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Hour* —10 a. m.to •"> p. m. Telephone 14:5(5. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. Clinker—A hundred congratulations, old man. Just heard of your engage ment. Tubberly—Thanks. "Let's see. It's Miss Pepperton, Isn't It?" "Yes." "Fine girl, that. Ton ought to be very proud." "Yes, I suppose so." Clinker (insinuatingly)— Let's see. She's—that is—l believe— Tubberly (calmly)— You refer, I sup pose, to lier wealth. Yes. Barrels. "Splendid! I congratulate you." Tubberly (dryly)— You did that be fore. "Well, there's no harm in doing It again.-"* "No, no; not if you want to." Clinker (stiffly)— Well, sir. I do. Fine, beautiful girl, one of the best families and money to burn. Why, to be en gaged to a girl like that Is the best thing that can happen to a man. Tubberly (cynically)— Think so, do you? "Yes, sir, I do. Look here, what's the matter with you, anyway? Aren't you pleased?" "Well, not exactly." Clinker—Hut why not? What more do you want? Tubberly (sadly)—l'll tell you, old man. That engagement of mine has been announced now over two weeks, and I haven't been able to borrow a red cent on the Strength of It. —Brooklyn Life. ITEMS OF'iNTEREST. The Icelander cats dried fish and but ter just as we eat bread and butter. Rat coursing is being revived in some parts of the north of England. All Australian race courses are oval and from ( tol Vi miles, in circumfer ence. London is at last to have a complete ambulance service. There is no place In the world where it is so much need ed. The extensive arid regions of north ern Mexico are to be irrigated by ca nals from aid extended by the federal and state governments. The popular illuminating agent in France continues to be the old fashion ed candle, and in most of the hotels gas has not been distributed through pipes beyond the offices and dining rooms. In the course of a lawsuit in Liver pool recently the fact was developed that millions of eggs are annually im ported to Belfast from Russia and then sent over to England and Scotland and sold as "fresh Irish eggs." Not far from Laytonville, Cal., a crop of Little volcanoes has appeared. There are 25 of them, each with the charac teristic crater, and from each crater gush mud and warm vapor. Each "volcano" is about five feet high. In order to commemorate the historic incident which occurred outside St. Paul's cathedral, London, on the occa sion of the service held in connection with Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee celebration, in 1897, the cathedral au thorities are having cut on the pave ment below the steps leading to the west entrance the; simple bat express ive phrase, "Here Queen Victoria re turned thanks." HE EVENED MATTERS. A Small floy Who Removed a Possi ble Citsu* Weill. An up town family has two interesting children who are always getting into mil chief. The boy. who is the older, is usu ally the iustigator of the escapades, and so though the small girl runs away with him and gives the cat coal oil and sets the plants on fire and steals the eggs the cook expects to have for breakfast, "to beat with sand to make a nice, creamy cake," she usually escapes with a lighter punishment than is meted out to the chief culprit. Recently, however, the heir of the fam ily got even. An uncle of the children had giveu each of them a beautiful little cut glass goblet. Now, they didn't care a thing about the cut glass part, but they cared very much for the fact that the name of each was traced on his posses sion, aud they treasured them as if they were wrought of diamonds —for awhile. The first day, indeed, they would hard ly drink from thein, tiiey deemed them so precious. The second the inventive genius of the son tempted him to set his on the kitchen stove so that it would get soft and he could write liis age on it. Direct ly, of course, it was in bits. Then he trie 1 to buy his sister's treas ure, but it was not for sale. Not even two boxes of tin soldiers and an equal share in the h .Miy horse could induce her to part with it. Then, after much cogita tion, the ingenious youngster bethought him of a project. "Put your goblet on this stone, sis, and then we'll let this biff stone drop on it and bounce off. It'll be lots of fun; the goblet is so nice anil hard," he said. Confiding little sister, nothing loath, did as she was bid, and iu a moment all that remained of her eherislied possession also was broken to pieces. "Now, «l<iti't cry," saiil the brilliant sor. of the house amiably, when all was over, "i did that i>u purpose, so we wouldn't quarrel over it. I uildu't think you'd want sitiy«!linir I <: 'r have some of, anyhow. 'i :.:it would be felfish, so let's play policeman." And play policeman lliey did • n!i! c. iVd to account by the powers that are forever interfering with them.