ft VOLUME 5. KRYNOLDHVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMItEU R 111. NUMBEK 28. MaHvonti 9Un 9Tiillr. pRNNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. IX RFFKCT NOVKMIIKH 15, 1HIKI. Plilliidi'lphln A Erie Itiillmiid IIIvIhIdii Tlnm Tnlile. Train lcii c Mtlfiwood. HAHTWAIlli 8:04 a tn Triiln B, dully except Hiinihiy fut Niinbiiry, iliirrlahtirir nrnl Intermediate atn llnim. arrlvlni nt. f'hlliidi'lililii i. ni., New York, M:t p. in. ; hull Iimok-. il:il p.m.i VhIi1viiii. :I.i i. im Piilliiinii I'm lor car from UlllliiniMrt nml pnawliKcr rimchin from Kline lo I'hlliidi'lpblll. :fin p. m. Train II, ilully except Humliiy fur lliii-rlsiiiiiif nml Inli'iinedlitle hIiiIIoiih, nr rlvlim hi nillnili lphlii 4::i A. m.i New Vol k. 7::w A. M. I'llllmiiti Hli'iplnil ciira frnin llarrlhurit to Philadelphia and New York. j'llllllllrlplllll PIIHSI'IIIII'IH ciin remain In alccpcr iiiiilltiiilM'il until 7::m a. M. K:iO p. in.-Trnln 4, ilully fur Hnnlniry, llnrrla litirrnnd liitcrnicdliiie siiithma, arriving nt Philadelphia, :.' A. M.-, Ni-w York, I'::m A. . on week rlnv mid lfl.:ia A M. on Hun iluy; Baltimore, tr.M A. M.: WnshliiKion, 7:411 A. M. I'll H inn n car from Ki Iciind WIIIIiiiiim port to riilliuli'lplilii. PieweiiKerstn alwier fur Hiiltlmore. nml Waahlinilon will l trannfi-rrt'illntn WiinhlniMoiialccpcr nt llnr rlnliiirir. I'him'Iiiit coiiclicn from Krlo In Philadelphia nml Wllllamaporl to Unit l niore, WF.HTWAHl) 7:21 a. m. Trnln 1, dully except Hiinihiy for Kldsway, lltiHiila, Clermont unit Inter medium station. Leave ltldnway at a: 10 r. M. for Erie. 9:(W a. m.Trnln 8, dully for Krln nml Inter mediate poln : p. m.Trnln II, dally exi-ept. Humliiy for Kline mid Intermediate Hint loua. TllUUI'dll TRA1NH KOK HKIITWOOI) KUOMTIIK KAHT ANtttfOUTII. TltAIN II leaven Philadelphia 8::1 A. m.l Wnnhlnitlon, 7.MIA. M. llalllinore, 8:ftU A. M.l W llkelinrre, 10: A M ; ilully except 8im day. arrlvlim nt driftwood m :W P. at. with Pullman I'lirlnr cur from Philadelphia to Wllllnmspnrt. TKAIN leave Now York at 8 p. m.t IMilln dcliihln, 11:211 p. m.i WhlniMon, I0.4H p. m.l rlultlmore, 11:80 p. ni. dully arriving nt. Ilrlflwood nt :W n. in. rnllmlill alccpllnr run from Philadelphia lo Krlo anil from WaahltiKtotl mid llnllliimtD to vYtllliittmport and through piiKwn-r coin-lica from Phila delphia to Krluaml llnltlmnre to VVIIIIiiniH port. THA1N I leave tlonnvn at. :: n. m., dully except Hundiiy, arriving nt Ilrlflwood ":.'. JOUNSONUUHO KAILKOAD. (Dully except Sunday.) TUA1N in leave Hlduwny nt H:2nn. m.; .lolin- nonliniK nt H.W a. in., arrlvlim nt Clcrinont at H):!IA a, in. THAIN 21) h'avni CliTroont nt l:4A a. m. nr- rlvlnir nt .lnluiMonhtirK nt. 11:41 a. m. and HldKwny nt 12:ll n.m. It IDGWAY A CLKAHl'HKLU U. U. DAILY KXta-IIT SUNDAY. hoi;tiiwaki. nokthwaud. Y.t HTiT A.M. HTATIONN. 1. M. I'.M. lildiiwiiy lslnnil Kim Mill IIiivi-ii t'rovlimd HhorixMllln HIiiii Hiwk Vtwynrd Kun i 'arrli'r llroi'kiiyvllli Mf'MInn Hunmilt llnrvoyn liuu 4a'l Ih CriM4 IiiiIIoIh 2 00 I : ! I 4N l;i7 1114 I 211 1 27 I 2.1 I 15 I (A 12 m 12 ."i0 12 40 AY. aim nil n III Aim (MM ft Ml ft .57 A54 1144 ft W ft 2N IS 17 12 21 12 S3 UM 12 40 9:tl VM t 57 It.MI 1.142 1?4.1 12 M l m l Oil iiioi 1(112 10 22 iii a lo : 10 4ft ft2 6 Id i!4A THAI N LEAVKltlllOW EuHtwurd Trnln H. 7:17 n t'Htwfth I. n. tn p. pi p. m. m. Train m. 1'ruln :i, ll::w 1, :i: It) Trnln a, 2:10 p Trill n 4, 7:M p. .in. Trnln S M. I'KEVOST, Oun, MnnnKcr. J. K. W(MII). (jen. I'nHM. Ak!. UFl-'AIiO, KOCHKSTKU & 1'ITTS- UUKtiU 11A1LWAY. Tlicnhort linn InMwiwn 1uIIoIm, KIiIkwhv, Tk i ui ....... n..n-..i.. Ij..i..u.um NlHKiirn l'lillh nml polnlM in tlio upiiur oil rtiilcm. On and nftrr Nov. Mill. IW. iiusm.ii Hrtrnlim will arrive nnd liprt. from KiiIIh tireok ntution, anuy, oxtuipt hunuuy, ua ioi Iowh: 7.26 a m and 1.35 p m for 4'iirwmiHVllle and :litnrtliil(l. W OO a m lluffnlo nnd Ilorlipstcr mull For llriMakwnvvllh, KldcwnylolinHonminc,Mt. Jowott, limUforil, buhiniuiH'u, If nil nlo nnd Korliestor; connoclliiK nt .loliiiMinliiirK Willi l. E. train II. for Wlli-ox, Kun.i, warren, uorry and r.rlo. 10.27 a m Arroinmodntlon Kor Hykea, 11! K nun nnu riiiixHuiiiwnry. ID.'lH r m Kor Iti'ViiolflMVlllo. l.li p m Hrnilford Anrominndutlon J'tir HoiH'htriH, llivi'kwiL.vville, Klllnont, ('nr. mon, Kiilxwny, .loliiiiuiiiliurK, Ml. .lewett aim itmuioru. 