Thfl n'ciltlliig In the tlinne of the Cap
Hoi at Washington, 3T5 fool above the
ground, may be classed with propriety
as a happening In high life.
The Brooklyn Engln says that wltbln
a raillus of ten blocks of hie office there
are twelve abandoned churches. The
population In the same era la greater
than It has been at any time In the his
tory of the city.
President Wheeler of the University
of California, snya that football la be
coming more and more restricted to
the RpeHallRt. that It tends to exclude
even the average healthy man. and
that It, on the whole, enconragpa "root
Ins" talher than physical develop
ment. The sale of recent translations In
Japan Indicates that foreign nttthors
rank as follow-H In the estimation of
the Japanese: Zola, I'oyle, (losse,
lJing. Bret Harte, Stevenson, (leorgo
Meredith, John Morley, Pater, Thomas
Hardy, Henry James, Ian Maclaren,
Rnskln, Steven Phillips, Tennyson and
Mark Twain.
Minneapolis Times remarks that
medical expert testimony In suits at
law has falter. In such disfavor that
judges, lawyers and physicians alike
re casting about for a way to restore
It to respectability. Expert testimony
should be candid, Impartial and sclen
tltVally true. In practice the reverse
is too often the case.
London's latest fad is said to be a
system of somersaults for cure for fnt
people. There Is no question that the
turning of handsprings has a tendency
to reduce obesity, but It Is a heroic cure
and tho average man or woman who
weighs over 2!0 pounds would be In
great danger of breaking the neck to
Indulge In such gymnastics.
Tho recent appointment of a com
mission to consider the whole question
of Russian agriculture and the condi
tion of the peasantry marks a new de
parture In the internal policy of Rus
sia. The powers accorded to the coin
mission are of the widest possible, and,
In fact, amount to a charge to com
plete the work begun a generation ago
with the freeing of the serfs. Thus the
entire manner of life with the Russian
mujlk will form one of the principal
matters of conalderatlon for the com
mission, which Is empowered to pre
sent Its proposals for the bettering
financially, educationally, economically
and In general culture of agricultural
labor In all Its phases.
The Cooperative union at Milan has
established the first Rowton house in
Italy, a huge building with 630 bed
rooms, with everything of the moBt
faultless make and perfect pattern.
Cooperative pharmacies are much ap
preciated by tho working cluRRes. There
are ssventeen general stores In con
nection with the Turin Cooperative al
liance, and excepting with regard to
bread, the Turin alliance has adopted
the old Rochdalo principle. Dread is
old under current ratea. The stores
are open to all tho world, and all who
deal receive the same amount of divi
dends, but provident benefits, free
medical treatment, and education at
the popular university are reserved for
members only. The productive socie
ties are for the most part humble.
The societies of bricklayers and stone
masons undertake contracts for execu
ting buildings, and give general satis
faction. Italian cooperatives do little
a yet In respect of providing laborers'
dwellings; but, on the other hand, the
agricultural banking movement has
spread far and wide throughout Italy,
states the Economic Review.
It Is notorious that the confirmed
practical Joker Is the least tolerant of
Jokes at his own expense. He Is never
able to see any fun In being duped.
This adds much to the enjoyment of
those who manage to trick him. On
one of the big days at the Buffalo Ex
position the hotels were forced to make
new arrivals double up. A drummer
who was an Inveterate practical Joker
proposed to have a room and a bed to
1 tlmself. He suggested to his friend
the .clerk that should any applicant for
half his bed prove persistent, he should
toe told that tho drummer was Just con
valescent from smallpox. The drum
mer was aroused from his first deep
aleep by a man getting into his bed.
"Hold on there!" he cried; "didn't the
clerk tell you I have the smallpox?"
"Yes," replied th newcomer, drawing
up the covers, "but that's all right
I've got it -myself!" With a yell the
drummer leaped from the bed, seised
his clothes, dressed in the hall and
pent the night In a chair, longing for
- th morning so he could get himself
disinfected. In the morning he discov
ered that the man waa a Joker himself.
