m run a. tc Kkaihmi H. If. 2 40 nftft. Arr WILLI A.MSP'T Lve 1020 ll 30 a: :s)Lvo I'HII.A Arr ftow 7 10 4 :l I.v'T.vlaTarniuiiia Ar fliHI 7:1 Lv..N. Y. via Phlla.. Ar b7 28 9 30 a nipm p m a m Dully t Week-da v I AtOn m Hundaya t 10 M am Hunday "b' New York passengers ti-avellng via Plill adclplila on lo.'la ni train from Wtlllnmn ixirt, will changecara at Columbia Ave., Philadelphia. 0Ni:f'TllNi.-At Wllllamsport with I'blladcliilila.VIt Ilnglt.lt. At Jersey Hlmrc with Kail HriMik Hallway. At Mill Hall with Central Hiilltiind of Prnnsvlvnnlti. At Plilllpshiirg with Pennsylvntila UnllroiKl and Aliooiia ,V Plilllpsliuig Connecting lt.lt. At Clcifluld nlih lliitralo, His'hester & Pittslnirgh Hallway. At Mahalfey and Putton with Cambria & Cleiirtield Division of Pennsylvania Hallroad. At MahatTey with Pennsylvania A Norlh-Weatern Hnllroiid. A. U. Pai.mrr, F. E. IIriiiiimar, Huperlntendent. Gen'l Pans. Agt. l'blladelplila, Pa. Qottlt). JJOTEL McCONNELL, RKYNOLDSVILLE. PA. FItAKKJ. It LACK, Proprietor. The leading hotel of tbotown. ' Headitiar ters for cimimeivlal men. Hteam heat, five bus, bath Maims and chweta on every flmir, sample rooms; billlai'd room, telephone con nections JJOTEL BELNAP, REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. J. C. DJLLMAX, Vmimetor. F'lrst class In every particular. Located In the very centra of tbu business part of town. Free 'bus tu and from trains and commodious samplo rooms for commercial travelera. jJOORK'S WINDSOR HOTEL, . 1217-2U Filbert stheet, PHILADELPHIA, - PENN'A, TliESlVN J. MOORE, Proprietor. 342 bed rooms. Rates 82.00 per dny Ameri can Plan, l'thlnck from P. It. R. Depot and H block fram New P. A. It. R. Depot. Itttecrllottrou. NEFT. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE And Itcal Estate Agent, Rnynoldsvtllo, Pa. Q MITCHELL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office on West Main street, opposite Commercial Hotel, Kt ynoldsvllle. Pa. the C. I. O.OHDOM. JUUN W. BUD. QORDON&REED, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Ilrookvlllo, Jefferson Co., Pa. Office In room formerly occupied by Gordon A Corbett West Main Street. W. L. M.08AOKN, BrnkvUle. 0. X. (DONALD, sUyisllsTUls. jyjoCRACKEN & Mcdonald, Attorneya and Oounnellor-atrLao, Offices at Reynoldlvllle and Brookvtlle. FRANCIS J. WEAKLE V ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Offices In Mnhnney building, Main Street, Reynoldsvllle, Pa. R. B. E. HOOVER, REYNOLDSVILLE, PA Resident dentist. In building near Metho dist cuurch, opposite Aruoldulc ness In operating. Oentle-J jyH. R. E. HARBISON, SURGEON DENTIST, Beynoldsvllle, Pa. Office In rooms formerly occupied by L 8. McCrelgbt. R. R. DeVERE KING, DENTIST, Office at the residence of I. C. King corner of Main and Sixth streets, 1 vllle, Pa. M. D., at teynolds- JEYNOLDSVILLE LAUNDRY, WAH SING, Proprietor, Corner 4th street and Gordon alley. First class work done at reasonable price, (live the laundry a trial. If you are troubled with A "hacking cough," Down's Elixir, .will give you relief at once. Warranted aa reoom mended or money refunded. - For sale by B. A. Stoke. BOHEMIA. I'd rather lira in Bohemia Than In any other land. John Boyle O'Reilly. Where lleth the Innd Bohemia? Is It enchanted ground? Unto the place no guldo or trace Was e'or by searching found. Tet many wander through 1ft In blindness or In scorn, And some there dwell who lore It well They are Bohemians born. Bare lleth the land Bohemia I Btrange light upon It beams. This Isirder land, whose onter strand Melts In the sen of dreams. Behind nn roars the real, The world of strife and dins Onr kindlier fate Is here to wait Until our ships come In. O'emhadowlng Bohemia, Fame, like a mountain grand, Piercing the skies, uplifts our eye From this, the lotos Innd. The summit gleams In splendor And beckons spirits bold Fain would we go, yet, ah I we know The height of fume are cold. Bare, resting In Bohemia, Beside the waters still. In meadows green, where Hlppoerene Wlnda aa a little rill. We deem In pleasant places Are cast our lines and Urea, Where grace and heart are mure than art And chivalry survives. Henry Tyrrell In New York Bun POSTAL EVOLUTION. STORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT THE MAIL SERVICE. OF Crade Methods of Early Ages Blblleal References to the Post Beginning of What lias Ileeomo an Almost Terfeet and Cheap f4ystem. It soonii almoftt inorodiblo, in view of the wonderful labyrinth of postal route all over the world today, that there over sonld hare been a time when there wore no