gHE RIFF'S SALE. By vlriuo of a writ, nf Fieri Keels., ei , In toed mil. of llin Conn of lomnion I'Iuiim of Jell'mson ('(unity, Ph., tutil to ntH dlrei'ted, I wttl xj' - to puliUe sale or oulrry m i.uu com I Ii m i' In liriiiikvllh', I'll , on I liiliy, l-'ebruary Jjth, 1010, At "in' VI. irk p. m., all llm fiilloivlinr toiil esliiic I full: II ilif l fcnililiit'H HiMil, til In. Iiitciiwt mid rilhllii f. in mid to nil Hint piece or piilnil ( f Inn hI i uti t In ill" liniiniLfli of WiM Kuvii nlil'-villc. iiiinily of Ji'll'crson uml hIiiIc of I'. ihm l'i" iii hi I'iiims mill W in n i i tin ofltmu Initio Mliil linri:lli;h uf tti-M llryii- d'lKvt.lt' ' nliiil)C'l 'nil I'i In .1 tint'H t'llil rl li Aliill. In;'!, ici imiii iI Iii Ilie Ke en" ir'. i Mire III niiIiI ciiiiii: , III ili-,-il ln.nk vol 'i'i l':i 4'!7 . liotinili'd und (Ji'mi'MImmI hh full-m in wit: O i llm nooiIi liy lliowu tlrei" iiui' fi'i'l : on tin; west hy lot tniiiilici' one Ini ' !'!' I unit fort v-t o (1 l'.' urn1 Ini ml l ed i,il II ' 'I l liiiil fi'ci ; i in ill'- tii ii i li 1 1 v I u ti'l ,,f ln't: V l'iitirii'11 Mly lliln tc.-t ; (in the , u i liy ," No. Ill line liiimlri'il uml llfly llfiOl fee' ; t'.i' 'I'lllllH! nine HlolMlllllI limn xilliitn fenl. helm iniit'ttrd litiil iitiiiiiMTfU lit Mild tlllllt tl lot No. lilt. ItelllJT thti Hiitnc lot of (troiind i'i ili'il liy The lli'll, I, ('win mid Villon Onnl Mlninu Ciimiiiiiii v to Jinnee II. Hover, Iy ii. i (In cil April Still. IMill, recorded In llin Iti pin V nlllrc In miiUI enmity Iti deed honk vol (H' 1.11:1' tl'. HhvIiik ivrelcd ilierenn a twivMloiv fi'tltne dwelling Imllse. 2'ivJH fimt., roniitliiin ' ! rooniM, front porch tlx'io feel., iiIho Imo1 n 'I 'll und paiitiy iittiii'licd. Seized anil tn en in i-M'Ciiilon uml to h mild im the tiroperi nf I. II. Hnyvr mill Hnrllll Mlirioiret II -- lit Hi Hull of Iteyuoldsvllle llnllillim un'l I, 'I'm -Hnrl:itliin. I'I Ki N .. It DAVIH. Al,"i A 1 1 tin- defendants' rl 'lit. title, Ini -i nl cliiliii or, In and to all that cer tain he ie piece, of irroiind, titillate III the lxi'i'iillli ' Kevniild-vllle, enmity of .1 tier, nun Hit sniie of I'eiitiHylvftnla, lioundeil ami tie ( cil H4 follows lo-wlt:- Hliiiaie In A'tief iiohU' addltlotl to Pilhl lloroilijh hs ntaniie I unit plntleil liy .laineH I 'alilvvell fin II c ini .Illi'Usi'll Hi rent sixty HUM feel, belnw no'ili of said .laekNon street: on the en hi ' ' ! alley one hundred and llfly 1 1 " feet; "ii 'he north liy llordnn alley Hlxty f,. ..;,,, e- went hy lot ininilier slxtv-one lll n ( hy xM (It'liler, one hundred and 41ft v 1 1 1 f ei and known In said plan as lot fu".he x'Vtlniind ('ontiilnlnir nine Ihoiis H1 t i.mio4 ipiare feet. Itelnu the Maine lot d' eili d ' .I'liiiina H. Neule and huxlmnd t( l M leiL'ht. hy deed (lilted the ;th (lay , flii. .' . n P.iO."i. rec.inli'd In ileeil ii'iok vol 'i'S iii e r!:il. and liavlnn er(fted ilierenn II f lltll'' 'livellln'r lioilm' iNxltll feet, two spele- III h. with I, ill laehed lllxill feet, can- t'ii'n s nis, leith and toilet and pant ry HxO'ei'. A mo a frame dwelllnir limine lilx!l e .'iiln'"'j four roiMiiH; liarn iiliinit lUx'JII feet and itliei'iiiiile.tlldlnus. Hieze l and tnknn In oe u'l hi ii'id to h xnM tm the (irnpei-t v of Ida M M I'relLdit anil W 1 1 1 In in .1 M.i r.l j li t nt the suit of ilie Heynulilsvlllu HilllilliiK and J, 'in W .i.'i itlon. Fi Fn , No 21. DAVIH. Al.xil-AH the defendaiilH' rluhl, title In-to1-""' ft"-' ',lfitii of. In and to all the follow tntf ,'ur ''"' land siliinied In the horoiiuh of tie mil '.-vr'i;, (roiinly of .IttTerson and stale lennsv vnnla, hounded and deserlhed as m ..