THE 8ARAT00A HOP. WILLIAM D. HOWELLS DESCRIBES THE GAY FUNCTION. It Was 1'framnt Knnngh For th Ynnng Dnnmrs, 1n th Chaprron Wllhrrod Away Anion MnMrrlng Mntlirra Knin. ttnns of thai VnnnR anil the Not Young. Mr. V. D. Hnwplls' nnvrlrtrn "An Opn Kynd Conspiracy," in Thn Ovu tury, contains thn following (Inscription of tlmt important social function, Saratoga hop; Klin nnil tlio evening worn equally fit ted for thn event to which they deemed rquully dedicated. Thn (laticing was to bp ont of doom on a vast planking, or platform, set np in thn heiirt of tlmt bosky rourt which tlio hotel incloses. Around this platform drooped tho slim, toll Haratogau ttee, mid over it liiuiK tho Baratogau ky, of it nocttial bine very rare in our lutitudn, with thn star faint in ltd depths, Biid by find by n whito moon that permitted itself n modest competition with thn electric, lights effulgent everywhere Thero was great crowd of people in thn portico, tho vestibule and thn inner piinczun and on tho lawn around thn platform, whcro "(ho trodde.il weed" sont np tho swcot scent of brained gram in tho cool night air. My fool in!) old heart bounded with a pulse of youth ut the thought of nil tho gay and tender possibilities of such a soene. Out the young pooplo under my care seemed In no haste to minglo in it. We oldster are always fannying youth im patient, but thoro in no timo of lifo which ha so much patience. It behave a if it had eternity before it an eter nity of youth instead of a few day and yean and then the frosty pow. Wo who are young no longer think wo would do so and o If we were young, a women think they would do o and so if they were men, but if we were really young again we should not do at all what wo think. Wo should hot hurry to experience onr emotions; we should not press for ward to discharge our duties or repair our mistakes; we should not seise the occasion to mako a friend or reconcile an enemy; we should let weeks and months go by in tho realization of a passion and trust all sorts of contingen cies mid nccidcuts to help us out with its confession. Tho thoughts of youth are very long, and its conclusions arc deliberate and delayed and often with held altogether. It is ago which is trem ulously eager in these mutters and can not wait with tho Hue patieuco of na ture in her growing moods. As soon oven as I was in tho hotel I was impatient to press through to tho placo where tho dancing was, and where I already heard tho band play ing. I knew very well that when wo got thero I should havo to sit down somewhere on the edge of the platform with tho other frumps and fogies and begin tuking cold iu my dress coat and want to doze off without being able to, whilo my young people, wero waltzing together or elso promenading up and down, ignoring mo or recognizing mo by tho offer of a fun and the question whether I was not simply molting. I havo seen how the poor chaperon fuies at such times. But they, secure of their fun, wero by no means desirous to have it over or oven to have it begin. They dawdlod through the thronged hotel office, where other irresponsible pairs were coming and going under the ad miring oyes of tho hotel loungers, and they wandered up and down the waste parlor and sat on teto-a-tetes just to try them, apparently, and Miss Gage verified in the mirrors the beauty which was reflected in all eyes. They amused themselves with tho extent of the richly carpeted and upholstered desolation around thorn, where only a few lonely and aging women lurked about on sofas and ottomans, and they full to playing with their compassion for the plebeian spectators at the long veranda window trying to pouotrate with their forbidden eyes to the hop going on in the court far beyond the intermediary desert of the parlors. When they signified at lost that they were ready for me to lead them on to the dance, I would so much rather have gone to bed that there are no words for the comparison. Then, when we got to the place, which I should never have been able to reach in the world if it had not been for the young energy and in spiration of Hendricks, and they bad put me in a certain aeat with Miss Gage's wraps beside me where they could find me, they went off and danced for hours and hours. For hours and hours? For ages and ages, while I with ered away amid moldering mother and saw my charge through the dreadful half dream of such a state whirling in the waltz, hopping in the polka, sliding in the galop and then endlessly walk ing tip and down between the danoe and eating and drinking the chill re freshments that it made my