Up REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1900. VOLUME U. NUMBER 43. . We carry a large stock of , Blank books and officejsupplies. When in need of anything in that line give us a call. Stoke & Feicht Drug Co. A Queen Quality is the popular shoe for women. ADAM'S SHOE STORE Foot Fitters REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF REYNOLDSVILLE. Capital $75,000 ' Surplus 875,000 Total $150,000 John H. Kacghkk, Pres. .Tohn H. Kaucher Henry 0. Delble J. 0. King J. a. Hammond SAFE AND CONSERVATIVE BANKING. EVERY ACCOMMODATION CONSISTENT WITH CAREFUL BANKING. 1 Sanitaru Plumbing Steam and Gas Fitting and all kinds of work in that line. j We handle Mantles, Globes, Burners, Cban dollers, Etc. Located In the Stoke building on Fifth street. 0 8. J. BURGOON AND 80N Sanitary Plumbers REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. SYSTEMS OF WRITING. The FamooD Method Known the Boustrophedon. About the year 450 B. C. the Ionlnns tlrst Introduced the system of writing from left to right. Previous to that time nil scribes und penmen lu general bud been In tlie lmblt of beginning the line on the right band side of the pnge nud running it toward the left. The introduction of the left to right mode of writing caused considerable confu sion for a time, and from the mixed systems which prevailed during the fol lowing century sprang the f Mined' meth od known as the boustropbcdou. Those who used the system last mentioned would begin a line at the left margin of their parchments and run It through to the opposite margin and then drop a space below and rim back to the op posite edge of the sheet again. In oth er words, the boustrophedon mode of writing was a system In which the lines ran alternately from left to right and from right to left This system did not entirely disappear until about the time of Christ. The ancient Hebrew and Greek longuagos were written from right to left, but at about the time the Ionlnns were reforming writing meth ods the Greek letters were changed In form from the uncial to the cursive, and the system of writing was changed In 1 oth cases so as to run from left to r'.-zht. The following quotation from Fnnklln Illustrates tlio mixed, or bous- One reason why they are popular is because they fit the foot. When you buy a pair of shoes be particular that tbey feel easy and yet touch your foot all over. This Is bow the queen qualities fit ; like a glove ; perfectly smooth yet feel so easy. The styles are the newest the market affords and the workmanship Is not equalled for the price In any other shoe. We carry large variety of leathers on the shapes that are strictly original with the Queen Quality people. Wo are Showing advanced styles for spring. Buy a pair of queen shoes and know what a pleasure there is in a shoe that Is right in every way. OFFICERS J. 0. Kino, Vlee-Pres. K. 0. Hchuckers, Cashier. DIRECTORS Daniel Nolan John H. Corbett K. H. Wilson KF "Fagged Out," Have HEADACHE. BACKACHE, POOR APPETITE, BAD BREATH, BAD COMPLEXION, and would like to fwl and look wall, let ns roc ommend CELKBY K1HG to yon. Bold by Druggists. Price, !3c and 50c. For sale by Stoke & Feicht Drug Co. WAN TED GIRLS TO LEARN WINDING AND QUIL LING. GOOD WAGES PAID. ::::::: THE ENTERPRISE SILK COMPANY. t t trophodon. system of writing: "When I sne n merchant overpollte to n ekat ot meht riiIksoI) .sroniotsue slh llttlo brandy nnd throwing his goods on nn siih mini tnht I sUnlht .retnuoc elit ax to Grind." St. Louis Republic. SHOE NAILS. The War Ther Are Made nnd Why They Are Sn I norm. Three million separate bIiou nulls are often cast from one ton of metal. Of the smaller sizes 2.000 nulls lire mold ed In a single mold, nnd 1111 expert workman will make eighty molds In nn ordinary working day. thus turning out 100,00!) separate nails. When the metal In n liquid state Is poured Into the mold It rims through the sand In passages provided In the molding process; the whole of the nails nre east together and are. when re moved from the sand, connected by a network of Iron one with another. In this condition the Iron Is as brittle as glass, nnd very little force Is required to separate the nails from the network which holds them together. They then have to undergo the proc ess known ns annealing. They nre mixed up with hematite iron ore, which Is In a powdered state, put Into Iron pots, and placed lu an annealing fur nnce. n sort of kiln. Here they remain for some days, care being taken to so regulate the heat to which they nre subjected that the Iron will not be re melted, but brought very nearly to that condition. The action of the raw Iron ore i.ran the brittle enstiug Is marvelous. After cooling, it can be bent without risk of breaking, nnd It becomes n useful nnd serviceable arti cle. London Express. nations. It is only In comparatively modern times that buttons have been utilized us fasteners. The Greeks and Romans knew nothing of them, nnd though they presented themselves as ornaments In the fourteenth century buttonholes were still nn undreamed of possibility. It was not until nearly the middle of the eighteenth century that the manu facture of steel buttons was entered upon at the Soho works In Birming ham. England. Then, on the nccesslon of George III. the gilt buttons appear ed nnd became quite the vogue. Uut It wns reserved for the artisans of our day to make these useful fasteners In JIBEL IN DIVORCE. Anna Elizabeth McGorty vs. Charles Mc Gorty. No. 181, November Term, 1905. Plurles Sub poena In Divorce. