Weeping Animals.
TraTlTi throufc-li the Syrian desert
have bppd horses weep from thirst. A
mule has been seen to cry from the
pain of m IiiIdhmI font. Hint cnmels. It
Is said. KbtHl U'li rs In Mlrvmus. A cow
sold li Its mlstri'SH. wtm hail leutitJ
It from riiirhi-ufl. wept pitifully. A
young iKo ttie used to ory with vex
ation It Livingstone didn't nuise It lu
his arms when It asked hint to.
Wound'tl apes huve died crying, and
apes iihvi- wept over their young oues
slain by buglers. A chimpanzee train
ed to tarry water Jugs broke one and
cried, which proved sorrow, though It
wouldn't mend the Jug. Hats, discov
ering their j "Ong drowned, have been
moved to ti-.irs of grief. A giraffe
wblrb a liuntsmnn's rltle bad Injured
begun to cry when nppruuebed. Sea
Hons often weep over the loss of their
young. Gordon Cuimnlng observed
tears trickling down the face of a dy
ing elephant And even an orang ou
tang when deprived of Its mango was
so vexed that It took to weeping.
There is little doubt, therefore, that
animals do cry from grtet or weep
from pain or annoyance. Harper's
Weekly.
Ths Laborer's Thanks.
A tram car was going down a busy
street one day and was already com
fortably full when It was balled by a
laboring man much the worse for liq
uor, who presently staggered along the
cor between two rows ' well dressed
people regardless of polished shoes
and tender feet. . .
Murmurs and complaints arose on all
Sides, and demands were beard that
the offender should be ejected at once.
But amid the-storm of abuse oue
friendly voice was raised as a benevo
lent clergyman rose from his scut, say
ing: "No, nol Let the man sit down and
be quiet."
The discomfiture of the party tumid
to mlrtb when the drunken one seized
his benefactor by the band, exclaim
ing: .:
"Thank ye, sir tbault ye. 1 see you
know what It Is to be tight!" London
Answers.
Served Him Well.1 ,
' During the arly days of . the career
of William Alleu White, when he was
charged with the conduct of a couutry
paper in Iowa, he one day received :a
call from uu indignant contributor,
who bitterly complained that matter
of his, long before submitted, had not I
been published. 1
"Softly, my frlcud," snld White in I
his most soothing tone. "Really I must
offer my best thanks to you for those j
features. They have served me well.
From time to time when 1 get to think-
lng that this sheet is a pretty poor oue
to inflict upon a long suffering public I
1 look up your stuff and read It care- !
fully, a process which enables me to
perceive bow much worse my paper
might be, whereupon I become- real
cheerful. Please don't take them from
me." Cleveland Leader.
A Multiplication Trick.
Here Ib a little trick In multiplica
tion that may amuse you. Ask a
friend to write down the numbers
1234507 omitting the number 8. Then
tell him to select any one figure from
the list, multiply It by 0 and with the
answer to this sum multiply the whole
list thus, assuming that be selects
either the figure 4 or 6: '
Select 4x&36. Select x9St
T234567K 12346679
M M .
493827M
C7ai396
17037037
Tou see, the answer of the sum is
composed of figures similar to the one
elected.
Man In Petticoats.'
It will probably be a matter of sur
prise to the general reader to learn
that the petticoat was first worn ex
clusively by men. In tha reign of King
Henry VII. the dress ot the English
was so fantastic and absurd that It
was difficult to distinguish one sex
from the other. In the Inventory of
Henry V, appears a "petticoat of red
damask, with opeii sleeves." There is
so mention of a woman's petticoat be
fore the Tudor period.
; Cruel Blow.
"Are you aware of tLe fact" re
marked Miss Cutthjg, -that I am a
mind reader?"
- "Nevab suspected It, weally," an
wered young Softletgh. "Would you
aw object to weeding my mind,
doncher know?"
"Certainly not." she replied. "Brin.T
It with you the next time you call."
Paced Too Rapidly.
"Walter, ask the orchestra to play
something different."
"Any particular selection, sir?"
