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VOLUME 12.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, MAUCH 9, 190L
NUMBEB 42.
More Riot.
Disturbance of strlkors aro not near
ly as grave as an Individual disorder f
tho jstom. Overwork, loos of sleep,
nervous tension will be followed by utter
collapse, unless a remctly Is Immediate
ly employed. There's nothing so etllel
ent to cure disorders of tho Liver ur
Kidneys as Electrio Hitters. It's 11
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ttnd the groatest " around medicine
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Ketabllhed 1883.
ltEV. V. W. SMITH, Jt.D., Editor.
Organ of tbe Methodist Episcopal
Church in Western Ponnsylvania, East
ern Ohio and West Virginia.
Able articles on all the live questions
of tbe day. Tbe contributors Include
tome of the most eminent writers of
the church.
The weekly exposition of the Sunday
school lessons is unexcelled, Interest
ing news from all the churches.
Special attention (riven to the Kp
worth League and Young Folks' De
partments. ' .
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Address : W, L Dixon,
CbrlslUu Advocate,
Pittsburg, Pa.
Christian
Advocate
A Omul t'lnce ttt Avoid,
In the northern Hlmn slates, on the
bonier of Iltiruin, there la a tribe called
tbe Wild Wits. These people propitiate
with hmunn skulls the demons whom
they worship. Outside every village In
their country there arc many posts, all
In one line, docked with httnmn skulls.
A nlelie Is cut In the bnek of each post,
w-llh a ledge on which the skull enn
rest nnd grin through a hole In front
of It. Every vtllngo has n dozen and
some its ninny as a hundred of these
bend posts. Fresh skulls are In sflcclnl
request ut harvest time nnd are pur
chased for large sums, those of distin
guished visitors being particularly desired.
She Shut.
A story Is told of Count SebouvnlofT.
n former Russian ambassador to Kng
liiiul. lie greatly admired Englishwo
men nnd was heartily nnnnyed when
ho offended any one of them. Willie
he wns In London he lenrned English,
nnd. having henrd one famous English
beauty sny 'Shut up!" to nnother. he
Imagined It to be a phrase of polite
agreement, such ns "Sny no more." In
this sense he himself addressed It to
nn Illustrious Indy the next night at
dinner, to the lady's consternation, and
his own when later he discovered his
mistake.
I'lnycrt nn Orsrnn,
The little daughter of n well known
New York mtislclai wns much chn
grlii Ml the other day by tbe Ingenuous
remark of a "now friend." Suld the
little girl proudly:
"My father is nn orgnnlst."
"And does be have a luonkeyj" wns
the prompt rejoinder.
Novelty Excited Cariosity.
Owtlalght-I had nn awful time
thinking up nn excuse to give my wife
when I got home from the club last
night.
I.iiMhman Did she demand one?
Owllnlght Of course. I got home so
early thnt it piqued her curiosity. Ex
change. k
A Parallel.
An old farmer said to his sons: "Boys,
don't you wait for sotnetJiln to turn
up. You might Jest ns well go nnd sit
down on n stone In the middle of n
meadow with n pull 'twlxt your legs
and wait for it eow to buck up to you
to be milked."
Ills l lr.l Mind.
Abner Stone had lived "Inland" all
his days and knew all there was to be
known about pork uud beef as articles
of food. His acquaintance with the
products of the sen, on the other hand.
Was very slight. Once, however, when
at the seashore he was Introduced to
shad nnd asked how he liked It.
"Well." said tbe old farmer, with a
hmve attempt at a smile, "I cale'late I
shell when I get kinder wonted to It.
mclilio, but It does seem, Jest at fust,
ye know, cnnsld'nble like tryln' to e it
a paper o' buttered pins!"
Tragedy Averted. '
"Just in the nick of time our little
boy was saved" writes Mrs. W. Wat
kins, of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneu
monia had played sad havoc with hlra
and a terrible cough sot In besides.
Doctors troutod bint, but. he grew worso
evory day. At length we tried Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
and our darling was saved. Ho's now
sound and woll." Everybody ought to
know, it's tho only sore cure for Coughs.
