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KEYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1897.
NUMBER 19.
VOLUME 6.
Slallroah "Time tfnblra.
IN EFFECT1 AUlltBT 1, 1W7.
Philadelphia Erie Hallrond OlvMnnTtmv
Table. Trillin Icme lirlfiwood.
EASTWAUO
0:10 a tn-Tmln 8. weekday, for Ptmtniiy,
Wllkcsbnrre, llnzlctnn, I'littivlllc.Svmnlon,
ilarrlHbtirg mill tin- Intermediate ela
tion, nrrlvliiv lit Philadelphia !:-' p.m..
' New York, p. m.t Unit limrt. : P . m.i
Washington, ?:lii p. in I'ul Ittiini Parlor ui
from Villliiinpoit to I'lilhideliililn iiimI pns
npngpr row-lira from Knnp In Philadelphia
ami WIIIIiiiiikihii t to Baltimore nndVnli
Ingtnii. 4-.m p. m. Trnln 6, weekday., for llnr
rllmrg and Iniernicdtnte stations, nt
rlvlnit ill l'liHnil'lihhi t:'M a. m.i New York,
'M A. M. Pullman deeping cars from
llnrrlsbnrg to I'lillndclplila nml New York,
i'hllndelplila pii-weligeli. O" n remain In
Mpellpr UlllllHtUrlHMl until 7SHI A. M.
1i::c! p. m. Train 4, dully for Siinlmry. Harris'
limit mid Intermediate stallon. arriving hi
Philadelphia. :f2 A. M.: New York. ::
A. M.on week days nml III.:! A M. on Hitn
diiyi Baltimore, tl:0 A. M.i Walilngtnti, 7:40
a.m. I'ullnmii deepei from Kile nml WIN
llniH)ort. to riilludt'lMlilii and WllllaiiiMpnrt
to Washington. Pawpiigprn In xlcepci
for Baltimore mid Washington will bo
transferred Into Washington sleeper til VVII
llunisiHirt, Passenger couches from Erie lo
Philadelphia mid Ytllliininiort in Balti
more. WRSTWAItl)
4:41 n. ni. Trnln U weekdays, for Erie, HUVx
wa). IXiBnls, l'hrmonl mid principal Inter
nifulntt) station.
. en. Trnln .1, dully for Eric mid Intcr-
medtlilp nnltit-s.
(f:4A p. m.-- 1 1 Hlli in, weekday (or Kane mid
Intermediate stations.
THKOI'UII TRAIN FOR Mdl'TWOOli
FROM THE EAST ANI'SOI Til.
TRAIN 9 leve New Ynrk.V.Vi p. ni. .Philadel
phia H:60 p. m.t WiisIiIiciumi 8:2.1 p. m.. ar
riving lit Itrlftwood 4:41 . m., weekdays,
with Pallmnn sleeper- mill piissenuet
roachi f roni I'lillndclplilii lo Erli' nml Bul
linioiv ti VYIllliitiisiini'i.
TRAIN 1.1 leaves l'lilli1"liiili H::m A. ni.I
Washington, 7..10 A. M.; Mnttlmoie. a:.W a.
W'llkiMmrip, 111:1:1 A. M.t weekdays,
arriving til llrlftwoad lit I'. M. with
ViiIIifhii Parlor ear finni Plillailelphln 'n
Willkimsliort and ptoeicniier coach lo hnne.
TRAIN :i leaves New YM k in 7:.i p. m.; ltilln
dcliilila, Il:4il p. m.t Washington, nun p. m.i
Hull imore, 1 1 :iut p. m.i dully iiitIvIiik at
liiMtwiMid til 0:4't a in. I'ulliiiiin !- pi nil
in m from I'liiln. to V llltiiinMri. tind thi'iniun
imHsoinri'r roinh from IMilliiddpilu lo
tlrlM hiiiI HnlllnHMti to WlllluniMiMirt. On
undiivnoiily I'ullnmn pini'r I'liilii4i'lpliln
no Ki ll.
. JOHNSONBCUO RAtLUOAD.
(Uiiilv pjHjiint SundBV.I
1 KAIM IB IPHVM KKIKWHV Bt WS.IAa. ..! JOIIII-
MinlmrK at lrt:. ni., nrrlvlnn at Clermont
at Ki:." a. m.
