E:ERS ON COMETS Interesting Facts That Were Un earthed by Bill Nye. ' HIS STUDY OF SKY SCIENCE. The Humoriat'a Researches Shed Flood of Brilliant Light Upon the Peculiar Trait of the "Aetronomioal 1 Parodist on the Planett." The ruinous Aniprlcaa humorist. Bill . Nye. wrote tbe following article on the troitN of comets for the San Kranelsco Argoninii. In which it wag pulillnhed iniitilicr of yenrs ago: Thi comet (s a kind of astronomical pnrodj on tbe plunet. Comets look gome llhe planets, but they are tlilit tier mill do not hurt so hard when they bll , any lily as a planet does. The cornel ins so culled becnuse It had bnlr on li. I believe, but of Inte yenrs the liHiilhendcd comet Is giving Just as good satisfaction everywhere. The characteristic features of the comet are a nucleus, a nebulous light or coma and usually a luminous train or tall, worn high Sometimes several tails are observed on one comet, but tbls occurs only In flush times. When I was young t used to think 1 would like to be a comet In tbe sky. up above tbe world so high, with nothing to do but loatiround and play wllb the little new laid planets and nave a good time, but now I can see Where I was wrong. Comets alfio -" have their troubles, their perlliellous, their hyperbolas and their parabolas. A little over 300 years ago Tycho Hrahe discovered that comets were extrane ous to our atmosphere, and since tben times have Improved. I can see that trade Is xieadler and potatoes run less to tops than they did before. v Soon afier that they discovered that comets all had more or less periodici ty Nobody kilows bow they get It. All the astronomers bad been watch ing them day and night and didn't know when they were exposed, but there wan no time to talk and argue over the iiuestion. There were 200 or 800 comet all down with It at once. It was an excltlug time. Comets sometimes live to a great age. This shows that the night air Is . not so Injurious to the health as many people v . uld have us believe. The great comet of 1(180 Is supposed to bave been the one Hint was noticed about the time of Caesar's death, 44 B. C. and still when It appeared In Newton s time, l,7uu years ufter Its first pimi'l farewell tour. Ike said that It was verv well preserved Indeed and seemed to have retained nil Its facul ties in good shape. A late writer on astronomy said that tbe substance of the nebulosity and the tail is of alino.il licouceivnble tenuity He said this, and then death came to Ins relief. Another writer says ot the comet and Its tail that "tlie curvature of tbe tat ter and tbe acceleration of the periodic . time In the case of lOncke's comet In dicate their lielng affected liy a resist ing medium which lias uever been ob served to have the slightest Influence on the planetary periods." I do not fully agree wltb tbe eml neui Hutliorlty. though he may bo right. . Much' fear has been tbe result of the comet's appearance ever since ' the world began, und it is as good a thing to worry about as anything I know of If we coil Id get close to a 'comet without frightening It away we would And that we could walk 'hrough It anywhere as we could through the ftiuiv ui ii turvuiigui iruiessiuu. if v should mii live that we will not be ashamed to look a coniel In the eye. however Let us pay up our nexvspu pet subscription and lend such lives that when the cnmei strikes we will be re;.d.v. ' Some worry a good ileal ubout tbe chuuees for a big comei to plow into tbe-suu some dark, rainy night and tints bust up the whole .universe. I wMi thai was aMN had to worry atom i be comet's crashing into the Uj anil knocking Its daylights out. . Ttieiv Is much In the great Held of s'ronouiy that Is discouraging tu tbe MVin i Who hasn't the time or means to rutnuiiiKe through the heavens. At . times I act almost hopeless and feel like saying to the great, yearnful. hun gry world - - 'tiro!e oo forevei l not ask me for another scientific fact. Kind it out yourself Hunt up your nun new laid plnneis nod pf tDP have a rest. Never ask me again to -dt up all night and take cure of the newborn world while you lie to bed and reck uot." Pocketed the Silver. r tiere Is an amusiug anecdote re $.. ding Lord Crewe bow oo one occa at a charitable entertainment be . lea tied against a corridor wall and trent fast asleep wltb bis but hi bis hi d. Sme young fellows started dr. pplnu naif crowns and coppers into ti e bat from a balcony above, and tbe el.iuk of me coins woke him up. when be promptly pocketed all tbe silver ai I pelteit his impromptu benefactor yr'.h t!