MY BONES VALLEYS
PLACES WHERE DEAD BODIES ARE
PRESERVED BY THE CLIMATE.
la Chile, Par Instance, the Air la Do
Drr That It 1 AlmoM Impossible
Par a I'nbnrled Body to llrcom
one la the Ordinary Manner.
Among the most cur Inns tilings in
this quwr old world perhaps the weird
est Is the "valley of dry bones" which
continually crops tip In various parts
of both hemisphere!!.
In Chile, for Instance, tho nlr is so
dry Unit it is nlinont impossible for a
body to decompose in tho ordinary
way. Hero and there In tho mountains
or on tho plnlns ono may discover a
body thnt lias been clny for several
years, but has no more returned to
dust than to life. "
Thcro is literally a "valley of dry
bones" not far from Valparaiso where
a battle was fought during tho Italian
ceda troubles. Here may be seen today
bodies of men and horses scattered
among the rocks that nro like nothing
so much as Kgyptlan mummies, shriv
eled by the tlerco sun and embalmed
by the natural dry atmosphere.
This Is not, strictly speaking, "a val
ley of dry liones," but that there is a
real one in Ceylon no one who has vis
ited that island can doubt for a mo
ment. It is a peculiar fact and ono
which Is borne out by the testimony of
the English planters in Ceylon that
when an elephant feels its last hour
approaching it will if permitted to do
so escape into the jungle to die. Once
the sick elephant gets away it is never
seen again. Where they go to is the
problem.
It is absolutely certain that they
must go somewhere, and therefore as
they vanish so mysteriously in the
hour of death one cannot but give
credence to tho tale which is often
brought down from the hills by the
Tamils and Cingalese.
According to these people, there Is a
"valley of dry bones" near Talawakele,
which is about twenty -live miles south
of Kandy, the old capital of the is
land. This valley, to be correct, is
old to bo a vast underground tunnel,
with numerous but difficult to find en
trances and exits. Bueli places are
common in Ceylon, but the particular
cave where the elephants go to die has
never been discovered, though numer
ous expeditions have sought for it.
In view of tho fact that the ele
phants do disappear when they nre
about to die it seems probablo that
some such place docs exist on the is-
janu, ier.il la cerium lum me great
unwieldy beasts do not swim across
the gulf of Ma no nr. The person who
finds this elephant sepulcher will prob
ably reap a fortuno in ivory.
Another strango place exists as a
real "valley of dry bones" in the is
land of Jamaica, West Indies. Of
course there is a legend attached to it,
but here are tho hard facts and an
actual description of the valley Itself.
It is situated near the Cunacuna gap.
In the Maroon country, at the eastern
extremity of the island. This region is
clothed in primeval forest, and the fact
that rain fulls on an average twelve
hours a day all the year round gives
the Jungle a luxuriant green vegeta
tion not to bo found elsewhere. Hut
this valley, though situated right in
the heart of the "wet country," is bare
of leaf and llfo.
The limestone rock is white and hot
Giant trees that seem to have been
blighted suddenly stand up all gaunt,
white and dead. The valley is sheltered
from the wind and the first force of the
rainstorms. As a consequence this
strange ravine is silent, unmolested
and quite dry.
The weird feature la that, although
vegetation seems to have been dense
here in former years, nothing will
grow now. Nature has come to a com
plete standstill. During tho hot season
the temperature of the valley is almost
unbearable, and it is visited by seismic
disturbances that causo tho dead trees
nud dry hot stones to rattle like dry
bones; hence the nomo the valley has
acquired.
The legend ' of this "valley of dry
bones" cap hardly be taken without a
pinch of salt, but let us be nothing it
not complete. Many years ago, says
the 'negro story teller, a woman lived
on a plantation in Cuba. Bho was no
torious for her cruelty to her slaves.
She used to throw cayenne pepper in
their eyes and afterward stick cactus
needles Into their bodies Just for sport
One night the slaves revolted and
burned the plantation house to the
ground. Tho woman managed to es
cape in an open boat to Jamaica,
iwhore she sought refuge from her ene
mies in the hoart of the Jungle.
Here she developed a mania for col
lecting all sorts and conditions of cats.
(When she hud procured a multitude of
Abe feline tribe she amused horself by
(torturing them. The legend has it that
very night tho demoniacal shrieks of
ithe woman and the cries of the cats
were to be heard even in the Maroon
(Villages. But one night a severe earth
quake came and swallowed up the
catu, their tormentor and her home.
