WOES OFJHE PURSER He Has Troubles of His Own on the Trip Across the Atlantic. MUST HAVE A GOOD TEMPER. His Time Wasted by Foolish Ques tions nd Trivial Appeals, Mainly by Women Passengers, Yet He Has to Ba Always Polite and Agreeable. "Yes," mill the purser on one of the big Hurra recently to the writer, who happened to he taking n trip from Liv erpool to New York, "we Imve our own troubles, I enn assure you. and I sometimes envy the cnptaln his soli tary enjoyment of the bridge, even iurins n sixty mile gale. Passenger Been) to think that the purser Is put on ft ship simply to answer foolish questions. "Of course there is u good deal which we have to put tip with as be ing part of our legitimate duties, though whru a passenger brings us a hundred dollar yellow back and asks to have It changed into English, French. German and Spanish money and stipu lates that there must be twice as much French as German and half the re mainder In Knglish silver coins, pre sumably for tips. Is It any wonder that Tre occasionally lose our tempers? "And then, again, the purser Is nl ways appealed to for the most trivial things. A woman passenger comes to the window, and If It Is closed she will bang on It till it is opened, no matter If the sign Is there as large as life that the olllce hours are from 11 to 2 and 4 to 0 o'clock and she is honoring me with a call ut 3 p. m. Thou, when the window Is raised for fear she will smash it to smithereens, she says, with a sweet smile: 'Oh, Mr. Purser. I am so sorry to disturb you. 1 know It is not your hour of business, but could you tell me If we will really land next Thursday, as I told my brother we would, and I know he will be waiting for me on the dock.' "Of course 1 am polite, but 1 have some difficulty In persuading her that I am not running the ship, and neither can 1 control the elements. She goes away with an expression that clearly shows she thinks I am keeping some thing back and it will be my fault If we do not arrive at the time appointed. "I remember on one trip when the weather was particularly stormy a woman passenger knocked at my door after olllce hours, of. course and begged that she might speak to me for a few minutes. I politely asked ber to enter, and then, ber eyes starting out of ber bead with the excitement of suppressed emotion, she implored me to draw up her will. I protested that I was not a lawyer, but do you think 8 lie would be satisfied with that ex cuse? Not much! There and then I bad to draw up a document In the best legal phraseology I could muster. "When It was finished and I and my assistant had signed it she gave the young fellow a sovereign for bis trou bleand as for me well, she took off very handsome ring and insisted ou my accepting It I have that ring yet, but what became of the donor 1 never knew, for when the storm abated and we were safe in port she uever bo much as bade me goodby, though 1 bad repeatedly asked ber to take back her ring. She was a very rich woman evidently, and the 'bequests' in that will I drew up made my eyes bulge. "Most passengers when we have been a day or so out bring the purser all their valuables, for which they receive a receipt Some nervous women seem to think that a 'strong room' at sea la not a very secure place for their Jew els, and they Insist on seeing their treasures at least every day. One wom an passenger made my life a burden during a recent voyage by taking her valuables out and putting them in again three times a day until I told her that the next time she called for tbetn 1 would not take them back again, whereat she told me, with a sour look, that 1 was impertinent and she would . Inform the captain. I believe she did bo, but the captain gave her a word or two of advice regarding the implicit ' trust which should be placed in a purser, and this quieted ber. In fact, she afterward came to me and apolo gized for ber seeming rudeness. "As a rule, I conduct church service on board, us the captain does not en joy the work, but prefers to remain ou the bridge.' Many a funeral service also has fallen to my lot, and 1 have even officiated at a christening. I bin usually the one to whom a passenger flies when be is dissatisfied with his cabin, though the duty of changing a stateroom really rests with the head -steward. Then, again, it is the purser . ,who is appealed to when the passen gers elect to hold a concert, and the young folks usually rush to him also when they want to have a dance on deck. A purser can be very popular