'Something slower. I can't chew
di.v tood properly in waits time."
Kansas City Journal.
Only Chance.
"Do you believe." queried the fair
vi iilow, "that universal peace will ever
b established?"
"Net unless people quit getting mar
rt d," growled the old bachelor. Chl
ccio News.
The Settlement.
Sui'or Wliat wM your father settle
on tue man who marries you? The
Girl All the rest of the family, I suppose.-
St. Loots Times.
Vor-k Has Bean Done.
Flo-ell-Vou can't make a monkey
out of me. Powell No: you seem to
have ii I ready awarded the contract
New York fres.
niiD llino. i:;--nL Ul uin uiiptir.iuurs
re occssloaf d Jy no SM'.ny.
Ths Two Pies.
Ruth, who bus been uiurrlt'd Just two
weeks, lives In a little Hut and there
keeps houst for her lord and master.
She bits r id a little and is wise be
yond her nineteen years. On Sunday
after their dinner hud been served by
the wife she went to the kitchen ninl
returned with a pumpkin pie.
"What's thut?" asked the L. aid M.
"1 made a pumpkin pie yesterday,"
his wife answered timidly. v
lie attacked the con lection with a
knife anl fork, but could uut make
much bertdway and was about to de
clare himself when Ituth announced:
"I huve another in the puntry. dear.
Your mother sent one over yesterday."
She then produced the second pie,
which was its tender and iipoetizlng its
the Itest hud been tough and unsavory
"That's something like It." he suid
patronizingly. "Of course you couldn't
expect to become expert al once, uiv
dear."
The girl laughed. "You're eating th:'
oue I made now," sln said. And l:i
her diary for the day is wrltieu:
"An ounce of prevention Is worth a
pound of cure." I'ortlund tXie.i Ex
press. Ths Hip Joints.
The cup and bull socket und the nlr
tight valve were first used In the hu
man body if our hip Joints und arms
were not provided with air tight kocI;
ets we should get too Hied to continue
our work for any length of time in
Just holding these limbs together by
muscles. It Is the pressure of the nlr
which holds them in place, and time
nil physical effort is avoided In the.
various air tight joints and sockets
found In the liumun body one may Und
nearly ull the mechanical principles In
volved In the air brake or the use of
roinpressed nlr for a thousand differ
ent tlihigs. Some may aver thut na
ture did not discover ball bearings, a
mcchaulctil device which bus revolu
tionized the vehicular world. Hut lit"
principle is almost developed In the
ball of the l?g bone nud the socket vi
the hip. wl.ich are made so mum-th
and tire so well 'oiled that they slide
buckwurd aid forward with irac;iu.;
ly tiofrletli n.
i'' Marrying For. Votes.
- Marrying for votes 'was a device cf
old time .llntisb election ugents. A
the law stood- before the reform in r
cf l&y widows of freemen on inarry
ins; again made their second IiiisUiu.
freemen ami therefore voters.
election times widows were cutis:
i(Uenily paid handsomely to go thl'oui
u fiinnnl marii.ige with n voteless
Lnfjclnr. who. for a consideration,
s-.lniiliirly n-.-reed to support the cuiidi
f!ate. The p.tlr were married, lite tutfi
voted according to Instructions', a!..',
then he und ills wife, .standing c
either side of a tombstone, nr.ir.
"Death us do part." With this litem',
fulfillment of. the matrimonial vry
they regarded their inurrliigi- d!s i"
ed. At the lat election In Bristol tn;
fore 1K32 a hundred women gave vote i
to men.;
. A Literary Light. "
A short time ngu n well known writ
er of I.dtiiloii. remembering I Inn in
had never read the unncunoulcnl honk,
went out in search of a copy and In
one bookslinp after another dre-v
blank. At last he went to hls own par
llctilar newspaper shop, wlil-h iili
dealt In IV.iles and light literature.
