VOLUME 14. REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1900. NUMBER 46. Human Blood Mark. A till" f lio'ror was told hy marks of hunnin blood In the honn of J. W. Wil liam, a well known inon'hant of Bao, Ky. Ho writes : "Twenty years ago I had severe hemorrhages of the lungs, and was near death when I began tak ing Dr. King's New Discovery. It completely cured me and I have re mained well ever since." It cures Hemorrhagoa, Chronic CoughB, Settled Colds and Bronchitis, and is the only known cure for Weak Lungs. Every bottle guaranteed by Stoke & Felcht Drug Co., druggists of Reynoldsvtllo and Sykeaville. 50a and $1.00. Trial bottle free. For Sale. One hundred fine residence lots on Fourth street, on easy terms to suit the purchaser. City pas and water can be had. Most beautiful residence street in town. Close to business center. In quire of D. Wheeler, Roynoldsvllle, Pa. You receive the bene fit of over twenty five years banking ex perience by having your account with The Peoples National Bank Reynoldsville, Penn'a Interest paid oh sav ing accounts. Capital $100,000.00. jJKPORTOF THE CONDITION or THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK or xaETtroxjns vxxj-jb at Rcnoldsvlllc. In the State of Pennsylva nia, at the close of business April 6th, lliW. resources: Louns and discounts t2J2,M0 It Overdrafts, secured and unsecured. 178 6a II. S. Honds to secure circulation.... 3S,000 00 Premiums on U. 8. Honds 1,000 00 Honds, securities, etc , 40,700 00 Furniture snd Hxtures 2,000 00 Due from National Banks (not Re serve Agents) 29,8!U H Due from Suite banks and bankers. ft,202 0.1 Due from approved reserve agents. 187.QUS 04 Checks and other cash Items 2,9X0 07 Notes of other National banks 2 075 00 Fractional papor currencj, nickels, and cents 407 99 Lawful money reserve In bank, vie: Specie !S!7,910 115 Leifal-tender notes $8,070 00 85,980 05 Redemption fund with U. S. Treas urer (6 per cent, of circulation). . 1,750 00 Total 1697,595 81 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In 175,000 00 Surplus fund 75,000 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 16,0(17 45 , National Bank notes outstanding. .. 95,000 00 Dividends Unpaid 10 00 Individual deposits subject. to check 384,5(I7 83 Time certificates of deposit llt.tWS 2! Certified checks 29 15 Cashier's checks outstanding 22.V 88 3911.618 OS Total $597,695 53 SU of FansiylTuiit, County of littnoi, I, K. 0. Scb uckers, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the altove statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, K. C. Sohuckrrs, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of April, lHOtl. 8. Keynoldb, Notary Public. Correct Attest: . John H Kauohbr, 1 J. H. Con butt, y Directors. H. C. Dkihli, I JJEPOET OF THE CONDITION or THE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK OF REYNOLDSVILLE, at Keynoldsvllle, In the state of Pennsyl vania, at the close of buslneB April 8lh, 1006. resources. Loans and discounts $207,946 11 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured. 81 12 T7. S. Honds to secure circulation.... 60,000 00 Premiums on U. 8. Bonds. 2,000 00 Bonds, securities, etc 9,300 00 Banking house, furniture, fixtures.. 10,950 00 Due from National banks (no, re serve agents M2 80 Due. from approved reserve agents 64,496 44 (.'hecks and other cash Items 3,912 66 Notes of other National Banks 6,180 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents 279 23 Lawful muuoy reserve in hank, viz: Specie ... ... .$ 9,001 00 m Legal-tender notes "" "18,311 00 Redemption fund with U.S. .408- urer (1J6 of circulation' ... :'. .. . 2,600 00 Total '.. ........ ....$376,768 86 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In $100,000 00 Surplus fund 5,000 00 Undivided prollts, less expenses ana taxes paid 8,486 96 National Bank notes outstanding. 50,000 00 Individual duposits subject to check $214,(Wt 65 Time certificates of deposit 8,825 00 Cashier's c'ks outstanding 873 25 218,282 90 Total $376,768 86 BUb f PinniTltni, County of Joffonon, it: I. F. K. Alexnndor, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. F. K. Alexander, Cashier. Suhcrlhed nnd sworn to before me this 9th day of April, Mori. S. Kbymolds, Notary Public. My commission expires Feb. 2, 1910. CoriBEor Attest: W. B. Alexander, Ana. BAi.DAur, P. B. MuG.utRAH, Directors. Th Throne of Thunder. Muugo Mam Lobeh, the throne, or plnce of thunder, as the natives call it, the peak of Kameruus, as the whites call It, Is the highest point on the west era side of the African continent. The first view the voyager Rets of it who, :onilng from the northward, has been coasting for weeks along low shores and tip the stagnant rivers, fringed with mangrove swamp, Is a thing no man can ever forgut. Suddenly, right tip out of the sea, the great mountain rises to its 13,700 feet, while close at hand, to westward, towers the lovely Island muss of Fernando