.Must Compensate Servants. ' "English housekeepers are in a pan ic over the new law which compels employers to compensate their ser vants for any accident met with in the course of the employment, even though entirely by the servant's own fault. Even the charwoman, who comes In for a few hours weekly, can claim 'Compensation if she injures ifcerself, and this compensation, if for fatal Injury. mayvmean providing for the servant's dependent relatives. JS'ew Vork Tribune. I" Literary Women Live Long. The artistic life is conducive to longevity in men. Apropos of this, It would Beem that literature might nake a 6lmllar claim as regards wom en. For Instance, Caroline Herschel reached the age of ninety-eight, Har STet Lee nlnety-flve, Mary Somerville ..ninety-two, Hannah Moore, elghty ?lght, Maria Edgeworth and Anna . Barbauld eighty-two, Jane Porter seventy-four, Georges Sand seventy 4wo, and Mary Mitford died in her seventieth year. London Chronicle. Wedding King Lore. In modern Greece there are two rings used gold for the bridegroom und silver for the bride which are frequently interchanged by the two In token of union and of domestic equality, the higher value of the ring of the husband, however, still mark ing his superiority. The Irish peasantry have a general Impression thnt marriage without a gold ring is not legal. Among the Anglo-Normans the ring was always worn on the middle finger of the right hand, while in the lattei 'part of the reventeenth cen tury the wedding ring was often worn on the thumb. Quakers rejected the ring as a rel ic of pasan superstition, and in the time of the Commonwealth the Puri tans endeavored to abolish it for Vzi anie reason. New York JourL.il. Their Ancestry. Mrs. Donald McLean, president of thb Jaughters of the American Rev olution, paid of ancestry at a dinner ;iu New York City: "I think we would all, if we had -our choice, prefer to be" well born. Good children aro more apt to come from good than from bad parents. Then, besides, good birth Is a rec ommendation, in everything we con- aider the source. "it is like the story of the school teacher. "There was a teacher, teaching in -a very poor neighborhood, who re ceived daily gifts of flowers from one ot her pupils, a ragged little boy. "The . flowers were of all sorts, i-sonielinie8 costly hothouse blooms, sometimes simple, .old-fashioned gar den, flowers. Aa a rule they were somewhat faded. "One day the boy brought the teacher a great bouquet of mauve or chid!. T; be sure thoy were much wilt-j'.l, but none the lew It conld be bmh tint they had oace oost a great ..deal ot money. The puzaled teacher, :aa she took them, said: ' 'Jimmy, whore do you get all thesa Dowers that you give met You don't steal them, I hops.' 'Oh, no, ma'am,' the youngster -answered, 'father's an ash man.' " .Philadelphia Record. Stntriy and White Haired. Lady Laurier, wife of the Premier -of Canada, is described as "a stately white-haired woman, endowed with -11 the alertness and natural grace of her French lineage " As her pho tographs indicate a decidedly stout lady of cumbrous aspect, something iuuy ue miuweii ior uie proverrjiai gush of the English journalist. But she uudoubtedly possesses the white Iiair mentioned and has rather more than the degree i f statollness inevi table in nil large bodies. Though, of Trench origin, Lady Laurier speaks English almost as well as her hus band does. Educated at the Convent -of the Good Shepherd in Montreal, -she remains a strict Roman Catholic, but without bigotry or narrowness. She is proud of her French descent, Although she has always had the tact to aim at breaking down any ap proach to a barrier between the two races in Canada. When the confed erate .Parliament is sitting Lady Lau rier lives at her Ottawa residence in Laurier avenue, a large, square house typical of the stylo of architecture -which prevailed iu upper Canada half 'a century ago. During the session Lady Laurier calls daily at the House -of Commons to drive Sir Wilfrid tionie. The Canadian Prime Minis ter and his wife are fond of city life and society, but their happiest times ..are spent at their, country home, Athabascaville. This comfortable lit tle two-storied red brick house stands on a knoll in the midst of park land, much of which is left In Its primeval ruggednesa. Democratic simplicity snarks their life when they escape from the heat and dust of the Otta wa season to the calm of this rural retreat, and they receive their guests every day on the piazza with a dignltr si nd hospitality characteristic of Ca nadians. Lady Laurier Uves among her plants and flowers and domestic pete and is known in all the country around as a kind and delightful nolcvhVinr Slio Tina tin fatnllv ef Vmw -n. but del!"hts in Catherine phll- -dren around her. She