- Baltimore News. 1A HINDOO MYSTERY 112 G O « BY M. QUAD. • o o ® COPYRIGHT, lUOO, BV C. B. LEWIS. ® o o SO»O©OOG®C©Q«O#O*>O® For corroboration of what I am about to relate I give you the Haidara bad Gazette of the dates of Juuc G, 8 ami -4 of the year 1872 In those three issues, as well as in others later o:i. you will find much space devoted to the case of the man who went by the name of Chilka. This Hindoo Chilka, who was about *lO years of age, came to the canton ment at Haidarabad as a peddler of fetiches. He had the beaks and claws of birds, the feet of small animals, the skins and teeth of serpents and the ears and claws of tigers and panthers, lie claimed that all his stock had been blessed by a holy man and that each and every article was a charm. The native soldier is full of superstition, and the English soldier in India at least hopes for good luck. Together tliey always buy liberally of those peddlers. There were charms against death, wounds, sickness, loss and what not, and the very cheapest and poorest was a guarantee that Its possessor would never be struck by lightning. The man had been selling his goods for an hour or so when a dispute arose jjlp^ THE HINDOO HAD VANISHER between him and an English soldier, and he was ordered off the grounds. As he stopped to argue the matter be was run into the guardhouse to give him a lesson. The prison held four or five soldiers at the time, but Chilka sat down iu a corner aud refused to notice any of them. They turned from him to their cards, but after half an hour suddenly saw that he was missing. There was but one window, and that was barred. There was but one door, and that had not been opened. The alarm was giveu, and an officer came into investigate. It was little he could discover. The peddler had vanished, and yet had he been a cockroach there was no crevice he could have ifted to escape. The door had been locked, with a sentry on the outside, aud the window had not been tampered with. When the officer made his report he was reprimanded. To square himself he fell back oil the soldier prisoners. Before the affair ended a good many officers were badly mixed up. It could not be disputed that Chilka had been locked up. It could not be disputed that he had vanished soon after. No one could say how he had gone, and that was the stick of it. To say that he had melted into a shadow and floated through the keyhole was ridiculing the matter. He was finally reported as having escaped, and it was generally believed that the other prisoners had somehow aided him. Next day the Hindoo was arrested in the city for having passed a bogus coin and was taken to the city jail to await trial. When imprisoned in the guardhouse at the cantonment, nothing was taken away from him. When taken to the city jail, he was carefully searched and his pockets emptied. Aside from the fetiches I have mentioned, he had with him a flat stone about the size of an American silver dollar. The color was pale pink, and it was framed iu silver and worn around his neck. This stone he had not shown to the soldiers, but the prisoners in the guardhouse re membered his having it in his hands and gazing at it intently as he sat by himself. He begged hard to be per mitted to retain this charm, but it was taken away with the other articles. Chilka remained In jail overnight and was then brought into court for examination. He denied knowing that the coin was worthless, but as several others like It were found In his pockets he was remanded to jail to await trial. He asked for the pink stone, explain ing that It was a charm against fever, aud It was given him. The story of the man's escape from the guardhouse had reached the jailer, anil though he laughed at It he at the same time locked the prisoner up in a cell by him self. When his supper was carried In, the Hindoo was staring at the stone. Two hours later he was missing from the cell. It was so utterly impossible for the man to have left the prison that the officials stood confounded. Search was made for hours, and then the watchman In that corridor was put under arrest. It was asserted that un less he had unlocked the cell and two corridor doors Chilka could not have escaped. He made an indignant denial, and the singular Ipcldent was the talk of the town and was published In the newspapers. The affair would have died out in a week but for the recap ture of the Hindoo two or three days later. He was seem and recognized In a village about 20 miles away and was arrested and returned to jail. He would make no explanations. He was offered a sum of money and his free dom If he would betray the guard, but he was silent. No Importance was at tached to the pink stone, but It wns taken away from him when he was locked up. For two days the man was quiet and sullen. Then he began to shout and scream and rave, and to quiet him the stone was restored. As soon as it was placed In his hands the fellow was like a lamb. It was given him alwut 3 o'clock In the afternoon. The corridor In which he was confined contained eight cells, and in each cell except his there were two prisoners. There was a barred window at one end of the corridor and an iron door at the other. A guard sat at this door and had con trol of the lever unlocking all the cells. He was own brother to the sheriff, and his integrity could not be impugned. His orders were to look Into Chilka's cell every hour, and at 4 o'clock he looked in and found the man apparent ly asleep. At 5 o'clock he looked In.to For Shattered Nerves. 