The whale which untile a ship did not
purpose to be turned Into the light cf
other days In thla electric era.
The special franchise tax valuations
In New York amount this year to $220,
620,1 5R, or 110,000,000 In excess of
those of 1901.
Official statistics show that thore
re seventeen million children In Rus
sian between the ages of six ami four
teen receiving absolutely no educa
tion. The Australian Commonwealth has
edopted an eight-hour working day and
provided for the creation of compul
sory conciliation boards, which are
clothed with plenary powers to adjust
till disputes as to wages and condi
tions of employment between employ
ers and employed.
If the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children had no other
claim upon public support, its exhibit
of conflsticatcd Instruments of punish
ment would be sufficient, says the
American Cultivator. Any one of the
Instruments would be sufficient to
turn an ordinary child Into a revenge
lul outcast.
. The Census Bureau has announced
that the total number of farms report
ing cranberries In 1901 was 2927, with
20,44422 acres and a product of 987,
062 bushels of total value of (1.215,193.
Massachusetts bad 5125 acres In culti
vation, raising 598,906 bushels. Wiscon
sin has 5912 acres and 111,608 bushels,
and New Jersey, 8356 acres and 240,
221 bushels.
Between the printing-press anj the
camera there will be no lack of gra
phic human documents about this gen
eration, states the New York Post.
Every small Incident in a life may be
handed down to Its direct offspring,
and the result cannot but be entertain
ing, if now and then embarrassing, to
people in times to come. It is not
even left to one to choose the pose
nd the surroundings, any more; the
photographer Is everywhere, and his
realism unconscionable. One's
children, one's wife, one's servants,
the camp in the woods, the interior of
the house, the way one sits in tbe
saddle and the way one gets himself
up for automobiling all are set forth
In negatives owned by strangers.
Must the American girl reduce hsr
weight? That is the question. If not,
will the American man be willing to
take her to ride in bis automobile,
when there is danger that he may
have to push the vehicle borne with
her In It when the power gives out
or some of the mechanism breaks
down? That is another question and
an important one. A harrowing tale
come from the West. A man named
Cuthbert Williamson went out one
afternoon In his automobile, having
secured as his companion for the ride
a young woman of rather unusually
Ample proportions. When they were
eight miles from town the machine
broke down, and Cuthbert had to push
the thing back to civilization and the
blacksmith, his companion riding and
guiding. It was eleven o'clock at night
when they reached home, and Cuth
bert was weary and wan. He sold the
machine the next day, from which it
-3 inferred that he was devoted to the
lady, hut the less appreciative para
graphers of bis vicinity are laying it
' all to ber weight, and are raising the
turning questions mooted above.
In Ohio a thing may happen a
half-hour before it does happen. When
Etandard time was adopted by the rail
ways a decade or so ago and later
made official time by the various
states and municipalities, although the
Ohio legislature stamped it with its
more Important cities have two kinds
seal of approval, few towns made the
change, and even now many of the
of time, standard (that of the 80th
meridian) and sun. The difference In
Ohio between these two is about a half
hour, and to have tbe banks, courts,
railways and about half the bouses
running by "standard time" and the
rest of a city running by "sun time"
Is, to say the least, confusing, An In
teresting lawsuit recently grew out of
this condition In Akron. A property
owner took out a Are Insurance policy
at 11.27 standard time, but the policy
was dated "noon," It being 12 o'clock
by the sun. It happened that the
building took Are at the minute tbe
policy was being written, and the in
surance company refused to pay the
damages. Suit was brought, and It
was decided by the supreme court of
tbe state that as "standard time" was
legal time In Ohio, the policy, although
It was written at 12 o'clock sun time,
had really been written thirty-three
minutes earlier at 11.27, and therefore
the company must pay tbe Insurance.
r
UNDER-SEA
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TALE OF A DEEP-SEA DIVER.
Br ARTHUR B.
The old diver was putting a rubber
latch on one of his eon's suits.
"It ain't what you could call a right
handsome piece of tailoring, is it?" he
said. "The waist's Just a trifle too
much like a sea-cow's, and as for the
trousers, an elephant's ain't much bag
tier. I don't wonder that when a nin.i
gets Into clothing like this, and then
crowns it with a head piece Mke a
wall eyed lookout lamp, a shark never
takes him for anything human and
eatable.
