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A RACE TO
The year was well, I can't tell you
that without disclosing my itlntity.
which lor obvious reason, I am de
barred from doing. The season was
prlng. Tho occasion was the Ave mile
amateur rhnmplonnhlp of the world at
Mills Uildge, I had just run and won
that event, and having donned my
Bwoatcr and overcoat, was walking
hack to the dressing room when I was
accosted by an elderly gentleman.
"Pardon me. sir," he said In tone cl
enthusiastic commendntion, "but you
ran superbly. The way you lost those
other fellows In the last lap was a
treat to witness. And you don't seem
much distressed by your efforts,
either," he added, regarding me criti
cally with bis keen black eyes.
"Oh, not worth speaking of," I re
plied. "I'm In the very pink Just now.
And I finished with a good bit up my
sleeve, as I generally do."
'That was evident." he answered.
"You had the other fellows In hand all
the way. Excuse my asking, but I am
Informed that you arc one of the Junior
clerks In the office?"
"You are Informed correctly," I re
plied, somewhat surprised by this In
quiry on the part of a total stranger.
"And that your salary is only 750
a year?"
"Really," I answered, for I naturally
resented this sort of catechism from a
man on whom I had never before set
eyes In my life. "I don't see that my
salary Is any concern of yours. How
ever, there's no Eccret about It. You
can find It for yourself In any direc
tory, and It Is the precise amount that
you have mentioned."
"Forrivo me," he exclaimed quickly.
"I had no Intention to offend. Hut the
Idea crossed my mind that a man like
you such a perfect specimen of health
and vigor ought to be worth more
money."
"There I quite agree with you," I
laughed. "And if you can persuade
her majesty's government of the fact I
shall be extremely obliged to you."
"If you'll give me your attention for
live minutes I'll explain," he answered
gravely.
N'Oh, I'll give you my attention right
enough." 1 laughed rather flippantly.
"I'm always ready to do that when
theie are thousand poundses flying
about."
"First, let me tell you who I am," he
replied. Ignoring my sarcasm. "I am
a man not altogether unknown in the
medical world. My name Is Jasper
Harvey."
"Sir Jasper Harvey! The celebrated
Burgeon?"
"The celebrated surgeon since you
are good enough to use the phrase,"
lie answered modestly.
I looked at him In some suspicion.
Was he speaking the truth, or was he
merely an Impotder with swindling de
signs upon me that would peep out
later on?
He saw my suspicions and answered
them:
"I see you doubt my bona fides, and
I am not surprised, since you have
only my bare word for mv Identity
with Sir Jasper Harvey. However, I
can easily satisfy you on mat point.
Are you engaged this evening?"
I replied in the negative.
"Then will you dine with me at my
bouse In Brook Btreet at 7.30? You
will thus be able to satisfy yourself
that I am really the man I represent
myself to be, and we can further dls
cubs the matter to which I have re
ferred. What do you say?"
After some slight' hesitation I said
I would go. "For at worst," I thought
to myself, "If this man is an imposter
trying to hoax me I shall find it out
when I arrive at Sir Jasper's house in
Brook street. While, on the other
hand, if he 1b really Sir Jasper, and ia
kind enough to wish to put me in the
way of making a thousand pounds It
would be rather foolish on my part not
at least to hear what he has to say.
Ten to one, of course, there will be con
ditions attached that I can't possibly
comply with. I've always heard that
8ir Jasper is a bit of a character, with
uome rather cranky ideas, and I dare
aay this is one. However, I may as
well go and take the offchance of being
put on to something sound."
When I arrived at the famous sur
geon's house on Brook street all my
doubts as to his identity with my in
terlocutor at Llllie Bridge wore in
stantly dissipated. He received me in
his library with a polite and courteous
greeting; then we repaired to the din
ingroom and discussed a simple but
admirably served repast, tete-a-tete.
Sir Jasper's conversation was pleasing
and interesting. He talked and talk
ed well, upon many public topics. But
not until we were seated over our wine,
and the servants had withdrawn, did
ha touch upon the particular matter
which was the object of our inter
view. Then be said, with almost startling
suddenness:
"I told you this afternoon that I
could put you in the way of making
a thousand pounds."
