PA'S ALMANACK.
ffhere's lets of booss m our house, Eop
ami Thomas Hood.
Joscphiis, Toe and Vnrley's tales, and others
Just as good :
la fact, up In the porrct, for I've seen them
there myself.
Art calf a hundred dusty books piled on a
7w shelf. 1
Bit Pa he never touches one from out that
musty mack,
For When he has the chance to read, he
reads the Almanack.
Ha rends the lending "nints to Health"
and what will cure on ache
And when there's tirle In your blood the
pill Hint yon should take.
The nymiitonm of black mensles and the
points on heart-disease ;
And as I -a turns ihe pages back he thinks
he has all these.
"By gum !" he'll Say with troubled look,
"I've sharp pains In mv back,
And that's the way lumbago comes It's
In the Almanack."
II .
:
The Amateur
The Revenge of a
By JOHN FLEHNQ WILSON.
If you should see bronzed men or
men 'with soldierly bearing frequent
ing a certain office in a small street in
San Francisco, and if you knew who
the men were or what they represent
ed, you could predict to a nicety the
next Central American revolution, its
leaders, and its outcome. That is be
cause San Francisco is the place where
everything commences, and mamy have
their end in the way of troubles in the
"sister republics."
Three years ago the present govern
ment of Guatemala missed overthrow
by just a hair. As the maji who had
been financing the insurrection said
bitterly when the bottom fell out: "If
It weren't for women there'd He no
revolutions, and it it weren't for a
woman every revolution would be suc
cessful." He said this to the man who
knows more about troubles political
Where there's money and fighting than
any other man In the world. This main
codded his head with a smile not often
Been on his spare face. The financier
didn't like the look, and he growled
ome more: "They might at least
have let me hold the government up
for my expenses before calling the
whole business off. I could have got
everything back and interest on my
venture."
The other man kept on smiling.
"That's the way you fellows look at it.
If you can't win sell out at a good
price. But that don't win in the long
run. One woman can spoil the
scheme."
Two years before this a young wom
an landed from the Pacific Mail steam
er City of Para, and registered at the
Palace as from Mazatlan. She had a
little maid who giggled and talked
Mexican, some luggago with Vienna
and Paris hotel labels over it, and the
manner of a deposed queen. She signed,
herself as "Srta Maria Rivas."
In due time Senorita Rivas left the
hotel for quiet lodging on Vallcjo
street. But before sho disappeared
from the court, a gentle-mannered old
man with knotty hands, called and in
troduced a companion. "This is the
young man I spoke to your excellency
about. I present Senor Thomas Vin
cent." Then the gray-haired man
lipped away, and Thomas Vincent was
left looking down into the dark face
of Maria Rivas. He did not know why
be was there, nor who she was, nor
even the name of the man who had in
troduced him. But he was not sorry.
She let him stand while she glanced
him over. Vincent drew himself up
at her somev'Aat insolent manner, and
was rewarded by a smile.
"Will you accept an invitation to
upper tonight if I press you very
hard?" she asked him in smooth Eng
lish. Vincent turned his eyes about the
court Then he looked down at her
again, and nodded curtly. "Certainly,
madam." He flushed, and went on,
"But I failed to catch your name. I
am awfully embarrassed."
She got to her feet, and held out
slender hand. "I am Miss Mary
Rivas," she said, quietly. "My father
waa formerly the president of Hon
duras. I went to school at Bryn Mawr,
and I met your sister there. That's
why, when I found you were in San
Francisco, I asked to have you brought
and Introduced."
Vincent loked at her very soberly,
almost pityingly. Then he offered her
bis arm, and they went into the supper
room, where everybody turned to
watch theiT progress, knowing neither
Of them.
When she removed to the flat on
Vallejo street, Miss Mary Rivas told
Vincent to come and take the first
dinner with her. "We'll christen the
new place," Bhe said gayly, "and, be
sides, I hope you'll find that I'm really
American and can cook."
That night at nine o'clock when the
Mexican maid had departed giggling
to the kitchen, Vincent's hostess leaned
forward over the table at which they
sat, and rested her elbows on it Her
bare arms framed her face in a sudden
way that took Vincent's heart out of
Its regular beat. He leaped to his feet
when Maria Rivas, dropping her head,
burst Into a torrent of sobs, her white
shoulders heaving as her agony got
the better of her.
