THE POSTAL SERVICE
FOURTH CLASS OFFICES AND THEIR
MANNER OF OPERATION.
The Pay In These Offlcen Is as Small
as the Responsibility is Liir^f—One
Official Whu Worked oil "liuslness
Principles."
First, second and third class postmas
ters are paid regular salaries, but the
fourth class officers must rustle for their
own pay. Sometimes that is as low as
$1 a month and sometimes us high as SOO
a month —that is, some offices send out
just that amount of canceled letters each
month, but the fourth class postmaster
is not allowed to keep the S6O a month;
not at all. He keeps just sl6 1-3 as his
own clear cash, and every dollar over
that he divides up with Uncle Sam, giv
ing him 40 out of every 100 cents until
his office gets to the importance of can
celing over $33 a month; then he must
hand over 60 cents out of the dollar in
stead of 40. Out of what is left he pays
his office rent, his light and fuel bills and
his clerk hire when sick or absent. The
department furnishes nothing, not even
the box, except what stamps, postal cards
and other stamped paper he needs.
Very few fourth class offices cancel
stamps to either the great or small
amount I have named. The majority of
them range from $8 to S2O a month.
When an office averages about $lO a
month, then it becomes a money order
office, and while its revenue toward the
postmaster's pay is not perceptibly in
creased by this addition his bond and re
sponsibility are. Some years ago a fourth
class postmaster was allowed a percent
age on all stamps he sold above the can
cellation, but it was found that he hus
tled around and offered inducements and
a share of the proceeds to those who
would buy many stumps from him, and
the department shut down on this. Now
if he sells $2 worth of stamps a day, but
only cancels on letters 10 cents' worth, 10
centß is all he gets for that day's work.
The remainder of the $2 at the end of
the quarter goes to the department.
The fourth class postmaster is brought
in closer relationship with his patrons
than the postmaster of a salaried office,
and trials and tribulations are about the
extent of his pay for this. He is expect
ed to be ready for a social chat with
them, to answer all questions, to write
many letters for those who cannot write
or have left spectacles at home, to ad
vise them as to the best papers or maga
zines for which to subscribe, and so on
and so on. Besides this be is to blame
for all the mail lost or delayed. There
are always one or more women who ac
cuse him of opening their letters, and
then there Is the pompous citizen who is
,Tery certain that he is careless with his
particular mail.
In the majority of these offices strict
ness is the rule. The fourth class post
master is called to task for neglect of
the slightest duty, the same as though
the government was paying him a good
salary for his work. But in very 6inall
offices I have heard of postmasters who
have it all their own way. The office is
too small for a new postmaster to be
easily found if the old one is turned out,
Ahe patrons will not allow it to be dis
continued, and so the postal authorities
turn away nonplused and leave him to
kls own devices. 1 heard of one postmas
ter of this kind who shut up his office to
attend anything he felt was worth while
attending. He would go off a dozen
miles to a show, a prizefight or the coun
ty fair and sometimes stay two or three
days, and there was no getting in his
office either to get your mail or deposit
letters until he came back.
Another case was where, time and
again, the department had been made
aware of gross irregularities in the man
agement of one office away in the wilds
somewhere. At last an inspector was
ordered out to look up the matter.
At the wayside station nearest this
postoffice the inspector learned that it
was kept by an old mountaineer named
Saunders, who owned everything in sight
around It, and on this account could
hold the office against all applicants.
CThe inspector was forced to wend his
/way afoot to the place. Its general wild
neis caused a slight feeling of apprehen
sion in his mind, and he approached it
with some stealth, taking an inventory of
it from behind a tree. The office was a
rough pine structure, in front of which
sat a man as rough looking as the shanty
tilted back In a splint bottomed chair
placidly smoking a pipe. Presently he
laid his pipe down and, pushing his hat
hack from his eyes, peered over In some
ihuahes beyond the office, calling out as
he peered: "I see you, Jim Larkin. You
ceedn't come aneakin aroun' here. I've
tole an tole you thet you can't hev no
mall as long as you owe me for ttiein
taters you bought las' fall. Now git!"
From behind the bushes a shaggy head
now popped up, and a voice said plead
ingly: "Saunders, I've heern there's now
two letters here fur me —thet one thet
come three months ago an one thet come
t'other day. I'd like to hev 'em. I'm
Xeered some of my folks Is sick, or they
.wouldn't be a-writin so offen."
"Nary a letter do yon git till them
taters is settled furl" The postmaster's
voice was decisive.
"I've got pars of the money to pay you.
an Mary said fur me to not dar* come
home without them letters ef I had to
wailup you to get 'em." And now Lar
kin advanced, holding out some silver
and ,disclosing himself as something akin
In build and age to Saunders. The post
master took the money and, going into
the house, came out with one letter.
"There's half your mail, Larkin," he
■aid. "Now, ef you want t'other half
you'll hev to do what Mary said fur you
to do. Come on."
The next moment, without any pre
liminary skirmishing, at one another they
went. In less than two minutes Larkio
was completely knocked out.
"TJierel" said the postmaster, brush
ing the dust from off his check shirt and
overalls. "I lifted jes' a leetle sieh exer
cise ev'ry day to keep me in good health.
Tell Mary I feel so good over wallupin
you thet ef she comes over herself she
kin hev thet letter, an I'll scratch the
rest of thet tater money off'n the book."
The inspector, feeling that in this case
discretion was the better part of valor,
turned tracks and left without Interview
lag Saunders and reported him to Wash
ington as "running his office on business
principles."—lndianapolis News.
