i—n mmm m Ao* o * o*o*o*o*o *O * o -A- o*o*o :•:■ o**o *O* O*O*O xC * O -:•: O-xox-o* o*O * O k I*o*o*o*o*o * o*o*o v O ■* O * o*o*oo*o*o * O * O :•:• o*o W O * O * O * O * OiOil IWHEN BOYS I ! " WERE MEN 1 * 0 ? ol *0 By JOHN HABBERTON. o*J :tO Author of "Helen's Babies," "George Washington." Etc. o : k O )■' * OH *0 coptjuout, not, nv jimx 11 aitiiF.nro.x o*B 0 t ————— • ol * o *o* * o*o* o*o*o*o*oo*o*o*o*o*o *o* o * 0 x- o*o *o*o *W Oto * o*o*o*o x o*o *o•: o* o * o*o ** ox- o o -x- o o o o*o* o* o .*■ o* o u 112 Really, when we halted about noon my hunger had made me mean spirited enough togo deliberately in search of my friendly enemy who owned the ba con and frying pan. Fortunately for the poor fellow, he was eating his last bit of food apparently, for his haversack was inside out and lying by the fire to dry. He recognized me, and as the guard al lowed me to speak to him he said: "It seems too bad to waste the little fat that's left In the skillet, don't It? Wonder ef thar ain't an ear of corn in that field that we could roast?" "it's all too hard," said I, shaking my I head sadly as 1 remembered my search 1 of the day before. "The harder the better," said he. I never was more willing to be con vinced. In a single minute I was back from the field with several ears. The Johnny selected the hardest, shelled It In his pan, shook it a little while before j he put It over the lire, then parched it I until it was a deep brown and poured j It upon the top of his hat to cool. Not • bit of the bacon fat remained io the pan, but each grain of corn was as ! glossy as if varnished. "Thar!" said he, uftor a moment or 1 two, as he poured a full half of the corn into a big husk and passed it to j me. "Just li'ist yerself outside that an' see ef you wasn't wrong thinkin' the corn too hard." Bless that rebel! I do believe that parched corn saved my life. I resolved never togo on .l scout again without a j little frying pan in one of my saddle bags and a lot of shelled corn In the other. Rut what was half au ear of corn to a raging hunger like mine? It i was too late to parch more, for the call to mount had sounded. As I hurried down the roud to xejoin my company 1 met a veteran of the older troop on which I had been billeted when first I reached the regimental camp, and he j hailed me kindly with: "Well, young feller, how does scout- j lug agree with you?" "Well enough," 1 replied, "If I wasn't almost starving." "It always strikes greenhorns that way," he replied. "Now, I ain't a bit j sharp set. Say, mebbe a piece of pork j would help you out. Here." He handed me what looked like a j dirty wad of wet newspaper, in which | I found about half a pound of pork. It was solid fat, dingy looking, and on j one side, where the paper had lain j closely against it, several advortise ments had transferred themselves in J reverse, With the general head "Help Wanted" at the top of them. The words were eminently appropriate, so | I didn't scrape them off, but ate pork, j advertisements and all. About the middle of the afternoon a , general buzz of satisfaction ran along j the column. We were passing one of our picket stations, which meant that we were within an hour or two of our camp. When finally the march was | ended, my horse was so glad to get' Into his stall and be relieved of bridle, saddle and blanket that he gleefully kicked the empty air for several min utes. Several minutes later his owner, lying on the bare floor of his tent, his h«ad pillowed on the rain soaked blan ket, was slumbering as sweetly as If his couch were of down, and tho ugly ejaculatlous of the weary men who struggled In one by one were BO many loving lullabies. CHAPTER X. WINTEB QUARTERS. fUR first scout did not differ much in dura tion, accidents and re sults from scores which followed It. (io out whatever road we j might, we wero al-1 ways sure to Und the Johnnies doing busi ness at the same old stand and unwill ing to be Interfered with. We always could reach them In a day's march, con sume another day In passing along their entire front and still another In return-, log to camp. They seldom returned our ! attentions In force, probably because they had not a large enough force to feel safe when far from home. Be sides, they could learn ull they liked about our post and Its camps, for ev ery farmer and planter In tho county was a source of Information to them. We never got into a big engagement. It wasn't