teeth chat ter to think of. I suppose they decently came to me from time to time, though they seemed to be always dancing, for I oould after ward remember Miss Gage taking a wrap from me now and then, and quick ly coming book to shed it upon my lap again. I got so chilled that if they had not been unmistakably women's wrap I should have bnudled them all about my shoulders, which I oould almost hear creak with rheumatism. I must have fallen into a sort of drowse at last, for I was having a dispute with some sort of authority, which turned oat to be Mrs. March, and upbraiding her with the fact that there were no women's wrap wbioh would also do for a man, when the young people stood arm in arm before me, and Mis Gage said that she was tired to death now, and they were going. . DUfermtlaUd. "Ostriches swallow rook to grind their food." help ."Yea, and poor, downtrodden man grind his own food and give the rook to hi landlad." Detroit Free Press. Mnw York Ttnr. " "Mister, won't ynr give us er liftf" The speaker was a boy of 10, with n expression of weariness on li is faro. The one spoken to was a youth of alKint 93, with a shado of a nmstaehn. The object referred to was a bag about three feet high, which seemed to be filled With soma heavy material. "Certainly, my boy," replied the fonth, "I'll help yon on with it." True to his word, hn grabbed the hag around thn center and proceeded to lift It on ta thn hoy's shoulder. Huddenly athn Im Xy yelli ttnfarti7y yells and shVeks ramn from within, and tho object, iilcvor it. was, begun to kick with such force that thn youth dropped thn bug and proceeded to hold his hands to his stomach as If in great pain. The Imy and several bystanders wero shaking with laughter. A moment later the top of thn bag opened, nn i a lad of 8 scampered away as fast as he oould run. "Fooled I" yelled all thn boys at tho yonth as thny scampered after tho youngster. That Is what they call the "bag game." It is something new, and it originated on thn cast side, but who in vented it no one knows. Tho Iden sim ply is to get a ferocious youngster to en ter tho hng and then have sonin unsns picions person lift it. Thn yells and shrieks and kinks will not fail to upet his mental and perhaps physical equilib rium, and the youngsters will have a gmat laugh a a result. New York Herald. Aa English Road. Take thn road that lead from Strat ford to Coventry, and yon will have taken tho loveliest road in all England. 8o ay the travelers, and here is a story that look as if there might be a grain of truth In the statement An Ameri can woman who crossed the Atlantic announced her intention of driving rather than "railroading" through Great Britain. "Well," observed a neighboring Englishwoman, "yon won't find a lovelier drive throughout, tho land's length and breadth than that from "Yes, sho will, too," In- torrupted another Englishman. "Of course I don't know the road you're thinking of, but whatever it is it can't compare with the one I have in mind." The argument upon the subject at length waxed so warm between the two that thn American suggested that each write his "drive" upon a slip of paper, the slips to be handed to her and not open ed until sho had set foot on British soil. This was br reed upon. And when thn American woman opened thn slips she road upon the first, "From Htratford to Covontry," and upon tho second, "From Coventry to Stratford." New York Sun. nln For tho TlelrlrM. This curious advertisement, addressed to lonely old ladies or gentlemen with an assured income, appears in a London newspaper : A couple, of highest social position and old family, wishing to educate their children well and having a lurgn, comfortable country bouse ono hour and a half from town, are anxious to meet with a lonely old lady or gentleman with a good inoomn, who, in return for every euro and pleasant society, would mako a borne with them and contribute toward expenses, and possibly mako thorn or their children their heirs. No one with less than 1,000 a year need reply. Highest references would be given and required and a month's trial allowed. Carriage and horses kept Boat society in moderation and moat comfortable and happy home guaran teed. Seasons in Loudon or winters abroad if desired. Personal interview desired. No objection to invalid or to any creed. Tartar Medicine. Formerly musk was used as a medi cine in various parts of the world, but doctors in civilized lauds do not hold musk in high repute. In China it is still thought to be a very good medioine, but the Chineso have queer notions about cure and