Freeiaad Tribune Established 1888. rUBI.I3BED EVltllY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, BV THE TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY. Limited OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. Fill-ELAND, PA. HATES: One Year 61.50 i Six Month* 7'* i Four .Un lia ; Two Months 25 The ilute which the subscription is paid to Uon tiie n idress label of each paner, the change of which to u subsequent date be comes a receipt for remittance. Keep the figures in advance of the present date, lie port promptly to this < flloe whenever paper Is not received. Arrearages must be paid when subscription is discontinued. Male ai mi ny orders, checks, tic,,payable to ih Tribum Print. HJ COMPANY, Limited. Manila bas already had an illustra- j tiou of the difference between the American and Spanish way of doing ; things. Two hundred men were for- j merly employed in the postolHce at that place, and the office was kept 1 open only every other day. Now J twenty Americans do all the work,and j the office is kept opeu every day. —— = William Carney, an eugineer at the Richmond Rolling Mills, Richmond, ! lnd., met his death the other day by ' falling against a large gear wheel, which tore oft* one of his legs. He was alone in the engine room and ' knew that possibly no one would en- , ter it for hours. Realizing that dis- j aster would result if the lire under j the boilers were left burning, he ; dragged his mutilated body fifty feet I to the boiler room and turned off the j 1 natural gas which was used as fuel, I and then lapsed into unconsicousness. | Twenty minutes later the machinery j stopped, caused by a lack of steam, And the employes rushed to the engine j 1 i oom to ascertain the reason aud found the engineer dying. Such deeds ! strengthen faith in our fellowwan, j and while such brave men live we j should have no fear for the future. In the report of Isaac B. Brown, ! superintendent of the Pennsylvania ; Bureau of Railroads, made a year ago, some comment was made regarding the bicycle as a competitor of the j street railway. Observations made on Third street in the city of Harrisburg, with a view of showing the number of persons riding wheels and the number riding in the cars, were given. It was found of the 0078 persons who passed a given point between seven in the morning and six in the evening, dur- ' ing two days in the mouth of October, 11)02 rodt- in cars and-1110 ou bicycles, or 07.7 per cent, on bicycles and 32.3 per cent, in the cars. A comparison of the figures obtained this year with those of last year is therefore of con siderable interest. This year the nnm- ' ber counted at the same point in the same length of time was 5819, of whom the number in the cars was 2370 and on wheels 3149, or 59.3 per cent, on wheels and 40.7 in cars. The conclusion drawn by Air. Brown is that the bicycle is not so keen a com petitor of the street-cars as it was a year ago. Another conclusion drawn is of ' interest. Of the 5819 persons count ed this year 1470 passed between the hours of 12 uoou and 2 p. m., of whom 1020 were on wheels and 442 in cars, or 70 per cent, on wheels and 30 per cent, in the cars. These figures show very clearly that the clerk aud the laborer in going to and from their woik use the wheel quite generally. But the figures bearing on the use of the wheel during other hours of the day indicate tnat fewer persons are using the wheel as a sort of pleas ure. This Harrisburg condition may be a purely local one, but Mr. Brown draws the general conclusion that the wheel has reached the highest point of competition with the street railway. AS TRUE A3 GOSPEL, The best of living is living for tho best. Some men have a regular Sunday mcruing attack of homesickness when the church bells ring. There is not much lifting-power in the testimony of the church member who does not pay his debts. "Know thyself," said the Psalmist; but he never said anything about knowing thy neighbor's affairs. We know that the unseen world is ruled by the same laws which rule lis here. In that world we may ex pect discipline, but we need tear no evil. Resignation is not a passive and unaspiring content with life and the world as they are, but it is a faithful acceptance of God's sovereignty, and Cod's purpose, and