As he stood there biting his lips she
threw back her head and darted up
and to the window. He heard her
moan, as. if she saw and heard some
"Jjing too awful to comprehend. He
walked over and stood back of her till
she swung round, and he saw the tear
stained face relax and the swimming
eyes close. He carried her to the table,
and laid her down across it, and rubbed
her bands. Then the maid came in,
till giggling hysterically, and together
We like to gee ra winter nights lit by tha
open Rinte
And read aloud hl Almanack and tell ts
just the dalo . .
That Nero played his fiddle while old Rome
wag burning red,
And when thnt wicked KnRllsh king cut H
poor Hnleiah's head.
It's mighty Interesting, and the Jokes that
l'a will crack
Aro just the kind that fill each page of Bis
old Almanack.
Ta reads the tide a hundred times and
when's the next eclipse.
And he has nil the weather news right at
his llngcr-tlps.
He knows Just when dry spells are due and
when wet weather's near,
And sometimes lie puts on his gums when
all the weather's clear;
"It Is n't raining yet." he'll say, "but It
will ere 1 get bnck,"
And If It don't we dassn't laugh 't was
In the Almanack.
Victor A. nermann, In Tuck.
.
Revolutionist.
Lover and a Child.
they revived her until she sat up be
tween Vincent's arms and slid from
the big table to the floor. Vincent
sent the astonished maid out by a ges
ture of command.
"Now what's the matter?" he de
manded, hoarsely. "If you're in trou
ble tell me."
She panted before him. "It was
what I remembered," she replied.
"How can I forget?
"After I had been five years in the
States papa sent for me to meet him
in Colon. I got off the steamer, and
he was waiting on the wharf. I knew
he would do it Just that way. He put
on his glasses with both hands, and
looked at me as if he were very glad,
and oh! I loved it, for it was just like
it was when I was a little girl and
ran into the big room.
"But trouble came in Panama, and
papa thought we'd better come up to
San Francisco. 'I've been so busy
down here one way and another,' he
said, 'that I'm always suspected of con
spiracy. Your mother is dead, and the
fun of life is out of it We will live
peaceably as befits an old man and his
daughter.' "
Vincent's voice broke In on her
story. "When was this?"
"Five years ago. And everything
went all right till we got to Amapala,
There a friend of papa's came on board
and showed me a paper. It said papa
was not to be allowed to land in Hon
duras, as he was plotting an insurrec
tion. He put on his glasses to read it.
When he looked up at me, he said:
'We shan't see where your mother is
buried, nor the place whore you were
born. He shook hands with the friend
and said nothing more.
"On the day we were in Ocos, in the
afternoon, I saw the comandante come
on the steamer with some soldiers.
He said he wanted to airest papa, but
that if he came along willingly he
would not use force.
"'I am nnder the Amevlcan flag,'
papa said. 'I know who has done this.
It would mean my death if I went
with you.' Suddenly I heard a shot
and then another. I hurried to papa's
room. Outside there were two soldiers
aiming into it. I saw papa sitting on
his camp-stool and his two revolvers
were in his lap. Ho was hunting for
his glasses, but the chain had slipped
down. He could not see to shoot. One
of the soldiers, after a long time, fired
his gun again, and father suddenly
picked up his revolvers, and I cried
out again. Ho didn't shoot, and I
know now that he was afraid of hitting
me. Then he fell. The soldiers fired
again and ran away, panting and yell
ing to each other. I went into papa,
and he asked for his glasses, sitting up
on the floor very weakly. When I
found them and gave them to him, the
blood was running very fast down his
breast He put on his glasses with
both hands, wrinkling up his forehead
in the old way, and looked at me
very He looked. ... He said, 'I
am glad I could see you, little one . . .
before I go.' That was all."
She went to the window and stayed
there, immobile, while Vincent walked
up and down behind her. At last she
turned around. "That was five years
ago. No one has done anything to
punish them."
Vincent, because she was suddenly to
him the woman, did what every man
once In his life will do for one woman:
he sacrificed his sense of humor. With
all seriousness he stiffened up. "It
was under my flag he was shot down.
I've served under it Give me another
flag for Guatemala and I'll go down
there and those murderers shall die
against a wall, with your flag flying
over their heads, its shadow wavering
at their feet on the yellow sand."
