j. M. WIHTON, MUNCY VALLEY, JTXST E/EOEITED Date Stock of Goods so Men's& Young Mens' Suits. | You are a!! invited to come arid examine the goods, j 1 to be seen here is the most stylish. These are the prices which you can get good suits for: Also a big lot of BOYS' SUITS. « / ■HI izes from 3 years to 16 years. Knee pants, assorted col- H « ' from $1.75 lip. Also a big lot of Hoys' School Knee || Pants, strong as you can make them for little money. i 1 IJm A bi;; lot of MEN'S WORKING PANTS at 75c worth % i 1.2". $3.50 pants reduced to 2.10 per pair. Also a big lot \ M Ir^l •iF.N'S HATS latest st>Us; they are thoroughly up to 1^ d e and acceptable to those who want to wear stylish |i r.s, Also rece'ved up to date stock of LADIES' SKIRTS CJjtof ANL) COATS, FURS AND SWEATERS. Sole agents for W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES. From 3.00 to ro. Also r ceived twenty-five cases of boots and shoes for Ladies' 1 , i\ts and Children from 9SC up; all new goods, no trash. All sizes and low prices. Reliable dealer in Men's Clothing. Jacob M. Wihton MUNCY VALLEY, PA. ;| i. To the Pacific Coast—to California, Oregon, Washington* > round-trip, long trancit and return limit*, liberal atop-over privileges. JfetMr M The rats is practically on the basis of one fare for the round •'v.,.... ..j trip. Of course, if you v/ish to visit both California and OrtgQH r.j-i "V. s yr s "'--' or Washington, the cost is slightly more. I- >.• These reduced rates are in effect on certain dates in months i\ of May to October, inclusive. They apply from all Eastern points **£#7) i jft via ca i>' 0 ' St Louis or Memphis gateways. The Rock Island )i System will take you up in either Chicago or St. Lows, or at hundreds ' ' 5 oj: 0 -~ er Middle West points and carry you to the Coast in through (/ J J Standard or Tourist Sleepers with unexcelled Dining Car service. The Rock Island also affords a choice of routes: on the "Scenic" v ' ; "'A / route you can stop off in Colorado—see Salt Lake City—visit t: jH Yellowstone National Park; on the "Southern" route you can go f !J •«'•*/•' via El thru New Mexico, then-"up coast" to San Francisco r | •*>' * I and onto Portland or Seattle if desired. ij ;.i In short, these Pacific Coast excursions offer an unusually good ■ j ■'' •1% * Ef"l chance to see our western country in a comprehensive manner. •'' * h If you desire togo only as far as Colorado, there are excursus ' ; '! \' 11 ;■rates in effect to that section and return, all summer long, , 0 v • S specially reduced June 30 to July 4, August 12 and 13, ■ " pff it i' UN \i v 4 and August 30 to September 4. Extension trips lo Ogden !i\l u /!l HVk or Salt Lake and return at low cost also. • H't Wii ! .i V;-?f• From September 15 to October 31, 190! one»wmy kM[ Uy i V vh\}]ol )|'\ tourist or "colonist" tickets will be on sale to California and •*&) .'j I M*V\J P» c *fi c Northwest—about half regular fare. £r?fe\\\/ flj? i\S • If interested, send name and address oa this coupon, Mfftliai J). %\ > I ' which booklet wanted and to what point you plan to jo. NsMpfoUbl* date of ,tar * * l * 0 ' *° we^ ca ® adW,e definiUly with respect *» rates, ote. Address Address JOHN SEBASTIAN, , finOuMj Pa»E. Traf. Mgr., Rock hlend System, Leare about \*V Jj CHICAGO. De.UnaUon WHY THE HORSE BHIE9 Sensible Explanation of the Habltt of Well-Known Animals. Dr. Louis Robinson, an English zool ogist, ban just given to the world no account of the habits aud mode of life of certain animals, and the conclusion at which he swm > to arrive is that nil suet) phenomena may be explained on the ground of atavalstu. Thus he claims that the horse of our day de rives his swiftness and power of en durance from the fact that his ances tors in former days were obliged to flee from and frequently to defend themselves against their great enemies —the wolves. In like manner lie claims that the reuson that the horse shies is because his ancestors were forced to be constantly on the alert against hidden enemies, and that the reason that he rears and plunges Is because only by pursuing such actlcs could his forefathers shake oIT wild animals who had leaped upon their backs. Sheep when frightened immediately rush off to the highest point they can reatili. The