pofltoffluea, no letter currier, no wail facilities at all. But, of course, there had to be sotno means of cotnrauiiiontion oven in the earl lost ago, though these were oonQuod for centuries, to eniperora and king and other groat rulers. The einperors of Eftypt, of Persia, of Assyria and of Rome held many lesser kings and sutraps as their vassals, with these it was nec essary to communicate with oortainty and regularity, and therefore couriers were employed to carry disputchea and reports to and from tho more distant provinces. Of course no one man or one horse could traverse tho whole route, so sliv tions wcro established along tho roads at certain intervals, w hero couriers wore always in readiness to reliove weary brothers, and carry on tho dispatches with uniform speed. Those stations were called "posts," from the Latin word positum-r-fixod or plaoed whence comes the numo of our modern postal system. In tho Old Tost anient are frequent references to the posts. Id. II Chronicles you will find, "So the posts went with the lettors," and "So the posts passed from city to city. " In Esther also and in Job and Jeremiah you will find other allusions to tho posts. But they were never for the use of tho common people. The Roman Emperor Augusta was the first to establish a system at posts suggestive of the present system. You have heard the saying, "All roads lead to Rome." This was tho origin of it: From Romo as a center post rouds wero built, called "royal highways, " extend' ing all over Europe. After the decline of the Roman empire these post roads were abandoned by degrees, and during the dark ages they almost eutlroJy (lis appeared. In the thirteenth and fourteenth en turies, however, their noed began to be so strongly felt that posts between dif ferent parts of the same country were established, and soou these wore extend' ed into other countries. These posts wera carried first by foot runners and then A little later by men on horseback. It was not long, though, before the post privilege was extended, and it was found impossible for horseback ridors to carry the increasing mall, so wheeled conveyances were provided, and the next step was for those conveyances to carry passengers as well as the mail. And thus from the post was evolved the mail coach. What this meant to our hitherto shut in ancestors it is hard for us of the present day to realize even faintly. But it is safe to say that the evolution of the public post and the moil oooch did more than any other one thing to hasten civilization. in the reign ox tne Emperor jrreaer ick III, Francis vor Laxis, whose grand father is said to have established a post al service across the Tyrol and Styria, entered the service of the house of Haps burg and became the founder of the modern postal system. Through Von Laxis the emperor established regular posts throughout his kingdom between the years 1440 and 1408, and at the be ginning of the sixteenth century the Austrian post become the International post of the Hapsburg dynasty. In France the University of Paris or ganized a postal service in the thirteenth oentury whioh flourished until 1719. In some parts of Europe there were brother hoods and mercantile guilds which es tablished posts and postoffloes subject to the government In England, in 1653, Rowland Bill started private post, but Cromwell's heavy hand oame down on the enter prise, and the men who carried the let ter were trampled down and killod by his soldiers. Later on Mr. Bill oame to the front again, Instituted many re forms In tho service, and at last gave to Euglnnd a real nml effective postal serv ice. Louis XI of France founded a postal system in 1484, which was greatly im proved by Ohnrles IX in 16(18. But it was not alone the (Jhristlnii nations that felt the need of a postal service. When the Spaniards Invaded South America, they fount! a regular system of posts in operation, so that the news of their landing was carried to the inca with incredible swiftness, the post men being runners, who carried around their waists knotted cords, a code of sig nals or sign writing. Coming down to our own country, suppose we tnke a peep at tho mail methods in voguo in its earlier days. Let us take as a type the postal service between Boston and Now York, where, in 1702, a post was established "to goe monthly. " Post riders, starting at tho same hour from each end of tho route, carried the mails. Leaving on Monday morning, they met and exchanged bags nt Saybrook, Conn., on tho following Saturday. Then each man returned to his starting