VOLUME 5. REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1896. NUMBER 17. ttaltronb "Time ffrablre. PENNSYLVANIA RAILKOAD. IN EFFECT JCNE 14, 181M1. Philadelphia ft Erie Kallrosd Division Time Table. Trains leave Driftwood. KAKTWAKII 9:04 a m Train a, dully except fnnrtnjr for Hunhurv, llarrlsburir nnd Intermediates! a tlmts, arrlvlnn at I'lillnili'lpliln p.m., New York, p. m. Hnltlmnre,S: p.m.i Washington, 7:111 p. m I'tillmnn Parlor car from Wllllnnispmt and pasHetiKcr coaches from Kano to IMillndelphfn. I:.V p. m. Train , dnlly enccpt Holiday for Ilnrrlsburtt; and Intermediate stations, ar riving at Philadelphia 4:.i A. m.i New York, 7:83 A. M. I'nllmnn Weeping rant from llarrlshnnt to I'hllatlelphla and New York. Philadelphia passenitcra ran remain In sleeper undlsturta-d until 7:00 A. M. p. m. Train 4, dally for Hnnhiiry. llBrrls linrg and Intermediate stations, nrrlvlng at Philadelphia, n:ivi a. m i New York. V:a A. M. on week dava and I0.W A M. on Btin- day i Ilnlttmnre, 20 a. : Washington. 7:40 A. M. I'nllmnn car from Krle and W 11 llama- port to I'lillndnlphla. 1'asscnirers In aleeHr for Baltimore and Washington will be transferred Into Washington aleeper at Har rlsburs. l'assengcr coaches from Erie to . Philadelphia and Wllllamsport to Balti more. WESTWARD T:!l a. m. Train t, dully except Sunday for Kldftway, DuBols, Clermont and Inter mediate atatlons. Leaves Kldgway at 3:111 P. M. for Erie. :S0a. m. Train a, dnlly for Erie and Inter mediate point. :2D p. m.Traln II, dally except Sunday for Kane and Intermediate atatlona. THROUGH TRA1NH FOR DRIFTWOOD FROM THE EABT AND SOUTH. TRAIN 11 leaves Philadelphia U A. m.l Washington, 7.S0 A. m.i Baltimore, H:S0A. M.l WIlkeshBrre, 10:1HA. m.i dully except Hun day, arriving at Driftwood at 5:2A p. M. with Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia to Wllliamaport. TRAIN lleawi New York at p. m.i Phila delphia, 11:20 p. m.l Washington, 10.40 p. m.l Baltimore, 11:10 p. m. dnlly arriving at Driftwood at 1:50 a. m. Pullman sleeping cars from Philadelphia to Krle and from Washington and Baltimore to Wllllamsport and through passenger coaches from Phila delphia to Erie and Baltimore to Wllllams port. TRAIN 1 leaves Renovo at :30 a. m., dally except Sunday, arriving at, Driftwood 7:21 " JOHNSONBURQ RAILROAD. Daily except Sunday.) TRAIN t leaves Rldgway at:20a. m.l John sonhiirg at 11:38 a. m., arriving at Clermont at I0:3na, m. TRAIN W leaves Clermont at 10:4.1 a. m. ar riving at Johnsonhurg t 11:41 a. m. and Rldgway at 12:00 a. m. JJIDGWAY & CLEARFIELD R. R. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. SOUTHWARD. NORTHWARD. P.H A.M. BTATWNS. P.M. P.M. iHo 615 Rldgway foo ifS) 1217 Island Hun IM til 12 21 :8 Mill Haven 14 6 IM 12 m 4H Croyltnd li!7 SOU 12 HA M Shorts Mills IM 0 04 12 40 S7 " HluoHxK'k 1 2 ft All 12 42 m Vineyard Run 127 S7 12 45 10 01 Carrier 12.1 RA4 Una 012 Brockwayvllle 11,1 1144 IM 10 22 Mi-Minn Summit 1 Oft SUt 10 VI2ft Harvey Hull 12 IW S 2M 115 JO 30 Kails Creek 12 SO 20 144 0 40 DuHVjIs ' 12 40 610 TRAINS LEAVE R1DOWAY. Eastward. Westward. Train s, 7:17 a. m. Train , 11:84 a. n. Trains, 2:10 p.m. Train 1,8:1.1 p.m. Train , 7:6ft p. m. Train 11, 7:21 p. lu. 8 M. PREVOST, len. Manager. J. R. WOOD, Gen. Pass. Ag't. BUFFALO, ROCHESTER & PITTS BURGH RAILWAY. The short line between DuBols, Rldgwny, Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo, Rochester, Nlagana Falls and putnta In the upper oil regie. Oa .and aftor Nor. 10th, 181)5, passen ger trains will arrive and depart from Falls Creek station, dally, except Sunday, as fol lows: 7:tta.aa. for Curwenas llle and Clearfield. 