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TRAIN ALLEN AND HIS WIFE HANDLE THE REPTILES. to tint Iloinn tlio Knulcc fjui-Kti--StorlcH and Mlthta Tlint Were ICnmlgli to Multo One'l "Crawl." Moored nt Hyi river linnlt, fm-inf! fnr- i la siniill Imiistihnat, flying fllif? of Spain. i nbout tho vo.i- ii 1 Indicate) It WHS In nny from nny other Ixuit of itii kind 11 i i on tlio of tho yollow iMin- b.ppi. Appearances tiro sornutlmcs deceiving, nnd no thoy nro in thin A of tbo little, green housolioat dwells Don Alien nnd liln wlfo, tho lattnr known ns Lnurn Jjoe, tlio Mexican 'iko quoen. For many yoars past tho Imvo txion ongiiRcd In tho clanRor- om voctition of capturing Knakcn and cither oruivnrtlng thorn Into oil or milking pots of tlii! reptiles imd then disposing of them si) iws and inusciiing.

Invitation of Air. Alien reporter the high loveo, ftrid walking gingerly tlio gangplank entered tho floating rifflldonco of the Borpont chiirmors, and jseati'il upon tho top of a high stool llston- to an interesting nnd graphic description of snakes In general and upon the en ans and methods pursued by Sonor A and lila wife In making captives 'nii'l of those ruptiloH. Mr. Allon nud Jil'i wlfo Boll tho RimkcH to universitieswnd manufacturers for thoir skins. This Is business, nnd they inako a living by it 1 Mr.

Allen prefaced his remarks by Bny- 'IriK that of all tho snnkea to bo found In 'United States but three of tlio families of tho reptiles could properly bo classed 'as "(sendly." "Yet," said tho catcher, fmnillos comprise nliout B2 species, dl'trlbutcd ns follows: Rattlesnake, ,001 Winmoutha, copperheads, 17, tlio tw a Ixsing moccasins nnd dwellers In svnimps nnd low places. Of cmmio then arc- many which possoss tlio powc: of Injecting irritating poisons Into the blnoil of tho persons thoy bite, but the Won while pnlnful, is not fntnl. Now I liino been bitten eight times by Bnnko belonging to the classes or families men Tot, while these reptiles arc ox tnunciy dangerous to life, I nm hero yot tlitri't profess to consider the matter "being bitten by rattler or a cottonmoutl nn event to bo treated lightly, for I hnvo fcOfui too many persona die from tills cause 1 "Some months ngo up tho rlvor I hoc boi-n handling batch of snakes, anc whim I finished I placed tliomIn thulrbox. tho Inrgfti rnttlers raised ills liend, nnd I thrust him down, why, as quick fluid, lie drew bnck his heiul, and before I could i a my hand ho had plerct-'l theba-k i botli fangs, tho tooth goinp- In up to tho gums. hut wail A bml bite," snid tlio don, aim suiiered grenLiy iui n.v....i i My ife wns prencnt at the time, and when the thing occurred sho grasped my hnnd, nnil placing tho wounded port In her month sucked a portion of tho vonom therefrom." Were you over bitten queried tho ro- porlor, turning to Mrs.

Allen, who, by the way, IB an extremely intelligent and comely woman. i "Oc.ly once," answered tho lady. "I liavo 'been accustomed for many to snakes, and I havo never had tho flllKhtfst fear. Yet I am always careful not to anger tho reptiles or treat thorn iny w.ny but gently. i "Not so very long ngo a number of gentlemen came to tho bont nnd requested mi to ahow thorn my pets.

I was glad to do HO exhibited them for a short Umo, dwell' ag upon their virtues nnd praising tin-! Intelligence. I always train ono snake at leiut to klsn mo when I tell it to, and the on this occasion was a cottonmouth. I told It to kiss mo, which It did, but it suddenly darted its head against my fare, not in lovo, I tell you, for its fangs struck my nose, piercing tho cartilage olenr into tho nostrils, causing it to bleed imidu. I "I called to my husband that I wns bit ten, ho hastened to apply tho remedies IH ten minutes, however, my oyea vrcio -closed nnd face Badly swollen. Doctors wore sent for, but my husband did oil the doctoring, and, although I was very iilek, 1 pulled through." peculiarity of tho poisons, "chimed In tho don, '-is that the vonom of a rattlo- Bnakc nets on tho blood, that of tho oop- pcrhcisil on tho nervous syslom, and tho poihOti of the cottocmouth paralyzes tho nerve centers nnd the heart.

plan of capture is extremely elm plo. All snakes, just before they spring nwuy upon tho approach of man, hesitate 'for moment and lie porfcotly still. This my opportunity, nnd I grasp It, and nino tin as out of ten his snakcship as well. fn.nl loo makes perfect, nnd I have been nt it a long time. A rattlesnake when purse 3d colls nacl is ready to defend him- aclf.

I flip stone or Rinall piece of stick ot int. He uncoils and starts off, but bo- la can again coil I havo him back of tho 1 Mo, I use no itiolc. Nothing but mr The I I In iiul "You may laugh, too. when I toll you that oar snake lore teaches us not to hunt tho wind is in tho northwont. If we do, wo find no snakes.

Again, the signs of zodiac govern. When tho fishes are In the ascendant, we find snakee, and lots thirm. Tho principal nf thn 'year 1 or us ore spring and fall. The snakes 'are in fat and produce of oil. I "And now wo have spoken so much about snakes I'll show you some," Mrs.

