THE MESSAGE OF THE DAT.'
THE PESSIMIST,
Xaeh day nut dawns to bring a
Bom newer kind of rmr,
To lil another wrinkle
Or leere a whitened hnlr,
Xiirh sunset finds tie nearer
Urates that they'll dig somewhere.
TUB orTIMIST.
I look out In the morning
And eee the brown leaves play,
Across the lawn, anil Kindness
Comes urging me to say,
"Thank Ood, no leaves are blowing
Across my Brave loilny."
Chicago Hecoril-Herald.
j "Where the Apple Reddens."
Her lialr wan wind blown: nor hat.
turned down and shading, her brisht
face, was of white calico and bo
longed properly to a young brother.
Her pink cotton dress had paid re
vested visits to the wash tub. and, to
the critical eye. was nearlng the peri
od when yet another ttthMng would
be advisable. She would have said
the wan horribly untidy not fit to be
Been; in (act, she said It.
Ho considered, and rifihtly, that she
was bo exceptionally blessed as to
look delicious In anything, and he
very wlhely put that also Into words.
"That's very prettily said," she
laughed. "No don't go on. I am not
such a hoyden but that I know the
correct and only anBwer. I only like"
he molded her mouth, her distract
ing mouth, to penslveness "compli
ments that might be true."
"Mine all are, when addressed to
yon,' he hastened to declare.
"Then they are more like bare state
ments of facts than copllments, aren't
they?" she smiled up at him, "and not
specially to your crellt."
"Oreatly to yours," he Insisted,
"since yotir charms leave no margin
for embellishment."
"Oh, that Is sweetly said!" she
cried. "Don't please, eay any more,
for you cannot better that."
"But I can't stand mum," he ob
jected. "Yon can sit in silence, though."
"What do you mean?"
"Last night, at dinner, at your lady
love's side. I was watching you
being oppoxlto and with no one but
a brother to speak to myself, t could
not help It. And you neither of you
spoke at ar.y rate, you didn't. So
jrou see what you can do if you try."
"It was she who hl been tryins,"
he said, in mournfulness.
"Had she? Poor you she looks a
littlo like that." She pulled herself
up with a pretty affectation of alarm.
"What am I saying? Oh, I beg your
pardon! She looks as nice as can be
she can lis. It was you who looked
put cut.-'
"I had a reason to look it."
"No doubt I mean the must have
had Borne lvoaon for letting you loo's
It."
"She could not help being"
"Poor thing so weak? I mean,
bound to such a tyrant!"
"I give her her own way in every
thing."
She flashed round on him with her
most provoking smile.
"How horribly tame of you!" she
said. "No wonder she has lost inter
est In her your looks!"
"After all," he said, "I didn't fol
low you out here to talk of her."
"Well, then, suggest a topic I'm
only waiting."
While she still waited she looked
p at the laden apple tree under
which they stood. She Beemed to be
selecting, with the eye of a connois
seur, but It may have been the blue
and white patches of cloud-flecked
Icy seen through the branches which
held her attention. He gazed at her,
He had been so gazing every availa
ble moment during the brief week he
had known her, and always with the
same sense of pleasure in the picture
she made. It was true she was only
the half-educated, untidy, pleasure-
loving daughter (the adjectives bad
been supplied for him) of the improvl'
'dent, comfortable farmhouse where he
and his mother and the girl he was
engaged to were Btayfng as paying
guests, but he saw no reason in this
why he should not admire her for
the qualities he did not need to havo
supplied for him.
"I came out meaning. to pick well.
f everal, not hundreds quite of apples,1
said ;be, "and I can't reach one."
"There is something I might do for
you," be said, seizing bis opportunity,
or trying to seize It. For, try as he
would, neither could he reach an ap
pie.
"I tell you what that lowest branch
there; it has four beauties on it. If
you were to" She looked up at
him, smiled, looked down again, pen'
pjvely up at the coveted branch, with
a sldolong glance like a flash at him,
and then down once more. But she
did not conclude her i sentence.
"If you would let me If you'd only
let me lift you up," he said, suddenly
inspired, "you could reach them your-
elf, couldn't you?"
"Ah! That would do It, wouldn't
ill And I want them so!"
"Then I may."
"Certainly not! I'd rather so
without the apples!"
"I am much stronger," he said.
"How if I seized you against your
will?"
