FRICTION. What Causss It and What Would Hap part Without It. AVImt Is friction really caused by? Why will two tilings In coin m t not Blip over ench oilier rnsll.v? It Is be cause every sulmtnnce known to acienco hns tei'th; nilrroRrnpli', It la tme, but still teetli. The renult, then, la ob vious. If we adore n book n cross n tnlilo the tooib of tliu book Imorlock with the teeth of the table Jtwt ns cog wheels do. nnd the push baa to be strong enough either to bend them enough or to break them off for the motion to continue. - It has nelnally been observed In a microscope that If the push la only a Blight one nnd moves tho book only a short distance, on the pressure of tho hand being removed tho book actually Jumps bnck ro Its former position. This action la a slight bending of the two sets of teeth, only not far enough for them to lose their rein live posi tions, and their elasticity on being ro lonRcd makes the book tly back. It has been shown that this friction Is not so much between different bod ies as between bodies of the same ma terial. One Industrial application of Ibis Is the bearings for steel axles. They 'are made of brass Instead of steel. In aome things we want ns much friction as possible and In others ns little. The former Is Illustrated In tho friction between an engine wheel nnd tbe track, sand sometimes being pour ed on the track to Increase the friction. The latter ease Is Illustrated In all bearings where rotating metal Is tn contact with stationary metal, some times ball bearings being substituted, tbus lessening the friction. Many peculiar things would happen If there was no friction. All screws In wood would Immediately twist back ward rapidly nnd shoot out Into the air; trains could not run save on cog ged rails, which would probably be necessary above ns well as below, tbus having four rails lpsteid.if two: build ings woulO tumble down, nun new ones could not br built unless molded In place like Killsoii's or else riveted to gether. Teople would have to wear Rhoes with long spikes In them nnd Jben have to bo careful, for dirt grains would slip over one another easily nnd would net like deep Rnnd. But one irrent thing would happen mnchlnes would run at 100 per cent efllclency. would give out ns much energy as was put Into them. Lawrence Ilodge lu New York Tribune. Poet's Wife Mt hnoHo" rnZ ill. poem at a public celebration befora thousands of people. Alas. It was the last poem he ever wrote. Publlsher-l Bee. 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" ' TRe Ltght of tha Stars, Various endeavors hnve been made to estimate the light of the stars. la the northern hemisphere Argelnnder has registered ILM.OIH) stars down to the nine unl a half magnitude, nnd with the aid of the best photometric d:itn Agnes M. Clerk's "System of the Stars" gives ihe sum of the light of C c m northern stars ns equivalent to : '.') of full moonlight, while the total lljjlil of all stars slinihirly enumerated !'! both hemispheres, to tho number of ;.''iul tMin.itco, is roughly placed at I IS.) ill ibex lunar brightness. The scattered llhl of still fainter celestial I). .'lies is illl'.lctilt io compute. Hy a I 'tiiloraphlc method Sir William Ab bey rated the total starlight of both v uiisiheres at l-lljil of full moonlight, i. ml Professor Neweomb from visual observations of all stars at Just 7-H times that or Capella. or I S!) of the llt;!)t of the full moon. It Is not certain, however, that the ly would be totally dark ir all stars Were blotted out. Cert. tin processes make ihe upper atmosphere strongly luminous at times, and w- cannot be sine i hat this llln wen hi be totally absent . I lit rper's W eek ly . A Dutch Fishing Fleot. If Ihe traveler wants to ft a real glimpse of pli'turcsipic Holland, a glimpse w hich shall long be a happy memory, let him Journey, to the old Halting village of Schevenlngen. not tar from The Hague. Its llshlna fleet Is an Imposing one and is best seen at night, when the boats are drawn up on the beach. Kach has a number, and these are palmed on the sides In such large figures that they can lie read nt a considerable distance. At night when the