Allen. faulting the action to the word, she opnn- 'ed a box lying near, and thrusting her ihand Into the aperture brought out sov- jcral lingfuakei. 1 Til sse are perfectly harm less, said tho "and being almost ready to ibed their aro nearly Wind." i After letting tho reptile! squirm about thrust their black tongue." against and neck she unwound their folds from 'vbout her and placed them In thoir ibox. ''These are not quite so pretty or 'innoiMint, Mrs. Allon remarked as sho drew baok tho of another box and exposed to the gaze of the reporter a mass sluggish, rusty, squirm ing snakes, with jtonguos rapidly forking and heads swny- ilng tci and fro.

Many of their eyes were Mid blind, like those of tho klng- snakc-i, they, too, being about to drop their dkln. i "Here IB a water python," picking up a large, hideous monster, who curved his ugly neck and looked into her faco as If asking, "What next?" In a moment more the lidy had her hands filled with snakes, whlobi did not seem to mind It in the least. stinging adders, yellow mouthed icocuaslBS and a doon other variotics 'qf reptiles were hanging on her arms, their darting hither and thlthor, tioody and, in all, a hideous lot of reptiles. --New Orleans Times- Democrat. Precautions After Death.

of Mr. Edmund Yates' curious request in his will that his jugular vein be cut before ho wna cremated--in order apparently to insure that he should not Le burned olive--it may be recalled that Lytton, tho novelist, left orders that before he wag burled a long needle run through his heart. Ho hod taken tho precaution to tell his doctor of hU wish, and It was carried A. Brilliant Prospect. 1 ETST time Tony is taken out for a walk ho is astonished at the nurabar of persona Ktohonge greetings -with bin grandfather.

who has charge of tho little urchin. After thinking It over ono day he looked op with a smile on his face and cheerfully nm ncked: "I lay, gran'dad, won'tyou havo lot of folks to your funeral?" Notlclero Bil- hare enumerated 30,000 different of butterflies and 657 diffor- of reptiles. Of tho former nbout twe-drtrds knve been named; of the latter 400 ate nocpoisonous. The -o Is no Ooulit thut horsed in Eng- Innd low higher etato of muscular development than ours, says i writc'r In tho JJoatoJi Herald. are no deep BIIOWB hhd Iry tracks In tho onrly spring over thcro, is with us, which compel our train- era to lo in April and May what tho English tr.ilncrs can very easily Bturt to do In ner nro there tho tcrriflo "dog clays" of August, nor tho thermometer about tho 100 mark In July to waste the horses to shadows of thoiiisolvos.

AH told thoy go much slower In tho handling of tho yearlings than Is done hero. Tho gonoral features are much tho same, but moro care is taken in tho bit- ting a id mouthing. Sido lines aro first put on tho yearling or a "dumb jockey" on Its and tho youngster after a week so is around tho ring, gradually tho pace to a nice even cnntor Then a boy orratlier anian weighing pe-haps J80 pounds, so as to accustom tho colt to entry weight, Is put up. Walking is done for a mouth before tho colt is nskud to gallop. Tho trainer has ono very mark ed odv intngc there ia so much more range on the brooding furniB in th'ji country that tho colt has done considerable racing on his own hook and passes in to tho hands of tho trriner in much better shapo to handle himself than yearlings raised in England, where tho pad docks frequently BO small that io colt no bonner gets extended In his play before ho has to stop himself to keep from running into the fenco.

So that while the American bred yearling is asked to do in September and October what tho Briton Is only called upon for in Februi.ry when it is fully 2 years old, yot there 1 not much to choose, as tho American biod youngster 13 certainly moro pro- cociouf and moro of race horsoof Its own making at an curler date tlmiithoEi.j.:ish bred ono. DISCIPLES OF RUSKIN. Mi SODA FOUNTAIN, THERE JS DANGER IN SOME OF THE TIPPLES IT FURNISHES. Tlwy 1'ind Ilia Tlinorlnn Alluring on Paper, liut Unprofitable In Practice. JTr.

fluskln has so much to answor for In tho i-ngaries of his disoiplcs. Tho dangers of the Huskin cult nro dwelt upon in Good Words by Mrs. 15. T. Cook, who polntu out that while nvory word of tho "master" has at times been quoted as that an inspired pronhct few writers riro so little abio us ho to bear tho test of literal intcrpiotafcion.

If only his worshipers had thi! Buving qunlity of humor, thoy juld not always tako him seriously. Mr. Ruskin denounces railway trains, and forthwith a small sect not only taboo tboao after all highly convenient vehicles for tin ir own traveling, but carry their letters themselves rather than post thorn nnd thus utilize tho iron monitors. He expresses a dislike of sowing machines bo- cnuso some part of his clothing has become unravc cd, and forthwith the sumo people will wear nothing that is not hand sowed. Mcanwhllo tho seer of Coniston in all probability od glows and shirts himself and certainly does net despise tho old of tho railway when he goes on a journey.

An awful warning to devotees aro tho young eouplo of ardont Ruskinians who, burning with a divino rage against usury and lu ury, once determined to curry into practico Mr. Kuskin's extromcst views of plain living (for others) and tried in vain, to thoii intense discomfort, to onjoy only tho produce of thoir own industry. Another disciple gave up bookkeeping for pig- koopinf, but after awhllo ho returned to his books, and what time ho can spare from thorn is devoted to inditing tho tale of his rievances ngalnst his former idol. Not Without His Father's Permission. Richard Vaux has never been to a theater in his life to see a theatrical performance.