"No, a shark won't touch a mon 'in
armor.' And they're not so mighty
fterre after human flesh out of It. On
a 'black' coast the natives'1! tell you
tliry can run the surf and dive for
coins without much danger became
'fea tlgers' hardly ever touch any but
white men; nnd almost all whites In
rhnrk waters have a firm belief that
Mark meat' Is the only sort the brutes
t are about.
"As for their cruelty though I've
pot a shuddering, vivid recollection of
the fury of one of them when wound
ed I don't believe much In that, eith
er. When they make a kill they tear
ii to pieces anJ down it the quickest
they can, which isn't more brutal than
nature. Indeed, what's made me sick
a hundred times has been the cruelty
of sailors and Cnuermen toward them.
I like fish In a pan just a little better
than I like them In the water. But
it's a worse animal than I've ever run
ccross that deserves torture. And 'iea
l easts are, as a rule, the most harm
less, easy-going, good-natured tribe
imaginable.
"My only adventure with a shark
was In the spring when I hired with a
regular wrecking company, and had my
first job south of Cuba. That was the
rising of the famous Georgia Belle,
which was about the unluckiest and
coftllest yacht that ever kept a mil
lionaire from worrying lest he'd die
rich.
"On this occasion she'd run on one
c those saw-tooth reefs off Cayo Lar
go in the Jardlnlllcre; and after giving
her owner and his friends Just time
enough to get away in the boats, she'd
backed and took to the bottom, first
bow and then stern. When I climbed
down to look at her, I found 30 teet
of her forward sheathing from keel
lo cutwater riddled and torn like a
Hscuit-tln target. And the first part
cf my lob was to sling myself over
her side, like a house painter from a
roof, and put a 'sticking-plaster' of
concrete and canva-i over every one
ol those thousand odd holes. It was a
month's contract, and promised to be
a mighty tedious one, too.
"But up above we had considerable
diversion. Not only were there the
crews of the tug, the derrick and supply-boat,
but there was a Batabano
sponglng-sloop raking off the reef, and
her officers used to come over even
ings and entertain us with music.
They had only a cranky mouth-organ
and a broken guitar; but we all used
to join in the choruses.
"Whether it was the racket or the
refuse from the cook's galley, we
brought ourselvej a visitor. The third
day I was Jown, a heavy shadow sud
denly swung over my head. At first
I thought the tug had warped round ;
but when I looked up I saw a flsi
that seemed as big as a topedo-boat.
It luing above me there in the under
sea twilight, slowly furling and unfurl
ing Its tail like a propeller standing
up against a tideway.
"I knew what it was. My whole
Inner machinery seemed to stop short,
my blood went cold and heavy as mer
cury, and I clutched at my sling cables
to keep myself from falling. What I'd
heard of a man In armor being safe
from sharks went out of my head like
the bubbles from my helmet; and
when at last the 'sea-tiger' slewed
around, and slid quietly off through
the black-blue wall of ocean behind
me, I caught at the signal-line a If I
were drowning.
"Up on the tug, though, they only
thought it was a great Joke. They
tad seen the man-eater! The mate
raid he seemed to him 'about the
length of the Great Eastern, and the
mouth on him looked like a church
door hung with icicles.' Tlvey, the
engineer, declared it was true that
sharks had the power of throwing off
electricity, for at first It was aa' lf
they had a galvanized jumping-jack at
the end of the life-line.
"It ended with my going down again,
looking silly and feeling mighty shaky
about the middle. But I wasn't trou
bled again that day
"Yet next morning tbe shark was
around, and off and on through that
week. He was always alone. It was
the small Ash, though, that always
gave me the first warning. As I
scraped at the Belle's sheathing, a
dozen or more little 'gropers' were all
the time at my elbows on the watch
for broken shell-fish and barnacles,
like chickens after worms when you're
spading a garden; and all of a sudden
they'd whip away, and next moment
the shadow would swoop In over me.
I'd work myself around sldewise on
the slings, turning slow as the hands
cf a clock for fear he'd notice me
though I knew his eyes were placed
to he could only see level and upwarj
and then I'd grip myself tight an
watch him through the ghost sun
light. "Yet for all my fright, I couldn't
help being fairly fascinated by the
w ay he bandied himself . No fish seen
from under water seems able to make
an ungraceful move, and that great
18 footer threw off curves like a show
SHARKING.
