BURIED ALIVE.
The Mode of Death Selected by Chi
nese Murderer.
' Rough Justice ns It is nduilnBitered
lu most parts of China Is sometimes
tempeivil by individual tastes, ns nu
Incident printed In one of the China
port journals attest. A man In Buchlen,
condemned to die, preferred to be
buried u live, and his wishes were car
ried out to the letter.
Dmins the famine two brothers
jvho lived In Suchlen fought desper
ntely to stave off starvation from their
families and bad blood nroso between
them. At hint the elder brother sold
Ills father's colllu for food. When he
refused to divide the proceeds with his
younger brother the latter chopped oft"
Ills head with a cleaver.
- Because It was too expensive to
carry the murderer several scores of
miles to the nearest yamen of justice
the local el.lcrs. Including the father
of tbo' murderer, whose colllu had been
Bold, sr.t In justlre upon the culprit and
:coiidenin'd him to ilenlli. He asked
that ho he buried alive instead of re
ceiving the horrible torture of the
"thirty slices." The father Interceded
With the other elders to get theni to
grant his son's request.
A grave was dug, and the victim,
vithjiis arms and feet securely bound,
was trundled lu a wheelbarrow to the
edge of the pit by his wife. There,
.upon the murderer's own request, his
bonds were loosed, and lie walked to
the grave, lowered himself Into It and
was ready.
Tho victim's wife put a felt hat over
his month as his request, and then she
helped the elders to fill In the grave
villi six feet of earth.
FRIENDLY ANIMALS.
PSYCHASTHENIC
I The Intimacy Between Them and Man
I In Yellowstone Park.
One of the most pleasant features of
1 the drive through the Yellowstone Na
tlonul park Is the apparent intimacy be
tween man and the animal and bird
life lu the park. Thanks to tho wise and
stringent regulations, no shooting is
allowed within Its boundaries. "The
result," says flu English tourist, "Is
positively charming. Hundreds of little
I chipmunks, with their gaudy striped
; backs, scamper Impudently about or
! peer at the passing coach from the
I rnnilclila Tito Qmilrrnl iltil lint Virilt fnr
the nearest tree, but nodded ft wel
come. All bird llfo treated us like
wise. Even the lordly eagle hovered
near, nnd the wild turkey stalked un
concernedly through the rank grass.
Wo perceived a doe and a fawn graz
ing by the road. Not until we were
within a few feet did they seek the
shelter of the woods, yet not to fly.
They simply moved aside. Here nt
least mankind was regarded as a
friend one who could be trusted. The
only iiiiliiinl who ran away was a
brown bear. He turned tail at the sight
of a coaching party. Yet It was quite
a common thing for bears to approach
close to tho hotels at evening to feej
on the refuse thrown out. It was an
after dinner relaxation for the guests
to watch them feeding. They munched
and disputed the choicest morsels, for
tho most part Indifferent to the com
pany. Only when we became Inquis
itive and approached too near did they
retire, and these animals we're perfect
ly free and unfettered lu their move
ments. It may read like a fairy tale,
but It Is solid fact."
TORTURED TO DEATH.
' A Physician Says Thit Is One of the
Causes of Panics.
The ponies that start lu Wall street
often begin In the morbid financial
fears of overstrained brains psychos
thenhi. Psychasthenia mnkes panics,
I writes Dr. Clarence Hughes In the
Alienist nnd Neurologist.
I "We once knew a mind overburden
ed, brain overstrained man suddenly
conclude he was coming to want and
would not bo able to pay his taxes
j when his Income was $40,000 annual
y. lie inline;! ins own cow, lie har
nessed his own horse and cared for It
(sold the others), dismissed all lib
servants and his wife's and had In
somnia, but finally recovered complete
ly. Others with less income cr more
fall through brain overtax Into the
same morbid way of feeling and tliln!;
liiff. "One kind of Insauoid is n man
who under mental stress of any kind
acts ns though he were Insane, but lias
not tho disease of real Insanity to ex
cuse his nctions.
"He hovers on the verge, but does
not pass over Into real mental aliena
tion ns he appears to be going. Ho
does ajid says such odd, unreasonable
nnd annoying filings that his friends
often wish he would pass Into genuine
Insanity, so that he might be properly
nnd lawfully restrained or that he
might happily extinguish himself by
suicide. Sometimes ho does commit
suicide or become really Insane, and
we then know where to place him."
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.
The Horrible Fate of a Number cf
, Regicides.
Tho lot of tho regicide when caught
Is not usually a very enviable one. To
be honged Is tho least he can expect.
Perpetual solitary Imprisonment Is a
far more dreadful fate. It drove Rres
cl, tho assassin of King Humbert or
Italy, to suicide, nnd it transformed
IiUcchlni, who murdered the empress of
'Austria, Into n hopeless Imbecile.
