THE SHIPWHECKER.
Hit Life Mad Up of Hardships, Ad
ventures and Accidents.
TIip career of the Hh!ivrpokor ton
Blqts of n series of liiirilslilps mi J ml
ventures mid nccldtvts snd iiurruw es
capes from the lirst day lie enlists
With n Mff wrrcliliiR company up to
the time he Is bnuiKhf iiKhtire frftru
the grim shin he culls "hoiue" crippled
or futnlly Injured. Of all the profes
sions that demand heavy lull of hu
man life none. - not even .mining or
powder making, Is as dangerous ns
the one of these wreckers. Every year
these durlne men, who brave storm and
Ware and tempest to sure the stranded
liner, to raise the sunken ocean grey
Hound, to rescue the ship lniialed upon
rocks nnd, If nothing else, to salve
What vulimhle cargo may be removed
from helpless wrecks, meet death by
the score. Many of them, exposed of
ten for days and nights to the Icy
blasts of winter seas, to driving bllz
sards and to drenching storms that
bit to the marrow, succumb to pneu
monia. Other at work on the pitch
ing, tossing barges have legs or arms
Bhnttered during the risky operations
of removing masts or ' of slinging
wrecking pumps or other castings that
welgb tons. Others have hands or
feet ao dreadfully frozen that these
mast be amputated, and still others
are wiped out of existence after suf
fering hours of tintold agony and ex
posure before the eyes of their helpless
comrades. Appleton'a Magazine.
HICCOUGHS.
A Simple Treatment by Which They
May Be Cured.
Did you ever take nine swallows of
water to cure I lie hiccoughs? Do you
remember the time some one scared
the hiccoughs away by telling you of
whipping due for some meanness? .
Well, science has been studying hic
coughs and caught the hiccoughs by
the "nape of the nock." The nlno
ewnllows of water had a little science
In It, and so did the scare cure. The
scientific hiccough cure consists In
pressing down to numbness the nerve
that connects the stomach, heart, lungs
nnd brain,, the imeumognstrlc nerve.
The pressure partially and locnlly
paralyzes thls.nerve and of necessity
the hiccoughing must cense.
Have the hlccotighlmr patient sit
down and lie at ease, with the muscles
of the neck relaxed ns much us possi- (
ble Grasp both sides of the neck i
somewhat toward the buck part and '
press down steadily and ns hard ns the ,
subject may penult for about one mlii- i
uto, having the patient work the head
from side to side. Within about one
minute the nerve will be numbed nnd
rested, nnd the spasmodic motion will
cease. It may require longer pressure
In some cases, but the result Is sure If
patience la maintained. Ohio State
Journal. , i
A Thirteenth Century Drink.
s Thirteenth Century tastes in food'
had few limitations. Besides the "fowl
of Africa and the rare . gad wit of
Ionia" mentioned by Fllzstephen.
gourmets In the time of King John
used to regale themselves on herons,
cranes, crows, storks, cormorants and
bitterns. Some would wash their
meals down with wine, but the ma
jority drank mead or metheglln. Mead,
according to Hollnshed, was only the j
washing of the combs after the honey .
had been taken from them and so poor
a beverage that It bad to be spiced.
peppered or made palatable with
aweetbrler or thyme. But metheglln
contained one hundredweight of honey
to twenty-four gallons of water and
must have been much mors Intoxicat
ing than the strongest old ale of the
present day. London Chronicle.
- Calling the Deaf.
"To waken a deaf person who wishes
to be called at a certain time in the
morning la about the hardest proposl- ,f they're asleep she takes the ha'pen
tion a hotel clerk runs up against," -i-, off on .em nceean. and then she
said a member of that fraternity. "To
ring the telephone Is useless, because
the man can't hear. Knocking, for the
same reason, is futile. Now and then
a guest who has lost bis hearing sug
gests that be leave his door open so
we can walk right In and shake him,
but even if be does appear to be dead
game there are so many chances of
somebody less guileless than ourselves
walking in ahead of us that we can't i
consent to that simple expedient it ,
aeems to me the man who can patent
a device for waking the deaf Is Rure
of fame and fortune, not to mention the
gratitude of the brotherhood of hotel
clerks." Exchange.
' To Save the Tablecloth.
Nothing Is more provoking to the
careful housewife than to have a per
fectly clean tablecloth liberally be
spattered with gravy the first time It
Is used. Get a large table napkin one
to match the tablecloth if possible
and a piece of white oilcloth cut an
Inch shorter and an inch narrower
than the napkin. Place the oilcloth
where the meat dish will stand and
spread the napkin over It The gravy
cannot penetrate through the oilcloth.
