r ELUSION.
Ifbat would 70a do if 1 should give you roatt
Who gave you only lilies yesterday 112
If I should leave my idle pretty play
Among my shaded sheltered lily closet
And give you roaesT
It is an hour I changed from girl to woman
And gave you back your kisses, each for each.
And chose, instead of music, passionate speech 112
May, but I will not, teeing Love's but human.
Unveil the woman.
I'll keep my mystery and keep my lover;
You who have hung with praise and dream my
name.
Being mere man, would And your praise halt
blame,
If in my soul full measure, running over,
You saw my love for you—not flowers, but
flame.
—From "Songs of the Morning," by Nora Hop
per.
[>♦♦♦♦♦ »-♦» ♦»♦»»»♦♦
A SLEEK, T
SLICK r\ AN. ;
By Cb&rits B. Lewis. *
On the passenger list of the Ocean
Queen as she sailed from Melbourne
for London on the 16th of August,
1881, was the name of James Melwlll,
an Englishman, and if there ever was
a sleeker, slicker man got Into print I
have not read of him. He hadn't the
sleek, slick way of a hypocritical mis
sionary or purson, but It was a way of
his own. He was a dandy In figure
and dress. He had the Innocent face
of a child. He was guileless and in
genuous. He seemed to know so little
of the world that you wondered where
he had passed his 30 yearß of life. He
wanted to make everybody's acquaint
ance and be friends with all. You
couldn't help but set him down for a
good fellow just to look at him, and
when you had listened to his droll sto
ries in the smoking room, his songs in
the cabin and the fairy stories he told
the children you had to agree that he
was Justly a favorite.
No one seemed to know Jimmy, as
he asked us to call him, beyond know
ing that he lived up the country on a
big horse farm and was worth half a
million dollars. It turned out that no
one really knew that, but had taken
his word for it. However, it was no
one's business to know him. He was
going back to England after a bride,
and all the ladies aboard agreed that
he was a good catch and the girl was
In luck. Perhaps I got more out of
Mr. Melwill than any other passenger.
It was more, and at the same time It
was less. In speaking of his horse
farm to me he had been foolish enough
to locate It. It was far distant from
Melbourne, and It was In an out of the
way place, but it so happened that I
had sheepherded and prospected all
over that range and knew his story to
be false. He saw by my looks that I
knew it to be so, and he at once
turned the conversation and refused
any further Information. Women will
lie when there Is no object, but men
generally plan to make a lie serve a
purpose. I tried to figure out why
Jimmy should lie, but the best guess
1 could make at It was that he wanted
to pass for a richer man than he was.
There w as nothing tad about that, and
I didn't permit the falsehood to open
any breach between us.
When we came to shake ourselves
down aboard, I noticed that there were
a lot of rather tough looking men
among the steerage passengers. It
was explained that they were going to
the Cape to work on a new railroad.
As near as I could size them up they
were all colonials and men more used
to horses than picks and shovels. Your
true navvy, or day laborer, would have
sprawled in the shade and slept and
smoked and been content. I picked
out a dozen or more of the so called
worklngmen who were nervous and
uneasy, and they often formed little
groups and seemed to bold much con
verse In whispers. This, however, was
only a trifling incident. People on
shipboard have nothing to do but gos
sip and observe. A man who would not
walk ten steps on land to see a cap
tive eagle will sit for an hour and
watch th * erratic flight of a gull. I
think tbd sleek Jimmy must have
caught 1 le watching the steerage pas
sengers, for he took occasion one day
to observe:
"There seems to be a fine lot of men
going out to the Cape with us?"
"As far as bone and muscle go,"1 re
plied.
"But It takes bone and muscle to
build railroads."
"Of course, but this Is the first time
I ever heard of Australians being ship
ped to the (Jape for such work. Is
there any scarcity of native help? I
can't Imagine one of those chaps over
yonder with his soft hands doing much
with pick and shovel."
"No, perhaps not," replied Jimmy In
an absent way as he looked at me
through half closed eyes.
Then he extended his cigar case, pro
posed a game of euchre, and the sub
ject was dropped. I don't claim that I
was suspicious of Jimmy or that I was
disturbed by the gang In the steerage.
On the contrary, I was perfectly easy
In my mind In all respects. I had read
In the Australian papers that the
Ocean Queen was carrying home more
than a million dollars In gold. In fact,
I had seen most of the boxes brought
aboard and taken down to the strong
room. All other passengers must have
been aware of the treasure, but there
was little or no talk about It. I think
the sleek, slick man was the only one
I heard say anything about It. As we
sat smoking and yarning one day he
carelessly mentioned the treasure and
then wondered how much all the gold
and silver lost by shipwreck would
amount to.
It Is a wide expanse of ocean be
tween the rape and Australia, and at
the end of a week we had all settled
down Into grooves and fallen Into a
monotonous routine. Early one morning
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THE '
J|# FARMER
wmMs
HAfflS
For a living. He has to. lie must
"make hay while the sun shines," no
matter how he feels. The result is over
work. The stomach usually gives the
first sign of strain. The organs of diges
tion and nutrition are deranged. Pood
does not nourish. Indigestion appears.
In such a case Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery re-establishes the health
by a complete cure of the diseased organs
of digestion and nutrition. It cleanses
the stomach, purifies the blood and re
moves the causes of disease. It is a
temperance medicine, and contains 110
whisk} - nor alcohol.
