7 nt Bint An imhfienihnt iirrlhj journal thrntcA tn thr intrrrrt of Hrjinohhriltc ami rMnity. C. A. Stephenson, T'.nmut ANO Pl'HUHHEK. KF, Y NOLDSV I LLK, l'A., MAUCH 4, 1IXW. The raU-off ranrtnl tit thn Clnrlon Normiil tcbool cktno to an abrupt elowo WVdnpfilfty wlum tho Rrnod jury fallrd to find a true bill. The oxponuro, made In the first place for political purposes, implicated many prominent raon and heavy procure wa brought to boar on the cmo for a cottlcmcnt. I I I Lady school trarhrra xhould tw tfratrful to Representative Whlto, of Lackawanna county, who has introduced a bill mAking it unlawful for nchool boards to drop women Instructors from the pay roll on account of marriage, providing they have taught at least ten years. Tho present law prohibits marriage of lady teachers during their term of school. I I I Three new counties) are proposed in as many different bills now before the Pennsylvania legislature. Senator Patton. of Clearfield, would like to carve a new county out of parts of Jefferson, Clearfield and Cambria counties, with Curwensville os the county seat. If passed, which Is not probable, It would create a county having much good farm land but few important towns. Other schemes provldo for the establishing of Conemaugh county, to be formed from Cambria and Somerset, and a new county with Charlerol as county eat, to be formed from Washington, Fayetto and Al legheny counties. I I I R revival of the ancient Locriancuniom of banging every legislator Introducing an unnecessary law might do good service at present in shortening tho legislative seHstons. Every session of representative assemblys finds its calendar crowded with bills of every conceiv able nature, many absolutely unnecessary and having no purpose but to get tho name of some ambitious new member into print. What is worse, the people in gen eral never know the text of tho innumerable bills passed each session, for they are never oflielally pub lished except in law books which reach only the few. There are too many laws and too many law makers. I I I The task of growing valuable forests on the barren sand-hills of Nebraska will begin this spring when the Bureau of Forestry will seed about one hundred acres of the Dismal River Forest Iteserve near Hulsoy with Red Cedar and Jack Pine. If the seeding succeeds and Is done with economy, tho Bureau will seed and plant the following yenr probably 1.000 acres In cedar and pines and will ultimately extend the for est by gradual plantings over a large part of the Dis mal river and Niobrara reserves. A nursory has been established at Halsey, in the valley of tho Middle Loup river, with a half acre seed bed protected by laths. A tool house and office building have been built. Nearly 600 pounds of seed, principally Western Yellow Pine, Red Cedar and Jack Pino, has been collected for plant ing in the spring. The sand-hills are unfit for agri culture. If large forests can be grown on them, the timber will be of very great value to a country now without trees, where lumbor brings high prices. The attempt of the bureau has every chance of success. The Quest of Glory. Jesus Christ Is known to the humbtost man ; but who knows Tamerlane f Yet the Nanartte had not where to lay his heal and Tamerlane conquered the world. It's strange freaks the passing of time plays on tho works of men. Tamerlane was thn Incarnation of ambition : he was Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon In one. He rep resented that restless energy which burns In tho hearts of many men to-day, driving them ever on, hunting, striving, scheming, plotting for power, for glory, for fame eternal. Born a peasant he mounted a throne, he captured the hearts of men and they gave him tho strength of their arms. Persia he conquered, Russia fell, Turkestan trembled beforo htm, he Imprisoned tho successor of Mahomet tn an Iron cage and crowned his glory with the riches of India. Fifty years he en dured the hardships of war and toll without a rest and reduced all Asia, all the riches of the earth tn his will, and then, obeyed by the oriental world, free from care, believing himself almost divine, he ceased from schem ing and began to wonder where the happiness came In. Two months rolled by and to his surprise ho found that the body long denied pleasure ceases to appreciate It, and his restless mind again drove him on the path of war. At tho Bgo of soventy he gathered his warriors around him and started for the conquest