THE LAST CHARGE. IVumpeter, blow on, terrific and thunderous. Blow till thy bugle outnng the wild galas. Spare not the wounded that writhe and wind un der ua. Drown in our ear* all their piercing death wallal Steady, dragoom 1 Get together your force*; Aim at the breait, -for that make* the beat targe. How let us fly like a whirlwind of heroes: Ride like your forefathers: Cavalry, charge! Trumpeter, sound me a dread note and dangerous; Blow to the end of thy desperate breath I Blow till the cry of It, clinging and clangorous. Call back the squadron* that rode to their death. Close up, dragoons, and ride forward the guidon. Trumpeter, blow me once more loud and large! This is not earth, but dead men, that we ride on; They were your brothers once I Cavalry, charge! Trumpeter, sound a note tender and tremulous; Wail for those lost to us, sob for our dead! Cry loud for vengeance! Oh, let your not* inn . loua Rival the roar of the souls that have fled! Beady, dragoons! Ye are fifty that follow! Burst as a river bursts over its marge! Who first can fling his horse into their hollow 112 On, up and over them! Cavalry, charge! —Thomas Tracy Rouve in Mcdure's Magarine. RULED_WITH A ROD. Bat the Rod Hast Be Iron, With ■ Kedhot Tip. . "When all other methods of control ling wild beasts fail the keeper has only to employ an Iron rod, which has been made redhot at one end," said an old circus man to a Star reporter recently. "Lions and tigers," he continued, "will cringe Before the heated poker, and no matter how restless and fretful they may have been the sight of the glow ing iron Immediately brings them to their best of animal senses. It has an almost hypnotic influence over the beasts. I have seldom heard of an animal being burned in this manner, however, so there Is nothing cruel in the treatment It would not do for the keeper to burn the charges under his care, for the Bears would mar the animal for exhibition purposes. * The hot iron is a terror, just the same, and under its persuasion the kings of the jungle are docile and ready to do what is wanted of them. "In circus menageries the animals often become almost unmanageable. This Is true of the younger specimens, who do not like the idea of being so closely housed, so much hauled about and so often cut off from the light of the outside world. When it becomes necessary to give their cages a thor ough and sanitary cleaning, one attend ant holds the beast in a corner by means of the redhot Iron, while an other thoroughly cleanses the remain ing portion of the cage, the work being accomplished by brooms and mops from the outside. In changing the wilder animals from the cages em ployed on the road to the larger and more commodious quarters at the win ter station, what we call a strong box is used. The wagon Is hauled along side the large cage and the steel strong box, open at both ends, is constituted a passageway. The animal hesitates to make the journey through such a sus picious looking object, however, and again the heated Iron must be brought Into play."—Washington Star. He Was tip to the Limit. A young society woman tells a story of a very little newsboy who so appre ciated her kindness to him at a news boys' dinner that he went to the extent of great suffering for her sake. At least she thinks It was appreciation, but others have doubts. At all events, the young woman who, with a number of others, was engaged In serving the boys, noticed this little boy way off at one end of the table. Many of his lar ger fellows were already hard at work on the various good things, but this lit tle fellow had evidently been neglected. Clearly here was a case of urgent char ity, so the amateur waitress flew to his side, and for an hour she saw to it that he did not lack for anything. Plate after plate of turkey was literally showered upon him. Finally, as she set another piece of plum pudding in front of him, he rolled bis eyes meekly toward her and said in muffled-tones: "Well, miSB, I kin chew, but I can't twaller no more!"— New York Sun, Semethlag For Rothtng. Some time ago there appeared in sev eral Paris papers an advertisement of an obscure fruit dealer, In which he of- v fered to give a prize of 5 francs for the largest apple sent to him. Then fish caught at the bait' with marvelous ra pidity. and in less than a fortnight the advertiser had received enough fruit to stock his store for the season. Natu rally he was glad to pay 5 francs for the largest of the lot. and Just as natu rally he kept all the unsuccessful speci mens for sale from his shop. Besides, the advertising resulted In a large In crease In his business. A Harsh Fate. "Yis, poor chap," said Michael, "he bad a hard tolme av It. He ought to be glad he's dead. He nlver had none av the blessings av the rich. The only tolme he lver rode In a carriage In his lolfe was phwin he wlnt to his funer- Chicago Times-Herald. Laeky Singles. "Bingles is a lucky man. His time goes right on whether be Is waking or sleeping, sick or well." "What is Blngles* business?" "Watchmaker."—Ohio State Journal. English women are npt supposed to read the dally newspapers. They take I to the weeklies, and that Is why Loo don has a great number of that class of a higb order. In every home there Is some one who walks off with things that belong to the others. —Atchison Globe. "Come easy, go easy," la an ancient saying, and good resolutions don't cost anything.—Chicago News. A federal union of vegetarian socle ties exists In London. London has a vegetarian hospital with 20 beds In connection with It A SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY. Dr. Arnstus Ruggles, Treasurer of the Greater New York Medical Association, says, - There is just one scientific compound known as DIAMOND DIGEST TABLETS which can be relied npon to cure dyspepsia and constipation BO they will STAY cured, rov tively the only advertised dyspepsia remedy ever endorsed by prominent physicians. DIAMOND jiir They promptly digest every particle of food taken Into the stomach, and are positively guaranteed to cure the worst forms of Dyspepsia, Indiges tion, Heartburn, Sour Stomach, and Con stipation, restoring the bowels and liver to perfectly natural action in two weeks or money refunded, by all druggists. 