-)ence. London M. A. P. - A Wink In the Dark. ' ' I'heri; was to be an attack by night Tbe darkness was Impenetrable. A fined nt 'iddressed bis section as fol lows: "N'.w. pay attintlon. No. 2 sle tiuu. We are going to do a night at tack. There'll be no talking or smok ing. If there are any orders to be - passed dewn 1 will just tip you the ; wink!". It Is a great misfortune not to bave Bind enough to apeak well ir Judc- fnunl AtiitMirh A Ka allonf ac ii --. v ...... . THE TERRIBLE DATHOLITE. Molten Rook That' Bore Upward - Through the Earth's Crust. P.atholtte l a term Invented by the great Herman geologist Kduanl hiiesa to describe the gigantic Intrusions of molten rock which, according to him. bore their way upward .through the crust of the earth from the "eierual depths" below, cutting through ih strata and folds of tbe mountains very much as a white hot soldering Iron may be thrust through a plank, burn ing Jta way across the grain of the wood as If it were cheese. These bntholites lurk deep in the earth, where tbe temperature Is thou sands of degrees, and gradually melt their way to tbe surface above them. Generally they issue In the form of tremendous domes of bot rock, tower ing up to mountain heights and often giving birth to volcanoes. .When a bnthollte, as sometimes happens, does bot reach the surface Its roof opens in a network of fissures, lava pours out and a whole group of volcanoes appears at that point . . Suess has recogulzed the remains of many cooled batbolltes on . various parts of the earth's surface, tand .be says that the consolidated crust of the earth, even at tbe present day, may be exposed to these mighty Intrusions from below. Tbe batholltes bring up wltb them many metals from tbe In terior of the planet, and rich mines are often opened In tbe dikes that are thus formed. Suess describes the rock about Boul der, Colo., aa an ancient batbollte, which rovers 6,000 square kilometers of surface. But there are others still more prodigious In extent Sometimes tbey bave been worn down nearly to tbe general level, but near Klkhorn tbe old batbollte yet towers up to an elevation of 0.000 feet above the sea. Tbe diamond dikes of South Africa have thus been thrust up from the profound depths of the eartb, where there exists a laboratory of na ture in which she performs wbnt seem miracles to the petty inhabitants of the pin net's surface. Tbe face of the moon shows us most clearly what batbolltes are capable of. Tbe vast circular plains ringed wltb steep mountains, which uake its sur face so mnrvelous to loolt upon with a telescope, have, accordlug to this view, been formed by Intrusions of colossal batholltes, and Suess calls them by tbe. startling name of "smelting fur naces" furnaces thousands of square miles In extent In which the frame of that little world has been melted and dissolved like a snow bank lying In the path of a flow of molten iron. And If we could remove tbe sedi mentary accumulations of nges from tbo face of our world, says this aston ishing German savant, we might tlud now bidden under our feet a network of the seared skeletons of ancient batbolltes, grander thnn any on the moonl Garrett P. Servlss In New York American. Von Moltke's Simplicity. Once while traveling General Moltke entered a small Swiss hotel, and as the bead waiter sa'w bis gaunt figure stalk ing in, wrapped in a woruout. dusty cloak, carrying nn old leather sntcbel. be measured his wealth by his looks and ordered bis assistant to show him to a small room In the uppermost story. As be was making himself com fortable in the attic nuotber assistant came, as Is customary there, to ask; the silent stranger his name and rank The consequence was that a few min utes later the proprietor. In full dress, appeared at the door of tbe attic to in form bis excellency that a better room had Just been vacated. "Glye that to my servant." replied Moltke, "when he conies with my car riage. This Is good euoiiuh for me." And he remained. The 8ilks of Samarkand. - Tbe silks and velvets of SainnrUauri long famous for tbe rainbow liietiilluu of thplr colors, have u season, exactly- like fruits or garden truck, aud can ul ue yumiu m .nn