our business, except when we were accompanied by a large force of Infantry und artillery, to worry the Confederacy by making believe that the"on to Richmond" movement of tho Potomac army was to be made from our direction. When we went alone, the enemy did not worry much, for they had a broad, deep stream along their entire front They could qulokly take up the planking of the only bridge within ten miles, so they exchanged shot and shells with us across the river with the calm confi dence of the curd player who holds ull the trumps. Our colonel had been quite right in saying that the first scout was worth more to us than a month of drill. Tho men learned to alt in their saddles and not to be afraid of their horses, so wo wero able to begin mounted drill In good shape and progress rapidly. Man ranks lower than his horse in all good cavalry regiments, so it was not until we had completed the stables tfcat our own winter quarters were begun. By tills time, however, we learned, to our delight, that we were too valuable to consume our time In common labor. A number of the "contrabands" (fugitive slaves) who had made our post a place of refuge were sent into tho woods to cut trees and split shingles, and Just before Christmas each company had a great log house, about 15 feet by f>o, for its winter home. A small contribu tion from each man enabled us to put up a stove, which tempered the winter air, and one new member, who had al ways lived In the tenement house dis trict In New York, said he never before had known so comfortable a home. Killing time in the winter season was almost as hard as killing the en emy, for there was such an appalling lot of time ahead of us. Some men played cards all day, except while eat lug and shaping; others read Incessant ly; still others did nothing but smoke. Home seemed to spend much of their time writing. I liked to observe these, for they had more heart In their faces for the time being, and as 1 knew some of the people to whom tho letters were going I amused myself by imagining the scenes when the letters were re ceived. But it troubled int much that Ham ilton and Bralnard were writing so persistently to my cousin May. I did not seo the letters, but I heard of them through my home correspondence. I knew that Brainard, who visibly wor shiped May's portrait sometimes when he supposed I was not looking, and probably hundreds of other times, was not the sort of man to change his re gard for any one, much less for a iswpot girl. Home one had seen in Hamilton's hands a portrait of May. 1 did not know that he brought one from Summerton. 1 was also troubled by his manner toward Brainard. It was not ugly, but It contained a suggestion of condescension not unmixed with contempt, and 1 fancied Brainard no ticed it. Still, what could I do In such a matter? May was no fonder of coun sel than very young women in general, nor was she less averse to admiration in large quantities. I could not imag ine her in love with any one, for she and I had been rough and tumble play mates, und I knew only the tomboy and fun loving side of her nature. After much thought over the rivals and their respective chances, I could only hope, for tho sake of peace, that she would not give the slightest encour agement to either, but would be won by some other worthy Summerton youth. I believed that both Brainard and Hamilton were manly enough to recover from any sorrow occasioned by the loss of something, no matter how precious, that was not their own and had not ever been promised to thorn. Our special comforts were not con fined to shelter and rest. Two or tlireo of the married men knew something about cooking, and so did one man who had been a logger in Maine; so the company cook was coaxed, bullied and flattered until he learned to do some thing besides merely boil the several raw materials dealt him. A ration of cornmeal would sometimes be served ns fried hasty pudding and again as "crackling bread"—corn bread contain ing tiny dice of fat pork which had been fried thoroughly and drained of grease. Remains of a dinner of salt beef and potatoes would reappear next morning as corned beef hash. Boiled rice, modified only by cheap molasses, was about as unpopular us castor oil, but with a little coffee, which would not be missed, we could trade with a native for enough milk and eggs to make that once detested rice so popu lar that there always was some man offering