Jew York Herald.
Forbidden Fruit.
request was once made to the au
thorities of one of the colleges at Cam
bridge that room might be found on
the spacious luwns of their garden for
the lady students of Girt on college to
iplny lawn toiuii i. Guessing clearly
enough what would be the result of the
admission of these students of the fair
er sex among the undergruduates, the
muster replied that it was ordered In
,tho statutes of the college that the gar
dens must be devoted to the purposes
of floriculture and ninst not be used for
ihusbuDdry. Spare Moments.
I Order and falsehood cannot subsist
'together. Carlyle.
The Kiwi.
In New Zealand is found tho kiwi, a
strange bird of the ostrich family.
Ostriches have two toes, but the ex
tinct moas had three toes; so also have
tho existing emus, cassowaries and
rheas, or South American ostrlehes.
The kiwi, however, differs from the
ether stmtlilous birds In having four
toes. Further, the kiwi cannot be said
to be quite ostrlehllke, for In size It is
not larger than an ordinary barnyard
fowl. It has a small hend, with a
largo and muscular neck and a long,
slender bill, with the distinguishing
feature that the nostrils are placed
very close to Its tip. The legs arc short,
but the muscles on the thighs nre well
developed, and the feet are strong and
powerful And provided with sharp
claws. It Is a bird devoid of any ex
ternal traeo of wings, and there Is no
trace of tall visible, while It Is covered
with long, narrow, luilrllke feathers,
and on the fore part of the head and
sides of the faco nre straggling hulrllke
feelers. Chicago News.
Ilnw He Made the Alpa.
lias any painter ever fixed on canvas
visions, distinct nud haunting, of lands
he had never seen? I know not. The
nearest thing of the kind was n won
derful erection of brown paper and ap
parently Ingeniously arranged shelv
ings, built up In rocklike fashion, cov
ered with little green toy box trees and
dotted here and there with bits of mir
ror glass nnd cardboard houses, which
once puzzled mo considerably in the
parlor of a cottage. "Do tell me what
that is?" at last rose to my lips.
"That," answered my hostess very
slowly "that is a work of uiy late 'us
band a representation of tho Halps as
close as 'e could imagine it, for 'c never
was abroad." I often think of that
man "who never was abroad" and of
his representation of the Alps; of tho
hours. of poetic vision, of actual crea
tion perhaps from sheer strength of
longing, which resulted In Unit quaint
work of art. As close as he could im
agine theml Macniillan's Magazine.
Anathemna of the Middle Aa;ea.
The Rhenish nnd Westpliallan Soci
ety of Popular Studies published In its
Journal an interesting paper upon the
subject of ecclesiastical anathemas
launched in the middle ages against
animals. These maledictions did not
relate to mischiefs already done, but
wero In the nature of a protection
against evils to be apprehended and
were solely directed against creatures
considered mischievous. Thus In 1121
St. Hernnrd cursed the mosquitoes, ns
some unsalntly Americans have done
in more recent times and probably,
with Just as little effect Kven post
reformation Protestants sometimes
had recourse to commlnatory meas
ures, as witness the pastor of Dresden
who in 1559 cursed the sparrows for
distracting his congregation.
C'hlneae Rnslneee.
A Chinaman can be trusted in a busi
ness transaction where a Japanese can
not. The foreign residents of the
orient have the greatest regard for the
word of a Mongolian. If a Chinaman
underttikes a contract ho will carry
out the terms of that contract though
it Impoverishes him. There is no trtek
he will not play to win his case whore
his word Is not in vol veil, but onco let
him give that word and you can bank
on it that he will die rather than be
tray it. Tho Jnpnneso aro crafty busi
ness men. So long as they see profits
In sight they will hold to a contract,
but If there is a chance of losing, Mr.
Jap, in the mnjorlty of cases, will find
some means to get under cover before
the crash conies.
Where Wlvee Are Cheap.
In Tartary no futher will surrender
his daughter unless he gets a goodly
quantity of butter in return, and in
certain parts of India no girl enn marry
until her father has been pncllled by a
present of rice and a few rupees.
Twenty oxen Is the regular price for
a wife among the Mlshlmls, but a poor
man has more than once succeeded In
obtaining a bride on payment of one
Pig.
At Unyoro any desirable but Impe
cunious suitor may purchaso his wife
on credit, but will not bo allowed to
enjoy her company until he has paid
tho utmost farthing.
Hed a Favorite Flaar Color.