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There were a few who shook their heads and hinted that the jailer knew more than he dared tell, meaning that Chilka had dealt with him. but the great major ity put it down that the pink stone was the fetich which hail caused all the trouble. In order to clear them selves of ridicule the officials deter mined that Chilka should be recap tured at any cost, and messengers were sent in every direction, and a large re ward was offered. In about ten days he was found 100 miles away. The first move of his captors was to take the pink stone away from him. He was brought back to Ilaidarabad and jailed, and he was offered various sums of money if lie would give up the secret of his escape. Not a word of explana tion would lie make, and for four days he refused to eat or drink. lb? begged for the pink stone, and it was finally decided to give it to him. The stone bail been taken to lapidaries and jew elers, but no one had been able to give It a name or to recall having ever seen one like it. When the charm was turned over to Chilka, he wept for joy and called for food. He was now taken to a corridor in which were four cells and all empty. The only window was boarded up, two guards were stationed at the door, and a cell each side of the Hindoo was occupied by a guard. The jailer him self was the guard on the inner side of the door. The charm was passed over to Chilka just at supper time. He ate his food and lay down on the straw as if to sleep. At a quarter past G the jailer looked in'.o the cell, and the man was there. So at half past and a quar ter to 7. At 7 o'clock he was gone. Smile If you will, but the Hindoo had taken his departure out of an iron cell, with four guards at hand, and not the slightest trace of him could be found. The guards in the cells had heard no more t i his part. His cell door remained lo.'k'd, and there was the Impress of his form on the straw. You can't say those four men were fools. You can't deny in the face of all the talk aud newspaper articles and affidavits that he vanished on the dif ferent occasions as I have related. In deed, the public investigations called out doctors, guards, soldiers and at torneys, and they were not men who could be ridiculed. Chilka simply van ished as a spirit. The stone was the charm which accomplished it. He was never found after his last escape. The authorities didn't want to find him. He was not only a spirit of evil, but his escapes had a bad moral influence on the Hindoo community. You may turn and twist the matter as you will, but you can't get over facts, and the main fact in the case was that the fellow could dissolve his earthly body Into nothingness. An 0«1J Epltapli. In "Antiente Epitaplies," Thomas F. Ravenshow (1878), says Notes and Queries, this epitaph is printed: 1656 Richard Richards. To the memory of Rio. Richards who by Gangrene lost first a Toe, afterwards a I.cir. & lastly his Life on the 7th day of Aprill, 1656. Ah I cruell Death, to make three meals of one, To taste and taste till all was gone. But know, thou Tyrant, when the trvmpe shall call. He'll find his feet & stand when thou shalt fall. BANBURY, O.XON. The Snvnce Bachelor. "I know something I won't tell," sang the widow boarder's little girl, as little girls have often done ever since marriage was Invented. "Never mind, child," said the savage bachelor. "You'll get over that habit when you get older." lndianapolis Press. YON YONSON'S DISPATCH. Ole Oleann Wan Hardly to Illame Fot Not IndemtnndlnK It. One awfully blizzardy night in January I was seated in the little doghouse called a telegraph office on the Chicago, Bur lington anil Quincy railroad in Illinois. The time was midnight, and I was deeply engrossed in that thrilling detective sto ry, "Shadowed by Three," when the door flew open and a specimen of humanity entered my office. Several things were the matter with him. He was nearly frozen, excited to the point of insanity and could not talk Eng lish. The purpose of his visit was mad« known by grunts, signs and a jargon of unintelligible language—he wanted to send u telegram, and I was to copy it from his dictation and then send it on the wire. The nativity of my caller was Swedish. He repeated to me, I am sure, 000 times what he wanted to say in the message, and as he could only talk Swedish I tried to make a message out of it, with Eng lish spelling. When, after almost coming to blows about the thing, I finally accom plished the task to the best of my abili ty, my attempts resulted in a message reading as follows: Ole Oleson, Monmouth, Ills.