JXittle Muriel's !
| Meditation. |
"Wouldn't we—eh?"
Whereat Clarice would smile ador
ingly at her lover, and the little 6-year
old on his knee would cuddle her yel
low head closer and stroke the shapely
hand that held her. But that was be
fore Clarice, chagrined at some fancied
indifference, had given three consecu
tive dances to another man. Will
Eardsley had reproached her. Clarice
had flared up hotly, saying that she
was tired of his tyranny, and Muriel,
the little sister, had looked on in half
frightened astonishment when Clarice
drew the beautiful, glittering ring from
her finger and handed it back.
Half an hour later Clarice, on hei
knees before a big, low chair in her
room, was suddenly conscious of a pair
of soft little arms twined around her
neck, of a wistful small face close to
hers.
"He's gone, Muriel!" she cried and
broke down, sobbing. "He's gone—for
ever!"
The little girl's big blue eyes roved
over her sister's lovely, tear stained
face. "Do you care much. Clarice?"
"Do I care?" She was looking down
on the pictured face In the locket she
held—a good face, with grave, gentle
eyes and a kind mouth. "I shall care
all my life!"
"Better do what I have to when I'm
bad," the child advised gravely—"bet
ter go and 'pologize."
"Oh. I couldn't do that!" The locket
shut with a decisive little click. She
sprang to her feet and began to dress
for dinner. "Not ever, Muriel."
Muriel sat and watched her with a
little air of pensive perplexity.
"He's dear!" she remarked. "Do you
remember the night I hurt my foot, aD
he tarried me all the way home? Do
you remember the time nursie got sick
when he went for the doctor? Do you
remember when Brother 'lom came
home from college, an papa was as
angry as could be —an mamma cried,
until Willie stood up an said it wasn't
Tom's fault, really? Do you remem
ber?"
"Don't 1. though?" said Clarice. Shf
was fastening her gown with nervouF
fingers.
"You were horrid to him, weren't
you V"
"Abominable!" admitted the big sis
ter of Muriel.
The latter went down stairs. She
walked with grim determination. She
sought out her brother iu the library.
She asked:
"Tom. does you love me hard?"
"Harder than anything in the
World," said Tom.
"Then you will take me now to V
She named a famous Chicago hotel.
"Why, my bird?"
"That," Muriel gravely assured him,
"is a secret."
"I'll take you, love!" be cried gayly.
And he did.
The clerk came smilingly from be
hind the high desk to listen to th<
inquiry of the little maid.
"You stay here, Tom!" she said te
her tall brother, and swept away wi;
much dignity In the wake of the be
boy.
Will Eardsley looked up in unmitl
gated astonishment at the vision on
the threshold of his room —a little girl
all in tan broadcloth, with a big pic
ture hat of sapphire velvet framing hei
wide eyed face.
"Muriel!" be cried, looking up from
his task of putting a lot of jacquemi
nots in a vase before a photograph on
the table—the picture of a lovely
laughing face.
"It's me!" assented Muriel. "Why
were you putting flowers before
Clarice's picture? Is "it because— foi
the same reason —she was crying ovei
your picture in her locket?"
"Crying!" He caught her in hii
arms. "Was she crying, Muriel?"
"Dreadful! She said she was going
to be sorry forever an ever. I thought
I'd have Tom bring me to tell you.
'cause you tarried me home when J
hurted my foot!"
"You darling!" cried Eardsley, ecstat
ically, but Irrelevantly.
That night after her lover had left
Clarice came softly in and knelt by thf
bed of her small sister. She was smll
ing. She looked happy.
"What," she asked, "did you say tc
Will this afternoon?"
Muriel meditated. "I dess that's a
secret," she decided with much com
posure. "He is dear, Isn't he? Dood
nlgbtl"—Pittsburg Tress.
Chinese Hnmor.
The following story Is told of twt
Chinese laborers who were digging 8
well: Mr. Chang sent Mr. Lee do WE
Into the well to dig, while he sat oi
top and directed the labor. He flrsl
directed Mr. Lee to "dig on this side,'
then "dig on that side" until the lat
ter, tired of both the work and the dl
reetlona, retorted, "You sit up thert
and chew your tongue, while I havt
to do all the work."
"One man here giving directions,"
said Mr. Chang, "can do as much at
ten men down there. With which Mr
Lee threw down his pick and climbed
up beside Mr. Chang.
"What are you doing here?" Inquired
the latter.
"Two men up here," answered Mr.
Lee, "can do as much as 20 men dowD
there."
Churches and Ventilation.
A sanitary Inspector of Chicago says:
"People In Chicago in general have had
little or no Idea of the great physical
evil which has been caused continuous
ly by the hundreds of ill ventilated
churches In this city. There Is not
one church In a hundred which it
ventilated as It should hp."
A NOVEL IDEA.