3S and 60c. DIAMOND DRUG CO. ,82 86 W. B'way.N.Y. PENNY HEADACHE CURE. A trnly wonderful discovery containing none of the dangerous drugs found in ALL OTHER headache remedies. / One Tablet Cares On* horrible Headache In Just One Mlante, for only One Caot-ouAaAsnm. I for «tW*« Usay Safes. The little child is safe from ordinary dangers in the care of the faithful dog. But neither the dog's fidelity, nor the mother's love can guard a child from those invisible foes that lurk in air, water and food—the germs of disease. Children need to be specially watched and cared for. When there is loss of appetite, lassitude and listlessness in a child, an attempt should be made tore- j vive the appetite and rally the spirits. In Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery parents have found an invaluable medi cine for children. Its purely vegetable character and absolute freedom from alcohol and narcotics commend it to every thoughtful person. It is pleasant to the taste, unlike the foul oils and their emulsions offered for children's use. " Golden Medical Discovery " makes fmre blood and sound flesh, and abso utely eliminates from the system the poisons which feed disease. Mrs. Ella Gardner, of Waterview, Middlesex Co.. Vs., whose daughter suffered from malarial poisoning and catarrh, writes: "My little daughter is en joying«plendid health. I am glad I found a doctor who could cure ny child. She took twelve bottles of the 4 Gold .a Medical Dis covery,' eight bottles of' Pellets,' and one bottle , of Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and she is welL We thauk God for your medicines." Give the little ones Dr. Pierce's Pleas ant Pellets when a laxative is needed. They're easy to take and don't gripe. WANTED A RECEIPT. ¥he Old Lady Insisted t'pon Follow- j lag Instructions. The old lady was not used to travel ing on the Broadway cars. She had evidently spent her youth and middle age in the rural regions, but doubtless she called old Ireland home. The con ductor, who differed little from the rest of his kind, came through the car calling for fares. The old woman held out her hand. In which a nickel was . tightly clutched, then drew it suddenly back as If she had made some mistake. "I want my 'resate' flrst," she said In j a rich Doolian dialect. The conductor paid no heed; but, j holding out his hand, demanded, "Fare, | please." "But I want my 'resate,' " she repeat ed. "No receipts, lady," said the stolid conductor. "I'll have to have your fare." "My son told me not to give tip any money without getting a 'resat?,'" in sisted the old woman stoutly. The kind lady with the sweet face and Paris clothes proffered the assur ance that it was "all right," that no body got receipts. "See, I pay my fare without one," she said, giving the conductor a dime and the woman a reassuring smile. But the woman was stubborn. "I want my 'resate,'" she reiterated. The conductor mechanically held out a nickel to the kind lady of the Paris gown, but she shook her head, nodded toward the old woman and smiled, j The conductor without a word passed on through the car, which lurched and swayed through Union square. She of the "resate" shook her head grimly, settled herself back in her seat and held onto the nickel, determined not to relinquish It without the necessary ac knowledgment.—New York Mail and Express. BEAUTIES OF A GLACIER. Scenes That Are Likened to Visions of a. Glorified City. The fascinations of a glacier are as witching as they are dangerous. Apos tolic vision of a crystal city glorified by light "that never was on land or sea" was not more beautiful than these vast Ice rivers, whose onward course Is chronicled, not by years and centuries, but by geological ages, says a British Columbia correspondent ot the New York Post. With white dom ed show cornices wreathed fantastic as arabesque and with the glassy walls of emerald grotto reflecting a million sparkling Jewels, one might be In some cavernous dream world or among the tottering grandeur of an an cient city. The Ice pillars and silvered pinnacles, which scientists call seracs, stand like the sculptured marble of temples crumbling to ruin. Glitterins pendants hang from the rim of bluish chasm. Tints too brilliant for artists' brush gleam from the turquoise of crystal walls. Rivers that flow through valleys of Ice and lakes, hemmed in by hills of ice, shine with an azure depth that Is very infinity's self. In the morning, when all thaw has been stopped by the night's cold, there Is deathly silence over the glacial fields, even the mountain cataracts fall noise lessly from the precipice to ledge in tenuous, wind blown threads. But with the rising of the sun the whole glacial world bursts to life in noisy tumult. Surface rivulets brawl over the Ice with a glee that Is vocal and almost human. The gurgle of rivers flowing through subterranean tunnels becomes a roar, as of a rushing, angry sea, ice i grip no longer holds back rock scree loosened by the night's frost, and there Is the reverberating thunder of the falling avalanche. Fate of Old Overcoats. "Where do the old overcoats go?" Is a query that Is a natural successor to the old riddle, "Where do the flies go in winter?" The old overcoats seem somehow to fade away, no one knows Just how. The overcoat starts its ca- I reer on the back of its owner, who paid $45 for it It keeps him warm and shelters him from cold winds and from storms until it commences to get fray ed at the edges and the pockets are torn down the sides. Then the owner uses the coat for rainy days only, and no more does he take it to call on his fiancee or to recline on the back of a chair while he is reading at the club. He keeps It another summer, and the moths get Into it.and when he takes it out In the fall it has holes here and there. So the owner gives it to the Janitor. If the Janitor is not a cold, haughty man.and the Janitor wears it awhile until his wife Rives it to the tramp who wheeled out the three bar rels of ashes. The tramp wears it until the old coat commences to fall apart. Then he