? ' L1. Flshlnn for Son I'nnl. Catching nulls find other sea fowl by a halted book and lino Is a barbarous practice which In sometimes rt sorted to tiy sailors. The same method wns employed In former t lines for catching herons. A long lino of ullk, villi n Ktrnntl of wire l isled In, was Used to n stone nl ni! end niui to hisilis nt the other. The Imlt was then put out In shallow water, where the birds seek thrlr food, either In n Hi renin or nl the edge of n pond. When the heron pouch ed the hii it Urn hooks lodged 111 his gul let, nnd the strand of wire In the lino prevented It from being bitten through. Vnpnrdntinltle. "In whnt family were yon last em ployed?" asked Mrs. I'ields-.laincs. "In the fnnilly of Mrs. llnseoiiiinon," replied the applicant for n position of governess. "May I nsk why yon left her?" "Hor supoiflelnllty nnd hiek of gen eral lnformntlon rendered my position unendurable. She was unaware of the distinction between nn anachron ism nnd nn anomaly."- Chicago Trlb "f!ne.' The Mnle'a I'lnelil Slntc. "Is that your mule?" nsked the liinu who was going fishing. "Yns, sir," said the colored man who wns sluing on n log by the road. "loes lie kick?" "'Deed, mint uli, he nln't got no cause to kick. He's gift In' his own way right along. I'm ile one (hit's hiivln' do worry nn' dllllciiliy." Exchange. All Nho Wlinlril. "She's n lovely girl and so simple In hor tastes. I told her that I hadn't much of nn Income yet, but that I hoped I could provide for her every wnnt." "And what did she say?" "Hlie said Hint would lie nil she could nsk." Cleveland I'laln Dealer.- The Cure that Cures Coughs, h CoisJ Bronchitis and Incipient " 1 Consumption Is 1 CwwAhTOfc t4 Vh i'vansev i5tiY 25fi50t.s huropean Tea and Coffee Go. SIDEBOARD Given Away Free to Our Patrons. You are cordially invited to our store and be con vinced tliat we are the only store that gives you the best. We don't handle any thing but Tea, Coffee and Sugar. OUR PRICE LIST Coffee 15, 23, 25 and 30 cents. Teas 18, 23, 35, 40, 4-5, GO and 90 certs. Granulated vSugar 5c per Pound. EUROPEAN TEA & COFFEE CO. In the Foster Building. MAItVELS OF MEiMOKY 60ME REMARKABLE INSTANCES OP THE POWER OF RECOLLECTION. An fcnarllahmasi Whoa Wnnilcrfol (Jlft of llrtenf Inn llrmigttfl IHninny ia Vnllnlr 4 llriirtrr Who II III IV nt Have to Take Extraordinary memories have at tracted the attention of men in nil ages, nnd In these days n man with n retentive memory Is considered to bo more or less gifted. Some pood Instances of remarkable memories are to be gathered from the records of (irceeo nnd Home. Themis tocles, n famous Jreek general. Is said to have known every citizen In Athens. No doubt (Mho, the Roman emperor, owed much of his success to n remark able memory. He learned the name of every soldier nnd olllcer In his nriny, nnd this, union;; other things, rendered him so popular that he wns nt length ncclalmed emperor. llortenslus, the Roman orator, Is snld to have been nble, nfter sitting n whole day nt n public sale, to give nn ne count from memory of nil things sold, with the prices nnd nnmes of the pur chasers. Coming to Inter times, the following anecdote affords nn instance of won derful powers of memory: An Kng llshman went to Frederick the Great of l'russln for the express purpose of giving him nn exhibition of his powers of recollection. Frederick sent for Vol taire, who wns then residing nt tho Frusslnn court. At the king's request Voltaire read n long poem whivli ho had just composed. The Englishman was present and was In such a position that he could hour every word of tho poem, though he wns concealed from Voltaire's notice. After the rending of the poem Frederick observed to t lie au thor Hint the production could not ho nn original one, ns there was n foreign gentleman present who could recite every word of It Voltaire listened In amazement to the stranger ns he re peated, word for word, the poem which he bad been nt so mm li pains in com posimr, and, giving way to a momen tary outbreak of passion, he tore the manuscript In pieces. He was then In formed how the Englishman had be come acquainted with ills poem, nnd his linger being appeased he was will ing to do penance by copying down tho work from the second repetition of the Nirauger. who was nblo to go through it ns lie fore. There'lived In the sixteenth century nt 1'adun a law student who had train oil his memory to such a high degree of perfection that he could recite otl, 000 words nfter once hearing them read. Jivhvliiih Ilnxton, nn Illiterate per son ef the eighteenth century, used to put his memory to a curious use. On one occasion he mentioned the quanti ty of ale he had drunk free of cost since ho was twelve years old nnd tho names of the gentlemen who had