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Hours—lo a. m.to 5 p. m. Telephone 143 G. Sent to Hep Garden, No one trait of Queen Victoria's char acter Is more frequently dwelt upon than her niotherllness—the rare good sense displayed In training her chil dren. It is told of the princess royal of England, now the empress dowager of Germany, that she had a hasty tem per when she was a little girl. Quick, hot words came readily to her lips. Queen Victoria did not punish her lit tle daughter for these outbursts of temper, but one day gave her a little garden for her very own and advised when anger got the better of her Judg ment that she goto work for a few moments. The plan acted like a charm, and a short time among the smiling faces of her flower friends brought the little princess, ashamed and repentant, to beg her forgiveness. The habit thus formed has never been broken, and flowers have always held a high place in the regard of the empress. When I Wad a Hoy. tTp In the attic where I slept— When I was a boy, a little boy!— In through the lattice the moonlight crept, Bringing a tide of dreams that swept Over the low red trundle bed. Bathing the tangled, curly head. While moonbeams pla.ved at hide and seek With the dimples on each sun browned cheek— When I was a boy, a little boy I And, oh, the dreams—the dreams I dreamed, Wlit-p I was a boy, a little boy! For the grace that through the lattice streamed Over civ folded eyelids seemed To have the gift of prophecy And to bring me glimpses of time# to be Where manhood's clarion seemed to call. Ah, that was the sweetest dream of all— WXen 1 was a boy, a little boyl I'd like to sleep where I used to sleep When 1 was a boy, a little boy! For in at the lattice the moon would peep, Bringing her ti.ie of dri ams to sweep The crosses and griefs of the years away From the heart that is weary and faint today, A«wi tliote tlw— - k - l - The peace I have never known fince then— When 1 was a boy, a little boy! —Eugene Field. Can Move Only In a. Circle. Icelanders have a curious and prob ably unique plan of preventing their horses from straying. Supposing two people were riding together and wish ed to stop somewhere to make a call to prevent their horses from straying they would tie each horse's head to the other's tail. In this state the horses could neither move backward nor for ward. At the most they could go round In a circle, but then they would have to make a compact to turn their heads In the same direction. Qnall Hunting In Persia. In Persia a special sport of the boya Is-t'quall hunting." They stick two poles into their girdles and on them put either their outer coat or a pair of trousers, which are intended to look ai a distauce like the horns of an animal. They than, with a hand net, prowl about the tields, and the quails, seeing a form more like a beast than a man, permit the hunter to approach so near that he can throw his net over them. A Mystery. A very striking ease of disappearance is told of in connection with a brother of Grimaldi, the famous clown. This broth er had left his home and gone no one knew whither for years. On one occa sion, however, when playing to a crowd ed house, Grimaldi was told while at the wings that some one wanted to see him, and it turned out to be his long lost rela-1 tive. In the very few minutes they had for conversation the brother told him he had returned to England rich aud pros perous and resolved to roam no more. With much evidence of affectionate emo tion he made an appointment for that night, and hp never kept it and was never seen again. A Deeper Scheme. Mrs. Greene—When Charles comes home late at night, I always give him a good talking to. Mrs. Gray—When Jack comes home late, I say nothing, but let hirn do the talking. In that way. you see, I find out just what condition he is in.—Boston Transcript. ItnldncNn and the Derby Hat. It is uot the hat, but the kind of hat, whose wearing conduces to baldness. The hat is necessary to keep the head cool in summer, but it should be the soft felt hat. The vicious derby constricts the scalp, keeps the blood away, kills the hair, causing baldness. The felt bat does not dp this arid does not cause baldness. Witness its use in the south and the ab sence of baldness—you see few bald men there. Witness the use of the derby at the north and ihe prevalence of baldness. •—P. larep, M. D , in New York Sun. (ietilng Modest. "Mr. Orestes Van Ham considers him self tin' greatest actor on earth." "Is" that so?" responded Mr. Storm ingtofi Barnes thought folly. "He's get ting strangely modest. lie used to con sider himself the greatest actor that ever Jived." Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern which is not afraid to be generous. The proprietors of Dr. King's New Discovery fur Con sumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial bottles and have the satisfaction of knowing it has cired tli insHiid-i of hopeless cases. As thma. Bronchi i- l a Grippe and all Throat, ( best m,d Lung disease are snrelv cured by it < all ou Paule s & Co . brugaist. and get a free trial liotUe. Regular size f",oc and $ 1.00. Every bot tle guaranteed ON THE TFJOLLEY. Some ItrninrkH by u Man Wlio No tlces Tliin^n. "To a person of observing habits," re marked an amateur philosopher ou a trol ley ear bound for the up town residential section last Saturday evening, "there is a very interesting character study in bundles. The average man dislikes to carry a bundle of any description, feel ing, I suppose, that