gives It to another tramp, and It falls apart still more. And then some day the coat has entirely disap peared. No one knows how or when. The coat Just simply faded away. That's all anybody knows about It- Chicago Tribune. Rosy Oheeks' Do you want them? Do yon simply want t) glow with health? Do you want to eat well, sleep well and work well? Try Lichty V Celery Nerve Com pound. Sold by Rossman & Son's Pharmacy. THE DATE OF THE FLOOD. Bible KnetM 011 Wliicli (lie lll*!iop Itnaetl Ills question. Some people li.nl fun over the re ported rejection of eight candidates for the African Methodist ministry in the south by tin' examining bishop because they could not tell the date of the flood. Nevertheless the bishop who asked the question knew what he was doing:. It may not have been a fair question, but there is a concise answer to it iu the Bible, and lie no ihiubt thought that the eight candidates, if they were well versed in the Old Testa ment, would answer it at once. The date of the flood was 1,030 years after the birth of Adam, in the second month and the seventeenth day. It be gan then and continued for 40 days and nights. This is how it is figured: The third verse of the fifth chapter of Genesis reads thus, "And Adam lived 130 years and begat a sou in his own li'.eness, after his image, iind called his name Seth." Then iu the sixth verse it is told that Seth lived 105 years and begat Knos. Adam, says the fourth verse, lived SOO years after the birth of Seth, and the latter after the birth of Enos lived .SO7 years. So it goes on. Enos begat Cainan when he was 00; Cainan begat Mahalaleel when he was 75; Mahalaleel begat .Tared when lie was 65; Jared begat Enoch when lie was 102. Methuselah was bni to Enoch when the latter was and when Methuselah was lie begat Lamech, and Lamecli's son Noah came into the world when the father was 182. This brings us down to the birth of Noah, which, accordii g to the added ages of the several patriarchs at the time their sons were born, occurred 1,050 years after the birth of Adam. In the seventh chapter of Gensis the eleventh verse reads as follows: "Iu the six hundredth year of Noah's life. In the second month, the seventeenth day of the month.the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up and all the windows of heaven were opened." This was the fiodd. and It came to pass in the year KiTti! after the birth of Auain. —New York Sun. The AvernKe I.rvr» .:t. There is nothing m; :v ' ' the average lawsuit, 'i over a few dollars an I■! r th are sure to lose. TiiXr t 'd>. ;.re dragged in as amount to 10 or 20 tin: >• i dispute. Frequently ruin families and start ; i last for years. Some i n . ci..' i it i> "principle" that actuates them in these lawsuits. It is bull headed ness, pure and simple. It is nearly always easy to "split the difference." Another bad feature about these law suits Is that the county is put to con siderable expense, and men willing te work are compelled to sit on the jury. Settle your disputes without going to law. If the man witli whom you are disputing is not willing to "split the difference," he will probably accept a proposition to leave it to three neigh bors.—Atchison Globe. Advice From a Bnlcher. "What the newspapers should do is to devote less space to describing what people should wear and more to what they should eat," remarked the butch er. "Fashionably dressed women come in here every day who don't know lamb from mutton or a hen from a rooster. No wonder men have dyspepsia! I find that men know more about the quality of food stuffs than women do. Many of the latter don't even know the few simple tests that might help them to distinguish an old fowl from a young one, and about meat they're greener yet. A young woman came in here the other day and asked for two pounds of veal cutlets. I showed her the loin I proposed to chop the cutlets from, and she remarked, 'Yes; that's very nice, but isn't it rather thick to fry V Philadelphia Times. To Avoid n Total A Pittsburg man tells of a visit he made at a thrifty home in a nearby town. The call was quite a pleasant one and during the evening "Abey," the hopeful 6on of the family, was sent to the cellar for refreshments for the guests. He could be heard grop ing his way through the dark, and then came the noise of something fall ing and the crash of glass. "Abey's" mother was plainly uneasy, but she assumed the unnatural composure which her society duties demanded. Soon "Abey" came up with an armful of bottles. "What was that noise we heard, •Abey'V" asked the mother. "Nothing much." replied "Abey." "I knocked over n bottle of milk and it rolled down the steps and spilled." "Did you call the cat, 'Abey'V" asked the thrifty woman.—Pittsburg News. Frequent Vaccination. Although almost absolute immunity is secured for a period of six months by vaccination, there is no certainty that Its effects will continue beyond that time. In the majority of cases it does, but the Interval for which this additional benefit is enjoyed is variable. Hence those who have studied the matter most carefully recommend a fresh operation if more than six months have elapsed since tlie last one. If a person is liable to be subjected to peril, as in time of an epidemic.— New York Tribune. Not Wholly a Mlnlortnue. The Widow—Yes, Henry's death Is a great loss to me, but I am thankful for one thing—he died before lie could get his patent perfected. Sympathizing Friend— Pardon me. The Widow—You don't understand? Why. In that case, you know, all the money he had would have gone sooner or later.—Boston Transcript. Ino urriri uiijerm. "They say," remarked the very cyn ical person, "that in this corrupt and superficial age the great object is not to be found out." "That shows you have very little ex perience with bill collectors," answered the impecunioua friend. "My great ob ject is not to be found in."—Washing ton Star. Spl n liter*. Unmarried women are called spin sters, or spinning women, because it •was a maxim among our forefathers that a young woman should not marry until she had spun enough linen to fur nish her house. All unmarried, old o r young, were then called spinsters, a name still retained in all legal docu ments. TryiiiK It on tlie ItuililliiK. Markleigh—Your ottice seems badly mussed up. Have you no janitor? Barkleigli—We have one, but since he became a faith curist he has been giving the office "absent treatment."