God's method. Many a life has been Injured by tho constant expectation of death. It is life we have to do with, not death. The best preparation for the night is to work, while the day lasts, dili gently. There is nothing purer than honesty, nothing sweeter than charity, nothing warmer than love, nothing richer than wisdom, nothing brighter than virtue, nothing moro steadfast than faith. A BALLAD OF OLD SKATES. f go© a host of little men Good skating? Well! Four months of it! Troop by from school at half-past three, (Tho winter months then got their duesl) And presently troop back again. And many a night saw bonfires lit Skates on their arms, in highest glee. Upon tho ICQ— and burbeoues! Tho gloaming blades throw back to me At six, with heel-plates in ray shoes, A shaft of sunlight and are gone; TNI V host boost was that I could don, And then, as In a dream, I see With all their clumsy straps and screws, Tho old-time skates that buckled on! Tho old-time skates that buckled onl They nil come back—tho good old ways!— Young man.Jthe modern skate's "a "champ'' Tho legend that to boy and maifc And "ju9t perfection," you declare; I The enrs showed ou propitious days— But I'll be bound the clover clump I "Good skating on Branch 13roo{ "it ran. Doos not inereaso the sport a hair. ! From that hour Boreas began I'm in tho forties now, rav share ! His reign till disonthronod anon, Embonpoint; but, by Helicon) > Therowero no dearer treasures than If 1 could skate I still would wear ! Tho old-time skates that buckled on! The old-time skates that buckled on! —Edward W. Barnard, in l'ack. ! THI SENSITIVENESS of QUIRK I B (0) BY WARD McCAULEY. @ ® IS /; EOHGEQUIIIK VC''' n< i uo t ' m ° *° -V'' JK\ /vV( waste. That £.'■ j/X P/y4l fact conhl be ' I fV x- 'V;' ! easily discerned 1 i (VW/?i frolu the lmr ' j 4 Btc l } which ! \ \ A4-f ) f lie strode along. WIAVL. i-M H <l nuyone v' • taken the trou ... ble to follow tho noteworthy gen tleman, his destination would not hare long remained a matter of doubt. Three or four doors along the ave nue his anxious gaze encountered a sign, "Dr. Conrad Schmitdeii," and toward that Mecca, for it was east of where he stood, he bent his steps. Mr. Quirk's complaint was two fold. Ho suffered from sensitiveness and nervousness; ho had poor control of hi 3 feelings aud still worse of his muscles. He regarded a doctor as a court of last resort, and ho hesitated when he turned the handle to open the door. A young looking man advanced, and of him Quirk inquired: "Is Doctor Sclimitdeil in?" "Uf he vas not oudt, I vas in, I dink," remarked the other, in broken English. The words irritated Mr. Quirk. "Yon are too smart, by half, for an office boy," he declared in a sharply reproving tone. "Where is the doc ; tor?" "I vas him, mineself, I toldt you," responded the German, i "Ideally, are you Doctor Conrad | Schmitdeii, the promising young phy ' sician of whom everyone is talking?" said Quirk, scarcely believing that such could be the case. ; The youthful Teuton nodded gravely. "I vas him," said he; then, draw ing from the shelf a largo hook, he added, "My register; vot is your name?" ! "George Quirk," replied his patient, nervously. As tho other failod to understand, he repeated: "Quirk, Quirk! Can't you understand? Q-u-i-r-k, Quirk." "I vould not got so oxcited aboudt it," retorted the jihysician, and com mented to himself. "Veil, I don't care; I dakes his 'sass' in der pill oudt of." "Who's excited? Who's excited?" queried Quirk, nervously. "Uf it vas not me, I dink you know yourself petter. I dinks dere vas somedings der matter mit you." "Of course, you blamed fooll" com menced Quirk. The Gerruau rose to his feet, but George continued as calmly as was possible for so excita j ble a gentleman. "Of course! Do you suppose I would consult a physi cian if there wasn't something the matter with me?" ! "I dinks I forgot dat," said the doctor, scratching his head. "Vot is | wrong?" "Nervousness and sensitiveness." j "Neirfousuess and Biinsitiveness; dot vas pad. Vas you so your hands j vould not stay still viio you dinks?" "Oh, worse than that, far worse! I am as nervous as—as a youug man i proposing, and as sensitive ns an as | pil ing poet—as an aspiring poet, I i tell you, Doctor Schmitdeii, it's 1 j awful." j "Oh, it