pui.i. u.u. eu.r of the year. When the worms are ready for spinning they ure all brought to the silk bazaar and Mold. The silk ls then spun and dyed, and all that N not tia. ..Vrl A (.. I., oat..... I used In the maker's family is exported 1 In tlia fnrm nt nbith ' Thlla itntMH vim happen to be In Samarkand during the season. It Is all but Impossible to Unit -any of tbe native silk for sale except In tbe form of ready made kbaints. which are a sort of glorified drelua gown. E. A. Powell In Everybody's Cordially Invited. Glasgow. Invitations are nothing If not hearty. , Two friends met after a fairly long separation. "Man, Tarn," says one, "whaur in a' the alrth hae ye been bldln' yersel'V I bavena seen ye for an age." "Weel, Jeems, I've been doon Gou- rock way a guld while. Come doon an' see me sume, I've got a set of good boxing gloves, an' If ye come doon any Jlaj I'll knock tho face aff ye." Lon "don Tit-Bits. . ' The Other Way. ,"You may pay me $100 down and $29 a week," said the physician offhand. "Sounds aa If I were buying an auto mobile," the patient said. '. "No," said the doctor thoughtlessly; "I am." Buffalo Express, Didn't Follow Directions. "Buttin seems rather sore oti you. old man." "Yes: he annoyed me yesterday, and 1 told him to go aod takea back eHt " "And he took affront eh?"-Bostoo Transcript t , No legacy la to rich a honesty. Shakespeare. THE LEGISLATIVE ; JOKER. , Easy Wax Which tha Intent of a Law May Be Changed. "A Joker lu Its simplest form con sists lu a word or a clause which, in troduced Into proposed legislation, filches away from the public Its power to establish such laws as It desires, either by emasculating an enactment or by perverting tbe essence and pur pose of It" So writes Samuel Hop kins Adams In American Magazine, and be Cites these Instances of how the Joker game is worked: "Sometimes it Is In one word, aa where tho sale of a piece of public property to the lowest bidder was once authorized. Sometimes It may inhere In that elusive character, the comma, as in the case of tbe tariff clause of an old schedule providing for the free "en try of fruit plants, where somebody carelessly allowed a comma to creep In between 'fruit' and 'plants,' thereby admitting millions of oranges and lem ons Into tbe country duty free and costing the treasury hundreds of thou sands of dollars in loss of Imports. Nobody ever found out whether tbls was a printer's slip or a carefully de vised scheme. Certain It Is that tbe framers of the schedule never Intend ed it "Again, tbe entire body of tbe pro viso may constitute tbe joker by pur porting to carry one meaning when it In reality carries quite another. Con gress still preserves tbe tradition of the Irish representative from Massa chusetts who proposed that March 17 be mode a legal holiday In celebration of tbe 'Boston tea party.' Several New Englanders whose teal exceeded their erudition warmly supported tbe measure until, some one pointed ont that March 17 was much more closely associated with the supposed birth of the proposer's patron saint than with tbe destruction of tbe obnoxious tea, wblcb latter. Indeed, was a midwinter festival" - SWISS DIVORCE CASES. The Court Alwaya Trlee to 8ettle Them by Reoonoiliation. In one important respect; the, Swiss surpass other nations In the manage ment of their divorce cases, says an English correspondent In every town there Is n kind of offi cial paper known as the feullle d'Avls, in which one may read dolly the fol lowing announcement: M. and Him. X.. who are In In stance of divorce, are requested to ap pear privately before the judge, albue or with tbelr lnwyers, In order' to cotne to a reconciliation If possible." Before the beginning of every di vorce case in Switzerland this notice Is published and sent out to tbe inter ested parties, leaving tbe conple, of course, free to attend before the judge or not, as they wish. Often tbe eouple meet 1 Although there are no statistics pub- j Ustvd on the subject I am told by a leading lawyer In Geneva whose spe- i clalt v Is divorce cases that at least 30 per cent of divorce cases "much to my loss' unfortunately," tbe lawyer added, wltb a smile are settled by the paternal advice of tbe Judge at these meetings out of court In fact. Swiss lawyers will not defi nitely take up a divorce case until It has passed through the reconciliation process. If