A HOG'S MOUTH. Th War It Knnhlo the Animal to Kat Mlrknrr Not.. "TVople ofton wondor how It In Hint t hog can Ret nil (lie kcrni'l out of a Mekory nnt, or any other kind of nut for tlmt matter, without swallowing any of the lnll," snld n mnn from the country, "hut as n mutter of fiict there Is nothing mysterious about the proc . Mind yon, lmrs don't swallow nny of these harder substances. They Ret rid of them, and then it In Just nn easy for tnom to K't I'M of the nhell of a nut nn it In for a mnn or a squirrel. You might think because A ling enmbei the nnt Into nnmll frnjrments tlmt lie would neccssnrlly swallow a good por tion of the hull. Hut ho doesn't do any such tliln. "It Is a conceded fort among men who know anything about the subject tlmt the home In the nioxt perfectly con structed nnlninl In tho world, consider ing the purposes for which the horse Is used and its metho1 and hnhits In life. Itnt I want to put In a good word for the hog when It comes to the thing of cracking and eating nuts without get ting any of the harder substances Into the stomnch. Tho horse Iiiik very fine teeth. The back teeth particularly are finely constructed with a view of ena bling the horse to crush Its food well before passing It Into tho stomach. These heavy grinders, heavily set in the horse's Jaw, nro looked upon as marvels. So they are. "But what's the nmtter with tho teeth of tho hog? What's the matter with that marvelous process by which they separate tho kernel of tho nut from the hull? It hns occurred to me that this Is no small achievement, and nature Is at least entitled to some sort of tribute for her skill in making this result possible. In tho first place tho hog's tongue Is more sensitive than would be supposed, and It can easily detect the harder from the softer sub stances. By some sort of process tho hog Is ablo to work the bits of a hicko ry nut hull over to the sides of Its mouth, the tonguo being used for the purpose, and here they nre thrown out at the corners. Trobably you have no ticed that tho corners of a hog's mouth are somewhat different from the cor ners of the mouths of other animals. The lines of the mouth do not end so pointedly, and hence It Is a much easier thing for tho hog to work tho harder substances which he does not care to swallow out through these little open ings." New Orleans Times-Democrat A FEW WHYS. Why do many employers say their clerks are a stupid lot and unworthy of their consideration? Why do mnny clerks look with envy on their employers and rage over every correction or sharp word? Why do many persons behave more courteously and kindly to outsiders than they do to tho ones they really love the best of all? Why do many men laugh at women's lack of business ability and yet sneer and rather look down on the woman who shows she has some? Why do mnny children resent any thing their parents say and look on them as bores and long to bo grown up so as to escape from them? Why do many rich folk look on their poor relatives an being nlwnys on the lookout for favors and so prevent tho poor relatives from giving them little presents or being natural with them? Why do mnny husbnuds work hard for tliclr wives and family, but never think bow tho wife would appreciate an Invitation to tho thenter, a little din ner at a restaurant, a box of candy or some flowers brought borne unasked? Chicago Record-IIurald. Tims In Japan. The Japanese divide the twenty-four hours Into twelve periods, of which six belong to the night and six to the day, their day beginning at auurlse and end ing at sunset Whether tho day or night be long or short, there are always six porlodH In each.' To attain this the characters or numerals on the scale are adjustable. . Two of them are set ono to agree , with the sunrise, tho other with sunset, and the four characters between thorn divide the space Into equal portions. Thus when the period of duyllght Is longer than the night the duy hours will be proportionately longer than those at night. Another peculiarity In their scale Is thut they use only six chuructors, those from four to nine, and these, read back ward. Loudou Express. VDiilu't Have on Time. A typical tough boy, aged thirteen, was committed to a certain asylum not long ago by a city magistrate. "What