" I was troubled with indigestion for about two
years," writes Wm. Bowker, Esq., of Juliactte,
Latah Co.. Idaho. " I tried different doctors and
remedies but to no avail, until / wrote to /)r.
Pierce and he told me what to do. I suffered
with a pain iu my gtoniach and left side and
thought it would kill me. I am glad to write ami
let you know that I am all right. I can do my
worV now without pain and I dou t have that
tired feeling that I used to have. Five bottles of
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and two
vials of his • Pleasant Pellets' cured me."
Sick people can consult Dr. Pierce by
letter free. All correspondence private.
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
• sail was sighted dead ahead, and al
most as soon as she had been made out
It was seen that she had a distress tlag
flying. The news went over the ship,
and In a moment everybody was inter
tested and anxious. The ship in dis
tress was a brig, and, so far as any of
us could make out, she was all right
alow and aloft. If she hadn't sprung
a leak, then it must be a case of fever
or mutiny, or perhaps she had run
short of water and provisions. Jimmy
Stood beside me as we bore down on
the brig, and, although I twice asked
him what he thought about it.he did
not seem to hear me. I turned to look
at him as he closed his glass and found
a smile 011 his face.
"You don't think it a joke, do you?"
I asked rather brusquely.
"Oh, no, 110!" he replied, smiling and
chuckliug at the same time. "No; it's
no Joke. There will be 110 laughing
over it."
Ills tones were sarcastic, and for an
Instant there was a look of triumph In
his eyes. Then he turned away, and 1
gave the brig my attention. We ran
down to within half a mile of her be
fore our engines were stopped. Only
three men were visible on her decks,
and she hadn't a boat in sight. The
trio beckoned and motioned that we
should send a boat, and the captain
gave orders that one should be lowered.
"It will be a case of fever," he said,
"with all the officers and most of the
men down," and the surgeon was sent
off with the boat, which was in charge
ef the second mate. Eight of our crew
were thus taken. The boat had pulled
half the distance to the brig when wo
had something nearer home to attract
attention. The sleek, slick little Jim
my suddenly held a cocked revolver
to the captain's ear and marched him
Into his stateroom. Fourteen of the
"railroad" men from the steerage, each
armed with a pistol and knife, sudden
ly appeared among us, and it wasn't
three minutes before the whole crowd
of us were In the cabin and a guard
over us. The engine room was taken
possession of at the same time, and
the Ocean Queen had been taken pos
session of without a shot being fired.
The brig was lying broadside to us.
She had two boats down on the far
side, with 15 men In each boat, and
as soon as they had pulled around and
captured out yawl one boatload of the
rascals came aboard the Queen, and
the steamer was worked down along
side the brig. The sea was smooth,
and the fellows could lash the craft
together without fear of disaster.
We had been taken completely by
surprise and had no show. They had
the gold out and transferred within an
hour. It is to the credit of the rascally
gang to say that they were under good
control and Insulted no one. After
the gold was disposed of they robbed
the ship of a lot of bedding and pro
visions, and at the last the sleek, slick
man came down Into the cabin to say
a few words. He was smiling and
good natured. He patted the children,
bowed to the ladies and waved his
hand to the men.
"My dear friends," he said in that
soft, silky voice of his, "I hope that I
have given you no trouble. Rather let
me hope that you will look upon it as
an Incident to break the monotony of
the voyage. I do not wish to search
you one by one, like a footpad or a
bushranger, but will trust to your hon
esty to hand over your money and
Jewels. I have figured on about the
amount I should get. If I get it, 110
one will be further disturbed. If I
don't get it, there will be room aboard
the brig for most of the ladies."
I gave up half my possessions, and I
presume the other passengers retained
a share aa well, but the money, watch
es, rings, brooches, etc., laid on the
table before the pirate had a good
round value and seemed to satisfy him.
He swept everything into a sack, bade
us a fond adieu and within ten minutes
was sailing away In the brig. The en
gines were disabled before they left,
and the crew of the mate's boat was
sent back to us, and as no one had been
killed we were fain to think we had
come off fairly well. We lay rolling in
midocean for four days before the en
gineer had made repairs, and by that
time the brig was several hundred
miles away. Even had we known her
course and position, it would have
nvalled nothing. We made a slow run
for the remainder of the voyage, and it
was three weeks before a man-of-war
started oat to look for the pirate craft.
It had been a Job put up in Australia,
and It had worked to perfection. It
may be that the brig returned to that
coast an<l landed and divided the swag,
but as she hail a dozen different places
to choose from she had no fear of cap
ture. So far as I have been able to
learn she was never heard from, though
the search was kept up for a year or
more. There was enough plunder to
set each one up handsomely, and I
have always thought of Jimmy the
slick one as touring about in the finest
raiment, drinking the rarest wines and
making himself a favorite wherever bo
stopped for a week.
(Copyright, 1000, by C. B. Lewis.]
Salt puts out a fire In the chimney.
Salt as a gargle will cure soreness of
the throat.
Salt in solution inhaled cures a cold
(n the head.
Salt on ."rosh Ink stains will help to
vernuve them.
1
TRANSFORMATION.
AN OLD CHEST OF DRAWERS AND
WHAT MAY BE DONE WITH IT.
It* Original I nrefir«'inTat«* < ontlltfoii.
i liiingcN Achievtul by Home Art
Willi Drapery, Copper Triiumin*:*
ami Green Stain.