TKAIN 20 lea, 'li'rmont at IIMa. ni. nr
rlvlng at. Johnaonliurv at 11:41. m. and
Kldiiway at l'2: p. m.
RIDGWAV He CLEAIIFIEI.D R. R.
ANB COSS W TIONH.
WEEKDAYS.
MMJTIIWAKI. NorrilWAUlV
HTAlToNST
iTmtI'.m.
600 "id an
4ou u:i:
12 H oro
1-2 :i! k i
MAO 400
im;i 4 41
lOXi 9 10
II II lift!
Henovo
1rlftwoMl
iFmporliim Jun.
bt. Maryw
11 10 :
II :to 6 49
12 : v
l!0ll S4!
10 ON '211
XYllrox
Joliimoiiliiirg
Itidnway"
Island Hnn
Mill Haven
C'wiyland
KhortKMIlla
Kin Xo'k
Vineyard Una
Carrier
Hroekwayvllle
Ijaiion MIIIh
liarvcyn Una
Kails t'rewk
11 44 7 P0
HT6
Ii .V)
4:i
V40
92l
9 2n
22
III
It 17
II OK
904
H66
KM
1140
7 .V.
7 4H
7 45
71
7UI
7
72X
i 24
7 HI
7 II
7tM
7 nil
0 40
12 17
7 27
t:l
741
74
7 4
761
7!W
km
k07
12 20
12 ill
12 3d
12 M
12 41
12 43
12 .M
12 67
107
1 16
140
H IS
H2
k.m
DuHoIh
J. B. HCTVllllNWON,
T.t wool i,
in. I'bhh. Aic'i.
uon. mtinaKvr.
ALLBGKEN Y V A LLE Y 11 A ILW A Y
CWMiPANY corainentinjf Sunday.
May 10, lt7. Low Grade lAiviHlon.
AHTWAHD.
So.l.iNoJ.lVn.D. nil lti
TATMtM.
A. UP. M'a. M. A. M. P. M
Red Rank 10 60 i 2H
LawMinUai II Oil 4 a
Now BotkMlioni 11 ) A Hi S -M
Oak Uldina. 11 117 S In' f -J7
Mayavllle. 1144 A 2i f .'1
HunimorvUio.. 12 0.1 A 4d -V-'
nrookvlUe 12 20 a 041 Ctni
Ball - tl2 211 4 Hi IS
Fullor 12 ill 6 Si H 27
Keynoldtiville.. 12 M 4n 4)41
HancoHHt... tl IM rS 4rt it 4:1
Falla(;reek 12" 7 0 7 on 10 26 1 :
liuBoiK..... i ;m 7io! ; 10 an i u
(iabula 1 4.1 7 2rt, 7 41
Wlntet Ihiiw 1 M 7 M 3 1
HenHold......... 160 7 4i 741
Tyler 2 (w 7 ftl( 3 M
Henrietta........ t H7 8 2i I7
Grant 47 48 t 7
UrKtwood S 16 8 6N 8 11
P. M. P. M A. M. A. M. P. M
WRMTWAHU.
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l. M.
No.iilNu.WI 106
3
STATION.
Driftwood
Orant.
Rniiniulte .,.
Tyler .
l'enlleld ..
Wlnterbura .
iabula
DuHoln
Falla Creek..
PancoaHt. .. ...
Itaynoldavllle.
Fuller
Bell
Brookvllle
Sunimervllle...
I. M
10 111
A M
tlO 81
46 671
07
6 4
B 4:1
e 40
Ml
Sllj
:
4Mft
10 4N
11 1
II 2tt
11 32
11 421
12 M
1
21.
4t
6i
M
at
Ml
7 1
12 46
12 65
44
6 60
1 20
7 26
tl SB
1 H6
47 81
7 40
1 6
7 67
t2 Oil
t 09
8 lit
84
41
I 1
2 27
8 Ki
MayHville i
4akKld)re
New Bollilelieta
ltwtMintiam....
lied Bank '
I 47
1 66
ftl
8 62
(10
9 10
1 I HA
8 60
41
9 66
ir. m
k. mJ
P. M.iP M.I
Trains dally exoepi Sunday.
I)AV1I McC'AltUO, Okv'uBdpt.
JAB. P. ANDEK8UN Gkn i, Pads. Aot.
BUFFALO, ROCHESTER &. PITTS
BURGH RAILWAY.
