BUZZARDS'NESTS. .The Cam Ones Ace Rarely Used Two ' ( Consecutive Seatoni. j ' The flight of tlie buzzard is as well l nigh pertVi'tii n Ha is possible to find. Id fact lie wight be called' the most ' perfect aeroplane Id existence. To see bim soaring between the bare bills, with a vast creen fertile valley below bim and with the spring sun lighting ' up his brown-plumage as be slowly ails around with outspreiul pinions, is B sight uever to be forgotten. The 'buzzard usually chooses a ledge - on a cliff for an eyrie, but in certalo parts of Wales there are a few well Used nests In trees, and as they ara generally used by some bird of prey each season they grow to an enormous size. The buzzard does not, as a rule, use the same nest two consecutive sea sons, but returns to it the third, and after that allows another season to elapse before occupying it again. - Two nests are often constructed in one dingle, and an amusing Incident happened a few years ago In one of these places. The ben laid one egg in each nest and. as It was quite impos sible for ber to sit on both at once, we lld ber a good turn by placing one of i these eggs in the nest with Its com- -panlon. The result of our kindness was that a collector passed by about two hours afterward and put both -eggs Id his collecting box. When I thought the matter over I tame to the conclusion that that old buzzard was not half such a fool as we took her to be, and if we bad left the eggs as we found them the bird might have bad a chance of rearing one youngster. Country Life. A STRANGE REVERSAL Napoleon and Wellington and an Ex change of Residences. In the days before the Suez canal was opened to the world St Helena was a frequent port of call for British vessels bounds to and from India and the far east This custom, explains Harper's Weekly, was caused by the need of obtaining supplies for the long voyage, and it was therefore for this reason that the ship v. utch on one oc ' 'Casion bore tbe liuKe of Wellington, then Sir Arthur Weliesley, returning to England from Indiu. touched at the Island. Tbe great commander spent one night at Jamestown at the honse -of a Mr. Baleom. Ten years later Napoleon Bonaparte landed to begin bis six years of exile and was asslgued to tbe same room hat bis conqueror at Waterloo bad oc- cupied. This coincidence came to tbe knowledge of tbe duke at Paris during its 'occupation by the allied forces, and he dispatched the following letter to ' the British officer then In command at "St Helena: ' "I am very much obliged to yon for Mr. Simpson's book, which 1 will read when I have a moment's leisure. 1 am glad yon bate taken tbe command at St Helena, npon which 1 congratulate you. You may tell 'Bony' that 1 find his apartments at tbe Elysee Bourbon very convenient and that I bope be . likes mine at Mr. Balcom'a. It la a droll enough sequel to tbe affairs of Europe that we should change places -of residence." His Quick Wit Saved Him. An ancestor of the great Tohtoy was an officer in tbe Russian army ami a great mimic. One day be was imper sonating tbe Emperor Paul to a group of his friends when Paul himself en tered and for some moments looked on tinperceived at tbe antics of tbe young man. Tolstoy finally turned and, be-' holding the emperor, bowed bis bead - find' was silent "Go on. sir," suid Paul. ."Continue tbe .performance." The young man hesitated a moment,' and then, folding his arms and lmitat- - Ing every gesture and intonation of bla sovereign, be said:. - "Tolstoy, yon deserve to be degraded, but I remember the thoughtlessness of youth, and yon are pardoned." The czar smiled slightly at this speech. i "Well, be it so," be said. V 1 Willing to Pay. When the British square at the bat tle of Abn Elea, in the Nubian desert was penetrated by tbe dervishes one of them attempted to spear a gunner who was In the act of ramming home charge. The Briton brained the Su danese, but the rammer bead split on the man's bard skull. Next day tbe gunner was sent for. Mistaking the . reason and knowing from experience that soldiers are charged for govern ment property which they break, he led off: "Please, sir, I'm very sorry 1 broke the rammer, but I never thought the fellow's bead could be so bard. I'll pay for tbe rammer so as to bear no more of tbe case." Obedient "Well, my little man." queried tbe - minister who was making a call, "do "you always do as yonr mamma telle you?" "Tou bet I do," answered tbe preco cious five-year-old. "aod so does paps ' Papa Wat Seen. She Tou will ask papa.' will yon not, or must I? He Oh. I have seen ' him. Fact la, be made the suggestion that It was about time for me to pro- .aoose. .'"' 