given It to him. The whole amounted to 5,110 pints. As ngnin showing that retentive gifts were not found In the educated nlone, there Is a notable Instnnco of "l'.llnd Jnmle," who lived some years ngo In Stirling. He wns a poor, uneducated man nnd totally blind, yet he could actually repent ufter a few minutes' consideration nny verse required from any part of the lilblo, even the obscur est nnd least important An Instance of a wager being won by n font of memory wns that of a person who repeated nn entire newspn pcr, advertisements ns well, nfter ft single rending. The power of retaining events has sometimes been manifest in a marked degree. A laboring mnn named Mc Cartney, at fifty-four years of ago, claimed that he could recollect the events of every day for forty years. A. test was made by a well known public man who had kept a written record for forty-five years. The man's statement wns fully corroborated In deed, so accurate was his recollection that ho could recall without apparent effort the stnte of the wenther on any given day during those forty years. Another Instance of a wager being won by a font of recollection was that of Mr. Futter, who several years ago was a well known tithe collector In Norfolk. lie wagered that he could recollect every word of a sermon that was to be preached and afterward write It out verbatim. Ho was not seen to take notes and at the close of the sermon retired to a room and wrote out the sermon. On comparison with the manuscript which the preacher had been asked to bring for the purpose, it was found to vary In one Instance only, where a synonym had been used, but in that Mr. Futter was proved to be correct, for the clergyman had a distinct recollection of substituting ono word for the other In hlB dellvory. When reporting was forbidden in the houses of pnrliuuent and any one seen to make notes was immediately eject ed the speeches, nevertheless, were published in the public press. It was discovered that one Woodfall used to be present in the gallery during tho speeches and, sitting with his head be tween his hands, actuully committed the speeches to memory. They were afterward published. Lord Macauluy bad a marvelous fa cility for remembering what he read. He once declared that if by accldeut all the copies of Milton's "I'urudlse Lost" were destroyed he would be able to write 'out tho whole of this long poem without a single error. In fact, bo once performed the marvelous feut of repeating the whole poem, making only one omission. Charles Dickens, after once walking down a street, could remember the names of all the shopkoepers and their I ubI ileuses. London Spare Moments, Telegraph posts along a railway are arranged thirty to the mile. YELLOWSTONE PARK. Inr Mrrm With 3aara'a Surprises Thrre nt Krerr Tarn, , I'rohnbly no nren of cqunl extent contains so great n number of nntural ol'Ji-eK 'iipnblfr of arousing wonder, enthusiasm nnd awe ns are found crowded together In the park. Its many scenic features of restful charm, found alongside mens of never ending ncllvlty, with weird, grotesque sur roundings, surprise ono nt. every turn. Ycllnwstouo lake, .the largest sheet of water in America at so high nn eleva tion, with Its Indented shore line nnd 1 lit square miles of surface dotted with forested Islands, presents to lov ers of nature a series of plctnresqiio landscapes tinequnleil upon any other Inland waters. The fur fumed falls of the Yellowstone, with their unique nml marvelous rock setting, nnd tho Grand canyon, with Its ma Jostle out lines nnd brilliant coloring, nre worthy of nil the praise bestowed upon them mid merit a separate descriptive arti cle. More than a score of waterfalls and enseades, some of them of ex quisite grace nnd beauty, pour thenvn ters of mountain torrents and plateau lakes from the uplands to the low lands. Many of them well deserve a visit, but their fame Is obscured by the real marvels of the Yellowstone. Again, tho fossil forests, so seldom visited, tell n most Interesting story of a burled plant world, of explosive erup tions of mud volcanoes nnd the grad ual piling up of erupted lavas nnd ashes. All these, enticing as they seem, npnr lnslgnlllcnnt when com pared with tho hydrothennnl phenome na displayed ' In geysers, boiling springs, hot lakes, solfataras nnd num berless fumaroles, which hnve gained for the park tho appellation of the won derland of America. Unquestionably It Is this hot water treatment which the region has undergone that has de veloped most of the objects of Interest nnd made the park famous the world over. Fven the lake owes much of Its attractiveness to Its hot springs and paint pots, and the Grand canyon would lack Its brilliancy of coloring nnd Its snilptured buttressed walls but for