The abort Una between PuBoln. Rldffway,
Bradford. Salaaianca, Buffalo. rW'beater,
Nlmnara Fall and point In the upper oil
ratfloit.
On and after Nov. 1.1th, 1R9A, panxen
cer trains will arrive and depart from Fulls
Creek station, daily, sxce.pt Sunday,-as fol
lows: 7J6a m and 1.89 p ra for Curwensvllle and
Clearfield.
10.00 a m Buffalo and Uocbester mall For
Brock way vIllo.KidKway.JoliiiHOiiburg.Mt.
J e welt, Bradford. hHlumanca. Buffalo and
Bocnester; connectlnx at Johnsonburf
with P. E. train 8, for Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, Oorry and Erie.
10J7 a m Aecommodallon For 8ykes, Big
. Uuu and I'utiXHuliiwney.
10.28 a ni For KeynoldHvllle.
1.16 p m Bradford Aet'ommndution For
Beeclitree, Brockwayvllle, KUniont, Car
moii, Klditway, Jolinsonburg, Ml. Jewutt
and Bradford.
IX p. m. Accommodation for Puuxsu-
tawnty and 11 1 if Kun.
X p. ui.-Mall-For DuBoIh, gykes, Big
Uun Puuxsutawnoy and Walalon.
T.40u m Acc.omiiiodullou for Big Uun and
PuuxHutawney.
PtUHenxer are reiuet4-'d to purchase tick
ets linfore enlerliiK 1 lie car. An excels
charge of Ten Cent will be collected by con
ductor when fares are paid on trains, from
ii stations where a tlckctofllrfe Is maliitalued.
1 aouasnd mile tickets at two cents per
lUe, svxxl forpassuKe between all stations.
JT. II. McImtyuc, Agent, Falls Creek,
B. O. Lapmt. Cieu. Pas. Agent,
Uucbester N. Y,
HE PLAYED DAUBER.
SHAVED A DEAD MOONSHINER, AND
THERE WAS NO " NEXT."
The Job Tradpred, With f4oine EtnpbaK
by Friends of the leceasedThe Trav
eling' Man Aeerpted, bat Nov Sells
Over Another Route.
"It wag tu TeniieMee," gnltl the trav
eling man, "It hnpponed, on oua of
thoiw bnck conntry romls which I wns
traveling on my wny to n town whore I
had a fino list of ountntners. Tbei ulglit
was closing in, ntid I was wotitlcriiiK
bow long It would take me to roach a
place where I con Id spend tho nihr. I
knew that I wag among the moonshin
ers, for the Jug on a ntump with t lie
money tinder it waa in evident iilon;:
the road. I had no thought nf liein;;
molested in that country, where ti n
only warfare I against the ti'Vemv
officers, and uo one would have suspect
ed nia of complicity with the govern
ment "A alight nolflo startled my horse,
and I leaned out of the buggy to look
into the chamber of a revolver. At tho
same time I saw two figures, one on
each aide of me, nud, checking my
horse, I tried to assume a bravado I
waa far from feeling as I asked:
" ' Well, gcutlemeu, what la your will
with me?'
"You can iningiue my surprise when
boyish voice asked:
" ' Kin you ahnve yourself?'
"I answered that I always shaved
myself. Without lowering his revolver
he looked across me to hia pal on tire
other aide.
'"He dub will do, Jim. Hop in an
1 11 lead the horse.'
"Uuviiig made op my mind not to be
dragged vu" in auy such iguomiaioua
manner, I laid:
" 'If you are going to shoot me, I
appose I must give up my life, ss I am
unarmed. If it is mouey you waat, I"
""lVllblm, Jim,' said the one who
waa reading my horse.
"'Yer won't be killed nor robbed nor
nothiu, if yer don't try ter give us the
lip. Shet your month now, mister, an
you'H know more right soon.'
"We must have gone a taile before
we came to a turn in the road that
brought us out in front of aabin muoh
larger than any I and seen that day in
my travel. A woiaua stood at the door
crying.
' Hot yer foota ooiuebotiy, boys?' aha
abed auxioualy.
" 'Yep, morm, a be'llfio the job up
aiick 'thout askia couch pay. '
"1 wondered if I waa to be compelled
murder some one. The boys were
bear d less mountain loafers I had met
their type often, but 1 never knew them
to be desperadoes.
