JitEt r VOLUME 5. KEYN0LIMV1LLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 27. 1897. NUMBEK 37. Statlroitb dm ffoblce. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. IN EFFECT NOVEMnER 15, 18W1. PliUnclflpliln ft Eric llnllrnart IHvlslonTlme Tnble. Train leave lirlftnmid. EAfTWAKIt l:M a m-Traln N, dully except Sunday for Bnnliury, lliirrlnlmrir anil Intermediate sta tions, nrrlvlnit at I'hlliideliililii :T.I p.m., New York.ll:! p. m. llnlilniirc,H:( p.m.i Washington, 7:13 p. ni I'lilliiiiin I'nrliir car from Vllllnnipoit unci passenger coaches f mm Kane to 1'lilladelphln. t:5H p. m. Train I), dally except Piindiiy for Iliirrlhiirir and liitonnidliite minimis, lit -riving at Philadelphia 4::l A. M. New York, :H A. M. l'ulhniin Sleeping rain from Inrrlshurg to I'lilhidclphln and New York, 'hllndelphla passengers can remain In deeper undisturbed until 7:W A. M. :8n p. m. Train 4, dally for Sunhury, Harris Inn it and Intermedial) stations, arriving at Philadelphia, 6:M A. M.I New York, V-.m A. M.on neek duya and 10.:tw A M. nn Sun dayi Baltimore, ft: 20 A. Washington, 7:4(1 A.M. I'ullmnn ear from Erie and Williams, port to riilladelphlu. Passengers In sleeper lor llaltiinore and Washington will lie. transferred Into Washington sleeper at llnr rlshurg. Passenger conches from Erie to Philadelphia and Wtlllaniaporl to Balti more. WESTWARD 7:21 a. m. Train 1, dally except Sunday for Kldgway, IJuHols, t'lermoni and Inter mediate stations. Leaves Kldgway at 3:10 V. M. for Erie. 9JMla. m. Train 3, dally for Erlo and Inter mediate points. B:2 p. m.Tiiiln 11, dally except Sunday for Kane and Intermediate station. THKOl'lill TRAINS FOR DRIFTWOOD FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH. TRAIN 11 leave's Philadelphia H::w A. m.! Washington, 7.S0A. M.t Halt I more, 8:30 A. M.t Wllkeslmrre, 10:1.1 A. M l dally except Sun day, arriving nt Driftwood at :S P. M. with Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia to Wllllamsport. TRAIN a leaves New York at 8 p. m.l Phila delphia, 11:20 p. m.t Washington, 10.40 p.m. Kaltlmoro, llifiu p. m.t dally arriving i t Driftwood at :50 a. in. Pullman sleeiiln cars from Philadelphia to Erie and from Washington and Hnltlmore to Wllllamsport end through passenger coaches from Phila delphia to Erie and Baltimore to Wllllnnis port, TRAIN 1 leaven Renovo at 8:30 a. m., dully except Sunday, arriving at Driftwood 7:21 ' JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD. ( Daily except Sunday. ) TRAIN 1 leaves Rldgway at V: a. m.t John snnhurgat :3H a. m., arriving at Clermont at 10:3n a, m. TRAIN 90 leaves Clermont nt 10:4.1 a. m. ar riving at Johnsonbung at 11:41 a. m. and Rldgway at 12:00 a.m. JJIDGWAY & CLEARFIELD R. R. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. SOUTHWARD. NORTHWARD. P.N A.M. STATIONS. P.M. l'.B. 12 10 S2S KtUgway 200 30 1217 33 Islnnd Run 152 23 1221 ta Mill Haven 1 48 tin 12 :a t48 Croylund 137 Oil 12 iM 9 52 Shorts Mills 134 0 04 12 4 9.17 . RltieRiK'k 121) ft Ml 12 42 Bftl Vineyard Run 127 8 87 12 it 1001 Carrier 125 tM 12 55 1012 Rrockwayvllle 115 5 44 ll 10 22 MoMInn Summit 105 01 10U 1025 Uarvey Una 12 08 5 J5 10 ao Falls Creek 12 50 . 5 20 143 046 DuBota 12 4 610 TRAINS LEAVE RIDUWAY. Eastward. Westward. T-aln 8, 7:17a.m. Train 8, 11:21 a. m. Ts-aln 6, 2:10p.m. Train 1, 8:18 p. m Train 4, 7:55 p.m. Train 11, 7:21 p. m. 8 M. PREVOST. Uen. Maaager. J. K. WOO. Oen. Paaa. Ag't. B UPFALO, ROCHESTER & PITTS BURGH RAILWAY. The short line between DuHola, Rsdgeay, Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo, Rorhestcr, Niagara Falls and paints In the upper oil Veglon. On and after Nov. 15th, IMA, p- jen gor trains will arrive and depart frer. Falls Oreek station, dally, except Sundays aa fol lows: . 7.25 a m and 1.35 p an for Curwenarllle and UlearneM. 