point, which, of course, took nearly another week. It was Benjamin Franklin that, in 1775, suggested the plan for a postal service ou which onr present system is founded. In the early days of this sys tem rates wero charged that seem out rageous to us of the present day be tween Boston and New York, 18j cents, and 20 cents for points bcyoutl. Of courso this led to swindling the gov ernment and tho smuggling of letters. Private parties carried mail secretly at lower rates, and in 1889 Uarnden's ex press entered the fluid, carrying letters concealed in bundles and other packages at less than legal rates. But as soon as the government low ered its charges all these smugglers dropped out of tho race. There was no money in it then. Philadelphia Timea The Two "Dark Days. There are two "dark days" men tioned in tho annals of Now England. Tho first occurred on Oct 81, 1710, when it suddenly became so dark soon after noon that the peoplo wero forced to use artificial lights to do their ordi nary work. This strango condition of the atmosphere lusted about i hours. Again, on Muy 19, 1780, thero was a remarkable darkening of tho atmos phere, but tho phenomenon did not come on so suddenly as that upon the earlier date. Tho durkness in this lattei instance began between 10 and 1 1 o'clock on the morning of tho day named and lasted throughout the day. Tho dark ness extended from the northeastern port of New England westward as far as Albany and southward to Pennsyl vania. The most intense and prolonged darkness, however, was confined to Massachusetts, more especially to the seulMiard. It is said to have come from tho southwest, but thero is no mention of it made in tho history of Ohio or the Virginias. Tho exact cause still remains one of the unexplained mysteries. St Louis Republic ( A Boy's Sympathy. A 14-year-old boy went into his moth er's presenco with ono eye bjrick, his lips swollen and a rngged scratch across his cheek, the blood from which ho had wiped off with his shirt slecvo. "Nioodemus," tried the pnrent its he crawled in, "have yoa boeu fighting again?" "No," ho sullenly grunted. "'Then what on earth ails your face'" "Jim Green's ma's dead," ho replied. ' Well, suppose she is. What's that to do with your disfigured face?" "I seed Jim just now," answered the boy, "and he looked awful sad and lone "Well?" 'l didn't know what tor do ter make him bright and happy like, and, feelln sorry for him, I jest went up and let him hit me a few licks. " "Did ithelphim?" asked the mother. "Help hunt"' echoed the boy in a surprised tone. "Of course it did. Don't you think lt'd make you feel good to bust a fellow that way what had licked you very week for year?" Pearson's WeuJUy. - Jamaica Folklore Sayings, Ebery day bucket go da well; one day bottom drop out What costs notia git good weight Patient man drive jackass. One time fool no fool ; two time fool him da fool. When towel turn tablecloth, dere's no bearin wid it (Directed against codfish aristocracy.) Me dead hog a 'ready j me no min hot water. When cow tail out off, God Almighty brush fly fl him. (Apparently another way of saying "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.") Spit in de sky, It fall In your face. (A maxim of prudence. ) Big blanket mek man sleep late. Too much sit down broke trousers. Shut mout' no catch fly. (A plea for silence. ) Journal of American Folk lore, An Important Question. If your friends or neighbors are suffer ing from coughs, colds, sore throat, or any throat or lung disease (including consumption), ask them if they have ever used Otto's Cure. This famous German remedy is having largo sale here and Is performing some wonderful oures of throat and lung diseases. Reynolds Drug Store will give you a sample bottle free. No matter what other medlolnoa have failed to do, try Otto's Cure. Large Sizes 25c. and oOo. Special English Traits. The intellectual specialty of the Eng lish, as we should contend, Is their im patience of abstract ideas, their inabili ty to behove that becauso an idea is sonnd they are, therefore, bound, even when it is inconvenient, to push it to its logical result They insist on self government, but are quite content to tolerate monarchy and aristocracy. They hold to religious liberty as a dogma, but tax all landlords indifferently to support an established church. They believe in the equality of citizens and tolerate tho most astounding differences in the amount of voting power which is assigned to each, so ihnt a Londoner has scarcely a third of tho power to in flucuco laws possessed by nn