"Why, I couldn't help that, could IT'
aha asked. And the thing was done
la lees time than It takes to tell,
But she had only picked one apple,
the nearest, when his lady-lovt's
voice came to them through the trees.
calling him by name. And there was
a sharp note In her voice (like the
tost of an unripe apple) which told
Usees what she saw.
"M yon put ma down before !
picked the four 111 never forgive you,"
said the lady of the apples; so ha
held her till she had them all, though
the task was robbed of a full half of
the delights he had anticipated.
Now, she said, when she was on
her feet again, "go quickly. Oh, poor
you ! "
"She'll cast me off," he said.
"I should If I were shel"
And then he turned In baste.
"But, it she does, come back to
me!" she called after him.
Well and what? Be quick!"
And I'll give you a bite of an ap
ple if there's any left!" she laughed.
The girl he was engaged to had
seen It all, she said, and fortwlth re
nounced her right to that connection.
Bhe seemed to have seen even more
than all, considering what it amount
ed to when she went over It In words.
Low tastes and the society of the 111
hred, she told him, would be his ruin.
Then she tossed him over to ruin, de
claring she would have none of him.
You are free," she said (by no
means for the first time), "and I
know exactly how you will use your
freedom."
"I hope you'll have the opportunity
of using yours as well," he Bald, stung
into rotort at last.
'I might have known!" she cried.
"Oh, what I have been saved! Every
fresh face "
So few faces are fresh," he said;
and that was really unkind, for she
had a sallow complexion. -
'I am not going to argue it any
more," she declared, having talked the
subject bare. "Go!"
And he went. But he was a gentle
man, and previous to going he bad
tried his best to soothe her annoy
ance, even to frankly owning that
from ber point of view she had cause
for It. He had tried to close his ears to
the echoing voice, his eyes to the
laughing face, of the girl he had left
under the apple trees. He did all he
could to shut out the sweet, sudden
vision of freedom, of release from a
captivity which had always Irked him.
It was not his fault in the present
that his past faults were accounted
unpardonable. He only went when
he was certain that he was powerless
to rerivet his chains.
He was not a poetical young man,
but some verses the lady who bad
relinquished him was fond of quoting
came to him as he wandered back to
where the cause of the mischief (so
he devoutly hoped) still awaited him.
He waited, on his part, until he was
quite certain that she was there, until
he stood In front of her, and then he
repeated a verse out loud:
Where the apple tree reddens never
pry
Lest we lose our Eden, Eve and I."
"So, she has sent you adrift?" said
the girl, seated under the apple tree,
"But Eve's all right."
Ho flung himself beside her.
" 'Eve's all right,' " he echoed. "God
bless her! You haven't finished the
apples?"
"No you're Just In time. Here's
a whole one left," and Bhe passed it
to him. "That's the prettiest side,"
she said, pointing; "you may bite it
there."
"Really?"
"It seems a ceremony befitting the
occasion," she said.
"There," he said, as he handed the
bitten apple back to her. "But I knew
what wc:- good for me the moment I
saw it, before I ate of the fruit."
"You are not keeping very close to
toe original," she said.
'"Eve Is all right,'" he repeated.
"Dear, I love you! Am I?"
He bent towards her. They were
so close under the shelter of the old
apple tree that she could hear his
heart beat; he could hear hers.
Her cheeks were redder than the
apples, and there was a strange new
note In her clear voice. "Walt," she
said; "I thought I could deceive you
but I can't. I saw her there beforo
I lei jou seize me."
He did not speak.
"I know she does not love you; Bhe
almost said so. She said things about
you to me she never could have said
if she truly loved you. I believe she
loves someone else better. I must
not tell you why I think it, but I do.'
Still he did not speak.
"I knew I felt sure that you did
not properly love her."
She waited a moment "Can you
forgive me?" she asked, very softly,
"If love prompted you?"
"I suppose that was it," she admit,
ted. "Love and apples." The Sketch.
Value.
After all, the miser and spendthrift
are In much the same class. Neither
has a true understanding of the value
of money. Neither gets any real good
from It, and both are Jeered at by
those whom their wealth finally bene
fits.
I had rather be a spendthrift.
though. Soma of them are heroes,
One diod lately In the direst poverty
whose purse contained memoranda of
$10,000 due him from men be called
his friends. His last conscious act
was to destroy them, fearing that
those' who took charge of his body
might make It unpleasant for the men
who had let him die without the com
forts thla money would have given
Sim. New York News.
