OUR POOR LITTLE EARTH.
A Mere Speck Compared With Some
of the Monster Suns.
The ;nmln facts of nstrouomy nre
highly 'interesting. It Ih only dry text
books that hnve mnile us turn nwny
from then'i. RpihI n good popular as
tronomy nnd jou will gain a dim. re
mote Idea of Infinity and eternity.
Sometimes you think you see a Ids
star, but you do not. You merely nee
the light from It which has been 2.nr0
years In reaching us
Almost everybody knows that our
earth Is a third rate planet In our
' solar system. Jupiter would scarcely
condescend to notice us. Hut lliey do
not know that our sun Itself sits lie
low the salt- It would not be admit
ted to a congregation of Important
heavenly bodies. Canopns. the lar
gest star that we see. Is 10,000 times
the size of our sun, nnd our solar cen
ter is hopelessly outclassed by Aide
baran, Rlgcl, Sirius, Betelguese and
countless others.
Mark Twain put this fact very well
In one of his stories, "Captain Storm
field's Visit to Heaven." When the
captain arrived and announced that he
was from the earth the recording an
gels could not remember ever having
heard of such a place before. One
finally recalled that It was a poor lit
tle planet belonging to a poor little
solar system away down In n dark cor
ner of the heavens. fs'ew York World.
A BRIGHT IDEA.
Unusual Sagacity That Wat Lauded by
' the Professor.
That the proverbial ubsentuiiuded
professor is sometimes ably aliened by
his wife Is Illustrated by a story told
'of Trofessor Bunsen. One evening
about the usual hour for retiring lie
took It Into his head to run over to
the club just as he unci timiluiii ueiv
returning from an evening cull
"But,," said the lady, "1 mu.st have
the front door locked before I retire."
This emergency staggered the pro
fessor, and as he looked bewildered at
his wife the lady, seized with an in
spiration, continued:
"I'll go In nnd lock the door and
throw you the key from the window."
This program was carried out. and
when he reached the club the profess
or related the lncitlcnl 10 a friend us
evidence of his wife's unusual sagac
ity. The friend greeted the story with a
roar of laughter
"And why. my dear professor," he
said, "did you not simply admit your
wife, lock the door from the outside
and come away?"
"True," ejaculated the learned man
of science, "we never thought of that."
The climax c f the incident was
reached an h'lir later when, returning
homo, the :n I'essor discovered that
the lady In h;:r excitement had thrown
out the wrong key.
How They Got Out.
Uncle Ephralm had two hogs, which
he kept In a pen at the rear end of his
little lot. They were of the "razor
hack" variety, and, although they were
fed bountifully with kitchen waste. It
seemed Impossible to put any fat on
their attenuated frames. One morning
when he went out to feed them they
were not there They had disappear
ed, Jeavlng no clew to the manner In
which they had made their escape.
"What's the matter. Uncle EphV"
inquired a neighbor, noticing the deep
dejection with which the old man was
looking down Into the empty pen.
"My hawgs Is done gone, will." he
answered
"Stolen V"
"?.o, snb: i don't see no signs dat
anybody tuck 'em."
"Did they climb out over the top'"
"No; dey couldn't 'a' done (Int."
"Cow do you think they got away?"
"Well, sah," said Uncle Epliraim.
"my 'pinion Is dat dein hawgs kind
o' raised delrselves up on nidge an'
crope through a crack." Youth's Com
pauiou. Wonderful Memories.
We are told that rascal never for
got anything he bad seen, beard or
thought Avlcenna could repeat by
rote the entire Koran when be was
ten years old, and Francis Sunrez bnd
the whole of St Augustine in bis
memory. In three weeks Scallger, the
famous scholar, committed to memory
every Hue of the "Iliad" and the
"Odyssey." Another scholar, Justus
I.Ipslus, offered to repeat the "Histo
ries" of Tacitus without a mistake on
forfeit of his life.
Writing For Money.
Fond Father Yes, my boy at the
varsity has written several articles for
the magazines.
Friend But he's not a professional
wrlter.jjurelyj
"What do you mean by profession
al?'" "Why, he doesn't write for money?"
"Doesn't be? You ought to see
some of his letters to me!" Exchange.
Possibly True.