or the reverse, and unless you have an excellent temper you stand a good chance of being the reverse. "The funniest experience I bad was en a recent trip, when there was on fcoard a little girl about twelve years old. She struck up a warm friendship .with me and would walk the deck for miles If I would only accompany ber. She fell very 111 during a storm and refused to be comforted. Her mother asked her If there was anything she could do which would ease her suffer ing, and the young Imp said there was. it she would only 'skldoo and let the .purser read a book to her she would feel better. And the Indulgent mother came to me, stated the case, and well, I complied with her request and read jto the child for a little while each day juntil she was well enough to come on deck again." London Tit-Bits. IDLY WANDERING. When the Overwrought Worker Cuts Loose From Care. Wlii'ii a business iiitui suiters from overstralu or a student from over work sometimes,, instead of taking to bed. he disappears. Suddenly he Is missing, all trace of hlin lost. Ills family and friends Invariably fear the worst. They imagine he has met with accident and is lying unconscious In a hospital or has parted with his wits and Is confined in an asylum or has even taken his own life. These things are all possible, but the probable- thing Is none of them. The probable thing is Hint the overwrought man has yielded to a natural Impulse and Instinctively has sought a cure by becoming a wanderer for the time. lie has put the enres of the old life be hind him and with them the people that recall the old life and lius given himself up to the healing of the road. To drift with no well defined object to see strange places and faces, ever to answer the coll of the beyond "die feme," as the Germans call It Is more than a dream lying somewhere in the back of every man's mind, where It was lodged by some ancestor of the nomad period; It Is one of nature's own remedies for the worries of life. For the man with a great sorrow, for the man with a troubled con science, for the man whose nerves ore not treating him right, travel, change of scene, is one of the things the wise physician will prescribe. If it be a veritable tramp ufoot the cure will be speedier and more complete and may work physical regeneration into the bargain. New York Mail. A FLOWER AND A WISH. The Romantio Marriage of De Lesseps of 8uez Canal Fame. Sir Henry Brackenbury tells in Blackwood's Magazine the story of the romantic marriage of M. de Les seps. A Frenchman living in Reunion was compelled by the illness of his wife to tako her to France. He sailed with his wife and two young daugh ters, but the wife died on the voyage. Some time afterward the Frenchman called on M. de Lesseps, told him of his misfortunes and of his sufferings on the long sea voyage and expressed the wish to dedicate the remainder of his life to the furtherance of the con struction of the Suez canal. De Lesseps gave him ou appointment at Ismallla, and employment was found in one of the workshops there for his daughters. One day De Lesseps' attention was attracted by these two girls, with whom he entered into conversation. He came again next day and gave to each of them a flower, saying that they should frame a wish the last thing at night and that if in the morn ing they found that the flowers had opened the wish would be granted. On the following morning he went to their house and found one of the girls smiling, the other in tears. He asked the cause of the lotter's sadness. "My flower has not opened," she re plied. y "Tell me your wish, bo that if possi ble it may be granted," responded M. de Lesseps. "Ah, to you least of all men I can tell it!" was her answer. The great engineer married her. Chinese Dramatio Crudities. ' Here is a sample of one of the naive bits of Chinese stage craft. Horn Ling, leading tragedian, playing the part of the younger son, renders a solo which means that the widow and orphans are going to the temple to celebrate funeral rites. The property man sets on the stage a little box for an altar and throws over the widow's head a white veil, symbol of mourning. Then Horn Ling, as tho younger son, waves his hands and kicks his foot like a man punting a football. This signifies that the rest of the family Is out of his sphere of action. The scene has officially changed from a house to a temple. So, while the rest of the fam ily kneels before the altar, Horn Ling strolls over and chats with one of the musicians who