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. TO CHAIU.E8 MCliOKTY, GHERTINO ! We command you, as twice before you were commandou, that all matter ot business and excuses being set aside, you be and appear in your proper person before our judge at brookvllle, at our Court of Common Pleas, there to be held on the second Monday of April next, to show cause. If any ynu have, why your vlfe, Anna Elizabeth McGorty, should not be divorced from the bonds of matrimony which she hath contracted with you the said Charles McGorty agreeable to the Petition and Libel exhibited against you before our said Court, and this you shall in no case omit at your peril. Witness The Hon. John W. Reed, President of our said Court at Brookvllle, tut. 22nd day of January, A. I. Mid. Allowed by the Court. Cyhus H. Blood, Prothonotary. To CiiAiti.BS McQorty, Greeting: You are hereby untitled to appear before the Honorable Judtrenf the Court of Common Pleas, at HrookvIUe, Pa., on the second Mon day of April next, to answer as set forth In the above Bubpoena. GRANT SCHEAFNOCKER, March 6, 1900. Sheriff. IBEL IN DIVORCE. Rachel W. Thompson vs. .T. I). Thompson. No. 10, November term, 1V03. Plurles Bub poena In Divorce. JEFFERSON COUNTY, as: The Commonweal! h of Pennsylvania. To I. D. Thompson, Oreotlng: We command you, as twice before vou were commanded, that all matter of business nnd excuses being set aside, you be and appear in your proper; person before our judge at Brookvllle, at our Court of Common Pleas, there to be held on the second Monday of April next, to show cause, If any you have, why your wife, Rachel W. Thompson, should not be divorced from the bonds of matrimony which she hath contracted with you the said J. D. Thomuson agreeable to the Petition and Libel exhibited against you before our said Court, and this yuu shall In no case omit at your peril Witness the Hon. John W, Reed, President of our said Court at Brookvllle, the 8th day of January, A. D. 1WX1. Allowed by the Court. Cyhus 11. Blood, Prothonotary. To J. D. Thompson, Greeting: You are hereby notltled to appear bofore the Honorable Judge of Hie Court of Common Pleas, at Brookvllle, Pa., on the second Mon day of April next, to answer as sot forth in the above subpoena. GRANT SCHEAFNOCKER, March 6, 1908. Sheriff. JIBEL IN DIVORCE. Delia Fish vs. Thomas Fish. No. 155, November Term, 1905. Plurles Sub poena In Divorce. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ss: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To Thomas Fish, Greeting: We command you, as twice before you were commanded, that all matter of business and excuses being set aside, you be and nnpear In your proper person before our Judge at Brookvllle, at our Court of Common Pleas, there to be held on the second Monday of April next, to show cause, if any you have, why your wife, Delia Fish, should not be di vorced from the bondB of matrimony which she hath contracted with you, the said Thomas Fish agreeable to the Petition and Libel exhibited against you before our said Court, and this you shall In no case omit at your peril. Witness the Hon. John W. Reed, President of our said Court at Brookvllle, the 8th Jay of January, A. D. 1606. Allowed by the Court. Cyhus H. Blood, Prothonotary. To Thomas Fish, Greeting: You are hereby notified to appear before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, at Brookvllle, Pa., on 'he second Mon day of April next, to answer as set forth In the above subpoena. GRANT SCHEAFNOCKER, March (th, luua. lihuriff. the greatest vnrlety nt marvelously low prices and out of all sorts of material, even to the seemingly Impossible potato. Black Snakes. I have never seen black snakes over seven feet long and much doubt If they grow to a greater length. They are not bard to catch, though In an open field they can run about ns fast ns a man can. When caught, they struggle desperately until they find there Is no opportunity to escape, when they will give up fighting and may be handled with Impunity. I have never found these snakes to be vicious. They can be handled easily, and their bite is harmless. They can squeeze pretty hard If they get a turn around your waist, but not hard enough to break a bone. Forest and Stream. The Calm Spirit. The people In all lines of duty who do the most work are the calmest, most