'Among the plotters Implicated In tho
murder of the late shah of Tci'sia one
.was tortured to death In prison, while
another was Incased In wet plaster of
parls, which on setting slowly crushed
the life out of him. Three of the as
sassins of a previous shah were boiled
alive In huge copper caldrons.
So luie as the year 1S31 the two
Mavromichaelis, who slew Count Capo
d'lstra, the first president of Greece,
,vere Jmmured within close brick walls
built rirouud them up to their chins
end supplied with salted food, but no
Hrink, until they died. Damlens, who
attempted the life of King Louis XV.
of Franco, was first barbarously tor
tured and then torn to pieces by wild
horses. This punishment was carried
out In one of the principal squares of
Paris March 28, 1757. Ravaillac, who
assassinated Henry IV. of Trance, suf
fered n similar fate.
The murderer of Sellm III. of Turkey
,was publicly impaled, lingering five
and a half days in dreadful torment.
.Those who did to death his Immediate
successor, Mustapba IV., were tortured
and starved on alternate days and de
prived of sleep by night until death
came to their relief. Chicago News.
What Great Britain Owes to Holland
and Pepper.
It Is curious to remember that wheu
England's commercial greatness was
a-maklng her most serious rival was
Holland. Rut tho enterprising Dutch
men ruined their chnnccs by their
greediness. There was n popular little
couplet which ran:
In matters of commerce tho fault of the
Dutch
Is giving too llttlo and asking too much.
The whole course of English pre
dominance abroad might have been
I changed If the Dutch had not "asked
too mucu."
In the closing years of the sixteenth
century they had n trade monopoly
with the East Indies, and they "put
up" the price of pepper to such n point
that the English consumer "struck."
A meeting of London merchants
made one December afternoon n deci
sion the importance of which to Eng
land cannot be exaggerated. It was
nothing loss than tho resolution to
form 'a London East Iudla company.
The petition of these merchants to
good Queen Ress was grautod in n
royal charter of Incorporation.
The company, founded at first to es
tablish direct trade communication
with the east and lower the price of
pepper, soon took to Itself larger pur
poses. Fleets of merchant ships came
nnd went between England and India,
and from the quarrel about pepper the
corporation of merchants was des
tined, through Cllve and Its "nabobs,"
to give England a vast empire. Pear
son's Weekly.
An Ancient Suez Canal.
It Is certain that In ancient times n
canal connecting the Mediterranean
and Red seas did exist. Herodotus as
cribes Its projection to Tharaoh Necho,
,C00 B. C. The honor of Its completion
'.Is given by some to Darius, by others
to the Ptolemies. How long this canal
continued to be used we do not know,
but, becoming finally choked up by
Band, It was restored by Trajan early
In. the second century A. D. Becoming
again useless from the same cause, It
.was reopened by the Caliph Omar, but
was finally closed by the "unconquer
able sands" about A. D. 7G7, In which
. state It has since remained. This an
cient canal, from Suez to Bu'bostls, on
the east branch 'of the Nile, was 02
miles long, from 108 to 1G0 feet wide
and 15 feet deep.
His Prayer.
O'Conncll had got a man off at one
time for highway robbery aud at an
other for burglary, but on a third oc
casion, for stealing a coasting brig, the
task of hoodwinking tho jury seemed
too great for even his powers of cajol
ery. However, be made out that the
crime was committed on the high seas
and obtained an acquittal. The prison
er lifted up his hnnds and eyes to heav
en and exclaimed, "May the Lord long
spare you, Mr. O'Connell, to me!"
'Argonaut
Thought Ha Wat Smart.
The Man With tho Gun (boastfully
and cynically) I have been engaged to
at least a dozen girls. Miss Sweet Girl
(looking annoyed) And always been
unlucky In love, eh? He Oh, I don't
know. I've never married any of them.
iWhat? Philadelphia Inquirer.
Not Attractive.
- "Was It a case of love at first sight?"
asked the sentimental girl.
"It couldn't have been," answered
Miss Cayenne. "When they first met
Ihe was wearing football clothes and
she had on her motor cor costume."
Washington Star.
The Sign of Wedlock.
She What Is the proper formula for
a wedding announcement? He I know
iwhat Is ought to be. ' She What? He
"Be It known by these presents." Bal
timore American.
Don't Imagine yon are a good con
versationalist Just because yon talk ft
'food deal. Atchison Globe.
A Wise Student.
Professor (examining medical stu
dent) If you are called out to a pn
tlent, what Is the first question you
would nBk? Medical Student Where
he lives! Philadelphia Inquirer.
Kidney Troubles
FROM THE LIVER.
to hit study of kidney disease. Dr. A. W.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
Main Street. Reynoldsvllle, Pa.