"Hove yon i'ie Aimrrypuu?" he asked
For a moment the young woman 1:
hind the counter was puzzled; then,
brightening, she s.;ld, "Is It a ww!;:v
or a monthly?". '
Acres and Bible Letters. '
It has sometimes been Minted. that
there are more ucres lu Yorkshire than
there are letters bl the P.lblu. A wv
son hearing the statement for the tlrst
time is Inclined to doubt It. but It is
true, all tin same Authorities differ
as to the e: act itcvonge of the county,
one glviug it us 3.MV-.N48 nud unother
88.3.771.843. But the number iif let
ters in the Bible Is said to lt ' 3.f6G.
480. so the ucres beat the letters, wl'.ll
something to spare. London Notc-t
and Queries.
On the Wrong Side.
A temperance missionary in Glasgow
left u few tracts with n young woman
one morning. Calling at the same
house a few days after, be was rather
disconcerted to find the tracts doln;t
duty as curl papers on the bend of the
damsel to whom ho had given them
"Weel, my lassie." he remarked. "I see
ye huve used the tracts I left wi' ye.
but." be added In time to turn con
fusion Into merriment, "ye ha' putten
them outside Instead of Inside your
head."
Ths French Horn.
-The French born, or cor de cbasse, Is
regarded by some musicians as the
sweetest and mellowest of all the wind
instruments. In Beethoven's time it
was little else than the old bunting
born, which for the convenience of the
mounted bunter was arranged in spiral
convolutions to be slipped over the
head and carried resting on one shoul
der and under the opposite arm. The
Germans still call It the waldhorn
that Is, "forest born."
No Occasion For Alarm.
Said a nervous lady to another lady,
at whose house she was making a call.
"Are you not afraid that some of your
children will fall into that cistern In
your yard?"
"Oh, no," wos the complacent reply.
"Anyhow, that's not the cistern we get
our drinking water from."
He Didn't
"Do you believe In signs?" -"No.
A dentist's sign reading Teeth
Extracted Wlthont Pain fell the other
day Just as I went under it and knock
ed out two teeth of mine." . , , ,
Absentmlndad.
Modjeska used to tell a story about
her honeymoon that Is somewhat
amusing. When the Countess and
j Count of Bozenta were on their wed
ding trip It buppeued one morning
tbut she hud Just got up when the
count, whu bad been out for an hour
or two taking u morning wulk, came
back and railed to her excitedly:
"Helen! lielenl Come here."
"What la It?"
"Come here quick. I've brought you
gome lovely fruit, the first of the mar
kef
"All right; I'm dressing. I'll come
as soon as 1 have finished getting
ready."
She dressed leisurely and entered
the sitting room. The count wus sit
ting rending, deeply interested In his
book. She looked round. No fruit
was wus to be seen. She looked all
over the place. The count looked up.
"What are yon looking for?"
"Where's tbut fruit?"
The count looked on the table. It
was not there.
"Good gracious!" he snld. "I'll be
banged if 1 haven't eaten it!"
The Wicked Multiplication Tcble.
A mlulster was bearing bis Knti.lii.v
school repent the catechism one Sun
day preceding confirmation when a
boy from the class of small children
ventured to ask a question of the min
ister. Turning to the clergyman, the boy
Inquired In an anxious tone, "Why
does the multiplication table make peo
ple wicked?"
The minister thought at first that
the child bad taken occasion to pro
pound a conundrum at a most unseem
ly time and was about to reprove blm
when the earnestness of the expres
sion in the upturned face assured him
that the question was asked In good
faith and required a reply.
"Why do you ask such a' question,
John? I never knew it to do so," be
snld.
John turned to bis catechism end
read from it with a mystified air the
question, "Did man grow worse ns be
begun to multiply?" and the accom
panying answer. "Ue did."
Two Convincing Reasons.