. Mamma (to a friend who Is lunch
ing with her) I don't know why it is.
but 1 always eat more when we have
company than when we're alone.
Tommy (helping himself to the third
piece of cake) I know why It is:
'cause we have better things to eat.
Brooklyn Life.
Insult Upon Injury.
"And to make matters worse," com
plained the employee who bad just
been blown up by a premature explo
sion In a quarry, "when I claimed
damages the foreman called me a
Masted fool."-Lippincotfs.
Bind together your spare hours by
4b cords of some definite purpose.
iWiniam M. Taylor.
THE AGILE ESKIMO.
Habit Enables Him to Scale Ice ClaJ
Heights With Ease.
"In all my experience I had never
encountered a rougher, more difficult
country In which to hunt thau In
Ellesmere Land," writes Harry Whit
ney 111 Outing. "Ordinarily 1 should
have believed these mountain sides,
wllh walls of smooth rock sheathed
with a crust of hard Ice and snow,
quite unscalable.
' "In places they were almost perpen-
dicular. Itarely did they offer a rreve'
j Ice to serve as foot or hand hold, and
jutting points and firm net bowlders
were too widely scattered to be of
mil ii help.
"In this his native land "the Eskimo
has a decided advantage over the
white hunter. Ills lifetime of experi
ence has taught him to scale these
Ice clad heights with n nlmbleness and
case that are astounding. lie Is quite
fearless, and even the mountain sheep
Is not his superior as a climber.
"As if by magic and with little ap
parent effort the two Eskimos Hew up
the slippery walls, far outstripping
me. How they did It I shall never
know. Now and again I was forced
to cut steps In the ice or I should ln
evltnbly have lost my footing and
been hurled downward several hun
dred feet to the rocks beneath.
"I was astonished even at my own
nroeress. nnd when I naused to flame
behind mo I felt a momentary panic, j
But there wns no turning back, and
one look robbed mo of any desire to
try It.
"The Eskimo has no conception of
distance. He Is endowed with certain
artistic Instincts which enable him to
draw a fairly good map of a coast
line with which he Is thoroughly fn
miliar, but he cannot tell you how far
it is from one point to another. Often
when Eskimos told me n place wo were
bound for was very close at hand it
developed that we were far from It.
This they are never sure of and can
not indicate.
"The Eskimos have a white man
'stung to death' from every point of
view. They not only can go to sleep
promptly, but sleep soundly and well
as they travel when circumstances
permit. They get sustenance, too, by
eating hard frozen walrus and seal
meat or blubber. This I could never
do, for it is so strong In flavor that It
Invariably nauseated me, though I did
succeed very well with raw hare or
deer's meat when I had it."
BLUNDERING REPORTERS.
Mistakes That Mangled the Speakers'
Words and Feelings.
"Drunkenness Is folly!" earnestly ex
claimed Bishop Magee In the house of
lords cm a celebrated occasion. How
horrified" wns the prelate to read In
the papers next morning that ho had
given utterance to the very baccha
nalian sentiment, "Drunkenness Is
jolly!"
Lord Salisbury was n muster phrase
maker, but one of his best points was
spoiled when a careless reporter turn
ed his reference to "manacles and
Manitoba" Into the meaningless "man
acles and men at the bar."
Sir William Hnrcourt was badly mis
quoted once, "Great Is Diana of the
Ephesians!" he exclaimed upon the
platform, but a country paper had It:
"Great Dinah! What a farce Is this!"
Lack of knowledge of familiar quo
tations Is a prolilic source of unre
porting. For instance, n speaker once
made use of the well known lines
from Milton's "L'Allegro:"
But come, thou goddess, fair and tree,
In heaven ycl.Vt Euphrosyne.
The country reporter deputed to
"take him down" was in despair. He
could not make head or tail tif this
mysterious utterance. But, following
the sound as far as possible, ho seized
his peu and produced the following
gem:
But como, thou goddess, fair and free.
In heaven sho crept and froze her knee.
The speaker was taken down in
more senses than oue. London An
swers. Knew Where He Was.