reason, says Dr. Uobinson, is because alt sheep originally inhab ited mountainous districts. And this, he claims, is also the reason why they wear a thick fleece of wool all the year through, the summer temperature in mountainous districts being almost as cold as that of winter Finally, we are assured that the reason sheep invaria bly follow a leader is because their an cestors were obliged togo In Indian file through the narrow mountainous passes. l'igs have also engaged Dr. Robin sou's attention. He was pu/.zleU for a good while as to the < ause of their grunting, says the Chicago Tinies llerald. but now he thinks he has dis covered the real reason. The pigs of to-day, he says, evidently grunt be cause their ancestors made their homes in thick woods, and only by making this sound could they keep track of each other and guu>:d them selves against going astray from the common herd. Coinnientine on ciMs latter explanation, a scientist suggests that Dr. Robinson might now do well to spend some time in trying to find out why the horse neighs and why the dog barks. Well-Dressed Man Arouses Sympathy The generosity supposed to be hid den under the mask of the ancient highwayman Is sometimes present un der the rags of his modern edition, the street tramp. A well-dressed man, who had Just left the fcrryhouse in. New York after crossing the river, 1 started to pick his way through the, mud of the crossing. His patent leath- { ers, his silk hat and his shining even ing dress made him an obvious prey: for the tattered dock bandit, who slouched up to him with the usual piteous cry for help to get a night's lodging. •My dear fellow," said the well dressed man with a sudden instinct of { frankness. "I'm in my store clothes, but the fact Is I've got to walk up town because I haven't a nickel to pay my car fare." "Is that so?" said the other in an ex cited whisper. "Well, It ain't goin' to be said I left a panl In the lurch when he was dead broke." And putting his hand Into his rags, be hauled up a bewildering heap of silver and offered anything the other wanted. The "pard" burst into a shout of laughteT and Insisted on shaking hands with the beggar, though he refused the nickel. And all through his trudge home he had plenty of food for thought, humorous and otherwise An Expert. Svrordfish. Hank Carruthers. of Block Island, R. 1., an old-time fisherman, last year, caught a young sword fish, not more than two feet long, which had refused j to leave the dead body of its mother, which he had harpooned after an ex citing fight. The young fish survived the transportation to a tidal pond be- 1 hind the Carruthers homestead and tho entrance to the pond was closed with a net to prevent bis escape. Since then Mr. Carruthers has tamed the fish so that it will feed from bis hand, and the neighbors had become so accustomed to the sight that they did not notice it any more. Last month a French gen tleman, who Is a well known fencing 1 teacher, M. Tierce, had been train- j Ing the fish furtively. He had made a j •oft pad of leather, which he adjusted [ on the tip of his sword, like the button on a foil, and the two gave an exhibi tion bout of fencing which could not be equalled for nicety of action and correctness of dash in the Fencers' Club. The fish apparently knows all j the rules of the game and carefully re-■ trains frem committing fouls. He cuts j and slashes swiftly, and several times | he caught M. Tierce unawares, New York Press, and nearly transflWd him. The Frenchman has offered Mr. Carruthers a large sum of money for the flsh which he wishes to exhibit. Hot Baths. Here Is a point that English folks might learn from the Japanese. The reason we are Inclined, in this country, j to catch cold after taking a hot bath ! in the daytime, Is that we do not take it hot enough. If only you have tho water as uear boiling point as possible, I there is no fear of your getting cold afterward. The Japanese revel iu these hot tubs, says Chambers' Jour nal. They take them three and four times a day. In some districts of Ja pan, I believe, the people are amphib ious: for months at a time they live practically in the water. A Japanese »nce called upon ma, and he apologized at the outset of our conversation for being so unmannerly and dirty, for he had only had time to take two hot hatha that day. A Dangerous Indulgence. "There's only one drawback to a ay off." "What's that?" "It makes you want another day off." —Chicago Reotird. Neversweat Nicodemus—Did yer ever j iear about a princess wot slept for one hundred years? Tattered Tolilver—Yes. Wot an idee Jfe she led!