is never seen on political platforms or slgr.lng her name to a magazine article, but her Influence la none the less real and far-reaching. The Ladies' Realm. Plot vs. Drugs. It Is quite possible that more harm arises from Indiscretions in food than in drink. The eicesslve meat eating that Is so common is undoubtedly one great factor in the production of so much rheumatism, headache, kidney trouble, etc., and though medicine, by clearing the system, for a time of the accumulated poisons that have caused tthe trouble, will temporarily relieve, if the old dietetic habits are resumed, suffering of course speedily returns, to be again assuaged by med icine. But there comes a time when the body revolts against this treat ment and medicine becomes of no avail, for definite alterations have ta ken place in our organs and for the rest of life the price has to be paid for past folly. A wrong dietary not only affects our physical life, but it affects our mental and moral nature, and I have seen a man who hitherto had no In clination for work, whose mind was always dulled, whose outbursts of an ger were furious and frequent, com pletely changed into a new man by living on a simpler diet. The blood, now no more overstocked with the products of food, coursed through his system, refreshing him instead of poi soning him, so that work was a pleas ure, while his temper became once more serene and affable as of old. How to Keep Well. A New Worry. "Well, that beats me," said a ft:-.; old gentleman who watche3 every thing going on around him. "What's that?" queried the clerk who was waiting on him. "Why, that woman over there. She is carrying around a pair ot tan shoes like an up-to-date Prince look ing for a couple of Cinrterei.c.3. They're not even wrapped up. The clerk stretched his neck to see. Sure enough, there was a wom an with the taa shoes, one in each hand, and a woe-begone smile. "I can't find them anywhere," the woman confided to a chance-met friend, "and it is so Important to have them matc'i perfectly. I sup pose I'll have to take the other pair of Bhocs, only they don't look nearly as well on my feet." "If you'll stop raving a minute or two and tell me what you are driv ing at I'll be much obliged," said the friend. "It's easy to see that you have not been attacked by the tan-shoe fever," said the other, "else you'd know what it meant to be carrying around a pair of tan shoes Imploring haughty salesladies to match the color in stockings. I've been In three shops now, and have failed miserably. The worst of it is that the shoes inatc'a my dres3 perfectly, and the dress .'t on of ths new iort a 'trotting' dress Juet nhort encash ta show wee bit ct the ankle, and the stock ings don't match, and, oh, dsar, I'm so tired," and away she went, res--.i-ing the hunt, while the woe-began smile turned Into a frown and ths friend thanked her stars that she hadn't the tan-shoe fever. New York Times. It w Blue will bo high in favor this season. Many brown shades will be used russet, Havana and the leather shades. Black will make itself conspicuous In both the new fabrics and the new trimmings. Browns showing a coppery tinge will be modish, as well as deep ma hogany tons. Colored linens are U3ed for cuffs and collars on some of the smarter white serge suits. Pink and lavender are a good com bination always when the shades of both are delicate. There Is a time during every sea son when black hats are fashionable and especially with light gowns. It is predicted that tassel and ball fringes will be generally worn in the fall as a trim for both wraps and gowns. The tendency la toward dark shades. Fabrics show Indeterminate effects, and beautiful ininglings of soft, dull colors. Amazingly natural copies of sea weed and periwinkles are seen In some of the millinery shops as trim ming on hats. Tho ta'lo! nEIrtwalst with stiff link cuffs will bo In vogue and the coat, sleeves are beiug made large enough to accommodate them. In greens we have the preference given to forest grsen, which is a beautiful rich leaf tint, not so yel low as olive, and is much more be coming. It Is noticeable that eome of the smartest dreaaes have quite tight and long sleeves. This points to the dis appearance of elbow sleeves and ef hose known us the "kimono." I V T isTl' At Making Inventories. By EDWARD WILLISTOX FRENTZ. The appraising ot personal estates and the making inventories of th contents of stores and private resi dences is one ot those businesses which goe3 on continually, but so quickly that Utile is h?ard of It. The growing tendency ot wealthy persons to carry an adequate Insurance upon their furniture, books, pictures, and the other things lu their homes has given considerable impetus to this Industry, and has created a demand for the most comprehensive