BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM. In some parts of the Tyrol a beau tiful though curious custom prevails. When a girl Is going to be married, and Just before she leaves for the church, her mother gives her a hand kerchief, which Is called a tearker chlef. It Is made of newly spun and unused linen, and with It the girl dries the natural tears she sheds on leaving home. The tearkerchlef Is never used after the marriage day, but is folded up and placed in the linen closet, where it remains till its owner's death, when It is taken from its place and spread over her face. Tlt-Blts. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DUST? The feather duster is doomed. The recruits in the warfare against con sumption have taken up arms against It, and, like the old oaken bucket so dear to our childhood, it is to be known to the next generation only In ong and story. A representative of a committee of physicians and others who are fighting against tuberculosis in this State recently said: "We hear a good deal nowadays about street dust and soft coal as nuisances and as dangerous to the public health, but we are apt to for get that right in our own homes we often have a danger just as great Methods of cleaning are still in vogue that have come down to us from the days when the wrath of God was held responsible for a disease that, by the Ignorance of man, was fostered be hind closed windows and spread with housewifely industry by the feather duster. These old-fashioned ways are a menace to health, and so those "Divinity," Substitute For Fudge. Girls, have you tried making "divinity?" It Is the very latest In the sweet-tooth teasers. If you want to be up to the minute with the latest confection, you had better try this formula In your chafing dish: Pour three cups of sugar Into a saucepan. Add two thirds of a cup of water and a cup of thick table sirup. In another pan mix a cup of sugar and one-half cup of water. While the contents of both pans are coming to a soft boll, beat the whites of three eggs In a large bowl, and when stiff pour In the contents of the second pan and beat. Then add the con tents of the first pan. Mix and add shelled nuts. Then beat the whole decoction till stiff. Pour into a greased pan to cool. Cut into dainty slices. OS w & S & men who have organized the anti-tuberculosis movement have come out With the following public announce ment about sweeping and dusting: " 'When you sweep a room, raise as little dust as possible, because this dust, when breathed, Irritates the nose and throat and may set ud ca tarrh. Some of the dust breathed In dusty air reaches the lungs, making parts of them black and hard and useless. " 'If the dust In the air you breathe contains the germs of consumption- tubercle bacilli which have come from consumptives spitting on the floors, you run the risk of getting consumption yourself; " 'To prevent making a great dust In sweeping, use moist sawdust on bare floors. When the room is car peted, moisten a newspaper and tear It Into small scraps and scatter upon the carpet when you begin sweeping. As you sweep, brush the papers along by the broom, and they will catch most of the dust and hold It fast, Just as the sawdust does on bare floors. Do not have either the paper or the sawdust dripping wet only triolet. " 'In dusting a room do not use a ' feather duster, because this does not remove the dust from the room, but only brushes It Into the air so that you breathe it in, or it settles down, and then you have to do the work over again. " 'Use soft, dry cloths to dust with and shake them frequently out of the window, or use slightly moistened cloths and rinse them out in water when you have finished. In this way you get the dust out of the room.' ' The House Beautiful. WHAT BECOMES OF NEW IDEALS Anne O'Hagan Is writing a series! or papers In Harper's Bazar which deserves the thoughtful attention of every intelligent woman. This month Miss O'Hagan discusses feminine Ideals, concerning which she is quite optimistic, as the following extract shows: "Even I, even you are not our Ideals compounded with us at last? Do we not hear the riot of the chil dren more leniently, more tenderly, because we, too, were once adventur ers? Are we not a little kinder to the serious, prosing young because we, too, were serious and prosy once? Can we not discern noble, shy pur pose in what looks to unenlightened eyes like