An interesting incident is given of Ills boyhood days, over threescore years ago. Ills father, a highly respected and promin )nt Friend, resided on Arch street and believed it was best for his children to bo trained within tho rules of the good old Qui.ker habits. At that period Nod Ferrost was tho brilliant young American tragedian and had captivated all tho boys of Philadelphia in his character of the Roman gladiator nnd big Indian Motamora. Young Vaux naturally desired to seo the great a tor play, but shrank from going without his father's consent, BO ono day he ventured to ask his father for a half dollar to get a ticket, Tho old gentleman kindly in Quaker accent: "Richard, I don't begrudge tho money, but thco knows I don't approve of playhouses and wish theo to promise mo not to go to a theater without my permission." Tho promise was given, and his father died suddenly after without giving thci permission. Richard Vaux has conscicn- clously refrained from going to tho thoa ter ever Times.

One Itetnlt of I he Fad of Nervousness--Es travojrant Habits Aro Fostered--A Liquid Druff Fountain--A DiftprDtter of 'Tick Hie YJp" Decoctions Exprcsfies Himself. ee.oins to bo a fnd juft now," said tho man behind thosoda water bar. ''Half tho trndc is from persons wiio think they ucod something to 'pick them First it's phosphato, then bromide in somo fonr. and then something stron- gur. I don't know where tho crazo will end.

The soda fountain has become a bur for mixed drinks and a proscription counter whore every customer is his own doctor. I guess tho next improvement will bo a nlckcl-ln-tho slot attachment for pulling tooth while you wait. "Tou needn't quoto mo as saying so," the loquacious mixologist went on, ''but it's a fact that must bo apparent to every ono that tho soda water fountain IB rapidly becoming a menace and a nulnance. It'g a good cheap affair for a young spoon to march hia best (flrl up to on a hot oum- mcr night; it's less expensive than tho loo cream table, and therefore it ig an economical dovioo, but it gets men, women and children into the habit of drinking nil sorts of villninous decoctions about tho offcct of which they know nothing and which thoy don't need at all. ''I don't mind serving loc croam coda to a bevy of pretty girls, for that is a harmless sort of beverage, and tho girls nro generally kittenish enough to give ecrvlcoo cortalrj amount of interest, but when your hypochondriac comes in--ths follow who Is blessed with perfect health, who doesn't know that he's got a stomach oxcopt bo'a hungry, who Knovvo about liver only as something that goes with bacon and about kidneys only as viands nicest whon they're broiled--when such a man comes in and studies out something rt wm Coro It Said, Where ii WoS Practically as Shioi tin- til the Year 1S2O.

Tho anthracite coal frr.de really bad no existence worthy of tho name nntll ns BB 1820. Its nitunl beginning, hoTrovor, was In 1807, when one Abigr.il Smjth ron an nrl; loaded with cool to i i i i from SVilIti nnd ho conlti.uail to run several arks yearly until iroo. In 18U and 1812 some of this its way to Now York by wny of IKivro ilo Giaco. Until 1B20 the cnfirc shipment (rom Wyoming valley, the largest basin in tho world, in nny year j-evor exceeded 1,000 tuns. Then there Was great jump, and tho trade grow in hy niaglu until now: In 1820, 2,500 ip.

in 1870, in in 1SCO, In its present magnificent proportions the rain-' ing of anthracite requires tho Eerviscs r.I BO.OOO men nnd boys, and thu number if increasing every year. Ono more fact in this romance of fact. That the man who discovered antliraeito i coal was a public benefactor withoirt saying, but who was ho? In 1891, I remember, the Pennsylvania logislatura tried to appropriate $2,000 to build a monument to Philip Gintcr oL Carbon counlj, as tho discoverer. Hia right Ui tho fitlo and honor being disputed, a sago legislator said: "We ought to havo discoverer of coal nnd might as well iuiro him, BO whether it was Gintcr or not makes no difference. We aro willing to concede liia claim." Tho ctirllest users of anthracite in Pennsylvania antedated Ginter 23 years.

Tliey were Obadiah and Daniel Goro, blacksmiths from Connecticut, who lived near Wilkesbnrrc. Jusse Fell was tho first to burn it in a grate us house fuel, and it was not until 1835 that ownu'r New STork coald be induced to try ilT fo? makinir Times. JR'srrilaiwous. for Infanta Children. POWDERED SUGAR A Effect of Example.

I was staying at house recently whoro moat of the women smoked. One day tho hostess discovered her email daughter, agoc 13, in a corner of tho voranda calmly smoklm; a pipe and was horrified nnd at once pi oceeded to lecture tho small de- llnquent. "I am shocked at you, said. "I uupposo you have seen women tmol Ing and think It is pretty, but II Is not; It la disgusting. No little boy will bave anything to do with you.

They will go bomii and tell their Elatcrs what a vulgar, uniofinod little girl you are." 'But. mamma," pruteateil Mabul, "ho hasn't cny sUtor, and besides he got nio the tobj.cco." This beautiful personal deflnitenoss broke inammn up completely, and aho ro- tircd vanquished. And here you have a love's joung dream started in Now York Recorder. CENTS ARE LEGAL TENDER. lu Amounts of Twenty-five or Under They Will Go Anywhere In This Country.