Those of us who arc not in a position
to spend a considerable sum in the em
ployment of artists of talent to deco
rate our abodes and in buying only
what is of genuine merit in articles for
furnishing can nevertheless escape
from the oft repeated and frequently
displeasing designs of the ordinary
I |jl !
A DECORATIVE BIT OF FUBN'ITURE.
ready made productions by the exer
cise of some little home arts quite with- 1
in the average person's capacity.
Illustrating this point is a little
scheme for the transformation of a
common chest of drawers which was
first carried out in the studio of a .
bright but impecunious young artist.
One seems certainly justified in assum
ing tliat there is hardly a house any
where which does not possess in one of
its rooms or in the lumber loft a small
chest of drawers in 1' •• original unre
generate condition of that < ne shown
in the second cut and w!i forms the
basis of the decorativ< pi of furni
ture here pictured. Havi t caught
our chest of drawers, v , •• •*. to get
rid of the hypocrisy !u:::s its
humble pine into maple ci :.:;;ii:cd < ik
or what not. If the <• 11• <!' d:r.v.ers
is specially secured to carry out this
scheme, it will be best to buy it un
painted, in which case green stain
must be used to color it. if the chest
Is already painted, it is doubtful wheth
er the stain would be of much use, and ;
probably the wisest course to pursue in
the circumstances is to use paint or,
better still, a distemper such as the
shops afford. If the former Is employ
ed, it will have to be flatted, whereas
the latter finishes in a dull, rough fash
ion. which is just the thing required.
It might of course be possible to re
move the paint with great care and ;
have the chest either sandpapered or
planed up, but this is a laborious
course compared to the satisfactory
short cut already mentioned.
In the change illustrated the small
drawers are removed, and books occu
py their place. Copper modeling is
used for handle plates and on the plain
mirror frame above. The curtain above
is of canvas with a strip of figured
ttgg, t "T i *■
pH Q* I
p/ O* i
ig, ii >
THE RAW MATERIAL.
velvet, forming a background for two
copper plaques. The woodwork is
painted or stained green.
Another and simpler transformation
consists in adding a back and overshelf
from which hangs a pretty curtain.
The legs are also changed, and the
wood is painted or stained, while the
drawers are all left In and only modi
fied by copper bosses which replace the
old pot knobs.
A Sweet Potato IMe.
Choose medium sized, sound potatoes
and after boiling or steaming them in
the usual way allow them to cool, then
cut them in slices a quarter of an inch
thick and arrange a single layer of
these 'it the bottom of a well buttered
pie dish. Sprinkle the potatoes well
with salt, pepper, finely chopped onion,
minced parsley and grated cheese, then
cover with g few tablespoonfuls of
thick white sauce and repeat in this
order until the dish is sufficiently full,
letting sauce form the last addition ex
cept a sprinkling of grated cheese,
which should be added just before put
ting the pie in the oven. See that the
latter Is well heated, then as soon as
the pie is thoroughly hot and colored a
nice golden brown serve tastefully, the
surface being sprinkled with a mixture
of finely chopped parsley and sifted
egg yolk, the pie dish being placed up
on a pretty dish paper with a border
of parsley sprigs arranged round about
To Tnke Scorch From Linen.
Scorched clothes are often discarded
as hopeless, but if not too much burned
they may be saved by the patient
use of onion juice. Pake the onion
and squeeze out the juice. Mix it with
an ounce of fuller's earth,a little shred
ded soap and a wineglassful of vine
gar. Heat the mixture till the soap ia
dissolved; then wait till it is cold be
fore applying. Rub it well over the
scorched place, leave to dry and then
put the garment in the regular wash
ing. advises an exchange.
9lorpliy*N Witty Comment.
Paul Morphy, the famous chess play
er, once attended church in New Or
leans when the bishop of a foreign dio
cese was present. The young rector of
the church had prepared a sermon in
honor of his distinguished visitor in
the delivery of which he tired every
one except the bishop, who paid close
attention. Part of the congregation
left the church.
"Well," said Morphy, "that preacher
is the first man I ever met who hadn't
sense enough to stop when he had
nothing left but a bishop."
Pi;] It With n Slum.
"I am willing to do anything," said
the applied! t fur work.
"All right." said the hard hearted j
merchant. "I'lease close the door be
hind you when you go out." Sorner
vllle (Mass.i Journal.
i
EDISOTS PHONOGRAPH
Fetter than a Fiano, Organ, or ">.f u«=ir Fox, for it sings dnd talks as well as plays, and
don't cost as much. It ri prod uees (lie music of any instrument —band or orchestra-—tells
stories and sings—the old familiar hymns as well as the popular songs—it is always ready.
See that Mr. Kdison's signature is on every machine. Cata
logues of all dealers, or NATIONAL PHONOURAPH CO., IJS Fifth Ave., New York.
Bladder Disease.
Bladder, Kidney and Urinary dis
eases are dreadful afflictions, 'their
progress is usually slow. Men--and
scri women suffer for
years, and many die
Jt-vIL ac ' ast ' ll s rcat
y''.
V~ irt J inedicine
\ mSm / A ' ' cures
V HP? / ffl these dis
tases ■' l '' 1 s
I #'Ml / sick-beds, and re
| Jt/ 1/1/ stores them to
I 1 A vigorous health.
1 / Strength begins
V to come back as
soon as the sufferer begins to take it.
'•For several years," says Mr.