WINDSOR HOTEL
V W. T. Brubaker, Mgr.
Midway between Broad St. Station and
Beading Terminal on Filbert St.
Kooms 11.00 per day and up.
The only moderate priced hotel of rep
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PHILADELPHIA
A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.
The Old Man Was Not Very Well
Posted on the News.
In the midst of the heated dissension
on points connected with' certain his
torical sensntions which their toucher
had sought to Impress on them tho two
grandchildren appealed to their grand
father, who sat musing nnd pulling his
pipe In the corner, for support.
"Grandpa," cried the eager hrother,
"who was It killed Caesar Casslus or
Brutus? I say Cassius."
"Waal," replied tho grandfather, sud
denly becoming grave and taking his
pipe from his mouth, "It war one or
t'other. Let mo see. Yes, 1 guess
twar th' ninn you sold."
"And sis says It was Mario Antoi
nette who got put to death in France,"
again cried the youth, triumphantly
glancing toward his Bister, "hut I say
It was Mary, queen of Scots."
"Now, you may he right there, too,"
ventured the Involuntary vindicator
after fidgeting In his chair. "Come t
think of It, 'twar Mary, queen of Scots,
that war electrocuted in France."
At this the young girl's eyes flashed.
"Grandpa," declared she, stepping be
foro him and eying him sternly, "you
don't seem to kuow anything about It."
Tbo old man's head went up ns If
shocked. "Th' truth Is, children," ho
then admitted as ho passed his free
hand over his head helplessly, "your
grandfather nln't rend th' newspapers
very careful this week. I'm a luetic
mite behind." Bohemian Magazine.
An Unwelcome Gratuity.
An American merchant bitterly op
posed to tho custom of "tipping" public
servants for each Inconsequential sorv
lco was astonished to find the practice
In Europe more general than In Ameri
ca. While in London he bad occasion
to employ a cab and upon hcing driven
to the desired destination drew forth
a handful of chnnge, counted out the
exact fare and tendered It to the
driver.
"Beg pardon, sir!" exclaimed the cab
by In a tone of Injury. " 'Ow long 'ave
ye been saving up for this "ollday?"
Suppressing his annoyance nt the
driver's effrontery, the tourist sought a
restaurant and upon receiving the din
ner check again tendered the exact
amount of his bill. The, waiter bowed,
assisted his guest Into his coat, then,
selecting a bright new sixpence, oft
fered it to his patron with:
"Beastly weather, slrl 'Ere's coach
fare!" Llpplncott's Magazine.
The Rat.
The rat's sins are manifold. The
damage which he does In a year to
crops, cargoes, stores, granaries, poul
try and game, dairies and outhouses,
foundations, walls and drainage can
not be calculated exactly, but it must
be enormous. He Is ubiquitous. lie
swarms In fields, hedges, coverts, farm
yards, cellars, sewers, docks and shlps
He Is clever In getting out of difficul
ties, extremely courageous, ablo to
exist on almost any kind of food and
horribly prolific London Spectator.
The Retort Direct.
"See here," cried the artist, who had
come to complain about the materials
he bad bought, "1 can't Imagine any
thing worse than your paints."
"That's strange," replied the dealer.
"Don't you ever use your Imagination
on your painting?" Exchange.
Hopeless.
"We wish, madam, to enlist your aid
in Influencing your husband for the
public good. He holds the key to a
very Interesting situation and"
"I don't see bow I can be of any as
sistance to you. John never could find
a keyhole." Houston Post
Frenzied Arithmetic
Teacher Now, Tommy, If your fa
ther had twenty dozen eggs In his
store and found that eighteen of them
were bad, how much would he lose?
Tommy Nothin'. Ton don't know pa.
rathflnder.
The Mean Part.
Phil O. Sopher Don't worry, old
man. Chickens always come home to
roost, you know. Discouraged Friend
Yes, after they have laid their eggs
In some other fellow's barn. Judge.
ECONOMY IN ITALY.
The Roman Season the Only Time
When Real Luxury Is the Rule.
During the greater pari of the year
we have only the rervnnts that are
necessary -my husband's vulet.oue but
ler, the porter who stands nt the en
trance to the palace and a general
utility country boy who In tho after
noon puts ou n livery and acts as foot
man. Tho women servants are n cook,
a scullery maid, a laundress and two
maids besides my own personal one.
This list Is not as extravagant as the
same would be In Atnerlcn.
Wages are nothing by comparison.
Ono cnu get a good lady's maid for $10
a month, a competent butler for $10,
a cook for $10, a chambermaid for $0.