McFARLANE.
penman doing decorative birds. I sup
pose it's because a shark has a kind
of elastic cartilage Instead of bone,
but I know no eel was ever freer In Its
motions. And he could turn, not only
in his long length, but as If on a pivot,
though how In nature he could do It
with nothing but fins and tail beat me.
"But the times when he came In be
hind me or dropped down from the
rtirfnre to are ine working those? were
minutes when the only feeling I hail
v an cold, sick dread. He would hang
tiiere, hits nose almost under my aim
or over my shoulder I could feel tho
w titer move with him he was so closo
and look on like a big dog watching
a man whitewash a fence.
"He wasn't u?ly or threatening,
ricrcly Interested in a lazy, casual sort
t.f way. But while lie was there I
never moved, even to turn my head.
And wiien he enmo In slantwise from
above, nnd I caught a glimpse of his
great blunt muzzle and crescent Jaws
ragged with orrow-head teeth, I would
make one gasping vow that, If I got
up safely no money would ever get
r;ie down again.
"But once out of water and on the
tug among the men, I hadn't the spunk
to speak. Two words to the boss and
he'd have had the shark put out of
business In no time, some way or oth
er. Not one diver In 20 has his rlg'ht
courage under water, but I was too
young to acknowledge that then. I
pretended that I'd got used to my visi
tor Indeed, that I was rather Interest
ed In watching him.
"I don't suppose I fooled them much.
Tlvey, the engineer, seemed to guess
the truth of the matter, anyway, and
with an old man's delight In picking
en a younger one, he did what lie
could to add to my misery. He'd throw
cut hta greasy waste whenever the
brute came ground, by way of keeping
it from deserting. And sometimes
v.-hen I was up, he'd pitch a piece of
r-ork nailed to a barrel stave. Its jaws
would clash on it like a bear-trap, an t
the old fellow would chuckle horribly
and say: 'Walt till ye get absent
minded some time down below, and
n.'ove your arm too sudden! You'll
find that everything that moves quick
'.t pork to him!'
"Then the next time the bruto came
near me I would sit all hunched to
gether, and as I felt him nose mo, now
this side, now that, I quaked as It
fiom a spurt of ley water. Ouee he
blushed mo with his elephant's ear of
a forward fin and rolled his great
plrth against me as he turned. I stif
fened out with a Jerk that almost
t pilled me off the slings.
"Well, that sort of thing couldn't
go on, and it didn't, but the end of It
came from a direction and with a
suddenness I hadn't had any hope of.
As you may know, a good many Key
Went spongers, when regular business
i slack, do a little 'tiger-killing.' For
e. shark's about half liver, and It tries
cut gallons to a cod's gills, though of
course the quality's Inferior. Now It
teemed the Batabano people were In
the habit of doing some occasional
(.harking, too.
"One night, when we'd been singing,
their captain turned to me and asked
ii I wanted Borne 'fon-a?' I said I did.
What did he do then but offer me the
use of his harpoon and line and two
t'ollars for my time If I'd get him my
man-eater! I accepted the offer quick
ly enough, nnd the Other men were
keen for the sport.
"Early the next morning the spong
ers brought over their line. There
was a hundred fathoma of It, with a
Fix-foot snood of steel chain and a
regular old-lime blubber-spade of a
harpoon. The men rigged the small
vlndless for a reel, and I had them
set It well up in the bow, figuring to
avoid fouled lines. Then I put on ex
tra weight, for my Idea after making
my strike was to drop from tho slings
like a plumb, and then lie low on bot
tom. I started down In a sort of Joy
ous excitement.
"I hadn't much more than laid the
iron down beside me and got to work
vlien my groper 'chickens' melted out
of sight. I felt tho water push against
my back, and I knew the brute was
ence more behind me.
"I turned, but gradually as a Jack
screw. His great torpedo-shaped head
hung well within reach. If I could get
him through that pulpy mackerel
crown! But he suddenly drew back.
1 saw I would havo to do some shadow
catching. The excitement made me
cool. He hove to. and began to throw
Ms lazy curves about me. That gave
me broadside chances, but I wouldn't
thke them. Then, seemingly wltho"!
the slightest fear, he turned and camo
straight In on me.