Richard 15. Brown, a commission
merchant of 306 Washington street,
New York, "I suffered from inflam
mation and ulceration of the blad
der. My family physician was tin
■; tore'. . • me. Specialists failed
to do me a 7 rood. 1 kept growing
1 worse. 1 h.ul been confined to my
< b'. d five weeks, and 1 didn t think
there was much chance of getting
i out of it. Well, I tried Or. David
i Ivxniiiy's Favorite Remedy. In
a w ' "vas able to get out of bed,
! and in.l short time I recovered com
p! tc'.v. J can work 16 hours a day
I now. Ito Dr. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy all credit is due."
At «v I druff stores, $1 a bottle.
| SHORT NEWS STORIES^
."lionlp'i ltup at Drpnr—X-JalddM
Woodruff—Royalty;/ onOthOft <,■,
Platform.
The postmaster general,
Emory Smith, lias had hla portrait
painted by William Chase. It la a gov
i anient order, and the painting liaa
hern shipped to Paris to hang in the
;i» stufli<-c exhibit at the exposition. It
will be returned to the Buffalo exposi
tion and then hang with the other
"obituaries," as the cabinet calls them,
in a room at tlie postolHce department
iu Washington.
Mr. Smith lias a serious face, and
Mr. Chase wanted him to smile. He
told the postmaster general that he
was the best model among all the pub
lic men he had painted because of his
absolute repose, but that he lost him
j self in thought.
This was an objection, and in order
to meet it the artist, who is a diplo
matist, resorted to a clever stratagem.
lie told Mr. Smith this story to make
him smile. It was a rap at Senator
j Chauneey Depew by Mr. Joseph 11.
I Choate when the artist was dining with
them.
Choate said that Depew's name was
now a synonym for "talkativeness," to
prove which he recited a verse he made
up on the spot:
"There once was a man In St. Louis
In love with a sweet little Jewess;
She talked night and day
In so (harming a way
That he railed her his Chauneey Depewess."
—Saturday Evening Post.
A Joke on Woodrnff.
Last winter in Albany a magician
gave an entertainment. Prominent
among those seated near the stage was
Timothy L. Woodruff, lieutenant gov
ernor of New York. In one of his
feats of legerdemain the magician
required the use of a pocket liandker
| chief and appealed to his audience to
supply the needed article. Into his
pocket the lieutenant governor thrust
his liaud, and when it came out again
it was clutching the handkerchief neat
ly folded and evidently fresh from the
laundry. Smilingly Timothy L. pass-
IT WAS FULL OF HOLES,
ed it up to the "professor," who as
smilingly received it, while the audi
ence, recognizing the leader, broke in
to applause.
The prestidigitator took what
"Chuck" Connors would term "the
wipe" by one corner and shook it out,
and as he did so Woodruff's face grew
as long as it had previously been round.
That wretched handkerchief was as
full of holes as one of the legation com
pounds at Peking. At lirst the lieuten
ant governor swore that a substitution
had been made, but his monogram iu
one corner conclusively proved his
ownership, and ever since he has been
vainly trying to explain how it was
that any one so immaculate as he usu-*
ally is should have possessed and tried
to palm off so tattered a rag in place of
n -New York Tribune.
The Yon 11 IT >len of Today.
The young men of today are too fin
icky—too much given to self analysis,
too self pampering. Their shoes and
neckties cost more each year than did
the entire wardrobe of their grandfa
thers. They feel a sense of degrada
tion in small beginnings and plodding,
and they wait for success ready made
to come 1o them. There is not a young
man in the country who would imitate
Ben Franklin and march through the
streets munching a loaf of bread while
looking for employment. lie dare not,
indeed, because society has become al
*o finicky, and he would be arrested as
a tramp. The young man of today
wants capital. ll© cannot be president
of a bank or judge of a court the first
week he is from school, and he feels,
like the famous Ell Pussley, that he
has "110 chance." —Memphis Commer
cial-Appeal.
FRIENDLY BACTERIA.
Hot Ail the Tiny C'rC'ii t a rcn Are In
inileal to Human Life.
The time lias passed when bacteria
are, looked upon as unmixed evils.
These little "plants owe their somewhat
unsavory reputation in large degree
to the fact that they tirst attracted gen
eral interest because of their power of ■
producing disease. That they are the
cause of many human diseases lias
been demonstrated beyond peradven
ture, and this subject has proved so
fascinating that it was for a long time
the only side of bacteriological phe- !
nomena which received any considera- |
bin attention. As a result bacteria j
have acquired the popular reputation. !
of being producers of evil to mankind
and have consequently been regarded j
as wholly undesirable organisms. The I
studies of recent years, however, have
been giving more attention to phases j
uf bacteriological life which are not j
connected with disease. These studies j
have disclosed to us a large series of j
phenomena where these little plants !
are in various ways of direct advan
tage to mankind. Among other facta
we have been slowly learning that in
the preparation of the food which
comes upon our tables and in its di
gestion the bacilli play no inconsidera
ble part, says a writer in The Interna
tional Monthly.
Since they are almost inconceivably
minute, bacteria owe their great intlu
ence in nature to their wonderful pow
ers of reproduction. A single individ
ual may in the course of 24 hours pro
duce from 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 off
spring. This extraordinary power of
reproduction involves the consumption
of a vast amount of food material, and
profound alterations are produced in
this food as the bacteria feed upon it.