1:S p. tn. Accommodation from Pununi- tawoey and Big Run. 10:00a.m. BulYalnand Rochester mall For Hrockwayvllle, Rldgway ..lohnsonhurg.Mt. Jewett, Bradford, Halamanca, Buffalo and Rochester; connecting at Jolinaonnurg with E. & E. train 8, for Wilcox, Kane, Warren, Corry and Erie. 10:97 a. ,m. Accommodation For Sykes, Big Ron and Punxsutawney. S:0 p. ah Bradford Accommodation For Beechtr-?e, Brockwayvllle, Ellmont, f'ar- mon, Rldgway, Johneoiiburg, Mt. Jewett and Bradford. 4:8T p. at, Mall-For TluRnls, Sykes, Bis Run Ponxsutawney and Walslon. Passengers are requested to purchase tick ets before tantarlng the -oars. An exceas charge of Tea Cents will hr collected by con ductors wben fares are paid on trains, f rom all stations where a tlcketeffice Is maintained. Thousand mnlle ticket iat two cent per mile, good lor passage between all station. 1. H. McIm-yrs. Agent, falls Creek, Pa. E. 0. LarBT.tien. Pas. A went, Kwchester N.Y. ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY commonclng Sunday June 7, 181)6, (Low Grade Division. EASTWARD. LNO.1. NO J. NO... 101 108 TATIOHS. Bed Bank 10 4.1 4 40 Lawsonham.... 10 117 til New Bethlehem U 80 6 2S I SO Oak Ridge 91 8K IB) IS Haysviire 11 41 6 41 I 84 Summer ville... 12 (Ki 6 00 6 M Vrookvllle 13 2ft 6 20 6 tt Veil U 81 it tn It IA Fuller U 43 6 8M t6 27 Iteynoldsvllle.. I 00 6 66 6 41 Pancoast 1 09 f OS I 68 Fails Creek 12n T 12 7 00 14 80 16 Duitols. 135 7 20 T10M40 146 eabula 1 4H 7 8,1 7 U Wtaternura .... 1 60 7 4ri 7 84 feasMd tul 7 62 7 40 Tylar 1 16 8 02 7 60 Banawetta I 48 t 80 1 18 iraat ft 63 t 40 t8 2M Driftwood 8 to ( 10 8 65 WBHTWAHD. No! I No.IINo.10l 106 U0 rrATioas. DHttwood Urant Pamtt Tyler Peuileld Wlnterburn ... Babula DuBols 4. M r. m P. kt r. at 10 10 I 8t 10 42 10 62 4 01 11 I 80 11 80 11 lAf I 411 11 80 6.1 707 727 7 86 11 47 I OOl 11 40 12 Wl I 10 20 ruts Creek.... 1 2D 1 80 raneoast I MynoldsvUle . b ulltw 7 40 1 42 r 62 44 0 i 61 tl 10 tU ! rookvllle imBaervilleu. 41 21 t tol 8 W I 8V IM 108 8 4 406 1H i villa I An , osvolebem I1M 1 ' -Hiuam. I 471 4 OOl U) F. M A. Iraia dally axoept Sunday. DAVID MoOAROO, Ou'L tart. 113. f. AXDXaUQV OtMX PAM. Adt. JJEECII CHEEK RAILROAD. New York Central t Hudioa River R. R. Co., Lsins CONDENSED TIME TABLE. n fp IIKAD IMIW.1 Kiii Mall No!m No:W Exp NoW p tn Mall No XI MAT 17, IH1I6. n ni I m I 1 I 12 M Arr....PATTON... .Lve ;U U estover iit -Vi i A VP kYTTTT! '.i no 4 H2.1 11 no : i.iv. . .. Kermoor . ... Arr 6 i1 4 B"rrrmiA.7.AM 1H Arr....IefiiiiMir ....Lve 641 13 New MiliHirt 6 4a 6 !07 Olantn 6:12 6 lO1- Mitchells 6W 6 ,i I.ve.Clenrlleld .lime. Arr a la a 81 CLEARFIELD A 2n 766 II i 4.1 7.17 7 II 7 23 7 15 707 21 Arr.ClearHelil June. Lve tTitt l Woodland 6 4.1 m Illirler 6.13 .IX Wallaceton 6 57 50 .. Morrlsdale Mines.... 7IM 41 Lve Mnnon Arr 7 15 a :tl 7 27 tn" 700 640 620 6 13 6 18 605 468 4 47 4 36 4:l 44 00 10 06 1101 Lve I mtf t itiau.n 1 Ar 7 40 727 6 3.1 Toil 7l 7 25 744 7 52 8 42 a. 13 85H 907 I S 9 20 956 p m Arrl i,v 6 66 10 : 10 32 10 12 650 R4.I 8 4H n;3 8 2.1 Arr Miiiison Lve i 17 IMntiurne 7 22 PEALE 740 Gllllntown, 767 SNOKSIIOE 604 ....BEECH CHEEK 84 Mill Hall 9 01 LOCK HAVEN 07 Ynunffdnle 8 16 815 600 JERSEY SIIOItK JI'NC. 9 20 755 47 25 ... .JERSEY SHOKK.... Lve W1LL1AM8P T Arr 1006 a m m pm a m I'hIi.a. 6t Ukaiiiko R. K. am pm 42 40 fl56 Arr WILLIAMSP'T Lve410 20fl :l 48:i5ll :w Lve..... PI 1 1 L A A rr 6 m 7 10 44 30 I7v N.Y.vlaTamauua Ar 6 01) 78Lv..N.Y. vlaPhlia.. Arb726 (930 ampm pm am 'Daily t Week-days 1 6 00 p m Sundays 1 10 65 a m Sunday 'b" New York passengers traveling via Phil adelphia on 10.20 a m train from Wtlllnms- IHirt. will change cars at Columbia Ave., 'hUadelphla. rO!VNl?TIONI. At Wllllamsport with Phlladvlphla&KeadingU.R. AtJersey Shore with Fall Brook Railway. At Mill Hall with Central Railroad of Pennsylvania. At Ptillliwhurg with Pennsylvania