THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA
Widow of Great General Svto
cumba to Long Illness.
HEART FAILURE FOLLOWS BROXCMTIS
Her IXitmhter, Mm. ffnrtorln, tlio
Only 1.IM to 'H'ltiics the '1n
Inii Sct'tic ifctiia llnil Hern
i(inMl Too Lnlr.
WASHINGTON, Doe. 15.-Mrs. t'lyB
ttfl S. Grnnt, wife (if President 5 rant,
died nt lier residence In tills eity nt
11:17 o'clock Inst night. Donth wus duo
to liwirt failure, Mrs. (!rnnt hnrliiK Buf
fered for prune yours from viilviilur
disease of the heart, which wns imnrn
vated by a severe attack of lironclillis.
Her n.tro prevented her rnllytiiK from
the attacks. Her daughter, Nellie Grant
Sartorls, wna the only one of her chil
dren with her at the time of her death,
her three gons, who hud been mini
moned here, nil being out of the clly.
A nud'ion change for the worse In
her condition occurred Saturday night.
Telegrams were Kent to Mrs. (i runt's
sons, IJenernl 1'red I. Grant, com
mander of the department of Texas:
Ulysses S. Gi-ant, Jr., and Jesse Grant,
both of whom are nt Knit Piego, Oil.,
notifying them of their mother's eon-
dltlon and urging them to come nt onco
to Washington.
No arrangements hare been an
nounced for the funeral, but, ns is well
understood, her body will be plaued be
side that of her husband In the tomb
In Riverside drive. New York, where a
place has been reserved for her.
Julia Pent Grant, widow of President
Ulysses S. Grant, wits born In 8t. 1ou
ls on Jan. 2(1, lS2t. She was the daugh
ter of Frederick and Ellen Wrenshall
Dent. She was educated nt a boarding
school In St. Louis and soon nfter grad
uation met her future husbnnd, then
Lieutenant Grant, who was stationed In
St. Louis. Iier brother was n cadet at
West Point, and It was through him the
meeting was brought about. The fami
ly objected strongly to Grant, the poor
young soldier, and it was Ave years be
fore their objections were' overcome.
Through Judge Dent's Influence Grnnt
wus ordered to frontier duty, and it
was with considerable satisfaction that
the Judge and his wife saw him go
west with General Taylor. Rut in the
Mexican campaign it was Grant's for
tune to save the life of young Pent, his
classmate, and this soon restored him
to favor In the family.
The wedding took pluce on Aug. 22,
184S. Grant was made a captain and
took his wife to Sachet's Harbor, on
Lake Ontario. Later he was ordered to
Detroit, where the young couple lived
in a vine covered cottage for two years.
Thence, they moved to Hethel, O. Mean
while their family hnd been growing,
ind in 1854 there were four children
Frederick D Ulysses, Nellie and Jesse.
By that time Grant had become tired
)f army life nnd retired with the grade
f captain.
. Mrs. Grant's father presented to the
'.ouple a sixty acre farm in Missouri,
and the young ex-captain became a
tiller of the soil. Ills experiences are
Indicated In the name "Hurdscrabble,"
which he applied to his estate. The
rtruggie became too fierce, and Grant
luit farming to outer a real estate olnce
n St. Louis. As n broker ho wns not
mceessful, and the family were partly
lependont on Judge Dent for support,
binding the brokerage business unre
nunerative, Grant went to Galena, 111.,
o work fur n salary of ifiluo a year in n
uimery. His employer was a brother
hlrteen years younger than himself.
Ie wns unsuccessful, and, although
ds salary wns slightly raised from time
0 time, ho was not nblo to live com
'ortably. Then enme the civil war and
he turning point In the fortunes of the
.'amily.
ProfcNHor I'll Milt' Great Stirpes.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15. European
ights of the patents of Michael Idvor
iky Pupln of Columbia university gov
rnlng his Improvements In modern
ong distance telephouy have been sold
'.broad by Professor Pupln for a sum
ggrcKuting more than $500,000. Ilia
uventiou makes telephony possible
A-er a c'.istn mi! four times greater thnn
y the system generally in use at pros
nt. S perfect is the transmission in
irticulatlon that It has been found in
.ctual experiments by the German guv
mmcnt that conversation can be sat
sfuctorily maintained at a distance of
hirty feet from the receiver, although
hose telephoning are a hundred miles
ipurt.
