~ SIRES _—— Wo — Where the rough road turns there's valley sweet i Where the skies are starred and fair; | We'll forget the thorns and the moon { day heat And rest in the roses there, And the dark the dreary, night Will be lost . light, of weary at last in the morning Where the rough road turns there's a haven ¢ Where the sl at And the winds of rest Over the dreamless ti Where the tempests fade from shore And the blest ips anchor ride, Sing sweet songs Sea le. nt a sil sails furled forevermore. are OQ the beautiful valley sweet, | rest In And rest in the haven still What though the storms on the brave keen dark are the Let last in the morning F. 1. Stanton. at “By Jove, Go what to Tom Fairle with ie “Amy Hepburn’ me. In fact tell vou “To in “Why don’t you “Wait— have told her, It was done Make considera fell nnd 0 CALeST POSS bil ings, but Don’t think me here and make a be ng than doing for Amy's “For Amy's “Yes; I want You are the declined me course | knew vou my rival, but t } until hours ago that re the ful one. You a worthy and don't deserve her. but don’t think for a moment that | more worthy wr Pausing suddenly. Fairle his friend's side and laid a his shoulder *I can't what you mean believe that you care f the time dividing vour Nell Forthdyke. Won man enough to bre as Amy's? “Don’t get tragic. Tom fag to bresk anybody's rich, you know “And so are leigh, walking and laying t knob Amy Hepburn is Soclety dares You to wed wit! if Amy, are enough Examine of the Hepburns caused the He Vel becan onfesston whiel nothi loss wrtif ving t sake?’ fo Cotnt were two 0 her believe myself more deserving.” walked t hand on understand Amy while by leading to 3 all} th inhu or Ix at attention 141 you wr w 1K a heart as loyal heart door Is sett you love $ you tH man dare? into t financial condition upon wiat tune and then let enough to tier of caste With passed quickls slammed the door Cordon seated b self thoughtfully 1i; “That was quits looking upward wreaths of smoke I be away’ love one and who will unrav Which is it A Knock fell on the outside door, but on a door leading in fo a closet. Harry comfortably in hi hair, a coming into his eves ax upon the interval of peated. “Now, what in ¢ You?’ cried Gordon “Business is business” came a I- low volee from the other side of closet door. “I'm bere for a purpose, and if 1 do not make that purpose manifest once in awhile you'll forget all about me.” This remark was followed clanking. cachinpatory outburst seemed to grate harshly on ear, “Well, what do you want?’ he asked. | “I want to come ont and show my- | self. You know I'm here, but a little ocular demonstration won't come | amiss, I take it. Hemember, I'm show. | ing concideration for you. 1 might have kicked open this door apd stalked | out into the room. But I dida't, 1! rapped.” “Can't yon put it off? Come out to. morrow. [I've got something else to | think about now.” *The high and mighty order of fam. ily skeletons are not in the habit of playing second fiddle or taking back seats for anybody. I'm coming at once.” “All right, then,” groaned Gordon, squaring himself about on bis chair, “Come on.” The closet door flew open and a well developed skeleton strode out and dropped with a rattle into a chair. The CAYernous eyes were blankly expres sive--to Gordon. For him also there was something sarcastic in the grin of the fleshless jaws, “Dust me off,” sald the skeleton, “1 want to show up as frightful as possi. ‘ble to-night.” The request presented itself to Gor. this par save ve with either It's as to stirred un vexed fixed them After a brief knock wax re Gordon fn ® look bier h door, the { boset silence ne i world aroused the | " that Gordon's | by don gs a command which he was pow: eriess to disobey Picking up a feath er duster, he plied it vigorousiy white bones, “Achoo!” sneezed, duster he dropping and falling into his chair, “You ought not to the skeleton, “Um should be treated the | mie,” sald | family Now, neglect one of the as sich, % have a chat.” The skeleton crossed is logs | and settled back comfortably, “Will it at with yon?’ “That bony ido me god to have fl any queried Gordon | I 1 tsend | it My seen Why, eyery table Come gue remains to wis night. writing | my him As that I'd sneak out of that closet, ly caress custom to visit he sat before and an around his working its up behind him put arm | ugly neck.” ‘he bony | ng shiver. He wonld | as he looked | sprang to had a skeleton laughed Ja We i sonnds witli a secession i crack that seid to startle © of make rordon “How it u nl white as a sheet face, in desperation, all I'S, up into my Unee he his feet and we “wrestle hi ing chai that came “Yon father's iy. *'1 his grave long before about 1 table = in our suceeeded ifs tele I returi 4% your ty “No hie did, so on fo vor wi real and answe it il Knitted brows “St points rel it rind almighty dollar, young man ght did day the Old think that afflict bh relations He « reated me in order that vou nherit a lit os He more wealth 11d the how 1 should lors did | me to not think in sit astride shoul like Man of the Was Sa Nea, not wr possible for " soi. For obvious reasons my with are not so intimate y father. 1 wheat pit Your ther mercilessly you as they were with your wort of was evolved ont the of the of board bull life by trade, fa was a both or »~ certain and he and 0 was not pimble enough to ored fortune out of a bear rot ge ont of his way.” “And {:ordon \ man named Hepburn.” Ans young n who was Lear? asked Hepburn's father?’ marmured mn, robbing his hand in fort to teross his brows remem i - ie “Yes, Hepburn lost every ried penny he through that Hi forced into and, unable the had in the wi digas trous wheat deal " bankruptey, ! £ lisgrace beat took his o Hix money « fF #3 father Crease ! and Wry NOW poss while Hep fs ug an However and starte for F you to live in luxury and children must = the skels disappeared in rordon sat chair beint i fiw deep n thought, while his cigar ned it self ont between his fingers At and broad shoulders as though freeing him self rik Inst gr up shook his | from a disagreeable burden “Society bas dared ed, “but 1 know my I'll do ax | please . After Harry Gordon and Amy Hep burn had been married and had return ed from their honeymoon. Harry brought his bride upstairs to his old | in aj me,” he mutter heart pow and i ® * chair “My dear.” he said, ‘I have a confes sion to make to you. My father once | did your father a grievous wrong, and | I have made myself the happiest fel low in the world by undoing it. How: ever, as we are not to have any secrets each other, you must know this" A look of astonishment came into Amy's bive eyes as she watched her husband proceed to the closet, throw open the door and go rummaging in- about “I'm looking for something that does not seem to be there <the Gordon family skeleton, Amy. For the first time in fifteen years it is not to be found in that closet.” Just then a clanking tread was heard in the hallway without, the door was pushed slowly ajar and the skeleton limped in, supporting self on a cruteh and looking very much the, worse for wear, “There it i!" eried Gordon, “What's the matter with you, old chap? Here, git down, I want to make you nc. quainted with my wife,” The family skeleton dropped into a chair and shook until it rattled like a score of castanets, “I'm done for,” it groaned. “You've fixed me, young man. 1 just dropped in to say good-by forever. But don't Imtroduce me to your wife, We've mot before.” “That's so, Harry,” sald Amy. “1 know all about this family skeleton of her soft the threw niet If nd she about his bury its dead.’ that enough?” “Enough, ves!" furons upon That tie arms neck. dead past we are happy, isn't And he pressed a rap- ET her fair cheek, the doom of Forth thin air, iVing Hol u Kiss pronounced family began to skeleton fade and Gordon it into be with flanlly wrack vanishing behind fHE SCYTHE IN THE PINE TREE. A Curious Reminder of the Son's Going to the War, Never to Return. Thirty-eight years Angus tus Bliss of Warwick, ting his his scythe on a pine tree and went off ar. The and the seythe fli AZo Young Mass, father's far quit cut brush on im, huang boy never came has tree Ww to w soldier been he in back neve taken down from here hecome tmbedded it is n 3 hung it. but has the This growing until fixture, pine pat het reminder of civil Nid familiar members of sSheoget