j"1 Books of Reference. Newspaper editors like to answer questions addressed to them by their readers If they are not too hard and they deem themselves as arbiters rather than as accessories to a mis demeanor when they are' appealed to for Information "to decide a bet." But they wonder sometimes why certain questions are put to them for arbitra ment when the answers are to be found In one of three very accessible books an almanac, a grammar and a small dictionary. These are books of reference that ought to be In every home library, however small. We. guess that thoy ere, but that they are sometimes dusty with misuse or out of easy reach on a top shelf. It Is well to have an al manac, a dictionary or an atlas handy when you are reading your newspaper. By .consulting them frequently tho reader will find his dnlly paper relates his enrly historical studies to present events and makes Ids touch with the world closer and more significant. Gel the habit!-New York Mall. A Sporting Parson. The inhibition of a hunting rector by his bishop reminds a correspondent that the Itev. .Tuck Russell, the fa mous west country sporting parson, was once cited to appear before the bishop of Exeter to answer charges of neglecting his spiritual and parochial duties, and he was also remonstrated with for keeping and following a pack of hounds. The charges were proved unfounded, and Russell refused to give up the sport, which he continued to pursue almost to the day of hi death In ISSn, at the nge of eight v ' eight. Besides being au insatiable hunter, he was, as his biographer pithily remarks, "a stanch supporter of Devonshire wrestlers, an admirable sparrer and an enthusiastic upholder of the virtues of Devonshire cider and cream." And 'in the pulpit he tried to reform conduct rather than to ex pound doctrine and was a stern de nouncer of bad language, strong drink and "the filthy habit of smok ing." St. .Tames' Gazette. A Tremendous Task. "So you are going to study law?" "Yes." "Going to make a specialty of crimi nal law?" . "No." "Corporation law?" "No. Both are too easy. What I want Is to be accurately and reliably Informed as to what months In the year and days In the week it Is per mitted to shoot certain game In the various sections of the country." Washington Star. (GERMS IN HER SYSTEM Every Woman Should Read This. I The number of diseases- peculiar to I woman is such that we believe this space i would hardly contain a mere mention of their names, and it is a fact that most of these diseases are of a catarrhal nature. ' A woman cannot be well if there is a trace of the catarrhal germs in her system. I Some women think there is no help for them. We positively declare this to be a mistaken idea. We are so sure of this that we offer to supply medicine absolutely free of all cost in every instance where it fails to give entire satisfaction or does not substantiate our claims. With this under standing, no woman should hesitate to believe our honesty of purpose, or hesitate to put our claims to a test. There is only one way to cure Catarrh. That way is through the blood. - You may use all the snuffs, douches or like remedies for years without getting more than tem porary relief at best. Catarrh is caused by a germ. That germ is carried by the blood to the innermost part of the system until the mucous membrane is broken, irritation and inflammation produced, and a flow of mucous results, and you can prob ably realize how silly it is to attempt to cure such an ailment unless you take a medicine that follows the same course as t'ne germ or parasite. Rexall Mucu-Tone is scientifically pre pared from the prescription of an eminent physician who for thirty years made his specialty Catarrh, and with this medicine hi averjged 98 of cuies where it was employed. No other remedy is so prop, erly designed for the ailments of woman. It will purify and enrich the blood, stop mucous discharge, destroy all germ matter, remove all impurities from the system, soothe, heal and strengthen the mucous tissues, and bring about a good feeling of health and strength. We want you to try Rexall Mucu-Tone on our guarantee. If you are not benefit ted, or for any reason not satisfied, simply tell us and we will hand back your money. Rexall Mucu-Tone comes in two sires, 50c and $i.oo. Stoke & Feicht Drug Company Store, IUynoldhville, Pa. "I Is