his supper portion of bread for half of some other man's rice. Finally Hamilton, who felt that as commissary sergeant it was his duty to study up ou cookery, electrified us one day by announcing that 011 the fol lowing Sunday there would be a des sert of plum pudding. Dp to that time about half of the men had called Ham ilton "stuck up." Worse still, many had called attention to the fact that never once 111 our many skirmishes and fights had Hamilton been under tire. Brain ard had combated this story for the honor of Summerton, but one day he, too, learned that Hamilton had a pic ture of my cousin May. That silenced him. But the mention of plum pudding caused the grumblers to recant, Mick McTwyny going so far as to borrow a pipe of tobacco from Phil. Our gusta tory anticipations were marred only by Hamilton's statement that the pudding would be made entirely from army ra tions. "Where will he get the raisins?" ask ed one family man. "And the suet?" said another. "And the flavoring?" suggested a third. "Does tho quartermaster issue pud ding bags?" another wanted to know. Nevertheless tho pudding was an ab solute success. The flour came from the commissary stock; finel}- chopped fat pork, well soaked, answered for suet; dried apples, partly boiled and then candled In boiling sirup made from sugar, took the place of raisins. The sauce looked as If it were only sirup of sugar, some of which had been carameled to give it special flavor and color. There rose from the sauce, how ever, an odor which caused Mick Mc- Twyny to utter an ecstatic "Whoor rool" and Cloyne to ask: "Is brandy an army ration, Plill ?" "Yes," said Hamilton —"that Is, 'tis a hospital ration, and I got half a pint from the hospital steward by promis ing a small pudding in exchange—for the sick, you know." "There's Just one thing I want to ask," mumbled au ex-truck driver through a mouthful of hot pudding. "Does the government Issue puddiug bags?" "Tho quartermaster issues cotton drawers," Phil replied, "and you'll learn, if you choose to ask, that he charged two new pairs to my personal clothing account this morning. The puddings were boiled in the legs of them." "Be hivin." said Mick McTwyny, with an approving shoulder slap that nearly knocked our enterprising com missary sergeant Into the cook's fire, "the likes of yez nlver was born, and the fust money the paymaster gives me yez shall git that dhrunk wld me that yez won't know yer mout' from a hole iu the ground!" "Thanks, sergeant," said Hamilton, rubbing his shoulder. "I assure you that you're the lirst man who ever was houghtful enough to make me so hand some an offer." But a grander feast was enjoyed one cool evening after Phil hart announced late in the afternoon that there would be pancakes for supper and asked that each man would take knife and fork as well as plate when he went for rations. Hamilton had found some soda and cream of tartar In the village. He made the batter in a half barrel, and lils griddles were an odd collection of frying pans, plowshares, llattened sides of camp kettles the bottoms of whitli had rusted or burned through, a stove lid and some tin plates. As we liu rled to the cookhouse when the bugle blew supper call we saw all these Irons on a glowing mass of coals and the cook lifting large cakes from them with a wooden turner tnado from a barrel stave, while I'hll himself, with a huge bit of fat pork on a stick In ouo hand and a great cup in the other, was greasing the pan and pouring moro bat ter. As tho cook placed n huge cake ind a spoonful or sugar on each plate Hamilton said that if we would be patient and stand around as we ate each could get a fresh cake every two or three minutes. "Ah!" "Urn!" "My!" "Oh!" "Golly!" "Gosh!" were some of the expressions that went up around that lire while the men began their supper, some using npoons instead of knives and forks. Oftencst heard, however, was,"This reminds me of home," or "Doesn't it re iiiiud you of home?" Ilad I ever lie fore been asked to name our national ilish I would have hesitated between pie and pork and beans, but since that great evening I have believed that in a competitive contest the pancake would receive more votes than beans mid pie combined, besides being pro eminent among eatables as "the tit; that binds," "a touch of nature" and more of that sort of thing. As we ate those cakes everybody began to talk of homo. Even big I'nt Callahan be came so