Red seems to be the most populnr of
national colors, if flags may be used as
crlterions. Of the twenty-five leading
national flags nineteen have red in
tbem. The same cannot be said of any
otlier color. The chief flags that are
marked with red are thoso of the Unit
ed States, England, Franco, Germany,
Austria, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Hel
glura, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
Mexico, Chilo, Portugal and Venezuela.
How It Happened.
Aunt Murlu Don't duny it Martha.
I saw you. Your lips and his met as
I came into the room. Martha Yes,
auntie, but it was all an accident I
started to whisper something into
Charley's ear at the same momeutHhut
he tried to whisper something into my
ear, and that la bow it happened.
Charley felt as bad about it as I did,
I'm sure.
Mronsrlr Recommended.
Lady (engaging a page boy) Well,
how soon can you come? Tage (readi
ly) At once, mum. Lady Hut surely
your present mistress won't like that
Page (brightly) Oh, yes, she will,
mum I She'll be only too glad to get
rid of me. London Punch.
Coateatmeat.
"Contentment has one advantuge
aver wealth," said the philosopher.
"What's the explanation?" ,
. "People don't try to borrow It"
' The eye of the master will do more
work than both his bands. Franklin.
DEVOTED WAGTAILS.
These Birds Mate Par Ml and Are
F.stremelr ABTertloaate.
The wngtntl frequently migrates
from one part of the country to anoth
er and sometimes congregates in
flocks, but he pairs for life, and the
same pair always reappear, sometimes
when they nre least expected and all
the more welcome from their occasion
al absence, on their fnvoiite lawn.
Their devotion to one another Is ex
treme, as a sceno I witnessed some for
ty years ago, but which Is as fresh In
my memory ns If I had seen It yester
day, will show.
A wagtail had been killed, probably
by a stone, nnd was lying dead In the
middle of the circular drive In front of
the Down House, ltlumlford. The sur
vivor seemed besldo himself with
grief. I.Ike Eve in "Paradise," he
"knew not what death was," or, at
most, the reality was only gradually
breaking In upon him. He kept run
ning up to the body with loud and
plaintive cull notes. He called, but
there was no response. He caressed
the body, caught hold of It with bis lit
tle bill, coaxed it to move nnd drew It
after him for a yard or two. He even
tried to rise with It In the air. Then,
like one distraught, he dashed away
to tho edge of the gravel drive and
then ns quickly dashed back again, to
go through the same mournful process
es. Sometimes he would fly right off
in wavering, uncertain flight ns far ss
the eye could follow him, ns though
be could bear tho sight no longer, but
without stopping to rest he hurried
buck In strulghtcr and quicker flight,
unable to tear himself away or as If
he hoped that something might have
happened in his absence. This long
drawn tragedy, this abandonment of
grief, I watched from the window
throughout the afternoon till darkness
came on. Next morning tho body had
dlsnppeaied. nnd I saw the survivor no
more. It. Itosworth Smith in Nine
teenth Century.
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Self conceit Is self deceit.
Only the weak have time to worry.
Meditation Is the mold of character.
All great deeds have been born of
dreams.
A man's size does not depend on his
situation.
There never was greatness without
gratitude.
Benevolence for business only breeds
malevolence.
A light heart makes a light bouse In
dark world.
Life Is tho fruit of the past nnd the
seed of the future.
Put out the lamp of works and you
lose the light of faith.
It is the truths we do and not the
ones wc indorse that save us.
Teoplo who are always trying to be
some one else succeed In being nobody
at all. Chicago Tribune.
Ilonaaenn'a Affectation.
Rousseau lived long on his fifth floor
in Paris, forgotten by the world which
he affected to despise and from affec
tation really shunned, when an acci
dent happened to him In one of bis
solitary walks. He was met In a nar
row part of the street by' M. de Far
genu, driving very fast in his carriage,
and in his attempt to get out of the
way was pushed down by a large Dan
ish dog running before tho horses. M.
de Fargeuu Immediately stopped his
coach and hastened to assist .the per
son whom his dog bad thus knocked
down, but when be saw It was the
author of "Emlllus" he renewed his
apologies and attentions.
The next duy be sent to ask after
Rousseau.
"Tell your master to chain up his
dog," was the only answer.
A nishop's Comment.
Bishop W. A. Candler was once ad
vocating a more liberal loosing of the
purse strings and told his audience
that several years before he sent an
article to a paper, in which be said,
"Wo pray too loud and work too lit
tle." The compositor, consciously or
unconsciously, perpetrated a little Joke,
for when the nrtlcle apiicared it rend,
"We bray too loud and work too lit
tle." "I let It go at that," sultt the
bishop. "The fact is, I believe the
printer was right and I never ventured
to correct htm."