Waiting Fo' Dat Plumber," Saamboy a maid in the kitchen. If we were sent for there would be quick response. Not only that, but the work would be promptly and correctly done . AT A REASONABLE CHARGE, And the whole system of the day would not be turned topsy turvy. Remem ber our address and phone number. C. E. HUMPHREY Plumber MEN'S CLOTHES. Not What They Used to Be In the Days of Elizabeth. Most men nowadays do not get much pleasure from -dress and scarce ly notice the cuauges of fashlou In men's clothes. They are vaguely aware that a lint looks odd wbeu Its shape Is old fashioned, and they ac cept the hat of the moment because they do not wish to look odd them selves. But this is a merely negative Interest. They are also apt to be con temptuous of women's greater Inter est In the fnshlons, as If It were a mark of frivolity. This Is an Ignorant mistake. Dress Is or ought to be an art, and therefore, If only a minor -art, It is a more seri ous matter tbau any of the games to which ninny men give so much time and pains. Besides, men have only be come indifferent to their clothes in modern times. -In the heroic age of Ellznbetb. they made themselves as smart n-t pea cocks. Grent soldiers and poets then took pains to be In the height of the fashion, and fashions changed with some violence and rapidity. In the eighteenth century, too, which we do not think of as a time of effeminacy and when men were wanting neither In enterprise nor In seriousness, they were ns splendid and extravagant In their dress as women. London Times. WONDERS OF VELOCITY. A Piece of Thin Cardboard Will Cut Through Wood. Velocity has 11 great deal to do with one substance's ability to break through another, and it Is remarkable what can be accomplished by a com paratively soft substance against a much harder one when the former Is given enough velocity. A bullet rande of a tallow candle would smash flat If fired against a board from a toy gnu, but when shot from nn nrmy rifle It will go right through the board. A stream of water has been known to have such swiftness of movement that a sword was broken In two when a strong man tried to cut it through. Cyclones have been known to drive such frail projectiles as straws well Into a tree. An Interesting experiment showing what a soft substance can do may be performed by attaching a brlstol board disk to the motor of an electric fan and setting It to revolving at the fan's usual rate. If a piece of wood, such ns a lead pencil, for example, be carefully applied to the edge of the revolving disk, the wood will very readily be cut through. Of course If the disk were to revolve slowly the wood would soon blunt its edge. Path finder. Roaring Muscles. "If a writer wrote of roaring mus cles, you would laugh at him. Joints crack, the stomach thunders, but mus cles, you would say, don't ronr. That la your mistake. They do." The speaker, a physician, put his finger In his ear. "I hear a muscle roaring now," said he. "Try It, and you, too, will hear the sound. And to prove that it Is the sound of a muscle, put a plug of wood In your ear Instead, and you will hear nothing. "Contracted muscles give out a roar ing sound. Relaxed muscles are si lent This fact Is of use In diagnos ing certain diseases. The stethoscope makes the muscular roars audible, and those strange voices proclaim the pres ence of such diseases as tetanus, men ingitis or strychnine poisoning, while silence on the muscles' part Is, so to speak, a sullen admission of the pres ence In their midst of atrophy, degen eration, paralysis." Buffalo Express. It Is Well. It is well to cnrefully cultivate tastes. Ruskin says.-eJ'Tell me what you like and I will tell you what you are." It Is well to study human character. Bodenstedt says: "In the face of ev ery human being his history stands plainly written; his Innermost nature steps forth to the light. Yet they are the fewest who can read and under stand." It is well to "brush up against the world." Goethe says: "Talent forms Itself In secret. Character Is the great current of the world." . It is well to be never cast down. Elizabeth Barrett Browning says: Let no one till his death Be called unhappy. Measure not the work Until the day's out and the labor done. - Who the Mound Builders Were. Who were the mound builders of North America? The Rev. Dr. Bryce of Winnipeg has examined a large number