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REYNOLDSVILLE, FENN'A., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1905.
NUMBEB 14.
7iw Benefits of
One of the nost generally approv
tnodcvn pluuK u t'....t of intal!;-.:
s'.ipp'ici'. with hot and cold nr.ir.'r;.;
lavatories
i and dressing chambers
At first though; ti ls idea may
(Si
fVv houScIlC,
I L t- ' r ' ill ' ' 1 '..it
; car's.'. I ' I, r
fcr,' $ Cecond,they direct
SB 1'-Av : 'yLV''iil constant attention
21 WvVWlflTl to the toilet and
Promote c!ea,li-
venience of having to dress in order to reach the bathroom, possibly
to find it already occupied.
Call, write or phone for a copy of booklet "Modern Lavatories"
which s':ows t':c complete line i.f "ptan.fa'r One-piece Lavatories,
wl.li approxinu, l- prices in detail. There arc none as good.
B 1
The Union Plumbum-Co.
Aut'iits for ( hi Ki
PUVUKKVIW.K IM. .NR.
L. M. SNYDER
Practical Horseshocr and Gen
eral Blacksmith.
Ropnlrlnff of all kind promptly tintl careful
ly done. Wood shop tn connection. When
you need your tire set call and hiive It done
with the Seliim Tiro Hotter, "the mitchlne
til lit does It rlfflit. Remember the phice
JACKSON ST., NEAR FIFTH.
ft
AT-
I Leech Bros.
Planing Mill, West Reyn
oldsville, you will find
Window Sash, Doohs,
Frames, Flooring,
STAIR WORK
j Rough and Dressed Lumhkr.
Etc., Etc.
ft Hlvo. iia vnur nrdor. Our rtrioos i
are reasonable.
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I LEECH BROS., I ROI'Rietors.
JEFFERSOX
I MACARONI I
FACTORY
KEYNOLnVlI.I.E, PENN'A.
One of the lurtrest mucaroui factories
In the state. Orders ent C. O. I), or on
food reference anywhere in the
intted Htates. Also wliolesule agents
fur the well known brand of
Premium Flour.
C. & .T. MAUIN AUO, 1'roprietors
eg
WANTED:
Boy about 1G years of age to
do clerical work, Must be good
at figures. , Address in own hand
writing :
BOX 357, Reynoldsville, Pa.
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Modern Plumbing
of the indv
appear to be luxurious to some
persons but when
its b e n e fi t s are
made apparent, it
will le found
necessary to nod
cm living. One
piece lavatories
throughout the
hotv.e are in the
""ml
firr.t place, a mark
ncES t:.ira, they
avoid the incon
wiir.et! Wat or Svsttm.
KF.YNOLDSVILLK. PA
The Cure that Cures
Coughs, s
Colds,
Grippe,
Whooping Cough, Asthma'
Bronchitis and Incipient
Consumption Is
For alo by Uoylu-Woodward Drug Co
JOHN C. HIRST,
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEEK,
Surveyor and Prauehtsman. Office in Syi
dieate buildiuK, Main st reet.
L. JOHNSTON,
JUSTICE OF THE TEACE.
OHlce four doors from Uoss House, Wesi
Reynoldsville, I'a.
pRIESTER BROS.,
UNDERTAKERS.
Black and white funeral care. Mian street
Reynoldsville, I'a.
J H. HUGHES,
UNDERTAKING and picture framing
The U. 8. Burial League has been testeci
and found all rlirhu Cheapest form of in
surance, hocure a contract. Near Publli
Fountain, Reynoldsville Fa.
H. YOUNG,
ARCHITECT.
Corner Grant and Fifth sts., Reynolds
ville, I'a.
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ENTRAT. RTATP.
NORMAL SCHOOL.
LOCK HAVEN, PA.
J. R. Fllcklnnor, Principal.
Fall term of 15 weeks begins September 11.
