MAN AND HI8
"Wlem fellow' kind ot wobbly and anoar-
. tain or hli (rat,
AM haa to work Ilka sixty for to get both
end to mwt
lThaa ha'e not of much account and hat to
take whirt he can pet
Ik people dou't oome lioukln' to be frlendt
i. ot In, you bet I
Tmey don't oome ayln' "Old ehap, I'm the
only friend you're (tot I "
And " Heroember that we're trot hers," and
that kind of tommyrot
No, Indeed t
Aad they don't rt JphIihih orer you when
friends are what you need.
If fellow'a kind of Innmome and would
like a friend or two
Jnet to come around and Jolly Mm when
thlnK are lookln' htui
If the ehirt that he' wettrlu' li the only one
he's (tut,
Aad be DHver nhowed the publle that he's
really on the spot,
THE PROFESSOR'S REVENGE. J
"Prof. McVlnt regrets tlint, owing to i
his absence from town, Ills lecture on
The Aspirate In Greek' Is unavoidably
postponed."
Tula was the notice that greeted the
crowd of students as they surged In
one mass to elass room No. 20 on the
morning of June G, some two or three
years ago.
"Hello! what's the meaning of this?"
aid Pennington. "The old fellow was
here as late at 10 o'clock last night,
for I was with him at the science plc
nlo yesterday, and It was after 10 by
the time we got back. He's gone off
nighty quick!"
"Perhaps he hadn't time to get his
lecture ready," suggested one.
"More likely his mother is dead,"
aid another.
"Ten to one he's In love, and gone
off to pop the question," added a third.
At this there was a general laugh, In
which you would have Joined If you
had known the professor. Tall, lean
and angular, with a decided stoop, and
yes that were screwed up almost to
vanishing point, he was hardly the
personage with whom to associate any
Idea of the tender passion. His age,
loo, was against him, though no one
knew exactly what that age was. If
you saw him walking home from col
lege along the esplanade you put him
flown at 50, but when you saw his face
aglow with enthusiasm as he lectured
on the beauties of the Greek particles
you changed your mind and said he
might be SO.
Anyhow, he was not popular. His
flry Scotch humor was not appreciated
It very often bit too deeply into the
feelings ot his victim to be pleasant,
and all who came beneath the lash of
his tongue bore him no small grudge
for what he made them suffer. Then
he lived absolutely apart from college
life, not even mixing with the other
members of the staff. Consequently he
knew little of what was passing around
him, and was given credit for knowing
still less.
He had never been known to miss a
lecture; even when one morning he
found on his arrival at college that
his class room had been burned out In
the night he calmly remarked to the
crowd of students near the door. "I
think, ladles and gentlemen, with your
permission, we will deliver our lecture
ta the corridor." No wonder, therefore,
that there was no small stir when this
historic notice stared the world un
Mushlngly in the face.
"I wonder what It can be," said Eva
Tiller to her friend Jemima Bates, as
hey turned slowly from the class room
door and walked away down the cor
ridor. "Poor man, I am afraid there is
something wrong; and he has no one
to look after him or do things tor him.
It seems a very lonely life."
"Oh, he is perfectly happy In his
work," replied Jemima; "he doesn't
want any ono to look after him." Jem
ima judged all men (and women) by
her own feelings, which is a danger
ous thing to do.
"I don't know," said her companion
doubtfully. "However, it's no concern
of mine, so I'm off to the tennis field
Instead." ,
Had she only known that it was a
cry great concern of hers she would
have given the matter a little more
thought
The previous day, as young Penning
ton had said, had been the science pic
nic Much to the -surprise of everybody,
the professor finally accepted his invit
ationthough he wrote first of all de
clining. A perusal of the list of in
vited "arts" was the cause of his
change ot mind. The fact was Prof.
McVlnt was in love it had taken som6
time to convince htm of the fact, and
he bad argued it out pro and con with
himself In every Imaginable way. But
from the conclusion be could not es
cape; whatever his premises, the de
duction invariably came out: "There
fore, love her."