did you do thut they sent you here?" asked the superintendent mild ly. "Huh! They sent me up just for Dluylng a game," snarled the boy. "What game?" asked the superin tendent. "Checkers wid de police," be ex plained, "it was me move, an' I didn't move, so dey Jumped me." He bad beeu arrested for loitering. New York Tribune. Tni Carat. ' We talk of a diamond being so many carats In weight The carat was origi nally the seed of the Abysslulun carat flower. These seeds are very equal lu size and so were at one time used in weighing gold and precious stones. Today the carat as applied to gold means simply the twenty-fourth part of the weight of any piece of gold or Alloy of gold. . ' , Xou may refuse to' believe a compli ment, but it was a good doal like a now ' all. It left syot on you. Atchl i:f"w BEET SUGAI1. It tvan Born nf Franre'a Isolation Darlnat the Kapnlennle Ware. Sugar ns an article of food was not known to the ancients. Mankind has always exhibited the greatest fondness for sweets, and from the earliest times the ileum ml was supplied by honey. The rnynl psalmist sets up honey and the honcyrtiitih nn the highest standard of ninterlivl Mvcctucs. A hind flowing with i M - nl honey wns the picture dmv . ' most ancient poets to de simv ilily paradise. Itomans of the . . .1 ... i of the republic, and sub seiUeiill.v el' i lie time of the empire, Who were at the same tlmo the most luxurious epicures and the grossest feeders the world ever knew and spared neither money nor exertion to secure every delicacy possible for their tables, hud no knowledge of sugar, but robbed the been to obtain sweets for their famous honey cakes and other confectionery. Sugar was mado In India and Arabia In the earliest times, but It was not brought Into Europe until tho Inva sions of tho Mohammedans Into the countries around the Mediterranean sea, In the seventeenth ceniury. The Moors cultivated the cane In the coun tries of north Africa, and they Intro duced It Into Spain. The Spaniards, about l.'lO, planted sugar canes in their Went Indian possessions, whence It spread through Spanish America and Into tho French province of Louisiana. Tho cane was the original source of sugar, and no remained up to the time of the Napoleonic wars In Kurope. The ports of France were so closely block aded by the British fleets that it was imposslblo to secure sugar from any tropical countries, and Napoleon as sembled the chemists In France and commissioned them to discover some means of making sugar out of material found In the country, at the same time offering a large reward. This proceed ing resulted In the production of sugar from tho beet. New Orleans ricayune. DAVID GARRICK. The Great Actor's Art and HI Wife's nnfllnl Peeling; Mrs. Gnrrick's admiration of ber hus band's dramatic talents was intense, and on his great nights she would hang over her box, next the stage, In rap turous delight. Tho one flaw In her idol, she claimed, wns a taste for low life, for which she blamed blm greatly. Insisting that ho loved better to play Scrub to a low lived audience than one of his superior characters before an audience of taste. On one particular occasion she was In her box In the theater when Gnr rick's Impersonation of Richard III. was applauded to the echo. In that day a farce followed the tragedy of the evening, and as Mrs. Garrlck rose to leave before it her husband came to the box to say he had some business In the greenroom which would detain him, so most unwillingly the lady was obliged to acquiesce and remain through the closing entertainment This proved to be a comical series of blundering adventures which had be fallen a countryman who bad left bis farm to see Ixnulon and on his return gave his neighbors an account of the wonders he had met. This characterization was received with such penis of applause that Mrs. Garrlck, ever zealous of ber husband's fame, began to think It rivaled those lately lavished on Richard III. Her feelings were nearly worked up to fe ver heat when she was attracted by the frantic efforts of ber little spaniel dog to overleap the balcony that sepa rated him from the stage, when she Immediately became aware of the truth that the actor was Garrlck and ex claimed, "Strange that a dog should know his master