happens to be resting. Everybody's Magazine. What Forty Poles Make. A good story is told about a certain professor whose business it was to lec ture to a number of students on sur veying. During one of the lectures the professor said that in bis opinion the pole was of little, or no value. To the astonishment of those present a Polish gentleman arose and after accusing the professor of insulting his countrymen demanded an applogy. The professor thereupon explained that the pole to which he referred was merely a term of measurement The Polish gentleman, seeing his mistake, asked the professor to forgive his ap parent rudeness. To this the professor smartly replied: "You could not be rude, sir, even If you tried, for it takes forty poles to make one rood!" London Mail. The Amazon River. Although not the largest or longest river, the Amazon Is the most wonder ful river In the world, with a mouth 150 miles in width and with a force of water that repels or at least over lays the ocean to a distance of more than fifty leagues. Yet In spite of the weight of the river the tide makes Its Influence felt for GOO miles ' from the coast The easterly trade winds blow almost Invariably upward, so as to be ready to help the vessel against the adverse currents. In Disguise. "Do yon mean to say that you flirted with your wife all the evening at the masked ball and didn't know her?" "That's right But she was so deuced agreeable how was I to know her?" Exchange. " s BILL LANGE'S FEAT. One of the Famous Old Outfielder's Sensational Catches. The greatest vlndlvMul feat ever performed was one by which Bill I.uugu saved a game for Chicago and $JUO for himself in Washington in IS03. There is an odd story connected with the play. Lauge had missed u train In Boston two days before, fail ed to reach New York lu time to play there, and Anson bad fined him $1-30. Thereupon he missed a trnin to Wash ington arrived on the grounds after the teams had practiced and Just lu time to play, and for that Anson fined bliu another $100. The game that aft i'1'iio'on went eleven innings, Chicago ncoi'ing one run in the eleventh. There were two men out and a runner on the bases when "Kip" Sclbach, then one of the hardest hitters In the busi ness, smote the ball a terrific blow and seut It flying over Lange's head to ward the center field fence. The hit seemed a sure home run, but Lange. a man weighing 225 pounds, turned and without looking sprinted desperately straight out toward the fence, racing with the flying ball. At the last In itent. as the ball was going over his heart. Lange leaped, stuck up both bunds, turned u somersault and crush ed against the fence. The boards splin tered, one entire panel crashed out ward, and out of the wreckage crawled Lange. holding the ball in his band, and the crowd went mad. Lange came limping In, with the crowd standing ou seats shouting, and he said to Anson, "Fines go. cap?" "Nope," said Anson, and the catch had saved the big fielder $200. Hugh S. Fullerton in American M agazlne. THE FIRST ALMANACS. They Attempted to Foretell Men's Des tiny From the 8trs. The almanac, properly so called iu its origin. Is not merely a device for keeping people In mind of the prog ress of the year. It Is an attempt to show what destiny has in store for us as indicated by the position of the stars In any particular year, and as, according to astrological lore, the des tinies of men are ruled by the differ ent aspects of the planets, so also the human body is subject to the influence of the constellations through which the sun appears to pass in his yearly course. A French almanac of 1010 gives a diagram of the human body surrounded by nil the signs of the zo diac and indicates the various organs and members over which these signs have power, and this for a guide pour les salgnees, or to show at what peri od blood may be let with safety. But tbe same almanac also gives directions sensible enough for tbe avoidance of the plague which would not be found fault with by a modern fashionable physician: Who would keep his body in health And reBlst the Infection of the plague, Let htm seek Joy and sadness fly, Avoid places where Infections abound And cherish joyous company. A few examples exist of almanacs of this character before the invention of printing, although none, it Is believed, earlier than the twelfth century. But some of the earliest specimens of print ing are black printed German sheet al manacs, which are chiefly concerned about blood