Tbns there Is a considerable saving In
the washing bin.
How It Looked.
1 think yon ought to turn the lights
up a little when your bean comes,"
said the boy who is beginning to use
big words to bis older sister. "I
.wouldn't sit la the dim light If I were
yon. It look too conspicuous." New
(York Press.
The Real Reason. '
"Why don't yon go down
Mill
treetr
"Well, you see, on on side of It lives
my tailor and on the other side my
shoe maker, while canal runs through
the mlddfe. Megxendorfer Blatter.
YOUR BRAIN.
i
, Keep It Plaatio by Not Overeating aa
You Grow Old.
Up to o certain age the brain re
mains plastic enough so that if an In
Jury occurs to the thought hralti the
person can begin over again and cre
ate new knowledge centers In the other
hemisphere.
This has happened In many en we
where young people huve lost certain
power or faculties by cerebral lesions
and have afterward recovered these
faculties by developing new centers In
the other brain. It rarely lii (ifA-iiH
after the age of forty-five, and the rea
son Is because most persons after pass
ing that age soon clog their brains
with calcareous matter by overeating
nnd destroy the plasticity of their
brains by lining" them with food waste
If all people past the age of forty
Ove would live on twelve ounces or
less of solid food per day we should
soon find that one may receive new
Ideas as readily at seventy-live as at
fifteen You cannot do It, however. If
your brain Is a hardened mass of
WBBte matter. If you overeat you will
be "sot" In your ways nnd a has-been
at fifty Keep your phonograph rec
ords soft nnd receptive. Nautilus.
A STAGE VILLAIN.
Hi Reputation Clung to Him Outside
the Theater.
An actor In a small company was
onoble one night to get accommoda
tion at the only hotel In an English
town, It Is said, because Its proprietor,
a remarkably slow going person for
such a place, recognized him as the
villain In the melodrama who had
stoken a cash box, set fire to a bouse,
killed a detective, damaged a race
horse and betrayed the hero's sister.
But something like this really did
happen to George Scott, mannger of
the Alhnmbra In London. In his
younger days Mr. Scott was a stage
villain of the deepest dyef nnd one oft,
his favorite parts was that of the
wicked Levlson In "East Lynne."
After playing the character a few
nights In Blackpool he had occasion
for wishing to change his lodgings
and, knocking at the door of a house
In the next street, was greeted by the
good lady who opened It with a shriek
and the subsequent exclamation:
"What! It's Levlson. the dirty vil
lain. Ye can't 'nve rooms In my
'ouse! Get out or I'll call the perllce!"
London M. A. P.
Steel Pen Helps Forgers.
The crime of forgery has been facili
tated and Increased by the modern In
troduction of metallic pens, gold and
steel, says a writer in the Indianapolis
News. The old fashioned quill pen was
smooth and pleasant to vrlte with,
though It sometimes balked and sput
tered, but It did not lend Itself to skill
ful lmltntlons as easily ns the metallic
pen does. The crime of forgery doubt
less has been promoted by the almost
universal education of modern times.
In an age when everybody writes and
when many are skillful penmen forger
ies are much more frequent than they
were centuries ago, when the person
who could handle a pen was an excep
tion. Many modern criminals make a
living by committing forgeries, victim
ising hotels, banks, capitalists and busl-
men generally.
' Oomestio Economy.
"Hey, mon," exclaimed the braw,
bonnle north countryman, "thrift Is a
wunnerful thing!"
"Tea," replied his English traveling
companion. "You're right there. Now,
I gave my wife a ten pound note to
manage on last time I was away, and
would you believe It? instead of ex-
i ceedlng it she saved nearly a sover
! elgn out of It to buy herself a hat!"
"That's nowt." replied the Scotsman.
"My wife gives the kids ha'pennies
.Dlece to eo to hed auDnerless: when
makes 'em do wi'out ony breakfasts
for lostn' 'em! 1 Hey, mon, that's
thrift!" London Scraps.
The Mendicant.
There are those who ascribe the
word "mendicant" to the silly-appellation
put forth as a conundrum, mean
ing a poor wretch beyond the power of
mending. But something verv close to
the term was In use as long ago as
whcn Chaucer wrote his "Canterbury
Tales." In the "Sompnonre's Tale"
this occurs:
Therefore we "mendtants." we sely freres.
Ben wedded to poverte and continence.
