A FIDDLER WAITED.
HE WAS FAMED AND AT DANCE MUSIC
DID VERY WELL.
I
pan and r rolls la a Wnshant on the Ore
gon Miort Mae Millionaire, end I in ml- '
gnat Attend llano, and Ksperlene.
a Mould HarprlM.
On St. Pntrlok's dny, 18D4, Ave ;
ihrongh trainn, bound both to the east- j
ward and westward of the Oregon Short
Line of the Union Pecifln, were tird np
it Olenns Ferry, Ida. They had been
raiifzht between two nprlou washouts,
nne at Porntello and the other at Indian
Urwk, thrno day before, and had to
wait nf (ilenns Ferry for trnrk repair
ulniiK the line before they conld proceed.
Uleiios Ferry ia a bleak little rnilmad
and sheep herders' town tf 800 or 400
Inhabitant, situate on a inRnhrnah
lilnff overlooking the unspeakably dark
nd -dreary Snake river.
The Ave Rtnllnd train carried 000
passenger of ai mlsoellaneonsn charao.
ker ns conld be gotten together at a
Irarefully selected congwaa of types.
fl'here were emigrant! and millionaire;
soldier on the more: dainty women in
(palace cat and women bound forCreedn
and Cripple Creek in day coaches; min
er who killed time during the wait tn
shooting magpie circling over the
bnake river; Bhoahone Indian travel-
lug to the limit of their reservation;
well behaved and qniet people, noisy
and tumultuous people. Bat all were
stuck alike, and they made the best of it
Line of social demarcation were for
the time craned. All hand mingled
easily on the little itntion platform and
Hn the little (tation waiting room. The
supply cf food on the dining enra gave
out the llrst day of the bitch, and every-
body waa fed, and well led, too, in the
station rating room. They at down at
the table in relay and patiently
waited their torn.
The railroad employee end their
wive wero to give dunce at the little
town hall on 6t Patrick' night. The
Mwitchman who had been customarily
employed to Add In for them hud been
twitched to another division. In nqunn
dnry, the dunce coiutuitiee toured the
train and ilction to ascertain if any or,
the stalled passenger Imppcm-d to bo
(carrying a violin uml wus uitpnble of
producing niusio on it. In one of the
deeping cars they cmuti across uu artistic
looking man, with very long hair, a
serupbio, oluaginou tounti'iinuce and
pick edinjjly bugT dot lit. They were
looking for a tiddler, tiny sitid Did lie
know of any on tho train? Well, he
(didn't know (in outrageously hud Eng
lish); be played a little hiuist'lr onto in
uwliilo, and had rather a fuir Hddle
with him. The long haired matt accent-
led the "fiddle" rather curiously. But
tlio railroad men were overjoyed. Would
he pluy for tbem to dunoe with their
wives uml sweethearts? Ctrtmnlyl Did
lie know (lunru music? Well, souio.
All of the stalled ni4i'iiuer were in
vited tu the dauce, uml they nil wont.
A good uiuny of them could not get in.
Tlio bugglly clothed tiddler turned op
in good time. The piniitat wus waitiug
lor him. t-o wus tl.e lailruud duiira
jcoiiin uree, tiuoof tin Member of which
it-ii: i d 3 in one iiniliir bills into the
id .: .r huiul us p;iiieur iu advance
fur in j cvutiing'a work It wus smiling-
ly ueccptcii The dance begun. Tbo
tii' . un'a wi.'o, whopluyed the piuuo,
I"..iii' d au old bi'tiiumlit'd violin and
1. tunc I. .nk uud turned to the lull-
Kvt. feuo toid tlm llu liir. at the end of
the Hist liuui.'c, time iiu did pretty well,
i.'y ho went too fust. Thou there wui
awu.ts. The fiddler wus informed by
his ucnnnipiiuist that he was getting
uloiiK tltn.lv, ui il everybody iu the room
begun to 1 rt k Dp bis euia at the sweet-ui.-iif
tlm Mihu music, although the
V." -.''J ? "re wwnioii t-uuugu and tawdry
A. crlter wait tlm "Benutiful Blue
Diiuuut " All tf Urn dunoer oil the
Uoor mti.ieii dead ut the first bar, and
t tin travelers with cultivated musical
turn uiove.d cIukk to the piuuo. The pi-
aiitc n uid. flie wi-lied to listen. The
viuiiu uiuno wui uiivuouluun. The play
er swayed f mm side to aide as he phras
ed. Be u')n'uri'il to be oblivious of his
surrounding. Bo improvised vuriutiims
of iuspiriui: luiideruew. Be out-Mtrauss-
led StiuiiKii Bia violiu aaitg, throbbed
with )ufiun. When,' the lust uote died
awuy, the pruplu in the hull appeared
to be iu u dreuiu ull but uiiv.