The bacteria are so small that they
probably do not take the food inside of
their bodies, but they live in the midst
of their food and digest it outside of
themselves. This results in certain
chemical changes in the nature of the j
food. These changes are mostly of
that character which the chemist calls
destructive. Under the action of bac
teria chemical molecules which are of
a high complexity are constantly being
pulled to pieces and reduced to simpler
compounds. As a result of this chem
ical action there appears in the food
mass upon which the bacteria are feed
ing a variety of new chemical com
pounds. These new compounds are in
part simply byproducts of the chemical
destruction of the molecules which
they have pulled to pieces, but they
are also in part to be regarded as ex
cretions from the bacteria. The use of
bacteria in connection with food de
pends partly upon their power of de
struction and partly upon the nature of
these new compounds which they pro
duce.
In considering the use of bacteria in
food we may notice first a possible val
ue they may possess in assisting the
processes of digestion. The digestion
that takes place in our stomach and
intestines consists in a chemical
change in the food. Now, the stomach
and intestines are crowded with bacte
ria in inconceivable numbers. As bac
teriologists have studied the action of
these intestinal bacteria upon such
food as we take into our stomachs
they find that the bacteria produce
chemical changes in the food in many
respects similar to those of ordinary
digestion. As these bacteria certainly
grow rapidly in the intestines the ques
tion has naturally arisen whether they
may not aid the digestive juice in the
digestive process, even in a healthy
individual.
Sew Primary Mattery.
A student of electricity living near
Eaton, 0., has perfected a primary bat
tery that may revolutionize industry.
The battery which he has just complet
ed will give, it is claimed, a steady cur
rent of 12 volts per square cell at about
50 amperes. Unlike any other primary
cell, it keeps up a constant current un
til exhausted. Eight quart cells will
run a two horsepower motor 10 hours
at an expense of 10 cents. Ten cells
will burn twelve 32 candle power
lamps ten hours. The cell differs from
any other form in that the exciting
fluid is dropped into the cell at the rate
of one drop a minute while the battery
remains in use. Its cheapness of main
tenance and great power, it is claimed,
will cause its universal adoption on
power lines. Almost every house and
business place will have its own light
ing plant and power for running sew
ing machines, fans, etc. The highest
voltage now obtained from the best
form of primary battery is nearly two
volts to a gallon cell and then only for
a few minutes, as the current rapidly
runs rown.—Boston Herald.
Cold Air Fan»,
Electric fans for creating a breeze
are now universally known, but a new
variation of the idea is announced by
The Electrical Review. The improved
fan is mounted over a large, hollow
pedestal or hopper. This pedestal has
a door through which it may be filled
With ice. The electric fan draws a
current of air in at the bottom of the
pedestal and around through the ice
and then forces it out through the
loom, cooled to a low temperature.
The largest sizes hold 75 pounds of ice.
The consumption of ice varies with the
prevailing beat and the speed given to
the fan.
It Is nil poppycock to ask or expect
the average farmer to keep his front
door yard nicely trimmed with a lawn
mower, as may and should be done by
a city resident. There is too much to
do and look after to take care of a
farmhouse door yard in this manner.
The best way to care for the front yard
in the country is to make it large, not
have too many trees in it and then run
the farm mowing machine over it ev
ery two or three weeks. By so doing
the grass can be kept in very good
shape and the yard made attractive.
And Still Men Continue to Marry.
•"My wife contradicts nie continually."
"Well, my wife acts as if my ideas
weren't worth discussing."—Chicago llec
ord.
I nele Allen.
"Never," counseled Uncle Allen Sparks,
"look at a gift cheese through the micro-
Icope."—Chicago Tribune.
At'com in oil ii 11 ne,
"Rny. officer, I'm lookin fer John
Smith."
"All right, old num. just keep on look
in. I won't disturb yer."—New York
Journal.
GOOD MOSQUITOES NOW.
illMet'tM That Have Been Turned
From Their Kvtl Ways.
Mankind may be doubly benefited by
the experiments reported by the New
York Herald and now being conducted ]
by Dr. W. N. Berkeley, who expects to 1
prove that the germs of malaria are
transmitted by mosquitoes. In the
| meantime if the patient now in Belle
vue who has permitted Dr. Berkeley's
mosquitoes to feed upon his blood is to
be taken seriously it may be possible
to breed a new species of the winged
1 pest that will refuse to attack human
ity, but will wage a war of extermina- I
i tion upon tl<e Jersey man eaters.
I Ceo:. i.. ns, who, despite the fact
that he is in the grip of malaria, seems
to still possess a keen sense of humor,
j avers that while some of the mosqui- ,
i toes did not hesitate to gorge them- :
selves with his blood when offered the
J opportunity others refused to attach
j themselves to his arm. These waited
, until the bloodsuckers had filled them- 1
j selves, when they attacked them, and, |
, being larger and stronger than the oth- j
ers. had little difficulty in killing them, j
Dr. Berkeley refuses to discuss his
experiments, saying that his work has 1
not proceeded far enough to warrant
gpprt
MOSQUITOES AT WOKK.
his talking of results. In the hospital, i
too, the physicians say that profession
al ethics compel them to keep silence. |
Lyons, whose home is at 351 First '
avenue, is shaking in ward No. 19 in
Bellevue hospital with what is known
as chills and fever, but which the doc
tors say is malignant malaria. Last
Saturday, at Dr. Berkeley's request, he
bared his arm and permitted a swarm
of mosquitoes which were confined in
a glass tube to eat at his expense.
