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VOLUME XXIII
WAYNESBORO, PA„ THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1899.
NUMBER 47
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Fall Styles in Jewelry.
I have returned irom the Eastern Cities wbere I purchased
a full line of the very latest fads known to the trade.
Friendship Hearts **t & sorts of
Bracelet BangleS Engraved at low rates
Fine Watoh Repairing a Specialty
and at prices to suit the times.     All
work fully .guaranteed.
H. F.  EYLER, Jeweler,
9.4 6m WEST MAIN STREET.
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NATURES i GREAT * NERYE * TONIC.
Compnd Celery Nervine
A highly efficaceous remedy ior Mai-Assimilation of Food,
Nervous Troubles oi every kind, Weakness of Brain and
Body,
Purifies the Blood, Promotes Digestion,
Improyes the Liver,
Cures Headache, Qizziness, [Sleeplessness.
Palpitation of the Heart
or any  Ailment Arising from  Weak and Debilitated Nerves.
FORTHMAN * MILLER
Hole Proprietor**.
Centre
G. H. GREENAWALT & GO.,
PROPRIETORS.
Square
Grocery
Headquarters for Pine
Groceries.
Ike Greenwald,
The Fashionable
Merchant Tailor,
KEEPS NO ACCOUNT OF TRUSTS.
When times get a little shy, and people begin to squeeze
a dollar until the Goddess of Liberty screams, Ike goes to
work and increases the inducements to part with that dollar a
thousand fold.
How Does He Do This?
By putting the Bread Knife into prices and slashing them
right and left. A week ago fashionable Spring Suits were 25
per cent higher, but now they are 25 per cent lower. That is
the way Ike calls that dollar out of hiding. It must come.
No v is the time to leave your order for a dandy SPRING
SUIT, made in the very tip ol the fashion, from finest Imported and Domestic Cloths, fresh irom the loom.
Suits made either by  Long Distance or Short  Distance
Telephone order.   Ring up Ike if you want the correct thing.
I      IKE GREENWALD.
Fish9 Oysters
and Produce.,
All kinds of Fresh Fish received
daily and delivered each morning at
your back door. No trouble going
out to the wagon to fish 'em oot.
Served on tray, on the ice and weighed at your back door. No such service ever thought ot in Waynesboro.
Fish and Oysters received fresh every
morning. Ice storage of the best
character. Nothing but the best
goods and the best condition Orders by telephone delivered any hour
of the day and any part of town.
Make a note of this. No such conveniences ever thought of in Way-
nerboro. F. C BONNER.
'Phone No. 182 Z. 8-31-tf.
WAYNESBORO
STEAM LAUNDRY.
(Juaranteee all work to be satisfactory. Free collection and delivery
of Laundry to all parts of town.
B H Foreman ft Co town agents.
§    J.E. HERSHEY Pro*.
DY8PEP8IA is the cause of untold suffering.   By taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla the digestive organs are
toaed and dyspepsia IS CORED.
Honest
G3
YCLES
And Honest Prices.
All strictly high-grade and the bes* makes
on the market. New and second hand. Oot
our prices. Ton will always find us with a
foil and complete line of
BICYCLE SUNDRIES,
TIRES, GUNS, AMU-
NITION, ETC.
We have taken the agency for the
tl
" Inc. Gas Lai.
This is a good lamp and at a small cost.
ELECTRIC DOOR  BELL   OUTFITS
complete for $1.60 to $3.00. Electric supplies
of all kinds We give estimates on inoa -
descent lighting'. Try us. AM kinds of light
repairing done quickly.
Stewart & Spangler.
dr.david favori te
tfWRemedy
Tbe one sure cure fbr  /
B>e fydniyMjyer and Blood
69 Gents for Nothing,
Just issued, a wonderful catalogue of everything
to eat, wear and use. It costs us 52 cents to print
and 17 cents to mail each copy.
g^g| It's free to all who write for it.
