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Curious Nexto un Laws,
. They have some vi: curlous orim
laws In Mexico. “or Instance, It is ¢
al hn as much of = offense to uti od: “That no person shall put to sal
, ly such as shall be
ate ce of u woman as that of » ®0Y piunes but on
ie the Jo law Hema to be based op double headed aad have the heads sold
the iden that n waman's best posses ered fast to the shank of the plm
sfon 18 her beauty and that to quar 4 Well smoothed, the shank well
; ty . the points well round filed, eauted and
Bows hes is pA 2 4: WY ous law. if ¢ Sharpened.”
person whou “0 be wonnded in an ep At this tune 1nost ping were ide of
eounter, the punishment to the offend brass, but many were also mac: of
; er 1s fixed by the number of days hig TON, with a brs ss surface, France sent
victim. hak to stay In the hospital or R large number of pins to England
ander a doctor's care. A line ls fixed Unt about the year 1626,
at 40 days in the way of a general divi In this year >ne John Tilsby started
Queen Cather ne obtained pins fron
France, and, in 1543, an act was pass
i
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kine : 1 wahire Sq 8 v
sion. If the injured man occupies more phi king in Sloye tershi ®. we u
1 ssi ns A venture thy 1¢ 80
than 40 days in his recovery, the pen ©€ i XA venture hat he soon
alty doubles up had 1.500 persons working. These pins
ii — made at Stroud were Leld in high re
: % An Impudent Frand, pute.
) An impudent fraud was perpetrated In 1636 pmmakers combined an¢
apon a Manchester bank by one of its founded a corporation. The industry
customers, who opened an account Was carried un at Bristoi and Rirming
with some few hundreds of pounds ham, the L.tter becoming the chief |
i The man, after a tew weeks, drew two center. In 1775 prizes were offered for
ehecks, each within a pound or so of the first native made pins and needles |
" Bis balance, and, selecting a busy day, In Carolina, and during the war in 1813
presented himself at one end of the Pins fetched enormous prices.
sounter, while an accomplice, when he | Pins vary from 31 inches in length
saw that his friend's check had been to the smull gilt entomologists’ pin; |
eashed, immediately presented his own £500 weighing about an ounce.—Good
to a cashler at the other end. Both Words. |
eashiers referred the checks to the A Lucid Decinfon.
{ f ledger clerk, who, thinking the same | A correspondent, referring to a recent
ba eashier had asked him twice, sald
A article in Law Notes on “The Gram-
a “right” to both checks. The thieves |... (040 Courts,” calls attention te
p ete Rever enugin | the following lucid decision of Sir
x “Ihe Devil's Turnip Patoh” John Taylor Coleridge im the case of
ald Eaale ley against Thomas, 8 C. and P.
On the top of Buid Eagle mountain, Tur Jom:
A Just where the old turnpike breaks | 103. 34 E. C. L. 312: “It bias been sug-
over the brow down into Black Hole ¢ested asa doubt by the learned coun- |
vailey, is a queer field of rock, which 8el for the defendant whether the rule {
gears ago was christened “The Devil's | of the road applies to saddle horses or |
Turnip Patch.” The rocks, which are only to carriages. Now I have no doubt |
B of a reddish sandstone, have a striking | that It does.” Law Notes. :
\ peculiarity of ail standing on end, thus | " ———
3 i | An Accident,
i agged, irregular surface, | ”
Jorg 2 Ss ly name from | Little Bessie having been punished |
the early settlers for misbehavior, slunk to the other end
In bygone days, when the stages of the room crying. Her mother turn-
: n wheeled their way up from Northum- ui 10 NeW her opel (ice, h3t lym
5% berland to Willlamsport, the four in Whe Bessie ” i or mothes
vf hands traversed the old pike that skirts "Bow cat your de So?” "
the turnip patch, and the strange gar “Oh 2 JON u = answered the. little
den of rocks was a constant Source of | ji : .
wonderment to the traveler. Added Srl “I was try ing io Saaile st you, but
to its interest as a natural curiosity is by face slipped.” —London Answers.
¥ 8 hidden stream of water somewhere
- ok ise. | still Free.
i Denaath He Jiaudes sion 5 the nolyy | After two solid hours of moon’ ight
wing © and uninterruption she thought she
3 song beneath one’s feet. Nobody -
knows where the source of this stream haa Bm. T admit that you are the
i8, nor can anybody find where it emp- | ji ”
ties itself into Black Hole valley. | iXes, go ae Lyepered oo
The rock field covers an area of two | But nie wh as fon a me
or three acres, with its widest part to Te Hy ¢ moon retired be
Se north, then narrowing down V hind a cloud.—Philadelphia Record.
|
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shaped to the south, where the angle
8 lost in a fringe of stunted hemlocks
and elders. Theorists have figured on
the cause of this mountain freak, but
the theory obtaining most credence is
that it 18 a legacy of the glacial age,
the rocks being a collection pushed
into their present vertical position by
the moving ice.—Philadelphia Record.