unhurried people In the com munity. Duties never wildly chnse each other lu their lives. Ono task nev er turns another out nor ever compels hurried, nnd therefore Imperfect, do ing. The calm spirit works methodical ly, doing one thing at a time and doing It well, and It therefore works swiftly, though never appearing to be In haste. Home Notes. VARIETIES OF CRAMPS. Carina AIIHetlon of Men In Various Walks of Life. One of the curious consequences of the modern division of labor Is the cramp that attacks those who constant ly use their bands In one particular manner. Writing cramp wns the first to ap pear, being quite unknown until the In troduction of steel pens. It affects men far oftener than the fair sex, and, sln gulnrly, those who suffer nre not liter ary men, but copyists. It is almost In curable, and even when the left hand 13 used the cramp very soon crosses over to It. Musicians of every kind are nttacked. Among pianists It Is chiefly ladles am bitious to become professionals who are the victims. Violent pain, weak ness nnd fatigue of the arm make play ing nn Impossibility. Violinists nre af fected both In the fingers of the left band and the hnnd that holds the bow. Clarinet players get crnmps of the tongue, nnd flute players get cramp In the larynx. Telegraphers suffer very often, and they call It "loss of the grip." Tailors get crnmps In legs as well as hands. Smiths and carpenters get what Is called "hammer cramp," resulting from the enormous number of blows struck. It Is estimated that a forger of knives and scissors strikes 28,000 blows every day. Drivers got cramps in the hand, espe cially In the case of those who break In hard mouthed horses. Clgarmakers, watchmakers, photographers, auction eers, sawyers, billiard players, dentists, turners, stampers, weavers, painters, money counters and ballet dancers all suffer from their own peculiar cramps and often so severely that they have to exchange their employment for soma other. CRIMINAL BEES. Inner Gatherer That Have Very Loo.e Moral Ideaa. Almost every form and variety of hu man crime Is to be found among ani mals. Cases of theft are noticed among bees. Buchner In his "Psychic Life of Animals" speaks of thievish bees which, In order to save themselves the trouble of working, attack well stocked hives In masses, kill the Bentlnels and the Inhabitants, rob the hives and car ry off the provisions. After repeated enterprises of this description they ac quire n taste for robbery and violence. They recruit whole companies, which get more and more numerous, and flnnlly they form regular colonies of brigand bees. Itut It Is a still more curious fact that these brigand bees can be produced ar tificially by giving working bees a mix ture of honey and brandy, to drink. The bees soon acquire a taste for this beverage, which has the same disas trous effects upon them as upon men. They become ill disposed and Irritable) and lose all desire to work, and finally, when they begin to feel hungry, they attack and plunder the well supplied hives. There Is one variety of bees tho sphecodes which live exclusively up on plunder. How to Rest. To understand how to rest Is of more Importance than to know how to work. The latter can be learned easily. The former it takes years to learn, and some people neve? learn the art of resting. It Is simply a change of scenes and ac tivities. Loafing may not be resting; sleeping Is not always resting; sitting down for days, with nothing to do, is not restful. A change Is needed, to bring Into play a different set of facul ties and to turn the life Into a new channel. The man who works hard finds bis best rest In playing hard; the man who Is burdened with care finds relief in something that Is active, yet free from responsibility. Above all, keep good natured and don't abuse your best friend, the stomach. CHARING CROSS. Uialorr ot This Ant-lent Landmark of London. In rending English history you will happen across numerous references to Charing Cross, but the chances are you Wiil wonder if the .illusion is to a real cross erected as a memorial or simply a crossroad. Chining Cross was for merly one of the noted landmarks ot Eritaln, and Its history is nn follows: In November of the year 1291 "Good Queeii Eleanor," as sho was termed by her loyal subjects, wns called to join her husband, who was then making an expedition Into Scotland. When Elea nor had g it as far on her way as Granlhaiu she sickened nud died. The remains must, of course, be bur led at Westminster, an! the funeral cortege starved in that direction. During the time this royal funeral procession was slowly winding its weary way toward the capital thou sands of people tl.ickc.l to the wayside to get n glimpse of It. It was n great event lu the history of tho rural dis tricts, and they did everything possible to make the solemn occasion a mem orable one. Wherever the procession united for the night or for