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VOLUME 7.
UKYNOIiDSVIIiLK, I'ENN'A., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1, W.VX
NI'MHEK 40.
Do Your Eyes
Why
not
Do you suficr with Hm1ic1m? TIhto nm very fow who
dim't. If ho, pcrhnpp (It'fcclivoor Impniml
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figures on tho hlneklaiaril at school, v. lien be ftuiiplnliis of IiIh eye bnrtlmr ntid of
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up In tha comfort of perfect vlttlon. If n child can sco lietler with glasses, bo
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reasonable hs It Ih to contend that lie In too young to have fever or a toothache,
Tho continued neglect of a child's ryes may chumc strabismus (cross-cyo.) .Tlm
pyes are ttsi short for paper vision. Too niueh strain In brought on the muscle
that movo tlieni, In consequence of wlilch they liecome crowed. This defect can
bo cured liy tho continued wearing of properly adjusted glasses.
Glilcaoo Optical Co.'s Eye Specialist
will be at thr Reynold Drug Store. Reynoldavllle, Pa., Thurs
day and Friday, March 2nd and Jrd only.
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ilUr-li-Oklif, iiaiii 8. Plata,
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Lttil IdlUr, rliriiii SUol. 'OO.
Iti'V. TliiiniitH Mc( Mury ilntlvori'il lila
fiiiiioiia liM-tiiro, "Tim MUhIiiii of Mlrl.li,"
In AsHKiiilily hull laat I'Vliluy nvcnlnu;.
Our miti'rtnlnor lutil tlm ptriiHiirn ao
ho snlti - tif iidilroaHinu H litrifii nii-llrnco
w li It'll alitiwotl t!tiiiHiltiiiiiia hIkiih (if eimi
ilcl(i I'ttvolopmi'iit In tint tunny lMntitfiil
nnil I in x 11-1 11 n t iIioiikIiIh an tiliHintntly
tillrrril. That ho liml ttiintrnl of IiIh
llHtoiitrs Ik known (nun tlio fact Unit
nIIhiioo rtilmii'd In tlm hull wlillo tlio
spi'Iohh (inrta nf IiIh loitinrn woro la'lno;
itlily tli'ilt'ti'tl, nil aci-incil to fool Hint
tho roinninilor nf tlm tivonliid wtiulil ho
niont In a iniiniior vnlil nf joy; hut
tlio pnlll nf lllliKlltor W'll It'll tlio iioxt
nilntito roMintiilt'il tlirmiKhoiit tlm
hullillntf IntlioHtt'ii tliiit. atiiiHliliio I mil
hct'ii hIii i! nvor nil hy tlio (flowing i 1 ti-U-nniifO
liloinli'tl witli IiIh t'ntiHlKtoiit
hiitnnr. Mui'li itilvloo wua (ilvini, wliloli,
If hmlfil, wnnltl la fur tlio buttertnoiit
of mnny.
Wo nro Sorry In knnw I lint tlio innjnr
Ity nf tlitmo who Hi'i'in to titko tloliuli t in
tlio nao nf priifaiKi liiiiyiiiiuo ni'V.'l' ut
totitl aiit'li loi'tiiri'H iih khh tlollvori'il hy
Mr. Mftllitry,
Wo woro Infornii'tl tlntt. throo nf
HfytiolilHvillo'H ifond lltllo iniya rnt ly
t'lijnyi'tl 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 h I v 1 H fur Htiino In il I'M liiat
Kntiirtltty niornlnu hy plii.vlni; with tliolr
iiiiikIo liiiiM'i'im In tho IIIkIi Si'IiihiI I11I1
nratnry. Tlioy ttaik tliolr latitonis
thorn moroly to coinpiirn Homo nf tliolr
roapootlvn inn llw 11 lid, nf t'oni'Ho, t-ai'li
yniinirBtor hail tho Im'hI. toy whloli con
flunlon wna rrai'lii d itftor a vory llvoly
Iwint.
Durlnif tin-itlTi uy llttlo (!jtoh, In nn
onili avor Uicniniol thonthora tnmihinlt
to his wIhIi, pnllt'tl tho unin tnho, wtilcli
rnnvoys tlio k"" from tho poncrnlnr In
tho Inntom, frtnn (ionrjjlo'n llttlo atoro
npttonn with tho Inlfiitloti nf HttuohliiK
it to hlawwn; hut ho fnrjrot to turn tlm
(;na off and It took firo at tho out nf the
tulw, iriiKhlni; forth in a vory frightful
ninnnor so It wmrM'tl to tho hoy.