"I threw up the Iron. Hla vicious bottle-green
eyes caught the quick move
ment with one hungry flash, and the
next movement the huge curve of
muddy white was whirling over at
and at me!
"I struck wildly Just below the
spreading reef of jaws, and threw my
self oft the slings with an unnerved
yell of terror that roared and boomed
about my helmet as I went the 20
feet to bottom. There I flattened my
self beside a big firkin-like 'logger
bead' sponge, and lay gasping.
"The Nantucket sharking boats are
not only built solid as Ice-crushers,
but are covered with heavy steel wlro
meshing as well. For even the slx-aud
tight-foot 'wolves' they go after will
often turn when struck and try to tear
the little craft to pieces in their fury,
U I'd known that tben, I'd have eaten
and slept with all the 'tigers' In the
Caribbean before I tried any under sea
harpooning.
"I could feel something sawing and
chopping at my hose and line, and fear
alone forced me to turn over and see
hat It was. The water above me
was In one swirling draw and surge,
like the double maelstrom whirl from
the screws of an ocean steamer; but
there was little sand to rise from bot
tom, and I could take in the situation
with horrible clearness.
"I had simply set the brute mad with
rnge, and not having me to vent it on,
ho had flung himself at the slings.
The hanging stage was already jerking
about In ragged splinters, and as he
leaped and twlfttei! and doubled, his
jaws caught and gnashed It through
ngaln and again. Then ho threw him
self against the side of the Belle, rip
ping and striking and pitching about
l'ke 20 rabid panthers. When he let
1 is tall go, It was like a bunch of elas
tic thick ns a tree loosed off at full
stretch. He struck foster than a
thrasher can use a flail.
"I hope I may never again have Rueh
feeling!! as I had during those mln
vtes. H seemed nothing but a choice
rf deaths. At any moment he might
see me hiding, yet If 1 slipped my
weights nnd tried a rush for the top
ho would surely pounce on me. If he
pot his line round mine going like a
rhuttle as he was, too that was only
another ending. If my alr-hcse once
fell across his teeth, an oat-straw
couldn't be shorn through my mower
knives any more easily. I lay anJ
waited.
"When he tired for a minute of lash
ing out at the Belle and the tangled
wreck of the slings, he drew off. sav
opely. throwing his head from side to
side and snapping his bear-trap jaws
at every Jerk. Then he started to
whirl rplmllewlse; and when he'd
spun all the slack about him and they
shouldn't have let him have a fathom
of it he suddenly stepped dead, and
like a cracking whip, with one plunge
flung free again.
"The 'lift' of the water from It al
most twisted me from my. loggerhead.
And tben he was back at the slings
and tackle again. I lost all sense so
completely that I got to talking to
tuyBelf, like a surgeon to a child.
"I found out later that my tenders
Rent down one signal after another; I
rever took the first of them. Again
and again the shark came back, and
when he was still for a moment I felt
lie was looking for me; and with the
terror of It my breath came sucking
In through my teeth like a whittling
tafety-valve.
"It ended as suddenly as It began.
In one of his doublings the brute got
Lis tall round the harpoon line, exact
ly as a sailor kinks hi' leg round H
rope he's sliding down. And when,
the next moment, he stiffened out
nnaln with the rebound of a sprung
bow, the Iron came away like a tooth
on a Rtring. Probably it had done no
serious harm to that 18 feet of gristle.
"For a moment he hung there, vi
cious and uncertain, and then sullenly
moved away through the shadow and
out to sea. I never saw him again.
"The color of my hair didn't do any
lightning changing In that quarter of
rn hour; they pulled me up as red
headed as ever. But I reckon, none
the lees, that I got considerably older
'n wisdom. Since then, when I've
been scared, I've generally been honest
enough to own It, and when I've felt
ti.at I really had to go looking for
trouble well, I've always had better
tense than to seek It with a harpoon
In the under-Bea." Youth's Companion.
FROG FARMING IN CANADA.
Ilia lndnstrv Oftlclallr reported lo Re
t'rofllnlila and ftrnwlnar.
