A SAILOR'S
A sometMne; white earn op lat Bight,
It t the mint, I wlt, or rain.
It wheeled about, daubed In and out,
, And beckoned 'gainst the window pane,
It was a bird, no doubt, no doubt,
And will not come again.
And aomethlng beat with alow repeat,
Ana heavy ewell, the old eea-wall,
And shrill and clear and plerolna- sweat.
I thought I heard the boatswain's call.
The sails were aot and yet, and yet.
It may have been no boat at all.
r
t BRED T THE BONE.
L
Br PATRICK VAUX.
It was close on sundown when tlie
V. S. A. despatch boat Spocdy sighted
und spoko Admiral Bralnerd's most
Iwestorly scout, tho Denver, protected
cruiser; and the cruisers were the
last American eyes that she was ever
to boo. In tho northeast, league
away from 8an Domingo, the Ameri
can liberation of which fitom continual
Internecine strife had caused the Eu
ropean Alliance to declare war against
the States, Brnlnerd waa feeling for
the enemy's powerful fleet, hoping to
divert Its attention from the V. 8. A.
Flying squadron swooping down to
ievBtate the western coasts of the
mainland of Europe, and also secure
the Windward passage against Its ap
proach on Domingo and Cuba. Hint
afternoon, acting on Information ac
curately supplied by tbe captain of
the R. M. 8. Co.'s mallboat, the ad
miral had flung his scouts, one after
the other, down Into the southeast,
and detailed the quick-steaming
Speedy for Santiago with despatches,
and to tspeak the westerly scouts,
when encountered, with orders to re
join the main boily of the fleet.
Her acting lieutenant, getting the
utmost out of her fine engines and
awpatv-browed engineers and firemen,
sighed contentedly when he looked at
the speed! dial. Another four hours at
elghteen-a-half gnota should see him
In harbor. He also found relief In the
thought that Lieutenant Durey would
lhAn ho In hrwnitnl. "Poor fellow," he
muttered, as he wiped the wet off his
nlsht binoculars. "Better a shell in
one's lnnerds, and end up In a Beat
ter, than have his complaint!"
Below. In the little cramped ward
room Durev was writhing in a fresh
attack of agony. A suffocating sob
burst from him; he dug his elbows
Into his knees. With his face sup
ported between his hands he let him-
self swing like an automaton to me
vessel's jobbling. So excruciating
were the flames of pain within his
breast that it was as if a thousand
nerves, raw, vibrant, and exposed,
were being plucked out by their
roots. He gritted his teeth together
to hinder himself from shrieking.
Sweat beaded his hoavily-llned brows
and trickled down over the twitching
ashen-gray cheeks. Gasping thickly,
lie threw himself back, shut his eyes,
and stiffened his muscles.,
Then suddenly his angulBh fled
away. For a minute or two he sat
there, panting with exhaustion, his
body limp and shaken; but a lurch and
weather roll made him secure himself
In a safer position beside the table.
He wondered with fear, when the next
attack would recur; then the jumpy,
tumbling movements of the hurrying
boat diverted his thoughts. ,
As the boat, carefully nursed
through the Calcos Passage by her
tired officer, hurled herself up the
dark, seething slopes flashing dimly
with kindling phosphorus, heaved her
self across the widening troughs and
smashed down a growing sheaf of sea,
she Jarred and groaned and quivered
In every inch of her rigid hull. But
Durey was oblivious to the many
voiced turmoil. Within his brain jost
ling thoughts were making a noisier
bubbub. He sat there looking dully
at the shielded glow-lamp, his squar
ish bead sunk between the even shoul
Hers, and his thin, long-fingered bands
(ripping the "fiddle."
Lieutenant Durey was of slender
build, unfiled for much hardship or
physical stress. Nothing but his high.
spirited nature bad enabled him to
withstand the pungent seasoning of
the gun room. However, his seafaring
ancestry had bestowed on him a torn-
peramnt fearless of the elements; to
htm at sea it came as mere routine to
cope with and bear the weight of the
greatest elemental danger. From the
female side of his family stock was
the taint developed in him his lneradi
cable abhorrence of physical suffering,
At school hlB cowardice of a caning
bad earned the contempt of other and
feardy lads. However, as years bad
passed and bis physique improved, he
bad partly lost this squeamish nicety
of feeling, and through his profession
bad become hardened to the thought
of possiblyjexperlencing it some day.
