(' WOMAN'S WORLD.
WIFE OF A BOER GENERAL M
EMISSARY ( r CONCILIATION.
It l*a>» to lit- ( oiirlrout —When Wo
mail IN U'euk-I he lute Annie Wit
teniuyei-—Beautiful Madam Lr \ ert
The Hutber'si Health.
Mrs. Louis Botha, wife of tlie com
mandant general of the Boer army
who. report, says, has been for month:
working for tin- peace of South A fries
by trying to effect a conciliation be
tweeu her husband ami Lord Kitchen
er, commander of the British forces, li
related to the family of Robert Emmet
the distinguished Irish patriot. She is
a woman of cultuK-, having passed hei
girlhood days iu school in I'aris. Ii
Pretoria she was recognized as a socia
leader while her husband was a mem
ber of the Boer parliament. Genera
and Mrs. Botha lived on a farm so nit
distance from the capital and were ii
MRS. LOUIS BOTHA.
Pretoria only during the raad sessions.
In the early days of the war it was
Mrs. Botha's custom to visit her hus
band frequently on commando, where
her presence always had a cheering
effect upon the burghers. She was a
dashing woman and a lit companion
for the gallant leader. When Pretoria
was occupied, Mrs. Botha remained in
the city. She met Lord Roberts a few
days after tlie capitulation and, being
persuaded of the hopelessness of a con
tinuance of the struggle, offered to try
to mediate with her husband. A pass
port was provided hef, and the meet
ing was effected. "If it is to visit me
you come. I am delighted to see you,"
said General Botha, "but if you come
to implore me to cease this struggle
you only shame me." Mrs. Botha said
nothing more about her mission, and
nothing came of the negotiations at
that time.—Chicago Times-Herald.
It I'ayn to lie Conrtroni.
There is an old saying that "virtue is
its own reward," and there is a girl in
one of the department stores of the city
who knows that to virtue may be add
ed courtesy and kindness. There came
to the counter where she stands a little
old woman the other day. She was
tiny and shriveled and not very well
dressed in rusty mourning. She bought
a number of little notions, all of the
best, being very exacting and almost
querulous, but the young clerk was
more than usually attentive and cour
teous in trying to please her customer.
Once she said when the customer hesi
tated about getting a certain article,
"My grandma uses it,"and the bar
gain was clinched at once. When the
little old lady was through at tbnt
counter, she started togo to one near
by and wavered on her feet when she
rose from her seat. The young lady
was at her side in an instant and gave
the support of her strong young arm
for the few steps. When the counter
was reached, the lady thanked the girl
In tones tremulous with age. "I will
remember you," she said.
The clerk returned to her counter and
had almost forgotten the incident when
a voice at her elbow startled her, and
there was the little old lady. "I for
got to ask your name," she said in
apology. "Theyoung are not so thought
ful of old age as you." The clerk gave
her name, and then the customer asked
if she could have the strong arm to
lean upon again to her carriage. At
this tlie clerks about began to look in
terested. They had been chaffing the
girl before about her "mash," but a wo
man who had her "carriage" was not
to be made the subject of ridicule. The
young lady spoke to the floorwalker
and then went with the customer to
the door, where a handsome coupe,
with footman and coachman, was wait
ing. "My maid was not well this morn
ing, and 1 could not let her attend me,"
said the little lady simply, "but I am
scarcely strong enough togo about
alone. Thank you, dear. Your name is
Martha . I will not forget." Nor
did she. Wednesday the little old lady
sent her maid with an invitation for
the young clerk to spend iter time
from Saturday night to Monday morn
ing at the beautiful home In the sub
urbs of northwest Washington, and
the "carriage will call for and carry
you back to your work."— Washington
Star.
When Woman la Weak.
An amusing little incident occurred
at the meeting of the Era club that will
Interest women generally. The ladles
were listening to the admirable talk of
Miss Sadie American on the purposes
of the Consumers' league, and after
she closed her interesting explanation
Miss Kate Gordon, president of the
Era club, asked Miss American, who Is
the first vice president of the Consum
ers' league and naturally acquainted
IWdth all the legislation that It has ad
vanced and advocated, if any effort
had ever been made toward securing
equal wages for men and women. Miss
American answered: "Well, yes, u lit
tle at a time. The question of wages
or equal pay for men and women is on»
which ww have handled In so far as
we ask equal pay for equal work per
formed. Upon Investigating condi
tions we find some very harrowing
experiences," said Miss American, smil
ing. "When a woman has just about
rendered herself invaluable to her em
ployer, ten chances to one she turns
around and gets married. Women do
not look upon employment in the same
way tlint a man does. She is general
ly looking forward to something that
she calls 'better' in the shape of mat
rimony, and once she lias embarked
upon this .'■■ a her employer of course
loses her services. Generally as soon
as she knows positively she Is going to
be married her interest in her work
ceases, whereas when a man is contem
plating matrimony his interest iu his
work Increases, lie seeks to make him
self more and mo.-- in valuable to his
employer, and from the moment he
gets married he generally applies him
self far more steadily and earnestly to
|iis work than before, because the
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worse at night. I tried several cough medi
cine*. but to no avail, until a year ago, when I
got so bad I could not breath* througn rav tiose
at times. I then trisd Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical I)iscov«rv After taking eight bottlea of
Dr Pierce a Golden Medical Dis&> *ery, and at
the same time using Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy,
I auj a well man I can thank Dr Tierce for my
good health, and will recommend his medicines
to any one suffering from the same trouble."
" Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
atipation.
| cares of a family demand extra laboi
and higher wages to properly maintain
It.
"Many women have a true idea of
the first two principles, but precious
few have any idea of the latter. When
the right opportunity conies, they will
get married."
At this all the ladies laughed, and a
pretty young girl said, "And they will
continue to do so as long as the world
lasts, all efforts of the business world
to educate them up to the idea of the
value of permanence to the contrary."
—New Orleans I'icayune.
TSie I.ntc Annie Wittenniycr.
Annie Turner Wittenmyer was born
in ISJ7 at Sandy Springs, <). She came
of a long line of warrior ancestry. Iler
great-gn.'it grandfather was an officer
of high rank in the French-Indian war,
her great-grandfather was killed at
Saratoga in the Revolutionary war, her
grandfather was a soldier in the war
of is 12, and her father gave three sons
to the civil war. It needed only the
firing of the gun at Fort Sumter to fan
into a blaze the smoldering fire of pa
triotism kindled iu childhood by the
oft told tales of her grandsires.
Annie Turner was married to Wil
liam Wittenmyer in 1847 and became
the mother of five children, all save
one dying in infancy or early child
hood.
In April, 18G1, she offered herself to
the governor of lowa, of which state
she was at that time a resident, and
was sent to the front to distribute
sanitary supplies. She continued to
act in this capacity and that of a nurse
during the subsequent years of the
war. When peace was declared, she
became active and aggressive in pa
triotic work. She was instrumental in
establishing a soldiers' orphans' home
in lowa, a soldiers' home in Kentucky
and a soldiers' memorial home in
Pennsylvania. She was a leading
spirit in the organization of the Na
tional Woman's Relief corps and a
prominent ractor in estaousning iue j
National W. R. C. home at Madison, O.
Mrs. Wittenmyer served five years
as the first president of the National
\V. C. T. U. When the change of
policy caused a she became a
member of the Nonpartisan W. C. T. j
U., serving one year as president. Her
last public work, only two days before
her death, was at a temperance con
vention.
She possessed fine literary ability and
was the author of "Women of the
Revolution," "History of the Woman's
Crusade" and "Under the Guns." She
was editor and contributed to many
popular periodicals. On the platform
she was intense, witty and persuasive,
abounding iu telling illustrations of
personal experience. Though above
medium height, Inclined to full habit,
she was active and vigorous. She died
after a half hour's illness at her beau
tiful country home in Saratoga, on
Feb. 2, in the seventy-third year of her
age.-Sarah E. Wilcox iu Housekeeper.
Beautiful Mine. Lr Vert.
"To no other woman of the south
were there accorded so often the trib
utes of poetic and romantic fancy that
clustered around the name of Octavia
Walton, or Muie. Le Vert as she was
known after her marriage," writes Wil
liam Perrine in The Ladies' Home Jour
ual. "As a little child she charmed
Lafayette with her brilliant conversa
tion—she spoke the purest of French
and later she was the friend of Clay,
Calhoun. Washington Irving and, in
fact, of nearly ail the prominent people
of her day. Nor was her cleverness
unrecognized iu Europe when she made
the first 'grand tour.' It was there at a
state ball in Buckingham palace, j
whither she was escorted by Joseph R.
Ingersoll, the American minister at
London, that she was presented to
Queen Victoria. Presentations on tlie
occasion of a state ball were not fre
quent, and the southern beauty was de
lighted over the unexpected eompli- |
ment. When the dances were over and
the queen was again seated, the lord
chamberlain waved his hand, and the
company moved back, leaving a vacant
place around the royal chair. Mine.
Le Vert, with all eyes upon her, ap
proached and was presented. Victoria
advanced and graciously gave greeting,
smiling sweetly as the American cour
tesied low before her, and then passed
to the group that encircled the throne.
About 2 o'clock in the morning the
queen bade adieu to her guests. Then
one of the noblemen escorted Mine. Le
Vert around the picture and sculpture
galleries and presented her to many
eminent persons."
The Mother's llenltli.
The child's dress should be plain and
■ t elaborate. This makes a saving on
The Hector's Prophecy,
A party of gentlemen, including Pro
fessor Railey and Rector Roberts, a
divine widely celebrated for his wit
and the audacity of his puns, were
crossing the campus of a well known
university.
The reverend gentleman, comment
ing on the fact of his recent elevation
to the greater dignity and tlie assump
tion of the more resounding title of a
canon of the church, exclaimed, "And
now that I am a canon I suppose I
shall be a bigger bore than ever."
liTRSTBOOK PRINTEIi
MEXICO CLAIMS THE HONOR FOF
THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.
Sboc<'»* niiil tli»* I)i HII st«• i«* 'Miai
A (tended the ENtabliahuietit ol
I I'rlntiiiit Throughout the \ gul El
| tent of This Country.
I The first printing press on the Amen
1 fan continent was set up in the City ol
I Mexico in the sixteenth century. So
1 much is known regarding the commence
| ment of the art preservative in the west
! ern world, but when details are looked
j for different accounts and conflicting
j statements are found. < >ne author claims
, that the first Spanish viceroy of Mexico,
Antonio de Mendoza, who went t<> that
i country in 1535 and who was distin
-1 guished for his devotion to literature,
established a printing house some years
I before 1551, and that the printer employ
j ed by him, whose name was Joannes
| Paulus Brissensius of Lombardus, a na
I tive of Brescia, Italy, was the first man
to handle type in America. For a time
| one of his books, a folio volume executed
| in 1540. was cited as the first book print
!ed on this continent. Another and per
haps more correct version is that printing
| was first established in Mexico by the
; Spanish missionaries, and the fact seems
i to be established that under their aus
pices a book, one mutilated copy of which
is still in existence in a private library iti
j Madrid, was printed in 1540 by Julian
| Cromberger, who died about 1544 and
i who was in all probability the first print
er in America.