of China i but ho never came back again. With his death the work of his life fell to pieces and all that remains of Tamerlane tho Magnificent Is the obscure record of musty, little read histories. It was all a striving and a striving and an ending In nothing. But In spite of the lesson repeated In every mortal's life, men will still spend all the best years of life toiling for glory which Is not, and for wealth which Is worse. Nothing but the Icy chill of oncoming death can con vince thom that what Is gained In the world Is lost In tho grave. Self-Love and Selfishness. Webster's definition of selfishness Is tho "quality or state of being Bolllsh ; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness ; that supreme self-love or self preference which leads a porson to direct his purpose to the advancement of his own interest, power or hap plness, without regarding those of others." Some one has said : ''Selfishness is a vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors It, and, as such, condemned by self-love." It requires but little obser vation to convince a person that there Is a great amount of selfishness In the world to-day. It seems to be an evil that receives little attention and apparently no great effort Is made to check It. There are peoplo who might become offended If they were charged with being selfish, and yet, If they would carefully analyze their actions and feelings for one month they doubtless would be surprised at the amount of selfishness that they would find in their life. K Western editor recently happened to see tho Ten Commandments and thought them so original that he clipped the article and run It undor tho heading of "modern literary thought." Ill 7K. Ptttaburg belle has captured a ponnlloss English earl. The prayor of the American heiress Is, "Anything O Lord, just so It's labelled." The Country God Forgot. The recent statehood contest tn the Banate directed the attention of the public to one of the most remark able and least known regions In the United States. Speak of Arizona or New Mexico and the averago east erner has visions of a hot desert, bare mountains, lazy half-breed Indians and wild west cowboys, good only as a home for consumptives a placo of banishment. Tho Impression Is not wholly wrong, but far from cor rect. Ho little Indeed has this region boon favored by nature that its best friends can only describe It as "the country Ood forgot,'" n lonely forsaken stretch of sund, growing nothing butter than cactus and dotted here and thoro with the whitened bones of animals which have died of hunger and thirst, where Insect Ufa Is so abundant that If one picks up a handful of sand half of It will jump away ; but tho hand of man is rapidly cor recting the harshness of nature and side by side with the greatest deserts and waste places In America are developing the richest farming and grazing lands In tho world This great section is more than twice as large as the German empire, but contains a population little more than half us largo as the city of Chicago alone. The Immensity of Its resources when fully de veloped Is beyond comprehension, and fortunately for It, President Roosevelt Is the best friend it lias In the union. An Irrigation canal dug through the most desolato parts Immediately transforms It Into an Eden rich tn the most luxuriant vegetation. Add to this the mildest climate In America and it becomes a land well worth spending money upon. It is a curious fact that this uninviting region, tho last to bo settled In tho union, was the earliest Inhab ited section of Amorlja. Long beforo the white men came Arizona was Inhabited by probably a quarter of a million people, who hnvo long since disappeared from view. Of their history wn know almost nothing, but they left behind thorn traces of high seml-civlllzatlon, prominent among which are extonslvo stono ruins and the remains of many Irrigation canals constructed by them. And It Is curious, too, that this region, du scribed by tho historian as "not worth good blood," has caused more bloodshed than' nny other portion of the union. In colonial times much Spanish blood wns spilled In exploring it ; Mexican blood was shed In quelling the Indians ; It witnessed the Texan war for independence ; tho United States mndo a most unholy war on Mexico to possrss it : and It has ever since been the scene of Indiun skirmishing. Inatrumental music is becoming more popular every day. It Is interesting to read a defense