the long continued action of hot ns well ns cold water. Arnold Hague In Scrlbncr's. PITH AND POINT. No grown person should ever ha to a child. Any man who has money can hnve lithographs printed claiming a big show. i Tlie trouble with having a good word for everybody is that when you pay a compliment it doesn't count. Wo hope we nre not lacking In sym pathy, but when they tell us that a fat woman Is "delicate" we laugh. After a mnn has been engaged three or four weeks ho begins to find oppor tunities to take Bides in her quarrels. We don't know what It requires to become skillful nt repartee, unless it is to think as quick as when tho baby has tho croup." Ever notice how people reach over tho preserves nfter tho pickles? And how they Insist on passing pickles in stead of preserves to others? Atchison Globe. Queer Tastes. Speaking of mysterious tnstes, that of a man who wus recently before the magistrate nt Greenwich is not very easy of explanation. Three weeks ngo a legney of 1110 was left to him. The first' thing ho bought, it seems, was a set of billiard balls, nnd ho now has nothing clso left to show for the 130, which has disappeared nt the rnto of 43 lis. 8d. weekly. Why billiard balls? It is a singular and rather Interesting form of craving. It is perhaps true thnt a billiard bnll Is one of the very few perfect objects produced by man. It is nil of a piece, it is thoroughly ho mogeneous ns regards material, and it Is, or should be, faultless In form. Vet only a strong strain of mysticism In tho character would account for a man hungering and thirsting for billiard balls above all other earthly things.-' London News. Eyelets Bold bjr the Million. "Eyelets," snld a manufacturer, "are, like needles, pins and matches, sold by the million Instend of by tho pound. I don't suppose anybody could tell bow many million eyelets are sold every year In New York, but the number is prodigious. Eyelets are mude for a variety of uses, from the bugo white metal loops sewed into the corners of ships' sails to the tiny eyelets for the dainty slipper of a baby. The greatest number of eyelets made are, of course, for shoes. They are put up In boxes of 100,000, 250,000 and 000,000. Only those proportions are packed. They lost anywhere from $50 to $130 a mil Hon." New York Times. Overheard on the Pier. "Is this all?" demuuded the custom houso Inspector as he finished up Blnks' trunks. "Well, no," said Blnks. "I get a new wife over In Purls. That little woman over there with the pink cheeks Is she." "All right." said the inspector. "We'll have her appraised. She looks like a work of art." Life. Saved hr Kurlr Instruction. Mrs. Crowfoot I'm glad we taught our boy Hiram never to loaf around comers. Mr. Crawfoot Got another object lesson, Maria? Mrs. Crawfoot Yes. Tho paper anys a young man lost a fortune on a corner In Wall street Philadelphia Hecord. Bloodleaa. "I see Jeunle Gayleigb is to undergo another operation." "Hear mo! Apiiendlcitls again?" "No. She's going to have her busv baud amputated." Town Topics. "MYSTICAL NUMBEr, NINE. Ii la a Trlnllr of Trlnltlra and Is Indicative of Perfection. Nino Is h trinity of trinities nnd in- J uti-iiM-n h-.-uti ion or i'imiijhci ion. j uero nro nine earths, nine heavens, nine go. Is, nine muses, nine worthies, nine crosses, nine points of the law, nine rivers of hell, nine orders of angels and nine circles of rank In (lines so ciety. Hilton, In "I'arailhie Lost," says: "The gates of hell nre thrice threefold- three folds nre brass, three folds Iron nud three folds nilnmantluo rock. They had nine folds, nine plates nnd nine linings." When the ungels were cast out of heaven "nine days they fell." A oat has nine lives. There nre nine crowns In heraldry. Possession Is nine points of the law. The whip for punishing evil doers had nine tails, the superstition being that n flogging by a trinity of trinities would be sacred and more elllcacloiis. In order to see the fairies, mortals nre directed to put nine grains of wheat on a four lenf clover. The" hydra hnd nine heads. Leases were formerly granted for PI)!) years. F.ven now they run for ninety nine years, the dual of .a trinity of trinities. To see nine magpies Is most unlucky, us tho old Scotch rhyme goes: One's A Borrow, two's mirth. Threp'a a wnlillns. four s a lilrth, f'lvc'a a christening, six n dearth, Biiven's heaven, eight la hell, And nine's Ilia devil Ills ane acl'. If a servant finds nine given pens In a pen pod she may lay it on tho lintel of tho kitchen floor, mid the first mnn that enters Is to bo her cavalier. When the loving cup goes round It is the custom to drink a three times three toast to the one most highly hon ored or tenderly loved. As the weird sisters In "Macbeth" danced round the caldron