WRITING THE SERMON.
irtdar ! Minister's Dar Fo
Performing; Ttil Tank.
rrobably few of the pood people who
Mail with rapt attention to the snr
aoa which Is proaclird to them each
Itanday, says tho Ienver Tost, knorr
that for nearly 300 years Friday has
! en the time honored day for the pas
i or to go Into his study, write the ser
lon which Is to furnish "food for
bought" to the congregation on the
ollowlng Sunday. In speaking of this
ustom a clergyman says:
"When Christianity was first promol
ated, all preaching was done extem
oraneously. Such a thing as prepar
ig a sermon was unknown. Many
lfted men expressed their views on
arlous subjects, then added a few
rords of good advice to their listeners.
"Ws practice Is still continued In the
toman Catholic church of the present
My, and I think that a Tery limited
tumber of the priests ever write a ser
non. Not all ministers, however, ad
tare to this rule by any means. When
tcnry Ward Keecher was asked on
rhat day ho prepared his sermon, he
spiled, 'On Sunday morning, of
ourse.'
" 'Well, Mr. Iteecher, don't you think
Nat Is a rather dilatory habit for you
get Into?' asked another.
"Oh, no, not at all,' replied Mr.
leecher In his quick way. 'You see, I
sok at a sermon tike some do on a pan
ske. They can be served hot or cold,
ind I Uke mine hot; that's all.' "
111 Friend Gon"reT.
The following story, told by the
Washington Tost, leads us to wonder
fhich to condemn first, the boaster or
to critics. It concerns a certain man
ho has a large collection of auto
taphs. i
Indeed, the envy and sometimes the
tepticlsm of his friends have been ex
ited by the number of successful an
ion who have set down familiar and
tottering inscriptions in his books,
tame carpers have even gone so far
to hint darkly at a similarity of
sand writing throughout the collection.
He recently purchased a rare edition
4 Chaucer, and one evening when a
latrty was gathered at the house the
.rectous book was passed from hand
band. The owner lost sight of It,
mt the next morning he found It lying
tx bis library table.
On the fly leaf was Inscribed:
"To Jack , from his old friend and
schoolmate, Geof. Chaucer."
Wit of Home Took.
It Is said that Home Tooke, who ex
riled in that duelUke controversy ex
hibited by two disputants when pitted
-.gainst each other with only the
'ireadth of a mahogany board between
aem, was exceedingly quick and sharp
X retort. When ho made his most
teadly thrusts, it was with a smiling
onntenance and without seeming cf
'ort or emotion. Replying to a man
rho contended that only landowners
-.hould be allowed to vote at elections,
'vc said, "Pray tell me how many acres
loes it take to make a wiseacre?"
'Then asked by George III. whether he
;rer played cards, he replied, "I can
' tot, your majesty, tell a king from a
;nave." What can be more uniquely
omlc thau his saying to his brother:
'You and I, my dear brother, have In
serted the laws of nature. You have
isen In the world by your gravity, and
i have fallen by my levity?" Saturday
Jvenlng Post.
The World's Laritit Crab.
How would yon like to have a crab
i Ike this squeezing your toe when you
,t bathing? The gigantic Japanese
. Tab, measuring twelve feet, is proba
cy the largest crustacean in the world.
Cbe specimen Is a type of the spider
rab, which inhabits the waters of the
;roup of islands forming the empire
.f Japan. The body portion is the size
f a half bushel measure, while its
wo great arms or "feelers" could eas
!y encircle the figure of a man. Its
'ight arms qr legs resemble huge
)&mboo poles and are extremely elas
:c, and if strung into one line they
vould reach to the top of a four story
partnient building. One of the ex-.-aordinnry
peculiarities of this crab
I the faculty of assuming a disguise
y affixing pieces of seaweed and
ponges to tho body.
