10 TI1E SCItANTON TRIBUNE-SATURDAY MOUNTING. SEPTEMBER 29, 1894. .BY GILBERT PARKEPTT7 COPYRIGHT," CHAPTER VIII. CONTINUED. "I must bid our father and mother good night. Thun I will join yon both 'in the court of the king.' " And he turned und went back and said to his father an ho kissed his mother, "I am had at an advantage, general." "And serves you riht, my boy. You had the odds with you. Pho has cap tured them like a bom soldier." His mother said to him gently: "Frank, you blamed ns, but remeiubor that wo wished only your good. Take my advice, dear, try to lovo your wife and win her confidence. " "Love hor try to lovehor!" ho said. "I shall easily do that. But tho other' ' He shook his head a little, though what he meant perhaps ho did not know himself, and thru followed Marion and Lali up stairs. Marion had tried to es cape from Lali, but was told that she must stay, and tho three mot at tho child's cot.- Marion stooped down and kissed its forehead. Frank stooped also and kissed its check. Then tho wifo kissed the other cheok. The child slept peacefully on. "You can always see tho baby here before breakfast if you choose, "said Lali, and she held out her hand again in good night. At this point Marion Stole away in spite of Lali's quick little cry of "Wait, Marion!" and tho two were left alone again. "I am very tired," she said. "I would rather not talk totiisht. " The dismissal was evident. He took her hand, held it an instant and presently said: "I will not detain you, but I would ask you, Lali, to remember that you are my wife. Nothing can alter that" "Still wo are only strangers, as you know," she quietly rejoined. "You forget tho days wo were to gether after wo were married," he cautiously urged. "I am not the same girl. You killed her. We have to start agaiu. I know all." "You know that in my wretched auger and madness I" "Oh, please do not speak of it!" she said. "It is so bud even in thought. " "But will you never forgive me and care for me? Wo have to live our lives together." "Pray lot us not speak of it now," she said in a weary voice. Then breath lessly, "It is of innoh more conscqneuco that you should love me and the child." He drew himself up with a choking sigh and spread out his arms to her. "Oh, my wife!" he said. "No, no, "she cried, "this is u urea Bonable. We know so littlo of each oth er. Good night again. " He turned at tho door, came back, and stooping kissed the child on the lips. Wjcu he said: "You are right. I deserve to suffer. Good night " But when he was gono sho dropped on her knees and kissed tho child many times on the lips also. CHAPTER IX. When Francis Armour loft his wife's room, he did not go to his own room, but quietly desci nded tho stairs, went to tho library and sat down. The lone liest thing in the world is to bo tote-a- tete with one's conscience. A man may save a bad hour with an enemy, a sad hoiir with a friend, a peaceful hour with himself, but when the little dwarf, conscience, perohes upon every hillock of remembrance and inakos slow signs those symbols of the languago of tho soul to him, no slave upon the tread mill suffers more. The butler came in to see if anything was required, bnt Armour only greotod him silently and waved him away. His brain was painfully alert, his memory singularly awake. It seemed that the in cident of this hour had so opened up every channel of his intelligence that all his life ran past him ill fantastic panorama, as by that illumination which comes to the drowning man. He seemed imder some strange spe ll. Onco or twico ho rose, rubbed his eyes and looked round m liuu bpuun iu;e nours, wnero, as a Tlrlftnf Via nA linAn 4 t-xn lin,wl. Uio tutor, and as a young man had found recreations such as belong to ambitious and ardent youth. Every comer was fa miliar. Nothing was changed. Tho books upon tho shelves were as they were placed 20 years ago. And yet ho did not seem a part of it. It did not seem natural o him. Ho was in an at mosphere of strangeness that atmos phere which surrounds a man, as by a cloud, when some crisis comes upon him, and his lifo seems to stand still, whirling upon its narrow base, while the world appears at au interminable distance, even as to a deaf man who sees, yet cannot hear. There came home to him at that mo ment, with a foroe indescribablo, the shamelessnoss of the act ho committed four years ago. Ho had thought to come back to miserable humiliation. For four years he had refused to do his duty as a man toward an innocent woman, a woman, though in part a savage, now transformed into a gentle, noble creaturo of delight and goodness. How had ho deserved it? Ho had sown the storm; it was but just that he should reap the whirlwind, He had scattered thistles; could ho expect to gather grapes? Ho knew that' the sympathy of all his fa ther's house was not with him, but with the woman he had wronged. He was glad it was so. Looking back now, it Beeined so poor end paltry a thing that ho, a man, should stoop to revenge himself upon those who had given him birth as a kind of insult to the woman who had lightly set him aside and should use for that purpose a helpless confiding girl. To revenge one's self for wrong to one's self is but a common passion, which has little dignity; to avonge some one horn one has loved, man or woman and before all, woman lias some toncli SE3 t."g-S. "-Wli-Ji. kiimio umr t Mir r f(.'JO I893.BY J.B.LIPPIMCOTT. CO.' Jiea by loyalty, i'vt his