PITTSBURG EXPOSITION OPENS SEPTEMBER 2 IheotoelliMas OrcSestra and Many Fins Ex! Wednesday evening, Sept. 2. will mark the opening of tlio twentieth sea son ot the Pittsburg Kxpo.iitlon, the Theodore Thomas orchoatra of Chi cago, with Frederick Stock as con ductor, having been accorded the honor of launching the "best season ever" at the junction of the three rivers. The Thomas orchoatra opened the year's events last season at the exposition and so popular was It that there was an Immediate clamor that It be reengaged for this season. While muBic will, of course, be one of the greatest features of the exposi tion this yenr, as In years gone by, never before have there been bo many Interesting displays installed as at present. All of the exhibition space in Machinery hall and the main building has been allotted to exhibitors who promise, and who are putting In en tirely new attractions. The musical attractions for the sea son are as follows, a galaxy of the most notable organizations in the country: Theodore Thomas orchestra, Sept. 2 to Sept. 8; John Philip Sousa, Sept. 9 to 19, Inclusive; Russian symphony orchestra, Sept. 21 to 26, inclusive; Arthur Prjor and his band, Sept. 28 to Oct. 3, inclusive; Bostonia women's orchestra, Oct. 5 to 10, Inclusive; Creatore's band, Oct. 12 to 17; Dam rosch and the New York symphony or chestra. Oct. 19 to 24. In Machinery hall this season there will be something new on every hand. The Carnegie Steel company is now In stalling a dlsplav to contain an exact model of "Fighting Bob" Evans's flag ship Connecticut, the display to occupy a space of more than 12,0'00 square feet. It will be nn exact model, the battleship having been erected almost entirely of Pittsburg products, the ar mor plate having been supplied by the Carnegie Steel company. In the Hippo drome there will be a realistic mili tary spectacle, picturing the Spanish war. This will be one of the greatest .works of real'nm ever presented at the exposition. Then there will be Btartling electrical Innovations In Ma chinery hall; a complete plant In stalled by tha Pittsburg Steel com pany showing the manufacture of wire fence. Anon.g the new attractions In the main building will be an electrical scenic cyclorama, "A Day in Japan." . The Pennsylvania Railroad company will hare a display tending to show the evolution of railroading during the past century. It will consist of three models, the old Conestoga wagon and mules; the canal boat and mules and the first engine ever to travel over the Pennsy, the "Lancaster." A gallery of 400 notables, men who have assist ed In making Greater Pittsburg, will adorn a prominent space along the main aisle of the main building. , The theatorium. merry-go-round, rol ler coaster, Ferris wheel, pony track and all of the other amusements for the young and old are being put in readiness for the twentieth season. JJUGHE9 & FLEMING. FUNERAL DIRECTORS Min Si n ot. Reynoltisvill', Pa. TOO MUCH WATER In I no wrong place la nearly ux bad as too little in tbe right place. And poor plumbing may be rrRponslble for either condition. You'll not have any such tnrtible If you em ploy us. WE'LL FIX YOUR PLUMBING So you'll have neither too much nor too little water. We'll put In both the right sized sup ply and the right sized waste pipes. Avoid trouble by having us do it now. C. E. HUMPHREY Plumber WINDSOR HOTEL W.T. Brubaker, Mgr. Midway between Broad St. Station and Heading Terminal on Filbert at. European tl.OO per day aod up. American ;.50 per day and ud. Theonly moderate priced hotel of rep utation and consequence In PHILADELPHIA E XEOTTOR'3 NOTICE. Estate of Stove Joevay, late of Wlnslow Township, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters testa mentary on the estate of Steve Josvay, late of Wlnslow township, county of Jefferson and state of Pennsylvania, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, to whom all person indebted to said estate are re quested to make payment, and those having Claims or demands will make known the same without delay. Jamks W. GajLiflpia, Executor. Beynoldsvllle, Pa., July 30. 1008. Humor WAITING FOR ANOTHER. How a Borrower Expects to Square a Debt. , The Impecunious man got the atten tion of a group of friends long enough to toil them a little Joke on himself. At first they regarded him with deep suspicion, most of them having suf fered more or loss from his sorry hnliit of borrowing. When he had convinced them that he had no designs on their pocketbooks they consented to listen to his story. "Well," lie began, "I have a very ilenr friend whom I long hesitated to borrow from because of my regretta ble nbseutnilmlednesg In such matters. Heavy sighs from the assemblage. However, being iu desperate straits one day, 1 mustered up courage to touch' him for n live spot. Guess ho hadn't hoard much about tue, for he went right down into his pocket and dug up the requested sum. "'All right, old chap," snld he. 