A Question.
1 Hewitt—lf you want to succeed, yon
Bust have confidence in yourself.
Jewitt—But how can a man have con
fidence in himself if he enly gets $S a
week?— Harper's Baear.
PERT PERSONALS.
Lieutenant Edle la a bungler when It
comes to arranging a marriage settle
ment.—Atlanta Constitution.
Momingstar, who has been making such
phenomenal runs in billiards lately, is a
•ort of ahooting luminary.—Kansas City
fitar.
Mrs. Nation now wants to run a news
paper. This may be accepted as proof
that her Indifference to trouble Is abso
lutely genuine.—Washington Star.
An Edinburgh astronomer has discover
ed a new star in the constellation Per
seus. Before night Mr. Tesla will doubt
less announce that he has communicated
(With it.—Detroit Free Press.
The Duke of Manchester's "welcome
tiome" took the form of a summons and
complaiut in a suit for breach of promise.
Papa Zimmerman may find that even bull
pups are comparatively cheap luxuries.—
Hew York World.
The housekeeper Is becoming m«re
and more of n tiiture lu the New York
household, and more of them are tak
ing positions each year. The houses
are becoming larger and more elabo
rate and the social life so complex that
a woman has not time to give her
bouse the proper attention If she Is to
any extent a society woman.
Eat and Run.
There isn't a man who would be seen
running through the street munching a
piece of pie. Why not? Because it
would mean dyspepsia and stomach
trouble? Not at all; but because it
wouldn't look well. As a matter of fact
many a business man snatches a lunch
in such a hurry that he might as well
take it on the run. That is one reason
for the prevailing "stomach trouble"
among men of business.
There is a certain remedy for diseases
of the stomach and other organs of
digestion and nutrition. It is Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The
worst cases of dyspepsia and catarrh of
the stomach have been cured by this
medicine. It cures where all other
means have failed to cure.
" I took two bottles of Or Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery for stomach trouble," writes
Clarence Caraes Esq., of Taylorstown, I.oudoun
Co., Va. "It did roc so much good that I didn't
take any more. I can eat
most anything now lam so
ui|pL well pleased with it I hardly
fSmknow how to thank you for
your kind information. I tried
ji a whole lot of things
Llt l J- MEL.A y° u ' There was a
\ gentleman told ra«
J ifclA about your medt
cine, and how it
had cured his wife.
T~-wßUd|pr I thought I would
\\ Am now glad I did,
\\ for don't know
what 1 would have
\ done if it had not
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wHB Y Doctor Pierce's
nBBB\ Pleasant Pellets
I jfif cure biliousness.
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mVI 'i ver i an d cleanse tne sys
tem of impurities. They
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JLf/ when there is need of
THE ROYAL BOX.
Princess Frederick Leopold, sister of
the German empress, is an almost tireless
skater.
Recently the king of the Belgians or
dered a motor gypsy van to cost £O,OOO
It will contain three rooms —a parlor, a
bedroom and a servants' room—and will
develop a speed of 45 miles an hour.
It is announced that though King Ed
ward VII will hold no drawing rooms this
year there will he held some courts for
which invitations will be issued. The or
dinary drawing rooms and levees will be
resumed in lliOi
Many people Imagine that the Duke of
Cornwall and York's children have been
royal highnesses frojn their birth. The
Idea is erroneous. As a matter of fact,
It is only since the death of Queen Vic
toria that they are entitled to be so
called.
Prince Frederick William of Germany,
upon whom King Edward recently con
ferred the Order of the Garter, is the
heir apparent to the German imperial
throne and the eldest son of the emperor.
He will be 110 years old on May ft and is
a manly youth with brusque, soldierly
ways mid a sturdy frame. Fie is al
ready taller than his father and is the
Idol of the German regiment in which he
is an officer.
BRAKES AND COUPLINGS.
The Bukhara branch of the Central
Asia railway will be opened for traffic in
May. The cost of construction is placed
at 600,000 rubles, an expense borne by
the ameer of Afghanistan.
The new president of the Burlington
system was an ofllce boy originally, and
eo was the prospective general manager.
The Burlington has elevated many office
boys to executive positions.
A Parisian engineer has recently fin
ished a plan according to which the Span
ish railroads terminating in Gibraltar will
be connected, by means of a tunnel cross
ing under the strait of Gibraltar, with
the future railroad lines of Morocco.
Recently a company has been organ
ised to build a railroad from Vancouver
eastward through the Kootenai raining
district. The government of British Co
lumbia will probably give a subsidy of
•4,000 per mile for 330 miles. The coun
try to be opened by the new road is one
of the richest in mineral wealth in Brit
ish Colombia.
~ 80ME OLD TIMERS.
Dr. Jesse C. Green of West Chester,
Pa., 84 years old, is said to be the oldest
active wheelman in the country.
Daniel Wark, a Dominion senator from
Fredericton, N. 8., is said to be the oldest
legislator in the world. He was 07 on
Feb. 19.
Former Governor Boutwell of Massa
chusetts is the only living man who was
the executive of a state 50 years ago.
He was only 31 years old when in 1851
he was inaugurated governor of Massa
chusetts.
Former Chief Judge Logan E. Bleckley
of Ceorgia has matriculated at the State
university for a course in mathematics.
He is 7t5 years old and engaged on a
hook, part of which treats of a brunch of
mathematics in which, as he says, he has
"grown rusty."