! It is quite certain that the printing
i press was actively employed in Mexico
j in less than a century after the new art
j became generally known in Europe and
! for nearly a century before a printing
j press was introduced into the present
limits of the United States. The second
American city in which a printing office
was established was Lima, Peru, where
j a work designed to assist the priests in
j the study of the language of the natives
appeared in 1580.
At Cambridge, Mass., as Isaiah Thom
i ns asserts, in January, 1G39, printing was
I first performed in that part of North
I America which extends from the gulf of
| Mexico to the frozen ocean.
The beginning of the work of this first
I printing office in our country was a sor
j rowful one. Rev. Jesse Glover, through
! whose exertions the press had been se
: cured and who contributed largely to the
| purchase, died upon his voyage to the
| new world, and his sons had afterward
to sue their stepfather for the possession
of the press. This primitive establish
ment was subject to the authority of
Cambridge college, the president of
which was censor of the press and re
sponsible for all publications until spe
cial licensees were appointed by law in
1652, the press never being enfranchised
in Massachusetts until as late as 1755.
One Green became the second printer
In the United States. Three hundred
acres of land were granted him in 1058,
but Mr. Green, it would appear, could
not find a suitable location for his grant
until 1007, when it is recorded that 300
acres of land were laid out to Ensign
Samuel Green of Cambridge, printer, in
the wilderness on the north of Merrimac
river.
In 1059 an Indian boy taught at the
charity school of Cambridge to read and
write English was apprenticed to Samuel
Green and took upon himself subsequent
ly the name of James the Printer, or
James Printer. He printed Eliot's In
dian Bible, the first copy of the sacred
Testament made in this country. lie
rendered such efficient service on this
work thnt Eliot said he "had but ono
man, namely, the Indian printer, that
was able to compose the sheets and cor
rect the press with understanding." A
copy of the Indian Bible is to be seen in
the National museum.
The negro appears first in an American
printing office under the direction of one
Thomas Fleet, who fled to this country
for refuge from the rage of an insensate
London mob. In Boston he established
a printing house with the sign of the
Heart and Crown, and here his sons suc
ceeded him in the business, although with
the advent of antiroyal feeling the sign
was changed to the Heart and Bible.
Fleet owned several negroes, one of
whom he taught not only to work the
special profit in printing small books for
children and popular ballads, and such
publications were rendered more at
tractive by the wood engravings cut for
them by the negro artist. Cx-sar and
Pompey, sons of this negro, also became
printers and remained in the office of
their master's sons.
The first firmly established newspaper
in North America appeared in 1704, but
full 14 years previous to this date one
number of a newspaper had been pub
lished in Boston, which was instantly
suppressed by the authorities. To the
publisher, Richard Harris, this appears
to have been no novel experience, for he
had in his native land been fined for sell
ing a Protestant petition during King
Charlee' reign and had also coine to grief
through printing a book with the revolu
tionary title of "English Liberties." Be
sides, he was once set in the pillory, on
which occasion his wife is recorded to
have stood by him to defend him against
the attentions of the mob.
Boston was early distinguished as the
home of letters. James Franklin, an
older brother of Benjamin, established in
1721 a periodical which he made the
organ of a company of literary gentle
men whose common characteristic seems
to have been total disagreement with
each other. The object of the journal
was ultra revolutionary in tendency, be
ing generally to show the world the
events of the day by assaulting all estab
lished beliefs and conventional manners
and customs. Attacks were leveled in
discriminately at the British government,
the preachers and finally inoculation. The
aged Puritan minister, Increase Mather,
protested publicly against the iniquity of
the vile Courant and warned its sub
scribers against being "partakers in other
men's sins." James Franklin was putin
jail for a month and forbidden to print
or publish the Courant or any pamphlet
or paper of the like nature except it b®
first supervised, and he was finally oblig
ed to leave Boston, like his brother Ben
jamin, and journey to a more liberal
minded community.—Washington Tims.
Romance n la Mode.
"I shall be at the opera tonight," he
wrote. "I can bear the suspense no lon
ger. If you love me, wear a red rose.
If I may no longer hope, then let it be a
white rose."
That night uhe wore a yellow rose.—
Bmart Set.
The Metropolitan museum of New
York is In a rather unusual predica
ment. It cannot accept some extreme
ly valuable gifts in the shape of be
quests because it has not sufficient
money to pay the inheritance taxes.
On the C. I'. Huntington collection
alone, which is willed to the museum,
$350,000 must be paid unless some
thing Is done by the legislature to
ward making the institution an excep
tion to the rule. The state lawmakers
have consequently been asked to pro
vide for the relinquishment of the in
heritance tax on these particular be
quests. The Metropolitan museum of
New York is practically in the anoma
lous position of the philanthropy that
cannot afford to accept the favors of
philanthropists unless they are pre
paid.
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A LIGHT IN THE YARD
MRS. GALLUP RECOGNIZES IN IT HEF
SUMMONS TO HEAVEN.
Hot She I'uiln to Get Any Informs
lion From ll«»r l!u*l»:in«l (into t!i«
."Manner fi» \Y2ii<»li Sin- Shoul«l Act
When *■»!»«» Kntera lli*r Home Aiunny
the Aitftela.