is not so veirse," said the ■ ; physician, cheerfully, for ho had , I picked up a little of our slaug. "Uf 1 ( : von do vat I tells you, a euro vill quickly result itself. [ haf tried it on several uf miuo patients und it vas nofer failed. But it vill be quite hard for you to make your luindt up to do vat I tell you." , "What must I do?" inquired Quirk, nervously. "Became a canvasser," replied the ! doctor, "and dake subscriptions for a mitgazine. Uf dat don't effect a cure, | I will ate my hat—dot is unless you vas an incurable." "I am not an incurable. I assure yqu, Doctor Schmitdeii," said Quirk, solemnly. "Den I am quite certain dot you von't been yourself at dat time next 1 month. Uf you do vot I tell you, Mr. 1 Quirk, you are all O. Gay. Vot you must do vas dis: Sond to n mitgazine 1 for terms und outfit und got right to veirlc, seriously, shust as dough your life depended it oil. You will nefer i again bo troubled mit sunsitiveness, at least." "Tliauks, doctor, thanks! I'll try it at once, and let you know the re i suit. How much for your advice?" i "Dot vas agreeable to me, Mr. Quirk. Fife dollars, sir, are my i charges in dis case." llather ruefully, George drew a bill from his pocket aud handed it to tho Teuton. The latter laughed wisely as he opened the door for his patient. "I toldt mineself his sass I would get my pay for," he refleoted. "It is |uite expensive to he neirfous and sensitive—dot is if you consult Con rad Schmitdeii." Quirk lost no time in sending stamps to the publisher of Popper's Gazette for a canvassing outfit, which arrived in the course of a few days. Once possessed of his implements of navigation, he determined to embark upon his sea of trouble at once. "It is tho crucible that purities tho gold," thought he, "and it will bo through hardship that I am cured Of my maladies of disposition." Tho samplo copy of the Gazette pre sented a very handsome appearance, aud, as Quirk gazed upon it, he con gratulated himself on his choice. Once started on his tour, tho nervous gentleman reconnoitred for a suitable Btveet oil whioh to operato. A long avenue, lined with houses occupied by peopto of the middle-class, attracted his attention, aud there it was that he began the actual work. The first house was a plain brick building, and under ordinary condi tions he would not have given it a second thought, if, indeed, it received a first one. Now, however, it loomed up appalling, and Quirk pictured dark, gloomy rooms for the imprison ment of agents. He remained in front of the house for at least ten minutes before he raised sufficient courage to climb the steps and ring the bell. His bauds were shaking, and he toyed nervously with the paper which he carried. At tho last minute his small amount of nerve failod him and he fled ig noininiously, but not in time, for the lady of the house opened tho door just as ho reached the street. "You're a nice one," said she, "np to the tricks of a boy, bringing peoplo to the door by ringing the belli" And she disappeared. "A lucky escape," said Quirk; "she is a regular tartar. I'm glad I didn't stay, but sho inferred that I rang the bell to bring her to the door. How inconsiderate some people are!" Fearing another encounter with the lady of tho first house he skipped four, and clenching his fists determin edly, mounted the stairs before a com fortable frame dwelling. This time he stood his ground, and waited for whoever or whatever should appear. It proved to bo a very lady like person, and when she stood on the threshold and looked inquiring at Quirk, he remained speechless for a moment. Suddenly it dawned upon him that people don't ring door bells aud stand on steps unless they have an errand. "Madam," said he, trying hard not to stammer, "I represent " Popper's Gazette." He took a sidelong glimpse at the paper to assure himself that he had rightly named it. "I should be pleased to enter your subscription at the rate of one dollar a year. I say I should !)e pleased to euter " | rervousness was almost the cause of his undoing. Tho lady pursed her lips in that distant manner so exasperating to a sensitive person. Besides, you see, sho was a iady. "I don't care for Popper's Gazette," said she, quietly, yet with a plainly discernible sneering inflection, "and I never