(pi'v to-wlt: On the south hy .laekson it-eet s'xtv-o'ie feet: on tho north liy tlordoii , iiev 1 1 ' 1 1 1 -nine feeti on Hie east liy Man fred Moore lot one hundred and llfly feel: on 'he 'est liy Owen Oaln lot. one hundred nret tlf'v feet, coiitfttnlntf seven thousand five hunilred iiitiiire feet, helniz the same ""ml rnnv veil to Henry Feath liy Wll li'im M t,wter anil wife liy deed dated FMriia' V lth. 1HW, and reeonled in vol.R'i, Knrelt" dee.l hook at llrookvllle, Pa,, and rlee'ted hv llenrv I'ealh and wife to Anna m xnir'lti whien deed is recorded In the Ke- Vdor' onV" In JelTermin eoiinty, In deed honk vol. w. tae 2"1, and hailnit erected thereon a hrlck cased dwellltm house 2Hx:!t feet e.mtirnlmt six rooms with kitchen lit tnehnr I7 feet, and other necessary ntit hiilidlncs elreil and taken In execution end tn h- sn'd a-, the properly of Anii'l.M. Ma-tlntind Mike Vartln at Iho suit of the Kevnoldsvllle HvilliilnR and Loan Asmicl- " Ki"'.. No. 20. DAVIS". I en- M the defen'tants' tliiht. title. In ters! nnl lltn of. In and n all thnsn cer tain piece-, parcels or lots of land situate n the vllhitre of Present! vllle, townshlpof tinsl-'w. ci'untv of Jefferson anil state of Pennsylvania, bounded and dcsjcrllad as fol'ows, lo-wlt : First. n the north liy the Waterford and "ilsfinehanna rurnplke; on the snitth by 0. H Prew.it t ; on the past by a forty foot street and on 'he west by Mrs. MontBomory. now Jerrv Myers, oontalnlnu ten thousand nqiiare feist, more or less, said piece or K round belniione h .ndred feet front and one hun dred fet deep, and helnu the same premises deeded to Anes Handyside by Louise 1). Keynol 's, et al , by deed dated July 2, 1NII7, recorded In the Itecnrder's nHlce in and for the county nf Jefferson In doed hook vol. 711, Eaie 117. Ilnvlnit errcted thereon a store ouse WvM feet with wareroom ltlxi6 feet and anne Mx41 feet foi dwelling, all on stone Wall, KoihI cellar, weather boarded and painted, glass front In store room, shelves and counters. Also having erected thereon a barn lOxdl feet with shed 16xltl ft et. Second. Beginning at a post, corner thirty feet west of the northeast corner of tbecellar wall of the store house, once occupied by 01b son, now owned hy Mrs. Jorry Myers, de ceased, thence south along line nf said lot owner hy Mrs .lorry Myers, -me hundred feet to a vnt corner on line of land of 0, H. Pis soot t; tpence west along line of said land ofO II. Prescntt sixty feet to a post corner Of lot now owned by Mrs Jerry Myersj thence north along line of said lot now owned by Mrs. Jerry Myers one hund red feet to a post, corner at the turn pike; thence east along said turnpike sixty feet to a post corner, t he place of beginning, containing six thousand square feet, more or It ss, and being the same premises con Xeyed hv Kllr.abeth J. rlhiitTe", et. al., to gies Handvldo, bv deed dated July 31, 1N9t. recorded in tho Uccordor's otHce In and tor the count v of Jefferson In deed book vol. 81. page 4H5 Having erected thereon a five room plastered house 111x28 feet, wit h stone wall and basement and being weather boarded and painted. Third. Reglnnlng at a post at the fence on the south side of tho Turnpike at the north east corner of the lot sold to M(s. Ilonora Shannon; thence In an easter'y direction along the Turnpike lift y feet to a post: thence In asoutherly' course one hundred feet, toa post; thence In a wedorly course Hfty feet to a post at corner of Mrs. Siiatinoii's lot; thence In a t'OMherly course along line of Mrs. Shannon's lot one hundred feet to tho turn pike, the place of beginning, containing Ave thousand square feet, and being the same premises couveved bv Anna Feeney to Ag"ex ttandyslde bv deed dated December M, 18OT, reeoined In the Kecordor's oftice in and for the county of Jefferson In deed hook vol. 8R. psi?e52. Having erected thereon a house lftxfs feet with bvement. Hctng weather boarded and painted. Seized and taken in execution and tone soM as the nropertv of Morton Anthony and A. Handyslde at the suit of Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania for use of Armstrong county. Test. Fl. Fa., No. 9. I. 0. Ct'LBEKTSON. TERMS: The following must be strictly compiled with when property is stricken down: 1. When the p'alnl iff or other lien credit ors become the purchaser, the cost on the writs must be paid, and a list, of liens, Includ ing morliaBc searches on the property sold, together with such lein creditor's receipt for the amount of the proceeds of the sale or BU'-b proportion thereof as ho may claim must be furnished to the sheriff. . 