This book contains COS pages (-iro U'.xiov- in.).
has 10,000 illusivations, a.id quotes lutt.OOU articles at
wholesale prices to consume?.   Here is the book':
This valuable
logue tells all j
Agricultural    li
ments, Uaby Coaches,
Bed ding.   Bicyt-les;
Boots, Buggies, Candies, Carpets, Cigars,
Clocks,   Clothing,
Corsets,   C r o ckeiy.
Cur tains.   Cutlery,
Farm Wagons,   Furniture,   M e n's  Furnishings,    jiasswave,
Groceries,    Ha; ness,
Hats,   Hosiery,   Jewelry,   Ladies'   Clothing, Ladies' Fun.i .1-
ings. Lamps, MacHa-
.toshes, Mirrors, M> s-
ical Instrument", Organs, Paints, Pianos,
Pictures,    Pbrtie c*.
Refrigerators,   S a d-
dies,    Sewing-
Machir.es,   Shirts,   Shoes
ware, Tobacco, Towel?. 1
stery   Goods,   Watches,
articles.
With this book in yonr po*=se=sion, you can buy
cheaper than the average dealer.
You can save large sums of money on everything
you need, at any season of- the year.
Lithographed Caret an*. Rug Catalogve.
and our Clothin. 1 Cutaldgu Kith samples
attached, are. a'ltnfree fix rentage paid
on^clothing, freight paid on carpet.
Which book shall we send you **  Address this way ;
JULIUS HNES & SON
JAI/miOItE,   MO.     Department 9O0.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
——or—
Silverware, Stoves, Tin-
titoks, Underwear. Uphol-
and   thousands   of   other
t
a.t Waynesboro, in the state of
pennsylvania, at the close
OF BUSINESS, SEPT. 7th, 1899.
RESOURCES.
Loans anddiscounts $300,552 78
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 5 93
U. 8. Bonds to secure circulation..     50,000 00
Premiums on U.S. Bonds......       3,0*0 00
Stocks, Securities, etc      13.000 00
Banking house furniture   and fixtures      17,500 00
Due from National Banks (not Reserve Agents)          697 19
Due from State Banks and bankers.    11,092 16
Due from approved reserve agents.    33,002 40
Checks and other cash items.       1,060 74
Internal Revenue Stamps 	
Notes of other National Banks	
Fractional paper currency, nickels
and cents        262 38
Lawful Monet Rksek ve in Bank, viz:
Specie    80,585 60
Redemption fond witb U.S.Treasurer (5 per cent, of circulation)..     1,992 50
Due from U* S. Treasurer other than
5 per cent redemption fund	
.   Total  $462,75167
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in  ... $100,000 00
■Surplusfund     50,00> 00
Undivided profits , ...    .  ....     12,975 08
National Bank notes outstanding. ..    45,000 1)0
Due toother National Banks     5,154 98
Doe to State Banks and bankers....    1,209 51
Individual  deposits   sub-
jecttocheck    ?242 9:23 06
Demand certificates of deposit      5,226 63
Certified Checks  3 85
Cashier's Checks outstanding  258 60
 -.—-— 248,418 11
Total.
      $462,75! 97
State of Pennsylvania, I _
County of Franklin j bS
I, J. H. Stoner, cashier of the above-named
bank do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. J. H. Stoner, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th
day of Sept., 1899. Ale. N. Russell,
Notary Publie.
Correct— Attest:
JOS. H. CREBS.
HENRY BINEHART,
W.T.OMWAKB.
SAMUEL HOEFLICH,
DANIEL HOOVER,
Director**.
/OK BOROUGH TAX COLLECTOR.
H.  0. ELY.
I will be a candidate for renomination foi
Borough Tax Colleotor, subject to the decision
or the next primary meeting ofthe Republican party. 8-25
F
OR BOROUGH TAX COLLBCTOB
J. D. DELAPLAINE.
I will be a candidate for the office of Borough
Tax Collector at the Republican primary meet
ing to he held in the Academy of Music, January next. Tour support and Influence respect-
rally solicited. 9-18-3 w
pa
BOROUGH TAX COLLECTOR
JOHN 0UMMINS.