"When I wus studying In Boston,"
snid a musician, "they used to tell a
tale about a man named Harper, an
odd old character, who played a trom
bone in one of the small theaters
there. One time they were rehenrslng
a new overture. Throughout the piece
Harper was a little behind the rest of
the men. Before they sturted it a sec
ond time the leader reproved Harper
for not coming in more regularly with
the other players. When they attempt
ed it again Harper came In, as usual,
two or three beats behind time. The
leader stopped and, after letting loose
a lot of profanity, demanded to know
if the trombonist knew he was playing
about half a dozen notes behind the
others.
"Harper nodded. 'That's all right."
said he. 'I can catch up with the oth
ers any time I want to.' "Philadel
phia Telegraph.
His Great Loss.
"Well, Garge," exclaimed the farm
er as he greeted one of his laborers
ne New Year's day, "and 'ow did 'ee
get on last yeear?"
"Aye. malster." was the reply, "It
wur a bad yeear for I. I did lose my
missus, I did lose my canary, and I
did lose my dog. And It wur a good
log too." London News.
Self Protection.'
Tou didn't really need a wig."
"I was driven to It Now the bar
ber won't try to sell me any tonics
or hair restorer." Louisville Courier
Journal. Never add the burden of yesterday's
trouble to that of tomorrow. The one
Is past: the other may never come.
Che Wasn't Afraid.
A crowd gnthered on the stieet to
Watch a handsome fox terrier that was
running about, nose in air. . White
froth was running from the dog's
mouth.
"lie's mad!" yelled a fat man. j
The foi. terrier stood in the 'center
of the group with wide open eyes,
either too mad or too frightened to
move.
At this Juncture the policeman ar
rived. A dozen voices began to tell
him that the dog was mad; that it
must be killed; that It had been snap
ping at the children; that It began to
froth when it passed a pool of water,
and how best to shoot.
A tall, quiet looking woman pushed
through the crowd and started toward
the dog. A dozen men yelled nt her.
Two or three men grabbed at her.
She picked the dog up and started
out of the crowd. The policeman
stopped her with:
"Madam, that dog Is mad. He must
be shot. Look nt the foam coming out
of his mouth."
"Foam!" she said contemptuously.
"That's a cream puff he was eating."
St. Louis Tost-Dispatch.
Printing Coin on Linen.
The print of a sliver coin or medal
may be made on silk or linen by dip
ping the fabric in a solution of nitrate
of silver and stretching it over the
face of the coin until the image Is Im
printed. The linen Is sensitized by dip
ping It into a. solution of nitrate of
silver, made by dissolving sixty or
eighty grains of nitrate of sliver in
oue ounce of water. Wet the portion
of the cloth which Is to receive the
Impression in the solution and when
nearly dry draw It over the face of the
coin and tie It at the back. Expose to
a weak light, and In a few minutes the
raised design of the coin will appear
ou the linen. As soon as the print Is
dark enough remove and wash In clear
water. When nearly dry Iron It
smooth with a warm iron, placing a
piece of tissue paper over the print.
In printing from the com or medal it
is advisable to paste a piece of paper
on the reverse side, so that the silver
will not come in contact with the sen
sitized fabric.
Student ef Shakespeare.
The office boy sat In the corner busi
ly engaged In reading a book. Strange
to say, It was not "The Adventures of
Bunko Jim," "Daisy Dean, the Demon
Detective," nor even a thrilling narra
tive of more or less correct life on the
plains. He wns reading Shakespeare.
An expression of peace and Joy was
on his face that caused those who
knew him to wonder if he had at last
experienced a change of heart. Ills
eyes sparkled, and his whole expres
sion was one of happiness. Finally he
turned to a worker at another desk.
"Say, Jim," he said, "I've got a ques
tion for you. Did you ever read Shake
speare?" "Yep," was the reply.
"And d'yer know what he talks
about?"
"Yep."
"Den maybe you can help me."
"What is it?"
"Well, I want to know -which was do
man, Romeo or Juliet?" Youth's Com
panion. Losing His Mind. '
"Mother, guess you'd better send fer
th' doctor," gasped Uncle Charlie Bea
ver as he sank Into a chair and rocked
back and forth, holding his gray head.
"Snkos alive: Ye haven't been nnd got
the misery In yer head, have ye, Si
las?" gasped his astonished wife, dropp
ing a pic tin.