it detracts from his dignity, but his aversion is marked by singular gradations. "A book, for example, forms the least objectionable package, ami at the other extreme is a beefsteak. Why men should be so loath to appear in public with beefsteaks is something I have nev er been aide to understand, but it is true. "No self respecting citizen will carry a beefsteak through the streets unless it is thoroughly disguised, anil there is a butcher at one of the markets who has actually built up an immense family trade entirely by reason of his dexteritv in doing up parcels of that character. "His modus operandi is very ingenious If he is handling a porterhouse, he places it between two squares of pasteboard, uses a sheet of pearl gray manila paper as a wrapper and ties it up with baby blue string. The result is a neat rec tangle, which has every appearance of having come from some fashionable drug store or confectioner's. Chops and such like he stows away in neat little card board tubes, and he keeps a supply of one pound candy boxes especially for chicken livers and chopped sausage. The system is very effective, but of course ac cidents will sometimes happen in spite of all precautious. "Last week, for instance, a neighbor of mine got aboard the car, carrying a couple of small cylindrical packages, and remarked carelessly that he had just pur chased some ragtime melodies for the children's phonograph. The wrapper was slightly torn at the end, and as ho arose to get off at his corner a large pink veal cutlet slipped out on the floor. " 'Hello!' said 1. 'You are losing one of your records.' And he hasn't spoken to me since. "I mention the incident merely to show how sensitive people nre on the sub ject."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Ah, So Cutting:! TV ! : y—Haw, Miss Effie, I rawthnw fancy me handsome self in this top hat of mine. How d'ye think it—aw—suits me? Effie —Not at all. Mr. Plagwiggle. It has too much polish and brilliancy!— English Fun. Caune For Alarm. "Gee whiz'" exclaimed the giraffe in the menagerie tent, "is this horseless business going to strike us next?" "What's the matter?" inquired his mate. "That matinee girl just passed by on the arm of a bum actor, and I'm sure 1 heard her say she'd be tickled t<> death if he'd give her his auto-giraffe."—Philadel phia Press. Always Believed. "People are growing more incredulous each year," remarked the uiau who dis believes in human nature. "I don't think so," answered the opli mist. "I have noticed that whenever the thermometer goes above 85 you can tell anybody it's the hottest day ever known, and he won't doubt you for a see ond."—Washington Star. Prepared. Tom—You've been leaning against a whitewashed fence, haven't you? I)ick-No. Why? Tom—Tour coanulls ute covered witn white dust. Dick—'Sh! I'm going to call on Mis« I'echy. Iler father, you know, keeps a bulldog. That white dust is arsenic.— Exchange. Superior to Her Sex. "I want you to understand, though," the young woman said defiantly to the men who rushed to help her up from the slippery crossing on which she had fallen, "that I was getting off the car with my face toward tin' forward end when ii happened."—Chicago Tribune. Sometliliik Stronger. "A tfood deal of fringer came from his mouth," said Silas, alluding to the speak er who had stumped the country. Cyrus shook his head. "You wa'nt near enough. 1 caught a whiff of bourbon and applejack every time he opened his lips."—Chicago NeWs Xo Search Needed. "I suppose you know the type of man who is always looking for trouble?" re marked the philosopher. "No," answered Colonel St ill well. "You see, I'm from Kentucky. Down wheie I iive nobody has to look for trouble."— Washington Star. A Sensitive Nature. "I see that Mrs. Blifkius has colored help now." "Has she?" "Yes. She got so tired of having peo ple ask her if her hired girls were re lated to the family."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Affection's Exbnnstlnic Trllinte. "Clara came back worse than when she went away." "llow did that happen?" "The doctor said she had worn herself »ut buying presents for the family."—ln Jianapolis Journal. Needed. "I recommend to future generations." said Uncle Nathaniel as he put away his bandanna handkerchief, "that they en courage the growth of two noses —one to take cold in, the other for general use."— Harper's Bazar. Size No Advantage. Marcia (sighing)— How little men un derstand women! Shortleigh (bitterly)— They don't under stand them any better than big ones. — Smart Set. THE TRICKY TURK. The sultan of Turkey has reigned 25 years and has just had to arrest a large number of his subjects, who think that is Vong enough.—Philadelphia Ledger. The sultan has conferred another deco ration on F. Diodate Thompson of Long Island It i» clear that his majesty is not very angry with us because he has not paid UK that little bill—New York Evening Sun Turkey is increasing her navy and like wise her debts. Colonel Ab Hamid prob ably anticipates that the time is ap proaching when it will be necessary to employ first class battleships to staud off his duns. —Kansas Ci'y Times. Spread Like Wilkfire. When things are "the liest'' they be come ' the best selling." Abraham Hare, a leading druggist, of Belleville. ()., writes; "Electric Bitters are the best selling bitters I have handled in 20 years. Yon know why? Most diseases begin in disorders of stomach, liver, kid neys, bowels, blood and nerves. Elec tric Bitters tones up the stomach, regu lates