Keep fl-Tryin Signboards. ;
"Mr boy." ald Uncle Hiram, "you'll toon b starting out?
To drive o'er Lite's Ions roadway, and oft a bit of doubt
Will puxiie you completely, ai to which you'd but pursue
Of branching ways, when roads fork out, as thry're Inclined to do,
Kacb bears the equal marks of well -woi a travel, like as not, "
Ar.d so. one's undecided which he'd better choose to trot;
Kul 1 have learned the route, my boy, and thus much I'll confess i
The 'Keep a-tryln' ' signboards mark the highway to Burcesi. . i '
t
"Success Is such a pretty town to reach It, all men strive;
You'll find the crowd, though, growing less, the farther on you drive -
For many, seeking shorter cuts through Dilly-dally Lane,
ttat so far off the highway that they find It ne'er again! .
Tou'll be allured, aa on you go, by finger-posts that say: .
Take Chance's Road, past Waiting villa. It's far the better way;'
Kut I this safer route would fain upon your mind Impress '
The 'Keep a-tryln' ' signboards mark the highway to Success.
-The road that runs through WaltlngvlUe has prospects bright and fair,
When first you start, but, farther on, It leads through swamps of Care,
And. after that, you'll have to climb the weary hill of Debt;
Then, still beyond, there looms In view the tollgate of Kegret
And so, my boy. when starting on the road of Life, alsne.
The route your Uncle Hiram chose I trust you'll make your own,
And heed his plain directions. If you'd quite avoid distress;
The 'Keep a-tryln' ' signboards mark the highway to Success.
Roy Farrell Greene, in Success.
Mat Creel Hit.'
Old Bams on was an actor great.
Though timid as a mouse;
An encore he dtii not receive
Tet he brougth down the house,
Chicago DsXy News,
HI awl a LIwartwMat OerMf 9t
mttm Tfcr Ttaaea mmt
-(
Gov. WIntbrop Murray Crane of
Massachusetts who has declined to
succeed Lyman J. Gage aa secretary'
of the treasury, waa elected last No
vember for the second term aa fov
ernor, and before he 'became; ' gov
ernor he . was lieutenant governor
three years. He is a millionaire paper
manufacturer, ' of Dalton, in the
western part of the state, where he
waa born in 1853. His grandfather
founded the Berkshire paper mill
there in 1801. There are now four
mills In the control of the Cranes,
A POSER FOR AIRTIB.
llll!. I.I MP" 1
J fa1 Infants and Children.
The Kind Too Hare Always Bought has borne the lignv
ttiM. a fltaa TT" VlASitlftAw anil Itna Kaaii msulji tinii ai- ll
personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no i
to aeceiTe you in urn. irtunterfelts, imitations av
44 Just-as-g-ood" are but Experiments, and endanger tv
health of CLildren Experience against Experiment.
The Kind Yoa Have Always Boug
Sears the signature of
S9
1
A SEQUOIA DRYAD
By ETHEL WATTS MUMFORD.
Urn
4
1, .. .iiM.KK thought he had l
J ; .nl tiling when he bought ur.
u iilu-r rights of Cleopatra can
Jin1. I'he grade was down all tin
i a the opening anil the inlfi
made up close to the hills. Nolliinf
easier than to swing1 the great red
mini si'ctinns on the waiting freight
er :uu! transport thorn to Monterey
rlnr.- the cheap Jap laborers conk
7111; on the finishing polish, convert
l.u 'i' slahs of rough timber to shin
inj: monolithic table tops for that
w:i- Lis scheme, round tables, suel
as King Arthur would have envied
Already his friends artists, dee
oral irs and millionaires in the conn
ti i daces, had filled his pocket will
orders, and he could clear up n tidj
little .sum which he needed taiily
One acquisition he made, however,
upon which he had not counted the
1 t-v :i i ' . lie first saw her the day hi
l.i Dii lit up his men and tools and set
t' riii to building shacks by the spi-iiis;
I .!-.'. HJir advanced to meet him from
Hi e trunk of a giant sequoia, with a
lirsitatiiifr, nervous step, paused soint
1rn feet away nnd oliserved hiin. In
turn he scrutinized her singular per
kt. She was tall and sinewy, aiu!