one of the couple does not attend' the rendezvous this means that the af fair is to be fought out but In any case Swiss divorces are'not expensive. The uvernge cost In a contested case Is $200. often $100. and the lowest when both parties are agreed $10 or $15. San Francisco Chronicle. ' Be a Real Power In the World. It is a great thing to start out In active life with tbe resolution that you will not be a mere cipher In your com munity, but a real constructive force: that you will stttud tor something more than a real living getter or a dollar gatherer; that ymi will not be merely one more citizen, but a strong, robust. force tuttt moves things To be known M a progre!Wve lnttU wuo stands for everythiug tuat u for the betterment ol hu t.0IUIUUtjftv, erT one BUould be .,,,. fn h .oluetuiua us a citizen besides a specialist In his vocation. Success Magazine. ' . The Wild Beet. . Beets were first found growing wild. In sandy soils near tbe sea In Kurope and western Asia. Tbe wild beet still found there Is regarded by authority aa the original type. This wild beet la slender rooted and bus a taste so different from tbe beet we know to day that one must cousider the first man who tasted one and thought It possible to. develop bad gifts of hope and Imagination far beyond ordinary. " The beet baa been cultivated since 200- 300 B. C. Handicapped. The second Duke ot Wellington waa handicappeti through life by bis fa ther's fame. Herual Osborne once ask ed him why with bis undoubted -talents he made no effort to shine in pub lic affairs. The duke, replied: "If you had sat so long as 1 have under tbe shadow of a great tree yon wonld be as colorless aa 1 am." T Too Clever. Hotel Clerk Let me see. You're tbe Mr. Barue who acts Romeo, aren't yon? 1 think I've seen yon climb down from Jullet'a balcony. Barne ' thBt fHmoni, aPt0P. gir. Hotel Clerk ; .cash In advance, please. Yon climb too well for any otber terms.-Nw ! York Journal. The love of beauty Is taste; the crea tion of beatlty Is art -Emert in. THEIR FINAL QUARREL 1 She Said It Wee Irrevocable, but He ( Knew Cotter. . It was nit olT They li.nl quarreled, filially ami Irrevocably It doesn't matter noi what It was about. The chances are that in I licit- auger neither remembered anything except that he hi.d disappointed her In some awful, unforgivable way and she bad seized the diamond enuaj.-enient ring from a dainty, slender finger and thrust it upon him Mlh a gesture of Infinite scorn. I'or nn Instant he held the circlet In his hand ruefully. For another In stant he paced the porch, bands lu bis pockctSrf bead low. his voice quivering Willi etnolloti us be pleaded. Sudden ly be stopped In front of her. "That's linnl, Is It?" he inquired. "Filial," she replied Icily. "No man with a spark of" "All right!" he Btinpped. "This thing's no use to me. then." Ills right arm shot nut like the arm of a ball pitcher, and a second later tbe tinkle-tinkle of metal on tbe con crete walk half a block away told her be had -thrown the ring away. "Oh!" she cried, and there was sud den anguish in ber heart. "1 didn't mean It'. We must find It at once." "I don't care for It" he said stub bornly. "Life has mighty little now to make" "Billy!" she cried. "Help me liutner dlately." He couldn't let ber go alone, with night coming on, so, after proper re luctance, he followed. In the eager ness of searching nil her anger melted It took a long time, but finally he stooped quickly and exclaiming. "Here It Is!" held up tbe diamond ring. What happened In the next hour Is nobody's business except their own The humnn.' masculine part of the story was disclosed to his bosom friend late that night In the quiet or their room. "Had It In my pocket all the time." he said. "Threw a quarter down the street. And. dad tiling It. I didn't find It either!" But It did the work. Kansas City Times. SPLITTING A PICTURE. One Caee Where the Half Proved Greater Than the Whole. There Is no pnltiter who lends him self to "splitting" so much as Botti celli I. e., a division of the panel Into two parts so as to form separate pic tures. Yenrs ago I sold to a Mr. But tery of London half a Botticelli, which Is now owned by" Herr Kaufmntiu of Berlin. I have myself seen the other half of the picture, as well ns the pic ture In Its entire state. In one case I can recall the half proved greater thnn the whole. A cer tain Slgnor r.nrlll bequeathed a vain able Botticelli to his two grandsous. who were twins But. although twins, these two young men were rather quarrelsome and had no taste hi com mon. One proposed to sell the picture, which bad been painted for one of their ancestors. It Is snld. by Botticelli him self. 