Dcneflta Heveraed.
French and German hud proved too
hard, but Algernon took up the study
of Italian with high hopes.
"How are you and your Italian teach
er getting on?" asked one of Algernon's
friends when the study bad proceeded
for three months.
"Aw aw, I'm Just about where I
was," said Algernon ambiguously, "but
my teacher, d'you know, he's speaking
English much better than be was when
Ve begun.''
War.
"Taking my life In my hands, I ad
vanced into the very midst of the can
non until both my arms were shot off!"
"And then?"
"Sir, I took my life In my teeth and
pressed on!" exclaimed the old veteran
or invallde, with glowing eyes. Puck,
It Worried Him.
"That land," said the city nephew,
"is valued at $800 a front foot"
"Thunderntlon!" exclaimed the old
: farmer, hustlly moving buck on to the
sidewalk. "An' I stood on it most Ave
minutes! Do you reckon they'll charge
me rent?" Chicago Post
, An Vaexpeeted Delay.
Mrs. Lakeside She married in baste.
i Mrs. La Belle And repented at leisure?
Mrs. Lakeside It seems so. She was
fully a year In getting her divorce.
i Smart Bet
Certala That He Woald Win.
'I once knew nn old irishman who
would Invest his Inst cent In any kllil
of a gamble he happened up against"
said a Philadelphia magistrate the oth
er day. "One Christmas eve he came
home with a ticket entitling him to n
chance nn a hone and sleigh that wero
to be milled off.
1 'We'll be drlvln' out through Knlr-
mount park th' morrow like th big
guns. Mary,' he announced with pride
to his wife.
" 'Oh, pop, won't thnt be line!' chimed
In his little son. 'You an' me can ride
on the front seat, and mom and little
Johanna can sit In the back.'
"Ye'll be doln' no slch thing. as
serted the old man. 'Twill be the back
sent fer you, my lad. Yer mother will
bo on the front sent wit' me.'
" 'I will so!' whined the youngster. 'I
will so bo rldln' on tho front!'
"The old man assumed n stern pa
rental air nnd took his pipe from his
mouth to deliver his flnnl decision.
"'Ye'll not, I tell ye,' he said. 'I'll
bo havln' no back talk from ye. Git
off tho -sleigh '"'-Philadelphia Press.
flow the Malta Are tlolttii-d.
There Is n vost number of employees
In tho postotllce department, yet only
about 4U0 cases of rilling the mails are
discovered In the course of n year. It
is so easy to open nnd resenl letters
thnt It Is a wonder there nre not thou
sands of cases. Their fewness speaks
volumes for the honesty of the men
in the service. Here Is the method of
tho expert In opening letters: Place tho
envelope, address down, upon n piece
of dry blotting pupcr. Then lay a
piece of wet blotting paper upon tho
senled flap nnd allow it to remain there
under pressure of a book or something
for n few minutes. This moistens the
mucilage, and the (lap may be lifted
without Injury by rolling a cedar pen
cil beneath It. The contents being ex
tracted, press tho flap back with tho
dry blotting paper, and nobody enn
possibly detect the robbery. The only
safeguard is sealing wax. New York
Press.
Why nirils Are Easily Poisoned.
Birds seem to have no discrimination
whatever In regard to poisons, probn
bly because they have no sense nnd
swallow their food without masticating
It They are terrified to paralysis by
the appearance of a poisonous snake,
unless the terror be duo to drciul of the
appearance of the serpent rather than
to nn Inherited knowledge of its ven
omous power, but such Intelligent birds
ns rooks will pick up and eat poisoned
grain, and crows and ravens readily
eat poisoned eggs or meat Chickens
will eat the poisonous seeds of labur
num and die from Its effects. Wheth
er birds such as tits and greenfinches
ever do so does not seem to bo known.
Hut wild birds are frequently found
dying In gardens, though apparently
they have been In good health a few
hours before, nnd their death may be
due to tho consumption of poisonous
seeds. London Spectator.
A Short and Caoatle Review.