"Iwanbowa Into the cabin by the
woman, one of trie boys 'following with
the revolver, while the other waited to
fasten the hone to a scrub oak. I aaw m
figure stretched on a settle, and the idea
dashed into my mind 'that I waa mis
taken for a doctor.
t explain, wbsai the woman out me
abort
'"You una id aibaen tew lata (
yrm una waa a doctor. He passed outen
afore daylight, au it'a toother kind of
Job we wanter lie? done. Yer see, wa
una is a goin tew her the biggest fun'rel
vh was in trme yeith pubta, an we
wanter bey tho ale man shaved foh tin
Cost time, an there ain't a man no
where aroon as have Jdsself or enny
Mdy else. '
"The rovulsioa of teeing which oaaae
nser me waa not altogether pleasurable,
(or I did not fancy the idea of playing
barber to a dead man, bat when I looked
at the cadaverous oaantenanoa and
tangled gray beard of tbe deceased I felt
a aort of professional pride in making
him look more like a snontal being and
less like a wolf. I bad Always been an
abstainer from atraug drunk, but I filled
np sto crude spirit that would have
killed ma on an ordinary awcasion and
tackled my ailent customer with a fe
verish and hysterical alacrity. This waa
in. part due to the close proximity of
the two boys and their revolver. But
as aooa as I had the old raountaiueer
shaved the revolvers were laid aside and
I waa treated with the utmost hospi
tality. The work itself had not been
half a gruesome aa I had imagined,
and I had to fight ludicrous tempta
tion to poor barber talk into the deaf
ears. He waa inoh an improvement over
himself when alive as I Judged by the
family lingo that I wanted to ask him
to look in a mirror. 1 declined the fee
tendered me by the boy Jim, and, sup
plied with a jug of moonshine whisky,
I wits get in the right road .tud per
mitted to leave.
"I found it true that in all that com
munity not man had ever been shaved,
and it was only in deference to a whim
of the old , mountaineer, expressed on
hit deathbed, that he was made suoli a
ourioui exception. I did not meution
my part in the transaction nntil I waa
far beyond that . county line, for I waa
not sure that, a precedent being set,
they might not again demand my serv
ices, and another salesman ha that
route. " Chicago Time-Heruid.
Etrikc occurred centuries ago, and
their outcome wua just as disaHtroua as
that of tthe present day work strug
glofc. In the year 1330, say an old pa
per, a strike of brassworker was ini
tiated in BreiJuD, Sileslu, which lusted
year.
SOME ROYAL DOG9.
Nearly All the goverrlgnu of tenropa Ara
Pond of Canine Pets.
Nearly every one of the sovereign
of Europe, it appears, has one or more
pet dogs, f he collie of Queen Victoria,
the fox terrier of Princes Beatrice,
with Jock a prime favorite, are known
at least by hearsay to everybody.
The emperor of Hussia is also n great
lover of rings. A London paper report
that he I atwny accompanied in hi
walks by a couple cf fine Danish
hounds, whoso strength and Tlnilnnce
their master consider hi best safe
guard. The grave cznr i often seen
playing with these monster pet. He
himself has taught them their tricks,
and they are uenrly always about him.
The king of Oreece shares the cxar'
taste for the Danish hounds, which are
as intelligent a they are strong, and
which, with hardly a bark to announce
their intention, will fly at the throat
of any one whom their master may
point out to them in case of need.
When the empress of Austria goes on
her Ioiir walk or rides, several pet
dogs always accompany her, But per
haps the most widely known of all the
"royal doss" of the present day i
Black, the pet dog of tho Russian Grand
Duke Alexis.
Black i a sportsman'! dog, of uo
very aristocratic hreed. Indeed, If the
truth must be told, he is a member of
the race of mongrels which the flshor-
men in tho south of France tuko out to
sea, employing them to recapture auy
Wily fish that may fall through the
meshes of their nets or slip suddenly
back Into its element nfter it has been
once lauded on board tho barge. Black
is still rejoicing tu the days nf his
youth, but his record, not only as a
common fisherman but aa a ' 'fisher of
men," i already great, for he baa saved
no fewer than sis person from a watery
grave.
Some three or four year ago the
Grand Duke Alexis wua staying at
Biarrits. Ono stormy night be went out
on the cliff to get a view of the angry
sea. A boat was Just being wrecked be
low, and he taw a dog dashing with
angry growls and barka into the water
and bringing to laud, oimi by one, three
drowning men, while thecrowd cheered
the brave mongrel to the echo, The
grand duke approached to cures the
dog, ad the animal's master then
offered Black to bim, refusing to anoept
auy payment St. bonis Post-Dispatch.
