An independent journal devoted to the interests of Keynoldsville. Published weekly. One Dollar per year strictly in advance. VOLUME 14. REYNOLDSV1LLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, ID05 WUMiiEB 10. That Ail Important Bathroom. ou have often heard ere ever to htiilil I ouM not put all my good commor. sense f first and v. its finery." same'time do it better than you anticipated it could be done for even .more money. We have a booklet ' Modern Home Plumbing ' ' which will show you how to arrange your bathroom, kitchen and laundry plumbing with "tnitifoisf Baths and one piece Lavatorios, the best plumbing equipment in the world. Call, write or phone for a copy. It is free. The Union Phimbinir Co- A vt'ols for tin wsnir.uvn.i.K i-iiomc. r- 1 h j I The Peoples National Bank PUCCKSSOUS TO KKKLEY, A I.EX ANDKIt & CO., llASKEHS. I TlTl? Hi nPCT Pcnx dt icirriv Tl t t.- tvt t ti t? 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Stay Ml vei,lug- If You Lilts. 0 Ifflfl people remark, "If I ould plan my l atlirouni money into the parlor with all sentiment, lor the bathroom is the most important of all the household. It's the Mecca of cleanli ness, health and refine ment, and nowadays many homes are judged hy their bathrooms. We would like to help you plan your bathroom and believe that we could surprise you by putting in a bathroom for you at a much less cost than you might expect and at the W I: r 1 I "Wlirei! H iltrl' SVKlcm. UKYNOMWVIIXE t I K (:V SKJ Dnnlnl Nolun John II. Corbet t Fuller K. II.WIlHon RGH ON AUGUST 30 A MEDIAEVAL NAVY. The Uneer Implement of Attack and Defense Thill Wpre I'lied. Very strange to modern eyes would be llio armament of Groat Britain's mediaeval nnvy. Tho very names of ninny of the Implements of attack nnd defense sound queer. According to the books, In tho year 1337 Ui vessels of the nnvy were furnished wltli "es prlngnlds," ancient spring Rims; "hnu borgeons," conts of until ; "Imclnets," mini II helmets; hows, arrows, doublets, targets; "pnvlsos,". large shields placed lit tho sides nnd serving the double purpose of protection against the sea nnd against the enemy; lances and "llrlng barrels." As early ns 1338 cannon formed part of the armament of ships, and about 1372 guns and gun powder were commonly used. .Among the stores belonging to one vessel of that time were three Iron cannon with five chambers, n band gun and three old stone bags, probably for shot. An other ship had an Iron cannon with two chambers id one brass cannon with one chamber. Among other Implements of war used at that time were "cannon pavlors" or stone shot throwers nnd "murlherers," which were smaller und threw any kind of shot. There were also "basilisks," "port pieces," "stock fowlers," "sakers" and "bombards." Tho bombards were of hammered Iron, made of bars welded and bound to gether with Iron bands. They threw stone shot weighing between 140 pound and 105 pounds. A lmttery of these creeled on n slip of land at the naval battle of Chloggla (13N0) between the Venetians and the Genoese did grent damage. They were loaded over night and were fired In the morning. Frolssnrt tells of n bombard used at one of these ancient sieges that "might lie heard live leagues off In the day time nnd ten at night. The report of It was so loud that It seemed as If all the devils In hell had broken loose." l!nis's ordnance was first cast In Eng land In the year 1535. The pieces had various names. Many of different caliber were mounted on the same deck, which must have caused great confusion In action in finding for eacb Its proper shot. THE ESKIMO CANOE. It In a Cnrlotis III Hi? Crnft That la Crnnhr, Yet Safe. It Is 111 Greenland that the hunting ability of the Eskimo reaches Its high est development. He has a One me chanical skill. Hones, Ivory, stones, a little driftwood, skins and the sinew of the reindeer are the materials from which he must make his boat und weapons. Thero Is nothing else. Bays a Greenland traveler: "Of these the Eskimo builds a canoe, Its frame of bones and driftwood. Its covering of translucent sealskin sewed together with sinew. This kayak Is decked over, except for a holo In the middle framed with a wcTlrn ring. Tho Eskimo wriggles Into this Iiolo, his legs extend ed iiito the fore part of tho boat "Hound his waist there Is a cylinder of senlsklo, the lower edge of which draws over Hie wooden ring nnd Is pulled tight with a thong, making all water tight to the armpits. For heavy weather the cylinder Is part of a skin shirt with n hood. Strings tighten this hood to tho face and cuffs to the wrists, while n pair of long sleeved mitts protect tho hands and arms. "So rigged a good man can turn his canoe bottom upward nnd right him self again with Blldlng strokes of his paddle, for he Is as waterproof as a duck. Moreover, his vessel Is so flexi ble that It Is almost safe from being crushed In tho Ice drift and, being Um ber, Is extremely swift when propelled by tho double ended paddle. "On the other hand, tho