htr powerful shoulders were draped
in an old Spanish shawl of Chines!
crepe a black ground embroidered
in colors a tattered skirt of dark
silk hung below, and was gathered
nil ut the waist after the ante-bellum
fashion of California. The Pry
ad's face was haunting, white and
Tiard like ivory, hut cut by a strange
ly scarlet mouth that made a sudden
Jadi of color in its pallid oval. Itlaek
eyes that burned sluniberously dr"
lowii waxen lids to hide their lire
wild black brows met in a straight
line over n thin aquiline nose. Per
Tinker looked, and his flesh crawle-'
She eontinued to watch him in siler .
lie wet his lips thrice, and then i:
X-'ed at last to speak.
"Who are you and what do you
-want?" . ..
"I am rarmelita,-' she answered, in
Spanish. "What are you come for?"
"The timber." he answered, rough
ly; "what bu.-ii:es ', that of yours?"
She looked ai iii.n s;i!leii't. "Whii!
for'.' You cannot mow them; t!e
sn fast as the hills ami they do not
wish to go."
He sin-Haired his shoulders n-d
turned nu:i. She took a step nearer.
"To cut them'.'" she asked, in a
itiislicd voice.
.Vij.ilii tin: uncanny quiver shook
lim.
"Yes. what else? You don't expect
me to pn'l them up by the i Is, do
Jon V"
She looked up at the stately height
of the tree beside her, rising massiie
and tall as a cathedral spire till it
neemeil to uphold the blue tent of
iky. far above in ;lie rift of the
nunot;. She shook her head. "You
lad better go away, man," she said,
mini! v. "They will lever let you. I
V'w liv.l with the in for years', ami I
Vi'oe. tl i m. do away before they
' ihe'r strengll,." Derringer
'""! for a nioimn!, then has-
icred o!V to camp with an nnensv
'i.-ut.in in his usually placid heart.
T.'e mail woman for mad she un
v ui'.iti !ly was moied his iinagina-
(1. . strai -ely. Tl e Driad tur 1.
low' lelr.ieeil her steps to the sc
ene, ,i. slipped inside the hollow at
'' !-. .::id dl-a jipeared. Later in
t! '.eiiing )errii:ger saw a thin line
of - : l,e ellinliing upward along the
r'''.'i li.ul, wall- of her dwelling.
l. :eiit! the tree was her home.
Ilie timber eont raet or. though-".i-vn."
was no tenderfoot. He knew
enou'jh of the surprises of California;
life to expect strange things of the
people lie encountered dwellers up
inaccessible canyons, or on the edge
of the sage brush deserts. He had
met hoary old men a hundred miles
from cii iliation who talked Ktner
son ami l'lato with him, and had en-1
miiiI red more than one beautiful
. snd refined woman recluse, ruling a
tiny ranch in the very heart of the
coast range. Hut this woman, whom -he
could not help calling "The Dry- J
ad." was a. new and disconcerting
type. However, he was bodily tired
that night anil so slent, nnd forcot. I
1 o
The next, morning, bright nnd ear
ly, the great 15-foot, flexible steel
a were uncrated, the finest rcd
mooiI tree was surrounded bv a scaf-
VoM ';.;; m-i;:c L'O feet from the ground. !
and the work of destruction was be. .
gun in earnest. Derringer thought I
no more of the strange woman or her
jirrdictious. Put it noon, when the
nreu rested, ate their bacon and hard
tack, drank bad whisky and wuter,
.and swapped stories, they were sud
denly arrested by the appearance of ,
the gaunt, dark figure. This time she
did not wait to be addressed, but
walked with majestic languor to with
in earshot.