Arcadian or man of Kilkenny. They swear by the franchise aa the sheet anchor of liberty, but do not fret If they get liberty, becauso tho fran chise is a restricted one. Every man with ns is in the national ideal "free to say the thing he will," but when he has said it he comes under very strict laws, indeed, intended to provido that what is said shall not bo libelous or blasphemous or improper. Colonel In gersoll, the American npostln of disbe lief, would on this side of tho water havo passed half his lifo in prison. London tipcetator. Fanl Revere's Tower. It is saddening for tho putriotio tour ist after ho bus gazed with rcvorenco at the towers of old Christ church to bo told that he is not seeing tho original windows from which Paul Revere hung out his lanterns, but a copy, the real tower having been blown down in the great galo of 1804. However, there aro plenty of genuiuo relics inside where tho vast mujority of Boston never goes. There are still the old deep window seats, tho balcony surrounding the church, with its supporting pillars nnd upper arches; tho top "slaves' gallery," and the antique pews. Tho bottom of tho ancient pulpit of hourglass shape is left us, but tho top was given away by the church officials in 1820. Tho clock under the rail bus told of the flight of the man with the scythe for 1C0 jrars; tho "Vinegar Bible," prayer booln, nnd silver communion scrvico bearing tho royal arms wore gifts from King George II in 1783; the huge christening basin camo from a parishioner in 1730. The marblo bust of Washington against tho wall wna tho earliest memorial erected to tho Father of His Country, having been placed in position but ten years after his death. Boston Traveller. Oar ol Blistered Feet. Blisters ou the fuot, which ore noceS' gorily very painful, should be bathed on going to bed with strong salt water, to which, if they aro very tender, it is an excellent thing to add just a very lit- tlo vinegar nud flno pounded alum. People who suffer very muoh in this way will always do well to wear rather thiok soled boots, having thorn especial ly made, as it is most important for any one who has very tender feet that the boots should be porfoctly fitting. Into theso boots a pair of lumb's wool socks should be placed, and these socks should be thickly spread over with soft soap on tne inside of the foot of the sock. If the blisters come up very high, it is wise to lot out tho accumulated fluid by running a darning neodlo through tho upper surfuoe of the blister. If it is allowed to brook the surf uce of the skin, it is apt to become very soro, somotimes being very difficult to hoaL New-York Advertiser. Front tho Irish. First Citizen I beg your pardon, sir. but I am a stranger iu Dublin. Con yon direct me to uruf ton street? Second ditto With pleasure. 8nro, It's the second turn to tho right First ditto Thank you, sir. (Walks on.) Second ditto (calling after him) Hil Ilyou'ro a left banded man it's the other way entirely. London Globe. Omr Oldest Flreplaeo. Perhaps the oldest fireplace in this country is in the home of u Bangor man. The fireplace was bnilt over 200 years ago, in West Boxford, Mass., and it la sot up in the bouse perfect and Handing. With the same kettle, tonga, eta, as it Was 200 years ago. . Trajan, the Roman emperor, had a palace built under the waters of Lake KemL It was 600 feet long, 270 feet Wide and 00 feet high. The building was raaae acoessiDle Dy an arcnod tun nel leading to it from the shore. Ou Dodge Abolished. "This new lioht thevhavdiavaiu4 that enables one to take a photograph of min i uones wiinouc skinning Mm Will be a terrible factor in the wars of the future," said the philosopher. "Take a bearer of a message, for in stance; he is captured, and, after the old fashioned methods, awnllnnra ha per; out comes the photographer, takes Lis internal picture, reproduces the swal lowed mossago, and there's all the poor tnossemrer's devotion arone for nnthlno London Tit-Bits. The bishon of Muath take nrnnnlnnt of all Irish blshoDS. and is followed hv ther bishops aooording to the seniority of their consecration. There la a certain farmer an snsnlntrma that before bavins? a sheen he azamlnna him eloaoly to make sure that he has no oottou in nun, ENGLISH CHILDREN. The Manner In Which They Are Allowed to Cads; For Money. Every American man must remember the shock of surprise with which he first encountered in an English novel the notion of a schoolboy, a gentleman's son, taking money as a gift from his parents' friends and guests. Nothing could havo been more