Po to Its 10,190 feet, and great as Is Its first chnrni every time you see it It becomes greater, although It Is never the same. 1'lvo times I have been in the beautiful bay at Its foot and have never seen It twice alike. Sometimes It Is wreathed with indigo black tornndo clouds, some times crested with snow, sometimes standing out bard and clear, as though ninde of metal, and sometimes softly gorgeous, with green, gold, purple and pink vapors tinted by the sunset London Mall. A Trying; Heform. A Frcsbyterinn clergyman of New York with two popular daughters has discovered a new way to end the vis Its of their beans at a seemly hour-a plan which might appeal to lay fami lies as well. For a number of years It bas been a custom of this good man to hold evening worship after supper, always concluding the prayers with a short discourse. Things went very well until the daughters began to re ceive the attentions of young men and begged off or stole away to make their evening toilets. Then the minister changed the devotional hour until 10 in the evening: This reform created an upheaval, but the father insisted, and at the stroke of 10 the visiting young men are now left one alterna tiveeither to leave or Join with the family In prayer and It has proved a severe test of their devotion for the daughters when those not prayerfully inclined stick it out, sermon and all. New York World. The Good Fallow. The treasurer of a church temper ance society told at a temperance meet lug a dramatic story. "A woman entered the barroom," he said', "and advanced quietly to her husband, who sat drinking with three other men. She placed a covered dish on the table and said: - " 'Thlnkln' ye'd be too busy to come home to supper, Jack, I've fetched it to you here.' "And she departed. "The man laughed awkwardly. He Invited his friends to share the meal with him. Then he removed the cover from the dish. "The dish was empty. It contained a slip of paper that said: " 'I hope you will enjoy your supper. It Is the same as your wife and chil dren have at home.' "Life. Coffee-Tea. Coffee-ten Is the common beverage of the natives of Java and Sumatra. When required for Infusion the coffee leaves are gathered fresh from the trees nnd are dried In a pan over a slow fire until they are light brown. They are then put Into a teapot, boiling water Is poured over thera, and the In fusion is drunk with milk and sugar. It seems the general opinion that cof fee should come In contact with metal as little as possible. The Viennese peo ple prefer a glass bottle to a canister for storing, and Brazilians use earth enware In preference to a metal pot for making. A Goiden Opportunity. , She I bought you a shaving set to dayrazor, strop, mug and everything such'n, bargain! Ha Put, my dear, I don't shave myself. St Well, can't yon learn T New York Prtna. We carry a large stock of Blank books and office supplies. When in need of anything , in that line give us a call. Stoke & Feicht Drug Co. TTTTT tTTTTT Barled bj- Torchlight. Allorton Hall was upward of four WPliirlM the property and residence M the Kltchlnguiau family. It was the largest nnd most ancient mansion ID C'hapeltown, consisting of about sixty rooms, with gardens and pleasure grounds. The Kitchingman family for upward of 400 years were carried from this hull by torchlight to be Interred In the choir of St. Teter's church In Leeds. At the Interment of any of the family the great chandelier, consisting of thirty-six branches, was always lighted. In the year 1710 Robert Kitchingman died May 7, aged 100 years. He or dered his body to be burled with torch lights at Chapel Allerton. He was In terred on May ltt, when 100 torches were carried. The room where the body was laid was bung with black, and a velvet pall, with escutcheons, was born by the chief gentry. The pallbearers bad all scarf, biscuits and sack; the whole company had gloves. Fifty pounds were given among the poor in the chapel yard on the day of his interment. Mary, his wife, died July 28, 1710, aged ninety-seven years. She was interred precisely lu the same way. "Annals of l'orkshlre." For Blark Ee. It Is often the case that people meet with accidents and bruises that cause disfiguring dlscoloratlons, from which ihey suffer not a little embarrassment and annoyance. It Is worth while to know that there Is a simple remedy and one quite within the reach of every one. Immediately after the acci dent mix an equal quantity of cap sicum annum with mucilage made of gum arable. To this add a few drops of glycerin. The bruised surface should be carefully cleansed and dried, then pointed all over with the capBlcum preparation. T'ne a camel's hair brush and nllow It to dry, then put on the second or third coat as soon as the first is entirely absorbed. A medical Journal is authority for the statement that if this course Is pursued Immedi ately after the injury discoloration of the bruised tissue will