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LIFE IN BIG LONDON
80ME OF THE THINGS AMERICAN VIS
ITORS SOON LEARN.
AN ANCIENT VOLUME.
Frequent Illuulnir of Cab Whlnllr.
Paulino- Bt 1'lmt No Ilantblarlc
Stand. In Brltixh Capital Women
Cannot Clvnn Window..
Americans sojourning lu London are
often puzzled lu their llrst few hours
there to account for the frequent blow
Ins of mouth whistles In their vielulty,
resembling the blasts of sound with
which the New York postman accom
(muies the delivery of n.iUl. A Yunkee
v.ho arrived In the British metropolis
one summer night greatly fatigued by
his Journey retired early at his lodg
ings, but wan kept awake until mid
night by the unaccustomed and con
tinuous blowing of whistles, which sug
gested to bis drowsy biMlu tliut letter
carriers were culling every few min
utes at the adjoining houses.
At breakfast the next inorulng lie re-,
marked that lie had often heard of Lou
don's frequent mall deliveries, but he
hail never supposed there were so many
cf Micui as he bud heard the previous
evening.
"Heard?" Inquired his seat mate.
"Yes; didn't you hear the postmen
Mowing their whistles every few min
utes until after midnight?"
The Knglisli are too polite to Inngh
In one's face, but a suppressed snicker
went around the table, breaking Into
tradible laughter as another New York
er, who bad been In London twenty
four hours longer than the new arrival,
explained glibly:
"Why, those were cab enlls you
beard. Every London house has a cnb
whistle. One blast brings a hansom,
two a four wheeler."
Cabs are essential to London, where
antiquated stages are the only means
of going In many directions, and they
serve as exnresf wagons as well as
conveyances. Few persons send their
baggage ("luggage," It Is called over
there) In advance to railway station or
iteamer pier. A cnb Is called ut the
last moment, and the cabman puts
trunk or valise on the roof of his vehi
cle. If one's parcels are numerous a
four wheeler or omnibus Is employed.
On arriving with luggage the same
method Is used to carry it to one's
home or lodgings.
As the baggage covered hansom
bowls along two or three ragged and
dirty men or boys may be seen running
beside It! If any distance Is to be trav
ersed, It will be noticed that fcomc of
these drop behind one after the other,
while others take their places. They
are "ruuners," usually men on their
"uppers," who earn an occasional shil
ling by following cabs to their destina
tions and carrying the luggage upstairs
for the arriving passengers.
It would not occur to the average
Englishman to seek u bootblack out
side his own home for his morning
."shine." Shoes are generally polished
In the house by the maidservant, if
one lacks valet or footman, and the
bootblack stand Is conspicuously ab
sent from the British capital. Boot
blacks, often aged men, beating the
label "Licensed Messenger" on their
coat sleeve, have foot boxes at the
chief Intersections of the principal
thoroughfares and ply their trade for
(ho benetit .of transients and foreign
ers. They are seldom patronized by the
Loudon householder.
One of the first inquiries made by
Americans who settle lu London is for
a washerwoman. But it is soon found
that this useful person is not to be
bad. Very little washing is doue nt
home or taken out by washerwomen
In London, all the soiled linen being
sent to a laundry. The result Is that
Americans, accustomed to the weekly
visit of the family washerwoman at
home, 11 nl their laundry bills not a
small item of expense on the other side
of the ocean.
A surprise is lu store for the new
householder lu London who asks the
maidservant to clean the windows.
"Indeed, ma'am, I'd be arrested If I
did," explains the girl as sho refuses
the task. And, sure enough, It is learn
ed that owing to accidents to women
cleaning windows from the outside the
authorities have ordained that women
must not risk life or limb at window
cleaning. The penalty for disobeying
the regulation is a fine of $5. So men
employed ns porters in furniture stores
and similar shops earn many odd six
pences and shillings by spending their
weekly half holidays as window clean
ers to householders lacking men serv
ants. Most of the small Loudon shopkeep
ers and their assistants take a half hol
iday on Thursday instead of Saturday,
as in New York,, the butchers closing
up Tuesday afternoons. This practice
causes inconvenience to newcomers un
til guarded against by early purchases.