The drummer was infuriated by such
shabby treatment.
i
An Idyl of Oyster Point.
i
By ANNIE STECER WINSTON.
Whitewash sunshine, a pervasive
smell of crabs, omnipresent oyster
shells and Mis. Cnrruthers. Such l
my imprct'sloiilstlcs recollection of Oy
ster Point. Though there were other
Oyster tVnters, of course. There
wns, for instance, Mr, Hprockott.
Early In my acquaintance with Mrs.
CnrrutlM-rs I acquired a light-headed
fcfllnr ihat Mr. Spmrkrtt was with
IP" o;i of the elemental facts of con
f uunc.su so castml. so tnexplann-toi-y
was e ven her first casual Introduc
tion of his name, it so permeated In
the some wny our subsequent Inter
ruiirsp. And yet I never rrnlly knew
Mr. Sproikett, though nft'-r awhile I
accidentally became nwnre thnt tho
name appertained to a sondy-holred,
ml'ldlt afii'.l man of retiring demeanor
whom I had dully seen passing the
sort of nmn we nre always vaguely
surprised to dud so far differentiated
ns to hnve n name. I am not sure that
I ever met him. even, for he was fur
ther differentiate-.!. I discovered, by a
nervous honor of any situation re
quiring speech; and I mercifully as
sisted his frantic efforts to escape me
whenever i had occasion to call at
Mrs. Carruthers' In his off hours.
What his business was 1 have forgot
ten, If I ever knew. I somehow as
sociate oysters with him; but whether
because of Ills ocupatlon or of his per
sonal peculiarities I cannot undertake
with any degree of assurance to say.
Tho white paling of the house in
which I wan for a time sojourning,
continuing, formed the front boundary
of Mrs. Carruthers' demesne; a similar
pnllng alone divided the respective
back yards of tho two establishments.
A day or two after we moved in we
heard wild and distressful squawking
from our yard, and upon Investigation
found that our chickens were being
fiercely pursued by a turtle bend ap
parently as little Inconvenienced by It
bodiless condition as a Raphael cher
ub. "What did It want with a chicken?"
! asked Mrs. Carruthers when she
called with earnest apologies; for It
was, It appeared, a fugitive remnant
of her dinner. She did not know, but
r.be seemed much surprised at my
laughing.
A tall, brawny woman with a deep
voice, and a fnlnt trace of dark down
on her upper lip, she had the small,
light blue eyes of a baby, almost, and,
us I nfterward found, a cheering re
sponsibility of mnnner which I havo
never seen In any other adult. This,
howver, was on this particular occa
blon overclouded by a sincere regret
and chagrin at the contretemps, which
all my assurances could not suffice to
dispel.
''I told Mr. Spruckett," she said,
"that you all certainly would think
I was a poor manager leaving turtle
heads running round, liko that and
bothering the neighbors. But Just ns
I was going to bury It my pickle began
to boll over, and when I came back
'twas gone."
As the call was somewhat a formal
one, she wore, I remember, her Sun
day best a voluminous black silk, a
larger bonnet gorgeous with purplo
roses, and a lace collar pinned with
the gold-framed, half length pic
ture (In a horizontal position) of some
gentleman unknown,; unknown, I
mean, to Mrs. Carruthers herself.
. "I got It mighty cheap at a sale,"
she told me afterward; "thought it
would lok sort o' dressy."
I had not unnaturally supposed It to
be the portrait of Mr. Carruthers (to
whose decease live years before tho
black silk and purplo roses wero refer
able Mrs. Carruthers" natural Inclin
ation being for what she called
"cheerful colors.")
She stared a little when I mentioned
my assumption. "Mr. Carruthers!"
she said. She meditated awhlla
"That's so! I could have It put in If
you think I ought to. I never thought
of it. There was a picture of him
'bout the house somewhere that would
be Just tha thing If I could lay my
hand on It."