VM. Yaaye." laid Charity Fair, the
ion of the lute Culled butts tieuator
Fair, stepping from the throng, "won't
yoo play that lively, rattling tbiug yon
gave n at the Bohemiuu ilub iu Han
Franciaco the other nigbtl - It' been
Irnuuing in luy head ever ainoe."
J. Tiaye played Berlioa' "Piaai-
oato" a ha perbap never played it be
fore. Wasbiugtou Btar.
Tha Da BlaarUv Wamaaw
In an article which' the late Mr. Da
Bfanrier wrote eouie year ago fur The
IHagaaine of Art aprouo of the typioal
"pretty woniau"4)f hi drawings, oo-
leuni the folluwlng quuiut and character
lictlo passage t "I do hope the reader doe
not dudike bet that ia, If he know ber
l am m foud of ber myself, or rather
Uofoudof what I wsut ber to be. tibeU
my pieoe de reiiatavoe, and I bare oftea
beard ber commended, and the pralae of
Iher baa aonnded aweet ia mine ear and
Jgone straight to oiy bearf, tor abe baa
ibeooma to ma as a daughter. She ia
(rather Ull, I admit, awl a trifle atitf
bat English women art tall and etiff
hast now and ah 1 rather too serious.
hot that la only baeaoae I Bud ir o
diScuitwltb a mere stroke in black ink
to indicate the euohantiug little curved
llnea that go (roai the nose to the tuoata
nc.-ncra, ca using the cheeks to make a
Uw"-
la the Osanlhea,
'Oondoceor Beg pardon, madaase, bat
'Cxm cwper are aouuterfeii.
Lady Oh, wieaia mat Keep thorn for
a f . Cera are aome rood ones.
C" 'tot (wi:i a i t bow) liac
WINUE.0 8EED3.
Vk Wind Plays aa Important Part
ta
tha Rpreadlng of Plants.
The nsunl way for send to bo carried
i by the wind. Sometime they aie so
mail and light a to be Dually wafted
iby the brceaes. This ia the case with
the seed of tho moccasin flowers and
meuilow pink and the other beautiful
plant of onr woods and bojis culled
orchids. And the tiny bodies, liko atonie
of dust, termed "simres," tlmt answer
to wed iu fern and mosses and toad
tools, are borne away by the lightest
breath of air. But most seeds urn tlteni
elves too heuvy for this. So they are
t)flt:ni(S provided with thin, broad
Wings that curry them beforn tho wind
as a suil carries n bout. Tho pairs of
"keys" that hung in cluster from tho
tuuplo trees in spring are audi winged
fruits. When rlpo, they flout slowly to
the ground, or if a high wind is blow
ing they are carried farther from f ho
tree. The ash ha thick bunches of
winged fruit much liko thesn, but sin
gle. The elm lias a thin, papery borilt r
all around it small seeds, which make
them quite conspicuous ua tin fining mi
tho branchlct before tho lctftt liuvo
come out.
Number of plant have aliont tlm
seeds dclioalo hair or bristles thut take
the place of wings. A dandelion
"clock," or a bead of thistle down, is a
buueb of seeds, each with a circle of
fine bristle on the summit When tho
seed are ripe, along come a breeze,
and, puff, away go the seeds, bunging
from their tuft of bristle as tho bas
ket hang from a balloon. The bunches
of long silky hairs that come from a
bursting pod of milkweed and fill the
air around have each their precious
cargo in the shape of a small brown
seed. The seeds thut ripen in heads on
tho clematis after the handsome purple
flower leave have fullen have long
feathered tails, liko slender bird plumes,
thnt do the sumo work that i given to
the silk of milkweed. Tho "cotton"
arouud the seed of the willow at the
riverside and of the poplar along city
street serve the same useful purpose.
Cotton itself i only a bunch of line
white hair arouud tbesoed. Agesbofore
men thought of (piuniug it and weav
ing it into cloth it wit making itself
useful to the cotton plant by helping
to scuttor it seeds. "How Plunts
Spread," by Thotnua II. Keuruey, Jr.,
iu St Nicholas.
NOT GOOD EVIDENCE.
