z
PEGGING AWAY.
Vra seldom mount at a tingle bound
tTo the ladder's very top;
They must slowly climb it, round by round,
With many a start and stop.
Und the winner ii sure to be the man
Who labors day bv day :
For the world has" found that the infest
plan
Is to keep on pegging away,
if on have r,ead, of course, about the hare
And tho tortoise the tale is old
Cow they ran the race it counts not
where
And the tortoise won we're told.
The hare was sure he had time to pause
And to browse about and piny;
Bo the tortoise won the race because
He just kept pegging away.
-F. H. Sweet, in the Technical World
Magazine.
he Abbot of
San Pietro
By JOHN H. RAFTERY.
The chief cause of estrangement
between old Dr. Herman Shumate
and his son, Maurice, was the old
nan's old-country Ideas about money.
He was already a millionaire, but he
refused to extend to Maurice the
slightest financial aid or the least en
couragement to hope for a rich in
heritence. He made two provisos,
without the fulfillment of which his
eon, he said, was to have not a penny
of hiB wealth. First, the boy must
marry. The father didn't care who
he was provided Maurice married
her in the orthodox way, hut a wife
he must get. Then he must earn, ac
quire or at least prove the ownership
of at least a thousand dollars in his
own right before he could expect
either countenance or help from his
lather.
J fEese were harsh requirements
tor a young man of Maurice Shu
mate's temperament, for he was born
In New York, reared among well-to-
An vnnnir ImarlnDna DTI1 liftoi-lv 11A.
void of those cautious, economical,
old-fashioned 'Qualities which made
bis father a harsh master in spite of
his natural amiability.
Having degrees from half a dozen
European universities, Herman Shu
mate was entitled to the "doctor"
epithet, though he had never prac
ticed medicine. An expert chemist
and poison specialist, master of the
materia medica and Inventor of two
successful processes of emblaming,
he had achieved his greatest success
and most of his millions as manager
and stockholder of a rich chemical
manufactory. The boy, Maurice, was
a rake at twenty-one and a harum
scarum, popular, utterly irresponsible
man-about-town at twenty-five. Then
le was stricken with pneumonia and
tmpyema, and his creditors began to
eSarry his father. When he was
Strong enough to walk (he weighed
Inly 120 pounds) his father gave him
J100 and said:
"You'll eet well if Von ea to a
ood climate and sleep nine hours a
Jay. You can come back or not as
ou choose. But I will pay no more
f your bills. I will feed and house
Vn no longer, tf you get married
And make your first thousand dollars,
til right. I will see."
It was a harsh sentence, r.nd it
hurt Maurice, but be was very weak,
and only smiled wanly as he said:
"I don't blame you, dad. But
where would you go?"
"Go to the devil, if you like!"
growled the doctor, who had seen
that smile before. "Here's your hun
dred dollars."
When Maurice was gone, old Dr.
Shumate began to fret. He became
more active than over, morn interest
ed In scientific research, more penu
rious, and more solitary in his habits
than before. When winter came on
he decided to go into the Southwest
to examine some of the mummies of
the cliff dwellers, with an idea of dis
covering some of the secrets of their
embalming processes. He explored
Ilancos and other remote canons in
Colorado and Mexico, and then be
cane absorbed in the preservative
cerements enwrapping the monks
burled beneath the old Spanish mis
sions of southern California, Texas
and Mexico. It was at San Pietro
that he stumbled across a bit of in
formation that set his scientific soul
afire. He had tried in vain to induce
fcerr Knat-ss, the German keeper of
. Jhe old mission, to open the long
iWled tombs that lay beneath the al
, Jar stones of the chapel. He had be
Vme very friendly with the old cus
todian, who was from Nuremburg,
and he had been almost generous
With hl3 fees. But no, the property
belonged to the Franciscans and he,
KnauBs, being only a renter, was
pledged to protect every part and
parcel of the antique buildings and
historic grounds. ,
"But there is another ruin," whis
pered Knauss. "I think it is an old
burial vault, in an adjoining farm.
If you will risk a few hundred dol
lars perhaps "
"Try it. try it, my friend!" ex
claimed the enthusiast. "When can
you begin?"