Frog farming as an Industry la as
suming large proportions In many
parts of Canada. Not only are large
shipments of frogs' legs made from this
country to the United States, but there
Is a growing demand for the luxury In
many of the large cities of the Do
minion. One of the most successful frog farms
Is in Ontario. Last year it produced
5000 pounds of dressed frogs' legs and
7000 living frogs for scientific pur
poses and for stocking other waters.
The deputy commissioner of fisheries
for Ontario reports that In the paRt
year the number of applications were
made to the government for leases of
lands suitable for this industry. No
licenses were, however, granted, as It
was found that the territory concerned
was already bains farmed by a num
ber of people.
It is safe to assume that In the very
near future much land now Idle will be
ttotked with frogs. All that Is neecs
rary for this purpose is to place a few
paired breeders in the water. Natural
food Is almost 'always present In suffi
cient amount for successful growth.
Tho species considered to be most
profitable, on acount of Its size, is the
eastern bullfrog, Rtina catesgiana,
which reaches a length of more than
eight inches. It begins to breed at the
end of threo years, Is very productive
and reaches a marketable size in four
or five years.
Only the bind legs are marketed, and
they average half a pound a pair in
weight. They are worth 60 cents n
pound, at times, to tbe "producer, and
American dealers take as many as Can
ada can supply.
Tha Inventor's Modern Wit.
"I am writing a story or a struggling
Inventor."
"It won't do," answered the abruptly
critical friend, "Inventors don't strug
gle nowdays. They let the people who
are eager to buy stocks do the strug
gling." Washington Star,
No fewer than 61 percent at German
students are short sighted, , states
Prof. Colin of Brealau.
WEAP0N3 OF THE CHINES-.
flow Tha'.r Arms Were Evolved Method
ef liatlgnatlna; Hank.
The prominent port played by
China In the world's affairs during the
past seven years aroused tbe Inter
est of collectors who have brought to
this country many specimens of warts
and goods peculiar to that part of the
far East. None among these are of
greater historical value than the wea
pons which are In use In all provinces
of the empire, even In the districts
where the Imperial armies are
equipped with European firearms.
One of the best collections was shown
In this city not long ago, and Is now
In the possession of the commercial
miiBUim at PhiladelpMa. Single speci
mens of value are to be found In the
Chinese clubrooms In Chinatown, and
in many of the brlc a-brac stores scat
tered about the city.
A careful study of the weapons
shows that most of them are naught
lut Industrial appliances suddenly
employnl for purposes of offence. One
rpcar Is a pitchfork and another a tri
dent similar to the eel-spear employed
by our own fishermen. Another
ghastly weapon when examined care
fully proves to bo a scythe-blade fast
ened to the end of a strong pole. The
halberds are hatchets, axe heads,
adzes, and cleavers wired or tied
with throngs to stout staves. Even
the spears and lances show an agri
cultural or domestic rather than a
military origin.
These weapons may be viewed as his
torical souvenirs which are preoerved
an testimonials of the bravery of the
Manchu conquerors. The Tnrtars take
preat pride In their conquest of the
Middle Kingdom. Bt fore they came
from the north they were savages In
comparison with the civilized Chinese.
Hiey preserve this fact In their laws
and customs. The cuff of every offi
cial's coat Is male In the form of a
hoi-pc' hoof to Indicate that the Man
churlan armies were cavalry, not In
fantry. The official footwear Is a cav
alry boot, which, though made of sat
in with kid-covered soles, Is In cut
and general appearance the same cs
the heavy leather articles worn by
their ancestral troopers 300 years ago.
When they conquered Chlnse they ex
perienced the strongest resistance
from the farmers and shermen who
armed themselves with, whatever came
to band and attacked the invaders
with fierce Intrepidity.
In honor of these victories they re
tained the primitive weapons of their
captives and used them bb trophies of
tbelr battles. Each Manchu officer
employed a lot of Chinese captives
and armed them with their own
spears, tridents, and axes as the case
might be. The practice has been kept
up ever since. When a ManJarin
goes calling he has one or more guards
In his retinue who are armed with
these simple contrivances. So far has
the Idea been pushed that In nearly
all the temples thero are weapons
which belong to the God of tha tem
ple, and these are usually of the same
agricultural character as those em
ployed by tho guards of civil and mil
itary officials.
Hhe llelleveil In Witches.
