An independent, journal devoted to the interests of lleynoldsville. , Published weekly. One Dollar par year strictly in advance. VOLUME 13. REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1905. NUJLBER 37. First National Haul OF REYNOLDS VILLI. Capital Surplus $50,000 $50,000 Scott fleMolland, Preldentt J. Klni, Vice President; John II. Kanclier t'HMlllvi'a Directors: Scott fttrCh'llHMl J. C. Kins Janiel Noliin John ll.OoilM'it. .1. H. Kuucher G.W. Fuller K.H.Wilson I loos tt general tmiiklriKbuMncsMLnd solicits t tin accounts of iriiM'cliiintH, professional men, farmers, mechanics, miners, lumbermen una oilier,, ptniisinu I lie most careful attention to the Imsltu'NH of all purannN. Hufe heposlt Hoxen for rent. Ft rut National hank Imihlin:, Nolan block Fir Proof Vault. i 'T is true iievertheless because UnclcSam'sj5taticians tell the truth. PURE, HONEY is not only the most wholesome1' of all'sweets, but the most delicious. OUR IIOXEY is procured from one of the best apiarys in the country it comes to us in the comb you can be sure it's not adulterated. C. R KOERNER Main Street. GROCER -4- FEBRUARY -4- SHOE SALE! t We've Got too Many Shoes Have You? If not, come here and get a pair at a Price so Low it will As tonish You. -Tf ring stock will soon be hereand we must have room for it. Besides it's the policy of this store uever to carry stock from season to seoson and WE NEVER WILL. IIerere inducements that will make your feet and purse verytuneasy. ' MEN'S - SHOES. $3.50 Shoes'.for $2.60. 2.50 Shoes for 1.89. 2.00 Shoes for 1.59. 1.75 Shoes for J.J 5. Boys' and Girls' Shoes at 1-3 Off Regular Price. COME AND GET FIRST PICK. DON'T DELAY. Adam's Shoe Store Successor to Robinson's REYNOLDSVILLE ... PENNSYLVANIA. tiraaniHBiaMai JENNIE B. PINNEY . Solicits tho patronise so Sfonerously hindered to her liusbiind, the Into N. G. rinnoy, of BrookvlUe. All of the Insurance Companies ropreHeniea oy nuu uuvu . J f-- LI I - appointed her aa his suc cessor. JOHN TRUDGEN. Solicitor for Mrs. Pinney in Royn oldsvillo. Honey ! The nectarine of flow ers sweet product of the busy bee. Wouldn't it surprise you to know that the an nual production of honey almost equals the rice crop in value. I Reynoldsvillo, Pa. i4 WOMEN'S SHOES. $3.00 Shoes for $2.19. 2.50 Shoes for J.78. "2.00 Shoes for J.50. 1.50 Shoes for J.JO. WESTMINSTER ABBEY ROMANCE AND SECRET PLACES OF THIS FAMOUS CHURCH. Mystery of the Door With the Seven Looks That Mocks Hie Rntrnnec to the Chntither That Wns at One lime the Treasury of 1-Juu;lnnl. To the man who thinks he knows every nook and cranny of Westminster abbey It will probably be a surprise to learn that there are many of Us most undent and lntercstinj? parts of which lie has never even caught a glimpse. For Instance, In the eastern cloister is an ancient double door so guarded against unauthorized intrusion that It enn only be opened by seven keys, wliieh are in the jealous custody of ns many government oltieials. Five of the keyholes of this wonderful door, which, by the way, Is covered with human skins, are concealed from view by n stout iron bar which traverses it. Tills door gives access to a vaulted chamber known as the, chapel of the Pyx, the wnll.s of which were standing, ns they stand today, before ever the Norman conqueror landed on the shore of Sussex. This chamber was once the treasury of England, to which were brought "the most cherished posses sions of the state." The regalia of the Scottish kings and of the Holy Cross of Holyrood were deposited here; for many a year It served ns a mint for coining silver and gold; it was, cen turies ago, the Bcene of a daring' rob bery, when treasure valued nt P)0,000 (equal to two millions of present day English money) was taken fro:n it, and today it contains, in addition to u stone altar, some old chests, one of which is said to have held the Jewels of Nornion kings. Not far away Is a passage lending to the little cloister, the nrehed walls of which were built under the eyes of Edward the Confessor nearly eight mid a half centuries ago and which has echoed to the footfall of the first Wil liam and his mailed attendants. Hid den from view under the pavement are the bases of the original