Colds and all Lung diseases. Guaran
tied by H. Alex Stoke, Druggist.
Trice 50c and 11.00. Trial bottles free.
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"Do It To-day."
The time-worn injunction, "Never
put off 'til to-morrow what you can do
to-day," ft now generally presented in
this form : "Do it to-day 1" That Is the
terse advice we want to give you about
that hacking cough or demoralizing
cold with which you have bean strug
gling for several days, perhaps weeks.
lake some reliable remedy for It to-day
and let that remedy be Dr. Boscheo'a
German Syrup, which ha beun In use
for over thirty-five yoars. A few doses
of it will undoubtedly relieve vour
cough or cold, and lt,s continued use for
a row days will cure you completely.
No matter how deop-sealed vour couirh.
even if dread consumption has attacked
your lungs, German Syrup will surely
effect a cure as It bas done before Id
thousands of apparently hopeless oases
of lung trouble. New trial bottles, 25c:
regular size, 75o. At all druggists. H.
Alex. Stoke.
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HEREDITARY RANK.
Precedence In Knsrlnnd It Strnell
mm American Girl.
I knew a young American girl who,
going to England under tho care of an
ambassador's family and attending her
first largo dinner party ai d looking
almut her, selected ns the guest In the
room who most Interested her one man
of distinguished aspect, whom alio re
solved to watch. When tho guests
were ushered into the dining hall ac
cording to the laws of precedence she
found herself nt the very end of tbe
brilliant procession ns one of two un
titled plebeians In the room, assigned
to the escort of the very mini who bad
Interested her nnd who turned out to
be Samuel Rogers, tho poet nnd patron
of art nnd tho recognized head of lit
erary society in England. She always
said that she secured two things at
that entertainment namely, tho most
delightful companion that she ever
had at a dinner party nnd, moreover, a
lesson In the outcome of mere hered
itary runk that would last n lifetime.
Rogers' poems are not now read so
much as formerly, but at thnt tlmo the
highest literary honor a man could
have was to dine with Rogers. Ho wns
also one of the richest bnnkers iu Lon
don nnd wns very possibly tho only
person in the room who bnd won for
himself a reputation outsldo of bis
own little island, but bo wns next to
nobody in 'that company, nnd the little
American girl wns the nobody. Thom
as Wentworth Hlgglnson In Atluntlc.
SEED IS NATURE'S GEM.
It Is the One Priceless Jewel In Her
Treasure House,
In nature's great treasure bouse the
seed is tbe ono priceless gem. Cora
pared to It tho great deposits of coal,
the mlnos of silvor and gold and of
diamonds and precious atones are as
nothing. Man counts bis wealth In
dollars and cents, In mining and rail
road shares nnd In houses and lands,
while his primal necessities are limited
to food and clothing. Without these
oil other tokens of affluence are Told.
These Indeed are the sources of true
wealth, and the grass of tho Held sup
piles them nil directly or indirectly.
The cereal grains wheat, rye, oats,
barley, rice and Indian corn which
are the seeds of true grasses, are con
vertible directly into food. Tho succu
lent lenves and culm of the wild grass
es furnish sustenance to millions of
rattle, sheep nnd goats and are trans
formed by them into flesh, milk, wool
and bides, thus Indirectly providing
meat and clothing. They also protect
the soil from flood and drought and
lnndsllde. Sending their fibrous roots
down among the shifting sands of the
seashore, they bind the unstable par
ticles Into a mass so dense as to check
tho erosion of the waves. Thus grass,
the synonym of frailty, is nblo to raise
Its tiny green scepter against tbe de
structive power of the elements. Out
ing. A Kent netort.