Thoro is one story so utterly ridiculous hat It seems incredible that it should ever javo beon printed, which In one form or another makes the rosnds of various news- lapors the country annually. Look for and you will sooner or later see It crop up again. This t.ilo is always bused upon tho un- of tho 1 cent pieces In tho ex- irome west and southwest. In Its roost jemmon form It tells of some eastern trav- ler who attempts to dispose of a hundred so 1 cent pieces in San Francisco, El 'aso or homo other place. The tradesman always, represented as looking at them uriously and declining thorn.

Tho writers ot those sensoluss tales may avo been in tho west, or they may not. matters little. Their story is pointlesi. They seek to brand the mythical tradesman as cf the samo category with themselves. Tho cent Is a legal tender in amounts of 5 nnd loss.

If an eastern man in San 'ronclsco or anywhere else owes a debt of 5 cents tenders 25 1 cent pieces in ottlement, the courts will sustain him. Of course tho coins arc not popular In lie extreme west and south, but no one eed carry a hundred of them in a cigar xx or anywhere else as useless metal. If ou are in a city that has not a United tatos subtreasury, go to tho pestofflce, ump in 36 cents and see if you will have ny difficulty in obtaining stamps or pos- cards of like amount. If one is refused, letter of complaint to tho postal autbori- 168 will soon work the removal of an om- loyeo who would discredit United States It is woll to bear this matter of the legal tinder of a cent in mind. No ono for pite can make a person take more than 25 them in any single tranjaotion involv- ng the settlement of a Ono need avo no faar then of receiving $100 in corjts rom Boine iiublttcrcd STork lerald.

A Texas Kid. In some parts of Texas the people llw to be very old. An old man of .90, living quite a distance from tho nearest town, requiring some family groceries, Mi ion, a man seventy odd years of ago. When son failed to show up with tho provisions in time, hie father reproached him bj saying, "That's what comes from sending kid. "--Exchange.

ho has not yet tried, why, then I want to go back to Iowa." With that awful thought in his mind tho egg Blinker gave tho marblo counter a swipo with a towel nnd sent drops of Wnukesha wator Hying all ovor tho chow- ing gum. ''The worst feature of tho business, )io snid, returning to the attack, ''is tho medicinal end of it. Men want bromo this and bromo that, and ask for quinlno and others bicarbonate of soda; Homo got whisky, nnd I hnvo regular cod liver oli patron. Another man wants pepsin in his, nnd peppermint is common enough. Plenty of them como to the soda water clerk as if ho wore a doctor and tuk for something for ills, real or imaginary, of which they may or may not be 'poized or I havo hoard luwyor friend of mlno say.

Ton wouldn't boliovo it," the storo toddy tosser continued after fixing a raspberry phosphate, "but men, nnd wom- Ono chloroform drunkard drops Pn regularly to try to persuade me to givo him a drink, and a woman who lives near here comes frequently after laudanum in hers. Ono chop staggered mo by asking for some bromo hyacono, drug I never heard of, and I kept a drug storo in Dos Moines till I got caught at It. "I looked up bromo hyaccno and found that piio-lmndrocllli of grain is enough to put a mnn 60 sound nslcop that checkerboard suit wouldn't waken him. JJo didn't got his medicine. Guess ho wantecj to phufflo oil." Tho dispensing chemist sided up to the other ond of the bar, served lemonade glassful of the citrate of magnesia nnd swabbed the counter on his way back to tho cracker bowl, for this soda water bar had a freo or "biscuits, instead of dirty crackers and much lingered cheese.

"That's the worst feature of tho trade," ho began again, "tho prescribing for self foaturo. I used to think when patent medicines woro my chief stock in trade that tho dear people vforo dosing themselves Into early graves, making themselves 1 brainless as chimpanzees, meager as liz- but I think now that tho crowning glory of American foolishness is tho so colled soda water fountain. Young people get into bad and extravagant habits patronizing tho soft drink and older people--business men who ought tq havp better sense--come tumbling in here for a braoo up on drugs half a dozen times A day when all they need is as much exercise as is contained in a walk around tho block. "Tho soda fountain, or liquid drug fountain, is the first cousin to the office loungo," said the ex-Iowan as ho polished, a glass after swallowing a lemon phoB- phato. "There nro more lounges in offices nowadays than ever before.

Tho professional man becomes tired, hlscyos and his head aches. He lies down for a fow minutes nnd thinks he is all right again and resumes work worso off than boforo rest, for ho has to inako a greater effort to pick np tho thread where he dropped it. If ho doosn't lie down, ho runs out to tho soda fountain, gulps anything he happens to think of and goes baok refreshed after tho faith cure idea of refreshment. That Is, ho thinks ha is ro- freshod when ho isn't. That's why I say tho loungo and tho fountain are related.

Take littlo something before you go? "No? Oh, this won't hurt- you; it's only cherry, with a little phosphate In it, and there isn't enough prussie acid in tho cherry to hurt anybody. "Growing? Yes, it's grow ing. In fact, It's tho pot boiler ef all the down town drug stores. Hot drinks in winter and Iced drinks in summer! Buy a big fountain, throw away tho key of tho front door, keep open day and night, cut price on regular trade, and your forcune le made. Sell cigarettes and nerve tonics, nnd you can keep tramp armies supplied with cranks.