10.00 a m Buffalo and Rochester vail For Brockwayvillu,lUilgway,JohaiMalurg,Mt. Jewett, Bradford, Salamanca, BunT alo and Rochester; connecting at Jnansonburg with P. E. train 8, lor WIIcok, Kauo, Warren, 4Jorry and Erie. 10.27 a m Accommodation For Sykes, Illg Run and Punxsutawney, 10.28 a m Far Koynoidnvllle. 1.13 p m Bradford Accommodation For Beechtree, Hrocfcway vlllo, Ellaaont, Car man, Rldgway, Joliusonburg, tit. Jewett and Bradford. 1.25 p. m. Accommodation far Punxsu tawney and Big Run. 4.23 p. m. Mall "or DuBols, Sylies, Big Run Punxsutawney and Waurtam. 7.40 p m Accommodation for Bis Run and Punxsulawney. Passengers are requested to purchase tick et before entering the cars. An excess charge of Ten Ueata will be collected by con ductors when farm are paid on trains, from all stations wberea ticket office la maintained. Thousand mile ticket at tire cents ner mile, good for passage between ail stations. J. H. MolKTiraa, Agent, Fall Oeek, Pa. E.O. LAPiT.Oeo. Pas. Agent, , , htochesrer . Y. A LLEGHEN Y VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY twrnmenolng Sunday Notrember 20, 1896, Low Grade Division. KAHTWABD. Je.l.NoJ.INo.. 101 103 STATIOSB. Bed Bank i Lawaotiham . . at A. U, A- P. M r M H Mil 11 80 11 tl New Bethlehem (to n t3 U wan mage UUysvlire feummervllle... ropkvllle 11 12 (a 8 52 12 10 108 rl M it XI i 45 SOU duller.... teynoldsvllle.. 'aneoaat alia Creek niBols. tbula lnterburn .... euneld yler.... eneavtta ... cant riftwood tisss 12 88 12 35 tl 03 1 25 1 35 148 M33 ioo 12 23 IK 10 35 10 451 133 143 T 41 it 73(H a 17 8 27 rl 52 4l IP. m A. fWBSTWAaU. ' I UoJI Ko. NoJO 108 I 110 tttttbM. ftwood H 8 80 8 30 '. ' ' at fl0 88 r3 57 t 5 oesette 10 48 (07 3W er... ,. II 17 (34 ( 3 .aeld Ut (43 (4 iterbom.... 11 82 (40 (33 ula. 11 42 (33 7 03 Mis If 33 7U 7 30 12 40 3 M j Oreek 115 7 34 7 33 It 30 3 30 oaet tl 31 t7 81 t7 41 aotdarlUa.. i 40 7 40 7 30 ir.i 1 (4 7 37 48 6T 1 IN tt03 48 18 killa I 14 (14 (34 OSMTVllU.... tt (4 (41 r..l, i8 (34 tffl ,...... 4 8 (80 (Si . . kem 8 10 (10 t0 .M.... 8 41 (42 4Mat 8 34 (4 p. a. A, m P. M. P at. p. at. TalM daily leeptOuoday. DAVID MoOABOO. Oufb. ItTPT, VAJ. r. AKDXttfON 0m PAaa. AO. . JJEECH CHEEK RAILROAD. Nfw York Ontnl & Hudton River R. ft. Cd l'te CONDENSED TIME TABLE. RKAtl IT Exp Mull No:i7 No : p in i m I Vt Afr. . ri)wws ;xp .Mini osu No:ii Nov. m, iww. a tn p in Jt," 'i;, () Vvi 5 25 n 111 "5:11 5 T "541 n';": 5 in 5 ;t 5 52 5 It! 5 58 5 fl 15 3 ."i7 PATTON... .t.ve I) II IM if AT'-f.-l'v 12 33 tiviv... Kermoor....Arr 3,W H 411 8 45 8IW SKI III tlA..AM. 12 I.". A ... Kerinoor .... l.ve 12 II New Mllpoit 12 01 tiliinta II Ml , Mlti liells II 40 l.ve.t'leiiilleld.liitic.Arr 804 liai ....CLEARFIELD J '"'5 W MUM T 57 II 2rSrr.Cleiu HelinuiicTLvo 7 4H II 19 Woodland 742 II 05 Bl'tler 7,'l7 105H Wiillaceton 72m 10 50 .. Minrl-ilule Minus.... 7 2n Pitl Lve MitiiKon Arr : U45 8 52 0 57 -IW 7 !5 11 .ill 0 1; 0 53 0 .V.I 7i; 7 I") 10 111 7 40 II, VI 40 I 01 Arrtl'HIL'PSBq j ,vo a ,-i 11 II V Arr Mnnsoti lVe 7 17 717 Wlnliiirnc 7 K 7 22 I'EAI.E 7 40 Olljliitown 7 57 HNPK SHOE 801 ....BEECH CREEK 4 Mill Hull 001 LOCK HAVEN 07 ViniiiLcliilc I' HI JERSEY SHORE JI'NC 8 211 IEHSFY SHORE.... : 7 42 8 01 (UN III II 17 :r II III 0 4.1 Lve WILLIAMSP'T Arr 10 05 10 211 a m p in T'Hll.A. &T(KAI1IM1 R. R. Arr WILLIAMSP'T Lve Lve PIIILA Arr amp in Iti'io'll :m 50.1 7J0 H 00 h7 35 JH3H p m n 111 Lv N YTvlaTiimiuiiin Ar Lv..N. Y. vlu Phllii.. Ar 1 Dully t Week-duys 1 3 00 p m Siiniluys 10 55 a m Simdnv 'b" New York pussengem traveling via Phll mlelplilii on 111.20 a m train from Williams- tmrt, will chiiiigocars at Columbia Ave,, Milladelphla. f'ONii:'TIONS.