iff 1 ' VrrfiV in r VOL 4. BLOOMSBURG, PA., THURSDAY JANUARY 2, 1908. MO l. www ADDING NEW ACCOUNTS 4T THE Farmers National'' Bank. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $!5O.O0O. We are constantly adding new accounts and our business is increasing at a very satisfactory rate. If you have not al ready opened an account with us, we invite you to do so now. 3 Per Cent. Interest In Point of Business Success and Financia Strength this Bank Occupies Front Rank. C M. CREVELING, Pres. M. MILLEISEN, Cashier. B-Sector By Edward Ostroin, Jr. f I C 't: " Thomtu It. I I -V. J IHJHIMMMMM CnC cling!" said tho nre-bell T.it'n hor 8ilvi:r voice. Cling! cling' e;ir: Tlnro's a flro not far awuy! rind the roof of the building Is fall lny In'. and the smoko W pouring : out tif the wl.ulows! and It'll bo all up with tho women and children if j-ou dou't hurry up! Cling! cling! clln! cling! Hector strode out of hia .tall with ii loud snort; a towering giant of a black homo, with flro in his eyes, and fire in his nostrils, and fire under his hoof at) he stepped. Tossing his head contemptously, he took hW . place of honor between the poles of the engine, the other horses falling quickly In on either side of him, looking like ponlo. In comparlHon with their big leader. All were har nessed ready to go. before a label could have burned off a gasolene can. No. 10 was hltibing spitefully, and Skinny, the driver, was settling hlm 8lf comfortably upon the box. Hector, however, had been pawing tho ground. "Got up, Hoc." Bald Skinny; ."do you think this Is a funeral?" Hoc to - tossed hid giant head again, . and pulled the engine and the other toru'S iluyfuily out upon tho stroot. "All tojjothor now," said Skinny ., pernuui;iv!y, as he shook' out the long reins. , Anj with that they were off and away, with a wild clatter and ring- lug,, up tho long, crowded, startled thoroughfare. , Bad: of Skinny tho men who a few minutes beforo had been peacefully pulling at tht-lr corn-cob pipes and swapping stories with their friends, the boys of the neighborhood, were clinging with desperation to the polca of tho roaring engine and hose-cart as they rubhed down the crowded street, rocking around sharp corners and winding an Intricate path to tho eceno of their duty. ' "I wonder what's the matter with Skinny to-day," said Bill Hoffman as he Jammed his helmet tighter on htx head. ? Ho's driving wide every ' where -acts as though he was scared , of something. .. ' "Oh, you' never can toll about "... Skinny." ' replied , his companion. "He's tho craziest kid on the works. Some days he drives eb if there was 'm baby under the wheels all the time. Then again he's clippln' them Ele vated pillars by fractions of an Inch." Feet , braced against the foot .... board, elnewy hands straining with all their power against tho-excited horses, heai! bare to tho rushing ' wind, eyes set to the front, never , wavering, fnco ttorn with tho re epoMciUllity that reats upon the man who in - guiding a brazen comet through city utri-ots with eager spec tators this was Blknny. . "Looks like a soldier charging the enemy." suid one man half to him self. "You're right, sir, he Is soldier; but with those fellows death Is all ' In the day's work," and his neighbor .turned again as tho battalion chief ' whirled clanging by in his buggy lu the wake of tlfo dying engtne. ; J Bat with Skinny on the driver . seat It was dlfferydt' to-day. To thu : ". outsider Sklnry was the same lntr '. pid keen-eyer. driver who loves to J r -.' auow hia (.-jpfag and skill and dovo- '-' tlonto du'. Even his comrades at the I , ftre-houfi hud noticed no niaiiu'd .' ' ,Ilffer?:cj. for ho had always been nu crraHAJad and made few latlmati. , " trlersl,. ' . ' - . Hector wue tho only ouo to whom ' he bad slvea all hlu heart and all llUlBOufldencea. ' .,Ter safe li ye te yer secrets to jhovuo," ho often said, and then , "'If, had hull laughed. . - yUut the men knew that Hector was ,,vmore to S'jlnuy than a child would , vbe to swan men, and they respected hiT) for It even If the joked with Paid on Time Deposits. him about It. And to-day with Skinny was differ ent. A senso of calamity had been