1 ' f Conceited. Gyer Tbat lel.ow PitfMns reminds me of a ball of twine. Myer Wbnt's the answer Gyer-fle'R completely wrapped up Id himself. Rim Krouclseo Star. : , Troth is tbe U'ar?!. thir.-s a Kan tnny kerp - O! '"rr. r ' MATHEMATICS. Used te Locate an Aerolite That Na One Had Ever 8ean. Arithmetic, algebra aud trigonometry are not romantic, but I hey ouiy accoin pllsb things which greatly Imprest) the Imagination. By means of theui a pro fessor at Yale university found a fev years ago an aerolite that no one hud ever seen. It appears that a photographer In Ansoula, Conn., was occupied in tiilt lug pictures by the alii of a telescope of a comet which wits Invisible to the naked eye. When his negatives were developed one of them revealed the fall of a meteor. It was too small hu ob ject to attract the attention of the unaided eyes, but Its line on the pho tograph Indicated that It must have come to the earth. The picture was shown to an astro nomical professor at Yale. Ascertain Ing tbe point of observation and reck onlng with tbe aid of tbe data which the photograph itself supplied, he made a calculation which proved that the meteor must have fallen In the neigh borhood of a reservoir some two miles north of Danbury, Conn. There the aerolite was found in the very place indicated by the calculation. It was oval In form, measured fifteen and a half inches In length, seven and a half Inches in diameter and weighed tweu ty-slx pounds. It was sent to the mu seum of Yale university, where it serves not only as an illustration of the nature of the vagrant bodies of tbe skies, but testifies also to tbe won ders of calculation which It Is possible for mathematical science to accom plish. Pittsburg Dispatch, OROPPING ASLEEP. The Way Mother Nature Charms Away Our Consciousness. How do we go to sleep? How does Mother Nature cbarm away our con sciousness? First of all she throws her spell on those renters of our bodies that preside over the muscular sys tem, causing one group of muscles after another gradually to collapse. Thereafter various powers of mind succumb In regular order. First we lose attention and Judgment, then memory goes, and Imagination wan ders away In reveries of lis own Ideas of time and space cease to con trol thought as gentle sleep, the nurse of our life, draws nearer. Then comes tbe turn of the special senses, begin ning Witb sight. Eyelids close, and eyeballs turn upv.-crd and iuward, as if to shut out all light tbe pupils con tracting more aud more as 'slumber steals over us. The turn of the ears comes; tbe pow er of bearing fades away. Tbe heart beats aud bren'tb Is drawn more and more slowly. Tlie heart beats from ten to twenty times lesi frequently each mlnnte. or .".. On rimes less during the night, while livemhiiig is noi only slower but much more kuoIIow than (hiring waking hours. Temperature Tails by perhaps iV;tiw. ai:d the tiody loses three ;ime.s less bent man when awake. AuG m ui last sleep overs a muu all ovev-fsleep tbnr slims up sorrow's eye. I.jjiiIod Express. Both In Front ind Behind. A police magistrate recently learned that l( is possible tn be back of a per son even If you are Id front of him The means of this startling intelli gence was a stout German conductor, witness to a "breach of the peace" that occurred aboard his oar "You were on yonr platform aud yet you say that the prisoner was In back of you?" said the puzzled magistrate. "Ya." . "Was the prisoner iu tbe car?" Ya.". "Well, then, be must have been in front of you." "Nein." said the man patiently. "I am the conductor." "Then," exclaimed tbe magistrate, "you were on tbe rear platform. Tbe prisoner was in tbe car. Now , bow in heaven's name was be lu back of you?" - Tbe conductor smiled sweetly.' "My back was turned," be sald.- Philadelphia Times. Lived Uo to Her Name 1 Apropos of tbe eternal domestic ques tion, an Englishwoman' relates this ex perience: "1 engaged a maid named Pearl, and as I simply couldn't ask a Pearl to fill tbe coal scuttle or to holy stone to the doorstep 1 said: "1 would rather call you by some other name. Have 'you a second one? 'Yes,' replied tbe damsel brightly, my Becond name Is Opal.' So I stuck to Pearl. At one time I all but engaged a maid named Hermlone, bat upon asking ber. 