Dean Farrar soon after be went to
Bt. Mnrgnret'a, Westminster, was din
ing at Professor Jowett's and toward
dessert took tip tbe parable against
Dives, His voice rose higher and
higher, be spread silence around blm,
and be wns heard thundering out:
"What I complain of as a clergyman
is that I havo to do what no layman
has to do. I have to beg and beg in
vain. Fashionable Indies come to my
church glittering with precious gems,
aud yet they will not sacrifice one dia
mond from their grand tiaras In order
to save some en-lug sister from de
struction." When bo finished the si
lence grew sultry. All tbe hearers
looked gloomily at their plates. Then
Jowett. who bad been looking as
though be meant mischief, squeaked
out, "Whnt I object to as a clergyman
Is that I bave to exaggerate sol" St
James Gazette.
Death Scenes In Poetry,
Tocts are. If possible, worse offend
ers In the matter of their death scenes
than arc novelists. A man pulls a two
dram vial of some poison from his
breast, swallows the contents, proceods
to make a 00 line speech without a
pang or a gasp, staggers gracefully
backward to a conveniently placed
sent, drops upon it, clasps tho region
of the heart with both bunds and dies
after a little convulsive movement of
tbe legs. Heart disease, too, carries
off heroines In a fashion quite un
known to doctors, nnd, although It Is
of the variety known ns "broken
heart," bus characteristics which must
not bo generally associated with froc
ture of so important an organ. Brit
ish Medical Journal.
klw sr vihgs m
Pays 4 RerCent
On Saring Accounts.
Caeapoataded Bemt-Annuoily.
Just as-Safe and Easy to Bank by MMl . '
Coming In Person. Ask Mow.
fCT0 OVER 7,000.000.
WOOD AND DIAMOND STRUfcTS,
PITTSCURaM. PA.
t Main? H tip e r ftl n ."
Malays have very much the snmo
Ideas of bad nnd good luck signs ns
prevail In other countries. If one trips
on the steps of his bouse or knocks bis
bend n gal list the lintel when starting
for a Journey he delays a day. If possi
ble, for the accident portentls death.
Kenrful 111 luck will attend a native
who starts on a Journey lu tho rnlu, for
the rain slgnlllea tears. As a swarm
nf bees settling on or near a house In
England brings good luck, so tho result
Is the very opposlto iu Malay districts.
A bird flying Into a Malay house de
cidedly benellts the occupier, for, If
cnttght, smeared with oil aud com
manded to fly away with nil tbe ill
luck and misfortunes of tbe bouse, all
will be well.
In Singapore we see Malay cottages
n round us, here and there, yet few
know tbe superstitions prevailing with
regard to the building of these habita
tions. 1'or Instance, if tho steps in
front are by nu unlucky chance placed
exactly under the center rafters It will
mean quarrels nnd fighting under tho
roof. A visitor to one of these dwell
ings must never leun against the steps
when talking. That would entnll a
funeral from tbe bouse. This weird
notion arises from the fact that cof
fins are banded to men at tbe bottom
nf the steps. London Times.
A Joke He I. Iked.
In the strain nnd excitement of trad
ing on Wall street the brokers, says
Mr. E. C. Stedman in tho Century
Magazine, often relapse into wild mer
riment and play boyish pranks. On
one occasion an old Indian with a
young brave, a boy nnd two squaws
entered the gallery. At once the "floor"
put forth every effort to break down
their stolidity. A war whoop had no
effect. A war dance did not arouse
even a smile.
At last a huldhcaded man was thrust
into n ring of young fellows, his hands
held behind blm, a knife drawn around
his pnte, and the miiuimery of a futile
attempt to detach bis scalp was en
acted. This wns at Inst too much for tbe dig
nity of the aborigines. The boy broke
Into a broad laugh, In which tho squaws
Joined; the young warrior grinned in
spite of himself, nnd nt last the sem
blance of grim humor overspread the
face nf the ruthless old chief, who mny
have been tho perpetrator of as many
atrocities as Ueronimn.
I.oiiilon Knirllnh n Ilnse Jnrsron.
The vigor and purity of n language
can only be preserved by tbe fashion
nhlc class, the class whom In matters
social everybody Imitates, speaking It
well. Rut how can English be well
spoken when some of tho greatest la
dies speak the idlAm of Massachusetts
through their tnmes and a lnrge pro
portion of the men cough tho Idiom of
Frankfort' from their throats? The
constant babbling of broken English
nt dinner tables and In drawing rooms
Is becoming quite fatiguing, and as a
result the English speak their tongue
worse than it was ever spoken before.