'See 1'utdon's digest. t,h, Ed., page 446. Smltirs form, Page 3m. 8. All bids must be paid In full. All sales not settled Immedlatley will be continued until two o'clock p. m., of day of sale at which time all property not settled for will again be put up and sold at the expense and risk of the person to whom first sold. All writs staid after lielng advertised, the cost of advertising must be paid. A. K. GALBKAITII, February 2, 1010. Bherl ff If you have anything id sell, try our Want Column A Strong Prescription. Menellk. emperor uf Abyssinia, often duliblcd In medicine. Hume years aito Mine. Blfveiilii, the wife of h prninl- i nent ini'inlier of the Kreilcb colony nt Atldis Aht'lm. him la hi tl Willi fever. I McnellU lnitilivil whtit treat inciil Hint I wits tiutli'ixoliii; anil oxii'essi'(l (llsni i proviil when bp li'iinied Unit hIicvWiU ; lit'liitf tloHt'il with ii I ii Inc. The fol lowing liny u iiu-ssi'iiniM ciillt'il with ii lni'iso pot of very rnnclil buller, iiccdiii punletl by ii leller fnun one of the em peror's seeivtiirles Klullnu that his roy. nl iiniHler ihnped that niailame wotihl lake three glares dully of the liultiT sent, which had lieeu Ntored for two yeiirs mid would bo found an Infallible , remedy. The present was untlel'iilly iicknowlcdni'd and promptly hurled, and when nmdaine reeovered Menellk took to liliiisulf t lie credit of her cure. Effects of Drugs. Persons employed In India rubber factories sometimes Inhale bisulphide, of carbmi and stiller frou. f rluhl fill dreams of belli", murdered or of fall ing over precipices. Opium stliiiiihitirs Illumination; alcohol In excess excites dread and suspicion; hasheesh, from which the word assassin was derived, produces homicidal mania. These driifis have it distinct effect upon His moral sense. Sometimes, as from al cohol, a coarse anil stupid brutality Is stimulated, or, as from morphia, a Klontny and morose temper, or. as from cocaine, while I he manner remains gentle, I lie victim develops thieving and lylni; habits. Blind Justice. We meet our philosophical friend and observe that he is smillni; contentedly. "What has gone wrong now?" we ask. "Nothing has gune wrong," he ex plains. "Something went right. Sprig guns owetl 1 Icti net t $10.0110 and put his property In his wife's iinitie so that lleimett couldn't collect." i "Hut Unit Isn't anything unusual." "And last night Mrs. Sprlggans elop Ki with llennett!"-l.lfe. Uncertainty. "I am always horribly nervous when I buy a suit of clothes from a strange tailor." "Yes; u person you don't know Is hard to stand off." Houston I'ost. A Leading Part, "My brother has n leading part In that drama." "What part?" "He leads a horse across the stoge In the last act." Some people are born foolish, some acquire foolishness and others thrust their foolishness upon us. Philadel phia Ledger. Uuaint Hymns. For unreality of sentiment in hymns we must go back to the eighteenth century. Here Is an Instance: Ah. lovely appearance of death! What sight upon earth la so fair? Not all the gay pageant! that breathe Can with a dead body compare. It seems strange that death should bare been the occasion for a touch of unconscious humor In a hymn. In the collection entitled "Hymns, Ancient and Modern," there was and possibly still la tbe following verse: They do not hear when the great bell la ringing overhead. They cannot rise and come to church With ua for they are dead. Tbe list