mere pomposity? Is not the workable, every-day honesty, which is all that we can claim now, the remnant of that old dream of ours that dream of utter truth In words and thoughts and deeds? Was not all that vast, impossible ideal neces sary to give us Just this little bit of ordinary, companionable decency as earth and air and April rain and sun shine and all the vast chemistry of nature are needed to give you finally your serviceable vegetable pot? "What becomes of our Ideals? Our Ideals are the food that makes us what we are, that Is transmuted Into the very fabric of our being. To the making of an ordinarily decent man or woman Just an ordinarily, hon est, kind, unselfish human being so many glorious aspirations, golden dreams, noble intentlens, must go, as to the maklngof an ordinarily healthy person so many protelds, so much al bumen so much beet and egg and butter, In short must go. After a certain age a conspicuously ideallstlo attitude on the part of the average human being merely denotes maldi gestion, malnutrition. And, on the other hand, after a certain age to be hard, Insincere, vehemently self-seek' ing, means that youth was nourished upon no proper diet of ideals, was starved of what Is the chief Ingre dient of mature character. That Is what our Ideals are the spiritual food of our youth, and what has be come of them Is witnessed by the fibre of our elder natures." CHANCE FOR MATRIMONY. Women, if you are not married, do you know what your chances for mat rimony are in New York City? It Is not to be expected that any law can be laid down for Individual cases, but there is an average established. by carefully kept records, regardless of the exceptional cases, that has varied little In years, and shows what the chances are during the different ages from fifteen to fifty-six. If you are between twenty and twenty-five years old your chances are the best possible, for more than one-half of the women who marry In New York City do so between these years, or, to be more exact, fifty-one and two-tenths out of every hundred. The next most favorable matri monial period covers the following five years from twenty-five to thirty, when there takes place the weddings of sixteen women out of every hun dred who marry, or sixteen per cent. Then comes the five years above, from thirty to thirty-five, when the figures drop two, or fourteen out of one hundred. Then to get the next highest fig ures one must go back to the earliest years of the records, which show that out of every hundred women married thirteen are between fifteen and twenty years old. But the most sud den decline of all Is found upward from thirty-five to forty, for In those years only three out of each hundred women who marry are found, or eleven per cent. less than during the five years under thirty-five. From forty the percentage falls off gradually there being two women married out of each hundred between their fortieth and forty-fifth years; then In the next five years, up to fifty, the records show that only one woman out of two hundred marry, or one-halt of one per cent. From the ages of fifty to flfty-slj there Is a falling off to one-fifth ot one per cent, or one married woman out of each five hundred married. There are few brides after the fifty sixth year, only one out ot each one thousand women marrying, or one tenth of one per cent. New York Herald. EATING TOO MUCH. An old proverb says: "Spare the dinner, spare the doctor." Like many other homelv savlnea. It fa in the point. Some of the foremost pnysicians shake their heads gravely and say, "People eat too much." They have grown into the habit of unques tionably eating all that Is set before them, and then, rather sufnrlsed. they resent any reference to this as vereating." Elaborate meals are prepared in this day of plenty and people thoughtlessly indulge their appetite. The digestive system is re- sponsiDie lor nearly every ill the flesh Is heir to. Nothing upsets it more quickly or weakens its vitality more than having too much work to do. There is a rule simple enough, but hard to follow that will save many a disordered system. It Is up held by wise doctors. It is ,thla: Always leave a meal feeling that you could have eaten, could have en Joyed, a little more. Indianapolis News. GODS AND WOMEN. The gods, deeming themselves quite shrewd and clever, no doubt, bestowed on woman lips with which, by keeping them shut, she might make her