— Kansas City Indepem' ent. The Parson—l both de angels doni lotc-bed yo' anudder baby bruafler? "Ysa*. but It Jest seems lak dem angels picks us eat de blackest bablea op fntr'-Lifa SOUTH LONDON. ilf Wilier lleflant ©lves Noma Interrot. I«t Sketch** of Thiit Ancient I*or lion «112 111© rity. Besides being a novelist, Sir Walter Besant is a historian, particularly the historian par excellence of London. For tho last few years he has written articles on historic London for The Pall Mall Magazine. The last series to appear were on South London; these, like the others, are now present ed in book form under their original title and with the elaborate and artistic illustrations which so enhanced their value when they were printed in the magazine. The publishers of "South London" in this country are Frederick A.. Stokes Company. "The chief difficulty in writing 'South London,' " said Sir Walter in his pie face. "lias been that of selection from the great treasures which have accum ulated about this strange spot. The contents of this volume do not form a tenth part of what might bo written on the same plan, and still without Includ ing the history proper of the borough." The author courteously acknowledges his obligations to tte artist "Mr. Perry Wadham, who has 10 faithfully and so ctinuingly carried out the task commit ted to him." "My South London," says Sir Walter, "extends from Battersea in the west to Greenwich in the east, and from the river on the north to the first rising ground on he south. This rising ground, a gentle ascent, the beginning of the Surrey hills, can still be observ ed on the high roads of the south— Clapham, Brixton, Camberwell." At first London had 110 communica tion with the rest of the world, <xcept by water. Then a causeway was 'iiult across the Southwark marshes. I he second road connected with the high road to Dover: it is now eailod Hi :h Street Borough. It formed an entirely open and broad communication; ii be gan not far to the west of St. Saviour's Church, opposite the Roman Trajectus. the mediaeval ferry, now St. Mary Overies Dock. Ferries were soon es tablished across the Thames, and at length the marshes were drained. Pre historic remains prove that all this was done during the stone age and the bronze age. Centuries passed by. "High Street j of Southwark is now a crowded thor oughfare, because it is tbe main artcrj of a town containing a population of many hundreds of thousands. In thf j last century it was quite as animated because it was one of the main arterie? by which London was in communica ! tion with the country. An immense i number of coaches, carts, wagons and 'caravans' passed every day up | and down the High Street, some | stopping or starting in Southwark it ! self; some going over London Bridge ! to their destination in the city." Among the relics of the bygone ages stands to-day the remains of the p\laca lof the Bishop of Winchester. As ona 'of the Bishops of Winchester would have made a very good modern Police Court Judge and District Attornej combined, it may not be Inappropriate at this place to tell something about I the punishments of the tim» that were : ordered by the church. "There was 1 whipping, but not tne terrible, mur derous flogging of the eighteenth cen . tury; there were hangings, but not Cor everything. Mostly to the credit <' r 1 *he church, punishment was designed ; «otto crush a man, but to shame him | Into repentance and to give him a chance of retrieving his character. A man might be set in the stocks or put 1 in pillory, and so to feel the hein -1 ousness of his offc..4e. This punish ment was like that which was inflicted ' on a schoolboy; the thing done, the boy jis taken back to favor. The eighteenth j century branded him. imprisoned him, I transported him, made a brute of him, and then banged him. Did a woman 1 speak despttefully of authority—pre- I sumptuous quean—set