other cause the people afterward set up a memorial. One of the longest stops was made at Charing, and subsequently a richly carved memorial erosj was erected on the site of the camp. Tills wns the Chafing Cross of history. It stood un til 1047, when the last vestige of it was destroyed during the civil wars of Chnrles I., the vandals who destroyed the relic claiming it to be a monument of popish superstition. Charing Cross as seen today wns erected by tho Southern Itullwny company In the year 18(5(3. A SHIP WORTH TAKING. What the t'nptnre of the Snn Phlllpe Meant to EnRlnnd. On the Oth ol June, l."S7, Drake, com ing back from "singeing the king of Spain's beard In C'ndl;:," fell in with a huge vessel, which he captured. She proved to be the San I'hlllpe, nu East Iiidl.'imnti owned by the king of Spain himself nnd then the largest merchant mnn a float. Her cargo, valued at more than a mil lion sterling of modern money, was In itself the most valuable ever captured, but there was something else even more vnlualile than the cargo. This consisted of the ship's papers nnd a cotints, which disclosed to the mer chant adventurers of England nil the methods nnd mysteries nnd the bound less possibilities of the East India trade. Indeed, It would hardly be stretching the facts to say that the morning which snw the capture of the San rhilipesaw nlso the dawn of our Indlnn empire. The Immediate result was the forma tion of the Fast India company, which wns not only the grentest commercial corporation the world had ever seen, but also the only one that ever com manded its own nrmles nnd fleets and wielded powers little less than Impe rial. London Spectator. The Enrly Astronomer. The early astronomers were all as trologers and claimed to be able to pre dict the future careers of various indi viduals by "casting horoscopes" show ing tho position of the planets at the time of their birth. The position and movements of the various celestial bodies were not only supposed to con trol the destinies of men, but were also thought to bring weal or woe. tempest or sunshine, upon the earth itself. A mnn bom when the sun wns In the con stellation of Scorpio was believed to be naturally bent toward excessive indul gence of the animnl passions. .One born when the sun was In Pisces was pre destined to crovel or be a servant, while one whose earthly career wns opened when the great luminary was in Aries would be a great scholar and a mnn known to the world despite all opposing Influences. Trinidad. Aihalt Lake. The famous asphalt lake of Trinidad looks like a great black swamp sur rounded with a fringe of coconnut palms. A little railway runs across it, and men stand in It working, some on nsphnlt firm enough to support them, some on asphalt In which they keep sinking down an Inch or two a minute, some on nsphnlt so soft It is like quick sand. The stuff looks like a cross be tween black mud nnd pitch. The lake Is 110 acres in size, and Its depth is tre mendous. The thick asphalt, mixed with water, moves a little, and now and then an old tree comes slowly up from the depths. The men work with pickaxes, digging out the asphalt In lumps the size of pumpkins. Bopemaklnc 2,000 Year B. C. The Mine of the first ropemnker and that of the land In which he practiced his art have both been lost to history. Before the beginning of the historical period considerable skill bad been ac quired In that line. Egyptian sculp tures prove that the art was practiced at least 2,000 years before the time of Christ Feminine E.teem. When women like each other, they kiss; when they love, they do one an other's hair. Lady Evans in London Mall. CLIMBING ELEPHANTS. Ho TV They Make Their War I'D Down Steep Cliff. Elcphnnts are able to make their way up and down mountains and through a country of steep cliffs, whero mules would not dare to venture and even where men find passage difficult Their tracks have been found upon the very summit of mountains over 7,000 feet high. In these journeys an ele phant Is often compelled to descend hills and mountain sides which are al most precipitous. Tills is the way in which It Is done: The elephant's first mnncuver is to kneel down close to the declivity. One fore leg Is then cau tiously passed over the edge and n short way down the1 slope, nnd if ho finds there is no good spot for a firm, foothold . he speedily forms one by stamping into the soil If It is moist or kicking out a footing if it is dry. When lie Is sure of a good foothold, the other fore leg Is brought down In tho same way. Then he performs the same work over ugaln with his feet, bring ing both fore logs a little in advance of the first foothold.' This leaves good places all ready made for the hind feet. Now, bracing himself up by bis huge, strong fore legs, be draws his hind legs, first one and then the other, carefully over tho edge, whore they occupy the first places made by the fore feet This is the way