I nodded. My heart began to heat. To
me, who bad not a halfpenny of capi
tal, a thousand pounds seemed untold
wealth. What was I to be called upon
to do in order to qualify for such af
fluence I waited with eager Impatience
Jor Sir Jasper to proceed.
"And when I speak of a thousand
pounds," be continued deliberately, "I
must give you to understand that this
Bum, handsome though It Is, does not
represent the full pecuniary emolu
ments that are latent In my proposal.
You will get your thousand down In
bt event. But If the matter In hand
... xsufiillT mm I hone vou
will he a further two thousand In poc-
tl What do you say to toaiT"
VfVfV V
THE SWIFT. J
I said as. Indeed, t felt thnt such
a sum of money was beyond my wild
est dreams.
"But," I added, cautiously, "I know
enough of business to be aware that
3000 sovereigns are not exactly (so to
speak) given away with a pound of
tea; and I surmise that some pretty
stiff If not impossible conditions are
attached to this very tempting offer,"
Sir Jasper smiled. '.
"The conditions are certainly not im
possible," he replied. "For my part, I
should not even rail tnem stiff. How
ever, you shnll hear them, fray give
me your most careful attention."
"You may be sure of that," I cried.
Sir Jasper went on:
"The facts of the case are these. I
have a patient In the country who Is
suffering from a severe attack of ner
vous collapse. I have tried many rem
edies. They have all failed. It occurs
to me, however, that the transfusion
of blood Into my patient's system from
the body of a healthy, vigorous man
will give a very good chance of com
plete recovery, and I have singled out
yon, because you are healthy, vigorous
and fit beyond any one I have ever
come across. This is the whole matter
In a nutshell."
We were met at Leicester station by
a smart brougham, and presently drew
up before a large and imposing coun
try house. An Imposing butler usher
ed us Into a reception room leading
out of the entrance hall.
"I will tell my lord that you have
arrived," said he to Sir Jasper.
After no more than a minute's in
terval an elderly man In evening dress
made his appearance. He shook bands
with Sir Jasper, then he looked Keenly
at me.
"Is this the gentleman of whom you
spoke?"
Sir Jasper nodded.
"I am extremely obliged to you, sir,
for coming." said the other to me cour
teously. "You will excuse us, perhaps,
lor a minute or two."
The room in which I stood was a
spacious and magnlflcently furnished
apartment, suggestive both of wealth
and taste on the part of its possessor.
So he was a nobleman, i ne "my Lord"
had told mo that. But of what rank
fluke, marquis, earl viscount or
baron? I looked about me for possi
ble Indications of his Identity, any let
ters or papers addressed to him, any
books that mlgh bear his nnme writ
ten upon the front page. While I was
thus employed (to no purpose, I may
add), Sir Jasper, by himself, reenter
ed the room.
His face wore a tense and excited
expression. An eager light glittered In
his dark eyes.
"I have Just seen my patient," he
said.
"The operation of transfusion must
be performed tonight."
"To-night?"
"Yes, tonight; in fact, at once. I am
afraid I must ask you to submit to be
ing anaesthetized. I suppose you have
no objection."
"Anaesthetized? But, is that neces
sary?" "Absolutely for two reasons. In the
first place, because it will greatly fa
cilitate the operation. In the second,
because I may as well be quite can
did with you the circumstances are
of a peculiarly delicate character. The
patient is a young lady, and the opera
tion has to be performed under condi
tions which make It ahem essential
that you should be unconscious of
what is going on. I need not enter In
to details. What I have already said
will show you the necessity of tho
course I propose."
"I am in your hands," I said. "Some
how it had never crossed my mind that
your patient might be a lady. Is she
the daughter of Lord Lord "
Sir Jasper smiled rather grimly.
"No use smelling for Information,"
he said. "I am not at libcry to dlBiiose
his Lordship's name or to tell you any
thing more than I have already done.