[Copyright, 1000, by C. B. Lewis.]
When Mr. Gallup sat down for the
evening, he had his newspaper on his
knee and Mrs. Gallup was singing
"Rock of Ages" and clearing away the
supper table. lie had been reading for
a quarter <>f an hour when she quietly
entered and sat down and said:
"Samuel, I don't want to disturb you
nor make you feel bad, but I feel oblig
ed to ask you a few questions. Last
night at midnight Mrs. Watkins saw a
light moving around in our back yard.
It was a light which bobbed up and
bobbed down and dodged this way and
that, and when it finally went out it
gave a great wink and a splutter. It
was what they call a ghost lantern,
Samuel, and it meant that there would
be death in this house within a week.
It'll be my death, of course. I've got
27 different ailments, with heart dis
ease throwed in. while you are as
healthy as a cornfield. Yes; it'll be me,
: but I'm not weepin over it. I'm sittin
j right here as calm as catnip, but I
' want to know some few things."
Mr. Gallup must have known of her
■ pi t senee, but lie was too deeply inter
ested in his paper to recognize it. He
had found an article which said that a
bedbug could be boiled in water for
four hours and then come out with his
ambition undaunted.
"I shall goto heaven when I die, of
course," continued Mrs. Gallup as her
voice broke a little. "I orter go there.
Any woman who has whitewashed the
cellar every spring for 27 years, be
sides makin soft soap, cuttin carpet
rags, dyein over old clothes and makin
one corset last her for 13 years, will go
to heaven on the jump. What bothers
me, however, is how I'm goin to act
arter I git there. You know how com
pany alius tlustrates me. If three or
four of the neighbors come in, I'm al
most sure t<> fall off my cheer or knock
over sunthin. llow's it goin to be when
I git up there and meet a hull pasture
full of angels? There'll be millions of
'em, Samuel, and they'll all be lookin at
me and wonderln who 1 am, and I'll be
so upsot that I'll fall over my own
feet."
She paused to wipe the tears from
her eyes with the palm of her hand,
but as she had asked no direct ques
tions Mr. Gallup finished the bug arti
cle and turned to one on the care of
clotheslines.
"I don't want to be looked at and
p'inted out and made fun of up there,"
said Mrs. Gallup as she sat with her
eyes on the carpet. "All night long last
night 1 couldn't sleep for thinkiti that
some of the angels would turn up their
noses at me and want to know what on
nirth I was (loin there. You remember
Sarah Jane Rixby, who died two years
ago? Sarah was snippy ai d sassy. If
she went to heaven, it would be jest
her way to want to know why I'd come
llyin up there, witli my rheumatiz and
back aches. I'd have to sass her back,
and then what would happen? Angels
do sass each other sometimes, don't
they, Samuel?"
If Mr. Gallup had ever given the mat
ter a thought, lie was too busy to dis
cuss it. The statement was right be
fore his eyes that 1,000,000 miles of
clothesline went to destruction every
year for want of being hung up in the
wood shed when not in use, and lie was
reflecting on the carelessness of hu
manity in general.
"I may git up to heaven in the night,
when all the angels are asleep, and so
I'll slip in all right. I hope that'll be
the way, because it'll give me a chance
to kind o' git usetl to the place before
duylight. I»o you think they have any
breakfast up there? Mrs. Watkins says
they don't, but I don't really see how
they git along without it. I know 1
should feel i goneness all day without
breakfast. And I want you to look at
me, Samuel, and see if I'm the liutu
blyest woman ever born. 1 have read
that when we die ve are changed as in
the twinklin of an eye. I hope it's so.
If it ain't, then I can't expect no good
times up there. Them angels will be
p'intin out my lop shoulder, my big
feet and my wabbly knees and whis
perin to each other that I'd better staid
down on airtb among the cabbages.
Nobody as knows me can call me obsti
nate or sot. but I'll be snummed if 1
propose to die and become an angel to
be made fun of. You'll be on my side
about that, won't you?"
! . Mr. Gallup heaved a long sigh and
I seemed about to speak, but no word
came, lie had finished with (lie clothes
line and struck an article about the
' reasoning powers of the crow, and the
| most direct question from Mrs. Gallup
I would have passed unheeded. Iler
] tears fell for two or three minutes, and
j then she asked:
"Anil how about the beds up there?
• You know we've slept on a feather bed
i ever since we was married, and I ve
alius bin particular to smooth it down
from head to foot. I've got used to
feathers, and if I changed off I'd jest
lay there and kick around all night
j long. Do they hev beds, Samuel, or do
| they keep on fly in around all night long
and singin "I've Reached Mv Il<>me at
[Y Last?" Seems to me that llyin and
| sinj.'n all day wntihl !><• enough unless
1 I feel strong! r than 1 do now. You
R orter know tin se things. Samuel, and
I you orter tell me so I'll know what to
; depend on. I might stnml sass from a
thousand angels, but I do want my
e ' own bed when night comes, and if one
,i j of my headaches comes on onexpected
ly I want to know that I kin hev a cup
of tea. Mrs. Watkins says they don't
drink tea in heaven, but I don't see
how she kin know."
e Mr. 'Jallup was not directly appealed
s to, and as he was reading that a crow
S had been known to feign death to avoid
e having a crowbar thrown at him he
r made no sign.
y 1 "Waal, I've made up my mind to a
few things," said Mrs. Gallup as the si
-11 lenee grew painful. "I'm goin up to
'■ heaven to do the best I kin. I'll be
t nayburly with all the angels I meet
a and let 'em understand that I don't
I- want no niore'n my share of harps and
' wings and things. If I don't find any-
I thin to eat or any beds to sleep on,l
t shan't raise no fuss nor go into liyster-
II les, the way Mrs. Taylor did at camp
. meetin last year. Yes; I'll put up with
1 tilings as I find 'em and make the best
• of it, and I won't be jealous if a few of
' 'em hev better clothes on or kin sing
- bittern me. That's how I'll act, Sam
' uel, and then if they pick on me they'll
. git as good as they give. I kin lie
1 sassed and picked on jest so fur, but
1 arter that they want to look out.