Apparently sli'o found it, for the next
time I saw the brooch the rather un
sympathetic countenance of Mr. Car
ruthers stared from the rim, looking
for some mysterious reason somewuat
larger than life, and crowned by a tall
and inflexible bat for the accommo
dation of which tho picture was por
foce curtailed below, bo that the chin
whiskers barely escaped.
"It does lok better, I reckon," she
said, simply; "and I want to do
what's right as I said to Mr. Sprock
ett. Mnt, lor me! Mr. Carruthers
wouldn't have cared. Ho was mighty
practical!"
From all I ever learned of him I
should have Inferred a certain lack of
poetry and sentiment in Mr. Carruth
ers. "I never wil get over not having any
wedding," she said one day.
"Not having had any wedding!" I
repeated blandly.
She did not notice my surprise,
"I'd saved up money, and all," she
went on. "I'd set my heart on a white
Ilk dress, and veil and wreath and
bridesmaids and everything. But
Mr. Caruthers put his foot down, He
said a cow would do me a heap more
good than . frills and furbelowa
and wedding fixings would
and maybe he was right. 'Twa
a mighty good cow I bought (I
was teaching when he married me,
cut out to teach, but think, I was really
cut out to teach, but there ain't many
things I" can't turn my band to in the
way of work, though I say it that
shouldn't). Twas a mighty good cow
4
I bought with the money I d saved up,
as I was saying, and I made a heap o'
money selling the milk; and after all,
'twaln't what a wedding would havo
been. I don't care what anybody says!"
With all his practicality Mr. Car
rulhers had not been a business suc
cess, and It was to her own thrift and
Industry thnt his widow owed her
present condition of modest comfort
particularly to her exquisite mastery
of the art of pickle making. To her
Justly celebrnted pickles, in process of
manufacture, the neighborhood was In
debted for a spley fragrance, which
modified most agreably the Indigenous
flavor of mnrlne delicacies In an Im
perfect stnle of preservation.
A slight alcoholic Infusion was also
occasionally observable In tho atmos
phere of Oyster point, and a chroni
cally In famed nose marked more than
one pionilnent citizen notably the
mayor, who was also tho doctor, both
horse and human, of the vlllnge. Hut
whatever drunkenness there was and
I do not now recall any means of di
version beyond alcoholic Indulgence
which the place presented was car
ried on, as a rule, with a sobriety, so
to speak, and decent reserve, which
precluded scandal and offense.
One day I heard Mrs. Carruthers, ns
I thought, declining chickens or other
household supplies at her back door,
and Idly looking out at my window. I
then saw that she was speaking to Mr.
Sprocket!, who, standing on the Btep,
with his lint pushed back upon his
hea.l at a peculiarly unbecoming angle,
listened wit a countenance absolutely
devoid of any expression whatsoever.
"I'm mightily obliged to you, Mr.
Sprocket!." she was saying, "and If I
was thinking about getting married "
I drew back with such III considered
haste ns to bump my head loudly
against the window sash, and so doubt
less made my unintended eavesdrop
ping perfectly apparent. I apologised
when she camo over Inter In the day.
"Oh. that's all right." she said,
good nnturedly; "there wa'n't much to
near you know Mr. Sprockett's
mighty quiet, lint 1 certainly was sur
prised, lie's been nfter me more than
once lately about going Into the ptcklo
business on a big scale; hut. I didn't
know he wnnted to bo taken In or was
thinking about me. Mr. Sprockelt'B
mighty Inoffensive I'd Just as soon
marry him as anybody but I kind o'
think marrying ain't what It's held out
to be. And so I thought I'd better let
well enough alone 'specially as he
wa'n't very pressing!"
The next morning he did not appear
at breakfast, and upon investigation
It was found that he had not come
home the previous night.