Hlinon and Cyrua tlinuifht only nf thttlr
aafrty anil trlotl to pit. out nf tho nnm,
hut la tliolr hurry noil aotirry woro 1111
ahlo to find tlio door in tho dark.
Goof-gln wbh loft ttifaro for tlm flamo,
whUi was ftcuroely nvgo pnoiifli tn
soorch a flra. Aftor hoiiio dlflltMilfjy tho
KM was shut off, and tho llttlo Mlnwa
atrnln ri'Htorctl to tliolr soiiat'H. We
wontlor somotlinoa wby ohlhlron kticnrne
h oaaily frlifb UvciimI atRiinh littloitlilii;H.
Wo aro ploaHotl to know that Hon.
K. II. Kllintt, lUiv.C.C. HuinhorKoraiid
fi'iif. U. W. Lonkortl, horiM of tho
Ixivo, stiatalnot no mirlutis Injiirios.
Mlsa May Jttnklna, of Dulloln, paid us
ta vlst Monday.
Dr. A. II. BowHor viniu-tl tho High
School I ant wock.
1'oatniaHtcr Al. Woodward miutlo his
wcukly vIhII to thu huIiooIh Wodnosday.
Wo cordially invito tho roproaonta
tlve of the iirnokvlllo Jtipuhliriin to
vialt Harry Horpcl's school. It will
pay him.
(No. 64)
AN -OnuiNANCE chantjlng tho
grade nf aido or fool walk, twolvo foot
wide tin Main street (south side) from
tho went aide of Fourth Htruot, ennt
mencing at an iron peg, to the eaat sitlo
of 1'ine alley.
Sko. 1. lio it ordalni'tl and enuctt.'d
hy tho town council of tho borough of
UnvnoldHVlllo, and it Is hereby orduinud
anil enacted by authority of tho sanio,
that the grade of proaont hide or foot
wrlk, six feet wide, on Mala street, as
now located (aouth aido), from the west
side of Fourth street, commencing at
an iron peg, to tho east side of I'ino
alloy, be and the samo is horeby
changed as follows:
Ih'ginning at tho wost side of Fourth
Btreet, at an Iron peg, and on the south
side of Main street, making the width
of the present eido or fool walk, twelve
feet; thence descending at tho rate of
eighty-six one-hundredth (Htl-UK)) loot
per hundred ( KM)) foot for a distance of
one hundred (100) foot; thence level for
a distance of one hundred and twenty
(1 20) foot; thence ascending at the rate of
six ono-hundredth (tt-100) feet per hun
dred foot for a distance of seventy (70)
feet to the east side of Pino alley, as
shown by the accompanying chart or
survey.
Kkc, 2. That no much of any ordi
nance as may conflict with or be sup
plied by the forouoing be, and tho sunie
is, hereby repealed.
Ordained and enacted Into a Ihw in
council this 1st day of Feb., A. I). l!l!l.
S. H. Elliott,
Attest; l'res. of Council.
L. J. McEntihe, Clork.
Feb. llth, 1 HUH, tho above ordinance
examined and approved.
H. Alox. STOKE, Chief Burgess.
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It Ih guaranteed to glvo jierfeet satis
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Paradise. CTZJ
Homo nf tho I'lii'iiillao sports nttotidi'tl
tho Martha Wiixhlngtmi aitpper nt
Sykesvlllo liixt WettnoHilny night.
There will bo cointniinlon al tho Hy
plirlt M. E. church next Hiiiidny tnorn
Ing nt 10.no.
Alexandria Jeremiah Deomer sold
his property, Including nil his fanning
lltennlln, to Thoinaa Ili'yntilila.
Mlaa Mario MeCrelght vlalted tlio
I'hllllppl aehiail last Friday.
Mr, and Mrs. Adam Norrla and son,
Harry, visited Mr. Nnrrls' parents Inst
Wednesday.
W. A. HhooNloy, who had his ankle
sovorely hurt last week while working
In tho woods, Is nt this writing gelling
bettor.
.lames Foltr. and his sou, Hilly, visited
In I'arittllHo last Friday.
(ieorge llnllciihaiigh, ('.(., was a vic
tim nf tho iiatlonal fiialaily, tho grip,
the lalUir part of Inst week, hut ho Is
ahlo to lie on duty again.
Hi'iitt Kyphrlt, wlillo working In tho
wihhIh, put his ax under a log and went
homo and tlm next day went nut for his
nx nnil found that hoiiio one had taken
Ills ax anil put auotlier one In lis place,
lie liml to grind Hie ax for about niifl
hour. Ho says h would not trade tlio
ax now for tho one he had, unless ho
got l.fid to boot. Tin.' man who took
tho nx don't nerd to bring It buck, for
Kcnll says ho got tlm hoslnf tho bargain.