with him since morning, intangible, unaennable. "Somethln's going to happen. oM boy," he had murmured to Hector when he went to his big horse's stall in the morning. Hector had sniffed at tho back of Sklnny's head while ho poured out tho oats, but had vouchsafed no na ower. Ho was hungry for the oats and pawed lnpatloatly at the floor, "Somethln's suro goln' to hantien." he said later and Hector had turned and whlnned to him while he t! Ished the buckles and Joints of h!s homo's harness. "i fcol Just the way Johnny Burna fill tho day before that piano factory fell on him. Geo, I hope I ain't goln to lose my nerve or my horse," thought Skinny. The alarm had come as a welcome relief from this gloomy foreboding, Onco on tho seat Skinny was hlm Felf again almost, but as ho threaded his way down the long street ho found himself going over lu memory the days since he and H:?t?r had gone Into tho depart 1 i'cn hud come tho other incident:! of their life together the big apart mr.nt house fire when, with all the windows spitting flro and smoke. Skinny had crawled slowly up t': front of tho building with his scaling ladder and brought down the o!d womr.n and her two little grn-.i.l -aughtcrs. The next day tho papers Camed with accounts of his heroism Skinny was made the driver of tho engine after that the promotion he had always secretly longed for. How ho and Hector could work to gethor! No one elso could manage the fiery animal so well and skill fully. Thero was tho bond of friend ships of lovo between them. They understood each other. Hector it was after the long run to the car-barn flro last winter when the snow was deep in the side streets and the water frozen In glaciers over tho pavements and walls that seemed to know instinctively the peril of the tottering vail and com munlcated his fears to Skinny. The pulsating, throbbing engine had been dragged away only a mo ment before the street was filled with a ruin of fallen and smoking brick. Hector again responding to the firm but delicate guidance of his friend, bad by his enormous strength alone swerved the engine from Its course and barely clear of a big sight-seeing automobile filled with white-faced. frightened tourists.- Skinny had grinned at them aa he passed, but he' knew only too well that it was Hector alone that had saved a halt dozen lives, Including probably his own. ' . Do you wonder that he loved his fine big horse! Through all the best part of his Ufa they hod gone to gether friends, sharing dangers, comforts and pleasures. Out of his dream came Skinny with a shock. " Round the lost cornor at the foot of the hill they dashed at reckless speed. The ' blue-coated policeman sprang out from the curb and shoutod down tho avenue to clear tho way. , The whole streot shrank out of the way, except one little baby girl with dazed eyes. , Skinny stood up to tho reins like a madman, his foot jammed on the brake. ,' "Whoa, Hector, you devil 1 whoa!" he cried hoarsely. '. The great horse gaped with pain of, the bit; and tried to hold back on his haunches. Plunger staggered on hid' left, but he held him up far several yards; thon Boiler stumbled to his knees, Plunger went under" the tiieixltC's wheels, and - the engine came to a stop.' . It was all . over as quick as a kiss Plunger lay quivering with a broken back; Boiler was stone dead his skull crushed in like 'an apple by Hector's terrible hoof,,' Hector himself, panting 'and sweating, stood . bravely quiet with bis knees shaved to the bone. .-And the tiny girl who a moment .before had been smiling and huppy.wns safe on the sidewalk, hor small face bidden in her frock, sobbing slie scare knew, why, ; ,i i -COMPTROLLER'S CALL.