The process was simple. The tube
was inverted upon the man's arm, and
Boon the insects, which had been starv
ed for 24 hours, alighted and began op
erations—that is, some of them did.
According to Mr. Lyons, there were
others that were more considerate of
his feelings.
The blood fed insects were taken to
his laboratory by Dr. Berkeley, where
they will bo closely watched. After a
few days they will be permitted to
again feed upon the blood of a well
man. It is believed that they will in
troduce into his veins malarial poison.
This will be easily counteracted, as the
symptoms will be quickly heeded and
antidotes administered at the first ap
pearance of malaria.
Heform In Barbers* Shops.
A timely article by a prominent doc
tor summarized the results of the
movement in several of the large cit
ies and smaller municipalities In this
country and Europe that have formu
lated and enacted a fairly practical
and effective barbers' act. The ex
pense of boiling scissors, clippers and
razors after each using is little or noth
ing. The sterilization of the hands
afresh for each patron is surely not a
grievous requirement. Brushes and
shaving brushes can be abolished alto
gether and to great advantage. That
the towels should be freshly laundered
(not ironed hastily in the back room
and brought back for a second service,
as is too often the case now) seems
only a matter of common decency. It
is not to be hoped, however, that the
older, less progressive barbers will
adopt these measures of their own free
will. They must be compelled to take
the necessary steps at once and learn
the reasons at their leisure.—Pedia
trics.
Nasal
CATARRH /fefh
In all Its stages ther6 A
should be cleanliness. C£, AT rut( * '/fSf
Ely's Cream Balm
clo'anses, soothes and heals '.•v'l
the diseased membrane. -> QQS %
It cures catarrh and drives
away a cold iu the head
quickly.
Cream Balm is placed Into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail.
r ELY BROTHERS, sti Warren Street, New York.
MILLINERY STORE.
s,
Patterson's Millinery
will be continued un
der the care of an ex
perienced trimmer,
who has just return
ed from the Eastern
cities, with a large
stock of fall and win
ter goods. The public
is invited to call and
examine the hats and
bonnets, before pur
chasing elsewhere.
PATTERSON'S MiILiNERY,
346 MILL STREET.
Chas. L. Pettis & Co.,
CASH
PRODUCE BUYERS,
Dressed Poultry, (iame, Purs,
Errs an< J Butter.
204 DUHNE STREET,
NEW YORK.
Write for Our Present Paying
Prices.
I O„UW RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE.
In Effect September Ist, 1899
GOING WEST
'
| | I'AS
I - 1
NEW lOKK, P.M. A. M. A.M. p M
Barclay St. Lv. * aO' 10 00 ••••
Cristopher Si.. 930; 10 00 j ••••
Mobokcn i 945: j JO 16! ••••
j scranton Arj 230 ] j J SB}
A « i Ually - «
I SCRANTOK 10 00 561 a 1- i'IH
Itellevue j ... 340 n u"
| Tayiorville j *io" ift! !«' 112* # JO
l<Hokawunna 10 IS3 21" A m :h IU
Duryea j 10 20 2 13 ;j
i Pitmon i 10 B>i 2 17 •
1 Susquehanna Ave...i ■lO 3: : 220 4 A'in
WEST Fituton a 5 110 «t : 224 * J' 5 «"Z
Wyouiinn 7 0 10 14 2a, JO9 « *
Forty Fort .... 4 1J
Bennett j 7 IJ i "16 62? 230 • '« A'ii
Kingston ; 71! lu 50 212
Kingston ;7 1 10 50 244 k 5,1
Plymouth June : 7 1 ! 247 4 * Jj (i su
| Plymouth 7 2 11 05 252 * -K,
Avomlaie : 7 a Si 57; ••" 725
I Nanticoke 112 7a j 11 13 302 •••• '
• Hunlock'f, 73 I 11 19 310
I Shickshinny 1 7 5 11 30 324 ••••
Hick's Ferry i 8 0 fll 43 33i ••••
1 Beach Faven ! 8 1 j 11 4S 342 ....
Berwick : 8 1 !11 04 3 4'j S
Briar Creek l's 2 j 112 8 M ....
j Lime Kldge j 8 3 fl2 OH 404 ....
I Espy j 8 3.! 12 15 411
j Kloomslturg j ¥ 4~| 12 22 417 ....
Rupert | 8 6o! 12 27 423
Catawissa 8 56; 12 32 420 ....
| Danville 1 !l 10, 12 47 442
Chulasky I .... 4 49 ....
Uimeron j y 20. 12 67 454 ....8 40
NOKTHUMBKRLAND 9 36j 110 608 .... 000
ArjA.M.I r. M. p. M. P. M. P.M
GOING EAST.