Rathmel.
MIkn Agnes I'lttaley, nf Falls Creek,
Is vialtlng In town.
Miss HiinIo Clark Is visiting friends In
llriH'k way villi) this week.
Hughey Nans, who died last Tuesday
about noon from grip and pneumonia,
was buried In the Cut lint In aeinotery
Friday morning.
It. I tend men and wife, of Klonnnrn,
wore vailed hero last week to attend
the funeral nf Mr. Nans, Mrs. Head
men's father.
The nystor nnpier nntl social held in
tho 1. (). H. nf A. halt last Wednesday
ovo was quite a maossful affair.
The Dean grammnr school Is making
preparations for a public ontortnlniimnt
In tlio near future.
Henry Illoom, while working In the
Kprngtio mine last Saturday, had his
right thigh fractured in two plauos hy
a fall of topcoat.
Last Tour t the Season via P. R. R. to
Florida.
Tho lastof the present series of pop
ular Pennsylvania Itailroad imrsonally
e.ondiietod tours to Jattksonville will
leave New York and l'hllatlulphia by
sH)clal train of I'lillman I'alaco cars on
Tuesday, March 7th.
Hound-trip ticket, valid to return on
regular trains until May 31, IHIM, and
Including railway transportation In each
direction, and I'ulluian acoommtalatloiia
(one berth), and meals on sptvilal train
going, will bo sold at tho following
rates: New York, JTjO.OO; Philadelphia,
4H.0u; Canandnlgua, MZ.rVs, Ki le, fcVi.Ho;
Wilkesbarro, WiO.Xi; IMtbtbiirg, .1.1.00;
and at proportionate rates from other
points.
For tickets, Itineraries, and full in
formation apply to ticket agents; Tour
ist Agent, ll'lfl Broadway, N. Y.;
Thomas I'urdy, I'assongor Agent Long
Branch District, 7M) Iiroad Street, New
ark, N. .T.J Thos. E. Watt, Passenger
Agent, Pittsburg, Pa.; or address Ceo.
W. Hoyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel
phia. Murder at the Tunnel.
The long list of petty crime that
have boon committed at the tunnel dur
ing tbo past summer and winter has
been climaxed by a cold blooded mur
der. At 3 o'clock Tuesday morning
last Thomas Fuqua, a colored man, was
shot in the left breast by ono of his fol
low moo. Tho ball glanced downward
and entered his stomach. The Injured
man was brought to the hospital where
an operation was performed, but about
noon yesterday tho man died. Tho
murderer made his escape. It is pre
sumed that the shooting grew out of a
quarrel over a game of cards. Punxsu
tawney Antra.
No Right to Ugliness.
Tbe woman who is lovely In face, form
and temper will always have friends,
but one who would be attractive must
keep her health. If she is weak, sickly
and all run down, she will be nervous
and irritable. If she has constipation
or kidney trouble, her Impure blood
will cause pimples, blotches, skin erup
tions and a wretched complexion. Elec
tric Bitter is the best medicino In the
world to regulate stomach, liver and
kidneys and to purify the blood. It
givos strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth,
velvety skin, rich comploxion. .It will
make a good looking, charming woman
of a run-down invalid. Only 20 cents
at H. A. Stoke's Drug Store.
SURPRISED HER HUSBAND.
W hy lhi InnitK Wlfp flnrnt an After
noon In Ilia llrtlca.
Young Mrs Htnlth. who liven down
on I'ralrit' aventin. Is very fond of hnr
IiiihIiiiiiiI nnil also very jealous of lilm
Mr. Kinith knows this nnd enjoys it 1 111
mermely lie fore tlm Hinltlm worn mnr
rled he nsed to known Minneapolis girl
who visited his sister In Chicago. Mrs
HiniMi knew her very well tisi ThoMin
neiipolls girl eaino down not long m?o.