Timothy T. Sawyer, the president of
the Bunker Hill National bank of
Charlestown, Mass., is the oldest bank
president in New England. He has been
connected with the institution over 50
years and has been its president since
1884. He is now S4, hut attends to ull
his duties at the bank.
George W. Putnam, a descendant of
the fumous Revolutionary general, is said
to be the oldest railroad mail clerk in the
country. He was appointed by IJncoln
in 1801 and has been in the service ever
since. His home is in West field. 0., but
his "run" is between Ashtabula and Oil
City, on a branch of the Lake Shore roatl.
During a recent speech in congress
Senator Morgan, with a brief intermis
sion, was on his feet for six hours, talk
ing steadily. lie is 77 years old; but, to
quote his own language, he is not as
rapid in his action and speech as hi> col
league, Senator I'ettus, who is 80 years
old. "I cannot keep up as closely with
the procession," he said. "I only stagger
along."
Hrs. Gilbert and Angmtln Daly.
"The pleasanteat recollections of thy
atage life are those connected with the
governor," said Mrs. John Gilbert. "We
never called him Mr. Daly—that 18, we
older ones, who knew him well.
"He never bothered much with Jim
Lewis and myself. He had more trou
ble with John Drew and Ada Itehan.
They were young and needed looking
after, you know.
"He was very set In his waj'S, and if
he took a fancy to a piece of stage fur
niture he Invariably Introduced It Into
every play. He had a pair of large,
dark blue majolica vases which were
the bane of my life. They were alwuj B
placed near a doorway In such a man
ner that you had to have the dreadful
things always on your mind or you
would run Into them.
"I had complained several times to
the governor and begged him to put
them in the storeroom, but he had tak
en a fancy to them, and they remained.
"Well, one day I did knock one of
them down, and It was smashed to bits.
The governor never said a word, but
he looked volumes. He was arranging
the Interior for a new play a few days
later, and In one scene I had to faint
on a lounge.
" 'Tom,' he said to the stage hand,
'■ee that that lounge Is good and strong,
for Mrs. Gilbert Is very gawky, and It
would ruin the scene If she smashed It
when she fainted.'
"That was all, but I knew that he
knew how that vase was broken."—
New York Herald.
WORK FOE WOMEN.
TRAINING IS NECESSARY IN MOST
OCCUPATIONS NOWADAYS.
Scekeri Kor Kmploy infill Mu«t Have
Special lonn Women'*
Work Now luii't What It Wa« In
Our Grandraulhcra' Day*.
In sccial walks of life one is almost
daily confronted with seekers after em
ployment. Particularly is the fact notice
able by women among women in this
time, when so inuuy of the gentler sei
are forced to earn their own living. OL
the other hand, statements in print, as
well as verbal, call attention to the fad
that there are not enough capable peopli
for the positions ri juiriug capability ol
their respective kinds, and that there if
"room at the top." In other words, tlu
latter assertion points to the fact thai
skilled labor, not to say specialism, it
every department of work is one of th«
most essential qualifications of success ii
gainful occupations.
Unfortunately women nearing middW
age or older who find themselves sudden
ly east adrift upon their own resources
have not the training which commands
a place and a price in this scientific pe
riod. The conditions of their early lift
in all likelihood did not tend to afford
training along any particular line. Twc
generations ago, perhaps, there were
skilled needlewomen and v omen who
could spin yarn and weave fabrics and
knit their own stockings, nil of which
were feminine accomplishments quite as
laudable in their time as a knowledge of
stenography and double entry book
keeping or the acquisition of a degree of
B. S. or A. M., by which one may earn
her bread and butter.
To account for the chnnges reasons are
a-plenty, while cold facts exist. In the
first pluce, weaving, spinning and other
domestic occupations have gone into fac
tories. In the second place, a considera
tion to be viewed carefully in looking at
the industrial conditions today is this:
Parents half a century ago worked hard
for that share of this world's goods
which they accumulated in America, and
they felt that their children should be
spared as much or all of the drudgery of
life, and should live in ease and luxury
If possible.
Apropos of the above, the following,
taken from the current number of The
Queen, is of interest:
"Everybody affirms that training is the
password to the good places of life; no
body quite believes it, because the state
ment is made so often. Yet, neverthe
less, it is true. Only each of us must
rediscover the truth for herself. Re
cently, with an extremely open mind
and certain materials before me, I set
out to Inquire why a particular set of
women had had difficulty in obtaining
work. They were women who during a
certain three months had called at the
central bureau for the employment of
women Intending to hare their names
entered upon the register aB candidates
for immediate employment. The secre
tary, who from abundant experience of
women workers knows almost at once
the kind of applicant for whom she is
likely to be able to secure an engage
ment, fonnd herself obliged to decline
the registration fees which these appli
cants would have paid, though to each
she gave some suggestion or pieee of
advice which, if taken, might lead to
ultimate registration and an engagement.
There were during the three months al
luded to 238 of these unregisterable
women in all.
"The curiosity," says the author,
"which I always feel about the human
story, mingled with the hope of finding
■ome new variant of it, led me to inquire
with some eagerness into the causes
which had prevented these particular
applicants for work from attaining the
object of their desire, or, at least, of
their ostensible desire. I brought to this
investigation, as I have said, an open
mini, though if I permitted myself any
wish in the matter it was that I might
discover some less hackneyed reason
than want of training for the compara
tive failures I was about to analyze.
Turning to the records of these 238, I
found that in several cases there had
been more than one reason why an in
dividual had been judged ineligible for
employment.
