The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, August 31, 1904, Image 1

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    An independent journal devoted to the
interests of Reynold sville.
Published weekly. One Dollar per year
strictly in advance.
VOLUME 13.
REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, IDOL
NUMDEK 15.
COMMISSIONERS' SALE
seatelmTands.
In pnnMiiince of nn Art of A,setnlily the
Cmimifiumm will otTer for sale, fit their of
II. i' In H'iMik vllli I'u.. nn
Friday, September 13rd, 1904,
At lnniinVliicH, n. m., the following tracts of
neiited lands purcliiin'ri hy the t'liunly t'nm
IllliOtll'I'M t til" TllMHIHVf'tl Mtlita of V.Ktli
Ai-rt-s. Value. Name of Owner. Plttrlct.
II. I, t Mm. M. .1. Nenle HlK Kiln
Mln. .17 Ml KiM'l, VVt-iix-r.v Htlis.iixklll
Tli tin .lohu Miller Dnnklll
(turf. S 17.1 Mm. Kaiinln Hulr... Henderson
n John Nellie Mrt'lilmntit
,it "'1 1.1 vu (' l,iirin... ..Mol'nlinont
II. A I,. SfM Aiiiln-n- .lmm I'erry
II I.. KJ Ncl-ton l.ilitiHtnn Perry
Lot W Iniue I.lml I'erry
1 20 Jnnediinder Wlntlnw
Mln.70 l) fJoiilmi White Wlnilnw
Mill. 105 1,0110 (Imdon ami White... Wllmlow
I.11U1 70 Mmy K. HciirM Wliwlow
l,ot 40 A.M. Mllllmn Wlnnlow
p, (10 .1. Ilt'in y Kershaw... Wlnslow
Iit : H. C. II mien Wlnslow
1, '.'V (Irani Hluiiles Wliwlow
lf&L 2ii0 Michael 11'ltrlrn Wlnilnw
I .'() Lewis llulliiwell Wlnslow
U'i 240 ti. W. Miller Window
NEWTON WKHSTKB,
Al. HAWK.
IIAKVKY l. HAVOH,
Attest: Couniy OommiiwiUinors.
A. K. (iAl.niiAlTH, Clerk.
AniiiiNt l. Hill.
L. JOH ASTON,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Dfllrii four doors from Unas House, West
Kcynoldsvlllo, I'll.
pTUESTER BKOS.,
UN DKHTAKEUS.
Illiii'k mill whim fillieilil i iirs. Mlno street.
H.'ynulilxvlllii, I'u.
H. HUGHES,
UNDKRTAKINa AND PICTURE FRAMING.
The U.K. Hurlnl League ha been tested
mid found all rluhl. (;heuiest form of In
-uiiiM.'e. tiMMin n contract. Woodward
Itiitldliiir, KeynoldsvlUe l'a.
Old Reliable
BANNED
Always the Best
A HOT TEIffi
Is the "Wise Heater"
If you intend to install new heating equip
ment in your home, the time to do it is now.
Don't wait until the, chilly fall evenings re
mind you that there; is colder weather com
. ing and that you are unprepared.
You will avoid lots of worry and uneasi
ness of mind if you will attend to it now.
We are not rushed in our plumbing and
heating department now and can give your
wants the very best attention.
The Wise Heaters
are without doubt the most economical in
fuel consumption and the most thoroughly
reliable and satisfactory of any furnaces on
the market. Especially adapted for low
cellars. Stands 54 inches.
We also sell the "XXth CENTURY."
This heater is well known for its many
' merits and speaks for itself.
We can show features and quote you prices
on these heaters that will surprise you.
u
REYNOLDSVILLE
HARDWARE COMPANY
QliNTRAL, STATE
NORMAL SCHOOL.
J. R. FI.UKINGKR, Prln.
I.Ot!K HAVEN, PA.
Vaia. Tkrm 15 Wkkks Hkgins Si:p
temhkr 6th, !hm.