1.8 p. m. Acrommodatlon for 1'illiXKU tiiwin y nnd Hl Hun. i.a p. m. Mnll-I'or Pullols, Kykoa, RIr Atun I'uiiXHUtawney nnu uuihioii. 7.M n m Arrommodut Inn for Mil Kun and PunxHutuwnt'y. PaHHewrein nro nviucHted to purvhnae tick nta before enterliiK the .cum. An exreni chmve of Ten t'unui will lie colleoled hy cmi dimUirH when fnww are paid on trulna, from all atatlona where a tlckelottt.ce la maintained. Thousand mile tickets at two centa per milu, goou ror pntwaKO uetweenuii ainiiona. J. H. MolNTvna, A(tnt,:FnH Creek, Pa. E. O. Lapky, (Jen. Pan, Afteiit, HucateaUir N. Y. A LLKGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY oonrmewlnpr Sunday June 7, 1810, Low Gruilo Divinion. KAHTWAUD. No.l. No A. Ho.9. 101 10 1TAMONS. A. M. f. U. A. U. A. M. P. M Red Bank 10 4.'. 4 40 Lawaonham 10 57 4 til NewHethlehem 11 DO it. 12(1 Oak Uidirt) 11 i Xi i 27 Mnynville 11 4 8 41 6 Hummervllle... 12 0', 00 4 61 Brookvllle 12 25 1 20 SOI Boll 12 81 2il t6 lf Fuller 12 4i) a 3 ttl 27 Ileynoldisvllto.. 1 0i anil 8 4.5 PancoaHt 1 00 7 ft" IM Fall Creek 120 7 12 7 00 10 DO IBS TluHoU 1 :t.i 7 20 7 10 m 40 1 46 Calmla 14 7 HS 7 2:1 Wliitrhurn .... 1 ft" 7 4H 7 114 Penlteld I Oft 7 52 7 40 Tyler t IS 8 02 7 50 Benuxette 2 l 8 30 8 1 Grant M t8 40 t8 IK brlftwood S 20 10 8 5.5 P. U. P. M A. M. A. II. P. M WIMTWABD. UoS No.6 No.10 106 110 STATIONS. ' Driftwood 10 id 6 W 5 m Grant 10 42 6 32 B 01 Jlenetetta 10 62 ( 42 All Tyler 11 2o 10 3 Penlleld 11 Ho 6 2" 8 4U Wliitorburn .... 1130 6 20 8 M Rabula 11 47 8 H7 7 07 Dullnl. 1 00 ( 50 7 27 12 40 5 10 FullaOreek 12l 7 20 1 1W 12 60 520 Pancoaut 1 HO 7 24 7 40 Reynoldarllla.. 1 42 7 40 7 52 Fuller 1 5H 7 67 8 0!l Bell 10 t8 0U 18 tl Brookvllle t 20 8 lu 8 2U Bunimervllle..,. tail 8 SM 8 4M Maynvllle 16 8 57 05 OakKldve I OS (05 R 18 New Heililebem 1 15 8 15 (26 Ijtwaonbam.,.. 1 47 (47 SUidBaiia 4 00 10 00 P. m. A. tn P. M P U. r. at. Trains dally except Sunday.. DAVID MoOABOO, Gu'I.. 8 DPT. JAB. P. ANDEB80H Oaa'l. PAU. Aot. An Important Question, tf yntir friends or ni-ljrlilxiiniiro suffer I m ix from coiikIis, colds, soro thnml, or tiny llirimt or lunij dlwnHii (Iniiluillnir ocinHiiniitliiiO, HHk tliotn if tltry linvn t-vor iisrd Otto's Corn. Tills famous Commit roiiH'dy Is Imvlnif n snlo linre nnd Ih Mrfornilnr soinn wiuidorfiil (Mill's of tlii'imt nnd lunu; (Uhimim's. Ili'ynolilH Di'UK Ktnii) will iflvo you a piunplii Isiltlo fi'i'c No miil.tor wlnit olhi-r tm-dle.liiiis Imvo fiiilod to do, try Otto's Cnro. Iju-ro Hizos 25o. nnd Tilki. Bucklen's Arnica Solve. The lii'xt naive In the world fori'UIH, llruhi'H, wiren, ulcers, will rheum, fever norea, Tetter, I'liaptH'd linnilt, I'lilllilulni, ciirns, nnd all xkln erupt lona, and positively rnrea piles, or nn pay required. It iHioiurunleed toitlve perfect ant lf act Ion or money refunded. Price 2d cents per box. Fornnle liv II. Alex. Btoke. 1) EKCII CKKKK UAILUOAU. Nrw York Central & Hudion River R. R. Co., Uliee CONDKNSKI) TIMFI TAIIl.R. IIRAI) HI' Fin Mull No 37 No M HRAII IH1WN F.xp Mull No!m No:w May 17, isna. p m p in .amp m lfclArr....PATT(N....lvo ta : 134 Wealover 3 62 1125 I in MAIIAKKKY 6iio 4 15 WHO 1235 !,.... Kermoor....Arr 625 442 H 60 12 25 S4:i 12 IH Arr. (I A ..AM 6 35 162 Keriii'Nir ....Lvo All 45 A 411 A n:l A 52 A oil h:ih 2 III New Mllport Kiti 12 or iniinin 12 00 , Mitchells 66H A 15 H05 II III l.ve.Cli'urtli'ld.liiiie.Arr 8 15 6:14 7.5ft 1131 Cl.F.AKFIEMV ... J 6 45 8 26 i in 745 II 21 Arr.Ch'iirlli'lil.lunc.Lve 835 8111 77 1112 WoihIIiiihI 1145 A 211 7 HI II 05 tlirler 8 5! 