of things wblcb "they" are unable to do might be Indefinitely ex tended. London Chronicle. Had to Walk. The intoxicated gentleman stared In a bewildered manner at the sign on tbe bridge. Tbe sign read, "Loads Must Not Be Taken Across tbe Bridge Faster Than a Walk." After giving the sign profound study be observed: "Don't shee how fellersh wP loadsh can do better'n a walk nohow!" V 1910 BEST BY ANY TEST and the best test Is Its use. "Family Favorite" LAMP OIL Gfvw the nearest to natural of any arti ficial light known. Burni white, clear steady and fullflamo to the la-it drop. BtWig,iiiHity4M6; Will not smoke, amoir'or flicker. Costs no more than ordinary tank wagon oil and infinitely better. Moat any dealer can supply you. Waverly Oil Worlts Co., ZZg Pisburi, Pa, All suksrt of Wtrljr IpKUl Aato Oil u Wmrlj OsmUuis. Microbes in the Scalp Tho Lalet t Explanat'c V : that PicroLca Cr.tvJTs Baldness I'rofoKHor I'litnv fif Tlrtmbur. (Icniiiiiiy, uml lr. i-i.-ilioitMtuI, f J'uris, traiicc, fIi: v! I'm; lioii'ir of liiivinx tlistosci'ctl tliu liair liiiciolif. DaliliK'ss ii nut taiiMiil llirouli ft few wi'cl;:;' work el' tlit-so linir i;:i(i'olii's, Lut is Iho nsull, . f -on-tiilituiH ii't)ti"!,t. iiliinit !' f licit presence. .ultllie.'-:.-! l iny put re cur until years alter (lie mitroliuH lieau work, !ml it is cerlain (o conie ( tior.cr nr later. Tlie Plicl'olies cut off llio Monti mijiply. They feed on llin fatly iniilti r nliout lli(! roots tf tho Iiair, Lliroiiirli wkieli t!.' Moml is al sorlietl. l iiially tlie fatty matter is t'Olisuined, llm food tmpply of fli" Iiair i:i pono ninl it utarvcM ihkI finally dies. !csircin i.i ono of tlie iuo: t, ef fective pen" tleRlroyei:! ever dis covered. let it Naplilhol is iv most powerful, yet nlisolutely tuifu ger ii icido aii'l nut inept ic, wliicli pro vents tlevelopinent ( f perm mat ter, and creates a clean, heal! liy condition. 'vl '.-:z, ;.!;!, not fi color it :,' matter or dye, i i an inpredienf Well I'.stulili.shed for il;i power (o re: 'lorn natunil color (ohiiinau hair w hen loss of color litis lieen caused ly a dii'oit'ic. Jlorax, because of it s well-defined (often ini and cleansm;' projierlics, is most useful in (ho treat inent of jculp and Iiair discuses, (llyeeritio acts as a stimulant to tho Iiair bulbs, and lias u Root hi n;-, liculiug niul nouriKliing inlluonco. Alcohol is indisiieiiHablo in medicine becnusR of its antiseptic, stimulating und prcKcrvnl ivo (iialil ies. Wc want every one who has scalp or hair trouble to try Hexall "Do" Hair Tonic, widen contains all these iipreilienls. f it docs not ive you complete satisfaction in every particular, we will return every penny you paid us for it, for tho mere nsliin,!' and without fuicslion or lornulily. Of course you tnulcr.it and that when we say that I'exall "!).'$" Hair Tonic will prow hair wo do not refer to cases where the roots aro entirely dead, (ho pores of tho scalp closed, untl the head has tho shiny appearanco of a billiard ball. In cases like this there is no hope. In all other cases of baldness Itcxall "93" Hair Tonic will grow hair, or cost tho user nothing. Two sizes, f0 cents and $1.00. Remembe you con obtain Rcxull Remedies only ut Tho Rexull Store. Stoke & Feiuhl Drug Coin puny: fJUGHKS & FLEMING. FUNERAL DIRECTORS Main Street. Reynoldsvtlle, Pa WINDSOR HOTEL W.T. Hruhnker, Mgr. Midway between Broad St. Station and Heading Terminal on Fllhortat. European il.tKI pur day and up. American I MX) pnr day and up. Theonly moderate priced hotel of rep utation and oonHpquenceln PHILADELPHIA Art Calendar 1910 Free Cut out this card and send it to us with two cents in stamps to cover cost of postage and we will send you our 1910 Art Calendar. All the months of the year are visible at one time on this calendar, and it is embellished by a reproduction of the famous painting "Motherhood". This Bank pays 4 Compound