He began to notice it first in this
way: Into his mind as he was busy in
the preparation of hlo lectures, there
would creep the surreptitious thought,
"What will she think ot this? How
will she take that?" Then he found
himself thanking Providence that by
Its kindly ordering the lady students
at In the front row during lectures,
su4, therefore, mere within range of
Ills somewhat limited vision. The next
thing that he was conscious of was that
he was hunting high and low In his
room for a pair of glasses far stronger
than those he generally used and not
ait all necessary for mere reading pur
poses. Two or three times he lost his
place In his notes and stood confused
axnd put to shame before the class.
thing that had never happened betore
la all his experience. Finally he came
to the conclusion that the tie which
ho had been wearing when the senior
otudant waa a freshman, and which he
kaf worn ever since, waa a little the
FRIENDS.
They don't eoroe erowdln' round him, sor
atlek ont their band and aayi
"We're your friends, old man. we lore you
we're the eame blood, anyway I "
Mo, Indeed I
Cut they wntch to Rle the boot to you when
frlenda ara what you need.
When thing have got to eomln' aa a fellow
wanw m to,
hen M pocketa are all bulgln' and blf
clo'a are flue and new,
When he Hm out proud and lordly and
ain't Rot n tiling to fear,
There's a sudden ohanRn comes over folks
that used to wink and sneer. ,
They oome runnln' then to tell you that
they'ro all yonr friends, and say
That they've always been iloml anxious for
to help you but some wny
Tea, Indeed I
Friends are always mighty plentiful when
friends ain't what you need.
worse for wear and must be replaced,
and then what he had long suspected
broke fully on his mind. Such a whole
sale revolution could mean but one
thing.
Thus It came to pass that on notic
ing the name of Eva Miller among
those Invited to the picnic the profes
sor suddenly changed his mind. He was
a man of few words and prompt deeds.
He would try his luck that very day.
To describe his feelings during the
drive to the scene of action would be
Impossible. Strangely out of place In
the middle of the chattering crowd, dis
trusting his own powers and yet so
bold as to amaze himself, the profes
sor sat alone and neglected in a corner
of the brake. The kindness ot heaven,
however, aided a little by the cunning
of man had placed the object ot his ad
oration almost opposite him. So, while
he gazed blankly into space, and was
supposed by any one who gave him a
passing thought to be elaborating a
new treatise on "The Particles," he
could all the time feast his eye unob
served on the vision of beauty not two
yards away.
Lunch eaten, the whole party broke
up and scattered In all directions, as
parties will do till the end of time.
Now was bis opportunity; he would
follow the group containing his Idol at
little distance, and surely he would
get a chance ot speaking with her
alone before long. Keeping the group
in sight and himself out ot It, he
dawdled and hung about, as Is tbe way
of people who are doing their best not
to overtake a friend a little way ahead.
He walked forward, then back a bit,
then' on again, then back, then stood
stock still for a few moments, pretend
ing to use his watch as a compass,
and then, finding that some one had
been watching his maneuvers with un
feigned interest, bolted straight ahead
as it he were shot from a gun. In less
than two minutes he was upon the
group, but, alas! his eyes had played
him false again, and she was not there.
What did ho want with Jemima Bates?
Having tried to explain his sudden
swoop down on those unprotected fe
males, and having dismally failed
therein, he turned aside, sick at heart,
and entered a small plantation of
young trees. A narrow footpath led
through this, and as he neared the
stile that opened on the fields beyond
he saw two figures leaning against It.
Another moment showed him Eva Mil
ler and young Pennington deep In con
versation and oblivious of all around.
Quietly and unobserved he turned bacK,
and on reaching his rooms that night
he told his landlady ho had to go away
by tbe early train for two or three
days. Hence that notice on the class
room door.