- At Wllllamsport Willi PlilladiilphlaJliKeadlngR.R. At.leisey Shore with Fall II n ik Railway. At Mill Hall Willi Central Rnllroiid of IVnnsvlvtinlii . At. IMilllpshurg with Pennsylvania Railroad and Altootia A Phlllpsliurg Connecting R. R. At Clearfield with Buffalo, Rochester A Pittsburgh Railway. At MtiharTey and Pat ton with Cambria fc C'leiirfleld Division of Pennsylvania Railroad. At Mahaffey with Pennsylvania A: North-Western Railroad. A. G. Palmrr, F. E. Hkrrimah, Superiateudent. Oen'l Pass. Agt. Philadelphia, Pa. fiolrla. JJOTEL McCONNELL, REYNOLDSVILLE. PA. FRANKS. BLACK, Proprietor. The leading hotel of the town. Headquar ters ftiir commercial men. Steam heat, free bus. bath room and closets on every iloor. samelo rooms, bllliai-d room, trleplione con nections Ac. II OTEL BELNAP, REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. J. C. ItlLLMAN, Proprietor. First class In every particular. Located In the verycnulre of tlie business part of town. Free 'bus toaiid from trains and commodious ample rooms for commercial travelers. Htarrllaneoua. NEFF. JUSTICE OP THE PEACE And Real Estate Agent. Reynoldsvllle, Pa. Q MITCHELL, ATTORN E Y-AT-LA W. Office on West Main street, opposite the Commercial Hotel, Keyuoldsvllle, Pa. C. S.CORIM)N. JOHN W. REKD QORDON & REKD, ATTORN EYS-AT-LA W, Brookvllle, Jeffenm Co. Pa. OMce In room formnrly occupied by Oerdon & Oorbett West Mule Street. W.t. VtORAOXIH, BrnkTllU. 0. KtDOMALD, RiysddsrilU. ccracken ft Mcdonald, Attorney and CoungeUor-at-Laic, OHcea at Reynoldsvllle and Brookvllle. JRANCIS J. WEAKLEY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, v Offices In Mahonejr building, Main Street, Kernoldaville, Pa. D1 B. E. HOOVER, 1 REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. ealdent dentist. In building near Metho dist church, opposite Arnold block. Gentle ness In operating. jyi. R. E. HARBISON, SURGEON DENTIST, KeynoldsvlHe, Pa. OOce tn rooms formerly occupied bjr 1. 8. McOrelgbt, D R. R. DeVERE KING, DENTIST, Office at the residence of T. 0. King, M. D-, at corner of Main and aiith atreeta, Reyaoids vllle. Pa. Or REYNOLDS VILLE. CXPITJCL oao.ooo.oo. C.nitelell,rreeldeBiM eH Menellaaid, Vie Pree.l Jeha) II, Kaaieher, Caekler. Dlreterei O. Mitchell, Boott McClelland ' J. O. King, John H. Oorbett, O.B.Brown, O. W. fuller, J. B. Kaucher. I i I 055 7 40 I 7IH 10 :W 7 12 10 :r II 4" 10 12 8 211 8 50 8 IB 8 4:1 3 18 8 4" 5 05 8 : 4 5H 2 5 4 47 8 15 4 35 N Oil 4 :J 7 .v. 4 00 47 2-. p in am "p ni a m 2 40 ll.V) h:hii m 4 30 7l a mum First National Bank Does general banking business and solicits the aooouata of merchants, professional men, farasera, meehaalca, mlaere, lumbermen and othare. promising the moat careful attention to the Mtstaea of all persons. Bate Deposit Botes for rent. Pint KaUonal Bank building, Nolan block Mr Proof Vault. A PUZZLING PARIS HOUSE. tl Ha Two Spiral Stairways Which Look Like One nt Time. Onoof MiRnrentestpriririsitiflgrif Paris Is thn house with the dmilile stalroase. It tines lint figure in the Ruiilebook and is not nraniiR the places of interest that are photographeri, but, fur all that, it is of greater interest thmi mony of the things that comn within this class. This houso hits ('iiti'iinces nt AS Itua Rnillvlll nud nt 18 Rnmle Vnlnis. It is In tliti quarter of the Palais Royal Mint palace now given tip lurgely to restau rants mid cheap jewelry shops, rturl ones the resilience of the most licentious of French princes, the regent d 'Orleans. The quarter is one of the most central In Paris, and all Americans who hare been in Paris know it, but the house, Which is a few steps from the Palais Kiiyal, the Ruede Rivoli and the Louvre, escapes general attention because it faces on dark and narrow streets. Each staircase begins on opposite sides of the central space of the house aud la continued separate right up to the roof. They are in a graceful spiral form. The house is nine stories high, a very con siderable height for one so old. As