Interest on Savings. . . You can bank by mail at easily at in person. Booklet on request. Capital and Surplus, 10 Millions. - F(oLoj ALTRV5T (MPANY (SAVINGS BANK) pittsbv7.:::, pa, A SAVAGE WITCH. Hie Life Wee Saved by the Chief of . the Quiah Tribe. T!io nntlinr uf liorm-H of Modern Oil) lilies.'' Iho Itev I'.iluiinl tJlllliil. M A . ill olio linn' muster of llnrrow Hrliiinl, hii.vh In 1 1 1 h I ii ink Uml lie lut 1 1 .vein's iik I In1 lil li llene of liieelln Hie Una uf Ilie IJiililh riiiinir.v. Teitl Ann iiiii.hiiiik, ut 1 1 ii ir v. TV l.Milnli l;h, ' linil lieen edlli nli'd nl Si. AilitUKtiiie'H .(illeue, ('iiiileilnii'.v, ti itl wiih ii 1 It tu lecture to Hie lliii rm I iiim in kimii) Kntr llsli In his leiliire lie lolil 11 iiininl slnry which IhIiik one iiemer to the weinl lives of Ilie (Jiilnhs. u smiill nx I'll nil ii ra I mid ll'iiillliu t i i 1 if nf Inof fensive rlminctels uti the west nnis't tif Afrlcii. "In my' fiiiintry," wild tlie kliitt, "we hiivp no iirlsonsi tlierefure If n ml nll Is hrnrlil to me I must r-tiop nlT siiiiii'IIiIiik -mi em- or two. ii lift nil or ii foul-n ml he Kiies liniiie ii xmlilcr uml ii wiser i ii ii ii. Just before I left for KiikIiiikI u chief iiiine to my hut. lirliiliiK a I'l'lsniier. 'WliiK has he done, rrlenil?' I nsked. "'Ilo Is ii iliuntermis witch. () kln. lie rim turn himself Into nil nlllfjiitor ' " 'I'cioli! N'miHense! I don't believe Hint old fiisliluned ki i i IT.' " 'Oh. but we hiiw him do It down by the his river.' "Indeed: Well, chief, tell me nil iilmut II. Von hiiw him yourself V "I (lid We were hunt Ink by t lit banks of the river, with our rllles when nil nt once we saw n bi alliKii tor lylntr on u rock in the' river. The witch man was lylntr asleep In n ham mock some Hfty yards nwny. Oh. the dangerous crealnie lie Is! " 'Well. kiiiK. do not IiiiikIi with your eyes like thai, for I am speaking the truth. I inl up uiy rillo to shoot Ilie nlliKtitur, but, to mil' reat fear, us soon us I tired this fellow rolled out of his hummock uml full on the ground nml rubbi'd his buck and swore be was hurt. "'Now. O klm;. If this witch hud not been Inside the nllinntor bow could be lave been hurt when I II red?" "tJentlHineii." concluded the I;Iiik. "I nee you are hiui:hlim with your eyes, but It Is very dlllicult to rule over ;i people unluii!;bl mid itlven over to superstition "Wlmt did I doV Why. If I bud left 111 tn free they would have killed him ns soon us I bad gone on my ship, so I saved Ids life by chopping off his left ear." MODERN CHESS. The Game Vastly Different From That of the Ninth Century. Chess is but n game, a pastime, a relaxation, but it has ut times ab sorbed the faculties of the Intellectual in every clime. Perhaps the greatest eulogy on the name wus the remark of Sir Walter Italelj,'li( "I do not wish to live longer than 1 cau pluy chess." It Is certain that those who do not play tbe game are quite unable to form any conception of the high Intel lectual delights experienced by the chess enthusiast. Tbe origin of chest bos been sought in vain. Tbe fact Is tbe game bus go changed, developed and Improved down tbe course of centuries that In Its present form It would not be rec ognized by its Inventor, If there ever was one. Tbe oldest chess problem on record is thought to be that contained in an ancient Persian manuscript at tributed to Caliph Kallfen Mutasln Billab, who reigned in Bagdad A. D. 833 to 842. But tbe reader would bare to learn tho old rules before it was intelligible. For example, tbe queen could make a move of only one square at a time and that on a diagonal, but a queen promoted from a pawn was allowed to make a move of two squares diagonally. Tbe bishop bnd no power over any square except tbe third from wblcb it stood on its owu diagonal line, but It was allowed to vault over any piece Unit happened to bo between. In short. It was a totally