"In more than a third of the total
number of cases under consideration
want of training was quite dearly the
real hindrance to employment. That the
work sought by these untrained women
was in many instances extremely indefi
nite did not help matters, there being at
the present time little demand for vague
service. Forty-two of the untrained did
not know what they wanted to do or
to be. The others stated that they
wished to act as secretaries, housekeep
ers, companions, matrons, nursery gov
ernesses and special teachers, dispensers
or to do needlework, charitable, artistic
or domestic work. In short, all these,
with the exception of the would be cham
pions, aspired to do work for which spe
cially cultivated qualifications are nuces
sary, not having developed their abilities
at all in the required directions, for house
keepers, matrons, nursery governesses,
charitable workers, domestic workers
and the rest are wanted, only they must
be workers of specific and well defined
classes. It may be pointed out that such
other difficulties as those arising from
family or financial circumstances or from
indefinite occupations are only really the
training difficulty in another guise, and
I should be bound to admit that such is
the case. And those who are inefficient
relatively to employment selected, though
they may not be untrained or unedu
cated, have obviously not been prepared
in the right way for the occupations
which they have wished to follow."
There cannot then be much doubt that
want of adequate training is a very grave
hindrance to a large number of women
iu their search for employment, since
such figures quoted from the records of
a single employment society could cer
tainly be matched or surpassed by many
other registries and labor bureaus —
Brooklyn Eagle.
To Wanh Woolens.
No part of the laundry work is, as a
rule, so unsatisfactory as the washing of
the woolen garments. The structure of
wool fiber is so different from that of
linen and cotton that it should receive
different treatment in the laundry. Rub
bing and wringing cause the wool fibers
to knot, thus giving us a thickened and
shrunken fabric; therefore woolen goods
should be sopped and squeezed to remove
the dirt, and the water should be pressed
out, not wrung out.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
When a room has a low ceiling, put the
curtain poles as high up as possible and
let the curtains hang straight down to
the floor. If the poles extend a foot on
either side of the window, the curtains
will draw right back by day and need no
looping.
Flimsy silk that has gone into a multi
tude of age wrinkles may be smoothed
out and restored to something like its
original freshness by sponging it with
gum arabic water. Sponge the right sidt
of the silk and when it is almost dry
iron the wrong side.
Mahogany furniture which has become
slightly clouded may have its polish re
stored by the use of a dressing made bj
mixing four tablespoonfuls of turpentine
with four of sweet oil, adding one tea
spoonful of lemon juice and ten drops ol
ammonia. Shake thoroughly before ap
plying.
It Saved His Leg.
P. A. Danfortb, of LaHrange, Ha.,
suffered for six months with a frightful
running sore ou his leg; but writes that
Buckleu's Arnica Halve wholly cured
it in five days. For Ulcers, Wounds,
Piles, it's the best salve in the world.
Cure guaranteed. Only 25c. Sold by
Panics & Co. druggist.
All Are CURED with
# Dr. David Kennedy's 112 avorite Remedy.
yp It is good for Kidney, Bladder and
[ Urinary ailments, which it cures
quickly. Constipation yields at once.
All Blood Diseases are
Kidney Disease and Rheuma-
tism. She suffered so she
could not turn over in bed. VU 1 "^y
Four bottles of Dr. David
Kennedy's FAVORITE REMEDY completely
cured her. That was two years ago and
there has been no return of either trouble. H a botth.
Peace Prospect* In South Africa. |
Negotiations have l>een going on for a
Week or more between Great Britain's
military and civil representatives in
South Africa and representative burgh
ers of what were lately the two Dutch
republics looking toward the establish
ment of peace.
Great Britain is apparently anxious
to end, upon any terms which do not
involve humiliation, a war which has
cost her so much of treasure and
blood and in which there has been
added so little of luster to Anglo-Saxon
arms. The cost of the war in money
has been enormous, something like a
quarter of the total cost to the United
States of our civil war, in which more
than ten times as many men took part
and which lasted more than twice as
long. But there has been a still greater
cost, and that is in the loss of prestige,
which will make it necessary for the
British empire hereafter to do by actual
force what she could have done be
fore by moral influence in so many
matters of Imperial import
j. The obstinate resistance of the -Boers
against overwhelming odds in num
bers and equipment, which they defied,
should and doubtless will be an im
portant factor in the terms of flnal
peace, but Just how far Great Britain
will go in the direction of conciliation
is another niatter. The duration of the
peace, if it shall now be finally effect
ed, will, however, depend largely upon
the spirit with which Great Britain
conducts the negotiations and the con
ditions which she exacts from her late
foes. It must be remembered that the
great majority of the whites in South
Africa are of the Afrikander race and
that those not in war against Great
Britain were mainly in hearty sympa
thy with the fighting burghers. If the
struggle had been between the whites
of Dutch descent and those of British
and all other descents actually resident
in South Africa, it would have speedily
ended In a victory for the former. The
numerical supremacy of the Dutch
seems destined to remain for an indefi
nite time. It is therefore necessary for
permanent peace that the terms which
are understood to be now under nego
tiation shall be such as the Boers can
live under contentedly. The alterna
tive, short of an overwhelming British
immigration, which seems out of the
question, is another war as soon as the
burghers feel strong enough to make
it A treaty of peace predicated upon
other than the most concllatory lines
would soon be broken, and even after
a conciliatory treaty is effected it will
require the utmost discretion on the
part of Great Britain to smooth the bit
ter animosities and race prejudices
which the war engendered and intensi
fied. It is likely to be a long time be
fore the Boers will content themselves
with the change from citizens of sov
ereign states to subjects of an alien
empire.
