MONASTERY BELLS. Sometimes, when weary, tlio and oiil re- Agalriet the atrlfo end dinrord nil nmiinil, One seems to catch the fulnt nnd fur-ofl ouml Of melody tlmt softly sinks nnd swells. It Is the sound of Monastery Hells In solltmh-s by aiincinary crowned. From meditation peaceful nd profound Collins; urnve Friars to prayur from si lent colls. Then yearningly ono craves to nave re lense , , ' From the world's revelries and worthless To find' some snot where Glory's selfish And struKKlc's endless trlhulHtlons cense, To Join In vesper chant ns sunset dies. And rass life's evening In monastic peace. But when resound, as day dawns dim and MonniiiKS of anguish, sohbtngs of distress. From henrthless homes of furnished lone liness, With none to rescue, nothing to revere, Aftnln ono feels ono still Is wanted here, To aid, admonish, comfort, nnd caress, Smooth the hard pillow pallid sufferers press. Stanch the fresh wound, and wipe away the tear. 60, thouRh ono longs as ever to depart, And to gross sounds and sighs live dent ana blind, Sorrowing ono stays with sorrow, still resigned , To work, unhlrcd, nmld life's hireling mint, , To cherish In the crowd monastic mind. And In a world profane a cloistered heart. By Alfred Austin, Poet Laureate of England, from The Independent. 0 By HERBERT C00L1DGE. Sixteen engines on one snow-plow! It was a great sight. Snow on a level with the tops of the cabs; sixteen en gineers on one side, sixteen firemen on the others, heavy eyes, their jays set. The railroad needed men on the Sis kiyou grade In the winter cf '95; men 110 less of Iron and steel thnn the en gines driven by them. For a week they had been bucking the drifts. Back for a running Btart, on at the bank with a full head of steam, a sudden hurst In the roar of exhausts, a shower of sparks from two long lines tt screeching drive-wheels, a few car lengths of snow forced aside then with a Jerk they would reverse for another charge. It was catch-as-catch can for food and sleep, and back and forth, day and night, sixteen en gines nnd thirty-two men ramming tho snow blockade. I was there, not ns nn engineer or fireman, o:i!y a lineman with Instruc tions to snow-shoe on ahead and In spect the telegrarh wires. All day long as I worked tip the canon, I could hear the snow-dghtcrfi the signals for re versing, multitudinous puffing of en gines In sullen retreat, the down Vakes whistle, the go-ahead whistle,' ' prolonged chorus of barking puffs merging Into one long purring roar, doubling In volume t oa violent burst, then quickly dying to nothing. Darkness and a blinding storm over took me ns I returned, nnd the glow of the headlights rising from the long trench of snow gave awelccmie prom ise of food and shelter. The locomo tives had been halted for some time. They were six car lengths round a curve from the end of the line. I thought they were at the face cf the blockade, and blundered headlong Into the fourteen-foot cut. Snow-shoes are awkward things to fall with. The snow packed between the rails was as solid as a pavement, arid the shock knocked me half-conscious. I heard the go-ahead signal and the puffing and clanking cf loco motives, and wondered without alarm if my neck was broken. The engines pulled up a bit, then reversed. From the way they jiggled back and forth I thought they must bo Jerking a de railed comrade Into lino. I sat up, rubbed my nock, and then for the first time became aware of dan ger. I Jumped to my feet, and started for the snow-plow. Two long blasts of he whistle signaled "go-ahead." At ie same moment I tripped on a broken smo wshoe, and fell head-long. Scrambling up, I plunged at the white bank. The sncw tossed me back and I realised that the walls had been pressed aside and packed by the power of sixteen engines. The signal for down brakes sounded, nd saved mo from being frightened to madness. Then I tried to rid myself of the broken snow-sho, but I could not un fasten It with my numbed flnger3. I found my voice, and yelled like a wild Indian; but the men were busy and round a curve, and no one heard me. I finally got my knife- open, slashed oft both snow-shoes, and started on a run down the track. I rounded a curve into the blinding glare of a headlight when the whistle scmnded the reverse, and choo-chy-chy! choo-chy-chy! clang-lty-bang! the sixteen engines receded down the cut. I yelled and waved my arms, but the lookout cn the snow plow neither saw nor heard me. ' I had matches and thought of build ing a signal fire of my snow shoes, but could find no kindling. I gave up all hope, and was sure I must die. I thought of climbing out at the wedge shaped face of the blockade, and turn ing, raced up the track through the darkness, only to discover that the mold of the long-nosed, broad-based snow-plow