when the woman who loved him best In the world could not pierce bis disguise." Wealth In Lapland. What the buffalo was to the Indian the reindeer is to the Lapps. At the present day the wealth of a Lapp 1 calculated in reindeer. Thus, when the people speak of a man's estate they auy, "lie la worth so many deer." Thoso who have only fifty or sixty bead are poor servants, and their deer are put with those of their "bettors." To havo any kind of social standing In Laplund one should possess at least 600 of theso animals. A Lapp is considered well off when ho Is the happy owner ot not less than 1,000 reindeer. A Conple of Bulla. In General Moore's command was an Irish soldier who, having been asked if tli Hollanders were a hospitable peoplo, Immediately replied: "They ara that; too much so. 01 was In the bosh pltal all the tolme Ol was there." This criticism la quite on a par with that of the Englishman who objected to the French because he said the stu pid idiots couldn't understand , their own language when he spoke It to them. Moat Important lewi Be Had. "Well, John, I am going to your na tive town, and If 1 see any of your folks what shull I tell them?" Proud Youth Oh, nothing, only If they say anything about whiskers Just toll them I've got some. Stray Stories. Hard Patient!. Young Doctor-Whlcb kind of pa tients do you And It the hardest to cure? Old Doctor Those who have nothing the matter with them. Borne people's Idea of economy la to break every dollar they get bold of so as to save up the peuuies they recelv In change. Kultlmore American. Give the world more suushlit and. Is moonshine. Dallas lSews. A BANQUET IN JAPAN. Talking and Amneementa Are Move Important Than the Eatlnar. Dining Is not In Japan a serious busi ness. The Japanese do not meet to eat but eat because they have met. and conversation and amusements form the principal part of a banquet Conversa tion need not be held only with you! neighbors, for If a mnn wishes to speak to a friend In another part of the room he quietly slips the paper panel behind him, passes Into the veranda, enter) the room again and sits down on the floor before his friend. Exchanging ?ups Is the chief ceremony at a Japa nese dinner. Sake, a spirit made from rice resembling dry sherry, Is drunk hot out of tiny lacquer and gold cup throughout dinner, anil the musmes, who sit on their heels In the open apace of tho floor, patiently wntch for every opportunity to fill your cup with sake. When a gentleman would exchange cups, which Is cqulvnlcnt to drinking your health, be sits down In front ot you and begs the honor. You empy your cup Into a bowl of water, have It filled with sake, drink, wash It again and hand It to your friend. He raises II to his forehead, bows, hns It fill"d and drinks. As this ceremony ha to be gone through a grent nmuy times drinking In often a mere pretense. Fat ing Is, however, but a small part of the entertainment. We must be amused, and to amuse In the business of the geishas, the licensed singing and danc ing girls who nre attached to every tea house. But the singers at a Japanese dtnnei only take the part of the clients In a Greek play, and they sing the story which dancing girls represent or sug gest by a series of gestures or pos tures. The dancers are splendidly dressed, nnd their movements are sc Interesting, so unlike anything seen in Kurope, tlint we wntch them with a curious sense of pleasure. 'LOST MONDAY." A Popnlnr Fete Dar In Belslnm Whose Orla-ln la a Mrnterr. The first Monday after Epiphany Is'a fete day throughout Belgium. "Lost Monday" It Is called; exactly why no one seems able to explnin. The origin of the fete Is lost In tho legends of the middle ages, but the modern accepta tion of the day Is certainly lost to no one here. Like Mardl Gins, Lost Mon day Is a day of general merrymaking. Every cafe and restaurant In Brussels keeps "open house," and free drinks are on hand for all patrons of the es tablishment, and as a matter of fact for many others as well who are not regular patrons. On Blnck Monday, then, as it Is Iron ically called by nome of the natives not overenchnuted with the day, the streets of Brussels are given over to the people, and the adventurous for eigner, who. Ignorant of the country's customs, ventures