To charltee, - humblesse and abstinence,
etc.
The "sompnoure" of Chaucer was, of
course, a summoner, or apparitor, and
a person of low estate, and here we
have, it is believed, the origin of the
word, which came into common em
ployment later.
How About a Good Back View?
' "Auntie Liz had a hard time hav
ing her picture taken today," said her
nephew, who bad Just opened a photo
graphic studio and had very cour
teously asked his aunt to como and
pose for a new picture.
"Why, what was the trouble?" asked
his brother.
"Well, yon see, when I told her to
look pleasant she didn't look natural,
and when I told her to look natural
she didn't look pleasant" Ladles'
Home Journal.
Not a Romanes.
"Dear heart,'' she murmured.
"Only 20 cents a pound," explained
the butcher.
"I think I'll take some liver."
Loutsvlllo Courier-Journal. .
Let no man presume to give adTlce
to others who has not Drat given good
counsel to himself. Seneca. ,
WOMEN ARE WOMEN.
A Rather floundsbout Way to Prove
the Proposition, .
Men say women are utigels; women
say women are cats. Let us pause a
moment and reason upon this thing.
if women are angels however, thnt
does not seem to be the proper start
ing point. Let us try ngalu.
If angels ure cnts but, no; that Is
hardly reasonable, for angels have
wings, and cats do not fly. We must
begin again.
If women ore cats but thnt Isn't
possible, for cats do not tnlk, nnd how
could n dumb animal express tin opin
ion In words of a woman? Whatever
cats may think, they never say u word
bout n woman, while women well,
women are not cats. ,
Now let u return to the first propo
sition. If women nre angels, they wouldn't
any women are cats. Angels don't
tnlk thnt way.
Once upon a time a man married n
woman lie said she was an augel;
the women said she was a cat. Happy
mnu. not to know the difference be
tween an angel and a rati
Men say women are angels, and by
this token women say angels are cats
Therefore, angels being . cats, cats
must be angels, and, both being the
same, women are women.
Which Is precisely what they are.
W. J. Lampton In Llpplncott's.
NEW MEXICO.
How That Portion of Northern New
Spain Got Ita Name.
The country now called Mexico was
not so called till 1810, when the revolt
against Spain began. Up to Independ
ence the country was called New Spain
and was divided into the same number
of provinces as Spain, each with a
name of sfcprovlnce In Spain, with the
prefix of "new." but New Mexico was
not Included In this division. It got its
name In this way:
In 1501 Francisco Ibarra was In
charge of an expedition of exploration
Into what Is now northern Durango
and southern Chihuahua and discov
ered an Indian village near where San
ta Bnrlinrn now stands In. which the
bouses were whitewashed and the peo
ple made and wore cotton cloth, rais
ing the cotton In the neighborhood,
lie wrote an account of his discovery
to his brother in the City of Mexico,
telling him he hnd discovered "una
nueva Mexico," a new Mexico, another
Mexico, meaning that he hnd found
another town like the City of Mexico,
and thereafter all this portion of north
ern New Spain was known as "Nneva
Mexico" that Is. New Mexico which
name It has retained, though now
much reduced In extent Las Vegas
Optic.
Muskrats For Meat.
Of all animals that supply meat to
man the muskrat has been the most
abused and the least understood, says
the Baltimore Star. Its name had bred
In the public mind a prejudice that
has been almost unconquerable.1 but
truth will prevail In spite of fate. As
a fact the muskrat Is one of the neat
est and most delightful of animals. It
is a crank in cleanliness. It dines with
the care of an epicure. It eats only
the whitest and tenderest morsels.
And Its flesh has qualities that can be
compared ouly to terrapin. Indeed,
there are good people along the Chesa
peake, where all the beat things live
and grow, who And In the well served
muskrat satisfaction that Is equal to
the dlamondback. Only the ignorant
and the prejudiced think differently,
and they may be educated.
Ripening Banana.
It la a familiar fact that bananas
are imported green, but it came as a
new thing to a visitor to the banana
district In Colombia to find that ba
nanas are not permitted to ripen on
the plant even down there. They are
cut and set to hang somewhere until
they wither ripe, as the phrase is.
Bananas do not have to be yellow to
be ripe. That is only the color of the
skin when It has dried op. To the
person wbd is accustomed to eating
bananas only when they are yellow it
seems odd to peel them when they are
green and find that they are perfectly
ripe within and fit to eat New J"ork
Sun. i
The Prisoner's Retort
It Is a prison chaplain's duty to give
a departing prisoner good advice and
to exhort him to be a decent and hon
orable man In the future. In the
course of one of these Interviews a
chaplain said, "Now, my friend, I hope
you'll never have to come back to a
place like this."