Norn-ay Hotel Syatera,
There is a capital hotel system in
-ogue in certain parts of Norway. In
:illagcs where no hotel exists one of
he more prominent Inhabitants is sub
idized by the Norwegian government
ind in return Is bound to provide ac-
omniodutiun for not less than four
ravelers. He may take In four If he
booses, but four Is the minimum. The
. ccom mishit Ion and food supplied are
. Excellent, and the churges are very
. aodcratc.
The Drop Curtain.
A youngster had been to tho theater,
:nd upon lils return his uncle asked
ilm how be liked the play.
"Oh," he replied, "the play was all
ight, but I didn't see nearly nil of it."
"Why, how did thut hnppen?" asked
'.Is uncle.
"Hecuuso," answered the youngster,
the roller must huve been broke, for
' he window blind fell down two or
.Uree times!" Chums.
A Fair HxFhunice.
Editor See here, Mr. Dolnn. Yon
delivered me a loud of hay for tho six
years' subscription you owed for my
kaper.
Mr. Doluti 01 did.
Editor Well, my horse won't eat
that hay, b' gosh!
Mr. Dolnn Well, my gout won't eat
your paper, be gobs! Puck.
The average man Is always anxious
to meet the fool killer for the purpose
of sending him next door. Chicago
News.
THE WouUOUOK.
Wnere Does It Hide Darin the Molt.
In Reason f
It Is during the months of August
and September that the mystery of
the woodcock's life begins. This Is
the molting season, when the bird
changes its plumage before beginning
Its Journey southward. At this time It
leaves the swamps. Where does It
go? That Is a question which has nev
er yet received a satisfactory answer,
although each sportsman and natural
ist has his own opinion, and many fine
spun theories have been advanced.
Some say that the birds move toward
the north, some that they seek the
mountain tops, coming Into the swamps
to feed only after nightfall; some that
they seek the cornfields, and there
have been many other such theories.
Probably the truth lies In a mean of
all those statements. I think it prob
nblo that the birds know the loss of
their feathers renders them to a cer
tain extent helpless and more exposed
to the attacks of their natural enemies,
and they therefore leave the more open
swamps and hide In the densest and
most tangled thickets. It is certain
that they scatter, for at this season
single birds are found In the most un
usual and unexpected places.
Years ago when shooting In Dutch
ess county, N. Y., I knew ono or two
swamps, which we called molting j
swamps, where In August we wero i
sure to find a limited number of birds.
These swamps were overgrown with
rank marsh grass and were full of ;
patches of wild rose and swectbrler.
If we killed the birds which we found
there, we were sure in a week or ten
days to find their places filled by about
the same number. Outing.
MILITARY DISPLAY.
An Amusing Bit ot Routine In a New
York Hotel.
There is no better place to mark the
increasing love of military display and
maneuvers than the lobby of a large
hotel. The colored help In particular
are great soldiers. In one of the Broad
way hotels uptown the colored hall
men are changed at noon. Things were
quiet In the lobby at that hotel today,
for the clerks and bookkeepers were
deep In their books, and the loungers
were all sitting peacefully on the so
fas when the steady tramp, tramp of
what sounded like a regiment of infan
try broke the stillness.
The regiment consisted of six col
ored hallmen in blue and brass, with
an especially resplendent mulatto In a
more gorgeous uniform walking at the
head of the procession, says the New
York correspondent of the Pittsburg
Gazette. He lined his slx'roen in front
of a bench before the desk, looked
them over sharply to see that they
were "eyes front' and hissed "Atten
tion!" Then as he clapped his hands
once the six men hinged their legs si
multaneously and drooped Into their
scats like a row of wooden soldiers.
Tho mulatto wiped his brow with a
highly perfumed handkerchief, glanced
at the head clerk for approval and as
the first man responded with a Jerk to
the cry of "Front!" went to the main
doorway to look at the sunlight of
Broadway with the air of a successful
major general. The whole perform
ance was excruciatingly funny, but I
am sure that mulatto would have com
mitted assault and battery on any one
who dared to laugh.
The Wax Insect.