liver, kidneys and bowels purifies the blood, strengthens the nerves, hence cures multitudes of maladies. It builds up the entire system. Puts new life and vigor into any weak, sickly, run down man or woman. Price 50 cents. Sold by Patties & Co., druggist. LAWS OF CHEMISTRY. Slight IndiapoaltiOßM Coold Be Cured by People It They Knew Them. "Did you ever notice what a difference there is in people iti respect to their gen eral chemical compositionV" remarked a local druggist one day last week. "Some people are decidedly acid, while others verge upon the other extreme and are strongly alkaline. You can detect the dif ference by a handshake. For you 11 find the man who is acid almost always will have a moist palm aud be lijsht coinplex ioned. "It would be better for people," he con tinued, "if they understood some of the simple laws <>f chemistry. Acids and al kalis are opposites, and the effect of one is to neutralize the other. People take soda, an alkali, for a sour stomach, and the chemical action is simply that of neu tralization, for the stomach in that condi tion is strongly acid. 1 know a man who is exceptionally acid who has to take six soda mint tablets before he can be rid of such a trouble. "You can see how a physician has to acquaint himself with the chemical com position of each of his patients. Medi cines that would do for one person will not agree with another. Out west it is frequent to find much alkali in the soil. With some people it agrees, but others are annoyed by it. The man who has any surplus of alkali already in his make up does not want to live in an alkali country. The principle runs all through the phases of one's physical life. "People who understood the principle often could cure themselves of slight in dispositions without the necessity of con sulting a physician. I believe the courses in chemistry in our public schools and colleges might be made more practical than they have been heretofore. The cook as well as the boarder would profit there by."—Lewiston (Me.) Journal. MEN OF MARK. General Joseph Wheeler has been un der fire 800 times and commanded in 200 battles. Count von Waldersee especially prides himself on his fine collection of maps, which include complete charts of Chi li and the Yang-tse valley, compiled by Prussian officers. Sir Maurice O'Rourke has just made a record in the annals of the legislative speakerships by being elected for the eighth time to the chair of the New Zea land house of representatives. Enthusiasm for music is leading the Earl of Dysart to make the rounds of his cottagers and to present a piano to each family where he finds that any of the children show au aptitude for music. William A. Clark of Montana is again in Paris buying pictures for his New York house. Ilis family, by the way, belongs to the Clan Colla, and Mr. Clark traces his descent from the kings of Ulster. Mr. Hedworth Williamson, the perpe trator of"The Teraph," a classical trag edy in blank verse, recently performed for one night only in London, has suc ceeded to his father's baronetcy. lie is only 23 years of age. Benjamin D. Silliman of New York, the oldest livinc graduate of Y'ale col lege, celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday and the seventy-first anniversary of his becoming a lawyer. Mr. Silliman is still in active practice at the bar. Baron Edward Toll is the leader of the Russian arctic expedition which is to start in 1901. It was he who estab lished depots of provisions and other stores on the new Siberian islands for the use of the Nan sen expedition. Lester T. Garfield, a grandson of Thomas Garfield, the only brother of President Garfield, has enlisted in the regular army as a private and been as signed to the Seventh artillery, now sta tioned at Fort Grobel. His parents, who live in Georgetown, Mich., consent ed to his act. Ogden H. Fethers of Janesville, Wis., the new supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, becomes greatly irri tated upon receiving a letter addressed "O. 11. Fethers." His peculiarity in this respect is explained among his friends by relating the story of a wng who once referred to him as "Old Hen" Fethers. The Ilara! Peasantry. rue run.*. ±/<. to are un nonest, thrifty lot, very independent and proud, but also full of religious feeling, and a book might be written on their beliefs and customs. At funerals, births and marriages every act Is invest."l with meaning, and a legend or proverb is quickly brought forward to combat skeptical doubts. Godfathers and god mothers to the number of 24 sometimes accompany the baby to the baptismal font, and little gifts are exchanged and refreshments of sausages, cake, beer and brandy are served before and after the ceremony. The young girls wear wreaths, from which they pick flowers to give to the young godfathers, and these In turn present them with an or unge or lemon, which they carry In their hands. They have a curious su perstition that the child will die If It receives the name of either parent, and this Is only done when they wish it to be the last baby In the family. A grand supper of chocolate, soup and roast pork, with preserves, is served after the baptism, and the festivities end with a dance. Everything begins and ends with a dance in the Ilarz moun tains, and their balls begin at 4 o'clock In the afternoon.—Catholic World. Of the Same Opinion. "We must at least treat the Indian as a rational being," said the man of philan thropic Instincts. "That's what we must," answered Broncho Bob. "Rations is about all them fellers seem to think about."