The professor's dream was over;
there was but one thing left revengo,
and the professor settled down to plan
and scheme how best to obtain It. Pcn-
ningtqn was reading with him for a
classical scholarship at Oxford, so the
professor saw the way quite clear. In
stead of one hour extra In the evening,
he gave his pupil two, and sometimes
even more, out of his own valuable
time. He looked up all bis old notes
and helps, and lent. thorn to hlB enemy;
he corrected all his work with especial
care and went to the trouble of writ
ing out model answers for his pupil to
copy. In short, painstaking and tbor-
ough as Prof. McVlnt bad always been,
he bad never taken such pains or used
such thorough methods with a pupil
before. Nothing was too much trouble
for him. "At any rate," he used to
murmur to himself, as deep in bis
heart he nursed his revenge, "if she
can't marry me she shall marry one
of the best students Oxford and this
place ever turned out."
And when eighteen months later the
news came that Guy Pennington had
pulled off the top "schol," at Balllol
the professor's revenge was complete,
and his satisfaction knew no bounds.
"Congratulate you most heartily, Mc
Vlnt," said Dr. Smlthers, the physics
demonstrator, "one ot your best suc
cesses; won't Miss Miller be glad!"
"Oh, nonsense," returned the profes
sor, "no credit due to me at all. A fel
low with brains like that could get any
thing, no matter who prepared htm.
But" with a sign "I'm very glad for
her sake."
"Yes," answered the doctor, breezily.
"she always was proud ot her brother.
Good morning, McVlnt!" and he was
gone like a shot The professor stood
rooted to the ground. Her brother! Her
brother! What could It all mean?
And then was seen a sight such as
never before was witnessed by gods or
men. Students on their way to college
stopped, amazed. Amiable old gentle
men out for their constitutional forgot
tbelr amiability, and swore horribly as
they were rudely hustled and pushed
aside; elderly females screamed, "HI I
Stoo thief 1" butchers' boys wbisUad
t.n.1 cackled; servant girls craned their
heads out of wlndowft; little dogs bark
ed and yelped for pure delight; and all
the universe stood still, Prof. Mc
Vlnt, gathering up tbe skirts of his
ample gown, flow down the length of
the esplanade In pursuit ot the unsus
pecting Smlthers.
"Brother, did you say," he burst out.
as he cought tbat worthy by the arm:
"did you say he was her brother?"
Smlthers stared blankly at him. for
moment. "Oh, I had forgotten," he
said, looking around with an annoyed
air. "What a fuss about nothing! Of
course I said brother though he Is real
ly only her step-brother, Pennington's
father died soon after he was born,
and his mother subsequently married a
Miller. I thought everybody knew that
But what dli.erence does it make?"
That was a question the professor
declined to answer. What difference?
Why, this difference that before 10
o'clock that evening the professor had
told Miss Miller of the episode ot the
stllo (among other things), and she
had laughingly said: "You poor dear,
and so you really thought Guy and I
were lovers. You see, even professors
don't known everything. And to think
we have wasted eighteen months 1"
Whnt the professor said in reply,
history does not record. Black and
White.
THE SMELLING. EXPERT..
A Valuable Man Who Really Earns His
Living by Following His Note.
One of the curious trades of New
York Is. that of the smelling expert,
man who enrns his living literally
by following his nose. He is employed
by manufacturers of perfumery. It Is
his business to Judge ot the character,
quality and value of the materials that
go to the making of perfumes.
Much of the perfumery made in this
country Is Imported from France In
the form of pomatums, and extracted
with alcohol. The smelling expert
Judges the quality of pomatums. An
other and even more remarkable part
ot his business Is to examine a popu
lar Imported perfume, determine from
the smell of what It is made and en
able his employer to produce It here.
Like the experts ot the distilleries,
who will take any given wine or spir
its, and after examination produce a
counterfeit which only a connoisseur
could detect as such, the smelling ex
pert by means of his unerring nose
makes possible the production here of
any perfume that It Is desired to Imi
tate. Possessed of so valuable a nose, he
takes the utmost care of It He does
his best to avoid taking cold, and
guards himself with special care when
the Influenza comes round. A single
bad cold may disable bis nose for
weeks and throw him out ot employ
ment He avoids also, aa far as pos
sible, all strong odors, good or bad,
to preserve the delicacy of hla olfac
tories. The profession on the whole Is less
injurious to health than that of the
tea taster or the wine taster. New
York Sun.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Specimens of four, five, six, seven,
eight and nlno-leaved clovers have
been presetod to Queen Alexandra by
a WelBh lady.