Lord Peterborough, who lived In the
reign of Queen Anne, was very frolic
some, and one day. seeing from his
enrriage a dancing muster with peurl
colored stockings lightly stepping over
the broad stones and picking his way
In extremely dirty weather, he alight
ed and niH after him with drawn
sword In order to drive him into the
mud. but Into which he of course fol
lowed himself. This nobleman was
once taken, for the Duke of Murlhor
ough and wits mobbed In consequence
The duke was then In disgrace vi:li
the people, and Lord Peterborough
was about to be roughly bundled
Turning to them, be suid:
"Gentlemen, I can convince you by
two reasons that I am not the Duke of
Marlborough, lu the first place, I have
only " guineas in my pocket, und. in
the second, they are heartily at yom
service."
Patroness of Mutio.
The origin or inns,- is lost In nil
tlquity. Among civilized people II i
probably to lie traced to the uuci'ii'
Egyptian priests, who employed till
art lu their religious rites and cei"
monies From the Egyptians t!i
Greeks and the Itoiiituis derived the:'
knowledge of music. The ancient l
brews probably took with them Into
Palestine some of the songs they hud
leai'in'd iu hgypt The hymns used lu
the temple formed the basis of the
melodies of the early Christian church,
aud from the-e hymns was formulated
the tlrst authoritative musical system.
St. Cecelia Is termed the patroness of
music Kxcbnnge. i
The Spit Snake.
There Is a snake belonging to tit"
small family cuusldue. Inhabiting Af
rlcu. tbut is said to huve the power if
ejeclng its venom to a shnrt dlstnne
Tins snake Is called by the Dutch
Boers "spuw slang." or spit snake
When this Ritake erects Its teeth the
pressure of the maxillary bone on the
gland causes the venom to Sow In
drops, aud It may be quite possible
that by discharging air from Its mouth
the poison may be blown some dis
tance The Gypsies.
The origin of the people known ajt
gypsies remains largely a mystery
Egypt. India, Persia aud Arabia hav?
In turn been pointed out ns their origi
nal country, but there is little dell
nite knowledge ou the subject The
weight of evidence is In favor of their
having originated in India. They erst
appeared in Europe about 1400 nnd
from the Danube region spread all
over the continent appearing In Eng
land about 1520.
Effective.
"The climax to bis wooing was very
romantic. He proposed to her on the
rerge of a mountain gorge."
"What did she do?"
"She threw blm over." Baltimore
American.
Retort Photographic
The photographer was drying bis
plates in the warm sunlight
"What are you doing there?" asked
a- friend.
"Ob," was the reply, "Just airing my
riews."
Strict Obedience.
Salesman Shirt, sir? Will you have
a negligee or a stiff bosom? Customer
Negligee, I guess. The doctor said I
must avoid starchy things. Exchange
The measure of a man's sin Is the
difference between what he Is ami
w iat he might be.-Jordan. - - !
He Could Not Recommend It.
The editor was seated at bis desk,
luslly engaged In writing a fervid edi
torial on the necessity of building a
new walk to the cemetery, when tl
battered specimen of the tramp print
er entered the olllce.
"Moruln', boss," said the caller. "Got
any work for a print?"
"I have," answered the editor. "You
happened in Just right this time. I've
got only a boy-to help me In the office,
and 1 need a man to set type for about
a week; I have to make a trip out
west You can take off your coat aud
begin right now. I start tomorrow
morning."
"All right," said the typographical
tourist, removing his coat. "What
road are you going to travel ou?"
"The X., Y. and Z. mostly. I've nev
er been on it Know anything about
it?"
"I know all about It I've traveled
It from one end to the other."
"What kind of road is It?"
"Bum!" said the printer In a tone
Indicative of strong disgust "The
ties are too far apart!" Youth's Com
panion. Tha Artistio Japanese.
Artistic Impulses govern even the
ordinary artisan in Japan. This, from
an article In the Craftsman by Mr. U
Wakeman Curtis, Illustrates the fart:
"In so commercial and nouartislc a
porcelain district as Nagoya 1 saw a
big room full of men working in clay,
hastily copying In quantities pieces
that were to go. In a shipload, to fill
an order In England. I paused be
side a man who was finishing soap
dishes. On each cover, before It went
to be baked, he was adding the knob
by which It could be lifted. That on
the European model before him was
utterly without sentiment less gra
cious of shape than a freshly digged
onion or potato. With a few slight
quick touches, seemingly as unthink
ing as a machine, he was yet doing
more than was required be was caus
ing each knob as it passed under his
hands to take the look of a half open
ed bud, a faint hint of a leaf being
also quickly modeled In the 'biscuit'
beneath it"
Paris' Wont Flood.