letting. Westminster Ga sette. Wasted Tim. - Mrs. Newrich was growing accus tomed to power. She enjoyed It and was irritated when any one presumed to differ from her in opinion. When tbe sailing party of which she had been a member landed on the shores of the lake rain soaked and fright ened, Mrs. Newrich. was the only one who cared to talk. "It could all have been avoided if that captain bad done as I told him," she said between the chutterlng of her teeth as the party stood huddled under a small shelter. "When I saw that cloud coming from that corner of tbe lake I said to him, 'I think you'd better make straight for home and not spend any more time tacking,' but he puld no more attentlou than as If I hadn't spoken "Youth's Companion. He Didn't Bet. "A man in my county," said a Kan sas congressman, "was always anxious to bet on his game of checkers. . One time he was about to play a game for $10 with a fellow called Three Fin-gered- Jack. Suddenly one of bis friends exclaimed: " 'Don't bet. Charlie. Don't you know that fellow wore off two fingers playing checkers? That's why he's called Three Fingered Jack.' "That settled it. The bet was never made. A man who bad worn off two fingers by brushing them np and down the checkerboard was too much for my friend." Kansas City Journal. A Bitter Disappointment. "When I was in P.arls," remarked tbe collector of curios, "I discovered In a bookstall a volume which I knew at first glance to be of extraordinary value. 1 could scarcely believe my good luck. Breathless, 1 Inquired tbe price of tbe dealer. Just think of ltl 1 could have had that treasure for a song!" "Well, why didn't you get it?" "Never could sing a note in my life," cried the collector, bursting Into tears. New York Times. The Audience Moved. He had been trying to start a re vival fervor, but the audience was un responsive. "O ye of flinty hearts," be cried, "will nothing move you?" "Pass the hat, boss," answered the gamin, "and we move immediately." Florida Times-Union. What tbe wind gathers the devil scatters. Greek Proverb. "PreMdent Helps Orphans. QuLdrtdd of (.i uliutic have been he'pcu by the uie-'tbant of The Indus trial m il O' iitmnV Mono bt Mscon, Ga. wlioVrliii-: ' We have used Electric Bitters Id this Institution for nine ytaiv ItliHM pi i vi d h most excellent mi dicine for stomach, liver and kidney trouble. We regard It as one of the bbht fntnllj medicines on earth." It Invltforhlts the vital organs, purifies tho blood, Bids digestion, creates ap petite. To strengthen and build up thin, pale, weak children or run down people it has no equal. Best (or female complaints. Only 50 cents at H. L. McKoili' V. Letter Mai. List o' unclaimed letters remaining In post office at Reynoldsvillo, Pa., lor week ending .Inly 24, 1909. Mrs. Blanche Brady, Mrs. Olie FenBtlmaker. Foreign Viola Andrea. Say advertised and give date of list when calling for above. R c. Burns, P. M. ' Sixty Normal Graduates. In a little, talk we bad with County Superintendent Jones a day or two be fore be started on his vacation he In formed us that there were about sixty normal school graduates teaching In JefTerrou county, Ar would be when tbe schools opened this fall. There are over three hundred teachers In the county probably 330. He said the grades of the teachers examined tble year were about the same as last year, but In experience they would be a little belter. He thought tbe schools were doing very well. Brookvllle Democrat. Brave Fire Laddies Often receive severe burns, putting out fires, then use Bucklen's Arnica Salve and forget them. It soon drives out pain. For burns, scalds, wounds, cuts and bruises Its earth's greatest bealer. Quickly cures skin eruptions, Old sores, bolls, ulcers, felons; best pile cure made. Relief Is Instant. 25o at H. L. McEntlre's. Three fires In Punxsutawney last week In three consecutive days. Mon day morning the residence of Alfred Jones was burned, loss $1,000. Tuesday morning the dwelling of Scott Jordon. Loss $2,500; insurance $1,500. Wednes day afternoon all the frame apartments of tbe West End brick works were burned, entailing a loss of about $10,000. No Insurance. As the schools begin in September and so many children need optical work, I will carry special tests for them this visit but will be prepared to fit all ages. If your eyes need care, call at the Imperial Hotel.Reynoldsville, Aug. 6, or American House, Brookville, Aug. 7 and 9. G. C. GIBSON, Optician CasKSBHESS Ths Planet Mercury. Though Mercury Is one