The old German insisted that the
matter must be kept secret, but he
would let his patron know the result
ol the excavation. It was a very
much delapldated structure, mostly
under ground, filled with earth,
atones and the debris of more than
two centuries. It would take time.
Bat Dr. Shumate had been In Mont
erey only week when he got a Ger-.
man letter from Herr Knauss. The
digger, toiling alone at night and
aided by his daughter, had unearthed
, many bones, but most extraordi
nary of all a perfectly preserved
corpse, probably that of an abbot
Post haste back hurried Dr. Shu
mate to San Pietro, full of his secret
and eager to investigate, hoping
against hope that he, might become
the possessor of the mummy. It was
a seven-mile drive to the mission
home of Knauss, but the doctor was
there beforj 9 o'clock in the morning
after his arrival at the railroad sta
tion. Knauss was from home. Frau
lein Matilda, the daughter, who was
very pretty and spoke English per
fectly, didn't know. The women
stared at Dr. Shumate. He decided
to keep secret the purpose of his visit
and was driving off, when Matilda
came furtively through the Hedge of
mesquite and said:
"It is a secret, Dr. Shumate.
Mamma does not know. Papa said I
should bring you to it."
He made room for her beside him
and she directed him Into en old trail
beyond tho chaparral for a mile in
the quivering heat of the sun, and in
the blazing dust of the parched fields
before she showed him the ruins of
the old tomb with the fresh earth of
recent excavations plied about the
sunken entrance.
"You must'only look, doctor," ex
plained Matilda when they had tied
the horse and alighted. "Papa says
you may not touch the he calls it
'The Abbot,' because there is a gold
ring on the finger that you may
only look at it."
He followed her down into the
dark hole, stepping among clay
stained bones and noticing three
skulls ranged in a row within. She
lighted a candle and motioned him
to remain by the dim opening. Then
he put on his double-lense glasses
and saw the mummy. It was the
body of a young or middle-aged
Franclsctan' almost perfectly pre
served. Dust, as of lime and sand,
was sprinkled thinly upon the scant
hair and thin face. The crown if the
head was shaven, the thick woolen
cowl was back, disclosing the ascetic
but life-like face of the Abbot. The
bony hands, clasped across the
breast,, held a rosary and a cross.
Only the cord, peculiar to the Fran
ciscan order, showed signs that .the
remains had been prepared for burial.
It was wrapped about the arms and
lower extremities of the body, tightly
Incasing it within the brown gown of
the monastic habit.
"Papa will show it to you again,"
said Matilda, blowing out the light,
before the excited scientist had satis
fied a whit of his curiosity, "he may
be home now."
They drove back to the mission
and Knauss was there. The doctor
stayed for dinner, and at supper time
he was still in earnest, eager and
whispering consultation with the old
custodian. At last he seemed satis
fied to go. He drove back to town in
a hurry, and at midnight returned
alone In a wagon.
"There's your money, Knauss," he
said to the farmer who came out to
meet him "in one hundred dollar
bills. All you have to do now is help
me load him into the wagon."
Before dawn Dr. Shumate had his
mummy safe on the floor of his room
in San Jose. He put newspapers over
the uncurtained window and locked
his door. Then he removed the old
blankets with which he had covered
the mummy, brought the coal-oil
lanlp nearer, pulled out another pair
of spectacles and chuckled: "It's a
treasure! A wonderful example
of "
"For God's sake cut the rope!"
said the corpse, "I fell like a mummy
for sure!
The doctor's glasses fell to the
floor as he jumped up, but the Abbot
quite calmly, as becomes a deceased
clergyman, continued:
"Don't get excited, daddy. I'm
Maurice, all right, your son, Maurice.
I fixed it up with Matilda. She's my
wife, daddy. When you came round
here looking for mummies I heard
about you, and well, I had the wife
then, and I thought it I only had thi
thousand dollars that first thou
sand, you know, daddy, why may
be you'd take me, that is, us, hom(
with you. Tilly is outside there now
daddy, with the the thousand yot
paid for the mummy! Come, dad
cut the rope, please do! "
And daddy cut the rope. Chicagc
Record-Herald.
f8SP
A Toast,
Here's to the stork,
A most valuable bird,
That inhabitants the residence districts.