Superstition is not yet dead. A few
days ago a lady living in Cornwall re
ceived a letter from a woman dwelling
twenty miles away in a lonely coast
village In whose house she had fre
quently spent some months of the sum
mer. The letter was not well written,
but the woman can hardly be old
enough to have escaped compulsory
education altogether. Vet she wrote to
say that there was somebody In that
coast village who had been "Ill-wished,"
nnd was in consequence likely to die.
She had heard that in the town to
which she had addressed her letter
there was a skillful white witch who,
for a consideration, would be willing to
provide the sufferer with a charm
which would be a sovereign cure. She
asked the lady to endeavor to dis
cover the name and address of the
benefactor. That such a letter should
be written in these civilized days is
not specially surprising, but the in
stances aro not worth noting, for those
who have had most experience In the
study of the superstitious beliefs of the
peasantry know well that for one
which gets written down In this way
there are generally two or three vastly
more interesting which are never dis
closed except in moments of extreme
emotion and panic London Post.
Ko OITense Intendeil.
A regular customer of a certain coal
company dropped into the office of the
dim one morning to make a complaint
"That coal you sold mo for my furn
ace a few weeks ago," he said, "is the
worst I have had in ten years. There's
a great quantity of slate in it, and
what isn't rflate runs to clinkers."
"Sorry to hear it, Mr. Williams,"
said the man inside tbe railing. "I'll
make a memorandum of it. Perhaps
the company will give you a rebate on
It "
Taking a slip of paper, be wrote a
few words pn It and hung it on a book.
. The customer happening to glance
at the slip of paper, saw this: "Q. G.
Williams. Bad egg."
"So I'm a bad egg, am I?" be asked,
reddening, with indignation.
"Oh, not at all, Mr. Williams," has
tily explained tbe cleik. "That means
that the egg coal we sold you turns out
to be bad."
And the customer reddened again,
but not from indignation. Youth's
Companion.
Extras In tha BUI.
Clerk of the Burning Hotel (pre
senting bill to escaping guests) All
guests of this hotel will please step In
to our new office across the street and
y for this extra fire and water our-
e. Chicago News.
MninimminmminmmmmmmmmmmmmmiTimmK
THE JEFFERSON
I SUPPLY COMPANY
Being the largest distributor of General
Merchandise in this vicinity, is always in
f osition to give the beat quality of goods,
ts aim is not to sell ou 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; V. 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.
1
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ITIKE IjS'STJIlA.lJSrCE.
Brookville Ta. Since 1878.
2 FIRST-CLASS COmPflNIES.
JOHN TRUDGEN, Solicitor, Reynoldsville, Penn'a.
NEWSY CLEANNINCS.
(Irent Britain Is strengthening ber
Beet in Asiatic watert.
Ohio hns a trolley line which has In
troduced sleeping-curs or its long run.
Tbe British remount station nt Lnth
rop. Mo., is to be transferred to To
ronto, C.mndn.
A pi'ovlsionnl government, with M.
Uolftrouri Cnnnl ns President, has been
formed in Haiti.
New Kucluiid's only llhlng stennier,
Hie Jacobs, Is to Install a wireless tele
graph system on board.
Tests by (Jerinnn experts nre said to
how that borax is injurious in its ef
fects on liuninn beings.
The Lutheran Miiilsteriuin of Penn
sylvania ling decided ngnlnst the use of
Individual communion cups.
Korea, ns well ns China, Is going to
have her iirniy reorganized, nnd n Brit
ish officer lias already arrived nt Seoul
for that purpose.
About 300,000 poods of Ilufslnii pe
troleum linve been shipped to ('luixtln
oln, Norway, where Aiiierlenii oil lias
monopolized the market.
Tenders have been invited for the Im
incdlnte count root Ion of a deep wharf
in Quebec Harbor, In anticipation of
the establishment of n fust transatlan
tic line of steamers.
The limit of the session of the Louis
iana Legislature which met on May 12
Is sixty days, and this unusual selec
tion of a day of meeting recalls the
fact flint there ore now only five other
Slate Legislatures which do not begin
their sessions In January.
In New Hampshire delegates to n
ConHtltutionnl Convention are to bo
elected in November, 11102, nnd the
convention will meet in December. The
net for the election of delegates pro
vides (lint amendments determined on
by tho convent Ion shall be submitted
to the people for ratification. The
present Const Hut Ion of New Hamp
shire was adopted in 1792.