Safe Deposit Bexaa of Hermit.
George Calrncress, who lived at
Earlvllle and who was supposed to be
poor, was found dead In his chair re
cently. For forty years he had lived
the life of a hermit. Neighbors found
In a flour sack $900, in an old rubber
shoe a certificate of deposit of $1,000,
$100 In bills anJ $50 in silver, and to
old tin cans several hundred dollars.
Bank books were also discovered
showing deposits In Syracuse, Utlca,
and Cortland banks. WchmoadvUls
Phoenix.
CANNIBALISM ANALIZED
WHY CERTAIN SAVACES ARE FOND
OF HUMAN FLESH.
Observations Made of the Horrible me
lons la. New Oalaea It Is tnat a Wad
Habit Whits Victims la Iteemit Tears
Good Work Doae by Chrlstlaa MISsloas.
The following article from the pen
of a missionary appeared In The Lon
don Express. It Is particularly timely
owing to the doubt with which Angli
can papers had received the recent
report of the same subject.
That cannibalism is still practised
In British New Guinea after over thir
teen years of sovereignty Is no re
flection on the Lieutenant Governor
and his magistrate, says the Bishop
of New Guinea. With an area of 90,
000 square miles on the mainland and
300 Islands In proximity, and a force
of 150 Papuan police, it is wonderful
that it Is limited to so few districts.
It is safe to prophesy that In five
years' time It will be unknown within
this portion of the Empire.
It is Just four years ago since I was
first brought face to face with this
grueinose practice. Scene, the north
east const, 150 miles away from any
Government station a district where
we Church of England missionaries
were the first to live among the na
tives. In front of us a native grass hut
with skull and other bones of a vic
tim of a cannibal feast hung up as
spoils of war over the door, and the
"consumer" Justifying his action in
the limited vocabulary that we pos
sessed In common. He was a big
framed man, with nothing but a piece
of cloth round his loins, .a garment
hammered out of the bark of the pa
per mulberry tree. He had a porten
tously big mouth, and he showed this
to Its full extent with a splendidly
sound set of teeth, and a tonguet
blood-red from the juice of the betel-
nut.
He then stroked his gullet up and
down with one hand and with the other
he pointed to the remains of his van
quished foe hanging over the door of
his hut. "The Government says It is
wrong; but It's for your good!" This
wrong; but It Is very good!" This
was his plea for cannibalism. He
knows better now, does my village
friend.
The year 1901 was marked by a
heavy roll of victims to cannibalism.
Whether the number exceeded those
cf previous years may be questioned.
Each year, at any rate, we know bet
ter what is going on. Bull, the fact
that there were four white victims
marked last year unenvlahly.
In February a party of diggers were
making their way inland to the Yodda
gold field, over some desperate coun
try that experience alone can help one
to realize, when they were cut off by
a crowd of savages. Two were killed
and eaten; another, a German, got
away, but died a day or two afterward
of exhaustion. The remains of tho
unfortunate men were found, and a
party of their mates went out Into
the district and made horrible repris
als. In April, on Easter day, tho "Queen
of Seasons," James Chalmers, who
for twenty-seven years had risked
dangers of missionary work among
savage tribes, made his last attempt
to win a wild district for civilization
and the Prince of Peace, and the
brave old Christian warrior met a
similar fate with one white compan
ion and twelve native helpers. The
Government had to treat the matter
an they would the murder of peace
able settlers, and the expedition, be
ing attacked by the cannibals, ham
mered them severely and burned their
villages.
I need not describe the other in
stances of cannibalism that occurred
last year, except to say that I have In
my possession the lower Jawbone of
a boy of fourteen or fifteen, who was
killed and eaten not more than three
miles from the coast In September
last. When brought to me It had still
portions of flesh adhering to It. This
happened some forty mlloe from our
nearest mission station, and caused
me special regret, because I had fixed
upon that very place for our next ex
tension, and had we established our
selves there a year ago that poor lad
would be living now In peace and
security.
But why do these cannibal feaBts
take place? Is It pure savagery, or Is
it a natural craving for animal food.
which cannot be satisfied in any other
way? I would offer an opinion on
this subject with considerable diffi
dence It is, In fact, not easy to get
materials for a definite conclusion at
all.