SnlMn Women.
It Is odd to encounter brisk, business
like, energetic young Mexicans talking
American college slang. They do this,
and they know our social customs and
like them. They all speak with pleas
ure of the liberty of the American girl
and would like to change some cus
toms here. Time is a modifier, and
already one finds many More-Spanish
customs dropping into desuetude*.
Young women In this capital go about
alone to a much greater extent than
was the case a few years ago. There la
a perceptible feminine revolt against
the old restrictions. Many young wo
men are employed In shops and public
offices. This is a novelty in a Latin-
American country.
I met a young woman the other day
walking down the street, and she told
me she was studying typewriting and
shorthand adapted to Spanish, with a
view of earning her own living. Her
manner was a fine blending of the
Latin grace and the American inde
pendence.
A little girl of 10 said the other day
that she was going to learn English
and be a "business woman."
In a provincial city a fortnight ago a
wealthy and enterprising Mexican gen
tleman, whose home is a charming
reproduction of a great Andaluslan
casa, told me of his plans for his eldest
daughter. She Is now in a great re
ligious school, where government
standards of instruction are the rule.
"I am," said this busy Mexican, "go
ing to have my daughter learn teleg
raphy, typewriting and bookkeeping,
and she Is going to be in charge of all
my accounts. She Is now learning
English well and will know French.
It Is my belief that we Mexicans must
throw off the foolish notions of the
dependence of women and teach them
how to be independent and able to
earn their own living in case of need.
My property may vanish, and my girl
must be superior to the vicissitude#
of fortune."—City of Mexico Letter.
BROKEN CHINA.
In China it is a case of the Russian
soldier following the Russian railroad.—
St. l'uul Globe.
If Russia has broken faith with the
powers, their submission to the injury
will aggravate rather than lessen the se
riousness of the situation. —Providence
Journal.
There was a time when a meineuto
from China was an honest article of vir
tu. Today it carries with it the sugges
tion of rapine and spoliation that is a dis
grace to civilization.—Chicago Times-
Herald.
A war between England and Russia
would be too serious a matter to be un
dertaken lightly. Neither nation wants
to fight, and even if they did neither is
in a financial condition to do so.—Kansas
City Star.
Russia counts Manchuria now as not
Chinese but Russian territory, and that
is what it is, whether the rest of the
world likes it or not. Northern Asia is
logically within the Russian lines, and
Great Britain, Germany, the United
States and Japan might as well recognize
accomplished facts. The convention with
China does not niatter very much. lius
. slan occupation is the decisive fact-
Buffalo Commercial.
AN UNEXPLAINED IMPULSE.
Thnt of Some Person* lo I.enp "When
l.uoklnK Don n From lliuli I'laccn.
"The strange temptation to cast them
selves into spaee which assails so man;
people when they look down from high
places is very hard to account for scien
tifically," said a well known neurologist
of this city. "It has undoubtedly been
the cause of hundreds of cases of selt
destruction, yet it certainly cannot be
classed as a suicidal impulse, because
those who experience it invariably resist
with all their strength and hang back
in an agony of dread and repulsion. They
don't want to kill themselves, but some
power stronger than will, stronger even
than love of life, draws them irresistibly
over the brink.
"People with this singular infirmity."
continued the doctor, "should never ex
pose themselves to danger, because the
impulse acts automatically and inay at
any moment pass beyond control. On
one occasion, when I was considerably
younger than I am at present, I under
took to cure a patient who couldn't loot
from a height, and the experience left an
everlasting impression on my mind. lit
was a big, strapping fellow of 35 or so,
a cabinet maker by trade and the last
man apparently to be bothered by nerv
ous fancies. I had an idea that by mak
ing him look persistently into space for a
certain length of time each day I could
drive away the dread and the impulse,
So I took him to the top of a six storj
building that had a flat roof and told him
to lie down on his stomach so only the
upper part of his face projected over the
edge and look at the street. lie was very
reluctant to try it. 'l'm afraid to, doc
tor,' he said earnestly. 'lf I do, my legs
will fly up in the air, and I'll go ovei
sure.'
" 'Oh, nonsense!' I said, laughing. 'Hotv
in the world could your legs fly up in tin
air? How can you possibly fall whet
your whole body is stretched out flat or
the roof?'
"'I don't care,' he insisted doggedly.
'I know my legs will fly up in the air il
I try to look over the edge.'
"After a great deal of persuasion 1
finally induced him to lie down as 1
had directed, telling him to shut his eyes
until he became composed. As soon as lit
opened them and looked into the street t
strong shudder ran through his whole
body, and I knew he must be suffering
mortal agony, but I was determined to gc
through the lesson and urged him strong
ly not to draw back. Possibly a minute
elapsed, and then a shocking thing oc
curred. Suddenly and without the slight
est warning he seized the edge of the
parapet with both hands, drew his body
violently forward, at the same time fling
ing up his legs, and would undoubtedly
have gone over the edge if 1 had not
thrown myself instantly on his back.
"The movement was purely convulsive
and involuntary, lie could no more hell
it than he could help breathing, but it
made my blood run cold to think what
might have happened. How could I
have explained myself had he fallen? 1
might readily have been suspected ol
murder. I dragged liim back, and we
went down stairs, a pretty badly agitated
couple. Since then I have tried no more
experiments along that line." New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
A Legend of the Snlty Sea.