Nevertheless, this blemish was not
wholly eradicated, and, making him
look constantly ahead to a state of
war, it had covertly Inspired bis with
drawal from the service.
However, when the rumor of war
spread in the land, Durey had offered
bis services again. He was comfort
ably married by this time, with a
charming wife and babes; and until
the very loot moment had enter
tained a vague innerly hope that his
wife or his parents would offer some
Strenuous opposition to his re-servlng,
some opposition to which he could
honorably bow the head. To their God
speed be had to join his ship.
As now be sat, clutching the "fid
dle" tight, be adniitted, mentally, a
certain secrot gladness at bis being
sent into sick-bay ashore. While
aboard tho flagship the spectacle of
Uttered, gory, living things, once
SUMMONS.
Bnt If tonight a "all shonld leap,
From nut the dark and driving rain,
Ton mint not hold me bank nor weep,
For I must end a trackless main,
To And and hare, to hold and keep.
Wbut 1 have sought to lo ig In vain.
I need no chart of aea nor aand,
Nor any blar.lng br-aion iter,
Jly prow npslnut wild waves shall stand
Until It outs the blessed bar,
And 1 run up the shining strand
Where my lost youth and Mary are.
Flavla ltosser, In The Criterion.
sturdy seamen, brought aboard out of
a shattered cruiser, had revived all
his inveterate abhorrence of Buffering.
His moral courage, too, had suffered
defeat from the sudden attack of his
malady the growth of an Internal
tumor developed by his exposure to
wet and cold when on mine-field duty
In Hampton Roads. Surgeons had dif
fered in diagnosis, so the Admiral,
knowing his capabilities for handling
men, bad despatched htm for urgent
treatment.
As now he sat, gripping the "flddtle"
to keep his balance, the sudden pip
ing of boatswains' whistles, the Indis
tinct scampering of naked feet over
head, the deepening throb and thud of
quickened machinery took his atten
tion. With a curse at his infirmities
of mind and body he switched off Uie
light, staggered to the ladder, and
slowly clambered on deck. As he
drew his legs out of the companion,
the boat made a steep dip; hastily
banglng-to the hatch, Durey grabbed a
life-line and stared about him.
The night was heavy with the men
ace of storm. Though a myriad stars
gleamed ahead, the horizon to wind
ward was obscured with cluods. The
strong head-wind blew wet and sharp
with spray tlint stung the lieutenant's
throat and nostrils like fine salt With
a start if surprise he saw the men
were standing by at quarters, and
amldchlps torpedo gear was being rap
idly adjusted abeam. Gulping down
an exclamation was it of fear or
amazement? he staggered forward
to tho bridge.
As he climbed its ladder a swirling
bunch of fcea meeting the port bow
splashed over the forecastle and
brldr;e weather-cloths. Contact with
the chilly gouts of spray restored Dur-
by's self-control. The drenched sub.
was clearing his eyes, when he
ob-
served him.
"Hello, sir," cried he. in a voice
charged with excitement, "would y'
not be better below. She's throwin'
a lot of water aft. Bridge's like a
mill-sluice"
"No good drlvln her, I reckon. She's
losln' more than she's makln' over 18
knots," Durey grunted. "Why are
the"
"It's cut an' run. Look there!" in
terruptcd the sub., banding his blnoeu
lars, and shooting an arm west-by-
south. "Four big boats. Overhauling
us, I guess, too. We'll fight, though, If
It comes to that. Sorry didn't report,
sir. I was waiting till there's more
certainty about them.
Durey steadied himself and took a
long look at the distant strangers head
ing down on their port quarter.
They're none of ours. What are
they doing there? I just reckon the
leading boat 's a smart thing, an' '11
take some lickln'," be snapped out,
quick as his heart was beating.