It Is aa Kiy Matter to Chang Photo
graphte Ptoturwh
Photographic copies of an original, it
i cluimt'd. arc not acceptable a proof
before a court, inasmuch a the photo
graphs may cusily be changed to suit
tho wish. Uxpert picture maker chu
take a pbotogruph, and by various proc
esses secure n composite containing sev
eral features desired that did not exist
in the original.
A celuhruted photographer of this city
declared that it i an easy matter to
ehaugo photographs. Picturos can be
ciude to nIiow the body of one person
with the heud of another, or it is possi
ble to insert certain feature desired iu
a photograph. The producer of art
pin it. graph often nse the form of oue
ulijict uud the head of another iu or
di r to cl.iaiii the moat symmetrical re
si' Its and thus form a sort of composite
pi. ture.
"liy tho use of nitrio acid," he said,
"ni:y part of the silver print photo
piti'li, tho one commonly used, can be
ii'.ud. If tin., picture were a platinum
prir.t, whic'i isuulikely, the same effect
could lie Mr lived by the nse of uquuregin
or a lit) u i'l 'imposed of a mixture of
nitric mid muriutio acids, which aoti a
a Kilvciit fur fold or platinum prints."
It tf ns bhnv n that original aiguature
could bo erased and other pasted or
copu d thereon and thou a photograph
tuktu whi'h would seem that tho result
was n perfect photograph of an original
pupcr. Philadelphia Call.
Sunday la Chtnasowa.
The population o( Chinatown on Sun
days is uliout 4.00Q or 6,000, on week
days very much less. The difference
may be ucccunted for by tbe fact that
on riutiday thu Chinese from all part
of New York aud Brooklyn, and from
Long Island, New Jeiuey and Oonneeti
rut towns, flock to Chinatown to visit
their friends and to do basincs Since
the American Sunday does not permit
laundry work on that day, the laundry
men seize upon it a a general recrea
tion day and go to Chinatown by Ban
drcds. This, therefore, ia tbe great baU
neaa day of that region, and all the
toroa are open and every employee il
constantly occupied.
Here the luundrymea bny all their
dry groceries, their clothing and their
laundry supplies. Here, also, are the
great family headquarters whither
comes the mail from China and where
the Chinese meet to dlacna the affairs
of their people and incidentally the
various phases of American anti-Chi-neaa
legislation. "Tbe Chinese of Mew
York," by Helen F. Clark, in Centnry.
vtripM" Una Ma Primula la the JaafU.
Birds and monkeys will often warn
the jougler of tbe approtoh of a tiger;
the latter especially take every oppor
tunity to express by load hooting tho
intensity of their feelings at tha bated
prvseuoe of either of the dread beings of
their Jungles, I have beard, too, that
peculiar bark of the asm bar stag sound
again and again in the night air front
out the dark jangles on the bank of the
Nerbudda as he send out a warniug
to hi kind that mnrderona "stripes"
ia stalking near. "Panther Shooting
In Central India," by Captain a X
jielHas, in Soribaer'a.
aw It CM Tfcara.
A young man took hi watoa ton
Jeweler and asked the reason of it atop-
Siug. "Well," said tbe Jeweler, "there
i a bedbug la il " "Why, how aoald a
bedbug get in a watch f" "Easily
enough," said tha Jeweler, "it want ia
between tha Uoka,
Democrat.
rtns: MAM tO 1AKE ETHER.
It Was Adsnlalitar d la Him by lr. Mof
I toa ta lata.
I Some Interesting fucte regarding tho
first patient under ether are told by Dr.
Samuel A. Green in bia Groton Histor
ical Series,
The subjoot wn Ebeneeer Hopkins)
Frost, a native of Groton, now (lead,
I who ia well remembered by ninny per
' sou in Boston. He was a ion of Solo
mon and Lhircn (Hopkins) Frost uud
I wn born on Dec. 7, 1824. He becamo
' tiotcd aa a singer and teacher of vocal
( tnnsio, and was a member of the Han
del and Haydn society nf Boston.
Dr. Morton first tried on himself tho
eiperimeiit of inhaling ether, aud In
describing tlio effect it produced he said:
"Dcligbted with the success of this
experiment, I Immediately announced
the result to the persona employed iu
my establishment, and wnited impa
tiently for some one upon whom I could
maka a fuller trial. Toward evening a
man residing in Boston came in offer
ing great pain and wishing to have a
tooth extracted. He waa afraid of the
operation, and asked if he could be mes
merised. I told him I had something
better aud saturating my handkerchief
gave it to him to inhale. It waa dark
and Dr. Bayden held tha lump while I
extracted a firmly rooted bicuspid tooth.