was mere like a trap than a place of ascending. From afar down the dark trench ono long blast of the whistle signaled down blakes. Fct moments that seemed llko hours I stood thinking. The go-ahead signal sounded, the sharp coughing of sixteen engines merged Into an angry, deafening pnrr; and still I stood - thinking, yet without a thought. Of a sudden it became clear that I niU6t burrow or die. But with what was I to burrow? With ft quick thrill of hope I reached for my climbers, but did not find them. Supposing that they nnd become detached from my belt by the fallT I fumbled along the edge of the cut, but found nothing. Pr-r r-r-r pr-r r-r-r! roared the sixteen engines. The rails were snap ping and singing. I snatched a heavy pair of pincers from the other side of my belt. At the same moment I discovered that I still carried my open knife; and with" a weapon In each hand, I began a tun nel. A few seconds later common sense told me to make Instead a niche the length and breadth of my body. A half-dozen strokes showed me that work with the pincers was wasted ef fort, and I threw them aside. Then I settled down to slashing the packed snow with my heavy knife-blade. I was over my flurry now. Without the loss of a quarter-second by a tardy stroke or one too hurried I worked at my niche. From top to bottom and return, from top to bottom and re turn. Pr-r r-r-r pr-r r-r-r! roar ed the engines; louder and louder sung the rails. ' Every sweep of my arm peeled off a six-foot strip of Bnqw twoi Inches wide and knife-blade deep. Slash, slash, slash I went, determined, if die I must, to die digging. The blinding headlight swung round the curve, the cut filled and quivered with a fresh burst of clamor. Then the head engine whistled down brakes, and tooted the danger signal. There was the thud and the Jar of sixteen engine's reversed, and I felt cheered somewhat and leBS lonely. I spared one glance from my task, made ten more slashes, flattened my self against the face of my niche, dug my fingers and toes Into the corners, braced my elbows and knees, and waited for the plow flange to scrnpe off my back one second. Then the great blade shot by end shut out the light, a set cf resisting drive-wheels screeched past, the locomotives Jarred from a bunt ngalnst the snow, another set of drive-wheels ground by, the next approached more slowly, and halted with a terrific Jar as the loco motives stopped and stood panting. When they backed up I stepped out unharmed, less scared at the time than the brakemnn who had sighted me from the snow-plow outlook. Youth's Companion. CITY IN PAWN 100 YEARS. Sweden, Failing to Redeem Wismar, It Becomes a German Town. Wismar, a port of 18,000 people on the Baltic, situated, in the German duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerln, but belonging legally to Sweden, has re cently become a German city, says the Chicago Chronicle. It was pledged to King Gustavus IV. for a loan of 31, 000,000, and the king of Sweden hav ing failed to redeem It within the century It has passed to the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schferln, from Whose an cestors the money was borrowed. In the early part of the eighteenth century the most powerful enemy of Sweden, after the destruction of the Hanseatic league, a kind of trade union established by certain German cities for safety and commercial pur poses, captured. Wismar and razed the fortifications. Afterward peace was declared and the city reverted to Sweden, but with the provision that she should not rebuild the fortifica tions. The place thus lost Us strength and Importance and became instead an element of weakness to the Swedes. Its great sea trade was ruined and its iulandi trade lost. Under these circumstances It was not surprising that the Swedes tired at last of their white elephont. So In the reign of the Incompetent and ex travagant GustaVus IV., with the ter ritory lost to the French in ono war, with Finland lost to Russia, with do feat in a war against Norway, the Swedes seized an opportunity to re lieve themselves of the burden of pos session. The direct opportunity was given by the cancellation by Gustavus of his engagement to the daughter of Duke Frederick Francis I. That person not unnaturally resented the Insult and threatened dire things. Finally his threats crystalized into a demand for an enormous indemnity. The money had to be raised at once. The duchy of Mecklenburg advanced 1,258,000 richsthaler and took Wismar, Neuk loster and the Island of Poel as secur ity. Under the conditions of the loan, the city of Wismar and the two gov ernment districts were to remain in pledges for 100 years. At the end of that time Sweden might claim and obtain the pledged city and land by paying back tho original loan, with 3 