The acting lieutenant nodded empha
tlcally. "That's my way of thlnkln',"
he screeched against the flurry of
wind. "The look I got before that
streak of cloud came up, gave them
away. Guess the Alliance have run
out a flyin' squadron also. Keen look
outs they must have. They've sighted
us. They shifted nine points to the
we&t'ard, and put on speed. Looks as
if they know something about us,"
"They ve taken the pass as we
cleared the Calcos. Running for San
tiago and the transports," cried Dur
ey, and snatched the binoculars out of
the lieutenant s hands.
As he Btared at the enemy, envy,
vehement and despicable, Bwept into
him, for well he knew the Speedy's
commander was cool and collected.,
while it was himself who was growing
flurried and painfully apprehensive.
Was he a coward physically as well
as morally, he asked himself, and in'
stantly was eating his het.it in bitter
ness at his Inborn pusillanimity.
Ho w as moving to the blnnai le when
a sharp cry broke from the acting lieu
tenant. "By the Powers, they've opened
fire, and the smothered report al
most overwhelmed his voice. There
was a volcanic eruption of red-hot
-splinters and sparks amidsh'p as the
night-spent projectile flopped against
the base of the malnmar t, crashed
through the dock, and wrecked every
thing in tho after-part o' the vessel.
Durey recovered himself from the
port brldgo-rails against which he had
been hurled with the sudden toppling
of the th ranked bull. The acting lieu
tenant lay in a bloody heap boside the
wheel, and from aft camo shrill cries
and hoarse yaps of tortured bodies.
For the moment he winced, and felt
a hopeless feeling possess him, but
the next he was bending over his in
sensible Junior. A second projectile
rlcochetted over the seas wide to star
board, seudlng up great showers of
snowy brine visible in the night; a
third plunged short by 10 feet off the
port quarter. The enemy could play
a good game nt long bowls.
"Bear a hand, here, some of you
forecastle men," Durey ordered. "Aft,
there, report the wreck," as, with the
poor groaning lump of humanity In
bis arms, be tried to stanch tUs flow
of blood from the mangled arm and
ribs. Jagged segments and splinters
of steel make ngly wounds.
Warm, sticky blood smeared his
hands and wrists; it made blm feel
very sick. Disgust swept through him
at his own weakness, and with tender
but shaky hando he bound up the
ghastly lacerntlons. Only a little more,
and the acting lieutenant would have
been eviscerated.
As Durey turned from assisting the
seamen to lift him down the ladder,
the tight feeling In his throat became
more choking when he realized that
the enemy were now visible to the
naked eye. The flashing from the
foremost vessel's bow chaser struck
his senses like a blow, though not an
other shot hit his vessel. Between
5700 and 6000 yards distant he was
fmm the leading cruiser. Four points
off the bow Great Anagua began to
loom low and indistinct in the dark
ness for the squally wind chopping
about had cleared the starry heavens
of cloud and the thin drizzle of rain.
OnwarJ rushed the Speedy, throw
ing herself up tho great swells and
slapping down into the hollows as if
lashed on by the great guns thunder
ing out behind her. Had the enemy
surmised her errand?
Lieutenant Durey had returned to
the bridge from attending the wound
ed. Though pain gnawed at him he
gave no heed to it. Sense of the re
sponsibilities now lying on bis shoul
tiers had revived his self-respect and
induced: an obliviousness to suffering
hitherto foreign to him. He was
streaming with salt water, and hla
eyes and nostrils were stung with
brine and the salty northeast wind
that roared and eddied about, smell
Ing of the deep, gray Atlantic surges
and storm-filled weather. Its sharp
tang permeated his brain. It reviv
ified the dominant Instinct of bis
stock.
Durey was transfigured by its mag
ical Influence. His face settled in stub
born lines; a grim Joy lightened it;
his weak, sensuous lips became hard
as iron bars. He had the omnipotent
look of the man who goes forth to
death knowing it is the best fight of
all.
Crash went a heavy projectile
through tho cap of the port smoke'
stack, and smoke and flame poured in
a lurid cloud to windward.