—Washing ton Star. Cutting It Short. "You can bet if I were nominated for president I wouldn't fool away my time writing a long letter of acceptance that nobody reads." "What would you say?" " 'Thanks, I'll run!' " —Cleveland Plain Dealer. They I.lttle Knn- . ! "Hadn't we better hiv love let ters, Ethel?" "Oh, no, Ilerbi : V vbe aft w 've been married t 1 . !! get cl 1! 'no evening and v * som i>ng fun;.) to read."—lndia ; i >lis Jou- 1. A LITTLE L^JQUET. One of the loveliest of the clematis family is C. paniculala, whose blossoms of small size anil clear whiteness are counted by thousands. This variety does best on a woven wire trellis. There is no bulb that is more desir able foi early fall and winter flowering than freesia, that lovely yellow throated flower that adds the charm of fragrance to its beauty. Marly planting is most de sirable for two reasons—the bulbs ripen early and do better when planted early, and by plautin: a Mieee>sion we can have bloom long before the other bulbs are prepared to furnish it. WOMEN'S WAYS. Women can fool the men, but they can't fool each other.—Atchison Globe. Women are ever the same. Eve shared the apple with Adam, but she took the first bite. —Chicago News. It takes a woman a week to pack the trunk which sht • .HI unpaek in 2" uiin uf.es. — Indiarapi iis Journal. That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if yon used [Jr. King's New Life Pills, Thousands if sufferers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches They make pure blood anil build up health. Only 2.5 cents. Money back if not cured. Sold by Panics <o . I)rug gists. ENGAGED ON SIGHT. The Story of a Bright, t'p to Date Of fice Boy. He was a freckled faced, foxy looking boy or 115 or 14 anil not more than about half as big as he ought to be, but lie was ! wiry and bis eyes were clear. The pro- j prietor of the store was in his office | when the boy entered. "Do you want a boy here?" asked the youngster, with confidence, "What do I want with a boy?" replied the proprietor, with an intent to have fun with bis visitor. "I don't know,"was the unabashed response. "I guess they have boys around stores sometimes, und I thought you might want one." "Well, since you have mentioned it, I do." "What kind of a boy do you want?" The proprietor looked him oyer with a more or less suspicious eye. "I want a good boy," he said slowly. "Then I won't do," said the youngster. "Why won't you? Are 'you a bad boy?" "I'm—am—er," hesitated the caller, "I'm just a boy, that's all. There's some thing wrong with 'em when they're good." Hi- started out, when the proprietor called him back. "Hold on," lie said. "Maybe you are what I want." "If you want a good thing, I'm it," said the boy, "and you won't have to push me along, either." "How much do you want?" "I want a million, but I'll take $3 a week." "When can you begin?" "This very minute, if you'll give me my supper. I haven't had anything to eat for three weeks." "Nothing to eat for three weeks!" ex claimed the proprietor. "Nothing fit. I've scraped along as I could, but I haven't had a square meal, with pie on the side." "All right. You shall have your sup per. And where will you sleep?" "Oh, I won't sleep at all. I'm going to stay awake of nights when I ain't busy, so's I can feel how good it is to have a job and got money in my clothes. Hully gee, there's a kid out there trying to get away with a piece of lead pipe. Let me crack him once." And the new employee dashed out after the offender.—Washing ton Star. Appearances Against Them. "It's time we were turning up the chaps who did that safe breaking job in the coal office the other night," remarked the chief of police."Have you made any arrests?" "I run in a couple of suspicious looking fellows this morning," replied the patrol man. "What was suspicious about them?" "They wore plug hats and sack coats," said the patrolman, who had seen better days.—Chicago Tribune. OUR OLDPAPER~ MONEY. ~ fncle Ram Takes Precautions to Sea That It Is Destroyed. If the majority of the American pub lic weie to be told that they could pro cure thousands and tens of thousands of dollars of United States money for a few cents, they would reply that that was eii!: r impossible or a soheme of some one to sell a gold brick. Yet they would be wrong in both of their suppositions, for it is the absolute truth, i the best place to prove thli is in the national capital, Washington, where the money is made. When old and torn paper money has been returned to the treasury at Wash ington, the United States government takes wry extraordinary precautions in the destruction of it. The United States employs a very large force of people who do nothing else but destroy this old and mutilated paper money that has been withdrawn front circulation. Whenever a batch of such bills as these are turned into any sub treasury they are redeemed by having new ones issued in their stead. These old bills are then sent to the treasury at Washington and are there sorted and sent to what is known as the "redemption division." Here they are thoroughly examined by experts for the purpose of detecting counterfeits. AriiT iliin It. done, Wllicn tnn*» n . / long time, they are again counted and sorted and then tied into bundles of 100 bills each, and a record of each bundle is kept. Then these goto th« "destruc tion department," and here, after they are again recorded, they are put into large piercing machines, and four large holes are