There are hundreds of queer mytha
and traditions given to account for the
fact that the sea is salt. The Arabs
Bay that when the first pair sinned tliey
were living In a beautiful garden on a
tract of land Joined to a mainland by a
narrow neck or isthmus. When it be
came known to the Holy One that hl.i
people had sinne-d, he went to the gar
den for the purpose of driving them out
and across the narrow neck of land
Into the patch of thorns and brambles
on the other side. Anticipating what
would be the consequence of their hei
nous crime, they bad prepared to leave
their be-autiful garden and had actually
gone so far as to send the children and
goats across into the thicket.
When the Holy One appeared on the
Bcene, the first pair started to run, but
the woman looked back. For this the
man cursed her and for such a crime
was almost immediately turned Into a
block of salt. Compare with Genesis xix,
20. The woman, more forgiving than
her husband, stooped to pick up the
shapeless mass of salt, when imme
diately the narrow neck of land began
to crack and break. As she touched
what had once been her companion she,
too, was turned to salt just as the neck
of the land sank and the waters rush
ed through. From that day to this, the
Arabs say, all the waters of the ocean
have rushed through that narrow chan
nel at least once a year, constantly
wearing away the salt of what was
once our first parents, yet the bulk of
the two salty objects is not diminished
in the least.
To Woo Sleep.
Sip a glass of hot milk slowly just be
fore going to bed ami bathe the feet in
hot water. Imitate the breathing <>f one
who is asleep and drop the head Very
slowly from one side to the other as o :>
does when falling asleep in a chair, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Another plan is to close the eyes and
then allow them to gently roll toward the
nose as though looking cross eyed. I.et
the breath out through the nose and
imagine it to be vapor; then seem to
draw it back again, as though drawing
back the vapor.
Tliesi> are far better than the ancie>nt
device of counting sheep jumping over
an imaginary fence.
When desirious of serving spinach cold,
cook, chop fine, season with a tablespoon
ful of lemon juice, half a tablespoonfu!
of salt, a quarter of a teaspoonful of
pepper; pack at once into e'gg cups and
stand away to cool. When ready to
serve, turn the*se out on thin slices of
cold boiled tongue or slices of cooked
turnip. Serve as a salad with I' rene-h
dressing.
Philanthropy.
"Yes, sir," said the well dressed man
as he stopped to buy a paper from a
ragged newsboy and again turned to his
companion, "if 1 had the money, my
charities would be boundless."
"Well, come oil," said his friend im
patiently. "What are you waiting for?"
"Why, I'm waiting for the change from
my nickel." answered the philanthropic
one in injured tones. —Indianapolis Sun.
Old Soldier's Experience.
M. M. Austin, a civil war veteran, of
Winchester. Ind.. writes: "My wife was
sick a long time in spite of good doc
tor s treatment, but was wholly cured
by I)r. King's New Lift? Pills, which
worked wonders for her health. They
always do- Try them. Only 250 at
Parties & Co's drug store.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Of the cities Laving over 100,000 pop
illation only 13 liad a postotHee in 1800.
The first lectures ever given by a wo
man were delivered by Fanny Wright
in 1828.
The Swiss cabinet consists of seven
members, each of whom draws $2,400
per annum.
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, whose hours aver
age 14 daily for a wage of 10 shillings
per week.
Many Londoners insist that their ap
petite lias improved since electricity
was applied to some of the under
ground railways. It is believed to gen
erate ozone.
The door by which the president of
the republic, the king of Sweden, the
shah and other distinguished visitors
were in the habit of entering the Paris
exhibition has been sold for SGO.
Sardinia is celebrated for the tombs
which prove that prehistorically it was
Inhabited by great giants. Recently
four new tombs have been found which
contain skeletons over nine feet long.
The 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 2t!,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
bed, 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.
" THE BLACK VENUS.
An r*ly Stone FWtnre Womhlped by
PraaantH of Brittany.
Even false religions die hard, and
there are reminders of all extinct
faiths still existing in the world. One
of the most curious relics of paganism
which are still worshiped in a Chris
tian country is the gigantic black
stone figure of a woman which is to be
found in a forest of the district of
Morbihan, in Brittany.
It is known as the "Black Venus,"
but probably dates far back of the
time when the Greeks and Romans
worshiped that goddess. Antiquarians
assert that this ugly idol belongs to
the age of the serpent worshipers, one
of whose subterranean temples is in
the neighborhood. This would make
the figure far older than the Christian
era.
The statue is that of a huge, un
couth woman, with a sullen, angry
countenance, her form enveloped In a
loose mantle.
The superstitious Bretons have al
ways worshiped the figure, asserting
that it has power over the weather and
the crops. If the idol is neglected, they
declare that the grain dies on the ear,
and if the anger of the black woman is
further roused a tidal wave sweeps
over Morbihan.
Twice the stone was cast Into the sea
by pious folk who hoped thereby to put
an end to this idolatry, and twice the
peasants drugged it back and set up an
altar before it.
About two centuries ago Count Pierre
de Lannion, on whose estate the figure
stood, in order to save the statue from
both friends and enemies, dragged it
by 40 yoke of oxen to his own chateau
and set it up in the courtyard. He cut
an inscription on the base of the pedes
tal. declaring the figure to be a Venus
carved by Ca;sar's soldiers.
The count and his chateau are both
gone, but the huge black woman, over
grown with moss, still stands in the
forest, and the peasants still beseech
her to bless their crorts.
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D. L. &W. RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE.