MRS HELEN ROOF, of Lima, Ohio, writes
that she has supplied herself and three
daughters with shirt waists and earned a
beautifully decorated, 100 piece dinner-set,
also a 24 piece silver-service, in three
months, by simply getting a few friends
and neighbors to try DIAMOND DIGEST
TABLETS for Dyspepsia and Constipation.
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useful household articles and wearing ap
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mother, brothers, uncles, cousins or your
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will do and want more every time. Collect
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present. You can then get the 24 piece
silver-service and 100 piece dinner-set in
a very short time and absolutely without
cost. This firm requires no money in ad
vance and will mall tablets with premium
offers merely upon request.
GLUTTONY
Is more common than we may think, if
we define gluttony as eating beyond the
hodv's need o! sustenance .ind beyond
the stomach's capacity for digestion and
assimilation of food. i'iiat is a fair
definition, and it fastens the name glut
ton on many a person who would resent
the term as an insult. The fact of this
fluttoi.V is marked by its consequences,
he overloaded stomach becomes dis
eased. The popular term for the condi
tion is " weak " stomach. The " weak " j
stomach fails in furnishing adequate nu
trition for the body, and soon the " weak
ness " spreads from the stomach to other J
organs.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery ;
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t Your medicine helped me so much that I i
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Brooks, of Poland. Androscoggin Co., Me. "The
first dose I took helped me I cannot forget
how I felt when I took it; I was suffering every
thing with indigestion, and my stomach was so
bloated that it seemed a» though it must burst.
Mv husband wid he was going for the doctor,
but—l said if k* would g*t me a bottle of the
•C.Slden Medical Discovery' I would try that
I ha<i not taken it lane whin I felt relieved, and
have not had a toi&h of indigastion or stomacli
trouble rtnee I had been »{{* for four years,
and less fhnn four bottles inred me. Some
people that knew me before I began to take the
' fioldeu Medical Discovery' tell me that they
ucv«r iaw such a chPUtfe i n au >' f ne - and tney
alio sav they don't ace hpw I can do such large
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Dr. Pierce's P*llets cure biliousness.
A SPASM OF CHARITY
IT OPENED THE HEARTS AND PURSES
OF THE JERICHOIANS.
Pap Perkins, Puntmaitrr, Telia flow
the Contribution For the Needy
Widow Was Started and II on' It
Was Abruptly Cloaed by a Report
From Llsh Billings.
I Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.]
The Wldder Jackson, relict of Tom
Jackson, had been one of us in Jericho
for 15 years. She managed somehow
to take care of herself until a long, lin
gerin sickness came, and even then
she suffered for care rather than let
anybody know of her situation. It
leaked out, however, and Jabez Thom
as was one of the first to hear of it.
He dropped Into the postoffice one
evenin and told about it and then said
to the crowd:
"Feller Citizens —If Jericho has a per
tickler strong p'int, It is charity. No
man, womau or child ever yit called
upon her in vain. It has bin our pride
and our boast that we was a communi
ty with a heart to feel for the sorrers
of others. Up there on the hill, as I
"GENTLEMEN," SAID THE DEACON,
hev bin told within the last two hours,
lies a poor old 6ufferin woman, the
wldder of Tom Jackson. She needs
food, fuel and medicine and has need
ed 'em for days, but now that we hev
come to know it the heart of Jericho
will give a mighty responsive throb
and hasten to relieve her case."
There was a good deal of surprise
over the statement, and everybody had
said how sorry he was when Deacon
Spooner rapped for order and said:
"Jerichoians, when Jabez Thomas
talks about the charity of this commu
nity he makes a strong p'int—a mighty
strong p'int. We all knew Tom Jack
son for an honest, hardworkin man,
and his wldder shall not appeal to us
in vain. 1 for one shall esteem It a
privilege to contribute -to her benefit
Let us hear from Enos Williams."
Enos rose up and said that he used
togo flshin with Torn Jackson and
that had he known of his widder bein
hard up he would hev divided his last
turnip with her. She was a good wom
an and a woman respected by all, and
too much could not be done for her.
As soon as reachin home lie would send
his wife over to see what could be
done, and of course his wallet was
wide open for contributions. Hezekiah
Davison wanted to say a few words
also. He begun to talk about the dis
covery of America and the pilgrim fa
thers, but Deacon Spooner choked him
off and got him down to the outbreak
of the civil war. He'd hev hung on
there if he hadn't bin jogged ag'in, and
it was a quarter of an hour before he
got around to say that he was awful
sorry for the Widder Jackson and want
ed to be one of the first to prove his
big hearteduess. Four or five others
had their say, and then Henry Schein
erhorn held up a paper and said:
"As I take it, we are all of us ready
and willin to make up a little purse for
the sufferin widder?"
"We are!" called everybody at once.
"Then there's nuthln to prevent. Be
in as Jcbez Thomas was first to make
known the case, he should hev tlie
honor of bein the first to put his name
down on this paper."
Jabez bung back. He said he was
only a humble citizen and didn't want
to put himself forward over others.
While his heart throbbed and bled and
bobbed around, he'd give way to Dea
con Spooner and come in second.