"There was not much alteration in
the pulse and no relaxation of tlio runs
cles. He reoovercd iu a minute, and
knew nothing of what bad been done to
him. Be remained for some time talk
ing about the experiment This was on
the 80th of September, 1846. I consid
ered it to be tbo first demonstration of
this new fact in science. I have hoard
of no one who can prove nu earlier dem
onstration. If any one oan do so, I yield
to him the point of priority of time."
Immediately after the operation Frost
gave a certificate corroborating the state
ments and signed himself a then living
at 49 Prince street, Boston. Nearly 30
years afterward he died at Fitohburg,
on Sept 7, 180S.
THEY BOTH GOT MAD.
A Mountaineer Visits Postofflea and Ills
Kxpsrlsnoa Thsrs.
Be was a typical mountaineer from
bis brognn shoes to his wool hat, and he
had walked to a neighboring town to
visit )' Hives. It was hi first visit away
from his home. The second day after he
arrived he went to the postoflloe to got
a letter from bis girl. Bo was sure it
would be there, aa ahe had tearfully told
him she would write him while he was
away.
"Air thar any mail fer me?" he in
quited of the postmaster.
"What's your name?" waa the in
quiry. "Louder."
"I say, what's your name?" nsked
t!'H postmaster in a little more positive
manner.
"Louder."
"I say, what's your name?" yelled
the postmiiater,stickiug his heud through
the window into the face of the young
men.
"Why, dad drat yonr ugly time, I've
told yer three times my name was Lou
der, "yelled the mountaineer, "T.J.
Louder, aud if yer didn't beloug to ther
gov'mcnt I'd eruwl over thar and pick
your years. Soon es a man gits or gov'
ment job round here ho begins to put
on airs, and I'm not one to put np with
It"
Tbe postmaster fished out a letter
from a musty hole and gave it to him,
although be wn mud himself. Wash
ington Star.
t Patrick and the Beakas.
There is uu old legend to tha effect
that St. Patrick banished all reptile
from Ireluud by beating a dram, but no
one, probubly, seriously believes the
story. According to the myth, he took
his drum out for tbe purpose mentioned
and commenced pounding it so vigor
ously that be knocked a hole in the
drumhead, thus seriously endangering
tbe success of the miracle. While pon
dering what to do St Patrick waa as
tonished by tbe appearance of au angel,
who immediately set to work to mend
the broken musioal instrument After
the bole bad been mended tbe angel
vanished, and St Pstriek continued the
work of serpent banishing, being no
oessful in ridding tha Island of every
representative of the snake tribe except
one old stayer who had lived so long
that hi tnik protruded from bis mouth
like horns. This monster refused to
leave the "land of bis fathers,' and tha
good saint resolved to practice a little
pieoe of strategy. He removed the patch
which the angel bad put on tha drum
bead and then persuaded the serpent to
creep into tbe drum for the night When
the reptile bad done aa requested, St
Patrick glued down the magio patch
and then threw dram, serpent and all
Into the sea. A sunken bowlder off tha
west coast of Ireland la called 8t Fat
riok's drum. Si. Louis Republic.
A C sisnM a Bsae.
In "The Butchinson Family" Xr.
John W. Hutchinson tells this story of
tbe Rev. Humphrey Moore, year ago
miuisterat Mil ford, N. B. i "On o
occasion be was asked to offlotate at a
Ifasonio celebration where a prayer waa
considered germaue to the proceedings.
All hi denomination were opposed to
the mystie order, and at first he besi
tated. but finally complied, and at the
appointed time and place made bis ap
pearance aad offered the following
prayer i 'O Lord, wo pray for wo know
not what If it i good, bless itj if it
is bad, cuss it World without and.
Amen I"
Outside the walla of Jerusalem ia a
lepers' hospital tended by dsannnssses
from the Qenaaa religious aeeees. Year
after year taew beroie wesson, without
pretentiousness, without any trumpet
ing of their work, almost unknown to
the world, have waited upoa Up,
they themselves literally dying by
laohet. Their courage bat oaly oojm ta
l!;at by the okanoe aatiea of traveler
For Salt.
Draft team weighing li00, also sleighs
for sale. J. C. Kino & Co.
January Clearance sale at Decmor's.
For neat fitting suit, go to Snydor &
Johns, fashionable tailors
At King Si Co.'s you will find balod
hay, suit, Dour and a full line of gonorul
merchandise.
Men's, youths' and boys' suits go In
Doomur'a clearance sale.
IUULIC NOTICK of DISSOLUTION
OPl'AUTNKHSHIP.