vessel Is so cranky that only about two-thirds of the native men have nerve nnd bal ance enough to hunt. Only three or four Danes in all Greenland have dared use a kaynk." To no Discovered by Experience. Furious Old Gentleman (to new Scotch footman) Do you take me for a fool, sir? Footman Weel, sir, I'm no lang here and I dluua- ken yet Dundee Journal. Always remember that It is easier to kill time than to make up time. St. Louis Star. Ihz Cure thai Cures Coughs, A Colds, ' p , Grippe, Whooplnar Cough, Asthma' Eronchitis and Incipient lt Consumption Is OTT Fur taiu by Iljylu-WotKlward Drug Co. y THE DUTCHWOMAN'S CAP. It In Not Only Tretty, but It Denates the Wearer'a Wealth. The caps of the women of Holland are not only beautiful, they are full of Blgnlllcuuce and eloquent through their decoration and Jeweling of the worldly estate and condition of their wearers. The wealthy burgher's wife In Amster dam or The Hague or In Dordrecht, who lives perhaps In one of the numer ous Hue old sixteenth century houses, who Is of ancient and rcspcctubleMln engu, who bus a retinue of buxom handmaids to do her will nnd to keep her home In order, tells of her good for tune when she walks abroad to take the air, for she wears beneath a mod ern bonnet her Muts, the lace of which Is old, rare and costly anil was ner haps made In Itruges or Itrussels or some famous Flemish convent. I Vo uch III its delicate gossamer gleams the heavy gold Krullcn, and from Its horns or Splegels depend hanging ornaments of rich gold set with great gleaming pearls. The Jeweled Krullen Is often of great age, lmvlng been handed down from mother to daughter ft- a succession of generations and It Is on that account nn object of great value to its wearer. 15ut if one Is Impressed by the beau ty of the headdresses In the largo und Important towns of Holland, It is only when visiting the smaller towns nnd the villages that the full significance of the cap makes Itself felt. Especial ly Is this the ense in the provinces of Zealand and Keveland, though In the north nnd by the shores of the Zuyder Zee there nre ninny fascinating caps In evidence. Thanks to the work of mod ern artists, the little village of Volen dam has been Immortalized, and the world Is well acquainted with the cos tume of Its women nnd Its sturdy men. Clenullness Is the keynote In the har mony which Volendam stands for. It is strikingly apparent In the spotless cap, as in every detail of the costume, down to the white or black polished Klompers which are universally worn. Iler home, the pride of every Volen dam woman, is a pattern of cleanli ness befitting Its mistress. Her snowy cap and broldered kerchief nre mir rored in a hundred sparkling brasses or polished plates of china or delft, and there Is not a cranny or comer which does not hear testimony to the thor oughness with which she has wielded broom or duster. Wherever one travels In Holland one finds the enp telling Its story. In the southern provinces In the Island of Ilevel one may gather from Its length whether the wearer follows the teach ings of Luther or Is a member of the Homan Catholic church. Is the child an orphan? Then by her cap her con dition shall be made known. Has some one member of the family gone to Join the great majority? The plain soft white headdresses of the women folk shall tell the pathetic story through the depth of their linen bor ders nnd their lack of lace. At the kermis, at the weddings, at the jolly country dances where men and maids gather to make merry, the young marriageable women tell of their single Btate, for on their fore heads they wear an ornament of gold called the nanld. This piece of Jewel ry is fastened to the Krullen; It covers the left temple and broadens out to its end on the forehead between the eyes. Thus a glance at the young women's caps Is ail that is needed to acquaint the Interested swains as to whether tho fair charmers are in the marriage market, which simplifies matters considerably. Delineator. The rropertlee of Cocaine. Travelers In Peru and countries whore coca grows chew the leaves of this plant for the purpose of allaying the sense of hunger and the feeling of exhaustion that accompanies It. At first the leaves were thought to possess food elements, but now It is known that the cocaine they contain merely allays the Irritability of the nerves that produce the sense of hunger. Cocaine Is an alkaloid made from the coca loaf, which has the effect of completely destroying the sensibility of nerves. The discovery of this active principle of the coca leaf explained fully nnd satisfactorily the effect pro duced by chewing the leaves. An In fusion of the leaf might be used with good results in allaying the gnawing appetite that follows some forms of fever or In cases where the sense of hunger Is due to a diseased condition of the itomach. Cocaine should never be used except on the prescription of a trustworthy physician, because it is dangerous. The cocaine habit is more readUy formed than either