"I don't think I could have hurt his
feelings," Mrs. Carruthers said to mo
over the back fence; "and he didn't
seem to be a bit set on It! I Just hope
he aln'a sick off somewhere."
Tho potato man arrived as we wero
talking.
"Mr. SprocUett?" he said, with a
grin. "Mr. Spruckett got shut up for
being drunk last night. They soy be
carried on terrible. He'll be up before
the. mayor this morning, llo'll be up
before the mayor this morning. He's
up now. I nckon."
Mrs. Carruthers had dropped the tu
bers she was examining. "Shut up for
being drunk last night!" She looked at
me in a way that I did not in tho least
understand, but I saw that she was
strongly moved. "Shut up!" she re
peated. "Before the mayor this morn
ing! Go 'long! I don't want any po
tatoes!" I had never seen her In a towering
rage. I should hnve believed her as in
capable of It as Mr. Sprockett of the
outrageous, violent and truculent con
duct of which I learned ho had been
guilty while under spirituous excita
tion conduct of which the guardians
of the law could but take cognizance In
the Interest of public safety. But I
could not help suspecting that if It
had been a comparatively "nlco of
fense" It would havo "met Its com
ment." What buslnes dIJ ho have get
ting drunk, when he never had been
drunk before In bis life, so far as ap
peared? That Mrs. Carruthers was In a tower
ing rage her very back showed as sho
hurried into the house. I saw bor
emerge In a moment, with her bon
net strings tied very tightly under hor
chin, and rapldiy disappear up the
street. To the (unsolicited) kindness
of the milkman I owo an account of
what folluwed!
"Things was 'most over when she
got there," he said, "all out of breath;
the mayor was Just fixing to fine him
heavy anybody could see that when
sue walked rlylit up and looked him In
the eye( there was a crowd there, but
they gave way), and sho says, says
she, 'Look a here. Doctor Blanks,' she
says, 'you let Mr. Sprocket alone,' sho
says. 'What I say is,' she says, 'them
that live In glass houses shouldn't
throw stones,' she says. 'You ain't the
one,' she says, 'with that nose, to be
setting in Judgment on anybody for
getting druuk,' she says, 'and you
know it. You ought to be ashamed of
yourself,' she says .There ain't any use
in being a hypocrite if you are a
drunkard,' she says, 'which Mr.
Sprockett ain't and never will be!
Come 'long, Mr. Sprockett!' "
The case, I understood, was hur
riedly, even precipitately dismissed.
No one, I think, thought the ocurrence
especially notable, least of all Mrs.
Carruthers herself. She dropped In. to
see me next day and sat fanning her
self placidly, ber bonnet strings com
fortably untied, and talked of i variety
of topics, embracing, aa I remember.
tomato catchup, .measles, thunder
storms, cistern and well water, moths
snd moth-exterminators, ways of util
izing cold meals, the effects of tea and
coffee on tho nerves, dreams and pre
sentiments, mosquitoes, Mrs. Brown's
bonnet, methods of pickling oysters,
dahlia culture, and powdered oyster
shells ns a medium for burnishing
table knives.
I thought sho looked a llttlo occu
pied., lint motives of delicacy prevent
ed my touching upon the subject which
I suspected wss weighing upon her
mind the woeful Inpsn of Mr.
Si'i-ocki tt. All at once (we were dis
cussing the uncertainty of human af
fairs) site said, with sudden animation,
"Now, 'who In the world would ever
hnve dreamed of Mr. Sprockett's going
off and getting drunk?"
"Nobody,"! assured her.wlth a readi
ness that seemed to gratify her.
She broke Into an oddly light-hearted
laugh, like that of b young Kit 1. "I
never was so surprised In my life!"
she snld. ' Wa'n't It romantic?"
"There ain't anything for me to do,
I reckon, but to give in," she added, in
a mntter of course wny, but her eyes
shone, 'and this time I'M have a wed
ding." Womnn's Home Companion.
