SINNING BY SYNDICATE.
'JHentyeash' ( an excellent churchman
KtAnd he never is missed from his pew.
Wla talks and he prays, and he willingly
U Sura h works in the Sunday-school, too;
liea, he's one of the men in the Urease
U Trust,
rSVhich is outlawed in every State
ft lies and it robs, and does villainous jobs,
iJlut, you see, it's a syndicnte!
rientycash wouldn't do a mean action.
Or a deed that would harm any man;
lie lives day by day in a snnctitied way.
As uprightly as any one can;
His concern is a viln corporation, -v
A thins all cood citizens hate.
But he lmsn't a qualm of his conscience to
ennn,
For his sins are a syndicate!
V., in Tuck,
A STORY OF THE SIERRAS. Ey J. W. HAYS. K
The theatre of my last summer':
touting was the eastern boundary of
. wan Bernardino Valley. It la the
snost picturesque section of Southern
California. The lofty and rugged
Blornis form a horseshoe, studded
fwith three peaks, each more than
jwo miles high San Bernardino,
ran uroganio (Gray-back) and San
lAntonio (old Baldy). A fourth peak
(that tops the two-mile line Is San Ja
Elnto. a score of miles southeastward
One afternoon I was strolling lazily
In the. foothills at the base of San
Bernardino peak. It was near the
mouth of Santa Ana Canyon, whence
(flows the river whose water Irrigates
Jthe larger part of the great orange
foelt The foothills thereabout are
Uncultivated, mainly because of lrrl
cation difficulties. A few energetic
lynchers surmount the obstacle, how-
lever, by developing water in gulches
In higher levels and leading it by
pitches to their land.
, KA small hillside ranch attracted
my attention. Somewhat weary and
touite thirsty by reason of long trav
ellng, with gun on shoulder, I ap
broached the ranch house. It was a
cosy little cottage, embowered in
ivines and flowers, with a large ad
joining garden showing a profusion
Of fruit trees and vegetables.
I 'As I reached the cottage my atten
t!oa was attracted by a queer little
tone enclosure, perhaps six or eight
Jeet square and about five feet high
In the middle of the square was a
;rery large boulder. Part of the face
M the boulder had been rudely
pressed and thereon was a fairly well
cut Inscription, thus:
In Memoriam
'i' CANA3 LATRAXS
!j 1890
' The oddity of the memorial, and
Jarttculurly its sudden reminder of
college d'ays and classic wrestle, gave
added interest to my call at the cot
tage.
1 A stalwart rancher, apparently a
little on tho sunny side of forty, was
Bitting oni the cosy porch. He arose
And met ine cordially as I Introduced
myself and Intimated that thirst was
the primary cause of my call and cu
rloslty the secondary cause, alluding
jto the memorial. Responding to his
Invitation to be seated, I caught a
glimpse through the doorway of a
tidy woman within and also a pretty
Rlrl of perhaps sixteen or seventeen
years.
After a Utile verbal skirmishing I
0rew from the rancher the story of
.which the memorial was the visible
reminder. Here It Is:
1 The rancher was a "Tale man," as
le expressed it. As a prominent
figure in university athletics he had
Injured his health. After graduation
be developed incipient tuberculosis
end was advised by physicians to lose
no time in getting to Southern Cali
fornia and adopting the "close to na
ture" life in the dry atmosphere near
the mountains. He homesteaded a
quarter section of seemingly worth
less hillside land and built a shack
on the site of his present cottage.
1- The change of environment soon
restored his health, and he was so
greatly pleased with the new life that
be returned to his Eastern home for
a life partner, to whom he was en
gaged when in his senior year at
(Yale. Back to his mountain-edge
home ho came with his bride, a sen
sible Yankee lass who shared his love
for the "close-to-nature" idea. In
flue season the present cottage dis
placed the shack, just In time to ac
commodate the arrival of the stork
Slth a bouncing girl baby.
t "Neighbors were few and far be
tween In those days,",sald the ranch
er. "I mean the bipedal, not the
quadruped kind. There were entire
ly too many of the latter, and some
cf them were unpleasantly sociable.