'The other would not consent. The first then proposed that the other should buy his share and keep the pic ture himself, lie took me with hi in. and I assigned the value of the pic ture at 5.000 lire, saying I would give that for it. The brother declined and suggested placing the picture In" the custody of an nunt pemliug nn adjust ment of the terras. "Oh. very well." cried his brother, flying into a passiou. "If you won't buy and won't let me sell there's only one thing to do." and before any one could Jnterfere be emp tied three chambers of a revolver into the panel, completely destroying one half of the composition, including a St. John and a Joseph. Tbe picture be ing seut to me to restore, I could do nothing with It and strimgly advised .sepnrntlng the panel. Shortly after I did so the owner died, and I. disposed of tbe work for O.OtKl lire to Adolpn Knun. It Is now. I believe, lu Russia.. E. f'nnzone In Strand Magazines Too Lavish. . Mrs. Dohlw was trying to find out the likes and dislikes of ber new boarder, and all she learned lucreusiil her satisfaction. "Do you want pie for breakfast?" she asked. "No. I thank you." said the new boarder, with a smile. "Pie for break fast seems a little too much." "That's Just the way I look at It." said Mrs. Dobbs heartily. "1 say pie for dinner Is a necessity, and pie for super gives a kind o' finishing touch to the day. but pie for breakfast Is what I call putting on alrs'-Youth's Companion. The Usual Sequel. When tbey reached Montreal on their elopement Chicago seemed far, far away? and they were both homesick. "I will Just telegraph the letter 'F to father," said the beautiful bride. "That will mean forglvenews." "Better make It two 'F's.'" advised the young bridegroom. "Gracious, dear! And what will two Fs' mean'" "Why, forgiveness and funds." Chi cago News. Poor Memory, "She . made a horrible break at Green's dinner party the other night" "What was it?' "Called the hostess by her first hus band's name."-Detrolt Free Press. The Old Matter. Mistress -Has unybody been to see that old nil pnlntlng I bought? Msfy No. ma'am. Somebody called to see the old marter, but I said he waa ont -Londorf Scraps.. Dividing Something. A farm laborer In one bf the west ern counties was requested to vote for a candidate at the election, but be re fused. Being asked for bis reason, be made answer: "Why, because them chaps be well enough paid." Tbey then tried to explain to Hodge that members of parliament In this country were not paid for their serv ices. But be was not to be convinced. "Doan't 'ee tell me!" be replied somewhat angrily. "1 believe my eyes, and when I zees in tbe paper as they divides almost ev'ry night 1 knows they be dlvidln' suminat!" London Tlt-BIts. , Old Scottish Words. Here are a few quaint old Scottish words still used a good deal in East Aberdeenshire: "Mowse" To say any thing la uae mowse means It is un canny or dangerous. "Connached" Spoiled; clean connached would meao utterly destroyed or rendered useless. "Blaud" To blaud anything would mean to soil It A child Would be told, "Dlnna blaud your dead plna." "Gar dies" or "Gaurdles"-A child's fore arm. Tbe last Is a very old expres sion, but we bave beard It nsed. "Sic bonnie gardles he has" means tbe baby has plump arms. Glasgow Her ald. ' A Straight Vote. - Tbe secret of tbe ballot Is sometimes too good to keep? "George." said the squire, "did you vote straight as I told you?" "Sure. Ol did, squolre. It said on tb' paper to put a X, but 01 molnded as bow ye said 'voat straight' and 01 put nn straight through nn's naame." London Chronicle. Improving on Euclid. The Pioneer of Allahabad tells stories of some "kindergarten" classes in the English army. Among tbe defi nitions given in an examination Is one of a circle peculiarly happy, which gives a freshness to Euclid. It is, "A straight line which starts at a certain point and gets back to the same point as quickly as possible." Your Chances. The little chances linger and return, but tbe great chances come and go and never come again. If we could