"Gentlemen." said the deacon as he
looked around in a lonesome way, "I
hev bin a resident of Jericho less than
20 years, and 1 don't want to assume
the privilege of an old pioneer. It's an
honor to head that paper, but I dasn't
claim it when so many better and old
er citizens are before me. 1 don t want
to hurt nobody's feelin's by boostln one
man over another, but it do seem to
me, under all the circumstances, that
Squar Joslyn is the man to write his
name first of anybody In Jericho."
The squar was red In the fnce as he
rose up, and he didu't look a bit pleas
ed as he said:
"While 1 may be the oldest resident
of Jericho, nobody has ever heard me
brag of it or thrust myself forward on
that account. In signln papers of this
sort I hev alius bin satisfied to come In
sixth or seventh, and it shall be so in
this case. My heart is open, and my
wallet Is open, but i d suggest that
Moses t'ersins ueuu im- nst. i unuer
stand that be and the lamented 'I horn
as Jackson used to Blilp butter and '
eggs on shares, and It seems np'iropri '
ate that he should hev this great hor. J
or."
Moses got up and began to talk ot (
Georpe Washington and Bunker Hill ,
but Deacon Spooner rapped him down s
and held blm to the case in hand Then ;
he tried to say somethln about the ]
glorious Fourth; but, bein choked oil I
ag'in, he took the paper and put bi>
name down fur 1"> cents. He explain
ed. however, that that was only a start j
er and that bis sympathetic heart could j
be depended upon to do as much as |
any other heart in Jericho. The paper t
went round, and men put down their I
names from 15 to 50 cents. Each one t
had an explanation to make. He was ;
only throwiu out a feeler, but could be 1
depended upon for $1(K) If there was '
need of it. The sum of SI.BO had bin j
raised and there was a general feelln (
all through the crowd that Jericho was \
doin herself proud when Llsh Billings i
came saunterin in. Deacon Spooner at 112
once explained the case to him and r
added:
"Llsh, you are known to be a big
hearted man, and we all know you will J
be glad to contribute to slch a worthy v
cause. Give us your name."
"I see," said Llsh as be took the pa- |
per, "that you hev raised SI.SO for a
sick and distressed widder who has
lived among us for 15 years."
"We hev." I
"And it's all goin to be hers?" ,
"Every cent of it." \
"And you want me to make It up to u
$2 and do old Jericho proud ?" i
"That's It. Llsh." j
"Waal, you'll hev to excuse me. The j r
widder don't happen to need the con- ! "
trlbutions of our throbbin and sympa- [
thetic hearts. She died about an hour
ago, and her sister is com in down from
Albany to bury her!" M. (.JCAD.
DAIRYING IN THE SOUTH.
Ijogiral Means of Itefonnlnit the One
Crop System.
A bulletin by the Georgia experi- i
inent station declares that a one crop
system of farming cannot be a success
for any length "112 time. No matter
bow rich the s »ii i..r.y be. it will s • i i
become exliau.-t< I in et < leuienta j
when only a s'.nis j,tti<v:i year !
after year. I».-:".I ;im is the!'■ u'>i::it:on j
of successful diversified agriculture. | ,
The feeding and <v <.f the animal* j
take but a little time < :u !: day and do
not interfere with other work.
In ascertaining the profits of dairy
ing the fertilizing value of the manure
should be taken into consideration.
Barnyard manure makes the cheapest
GItADK GUKRNSKY.
and best general fertilizer, and no land
can be brought into a high state of fer
tility without it. It would pay to keep
a few cows on every farm even though
no profit resulted from the sale of milk
and butter. Crops grown on land to
which barnyard manure has been ap
plied suffer much less during a dry sea
son from a lack of moisture than would
otherwise be the case.
Cotton growing is essentially u one
crop system In which the fertility of
the soil is lessoned each year. The ad
vantages of cotton growing lie in the
fact that the crop can be easily raised
and it can always be sold at some price.
At the prices which prevailed during
the past eight years, the majority of
the cotton growers of Georgia have
not made their living expenses. With
the increased cotton acreage of foreign
countries, especially Egypt, the future
price of cotton is quite apt to be as low
as at any time in t lie past. The price
will doubtless vary from year to year,
as heretofore, depending upon the
world's visible supply, but it is safe
to say that the average price for any
series of years will be 5 cents per
pound or less.
Dairying, on the other hand. Is the
foundation of diversified farming, a sys
tem wherein the farmer is not depend
ent upon any one crop for his living.
There is always a market for good but
ter, and, where the dairy farmer grows
the feed for his cattle, the butter will
not cost one half what It can be sold
for. The butter also brings a cash
price and at ail times of the year. This
enables the dairy farmer to pay cash
for his supplies and he is enabled
to get them cheaper than otherwise.
But, most Important of all, the dairy
farmer is constantly enriching his land,
and as the fertility of the soil increases
from year to year, more crops, better
crops, and cheap crops are produced.
This leads to the use of improved farm
tools and better farm buildings.