Coyotes developed an inordinate love
for our poultry, Jack rabbits and cot
tontails had a weakness for our veg
etables, and occasionally a mountain
lion would meander down from the
mountains in quest of fresh veal or
ffork.
"I don't know whether yon are fa
miliar with coyote cunning, but for
ways that are dark and for tricks
that are vain' they beat the 'heathen
Chinee' out of Bight. Many an evening
I ut on this porch with Winchester
or double-barreled shotgun In hand
loaded with buckshot In wait for the
' Wily rascals.
"Just after sunset, In the early twi
light, they would begin to skirmish
toward the enclosure that contained
Xha chicken coops. First would come
from the distance two or three of the
familiar dog-like yelps, followed by
the dismal and weird long-drawn
howl peculiar to the species. The
yelps and howls would gradually
draw nearer until I was led to peer
Into the gathering darkness and
linger the gun trigger n expectation
of getting a shot, and then I would
be startled suddenly by the squawk
of chickens in the corral, having
keen a victim of a coyote decoy trick.
' "Well, to get to the gist of the
story, one evening I caught a faint
! glimpse of a coyote In the underbrush
,as It was working the decoy racket
It was a long range shot, bat I deter ,
1 mined to take the chance with my
Winchester. I blazed away and was
rewarded by a yelp quite different
from the decoy kind, indicating that
I had hit the mark.
"As I hurried out to see what exe
cution had been done the nearly full
moon was Just peeping above the hor
izon, down the valley, partly lighting
up my surroundings. Prom a short
distanco in the opposite direction to
the one I was going came a mournful
wail, evidently the voice of a mate or
companion of the one my bullet had
struck a pathetic reesponse to the
cry of the victim.
"In a thicket of sagebrush I sud
denly came upon a sight that I never
can forget. It was a dying female
coyote and two puppies. Tho young
ones, apparently near weaning age,
and hence able to take early lessons
in the acquisition of poultry, were
nestling close to the mother's head.
Four little paws were about the old
one's neck, two little tongues lanned
her face, and the saddest and most
pitiful low wail camo from two little
throats.
"The youngsters were so absorbed
with their grief that they failed to
notice my approach. When the eyes
of the mother turned upon me, how
ever, there was an instant expression
of fright and an effort to rise. But
the effort was hopeless. The shot
was fatal and she was dying.
"How I wished at that moment
that my aim had missed! Evidently
realizing that Bhe was dying, the look
of fright suddenly disappeared and
her big brown eyes assumed an ex
pression that I have vainly tried to
blot from memory in the seventeen
years that since have passed. I never
have witnessed so pitiful a sight.
The poor creature, as she looked
from me to her puppies, seemed to
ho making a mute appeal to me to
spare her little ones.
"Of course," continued the ranch
er, after a minute's pause, "all that
will strike you as being sentimental
gush wasted on a prowling coyote
that had got its deserts. But you will
remember that the coyote is simply a
cousin of man's best friend, as Indi
cated by Its technical name, 'canas
latrans.'
"Tho end soon came. The hie
brown eyes, with their memory
haunting expression of appeal,
drooped and lost their lustre. A
spasmodic movement of the chest, a
straightening of the limbs and the
coyote puppies were motherless.
"At that moment, foolish as it may
seem to you, I determined to comply
with what I interpreted as the mute
appeal of the dying mother. The
puppies were so Intent In manifesting
their grief that I had no difficulty in
capturing both and returning with
them to the house.
"Well, to shorten the story, the
and good treatment was evidenced in
his glossy coat.
"Late one afternoon, when I was
Just finishing a day's work at irrigat
ing down there in the orange grove,
I was startled suddenly by an extra
ordinary series of yelps from Yote,
followed by piercing screams from
mywlfe. As the grove Is toward the
rear side of the house I could not see
the cause of the commotion, but I
hurried up the hill as fast as my legs
could carry me.
"It was a frightful scene, indeed,
that I beheld as I came within view
of the front yard, as you see it now.
