VOLUME G.
HEYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1897.
NUMBER 17.
llatlrortb flmi ffnbles.
IN EFFECT AfflirST 1, lfH7.
riillarti'lpliln A Erie llnllrnnil Division Time
Table. Tinlim Innr IHIIiwimkI.
F.APTWAIMI
HMD n m-Traln H. weekdays, fur Hiiiilmiy,
Wllkesliarri'. Iliir.U'liin, I'oitsvlllf.ei-rniilon,
llnrrlslniiir iiml tin" liiti'iim'tilntp tu
ttinis.nirlilnir Ht I'liMinli-liililn 0:t p.m..
New Ylirk,B::il 11. lll.t HiiIIIiiiiiiiMIMH p. In !
YaliltiU1nii, 7:1. p. in 1'tt II him 11 Parlor n r
fiiim Wllllnnisport lo I'lilliiilHpliln iiml pit
seniier roai'lii'H from Kane to Plillliili'lplitii
Will W'llllnnispoit lo I'.iillliiHiii' iiml Wiifh
limton.
4AH p. tn. Trnln fl, weekdays, for ilnr
rlstiurir mill Inloi ini'illnle htiitlniis ar
riving at l'lilliiilclpliln4::M. M.i New York.
A. M. I'll 1 1 inn ii HIi-rpiuK cnrit fioiii
HiiirlBhinu to I'lillHili'lplihi "ml New "link.
I'lillaili'lplila pnssi'iiners r it remain In
sleeper undisturbed until 7::m a. m.
:32 p. m. Tiulii 4. clullv fur Finilnirv, Hhiti
hinit and Intermedium stations, arrlvlim tit
Philadelphia, H:M A. M.i New York, ti:;w
A.M. on week ilavs mill lil.:w A M. on Sim
tlnyi lliiltlmore. :2l A. M.i Washington. 7 : U
A.M. Pullman sleepers from fcrlu unci Wll
HanisiMirt to I'lillaili'lpliliiiinil lllliim-pni t
to Washington. Passengers In slefM'i
for Haltlmore iiimI Washington will I.e
transferred Into Washington sleeper lit XVII
lliinisixirt. Passenger ciiH'lies from Erie In
Philadelphia and Wllllaliispurt to Hnl;l
mure. westward
4:41 A. m. Trnln . weekdays, for Ki ll1. Itldg
waj. On Unix. Clermont mnl pilnrlpal liilu
mediate stations.
:i a. m.Trnln a, dally for tile nnil Inter
mediate points.
B:4fl p. m. Trnln IS, weekdays for Kniic lint.
Intermediate slat Ions.
THltOllill TllAI.Vs .-on IHUITWOOI
FIIOM TIIF. EAST ANHSIil TM.
TWAIN leaves New York "nVi p. m..l'hllii'lel
phlaM:;iO p. m.i Wiililiigtmi :'A" p. m. ar
riving jit Drlfiwoisl 4:41 n. m., uiek'lavs.
Willi fiillmiiii sleepers ami pussi-nuer
roaches from I'lilludvU lila to I. lie iiinj Hnl
ttnmto lo Willlninsporf .
TRAIN 15 leaves Philadelphia :! A. tn.!
Washington, T..W A. m.i lialiliiioii;, h:.'iIia. m.i
Wllkt'sluirre. Pi:IR A. M.i weekday-,
arriving nt Driftwood lit ffiM p. jt. '.villi
, I i 1 1 1 mi ii il Parlor car from 1'hllnile.lplilit !e
Wllllaiitspo.'t iiml pus lenuor eoiit'li to Kinu'.
THAIN il leaves Nen Vork in T:.V p. m.i Phila
delphia, II :2V p. m.i Washington, 111.411 p. 111.!