they sang, "Thrice to thlno and thrice to mine nnd thrice ngaln to make up nine," nnd then dwlnrcd "the charm would up." The nine of dia monds wns considered the curso of (Scotland. A TOBACCO LEGEND. The Mtorr f the War In Whirl, Mnn tllitnlned the Weed. An ethnologist tells an Interesting story as to how tobacco wns llrst ob tained by man, according to the tra ditions of the Menominee Indians: "One day the god hero, Miinahnzo, was on a Journey, when ho perceived a delightful odor. It seemed to come from n crevice In the cliffs high up on a mountain side. On going closer he found a tavern which was occupied by a giant. In fact, the giant was tho tenant of the mountain, nnd from the mouth of the cave a passage led down Into the very center of the hill, where there wns a large chamber. Around the chamber wrro stacked great quanti ties of bags tilled with curious dried leaves. From the leaves proceeded tho delicious fragriince. "Tlieso leaves were tobacco. Once a. year, the giant explained, all of tho spirits came to the mountain for tho purpose of smoking this exquisite weed. Hut It wns not posslblo to give nny of it nwny," snld the ethnologist "Nevertheless Mannlioj-.o watched for nn npporunlty nnd, snatching up ono of the bags, lied, closely pursued by the glnnt. The thief leaped from peak to peak, but the giant followed so fast as to finally overtake him. So M ana bozo turned upon him and, upbraiding him for his stinginess, transformed him Into a grasshopper. "Thnt is the reason why tho grass hopper is always chewing tobacco.. Mnnnbozo took the bagful of leaves and distributed them among his friends, tho ancestors of the Indians of today. Since then they have had tho use and enjoyment of tho plant." Hon llacon Settled Hint. A story thnt Is told of Leonard Ba con, who wus one of tho best known theologians In New England In tho hit ter half of tho nineteenth century. Il lustrates the absurdity of a popular kind of argument. Dr. Uncoil was at tending a conference In ono of tho Now England cities, and some assertions be niado iu his address wcro vehemently objected to by a member of tho opposi tion. "Why," he expostulated, "I never heard of such a thiug iu all my life!" "Mr. Moderator," rejoined llacon calmly, "I cannot allow my opponent's Ignorance, however vast to offset my knowledge, however suiull." Harper's Weekly. A Queer Cuatom, Between the mountains of India and Persia Is a powerful tiibo among whom an extraordinary custom pre vails. Women's lights have apparent ly received full recognition, for the lu dles of the tiibo can choose their own husbands. All a single woman bos to do when she wishes to change her state Is to send a servant to pin a hand kerchief to the but of a man on whom her fancy lights, and ho Is obliged to marry her unless ho can show thut be Is too poor to purchase her at tho price her father requires. Enuj Explanation. "How do you account for die fact," asked tho doctor, "as shown by actual ' Investigation, thnt thirty-two out of every hundred criminals In tho country nre left handed?" "That's easily accounted for," said the professor. "Tho other sixty-eight re right handed." Chicago Tribune. Oearlns; the ICxiienae. "Does your husband keep any horses?" '"Yes," answered young Mrs. Torklns. "lie keeps a number of them, But other people own them nnd manage the races." Washington Star. Things which are so heavy on a wo- . man's conscience they cause It to sag don't leave an Impression 911 a man's. I CONDENSED MILK. Ita tllaeoveve- W Droaaht About hr a Woman'a Kxperltnenta. "How and when wns condensed milk discovered?" snld a milk denier. "Well, thnt Is an easy question, known to all venders of the article. "It chanced that In 1.S5I the Journey from New Orlenns to New York wns a considerable trip, A certain Imly Mrs. Albert C'nshlngor hud n sick baby, nnd on account of thnt condensed milk wus discovered. "Mrs. t'ashliigor's baby was so 111 that she realized thnt It would be nec essary to muko a trip to New York to receive expert medical nttentlon If she hoped to snve tho child's life. Hut to travel thut long distance the child hnd to have milk. Milk wouldn't keep fresh more than a few hours. Ho there she was, kept back from making the trip merely because she could not sup ply the child with fresh milk. "In her despair she began to experi ment to sec If she could not preserve milk the same ns she did Jelly or any thing else. She tried several different methods and finally lilt upon a plan which seemed to give satisfaction. Ho she preserved several big Jars of the stuff, put It upon ft sailing vessel and made tho trip. The child fed upon the milk and whs nourished. "In New York several men lenrned of her discover)-. They tried to make some of the condensed milk