New York Tribune.
A Slcklr Dlnry.
"Look here, old chap, I'll give you a
valuable tip." said the experienced
married man to the prospective bride
groom. "Don't let your wife keep a
diary on the honeymoon. My wife did
that, and now whenever we quarrel
she brings it out and reads some of the
Idiotic things I said to her then."
Quite KnitHnli.
She Is that an English coat you are
wearing? lie Yes. How do you like
It? She To be frank with you, It Is a
fright. . He It wouldn't be English If
It wasn't Cleveland Tlalu Dealer.
Ea7.
"How do you suppose that fellow
ever got through college?" ,
"By means of a college coach."
Baltimore American.
It Is great and manly to disdain dis
guise; It shows our spirit and prove
our strength. Toung.
Old I'laybook of Jeller.on'a Grand
father neacned From Scrap Heap.
Before me lies an ancient playbook
rescued from the scrap heap of a Junk
dealer. It contains three smnll pam
phlets hand stitched with coarse linen
thread "The Emperor of the Moon,
as' performed at the Tatagonlan The
ater, London;" "Damon and rhllllda,
Mth the Mustek prefU'd to each Song,"
and "English Readings, a Comic Tlese
lu one Act." They are dated 1777, 1705
and 1787. On the frontispiece of each
playlet Is Inscribed a signature J. Jef
ferson. The autographs have so near
ly faded Into tho yellow dimness of the
time stained paper that It Is not pos
sible they could have been written by
the genial comedian of our day. Each
e'.gnature Is evidently as old as the
book Itself.
One day, curious as to the ownership
cf the little volume, I submitted it to
the late Joseph Jefferson. He turned
the yellowed pages slowly and with
nuch Interest, studying attentively the
r.utograph Inscribed here and there
through the book.
"It is undoubtedly," he snld, "a stray
volume from the library of my grand
father. Like my own library, it was
bound to have' many playbooks in it.
lie may have used it in London and
brought it with blm when he came to
America In 1797. The playbills of those
days abounded lu a medley of short
pieces such as you find In this little
volume. What Interests me most, how
ever, Is the curious likeness I find in
the autograph of my grandfather to my
own writing. The characters are small
er, and some letters are unlike. Still
there is a family resemblance, some
what like that handed down in face
aud figure. Llpplncott's Magazine.
A CAT'S AMUSING TRICK.
Pum Found n Way to Keep Her Ap
pointments. "My cat," says a writer In the Chica
go Tribune. "Is twelve years old and
an ordinary tabby. Since It was deli
cate as a kitten. I always let It sleep
lu the kitchen on the ground tloor, from'
which a large window overlooks a
yard. In thu window is one pane
which opens separately by means of a
latch.
"When It was about two years old
the cat, no doubt tindlng the night
long, taught itself to open this pane
aud get out through It. At first when
the cook told me about It I was Incred
ulous, knowing that servants have a
way of making tho cat responsible for
any little negligence of their own, but
as the window was found open every
morning I was bound to believe It
Since then 1 have seen the cat do the
trick a hundred limes, for, once it
knew that we had discovered it at it,
it no longer made a secret of It. Its
way of doing It was to jump upon the
Inner window sill, push the latch up
ward with the tip of Its nose and pull
the frame back with Its paw. It did
this as easily as a human being would
do it with the hand.
"The most amusing part Is that one
of this cat's descendants, perceiving
that its mother knew the secret of get
ting outside, taught Itself the same
trick in quite a short time. This kit
ten opened any sideboard or cupboard
in which the key had not been turned
by pulling the door toward It with the
greatest dexterity."
The Senl'. Sen. of Smell.