stands Wat Augustus Blix i fo night his seyihe pear, | SIN IODaINY ow le ina ng it wou day or 1s army soldier 1 fiatedd, Aug i, Thirty-sixth While was over IS years old when he in Massachusetts H {egiment Company with Laer al illness. and died Mildale, Miss his acting wad i= in an The dis fo his army hospital ont He comrades, circumstances of CAKE Were very had gone get water for hb and had orders to march while he He tried to overtake them and the overexertion he could stand, and he with fever had 1 tle He brought burial, but company Was gone, than taken il bat for f of Was more was before he ME ID home the roll monument was not his on the name is honor on soldiers’ at Orange, in all dled with the symbol 1 these years no one has med. scythe, It has hung there reminder to to duty. has Ix embesided in the wood, until it is of the Ihe snath, which been foroed off the sevthe hy a and vixible his £1 of hb devotion the father Son's As Ol w he tree grew scythe Wirt tree aj has h ae Srowing tires Is sig pported in its orig small framework the tholes | th Around ttle over a nal position by a I'he woodwork of 4] io fallen in probabids as yield and whi elements the the action of aAwWnas 3 al foot in dia ineter at i base has been erectisml a Springfield (Mass; Republi A Queer Article of Dicer he old schoolboy re prepar lemonade hiv ot boulies its, dilating the Ww and roughing composition th Water sweetening it wi sugar i= fo mind by the account giv en in an Australian paper of the popu diet fin whict apen as an article of Of among natives Bogong moth, thousands rocks im the valleys in are they colle from it in in granite both sides DE= of of the Bogong found it dee witl by win many mountains, moths great the asses both «itlew of chasms being literally covered the packed side and overlapping ¥ iN, side A traveller insane closely about a quart of the moths and found them exceedingly palatable, with » flavor of walnut, The native colle them by spreading a blanket or shee of bark beneath them. The moths, ot being disturbed with a stick, fall dow: and are gathered up before they have time to crawl or fly away and an thrust into a bag. A hole i= then mad in the sand in which fire is put unti the sand is thoroughly heated. Tis moths are then poured out of the bag stirred about in the placed on a sheet of bark until cold They are then sifted in a net, to ge have been previously singed off, and eaten as a crisp and tender morsel by the natives. When they are intended to be kept they are ground into paste and wade into cakes, ~Chicago Record His Revenge. Two Joneses lived next door to eack other, and having fo call on one of them, Brown, of course, went to the wrong house, A crabbed servant an swered the bell, and on Brown asking, “Is this Mr. John Jones's?" she replied, snappishly, as if she had been bothered with many such Inquiries, “No, it ain't,’ and slammed the door In his face, Brown walked on a few yards or so, when a bright thought struck him. He returned at once and rang the same bell again. Again the crab bed servant appeared, "Who said it was?’ asked Brown, triumphantly, and walked away. Tit-Bits, ip abiiag fo the Sudan horses are shod with yours. Don't let It worry you, my camel's skin, FEMININE TOPICS The Law and the Rouge Pot Witty Di. aries Are a Smart Fad Cerman Tribute to British Nurses Exquisite Lingerie My Lady's Color Ete. Ete, The Law and the Rouge Pot book that | London woninn adding in a been re Madame Gossip, have Bays a i who has invented of gold-beater's skin, whi Ber from a very unpleas rad fortune person to oa What a off fact, The that the antly-lovely i113 f of 1 111 eon imagpation rious thing of of “enth Hse 111 . PUT DON \afesty' jo bhiect MAICSIY 5 HAI SUD JecEs would Come forg Tribute to British N Urses fs through whi The sleeves ar scending half edged by the a six ine from garments decorated the ob gown fis larly ot of fullness black ivory, vellod w red and with white ii 1 warm color, brown hair, and ish complexion, 1 re aliotted very pale turquoise-blue m. and especially su color as mastic ad bilo and striped off ects forks, fair are black, plukish gray Navy-bine, dark red. dark Ross gray and generally speaking