8 34 7il I05H WallH.TI.in II 57 8 40 7 15 1050 .. MorrlsiluleMlneH.... 7 '( 0 h T'17 1041 I, ve Muiisoii Arr 7 15 8 5: li:i5 T27 Hi mi II 01 AVr PllllPPrVU j A rr Mil iihoii tTT 7 27 J 35 l.ve Lvo" 8 66 7 17 7 7 40 7 67 8 04 H4H VIII 1107 II III 8 20 II : 11105 a rn ; ui 7 on mn 1) 20 n i t 6 IH ft 0:5 4 5H 4 47 41 4 l '4im ji in p in 2 40 IH 35 ' 10 M i a 10 12 1160 1143 H4H h;u H25 H 15 Him 7 55 7 25 a m 7 00 WliiliuriH.... PKAI.K (Illlllilown. .. HNDK CIIOK .. ....IIKKCII C1IKKK. Mill llnll.... I.IM'K IMVKN. Yoillnrdiile. . . 7 id 7 25 7 44 76! 8 42 8 53 H5H 1107 V IH 1120 (66 IKIISKY HIIUKK.II Ni). JUHMKY HlluHK l.ve WII.I.IAMSP'T Arr p n 1111 II III I'llll.V ft KKAIHNII It. It. H III 8 65 Arr WII.I.IAMSP'T I,vetl0 20' 'IliWI.vp PHII.A Arr 6(N II .III 7 10 T.v N.Y.vlrLTiiiiianuii Ar J7:H.v..N. V via I'lilln.. Arl linn r h 7 2.5 30 ii m p m a m Ilully t Wi'i'U-iluyH 8 00 p in Huuilnya l mi mi n m nuiiiiay "h" New York pinweintera tnivellnit via Phil, iidelphln on lo. "Jh a m train from YYIIIIntiH- IHiri, will I'huiimi cni-n nt ('oloml)ln Ave. 'hlliidi.'lphlu. '01NI':4'TI("IS1. At. Vllllnnitxlt. with Phlludi'lphlu.vlliiiullniiH.H. AtJerHey Hhore wiin run jtrnoK itiiiiway. ai nnu Hull with ( cat nil Kiillroud of Pennsylvuuln. At PlilllHliurir with Pi'iiiiHylviinln Itallrond nnd AlliHitin & Phlllpshurix ConiiectliiR H. H. At Cli'iirfli'ld wild lliill'alo, KochcHlor .V Plltstiurifh Itullway. At Maliairey nnd I'm Ion with t'nin I. rlu A Clem Held 'Division of Pennsylvania lliillroud. At MuhafTey with I eniisyiviiuin n ol'lllnestel'll kiiiii-oiiu. A. (1. I'AI.MKII, I''. F. llRlllltMAN, Huiierlntendiuiit. Uen'l Push. Aul. Phlludolphru, I'll Qdtcl. JOTEL M0CONNELL, IlEYNOLDSVILLE, PA. F HANK J. BLACK, Pwprktor. The IuimIIiik kotHuf the town. Hcadqiiiir tvrn fur I'oinmenrinl men. Htani hout, fro nun, Imth rnunm nnu rlimotH on Avtry ncnir, Hiimplo iiMmiN, blllluid room, toleplmiie con iiucllouM &c. JJOTEL BELNAP, HEYNOLDSVILLE, PA. . C. D1LLMAN, Proprietor. First cine In every nartlrulnr. Lorn tod In th very centre of the biiHlneHftpart of town, l-'rvo 'Iuih to and from trains itntl 04inimoUloun HiiniplenKtma for commercial traveler. NEFP. JUSTICE OP THE PEACE And Roul EhiuU) Anient, Keynoldsvllla, Pa. c. MITCHELL, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW. Office on Weat Muln street, opjpnulia the Commorclnl Hotel, Ueynoldsv lie, la. O. I. OOHDOH. JOHS W. BUBO. QORDON & REED, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Brookvllle, Jefferson Co., Pa. Office In room formerly occupied by Gordon cuorneit weal Slum rttroor.. W. I. MaCIACIIN, BrMkfillt. S. V. D0N1L0, BayuMivUle. ocracken & Mcdonald, Attorney and OotuueUors-ut-Law, Offices at Reynoldlvllle and Brookvllle. PRANCIS J. WEAKLEY, -a- ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Offices In Muhoney building, Main Street, Reynuldaville, Pa. jya. B. E. HOOVER, REYNOLDS VILLE, PA. Resident dentist. In building near Metbo dlat church, opposite Arnold block. Gentle ness In operaUnu. ,R. R. E. HARBISON, SURGEON DENTIST, Beynoldsvllle, Pa. Office In room formerly occupied by 1. 8. MoCreUht. ,R. R. DEVERE KINO, DENTIST, Office at the residence of T. O. King, H. D., at corner of Malu and Bixth streets, Beynoldv vllle, Pa, CHINESE CONJURERS. feople sttippnseflly Cnt to I'leer and Then lnt Together Asjnln. Tim oonrt JttKKlors In tlin (linn of Ku blnl Khun timiln It npp' iir to tliom wlm liHikcil on ns if (IIrIios from the tnliln SK tuiilly flnw tlirotiKli tlio nir. Onn (.