her up in the | cage beside the stoulpes of London : Bridge, that every one should see her j there and should ask what she had done. After an hour or two take her ! down; bid her go home and keep hence forth a quiet tongue in her head. This leniency was only for offenses moral and aguinst the law. For freedom of luought or doctrine there was Bishop Bonner's better way. And it was a j way inhuman, Inflexible, unable to for- I give." I Sir Walter Besant, in showing how j the palace either contains or has at j some time contained the work of nearly 1 every archbishop In succession, inci dentally remarks, in speaking of some of the improvements executed by the various prelates, that the Ciiicheley Tower, commonly known as the "Lol ! lards' Tower," "never had any connec ; tion with Lollards, and that all the talk ! about the unhappy Lollard prisoners is without foundation." And, In a word, which will explain , why 1 have given an apparently dispro- j portionate space to Lambeth Palace, the author thus ends his chapter on the ' royal houses of South London; "Lam beth Palace, the only palace in the whole of South London, is a moniimer/ of English history from the twelfth century downward. Kennington ap ! pears at intervals; Eltham is a holiday j house; Greenwich practically begins | with the Tudors. Lambeth, like West minster or St. Paul's belongs to the long history of the English people." I From the fragmentary "lives" of ! Shakespeare we have learned consider able about the Globe Theatre, but in "South London" we find a great deal more, and also much about the Bear Garden, Blackfriars, and Paris Garden, the Hope Theatre, the Swan Theatre, and the Rose. It is all very interest ing. And of the South London of to-day, there is much that is of interest, much that is fascinating, albeit the tourist to London can see it all if he only takei the troutle. Tempering Steel. The tempering of steel with uniform ! results is a feat hardly to be achieved by the most expert artisan. A German I Inventor had devised a process for ac curately obtaining any desired degr<v I of hardness, the variations being effect I ed by changes in the liquid used, ant depending on the fact that grad d re suits may be produced by the use o, milk in varying forms and dilutions that Is, by fresh and skimmed milk sweet and sour whey, fresh and ok' buttermilk, and different mixtures will water. The various stages of acidifica tion of milk are also said to give al the effects of hardening in oil and oth er fat mixtures. ii C/ Jiik . Headaches and Dizzy Spells, Wea K, Nervous, Wretched, Tired, I U»til Dr. Miles' Nervine Cured Me. Are yon in a "112 ocr condition?" Are you almost ready to t r ive up from exhaustion, nervousness headaches, backaches, ana dizzy spells ? No need to mention the de tails ot a run down or "poor condition" to those who are suffering. I'ntter t < toil you of Nervine, the r medy sold on a guarantee to help i 011, and restore your poor weakened neivcs t > li'e, strength an i lu-al'th. "I)r. Miles' Restorative Nervine has done a creat deal 112 a me. in he fall of 1N97 my health was in a very poor condition. I x tri me nervniirntss, dizzy spells and fit k headaches n:nde me mosi miseralie. 112 had been under the care of our local phvsician for some time, but f;ot no better. 1 w.;s 011 the ver<;e of nervous prostration. Had no appetite, and couUl not sleep. 1 i;rew \v.i?e as the dizzy spells continued and loft tlosh and strength. Oh! those awful day-. A lady friend who lui l taken Restorative Ner vine advised me to try it.l bought a bottle •it the local drug M'-ie ur.d when it was one ha 112 pone I notice I that the medicine Mas helping me. I continued taking it according 10 directions until 1 had used three bottles when 1 f-it so much better I stopped taking it. l"fei I that my pre -nt ureatly improveU healihis all d.:e to l>. Mies' Restorative Nervine. 1 nni 112 r tefulfo* the benefit 1 re ceived and recomn end tiie Nervine wholly on its merits as a nerve tonic and restora tive."—MßS. I*. M. llouoiiooM, Dalton, Mass. All druggists s? II tl nd guarantee first bottle Or. Mile.--' Remedies. Send tor free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co.. 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