l ii 1 i 1
| STATIONS. j. AS t PAS. PAS. PAS. PAB
! i
Niw YOHK p m-P- m A -I" a.m. am
'Barclay St. Ar. 330 5 uul «*v
Christopher St... 300 4 6R>[ 835
Hoboken... 247 4 4S; •26
Scranton.* 10 05 12 55 1 40
j !a.m. P.m. am
daily P.M
A .M.| P. M. P. M. P. M. dly
■ Scran ton 9 42! 12 35 466 635 #O7
Bellevue I, 38 460 630'J 02
Taylorville j0 33 446 6 25,857
Lackawanna |9 a; 437 5 147
(Duryea ~.. 923 434 6 848
Pittston 919 12 17 429 6 j8 44
Susquehanna Ave.. 915 12 14 424 5 |B3u
i West Plttston.. . uV2 421 5 j»3O
Wyoming «0» 12 08 410 50 822
Forty Fort 903 ..... 410 4 18 28
! Bennett j 900 400 4 1x824
Kingston, 1 8 67 12 02 401 4 5 |8 21
Kingston 855 12 00 412 4 .8 10
i Plymouth Junction 850 3 &•> *4 I s 18
Plymouth 816 11 52 361 441 801
I Avondale 8 4UJ. 3 40 JOtS
Nanticoke 885 1) 45 342 Tsl
| Hunlock's 8 27 3 34 7 40
i Shickshinny «IS 11 30 324 ?38
Hick's Ferry I 04 3 13' 7 25
Beaeh Haven 7 63 3 07 7 12
; Berwick 745 11 04 3 01 ( \O6
I Briar Creek 7 :<8 ! 7 00
Lime Hidge 7 30 2 48 ® 52
Espy 7'fl 10 46 242 «45
Bloomsbnrg 715 10 41 23D ;J 39
Kupert 709 10 3ti 231 J
| Catawissa 703 lo 32 226 828
Danville 850 10 21 212 » »
Chulasky I
Cameron 6 38 | ®
, NORTH L'MBKBL'D.. . 6 25: 10 00 150 650
LV A.M.! A.M. I*. M. I*.*- P.M
Connections at Kupert with Philadelphia &
1 Keading Kailroad for Tamanend, Tamaqua,
Williamstiort, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc. At
Northumberland with P and E. Div. P. K. K. for
Harrisburg. Lock Haven, Emporium, Warron
Corry, and Erie.
TlmTiiSr
TIME TABLE
In Effect May 28th, 1900.
A M A.M., PM.P. M
Scranton(l)&H)lv 16 45 i 9 38 2 18 \K 27
J'ittston " " j 7ogflooo §2 J2 452
A. M. A. M. P. M. P.M
Wilkesbarre,.. lv § 730 §lO 55 | 308 it 00
Plym'th Ferry " f73Bflio2f Sl«fd 07
Nanticoke "j 746 11 10 328 6 17
Mocanaqua ....", 804 11 32 346 637
Wapwallopen.. " 8 13 11 42 350 647
Nescopeck ar 824 11 62 407 700
"A.M. P.M. P.M.
Pottsville lv § 5 50 fl2 30 \
Hazleton " 705 200 650 ""
Tomhicken " 722 218 610
Fern Glen "I 7 29 227 6 18
Kock < Hen " 735 4 2 34; 625 " * *
Nescopeck...., ar 800 3 00 ( bSO
Catawissa.. .ar
ITM A.M P.M. P M
Nescopeck lv § 8 24 §ll 52,|j 4 07 27 00
Creasy '• 833 12 02 416 709
Espy Ferry.... " 112 8 43 12 lo 112 4 24 7 20
E. Bloomsburg, " 84712 14 429 725 _ _
t'atawissa ar 855 12 21j 435 73^
Catawissa lv 856 12 211 435 732
South Danville " 914 12 38 1 453 751
Sunbury....... " 935 1 00| 515 815
A. M.P. M.P. MIITM."
Sunbury lv || »4251 lo § 5 4a' 88 40
Lewisburg.... ar 10 13 145 8 181
aiilton " 10 08 1 614 904
Williamsport.. " 11 00 230 7 10) 950
Lock Haven... " 11 69 340 8 07!
Kenovo " A.M. 440 900
Kane " 8 25
P.M. P.M.I
Lock Haven..lv jl2 10 1 3 45'
JU'llefonte ....ar 10511 444
Tyrone " 2 1511 t> 00
Pliilipsburg " 423 1 8 20'
Clearfield.... » 607 909
Pittsburg.... " 055 811 30,
A.M. P.M. P.M. P M
Sunbury lv i; 9 60 § 1 .55 j 5 25 |IB 31
Harrisburg.... ar ill 30 § 3 15 jj 6 55 !0 10
~~ P. M. P. M. P. M. A~M
liiiiadelphia.. ar j3l7|| 823 ||lo 20 25
Baltimore " | 3 11 || 6 00 | 9 45 2 30
Washington... " § 4 10|, 7 16 jlO 55 4 05
A.M. P.M.!
Sunbury lv jj 9 571 § 2 031
Lewistown Jc. ari 11 4u] 3 50;
Pittsburg •' 6 55'§11 30
(A.M. P,M P. M. P~M
Harrisburg.... lv ill 45111 3 46 || 7 2<i SIO2O
P.M. A.M.AM
tittsburg ar<j 6 solil 1130 || 150, 530
P.M. P MA MAM
Pittsburg lv | 7 10 | 8 30 j 2 50 |8 00 .
A.M A M P M
Harrisburg.... ar J 1 55 | 3 4o | 9 10 | 3 10
~ P M AM
Plttsbuig lv $ 8 00
P M
Lewistown JJ. " 5 7 30 4 3 '.O
Sunbury ar i B 20 g 6 OOj
P. M. A M A M A Mi
Washington... lv ||lo 40 8 7 45 110 50j
Baltimore '• |j 11 41 || 450 84> iU 45 ....