Marie Rivas, because she was the
Woman In this case, understood per
fectly. "A revolution?" she said, very
quietly. He bent over her hand grave
ly and youthfully. His manner was
confident, as if he saw very clearly
what was to be done and knew how to
do it, not as if he had promised a girl
with tear stains on her cheeks to over
turn a government because of a murder
one hot afternoon on a steamer in a
foreign port
This was the beginning of the affair.
Its continuation was In a little town
on the Guatemalan coast, where Vin
cent landed with a ton of munitions of
war, marked "Manufactures of Metal,"
and thirty ragged soldiers. A month
later he had a thousand insurgents and
twenty tons of munitions, and his
blood had drunk in the fever that
burns up the years in hours. The first
thing Vincent did under Its spell was
to march on Ocob and take it When
the town was his and the commandante
In irons, the young man took out of bis
potketbeok a little list of names, made J
uui in inui in iinnoa uhuui .i w..-
pared this list with the list of prison
ers and ordered out a firing squad.
Half an hour later the shadow of th
flag made by the Woman In the Valle
jo street flat waver over the sand
on which lay six men in a tangle;
Generalissimo Thomas Vincent wenl
out Into the sun and looked at tht
last postures of the six, and then out
across the brimming waters of the
Pacific. A mail steamer lay out there
in the midst of a cluster of canoes, the
American flag drooping from her mast.
An Irishman In a major's uniform
came out of the cool of the barracks
and stopped beside Vincent. "Another
week ought to see us In the capital,"
he said slowly. "But J don't like this
business, general. These beggars don't
amount to anything. Why did you
order them shot?"
A barefoot girl of some ten years
crept around the corner of the sun
baked wall. She picked her way over
the sand, darting hot glances fearfully
at the two officers. Suddenly she
stooped over the crooked body of one
of the motionless ones. She tugged at
the sleeve of a shirt, and as the face
turned slightly upward to her effort,
she fell to beating on the ground with
both hands, and sobbed in the heat,
dry eyed.
Vincent strode over to her, and
gently picked her up. Hor quick sobs
did not cease as he carried her into
the shade, his own face drawn and
white. He looked over at the major,
who stood gnawing on his stubby
mousttv.-he. Ho did not reply to the
question until the major repeated it
angrily. "It was because . . . they de
served it. . . .' Vincent stopped and
then went on, almost inaudibly, "God
knows why I did it, and then there's
. . . the " He stopped once more,
for the girl's hard sobs had ceased, and
her little hands had darted from the
folds of her scanty gown to the young
general's throat, and the major saw
him set the burden softly down, and
athen fall forward, the blood pouring
round i..e blade of a knife deep in his
throat.
With an oath the major leaped over
to him and lifted his head. Vincent's
eyes looked clearly into his. Then the
wounded man looked over at the little
girl, poised for flight a dozen feet away.
He nodded at her with an air of abso
lue comprehension, and then died. San
Francisco Argonant.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
An Knglish police court conies to
the front with an antiseptic New Test
ament for oath-taking purposes. The
covers are guaranteed to bo death to
germs.
Editor Earnett of the American
Crocer, New York, Is advocating the
establishment of a BChool for grocers
and a state board of examiners for its
control.
The combined salaries of the presi
dents of the 14 leading universities
in the United States do not equal the
amount paid the head of one life in
surance company.
r .
An elephant at Jena, Germany,
seized a man who was teasing him
with a knife and dashed him to the
ground. Three days later the man
succumbed to his injuries.
A couple of cyclists in Epping, near
London were the principals at a wed
ding, and they added a new wrinkle
to marrlago etiquette. The bride and
groom rode to the church on single
machines, but they returned on a tan
dem. . '
The English delight in odd rents,
but the oddest is a tenancy at Brook
house, in Yorkshire, where the rental
Is one snowball In June and a red rose
in December. The rose is easily ar
ranged and the snowball is now made
of shaved Ice.
A rich gold strike in the Kantishna
diggings, 300 miles away, left Fair
banks, Wash., practically without offi
cers. The mayor and all the council
men Joined the rush. All the princi
pal saloon keepers closed up and ac
companied them.
Algeria has a river of genuine ink,
caused by the joining of two streams,
one of which comes from an Iron re
gion, while the second stream flows
from a peat swamp. On meeting, the
acid of one stream blends with the
iron solution of the other, and ink is
the result
City Crop of Tan.