Tho facilities at this Important school for
dolus llrst-class work, professional and acad
emic, were never better than now. Its irtad
uates are required to do a full year's teach
In In the tralnlnn school. Its faculty has
the best American and European tralnlnii.
HulldliiKs modern. College preparatory de
partment. Location unexcelled Fineirym
naslum. Expenses moderate. Free tuition
to prospective teachers. Address for illus
trat ed cataloKue, I ho Principal.
FLIES
The best thing for get
ting rid of flies is GOOD
FLY PAPER.
We have a fresh lot of
"Tanglefoot," the best
STICKY FLY PAPER, and
also plenty of the best
poison fly papers at low
prices.
Reynolds Drug Co.
cd i.lcas ot Njf a
3 onc-px-ce
water, in the sl.-cping YsJ
idual members of t'lC
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AMUSING JOKES.
Home Thnt Ifnre Tlppn rinyrd on
Members of Selit tile Snrlellpa.
Nothing Is so funny- to tho Joker ns
tho development of a praclicul Joke or
hoax, n nd tho most learned arc some
time fooled In this way, to their great
discotiilltnro. An nimisinK hoax iwas
loi'ielnt(d on the learned members of
Ihp Dumfries Antiquarian society of
London, when an alletred Greek eharm,
said to have been taken from the dead
body of a lledouln, was presented for
their Inspection and iidmiratlon. It
was said to have been an heirloom In
the ltedonln's family for ninny centu
ries and consisted of a scrap of skin on
which was transcribed a mysterious
Ienend. It was circulated among the
members of tho august body of the An
tiquarian society until it fell into tho
hands of Dr. Semple, who, amid much
amusement, deciphered the hieroglyph
ics as "Old Hob Ridley, O," the rofrain
of an old song.
One of the best of these iokes was
practiced with considerable, success by
an eighteenth century wit. who nro
fessed to have unearthed an ancient
memorial slab on which this epitaph
was just decipherable:
RENE A. TIT. TIL 1SST.
ON ft RE. POS. ICT.
II. CLAI'I). COS TF.R. TRIP
E. SEI.ERO, F. IMP.
IN. (IT. UNAS. DO.
Til. HI. B.C.
ON. SOR. T. J. A. N. E.
In vain did archaeologists and lin
guists nick their brains to find a solu
tion of this cryptic inscription, which
its discoverer "humbly dedicated to
the penetrating geniuses of Oxford,
Cambridge, Kton anil tho learned So
ciety of Antiquaries," and it was only
when it had driven tho cleverest men
In England almost out of their wits
that tlie following reading was sug
gested by the hoaxer: "Peneatli this
stone reposeth Claud Coster, tripe sell
er, of Implngton, as doth his consort
Jane."
Thai, ton, was a clever, If rather
heartless, joke which Steevens, the
Shakespeare scholar, played on Gougb,
known to posterity as the author of
"Sepulchral Monuments." Cough had
criticised a drawing by Stcevens ra
ther mercilessly, and the latter forth
with planned a revenge which should
hold up antiquity to ridicule. Procur
ing n flat piece of stone, he scratched
on it, In Anglo-Saxon characters, the
inscription, "Here Ilardenut drank n
wlnohorn dry, stared about him and
died," and had It exposed In a shop
which Cough was In the habit of visit
ing. A few days later Cough called at the
shop, saw the : :::!). which, ho was told.
had been f :und in Kennington lane on
the supposed site of Ilardioanute's pal
ace, and, overjoyed at his good fortune,
carried It off in triumph ns a discovery
of rare antiquarian value. He showed
1t with pride to his fellow members of
the Society of Antiquaries, a paper
wns written on it, a learned discussion
followed and the Inscription was pub
lished In the Centleman's Magazine.
Steevens triumph was complete when
he took the public Into his secret and
laughed wilh them, but what his vic
tim's feelings and language were It
would not have been possible to ex
press in print.
Something over fifty years ago the
Ingenuity of antiquarians was tested
by a legend faintly traced on a time
worn slab of stone which, so its dis
coverer said, had been unearthed dur
ing some excavations In Cumberland.