act there was not ouo word of de fense to bo made, and he was not pre pared to make it. The cigars and liquors were beside him, but he did not touch them. He seemed very far away from tho ordinary details of his lifo. He knew he had be fore him hard travel, and he was not confident of tho end. IIo could not tell how long ho sat thero. After a time the ticking of the dock seemed painfully loud to him. Now and again ho heard a cab rattling through tho square, and tho foolish song of some drunken loiterer in tho night caused him to start pain fully. Everythirg jarred on him. Once ho got up, went to tho window and looked out. The moon was shining full on tho square. IIo wondered if it would bo well for him to go out and find some quiet to his nerves in walking. He did so. Out in tho square ho looked up to his wife's window. It was lighted. Lung time ho walked up and down, his eyes on the window. It held him like a charm. Once ho leunod against tho iron railings of tho garden and looked np, not moving for a timo. Presently he saw tho curtain of tho window raised, and against tho dim light of tho room was outlined the figure of his wifo. Ho knew it. She stood for a moment look ing out into tho night. Sho conld not see him, nor could he see her features at all plainly, but he knew that she, like hiiu, was alone with tho catastropho which his wickedness had sent upon her! Soon tho certain was drawn down again, and then ho weut onco more to the house and took his old seat beside tho table. He foil to brooding and at last, exhausted, dropped into a troubled sleep. He woko with a start. Some one was in the room. Eo heard a vtcp behind him. Ho camo to his feet quickly, a wild light in his eyes. He faced his brother Richard. Late in tho afternoon Marion had telegraphed to Ricbiird that Frank was coming. Ho had been away visiting some poor and sick people, and when ho came back to Gruyhope it was too late to catch tho train. Bnt tho horses were harnessed straightway, and he was driven into town a three hours' drive. Ho had left tho horses at tho stables, and having a latchkey had coino in quietly. Ha had seen tho light in tho study and guessed who was there. Ho ontered and saw his brother asleep. IIo watched him for a moment and studied him. Then ho moved away to takeoff his hat, and as ho did so stumbled slightly. Then it was Frank waked, and for the first timo in fivo years they looked each other in tho eyes. They both stood immovablo for a moment, and then Richard caught Frank's hand in both of his and said: "God bless you, my boy; God bless you! I am glad yon are back!" "Dick, Dick!" was tho reply, and Frank's other hand clutched Richard's shoulder in his strong emotion. They stood silent for a moment longer, and then Richard recovered himself. Ho waved his hand to the chairs. Tho strain of the situation was a littlo pain ful for thorn both. Mou are shy with each other where their emotions aro in play. "Why, my boy," ho said, waving a hand to the wine and liquors, "full bot tles and unopened boxes? Tut, tut! Here's a pretty how d' ye do. Is this the way you toast tho homo quarters? You're a lino soldier for an old mess!" So saying, ho poured out some whis ky, then opened the box of cigars and pushed them toward his brother. He did not care particularly to drink or smoke himself, but a man an Englishman is a strange creature. Ho is most nut nral and at easo when he is engaged in eating and drinking. Ho relievos overy trying situation by some frivolous and selfish occupation, as of dismembering a part-ridge or mixing a punch. "Well, Frank," said his brother, "now what have you to say for your self? Why didn't yon coino long ago? You have played tho adventurer for fivo years, and what have you to show for A'jalnst the Aim Uyht of the room was outlined the figure of hi wife, it? Havo yon a fortune?" Frank shook his head and twisted a shoulder. "What have you douo that is worth the doing then?" "Nothing that I intended to do, Dick, " was tho grave reply. "Yes, I imagined that. You havo scon thom, have you, Frauk?" he added in a softer voice. Frank blew a great cloud of smoke about his face, and through it ho said, "Yes, Dick, I have seen a d d sight more than I deserve to see." "Oh, of course, I know that, my boy! But, so far as I can see, in another di rection you are gutting quite what you desorve. Your wife and child are up stairs; jon are hero. " Ho paused, was silent for a moment, then leaned over, caught his brother's arm and said in a low, strenuous voici: "Frank Armour, yon laid a hateful lit tle plot for ns: It wasn't manly, but we forgave it and. did tho best we-could. But see lerer Frank, take my word, for B2 it, yon l:;v8 hzl a let of luck. Theru isn't ouo vouiou out of JO.UOO that would have stocd the test us your wifo has stood it Injured at the start, con stant negloct, temptation" he paused. "My boy, did you ever think of that of the temptation to a woman neglected by her husband? The temptation to men? Yes, you have had a lot of luck. There has been a special providence for yon, my boy, but not for your sake. God doesn't lovo neglectful husbands, but I think ho is pretty sorry for neglected wives. ' ' Frank was very still. His head drop ped, the cigar hung unheeded in his fin gers for a moment, and ho said at last: "Dick, old comrade, I'vo thought it all over tonight since I came back every thing that you've said. I have not a word of defease to make, but, by