In Effect September Ist, 1899
. GOING WEST
; :
|H I _
NEW YOKK. P M A M (> M
Barclay St. Lv. v 1 '0 oo • •••
Cristopher St.. j B gy! ! lu oo • •••
Hobokcn j y
Seranton Arj | j i
i Idaily PM ; Tyj
A i ».M. ' 336£
SORANTOM " 110 00 561 »*V „ if,
Bellevue j • » Jo:s S
Taylorville 10 l 5 2M; 112 ti K
Lackawanna 10 23 *J" 2 6lt
Duryea 10 26 *ftJ ~ e u
Pitmon jlO 3] j> 7 J ~ ...
Susquehanna Ave... 10 36j 112 40«6 3C
West Plttston fls *»■*£«»
Wyoming 70'10 14 i .V" t> at
Forty tort . ... ....
Bennett " 10 581 2»> ;%<«'«
Kingston 10 66
Kingston 10 irfi 244 ! ti a
Plymouth June... . 847 * sa,
Plymouth., 1105 2 W •' 7 i<j
Avondale 2&7:....:^25
Nantlcoke 1113 30V ....
Hunlock'e 11 l» 310 ....|
Shlcksblnny 11 30 324 ....
Hlck'sFerry fll 43 3 36!....,
Beach Haven 11 48 342 ••••:
Berwick 11 54 34y ....
Briar Creek 112 3 56; ....
Lime Midge omw *o* ••••
Espy 8
Bloomsburg * 4 12 22 417 ••••
Rupert 86! 12 27 *B3
Catawlssa 86C 12 32 4 29...
Danville 910 12 47 442 ....
Chulasky 4 49 ....
Cameron 9 3 12 67 464 .... 84(
NOHTHCMBERLAND #3£ 110 608 .... y0(
Ar. A M P. M. P. M. P. M. I'.a
GOING EAST.
BTATIOIH. j PAS | PAB. PAB. PAB. PAI
NBW Yoik p. m; p. 111. a.m a.m. an
Barclay St. Ar.isaj 600 64i
Christopher 5t...800 465 83J
Hoboken 247 448 -8 21
Scranton ' 10 05 12 55 141
'a.m. P.m. an
j daily P.&
A .M. P. m. p. *. P. m. dlj
Scranton i 9 42 12 35 466 635 9W
Bellevue 938 460 6309 0!
Taylorville !9 33 446 625 85:
Lackawanna 926 437 6 S4
Duryea 923 434 6 841
Plttston 919 12 17 429 6 84-
Susquehanna Ave.. 916 12 14 424 6 83(
West Plttston 912 421 6 . 83(
Wyoming I 9 OS 12 08 416 5 921
Forty Fort '9 03 410 4 821
Bennett 900 406 4 ST
Kingston, 86712 02 404 4 8 2
Kingston ! 85512 00 462 4 811
Plymouth Junction 850 365 4 4 811
Flymouth 846 11 62 361 4 44.8 0:
Avondale 8 40 3 46| 8 0*
Nantlcoke 835 11 45 3 42; 7 5
Hunlock s 8 27 3 34j 7 41
Shickshinny lis 11 30 3 24! '3l
Hick's Ferry 8 04 3 13! 7 3;
Beach Haven 7 63 3 071 7 11
Berwick 745 11 04 3 01! 70<
Briar Creek 7 38 j 7 <*
Lime Ridge 7 30 2 48
Espy 723 10 48 2 42; J £
Bloomsburg 716 10 41 238 .... 831
Rupert 709 10 36 231 J®
Catawlssa 703 10 32 2 28,
Danville 850 10 21 212 ■*>
Chul&Bky j
Cameron 8 38 j
NOBTHDMBBBL'D... 826 10 00 160 651
Lv A.M.: A.M. P. M.!*« *• IP.*
Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad Tor Tamanend, Tamaqua
Williamsport, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc. Al
Northumberland with F and E. Dlv. F. R. R. foi
Harrisburg. Lock Haven, Emporium, Warrer
Corry, and Erie.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect h 18thj 190.
IA M |A.M. PM,P. M
Seranton(D&H)lv g 8 45| 59 38 218§4 27
Plttston " " | 708f1000 §2 42 452
~~ A.M. A.M. PTM.'P.M
Wilkesbarre,.. lv § 7 30 §lO 35 § 3 08 58 00
Plym'th Ferry " 112 7 37;f 10 42 112 3 18 fe 07
Nanticoke " 7 48' 10 50 328 817 ]
Mocanaqua .... "| 804 11 07 348; 837
Wapwallopen.. " 8 13 ! 11 16 3 56; 847 '
Nescopeck ar 824 11 26 407 700 ;
A.M. I P.M. P.M.
Pottsville lv 8 5 s(ij #l2 01?
Haileton " 7 05! 2 00] 550
Tomhicken " 7 22! 218 6 10"
Fern Glen " 7 29; 227 618 "
Rock U1en:...." 7 35! 234 625
Nescopeck ar 8 00! 3 00j 650
Catawlssa.. .ar
A. M A.M P.M. P M
Nescopeck lv § 8 24 §ll 2fl K 4 07 27 00
Creasy " 833 11 36 416 709
Espy Ferry.... " 112 8 43| 11 46 112 4 24 7 20 ;
E. Bloomsburg, " 8 4"' 11 50 429 725
Catawlssa ar 856 11 57 435 782
Catawlssa lv 856 11 57 435 732 •••••«
South Danville '• 9 14, 12 15 4 53. 751
Sunbury 41 935 12 40 5 15| 815 ••••••
A. M. P. M. P. MjlvM.
Sunbury lv || 9 42 5 1 10 § 5 45 jg 40
Lewlsburg.... ar 10 13 145 818
Milton " 10 08; 139 814 904
Williamsport.. " 11 00 230 7 10 950
Lock Haven... " 11 69 340 807
Renovo " A.M.! 440 900
Kane " | 825
P.M. P.M.