Trees afford the birthplace and cra
dle of the wax insect, scientifically
called Cossus pela. In the early spring
the bark of the boughs and twigs be
comes covered with brown pea shaped
scales, which can be easily detached
and which, when opened, reveal the
flowery looking mass of minute ani
mals, whose movements can Just be
detected by the naked eye. In May
and Jnne, however, the scales are
found to contain a swarm of brown
creatures with six legs and two an
tennas each. Some of the scales also
contain the white bag or cocoon of a
small black beetle, which, if left undis
turbed, burrows into and consumes
the scales. The Chinese say that this
beetle eats the little wax insects, and it
appears certainly the case that where
the parasite is most abundant the
scales fetch a lower price in the mar
ketChambers' Journal.
All In the Family.
They were discussing the factors
which make for success in the world,
when the knowing young man said:
"There's nothing like force of char
acter, old man. Now, there's Jones.
Sure to make his way in the world.
Has a will of his own, you know."
"But Brown has something better in
his favor."
"What's that?"
"A will of his uncle." Stray Stories.
Legal Point.
"So he got out an Injunction against
your company," we say pityingly.
"Why didn't you forestall him by get
ting an injunction to prevent the issu
ance of his injunction V"
"I couldn't. You see, he was slick
enough to get out an injunction against
my getting out an injunction against
his injunction!" Baltimore Herald.
Small In u Double Sense.
"After all,"remnrUcd Smlthers, yawn
ing, "it Is a small world."
"It has to be," snapped Smuthers,
"to match some of tho people In it."
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Accounted For.
Dime Museum Manager What
Is
that peculiar smell?
The Living Skeleton Tho rubber
skin burned his finger lighting a ciga
rette. Judge.
We ought to avoid the friendship ot
the bud and the enmity of the good.
Eplctctus.
THE COLUMBIAN,
WOMEN OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Kon-here Are the Conditions of the
Sex So Itarliarle an In That
Staid Old State.
According to Mrs. Stanton Itlotch,
president of the Kqual Suffrage
League of New York, the late cam
paign for political righls for women
in New Hampshire revealed almost
barbnrlc conditions surrounding the
women of that region, says a New
York exchange.'
"Nowhere are the conditions of
women so barbaric as In this staid
old New England state," she said.
"This is due to the introduction of
the factory system. The New Hamp
shire woman has no more incentive
to individual development than the
women of barbarous tribes, whose in
terests never go beyond the cooking
of food and tilling of the soil.
"Farm work is largely in the hands
of the women of this state. Although
they are physically weak as a rule,
statistics of our recent war showed
that our largest soldiers came from
New Hampshire, but the native wom
en arc abnormally small as a result
of their hard lives.
"The New Hampshire woman lives,
in moRt eases, on s rorky, unproduc
tive farm and her employment in
her primitive home are as ephemeral
as those of any savage. She bakes
pies and doughnuts, washes her
clothes and cleans house. The old in
dustries of spinning and weaving and
preserving and soapmaking have
passed out of her hands. So long as
she had these things to do she had
an outlet for her energies. She had
an incentive to organize and systema
tize her household work."
A PLUNGE IN ICY WATER.
One Who Has Had the Experience
Saye It la Not as 1'nple-aaant
aa Many Suppoae,
It is the common impression that
one suffers keenly from Cold if sud
denly immersed in a lake or stream
covered with thin iee. Such, says a
Philadelphia exchange, does not op
pear to be the case of the experience
of a Philadelphian who got such a wet
ting the otflier day when skating. He
laid: "I was skating on ice that kept
cracking, and then fmnshl all of a
sudden I was overboard. I was in the
wa.ter, holding on to the jagged edges
of the ice. My first -thought wusa feel
ing of surprise at the water's warmth.
I had gone clean under, head and all,
and now I was immersed save for my.
head, arms and shoulders; j et I wasn't
cold; the water actually felt a little
warmer than the air. 1 guess that I
was in for six or seven minutes. A
plank had to be brought before I could
get out. During those minutes the
only part of me that suffered was my
poor wet hands that clutched the ice.
