-I lie An independent journal devoted to the' interests of Reynoldtvillt. Published weekly. One Dollar per year strictly in advance. VOLUME 13. REYNOLDSV1LLK. I'KNN'A., WEDNESDAY, OCTOUER 20, 1901. NUJIBER 23. APPLICATION FOR CIIAUTEU. Notice U liPi-Hiy glvm tlmt nn npplhntln will bo mnile tv 1 ho (lovrrnor of tho Hlute of lVnnftylvanla on Mimiltty, (Vtnlwr 24ih, liU, by Uoorge HukIm', Morrl Knlloy nnd Mattniw Hullor. unctor tho Act of Anftcmbly of tin Commnnwenlih of IVmrnlviii.ta entitled "An Act to prnvlih for tho InroriMiruthm ami Hcnulritlnn of certain conmriitlon,'' up tmvod April ,'Vfh, 174, and th ruipplrnii'iin thereto, for tin ehiirter of nn Intended ior itnratlon to b culled "Kcynoldnvllta lHntll IImr Company," tho rhnnieter and object of which in tli niivtnu, uptHrnr, mnnufncturlttir and dNt Hlmu ftplrtls, bWk ie, hrtitMlloH Htm other nplrttiinii Hpmr, iiml for these jmr mm' to hnve, ionst ii n (I rnloy fill tho right, benefit nml pi ivIlrnT of the mild Act ol Ammlily tid lis Mtpplemeiitn. t .A K M'KWAHT. fOIlI'MOrH. Housekeepers ! ! Save They say thatjriutojscnt for two To lighten up his labors, And make it most exceeding warm For some of your near neighbors 1 It's hotter than the Spanish fire Down there in Santiago, And cayenne pepper can't compare With the HOT BLAST from CHICAGO, KEYSTONE HARDWARE C0. - SOLE AGENTS "The Store that Sets the Pace" Near Postoffice. Bing-Stoke Company, Wanted! Two good, intelligent girls to measure and clean cloth. Enterprise Silk Co. dollars in fuel You cannot afford to say to yourself "My old stove will have to do thin winter." The old stove is eating np the price of a new stove every year. Not only that, but on top of the cost is the unsatis factory result it gives. Cole's Hot Blast is the Modern Heater It produces an even temperature because It is air-light and bums all the gases in the fuel with the patented not mast Draft. Soft coal Is half gas. This is the great fuel saver. Fire keeps over night. No extremes of heat and cold. The smoke-proof feed door is a great feature. If you wnntyto keep your plants from freezing and enjoy the luxury of getting up in warm rooms every morning without kindling new fires, Investigate Cole's Hot blast to-day. With every stove goes this GUARANTEE We guarantee every stove to remain absolutely air-tight as long as used. We guarantee a uniform heat day and night, with soft coal, slack, sift ing or hard coal We guarantee that the rooms can be heated from orle to two hours each morning wih the soft coal put in the stove the evening before. We guarantee the feed door to be smoke-proof, and that the stove will hold fire with soft coal thirty-six hours with out attention. We guarantee a saving of one-third in fuel over any lower draft stove of the same size. , The above guarantee is made 1 1, tm tmrlj-ratanrtina tkat rthe stove be operated accord i .1; : . I -A I1IK III UIIGI.IIUII. WI1U W with a good flue. Revnoldsvifle. Pa. Clothcraft as a re mm different from ordinary over coats as day is from night. It seems as if the majority of overcoats were made simply to cover the body without any thought of HOW they cover it. That's Just where Clothcraft Overcoats are different. Their flrsi purpose is to protect the body from exposure. They accomplish that purpose' admirably because the fabrics are all wool, and at the same time they have a style, grace and individual ity that are distinctly theirs. LooK at the illustration of the Harvard and Yale models and you will see how Clothcraft Overcoats are tailored. Note how neatly the collar fits, see how gracefully the coat hangs from the shoulders, giving ample room at the Knee. Ths whole garment seems a part of the man. Only, faultless clothing fits that way. Wear a Clothcraft Overcoat and you'll be properly attired. We will supply you at $10 to $35, REYNOLDSVTLLE, PENNSYLVANIA. JAVA'S DEATH PLANT. Uro Only on tin" sterile Roll nf the Ynlennln Itenjlona, Jnvn, tlio Iiinil of I lie famous mil Billrh exiiKirernted Dentil vnlli'.v, Inn nir.ny tvnii Icrfnl i-m-l.i's'tli. Vw pr'.n-c-ri:i 1 one lielnu tin kull inn.Uli, or lie;; III plnlit. It grows only on the sterile soils of the vo .rnnlo regions of Jinn iiml tho uiljolnli t ImIiiiiiIm innl I l-vi'M there reekoned us u curiosity on necjimt of Its extreme m-niilty. It (trows from two iiml n hull' to three foot In height, Willi lonac, slender steins, wpII protceloil by t nit thorns lipiirly mi Inch In lriit.lli. Tlip cround leaves nro of n deMento, niitlnllko smoothness, Iipiirt Hluippil, emerald green on one hIiIp ii i i i I liloml red, strpiikpil an veined with Unlit ImlT, on the other. Tin- (lowers of this ilrnlli deiiling