In the doorway leading into the
house from the porch stood my wife,
with one hand upon the latch and
with the door Just far enough ajar
for her to look out. With the other
hand and arm she was holding the
baby. Her face was a picture of ter
ror and she was screaming at the
highest pitch of her voice.
"At the same instant the cause of
it all was revealed. An enormous
mountain lion, close by the porch,
was raising its head, with blood drip
ping from its mouth, eyes flashing
and tall swishing in anger. It had
just dropped the limp form of poor
Yote. At sight of me it began to
crouch, its ears went back and its
great teeth appeared Just as you may
have seen angered tigers in captivity.
"I thought my time had come as I
stared in horror at the terrible brute,
in the very act of preparing for a
spring. But the mountain lion is
normally a coward, as I knew. I
buldged my eyes to the limit In star
ing at his, but standing still as
statute. Presently he raised his body
slowly, changed his gaze from myself
to my wife and baby, looked down at
the form of his victim, cast another
glance at me, then turned quickly
and bounded away toward the can
yon.
"With the assured disappearance
of the lion in the distance my wife
quickly joined me over the form of
our pet, whose' life was ebbing fast
from his torn throat and other fright
ful wounds. As well as her terror
ized condition would admit she told
me the story of the tragedy.
"She had been preparing the even
ing meal, leaving the baby on the
porch with the faithful Yote. The
door was open. Suddenly she wan
startled by the piercing yelps that I
had heard down in the grove. She
rushed to the door and was horror
stricken at the sight. The Hon had
its great paws on the board at the
porch entrance that safeguarded the
baby from going overboard. The an
imal was in the very act of springing
upon the baby. At the same instant
Yote was Jumping at the terrible
brute, unmindful of the sacrifice he
was surely making for his little
charge.
'The noble but hopeless fight put
up by poor Yote was short, ending, as
I have eald, just as I reached the
scene.
"Tears coursed down my wife's
cheeks as we bent over our dying
pet, and I confess that my own eyes
were moist. Yote recognized us. The
suffering he must have endured was
secondary to the satisfaction he
seemed to feel in the safety of the
baby, though at the cost of his own
life.
"The baby was about a year old
and she had learned to lisp the name
of her companion. ' 'Ote, 'Ote! she
called, as she reached her chubby
hands toward him. The fast dim-
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SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS TO PONDER. 5?
(FROM THE BEE HIVE SUPPLEMENT.)
Tho man who makes the best use of bis time generally,
has a good time.
The greatest truths are the simplest; and so are the
greatest men.
Young men think old men fools, and old men know young
men to be so.
There is always room for a man of force, and he makes
room for many.
A pawn shop where we could hock our troubles would
fill a long-felt want.
There are men who prefer their own blunders to other
people's good advice.
Trust not to appearances; the drum which makes tho
most noise is filled with wind.
The best swimmers are often drowned, and tho best
riders have the hardest falls.
Don't forget that other people feel about as little in
terest in your troubles as you do in theirs. '
It is the hardest thing in the world to convince a hungry
man that the rich have trouble.
A course of sin cannot last; it comes to an end some time,
and a man reaps what he has sown.
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lived only a few days, seemingly dy
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wafted in from the sagebrush every
night for a while, evidently coming
from the mate of the dead coyote.
and readily recognized by the pup
pies; as shown by their excitement.
We named the remaining one, a hand
some male, 'Yote' two-thirds of the
word co-yo-te, as the syllables are
properly divided.
"Yote wag a family favorite from
the moment of his appearance in the
house. The fear he showed at first
subsided quickly and he became as
playful and affectionate as any do
mestic puppy. Mutual affection be
tween him and the baby developed at
once and strengthened with the
growth and strength of both.
"It was a year almost to a day
from the time of hUt capture that the
episode occurred which now' is
marked by the memorial thai excited
your curiosity. Yot had attained
hit full growth. I think he was the
handsomest dog, in physical propor
tions, that I ever saw. The average
coyote would readily be mistaken for
a domestic dog of the pointer clan,
being similar in size and build, though
differing in color. Yote was larger
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mlng eyes were turned fondly upon
her as she was allowed to lay her
face upon his head. Then with a
final effort poor Yote gently licked
baby's cheek. Just once. What seemed
almost like a smile appeared on his
face, his eyes became glassy, his head
dropped, there was a convulsive mo
ment and Yote was gone.