An astronomer declares that Jupiter
is In the state that our earth was 34-
000,000 years ago. Those who can re
member back 34,000,000 years will up
derstand what this means.
A man can walk a mile ‘ vithout mov:
They Coanged | no more than a eounle of feet.—Chiea
> .
At a dinner party the ober day a | BEAUTIES OF A GLACIER.
well known and deservedly popular | Beemes That Are Likened to Visioms
dramatist took a lady dewn to dinnes, | of a Glorified City.
Reither knowing who the other was | The fascinations of a glacier are as
As a subject the theater was started, | witching as they are dangerous. Apos-
as it is so often under similar circum- tolic vision of a crystal city glorified
stances. | by light “that never was on land or
“1 can’t think why they have revi¥- | you wae not more beautiful than
ed that plece at the King’s,” the 18dy | ¢hege vast ice rivers, whose onward
’ said. “I never liked it, and it's 80 | aourge is chronicled, not by years and
worn that I should have done better | eenturies, but by geological ages, says
than that?” |8 British Columbia correspondent of
“Yes,” the dramatist replied, ‘per. | the New York Post. With white dom-
daps so. It was one of my first pieces, | ea show cornices wreathed fantastic
however, and I had not had much ex. | glassy
fi a8 arabesque and with the
Jerienee Tie I wrote it. Let's change walls of emerald grotto reflecting a
the subjec
| million sparkling jewels, one might be
The lady was quite ready to do so | some cavernous dream world or
and wished, no doubt, that she had among the tcttering grandeuc of an an-
known who her neighbor was. He | yong city. The ice pillars and silvered
presently said: ; J | pinnacles, which scientists call seracs,
Are yov interested in the Fenton | g:1q ie the sculptured marble of
“Lease?” speaking of a cause celebre temples crumbling to ruin. Glittering
hat was in progress. : pendants hang from the rim of bluish |
‘Yes. I've read all the evidence,” chasm. Tints too brilliant for srtists |
was the reply. i | brush gleam from the turquoise of |
“He'll lose it, of course,” the drama: | evan) watls, Rivers that Sow trough |
Hist went on. “He never could have | valleys of ice and lakes, hemmed in by
Rad the faintest chance from the first. | hills of ice, shine witk an agzuce depth
It’s a marvel to me how any lawyer | : wo} fot
€0uld Biave been Mint suongh to cise | that is very infinity’s self.
such a case to go into court!”
“Well,” answered the lady quietly,
“my husband “was the
henge the subject.”
' The wrong Text.
ery few good speeches are really
promptu,” said a New Orleans law-
In the morning, when all thaw has |
been stopped by the night’s cold, there |
pg | Is deathly silence over the glacial fields, |
idiot Let's | even the mountain cataracts fall noise. |
| lessly from the precipice to ledge im!
| tenuous, wind blown threads. But with |
| the rising of the sun the whole glacial |
| world bursts to life in noisy tumult. for y
, Who has a reputasion as a clever | Burface rivilets brawl over the ice |
and talker, “but it is generally | with a glee that is vocal and almost |
y to produce that effect by simply | tuman. The gurgle of rivers flowing |
ling off with sone strictly local al- | through subterranean tunnels becomes |
Of courage that's a trick, but 4 roar, as of a rushing, angry sea, ice
ed by a good many | 8rlp ne longer holds back rock scree
I was broken of it | {oosened by the night's frost, and
| peculiar incident. there is the reverberating thunder of |
rears ago I happened
here a large commer-
ocated and was invited |
; . ih | an impartial one,
Sident to make a few re. | sent to the scefie of disturbance for the
“The office of the state autliurities is |
/ ' to the boys during the noon re- | sola purpose of protectinz life and
/ gos: I mentally framed a little talk | property and preserving order when |
p the subject of energy, and as I was | the county authorities are unable to |
Bping into the main hall I chanced to | cope with the dificulty. The owner of
fotice the word ‘Push’ in big letters on | ® mine claims the right to stop work |
#he outside of the door. ‘By Jove,’ 1 at any time. The miner claims the |
Said to myself, tats the very ting 1 | HEN 10 stop work at any time. ¢ can
Reed for localizing my opening sem- | gown. If capital can strike, labor can
tence!” So when I reached the platform | strike. No greater right is claimed ioe
1 launched out something like this: | one than for that for the other and ne
* ‘My young friends, as I approached | right can be withheld from one
the entrance to this room a moment | that is not conceded to the other. |
8go I observed a word on the panel of | But neither has the right to resort |
the door that impressed me as being an
|
|
cial
appropriate emblem for an institution
of this eminently practical character. Plceaainy, |
It expressed the one thing most useful | One of London’s most famous streets |
to the average man when he steps into | 18 Plecadilly, which consists of shops |
the arena of everyday life. It was'— | the ruffs, or “pickadills,” worn by the
* ‘Pull! yelled a dozen of the boys on | 8nd fashionable dwelling houses. The
the back seats.
