HER KING CHARLES SPANIEL By ABB!E F. RANSOM Rodney Jackson was at Ills desk In the office of the Hustler In that; envia ble state of mind which usually fol lows n good dinner nml makes n fine cigar a railroad on which to travel far Into the castles of Spain. Two months before he had been broken hearted because he and Pelhi Baesden had quarreled. She had giv en him back his ring. It wasn't a dia mond. He couldn't afford one. In stead lie had bought her nn opal "to commemorate the month of our en gagement," he snid, "and no bud luck can follow so happy a courtship us Ours." Bui It was over. The bad luck their friends had prophesied came, Her heart had been broken, his life ruined, and he ended It nil by accept ing a position on tho stall of the Iliu .tier, one of the "yellows," at nearly double tho salary the staid, conserva tive Daily Chronicle bad been paying him. A lady's voice on the other side of the partitian which separtcd his desk from that of the city editor's reached his ears. It wasn't an ordinary lady's voice nt least not to him for it caused him to jerk his feet off his desk, sit upright and peer furtively around the comer to obtain a mere glimpse of a blue tailor made suit, the pink rim of an ear and some locks of brown hair under a brown veil. Now, tailor made suits, pink ears and brown hnlr and veils are more common every day than sunshine, but these par ticular ones made his heart beat to the tune of "('orae Back, Sweetheart, to Me," while he strained his own ears In most unmnnly fashion to catch every word the voice was saying. "I inserted the ad. day before yester day," was what he heard, "and as yet have received no answer whatever. If you will put a little notice among your news Items that my dog has been lost, perhaps the finder may see It there. "I CALLED TO ANHWKR AN ADVERTISEMENT ABOUT A BOO." The dog is a King Charles spaniel, and his collar Is marked 'R. 3. to D. B.' ne was a present from a friend, a very dear friend, and I prize him more than ever now because I have lost uiy friend." "I understand." Tho editor's tone was kiud so kind, Jackson thought, listening behind his desk. "I'll make a note of It and mention it in tomorrow's paper." The blue suit turned to go; then the voice spoke again. . "Please don't mention what I said of why I value the dear little dog," she said. "I'd much prefer you would not." "I understand," came the suave re ply. "I'll see that It is written in a way to please you, Miss" "Buesden. Good morning, Mr. Edi tor." "Arthur Edson, at your service, Miss Baesdcu. And I hope our ad. will bring your dog. Good morning." The blue suit left the office, and scarcely had it disappeared when Jack son was all action. Seizing a pencil, he scribbled a few Hues and then dash ed like a cyclone upon an Innocent boy guarding the entrance of his stand of genius. "Here, you rascal, get this ad. up, and got it quick! Tell 'em to hold back the earth If necessary to get It in to day. Sklte! Hurry up, double quick, or I'll order your coffin! D'ye hear?" "Don't see what there is in that to make a fuss over," the boy muttered to himself. 'Found A King Charles spaniel with Initial collar. Owner can have same by calling at the editorial rooms of the Hustler and proving prop erty. Inquire for Mr. Jacks.' Nothing in that 's I can see nothing but a dog." "AH right," Jackson commented ten minutes later. "If any one Inquires for Mr. Jacks send 'em to mo und keep your mouth shut. Here's a half dollar. Go buy yourself a necktie. That one you're wearing reminds me of the time a rattlesnake bit me." The boy looked up, his face full o solicitude. "Did the snake .die?" he asked se riously. ; "You wl'l, you young imp. You'll fl'-.j of brains iri the head if you're not care ful. I'll be back at 0." And, shoulder ing his photographic kit, he was off after nn illustrated story. The next morning, back to the door and bis head bent over bis writing, a gloved hand laid a newspaper clipping beside him and a voice said: "I called In answer to" He raised his head. Miss Baesden stopp.-d, straightened np and said with a dignity sadly tinctured with embar rassment: "Kxcuso me, Mr. Jackson, 1 called to answer an advertisement about a dog. and the office boy showed me here. I wish to see Mr. Jacks." He rose. "Please lie seated, Miss Baosdrti. What is it trouble about a dog? Perhaps I canUielp you." The girl's cheeks burned redder. Something In Mr. Jackson's manner held so much power, knowledge, pos session, that she was mastered in spite of herself. "I've lost my dog," she said, "the one you gave me. I was shopping with Aunt Esther and left the dear littlo fel low in the carriage. When we came out of Black's he was gone. I adver tised him, and then I found this In the found column, and I came here." "I