of these Interesting struc tures and Is of the opinion that they were built by the Toltecs and mark (he course of the Toltec Immigration from the south along the Mississippi and Ohio to the great lakes and the St Lawrence, along the Missouri and along the Mississippi proper to the Rainy and Red rivers. This -would make the earliest mound date from about 1100 A. D. Boston Herald. Hie Strong Point. . "It Is true," sold a friend, "that you have amassed a great fortune. But your grammar" "Never mind the grammar," said Mr. Dustin Stsx. "This is an era of specialisations. I may be weak In some branches, but I'm an authority on the possessive case." Washington Star. Writing For Money. Green I hear your wife is an au thoress. Does she write for money? Breen I never receive a letter from her that she writes for anything else. Town Topics. A BRILLIANT SHAM. Paris Under the Rule of the Third Napoleon. Never was there so pleasure loving mid so easy goihg a court, and seldom has there been oue which was exter nally so splendid. The emperor spent money like water and thereby produc ed a prosperity for the time and with it popularity for the government. Hundreds of millions were lavished upon Paris, much of It being wasted, yet none the less with the result that the city really deserved Its title hi vllle lumlere. In these days It has gone to seed and grown shabby, but In 18(10 everything seemed fresh nnd new and brllllnut and Imposing. The nrmy was rotten to the core. Yet the emperor's cent gardes were splendid soldiers to the eye. Society was no less demoralized, yet its gayety wns exhilarating. These were the days when it was said that good Americans when they die go to Paris. The em peror conferred distinction by recog nizing any foreigner. The empress set the fashions for the world. It was all a sham, but It was thoroughly 11ms nlflcent In Its wny.x It can best be understood at present by reading Zo la's enrly novels, by recalling some chapters of Daudet's "Le Nabob" and by remembering Jacques Offcnbacb, whose opera boufle was the most chnr acterlsllc production of an empire which Itself was bouffe. That shal low and yet catchy music wns a tonal sneer. Every libretto was n mock nt the old time virtues of chastity and honor and courage. Harry Thurston Peck In Bookman. BELLINI'S BEST OPERA. "Norma" Wes Hissed at First The Composer's IDeath. . Bellini, was born In Sicily. He died nt Puteauk, near Paris, under some what strange circumstances, in 1835. Baron Aymu d'Aquno wrote ton friend: "I rode out to call on him; but, ns usu al, the gardener of ills house refused to lot me in. Later on In the day there was a heavy storm, and at about 5 o'clock I once again tried to see him. As no one answered tho bell I pushed against the gate, and it gave way, so I got Into the bouse. I found Bellini on n bed, abandoned by all. At first I thought that he was asleep. When I touched his hand, It was quite cold, for he was dead." A curious letter Is published, written by lilra when bis "Norma" was hissed at the first representation: "I have Just returned from the Scaln. Would you believe It? 'Norma' was hissed. I no longer recognized the friendly Milan ese, who received with enthusiasm and delight the 'II rirata,' 'La Stranlern,' 'La Sonnambula.' I have deceived my self. I have made a great mistake. All my progenitors have been wrong. All ray expectations have been Illusions. But, I assure you from my heart, there are morsels in It that I shall be proud If I can ever excel. Did uot tho Ro mans hiss 'L'OIymplade' of the divine Pergolesl? In nil theatrical produc tions the public is the supreme Judge. The public will reverse Its Judgment. It will recognize that 'Norma' is the best of my operas." Argonaut. Where Parliament Failed. According to all accounts, the Cam eron Highlanders militia are a fine body of men physically. Not long' ago four of them occupied the least crowd ed seat In a full compartment on a Scotland railway. Just as the train was moving off a diminutive little cler gyman Jumped Into the compartment and tried to edge himself In between two of the highbinders. Not finding It very comfortable, he turned to the one on his light and said: "Sit up, please. You know that, according to act of parliament, the seat holds five." The hlghlander looked at him for a moment and then replied: "That may be a rlcht enough