THAT WICKED HAMT A DRUMMER'S VIEW9 OF SMOKING ANYONE OF HIS STORIES. R Can TcM All About 11 lnn mm tlm Way He Rniol.m n C'i(:ir--. llnnker Who Earnpi'l Itnlii Hi i f Hoclnlilllty In the Unwl 11 Vim ran ! '! i'n alwnt n tnn by thf way In- tiuiki a rignr," said n travt'l'iiK iisr.ti i.i 11 .liilnnpliintl til nod a on of tin- hotels ilir ollur day. "And it gnu without hhviiik that you can also tell sntnplhiiiu of his itinHwition by tho lirnucl ho Ki'iicnilly Mimkus. For instance, you kpo him onmiiia; ont from thn diniiiB room af tor ivKitlliiR tho phys ical ruau with tho drlirarlra of a first clans menu. Ho sits on tho cool siilo of the bnilditiR, draws a long black ciar from his pockot and bitt-a about half an inch off from ono end, sots th other to blaziiiK and is soon puffing great clouds of smoko that ring and curl all around him. If he pulls at it furiously, I al ways think ho doesn't know how to en Joy a good cigar. Ho will probably smoko two cigars whilo another mini is enjoying ono. In that event, it is goner ally a mild weed that he prefers. At any rato, it is an indication of his nerv ous temperament. Such a man is never happy unless ho is in the midst of con stant ohango. Ho is impulsive and even hot tempered. If yon want to sell him any goods, it should be policy on your part not to cross him if you can avoid it "Then there is the other fellow who methodically takes his knife out of his pocket while he continues talking to his companion and slowly trims the end of bis favorite brand, returns his knife to his pocket and settles back in his chair for a quiet smoke. Putting the cigar into his mouth, ho generally chews the end of it for five minutes before the lighting operatiou is performed. And when he puffs, you would hardly know it. The delioate white ash hides the fire, and the thin line of smoke is hard ly visible as it curls lasily upward. Yet he never hns to rolight his cigar. Such a man is introspective, cool in an emer gency, logical in his thinking and just the opposite in temper to the one I pre viously described. If anything star tling should turn up, he would never ap pear surprised. If he gets beat in a game of high flvo, he never shows his chagrin. And I venture to say that if his life purpose wero thwarted aud he has one very few people would ever know it He would suffer liko the Spnr tan boy with the fox concealed under his coat and gnawing out his vitals. Some would say this is all bosh, but I fancy there is something in it " And the man relapsed into silence again for a mouieut whilo he watched the blue rings wafted away by the cool breeze that is so graceful on a hot August day. "Speaking of tho winked habit of smoking," he continued after a minute, "I know a mau who conscientiously de clares that it is not so. He says that if he didn't know how to enjoy a good cigar he would huve been a poor mau today. That sounds a little strange, doesn't it? Well, this is how it hap pened, as the story teller says. He was seated in front of the Southern hotel, St Louis, one day. He was a traveling man and had lit his after dinner cigar. gruff looking gentleman was seated next to him. He was smoking too. They at there in silence for several minutes, perhaps a half hour. Finally the drum mer was aroused from his reflections by hearing au expression from his neigh bor's lips which Noah Webster never invented. He was going through his pockets for a match. The drummer po litely teudered him one from his neat little matchbox and handed him a cigar, too, adding that he had better tako a fresh one. From that they fell to talking, first about cigars. The gruff gent warmed up at once aud wanted to know whero tho drummer got suoh a choice cigar. It happened to be a first olaiM brand which the latter bad pioked up iu the south. From that the two fell . into quite a pleasant conversation. Tho drnmmor left town that evening. But they met by ohanoe several times after that, and gradually a warm friendship prang up between them. "Yearn afterward the traveling man was engaged in tho banking business. Of course the only way a drummer ever beoomea a banker is by the timely death of a rich relative. Well, he still retainod the friendship of his 8t Louis acquaint ance and often heard from him by let ter. ' The drummer was prosperous until his bank, like many others in 1898, waa drained with a terriflo run. It seemed as though he must fail unless he had a few thousand dollars to tide over the next day. As he sat thinking the matter over in the cool air of his front yard a man came strolling through the front gate. It was his friend. Of course ha asked the banker what made him look so pale, and the story came out little by little. The next day the bank had un limited oapital to back it and was soon on solid footing. It waa all through , that cigar smoked several years before, so the ex-drummer said. Now, my wife would sy that was no argument for men a filthy habit, and that her husband had never had any suoh