Lava 111U t'p Illver fieri.
PARIS, Dee. 10. The French sclen
ifle mission to Hie island of Marti
lijue has reported to M. Doumergue,
iiiulster of colonies, that Hlneo the
rumbling of the cone of Mont Pelee
'ie Klaneho river has been completely
blitenilcd by luva and that ashes ure
reading over the valley of the river
1 a distance of three miles. Very high
unperattiros have been recorded on
lie Island lately.
Pat Crowe In South Africa.
CHICAGO, Pec. 12. - Stephen A.
'rwe, a hotel proprietor In this city
nd brother of Put Crowe, asserts posl
ively that the latter Is iu Johannes
urg, South Africa. Ho says fur.iirr
hat within the next few weeks his
-rother may surrender himself to thu
minorities according to an agreement
vlth Edward Cudahy when the $25,
00 reward for his arrest wus wltb
'rawn, Died While Selecting Wire's f'uHln.
SYUACl'SE, N. Y., Pec. la.-Jeroino
ieed of Orun dropped dead In an un
lertnker's establishment nt Chltteimn
;o while picking out n casket nnd nink
ug arrangements for his wife's funeral.
ilo wns sixty years old and a prosper-
tint furmur.
MUCH CHRISTMAS MONEY.
I lilrt -fonr Tlmiisnml Fnrei.tn Mn
Of Order Left Port Sntnrilnr.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.". More thnn
half a million dollars to be exact,
t;id,lS.S2 Is now In the strong moiiw
of the big oenn steamships Kronprlna
Wilhelm nnd t'mbrla. which cleared
the port of New York Saturday bound
for liromen and Liverpool respectively.
This money Is In the shape of SI, 412
postal money orders drawn by the New
York postolllce on fifteen countries of
Europe and sent home ns Christmas
money to fathers, mothers, sweethearts
nnd friends by former residents of
those countries who now make the
United States their home nnd who nre
anxious to share the general prosperity
of this country with those "at home."
The 1!02 shipment exceeds that cur
ried nwny by the Uuihrla on Pee. 0 of
last year by $2!MI,2.Hi, being. In fact, al
most double that of the previous year.
In addition Superintendent IIofT of
the foreign mail branch says the regu
lar mail pouches were packed full with
Christ ntns presents for relatives nnd
friends on the other side.
Christmas Gift Fr Forelitner.
P.OSTOX, Pec. 10. Hoston's Christ
mas gift to Europe this year In money
I alone amounts to about $1,(HH),(MI0.
! Grent ltrltaln, particularly Ireland, gets
I more of this thnn any other country.
Germany comes next on the lists In the
money order division of the Hoston
postottlce; then Sweden nnd Italy. Such
it general contribution was tievcr
known before. It surpasses all records
In number of gifts and size.
PACIFIC CABLE LANDED.
Dnnnhter of California' C.overnor
Christens the f. rent Kens furrier.
SAN FRANCISCO, Pec. 15. - "In
memory of John W. Mackay I christen
the Pncitlc cable. May it always carry
messages of happiness."
With these words Lucille Gage, the
eleven-year-old daughter of II. T. Gage,
governor of California, chastened the
transpacific cable and, breaking n bot
tle of chumpagne over the shore end,
Inaugurated n new era In the commer
cial development of the Pacific coast.
The landing nnd splicing of the shore
end, which Is to connect the mainland
with Honolulu, wns accomplished with
out hitch und was witnessed by nearly
40,000 people. Ideal weather prevailed,
there being scarcely any surf.
School and factories Short of Fuel.
PKOYIPENCE, R. I., Pec. lJ.-The
school board has ordered closed nil the
public schools which cannot be prop
erly heated through lack of fuel. About
100 buildings come within the scope of
the order, nnd 20,000 pupils will have n
vacation until Jan. 5 In place of the
usual one week's vncation beginning
Pec. 24. Shortage of fuel has caused
the shutdown of the Queen Dyeing
company, employing 200 hands, und
the Clyde Print works, employing 050.