— Baltimore American. A story first heard at a mother's knee is seldom forgotten, and the same may be said of other tilings received at a mother's knee, which will readily recur to the reader.—Chicago News. DOCTORS MAKE MISTAKES Doctors are not infallible. Sometimes they say to a patient: ''We cannot ♦ • cure you. No human assistance will avail. You might as well reconcile your- I j self to your condition, an 1 make your will." There are many instances where j : doctors have said tiiese things, and then the patients astonished everybody ♦ ; —by getting well after taking ; I ' !& i)r David Kenneth's ! ••1 favorite Remedy j | t 1.,; . : ,j ■■ "J Wm. W. AJams,of i27SouthAve.. Rochester, ♦ I twlfciu. i./ if / NY . isoneot them, lie suffered agonies with J I KmSc* * 1- kiJr.-v J:s.« "I 111! sui s.iij he must sul>- ♦ • mit to iin operation, or he wouM surely die—that J | "pr „ ~ - '.v. the knife was his only salvation Rut Mr. Adams ♦ 112 -9' r would not submit. Ho took Dr. DaviJ KennrJv s ♦ I . J —-Favorite Remedy and jjot well. t Wr«"— ~ " II : -rrr' r -'1 •>.■! T! 5... .1 rciß.'Jv also cures ulcers, vires. ; i A 7 '• T^V tt « scrofu:.i. s.ilt rheum, rheumatism, eczema. It ♦ : ft', P®* , '- a regulates tli" N.wels, and cures hundreds of ills ; ; YJ J. |r" J|| tbatcome from constipation. ; j / $, a: til*., s:* i;. .iTtts, ss. At any drcu | » STORE. | PAID FOR THE PICTURES. Where the Money Tame Froin That Settled tlie Hill. "For diplomatic kindness I will never forget one man," remarked a well known sportsman of Pittsburg. "He certainly knew how to do tbe right tiling, and although it didn't cost him anything it helped a crowd of us out of an embarrassing predicament for tin- time. A party of young fellows, myself in Uie number, were camping years ago on the Beaver river, not far from liock point. None of us had much money after getting our outfit and the farmers got :;l>out all that was left in exchange for milk and butter. Oue day three o: us decided togo up to the picnic grounds, and, just as luck would have it. we met a crowd of girls from our own town. It was a happy meet ing all around until some fool girl suggested that we all get our pictures taken. To save our lives, the three of us boys couldn't have raised a total of 1G cents, lit:t like true soldiers of for tune we decidi-d togo ahead and trust to luck to meet the obligation. "The artist eyed us rather queerly and our hearts began to fall. After a whir-pored consultation 1 was delegated to i.sk ■ him asitle and negotiate with hiii. I was authorized to stake every thing we had. even down to our good names. I stated the case briefly but eloquently, and 1 must have made a good impression, for, when 1 had fin ished. he said it would lie all right. Tin strangest part of it all to me was when he handed me a dollar bill. " 1 know how it is myself,' he said. 'You want to put up a bluff before these girls. Just hand me the dollar for the pictures when I'm through.' "That was what pleased me, and I flashed that bill before the girls with the air of a magnate. It was just a month later that I learned from a brother of one of the girls that they had noticed our worried looks and had forestalled us by paying the pho tographer the dollar 1 flourished so proudly."—Pittsburg News. PASSING OF THE BELL. Ko Lonicer t'fied to Record the Joyi mid Sorrows of Humanity. The solelun and impressive custom of announcing death by the tolling of the church bell will soon be but a vague and distant memory. "The passing bell" lias Itself passed away, and its slow measured accents no longer tell the story of the departure of one more soul. The brief notice in the daily pa per, while it conveys explicit informa tion, fails to give something that the bell's tolling carried with it. The sol emn rhythmic tones awakened a mo mentary vibration in the breast of each listener and bade each pause for sym pathy and meditation. The bell ad monished the sinner to repent and warned the thoughtless that time was flying while it spoke clearly and com prehensively and bade till scattered and preoccupied inhabitants attend its story. The bell's voice is identified with all the deepest and most sacred human emotions. It has bespoken the joys and sorrows of all mankind for centuries. Is its voice to die away and have no part in the life of the future? The wedding bells ring out no more save in some song or story. The Christmas chimes are seldom wafted to our ears. The church bells ring but faintly now anil under constant protest. "The cur few tolls the knell of parting day" only in verse. A sunset gun today gives greater satisfaction. The angelus sounds merely in pictorial form, the fire bells give place to still alarms, the dinner bell is silenced in polite society, and sleigh bells are discarded. What is the future of the bell—that happy silver tongue that has sung out the Joys of all tlie world, that solemn tone that has mourned for the nation's dead and voiced thq nation's woes and summoned to their knees the nation's worshipers?— Atlantic Monthly. CluKeneNn I'ersonifled. There's a good story told on a young fellow here noted for his closeness. He went to spend the night with a friend. During the entire night he betrayed much restlessness, which kept the host wide awake, and finally the slumberer betrayed signs of violent emotion. "He's going to have a nightmare," said the friend, "but he always grumbles so when you wake him up that I hate to disturb him." He waited awhile lon ger. sitting up in bed staring on the miserable sleeper, and finally, becom ing alarmed, be roused him. He sprang up in bed, glared wildly around and said: "Where am I? 1 don't see the storm." "Why, here in my room," said the host soothingly. "You remember you staid all night with me? I beg your pardon for waking you up, but you car ried on so 1 had to." "Beg your pardon," gasped the guest "I shall never be grateful enough to you. I dreamed 1 T\ns out with Miss Bud, and a terrible storm came up, and my shoes were new. and I was just ordering a coupe for two when you roused me. Old boy, you have saved me a dollar." And the host says he was actually afraid togo to sleep again that night for fear the coupe would come.