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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.
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i Lawaotiham . .
at
A. U,
A-
P. M
r M
H Mil
11 80
11 tl
New Bethlehem
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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 ....
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yler....
eneavtta ...
cant
riftwood
tisss
12 88
12 35
tl 03
1 25
1 35
148
M33
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12
23
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10 35
10 451
133
143
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17
8 27
rl 52
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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
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