This was the Inscription:
TIL ISI. SAHAR. DNU. TOC. RA
C. K.
But what language was It and what
could It' mean? The accepted opinion
was that the legend referred In some
way to Ilardicanuto or Ilardnut, but
beyond that speculation' even was
dumb, until the wicked joker had the
effrontery to confess that he himself
had chiseled the Inscription, of which
tho true translation waR: "This Is a
hard nut to crack." And so It was.
London Answers.
Jenlons of Imaginary Ilia.
"Talk of a woman's jealousy of her
husband," said a physician of long
experience In New York. "It Is noth
ing compared to her jealousy o an
other woman's chronic ailments. Half
the doctors would starve If It were
not for the prevalence of illnesses that
are purely imaginary. Of course, It
does not do for us to tell a woman
w ho has firmly made up her mind that
she Is ill that she Is not 111. In nine
cases out of ten she would lose her
temper and consult another doctor.
Among certain women invalidism
gives them a distinction which Is
gratifying to their self love. Thoy may
literally be suld to 'enjoy poor health.
They look for the doctor's visit to
them or their call at his office as the
most exciting event of the day. If
they know him well enough, they lrri
plore him to waive professional eti
quette and tell them about aliments
of other women who consult him. Wo
men of this description and they are
legion have a vnvlng for martyrdom,
which doctoring an Imaginary illness
seems to satisfy." New York Times.
How He Saved Him.
Hewitt That fellow saved me from
bankruptcy. Jewitt How was thatT
Hewitt He married the extravagant
girl I was engaged to.
Straage Reward For Life Savera,
"I have seen a good many drowning
tridents," said an old sea captain,
and I have seen a good many queer
rewards. Once a young man rescued
a young widow's little sou from tho
sea. The widow, in her gratitude.
asked for the young man's photogriqili
He sent It to her, and two months later
he received a maguiticent painting, by
Smith, that showed the scene of tho
rescue accurately, with the little boy
and him, both perfect likenesses, strug
gling like mad In the water.
"A farmer, one of the Plnkertons
told me, came from the west to meet a
gold brick man. As the farmer and
the swindler crossed on the ferry the
swindler fell overboard, and the farmer
rescued him. He was so grateful that
he gave the farmer a brick of solid
silver.
"I saved a pretty girl from drowning
In my youth," the captain ended. "She
gave me a present that weighed 130
pounds. She gave me herself, and I've
still got her. She may not be In as
good condition now as she was then,
but In my eyes somehow she Is as
sweet and pretty ns she ever was."
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Koran and Illble,
Concerning the alleged resemblance
between Christianity and Mohammed
anism Itev. Napier Malcolm, in "Five
Years In a Persian Town," says
"There are really not many resem
blances to note. An officer of Indian
troops replied to a Mussulman's sug
gestion1 that there were resemblances
between the two religions, 'There is
hardly a single practical point where
Mussulmans and Christians are not en
tirely at issue,' whereupon the Mus
sulman said: 'Sahib, you have read
your Bible and have also read the
Koran. I always make that remark to
Christians. I made It to a padre the
other day, and they almost always say:
"Very true. Mohammedanism has a
great deal in common with Chris
tianity." Well, sahib, when they say
that, I know that they have not read
the Koran and that they have not read
their Bibles.' "
From Jail to the Bench,
Francis Pomberton (1(125-07) was Im
prisoned In the Fleet for debts con
tracted during a period of youthful ex
travagance. While In jail he applied
himself to the study of law and came
to be regarded as a klud of legal oracle
by his fellow prisoners, who nicknamed
him Counselor. With the fees they
gave him for legal advice he bought
books to continue his studies. He then
prevailed upon his creditors to grant
his release from prison that he might
the sooner earn money to pay off his
debts. Called to the bar In 1064, after
a brilliant career In the palace court at
Westminster and subsequently In the
house of lords, he became a puisne
Judge. He was knighted In 1075 and
ultimately, on tho dismissal of Scroggs,
was made lord chief Justice in 1081.