you look up the wall you can hardly realize that there is more than one stairway. The result of this arrangement is that one stairway takes yon to the first floor apartment on thn right, the second floor on the left, nnd so on. The other stair way takes yon to the first floor on the left, the second floor on the right, and so on. You must be very oareful to choose the right stairway when you are going to an apartment, otherwise you may mount as far as the sixth floor nnd flud yourself on the wrong side of the house. It is just as well then to go to the top and come down by the other stairway. It is difflonlt to describe the pnsiling effect of this contrivanoe on those who see it for the first time. No more In genious contrivance for exoitlug pro fanity and causing oonfusion was ever designed by architect. The beauty lies in its simplicity, which gives it an ad vantage over secret doors and suoli la borious devices. It is favorite trick with those who know thn house to take moderately in toxicated friends to see it. The man who knows tells bis friend to go np stairs. Then he goes up himself by the opposite stuirway. When be has gone up about two stories, be lesns over the balustrade and tells his friend to join Jiiui. The inebriate endeavors to do so, tuuuing up aud down stairs, but never able to catch the other. New York Journal. GREAT GRAPE INDUSTRY. The Shores tnT Lake Chautauqua Stapyfty alf the Camatry. The management of the vineyard Is tin Interesting study and one whiok to be successful requires technical knowl edge. In the large vineyards, aa a rule. tbe owner himself (Ives personal super vision to every detail Sometiaaes a manager err overseer performs tbeae du ties. One of tbe largest growers in this section tells me that the most snoneasful grower is the foreigner, who, with bis family of eight or ten, comes and leases or buys IB or 88 acres of land, each member of the family having bis or ber part in tbe work to perform from spring autil pioking time, while the winter is devoted to the making of the baskets. Thus no outf'.devixpeuditure is incurred, nd wtren the grapea are sold the pro ceeds return fo Ibe family aa the profit on the individual labor of each member, quite in contrast with tbe large owner, Who is oompelled to hire help to do each little thing in addition to baying bis baskets, Tbe Conoord grape is tbeonry variety of any consequence raised in this region, nd some idee of tbe magnitude of tbe business carried on may be had when it is known that the shipments for one year from Chautauqua couBty alone Will amount to 8,600 carloads, 1,000 baskets of 10 pounds each in each oar. These ar taken from thn grower by some one of 4he numerous growers' as sociations, whose business it cs to And a market. Btssutge as it may aaem, it Is nevertheless true that three-fourths of them go to points west of Chicago, while the other one-fourth travels eastward. Tbe making of baskets is an Impor tant item. Many factories areecnployed. Tbe prioe ranges from I to i)i osnts per basket Thus she grower who would find his business la any way profltahle must, in addition to the cost of tbe basket, realise at least 1 cent per ponad for his grapes, while today it is a common thing to find tsn pound basks on the retail market slow sale at Is) oenta. Thus we find that the utmost ears most be taken in the management of a vine, yard to make it profitable. Clhootsn quan. "Saw yon coming ont of the barber's this morning," said thajooiabie noard r. "I went in on business cons noted With purely personal ends, " replied As bury Peppers with ssneh dignity. "Ob, beg pardon, I" "That is to say, I got my ksirewt tod my shoes shined. " Oinolauati Ka (alrar. The whits lily In tbe tooth of Europe, particularly in Italy, is an emblem of sweetness, light and life. In tome of the