charms. Abbo Huo, a distinguished traveler, says that when a Tartar doctor finds himself withont his drugs and medicines he is not in the least embarrassed. Ho writes the names of the needed drugs on slips of paper, and these, being rolled op in little balls, are swallowed by the lick man. "To iwal low the name of a remedy or the rem edy itself," say the Tartars, "comes to precisely the same thing. " Noah Brook in 8t Nicholas. Aa African Salt Works. Earembwe's is one of the salt mak ing villages; a sandy clay is dug out of the marshes and placed in grass fun nels. Water poured on this dissolves the alt The solution triokle through the green filter into a trough, after which it is boiled and strained, and a fine, large crystal salt is obtained. It is a great trade in this part of the world. All village make salt, which is put np in loads about five inches in diameter by four feet long. All these people, the Waitawa, are very polite. Most of them hail you with, "Mornin;" they do not aeem able to manage the "good." "Glave In the Heart of Africa" in Cen tury. Mora Foroo of Habit. Distinguished Foreigner I think the Voices of English girls very sweet, but they would be still more musical if con versation were carried on in a lower tone. London Belle We make a good deal of noise, but yon must remember onr favorite amusement is concert going, and one get in the habit of loud talk ing trying to make one' voice heard above the muaio, yon know. London Tit-Bit. XloMM Plants, Many a little woman nesrly cries her ayes out because her house plant die Inch by inob when'she "take uoh good oare of them. " The fact of the matter is, house plant in gaslighted room simply die a death of torture. Yon will have to give np gas or the plant. Cheap labor. Persia In general cannnt understand the doings of a student of nature. Es pecially qnltn ignorant persons ore apt to conclude, when told that thn objects of his search am fossils or minerals, that under this explanation Is concealed thn purpose of securing rotnn bnried treasure, for that Is thn only thing that would Inflneo them to dig. Mr. A. L. Adams relates an amusing instance of this reasoning. While excavating n largn cavern on thn southern coast nf Malta we had dug a trench in thn soil nn its floor some six feet in depth In quest of nrganin re mains. Thn natives In thn vicinity, hearing of our presence, canin In num bers daily to witness thn proceedings, interrogating thn workmen with refer ence to tho object of onr researches, of which thn workmen were nlmut as ig aorant as themselves. One afternoon three stalwart fellows paid us a visit, and whilo they sat on thn heap of dirt staring down into the nark ditch belnw I dropped a Hpantih dollar on a shovelful of earth, and thn next moment It lay with thn soil on thn limp. Picking it np in a careless manner, I put it into onr luncheon bag, and a few minutes afterward onr friends disappeared, muttering to one another as they went. Great was our amusement thn next morning to find that onr trcuch had been carried fully four feet Mow the level wo had gained on thn previous evening. Not only that; several other excellent sections of tho floor had been made by tho natives in expectation of finding buried treasure. Youth' Com panion. London Harbor Shop. An Interesting feature of the east end barber shops is thrack of pigeonhole filled with shaving mugs, caoh bearing, usually in Gorman text, the name of the owner. The shaving mug Is evident ly esteemed a valuable advertising me dium, for many a mug boars, in addi tion to the owner's name, some einhlem of his business. The nndertakor puts on his mug the pioture of a richly appoint ed hearse, with all the proper trappings of won. The butcher decorates his mug with shoulders of mutton, pigs' heads and linked sausages. Thn dentist dis plays thn traditional double row of an noyingly perfect tenth. The fireman' mug bears the illuminated picture of a firo engine. Vain and handsome men adorn their cups with photograph of themselves. Others place beneath their names some inscription a sentiment from the poets or an old German rhymn of good cheer. A child's photograph occasion ally appears on a shaving tnug, and now and then a coat of arms is em blazoned nnovo tho owner's name, for coats of arms are as abundnnt in the east end as elsewhere in town. Homo times it is a national coat of arms, Ger man, Austrian, Swiss or Italian, dis played in honor of tho deserted father laud. Pearson's Weekly. Uki a llojr. The son of a down town merchant wn found crying whon bis father re turned home last night, as