"Men," she said in her clear, mu
sical Castillian, "you are in danger
go your wuys and do not tempt your
betters to destroy you. For centuries
they have lived. Do you dure to
threaten their existence? if so, be
ware! I know them, and I know
their will."
She wuited for no response, but
turned, with the slow, strong, grace
ful motion that characterized her,
and disappeared in the direction of
her tree. The half-breeds looked aft
er her in surprise, took a fresh drink
all around nnd returned to their talk.
Hut Derringer could not. He had ex
perienced for the second time that
ungovernable feur, that creeping ol
the flesh that unnerves a man. He
swung himself from the platform to
the ground and followed the retreat
ing figure. He saw her enter the
gaping cavern in the heart of the
sequoia, and a few moments latei
noticed the same thread of blue
smoke proceeding from an openinfi
in the bark, where, doubtless, she had
improvised a chimney. He longed tc
cross the narrow barrier of th(
stream and enter this unusual dwell
ing, but a sense of impropriety held
him back. After all she was a wom
an, this forest giant was her boudoir
and the habit of his youthful training
was till strong upon him.
'11. was the beginning. Frorr
that i i.v forward he knew no pence
111 cm day at the noon hour the Dry
ad can'", calm and unmoved as tin
sj -iik statue, to deliver her warn
it g, M.d daily the men lost their in
difference and grew more troubled al
her coining. When the dinner hont
approached they scattered Instead o"
"climbing" on the scaffoldings. Thej
looked over their shoulders hurried
ly as they went, and gave the smok
ing sequoia a wide berth. In additioi
to the superstitious terrors to whicl
he now found himself a victim, then
was added the more definite anticipa
tiou .of desertion among his wood
men. He tried to drown their wliis
pered councils by cheery banter, bu'
his own heart misgave him.
A week passed and nothing hap
pencil save the daily visits of tin
Pryad, and the completion of the dis
section of the redwood. The wir
ropes had been staked and drawn
taut, the winders were set up at a
safe distance to avoid the possible
spring of branches, and another day
would see the fall of the first cut
redwood of his claim. Derringer
breathed more freely, for the Dryad
did not come at midday. Perhaps she
had given up the fruitless bluff. Hut
at twilight when the canyon was al
ready full of the blue-black mystery
of night, and the rush of the little
stream .sounded loud and unceasing,
she stood suddenly before him.
framed in the door of his little shack.
"Senor." she said, "this is the last
warn ing go!"
She disappeared as if by magic, and
Derringer's heart lay cold in lii.s
breast. He shivered, rose, looked out
at the blackness of the shadows, lis
tened to the magnified roar of the
little river, and tried to shake off
the oppression of impeding evil but
nnyhow the warnings of a mad wom
an. That night there were strange
creakings in the forest and sounds at
times of stretched cables nnd sinister
cracklings. Hut the lumbermen
thought of the doomed redwood and
turned to more solid slumbers on
their primitive beds.
Suddenly out of the night came a
screum us of ten thousand demons, a
rending and tearing its of an earth
quake, a blow that shook the hills
aud echoed down the stony mountain
walls. Then the silence grew and
swallowed the vain tumult. Dawn
showed the cleft redwood still stand
ing in its cables, ringed by its plank
platform, but the men who planned
its destruction were not there to
complete the work. They lay crushed
in their frail plank shanties, under
the great sequoia.
Only the Dryad was there to see
how its heart had been eaten out by
the devouring fire, until the chamber
at its base had become but a ring of
bark. There was no one to tell of the
patient vengeance of the hnlf-witted
priestess of the trees. Hut she,
draped in her tattered Spanish finery,
damp with the night's dews, only
shook her head wisely at the ruin
about her, and calmly took her sol
itary way through the unbroken
silence of the canyon in search of a
new home. Town aud Country, New
York.