'Any time I can help J'ou out In a pinch I'll be glad to do so.' "Thnt wns some three weeks ago, and of course I had tried to forget it, not having managed to gather the amount of the loan mean while. The other morning my friend nppronched me with a genuinely serious air. " 'Say,' he snld, 'I had n funny dream last night, and you were In It.' "'That so?' said I. 'What was I doing returning money thnt I had borrowed?' " 'That's Just what yo were doing In part of the dream,' replied my friend. 'We were at a social gather ing, and I could plainly see you hand me the five by the way,' he broke olT. 'have you really paid me thnt five?" " 'No,' I responded, and I could hnve kicked myself the moment the word escaped my Hps. " 'Well,' said my friend, 'thnt dream made so strong an Impression upon me that I was half convinced .you had really paid me, and If you had said you did I would not have doubted your word ' "I took very little Interest In the re mainder of the dream," snld the Im pecunious man sadly. "Have you paid him yet?" ono of the listeners asked. "No," was the reply. "I am waiting for him to have another dream." De troit Free Tress. Hardships of the Very Poor. Little Marlon, having few renl play mates, has supplied herself with sev eral Imaginary ones, with whom she has many surprising experiences. Her mother recently overheard her playing with her large family of dollB and en tertaining a vlsiounry caller. "Yes, Mrs. Smif," she said, heaving a deep sigh, "we are poor terribly poor. We are so poor thnt I have to spank my babies to keep thorn warm." Woman's Home Companion For the Meek Man. "I buy all of John's shirts," said the tall, firm jawed woman, "and I don't allow him to wear loud colors. Show me some subdued shirts." "Yes, ma'am," hastened the witty clerk. "Just step this way. Here are some subdued shirts for subdued hus bands." Detroit Tribune. The Trouble. Lowe Comerdy Yes, Starmnn, the tragedian,' Is hopelessly mad. HI Tragcdry Overstudy? . Lowe Comerdy No, his understudy. He made a bigger hit In the part than Starman. - Catholic Standard and Times. What's the Use? INN u 5,-W.J i BW5i.ii .:..ry, i-i The Parson Ah, Pat, wasting your money in there acaln! Yon oueht to put by for a rainy day Pat Sure, thin, Ol'd never spend ut at all, at all. It's laid up wld rheuma tism 1 am when the weather's wet an' can't go out o' the house. Sketch. 8 peed Mania. "How fast do you usually travel?" "I don't pay much attention to that," answered the motorist "I get most of my excitement In watching the rapidi ty with which pedestrians move out of my way." Boston Post A Paradox. "What a fiat situation that new house bas which Mr. Plunglt, the bold peculator, la building for himself." 'Tea, It la flat, and yet he built It on a blnft"-PitUburg Post Numerical. Customer I want a pair of corse?! for my wife. Saleslady What number? "She'i No. 8."-New Tork Lift. A SHORT SPEECH. Made by an Indian Chief In Reply to a Government Agent, , Old Shnh-bah-Skong, the head chief of Mille Lac, brought till his warriors to dereud Fort Itipley in I8U2. The secretary of the Interior and the gov ernor and, legislature of Minnesota promised these Indians thnt for this net of bravery they should have the special cure of the government aud never be removed. A few years later a special agent was sent from Washington to ask the Ojlbways to cede their lands and re move to a country north of Leech lake. The agent asked my help. I said: "I know that country. I have camp ed on It. It Is the most worthless strip of land In Minnesota. The Indians tire not fools. Don't attempt this folly. You will surely come to grief." He cnllcd the Indians In council and snld: , "My red brothers, your gsrnt father has heard how you have been wrong ed. He suld, 'I will send them an hon est man.' He looked In the north, the south, the east and the west. When ho saw me, ho said, 'This is tlio hon est man whom I will send to my red children.'. Brothers, look at me! The winds of (ll'ty-flve years have blown over my head and slivered It with gray, nnd In nil that time I have never done wrong to any man. As your friend I ask you to sign this treaty." Old Slmh-bah-Skong sprang to his feet and said: "My friend, look at me! The winds of more than fifty winters have blown over my head aud silvered It with gray, but they have not blown iny bin I ns away." That council was ended. THE NECK RUFF. It Reached Its Full Glory In the Six teenth Century. One of tlii most peculiar nnd Inter esting evolutions in historic fashion Is the growth aud development of the ruff In England. This ruff began its career ns a humble little something like a tuck running along the top of the chemisette from shoulder to shoul der. You can see It grow In the portraits of royal personages slowly, but