.WOOD WAS SCARCE. HOW THE FREIGHTERS ON THE PLAINS DID THEIR COOKING. A Gentleman Out Hunting Hml an Oppor tunity to now a plalnitman lrrarcit Mral With Furl Which He Carried With mm In Smalt Chunk It wni in tho days before tlio rail ronds rind bsim poshed out thrmiph northwest Nebraska, and supplies wore freighted into tho forts nnd trading posts In big wagons, pulled sometimes by eight or ten yoke of oxen and some, times by ono spun of great runlus. It vrns evening when we overtook tho froighter. Wo went into ramp within 100 yards of where ho stopped. It wus almost at the bond of the Klkliorn river, and the stream, whero it flowed a few rods from onr ramp, was hnrdly more than a yard wide. Tho guide had told ns at the start that we should strike country whnro wo conld And no word, and we hnd brought along a small oil tovn, with a tin oven nnd a big run of kerosene. When I hnd watered our horses and staked them out for t lie night, I wandered over to seo the freighter. Ho had an enormous wagon, pulled by two giant mules. Ho Ivid stoked them out and was getting sup per. It was the first tiiuo I hud ever teen it done by a plainsman and I staid to wntch him. Ho was an old hand at freighting, and he knew just how many stop lie wonld have to make where he cnnM ,"rt no firewood. For each one he run I in his wagon, when he started out ol Nor folk, a piece of 6 by 6 pine timber n eight inches long. Each piece ro;r ed the Ore for one meal. He was ting up one of them when I struck i . camp. " 'D evenin," he said, without I ing up from his work, "prospectij ter land?" "No, hunting," I replied. "Oh," he said, with an intonation that seemed to convey his feeling that he knew all about us. He hod split the piece of pine into little sticks. He gathered a handful of dry grass and wadded it up into a ball. Then he beat down the tall grass and cleared a little spot where he could make his firo. In the middle of it ho put tho ball of grans, and over it ho piled eight or ten little stirlis of pine. It was ready for the match. From a box at the end of his wagon ho brought out a long handled steel frying pan, a coffee pot and a tin can that looked as if it bad once held two pounds of tomatoes or pie apples. Then he brought out a wooden box and set it on tho ground. It bold part of his supplies and served ns a table. Out of it he took some flour and bacon and a little, tin can of coiToe. Ho got a mill out of the box and ground his coffeo. He wns very particular ahout his coffeo, ho said tome, half apologetically. Ho couldn't endure the ready ground tuff. When he had got that done, ho sliced his bacon. Then he got a sheet of tin out of tho wagon and stood it up be hind tho littlo pilo of sticks. It helped to concentrate tho heat by acting as a reflector. Ho pnt tho coffee in tho pot, poured in some water from the bucketful he bad brought from tho rlrer, and set it down besido tho pilo of st;c.:n. Then he arranged the slices of bacon in tho fry ing pan and settled it on top of tho pile of sticks. Then he lit his Are. In a rain nto it was blazing up merrily, and tho baoon was sizzling In tho pan, Ho pour ed some flour into tho tomato can, dumped inapinnhof salt and some bak ing powder and stirrod it nil up vigor ously with a spoon. Occasionally he stopped stirring to tarn the bncou. Pres ently the bacon was done. He fished it out into a tin pie pan with a fork, mid into tho hot grease ho poured tho mix ture of flour nnd other things from the tomato can. That was going to bo "bull whackor'a bread," or "scrngeno." As toon as be took tho frying pan off the firo he put the coffeepot on, and when the thick, stiff dough wns nicely smoothed out in the frying pan he prop ped it up in front of the firo, where the reflector would do its bast work. Then out of tho wagon he hauled a jug of sorghum. Three or four more littlo ticks of pine wore deftly arranged un der tho coffeepot, and by that time the bread had begun to brown in tho pan. He took the pan by the end of the long handle and gave it a quick sidewiso twist and little forward jerk. The mass of half baked dough slid out of the pan and flew np into the air. It turned bottom side tip, and be oanght it as deftly aiany French oook catching pan cakes, and propped the uubaked side np gainst tbo Are. By the time it had baked the coffee was boiling, and the meal was ready. He drank the ooffee, strong and black, ont of a tin oup and used sorghum for sweetening. Butter nd lard he despised. His sorghum took the place of the one and tho bacon greaso