of the small est of the planets, it is perhaps the most troublesome to the astronomer. It lies so close to the sun that it is seen but seldom iu 'comparison with the other great planets. Its orbit is very eccentric, and It experiences dis turbances by tbe attraction of other bodies In a way not yet fully under stood. A special difficulty has also been found in the attempt to place Mercury in tho weighing scales. We can weigh tbe whole earth, we can weigh the sun, the moon and even Jupiter and other planets, but Mercury presents difficulties of a peculiar char acter. Le Verrler, however, succeeded In devising a method of weighing it He demonstrated that our earth Is attracted by this planet, and he showed how the amount of attraction may be disclosed by observations of the sun, so that from an examination of tbe ob servations be made an approximate determination of the mass of Mercury. Le Terrier's result Indicated that the weight of the planet was about the fif teenth part of the weight of the earth. In other words, If our earth was placed In a balance and fifteen globes, each equal to Mercury, were laid in the other the scales would hang evenly. "Story of the Heavens." A handsome woman pleases the eye, but a good woman the heart-Dutch Proverb. 'Tls the mind that makes the body rich. Shakespeare. 1 THE TOWN THAT PUSH BUILT VII. The Brainy Hardware Man THIS is the hardware man who took At the jeweler's ad. a careful look, Then went and bought some trinkets neat For a girl whom he thought was very sweet And paid for them with the clothier's . bill That came from the furniture dealer's till, Where It went when the dry goods merchant bought And paid with the bill the butcher got From the grocer who had settlement x made . With money the honest workman paid. P. S. Tht local dealer who's up to snuff IVill always advtrtiti hit stuff. Silenced Him. The young man In the barber's chair had been annoyed by suggestions of the white 'coated artist, although be had said clearly enough when he sat down that he wanted only a hair cut and a shampoo. Singeing, facial mas sage and hair tonics bad been offered vainly. Finally the barber perpetrated what is with barbers the crowning insult. Passing bis band over the young man's face, he said contemptuously: "Shave yourself, don't you?" "Sure," said the young man. "Don't you?" And there was silence. Washington Tost. Poor Man! She I'm never going to speak to your wife ngaln. lie What's the matter? "She promised to write to me two weeks ago, and I haven't beard from her since." "Oh, well" (feeling in his pocket), "here's tbe letter. She gave it to me a fortnight ogp." Yonkers Statesman. The Tsuv:,.....-. Tho Magnate You will succeed, sir. You are a geulus. Tho Inventor No, I'm not. If I were a real genius prac tical men like you would consider me a darned fool. Cleveland Leader. 8sys the Modern Hen. "Understand me, Henry Peck! I shall not lay another egg unless you get an incubator. I simply cannot neglect my social duties as I've been doing." Life. - On Her Own Head. Hubby What! You paid $50 for that lint! It's monstrous It's n sin! Wife (sweetly) No matter. Tho sin will be on my own head! LIppincott's Mag- WINDSOR HOTEL W.T. Hruhnker, Mgr. Midway between Broad St. station and Heading Terminal on Fillmrtst. European $1.00 per day and up. American per day and up. Theonly moderate priced hotel of rep utation and consequence In PHILADELPHIA If you have anything to sell, try ' our Want Column. IP fl A ,CJ ITMnfMIT' rtff . asoperlor oil for Qs Engine lubrication. V XlVXiV.E WlLf ,d, from Pnnn.ylv.nl. Crude Oil. Absolut freedom from Carbon, leaves DO deposit. . Light in color flow easily. WAVERLY never smuts, docs or gums, but keeps your motor In perfect running order. For your protection ask any dealer. "Perfect Lubrication Without Carbon Deposit" WTrly Oil WorRs Co. Independent Oil Be finer i, Pitubarrf, Pa. JIBEL IN DIVORCE. Lydla Fuller versus Bntnnol J. Fuller-.- 1 No. IS, November Term, lh9, I'lur us Sub poena In Divorce. JF.I'TEUSON COUNTY, 8: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To Samuel J, Puller, Greeting: We command you. as t wice before you were commanded, that all matter of business and excuses being set aside, ynu be and appear In your proper person before our Judge at Hiijokvllle, at our Court of Critimoii Pleas, thereto be held on the second Monday of August next, lo show cause, If any you have, why ymir wife, Lydla Fuller, should not be divorced from the bonds ai matrimony which she hath contracted with ?i"Uii '?""' 