In the yenr 1290 rose the greatest
flood of which history makes any rec
ord In Paris. "Men went in boats over
the wall of the king's garden." All
the Island was covered, and from the
foot of the hill of the university to
the rising ground beyond the Mnrrois
the upper stories of the houses rose
out of a lake a mile wide, in thut
flood was swept awny the old stone
bridge that Charles the Bold bad built
centuries enrller. before ven the Nor
mans besieged the town, aud In that
flood the Petit Chatelet was destroyed.
The Petit Pont fell Into the river also,
but that was nothing wonderful, for It
was the most unfortunate of bridges
and never stood firmly for fifty years
at a stretch, but was forever being de
stroyed and regnlnrly rebuilt The
waste of this flood was the signal for
Philippe le Bel's rebuilding. Ililalre
Belloc's "Paris."
Points About a Good Horse.
There are some points which are val
uable In horses of every description.
The head should be proportionately
large nnd well set on. The lower Jaw
bones should be sufficiently far apart
to enable the bend to form an angle
with the neck, which gives It free mo
tion and a graceful carriage and pre
vents It bearing too heavily on the
hand. The eye should be large, a lit
tle prominent, and the eyelids tine aud
thin. The ear should be small and
erect and quick in motion. The lop
ear indicates dullness and stubborn
ness. When too for back there is a
disposition to mischief.
An Odd Gypiy Custom.
In Hungary, when the question of
the baby's future comes up for dis
cussion among the gypsies, there is no
time wasted in argument A blanket
is held by the four corners, and the
baby Is thrown Into the air. If It
comes down on its little stomach It is
a sign that it is going to be a mu
sician: If It falls on its back it is to
be a thief, and the education of the
child is begun as soon ns possible In
one of these two time honored profes
sions. Painfully Frank.
"Mr. Coldcasb, I have come to ask
for the hand of your daughter."
"My daughter, sir?"
"Yes, I can't live without her."
"Well, sir, finish your sentence."
"Finish my sentence?"
"Yes, you were about to say you
could not live without her income.
Let ua be candid."
How She Got ths Job.
"The one thing we demand from our
employees," said the head of the office
force, "la correctness In figures."
The applicant smoothed her blplesa
skirt complacently.
"I have never had any complaints on
that score," she replied, with a glance
of assurance. Bystander.
Anticipated.
"I've often marveled at your ' bril
liancy, your aptness at; repartee,
your" ,
"If it's more than 6 shillings, old
man, I can't do a thing for you. I'm
nearly broke myself." London Mail.
. Innocent Fun.
"Hey!" exclaimed his uncle. "What
are you trying to do break my
watch?'1 "
"No," replied the, Innocent solemnly;
"t'yln' th'ow It thoo the foor."-Buf-falo
Express.
Early and provident fear la the
mother of safety. Burke. i
j Butler's Reply.
I There was a time; while Lyman
. Trumbull was chairman ot the seuate
I committee on Judiciary, that Benjamin
Butler was chairman .of the Judiciary
' committee of the bouse. It was at
this period that a delegation from one
: ot the southern states visited Wasb
I lngtou with a desire to secure the iui
' peaebment and removal of the federal
, judge ot their state. They interviewed
Mr. Butler as to the probability of car
rying such a measure through that
session.
"I don't know," was Mr. Butler's re
ply; "1 am chairmau of the Judiciary
committee ot the bouse. The neces
sary action can be had here. But Ly
man Trumbull Is chairman of the seu
ate committee, and Judge Trumbull Is
troubled with two things the dyspep
sia, which makes blm miserable, aud
conscience, which makes blm uncer
tain." Ginseng's Growth.