CURIOUS INSECT.
A statterfly That KoJs Only riva Honrs
r Ute.
It ia in August that the naturalists
observe the marvelous insect which is
bora, reproduces and dici in the period
of single night, on the banlos of the
Hume, of the tieiua, and of the Rhine.
It 4 the epbeniere ? which Sirummer
dam bus writteu and wbicb se spoken
f au Aristotle.
Elbe life of this Insect does not lust
beyond four r five boors. It dies to-
wjrrd II o'clock im the evening, after
tuktug the form of. a butterfly about six
hours after midday. It is true, how
er, thut before taking thia form it
baa lived three years in that of a worm,
wiiich keepa always near the bordor of
water in the bales which it make in
tho mud.
The change of this worm in the
water to au ephemera whioh file ia so
auflilen that one bus not the time to aee
it If one takes the worm in Ihe water.
the hand cannot be taken away before
tne change la made unless by pressing
the worm slightly in the region of the
cbest. By thia taenna it cau be takeu
from the water btdore the ohange take
place.
The ephemere, after leaving the
water, seek a plaae where itun diveat
itself of a fine membrane or veil, wbicb
entirely cover it This second change
tabes place in the a4r.
The ephemere asaiita itself with tne
point of it little sails aa OrtnJy as it
cau. It mukes a movement aimilur to
that of a abiver, then the akin on the
middle of the back break apart, tha
wings lip ont of their sheath, as wa
sometime take off our glove by turn'
ing them inside out After thia strip
ping the ephemere begin to fly. Some
time it hold itself straight up on th
surface ol the water ontbe end of ita tail,
flapping ita wing one against th
other. It take no nourishment in the
j five or six hour whioh are the limit of
ita life. It seem to have been formed
. but to multiply, for it doe not leave
it state of a worm until it ia ready to
! deposit it egg, and it die aa aoon aa
I they are deposited.
' In three day' time one aee appear
and die all specie of ephemere. They
i last sometimes until the fifth day, for
I the reason that some malady ha affect
j ed some of them and prevent them from
ohanging at the some time as the
. others. Exchange.
A Difficult Problem.
I "What kapes ye shtill ao long, Do-
i lan?" inquired Mr. Rafferty.
"Oi'ni thryiu to convince meself that
I it'a no harder to push a wheelbarrow on
! the level than to push me biciokle up
i hill an Oi can't do it "Washington
j Stur. ,
Great quantities of sulphur are miuod
j in tbe craters of several extinct volca
noea in Mexico.
Massachusetts annually imports from
beyond ber border egg to the value of
10,000,000,
rntt Reckless fleneronlty.
On hi first visit to Aberdeen an Eng
lish commercial traveler, having receiv
ed some mark of kindness from one of
it inhabitants, exolaimed tn an offhand
way on hi departure:
"If at any time you or any of your
people conie up to London, don't put uri
at n hotel, but come to us. "
"Oh, thank ye!" replied tho Scot la
conically, and away the southron went.
Six mouth passed, and the English
man had long forgotten the Incident,
when, to his surprise, be received one
morning the following note:
Mv Drar Fhif.no As myself, my wife and
four children are coming up to London for a
fortnight, we will be glad to avail uraelve
of your kind tnvltntton
Facing the situation with unquestion
able courage, the southerner put him
self to unutterable inconvenience to ac
commodate hi guests. He took them
everywhere, paid for everything, and
At the end of the stipulated time they
announced their departure. The host ac
companied thera to the station and in
the fullness of hi gratitude at tbe ex-
odns invited the father to have a part
ing drink.
"Come along, old fellow What I It
to be whisky and soda, a usual? Two
Scotches and soda, please, mis. "
"No, ral" replied the Scot solemnly
'Naue o' that. Ye've been vera guid to
me and mine durtn the last fortntcht
hae ta'en us everywhere and paid for
everything. Nn, ua; we'll hae a toss
for the lust. "London Answers.
On the Pronunciation of Pepya.