He doesn't sing tunes,
Nor yield any plumes,
But he helps out the vital statistics.
Portland Oregonian.
Very Practical.
"What is a practical joke?"
"One that you can sell for a dollar
and buy bread with." Leslie's
Weekly.
Nothing Mean There.
"1 Bay, Uncle Jack, I dreamed you
gave me half a crown last night."
"Did you, me boy? . Well, you can
keep It"- Tatler.
A Give Away.
Mr. Taffelgh is a smooth-faced
young man, isn't he, Matilda?"
"Why, I thought it felt I mean "
"Matilda!" Judge.
xnai new ion literature.
"Horrible stuff to print in the
newspapers, isn't it?"
"I presume it is. What are you
reading it for?" Chicago Tribune.
Hard Indeed.
Blng "Is he a hard man to work
under?"
Sting "I thought so when he fell
off a ladder onto my head." Judge.
Light, All Right.
Yeast "Are all the rooms in your
fiat light?"
Crlmsonbeak "Oh, yes; we have
gas in 'em all." Yonkers Statesman.
The Expert.
"Is Speedman a good chauffeur?"
"Good? Say! he caught a man
yesterday that every motorist in the
city has had a try at and missed."
Leslie's Weekly.
Deeper Yet.
Tom "I suppose Yerner Is deep
in love's young dream "
Dick "Oh, he's past that stage.
He's troubled with Insomnia now."
Catholic Standard.
Effect of Steady Work.
Dr. John S. Bulst, the famoui
Southern surgeon,, said in one of hit
surgical lectures at the State col
lege:
"It is always in rather bad taste
for a physician to boast of being
busy. Physicians, undertakers and
gravediggers only cause discomfort
when they allude to good times and
prosperity.
"There was an old man who ap
plied to the minister of the little vil
lage of Point Rock for the post ol
gravedlgger. His references were
good 'and the minister agreed to as
sign him to the churchyard. He was
to be paid so much a grace,.
"The gravedlgger haggled over the
price, finally accepting it.
" 'Will I get steady work?' he
asked.
. " 'Steady work?' said the minister,
'Lands saks, man, with steady work
you'd bury aU Point Rock in
week.'. "New Orleans Times-Demo
crat.
Whitewash That Will Not Rub Off.
Slake one bushel of fresh lime
with hot water. While slaking add
one pound of glue previously dis
solved in warm water, and stir thor
oughly. Before applying, add suffi
cient bluing to give the tint desired.
This whitewash is good for both in
side and outside work. Green's
Fruit Grower.
The 500th anniversary of Lelpslc
University will be celebrated in 1909,
One Better.
First Child "Our "baby can say
papa.' "
Second Child (with lofty superor-
ity) "Our parrot can say 'papa and
papa's swear words, too." Los An
geles Herald.
ner Husband's Luck.
"Was your husband lucky during
the race meeting last year?"
"Yes," answered young Mrs. Tor-
kins. "He had tonsilitls most of the
time and couldn't attend." Wash
ington Star.
Sleeping in Chnrcb.
Rector (showing a stranger: the
church monuments) "My grand
father has slept in this church for
eiehtv years.". .
Stranger "Is he living?" Yon
kers Statesman.
No Attention to Her Now. ;
"You know Smith used to pay
marked attention to Miss Jones. Well
he has ceased paying attention to
her."
"How is that?" I
"They're married." Judge.
' T
The Trne Fisherman. t
Fishermen have a more philoso
phic view of chance and fate than
any other brotherhood.
"You'll find there are no fish In
that pond."
"What did you tell me for? Now
you've spoiled my whole day's fish
ing." Fllegende Blaetter.
Deadly. '
Policeman (holding down a tramp
on the sidewalk) "No damage.
ma'am; he's merely having a fit."
Kind Lady "Gracious! Shall I
get some water and throw it in his
face?"
Policeman "Do you want to kill
him?" Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Partners.
"Your two sons studied law, did
they not?" asks the cJd friend. "How
are they getting along?"
"Remarkably well. One of them
makes a specialty of prosecuting
trusts and the other is an expert at
defending them." Chicago Evening
Post -
A Sad Jolt.
"How it does Jar you when you
have quite decided that a bank is
safe!"
"Yes?"