The Uldent Paper Books.
What is believed by antiquaries to
be the oldest paper book In existence
is tho "Hod Book of Lynn," an ancient
register belonging to the corporation
of King's Lynn, England. This vol
ume Is known as the "Red Book" from
its original binding having been of
that color. The first entry is a tran
script of tho will of Peter de Thorndon,
burgess of Lynn, dated 1309. The lat
est entry Is dated In the fifteenth year
of King Richard II. Fifty years ago
the book was repaired and rebound,
and the loaves, which ago had reduced
to a loose, fibrous substance, were
carefully resized as an aid to preser
vation. Tarn Abont.
An Irish doctor was asked to attend
a patient on Tory island, off the Irish
mainland. The doctor said that be was
willing to go, but that the fee would
be 2 ($10), payable in advance. The
Tory islander paid the money and fer
ried the doctor over from the main
land himself. The physician finished
his duties and wished to start back.
The only way to get back was to be
rowed back by the same man who had
carried him over. The doctor asked
what the charge was. "Two pounds,"
said the Tory island man, "payable In
advance." It was paid.
The Pnranlt of Man.
Directly or indirectly we are all in
terested in the pursuit of the desirable
male, for whom every function is real
ly arranged whatever be the ostensible
reason. When one sees on all sides
how eligible men are run after, fawned
upon, flattered, cajoled and hum
bugged, can the truth of It be denied 7
Ladies' Field.
An I'nfalr Fling;.
Mrs. Wick wire If woman were
given the credit she deserves, I don't
think man would be quite so prominent
In the world's history. Mr. Wickwlre
I expect you are right. If she could
get all the credit she wanted, he'd be
In the poorhouse.
Like Father, Like Son.
Mr. Ootrox When I was your age,
sir, I didn't have a dollar. Cholly Got-
rox Well, dad, when I am your age
t probably won't have a dollar. Puck.
That virtue which requires to be ever
guarded Is scarcely worth the sentinel.
Goldsmith.
THE HOTEL CHILD.
Dana-era That Ileiiet the Lnekleu Off-
prlnK of nentlcua Parent.
It is not the material aids to ex
istence which are the bane of the hotel
child; it Is the mental and spiritual at
titude accompanying this life which
Is to be deprecated. It destroys a
democratic spirit through emphasizing
the difference between tho servant and
the served, It exaggerates the power
of money, fosters a spirit of depend
ence and unfits the pampered Individ
ual for any ether kind of life, and,
worst of all, In a child so brought up
there can be no understanding or love
of home. There may be some future
for the child who knows nothing of
art, some function for the one to whom
literature makes no appeal and who is
not sensitive to music, but there is no
place In the state for the man who has
neither Initiative, self reliance, patriot
ism nor love of home. He Is a social
menace, a disease. The community Is
better off without this satellite of the
manager, parasite of tho hell boy and
source of supply for the waiter.
If there Is one child in our communi
ty who Is superfluous It Is the hotel
child. As places for temporary occu
pation by homeless nud childless adults
hotels are to be tolerated, but as resi
dences for children they are without
the possibility of excuse. Miss Martha
S. Bensley In Everybody's Magazine.
FIVE MINUTES.
Under Some ClrcnmNtanoea It Seema
a Verr Lonar Time.
In a murder trial fcefore a western
court the prisoner was able to account
for the whole of his time except five
minutes on tho evening when the crime
was committed. His counsel argued
that It was Impossible for him to have
killed the man under the circumstances
In so brief a period, and on that plea
largely based his defense, tho other
testimony being strongly against his
client.
When tho prosecuting attorney re
plied, ho said: "How long a time really
is five minutes? Let us see. Will his
honor command absolute silence in the
courtroom for that space?"