Some day, perhaps, I may be able to
enlighten you. But not at present. And
I will ask you, as a gentleman, to re
spect the secrecy with which this case
is, for good, sufficient and perfectly in
nocent reasons, surrounded, and not to
ask any further questions."
Then, alter a short pause, he re
marked: "May I ask you to take off your coat
and waistcoat, and to uufusten your
collar?"
"Eh?" I exclaimed, as I began to
carry out his request. "Are you going
to perform the operation here In this
room?"
"Never mind. That is my affair,"
he answered, rather Bhorlly. And he
rang the bell.
The butler answered It.
"Tell Dr. Jenkins that I am ready
for him."
"Yes. Sir Jasper."
The butler went oft on his errand.
In the course of a minute or two, Dr.
Jenkins who was, it appeared, the an
aesthetist, came in.
"Now then," said Dr. Jasper to me,
"kindly lie down upon that sofa."
I did so, my heart beating with ner
vousness and excitement. Dr. Jenkins
came and stood over me. He adminis
tered the chloroform. And then a
dead blank.
When I recovered my Benses, I found
myself in bed. A 'young woman, In the
garb of a hospital nurse, stood beside
me. Sir Jasper leaned upon the rail
at the foot of the bed with his shrewd
eyes fixed upon my face.
"Well, how are you feeling, nowt"
be Inquired, kindly.
"Awfully limp and sick," I mur
mured.
"Just so. Lou of blood chloroform.
f But that will soon pais off. Lie quite
still and don't A'k. No fatiguing your
self on any ac.-Lnnt. See to that, nurse,
won't you?"
And he Vent away.
There was no need to tell me to lie
quite still and not to talk. I felt for
too weak and HI to have any Inclina
tioneven If I had had the strength-
for either Indulgence. Indeed, It was
full three days before I found myself
equal to the exertion even of moving
In bed; and I was not able to sit up
for more than a week.
Sir Jasper looked In to see me twice
or thrice dally. With returning
strength, my curiosity and Interest
reasserted themselves and I asked him
eagerly:
"How did the operation go off?"
"Very well," he answered, briskly.
"I trust thnt the desired effect will
have been produced on my patient;
though I can't speak with certainty
at present. It must be a matter of
time."
"I am glad to hear that. Tell me this,
though for I can't get anything out of
the nurse am ! stnl In Iord Lord
What's-his-name's house?"
"Yes, yon are still In Lord Wbat's-hl8-name's
house; but 1 propose to
move you In an ambulance tonight"
"Where to?"
"10 one of my nursing homes In
London,"
Hut why why do you want to
move me at night?"
"For the same reason that I brought
you here for at night," answered Sir
Jasper, frankly "In order that you
may not be able, by employing your ge
ographical Instincts, to discover the
locality of his Lordship's house, which
would be the same thing as discovering
his Ixinishlp'B identity. I have no
doubt Hint you are dying of curiosity.
Hut. owing to the circum
stances, at. which I have already hint
ed, It Is undesirable that your curiosi
ty should be for the present, at any
rale, satisfied. You must not think us
unreasonable; especially as you have
been so handsomely paid for your ser
vices. And all being well, that Is to
say, It the result of tho operation upon
my patient Is such, as I hope, I shall
enlighten you in duo course.
So with this promise I was fain to
be content.
Tho same night I was removed In an
ambulance, via Midland Railway, from
Leicester to Sir Jasper's nursing homo
In North Aiulley street. Here I rapidly
became convalescent, and within a
month I was, as he had foretold, back
at Somerset House. Heforo I left his
home. Sir Jasper had exacted from me
a promise to say nothing to anybody
of what had occurred, adding that the
further 20(Hi pounds, which he hoped,
In no long time, to be In a position to
pay over 10 me, would be contingent
upon this promise being oosorved.
I assured him that I would keep my
promise, and I was scrupulously care
ful to do so. But time went by; the
weeks grew Into months, the months
Into years, and I heard nothing more
from him, until I was driven to tho
conclusion that the operation had been
less successful than he had expected
and thnt those 2001) pounds would not
come my way after all.