be wholly pre vented. It Is also said that this reme dy is uuequaled as a cure for rheuma tism or stiffness of the neck. The President For a Bar Story. The story that David It. Atchison of .Missouri was president for a day start ed as a Joke. Atchison was president of the senate at the expiration of Pres ident Polk's term, nnd the law at that time provided that that official should succeed to the presidency In default of both president and vice president. March 4, 1S41), was Sunday, and Pres ident Zachary Taylor did not take the oath of office until Monday, March 5. Somebody thoreupou started the Joke that neither Polk nor Taylor was pres ident during the odd day and that Atchison must have been. But If Tay lor could not under the constitution be president until he bad taken the oath ( of office how could Atchison? He did j not take the oath cither. St. Louis Republic. j The Word "Tariff." j ' The word tirlff has an interesting origin. It Is derived from the Arabic j ta rira, meaning au inventory or. tees payable on demaud, and became cur rent lu the following way: A certain Moorish general, by name Tarlfa, seized In the year 710 upon a small seaport some twenty miles from what Is now Gibraltar and the southernmost town lu Europe. Here he founded a station for levying toll on all craft trading lu the neighborhood and be stowed bis name upon the place, after the manner of Constantine, Alexander and others. The word came eventual ly to signify a schedule of charges and passed Into the French, Italian and English. Weird Story of Chair. In the niL-jeum at Cape Town is shown an old fashioned, high backed wooden chair, to which attaches a weird story. It Is related that the chair Is the one in which the Dutch governor was found sitting dead a few mo meuts after the execution Of a soldier whom he had sentenced to be hanged, and who on bis doom being pronounced solemnly culled upon his condemner to accompany him to the throne of the Supreme Judge. "On Satan's Knees." A little girl of five or so vas much puzzled on hearing the lines of the old hymn: And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees. "Whatever," she asked, "did they want to sit on Satan's knees for? I'm Bure I should not like to sit on Satan's knees at all, and why should he trem ble if they were so little?" From the Irish. First Citizen I beg your pardon, sir, bnt I am a stronger in Dublin. Can you direct me td CJrafton street? Sec ond Ditto With Pleasure. Sure It's the second turn to the right. First Ditto Thank you, sir. (Walks off.) Second Ditto (calling after him) Hi! If you're a left handed man It's the other way entirely. London Globe. Had to Walt Brents. Alice Ethel says she really doesn't know whether he will propose or not Jack Just like a novel, isn't it? Alice Yes. But in a novel you could turn to (be last chapter and find out, THE MOTHER ANTELOPE. Wonderful Manner In Whlrh She I'rovldes For Hit Vonnt, The manner in which the mother an telope protects bur young until they are old nnd strong enough to join the full grown bauds In tlii'ir wanderings Is an Interesting and wonderful Instance of nature's providence. These beauti ful creatures live In an open country infested by nil kinds of enemies and especially prowled over by Hie coyote, the gray wolf and tlio timber wolf, which subsist upon the young of all kinds of animals, yet tl.o mother can easily protect lier li:i!iles from the fiercest or thi'se marauders. The ene my most dreaded Is tha soaring eagle. There Is a variety of cactus, a prick ly plant which grows In great abun dance all over the western plains, which furnishes her the means for this protection. Horses, cattle, buffalo and, In (net. all animals ! v Hi '. t -er of treading on this plant. It rows lu large patches some four or six Inches In height above the ground mid forms a thick mat varying lu breadth from the size of the top of a man's hat to many feet. It Is In the center of one of these patches thnt the female antelope prepares a place of safety for her young. The thorns of this cactus, wlille very poisonous and terribly pain ful to every other nnlmnl, for some renson are almost harmless to the an telope. The cactus niny lacerate her legs, makliuT them bleed freely, but neither the stickers nor their poison remains, wlille other animals seldom bleed, but rctnin the poisonous stick ers In their wounds until they become mnllvmtnt sores, causing excessive swelling of the limbs and very great nnd long continued suffering. When the antelope has selected her patch of cactus, backing away a few feet. siIip will make a running Jump, bounding high in the air and alighting in the middle of the patch, with all four feet close together, the hoofs pointing downward. Then, springing out nu'nln nnd repeating this operation until she has chopped tbe roots of the cactus plant to pieces, site loosens and clears n space large enough for stand ing room. , She then will