beauty nrp even more bountiful tlimi the plant ItHolf, being very Iiiitp mul enp shaped mid (if n color almost deathly In its whiteness. The name of the plant Is from n clinniclerlslle of those Kpleiiillil tlowors. which, beauti ful though they nre, continually drip wild n doiiilly poison. The poison, which Is distilled In the. bottom of the cup shaped blossom, lias the slckenliis odor of chloroform In teiisllloil n dozen fold. It bolmr power ful enoiiKli to overcome 11 full ttrnwu tun n In n few seconds, even when In haled In open nlr. The perfume, If such n pmmoiit odor can properly be so called, produces Insensibility In the form of convulsions, distorting the face, especially the. inoulli ami eyes, Into n horrid, crazy looking Ki'in- He covery from the effects of Inhaling this odor Is said to be very slow. THE TREE CF IMAGES. Learend of a Preiillnr Plant Thnt Unini In Tll-t. There Is n loRend about n tree of Tibet, cnllod the "tree of W.ihiii Im AKes," which reads like this: Far away In the dreary land of Ani bo, In Tibet, Is it green valley In which, In a Tartar tent, was born a wonder ful boy niimed Tsong Knliii. From bis birth lie bad a long while beard mid flowing hair and could speak piM-foctly his unlive tongue. His manners were majestic, mid'lils words were full of wisdom. When he was three years old ho resolved to cut off bis hair nnd live it solitary life. Ho bis mother shaved bis bead nnd threw his lung, flowing locks upon the ground outside their tent door. From his hair sprang the wonderful tree. Tsong Kabn lived many years, did count loss good deeds and lit Inst died. But the tree which had grown up from his bnlr lived, nnd they called It "the tree of lO.ixm images." This was long before the (tliristlun era, but It Is thu testimony of the French missionaries that tho tree lives yet. The loaves nro always green. Tho wood is of a red dish tint nnd bag an aroma us of cin namon. Tho bark of the troo Is marked with well known symbols In the Tibetan language. Alphabetic characters also appear in greon on every leaf, somo darker, some lighter than the leaf it self. The brunches of the tree nro de scribed as being spread out like plumes of feather crowning a trunk only eight feot high, but of great jflrlli. Two French missionaries who saw the tree were fully convinced that tho marks upon it wcro of natural growth. The pleasantest thlrgs In the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art In life la to have aa many of thcui aa. possible. Bovea. Overcoats DEPARTMENT GIVES A WARNING TO FARMERS. Secretary of Agriculture Says an Attempt will be Made to Secure Repeal of the Tax on Oleomargarine and Advises Farmers to Oppose It. Itarrlsburg, Pa., Oct. 15, 1!K)4. . To whom It may concern. Information has reached tho Secre tary of Agriculture and tho Dairy and Food Commissioner of this Common wealth to tho effect that the oleo inargai'lno interests of the United States have formulated plans to combine and make a determined effort to secure the repeal of tho bill, passed by Con gress in 11102, known us thu "Grout Hill," which places a tax of ten cents a pound on colored oleomargarine, Manufacturers of and dealers in oleo margarine, are endeavoring to form a solid organization, Including- In Its membership every manufacturer and dealer in oleomargarine in tho United States. In tho circular letter which Is being spread broadcast, those who are In charge of the opposition to tho law referred to, present their sldo of tho subject In thu following language : "To secure tho repeal of this law a largo fund will bo necessary. Tho first duty of the Association is to raise tho fund and then work with it for tho ro peal of the tax on oleomargarine. It U absolutely necessary that oleomargarine dealers throughout tho United States contribute, In order that this law may be roooled. Their existence depends upon tho repeal of tho law. A contri bution of $-5 entitles u dealer to mem bership. Evory denier In tho country should join the Association and send tho $L'5 membership feo to tho secre tary. Let every dealer that can pos sibly afford to Join the Association Bond bis 2.r) to Mr. Itussull. If, however, tho dealer feels that ho cannot afford that amount of money, lut him send what ho can afford, tho largest posstblo amount that ho can spare, for there is no danger of obtaining too lurgo a fund. Do not delay in this matter. Tho raising of thu fund Is tho most important step. Without it nothing can bo done, and unless tho fund is obtained In a very short timo, it will bo impossible to re peal tho law at tho coming session of Congress. Htisto Is necessary. Don't wait to seo what your neighbor