surely, like n great linen flower opening its plaited petals from genera tion to generation. During the reign of Henry VII. It wns scarcely more than a budding excrescence, but with Henry VIII. it had outgrown Its tuck stage to the extent of reaehiij? up to the ears nnd wns beginning to sport a mild flnre. Those 'were the days of such strict sumptuary laws thnt In or der to wear black gemet you must be royal, to wear sable you must outrank your viscount neighbor, to wear mar ten or velvet trimmings you must be able to show an Income of over 200 mnrks a year. The reign of Edward VI. and Queen Mary meaely fostered the ruff without encouragmg It to any greater development. But Queen Elisa beth, seeing In It possibilities for off setting her red hair and clear skin, fanned It Into vigorous life. In the six teenth century the ruff burst Into full bloom. , Men and women, eveu tiny princesses, were overshadowed by the stiff rays of the ruff on all great occa sions. Even over France, Germany and Italy. It spread its white pinions and held unquestioned 'sway until It fell with the Roundheads. The Burnt Cork Circle. "MIstab Middleman, Ah has ah rid dle." "Mr. Bones, we shall be delighted to have you propound It." "Yessah, but hit ain't nothln' lak dat Ah Jest desires to ax yo' what am de difference between ah storekeeper whose business Is Improvlu' an' a man who selects feathers fo' Bofa pillows?" "That's a pretty hnrd nut to crack, Mr. Bones. Now, what is the differ ence between a storekeeper whose business is improving nnd a man who selects feathers for sofa pillows?" "De storekeeper's business Is plckin' up, an' de other man's business Is plckin' down." , "Mr. T. N. Orr will sing the pathetic ballad, 'He Married Himself to a Mar cel Wave, uu' Now He's All at Sea.' " Harper's Weekly. ' Swankera. ' A number of our contemporaries ap pear to be somewhat exercised as to the precise meaning of the word "swank." Swank, though usually called by other names. Is the leading characteristic of Englishmen. French men used to talk of "perfidious Al bion." It was simply another way of calling us swankers. To swank Is, broadly, to make tbe thing that Is not seem as the thing that Is. London Globe. Not. "Shall we marry, darling, or shall we knot?1! was the short and witty line an ardent lover dispatched to the Idol of his heart But where tbe strangeness of the I matter comes In, the girl replied: "I ncaii not. iou may ao as you piease. Moral Lesson Lost. "Good for Squllllpsl I hear that since be quit drinking be bag got rich." "It's too bad to spoil that story, bat It's the other way. Since he got rich he has quit drinking." Chicago Trib une. Much Easier. Candidate of Ideals Wouldn't you rather be right than president? Prac tical Friend Certainly 1 It Is bo much easier to be right Baltimore Amert- Honesty Is the best policy, but It la the sort of policy that haa no tfr render value. Philadelphia Inquirer. i THE BIRO CLOWN. A Queer Kind of Fellow Is the Yellow Breasted Chat. The oddities of the yellow breasted chat begin even with his elassltlenthrj. To think of a warbler the size of a Baltimore oriole, n warbler with a song like a mocking bird! Indeed, there Is little nbout the Hint that Is not remarkable. He goes In for the weird aud the spectacular. If Nature designed him to show what she cr.uld do in the way of the unusual an.', the eccentric, she had remarkable success. This bird nnd not the catbird Is the real "own of the woods." Clown of the thicket would be more apt. for. like the catbird, be prefers the shrub mid lower trees. A wild tangle of briers and vines is a favorite haunt. It Is only the better to survey such n re treat that he mounts to the top of a tree. From his lofty perch he slug, to the nmnzeipent and bewilderment of the person that hears the song for the first time. More likely than mt he will become Invisible and sllctit upon the first attempt to approach him, remaining quiet ntul hidden tiil you move on again; then he chuckles loudly nnd scolds nnd spits nnd scoITm till you are out of sight nnd bearing. No bird Is so fearful of belug seen or such n ninster of hide and seek. It Is worse than useless to try to steal a march on him. He manages to he al ways on the wrong side of the next bush. If you should find his nest which Is a pretty little basket of straws and weed stalks lined with fine grasses and strips of soft bark or leaves placed a foot or more above the ground among tall weeds or bushes, the sitting bird steals away and is at once lost to sight Take n peep nt the white, red speckled eggs and then hide nmong the bushes ns far nwny from tbe nest as you enn while s,till keeping It In sight. Yon may have to wait for an hour and even make other trips to the spot, but this Is the surest way to get a good look at this shy one. St. Nich olas. Triumph of Mind. Victim of Delusion Doctor, I'm aw fully nfrald I'm going to. have .brain fever. Doctor Pooh, pooh, my dear friend! That is nil on Illusion of the senses. There is no such thing ns fever. You have no fever; you have no br h'm--no material substance upon which such a wholly Imaginary and supposititious thing ns a fever could find any 'base of operation. Victim Oh, doctor, what a load you have tak en from my from my I hnve n mind, haven't I, doctor? Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Spenders l wonuei like It If I ever got "new womanish" and Insisted upon wenrlng men's clothes. Mr. Spenders Oh. I haven't any fear of you ever doing that. Men's clothes are never very expensive! London Opinion. AUCTION f35m plu fcUiwL kSlwk ElUik i JCe3' fe'iU jxJLJL- Thursday, August 20th, 1908 325-327 LONG AVE., DU BOIS, PA. The best opportunity of your life to buy a Buggy at your own price. Hibner Hoover Hardware Co. will offer their entire stock of Buggies, Surreys, Hacks and Delivery Wagons at Auction on Above Date. 4 rubber tire top buggies. 25 eteel tire top buggies. 2 top slat wagons. ' 7 steel tire stick runabouts. 4 panel seat runabouts. 1 phaeton. 1 mail, wagon. 1 cushion tire .open runabout. 2 solid rubber tired runabouts. 1 steel tired Stanhope. ' 1 rubber tired Stanhope. These jobs are all standard, medium and high grade work in first class condi tion and will be positively sold to the highest bidder, sale to begin at 10 a. m. Terms made known on day of sale. IB-HOOVER IIDIVE. CO., DUBOIS, PA. PENSIONS rnOLOrij' LIFE. An Important Faeiir In the Promotion of L:n; An Important ml i:::ov.orthy fact which Is to be taken Into account by English economists in the administra tion of their old ng pension system Is that pensioners live long. That fact, often stnted in a satiric vein, Is to he taken serloiisdy, us demonstrated by statistics and us having an essential bearing on both the" amount of pen sions to be paid nnd the effect of them upon society. A striking demonstration of this is to be observed In the records of the Friendly Society of Iron Founders In England.. That organization has for many years been paying pensions to .its superannuated members, la 1883-5 It was found tnat the average age of these pensioners at death was sixty-eight years nnd six months. In 1901-7 It wns seventy-one years and three months. Thus the average life of n pensioner had been lengthened by two years and nine months. It does not appear that the general average of human life in England has been lengthened to so great an extent, wherefore wo must conclude that the pensions are nn Important factor In the promotion of longevity. That Is quite natural, of course, for the en joyment of a pension means better food nnd generally better conditions of life than tlio superannuated worker would have without it, as well as greater freedom from nnxlety, and those Improved circumstances prolong life. If the same rule operates under the nationnl pension system, ns It proba bly will, though perhaps not to so mnrked an extent, the national treas ury will have more to pay on that ac count than Is estimated under the present expectancy of life. This Increase In the length of life of pensioners, while It will ndd to the cost of the system. Is of course to be regarded with gratification ns n be neficent nnd desirable result and ns nn argument In favor of the system. New York Tribune. Among the fishes which produce nu beslve eggs nre the little black head minnow (Plmepliales promelnsi nnd tbe goldfish. The mnle blackhead deposits the fecundated eggs singly upon the underside of leaves of water plants and watches them unceasingly until hatched. The eggs of the goldfish are deposited singly upon the weeds and mosses in n similar manner by the male fish. The eggs of the yellow perch are held together In narrow strips or ribbons of n glutinous character. Ad hesive eggs of other species, as the black bass, sunfish, cntflshes, etc.. are deposited In masses In shallow nests or depressions on the bottom, and still other species deposit their spawn In variously shaped adhesive masses upon water plants, roots and submerged ob-ieets. ' 1 parcel wagon. 3 open slat wagons. 1 boulevard wagon. 11 open buggies. 3 'open Concord buggies. 1 open surrey. 2 canopy top surreys. 2 extension top surreys. 3 3-seated full platform spring hacks, with top. 1 three-seated full platform spring hack, open. 4 delivery wagons. "ier! beat Rubber AND Cllinax Aephnlt Needs no palnllnx. Nothing better made regardle of cost. Made by re liable people, ao'd by reliable people and backi d uii by quality. McHenry-Millhouse Jlfg. Co. South Rend, hid. Fore Sale bt Reynoldsville Hardware Co. Rkvnoi.iisvii.i.r, Pa. w u l-H o 05 B o i- ' a 01 a 3 0 CD 0 W X h "3 SALE llliirlllllllll.'t S ' "J'' I J I inJlli.wl.lU. L. I 1 M- I I
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