But at last, three years later, when
I had long abandoned all hope, Sir
Jasper himself looked In one evening
to see me. He was in the best of bu
more and spirits. His very look be
tokened It.
"How do you do?" he said. "I've
Just come to tell you that operation
has turned out successfully moBt suc
cessfully. So here's your 2000 poundB,
you lucky fellow."
As he spoke, he handed me his check
for that amount.
"By Jove! I am glad. Thanks aw
fully," I exclaimed, feeling In the mood
to stand upon my head for delight.
"You had need to be glad," Bmiled
Sir Jasper. "I doubt If 3000 pounds
was ever bo cheaply earned before. By
the way, I promised, when the time
came, to enlighten you upon certain
matters. Well, the time has come now.
There is no longer any reason for se
crecy, seeing that the operation lina
turned out bo well. The house to
which I took you on that memorable
occasion was Bishopsford Castle."
"What! The seat of the Earl of
tarshalton?"
"Yes. And the patient Into whose
system your blood was transferred
was"
"Lord Carshalton's daughter? The
beautiful Lady Constance Rosehlll?"
No." ansewered Sir Jasper, quietly,
"but Lord Carshalton's beautiful three-year-old
filly, Runlng Track, who has
today realized for his Lordship his
life's ambition and won him the first
victory in the St. Leger."
In the course of lurther explanations
of this astonishing statement Sir Jas
per said:
"The idea was Lord Carshalton's. He
has always been, In his eccentric way,
a bit of a physiologist, and it some
how crossed his mind that, If the blood
of a man was transfused into the sys
tem of a newly born foal, some of the
physical and nervous qualities of the
man might also be communicated the
superior to the Inferior. Lord CarBh
nlton Is a very old friend of mine, I
must tell you, and at the outset of my
career, laid me under obligations
which, even to this day, make it diffi
cult for me to refuse him anything. So
when he pressed me to co-operate with
him In the scheme which he had In
view I felt bound (though I considered
the scheme wildly chimerical) to lend
him my assistance. That scheme, in
fact, was nothing less than to try the
experiment upon the liyle Ally foal
with which his famous brood mare,
The Abbey, had Just presented him.
" 'All her stock,' he said, 'are flyers
up to a mile; but they are non-stayers.
And It is the dream of my life to turn
out a real stayer. Can we not get hold
of some athlete of tried stamina
tome- prominent long distance run
nerand Induce him, for a considera
tion, to submit to the experiment'
"I tried to dNsuade him. I ruggested
that If the trannfuslon were made at
all It should be made from another
horse. Hut he would not hear of It.,
" it must be a man," he declared. 'The
essence of my Idea Is that the blood of
tne superior animal will dominate that
Of the Inferior.'
"At length I consented to co-operate.
He had fixed on you as tho most prom
ising subject from the first. It wna left
with me to secure your compliance on
whatever terms and In whatever way I
could. So, partly In order to persuade
you the more easily, partly because I
did not want It known thnt I was as
sociated In such an apparently Insane
proceeding, I represented my patlentas
human, and ndopted those other pre
cautions against discovery of which
you are aware. Now, however, that the
experiment has proved so astonishing
ly successful"
"What! You really believe," 1 ejac
ulated, "that my staying qualities were
transfused together with my blood.
Into that conloiinded filly foal"
Sir Jasper shrugged tils shoulders
and raised his eyebrows In a comical
gesture.
"Anyway, that confounded little filly
foal has won the Ijeger," he said,
"which was all that Lord Carshalton
aimed nt. And you've got your 3000
pounds which Is all that you bargained
for. If you're not satisfied, you ought
to he. And I'm not going to answer
any more questions. Good night."
London Truth.
BEANS AND BEANS.
To Know Thain the SaTnnt MnM ft Fa
miliar With Soma flighty Vartetlee.
Did you ever watch beans grow?
They come up out of the ground as If
they had been planted upside
down. Each appears carrying
the seed on top of his stalks, as If
thoy were afraid folks would not
know that they wero beans unless
they Immediately told them. In early
accounts of American discovery beans
are mentioned as found among the
native tribes. In 14S2 Columbus
found beans In Cuba. According to
Ho Vegas the Indians of Peru had sev
eral kinds of beans. In Bancroft's
"Native Races" the beans of Mexico
arc mentioned.