When natives are In the cannibal
istic state we are not sufficiently In
touch with them to know tholr lan
guage and discuss It thoroughly. By
tne time we are able to converse flu
ently with them they have abandoned
the practice, and when this habit Is
once given up I know nothing that
the Papuan Is so soon ashamed of,
and, being ashamed of, does not care
to discuss.
Besides, he Is not accustomed to
think out the reasons for doing a
thing, and probably never had a reas
oned reason, or thought why be did
It, till we asked him. All we can get
out of the villager, in answer to the
question why he eats man, la such re
plies as: "It's fleoh," "It's very good,"
or u s our custom."
I think myself the consuming of the
victim slain In the raid Is the natural
consequence of the raid. Tribes raid
one another largely to take compen
sation for lives killed In a previous
raid. "A life for a lite" Is New Gulne-
ua all over, and as the balance Is
Mver kept quite level there Is always
an account to oe paid on. Apart from
this obligation, t believe the New
Guinea savage raids as a change from
the monotony of agriculture. The peo
ple In that Island are not nomadle
tribes, but live a fairly settled life In
villages, and grow all their own vege
table food.
The Papuan rebounds from severe
agriculture, and goes on a raid. Hav
ing raided and killed, he consumes,
as a natural consequence, because the
fleBh Is very sweet." He eats It as
he would eat pig.
It Is smoked on the fire and dis
membered Just In the same way. Then
It Is wrapped round In green leaves
and tied up with bine and carried
home In little parcels on poles. Tho
pole is balanced on the man's shoul
der, end the little bundles decorate
the pole on each side of the man s
shoulder. The boys and girts eat It
at once. Their parents put It before
them, and they really do not Inquire
If It Is pig or man. They eat it Just
the same. This, I suggest. Is the true
view of the horrid practice of canni
balism. The Idea that it Is due to the natu
ral craving for flesh meat Is
not borne out by my New Guinea ex
perience, for the river dlBtrlct, where
cannibalism Is most prevalent in that
land, Is tho area where native pig
does most abound. The rivers have
only to be somewhat flooded, and the
pigs are driven on to the higher
ground, where they are easily speared.
1 have heard of one part of the coast
where only the arms anJ legs of hu
man victims were eaten, but I have
had no means of Investigating this re
port. As a Christian missionary I would
draw what seems to me the obvious
conclusion tbat Christian missions (n
such a land as British New Guinea
are powerful aids to the cessation of
bloodshed and cannibalism, and on
humanitarian and Imperial grounds,
apart from any other, deserve far
more general respect, not to add sup
port, than they receive.
SCENTLESS ARIZONA SKUNKS.
Bat Their Bit Is Sore Death, Which Is
Kven More Unpleasant.
When William A. Wilcox, professor
of entomology at an eastern scientific
Institution, entered one of the Minne
sota hotel carrying a box In his hands.
The porters carried his hand satchels
and he gave them the checks for his
trunk?. But he kept the box In his
hand, even while he was registering,
and took It up to his room with him
while he was preparing for dinner.
The box was about two feet long,
one foot wide and one foot high. It
was of double construction, the Inner
part being of closely woven wire. The
exterior covering of wood was pierced
with holes and was easily unhinged.
Inside the structure was a small black
and' white animal which seemed to be
perfectly peaceful. Once In a while,
however, the animal would fasten its
teeth on the wire gratings, and would
look displeased when It found they
would not give to the touch.
"Thla animal." said Prof. Wilcox.
"Is one of the queerest and most dan
gerous specimens known. It Is an Ar
izona skunk. I don't know whether It
belongs to the Mephitis family or not,
ns it has no odor. But It Is called a
skunk In Arizona.
"You may talk to the Arizona plains
man about tarantulas, Gila monsters.
snakes or centipedes, and he will laugh
at you wble he takes another puff at
his pipe. Say to him, however, tbat a
skunk is In Bight, and he will sleep all
night In a tree rather than lie upon
the ground. The reason for thlB is
that the bite of a skunk causes hy
drophobia, and no man has ever been
konwn to recover from the disease
caused by the animal's bite.
"I did not believe this story when I
went to Arizona last May, but I was in
camp one night when an old guide was
bitten by one of the animals. We took
blm to FlagBtalf, keeping up his spir
its with liberal doses of whiskey. He
had the best medical attendance to be
procured in the Territory, but he died,
strapped to bis cot, a raving maniac.