that gentle man told a reporter this morning. "What's tho matter, Tommy?" asked tho merchant "I had a fight with Charlie," was the tearful reply. "Well, you ought not to fight It served you right to get whipped, I guess," said the father. "But I didn't got licked. I licked him," sobbed the boy. "Well, what aro you crying about then?" "Why, if I had lot him lick mo, he couldn't hurt Aud I never thought about that, so now I have to fight his big brother, about my size, and I cau lick him, and I'm going to, bocauso I'm mud at him. Then I've got to fight the biggost brother, and ho's three sizes big ger than me, aud won't I catoh HI" And Tommy refused to bo comforted. Washington Stur. Thtty Wero All Losers. "Oh, I wonder whose pockotbook this isf" said a man, stooping down and pioking a wallet out of the gutter. Immediately a crowd gathered. "Who lost a pocketbookf" he asked. "About 10 out of a crowd of 80 im mediately spoke np and said that they had been so unfortunate. "Then what kind of one is it?" asked the finder of tho man nearest him. A detailed description followed, and till another and another, but the real owner did not materialise. "It's a funny thing," finally said the man who had found the pocketbook, "that thore should be so many people here together who had lost pocketbooka, " Louisville Commercial. Tho War Ont of It. A hater of tobacco once asked an old Degress, who was addioted to the pipe, if she thought she was a Christian. "I ipeot I is, " was her reply. "Do yon expeot to go to heaven T" "Ye, indeedy." "But the Bible say nothing nnolean hall enter there. Now, the breath of a smoker is nnolean. What do yon say to that?" "Well, I reckon I leave m' bref be bin' when I enters dar. " Washington Times. Glno. In making glue break the sheet into mall pieces, oover them with strong vinegar and lot them soak a few hours. Then heut to boiling. Wheu the glue beoomea cold, it should be like a Jelly. When the glue i to be used, the vessel containing it should be placed in a dish of boiling water to soften the glue. The wheat of southern oonntrloa oon tain more albuminoid than that grown in temperate or northern zones, and henoe is better salted for the manufac ture of macaroni. In 1838 Havana was desolated by a fire wbioh destroyed 860 house in the best quarter of the oity. tooMttl and flit Impossible Womrn. It is said that Rossetll never learned to draw. The same Is said of many painters, and thn French say It of all Englishmen. It Is certain thnt thn want of close study as a young man hnmpemd him all his lifn, and that hn was never sure nf perspective, distances, etc We aro not going to quarrel with Hossetti's birds and hotter flics and flowers, be cause nonn such sang or flew or bloomed anywhere but In paradise. If hn had mastered technical dilllcnllles with pre llaphaelitn "sincerity," they would havn been as beautiful and less unreal. Hut in painting flesh and hair and dra pery, in combining brilliancy of color like thnt of Memlingwith depth and gradation like that nf Leonardo, no Eng lish painter ever excelled him. Exception Is taken to thn monotony of Hossetti's women, drawn from two or three types. The fault must be shared with almost all painters. Thero Is thn Itaphaclcsqnn type of face, the Correpgiesqnn, thn Titiiesrnn, and so on. What thn nbjeetnrs mean Is prob ably that they do not like thn type. It Is so entirely vnnln that criticism would be Impertinent, and wo can only say, withont expressing a judgment, that to onr eye the lips, thn throats, thn fingers, of Hossetti's beauties have something in them which Is not quite human, but Is llko tho flesh of sirens, hnnris or la miss, those maginnl beings who capture thn passions of men, but not their heart. Quarterly Kevlnw. Tho Low) of a IMMt Mora. Blown dust i a general and familiar nnlsanon to housekeeper over tho entire west A minimum estimate, verified by direct observation, for the qnantlty of dust settling on floors during such storms Is about a fourteenth of an ounce of dust on a surface of a square yard in half a day. A maximum estimate made on the basis of the above newspaper ac counts would be at least Ave pounds to a square yard of surface for a storm lasting 94 hours. If we then suppose that a house that is 84 feet wide and 89 feet long has open crevices, which aver age a sixteenth of an inoh in width aud havn a running length in windows and doors of 1(10 feet, the wind may bo sup posed to enter half of those crevices with a velocity of five mile per hour for thn tlmn the storm lasts, or for 84 hours. Thn dust may bo supposed to settlo