IU1I1I111010, ll:,Vi p. m.i ilnlly arrlvlnir 11 1
Ilrlflwood at D:4:i 11. m. Piilliiian sleeping
cam from I'lilla. lo Willliimsii'i, and tliinm h
iiasscngor roaches friini Philadelphia 10
! anil Bnltlinnre lo Wlllhinisiiort. On
Holidays only Pullman alceiier Philadelphia
'"j'oiiNsoNnuRO railroad.
( Daily PX0ijt Sundnv.)
THAIN in Iphvih KlilirwHV tit li:.w n. m.i .Tnlni
nmlniiK nt I0:UN a. in., hi 1 lvlnil lit (.'Inrniunt
nt Ki:iW n. m.
THAIN SW lrnvpn f'lirnmnt nt 11:00 n. m. ar
riving at JolinHonliuiii at U:4.i 11. ni. ami
KIcIkwhv at l'!:IH p. m.
RIDGWAY & CLEARKIKLD R. R.
AND CONNECTIONS.
WEEKDAYS.
HOI1TI1WARD. NOllTIIWAUH.
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ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY
COMPANY commencing Sundav,
May 10, 18W7, Low Grado Divinion.
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STATIONS.
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DAVID McOAKGO, ObkT,. Bupt.
JA8. P. ANDERSON GenX Parh. AOT.
BUFFALO, ROCHESTER & PITTS
BURGH RAILWAY.
The ahort line between DuBola, Kldgwny,
Bradford, Hulamanca, Buffalo. Rocheater,
Nlaicura Falls aud points iu the upper oil
region.
On and after Nov. 1.1th, 18(K1, puwten-
Cer trains will arrive and depart from Falls
reek mat ton, dally, except buuduy, us fol
low: 1M a nt and 1.35 p m (or Curwenavllle and
Clearfield.
10X10 a m Buffalo and Uochniitor mull For
Brock way ville.HldK way .JoliiiHouliurit.Mt.
Jewett, Bradford, Kuluumnca, Buffalo and
Hocheater; connectltiK at Jolunioiihurg
with P. & E. train 8, fur Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, t'orry and Erie.
10.17 a n Areommodatlon For Hykea, Big
Run and I'unxautiiwney.
10.28 a ni For Hi-yiiiluvll(o.
1.15 p m Bradford Accommodation For
Beeclitree, Brockwayvlllo. Ellmont, Car
, Dion, ltlilKwuy, JoIiiumjiiIiuik. Ml.Juwutt
and Bradford.
1.15 p. m. Accommodation for l'uiixau-
' tawney and UIk Run.
4.SA u. m.-Mall-For Dullols, Kykui, III,
Run PiinxKiituwiiciy and VValHton.
T.40 p in Acrommodutlou for it I if Run uud
PunxiiitawiRiy.
Paaaensera are requested to purchaiio tick
ta before entering the cum. Au excewa
charge of Ten C'enta will be cotluctod by con
ductors when fnreii are paid oil tralna, from
ajl elation where a ticket olllce la maintained,
Ihouaand nillo tickbU at two ceuta per
mile, good for puuaage between all atutloua.
1. Ii. MoImtvhb. Agent, Kalln Creek, Pa,
R. 0. LAPSr, Oen. Pas. Aiient,
Uucbester N.Y.
VEXATIOUS.
Whnt wondron days Inilord are then
When wlr-nre how a Unlit
On any pnthwny that yon pliae,
Tliat yon may turn nrlnhtl
Tot life In flllcHl wild ti'rnirn now.
Tho hours grow dull and long.
Fnr ererythlnit yon earn to do,
The doctor aayn, In wronf.
Wlio frli to warliln In fnrlilit
Iipst (tnrma nttni-k hln throat.
The danopr'n prnwpw nuwt bp. hid,
ThonRh he may errperh a note.
Who dineii In cari'lemniom pomplete
In tompted hy the thrnnu,
But he who llkpa to may not eat.
The doctor my It's wronif
You ehun the watpr, KpnrUIInK fair
Icut foes hirk thprn rtlnKnlsed.