purchase anything from agents." Quirk stood bolt upright, his hands at his sides, his face pale, awaiting hor further utterance. Nothing more I came, however, and the lady retired, closing the door, and, to Quirk's great chagrin, locking it as well. That was the unkindest cut of all. But the thing had to bo done. ; Quirk knocked bravely at the door of I the next house. No one responding, i he pounded harder. Soon steps were heard in tho hall, and Georgo found himself confronting a frowsy-looking man who wore no collar, aud whose : hair suggested a very recent sojourn i in bed. The man's eyes were about , half closed, aud he assumed a frown i deep and intense. "What the deuce do you want?" s said he. "I represent Popper's Gazette, a monthly magazine." And Quirk hes i itatingly advanced the sample, t "You blasted agent," almost screamed the sleepy man. "I'd like i to hang your whole tribe! Waking a s fellow up to show him your con i founded Popper's Gazette, or some ■ darn thing." r "I am sorrytohave disturbed yon," , replied Mr. Quirk. "I say lam sorry to have disturbed you." r "Well, I heard you. Look here, - our number is four-thirty-four. Mark it down, and don't you never come . here with your papers. If you do, by f jinks! I'll lay you out." "Sir," Raid Quirk, "you are no 1 gentleman," i "I don't care for what you say. I 9 thank my stars I'm not a peddler." 'Good day, sir," said Mr. Qnirk. 1 The erstVhile canvasser was all in s a quiver over the various cute already 1 aduunuUxed to mim. but he realized that in time a permanent cure would be effected. After the usual inward combat, George rang the bell at another house. Just at this time it happened that he was paying attentions to a young lady of his acquaintance. He was most anxious to place himself high in her esteem, and he was thus far doubtful of his success. Imagine his sufs priso aud consternation when the door was opened by no other than tltfi young lady herself. "Good morning, Mr. Quirk," said she, graciously. She did not see his sample copy. "I suppose you want to see Miss Ernst." "Yes—that is, no—l guess I do. Who is Miss Ernst?" "Why, she lives here," returned his friend, in surprise. "Is it not she whom you wish to see? Did you want to speak to me? How did you know 1 wns here?" Quirk was so nervous that he could scarcely reply intelligibly. "I don't want either of you particu larly. You see I represent Popper's Gazette, and i am soliciting subscrip tions." It may be wondered that Quirk did not invent some yarn and retreat as graoefully as possible. He would, as suredly, have done so but for the fact that no plan was suggested to him at the time. Miss Welton, for that was the young lady's name, replied with coolness aud reserve, "Indeed, Mr. Quirk! I did not know that you were an agent. You told mo that you were studying to enter college. I might have known better than to believe it." When Miss Welton originally ap peared at the door, she had stepped welcomiugly aside to allow him to come in. Now, she moved forward again, to bar hiß admittance. "You see I am not in earnest about this matter, Miss Welton." "You are not? Then you are no gentleman." "I know I'm not. lam a peddlor. I say I am a peddler." "I heard you. Is there anything more you want? I don't care for your Gazette, and as you have deceived me I don't know that I wish to keep my engagement with you to-morrow even ing. Understand mo, Mr. Quirk, 1 have nothing to say against your voca tion. Had you told me that you were a canvasser, I would not have let that interfere with our friendship; but I do not like your deliberately telling me a falsehood." "But you see, Miss Welton, I am not really an agent, only pretending." "Quite a baby yet," said the young lady, sarcastically aud doubtingly. "I suppose you know," said Mr. Quirk, trying hard to ignore the "dig," "that I [am afflicted with ner vousness and sensitiveness. I went to Doctor Conrad Schmitdeil and he prescribed a canvassing tour as a rem edy. Don't see you? He says can vassers are insulted so much that they don't mind it, and thus are cured of their trouble." "Oh, yes, I see, Mr. Quick. Why didn't you say so before? Won't you come in?" This time the door was thrown wide open. Miss Ernst wns brought for ward, the two were introduced, nnd the trio