Do Candolln assigns the Lima bean
to Bra7tl, where It has been found
growing wild. Seeds havu teen found
In the mummy graves of Peru. In
pouthern Florida the Lima bean send
white blotched or speckled with red,
is found growing spontaneously in
abandoned lndlnn plantations.
It has not been found wild In Asia,
nor has it any Indian or Sanscrit
nunc. It reached England In 17711.
In central Africa but two seeds aro
ever found In a pod. It la not prob
able that the common kidney bean
(Phascolua vulgaris) existed In the
old world before the discovery of
America. The evidence Tor the an
tiquity of the bean In America is
both circumstantial and direct, and
the varieties were numerous.
In 1609 Hudson, exploring the river
thnt bears his name, found beans. In
1040 Parkinson says: "The varieties
from Africa, Brazil, West and East
Indies, Virginia, etc., are endless to
roclte, or useless, only, to behold and
contemplate tho wonderful works of
the Creator."
In the report of the Missouri botan
ical garden of 1901, H. C. Irish gives
an exhaustive paper upon "Garden
Beans Cultivated as Escaulents." Ho
gives ten pages of pictured beans, re
minding one of 80 varieties a boy in
Vermont collected and carried to thg
fair many years ago.
In the United States beana are
soaked In water, then boiled and
baked. In old times the Vermont
beans were Bonked In cold water over
night, then boiled all the forenoon
and baked all the afternoon In a brick
oven, generally In tho company
of brown bread and Indian pudding;
also a bit of salt pork was added be
fore being baked, tho rind evenly
slashed.
(arlbon M order.
Newfoundland is probably the only
country In the world where venison,
salted or fresh, is a staple article of
diet for the masses. The coastfolk
make their plans with method and
deliberation. From the harbors where
they reside they go in their bouts to
tho rivers and (lords which strike into
the interior. When navigation is no
longer possible they debark and con
tinue on foot to the deer country.
They carry barrels filled with salt and
sometimes go In large . companies.
When the rendezvous is reached they
camp. Then they ambush themselves
along a promising "lead," or deer
track, armed with long, Blx-foot, muzzle-loading
scaling guns, which they
charge with about "eight fingers" of
coarse gun powder and "slugs" of
lead, fragments of iron or bits of
rusty nails, whichever they may have.
They fire point blank into a herd of
caribou, as it passes, and being usually
good shots, contrive to kill almost
anything they aim at, or to wound it
so badly with these dreadful missiles
that It soon collapses, Then they skin
and cut up the meat, for these mqn
know a little of every trade, and pack
it in the barrels with the Bait as a pre
servative. Relentless Pursuit of the
Newfoundland Caribou, in Outing.
Age unit Wlndnlll.
The world Insists that age and wis
dom must go hand In band; the so
lemnity and profundity of a young
physician's hems and baws increase
In direct proportion with the growth
cf his beard. New York News.
On th Rhlna.
It In stated that from the mouth to
the source of the Rhine 725 castles,
formerly the homes of warlike chiefs,
are to be found overlooking its waters.
SCIENCE AND INDU3TRV.
A new calculating machine Invent'
d by W. L. Bundy, also the Inventor
of the time clock, has many new fea
tures. This machine prints names with
the figures and will handle a column
of six figures. The characters struck
appear In a dial In front of the opera
tor In order that any mistake may be
noticed and corrected.
The Ingenious apparatus of Mr. H.
Onlopln records continuously at In
tervals of 10 minutes or so the flow
of any fluid, such as air or water, and
it may serve ns a ship's lug or for
measuring the velocity of a stream of
wtiter. It depends upon the deflect
tlon of a pendulum by the moving li
quid or gas. The deflection Is shown
upon a dial, and the record In made
by a suitable mechanism driven by
clockwork.