columns of the abbey, which have nlso stood since be fore the conquest, and adjoining the .little cloister Is a garden, shut off by high walls from the .outside world, in which monks meditated and walked and prayed eight centuries ago. At the southeast coruer of the little cloister are the remains of St. Catha rine's chapel, which was probably built within living memory of the conquest. The beautiful doorway which once gave access to it now serves as the entrance to one of the official residences, and in its walls are still to be seen traces of the high altar uud a fireplace. Not far from this interesting relic of ancient days is a square gray tower which once served the grim purpose of a monastic prison and has also been the repository of the royal Jewels (for many years it was known as the "king's Jewel house") and fets of parliament After all these centuries of existence it still has its uses, for in it are kept the stand ards of weights and measures. Few who have explored the abbey have been privileged to inspect the chapter library, with its treasures of books and manuscripts many centuries old, or perhaps know that under the passage leading to the chapter house lies the dust of the first abbot of West minster, who had his day when the confessor was kiifg of England. The chapter house, which is open to the public, lias, of course, centuries of in teresting memories. It was originally the chamber where the abbot and monks used to transact their monastic business; for many generations the commons sat and legislated here before moving to the chapel of St. Stephen in Westminster palace, and In later years it was used as a storehouse for the public records, including the origi nal Domesday Book. Beneath the chap ter house is a crypt, the entrance to which is kept jealously locked and which seems to have served the pur pose oPa strong room to the rinntng enct kings, and not far from the chap ter house Is St Faith's chapel, at one time the vestry of the abbey and in which the ancient end priceless altar plute of the abbey is kept Of peculiar interest is the Jerusalem chamber, which was built more than 500 years ago and was probably at one time the abbot's withdrawing room. It wns in this chamber that Henry IV. died, in curious fulfillment of a proph ecy that he should die in Jerusalem: It hath, been prophesied me many a year I Bhall not die but in Jerusalem. Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. But bear me to that chamber; there I'll lie. In that Jerusalem shall Harry die. And In the same chamber Addison, Congreve and Trior lay in state before their splendid interment In the abbey. A Notable Deficiency. The Professor Of course in many re spects the ancients were far behind us In civilization. His Wife Yes. Now, I never heard" you say thut anybody had discovered the ruins of an ancient re tall dry goods store Brooklyn Life. A Candid Critic. Author Is it true that you say my latest Is the worst booki I ever wrote? Critical Acquaintance Nonsense, my dear fellow. What I said was that it was the worst book anybody ver wrote; not you iu particular. BIRTHDAYS IN JAPAN. Ill the Girls Crlebrnte In February, All the Ilnys In Mny. The Japanese have a queer way of celebrating birthdays. Instead of a party in June for little Tama and a party iu. September for little O'Tatsu and ft party In December for little Ume there's a party In February In honor of all the little girls ami one in May for all little boys. In February every little girl receives from all her grownup relatives and friends gifts of dolls, and besides these dolls her moth er takes out of the closet many of the dolls she bad when she was a child and some even older dolls that the lit tle girl's grandmother had when she was a little tot, and I dare say there are dolls that belonged to the little girl's great-grandmother and even her grent-great-grandmother, quaint dolls in faded clothes of a hundred years and more ngo, carefully handed down from mother to daughter ever since. I saw one old doll, nbout six Inches tall, dressed ns n dnimlo, or grent lord of bygone times, In gorgeous brocade robes, covered with steel armor of lit tle overlapping plates. Just as beauti fully made