The Hon. Walter Pepys has collected
17 varieties of tha spelling of the name.
and he lays some stress upon the French
form Pepy as authority for tho nrouun-
siatiou favored by him. Peeps seems to
follow the usual practice, as Wcetns for
Vtemya, aud, moreover, it i that adopt
ed by the descendant of the diarist'
sister Paulina, the family of Pepys
Cockerell. Peeps is also the traditional
pronunciation adopted at Cambridge
Here is, I think, strong evidence in fa
vor of Peeps. At the same time I believe
that in this name, aa In other words,
the pronunciation of the vowel e has
changed since tbe seventeenth century
and thut the name in Pepya' own day
was actually pronounced Papes. This
opinion is grounded on the phonetic
spelling Peap aud Peyp wbicb have
come dowu to ua, and both these would
represent Papes; ea a. a in yea.
break, great; ey a, a in obey and
they. In this matter, however, I have
not the courage of my opinion, and 1
am not, therefore, prepared to adopt
thi pronunciation. Notes and Queries
eiectro-aMMrnetla Vole.
Profeasor W E Ayrton of London
fated recently that "there ia no donbt
the day will come, maybe when you
and 1 are forgotten, when copper wire,
gutta rrercha covering and iron sheath
ings will be relegated to tho museum of
anttqaitiei Then, when a person want
to telegraph to a friend, he knowa not
where, he will call in an electro-mag
nette voice, which will be heard loud
by him who has the electro-maguetio
car, but will be si leu t to every one else
He will call. 'Where are you?' and tun
reply will come loud to the man with
tbe icotro-magnetio ear, 'I am at the
bottstu of tho coul mine, or crossing
the Andes, or iu tbe middle of the
Pacmc' Or, perhaps, no voice will
come at all, and he may then expect
the friend ia dead. Think what that
will saean. Think of tbe calling which
(rocs ou from room to room, then think
of that calling when it cxteuda from
pole to pole a calling quite audible to
him who wants to hear, absolutely
ailent to bim who doe not
Japanese Self Baerlflo.
On board tbe Matsushima one man,
who had been shot iu the abdomen and
whose iatestiue were protruding from
the gapiug wounds, refused to be car
ried to tho surgeon's ward, because, he
aid, he did not want to take any of tbe
fighter from their work in order to
carry him below. Another, after hav
ing had hia body burned out of all
recognition in attempting to extinguish
a fire, stood by helping all be could till
tbe flame were put out, when he died,
A third (mortally wounded) man, whose
very gasp brought forth a gosh
blood, would not close hi eye until he
had told a comrade where the key of an
important looker waa and what the
locker oontained. A chief gunner, whose
under jaw bad been shot away and who
could, of course, not utter a word,
signed to a subordinate with a nod to
take hia place and fell dead after he
had placed tbe handle of the gun lever
in hia subordinate' hand. "Heroic
Japan. "
Old Leprosy Laws.
In the earliest oode of British law
now extant namely, that of Hoel Dba,
a famous king of Cambria (the present
Wale), who died about tbe .year 000
A. D. we find a canon enacting in
plain and unmistakable term that any
married woman whose bus baud wa
afflicted with leprosy wa entitled not
only to aeparation, but also to the resti
tution of her good.
The lnraeat elentrln ilon tn Nun TTnn.
I laud, that on the Washington stroot fu-
oado of the New Gruud theuter, Bostou,
I is composed of 1,000 incandescent
I lamp of S3 candlo power euoh, uud tho
j letter whioh they muke ore four foot
, high. It took four-muu a mouth to
make the sigu, and it cost the couipuuy
I thut erected it about 13,000.
THE FAMOUS GIN LAW.
How It Was Received and Kvadetl by the
English Public.
Thi famous "gin law, ". passed In
1780, I Interesting a the earliest se
vere blow at liquor dealing among civ
ilized nation. It levied a tux of 20s. a
gallon on spirits, and a license of 50
or any one selling or dealing in them.
Aud, being iu advanro of public opin
ion, it failed, much a other more
stringent prohibition law have failed
u our own day. For tho cry wa at
once raised thut it taxed the poor man'
gin nud let the rich mini wiuo go
free. Every wit, every caricaturist, had
hi fling at it. Ballads wero hawked
around telling of tho approaching
death of Mother Gin. Tho liquor shops
were hung with black aud celebrated
uproariously Mine. Geneva' lying in
stnte, her funeral, her wako end so on.
The uight beforo tho law went into
effect, so the contemporary journals
ay, there wa a universal revel all
over the conntry. Every one, dvunlt his
fill and carried homo as much gin be
sides as he could pay for.
