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.