An independent journal devoted to the interetti a Meynoldiville. Published weekly. One Dollar per year strictly in advance. VOLUME 13. REYNOLDSVILLE. I'ENN'A.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOHER 19, 1901. NUMBER 22. THE POWERFUL FLEA ITS REMARKABLE STRENGTH FEROCIOUS APPETITE. AND This Tlar rrmt FIBaras la Aaeleut Laal. a... ..4 ptrr-Atti. Which Hit. Beaa M Taae ThU laaiaaa af the VaWerae. While food old Ht. Dominic wm seat ed In lila cell, i' 1 in and passionless, pondering upon tlie vices, tbe miseries f. th World, n lion was scut to tor ment him, and these pestiferous little Ulsances hare U-uu with ui ever since, to tornieut iBlnt and sinner alike. Tbe lien Is characterized by the en tire absence of wIuks, by having tbe body compressed, the leg long and tout, tbe voxen remarkably developed, flvltur great leitpinjr power. Tbe mouth parts ure well developed and udupted for auction, all the xpeclea In tbe ndult stage feeding upon the blood of mam aval or birds. In u word, Mr. Flea belongs to the fourth order of liiHeets. uctoreti, conipoHliiK the single xenus pulex llmiaeu. The flea la clothed lu armor quite as Indmtructlble as tbut ef a knight of old. Among the several species of ileus which have received the attention of the government's entomologists ure the human JlKKer, or clique; the ben, opos sum, house, bird, rnt mid mouse dott. cat, squirrel, spcrinophlle, rabbit, mole, pocket gopher, Nimd mid a number of others. Of these It Is difficult to de termine which gives tbe greater nn noyance to humans. All are bad nnd many worse tormentors of tbe most pronounced type. And yet these Jumping, biting, tic kling pirates have figured In song nnd story. Many an old tiermau legend. Bavarian and Swedish story and many an old French song have hud the flea for their hero, and so It must be that tbe flea has Its place. Ancleut mythol ogy relates that Orion was a ginnt, hunting wild beasts and, like them, rery naturally coarse and unrefined. Ksrth, disgusted, killed him by the ting of tbe scorpion. Tan became en amored of his sister, and Diana, to res am her, turned her Into a flea. Tbe flea has been embalmed In classic lore. It was considered among the gods as becoming enough to serve as a meta morphose in extremities. If fleas could be tamed they would be profitable, but according to entomolo gists fleas are tamed about as much a a rattlesnake. MouSet tells of a mechanic named Marks who made a gold chain as long as his finger with lock and key which a flea dragged after htm, end there was a golden chariot which be drew likewise. Blng ley meat lone that a Mr, Borerick, a London watchmaker, exhibited an Ivory chaise with four wheels, the (In ure of a man sitting on the box, all drawn by a flea. Tbe same man after ward constructed a landau with fig ures of six horses hitched to It, a coachman on the box, a dog between his legs, four persons Inside, two foot snea behind and a postllloa on tbe for horse, all of which were drawn by a single flea. Dm la at a loss which to admire most, the ingenuity and patience of the man or the strength of the flea. Latrelle tells of a flea which dragged silver canno.n twenty-four times Its owa weight and manifested no alarm when It was charged with powder and fired off. Rene mentions that In 1830 he saw at a fair In England three fleas drawing a carriage in the form of an omnibus, another pair drew a carriage and a single flea a brass cannon. The only way to subdue a flea is to starve hint aad attach a amali watebt to his craft Raincoat, because it's the acuie of perfection in atyle and fit, and keeps you as dry m toast. The coat to tbe right is the double-breasted Strand," made of Fancy -Cheviot and Cassimere overcoating. It is an aristocrat in every sense of the word. We carry a full line at $ia to $25. See them to-day. BinO-Stoke Company, PEYIJOLDSVULE, PENNSYLVANIA. i . . , V '- , . f -; . - ; . ; i, . , ; r . ? L ' ; . ; .