see," Mr. Jackson responded. "Well, I found a dog a King Charles spaniel, near Black's. Two other dogs were worrying him. and I picked him up. I thought perhaps he'd been turn ed down because his owner was tired of him. I've been turned down my self that way, and I know how it feels, so I took pity on the little cuss." The eyes opposite him filled slowly. "Was It Teddy?" she asked. "Oh, I didn't tire of him; I liked him better than ever after It was all that opal ring," she added Irrelevantly. He studied her narrowly. "I gave tho opal to another girl," he esid, "and we haven't quarreled yet." She rose. "Goodby, Mr Jackson. Perhaps she will appreciate my dog too." "Perhaps she might," he said, stand ing before her. "But, you see, you don't know yet that It Is your dog. You haven't proved property." "I leave ft for you to do. Goodby." "Don't hurry. I forgot to tell you that tho other girl was my sister." "Oh!" "I've saved enough in the last two months In Ice cream, candy and such to buy a ring." Another "Oh!" "Is It my dog, Mr. Jackson?" "Shall I buy the ring?" "You may bring Teddy up tonight If you like." "Not unless 1 buy the ring." A few minutes later the office boy remarked to himself: "By gee, she looks as If Jack had been kissing her." A Qnatnt Bird Legend. A medical journal In a recent refer ence to a work on some old legends In connection with drugs said: "It would be Interesting to know If the bird which the author calls 'nster' Is known to modern ornithologists. Speaking of It, he remarks that Its scent Is said to be so strong that fishes are drawn by It as he is flying over the river and so taken up by hiin, having one leg like a hawk, the other like a duck." It Is not difficult, however, to Identify the bird In question. It Is the osprey (Pandion haliaetus), which, although not today classified under the genus astur. Is re lated to it. In the Uev. l Swalnson's "Folklore of British Birds" there is a reference to It from Shakespeare, "Co riolauus," act 4, scene 3: Autldlus, Ion As is the osprey to the fish Who takes it By sovereignty of nuture. And in Teele's play, called "The Bat tle of Alcazar" (l'llU), act 2, scene 1: I will provide thee of a princely ospray. That, as she flleth over flsli in pools, The fliUi shall turn their glistering bellies up. And thou shalt tnko thy llbcrul choice of all. London Notes and Queries. Larjrest Leaf In the World. The plant wlilch has this most re markable leaf is named after Queen Victoria. It was the tribute of a Brit ish traveler In a faraway land when he discovered the unusual growth. The leaf was more than five feet in diameter, and around It extended a rim about three to five Inches high. When It first opens, the flower Is white, with pink in the middle, which spreads over the whole flower the more it advances in age, and it is gen erally found the next day of a pink color. As if to enhance Its beauty, it is sweet scented. Like others of the tribe. It possesses a fleshy disk, and petals and stamens pass gradually in to each other, and many petaloid leaves may be observed. "We met them afterward frequently," says an explorer, "and the higher we advanced the more gigantic they became. We measured a leaf which was six feet Ave Inches in diameter, its rim five and a half Inches high and the flower across fifteen inches." Dundee Advertiser. A Herd of Bolli. The herding of bulls Is not by any menus confined to the Emerald Isle. It was a Scotchwoman who said that the butcher of her town only killed half a beast nt a time. It was a Dutchman who said that a pig had no marks on his ears except a short tail. It was n British magistrate who, on being told by a vagabond tlint he was not married, responded, "That's n good thing for your wife." It was a Portuguese mayor who enumerated, among the marks when found, "n marked Impediment In bis speech." It was a Frenchman who contentedly laying his head upon a large stone jar for a pillow stuffed It with hay. It was nn American lecturer who solemnly said one evening, "Par ent, you may have children; or. If not, your daughter may have." It was a German orator who, warming with bis subject exclaimed, "There Is no man, woman or child In the house who has arrived nt the nge of fifty years but has felt the truth thundering through their minds for centuries." MASONIC. Making Manoaa M I'nllmlted QuantU tlea Tretlebonrl Denla-im. We do not share the opinion thnt the chief danger of the present situation lies in the acceptance of unworthy ma terial, although In the hurry nnd ex citement bnd men nre liable to creep in, says Masonic Tidings. The su preme difficulty is that a lodge cannot properly assimilate more than a reason able number of new members. We cannot make Masons in unlimited quantities and make them right. It Is true thnt