Water Is so scarce In the Japanese
island of Oshlma that it Is the custom
(or a brldo to take a large tub ot
drluklng water with her to her new
home as a kind of dowry.
On the south coast of England there
is a hotel in which a tropical tempera
ture is constantly maintained by
means of steam pipes. The guests are
mostly pensioned oillclnls and officers
who spent so many years in India that
they cannot endure ' tbe climate of
England. X
The most crooked railway In the
world is one from Boswell to Frledcns,
Pa., the air lino distance being five
miles. The road doubles on Itself
four times, and at one point, after
making a loop of about five miles, the
road comes back to within 300 feot of
itself on a grade 60 foet lower.
A peasant in the Swiss 'canton ot
Zurich, on a recent morning, found In
his stable a utork that had apparently
been left behind by his companions on
their way to Africa, The bird, which
seems to feel quite at home with the
other animals, goes out for a walk
whcti the suu shines, returning to the
stable in the evening.
Chinese doctors are very particular
about. the distinction between physi
cians and surgeons. A Chinese gentle
man was struck by an arrow which
remained fast in his body. A surgeon
wan sent for, and broke oft the pro
truding bit of the arrow, leaving the
point embedded. He refused to ex
tract' it, because the case was clearly
one for a physician, the arrow being
inside the body.
A Viennese engineer has construct
ed a small sailing yacht made enTlrely
of sheets of an Austrian dally paper.
The yacht is 15 foot long and three
feet wide, is decked all over and is
provided with a centreboard. The
bull, deck, masts, sails and rudder are
all of paper. The Inventor has made
many trips on the Woerth See, in Ca
rlnthla, and has proved that his paper
boat can sail rapidly and oafoly even
when the water 1b rough and the wind
high,
Braver.
"Do you think tbat women are as
brave as mou?"
"Braver," answered Miss Cayenne.
"You will observe that the scientists
who keep talking with terror about tbe
bacilli In a klai are all males." Wash
ington Star.
NEW IDEAS OF CHARITY.
MODERN 8CIENCE RECOGNIZES
HUMAN LIFE'S 8ACREDNE8S.
TV. ' i ,
Rational Efforts to Reclaim What Is
Worthy In Humanity Old Interpre
tations of Pauperism Passing New
Philanthropy Fighting Tuberculosis.
Old ideas of charity were a bushel ot
potatoes and a sack of flour. This was
undisguised In Its brutality, fantastic
in Its ugliness. Around the hateful
and degraded name of "pauper" had
accumulated centuries of funereal
hopolcssnees, mockery and despair.
Feeding the poor Was simply a busi
ness of keeping an excrescent part of
the population from starving to death,
out of respect for the dominant sense
of decency in the community.
Potatoes and flour, and meat dealt
out at stated intervals; coal twice a
month in winter; the office ot the
county physician open for an hour a
day fur a conclave of dolors, dumps
and disease that left the doctor waver
ing between anger, disgust and heart
Blck Indifference; craft and whining
and obstinacy on the one side, and
iron-faced rigidity on the other, month
after month and year after year, until
death, more truly charitable than so
ciety, stepped in for mercy.
Then, for the ultimate Indignity, the
undertaker who had the contract to
bury paupers for one-sixteenth of a
cent a head, with the privilege to get
what he could from relatives of "the
dear departed," and the solitary hearse
pounding a weary sing-song from the
frozen roidway:
Rattle their bones over the stones,
They're oniy paupers whom nobody
owns.
Pauper, poorhotise, Potter's Field. In
all the language there can hardly be
found three words that convey to the
lively Intelligence more of horror and
odium and rank misery. Melancholy
minor poets have weaved pathetic lines
about them; mothers have frightened
fractious children with them; preachers
more eloquent than dutiful have con
structed beautiful perorations on them.