the morphine or liquor habit and is far more rapid In Its work of destruction. Beanflfol Comparlnons. The horse shares with woman the gift of the greatest animate physical beauty, and the classification does the lady no discredit. As for man, his partner In pulchritude Is away down Uo line, probably a mule and maybe a burro. San Francisco Call. 1 The I.MNt Word. "Does your wife Insist on having the last word?" said the mun who asks Im pertinent questions. "Certainly not," answered Mr. Meek ton. "She doesn't have to Insist" Washington Star. THE LOOK OF A CHILD. It Pleading Power Wa Too Great to Be RealRted. "The look of a little child Is some times a wonderful thing," suld tho man who had risen high ou the ladder of success. "I remember that the great est lesson I have ever learned In my life was pointed out to me hy my daughter, who was only five years old at that time. That was fifteen years ago, when I had Just attained some measure of distinction In the business world, and I felt that I could afford to rest on my oars awhile. I had never been a drinking man, but frequent con ferences at hotel lobbies and after theater talks with my associates began to tell on me and I am ashamed to confess that I came home many a night slightly the worse for wear and 'booze.' Tho habit of Imbibing grew on me, In spite of tearful entreaties from my wife, until I took a bottle of whisky home one afternoon. After dinner I made for that botlle, which I had left In my study, poured out a glass and raised It to my Hps, when I caught a reflection In tho polished woodwork of the wall. I turned quick ly, nnd there was my little daughter standing In the doorway looking at me. I could never describe the ex pression on her face. If one might say It of a child, It was a commingling of reproach, pity and disgust l'robably she bad overheard conversations be tween her mother and myself perhaps the mother had instilled that feeling perhaps It was Instinct I have not taken another drink from that day to tills."' New Orleans Times-Democrat THE PHENIX. Lea-end of How It Lived and Died and Lived Aa-nln. The ancient tradition concerning the phenlx has Introduced Into nearly ev ery language the habit of applying that name to whatever Is singular or un common among its kind. According to ancient writers, the phenlx was a bird of great beauty about the size of an eagle. A shining and most beautiful crest adorned Its head, Its plumage contnlned nearly every tint of the rain bow, and Its eyes Bparklod like dia monds. Only one of these birds could live at a time, but its existence covered a period of COO or 000 years. When Its life drew to a close the bird buUt for itself n funeral pile of wood and aro matic spices, with Its wings fanned the pile into a flame and therein consumed itself. From its ashes a worm wns produced, out of which another pherdx was formed, having all the vigor of youth. Tho first care of the new phenlx was to solemnize Its pnreut's obsequies. For that purpose it made a ball of myrrh, frankincense nnd other fra grant tilings. At Hcllopolls, a city In lower Egypt there was a magnificent temple dedicated to tho sun. To this temple tho phenlx would carry the fra grant hall nnd burn It on the altar of the sun as n sacrifice. The priests then examined the register and found that exactly 500 years or exactly 600 years bad elapsed since that same ceremony had taken place. Modern Card Playing. The gambling of today Is a mUd af fair compared with the extant records of English society. Wo shall never again see the days when General Scott won a fortune of 200,000 at whist, chiefly by dint of keeping sober. And high play, it must nover be forgotten, Is a relative term. When Lord Stavor dale galne4 11,000 by a single coup at hazard, his only comment was that If he had been playing "deep" he might have won millions. When the dimen sions of modern wealth are taken Into account the wildest excesses ever wit nessed at the card table would have a timid and parsimonious aspect to the bucks of the regency. Times of India, Bombay. Women' Tempera. I recently saw It stated somewhere that "women are much better tem pered than men." This, of course, Is a self evident proposition up to a cer tain point Women, as a rule,' are al together more self possessed and have a greater control over themselves than men, who want everything their own way, resent all trouble, cannot endure the smallest discomfort and are rarely unselfish. But in Justice to men It must be said that generally speaking, they have very much more to try their nerves. London World. An Ancient Steam Man. There are a host of authorities on hydraulics and mechanics that could be quoted to support tho assertion that the steam engine Is not a modern In vention. CarpinI In the account of his travels, A. D. 128U, describes a species of aeophile, or steam, engine made In the form of a man. This contrivance wns filled with "Inflammable liquid" (probably petroleum) and made to do terrible work in the battles between the Mongols and the troops of Prester John. rinman Nature. "It's funny," remarked the thought ful citizen. "What's funny r "The wny a man who spends all his spare time praying for the regeneration of his parry will got Indignant at tho suggestion that he vote the opposition ticket for once."