Not Ire Is hereby glvpn Hint the partnership
heretofore ejtstiiiff between J, K. Johnston.
A. T. Mi't'lure mill F. I). Smith was, nn the'lid
dy nf .laniiHry, A. II. IW7, (Unsolved by mu
tual eminent. All debts nwlng In sulci part
tieivliln me rerelvubl by the said A. T. Me
Clure and K. II. Mmlth, to whom alsoall claims
and demands uffitttmt the name are In be pre
sented tor payment.. Jamks K. .Iohnston,
A. I . IWtll.lTUK,
K. I). Hhith.
A new partnership wss nn the 2nd dny nf
January, A. I). IWI7, formed between A. T.
MrClure and K. t. 8mlth. under the Arm
name nf Keynnldnvllln Hardware i'o., tiy
whom the business will hereafter be contin
ued. A. T. MiCi.uiii,
F. I). Hmith.
N. HAWS
Ladies' Capes
and Jackets.
Children's Coats.
Ladies' Capes,
price $4.00 and
$2.50.
Ladies' Capes,
regular
5.00, at
regular
price $5.00, 6.00
at $3.00 and 3.50.
and 7.00,
Ladies' Capes, regular
price $6.00 to 10.00, at $5.00
and 6.00.
Jackets,
the same reduc
tion.
Child's Coats, regular price
$2.00, 3.00 and 4.00, at $1.25
and 2.00.
Geat Reduction in Men's,
Youths and Boys'
OVERCOATS.
Also in Men's and Boys'
Woolen Underwear.
BoyB' Knee pants, regular
price 50c, at 25c.
To Methodists I
PPtTRONIZe THE
BEST and CHEAPEST,
The Plttsbur.
Gristian Advocate
STUUIIID Ull.
Rkv. C. W. SMITH, D. D., Editor.
Office, 524 Penn Ave.
Organ of the Methodist Episcopal
Church In Western Pennsylvavla, East
ern Ohio and West Virginia.
Able articles on all live questions of
the day. The contributors inolude
some of the most eminent writers of the
Church.
The weekly exposition of the Sunday
School Lesson, is pronounced by leading
Sunday School worker to be unex
celled. Interesting news from all the
Churches.
Special attention given to the Young
Folks' Department
Terms, 11.50 per year, In advance.
All Itinerant Ministers of tbe M. E.
Church are agents, to whom subscrip
tions may be paid, sample copies sent
free. Mention thur paper. - Address J.
A. MOORE, Christian Advocate,
PlTTSUURQ, Pa.
ubeiei
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Rlmply take Otto's Cure. Wn know
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remedy.
If you havo Ashma, Hrnnchltls, con
sumption or any other disease; of tho
thront and lungs, a few nose of this
great guaranteed remedy will surprise
you.
it you wisn to try it can at our store,
on Main ut., and wo will be 11 1 eased to
furnish vou a bottle free of cost, and
that will prove our assertion. Reynolds
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The best snlve In the world forcnts. Bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fcrer sores, Totter,
chapped tin ml, rhlliilnlns, corns, and all skin
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Practical Horse-stioer
and General Blacksmith.
Horse-shoeing done In the neatest manner
and ny the IHtcst Improved 111(11 ihkik. uver
UK) different kinds of h1hh mnde for correc
tion Of faulty action and dlsenwd feet.. Only
the best make of shoes null nulls used. Ko-
Diilrlnit of nil kinds mrufully nnd prom
nptly
ber-
done. BATisrACTioN Uuahahtekd. L
men's supplies on linnd.
.lacKson si. near ruin, neynoiasvnie, r
m. w. Mcdonald,
FIRE,
insurance.
Lire and
ACCIDENT
I have a large line of Companies and
am prepared to handle large or small
linos of Insurance. Prompt attention
given to any business Intrusted to my
care. Office In Nolan Block, Reynolds-
vlllo, Pa.
January
Clearance
A. D. Deemer & Co. offer
their stock of Boys' and
Youths'
CLOTHING
below cost. You will find
some very desirable suits
among the lot.
All Underwear Reduced.
It will pay you to buy for
next year. We have a
few Ladies'
1
GOATS and GAPES
left. They will all be
sold at a sacrifice. We
need the room for other
goods.
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WHEN WE
TELL YOU
That the best Pianos we know
of are the
Ghlckerlna,
Krakauer,
flardman,
Uudwlo Pianos
There's tho weight of 65"years Or busi
ness experience behind the advice.
Easy payments If you want.
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77 Fifth Avenue, Pittuburg, Pa.
Hon. W.J. Bryan's Book
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