QUEER EASTER CUSTOM., 1 hi Way Filipino ' Penitents Tor ture Themaelvei. he of the many curious customs practiced by souio persons lu tbe Phil ippine Islands Is the way lu which they obsvrve the week before Easter. .For the Thursduy, Friday and Saturday before Easter the streets or roads on the outskirts of some villages and sometimes the tiriucipal streets of the town Itself are filled with crowds, who litive come to see the natives lnlllct self torture. The willing victims are stripped to the waist, their faces are covered with a thick cloth nud around one hand Is a lieavy hemp rope, with a cluster of from lift ecu to twenty smaller hempen .'on!s. To each of these Is fastened a sniiill piefe of hard wood. The whole thins; Is just lonjr enouiih so that when llui:ir oer the shoulder It will uot quite reach to the waist. When the penitents are ready to start I.'lllt.ti,.. ,vhn Into Iti.i.n ill II ml II 1 PI I Vlll II IIIJM1IW, H IIV ' ...v.. as u sort of overseer, takes the Mesh of the back between his thumb and first tinker mul cuts the skin with a Ions; bolo. This is done all over the back. He then lies-, "Alia, ' slfilu" ("Go ahead"). Then the penitent begins to beat his back by lashing his cluster of little pieces of wood and cords first over one shoulder, then over the other, until th.' back Is so lacerated that It somewhat resembles raw beef. All the wlille the onlookers and victims also nre Iiik!ii.!;, or, rather, chanting, a most dismal, unearthly funereal chant New York Tri'iime. QUICKSILVER MINING. An Ocrmmllon Thnt Quickly Dnnma the WorUern. Hie clilef quicksilver mines In Eu Tope are iitho Spanish town Almaden, whie'i Ik : Arabic word, nieaiilng "the mine o quicksilver." These mines wore formerly worked by the Iberians and aft i- tliem by the ancient ltouians. Hot ween 1:13 and 184U the Spanish ttovernineut employed galley slaves in them, an mtipntlon that soon ended In death. The fumes of the mercury pro duce! const; ::t salivation, and the sys tem becomes permeated with the uietal. At fl.rt t.'ie victim Is seized with tremblings r id then the teeth drop out; imius in the bones follow and then dentil. The cmmal yield of mercury 1b i.T-'K'.OCn pr- nils, to produce which 4,000 men are engaged In this unhealthy employment. After Alnr.ideu, so far as yield of quicksilver U concerned, comes Idria, an Austrian town, twenty-eight miles frori Triest. These mines also were once worked by criminals, who, owing to the terrible qualities of the mineral, expired after about two years' service. Tl.cre are now nearly BiK) miners en gaif'd in the work at Idria. They are Indrced 10 enter the mines by high lay. A pension Is allowed when they areTlisnMod, and provision Is made for their widows and children. Pearson's. Onniionder. The eSploslvo nature of gunpowder, which I : i.iade of charcoal,-sulphur nud saltpeter. Is due to the fact that when fired the charcoal tmd sutphnr nre burned at the expense of the oxygen In tiie saltpeter, much heat is devel oped anil lar.re quantities of gas nre produce;!. This gas exerts great pres sure on tin. sides of the gun; hence its disrupt've or propulsive effects. Wh u i.-uupowder is flred In a gnu the explosion is not instantaneous. The expansive force of the gases produced acts on 'ie shot all the time It Is mov ing nlong the barrel and gradually In creases Its velocity. If tl)e explosion were po s'idden as to be practically In stantaneous the greater part of the forci's would be exerted mainly on the - i.l a .1... -.1 1 '-X..I..! At-- Blue (H im' eimiMlicr COIUllllllUg U1U powder and not, as Is actually the ciiBe, ou the Hhot. 'I'lic Olilcnt Prvncriptlon. x The oldest uiedical prescription lnex Istovce heirs date or 4000 B. C. It was disciivc;' -d in an Egyptian tomb, writ ten on piipyras, iiiwl has been deci phered by an English professor. It bonis evidence that It was Intended for son' l'i'ldhcaded Egyptian and reads os follows: Parts. Pop'.'' tvuv (ruMmisod part) 1 D 1 Dort ... hoofs 1 Boil (lie whole in oil and rub the "Scalp ('-:; ;!;. with th.- r.:lx!::r; ' 10,-iypiiiui history docs not way wheth er or not. the patient regained his lost hair. Hnnheeah. . i Hasheesh, or the Indian hemp, Is n resinous substance produced from the tops of the plant in India. Some au thorities state thnt It is gathered by men. who dress themselves In leather clothing and run to and fro In the temp fields, afterward scraping off the resin from their garments, while other authorities say that It Is gathered by rubbing the tops In the hands and aft erward scraping the hands. Its nar cotic properties nre well known. Old Shlpa In Norway. Norwegians have a primitive way of breaking up old, wornout 'wooden ships. They take them to exposed rocky parts of the coast and, after an choring them, leave tbe breakers of the next storm to smash them to pieces. After the storm the floating fragments are picked up and sold for firewood. Anxious to Repeat It. ..'Beck (despondently) I