and exact knowledge an equipment which few women possess, but which is bringing very handsome returns to those who do possess it. The business of appraising, or rather ot making inventories, era braces the whole range ot human knowledge. Indeed, its motto might very well be the old Latin sentiment:' "Nothing of human interest 13 for eign to me." The object Is to give a man such a list ot the things he owns, and so arranged, so as to enable him, in ca3e of fire or bur glary, io tell at once what his loss has been; and in the one event to se cure hi3 Insurance money, and in the other to recover the goods. The ad vantage of such a list is so evident to men of large possessions, to col lectors of books or lovers of old lace or china, or connoisseurs of paint ings that the business is constantly growing; but to be of even the slight est value tho list must tie accurate. Here come3 In the appraiser's skill, and here is th9 demand for specially trained women. No college will Impart this train ing. It must be acquired by actual practice and experience; but an edu cation, if it is good for anything, should have trained the faculty of ob servation and strengthened the mem ory, and both theae things are useful In this work. A still more practical equipment li the absolute mastery of some one de partment of knowledge. It may be books or book-binds, or silks or lace or etchings or furniture; but it must be thorough in Its own field. The ex pert in bock-bindings must be famil iar with all the famous binders both ot the past and of the present, so that she can make no mistake in the kind of leather used, and can Bee at a glance whether an ornament Is hand tooled or machine-struck. She will look at the pores in the leather of one binding, and because she finds them In peculiar groups will pro nounce it sheep. Another she knows is calf because the pore3 are evenly distributed. If her specialty Is furniture, she will be able to tell you the character istics of Chippendale and Sheraton, and the difference between birch and maple, and how bay-wood Is treated to make it look like San Domingo mahogany. Another girl picks up a pleco of velvet and says, "This is Scutari. It is made only in one place, on the Bosphorus. I know all about it." Such knowledge as this is more likely to be acquired at first in the pursuit of a fad than with the de liberate purpose of turning it to financial account; but the possession of such a fad is a good stepping stone to the business of making in ventories. Even then the beginner will usually receive not more than six dollars a week until she has dem onstrated her ability. She will most likely bo set at work on some task which Includes her specialty, but em braces something more, and her suc cess will be measured both by the extent of the knowledga which she displays in her peculiar field and by tha intelligence which she manifests In gathering information outside of It. If she has an accurate and com prehensive knowledge ot several things she will be able to conimanf from three to ten dollars a day. The business of making Inventor ies is not jet, and indeed may never be, one in which a large number of girls can find employment; but for the exceptional girl it offers a new and attractive opening, In which there Is not only a high standard of pay ment for the work Itself, but excel lent opportunity for collateral em ployment, such as the giving of ex pert opinion in special cases. From the Youth's Companion. Over Audubon's Grave. John J. Audubon, the naturalist and bird lover, 13 burled In Trinity Cemetery, on Washington Heights, on the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth street side, near Eroadway. There ha3 been erected over his gravo aa Iona cross, the arms of which are connected by a circular band of stone, making apertures of the four cor ners at the intersection. In one of vhese robins built a nest last month. This fell under the eye of a care taker, who got a pole and dislodged the nest. The birds flew about dis consolately for a time, then went away. So far as any one knows, Au dubon did not turn over in his grave, neither did any of the carved birds on the shaft cry out. New Vork Trib une. . Had Heart Like it Shoe. Samuel Culp, the man with the freak heart, which was frequently discussed in medical Journal, and wa3 an object of interest to the medi cal world generally, died suddenly to-day of heart disease, aged twenty four ytars. The heart was shaped like a shoe, and was unusually large. The least exercUe made him ill. While a student at the University of Pennsylvania, from which instilu- tlon he was graduated with honors in chemistry tv.o years ago, he was subjected to X-ray examinations by eminent physicians, but all their treatments were in vain. Readins Dispatch to the