spent a pleasant hour, during which time Quirk managed to forget all about his canvassing, his sensitive ness and all. He was quickly reminded of it after bidding his friends good-by. Once upon the street, the recollection of his errand came upon him. Wearily ho rang doorbell after door bell nnd produced his copy of the Ga zette. The reply was iuvariably a re fusal to subscribe, and was usually accompanied by a slighting speech if not an actual insult. Fatigue overtook the unused canvasser, but he was pon dering too deeply to mind it much. At noon ho had taken lunch in a dispirited sort of way, and all the after noon he had hnd the blues. At about five o'clock,to his supreme amazement, ho scoured a subscription. Soonhfter, ho gave up work for the day. Tho experience was kept up until the end of tho week, and each day was a repetition of the first as regards in sults, gibes and sneers. On Saturday Quirk dropped in on Doctor Schmitdeil. "Good evening, doctor," said he, cordially. "3hake hands. I can now talk rationally. Get me one of your testimonial blanks at onco." Tho doctor grasped the hand of his patient. "How vas dot canvassing business?" "Gall mo a fool, doctor," said Quirk, "You vas been a fool, Mr. Quirk." "Thank yon, doctor, thank you! It is perfectly clear that I have entirely lostjj.my sensitiveness. If you had called me that last week, I'd have had a fit." "Vas dot so? I daut minosolf you vas not shust as you might be ven you called me on. Hut dot is a great scheme." "Say, doctor," said Quirk, winking, "get your hat; it is my treat." The doctor swung his chair around and touched an electric bell. "It vas nodt necessary," said he. "I alvays have such dings convenient to mine office. It was shust across dor alley nnd I hnf dis here pecause I needt them often." Shortly a waiter appeared. "Bring me a glass of mineral water," said Quirk. "Dootor, get as much as you like of whatever you want." "Bring me von dozen pottles of soda," ordered the physician, aud to himself, "I toldt mineself I vould got his 'sass' in dor pill oudt of." The refreshments were brought in, and the sensitiveness of Quirk was ushered to a conclusion. Next to New York, the largest city iu the United States in point of area is New Orleans. In ISOO New York City got ita water out of wells. | NAVAL COAL STATIONS. | OUR LATE WAR TEACHES THAT THEY ARE ALL-IMPORTANT. | In tlio Acquisition. Development nnd I Fortification of Hers Enclunri linn Speut Nearly SSOO.OOO.OOU in Fifty Years- Spain's Helplessness in This Particular. Nothing has been more clearly taught by the war than the all-impor- I tauce of coaling facilities and eonl aupply to the weaker navy. The | strong navy can seize bases and nn- I chornges for its needs, if it does not | appropriate to its own uses the ene , lay's conliug-statious. This is what j Admiral Dewey did at Manila. Neu trals are tending to increase the striu | gency of the conditions under which | belligerents are allowed to obtain sup j plies of fuel in their ports and very j rightly so. Admiral Cervera's opera tions in the West Indies were greatly hampered by the fact that he found it hard to get coal. The nominal sup ply of his cruisers was excellent; they all carried from 1000 to 1200 tons,and hnd in theory radiuses of action of about 10,000 miles. Unfortunately, however, theory and practice do not always coincide, and iu coal-endur ance less than anywhere. Instead of being able to steam to Cuba from St. Vincent and back again without re plenishing his bunkers, he was com pelled to put into Curacoa after cov ering little over 3000 miles, and then was only allowed a very limited sup ply for two of his ships. That he did not attempt to All his bunkers from colliers in some unfrequented anchor ago, such as abound iu West Indian waters, seems extraordinary. This is a perfectly feasible operation, nnd as it was not essayed, we are bound to conclude either that the colliers were wanting—if so, another example of Spanish mismanagement—or that, be ing a weak power, Spain was afraid to risk trouble with the South American and Central American states. Iu a war between two strong navies we may expect to see much more disregard for the rights of weak neutrals. Cnmava's voyage to the Philippines came to an untimely end at Suez,quite