Last year was the most successful In
the history of thllt Import mil school
nlxiot 7(i student. IK'Ulnn annum
the mountains of (Yntritl I'cnnsyl
VBiiln, with line witter, splendid liulid
Ititrn mid excellent sanitary conditions
Intike It mi lileill tritllilliK m'lioul. Ill
addition to Its Nornutl course It also
hits 1111 excellent College I'repurulniy
Department In charge of an honor
graduate of 1'rlni'etoii. It III no has
departments In Music, Elocution and
Hiistnesa. It hu a well edueuted fat
uity, tine gymnasium and athletic
Held.
Address for Illustrated catalog,
THE I'RINC'IPAI,.
fHE CLARION STATE
NORMAL SCHOOL.
Furnishes professional training
fur teachers Prepares young
people for collogo Offer ex
cellent facilities lor general edu
cation. FltEE tuition for pros
pective teachers. Board, room
rent and laundry for school
year, 42 weeks, tl2'.00; for
. fall term, ltl week, 149 00.
Station of Pittbur(r, Summer
vllle & Clarion Railroad direct
ly opposite Normal laundry,
r'all term oponn Tuesday, Sep
tember , 1!)04. For further
particulars address
PRINCIPAL NORMAL SCHOOL.
Clarion, Pa.
Wanted!
Girl to learn winding. Also
two good boys.
Enterprise Silk Co.
TEA? THAT ARE
WORTH FORTUNES
Twelve Hundred Kinds Are In 'China's
Show at the World's FairThe Most
Populous Nation of the World For
the First Time Makes an Exhibit
Worthy of Her Greatness.
Many eiposltlons of stupendous char
acter make up the World's Fnlr of
1U04. Kacli part is n vnst and distinct
show. Kach bulldliiR shelters ninny
acres of wonderful thltujs wonderful
because they nre the choicest of their
kind. Kvery nntlon on the globe is
represented. Every state mid territory
Is here with its best and making the
most of Its itreatcst opportunity.
The fact that Culpa has not been a
largo exhibitor at world's fairs gives
to her great exhibit here a prominence
quite exceptional. It is a wonderland
of Ingenious productions. Wo know
China best by reason of her extensive
exports of teas, which have found a
vast market In the United States for
generations. Her commercial interests
therefore prompted her to make a dis
play of teas thut we should not for
get. In sealed glass Jars China displays in
the Liberal Arts Palace some 1,200
kinds of tea. Young Hyson and Old
Hyson have a string of tea relations
longer than the genealogical chain of a
Plymouth Hock. They are neatly se
lected "chops," in the language of the
tea farmer, and these classes do not
embrace medicinal teas, which are
quite another lot in the rather modest
number of 400.
The teas exhibited vary In price from
a few cents a pound to some rare and
exclusive kinds that are worth their
weight in gold, the tea In the latter
cases being placed on one side of the
scales and pure gold on the other
that Is to say, the tea of this expensive
kind is worth about $20 gold an ounce.
Only a very small quantity of this ex
clusive leaf is exhibited, and it is
grown In carefully guarded tea planta
tions or gardens right under the shad
ows of the great wall of China. Its cul
tivation is prohibited for any use save
for the imperinl family of China and a
few of the favored blub officials.
mention has been made of the word
"chop" in connection with tea, and It
may be Interesting to the everyday
reader to know what the word actually
signifies. The tea leaf la grown In va
rious districts of the Chinese empire on
NORTH KNTBAMOa PALACB OF MINES AND
MKTALLUHQY, WOULD' VAltt.
large areas of ground which are often
mistaken for single plantations. This
is hardly ever the case, as the large
tracts are very often owned by hun
dreds of different men, whoso individ
ual plots of ground boaring the tea
plants are carefully mapped out, so
that each individual owner may culti
vate and pick his own crop of tea.