different game. Chess in tbe precise form lu wblcb we know it and play it today Is a comparatively modern gamp. Loudon Strand Magazine. Amending a Proverb. There are a lot of silly proverbs knocking about Take, for Instance. "If pigs had wings they would fly." Now, this Is absurd If you like. Do you know what sized wings a pig weighing eighty pounds would require in order to fly? Tbey would measure about thirty yards from tip to tip. A nice state of things to keep pigs id an aviary wltb wings of that size! Tbe proverb would run mucb better: If pigs could fly Pork would be high. ' London Scraps. The Right Way. Little Willie liked ice cream, but be objected to turning the freezer. One day bis mother was agreeably sur prised to find Id in working at the crank as if bis life depended on it. "Dow did you get Willie to turn the I ice cream freezer?" she said to hoi' husband. "I offered bim 2 cents to do I it, and be wouldn't" . "You didn't go about it tbe right way. my dear," replied ber husband "I bet bim a cent be couldn't turn It 1 for bulf an hour!" Pretty Ancient. "What Is the oldest form of litera ture?" . "I duuuo, but I guess some of th' musical comedy jokes must reach back pretty nearly that far." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Adam's Kick. Ere What makes you look so cross? Adam I wlsb you wouldn't be so load In your dresses. It Isn't necessary for you to pick the most highly colored autumn leaves Nw York Press. Do 'You Really Leve Doge? rerbups the fluid test of anybody' love of dogs Is willingness to fiermlt them to liuikc a camping ground of the bed. There Is no other place In (he world (hat suits tlie dog quite so well. On tbe bed ho Is sufo from being Hlep ped upon, ho Is out of tho way of drafts, ho has u coininiimllii'; position from which to survey what goes on In the world, and, above? nil, the KUrl'aee Is soft mid yielding In bis (UilMti'eti lied limbs. No mere man can ever be r i comfortable us n dog looks. Kuans per rons object to having n dog on th ' bed ut night, und It must he ailiullle.l that ho lies n little heuvily upon on,''.! limbs, but why be no huso as In pi'cic comfort to companionship? To wuke up In the dark night nml put your baud on that warm, soft body, to feel the beating of Unit fnltliful heart-Is not this belter Hum undisturbed sloth? The best night's rest I ever bad was once when u cocker ppunlel puppy, who had Just recovered from slomach aclu (doie one to two soda minis) ami was a I It t Is) frightened by tlie strange oxjierlem :', curled up on my shoulder like u fur tippet, gently pushed Ids cold, soft nu.-io into my neck und there slept sweetly and soundly until morning.-II. C. Mer wln in Atlantic. Abaentminded Dyer. Charles I.amh bad u friend named George Dyer who was perhaps the most absent minded unit on record. It was Dyer who, leaving Lamb's Is lington home nt brond noonday, walked straight inlo the Now river. He was known lo take up a coal scut tle Instead of his hat, to walk home with a footman's cockuded hat on ami even to leave one of bis shoos under the table and get well on his home ward way before discovering Ids loss. Ho called nt n friend's one morning, board Unit tho family was nwny In the country, left bis nume In the Visitors' book, uml a few hours Inter called ngnln, asked for the book again and was astonished to see bis own ffeshly written name. Once, when Proctor breakfasted Willi him, Dyer forgot the tea. The omission bolna noted, he (Hied the teapot with ginger. Proctor loft ns soon ns he could to get a better breakfast nt a coffee tnvem, and there Dyer strolled lu nml asked bim how be did, quite unconscious of having seen bim pnrller. Lawyert' Wills. A remarkable specimen of a lawyer's Invalid will wns that of Kir Joseph Jockyll, muster of tho rolls, who died lu n.'iH n nd bcqticnthcd his fortune after bis wife's death to pay off the national