The novel Invention of Professor Ar
temleff gives security to workers In
laboratories using high tension elec
tric currents. It Is a safety dress ol
fine, but closely woven wire gauze,
weighing 3.3 pounds, and comepletely
enclosing the wearer. Including hands,
feet and head. The cooling surface
l-i so great that a powerful current
passed for severa seconds from one
band to the other without perceptible
heating. Clad in this armor, the in
ventor received discharges from cur
rents of 75,000 to 150,000 volts, and
handled live wires at pleasure, all
without any sensation of electric
nhock.
The photographic chart of the &ky
will include all stars down to the 14th
magnitude, the negatives being taken
with exposures of 40 minutes; and the
catalogue plates, whoso stars aro to
be measured anil numbered, will em
brace nil magnitudes down to the 1 1th.
The Greenwich observatory, to which
was assigned the region between
declination 04 degree, and the North
Pole, has finished its plates, the meas
urement and counting being now In
progress. Assuming the star density
of tho entire heavens to be the same
as that of the region already covered
by tho counting, the complete chart,
ns made by the IS observatories at
work upon It, will contain about 13.
000,000 stars, and the combined cata
logue more than S.ooo.non.
A healthy Infant sleeps most of the
time during tho first few weeks, and
In the enrly years people are disposed
to let children sleep as they will. But
when six or seven years old, when
school begins, this sensible policy
comes to an and and sleep is put off
persistently through all the years up
to manhood and woman hood, states
Public Health Journal. At the age of
10 and 11 the child Is allowed to sleep
only eight or nine hours, when the
parents should Insist on its having
what it absolutely needs, which Is 10
or 11 hours nt least. Vp to 20 a youth
needs nine hours sleep, and an adult
eight. Insufficient sleep Is one of tho
crying evils of the day. The want of
proper rest and normal contlltionn of
tho nervous system, and especially the
brain, produce a lamentable condi
tion, deterioration In both body and
mind, and exhaustion, excitability and
intellectual disorders are gradually
taking the place of love of work, gen
eral well-being and the spirit of Initi
ative. A Sensitive Itarninefer.
Last year $24,500,000 worth of pre
cious stones were imported into the
United States. The importation of dia
monds exceeded that of any previous
year, and never have larger or finer
stones come to this country, says Mr.
Kunz, the gem expert of the United
States geological Burvey. Emeralds
have greatly Increased in public favor;
and coral, long out of fashion, has
once more become popular.
Although turquoise is now mined by
rlx different companies In the United
States, and they all have bad fair
yields, the popularity of the stone has
been such that the entire product was
consumed.
"The first year of the new century.",
said Mr. Kunz, "has been the greatest
in the history of the precious-stone in
dustry in the United States. Never has
the prosperity and growth of a coun
try been more faithfully indicated, as
If by a sensitive barometer, than by
the wonderful increaso in values and
business -In tho Jewelry trade In the
United States during the past year.
Never were more diamonds, pearls or
emeralds sold, nor did fine gems ever
before command better prices, nor
were they ever more firmly held; and
yet diamonds are likely to advance
still further during the present year."
Japanese Traveling t halt.
The Japanese traveling chair was
used in Japan universally before the
introduction of the Jinricklshaw, or
wheel carriago drawn by men, and is
still in use in parts of the islands un
frequented by Europeans and in the
rcountaln districts. It Is made of bam
boo and bamboo fibre and swings
loosely from the heavy polo supported
on tho shoulders of the chair coolies.
The passenger kneels inside in the con.
ventlonal Japanese sitting posture, af
ter hanging her high wooden clogs
from tho chair back and placing her
baggage on the top.
Tho chair coolies can swing along
with their burden at a swift walk all
Cay, resting for a moment from time
lo time while aupportlng the shoulder
poles with the staves In their bands.
Tba Baal Problem.
"Do you expect that you will be
able to make a flying machine that
will really fly?"
"I'm absolutely certain of it," an
swered the Inventor. "It's no trouble
at all to get a flying machine to fly.
The difficulty Is to make one that
will let you have some idea of which
way It la going and how It will light."