mouth like a rosebud. But what happens? The trap proves in effectual and woman proceeds to en hance her charm, while at the same time having her own way about it, by using those very lips to say "no" with when she means "yes." So, too, her nose. The gods in tended this to add character to her face, but she never rested until she had learned to blow smoke through it. Everybody knows how it Is with, the eyes given to her to see, and the ears given her to hear. She wears stylish glasses on the one and hangs the chain back over the other. All of which must make the gods suspect that they're not so much in the creative way, after all. Ramsey, Benson, In Puck. Fortne, Younger Children A CAT TALE. The little old woman to town would go To buv her a Sunday sown. But a storm came up, and the wind did blow, And the rain came pouring down; And the little old woman, on, fad to see! In a terrible fidget and fret was she In a terrible fret was she! The little old man was cross and cold, For the chimney smoked that day, And never a thing would he do but scold In the most unmannerly wav. When the little old woman said: "Listen tn mi " He answered her nothing but "fiddle-dee- aee! " No, nothing but " fiddle-dee-dee!" Then she whacked the puggy-wug dog, soe ma, As asleep on the mat he lay; For a puggr was he of spirit and pride. And howled in a dismal way, For a puggy was he of spirit and pride, And a slight like that he couldn t abide He couldn't, of coarse, abide. Then Muffin, the kitten, said. "Deary me! What a etate of anaira is this: I must purr my very beat purr, I see, Rince evervtnincr ffoee amiss!'' So Muffin, the kitten, she purred and purred, Till, at last, the little old woman she earn The little old woman she heard. And she- smiled a smile at the little old man, 'And back he smiled strain. 'And they both agreed on a charming plan ror a waiK in me wina ana rain. Then, hand in hand, to the market town They went to look for the Sunday gown for tue covetea Sunday gown. Then the chimney drew and the room grew not, And the puggy-wug dog and the cat Their old-time quarrels they quite forgot, And snuggled uu close on the mat. While Mumn, the kitten, she purred and Durred. And there never was trouble again, 'I've Heard No, never again, I've heard! Ellen Manly, in St. Nicholas. THE BEE EATER. The beautiful bird known as the bee eater Is ot gorgeous plumage, the predominating color of its feathers being a brilliant green, though a rich red-brown, buff, and black also enter Into Its coloring, making -an artistic combination most attractive to the eye. The female bee eater makes for her nest a hole In a bank, or digs a narrow tunnel into level earth to the astonishing depth of eight or ten feet. This tunnel nest shows much Ingenu ity In construction. The number of the season's lay ranges from four to six eggs, and these are deposited in the bottom of the hole or tunnel which Is used for a neBt. There Is no straw, bark, leaves or feathers to soften the nest, the eggs being laid on the hard earth. The territory occupied by the bee eaters ranges from the British Isl ands to Australia, the African region especially being plentifully supplied with them. The feet of the bee eater are peculiarly formed, the middle and outer toes being webbed together to almost their entire length. The name "bee eater" Is most ap propriate Inasmuch as the bird feasts upon bees whenever It gets a chance to do so, and in Spain is a real pest to the bee raisers, for it hovers about the honey bees' hives, catching the luckless Insects In great numbers. Birmingham Age-Herald. GATHERING INDIA RUBBER. India rubber has a curious history In the arts. Its common name was given to It because It was first used for removing pencil marks from pa per. It is produced in most tropical lands. The use of it has increased until It has become one of the most Important forest products of the world. It has become In many parts ot the world an article of cultivation, but the native forests of the Amazon basin and of the Congo, in Africa, are still the source of the world's greatest supply. The quantity has been great ly increased In later years, for the production has been stimulated by an advance in price. Interesting facts in regard to the industry In the Amazon region are given by one who Is a native of the country and famil iar with its productions. As the steamer moves along the traveler on the Amazon, or on any of