RINGS AND ELECTRICITY.
A Cntnltlnntlnn That flairs a lanr ITo
man a Startling Slinrk.
The diamond engagement and plain
band wedding rings on the third fin
ger or tho left hand of Mrs. Clara
Banker formed the connecting link
of a complete circuit for an electrical
current when she attempted to turn
off an Incandescent light, anl almost
caused her death by electrocution. At
though she escaped with her life,
through a wonderful exhibition of fern
Inliie presence of mind, her left hnnd
v.as-very badly burned by tiie current
and a large piece of flesh torn from
the Inside of tho little Anger.
Mrs. Banker is the wlfo of L. E.
Banker, manager of the fiano com
tuny, and resides at 2205 East Colfax
avenue.
When Mrs. Banker attempted to
fcrasp the button to turn off the light,
the rings camo In contact with tho
brass casings surrounding tho upper
part of the globe. In an Instant she
felt the effects of tho current, and
when sho attempted to Jerk her hand
away she found Bhe could not remove
II. She nttemtped to pull her left
band from the globe by using her right
band to Jerk with, but was unsuccess
ful. By that time, Mrs. Banker says,
her entire left sldo began to grow
numb, and bIio threw herself backward
with all hor force. The sudden Jerk
released her hand from the Incandes
cent light fixture and broke the cur
rent. Mrs. Banker threw herself with
such force that she fell against the
door two feet behind her, cracking
one of the panels.
The effect of the current going
through the woman's body, almost
completely un nerved her, and for sev
eral hours sho required constant at
tention. When she Jerked her hand
from the light fixture a large piece
or flesh from the Inside of the little
finger was torn away. The other fin
gers and pulm of the hand were badly
burned, the flesh looking as though it
l ad been cooked with carbolic acid.
Bocky Mountain News.
CUAINT AND CURIOUS.
According to the traditions, about
JOiiu people perished In tho destruc
tlon of Pompeii. The excavators have
found 280 human skeletons and those
of nine horses and five dogs.
Divers aro able to converse under
water by plnclng their helmets, which
are invariably made of copper, togeth
er, and shouting to one another. Tho
fcouml, jliey say, is swiftly and dis
tinctly conveyed.
It was William Pitt who originated
the Income tax In Great Britain, in
1798, as a war tax. The Napoleonic
wars were fought with It. From that
time to this it has been the resort
of ail ministers to meet war expend!,
tures.
The combined ago of four brothers
of the Uastien family of Galena, HI., Is
43 years; of the four brothers and
two sisters, 508 years, the youngest
of them being 77, and the oldest 93
years old. They are all In good health,
and live within a raJius of two miles
of each other.
The foundations of a Roman villa
have been laid bare in Greenwich
park, London, by the park keeper.
The space opened has an area of about
16 feet, and tho only loose materials
found, so far, are some tiles. The
discovery is regarded with great In
terest by local authorities.
Tho earliest known hot water heat
ing is curiously traced to Greenland,
where the strangely forgotten colony
of Norwegians had increased to 190
villages in the Hth century. A Ger
man author was told in 1516 of the
heating and cooking by water in pipes
from a hot spring. The ruins of the
colony were located in 1723, and the
hot spring was some years ago seen
by an American artist.
Two remarkable historical relics
1 ave lately come under the auction
eer's hammer In Europe. At thei Kal
kenhayn sale in Vienna the pen used
by Czar Alexander I., Emperor Fran
cis II., and King Frederick William
III. of Prussia to sign the "Holy Al
liance" treaty was sold for $160. In
London the pale blue silk undershirt
that King Charles I. took off and gave
to his doctor before stepping upon thr
scaffold, brought $1022.
Dazzling prospects seldom make on
blind to one's own Interest.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
The busy have no time for tears.-
Byron.
Fame la Hie perfume of herole deeds.
Socrates.
What frenzy dictates Jealousy be
lieves. (lay.