( tlio triivelnrs who Ylsltcd tlio regions of wliloli Marco ((Ives us soinn ncconnl says, "And JiikkIi ts rnnsn enp of Kold to fir tlinmgh the sir nnd oITcr tlicin selves tn nil who list to drink. " Ari l Ilm llntiitn, a MiHir vvlio vlniti d ('iithny century after, gives this arrnnnt of a slinilur inclili'iit : Tlmt snme nlRlit a jnRlor who was onn of the khnn's slaves inniln his np pearnnco, nnd thn ninft sold to him, "Come and show us som'n of your mar vels." Upon this hn took a Vfoodnn ball, with several holes In It, through which long thongs wero passed, and, laving hold of one of thosn, slung it in to the nir. It went so high thnt we lost sight of It altogether. It was thn hot test season of the year, and wo were outside in the middle) of the palace, oonrt There now remained only a littlo of the end of a thong In tlio oonjnrnr'a hand, and hn desired one of thn boys who assisted him to lay hold of it aud mount Ho did so, climbing by the thong, and we lost light of him also. The conjuror then called to him three times, but getting no answer he snatch ed up a knife as if iu a great rage, laid hold of the thoug and disappeared also. Sy and by ho threw down one of the boy's hauds, then a font, then the other hand aud then the other foot, then the trunk and last of all the head. Then ho canto down himself, all pulling and patiting, aud with his ololhes all bloody kissed tlio ground beforn tho emir and said something to him in Chinese. The emir gave some order in reply, and our friend then took the lad's limbs. Inid them together In their places and guvo a kick, w lion, presto I there was the boy, who got up and stood before us. All this HHtoulNhed me beyond mens urn, aud I had an attack of palpitation like thnt which overcume me once be fore iu tho presence of tho sultiin of In. dia when he showed me something nf the snuin kind Tho Kiizi Afkharuddiu was mixt to mo, nnd quoth he: "Wal lah, 'tis my opinion thnro has Ikcii jmi ther going up uor coming down, net thr marring or iiiciiding. 'Tis all ho cus pomis. " Nonli Brooks in Bt. Viob olas. , MODERN PRISONS. ThelrS) ery Improvement Are Wind Drive Kngllah Convict Mad. Th4 ofllciul bclinf is thnt there is lit tie or no prison made insanity. Prison doctors are keenly alive to the pussibil lty of shamming, nnd they hesitate to admit that them is any flnw in tho sts tern for the iidminislratiou of which they nro so lurgely responsible. Still the fact remains that tho ratio of insnn lty in prisons baa oiaotly doublod since 1877. Tho admitted general lucreaee of in aauity is not suflloient to account for this startling fact. Prison disoiplino is now more mechanical, and Ihvrefore more depressing. Its very improvements in this respect take the heart out of man." It is probablo that prisoners were far happier is the old uuruformod prisons, when they herded together and bad companionship of a kind. An expert witness who had passed font aud twenty years iu juil told tho prison committee some startling things from the convict's point of view. The rulos, he said, aro too minute for human obsorvanoe, and some minds are totally unable to bear the strain of them. A man may be reported for knocking something over in his cell, though it may be by pure accident The namo for this offouBu is "unnecessary uoise. " A the poor wretehei walk their weary round in the oievcise yard one may fall out of step and thus throw the others out. The first offender or the last any one, -in foot, on whom the warder's eye happens to fall di liable to puuishment for this misobanae. In this way the convict gradually ac quires an expression that novor leaves him the round the corner glanoe of a being who dreads tyrant on thepounoc. We want a new Howard if the system is only half a bad as it is said to be by those who have best reason to know. London News. Bat Broad Tmd. "Do yon know," asked a polioeman, "what that crowd of young society peo ple is doing at the bakery over there?" It was Just before midnight in the west end, and a group of young folk had gone, chatting merrily, into the door of large bakery, "They will wait there, " continued the bluocoat, "until the "first batch of bread is taken out of the oven, which ooours