ntid Mrs. Hmith railed on her A few
days liefora the Minnrapolis girl went
hack she railed on Mrs Hiiiith, and
they had an piijnynhln tpiarter nf nn
hour thinking things nlaiitt one another
nnd talking iilsiiit MatiHilcId
When the MillfieiiKilis girl rote to
go. she said sweetly. "Oh. by the way
I want to sen Charlie before I go Iimc!:
ami I think I may just drop Into his
officii tills afternoon. "
"Oh. do, ('hurtle will lie delighted,
returned Mrs Hmith The diair had
hardly elimed 011 the guest before Mrs
Hmith executed 11 sort nf war dance
HI1I1 tlreaned as fiutt as she could, put on
her bonnet and iiiinoiinced her intent ion
of going down to Mr Smith's ollice
Her griuidiiiotlier remoiiHf rated in vniti
Mrs Hinltli Is only IH. and she Is jeal
ous. "i thought I'll spend tho afternoon
with you. " she nniiotiiiced to the aston
ished Charlie ns shn swetit into the
nfllrn
"Hut. my tletir" ho began, when
Mrs Sniitli rnseonced herself at tlm
side of his desk nnd iiitlmiited that tho
most violent arguments would not
tiiiivc her She sat thero all tho lifter
noon The Mimioiimlla girl enjoyed
herself shopping, and forgot to rail in
to tell Charlie gnodhy Mrs. Hmith bri
down and coiifeHsed as atam ns she pt
home, mid her foolish young IiiinIiiiii 1
tild her to go down next day and buy
herself tlie prettiest hat she could find
Chicago Inter Oeean
JOHN HAY'S BIG APRON.
One of In. Cnaifa Where lllahwRah
In lrofl neitl a l'of.
Colonel Hay was when n boy a retcn
Inr at.tendaiit of the I'roshyterian Htm
day school nt Warsaw. Ills
The Sunday school lessons partly con
sisted of committing to memory Bible
verses, nnd to attain supremacy in this
created quite a rivalry among tho schol
ars John Hay was sure to come n it
ahead from two to five answers, some
times more. t'uiiNiiig those of his com
ratios who were always behind him to
regard him with envy
Consequently when some of those boys
heard that .folin had to wash dinliesand
do the churning for his mother and
morn than all. that ho worn an apron
while at these duties his jealous com
rades fiiirly crowed
One morning it was agreed by his
comrades to get him out of doors while
he had his apron on and humiliate him
by having two or three girls whom he
rather liked ask him questions in re
gard to his housework
Yonng Hay ciiiiia out to where the
boys were and answered the qnestions
by saying that he washed dishes as his
mother tanght him. and then, with
twinkling eyes, he gave tlio dishpan
which he had with him n tretnendons
fling, contents and all. drenching who
ever happened to be near cnongh. and.
laughing londly, rail into tlie kitchen
Hay and his big apron were never mo
lested after that. Christian Endeavor
World ' '
William lllHt'k'a ( haraetrla.
Mr Wemyss Reid notes that William
Black seldom allowed himself to tie
drawn into conversation about his work.
Ono of Keid's recollections rntis thus
"Ono day, in the faroff past, I was
walking along tho sea front with Black,
at Brighton, when ho said abruptly and
with reference to nothing that had been
passing between ns: 'We are not all en
gaged in running away with other
men's wives. There are some of as who
aro not the victims of mental disease or
moral deformity. I do not even know
that anybody of my acquaintance has
committed a innrder or a forgery. Yet
people are angry with me because I do
not make my characters in my books
odions in this fashion. I prefer to write
abont sane people and honest people,
and I imagine that they are, after all.
in a majority in tho world. ' "
Rome Went to ilorr.
I once asked a district nnrse, says a
writer in The Cornhill Magazine, how
the various Kick casus liad lieen going on
during my absence from tlie parish. At
once the look which I knew so well
crossed her face, bnt her natural pro
fessional pride strove for the mattery
with the due nnctaonsuess which she
considered necessary for tho occasion.
At last she evolved the following strange
mixture. "Middling well, sir; some of
"em's gone straight to glory, but I am
glad to say others are nicely on the
mend. "
Starting lilm Itlsht.
"Ah I" sighed tho Bentimental yonth.
"Wonld that I might install a senti
ment in your loyul heart"
"Sir," interrupted the practical
maid, "I'd have yon understand that
my heart is no installment concern. "
Chicago News.
Diailuctlona.
"Did onr friend retire from politics?"
"Well. " answered the practical work
er, "it wasn't what you'd call a 're
tire. ' It wat a knockout " Washing
ton Star. -
Tho gentleman had rung thelicll aor
erul times before tho servant let lilm,
In. Ho was looking surprised nnd a,
trifle apprehensive when Mrs. Blykins
ratiiii Into tho room.
"I railed," he explained, "to Inqnlra
about your husband health. He And I
belong to tho an me organisation, and
several of the members desired me lo
call to sen how h Is getting along. Wn
went very sorry to hear of his illness."
"It's very kind of y on. " shn answered.
There was 11 crash which shook tho
chandelier.
She pniil no nil 'til Ion to It.