There is a great comparison of com
plexions going on these days when
ever returning vacationists get togeth
er. The one who can show the deep
est brown is the proudest, but this
does not always fall to the lot of the
sojourner at the seaside or in the
mountains.
The girl with the richest and deep
est tan in a good-sized crowd the other
day had not been out of town this
summer, but every day. had taken a
long walk hatless through Central
pnrk. The spending of much money
for railroad fares and hotel bills is
not at all necessary to acquire a
bronze complexion. Old Mother Na
ture with summer winds and sun
shine and soft rains is the one to get
it from, and she gives it just as quick
ly on a city roof or in a city park as
she does in the distant country or on
the mountain top. New York Press.
Decrease of Mortality.
Mortality In every occupation has
decreased in the last ten years. This
is due to the better means of ventila
tion and sanitation which we have at
present and the greater precautions
exercised in every field of endeavor.
The Elephant and His School.
The jrrcnt white elephant left the show
lie said he was too refined ;
The ways of n circus did not suit
Ills most superior mind.
"A creature as big and as wise as I
Should be teaching school," said he ;
"And all the animal little folk
Sly scholars they shall be."
So Into an empty Rchoolhouse near
He mnrshnled them nil one day;
("1'was In vacation time and so
The children were all away.)
The kittens and puppies, the pigs aud goese,
Were put to work with a will :
But the squirrel and fox to the platform
went
Uerau.se they would not keep still.
And then ho began to teach his school
The various things he knew;
"There's much not down In the books," said
he,
"That you ought to know how to do."
And first he showed how to flap the ears,
Hut their cars were far too small; '
And then he showed how to wave the trunk,
Kut they hud no trunk at all.
The only thing that he taught his school
Thar, the scholars accomplished well,
Was when ho culled In the peanut man,
And taught them the nuts to shell.
Why the Ocetn Doesn't Freeze.
If the ocean did not have salt it
would freeze somewhat more readily
than It does now, but there would be
no very marked difference.
The ocean is prevented from freezing
not so much by its salt as by its size
and by its commotion. On account of
its size, largo portions of it extend in
to warm climates at all seasons, and
by reason of its great depth it is a vast
storehouse of heat. Its currents dis
tribute much warm water among the
cold. St. Nicholas.
Encouraging the Birds.
Any one who has watched a pair of
robins or catbirds In nesting tlmo can
not fail to be impressed by the quan
tities of insects which they catch and
carry to the young birds, who are vo
racious feeders, and like Oliver Twist,
are always ready for more. Without
intention on their part they are doing
good service to the farmer.
On our place everything is dono to
encourage the birds on account of their
value in destroying insects, and also
because we like to see them flying
about among the trees and enjoy their
cheerful songs. Nest boxes are put up
and pans of drinking water provided,
while a large Downing mulberry fur
nishes fruit for hundreds of birds who
make their nests In the trees and
shrubs, on the vines of the veranda,
ind sometimes on the window sills. As
they are never molested or frightened
they have become very tame aud show
littlo fear, even allowing us to gather
mulberries without being disturbed,
merely flying away a few feet and con
tinuing to eat as before. Catbirds el
low us to approach near to the
branches on which they are sitting,
while the wrens and chipping birds arc
even bolder. A young bird having fal
len from the nest I picked it up, when
presently the mother bird came with
a worm and fed it as I -held it in my
hand.
In winter seycral kinds of wood
peckers, snow birds and bluejays come
daily for scattered bread crumbs and
suet fastened to the veranda rails and
nearby trees.
As we raise considerable fruit some
may wish to know if the birds trouble
It. I am sorry to say that they are not
content with the free feast on the
mulberry tree but take the cherries as
their right, eat the finest strawberries
and sometimes strip the peas. Rasp
berries are an especial feast for them
and they sit on the branches and eat
the choicest pears. However, we do
not blame the birds as they aro good
judges of fruit, and do not know any
thing about the rights of property. So
we use netting and paper bags to some
extent, and of fruit that cannot be
covered, if there is enough for both,
we take what is left (Mrs.) Egbert N.
Moore, in The Tribune Farmer.
Robert's Visit. .
Robert was very fond of his neigh
bor, Captain Somes. It seemed so won
derful that this man had been round
the Horn to the head of the Baltic
Sea and to Spain and Australia; it was
more wonderful that he had found his
way back.
"But, Captain Somes," Robert asked
one day, "the waves all look alike.
How did you know whether to turn
to the right or the left?"