After a minute or two they began to
ache with the cold. My body in the
water gave me no discomfort and per
haps if I had kept my wet hands in the
water they wouldn't have troubled me
either. But I couldn't do that or I'd
have been carried under the ice."
SAVED BY STRATEGY.
Pioneer Drummer Had a Way of Dda
poaina of a Wentern,
"And Man."
"I traveled through the west in
pioneer days," said a Philadelphia
drummer, uccording to an exchange,
"and though things were pretty
rough I never had but one close call,
I had an argument with a Dakota
cowboy and he set out to wipe me
off the earth.
"But you shot first?" aueried a lis
tener. "No, I was not armed. I simply re
sorted to strategy. He looked like a
man who'd oblige, and just as his
finger was pressing the trigger I told
him that I much preferred to be
killed with a knife. When he got his
knife out I changed to a club and
from a club to a stone in a stocking,
and I finally got him all mixed up
and bought his whole outfit for eight
dollars and sent him off to get drunk.
There is really no need of being
killed if you keep your wits about
you."
AMERICAN ABSINTHE.
The Green Terror of France" Pro
duced In Considerable Quid
titlea In Wlaconain.
"Absinthe, 'the green terror of
France,' " said a botanist of the ag
ricultural department, reports the
Washington Evening Star, "is now
being produced in considerable quan
tities in this country and is being
used to an alarming extent, in some
sections of Wisconsin wormwood is
being cultivated, and it is from this
plant that oil is distilled for making
absiuthe. There are several worm
wood farms in that state.
"The Wisconsin growers of worm
wood and distillers of the oil at first
shipped nearly all their output to
Europe, but now they find a good
market for it in this country, and at
almost fabulous prices. Of course the
drug houses of America furnish
ready home market. The oil is em
ployed in many ways, but its chief
uses ure in the making of absinthe
and liniments."
Our International Commerce.
In view of the establishment of the
department of commerce and labjr,
it mav be interesting to note that the
internal commerce of the linked
Slates last year has been estimu'ed
by the government statistical! at $i0,
! 000,000,000. Fifty years ago it wus oily
$2,000,000,000. The manufactures of , he
United States are nearly double the
of Great Britain ami Ireland, na
about equal to those of Frauce, Ccr
many and liussiu couioiuea.
BLOOMSBURQ, PA.
CITIES IN NAME ONLY.
Aspiring Municipalities That Are 8
Small aa to Be Simply
Rldilcnloa.
The recently completed census of
the UnHed States reveals some singu
lar facts relative to the towns and
cities that compose the nation fit
large. There are quite a number of
so-called "cities" which are so rldicu-
ously small in. population, as to make
it a matter of wonder and amazement
that they are really cities, says the
Washington Star. The population of a
few such cities may be given as illus
trations. The city of Johnson, Kan.,
has a population of only IS, and the
population of the city of toronado, iu
the same state, is even less, being only
ten.
There are several cities in Kaunas
which have very diminutive popula
tions, as follows: Hird, bS; Brainerd,
70; Ford, 82; Frceport, 83; Horace, 00;
Hugoton, 54; Kichfield, 61; Tribune,
62; Ulysses, 40. The city 'of Si loam
Springs, Mo., has a population of OS.
The city of llrigantine, N. J., has a
population of 00, but, small us is the
population of that city, it is nearly
five times as large as that of the city
of Luvallctte, in the same state, which
has a population of only 21. The city
which exceeds all the others in the di-
minutiveness of its population is the
city of liainy Lake, Minn., which has
population of only 7.
WHY HUMANS ARE NOT ALIKE.
The PoaalblHtlen of Dlveralty la
Every Keapect Are Deyond
All Limit a.
Everybody is different from every
body else, arid in all the world two
persons could not be found who are
exactly alike in every particular.