You muntn't tireathe unlpm the air
Hna been well annl.T7.od.
Thonulitlpiw you turn, an I your won.
With an nffiTtinn utronff,
To kiwi your liahy. But yon don't.
Hie doctor aayt It's wromt.
WaaliinKton Htar.
REVIVED MEMORY.
When We Grow Old, We Itreall the
Thlnga of Lone A so.
Abnnt 75 yeurs nuo, upon n rainy
day, a miinll boy who hail trnrhed tlm
ninture nno of 0 wng nittiiiK wltli inn
mamma and bonionuing the fitato of tho
weather and accorapuuyiup, absence of
novel entertainment. Alaiiiinn woro on
her finger a beautiful ring that vrns a
fitmily heirloom, nuil at she sewed pa
tiently the jewel glittered on her little
whito lmnd. The small boy regarded
tho bright bauulo fur soiuo time id
silence and then sweetly reiiuooted
uiaiimm to tuko it off and let him pluy
with it It wns a weak thing to do,
perhaps, but she complied 1 dure flay
thero are motheis at the present (lay
who can sympathize with her, for hu
man uature is the same, though fash
ions change, and wbeu the "dear
child" looked up iu her face pleadingly
he looked with papa's eyes, and papa
was dead. 80 be got the ring and lost
it, as might have been expected. Ue
always iusisted that ho bad "put it
away to keep, " but he could never re
member where.
The years went on. Tho gentle young
mother went out into the great un
known to find the light of her life that
shone in "papa's eyes," and the cen
tury and the boy having been young
together grew old iu company too.
Fiuully age begau to tell ou them. The
oentury got troubled with a complaint
designated "flu de sie.de, " and the boy
lost his memory for the things of to
day, but becunie abnormally reminis
cent in regard to the past His thoughts
often turned back to the young mother
long dead, and In the deoliuo of life he
hud as clear a mental pluturo of her as
bis boyish eyes had over seen. One
evening, huviug pushed his spectacles
ou top of bis heud and hunted every
where for them vainly, he sat musing
before the Ore, when suddenly a flood
of light illuminated that dark corner
of bis memory whore hung the pioture
of that small editiou of himself losing
or "putting away" the ring, lie sprang
to his feet with au eicited cry: "The
ring! The riugl I slipped it down the
crack in the window casing the one
that looks out ou the orchard I"
Upon iuvestigutiou the ring was
brought from its long hiding place,
which was the exact spot the old mat)
bad described. Buffalo Express.
Forgot to Wear Trousers.
A certain noble lord, who shall be
nameless, duriug bis juuruoy uorth ou
a political mission changed his costame
for a full highland "rig out," intend
ing it as a delicate compliment to the
laud of the kilt, but when he looked
at himself in the glass he found that
the tailor bad cut his kilt too short, so
he made up his tniud to put on evening
dress.
He changed bis appor garment and
then sat down for few moments to
tudy his speech. This set him to sleep.
He awoke with a start, only to find
himself running into tbetation. For
getting what happened, he thrust on
his bat and apppeared at tbe window
bowing, and this was bow he was
dressed:
He had a full highland costume as
far as his waist Above were white
shirt and swallow tailed coat, aud tbe
entire edifice was crowned with a chim
ney pot bat, upon which be sat down
without uotioing it. His lordship's hor
ror when be stepped upon tbe platform
and felt the keen wiud cutting bis hare
legs changed to absolute agony when
his valet appeared, scrambling out of
the oarriago with a pair of trousers in
his hands, wuving them wildly and ex
claiming, "My lord, my lord, you've
forgotten these. "London Telegraph.
Our Temperature.