—Louis ville Times. \«> Inutility to Ilnn*t Of. Miss Carolina—ls Mr. Burbank a man of family? Miss Virginia— Not that anybody knows of. Miss Carolina —Somebody told me that he is the father of several chil dren. Miss Virginia—Has a house full of them, but lie can't trace their lineage beyond his common old grandfather.— Denver News. Old Fashioned Cold Cures are going out of date. The busy man of today can not afford to lie abed a a whole day and undergo the martyrdom of the sweating process. Krause's Cold Cure ar" capsules of convenient size, and can be taken without danger while performing your usual duties. They cure in 24 hours. Price 25c. Sold by Kossmaii & Son's Pharmacy. QUARRIES OF OLD EGYPT. Where Stone For Pyramids of the nesFrt Wan Procured. On the way to I'hihe and the head of the cataract, a short distance south of Assouan, we come upon the ancient quarries which supplied the granite i for the columns, statues and obelisks throughout Egypt for many centuries. An obelisk which we saw lies in its native L 'd. It is 95 feet in length, and three sides have been carefully cut, but for some unknown reason it was never separated entirely from the par ent rock. The surface bears the tool marks of the workmen. The grooves in it show that it was tc have been re duced at the sides. It was supposed that the stone was split from its bed by drilling holes in the rock and filling them with wooden wedges, which were afterward saturated with water, the swelling wood furnishing the power. From illustrations in the temples it Is clear that these great monuments were floated down the river on flatboats and j rafts and then carried inland by arti ficial canals or dragged overland by thousands of slaves. In one of the 1 tombs at Beni-llassan is a picture il lustrating the process. The great stone is loaded upon a huge sled drawn by a multitude of workmen. One man is en gaged in pouring water upon the run ners to prevent friction; another stands at the left of the statue and beats time, that the men may work*in unison, while overseers, provided with whips, urge the laborers to their task. What king desired to extricate this block from the quarry, why it was left here, what it was to commemorate, we can never know. The riddle of the sphinx Is solved, but the riddle of the obelisk in the quarry will no doubt remain with us forever.—Chnntannuan. DINING CAR KITCHENS. They Are Conducted by Role, and All I'ortlonw Are the Same. "The kitchen departments on railroad j dining cars are run according to fixed i rates," said an old Pullman conductor, "and nothing is left to chance or caprice. The cook is furnished with a manual giv | ing explicit directions for the prepara tion of everj thing on the hill of fare, and 1 he is held strictly accountable for any waste. lie is even toUi how thick to cut the bread and how much butter to put on iii case he is making sandwiches. Sometimes a hungry traveler, who nat- I urally wants big portions, thinks the man in the kitchen is trying to economize on him, but he may rest assured he is getting exactly what tbe law allows —no ! more and no less. "I remember a picture in one of the satirical papers a few years ago of a fat gentleman looking scornfully at several small sections of bread and butter. 'What do you call those?' he asks. 'Pull man sandwiches,' replies the waiter. 'Huh,' grunts the tourist, 'Mr. Pullman must cut 'em out with a conductor's punch!' We haven't got it down quite as fine as that, but we come pretty near ; it. The kitchens are stocked at regular ' intervals, and a careful calculation is i made of the exact number of portions in every article furnished. At the end of the run an inspection is made, and the cook must account for everything, either I in supplies or meal checks. Under that system petty pilfering is absolutely im possible. The purchasing agents who lay j in the stock at imporfcnt points from which travel is heavy are exceedingly important members of the company's staff. "They can easily render the dining service over any route profitable or the j reverse, and something more than mere experience and intelligence is required to make a success of the job. The men who have done the best at it seem to be guid ed by a sort of instinct, but as a matter of fact they are continually studying the conditions of travel. They learn what the general run of their patrons like at certain seasons of the year and compile a curious sort of table of averages that tlicy use as a basis in purchasing perish able stock, such as meats, fruits and fresh vegetables. There is a line in the j northwest that is known among the din ing car men as the 'beefsteak route' on account of the extraordinary call for that particular article of diet, and I know of another that is nicknamed the 'oatmeal express' for similar reasons. The oatmeal express carries a good many ladies and children, and the beefsteak I route is a favorite highway for drum- | mers, so, after, all the explanation is | simple enough. An expert stock pur- I chaser can command a good salary, and i not long ago a man who had been sta tioned for some years in New York was offered a very handsome position as su perintendent of the refreshment service for a big railroad in England. It had been run at a loss ever since it was in stalled, but within GO days after he took | hold it began to return a profit. At the same time it was greatly improved. Din ing cars are a comparatively new thing abroad, and they are far behind the American, both in system and luxury."