Railroad and Altoona A Phlllpshurg tVtnnectlng R. R. At I'lenrttcld with Buffalo, R-hester ft Pittsburgh Railway. At MnhatTey and Patton with Cambria ft Clearfield Division of IVnnsylvanla Railroad. At Mahaffoy with Pesnisylvanla ft North-Western Rallroud. A. O. Palmer, F. E. Hkhriman, Superintendent. ten'l Pass. Agt. Philadelphia, Pa. flotH. JJOTEL McCONNELL, REYNOLDSVILLE. PA. FRANK J. BLACK, Proprietor. The leading hotel of the town. Headquar ters for commercial men. Steam heat, free 'Iws, bath riMnis aasl chisets on every flisM xaniple rooms, billiard room, telephone con nections ftc. JOTEL BELNAP, REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. C. V1LLMAN, rivprktor. First class In ewry particular. Located l the verv centre of tlio business nart of town. Free 'bus to and from trains and commodious sample rooms foroommerclal travelers. jyjOORE'S WINDSOR HOTEL, 1217-29 Filbert street, PHILADELPHIA, PENN'A, ritESTON J. MOORE, Proprietor. 342 bed rooms, f.ntes 82.00 nor duv Anuwil can Plan. I4ld',k from P. It. R. Depot and diock trom nes t . at. n. u. irepuu lliwUan0tt. NEFF. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE And Real Estate Agent, Reynoldsvllle, Pa, Q MITCHELL, ATTORN EV-AT-LAW. Olflce on Weat Mala street, opnosltie the Commercial Hotel, HoynoldHvllle, Pa, O. S. OORDOH. JOHK W. BJBCB. G ORDON & REED, ATTORNEYJ-AT-LAW, B rookvllle. Jefferson Co- Pa. Office In room formerly occupied by Gordon at vjoroctt n est uain asreei. . m. t. MtO10IIM, BrMkrUU. 8. at. HiDOMlLi. BtyasMtvUis. jycCRACKEN A MCDONALD, Attorneys and Counuellort-at'Law, Offices at Reynoldlvllle.and Brookvllle. JANCIS J. WEAKLEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, OtVws tn Mahoney building, Main Street, ueyooiasviue, ra. a, B. E. HOOVER, REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. Rmident dentist. In building near Metho dist church, opposite AmoM block. Gentle ness in .operating. D R. R. E. HARBISON, SURGEON DENTIST, Beynoldsvllle, Pa. Office la rooms formerly oocayied by 1. 8.' McOrelght. R. R. DEVERE KING, DENTIST, Office at the residence of T. O. King, II. D at corner of Main and bixtb streela, Bey oolda vllle, Pa. REYNOLDSVILLE LAUNDRY, WAH SING, Proprietor, Corner 4th street and Gordon alley. First class work done at reasonable price. Give the laundry a trial. If you are troubled with "backing cough," Down'g Elixir will give you relief at once. Warranted as recom mended or 'money refunded. For ale by H. A. Stoke. MAYO AT REHEARSAL HOW THE FAMOUS ACTOR TRAILED THE MEMBERS OF HIS COMPANY. Bis Fondness For "Padd'ntiead Wilson.' Ambition Attempts as a Manager Whleh Failed HI Besetting Penchant For Ar guing Was Bis Wont Fanlt. "Tbe late Frank Mayo, whose sudden tenth on a train urar Omaha was inch I painful shock to tho whole dramatic profession, waa one of the most severe and at the game time most just man- Birom that it has ever been my pleasure to act under," said Henry Davenport, on of E. L. Davenport, the tragedian, and one of the managers of the Olrard Avenue theater of this city. "He knew how a part should be played and in listed on the actor playiUR it in that way if it took 60 rehearsals to perfect the role according; to Mr. Mayo'g ideas. " Mr. Davenport created the role of Judge Driecoll in "Pndd'nhead Wil son," Mayo's last raooesa, and played it during the New York run of the pro duction, "During the rehearsals previ ous to the first production of 'Pndd'n head Wilson,'" continued Mr. Daven port, "Mr. Mayo acted every role in the play for the purpose of showing the members of the com pan how he wanted It played. He took infinite pains to see that every line was perfectly read, every accent properly placed and every bit of business brought ont. clearly, ef