fabulous experi ence. That's the way with people who won't reason about these things, isn't it?" And the traveling man pulled out two fresh cigars from his pocket and left one behind as he went hurriedly to settle up his bill in time to catch train. Omaha World-Herald. Daw la th British Idas, It is estimated that the total annual deposit of dew on the British Islet mount to something like five inches, or about one-seventh of the total mount reoeived from tha atmosphere. This means 89,161,887,865 tons of dew year. f Orickets sing tnuob more sharply Just before rain than at other times. In old English houses this oircumstanoa has been frequently remarked, and the cricket's ory is heard with attention a fore telling the changes in tha weather. EFF ECT OF HEAT. rhe Unman Syntem Can Beeome l?ed to High Temperature. No ono can toll how high a tempera tnro mini can endnro until he is sub jected to the trial. The effect of an in tensely heated atmosphere in causing denth has been but little studied. "Borne years since," says Dr. Taylor, the eminent jurisprudent, "I was con sulted in one rase in which the captniu tf a steam vessel was cliiirg" with manslaughter for causing a man to be lashed within a short distance of the stokehole of the furnace. The mau died in a few hours, apparently from the ef fects of his exposure. Yet the engine rooms of steamers In the tropics have been observed to have a temperature as high us 140, and engineers after a time becomo habituated to this excessive bent without appearing to i offer ma terially iu health. In certain mnaiiifac tories the body appears to acquire a power by habit of resisting these high temperatures. Still, it has been proved that many suffer severely. "In a report on tho employment of children (London) it is stated that in a glass manufactory a thermometer held close to a boy's head stood at 180 de grees, and as the inspector stood near to observe the instrument his bat ac tually melted out of shape. Another boy had his hair singed by the heat and said that his clothes were some times singed, too, while a third worked in a temperature no less than ISO de grees. Amid this tremendous heat they carry on work wbioh requires their con stant attention. They are incessantly in motion." In the Turkish baths higher temper atures than this have been noted, bnt there is reason to believe that serious symptoms have been occasionally pro duced in persona unaccustomed to them, and that in one or two cases death has resulted. All sudden changes from a low to a high temperature are liable to cause death in aged persons or in those who are suffering from organic diseases. In attempting to breathe air heated to temperatures varying from 180 to 200 degrees there is a sense of suffocation, with a feeling of dizziness and other symptoms indicative of an effect on the brain, and the circulation is enormous ly quiokened. An inquest was held on tho body of a stoker of an ocean steam ship. He had been by trade a grocer ar 1 was not accustomed to excessive heat While occupied before the engine fur nace he was observed to fall suddenly on the floor in a stato of insensibility. When carried on deck, it was found he was dead. All that was discovered on a postmortem examination was an effu sion of serum into tho ventriclos of the brain. It has now become one of the recognized causes of death in this coun try. In some cases a person may sink and die from exhaustion or symptoms of cerebral disturbance may continue for some time and the case ultimately prove fatal. Death from sunstroke, when it is not immediately fatal, is preceded by some well marked symptoms, such as wea' ness, giddiness, headache, disturbs vision, flushing of the face, followed by oppression and difficulty of breathing, and in some oases stupor, passing into profound coma. The skin is dry and hot, and the heat of the body is much greater than natural. Walk slowly and don't fret, aud you will not exoerienoe anything of that sort Philadelphia Times. PUMICE STONE. Thirty Merchants Are Engaged In tha Trade on tha Island of Ltparl Pnmioo, as is woll known, is of vol oanio origin, boing a traohytio lava which has been rendered light by the escape of gases when in a molten state. It is found on most of the shores of the Tyrhenian sea and elsewhere, but is at present almost exclusively obtained from the little island of Lipari. Most of the volcanoes of Lipari have ejected pumacoous rocks, but the best stone is all the product of one mountain, Monte Chirioa, nearly 3,000 feet in hoight, with its two accessory craters. The dis trict in which the pumice is excavated covers an area of three square miles. It has been calculated that about 1,000 hands are engaged in this industry, 600 of whom are employed in extricating the mineral Pumice is brought to the surface in large blocks or in baskets and is carried thus either to the neighboring village or to the seashore to be taken there iu boats. The supply is said to be prao tioally