country districts of the Italian pe ninsula lilies are always placed on the tofflns of yooiig girls. Domestic Life la Bethlehem, la JndnMs. I went to Bethlehem several times. returning usually toward dusk. I con stantly met the "Bethlehem men," as they are called mechanics, masons, carpenters, Inborers returning on foot from their long and hard day's work in Jerusalem. The hours of labor in thn east are from sunrise to snnset, nnd these men would leave Bethlehem enrly in the morning, and, after walking the tlx miles to their daily task, work all day aud walk back at dusk to their late and scanty supper. The younger men looked worn out. The older men seemed to have lost all strength, and their eyea frequently looked dull and almost glased. I was invited to visit family in Bethlehem. Thoir home was on the sec ond floor of a building. It consisted of single room, about 15 feet square, with a concrete floor, and not single article of furniture save a tiny charcoal stove. It was clean. There were plenty of windows, and the window sills were low and broad and were used instead of chairs. There were little cupboards built in the walla, whiob held the food and the few dishes. At one side of the room was a larger recess, perhaps S feet deep, 8 feet high and 0 feet long. Here were piled blankets, rugs and quilts, neatly folded. At night the rugs were spread on the floor and the family slept on them, using tbe blankets and quilts for covering. On great ocoasions a little circular table, about 8 feet across and 1 foot high, was used as a dining table. 8. 8. MoClnre In McClure's. Locating the Blame. ' j One of Washington's amateur actors has a profound faith in the efficacy of advertising. And it must I n confessed that the publio has given him reason to feel that it is somewhat slow at making discoveries. It was after tbe entertain ment, and the chairman of the commit tee on arrangements was receiving his ; usual measure of reproof. "Who got np the programmes?" asked the young man. "I did," replied the chairman of the , committee. "I suppose you think that your pnrt of tbe performance was not given sufficient prominence." "I don't care anything about the prominence. But so long as my name was mentioned at all it might aa well bne been done right." "I don't see that yon ought to say anything about the way in which we called attention to yon. The andienoe didn't seem to know you were there." "On the contrary, a number of my frienda told me I waa first rate, especial ly when I sang that comic song. " "I didn't bear anybody laughing." "Of course not And that's whera I say you are to blame. How could yon expeot them to laughf Yon didn't state in tbe programme that it waa a oomio song." Washington Star. Demand For Fllntloeke. Strange as it may appear, flintlock muskets are not merely a record of by gone agtt. In 1896 no fewer than l,80,0U0gun flints were produced at tbe Lingheuth mines, Brandon, Suffolk, England. These flints are chiefly to de light African and other savages, who, having been so long nsed to flintlocks, are reluctant to givo them np. Tbe method of manufacturing tbeae gun flints Is vary interesting. In tbe operation of "flaking" Inn worker will take a "quarter" in his toft hand, and placing it on his knee, around which a protecting band of leather has been trapped, gently tap tbe flint with hammer, giving it each time a well di seoted blow. At every tap a flake 6 inches long and I inch wide falls into his baud, and, if it good one, is deposit ed in a pail by his side, all bad ones twing discarded. Tbe kuappers work these flints with hammers with long, thin heads, often nade of old flies, transversely striking tbe strips of flint on an iron fixed in their benobes. 