percent compound interest. A further provision, however, of the loan was that should Sweden fail to take any notice whatever of tha expiration of tho time, the contract wnnM thereby be renewed for anoth er 100 years. The sum which Swe den would! have to pay if she wanted to claim Wismar and the two govern ment districts is figured as amounting to 527,000,000, nnd this alone, quite m-nrt from considerations of policy, operated, doubtless, as a bar against tho.cssertlcn of her rlgnts. Tt will he seen that while the imme diate .business transaction dates beck but about 100 yeara, any diplomatic squabbles over the city sow would have to revert to the surrenders and armistices of the Thirty-Years' war 1C1S-48. And tho fact that heretofore Wismar has been Swedish territory explains why Germany has not forti fied the port, which is considered the finest harbor site of the entire Baltic coast. Under the Swedish-Danish treaty fortifications were not to be built, and when the Duchy of Meck lenburg took over the place the stip ulation was renewed. . PEARLS OF THOUGHT. Prejudices are merely other people's opinions. A close mouth is soldom open to suspicion. Experience makes the cynic, lack of It the fool. A woman drives a horse much as she does a tack. Lots of us would rather be happy than be In love. The man with a wooden leg natural ly has a lumbering gait. An Innocent He never hurts quite as much as a malicious truth. The road to pleasure is much short er going than coming back. The office holder always hellevea that one term deserves another. A man is either taken aback by criti cism, or else be takes affront. Good deeds may never die, but lots of them seem to go Into a trance. A iglrl can either make a fool of a fellow or make him make one of him self. The fellow who Is all wrapped up In himself Is naturally a bundle of con celt You can't expect a mere man to be perfect when even the sun has spots on It. - It's too bad a man can't get into heaven with his tombstone Inscription as a passport. There is only one thing a woman loves better than to be told a secret, nnd that is to find it out herself. From the "Gentle Cynic" in the New York Times. OLDEST ORCHARD IN AMERICA. Is 200 Years Old, and the Windfall! Lie Two Feet Deep. The oldest apple orchard In Ameri ca, If not in the world, Is In the cen tre of the ancient of Manzano, 18 mlled southwest of Estancia, Terrauce coun ty, New Mexico. Many of the trees ore more than six feet in circumfer ence, but all are still fruitful and vig orous although neglected for genera tions. Little is known of the history of this orchard, but the oldest Inhabi tants of the valley of the Rio Grande remember the orchard from childhood and say that the trees have not changed in appearance since then. Venerable Mexicans and Pueblo In dians tell of visiting the orchard as far back as they can remember and finding apples on the ground In all stages of decomposition at least two feet deep. TUe Estancia Valley has been peo ple for ages, probably by tho kinsmen of the natives found by the Spanish explorers at Gran Qulvlra, Abo and other ancient cities. Probably In tho early days of the Spaulsh occupation some Franciscan monk found his way to Manzano and there planted the seeds that have developed Into those venerable trees. They are no doubt fully three hundred years old. Close by the orchard is a little lako fed by a large spring. A short dis tance away is a grove of pines and ce dars, making an ideal place for plcnlo and camping parties. New York Her alds Sully's Courtship. While on a secret mission to Paris in 1583 Rosny had fallen in love with the daughter of the president, St. Mesmin. The young lady was hand some and kind, but while paying her his addresses he heard of a Mile, de Courtenay, who was reported to be beautiful, well-born and wealthy be sides. Prudence suggested that he should mako her the Baroness do Ros ny, but he was already half committed to the other. While he was pondering the subject ho arrived one day at an Inn in Nogent and found, to his dismay that by an unlucky chance both ladles were lodged in it, Mile, de St Mesmin In the left wing and Mllo. de Courts nay In the right. Both were ready to marry him, and he was ready to mar ry one of them, but could not decide which. It was a very awkward posl tion for .the wavering lover, and at first he thought of saving himself by Instant flight. While he hesitated Mile. de St Mesmln's younger sister saw him and expressed her surprise that he had been half an hour In the house without visiting them. The decisive moment had evidently come. "Turn to the right," whispered the friend who was with him. He did so, and Anne de Courtenay became his wife. H. C. Macdowell, in Macmillan's Mag azine. Doubly Sold. The newly appointed master at