Strong reasons make strong actions.
Shakespeare
Whatever makes man a slave takes
hair his worth away. I'ope.
There Is llttlo Influence where there
Ik not great sympathy. H. I; Prime,
Maxims aro tiie condensed good
sense of nations. Sir J. Mackintosh.
Great talkers aro like leaky vessels;
everything runs out of them. C. Sim
mons. It Is only reason that tenches si
1 nee; the heort teaches us to speak.
Hlchter.
A Judicious silence is nlways better
than truth spoken without, charity.
lit Sales.
Idleness is only the refuge of weak
minds and the holiday of fools.
Chesterfield.
Waste of time Is the most extrava
pant and costly of all expenses.
Thcnphrastiis.
The world Is full of hopeful analo
gies and handsome, dubious eggs
tailed possibilities. Georgo Eliot.
PROHIBITION TERRITORY.
One-tlilril of Mm I'npiilallnn l.le I'mler
Ami. Saloon f.awa.
It Is estimated that fully 3(1,00(1,000
people aro living In the United States
timid prohibition, cither by stato law
or by local option. This Is more than
a third of the entire population of the
Republic. The following comities have
in the various states enacted prohibi
tion laws:
'Alabama In no out of fifi counties.
Arkansas !:i fio out of 75 counties.
California In 175 cities and towns.
Colorado In 50 cities nnd towns.
Connecticut In 75 out of 125 towns.
DelawareIn fully hair or the state.
Florida In 30 out of 45 counties.
Georgia The whole of the state ex
ept 4 cltlo.
Illl.iols In 5o cities and towns.
Indiana In 140 towns.
Iowa Tho whole of tho state except
25 cities.
Kansas T!ie whole of the state.
Kentucky In 90 out of 119 coun
ties. Louisiana In 20 nut of 59 counties.
Maine The whole of tho state.
Maryland In 15 out or 21 counties.
Massachusetts In 2(13 out of 353
cities anil towns.
Michigan In 400 cities and towns.
Minnesota In 400 cities and towns.
Mississippi In 7! out of 75 coun
ties.
Missouri In 84 out. of 115 counties.
Montana In a row counties.
Nebraska la 250 cities and towns.
New Hampshire The whole of the
ftnte.
New Jersey In 200 cities anJ
towns.
New York In 700 cities and towns.
North Carolina In 60 out of 90 coun
ties. North Dakota The whole of the
state.
Ohio In 500 cities and towns.
Oregon In tho grent Indian reser
vation. Pennsylvania In 60 cities and
towns, and 20 counties.
Rhode Island In 20 cities and
towns.
South Carolina Tho whole of the
stato, except 10 cities.
South Dakota The whole of the
state, except a few cities.
Tennesee In 70 out of 90 counties.
Texas In 120 out of 240 counties.
Vermont The wholo of the state.
, Virginia In 65 out of K'fi counties.
Washington In 50 cities and towns.
West Virginia In 40 out of 51 coun
ties. Wisconsin In 300 cities and towns.
Exchange.
Veni-nck TnlU In Order,
The Japanese aro ruthless In their
tampering with nature. If they de
cide that they want a bird or an anl
r.'al of a certain shape or color, they
set about manufacturing the article,
so to speak, by the exercise of exceed
ingly clever Ingenuity and untiring pa
tience. Here, for example, is how the
white sparrows are produced:
They select a pair of grayish birds
and keep them In a white cage In a
white room, where they are attended
by a person dre3sed In white. The
mental effect on a series of genera
tions of birds results In completely
white birds. They breed the domes
tic rock with enormously long talis
alter the same principle. They first
select a bird with a good tall, giving
him a very high perch to Btand on;
then with weights they drag tho tall
downward, carrying on the same sys
tem with the finest specimens of his
descendants till a tall almost as long
as a peacock's Is produced at last.
Tainting on Unman Skin.