as much because of the coal difficulty as because his fleet was wanted for the defence of the Spanish littoral. Had he steamed east, he would not have been allowed by Egypt, Fiance, Italy, or Turkey—the powers which hold the shores of the Red sea—to coal on their coasts or in their harbors. He must have struggled as far as Colombo or Singapore before the rules of inter national law would have allowed him to fill his bunkers with fuel to tuke him to Mauila. His helplessness coming so close upon the voyages of the Deutschlaud and Ocfion, nnd of the Navarin nnd Sissoi Veliki, to the Far East—voyages which would have been almost impossible had England closed her couling stations to these rival powers—has not escaped notice on the continout of Europo. France, under the guidance of M. Lookroy, is preparing to fortify and provide with docks the chain of harbors which link Toulon and Madagascar. Germany is eagerly looking for points of strategio vuluo on the trade routes, but I great ly fear that sho will find none. Here England is without a rival. As her sea-power has not been an ephemeral growth, she has slowly, link by link, forged a wonderful chain, binding India, the Yellow sea, Australia, and the Cape to the mother-country. In the acquisition, development, and for tification of her coaling-stations she must have spent within the last half century nearly $500,000,000. Thus it will be seen tbat the power which is to compete with her iu this respect will have to pour out money like wa ter. It cannot be doubted that the United States will equip itself with a chain of stations linking Mauiln and China to the Pacific coast. Already they possess, or can have for the ask ing, Hawaii, the Ladrones and Caro lines, nnd Pnngo-Pango in Samoa. In the West Indies they will have Puerto Rico, and Cuba. With these advanced positions, the need foreeu-going ships and not monitors, grows.—From "The Naval Lessons of the War," by H. W. Wilson,"in Harper's Magazine. Maine Gum Gatherers. Some of the druggists in eastern Maine have made contracts for spruce gum aggregating several thousands of dollars, and some have outfitted guin hnntors and scut them away into the woods, as backers send men into the Klondike. Year by year the gum pick ers are obliged to go further into the woods. The quality of the gum must be kept np. Most of the Maine gum is sent away to the city market that demands for consumption by the society girls in their boudoirs the round red lumps that gleam with inner fires like the bloodstone. This sort of gum is sold readily by the Maine wholesalers at $1.50 per pound. Ile tween you and me, the metropolitan prices for this tip-top gnm are so allur ing to the Maine sellers that the pro vincials do not get it unless wo go out into the wildwoods and dig it for our selves. The only peculiarly favored mortals in this respect are the Maine girls who have best fellows in the woods. Compared with his expenses, the wages of the gum pickers are almost Klondike prices. A few bushels of beans and some flour furnish him his winter's food. Frequently he gets guin in one day that will net him $lO in the market. Hut the gum picker isn't apt to bo a very energetic chap. He makes short days and goes fishing and gunning about half the time. He doesn't leave the side of his cozy campfire when a storm is on. And at the end of the season, when he comes out in the spring with his pack of gum on his back, it will be found that he has made but little more tliam day's I wages.—Lewiston (Me.) Journal. WORSE THAN TOBACCO. Some Deadly Substitute* Which Are Smoked in I Sural England. Tobacco is not the only weed that is smoked in Britain—not by a long way—says a writer in the English weekly, Answers. There is no need to go to the far East to ferret out weird aud poisonous smoking habits; they lie all around us. In Somerset and the southwest counties a great many persons smoke a concoction called "sundew." It is not u new fad, but has been in use for 300 years there. Sundew is a mixture of sun-dried beet leaves, parsley and peppermint—a very little of the latter. It is not a very harmful mixture, though it conduces to considerable drowsiness, and is anything but good for the teeth. You may notice in the western counties a good many per sons with brown or blackened