Philadelphia Press. tiiTut Worllt to Autoi. oblllng. It is an old story this talk of good roads and their great worth to a country. France and Britain and other European countries realized the fact centuries ago, with the Ro mans having been the first to con struct highways deserving ot the name. Various causes have delayed and interfered with good toads in this country, and spasmodically, we have accomplished conparatively lit tle except in a few States like New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. -Though the one to benefit most, the farmer as a class has been antagonistic rather than fa vorable to the improvement of the roads, accusing first the cyclers and now the automobllists ot working for good highways for their own self ish use, losing sight of the fact that all vehicle owners would have the same opportunity. It may be that the farmer feared that the coming of good roads might and did, ot course mean Increasing cycling's army and conseqpent annoyance to the owners of horse-drawn vehicles, who seemed to think that the roads belonged to them and there was no call to share with any new conveyance. The same attitude is taken in reference to the automobile except in sections where the farmer himself has become an owner and Is' comprehending the great boon to him of the motor-driven vehicle. A man who did conscientious work as commissioner Beveral years ago with the Government's Office of Pub lic Road Inquiries was James W, Abbott, who not long since expressed his views in these column3, dwelling particularly upon the results that should follow a national association of all automobile bodies, saying that the time had come for the automobll ists to make the roads question their question. But all Interests that would be peculiarly benefited by road betterment should have representa tion. In tho Pacific Rural Press of California tho Abbott article was re printed with these comments: "The policy or statesmanship of Mr. Abbott's suggestion lies in con fidence that the automobile is the coming agricultural vehicle and mo tor. Therefore, though now initia tive is needed from other Interests, a3 ho suggests, the effort will contin ually recruit itself from the ranks of agriculturists until what Is a most conservative clement may become an effective promotive agency." Tho various automobile hod!e3 N. A. A. M A. L. A. M., A. M. C. M. A., A. A. A., A. C. A., and A. M. L. are now perfecting an organization, but it certainly seems most advisable to invite tho membership of all other associations Interested In tho build ing and use of the roads, especially the agricultural element, which should be consulted and be called up on to have a strong volco in the pro ceedings or at least have opportun ity. The Automobile. Government Experiments. The question of a "binder" for the expensive stone roads is agitating the minds of the United States Gov ernment road officials. Automobiles traveling at high speed create a strong suction that gathers up the top of the roads and in a short time leaves the body ot the road exposed. This Is called "raveling" by road ex perts. For the motorist as a class, the dust question undoubtedly has an other side than that presented by the wearing out of the roads which are much U3ed by automobile drivers. There can be no possible doubt that a great deal of the prejudice existing in the minds ot farmers and villagers toward automobiles and their drivers nnd users la due to the dust raising qualities of motor cars. Many automobllists are ot the opin ion that the motor car fraternity is being unfairly treated when charged with wearing out the roads so fast and raising dust. They say that farm wagons and buggies have raised dust ever since there were roads In this country and no one ever seemed to become much exercised over it. They point out also that trolley cars are responsible for raising a lot of dust. Experiments have been made in different States, some with oil and some with tar a3 a surface dressing, in an effort to discover some method of treating road that would prolong their usefulness and reduce the dust nuisance, but ia a great many In stances the work has been done hast ily or without proper planning and supervision. Oiling the roads has undoubtedly been done with more in telligent planning in California than in any other State, and that State has many more miles of highways that have been treated with oil than any other in the country. The Government is now making ex periments with a gnelsslc rock that i3 wholly free from feldspar, the fac tor that makes for mud and dust In road materials. Germany has tried the experiment of coating the dust less sand of tho seashores with tar and using the composition on her highways. Its expense is against it. The new discovery which Is claim