As Durey threw a defiant look at the
cruiser again spouting fire, the second
artificer reported water rising fast
in the after stokehold. The projectile
which htid wrecked the after-part of
the boat must have started some plates
Durey now had no hesitation. He
bent over the bridge rail. "On deck,
there. Tho gunner to the bridge.
." Calmly and incisively he is
sued his orders. Then "Up helm'
electrified the gun crews, yet their
hoarse cheering brought no change to
their officer's Iron-clad expression; his
voice but rang the harder and more
despotic as he gave the sighting
ranges to torpedo and gun. For bis
line had claimed him heart and bouI
Who can tell how many fierce-
hearted forebears' blood sang joyous
ly in his pulsing body at he thrust bis
weak vessel against the enemy, now
opening: a terrific cannonading? And
what thoughts thronged his cluttering
senses as the four great, thundering
cruisers loomed large upon bis bows,
Who of his forebears claimed bin
then? . .
It was not till tho war was over
that the Speedy's fate was known.
The Criterion.
A Horae'a Sease of Smell.
A horse will leave musty hay un
touched in his bin, however hungry.
He will not drink water objection
able to bis questioning sniff, or from a
bucket which some odor makes offen
sive, however thirsty. His Intelligent
nostril will widen, quiver and query
over the daintiest bit offered by the
fairest of hands, with coaxings that
would make a mortal shut his eyes
and swallow a mouthful at a gulp. A
mare is never satisfied by either sight
or whinny that her colt is really her
own until she has a certified nasal
proof of the (act. A blind horse, now
living, will not allow the approach of
any stranger without showing signs
of anger not safely to be disregarded,
The distinction is evidently made by
bis sense of smell, and at a consider
able distance. Blind horses, as a rule,
will gallop wildly about a pasture with-
out striking the surrounding fence.
The sense of smell informs them of its
proximity. Others will, when loos
ened from the stable, go direct to the
gate or bars opened to their accut
tomed feeding grounds, and when de
siring to return, after hours of care
less wandering, will distinguish one
outlet, and patiently awaits Its open.
ing. St. James Gazette.
The Higher Allegiance to Hymen,
A St Louis man disregarded a sum
mons to serve off a jury because bis
marriage to a St. Louis woman bad
been sot for the same hour. He
thought ho knew which court order to
obey. Richmond Times.
Thought She Had It
A little girl In an uptown kindergar
ten was learning to read and spell, but
it was very hard for her to remember
what her teacher told her about pro
nouncing a double letter when she
camo to one. She would say "a a" or
e" or "t t" Instead of "double
a" or "double e," etc. Her teacher
had one day drilled her considerably
on this matter In spelling. Shortly af
terward tho little girl was callod on
to read. The paragraph began, "Up,
up, Mabel," and tho little girl read It
triumphantly, "Double up, Mabel )"
New York Herald.
Ninety-two thousands pounds has
been provided bf the British Admiral
ty this year for Tithe payment of good
conduct money V patty officers and
bluejackets
ASCIIOOVroit BARBERS.
WHERE "TONSORIAL ARTISTS" ARE
TAUGHT SECRETS OF THE CRAFT.
Bow The? Obtain Material for rraetlee
Strang Character Who Take Advan.
taie or the Opportunity of Having
Their Hair Cm and Shave for Nothing.
One of the most curious of the many
strange institutions of New York City
Is a school established not long ago
on the East Side, where young men
and boys are taught to become skilled
barbers. In this school long rows of
barber's apprentices are at work all
day throughout the course, scraping
diligently at sundry stolid counten
ances provided for "clinic material."
When not working In this capacity,
tho majority of the faces so used
might be met on the Bowery or In
kindred regions, surmounting the
slouching frames typical of America's
leisure class. Some are placid coun
tenances, bearing evidence of a Ml-cawber-llke
trust In potential good
luck; others are sullen or tioubled,
with the hunted look that comes to
the face of a man out of a job; but
each and every one Is the better for
a free shave and haircut, even when
awkwardly done by unaccustomed
hands. ,
In order that material for practice
may be plentiful and at nana ine
school is situated far down town,
where traffic of every sort is thickest
and where the great city's voice takes
on Its deepest and most insistent tone.