teeth; it is the result of sundew smoking. The stuff is not pleasant to a stranger, for it is very hot and choky and takes a great deal of getting used to. Sundew is often homemade, and most of tho country people are ex perts at making it. They set apart a week in July for the sundew harvest, and it is always dried aud mixed by women. However, there are three regular sundew factories in Somerset, where bushels of the mixture are turned out. It can be bought for from twopence to threepence per ounce, according to quality. Going a little further north—to Gloucestershire and mid-Wales—you will strike a much worse habit. The people there—town and country alike —are much given to smoking "glissop." Glissop is a sort of dry mash of hemlock leaves —the young shoots that grow in spring—burdock and ground chick beans. This can also bj bought at some shops, though most of it is homemade. When bought it fetches fourpeuce an ounce. This stuff is smoked in short wooden |jipes with very small bowls, audi 9 really disastrous iu its effects, Like sundew, it practice to get used to, but is much pleasauter to the palate thau that compouu 1. Its first effect ou a smoker is loss of memory, aud this increases till the smoker, after six mouths of the habit, is quite unfitted for any profession that re quires much thought. The eyesight soou becomes affected by constant aud excessive indulgence in the habit, which takes hold of a man like mor phoinania aud is almost incurable. Even small children may be seen smoking glissop, though but for the shape of the pipe employed a stranger would uot know that they were not smoking tobacco, unless he were very close. The smell of the smoke, how ever, induces a tickliug in the nostrils and a sort of giddiness which is quite unmistakable. Tobacco is far less injurious, even when indulged in to excess, thau this poisouous compound. Although it is dearer than ordinary "shag" tobacco, the poorest people who are addicted to it always get it instead. They 6ay they cannot taste or smell even the strongest tobacco any more than if it were mist. QUAINT AND CURIOUS- The Mexico dog has no hair. The hot climate makes such a covering su perfluous. Experiments to reproduce dead men's features from their skulls are being made in Germany. No human head was impressed on coins until ufter the death of Alexan der the Great. All images before that time were of deities. Greek aud Roman doors invariably open outward; a person passing out of tho house was therefore obliged to knock on tho door before opening it, to avoid collision with a passerby. The Tyrol hud au extraordinary mild autumn. On November 15 flowers were blooming, and ripe strawberries were picked, some at au elevation of 3000 feet. There were alpine roses in bloom and plenty of June bugs ! Iu the archives of the Due de la Tremouille have been found tho min ute books of the Sorbonne, the eccle siastical court, from 1505 to 1533, the period of the strongest struggle against Protestantism in France. They are now in the Paris National library. Golf was a popular game in Scotland in 1157. By an edict of James IV, issued iu 1471, the gu ues uf golf nud football were prohibited in that coun try; that monarch opposed his own edict by engaging in the former game himself, and was considered a crack player. Man Mnko* Rlack Hones White. Here's a man who can color your horse to suit, and do it almost while you wait. He can literally make black white—iu horses. He is George F. Richings,a professional horse painter, who says that there are great possibil ities in his method of changing a horse's color. How he discovered the process, he describes as follows: "I was treating a horse for a sore, and found the lotion had run into the hair and quickly changed its color. I started experiments aud have con tinued them ever since. I frequently bought old crow baits for $3 or $lO to experiment on their hides, and finally succeeded in getting the required re sults. "I can make a chestnut horse in twenty-four hours,no matter what the color of the animal brought to me. To make a black or brown horse requires from six to ten days." "Have you ever tried to make a white horse out of a black one?" "Oh, yos frequently; but it is an experiment attended with danger to the horse. The lotions have a ten dency to weaken the skin and are ap plied with danger to the more tender portions of the horse, more especially about tho tendons."