The Morgan mills nt Johnston are
forced to stop the operation of heavy
machinery because of the lack of sulll
clent steam power.
Coal For Sew York" Poor.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17. At n mooting
of the board of nldermen Alderman
' McCnll nsked unanimous consent to
the passage of a resolution appropriat
ing $250,0(10 for the purchase of coal
for the poor In the livo boroughs of
, Greater New York. Ills original reso
lution culling for nn expenditure of
; $100,000, introduced lust week, wns
J withdrawn nt the request of the mayor
' because the resolution had not re
1 celved the full sixty votes required by
law. Within two minutes the resolu
I tlon was reconsidered nnd the appro
priation voted.
Illondln Foniid Guilty.
BOSTON, Dec. Hi The jury found
P.londln guilty of murder In tho second
degree, which menus life imprison
ment. Sentence lias not been imposed.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Closing' Stock Quotation.
Money on rail easier nt 6T((i'4 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 6 per cent. Ster
ling exchuntce fairly steady, with actual
business In bankers' bills at J4.8G7.iSj 4.S7 for
demand and at $4.S3i!ru4.H3uO for 60 day
bills. Posted rates, M.MVs and Jl.SS. Com
mercial bills, 4.!Hri4.83. lnr silver, 4S0.
Mexican dollars, 37'i.c. Government bonds
steady. Kuilroud bonds irregular. Clos
ing prices:
Atc hison 7!i7 Ontario & West.
C..C..C. & St. L. M I'aelllc Mail .... 37
dies. & Ohio... 45 People's Gas ...100'i
Del. & Hudson. lr.S'4 Itradlntr f,7'j
Kris 314 Rook lHlnnd .... 37'i
Gen. Electric... 175V4 Ht. Paid KT'm
Lackawanna.... 241 Rntrnr Ketlnery.l-'l'i,
Lead.....' 25 Texas I'ucitlc .. Ss
Louis. & Nash..11!i'4 Union I'aellla .. 9.")
Manhattan Conl43'i Vabush pref. .. 40
Missouri Pno... 102 West. Union ... U
N. Y. Central. ..150i
New York Market.
FLOTR-Quiet nnd Irregular, but no
lower; Minnesota patent, fi'u 1.20; winter
utrainlits, $3.4:'n3.5;r, winter extras, t'i.hii'y)
S.15; winter patent, f.'i.(i'(3.!i0.
WH HAT tiulct and easier on weaker
cables, clearing weather wi st and mod, r
ate unloading; May, bK'jMVaO. ; July, 'My
78 7-1 Be.
JtVK Quiet; state. r.5rj56e., c. I. f., New
York; No. 2 western, &li'ic., f. o. b., alloat.
CORN Bold off on uceount of large re
ceipts, belter weather news und the eas
ier cables; May, 4M'4' IS 7-Hie.
OATS -Kasier with corn; track, white,
stale, HTi'U 13c. ; track, white, western, 37'4
ii 43e.
1'ORK Quiet; mess, 1X!&1S.50; family,
$18.
l.ARO Dull; prime western steam,
10.!ie.
HUTTER Steady; state dairy, 2ui.i2Se.;
extra creamery, 3ae.
Cli IKKSli Finn ; state, full crenm, fan
cy, small, colored. September, l.'1'...'u l.'e. ;
late, mude, irt'.r ir'.'ic. : small, while, K,.p.
tember, la'ti 134e. ; late made, 13'(f.l3',4c. ;
lurH'fl, colored, Heptembnr. l.T'ie. ; lata
made, 13'e. ; laiije, white, September,
13e.; lale made, UMi 13'4c
KOGfl Barely steady; state and riin
ylvania, averape lest, 29c; weatern, fan
cy Klailed, 2tiri2iu.
Ht'OAK ltaw nominal; fair reflniftf.