1 TUB oroiuary temperature 01 an adult
when a thermometer is placed in the
armpit is 98.4 degrees, in tbe mouth
99.6 degrees. The blood is about 100
degrees. Blood heat is marked on the
thermometer at 99 degrees F. In fevers
this is much exceeded, and the heat of
j the patient may rise to 10S degrees or
106 degrees. A higher temperature than
this will generally provo fatal unless
it descends very quickly. The highest
temperatures recorded have been iu
some cases of rheumutia fever, when
that of tbe body rose to 109 degree
nd even to 1 1 1 degrees.
iC
Peoplo never think of whistling in
Iceland. It is a violation of the divine
law.
Great Britain's territory in Africa
amount! to D.fll 8,000 square mile.
MONEY TO BURN.
They Burned It and tter Wlnhert They
Had Kept the Fnel.
" When Bnrutiile innde his mud march
on to Fredcrirkubnrg, we men iu the
advance had some gay times," remarked
a veteran of tbe civil war. "It was a
long while before the Johnnies would
let us cross the river, but when we did
get across we made the fellows who bad
been shooting at us for tbe past three
hours get right np nnd dust for safer
quarters. The infantry soon followed us
atid took np their position along the
river toward Falmouth, while we skir
mished through the town. When we
oanfe to the Planters' hotel, we jnst
walked iu and took possession. Every
body had deserted the place and we did
just as we plenned. Iu going through
one of the rooms I rume across three
bundles of Confederate notes. Eneh
bundle was labeled to contaiu 15,000,
and as I held them aloft I shouted to
the rest of the men thnt we now had
money to bnrn. They laughed, and I
thrust the notes in my pocket. The
Johnnies had tnken or destroyed every
thing to eat, and, as for liquor, there
wasn't any in the town
"After satisfying ourselves that there
was nothing further to be had in the
Planters' hotel we sallied forth and
walked np toward the home of the
mother of our country George Wash
ington's mother We hnd had no break
faxt yet, and now it was close on to
noon. One of my companions had some
coffee iu his haversack, so I thought we
might have a little coffee if nothing
else. Well, we got the coffee out and
then discovered that we had no firewood.
There wns some tall swearing just at
that time, for the Johnnies hadn't left
so much as a match behind thorn.
" 'I've got it I' I cried, and I hauled
out the three bundles of notes I had
found in the Planters' hotel. My ex
pression was greeted with a shout by
my companions and we had money to
burn. We soon had the fire going and
the coffee cooked. Need I say to any
soldier that we enjoyed our coffee at a
price which seems rather blgb f 16,
000? We were soon through and marched
bock into the town only to see our men
trying to buy some tobacco without
money How strange it seemed I They
had not a cent while we bad mouey to
burn and burned it.
" Four years after I regretted having
had this money and burned it While
in Washington in the winter of 1805 I
bad the mortification of seeing au ad
vertisement for this identical package
of notes and offering 60 per cent ou
their face value for their return. They
were Virginia state bauk notes; hence
their value. Wheuover I hear that a
man has money to burn 1 think of my
16,0tl0 and shed a tear of regret that 1
burned it. "New York Telegram.
THE SUBJECT WAS DROPPED.
Tilt at a Baoqiie Between Tet Well
Kaewn Men.
"That reminds me, " remarked an old
pioneer to a San Franoisco Post reporter,
wheuUeueral Halleck'suame was men
tioned, "of tbe banquet we gave Hal-
leek iu 1865, when be returned from the
war The people here were proud of
him, for be bad more than regained tbe
laurels be lost at Corinth, wbeu he per
in it ted the enemy to escape under tbe
cover of a dig battery of wooden guns
that had faenu made out of tags during
tbe night
"Among tbe friends of Hallock who
mot him at tho banquet was 'Bully'
Waterman, the old soa captain, who in
early daya commanded a clipper ship
plying berweeu bau FranoisDO and New
York. Oa oue voyage be had laid a big
wuger to beat a rival clipper, but wbeu
he found ou going to sea that some of
hie crew who had shipped mm ablebodied
seamen were incompetent he was so mad
be banged three to the yard. Just how
many wera hanged was never known.
but Waterman was tried tm murder and
acquitted.