I respectfully offer myself as a candidate
for the office of Borough Tax Collector, subject to the decision of the next Republican
primary meeting. 9-4
F
OR BOROUGH TAX COLLECTOR
T. S. CUNNINGHAM.
At the next Republican primary meeting
my name wUl be offered as a candidate for
Borough Tax Colleotor. Your support Is respectfully solicited. 9 5 tp
Notice To
[Ja? Goq$umei$.
The new   management of
Waynesboro Gas Light Co.
desire to announce, to consumers of gas that for the purpose of rendering efficient ser
▼ice it has employed Mr.  C
R. Miller, a practical gas mat
as superintendent.   Mr. Mil
ler will take pleasure in cor
recting, without charge, any
defective burners.     He  will
also give information regarding the economical consumption of gas, either for heating
or lighting purposes.     Any
complaint left with the superintendent at the works or with
T. B. Smith, secretary, will
receive prompt and   careful
attention.
The Waynesboro Gas Light Co
*   A/TTT^T       Kidney trouble preys upon
*•***•-.„ tne mind, discourages and
A "N'T)   -   lessens  ambition;   beauty,
-*■»"» ~ ■*-'        vigor and cheerfulness soon
T_X701\^TRftT disappear when the kidneys
Mv V/«lJail are out of order or diseased.
For pleasing results use Dr. Kilmers's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy   At druggists.
Sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet.
Address, Br. Kilmer A Co., Biai£hamten,N. Y.
AN ARIZONA WONDEB.
A PETRIFIED FOREST THAT IS A MARVEL OF BEAUTY.
It Covers a Hundred Square Miles
and Is a Mass af Glittering: A grate
la a Bewildering? Array of Cor-
geons Coloring.
The territory of Arizona is a vast
museum of natural curiosities, including many of the most wonderful in all
the world. The atmosphere, the climate, the mountains, the soil, the rivers, the forests are filled with phenomena, many of which exist nowhere
else. In the desert, 360 miles square,
with Flagstaff as a center, are spread
out a variety of wonders of which the
people of this country have little or no
conception, but if they were in Europe or Asia thousands of our citizens
would cross the ocean to see them.
Being within only two or three days'
journey of Chicago and easy of access
by frequent trains of sleeping and
dining cars and other modern luxuries
of travel, they are overlooked by the
multitude and are practically unknown.
To my mind, next to the Grand canyon of the Colorado, the most interest-
big and Impressive of the natural wonders of this great Arizona museum is
the petrified forest, which covers nearly 100 square miles, within easy distance, either on foot or horseback,
from Billings station, on the Santa
Fe railroad, but lt can be more easily
reached by carriage from Holbrook,
where better accommodations can be
found. The government explorers have
christened lt Chalcedony park.
The surface of the ground for miles
and miles around is covered with gigantic logs three or fear feet in diameter, petrified to the core. Many of
them are translucent. Some are almost
transparent. All present the most beautiful shades of blue, yellow, pink, purple, red and gray. Some are like gigantic amethysts, some resemble the
smoky topaz and some are as pure and
white as alabaster. At places the chips
of agate from the trunks that have
crumbled lie a foot deep upon the
ground, and it is easy to obtain cross
sections of trees showing every vein
and even the bark.
Comparatively little of this agate has
been used ln manufacturing, although
it is easy to obtain. Manufacturing
Jewelers of New York pave made table
tops and boxes and other articles from
strips that have been sent them, and
If the material' were not so abundant
its beauty would coniuiand enormous
prices. Where yon can get a carload of
jewelry for nothing you are not likely to pay high prices for lt.
A bird's eye view of the petrified forests on a sunny day suggests a gigantic kaleidoscope. -The surface of the
earth resembles an infinite variety of
rainbows. The geologists say this great
plain, now 5,000 feet above the sea,
was once covered by a forest, which
was submerged for ages ln water
strongly charged with minerals, until
the fibers of the trees were thoroughly
soaked and transformed into eternal
stone. Many of the trunks are still
packed ln a deposit of fine clay, which
was left by the receding waters, but
the erosion of the wind has pulverized
much of the clay and carried lt off in
the air, exposing the secrets that nature burled under its surface.