its numerous navigable tributaries, will notice little wisps of smoke ris ing from the banks of the river. This smoke, which Is quite characteristic of the most fertile river banks, Indi cates the places where the natives are treating the sap ot the rubber tree to prepare it for the market. The business of collecting and pre paring, rubber is parried on extensive ly In the valley ot the Amazon. There are districts ot from forty to fifty miles owned and operated by one per son. The rubber trees are scattered more or less plentifully among other trees that yield no profit as yet. When a man has secured a large tract ot forest land for the Industry, he puts up a rough shelter upon It, and engages all the Indians of the neighborhood, men and women, to help him in the work. They start out early in the morn ing to make the rounds of the estate. tor they must get back to the river side before the heat of the day be comes too great. They tap the trees afresh It they need it, attach the lit tle tin enps for catching the sap and bring home whatever sap may have been collected. The sap ot the rubber tree is a per feetly white liquid of the consistency of goat's milk. It is necessary that It be converted into a solid. This ii effected by the action of a pungent smoke which coagulates, or curdles, the milky fluid. For this use the seeds of two different kinds of palm are employed. Nothing else will an swer the purpose. The seeds are put in an earthen Jar which has a narrow neck, the bot tom of which Is perforated with a number of square holes. In this the palm nuts are burned; the holes in the bottom ot the Jar admit a draft and cause a dense smoke to issue from the deck) of the steamer. The operator takes a paddle slml lar to that with which he paddles his canoe and holds the blade of It over the Jar. Upon it he pours the milky Juice, cup by cup, all the time turn Ing the blade so as to bring all parte of it into the smoke. The fluid Is In stantly fixed, and adheres to the wood or to the rubber already formed. This process goes on until a solid lump Is formed that will weigh perhaps six teen pounds. When the lump has grown large enough for handling, a slit Is cut In it and the blade is drawn out. A mass of rubber is left ready for ex portation. It is the smoke used In coagulating the sap that gives crude rubber the dark appearance which Is familiar. The natives who collect the rubber have little use for the article at home, They have no penclllngs to erase, wear no raincoats, have no mills to be supplied with belting, nor automo biles that require rubber tires. They do, however, make playthings for their children by pouring the sap into clay molds of birds, animals and fishes, and then crushing the clay and removing it. -i AN OPTICAL ILLUSION. This amuBing toy consists of a litle square box made of cardboard 2x2x3 Inches, Inside of which a slanting piece of cardboard and a piece of looking glass are glued to. the sjdes of the little box,, as the diagram shows. Line A B represents the bottom, A C the rear wall of the box, D L the slanting piece of paste board and D E the slanting piece of looking glass. In the centres of the front and back sides of the box round openings are made; one for the eye, the other one to admit a marble, which is to roll down the slanting piece of cardboard. If you let the marble roll down and look Into the box at the same time you will see the marble roll upward! This Is a very puzzling little Illu sion and will amuse your friends if you do not tell them how It is done. Washington Star. Russian Court Customs. There are some curious customs at the Russian court which do not har monize with one's Idea of a despotic and autocratic sovereign While we are sitting at small tables, the Czar walked about, talking to his guests, all of whom, including officers, re mained seated. It appears that this was the habit of Peter the Great, who disliked ceremony of any kind; and as tradition rs 'everything in Russia, this custom was religiously kept. There is no .'oubt that the etiquette, of the Russian court it, much less rigid than it is in England or Germany. For instance, It is not the custon to treat the members ot the imperial family with so much def. erence as In other European courts. I noticed that the ladies did not think of courtesylng to a young grand duke and would rise only when the Czarina did, or at the entrance ot the Czar. The ladies, too, when