said some thing my wife didn't ' like, and she hasn't spoken to me for two days. Peck (eagerly) Can you remember ' what It was you said? Success Ik like a generous wine which begins by exciting tho intellectual fac ultles and ends by plunging us IntQ a stupid Intoxication. Bougeart A nrlilae of Crocodiles. A traveler writes of n port'ln north western India: "The great'ilght of Kaiachl Is the sacred croc V! lie pre serve at Magar Plr, some si - u miles orf. There nre hot springs here which i'eed n shallow tank containing nearly a hundred crocodiles. The story, usu ally thought to be fictitious, of the Eng lishman who for a bet crossed the tank by Jumping successively from the backs of these crocodiles Is based on fact The hero of this foolhardy feat was tt certain Lieutenant Hcresford, a friend of Sir It. F. Burton. When Bur ton and his companion were visiting the crocodiles' tank they noticed that these reptiles and certain Islets of reeds happened to make an almost continu ous bridge across the tnnk. This prompted tho daring subaltern to haz ard the feat of crossing by hopping from one crocodile to another. To tlio liiinizeinent of tho spectators he suc ceeded in this apparently mad attempt. Sir ltlelinrd Burton had nlready suc cessfully performed an equally daring feat. Ho managed to muzzle a croco dile by means of a 'lasso and then Jumped on the reptile's back and en joyed a somewhat zigzag ride." IiiNlde Your Hones. People usually Imagine that their bones are of solid mineral construc tion, without any feeling In them. As a matter of fact, there are blood ves sels and nerves inside tho bones just as there are outside. During amputa tion of a limb much more pain Is felt when the bone Is attacked than when the flesh Is being cut through. Through the marrow which Is Inside the bones run the nerves and blood vessels, en tering the bones from the flesh without by little holes. Nature adapts the bony structure of various animals to their habits In a very Interesting manner. Sluggish creatures, like the sloth, have solid bones, wlierens tho bones of. the Uer and the antelope are comparative ly light, so that they may run fast, and the leg bones of the ostrich are hollow. You will find lu the bones of nny skel eton the application of mechanical principles which have only become known to man through tho processes of laborious and long considered in vention. A Flutter Pillory. The finger pillory Is still preserved carefully in the parish liurcli of St. Helen Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Is thus described: "An ancient and rather sin gular curiosity Is a finger pillory. This instrument seems to have been used for tho punishment of disorderly per sons during divine service. It consists of two upright posts about three feet high, which support a beam of nearly the same length, In which nre bored holes of various dimensions, cut first horizontally, then perpendicularly. In order that the first joint of the finger may be Inserted and the finger retained In an angular form. The culprit Is then secured by bringing down over the holes another beam which is attached by a hinge at tho end to one of the posts and fastened at the other by a lock." London Academy. Holding; the Breath. It Is a physical impossibility for a man to kill, himself by holding his breath. Individuals differ greatly in the length of time they can hold their breath, and what practice and deter mined effort combined with natural great lung capacity, can do In this di rection Is shown by the long periods for which champion divers can remain under water. If a man succeeded In continuing to hold his breath in spite of the physical discomfort iuwbicn be had placed himself tbe result would simply be to Induce a state of coma. .When this state was reached nature would reassert herself, and the breath lug functions would again resume full activity, preventing a fatnl Issue in spite of their owner's desire.. Mine. Scnrron. lime, Scarron, afterward the famous Mine, do Malutcnon, the wife of Louis XIV., was In her girlhood remarkably beautiful. She was dark, with piercing black eyes and wavy hair. In middle life her gravity of countenance and of deportment was considered quite ex traordinary lu that age of gayety. One of her contemporaries said that she' did not smile once a year, and yet she was not gloomy, but only of a sedate habit of mind. A Monster God House. In Mexico are louiul ruins of an cient Aztec teocallis, or "god houses," some of which are thousands of years old. One of these, near Cholula, Is In the form of a truncated pyramid. Each side of the base of this pyramid Is 1,43 feet, which Is twice the length of the great pyramid of Egypt The height of this Mexican wonder Is 177 feet and its base covers an area of forty-four acres. Not There. "Judge," said Mrs. Stnrvem to the magistrate who had recently come to board with her, "I'm particularly anx ious to have you try this chicken soup." "I have