Each owner likewise markets bis own
tea and puts his own special mark, or
"chop," on the packages. Hence the
term "chop" signifies an individual
growth or picking of tea by one owner.
In an area of tea land of, suy, a thou
sands acres, all apparently under one
ownership, there may be some forty,
fifty or more owners of the plantation
and consequently a like number of
"chops" of tea.
It must not be imagined that all these
different owners of the tea get the
same price for their commodity far
from It, as euch of these Individual tea
growers bus his own secrets for Im
proving the quality and flavor of tea.
Tuke, for instance, the Amoy and Fu
cliuu districts, whence most of the tea
for the United Stutus comes. The own
ers of "chops" of tea varying from 10
to 200 chests of S6 pounds each bring
samples of their goods to the various
foreign merchants for sulu. These lat
ter turn the Chinese tea growers over
to the good otllces of the foreign or
Amerlcau profiuwlonal tea taster, who
pusses on the goods as to price. The
tea taster hue the samples Infused, not
boiled, In his presence and passes upon
the quality,, iluvor, twang and manner
of curing, tlxing a price accordingly,
from which tburp la never suy varla-
,Uon and which the tea grower must nc
cept or go elsewhere to dispose of his
iwarss. In a single tract of tea land
like the one cited above the price has
Tanged from 14 cents, the lowest, to
48V4 cents, the highest, per pound
among sixty-one different tea produ
cers. A matter of great moment thnt
also figures In the price of tea Is
that very often tea from the same dis
trict will have the various "chops"
blended together In .order to produce
special flavors.
THE AMIABLE MULE.
a. Few Word of Praise For Thli
Mnoh Maligned Aolinal.
"After a lifetime of close associntloi
with the mule," says an old mil Hurt
official, "I have never known him ti
kick a man, nor have I ever met n nun
who knew another man of Ills owl
knowledge who hnd been kicked by I
mule.
"This Is a bold statement, but It I
true nevertheless. You can qucstioi
aoldlers of the army everywhere, and '.
confidently predict that they will ben
me out in this. I knttr I am uprootlni
a popular belief, hut I ask you to sto
and think and see if I am not doing on
mule friend a deserved Justice. Horses
kicks are plenty. Mule kicks are ui
rare as promotions. Were you evei
riding at lilght on the prairies, fill
away from comrades and camp, weary
looking for the distant twinkling camp
fires not to be found? Did you ever hi
such a time see your mule friend lift
his tireless head and blow his resonant
trumpet of discovery of the sought fot
haven? He has not seen it, but he bat
smelt It, and in a moment is trotting a
bee line for the distant picket Hue and
forage ration. Were you ever riding
across a dreary, dry, dusty country,
thirsty, no water in sight and its where
abouts undiscovered? Throw the bridle
loose on the mule's neck and give him
his way. He will tuke you to water us
unerringly as a carrier pigeon wings
Its way to Its roost." Nebraska Stute
Journal.
THE PHONOGRAPH.
Its laveatlon Was tao Kaanlt ot a
Cat oa tao Flavor.
An accident a cut on the finger
caused Edison to Invent the phono
graph, or talking machine.
Mr. Edison told the story of this
Invention to a reporter. At the time,
he said, he was singing into n tele
phone, and In the telephone's mouth
piece he had placed, for safe keeping, a
fine steel point. Suddenly this point
cut his finger. He found, to his sur
prise, that it had been moving here and
there and roundabout, guided by the
vibrations of his voice.
He placed a strip of yellow pnpet
under the steel point, replaced It In the
mouthpiece and said the alphabet The
ateel, while he spoke, ran over the pa
per, and for each letter of the alphabet
it inude a different mark or scratch.
This was what Mr. Edison had hoped
for. He now held the steel point still
and drew the paper scratches slowly
over it. There was given forth, very
fuintly, the alphabet as be bad re
peated It.