heav en, I'm going to win my wife's love if I can, and when I do it I'll make up for all my onrsed foolishness! See if I don't!" "That sounds well, Frank," was tho quiet reply. "I like to hear you talk that way. You would be very foolish if you did not. What do you think of the child?" "Can you ask mo what I think? Ho is a splendid littlo fellow. " "Take oaro of him tlieu. Take good care of him. You may never havo an other, " was the grim rejoinder. Frank winced. His brother roso, took his arm and said: "Let ns go to our rooms, Frank. There will bo time enough to talk later, and I am not so yonng as I once was. " Truth to say, Richard Armour was not so young as lo seemed a few months before. His t-houlders were a little stooped; ho was grayer about the torn- pies. Tho little bit of cynioisra which had appoared m that remark about the caro of tho child showed also in the lines of his mouth, yet his eyes had the samo old, true, holiest look. But a man can not bo hit in mortal places onco or twice in his lifo without it being etched on his face or dropped, like a pinch of aloe, from his touguo. Still they sat and talked much longer, Frauk showing better than when his brother came, Richard gono gray and tired. At last Richard roso and mo tioned toward tho window. "See, Frank," he said, "it is morning. Then he went and lifted tho blind. The1 grav, unpurged air oozed on tho glass. Tho lijiht was breaking over tho tops of tho houses. A crossing sweeper, early to wmmm msmm Richard caught Frank') hand lu both of his. his task or holding the key of the street, went pottering by, and a police' man glanced up at them ns he passed. Richard drew down tho curtain agaiu. "Dick, ' said frank suddenly, "you look old. I wonder if I have changed as much?" Six months before Frank Armour would have said that his brother looked young. "Oh, you look young enough, Franli was tho reply, "bnt I am a good deal older than I was five years ago. Come, let us go to bed. ' ' Many weeks afterward an anxious family stood about the cot of a sick child. Tho family doctor had just left tho room. Marion, turning to tho father and mother, said: "Greyhopo will be liko itself again now. I will go and tell Richard that tho danger is over." As sho turned to do so Richard opened the door and came in. "I have ecu tho doctor," ho began in his chcertril tones, "and the little chap is going to pull along now liko a honso afire." Tapping his brother affectionately on the shoulder, ho was about to continue, but he saw what stopped him. He saw the begin ning of tho end of Frank Armour's trag ic comedy. He and Marion left the room as quickly as was possible to him, for, as ho said humorously, "ho was slow at a quick march," and a moment after tho wifo heard, without demur, her husband's tale of lovo for her. Yet, as if to remind him of tho wrong he had dono, heaven never granted Frank Armour auother child. THE KND. A Historic Weapon. Hon. E. L. Parris shows a historic wea pon. It is an old flintlock gun which was brought over from England by an ancestor of Mr. Parris ot several generations back, and was carried in tho Revolution by an ancestor of anuthcr generation who, with six of his sons, participated hi the war. Since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence it lias been fired every 1- ourth of Jul; in celebration of that event, Thero are probably few guns in the coun try with so honorable und patriotic a roc ord. Oxford (jle.) Democrat. The Peacock on a ltulny Day. The peacock, glittering with jewel-like eyes, has a voice by no means suited to its beauty. Its cry is harsh and disagreea ble. When the lain falls it sit.sonr.omo high perch uttering its doleful sounds, with its beautiful tall feathers drawn into the smallest possible space. Like a vain creaturo as it is, it never spreads its fix unless the sun shines. Troy Times. Puritanical Treatment of Hoys. In MissEarle's book, "The Sabbath in Puritan New England," a story is told of Dr. Dakiu hearing a noise while ho was praying in a church at Quiilcy. Tho min ister opened his eyes to discover the cause, and saw a redlmired hoy clutching the railing on tho front edge of tho gallery, while aveneruhle deacon clutched the hoy. At hist the balustrade gave way and boy and deacon fell with a crash. Tlio deacon then led tho boy out of the meeting house, nnd swishing sounds, accompanied by wails, were soon heard from tho region of the horse shed. A Prlaoiutr Hub a Jail. James Slattery has been robbing tho county Jail In wich he is a prisoner nt PotUvllle, Pa. Ho bus been employed lu tho hosiery department and has been helping to load wagons with goods for shipment. It has been .discovered that ho has been sending pnekuges ot stockings to his wifo in Look Haven. It Is estlmutcd that he has stolen $1,000 worth of goods, mm VOICE Oi1 ANIMALS. THE SLOW RISE AND FUTURE FAi. OF THE HUMAN SPEECH. Ouco No Living Tiling Had a Voice, and tlie Time Will Coino When tho Snina Thine Will lie True Again, nt Leant Ko Far as II u man ltoingn Aro Concerned. There was a time iu the history of tho world when even the animals hud novoice. There were no sounds or noises then but those made by the winds whistling about mountain tops and howling through prim eval forests, or of tlio waves dashing on shores absolutely si lent uud dend. The an imals of those geological epochs, being in the plastic state preceding the develop ment of the osseous structure that now gives form und