as If for a real warrior. He wore a tiny helmet and carried two tiny swords not as large ns matches. You could draw the swords out of their, scabbards Just like real ones, and they were ns shnrp ns they could be. Well, for nbout a week all Japan Is one grand dolls tea party. And then the festival Is over, nud nil the best dolls, even the presents to the little girl, are put carefully away, never to be even looked at for a whole year. I don't see how the little Japanese girls enn bear that part of It. - Then nt the 1st of Mny comes the boys' festival the fish festival, It is cnlled. Every family that's lucky enough to have a boy puts up a flag pole In the doorynrd, or perhaps sev eral families combine to use the same pole and have it a bigger, handsomer one than one family could afford. On tho top of the pole is a gilt ball or else a basket with something bright and tiuselly In It. And flying from the pole, in the brisk spring winds is a whole string of carp made of oiled paper or cloth, painted in bright colors nnd any where from five to fifteen feet long. Each fish belongs to some pnrtlculnr boy, nnd the carp Is chosen because it is a big, strong fish and not only can swim against the most rapid currents, but in its eagerness to get upstream will leap straight up waterfalls. The gold ball means a treasure, which the carp, leaping and struggling, buffeted by the wind, Is forever trying to rench.. And the whole thing means that the boy when he's a man will have to bat tle his way as tho sturdy carp strug gles up tho river. The fishes look so very pretty nnd gay, flying over his house, and the boy gets so many treats at fish festival time thnt I don't think he minds even if the carp is a nice lit tle Jolly lecture on ambition. St Nich olas. A Gentle Knock. Those who are in the habit of arriv ing home in the early hours and finding their doors and windows locked and their "folks" nsleep beyond the power of the doorbell to nwnken them will find comfort in a new recipe for their relief offered by the New York Even ing Tost. A man who had banged the front Coor and rattled the knob for nearly an hour appealed to a policeman to help him break a pane of glass or open a window. . "It Isn't necessary," said the police man. "I'll wake up your family." ne' walked up the street to a pile of building material and brought bnck a piece of board about five feet long. This he slammed flat sided against the side of the bouse with a tremendous whang. "I guess that'll rouse 'em," he said. "You see, that sort of a blow sets the whole house to vibrating and makes the folks Inside dream of dynnmlte ex plosions." He had hardly uttered the words when a front window opened and a head appeared. "Ob, ofltcer," gasped a woman's voice, "what in goodness' name was that awful noise?" Good Looks and Conceit. The man's Apollo is generally a comely specimen of flesh and blood, with a blooming cheek and bright eye, who is a credit to his tailor. Women admire a more rugged type, or a .type In which a tinge of asceticism is com bined with intense nervous strength, or the picturesque may take their fan cy. Roughly, the good looking are vain or not, in proportion as they are dow ered with the saving salt of humor. So with the women. The pretty dolls may be vain. The nobler and more interest ing beauties are probably less so than their plainer' siBtersj for the simple rea son that their physical charms are un doubted and have been tacitly ac knowledged ever since they can re member. They shine without effort, and their attention is preoccupied with other things. London Chronicle. Worst oi Warning. Wife I uiUKt rup across the street and bid Mm. Neighbor goodby. I'll be back In a second. Husband ,WI1, you'll hHve to hurry.' The train leaves in three hours. BREAD IN CHINA. Cnrlons Sifrhts In Peklno; Disposing of Perlnhnule Wares. Among the many curious sight3 In China none presents a utranger aspect to our American eyes than the h;e,d peddlers uud their methods of ill. -posing of their wares. They carry their stock In trade about with them, either iu oval boxes strapped to their backs or in two boxes depending from a yoke across the eUoulticro or on trays held by n strap hung from the