Thus the principle of the phonograph
the registering and the reproduction
of the voice's vibrations wus discov
ered through the cutting of a finger. It
was Edison's finger, though, thut wuf
cut, Smith's or Brown's might have
been quite hacked off and no phono
graph would have resulted.
Nose Maslclaao.
Of the Tagbanoun, a tribe on the
long narrow Island called Palanwnn,
in the Philippines, Mr. Landor writes:
"Most musicians of other nationalities
play wind instruments by applying
them to the mouth. The Tagbanouu
pluys them with his nose! The luutul,
a reed flute, has two holes, and one
nose piece at one end of the cane, nt
the Joint. The luntul is pressed by the
thumb against the left nostril, the
right nostril being held tightly closed
by the first finger of the hand. The
Tagbanoua nose is so flattened at the
base and has such expanded nostrils,
elongated at the side, that It is es
pecially adapted for this purpose. The
Tagbanoua musician can get In this
fashion some sweetly pathetic Bounds
by far the most melodious sounds I
have ever heard from any body's nose,
and he is even bold enough to attempt,
with success, too, a trill."
Mlarbt Bo Wont,
Horrified Mother I Just this minute
saw Mr. Nlcefellow's arm around your
waist. It'a perfectly awful. Repent
ant Daughter Y-e-a, mother, but it
would be a great deal more awful to
see bis arm around some other girl's
ralst.
Ho Troablo.
First Boarding House Mistress I've
seen it figured out that people can live
on 12 cents a day. Second Boarding
House Mistress Ah I But you can't
get them to do It Brooklyn Life,
Tho Boatoa Maid and tba Aattaor.
Oumlsb I see you have my novel.
I'll bet you bad to look at the last
page to see bow it came out. Miss
Qulzzer No, I looked at the nume of
the publishers on the title page to see
bow it came out, and even now I can't
understand bow It was. Boston Transcript.
THE AGINQ PROCESS.
Medlrnl Saaareatlnn as to Hot It
Mnr lie Arrealed.
To drink the waters of the fountain
Df youth Is still, In the opinion of
some, within the range of possibility.
A recent writer observes that nmu be
gan In a gelatinous condition and cud
In nn osseous or bony one. He Is soft
In Infancy; he is hard in old age. Aglne;
Is a process of ossification. After inld
lle life has passed n more marked de
velopment of the osslllc character
lakes place. The arteries become thick
ened with calcareous matter, mid there
Is Interference with circulation, upon
which nutrition depends. The whole
change from youth to old age Is one of
Steady accumulation of calcareous de
posits in the system. Entire blockade
of the functions of the body Is n mero
matter of time, and the refuse mutter
deposited by the blood through the sys
tem stops tho delicate machinery wo
call life. The blood contains com
pounds of lime, mngueslii uml Iron. In
the blood itself lire these earthy buIU.
In early life they are thrown olf; In
age they are not. Almost everything
we eat contains these elements for de
stroying life. Earthy salts abound In
the cereals, and bread itself, mistaken
ly called "the stall of life," Is one of
the most calcareous of edibles. Nitrog
enous food nlso contains those ele
ments; hence n diet made up of fruit Is
best for people advanced In yours. Tho
dally use of distilled water Is, ufter
middle life, one of the most Important
means of preventing secretions and de
rangements of health. Hlluted phos
phoric ncld is one of the most power
ful influences known to science for
shielding the human system from tho
Inconvenience of old age. I'se it daily
with distilled water and so retard the
appronch of senility. To retain per
petual youth, avoid oil foods rich in
the earth's salts, use much fruit espe
cially Juicy, uncooked apples, nnd tako
dally two or three tuuiblerfuls of dis
tilled water with about fifteen drops
of diluted phosphoric ncld In each glasi
full. Thus will your days bo longer in
the land. Medical Age.
NIGHT ATTACK AT SEA.
Boardluar a lloatlle Ship From a
Fleet of Small Boats.