Everybody knows the temptation to
speak u sort of bnhy pigeon English
to a foreigner In the strange hope that
it may be more Intelligible to him.
This and the siting taught us by the
Yankees have reduced tho English lan
guage ns spoken by smart people to a
base jargon. -Saturday Review.
How One h'net Wna Discovered,
In tho curly part of tho lust century
an English buttoiimuker becume fa
mous for the steel waistcoat buttons
which ho used to manufacture with
lines cut upon them for ornament. He
gradually put tho Hues nearer and
nearer together and observed thut us
he Increased tho number of lines tho
buttons became more nnd more irides
cent He explained his discovery to a
scientist, who began experimenting
upon ruled plates of steel. Tho result
was tho wonderful diffraction grat
ing which is now used in plnco of tho
ghiBS prism upon nil great telescopes
to break tbe ordinnry ray of light Into
Its primary colors.
A Typical Bonaparte.
Princess Matbllde was a typical
Bonaparte. Reneath the skin of a
grsnde dmne there dwelt the soul of a
vlvantliere. Sho was generous and
tempestuous. Something of a butt iu
her prime, as a certain rather pro
nounced passage In Lord Malmesbury's
reminiscences shows, she wna uni
versally admitted at the same time to
possess taste and a knowledge of the
arts. It was to her credit, too, that
sho cared not a snap of her fingers for
dynastic disputes. She wus on the
friendliest of terms with the Due d'Au
mulo and Is said to bave tried, but in
vain, to conciliate some of tho stlffer
brunches of tbe puzzle headed Bourbon
fumlly. Altogether, she wus a woman
who lived every moment of her life.
Loudon Outlook.
I Ilrnte Creation Wiser t
Every living bird and beast strives
Its utmost to cram itself with food be
fore retiring for tbe uigbt, and this
food is digested as the night progresses.
The evening feed Is the feed of the day
with the brute creation, and yet doc
tors tell us to refrain from eating
heartily ut night aud even advise us
to retire to rest with a more or less
empty stomucb. Are we following na
ture wheu following this advice? Eng
lish Country Gentleman. "
THE PRINCE'S VRAITH.
fn Anpnrltlnn Whose t'nmlnst Wns
Slltn of Dentil.
King (ItiHtaviis IV. of Sweden, who
reigned In the early part of the Inst
century, was taking supper one evening
with the Prince of H:ilen nnd others,
among tbciu a Count Loweiibjelm. Sud
denly, halfway through the supper, tho
king let drop bis knife mid fork anil,
turning to Loweiibjelm, said, "I.ool;!
Don't you see?" nt the same time gaz
ing across the table. No ono under
stood what be meant, nnd so he drop
ped the subject. Later, after the
l'rlncc of linden hud departed, the
king said to his companions: "When I
asked you whether you saw anything,
I had myself distinctly seen the dou
ble, or wraith, of the I'ritice of Itnden
enter the room and, passing round the
table, place Itself behind thnt prince's
chair, where It quickly faded uwuy aud
vanished. You know," added the king,
"the terrible import attached In our
country to such nppnrltlons, nnd, hav
ing given you the key to what you may
well have thought unaccountable con
duct on my part, I now request you to
keep strictly to yourselves what I have
imparted to you." The following even-'
Ing and at the same hour, according to
Count Loweiibjelm, while the court
was seated as usual at supper, tbe clut
ter of horse's hoofs wns heard in the
palace quadrnnglc, nnd a courier was
speedily announced, who brought tld-
Inira nf n illaiiMtrmia pnrrliifrn ncdilnnt
In which the Prince of Itadeu had lost V
his life.
CALIFORNIA'S CHARM.
How the Visitor Prom the East
Flnnllr t'upllulntem.