for your kind, sir, but shalrly ye canna' blame me for no boln' constructed according to act of parllamentr Contagion and Infection. A contagious disease is one in which the disease producing organism goes direct from the person having the dis ease to a person who has not the dis ease without passing through nn inter mediary medium, as in tuberculosis, for example. Malaria, on the other hand, is an infectious disease, because the organism which produces It is tak en from a person by a mosquito, re produces itself In the mosquito and Is transmitted by the, mosquito which may never have been in contact with the person by whom the original or ganism' was given off. New York American. Another Way. A well known London physician was Invited out to the country for some shooting; but, although he tried sev eral times, he could not hit a single rabbit "I'm very unlucky," be exclaimed. "I've killed nothing all day." "Never mind," said his host. "Write the rabbits one of your prescriptions." Foul. "Foul tactics," declared the halfback. "What's the trouble now?" demand ed the referee. "I tried a kick for the stomach, but this fellow blocked It with his heftfl." Kansas City Journal. , Good Behavior. Employer Why were you discharged from your last place? Applicant For good behavior. Employer What do you mean by that? Applicant They took three months off my sentence. Cleveland Leader. To make luminous paint, mix a small quantity of calcium sulphide with or dinary white paint. . ANGER IS DANGEROUS. It Wrecks the Whole 8ytem and Tends to 8horten Life. It Is well known that a violent fit of Uemper affects the heart lustnntly, and J'.'J 1 LJtV imu .III 1 V UILHUI I IIU I II U presence of poison In the blood imme diately after such outburst. This ex plains why we feel so depressed, ex hausted and nervous after any storm of passion worry, Jealousy or revenge has swept through the mind. It has left In Its wake vicious mental poison nnd other harmful secretions In the brain and blood. There Is no constitution so strong but It will ultimately succumb to the constant racking and twisting of the Serve centers caused by nn uncon trolled temper. Every time you be come angry you reverse all of the nor mal mental and physical processes Everything In you rebels against pas sion storms; every mental faculty pro tests against their abuse. If people only realized whnt havoc Indulgence In hot temper plays In their delicate nervous structure, If they could only see with the physical eyes the dnmage done ns they can see whnt follows In the wake of n tornado, they would not dare to get angry. When the brain cells are overheated from a fit of temper their efficiency Is seriously Impaired, If not absolutely ruined. The presence of the anger poi son, the shock to the nervous system, is what makes the victim so exhausted and demoralized after loss of self con trol. Orison Swett Mnrden In Success Magazine. THE BACK OF THE NECK. , Make It Proof Against Drafts and Colds In the Head. "When I wns a boy," said a doctor, "I didn't believe in drafts. I thought that they who imputed colds to drafts were cranks. But ifne November night at a concert I felt all the even-' lng a strong draft on the tyick of my neck. It was bo strong It resembled a auction pump. 'Now,' sold 1 to my self, 'we'll see If this draft will give yours truly a cold.' " He shuddered. "For a week," he said, "1 was laid up with so vile a cold that I couldn't breathe save with my mouth open. And now I am satisfied that nine out of every ten colds are solely due to a draft on the back of the neck. "I know how to prevent such colds. Hence I may practically say that 1 know bow to prevent all colds. It Is a fact that none of my patients, thanks to my method, know what a cold is. "They lenrn from me to do this to bathe the back of the neck every morning in cold water. Thus the spot becomes hardened. It becomes draft proof. "And when a new patient, peculiarly sensitive to colds, visits me, my pecul iar treatment is to blow on the back of bis neck' with a bellows for several days In succession. The bellows, In conjunction with the icy douche, frees him from all future susceptibility. Thenceforth his winters pass without that horrid winter pest, a bad cold." New Orleans Times-Democrat. Colored Preacher's Text. A colored man In Atlanta, Gn., Is a preacher on Sundays and a barber on week