""VS . t J
W. MURRAY CRANE.
(Massachusetts Governor Who Declined
Treasury Portfolio.)
the Herkshire, at Dalton; the Pio
neer, which is oue of the largest
mills in the country; the Bay State
mill, nnd the mill at Pittsfield, where
the paper used by the United States
government in the manufacture of
money is made. Y. Murray Crane
has been the guiding and controll
ing mind not only in the management
of these large paper mills, but in the
various other enterprises of the
Cranes of Massachusetts. The Crane
mills are noted among workers as
never having had a labor difficulty,
and their principal owner has a rep
utation for fnir dealing with em
ployes nnd public-spirited support of
undertakings for the welfare of the
community in which the mills are lo
cated. Gov. Crane became extreme
' ly popular during his first term as
i lieutenant governor, and in the state
! convention of 1899, when it was
agreed the then governor should be
satisfied with having served three
termB. no name but Mr. Crane's was
considered by the convention. lie
has been n member of the republican
national committee and has a num
ber of times been a delegate at
large to national conventions. !
"Is it true we're made of dust,
auntie?
"Yes. dear."
Then why don't we turn muddy
when we drink?" The Sketch.
Dlda't Do It That XVmr.
"Very few girls," said the mother,
"know h6w to sit down . gracefully.
You should be deliberate about it."
"I am," returned the girl.
"Nix," saia cer anuwTi; anusX
brother.
"Yes, I am, too," said the girl.
"Not when you were learning to
skate at the park this morning," in
sisted the small brother.
- Thereupon the discussion ended.
Chicago Post.
Jlgf
V ' -s yy.. K
HAS SUFFERED MUCH.
tneen Sophia of Sweden and Norwny
llaa Hern an Invalid for
Many Veslrs.
' "I
Queen Sophia of Sweden, who Is at
present very ill, is now in hr sixty
sixth year, and is noted among Ku
ropean royal women as a devoted
mother, wlio has had more than he
average happy mother's lot to con
tend with. She was formerly Princess
Sophia, and is the daughter of the
late Duke Wilhelm of Nassau. She
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t y 'lW?aV '
mmm
Nobfflty
Recommends
Te above portraij is that of
CouiTress Mojelstud, cf Chica
go, I!!., v.-hos? rav!ru(' for the
benefit received f-o:n t!.f! use of
Dr. A.iLs' Nervine prompted
her u nuks this s:r.:e:nent:
"It affords me f-ri.t plemure to sdd
mv ir.-t.nion.- to i.:e very rxecllcrt
mcrili ut vr. il .es' .erv'.ic. .fl'.l-.m-.c'i
1 am past o j - - t nnd it
soothes t..e t.red e-ain. PL i the irri
tated nerves :i 1 uiurcs r-. ,,-u. .-'.n.
,1 never utl cunteuu I v:'mut .- o, .i.e
of i(ia tie no....-." - : i.v ui
ClIXISTIANA .i..-....,
CouLtcta JjUtlstud.
Mues Nervine
is a nerve tonic and strength
buildcr that starts right in re
storing health immediately.
Sold by all Druggists.
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
How He Po-pped.
Harry (hesitatingly) Miss Mabel,
I ah have something, most impor
tant to ask you. May 1 that
Mabel (encouragingly) What is it,
Harry?
Harry May I Mabel, would you
he willing to have our names printed
in the papers with a hyphen betwee
them? (ilnsgow Times.
QUEEN SOrHIA OP SWEDEN.
(Ur.i- of the Mott l'uj'ular Sovereigns of
Europe.)
was married to King Oscar on June
C, lx.)7, anil brought him a truly royal
dowry, which lias constituted the
only great wealth which the Swedish
king has had., For 14 years the
queen has been unable to take un
active tr conspicuous part in court
affairs or in public functions of any
kind. Since her serious illness of
ls7 she has been a great sufferer,
and has been compelled to live a
ipiiet life. Sht has found time nnd
strength, however, to devote herself
to works of philanthropy, especially
to the Sophia home in Stockholm, en
dowed by her, in which she takes a
never-failing and active interest.
