f'DViiiri HI Jijo liltuimnti lramir,.a Amounts ur faaiia,: i Son? trolled by th Companies. Probably very few people who llv and work outside the money markets have ever pained to consider the tre mentions monetary force wielded by tho Insurance companies of the United States. The amount of money that these concerns handle, Is enormous. One may read that at present the 67 leading life Insurance companies of the leading life insurance companies of tne United States hold securities of all kinds that aggregate more than $1,500, Uuu.OOO. Imagination fails tM grasp such figures. It Is equivalent to say ing that there aro 1.500 banks in the country, each of which has fl.OUO.uno which It must keep Invested. Strik ing as these figures arc, they do not Includo the holdings of the lesser in surant s companies, and they pay no hood to tho money controlled by the multitude of lnrgo and small fire insur ance companies. Of course the bulk of the money held by an insurance company hns to be Invested; that Is to say every dollar not needed for runnlns expenses and for the promr t payment of claims. It Is like a It tale of finance when one rendr what use Is mado f the millions c millions paid to lnruraneo compar.es. During the year 1901, for exanr A tho totat of tho incomes of tho C" leading life Insur ance companies fcas something like $376,000,000. Of this money, about $175,000,000 was paid to policy holders or to thalr heirs. More than $77,000, 000 was disbursed for operating ex- pe-nses. Still, more than $120.0000.000 was left. Some "c-onomlsts" have figured that such fa. ts show a "sur plus" In which policy holders do not participate. Big Price for Farm. George H. Vanilerbllt has Just a.ldei to his estate at Ashevllle, N. C a small tract of land for which he paid tho owner, a negro named Joshua Moore, $2,250. The land would have boon dear at $30. but the negro refused to sell at a less price than the amount he finally received. Moore's wife was the real engineer cf tho deal with the multi-millionaire. Tho nlno acres which the modern David coveted were dee-dcvl to her 20 years aso by Erwin Hardy, a white man. in whoso employ she had been for many ycirs. She had one child o girl befora she mar ried Moore, and the land wns to go to her children. This daughter has Just become of age and Bhe wanted tho money. Moore would no doubt have sold long ago if ha could havo made tltlo. Ho said he got only a small portion of the money, his wife and her daughter getting the lion's share. Great Bank's Small Start The Bank of England began opera tions on January 1, 1696, at Grocers hall. Poultry. In 1696 It stopped pay ment altogether for a time. In 1745 it had to pay claims In sixpences in order to keep afloat. BSB&SaKSSB Weak? " I suffered terribly and wrs ex tremely weak for 12 years. The doctors said my blood was nil turning to water. At last I tried Aycr's Sarssparilla. and wis soon feeling all right again." Mrs. J. W. Fiala, Hs Hsdlyme, Ct. No matter how long you have been ill, tor how poorly you may be today, Aycr's Sarsaparilla is the best medicine you can take for purifying and en riching the blood. Don't doubt it, put your whole trust in it, throw ! away everything else. II .M statu. All dnjl. i Ask your doctor what It thlnka of Ayar'ft Sarnaparllla. Il kuownall about thin irrand old tHinlly mfrttHita. Follow lua advice ud wa will ba aatlnflvri. J. C. A wit Ct., Lowell, Man. H ssssnwaswssBiii!isiiiiii imn B LUlltS WHklif ill fist IAIIK. Boat CoUKh Syrup. Tonal GouO. Vt I in lima Pnld tit nruptrt.ta. nDADCV NEW DISCOVERY;.... MJ r W O I qiuok fallal and euraa wont eaaaa. Book of-taMirannia'a and lO dnya'traatniMnt Fro. Dr. M. I. ekKKM't tolia. loia. Atlanta, Oa P. N. U. 15, '03. J I allllr:-J with wtiatn fa.Vt'll, UNO Tacrr-pson's Eye Water Khartoum's Paper. Khartoum is very shortly to possess its own paper. The native Journal, Al Mokattam, has, by agreement with the Government of the Soudan, established the first printing establishment at Kljnrtoum, where all official documents will be printed. Most of the work will be In Arabic ond French. There Is also to be, In connection with the undertaking, a new Journal the first m tne Bpuuan. At first It will be printed in Arabic, but later it is hoped to add an English section. FITS pormnnently onrod.No nts or nervous. eas Bller Unit day's uts of Dr. Kltue'i Great Kerve lioatoi or. X trlul bottleuud tjeutlse trea iJr. il.il. iu,lN, Ltd., 1)1)1 Arch bt Pb.Ua,,lJa. After a man is married hs bejins to loss Iiiat conceit. Mrs. Wuulow's Hoothlag3yru tor children letlilng,oIteu the (ruins, raduoea Inflatuui tion,ttUnyilii,oure wiud oollo. 