-. ; - . ' . . ' ;-.' " "- '. - - '' -. v -- ' "". ..:' ,-. ' . ' ' ' i .a , AIM : u i44&' SCENE IN FRONT OF KEYSTONE HARDWARE COMPANY'S STORE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8th. Showing the interest excited by the giving away of an Original Cole's Hot Blast Stove. While the tickets were being drawn crowds of people thronged the street and sidewalk eagerly awaiting the announcement of the winning number. html lc so that he cannot jump. Tli:it liens ure greut pugilists there cuu I e uu iloiibt, as It bus been repeat edly showu that they will fight to the death nnd will land such blows as woi.M make some of our pugilists blush. If u dozeu or moro fleas are put In ii kIuhh Jnr for a day or two you will see the mangled remains of the deud ... 1 .... k 1 .. 0 -1 nnd wounded as the result of close companionship. Tbey will stand on their hind logs and buffet their oppo nents with the others. They roll ami toss and tumble until It Is painful to see the wrecks left behind. After one of these battles In a glass jar one champion lived ten days, with no uu tennae, one eye gone, three plates In tbe side smashed in and only the trt joints of four legs to go upon. But the flea even In this wretched condition was game to tbe last and died breathing defiance, the rays of light scintillating from bis black eyes with the brilliancy of a blacksmith's forge In full blast on a dark night. Ills power Is In his legs, and be Is the most accomplished of voultors. No position appears too difficult for biiu to assume. Attitude in every variety Is familiar to him. He leaps upward, sideways, forward, backward and takes a docen somersaults while you are wondering where he will light A good heulthy flea, It is estimated, can Ic:d 200 times the length of bis body. left, the " Raincoat." It fits to perfection the shoulders are broad, the collar clings closely to the neck, the back bangs gracefully, the entire garment bears tbe ear marks of tbe work of tailors who " know bow." That's the reason you should wear a Cloth- When nbout to lenp or jump the lug lire drawn up to the body as close as pof-Kllile and then shot out. The flea comes down very near the spot from where the lenp wos taken. Every de scent Is nearer to the center. Of this yon may convince yourself by placing n flea In n drop of red Ink on a pleco "f white paper and letting blm jump, Tlia flaa lu dIu-avb V... 11 ... 1. 1 n ... The flea Is always hungry, his appe tite Is never satisfied, and he will ex erclse his sucker just as loug as he Is permitted without Interruption. With him thero Is a "continuous perform ance" so far us gratifying bis appetite Is concerned. There Is no creeping, crawling or flying insect which can ap proach the flea in strength, alzo consid ered. He Is I ryond question the Bom son of the universe. Washington Star. Odd. 'Divorces are multiplying." "That's odd. I thought that their function was to divide" Town Topics. Passenger (on ocean llnur of the fn-turei-Will you pieuae direct mo to my stateroom t It s No. 727. Clerk It's nbout half a mile aft. Take trolley car on starboard promenade. Chicago Tribune. Bemei ilHT that your neighbor Is con stantly tul-'ng an Inventory of your blessing i ui,. woudciln, w!.:.t .von cm posHllitt have to worry :ilirur. CLOTHCRAFT RAINCOATS AND OVERCOATS . If the purpose of a raincoat were simply to shield the wearer from rain there wouldn't be any reason for your wearing a Cloth craft Raincoat in preference to another. But a rain proof garment must have style, fit and distinction in order to meet the requirements of modern civilization. Clothcraft Raincoats embody every attribute of the tailor's art. - Note the style illustrated to the 1 " KTaVE YOQHA "HO B B Y f tat Eapaelal Fad la Said to Ba Good For Mind a4 Body. The best thing In the world for nerves la sleep, the next proper food, the third proper dress. But as good as auy one of these Is a hobby. How often does one boar the expres sion, "Oh, that la Ho-and-Bo's hobby," spoken rather disparagingly. It Is the tendency of the uvernge mind to re gard a person who has a pronounced enthusiasm as a species of harmless lunatic rather to be pitied. The truth tt the mutter Is that any one who has uny especial fad is greatly to be en vied, us it probably provides more In