Where Women Are Firemen,
In the town of Mont Clare, 111., the
women are the fire fighters. Most of
the men are in Chicago. all day at
tending to business, and they leave
the management of the suburban
town's .affairs largely to their wives
nnd sisters. So the lire captain is a
woman, and so is the Are marshal,
nnd all of the women are trained to
fighting fire.
j&lQk CANDY CATHARTIC. !4
Don't Accept a Substitute !
When you ask for Cascarets be
sure you get the genuine Cascarets
Candy Cathartic 1 Don't accept
fraudulent substitutes, imitations or
counterfeits! Genuine tablets stamp
ed C. C. C. Never sold in bulk.
All'druggists, loc,
Cnu'w 03d CCC Never sold In bulk,
t Et,s?j ; C-iK !? r?cs to sell
Klnt Kcononiy.
Customer You advertise carpet
remnants, I see; I want two, one to
cover the parlor, and the other for the
sitting-room.
Salesman But, madam, a carpet as
large as that would not be a reinnnnt.
Customer Oh, yes, it would. I live
in a flat. X. Y. Weekly.
After the Aricument.
Tomson Did you finally succeed in
bringing Smith around to your way
of thinking in your argument last
night?
Jackson Yes; but I expect, almost
any moment, to be arrested for as
sault and battery. Harlem Life.
A Valuable Investment.
Papa Dorothy, what do you want
with an automobile coat when we hare
no automobile?
Dorothy Oh! You dear, old stupid
thing! This exquisite coat will make
many a man be only too happy to fur
nish the automobile! ruck.
Had Small Hope.
First rhysician I understand the
measles have broken out in your neigh
borhood? Second rhysician Yes, but the fam
ilies are so scattered I'm afraid they
won't catch. Boston Post.
In Use For Over 30 Years.
New-York Tribune Farm
A
NEW
OLD
PAPAR
Kor Blxty years the NEW YOKK WEEKLY TRIBTN K ij
national wmKiy newner, reju simnel entirely by f;ir!
hsa enjoyed the eonflilence and nuppori of the American
adt-Kree never attained by any similar publication.
THE
New-YorkTribune Fan
Is made absolutely fur far mem and their families. The dr.;
was iraueu November Ttn, .HI.
Every department of agricultural industry is eovereil !,-
cMiiriiiuor wno are leaucrs in tnelr respective lines, aiw
Hl'.NK I-AKMKK Kill h. in KVir. n 1.1..1,
live, entcrprisins; RKrleullur il paer, profusely ill'ulnJ
picTurrs "i live m, model lurm buliumi(s and lioinea. u.
i iiirtvuincry, etc.
Farmers' wives, Hons and dnuichters will find speclul ;
their entertainment.
Kt-iculnr price, 11.00 per year, hut you can buy It
favorite home weekly newspaper, The Middleburv loi
for 41 SO. , i
Mend your sulwcription and money to the Nldcllcburic r
Srnil yonr nsinesnil nddreM to the XEW-YOKi
ni'XK FARMER, New York City, antl a tree
ropy will be maJlexl to yon.
Prompt Pavi
Liberal Adjustments-
f?EMEIV!BEF
H. HARVEY SCHDCH.
i
GENERAL iNStANGE AGENGW
Only the Oldest, Strongest Cash Companies,
Fire, Life. Accident and Tornado.
To Premium f
fTo iiRyessmpius
The Aetiin Kt.iiiK't-.I.A. I, 1N1! AhspIh 11,0
" Home J.S53 " 9,8.)
" Aincrintii 1S10 " 2.4(
The Standard Accident Insurance Co.
The New York Life liiMiraiiee C'i.
The lidellty Mutual Life Associatiun! .
To ar ?ttr.ia!4 Solicited.
durinq HOT WEATHER. -U5E -
LLE FLAME COOK STOVE
"New Rochester"
WICKLESS
SAMPLE,
SAFE
COOKING under tli-e ciroumftoijces i i pteHHiirn. Tlie II
amp Co atiikn I'linii r putation on t l.e stove in questi o
b"-t evidence f the Katisfuction enjojeJ is testiniouiu's galore ai
plicate orlfii from Mil p irts of the world.