And In time there has attached to them
a shame that has made of such official
charity a rampant and disgraceful
farce.
Such was the old charity such, per
haps, the charity that still is practised
In communities that have lagged be
hind the procession. But there is a
new charity the charity that "edlfl
eth," the charity of hope and comfort
and restitution. It has not quite come,
but it is coming; and it brings, not
flour and' potatoes merely, but light and
life and the desire for them.
As Dr. Felix Adlcr said the other
day, the essence of charity Is to save
life. We may add, by way of contrast,
that the old Idea was to save trouble.
Nowadays It Is not enough to keep the
decrepit and the decayed from dying
In melo-dramatlc squalor; the 20th cen
tury purpose goes deeper far than that,
and seeks not only to prolong life,
but to make that life of some contln
uod service In the general scheme of
usefulness. What is a man, indeed, if
his chief good and market of his time
be but to sleep and toed?"
Derelicts there must be yet, of
course, hauled up tight and dry on the
Islands of East river; but for every
one of these, there are saved scores
ot others who are worth the saving,
These hopeless ones are but the ravel
lngs of a discarded fabric, an evolu
tionary necessity.
In reading history one can hardly
fail to have been struck with the ap
palling waste of human life that has
marked progress. Eliminating all wars
that have strewn the valley ot the Eu
phrates, the banks ot the Nilo, the
shores ot the Mediterranean, the for
ests of Germany, with butchered dead,
tucre has been such squandering of
mankind as horrifies the modern con
science. Disease, hunger, neglect. Ignorance,
sheer wantonness anu brutality, have
warred upon costly human life, more
and more terribly as you search back
ward through the centuries, till the
marvel is that the race uld not, ono
time or another, end its existence in a
rovel of Insensate -sacrifice.
The sacredness of a life seems. In
deed, to be a modern idea; and, despite
all the waitings of the pessimists, the
great tact stands out like a signal In
the dawn, that the humanity of hu
manity is a discovery of modern ilmes.
Tbe death of that mother and babe,
through some sad and sorry mishap,
ot hunger and cold here in New York
the other night, was an event more
shocking to the public mind than the
loss of hundreds would have been to
the ancient or even the mediaeval
feeling.
So all the skill of modern science Is
concentrated upon the saving of life,
a little inspired, perhaps, by the "fun
of the thing," as one enthusiastic med
ical student has expressed It, but more
by the distinctly modern notion that
every life is in some way valuable.
And so again, modern charity, such as
Is represented by the Charity Organi
sation society, feels that Its duty Is
not merely to relieve, but to revive
and to restore.
Tbe agents of the Charity Organiza
tion society found, in their daily walks
and talks among the poor, that an
amazing proportion of the destitution
that they were called upon to remove
was due to the ravages of one disease.
Reports year after year dwelt upon
this fact, and gradually there came
into tbe minds of tbe workers and
thinkers of the society the suggestion
that to supply food and fuel and cloth
ing to the victims of that disease was
but to temporize with it, and that the
larger duty of the organization was to
combat the disease itself.
Out of that suggestion cams the for
matlon of the Committee on the Pre
vention of Tuberculosis, and the be
ginning, in September last of a cam
patgn against the disease, it Is an ex
periment of much more than passing
or local Interest, and an undertaking
of a magnitude tbat was scarcely per
ceived at once even by the men to
whom Its Inception Is due, Statistics
in piteous accumulation show how
consumption has crept Insidiously
through tne tenement districts, and
left trail of desolation such as HI be
comes these latter days of light.
There Is a house In Chinatown where
in three years '87 persons have died
ot consumption. Let that Item suffice
for the statistical element In this ac
count of the new charity.
In nttacking this blight a kind of
recrudescence of some horror of the
dark ages, an absurd anachronism In
this era of scientific defiance the
committee on tuberculosis has divided
its work into three branches. Theso are
research, education and relief. To ex
plain them briefly:
The relief Is the least difficult part
of the undertaking. If a man be sick,
be must have medicine; It he cannot
work, he and his family must be fed.