fectively and naturally. I wonld not have it understood that In this matter Mr. Mayo was a martinet or one who assumed to know it alL No one admired originality more than ho. Ho liked to see an actor give his own conception of a part, but when this was done he de manded a reason for everything. "This was one of his peculiar traits. If a member of the company made a gesture or a panse or emphasised a word in a new or original manner, Mr. Mayo would say, 'Now, why do yon do that?' He would get to the bottom of the idea, and, if a good reason was ad vanced for it, it found ready acceptance. He was this way in everything. I re member that he taught me fencing when I was a mere boy, and in return I taught him what I knew about box ing. I usually boxod about one minute and explained IS. I would make a lead or a counter or a guard, and Mr. Mayo would say : 'Stop, now. Why do you do that?' And when he was teaching me fenoing he would make a thrust or a parry nnd then stop to say, 'Now, yon see, I do this beoauso, ' etc. "But to come bock to 'Pudd'nhead Wilson. ' Mr. Mayo loved that play as he loved his children, I remember some timo before tho play was produced ho beoamo convinced that it needed prun ing. Something had to bo out out, but he hadn't tho heart to do it So he went to my brother-in-law and said : 'Here is this play of mine. I know it needs cutting down, but I can't do it. It is almost as ninoh to mo as one of my children. I have gone over line aft er line and said; "I can't out this out, nor this, nor this. 1 can't cnt anything ont So I want some disinterested per son to do it forme.' And when the play was produced, though he alone was re sponsible for the dramatization, he gave all the credit for the success to Mark Twain in an addruss ho made before the curtain the first night That wag his nature. "Its groat success was very gratify ing to Mr. Mayo, and he deserved it He wasted several fortunes in the effort to give the publio first elass prod no tions of the classical drama, which they would not reoohre. Mayo'g famous 'Forty' was one of the best equipped companies for thofroduction of Shakes peare and other standard plays that ever left New York. We carried every thing, even suppers, but the people would have none? us. The game treat ment was accorded Mr. Mayo'g 'Nor doclt,' his adaptation of 'The Three Qnardsmen' and everal other classical efforts. But he rose superior to all these setbacks. It was hard that his life should end just as he was onoe more on Ahe road to fortune. "Mr. Mayo's county seat at Canton, Pa., adjoined that of nry father. It avas at his home that the noble man was swen at his best and his worst His ssorst consisted of penchant for argu ing. Mr. Mayo loved to .argue, and he would never let up until yon acknowl edged yourself oonvinoed or lell Into si lenoe in admiration of his .earnestness, his sinoerity and his toaiweloua com mand of language and voice. Mr. Mayo had on the grounds of his estate a little Frentih chalet, which he bought at the Centennial exposition in this city. He used it for a study, and there gs would git until 9 o'clock at night, when he would gnddenly remember that he ought to have supper and proceed slowly to the house. Most always he wonld find Mrs. Mayo, my mother, his daughter, now Mrs. Elverson, and myself engaged in a game of whist Mr. Mayo wonld enter the room slowly and take a posi tion behind his daughter's chair. Final ly she would make a play which her father didn't think was good, and he would break in with, 'Now, Nellie, why did you play that card?' The game would end soon after that, for Mr. Mayo would insist upon arguing the point irith Nellie and kill the Interest in the game at onoe. "Mr. Mayo onoe told me that he had