about IS o'olock. Hot bread Innohes seem to be getting all the rage among the swell set, for every night bout this time I see group after group go np to the door of the bakery and pro cure the freshly baked bread, so hot that it soorohea the paper. They take it to their houses, and there it is eaten with plentiful spreading of butter and preserves. To be thoroughly enjoyed it must not be out, but pulled apart with the fingers. " Washington Timet. Mstaphor. "This," remarked Algie'a new bicy cle, as it inserted him in a soft bank of clay by the roadside, "thin is what might be oalled running it into the ground." Cincinnati Euqulrer, Fnnllah Salesman. Lnndy Foot, tho Dublin tobacconist, Inid thn foundation of his large fortune by saying to each dirty, rugged little girl, as ho Imnili il her the pennyworth of snuff slinhnd asked for, "Thank yon, my dear; please cmnii again." The largest retail grocery business in Uisi ton was built up by the founder's ruin to his salesmen, "Trent every servant girl ns yon would her mistress If she were haying." Tho Haturduy Evening fiaznttn tells of nil nlry salesman in a Huston dry goods house, who Imd a fall by failure of courtesy to a purchaser. A young lady was in search of somn material to use for a waist with n very handsome silk skirt, and she advanced to tho counter whore this particular clerk wan presiding. She was quietly dressed. Hhn did not solntillnto with spangles and gilt belts, aud her sleeves and skirt did not extend to the full width of space between the counters, consequently the olnrk decided that she did not come from the magic precincts of tho Bock Bay. Attracted by a certain piece of goods, she askod thn prioe and width. The man answered shortly, "Three dollars a yard, 47 inches wide, tihe looked at various other things ou the counter, and thon returning to thn first thing as the most pleasing she said politely : "Will you please give mo a samplo of this." The man did not move. "I told you that was 'i a yard," ho said. The girl looked at him. "Yes?"slin said. "The silk with which I intend to use it cost $!l,75 a yard, but I think I can mnko this stuff of yours do, as it is only for house wear." A arailo stolo over the faces of two or three shoppers, and the salesmnn cut thn sample with a meekness that would havo done credit to Moses. But that girl says she'll go without a dress rather til an buy a yard of that mau. Kniiti Tied by Machinery. If inventions continuo to multiply at the present nttn, tlio day may speedily come when mini will have to sit with folded arms whilo Ms work nnd even his pleasures are turned out for him by nickel in tho slot devices. Koienco has lately given us a marvel in the shape of a card counting muchinn. Two of tho most interesting uutomntu now working within tho limits of the United States are those used by tho gov ernment for counting and tying postal cards into small bundles. Theno ma chines wore made in Connecticut, nnd tho two aro cupuhloof counting 5110,(100 cards in teu hours and wrapping and tying the samn iu packuges of 25 each. In this opcrutiou the pnper is pulled i ff a drum by two long "lingers," which come op from below, and another finger dips in a vut of muniluge aud applies it self to tho wrapping paper iu exuetly the right spot. Other parts of tho ma chine twine tho puper around the pack of curds, and thou a "thumb" presses over the spot whore the muoilugo is, and the package is thrown upon a carry bcltveady for delivery. Argosy. An Anecdote of Jenny Lint. As an illustration of tho constant anxiety of artists concerning their pow ers, Mrs. Reeves told mo how ono fa mous prima donna rofnsed to sit down nt all on a day when she was to sing. "No, sho would walk about tlio room, talking perhaps, singing perhaps, some times even busy with her needle and throad, but never sitting down tho live long day until tlio pcrfonnniico was over. Why, I roinombcr well enough how one dny, on the rooming of a per formance, Jonny Lind, Mr. Koovcb, Mr. Otto Goldsmith and myself wero in the room, and through the morning Jenny Lind aud my husband were never still, pacing one past the other, -with musio In hand, singing and practicing. Why, Jenny,' said Mr. Goldsmith, 'you must have sung those songs many times; surely thoro is no need for all this.' But this remonstrance was in vain. 