Through the regular agencies of the
society food and the services of physi
cians are provided.
Research Involves a study of the
conditions that have made possible
so fatal a progress of the disease. The
Investigators' purpose to learn why
such and such houses have been pe
culiarly liable to outbreaks of con
sumption among their tenants; why
certain districts have suffered more
than others; to what degree careless
ness In sanitation has been responsi
ble for this Elckness; whether the fre
quency of tuberculosis among tailors,
for example, is due to their sitting
much in a cramped position or to the
fact that their workrooms are often
damp and illventilated; and what fig
ure nationality plays in the general re
sult. Curious facts already ascertained are
that, in the districts of the city with
which the society has particularly to
deal, more males than females die of
the disease, and more colored persons
than whites fall victim to it. In the
year 1900 there were in New York City
81C2 deaths from consumption.
By far the most Interesting, if not
absolutely the most vital part of this
work, is that devoted as educational. It
is, moreover, the most delicate, the
most difficult Nothing in the world Is
more trying than ignorance, particu
larly that Ignorance that lands at El
lis island tn company with suspicion,
and chooses rather to die of an uncom
prehended malady In a garret than to
be advised.
For another reason, too, this task is
embarrassing. It is not designed tbat
there shall be spread through the tene
ments any overpowering dread of con
sumption, so that men and women
shall quail and quake as it in the pres
ence of a new-risen destroyer. Tbe
message which will be delivered will
bo one of hope rather than of fear. The
tenement folk will be told that the di
sease is curable if the doctors but be
given a chance; that it is communi
cable, but not contagious; that all that
is required of them is to take care of
themselves and have a thought for
their- kindred.
Specifically, these people will be in
structed in elementary hygleno, bo that
,they may, by proper diet, cleanliness
and exercise, keep tbelr bodies In a
condition to combat the disease, and
in the disposition of excretions so that
the germs of tuberculosis may have no
chance to propagate in other persons
thnn those already afflicted. New
York Post
The "Sudd" of the White Nile.
A recent number of the Geographical
Journal contains a paper on the "sudd"
of the White Nile, by Dr. Edward 8.
Crispin, explaining the method ot
opening up the true river bed employ
ed by Major Matthews, who command
ed the Sudd expedition of 1901-1902.
Tho first dllilculty is to find the posi
tion of the river bed; this is done by
probing, the depth suddenly Increas
ing to 15 or 20 feet. Next the top
growth, consisting mostly of papyrus,
is cut down or burnt; and It was noted
that when the papyrus was fired the
fire frequently spread along what was
afterward found to be the true bed of
the river. Men are then landed on the
clean surface and the sudd cut along
the river bankn with saws; next trans
verse cuts are made, dividing the sudd
into blocks of sl.e convenient for the
steamer to tear out The bows of the
steamer are run Into the block, and
the loop of a steel hawser, both ends ot
which are made fast to the steamer,
is passed over the bows and trodden
into a trench cut on the surface ot tbe
block. The steamer then goes full speed
r.stern, men standing on the hawser to
keep It In position, and after a number
of trials the block is torn away. The
block is then towed clear and cast
adrift to float down stream, when It
is gradually disintegrated.
The chief growths in the sudd are
papyrus and tiger or elephant grass,
a kind of bamboo growing to a height
ot 20 feet or more. Up these climbs a
creeper ot the convolvulus species.
There is also an abundance of am
batch and a long sword grass that cuts
like a knife, known as "oora soof." The
steamer could cut its own way through
tho latter In the presence of a current,
as It would .break up and float down
stream. In the absence of current It
does' not float away, and obstructs the
steamer by fouling the paddlewheel.
Another source ot obstruction Is a very
light kind of duckweed which covers
some of the small open pools. Nature.
Particular,
"Miss Kitty Darling," he began,
"Sir," Interrupted the young wom
an, "you will oblige me by not paus
ing so long between my first name and
my last" Chicago Tribune.