Keeping a soda wator fountain is about on a level with running a hotel in a resort for consumptives." Chicago Times. 1 Its Strong Point. Englishman has been inveighing against the kilt, calling It theatrical, rheumatism inviting and of no practical use, when Scotsmnn says quietly: "Thcro'a ono thing In its favor anyway." "Oh, indeed! What's that, I should like to know?" "It never bags at tho Herald. Trouble In tho "I'm -very unhappy," said the lamp. "People are always turning mo down." "That's because you smoke too much," said tho sofa, "but I--I don't do anything, nnd they're always on mo." --London Quiver.

Other Tl.hiss Fail. "Why don't yon stop hiccoughing?" asked a man of a friend who was convulsed with tho annoying convulsions in the street noar tho Astor Ilocso tho other day. "Stop them," gulped tho other, "I I wish I eould. Held my breath 13 min- Dtcs drank nino swallows water nine times. Tried to scuro myself- -raado bo- liovc lost my watch.

No Rood. They won't go." ''Will yon buy if I euro them for youf" asked ths first speaker, laughing nt the frequent interruptions in his friend's fle. Bcription of his troubles. Tho other gasped an affirmative reply, and tho two entered the rotunda. "Giro this man a heaping barspoonfnl of powdered sugar, said tho friend to the barkeeper.

The man did so. "Now swallow it," continued tho speaker to tho victim of the hiccoughs. Tho latter essnynd to do BO and succeeded after sorno' little effort, for it is no easy matter to swallow a mouthful of powdered sugar. When ho Cxstorln 'soo well cMlOren ttmf 1 recommend it UK to prwertption known to me H. A.

AKCIIBR, K. Ill So. Oxford Brookiyn, N. T. "Tho uso of 'Cnxtorla Is nniwrsal f.s merits so vvtt known that It tfdrax a work of Eupereroiratlon to endorse It.

re th8 intelligent families who do easy reach." Cuoos XAITTX, D. IX, York CMy. ctffles OoNc, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Eructation, Kills Worms, jives sleep, and promote! ill- ffefttlon, Without Injurious medication. Tor several years I hara recommended your and rimll always continuo to do BO an It lion Urariably produced benafldal MuaJtn," Eowrs f. X.

Street aad rth A.T«., Now Tork City. Ctinrlrh After 'frBrcosrci. The Tracts" srcpflly the groundwork for the Ktory of Ch-nriTM attempted eseapeafterrtle of WeanM- I tor. The nt WmTniotrth IKK! i been called in, MS one nf lurapon KMI raistn shot-, a tt Is some'n-hdj hm i 17 tun BUT Kran TWT tiln Alrifiy i nil of gaining iho reward. "ITlns 1 taid, "has three chocs which trotsu in three connrJes, arid eno Bf wv Worcestershire." i'ho hostler In nttrngftrira went eff Mr.

Bartholomew tt'rfcji, toe Tmtlmi elcrgymnn, grsat-grnnctftithor rf Rwr. John Wesley, told him irtjirti Tu euspccttd. The Indy of rtie fnn udrnfllDf; to tho gnard. "TVhy, fiew 4fcM0t- to BRys. "Tan nun a nmM at It Mm." "Whs5me.sn ynri fcy mnrfo'T yiifntf" "Wky, Chivrioi StTtnrtwafl'hcieaKd ym.

at his ctepnrttno, BO tspv cara 1 be icrt a nf hfrr.rir." Tjirm acaaw- (fttlwg of ft qtlHTrel, vVrfci, Mar konw, mciftT inrson, fTl that Cn-pnfn KV.OJ irae nc4 klu miirtrtghfe tntl JIM! failbA fct the wet irkurt a -rWhw to tato fftut fiuuiawevl tike "Weil, where arc your hiccough's now?" remarked the other, with a smile. "They scorn to havo gone," ho replied, "but tlioy'll back again, I suppose, after a little while. "If they do," said tho friend, "it will bo tho first ease I know of whero powdered sugar has failed to givo relief for hic- coughs. If ono spoonful of sugar won't dc it, two certainly will. So far ns I know, it's a positive remedy." New York Herald.

In His There is a story ono of tho numerous, unvouchcd for narratives that float about tho capital of a rather amusing advon- turo which Mr. Garnor bad with young man of Washington, who may be called Cholly, not because that is his name, but because it Bounds like him. The young man appeared to be having rathei dull tune, and tho hostess was determined that ho should bo entertained in some way. Blio thought that tho professor could reliovo tho ennui which had settled over tho young man and brought them, together. "Now, Ohoily," she said, "this is Professor Garner.

Ho has been in the wilds of Africa, you know." "Y-a-n-s. I'veheahd of tho psvofesgor. Happy to nitet him, I'm enah." "Of course you anc. Ho has had no end of wonderful adventures and seon lots oi queer people, nnd ho knows how to talk to monkeys in their own language. Now, professor, sho went on, turning to Garner, "do talk to Cholly a little hile, won't you?" And then she fluttered -Kate Field's Wellington.

A GLIMPSE OF NOVA SCOTIA. A Diplomatic Answer. Admiral Drake, wbon a lad, at tho beginning of his first engagement was observed to shako and tremble very much, and, being rallied upon it, observed with a presence of mind or, at all events, of humor in which even Nelson was lacking, "My flesh trembles at the anticipation of tiie many nnd great dangers into which my resolute and undaunted head will load me." Sm Francisco Argonaut. For Callers. Madam, this Is a fine re- Our latest design.