2ao. abottls Tho United Kingdom spends $4,400,000 year oa raisius. 3m sure FUo's Cure (or Consumpttonsavetl iy u;e inree year sgo. miis. xaoMAS uoa , Muplo fctt., Morwiou. N. IT., Feb. 17, WW. Tbo cbrouio borrower it usually out on strike. Money refunded for each package of Putnam Ii'aoijllgss JUru if uuatnfao tory. Hard work i the best sort of physics culture. A Ossutlful Neck. To fill out hoiows In the neck Inhale deep breaths of fresh air and then very slowly expel them till all the air is ex hausted from the lungs. Do this eight or ten times several times a day. Re member that this e:;erelse must be practiced with the throat bare If you are to get the most possibio good from It, and It Is useletis to expect to see an Improvement for sotno weeks. Stocks and Belta To Match. A very new idea for a stock aud belt Is to have both fashioned of white cloth, with an appliqued design In white suede leather applied In medal lions, which are then outlined with small gold beads. Transparent collars are still as popular as ever. A stun ning one bss the usual pint In front, high at the sides and back sloping into a comfortable curve at the throat. It Is mzitfs of ftlct net na a foundation; on this is sewed appL'ques of pale blue embroidery spangled with turqouise beads. Too entire collar la boned top and bottom. The smartest belts aro the snakeskln ones with a gilt harness buckle. Good all round slocks, very neat and pretty to wear with themorn Ing sulrtwaUt, are the black pcau do sole and four-ln-bamla made up in the shops to sell for a dollar. A linen turnover completes the trim appear ance. Women Use Stub Pens. It was the young man's first day in the department store, and when ho sorted out the pens to be distributed among the public writing desks ho se lected fine and medium nibs. The old hand, who superintended the Job, told him to put them all back In the box and to pick out stubs Instead. "Depart ment store letter writers are aiostly women," he said, "and nine out of ten women use a stub pen these days. It Is almost impossible to get them to write with any other kind. Every once In a while a new man comes along to do tho work you ore doing this morn ing, and he, not being up to the tricks of Bhoppers, scalers an assortment of fine-pointed pens over tho writing tables. The women writers raise no nd of a row over a mistake cf that kind and Insist upon being supplied with the favorite stubs." New York Times. Reappearance of the Topaz. Fashionable women who could not poewsss a pearl or two tin their Jewel boxes only recently felt that all tho world stood awry. Every woman they knew wore pearls set In some form or other, and during the craze diamonds for a time lost their prestige. Jusl now Jewelers ore polishing up and setting their supply of topazes, for the time seems ripe for a reappear ance of the golden stone. A topaz must be set with diamonds and sap phires to give tho good eflects ef con trast. Sapphires, more particularly, will be favored, so nearly does the blue match the glowing purple of the corn flower. The Jewelers' windows show topazes wonderfully Bet In ornaments of dain tily carved tortoise shell, combs, fret ted out as fine as lace work, and sprin kled everywhere with topaz In every shade from pale straw color to deep est yellow. Tortoise shell Is the chosen netting for the new favorite, and besides the fancy combs wonderful bracelets are being made of the richly colored shell. Scarcely bracelets or bangles are these new ornaments, but old fashioned arm lets, that clasp the white member anove tho elbows. New York Herald. The Craze for Beadwork. The beadwork of the Indian woxan is steadily growing la favor, and wc are using her artistic and beautiful handiwork for almost every purpose in both the world of fashion and in the household. Moreover, we are becom ing very expert in the making of at tractive designs ourselves, and pretty soon the paleface and the squaw, will be brought into ,barp competition'. B it we shall be handicapped, as tho Indian girl's knowledge ot thi3 bead painting is senoud nature