Imagine a hostile ship lying nt an
chor In an apparently secure position
on a dark and cloudy night. There are
Just enough breeze and sea to make
sounds on the water Indistinct. Around
a low headland half a mile away from
the anchored vessel steal four of five
boats, pulled with muflled oars and fill
ed with armed men. They approach
noiselessly.
Perhaps they are not discovered and
thus reach tho sides of tho ship. Tho
next Instant the armed men are pour
ing over her bulwarks, and a desperate
fight takes place on her decks. Per
haps they ore discovered before they
reach the vessel's aide. The alarm Is
given. Tho men in tho boats bear It
and lnsh their oars through tho water
In a determined effort to reach tho ship
before the rapid fire guns can open up
on them. Flushes of fire Illumine the
night. The searchlights send out shafts
of blinding white The sharp peals of
the six and three pounders, the rapid
hoarse barking of Hotchklsfl revolving
cannon, the vicious sputter of Catlings,
breuk upon the frightened air. "Give
way with a will!" shout the officers of
tho boats as tho men bend to the oars
and the light guns in the bows hurl
their defiant answers buck at the wall
aided ship. As the boats sweep up to
the vessel's side gongs clang nnd rat
tles sound culling awny the rlllemeu to
rcpol boarders from the boats. If tho
boats' crews can board the ship and
clap down her hatches before the crew
gets on deck, theirs Is the victory, but
if her secondary battery is manned and
ber rlflemeu stationed before tho boats
are alongside, then goodby to the bout
expedition, for there Is nothing moro
pitiless than Gntllngs and revolving
cannon. W. J. Henderson In St. Nich
olas. Orowaomo Wedding; Preaeata.
Among tho Iloongotes, a tribe of sav
ages in tho Interior of Luzon, according
to A. Henry Savage Landor, "the wed
ding present given by tho prospective
groom to his sweetheart. does not lack
quaintness and consists of a human
bead, part of a breast uud heart us
well as a finger or two. Unless a man
can produce these gifts ho bus to re
main a bachelor, but these gifts are In
variably procured. The 'Inclined to
wed' lies lit wait In the high gruss until
an unsuspecting man, woman or child
happens to go by, who a few minutes
later Is left dead upon the trail minus
the anatomical portions enumerated
above."
Pleasant Anticipations.
"Why cau't you marry me? It's true
I'm not enormously rich; still I have
an Income plenty big enough to support
us nicely."
"Yes, but think bow ridiculously
mull the alimony allowed out of It
will be." Town Topics.,
Not What Ho Meant.
"So you reully think thut dors some
times possess more intelligence than
their masters?"
"Certainly. I've got one myself that
does!"
hauler, ot the Soa,
The fourth day a perfect mountain
f wnter, the biggest sea I have ever
Icon In nit my life, camo towering up
mil fell on the Itoddtim. 1 thought she
was foundered, but she shook it off,
and we suw thnt the after deck bouse
nnd the hand steering gear had been
carried away as clean as rutting olt
the top of a enko. A piece of the truck
had got Jammed In .the wheel chains,
and the next bash the rudder got broke
the chains. In half n minute we were
wallowing helplessly in the trough of
the sea, and I knew that another big
sen would end the chapter. Getting
tho men together, I made a try at get
ting the chain picked up and spliced.
The steward, who was a brave lad,
went over the side and got up the
loose end. We had tied ourselves to
gether for tho work, nnd thnt was all
that kept us from being washed over
board. In a few minutes we hnd con
nected up tho chain with a strong
strap and wero ready to get back amid
ships when the wreck of the hand
steering gear, which was swinging
free, runic clipping around and rutight
the steward's leg, taking It off like a
butcher chops off a bone. Metropoli
tan Magazine.
Gifts at Bantlam.