tried it," replied the magis trate, "and my decision Is that the chicken has proved an alibi." Phila delphia Press. Fired. Young Mother Do you think baby looks most like me or his papa? Nurse Like you, mum. Mr. Jenkins Is a mighty handsome man. Advertisement: Wanted A compe tent and well mannered nurse. Agreed. .Wife (wearily) Woman s ' work Is never done! Husband (Btrr rgllng with a buttonless shirt collar) That's Just What I thought! First say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do. Eplc tetus. ' FILTH IN KOREA. the Streets of the Cltr Reek With Sen-as;e nud Odors. The streets of Korea are used for every conceivable and Inconceivable thing. Down the middle of them or on either side the city's sewage reeks along a sluggish course, currying with It every possible thing but its own hor rible odor. The houses on the main streets, or what might for want of a more descriptive name be . called the business streets, nre all built with one side open, as houses are built lu Japan. There Is little or nothing displayed for sale In any shops, and there Is seldom anything to detain a loiterer along the way. The Korean woman knows abso lutely nothing about the joys and sor rows of shopping. She lives her life in virtuous seclusion, or at least In seclu sion, and the tradesmen must needs go to her and thrust their goods respect fully through a Hinall opening in the door of her apartments. What she doesn't want she thrusts out again and then haggles witli hlin over the price of what she has selected, with the thin but uot transparent partition between them. So there Is little need for attractive shop windows. Since the women make all the men's clothes, they, of course, bny the materials for them ulso, and I have really never seen anything purchased In a shop. But still they aro -built with the use lessly open side, and one can buy If one Is so Inclined, as foreigners so of ten aro. The houses that are not of this description are not to be seen at all, being bidden behind expressionless stone walls cupped with tiles and pierced with the tiniest possible gate ways. Leslie's Weekly. NEW YORK'S RECORDER. The Olty's Most Ancient Oflli-llll Next to the Mayor. ' Next to the mayor the recorder Is the most ancient public oliicial lu the city. His olllce dates buck to the Doiigon charter, given with the authority of King James II. to the city of New York In April, NISI I. The governing body of the city were tbe mayor, the recorder and the uldcrmeu. From the recorder sprang, in 1821. the old court of common pleas, which later became the supreme court. Orig inally the mayor and the recorder held all the court in New York, both civil and criminal, the aldermen sitting nlso to aid iu disposing of petty cases. The recorder wns a member of the board of aldermen. One of bis Important du ties was to pass on competency for citi zenship. The first recorder was James (ira ham, uppoluted by charter. Ills duties included taose of the present recorder and many more. (Jruiliiully as the court business increased the recorder ceased to act as an alderman, and in the subdivision of court work the criminal cases, which, as affecting the life nud liberty of citizens, were then regarded as of the graver Importance, were retained by him, and the civil cascB were transferred to newer courts. Thus the olllco of the recorder Is traditionally the primary safeguard over the principles of the old common law on which New York's modern criminal jurisprudence Is founded. New York World. The Salamander. In Andrews' "Anecdotes Ancient and Modern" (178!)) one rends, "Should a Kluss bouse tire be kept up without ex tinction for a longer term than seven years there Is no doubt but that a salamander would be generated In the cinders." This probably accounts for the popular idea that a salamander lives hi the fire, a fallacy so far remov ed from the truth that the curious lizard-like henst so called cannot en dure eren the bent of the sun, but skulks away under stones to avoid it. It will never lose Its reputation for fire eating, though, which lingers still In tho heating utensil that is named after It. An Old Irish Tnne. "The Girl I Left Behind Me" is on Irish tune, known to have been In ex istence lu 1770. The author of the words Is unknown, though claims have been made for several Irish nnd Eng lish poets. For over 100 years It has been the parting tune of the British army nnd nnvy nnd Is played when cvw n rtvsin'.ont Is leaving a town where It has been stationed or a man-of-war Is weighing anchor to sail from a port. 8talr Yourself. In order to Judge of the Inside of oth ers study your own, for men In gen eral are very much alike, nnd though one has one prevailing passion and an other has another yet their operations nre much the same, and whatever en gages or disgusts, pleases or offends you In others will engage, disgust, please or offend others in you. Ches terfield. A Dlspoted Question. "' On one occasion a Scotch