on not less than 85 square yards of surface, including floor space and horizontal sur faces of furniture. Thn minimum esti mate, based on these figures, gives us 3215 tons of dust to tho cubic miloof air. Thn maximum estimato would bo 130,000 tons. Popular Science Monthly. A llhapftodjr on a Mutton Chop. When n primitive mini wants break fast, he takes a sheep, knools upon it, holds it between his legs, and outs its thmut He skins it, and, taking a slice out of it, fries it on tho coals for break fast. We also demand not less imperatively cutlets for our breakfast but wo manage it another way. Wo procure an indi vidual some way off to kill tho beast, and another out of our sight to cook it Wo huvo a paper frill put round the bono to disguise it, and set a pot of flowers straight before ns to look at whilo wo eat it but to tho sheep to the sheep it can ninko littlo difference which way it is eaten I Wo still do out unclean work, but we do it by proxy. And it may bo questioned whether what wo gain in refinement we havo not lost in siuoority. Fortnightly Hoview. A Famous German Doctor's Work Consumption is now known to bo curublo if taken in timo tho Gorman remedy known as Otto's Cure, having been found to ho un almost cortuln euro for tho disease. Asthma, Uronchitig, Croup, Coughs, Colds, Pneumonia, and all throat und lung diseases are quickly cured by Dr. Otto's Great Gorman Komedy. Suinplo bottles of Otto's euro aro being glvon away at Itcynoldu Drug Store. Lurno sizes 2"io. und 50 cents. HALF A CENTURY OLD, I a sure remedy for Coughs, Colds, Whoop ing Cough, and all Lung diseases when used in season. Fifty years ago, Elder Downs was given up by his physicians to die with Consumption. Under these circumstan ces he compounded this .Elixir, was cured, and lived to a good old age. You can try it for the price of one doctor's visit For sale everywhere. CURED ANNUALLY. For sale by H. Alex Stoke. L. M. SNYDER, Practical Horse-sboer and General Blacksmith. lloKO-slioolug done lu the neatest manner and by tue luuwl iiunrovud methods. Over luudinurent kluilsol slioes mucin for correc tion ot faulty uoilon auii dlMwued teot. Only tut) best make ot shoes and nulla used. Ke palrlng of ull kinds eurufully und promptly done. SATisrAOTios Uuahantxsu. Xunibor Biun's supplies ou huiitl. Juoksou bU near Fifth, BeynoluuvUle, Pa. Krai Snydcn & Johns, FASHIONABLE TAILORS. WK liavo JiiHt rtuwlved a largo line of Piece Goods and pamplen, embracing the very latent ntyleB ff Foreign and Doiiientio HuitingH for Fall and Winter wear, which wo are prepared to make at llard-timu PilceH. We cordially invito the public to call, examine our goodn and get priccH. Hpedal attention to Cleaning and Repairing. Next Poor to Hotel McCotmell. Main Btreet. TMltST-CLASS r KKSH INK W. R. MARTIN Han a large Htock of fredi grocerioH, cotiHiHting of Sugar, Tea, CoiTee, Kico, Canned (loodn of all kinds, Potatoen, Mutter, KggH, and everything UHiially kept in a firHt-claxH Grocery Htore. W. II. MARTIN, MAIN HTKKKT, Capes ! AT OUR You will find the mont complete ptock of General Merchan diHe in town. PriceH never were ho low. Our line of CapeH and JacketB includes the LATEST and prices away down. We btock of Clothing, Hats and Caps. We are selling GOOD Shoes cheaper than any one in this ana fancy Groceries. We Invite all to call and see us. Jefferson Supply Co. A. D. DEEMER Blankets We got a whole case of Cotton Fleeced Blankets. They arc not what we ordered; they are just a shade narrow, wide enough for single or children's beds. They'll do for covering or sheets. We have marked them way down. The price will sell them. Lots of other blankets that are full length and width. You will get them at a trifle more. Another Blanket Special is "Our all-wool blanket. When we speak of "Our Fac tory" we mean the Reynoldsville woolen mill. ,No shoddy goods from them. UNDERWEAR For Men, Boys, Ladies, Missee and Children, in fine wool, part wool, cotton, fleeced lined, all styles and sizes. Oneita Union Suits, cotton and wool, two garments in one. These cold days will make you look out for heavy underwear. You'll find this store is all right in quality and price. Flannels All trades, price and quality, from the fine French flannel to the heavy lumberman's. OOfTS fND GfPBa We've lots of wraps and will receive more soon as they are made. The most correct stylos and latest out. fl. Groceries, RKYNOLDBVILLK, PAJ STORE STYLES have just received a New vicinity. Full line of StapN & GO. and Haps Factory" d. Deemer & go.
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