to her. For use In the household nothing Is better to brinht n up a dark niche than a string of glass beauties. Tbey adorn chandeliers and hang over picture frames. Lovely are the new candle shades. Covered first with silk, they are dottod with beads, and a fringe ot tho same Snlshes the bottom of the candle drapery, Cat tle axes havlug beaded handles are good for decorative purposes, and the tomahawk and pie combination is also adorned with beads. It seems we are to wear bonds of beads on our sum mer hats as well as oa the belts of our thin dresses. Purses, slippers and all sorts of fancy boskets we have seen from time Immemorial, but the view upon the 'once despised objects as point has changed, and we now look things of beauty, and If the enthusiasm keeps up they will prove Joys forever, as the durability of Indian work is pro verbial. Washington Star, Three Ages of Women. "Woman's life may be divided broad ly into three very distinct periods, the whispering sge, the giggling age and the storming and! tearful age," said an observant man, "and If men were shrewd they could easily make a good guess as to a woman's age up to a cer tain time. There Is a time when a woman's age Is a matter of much mys tery, and a man, or a woman, for that matter, can't tell anything about It. The first statement, In which the divi sion of periods Is made, Is probably a little awkward, for the whispering pe riod belongs to tho child age rather than to the age of the woman, and the giggling- period gets a little closer to tho border lino of womanhood. Still alt these periods belong to the life of the sex, and hence, they may be prop erly considered In the connection I have in mind. "Note the difference between the girl and the boy of, say between-10 and 12 years of age. The boy, as a rule, Is loud, boisterous, speaks In big, com manding tones, and lives In all re spects the life intense. Dut here the girl enters upon her whispering ca reer. She begins to say things softly to her companions. She whispers ev erything. She does not use her low tones simply to peddlo the little gossip of the schoolyard, to say shy things of Jodie, and lUchard, and Thomas, and Henry, but she will whisper the most ordinary things In the world, mere commonplaces about which there Is no Eort of need of secrecy. Now as she buds Into her teens she entors Mum a period of apparently foolish, often silly, giggling. She will giggle at the moat trifling things In the world, giggle at nothing and often she will giggle when tears would be more becoming. Of courso, she doesn't mean to bo harsh In this, Sho Is probably further from harshness at this age than at any other time In her career. "It Is tho age when poetic and re Mgious Impulses are strongest In th nature of woman, when the heart Is tenderest and when the subtle essencer of that indefinable thing, the soul, are moro plastic and more responsive thnr at any other period. So she giggles, and glggle3, until after she has round ed her way into the 20s. Thus we come by degrees to the last period when the linos of lite havo dropped into their natural grooves, when tlm U'.ity Is replaced by the self-assertivs ::)!rit, when life continually alternates leiwoen tho sunshine and the shadow, pus.;!nr; quickly from laughter to tears, from song to sigh, from love's gentler, lisping- to tho rasping speech of petu lance, and so on until tho fires burn low on the hearth and the calm of age falls softly as heaven's benediction." New Orleans Tlme3-Democrat. Fashion Notes. Feathers will be extremely fashion able this season. Sorao of the newest skirts are trimmed with oither graduated rows ot velvet or a fancy velvet and braid gal loon. ' White velveteen of an Inexpensive quality, and said to bo washable, la much favored for morning wear In the house, with white cloth or serge skirts. A prominent feature of the spring costumes will be the cuffs. Even the plainest walking gowns will bo distin guished for conspicuous cuffs, usually ot the gauntlet type. A milliner has lntrotlced a now hat pin, the head of which is made of a neat little pompon of chenille. Worn with a felt hat it looks as it It was part of the trimming. The most attractive form In which the separate fancy waist has made its appearance this season la in ivory vel vet, arranged la large plaits, decorated with small gold buttons. C!oth