ing the attention of the Government contains no dust, if its promoters are to be believed, and Is not affected by the rain or sun. Such. a sand would be tho salvation of tho asphalt and other high-class roads that ar now suffering from ovevtravij. From Recreation. DUG BY A METEORITE. Dole 400 - Feet Deep nnd Three Fourths of a Milo Wide Made. In Coconino County, Arizona, about five miles south of Sunshine Station, on the Santa Fe Railroad, is a very remarkable eminence rising above an nlmost perfectly level plain, and known locally as Coou BuUe or Coon Mountain. This so-called mountain consists of a circular ridge from 130 to ICO feet in height, surrounding an almost cir cular depression in tho earth about 400 feet deep and approximately three-fourths of a mile In diameter. From the bottom of the depression to the crest of the ridge surrounding it the distanco is from 530 to GG0 feet. The depression has a general re semblance to a crater, and a super ficial glance conveys the Impression that it was really the crater of a vol cano which became extinct ages ago. Geologists, however, soon observed that the ring around the crater-like depression Is not composed of vol canic outpourings. The hole is found to penetrate from twenty to forty feet to red sandstone, then from 250 to 350 feet of yellowish limestone, then a light gray sandstone and fin ally a brownish sandstone, ia which it terminates. These same level strata, formed when the land was covered with wa ter, extend over the plain in all di rections for many miles. The theory that the so-called crater could havo been formed by a volcano may be set aside as impossible. Another theory was that this re markable hole was the result of a steam explosion, but the latest in vestigators have found many reasons for believing that this explosion Is Incredible. The vast amount of steam required to do this work could be stored up only In regions of volcanic activity. There is r.o evidence that such a region ever existed. Daniel M. Barrlnger, geologist, and B. C. Tilghniann, physlclBt and chem ist, have been giving a great deal of time to Investigating this phenome non, aud have Ju3t printed their re sults. They have collected an aston ishing amount of evidence in favor of the theory that this great hole In tho earth was produced by the Im pact of an iron body falling out of space and moving, of course, at ter rific speed.- The body must have been a very large meteorite or a small asteroid, and in making this deep hole It not only ground an immense quantity of rock into fine particles of almost Im palpable dust, of which a large part of the crater rim ia formed, but it was itself to a large extent broken Into slivers by the terrific force of the collision. Borings have revealed many small fragments and splinters of It to a considerable depth, but no large piece has yet been found beneath the floor of the crater. On tho other hand, about fifteen tons of the meteoric Iron have been collected from around the crater and sent to the vnrlous museums of the world. Several thousand pieces have been discovered scattered all around the crater and to a distance of two and a half miles from it, and there are millions ot par ticles of it scattered far around the crater." Like other meteoric objects coming to us from the skies, these countless fragments contain Iron, nickel, urld ium and platinum. A double compartment shaft is now being Bunk in the exact centre of tho crater. Unless Insurmountable dif ficulties are met it will be sunk to such a depth as will show whether or not any large part of the body lies burlsd several hundred feet below the floor of the crater. Onions Peeled by Lightning, The greatest freak of the lightning In tho storm of Sunday, July 7, in Hancock County, is reported from West Brooksvllle, where onions which were In a bag were neatly peeled. Such accommodating lightning as this would be more welcome than the usual variety. "The Incident sug gests," says the Ellsworth American, "the possibilities of that future day when man has succeeded in taming lightning to his own uses. Then we may expect to find each well-appointed home equipped with Its own light ning apparatus, which would not only furnish light and heat, but would peel the onions and potatoes, sweep the floors, make the beds, wash the dishes, hunt buffalo bugs, kill the flies; in fact, do all tho drudgery of housework, including tho semi-annual hou3ccleaning. 'And the servant girl problem would at last be solved." Kennebec Journal. Hetty Green's Son First. The first corporation charter un der the new and rigid Texas law was issued to-day to E. H. R. Green, son of Mrs. Hetty Green, of New York. Tho new law requires that fifty per cent, of the capital stock must be paid in money and all stock sub scribed before a charter can be is sued. These facts aro to be sworn to. Green launched the "Cash Oil Com pany, of Dallas." Some of the wealthiest men of Dallas are his as sociates. He has obtained control of 10,000 acres of land at Cash, in Hunt County, where large deposits of pe troleum have been discovered. The e.