With the first drowsy growls of that
multiple voice at dawn, the men be
gin to gather and form in tine at the
entrance to the building. Many of
them have stood for hours in the mid
night bread line on Broadway that
they might break their last at least
once in the 24 hours, and now come
to be freshened up as much as possi
ble before starting forth again on tho
weary quest for work; others, equally
alive to the advantages of being shav
en and shorn and made as presentable
as may be, come by way of living up
to their life principle of getting some
thing for nothing, and getting- it be
fore any one else.
At 9 o'clock the tv.-hool is opened
and work begins. Men come and go
all day, and the aspirants to barber
craft work like beavers, getting moro
practice In one day than they would
get In a month under the old method
of apprenticeship. All sorts and con'
dttlons of men come under their hands
tramps, vagabonds, crooks, workmen
out of a Job, gentleman adventurers
down on their luck, fat men, shrlv
elled men, smooth men, gnarled men,
men with skins like rubber, and men
surfaced like nutmeg graters, downy
youth and stubbly eld here is expe
rience varied enough to qualify any
one. Only three kinds of men are
barred the unclean, the Intoxicated
and the men who have once stolen
begged or given any manner of trouble
In the school. One offence is sufficient
here. The master barber, quiet and
alert, has an unerring eye and a
strong arm, and woe to the man who
sneaks in for a shave after having
been forbidden the place.
This gray November morning, when
the master barber told of the teaching
and learning of bis craft, saw about
200 men sitting on benches in the
darkest corner of the workroom, await
ing their turn. The big room was din'
gy but clean, well lighted from one
side, and sparsely furnished with two
long workstands running from wall
to wall and flanked by double rows of
well worn barber chairs. These were
all filled, and the ranks of busy bar-
berllngs were bard at work. Most ol
them were boys, ranging in age from
16 to 20 years, but here and there an
older man stood by one of the chairs.
learning bis trade at a time when
most men are well established In life,
One cheery old fellow, with hair- as
white as snow, worked patiently
among the students, though at best
It could be but a few years before
hand and eye would fail, and dexterity
with the razor would be a thing of the
past AH the students worked steadily
and conscientiously, aided now and
again by a bint from the master bar
ber as- be strolled up and down the
lines. Some of the beginners attacked
the task before them with nervous,
painstaking care, each grasping the
razor batchetwlse in tense Bands and
dragging it like a gravel crusher
across the unresisting jaw of bis es
peclal segment of clinic material.
Others, presumably the born barbers
or the more advanced students, worked
freely and confidently, wrist and el
bow loose and the razor held light.
Constantly from the waiting benches
men went and came, and contrary to
an traditions of barbarian loquacity,
the work was carried on in almost
unbroken silence.
"We have students here from all
parts of the United States, Canada, the
West Indies and even England," said
the master barber. "There are first-
class barbers among all nationalities,
of course, but the men who take most
readily to the work are usually Ital
ians or Germans. Italians are as urn
ber and loose muscled as cats, and
Germans don't get nervous and afraid
of the rasor. That is the difficulty
with women. There is a big demand
for women barbers, and we have num
bers of them come here to learn the
trade. They make good barbers In
time, for women are quick and light
handed, bub moBt of tbem are scared
to death of the razor and live in terror
of cutting somebody's throat. It's a
profitable business for them, though,
for they usually learn all branches
from shaving to halrdresslng and
manicuring, and they command big
wages and get liberal tips. Barbers
like to employ them. They are steady
and work well and the crankiest cua
tomer Isn't golDg to comp'aln of bis
shave or haircut If It Is done by a pret
ty girl. No, It lan't an unpleasant
trade for a woman unless she makes
It so for herself.
"How do we start a beginner? Just
by Riving a man a set of instruments
and somebody to practise on, and set
ting him to work. He can't learn to
be a barber by looking on and being
told about it, any more than he could
learn to ride a bicycle by watching
somebody else. When a beginner Is
ready for work I make him put In the
first day learning how to hone and
strop his razor. Then I assign him to
a chair and lot him look on wlrtile 1
shave a man. The next man he lath
ers In and I give the first shave, let
ting" the student finish him. In shav
ing you always go twice over a man s
face, once with the grain and then
against It. The third man the student
takes alone, while I look on and cor
rect him when he goes wrong. After
that he needo only occasional super
vision, unless he gets hold of an es
pecially tough subject.