the number of degrees that can be conferred Is limited only by the endurance of the workmen. But thero Is much more In Masonry than the rit ual, nnd the conferring of the degrees Is only n stepping stone to the milking of n Mason. It Is the beginning of his education, but in too many cases it is the ending. A good man will not make a good Mason unless he Is properly In structed. If he Is "railroaded" Into the fraternity nnd then left to his own devices, ns too many good men nre, he gains no true conception 'of the Institu tion nnd becomes a very indifferent Mason. Reports presented at the annual conclave of the grand commandery of New York show a membership In the subordinate rommanderles of 17,282, a net gain for the year of 081. "No speeches allowed" is the motto at the festive functions of St. Patrick chapter, Toronto. Perhaps that rule, says Masonic Standard, accounts for the rapid growth and great prosperity of the chapter. It is not members, but character of membership, that counts In Masonry as well as In everything else. Frederick Webber, the venerable grand secretary general of the south ern supreme council, has been an nc tlve member of the supreme council since March 28, 1859, nnd Is in length of service undoubtedly the oldest mem ber of thnt body. The Michigan Masonic home for the nine years the charity has been under the enre of the grand lodge has receiv ed $70,158.91; expenditures, $74,34(1.41. There nre now fifty-one beneficiaries at the home, the average nge of whom Is a trifle tinder seventy-four years. A lodge may have nn enrollment of several hundred members, but If only a dozen or so are active In promoting Its welfare It Is no better than the lodge of an equal membership where nil nre active. The grand master of Michigan ruled that a man whose left leg had been shortened by rheumatism was not eli gible to receive the degrees in Mason ry because "a man who has to use a cratch to enable him to walk would not make a very pleasing appearance for the several degrees." Iowa has no Masonic home, but char ity is dispensed through the trustees of the grand charity fund. The dis bursements during the past year amounted to $5,397.70 for the relief of twenty-seven master Masons and twenty-one widows and orphans of master Masons. In Canada the grand master found It necessary to rule that "conferring a degree in an adjoining room simulta neously with the working of a degree In the lodge room was lllecil and must lie discontinued." In the grand jurisdiction of Indiana during the past year Masonic burials averaged nearly two each day. Al most every dny two lodges were call ed upon to deposit tho lambskin and everKreen In open graves and to Intone the solemn funeral dirge. The orator holds the key to the situa tion in the matter of attendance nt council meetings, especially when there Is no decree work. Councils ought to begin to look aroun.l for eligible men for tho office of orator and not put any one there simply for the gratification of personal aiubitlou or for the purpose of letting hiin go through the chairs. In some councils the orator Is as prom inent nn officer as tli secretary or col lector, and such me.i make a study of entertaining the cou i,Il. If you have a brother who has p :ssed through the chairs and has the f ;culty of organiz ing entertainments :t him In the ora tor's chair, pay hi. .lues and assess ments for a ye n- i try the experi ment of keeping him in the office. The council will soon begin to see the effect in large attendance and more Interest lu the meetings, says the Bulletin. Supreme Regent Wiggins says the suspensions and withdrawals are about normal and the initiations and rein statements have about reached the point where they will soon equal the losses. The promptness of the R,oyaI Arca num hi paying death claims has at tracted no little attention recently. The supreme secretary's latest report shows u membership in good standing in the Royal Arcanum of 24.",t)34. There Is a movement on foot to build u large hall in San Francisco for the use of the local councils of the Royal Arcanum. It will be as distinctive as was the Masonic temple or the Odd Fellows' building in tho San Francisco of the past. Frnternnl Order of EnKlcM. During the past year the receipts of our aeries amounted to $2.!)S5,212 and their disbursements to $2,780,41(1, of which $592,000 was paid out for relief. The order since June, 1905, has add ed .'V12 aeries, lost 20 und now has 1.3(4 In good standing. During the pust year the member ship has shown a net gain of 42,308,' now numbering 232,071. The jurisdiction of Kansas has fifty eight aeries and 7,096 members. No. 3 Straight Talks on Patent Medicines The "Rexall" Remedies deserve confidence. As all these remedies are grouped under one name, they