"You come over to supper with me
tonight and I will show you a little
instrument that told me just which
way to go," said the captain; and this
invitation filled Robert with import
ance for the remainder of the after
noon. When he was being washed and
combed and made ready for the visit
he began to have some misgivings, and
to wish that his mother were going too.
There would bo no one to attend to
bis napkin for he was only six years
old, and he knew things were so apt
to go wrong at table. He wished that
the captain, had brought that queer lit
tle instrument down to the whnrf,
whare, where they could talk quite na
turally about it. But it was too lata
to change the plans, for there was to
be an early supper for him, so he could
be back at bedtime.
"Now remember, Robert," his mother
said, "be sure to say 'Yes, 1 thank you,'
and 'No, I thank you.''
Robert remembered this when he
saw the table set in snowy linen aud
whon the captain helped bim into a
great leather chair at the end of the
long table?' All went well until the
maid passed some delicious tarts. "Yes,
you can eat some of those," said the
captain, "can't you?"
Then Robert blundered. "No, I thank
you," he said, and then he could have
cried for the maid took him at bis
word, and set them out of his reach.
He looked down at his plate and turned
very red.
Tho captain sat eating the tarts with
a relish, and telling him funny stories
all the while. Presently he said,
"Aren't you a littlo sorry you dldn'
have a tart?"
Robert choked and answered hur
riedly, "Yes, I thank you." At least
this was true.
"Well, well," said his friend, "that
Is a mistake that is easily corrected,"
and smiling a little, "Kilty, you put
tho tarts right beside Robert's plate
and let him help himself."
Pleased at being right, this time,
Robert's spirits "revived, and he was
soon talking and laughing in his old,
happy way. He w as not sure, however,
that he reully liked visiting until they
were in the library, and there he saw
the wonderful compats and heard the
strange things al;ont tho little finger al
ways pointing to tho north. It seemed
a very small thing to be so much help
in finding Australia.
When Robert's big brother called for
him, he told the captain what a splen
did visit lie had.
"You aren't sorry you came, then?"
"No, I thank you," said Robert.
"And you will como again?"
"Yes, I thank you," said Robert; and
then he went homo, feeling that he
had the right words In the right place,
and that lie had an uncommon reason
for being proud of himself. Myn
Jenks Stafford, In Youth's Companion.
How Tonto Found His Master.
Some weeks ago. while In the coun
try, I visited the circus the last day
of Its stay. When I got home, I no
ticed a small brown and white spaniel
crouched by the stoop. He Jumped up
and followed me upstairs, but I saw
that he had a license on him, so I left
him, thinking that his master was in
a nearby store.
The ne:t day I found him asleep on
tho stoop, so I took him In tho house
and fed him. Ho proved a lively com
panion, and when I started to teach
him tricks he proved a very apt pupil.
I kept him for nearly six weeks, dur
ing which tlmo he made friends with
every one. Then tho circus came
around again, and as we all wanted to
go I started with Frlslty (for that was
the name I gave him) to tho box of
fice. Walking in front of me was a port
ly old gentleman, whom Frisky at
tacked with numerous spells of bark
ing. At first I took no notice of it,
but suddenly Frinky darted forward,
the chain slipped from my hand aud
he was Instantly jumping and fawning
before the old gentleman. Suddenly he
picked up the dog, looked at it intent
ly, turned to me and said, sternly,
"You young scamp, where did you get
that dog?"
I was startled and amazed, but I
answered as calmly as I could, "I
found him asleep on our stoop about
six weeks ago. Why do you ask?"
"You impudent young rascal! " Ho
roared, "I ask because tho dog is
mine,'' and turning to tho dog lie said,
"Here, Tonto, old boy, come home
with nio."
Tho dog looked first at mo, then at
tho man, and stood slock still between
us. "You ungrateful old wretch!" cried
the old gentleman, "don't you know
me? You're the cause of this," be
continued, pointing to me. "What have
you got to say for yourself?"
I then explained to him all I knew
about his Tonto or my Frisky, aud
I told lilm he might come home with
me and see my father und mother,
who I knew would vouch for the ver
acity of my story.
Ho reluctantly consented, and we ar
rived quickly. My parents received
him courteously, and when I explained
to them the purpose of his visit they
told him that what I had said was en
tirely correct, but that if he could
prove the dog was hl3 they would glad
ly give him back.