THE JEFFERSON
SUPPLY COMPANY
Being the latest distributor of General
Merchandise in this -vicinity, is always in
Fosition to give the beat quality of goods,
ts aim is not to sell wou 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 it none better
made; W. L. Douglass Shoe Co., Brockton,
Mass., Shoes: Curtice Bros. Co., Rochester,
N. Y., Canned Goods; and Fillsbury's Flour.
This is a fair representation of the claae
of goods it is selling to its customers.
ituiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiimiiuiaiaiiiiaiuiiuiimiauuiiiumiiui
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
King Edward Is sixty-one yenrs old.
M. ltouvler. the present Trench Min
ister of Finance, commenced life as a
book iitioiit.
Senator Hoar lives on bind In Wor
cester. Mass.. thnt was formerly owned
by John Hancock, the patriot.
A French translation of President,
Roosevelt's book. "The Strenuous
lif"." Is arousing widespread Interest
In I'a lis.
Professor M. I. Pupen, of Columbia:
I'nlversll y, who Invented the ocean tel
ephone, started bis career In America
as it Turkish bath nltciidaiit.
l)r. Nutisen. the Anile explorer, an
nounces n polar expedition for next
venr to explore King William Laud,
on the e.ist coast of (ireciilaml.
The l)uke of ltuecleiiah Is one of the
richest noblemen In the world. He
owns 4"0,iHKi acres of land and has u
yearly Income of over .fl.iitiO.iHMi.
Speaker Henderson has notified the
trustees of Upper Iowa University nt
Fayette, his iiluiii mater, thnt he do
nates bis entire private 111 nary to the
college.
Mrs. Unity Croon. America's snld-to-le
richest woman, bus Instituted fore
closure of a .flli.iKKI mortgage on n (Mil
ciieo church, snyliur. "All I want is my
money ami Interest."
Former President F. L. Totton, of
Princeton University, Is sitting for bis
portrait to John W. Alexander, on an
order from the nluinnl. The portrait
is to go to the university.
fleneral Ilnoth, III nn address nt Huf
fulo, said that n corps might be formed
to go slumming among the rich. He
also suid the army's teachings were
being preached in thirty-seven differ
ent liuigunges.
Secretary Shaw gave out n neat epl
gram during bis recent speech in Bos
ton. "Tlie difference between the poli
tician and the statesman," he said, "Is
the difference between o young man
who Is looking for work and one who
Is looking for u situation."
LABOR WORLD.
Texas unionists want to exterminate
convict labor.
The rnllronds of the State of Nebras
ka employ l.H,.r,(Xi men.
Herlln has its first female bnrbers
the wife and daughter of a hair
dresser.
Fishermen on the rucifle const nnd
In Alaska are to be organized Into n
protective union.
The American Cigar Company will
open n factory nt Charleston, S. C., to
employ 4mio persons.
The strike of the eonl miners of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, in
Alabama, has been settled.
.Machinists of the National Steel
Company's plant, at Mingo Junction,
Ohio, have gone on strike for higher
wageg.
At a meeting in the coal milling re
gion of France attended 'by 13,0.10
strikers, It was voted to continue the
strike, nnd not abide by tho decision of
lb arbitrators.
Expert coal miners In the Mnenn
County (Missouri) shafts make from
$'J.."0 to $4 a day. working eight hours
and still from 300 to 500 more men are
ueeded.
From the report of tho Lahor De
partment of the London Itonrd of
Trade It Is clear that the winter will
be an exceptionally trying one lo tho
working population of (ireut Briluln.
Delivery drivers at San Francisco,
Col., will demand shorter hours on the
expiration of the present agreement In
December. The members of the union
now work fwelve to sixteen hours. It
Is proposed to make ten hours the
working day.
Of all Europe Paris. France, Is tho
city of workshops and petty factories.
It is estimated that there are 1)3,000
factories and workshops in tho city,
and that fto.ooo pirls are kept working
on lints nnd gowiu for about eight
months of the yenr. The usual factor
ies are very small, tho average uiunber
sf hands being six.