Marcus Ixirenzo, an Italian painter
who flourished In the last century,
one paid 200 francs for a piece of hu
man Bkin no larger than a dlnnerplate,
upon which to execute a landscape in
oils. The skin, which was chemi
cally prepared to receive the paint,
was taken from the back of an aged
woman, whose body had been sold to a
medical man for dissecting experi
ments. The human parchment waa
'drawn tightly over a metal frame, and
the artist spent nearly seven months
In producing a painting that was after
wards exhibited In various salons and
ultimately realized 84,000 francs.
Leeds Mercury.'
Tha Roar of a- Waterfall.
' The roar of a waterfall la produced
almost entirely by the bursting ol mil
lions of air bubbles.
snmimnimninimnimnimmminnimnimnimnimmfe!
I THE JEFFERSON
I SUPPLY COMPANY
Being the largest distributor of General
Merchandise in this vicinity, it always in
Fosition to give the best quality of goods,
ts aim is not to sell von cheap goods but
when quality is considered the price will al
ways be found right.
Its departments are all well filled, and
among the specialties handled may be men
tioned L. Adler Bros., Rochester, N. Y.,
Clothing, than which there is none better
made; W. L. Douglass Shoe Co., Brockton,
Mass., Shoes; Curtice Bros. Co., Rochester,
N. Y., Canned Goods; and Pillsbury's Flour.
This is a fair representation of the class
of goods it is selling to its customers.
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FIKE I3STS UTl
Brookville I'n. Since 1S78.
2 FIR9T-CL1S9 COJV1PANIES.
JOHN TRUDGEN, Solicitor, Reynoklsville, Penn'n.
LABOn WORLD.
All the mines iu the Tnreiiluiu (Pa.)
district me closed.
ltroiikl.vn (Ohio) carpenters are mak
ing nn elTort to form a new union.
Klectrlcnl workers at Duluth. Minn,
hnve been grunted an ml v mice in
wages.
Advices from Mexico stnto thnt scar
city or labor Is retarding railroad con
struction. The witges of South Wales miners,
reguliiloil on the sliding scale, are to
be reduced ten per cent.
The wages of miners nnd tniikmen
have been reduced two nnd a half pet
cent, nt Newcastle, England.
Montreal (Can.) stonemasons threat
en, to strike unless grunted thirty cents
nn hour unci a nliie-bnur day.
Itrli'kmiikers nt Detroit, Mich., con
template forming a union. They want
more pay nnd a uniform scale,
Hoilcrmiikcrx. sheet Iron workers and
liolleruiakers' helpers nt St. Louis, Mo.,
have nxked ror Increased wages.
The tinners and sinters at Young
town, Ohio, havo been grunted nn In
crease of twenty-five cents a day.
Tho International Union of Cnr
Ituildcrs nnd Itepalrers has Increased
Its membership 10,000 In less than four
months.
Western women golfers will play for
the championship at Ouwentsia. Chi
cago, during the four days, August
27 to UO.
The Stonemasons' Union, of Toronto,
Can., and their employers have agreed
on a rale of forly-ono cents an hour for
one year.
The mills of West Duluth, Minn.,
have mnt the wage scale demanded by
the lumber pliers, but refuse to recog
nize the union.
Tneonin (Wash.) team drivers hnve
returned to work. Concessions were
mndo on both sides. Ten hours con
stitute a day's work and the union Is
recognized.
California Has Great Resources.
California has a coast lino of more
than 700 miles a stretch of ocean
front that would reach from Boston
to Carolina. It has an average
breadth of 200 miles, which gives It an
area of considerably over 100,000,000
acres, or about the combined extent
of all New England. New York and
Pennsylvania. Within these borders
there are various, kinds of climate,
marvelous diversities in soil and prod
ucts, and conditions that excite In
terest and wonder. The census shows
that the Stato has increased rapidly
In population; that it has taken high
er rank in the value of agricultural
crops; that It is first In vino culture,
and that it has made most astonish
iug progress In manufactures.