—Hew Hesson hedeatlaiku acoom heair savare ahaghutehasel. Vo* YONBOH. This message I read over to the caller just as it sounded to me, tin 1 lie nodded that it was all right: conscvjuenlly I sent it to Monmouth, ami the next tiling I heard of it was three days later, when a dozen Swedes vi it i d ine i either find out why Ole Ole; >u had not cot e to our city or to do me l> lily injury. The mat ter was left to arbitration. ::nd when 01« was heard from he explained that he did not understand the message. When it got to him, it was adorned with all the fan tasies of which such words in the hands of young operators are capable. His copy read: H. E. 8. H. Kli. 6 I'dumukuacoom hayi la 41 are ahasslmn Pazii. After various diplomatic essays, it de veloped that my customer had been talk ing to ine in "English" with a Swedish dialect and that what he wanted to say was: Iless IJesson. he dead, he'd like you come hers answer, he shoot himself. —Chattanooga News. Spulliiifc n Kill. "They are just ruining that boy of mine at the kindergarten," said the worried father. "What is the matter?" asked the friend, glad to hear one jarring note in the usual song of praise about "the boy." "He calls his churns 'William' and 'Henry' instead of 'Bill' and 'Hank.' Wouldn't that jar you?"—lndianapolis Press. Great Cure of an Editor. ' For two years all efforts to cure !*><• zema in the palms of my hands failed, writes Editor H. N. Lester, of Syracuse, Kan., "then I was wholly cured by Bncklen*s Arnica Salve. Its the world's best for eruptions, sores and all skin diseases. Only ~sc at Panics &Co THE HOUSEHOLD. A Bos For Comfortables—Draper! For Three I'aued Window—On Color Schemes. A box is a very handy receptacle to be used where one has not plenty of closets for stowing away comfortables, quilts and blankets safely from the moths, or for storing away worsted dresses and underclothes, etc., that are not wanted for immediate use. To make the box, use lumber that has been die: sed on both sides. Wide boards will work to the best advan tage. Make it 44 Inches long, 22 inches wide ami 1 s'inches deep, with a good, thick cover, which must project I*6 inches all around, except at the back, where the hinges goon. Make a cushion on top of the lid from IM> to 2 inches high in the cen ter, rounding off at the outer edges. Pile excelsior on top of the lid until it is about the right height, and then cover it with coffee sacking or coarse muslin, tacking it into place with small furniture tacks. Instead of the excelsior, old com fortables can be used to upholster the top. After the cushion has been stuff ed the whole box must be covered outside and inside with cloth. Blue denim and pink, white or blue cam bric are used for this purpose. Line the inside of the box and the underside of the lid with pink cam bric, and fasten it in place with In visible tacks. The inside lining should extend over the top edge, where it will be met by the outside covering. Cover the outside of the box smoothly with the denim, and join the two goods at the inside of edge, letting the denim lap over the pink a little, tack close enough together to hold it firmly, alsv tack at Intervals along each corner. Blue figured denim and rose pink cambric were used in making the one I am describing, and It made a very pretty and cheerful combination. Cov er the top of the cushion with the denim and tack to the lower edge of cover. Turn under all raw edges. A piece of furniture gimp of harmonizing color runs all around the outside edge of cover to give it a finish and Is fas tened with brass headed tacks put In about two inches apart Fasten the cover onto the box with the hinges and the four rollers, one under each corner of the box. Fasten the brass handles on with screws, one about midway of each end. Window Drapery. The decoration of the flat, three pan ed window In the illustration would apply equally well to a bay window. The glare of the sun Is partially shut out by a draped blind of cream un dressed linen or silk edged with lace. This blind is handsome, but rather ex pensive. If a cheaper substitute were preferred, a plain scallop edged blind or three undraped blinds of cream lln- Jinan O rippli m i Mil I J 111 -• f.ll'.n i. /<)#■'] r r H ' FOli A THREE PANED WINDOW. en, edged with lace, might take Its place, one broad blind for the center pane and two narrower ones for the side panes, the scalloped line of the lower edge of the draped blind being maintained in the less expensive style. The lower part of the window Is trim med with a dwarf curtain of cream or old gold soft silk run onto a rod top and bottom. Hemstitched curtains of silk to match are hung from the top of the window. They are unfettered by sashes and meet the dwarf curtains. Of course all the curtains used could be of lace Instead of silk, If preferred. Soft silk curtains can be easily washed and ironed at home, as they require no stiffening. The curtains sketched are not even embellished with frills to add to the trouble of ironing. This win dow decoration, therefore, could be taken down, washed and put up again in an hour or two. Frills of silk could be added to the curtains, but the sim ple, severe lines as they stand have a distinct style and are more uncommon than