— New Orleans Times-Democrat. Took inn I.uat Cent For a Drink. The old soak, in his tattered, patched coat, shuffled up to the bar, where he had drained off so many drinks, and looked wistfully at the bottles of red liquor in a row about twr arms' length away. "Say, Jim, old boy," lie said to the bartender in the most winning tones be could muster, "you wouldn't take a man's last cent fer a drink, would ye?" "You bet your life 1 would!" snapped Jim, with the viciousness of a steei trap. Jim suspected an effort to get a drink on tick and proposed to forestall : it. "Well, 1 s'pose I got to have her, so 1 set her out," and the soak heaved up a great sigh that shook his frame with j emotion. Jim heaved a much lighter weight sigh on discovering that the drink was to be paid for. He set out the bottle of the roughest goods he had in the house. The unwelcome customer poured out four lingers and drank it down with evident relish. Wiping his mouth ou his coat sleeve, be reached into his pocket, and, pulling out one old, tar- I nished cent that he had found on the sidewalk, he slapped it on the counter. "There you are, Jim!" he gurgled. "What's this?" yelled Jim in loud, strident tones. "You said you'd take me last cent for a drink, and there it is." Jim reached under the bar for a base ball bat which he always had on tap, but before he could get it out the artful I soak had disappeared through the j front door.— Chicago Chronicle. HIS HAT AND UMBRELLA. Thl» Man Took a Quick Luncheon Sign at It* Word. He was undoubtedly from the coun try. His umbrella, a big cotton affair, would have given him away even had he not had one trousers leg tucked into a boot He wandered into one of the big quick luncheon places in lower Broadway. He was looking for some thing to eat and was just sitting down at a table when his eye caught a sign which read: "Watch Your Hats! The Management Will Not He Responsible For Umbrellas and Hats Unless Check ed by the Cashier." here's this here cashier?" he ask -Icd tli" 1 • i who came to wait on hi!" "Up there in the little cage by the door," said the waitress. The farmer stalked to the cashier's desk and laid down his umbrella and a big hat that was new five or six years ago. The cashier looked up in amaze ment. "Keep your hat," she said. "It will be all right." The farmer walked back to his table, read the sign again and thought It over. Then he climbed on a chair and took the sign from its hook. He carried it up to the cashier. "What does this mean?" he asked. People were beginning to laugh, and the pretty cashier got red in the face. She took the hat and umbrella and wrote out a receipt. It was the first time in her life that she had been ask ed to check a hat, and she has been a cashier more years than one. New York Tribune. BRANDS OF CIGARS. Kew One* Come and Go, Like the Flower* of Spring. "What becomes of all the different brands of cigars which are placed upon the market each year?" said a Wash ington cigar dealer. "Well, that's a question which is easier put than an swered. "I carry a large stock of cigars, and I have on my shelves over 50 different brands of cigars which sell wholesale for $35 a thousand and retail for 5 cents. 1 have over 25 different brands of 10 cent cigars and a dozen or so different brands of the higher grade cigars re spectively. "This is an appetizing array to the pro fessional smoker and affords an almost unlimited choice. The launching of a new brand of cigars upon the market is an expensive undertaking and one which is attended with more or less risk. It takes a lot of capital, because cigars, and new brands of smoking tobacco, for that matter, require a lot of persistent and costly advertising. The maker must compel his new buyers to give up some other brand for his, and in order to ac complish this he must offer an induce ment to attract the smoker. "By advertising he gets a smoker to say, 'l'll try this new brand of the grade I smoke.' If he likes it, he may stick to it. If not, he wanders off to another or back to his old favorite. Men will swear i by a certain brand for six months and then abandon it forever for in a day. The dealer, if he is interested in introducing a new brand, will coax a cus tomer to 'try' it, but the main reliance is in advertising and in putting up a good grade of tobacco for the price. The maintaining of the same grade year in and year out, however, is another mat ter, and 1 have seen the demand for a popular brand fall off right away as soon as an inferior tobacco is used A smoker will say concerning it: 'That's no good now. Give me another brand.' "A happy choice of name has a great deal to do with the success of a cigar, and it is for this reason that makers use 1 the names of popular stage favorites, j statesmen and others. Sometimes a new brand will not take at all, and the makers retire it or substitute another name. Others catch popular fancy at once, and enormous sales are made from the start. Certain cigars sell well in one city and not at all in another." —Washington Star. What Frightened Him. While crossing the isthmus of Pana ma by rail some years ago the conduct or obligingly stopped the train for Mr. Campion to gather some beautiful crimson flowers by the roadside. It was midday and intensely hot. In his "On the Frontier" Mr. Campion tells a peculiar story of this flower picking experience. I refused offers of assistance and went alone to pluck the flowers. After gathering a handful I noticed a large bed of plants knee high and of delicate form and a beautiful green shade. I walked to them, broke off a fine spray and placed it with the flowers. To my amazement I saw that I had gathered a withered, shriveled, brown ish weed. I threw it away, carefully selected a large, bright green plant and plucked it. Again I had In my hand a bunch of withered leaves. It flashed through my mind that a sudden attack of Panama fever, which was very prevalent and much talked of, bad struck me delirious. I went "off my head" from fright In a panic I threw the flowers down and was about to run to the train. I looked around. Nothing seemed strange. I felt my pulse. All right. I was in a perspiration, but the heat would have made a lizard perspire. Then I noticed that the plants where I I stood seemed shrunken and wilted. ! Carefully I put my finger on a fresh branch. Instantly the leaves shrank and began to change color. I had been frightened by sensitive plants. Too Hurried. A "teudertoot" who was trying his luck on a western ranch was at first horrified by the table etiquette which prevailed among his associates. One day his feelings evidently came so near the surface that a cowboy whose performances with a table knife »112 unusual size had aroused the ten derfoot's amazement, paused with an other knifeful of food half way to his lips. "What's the matter?" inquired the cowboy with disconcerting promptness, In the tone of one who means to be answered. "Ah—er—nothing," hastily responded the tenderfoot. "Look here." cried the cowboy, with an accompanying thump of bis un occupied hand on the table, "1 want you to understand that I've got man ners, but I haven't time to use 'cm — that's all!" Youth's Companion. "There's no time like the present," said the young college man as he turn ed over to his "uncle" the watch his grandfather had given him last birth day.