1- Fuller, agreeable to the Petition and Libel exhibited against you before our ald Court, and this you shall In no care omit at your peril. Witness The lion, ohn w. Reed, Prosident of our said Court at llrookville the 17th day of May, A. D., infill, , . Allowed by the Court. ,'.. 11. C f ,1 -n nr. iu. invin, I rot IlonOtary . ToBamuel J. Fuller,Greetlng: You are hereby notified to uppear before tbe Honorable .fudge of the Court of Com mon Pleas at Brookvllle, l'a., on the second Monday of August next, to unswer as set forth In the auove subpoena. t , ,nnn A. E. GALBRAITH, July 6,1900. Bberiff. JtBEL IN DIVORCE. land ry E' Wu,1,ln(1 veus George W. Way- -.i"0- 'BT Jn"Ury Term, 1909, Plurfes Sub puma In Divorce. JEFFERSON COUNTY, BS: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To George W. Wayland, Greeting: We command you, as twice before you were commanded, that all matter of busi ness and excuses beingf et aside, yon be and appear In your proper person before our Judge at Brookvllle at our Court of Common Pleas, there to be held on the second Monday of August next, to show catis.-. if any you have, why your wife Mary Wayland, should not be divorced from the bonds o matrimony which she hath contracted with '8 s.u? 0eor,.e .W.' WaJ""na. agreeable to the Petition and Libel exhibited against you before our said Court, and Mils you shall In no case omit at your peril. Witness the Hon. John W. Reed, President afA,,CAO.T.WBr0okvU,e' the 12th Allowed by the Court. Attest Blaki E. Ibvin, Protbonotary. To George W. Wayland, Greeting: You are hereby notified to appear before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Com mon Fleas at Brookvllle, Pa., on the second Monday of August next, to answer as set forth In the above subpuna. Tnl.a lira A. E. GALBRAITH. July 6, 1909. Sheriff, JMBEL IN DIVORCE. Para E. Leyda versus Arthur W. Leyda No. 11, April Term, 1909, plurles Subpojna in Divorce. JEFFERSON COUNTY. 68: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To Arthur W. Leyda, Oreettng: We command yon, as twice before you were commanded, that all matter of business and excuses being set aside, you be and ap pear in your proper person before our Judge at Brookvllle. at our Court of Common Pleas, t here to be held on the second Monday of August next, to show cause, If any you have, why your wife, Sara E. Leyda, should not be divorced from the bonds of matri mony which she hath contracted with you the ,!l'.LAl'",u.r.W ,Ley,lft. agreeable to the Petition and Libel exhibited against vou be fore our said Court, and this you shall In lio case omit at your perd. Witness the Hon. John W. Reed, President of our said Court at Brookvllle, the 27th dav of May, A. )., 1909. Allowed by the Court. Attest Blalb E. Irvik, Protbonotary 10 Arthur w. Leyda, Greeting: You are hereby notified to appear before the Honorable ..udge of the Court of Com mon Pleas, at Brookvllle, Pa., on the second Monday of August next, to answer as set forth In the above subptena. , , . 4nM A. E. GALBRAITH, July 8, 1909. Sheriff. HUGHES & FLEMING. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Main Street. Reynoldsvllle, Pa. ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. Estate of Sylvester Brennan, Late of the Borough of West Reynoldsvllle, Deceased. Notice Is hereby given that letters of ad ministration upon the estate of said deced ent have been granted to the undersigned. All persons indebted to said estate are re quested to make payment, and those having claims or demands against the same will make them known without delay to Sara E. Brrnrab, ClevsntW.Fi.tnn, Administratrix, Attorney, Ktynoldsville, Pa. JXECUTRIX' NOTICE. Estate of Dr. S. Reynolds, late of Reyn oldsvllle, Jefferson County, Penn-. eylvania, Deceased, Letters testamentary upon the above named estate havtrg been granted to the undersign ed, all persona having claims against tbe same will present them for payment,- duly authenticated; those indebted thereto will please make-Immediate payment to .j Imogens A. Reynolds, Executrix, C. T. A., Warron, Pa. Smith M. McOreight, Attorney. . July 9th, 190U. ECONOMY I i in inc. ri l meun fihmilfl bttrfn nt tho rtnlnt hltt urncrtA la tka 9 greatest. That point la the cook 'a fire. prizer's i Gas Ranges! Are a complete economical kitchen appliance. 5 Every Improvement has been introduced., 1 i You run no risk. S We take It back if not satisfied. ! Revnoldsvilfe Harrlwar f!n. Ji FID J waverlyA; Tv-4