'Have '-you a black dress, white caps and aprons?" she replied acidly: 'Yes. 1 Lave, but I'm not going to wear 'em. Ma didn't christen me 'Ermione for to wear a livery.' " Thought He Hta Seen It. Yankee Tourist (watching Vesuvius la eruptioni Great snakes! It reminds me of hades. English Tourist (looking cr him In amazementl My word! You "mertcans go everywhere! Boston Transcript , Not Necessary. A country bridegroom, when the bride hesitated to prouounce tbe word "oI m.-.v." remarked to tbe officiating cler gyman: "Go ou. mister. It don't mat lei. I can make ber." . Still Grieving. So she tins lost ber husband? Has nhe recovered from ber grief yet?" "Not yet. You know bow slow those Insurance coinpr.uies, are In Nettling." f "" " mlamlty is the opportunity of vir-..:v.- it:.j a rpsr u a great oiled. Y0URMEM0Rt: ' If It Seams to Fail Vo Just Give It ' Good Jogging. Memory does -not "fail" (except In loss of all the faculties; k simply gets weak and languid for want of use. Just as the physical organs do. People of ten say "My memory Is falling" wheu It Is really us good as ever if they : would give It a chance. A word, a date, a name, an tackteut. comes up, or, rather, falls to come up when you waut It. There seems to be no possible way of rememliering It. You make two or three efforts, give up and say, "There's no use; It's gone from me." Nonsense! It hasn't It Is there Just as much as it ever was, only there are a lot of things over It. Keep at work, bring your will to bear upon it, try and try and try, and after awhile you can get It And, better, you will find that the ex ercise required in remembering it will help you next time and that a little toll and determination put together will accomplish wonders iu the whole range of faculties. Look over your memory, see where you are most deficient and exercise It In that respect You can do It at any odd time, while you are walking, rid ing, resting after a day's work, listen ing perforce to a dull speaker. Don't let a few failures discourage you. The long corridor of recollection lined upon both sides with valuable material will be opened for you because of your im portunity If you use it Exchange. BARGAIN HUNTING. The 8trenuout National Game of the American Woman. There is always something Impres sive about a crowd that Is swayed by a single emotion. You get an Impres sion of force, says Mary Heaton Vorse Id Success Magazine. These women, who a few moDients ago had been quiet shoppers, formed a mob. They swayed and pushed as though moved by a common Impulse toward a table where were the embroideries. From their throats came a'little'dull growl, a curious noise the whisper of a mob. Tbe noise of u mob in Joy or in an ger or Id fright or Just Its restless murmur as It waits Is difl'erent from any other noise that comes from tlie human throat quite distinct, of a cu rious animal timber. 1 beard it once on tbe occasion of the throwing of a bomb, again from a crowd waiting for a bank to open and a third time In a theater when fire bad been called, and now here It was In miniature from a couple of hundred women waiting tn buy ten cent embroideries. ' They were poor women with shawls and baskets, women witb babies in their arms, women witb threadbare clothes carefully brushed, who must think before spending each dime lu the dollar, but for once indulging In tbe great sport of American women bargain bunting. Edward Everett. Edward Everett wns one of the mos purely literary of nl Au3rtcnn orators Among the more eminent scholars and Btaiesiiieti i.t our him! no one Iiuj ev. been more deservedly tjonoreit forNn tellectuni power; purity of character public and private, .-inil tor cleaines and peii option ot .judgment than Ever eit, To the e,Vons ot Edward Everett nitae tli;ii to tiny ot iiei one person l to be credited the raising of funds sufficient to pnivhiise tin- home oi Washington at Mount Vermin. He de livered a ie litre ou the character ot that great lu.iii more man a hundred times aud gave the proceeds to the Ladles' Mount Vernon iissnri.