Iu the milli ner that she had told them, but fnllcd. They followed her to New Orlenns, and there slio unwittingly unfolded her vnlunblo secret On tho Island of Gal veston these men sturted a stnnll fac tory, and there the first salable con densed milk was made. . ."Tho woman died poor. The manu facturers mado n fortune. Now con densed milk Is sold In every purt of the world." Louisville Herald. CHAMPAGNE MAKING. The Methmla That Are I Bed la I'ro duelnar the Wine. It Is to the invention of the cliam pngue cork that the world owes cham pagne, according to Court Purveyor .1. Frouiin of Frankfort, Germany. This wine is said to hnve been made sttcccfesfiilly by the butler of u monas tery near Kplnny, In France. In 1043. Until the early part of the nineteenth century sparkling wines were made only lu the French province of Cham pagne. Next to the wine, carbonic acid forms tho most Important part of cham pagne. The picking of the grapes used requires great care to prevent discolora tion. The grapes should not contain too much add and coloring matter, but considerable sugar. In order thut the grapes should not becomo warm, thereby fermenting pre jatiirely, picking Is done In the enrly morning hours. The grapes nre then placed In the press nt once mid the Juice squeezed out very gently.' After twelve to twenty-four hours it Is run Into vnts, where Its Impurities nre re moved. After the llrst violent fermen tation Is over the young wine Is put In cool cellars, into barrels of from 15 to 150 gallons. Toward the end of De cember the young wino is drawn off in order to separate It completely from the yeast. The wine Is then mixed with wines of other years and kinds. It is then bottled nnd tho progress of fermenta tion carefully watched, the bottles bo lng opened to "disgorge" the albumen, yeast and other products of fermenta tion which It Is necessary to get lid of. It Is then sweetened and stored in cel lars to mature for the market One Kind of Soft Answer. It lucked but five minutes of the time for tho train to start from the down town station, nnd the suburbanites wero hurrying Into it when a mnn lu tho garb of a mechanic ant down by the side of a finely dressed passenger In ono of tho seats In the rear cur, took a paper from bis pocket and begun to read. "Plenty of empty seats In here yet, aren't there?" growled the man in fine raiment, moving along grudgingly. "Yes, sir," pleasantly replied the newcomer, "but It will be crowded pretty soon, and I thought I'd pick out a gentleman for a seat mute while I had a chance." "Humph!" grunted the other mnn, uncertain whether to feel compliment ed or Insulted, but realizing the hope lessness of trying to make any fitting rejoinder. Youth's Companion. A Matter of Bualneaa. The ludles of the club were closely grouped about the speaker of the aft ernoon, a remarkably successful wo man, In whom commercial and literary ability were admirably bnlnnccd. "Tell us In a few words how to be successful," said ono of the ladles In sistently. "To be successful," said the success ful one, "all we women have to do Is to muko as much of a business of our own business as we do of tho things thut are none of our business." Comforting? "George, flenr," she said, with a blush, "do you know that Mr. Simpson asked me lust night to be bis wife?" "Well, I like his impudence! The idea of proposing to an engnged young ludy! What did you sny to him?" "I told him thnt I was very sorry In deed, but he was too lute." Tit-Ults. A Leading; Queatlon. Parent Has that man asked you to marry him, Julia? Daughter Not in so muny words, but It has amounted to thut Last night he asked me If my dud was as well oft us they say he Is. Boston Transcript. Learn how to listen and you will profit even from those who talk badly. Plutarch. Gomel Take your PICK 1 of our lar;c stock of Furniture and Garnets Buyers ol 'lino Carcts will be plensiil to lenrn thnt we have nccurocl n large lot ol" fine Carpets in new nnd up-to-date designs in Wilton, Fine Axminstcr, Fine Wilton Velvet, Velvet nnd Tapestry. Also a. large line ol Rugs, same grade ns enrpets. Remember we always enrry n full line of Mattings, Linoleums, Oil Cloths, lite. J. R. HILLIS & CO. THE SMART SET A Magazine of Cleverness Magazines should have u well-dull tied purMo (Joniilno eiitnrtnlnment.. amusement and mental recreation are the motive of The Siimrt St. tho MOST SUCCESSFUL OF MAGAZINES Us norrl (a complete one In each number) urn by the most, brilliant authors of both hemispheres. Us xhort trlc are mutch less clean and full of humHii Interest. Its iHwtrif covering the entire field of verso pathos, love, humor, tenderness Is by thu most popular pouts, men and women, of tho day. 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