THE JEFFERSON
SUPPLY COMPANY
Being the largest distributor of General
Merchandise in this vicinity, ia always in
Fosition to give the bet quality of goods,
ta aim ia not to tell wou cheap goods but
when quality ia considered the price will al
ways be found right.
Its departments are all well filled, and
among the specialties handled may be men
tioned L. Adler Bros., Rochester, N. Y.,
Clothing, than which there is none better
made; W. L. Douglass Shoe Co., Brockton,
Mass., Shoes; Curtice Bros. Co., Rochester,
N. Y., Canned Goods; and Pillsbury'a Flour.
This is a fair representation of the class
of goods it is selling to its customers.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.
' The Gorman Crown Frlnce is said to
be an expert skater.
King Edward is snlrt to bo the latest
victim to tho fascination of tbe cake
walk. The Cznr hns sent .."000 to President
Loubet for the relief of the destituto
French fisherfolk.
'Andrew Carnegie hns offered to give
Brnlnerd, Minn., $12.0W) for a library
nndcr tbe usual conditions.
The condition of Charles M. Schwab
causes some anxiety, though the re
ports given out say that he is well.
The Presidency of the Golden Rule
tongue, Just established at Iinyton,
Ohio, hns been offered Senator Uanim.
Judge Ide, of the Philippine Commis
sion, has been granted six months'
leave of absence. Ills health is Im
paired. The King of the Belgians hns paid a
private visit to London. In furtherance
of a scheme for the better government
of the Congo.
Henri Willcm Mesdng, the Holland
painter, hns decided to offer his fa
mous collectlou of paintings to the
Dutch people. The collection Is valued
at several million florins.
W. II. Osgood, of the United States
Biological Survey, hns Just returned
from a biological exploration of the
base of the Alaska peninsula and the
region between Lake Clark and the
Nushngnk Itlver.
Benjamin Kldd, the economist, who
hns JuBt m.'ide n tour of the new Brit
ish South Africa, snys he believes the
country to be richer than the United
States west of the Mississippi, and be
lieves that Its future is, assured.
Pope Leo XIII. retains his interest
In his native village, Cnrplnnto. He
enjoys visits from the natives, and be
hns done much for the Improvement
of the place, giving It, among other
things, waterworks and a hospital. He
has directed that the house in which
be wns born bn converted into a Pope
Leo Museum.
SPORTING BREVITIES.
Purses for this season's horse show
t Boston will aggregate $20,000.
H. E. Temple hns been elected Cap
tain of the Columbia freshman lacrosse
team.
Dr. Julian Chase, of Providence, It.
I., has been elected President of the
American Automobllo Association.
The players of tho Xntlonnl-Amerlcan
tenms elenned up between $ihjO and
$700 each on their trip to California.
Georgo H. Ketchnm, owner of C'res
ecus, hns purchased Tho Conqueror,
a stnillon with a trotting record of
2.12'i.
The Corinthlnn Yacht Club, ot New
Haven, Conn., hns appropriated $113,000
to build a new club house ut Morris
Grove.
James A. Ten Eyck, the celebrated
professional sculler, has been engaged
to conch tho .crews of the Syracuse
University.
At the annual merlin? of the New
Jersey State- CJolf Askuc'iuImi the sys
tem of tho "par score" for each course
was adopted.
Barney Dreyfus, of rittsbtir.tr, acting
for R syndicate, has obtained an option
on tho Philadelphia National League
Buseball Club.
Morris Wood nnd hla brother. John
Wood, won the two chief events lu tho
skating races on the Shrewsbury, near
Red Bunk, '. J.
The Crescent Athletic Chili, hockey
champions of the United Stales, de
feated the Montreal team, champions
of Cnnndu, by a score of 3 to 4, In
Brooklyn.
Hush Jennings says that he will quit
basebull for the law, iiu the peace
treaty between tho Nutiouul aud Amer
ican League clubs will moke work on
the diumond unprofitable.
The world's record hltrh Jump on
skates, has beeu broken at Pittsburg
by W. E. Quluu. Ills Jump was four
feet, three aud oue-bnlf inches. Hla
former record wus four feet
Russia's 8alt Lakes.