One great tree spans a deep gulch 40
feet wide. It lies where it fell centuries, perhaps ages, ago, and is a most
beautiful specimen of petrified wood.
The rings and the bark can be easily
traced through the translucent agate,
and lt Is firm enough and strong
enough to last as many centuries as it
has already spent in its peculiar position. It is undoubtedly the only
bridge of agate in the world and alone
is worth a long journey to see.
The Indians of the southwest used
to visit the petrified forests frequently to obtain agate for their arrow and
spear heads, and the material was
scattered over the entire continent by
exchange between the different tribes,
from the Isthmus of Panama to Bering strait. The great deposit here explains where all the arrowheads qf
moss agate came from and other
weapons and Implements of similar
material that are found In the Indian
mounds and graves of the central and
western states. In the stone age the
agate of the petrified forest was the
very best material that could bo obtained for both the Implements of war
and peace of the aborigines. A scalping knife could be made very easily
from one of the chips of agate and
could be ground to a very fine edge.
Many crystals were used for jewelry
and ornaments also.—Chicago Record.
Changed Accompaniment.
One can hardly be expected to have
"music In his soul" when there is discord In his stomach.
Husband—What was that you were
playing, my dear?
Wife—Did yon Ilka it?
"It was lovely—the melody divine,
the harmony exquisite!"
"It Is the very thing I played last
evening, and you said it was horrid."
"Well, tbe steak was bufneu last
evening."—Stray Stories.
Killed by a Misprint.
It is related of Alassandro Guldo, a
famous Italian poet and composer of
the seventeeth century, that he died at
Fraseatl of apoplexy, brought on by
his discovery of a typographical error
In a finely printed copy of poems which
he was on his way to present to Pope
Clement XI.
It Is a favorite occupation to denounce the sons of wealthy men for
being worthless. Yet their worthless-
ness soon scatters fortunes that might
otherwise increase to the detriment of
the general public. Ill Is the wind
that blows no one good.—St. Joseph
Herald.
A GLEAM OF PLEASURE.
1
Along the noisy city ways,
And in this rattling city car,
On this the dreariest of days,
Perplexed witb business fret and jar,
When suddenly a young, sweet face
Looked on-my pjtulance and pain
And lent it something of its grace
And charmed it into peace again.
The day was just as bleak without,
My neighbors just as cold within,
And truth was just as full of doubt.
The world was just as full of sin.
But in the light of that young smile
The world grew pure, the heart grew warm,
And sunshine gleamed a little while
Across the darkness of the storm.
I did not care to seek ber name.
I only said: "God bless thy life.
Thy sweet, young grace be still the same,
Or happy maid or happy wife."
—Phillips Brooks.
MUSIC IN  EVERYTHING.
Pretty Surprises Met With  In a Geneva Mnsie Box Factory.
The chief industry of Geneva is the
manufacture of musical boxes. Thousands of men, women and children are
employed hi the factories, one of which
was visited by a traveler who gives
some interesting particulars about his
visit.
An attendant Invited him to take a
seat. He did so, and strains of delightful music came from the chair. He
hung his hat on a rack and put his
stick In the stand. Music came from
both rack and stand. He wrote his
name in the visitors' register, and on
dipping his pen into the ink nmsic
burst forth from the inkstand.
The manager of the factory explained the process of making musical
boxes, a business which requires patience and nicety.
The different parts are made by men
who are experts in those parts and
who do nothing else year in and year
out
The music Is marked on the cylinder
by a man who has served several
years of apprenticeship. Another man
Inserts in the marked places pegs
which have been filed to a uniform
length. The comb, or set of teeth,
which strikes the pegs and makes the
sound Is arranged by a man who does
nothing else. The cylinder Is then revolved to see that every peg produces
a proper tone.