The Judge graciously complied. There
was a clock on the wall. Every eye In
the courtroom was fixed upon It as the
pendulum ticked off the seconds. There
was a breathless silence.
We nil know how time which lu
waited for creeps and halts and at last
does not seem to move at all.
The keen witted counsel waited until
the tired audience gave a sigh of relief
at tho close of the period, and thou
asked quietly:
"Could ho not have struck ouo fatal
blow in all that time?" -
The prisoner was found guilty, and,
ns it was proved afterward, Justly.
THE DOG'S COAT.
Drnah It, but Do Not Wnuli It, If Yon
Want It Perfect.
In tho Country Calendar Reginald F.
Mahew writes: "Even careful feeding
will not give a dog's coat that glow
which Is such a sure sign of hearth if
he Is continually, washed with soap and
water. Owners who allow their dogs
to live In the house are forever wash
ing the wretched animal and forever
complain thnt his coat Is coming out.
The oftencr the dog Is washed and
scrubbed tho more will his cont, leave
Its trail and the deader and duller will
It look. The health and growth of a
dog's coat depend entirely on a natu
ral oil from tho skin. As often as the
dog Is washed so often Is the oil wash
ed out and so much more Is the de
struction of tho coat. If a dog were
brushed every day for five or ten min
utes against as well as with the grain
his coat would not only havo a luster,
but would cease to distribute itself all
over the place except for a very short
time once or twice a year. Besides
this, brushing has a stimulating ef
fect on the whole system, helps tho
blood circulation; by tills the digestion,
and so the general health."
MacMaaoa'a Epigram.
When Marshal MacMahon in the
Crimean campaign took the Malakoff
by storm and wrote his celebrated dis
patch. "J'y suis, J'y reste" ("Here I
am; here I stay"), those words made
him famous all over tho world. Tet
his friends said that tho worthy soldier
had written them in the most matter
of fact manner, with no thonolit of
phrase making. The most surprised
person over the success of thin onl-
gram was MacMahon himself.
Ancient Jewelry.
The Jewelry found In nn excavation
near one of the pyramids of old Mom-
phls, Egypt exhibits about as ruuoh
skill in working gold and nrecious
stones as now 'exists, although the ar
ticles found were mode 4.300 years aco.
Tho figures cut on amethyst and cor
nelian are described as exquisite and
anatomically correct. The gold la skill
fully worked, and precious stones are
let Into it so as to give the effect of
enameling.
Quite Apparent.
She You know,, judge, our charac
ters are different, and I don't want to
be in his way He Yes, your honor,
she Is peculiar, and I don't want to In
terfere Judge I understand. You
ask for a divorce out of pure love.
Meggendorfer Blatter.
Lljrht and Sound. '
Light travels so vastly much faster
f.iuu sound that there Is no compan
ion between their velocities. The ve
locity of light is about 190,000 miles a
second. At this speed light will travel
about eight times around the earth In
a second, and light starting from the
sun will traverse the 03,000,000 miles
of space Intervening between, the sun
nud tlie earth In eight minutes. So It
Is seen light flashes from one part of
the earth to another, even the most re
mote. Instantaneously, or practically
eo. Sound travels worse than a snail's
pace as compared with light, going
only about 1,100 feet In a second, or
about a mllu In five seconds, or twelve
miles In a minute. These facts are no
ticed, though not always understood,
by any one who sees a gun fired only
a few hundred yards away. The flash
and the puff of smoke are seen Instan
taneously; the report of the gun al
ways conies perceptibly later, the time
Intervening being greater or less, ac
cording to the distance.
Cntchlnnr the Harlr Spider.
One must be nn early riser If he
would photograph a spider's web, for
the delicate fabric must be taken when
the dew is yet on it, so that the out
lines will be In sharp relief. The best
success Is obtained when the webs
are on pine trees, and spiders seem to
favor those trees because of the shel
ter they afford. Look on the leaBt ex
posed side of the tree for your web,
for Instinct teaches the little creatures
to make their homes where the strong
winds do not strike. In taking the
picture the lens should be brought very
near the web, In order to make the
threads as large as possible. I have
photographed a spider's web with a
4 by G camera and with n 04 by 8Vi
Instrument, having equally good suc
cess In each case. It Is well to have a
rubber focusing clotli and to keep it
over the camera all the time, for the
person who hunts spiders' webs early
In the morning must be prepared for
dampness. Suburban Life.