'Yon are a flue musioian, ' said Jenny in her quiet, decisive manner, 'but Mr. Beeves and I are singers, and -we know -what is beat for our elves. Leave us alone. " ' Westminster Budget. Tha Wif of Orator. "I wonder why orators always have to drink so much water?" asked the in nocent .looking boarder. "On .aooount of their burning lan guage, M said Asbnry Peppers promptly. ' 'But xhe fellow I was thinking of, " said the innocent looking boarder, "was dealing solely in figures. " Thon the innocent one lookod tri umphant until Mr. Peppers came back with the statement that they must have been dry statistics. Cincinnati En quirer. Dm Again Carrier Flg-Ma. An agriculturist of Westphalia made a bet that 13 bees, released at a distance 4f three miles from the hives at die same time as 13 pigeons, would travel over the ground as quiokly as the birds. The first bee entered the hive one quar ter of a minute before the first pigeon reached its ooluinbary. Three other bees arrived before the second pigeon, and the remainder of the competitors reach ed home simultaneously. A H Cadsntood It. "Well, Tommie, I hear you've got a new baby at your boose." "Yet." "I suppose it's a red little ohap, isn't it." "No, it's little yeller. "Cleveland Leader. BORKS IN PARLIAMENT. They Iteeelve Scant I'nnHray M'hrn They Are Utility of a Hull. Pnrliumi ntnry manners are brutal In West mi niter when n member In debute is convicted of n bull. A speaker with mi expansive oratorical milliner recent ly iiHtoniNhed the criminous with nil out burst of unconscious limner. Hewn? speaking of tho ruin and exhaust inn wrought by mlKgovernmeiit In In land and worked himself up into a fine freti cy of excited ileclamiition. "Thn population of Ireland," hn ex claimed with flashing eyes nnd out stretched arms, "hns been decimated to thn extent of two-thirds." Tho inatliemntienl uhmirrtify of thn statement did not fail to excite amnsn ment, fllthnngh the bull Was less obvi ous than u similar onn nttrllmted to an Irish member, Major ()'( lornmii. "Thn population of Ireland, "said tho contentious major in tho commons, "is 8,000,000 less than It wo a Id be if it were an uninhabited inland. " That was a joke which provoked un restrained merriment among the lu nch es. Thn Irish members aro pardoned many blunders, however, because they aro, with few exceptions, humorous speakers, who enliven tho tedium of debate with merry quips and jests. Thn bores, who are constantly speaking with unvarying dullness and diffuseness, are not spared wheu they make slips of tho tongue. A member who, in the course of a long, uninteresting speech, was careless enough to sny, "Thn time has oomo aud Is rapidly arriving" wos greeted with a Wild howl of ridicule and delight from tho benches. Ho was duzed by the tip rocr, not understanding what tho hon orable members were laughing fit, but bis uncouseionsness and stupidity only served to prolong uinl deepen tho mer riment. It was thn KngliHli parliamen tary inetlioil of punishing a bore. Good jokes are rare in thn house of oommnns. A neat epigram excites a ripplo of mirth, a flashing sarcitHni stirs a movement of plcamiruhln surprise, but thn loudest laughter follows some stupid unil inline commoiiiilaen from a speaker to whom tho houso is compelled to listen too often. "I would hnvo proceeded to remark," said a pompous dr huter, "if I hud not alreudy anticipated und repeated my self." Tho sentence could not be finished. There