Yon will not find everything In south
ern Cullfornln. You will miss the wide
stretches of green in the open places,
fur removed from the dusty cities, the
noble trees, the clear streams of wa
ter, the blue Inko nestled In among the
pine clad mountains. Y'ou will miss
that splendid mlrnelo tho change of
the seasons, when your whole nature
comes Into closer touch with the great
mother hrnrt of nature than at any
other time in all the year,
You will miss much. Rut when you
have been here a year, when month
after mouth of rare nnd beautiful
weather blend Into each other, when
the sen wooes you and tho flowers charm
you and the brown mountains beckon
you nnd the soft air soothes you, after
a year has passed you And there are
some compensations for the lovely
things you have left behind you. You
come to realize that nature has done
more for this stretch of sen and moun
tain girt land tliuu she has done' for
any other spot on the globe.
You may have been charmed with
Cullfornln when you came, you may
have been captivated after you bad
been here a year, you may capitulate
nnd consent to be captured by the
time two golden summers have stolen
over you. The World Today,
Hot 'Water.
Cold blooded peope, who hove little
thirst, will do well to make a business
of drinking n certain amount of hot
water every day throughout the win
ter season. It lessens the tendency to
take cold, Improves tho circulation and
benefits coughs and insomnia.
Ilcfore going to bed Is a very good
time for this practice, as It warms up
and relaxes tbe system, thus preparing
the way for a good night's sleep.
. Many cases of Indigestion, headache,
neuralgia, cold hands and feet, can be
cured In half an hour by drinking slow
ly ono or two pints of water so but
that it almost bums the throat Med
ical Brief.
Blnlnr I'oelrr.
Tho Malnys possess a poetical na
ture and, like the Japanese, regnrd the
writing of poetry as an art to be as
pired to by anybody. Short couplets
aro their delight, especially those with
a llttlo moral attached. Ono founded
on tbe weather tends to comfort a per
son who has been badly treated: "Now
it Is wet, now it is flno. A day will
come for retaliation." Then, again, of
lovers they say, "As tbe owl sighs
longingly for the moon." A young
and pretty brldo they speak of as bo
. Ing "llko a sarong not yet unfolded,"
; an apt Illustration when one thinks of
the bright colors of new sarongs.
I
Condensed Milk Lack Water.
j Steam emanating from boiling milk
, if condensed would become water.
( This may be seen in the manufacture
of condensed milk, which Is only ordl
! nary milk boiled down until tbe water
Is out of It. If a liquid which contains
solid bodies In solution be evaporated,
the Bollda are left behind. That this
Is so mny be shown by adding to wa
ter thut is to bo distilled a trace of
magenta and a little Bait. The dis
tilled water has no taste and is color
less. The mugeuta Is generally de
posited upon the sides of the boiling
vessel.
A Scotch Taoth.
Dentist (after struggling for twenty
minutes In a vain endeavor to extract
tho tooth) I must say you you have
the firmest tooth I ever bad to deal
with. 1'utlunt I'm in nae hurry. It's
grauu' practice for ye, an' it'll teach
ye that we maun a' work fsr or twin'."
Quickness Is ilclntlve.
The careful A m. Tic. :n observer soon
finds that the standard of quickness Is
to be determined In England, ns every
where else, by the point of view. Peo
ple who go slowly on now ground mny
turn out to be quick enough when
wholly tit home with auy particular
line of thought.
How odious nnd complicated, for in
stance, seems to nn American observer
the computation of pounds, shillings
mid pence! It seenis strange that any
nation should consent for u day to em
ploy anything but n decftnnl currency.
Yet with what lightning rapidity does
ft London bookkeeper make his com
putations! What a life of tedious for
mality seems that of an English hoime
servant! Y'et there was no slowness
of Intellect In thnt footman in an earl's
family who. when his young lord fell
over the banisters nnd the next of kin
culled to ask If the elder boy was hurt,
answered promptly, "Killed, my lord!"
thus accomplishing In an Instant the
transfer of tho title appertaining to an
earl's eldest son and heir only. Thom
as Wentworth Hlgglnson In Atlantic.
A Prerlone Mnnuscrlpt.