the huge animal proceeds all the way 'down, zigzag, kneeling ev ery time with the two hind legs whllo ho makes footholds with his fore feet. Thus the center of gravity is preserved nud the huge beast prevented from top pling over on his nose. INSURANCE. The BearlnnlnK of This Now Common Mode of Protection. The practice of Insurance was known to the ancients, being In vogue at tho beginning of the Christian era. The insurance of ships was undoubt edly part of the business of the Hanse atlc league, which was formed about 1140 by the port towns of Germany to protect themselves against the pirates of Sweden and Denmark. The custom of drawing out insurance policies originated In Florence In 1523, although a regular chamber of Insur ance was formed at Bruges early in the fourteenth century, and the practice was In general use in Italy In 1194 and in England in 1500. Fire nnd life insurance is of much more recent origin. Some of the an cient guilds provided compensation for any of their members who suffered loss from fire, but the insurance of goods ond houses as a distinct branch of busi ness cannot be traced farther back than 10G7, the year after the great fire of London. The first regular company, the Hand-In-IIand, was founded In 1606, and five other companies still existing were started in the quarter of a century which followed. Life Insurance was first undertaken by the Amicable in 1700. London Stnndnrd. Animal That Do Not Grow Thlr.tr. There nre ninny different kinds of an Imals In the world that never In all their lives sip so much as a drop of water. Among these are the llamas of Fatngonla and the gazelles of the far enst A parrot lived for fifty-two years In the zoo at London without drinking a drop of water, and many naturalists believe the only moisture Imbibed by wild rabbits Is derived from green herbage lnden with dew. Many reptiles serpents, lizards and certuln bntrnchlnns live and thrive in places entirely devoid of water, and sloths are also said never to drink. An arid district In France has produced a race of nondrlnking cows and sheep, and from the milk of the former Roquefort cheese Is made. There Is a species of mouse which has estab lished Itself on the water!e3S plains of western America nnd which flourishes notwithstanding the absence of mois ture. Needle Wear. Many people wear themselves out needlessly. Their conscience is a ty rant An exaggerated sense of duty leads a person to anxious, ceaseless ac tivity, to be constantly doing some thing, overpunctual, never idle a sec ond of time, to scorn rest Such are in unconscious nerve tension. They say they have no time to rest they have so much to do, not thinking they are rap idly unfitting tliemselves for probably what would have been their best and greatest work in after years. A Short Sermon. No time or place is sacred to the en thusiastic Joker. Duclos tells in his memoirs how the prince archbishop of Cologne asked license to preach In the royal chapel at Versailles when visit ing Louis XIV. himself. All the court assembled. It was April 1. The prince archbishop mounted the pulpit In state ly fashion, bowed from side to side and stood a moment as If collecting his thoughts, then shouted "April fools!" picked up his skirts and ran. Worn Than Broken. The American Tourist-I suppose I peak broken French, eh, rienri? Tho Walter Not eggsactly, m'sieur. You haf a word describes It bettaire-let 1110 see-ah, yes -it is pulverized.-Tuck. jyjINNIE N. KECK, NOTARY PUBLIC, Roynoldsvlllo, Pa. JOHN C. HIRST, CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER, Surveyor and Draughtsman. Office In Syn dicate building, Main street. yy L. JOHNSTON, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Office four doors from Ross House, West. Koynulcisvtllo, Pa. pRIESTER BROS., UNDERTAKERS. Pluck and white funeral cars. Mian street. Reynoldsville, Pa. J H.HUGHES, UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMING The V. B. Burial League has been tested and found all right. Cheapest form of In surance. Hocure a contract. Near Publln Fountain, Reynoldsville Pa. J) H. YOUNG, ARCHITECT Corner Grant and Flftn sts., Reynolds vine, Pa. "lltriNDSOR HOTEL, PHILADELPHIA, PA. , Hotween 12th and Kith fits,, on Filbert St. Three minutes walk from the Reading Ter minal. Hvo minutes walk from the I'onn'a R. R. Depot. European planfl.OOperday and lencan plan a.w per uay, l'rank M. Schetuley, Manager. I f Leech's Planing Mill West Reynoldsville Window Sash, Doors, Frames, Flooring, 1 STAIR WORK Rough and Dressed Lumber, Etc., Etc. V Contract and repair work given prompt attention. Give us your order. My prices are reasonable. f W. A. LEECH, Proprietor, The Marvel of Marvels is Marvel Flour. The bread maker. Made from best clean spring wheat in and absolutely clean mill by scrupu lously clean workmen. Try it. Robinson & Mundorff Sell It. 6 Vv i 0
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