terest and amusement for Its possessor thun anything else. Any decided Inter est lu life, whether It Is dignified by the name of an occupation or Is simply an enthusiasm or even mentioned slightingly as a fad, is emlnontly de sirable. "I have never seen a genuine col lector that la not happy wbeu he Is al lowed by circumstances to gratify bis tastes," remarked a student of human nuture, "and a bent In that direction should always be encouraged. It la a curious phase of our humanity that we will work diligently to make provision , for our material needs wheu we ure old nnd quite neglect to store up 1 mental resources that will Interest and , uiuuse us until we are called hence." Hobbles help one to forget sorrow ; and give us pleasure In the present ' They ure among the best things In life ' promoters of health, peace aud happi ness. Detroit News-Tribune. A PIRATE AMONG PLANTS. Wild Vim of Mexico Choked to Death the Peaceful Palm. Among all the forms of vegetable life In the Mexican tropics the wild tig trees are the most remarkable. Bomo of them show such apparent Intelli gence in their readiness to meet emer gencies that It Is difficult not to credit tuem with powers of volition. Iu the tropics, where the wild figs flourish, there Is a cqnstaut struggle for life among numberless species of pluuts. Certain of the wild figs appear to have leurued this and provide a fruit which Is a favorite food for mauy birds. Then an occasional seed Is dropped by a bird where It finds lodg ment in the axil of a palm frond high itf tio lr. There the seed takes root and la nourished by the little accumulation of dust and vegetable matter. It sends forth an aerial root, which creeps dowu tbe palm, ' sometimes colling about the trunk on Its way. When this slender, cord like rootlet reaches the ground It secures foothold and be comes the future truuk of tbe fig tree. After the descending rootlet has se cured Itself In the ground a branch bearing a few leaves springs from the seed In tbe palm top, and a vigorous growth begins. Then tbe flg gradually enlarges and Incloses tbe supporting palm trunk until the latter la complete ly shut In the heart of Its foster child and eventually strangled. Orographic Magaslne. Melons and Snuff. Of that great lady, Charlotte of Bn varln, the Marquise of Crecpny In her memoirs says: "The diet of tills HIuh trlous person was largely composed of salt beef and soup made of beer; also a certain borrlblo ragout of fermented cabbage which made the whole castle stink wheu she partook of It She called It 'schuueruout,' and sho used to compel ber guests to eat It. Indeed She mado a sort of patriotic persecu tion of It, so that every one tried to evade her dinners. She would eat the most horrible messes prunes and pears cooked with lord and onions, salads mado of raw herrings and ap ples soaked In oil and mustard, pasties of otters' llesh and snails. She pow dered her melon with Scotch snuff." A Strict Old Ladr. A certuln noblo family in Scotland adopted the Episcopalian fulth and car ried out Its Ideas regardless of expense. On the first Introduction of the full choir service Into tbe local church the greut lady, who had been active In tbe work, was anxious that a favorite woman servant of hers a rreabyterlun of the old school should have an op portunity of hearing the service. Ac cordingly she took ber down to church UU the carriage and on returning asked the old woman whut she thought of the music. "Ou, It's verra bonny. But oh, my lady, It's on awfu' way of spending the Sabbath!" Queer Snuffboxes. In the days when a snuffbox was considered a necessary attribute to the perquisites of a beau or a belle much Ingenuity was brought to bear upon the manufacture of these dainty tri fles. The results were often very nov el. Those with a taste for the morbid iouUI buy boxes niude from tbe wood ef scaffolds, chairs that murderers had sat upon or parts of their bouses. Enfooraglng Him. "Do you know," remarked the pes simist, "I think that I have experi enced every kind of misfortune except hanging." "Well, yon shouldn't be discouraged," rejoined the optlmiBt "It la always deslrublo. you know, to remember the nld adage, 'While there's life there's hope." " A Part Merer la the Whole. "Most divorces are caused by a very common mlstuke." "Whut is it?" !' ''Mnny a man In love only with a llmplo or a curl makes the mlstuke of Slurrying tbe wholo girl."