The most delicate work of all is the
revising of each peg. It Is done by a
workman who has a good ear for music. He sees that every peg is In its
proper place and is bent at the correct
angle.
When the instrument Is in its case,
an expert examines it to see that the
time is perfecL—St. Louis Republic.
How He Wanted to Pay.
Some years ago an affray among
miners in the west resulted in murder,
and Senator Thurston, believing the accused to have been innocent in intention, took up his case and greatly
mitigated the lad's punishment. Six
months afterward a man, armed to the
teeth, appeared hi Thurston's office.
"Be yon Squire Thurston?"
•*Yes."
"Be you the man that defended Jack
Bailey at court?"
The senator, thinking his last hour
was come, again answered, "Yes."
"Well,, I'm Jack Bailey's pardner,
and I've come to pay you. I haven't
got any money, but I'm a man of honor.   Anybody in town you don't like?"
As the senator smilingly disclaimed
any thirst for booty or blood, the caller
insisted incredulously: "Put on your
hat, squire, and just walk down the
street See anybody you don't like,
throw up your thumb and I'll pop
him."—Youth's Companion.
Chinese Bound Feet.
The Chinese saying is, "For each
pair of bound feet there has been a
whole kang, or big bath, full of tears,"
and they say that one girl out of ten
dies of foot binding or of its after effects. -When I quoted this to the Italian mother superior at Hankow, who
has for years been head of the great
girl school and foundling establishment there, she said, with tears hi her
eyes:
"Oh, no, no! That may be true of
the coast towns." I thought she was
going to say It would be a gross exaggeration in .central China, but to my
horror she went on. "Bnt more here-
more—more."—"Intimate China," by
Mrs. A. Little.
Bookkeeping: Comes High.
"It makes me tired," said the young
man—"these advertisements guaranteeing to teach a person bookkeeping
for $10."
"But can't It be done?" was asked.
"Not on your life! Why, I spent six
months and over $100 to learn the art,
and what do you suppose happened at
the close of the first year?"
"Got your figures mixed?"
"Well, I shonid smile! There was a
discrepancy of $700 between the cash-
book and my ledger, and my father had
to make it good, while I hunted for another job!"—Brooklyn Citizen.
A Financial Shock.
A man went to a local bank with a
check which there was no cash on deposit to meet When the paying teller
declined to respond, the applicant
loudly demanded to see the cashier.
"We have no 'cash here' for you,"
quietly responded the teller.
The man with the check saw the
point. He moved in circles till he
found his way out tobogganed down
the front steps and was led a block by
a policeman before sufficiently recovered to make explanation.—Detroit
Free Press.
When a girl gets married, the women inquire how her mother took
it, as though it were a funeral.—
Atchison Globe.
Many a man's tongue works hardest
while his brain is taking a rest.—Philadelphia Times.
OVA!,1*™*
ABSOLU ILLY IftURE
Powder
Makes the food mort delicious and wholesome
mOMM. BAKING POWDER CO., SEW YORK.
A HARD WON BET.
Carrylngr Fonr Bricks Half a Mile Is
Not an Easy Task.
"The hardest won bet I ever made,"
remarked the traveling man as be
shook the ashes off his cigar, "was to
carry four bricks half a mile. That
sounds like a- simple thing to do,
doesn't it? Well, you try it and you
will find out whether it is or not Of
course the manner of carrying tbe
bricks is important A man bet me
that I eouldn't carry two bricks in each
hand from where we were back to the
hotel and put them up on the bar. The
bricks were to be put side by side and
grasped, two in each hand, between
the thumb and fingers, the fingers
pointing down. I was not allowed to
stop and rest nor to put the bricks
down,
"Well, thought I. that's $2 easUy
earned, so I took the bet and started.
For a quarter of the distance it was
easy and I already felt those two silver dollars in my pocket But then my
fingers began to grow tired. The muscles between my forefingers and
thumbs were soon aching terribly. My
arms began tb pain me and to throb
like mad. I found myself setting my
teeth together and the cords in my
neck were in a high state of tension.