enlarge It by pawing and digging with her sharp hoofs. Here she gives' birth to her young In undisturbed security, know ing that she can leave them In com parative safety during t;ie dny and re turn to them at night to give them suck. Should It be In a locality where eagles abound, however, the mother does not venture far away, as the soar ing eagle often swoops down on the young, taking them away if she is not there to do battle for their lives. H. II. Cross In Century. Lincoln nnd the Old Ylrs-tnlan. Washington was a strong man and a famous wrestler. He was never thrown, which meant much, for wres tling was n favorite nuiuseuient with Virginians, many of whom were as nearly Invincible as the ancient Greeks. Lincoln, too, could boast classic excel lence in the same sport. "It. Is a curi ous tiling," Lincoln said, when Wash ington's prowess was first brought to bis attention "it is a curious thing, but that Is Just precisely my record when I was a youth. I could outllft niiy man In Illinois, and I never was thrown. If George was round now, I should be pleased to have a tussle with him, and I rather believe that one of the plain people of Illinois would be able to keep up bis end against the old Virginian." Matrimony and Pfttlnee. Matrimony and patience! It Is not always a perfect combination, is It? In South Africa the savage tribes have a peculiar ceremony which they put the matrimonial candidate through pre vious to bis entering the holy state. Ills bauds are tied up in a bag con taining five ants for two hours. If he bears unmoved the tortures of tbelr stings he is considered qunlifled to cope with the nagging and dally Jar and fret of married life. Such a man would make an admirable husband. He would not be upset by the thoughts of a sprlug bonnet or grow Irritable every time the steak was overdone. The Idea of having a patience trial for those about to marry Is one that civilized peo ple might adopt ' The Largest Described Snake. Spcke, In bis narrative of the Journey to the source of the Nile, describes the lurgest snake that bas ever been seen by man. "I shuddered," he says, "as I looked upon the effects of bis tre mendous dying strength. For yurds around where he lay grass, bushes and saplings in fact everything except full grown trees were cut clean off as If they bad been trimmed with an im mense scythe. The monster when measured was 61 feet and 26 Inches In extreme length, while around the thickest portions of Its body the girth wus nearly three feet-." A Boy's View. "Mamma," asked the little boy, "what does this story mean by talking about a great-grandmother? Ain't all grandmothers great?" Time Is Money, . . Those who nre Ave minutes late do more to upset the order of the world than all the anarchists. Saturday Evening Post, BLOODLETTING. It Is Still Resorted to hy Doctors la Certain Emcrorencles. Bloodletting, or "venesection," as it is known scientifically, was once the common remedy for nearly every form of ailment. Washington died of it, in the opinion of modern medical authori ties, and soon after his time there was a reaction against venesection. Better medicinal agents accomplished what ever benefits were attributed to tills he role treatment, and a bettor knowledge of physiology condemned the practice. Venesection, however, Is still em ployed In certain emergencies by the most advanced practitioners. A Ger man physician has made an extensive study of tlie subject, with clinical ex periments, and reaches the conclusion that in certain cases where the heart and lungs nre engorged with blood venesection Is permissible because of the speedy relief It gives, often after other resources have failed. Deadly toxins nre also present In the blood in some diseases, and venesection reduces them. The lost fluid is replaced with an Injection of salt solution. Bloodletting affords relief to the livid sufferer from a distended heart when every brenth Is a struggle, but Its use has been reduced to nn exact science, and It Is regarded In medicine as a final resort for giving ease in a com paratively restricted group of ailments. The days when It was n cure-all, ad ministered by the corner barber ns well as every physician, have disappeared into the past. New York Press. DON'T CODDLE YOURSELF. Fnsslness About Hcnltli Does More Harm Tlinn t.ooil. When one thinks of the newfangled ldens about health and sees people on every hand hunting for disease germs in water, milk, meat, fruit and the at mosphere, analyzing everything, dread ing swallowing and lu constant fear with every mouthful they eat, one al most wonders whether or not life Is worth living. If we tire linblo to be made the victims of tens of thousands of enemies which are in nnd around everything, in nil liquids and all solids alike, we are in just about the samo condition to enjoy life as was one of the olden kings who lived in mortal terror that everybody was trying to poison him. All his