The United States Department of
Agriculture now has well-equipped la
boratories for the investigation of tho
diseases of plants In Washington City,
Florida and California. There are
also 50 experiment stations where
plant diseases are studied, and In per
haps half that number of colleges
practical courses on plant life are
given.
New South Wales - attaches the
death penalty to setting fire to a
dwelling bouse knowing that a poison
Is there.
whenTn douiit. try"
and hav cut-Ad thousand ai
aat of Narvoua Di a m, wnch
m Debility, Diuinau, ltpUa
pasa ndVncocal,Autpfey,4
Thtf claartta brain, atreagthaai
the circulation, ibaka aUg aaria
Dartact. and imDart a ftaaiihv
vigor to tha whoia baiag. All
abaiaa and Iomcs ara cKackad
riinirl?jln.,"'-
Unlaaa patiaan
-n mm.
ara pra prly eurad, ihalt aaadk
Ham aftrn wantn I
mem into loaamty.
Ho at Dwto. MaJUd Mint Prk4 (i fm htmt
I aaata, wiia trUa Ugal guaraauio vara ar
anaa u Baaajr.ftaa. aaaa aw mini,
for sals kjr h. Alva Staka.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
MITCHELL,
ATTOHNTEY-AT-LAW,
Ofllpe on Wmt Main sireat, opw
Oommarr.lal Unlet, Itnynnldnvllln, Pi
Qt m. Mcdonald,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Notary Public, rBl entata agent, Parnta
mm, t-uiim;unH mnnn priirnimy. UDlca
In Nolnn block, Keyiioldsvllfo, Pa.
gMITH M. MoCREIGHT,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW ,
Notnrr Public and Real Eitcite A-nt. O-V
iBotlonawlH rei-elvo prompt alien Inn. Ofll. t
in rroniif ii it Henry block, near vwntolltca,
iKjijuiuitviiia ru.
R. B. E. HOOVER,,
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
Rfwldont. dontlBt. In tha FIoo' i-r bulMlna
noxt dour to puMonme, Main it root. Uentlo
nmnn in operating.
D
R. L. L. MEANS.
DENTIST,
OffWon wvond door of First National ban
Diuiuing, Alum Htrout.
R. R. DeVERE KING,
DENTIST,
Ofllra oa aacond floor RpynoHllla Real
caraia mag. Ainia at.raoc KoyiioiuV!il6, fa.
JR.'W. A. HENRY,
DENTIST,
Ofllra on second floor of Henry Broa. brlns
building, Main iroet.
E,
NEF'F.
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE
And Roal Entato Agent, RaynoldaTllla, Pa.
L. M. SNYDER,
Practical Horse-Sboer
and General Blacksmith.
Hnma-hnelnKdnnain tha naatei mannel
anil by the latent Improved veiboda. Ha
mtlrlns of ull klnda carefully aud promptly
dene. Satihfaotios Guasantssm.
HORSE CLIPPING
Have Juat received a complete n't of ua
bine hoi-M clipper of latent my In 'I uatwra
tnd am prepared to do clipping- In
ma I
beat
puMilme Dimmer at reasonable rulen.
Jackou at. near lilfiii, Kejrnoldavllls, Pa.
EVERY WOMAN
Sometimes need a mllahla
moutlily regulating meuiolna,
DR. PEAL' 3
PENNYROYAL PILLS,
Irapromrvtanfeand certAtnlnreetltt. Tbegentw
..... . mj uu . u, uuupiiuiufc par 1
V aala bj B. Alex. Stoka,
rpxrrr
YOUNG'S.
PLANING
MILL
You will find Sash, Doors,
Frames and Finish of all
kinds, RouRh and Dressed
Lumber, High Grade Var-.
nishes, Lead and Oil Colors
in all shades. And also nn
overstock of Nails which
I will sell cheap.
J. V. YOUNG, Prop.
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