Lighter Horses Better.
Farmers who have watched the ease
with which the large draft horses han
dle heavy loads on good roads or city
pavements have been led to think that
a heavy horse must be the better ani
mal in all cases, and we see many
farm teams that are far inferior In till'
amount of work they can do in plowing
or in drawing a load upon soft ground
than a much lighter team would do eas
ily. Then the heavy horses are driven
over our hilly roads often at a rate of
speed that causes them to pound the
earth so that the legs give out. and
they are quickly lame. It certainly re
quires more food to sustain a 1,000
pound horse than one weighing from
1,000 to 1,200 pounds, and when not
constantly employed drawing heavy
loads the amount of work done by the
heavy horses does not compensate for
the extra cost of maintaining them. As
farmers will have next spring to buy
horses or many will we advise them to
turn their attention to the smaller
horses from Canada if they can be
found rather than to the l'ercherons
and Shire horses that have been so pop
ular lately. They will cost less prices,
cost less to keep, do about as much
work and endure much longer.—Ameri
can Cultivator.
While Mr. Tesla may or may not be
able to communicate with the Mar
tians, it is a notable fact that lie has
never been able to communicate with
any practical results in the line of dis
covery or invention.
The I'riuce of Wales remarks that
the Boer war is "now nearly approach
ing conclusion." This is a good ex
ample of a carefully guarded state
ment.
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healthy. The way to dots fotakea bot
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If there is a sediment —a powderlike
substance —at the bottom after standing
a day and a night, there is something
wrong with the kidneys. Another sure <
sign of disease is a desire to urinate often,
and still another sign is pain in the back. (
If urine stains linen, there is no doubt
that the kidneys are affected.
Anv and sill diseases of the kidneys, 1
liver, bladder and of the urinarv passag
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"WINTERING BROOD SOWS.
Two Kind* of Treatment and the
Varying Uenulta.
In too many cases the bleak, dreary
months do not bring the brood sow the
comfort she should have In proportion
to what is expected of her, says John
M. Jamison in The National Stockman.
First she is thin in flesh, her ribs easily
counted, and the owner does not have
to run his hand along her back to find
the Joints of the vertebra; they are
easily seen.
She has a wet, cold, damp nest. The
only time it is dry is when the weather
is cold and dry and the wind driving.
She shivers every raw day, whether
very cold or not. When cold, she
shakes. She would keep warm often
rooting, but her owner will not allow
this, and she carries rings in her nose
that she is not heathenish enough to
regard as jewels.
About all she gets to eat oftentimes
Is ear corn and not too much of that,
because her owner fears she will get
too fat to do well with her pigs. Some
times she has only a dry lot for range,
with the fence posts and wire for shel
ter.
From all these opportunities she is
expected to bring a good litter of pigs
If she does not, a wail goes up from
her owner that his sow or sows did not
do well, then ate their pigs or else
starved them to death because they did
not seem to have any milk. Have we
overdrawn the stary ? For some we
have, for muny others we have not.
The unfortunate conditions that of
ten surround the brood sow in wtutei
may be charged to three causes—igno
rance, which Is Inexcusable; laziness,
which Is criminal, aud stinginess,
which Is contemptible. When all these
causes are found on one farm, winter
for the brood sow is awful tough.
When a sow is wintered under any or
all these conditions, the owner has nc
reason to complain If she does no good.
In fact, It will be a wonder If she does
not fall.
There is another class of brood sow 9
that find winter more enjoyable. They
have some of the comforts they should
have to meet the expectations of the
owner. They have comfortable nests
and are rationally fed and are not ex
pected to grow pigs from corn alone,
but have other foods that have more ot
the properties of bone and muscle in
them, that strengthen their own frames
and goto build up strong frames In the
young they are to produce. The food
in winter should be as near like she
gets in summer as is possible' to make
It. Yet but few farmers, I fenr, make
a studied effort to have It so. The sow
readily adjusts herself to her surround
ings and will make the most of them,
but she cannot get comfort where there
Is none. Neither can she grow a
healthy pig if she does not have the
food that goes to make such a pig.
Y'et on every farm there is the mate
rial to make a hog comfortable if the
soil will grow the foods necessary for
him. The roughness of these foods
will give necessary outside comforts if
handled right. There is no need that a
brood sow pass a tough winter, one
that she would dread the whole year, if
she hail foresight longer tiion hunger
prompts.
A Bright Chinese I^ad.
Chaochu, the 14-year-old son of Wu
Ting Fang, Chinese minister to the
United States, has been very success
ful during his attendance for three
years at school In Washington, and bis
father Is very proud of the way he has
acquitted himself. Three years ago
he could not speak English and was
CHAOCHU.
unacquainted with our customs, but he
has already completed a four years'
1 course of study. He seems to have
1 splendid qualities of mind. He rides
to and from school on his wheel, is a
fine athlete, of sturdy build and a gen
eral favorite with his schoolmates. At
t present he Is much interested in his fa
ther's automobile. At Cape May last
summer he learned to swim. He dress
es In full Chinese costume, with the ex
ception of his American shoes.