Intends to do. Do what you can afford yourBulf, and do it now. If overbody delays, it will not bo possible to have tho law re pealed, and oleomargarine dealers will have to go out of business." A recent publication issued from tho Dairy and Food Division of this depart TIGER HARD TO POISON in lannll t'nlli iiu Knar Victim, mm lie Kufft V. i-ticlop.ly. Wolves, tigers, 1coi....1h and other carnivorii ure difficult to poison be cause of the power which they have of rapidly getting rid of the drug, Minis, on the other band, nro very frequently poisoned, as they eat voraciously and quickly, more like n dog than the other large felldae. It is said that u good ninny lion skins, especially tho.su brought back by foreign counts utid others from Koinalllaiid before the re grettable misunderstanding between whites nnd Minks had begun in that region famous for large game, were oiitalned by the unsportsmanlike meth od of poisoning carcasses mid leaving them for the Hons to devour. ('little, which have no less than four titiiiiiacl.s, aro hopelessly pjisiincl lf once they have swallowed u dose, whether III ii toxic plant or otherwise. It is this curious arrangement of their Interiors which makes It such u dldl cult matter to give cuttle medicine nt nil. " In iui..i.iu with human beings, uul mils sieiii to be affected by poison In certain forms when in u particular con dition of health. At other times they cull eat the same plant or shrub with impunity. In certain states of health a niau can cat pork, lobsters, cockles, scallops nnd other somewhat risky foods without bad effects. At other times the same edibles would produce ou him the effect of ptomaine poison ing. Two persons may eat of the same food at tho same time, and while ono i. perfectly well afterword the other may become vjolently ill. The curious cases of yew poisoning umoug cuttle or horses seem to be somewhat analogous. They will sumo times browse on shoots of yew nnd take no harm whatever. At other times they are obviously mudo very ill or die from eating the leaves. They luive even been found dead with the yew fresh and undigested In tholr stomachs. Whpi'o poisonous plants ure present In r.ny great numbers in herbage it seems quo Impossible to prevent cat tle from eating them. Birds seem to have no discrimination whatever In regard to poisons, prob ubly because they have almost no sense of smell and swallow their food ment, gives tho appended Important Information relative to tho value of the dairy Interests of Pennsylvania : "Tho latest figures obtainable show that tho farm value of dairy products In Pennsylvania aro exceeded by but ono state In the Union, aggregating 1:15,8110,110.00 per annum, and that, ac cording to the last census there were !)2,100 farms In Pennsylvania which derived their principal Income from tho dairy. In 1IKHI the State had lll.'l,":! dairy cows, and these produced 487,0:i:i,81H gallons of milk In ono year. The total number of farms In tho State, as reported by tho lost census, Is 224,2 18, and tho number reporting dairy pro duels was 2()0,0.'lfl, with a total valua tion of :ir,Hfl0,fM. The buttor made on 1 .")!), H.ri 7 of these farms aggregated 74,221,085 pounds, of which amount M,:i0ll.8:i:l pounds wero sold by the producers." In view of tho magnltudo of the Interests threatened, and tho duslre of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to foster and protect tho samo, tho Secre tary of Agriculture and Dairy and Fond Commissioner, with tho consent of the Governor, respectfully and earnestly urgo nil granges, farmers' alliances and kindred organizations, as well as dairy men and farmers, generally, to wrlto to tho Hon. Doles Ponroso, and lion. 1. C. Knox, United States Senators, Washington, D. C, and to their re spective members of Congress from Pennsylvania, urging them to work and vote against thu ropeal of tho aforesaid "Grout bill," and to assist In thwarting tho efforts of any and all persons who muy endeavor to ovortli row a law, the policy of which bus been determined and which has proven by experience to be beneficial. If tho s tutu to should be rupualod it would not only soriously affect the welfare of every producor of buttor, bnt It will also oien the way for tho general sulo of substitutes for dairy products, to the injury of the consumer who may bo misled by such substitu tions, and full to sccuro from tho mark ets tho articles ho desires to pluco upon bis own table. Vory Ruspcctfully, N, B. Ckitciifiei.d, Seo. of Agrluulture. B. II. Warren, Dairy and Food Commissioner. without masticating It. Such Intelli gent birds us rooks will pick up and eat poisonous gruin, and crows ami