'Safe enough to entrust with your
$200."
"Yes?"
"To learn, that they won't start an
account on less than $000." Courier-Journal.
Couldn't Snpply It
"I see you advertise everything for
the baby?" said the man entering
the child's bazar.
"Yes, this is the place," said the
floor-walker. What do you want to
get?"
"Well, what I want to get is some
thing that will get up out of a warm
bed on a cold night and walk th
door." Yonkers Statesman.
Do You Always Know W
You Are Getting Whe
You Buy Cigars?
When you sret acquainted with a eood dear bv smokW 5tJ
likely to remember the brand name.
But when you get a poor cigar how do you know whom yri t0
hold responsible: or it ?
Do you know that hundreds of thousands of smokers are evy
: paying twice as much as they ought to for the cigars they smokery
"held up" by manufacturers unknown to them?
You have a right to know who makes the cigars you smoke-.
one must be held responsible for the value.
. And on the same basis an honest manufacturer deserves due (ft
for the good cigars you get. , ,
KNOW what you're getting before
you give up your money
No need to guess quality no need to run chances no need to i
pend on anyone's recommendations.
This "Triangle A" mark identifies the product of the America
Cigar Company's modern, scientific methods systematically applied t
cigar manufacture. The "Triangle A" is the surest, plainest kind of i
guarantee. , 1
It's easv to order bv the brand mnmp. if vmi knnw flip nrand ia J
v - v v ixvt Ak)
good one-and the sure way to distinguish good brands is to look for the
"Triangle a stamped on tne dox.
For convincing proof of the better quality for which the "Triangle
A stands try
The New CM.FMO)
5 cents
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.
Merit
Mark
AMERICAN CIGAR COMPANY, Manufacturer
A
THE NATIONAL GAME.
The Macon club has released
Shortstop John Bammert.
Dave Fultz Is this sprina; coaching
the Naval Academy basjeball team.
Mathewson, of the New York Na
tionals, seems to have come back.
Outfielder Denny Sullivan, the Min
neapolis recruit, has Bigned a Boston
contract.
Washington tried to get catcher
McFarland from the Chicago White
Sox, but failed.
The Boston American Club has re
leased pitcher Jack Kllllan'to the
Providence Club.
' To date the outlaw Atlantic League
has secured not one reserved player
of any prominence.
"Take my word for it," says Man
ager Cantillon, "Washington has a
first division team."
It has been figured out that the
yearly cost of conducting professional
baseball is $5,364,000.
Weldon Henley, the recalcitrant
Brooklyn twlrler, has at last signed a
contract with Brooklyn.
The Boston National Club has for
mally released pitcher Witherup and
outfielder Strobel to Trenton.
Al. Shaw, the catcher now with the
Boston Americans, is the player who
was with the Detroits in 1900-01.
Mertes has finally found a sanctu
ary in Minneapolis. He will play left
field for the team of the Flour City.
George A. Huff, athletic director
of the University of Illinois, has been
secured to manage the Boston Amer
icans. With so many baseball leagues and
so many balls to be thrown out at
openings spring has come to be a
busy season for Mayors.
The first triple play of the season
came to light in the Virginia League.
It was made by Martin, Butman and
Burns, of the Richmond team.
The ends of justice, and publio
policy as well, will be best served If
the prohibition upon divorce for one
year Is made applicable to both par
ties, notes the Denver Republican.
Strictly enforced it would prevent a
large percentage of those divorces
which are never sought unitll a new
huDband or a new wife has already
come within 'the range, of vision.
NOT A PRINCE OF FINANCE.
"That man is positively dishonest!"
said the protesting citizen.
"No," answered Senator Sorghum.
"He Isn't as culpable as you think.
He lacks the high intelligence which
enables a man to exercise fine ethical
discrimination." Washington Star.
DANGEROUS FRUIT.
"Some scientists say men have been
driven crazy by strawberries."
"That may be true. Many a man's
gone crazy over a peach." Chicago
Journal.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Sllkoline makes splendid dust
cloths.
A large piece of chamois skin should
be kept in every house to give the
final polish to; the mirrors and win
dow panes.
Chiffon can be washed in soap and
water and ironed, but it must not be
rubbed in the process.