-.citsmcnt in that locality Is Intense. Green 13 sinking wells and hundreds of other men are prospect ing. Dallas Dispatch to the New York World. For 303 days In tho year John Bull drinks rather more than 91,108 bar rels of beer every day; and even so ho is a few thousand barreh down a his previous yeur's average. BUSINESS CARDS. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Petslon Attorney and Renl'Estate Agent. RAYMOND E. BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, P.ROOKVILL15, PA. U, m. Mcoonalu, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Renl etate agent, patent secured, col lections until? promptly. UUlcein byuulcal building, lloynoldsvllle. Pa. SMITH M. McCREIGHT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Notary public and real estate aient. Col lections will reee ve prjmut attention. Office In tliB Keynolriavlile Hardware Co, building, Ualu street Reynoldsvllle, Pa. U. E. HOOVER, DENTIST," Resident dentist. In the Hoover building Malu street. Gentleness In operating. fJU. L. L. MEANS, DENTIST, OfTlce on second floor ot the First National baua but lil 1 nil. Main street. DR. R. DeVEREKING, DENTIST, ' ptH'-e on second floor of the Syndicate build Ing, Main street, KeyuiiiUsvllle, Pa. HENRY JPRIESTEU UNDERTAKER. Black and white funeral can. Main street. ReynoldsvlUe, Pa. HUGHES & FLEMING. UNDERTAKING AND PICTURE FRAMIN3. The U. 8. Burial Leaiue has been tested and found all right. Cheapest form ot In surance Hecure a contract. Near Publls Fountain, ReynoldsvlUe Pa. D. H. YOUNG, ARCHITECT Corner Grant and Flttn its., Reynolds rllle, Pa. JOHN C. HIRST, CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER, Surveyor and Draughtsman. Office In 9ya dlcatebulidliiK, Main street. WINDSOR HOTEL, Philadelphia, Pa. Between 12th and 13th Bts on Filbert St. Three minutes walk from the Reading Ter minal. Five minutes walk from the Penn'a U. It. Depot. European plan 11.00 per day an upward. American ulan tz (JO tier da. Leech's j Planing Mill West Reynoldsville j i Window SAsn, Doors, j Frames, Flooring, j STAIR WORK Rough and Dressed Lumber, Em, Eto. . Contract and repair work glyen , prompt attention. Give us your order. My prices are reasonable. W. A. LEECH, Proprietor. - LVBOK AVOP.LD., The number of wage earners em ployed in Virginia cotton mills in 1905 .vas C613, receiving ?1,647,7S9 a year. i Union men at Toronto, Canada, as sert that plumbers are being brought front Englaad to taks the place of the striken. Leaders of the American Federa tion of Labor threaten to bring au action against the Associated Employ ers for conspiracy. x Eight hundred union barbers in Chicago' have been granted a new Bchodula of wages and vorking con ditions by their employers. Wages of the Durham and Cleve land (England) blast furnace men will be advanced one and three-fourth per cent, for the current quarter. The newly instituted Pittsburg (Pa.) local of Material Drivers was organized recently. This is a brnnc'j of International Teamsters' Union. A new organization of vehicle painters has bean organized at Chi cago. 111. It is known as the Chicago Carriage, Wagon and Auto Painters' Union. The Provision Trades' Council, of Chicago, 111., and vicinity, represents more thau 15,000 individuals em ployed producing or handling pro visions. At least a thousand men are nestled In the coal mines of Wyoming and Utah alone, where labor is so scarce that Japanese are drawing as high aa $170 a month. The Amalgamated Society ot Brit ish Engineers will, after this year, cease attending the Trades Union Congress, and absent itself for at least four years. Suit was begun In the Supreme Court, of the District of Columbia, to restrain the American Federation ot Labor from carrying on a boycott against a manufacturer. Valuable Elderberry Patch. Elderberries are being cultivated by the Pennsylvania Railroad on ground worth $!0,uoO nn act. , Alongside the approaches to the Union D.'pot is a long stretch of ground that the ccrapany could not keep green, because of smoke anl soot. Finally, elder cuttings wer planted, they thrived, and now are in fine blossom. The grcvn.l is among the mcst val uable alms Liberty avenue, a sale ncrcas the street last week tolug at th rale of $110,001 an acre. PlttBbur? Dispatch t Tfca rtlladolphla Nm-t!t Amtricnn. The Ardent --nl.-.n-i cf tho French irovornwrr.' vt.l to 3.S0.V 000 ssiuaro tv"'"" ' cf Orat Britain 2.754.0i.it 'vk-s- pvpt. V4
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