driven through each bundle. They are next passed to a machine for cutting, and hero each bundle is cut into two equal parts. From here each half bundle ie sent to a different place. One goes to the office of the secretary, and the other goes to the office of the registrar. In each of these places the half notes are again counted and a record thereof made. Aft er this has been completed they are sent to the "chopping department," where they are put into machines which cut them into very minute fragments. Of these fragments the operator* are exceedingly careful not to lose one. This mass of silk webbed paper, whiah onoe represented thousands of dollars of mon ey, is now ready for the "boiling depart ment." In this place immense vats of wate* and alkali are kept constantly boiling, and into these vats the mass of frag ments of paper is thrown and thoroughly boiled until they become an unrecognis able pulp. They manufacture this puiD into small models of the capitol, the White House, busts of Washington, Lincoln, Grant ami into many other things, and these are sold to the department stores, which sell them as souvenirs for a small sum.—New York Journal. COBSDMPTION CAB BE CORED. T. A. Sloeuni, M. C., the Great Chem :nt<l Scientist, Will Send Free, to tii A. ilcted, Three Bottles of liis Ncwlv I''!>covcx'(<l Reine ;!ie- to Cure Consumption r.t 'l All lung Troubles. Nothing could belairer, more philan thropic or carry more joy to the afllict ed, than the oiler of T. A. Slocutn, M. C., of New York City. Confident that he has discovered a reliable cure for consumption and all bronchial, throat and lung diseases, general decline ami weakness, loss of tlesli and all conditions wasting, and to make its great merits known, he will semi, free, three bottles to any reader of the AMERICAN 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- jty—to donate his infallible cure. lit has proved the dreaded consump tion to lie a curable disease beyond any doubt, and lias on file in tiis American und European laboratories testimonials of experience from those benefitted and cured, in all parts of the world. Don't until it is too late. Con sumption, uninterruped, means speedy and certain death. Address T. A slocutn M. C., itS Pine street, New York, and when writing the Doctor, give express and postoflice address, and please mention reading this article in the AMERICAN* March 4 y THE SPORTING WORLD. James McCusker, the champion twimmer of America, recently defeat ed Percy Cavill, the champion of Eng land and Australia, in a series of match races for the championship of the world. The champion won three straight races out of a series of five they ha 4 JAMES M'CUSKER. [Champion swimmer of the world.] agreed onto swiin at various distances. The last one was a half mile event, and although McCusker's shoulder was in bad shape due to a kick he had re ceived the previous night from Cavill during a race, he won easily. The races took place at Boston. Hints For Cycllete. When a valve stem is cut by friction on the edge of the rim, or otherwise, it may be repaired by using small rubber bands. Cover the valve stem with rub ber cement, filling the cut thoroughly, then wrap the rubber bands tightly around the stem until they fill the cut and extend for a quarter of an inch on each side of it, applying cement with each band. If the cut is not a bad one, this method will effect a per manent repair, though, as a rule, a damaged valve stem should be replac ed by a new one as a matter of precau tion. A very annoying squeak may some times be traced to the saddle, but not more definitely located. The wire springs should first be examined and tightened, and in case they bear against each other or the saddle base they should be oiled. If the squeaking still continues, it is probably caused by the rubbing together of two pieces of leather Inside the saddle, in the same manner that the squeak is pro duced in a cheap pair of shoes. It may be cured by softening the under leath er of the saddle with vaseline, or, in case the saddle has a metal base, by Injecting oil between the base and the pad. When a chain alternately tightens and slackens with each revolution, it is the sign of a stiff link, which should be attended to at once. Gasoline or benzine" should be used to clean the Joints, and then a good lubricant should In; liberally used. Heating the joint with the flame of a match before oiling it will cause the oil to run Into it better. Anionic the Thoroughbreds. The pick of the Keene stable will be Bhipped to England on the 13th of Oc tober. Five days later Arthur Feather stone and his trainer, Julius Bauer, will sail for the other side. They will make all necessary arrangements and the Featherstone horses will be shipped some time in November. Mr. Featherstone has sold at auction the horses he does not care to race in Eng land. George E. Smith, known far and wide as "Pittsburg Phil," will retire from the turf, twl ta u> Otlj t lie »» 111 own no more race horses. He has quite a stable, but all will be sold at a sac rifice. Mr. Smith says that his stable has cost him this year, in bets and bills, SIOO,OOO. Hereafter he will de vote his time exclusively to backing the horses of other owners. He hopes thereby to recoup his heavy losses. Here are three interesting bits of news. The Messrs. Keene, having demonstrated in this country that the get of Domino are invincible, go abroad to greater triumphs. Mr. Feather stone, having failed to make any kind of a showing in America