served as substitute for the other. When he took the coffeepot off the fire, be pnt on a little can of water that ' stewed and simmered and presently boiled over the embers. That was bis dishwater. He bad to have it hot to take the bacon grease out of his pans. And when it was all done, there were three cr f onr of the little pine sticks still left I asked him if he did not want pota- ' toe. Yes, he said, end be had them, but only when firewood was plenty. It took too long aud too much wood to -cook, potatoes, and he couldn't do it when ha had to depend on one piue tick to oook his meal. In the morning, before we bad water- " ed the horses, he had oooked hi break fast and wa off np the trail. New . York Sun. Oa Ska BlaK "Did yon read -that story about 'The House on the Bluff?' " asked the literary boarder. - - "No," answered the- cheerful idiot - "What was it a boarding housef'.' ladiauapoli Journal. Clover and Shamrock. English clovers nre Irish sliamrork. Perhnps no greater myth exists than that relating to the shamrock. St. Patrick Would find clover in almost nil parts of Ireland, ns he would in England, and it was a fitting emblem of the Trinity. Consequently there is littlo doubt thnt be used it as an illustration. Mow the littlo fiction that it is a distinrt plant and will grow only in Ireland has been maintained so long seems Incompre hensible unless it is duo to tho pecul iarity of Englishmen when regarding Most things Irish. It Is almost ns nh lurd ns regarding Lever's characters as typical of tho Irishman of todny, prob ably of any day, as he appears to hnvo hsd ns great n genius in inventing char acters as in inventing stories. Ireland largely owes its clovers nnd shnmroeks to its limestone Around Dublin, whero limertime is not very prevalent, tho in ferior type of clover, tho yellow trefoil, is commonly employed ns n badge, its convenient shapo, owing to its top root, rendering it convenient as a buttonhole flower. In limestono districts tho whito clo ver is more commonly used, though there Is no deflnito rule, ns is shown by tho specimens collected by natives in all parts of Irelnnd now to bo seen in the Dublin museum. Theso specimens were allowed to go to flower, and fonr dis tinct varieties of clover ore represented, each frequently. Even tho large red clover is included. There is no other plant shown, because there is no other shamrock. The myth is destroyed, but the clovers remain, and it is due to tholr presence that the Irish pastures are so rich aud so valuable for grazing. They have accumulated fertility, and they have done so in England. There fore their presence in lawns must not be regarded as prejudicial. London Standard. Visibility of Lights at Night. The results of tho experiments in light visibility conducted by tho inter national committee on behalf of the governments of the United States, Ger many aud the Netherlands have been banded in. The German section gave as the distance at which a light of 1 can dle power became visible 1.40 miles for a dark, clear night, nnd 1 mile, for a rainy night. The American experi ments show that a light of one cuiidlo power is visible at 1 mile nnd one of thrco caudle power is plainly visible at 2 miles. A 10 candle power light was seen with a binocular at 4 miles, one of 29 at 6 miles, though faintly, and ono of 83 randies at the same distance with out difllcuhy. To bo on the safe side the experiments wero made with green light, ns it has been conclusively proved that if a light of that color fills the required tests a red light of the aunie intensity will more tlinn do so. It wus found that the candle power of green light which remained visible at 1, 3, 8 and 4 miles was 8, IS, 01 and 100 respectively. It was noticed, how ever, that great care had to be exercised in the selection of the shado of the col or, so as to give the minimum interfer ence with tho intensity of tho light. The shade adopted is a clear blue green. Yellow and grass green should not be employed. Tho tests may be of interest to railroad men aud seamen. Progress ive Age. A Man la No Ilero to Bis Typewriter. Tho mystery of mcu's lives in the world, out of which illusions are spun, has always had a groater influence in determining the fate of women than is readily admitted. To feel transmitted through the ring finger the electrio thrill of business, of politics, of clubs, of the stirring movements in the life of men, gives any woman vantage ground over others of hor sex. But in the actual commerce of business, tho community of