tlshermen begin to come to land the women of the village walk down to the beach Willi their knitting In their hands to meet them. They wear their wooden shoes, some of which are made to look especially clean by an application of whiting, and they make a merry clatter as they go Industry Is characteristic of the wom en of Holland in all walks of life They must always be at work of some kind, and It would seem as II more knitting needles must be used lu Hub land than In any other country In the, world. K. .1. FnrriitKiou in Interior A Story of Robespierre. The story is told of Itobespierre that nt one time when nt the height of his power a lady called upon him. lie Reochlng him to spare her husband's life. He scornfully refused. As she turned away she happened to tread upon the paw of his pet dog. He turned upon her and asked. "Madam, have you no humanity?" On tha 8afa Side. "May 1 see my father's record?" asked the new student. 'He was In tha class of "Certainly, my boy. What for?" 'Ue told me when 1 left home not to disgrace him, sir. and I wish to see Just how far I can go." Buffalo Ex firoaa. 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With all Its dignity, Its senntorlal courtesy nnd the forms nnd ceremo nies thnt nlwnys nre observed, the sen ate Is. far behind the house of repre sentatives In the matter of one anti quated piece of furniture. The senate has no mace. Now, a mace Is not much lu the wny of furniture. It Is n sliver englo mounted upon a stnlt around which lire bands of silver. This mace is nlwnys an emblem of the house of representatives. It Is the duty of one employee to look after It. Just before a session of the house be gins he takes it from the office of the sergennt-at-nrtus Into the house cham ber, and as soon as the speaker's gavel falls he Inserts It in a socket In a stone pillar nt the tight of the speak er's chair. The mace remains there While tho house Is In session and Is taken out and stood beside Its pedes tal when the house is in committee of the whole. When the house adjourns the mace Is carried back to the ofilce of the sergennt-nt-arms. ThiH ancient emblem has not a thing to do with the order of business of the house, save as one of the old time reg ulations thnt nre continued. Wheii the house Is turbulent nn officer seizes the nince and walks through tbe alslen. Only once or twice when the speaker failed to preserve order hnve I Been an officer seize the mace and walk through the house, waving It back ward and forward. Possibly the sight of It brought members to their senses nnd they retired to their seats. At nil events, that is about Hie only real use for the nince that I ever have observ ed. Washington Cor. St. Louis Stnr. Sensitiveness of tha Phone. Preere lias calculated that nn audi ble sound is produced in a telephone by a current of U to 10.13 amperes, and Pellat has calculated that a sound is produced by a difference of potential between the two slnllotis ainou'nllng to only one two-thousandth volt. These statements give some Idea of the great sensitiveness of the modern telephone, but the sensitiveness of the human car, which perceives the Invisible vi bration of tbe telephone diaphragm. Is no less remarkable. Washington Star. In No Hurry. "Too many people," snld a clergy mnn, "regard their religion as did the little boy In the Jam closet. Ills moth er pounced on him suddenly. He stood on tiptoe, ladling Jam with both hands from the Jam pot to his mouth. " 'Oh, Jacky!' his mother cried. 'And only last night you prayed to be mndo a saint!' "Ills face, an expressionless mask of Jam, turned toward her. " 'Yes, but not till after I'm dead, he explained." A Matter of Economy. Mrs. Nocash Mercy 1 You let your girl off every afternoon? Neighbor Yes, Indeed; It is such a saving. The more she) Is away the fewer dishes she breaks. Illustrated Bits. I Sloth never arrived at the attainment , of a good wish. Cervantes. Trouble Ahead. A north country coroner Is said tn be ' waiting the suicide of n local poet who : wrote about clasping "the two treiiiu- j ' lous hands" of his ladylove, but whicli ; the printer made lo read "the two tn mentions