—Syracuse Herald. The Ken?»! cavalry, which consti tutes the bodyguard of the governor general of India, was ra'sed as far back as 1775. Nasal /S^S>v CATARRH (mm In all its stages there °<o & should be cleanliness. C|* Y rEVEB )/<&/ Ely's Cream Balm J* cleanses, soothes and heals ■ the diseased membrane. I b It cures catarrh ami drives away a cold in the head quickly. ('ream Balm is placed Into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Re.iefiß im mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 60 cents at Drug |M*ts or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail. KLY BKOTIIKKS, 60 Warreu Street, New York. D,, L, &li RAILROAD. TIME TABLE, la Effect September Ist, 1899 - GOING WEST ] J Tls j p AS | I j_ NEW IORK. P.M. A. M. A ' M "J p.si Barclay St. LTJ v on! j ]ooo "" Cristopher St..] „ ; 10 Ou •••• Hobokcu | S IIIIII! 10 ls i "" S«ra nton A r 30 i I 152 | P.M. HO SOBAWTOW A '*' 10 00 55! jg Itcllevue ! 1 ... J":SS Tayiurvilie 'io",s : 2<» J f®:s V® Lackawanna io 23 210 V ?VH |!i lin rvAa 1U •> v 3 tb b vtiston 10 3! I 117 A 02 busquehanna Ave...l 10 •«; i ifcl T ,i-A'-jn West Pltliston I 6 5 in H'i **l , , « Wyoming !? o tom *w!lS=o'S Forty fort !. » ' ' 8 "ennett ■ 7*o 10 s*l aao '"3 Kingston 7 l 10 sti; a 42 4. KinKrton 7 1 j(j * « J Sn'il 6li Plymouth JMIIC i 7 i Ia 47 11& eSH Plymouth : n J a s a * 3# -5 ft Avomlale i 2.1 ' •>" Nanticoke i °ii°i3j 3 OVi "" ' II unlock'! I 11 K) 1 3io:""; Shickehinny ! 11 3o| 3 at Hick's ferry m 4:5; 3 351 ""i Heach I'ivcn i n 4^ ! S 42 : Herwick 8 1 11 54! 3U "" Uriar Creek fa 2 112 3 ~>b "" Lime Kiilne i 8 3 fii*o9 4 0*:""! Espy '8 82 ia 15 4 If"" i BloomHhurg 84 1* 22 4 17; | Kupert..... i 8 t |l2 27 4 23 ■"" j Catawissa . iߣ 12 32 429 " IJar.ville 9 1 12 47 442 ! Chulasky j ... 4 49 "" j Oameron !« 2 12 67 46* 4t> NOtTHCMBKELAND 9 3 110 6 ot>: "" .9 (>j GOING 1 )AST. fTATIOM. ~A S 1 PAS. PAB.! PAB.'pAf rsKw Yohk pin- i>. m. a.lll a.ru. am Barclay St. Ar 33J 500 64i Christopher St... 3 001 455 835 Hoboken a 471 *4B 826 Scran ton 1005! 12 55 1 40 a.m. p.m. am | daily P.M A.M. P. M. P. *. P. M. dly Scranton M 42 12 35 456 6359 u7 Bellevue b 3S' 460 630 902 Taylorvllle b hm! 4 45| 6 25:357 Lackawanna 9 2«! 437 5 147 Duryea 923 434 5 848 Pittston 9 I9 1 12 17 429 5 844 Susquehanna Ave.. 916 12 14 424 5 S3o West Pittston.... H*2 421 5 836 Wyominir yo* la 08 410 5 0 18 22 forty fort. 901 j 410 4 18 28 Bennett 900 400 4 0|824 Kingston, 867 12 02 !4 04 4 5 <B2l Kingston 856 12 001 *O2 4 -|8 10 Plymouth Junction 850 3 6. r > 4 4 18 18 Plymouth 845 11 621 351 441 801 Avomlale 840 1 3 4ti! 806 Nanticoke 835 11 45 3 42| Jsl Hunlock's 827 1 3 34 "46 Sliickshinny 8 Ift 11 30 324 738 Hick's Ferry 804 j 313 725 Beaeh Haven 7 53! I 3u7 7 12 Berwick 7 451 11 04 3Of 106 BriarCreok 7 : J 8! j ' 7 W* Lime Ridge 7 30j ! 348 'K Espy 7a3 10 46 242 645 Bloomsburg 7 15! 10 41 236 .... 839 Kupert 709 10 30 23f 633 Uatawissa 703 10 32 2a6 628 Danville 650 10 21: 2 12| ...... 6la Chulasky j 8 07 Cameron 6 38 1 6 9 s NOETHUMBBBL'D. .. 626 10 00 150 6 Lv, A.M. A.M. il\ M. If. M. p. M Connections at Kupert with Philadelphia & Beading Railroad for Tamanend, Tamaqua. Williamsport, Sunbury, Pottgville, etc. Ai Northumberland with P and E. Div. P. R. K. for Harrisburg. Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren Corry, and Erie. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. TIME TABLE In Effect Nov. 25th, 1900. AM IA. M., PJJ.P. M ; Scranton(l)&H)lv j 6 45| 38 1 218 U 27! Pittston » " 7 08jfl000<§ 242 4 Mj""" A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M Wllkesbarre,.. 1 v § 7 30 810 55 8 3 08 it 00 Plym'th ferry " 112 7 37'fli 02 112 3 IS ft 07 Nanticoke •' 746 11 10 326 6 17 *" Mocanaqua .... " 804 11 32 S*6 637 Wapwallopen.. " 8 13: 11 42' 356 647 "' Nescopeck ar 824 11 52 407 700 A. M P.M. P.M. Pottsville lv § 5 5o! si 2 18]g Haxleton " 7 05: 200 650 Tomhicken " 7 22i 218 610 *" Fern Glen " 720 2 27; 618 Rock < Hen " 7 851 234 625 "* Nescopeck ar 8 00, 300 650 """ Catawissa.. .ar A. M A.M P.M. PM Nescopeck lv § 8 24 ( §11 r.2 j 4 07 »7 00 Creasy " 833 12 02 416 700 Espy Ferry.... " 112 8 43 12 10 112 4 2*! 7 2o E. Bloomsburg, " 847 12 14 4 2!»{ 725 """ Catawissa ar 85t 12 21 435 732 Catawissa lv 856 12 21 435 32 South Danville " « 14; 12 38 458 751 Sunbury '• 9 35j 1 00; 5 15 Hls A.M. P.M. P. MRM. Sunbury lv || 942 jj 1 10 § 545 a 8 46 Lewisburg.... ar 10 13 145 818 Milton " lo 0*! 139 614 904 Williamsport.. " 11 00 230 7 10 950 Lock Haven... " 11 69| 340 807 Renovo "A.M.; 4 40 900 Kane "j !8 2) P.M. P.M. Lock Haven..lv gl2 101 3 45' Bellefonte ....ar lOnII 4 44; Tyrone " 2 15:1 600 Plllllpsburg " 4 41; 18 26 Clearfield.... " 637S 909 Pittsburg.... " ti 55 1111 30 A.M. P.M P. M. V M Sunbury lv jj 9 60 $ 1 55 j 5 25 ]8 31 Harrisburg.... ar jjll 3oj§ 3 15!| 655 ;o 10 P. M. P. M. P. M.|A M Philadelphia., ar $ 3 17||i 623 ||lo 20 ( 4 25 Baltimore " § 3 if li 6 00 j 9 45| 2 80 Washington... "54 10 |, 7 16 SIQ 65 4 05 A.M. P, M.| Sunbury lv § 9 57 § 2 031 Lewistown Jc. ar; 11 401 3 #o| Pittsburg " 6 s">j §ll 3o| | ■A.M. jP, M P. M.! P~M ! Harrisburg.... lv iill *5 II a *6 || 7 IP. M.j A.M. AMI Pittsburg arij 6 5-">|ll 1130; JJ 1 50J 5 30| P. M. P M A M A M Pittsburg lv J 7 10 |j 8 30!