Try It, Upholsterer ception chair. Mrs. Socloty--Dear me, how uncomfortable itls! I couldn't Bit In It for five minutes! Upholsterer--That's It exactly, madam. Tou see, it is intended for Tork Herald. Tho reason given why birds do not fall off their porch IB because they cannot open the foot when the leg bent.

Look hen walking, and you will see it close toes oe it raises foot and opon them as it touches tiie grounl. Lake Champlain toot its name from its discoverer, Samuel do Tk Indian name was Cwmderi-Guorunte, tho "Door of tho Country." The Country Is Beautiful, People Are Courteous, and Board Is Cheap. A good dral has been written and sal0 about the politeness with which travelers nr created while journeying through certain European countries. But it Is not necessary to go so far from home to meet with people who find time not only ts treac strangers i politeness affability, but. who observe the oracttce in their Oaiiy intercourse with ono A orareier through Xov'a Scotia, and provinces is Impressed nt the oii'tsiit rflth l-ho Idea that tha natives fully understand a is meant by hospitality, and' That fi more to the point, know how a a use of their knowledge.

Their Jg)- JltcneBs to bo is not of the polrshert Irench kind, but is none tho Icst'grsct- ful. because it it. of the goqd old The only one Itor. cf many others a conld be tola of them A party of BrooklynHes joj- glng along a country road overtaken by a man who wae i his horss at furious rote As he turned out at ths roag in order to pass ahead he palled ap horse with some difficulty and 'or passing, expialnlnj that he rtst ana- Jous to overtake a man who was a quarter of a mile ahead. Then ho rushed oe.

This may seem a little far fetched, but is the parctico In Nova Scotia. remarked a In an extended journey this was the only person who met thaS to be In the least bit of a hurry The people there manifested a decided In clinatlon to tako In a vlllaja of 500, at the ringing of the village bell 12 o'clock, every store In town closed for one hour, whlla tho proprietor go home for dinner Tho same thing oeeuri aCalU Qt 0 o'clock, business being suspended for one hour. They thlnfe (hat an hour for oach mral is none too much It may be only a eotnetdencs that i many patent medicines irert advertised conspicuously no remedy for Indigestion T45 brought to one's attention. It acmewhat a matter of surprise to find In each small village a Salvation Army in full force, bass drum, barracks and all One in apt to wonder where they got their converts, for tilt churches art nameroui and always well attended. Taking into consideration the (food roads for driving, the beautiful scenery, the first, class coaches and good railroad a journey through Nova gratis is to be satisfactory.

There ore four water routes one direct from Brooklyn by the steamers Portia and Servia. The three other lines leave Boston and ai(5 the Canada, Atlantic and Plant, direct to Hall- fax, with two large iron steamers; ttie Yarmouth line, with two fine boats to Yarmouth, and the International Steamship company, with two well appointed fide- wheel steamers running to St. John. The expense of living in Nova Scotia Is surprisingly cheap. The writer boarded a country hotel for eight days nt a.total of 80.

Brooklyn Eaale. What Pa Called Them. "So you have got twins at your said Rcaumbo little Tommy "tlw lust of ttw Ro oflww. Dyspepsia Oi red. "I was troul.lcd with dyspepsia anil pain in my body.

I had bur litllc appetile and what I did cnt did me hut little'Rood. I ased two bottles of Hood's Sarsupnrilla and now I cun cai i cf food i i araall gone. 1 i nny one afflicted with dyspepsia should pive Hood Sarsapnrilla iair trial. My wife used Hood's Sarsnpari'ln I'ur (but tired fi-elinj nnd pain in the bnck and and she is all right now." D. Jr.

Springtown, Pa. Hood's Pills cure all liver Of Chrysanthemum-i in full bloom, nice J. T. BoWjtt, Pon4 street cents eacli. Walnut.

Public sme of Horses, Wacon, I'o be sold at public snie Salurdny, November 10, 181)4, fine iron Rrny draught horses, aleo 1 Wigoii, cart, harneea, blankets and all stable tfUcts. At Wilson Feni- tnpre Mill, I'a. Wm. Wilson. HUMPHREYS Kethinf has been produced eqnal or with Huffiphrsya' HdBel Oil as a CURATIVE and APM.ZCATIOH.

It used 40 years and always affords relief Bu Always dnciviaciiuu. It Cures PILIS or HiMOiRHorDS, External or Internal, Blind or and Burning; Cracks or FiMurea and Fistulas. Relief immcdiito--euro certiin. It Coras BuiNS, Scalds and Ulccntionand Contraction from Burns, Relief instant. It Cures TOIN, Cut and Lacerated and It Cores BOILS, Hot Tumors, Ulcers, Old Serte, Itching Eruptions, Scurfy or Scald Head.

It is Infallible. It iNri.iUEn or CAKKD BBEASTS and Sore Hippies. It is invaiuablo. It Cures SALT SHZUU, Tetters, Scurfy Kruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters, Sore Lips or Nostrils, Corns and Bunions, Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings of Insects. Sizes, foe.

and $1.00. Sold by Druggists, or not on rvetiptof BcxrnirB' WITCH HAZEL OIL HINDOO TB3J AEOTE In CO DlsonJ5es. TaicEls. elomi. etc Falling Jl alling Jloniorr, IJlglitly Lmfn.

by i i Tlfor n7' to a oipann, and i J.dnt MantiiKiA In 111 or yoiinlr. HT a i In TIMI pocket. PiiccipI.CK.' for Trlt vrrllleD (rnArntitcc i i a i JJo Imt Itir.ist, i i i i i i i It. smrt it prrp Oriental Medloal 2IL 4 aronr agents. SOLD by L.