There Is now In St Petersburg the
oltlest known MS. of the New Tes
tament in Ureek, saved from destruc
tion by the merest chance many years
ago. Crossing the hall of a convent nt
the foot of Mount Sinai, Constantino
Tlschendorf saw a basketful of parch
ment leaves on their wny to be burned.
Two baskets had already gone, he wns
told, nnd all that he could secure for
himself was a small bundle of odd
leaves. But the monks, now Interested
In the "waste paper," saved the rest
from the fire, nnd nine years after, on
a return visit to the convent, Tlschen
dorf found thnt the Stewart bad, wrap
ped In a red cloth, "a bulky kind of vol
ume," which proved to be the whole of
the New Testament, with parts hitherto
unknown, nnd parts of the Old, which
hod long been sought. Ho begged the
volume for tho czar, and today It lies,
well preserved In spite of Its 1,600
yenrs of age, among the treasures of
the Russlun capital. London Mall.
Tenting- a Horse's Erea.
The unsuspecting farmer is often
"bit" by the professional horse trader
In having n horso with defective sight
palmed oil on blm. The trader makes
a John L. pass at the horse's eye wltb
his fist, and the forco of the air causes
the horse to bat or blink his eyes,
though he mny be totally blind In one
eye und wenk In the other.
If the farmer will blindfold one of
tbe animal's eyes and make gentle
pnsses at five aud ten feet from it, bo
can tell how strong tbe animal's sight
Is in thut eye. Then blind the examin
ed eyo nnd go through the same proc
ess with the other.
This llttlo bint mny save you getting
the "small end" of a swap.
Honrs nnd Lack.
As strong as the superstition of Fri
day is that concerning certain hours in
European and oriental countries.
In l'arls the superstition Is so prev
alent that an enterprising business is
that of selling enrds on which are
printed the hours that should be avoid
ed. Tho famous Gambotta consulted a
reader of cards as to the auspicious
day for embarking on any Important
enterprise.
President Carnot was skeptical of
such tilings, and he chose an unlucky
hour for his Journey to Lyons, where
he was assassinated. American Queen.
Sir Ilower da Corerler.
Ralph Thoresby, writing in 1717 of
tbe family of Calverley of Colverley,
Yorkshire, says: "Roger was a person
of renowned hospitality, since at this
tlmo the obsolete tune of 'Roger a
Calverley" is referred to him. He was
a knight nnd lived in the time of Rich
ard I." Tills passage carries the date
of Ilia origin of the tune back to about
111MI. The Spectutor in a description of
Sir Roger, now called "de Coverley,"
says, "His great-grandfather was the
inventor of the famous country dance
which is called after him."
A Matter of Doubt.
A minister In a certain city said: "My
brethren, the collection will now be
tukeu for my expenses for a trip, for I
am going away for my health. The
more I receive the longer I can stay."
The largest collection ever made lu
thut church was taken. And now the
question under discussion is whether
the slzo of the collection was a compli
ment to the preacher or much the re
verse. Maxima For All Pnrpoaeo,
"Remember, my son," suld the pru
dent man, "thut a penny saved is a
penny earned."
"That's so," replied the reckless
youth. "The trouble wltb me Is thut I
am always getting hold of the wrong
proverb. I was thinking,. 'Nothing
venture, nothing have.' "Washington
Stur.
Tbe Terrible Boy.
The Mother Eunice, was there any
kissing In that pantomime you and the
others wero rubearslug in tbe parlor
lust evening? The Daughter Why, of
course. Herbert and I bad to kiss, but
It wus lu pantomime. Johnny No, It
wasn't, uiauimu. I heard HI Chicago
Tribune.
NAPOLEON'S POLICE.
I'ber Were Well Watched to Insnr
n Full Mrnenre of Dutr.
During the reign cf Emperor Napo
leon I. at a dinner In Tarls the conver
sation turned upon the emperor and
his government. Olio of the company
remarked thut ho wns n great man,
but was too fond of war. Wheu the
pnrty broke up, a gentleman who was
present requested to speak In private
to the person who had made that ob
servation. "Sir," Btiid bo, "I am sorry
for It. but I must request you to go
with mo to tho police." "Why?" said
tbe other In tho grcntest apparent
nlann. "I have Bald nothing against
the emperor but whnt every ono must
acknowledge, thnt lie is too fond of
wnr. There can be no hurra in that"
"With that I have nothing to do. You
must go with mo to the police" The
other now begun to show the strongest
symptoms of fear. Ho entreated the
police agent In the most pathetic lan
guage to have compassion on him.