absorbed in home reminis cences that he forgot to curse the gov ernment for not giving us butter to eat on our cakes. Rut nobody, 110 matter how full of home memories, stopped eating that he might talk. The first issue disappeared from the plates in a minute, and two or three men who apparently hadn't any homes to think of returned so fre quently for more that we agreed to form a circle, each man to receive a cake and some sugar as he passed the cook's table. It was an odd spectacle, apparently, to men of other eompa nies—that company of about 80 men marching slowly in a circle and eating as they walked. But we were not at all concerned about our appearance just them. We were having a private cake walk in which each and every man "took the cake." Our officers heard of it from their servants, and the captain came down to look on. "Won't you try one, captain?" asked Hamilton, offering a clean plate and fork. The captain accepted, tasted, exclaimed "Gracious!" and said no more until he had finished the cake. Then he remarked as lie stepped into a gap in the line: "Just let me see how It feels to tramp around in a circle a little while." He didn't lay aside his plate and fork eitlirr, but twice took his turn— and cake —like the commonest of his men, believing, evidently, that the pan cake, like love, levels all ranks. When he departed, it was to bring the colonel over to see the fun and also to see a company which was well fed. My place In the circling line brought me near enough to the two officers to hear the captain tell the colonel how ad mirably Phil managed the company commissariat. A minute or two later the couple passed through the line, and the captain astonished us by saying: "Sergeant Hamilton, can you spare a sample cake for the colonel?" Any other man in the company would have felt awkward at coming face to face with his colonel while holding a pan greaser in one hand anil a cake turner in the other, but Hamilton suc ceeded in throwing his Implements in to one hand and in saluting; then, with another salute, he passed a plate to the colonel, and all the while ho looked as manly and self possessed as if lie were Just entering one of Summerton's best parlors. I did wish my cousin May might see him Just then. A mo ment later I was glad for Brainard's sake that she couldn't. The colonel went through the motions of tasting the cake. It would have been undig nified for him to eat all of it, though every man knew lie was dying to. Then in his clearest dress parade voice he said: "Sergeant Hamilton, I will make you lieutenant as soon as a vacancy oc curs. A man who knows how to feed soldiers well has in him the stuff of which good officers are made." Hamilton again saluted, but with the air of a man to whom lieutenancies were offered daily. The remainder of " Won't you try one, captaint" the company were so profoundly im pressed that no one but the cook, who hoped to be Hamilton's successor as commissary sergeant, had the sense to propose three cheers for the colonel. But the prospective lieutenant did not leave his pans. It took an hour of time to fry and deal out that half bar rel of batter. Besides, Phil was teach ing the cook. Finally the supply was exhausted. Hamilton threw his greas er into the fire, turned the tub upsido down and sat upon It to rest. Suddenly one man exclaimed: "Well, by thunder! The cakes were so good that we've forgotten all about our coffee!" "Thanks! That's a bigger compli ment thau the colonel's," said Hamil ton, raising his hat. He was right too. The coffee cups were filled and emp tied, and we went slowly back to the quarters In little groups instead of sin gly and in haste, as was usual in cool Weather. There were not as much scuf fling, swearing and horseplay as we generally had between Bupper and tat too. The quarters were quiet—so quiet that we were almost startled when Mick McTwyny's grating voice und thick brogue were heard in au attempt to sing. The words were merely "Thra-lah-lah," but the music, in spito of some eccentric sharps and flats, was finally recognized as that of "Home, Sweet Home." Some one hummed the bass, another fellow helped Mick along with the air, others dropped in, singly or two or three together, on various notes and bars, and when the last note was touched it seemed as though every voice was in it. Then Itruinard start ed us all off again, with all the words and notes distinctly enunciated. The effect