affuirs, the wear and tear of daily life iu oilice and elevators, this mystery vanishes. A couple of typewriters at luncheon will illustrate badly a situa tion yet too new to be fairly reckoned up. Over knifo aud fork they will match employers a small boys do pennies. Out of hour tho boss is only a man of whose necktie they may disapprove, or of the way ho wears hi hair or per haps of hi grammar, and it may be he appear greutly to the advantage of souio young man at a neighboring ma chine Mary Gay Humphrey in Sori ti ller'. Bonntn raaha. Bonnin Pasha, the chief of the sal tan's private polioe, is a plump, thick let Frenchman. In 1884 he went to Constantinople a a detective with the French embassador. Abdul Humid took a fancy to him and desired him to or ganise a detective force for service about the palace. A corps of bludgeon men was the result and tholr tactics muoh surprised the Parisian agent, Soudais, a few years ago, when he invited his colloague's help in arresting a notorious windier. Tapping at the malofaotor's door, the Turkish official felled to earth the servant who opened it and the par ty proceeded through the house, knock ing insousible everybody they met Bouduii was busily engaged in suocoring the wounded, while Bonnin oollared the real criminal Bonnin ha a comforta ble bouse in Pera, aud hi wife, a court dressmaker, has considerably in creased his savings. New York Trib- Soaree of Her CoaHdenee. Uncle George I really can't under stand you, Hattie. All the married wo men you know you say have made bad matches, and yot you are quite ready to try matrimony yourself. Hattie Don't yon know, TJnole George, that there' an excellent obance of getting a prize in a lottery where so many of the blank have been drawn J Boston Transcript Aa Ksoliaofe of ConpUiueoU. He Yon may be engaged, but I can never couooive of your being in love. She And you may be in love, bnt I can never conceive of your being? en gaged. Detroit Free Pre. - Aa lmttatlva Monkey, Ono of tho drollest Instances of the monkey's keenness of observation nnd power of mimicry that we have met with is the following: A retired admi ral nnd his wife living at Cheltenham hud a favorite monkey. One day the lady, hearing a strange noise in the dining room, looked in to what it was. The sight which met her eyes wns a ludicrous one. Heated in the arm chair, with tho admiral's smoking rnp on hi head nnd the admiral' specta cles on his nose, was the monkey, and in his hand was the open newspaper, which he shook and patted, while he jabbered nnd gesticulated with great emphasis nt tho cat which lay blinking on tho hearthrug. It wns a clever and carefully studied imitation of tho testy old admiral' tono nnd mnnner when reading to his wifo somo passago from tho newspaper which excited his wrath or indignation. It is strange that so littlo attempt is mndo to utilisa this strong imitntivo faculty in monkeys. They might easily bo trained to perform as athletes and acrobats. Somo 60 years ago nu Italian count, who hud a villa on tie shorn of Luke Albann, kept a monk' which he had tunght both to row and sail a small skiff. The monkey used to navigate this tiny craft with great skill, but unfor tunately one day, when climbing the mast be capsized tho boat and was drowned. A jockeys, monkey might sorely be made useful and would fulfil every purpose for which tho manikin who ride on race horses are artificially stunted nnd sweated. Chambers' Jour nal. LlfhthonM Lights. In a series of paper contributed to Engineering by Du Richo Preller on lighthouses in Europe tho remarkabla statement is made that the luminous range of a light of 600,000 candle pow er in tho Mediterranean (44 miles) ia equal to that of 6,000,000 candle in the channel equal to a ratio of one to ten hence, it is added, that with the excep tion of the electrio flashing light of Planter, near Marseilles, of 000,000 candle power, the most powerful min eral oil lights recently installed on the French, Corsican, Algerian and Tunis ian coasts of the Mediterranean do not exceed 86,000 candle power, having a luminous runge of about 80 miles in av erage weather. On tho other hand, in the channel and in the bay of Biscay the largest mineral oil lights have lu minous power up to ubout 800,000, and the electric lighting flush lights up to 88,600,000 and 87.600,000 caudles. Further, the maximum light of French lighthouse towers thut is, the height of tho focus above ground varies from about 60 to 70 meters, but some towers are, of oonrse, on very elevated posi