—New TorV TForld. BT. JACOBS UIL jures Rheumatism, ST. JACOBS OIL cures Neuralgia. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Lumbago. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Sciatica. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Sprains. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Bruises. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Soreness. ST. JACOBS OlL.cure3 Stiffness. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Backache. ST. JACOBS OIL cures Muscular Aohos. Eight-haired people, it is said, as a; rule live longer than dark-haired. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS To Now Orleans or to Jacksonville via the Queen f Crescent Limited trains from Cin cinnati, 64 hours through to Havana. To Florida- Queen <& Crescent Two Fast Vesti buled trains dnily Cincinnati to Jacksonville. Queen & Crescent Route and Southern R'jr. 100 miles shortest line to Florida and the West Indies. Ashevllle Only Through Car Line is via Quoen & Crescent Route and Southern R'y from Cincinnati. Cafe and observation cars. Excellent service on superb through trains. Queen & Crescent Routo from Cin cinnati South. There are two islands In New Zea land set apart for the preservation of its remarkable wild birds and other animals. All hunting and trapping is forbidden thereon. To Cure Constipation Forever* Take Cuscarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 200. If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money. Blood flows through the bones of very young children almost as freely as through the veins. Grows Stubborn. Any complaint becomes chronic by neg lect, and rheumatism grows stubborn by not using St. Jacobs Oil, which is its sure cure and conquers the pain promptly. Every sufferer should use it. The births in Buffalo last year num bered 7,885, as compared with 9,146 in 1897. and 8,414 in 1896. Ifo-To-Bac for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weali Ben strong, blood pure. 60c, 81. AU druggist* To date the United States has is sued 616,441 patents THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS is due not only to tho originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the CALIFORNIA FIO SYBUP Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP CO. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the CALI FORNIA FIO SYRUP CO. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing thera, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. FKANOUOO, C.L LOUISVILLE. KI. NEW VOUK. It. HIADACHE "Both my wile and myself have been using CASCARETS and they are the best medicine wo have over bad in the bouse. Last week my wlfo was frantic with headache for two days, she tried some of your CASCARETS, and they relieved tho pain in her head almost Immediately. We both recommend Cascarets." OH AS. STEDEVOHD, Pittsburg Safo & Deposit Co., Pittsburg, Pa. m CATHARTIC TRADE MARK REGISTERED Pleasant. Paintablo. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c, 25c. 600. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Blcrllm Hrwrdy Cor-puny, ('hies**, Montreal, Now York. Si? Nfl-TO-BAH n "d Ruarantocd bjr oil drug- ItU IU BMU gists to CFltl-: Tobacco Uabit. FARM #SEEDS% &alter' Bwd art Warranted to Produce. HNO POkLARB WORTH FOR^IOC.^ CATALOGUES OF THOUSANDS OP PL.AYB! PXaAYB I SENT FREE SENT Ell EE Lariceat Aaaorireowt In ll.r W. rl l. AU klnd of Books for Home Amusenionts. Including 100 Row Plays Just Issuod. Charn.loH, Il..riiers. Children's Plsya Negro Plays, Dialogues, Mru. Jnrley's Wax Works, rslry to tbe Stage, Outde to Helectlug Plays, " How to Make Up. SAMUEL FRENCH, 23 West 22(1 Street, - New York City. DROPQY NEW DISCOVERY; give* U V ■ O I quickreliaf and euro, woral cases. Book ef testimonials and II) ,|, IV R' treatment * ree. Dr. H. H. OEEEM'B SORB. BOX D. Atlanta, Oil WANTED-Case of bad health that R I PA If-f will not benefit Bend 6 cts. to Riparm Chemlosl Co.. New York for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials, RIEUMATISM treatment, postpaid, lb cents, "ALEXANDSII BKMXDX Co.. JLDFC Greenwich Bt..ILZ
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