"I wanted to help him out by giv
ing him a dose of prusslc acid, or of
lead, but, of course, that would have
been murder, although I always did be
lieve in tho Greek doctrine of euthan
asia. Three doctors were in attend
ance upon the poor guide. All had
seen cases of hydrophobia, ,aiid all
agreed that this was the disease from
which the man died. They told me
this was July 15 that ten men had
died In the territory from .the same
rause. Some of them were Bent to the
Pasteur Institute In Chicago, but they
arrived too late for Dr. Lngorlo to do
anything for them.
"Then I resolved to take a live
Bkunk with me to New York, and let
tho doctors at the Pasteur Institute
(here examine It, It was hard to get
the animal alive,
" 'I'd Jest as Boon fetch yer In a
handful of tarantolers,' said one guide
when I spoke to him about the matter,
'but as fer live bkunks, excuse me.'
"Finally I offered $100 reward for a
live skunk, and a boy who lived on a
ranch In the Verde valley brought this
animal in." Minneapolis Tribune.
The Hob and tho Diamond.
A lady lost a diamond In a Paris cab.
The cabman, who is the owner of his
own vehicle, lives at Levalloia, a small
place outside Paris, where he keeps a
number of fowls. The other day, at a
family gathering, one of the fowls was
killed, and the diamond was found in
Its gizzard. The cabman at once
thought about the lady losing a dia
mond, and guessed that the hen bad
Jumped Into the cab In the stable and
swallowed it Having kept the lady's
address, the honest cabman restored
the Jewel to Its owner, and was re
warded with a present of $10.
LOOK PLEASANT.
We cannot, of course, all be handsome,
And It's hard tor na all to be good.
We are aura now and then to be lonely.
And we don't always do as we should.
To be patient Is not always easy.
To be eheerful Is much harder still,
But at least we can always be pleasant.
It ws make ap our minds tbat we will.
And It pays every time to be kindly,
Although yon feel worried and bluet
If yon smile at the world and look oheerfal,
The world will soon smile back at yon.
Bo try to brace np and look pleasant,
No matter how low yon are down,
Good humor Is always contusions,
But you banish your friends when yon
frown.
Bomervllle (Mass.; Journal.
HUMOROUS.
Wlgg What makes you think he Is
dishonest? Wagg He suspects every
body tdse.
Sllllcns Woman's work, they say,
is never done. Cynlcus Yes, and
sometimes It Isn't even commenced.
Wife I wish I knew a way to keep
my glasses of Jolly from cutting moldy
on top. Husband That's easy. It Is?
"Yea; turn them upside down.
"Well, I've got the plans for my new
house all finished." "Got them fixed
to suit you, eh?" "Oh, no; but the
architect says he is satisfied' with
them."
Son What's the matter, dad? You
look worried. Father (Just retired
from business) Well, you see, I've
never been without things to worry
me before.
"Won't you try the chicken Balad,
Judge?" said the boarding-house keep
er. "I tried, it yesterday, ma'am," re
plied the witty Judge, "and the chick
en proved an alibi."
"My children are crying for bread,"
whined the seedy-looking Individual.
"That's where you're lucky," said the
well-dressed man, hurrying on, "Mine
are crying for cake.
Geraldlne 1 11 be a sister to you.
Gerald That will be nice. Geraldlne
What do you mean? Gerald My
sister loves me, but she doesn't ex
pert me to take her anywhere.
"Yes, the doctor has put me on the
strictest kind of diet." "Indeed. What
Is It?" "Well, he said I musn't eat
anything I don't like, and not any
more than I went of what I do."
Father But I can't see any special
philanthropy In giving you and Ernie
money to marry on. Suitor Oh, yes,
It would be helping the blind, sir.
Father The blind? Suitor Yes;
love Is blind, you know.
"I suppose those rich Giltedgers
made a great display of grief when
that millionaire uncle of theirs sud
denly died." "Grief! They haven't
any time for grief. All their time Is
taken up In galloping around In search
of the will."
"Now that we're engaged," she said,
"of course I can't call you Mr. Park
inson; and even Sebastian seems too
long and formal. Haven't you any
short pet name?" "Well," replied the
happy Parkinson, "the fellows at col
ledge used to er call me 'Pie
face.' "
"I wonder what makes a man's hair
fall out so fast when once It starts?"
"Worry," answered tho man who al
ways has an explanation ready. "Noth
ing tends to make a man bald bo much
as worry, and nothing worries a man
so much as the Idea that he is becom
ing bald."