Often one man is seen who resem
bles some other man, but he is dis
tinguishable nevertheless. Ofttimes
twins are so nearly duplicates that
people get them mixed, but yet all
their features are not identical, says
the Chicago Inter Oceun.
A Chicago man, L. A. Vaught, has
been figuring to determine how many
different people there could be in the
world, and yet have no two of them
alike. The result he has arrived at
is startlingly large, and if the world
were to be the abiding place of so
great a population there would scarce
ly be standing room.
The possibilities of human diversity
is something extraordinary. There
are said to be 42 individual faculties of
genetic instincts composing the hu
man mind. These 42 faculties may
combine in 2,810,012,235,505,750,797,
086,285,212,489,023,129,540,768,000,000,000 different ways. This will account, says
Mr. Vaught, for the diversity of the
human family in the past, at present,
and for millions of years in the future.
NEW STORY OF MARK TWAIN.
How one Famona Humorist Had tho
Merry Cachlmnatlon Turned
I'pon Hlmaelf.
The following story aboutthe author
of "A Double-Barreled Detective
Story" is told by the London Publish
ers' Circular. One day, while Mark
Twain was connected wiih a publish.
ing house, he went into a book store
in New York, and, picking up a volume,
asked the price. He then suggested
that as a publisher he was entitled to
50 per cent, discount. To this the clerk
assented. "As aa author," proceeded
Mark, "It would appear "that I am
again entitled to 50 per cent, dis
count." Again the clerk bowed. "And
as a personal friend of the proprie
tor," the humorist modestly contin
ued, "I presume you will allow me the
usual 25 per cent, discount." Once
more the salesman managed to pro
duce an impressive bow. "Well,"
drawled the unblushing speaker, "un
der these conditions I think I may as
well take the book. What's the price?"
The clerk calmly "took up his pencil
and began -to figure industriously.
Then he announced the result with the
greatest obsequiousness. "As near as
I can calculate," said he, "we owe you
the book and about 35Vi cents. Call
again."
Sawduat In Cereal Food.
Referring to breakfast foods, Lit
erary Digest quotes from Cosmos,
Paris: "Very fine sawdust is some
times mixed with cereal foods, and has
at least one advantage it is not poi
son. It even constitutes a sufficient
food for the larvae of certain insects,
but it is quite insufficient for the nour
ishment of man. It was shown in
1S98 that certain suspected cerenU con
tained no less than 40 per cent, of wood
sawdust."
Druaaed the Elephanta.
A correspondent of the Cornhill
Magazine (London), at the durbar in
India, devotes considerable space to
describing the wonderful doeilily of
the elephants, some of which were "so
gorgeous that they would have aston
ished Solomon. Most orderly and
above reproach were the elephants."
Then he bluntly makes this revelation;
"Hut then they were d nigged."
Make People Taller.
A physician of Paris has a method
to make one grow tall. This is to ap
ply static aud faradic electricity to
the knee joints daily, in connection
with massage night and morning. He
binds the joints in compresses saturat
ed with salt wuter each evening and
puts his patient upon a diet of cereals
to promote the growth of cartilage.
Jubilee of Free I.lbrnnlpa.
Manchester, England, is about to cel
ebrate tlte jubilee of its free libraries.
It is calculated that during the 50
years 52,000,000 reference books huve
been read or consulted.
MOTORMAN'S EXPERTNESS.
If Given Fair Kotlee ne win '
Carry a Pasaenaer Ileyond
the Croaaln.
'Teonlc who complain that the car
isn't stopped just right for tliem at
the crossing," said a motormnn, ac
cording to the New York Sun, "may
really have themselves to blame ior
It. They don't give the conductor
notice and so the conductor can't tell
the motorman time enough nhcad.
When he can the conductor gives the
motorman ample notice of the street
at which he is wanted to stop; he
may pull the strap for the next block
almost before the car has got fuirly
well started from the last, but, the
motorman likes ample notice.