- Life. Better be unborn than untaught, for Ignorance Is tbe root of misfortune. Plata Natural Causa, "I have been told," remarked the vis itor In Suit Lake City, "that your lake Is drying up. What seems to be tbe cause?" "I' guess, mister," said the native, "If you hud as much salt In you as that there luke's got you'd be glttln' purty dry too." Chicago Tribune. 1 ' VENETIAN GLASS. (tares Pole Dirt the Flrat Great Ian neiaa to Its Manafartare. It was Marco I'olo who gave the first great luiietns to the glass Industry nt Venice... The greut traveler encouraged hh eoiiiilrymen to manufacture and tu export large quantities of glass to the orient to satisfy the growing demand there. It Is difficult to determine when the first glass factories were establish ed In Venice, suys tbe Chicago News. Some historians have attempted to prove that It was as early as tbe fifth century. Tbe most auclont existing document relating to this Industry Is nn article In n treaty concluded In 1287 between llnheiiiond, prince of Antloch, and .lacolio Contarlnl, doge of Venice, This time stained parchment refers to the purchase of broken glass a most necessary Ingredient for the production of good glass by the Venetian mer chants In Kyrla. In 1280 the great council of the republic prohibited the establishment of glass furnaces In the city proper, as they were frequent causes of serious fires, and Anally rele gated the glassblowers to the Island of Murium (12(12), where the Industry bus flourished down to the present day. Murauo's glass manufacturers pos sessed many political and other privi leges. Their daughters could even mar ry Into the families of tbe proud Vene tian patricians. Iu the seventeenth cen tury the glassblowers of Venice were recognised as tbe best In Kurope. This fact caused tbe Kuke of Buckingham to employ Venetian workmen In tbe gl.iss manufactory which ho opened In 11171) for the purpose of making Imita tions of 'the fine Venetian drinking glasses. Kvclyn, tbe diarist, writing In MM I, says: "I passed over to Murano, fa mous Tor the best glasses of the world, where, having viewed their furnaces, I made 11 collection of divers curiosities. Tls the white flints which they have from I'avln, which they pound and sift exceedingly small and mix with ashes made of a seaweed brought out of Syr lu, and a white sand that cause the manufacture to excel." Relaxation. Mrs. Snltonstall I feel tired to death this morning. I've been out till mid night tbe last four nights running. Mrs. Walslngbam So do I. I have had com pany for two weeks now, and I'm all worn out. Let's go shopping. A CLEAN Slack A Slack Burner Reflector Top. Cheerful Mica Ifluminating Door. Swing Lift Feed Door, which enables you to feed big lumps of coal or knotty wood. Exposed Fire Pot which radiates intense heat. Large Ash Pan with nickel Ash Guard. Don't forget it's the cleaneBt Boft coal stove sold in the world. A GUARANTEE BOND Signed by the officers of the Peninsular Stove Company with each and every Retort Peninsular. Rpnllu Hardware Co TIME. Evans Contractor and Builder O line bought Solomon Shaffer's lumber of fice and lumber yard at thN place and will contlnuo the lumber business at the same old stand. He will sell any and all kinds of Lumber Lime, Cement, Sand or Plaster. Main St., Reynoldsville. Ths Cure lhal Cures Coughs, Cotds, JSHppei Whooping Cough, Asthma Bronohltls and Incipient Consumption la Sold by II. Alex. Stoke. Burner with an Ash Pan. We are exclusive agents for the Retort Peninsular The Celebrated Smoke Consumer and Fuel- Saver. " Don't buy a soft coal stove until you have seen this top-notcher. As a fuel saver and heater, it is simply without an equal. These are some of the many advantages: ygvL J L -J ST? u 11 iys CURI
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