"I met your wife yesterday. How
well she Is looking?" "Yes. We have
been expecting her rich aunt to visit
us this summer." "Ah." "Of course I
don't mean that expecting her aunt
has made my wife look so well, but It
has kept her from going away any
where for a rest."
Mrs. Hoax My new servant girl's
a good one, but she makes my hus
band so mad. He's a crank about his
coffee, you know. Mrs. Joax And
she can't make coffee, eh? Mrs. Hoax
She makes It Just right, but that's
the one thing he always likes to kick
about, and now he hasn't any excuse,
don't you see?
Dealing In Counterfeits.
If, notwithstanding the vigilance of
the Federal secret service, this wide
awake country 1b occasionally flooded
with counterfeit money It La natural to
expect that less watchful nations
would sometimes got Into very serious
difficulties through the counterfeiting
of the currency. A case in point is
Korea, which apparently is the coun
terfeiter's paradise. Part of the trou
blo arises from tho attempt of the gov
ernment to establish a nickel coinage,
the intrinsic value of which is only
about one-elghtocnth Its face value.
Consequently nickel is being Imported
in Immense quantities. The British
vice-consul at Chemulpo Is authority
for the statement that there are reg
ular market quotations on counterfeits.
For instance, the official coinage Is
quoted at first class, the best counter
feits as second class, the medium
counterfeits as third class and the
poorest Imitations as fourth class.
F-mperor Ills Modal.
Tho Emneror and EmDress of Ger
many visited the little town of Moers
recently and a crowd gathered to wel
come them. Noticing a young woman
with an Infant In ber arms, the Em
peror asked ber bow many children
she had.
"Six, Your Maycsty." was the reply.
"Oh, that is too many," asm tne
KaiBer gravely.
The woman's husband, however,
then stepped forward and said Dium
ly: "But you set us the example,
Vmi Xfalnatv "
For a moment the Kaiser seemed
nonplussed, but then be answered, with
a smile: "That's quite true, but then
1 am the father of my people and I
mast perform my duty toward them."
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THE JEFFERSON
1 SUPPLY COMPANY
Being; the largest distributor of General
Merchandise in this vicinity, it always in
Fosition to give the bett quality of roods,
ts aim is not to sell won cheap roods bat
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,
Mara., 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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NEWSY CLEANINGS.
Australia supplies $!)5,0O0,000 worth
of wool a year.
OH Is being widely experimented
with as a substitute for conl.
There are 227 different religious sects
in Great Britain nnd Ireland.
The totnl capital Invested In railways
nnd cnnnls in Ct.nnda Is Sl.lOO.Oon.Ooo.
A service of automobile omnibuses
has been established In Hirnilnghnm,
England.
Iinrlng the Inst forty-five yenrs the
population of Spain has Incrensed by
only 3,000,000.
During September the coinage exe
cuted at the Mints of the tnlted States
was (.0,702.115.
Pals and their pnrnsltes are held re-
sponsible, by nn Italian expert, for the
transmission of plngue In some cases.
There are over Mono motor vehicles
In Paris, of which IISHH are registered
ns capable of a speed of over twenty
miles nn hour.
Br sucking up the binding material
of the macadam, bicycles do more dnm.
age to roads thnn horsed vehicles, de
clares the surveyor of the Cborley
Kttrnl District Council, England.
The German Emperor has decided
thnt nil branches of the German Army
will lie equipped with service uniforms
of gray color. The present uniform
will bo worn only for pnrndc purposes.
A bridge which will rank ns one of
the greatest In the world, from nn en
gineering standpoint, will be erected
across the harbor of Sydney, New
South Wales. The structure will be
8000 feet In length, not Including the
approaches.
The French Government' Is about
to Iny n telegraph cable l."00 miles long
across the North African desert from
Tunis to Lnke Tchnd. A plow drawn
by nn engine will open a furrow thirty
Inches deep nt ti e rnte or one mile nn
hour, nnd the cable will bo In Id at the
same time.
LABOR WORLD.
New York City has ir0,000 organized
wage workers.
Cnndymnkers nt Cincinnati, Ohio,
bnve organized.
The sanitary employes at Santingo,
Cuba, struck recently.
The South Wales Miners' Federation
has a membership of 120.000.
Striking weavers nt Toronto, Can.,
have declared their strike off.
Fishermen nt Snn Francisco. Cal..
bnve taken steps to form a union.