Would it put you out any, Samuel, if I
died at night instead of in the daytime?
As I said, if I died at night I could slip
• . into heaven without any fuss, but if
t it's goin to make you any extra trouble
I'll perish by daylight. What will be
1 the most convenient hour fur you?"
There was deep silence. Mrs. Gal
lup's tears made no thud as they fell
upon the carpet, and Mr. Gallup was
reading with bated breath that an os
trich covers 13 feet of ground at every
stride when in full flight. The clock
ticked, the silence grew deeper, and
the cricket on the hearth fell into a
doze. Then Mr. Gallup suddenly laid !
aside his paper, stretched his arms and
legs, with a "110-htim!" and looked
around to find Mrs. Gallup asleep in
her chair. She hadn't gone to join tlie
angels—not yet. M. QUAD.
THE KING OF HANDCUFFS.
Hon Hurry llomlini, American, Snr
|iri«ed the llriti.nh.
When Harry Houdini, the American
king of handcuffs, arrived in England,
he tried to arrange for an exhibit of
his skill at Scotland Yard, but the
authorities refused to allow him an
; opportunity of putting on or taking off
official handcuffs, says London M. A.
I*. So, accompanied by a skeptical
London manager, he paid an ordinary
call as an American visitor to the
police headquarters. Mr. Houdini,
after making the usual remarks on
everything he saw and heard, casually
crrtTfC rnf* (iifiii'uuAu uuu
answered:
"Oh. these are handcuffs impossible
to remove."
Iloudinl was greatly interested, and
the incident closed by the Vmerican
visitor requesting his guide to lock the
handcuffs on his wrists. Then he
turned his back aud succeeded in get
ting them off in a couple of minutes.
One of Iloudini's strangest adven
tures happened at a big hotel in St.
Paul, Minn., where he was very well
known. To his surprise, he found that
a couple of men occupying tlie rooms
on either side of his own appeared to
be mounting guard over him. At first
he only suspected this, but after a few
days he was perfectly sure that one
or the other of his neighbors shadowed
his every movement. One afternoon,
when Houdini was sitting in his own
room, he heard the sound of scuffling
outside the door. Flinging it open, he
discovered his two unknown friends
grasping a third man, who had evi
dently been wearing a long dark cape
that was dragged on one side, showing
that he was heavily handcuffed.
"We're a couple of detectives, Mr.
Houdini," panted one of the men.
"This fellow made his escape from jail
Some days ago. We knew that he
wouldn't dare togo to a locksmith to
get his handcuffs removed, and we
suspected that he might come to you."
Neither differences of organization In
animals nor in the constitution of the
poisonous substance generally afford
any clew for interpreting an exc ption
al want of effect, rnaccountable i:>
: the immunity of rabbits against bella
donna leaves (Atropa belladonna, dead
ly nightshade). You may feed them
with belladonna for weeks without ob
serving the least toxic symptoms. The
meat of such animals, however, proves
poisonous to any one who eats it, pro
ducing the same symptoms as the
plant.
l'igeons and various other herbivora
are also to some degree safe from the
effects of this poison, while in warm
blooded carnivora it causes paralysis
and asphyxia. In frogs the effect
Is a different one, consisting of spasms.
The meat of goats which had fed on
hemlock has sometimes occasioned
poisonous effects. Chickens are near
ly hardy against nux vomica and the
extremely dangerous alkaloid, strych
nine, contained in it, while in tho
smallest amount it is a fatal poison to
rodents.
More remarkable yet in this respect
Is the Immunity of Cholu>pus hoffman
nl, a kind of sloth living on the island
of Ceylon, which, when given ten
grains of strychnine, was not much af
fected. Pigeons are possessed of high
Immunity from morphine, the chief ill
kaloid of opium, as well as from bella
donna. Eight grains were required to
kill a pigeon, not much less than the
mortal dose for a man. Cats are ex
tremely sensitive t<> foxglove (Digitalis
purpurea), which on tho contrary may
be given to rabbits and various birds
In pretty large doses.
Job Couldn't Have Stood It
If he'd had itching Piles. They're ter
-1 ribly annoying; but Bncklen's Arnica
salve will cure the worst case of Piles
' ou earth. It has cured thousands. For
t Injuries, Pains or Bodily Eruptions its
]' the best-salve in the world. Price 25c.a
j box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Patties
l; and Co. druggists.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Of till- Htles ha vitrg over lOH.Hfto-pop.
! illation onl\ 13 hud a, postollice in lSoo.
'I in* lirst lectures evcr given l>y n wo
man w ere «!«•! i vei<•«! by IaMI \ Wright
j lu 1828.
The Swiss cabinet consists of seven
| members, each ol' wliom draws s2,4'>o
per aiiuum.
A century ago farmers reaped their
! grain with sickles, two acres being a
| good day's work.