S 7-lfie.; centrlfUKal, (Hi test, 4 16-ltie.; H
tined quiet; crushed, 5.4.e. ; powdered,
4. line.
Tl'RPKNTINIC-Qulet; Wum.:. asked.
MOLABSICS Firm; New Orleans, 30'r
40c.
RICR Firm: domestic, VYUVAu.; Jupun,
K'itW,c nominal.
TAtiLUW-1
Dull; city, 674c; country, lt
6V4e.
llAY Quiet: shlDDlnir. GSIiTOc .: uqoA to
choice, Uucblt
The JO
A I.I, the six batteries of the N. re
serve artillery brigade on their
way to the camps stopped to pass the
tight in the village of Mesteeliko.
When the tumult wus nt Its highest,
and the otlicers bustled about noiscly
near the cannun, a man in plain clothes
appeared on horseback from behind
the church. lifting his hat, said:
"His Highness, Lieut, lien, von Kab
bck, invites lie gentlemen olliccra
to his home for lea."
And the man on horseback raised
liia hat again and disappeared Udiiud
the church.
A half nn hour later the officers, 10
in number, stood at the threshold of
the general's house. They were met
by Von Kobliek himself, u good-looking1
old man of about 00, In plain clothes.
The general shook their hands and
uniled, though it was clearly evident
on his face that he invited the officers
merely because he thought decency
required it.
When the officers entered the large
dining room, ten or 12 ladies nnd gent le
men were already seated by the long
table, drinking tea.
"(jeiit leineii, there are so many of
you here that it Is impossible to intro
duce you one by ouel" said the general
in a loud voice, trying to appear very
cheerful. ' "Introduce yourselves, gen
tlemen, ns best you likel
The officers, some with very serious,
ctcn stern faces, others smiling for
cedly, and nil feeling rather awkward,
made bows to those in the room nnd
seated themselves by the table to drinlv
tea.
("apt. IJynbovich, a small, round
shouldered man, in, spectacles nnd
lynx-like sidewhiskers, felt more awk
ward than nny of his fellow-officers.
While some of his colleagues tried to
look serious, nnd others smiled for
cedly, his face, his lynx-like sidewhisk
ers, and his spectacles seemed to say:
"1 Dm the most timid, the most bash
ful and colorless officer in the entire
brigade!" At first he could not fix
Ins attention on any one face or ob
ject in the room. The faces, dresses,
the cut-glass decanters filled with
cognac, the steam rising from the
glasses of tea, all these blended into
one huge impression, which tilled
ISynbovich with confusion and with a
desire to hide his head somewhere. Hut
a little later he mastered himself, ami
recovering his sight, began to observe
things.
Von IJabbek and his family were skill
fully entertaining the officers, looking
after their glasses and their mouths,
inquiring now nnd then, whether nil
of them were drinking, whether every
one's tea was sweet, why this one ate
no biscuits, why that one drnnk no
cognac. And the more Kyabovieh
'looked on and listened the less he liked
this far from sincere but well-disciplined
family.
After tea the officers stepped into
the parlor, where they found many
young and good-looking women. The
piano began to thunder; then a sad
waltz wns wafted through the wide
open windows, nnd somehow every
body recalled that spring was in the
air. All began to feel the fragrance
of young poplar, roses, nnd lilncs,
which filled the room. Under the in
fluence of the music, the cognac began
to tell on Kyabovieh he smiled nnd
watched the women, and it seemed to
him that the odor of roses, poplar and
lilacs came not from the garden, but
from the faces and the dresses of the
women.
Soon dancing1 sets were formed.
Kyabovieh stood near the door, among
those that did not dance. He had
never danced in his life, he had never
clasped the waist of a Woman. Kabo
vieli liked to see n man takinga strange
girl by the waist for a dance, but he
could never imagine himself in the
position of that man.. There was a
1 ime when he envied his comrades their
daring and cleverness nnd he suffered.
The know ledge that he w as shy, round
shouldered, long-waisted, with lynx
like sidewhiskers, pained him acutely;
but in the course of time this feeling
wore off, nd now ns lie looked at the
dancers he no longer envied them, but
merely smiled sndly.