8t Xjouis Globe-Democrat. sd ItaflrsaSi Tbe snnouuomnent that the railroads throughout tbe country will continue during next year to scant half rates to clergymen has been received with aa feigned satisfaction try a majority of tha members of tbe oloth. But not by alL A prominent and respected preacher, commenting upon the matter, said; "I bad'' hoped that tbe railroads were finally about to wipe ont the semideadha4 privilege extended to tbe olergy. It is a reiio of the times when preaching meant poverty, and under the changed condi tions it is not only unfair to the rail ways and the general traveling publio, but it is destructive of the self respect of its benenoiaries. Tbe railroads have bean chafing under the olarioal half far system for a long time, and for several years soma of them bsive keen trying to do away with it Times have changed since the church was poor astd preachers Underpaid, and tbe railroad people are quite sensible of the fact. " Philadel phia Beoord. Russia produces eight bushoN nr whsat to the acre and might produu. twice or three times that quantity if the cultivation were as oareful and sys tematic as in Germany or France. Atilla. tha king of the Hnna, wa called tbe Uoourge of God, The desola tion he wrought in Knrope cannot be read even at this day without the ut most horror. The first United States piano was mads in Boston iu 1888. mopping the "H." The flue old English custom of dis carding the initial "h" is snirl to be go ing ont of use. Some writers are in dulging in reminiscences of men to Whose conversation it gave picturesque ness. At thn celebrated election in 186r, at which Mr. Gladstone lost bin seat for Oxford university, his opponent was Mr. Hardy. The practice theu and, for nnght to the contrary, it may be so still at a contested electionwas for each elector to record his vote by word of month before tellers for each party sitting in the convocation house or some other snitahle place of meeting. The late Professor Henry Smith was acting as teller for Mr. Gladstone, when an uncouth country parson entered, and to the usual question for whom he wished to record his vote replied in confusion, "I vote for Mr. Olad I mesn for Ardy." "I claim that vceo," quietly pnt in Professor Henry Smith. "No, I no," protested the old clergyman, "I did not finish the name." "You didn't even begin the other," was the professor's dry retort A story is told of nn eminent legal practitioner who was afflicted with a similar difficulty in prononncing his aspirates many years ago. He had a particular dislike to a late learned lord chancellor who had published a book upon hymns. Upon seeing his rival en ter (he court on one occasion he was heard to mutter, '"Ere 'e comes, 'nm ming 'na 'yrons; 'oly old 'nrubug, 'ow I do 'ate Mm I" New York Journal. The Mosale Age Highly Literary. At first the Tel el-Aninma tablets were declared to be forgeries, and Renan gave expression to tbe "critioal" skep ticism ou the subject in his annual ad dress on oriental discovery. Very soon, however, the most stout hearted cham pion of thn illiteracy of the auoient east wss obliged to yield, snd the "critics" were forced to admit that on this point, at all events, they had been in the wrong. But it waa with a bsd grace that the admission was made, for it did not require much penetration to see that thn discovery deprived them of what I may term their base of operations. Just as Wolf's skepticism in regard to tbe age and authorship of Homer rested on bis belief In the late date of tbe use of writing for literary purposes in Greece, so the really strong argument of the "critics" against the Mosaio age and authorship of the Pentateuch was that neither Moses nor his contemporaries could read or write. The Tel el-Amarna tablets have come to upset this supposed fact snd to show that the Mosaio age was a highly literary one. It is amusing to watch thn undisguised reluctance with