"During one of those alienees that
will fall over tbe merriest of banquets
Ueneral Halleck called to Waterman,
who was at tbe other end of tbe room
" 'Now that you have been tried and
acquitted. Waterman, woa' yon tell ns
how many men yon hanged on that voy
age?"
"'Yea. general, 1 wilL' responded
Waterman, 'if yon will first tell us bow
many wooden guns stopped yon at Cor
inth. '
"Tbe aabjeot dropped there. "
An Aeld Proof Olaa.
The following has been recommended
; at producing a cement which will fas.
! ten glass or poraelain, etc., together
firmly and will not be affected by strong
acids: Mix toeether two carta at now
dered asbestos, one part of barium sul
phate and two parts of sodium silioate of
speciflo gravity 1. 60. A still firmer glue
can be made which it particularly valua
' ble, since it it not attaoked by hot acids,
! by mixing together two parts of sodium
j silioate, one part of tbe finest sand aud
ono part of finely pulverized asbestut.
, If potassium silicate is used instead of
, the sodium salt, tba glue will harden
' immediately, but otherwise it will re
Uuire about an hour to set. Exchange.
A Sleep Iuduoer.
Hicks Did you hear about Mncfillu?
i They called tbo Rev. Mr. Dulley to hit
! bedside lust evening.
Wicks You don't mean to say he it
in a dying condition?
i Hicks Oh, no; only a bad case of
lusomnis. Boston Transcript
He Would Not Den It.
A federal judge lately charged a jury
In a liqnor cans as follows: "In later
yenrs there seems to have been a dis
position to denj or ignore judicial
knowledge as to whnt constitutes in
toxicating liquors, and the courts have
manifestcil a desire to disavow any ju
dicial knowledge on this subject At
the same time some of the courts have
not hesitated to impute to juries an ex
tensive knowledge and information In
this regnrd. This court, however, will
follow the precedent established by the
decision of Chancellor Walworth npon
this subject aud will assume judicial
knowledge concerning intoxicating
liquors. In a trial iu the state of Wis
consin, where this question arose in
1888, the trial judge declared that a
man must be a driveling Idiot who did
not know what beer was, and that it
wus not necessary to prove It to be au
intoxicatnig liqnor.
Later tho supreme court of that
state, in passing on the charge of the
trial judge, declared that his rulings
in the case upon this qnestidh were not
only clearly correct, bnt if his peculiar
manner gave them forco and emphasis
it was not only proper, but commend
able. This court, therefore, will neither
stultify itself nor impeach its own ve
racity by telling yon that it has not ju
dicial knowledge that the liquor com
monly known as 'whisky' is an intoxi
cating liquor or that tho drink com
monly called a 'whisky cocktail' is an
intoxicating drink. "Lease and Com
ment,
Wesley nnd Methody.
Louis XIV's fumons saying, "I am
the state," is not far from being appli
cable to Wesley, however he would
havo revolted from saying, "I am the
church. " But unquestionably the pro
longation of his life as both the apostle
and lawgiver of bis church throughout
the wbolo of Its adolescent and forma
tive period, during which it was plastio
to bis organizing and guiding band, se
cured to it both its stable basis and its
symmetrical development As a preach
er second only to that Incomparable
Whitefleld whom a skeptic like Hnrre
said he would go SO miles to hear; as a
hymnist second only to bis peerless
brother Charles, who has given 687
hymns to the Methodist hymn book, he
was pre-eminent iu fitness for patri
archal administration and government
No man bus come so near the position
of a Protestant pope. In Great Brituiu
his sole judgment sufficed to exclude
any member or minister deemed un
worthy. In America, in 1770, the deed of the
old John Street chnrch, the first Meth
odist church in America, restricted its
use to such persons as Wesley should
appoint This autocratio constitution
was but a natural incident of the period
of tuteluge through which scattered so
cieties, mainly composed of the humbler
sort of people, with their visible bond
chiefly in tho person of their beloved
founder aud father, grew at length into
a fully organized church in the form of
a Presbyterian episcopacy. Outlook.