-ttlnu Im personally placed over $iKU"Ki lu lilt treasury, it is prohatile that his ora tory won for benevolent purposes at least tWO.OOO. St, Louis Uepubllo. ' The Oldest Reliable Data. It used to be supposed that, tbe most ancient civilization of which real rec ords bad been found dated from K. t,' 8500. , This bad relation to Peru and Its earliest known Inhabitants, but lr Eduard Mayer, professor of ancient history at tbe University ot Berlin. studying the Egyptian calendars mi tbe monuments in tbe state museum of tbe German capital, discovered that the date B. a 4241 Is frequently cited as that In which tbe early Egyptian astronomers first calculated their solar year from the rising of the star Slrlus. This Is by far the oldest reliable date In the history of tbe human rare. The Word "Belfry." Tbe word "belfry" bad originally no connection witb "bell." an Idea which Is now intimately associated with the term. The first meaning given is "watchtower." from the middle Eng lish "berfry." a watchtower. The first part of this word is connected with "borough." tbe second witb "free." As tbe practice grew of hanging "bells' In such towers people reminded them selves of tbe fact by changing the word "berfry" into tbe inout-rii "bel fry." No Chance. "Wby don't you ask that young man op to tea. some evening, dear7" "I don't believe it would do Miy good, mother. He's a continued bach elor." New York Journal. A College Pun. "Can ycur horse Jump?", "I don't know . I never asked bim." "Keally! Why not?" "I'm afraid be might lake a fence." Harvard Lumpoou. . . y Appropriate. "What do you suppose is tbe song o! the desert?" "1 don't know, but 1 should think i: t. ou.'cl be 'Tlie ctmels are comiug.' " Exchange. ..- , A' CURIOUS WATCH. Made by a Clever Workman en Chal lenge From Royalty. Some years ago the czar, heating of the marvelous Inventive genius of a Polish mechanic, determined to put him to tbe test and accordingly caused to be forwarded to bim j few copper nails, some wood clipping a piece of broken glass, an old cracked china cup, some wire and as few cribbage board pegs. . Tbe box was accompanied by the request that the Pole should trans form these unpromising articles into a timepiece. It was a challenge and one that few watchmakers would have cared to take up. But It would have taken a harder task than this to daunt the Pole. He set to work on the unpromising ma terials and out of them fashioned a watch that was quickly dispatched to the czar. Just eight hours after he began bis work of transformation tbe watch started on Its Journey to St Pe tersburg, where it arrived safely to the great delight of tbe czar. It was a most unique timepiece. Its case being made' of china and Its works composed of the material that had accompanied the old cup. Yet It kept good time and bad to be wound up only once In three or four days. So pleased was the czar that be sent foi the Pole and conferred upon htm sev eral distinctions, besides granting him pension. New York Press. A TRAGIC OLD CUSTOM. Human Beings Once Walled Up In , Building Foundations. The practice of putting money under the foundation stone of a new building Is the shadow of an older tragic cus tom. Tbe money stands theoretically for the ransom of the human being who by ancient superstition should have been burled In Its place. Other wise, it was held, tbe building would not stand firm and endure. There was a time when this particu lar kind of human sacrifice bad a vogue extending to most parts of tbe world. Even In England skeletons have been found Imbedded In the bases of castle walls, and there Is record of one German fortress at the building of which a child was bought from Its mother with bard cash and walled Into the donjon tower, tbe unnatural mother, according to the story, looking on 1 the while. Effigies of human be ings are still used In some parts of Europe as harmless substitutes, and in remoter and more ruthless places the old custom crops out from time to time in all Its grim reality. Within the last century two children, a boy and a girl, were, it was reported, walled Into a blockhouse by some laborers at Duga, Asiatic Turkey. Westminster Gazette. Millais' Faith In Himself. Tbe artist Millais. writes J. E. Held, was as open and frank as a boy in ex pressing his belief in himself. When the Leyland collection was on view, previous to its dispersal, Millais went to see it and openly asserted tbat his "Eve of St Agnes" was the best pic ture there. TbiB egotism was part of his character, a thing it was Impossible to resent on account of the manner In which It was expressed. Millais never lost the self confidence of youth. In this respect, as in many others, be re mained a boy to the end. Neither was the egotistic note confined to art mat ters. His public speeches were In variably nbout himself. His