hands." London Mall. A Queer Question. Small Iliiiotil tat the zooi-What Is that funny tonkins: bird, papa'; I'ap'i That Is u bald eagle. Harold Sni.lu Harold - How .ing does an eagle ban to lie married before he gets p-ild papa' Chicago News. j ' Usually Hes To. "Say. pan mh.ii is n g'iiin?" "A genius W a inn ii ivtin can !o his ! own wasliluu. -ewing -tnu cookuig. in ' boy " -l.eitlsviiie Conner tonrnai. i Weak men never y'eui a Ihe proper time - Ijitln Siienr the sheep, but don't flay them. Spanish Troverb. Puzzled tns noKir, The first organized work of women tn a relief corps-was led by Florence Nightingale In the Crimean war of 1855. So unaccustomed were people to that service at the lime that It called nut some curious comment. Writing of "Chinese"' fiordoti. )r. Ilutler tells In Ills book. "Ten Ureal and Omul Men," how the boys at Cambridge met the call upon them for hospital stores. One day a letter rii:uc suddenly from the war office telling us that any warm clothes f(i' the Invalids nt Scutari would be prized by Miss Florence Nightingale. At on. e In every college a committee was extemporized of lead ing undergraduates, charged to collect presents of tlaniiel Jackels. trousers, "blazers," rugs, greatcoats, furs, even sealskins. ..-In a few hours box after box was filled wl!h these treasures, and all the boxes were kindly and .rtiliiltoutly packed for nn by the leading upholster er of the town, his foreman simply re marking lo me in a lone wltlch (jencral (jorilon would hnve enjoyed: "A nice consignment for it lady, sir." Causa of Twilight. Twilight Is a phenomenon caused y atmospheric refraction. When the sun gets below the horizon, we are not l.ti medlately plunged Into the darkness of night. Although the sun Is below our horizon, rays of solar light are bent or refracted by Hie terrestrial atmosphere nnd continue to furnish some slight Illumination. The process continues with diminishing Intensity until the Bun Is so far below the horizon that the refracting power of the atmos phere Is no lunger' able to bend the rays enough to produce n visible ef fect. The time after sunset that tho Rim reaches such a position varies with the latitude of the place. There Is less twilight al the tropic zone than at the temperate or frigid zone. Tills Is duu to less time taken by the sun's rays to pass through the at!no:-pl!i ro. at the tropic zone the .-tin's ray belli,; per pendicular and at the temperate and frigid zones obMipie .--Nc ,v York American. With a Grain of Silt. The earliest record of the saying "with a grain of salt" ihit. s back to Ihe year fi:i H. ('.. when the great Pompey entered the palace of Mlthridates and discovered among Ills private papers the description of an antidote against poisons of nil sorts, which was com posed of poinded herbs. These, ac cording to tho recipe, were to be tnken with a grain of salt. Whether this was meant perlonsly or ns a warning sarcasm Is not known, but thenceforth It became the custom to say that doubtful preparations should be taken with n grain of salt. From this the meaning got transferred to sayings of doubtful truth. O'Attlc salt" was a Greek synonym for wit or penetration, nnd the Latin word "snl" had some what of the same meaning. It Is thus easy, to see how the saying "cum grano sails" could have come to mean the necessity of accepting doubtful or suspicious statements "with a grain of nit" Molokai and tha Lepera. The general Idea of the leper settle ment on the Island of Molokai Is wrong, says a writer In Harper Weekly. Instead of the entire Island being used for the leper colony the et tlcinent comprises only eight square miles out of n total urea of 'Jill square miles. It occupies a tongue of bind on the northern side of Molokai. The north, east and west shores of this tiny spit are washed by the I'licltic. while on the south side rise precipitous cliffs of from 1.S00 to 4.0(H) feet, which muke tho isolation seem even more hopeless than the beautiful deep bine waters of the sen ever could. The most difficult and dnngerous frail, con stantly manned by government guards, Yolls escape, if It were ever contem plated, by the bind