SpihI for litfrHtmc, both f-r the "New Rochester" Cook Stm
the "New Rochester" Lamp.
Y' u will nevt-r rftgret haviug iutroJuced thee gcoda into your
hold.
The Rochcse r Lamp Co.,
ar k ace and 33 Barclay St., New Yorks
ASTOLOGY
tic adept" wi'l nlmw you, wlmt to i!o when to i
df, how to i't cninniAtnl of unwn forcen Send
IS 1 IIK MOST
uncif nt of t h e
Hootltx ivitiK d e- I
vtt'Ot. I he nivH-
Aft 0. CROUSE,
r:
AITnltNKT V bA.J
ilulo cl.ite, yvar ami it mi. M I.A1!K, u in rMcixiva iriiii)t ilt.tpntii
I-lis-et. &! I enri. miiiniu. a. 1 ; jr.
WINDSOR HOUSE
W. II. Ill T l.l'.K, IToprlPlor
418 Marke. Si., Harrisburjf Pa..
(Opposite P. 11. H. Hi-pot Kntrnnce)
. ull-il for All TrntiiN-.
Rooms, 25 and 50c. Good Meals, 25c
ojl. . p !. II. HI t 5.00 per week
Uood ai'CnminoJntiiinH. tf
a. 1 Pottief
veterinary surc?
SCLINSGROVC, PA.
All pniH-Hslniiiil liiiMhi'h," t-iitriis1'
Will tWVlVH prirlllP' I' " ' llH llil Hll'f (
O. h. WENS-
ATTOKMY U-I.AW
Orn Srr.riAi.n v; tybokk. Pa.
Collei-tlons nnd iicDortii.
Retcrvcces, Flrut National Dunk, Neanw
Towns Koprcscntcd : Uellwaod, Altoona, Uolll
layaburtf. Haiitliiifdon anil Uellefonte 8-S-lyr
Why pay fancy prior for cheap sttitf, when
Tim can liuy i'ure tVliiskny ilirect from ilixtil.
ler, four full quarts for ft 20, exproM preUI
See ufTer ol The Huyner DlatillinK Co., uf Day,
ton, Ohio, which appears elsewhere in this is-
I.niiKuaue.
Language Is the vehicle
Of thought, and in the nam
Of all the gods, how few of us
Know how to tool the same!
Town Topics.
Mr. Carnegie's Benefactions.
Andrew Carnegie has given in this
country for libraries and educational
purposes $25,000,000, not Including his
latest proposed contribution of $10,
000,000 for students of science. Mr.
Carnegie's total list of benefactions
to date is $82,000,000.
Prmr n Mnli
Latr- will. it. A. II. Vkp'
iii t i:i,i:iiRA i.u i;yi: '(
of SVIiineton, D.
Headquarters at nillcr Hot
East Market St., Lewistrw
Consultation and thorough exoi:i
of charge every Wednestlay S'f
Glasses scientidcally and skillfull'
all imperfections in the eyes of cite
fully examined. rJatiafaction g'm,'
money refunded.
tr AKTIP1CI L EVto JS8KI:,
lt t
Aa I snal. I
Visitor Wio is that youf"
Editor That'll our new i
Visitor 01 his face e-- 5-
miliar. ' '
Editor Perhaps it is, bmibt."
ner is more b-j. Phlladelp-'at
fa:
Hli Preference, i"-
Head of Fort Ign Missiona!
Where would you prefer ia
as a missionary?
Young Missionary Well,
where the natives are vegr J.:
Brooklyn Eagle. '
n-l.. II. ...... rtl.tllllna. Pn.. I
will send you four full quarUJ
Beven-Year-Old Rye for to, r
Write Ihem lor iuii parucumn.