comeliness to the human body, were lust beginning to breathe the exteruul air with a geutlo ruspiratiou. Ages, it should rather be said epochs, were passed in this maimer, in the course o which tho habit of respiration developed the lungs. Then the usa of the throat es sential to the taking of food produced those organs necessary to speech, which are called the pharynx, glottis and larynx. It seems that Providence, as a matter of supreme convenience, made tho same pas sage serve for eating, speaking and breat h ing, although another arrangement was possible, like tho respiratory apparatus of the grasshopper, which Is placed at the sides. This is one of tho very few excep tions to the rule which annlies in common to man and mostTtnimuls. When the upper part of the throat was n an advanced state of development tho act of respiration liegun to be accompanied by certain inarticulate sounds, at first re sembling the rough breathing of a person whose air passages are obstructed by a bad cold. Instinct soon taught the animal that these noises could be increased by forcing slightly the inspiration or expira tion of tho breath, or by contracting the muscles of tho throat and so emitting the voice in a rapid succession of indeiioito sounds. We have the right tosuppose that the yelping of sea lions represents very nearly the human voice in its early stages of development. The sounds of the voico of the human being arc, like those of all animals and all instruments, the result of a vibration of chords, and are grave or acute according to the size of these chords. Ibis change was more rapid in animals living on the land, the voice of those whoso hnbits continued to be amphibious remain ing much tho same. There came in tho course of time to be a great variety in tho voices of animals, determined partly liy their size, but generally by the circum stances in which they wens placed. The different species of the feline race living in forests cultivated the higher tones. Tho lion adapted his voice to the vast desert spaces where lie roamed and gaiued a scanty subsistence. The dog in his wild state probably confined himself to th lower notes ot the scale nnd expressed tin hostility only by barking. Since his do mestication, having acquired a sort of hu man sentiuieut, he yelps and whiues in the higher tones to express feelings thutaro but imperfectly understood. Thecal imi tates the high sopranos. The horse, having a long neck and a head nearly as long, im itates in his neighing most of the modern tenors. The animals of the bovine tribe produce the voico from low down in the throat only occasionally venturing on certaiu higher and exceedingly unnatural notes. iV great variety of tone and compass is round among the birds, from the shrill scream of those of-a ravenous kind down to the parrots, among which arc found the bassos, baritones and contraltos of the race. The singing birds combine the high and low tones with extraordinary flexi bility of voice and a perfection nf voealism at which they arrived probably at a very remote peruxl of the world s history. Man inherited Irom his immediate an cestors, the ajK-s and monkeys, a voice of considerable altitude, in which the lower tones were almost unknown. Tho mon keys chattered to their fellows from treo to tree in shrill head tones, the natural vocal expression of a weak and timid race, in whose physical formation the head had begun to hold an important pluce. Tho upper notes of the register were character istic of the first men, as they still are of avage tribes and peoples, and of the half ivili.ed members of modern society, whose voices have never been subjected to discipline. The music of the Chinese, Japanese and of all wild Tribes is keyed high and sung usually in falsetto, the lower notes being obtained uy drums, tomtoms or some other instruments of tl'.e kind. Although their songs are far from agreeable to the ear, they still think they can sing, an illusion shared, it must be confessed, by a con siderable number of persons in the most refined modern society. These facta and suggestions contain probably the reason for the belief cx pressed by a i rench writer that thebumau voice is gradually descending ho scale. High tenors and shy scraping sopranos are more and more diflicult to find, a ureal misfortune in these tunes when tho Wag ner operas demand such extraordinary vocal efforts. Tho Chrouicle has already endeavored to explain the awful conse quences of this theory carried to its logical results. It has shown how the sopranos will gradually become contraltos; the con traltos tenors, regardless of sex; the tenors baritones, and the baritones bassos. It would bo well if the misfortune ended here, but this is by no means all. When the whole human race isoulv able to sneak n bass tones there will continue to be a depression of the higher of these, until one smglo dead level is reached, above which the voice will be nimble to rise. To this unfortunate voice music in all its forms will long have been impossible. For awhile n conversation, whoso ghostly solemnity can only bo imagined, will bo carried on, and then the vocal organs will cease entirely to exist. San Francisco Chronicle. A Terrible Cholera Tragedy. At Askabad, Turkestan, the cholera had almost disappeared, and the event- was celebrated with much rejoiciug on the anniversary of tho emperor's name day. Tho governor gave a dinner, to which he invited a numerous compauy, and