"I dunno what's the matter, but I've
nlwus had a hunch my mind 'd go
some time. It's cum, I guess. I no
ticed th' trouble fust last Veek when 1
plumb forget to go up nn' swear off
th' $100 assessment till it was too late.
Then I neglected to go to th' school
meetln' last night to fight agin the new
commissioner. But, wuss and wuss, I
didn't guess within eleven pound seven
ounces of th' weight of Wnl Weaver's
big hog killed today. I guess my mind
has gone all right. I'm about all In."
ruck.
Tuning Forka.
The tuning fork wns the invention
of John Stone, royal trumpeter, In
1811. Though the pitch of forks varies
slightly with changes of the tempera
ture or by rust, they nre the most ac
curate means of determining pitch.
Tuning forks are capable of being
made of any pitch within certain lim
its, but those commonly used are the
notes A and C, giving the sounds rep
resented by the second and 'third
spaces in the treble stave.
An incentive.
"Won't you try to love me?" he
sighed.
"I have tried," she replied kindly,
but firmly.
"My rich aunt has Just died," he
went on.
"In that case, dear, I will try again."
Puck.
A Blunt Answer.
Mother (to her daughter) You'd bet
ter accept Peter, my dear. He is a
nice boy, though he may not be hand
some. After all, good looks fade, don't
they, papa? Father Rather! Flle
gende Blatter.
The Ways of Men.
Many a man who would be unable
to find the family Bible if he hunted
all day would have no difficulty in put
ting bis band on the corkscrew, even
in the dark. Chicago Record-Herald.
An Empty Dream.
Bobby Say. sis. what's a "empty
dream Dott.T -One you have when
you've ueen scut to bed without any
supper.- -Cleveland Leader. ,
Liberty for the Wife.
The Grange may be oalled the liber
ator of the Amerloan farmer's wife, as
It was the first organization that gave
to woman the same privileges and
rights as are enjoyed by man, In
doing this It baa not only turned on
the radiant, light of hope for her, but
it ban strengthened the union of both,
has created deeper love for home, and
given Inspiration for better thoughts,
nobler deeds, and higher alms for the
future. Men need more of the refining
influence of woman. There Is nothing
that so refines a man as a good woman,
and no audience, association, or organ
ization with woman eliminated can be
so modest, so refined, or so complete
as with woman In It. National Grange.
William Yeckley, of DuBols, pro
prietor of the Central Hotel In that
place, died Tuesday morning. Typhoid
pneumonla was cause of his death,
Hadonly been ill a fe w days.
New spring waists for ladles at BIng
Stoke Co.
New percales and glngbams at Blng
Stoke Co.
A Reluctant Candidate.
During a local election in a Germau
town only one man appeared at the
nomination desk.
"Whom do you nominate?" inquired
the official.
"Myself," was the answer.
"Do you accept the nomination?"
"Well, no."
The officer laughed nhd said:
"Then we must try ngalu. Whom
do you nominate?"
"Myself."
"You accept the nomination?"
"No."
A subdued "Donnerwetter!" escnped
the Hps of the perplexed official, but
be went on:
"For the third time, whom do you
nominate?"
"Myself," came the Invariable reply.
"Do you accept the nomination?" .
The man rose up, and a smile of sat
isfaction spread over bis face as he
answered proudly:
"Having been three times solicited
by my fellow citizens to accept the
nomination, 1 can no longer decline to
accede to their wishes." He then re
tired. The Opal.
In judging an opal color Is of the
greatest importance. Red tire or red
in combination with yellow, blue and
green is the best. Blue by Itself
Is quite valueless, and the green opal
is not of great value unless the color
is very vivid and the pattern very
good. The color must bo true that is
to say, It must iiot run In streaks or
patches, alternating with a colorless
or Inferior quality. Pattern is an im
portant factor, the several varieties
being known as "pin fire" when the
grain is very small, "harlequin" when
the color is In small squares, the more
regular the better, and the "flash fire,"
or "flash opal" when the color shows
as a single flash or in very large pat
tern. Harlequin Is the most common
and Is also popularly considered the
most beautiful. When the squnres of
color are regular nnd show as dis
tinct minute checks of red, yellow,
blue and green it is considered mag
nificent. Some stones show better on
edge than on top. Exchange.
Kept Them Dancing.