.The sense of Biiioll possessed by the
seals Is very stiong and will Invariably
wake them out of a sound sleep, even
If you come upon them ever so quietly
to the windward, and you will alarm
them In this way much more thorough
ly, though you be a half mile distant,
than If you came up carelessly from
the leewnrd aud even walked In among
them, they seeming to feel that you are
not different from one of their own
species until they smell you. The chief
attraction In these animals Is their
large, handsome eyes, which Indicate
prcat Intelligence. They are a deep
bluish black, with a soft, glistening ap
pearance, and tho pupil, like the cat's,
is capablo of great dilution and con
traction. Curloue Manx Cn.tom.
On July ti every year all the officials
of the Lslo of Man, Including the cler
gy In their surplices, walk to the top
of Tynwald hill, and from the top of It
tho laws made during the year are pro
mulgated In Manx and English. This
promulgation of the laws on Tynwald
bill is ns necessary as the royal assent
to the validity of all laws passed by
the Manx legislature. This is one of
tho many relics which the old Norse
men left behind, and It dates so far
back that its origin is lost in the mists
of antiquity. Liverpool Mercury.
Getting; It KlKht.
A schoolteacher Instructing her classes
In grammar wrote this sentence on the
board for correction: "The horse and
the cow Is In the lot." No one seemed
to know what was wrong with it till at
last a polite little boy raised his hand.
"What Is It Johnny?" asked the teach
er. "You should put the lady first,"
corrected Johnny.
LokIc.
"Now, then," thundered the temper
ance orator, "what causes most of the
crime In this world? Driuk! And
what causes drink?"
"Thirst!" cried a voice In the rear of
the hall. Philadelphia Press.
The Simple Life.
"To what extent do you believe la
ihe simple life?"
"By never Indulging In those things
that you do not care for." Milwaukee
Sentinel
Roman censors often fined bachelors,
aud men of full age wero, rcgHlIEfl to
marry. r
Jefferson Theatre
punxsutawney
THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION-NO. I COMPANY
OF B. C. WHITNEY'S GREAT COMIC
OPERA THE
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Spice"
SATURDAY, DEO. ie
caMdGjoras 70 pe0ple
Company carries its own Orches
tra of 8 pieces.
Providing thirty or more people
arrange to attend, at rate of
50c a round trip, with a spec-1
ial car both ways, will be given
the Reynoldsville patrons.
Tickets may be arranged for by ,phoning
Jefferson Theatre any time after 7 o'clock
Thursday evening, all day Friday and
Saturday.
Good Seats 50c, 75c, $1.00. Gallery Admission 25c.
Boxes and a few choice seats $1.50.
CHRISTMAS GOODS
Buy at Once and Have Your Pick.
-4- SUGGESTIONS
FOR GENTLEMEN: FOR LADIES: .
Leather Rockers Kitchen Cabinets
Reed Rockers China Closets
Couches Buffets
Shaving Sets Side Boards
Shaving Mugs Parlor Stands
Tooth Brush Holders Extension Tables
Razors Carpet Sweepers
Pearl Handled Knives Hand Painted China
Magazine Cutters Tea and Dinner Sets
Book Cases Toilet Sets
Writing Desks Water Sets
Pictures Beautiful Cut Glass
Wine Sets Sherbets
. Cork Screws Goblets
Tom and Jerry Sets Vases x
Champagne Sets Room Sized Rugs
Steins Dresser Rugs
Smoking Sets Serviceable Carpets
Tobacco Jars Lace Curtains
Ash Trays Lamps
Pipe Racks Silver Knives and Forks
Tea and Table Spoons
FOR CHILDREN:
Rocking Horses ' Game Boards
Shoo-Flys Dominoes
Coasters Tea Sets
Push Sleds Mush and Milk Sets
Sleds and Wagons Plate Sets
Carts Cups and Saucers
Rocking Chairs Doll Beds
Morris Chairs Children's Brooms
High Chairs Children's Sweepers
We can furnish the above and lots
more. Call and examine.
c. K. HALL.