side. Stupid Husband of a Noted Singer. Catalnni's husband, a handsome Frenchman, was even more unlntel lectual than his wife he was stupid. Once, having found the pitch of the piano too high, she ijiild after the re hearsal to her husband: "The piano la too hiiih. Will you see thot It Is tnttilo lower before the concert?!' When the evening came Catalan! was annoyed to And that the pluno hnd not beeu altered. Her husband sent for the car penter, who declared that be bad saw ed off two Inches from each leg. as he had been ordered to do. "Surely it can't be too high now. my dear." said tbe stupid husband soothingly Through tha Cracks. When the celebrated divine Edward Irving was on a preachlug tour n Scotland two Dumfries men of decid ed opinions went to hear him. When they left the hall one said to tbe other: "Well. Willie, what do you think?' "Oh," said the other contemptuously, "the man's cracked!" The first speaker laid a quiet band on his shoulder. "Will," said he. "you'll often see a light peeping through a crack." A Poor Player. Griggs So yon got home from the club at midnight Well, I suppose yon told wlfle you had to work late at tbe ofilce. Hayed upon her sympathies, eh? Briggs Well er yes, but either her sympathies were ont of tune or I'm a darned poor Instrumentalist Boston Transcript Good and Sufficient Reason. Editor But my good fellow, why do you bring this poem to me? Impecnnl ons One Well, sir, because I hadn't a tamp, sir. London Tatler. . Opportunity seldom cornea with letter of Introduction. , , . Tha Last of tha Ruffs. ' In 1702 the rage for ruffs, such as are seen on many monumental etflglcs, be gan to decline A writer In the Lon don Chronicle of that year says of gen tlemen's dress, "Their cuffs entirely cover their wrists, and only the edges of (heir rullles are to be seen." It Is said that a distaste for ruffs was first created so far back as 1013, when a woman named Turner wore them on her trial for tho murder by poison of Rlr Thomas Overbury. The French revolution of J78!) much Influenced British fashion, and tho picturesque cocked hot and rullles then gave way generally to round hats nnd small cuffs. The period of their final disuse cannot be easily determined, as men of old fashioned or eccentric habits have worn milled shirt fronts within quite recent memory similar to those which, according to I'luuclie's "His tory of British Costume," originated In the seventeenth century. Tha Conductor'a Baton. According to the Investigations of a Frenchman, the credit of Inventing the conductor's baton belongs to Lully, the composer, who eventually lis-.d causa to regret his Invention. Before he adopt ed tho baton conductors wero In the habit of pounding on tho floor with their feet or clapping their hands to mark the time. Lully found It weurl somo to keep bis foot constantly In mo tion and so used a stick to strike tbe floor and beat time. He used n pole six feet long. One day he brought down the polo with such force that It struck bis foot and made a deep wound. He paid no attention to tbo matter. Tbo wound grew worse nnd ultimately caused his death. After his time conductors tried more and more to Improve tho baton, and It was ultimately brought to Its present form. In tha Swim. "Congratulations, old chap! You are seen every whore with Lord Bunk hurst." "Yes. I have rented lilm for tho sea son." Louisville Courier-Journal. Self respect Is tho cornerstone of all virtue. Ilerscltel. HUGHE3 & FLEMING. FUNEtlAL DlKECTOHS. Main Street. ' Uoynoldsvlllo, Pa. Northampton Hard "Vein Roofing Slate A superior product.Jdoes not absorb moisture, 19 unchangeable in color and does not fade, rust or decompose. A roof of Hard Vein Slate needs no repair. Sold by THE WOODWORK SUPPLY COMPANY REYNOLDSVILLE, PA. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Sixteen-Day Excursions June 30, July 14 and 28, August il and 25, and Sept. 8, 90 $10 - $12 " Wild $12 $14 TO FROM REYNOLDSVILLE. : Ticket at tbe lower rate good only In coaches. Tickets at the higher rate good to Parlor or Sleeping Cara in connection with proper Pullman tickets. 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