When I came within a hundred yards
of the hotel there was scarcely an Inch
in my whole body that was not aching
as if I had been stuck full of phis.
"I don't know how I managed to go
that last little distance. I conld no
longer stand erect and I was trembling
like a leaf, and yet the other fellow
was alongside, laughing as if to split his
sides. And when'I got into the barroom, it was all I could do to raise first
one hand and then the other and pnt
the bricks on the counter. I know that
I couldn't have gone 50 feet farther.
I got the $2, but the next day I conld
scarcely move, and I didn't get over
the soreness for a week. It looks easy,
but just you try It"—Detroit Free
Press.
THE DOORBELL.
It Tells What   Manner  mt Man  Ton
Are by Yonr Ring.
Doorbells are pretty fan* indicators
of character. Probably you have not
been conscious of it, but every time
you pull a doorbell you register what
manner of man you are. Yonr ring will
not tell everything about you, from
the color of your eyes to your taste in
flowers, but to those who know the*
signs the doorbell is as good as a title
page. Any one who has had occasion
to answer bell pulls knows how much
difference7 there is in them. One person's method varies little from time to
time, though the difference between
that method and somebody else's,
while slight, will be sufficiently well
marked. It is seldom that two rings
are exactly alike.
The housewife recognizes each, the
impatient man, who pulls' the bell
twice in quick succession and does not
wait long before trying it again; the
one of more phlegmatic temperament
whose rirs.-? is slower and more Substantial; i'.ie hesitating woman, who
draws the knob out In a succession of
nervous jerks; the seedy individual
with matches to sell, who stretches
the wire carefully to its fnll length
and then allows it to relax with a
faint apologetic tinkle, and the jolly
friend, who knows he is welcome, and
therefore grasps the knob with a hearty swing that Is fairly eloquent with
good nature, and sets the bell to shaking its sides with such peals of echoing laughter that.lt positively cannot
stop at once, but subsides gradually
with a merry, irrepressible little titter.
A doorbell has as many voices as visitors.—Berlin (Md.) Herald.
A Tough Bantam.
A letter In a Glasgow paper records
a phenomenon much too remarkable
to be reserved for Scottish consumption. The writer says: "An acquaintance of mine, who lives np north, has
among others of the feathered tribe ft
little bantam cock. A few weeks ago
he noticed that it was looking the
worse for a slight difference of opinion
with a canine friend, but did not examine it closely till his mother's and
sisters' vociferations brought him hi
a hurry. There was the bantam pick-
big away at corn, but the corn was
dropping from a rent In the bird's
chest Jnst as fast as it was lifted. Not
wanting to kill the bird, my friend got
a needle and some horsehair and
stitched up- the tear, with the result
that the bird now Is as good as new."
True to the Soil.
McSwatter—He has everything at
his fingers' ends, that professor.
McSwitters—Even real estate.—Syracuse Herald.
Kidney Troubles
Heights Disease, Jaundice, Pains la Pide or Back
Blurred Sight, /.ciriug Bones, Swelled Feet, Ui i-
nary Disorders   and   Sallow   Complexion, are
caused by
Weak, Unhealthy Kidneys.
THE  CURE   IS   FOUND   IN
dOHNSON'S
w«cSS8sK,*3->iEY
Positively Guarap!tee*_N*  IP" I La Lb l__Er
The p-Tptrt-tr-friced te_m*-dy.
None so Good ana None so Cheap >
fiy mail for five 2-ce* t stamps. Made a:
ID JOHBSON Lir ORATORIES, Inc. PHILADELPHIA.
FORTH MA tt   A   d* II.1_.ER.    DrnffirUta
THE GREEDY CATFISH.
Hia   Eating   Capacity   aa   Wonderful
aa Hia Hold on Life.
The catfish belongs to an ancient
type not yet fully made Into a fish, and
hence those whose paired fins are all
properly fastened to the head, as his
are not, hold him in well merited
scorn. He has no scales and no bright
colors. His fins are small and his head
and month are large. Around his
month are eight long "smellers,"
fleshy feelers, that he pnshes out as
he crawls along the bottom in search
of anything that he may eat. As he
may eat anything, he always finds it.