"The rails may be slippery and it
may on some clays require more
pncc to bring a car up In that it
would on othew. Hut the trotor-
man can stop the car anywhere un
der any conditions with the rear step
square across the crossing if you
give him a chance.
"And of course he would rather
make a good stop like that than to
make a poor one; this on his own ac
count lis well as on the pns-engers.
"The days when he runs by seem
always to be the worst days for the
passengers, days that are damp and
sloppy; but those days may be also
the worst for the motorman. tne
hardest days, with slippery rails, on
which to run a ear with exactness.
"So as a general proposition I
should say It would be wise for the
passenger who wants to get off nt
the next block and who doesn't want
to be carried beyond the crossing, not
to wait too long, but to tell the con
ductor early, and he will tell the
motorman and the motorman will do
the rest, or come mighty close to it.
STONES THAT ARE ALIVE.
One Species That SJiovra Poaltlve Evi
dence of llelnnj Poaaraard
of Animation.
It is generally known that stones
possess a species of life in at least
that they grow from small begin
nings frequently to enormous size.
There is one stone in particular,
however, thut seems endowed with a
greater degree of life thau others.
It is called "the living stone" and is
found in the Falkland islands. Those
islands are among the most cheerless
spots in the world, being constantly
mibjected to a strong polar wind,
says Nature.
In such a climate it is impossible
for trees to grow erect, as they do in
other countries, but nature has made
amends by furnishing a supply of
wood in the most curious shape im
aginable. The visitor to the Falk
lands sees scattered here and there
singular shaped blocks of what ap
pears to be weatherbeaten and moss
covered bowlders in various sb.es.
Attempt to turn one of these "bowl
ders" over and you will meet with
a surprise, because the stone is
actually anchored by roots of great
strength; in fact, you will find that
you are fooling with one of the na
tive trees.
No other country in the world has
such a peculiar "forest" growth, and
it is said to be next to impossible to
work the odd-shaped blocks into fuel,
because the wood is perfectly devoid
of "grain" and appears to be a
twisted moss of woody fibers.
ODD MESSENGER OF LOVE.
Mandtoba Widow Writes
n an Egrs
and Geta a Hnahand from
Liverpool.
Among the weekly consignments of
eggs lately received by a Liverpool,
Knglund, warehouseman was an egg
bearing this message: "Packed by
Mrs. Meade, a lonely widow, age 30,
on Meade's farm, Helleview, Mani
toba." The warehouseman was a
widower, his age was 42 and he was
decidedly lonely, being without kith
or kin. He decided to try his luck
with the lonely widow. He wrote to
her, told her the story of the mes
sage having reached him, sent her his
photograph, described his own lone
liness in a big city and hinted that
they might neitheg of them continue
pining ior conipanionsnip, reports a
London paper, if they once met, and
giving references to several respon
sible persons who knew Ids charac
ter. In less than three weeks he re
ceived a cable. ,It merely said:
"Come out. He went out. The lone
ly ones met and hey are lonely no
longer.
Nlaalunarjr Work In Clulnn.
Rev. Dr. ltyun, for 17 years a liaptlst
missionary in China, who has just ar
rived in San 1 ranciseo, reports that no
serious trouble from insurrection is
to be feared in that part of the empire,
The missionaries, however, have most
to fear from disturbances in northern
Chinn, where the hatred for foreigners
is intense, says the Chicago Chronicle.
In southern China there is almost a
friendly feeling for foreigners, and a
disposition to accept some modern
ideas from them.
Town Uke London.
The chief desire of the municipality
of Hiiro, in Chili, is to have their town
known ns a second London, and within
the last deeuile much money has been
spent to make it an exact replica
of the Hritish capital. The streets
have been laid down and named after
those in London.
All In America.
This country Invented the pnrlor,
bleeping and dining cars, the pressed
steel freight ear, many of the best
features of the modern locomotive, the
air brake, the airtomutio coupler and
a host of related devices, and it runs
the fastest long-dibtuuce train.
Do Use to W ink-
Government to Interfere Wiih Certain Drinks
at Soda Fountain.