In "The Life of Deau Fnrrnr" his
son, Reglnnld Fnrrur, bus included
many extracts from "Men I Have
Known" for example, the following
story of Itrownlng, which Is worth
recalling: John Stuart Mill, happening
upon a copy of "Hells and Pomegran
ates," sent a request to Tnlt's Maga
zine for permission to review It. The
editor answered that "unfortunately he
could not Insert a review of 'Hells and
romegrnnntes,' as it had been reviewed
in the last number." Mr. Hrownlng
had the curiosity to see this "review"
nnd found the following: "'Bells nnd
Pomegranates,' by Robert Browning:
Bnlderdush"
The Origin of "Tip."
It has often been stated that the ori
gin of the word "tip" wns from tho ini
tials of the words "to iusuro prompt
ness." I think this Is an error. In 1834
to fee a waiter wus regarded In New
York city us a bribe thut is, nn attempt
of ono guest to secure attention at the
cvpenso of other guests. This Is on the
authority of Phil Hone, then New
York's mayor. "Tip" means "an acci
dental spilling." A guest who tipped
wns ashamed of It So he "accidental
ly" dropped a coin where and when
only the waiter could see it so ns to
prevent the exposure of a mean trick.
New York Times.
Tha Cat's Eye.
Tho cat's eye stone, now prized as an
ornament. Is a very different thing
from tho ancient cat's eye, or eyeatone
of India, an agute cut so as to show the
so called eye or eyes. It is supposed
by some thnt this latter was used as
money In somo parts of India four cen
turies ago, and specimens found today
have an interest to numismatics.
Making? It Personal.
"Did you ever long for death?" asked
the soulful, dyspeptic young man of
the practical young wouiun. It wus the
fourth long cull be bad mude on her
that week, and she wus sleepy.
"Whose death do you mean?" she
asked In a dry, discouraging tone.
A Certala Teat.
Daughter I sometimes wonder if
Jack really loves mo. Brother Well,
you needn't I've been borrowing jm
ey from him for the liiht nine mouths,
and be husu't decreased his visits.
Brooklyn Life.
eonnd Loajle.
Professor of Logic I put my hat
down In this room. I cannot see it
anywhere. There has been nobody In
besides myself. Therefore I am sit
ting on It (lie was.)
laeldeatal,
Bursley He clulms to be related to
you aud says he can prove It. Floyd
The niau'a a fool. Bursley That may
be a mere eoincidence. Smart Bet
French ' m iddle CLAssesT
They Are Passing! Rich oa a Tlion
aaad Dollara a Year.
"A French lady, widow of nn ollleer,
once snld to me," says the writer, 'that
she always traveled first class because
she was rich, afterward explaining
that her Income was exactly f-DO a
year. But she was rich because most
likely she never spent more than f 1T0,
nud the explanation, 1 dare say, ap
plies to tho medical men In the coun
try. They ore rich, In nil probability,
on three or four hundred a year-rich
Just because they make much mora
than they spend. In order to compre
hend French life and character we
miiKt bear ono fact In mind. ApirWir
a nee Is not n fetich In Franco ns In
Englnnd; outside show Is not sacrificed
to; Mrs. Grundy Is no twentieth cen
tury Biiul. on the other litimt. good re
pclo Is sedulously nursed; personal dig
nity and family honor nro hedged
round with respect.
"We must not take the so called real
istic novelist's standard to be the true
one. Frenchmen, I should say. as a
rule, spend a third less upon dress than
Englishmen. It does not follow that
the Individual Is held In slight esteem,
personality discounted. These provin
cial nnd country doctors do not out
wardly resemble their spick nnrispnn
English colleagues, nor do they ulT"ct
what Is Called style In their equipage
In most cases the conveyance is n bley-rle-nnd
manner of living. How can
they upon nn Incoino derived from ono
nnd eight penny foes? Hut many are
doubtless rich In the logical accepta
tion of the word that Is, they live con
siderably below their Income and save
money." Chambers' Journal.
STARFISH AND OYSTERS.
Mlatnke Thnt Wna Slmlr by a rinnter
nf the lllvnlves.
"A few years ago," said a Long Is
land oyster planter last week, "one of
the planters here made a big mistake
that nearly cost him his whole yeur's
oyster crop.
"You know, I suppose, that the worst
enemy of the oysters Is the starfish.
We catch them with an Instrument
culled n tangle In great quantities nnd
pile them up ashore, where the sun
soon kills them. Hut thnt, ns you may
Imagine, Is not nn operation calculated
to make the neighborhood of the pluco
very fragrant, for the star has n fear
ful odor after he dies.