- ' ""' "mr POP GOES THE WEASEL. The Meaning of Thene Word la tho Old Engllah Song. How many people know the meaning cf the words 'Top goes tho weaBel" in the song? Many of us have probably regarded them us a meaningless tag, having some dim Cockney bearing ou the animal. Buch a bearing they have, but In an unexpected way. A writer In Notes and Queries aflirms that tho words refer to a purse miido of weasel skin which opened and closed with a Biiap. This brings the lino out of Irrel evant jargon into the main sense: Up and down the city road. In and out tho Eagle; That's tho wuy the money goes' Pop Kes the weasel. The "popping" or snapping of the purso Is declared to be the equivalent of "Hang went snxponce." , Hut tliis explanation is not, perhaps, so Inherently probable as another which makes "weasel" a slang tenn for silver plate, prize cups, etc. arti cles which, as the result of gadding in the City road, were pawned or "pop ped." This Idea Is repented In a story of an Islington tailor who, through fre quenting the Eagle tavern, hud to pop his "weasel," an Instrument used In tho cutting of cloth. Whatever. tho weasel may have been, the song went round the world, nnd many a boy in faroff Brazil or Ceylon received his first Idea of London's stroeU in its reference to the City road. London Globe. BIRD CUSTOMS. The Ilnlilt of lulling nnd the Stock Doye'a Bow In a Fight. An Englishman, Edmoud Kelous, has been watching doves at play and lu combat. Of the habit of "billing," in which so many birds engage when they nre nesting, be says: "Where birds now merely 'bill,' they once, In my opinion, fed each other, or the male fed the fe male, but pleasure came to bo, experi enced hi the contact alone, and the pas sage of food, which was never neces sary, gradually became obsolete. I tli Ink it by no means Improbable that our own kissing may have originated In much the same way, and that birds when thus 'billing' experience the same sort of pleasure that we do when we kiss must be quite obvious to any one who has watched them." Of a peculiarity of the stock dove Mr. Selous writes: "When these birds fight they constantly Interrupt the flow of the combat by bowing In the most ab surd way, not to one another, but gen erally, bo to Bpeak, for no object or purpose whatever, apparently, but only because they must do so. The fact Is the bow has become a formula of court ship, and, as courting and fighting are Intimately connected, the one suggests the other In the mind dt the bird, who bows all nt once nnder a misconcep tion." THE WORD "LOBSTER. la Ia Slang Senae It Haa Been In L'ae For Centnrlea. In letters from Sir Walter Scott to WlUlam Clark of Eldln, under date of Sept 10 and 80, 1792, are found allu sions to the word "lobster" as a play ful sobriquet for the redcoat officers and soldiers of .the British army. In this case a boiled lobster Is meant a per evidence of the following couplet, once familiar to the English street boys, and quoted whenever a rifleman In green wns seen walking arm In arm with a soldier In red: There go two lobsters, claw In claw; One la boiled, and t'other's raw. Sir Arthur Hazlerigg, in Cromwell's time, commanded a regiment of cuiras siers, who "from thetr complete armor obtained the nickname of lobsters." (Baldock's "Cromwell as a Soldier.") What was mere ralUery In England may readily have grown Into an ex pression of hatred and contempt In America at the time of the Revolution, and. In point of fact Bancroft's "His tory of the United States" relates that "lobsters" was one of the abusive epithets applied to the soldiers by the mob on the occasion of the Boston massacre. Philadelphia Press. A Taate of Fame. When Thackeray was a candidate for parliament from the ctty of Oxford some one remarked to him that he must he well known to most of those whose votes he sought "Now," said Thackeray, laying down his knife and fork and holding up a finger, "there was only one man among all that I went to see who bad heard my name before, and he was a circulating li brarian. Such is mortal fameF That was In 1857 and "Vanity Fair" bad been published ten years. Miiiht Be Worse. Winks What makes yon look so blue? Jinks I have six daughters, bone of them married or likely to be. Winks And you are blue over it? Ton are the most ungrateful mortal that ev er breathed. I have six daughters, all married, all have children, and I've got to snpport the whole crowd. New York Weekly. Sorry Ho Spoke. "I wish. Mrs. Brown," said the boarder to his lnndhidy, "I wish you'd give me the receipt for that pudding we had yesterday." I "I'd much rather give yoo a receipt j for the board yon had but month," re i ywid the landlady tarCj. CHINESE MONEY. Rome la Good Mnd Dome I Counter feit, but It All Gnea. Emllo Hard, Frenchman, has an Interesting chapter on the money of China In his book, "Chinese Life In Town nnd Country." He explains that the unit of Chlneso money , Is tho tael, which Is not a coin, but a weight of Bilver tho ounce, of which thero are sixteen to tho catty and 1,000 to the pleul. Tho commercial tael Is that of Canton, which should weigh 87.783 grains, but usually weighs 37.58. Then there Is tho tael of Shanghai, which weighs 80.