"After four diys of steady shaving
we let the student try his hand at
hair cutting. That's harder than the
shaving, but all I ran do Is to give
him a pair of scissors and show him
horw to hold them, and let him go
ahead, while I stand by and tell him
where he is wrong. He has to get the
knack of it himself, and the whole
secret of good barberlng lies In that
knack. It Is easy to get If a man has
a light hand, a loose wrlBt and steady
nerves to start with, but anybody can
get it with time and practice. It all
lies in practice, and the value of a
place like this is that the student is
practising every moment of the work'
ing hours. We shave and cut the hair
of over a thousand men every day,
and we average about 60 students to
do the work, so they haven't much
time to stand around and talk about
bow It ought to be done or to watch
somebody else.
Before any training schools for bar
bers were established! and they only
date from the World's fair a man
could not learn the trade anywhere
but In a small shop. The big shops
won't bother with green hands. When
a man wanted to be a barber he had
to go to some little shop and start In
as porter. He might put in six or
eight months sweeping and dusting
and running errands before he was al
lowed to touch a razor. Then he was
put at honing and stropping the ra
zors, cleaning combs and brimhes, and
finally at lathering in, combing hair
after it was cut, and putting on the
bay rum. For real work he had to
wait his chance until some extra good
natured man came in who didn't mind
being shaved by a raw hand, and such
men are not so plenty as they might
be. Hair cutting was out of the ques
tion unless there was a big rush on
or a boy came in. Boys don't mind
bow their hair looks, but most men
are fussier about a haircut than any
thing else. Of course a bright young
fellow with his wits about him could
get the knack In time, but it was slow
work because he couldn't get real prac
tice enough to keep bis hand in.
"Here, after seven weeks of steady
practice In shaving and hair cutting,
the student is ready to go Into the
finishing; room. There be is taught
hair dressing, how to singe and sham'
poo, how to use tonics and dyes, and
finally bow to trim the mustache and
beard. That takes another week, and
then the man is ready lor his diploma
and is fit for any shop in the city. Oh,
yes; there are positions enough for
them. We have more applications for
trained workmen than we can fill,
The older men here? Most of them
are learning the trade, not to work at
it themselves, but to open shops and
employ men to do the work. They
have to know how it ought to be done,
for it Is bad policy for the owner of
a shop to discover a bad workman only
through the complaints of his custom
ers. cs, this is the only barber school
In existence. We have branches in
all the principal cities of the United
States, but they are all under one
management. So far the enterprise
baa been very successful." New York
Post.
A Champion Bnaka Tinnier.
It is not well known that certain
parts of France are Infested with pois
onous Berpents, against which warfare
is waged by state-paid serpent hunters.
They are killed in thousands, and the
price per head is 2 l-2d. There was
some time ago a famous serpent killer
in the forests of Southampton, John
Milly, who in forty-two years of hunt
ing killed more than 29,000 vipers. A
Frenchman named Courtol, who bunted
In the Loire district, can be compared
to Milly, as he was credited with hav
ing killed 30,000 venemous reptiles. His
only weapons were one or two massive
sticks. As soon as he saw the serpent
be advanced and hit it violently, either
killing or stunning it; with the second
stick be pinned it to earth and cut
off the bead with a huge pair of scis
sors. But along with these simple
weapons Courtol possessed a thorough
knowledge of the habits of serpents. He
knew when and where to find them. In
two days near Puy-a-Clermont he
killed 230 of them, and not only did
he kill the poisonous creatures but be
would capture them living when de
sired. London Tatler.
A Tertlnant Question.
An inquisitive visitor to the Hamp
ton institute for Indians not long ago
nsked one of the students, a pretty
Sioux: "Are you clvUUod?" Tho"
Sioux raised her head slowly from her
work she was fashioning a bread
board at the moment and replied:
"No; are you?" Argonaut.