"Now, this planter of whom I mil
speaking had a plan to avoid nil this,
lie told one of his men off with nn ax,
nnd ns fust as the boats brought In n
load of starfish the nx was plied, and
tho pieces were then dumped over
board. "He rubbed his hands over his good
Idea, but he wasn't so pleased n month
or so afterward when the starfish be
gan to devour his oysters again, and
Investigation with the dredge and tan
gle showed that there wero more of
them than ever on his beds.
"About this time nn expert from tho
fish commission came snooping around
for curiosities, nnd he heard, of course,
about the stars. He began to laugh.
"'All that you succeeded In doing,'
said he to the oyster planter, 'when
you chopped up the starfish was to In
crease them. Don't you know that
starfish can be cut Into ns many as six
pieces and si III not only survive, but
form a new starfish from almost every
piece?' "New York Press.
Fitalnnd'N Oldest ftnllu-ny Station.
Tho only railway station In England
Unit enn boast ol' being really old Is
I that nt Kouriic. Lincolnshire, which Is
an ancient Elizabethan mansion, for
merly In the possession of 1 1 it DUby
family, sumo members of which wero
Implicated in the gunpowder plot.
When the Great Northern and Mid
land railroads on inn through this dis
trict, n memorial was sent from tho
Inhabitants of Itournu asking that in
stead of pulling the old landmark down
It might be converted Into a railway
station, for which purpose It answers
admirably now. Purt of the house Is
used as a residence by the station mas
ter. Lenalhenlna; I.l'e,
The difference between rising every,
morning nt 0 nnd 8 In tho course of
forty years amounts to SU.'JtN) hours, or
S years, 121 days and 10 hours, which
nro equal to eight hours n day for ex
actly ten years. Ho thut rising nt 0
will bo the same as If ton years of llfo
(u weighty consideration) wero added,
wherein we may command eight hours
every day for tho cultivation of our
minds and the dispatch of business.
When Cala Were Scarce.
In a curious collection of ancient
Welsh laws, dated IW3 A. D., appears
the following sentence, from which It
would appear that cuts wero rather
scarce nt that time; "The worth of n
kitten until it shnll open Its eyes Is ono
legal penny; from thut time till it shall
; kill mice, two legnl pennies; after It
I shall kill mice, four legnl pence, and so
it shull always remain."
The Other War.
"Did I understand you to say thut
Skadchaso wus suffering from heart
troublo brought about by financial em
barrassment''' "No. I said he wus suffering from
financial embarrassment brought ubout
by heart troublo. Tho heiress ho was
engaged to has Jilted him."
Eerentrfo. .
Burgess Oh, yes; Charley Is all
right; a little eccentric, though. I've
noticed several times when he has bor
rowed a loud pencil. Instead of putting
It into his pocket, us any ono else
would do, he bunds It buck to the own
er. Boston Transcript.
A good book Is tho precious life-
I to a life beyond life. Milton. i
A Modern Antleae.
A story which Mr. Davenport told of
Plstruccl has Its point for collectors.
Plstruccl wtt nn Italian and chief en
graver at the mint. It Is, by the way,
to him that I'.nhind Is Indebted for the
One group of St George and the drag
on on the reverse of 'the sovereign. He
Insisted that ihodcrn work In cameo
could be quite as flue ns ancient work.
A "potboiler" head of Flora which he
engraved and sold to a dealer for 5
was afterward sold us nn antique to
Richard Payne Knight for fi00.
Knight tool; the cameo In triumph to
PlHtrueel. "Where can you get modern
work like that?" he nsked. Plstruccl
milled and claimed the antique for his
own. Knk'ht would not believe hint.
' Examine the roses." said the artist
"and you will see that they nre modern
flowers." The point was admitted by
others, but never by Knight, who be
queathed the gem nnd the rest of his
collection to the nation. Mr. Daven
port said that but for the roses nn ex
pert would undoubtedly pronounce Pis
trnecl's cameo n fine antique. Man
chester Guardian.
The llnhlt of Mlnlmlalns- Dlfllcnltlee.
You will find that the habit of mini
mizing uiiunynuccs or dllllcultles, of
making the best of everything that
comes to you, of magnifying the pleas
ant and the agreeable and reducing to
the least possible Importance every
thing thnt Is disagreeable or unpleas
ant, will help you wonderfully not only
In your work, but also In your attain
ment of happiness. It transforms the
disagreeable Into the agreeable, takes
the drudgery out of distasteful tasks,
eases the Jolts of life wonderfully, nnd
It Is worth Infinitely more than money.