tions, so that, taking the height of tho focus above the sea level, tho highest light, that of Capo Bream, i 761 feet above the high water sea lovel, while its luminous power is 0,000 candles and its luminous rnugoSS miles. This light is an oil light and the geographical range, or direct visibility of such lights on high elevations, is usuully iu excess of their luminous range, tho reverse of this, however, being rommonly the case with electrio coast lights. Machinery Lubrication. Tho result cf somo valuable experi ments on the lubrication of machinery bearings have been set forth by Mr. Dewruuce iu uu address before the Civil Engineers' institute, Loudon. His ob servations show that olive oil becomes black nnd thick after passing through tho bearings several tiuios. This oil, after filtration, was composed of 10 per cent of oleuto of load, 0. 67 per cent of oleuto of acid and 74. 08 pur cent of olive oil and glycerin, the olouto acid in tho olivo oil appearing to attack lead, zino and copper with great activi ty. Thus disks of metals used in the manufacture of bearings were immersed in oleato acid, occasionally drawn up out of tho acid so as to be exposed to tbo air. Lead and zino rapidly corroded away, copper was corroded to a lens ex tent while tin and antimony were not appreciably affected. Iu regurd to the compressibility of alloys, it is suggested by this authority thut no alloy be used nutil it is sutisfuotorily demonstrated that its point of first yield is consider ably abovo the greatest load or shock to whioh it will be subjected in use. In testing tho effect upon soft metul bear ings when the shaft sustained a beuvy pressure a piece of iron was found to leave 'no mark upon a surface softer than itself. Homo' Great Fire. In A. D. 64, 10 of the 14 municipal district of Rome were destroyed by a conflagration instigated, it is said, by the Emperor Nora The number of live lost 1 known to amount np into the hundrods, but the value of the property destroyed caunot even be estimated. By the emperor' command, thousand of Roman rendered homolos and desti tute wero employed in romoving the de bris and rebuilding the burned city. Nero, to divert tbe odium of the crime from himself, charged it upon the Christians, und thus begun one of the greatest persecution in the history of tbe early Christian churoh. Can Barrels. To brown gun barrels, wet a pioce of rag with chloride of antimony, dip it into olive oil and rub the barrel over. In 48 hour it will be covered with a fine ooat of rust. Then rub the barrel with a fine steel scratou brush and wipe with a rag dipped iu boiled linseed oil. To rebrown, remove the old coating with oil aud emery paper then remove the grease with caustio potash. Peacocks generally scream vooifuroa ly when a ohangeof weather i impend ing. In the countries where these birds are native the sign is regarded as un failing. Kublal Khan, the first mogul em peror of China, was called the Mur derer, from the tragedies in his own familr. A Check for 9100, There was onco a comedian who out financed Edward E. Iiive. Startling as the statement may teem, it is neverthe less true thnt when this farceur retired from Mr. Rico' company he owed the uannger f 700. To Mr. Rice tho condi tion was not nlono unusual it was also irksnmo. Ono morning, when ho was fretting under it, he learned that tho actor had secured a first rate engage ment at a large salary. He sat down and wrote nn nrgent letter, finishing with a demand for nn immediato remit tance of "a check for 700." In due conrso he received a communication by mail containing a heavy mctnllio disk. The letter rend: "Dear Ned Your received. Find inclosed, ns requested, cheek for 700." Tho metallic disk was a (.'., B. & Q railroud liac.ngii c heck numbered 70' Now York Herald. Getting Iteaity For a right. On tho vuy to Richmond Sherman paid but sli;:lit attention to dress, but when ho dii the staff knew something was going l happen. "There is girtni to be a fight todny, sure, " said Colom . Audenreid of tho staff one morning. "How onn you tell?" asked a com tado. "Why, man, the general's over thoic by the firo i tting on a clean collar. " That day 'liernwwith 40 cannon fe. into the hands of the army. Human Documents. Spirited Chemistry. A French savant thinks that by the year 8000 a spiritunl chemistry will have been discovered that should entirt ly ohango human nature. This will be greatly due to chemistry utilizing thi heat of the sun and tapping the oentral heat of the globe. Under the reign of chemistry