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SHORT NEWS STORIES.
*Dry Dollar" an n I'am Getter— When
Bryan Hit the Ball—Totvne'a
Sew Title.
Senator Tim Sullivan, as a procurer
of railroad passes from even the most
parsimonious of railroads, Is without an
equal. He has the ability to get at the
right men in the railroad offices while
other political leaders stand and kick
their toes iu the anterooms of private
secretaries. Here is a little incident of
the way iu which tlie senator works
things to the benefit of his constituents
who uiay either want to travel or
who have a friend who does, a; >
objects to paying the regular ..iioad
schedule. The senator handed to t!
proper party at one of the railroad
offices the other day a list of names
of men to whom he wished passes
issued. There were about SO of them
In all.
"Oh, I say, senator, isn't this putting
it a little strong?" asked he to whom
Jie list was presented. "There are 30
names here. Our folks will not stand
for that many passes In one day, you
know. You'd better cut it in half." i
"All right, colonel," cheerily re- I
sponded the senator. "Cut it down
then."
The list was handed to a clerk with j
instructions to pare the list down by
half, and give the senator passes for
the remainder. The senator eyed the
clerk ns lie took the big blue pencil nn<l
began chopping out the names here aud
there.
"Hold on a bit," shouted the senator.
"Don't bear on so hard with that pen
cil or I won't be nble to make out the
names you have scratched out."
"What difference does that make,
senator?" innocently queried the clerk,
as he halted In his work.
"Why, I want that list back, and to
morrow I'll come in and get the passes
for those you don't issue them to to- i
day. See?"— New York Times.
When Bryan lilt the Ball.
An interesting story which was relat- :
ed in the cloakroom of the house the
other day is one of the hitherto untold
stories of the late campaign. It seems
that out at Lincoln, Neb., there Is a
golf course. It extends over a beautl-
Xl 1
IT SOAKED INTO THE AIK.
ful bit of Nebraska rolling prairie and
is visible from the road that runs from
W. J. Bryan's farm to Lincoln. Every*
day during the summer and fall before-
Bryan left his home for his stumping
tour he would stand and watch the
players. With his love of hunting and
all outdoor sports, Bryan felt interest
ed In tlie game and wished that he, too,,
could be out upon the links. One day
the tempter came to him in the shayo
of a visitor with a bag of golf elubsw
Bryan examined the outfit with uituclk
Interest. Finally the visitor placed the
little white ball upon the ground aud
taking a club In his hand showed
Bryan how to swing aud drive the ball.
Bryan glanced around. No one was
looking. He took the club In his band,
made one or two preliminary motions
and then struck the ball. It soared in
to the air with a whiz and landed some
where in the next county. A look of
conscious pride came over Bryan's
face. "You see," he said, "I can do it."
"Why don't you play?" asked his vis
itor.
Bryan shook his head. "I can't," he
said. "It wouldn't do. They would
make fun of me all over the country.
If I wasn't a presidential candidate"—
The rest of the sentence was not
completed, but it indicated that what
Bryan would do to a golf ball would l>»
a-plenty.—Washington Letter.
Tonne'* Sie»v Title.
Minnesota's new senator, Charles A.
Towue, tells a story about his first ex
periences as a wearer of the toga. He
received a telegram early one morning
In Duluth. and opening it found he had
been appointed senator and had been
requested togo to Washington as soon
as possible. He resolved to leave at
once and stepping to iiis residence
telephone called up the head baggage
smasher of a certain railroad.
"nello," said Mr. Towne in a busi
nesslike way.
"Hello, senator," was the quick re
sponse.
"I was taken off my feet for a mo
ment," said Senator Towne in telling
about tlie incident, "for lie was the
first to use my new title, and 1 had for
gotten that I had a right to be so desig
nated. He knew me so well that h©
knew my voice."
The Paris National library, which
has today over 2,000,000 volumes, was
opened in 1045, with 1,300 volumes. It
Includes today, among other things,
about 280,000 volumes relating to
French history and 011,000 volumes re
lating to the history of other coun
tries.
Summer mid Winter Hairy nation*.
My dairy herd consists of 12 Jersey
cows. My summer ration for butter
is pasture, with corn and oats, two
quarts morning and evening. My win
ter ration is plenty of good hay, with
corn, oats and middlings in equal parts.
Corn fodder or oat chaff makes ex
cellent rough feed if dampened with
warm water. I do not keep my cows
out of doors all day, as they become
chilled, and a shrinkage of milk will
always result.—Allen .1 Kostter.
The Horse Market.
Farmers and horse breeders would dc
well to consider the possible future de
mands of tlie horse market and breed
accordingly, says The American Agri
culturist. While the general purpose
special for nothing horse will bring JI
low price for delivery and farm work
high figures will be paid only for thosi
adapted to some special use, as heavj
trucking, driving ot riding. As a straw
Indicating which way the wind is blow
ing, a New York shoe dealer says li<
lias had more calls for riding boots
than any previous year in his ox perl
encf, while the sale of bicycle shoes
lias fallen 25 per cent. It Is the worn
en, too. who are his principal custom
i ers, and they have flic riding fever li
the worst way.