was not what I would have expected. Everybody looked seri ous. Some men fixed their eyes on the ground; others looked at the shingles overhead as if trying to pierce them and see the stars; more than one fel low drew his hat over his eyes, and a married man sitting on a bottom bunk suddenly turned and burled his face in tho pillow. As for me, though my gaze was fixed on the little black stove in the center of the room, I saw our house at Summerton, my father and mother, little Ned and Cousin May, the dog Hover, the horses, cows, pins and chickens, my room and everything on its walls. I felt my face twitching, so, to keep from betraying my feelings, I hastily began looking about the room ■T^"! ■ I ] j Vi AV*" been written of t| I 1 I \ \ magic mirrors In [lll was revealed. If * ™ such a thing were possible mauv a bright - faced bride would shrink from the revelation of her self, stripped of all her loveliness. 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We had been well fed all winter, but no fine neglected the precaution of carry ing all the rations, particularly fat pork, that lie could get. In camp we had good fresh bread daily, but once in awhile when other rations Abounded 1 had begged a day's rations of hard bread Instead and stowed it away against the next scout. 1 had never forgotten the semistarvation of our lirst three days' outing. On the morning referred to only four companies of us went out, but we felt entirely safe. What could happen to us? We were strong enough t<> whip any force of the enemy that had yet inovt d between our lines and their own unless our irregular spies—nil colored people And natives of the country—had counted Incorrectly the enemy's few detachments. Of course we would be fired upon ns soon as the advance struck the enemy's pickets, and, as most southerners had handled guns from their youth up, two or three of our men would probably be killed or wounded, but we had come to regard that sort of thing as a matter of course. It was one of the fortunes of war—or misfortunes <>f being at the head of a cavalry advance. To prevent unfair ness in this rci>i»« vt companies took turns of a day each at the head of a scouting party, but the advance proper was always taken from the right, or head of the company, so in forming line for a start there never was an un seemly rush for positions at the right. The extreme advance consisted of four men, riding abreast or by twos, according to the width of the road, and carrying carbines or revolvers in their hands ready for instant use. About 50 yards behind rode a single trooper, called a messenger, to pass back any alarm or other Information which the men ahead might shout to him. Fifty yards farther in the rear were two men, who also had a messenger within earshot, and within GO yards of him rode the remainder of the platoon— -8 or 12 men—about as far from the main body as from the man in front. The specified distances were meas ured only with the eye, but whether they were too little or too great the main body was far enough In the rear to be out of point blank range of or dinary firearms, and most firearms of the enemy's cavalry were ordinary. This distance enabled the main body to draw sabers or get their carbines or revolvers ready for action, according to order. It also allowed us to get into a trot or gallop with some momen tum to it by the time we had closed on the advance and begun the charge or chase. Meanwhile the messenger and reserve had closed on the first set ot fours and begun firing If they saw any thing to fire at. Should tlie advance halt, they began firing at once; if they turned to run, they parted and gallop ed down either Hank in single file, so the troop they unmasked could clear the road by firing or charging. (1 nev er had the melancholy satisfaction of seeing the advance break to the rear.) Whenever we found the enemy in line, even behind breastworks—for not all of them were cavalry—we would deploy as skirmishers in the woods or fields on either side of the road and ad vance at the gallop, firing rapidly as we rode. I don't believe carbine tiring at the gallop at a mark 200 or 300 yards away ever did much damage, but the successive puffs of smoke made our horsemen difficult marks to hit. In such dashes the bugle general ly sounded the recall before the skir mishers were upon the enemy's line. Even If it didn't, most of the horses turned suddenly and dashed back, but