Probably the moat remarkable lake
In the world is one with a coating ot
aZt that completely conceals tbe wa
ter. It may be seen at any time dur
ing the year, fully exposed, being seen
at Its best when the sun is shining
directly upon It. This body of water
Is one of the saltiest of tho salt lakes,
and Is situated near Obdorsk, Siberia.
The lake is nine miles wide and sev
enteen long. The salt coat Increases
six Inches In thickness every year.
The many Islands with which the lake
Is studded are said to act as braces
and to help keep the arched salt cruBt
la position,, . .
BUSINESS-CARDS.'
p MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
nmA mm Wm u.i -
Commercial liotel, Keynoldeville, Pa,
M. MCDONALD,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary Public, real aetata agent. Patents
cured, collection! made promptly, Offloa
In Nolan block. KornoldaTllfo, p."
gMITH M. MoCREIOHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Notary Publle and Real Eetate Ae-ent. Op.
lectlona will rereWe prompt attention. OflfoS
fejaTUto p"' hlo0aw P"Ooe,
jyR. B. E. HOOVER,
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
Reeldent dentist. In the Hoover butldtnS
Beit door to poetofBoe, Main atreat. -Gentle!
neee In operation.
jyn. L, l. means
DENTIST,
Office oa second Boor of First National ban
building-, Haln street.
J)R. R. DaVERE KINO,
DENTIST,
aennd Saav 1knfin11a1llM 9mml
Office on
Eatata Bli
tata Bldf . Main atreat ReynoldiTllTa, Pa.
J)R. W. A. HENRY,
DENTIST, ,
Office on eecond floor of Henry Brae, arias
building. Main atraet.
E.
NEFF,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
And Real Estate Agaat, BayMlojTlUe, Fa.
tine ran, cn
II AT LfWnci
liUlaUILUCCCi
KEDEI
YOUNG'S
PLANING
M I L L
You will find Sash, Doors,
Frames and Finish of all
kinds, Rough and Dressed
Lumber, High Grade Var
nishes, Lead and Oil Colors
in all shades. And also an
overstock of Nails which
I will sell cheap.
J. V. YOUNG, Prop.
EVERY WOMAN
Sometimes neeiia reliable
J BkMHlily regulating1 mertiolne,
JL DR. PEAL'S
PENNYROYAL p!LLS,
Ara nromplaafeanl certain la result Thaawnh
tu Xr. 1'uaJ'a) nersr ulaappolnt, il.M per but
Tot aala by B. Alaa. Stoka.
WHEN IN DOUUT.TRY
HWMllWmi.inuh
and have curd thouu&ei mi
amsoe of Narvoui DtMia, tuck
uUobiliey.DiuliiMi, SlMpl
nit and V erlcocale, Atroply. Be
?hy clear the brala.auflngrkca
the circulation, make dlf ettlsa
parfact. and impart a aeallh
vigor to the whole being. All
draiae end loaeee ere chocked
mnff llXlin f4rmantnllf Untaae aaUeeta
lUllgflgaill, properly cured, thou- eaedi
a often worrlee them Into Iiuaaitv. Coeeumaw
ttoe or Death. Uallad aealed. Price f i per boa;
S beaea, witk Uoo-clad A uaraatae to euro f
raniud Ike amuy, tt-ao. Send tat Ireo beak.
For aala b Br. Ales Stoke.
Within 25 years American astrono
mers have won as many annual med
als of the Royal Astonomleal Society
ut t-ug:anu. as astronomers of all oth
er i-uuiunes, except England,
blued.
com-
Madame Chang, a Korean woman ot
high caste, has arrived in California
on a mission ror her people. Her ob
ject Is to learn American ways, hav
ing: done which she will return and In
troduce them In her native country.
William Cyl, the Adams Express
Company's messenger, who once made
so bold a stand against the Burling
ton train robbers, near Marcus, 111.,
will bo presented by the company with
$1,000 in gold.