To evade tho law apcithccarios sold
it in vial and small pncKages, some
times colored and disguised, generally
under false labels, such as "Cnlio
Water," "Make Shift," "Ladies' De
light." There were printed direction
on some of these packages e. g "Take
two or three spoonfuls three or four
times a day, or as often aa tho fit takes
you. Infovniers were vt:ry prominent
and exceedingly offeuive, inventing
snares to catch lawbreakers for the suko
of the heavy rewards, mid spying aud
sneaking around in n way particularly
distasteful to tho English mind. In con
sequence they ufTered iu their turn.
The mere cry, "Liquor pyl" was
cVjngh to raise a mob iu tho London
streets, and the informer was lucky if
he escaped with a souud thrashing and
a ducking iu tho Thame or the nearest
horso pond. Indeed, such mi outcry wa
made about the mutter that tho minis
try became very uupnpular, and the
law was not enforced lifter two or three
years, and wa lurgely modified iu 1748,
after seven years' triul. Popular Bcl-
enco Monthly.
A Cartons and Rare Book.
Tho most curious as well a ono of
tbe rarest books knowu to collector is
the edition of the Vulgate issued by
Pope Sixtu V, soniu tiino between
1080 and 1000. The book, as Disraeli
describe it, "fairly swarmed with er
rata. " So numerou w?rc they thut a
Dumber of printed piper slips contain
ing the proper word wtre pasted over
the blunders, and tbi device proving
ineffectual ou account of the iiunionso
number of mistakes, aa many of too
copies a oould be found were called in
anil destroyed. Only a few romr.in, uud
tbe book with its paper painhc com
mand au extremely high prion.
Chalk.
All chalk i composed cf fossil. If
you take the tiniest bit and placn ii un
der a powerful microscope, you will see
au Inflnito number of exriemoly dimin
utive shells, aud no spectacle on a !
scale i more beautiful thun tho v.ttie-1
form of these tiny homes of imiiu.i'.
life, which are disclosed by powerful
gluHsea.
i ' Oxygen and Mushrooms.
' A singular way of removing oxygen
from tbe air by tbe aid of a plant i
described by Dr. T. L. Phipsou in The
Chemical New Inside a glusa bell jar,
suspended over water, ia placed a mush
room, aud sunlight is allowed to fall
upou the plant. The mushroom absorb
the oxygen from the air in tbe jar, and
the carbonic acid formed during tb
process is absorbed by the water, which
gradually rises in tbe jar to one-fifth of
ita height The mushroom now dries
up, but it animatiou is only suspend
ed, aa may be proved by introducing
besidd it a green plant when it will
recommence to vegetate, being nour
ished by tbe oxygen exhaled from tbe
fresh plant
Tha Bum.
The first mention of the Hun in his
tory i in China, R U 810 They con
quered that country and were afterward
driven out by the Celestial and marched
clear across Alia, penetrating the oouu
try now known a Hungary in 876
A. D. For a time they threatened to
overrun the whole of the continent, but
were defeated in tbe heart of France
and driven back to tbe bank of the
Danube
The Two Garrleks.
George Garrick, borther of the cele
brated David, waa the latter' most de
voted (lave and laborious pack horse. '
On coming behind tbe scene he usually
inquired, "Has David wanted me?" It
being asked onoa bow George came to
die so toon after the demise of hia fa
mous brother, a wag replied, "David
wanted him. "
Women aa Thieve.
Why ara ladies tbe biggest thieves in
existence? Becuuse they steel their pet
ticoats, bono their stay, crib their ba
bies and book their dresses. Golden
Penny.
About 13,000,000 worth of Americuu
whisky is annually sent abroad, most of
it from Baltimore.
It 1 (aid that uo country in the world
show ao great a variety of plant life a
Mcxioo.
THE NEWSBOY'S DREAM.
It Win tils Idea of Whet Would He Ab
solutely Idcnl Condition.
The American newsboy cuu almost
bo said to huvocTonted a -genus for him
self. If he has' auy, he has certainly
created it, for of all the inhabitants of
this planet there is nono who In so abso
lutely independent, so thoroughly con
fident of hi own exertions, lio has a
self importance, derived from bis ability
to support or partially support himself,
which place him high above the rank
of the ordinary gamin, and ho generally
possesses what is fur more important in
any community ready money. Ho i
tho capitalist of our junior civilization,
the Count Esterhaxy of newsboys' alley.