the softer effect Every taste to its own, however. To prevent wine stains from mark ing the inside of decanters till the bot tles at once, after they are drained of wine, with warm water and shake them briskly. If the dregs are allowed to remain long, it will be harder to clear the glass. Obstinate Btalns in glass bottles, whether due to wine or anything else, need something more than water to remove them. Shot sometimes is used, but this Is too heavy for fine glass, which is better treated with crushed eggshell or pellets of brown paper. Whatever Is used must be shaken up and down inside the bot tle of water, and the friction will re move the stains. GOHSIIMPTION CAN BE CURED. T. A. Slocuni, M. €., the Great Chem .. ,<] Scientist, Will Send Free, to the Aieificil, Three Bottles of his Newly Diseovt »*♦■«! Reme dies to Cure Consumption ami All 1 ung Troubles. Nothing could be fairer, more philan thropic or carry moie joy to the afllict ed, than the oiler of T. A. Klocum, M. C., of New York City. Confident that he has discovered a reliable cure for consumption and all bronchial, throat ami lung diseases, general decline and weakness, loss of flesh and all conditions wasting, and to make its great merits known, he will send, free, three bottles to any reader of the AMKKICAN who may be suffering. Already this "new scientific course of medicine" has permanently cured thou sands of apparently hopeless cases. The Doctor considers it his religious duty—a duty which he owes to human ity—to donate his infallible cure. lit has proved the dreaded consump tion to be a curable disease beyond any doubt, and has on lile in bis American and European laboratories testimonials of experience from those benefitted and c ured, in all parts of the world. Don't de'"y until it is too late. Con sumption, uuinterrnped, means speedy and certain death. Address T. A Slocum M. C., I'ine street, New York, and when writing the Doctor, give express and postoflice address, and please mention reading th : s article in the AMERICAN* March 4 U ' ° $ I Romance of a Strike 112 0 o <^o<£o<£o<S>o<£C>s>o<^o<s>o<^o<£o>s>o<!>o<J» A Bohemian family moved from a email Connecticut town to this city "to give the girls a chance to get married," as their father frankly put It."I made a flue living there; I can't kick," he said to an English speaking neigh- , boron Avenue B, "but the girls have only been two years in this country and the American fellows didn't take to them. Their ways are BO different, don't you know. Well, I was for stay ing in Connecticut until my two daugh ters were Americanized, but my wife, she was afraid they might die old maids. Besides, they felt lonesome in that American town, so I sold out and moved to New York." The conversation took place about a year ago. The family took apartments in the heart of the Bohemian quarter in the vicinity of Seventy-second etreet. The old man found work at his trade, and his two daughters learned to make bunches and got Jobs in a neighboring cigar factory. The income of the family was increased; the girls Joined a Czech dancing school; their mother gossiped or quarreled with her neighbors who spoke the same lan guage as she; the paterfamilias was elected doorkeeper of a Bohemian so ciety; everybody was happy. "All this comes of following my ad vice," the housewife often reminded her husband. "If it hadn't been for me, we would still be rotting in that ac cursed Yankee town." And when a young fellow called at the house one evening, and the older girl explained that he was one of the best rollers in her shop, the old lady's exultation knew no bounds. "He's In love with Marussy," she said. "He's dying to marry her. I can see it in his eyes. We'll soon have a wedding." The head of the family Is of a pas sive disposition, and although he often wishes his wife did not talk so much he accepts all her suggestions and prophecies. The young man called again. His visits became more fre quent every week, and a proposal was expected by the girl's mother every day. The old woman was getting Impa tient. "Well?" she would say to her daugh ter. "What do you mean?" "I mean—you know what. He has been coming here now about two months." "Oh, you are at It again," the girl would answer, blushing. "If you don't give It up, I'll tell him to stop coming." The big cigar makers' strike broke out. The two sisters joined the others, but their mother was shocked to lose sl2 a week and told her daughters that it was a sin to revolt and that they must go back to work. The girls obeyed, but the young man was an active member of the union, and when he saw Marussy among the "scabs" he stopped calling at the house. "It's because I'm scabbing," said Marussy, with tears. "Well, let him propose to you If he would have you join the union," de cided her mother. "How do you know he cares for me at all? He never said he did. He only called." "If he doesn't care for you, what busi ness had he to kiss you? Do you think 1 didn't see It?" "Shut up, mamma. I'll drown my self if you don't," implored the unhap