days. One of his customers makes it a rule to be first In the chnlr on Monday morning, when be Is sure of being entertained by a resume of "Uncle - Rnstus' " Sunday dissertation. At night the family always looked for the latest from the colored brother. This was one of his recent effusions: "Yesterday I took for my text 'Clean liness am next to godliness,' and I dun reach my climax wld dls argu ment: 'Now, what day follows Sun day? Why, Monday. Mopday Is wash day In all well reg'lated fam blles. Monday comes nex' to Sun day; "so, my bredden, 'that settles it that the words of my tex' am true, "Cleanliness am nex' to godliness." ' " Chicago Record-Herald. Too Much Quiet. On one occasion the hustling and energetic archbishop of York, Dr. Maclagan, wrote to the vicar in an outlying village suggesting that he should lend his church for the purpose of giving the clergy of the district a "quiet day" for meditation and frater nal reunion. The witty vicar of this sleepy hamlet in the wolds promptly replied: My Dear Lord Archbishop Tour very kind letter to hand. But what the people in this village want most In their spiritual life Is not a "quiet day," but an earth Quake. London Standard. An Appeal For Mercy. "Judge," said the prisoner, "I sup pose you're going to soak me." "You are a habitual offender," re plied the judge; "were caught with the stolen goods, and the court will have to do Its painful duty." "I don't want to seem unreasonable," replied the prisoner. "I don't mind a long sentence. I'm used to It But say, judge, cut out the lecture that usually goes with it, won't you." Philadelphia Ledger. The Brute. "Yes, this room Is dark, damp and positively uninhabitable. It is sup piled for your wife's mother, if she has one." "She has. I'll take the flat."-Boston Traveler. An Old Timer. "He's an old newspaper man." "About how old?" "Well, he cat) remember when they only Issued extras when something happened." Louis vllle Courier-J ournaL Europe Is less than one-fourth as large as Asia. 8rcsm In the Commons. The reluctance of the house of com mons to adjourn over Derby day re calls a story related of one of the Ro mnn Catholic peers who took their seats some four or five years before the passage of the first reform bill aft er an exclusion of a century and a half. He gave notice that on a certain day he would make a certain motion, whereupon there arose from his noble colleagues a general .cry of "Derby!" The astonished novice named another day, only to be greeted with an equal ly unanimous expostulation of "Oaks!" At this be explained that he would have to ask the forgiveness of their lordships; but, having been educated abroad, be was forced to acknowledge that he was not familiar with the list of saints' days In the Anglican calen dar. His Glasses. He came home In the small hours of the morning, and his loving spouse confronted him with wrath in her eye and a telegram In her hand, saying, "Here Is news' that has been waiting for you Blnce supper time." He blinked, looked wise and, braced up against the hatrack, felt through his pockets, murmuring, "I left my glusses down town." "Yes," she replied, with scathing Irony, "but you brought the contents with you." Not Grasping. "What a grasping fellow you are, Hawkins! You've bothered me about this bill fifty times In ten days.' "You wrong me, Jarley. I'm not grasping. I've bothered you about the bill, I admit, but I haven't been able to grasp anything yet." Found Him Guilty. Counsel (to the Jury) The principal fault of the prisoner has been bis un fortunate choracterlstlc of putting faith In thieves and scoundrels of the basest description. I have done. Tho unhapy man la the dock puts Implicit faith in you, gentlemen of the Jury! She Had to Mend Them. Benham I believe In putting my' best foot forward. Mrs. Benham I have noticed that your toe always goes right through your stocking. Nw York Press. FEEBLE OLD LADY Has Strength Restored By Vinol ' Mrs. Michael Bloom of Lewistown, Pa., who Is 80 years of age, says: "For a long time I have been so feeble that I have had to be wheeled around in an invalid's chair. I had no strength and took cold at the slightest provoca tion, which invariably settled on my lungs, and a cough would result My son learned of the cod liver prep aration called Vinol, and procured a bottle for me. It built up my strength rapidly, and