inexhaustible. Pumice is used not merely for scouring and oleausing purposes, but also for polishing in nu merous trades, hence the fact that the powdered pumice exported exceeds in weight the block pumioe. Between 80 and 80 merchants are engaged in the pumioe trade on the island. London News. Ifs Bard to Oet Into tha Army. ' The tabulation of the enlistments in the United States army for July shows unmistakably tha care with which re cruits are now accepted. Captain Palm er, in charge of the Chicago recruit ing station, enlisted only 87 men ont of 485 who applied for enlistment an ac ceptance of 1 in 17. The army standard has been raised from time to time until it is more difficult to enter it as a pri vate for the small payment of $14 a month than it is to secure admission into any other department of the gov ernment. A good physique without a good moral ohaiacter debars an appli cant The total enlistments during tha month were 480 and the rejections were 1,988. Chicago Tribune. Tha riot That FaUad. "Did yon try that scheme of ringing bell on Johnson when be waa in tha middle of his speech?" . "Yes, and it fisaUd. Johnson waa treat ear oouduotor at one time. " "Well?" "I made the mistake of ringing twioa, and he took it as a oomplimeut; thought It was a signal for him to go ahead. " Cincinnati Enquirer. HALF A CENTURY OLD, Is a sure remedy for Couch. Colds, Whoop. ing Cough, and all Lung diseases when used in senitoii. Fifty years ngo, Elder Downs was given up by his physicians to die with Contrmption. Under these circumstan ces he compounded tli Ir. EUxir, was cured, and lived to a good old age. You can try It for the price of one doctor's visit. For sale everywhere. a I CURED ANNUALLY. For mile hy II. Alex Htoke. First National Bank OF ltEl'XOU)S villi:. CHPITXL 60,000.00. Ifltrhell, President! Keott Jlrt'lrlland, Vic Pres.! John II, Handler, Cannier, Director: C. MllelieM, Srntt McClellnnil, J. ('. Kins, John II. CiiflH'lt, (I. F. Brown, G. W. Fuller, J. II. Knuc-her. Dues r KPnertiMmnklnir hostile and solicit the neeount of merchant, professional men. farmer, meehanle. miners, Itimtmrmen and other. m-nmltn2 the mot CAreful attention to tho liusliiess of nil persons, Pufe Deposit Boxes for rent. First National Hank building:, Niilnn block Fire Proof Vault. SINGE 1878. Fire Insurance. NORWOOD G. PINNEY, BROOK VI LLE, PR. J ohii Trudgen, SOLICITOR. Ileynoldsville, Penn'n. A flash of lightning eominsr from ia a very rare occurrence, but one day last week a lady and gentleman received a Welcome nhock. Yes, they had gone to the lleynoldnville Hardware Co. to buy Carpets, Furniture and General Hardware and the great values shown them caused a notlcable expression of joy and gladness to shine upon their faces. . They purchased a complete furnishing for their home and departed, saying: "The immense stock, at such loio prices! We'll call again." REYNOLDSYILLE HARDWARE CO. enerson -DEALERS IN- GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Flour, Feed, FURNITURE, CARPETS, CHOICE - GROOEfelES, - ETC. D. H. MclNTYRE, Manager. New Price List I Heat flour, In cotton, Fine. Cut. apricots lllo., or 2 cans, " Tomatoes 7o. a con, 15 enns, " Syrup, iwr gallon, " Heart rice, per lb., " Hulslns. " " I'ure tapioca, per lb., " Tea, extra quality, per lb., " Lima beans, " " Navy beans 8 llw. 2To., Xi IN. " CohVo cakes, ." lbs., " IVns, 10 llw. Absolutely pint! pepper, M-r lb., " " baking powder, l 00 2") 1 00 .10 05 0 05 20 05 1 00 Tho nbovn Is price on a few articles In our Immense stock. We liavo tho goods and ottr prices are right all along tho lino. Wo can save you money on GTtOCEniES, FLOUR and FEED. Robinson & Mundorff. L. M. SNYDER, Practical Horse-stioer and General Blacksmith. Hnrtn uliot'ltm dono hi tho noiitcH niitminr Hrxl Ity tho latest tin proved tn'tlmln. Over lm litnVront Idml nf 1hmm nmlt for rornM 1lon of (unity itctlon timl (lisfiietl feet. Duly the best nmko of hoo mid imiIIh tmed. He-piili-iutf of nil kliidH carefully and promptly done. Hat impaction (.uaraistkku. LumbtM ni en's supplies on hutid. .1 nekton St., neitr Ktftli, Keynoldnvlllo, l'n. ubcrlbe for The -X' Star, If you want th New. a clear sky Supply Co. Snyder & Johns, FASHIONABLE TAILORS. WE have just received a large line of Piece Goods and samples, embracing the very latest styles tf Foreign and Domestic Suitings for Fall and Winter wear, which we are prepared to make at Ilnrd-time Prices. We cordially invito the public to call, examine our goods and get prices. Special attention to Cleaning and Repairing. Next Door to Hotel McConnell. Tiie star FOR $1 ONLY In Advance. "o ? s - O : I " - H To the Ladies! If you are needing a Coat or Cape A. D. DEEMER & CO. will give a WRAP OPENING Saturday, Oct, 10th, When a gentleman connected with a large city establishment will be here with Hundreds of Styles to Select From! New Dress Goods this week. A, D. Main Street. Doomor & Co.
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