this year, not withstanding his prodigal expendi tures, will goto England in the hope of better things. Mr. Smith quits the horse owning business in disgust, sat isfied that the only lucrative end of the game concerns the betting ring. Polo In America. Polo, like most other games which have been imported into this country, has been much improved since its ad vent here, but of its many distinctive features none perhaps is so decidedly and exclusively American as the handi cap system. Just as in horse racing, added weight equalizes the chances of entries, so in polo penalizing of players the number of goals they are believed to be able to score easily encourages young players to enter the lists against experts, gives the latter harder work to get even with the former and thus adds materially to the excitement of a match, besides affording followers of the sport facilities for comparing the form of adversaries. The system has been given a fair trial since 1890, when the American Polo association was formally inaugu rated. though play without any regular system or association has been indulg ed in here siuce 187 G. It has been found to be eminently satisfactory, and indeed European and Asiatic au thorities on polo have of late years be gun to look with much favor on the American methods, as it is admitted that the handicapping of players by a committee made up of old, experienced men, whose integrity is beyond dis pute, makes play fairer here than abroad. Euui-i crrnn nun una the Uinie. A jeweler in lowa, writing a jobbing house that questioned his credit, quot ed, "What is not of faith is sin," con veying the inference that the jobbers were sinners. The house replied, "Faith without works is dead" and "There Is none perfect no, not one." They are now sorry they replied in kind, for this Is what the next mail brought: "See what Gen. vi, i>, says about a perfect man. See what we are told to do. Math, v, 48. llere Is a good thought, James 111, 2. Can we do it? See Job vi 11, 20. The trouble with peo ple Is this, Jer. xvll, 9. See what is said in I Saui. xvi, 7. 11' It were not for this, we would all be lost. Cannot everybody be perfect If they would see what is said, 1 Cor. x, 1,'!? Here were two good people. They tried Luke i, 1810." Which shows that there are jewelers in lowa whose time is not en tirely occupied with business cares.— Jewelers' Circular Weekly. Great Luck of an Editor. ' For two years all efforts to enre Ec 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." It's the world's best for eruptions, sores and all skin diseases. Only 2<>c at Paules A: Co PERSONALITIES. Ex-SecretoS-y John Sherman has sold j liis property in Mansfield, 0., and will live with his daughter, Mrs. J. I. Me- i Callum, in Washington. General Bell, the new provost mar- j glial of Manila, began his career as a soldier in IM>2 as a lieutenant In the Eighty-sixth Ohio volunteers. Joseph Choate, the American embas- j , sador to England, has a new secretary in the person of W. B. Cutting, a young man who graduated with honors from Harvard last June. Joseph Jefferson gave SI,OOO to the Galveston relief fund. He attended j school in Galveston when a mere boy, aud his earlier successes in his dra- j matic career were made in that town, j King Leopold of Belgium, who has been a lifelong patron of gardening, i has donated the whole of his real es- ' tate in that country for parks and pleasure grounds for the people for ever. It is rumored that the new Duke of Argyll may succeed Lord Cadogan as lord lieutenant of Ireland after the , general election. The Duke of Marl- | borough is mentioned for the same office. Henri Lasserre de Monzie, who died recently, aged 72, was the author of a book which has been translated into about 50 languages and sold by mil lions of copies, the "History of Our Lady of Lourdes." Ernest Hutchinson, a noted pianist, | is to be with the Peabody institute, I Baltimore, this year. He is a native of Melbourne, Australia, and belongs to the "infant phenomenon" class of mu sicians, having played in public in a marvelous manner at the age of 5 years. The Marquis of Bute is having fitted up in his Rothesay residence, Mount- : stuart House, a beautiful Roman Cath- i olic chapel which will be one of the finest examples of religious architec ture in Great Britain. The unworked marble alone for pillars and arches will cost $50,000. ENGLISH "RED TAPE." Circumvented With the Aid of ■ Telegraph Boy. "English 'red tape' is a queer thing." observed a well known New York poli tician who has just returned from a visit to London. "More than once Iran foul of it within the sacred precincts of the British house of commons. One day I had an engagement to meet an Irish M P. there some 15 minutes before the house opened. I handed my card to the blue coated functionary who guarded the entrance corridor with the request that he hand it to the M. P. in question. " 'Sorry, sir,' said he, 'I cawn't do it. There hain't liany messengers 'ere yet, and my borders is not to take hany cards myself.' "Persuasion and entreaty were alike wasted upon him. Having had previous experience of the potent influence of a shilling or two judiciously bestowed, I attempted bribery. But he proved to be incorruptible. "The situation was embarrassing and annoying. My engagement concerned a matter of importance, to myself at least. i 1 knew that the M. P. was within a few hundred feet of me, and there I was ef fectually prevented from getting at him by a barrier of 'red tape,' as if there stretched stone walls and iron bars be tween us. At last I noticed that there was a telegraph office in the rotunda just a few yards away. I rushed to it aud hastily wrote this message: " 'I am here, but the blank fool of a doorkeeper won't take my card to you.' "The clerk gravely took my message. I paid as much for its transmission as if | it had been directed to somebody in the ; most remote corner of the British isles. ! A telegraph boy, being privileged to pass j the dootkeeper, conveyed it to the rep ! resentative of a somewhat turbulent con j stituency. He responded immediately, and I had the satisfaction of knowing ! that for once I had circumvented Eng ( Hull 'red tsvpo.