He seemed satisfied with this, and
told us tho licenso number and also
showed us the nunio "Tonto" under
neath the collar. We were all quite
satisfied with the proof, and then my
father asked the name of our guest. He
instantly produced a card which read:
WILLIAM H. CLAYTON,
Manager and Proprietor,
of
Clayton's Greater Circus.
We were surprised and delighted to
have so distinguished a visitor, and
when he told us that Tonto's former
keeper had been cruel to him and that
he had run away the last night of the
stay of the circus, my possessing bim
was readily explained.
Thus I lost Tonto's or Frlsky's com
panionship, but I now enjoy Mr. Clay
ton's friendship, which is equally as
good, If not better.
All Wabbly In Their Walk.
"Nobody In New York walks
straight," said the gray-headed man.
"Watch a score' of pedestrians on the
sidewalk and not one of them sticks
to a straight path. Thouo deviations
aro not always duo to the crowded
condition of tho pavement, either. Dur
ing the rush hours a man is supposed
to dodga this way and that in his ef
forts to make progress, but when giv
en a clear road there Is no excuse
(or so much sidetracking. Yet no
matter how favorable .the condition
tho New Yorker zizags just the same.
He might have a stretch of sidewalk
a block long all to himself, and be
perfectly sober, yet in that distance he
would veer from curb to stoop line
and back again several times. New
York Press.
Nome, Alaska, la 300 miles west ol
Honolulu.
Woman Maker of Violins. .
To play tho violin is the accomp
lishment of hundreds of young wo
men, but few have constructed the be
loved Instrument from which such
wonderful melody can be obtained.
Jliss Grace Rarstow, of San Joso, Cnl.,
ha3 the unique distinction of being
the only woman violin milker in
America, If not in the world, and,
moreover, the is a noted performer
on tho Instruments of her own mak
ing. Possessing :v fitting environment
and Intelligent sympathy, when her
desire to make a violin became
known. Miss Burstrow's family gave
her every encouragement, and Ecnt to
Germany for tho necessary woods.
Altogether, six violins have been
completed by her, each oikj a noted
improvement on preceding effort, un
til the last instrument Is said by ex
perts to possess a delightfully rich
and brilliant tone. Miss Uarstow
lias shown considerable Invsntlvo
genius In constructing her violins,
successfully experimenting with the
native redwood us a bnso bar, and will
uso more of that wood In her next
violin. Philadelphia Press.
Training in Obedience.
A fault of ninny of our young men
and growing boys Is their disregard
for authority, whether parental or
civil, and, accompanying this, a seem
lntr lack of respect toward their eld
ers. Anything that will tend to reme
dy these characteristics without less
ening a proper independence and in
dividuality is a wholesome and useful
influence. Th-a essential of all things
military is prompt and unquestioning
obedience, aud when this obedience Is
required of students it cannot fail to
Inspire in them a certain dngreo of
respect for authority and regard for
discipline: results beneficial both to
the Individual and to tho state. Such
results are, in part, thvs object of the
military training. St. Nicholas.
EtAteot Ohio, Citt or Toledo, I
Lucas lIountt. j
I'BaXK J. Chksky :nuke oath that ho li
senior piirtuor o; tlia linn of F. J. Ciip.sr.Y A
Co., doln'j business In, tue City of Toledo,
County uu'l Htitto aforesaid, anil that snl i
firm will piy the sum of osk hundred dot,
I.Aits tor ena i and nvory-eusa of uatabhk
that cnuuot bo cure! (jy tho use o! Hai.l'j
Catarrh Curk. Prank.!. Cheskv.
riworu to bofoi'S me anil sutMurilieri In my
presence, tills tltu day of Deeem
Jskal. Ler.A.JJ., 193B. A.W. GLr.Asos,
' y ' A'otary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Curnls ta'cen internally, an I
Bctsdlreatlyon tti blood aul mucous sur
faces of the system. Hen l for testimonial),
Iree. I'. J. Ciienet A Co., Xolo.lo, O.
H0ldb7a.ll Oruwlsti, 75i.
'ialio fall's Fumily Fills for constipation.
An Australian Mystery.