the earth, we are told, will beconio a vast pleasure garden and tbe human race will live In peace and pleuty. The first manufactory of edged tools, including axes, hatchets, chisels and cutlery, was opened in Hartford, iu the year 1886. Previous to that date It is said that coarse butcher knives and bunting knives were made by black smiths, and the better quality of cutlery was imported from England, Doom of the Derby. The dorby hut is a thing of the past Timo was when no self respecting race goer thought of presenting himself upon the Epsom downs without a white hat and a green veil. But this state of things exists no longer. Hat were con spicuous enough at Epsom nt tbo last Derby, but the white hat wns conspicu ous mainly by its abseuco, while veils were few and far between. Boston Post When dogs refuse their food, the chances are for a ruin. It often happens that a storm is foretold by dogs seeking long leaved grass and chewing and swallowing tho blades. The insurance of buildings against fire loss was practiced in Rome in the time of Augustus. A Short Cut to Health. To try to euro constipation by taking 11U is like going- round in u circle You will nover reach tho point nought, but only get buck to tho sturtlng point. A perfect natural laxativo is Bacon's Colery King, tho colebruted remedy for nil nerve, blood, stomach, liver and kidney diseases. It regulates tho bowels. Reynolds Drug Store will give you a sample pack a go free. Largo sizes 25' cents und f0 cents. HALF A CENTURY OLD, mm m Is a sura rcmet'y for Coughs, Coldp, Whoop ing Cough, and all Lung diseases when used in season. Fifty years ago. I 4g p ciuur jjowiii was given up Dy ms phyoicians to die with Consrmption. Under these circumstan ces he compounded this Jbitxtr, was cured, and lived to a good old age. You can try it for the price oi one oocior s visit for sale everywhe CURED ARISUAILY. LPIP" fuf?. TrfT"' For sale by II. A lux Bloke. GET AN .It vnnpiTmN Bind fortuity uo band In ! htuiil. Oct n !u rsulon nt thB Ob trnl Suite Worm r I EDUCATION J: INrhool. iorit - i invent i-r, nrn- cIum luxMitumoiUtloiiii und low mum. Btt aid toitudtmtn. For clrrulmi.nl IMii.cat.,ullreM JAMti KI.ION, l'k. !.. IMiiulpal. nittU NrnU ftckotiL, Lock Uv P- L. M. SNYDER, Practical florse-snoer and General Blacksmith. HorHe-slioelng done In the nuntoat manner and by the lutext Improved nietlioiW. liver loodllrerent kluria of nlioeu inadu for correc tion of faulty action and dlaeaeed feet. Only the bent make of hIiimm and nulla need. Ke ualrliig of all klmlo cimifully and uromntly done. HATisrAorioa UuaHAMTMau. lumber Diuu'i suppllee oa band. Jacluou at. Dear Fifth, Beyooldavlllc, Pa. Snyder 6c Johns, FASHIONABLE TAILORS. WE have Just received a large line of Tiece Goods nnd BnmpleH, embracing the very latest etyleB cf Foreign nnd Domeptic Huitingn for Fall and Winter wear, which we are prepared to make at Hard-time Pricen. We cord-ially invite the public to call, examine our goods and get prices. Special attention to Cleaning and Repairing. Nrxt Door to Hotel McConiioIl. FIRST -CLASS HESII INE W. R. MARTIN Has a large stock of fresh groceries, consisting of Sugar, Tea, CoiTee, Rice, Canned Goods of all kinds, Potatoes, ltutter, Eggs, and everything usually kept in a first-class Grocery Store. W. 11. MARTIN, MAIN 8TRKET, Capes ! AT OUR STORE You will find the most complete stock of General Merchan dise in town. Prices never were so low. Our line of Capes and Jackets includes the LATEST STYLES and prices away down. We have just received a New Stock of Clothing, Hats and Caps. We are selling GOOD Shoes cheaper than any one in this vicinity. Full line of Staple and 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 are not what ive 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 ivay down. The price will sell them. Lots of other hi anke ts thai arc full length and width. You will get th em a t 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, Miusee and Children, in fine wool, part wool, cotton, fleeced lined, all Btyles and sizes. Oneita Union Suits, cotton and wool, twp 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 grades, price aud quality, from tho flue French flannel to the heavy lumberniun'. OOfTS AND GfPES! We've lot of wrap and will receive more Boon as they are made. The most correct style and latest cut. fl. D. Main Street. Groceries, REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. Jackets! & CO. and Haps Factoru" Deemer & go.
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