after taking three bottles I am able to do most of my work, and I can walk a quarter of a mile easily. Every aged or weak person who re quires strength should try Vinol. I am delighted with what it has dpne for me." As a body builder and strength crea tor for old people, delicate children, weak, run-down persons, and after sickness, Vinol is unexcelled. If it fails to give satisfaction we will la tum your money. Stoke & Feicht Drug Company Reynoldsville, Pa. BEST BY ANY TEST and the best test Is Its use. "Family Favorite" ; LAMP GIL Gives the nearest to natural of any arti ficial light known. Bum white, clear, steady and fullflamo ' to the last drop. Will not smoke, "smell" or flicker. Costs no more than ordinary tank wagon oil and infinitely bettor, fciost any dealer can supply you Waveily Oil Works Co., M0 Pittsburg", Pa. Alao mskari of Wawly Bperiii Auto 011 And Wawly OuoUims. 'To MARDI GRAS at New Orleans Via the Beautiful River Route. On the Steamer Queen City. Leaving Pittsburgh-February 13, 1:30 P. M. A delightful trip to the sunny South, seven days going, four days In New Orleans and ten days on the return trip. Fare Round Trip $70.00 to $90.00 IncluJei stmi and berth tnnalt and daring ttay n New Orltatu. . Select limited passenger list perfect appointments. Pittsburgh. Psnn'a, For Information The First National Bank OP REYNOLD3VILLE. Capital and Surplus Resources . OFFICERS J. 0. Kino, Vlce-Pres. DIRECTORS J. 0. King Daniel Nolan J. 8. Hammond Jobh H. Xauohib, Pres. John n. Kaucher Henry O. Deible Every Accommodation Consistent with Careful Banking As Helpless As a Child, Rheumatism the Cause. Finds Almost Immediate RelUf in Uric O, the Remedy Recommended Alone for This One Diserse. T. B. Singleton, 919 North Elizabeth St., Lima, Ohio, advises all who suffer with rheumatism, no matter what form, to oommence at onue a Urio-O treat ment, and find in it a haimless, speedy oure. He writes as follow: 1 , -. "After being striken down with rheumatism for four years, in which time I spent over (400 00 witn doctors and treatments at sanitariums, I have found right here In my own town a remedy of wonderful merit. Through the recommendation of Druggist Vurt camp, I have used two buttles of Uric O, and can truthfully Bay that It has done me more good than all the other medicines, baths and doctors combined. I was at times as belplopa as a child and could not even dress myself. Since taking Urio-O, I fell as active In my limbs as ever, I am again an ablo bodied lunu. Anyone suffering with this terrible disease, should at once procure a bottle of this remedy. Urio-O Is sold by your druggist at76o and tl.00 the bottle. Address for trial bottle, tbe Smith Drug Co., 110 Smith Bldg., Syracuse, N. Y. Uric O Is sold and personally recom mended by Stoke & Feicht Drug Co. ft j Dr. F.S.DAVENPORT ; jjj Osteopathic Physician I Matson Block Brookville, Pennsylvania s . $ Consultation and treatment In Roy noldsvllle by appointment ouly. If you want my opinion and examlna S tlon of any chronic case, write me and j make an appolnmcnt for any mondat ft ob Thursday and I will call at your home. Dr. P. 8. DAVENPORT, Z Brook vllle, Pa. A DMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. 1 Estate of Mrs. Catherine Foltz, Deceased. Lettors of administration on the estate of Mrs. Catherine Kol'z, lute of Wlnslow township, Jefferson county, Pa., having been granted to the undersigned, all persons In flated to said estate are required to make Immediate payment to the administratrix, and those having claims against the Bame will present them, properly authenticated' tor payment, Ltdia 8. Df.emkr, Administratrix, B. M. McOreight, Attorney, Keynoldsvllle, Pa. WINDSOR HOTEL W.T. Hrubaker, Mgr. Midway between Broad St. Station and Heading Terminal on Filbert, st. European 11.00 per day and up. Ampriran i.-VI per day and up. Theonly moderate priced hotel of rep utation and consequence In PHILADELPHIA Garment Dyeing and Cleaning By James Pontefract West Reynoldsville, Penn'a Opposite P. R. K. Freight Depot. JUGHES & FLEMING. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Main Street. Reynoldaville, Pa. 1 excellent cuisine, painstaking service- address A. J. HEJTDEBSOlf, O. P. A., $ 1 7 5,0 0 0.0 0 $550,000.00 K. C. Bchuckehs, Cashier John B. Corbett K. H. Wilson
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