mak ing their obeslance, bowe swiftly from the waist, which was even more ungraceful than the English bob; our apology for a courtesy. - The men, on the other hand, were very deferen tial, particularly to the ladies. From "The Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill," in the Century. Building Note in 1023. Ia order to complete the 410th story ot the Skyndicate building the contractors will hare to raise the sky three or four feet Harper' Wkly. til Farm Topics, ffl BONO FOR THE FARMER. The cackle of the hen should be the sweetest song that greets the ear ot the farmer. THE HORSE'S FOOT. Inspect the feet of the horse quite often. You know the old saying ot "No foot, no horse," and every word ot it Is so. CLEAN NESTS. Change the straw In the nests as often as it is required. The hent will 'appreciate it and It will Induce them to lay more eggs. DARK STALLS. While dark stalls may keep the flies away, they are Injurious In other ways. Stock ot all kinds need the sunshine worse than man, and will suffer worse from the lack of It TO PRESERVE EGGS. Cover a fresh egg with a thin coat ing ot lard and It will keep perfectly good for an Indefinite period, accord' ing to a report ot a new method for preserving eggs, made to the State Department by Consul Murphy, at Bordeaux. The discovery is ot Ital ian, origin, and Is regarded as Im portant, as it Is maintained that 100 eggs can thus be preserved with tonr cents' worth ot lard and an hour of time. Farmers' Home Journal. PLOW POINTS. Asparagus demands a rich, deep, well-drained soil. It is a gross feed' er, and will take almost any amount ot fertilizer. Salt 13 often used on asparagus beds, and is sometimes' an indirect fertilizer, acting upon fertility al ready in the soil, and having a dis tinct tendency to attract and hold moisture, but it has no direct ferti lizing influence. However, It has a beneficlent effect in helping to check the growth of weeds. Kainlt is an excellent thing for as paragus beds, as it contains a con slderable percentage of sulphate ot potash, which Is a direct fertilizer; It also contains a fourth of its bulk of salt. Home and Farm. SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE WEANER, This can be made ot wood. Take a piece of board (one-fourth inch thick lS about right) and carve it out ex actly as shown in the illustration. Pattern should be about five inches long for cow, somewhat smaller for calf. Now by adjusting this simple piece of board into the cow or calf's nose you have a perfect weaner. It does not interfere with animals' eat ing or drinking. Have tried this and found it a success, a perfect weaner, C. F. Fresbkom, in The Epitomist FARM GLEANINGS. Dairymen prefer to milk before they clean the cow and horse stables. In this way they miss the dust and odors which arise when cleaning and feeding is done. There is no standard for Judging the guinea fowl. They should, how ever, be of uniform shape, great ac tivity and reasonably good producers of eggs. Their entire egg crop is pro duced in summer. Bitter cream comes from keeping cream too long from cows that have been milked since early last spring. It Is best to churn every few days, ffven though there Is only a small Churning on hand. In setting out the new fruit trees be sure and leave plenty of space be tween them.' You must make allow. ance for the growth of the years. Crowded trees Interfere wltii one an other and have their fruit bearing possibilities checked. The potato storeroom mnst be dark, cool, well ventilated and dry. There should be a double floor be neath where large quantities are piled together. There should also be op portunities for ventilation at the walls, end at intovaU through 'the pile. Alfalfa in the orchard should have every show possible. Allow the fall growth to lie on the ground, and then after the ' ground dries up in the spring, the coat of dead vines should be burned. There is no better money Maker on the farm than alfalfa. The most money is made out o! horses that are well bred and free from blemishes. Why raise any other kind? As has been repeatedly said it takes Just as much time and trouble and feed to raise a poor borse as a good one, and see the difference In the prices for which they are sold. A good condition powder, to be fed In limited quantities to the brood sow, is composed ot a teaspoonful each of coperas, sulphur and half a cupful of oil meal. Give once a day