It is stated that, there are 80,000 bar
. maids in England, whoso hours aver
age 1 I daily for a wage of lit shillings
: per week.
i Many Londoners insist that their np
j petite has improved since electricity
| was applied to sonic of the under
! ground railways. It is believed to gon
j erate ozoiio.
I The door by which the president of
I j (he republic, the king of Sweden, the
j shah and other distinguished visitors
| were in the haliit of entering the Paris
lj exhibition has been sold for S6O.
Sardinia is celebrated for the fombs
! j which prove that prehistorically it was
inhabited by great giants. Uecentl.v
four new tombs have been found which
contain skeletons over nine feet long.
1 he skylark that Shelley has immor
talized was not, it appears, the Eng
lish bird it has always been supposed
to be. It has been discovered that the
blithe creature in question was heard
in the lanes of Leghorn.
The circulation of The Congressional
Record has now reached the 20,000
mark. This includes numbers deliver
ed gratuitously to members and sena
tors and newspapers and those sent to
regular subscribers, of whom there is
a small but select list.
James Parsons, a Philadelphia law
yer who died about a year ago, owned
an estate extending for a mile and a
quarter along the ocean front of New
Hampshire. Following out his death
lied, wish, his children have given to
the state a strip of this land along the
shore 100 yards wide to further the
project of a boulevard along the coast
line of the state.
STAGE GLINTS.
Florence Kahn will be lending wom
an with James Iv. Hackett next sea
son.
There is an organization of chorus
girls in New York called the White
Mice.
A play founded upon the life of Tom
Moore, the Irish poet, will be used by
Andrew Mack next season.
"Ilen-IIur" will remain in Roston for
the remainder of the season, as its hit
has been something remarkable.
Laurence Irving expects to bo in
New York in the fall to see his play,
which Mr. Sot hern is to produce.
There will probably be live versions
of the French novel "Manon Lescaut"
j seen on the American stage next sea
son.
The story first published some months
ago to the effect that William Gillette
was to play Hamlet seems more than
likely to be true.
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Ilicks (Ella
line Terriss), according to a London
announcement, will appear in "Alice In
Wonderland" in New York in the au
tumn.
Joe Murphy, the well known Irish
comedian, has closed his tour togo
tarpon Ashing. Mr. Murphy is a mil
lionpire and appears on the stage for
his own amusement.
Miss Marie Hates, the well known
character actress, will support Mr Da
vid Wartleld next season in '"The Only
Levi." She is to have the role of an
eccentric old Irish woman.
Miss Minnie Ashley, who made a
hit in "San Toy," will be unable to re
torn to the stn"e this season The
her eyes that she must remain In a
darkened room for a long time to come
or run the risk of losing her sight alto
gether.
Borers In Fruit Trees.
Cut them out and paint the bodies
of the trees with lime whitewash col
ored with Venetian red.
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TIMt TABLE.
In Effect September Ist, 1899
GOING WEST
i- \ » |PAS
I : ■
•\ KW OKK. P.M. A. M. M
Barclay SI. I,v. g -JQ' ,0 00 ....
Crlstoplier St.. y .1 10 oo' ....
Hobokcn.... y 4fj u
scran ton Ar ■> ; M ,.
~~~ v»fs
SniANTO* ~| 1000 ">&. 340 ■* ;' M .
ISellevue 3 45^"^
Taylorville i. jA": 2 03 1 3 521« "Jj
Lackawanna ! m•« 'lu 365" [0
I'm yea !! „ £ 2 i;{ 3%« '»
Plttston | jU y, 217 402*» H
Susquehanna Ave...l m ,r. 220 405• ••
West Plttston « 3,', 224 109 Jf
Wyoming ; {ot 229 4ia c t
Forty Fort 4Hi •> 38
Bennett .-•> a3O 42j
Kingston 110 501 242 * '' *2
Kingston 10 h« 2 11 4iJ " f'
Plymouth June... . j 247 4 :,i> [! ' r w
H'ymoiitb "ii'u.V 2 52 5 V®
Avondale.., 2 57 .... i iV
Nanticoke.... u 13 302 .... 4
Hunluck'u jl iy| 310 ....
Shickshinny j a 3 24 ....
Hitk'sFerry ; fa 43 335 ....
Beach Haven 1 11 4S 842 ....
Berwick a 51! 349 ....
Briar Creek ; If 3 56 ....
Lime Kldge ! 0 fii 0# 404 ....
Espy 83. ia 15 411 ....j
Bloomsburg *4 | 12 22 417 ....;
Rupert 8 £ 12 27 423 \
Catawissa j 86t ia 32 429 .
Danville ! it loj la 47 442 !
Chulasky ... .. 44y ... 1
Cameron «a "ia'67 464 .... K4U
NOKTHCMBBRLAKD a ;;£| 110 508 9oy
Ar.! A.M IP. *. F. M. : P. M.IH.M
GOING EAST.