Calling the Chleheaa.
In England the calls chuck, chuck,
or coop, coop, prevail; in Virginia,
coo-cfae, coo-che; in Pennsylvania, pee,
pee. This luttcr cull to widely em
ployed, being reported from Germany,
Spain (as pi, pi), Bulgaria, Hungary,
Bavaria and the Tyrol. In the Austrian
province the term is used in combina
tion, thus: Pulla, pi, pi; the call pnl
rufe, pnl, pul, also occurs there.
In some parts of Germany tbe poul
try are called with tick, tick; in Prus
sia, put, put, and young chickens with
tak, tuk (Grimm), and schip, schip,
the latter being an imitation of their
own cry. In eastern Prussia hens are
called with kluckschen, klnck, kluck;
also tippchen, tipp, tipp. Grimm re
cords also pi, pi, and tiet, tiet Wein
hold reports from Bavaria bibi, bibell
bidli; pi, pi, aud pul, pul.
In Denmark the call is pootle; in
Holland, kip, kip; in Bohemia, tyoo;
in Bulgaria, tiri, tiri. American An
thropologist A Safe Place.
Father Hugh Lagan of San Rafael is
a pioua priest and au excellent racon
teur. His reverence relates that be wat
called in recently to administer the last
rites of mother church to a dying sin
ner, who, like himself, wat a native of
tbe Emerald isle.
"I have but one request to muke,
father," gasped the dying penitent
"What i it, ray son?" inquired the
priest
"That when I am dead, father, yon
will put me to rest iu the Hebrew
cemetery. "
"Aud what for?" asked Father La
gan. "Because, your reverence," moaned
the sick mun, "it it the last place on
the face of the globe where the divil
would look for an Irishman. "London
Figaro.
What She Wouldn't Do.
At Hawick tbe people used to wear
wooden clogs, which made a clanking
noise on the puvomeut A dying old
woman had some friends by her bedside.
: who said to her:
! "Weel, Jenny, ye are gaun to heaven,
; tud giu ye see ony o' oor folk ye can
. tell them we're a' weel."
I To which Jenuy replied: "Weel, giu
I should see them I'te tell theiu. But
I y manna expect me to gang clauk-
, olnukiu through heaven lookin for your
1 folk. "Scottish N IghU.
ON THE STRENGTH OF A FIVE.
A YoungT Man Wbn pound It Cheaper to
Travel Without Change.
" Washington, from what I huve seen
of it, is a pecuiinr place," said the vis
iting young man to a reporter.
"I'll tell you why I think so," be
continued. "The other day I wus going
over to Baltimore, nnd on roenulting
Iny watch discovered I hud hut a fow
minutes in which to catch my train. I
struck the avenue at Fourteeuth street
and boarded a car.
"When the conductor cume round for
my fare, I put my hund in my pocket
and found I had nothing less than a $6
bill. The conduotor glanced at it, then
at me, aud shook his head disapprov
ingly. " 'I can't change that,' he said.
"I told bim it was the smallest I
bad, but be said then be could not
chunge anything larger than a $3 bill;
that they were not required by law to
do so. I began to think I would have to
get off and walk, when ho came to my
relief by saying that I could get the
bill changed and pay him at tho end of
the line, near the depot.
"I thought this was very considerate.
When we reached the terminus, I told
the conductor that I could have the $5
changed aud pay bim, starting for a
placo ou tho corner.
" 'That's all right Co on I Go on I'
he told me, waving his hand as if he
owned the railroad.
"However, I tried to havo the bill
broken nnsuccesxfully. Just theu I re
membered I wished to communicate
something to a friend up towu and
asked if I could nso a pay telephone in
a corner of the room.
"'You could use it all right if yon
had 10 cents fh change,' the proprietor
told me, 'but you haven't it. Come
back bore in my office and use my
private phone. That's all right' wbeu
I was profuse in my thanks.