A i i a a i 123 a i St BRISTOL, and a i i i i i i fftv ftORt rn ou TWO KOOMS, WITH ou out powor. A pplv In N. n. A i SONS. Poiui Slroct.

For ICcnt. pli For One of Bdieon'i Phonofrrnphi for inle at rcneonabU price. In complete order. No charge made for tetliug. Apply to S.

GoonsTEix, fl09 RadcliEfo Street. For Real. A seven roomed liouse and store, on Dorranoo street near Wood. Ten dollars a month. Apply to Jolm T.

Thome, 311 Market Street. am going to travel; hnre you A handy reference-book of any kind DculiT--I should sny yes; here is the latest Unnd-McXiilly Railway Guide--precisely a you need. It ia pre-eminently ilie best. (Sells one). to E.

M. Wood for Boots nnd SllOtH. Br. J. EW I Miul I10US I A to J.

I No. I Ponil HS 1'oiid Street. fflonr.y IjOitll. n.oanB made from gioo. to on Persmu Or Kstate smirily.

i i i l.i,;n can be in hinall mi'iiU rotain'il lur a term ol Ixi 'buit'hiirruwei A a i this a i i i i flnancial a i i i any liuiivuhuil ni lii m. is' boiiii 1 Interest (i per "cent, a i i Monc loaned for any purpof-e, a-i incn-ane ftnter business, to pny ntv notes, to timid oi piirciia.so i ur in a for nny purpot-e I a mimcy iiilij bo ilcvircii. Ad dreKP, Ontral Tniht Companv Street, Pbiladelplna, I A TO I i NOW TO 913 Wnlmil Jtrccl, Phlladclphln, Makes ipcoialiy of using i oxide pns for the pninless extraction of teclli. lie UIIB now reached the number of 196,50 people to i he lius administered it. A UncnbllKlincpnt.

Johnson Brottiers, the a i a a the corner of i and Wood slrcels, ar now ready for tho Full nnd Winter They can dress a from hend ID loo the best slj le arid for small a of cash Their Clothing, Hat Caps, Underwear Hosiery, Shoes and Neckwear, are all of th latest styled and bebt makes. They hav i from to $20, honest goods and wo! made. Hats, from els. to $3.00. Under wear from $1.00 to per suit; and shoes well made, neat, strong anil substantial, a various prices.

For reliable goods, bough from standard houses, go to Johnson Broth It. may t9 i ers. They keep no auction trash upon i premises. Kottce of Road View. The undersigned viewers appointed to view and IRJ out a i roarl in the Township ot Lower Makelicld, In the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania, to begin at a ytake in tbe middle of the Itoiid lending from FHllsingtoii to Yardleyvillc, at the dis.ta.nco and twenty-lour and ieet northerly trom a -tone net iu Buiu i a corner ol Canl Milnor's and diaries Bauer's lands, and Jo an at a nuke the middle of tlio Bond loatlini; from YiTdlryviIle to 'J'renton, at tiie of two hundred and forty-nine and nine-tenths feel northerly Irom a utonc set lur a corner of lands of "Pine Grove School" and Charles Brooks, at the intereectiori ol tbe aforesaid Yardleyviile and Trenton Uoads; hereby jive notice to all persons interested.

Unit they will luset for tlio purpose of thur appointment at the plncc pro- poeed for the beginning ol suin road, at 10 o'clock A.M. on Saturday the 17th day of November. A. 1894, when ami where all persons interes-toci may attend. OOMFOKT.

ViOTrcrs. mm'ara, of "What aw yon going- to call them?" Litfitmlng." 'Why, tboM atanngo names to call children." EB them soon bo heard were In "the hotwe. Pick Me Up, Orphans' Court Sale REAL ESTATE. URSUANT TO AN OBDRll OF THK ORPHANS' COUHTOF THE COUNTY oi Bucks, the following dncerlbed Real Estate will be sold by tbe undersigned executor on the premises in the township ol'Falle. Bucks county.

Pennsylvania, on fclday the of tarter, 1894 At 2 o'ciock P. That certain messn- md tract of land situute in lulls townshln on tiie road, adjoining no? or late of Joab Mershon, Daniel Price and others, containing thirty acres and tweutv- nii of land. The improvements consist nearly frame dwelling house, 2u storiss high, containing ten rooms and attic; irame iiarn wwl planned, containing guBdent room for tour boatKi and- ten larue fnime building, wtrlpping loom attached; corn crib wood shed, borne carpenter nhop ami other out a good veil ot water, Tiiia IN a dMirable well worthy tiie attention of All are in good reouir. The land inol'tbe esuecislly good tor trucking porixMHi. Cond4tionn made In of sale by rn the day EMuutor of Auctioneer--B.

W. TOKUKSUS. FOE 1894. I TO SU TO Town Topics. 84.00 i nay for the year 1H91, ard i recelTo Mibscriidiuii the ii.fcues of j'ows Tor lor Hie a i ot this vear, i i the i i i i price cents) roi.l.llnlni; A MAHVKI.OUS A BV A Kninipii The Damned Thing." S50O, the rpf-iibir Piire of Ton-tl Topics and Talcs from Tjlcs lor ono year, will yet you not TOWN TOPICS above to tbe end ol tbe Four Volu'mcp of i a i i Year and the Hobday Ol 1 ales, out December I i year, i the GLUJAT STORY, Anthony Kent.