was a loud roar of laughter, which was prolonged nml repeated when thn speaker uttcmptcd to go on with his unw ell. It was cruel treatment, but possibly it was wholesome diKciplina for a gurru lous speaker who hud exhausted tlio pa lieucu of his audience on many ooca sions. Parliament is tho hardest of all schools in which to servo un appreu tin hip in public speukiug. Mr. Purnell leurned to speak wheu tho members were bent ujkiu interrupting him und howling liim down, but few publio men huve tho p rtiuocity und grit that be displayed, ilo was never, however, a born. His manner In his early days in parliament was crude aud hulting, but he always hud something to suy, al though ho did not at first know bow to suy it Youth's Ciupunion. C'lrouuittautlal Evidence, A gentleman in a country town, suys tlio New York Ledger, recently becumo oouscious of most suspicions glances oast upon hiui by his neighbors und nc quuiutanccs. Hum be btcuuie aware thut his footsteps wore dogged. A couHtublu was occasionally seen around his house, and sobibqutntly u strunger, who afterward turned out to be a detective, appeared. Tortured and troubled, tho gentleman at lust asked a friend tho meaning of it all. "Don't you know?" said be. "They suspect you of murder. " "Of murder!" suid the horrified mau, "What do yon mean?" "You received a postal card last week?" "Very likoly I received a dozen." "But on this one were written these words, 'Be sure and save the son, but kill the father,' and the postmaster read" But at this a smile, ending in laugh, broke in upon the dialogue. The postal card bad come from a theatrical manager, for whom the guutlcman had written a play, which the manager wanted amended in certain particulars. Menelck's Italian Prlaoncr. While most of Menelek's Ituli an rtrio oners aro being harshly treated many of them have a comparatively easy tlmo. Tho wealthy Abyssiniuu women insisted that their husbands should take into their houses those prisoners who were able to render services that grati fied tboir personal vanity, so that hair cutters, penuuie matters, tailors and shoemakers are very well treated. Queen laiiou nerseu set an example in t respect, and those of the officers and soldiers cimable of nsintr a nencil akill fully live in her residence under the best conditions, being employed in painting the walls of her new palace. A photographer is making considerable sums of money by taking portraits of the ladies of the court London Letter. The silver S cent piece, once familiar it the counters of postofflces, was an thorised by act of congress March 8, 1831, aud ita coinage waa begun tha lame year. Ita coinage was discontinued fob. 13. 1873. MEDITATIONS OF AN OLD FISHERMAN. You wnvea, th'insh yon dance by my fuel llk children at piny. Though ytt slow, and yon slanca, and yea pur, and you dart. In the .liini-a that were warmer than thcis ar the wave wero morn Ray, When I wna a boy, with nevera erack In my heart. The herring ara not In tha tide aa they wen of old. My aorrow I For runny a ereiiii imve thn creel In the cart Thnt enrrliit the take to Hllsotown to he aold. When I waa a buy, with never anrnck In my heart. And, ah. you prond midden, yon am not at fair when hla oar Ih heard on the water, a they were, th pr.iitd nii'l nimrt, Who paced In thn eve by tho nets' en tho pnb lily ahnrii, Tihen I was a buy, with never a crock In my heart. W. B. Yost. BUSY CLIFF DWELLERS. Tha Pnebln Women Ara Literally T.m pree of Their flume. "Thn cliff pnoplo aro a busy folk," writes Hamlin Garland in Thn Ladies' Home Journal, in an article describing thn homes, home life and customs of the cliff dwellers of the southwest "the most mysterious people in America, " as ho designates them. "The women grind meal aud weave blankets and baskets and make very interesting and often beautiful pottery. Thn old mon make moccasins very deftly, whilo the young er