Tho other, however, stood unmoved by
all bis solicitation, when suddenly the
man rose from his knees and burst
Into a laugh, to tho utter astonishment
of the Informer. "You think! you have
caught me," snld he. "You are a spy
of tho police." So am I, and I was put
over you to see whether you would 4o
your duty."
THE COST OF A LEGACY.
Sometimes It Doesn't Par to Inherit
Money In Italy.
In Italy it appears to be a somewhat
expensive affair to inherit money
that Is, if it be a small sum. Not long
ago a young man died in the little
town of Romngna who left 1 lira 68
ctS-itcslml, or not quite 84 cents. This
Bum, which bnd been deposited In the
postofiice savings bunk, became the
property of the young man's father.
As the amount was so small, tbe fa
ther thought it unnecessary to make a
declaration of the legncy as tbe law
prescribes, especially as the stamped
paper on which the declaration must
be made would cost about 22 centeslml
more than tbe money Involved.
Three months afterward he received
a demnnd from the local state treasury
for tbe payment of 14 lire 48 centeslml
(nearly $3). Thinking a mistake had
been mnde, he took no notice of this
demand, with the result that later an
official called upon him and demanded
tbe immediate payment of 18 lire
($3.50). The father had not sufficient
money In hand, so the official took pos
session of the man's furniture. The
cost of this seizure brought the total
sum to 30 lire, which the poor man
had to pay that same evening to avoid
tbe sale of his goods by auction.
AN EARLY AIRSHIP.
It Waa Unlit In Eng-land la 1S8B, bat
Wna a Fa 11 are.
We are told by Teter Farley, who
wrote as an eyewitness, that In Au
gust, 1835, the Eagle was officially ad
vertised to sail from Ixmdon with gov
ernment dispatches and passengers for
Farls and to establish direct communi
cation between the capitals of Europe.
This early type of airship was 160
feet long, 50 feet high and 40 feet
wide, and Bhe lay in the dockyard of
the Aeronautical society in Victoria
road, near Kensington gardens, then
quite a rural spot
Built to bold an abundant supply of
gas, she was covered with oiled lawn
and carried a frame seventy-five feet
long and seven feet high, with a cabin
secured by ropes to tbe balloon. An
Immense rudder and wings or fins on
each side for purposes of propulsion
completed her fittings. The deck was
guarded by netting.
After all this preparation and adver
tisement the Eagle never got beyond
Victorln road, for Count Lennox and
his assistants fulled to provide tho
necessary motive power.
The Barber's Pole.
The origin of the barber's pole, Itself
almost now a thing of the past, origi
nated In the days of barber surgeons,
when bloodletting was considered a
panacea for most of the Ills that flash
la heir to. The pole was used for tbe
patient to grasp during the operation,
and a fillet or bandage for tying up the
arm. When the pole was not In use,
the tape was tied to it and twisted
round it, and then it wss hung up as
a sign. At length, Instead of hanging
out the actual pole used in operations,
a painted one with stripes round it In
Imitation of tbe genuine article and
its bandages was placed over the shop.
Dacha and Geese.
Do geese "quack?" "No," says the
observant critic; "geese do not quack,
but they squack." It Is the ducks that
quack, and the story of the goose go
ing about from .day to day with a
"quack, quack, quack," Is declared to
be without good foundation. Thore Is,
Indeed, quite a differen'.-o In the vo
cabulary of these feathered creatures,
but It requires a sharp ear to discover
tbe difference.
The Coat.
Laura I don't know, George. It
seems such a solemn thing to marry. v
Have you counted the cost? George
The cost, Laura? Tbe cost? Bless we,
I've got a clergyman cousin thut'll mar
ry us for nothlugl