WOMAN'S WoRLb.
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS WILL ERECT
MONUMENT TO JENNIE WADE
ll'hjr She \\ iin l.atr—l It • of
KINIIIIK-I IIHIIKIIIK I T'liiiiilm* LILFNU.
The A merle® ii t.lrl % t»ruii«l—>lem I- ;
ram Unnicn.
The Woman's Relief corps of lowa
lias decided to ere< t a handsome mon
ument to honor Hie memory «»f Jen
nie Wade, the heroine of the t»n111«- of 1
flettysburg. For the past 37 years this
little grave has lx-en untnurked save
f,, r o ir-viil stone. The monument will *
Le erected in the spring and •
will be dedicated July 3, 1901, the thir- j
ty-eiglith anniversary of the battle.
Jennie Wade was, at the time of the
famous battle, ouly 20 years c»f age, '
i and many of her old friend.-! who are i
still living recall her as a noble and j
generous hearted girl. The first and i
second days of the battle she spent 1
In carrying water to the soldiers <>n tho
firing line and helping to care for the 1
sick and wounded.
Early In the morning of July ,'5. I*o3,
she was busy In the kitchen getting
wood to heat the old fashioned brick
I JENNIE WADE.
oven, to bake bread for the soldiers.
! While thhs employed she was called
to the kitchen door, and as she went
there was the whir of a bullet from
a sharpshooter' rifle, and the brave
girl dropped (1 d, shot through the
tieart.
j On the evening of the same day,
I while the smoke of the battle still
i hung over Gettysburg, she was burled
i by the soldiers she had so ably assist
ed. Her coffin was one that hail been
jircparcd for a Confederate colonel who
bad also died that day.
Every year ou Memorial day her
crave Is decorated with flowers and
American flags.
1
Why She Win I.ttf.
An intimate friend of a well known
society young woman who was recent
ly married undertook to honor the
bride when she returned from an ex- j
. tended wedding tour by holding a re
i ceptiou for her. says the Chicago
Democrat All of the bride's associates
• in the circle were summoned to the
i house of her frieud on a certain day.
[ Every preparation that money coulJ
make In a wealthy household for such
an event was carried out, and 4 o'clock
was set as the hour for an elaborate
dinner. The guests arrived promptly
aud were soon enjoying themselves in
j discussing the happy prospects of the
' bride and examining her numerous
wedding gifts, which had been traus
! ported to the house for exhibition pur
it poses.
1 When the hour for the dinner arrived
the hostess was much worried to find
, aiat the bride was not present, and
i .i. yet no message explained her ab
sence. Thinking that nothing serious,
but something unforeseen, had delay
ed her, the guests were seated at the
table at the appointed hour, as the
feast could not well wait When the
courses were about half finished, a mes
sage came by telephone that the bride
bail fainted, but was recovering rap
idly UJHI no doubt would soon be able
to be with lier friends.
As the guests were leaving the din
ner table a carriage drove up to the
house and tlie bride alighted, present
ing an appearance that surprised her
old acquaintances. Instead ot the neat
and trim figure she had always pre
sented and tho smiles with which she
greeted friends, her belt was hanging
loose about her waist, her hair was
unkempt and her collar missing. Her
eyes were swollen from excessive cry
lug, and tears were still on her cheeks.
"What's tlie matter?" shouted a
dozen or more women as she entered
the house.
"Oh, he is all right now, but 1 was
d.'raid he was going to die, and 1 faint
ed," she replied, still sobbing, and at
ilie same time trying to regain her
omposure to explain further.
The friends crowded about and asked
i questions as to what terrible tiling had
happened the groom. The bride finally
managed to say: "It wasn't George
that was sick, but Fldo. 1 could not
leave hiui tleue, and. while waiting for
George to come, after telephoning him,
the poor dog grew worse and I could do
nothing fur him. George is there now,
and it was safe for me to come away."
It is not necessary to nienth n the
' effect of the little scene ou the hostess
' and her guests.
I'atent JJool,
i The British war office is carrying out
» some experiments with the new patent
c boot recently invented by an officer of
, the Austro-Hungarlan army. This de
► vice consists of a leather sole, under
- the heel of which is a contrivance of
• metal with a long spiral spring inside.
The patent is so simple that it can be
readily attached to the ordinary boot.
. The object of the spring is to obviate
r any jar when placing tlie foot on tlie
, ground, so that It is like putting the
foot upon a cushion. Before introduc
, Ing it Into the army tlie British authori
ties are testing it among the postmen,
who have to tramp long distances in
, the performance of their duties over
.. hard streets, which is particularly tir
x ing work.