"I think it will he only n day or two
liefore ho Is able toj(et out mid go down
town, " she added.
The slamming of doors wJioral heavi
ly throngh the house.
"Has he been ilangerotinly sickt" '
"Not until today. "
"Hut I understood yon to say thnt ho
was convalescent. "
"I think I may say that he is so. He
wasn't well enough to be dimgerons till
this morning. Hut Is fore noon hn had
diitt'liiirged the vnined nurse, quarreled
with the cook, niiiiishcrl n rockir.g chair
a;;.ilnit which he had htuhhed liis ton
and thiown tho Canary bird ont of tho
window. Thoso are always In if ul
syiiiidoms witli him, and I feel fairly
justified in saying that hn is convales
cent." Washington Htur.
Ilia Mnnner nt llnth.
At n little fotiiiopolitiin gathering in
a homo on the North Hide tlie company
Were disclosing tho nriklnd thrnst at
Chicago for flatting the letter "a,",
when the girl from Btwton remark'id as
she peered serenely over her glasses:
"Wo always give It tlio continental
accent. For instiinon, wn say bnwth. "
"Pshaw!" said tint New York girl,
shrugging her liiintlstnnn stionlders.
"That isn't continental. That's New
England. Now. wnnlways prononnro it
barth."
"Yon'ro away off," retorted Miss
Chicago, going Into the subject nock
mid ellxiWH. "Wonrnthn most corn t
people in tlio world, willr all tho np to
ditto knowledge there la. and wo give
it the full valnn biinrth. " ,
"There's n Ijondonir nrnong ns,"
snggested ono of tho company, "(let
him to prononnce tho word and notice .
what hn does with tho 'a.'
Ho tliey tackled tho bewildered Eng
lishman, without letting him know
their motive, bnt asking him solemn
questions about his opinion f tho hath.
After regarding them with n sphlnxliko
Htaro through his mnnocled eye the
gentleman from London said:
"Quito so. Quite so. I always tnb in
tho morning. " Chicago Times-Herald.
Illnek Fooled Them.
Bir Wemyss Held, in a personal sketch
nf his friend tho Into Mr. Black in
Tho Hpeaher, tells how tho novelist ont
wltted The Hatnrday Review. When
"A Daughter nf Heth" appeared, it
took tho town by storm, and as it ap
peared anonymously Hir Wemyss heard
for tlm first time from an acquaintance
who tho author was: '
It was with a certain sense of injnry
that ho asked, "Why, if Black wroto tho
book, did he not pnt his name to it?"
"Oh, don't yon know?" was tho in
stant response. "That is tho best part
of tho joke. Tho HatnrdHy Review haa
been 'down' npon everything he haa
written, so ho pnrpocly published tliia
honk anonymously in order to tako in
Tlie Saturday Reviewers, and tliey were
tho first p"oplo to sonnd tho praises of
'A Dnn-jhl'T of Heth. ' If his name had
been nn the title page, they would
have damned it."
Ur.liko many hits of gossip aVx.nt
anciwifnl anthori), this nsHir Woinysn
learned later from Mr. Black's own lips
was strictly true. 1
lllekena Was "Load." j
In tho memoir nf tlio Into J. II. Fris
well there is A glimpse of Dickens
whicji will seem familiar to those
Americans who remember tho some
what flamboyant dress of the novelist.
"On one occasion," wrote tho author
of tho "Gentle Life," "wo were walk
ing down Wellington street nnd just
passing tho office of Household Words
when a hansom cab stopped and ont
stepped a gayly dressed gentleman. His
bright green waistcoat and vivid scarlet
tie any one would huvo noticed, but tlio
size of the nosegay in his hnttonhole
riveted my attention. My futhur intro
dnced mo, and I, who hud only s ten
engravings of tho Macliso portrait and
photographs, was astonished to find
myself face to face with Chnrles Dick
ens." Missed th Combination.
He is oneof those gushing old beans
who think Mattery tlio key to favor
with the gentler sex. The other evening
he was at a reception with his wile,
and they mot tho handsome Miss Blun It.
at whom he fired a whole battery of
compliment Then turniug to his wife
he said. "It's a good thing I didn't
meet her before I married yon. my
dear. " I '
"Indeed it is." she smiled sweetly,
"for her I cougratulato Miss Blank-"'
Exchunge
A Delicate Distinction.
"How much lbs- your position pay?"
asked the rnrul relative. -
"I don't know as I ccnld figure it np
vffliand. " answered Senator Sorghnui
"You surely know your own salary r' '
"Yes. but that isn't what you ukt:d
ia " Washington Star