neck and car ried in front of them, after the manner In which the pieman of Simple Kl'.u.m fame Is Invariably pictured by all ortho dox Illustrators of Mother Goose. Iu the city of Tientsin these street venders offer three different kinds of bread for sale. Two of these ure twisted Iu oval shape; the third Is a thin, crisp cake sprinkled with seeds of sesame, thnt magic word which at once recalls to our minds the wonderful tale of All Baba and the Forty Thieves. How little we ever dreamed when we lln tened spellbound In our childhood day, to tho thrilling account of All Baba's adventures that we should ever behold, far less taste, the fateful sesame, the name of which proved so illusive to our hero nt the crucial moment when he wns confronted by the rock of tlllU culty! But the peddler's bread is not more curious than his method of sell ing It, for It is frequently disposed of by raffle, for which purjtse he carries three dice, held In a little dish. In Feking, the cnpltnl of the Celestial empire, the bread peddlers generally come from the provinces, mostly from Shnngtung. They are called popo sell ers. Their street cry, "Yao-chln-mau-toa?" ("Can I sell you a pound of bread?") Is often heard until late In the evening. Their broad Is made of wheat flour nnd baked In hot va pors, distinguished from another kind which Is baked in hot pans. They also sell several varieties of popo, or baked goods, a special favorite with the Chi nese being nn oval oil cake made of tho very best flour, usually eaten with pork, sausage or liver. The Mohammedans in China have n reputation for good bread and evident ly wish to be known as pure food ad vocates, for In order to enable cus tomers to distinguish their wnres from those of other venders they ornament their carts or boxes with the Moslem emblem. This consists of a vase con taining a brnneh of the olive tree, on the top of which is perched the Mo hammedan cap. On each side of this design is Inscribed the motto, "Fu and True Islam." These Mohammedan peddlers also sell a kind of patty filled with a mixture of meat vegetables, oil and sago. Another of their prod ucts, which is called "la slimming ya chakuei," is a large roasted cake or dumpling baked in oil. Many of these Chinese confections are much more ap petizing than one would imagine from the description; but, like many foreign dishes, the taste for them must be ac quired by cultivation before they can be thoroughly appreciated. . The average Chinaman eats very lit tle bread prepared according to our American formulas; consequently the bakery and confectionery shqps are few and far between. Like all other stores in China, they are open in front, with no partition to protect them from the heat or cold or the dust of the streets. Wooden shutters are used to close them up at night One finds practically the same wares nt the bak ers' as- the bread peddlers offer for sale. Among them is one special kind of cake having the figure of a hare Imprinted on it, which is eaten by the Chinese in honor of the blrthdny of the moon. As soon as the festivi ties celebrating this anniversary are over the cakes are withdrawn from sale and are not again displayed un til the next moon birthday, which cor responds in season to our Easter. Living Church. Nothing Wasted. Chemistry, like a thrifty housewife, economizes every scrap. The horse shoe nails dropped in. the streets are carefully collected and reappear as swords and guns. The main Ingredient of the Ink with which I now write was probably once the broken hoop of an old beer barrel. The chlppings of the traveling tinker are mixed with the parings of horses' hoofs and the worst kind of woolen rags, and these are worked up into an exquisite blue dye which graces the dresses of court ly dames. The dregs of port wine, carefully de canted by the toper, are' taken in the morning as a seidlitz powder, to re move the effect of the debauch. The offal of the streets and the wastlngs of coal gas reappear carefully preserv ed in the ladles' smelling bottle or used by her to flavor blancmange for her friends. AH thrift is an imitation of the economy of nature, which allows no waste. London Answers. A Narcotic. Teacher Give me a familiar Instance of a narcotic. (Pupil hesitates.) Teach erWhat does you father smoke in bis pipe? Pupil Mother says it smells like hayseed, but I guess it's leather. Free Fiction. Mrs. Muggins Do you read much Ac tion? Mrs. Hugging No; I ge"t all the Action I-'wanf listening to my hus band's reasons for coming-' hoto late.