py girl. That's all right. I'll settle it my self," snapped the old woman. That evening Marussy's mother way laid the young cigar maker and ask ed him what he meant by kissing her daughter and then stopping to call. "How do you know I didn't mean to propose to her?" he answered, flush ing red. "Then why don't you goto work and do It? Have you seen many girls like her? I have been here about half an hour now. I have seen hundreds of your striker girls. They look like cats, and Marussy is beautiful as a queen." "I know she is. But she's a scab, and I can't marry a scab." "You're a scab yourself, and If you don't come around and propose to her I'll have you arrested for breach of promise." "I never promised anything," flamed out the cigar maker. "But you kissed her, and a kiss Is as good as a promise. So the American lawyers say." "How do you know I kissed her?" "I saw It" "But nobody else Baw it. You have no witnesses. See?" Next morning the young man saw Marussy on her way to work. "I love you, Marussy," he said. "But you are a scab. If you Join the strikers I'll marry you." "Will you? You're only fooling me. Y'ou only want to get me into the un ion." The young man offered to pledge his word in the presence of two witnesses that he would marry Marussy If she Joined the organization. The engagement was celebrated the next evening.—New York Commercial Advertiser. Cored Him. The celebrated Lord Brougham had a friend In the profession who was ac : customed to preface his examination ! with a stereotyped "Now, sir, I am about to put a question to you, and I don't care which way you answer it." This phrase became so hackneyed that it eventually palled on Brougham, who resolved to cure his friend of the habit Accordingly at their next meet ing he accosted him with "Now, Brown, I am about to put a question to you, and I don't care which way you answer it. How do you do?" Brown took the hint, and Brougham was not annoyed again.—Pearson's Weekly. Mast Have a Representative. It is a postulate of Chinese ethics that no branch of any family should be allow ed to be without its living representative, in order that the ancestral rites may be duly performed. As it constantly hap pens that there are no sons it becomes necessary to adopt those of other broth ers, or, failing these, the grandson of an uncle or the great grandson of a grand uncle. Sous thus adopted are on the same footing as if they were own children and cannot be displaced by such sous born later.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Still In the Bmlnrii, Wunn—By the way, what became of Sprigging? You remember his great commencement essay on the downfall of the Roman republic, eh? Tuther—Oh, yes! He is now writing bright essays on the downfall of prices for the great universal emporium of Barr, Gaines & Cutts.—ludiunapolis I'ress. That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King's New Life Pills, Thousands >f sufferers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches They make pure blood and build up health. Only 25 ceuts. Mouey lutck if not cured. Sold by Panics &Co , Drug gists. NERVY UNDER FIRE. < DRESS PARADES IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY. Incident* of Great Coolness and Bravery on the I'urt of Soldiers That Were Observed UurlnK the 1 War of the States. I "I never knew," said the colonel, "of but one case o£ dress parade under fire, I and that was at the crossing of Swift | ' creek iu the Petersburg campaign. The ! Eighty-first New York, under command 1 of Colonel John D. Raulston of Oswego, ] was under orders to cross to the Peters- i burg side of the creek. The enemy kept up a constant fire, and Colonel Haulston | i moved his companies in a way to attract i the attention of General Butler, who sat i on his horse some distance to the rear, | , watching the movements of his own men j as well as those of the enemy. "After the first company crossed it ! formed in line as a guard for tho second company. When the second company | 1 was across, it took the place of the first, i which moved forward half company dis- ; tauce, and so on, with the precision of parade drill until all were across. Gen- ' eral Butler was so pleased with the bear ing of the men, with their coolness and discipline, that he sent a message to Colo- j nel Raulston, presenting his compliments and saying in effect that a regiment j which could do so well under trying cir- * eumstances would find it easy togo through the evolutions of dress parade i under fire. The colonel accepted this as an order and formed his men as if for ! dress parade. At least for the space of J several minutes the Eighty-first New ' York stood in line, with guns at parade j rest, and then moved forward as if pass ing in review before the colonel." "I saw a case like that," said the cap tain, "but it was an accident. 