A Tliorouglily CoKiuojiolltan Novel. Price, M) Cents. Crilici agroo a i Is i nnd must I i i of i a reniitrlinblc series of Sioiii's. Kemit in cbi-rk, money older, a note, etc to TOWS 1WIMCN, 21 U'cstSM K. Y.

N. B--Have you read A I 5 KIVI'S 1 latest and best Tanis, tho Sang-Digger? -Just Out. 12mo cloth, gut, a i.ro postpiii.i. JUST THINK A MOMENT! $100 worth of Aliases condensed in Map Form for TWENTY-FIYE CENTS. W.

E. Doron, Corner of i I a Slio s. Lehigh In the Market, car lend, at Pi ices. Pioneer Drug Store! Nos, 135; 15 Mill 'Main 1 Siroot, Pi The I Ideal nnd In It i A I I 1 I A hiryp Hurl. of-AtM Drugs, Medicines.

I'liemi, Soups, Briihlien, reri'iiiuei I i Oils, I uluiiei, Dye inotil Dyes, lit rnuK, IT poumltiii. Aot'iiiHtelj L. A. HOGUET Groceries Great Variety --w-w-- CHEAP AT FOSTER'S. Espccul care is taken to i i have on hand the finest TEAS, COFFKES and SPICKS a the market affords.

Fruits and Vegetables in Edward Foster, The DORRANCE STREET GROCER. Highest Grades of FAM1LYFLOUR FEED, ETC. oi.d, Lime rtnd Urick, Grass PIONEER COAL YAKD, Walter Lecdom, 5-Q 535 Path Si PA v'ILL'AM c'ldies' a OontloiriGn'a Cor. i ami I'oml i nt Mu FRANK 8. MOSS, PRACTICAL BL4.CFSMITS defy i i far nt yiunl work nM I ti ml 1 A I nictu i I lav Work KM.

I i Ifl A-4i. I R.BUSEMAN, Wm. M. Downing, a a i a i LOTTIES I PEED, OBAIN, SEEDS, BALED HAY, Ac. All goods sold at lowest cash prices.

Try the celebrated Climax Flour. Bath and Otter Streets, Bristol. id Futia Supplied atSiort Kotic O. J. PATTON nnil ilcilcr in BEST BRANDS OF Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, c.

JFo, Mill Bristol, pi of fullovitiK brundv ot 'tclorr, strt ironttavl rail a i i i i delivered i In a i of the Nos. 314 316 i BRISTOL, PA. Upholstering and Repairing r.l||«r« our I vrarv P. I I I A I A CD's, i iil' nil A liMlen, MWCI! a i Sbados, Awiiln i i i ninile i a i i i i i i rtinoviitcil bv Chairs Re-Caned. 'niCTh from i i i i my attflnlion.

Chas. H. Ancker, Mill next to Post-office PA. Robert Clark, Upholsterer and Cabinet Maker, Wo. 28 Radoliffo St.

'urniture Repaired, Upholstered, Carpets sewed and laid, Carpets taken up and cleaned. Mattresses renovated, Window Shades made to order. Chairs of i and Repairing promptly and satisfactorily attended to. ATI! a hiipcrior. (JJl Jifc-ixw liand In largii i i i i "THE A Tho a i in thii i a i "Till: i'Ar'rAIH." The pnco suit I I I I Semi anil I a a Con.

itnil Su I liis i i I I I or niii.al nil i i i i i i i i i i (Jii.iuu.f.Mil i tlioni i No Coupon Necessary You Want One Everybody Wants One Bicycle, Driving'and Road Guide Map of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Size inches, on linen paper. Shows from Harrisburg, to Trenton, N. and Sunbury, to Delaware City, Del. Sent by mail for the small sum of cents. 18 Sontli Mxlli street, PHILADELPHIA.

Farms Houses FOR SALE AND TO RENT. ill Oilier Ms HaMd "TM matt VvHIDiln EDW. N. BOOZ, te Wood Street, Bristol, pa. IRE, LIFE, AOOIDENTAL NSURANCE JUST, PROMPT, CERTAIN, Best Companies, Lowest Rates.

Real Estate, All business entrusted to me will meet with prompt and careful E. W. MINSTER'S Livery Stable and Ice Depot, Pond Street, near Market Street VJ JCW I A i IX K'M, aii.l Dm. Drlirrv Oabh Wc'tliii i i i lift 'I'l-unif" gj nr IlcM i i i l.ald! i ill i i i or i i i i i i In m.v i i i i i i i i i i (Olllli'll to. I I LAMPS A FJXTURKS.

Comcr 1'ond and Donance Eendrickson, No. 5S6 Bristol, Pa, BURTON'S EXPRESsT JOSHUA BUETON Is at all times piopared to do --tJobs of Hauling-1-- of every description, Sherman --Peircc, LUMBER A MILL WORK A REASONABLE PRICES. Canal and Dorrance BRISTOL, PA. I. T.

8TRADLING I No. ai Market Street; uiKl lit l.rl.-.p* to rail tlmm. tnrs handled wltb Furul ol CGwm be GIVE THE YOUNG feoploa prsctlaal by thin to IhD SFBKCKKIAN COLI.KGB on Kkiladdrtta. will Commsnwnwct NEWSPAPER!.