When the iuadrille started, the
young v,,n Kabbeh invited two of the
officer for a game of billiards. To
while his time away Kyabovieh fol
lowed them. He watched the players
indifferently, and before long he be
gan to feel lonesome, and it seemed
to him thut lie wns-in everybody's way
there. ...
He decided to return to the parlor,
but as soon as he walked out of the
billiard room he noticed that lie did
not know where to go, He turned to
his right, and soon found himself in a
half-dark cabinet, which he had not
passed on his w ay to the billiard room.
He stood there awhile, then he openedi
the door before him and entered u
perfectly dark room. The dull sounds
of a melancholy mazurka were now
heard from behind the door. Here, ns
in the parlor, the windows were wide
open, and the odor of poplar, lilacs
anil roses lilled the air." . . .
Kyabovieh paused in hesitation
. . . Suddenly quick s-teps and the
rus-tling of n dress were heard, n wom
an's voice whispered, emotionally:
"At last!" and two soft, perfumed,
feminine hands clasped his neck; a
warm cheek touched Kyabovieh'
hcek, and a ringing kiss resounded.
Hut she soon uttered a soft cry, and,
as It seemed to Kyabovieh, start cd
back with digu.st. ... He wn
also on the lolnt of exclaiming, but
he controlled himself und rushed to
wards the other door.
When he returned to the parlor his
heart wa beating fust, and hi hand
trembled so perceptibly that, he wag
trying to hide them behind hit bnck.
At. tlrst he wvis tortured with sham,
f sariiig eit everybody in the parlor
knew that n woman hnd embraced ami
kissed him n little while before, lie
looked on all fides uneasily, but satis
fied that people danced nnd chatted ns
before, he gave himself up entirely to
liU iirew, nevcr-bcfot o-i xperienced
tensnt irni,
lie now felt like dancing, talking,
running into the garden, ... lie
forgot that he was round-shouldered,
colorle.-s and iluJntc resting.
At supper Kyabovieh ate nnd drnnk
mechanically everything that was
served him; and paying no attention
to what was going on about him, en
deavored to explain to himself how
the incident came about. . . . Tl.c
incident was of a rather mj sterioiiK
and romantic nature, but it was easy
to explain. A young lady must h:ive
made an appointment with some one
In the dark 'mom, she must have beer,
waiting there, nnd In her nervousness
haw mistaken Kyabovieh fir her
hero.
"Hut who is she?" he asked himself,
surveying the faces of the women be
fore him. "She is surely young, for
old women don't make such Appoint
incuts." And, then, the is surely intelligent,
he thought; indeed, he felt it by the
rustle oT her dress, by the perfume, by
her voice. . . .
He fixed his eyes on one young lady,
with beautiful hands nnd shoulders,
an intelligent face nnd u fine voice.
. . . And us he gazed at her, he
wished her to be the one that kissed
him. , , .
After Kiipper the guests, having eat
en and drunk their till, began to take
leave. The otlicers walked out into
the garden. They were half intoxi
cated, lively, satisfied, but the dark
ness and the Filcnce threw them into
a rather pensive mood for awhile.
Kyabovieh wondered whether the
time would ever conic when he, like
Kabbek, would have a large house, a
family, a garden; whether he would
ever be in a position to show marks of
kindness to other people, to give them
to eat and drink; to make them satis
lied. On reaching home, Kyabovieh went
to bed immediately. "Yho is she?"
he asked himself, staring at the smoke
stnined ceiling. Heautiful feminine
hands, shoulders, eyes, dress and
brooches hovered about before him
in his imagination. He tried tolixhis
attention on these images, but they
seemed to wink nnd hop about hither
Hnd thither. When he closed his eyes
the images disappeared altogether,
and he heard quick footsteps, the rus
tling of a dress, the sound of a kiss
and he was seized with boundless hap
piness. Kising in the morning he felt that
last night's joy was still throbbing in
his heart, lie glanced with delight ut
the windowpanes, which were tinted
into a golden hue by the rays of the
rising sun, and listened with pleasure
to the noise on the street.