From Tree to Newspaper,
In two hours and 25 minutes a grow
ing tree in Elsenthal. Austria, was
converted into newspapers. At 7:35
a. m. tho troe was Bawed down; at
9:34 the wood, having been stripped
of the bark, was turned into pulp and
made Into paper; at 10 o'clock the
paper was printed and sold on the
streets.
One of the largest collections of
charms in Europe is owned by Queen
Alexandra. It consists mainly of tiny
elephants in malachite. Jade, porphyry,
sapphire and turquoise, and humming
birds and swallows, bees and bettles,
which ate real works of art. -!
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BUSINETCXRDS.
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MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office nn Went Main itreet. opposite the
Commercial Hotel, ReynoldaTllle.Pa,
q m. Mcdonald,
attorney-at-law,
Notary Public, real estate agent, Patents
enured, collections made promptly. Ofitoe
In Nolao block, Itcynolilnrllle, pa.
gMITH M. MoCREIUUT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Notary Public and Heal Etatu A cent. Pol
lecltona will receive prompt, attention, Oflloa
in Froehllch & lieury block, near potto ffloe
leynoldevllle Pav
J)R. B. E. HOOVER,
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
Resident dentist. In the Hoover btilldtna
next door to postolllce, Main atreaW-Qentle
nana In operating.
DENTIST,
Office on second floor of First National bank
building, Main street.
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R. R. DeVEREKINO,
DENTI3T,
Office on second floor Keynoldavlll Real
EetaieBlrig, Malnatreet Reynoldavlllf . Pa.
J)R. W. A. HENRY, '
DENTIST,
Office on second floor of Banry Bros, brio a
building. Main street.
JjJ NEFF.
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE
And Real letate Agent, ReyaeldiTtUe, Pa,
BEbQ.nrs.U EuxnnxBBsrarja
VOTTTVTrVC a
PLANING
MILL
You will find Sash, Doors,
Frames and Finish of all
kinds, Rourjfh 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.
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J. V. YOUNG, Prop.
EVERY WOMAN
Sometimes Deed reliable
MwUily rafulal laf madia! ne.
OR. PEAL'S
PENNYROYAL PILLS,
Are proa t. safe and certain ta result That
tee (ltr, t i never dlaappolat. 11.00 par beet
far lale by B. Alas. Rtoluk
WHEN IN DOUIIT. TRY
HwuiHanMiyiini
sad bvn cured thounada at
caie of Narvout DtMaMe. faca
a Debility, Dlulaeu, SletpUfK
and Varicocele, Anoeay.ln
iay Clear toe Draia.itrengtkea
the circulatioa, ae dlgtttea
perfect, and Impart a SeBitav
vigor to the whole eelag. All
drftiae end lowee ere checked
fltlOr Itrtltl Hrmsnmtr. UnleM pel
WMq n&sllli are arooerlv eurod. their c
.deeta
ttoa eftaa worriei them intolaunity. Coatvakp
Hoe er Death. Meiltd Mltd. Price ft ar aoa:
0 boaea, with t roe-clad legal guanatee to eare er
refund the amey, ft-ae. Seed fee fate keek.
Foreale by St. Ales Stoke.
Crack in a Famous Bell.
An ominous crack has Just bepn dis
covered in one of the most famous
belU In the world, the Bo-called "La
Clemence," in the Cathedral of St,
Peter at Geneva. It is the bell which
was sounded at the "Escalade" of the
dark night of St. Thomas' Day, De
cember 21, 1602, when the 8,000 Savoy
ards made their attack upon the
"Rome of Protestantism." The assail
ants had crept close to the fortifica
tion, unobserved.' and had planted
their ladders, the Jesuit mlnlnner
exhorting them in whispers, "Climb,
climb, every rung of the ladder is a
step toward heaven!" when the loud
clinging of La Clemence was heard,
calling the citizens to arms, and Gen
eva was rescued. The Savoyards were
driven back and the aged Theodore
Beza called the people Into the cathe
dral, where they sang the 124th Psalm.
From 1602 to 1901, on every December
21, the now silenced bell baa beea
rung in memory of the "Escalade,
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