wbiob the "critics" have swallow ed the unpalatable fact that, after all, Moses could have written the Israelitish law. -Contemporary Review. A Cheerful Liar. "When I was out among tbe hills of northern India," said the major, "I had an experience that I wonder didn't turn my hair gray. I was csmped all alone on tbe side of that bistorio stream and bad occasion to go for some water to boil my bnaus in. First thing I knew I stepped right into a quicksand. I knew What waa op at once aud knew that I waa goue. And I am willing to admit that I was frightened. "In fact, that is bow I came to es cape. As I stood there witb that horri ble sand dragging, dragging at me like tome living monster, I turned oolder I aud colder. Do what I could my teeth j would keep on chattering, though I i knew that every vibration of my jaw 1 was shaking me farther down into that ; ready made grave. And I grew oolder i and colder. Suddenly I noticed that I i had stopped sinking." i "Struck bottom, eh?" "Certainly not. I bad grown ao cold : from horror aud fear I may aa well admit it that I actually frose tbe water : in the quicksand frose n tha whole busi- ness, sir." Pearson's Weekly. ' Beany Dabby ahatft. An early version will be found in Bell's "Rhymes of Northern Bards," page 888, and Sir 0. Sharp's "Bishon i rick Qjsriand;'' page 64. Tha Utsscraas as tallowst sMtbr Bhsfto'e goes to sea, ' Surer buckles at his knee. Be'11 com back and marry see. Beany Bobby Bhafto. Babby Bhafto's bright and fair, OsmMng down his yellow hair. . Bat's say aln for evermatr, Beany Bobby hunt. Acoordlnr to Sir (1 Sham, tha saw was need for electioneering purposes la 1761, whtn Robert Shafto of Whit worth, Esq., wss the favorite candi date and was popularly called "Bonny Bobby Shafto." His portrait at Whit worth represented him as very yoaag and very handsome and with yellow hair. Miss Beliasyss. the heiress of Braneepetn, i said to have died for love of him. Notes and Queries. 43heesral fseple. One is always refreshed try the pree eooe of cheerful people. The thought ought to teach ns a salutary laasoa to be always cheerful ou reel res. . Tha o beery person, who baa a pleasant smile for tall, a genial word for every ao qaaintanoe, a happy saprssslon for the world, is tbe person whose orawpanlon shlp is sought whoss pressnos is Indis pensable at a party or dinner and whoss absence is always noted Rxohange. Tbe uauia "barleycorn," iu long measure, arose from the que -of tht grain as a measure uf distauos. ON THE PRAIRIE. Bare, low, tawny hills, With bluer helthta beyond. And the air la sweet with spring. But when will the earth respond? Prairie that rolls for lesKnea, Inky and golden pale. Like a stlriess sea of wares. Unbroken by ship or sail. The hollows are dark with lirnsh And Mark with tbe wash of showers And rsgsed with bleaching wreck Of the ranks of the tall sunflowers. Kn elond In the blue, no stir Pare the shrill of thn wind In the grass. And the meadow lark's note, and the call Of the wind borne emwa that pass. Bare, low, tawny bills, With bluer heiithta beyond, And tbe air Is sweet with spring. Bet when will thoenrth respond? Herbert Boles In New York Tribune. TREES IN THE STREETS. A Society In New York City la lleantlfy the Avennes. Without donht the Tree I Muting as sociation of New York has undertaken a most beneficent work. So far as it proves to be practicable, it will contrib ute ns much as any other scheme that; fonld be projected for thn embellish ment cf the city. The incorporators are to a considerable extent thn same as the incorporators of tbe Botanic garden Inen well known for pnblio spirit and; intelligence. Thus the society begins) under the most favorable possible aus-i ' pices, for oantion and discrimination as well as for enterprise. Of course Its work will be largely ex