To prevent salt from lumping mix
cornstarch, allowing one teaspoon
cornstarch to six of salt
After broiling or frying, wipe off
all the fat that spattered on the range
with old newspapers.
After scrubbing floor, take old
newspapers and lay in front of the
doors and wherever the most walking
Is done. It keeps the floor clean much
longer.
To clean granite ware where mix
tures have burned on: Half fill the
dish with cold wat,r, add generous
pinch of washing oia, heat trfowly to
boiling point, then empty, when dish
may be easily cleaned.
To keep Blnks free from grease,
pour down once a week a potash solu
tion made from one-half can of pot
ash dissolved in one quart of hot
water.
You can make a faded dress per
fectly white by washing it in boiling
water.
Salt dissolved In alcohol will often
remove grease spots from clothing.
Two potatoes grated in a basin ol
water will give better results than
soap in washing delicate flannel and
wooled goods, ribbons, etc.
Linen blinds can be cleaned by be
ing laid flat and rubbed with pow
dered bath brick..
Piano keys can be cleaned, as can
any old Ivory, by being rubbed with
tnuslin, dipped in alcohol.
The aste of men Is less morbid in
the matter of fiction than that of
women, according to the London
Graphic, especially of modern womes,
to whom the plain, direct telling of a
story does not appeal, hut who prefer
the psychology of the soul and the
infinite dissection of recondite mo
tlves and feelings to dramatic move
ment, CORN FRITTERS. '
To one cupful corn allow a half
cup cracker crumbs mixed with a
half cup milk. Add two beaten eggs,
without separating and salt and pep
per to season. If necessary add a
scant spoonful of flour to make a
thick batter. Have ready a hot pan
cake griddle or spider well greased
with batter or olive oil, and drop in
the batter a spoonful at a time. When
brown on one side turn over to color
the other. Four minutes will make
them a golden brown. These are a
fine accompaniment to roast or fried
chlckes. Washlnctoa Star.
BUSINESS CARDS.
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE,
Pension Attorney and RfHl'EsUte Afyi
1 LAW, "w
Brookville, e
G. m. Mcdonald,
attohney-at-law,
Real estate agent, patent secured,
tactions m tuie prompt! j. Olllce to Syndic
building, Ueynoldsvllle, Pa.
gMITH M. McCREIGHT,
, v, attobney-atlaw,
Notary public and real estate agent. Cl
tactions will receive pr.impt attention. Oltl
in me neynoiuttviiie tiarowure uu. ouuun
Uatn street Keynoldavllle.Pa.
DR. B. E. HOOVER,
DENTIST,
Resident dentist. In the Hoover burf
Main street. Gentleness In operating.
I)R. L. L. MEANS,
DENTIST,
Office on second floor of the First i
Dank building. Main street.
DR. R. DeVERE king,
DENTIST,
ofllce on second floor of the Syndicate
MiKf Juaiu Bu-ueb, neynuiuaviue, r a.
HENRY PRIESTER
UNDERTAKER.
Black and white funeral cars. MalnstrJ
Beynoiaaviiie, fa. '
HUGHES & FLEMING.
UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMIi
The C. 9. Burial Leairue has been tei
and found all rinht. CLeaueat form of
surance. tSecure a contract. Near Pii
f ountain, ueynoiagviiie ra.
D. H. YOUNG,
ARCHITECT
Corner Grant and Flfta sta., Beyni
JOHN C. HIRST,
rTVTT ivn wrwiwr' rvTvrl
Borreyor and Draughtsman. Office In" 1
dtcate building. Main atreet. I I
" 1
"WINDSOR HOTEL,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Between 12th and 13th Bu on Filbert
Three minutes walk from the Readlnf
mlnal. Five minutes walk from tbe la
U. It. Depot. Europeatusl&n 11.00 per did
nu-nru. nwDntM viku w Mir DHV
(We can never have safety fnl-'
road transportation until we curje
recklessness permeating alike
public and tho management ofr
railroads, laments the Boston
And to effect such a cur the ra
should be applied first to the pp
oel of boards of drrpcHon.
Two men got five days in Jap
sleeping on it he steps of the trtry
department In Washington'ty
slept inside, suggests the Nev
Herald, they would get from f
ju.ooo a year.
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