With the death of Sir Augustus
Gregory the htpt of tho great Austrnll
lan explorers, has passed away. His
tlemUo recalls the most remarkable
mystery in the annals of the common
woiilth. Fifty-seven years havo pass
ed since on exploring expedition com
manded by a German scientist, l.ud
wig Loichardt, set out from Sydney to
cross Australia from east to west. To
this day no body knows what happen
ed to that exploring party. Not a
scrap of paper, not a solitary relic of
Its fato has ever been discovered. It
must have been either overwhelmed
in some natural convulsion or abso
lutely annihilated by the blacks. Sir
A "Justus Gregory led two expeditions
In search of It, one of them organized
by tho Hoyal Guographicul Society.
Chicago Journal.
A Queer Barometer.
The Inhabitants of Southern Chile
are said to fortoll the weather by
means of a strange barometer. It
consists of the cast-off shell of a crab.
The dead sholl is white In fair, dry
weather; but, indicating the approach
of a moist atmosphere by the appear
ance of small red spots; br tho mois
ture. In tho air increases it becomes
entirely red and remains so through
out tho rainy season.
Prices are High.
Prices up in Nome correspond with
tho latitude. Tho Semi-Weekly News
sells for 25 cents a copy or $1 a
month. It appears from advertise
ments that milk brings 25 cents a
quart and eggs $1 a dozen.
OLD FASHIONED FARE.'
Hot Blscnlts, Griddle Canes, I'ies and
The food that mnde the fathers
strong is sometimes unfit for the chil
dren under the new conditions that our
changing civilization is constantly
bringing in. Ono of-Mr. Bryan's neigh
bors in tho great State of Nebraska
writes:
"I was raised In the South, where
hot biscuits, grkldlc cakes, pics and
puddings are eaten at almost every
meal, and by the time I locnted In Ne
braska I found myself a sufferer from
Indigestion and its attendant ills dis
tress and pains after meals, an almost
constant headache, dull, heavy sleepi
ness by day and sleeplessness at night,
loss of flesh, impaired memory, etc., etc.
"I was rapidly becoming incapaci
tated for business when a valued friend
suggested a chnnge in my diet, the
abandonment of heavy, rich stuff and
the use of Grape-Nuts food. I fol
lowed the good advice and shall always
be thankful that I did so.
"Wbntevcr may bo the experience
of others, the beneficial effects of the
change were apparent in my case al
most immediately. My stomach, which
had rejected other food for so long, took
to Urnpe-Nuts most kindly; in a day
or two my headache w-as gone, I began
to sleep healthfully and before a week
was out the scales showed thnt my lost
weight was coming back. My memory
was restored with tho renewed vigor
that I felt in body and mind. For three
years now Grape-Nuts food has kept
me in prime condition, and I propose it
shall for the rest of my days.
"And, by the way, my 2j year old
baby is as fond of Grape-Nuts as I am,
always insists on having it. It keeps
ber ns healthy and hearty as they make
them." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason.
Read the little book "The Road to
Wellvllie" In pkgi.
tlUSlNBSrCiODBY
M. MeDONAO.
4TT0RNIT-AT-LAW.
Rotary fubtfe, real estate afsnt, Pal
secured, collections male promptly.
In Hym! teste building, Keynoldsrllla,
D
R. B. E. HOOVfc.lt,
REYNOLDS VILLA, PA.
Rutasnt dentlnt. In the Hnnrr fealMlSBj
4Mn trrBC. (iffntlenena tn operating.
J)R. L. L. MEANS,
' DENTIST
Office on second floor of First Wi
tional bank building-, Main (.tree.
J)R. B. DEVERE KINO,
DENTIST.
Office on second floor F.pynoIdsTfn
Real Estate Building:, Main street
Reynold svllle, l'a.
J NEKF,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACH
Aud Real Estate Agent.
Reyno!dgvLU, P,
gMITH M. McCREIGHT,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
Rotary Public and Real Estate Afents. CV
lecttoos will monlTe prompt attention. OSloO
In the KeynoldeTllle Uanlirnr Co. Buiiatna,
Haln street, HeynoldSTllle, P.
PITTS'feURQ.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
V heat No. 2 red t 75 77
Kyo No. a 72 7S
Corn No 2 yellow, ear ill
No. 2 yellow, shelled fi) g-
MlieU ear 44
Oats No. 2 white m H
No. a white v.) :mv.
Flour Winter putent 4 'h 4 3(J V
Fancy striilKlitwIntore 4 0) 4 10
Hay No. 1 Timothy Ill on 13 SO
Clover No. 1 10 no 10 5(1
Feed No. 1 white mid. ton 19 Ml S00)
Drown middlings 10 00 17 no
limn, hulk l.'i r.o in 00
Biraw Wheat 7J 7 60
Oat 7 00 7 60-
Dairy Products.