out. Is apt to And that the Belglnn populnce is uo respect er of persons. On this day the shopkeep ers, sighing behind their counters, And themselves compelled to hand over to their customers' servants a forced con tribution, amounting to a certain per centage of the year's purchases, while the bakers, too, have a contribution to offer in the shnpe of cakes specially made for the occasion end offered as gifts to their clientele. In this manner the unique fete Is per petuated, though tho caleudar does not note In any particular manner the first Monday after Eplphnny. Where the Other Half Waa. A young minister in the course of an eloquent sermon on the pomps and vanities of the world staggered his con gregation by excluimlng: "Here am I standing here preaching to you with only half a shirt ou my back, while you sit there covered with gewgaws and other baubles." The next day a parcel containing sev eral brand new shirts waa left at bis bouse by one of his hearers, a kind hearted old lady. Meeting the donor a few days afterward, he thanked her ex ceedlngly, but expressed much surprise at receiving auch an unexpected gift "Ob," said the lady, "you mentioned In your sermon on Sunday that you bad only half a shirt on your back." "Quite true," added bis reverence, "but you seem to forget the other half waa In front" Loudon Tit-Bits. Vindicated Their Victim. BJornsou wns once asked by a friend upon what occasion lu his life bo bad taken the greatest pleasure In know lng that he was a poet. "It was when a delegation from the Right cume to my house in Chrlstiunla," he answered, "and amushed all the windows. Be cause when they had thus attacked me and were starting for home again they felt that they ought to sing something, and so they began to sing, 'Yes, we love this lund of ours.' They couldn't do anything else. They bad to slug the song of the man whom they hud at tacked." The Persian Crow's Beak. There la a weapon known as the "crow's beak" which waa formerly much In use amoug men of rank in Persia and north India. It was a horse man's weapon and consisted of a broad curved dagger blade Axed at right an glea to a abaft, pickax fashion. The shaft incloses a dagger, unscrewing at the butt end. This concealed dagger la a very common feature of Indian arms and especially ot the battle axes of Persia. Tho Llh That railed. Mrs. A. When I was engaged to my busbuud, be waa the very light of my existence. Miss D. And now Mrs. A. -The light goaa out avery night. Brooklyn Life. Things do not go wrong of them lvss; somebody puabw tkwov-Fack. Rlnek Barks of India. The blnck buck of India is a very graceful animal, weighing between thirty nnd fifty pounds. Tho hide of the male when full grown hi of inky blackness on the back, while the belly is ns white as snow, the contract being very striking. The horns are blnck nnd spiral In shnpe and in length avernge about eighteen Inches, although they have been known to reach twenty-six lnclies. The animals nro usually found In herds nnd are difficult to approach on foot, ns the bucks toss their heads In the air from time to tlmo In a very graceful manner, nnd some of them nre almost sure to detect auy attempt at stalking. Roll Butter. The young housekeeper who told the Ashman that she wanted some eels nnd when he asked her how much replied. Miout two yards and a half," has a rival. 'I wish to get some butter, please." she said to the dealer. "Roll butter, mn'am?" be asked po I tcly. "No. We wish to eat It on tonst. We seldom have rolls." Chicago News. tlrlitliiu the Itaftrr. nitn4 (in surnrlsei-Why did -' place the alarm clock by the buck wheat butter? Nora-So It wonld know what tins to rise, muni. Chicago News. lAfflATS We are Removing to D. Nolan?s Building Next door to' Nolans Shoe store, two doorB above the First National Bank. We have one of the largest Btocks of goods that is in this Bection. Most complete line of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS and CAPS Clothing Wc havc shXnpriccs.knife and ut D ress S h i rts We will offer you one of the largest Very fine dress shirts, worth 1.50 !!rai?JS51n that wa known Calicoes Muslins for75c- Men's Shirts worth 1 -00, 48c. M r We will offer you a full line of Calicoes en S SUltS. and Ginghams, fast colors, at Shirts worth 75 cents now sold at 85 cents. A man's suit, worth $6.50 for 1 2C yd $2.98. We will offer you unbleached muslin, BalbrifiTgan A man's suit-all wool-worth $6.50, "-avy wcight' ?methinS very flne at ... for i a . Underwear $4.98. 