for each sow weighing 250 pounds. It Is needless to say that all tonics should be given only when the animal Is oat of condition. i BUSINESS CXRDB, E, NEFF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Pension Attorney and RealtEstate Agent. RAYMOND E. BROWN, attorney at law, Brookvtllk, Pa. m. Mcdonald, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Real estate agent, patents secured, col lections made promptly. Office In Syndicate uiliMng, Keynoldsville, Pa. gMITH M. MoCREIGHT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Notary public and real estate at ent, Ool- Sctlons will receive prompt attention. Offioe the Keynoldsville Hardware Co. building, aln street Beynoldsvllle, Pa. QR. B. E. HOOVER, DENTIST, Resident dentist In the Hoover building Mala street. Gentleness In operating. DR. L. L. MEANS, DENTIST ' Ofllce on second floor of the First Hatloaat bank building, Main street. DR. R. DeVERE kino, DENTIST, office on second floor ot the Syndicate balM Ing, Main street, Keynoldsville, Pa. HENRY PRIESTER UNDERTAKER. Black and white funeral cars. Mala street, ReynoldsTllle, Pa. D. H. YOUNG, ARCHITECT Corner Grant and Flfta St., Reynold Mile, Pa. MARKETS. PITTSBURG. Wheat No. t red S 85 00 Rye No. Corn No. 1 yellow, ear 80 St No. yellow, shelled 79 go Mixed ear 77 78 Oats No. S white 67 58 No. S white M 67 Flour Winter patent 5 15 9 SO Fancy straight winters Bay No. 1 Timothy 1500 15 51) Clorer Ho. 1 1400 14 50 Feed No. 1 white mid. ton M 00 89 M Brown middlings fT SdOO 27 00 Bran, bulk 21 50 87 00 Straw Wheat 8 so too Oat 8 53 too Dairy Products. Butter Elgin creamery Si as Ohlooreamery 30 si Fancy country roll 17 IS Cheese Ohio, new ' 14 17 New York, new It 17 Poultry, Etc. , Hens per lb I 17 M Chickens dressed 1 11 Eggs Pa. and Ohio, tresh 17 18 Fruits and Vegetablss. Potatoes Faney white per bu.... 85 00 Cabbage per ton 115 12, Onions per barrel ..... t 50 0 00 BALTIMORE. Flour Winter Patent f in i SO Wheat No. red 1 0 Corn Mixed 7 75 Eggs 17 IS Butter Ohio creamery Hi 86 PHILADELPHIA. Flour Winter Patent $ S 5 75 Wheat-No. red 100 Corn No. J mixed 80 M Oats No. S white 54 55 Butter Creamery S4 S5 Eggs Pennsylvania firsts 17 18 NEW YORK. J Flour Patents I 5 60 TO Wheat No. red 100 Corn No. 1 ' Oats No. white M W Butter Creamery 2 Eggs State and Pennsylvania.... 17 IS LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle. Extra, 1,450 to 1,600 lbs .'..I 7 10 7 50 Prime, 1,800 to 1,400 lbs 7i TOO Good, 1,4)0 to 1,800 lbs (5) 71 Tidy, 4,050 to 1,150 lbs t W Common, 700 to ItoO lbs 5 5 4 00 Oxen, 6 00 i OJ Bulls 8 01 5 00 Cows 8)1 4 SI Heifers, TOO to L 100. , 1)1 5 55 Fresh Cows and Springers 11 Jl 55 0 Hogs. Prime heary 1 5 80 5 88 Prime medium weight 5 80 ( 85 Beet heary Yorker. 6 80 Wood light Yorkers...., 5 40 $50 Pigs 5 8) 5 40 Roughs 4 7.) 5 SO Stags 8 6) 4 00 8heep. Prime wethers, dipped. I 4 Ti 4 85 Good mixed 4 50 4 65 Fair mixed 4eres and wethers 4 10 4 40 Culls and Mmnai fl no M Lambs 7 00 MOO Calves. Veal ealres I no 7 Bpary and thia ealres I 00 i 00 Illuminating Gas. Like most other Important inven tions or discoveries, that of illuminat ing gas takes us back through de- vlous ways and to many points. But we get very near the head waters of the question in the Rev. Mr. Clayton, of England, who, in 1739, published a paper in the "Philosophical Transac tions" detailing bis experiments with tie gases obtained 'by the decomposi tion of pit coal In heated close ves sels. But Mr. Clayton had made the discovery long before this da'te. as he alludes to it In a letter addressed to the society in May, 1GS3. The American. TO REMOVE MILDEW. Take-4 teaspoons chloride of lime and 12 teaspoons common washing soda to a quart and a pint ot water; first boll water and soda, then add the lime, then strain through mus lin to remove any particles of Ume. Dip the article In the fluid and let remain in soak for a few minutes, then thorough rlnse'ln clear water. This solution only affects white material . Boston Post. When a person has completed nfs eighty-fourth year be has completed It, Just as when he has gathered eighty-four bushels of apples he has gathered eighty-four bushels. If he goes on gathering, reckons the In dianapolis News, every one he gets after that is making up tils eighty- fifth bushel; so every minute after completing his eighty-fourth year is making up bis eighty-fifth. 1
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