- REPORT OF THE t $t $foome6urg At the Close of Business December 3d, 1907. RESOURCES. ' LIABILITIES. Loans and Invest- ments $$30,406.50 Furnitureand Fix- tures - 8.000.00 Cash and Reserve 118,006.72 $662,413.22 3 Per Cent. Interest Allowed on Savings Deposits WE RESPECTFULLY Wm. II. Hidlay, Cashier. Then Hector took the englno up tho hill alono. Hlu veins stood out so painfully beneath the strain, how ever tho sweat poured over his muscular flanks thickly, and the panting of hia huge sides was so terrible to hear that It seemed to poor Skinny as If his favorite, too. must kill hlmBelf beforo they reached tho top. But tho smell of the lire came to Hector, and ho lifted hia weury foet into a canter. Tho hoses soon stretched with a familiar quivering on every hand and tho fire men were running abend of him with their bright axes. Ho was there In the thick of it at last the red bloo.l dripping from his nontrllfl. "1 want to take my horso home, sir," said Skinny to the Chief, touch lng hia hat. "Why?" Sklmy explained his misfortune in short sentences. "I might better killed the kid thr.n that horse." he added sadly. "Tako him home, lad," said the Chief, wiping the smoke from hlu eye3. "I'll send someono up with your englno." So Skinny took Hoctor by tho bridle, and lod him gently all tha long way down the hill, sympathiz ing with him tenderly, and patting hid soft nose as thoy went. Poor Hector could scarcely drag one hoof behind the other. At the foot of tho hill tho little girl, with screams of laughter, was tearing the yellow wing from a butterfly. "Oh, poor hosBle!" she cried, aa Hector limped past with bleeding knees. But Skinny turned away his fnco and nworo. Upon reaching home, Hoctor gavo a snort that was half a groan, and walking unsteadily Into his own stall, ?oaned up agalnHt the side; and the boards cried out beneath his weight, and the stanchions shifted their feet unwillingly. Somo oats were In the manger, wet and fra grant, though Hector cared not even to sniff at them, but lot his huge head, a mountain in itself, droop lower and lower down. "Poor old cusb," whispered Skinny, kissing the horse's nose furtively. "I hope to God yer ain't bustod!" The man came slowly out of tho stall; and the big horBe lay heavily down and closed his eyes. "Hector's busted," eald Skinny, trying to explain the sorry situation in a business-like voice to the green hand who had been loft on watch. , Tho latter tip-toed over to Hector's stall, and peered in mutely. Hector paid no attention to him. Skinny threw two blankets over the pros trate horse, and slid another rolled up for a pillow under his head. The flies were buzzing lazily over the fra grant oats. Skinny, who seized every chance to swear at the green hand, 'phoned for a veterinary, and then stamped about like a baited bull, cursing the lona delay. When the surgeon at lasl arrived with his little satchel, and looked at poor Hector with his cold, unsympathetic eyes, he pursed up his lips hopelessly, and shook his old buld head. "He's pretty bad, ain't "he?" blurted Skluny. .;"Oh, yes, I knew It I felt sure from the first there wasn't no hope oh, yes, I give" him up clear from the start " Sklnny's ; shoestring came untied as ho spoke, and he was a long time fixing it. The veterinary, meanwhile, explained with obvious satisfaction that Hector had hud a serious hemorrhage, and might even then, be bleeding slowly to death In side. 4 "Keep him quiet," he said warn- lngly. '. '.' s ', ' : ' , ' But Hector showed no disposition to 'move,' lying wearily, with closed eyes and, heavy breathing, oblivious to an tnat went around nlnu Even toward oveu(ng when No. 10, grimy and unkept, In tow of two strango horaos came rambling up to the door; ue aiu not oner o raise nis neaa. Ho did' not lift his heavy eyelids When .'the .clumsy newcomers stag gered, aud stamped on the slippery concrete," in their violent straining to, accomplish what he could have don alone. He did not prick up his earn when tfre wondering men drew nearandstarlnat him in open pity, CONDITION OK Qtaftonaf (fanft Capital Stock, - $100,000.00 Surplus and Profits 47,377.40 Circulation - 100,000.00 Due Hanks - 6.280. Individual Deposits 408,755.49 $662,413.22 SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS. A. Z. Sciiocil. President. called "Hector!" softly with their well-known voices; and even when bis good friend Scraggs, tho sp.i- ghottl-covored dog mascot, blundered crab-fashion Into tho stall arid sniCed noisily with Uckloy whisker at tho Ice bnndages, he gave no sign of life. Nothing seemed to affect him. So the men on tiptoe went soberly about their work of cloanlnf up; tho