You will find yourself growing to be
, a larger, completer man. The sunny,
i buoyant, cheerful soul manages, with
' nut losing bis equilibrium, to glide over
! dllllcultles and annoyances which throw
: others off their balance nnd muke them
miserable and disagreeable. By the
alchemy of serenity he extracts from
the annoying rocks In his path the pre
cious metnl which enables him to do
something worth while, Orison Swett
Maiden In Success,
i
Women of Mnacle.
In the time of Louis XV. there wns
nn actress engaged nt the Thentre
Franeais Mile. Gauthler who could
break a coin between the fingers of one
hand and roll a silver plate Into the
form of u cup of conical shape. No
ono could hear tho pressure of her
hand, and only Maurice do Suxe, one
of the strongest men of his time, wns
able to open her closed band.
In the same century there lived In
England n woman, Miss Hettlo Thomp
son, who could break chains with her
baud.
Miss Kcrru, a young mulatto woman,
who appeared In most of the capitals In
Europe, wus, we believe, the first to
perform the fent, while hanging with
tho bend of her knees in a trapeze, of
holding u man at his belt with her
teeth and turning him rapidly round
with her bands.
Itetindlnted Kntlonnl Debta.
Spain, at one. time by far tho most
powerful of European nations, wus the
curliest power to contract n national
deht. which In l.Vid only amounted to
the modest sum or 1.(Kki.(ki. lly 1010
It luii! fiM'-vu to l-CMNKUiou miller Phil
ip 111., a iter whose death the whole of
j It was repudiated.
! France in Kli.'l begun to Incur her
I deli!, chieil.v through the wars of Louis
XIV. and the lavish expenditure lu
building Versailles. In the later years
of l.o.lis XVI. this amounted to 4(!S.
itKi.t'i , ciily to l.e repudiated on the
estahllt In:;-::t of the republic, when
noi. e ereiiitois received oil per cent
. uud others nothing.
Norse-American Enarllah,
I There is ono European country
; where "the United Btutes vermicular, "
or something very like It, Is widely
spoken. Hosts of Norwegian young
women have been In domestic service
in America, uud u good many Norwe
gian young men have sought fortune
; there with the result thut trunsutlan
I tlcully accented English Is not nt all
j an uncommon accomplishment In Nor
way, i remember ono carriole driver
lu particular who Habitually rounded
I of' UU remarks with "You bet!" Lon
I doti Chronicle.
i HesecttMl the Law.
Whether nn epithet is libelous or
: not Is determined by the law atone.
! There Is a pleasant story of an Kng-
llsh gentleman rushing Into his friend's
chanihers In Lincoln's Inn and cxclulin-
! lug: "Oiiick! ('nick! That scoundrel
! Jones is in Chancery lane, uud I want
a list of all the abusive names I can
cull him without risk of prosecution!"
Scorched.
i Crabhe-Vou needn't cull any more.
I'm going to try another laundry.
Luuiidr.vuian Why, what's the mut
ur'.' Weren't your shirts nnd collars
will done? frubbo Yes, too well done.
I don't like them so brown. Phlludel-
I phltl Tress.
What lie Feared.
Wife Why. John, what do you mean
by turning our old love letters? Hus
i hand-I have been rending them, my
dear. After. I die some one who wish
ed to contest my will might get hold
of (hem and use them to prove I was
Insane.
Evened I'p.
"1 think." he said, "thut I am now
Jw;t a bout even with tho world."
'i: cii' with the world?"
"Yes. I figure thut I have now reach
Id a point where I owe Just about as
nuny people as I don't owe." Chicago
Post.
If you wish to bo held in esteem,
you must associate only with those
who uro estimable. Bruyere.
y L. JOHNSTON,
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE.
Office four donrs from Ross House, ' Won
Heynnldsvllle, I'n.
pRIESTER BROS.,
UNDERTAKERS.
.Black and white funeral cars. Minn street.
Keynoldsvllle, Fa.
H. HUGHES,
UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMING.
Thy U.K. Iliirtnl Leii?nn tins hern tested
and found nil Hiiht. ( henpest form of in-siiriim-n.
H-riiry, B contract. Woodward
Huililintr. Itcynoldnvllln I'n.
WANTED SEVERAL INIH'HTRIOl'rJ PER.
toil In eni-h slntc to itHvcl for hnute estab
lished cloven years nnd with s large rnpltnl,
tornll iiHin mcrchiints hihI ngcntn f,,r suc
reisful and prollmliln line. rermmient en
gagement. Weekly envh unlntr of nnd nil
trnvcllngexsMics nnd hotel Mil Hriviim-ed
In rash euch week. Kx.crh-nce not essential.