of two colors and types will be used on one frock, cloth strappings will decorate volvot and vice versa, and laco motifs will be tinted to match the gown tbey embellish. A charming' spring model In milli nery Is of white moire slllt, draped with tulle, gaugod and tucked so as to rcEcciblo fur, with two loug ostrich feathers curling around the trim. Braided skirts aro decidedly the vogue acordlng to foreign advices; sometimes the braid is Just put on plainly in rovs on either side of the plastron or it takes some Grecian or severe conventional design. With the closely plaited Ekirls the plastron may be braided and another favored spring Irimmlug tor cloth dresses Is decoupe velvet and laco incrustations. Trimmings promise to constitute the chief -charm of the spring costumes. The tailor-made gowns will be elabor ately trimmed with bands of velvet and braid artistically combined. But tons of all sizes and all sorts will be used as a trimming. The demand far silk cords and tassels will be Increased rather than diminished, and lace and silk embroideries will be Introduced wherever there is a possible excuse for them. Vjffl 1 LATEST IjjJmMYORK FASHIONS' New York City. Shirt waists twulo rlth wide box plents nt the centre nnd with tucks running from the shoulder mnke notable features of the latest woman's bhirt waist. styles nnd nro exceedingly becoming, l'lio very attractive Mny Mnnton model shown is tniitle of pongee stilchetl with corticelli silk in self color, and worn with stock nnd cuffs of ecru Inee bound with brown velvet, but the design suits nil the Benson's el Iks, wools, linen nnd nor dropped out of sight, ns Is usually the ns. Fine deep chenille fringe outlining n very shallow shaped yoke Is becoming to very good figures. Simple looking, but far from chonp or easy to make, Is a gown copied from one I.ntly Sybil Primrose wore nt the comlng-of-nge Imll Lord Itosebery re cently gave his son. It Is ot crenin wlilte nccortlloned chiffon, tbo skirt In sun-rr.y effect, bordered with rnclip-llke frllllngs nnd falling from n perfectly fitting yoke of the loveliest duchesse Inee. Over the llncly-plcnleil blouse Is n bolero of the Inee, which comes down to the skirt yoke nt the centre front. It covers the front of the low, itiiire-cut bodice entirely. The snug elbow sleeves are nlso of the Inee, ending In n small tin ro at the elbow. A large choti of white silk ribbon is nt the bnck of a grncefully tlrnped girdle. Prttnrti Wnlste. White cloth gowns nro very smnrt, nnd for the moment wbnt Is known as cltumpngne-colored cloth, somewhat darker than Ivory white, Is the favorite color, trimmed with Inee nnd eniliroldj cry of tho same color or with a touch of pnle blue to mnke It more becoming. There Is nlso n return to the fad for Mark, and there nro dozens of smart black gowns with a round or pointed luce yoke and high stork collar nil In one, niul with elbow sleeves of the blark finished Willi big puffed under sleeves of tare. The separate w-nlst, tbnt most useful nnd practical garment which Is so often prophesied to bo going out ot fashion, and wliirli each succeeding senson tnkes n new I-: line of life, appears In an FASHIONABLE BLOUSE WA1 ST AND TIIUEE-FIECE SKIRT. cotton fabrics equally well. Plain col lar and cuffs can be Hiibstltuled for the Inco when the mat'U'inl requires such treatment nnd the lining ran be used or omitted nt will. Tho arrangement of tucks Is pecuMnrliy satisfactory, us tho shorter groups provide fulii'-ss mill sell folds over the bust. The plain back Is seen In the greater number of new models nnd always Is becoming. Tho tilted lining extends to the waist lino only mid Is closed nt the centre front, but separately from the outside. Tho wuist Itself consists of the back ami frouts, both of which are niTuugeil In gathers nt the waist line. The bark Is drawn down smoothly, but Hie fronts blouse slightly over the belt. At the centre Is the regulation box plt'iit through which the closing Isiiinile. The sleeves are In bishop style with straight cuffs. Tho slock Is novel n ltd ntlnic tivo. The quantity of material required for medium size Is three nnd three-quiii-trr yards twenty-one Inches wide, three yards thirty-two Inches wltlu or two yards forty-four Inches wide, with one half yard of nil-over for stork ami cuffs. New Finery For Fair. There never was a time