"Say, do you know what I think,"
continued tbe young man. "I believe I
oould get a $100 bill and live in the
capital for weeks for nothiug, simply
by getting things and shoving it under
the noses of tbe people I purchased
from. They would rather give them to
me thau take the trouble to break it "
And then he remarked thut the only
difficulty would be in securing tho bill
in the first place. Washington Star.
A GOOD STORY.
The Native Seemed Innocent, but Be Was
Very Knowing.
I wat sitting ou a keg of nailt in a
West Virginia mountain store watohiug
a native dickering with the merchant
over a trade of a basket of eggs for a
calico dress After some time u bargain
was olosed, the native walked out with
the dress in a bundle under his ar:n
and I followed bim.
"It isn't any business of mine," I
taid, "but I was watching that trade
and was surprised to see you let the
eggs go for the dress. "
"What fer?" be asked iu astonish
ment as be mounted his horse.
"How many eggs did you have?"
"Basketful"
"How many dozen?"
"Duuuo; can't count"
"That's where you mist the advan
tage! of tiduoutiou. With knowledge
you might have got two dresses for
those eggs. "
"But I didn't want two dresses, mis
ter, " be argued
"Perhaps not, bnt that was no reason
why you should have puid two prices
for oue. Tbe merchant got the advan
tage of you because of bis education
He knew what be was about "
He looked at me for a minute, as if
he felt real sorry for me Then ho
grinned and pulled bit horse over close
to me.
"I reckon," he half whispered, cast
ing furtive glances toward the store,
"his eddication ain't so much more'n
mine es yon think it it. 'He don't know
how many uv them aiga it spiled, an I
da " And he rode away before I could
argne further. Bostou Herald.
Information from London.
Tbe debasing effect of Scott't lords
and ladiea it nowhere stronger than in
young ladies' colleges in tbe United
States. Girls tbere imagine that per
sons who live in old castles and sleep in
rooint bung for hundreds of years with
tapestry must be far above the ordinary
lovel. Their dream is to become, through
dollara and feminine churm, mistresses
of tbese imposing abodes and bear the
titles connected with them. Au Ameri
can lady married to a prosaio British
nobleman with a euphonious title had
! filled her imagination with thoughts of
j Kenilwortb. She was more than disap
i pointed to find that earls were not belt-
ed and that a Howard could be a matter
of fact bnrly person, fond of plain food
and plain in ull bis ways. London
j World.
! Circumference and Diameter.
I Tl... .; m -
ihuu u, iud iiui.uuiii:ri;ui.D ut a
circle to its diameter was first ascer
tained to tome degree cf exactness by
Van Ceutcn, a Dutchmun. He fouud
thut if the diameter of a circlu was 1
the circumference would be 8. 141S92U
636897Uy8884tJ(43U8o370S088.i ueur
ly, which is exactly true to 80 places of
decimals and was effected by the con
tinual bisection of an arc of a oircle, a
method to extreiuuly laborious thut it
cost him incredible pains.
The average orunge tree of Mexico
! raises 1,000 oranges a year.
The Cat and the Mirror,
I had a favorite cat, which came
habitually to my bedroom door as soon
as persons began to move about the
house in the morning and mowed for
admittance, scratching to emphasize his
request if immediate response were not
made.
One morning the ideu seized me to
place him npon the dressing table while
I was dressing. The cat at once saw his
reflection in the mirror and began to
arch his back and whisk his tail, flo
twisted and turned himself and begun
to "spit" 8" 1' eager for a contest, ond
of conrse his apparent adversary did t!m
same. Theu he struck savagely at t!io
mirror, evidently without the desind
result Puzzled, he went ' .'bind tho
glass to investigate, returning iIk ioii!i
ly dissatisfied and eager to get ut clnsrr
quarters.