foreign to tho American idea In my tune than that and I suppose it is still tho same. Neither parents nor boys could have submitted to tho thought withont mor tification. But hero tho feeling, or at least tho fact isqnito different A hard working man who lives up to the lost penny of a mcnger professional income can glvo a hnlf sovereign tip to the schoolboy son of a friend or acquaint ance of his who has f 30,000 a year, and tho boy will pocket it, nnd tho fnther , will, at the most, look the other way. I used to think that this hod its explana tion iu the fact that parents and chil dren wero not united by so close a bond hero as in America, and that the fnther cored less than any American father would cure for tho dignity nnd self re spect of his r.ou. On the other hnnd, howover, it is certain that tho English father holds himself respousiblo for his son nnd spends money solicitously in trying to start him iu lifo long post the stugo when an American youth would bo expected to go out and shift for him self. And, indeed, tho older ono gets the plainer it is to bo seen that any and ev ery uttompt to dogmatize about the dif ference between tho two peoples of the two countries must bo subject to all sorts of reservations and contradicting modi fications. But it is truo that tho English child is allowed to cadge for money iu a way which is unknown to tho Ameri can child of tho same social grade, and that this is by no menus confined to relatively poor people. This foot has al ways seemed to mo to rob tho English child of a great denl of tho interest which with us attaches to childhood. Not 1 ulono find him less Interesting, it is a universal judgment upon him. Harold Frederic in Now York Times. What Kills Many. A coroner in Australia recently rea soned out a verdict moro sensibly than ono-hnlf tho verdicts usually rendered. It appeared that an Irishman, conceiv ing that a little powder thrown upon some green wood would facilitate its burning, directed a small stream from a keg upon the burning piece, but not ' possessing a hand sufficiently quick to cut this supply off was blown into a million pieces. Tho following was the verdict, deliv ered with great gravity by the official : "Can't bo called suicide, bekaso he didn't mean to kilt himself. Ho didn't dio for want of breath, for ho hr.dn't anything to breathe with. It's plain he didn't know what he was about, so I shall bring in died for want of com mon sense." An English Boll." Sir Francis Scott, the British com mander in the recent expedition against Ashnnti, is not believed to be a coun tryman of Sir Boyle Roche, but in re viewing the troops after their return to England he made a remark which is al most worthy to stand beside some of those of the celebrated maker of " bulls. " Sir Frauds, in addressing his men.. ewui xuu were uu uudui uianiipifiiircu . because this campaign gave you no op portunity to fight; but if there had been . any fighting, there would have been many absent faces here today 1" Youth's Companion. Mo Argument Against Tobaeeo. Old Dry water My boy, in all crea-( tion you won't find any animal except man who makes a habit of smoking. Young Pnffs Yes, sir. But neither do I know any other animal thnt cocks, his meals! Pick Me Up. Incapacitated. , "Beavens!" shrieked he, "what In my anger have I done?" Be reeled. "I have been tearing my hair, " he gasped. One glance into the mirror was enough to tell him that he could no longer be considered a piano virtuoso of the first class, Pick Me Up. Frightened Off. Ballon tine Do you rido a wheel. Miss Brewster? Miss Brewster No, sir. I am not in the show business, but perhaps when you say "wheel" you mean bicycle, whioh, as its name implies, is composed of two principal whenls. I do rido tho bicyolo, sir. May I ask if you rido? Ballantiue Yes, but you'll have to exouso me acv. I want to go and buy a ticket to the night school. Cleveland Leader. Dlipro portioned Limbs. By actual measurement of 60 skele tons the right arm and left leg have been found to be longer in 83, the left arm and right leg to 6, the limbs ou tho riirht lonoer than thna lit. A ry - vv VM wo . i . u m and iu the remainder the inequality of the limbs was varied. Only 7 out cf TO skeletons measured, or 10 per cent, had limbs of equal length. During the trial of a cam tho nthnv day in England- the Indira took nnt hta pipe and began smoking. If an Amer ican juage snouia ao such a thing. The Saturday Review would awe in it an evidence of American boorisnness.
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