debt. "Sir Joseph was a good mail and n good lawyer," was Lord Mansfield's comment, "but his bequest was a very foolish one. He might as well buvc attempted to stop the middle arch of London bridge with bis full bottomed wig." The testator's patriotic intentions were therefore treated as proof of mental weakness, and bis will was promptly set aside. Among the many blundering wills that lawyers have inndo for their clients, if not for themselves, the strangest, on record was that of a Dublin gentleman who left all bis money to tbe elder son of his brother and, If be bnd no elder son, to the second. London Chronicle. Raindrops. Drops of rain vary In their size per haps from a twenty-fifth to a quarter of an inch in diameter. In parting from the clouds they precipitate their descent till the Increasing resistance opposed by tho air becomes equal to their weight, when they continue to fall with uniform velocity. ' This ve locity Is therefore lu a certain ratio to the diameter of tbe drops; beuce tbunder and other showers in which the drops are large pour down faster than a drizzling rain. A drop of tho twenty-fifth part of an inch In falling through the air would, when it had arrived at Its uniform velocity, ac quire a celerity of only eleven and a half feet per second, while one of a quarter of nn inch would have a ve locity of thirty-fhrce and a half feet. 'A Peacemaker. It Is a commonly accepted belief that nothing short of being pried loose will Induce a bulldog to give up bis grip on another dog or on an Intruder, but this Is a mistake. A little household ammonia poured on him as near bis nose as circumstances will allow will make bim let go immediately. Tbe fumes of ammonia are so overpower ing that a dog cannot possibly main tain bis grip and bis breath at tbe same time. Country Life In America. A Word to Parent-, Never amuse your children at tbe ex pense of other people; never allow your children to ridicule other people. Neglect this advice and the time will assuredly come when these children will amuse themselves with your foi bles and ridicule your authority. Ex change. Which Was the Worse? "When I returned from our poker party last night my wife just looked at me; not a word was spoken," "My wife looked at me, too, and I don't believe that a word was unspo ken." Houston Post. Reaching Conclueion. "I imagine from your speech that you ore a taxidermist." "What makes you think so?" "Principally because you tell me I am as wise ns an owl and tie'n try to tuff me." Exchange. Peaceful. . Mrs. Frost Who was It that said "Peace, perfect peace?" Frost Some one whose telephone was out of or d"r. Life." Cheerfulness Is one of the surest n titrations of good sense. THE WRECK MASTER. He Does Some Tall Hustling When the Line It Blocked. When a wreck blocks the Hue the wreck master Is the biggest man on tbe railroad. liven the president. If by unhappy chance bo happens to In there, steps nsldo and keeps silent aft er tho wreck truln halts with a Jerk of grinding brakes and hissing air be fore tho Indescribable confusion of shuttered wood and twlsied steel which clutter the trucks. The wreck master's feet are on tbe ground before tho shrieking wheels have censed turn ing. There follow nt his heels a half score of men, all experts, but of less degree than their lender. ) He shouts an order that seems as unintelligible as a drlllmuster's com mand, then another and nnoVber. There Is Instant action. At one eW of the train a locomotive begins to creep cautiously awny with the coach es that have stayed on the rails. An express car up toward the forward end of tho passenger train Is tilted trem blingly on Its trucks. It Is loaded wltb bales of silk perhaps or with other costly merchandise. The wreckers do not stop to Inquire. To them It Is simply an obstruction that has to be removed Immediately. There Is a heaving chorus, and It plunges