"And now," said the rancher, as
he touched his eyes with his band
kerchief, "you have the story of the
strange memorial. You also have
the reason why from the date of that
episode until this time I have never
drawn a bead on a coyote." From
the Indiana Farmer.
An editorial in the World To-Day,
speaking of largo fortunes and the
manner of their bequest by men of
wealth, says:
We have had our discussion con
cerning tainted money. It is time
we considered the endowment of
families. Recent events exhibit the
new tendency in American life to es
tablish a parasitic class composed of
descendants of men who have accu
mulated fortunes. Those fortunes
are no longer distributed among a
man's heirs, but are kept intact and
placed in the hands of trust com
panies for administration. The bene
ficiaries face no responsibility of
wealth, but simply receive the whole
or a portion of the fund's Income.
In one case three young children
have approximately the same endow
ment as that of Harvard, Yale; Co
lumbia and Chicago Universities combined.
The next step in our financial evo
lution is tho concentration of wealth
in truBt companies. An enormous
percentage of the productive wealth
of the United States Is now held by
a small proportion of our citizens,
Should each one of these citizens at
death and this is to-day's drift
provido that for the next thirty or
forty years his wealth should be
handled by trust companies for the
benefit of his descendants, it would
follow inevitably that a largo propor
tion of our national capital would
be concentrated under the control o
a halt dozen financial Institutions,
There may be benefits attending such
a concentration, but the most conser
vative of us can see that its dangers
are inevitable and tremendous. With
all respect for the ability and hon
esty of these companies, no single
group of men Is capable of adminis
tering such power. No group of men
ought to have such power to admin
ister.
The American people have no desire
to destroy incentives to the creation
of wealth, or to deprive the family
of a rich man of a generous share of
his fortune; but the establishment of
an endowed class of idlers la con
trary to the American spirit and dan
gerous to American Institutions.
WORDS OP WISDOM.
Even conscience may be close-
mouthed.
Many a woman marries for love
of luxury.
Failure is always eager for ' a re
turn match.
The devotion of a chronic bor
rower is really touching.
Nine-tenths of what a man knows
about his neighbors his wife tells
him. ,
Man is made of clay, but that
doesn't prove that every man is a
brick.
It's the man whose methods won't
bear looking into that we should look
out for.
A fellow seldom has to tell his
love. Most girls are pretty good
guessers. i
There are more ways than one to
kill a cat. In fact, there must be
nine ways.
The fellow who is willing to bet
his bottom dollar doesn't have to dig
down very far.
This world is a fleeting show, and
the best some of us can do is to get
Btandlng room.
The politician doesn't forget hla
promises. He brushes them up and
uses them over again.
There are lots of things besides
happiness that money won't buy;
manners, for instance.
Ambition.
Uncle Horace (who is something
of a sage and philosopher) "My
boy, it is time for you to think
seriously of the kind of future you
Intend to map out for yourself. To
A Tarry Carrying.
"Did you hear about Maurice Be-
nan's capture?" Inquired a policeman
on the Powell street beat.
"It was getting dark when the pa
trol wagon drovo up In the alley by
the City Prison down here back of
where the old Tlvoli used to be. One
of the bums makes a quick sneak
and goes up a fire escape to the top
of a new building. He lays low
Boon's as he gets on the flat roof.
" 'Bout 10 o'clock that night Mau
rice hears sneezin'. Ho goes up the
fire escape. There's a bum lying low
on the roof.
" 'Get up,' says Maurice.
"'No,' says the bum; 'I'm stuck
on this place.' And then Maurice
Bees what's the matter. After the
bum lays low up there a while-the
new tar, they'd been putting on the
roof that warm day gets cold and
holds the hum tight.
"Maurice goes down to the Jail-
keeper and tells him, and they sends
a trusty up on the roof to watch the
bum all night 'Bout 10 o'clock next
morning the tar warms up and they
gets the bum loose. It's a kind of
bum story, but it's true." San Fran
cisco Call.