an occasional good rider with a horse under perfect control would get far enough within the line to estimate its strength and see If It had any artillery. Quite ns often ft poor rider with an ob .nato horse would get within the line and find himself unable to return. The horse that knew him would know him no more forever, and the rider would take up his abode for an indefinite sea- Bon at the Hotel Idbby, Richmond, Va. A single man surrounded by enemies ut short range was seldom killed or even hurt unless lie refused to recog nize the inevitable. The general mass of our men regarded a skirmish dash against infantry with very little ap prehension. A trooper and his horse generally are one for practical pur poses, the animal seeming to know what Is In his rider's mind. Besides, the enemy had only muzzle loading weapons, which could uot be reloaded tud fired more than once during the forward rush of cavalry skirmishers, while the rapid lire of our breechload ers and revolvers had a disturbing ef fect upon a foot soldier's hand and eye. Our advantages and precautions be- j ing so many, we felt entirely secure in ; the scout <if which I have begun to tell. Yet tilings did not turn out at all ns we hat] expected. We struck the enemy's outpost during the middle of the afternoon and drove It In without any casualty on our side. We dis mountcd, took cover behind some trees and exchanged shots with skirmishers Across A small river, and we had our horses far enough to the right and left to Avoid the round shot or two that were fired down the road by a cannon j which guarded the bridge. Then we remounted, retired through the woods and fields until out of artillery range, after which we took the road for home, with the cheering hope that we would lie out of camp only about half the customary time. Just about sunset, as we were ap proaching a long bridge over one of the wide, high banked, but shallow creeks peculiar to the tide water re gion of Virginia, the word was passed back from the advance: "Close up! Quick! Send the major up!" The major commanding the battalion dashed toward the front, and the rest of us followed rapidly. As my com- j pany was the second in column we soon saw what was the matter, and it didn't please us much. A body of the enemy's cavalry was approaching the bridge from the other side. This was something we had not counted upon. It was enraging. It I X v ■ V j,. I "Charge!" was also ridiculous. 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OYFEVE»0 YFEVE » Ely's Cream Balm p cleanses, soothes and heals the diseased membrane. ■ i It cures catarrh and drives away a cold in the head quickly. Cream Balm is placed Into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Ilelief is im mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—docs not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug -1 gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail. | liLY BKOTUEUS, 66 Warren Street, New York. , = MORE LIVES ARE SAVED ...BY USING... Dr. King's New Discovery, ....F0R.... Consumption, Coughs and Colds Than By All Other Throat And Lung Remedies Combined. This wonderful medicine positively cures Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Hay Fever, Pleurisy, LaGrippe, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping Cough. NO CURE. IJOPAY. Price 50c. & sl. Trial Bottle Free. 0, L, & 1, RAILROAD, TIME TABLE, Corrected to May i, 1901. NEW YOKK. 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Dennett 721 10 in 2at ii •'*) Kingston nr. 1 7 iSO 10 51 2*o 1; *5 Wilkes-P.arre Ar 710 II 10 250 ti 48 W Ilkes-Ilarre Lve! 720 lli 30 280 ti 20 Kingston ■\ j 7 :>0 1115-1 210 li 35 Plymouth Juno... .1 j Plymouth j 7 I*B 110!! 2 4<> j 1, 13 Avonilale.. | 7 12 251 I Nantlcoke j 715 11 11 25H I ti 51 Ilunlock'f. | 751 II 17 3 (Mi ti 57 Shiekshlnny j K Ol I12!J 3 2(1 710 Hick's Ferry N i<* I'll 43 330 f7 21 Beach Daven i * ,K 11 48 337 72K Berwick s H2j II 54 • 344 | 7 Krlar Creek f* 'f 3 50 Willow Grove fx 31 112 3 64 Lime ttklice. 1 s •" 112 0!i 358 Kni y * 112 |2 15 4 lit; 7 f,2 HlooinfiburK h " ,I 12 22 412 757 Rupert M w 12 27 417 801 Catawissa ' 12 32 422 KOS llar.vllle i 12 47 435 H2O Chulasky i 442 Oameron ; 1 ( ... ! 12 67 448 NOHTIt I'M ItKUI.AN D '• 110 500 H45 Ar. AM I'M FM I'M 1 i GOING EAST. , I'M* NKW YOK 335 l'Mt Barclay St. Ar ' 330 400 Christopher St... 315 465 , llohoken 10 05 44H . •Seranton AM* 12 55 PM* AM* AM* Btlir.ilo AI 800 12 45 700 Seranton Lv 155 548 11 35 — M* I'M} PM+ I'M* Seranton 42 12 35 460 845 Bellevue !) .i 7 4 40 Taylorvllle 032 440 835 Lackawanna .. .. 