look back over the lives of the people by whom we are surrounded, how many great and rich opportunities would we see that they have permitted to drift by them unimproved! ' A Line on Bjenkyns. Lawson What sort of man la Bjen kyns, anyway? Dawson Well, his wife always goes with him when he buys a suit of clothes. Somerville Journal. The Consultation. "My wife always consults me about every article of attire she buys frocks, hats, shoes, gloves, everything." "My wife does, too that is, she asks me for the money." Sartorial. "Ever go to that tailor?" "Yes. Most expulsive man. I got two mltg from him a dress suit and lawsuit" LIpplncott'a. Livingstone. - Of Dr. Livingstone it was said by Stanley that the missionary lived for years among the most cruel and Ig norant savages in the world, bnt he never fired a shot in anger, never "clubbed or clouted or banned or blast ed." nig manner was that of a "cool, wise old man who felt offended and looked grave." Circumttancee Reversed. Unkempt Smith Mister, would youse kindly help a poor man as Is all In, down and out? Jocular Citizen Why, certainly. Just climb tbe fire escape on tbnt skyscraper across tbe street and walk in on tbe top floor. Tben you will he all out. uo and in. Judge's Llbrnry. In Awful 8hape. "Why don't you go to work?" , "I'm so dead tired of doing nothing that I'm too tired to do anything." The First National Bank OP REYNOLDSVILLE. Capital and Surplus Resources . . . OFFICERS J. O. Krno, Vlce-Pres. DIRECTORS J. 0. King Daniel Nolan J. 8. Hammond Jons U. Aooaaa. Free. John U. Kaucber Henry O.Deible Every Accommodation Consistent with Careful Banking Strong Efficient Experienced The Peoples National Bank . REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. Continues to offer to a constantly growing body of de positors adequate facilities and perfect service derived from thirty -six years successful banking experience. Let us dem onstrate to you. Interest paid on Savings Accounts, hav ing liberal withdrawal privileges. -.. - - ANNOUNCEMENTS For Congress J. n. langhamT : - 6f Indiana. ' Subject to the action of the Republicans or the H7th Connresslonal District, at the primary election, Saturday, June 4tb, 1910, For Congress GEN. HABRY WHITE Of White Twp., Indiana Co., Subject to the action of the Republican! of tlie 27th OoDRresslonal District,, at the primary election Saturday, June 4th, 1910. For Assembly 's. Taylor! north Of Punmutuffney. Subject to action of the Republicans of Jeirerspn county at tlie primary election to be held June 4, 1910. , For Assembly HENRY I. WILSON, ; Ot Big Run. Subject to the action of the Republican voters of JolTersou county at tbe prlmarv election to be held Juue 4. 1910. For Assembly , ' , JAMES G. MITCHELL Of ferry Township. Subject to the action of the Republican voters of Jefferson c iunty at tbe prlmarv v election to be held June 4, 1910, . Endorsed by the A ntl Saloon League of the county, state and nation. For Assembly WILLIAM A. CALHOUN, Of Falls Creek. Subject to the aotlon of the Republican votere of Jelterson county at tbe primary election to be held June 4, 1910. Endorsed by the Anti-Saloon League of the county, state and nation. JjJXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of the late Mrs. Sarah Welsh, of Reynoldsvllle. Notice Is hereby given that letters testa mentary on the estate of Mrs. Sarah Welsh, late of Keynoldsvllle borough, county of Jefferson and state of Pennsylvania, d" ceased, have been granted to the under signed, to whom all persons Indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and those having claims or demands will make known the same wllliout delay. v. J. KtKR, Exeoutor. Treat your machine right by using the right gasolines, t WAVERLY 76 MOTOR STOVE three epcclal tradei. Made from Pennsylvania Crude Oil. Give lnstan tanoua,powerfuclraii explosion. Poo itlvely will not form carbon deposits on spark plugs or In cylinders. Ignites readily never foils, Ask your dealer, Wrljp Oil Work Co. Independent Oil Refiners Ptttabavaf, Pat. If you have anything to sell, try ' our Want Column. JUGHfcS & FLEMING. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Main S'.reet. Ryn,)ldsville, Pa $175,000.00 $600,000.00 K. 0. 8CHDCaB8. Cashier John H . Corbeti K. H. Wllsoa Capital and Surplus $125,000 Resources $550,000
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