of In strumental music In sacred houses written by a grnvo professor of undent history In tho lutter part of the seventeenth century In England : "Itt is a goodlyo thyngo to make music in tho house, of the Lorde. For itt doth have a power to counteract the baneful In fluence of ye devil on tho spinal marrow." This was In reference to an ancient superstition that when the spinal marrow decomposed It became a serpent. Any man may be miserable in misfortune, but It requires a philosopher to discover cause for grluf In the hour of prosperity. I I I The unspeakable Turk has heard tho com plaints, considered the matter and promised to do bet I tor with the ease of one who has boon thoro beforo. Snick & Wapr -THE BIG STORE The New Spring Merchandise la pouring in on us from all quarters. We are now pre pared to show you all the latest effects in Spring novelties, as well as a good strong line in all staples. Time and space will not permit our enumerating and describing the different and varied lines. We kindly invite your inspec tion, and this is the only real proof of the merits of the merchandise anyway. Your examination of our Waistings, Vesti Cloths, Voiles and Etamines Will prove to you that our lino is stronger than ever. We are this week showing the strongest linejof LACE CURTAINS to be secured. We are also expecting before this paper leaves the printer, a line of Wooltex Suits and Skirts We need not comment on these further than that since they come from the hands of the WOOLTEX people we are safe in saying to you that the styles are all right as well as ma terial from which they are made. In fact they are the only real high-grade garment on the market to-day. Call and see styles before making any purchases at least. Next Door to Postoffice. Reynoldsville, Pa. Greatest Kecord . in tlhe Slistoiry Twenty-seventh Annual Statement January 1, 1903- ASSETS Bonds and Mortgages, $10,906,053 27 Real Estate, 11.86j.588 51 R.R.BondsandStocks(Market Value) 18,621442 50 Municipal Bonds (Market Value), . 5,737,301 95 U. S. Gov. Bonds (Market Value), 109,000 00 Cash in Banks and Office, ... 4,916,069 51 Interest and Rents, due and accrued, 384,521 34 Loans on Collateral Securities, . . 4,736,750 00 Loans on Policies 1,066,916 83 Premiums Deferred and in course of collection (net), 1,812,795 96 Total, 6o,245,339 87 LIABILITIES Reserve on Policies, . . . . . 149,800,630 00 . All other Liabilities, 923,304 54 Surplus to Policy-holders, ... 9,521,405 33 Total, 60,245.339 87 72 MILLIONS 60 MILLIONS 33 MILLIONS 9 MILLIONS 9 MILLIONS 5 MILLIONS 108 MILLIONS of this Giant Company LIFE INSURANCE ISSUED AND PAID FOR during 1902,) including Ordinary Insurance ($87,000,000), over - ) ASSETS, end of 1902, over INCOME, during 1902, over PAID POLICY-HOLDERS, during 1902,, over - SURPLUS, over - POLICIES IN FORCE, nearly - INCREASE IN PAID-FOR INSURANCE IN FORCE, over MAKING THE GRAND TOTAL OP Paid-for Insurance in Force over 800 Millions Paid Policy-holders in 27 Years, nearly 68 Millions Features of the Year s Administration were MARKED REDUCTION IN EXPENSE RATE. INCREASED DIVIDENDS TO POLICY-HOLDERS. The Progressive Management and the Judicious Care of, and Liberality in Dealing with, Policy-holders' Interests, have made this OFFICERS John F. Dryden, Pruljcnt. Usui! p. Ward. Edoar B. Ward. Vk. PrnMent. x) Vk. rmkkdl ud CommI. Forrest F. Dryden, ,.i vu rn,idi. Edward Kanouse. T. C. E. Blanchard. T return. gup. of Real IUI. Jacob E. Waro. Wilbur S. Johnson, CoukmI. C ptrolUf. F. C. Blanchard. Survi.r Dwuml Cuwaro Cray. Edward H. Hamill, Emmim. Medktl DlrecUt. Valentino Rikfr. Robert L. Burraob. Aktbum flecmurjr. Medk.l Director. Usliu P. Ward. Frederic A. Boylb. Afil.unt Secretary. Caifclw. Willard 1. Hamilton, John K. Gorb, Aubunl Secretary. AclMfjr, Frederick H. Johnston. AiuxiiuAciutry. ' Henry Ovbronb. Gborgs W. Munsick, Supenlier. Buperelur. Wm. Perry Watson. ai.um M.du.i Director. Frederick L. Hoffman, sutiukio. ONE OF THE GREAT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES OF THE WORLD. Home Office! Newark, N. J. ! t o, INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA. Agents Wanted. y LIFE INSURANCE X V AMOUNTS f $100.000 TO $15 jfr v 1 . , BRANCH OFFICE IN REYNOLDSVILLE J. J. HOGAN, Ass't Supt., Rooms, 4-6, Syndicate Building,, Main St., Reynoldsville, Pa, C B. KNIGHT, General Agent, 403-4 Pittsburg Bank of Savings Building, Pittsburg, Pa. " '
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