must sue-, ceed or fail together. There must be no weak links in this chain. One unworthy remedy would mean disaster to the entire plan. If you, for example, purchased the "Rexall" Cough Cure and were not cured by it, how could wo 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 given. We have admitted none to this circle until our committee of experts had been convinced by investigation arid 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 and experience can give you ? Here are three prominent members of the " Rexall " family : REXALL "93" HAIR TONIC The famous Rexall "93" Hair Tonic is composed in chief of Resorcin, Beta Naphthol and Pilocarpin. Resorcin is one of the latest and most effective germ-killers discovered by a science, and in connection with Beta Naphthol, which is both germicidal and antiseptic, a combination is formed which not only destroy: the germs which rob the hair of its nutriment, but creates a clean and healthy condition of the scalp, which prevents the lodgment and development of new germs. Pilocarpin is a well-known agent for restoring the hair to Its natural color, where the loss of color has been due to a dis ease of the scalp. It Is not a coloring matter or dye it pro duces its effect by stimulating the scalp and hair follicles to health and active life. This combination of cur atives mixed with alcohol as a stimulant, perfects the most ef fective remedy for hair and scalp troubles known to-day. Per Bottle, 50c. REXALL DYSPEPSIA TABLETS The remarkable success of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets is largely due to the new and suc cessful method of manufacture, whereby the well known prop erties of Bismuth Subnitrate and Pepsin have been combined with carminitives and other agents. Bismuth Subnitrate and Pep sin are recognized by the entire medical profession as specifics for acute indigestion or chronic dyspepsia. The Pepsin used is manufac tured under a new process which develops its greatest ef ficiency. Pepsin jot only sup plies to the digestive machinery one of the most important ele ments of the digestive fluid, but it seems to exert a tonic influ ence upon the glands which supply all the other elements. The carminitives add prop erties which promptly relieve pains caused by undigested food. The combination of the whole makes a remedy absolutely in valuable to any man or woman suffering from dyspepsia and not only a remedy, but a cure which works by gradually re building and stimulating the glands which perform the di gestive functions. Package, 25c. CHERRY JUICE COUQH SYRUP A new idea in Cough Syrups. This preparation owes its ef ficiency 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, allot these remedies have been combined by a pro cess of manuf actui e that has blended them into a perfect me dicinal harmony whereby the characteristics of each support and reinforce the others. The pathological properties of each ingredient does its own particular work in easing the in flamed membranes, loosening the phlegm and setting up a condition of health in the bron chial and nasal passages. One spoonful will relieve the inflamed membranes and tempo rarily stop the cough. One bot tle will work a cure. It is ex ceedingly pleasant to the taste children like it. Per Bottle, 25c. Look for this Rexall Guarantee on each package: "This preparation is guaranteed to give satisfactioa If it does not, come back and get your money. It belongs to you, and we want you to have it" Stoke & Feicht Drug Co., Druggists The ffisxa Store Biiemer Steel. The so called bessemer process of making steel by Injecting air blasts luto molten Iron was discovered first by an American named Kelly and known as bis air boiling process. After the Ironworkers had seen it done they still would not believe it. "Some crank will be burning lee next thlug," they said. Some of his customers whon they heard about It wrote Kelly that they wanted their Iron made either lu the regular way, and not by any new fangled method, or not nt all. When the first blast was so strong that it melted the Iron the spectators roared with laughter at what they called "Kelly's fireworks" and laughed for ten years at his "folly." When Besse mer Introduced his process to the Brit ish Iroumakera they, too, roared with laughter at the "crur.y I'.'renehmun" and would not allow the "silly Idea" to be mentioned In their records. The steel rail proposition excited only de rision. "Bosh! Stuff! Humbug! Non sense!" snld the railroad directors whon It was proposed to them. But after one road had tried it the steel mills could not keep up with the or ders sent In. Hard on a Drowning Man, Vlouxtemps, the fumous violinist, used to tell the following story: When crossing London bridge one day he was suddenly brushed