tho various regiments wero granted extra rations that they might rejoice on the occasion. The day, which began so auspiciously amid general rejoicing, was destined to havo au ending without a parallel in history. Of tho numerous guests who atteuded tho dinner one-half died within 2-1 hours. A military band of about DO men who played during that fatal dinner lost 40 of their number with cholera, and only 10 of tho men reached camp that night. Ouo regiment lost half of its meu aud nino officers ere tho sun rose the following morning, aud within 48 hours 1,300 pooplo died with cholera. The causo of tho outbreak was clear ly traced to a small stream of water which supplied the town. Four days previously the authorities were informed that cholera h :d broken out at a small Turkoman village situated on the banks of this stream about four inilos above Askabad. The inhabitants of this vil lage were ordered to movo thoir tents several miles back ou the hills, which thoydid. On the day before the reappearance of. the, cholera at Askqbad a very heavy rainstorm occurred, which wasned tne banks of the river and swept refuse and other matter from the abandoned village into tho stream, and this matter was carried by tho water into the city and distributed to all parts of the town by the numerous open canals through which the inhabitants were supplied with water. , It was this contaminated water wiich caused the reappearance of the epidemic and the frightful mortality which followed. Sanitary Era. EARLY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES. The Members Wero Generally Pretty Good Xatnred Follow. 4'Tho Kaglo Firo Kngine and Hose com, piny," said an old timer yesterday, was the first Pittsburg company ever actually organized on the volunteer principle. This occurred in the year 17fH. There was a great time lu tho village when tho Kagles secured an enghie. When tho wagons which brought it- from Philadelphia ar rived the town could hardly contain itself. Everybody turned out to see the wonder ful machine, and scarcely an eyo winked while John Johnson, the village mechanic, put the pieces together. Tho new engine was rude in the extreme. It cousi9ted of a plain box, which contained the mechanical works of the engine, and was operated by first pouring tho water into tho pump by means of buckets, and then forcing it out through the base. The fireplug was then unknown. 'Sometimes tho members of the Eagle undertook to inculcate morality by means of the shower bath.. Whenever a false alarm brought thom out they invariably repaired for practice to Virgin alley and played upon a house there called 'The Crow's Xe9t,' which possessed an unsavory reputation and was one of the earliest laud- murks of the alley. In vain tho inmates would cry from the doors and windows that there was no fire there. Tho boys ul- ways replied that the place needed a wash ing anyhow, and this method of getting rid of objectionable residents was winked at by the authorities. "When several companies had been or ganized an intense rivalry sprang up be tween them. So bitter was the partisan spirit mat lively pugilistic encounters sometimes took place, aud indeed it is said some of the good church people of that day took a hand in the contests. On Sunday afternoon, while returning from a fire, the Eaglo boys met the Alleghany company at the corner of Market and Liberty streets. Ihe J-.nglo captain ordered his men to march quietly by without any demonstra tion. The order was obeyed by all except one bully, who tried to provoke a quarrel, The captain thereupon lecame enraged, uud rushing to a neighboring stable se cured a pitchfork and inade for the man, who showed light. Tlio latter dodged the weapon and ran. From that day on he never sliowpd rebellion. 'On another occasion when these two companies were returning from a lire, side by side, each crew waiting for the other to start up a row, one of the Alleghany men, a great big fellow over six feet iu heiKht, who was casting threatening glances at the foe, slipped aud fell down. A little Eagle man, the smallest member of the compauy, stepped over to the prostrate giant, and shaking his fist at him said, 1 here, you might have known I would knock you down for looking at me that way.' 'You!' responded the big one as he struggled to his feet, 'you knock me down! V hy you little runt, you, I could eat you for a quail on twist und swallow your en gine for dessert.' The scene was so ludi crous that both companies burst into a Hi of laughter. Thero was no fight thut day Pittsburg Dispatch. A Daily Performance That It Free, Matinee every dv; scats free. Perform nnee commences at 3 a. in. All are invited that are wide enough awake to listen. Thus aunounces nature's orchestral man ager. Spring comes in with this matinee, summer sees the height of this outdoor concert and autumn brings the adjourn incut of this open air enu-rtaiiimeut til the first day of tho next spring. As soon as Aurora with her rosy fingers draws aside tho curtama of night und ap pears at, the opening the concert begins. "Copse, rock aud river ring again on a line spring morning." Tlio melody hnds it way to the heart of every one, or would if sh-cp had not so locked tho outward senses that the heart cannot bo reached. Chanticleer opens with bis shrill Cock-a doodle-do-o-o. When one begins to sing the whole wood soon manifest its sympathy by a general chorus, and the songs inspire delight iu the