A quarter of nn hour later the bri
gade started off for the camps. As
they passed the general's house Kya
bovieh looked at the windows. The
shutters werecloscd. The people were
evidently sleeping yet. She who hail
kissed him last night was also sleep
ing, lie pictured to himself the bed
chamber, with a wide-open window,
green branches peeping in at the win
dow. The odor of poplar, lilacs and
roses in the room, a bed, a chair, the
dress which had rustled last, night,
slippers, a small watch on the table
nearby all this he sawclcarly and dis
tinctly, but the outlines of her face,
the gentle smile that w hich w as most
important and characteristic escaped
his imagination. Kyabovieh cast a
farewell glance at the village of Me.
techko, and he suddenly became sad,
ns 1 hough he were tnking leave of
something very near nnd dear to him.
Presently he brightened up.
"All that I dream of now nnd that
now seems to me impossible Is in real
ity n usual thing," thought Kyabovieh
looking at the clouds of dust before
hiin. "It is a usual thing experienced
by everybody. . . . For instance
that general loved in his time, now he
Is married and has children. Cnpt
Vakhter is also married and beloved,
In spite of the fact that he isn't sowel)
built und that the back of his neck is
ugly nnd red. , . . Salmanov is
rude, and yet had a love affair which
ended in marriage. . . . Am 1 not
like everybody else?"
And the thought that he was nn or
dinary man like everybody else filled
him with joy nnd courage and hope.
Now he pictured her boldly, giving full
freedom to his Imagination. Mentally
he spoke to her und caressed her, and
pictured herself ut the supper tablt
with his wife and children. . . ,
Soon camp life set in. nnd one day re
sembled another. During all ihis time
Kyabovieh felt and thought and be
haved like a lover. In the evening wher.
his fellow officers discussed love am!
women, he would listen, coming closer
to them; and his countenance would
assume such an expression as is usual
ly upon soldiers when listening to the
story of the battle in which they had
participated themselves, Whtnevei
Kyabovieh went on a spree, togethei
with his comrades, or behaved other
wise unbecomingly, he wns downcast
on his return, feeling guilty before
her and mentally begging forgiveness
During sleepless nights, when he re
called his childhood days, his father
and mother, nnd everything dear to his
heart, he invariably thought of Mes
teeliko, of the dark room and of the
kiss the pleasantest episode in all of
his life. Adapted from the Kussian.
by Herman Hernstein, in Huston Hud
get. Dublin museum now possesses n
large stuffed elephant, the first mount
ed specimen ever exhibited iu Ireland.
A Nervous Woman
Will oftetifeel compelled to stop tht
clock whose ticking seems unbearable to
her. In such a ncrvotia condition the
woman needs a building up of the entire
system. H it useless to attempt the cure
of the nerves
PJOTlmllwliile the caiiae
UtJi'AAi' f tl' nervous
1$&L new remains un-
cured. A very
common cause
of nervouftiesi
in woman is a
diseased condi
tion of the delicate
womanly organism.
Dr. Tierce's Favorite
rreseription cures
womnnly diseases and
the nervousness which
they cause. It changes
irregularity to regular
ity, dries the drains
wliich weaken women,
heals Inflammation nnd ulceration nnd
cures female weakness. It is a perfect
tonic and nervine, trAuquilizing the
nerves, promoting the appetite and In
ducing refreshing sleep,
"Wlicn T first wrote you I had been to three
different doctor in, two of them said I would
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for nn oiwrnlion." writer Mn. KHma Krickwm,
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ent nuythinjr. I took treatment from a doctor
twice a wrek, and every time I would ro there I
felt ao sick, hut sinct I quit all the rtH-tora ami
brjran niking your medicines I (rained right
along. 1 weighed 125 pounda, whoa I begun
taking your medicines in August) and now
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Christians Mail.
Should bo Mailed Early, Wrapped Securely
and Addressed Plainly.
At this season ol the year when the
mails are over burdened with Christ
mas packages a word of caution to
senders is timely. Packages sent
through the mail are handled by many
persons not controlled by the post
office, mail carriers, railroad hands,
station workers and otiiers. Bags con
taining such mail are thrown on plat
forms from cars at lull speed. Rough
usage is unavoidable.