Vaccination Is now being literally
tried on the dog, as a preventive of dis
temper. The experiments are being con
ducted on a pack of bounds In Wales..
THE JEFFERSON
SUPPLY COMPANY
Being the largest distributor of General
Merchandise in this vicinity, it irwtyi in
Fosition to give the beat quality of goods.
t aim is no-, to sell tou cheap good bnt
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.t
Clothing, than which there is none bettor
made; vv. L. Douglass Shoe Co., Brockton,
Mass., Shoes; Curtice Bros. Co., Rochester,
N. Y., Canned Goods; and Pillsbury's Flour.
This is a fair representation of the class
of goods it is selling to its customers.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.
.Tohn D. Rockefeller cava nwnv ovci
fj.OOO.OIX) Inst year.
Andrew Carnegie's gifts of nubile li
braries arc on the decline.
tinners! Miles will visit the European
capitals before returning to the United
Mates.
In consequence of the recent nltcmnt
upon his life King Leopold of Belgium
tins resolved not to tide In his motor
enr In the future, and litis ordered It
told.
The Itr-v. Thomas II. Lewis lins Hip
rnre distinction of being president of
two colleges nt one time I lie Western
Miu-yluud uud the Adrian, of Adrian.
Mich.
Samuel Burwrll. of West Union, O.,
the oldest editor lu the State, litis re
tired from nctlve work nt the nge of
eighty years, having bceu in the har
ness for half n century.
Frofessor Moiisnnl, of Nnpl?g Uni
versity, who holds the position of phy
sician lo Queen Helenn of llnly, is both
In stature and proportions the most di
minutive doctor lu the world.
Emperor Will In ni intends to Include
In the commission to bring his gift of
n stntue of Frederick the Great to
America descendants of Uermnn ofli
cors who fought under Washington.
Dr. Stelner. of Snndusky, Ohio, who
will write Tolstoi's, biography. Is s
Tolstolnn disciple, and has worked as
n day litliorer with the immlirrniit DPO'
pie of the United States to study their
neeos.
The Tope Is an enthusiastic nhllatel
1st, and the priests of Cashmere are In
tending to present to blm on the oc
casion of his silver papal Jubilation, a
unique collection of obsolete stamps of
Jemiua and Casbraere.
When Dr. Lorens was In Baltimore,
and as he was about to take his car
riage In front of bis hotel, a well
known citizen and admirer took bis
solid gold watch from bis fob and
pressed It into his hand, telling blm to
keep it as a token or bis admiration.
NEWSY CLEANINCS.
--During the last year 80,000 Jiws em
Ignited from Rouniunla.
Ilerr Caspar Gerstlce, the oldest man
In Lower Austria, has Just died, aged
11U.
The heirs of Wagner, the composer,
received $U5,nno lu royalties from his
operas uuriug lixrj.
A steamer has been launched on the
Upper Zambesi Itiver, above tho Vic
toria Falls. It Is called the Living
stone. Experiments in the use of electricity
as nu anaesthetic nre about to be made
on hum n u subjects by a French doctor
at Nantes.
The Inst year, nceordlnc to report
from . the German yards, was one of
great activity in the shipbuilding in
dustry of Germany.
In Gnllcia the wane of the fnrm la
borer has been so reduced Hint he Is
starving to death on a pittance of from
three to sixteen cents a day.
"Put my gun In my eoflln," was the
request made In Ills will by Frnncls
Bngoly, n Hungarian big-game hunter,
who bus tiled, aged ninety-eight.
Sidney Clark, of Blnck Itiver. Wis..
the Inventor of the paper collar. Is now.
at the ago at ninety-throe, at work on
what bo calls a spring automobile.
A proposal will be made to the
French Parliament to transfer the re
mains of Itelinn, Rnlzne, Mlcvhclet and
Kiliinr Quintet to the Pantheon, Paris.
Tho Sultnu of Turkey insists that
every ruler or pollticnl personage
should die a natural death. Other man-
nars of death nronot "recognized" oftl
clally by Nischan FITeudl, the censor.