Forestry in New Jersey.
New Jersey is making splendid
progress in its forest park reserva
tion policy under the able and ener
getic administration of Alfred Gas
kill, the Stato Forester.
On the Bass River reservation the
forester planted 600 Michigan jack
pines this year. He has 60,000 seed-
sum it up in a word, what epitaph
are yon anxious to have engraved Unga ot various kinds in the Bass
nnnn vnnp tnmhRtnna?" ' . . . .
, tver nurseries, ana nas guinea beu
Nephew (Just beginning his ca- it will produce half a million young
reer) "He got his share." Pick tneMm , He nas planted 60,000 young
Me Up. , . I trees in the Newark watershed and
I 12,000 on the State Experimental
In some Italian vegetarian restau-; Farm at New Brunswick. Bulletin
rants, for some mysterious reasons. ' of the American Forestry Aisocia-
salt and wines are tabooed. -
Slaughterhouse Rewards.
There was married in Seville the
other day one Machaqulto, the cham
pion bull fighter of Spain, a man who
has been making $100,000 a' year at
the gentle pastime of killing bulls. He
conies of a noble family in Spain, and
took up his profession of slaughterer
on account of poverty. To signalize
his wedding he gave $10,000 to the
poor of Carthagena, and founded two
asylums for the aged poor. It is said
that his wedding was an elaborate
festival, and that the wedding pres
ents, many of which bore cards from
the preudest names In Spain, filled
three rooms. The prime minister of
Spain, whs s very much less popular
than a bull fighter, receives $4,000 a
year. Washington Herald.
THE TORN LACE WAIST.
Frequently the pretty lace waists
of various kinds begin to break around
the neckband and over the shoulders
when otherwise In good condition.
Use a cream or white "blonde" net
underneath the worn parts, darning
lightly the lace down to this. - It is
practically invisible and will strength
en the garments for many wearlngs.
New York World.
M
ASTEK AND EXAMINER'S
NOTICE.
In tho Court of
Common Plca9 of
Jetl'erson County.
(Equity.)
No. 1. January
Terra, 1008.
The School District
of Sykesvllle Bur-outfh.
vs.
The School District
of Wlnslow Township,
navlnir been, on Nov. 2fl, 1H07, appointed
Master and Examiner In Iho above entitled
case, to equitably adjust and apportion the
Indebtedness between tho School District of
Sykesvllle borough and the School District,
of Winslow township, all persons interested
are hereby notified that 1 will sit for the
performance of my duties at my oflice In the
bomuirh of Beynoldsvllle Pa., on
Monday, the tltli day of April A. D., 1W)8,
at nine o'clock, it. in. All persons bavins
claims against the said School District of
Wlnslow township are hereby notitled to
present them on or before the date above
mentioned, or they will be forever barred.
Dec. 31st, W07. Ci.emkntW. Fi.ynn,
Master and Examiner.
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ASTER AND EXAMINER'S
NOTICE.
rphe Borough of ( ,ne .ourt J
A Svkesvllle Common Pleas of
cyaesvuie J(jffe rson Cou nty
vs- J (Equity.)
Wlnslow Township. j No. 3. January
I Term, 1908.
Having been, on Nov. Wth, 1!OT, appointed
Master and Examiner In the above entitled
case, to equitably adjust and apportion the
Indebtedness between the boroimh ofSykes
vllleanri the township of Wlnslow, all per
sons Interested are hereby notllled that I
will perform the duties of my appointment
at my oflice In the borough of Keynoldsvllle,
Monday, the Bth day of April, A. D. 1008,
at nine o'clock a. m. All persons having
claims against the sold township are herety
notitled to present them on or before the date
above mentioned, or they will be forever
barred. ,
Dec. 31st, MOT. Clement W. Fi.ynn,
Master and Examiner.
BUSINESS CARDS.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Pension Attorney and Real'Estate Agent.