All packages should be labeled with
name of sender as well as the person
to whom it is sent. They should be
securely wrapped and if liable to
breakage should be strongly protect
ed. Photographs, pictures and articles
easily damaged should have a stiff
backing of card or br stol board to
protect them.
Merchandise packages may be sent
for one cent an ounce if packed so as
to be conveniently examined by post
office employes to prove there is no
writing inside. If sealed to prevent
such inspection the postage is two
cents for each ounce.
If your package goes outside of a
city or town be sure you have the
nam, of the postoflke right, and the
name of the state it is in. If the
package is for some one in a city or
town the name of street and number
on such street should also be correct
ly written on the wrapper if you want
the article delivered promptly.
At the postoflke you can register
and get a receipt for any mailable ar
tide by paying eight cents in addi
tion to the regular postage. Putting
on extra postage stamps does not
register anything. Nothing is register
ed until the postofiiee employe has
given a receipt for it. There is no
other way of tracing any article lost
in conveyance. Besides this you will
know of safe delivery because a re
ceipt will come back to you from the
person to whom the registered mail
is sent.
When prompt delivery is desired
postage should be affixed at two cents
per ounce, thus making the package
first class and giving it precedence
over second, third and lourth class
matter which at this season is subject
to much delay. A special delivery
stamp will secure quick tiansit and
prompt delivery at destination.
Collars and Cuffs, Beu Giddiug.
Irvine Again Defeated,
The conspiracy case of Dr. I. N. W.
Irvine, the deposed rector of St. John's
Episcopal church Huntingdon, against
Bishop Talbot and Mr. and Mrs. Alex
ander Elliott, ol Huntingdon, for $25,.
000 damages, ended on Tuesday when
on motion ol the attorneys for the de
fense, the court instructed the jury to
render a veidict for the defendants.
Counsel for both sides made elabo
rate arguments, but the charge of
Judge Bailey was imperative to the
jury and they Tendered the verdict as
instructed. Dr. Irvine and his counsel
say they will appeal to the Supreme
Court.
I'K K M AN KNTS iTuATION.
.rush pulrt wvekly tor services either on salary
and cxia-nw.s pid, or commission, to tuke orl.
e.s ror our tMnl.'a cmls; Klo Kru a Tu ml Klmvl
Market (iui diiem, so 1 hat a live lima cairn h. lo
bm sum.Ml, as h. has the ra.-lliu," To I n S
for an kinds ol liadohiid vvltu uim.r.. ,t c "aW'S
ot custom. rs Wrltu at ouco lor loi a'i to 8
Hcrr'ck Seoi Comwsy, Eoehester, N. 7.
1'J-1S 3m
Bean th. The Kind You Hava Always Bought
ojgnature
Of
Th". Apple Crop of 1902,
M.iny Growors Havo Been Misled
Frightened by Uurclinble Rrports.
The New York Farmer says tlal
the apple crop of the United Slates
the present year has been greatly
over estimated by guessers that have
circulated reports that ate absolutely
baseless. .Many growers have been,
misled and frightened by these tunc,
liable reports, and have sold their
apples at $t per barrel or less. As
soon as the middlemen have the bulk
of the crop out of the hands of the
growers, up will go the ptices.
Farmers who have facilities for
storing are not at the mercy of the
middleman. Une farmer reports that
he has 500 barrels of se'cclcd winter
apples. Several agents offered him
85, 90 cents and $1 per barrel, which
he refused. They finally raised the
price by degrees up to $1.50 per bur
rel which he also refused. He ij
holding and will probably get $2.50
per barrel.
We sell everything in men's wear,
Ben Giddiug.