(1, and tho revenue tael, used In valuing Imports nnd exports, and each largo city has its own, that of Tientsin worth from 4 to 0 per cent more tlinn Unit of Shanghai. Ruslncss estimated In taels is curried on by tho uso of Spanish dollars or silver Ingots. The former are weighed and stamped by every south China merchant and have to lie remitted continually. Tho Ingots of sliver nre cut from bars Into pieces that tho operator estimates will weigh 50 taels. Naturally each one who bundles them weighs them. "Hanks store their money In cellars, In boxes carrle I back nnd forth by coolies," says M. Hard. "Tills explains the Item of transportation which Is de ducted from the face of n Chinese check when It Is cashed at a bank. One can Judge of tho complications consequent upon this ystem of con version of tnels of different values Into Ingots of dllterent weight and purity, especially as assayers of different lo calities refuso to honor the stamps of other cities." In places where tho dol lar Is not used small payments aro made by cutting up an Ingot. "Tho scale used In weighing these fragments has two sets of markings; one for re ceipts nnd one for payments." China's nntional coin Is the cash, a round copper ciin with a square hole through It. The cash or sapak dates from at lenst 2300 H. C. Eight pounds' weight of cash makes a dollar. Years ngo an emperor decided to double his f nmls) by giving copper cash double it value. In certain parts of the country this performance Is still In effect In other parts 77 or 85 cash are counted ns 100. In Honnn the Chlneso go to market with two kinds of money, one real, the other counterfeit Some articles are bought with one, some With the other. Certain articles have two prices, one In good money, one in bad. AMERICAN LANDSCAPE. How II DIITera From That of Eng land and the Continent. The American landscape, even In tho older purls of the country, Is generally unkempt nml does not lend Itself as readily to formal treatment as does tho typical English or continental land scape. The owners of big estates rare ly appreciate the scale on which the landscape architecture should be laid out and the patience which Is neces sary to obtain a complete and consum mate effect. They want ready mado estates. Finally, the leading American house architects have, with a few ex ceptions, a good deal to learn about the technique of landscape design. So far ns the largo house itself Is con cerned, a convention has been estab lished which Is In the main a good convention, but the designing of gar dens Is still In an early experimental stage. The stna properties are col lected In abundance. There Is no lack of persolns, fountains, well heads, ga zebos, statuary and pottery, but as Ilka ns not they are Indiscriminately placed. The architectural features are, how ever, generally somewhat better man aged than the planting, which fre quently looks as If an Irish gardener had been given some vague general di rections, or ns If the lady of the house had considered that It was a woman's business to make tho garden green. As a matter of fact, however, the lady of the house. In case she has her own way, generally paints the garden yel low and red rather than green. Her Idea usually Is merely to get as much bloom as possible, and tills she does at a sacrifice of those masses of foliage which aro absolutely necessary to give mass, body and depth to a large gar den. Architectural Record Magazine. The River Kongo. Tropical rivers vary greatly In vol ume In the rainy season sweeping to the sea In vast torrential floods and near the end of the dry season flowing slowly nnd only In the central and deeper portions of their beds. The Kongo, however, the largest river In Africa, rises and falls very slightly, and Commander Cameron accounts for this peculiarity, which was at one time considered Inexplicable, by the observa tion that the basin of this great river extends on both sides of the equator, and therefore one moiety of Its tribu taries nre In flood while the other ore at their minimum volume. Smalleat Bird. The golden crested wren Is the small est not only of British, but of all Euro pean, birds. Its average weight Is only about e'ghty grains troy, go that It would take seventy-two of the birds to weigh a pound. The length of tho feathers Is about three and a half inches nnd the stretch of the wtngi about live Inches, but when the feath ers are taken off the length of the N! does not exceed one Inch.
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