020 432 827 Duryea 9 23 4 29 8 25 Plttston. . .. Ol'.t 12 17 1 424 821 Susijueh i e 010 12 14 | 420 818 West Pitt .i OIS 417 810 Wyom, !l Oil 12 08 412 812 Forty I- " 004 407 Ben'll 9 fl 4 03 8 04 Kin n ' « HSO *OO 802 Wil'; i's-liarn"'"Lv B£o H6O 360 750 \\ s-ltarrc Ai y 12 10 410 810 5t0n,...... ... «58 11 69 100 802 ■ yniouth Junction 2 3 &~ ••••:• lymonth 8 11 61 3 4< < Avonilale 8 42 j 3 42 Nantlcoke s ;!8 H43 338 7 4t! Hunlock s 8 331 17 41 Shiekshlnny 522 «*» 320 731 Hick's Ferry 8 309 f~7 21 Beaeh Haven 8 Q 2 3 03 12 Berwick.' ~65 11 05 f2 58 70u Kriar Creole . I 1" '2 68 ! "> 58 Willow Grove L Jl' 60 j •••••• Lime Ridge L 2 40 Espy : '2 io 48 240 | <> 41 BloonißtiurK i- 10 40 234 ! ti 38 Kupert J. J' 10 37 229 j ]j 32 Gatawlssa J" 10 34 224 . <i 2< Danville " 10 19 211 •' 12 Chulasky • •;,••• •••••* Cameron *! f,' r ..... f2 01 03 NORTHUMBIIUL'D... fio"6o t.V?° PM I«V| A.M. 1 M I'onnectlons at Kupert with Plillailolphla & KeailinK Kailroail for Tamaneml, Tamaijua, Williamsport, Sunliury, Fottsville, etc. At Northumberlanil with P anil E. Dlv. P. 11. K. for Harrisbure. Ijock Haven, Emporium. Warren Corry, and Erie. * Daily. + Daily except utiday. fStop on signal. I PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, TIME TABLE In Effect May, 25, 1902' IA M |A.M.. P.M Scrnnton(D&H)lv i 6 :«! ?9 38 142H 27 Pittston " " 7 05:i'iooo!§ 2to 462 "*"* A.M. A. M P. M, P.M Wilkcsbarre,.. Iv tj 7 '25 $lO :i5 || 245(8 00 Plym'th Ferry " 112 7 32 110 42 I 2 52 f6 07 Nantlcoke " 742 10 50 301 017 """. Mocanaqun .... " 801 II 07 3 2(i 637 Wapwallopen.. " 810 11 16 331 047 Nescopeck ar 818 11 2i; 342 700 A.M. A.M. P.M. I'ottsville lv § 5 50; iill 55 Hazleton •' 7 05 12 62 62 45 Tomhicken " 722 111 805 ' Fern Glen " 729 118 315 Kock Glen " 735 322 | Nescopeck ar 8001 451 1..... Catawissa j * 00 A. M A. M P.M. P M Nescopeck Iv jj 8 18 §ll 20 || 3 42ij7 00 Creasy " 830 11 30 352 709 Espy Ferry.... "1842 11 4ii 1 4 02, 720 | . E. Bloomsburn. " 847 11 50 4 oti| 725 Catawissa lv 855 11~57 418 732 South Danville " « 14 12 15 4 317 51 Sunliury ar 935 12 40 455 815 A.M. P.M.[P. M|IVM. — Suilliury lv II 942 sl2 IS'§ 5 Hi !I 41; Ecwisliurtf ar 10 13 145 5 40i Milton " 10 08 139 53510 07 Williamsport.. " 11 00 141 ti 30 10 65 Ijock Haven... " 11 69 220 734 Kenovo "A.M. 300 8 :i0 Kane " 8 25 P.M. P.M. I.oek Haven-.lv gI2 10 a 3 45 Beilefonte ....ar 10511 4 441 Tyrone " 23011 600 I'liilipsburg " 435' i 802 t'learllekl " 625S 845 Pittsburg.... " ti 55 1110 45 A.M. P. M. P. M. P M Sunliury lv 1 9 60 § 1 59; I 5 20 #8 31 Harrlshurg.... ar jll 30;S 3 15 J 0 50 10 10 P. M. P. M. P. M. A M Philadelphia.. ar § 3 17 || 6 23 ||lo 20 4 25 Baltimore "$ 3 llj|| 000 j 945 230 Washington... " § 4 10 j, 7 16 ijlo 561 4 05 a!wlp, M.i j Sunliury Iv jjlO 00; § 2 15] 1 ,lc. ,lc. ar 11 45 405 j Pittsburg -'j ti 55j?)10 45! | : A.M.'P.M. P. M. P MI Harris burg.... lv 11 46 II 5 00 || 7 15 £1025 l'.M.j A M. A. M. A Ml Pittsburg ar | (i 55||| 160||| 1 50' 5 80| P. M. P M A M A M Pittsburg lv S 7 10 |9 00 300 18 00 A. M A M P M llarrlsburg.... ar 1 2 00 I 4 20 I 9 30 | 3 10 AM A M PlttsliUJg lv § 8 00 P M l>ewistown Js. " ? 7 30 '$ 300 Sunliury ar g tf 30 \ 4 60 P. M. A M A M A M Washington... lv Jill 40 II 7 5" (10 50 Baltimore " ||ll on | 440 840 jll 45 Philadelphia... " .11 2o j 4 25 !| 8 30 jll 40 A. M. A M A. M. P M Harrlsburg.... lv J 3 35 ( 7 55 jll 40 \ 8 20 Sunliury ar 1500 1 930 lOS'i 505 """ P.M. A MAM Pittsburg Iv £l2 46 | 8 00 \ 8 00 CleartleUl.... " 350 9 28 l'lllllpsburg.. " 440 10 12 Tyrone " 700 II 810 12 25 Beilefonte.. " BHi 982 105 '"" Lock Haven ar 915 10 30 2 111 ["" P.M. A M A M l'M Erie, lv | 5 85 Kane, " 845 \ti 00 '"" Henovo " 11 50 \ 0 45 10 30 Lock Haven.... " 12 38 ' 786 11 251 300 A.M. P M Williamsport.." 229 8 Milton •' 221 9 17j 125 440 \\\, Ecwisburg " 905 1 15 442 ' " Sunbury. ar 324 9 4li 1 6.5 615 A. M. A Mil* M P M Sunbury lv S 6 45 g 9 55 ; 2 js 6 26 South Danville" 7 11 f i 10 17 221 550 '"' Catawissa " 732 10 36 286 0 08'"" E Bloomsburg.. " 737 10 43! 243 0 151 Espy Ferry " 742 110 47 If# 19|'"" Creasy " 752 10 60 2V, 0 30," Nescopeck "j 802 11 06 3 05, 0 40! A M A M P. M. P M I " Catawissa lv 732 10 88 2 Sti 008 Nescopeck Iv 823 5 0", 57 05 '"" H,K;k Glen ar 11 22 7 2S Fern Glen '• 851 U2Bl 532 ; 7 341 Tomhiclcen '• 858 11 :!8j .5 w 142 Ilazlcton 9 19| 11 58 569 8 01V"" Pottsvillo »j 10 15 I ti 55 AM AMP Ml* M "~ Ncsco| eck lv;s 802 gll 06 - c 305« 040 Wapwallopen..ar 8 1!' 