41-2cyd. Men's suits, all wool, pure worsted, Bleached muslin, something very fine Mens' Balbriggan Underwear 15c worth $15.00, at at . Piec6, 8UC BUlt $8 50 y' Gentlemen's Suspenders at 9c. Men's Pants" Ladies Furnishings shoes for Gentle- , Wc also have a large line of Ladies' For instance take our line of PANTS, Gauze Vests at mpn 1 PlHipes Q nH worth $6.75, for IlltJIl, l-ctUlCO dUU $2.98... Ladies' Hose, 5 cent's. Children. Pants worth $3.75 for ; ; - We have a large line of Ladies', $175, . LaCe Curtains Gentlemen's and Children's ShoeB. , A . . , , r i i r We can Bell yon a very fine ladies' Pants worth $2.00 for And we will offer you a large line of , ' Lace Curtains and the prices we are of- snoe at wsc. 75C fering them to yuu for is almost giving Gentlemen's shoes nt . 10. them away. Overalls & JaCketS Children's Shoes, all Pizes and Overalls and Jackets, heavy weights, Ski rtS, BeltS, WaiStS & Pn e at 7c- ( We have a large line of Ladies Skirts, Ot all colors, which we will offer to you for BOVS CaDS. l-'rsuit- CM QQ . . pi.c70. Boys' Caps at 24c. BOVS' ClOthing We also have a large line of Ladies' J Belts, latest styles, at Baby Caps 10c. One of the largest lines of Boys' Fants, any size, worth 50c, at 2SC and 48C. 15c Neckties Now we have a fine line of Ladies' We will offer you one of the largest Waists from Gents Neckties, something very lines of boys clothing, to fit most any . , , , ' . . by,a 98c 48c to $4.48. 5? '"r',n han"s r bW8 2" We have Swelled the Conaelenee- Pand. The legislator took up hla hat to leave the statehouse. It wnn In Connecticut some years ago. Tucked In under tba swentbnnd was a roll of greenbacks. The leglslntor counted the bills. "H'ml Five hundred dollars," be snld, and put tbe money Into his pocket. Later In the dny he encountered a man with a shif ty glance of the eye who asked him, "Did you, ah, that Is, h'm, did yo'uns And anything In your bat?" "Yes, I found something In my hat" "Well, It wns n mistake." "It looked llktl one." "Bee here, that roll wns meant for nnother hat. see?" "I see." "As It's a mistake, I aupposo you are will ing to rectify It?" "Not I," snld the leglslntor. "I'm going to send that money to the conscience fund. Good morning." Mnklna I p For Lost Time. Husband (to second wife) You don't cook like Mary, my first wife, used to do, Alice, he said. In tones of gentle, exasperating reproof. No, It seems to me you can't cook like she used to. On nnother occasion he remarked: "You nro not so smart at getting about as Mary was. You don't appear to catch on where she left off." About this time a heavy rolling pin came In contact with his head. "What do you mean by that you ?" he exclaimed. In agony. "I am doing the work that Mary neg lected," she replied. There was more peace In that fami ly afterward. Drop Everything REYNOLDSVILLLE, the largest line of Millinery Goods that is known. rrem the Cookbook. Mrs. New Wed You don't llk the dumplings, Harry? Why, I made them from Mrs. Snorer'a cook book. Mr. New Wed-Well, my dear, tba sook Itself may be very palatable, but I must bare been helped to a piece of tba cardl)oard cover. Naw York Times. - The Servant's Question. Mrs. Newly Wed (from above) Bridget, put the lemons on tbe ice so they won't get sour. Bridget (to herself) Is It anny whon der thot I auk dooble pay fer serving the lolkes of thot? Exchange. Hot the Same. Tess lie snld I looked handsome in that gown. I'.Uu't be? Jess Not exactly. He said that gown looked handsome on you. Exchange. Charltr. Charity Itself commands us, where , we know no III. to think well of all. But friendship, that always goea a pitch higher, gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion 1 f his friend. Great men should think of opportu nity and not of tiuu- Time la tba ex cuse of feeble minded and puatled aplr lts.-DlsraelL Melancholy Is the pleasure of Meg snil. Hugo. Else and Rush to BASGAIB PENNSYLVANIA O 00 H B to H 50 O a I o m o 7s en 3 s f a o 8 CO USE
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