Must Perporm Their Dutj,
Township auditors who neglect or re
fuse to perform their .luties are liable
to be fined for such neglect. In the
Luzerne court on Saturday, Judge
Wheaton imposed fines of $toocacli
on John F. Neary, John Bilbour ami
Patrick Mulcahey, auditors of Pittston
township. Some time ago it was
brought to the attention of the court
that the auditors had neglected or re
fused to perform their duties for
which they were elected. Alternative
and per-emptory mandamuses were
issued against the auditors, but they
failed to pay any attention to them,
and the court has now ordered that,
unless the accounts of the auditors
be filed before Jan. 1903, and a
reasonable excuse given by the audit
ots for their failure to obey the
orders of the court, the fines imposed
shall be entered of record.
Mackintoshes, a nice Xtnas gift,
Ben Gidding.
Want Taxation Increased
The state Grange will petition the
next legislature to increase tax
ation on personal and corporate
property one mill for road pur
poses, by which $2,000,000 would
be raised, to b: disbursed by the
state, and to permit the Grange to
personally ' investigate the enforce
ment of the antioleo law for the pur
pose of ascertaining if the law is
carried out.
Cuff and collar boxes at Ben
Gidding's.
l.ET MB SAY I have used Ely's Cream
Balm for catarrh and can thoroughly rr.cotn
mend it for what it claims. Very truly,
(Kev.) II. V. Hathaway, Elizabeth, N.J.
I TRIED Ely's Cream Balm nnd to all ap
pearances am cured of catarrh. The ter
rible headaches from which I long suflcreJ
are gone. W. J. Hitchcock, late Maior Lr.
. Vol. and A. A. Gen., numdo, N. Y.
The E.ilm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggUts at 50 cts, or
mailed by Ely liiothcrs, 56 Warren St.,
New York.
When a fellow is a horn crook he follows
his natural Lent.
Convinced by Thini-ed Testimony of the
hundreds of the cured, Mrs. Her.z, of 418 E.
8th street, New York, who was for years a
great sufferer from Catanh, procured twt
bottles of Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal I'owder
and it effected an absolute cure in a very
short while. One pull through the blower
will clear the head and stop headache. 50
cents. 57
Sold by C. A. Kleim.
The self-made man generally forgets to
put on the finishing touches. 4
A Magical Life Saver is I)r Agncw's
Cure for the Heart. After years of paia
nnd agony with distressing Heart Disease, it
gives relief in 30 minutes. Thos. l'etry, of
Aylmer, Que., writes: "I had suffered for
five years with a severe form of Heart Dis
ease, The slightest exertion produced
fatigue. Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart
gave me instant relief, four battles entirel
cured n e." 58
bold by C. A. Kleim.
Not A Quarter 13ut 10 cents, and 40
doses in s vial of Dr. Agnew's Little Tills.
No pain, pleasure in every dose little, hut
awfully good. Cure Sick Headache, Con
stipation, biliousness, Nausea, Sallownes
-59
Sold by C. A. Kleim.
Talk is cheap, and yet some people male
very extravagant assertions.
Itching, Hurning Skin Diseases re
lieved in a day. Eczema, Kail Kheum,
Barber's Itch, and all eruptions of the skin
quickly relieved and speedily cured by Dr.
Agnew's Ointment. It will give instant
comfort in cases of Itching, Weeding or
Ulind Piles, and will cure in from three to
six nights. 35 cents. 60
Sold by C. A. Kleim.
A STEADY INCOME.
Palary or commission paid weekly. Our 12W
aere miroury requires lueul and trawling utfi-nu
iivi-rywliere to dlHpone of Its produi is. Also
seed Hue. Will arruniffi for whole or part tliiM.
Oiittll freo. We nuuriintw prolllauli and pleas
ant, employment the year 'rouud. Write today
lor special terms.
Brown Brothers Company, Rochester, N, Y.
12-is 8m.
WANTED -FAITIIKI I. PKKSON ToVltAVKU
for well fHtubllslitid house In a few vouutles,
calling oil retull inerelmiits and a Kent s. Lnoif
tuiilioiy. Kiilary fiir.'t a yeur aiid expenses,
payable $'B Is a week In cash and expenses ad
vanced. Position peimunenr.. HusIiiuhh Bucces
ful and llmirlKhlne;. hiandurd Uouse, 834 Dear
born Hireta, ChloaifO. ii.8 ltid
PATENTS s
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