ravens readily eut poisoned eggs or meat. C'lilckeiiM will eat tho poisonous seeds of the laburnum and die from the ef fects. Whether birds such us tits nnd green (Inches ever do so does not seem to be known, but wild birds nre fre quently found dying in gardens, though upparently they bare been in good health a few hours before, mid their denth muy probably be due to tho con sumption of poisonous seeds. Cbieugo Chronicle. She Was Dolus; Her Best. Genuine Scotch cuiinliieHS shines through this story which the Philadel phia Ledger publishes: "A widow ono duy In spring was seen by the clerk of her parish crossing tho churchyard with u watering put nnd a bundle. "Ah, Mistress Muctnvlsh," said the clerk, "what's yer bus'ness wl' sic llks gear us Unit y'uro curry lu'V" "Ah, weel, Mr. Macluchluii," replied the widow, "I'm just goln' to my gudo uiun's grave. I've got some buy seeds In my bundle, which I'm going to sow upon It, mid the water lu the can Is Just to gi'e 'em u spring like!" "The seed winuii want thu watering," re Jollied the clerk. "They'll spring fine ly themselves." "That may well be," replied tho widow, "but ye illnna ken that uiy gudemnn, as lay a-deelug, just got me to promlso that I'd never marry again till thu grass hud grown ubovo bis grave. And, us I've hud a good offer uinde me but yestreen, ye see, I dlima like to break my promise or be kept a lone widow, as ye see me!" Ills Favorlls Animal.. Bundny School Teucher Do you lovo onluiuls? Boy Yes'in. "That's right. I'm glad you do. What animals do you like best?" "Snakes." "Goodness! Why do you like nukes?" " 'Cause It ain't wicked to kill 'em." frartlrallr Admitted. Tess May is considerably older than Bess. Joss Yes. May practlcully ad mitted It to me tho other day. Tess You don't say? Jess Yes; she said, "Bess Is just about my uge." Phila delphia Press. SIZE OF AN ATOM. ft a lllaatraHoa That Uirva lama Idea f Ita Littleness. , How large Is nil atom 7 "Perhaps tho simplest though not the most rxm t way of arriving nt rough estimate of the slr.e of atoms Is by measuring the thickness of a soup bubble film where It is as thin aa possible just before It bursts," ssys a writer. "Such a film If composed of atoms must be something like a pebble wall. Now, a pebble wall would not stnnd If It were not several pebbles thick, and If we bad reason to suppose that It was about a doseu peb bles thick we could easily make an es timate of tho size of a pebble by meas uring the thickness of the wall. That Is tho ense with the thinnest region of a soap film. It Is found to have a very definite uniform thickness. It Is the thinnest thing known, and by refined optical menus Us thickness can be ac curately measured. It must contain not loss than something like a doccn atoms In Its thickness, and yet It I only about the twenty-millionth of an Inch In thickness by direct measure ment. So that the diameter of nn atom comes out between one two-hundredth-millionth of nn Inch. In other words, from about 200,000,000 to 800,000,01)0 of atoms can lie edge to edge In a linear Inch." BLADES OF GRASS. The Iteaaon Ther Grow So Abandast If Tbrouarboat the World. Grasses are widely diffused through out tho world In order to provide abundantly for the sustenance of a very lurgo portion of the animal king dom. "Grasses," anys Paley, "nre nature's care. Cattle feed upon their leaves, birds upon their smaller seeds, men upon the larger, for our bread corn Is a gruss. They thrive under treatment by which other plants are destroyed. The more their, leaves are consumed the more their roots Increase, and the more they are trampled upon the thick er they grow. Many that seem dead nnd dry renew their verdure In the spring. On lofty mountains, where summer beuts are not sufficient to ripen the seeds, grasses abound which are viviparous and consequently able to propagate themselves without seed." It Is Interesting to note la thin con nection thnt animals at liberty In their pasture to range and choose attack tlie leaves and leave unharmed the stalks which support the reproductive flow- A CURIOUS ANIMAL. The Jrllr-IIke Amoeba, Haa neither Limbs, Mouth kor Rtemseh. The amoeba, prolrably the simplest form of animal life, baa neither limbs, mouth, nor stomach, Its whole anato my consists of a almplo cell of the Jelly-like material called protoplasm. It moves with a flowing motion, Just as a drop of glycerin might slide on a slight ly inclined plate. It foods by flowing' over and Ingulf ing and minute animal or vegetable organism thnt may be In Its path. When It has digested lta food It passes on and leaves the residue behind. The amoeba can be found on the sur face of the