Gifts to Infants on their baptism are
of ancient origin. Formerly the spon
sors generally offered gilt spoons to the
child. These spoons were cnlletl apostle
spoons, because the figures of the
twelve apostles were carved at the top
of the bandies. Uleh sponsors gave the
complete set of twelve, while for those
who were not so opulent four was con
sidered tho proper number, and poor
sponsors would content themselves
with offering one. In the latter case
the hnndlo of the spoon generally ex
hibited tho figure of any saint In honor
of whom the child received its nnine.
It Is In allusion to this custom that,
when Cranmer professes himself to be
unworthy of being sponsor to Uie young
princess, Shakespeare makes the king
reply:
"Come, come, my lord, you'd spare your
spoons."
The mug or spoon and fork offering
of the present day appears as a very
debased survival of a really beautiful
christening offering. Westminster Re
view. The American Honeymoon.
Faithful In few things, the Amcrlcnn
public yet remains true to an old hon
eymoon tradition which assigns those
to whom Europe is an Impossible ex
pense to Niagara Falls and Washing
ton, the national capital. In these two
centers brldnl parties have been since
long before the civil war the pride and
tho prey of hotel men and cabmen.
Modern mulds muy consider them a
little old fashioned, but when the time
comes to choose a wedding tour the
west, the middle west and the rural
east of the United States nre still true
to Niagara Falls and Washington. It
Is in the spring and summer, when of
course the larger number of marriages
take place, that these resorts are. so
popular. In the winter New York Itself
is the Mecca of the newly wed, Lon
don Telegraph.
Earl? Horso Race Prises.
Prizes for winners of horso races
hundreds of years ego took curious
forms. Tho earliest was the "brtglia
d'or," or golden bridle. After this tho
prize in England was a bell. This Idea
was taken from the custom among
owners of pack horses of decorating
the best horso, which led the cuvalcade,
with a bell, so that on dark nights and
In dangerous places the whereabouts
of the leader might be known and the
others follow boldly. At Carlisle, sil
ver bells were raced for by the moss
troopers and dalesmen and specimens
of these bells are still retained In the
town ball.
Few Solid Gold Dinner Servleea.
Tbey say It Is all nonsense talking of
solid gold dinner services, for there are
not more than three or four of them In
the world, and they are too email for
use In a party of any size. In many
lare houses In England and also In
the United States a quantity of silver
gilt plate, which looks precisely the
same, Is In use, but the feeling prevails
that silver gilt la not as "becoming" to
other table furniture as pnre, dazzling
silver plate and that it must be dls
played with great discretion. Boston
Herald.
Killing; Rare Birds.
Commenting on the craze for killing
ruro birds wherever they may be
found, a writer in London Truth says
"I should have thought that the fuct
that a bird Is rare would be reason for
not killing It I suppose the idea Is
that, however rare a bird Is, something
may still be done to make him rarer."
A Comet.
The following whimsical account of
tho nnturo of a splendid comet Is given
In an old French military Journal:
"It Is a parcel of old stars who,
being nt longer fit for service, have
boon discharged on half pay and, to
save expense, have agreed to mess to
gether."
Ha Hnatlov.
"He has a bead for business, and yet
be doesu't succeed."
"That Is because be has no feet foe
Clevclnna Leader, , . .
THE ENGINEER'S STDRY.
Whr He Had Crying; Fit Whea Ho
One Was Even Hart.
"Yes, Indeed, we have some queer lit
tle incidents happen to us," said the fat
engineer. "Queer things happened to
me about a year ago. You'd think It
queer for a rough man like me to cry
for ten minutes, nnd nobody hurt ei
ther, wouldn't you? Well, I did, ami I
can cry almost every time I think of It
"I was running nlong one afternoon
pretty lively when I approached a lit
tle village where the track cuts through
the streets. I slacked up a little, but
was still making good speed, when sud
denly, nbout twenty rods ahead of me.
a little girl not more than three years
old toddled on to the track. You can't
even imagine my feelings. There was
no way to save her. It wus impossible
to stop or even slnck much nt that dis
tance, as the train was heavy and the
grade descending. In ten seconds it
would hnve been alt over, nnd after re
versing and applying the brake I shut
my eyes. I didn't want to see any
more.