( 300 18 00 A.M A M P M Harrisburg.... ar i 1 55 j 3 4o|| 9 30 j 3 10 P Mj A M| Pittsbuig lv ji 8 00 P M Uewistown Jj. " ...... j 7 30 3 10! Sunbury ar : 9 2n| i 5 00 P.M. !i Ml A M A Mi Washington... lv jlO 40 >, 7 45 li 10 50 .... Baltimore " )|ll 41 (4 50 840 ,11 45 ... Philadelphia... " (11 20 J 4 25 j 8 40 Jl2 25j A. M.j A M A. M. P M Harrisburg.... lv || 3 35 3 7 55|g1l *0 jj 4 00 Sunbury ar j 5 0"i ; 9 36j 110g 610 ..... P.M. A M A M Pittsburg lv jl2 45, | 2 60 $ 8 00 Clearfield.... " 409 928 Pbllipsburg.. " 456 10 12 Tyrone " 715 II 810 12 30 .... Bellefonte.. " 831 932 142 '.... Lock Haven ar 930 10 30 2 43;.... P. M. A MA M P M Erie lv J 4 30 Kane, " 755 \6 00 ..... Renovo " 11 15 \ 645 10 30 Lock Haven.... " 12 03 735 11 25 1300 " A.M. P M Williamsport.. " 105|| 830 -,12 40 400 Milton •' 1 sfll 919 127 4 :>2 ].... Lewisburg " 905 1 15 447 |.... Sunbury ar 227 946 165 620 ].... A. M. A M P Mi P M Sunbury lv \650 s 9 55!g 2 00!; 648 South l>anville " 7lS|| iO 17i 221 6 09;.... Catawissa •' 733 10 36 ! 236 627 E Bloomsburg.. "j 7 39; 10 43; 2 *3i 6 32'";; Espy ferry " 7 4:1 fio 47! f636 ; " (Creasy "I 7 53 lo 66| 2 5.V 6 4< Nescopeck "j 803 U Ooj 305 6 65;;"" A Mi A MiP. M P M j Catawissa lv j 7 3*; Nescopeck lv jill 55 8 4 10!g 705 Rock (Hen ar 8 26:12 21 436 | 731 Fern (Hen " S 3.v 12 27| 442 737 Tomhicken "i 842 12 351 4 511 7 45 Ha z let on " 902 12 fo 5 121 805 • Pottsville "115"; 2 20) H 30| 9 O r > AM AMP M P M " Nescopeck Iv.j 8 03||11 i's \ 3 Ooig 8 55j Wapwallopen..ar; 818 11 20 3 lit 709 Mocanauua .... 828 11 32 329 721 Nanticoke "I 8 4>< 11 54 3 48i 742 P Ml ..... Plym'th Ferry',f 857 12 02 3 57j f7 62 Wilksbarre . .. "I 905 12 l«»j 4 05! 8 00..... AM F M P MP M PitUton(lWtH) ar j» S9 Hl2 49\ 4 62: 836 Scranton " "I 10 08, 1 1H; 520 J 9 05 \ Weekdays. 1 Daily. 112 Flag station. Additional Train leaves Hazleton 5.15 p. in., Tomhicken 5.35 p.m., Fern Glen 5.43 p.m., Rock <>len 5.50 p. m., arriving at Catawissa ti 8 p. m. Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on through trains between Sunbury. Williamsport and Erie, between Sunbury and Philadelphia and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts burg and the West. For lurthcr information apply to Ticket Agents /.Ji. HUTCHINSON, J. 11 WOOD, Uen'l Manager. Oen'l Pass'tiW Ay. THE FIRST GERMAN PAPER. Ben Franklin In 1732 Printed tke First Settling In America. The first newspaper printed In the German language in America was.the Phlladelphische Zeitung, published by Benjamin Franklin in the year 1732. The Pennsylvania Gazette for June 8-15, 1732, contains the following an nouncement: "The Gazette will come out on Mon day next and continue to be published on Mondays. "And on the Saturday following will be published Philadelphische Zeltnng, or Newspaper in High Dutch, which will continue to be published on Satur days once a fortnight, ready to be de livered at Ten a Clock, to Country Sub scribers. Advertisements are taken in by the Printer hereof, or by Mr. Louis Timothee, Language Master, who trans lates them." In undertaking this new enterprise Franklin expected to secure a liberal support from the German population of the province, for whom he had been doing considerable printing, but in this he was disappointed, and the publica tion of the Zeitung was discontinued after a few numbers had been issued. The Zeitung was a small sheet of four pages, by 9 inches, the text printed in double columns with Roman type, and at the bottom of the fourth page bore the Imprint: "Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey B. Francklin in der Marck-strasse, wo diese Zeitungen vor 5 Shillings des Jahrs zu bekommen, und Advertisements zu bestellen slnd." The first number was issued June 10, 1732, and the second "Sonnabend den 24. Junl, 1732." The publication of the Zeitung, therefore, antedates by seven years the Hoch-Deutsch Pennsylva nlsche Geschicht-Schreiber, published by Christopher Saur.—Chicago Times- Herald. The Right Word. "Why do you speak of him as a fin ished artist?" "Because he told me he was utterly discouraged and was going to quit the profession. If that doesn't show that he's finished, I don't know what does." —Chicago Post. A physician says one should never do any work before breakfast Some day science will recognize the great truth that working between meals Is what is killing off the race.—Minneapolis Times. PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILWAY IN EFFECT OCT. 15, 1800. TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE (weekdays only) Fcr Philadelphia 11.25 a m. For New York 11.25 a m, For Catawissa 11.25 a. m., 6.04 p. m. For Milton 7.32 a. m., 4.00 p m. For Williamsport 7.32 a. m., 4.00 p m. Trains for Baltimore, Waohlngton and tha South leave Twenty-fourth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays—3.23, T. 14 10.22 a. m„ 12.16, 1.33, 3.03, 4.12, 5.03, 7.86, B.JB p. m., 12.21 night. Sundavg 3.23, 7.14 a. m., 12.18, 1.33, 4.12, 6.03. 7.28,8.26 p. ffi. ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD. Leave Philadelphia. Chestnut Street Whar and South Street Wharf. WEEKDAYS— Express 9.00 A. M., 2.00.4.00, 5.60, 7.15 P. M. Accommodations 8.00 A.M., 5.30 P. M. Sundays—Express 9.00, 10.0S A. M. Accommodation 8.00 A. M.. 5.00 P. M. Ljeave ATLANTIC CITV-Weekdays— Kxpreaa 7.3 >, 9.00,10.15 A. M. 2.50,5.80, P. M. Accem modations 8.06, A. M., 4.05 P. M. Sundays —Express—i.3o.7.3o P. M. Accommodation 7.15 A. M., 4.05 P. M. Parlor cars on 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-9.15 a. m., 4.15 p m. Sundays—9.ls a. m. For SEA ISLE CITY-Weekdayg-9.16 a. m. 5.00 p. m. NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESS. Leave NEW YORK (Liberty Street) 3.40 P. M Leave ATLANTIC CITY, 8.30 A. M. Detailed time table* at ticket offices. W.G.BESLER, EDSON J WEEKS Gen. Superintendent General Agen JOHN W. FARNSWORTH INSURANCE Life Firs Accident ail Steam Boiler Office: Montgomery Bulletin*, Mill Stroet, Danville, - - Penn'a Hew Coal Yaid! ♦ R. J. Pegg, Coal , Dealer, has re- * moved to his new COAL YARD. Office: — No. 344 Ferry Street (near D. L- &\V. R. R- Crossing ) Yard — In rear of Office. Robert J. Pegg, COAL DEALER. Telephone No. 158-
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