taughter, and I was so horribly discon. | 8allants of James I and Charles I, th
certed that 1 was unable to take up | stiffened points of which resembled
the thread of my remarks. The con- | Sbear heads or pickadills. Some
founded door had ‘Push’ om ome side | before the introduction of these
aad ‘Pull’ on the other. I had taken | however, “Piccadille” is
my text from the wrong side.”--New
Drieans Times-Democrat.
| en,
island
referred to, |
and it is surmised that the collar may
have been so called from being worn
by the frequenters of Piccadilla House
wla
THE PATTON COURIER, NOVEMBER
A certain conceited nobleman once
observed to Charles Townsend, “When
I happen to say a foolish thing, I al-
| ways burst out a-laughing.”
| send eyed him curiously and at length |
| remarked in the most deliberate man
| mer. “Ah, I envy you your happiness,
ou must certainly live the merri-
est life of any man in Europe.”
When you are invited to a real old
fashioned woman's house for supper,
she always has floating island. This is
| a sure test.— Atchison Globe.
i i The temple of fame stands upon the
tbe falling avalanche | grave. The flame that burns upon its
altars is kindled from the ashes of
The state troops are | dead men.
A Water of Special Value,
While Sir William Harcourt was
traveling in the highlands with Lord
| John Russell and other friends they
were one day crossing a Scotch loch,
(and in course of some conversation
| with a boatman, from whom they were
| trying to elicit information as to his
| views on the beauty of the surround-
| Ing landscape, the man assured them
| that the water of the loch had a spe-
value.
to public violence. No one, under any what it was, he remarked that it had
elrcumstances, has a right to commit | the reputation of making the finest |
etree sees toddy in Scotland. —Chambers’ Journal.
|
In the Interest of Accuracy, |
At a meeting of the Mansfield House
| settlement Mr. Percy Alden, the ward- |
There was a roar of | hame is said to have been derived from Ld
© | of the novelist was telling how, in the |
of Samoa, i
Years | garen walks with a native chieftain |
collars, | “whe had killed thousands and eaten |
| bundreds.” |
the novelist’s mother in horro
know it was only 11!”- London Chiron
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from Joseph Flick and will make a
Special Reduction Sale
TO CLOSE OUT THIS STOCK.
Wall Paper, Paints, Pictures and Mouldings
Papers that were selling from 10
to 75 cents will now be sold from
E> WHILE THEY LAST. =
Come early and get the benefit of these great bargains.
The same reduction is made on House Paints. and Stains in small cans.
about halt of what they have been selling tor. 1 also have a lot of
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Now is your opportunity to get pictures framed with any moulding you desire at a
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5 to 40 Cents
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=.
DON'T FORG
A. GC. KF isher no
|
Rattlesnake Peison,
“Years ago wuen | was a boy at
home,” said a southern man, “an un.
cle of mine, who lived near Mont
Home Killed Meat
5
Town.
gomery, was out on his plantation one |
day when he saw an enormous rattle i
snake stretclhied in a furrow of a cot- | ours.
ton field. He seized a hoe lying near |
by and made a pass at the monster.
At the same time it struck out at him
and broke oil one of its fangs on the |
edge oi the hoe blade. My uncle dis- |
patched the snake and then picked up | Littl B ©
the fang and brought it to the house | I g POS.,
as a curiosity. It was sharp as a|
needie, and a faint yellow stain af the |
ge O°
: ; EINE)
| Butchers and Dealers in All Kinds of Sa
tip showed where some of the virus |
had exuded | Fresh and Smoked Meats. Put on File
. |
“The bit of bone lay for at least *!ires | PATTON, PA.
or four years in an ebony box di my {
ancle’s writing table in his study, |
when one day a stupid negro servant | Y HY mY
girl, not knowing what it was, used DR: H. W. BHILEY,
it to extract a splinter from her thumb. |
| Stationery
In less than an hour her whole lower | eX
arm was swollen, and she exhibited | Deni Qf |
all the characteristic symptoms of | SE nthe firices, gb wi DO
snake poison. | ducts of the paper, ;
“My uncle had studied medicine and | And ink makers anda
by prompt measures saved the girl's | Office Hours—8 to 12 a. mi. L afice cin be
life, but for some mysterious reason |p. m L nrices.
gangrene subsequently appeared in her |
; rr ’
KINKEAD'S
arm, and amputation was necessary
STATIONERY
No embalmed business in
We deal strictly: in|
meat killed at our slaughter
house. Everything in season
and prices if
vantage of tl
n
Room 16, Good Building.
1105p, mi. 6 tos
LOCAL PHONE,
When asked to explain
My uncle lost no time in burning his
| murderous relic.”
Plant an Ad in
Riddle Solved.
First City Boy--Oh, see the cows ea
ing shavings.
Second City Boy--I suppose that’s
how we get chipped beef.—St. Louls
Post-Dispatch.
THE COURIER.
a story of the mother
«ouis Stevenson.
of |
The widow |
the old lady had Agents tor— ff
AND
Sh
From criminal statistics a German
sociologist has deduced that property
rights of all kinds ave respected more
| generally by the married tham by the
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at right prices. Competent workmen |
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1
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