Their fare would seem coarse to the
spoiled servant of America, consisting,
as It docs, chiefly of bread, soup, ttinc
aroul and fruit, with tea and coffee of
an Inferior grade nnd fresh meat once
a week. Wo spend nothing that we
can possibly help until the Unman sea
son. Then wo have pnoitli surplus to
get an additional number of inn Ids and
a long row of footmen (these for th"
most part young women nnd men from
tho vllhtgo of our own estate), nnd
both in our country ylila ami in our
Roman polaco we open nil tho rooms
thnt for eight months have been closed
and for four months live In luxury.
An Expatriate In Everybody's Maga
zlne.
The Angler Fish. " I
A singular superstition about the
angler fish Is entertained In somo parts
of Sweden (Bohuslnn), according to
Malm and Smllt "It Is so feared by
many that the tackle Is cut as soou as
the 'monster' reaches tho surface, and
Its captor hurries homo lu order to get
there, if possible, before the misfor
tune portended by the monster over
takes hlni." The extreme of misfor
tune death is believed by Some to bo
Indicated. fs'llssou tells that t lie Swed
ish fishermen on the banks "believe
that on board the vessel ou which nu
angler Is taken some one Is doomed to
die soon. They therefore never or
hardly ever take tho angler ou board,
but prefer to cut the line and thus lose
tho hook with the fish."
An anemometrlcnl faculty Is attrib
uted to the augler in Massachusetts.
According to Storer, "among the fisher
men lu some parts of the bay there
is a common saying, 'When you take a
goosefish, look out for au easterly
storm.' "
A Human Foot Warmer.
It Is Interesting to learn that Julius
Caesar found our Celtic ancestors Just
suffocating themselves with smoke.
GIraldus, the early Welsh historian,
describes a family as sitting round
their smoky central fire by day and
lying round it by night. But they
could have had little comfort from it,
for the same historian tells us that ono
of their princes eked out his fire with
a human foot warmer. This odlcer's
duty was to keep his master's feet
warm by cherishing them In bis bosom
during meals. For -this purpose ho
squatted under tho table, nnd no doubt
it "did him proud" so to nurse the roy
al moccasins. TvT.'s London Weekly.
Cut His Vhit Short.
The Duke of Wellington ouco wroto
to Dr. llutton for Information as to
the scientific iicuiilrcmciits of a young
ollk-cr who had been under bis Instruc
tion. The doctor thought he could not
do less thun answer the question ver
bally and made an appointment ac
cordingly. Directly Wellington saw him ho
said: "I mil obliged to you, doctor, for
the trouble you are taking. Is fit
for the post?"
Clearing his throat, Dr. Huttou be
gan: "No man more so, niy lord. I
can"
"That's quite sullicluut," suid Wel
lington. "I know how valuable your
time Is. Mine just now Is equally so.
I will not detain you any longer. Good
morning."
The New China.
There Is no longer nny doubt, our
Shanghai correspondent tells us, thnt
tho old order of thought ' which has
guided tho lives of countless millions
lu the Chinese empire through n lonpr
succession of centuries in passing nwav
forever. The movement In favor of I
western education lius become Irre-
slstlblo. London Times. I
Piles
We are so oertaln that
Itching, Bleeding; and
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QHARTEK NOTICE.
Notice Is hereby (riven that an application
will he miidt; to the Governor of the Common
wealth of PeniiHylvitniit on Tlnirsdiir, the
tlth dny of .tune, A. D., IdJfl. Uy I). II. Young,
U. H. Patterson and H. M. MeOrelttht, under
the Art (it Assembly of the Con.monweiiltli
of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Ac't to provide
for the Incorporation and regulation of cer
tain corporations," approved April an,- 1874,
and the supplements thereto, for the charter
of an Intended corporation to he called The
Woodwork Supply Company, the character
and object nt which is to manufacture, deal
In nnd sell lumber and builders' supplies,
mill work and such articles its are ordinarily
made In a planing mill and to contract for
the building nnd erection of buildings of all
kinds, of wood, stone, brick, Iron and other
materials, and for tills purlins a to have, pos
sess and enjoy nit tho iljhts, benellts and
privileges of tho Bind Act of Assembly and
lis supplements. Smith M. McCiikicimt,
Solicitor.
Wedding Invitations nnd Visit
ing Cards neatly and prompt
ly printed at The Star office.
J!
Why He Was Angry.
"You made n mistake In your paper,"
said an indignant man, entering the ed
itorial sanctum of a dally journal. "1
was one of the competitors nt an ath
letic entertainment last night and you
referred to me as 'the well known
lightweight chauiplon.' "
"Well, are you not?" inquired the
sporting editor.
"No; I'm nothing of the kind," was
the angry response, "and it's confound
edly awkward, because I'm a coal
dealer." Philadelphia Ledger.
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These two features together with other
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It is suitable for the best interior work,
either full gloss, eggshell or rubbed finish.
It's mad,e to finish the Interior of good
houses and to hold up the reputation of
the makers.
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