conversa tion on all subjects was impregnated with the essence- of a sincere convic tion of his own authority to speak. He liked to be always right, and such were his grasp of realities and his power of reasoning tbat it required very strong evidence and a very clever argument to convince him tbat be was wrong. Youth's Companion Flogging at Eton. On more than one occasion Or. Horn by, the famous headmaster at Eton, is said to have flogged tbe wrong boy by mistake. A boy thus victimized was asked why he did not attempt to ex culpate himself or offer any explana tlon. "If you bad not been complained of," said the tutor, "wby did you not say so to tbe headmaster?" "Well. sir," he replied. "I thought that If Mr bad not complained of me some other master might bare done so." The young scapegrace was so season ed a campaigner tbat be was prepared to take a flogging witboul asklDg cap tious questions, as all in the day's work. From "Eton Coder Hornby." The Story of Four Uncles. "I have four uncles." writes a cor respondent "who are all ' widowers. TJncle Sam and his wife used to fight Uncle Tom was always flirting, and Uncle Joe was ruined by his wife's ex travagance.,. Uncle Martin alone loved his wife, and when she died he was broken hearted. Still, be Is the only one who married again. He married a girl who bas all tbe qualities he used to proudly boast his wife lacked: Men are funny and grow funnier as you know them better." Atchison Globe Under Water. Howell Tbey can' take photographs under water, can't they? Powell I guess so. I got a negative there once. Howell I don't understand you. Pow ellA girl refused me while we were in bathing. New York Press. The Limit Worthless Husband Going to leave me, are you. Moll? Didn't you lake me for better or worse? Long Suffer ing Wife Yea, but you are absolutely the worst. I dldu't take you for that Chicago Tribune. It is the temper of tbe highest hearts. like tbe pului tree, to strive most up ward when most iiraenea. The Power of Paderewskl. A bard beaded business man went to hear' Paderewskl play, says A. E. Thomas In Success Magazine. Too man is not a musician. He spends his days trying to buy cotton when It Is low and sell It when it Is high. This Is how he described bis experience at the piano recital. "You knew, I'm not easily stirred up, and I don't know anything about mu sic. I wouldn't kn-fr whether a man was playing the plo extremely well or Just fairly well. But I do know that Paderewskl played one thing that afternoon that stirred me up as I nev er was stirred In my life. I don't re member what It was. I couldn't have told whether he was playing an hour or five minutes. All I know is that It stirred up feelings within me I bad never felt before. Great waves of emo tion swept over me. I wanted to shout and I wanted to cry, and when the last chord was struck I found myself on my feet waving my umbrella and shouting like a wild Indian. I went out of that ball as weak as a rag and happier than I'd been Id years. I can't account for it I've tried, but I can't explain it Can yon?" Burglar's Betatting 8ln. The burglar's besetting sin is heed lessness. The chances are tbat It was heedlessness tbat first drove bim out of honest employment and made a bur glar of him. The burglar ransacks a house and carries away a spoon bold er, a card tray or some other Inexpen sive souvenir of the occasion, and he overlooks tbe thousand dollar bill on the dining room table and the rope of pearls on the towel rack. Thb heed lessness seems to be common to the whole fraternity. We do not know what tbe experience of other cltlee is, but 'In Newark the burglar leaves an astonishing amount of portablo wealth behind him Invariably. When he reads on the day after the robbery that he took Mrs. De Stile's chafing dish and Ignored her $500 ruby bracelet beside It or that be upset the Pompleys' dresser drawer to get the revolver and failed to see the government bonds that kty la plain sight on the wash stand, how he much gnash his teetb and hate himself for neglecting to de velop his powers of attention and ob servation In his youth! Newark News. What "Garbler" Once Meant "Garble," "garbled," "garbler," are wordg,wblch nowadays convey qnlte a different meaning from that which was formerly accepted. "Garble" orig inally signified simply "to select for a purpose." At one time there was an officer, termed "the garbler of spices," whose duty It was to visit tbe shops and examine