when so many evening dresses Niiltnble for res taurant feasting niul resort wear were to be seen, anil even bought ready made. White broadcloth Is so far the smartest thing, though velvet, hire ami more or less spangled fabrics have played a conspicuous part. From this on canvas, elaiiilne, voile, barege, nun's veiling, greiiiidiiio anil lace will bo more In evidence, And lure ami hand work will l)o most favored us trim mings. Tiny tucks, ojour stitclilngs and any iiuiount of embroidery, nil these go to make the success of tlicsu lovely dresses. Add to these Inee, tiny amount of it, and there you are. Such dresses nro high nt tho neck, Willi or without a stock, though the sleeves mid yoke are often transparent. Fringe has neither become cnuo endless variety of designs. It Is onco again tho most noticeable of all tho new styles. (Juitu apparent Is the shirt wnlst influence upon tho waists. These, while qulto too elaborate to bo rightly Hilled shht waists, urc llko them In being made without lining or bones, nntl with a certain simplicity of pat tern. All white muerlnls ure fash ionable again, nnd especially the wash materials that even now are to be bad In such fascinating patterns with open work nnd embroidery, lines of lace in sertion, or Inee medallions all woven with the fabric. These are more ex pensive, nnd ( consequently thought smarter, with the lace or embroidery of the finest hand work. As it rule, the new walsiH nro made to fasteu in tho bark, nil the more elaborate ones being finished in that style. Tho lace is lu hands across' the chests or In long lines. Tlie sleeves nre charming, with the ful ness well below the elbow, but gath iff Iff riiiATBD sninv waist. end Into u bund oMacu t,1 embroidery ut the wrist, and largo enough to allow of a Utile fulness nt the top ot tus slueve. Harper's Unzur. CARPETS BODY BRUSSELS TAPESTRIES VELVETS INGRAINS AXMINSTER GRANITE ROOM SIZED RUGS AND ART SQUARES Dandy Patterns . . Good Goods Furniture, Kitchen Untensils, Bed ding. Gas Ranges, Go-Carts, Iron Beds, Lamps, Cradles. j Anything Needed to Furnish a House G. R. HALL OPPOSITE THE POSTOFFICE IN 11EYNOLDSVILLE, PA. The Big Tailors SPRING STYLES IN SUITS OR OVERCOATS $15.00 TO ORDER $17.50 FROM MILL TO MAN DIRECT We arc now ready with a full line of the latest spring patterns. Our new $17.50 line are world-beaters. DUNDEE WOOLEN MILLS TAILORING COMPANY, 44 NORTH BRADY ST., DUBOIS, PA. ZSBEBQSHJrasnSHBEEE; Furniture & Carpet Emporium IIS SYNDICATE BUILDING CARPETS Finest lino of Carpets ever shown in Ueyn oldsvlllo. Brussells, Ingrain, Sultana, It'ajj, Prairie Grajs, etc. Latest stylos and patterns. FURNITURE Iron Beds. Brass B;df, Bed Room Suits, Beddintr, Couches, Cbairs. Tables, Sidehourda, hall racks, desks, book cases, etc. See my carpets and furniture and tret prices. YOU WILL BE SURE TO BUY HERE J. R. HILLIS N, HANAU I am closing out Toy stock of dry goods and clothing aud ladies und cents' furnishlui? goods at per cent loss tbun cost. Atu going to quit business. si oi nics-t Gcmd - 8;e KV; lli'Oss fcttHHls, m tt' TV (lit'-x iiiioiN, . sv V5t- Ciihhim-ru - -jtKi i c I'uslimwro - tt'te Citahmuru - 47 l.se I'luiiU - I V no I'luW. - - Ik! n.in nrmtlt-liitli Mo l 2 ) I r.xulciotli - S3 ' 1.0) "fk-t - ;ms J'h! Hlki . ". S lk-l . J.V 4V' Silk - . iV St.- Iti-uu Ulndlug - r.' Cur llrusli IlluUitta - - 4,; 2V Till le Miiuii - t.f SOo lithlu lliu-ii - ' - 4tk Vilo lithlo ilitun fiiit! aoo Imit'liur'a linen - tie ton liilli'ltui-'a lltieu u 6c cumlM'ic llnlitK 4c Alio iuUleV alilti wulat 4'Ju Jl.no lut! lev shirt nulsU SUM luilw-ii' hltlrt wulitt Sl.fal luttle lilrt wulht SI. in lutilfi,' Klilrt waist l hitliy tlt't.rtMa 7.V' Imby ilrt'fese (iOC l)tll),' tll".M ic Imby itifs.fit, 7.V Imby aklrta floe Imby kkiru iV bully's skirt UK.' I'liiUraaiuckinK riffliiur MinckiiiKS lic eltlbru attiekluga KtiinU t'overn fa' bu)U sllkiiit'i'n IUe yiinl nilkitiut'U IV yi.rtl Hilkiiift'ii Sl.m) tlKxIlilui'oiwt fl.OU lluxlblu curst-1 H.V tUtxIbUiL'ni-but Mlc flexible t-orstt 40c lluxlblu cotsut CLOTHING In nliifK und "blue, cluy worsted, atiti. ii ti mm i-ouiiu cut nulla. tlVKIaolta . - ti ai.w ami lj.mialllla 10.(10 nulla I no lll.OO ttw .N 3. .Ml H.40 Children' Knee Pant's Suits mSDafE V turn iuIih S.t nulla 4.U0uiu . . YOUTH'S SUITS. 10.011 nilu . . 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