goovered the secret of true elocution. You must einprguise only thoso words' which could be left out of a gentenqa Without destroying tbetenje, he argued, rhua, lu the sentence, 'Oct thee behind me, sat au,' he maintained that 'thee' and 'me' were the words that stress hould be laid upon. Manifestly that was wrong, though up to a certain point his theory was correct. But I didn't at tempt to argue the point with him. When acting, he was always trying new readings of linos, and we nover knew when he was going to spring a new em phasis upon us. He was a lovable friend, an efllcicnt manager and a brilliant actor. To work with him was a pleas ure. "Philadelphia North American, BENIGN TORNADOES. One Delivered a noose to a Mortgagee and Another Made a Dog Ratable. "And. talking about cyclones," said the man from Kansas, "them air twist ers is mighty queer thing. " The smart young man who sat beside the Kansan threw away his cigarette, and even the gripman looked interested. "You have seen a tornado, then?" said the smart young man with anima tion. "Seen 'em?" said the farmer scorn fully, "Why, young feller, I comes from Kansas. " "Ohl" said the smart yonng man. A little later he ventured to remark, "Had lots of experience with cyclones, I suppose." 1 'Experience? Naw, you don't get no experience dealing with cyclones," said the man from Kansas, " 'cause them twisters never do the some thing twice. You just learn to dig out for the cellar when you see 'em ooinin." "They do all sorts of queer things, I suppose?" said the gripman, as he start ed the train with a sudden bound that jostled the smart young man's hat over his eyes. "One of 'em done me good turn onoe," said the man from Kansas med itatively. "Boot and Mit Glover own the next farm to mine ont in Pawnee oouuty, and their crops kept a-failing, and they kept a-borrowing money off of me till they had their house mortgaged clean up to the root It looked like my money was a goner, for thoy kept on losing their corn crop every, year and I couldn't get the house 'cause they had a shotgun waiting for me in the kitchen. Well, one day 'long oomes one of these roaring cyclones, and blessed if it didn't blow that wholo house over into my pasture yes, sir, and dropped tho roof down on the foundations just as neat as yon could have laid it Looked as if the house had just sunk out of sight But then I didn't bave a mortgage on the roof, so I didn t caro about that "Reminds me of a story of a brother of mine out in Ioway,"aaid the man on the step. "Had a flue setter dog- best hunter in the stuto. My brother oonldn t shoot, so ho wauted to sell him. But ho couldn't, 'cause the dog had a twist in bis tail like a pig. Cy clouo caught that dog ont in the buck wheat patch one day and just nacherully ironed out that tail like a broomstick. He sold the dog for $80 tho next week. " Chicago TribuiiQ, French as the Editor Knew It, Tho editor sut in his suug ofllco sur rounded by ull the conveniences and xom forts that hedge editorial state. As lie chatted with a visitor his pen idly traced the words "pants do suede" with rout facility, and his fuco wore the most buutilio expression. "I didn't know you know French," Mid the visitor. "Well, I know those three words mighty well. I was once a proofreader on The Morning Broeze, as you know, Bramble Bros, sent in their Sunday ads. announcing . an immense sale of cants de suede. ' Unfurtniiatolv as Im ij perfection in the paper turned a dash over the e into an i, and the compositor didn't do a thing but set up in flaming type, '100,000 pairs of pants do snide. As nroofneadar I failed tn natnh the 1 Franco- American joke, and my career tram bled In the balance. " Ohioago Tribune. Mot a Matter of Arithmstis. "I hear you're