A Washington official, speaking of
blunders In the diplomatic service, told
of a mistake committed by nn Amer
ican In Afghanistan. He said:
"This American entertained the
shalizada for three days, giving him
a very handsome suit of rooms in bis
house. The morning of the shahza
da's arrival the American host visited
hiin in his apartment nnd was amazed
to see the royal guest and his entire
stall hopping about the floor In the
oddest way. They conversed politely
and gravely; but, instead of walking,
they hopped, taking great leaps of
eight or nine feet. The host ventured
to ask the reason of this hopping.
The shali.ada politely replied:
"'You see, this carpet Is green, with
pink roses here and there. Green is
a sacred color with us, so we nre
obliged to hop from rose to rose. It Is
good exercise, but rather fatiguing, 1
confess."
A Lively Office.
In his recollections in Blackwood's
Magazine Sir Robert Anderson tells
an amusing story of the days when he
was employed at the home office. On
bis arrival one morning at the office
he found a note from Sir James Fer
gusson's private secretury his inti
mates called him "Creeper" announc
ing that at 3 o'clock precisely an old
hat, lutcly the property of the chief
clerk, would be kicked off from the end
of the corridor and requesting the fa
vor of Sir Robert's presence. When Big
Ben struck 3, Sir Robert henrd Creep
er's cheery voice ring out, "All on
side; play!" They all turned out and
the game began. On emerging from
an unusually hot scrimmage Sir Rob
ert became conscious of the presence
of a stranger at bis side, a timid little
Frenchman, who meekly inquired, "is
Kiss ze office for ze naturalization?"
Sir Robert adds, "It was!"
Why He Cried.
The sympathetic neighbor asked: "Is
your little brother Hi this morning,
Johnnie? I heard him crying in tbe
most heartrending manner."
"No; not exactly," Johnnie explained,
"but Willie pulled down a Jug of mo
lasses on himself In the pantry, and
mother has been trying to comb bis
hair," Exchange.
The First National Bank
OF REYNOLD8VILLE.
Capital and Surplus $ 1 75,000.00
Resources . . $600,000.00
OFFICERS '
J. 0. Kino, Vlc;e-Pres.
DIKEOTOKH
J.C. King Daniel Nolan
John H. Xaiiciibr, Pros.
John ft. Rauchor
Henry O. llelblo
Every Accommodation Consistent with Careful Banking '
For Most People It Is Easier to Earn
Money than to Save It.
But your earning ability will not continue
indefinitely, and it is therefore important to
save while you can. Make it a rule to de
deposit in this strong bank regular install
ments of your wages. This will provide you
with an income when earning money is not
so easy and lor emergencies like sickness and
bereavement.
THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
Do your banking with a bank that will pay you a
liberal rate of interest compounded twice a year
and allow you to withdraw Bame on demand no
notice required. You may deposit any amount
and at any time. We will do this. And no worry.
' The Peoples National Bank
((Oldest Bank in the County.)
UEYNOLDSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
Capital aud ProGts $130,000.00. Resources $550,000.00.
Of Course You Do !
If you would pitt Hell for.il null feci nt yotirhe1, liike NATURE'S HERBS. If you
wnnt the best your food to diciest. Hike NATURE'S HERBS. At the drug stores Is
the place you run net It; Use NATURE'S 1IKKUS nnd you will never regret It. If
grim monster dentil Is on your life's trail, mice N ATI RF'H IIF.RHH; It you want
uond health over death to rrevnll, lake NAT URE'8 HERB. NATURE'S 1IERBB
has met the monster death face to fare, As IiIb victim lie pursued on his onward
pare; And never once yet has he given up a ruse, Hut. dellvnied death's victim into
good health's embrace. Use NATURE'S IIERRH and take no other, For It will he to
ynu a friend and a lirnthcr. And If the enemy of health should dare to draw nigh;
With a smile on your face vou can hid It puss hy. Home folks use sails In their buck
wheat batter. Unit, theli cukes may well digest; But take a NATURE'S HEhB tablet
right after BUpper, you will tlnd It much the best.
Fbr sale at the Drug Stores, Reynoldsville, Pa., A. Carl
son's store, Prescottville, Jos. Rateson's store, Rathmel, Pa.
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