a school in Wigan had learned all about "cribbing" and such little dodges as schoolboys practise, and had not for gotten them. One day, during a lesson in history, he observed one of his pupils take out his watch every minute or two. He grew suspicious. Finally, he strode slowly between the desks and stopped in front of the boy. "Let me see your watch!" he com' manded. "Yc., sir," was the ineek reply. Tne master opened the front of the case. He looked somewhat Bheepish when he read the single word, "Sold!" But he was a shrewd man. He was not to be thrown off the scent so easl. ly. He opened the back of the case, Then he was satisfied, for he read, "Sold again!" Smith's Weekly. A New Dairy Section. The Long Island railroad is trying to develop the Island as a dairy section. Its agents have shown by trial that the alfalfa crop Is so far at least, a suc cess, producing three crops a year. Why Not Get Full Value For Your Cigar Money If you were going to spend $50 or $100 for anything, you would make dead certain before you paid out the cash that you were going to get your money's worth for it. Wouldn't you? It's certain you would use every precaution anyway, isn't it? How about the $50 or $100, or over, which you spend every year for cigars? Ever think of it that way? Goes out in five or twenty-five cent pieces, perhaps;- but that's no reason why you should not get the square deal you are entitled to just the same. You can't afford to take any old cigar that 'a offered you. Every man wants to get enjoyment out of the cigars he smokes, even if he does have to go to a little trouble to get the right kind of a cigar. i Yet it's the simplest thing in the world to be sure of getting good cigars every time you buy. You'll find this "Triangle A" stamped on the boxes of the best cigars made. There are different brand names dif- ferent blends to suit different tastes, and different prices to suit dif ferent pockets but every brand guaranteed by the ."Triangle A" gives honest cigar value and the best quality you can buy at its price. It costs you less to prove this statement than it does for us to make it. And it's worth just as much to you to know you can always be sure of good cigars as it is for us to win your patronage on the actual ment that you will find in the cigars we make. The better cigar value we are able to produce through our new scientific manufacturing methods is at once noticeable in The New Every box is now extra-wrapped in glassine paper, sealed at each end with the "Triangle A" in red, keeping the contents in clean, fresh and perfect smoking condition until the box is opened. AMERICAN CIGAR COMPANY, Manufacturer LA 110 It WORLD. Street railway men of Sacramento, Cal., have received a voluntary ralso of three cents an hour. In several States tho machinists' unions have increased nearly D00 per cent, in membership during the last year. Chicago (111.) machinists propose to raise alofense fund of $20,000 in the local district to meet any strike emergency that may arise. Fourteen new unions have affiliat ed with tho Minnesota State Federa tion of Labor since tho beginning of the year, and five applications are pending. San Francisco (Cal.) union men affiliated with the iron trades council have voted to strike May 1. Over 6000 men are Involved. They de mand an eight-hour day. Chicago (III.) elevator men have been negotiating with the building managers for an increase of $10 a month in wages and the matter has been submitted to arbitration. . ' The International Union of Bill Posters. and Blllers have articles of agreement with all circuses and out door shows, through which all bill posting and billing will bo done by union men. A new wage scale Increasing tho wages of the union barbers of Oak land, Cal., is under discussion be tween the bosses and the employes. The wages will be arranged upon a sliding scale. - Many members of tho United Asso ciation of Plumbers, Gas Fitters and Steam Fitters are urging that the or ganization establish a home for the aged and infirm, along the same lines as the typos. Chicago (111.) electricians wish a scale of $5 a day, an Increase of fifty cents a day over their present scale. They set their own working rules, and they have had no trouble In en forcing them for several years. POTATO MUFFIN'S. Use three large, mealy potatoes, 2 ounces of butter, 2 eggs, a cupful of yeast, 3 pints of flour, 1 pint of warm water, J. small teaspoonful of soda and a little salt Boll and mash the pota toes, keeping them as dr as possible. Beat them smooth with the butter and salt, adding sufficient wirm water to make the consistency very thick cream. Well whip tho eggs, mix them in and then add tha dried and sifted flour. Mix all together, add a pint of warm water, stir in tho soda and yeast and