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TIMK TABLE
In Effect Septemler Ist. 1b99
Ni.vv VwKli I' HI A. W * 9 RM
lilt r« Ist \ Ml l.v y , tJ ...... '
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Sitqntliaiißa Ave.. Id „ • - * ~
Wtal fltlllM • i |,i 112, IM IWn .m
Wyoming Jit iij | 'i ■» |
fanv K'>rt 1
Bennett 7t. 10 . a ■' 4i, 1,
Kinvston 7 t in 4i 4 i,
Ktin'ii-n |,i 4t 'ill 4 .v,,,
Plymouth Joac... . 2 47 4
Plymouth ii 2
A VlMKlale.. . . 8 ... :
Nanticoke 11 la « .. .
Hunbxk 1 11 iv ■■ 1
Sbi.-k*hin-ij II n ■tt ....
Hl« k's K«-rjr 111 1
Iteaeb I aven II »< ***
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I.iine ki.lao * 3 fla 4 4
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ItllMrlDFliam > ( II I. *l'
Kuperi * I I.' T, * 2
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liar.vlile !• I' la 4. * «-
Chula'ky ... .. * ♦''
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Hoboken aIT ♦♦" * *
Mrranton |i» ifi H '
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Tajrlorvllle i» ti I * 4 i J x * '.l
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Plttaton v Itt 12 IT 4-v f> ' "
i sumjui iiimn# A*b.. vis H 4 4:» »
Went Pitt.tuD . . 1 "2
Wynmmif v * •>" * '' "
Knrty Kort 112 411
lirnnett 111 1 4 '* ' '
i KiiikMud » K 'I 4 I ' -•
; Kingiiton «» tt v> y* 4 ; "
Plyinoutb .lunct.nn I *> ■■ 4 '
, Plymouih »15 11 fta 3il 44- «• I
1 Avomljle s 4" •' 4 - '
; Nantli'ok* it I> 4.'. 34a • "
■ Hunliirk t * t" 3 "*
Slilrkfhinny • I*' H ■#' 3• 4 L
Hirk'p Kerry * <>4 .... 3I!
Kearti Haven 7 3 - '
Berwick 7 4 .114 3JI ; "
Hriarl'rrek 7 •• 1. '
UM l;iii|(a T H l* :
Kcjiy 7 2 10 4-s i4a *i'
Hloucsliurx 7if 10 Ii ti" ••• '!
Kupert T o'. I« .»• i t
Cauwiff* 10 :i': : 7
lianvllle « '*> 1# SI -1" ••••
Cbul.mky ,[, '
I'amen.n 83* •• • '."
M.-Kth 1 MHIUL d.. fl # 1" 0 1 I M
A*.A. *. I". M r t «
Connecti"D« at Kupert wilh l>bila<tfl|>bla k
Kc.illhk Kail mail f«.r Tamaner.l. Tamaqua.
Wllliamsiiort, Sunl.ury, Hi»tt»vi.le. etc At
Nnrtbuniiierlatul wilh r an»l K. Illv. F. K. K. lor
Harriiil.urK. I."ck Haven. Kmpurinoi. Warren
1 Uorry, and trie.
fflSi RAILROAD.
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov. 25th, 1900
A M A. >l., PM.P M
Scrantoi>( I>kH)IT :# 4 t» at 3 **■
PtttauM - T «*j< w•I- « * * ....
A. V. A~.M. IV M 112 M
Wilke.-harre... lv j7 3" 410 V, 3 <«"• i 9
Plym'th Kerry " 112 7 !)7 ll,'B I 3 1* 11 ' •
Naiiticuke " 74« il W •» -4 '
MxanaiiUH .... " t> u4 II .12 1- 4iJ fl .
Wai'wallotien.. " k 18 '1 4a :: <• ' *
Ne»c<>|ieck ar S'U 11 &<t 4 »>7 • '* ......
| ——
I I'oturllle lv 5 > ■' •
Haileton " 7 «■• 2» ''
1 Toinhicken " 7 '■£ -1* *' •'|
Kern (Hen " < it' 2 27
Kock I Hen ...."I 7 XI X M ' r'
j Nescojieck .... ar 80" *'
Cutawtssa.. ar'
1 A~M A. M Y. M. V M
, N«!gc>i»eck lv i» -4 jil '2 4ir 7j«'
, i;rea.«y S3» 12 '2 4 I'. • '■
Eidt Kerry.... "if 843 1-' 1" I 4 21 •
, E. HlovDl!>l>urx. " »47 1- 14 4i' •
; «'at»wl«a ar *.V 12 21 4 -■ 7:1.
■ Cat iwissa lv » ">0 12 -I 4 7
South Hanvilla •• vl4 12 is 4vi 7 r,,
Sunbury *'l v 4, 1 011 5 l.) k
A?>l. P. M. P. M P.M.
Sunhury lv v4"sl 1" j 4 - 4"i
ar 10 l.t 14' t1- j
Milton "11« ,f> 1 ® e l 4 »iMi
Willlauii'port.. "! 11 0» 2:m 7*l » i'4t
Ijiß'k Haven... "i II &V 3 4"i 112 .....