The prisoner looked at blm thought
fully and then asked, "I say, chaplain,
you draw a salary here, don't you?'
When the chaplain replied in the af
firmative the prisoner remarked, "Well,
say, if me and the other fellows didn't
keep coming back you'd be out of a
Job."
Didn't Need a Doctor.
"Let me kiss those tears away!" he
begged tenderly. She fell In his arms,
and be was busy for the next few min
utes. And yet the tears flowed on.
"Are yon suffering? Can nothing stop
them?" he asked, breathlessly sad.
"No," she murmured. "It's only a
cold, yon know. But go on with the
treatment" Ladles Horns Journal.
Cheering Her.
Uacdougal (to his new fourth wlfe
The meenlster doesna approve o my
marryin' again, an sae young a wife
toot But as I tell't him, I canna be
are bnryin', buryinV Punch.
. In this world It Is not what we take
up, bnt what we give np, that makes
ns rich. Beecher.
SPARING HE3 fJEtWES.
A Careful, Considerate Visitor and
Her Timid Friend.
The mistakes which were plentifully
spnnkled along Mrs. Comer's taieer
were never regretted by any one mure
than by Mrs. Comer herself. "I used
the very best Judgment I had." she
said, referring to one unfortunate oc
currence, "but as usual, everything
. went wrong.
"You see, I went to Greenville In the
morning with Mrs Ilohnrt, Intending
to go on to Nasliuu, but 1 changed my
mind when the weather turned cool
. and spent the day with Anna Woods,
going borne at dusk. I'd forgotten my
little bag with my key In It, so 1 went
. right over to Mrs. Hobnrt's
"She'd gone down the roud to Mrs.
Cole's, but I found her key behind the
left hand blind and went right In.
"The bouse was durk. but 1 said to
myself, 'I won't light a lamp for fear
of scurlng ber, a timid woman, living
all alone, as she does.' So I sat In the
dark till I heard her coming up .the
walk.
"When ahe found the door was un
locked she gave a kind of a gasp, so 1
stepped forward and then, long as I
bad a cold so my voice didn't sound
natural and I was afraid 'twould
scare her, she being so timid, I put
out my band and laid It on her arm.
"And, If you'll believe) me," finished
i Mrs. Comer plaintively, "she fell right
' over In a faint and cut ber forehead
i on the edge of the rocking chair, and I
though I'd never bring ber tol
I "There's no use trying to be careful
! With a woman like her." Youth's Com
panion.
CIRCUS CHILDREN.
The Making of Acrobats Begin at an
Early Age.
It Is nothing unusual for the larger
circuses to carry thirty and forty chil
dren, ranging nil the way from mere
babies to boys and girls of fifteen and
sixteen years of age. The majority
n rn trnvoflnrr with tlinlr nsrpntfl. hoth
I the father and mother doing dally duty
In the ring, and while often they nre
trained to follow In the steps of their
ciders they are seldom allowed to per
form In public.
It Is a common belief among circus
men thnt the performer whose training
is not started until after the age of six
will seldom moke a distinctive record
Following the afternoon show I often
saw groups of boys, some of whom
! could not have been over four and five
years old. practicing rudimentary som
ersaults and hand springs, while their
parents looked on with a gratified
smile. These were the families of the
circus aristocracy, who trensure the
records of their ancestors with the
pride of a Son In his father's sword and
who see no more Inspiring calling for
their own children tbap that of the
great white canvas. .
Not that their education IS neglected
in other respects. Several of the fa ml
lies often hire an Instructor perhaps
one of the performers who has the
time and ability for such Work to
coach their children In the standard
studies. One circus ha a traveling
school for the youngsters. If they are
to be acrobats, they are to be educated
acrobats. Bohemian Magazine. . 1
A Sponge That Work.
"Here is a clever notion a fog bell,"
said an old New England fisherman.
On a bleak, gray afternoon they
stood at the seashore the old man and
his city cousin from Boston. A great
bell bung from a scaffold, and under
a metal cover hung a great sponge.
"This here machinery Is wound up
regular." the fisherman explained, "and
this here sponge Is kept under cover so
as the rain can't get at it In dry
weather, natch'rally, the sponge Is dry
and light; In foggy, though, it gets
heavy with fog satch'ratlons. Just
heavy enough for to press down the
lever that starts the machinery a-golng.