With a hearty langh I drew near and
began to stroke him, nnd iu tiie tir.iror
ho now saw bis own reflection and
mine, with my hand upmi his head. It
seemed as if the cat took in the situa
tion at once, for he glanced from me to
the reflection several times, lost bis ir
ritation and settled down to watch the
proceedings, every now and then look
ing into the mirror and back to me.
Many a time subsequently he took up
his position before the mirror, quietly
and naturally regarding his own and
my image without tho slightest emo
tion. Current Literature.
An Uneontelous Itebufr.
The Rev H R Hiiwois, author of.
"Musio aud Morals, " tolls a good story
in his book, "Travel and Talk," of an
unconscious rebuff he once received iu
a railway carriage:
An old gentleman who sat opposite
bad been eying me over his evening pa
per with what I fancied was n look of
recognition Presently be handed me
the paper and pointed to an article on
a musical subject "I thought, sir," he
said politely, "yon might like to see
this article. "
One glance was sufficient. I recog
nized an almost verbatim chapter of
"Musio and Morals. " Disgusted at the
fraud, I handed the paper back, re
marking that I was quite familiar with
the contents. "In fact, " I rashly added,
"it ia a chapter out of 'Musio and Mor
als.' You may know the book?"
"Indeed, sir, I never heard of it. Who
it it by?"
"Oh," I taid, "a man named Haweit
a parson, you know "
"Oh, really I I never heard of bim I"
"Haven't yon?" said I
"No." taid he.
"Oh I" said I, and the conversation
dropped. So of whomsoever it may be
taid or sung, "'Edun know where "e
are," in the long run "most everybody"
finds bis level.
Chewing the Betel Not.
Maxwell Sommervillo, in bit book
"Siam on the Meinam, From the Gulf '
to Aynthia, " aayt that the chewing of
the betel nut being a common habit, at
every little distance as you go through
the bazaar of Bangkok may b. seen
petty merchants busy making and sell
ing the preparation so universally mas
ticated. "Tbe leaves in which the prepared
mixture it wrapped are from a vine
known at the chavica betel. The nut is .
from tbe arica betel palm, whica
reaches a height of about 60 feet, wbase -branchea
bear several large buncbeof '
nuts, which harden and redden aa they
ripen, and which resemble somewhat
tbe bunohes of fruit ou the date bearinjc -palm.
The dealers cut tip their green
leaves into tbe proper triangular form,
crock the nuts, and with wooden spatu
las work the tumeric stained juice into
a paste. It it amusing to see how skill
fully they form the pieces of green leaf "
into pointed, couo shupeu oupS.
each one of which they place a portioT
oi ine ingredient. "
I Life In the suborns.
"I suppose you know Jinks, who lives
' out in your suburbs," said the new oa-
quaintance pleasantly, In an effort to
bo agreeable.
I "I know of bim," returned tho sub
urbanite coldly, "hut the fact it we
don't move in the same clans. "
"No?"
' "Oh, dear, no. I go home two trains
ahead of him at night und come down
one train later iu the morning."
Cleveland Leader.
j Opened tho Wrong Door.
I In a letter to ono of bis children
Guizot tells how on fait first visit to
Windsor be lost his way aud opened a
wrong door uud beheld for a moment a
lady having her hair brushed. The next
day tbe queen (for it wus sho) joked
him about it, and he says: "1 ended by '
asking ber leave, if ever I wrote my
memoirs, like Sully or St Simon, to
mention how, at midnight, I opened
the door of the queeu of England. She
laughingly gave me the desired perniia
tiou. "
The state of Vermont seems to be dit
' Anguished in mnuy notable and diversi-
fled ways. It transpires thut tbe first
patent grouted by tho United States was
' to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont (July
11, 1790) for making pot and peurl
! ishes.
A miner in Staffordshire recently dis
covered rt petrified arm imbedded in the
solid stouo or ore. Tho peculiarity of
the arm lief in the fact that tbe elbow
joint cau bo made to move to and fro as
though it consisted of flesh aud blood.