Ho cnu play crup for uiotey when other
boy are constrained to purstv this de
lectable amusement with only the mild
er if more intellectual pleasure of study
ing the fluctuations of fottnnc, or, at
most, hazarding cigarette pictures.
Ho may swear a little morn than i
necessary, bat in general is not half
bad. Hia train of thought is usually
healthy and vigorous and has n robust
ness born of the outer air in which he
spends so much of his time. i'liTsk'uIly
he i agile aud aluiont tireless. While
apparently reckles in most things, be
in, on the whole, careful of bis health
he ia scarcely ever knowu to smi.kn a
whole cigurcttn at a time. His iiitclli-ct
la as keen a a razor. Ho keep it con
tinually honed on the strop of experi
ence bveiytning carries lor mm u les
son. From tho snlo f the largest Sun
day paper to that of the most unpreten
tious weekly thore is nothing be doe
not profit by.
Ho is a born statist, a self educated
strategist. He Im the nice urt of going
fur enough und yet never overstepping
himself. On the eve cf such uu occasion
he will vociferate, "All about tho elec
tion, " but don't ever cxpott uf whom
until you buy the paper. Pleasure and
other things occupy a fair proportion of
his time, but with bim thu dintribntion
of news is always uppermost. It eou
permeate hi sleeping hours. Ono of
them was heard to remurk between alea
to another a day or so ago, "Say, Jim,
I bad de finest dream I ever had lus'
night."
" Wa it about angels?" inquired Jim.
"Now," waa the contemptuous re
sponse, "I dreampt dut dcr waa a aw
ful imashup, six fire, four dou'blo mur
der an tree suicides, all in ono day. "
Chicago Timea-Heratd.
Gold and Sliver Gospels.
"Tbe Gold aud Silver Gospel" ia
the name of a very peculiar book now
preserved in the Upsala library in Swe
den. It is printed with nietul type, on
violet colored vellum, tho letters being
silver and the initials gold. When it
wa printed, by whom or what were
the method employed, are questions
wbicb have great interest for the curi
ous, but have nevor been answered.
Maid and Widow.
By tbe old Saxon law a maiden and
a widow were of different value. The
latter could be bought for one-half the
urn which the guardian of the maid
wa entitled to demand. A man, there
fore, who copld not afford to buy a
maiden might, perhnpa, be able to pur--cbase
a widow.
The herd of European bison protected"
by the czars of Russia in the forest of
Bjelowski, Lithuania, numbered 1,900 -in
1800, but is now reduced to 600 and -how
no sign of increase. The dwin- -dling
of the herd is ascribed to in breed-,
ing, due to the confined area of the res ervation.
4 .
Fakir.
Fakir i tbe name given to a cele
brated class of fanatic found in many
part of the east, but more particularly
in India. Some of them will make a
vow to continue all their lives in one
posture and adhere to it strictly. Other
never lie down, but remain in a Hand-
Innnnai.lnn .11 H..I. 1J L.IJ ,
r'wwi lu.ii urea, ujiudiu vuiy
by stick or rope under the armpit.
They pretend to -have (ubriued every
passion of mortality.
A Mathematical Wonder.,
Jedediah Buxton waa the greatest
prodigy of mathematics that ever ap- .
peared in England. Hi education waa
very limited, and be had never been
taught arithmetic or indeed any branch
of mathematics, ao that hi abilitiea in
thia respect were peculiarly natural.
He would walk over a piece of land and
tell with exactness how many acre and
square rod were contained in it Hia
memory wa so great that while resolv
ing a question be could leave off and
resume tbe occupation again tbe next
morning or at a week, a month or sev
eral months later aud proceed regularly
till it waa completed.
Lincoln's tantlmant.
Abraham Lincoln once received a let
ter asking for a "sentiment" and bis
autograph. He replied:
Dkau Madam-When yon ask from a atran
ser that which la of Interest only to yourauu.
always Inclose a itainp. There's your auntl
ment, and here' your autograph.
A.' Lincoln.
Sweden i the greatest mutch produc
ing country in tbe world although tbe
iudustry i coudueted on an enormou
scale iu the United- State aud else-
wher
There are four time aa many words
iu the English luiiguuge aa there are iu
tbe French.