feathered songsters. Tliey caro not that men are not listening; they sing their sweetest songs to one another, they are telling their brethren of their happiness, they are singing their songs of love, they are chanting the same songs of praise that the morning stars sang together when the world was created and God pronounced it good, they are caroling of hope for days to come and of jay iu the days that are. The deep blue heaven is full of voices of unseen birds tlrat flutter at the pule portal of morning. Mutiaoe closes promptly at C u. in. After that each bird sings solo or chorus, as he pleases, but all through the day they keep up their constant chirping. troy Times. llestlng tho Kyes During Work. Speaking of the daily occupations which are hurtful to the eye, Dr. L. Webster Fox particularly condemns reading in street ears nud in railway trains. Tho paper is usually held closer to t he eye thau ou other occasions, because of the motion of the cars, aud when this strain is followed up by a day's hard work the 'effect is soon seeti iu congested eyeballs and eyelids. Short intervals of rest will save eyes en gaged in exacting work. Dr. Eox suggests that persons working over books have a green disk placed in range ot their vision, so that their eyes can rest upon it . when they raise their heads after runuing up long columns of figures. l-'or tho same purpose he advises that the walls of schoolrooms should bo hung with maps and pictures to relieve the eyes ot children. This plun has been followed in tho Francis M. Drexel public school with beneficial results. Auulyst, A Warm Reception In Maine. Two Auburn youths the other evening accompanied two fair maidens of the same city to their homes. Thero was the usual pause at the doorstep, anil when it came timo to part one of the fair creatures rushed up, opened the hall door, remark ing us she did so in honeyed tones, "Won't you come inf" A smile ot acquiescence had just commenced to steal over the faces of the young men when the door opened a littlo wider, ns a impelled by some force within, and a very copious shower of warm water deluged the waiters. Ao, you won t come in! sounded a voice in a tone which left no chance for an argument, and the youths tore themselves away with such vigor that the dust fairly enveloped them, Jittiiuor Commercial. . Forgetfulneij. A story is told of a Frenchman who sat by his 11 reside reading a book, when the nurse brought him his Infant heir to dan dle on his knee. A friend calling upon him ho forgot he was nt reading, nnd, throwing tha child on the table as if it had been a book, ho left the room. For tunately tho nurse was at hand to rescue the maltreated infant. London Tit-Bits. .-d mrnisketscher, Bohemia, the un equal working of nature in the destruction of rocks has resulted iu a most colossal and ruggedly beautiful arch, the summit of which is upward of 1,-100 feet above the scu u - - HUNTING THE ELK. EXCITEMENT OF THE CHASE OF THE STATELY ANIMALS. Colorado It the Place Where These Noble Creatures Aro Found In Larce Kum- ben They Are Going, However, the Way of the Once Humerout Buffalo, This is perhans the createst ctnmn rnnn- Irj in the United States. Situated in the very heart of die Rocky mountains, tho least settled part, the towering peaks and wooded slopes literally teem with deer, elk and bear. But the onward march of civi lization is making great inroads upon these proud denizens of the forest, and soon they wm imvo jomeu me Diitiaio in the happy hunting ground. In a varied experience, covering several years, it has Sen mv pleasure to study the habits aud character istics ot those animals, and I believe of all the large game on this continent the elk is tho noblest, the grandest, the stateliest. The moose, caribou, deer or mountain sheep has each its points of excellence that endear it to the heart ot the sportsman. but the elk possesses more thau any of the others. In size, sagacity, cunning and wariness he is the superior of them all. His keen scent, his penetrating eye, his acute sense of hearing, combine in making him one of the most diflicult animals to kill. He will travel twenty-four hours with case, never stopping to eat or drink. His gait is a swift, swinging trot. IIo is as graceful as a fawn and moves over the ground at an astonishing pace. With his immense antlers thrown back on his shoul ders ho will go through rocks, down tim ber or brush with the greatest easo where a horse, and sometimes a man, would havo difficulty in following. Ho is often found above timber line and will traverse narrow passes and defiles, climbing over walls of rock and through fissures where it would seem impossible for an animal of his size to go. I well remember tho first time I heard an elk bugle. 