During recent experiments In Berlin,
by tho aid of the Invention of Dr. Pu
pin, an American, for lessening the re
sistance In long-distance telegraph nnd
telephone wires, messni;es scut by tele
phone wero audible to persons stand
ing thirty feet or more away from the
receiver.
Generosity Rewarded.
During the distress among the Cop
enhagen workmen on account ot a
lockout In 1887 the public was ap
pealed to for contributions. An old
couple in Jutland, having no money,
sent In their wedding rings as meir
humble contribution for the relief of
the starving people. . The organiza
tion kept the rings as a memento of
this kind act. Recently the old couple
celebrated tholr golden wedding under
very distressing circumstances. They
wero actually starving. This camo to
tho knowledge of tho Copenhagen
workmen. A collection waa organized,
and In a few days the old couple re
ceived $400 In cash and two new wed
ding rings, with a grateful acknowl
edgement of their kindness during
the time of trouble.
A Naive Reply.
An American girl who recently re
turned after a visit of some months In
the French capital, where she was
studying art, tells of the clever way in
which the proprietor of the little res
taurant where sho took her meals ex
plained the announcement In the win
dow of tho shop worded "English
spoken here." She was a bright
Frenchwoman and Miss Columbia had
never heard her use any but her na
tive tongue. When tho American's
command of French warranted the
question the acked her hostess If she
really spoke English. "Oh, no; It is
the people who come here who speak
English."
Cromer has seven men and seven
women whose united ages total 1,199,
an average of a little tinder 86 each.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
Q MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office on Went Main street, opposite the
Commercial Hotel, Keynolderllle, Pa,
q m. Mcdonald,
attorney-at-law,
Notary Public, real estate scent, Patents
secured, collections made promptly. Oftloe
in Nolan block, Beynoldivtlle, Pa.
gMITH M. MoCREIOUT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Notary Publlo and Real Estate Agent Opt.
lectlona will receive prompt attention. Omas
In Frnehllch 4 Henry blocs, near potto (Ilea,
fceynoldsTllle Pa. 7
jrjR. B. E. HOOVER,
REYNOLDS VILLE, PA.
Resident dentlat. In the Hoover bulldlnf
next door to poatofflce, Main atroeUQentle
neee In operating.
J)R. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST,
Office oa second floor of First National baas
butldluf , Main street.
J)R. a DKVERE KINO,
DENTIST,
Office
Estate
oa second floor Reynoldsrllle Real
Bldg. Main street RejrnoldsTllIa, Pa.
J)R. W. A. HENRY,
DENTIST,
Office en second floor of Hears Bros, trick
bulldlns. Main street.
J NEFF.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
And Baal Katau Agent, Reynold TlUa, Fa.
Ml I H"tilT
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YOUNG'S
PLANING
MILL
You will find Rash, Doors,
Frames and Finish of all
kinds, Roufjh 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.
EVERY WO MAM
Sometimes need a reliable
saonthiy reguiauag wnoine.
DR. PEAL'8
PENNYROYAL PILLS,
arerrmirpiaaeandoertalnlaraault Tbetaati.
e ( ur, nsi si never aiaappoiat, sji.w bsw uaa
Tot aals by B. Alas. Stole.
WHEN IN D0UHT, TRY
W - itoodtnattf yttvra.
ad liav cured thouu4i
Oftiet of Narvout PImihi, tiicft
Dabilttv. DiulnoM. StMplifs
ti and Vartcocta,Auop-y.a
Tbay cUevrttta la.n,atTeugrt.tft
iba circulatioB, baita Uatta
lrtct, ana impart a aaiueax
vigor toiha hela balaa. Alt
raiaa ana lotici ar cjumki
ine I rraln
Vtuaat MUsMit
iua naaiai ua nrotMrlv
ate properly cured, lasu
It
Soa ansa vomes there Into lasamiy,
uanliv. Ciiaasaisj.
.a HIM
, sMilM
nea at vesta, aiauta
4 hoass, wiia liea-cUd leg i
aUUtdsssUd. Price liaetaeS:
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tot Ml by ft. Airs Steal, a
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