very good at arithme tic, Bobby, "suid the visitor pleasantly. "Sure," returned Bobby, without looking up from his play. "Well, if I should tell you whenyour papa and your mamma were born, could you tell one how old they are?" jwkud the visitor. "X could tell yon how old pap is, Answered .the boy. "And not how old your mother 1st" The boy shook his head. "Arithmetio hasn't anything to do gritn that, " he said. Chicago Post A Jam of MUatd Walts. Very good jam a&n be mode by mixing traits, as .raspberries and red currant, raspberries and gooseberries, and so oa. Either apples r gooseberries mix nicely with almost all other fruits. The best way to use them is to make them into jelly, and add proportion of this jelly to the other fruit while boiling. Pitta borg Dispatch. 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 a large sale here and Is performing some wonderful eureg of throat and lung diseases. Reynolds Drug Store will give you a sample bottle free. No matter what other medicines bave failed to do, try Otto' Cure. Large Size 25o. and 60o. I Ksrve Raved His Ufa. Len Henry, a well known pioneer, relates an adventure that is out of the usual order. He was traveling on a nar row trail above the raging Grande Bonde river when he came to a landslide about SO feet across that left no trail or even niche in the smooth, precipitous rock. Tho trail was so narrow that the horse could not turn back. He was trapped. Above the SO foot break in the trail was a sharp crag of overhanging rock. On his saddle bow was a strong riata 60 feet long, and Henry Is au expert in the nse of it He steadied himself upon the saddle, swung the rope over his head and hurled it high into the air. It set tled firmly over the crug. He tried it carefully. It was firm. His saddle was a new and strong one, with double cinches. Around the horn he wonnd the rope. He urged the hone on to the edge of the precipice. The faithful beast stood firm. He would1 not step over, but the ridor drew up the slack and pulled with all his power. Inch by inch he drew the strain ing horse forward till his feet slipped, and he swung over tho chasm. The rider held his breath as he looked at the river below and the slender rope above, but he was across the gap. He sprang up the trail and tugged at the reins to aid the horse in gaining his feet Ho pulled, and the horse lunged up into the trail with tbe chasm behind. Anacon da Standard vmaeatee Who gee Through Glass. "It is curious," says a Maine lawyer, "how prevalent the notion is that a per son cannot testify a a witness in court to anything seen through glass. 'What would you do with all the folks that' wear spectacles and see everything through glass?' asked a Maine judge not long ago, referring to this notion. If the glass through whioh an action or event was seen was wavy, so as to dis tort the appearance of objects, that fact might nowadays raise a doubt as to tbe reliability of the evidence, but could not exclude it The prevailing notion doubt less had its rise in very ancient days, when all the glass in use for windows was very much warped ami blurred. Such glims may be seen a singlo pane of it in the office of the little hotel in Cambridge village, framed and kept as a relic Where such material was in use it is little wonder that a witness was prevonted from testifying as to what he saw through it It was in com mon use in England at the time of the settlement of New England, and natu rally in the early homes of this continent it was the best that could be had. But such a rule whore modern glass is in ooinmon nse would bo nonsense." Lew is ton Journal. Lord Falmerston and the Turks. In regard to tbe Turks themselves, may I venture to observe that the gen ius of their manners and