1 was alone on top of the great divide, and was walking along the bank of the dizzy canyon at the very head of Fish creek. I was a novice in those days, and fully expected to see a herd of grizzly bears at every step. My nerves were at a great tension, na the doap and gloomy canyons and craggy cliffs at that point aro dark and foreboding, and have au oppressive ef fect on a tenderfoot. Suddenly thero burst upon my ears tho clear, penetrating bugle of an elk. It was a most strunge, weird, peculiar sound, baffling ull efforts of the most skillful word painter and startling in its sudden ness. JUy hair stood ou end. I wanted to run, but did not know which way to go, as the sound seemed to come rolling in from every direction. , I was bewildered as the sound echoed from cliff to dill and went rolling awi in the distnuce. Again pealed out that rlanon note, and this time I espied along the canyon bank a moving objtct, which I soon tuadeout to be an elk. He was a noble specimen, with immense spreading antlers, and was coming directly toward me. I dropped down behind a rock and awaited him. Jusl in front of mo wus a beautiful little park covered with a carpet of ureeu grass, plentifully sprinkled with flowers, and into this he turned. Ho Btoppcd, threw his head back, swelled his neck to an enormous size and once more emitted that mournful wail. While be was standing thns I took careful aim and lired. lie dropped liko a log. The bullet took him square between the eyes. His antlers had ni.Mi prongs to the side, and the tip was six feet from his head. During the latter part ot November, when the soft downy snow had piled up over a foot deep on the valley, I accompa nied a hunting expedition to the head waters of Elk river. Here the elk congre gate in large bands preparatory for their winter trip south. We shoveled off a camping place and built a roaring fire. After supper we sat around on logs and smoked and told stories until late and then rolled into our beds, spread on a thick layer of spruce boughs, and dreamed of elk and licnr aud all other game that is dear to the heart of the sportsman. How one can sleep ou a bed of spruce boughs! Morning dawned bright and clear, and long before sunrise we were in motion. We heard an elk bugle just over a littlo hill from our camp, and believing there was a band of them we made in that direc tion. As we came upon the hill and looked over we saw a beautiful sight. . There in a little valley was a bunch of more than 200 elk. Somo were lying, some standing and others walking back and forth like senti nels watchingover a sleeping army. Noise lessly we crept back, and making a wide detour we surrounded them. The situ was well up by this time, and as it shone upon the frost incrnsted boughs of the spruce they shone and sparkled like clus ters of diamonds. Tho peaks are warmed with a glow of sunlight, nnd are tinged with a golden halo. It was a scene of marvelous grandeur and beauty. A signal was given and we all moved forward. An ever watchful bull sounds a note of alarm, and instantly tha herd is in motion. They go slowly down the gulch, moving in good order, although tho snow is three feet deep. The leader stalks proudly at the head of the band. Suddenly from in front there is a report, and we see a little puff of smoke ascend. Tho leader stops, turns around with his noble hend lowered to the grouud, and his noblo body trembles with a new and deathly sensntiou. Tho snow around is covered a bright crimson, nnd this maguificeut animal, which a few mo ments ago walked proudly at the head of his band, summons all his effort for a great leap and falls over dead. Tho band thus suddenly deprived of a leader stands wa vering for a moment and then breaks apart, and one part runs up our hillside while the others go tho other way. Now is the chance for tho hunter, and we, who are above him, look with eager expectancy to see him accept it. He rushes forward just as the elk, seeing that they are sep arated, torn and come together again like tho wings of a great army. He is in tbe very midst of them, and they, bewildered by the shooting, jump first one way and then the other all around him. But this man, who a moment before could kill nn elk the first shot, is now suf fering from a severe attack of "buck ague." It is too much for his nerves, and ho shoots fast and wild. He keeps up this fusilado until his cartridges are gone. Thirty shots and he has not drawn blood. The elks come to their senses nnd sweep oft down the gulch out of range. We had lots of fun twitting this hunter about his good marksmanship, but . there aro lots of good huuters who get "rattled" when they are in the midst of a band of elk, some of which could bo killed with a butcher knife. The tactics of the pot huut-er are to kill the leader of a band of elk, and then they will often stand until they are all shot dowo.-C. II. Leckenby ia Denver Son. The Sargasso sen bus been eueountered somo 200 or 300 miles northeast of Burba does; but whether the weed is solely car ried from the West Indies aud the gulf is perhaps open to doubt. Unless the waste product is regularly carried oft the system is poisoned by its accumulation. It is this self poisoning which brings on tbefatal result lu Bright's disease und diabetes. The English viper may cause the death of a dog or of a delicate and weakly child. Small creatures, such as mice, will some-; I times die a few minutes after being struck, ! CENTRAL RAILROAD OF N, J. LEHIGH AND SUSQUEHANNA DIVISION Anttiracite coal used exclusively. lntmi.ina cleuuliuoss and comfort. TIME TABLE IN BPTECT MAY 21), 1S9I. Trains leave Sflranton for Pittstnn. Wllk Bnrre. etc.. at 8.31 D.li 11.30 n. m. llsa. ih Ml, 6.011, J. H.(B p. ui. Bundayi, 9.U) a. m.. 1.00, n r., 7.10 p. m. ror Aiinntio uty, s ai a. m. For New York. Newark and Elizabeth. R SI (exnrees) a. m 12.,"0 (expross with BufTet parlor car), '6.J0 (express) p. m. Sunday, &lj ni. Fon MADCH Cni'NK. Ali.f.ntows. Rirrnr c. hf.m, Eartoh and Philadelphia, 8.ai a. m.. I'i-Vi, 3.30, 5.U0 (exeopt Philadelphia) p. in. Bundny, 2.15 p. m. For Long BitAHcn, OctAS Grove, etc, at 8. .0 a. m.. VZ.m p. m. For RoadniK, Lebauon and Harrisburg, via Allentowu, b.A) a. m., Vi-M, u.00, p.m. Buuday, 2.1 p. m. ror rutmuie, .