His appetite is as impartial as that of
a goat. Anything, fro*n a dead lamprey or a bunch of sunflsh eggs to a
piece of tomato can, is grateful to
him.
bi each of the fins, which represent
his arms, Is a long, sharp bone, with
a slimy surface and a serrated edge.
These are fastened by a ball and socket joint, and whenever the fish is
alarmed the bone Is whirled over and
set hi place; then it sticks ont stiffly
on each side. There Is another snch
bone in the fin on the back, and when
all of these are set there is no fisn
that can swallow him.
When he takes the hook, which he
surely will do If there is any hook to
be taken, he will swallow lt greedily.
As he Is drawn ont of the water he
sets his three spines and laughs to
himself as the boy pricks his fingers
trying to get the hook from his stomach. This the boy is sure to do, and
because the boy of the Mississippi
valley Is always fishing for catfish is
the reason why his fingers are always
sore. The catfish is careless of the
present and sure of the future. After
he is strung on a birch branch and
dried in the sun and sprinkled with
dust and has had his stomach dug out
to recover the hook, if he falls into the
brook he will swim away. He holds ,
no malice and is ready to bite again
at the first thing in' sight.—Popular
Science Monthly.
CHINESE COURT HISTORIANS
They May Write the Truth, For Their
Warlc la Secret.
There are court historians In China,
as there are in other countries, but
there is one striking difference, and lt
lies in the fact that the work of the
Chinese conrt historians does not see
the light until the reigning dynasty
comes to an end.
In this way these Celestial historians
have an oppo. vanity to describe most
truthfully the virtues and vices of the
valorous m'.*.i*s and the real significance of tl.e events which take place
during their regime. They can write
what they please without fear of censure, for they know that their work
will not be published as long as the
reigning dynasty lasts.
This has been the rule for more than
2,000 years, the flrst court historian
having been appointed by the imperial house of Han. which reigned from
206 B. C. until 25 A. D.
The duty of these historians is to
write plain accounts of all the events
that occur during their tenure ef office. At regular Intervals their completed work is taken, from them and Is
locked up in an Iron safe or vault
There it remains until the first member
of a new dynasty ascends the throne.
It is then given with all the other
histories hi the vault to the court
historian, who is then living, and from
the mass of documents he is expected
to prepare a truthful history of tbe
dynasty which has just expired. The
present dynasty has been reigning
since 1640 and consequently no court
history has been published since that
date.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Route aa Pronounced.
There are numerous excuses for the
pronunciation of the word route, sap
a man may hardly go amiss to choose
his own style. Down south they say
always rowt. In the north, among the
educated classes, we hear root. Here
also we hear, lower down, especially
among the hyphenated Americans, rut.
The Irish, even big folk, say rut The
original Webster gives the pronunciation as rowt, with an admission of
root. We have adopted root because
of a French leaning. The word rut,
meaning a deep track in a roadway,
cut by the rim of a wheel, Is simply A
contraction of route and rout. The
Century dictionary says root or rowt,
preference for root. We also say
root ine for routine; why not, therefore,
root for route? Ilowtine would sound
funny .-"-New York Press. A
He Didn't I_.lke Pledges,
Judge Martin Orover of Troy, N. T,
was at one time ai>;-".-ached by a yonng
citizen who wished to be nominated to
the state assembly. The shrewd old
judge had certain donbts about him,
which he expresiv.l somewhat freely,
and yet he was willing to afford him a
trial. He then-fore addressed the aspirant in this way:
"Young man, if you will give me
your word that you won't steal when
yon get to Albany, I'll see what kin be
done abont sendin you there."
"Judge Grover," replied the young
man, drawing himself up with great
dignity, "I go to Albany unpledged or I
don't go at all." .
The custom of keeping birthdays Is
many thousands of years old. Pharaoh's birthday festivities are mentioned
In tbe Pentateuch.
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