golden-hrown pink, brown the with a pale skin, then periwinkle milk white, and vers blondes should golden beige, mastic bright white, canary yellow and white blondes are permitted dall black red, all violet, sapphire blue, bright quoise blue and very pale pink. Pastel Shades in Lace Pastel shades are being dyed in lace For the present it Is chiefly the pale tan and suede tones that are being thas produced, not so very unlike the na tural ecrue tint of some old blue green wear brown ruby, violet, all tyr Ls applied to canvas, voile, taffetas, applied roond or down a skirt instead lace insertion. Thiz wavy make is called “lappetted” lace. It is to much used let In dresses transparent fashion, with the material cut away under the lace to show a lining of en tirely different color. - The Styles in Parasols. Parasols are to be more distracting than ever this year. A marvellons amount of artistic taste is displayed in many of them. Satin has applique of black or white lace, insertions of lace appear edged by steel paillettes, fringe fs used freely, and the one thing that is not in favor Is the plain, nnornament. ed sunshade, One dainty style called the “rose leaf” is made of tiny pink silk petals, so that the parasol when opened very much resembles a huge rose. An extremely elegant example made for a young weman iz of silver gray crepe de chine, loed with shell pink and having in every division a lief, with green leaves and stems, This | i i i i dainty arti gecompanies w embellishments, gray crepe, ik drop sil To Keep One's Clothes in Crder. Brush skirts aft turn on skirt Alt ont, er wearing them wrong side out hefore hangers bodices befo tO thorough! re putting thu it ady pit aw with tissue paper, and Hingers sh wr should bhetfon i Dhes may 3 helps them to retain tl 1 ged wliled Very careful people use hoot » peeled off sprinkle di Donneis found does not Bo find Bits of Fe sHmme mininity. git ia i= bonnd # | «immer cotton frock. White 10s el} and colored linens are used in fis combinations with foulard silks {ast the grap popu garniture Cherries of are wide if you would be altogether cor are usurping as a hat 1 he Belts either very or very and brown a late depar Golfing skirts of in end green peat scented are ture, Dragon flies with wings of ganze are among the late fetching hair orna- ments, have rows of shirring around the sides The long military cape, reaching to bem of one's frock, is the utility wrap. LATEST NEWK GLEANED FROM VARI OLS PARTS, EVADED RAIDS 20 YEARS. “BIN Pritts, Long Sought as an Alleged is Finally Captured Ac cused of Murder In 1890... Was Surprised ut the Home of a Friend in the Fayetis County Mountains Moonshiner, Other News. “Ril evaded the past twenty yonrs, and pending charges of n has ing Whom are Pritts the aged 63 years, who rai ix of revenue Gifs ra a ir against and un two Government offi. who, single-banded, upon thelr man and prison of a region sympathizers, Pritts was iodged in the borough prison. Helis wantisd for the shoot ng of “Yoney' H whom he is accused of having killed becauss Hostettler divulged distillers surder GUneIn- ing, was captured by cers at Copnellsvyille descent carried him off to filled his out with shy 1 sleitior, a is tt @ secrets of the illegal two are also in the i at Pitts. youshiniog and the bove wili De Pritts was tured Ridge, The minty Detective Alex- r McBeth and Revenue Officer Dickson of Pittsd i$ 4 rit Pritts _BOnS feb tolis of the trie having been tri burg recently ot The jury tried agal in the wii 3 the charge of nv nl disagreed, t 3 October, of the ( Wpture was mad sande Cli hestout e hy ( learned ti Ap % 10 thal of the mo Wn » geross Pritts The officers fre Ure. # had gone ohn Trinkey, les across ains “rs went, "1 Near He ran about caught up to iown and Ly Pritts Ouse when icers threw him main strength put handeuffs on still was fo his a ind one mile fr ns were arrested som Snake in the Bed, B My when Mr bap and Mrs were about Lo re- k y, of Lambertville, were horrified upon turning dowe covers to find lied ug ia two-foot pli the center of in LEnake, neight neg Mrs. Kilroy's many 3 Snaks was ns aroused the Ors, ses rl 3 ¢ ’ 3 tered the house The ym the bed with a garden rake