foods and drinks, everything, had to bo tasted and tested by some trusted member of bis house hold before ho dared to touch it him self. If thero is a pitiful object In the world It Is a person who lias become finical about bis health, who lives In terror of germs and must examine and analyze everything ho eats or drinks, looking for Infection. It Is nn Insult to one's Creator to go through life whining, complaining and feuring, In morbid terror that a thou saud enemies nre combined to rob one of comfort, of happiness and of health. Man was made to hold up his head, to walk erect, with boldness, fearlessness and confidence. Success. PINEAPPLES. The Way They tirow and How the 1'lnnts Reproduce. Pineapples do not grow on trees. Im agine a plant four feet In extreme height from the ground to the tip of leaves. A single stalk at. the surface, but dividing at once into swordlike blades or leaves, fifteen in number, from the center of which appears a stiff, upright stem, at the top of which Is the fruit This stem is short, and tho crown of the fruit when fully grown is a foot or more below the points of the leaves. At-the end of a year and a half from planting each plant pro duces a single fruit, even as a cabbage plant produces a single head. But tho pineapple does not die after fruiting once. Down on the stem below the fruit and among the long, narrow leaves a Bucker appears. If allowed to remain this will soon become the head of the plant, and within niiother year it will yield another fruit. This process may go on for a term of years. In the meantime, however, other suckers will make their appearance. These are broken off, and when stuck Into the ground they put out roots and become other plants. Thus a single pineapple plant may produce a dozen or more others while it is yielding fruit from year to year. New York Herald. Not For Strangers. ,' "Whot In the world does that mean?" nsked tho traveler through a sparsely settled region on the cape. "There's no such pluce on my road map." The man whom he addressed first took a leisurely survey of tho traveler and bis horso and then turned his eyes toward the weather beaten sign which bore the single word "Tolpim." "Thnt ain't a name," ho said, with dignity; "It's JeBt on indication. It menus, 'To Long Pond one mile.' "It's plain enough to folks from near by that's hunting for tho pond, and we don't reckon on strangers taking much Intorcst." Youth's Companion, In the Frosen North. "I suppose the native chiefs set elab orate tables." "Yes," said the cmiucnt arctlo ex plorer guardedly; "tbey usually put on a good deal of dog." Louisville Courier-Journal. . Your Easter Shoes A nice pair of shoes to go with your new suit of new gown Is what you want for next Sunday. Our Easter display of shoes surpasses anything we have ever had be fore. For men we have the new shapes in Patent and Gun Metals high or low cut. We price them from $2.00 to J5.00 the pair. For women we have a most complete line of Oxfords, Gibson Ties, Sailor Ties, Pumps, Blueher and Button Oxlofds, in patent or gun metal. Price $2.00 to $3.50 the pair. White canvas Oxfords to wear with your white gown to the Easter ball. Price $1.60. The Btyles we show in Easter shoos are as nice as you can get In Pittsburg or New York. We ask you to look them oyer. ADAM'S SHOE STORE Foot Titters REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF REYNOLDSVILLE. Capital $75,000 Surplus . $75,000 Total SI 50,000 Jons II. Kaochf.k, Proa. John II. Kaucher Hoary O. Duible J. O. KhiR J. 8. SAFE AND CONSERVATIVE BANKING. EVERY ACCOMMODATION CONSISTENT WITH CAREFUL BANKING. i iii in mill iinmiHiiiiiniiiiiiiuiiaiTrT'TTin The Star's Want Column never fails to bring results a 1 KATZEH a a a a a a $ a a a a a 8 a a ? a a a a a r4l a a a '6 a a a a 6 a a a a Proprietor of ; Tlie Peoples Has returned from the eastern market and has bought an enormous stock the largest he has ever bought and bought the goods at very low figures. He can assure every customer who 'will come and examine this stock for spring and summer that they will find the big gest bargains that they ever bought in any merchandise. The goods con tained in our stock are in big assortments of Dry Goods, Ladies' Fur nishing Goods, Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing, Men's Hats, Caps 0 Shoes. Very large assortment of Men's and Boy's Dress Shirts for Easter Sunday. The greatest variety in Men's and Boys' Pants' at low figures. The price will satisfy you in every article. Remember all the goods which we handle are new goods which you need for spring and summer. Don't miss the place, as we can save ' you money, but come in time to A. KATZEN'S a a a a a a a a a X PEOPLES BARGAIN STORE a OKKICEKS J. 0. Kino, Vlee-l'res. K. O. Bciii'ckeiis, Cashier. DIRECTOKS Daniel Nolan John FT. Corbet . K. II. Wilson Hiimniond u w Q o w Barpin Store e $ 8 1 i )
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