conversation is that of yielding Vcrything at first? They begin by saying 'Good; yes.' But when you come to tho matter in ques tion and to its details you will find all those fine expressions mean nothing. Like all people in a weak position, thoy respect you according to their opinion of your force. If, however, you wish that force to have a permanent influ ence and to be unaocompunied by dis like, you must blend its exercise with justice ; and, if you wish to arrive at a quick result through all that ambuscade of intrigues and doubts and fears and prejudices whioh will be sure to be so. oretly formed against it, you must tell the Turk what he is to do, why he is to do it, when he is to do it and show him that you only ask quietly and reasona bly what you have a right to demand In this way, and this way alone, you will do business with him. If he soos you act thus, ho will not only agree with you, but rely upon you. Lord Palmer s ton's Letters. "Oara Pate His Fool In It, There was an amateur theatrical per formance a few nights ago in a fashion able mansion on Austin avenue. Gua De Smith was engaged to play the unostut "Hamlet" "Now, Gus," said the manager, "all in the -world you have to do is to oome In and aay, 'lam thy father's ghost' and you must do it hi a deep, sonorous voloe," Gus said he wanted some hard part where he might have a chance to spread himself, but finally agreed to do as he was told. When the Ghost's turn came, he polled the tragio effect of the whole performance by saying. "I am thv fa ther's ghost, and you must do it in a deep, sonorous voloe. "Texas Sifter. Caasa ssS Ufltfc . First Old Lady So poor Jerry Grimes is gone at last Consumption, the doc tor said it were. Second Old Lady That's strange. There never was any consumption in his family as I heard on. First Old Lady Oh, that don't make no difference! My sister's 'csband was carried off by gastric fever, and they never had no gas in the house at all They always burned karosine. London Fun. A man's time, when well husbanded, ia like a cultivated field, of whioh a few acres produce wore of what is useful to life than extensive provinces, even of the richest soil, when overrun with weeds and brambles. Hume. A camel driver in Persia la paid $? a mouth and boards himself. The Eseequlbe, The finest river of British Gulsna is the Essequlbo, Into which flow tho mag nificent waters of the Cnyunl and the Maxarunl, forming a confluence at Bar tica point over four miles broad, the stream then widening out through its subsequent course of 60 miles into an estuary SO miles from bank to bank. The EMeqnlbo rises lu the Acaroi moun tains, 40 miles north of tiie equator, ana , tears a sinuous way through and clown the terraced surface for a distance of over 600 miles. It is not navigable for steamers much beyond Bartina point, and the farther it is explored the high- . er, grander, more beautiful nnd more dangerous become the rapids. One of its tributaries, tbe Potaro, whioh joins it about 160 miles from the ooast has a waterfall surpassing Niag ara in height This is the Kaieteur fall (the Old Man's fall, to translate the In dian name), which was discovered by Mr. Brown, who made a geological sur vey for the government a quarter of a century ago. At this point the Potaro falls over a sandstone tableland precipi tously for 741 feet, and then over a sloping cataract of 81 feet into a great rocky basin. In flood time the width of the fall ia about 870 feet and In the dry season 840 feet or lesa "If," says Mr. Thurn, "the whole valley of tbe Potaro is fairyland, then the Kaletenr ravine is the very penetralia of fairyland. " MacMlllan'a Magasiue. A Child's Costly Caprtee. A bridge whioh the sultan ordered to be constructed in