The Term "Greenhorn."
The term "greenhorn" originated lu
this way: The pioneers of the west
were much given to hunting deer. It
was n fact known to early settlors that
when tho horn of a fawn began to
grow there was a ring of green hair
around tho spot. It was considered a
disgraceful thing for a hunter to kill n
fawn, a cruel uct, and the killing time
was regulated by the growth of the
horn. There was a sort of unwritten
law that no one should kill a male
fawn before Its horn could be seen. A
person who was so unthoughtful as to
kill a deer under the proper ago was
called a "greenhorn." He was so
named because the young horn of the
deer and the hair around It were still
groeu. The use of the appellation
gradually spread until It was applied
to all raw or inexperienced youths or
persons easily Imposed upon.
I'epya and the Cook Maid.
There was a servant problem in the
seventeenth century, but It was solved
in a rough and ready fashion. Tepys
records on April 12, 10C7, that he came
home, "saw my door and hatch open,
left so by Luce, our cook maid, which
so vexed mo thnt I did give her a kick
in our entry and offered a blow nt her."
Two days afterward (Lord's day)
Tcpys writes this: "Took out my wife
and the two Morcers and two of our
maids, Barker and Jane, and over the
water to the Jamaica house, where I
never was before, and there the girls
did run for wagers over the bowling
green, and there with much pleasure
spent little, and so home." Luce was not
there, but tho other maids were treated
as members of the family.
Small Colon.
The nutives of the Malay peninsula
have in use tlie very smallest current
coin In the world. It Is a sort of
wafer made from the resinous juice of
a tree and Is worth about one ten
thousandth of a penny. The smallest
metal coin In circulation at the present
day Is the Portuguese three rein piece,
worth twelve oue-hundredths of a pen
ny. Tho smallest coin circulating of
ficially in any part of the British em
pire is the fivo millcsima piece of
Gibraltar, worth about half a farthing.
Saved Hla Own Name.
After a recent bank holiday lu Lon
don one ot the police courts the next
morning had among its "drunk and
disorderly" prisoners a man who said
he was William Shakespeare. "Is that
your real name," asked the Judge, "or
Just your nom de guerre?" "Well, your
honor," replied the prisoner, "It is true
that I was not christened William
Shakespeare, but, you see, I hated to
bring dishonor and disgrace upon a re
spected name."
How She Gneaned.
Landlady That new boarder is
either married or a widower. Daugh
terWhy, mamma, he says he is a
bachelor. Landlady Don't you believe
it. When he opens his pocketbook to
pay his bill he always turns bis back
to me.
Disappointed.
Newed Alas, I am a disappointed
man. My wlfo cannot sing. Oldwed
Cnu't slug! Why, man, that ought to
be a cause for rejoicing. You are to
bo congratulated. Newed Yes; but
"io trouble is she thinks she can.
YOUTH IS CONTAGIOUS.
And YonnB Wives, It la Calmed, Be
Jnvenate Old llnnbanda.
"Strange statistics," said an insur
ance agent, "are collected in my busi
ness. "I havo found that tlie more times n
man marries tlie younger In comparison
with himself ho wantB his wlfo to be.
For instance, his first wife on the aver
age Is four years younger than ho. Ills
Hocond is ten. His third Is twenty or
thirty.
"What do these statistics prove? Do
thoy prove that as a man gains In
years and experience he finds that It
is best, for many reasons, to be almost
as old as his wife's father, or do they
only prove that as men approach old
ago they aro more foolish than they
were In youth?