the spices, ordering the destruction of all Impure goods. His duties were similar to those of the in spector of tbe modern health depart ment who forbids the sale of decayed vegetables or tainted meat The word comes from a root meaning "to sift." Tbe impurities sifted out have In. the course of generations corrupted the term till a "garbled report" is do long er a report wherefrom all uncertaiDty has been removed, but one tbat Is full of misrepresentation and made mis leading with deliberate intent Mississippi Steamboating. The steamboat age on the Mississippi began about 1821 andflourished for fifty years. As early as 1834 the num ber of steamboats on tbe Mississippi and Its tributaries is estimated at 230. and in 1842 there were 450 vessels, with, n value of $23,000,000. But the golden era was from 1848 till the war. Never did tbe valley and steamboating prosper more than then. Thousands of bales of cotton were annually shipped to southern markets, and the wharfs of St Louis and Memphis and Vlcks burg and other large ports were stack ed with piles of merchandise and lined with scores of steamers. Travel Mag azine. Customer I'm going, to a masked ball, and I want something that will completely disguise me, Costumer Certainly, sir. I will give you something nice. Pele Mele. Northampton Hard Vein - Roofing Slate A superior product, does not absorb moisture, is unchangeable in color and does not fade, rust or A roof of Hard Vein Slate needs no repair. Sold by ' v THE WOODWORK SUPPLY COMPANY REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. Interest Is Mailed Every Six Months at the rate of FOUR PER CENT per annum, to holders of oar Certificates of Deposit. Yhesa convenient forms of investment aure issued In auma of $500 and upward, and present many at- -tractive features. Interest begins at the date of issue, and cer tificates are renewable without surrender at the expiration of each six months period. There are no commissions or fees ' straight 4 investment, absolutely safe, and available at any time as collateral at this bank, up to its full face value. PITTSBURGH RANKoSAVINGS 4fi.AVE and SMITHFELD ST. PimBlJtCH PA. A33T3 OVER. 1(3 MILLION DOLLARS Write for Special Booklet CC on this attractive iuTeaUnent, m4 wis. A ii Is -the only , insured .CaAinrt r Macnine 'ifa- i Just Thlnh of It? Thi fats Sewing Machine It In jured lor lira ycart againit accident breakage, wear, fire, tornado, light ning and water. Thb shows our faith in Sewing Machine TMH .What, jhla. ajaaaJ It EJlifc-All II m kmk Ik f nr aut (mat, tell, utacti a wui m naueM m roe vltkoat Hughes & f Keyboldsvp-e CONSIDER THC DVANTAGES OF WATER & WEATHER PROOF, FIRE RESISTING. Win not melt, rot, tear or corrode. Contain! no tar, oil or paper, OnHaata mat.l --L. , Pliable-can be easily fitted Into gtitters. thereby laving expenee nil a,uu supper. Any handy man can apply Rnhsrold. Lengthens the life ot any building. Wrlit for fricnand saut.Htt. Woodwork Supply Co. Reynoldsville, Pa. N OTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. ' The stockholders of the Jefferson and OleurtlilU Con I and Iron i'ompany, a. rorpnranon ornnnlced and existing under the Ikws of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vhiiIh. wlih its principal office at Keyn oldnvlllH, .lelt'ern county, Ht-nnsylvunia, are hen-by nrtltied that a meeting -will be huUi at 10 o'clock a. m., on the twelfth day of July, A. D. mil), at the geoeral office -of said c.iinpaDy, to f ake action cn the approval or dlsapnruviil of the proposed Increase of the lnuebieunes of suici corporation, In pursuance of the following resolutions, whlcli were adopted by a majority of the entire lloaid of IHreciors of the Jefferson and fjiearlie d Coul and Iron .Company, to- Wlt! "KESOLVEP. That the lndebtednesa of the .Icfferson A Clearfield Coal Iron Com- fiany be tncieused from Two Million, One I ii wired und Forty-one Thousand (2,141,C00 Pol I are tn Four Million, Six Hundred and Forty One Thousand ($4,M1,000) Dollare." KKCOLVEI), That, a meeting of the stockholders be. called to convene at the xri.eial ultVe of UiU company on the 12t.lv day of July, A. D. lliio, to take action on the approval or disapproval of tbe proposed Increase, of the Indebtedness of this com- K any, and that thu secretary be and is here -y directed to give notice thereof, as required) by law.!" Attest: Liwib Isai.m, May to, 1010. 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