Butter ElKln cronmery f 84 H
Ohio creamery B0 a!
Fancy country roll 1 1H
Cheese Ohio, new 11 1
New York, new U - VI
Poultry, Etc.
nn per lb 3 tl 18
('hlckons droBsed 11 1ft
Eggs l'a. and Ohio, fresh 'J I lis
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples bbl g5l 82j
i-uiatocn Fancy white per bu.... (j-, 7
fahbase per ton..: 13 U) j.vki
Onions per barrel ..... qj 22
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent $ 5 0-, g -
Wheat No. If red 81
Corn Mixed
EftK3 ; 25
Butter Ohio creamery $j
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent $ 5 05 ft ar
Wheat No. U red si H5
Corn No. 2 mixed 5. 51
Oate No. S white ai lltt
Butter Creamery y.4 ;
Eggs Pennsylvania firsts an ;
NEW YORK.
Flour Fatents 5 5 0) 6 1
Wheat No. 2 red !'
Corn No. 2 59
Oan No. 11 white SI
Butter -Creamery 4
lij.gs Stole aud Pennsylvania.... 2t 2t
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Extra, to l,r,M Ihe., $ 5 SO f 8 SO
Prime. l,:i(l tn 1 ,100 lbs 4 90 6 20
(food, 1,-JOO to 1,80) lbs 4 K) 4 75
Tidy, 1,(60 to I. l.'iO lbs 4 ! 4 10
Fair, (KH1 to V100 lb 8 40 4 10
Common, ,01 to IKK) Idh 8 01 8 40
Common to irood fat oxin 8 ot) 4 00
Common to coed tut bulla II 00 8 to
Common to good fat cows 1 ft) 8 40
llelfere, 7o0 tol.KMIIhfi a JS 4 00
Fresh cows and springers 10 00 60 00
Hogs.
Prime heavy hog $ li 20 $ s 25
Prime medium weights 5 10 6 10
Best heavy Yorkers o 00 5 OS
io,d light Yorkers 6 8" , h 30
Pigs, as to quality... 6 10,- 6 2
C"mmon to good roughs 4 2 i 4 70
3:BS 8 2 8 55
Sheep.
ti 25 V
crime wethers f 5 25 B 60
Hood nil in l 500 5 2f
Fair mixed ewes and wethers.... 4 fins' o00
l.'ulls and common 2 00 4 eo
Lulls to choice lambs 6 00 7 7V
Calves.
Veal Calves $100 1 SS
Bouvy and thin calves 8 50 4 60
LABOR NOTES.
A Stnte convention of machinists'
lodges met at Boston, Mass.
An apprentice boys' society Is being
organized at Boston, Mass.
Knnxns City, Mo., is going to have
Its Labor Temple erected next spring.
A number of grievances of the
stnge employes of Lynn, Mass., have
been settled.
Automobile glosses are being used
quite extensively by enginemen as a
protection to the eyes.
At Buffalo, N. Y., the strike of tho
riveters nt the Empire Shipbuilding
Company's yards Is still on.
Los Angeles, Cnl., Labor Temple
sells enough union igars to keep
twenty union elgarraakers employed.
Tho old Jurisdiction dispute between
the woodworkers and the carpenters
has broken out again in Milwaukee.
The Shipping Trades Federation, a
defensive alliance of union freight
handlers and teamsters, has been
launched at Chicago.
Eighty miners at the Alta mines,
Telluflde, Col., went on strike when
requested to take out cards in the
Mine Owners' Association.
The Supreme Court of Slichlgan has
held that the law requiring that a
clause bo inserted In contracts for pub
lic works to employ union men is con
stitutional. Union painters of PIttston, Scran
ton, Cnrbondale, Wllkesbnrre. Pa,
and vicinity organized a district coun
cil to be knowu as the Valnters' Dis
trict Council.
signatures of every job printer in
San Diego, Cul., have been secured by
the representative of the Typographi
cal Union to an eight-hour day, begin
ning next January.
Wages of firemen, oilers, water ten-"
ders, seamen, second cooks and por
ters were uuvnneeu uctober 1, when
the lake carriers' fall acheUule of
.wages weui into enecu