"Old X., aged seventy, with a third
wife of twenty-three, said on this head
the other day:
" 'You can't marry a girl too young.
Tho younger slio Is the longer she'll
keep her henlth and strength and
beauty. Furthermore, the older you aro
the more respect she'll have for you.
She'll reverence you and obey you as
she would her own father or grand
father.' "Young wives rejuvenate old hus
bands," tho Insurance agent ended.
"Thoy make these old follows dress
younger, talk younger, act younger and
feel younger. Youth Is contagious. A
young wife Is believed to prolong an
old husband's life. If a man of seventy
insured lu my company should marry
a girl of twenty, I'd consider him n bet
ter risk by 8 per cent than ho had
been before." Philadelphia Bulletin.
A CAUTIOUS ELEPHANT.
The Sitancltr I)IniIi: nl hy the Ani
mal When ur (( iilkH nil.
One elephant which nn ollicer of the
Royal artillery lent to ns:ist In extri
cating some camels which were being
engulfed In the quicksands showed nil
amount of sagacity which was positive
ly marvelous. It was with tho utmost
difficulty that we could get him to go
near enough to attach a drag rope to
oue camel 1 wanted to rescue. In splto
of our being about fifty yards from tho
bank of the river, ho evinced the great
est anxiety, while his movements wero
made with extreme caution.
Despite coaxing, per.iuaslve remon
strance and at last a sluwer of heavy
blows dealt upon his head by tho exas
perated mahout, this elephant stub
bornly refused to go where he wns
wanted, but with his trunk shoved out
In front of him kept feeling his way
with his ponderous feet, placing them
before him slowly, deliberately and me
thodically, treading all the while with
the velvety softness of a cat and tak
ing only one step at a time. Then sud
denly he would break out Into a sup
pressed kind of shriek and retreat
backward In great haste.
When tlie animal had nearly complet
ed a circuit of the ground with tho
same caution and deliberation, he ad
vanced to within ten yards of tho poor
camel, but not another Inch would ho
move, though several men were walk
ing between him and the camel with
out any signs of the ground giving
way.-"The Camel," Major A. O. Leon
ard. A Dnllr MyBtery.
A man whose income Is JfoO a day
lunching alone In a fifteen cent restau
rant and a clerk whose income is $30 -a
mouth lunching with a young woman
In a restaurant where the cash register
doesn't ring up anything under $1.
Which Is causo .nnd which is effect?
Does the flfty-doilar-a-day man lunch
thus cheaply that he may be reminded
of troubles on earth, or does the fifty-doliar-a-montli
mnn dine thus expen
sively because he wants to forget? Or
Is the one a fifty-dollar-n-dny nan be
cause ho Is careful ami the other a
fifty-dollar-a-month man because he is
a spendthrift?-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Senltlvenefi of Plant.
Dnrwln gave It as his opinion, that
some plants can see, and an Indian
botanist relates some curious Incidents
which tend to verify the belief. Ob
serving one morning thnt the tendrils
of a convolvulus on his veranda had
decidedly leaned over toward his leg
as he lay In an attitude of repose, he
tried a series of experiments with a
long pole, placing it in such a position'
that the leaves would have to tarn
away from the light In order to reach
It. In every case ho found that the
tendrils set themselves visibly toward
the pole and in a few hours had twined
themselves closely around it.
Animals and Flesh Eating.
Arguing agaiust tlie eating of meat.
an English writer remarks: "Almost.
any animal can be made to eat flesh,
The kangaroo has canine teeth. Horses,
inen nnd sheep may be taught to eat
ilesh. Norwegian cows have been
known to eat lie.;h. Goldsmith saw a
sheep eat flesh. A ca.'nlvor sheep Is
now In Loudon. Spallanzanl has
shown that a pigeon may be made to
live on flesh and an eagle on bread."
Xothlns Left bat the Bark.
"lie belongs to one of our oldest
families, but he Is a consumptive. He
coughs dreadfully."
"les, he says all he ever got from
the family tree was the bark."
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