minister knocked at the door of a house where a husband nnd wife were quarreling. When admitted he inquired, "Wha's the head of this house?" The man quietly replied: "Sit yersel' doon, mon; Bit yersel' doon. We're Just trying to Bottle that the noo." Habit. Boss Seo here, every time you see a 6 you call ft a 2. What's the matter with you nearsighted? Stenographer No, sir; It's a matter of habit. I tised to clerk in a ladles' shoe store. Cleveland Leader. Two Views of It. Farson Do you take this woman for better or for worse? Bridegroom-' Well, I can't exactly say. Her people think it's for better, but mine think it's for worse. Life. THE DESERT MIRAGE. Aa Explanation of This PeeuHnr Freak of Nnture. Oue of nature's true wonders one upon which much has been written, but which Is yet not understood when Its varied phenouienn are considered Is the desert mirage. Travelers In the arid regions of the western nud south western United States tell wondrous' tales concerning the spectral pictures which the desert mirage haa presented for their Inspection. Cool sheets of wa ter and waving trees and grussy swards appear where nil is known to be parched earth nnd burning sands. Occasionally a mountain range will ap pear on what Is known to he u bound less stretch of level plain, or a herd of deer, cattle or other animals will be seen apparently coiitcnteuly grazing on the glassy surface of the atmos phere. Cities are oeeaf loually seen hundreds of miles from tivlllzallon, and phantom ships have been known to loom up against the sky mid appear ns real vessels to persons who lived so far away from the waters that they hail never taken the trouble to visit the seacoast and who had never seen a real ship. Tbe explanation of the mirage, ns usually given, is as follows: The sand, being Intensely hot, causes the layers of air which rest upon It to become greatly rarefied, and under cer tain eln'Umslances this layer Is quite distinct from the denser idratum u few indies or feet above It Juat as If it were a sheet of water upon which oil rested. It Is this rarefied stratum of air which acts as a reflector and pic tore.; to the eye those curiuus Inverted linages. IllfTercut Mfilli Inr. Mr. Courtney (tlatt. r.ii. i., i I had the Miles when 1 caii-.e here tonight. Miss Fisher. In it they are all gone now. You are as good as medicine. Miss Fisher's Little Ilrotli.tr-Yos. father himself says she'll tie n ('.rug lu the market If she doesn't catch on to some fellow soon. . MnkliiK u .loll of It. The flreine:i continued their exer tions until niter o'clock, by which aour all the damage that ciiii be done wns at an end. Newcastle (Englaud) Chronicle. No. 3 Straight Talks on Patent Medicines The "Rexall" Remedies deserve confidence. As all these remedies are grouped under one name, they must suc ceed or fail together. There must be no weak links in this chaia One unworthy remedy would mean disaster to the entire plaa If you, for example, purchased the "Rexall" Cough Cure and were not cured by it, how could we expect you to place any faith thereafter in the "Rexall" Dyspepsia Cure or any other member of the "Rexall" family? You can understand, therefore, why such anxious care was given to finding and choosing the remedies to which the name " Rexall" was givea We have admitted none to this circle until our committee of experts had been convinced by investigation and test that it was the best remedy known to medical science for the ailment it aimed to relieve. Who, should know better than the leading thousand druggists of this country what are, and what are not, efficient medicines ? Remember, the success of our enterprise depends on the merit of each individual remedy. Our reputation, which is our very business existence is at stake. Can you doubt, that in buying a "Rexall" Remedy, you are buying the best that science arid experience can give you ? Here are three prominent members of the " Rexall " family : REXALL "93" HAIR TONIC The famous Rexall "93'' Hair The remarkable success o Tonic is composed in chief of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets is Resorcin, Beta Naphtho. and a iilocarpm. wherchv the well known croD- Kesorcin is one of the latest ertics of Bismuth Subnitrate and most effective germ-killers and Pepsin have been combined discovered by a science, and in with carminitives and other connection with Beta Naphthol, agents. which is both germicidal and . Bismuth Subnitrate and Pep antiseptic, a combination is ?.re, recognized by the entire r ji-i. medical profession as specifics formed which not only destroys of indigestion or hr0nic the germs which rob the hair of jySpepSia its nutriment, but creates a The Pepsin used Is manufac clean and healthy condition of red under a new process the scalp, which prevents the which develoDs its greatest ef- lodgment and development of fluency. Pepsin not only sup- npnr orprmo nlics to the digestive machinery . . ... one of the m6st important