men go down from thn cliff to the fields to tend thn growing crop, to watch thn struggling corn as it battles against drifting hot sand and against sudden floods such are tho extremities of their climate. Each morning whilo I wns in llano I heard thn men nt enrly dawn go singing down tho steep trail down Into thn pnrplo plain. Their qua vering songs floated up to mo with a strange beauty. Koch morning, while it was still dark, tho women wnko me by entering tho mnn whero I lay to grind corn, nnd each night I went to sleep to thn regnlar rhythm of the meal ing stono timed to tho myitical roll-, gious chant f the toiling women. "Let it bn said that there is no wom an sluvery among these people anymore than among tho Nnvnjoes. Tho women are chief property holders. The house is generally tho woman's, and descent is through her nnd not throngh tho father. Tho men are seldom severe in manner, aud in Acoma and Walpi, as woll as in Lagnua aud Znni, I saw the men tak ing cure of thn babies and doing it with great tenderness and smiling patiouce. I saw no cvideuco of any severity except in case of thn old womon. They seemed to bo tho drudges of the household in Wulpl and in Acoma, carrying wood and bottles of water up the steep trail, bent, withered, moroso and cotnplnin ing. They alone of all these people seemed saturnine " Ingenious Peruvian Potteries. , A long, slim neck is a diNtiuguishfng' featuro of much of tho Peruvian pot tery, and nearly every vessel is orna mented with a figure of some sort, hav ing holes to represent eyes and ether openings. These ufford a pussngefor the air forced out by tho liquid when pour ed into the vessel. By an ingenious con trivance the air in escaping prodnces a sound similar to the cry of tho creuture represented. Thus a utensil decorated with two monkeys embracing each oth er, on having water poured into or from it, would give a round like the screech ing of those animals. One decorated with a bird would emit birdlike notes, while a mountain cat on one jar would mew; snakes coiled arnnnd another would hiss. The most curious that we have seen was the figure cf an aged woman. When the jar was in use, her sobs became audible, and tears trickled down her cheeks. The manufacturers seemed to have known all about atmos pberio pressure. Dr. Lo PI on goon bad in his own collection a piece that deni' onstrated this. It represented a dou blo headed bird. The vessel had to be filled through a hole in the bottom, and yet in turning it over not a drop would spill, but the liquid would readily flow out wben the jar was simply inclined. Popular Science Monthly. Cautious Prophet. In these days, when people are wont to complain of any mistake made in the prognostications sent out from tha weather bureau, it is amusing to read of the complaisant manner in which. Clough, in bis "New England Alma nack" for tho year 1702 and later, pre dicted the weather. ' "Perhaps," he says, from the 13th. to the 23d of January, "it will be very cold weather if it freae by the fireside or on the sunny side of a fence at noon. " In April he says: "Perhaps wet weather if it rains." "Now fair weath er if the sun shinea." "Wiudyorcalm." And in July he writes pleasantly, "If now the weather do prove fair, peo ple to Cambridge do repair. " It appears that Mr. Samuel Clough knew how to secure himself against criticism. . i Imitation Leather. Numerous varieties of imitation . leather are produced from sheepskins. Considerable quantities are made to simulate glazed kid, black and colored, and alligator. These bear so dose a re semblance to the real that the difference is not always discernible, even to men familiar with the trade. They are in use In the production of shoos that can be old at low prices, for which the demand is greater than usabl in these times. Shoe aud Leather Reporter. . - "I
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