flies continued to buzz un disturbed in Hectors mangor; and Skinny, with bllad eyes, made mournful pretence of furbishing up tho harnuua. Mi(llniy, however, a strange thing happened. It was not that the alarm began to ring with Its clear, Klnns-llko noto of warning for that was a common, almost hourly oc curronce but there camo a noise of a terrible effort from Hector's stall. Awakened at last by the familiar bell, tho great horse seemed to 1e struggling to answer the sum moan. The straw flew furiously lu all directions. The partition wall of tho stall kicked Ioo3e by tho mighty iron shoes, scaled over tho concrete floor like a square of pasteboard. Hector, arising with a mighty groan, camo forth. "Whoa, boy! whoa. Hec. o!u man!" cried Skinny, running to his head. But Hoctor staggored against Skinny, who robounded backward agnlnst tho tiled wall; then th? horse came blundering forward, scat tering Are with an unsteady tread. Disregarding tho blindness of hl eyes and the weakness of his kneos, giant Hector took his accubtomed place of honor between the poles of tho en jlno. But no one came to fasten his harness; though hu stretched out his neck for thf collar, no collar was lowered upon It; and though he opened his mouth for tho bit, no bit was placed bn- tween his teeth. Totterlmj thn from side to side, the red blood pour ing from his nostrils, ho reared up ready to fight It out, and pawed the air with his terrible hoofs, falling at last, baffled but not conquered upon the oaken pole of the engino, which snapped beneath his weight with a deafening crack; but it was a usoloss precaution, for Hector lay on tho floor like a stone. The men stepped forward and stared in silent wonder at the great quiet body, which nearly reached from the brass pole on their rl?ht to the brass pole on their lo't. The strange horses in the dim light of their stalls, stood spectrally gazing out with outstretched necks and pricked up cars; Scraggs crouched in a shivering heap in the desolate stall, where the flies were busting, buzzing their mournful tune. At last Skinny camo limping for ward, and knolt stiffly by the silent head. ' "Hector's gone," he said prusentlj. in a smothered volco. , rnper-llannlnu Machine. A paper-hanging machine Is the latest achievement, acordlug to Wls sen Fer Alle. Tho arrangement used for this purpose Is provided with a rod upon which the roll of paper . Is placed. " A paste recoptaclo with n brushing arrangement Is attached 'In such a manner that the paste Is ap plied . automatically on the back of the paper. The end of the wall pap er is fixed at the bottom of the wall and the Implement rises on the wall, and only needs to be set by one worklngman, While tho wall paper unrolls and,' provided with paste,. Is held against the wall an elastic roller follows on the outside and presses It firmly In place. When the wall pap-i er roaches the top the worklngman pulls a cord, whereby It is cut off from the remainder of the roll. , . , , ; Thera is a blowing well near Kay mondvllle, Texas County, Mo., This well, which lu on a hill, was drilled In 1899 to a depth of 187 feet." Soft water was struck at the bottom and rose seven feet In the welj.f In a dry time, especially in the winter, the well becomes dry. In drilling It a cave three feet high was struck at a dapth of 100, feet. When the well. Is dry, U Jhero is a long prevailing wind from the north, a current, of air rushes from the pipe strong an pugh to blow, the cap from the tub 'EXTRA TROUSERS A S a rulo Trousers to a finish by several months. ;.. " Perhaps a pair of our handsome Trousers would bridge over the gap that lies between now "and Spring Suit time. Our Trousers arc made by experts in Trouser making. It takes experts to make Trousers well. . Trousers of correct Fall cut from neat patterns of Worsteds, Cheviots and Cassimeres. Trousers at 2, at 3, at ' 1, at 5 up to 6. We've Trousers of all sizes and propor tions. The extra Large Man the Short Stout Man the Tall, Slim . Man -all can be fitted perfectly. ' ' . EEN GBDDING Clothier, Hatter and Haberdasher. Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg. 0 . Come in and see us, we'll treat you right. sji f MTlir" "MAUD MULLER'. ' A elerevman, who wishes his name withheld, alter seeing the pro duction of "Maud Muller" wrote to a friend as follows: "Maud Muller" caused a flood of reuiiuis- . cent memories, sweet as a peaceiui dream. It took me back to the pood wholesome plays which the nresent voune Generation of theatre goers know too iittie or, me piays on wmcli we duui an eany uevu tion to the stage. Those were the times when , Effie Ellsler played "Hazel Kirke," Minnie Maddern olaved ' Caprice." and when Lotta and Maeeie Mitchell caused hon est tears to flow like April showers throueh happy smiles in the dear childhood's davs of play-going, be fore those harrowing offsprings of the "advanced" drama whicn are showing youngsters nowadays the forbidden side of life. 1 call VMaua Moller". a model play, inasmuch as it provides four acts 01 most ara niatic material relieved by abund ant humor. It is as harmless as child's primer and its story is told wnuont tne, commission. 01 a tnuic It k-aves no bad flavor, no bitter tiess. no thought of .the morbid con ditions of life. Yet it is as thrill ing at times as anything Sardou has given the stage. A play tnat merits from fifteen to twenty cur tain calls must be one to stir the emotions to their depths, and that is what this play did last night." Grand, Opera House, Saturday, Jan. 4th. . , . ' . . dppincott's A Magazine ol Quality. So many fine' stories are being published in these days of keen editorial competition ana nign prices, that one, must be of excep tional merit to stand out above its fellows and attract the undivided attention oj the . reading public. Such a story, however, is "The Duchess of Dreams," Edith Mac- vane's latest novel, which is pub- ished complete in the January Lifpincottsx Miss Macvane has' at east temporarily abandoned la oeiit France as the locaje pf her stories, for the scenes of her new one are aid in America, at Newport. . The plot of '.'The Duchess of Dreams" is daring iu its conception.. A ' ' v '. V.7 f ." beat the Coat and Vest waa.iwM.'ipt a.-j-TJi'rt 3 . f wealthy woman who , has not suc ceeded in penetrating the inner most social circles hopes to do so through the advent of a Russian grand duchess who has promised to visit her. At the last -moment the lady's cherished plans are up set by the arrival of word that her social lioness cannot come ; and on the spur of the moment she make9 use ot the histrionic ability of a young woman whom she gets to The deception is discovered by a Hungarian prince, who seeks ; to turn it to his own advantage. The complications which ensue are many and surprising. The char acters are realistically drawn, es pecially that of the pseudo grand duchess and her stalwart young aipiomauc jover. . ine novel is Dy. all odds the best work this gifted young writer has done. Among the shorter stories, Rich ard Le Gallienne's contribution, "Omar in Central Park," com mands attention both for its quaint humor and its novelty of theme, "The First Indorsement," by Leila Burton Wells, is a strongly drama t:c story ol army hie in the Philip pines. . "Nursing an Oil Deal," by Plmrlps TT. H(-l.-pr i fiirrical rtf a linn rl tAnrn n.i 1 ' ' '1 M . T? v. c kWLU bvtv". dull i X Ul- tunes of Splinter," by D. M. Hen derson, Jr., gives a very funny ac count of the primitive way of dis pensing justice in a frontier com-, muuity. ,".A Vision of Cold," a sketch by Rupert Hughes, is a remarkable bit of word painting, and deserves to take its place among the classics. Another .of Dr. George Lincoln Walton's . noteworthy and helpful series of articles on "Worry and Allied Meutal States," also appears iu this' issue, the subject treated this tiuie being "Hypochondria." The department "Ways of the Hour", contains the following brief but forceful papers: "A New Year's Thought," by Philip Becker Goetz; "Legislative Pay," by Rene Bache ; "The Future of Cuba," by "An English Resident"; and "Esperanto," by Ellis O. Jones. It's all - right to tell a girl she is sweet enough to eat, - but it is better to tell her she- is buugryv A t . tag.-. 4 M ;:;T t .vv .K , v. "J
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