Kenuvo "A.M. 440 i> im
Kane "j 8 25
~~ P.M. P. M.I
l.<K - k Haven..lv t\'l in!■"» '
llciu rotite ... .11 r 1 if. I 11 .....
Tyrone " 2 I". •• o*i
I'hlllpHliuri; " 441; " -# !
Clearfield " 4 :i7 S •
Pittsburg.... " 656 11
X.-vT. P. M P.M. P M
Sunbury Iv »50 S 1 " - "> 31
HarrMburg.... ar II 3<• S3 li ti >■» :n in
P. M. P. M. P. M \ M
Pbila<lel)ihia.. ar 53 17 « -li lii - 1 " 4 •
Baltimore "ij 311 I H ■' 4 "J
Washington ... " 5 4 Hi ; 7 It 10 •• 4 <»> ......
IA. M. P. M.
Sunbury lv j v 571 2 u- ....
Lewlatown Jc. ar 11 40 3 ■<'
PittsburK " «Mfl I *
A.M. P. M P. M. P M
Harrliburtf.... lv II 45 345
Uttshuric ar # ,V> 11 1130 1 "
P. M.J r M A V A M'
,v ( A. 7 M A M 'P M
Harri.'hurit.... ar 1 •>•'» 34" l< " a 1« ...
P M A ■
Pltt»bui|r lv 8
' l.ewißtown J3. "j 7 :»•
Sunbury ar " - « » 10
P. M. \ M \ M A M
Washington... 1* 1" 4t ... 7 1 I" •
Baltimore ' 11 41 4 »4" 11 »•
1 Philadelphia... " 11 » IS - I
A. M A MA. M P>l
Harris!,uri( lv 3 i'> 7 ■ II • •
« Sunbury ar 0 ■ » • I
I P. M. \ M \ M
l'ltt«liuri{ lv •12 4j -i
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Plillliwburg.. " I 1"
Tvrone " •16 *in I-■>"
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l.ock Haven iir # « Ml :«»l 4.; •
P. M. V M \ M P *
Kric lv , 4 Hi
Kane, " 7 v. '■ "0
Itenovu II I • . '• 4-, In 3li
Lock Haven...." 12 "3 7 II -'. 3 •«'
AM P M
Willlani«jH,rt.. " I"6 h ; 12 m 4 -
Milton •' I * I" I-7 4 C
Sunbury ar -»7 Wl< I *■> 4*• ' [
77M. A M P M P M
Sunbury Iv j<■ •<> w'A - ■«' 4«
South l>»nville ' 7 ;.i .0 17 -i "
I'atawrlSKa 7 :Hj lo 3o 2 .'lB * 27,
K Mb*>msburK.. " 7 in 43 1 4 M
Espy Kerry...." 7 4it1»47
t'reK.<y " 7 ">■ 1" ixl *4B
Nescopeck " 8 0.1 1186, -ti 456
A M A M P. M. P M
1 ulawioa . .Iv 7 .«
Nescoiwck Iv .... II '-11' 7ii'.
Kock (Hen ar »»• 12 -1 I '
Kern Hlen 8 St; IS S 1 •
roinbicken " I-' 1- I '•! T 4-.
Hazleton > 12 • 5 I2| * •*»
Puttsville " II 3*
am amp * r*
Ne»co|«ck lv ; 8 P.; II 1 ; • '
A aj.wall.'jien. .ar *ll II 7OH
M<>citnn.|ua " H -jn 11 3*2 ;» 7ai
NantU'.'ke " 8 B>* II M I- 741
P M
I'lyni'th Kerry ' ( "*>7 12 <3 17 W
AM P M P M P M
Pitts lon HAI1) ar :v» 12 4 ' 4 " - »
•toratiton " " 10 o?t II- "> JB :v» » .
r WrekdH.vs. I Ha ly. 112 I'la* st»i»m.
Xiblillimal Train le»\« ~ lln/l< i.m 1 '
Toinlilckeii ■.• |>. ni , Kern '.i<n 11 '
Hoi k I .len •">.;*) 11l . arriving it • :,ta*
ti|>. in.
Pullman Parlor and Sleep nir 1 »r« run r
tbrouah train* Iwtween Sunbury. Will ur«|.. rl
and l-.rie lietween sunl>nry «n 1 Philadel|>h 1
and Waahlnaton and between Harrtshnr*. Pitt«
burif and the West
Kor lurther Inlormation apply teTn-ket Agen
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l#av. Pli »<!• , ' ». < Umlaut «tn>l *#.f
ami Sowlh fMtrwt Wharf.
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Furnaces, etc.
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Danville, * - Penn'a
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K. |. Coal
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COAL YARD.
Dnii I No. 344 I '<#*">
Street (near II I- «V K.
R Crossing > #
\ \ri> —In rear of Office
Robert J. Pe^g,
n
COAL DEALER.
Telephone No. 158