The Hale o! claret sodas and other
semi alcoholic drinks at soda water
fountains promises to be seriously cur
tailed this summer, says tne Hroowyn
Eagle. Uncle Sam has been advised
that there has been a tremendous in
crease in the sale of soda water drinks,
so called, which contain a dash or two
of distilled spirits or wines of different
kinds. The government has decided
that if this business is to go on the
drug store proprietors must take out
regular liquor licenses, like the saloons
on the corner.
An order has been prepared for dis
tribution among the collectors of in
ternal revenue, warning them that drug
stores, candy stores and other establsh
lishments that sell soda water in which
alcoholic liquids have been introduced,
must pay the regular government re
tail liquor dealer's license. Several
years ago the department made a rul
ing that "where an alcoholic flavoring
syrup is used for sprinkling into a glass
of soda water a quantity so small as
to merely give a flavor to the water,
the special tax of a liquor dealer is not
required to be paid for the sale of such
beverages.1' So great has been the
trade established under this exemp
tion, however, that it is now found
necessary to revoke this ruling.
The treasury department, under
strict orders from Secretary Shaw, who
is determiued to break up the busi
ness of druggists who sell soda water
drinks mixed with whiskey, wines and
other spirits. The tax is $25 a year,
and if this is collected by the govern
ment it is likely that the local author
ities will also require a regular liquor
selling license to be taken out. Cer
tain syrups require a small percentage
of alcohol in them to prevent fermen
tation. The tax is not intended to
apply to cases of this sort, but only
where the alcoholic mixture is added
after the beverage or syrup has been
received from the manufacturer of
the same.
Interchangeable 1000-Mile Kefund
Tioketa-
Commencing Tune i, 1903, inter
changeable 1000-Mile Refund Tickets
will be placed on sale, limited to one
year from date of issue, good only for
transportation of the owner, with usual
free allowance of 150 pounds baggage
over any of the following lines:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. (Be
tween all points east of Ohio River
and between Pittsburg and Kane.
Also to and from points on Philadel
phia and Reading Railway and Central
Railroad of New Jersey between Phila
delphia and New York.)
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
(East of and including Huntingdon.)
Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Kailroad.
Erie Railroad. (East of and inclu
ding Jamestown and Suspension
Bridge.)
Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
These tickets will be sold at rate of
$30.00 each, subject to refund ot $10
on surrender of cover to Trunk Lines
Mileage Ticket Bureau, No. 143
Liberty Street, New York, at any
time within eighteen months from
date of put chase.
This form of ticket will be issued
in deference to requests of numerous
patrons of the lines in interest desiring
one ticket good over several lines in
stead of having to provide themselves
as at present with a separate ticket
for each line they desire to use.
Agenta at principal stations of the
railroads named above will have these
tickets on sale and give all further
information regarding them that may
be required.
Eol Basket Law.
The bill making it lawful to catch
eels with baskets having wing walls,
was signed by the governor last weelc
The provisions of the bill are that it
will hereafter be lawful to catch eels
in suck baskets provided that every
basket has slats not less than one sncti
apart with a movable bottom, which,
shall be taken out at sunrise and be
kept out until sunset. The bill limits
the time to use the baskets from the
25th day of August to December 1st.
The right to catch eels in this manner
is to be secured by taking out oi a
license from the county treasurer at a
fee of $5 and another fee of $1, the
latter to go to the treasurer for his
trouble. The $5 license goes to the
state fish commission for the enforce
ment of the fish laws.
The following letters are held at
the Bloomsburg, Pa., postoffice, and
will be sent to the dead letter office
May 19, 1903. Persons calling for
these letters will please say that they
were advertised May 7, 1903" j
Mrs. Charlie Bernard, Mr. David
M. Geiger, Mrs. A. M. Bogart, Miss
Edith Jenkins, J. E. Reeves.
One cent will be charged on each
letter advertised.
J. C. Brown, P. M.