- a. m., iz.ai p. m. Keturninsr. leave Now York, foot of Libert atroet, North river, at It 10 (oxpresa) a. iu., 1.10, 1.30. .; (express with Buliot parlor car) p. m. Simi'ny. 4.30 a. m. ijouve f nuaiieipuia, ucaaine Terminal, ail J a. m.. z.00 and 4.30 i) m. ISuudav. 0 : Through tickets to all points ut lowost rat-H may be had on application in advance to th ticket agont at the Mutton. u. P. BALDWIN, uen. i'asa. Agent, H. OLHAUSEN, Gun. Supt. M AV 19 1 Train loaves Scranton' for Philadelphia an o S.W Y,?tt 5 U- H- K. at 7.45 a.m.. 1S.0S. 2.88 and 11.88 u. m. via n r t. tr r u u(i7 8.08. 11.20 a.m.: and 1.5) p.' m. '" " L,eve Bcramon lor llttaton and Wiltaa Burre. yla.D.. L. W. R. u 0.00. &08. ll.-a a. m , i.w, 8.50. ts.OT. 8. o p. m. Leave Scranton for Whito Bavon, Hazletoo, Pottsville aud all points on the Heaver Meadow and i'ottsvilfo branches, via E. & W V.. 8 40 a.m., via D. Sc 1LU. It. at 7.45a.m.. HO" 2.88. M) p.m., via D., L. & W. E. B, 0.00, i.W, 11.20 a.m.. 1.30, 3.50 p.m. Leave Scranton for Bethlehem. Eautoo, Reading, narrisburg and all intormodtcta iwinU via D.& H.K.R.7.45 a m.. 12.0-1. J.88, 11. tt p.m., via D., L. & W. R. 6.00,8.08, 11.30 a. m, i.4i p.m. Leave Scranton for Tunkhinnock, Towanli, Elraira, Ithaca, Geneva and all intermediita (.omts via D. & H. K.R..8.40 a.m.,12.05 and lUi p. m.,via D. L. & W. H It., 8.01 a.m.,IA p. ra. Leave Scranton for Rochester, Buffalo, Ni agara Falls, Detroit. Chirairo and all nolurt west viaD. & H. R. R., 8.15 a. m., 12. 05, 0.1 5.1 1 Ji p. ra., via D. L. St W. R. R. and Plttbtoo, Junction, 8.08 am , 130, 8.50 p. in., via E. S$ W. li It., 8.-U p. m. For Klmira and the west via Salamiuoi, via r. U. R. K. C45 a.m., 12.05,8.05 p. m . vrn D.. L. & W. R. a. .8.08 a.m., l.M) and 8.97 p. m. Pullman parlor and HleoplnK or L. V. chair Mrs on all trains between L. St B. Junction or Wilkes-Bnrre and Nhw York, Phlladjlp'ala, Buffalo and Snuponiion Bridire. ROLLIN H. WILBUR, Hon. Sopt. CMAS. S. LKE, (Vrn. Pass. A't, Phila-.P. A.W.NONNEMACHER.Asa't Osn.P&SS. Ag'ti South Bethlehem, Pa. DELAWARE AND HUD. HON RAILROAD. Commencing Mondav.Jnl? 30, ail trains will arrive and depart from the now Lack awanna avenue station a -mioiiowh: 5 Trains will leave Scran ton station for Larbondale and Intermediate points us 2.20. 5.45. 7.00. 6.25 and 10.18 i.m , 12.00, 2,20, 8.55, 5.15,0.15, 7.25, R.10 and 11.20 p.m. ror rarview, wavruarc ana uonssciaie ai 7.00. 8.25 and 10.10 a.m., 12.00,2.20 and 6.15 p. u. Ft AJlianv. Saratoga, tho Adironuacksand Montreal ut 5.45 a m. aud 2,20 p rru For Wilkes-Barre and intermediate points at 7.45, 8.45. 9.38 and 10.45 am, 1205, 1.20, 2.3 ton, 5.10, 0.05. 0.15 and 11.38 p.m. Trains wui arrive at beruntoo btatlon rrom Carbondale and intermediate uointa at 7 40. 8.40, tt.34 nod 10.4O a.m., 12 CO, 1.17, 2.34, a 10, 154, 5.55.7.4.5, 1)11 and 11.33 p.m. From HunRsdalo. Wavniart and Farview at 1.34 a.m.., 12.00, 1 17, 3.(0, 655 and 7.45 p.m. From Montreal, Saratoga, Albany, etc., at 154 aud ll.;t p.m. From Ilkps-Barro and intermediate pointi at 2 15. 8.01, 10.06 and 11 55 a.m., 1 10, t, It 8.80, l.lti, C.08, 7.20, 0.03 and 1L 10 p.m. DELAWAHE, LACKAWANNA AND WESTERN RAll.KOAD. Trains leave Scranton as follows: Express for New York and ah ooiuts East. 1.40, 2.50, 6.15, 8.00 and 0.5a a. m. ; 12 55 and 3 50 p. m. Express for Eastou, Treuton. Philadelphia and tho South, 615, 8.00 and 11. 5 j a. m.; Uil and 3.50 p. m. Washington and way stations, 3.5u p. m. Tobyhanna accommodation, 0-10 p. zn. Expr ss for Binchamton, Osweeo, Elmlra, Corning, Bath. Dansville, Mount Morris aud Buffalo, 12.10, 216 a. m. and 124 p. m., making i-loeo connections at Buffalo to all points iu the West, Northwest and Southwest. Bath accommodation. It. n. Binghamton and way stations, 12.37 p. ra. NicuoLon accommodation, act p. m. an 6,10 p. in. Binghamton and Elmira Express, 6.05 p, m. Express for Cortland, Syracuse, Osweir Ctica and Richfield Springs, 2.15 a, m. and l.-I p. m. ltliaca, 2.15 and Bath 9 a. m. and 2l p. m. For Northumberland, Pittston, Wilkes-Barre, Plymouth, Bloomsburg and Danville, making closo connections at Northumberland fof Williamiport, Harrisburg, Baltimore, Wasa" lngton and tha South. Northumberland nnd intermediate statiens, 6.00, .&." a. m.-and 1.30 and 6.07 p. m. Nanticone ana intermediate stations, B.UJ and 11.20 a. m. Plymouth and intanneoiats stations, uuand 8.5.1 D. m. Pullman parlor and slooplnB coaches on all 'srssst sea 328 Lackawanna avonuo. or depot ticket oflic pRIE AND WYOMING VALLEY RAIL Tratakave Scranton for New York and in termidTaepomUontheEri, fi. WLdl locai "Sotota!?. S24 n .m. Ail the aliovs ...n. 11(.nfBlllA. are through trains to and ... jji.; in liinven Sctanton, for Lake Ancl at 510 7- arriT,a. on from the Lake Pt8 a m "'J Trains leave for Wuxes-BarrdBto.t8B.iB. twl 3.41 P. m. In Eilrct Jnue24th, 1894. North Bound. Htmtli Bound. i8lM72be 205 203 201 Stations 3 8 r '(Trains Dally, Bri cepi Minna.; Arrive Lravei N Y Franklin bi. west ua awreeu weehawkon Arrive Lcarejt 8 201 1 151 Hancock Junciluai S 1( 1 Oil uancocx starlight Preston Park Como Fnyutclle Belmont riPmiant .lit. I'nloiirtale Forwt City CarbuMdaie 7 5 7 51 7 45 IS Pl . IS 4 . 12 40A 7SH I2S.V1010 "SSI IS itqiooi Tssiiara t5'j 8(6 sir, 8 09; G03 51 to a is r OKI II 4!" 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