"As we slowed down my flremnn
tuck bis head out of the cab window
to see what I'd stopped for, when he
laughed and shouted at me, 'Jim, look
berel' I looked, and there wns a big
Newfoundland dog holding the lit
tle girl in his mouth, leisurely walking
toward the house where she evident
ly belonged. She wns kicking nnd cry
ing, so that I knew she wasn't hurt,
and the dog had saved her. My fire
man thought It funny and kept laugh
lng, but I cried like a woman. I Just
couldn't help it I had n little girl of
my own at home." Galveston Tribune.
COOKING A CAT.
Northern Italy Would Itnther Have
Pnas Hoaated Than Bulled.
In northern Italy the cat is a fa
vorite and growing article of food.. In
Azegllo, In Venice, in Verona, butchers
sell cats and rail them rabbits, for
the state forbids the eating of cuts,
but tho poor people who have become
the chief buyers of tho Inferior kinds
of cats are not deceived by their cheap
rabbits.
The proper way to cook a cat Is to
toast It In an oven until brown, with
onions, gnrllc, parsley, bay leaf, red
wine and some herbs peculiar to Italy.
When boiled, It is not so satisfac
tory. Just before Chrlstmns it la coil
mon for a group of young men In
northern Italy to kill some cats, Bkln
tbem and soak them In water for two
or three days. They uro then rooked
with great care on Chrlstmns day and,
served up hot about 1:30 p. m. after
mass.
Italy cultivates the cnt for home con
sumption, as English people raise rab
bits. It is to be done on the quiet,
however, for in spite of tho profit In
the business and the demund for the
delicacy the law has to bo looked out
for, and the Society For tho Prevention
of Cruelty to Cats is vigilant Offenses
against the law are visited with Im
prisonment Cats are raised for the
market nono tho less. Fattened on
the finest of milk, a choice specimen
will attain the weight of fifteen pounds.
Boston Transcript
Alexauder'a Horae.
Bucephalus, tho horse of Alexander
the Great, was in all probability tho
most celebrated horse of which we
have any knowledge. He was bought
for the sum of 10 talents from Phlloni
cus out of bis breeding pastures of
Pharsalln, and It Is known that bo
was skowbald, or, In other words,
white, clouded with large deep bay
spots, this peculiar breed being valued
by the Parthluna above all others, but
being disliked by the Romans because
so easily seen In the dark.
Bucephalus was ritlden by Alexander
at the battle of the Hydaspes and there
received bis death wound. Disobedient
for once to tho command of his mas
ter, be galloped from tho heat of thi?
battle, brought Alexander to a place
of safety, knelt, ns was his custom, for
him to alight and, having thus per
formed bis duty, trembled, dropped
down and died.
A Good Hale of Life.
A man cannot afford to hnve an en
emy, even a humblo enemy. The
shabby fellow who storms your otlice
today may be a power In the commu
nity next year. , Therefore speak to
blm gently, send him away with a
smile. Never affect a contemptuous,
manner. That is tho way of the fool.
In the day of small things plan patient
ly for the day of great things. A polite
word costs nothing. It may turn out to
be a good Investment As a spark of
fire may turn a city into ashes, so au
impatient gesture or Irritable word -muy
kindle a hatred greut enough to destroy
a career.
Oscar's Daflaitloa.
Shocked Mother My boy, my boy
What been n io of that last piece of pie)
I left In the cupboard and told you not
to disturb? Little Oscur I eated It
Bhocked Mother And what would you
call an act like that? Little Oscar
Disturbing the piece, I suppose. But
falo Commercial.
No Fair.
wnue vve uoiireu mat tne wic
generally ci wuui luey uese
Black And I've noticed that the
flon't Life. ,