Constantinople was to have been finished by a particular day, but the contractor found that this would be impossible with Turkish workmen unless he worked day and night This he obtained leave to do, and the neces sary lights and torches were supplied at the sultan's expense. All went well for a time till the un fortunate contractor was told that he must open the bridge to let a ship from the dockyard pass through some time before the building was finished. He said It was Impossible, as he would have to pull everything down, and It would take two or three mouths to replace tho scaffolding and pile driv ing machines. But the ministers of ma rine and finance said, "If the sultan says it must be done, it must, or we shall lose our places, if not our heads. " So tbe ship came out at a cost of a little over 100,000 and a delny of three mouths In the completion of tho bridge, all because the sultan found his small son crying n the harem one day, the child's grief being that though he had been promised to be made an admiral, he could not see his flag hoisted on his particular ship from the nursery win dow. Constantinople Letter. Lavlnla Fenton as Polly. Lavinla Fenton, who had undertaken the character of Polly in the " Beggars' Opera" for the remuneration of IS shil lings per week, suddenly found herself the most celebrated person In London, Hor portraits were sold everywhere, her opera costumes copied by fashionable ladies. When she went nightly to and from the thduter, a bodyguard of strong friends had to be formed to escort her, lest the fair damsel shonld be oarried off by one of her many Importunate ad mirers. Lavtnia's musical suocess ended With the run of the opera after which she retired from the stage but not so the good fortune it had won for her. The Duke of Bolton was so fascinated by hor charms as the saucy Polly that he made hor his duchess after the death of his wlfo, from whom ho had long been separated, whereby Lavinla be came tho first of the actresses connected . by marriage with English nobility. Comhill Magazine. The Waves of an Iron Bridge. A train always exerts greater strain; on an iron bridge when going quickly than when going slowly, but the differ ence In the strain depends on the strtltv ture of the bridge and is much more In gome cases than in others. When the train goes over the bridge, It causes a wave to travel along the structure, ow ing to the elasticity of the iron. That part of the bridge just in front of the train is raised a little, and the part under the train la lowered, so that each part of the bridge Is successively , raised and lowered as the train goes over It, and the more quickly the train travels the more sudden this will be, and consequently the more violent The strain produced will vary with , the square of the velocity of the wave so that the train will exert four time the strain when it doublea its velocity, and nine times when it triples Its ve locity. Liverpool Mercury. ; All Be Wa Fit Fa. The American says that in an Irish oourt recently an old man was called into the witness box, and being old and a little blind he went too far in more senses than one, and instead of going up the stairs that led to the box mounted those that led to the bench. The judge took his mistake good hu moredly. "Ia it a judge you want to be, my good man?" he asked. "Ah, sure, your honor," was the re ply, "I'm an ould man now, and tnebbe It 'a all I'm fit for. " Vlrglala's Spread Sasjla, Exactly overhead, itrange as it may seem, on the highest ipring of the arch of Virginia's natural bridge, is a, figure" of a gigantic sprecd eagle, proudly ' perobed in the very position in whioh it la seen ou the American coat of anus.
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