0«r colo nel was given to a sort of mechanical usa of the orders, 'Shoulder arms,' 'Order arms' and 'Parade rest.' The boys often. | thought he used these phrases absent- ! mindedly, but whether he did or did not the regiment was brought to a parade rest half a dozen times on every dress parade. On one occasion, when the regi- j ment was formed as a part of a long ; line of battle, it was reported that the [ 1 enemy was about to charge, and the j men, who had been resting at will, form- ! ed quickly in line. "The colonel's voice rang out the or- i der: 'Attention! Shoulder arms!' Then, j to the amazement of the men, came the order: 'Order arms! Parade rest!' Tha 1 regiments to the right and left were standing at a ready. The men of our regiment were looking steadily to tha ; front at a parade rest. The colonel aft- j erward admitted that he never meant to j give the order, that it was in his min4 to order the men to get ready to fire, but instead came out the phrase, 'Parade rest!' and he took advantage of the un expected to compliment his men for their ■ coolness in the face of the enemy." "We came nearer to a dress parada than that at Shiioh," said the sergeant "Our regiment and, I think, the Sixth Ohio were the first of Buell'fc army to cross the Tennessee river on the even ing of the first day's battle. General Nelson, our division commander, was so anxious to get the men across that he ordered that no horses be taken with the first boatloads. So it happened that our own regimental officers were not i present when we formed in line. One of the senior captains took command and was forming a line on strict parade principles when a large officer, taking short breaths, said: 'That's right, cap tain; straight as a rule —straight as a rule, men.' "The officer was General William Nel son. who had crossed with the first boat load, leaving his horse behind. Not one man in the regiment had ever seen him on foot before, although all of them w T ere familiar with his appearance on horse back. He seemed so different on what the boys called his sea legs and was so different in manner that at first lie was not recognized. He took command of the regiment as soon as formed and moved along the line as if he were an inspecting officer. He was the huirdest swearer in the army, and yet that even ing he swore not once. The men, used to his blustering manners, were surprised at the look of anxiety and appeal on his face. He said in low, soft tones as he moved along the line: 'Now, gen tlemen, remember what you have come to do, and do it like soldiers. Make your line as straight as a rule, and when you go for ward let the line of bayonets be as straight as if you were on dress parade. This will show the enemy that you are not afraid, and it will give confidence to ! our own men who have been fighting all day.' And that night and the next rnorn ! iug the men of Nelson's division, went forward with lines as straight, with step , as regular as though they were on dresa j parade." "The greatest dress parade under fire that I ever saw," said the old ex-Confed- . erate, "was when the army of the Cum berland formed to move forward against Missionary Ridge. Some of us who were watching that day saw the finest military display of our lives. Perched on the heights of Missionary Ridge, we looked down into a great amphitheater into which marched as if for parade and re view nearly 100 regiments. We could not measure the strength of the divisions, but we counted the flags, and we knew that in the mass there were at least S3 regimental organizations. My count was 93, but the boys insisted that I saw double. "We had no uneasiness at first, and we laughed at the idea of an army which we believed was at our mercy holding a grand review. We were interested all the same, and when the line so perfectly formed swept forward on our outposts, carrying everything with it, we were startled out of our boots. I verily believe that that orderly parade of the army of the Cumberland, within the rajige of our sharpshooters, and the visible testimony of 85 regimental flags carried toward us at double auick, did more to demoralize Bragg's army than any other incident of the campaign. When that same line swept up Missionary Ridge, Bragg's vet erans scampered away, having in their minds visions of the precision and disci pline which they had witnessed a day or two before." —Chicago Inter Ocean. Words Failed. A party of Midland wheelmen lately visited the churchyard of the village of Enville. On one of the tombstones they discovered the following epitaph: He was But words are wanting to say what; l> * Think what a husband should be— * he was that! —London Express. A Public Character, 112 i "You'll have to be identified, sir." j "Who? Me? Why, everybody know# j' me. I'm the champion checker player of Hayseed county."—New York Jour nal. 