-1-. Philadelphia Record. ' The Ilnby Beetle's Crndle. If, at almost any time of the year, we walk through the woods where the red, scarlet, black or pin oaks nre growing thnt is, where we find those that ripen their ncorns in two seasons nnd there fore belong In the pin oak group we shall probably find on tho ground fallen branches that vary In size from that of n lend pencil to that of one's thumb or even larger. These nt the broken end nppenr as If cut nway within the wood, so that only n thin portion Is left under the bnrk. Within the rather uneven cut, generally near the center of the growth, Is a small hole tightly plugged by the "powder post" of a beetle larva. Split open the branch or twig, when a burrow will be seen, and the little, white, soft, hard jawed larva that made It will be found or perhaps the inactive pupa. St. Nicholas. Why Sailors Wear Collars. Probably not many people, Including the wearers themselves, know the or igin of the sailor's collar. Many years ago when Jack Tnrs wore their hair In plgtnlls, which they were In the habit of keeping very greasy, rhe backs of their coats used to get In a very dirty and untidy condition owing to coming in contact with the hair, consequently the order wns given for a detachable nnd washable collar to be worn, so that they might look more tidy. London Standard. Forget Once In -Awhile. The health of the body as well as of the mind depends upon forgetting. To let the memory of a wrong, of angry words, of petty meanness, linger and rankle in your memory wlM not only dissipate your mental energy, but it will react upon the body. The secre tions will be diminished, digestion Im paired, sleep disturbed and the general health suffer In consequence. Forget ting is a splendid mental caiistheiilc and a good medicine for the body. Wnnt Tnct 1. What we call tact Is the ability to find before it is too late what it is that our friends do not desire to lenrn from us. It is the nit of withholding on proper occasions information which we arc quite sure would be good for them, S. M. Crothers. Whnt Is celebrity? The advantage of being known to peoplo who don't know you. Chnnifort. it Special Drive for February. Six pounds nice new meaty Prunes for 25 cents. Sold reg ularly 8 cents per pound. Six pounds clear flinty Caro lina Rice for 25 cents. Robinson & Mundorff. - : ? . St.' ". vi Perfect SKI Beauty Within Your Reach. Why have a poor com plexion when Perfect .Skin Food will do so much for you ? This is the kind of weath er that spoils a good com plexion. Perfect Skin Food is a positive relief for chapped hands, chafing, and all af flictions of the skin due to winter weather. Delightful after shaving. "Yes, we will give you a1 sample. Full size jar, 25 cents. REYNOLDS DRUG COMPANY. ft Wanted! Girls to learn Weaving, and Winding. Enterprise Silk Co. JOHN C. niRST, CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER, Surveyor and Draughtsman. OlTleo In Sol Shaflerbulldlng, Main strcot. L. JOHNSTON, JUSTICE OF THE FEACE. OITice four doors from Koss House, West KeynolUsvlllot fa. pRIESTER BROS., UNDERTAKERS. Black and whlto funeral care. Mian street. Buynoldsvlllo, Pa. J H.HUGHES, UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMING. The O. 8. Burial League has been tested and found all right. Cheapest form of In surance. Secure a contract. Near PuMlo Fountain, Kevtioldsvlllo la. Sick-Headache. Up to one year atro I had n severe Hick-headache every Hunduy, Just uh miuhtrly at the diiy cuino. At Hiu'h tiim-.'i 1 coull not eat unit could not raise uiy hvan imiii thorn How wrtti out bvliiK violently nuns nU'J. Calory Kiuff has cured mo, and now I never havo htiii ache. .Mrs. ym. KlUottt Woke Ave.. Ko cuoMter, ss. x. . . llyenrichlnq the tloorf,1fninijivtli nerves natrit0heninf theififijt4 4olury Kiut; S FOOD Sold by II. Alux-istokeJ
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