RAYMOND E. BROWN,
attorney at law,
Brookvillk, Pa.
fj, m. Mcdonald,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Real estate agent, patents secured, col
lections made promptly. OUlce in Syndicate
building, Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
SMITH M. McCR EIGHT,
ATTORNEY- AT-LAW,
Notary public and real estate agent. Col
lections will rece-ve prjmpt attention. Office
In the Keynoldsvllle llardwure Jo. building,
Lain street Beynoldsvllle, Pa.
)R- B. E. HOOVER,
DENTIST,
Resident dentist. In the Hoover building
Main street. Gentleness In operating.
DR-1- L. MEANS,
DENTIST,
Oflice on second floor of the First National
bank building. Main street.
QR. R. DeVERE KING,
DENTIST,
oflice on second floor of the Syndicate build
Ing, Main street, Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
HENRY PRIESTER '
UNDERTAKER.
Black and white funeral cars. Main street,
Keynoldsvllle, Pa.
HUGHES & FLEMING.
UNDERTAKING) AND PICTURE FRAMING,
The D. 8. Burial League has been tested
and found all right. Cheapest form ot In
surance. Secure a contract. Near PublU
Fountain, Keynoldsvllle Pa.
D. H. YOUNG,
A T?ntTTT,T?r"Tl
Corner Orant and Flfta its., Reynolds
vllle, Pa.
Money In Apples,
W. R. Cady sold his apple crop to
W. C. Chynoweth for $2.50 a barrel,
orchard run, delivered at the packing
shed In Rogers, says the Rogers
Democrat. This Is probably the larg
est apple deal yet made In this vi
cinity, for a number of well-posted
apple men have estimated his crop
at not less than 4,000 barrels, which
would rriean $10,000. Mr. Cady has
already sold $1,000 worth of summer
apples from the farm, which contains
eighty acres and which he says he
would not soil for $16,000. He has
fifty acres of bearing apple trees.
Kansas iCItv Journal.
At a sale of rare coin In PMln,ll.
Dhla a J.'ill TTnitPil Ktntoo onA nlana
of 1850 brought only $195. which was
considered very cueau.
tu'.r TUMlKWtp'
The Shopkeeper Talks
You Bee, Mrs. Brown, we can't afford to take any chances
on oysters. They are either very good or else they are not
fit to eat.
If they are sealfhlyt they are fresh and clean, and the
most wholesome food you can buy. No ice or water has
touched them, and no preservative Is ever used for them
that we guarantee. We refuse to handle any but Sealsbipt
oysters because they are the only ones that we know to be
beyond question.
They come to us In a wblto-ename.ed caes, that Is SEALED
at the oyster beds. The ice Is packed around it ON THE
outside. We will not offer to our customers anything but
the best, and that means Sealsbipt every time.
FRANK'S RESTAURANT
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED BANK IN THE COUNTY
The Peoples National Bank
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
CAPITAL $100,000.00.
RESOURCES $500,000.00.
tUeml-annual Interest allowed and compounded on Pavings Accounts
from date of deposit, having most liberal withdrawal privileges.
trvfflcers: W. B. Alcxnnder, President. F.D.Smith and August Haul,
aauf, Vice-Presidents. F. K. Alexander, Cashier. V. P. Alexander,
Assistant Cashier.
tTYrectors: W. T). Alexander, L. P. Seelev, F. D. Smith, D. L. Taylor,
August Haldauf, Amos Strouse, W. C. Murray, Dr. i. C. Bayers,
W. Barry Moore, James II. Spry and John O'Uure.
OPEN 8ATURDAY EVENINGS.
THE PEOPLE8 BANK BUILDING.
The First National -Bank1
OF REYNOLDSVILLE.
Capital and Surplus
Resources .
$175,000.00
$550,000.00
Jobs H. Xaoobib, Pres.
' John 1?. Rancher
Henry C. Delbla .
OFFICERS
J. 0. Kim, Vlce-Pres.
DIRECTORS
J.O. Kln Daniel Noli n
1.6. Hammond i
K. C. Schuckers, Cashier
John H. Corbett
R. U. Wilson
Every Accommodation Consistent with Careful Banking
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