Then, ding-dong, ding-dong, sounds the
bell in the fog, savin' many a fisher
man from wreck on this rock bound
coast" Exchange.
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A Dickon Manuscript.
n. F. Dickens, K. C. tells an Inter
entitle story concerning the original
manuscript of his father's famous
"Carol." ' The novelist presented the
MS. to Thomas Milton, an old school
fellow. In 1S75 Mr. Milton sold It to
Francis Harvey, a bookseller, for 50.
Then It passed Into the hands of
George Churchill, an enthusiastic au
tograph collector. Mr. Churchill treas
ured It until 1H82, when circumstances
compelled him to part with It After
photographing every page of It. It wns
sold to Mr. . Bennett, a Birmingham
bookseller and curio denier, who
eventually found a purchaser, who
readily signed a check for 200 for It
Finally It was bought by Stuart M.
Samuel of Kensington Palace Gardens
for 300. who Is snld to still retnln the
precious document. London Tlt-Blts.
A Slight Misunderstanding.
Little Helen Bentley of Los Angeles,
aged five, dearly loves her gr.'lidma,
who has been living with her nnd her
parents. Ilocently grandma went to
Seattle for a visit and caught cold on
the way. When she arrived there, she
wrote back to Helen's parents that she
had reached Seattle, but had had a
hard fight with the grip. Helen want
ed to hear what grandma bad to say,
nnd the letter was read to ber. Soon
afterward she saw one of her neigh
bors nnd exclaimed: "Oh, Mrs. Smith,
we've had a letter from grandma. She
got to Seattle all right, but she bad a
terrible fight with her valise!" Los
Angeles Times.
What Counts In a Story.
As I heard a famous raconteur tell
ing a story I bad heard In one form or
another for many years 1 could not
but recall the statement of some one
to the effect that there are but Ave
stories extant and that all we have
are merely variations from the original
five. As General Taylor, who Is some
thing of a story teler himself, puts It:
"The story doesn't amount to any
thing. It's the edition that counts."
Boston Herald.
A Hint.
"You seem to be very fond of your
dolly," remarked the visitor.
"Yes," replied small Margie. "She's
so different from most people. She
never Interrupts mi when I'm talk
ing." Chicago News.
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We ask all those who are
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tated, aged or weak, and
every person suffering from
stubborn colds, hanging-on
coughs, bronchitis or incipi
ent consumption to try Vinol
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CAUSE fOR ALARM
Lqss of Appetite or Distress After Eating
a Symptom That Should Not Be
, Disregarded. ;
A ppetile Is just a natural desire for food.
Loss of appetite or stomach distress after
citing indicate indigestion or dyspepsia.
Over-eating is a habit very dangerous to a
person's good general health, and insati-.
i'.Ae appetite is a sure symptom of diabetes.
1 1 is not what you eat but what you digest
and assimilate that does you good. Some
of the strongest, heaviest and healthiest
persons are moderate eaters.
There is nothing that will create sickness
or cause more trouble than a disordered
stomach, a. id many people daily contract
serious maladies simply through disregard
or abuse of the stomach.
. We urge all of our readers who are
suffering from any stomach derangement,
indigestion or dyspepsia, whether acute or
chronic, to try Kexall Dyspepsia Tablets,
with the distinct understanding that we will
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digestion and assimilation, naturally regu
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and create a permanent cure of all un
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We urge you to try a 25c. box of Rexall
Dyspepsia Tablets, which gives I J days
treatment. At the end of that time, your
money will be returned to you if you are
not satisfied. Of course, in chronic cases
length of treatment varies. For such cases,
we have two larger aires, which sell for
45c. and 89c. ,
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Reynoldsville, Pa.
Well, Did You See That
BEE-LINE
At Robinson & Mundorff's
Well, if you have not,' it
will not cost you any
thing to have a look, so
just step in and look
around. Of course, we
sell bee supplies and try
to keep a complete line of
"Root's" goods on hand.
This month we are going
to give our customers the
benefit of a SPECIAL
DISCOUNT, so we would
appreciate your order at
as early a date as possi
ble. I
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Rea Bee & Honey Co.
BUSINESS . DIRECTORY
BOLGER, THE TAILOR
I will be pleased to have you call
and inspect my spring styles.
Shop on Fourth Str
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Corner of Main and Fifth Streets
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Reasonable Prices.
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Garment Dyeing and Cleaning
By James Pontefract
West Reynoldsville, Penn'a ,
Opposite P. B. B. Freight Depot.
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