* " Washington S»t»r A native priest says of the Chinese I articles of religion: "The men believe them; the women don't. There is no re | ligion in China." j Australia's biggest offertory was taken up at the consecration of the bishop of | Carpentaria in Sydney cathedral. It ! amounted to $12,500 and is perhaps the j largest on record. I The bishop of London is an ardent ad ! mirer of the classics. He is credited with the remark that the happiest years of his ! life were the ten during which he kept | to a resolution that he would read no book written later than 1000. I The Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, rector of j Trinity church. New York city, will de- I liver tiie Bedell lectures inKenyon college, | Gamhier, 0., on Nov. 8 and 9. his subject being "The Supernatural Character of tie Christian Religion and Its Three Witnesses In the Bible, the Church aud Our Lord Jesus Christ." In 1599 there were 103 incumbents of church livings in England who had occu pied the same living for 50 years or more, and of these 12 had held their places for GO years. Their average income amount ed to $1,250 a year, and in 10 cases the income after 50 years' continuous service was between the limits of S3BO and $7lO a year. "What are you buying all those traps for?" "Doctor's orders. He tells me I need a little recreation and insists that I should I go duck hunting with him." "Huh! Seems to me that's a sort of iiuack remedy."—Philadelphia Press. Force of Huhlt. "I saw you take some money out of one pocket and put it in another," said one of the delegates at a convention. "Yes," answered the cold blooded poli tician. "It's force of habit. I just vot ►d for myself."—Washington Star. THE TROTTING CIRCUIT. Lord Derby, 2:07, is the fastest green trotter for 11 >OO. A 2-year-old by the $7,500 Praytell stands 10.1 hands high. It is said that Mazette showed a mile In 2:04 : , ! i at llartford recently. Early Reaper, 2:09%, the fastest fifth heat trotter for 1900, was sold for $225 as a 2-year-old. Thomas Lawsou has changed the name of his first trotter from Mamie W to First Love. Of the 34 heats paced at Hartford recently 28, or almost 83 per cent, were iu 2:10 or better, never before equaled in the history of the trotting turf. Cardington Girl, 2:20*4 at Le Roy, Ills., Aug. 20, is the thirteenth trotter for Bartholomew Wilkes and next to Billy Mack, 2:19%, is his fastest per former. The 2-year-old filly Alathana, by Al lerton, 2:09*4, took a record of 2:24*4 at ! the Lexington colored fair the other day. She is Allerton's sixth performer j for 1900. Coney, 2:02%, driven by Mcllenry, equaled the world's pacing wagon rec ord of 2:03%. held by Bumps, which makes him the champion hobbled pacer to wagon. Dione, 2:07*4; Georgena, 2:07*4 and Bay Star, 2:08, are the fastest three trotting mares of the season and, with Letah S, 2:09*2, the onlv trotting mares to boat 2:10 this year. For Shattered Narves. TA remedy that will soothe, bnihl up the wasted tissues and enrich the blood is indispensable. Liehty s < 'elery Nerve Compound has been wonderfully suc cessful in cases of nervousness, as thous ands of grateful people will testify. Sold by Rossman & Son's Pharmacy. MATRON AND MAID. Mi?«i Caroline E. Pomberton, niece of 1 the Confederate general, is a strong supporter of the untilynehiug movement in the south. Miss Grace McKinley, niece of th» president, who was graduated from Hoi | yoke college a year ago, is to teach in that institution. The son and daughter of the late mil lionaire Joseph Cowen of Newcastle, I England, will continue to conduct their father's newspapers in that city, and Miss Cowen will have complete business ! and editorial charge of The Weekly j Chronicle. Pottstown, Pa., has a child wife of 13, I Mrs. Alveride It. Shellenberger, who «ings to her baby as she might to a doll, i while herself wearing short clothes. She I says that her mother objected to her : marriage, b.ut finally yielded because "Horace," who is 22, begged so hard. M ins Marion Cowan, formerly of Scran ton. Pa., has been appointed city chemist I of Lynn, Mass. She was graduated from I the public schools of Lackawanna's coun ! ty seat and subsequently studied at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, In stitute of Technology and Harvard Med ical school. Mme. Dnse, whatever she may think ! of her own art, is pessimistic as to the i effort of many of her contemporaries. She I despairs of the theater and says"to save it it must be destroyed; the actors and actresses must all die of the plague; they poison the air and make art impos ' Bible. It is not the drama they play, but ' pieces for the theater." Mme. Lotta Harkness of the Royal ' Academy of Music, London, will make I her appearance on the American ros ! train in the course of the season. Mme. i Harkness is