ele- and. reintorce tne others. Pilocarpin is a well-known ments of the digestive fluid, but The pathological properties agent for res onng the hair to itseemsto exert a tonic influ- 0f each Ineredient does itsomi its natural color, where the loss ence upon the glands which ot eacn lngreaient aoes its otrn of color has been due to a dis- supply all the other elements. particular work m easing the In case of the scalp. It is not a The carminitives add prop- flamed membranes, loosening coloring matter or dye it pro- erties which promptly relieve the phlegm and setting op 4 duces its effect by stimulating pains caused by undigested food, condition of health in the bron- the scalp and hair follicles to The combination of the whole health and active life. ThlS Combination auiiciiii& lium uysutuaia nv , .. r - atives mixed with alcohol as a not oni;a remedy, tut a curt rarily stop the cough. OnebO stimulant, perfects the most ef- which works by gradimlly re- 'm work . cure Ili3eI, fective remedy for hair and building and stimulating t h e Uew.lU , , a C"?. " Scalp troubles known to-day. glands which perform the di- ceedingly pleasant to the taste- f Per Bottle, 50c. gestive functions. Package, 23c. children like it. Per Bottle, 23c - ' n Look for this Hexall Guarantee on each package: "This preparation is guaranteed to give satisfaction. If it does not, come back and get your money. It belongs- to you, and we want you to have it." v Stoke & Feicht Drug Co., Druggists The ?tfetta Store Aa Ancient Traveler's Oatat. A small "Traveler's Guide," dated 1780, contains a good deal of advice as to the luggage which should be carried. "Take," says the book, "two suits of clothes, oue coffee colored and oue blue; a chest flannel, a pair Of leather breeches, a sleeping suit three pairs of stockings, two pairs of gloves, two wigs, oue hair bag (?), two caps, two hats, two pairs of shoes, one pair of slippers, six 'undershirts,' four 'overshlrts,' six neck ties, six collars, six handkerchiefs, four pairs of cuffs, three cravats, two pairs ef cotton hose, two pairs of socks." But this Is not nil, us Is shown by tbe following Items: "Take a Bible, a book of sermons, n 'Traveler's Guide,' two albums, a diary, a quire of white fin per, quills and Ink, an almanac, a mirror, a silver watch, a silver snuff box, a silver spoon, a pair of sliver shoe buckles, a silver tie pin, three sil ver studs, a gold seal ring, a knife and fork with silver handles, a sewing case, an opera glass, u compass, a wax light and a tinder box, a toothbrush, n sliver V'othplck, a sword, a silver mounted enne, n padlock with which to fasten your door at night Inside, a clothes brush, a box of medicine." I'nll Mall Gazette. Finite Tlmt tfiuiifit Swim. More 4 1 in ii one species of lish Is met with which cannot swim, the most sln .gular of which perhaps Is the maltha, a Brazilian fish, whose organs of loco motion only enable It to crawl or walk or hop after the manner of a toad, to which animal this' fish to some extent bears a resemblance, nnd It Is provided with a long upturned snout. The ante rior (pectoral) fins of the maltha, which nre quite small, are not capable of act ing on the water, but can only move backward and forward, having truly the form of thin paws. Both these and the ventral and ami! fins are very dif ferent from the similar fins In other fishes nud could uot serve for swim ming at all. Other examples of-non-swlininiug fishes Include the sen horse, another most peculiarly shaped Inhab itant of the sen, which resembles tho knight In n set of chessmen, nnd the starfish, of which there nre many spec imens, which mostly wnlk nnd crawl on the shore or rocks, both being uu i)lu to swim. The Ood w.io gnve us life gave us liberty at tbe same time. Jefferson. REXALL DYSPEPSIA TABLETS makes a remedy absolutely in- Ot CUr- . - ' J. J EFFERSON PARK - On Jefferson Traction Co. line. OPENS MAY 19th. FKEJfl ATTRACTIONS. Dancing Every Afternoon and Evening. Roller Coaster. Merry-Go-Round. Theatre, Etc. SECURE PICNIC DATES NOW. Wm. A. McSlIAFFREY, MGR.', Punxsutawney, Pa. Leech's Planing Mill West Neynoldsville Window Sash. Doors, Frames, Flooring, STAIR WORK Rough and Dressed Lumbkr, Etc., Etc. Contract nnd rcpnlr work given prompt attention. Give us your order. My prices are reasonable. W. A. LEECH, Proprietor. s9 CHERRY JUICE COUGH SYRUP A new idea in Cough Syrups. This preparation owes its ef- fidency to the presence of Wild Cherry, Vinegar Squills, Bone- set, Horehound and Syrup. All of these have been known for a hundred years as remedies for coughs and hoarseness. In Rexall Cherry Juice Cough Syrup, all of these remedies have been combined by a pro-, .cess of manufacture that has blended them Into a perfect me dicinal harmony whereby the characteristics 0f eacn support ... .. . " chial and nasal passages. . One spoonful will relieve the, inflamed mpmhranpsand tpmnn.
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