It takes the constnnt labor of 00.000
people to make mntches for the world.
Cement, concrete and tile workers
of Memphis, Term, bnve organized a
union.
It Is estimated that there are over
22,000 union electrical workers in North
America.
New York tailors who went on strike
In 18."0 were flucd for demanding high
er wngea.
Jackson vlllo (Fla.) carpenters demand
nn eight-hour day nnd thirty cents an
hour minimum.
At the present time the Order of
Railway Conductor has a member
ship of moro than 27,000.
The union bns been recognised and
nn increase In wages granted the strik
ing coal miners at Ofttmiwa. Iowa.-
A minimum wage of (12.r0 a week
has been attained by the union of
Hardwood Finishers at Iuilinunpolls,
Ind.
Elkhart, Ind.. labor unions will or
ganize a Trade Council, and make a
demand for a wago scale nud shorter
hours.
New York bricklayers received fifty
cents a day for fourteen hours' labor
in 1770. They now receive $4.80 for
eight hours.
The pit lads' revolt in Yorkshire,
England, has ended at the collieries
near Normanton. An advance In
wages has been conceded to the lads.
, ... .
Banks on Wheels.
Perambulating savings banks have
been inaugurated by the authorities In
the French provinces. A motor car Is
filled with seats for the driver, two
clerks and a cashier. A table is so
arranged tbat persons on the road can
place their money on it without en
tering the vehicle, and under the ta
ble la a safe Into which the money
drops through a slot. A proper receipt
Is given and entry made in a book.
This is to encourage thrift by making
deposits easy.
x A professional forger has been em
ployed by one of the Chicago banks
as an expert In the detection of bogus
paper.
BUSINRSa CARDS.
p MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office on West Main atreet, oppr
Commercial Hotel, Reynoldevllla, Pa
m. Mcdonald,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary Public, real estate as ant, Patent
Secured, collection! made promptly. Cfflo
In Nolan block, Reynold. rllfe, Pa.
gMITH M. MoCREIQHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Rotary Public and Real Estate A sen. Oob
lections will receive prompt attention. Offlos
In Froehllcb A Henry block, sear poatomoa.
Beynoldsrllle Pa,
JJR. B. E. HOOVER,
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
Resident dentist. In the Hoover bntld!
ntldlna
next aoor to poat
doss In operating.
tofllce. Main atroeb.Oeaue
jyR. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST,
Office on second floor of First National ben
kulldlns, Main atreet.
JJR. R. DeVERE KINO,
DENTIST, I
E ffl.ee on second loor Reynoldavtll Real
tataBldg. Main atreet EejnoldtTllle, Ta,
JJR. W. A. HENRY,
DENTIST,
Offloe on second floor of Henry Bros, trios
building. Main atreet.
JjJ NEW.
JUSTICE OP THE Pi ACE
And Real Estate Agent, ReynoldsvUle, Pa.
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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. YOU NO, Prop.
nuns m .iJi jji jj '.i "i t i "j ana
EVERY WOMAN
lagulatlng
DR. PEAL'S
PENNYROYAL PILLS,
Aroprearat,safaandoertalnlnfesalt fbefsata.
Ve (W. JWi) sorer dlaappotnt. L.M bo
To aal y B. Alas, ttote.
1kr fcM
iwodtnatMiefYun,
and hava cured houuaas ei
hm of Nervous !. sura
the circulation, make diaid
Dcrfact. and laiosrt
a
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vlaor to the whale bclsi
All
Sraint and lowri are caecked
m Again. &zzffiJ!SJR
tloa efua worrlea them into Insanity, Coea
seta
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tloe at Death. Mailad Halad. Price ti ar koa:
S boase, wua lroald Usl tuanaue to euro of
efaud the ataxy, (sm. Sand far two aeek.
for sale by h. Alex Stake.
SI wash Indians from Puget Bound
and British Columbia do most of the
hop plckln In Western Washington,
and the annual migration from the
reservations to the hop yards has al
ready taken place. The dusky red
man la valuable to the growers, and
In many Instances superior to the
white picker. The growers pay fl a
box, and the avorage buck earns 12
a day.
Dried Ptat fer Fuel,
Peat cut from the swamps near
South Chicago and drlod until fit for
fuel may be placed on the market as
a high-priced coal. If experiments now
being made are successful. For years
residents of that district have noticed
the beds of burning peat, which were
ignited in the summer, often burned
long after winter began.