down the embankment A hundred yards away a loaded freight car In the op posite train Is hanging over the edge. Fifty crowbars give It a tip that sends it down to tho foot of the hill. As It lands there is a crash of discordant, tortured strings, an inharmonious out burst ns though half a hundred cats bad landed simultaneously on half a hundred keyboards. "Plnnos," re marks one of the panting workmen to another standing at his shoulder. They do not pause even to grin. An Instant lutcr they are heaving awny at some thing else. Tbnddous S. Dayton in Harper's Weekly. CHINA'S GREAT WALL It Would Be a Mighty Task to Dupli cate It Today. What man has done, we are told., man can do. But to erect today a great fortification comparable to the Grent wall of China would be a heavy tax on both the resources and the res olution of Kurope. A score or two of warships are all very well, but the cost of Inbor and the will Involved In' building fleets can hardly be compared to those devoted to the building of tbnt grent barrier about two centuries before the coming of Christ, when Itome was struggling with Hannibal. Two thousand five hundred and fifty miles, Including spurs, arms and loops, la l,n lni4l. nanrtl.n.l In It t, Ito MS I". Cell, the only white man. we be lieve, who has traveled the whole length of It. It bns been said that tbe Great wall Is the only object of man's handiwork which could be discerned from tbe moon, and one calculation has It that If the material of the wall were disposed about the globe at the equa tor there would be a wall girdle eight feet blgh and three feet thick around tbe earth. One can believe that to this day tbe name of the Emperor Chin In cursed nil along the wall by the posterity of the wretches who were forced to tbe gigantic task of building It. In tbe days of Its greatest importance, when It was still holding back, tbe Tartar hordes. It Is believed to have bad on its line 25.000 towers, each capable of holding 100 men. and 15,000 watch towers. Even today there remains 20, 000 towers and 10.000 watchtowers, .with some 2,000 miles of wall that could, with moderate repairing, be rondo Into a formidable military work. . London News. Giants and Dwarfe. In tho seventeenth century all the abnormally iarge and small folks of Austria were assembled in Vienna In response to n whim of the empress. As circumstances required that all should be boused In one building, tberu was a fear that tbe Imposing propor tions of tho giants would terrify tbe dwarfs. But the dwarfs teased and tormented tbe glaDts so that these overgrown mortals complained wltb tears In their eyes, and as a conse quence sentinels had to be placed to protect the giants from their pygmy persecutors, for the smallest men had tbe biggest brains and the longest tongues. Corrupted His Style. "Tbe late Richard Watson Gilder," said a New York poet, "always op posed tbe reading of light literature. A poet, be said, could not read such (ill.. uluiu nuuuui IVIIUUIM., U.O Uk.. ary style. "He once told me that tbe poet In this respect was like Brown's parrot. "Brown bought a parrot for $20 from a pet stock dealer and a week or two later-returned to the shop and in sisted tbat the bird be taken back. " 'What's tbe matter with It? the dealer asked. ' 'W-w-wby,' said Brown, the durn ed c-c-crltter st-stutters.' " Expert Opinion. "What do you think made Hamlet so suspicious of the ghost?" asked Mr. Stormlngton Barnes. "He probably thought," answered the psychic .researcher, "that no well regulated ghost would manifest him self without ringing bells or tipping tables." Washington Star. Putting Him Wise. "I'd like to make you my wife," said the practical young man. "but they tell me you can't keep house." "Don't you believe all tbey tell you." rejoined the girl lu tbe case. "You get tbe bouse and put it in my name, and I'll prtee to you tbat I can keep It,- Exchani?