Mention reference unil .Mf..MU,H,iifu.i.iH. a
envelope. THE N.Uiu.N AL. ka IteKrtiorn
street, rillCHao.
N
OTICR OP APPLICATION FOR
ALTERATION IN CHAHTER.
In the Coill't llf P.imnn,fl tl..... f t-t
- - " ' tuna ui f
ferson County.
Notice Is hereby siren thnt nn Hppllriitlon
Jettorinl.iiuiily, on IheiTlh rluy of Juno
Z V "'"""-i a. m. or nmn any,
mdersii i An. of Assembly entitled "An Art
i""' ior iiih iin-.il isirii l ion nnd i-eKiiln-
ill lif fttrltilh ...i... ........ i... .. . 1 ..
," , , I." K.ii.ii uiiuriivru April
! i! ' ' i H.le ""I'I'lemenis I hereto, by
i'i ' 'enuyiuruin i ntircn, or
KeyiioKlsvllle, I'n., for the ullowitnce nnd
i'i" " in in connin amendments nnd Hltern-
tllllH III flm 1... ...... .. ..i.l . ...
........ ... nulu ,-iiiircii, nn nei
forth nnil contnlneU In n eertlllcnte now on
tllo lu mid court.
o. H. McDonald, Solicitor.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
A f'H A I1TPU
Not Ire In hereby given thut nn application
will be mndB by Onirics MeHberry, ;. F
HnlTiimn nnd W. w. Wiley, to the Governor
of the Htiite of i'ennsylvuidn. on the 24th dny
of June A. II., lum, hi lOn'rlixrk u. m. of nuld
day under the provisions of an Act of As
sembly entli led ''An Act, to provide for the
incorporation nnd reituliillon of certain
corporations" approved ihn iliih dny of April
A. I)., 1H74, nnd the supple incut thereto, for
a charter for an Intended corporation, In be
culled the American Production t'ompuny,
the ehiuiicler nnd object of which In the
ttinmifiif luring of articles nf eonimerco from
sheet, plate, bur or east, metnl, nnd cement
liMilliig tile, eompoied of cement nud melul,
nnd for Ibeso purposes to have, possess nnd
enjoy nil the rights, benelltn nnd privileges
by mild Act of Assembly nnd the supplements
thereto conferred. ,
O. M. McIXi)ai.I), Solicitor.
, DMINISTRATOR
TOR'S NfriCE.
Notice Is hereby given Hint, leMers of ad
ministration on the esinte of Koliert Mcln
tosb, deceased, btloof Wnsblngton township.
County of .letterson and State of Pennsyl
vania, have been griinled to (he undersigned'.
In whom nil persons Indebted In said estnte
lire teiiicstcd to tnnlte payment, nnd those
having claims or denmads will make, known
the same without delay.
.Iamus 9. nnmiMKRTT,
, Administrator. ,
O. M. McDonald,
Attorney for Adtn'r.
If you have anything to sell, try
our Want Column.
Headache for Forty Years
For forty years I (ufTered from sick bead,
die. A yeur ago I begun using Celery King.
The result wus gratifying nnd surprising, in
headaches leaving ut once. The headaches
used to return every seventh day, but thanlu
to Celery King, I have bad but one headaeht
In the liutt eleven months. I luiow thnt whaj
cured me will help ot hers. Mrs. John i). Vu
Ketiren, Haugertles, N. Y.
Celery King cures Constipation, and Nerve,
fitomavh, I. Her und (Ciilnty diseases.'
The mm EUrcdgo his flood for tha
Kl r In ih Ktwlnn Mai'hln World.
. Her Is New Euiredsei BETTER
I hirtV Ihaa EVER, end Superior 10 all
others. Fostlve take-up: self let-
xr ting ueedte; self threading1 Shuttle;
l PA fQ automatic tensionrelrasc;nutomatlc
vfllo bobbin winder: positive four motion
feed; capped ncddle bar; noiseless self adjusting
nrtler bearing wheel, steel pitman; nva ply
laminated woodwork, with a beautiful set ol
nickeled steel attachments.
Aak your dealer for the Improved Eldredge
"B ' and do not buy any machine until you have
ten IU
Nationsl Sewing Machine Co.
BELVIOERE. ILLINOIS.
V. '. HOFFMAN, AUENT. '
lteunoUlnvUU, Fa.
For