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
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108
8 4
406
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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.