perimental. There are streets, even rest 'dentisl streets, in New York in which it may not be wise to attempt tree plant ing at all, for the reason that the space cannot be spared, either from the side- . jwalk or the roadway, for the boxes that . must protect the young trees or for tha trunks of snoh as live to maturity. Even in those streets in wbiob there is room' enough for trees there are many places In which no trees can thrive by reason of thn lank of sunshine, and, indeed, there are scarcely any streets in New York below the park iu which trees can ' be expected to do so well as In a place like Washington, where the streets are wo wide nnd the buildings so low as to 'give all trees that may be planted a fair rhance for life. Almost thn only streets in New York that are at favorably sit-, 'bated are tbe Broadway boulevard and the Riverside drive. The boulevard has ibeen nntil within tbe past few months' a dismal monument to municipal neg-i 'lent. Now it is kept in order, but time! 'is required to replaoe the trees that have' been allowed to die, and the double row of trees that were meant "high over arobed to embower" does not embower! at all, but presents npon tbe whole a' scraggy and dismal spectacle. This, of oourse, comes mainly from neglect, for there is no reason why trees, in this thoroughfare should not thrive if they can be made to thrive anywhere in New York. The general introduction of electric lighting will domuob for the trees unless as is still carried through' the ground for fuel. It is given out thatj nnoontaminated earth will be used for tbe setting of the new trees, but, judg ing from what we have experienced in the opening of Fifth avenue for a sewer and the previous openings of other ave nu or laying cables, the percolation of tlio gas through the fresh soil would be a matter of only weeks at the lougeet . The new association is plainly destined) to encounter many obstacles. If it suo-' ceerls in gaining even a partial victory over them, it will entitle itself to the gratitude of all New Yorkers. New. York Times. Musical Hesitation. Although the Quakers, ss a sect, drr not fsvor music, regsrding it ss s profit less amusement indulged in by the world's people, there are occasionally" Stories told whioh show that tbs lovn of-' music sometimes steals its wsy Into a- Quaker household In spite of discipline, George Thompson, the famous English1 abolitionist, while lecturing on tbe abo lition of slavery in the British provinces, stopped one night with a Quaker family.. Ha was a great lover of music, and at that time waa a good singer. During the evening he sang "Oft In' the Stilly Night" which was listened1 to with tha closest attention. . In the morning his Quaker hostesav appeared somewhat uneasy. She wished', to hear the song again, but it would! hardly do, she thought, for her to re quest its repetition. At last, however,, .' her desire overcame her scrapie. . k "George; " she said, with a faint pink: color in ber soft oheeks, "will thee re peat tbe words of last evening in thy sual manner?" Youth's Companion. At Bis Own banal, Mr. Bloff Look here, young man; you're always going about with my daughter, and I want to know what -yonr intentions are regarding barf Young Man I really have no inten- ' Mont, sir. Mr. Bluff (angrily) Then, what do yoa mean by am using youreelf at my daughter's expense' Young Man (airily) I'm not amus lug myself at yonr daughter's expense, sir. bnt at my own expense. I always pay for tha theater tickets and Mfraso- mcnts. Pwemi'i P'sefcty "I see that yon are your own washer. , woman," said Mrs. Mpitaly, who waa tesaing ner poodle past tha plaoa. "Yes, "retorted Mrs. Suaply. "Bnt, thsnk aoodness. I'm not HMtnaari t-n pUyiug nursegiri for a dog. "r-'OeJvv - . a4W , 7
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