POWER FROM THE EARTH.
Possibility of Making Use of Heat
from Its Center.
Prof. Hallock, of Columbia Universi
ty, is of the opinion that it will yet
he found feasible to generate steam
from the heat contained within the
crust of the earth. He would dig two
holes about B0 feet apart to a depth
of, say, 12,000 feet. The only prob
lem tben would be the making of a
connection between these wells at the
very bottom. Perhaps a hole could
he broken through by the use of heavy
charges of dynamite. These explo
sions might at the same time open up
a considerable chamber down there,
which could be used as a hot-water
heater. Cold water could be poured
down one well into this chambed.
Here It would be converted Into steam
almost Instantly by the intense heat,
and would then rush up ont of the
other well and Into suitable engines
attached to the wheels of Industry
Once in place a plant of this kind
would run on Indefinitely, at a cost
that would make the price ot coal a
matter pf utter indifference to its
owner.
At Malta 82 per cent, of the parents
tave chosen English as the language
of Instruction tor their children as
against 18 per cent. In favor of Ital
ian. WHEN IN D0UUT.TBY
rr twr
tad hftv eurwl thouMatla tff
Cum ofNtrvout D !, tuck
MDebility.Diulntu. SlMplM
5H and Vtrlcocl, Atrophy. fc
hay dearth brain, ttrnftbm
th circulation, mtkm digcttioa
perfect, ud Impart a tUaUfcr
vigor to tha vhola blag. All
sir ulna siiiii In aem u cnaekad
ttaa atiaa worries them Idio launity. Ceanmt
lioa ar Daaih. UaiUd MalcL Prict It ar Wat
bona, with iroa-clid Itgal fuuiiui la uta af
nfaud tha Money, tg.oa. Saa lor Ixa haak,
for Mi by h- Ales Btoka.
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BUSINESS-CARDS.
MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
OIBea on Weat Main atraet. opnoalta the
Oommarclal Hotal, Kaynoldsrllla, Pa.
m. Mcdonald,
attorney-at-law,
Notary Public, real aatate agent, Fatanta
secured, collections made promptly. Offloa
In Nolnn block, llejrnoldarllle, I'a.
gMITU M. MoCREiQHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Kutarr Public and Raal Extate Aitent. Col
lections will receive prompt attention. Offlca
In rrochlli li A llnnry block, near poatotUca,
Heyuoldnvlilo Ta.
jQR. B. E. HOOVER,
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
Realdont dentlat. In tha Hooror building
noxt door to p wtofllco, Main .reeu(Jentl
Dfta Id oporatlnv.
D
It. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST,
Office on necond floor ot First National bank
building, Malu street.
J)R. R. DeVERE KINO,
DENTIST,
pIBce oa aacnnd floor Raynoldavllts Real
Batata Bldg. Malnatreet Reynoldarille, Pa.
DENTIST, h,
Office oa second floor ot Henry Bros, brio
building, Main street.
NEFF. '
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
And Real Estate Agent, Reynolds rill a, Pa.
L. M. SNYDER,
Practical Horee-Shoer
and General Blacksmith.
Hur-e siiiwtt.j- done in the neatest mannel
inri ly iiet.t Improved methods. Re
iMli init of nil kinds crefully and promptly
urne. bUtih-actiom Guabantskd.
MORSE CLIPPING
Have Jut ret elvvd a complete sec of ma
chine lioie clippers ot latest style 'US pitttera
tml urn piapmeu lo do clipping In Uie beat
liIMe Dittiiiiwr at reasonable, ratee.
Jai:kou ti. near t ilth, UejnolUevllle, Pa.
EVERY WOMAN
Sometimes needs a reliable
Booth! regulating ri...
DR. PEAL'S
PENNYROYAL PELLS.
iV, c"'" "Mult- Thatwnu.
Clr. IWe) never disappoint. (LMpefbaav
far sale ej B. Alas. Stoka,
K
YOUNG S
PLANING
MILL
You will find Sash, Doors,
Frames and Finish of all
kinds, Rough and Dressed
Lumber, High Grade Var
nishes, Lead and Oil Colors
in all shades. And also an
overstock of Nails which
I will sell cheap.
J. V. YOUNG, Prop.
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