designated by the London j Times as "a reciter of decided gifts," I and other responsible London papers I commend with earnest emphasis her ver ; satility and her dramatic power. Marie Rouge, a German lady who was born in London and now resides in Wurttemberg, has found an original way of utilizing her fine library. She writes to schoolteachers, especially in rural j regions, to ascertain their taste in the i way of reading and then sends them par eels of her books, to be returned at her ! expense after they have been read. Fraulein Raffentz of Vienna, who re | cently arrived at Calais, intends to swim j across the channel to Dover as soon as there may be favorable weather. She is j not to be followed by any boat, and she , I must reach the English coast or drown. | If successful, she will goto Constanti 'l nople and duplicate Lord Byron's fa j mous swimming feat, and then to New York, where she intends to swim from the Battery around Staten Island and | back. BEE BUZZES. ' Dampness more than cold kills bees. The queen bee is a fully developed fe male bee. | To control the number of drones, use | foundation. It is important to raise only the best i stock of queens. > An apiary is best located on the south i or east side of a slope. ' Bees require pollen. Almost any kind > of ground grain will do. The genuine worker brood in the comb ' has an even, regular surface. 1 Honey should not be heated to the ■ boiling point, as it will destroy its flavor. Bees do not like to be hastily handled and will usually resent all quick mo | tions. Better collect all unfinished sections , near the end of the houey flow, using the , best colonies to complete them. ; A swarm of bees will seldom issue if no queen cells are present. By remov i ing them we will retard swarming until a new set of cells is built. On cool or rainy days when the bees E are not working it is best to molest them » as little as possible. They are not in a . mood to be tampered with at such times, i Cider honey, or honey gathered from • decaying fruit, and the honey known as ■ honey dew are the two worst kinds of , food for wintering bees. —St. Louis Re : public. THE CYNIC. Nearly every one has charity for him ' self, but very little for others. It is only in novels that men ask wo men to marry them and meet with a re | fusal. Every man exaggerates the story of , his loneliness in writing to his wife when she is away from home. A man's ideal woman is one who looks , pretty, but who accomplishes it without , spending any time looking in the glass. When a woman's husband makes mon i ey, she no longer employs a sewing wo man, but calls the woman who does that > work her "modiste." Every one hopes that Time will some day vindicate him, though Time has a bigger contract of vindications on hand ' now than he can ever finish. There may be somewhere in this wide, wide world, with its millions and mil lions of people, some one who tells the truth about his salary, but we doubt it, —Atchison Globe. POWDER AND BALL. The tube of a 12 inch gun has 50 spiraS grooves inside, which cause the shot to revolve 75 times per second as it rushes through the air. An English volunteer may decline to go out on foreign service, but if 75 per cent of the members of his battalion vol unteer for foreign service, then the en tire thousand must goto the front. A Swiss genius has invented a pitli cloak weighing about one pound which will hold up a fully equipped soldier on the surface of the water. Successful ex periments were made recently on the Lake of Zurich. The cloak is provided with waterproof pockets, in which food and drink may be carried as well as blue lights in case the wearer is shipwrecked in the night. GALVESTON. In Holland they have learned to keep out the sea. The recent experience of the people of Galveston should make them apt in the application of engineer ing to the erection of dikes and levees.— Rochester Herald. The people of Galveston, who normal ly live a few feet above higli water mark, will do well to study the methods by which the people all along the lower Mississippi get along on lands below the level of the river.— New York Journal. If our commercial organizations are alive to their opportunities, the recent 100,OtX) ton contract for coal to be ship ped abroad will simply be the first of many similar and even greater sales of coal fur export from this port.—Phila delphia Times. Inasmuch as the coal supply of this continent, though great, is not inex haustible, it is likely that the demand from abroad for American coal will serve as an incentive to invention to de vise, if possible, means to utilize other sources of heat and power than fiiose which are utilized at present. —Boston Globe. British North America and Mexico are the largest outside purchasers of our coal, only 278,572 tons having so far this year been shipped to Europe. But there is a prospect of a largely increased demand upon the part of the European consumers. The present scarcity of coal carrying vessels, however, is operating to temporarily limit the extension of the trade.—Philadelphia Record. Easy to Cure a Gold, if you go about it right. 'I ake two or three Krause's Cold Cure Capsules dur ing the <lav and two before retiring at night. This will insure a good night's rest and a free movement ot' the bowles next morning. Continue the treatment next day"and your cold will melt away. Price 25c. Sold by Hainan & Son 's Pharmacy, g||ll NEW STYLES IN TRIMMED HATS. 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