f-.TATIOM. PAS. PAH. PAH. PAB
NBWYOU II in: P->«■ a.mj a.m.|am
Barclay St, Ar. 3 80l 5 00' le 40
Christopher St... 3 4 65' ..<0 35
Hoboken .j 4- 44s ... 9.^5
Scran ton 1005 la ;V>; ■ 140
| daily j j jp.ji
A.M. P.M. P. M.j P. M.jdly
Scranton y42 12 35 456 535 907
Bellevue y3* 4 60! 5309 03
I'aylorville y H3 1 445 6 25:8 57
Lackawanna Da: 4 371 6 147
Duryea «2H: I 434 6 84b
* Ittßton ylOl2 17 429 5 814
Susquehanna Ave.. 915 12 14 424 5 830
West Pittston 912 4 21, 6 836
Wyoming 9 Ob' la Ob! 4 ltil 5 U 922
forty Fort 9 0S 1 4 10! 4 828
Bennett 900 1 4 Oil! 4 824
Kingston, S 57i 12 021 4 04] 821
Kingston 8 ooj 12 00 4C2 4 810
Plymouth .lunction 850 36> 4 1 81b
Plymouth 8 15 11 62 361 4 41.801
Avondale s 40! | 3 40 |s titi
Nanticoke g 35; 11 46; 3 42 751
Hunlocks 8 27 3 34 7 46
Shickshinny 815 11 30 324 7 :|8
Hick's Ferry 8 04 3 13 7 25
Beaeh Haven 7 53! 3 07 7 12
Berwick 745 aO4 301 706
Briar C'reok 7 38 7 00
Lime Ridge 7 301 2 48 852
£fl>y 7 2:1 10 46 242 845
Bloomsburg 715 1041 238 .... 839
Rupert 709 10 30 231 #33
Catawissa 703 10 32 220 828
Danville 650 10 21 212 813
Chulasky 6 07
Cameron 6 38 ,; 03
NoBTHUMBUBL'D... 625 10 00 I*so 550
Lv j A.M. IA. M. If. M. P > M. |p. M
Connections at Kupert with Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad for Tamanend, Tamaqua,
W illia msnort, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc. At
Northumberland with F and E. Div. F. R. R. for
Harrisburit. Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
C'orry, and Erie.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
TIME T4BLE
111 Effect Mch. 18th, 1900.
A M |A. M.| PM.F: MT
Scranton(D6cH)lv g 6 4.">| ?9 38 alb ii
i'ittston •' " 7 08jfl0 00'§ 2 42 ( 4 52L]]]]"
A. M. A. M.!P. M. P.M
Wilkesbarre... lv § 730 §lO 3T>' 308 j8 001
Plym'th Ferry " 1 7 37 flO 42 I 3 16 f6 07!
Nanticoke " 746 10 50j 326 617
Mocanaaua .... " 804 11 OTi 346 637
Wapwallopen.. " 8 13 11 it; 350 647
Nescopeck ar 824 11 2(IJ 407 700
A.M. I P.M. P.M.
Pottsville lv § 5 50 sia 01 i
Hazleton " 7 I 200'6 50
Tomhicken " 7 22 1 1 218 ti 10
Fern (Hen " 7 2!' 227 ti lb
Rock (Hen "| 735 j a 34 625
Nescopeck ar| 800 | 300 050
Catawissa.. .ar j
'A.ma.M p.M. P M
Nescopeck lv §8 24 ill 20 40757 00
r,. niwuiiiuurK) i o<n n ,»v| * «v| • i...... ar
ar 855 11 57 435 "32 *
Catawissa lv! 856 11 57, 435 7 32 !
■South Danville " 914 12 15 4 53, J 51|
Sunbury " 9 3-j 12 40 515 ! 8 15;
|A.M. P.M. P. M P.M.
Sunbury Iv ! || 942 $ 1 10]§ 545 840
Lewisburg.... ar! 10 13 145 6lb
Milton 10 ftb 139 614 uO4
Williamsport.. " II 00 230 7 10 950
Lock Haven... "1159 340 807
Renovo " A.M. 4 10 900
Kane "1 8 25
P.M. P. M.
Lock Haven..lv ;12 10 I 3 45' | .... . .
liellefonte ....ar 1051 4 44 ■( ;
Tyrone " , 2 15. .1 0 oo
Philipsburg " 441s 8 26 j i
Clearfield.... "I 5 37 S 909 j
Pittsburg.... "j ti 55 .ill -'lO ; j
A.M. P.M. P.M. P Ml
Sunbury lv 950 j 1 .55 ;| 52518 31
Harrlsburg.... ari 11 3<i (j 3 15 3 (i 55j10 10;
P. M. P. M. P. M. A M j
Philadelphia., ar $ 3 17 n 8 23 j|lo 20 4 2-5
Baltimore "§3 lli 6 (10 9 4- r . 230
Washington...";§ 4 10 7 15 10 551 4 05|
IA. M P, M.
Sunbury lv §lO O0 § 2 03 j 1
Lewistown .lc. ar 11 40 350 j j
Pittsburg •'! 0 55j§11 30 j '
A.M. P, M P. M. PM
Harrlsburg.... lv 11 45'1! 346|| 7
P.M. A.M.AM
Httsburg ari ij 0 55|H 1130,|j 150 530;
P.M. P M A M|AM!
Pittsburg lv! 7 10 j8 80 3 ooj 18 00|...
A.M AM PM
Harrisburg.... arji 1 55 J 3 40j.i 9 30 j 3 101-...
AM; 1 A m
Pittsburg lv; i. 8 00;
lewistown Js. " - 7 30! i 3 !0
Sunbury ar : 9 20 I 5 00
P. M. A M A M! A M ]
Washington... lv 10 40i 11l 7 s''| 10 50j
Baltimore '-,11 4114 4 50| b4O 11 45
Philadelphia... '• .11 2011 4 25; j 8 :«» 12 25
A. M. A M A. M.| P M
Harriwburic.... lv ■ 3 35]|| 7 55]i1l lois 4 00|
Sunbury ar, ,505 ; j 9 801 1105 5 40
P.M.' la'MA M j
Pittsburg I\ :I2 45 :» 00 1 b oo|
Clearfield.... " 1 4 09) j ( 92b
l'liilipsburg.. " ; 4 st ; i I 10 12)
j Tyrone " 715 I 8 10 12 30
liellefonte.. "i SHI 1 i 932 1 421
Lock Haven arj 930 10 30 243
P. M. A M A M P M
Erie lv j 535 ! | ...