The manner ot the ginseng's growth
gives It a queer shape and In some
cases fabulous value. There Is first
a main root or trunk. Then on the
sides there will be smaller roots, one
on a aide, and by a curious formation
the offshoots resemble arms aud legs,
so that the full grown ginseng looks
tor the world like a huniuu figure.
The more the fancied likeness to the
human form Is developed the greater
the value, according to some ot the
Chinese. The root as an herb bus
wonderful properties, but too, so
much beyond. Is the value of one that
looks human. The others will cure
cancers and all aorta ot other diseases,
but the precious one having the hu
man shape will keep off devils and all
bad luck. Argouaot
Not His Fault.
A story Is told ot a well known
Sheffield tenor who when asked to sing
at a dinner, although be bud no mnsic
with blm, went on to the platform to
try.
He did bis best but be broke down
In the middle and retired.
He, was cheered up by an elderly
man sitting next to blm, who tapped
him on the shoulder and said:
"Never mind, lad; tba's done thy
best, but ' feller at asked thee to slug
owt to be shot!" London Telegraph. -
Had to Do It.
Hogan Phwat makes ye swally all
your dinner in two minutes. GroganV
Are yez atiu' on a bet? Grogun It's
for the good av me dyspepsy, Molke.
Sure, the docther tould me to rlst an
bour after 'otin', and bow else am Ot
goln' to get the hour to rlst In on less
Ol ate lolke the dlvil ? Bostou Tran
script The Higher Court
"The courts have decided that a wo
man has no right to open her hus
band's mall."
"My wife reversed that decision be
fore It was made." Houston Post
Still Young.
Teacher 1 am surprised that you
are not farther advanced. Tou are ex
tremely backward for your age. Lit
tle Girl Yes'm. Mamma wants to
marry again.
$1,100
T
HE makers of
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do this to insure you of clothes
;lothcrait
AU-Wcol Clothes $10to$25
The suit you have been waiting for is waiting for you.
Bing-Stoke Company.
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or expense attached to the oolieotion of either principal or interest.
A special booklet on this attractive form of investment will be "''-H
on request.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Congress
J. N. LANGHAM,
Of Indliina.
Subject to the action of tlio Kepubllcnns
f the 37th Congressional District, at the
rlmai-y election, Saturday, June 4tli, 1W0,
For Assembly '
8. TAYLOR NORfH
Of Puoxautaimey.
Subject to action of the Republicans of
S helUniuCneUn9a "leC"0n 40
For Assembly .
HENRY I. WILSON, '
Of Dig Run.
Subject to the action of the Republican
I!L-.r." "I J!ffe"","n county at the primary
election to be held June 4. WI0.
For Assembly
JAME1 G MITCHELL
Of 1-rry Township.
Subject to the net Ion of the Republican
voters of JefleriHin nomiiy at the urimarv
eteet ion to be hold June 4. i'JIO. V""J
Bndorsed h the Antl-Hnon League of the
countv.ttate and nation.
For Assembly
WILLIAM A. CALHOUN.
Of Palls Greek.
Subject to the aotlon of the Republican
voters of .lefferFnn couniv at the nrlmarv
election to he held June 4, 1910.
Endorm-d liy the Antl-8aloon League of the
couuty, mate and nation.
HUGHES & FLEMING.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
Maln8'ree Reynoldsvllle, Pa
Do your eyes need
care? I will visit
Corsica May 19th,
Brook ville on 20th,
and Reynoldsville
May 21st. Every
thing needed for
testing the eyesight.
Glasses if needed.
G. C. GIBSON,
Optician.
Ehofii Bom
AWcek
Clothcraft Clothes
for inspection alone. They
without flaw or defect. Yet they .
are not satisfied. They continu- .
ally strive to improve.
Before your suit left the
factory it had to pass rigid exanv
inationsbynnrry-five inspectors. Thi is
one striking feature of Clothcraft scien
tific tailoring.
You can be sure that
Clothcraft Clothes are of pure
wool and have lasting style. Clothcraft
Clothes are the only guaranteed all-wool
clothes selling at $10 to $25.
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