11 20 .3 201 <i 6:j ! Mocanaiiua " 8 31! 11 32 330 , 701 Nantlcoke 8 58. 11 64, 349 719 I P Ml 1 Plym'th Ferry ' f9 03 12 02 3 5',; IJ 28 Wllksbarre ..." ulO 12 10 4 05i 735 AM P M P M P M Pittstoil(DiVll) ar : 9 39,1112 55 ; 4 Biij 8 30 Scranton " "I 10 08; 1 24! 52189 05 •; Weekdays. O Daily. 112 Flag station. Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on through trains between Sunbury, Williamsport and Erie, between Sunbtiry an.! Philadelphia and Washington and between Harrlsburs, Pitts i burg and the West. For further information apply to Ticket Agents J.li. HUTCHINSON, J. li. WOOD, Ueii'l Manager. Qen'l Pasa'nW Aij Shoes, Shoe? StallslX ! Ciieap ! X2.elia.ole i Olcyclo, Cymnasium and Tennis Shoos. THE CELEBRATED Carlisle Shoes AND,THE Snag Proof li libber Boots A SPECIALTY. A. SCHATZ. nag nf i A nellable TB SHOP For all kind of Tin Roofing Spoutlne and Qenoral Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Ran«H, Furnaces, eto. PRICES THE LOWEST! QUALITY TAG BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E. FRONT BT. PHILADELPHIA READING RAILWAY IN EFFECT .1 UN IS 27th, 1902 TKAINS LEAVE DANVILLE For Philadelphia 11:24 a. m. For New York 11:24 a. in. For ('atawisxa 11:24 a. m, and 6:04 p. m. For Bloomsburg 11:24 a. m, For Milton S:0:; a in., and 4:00 p. 111. For Williamsport 8:0:1 a. ni, and 4:00 p. m. Trains for Baltimore. Washington, the South and West via B. & O. K. H. leave Reading Terminal, Philadelphia at 7:55,11:26 a. m , 3:46, 7'27 p m Sundays :i:2oa 111, 7:f>s, 11:26, :i:4ti, 7:27 p. m. Additional trains from 24th anil Chestnut street station, week days, 1:35, 5:41, 8:23 p. in , Sunday 1;35, 8:23 p. m TRAINS FOR DANVILLE. Leave Philadelphia 10:21 a. m Wllliams[iort Wllliams[iort 10:00 a. in., 4:30 p. m. Leave Milton 11:00 a. ni , 5:20 p m. Leave Bloomsburg 7:10 a. in , 3:30 p m. Leave Catawissa 7:16 a m , 3:36 p m. ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION. Ix-ave Philadelphia, Chestnut street Wharf and 8011 th street Wharf. For ATLANTIC ('lTY—Week-dayg Express, 9.00 10:t5 a. m. (1.00 Saturdays only,) 2:00,4:00,4:30 5:00,15:40, 7:15 p. m. Local6:ooa. m., {5.40 p. 111. Sundays Express, 7:31, 8:30, 10:00 a. m. 7:15 p. 111, I/ieal 6:00 a. m., 5:00 p. m. LEAVE ATLANTIC CITY-Week-days-Express, 7:00,7:45,8:20. 9:00,10:15, a, m., 2.50. 5:30, 7:30 p, m. lxieal 6:25 a. 111. , 3.50 p. m, Sundays Ex press 10.15 a. in., 4.30, 5.30, 7.30 p. m. Ijiral 7.15 a. in,, 4.05 p. ni. Parlor Cars 011 all express trains. LEAVE PHILADELPHIA. ForCAPE MAY—Weekdays—B.3o, 8 45 a, m. (Sat unlays only ? 1.40), *4.10, {5.40 p. 111. Sundays— -8,45, 9.15 a. in., 5.00 p, 111. For OCEAN ClTY—Weekdays—B,4s a- 111., (Sat urdays only 8140), f1.20, {5.40 p. m. Sundays 8.45, 9.15 a. m , 5.00 p. m. For SEA ISLE ClTY—Weekdays 8.45 a.m. (Sat urdays only Jl-40) f4.20, {5.40 p. 111, Sundays 8 45, a. m., 5,00 p. m., St, 4.15 p, ni., {South St., 5.30 p. 111., g South St,, 1.30 p. m, ♦South St., 4.00 p. m- NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESS Leaves NEW YORK (Liberty Street) 3:10 a.m. Leaves ATLANTIC CITY, -8:30 a. m., Detailed time tables at ticket offices. W. A, GARRETT, EDSON J. WEEKS, Gen'l Supt., Gen'l Pass'r Agt Reading Terminal. Philadelphia. ONE DAY ONLY Wednesday, Am 6tUa. 111. to 9». 111 PROF J. ANGEL, THE EXPERT EYE SPECIALIST OF WILLIAMSPORT, will l>e at Hnnt's Drng Store, he needs 110 further introduction as to his ability and workmanship in his profession. He is well known in this vicinity and he can offer the names of many prominent citizens of Danville and community, whom he has successfully treated. Those who suffer with headache, weak eyes or defective eyesight, will be well repaid to call on me. Hundreds of peo ple are going blind daily from the want of the properly prescribed glasses, and from delaying attention to the eyes, from time to time. Nothing will de stroy your eyesight quicker than cheap glasses or glasses not properly fitted to your eyes. I can examine your eyes at home, by appointment, without extra charge. If yon need me at your home, drop a line to Hunt's Drug Store. Reading or sewing glasses fl.oo and up. PEGG The Coal Dealer SELLS WOOD Prepared for Stoves —AT— -344 Ferry Street
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