aside by a wretched tatterdemalion, who climbed the parapet nnd plunged out Into the river. The foot passengers crowded around immediately to watch the un fortunate man ns he rose to tho sur face, and In a trice some one shouted, "I'll bet he drowns!" "Two to one he'll swim ashore!" wns the answer. The rest of tho pedestri ans Joined In the betting. Meantime Vlouxtemps rushed down to tho river bank, secured a watorninn nnd rowed out to the rescue. Just as the bontmnn was nbnut to reach forth to grasp tho poor fellow, who by. this time was floundering about In the wa ter, having lost his desire for death, the spectators above cried out: "Leave him alone! There's a bet on It!" Tho oarsman drew back Into tho boat, and the unfortunate wretch sunk before their eyes. Dunblo Hr-km. The production of ono epg within an other Is of frequent occurrence, and, though now and then recorded as a curiosity, the so called phenomenon la very easily accounted for. It Is Invariably caused by overstimulation ot the system by feeding. The ovum, or yolk, when mature Is received Into the upper part of the oviduct, a tube nearly two feet lu length in the do mestic fowl, and In Its descent Is cloth ed successively with the layers of al bumen, or white, tho lining membrane of the shell, and finally on arriving at the classifying portion of the oviduct Is enveloped In a shell Itself. Ordinarily the egg Is then expelled, but In the case of the product ot a double yolked egg a reverse action of the oviduct takes place, and the egg Is carried back, meets with another ovum and redescends with It, the two being sur rounded together with albumen, mem brane and shell. Looli XV.'a Flawed Diamond. "Comte," said Louis XV. to the Count de St. Germain, "will you help me to gain 4,000 francs? I have got here a diamond with a flaw, valued at 0,000 francs. It would be worth 10,000 If it were flawless." After having the dia mond carefully weighed Louis handed It to the count, who examined it mi nutely and replied, "It might be done, sire, If you will allow me to keep the stone for a month." A month later be brought back the diamond almost In appreciably less in weight, but flaw less. The Jeweler to whom a friend of Louis offered it for sale gave 9,000 francs for it, but; the king repurchased it as a curiosity. T. P.'s London Weekly. Illow ot n SwordfUh. A remarkable Illustration of the force with wlilch a swordtish strikes a blow has recently been reported. While re pairing a ship recently which had com pleted n long voyage In Pacific waters n sword was found which had success fully pierced a sheathing one inch thick, a three inch plank nnd beyond that four and a half Inches of firm timber. It has been estlmntod that it would require nine strokes of a ham mer weighing twenty-five pounds to drive an iron bolt of similar shape the samo distance. Shanghai Times. A Difference. Guest (going over the picture gallery and halting before n portrait) And Is this tho old master? Servant No, sir. Sure, that's the uuld missus. London Mngaslne. JJEPORTOF THE CONDITION or THB FIRST NATIONAL BANK OP RS-X-XTOZ.ZS-VZXiX.B at Reynoldsvllle, In the State ot Pennsylva olu, at the close of business Nov. 12th, 1906. resources: Loans and discounts $293,572 SS Overdrafts, secured mid unsecured. 208 06 U. 8. Bonds to secureclrculutlon.... a5,(K10 00 Premiums on U. 8. Honds 1,000 00 Bonds, securities, etc 40,700 00 Furniture and fixtures , 2,000 00 Due from National Bunks (not Ro- serve Agents) 32,507 69 Due from Suite banks and bankers. 5,306 04 Due from approved reserve agents. 103,013 76 Checks and other cash Items 2.442 56 Notes of other Nntlonal banks 1,870 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels, and cents 325 M Lawful money reserve in bank, vlr: Bpecle $19,442 10 Legal-tender notes J 12, 000 00 32,342 10 Redemption fund with U. 8. Treas- . urer (S per cent, of circulation).. 1,750 00 Total $562,038 71 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid lu $75,000 00 Surplus fund 00,000 00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 7,985 03 National Bunk notes outstanding... 33,000 00 Due toother Nntlonal Bunks 67 34 Individual deposits subject to check $22.1,438 51 Tlmecertiflcates of deposit 118,160 18 CertlHed checks 29 15 Cashier's checks outstundtng 358 50 343,986 34 Total $552,038 71 Stat f FiBBijlruiit, County if JtfferiM, : I, K. O. Schuckers, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the beat of my knowledge and belief. K. C. Schuckers, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th. day of Nov., 1906. H. Reynolds, Notary Public. Correct Attest: John M. Kacchek.I J. (J. Kino, Directors, J. 8. Hammond, J If you have arry-thing to sell, try our Want Column.
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