Kane " b4O \'( 000 ' ...
Henovo "j 12 10 \ 0 4 > 10 30 ;
Lock Haven.... '• 125 735 11 25i 300 '
A.M ! P Mi
Williamsport.." 210 830 il2 40 4 001
Milton - 2 22! 919 127 4 Vij "..
Lewisburg 905 1 15| 4 47i'....
Sunbury ar; 310 9 4(i) 1651 6 20r"....
A7\I A M P M! P M
Sunbury lv ; 7 42 II 9 55 ; 2 00 : 5 48
Snuth Danville"! 7 13 iO 17 2 21; 6 09'*..
Catawissa 733 10 35 2 86] 627
E Bloomsburg.. " 7 391 10 43 243 632 ""
Espy Ferry.... " 743 flo 47 t6 36
Creasy '' 7 .VI 111 66; 2 .V> li 46
Nescopeck 803 11 o.*>j 305 6 66; ""
A 51 A Mjl*. M. P M |
Catawissa lv 7 3s,
Nescopeck lv s.ll 35 S 4 10 5 7 05
Rock (Hen ar 820 12 Olj 430 731
Fern (Hen " 8 Sttj 12 07| 442 737 ""
Tomhicken " b42 12 15 151 T45
Hazleton " 902 12 35 512 , 806 ""
Pottsville " 10 05 220 0 30, 9 05 ; ::t:
jAMAM P M P M "
I Nescopeck lv ; 8 03 11 06 i 3 05 i 8 55
Wapwallopen. .ar 818 11 20 319 709
Mocanauua " 8 '-'8 11 32 329 721
Nanticoke " 84S 1154 34b 742 ....
P Ml
Plym'th Ferry 1 112 b57 12 02 357 i 7 62
Wilkslmrre ... 9 06; 12 10 405 800 ....
AM P M P M P M
PittstotK DiVH) ar 959 12 49 <4 66 836
Scranton " " 10 08 1 lb 524Zv 05
I Weekdays. I Daily. 112 Flag station.
Additional Train leaves Hazleton 5,15 p. in.,
Tomblcketi 5.35 p.m., Fern den 5.48 p.m.,
Hock Olen 5.50 p.m., arriving at Catawissa
0.25 p. in.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeplns Cars run on
through trains between Sunbury. Williamsport
and Erie, between Sunbury and Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
• burir and the West.
For further information apply to Ticket Agents
1 J.li. UUTCHTNSON, J. II WOOD.
(rf).'l Manager. Gen'l Pain*a'r Ay.
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St^rlien!
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jßeliatole 1
Bicycle, Cymnasium and
Tennis Shoes.
THE CELEBRATED
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AND THE
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Rubber Hoots
A SPECIALTY.
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Tor all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spouting and CeneVal
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges,
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Office: Montgomery Building, Mill Street,
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PHILADELPHIA &
HEADING RAILWAY
IN EFFECT MARCH 30, ltfOl
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
(weekdays only)
For Philadelphia 11.35 a m.
For New York 11.25 a HI,
For Oatawlosa 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, Washington and th«
South leave Twenty-fourth and Chestnut
Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays—3.23, T. 14
10.22 a. in., 12.16, 1.33, 3.03, 4.12, 5.03, 7.26, 8.88 p.
m., 12.21 night. Sundays 3.23, 7.14 a. in., 12.16
1.33, 4.12, 6.03. 7.28, 8.26 p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Whaif
and South Street Wharf.
WEEKDAYS —Express 6.00,9.00 a. in., (Satur
days only 1.00) 2.00 4.00,5.00, 7.15 p. m. Ac
commodation 8.00 a. m.. 5.30 p. m. Sunday
Express, 6.00. 9.00,10.00 a. m., 7.15 p. m. Ac
commodation 8.00 a. in., 5.00 p. m.
Leave ATLANTIC CITY DEPOT-Week
days—Express7.3s, 9.00, 10.15 ji. m., 2.50, 5.30,
6.00 p.m. Accommodation 8.05 a. m.,4.05 p,
m. Sundays Express—lo.ls a. m., 4.30, 5.M,
8.00 p. in. Accommodation—7.ls a. m., 4.05
p. in.
Parlor cars on all express trains.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA.
For CAPE MAY and OCEAN CITY -Week
days—9.lsa. m„ 4.15 p.m. Sundays—9.lsa.m.
South St., 9.00 a.m. Additional tor Cape
May—Weekdays—s.oo p. m.
For SEA ISLE ClTY—Weekdays—9.ls a. m.
5.00 p. m.
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY
EXPRESS.
Leave NEW VORK (Liberty Street) 3.40 P. M
Leave ATLANTIC CITY, 8.30 A. M.
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
W-G BESLER, EDSON J WEEKS
Gen. Superintendent Oeneral Agent.
New
Coal Yard!
R. J. Pegg, Coal
Dealer, has re
moved to his new
COAL YARD.
OFMCE:—NO. 344 Ferr y
Street (near D. L- & W. R.
R. Crossing ) ♦
YARD — In rear ofOitice.
Robert J. Pegg,
COAL DEALEjR.
Tel ephone No 158
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