Philadelphia... " |ll 20 j 4 28 | 8 40 |l2 26
A. M. A M A. M. P M
Harrisburg.... lv | 3 35 | 7 55 \\\ 40 3 4 00
Sunbury ar Ssos| 830 110g 640
P. M. A M A M
Pittsburg lv jl« 45 \ 2 60 \ 8 00 ....
Clearfield,.,. " 409 »28
PliilipHburg,. " 450 10 12
Tyrone M 715 B8 10 12 30
Bellefonte,. " 831 932 1 42;....
Lock Haven ar 9 iiO 10 30 243
_ P. M. A M A M V M
Erie lv 1 4 30
Kane " 755 \ti 00 "
Kenovo " 11 15 j 6 40 10 30
Luck Haven.... " 12 "3 733 11 25 J3 00
A.M. P M
Williamsport.. " 1061 830 jig 40 400
Milton •' 15» 919 127 452 •"*
Lewisburg " ...... 905 1 15 447
Sunbury ar 227 »40 165 620
A. M. AMP M P M
Sunbury lv j 0 50 | # 55 j 2 00 g 6 48
South Danville" 718<10 17 221 «09
Catawissa " 7 3.1 10 35 2 3ti| 627
E Hloomsburg.. " 7 10 43 2 43- 632
Espy Ferry.... " 743 110 47 f6 36
Creasy " 7 53; 10 66 255 648
Nescopeck " 8 03! 11 051 305 6 66i'"""*
:T"m a M;P. M. P M
Catawissa lv 7 38!
Nescopeck lv jS gl 1 55 S 4 10 I 7 O.V
Kock (Hen ar 820 12 21 436 i 731
Fern Glen " 8 83! 12 87 | 442 787 •"*
Tomhicken " 842 12 35 ; 451 745
Hazleton " 9 1)21 12 66 5 12j 805
Pottsville " 11 30| 2OK «30 9
-
Nesco))eck......lv'g 8 03|HU 06 $ 3 05\\ 8 55'
Wapwallopen. .ar 818 11 2<l 3 19; 709
Mocanaqua...."! 8 28i 11 32i 329 721
Nanticoke "! 8 48; 11 54 3 481 7 421
I P Ml ;
Plym'th Ferry* 112 1 12 02 3 57! f7 52
Wilksbarre ... " 905 12 lo 4 0,"): 800
1
IAMPM P M F M
PittSton(DAH) ar 59 39 112 49 j4 52 836
Scranton " "I 10 08, 1 18| 580 ij# 05
I Weekdays. t Daily. 112 Flag station.
Additional Train leaves Hazleton 5.15 p. m.,
Tomhicken 5.35 p. m., Fern tilen 5.43 p. m.,
Kock Glen 5.50 p. in., arriving at Catawissa
0.25 p. m.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on j
through trainf between Sunbury. Williamsport I
and Lric. between Sunbury and Philadelphia I
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts- 1
burg and the West.
For further information apply to Ticket Agents
J li. UUTCHINSOX, J. 11 WOOD . j
(Jen I Manager. Qen'l Pats'n'r Ay. I
1 New
Coal Yard!
J I'egg. Coal
Dealer, has re
moved to his new
COAL YARD.
OFFICE:— No. 344 Ferry
Street (near D. L- & W. R.
R Crossing)
YARD —In rear of Office.
Robert J. Pegg,
COAL DEALER.
Telephone No. 158-
PHILADELPHIA &
READING RAILWAY
IN EFFECT OCT. 15, 1900.
TKAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
(weekdays only)
Fcr Philadelphia 11.25 a in.
For New York 11.25 a tn,
For Catawissa 11.25 a. in., 6.01 p. m.
For Milton 7.42 a. m., 4.00 p m.
For W illiamsport 7.42 a.m., 4.00 p m.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington and the
Kouth leave Twenty-fonrtb and Chestnut
Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays—3.3B, 7.14,
10.22 a. in., 12.10, 1.33, 3.03, 4.12, 5.03, 7.26, 8.28 p.
m., 12.21 night. Sundays 3.23, 7.14 a. m., 12.16,
1.33, 4,12. 6.03. 7.20, 8.20 p. ir.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD,
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Wharf
and South Street Wharf.
WEKKDAVS--Express 9.00 A. M., 2 00, 4.00, 5.00,
7.15 P. M. Accommodations s.oo A.M., 5.30
P. M. Sundays—Express 9.00, 10.00 A. M.
Accommodation 8.00 A. M., 5.00 P. M.
Leave ATLANTIC CITY-Weekdays—Express
7.3 i, 9.00. 10.15 A. M. 2.50, 5.30, P. M. Accom
modations 8.05, A.M., 4.05 P. M. Sundays
—Express—l.3o, 7.30 P. M. Accommodation
7.15 A. M., 4.05 P. M.
Parlor carson all express trains.
For CAPE MAY -Weekdays 9.15 a. m . 4.15.
5.00 p m. Sundays—9.ls am.
For OCEAN CITY -Weekdays—9.lsa. m., 4.15
p. in. Sundays- 9.15 a. m.
For SKA ISLE ClTY—Weekdays—9.ls a. m.
5.00 p. m.
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY
EXPREBS.
l*eave NEW YORK (Liberty Street) 3.40 P. M
I*ave ATLANTIC CITY, 8.30 A. M.
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
W. G. BEBLEK, EDSONJ WEEKS
Qen. Suparintenden t General Agent.
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