allow the mixture to stand all night Next morning bake the muf fins on a griddle until they are a pale brown. Two hundred and fifty-seven mil Hons of cigars may look like a heap to the New York Sun. but at that rate it would take the island of Cuba thir ty years to supply the American requirement for cigars for a single year. 5 cents NEWSY GLEANINGS. Americans will run Cuba at least a year longer. The Russian lower house has agreed to the restrictions Imposed by the Premier. .Tniprovement in taste in art in America is marked, says M. Jules Lowengard, of Paris. John W. Yerkes, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, resigned office to resume the practice of law. The meeting of tho sovereigns of Great Britain and of Spain may ma terially Influence thebalance of power in Europe. Figures disclosed in a suit show that $1,275,000 was paid In royalties under the Selden patent by automo bile manufacturers in four years. Sir Wilfrid Laurler, of.Canada, and General Botha arrived in London; a remarkably hearty welcome was given to the former Eoer leader. Samuel Gompers, president of the Federation of Labor, at a meeting of 2000 telegraph operators declared himself in favor of international peace. Commander Robert E. Peary, at Portland, Me., announced plans for his proposed voyage, when he will make another attempt to reach the North Pole. Residents of Pittsburg gay that Harry Thaw has so greatly depleted the family's fortune that there would not be enough left to spare for ball in case the Court would accept It. A London dispatch states that as the result of a controversy It has been decided that Sudbury, a small Suffolk town, Is the original of the famous Eatanswill of "Pickwick." Tho annual depreciation in the value of warships is shown by the sale at auction of six British war vessels, among them the Sans Parell, which cost $3.f. 97,210, and which brought 1133,000, Two Points of View. A junior barrister was hurrylr.g across tho Law Courts when he al most collided with a cab. The driv er, who had pulled up with a jerk, pronounced his opinion in plain Eng lish about absent-mlndod people. "Couldn't you see the bloomlu" 'oss?" he asked with withering sar casm. "Soe him!" gasped the startled bar. rlster, looking contemptuously at' tho animal between the shafts. Then he stepped on to the curb. "I didn't sea your horse,- when I stood In front of him," he added, "but I can see something when I look at him side ways!" Tit-Bits. - At a depth of sixty-six feet the water of the Dead sea contains twice as much salt as that, on the surface. Women always consider it an un fair advantage for a pretty widow to have cut' ; hair, notes the New York Press. MerifAMark BUSINESS CARDS. NEEF JUSTICE OP THE PEACE, Per.slon Attorney ft rid Real!Estate Agent. RAYMOND E. BROWN, attorney at law, Brookville, Pa. fj. m. Mcdonald, attorney-atlaw, Real estate agent, patents secured, col lections tnado promptly. OiHceln Syndicate idlcacei 7 uuuuioi;, I.eynoiusvilie, r. i V. C. SMITH, ATTORN'EY-AT-LAW, Justice of the peace, real estate agent, col lections made promptly. Office in Syndicate building, tfeynoldsvllle, Pa. gMITFT M. McCREIGHT 7 ATTORNEY- AT-LAW, Notary public and real estate agent. Col tactions will rece ve prompt attention. Office In the Keynoldsvlile Hardware Co. building, Main street Keynoldsvlile, Pa. DR. B. E. HOOVER, DENTIST, Resident dentist. In the Hoover building Main street. Gentleness In operating. )R. L. L. MEANS, DENTIST, Office on second floor of the First National bank building, Main street. DR. R- DeVERE KING, DENTIST, office on second floor of the Syndicate build lng, Main street, Keynoldsvlile, Pa. JJENRY PRI ESTER UNDERTAKER. Black and white funeral cars. Main street. Beynoldsvllle, Pa. HUGHES & FLEMING. , UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMING. The U. S. Burial League has been tested and found all rluht. Cheapest form of In surance, eecure a contract. Near Public Fountain, Iteynoldsvllle Pa. D. H. YOUNG, ARCHITECT Corner Grant and Flfin its., Beynolde- rlile. Pa. JOHN C. HIRST, CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER, surveyor ana Prauentsman. Uince In Syn dicate building. Main street. yiNDSOR HOTEL, Philadelphia, Pa. Between 12th and 13th 8ta on Filbert St. Three minutes walk from the Reading Ter minal. Five minutes walk from the Penu'a U. K. Depot. European plan Sl.UO per day and upward. American plan tl UU our !.. More railroads for the Philippines may settle the insurgent question, re marks the Atlanta Constitution. Give 'em all free passes; they'll stick the flag in their caps and ride themselves to death. "Hire deskroom in Wall street and run a railroad," is the modern way according to the Ohio State Journal.
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