and blows, Mrs strated by the shock, well-directed Died at Prayer Meeting. iyier, widow of Dr. Jacob while attending a prayer meeting at the Market Street Presby- , Bloomsburg. Mrs, Schuyler had been in apparently good health and was thought at first to have fainted. A physician was b found her dead pon Mrs IL Behuyler, disd suddenly oculse Beh terian Chureh astily summoned, who his arrival Killed by Blow of Jack Handle. Yincent 1 Hanover, a section hand on the Pennsylvania Raliroad, endeav: ored to lift the track with a jack, when acog the handle of the jack to strike him on the side of the head with terrific f knocking bim secseless, He died before bis could receive medical atten- tion spoer, of slippsd, causing ree Naked Lamps Caused Faplosion. By an explosion gas in the Cayunga mine of Delaware, Lackawanns and Western Company, three men were so badly fojured that they will probably die. The in jured men are Benjamin Amos, Adam Miller and Holes Poncaw, all of them married. The men epoountered a body of gas which was ignited by thelr naked lamps. of the Monument to Gridley. A committee of citizens is engaged in rals ing a fund for the erection of a monument in Lake Bide Cemetery, Erle, in honor of Cap- tain Charles V, Gridley, commander of the flagship Olympia, the battle of Manila Bay. J. F. Lowning ischairman of the com- mittee, and will duly acknowledge the re. of contributions in Precipice. e 2-vear-old son ol Michael Bowe, Cornwall ore banks, strayed fron home alone and rolied down the almost per. pendicular side of the “Johnson cut,” in the middie hill, a distance of fully 125 feet. The boy escaped injury, except slight wounds on ibe bead and back. There the child lay all night, but he was bright asd laughing when the lather discovered him behind a big rock Tot Rolled Down th ta Foster, Al the In Brief, Sparks from a mill at Rankin set fire to » sar in a passing freight train om the Bait more and Ohio Ralirosd, The car was burned and nineteen head of esttie which it con tained perished. County Treasures Nevin, of Cham bersburg, received $22.50 conscience money pent to him by a person who said It was county tax due on an estate which had never been properly returned for taxation. The York County Pomona Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, at Grangeville, instructed senator Haines to request President McKin ley to retain United States District Attorney Beck in office, The commencement exercises of the Mil. ford High School were held. The gradust. ing class was composed of Jennie Struthers, valedictorian; Harriet Horton, salutatorian; Dora Rochotte, historian; Meda Boyd, post. ons. W. F. Herring, a lumber dealer and con. tractor at Tyroaville, was arrested on » T. 8 nirest gauges, The taffeta silk skirt, in black and colors, for wear with fancy waists, is the most sapreme vogue, Large fancy collars are fashionable jacket of the tailor frock, White cotton d'exprit and plain bob. binet are very smart in combination with lace over silk foundations, The tailor-made girl wears a four. in-hand of black velvet ribbon, with her linen collars and starched blotnses, The long quill has lived its day as accessory to the outling hat, its place pow belug filled by two silk pompons the color of the hat. : order and are made of he reversible goods like the skirt, the plaid side form. ing the under brim. A man th generally ut bia Wis fortieth year, i of the Sesond National Bank. placed under $1000 bail, Herring was Frominent People. The Kbhedive of Egypt hopes te visit America next year. William, of Germany, has pro. himself to be Field Marshal Geceral, Representative Small, of North Carolin is devoting himself to the study of feos. The University of Oambridge has son ferred the degree of LL.D, oa Kiang Oscar of Sweden. mot ried as saying that . Hetty Green as the aqual of Russell Sage in conducting a business “Tom” Watson, of has an It is said that his law prastics nets him $20,000 a your, In six months it will be a whole hall can. tary since Galusha A, Grow was elected tor his frst term in Congress. General Lord Kitehener, after the Doer war Is ended, will sucossd Geo Pa
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