mud at the bottom of al most any stagnant pool and Is hardly visible without a microscope. It re produces Its kind by simply dividing into two when It has reached a certain size. Occasionally two amoeba merge into one, which breaks up Into many much smaller ones. In times of drought tho amoeba Incloses Itself In a hard cyst and waits until Its borne la wet eguln. A Purpose. A purpose la always a companion. An earnest purpose Is the closest of companions. To fulfill duties is more thuu to enjoy pleasures. It carries Its own reward. There Is no bitter lone liness for those affectionately devoted to blessing their fellow creatures. The keeper of the lighthouse when night Buttles around him and the tempest holds revelry and he looks out on the ghastly glare of the breakers and hears the shrieking of the storm fiend, finds good company in the thought that the friendly light be trims will warn en dangered crews of their peril and per haps save them from death. Gifted souls find solace and companionship In their works. Mutual Lupae of afemorr. Mrs. B., who haa passed the meri dian of life and la ambling down Its western slope, had occasion to consult her doctor. Before he diagnosed her illness be asked her age. "Doctor," said the old lady, with some asperity, "I am Juat one year older than I was this time last year when you visited me professionally and asked the same question." "How old were you then?" asked the doctor. "I have forgotten." "So have I.H Chicago Record Her ald. A Deadlock. "The only way to swim," said the man who assumes to give instruction about everything, "la to have confi dence." "Yea," answered the novice, "aud the only way to have confidence is to bo perfectly sure you can swim." Washington Star, JOHN C. IIIBST, CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER, Surveyor and UriuiKliUnmn. Ofllce In Hoi HIiafTiir building, Main street. yy L. JOHNSTON, JUSTICE OP THE PEACE. Offlr four floors from IIom IIiiiiuh. Went HuyniililHTlllii, I'a. pBIESTEHBHOS., UNDERTAKERS. tllttf-lr nnrl wliltn fnnnriil nnra. Minn alrnnt.. tteynoidsvlile, I'a. n. HUGHES, UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMING. Thn tl. 0. ftiirlnl Leniriifl tins linen tiMOVd and funnel nil rlitlil,. UlieaiMmt form nf In surance. Knctirn a r.ontriict. Woodward Kulldlnir, Kejrnoldsvlllu I'a. First National Bank OF RE I' NO I j ItH V ILL Ma, Capital Surplus $50,000 $50,000 BJeott sfrClelland, Prealrientt J. t!. Hlnu.VIlT rralflrlilt John II, Kaueliert'aahler Director.! Bcott MrC'lcllnnrt J. C. KlnB flnnlnl Nolan II 1 1 1 .... . , if u uuu ii. m.i.v tf.ii. nnui;iier O. W. fuller It. II. W II hon Doftn nffenorril banking huslnnMHiid mil tr Ita thn account (if nmrchitntM, proftwlnnnl mnn. fiirmerH. niftohHtilrn. mlrinrH. lutriherinen and other, prornlnlnu tli most mrnful attention w me MUrmiPRffnr an pernon. pure DeuoHlt Ho -en for rent. Klrit National Hank building, Nolan block Flr Proof Vault, TH0S.E. Evans Contractor and Builder & Has bought Solomon Shaffer's lumber of fice and lumber yard at this place and will continue tho lumber buBlnoss at tho samo old stand. Ho will soil any and all kinds of Lumber Lime, Cement, Sand or Plaster. V Main St., Reynoldsville. A Tonic Laxative. Csthnrtlr are not tonlc-laTrtttvcs. Ptlla arid suits and cantor-oil are cathartics. Tbey leave the .yHtein In nn exhauabMl and da prtttaed condition. Many cAlburlti: contain drtiKS that produce liHiiiorrliolds and oUier unfavorable complication. Celery Kins la a tonic-laxative. It restores the lnteatlnui tract and disestlve organs to tbelr normal condition. I tcurea constipation and the Ilia reaultlni( from Inactive bowels. Price, either herb or tablet form, 25o Bold by n. Alex. Stoke. Ths Secret of Success. Forty million bottles of Aufrust Flower sold In the United States alono since Its introduction ! And the demand for it is still growing;. Isn't that a fine showing of success ? Don't it prove that August Flower has bad unfailing success in the cure of indigestion and dyspepsia the two greatest enemies of health and happiness ? Does it not af ford' the best evidence that August Flower is a sure speclflo for all stomach and intestinal disorders ? that it has proven Itself the best of all liver regulators ? August Flower has matchless record of over thirty-five years in curing the hillrjg millions ol these distressing complaints a supocks that Is becoming wider in its scope every day, at home and abroad, as thq fame of August Flower spreads. . Trial) bottles, 25o ; regular size, 7,io. Fori tale by H. Alex Stoke. , If you hav anything to sell, try ourWant Column. 5
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