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"In Germany fresh tomatoes are sold at 0 to 14 cents a pound, according to season. They are chiefly used to flavor ( meats, not stewed. Only the best ho- : tels and the wealthy buy fresh toma- ' toes, which are supplied mainly by j ' southern France. Canned tomato pulp j is found at the groceries of large Ger- j man cities, offered at a lower price j ' comparatively than the fresh fruit "Cantaloupes are a great delicacy— 1 even more so than the pineapple—in 1 German cities. They sell at 50 cents 1 to $1.50 apiece. Some of these are I , brought from Spain; others are raised ! in German hothouses. Considering 1 . [ that tomatoes have been sold as low j ; as $5 a ton in Delaware and New Jer- ; sey and that fine cantaloupes can be bought in Philadelphia at 1 to 3 cents apiece, the question arises, Why don't ! we export fresh vegetables to Europe? "The growers of our Atlantic states i should form an export association i which—if it will send out men of mer- | : cantile ability who can speak German and French—would find the European . ; continent as well as England an ex cellent market for their produce. No country could compete with us in the I export of agricultural and industrial i products were we to adopt the mer ! cantile methods of European traders." Size of New ConKreM». | What will be the effect of the new census upon the size and make up of j the house of representatives? Now that the census figures are being round ed up in a way to give some idea of the ; increase which may be expected there j ! Is naturally a good deal of speculation | in Washington over its effect upon the | popular branch of congress. It is of course too early to determine what | states will lose representatives and j what states will gain, for the returns I so far compiled are entirely those of cities and give little indication of the percentage of growth in the different states. Not until the figures are all in will it be possible to determine wheth er the rural population shows increase or decrease. In some sections the trend toward the cities has been so great that the country population has fallen off, but in others there has been a steady Increase in both directions. Under the census of IS9O the states and territories having representation in congress, which includes all except Alaska and Indian Territory, had a population of 02,022,250. Under the apportionment based upon these fig ures made in 1893 and which lasts un til 1903 there are 350 members of the house. The ratio of apportionment un der the eleventh census was 173,901. >'o More Model» Loaned. The navy department has adopted a rule that none of the costly models of its ships shall be loaned for public ex hibition. It is doubtful if the new rule will be adhered to, although there is a good deal of reason why the models should be kept in Washington and not transported all over the country to form exhibits at expositions. Hear Admiral Hichborn says the models were not built for rough han dling and that every trip on which they are sent means the expenditure of con siderable money for repairs. All but one of the models were sent to I'aris, and owing to the careless un loading of the cases in which they were packed it was found that great in- Jury had been done the miniature ships. A naval constructor who hap pened to be ou duty in London was sent to Paris, and expert workmen were employed to make good the dam age. , It cost the government nearly $25,000 to put the models in good condition. This incensed the naval officials so that they decided that hereafter none of the models should leave the navy •department corridors, where they are exhibited under glass. Electricity For the Monument. The substitution of electricity for steam as the motive power of the ele vator at the Washington monument, which change was provided for by congress at the last session, is being attended with some delay. An appro priation of $20,500 was made for this purpose, of which $20,000 was for a dynamo and connections, and $0,500 was for building an addition to the boiler house at the monument. Bids were invited and opened for the dyna mo and connections by Colonel Bing ham, the engineer officer in charge of public buildings and grounds. As they were all in excess of the appropriation they were rejected. New bids will be Invited, and it is hoped that they will he of a figure to permit of the prose cution of the work. A curious condition prevails in the corps of naval constructors, where there will be in July of 1901 only two vacancies, now that the strength of the corps is limited, for the three naval cadets under instruction in Europe pre liminary to being commissioned as as sistant naval constructors. Two of the cadets, Bishott and Bailey, will be appointed, of course, but it is doubtful what will be done in the case of Glea son. He may have to be commissioned an onsipn antl later Ua«sforrod to the cor p S . OAIIL SQIIOHiB&D. lJoanle Drart In Chimneys. More perfect combustion in furnaces Is secured by Mr. Paul Schlleht by nov el means. He has discovered that on properly introducing an air current Into a chimney it takes a course oppo site to that of the hot gases, and its oxygen reaches the center of the firf in a heated condition favorable foi I »mpletely uniting with the fuel. A Stroke of Lack. Briggs—Bilter was fortunate about Ais horse, wasn't he? 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