Lock Haven..lv gl2 10 3 3 45
Bellefonte ....ar 1 05H 4 44!
Tyrone " 215 # 6 00!
PhillpHburg " 441 \'i 8 28,
Clearfield.... " 637 i 9 09!
Pittsburg.... " 655 111130
A.M. P.M. P.M. P M
Sunbury lv | 9 60 Si 1 55; J 5 25 B8 31
Harrisburg.... ar |ll 30 § 3 15J 6 55| 10 10
P.M. P. M. P. M. A M
Philadelphia., ar } 3 17 1 ;! 823 ||lo 20 F4 25
Baltimore "I§ 3 11 !| 8 00 i 9 45 2 30'
Washington ... " § 4 10 j, 7 16 10 55 4 05
IA.M.IP, M.I
Sunbury lvi§lo 00 S 2 03j
Lewistown Jc. ar; U 40i 3 50j
Pittsburg "j 6 55j§1l 30j
A.M.iP, M.jP. M. P~M |
Harrisburg.... lv 211 46 || 3 46 |[ 7 20 §1025
P.M. 1 A. M. AM!
Pittsburg ar;| 6 55|||1130j|| 1 50| 5 30|
P. M. P M A M A M
Pittsburg lv « 7 10 a 8 30 il 3 00 |8 00 ...
A.M A M P M
Harrisburg.... ar J 1 55 | 3 40 (| 9 30 1| 3 10 ...
AM A M
Pittßbuig lv 4* 00
Lewistown J:. " 7 30 \ 3 !0
Sunbury ar i 9 20 \ 6 00
P. M. A M A MAM ~~
Washington... lv jlO 40 II 7 s') ilO 50
Baltimore «' ill 41 | 450 840 11 45
Philadelphia... " |ll 20 j 4 23 8 8 30 Jl2 26
A. M. AM A. M. P M
Harrisburg.... lv | 3 35 J 7 55 gll 40 jj 4 00
Sunbury ar <sosj 936 110 i 640
P.M. A MAM
Pittsburg lv §l2 46 i 3 00 \ 8 00
Clearfield " 409 928
Pbilipsburg.. " 456 10 12
Tyrone " 715 i 8 10 12 30
Bellefonte.. " 831 932 142
Look Haven ar 930 10 30 243
P. M. A M A M P M
Erie lv 1 5 35 ....
Kane " 840 i 6 00
Renovo " 12 40 | 6 45 10 30 ...
Lock Haven.... " 125 735 11 25 |SOO '
A. M. P M
Williamsport.." 210| 830 §l2 40 400
Milton •' 222 919 127 452 •....
Lewlsburg " 005 1 15 447
Sunbury ar 310 » 46j 165 620
A7\T A M P M p M
Sunbury lv ? 7 42 1 9 55 § 2 00i? 6 48j
South Danville" 713i10 17 221 809 '....
Catawlssa " 733 10 36 2 3tij 8 27|"
E Bloomsburg.. "1 7 89| 10 43 2 43i 832 "***
Espy Perry...." 743 110 47 112 0 381 *"
Creasy " 7 53i 10 68 2 55} 6 48!"" *
Nescopeck " 803 11 06 3 05. 8 66 ; '|"*
T"M a M P. M. P M I
Catawlssa lv 7 38j
Nescopeck lv I§ll :15!S 4 10 § 7 05.
Hock Olen ar ! 826 12 Oil 4 ;t«j 731
Fern Glen " 8 Si; 12 071 4 421 7 37!
Tomhicken " 8 4'J 1 12 151 451 7 45!
Hazleton "| 902 12 35 | 612 806
Pottsville " 10 05, 2 201 630 905
I A M A M] P M P Mr
Nescopeck lv'§ 8 03'jll 06]| 305 ( 855
Wapwallopen..ar 8 18 11 20; 3 l'.<! 7 09
Mocanaqua .... "I 8 281 HB2 829 7 21;
Nanticoke "1 8 48' 11 64 3 48i 742
I P M| I
Plym'th Ferry' f8 57 12 02 357 f7 62
, Wllksbarre ... "j 9 t»6 i 12 10 4 05 [ 800
A M< P M P MjP M
I PlttSton(DA-H) ar;§ 959 ma 49'§ 456 836
. Scranton " "I 10 08i 1 lSj 5212 905
I I Weekdays. I Daily. 112 Flag station.
I Additional Train leaves Hazleton 5.15 p. 111.,
Tomhicken 5.35 p. in., Fern den 5.43 p. in.,
j Rock Glen 5.50 p.m., arriving at Catawlssa
j 6.25 p. m.
] Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
| through trains between Sunbury. Williamsport
I and Erie, between Sunbnry »nd Philadelphia
| and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
-1 burg and the West.
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PHILADELPHIA &
READING RAILWAY
IN EFFECT MARCH SO. 1801
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
(weekdays only)
For Philadelphia 11.85 a m.
For New York 11.25 a m,
For Oatawlssa 11.26 a. in., 6.04 p. m.
For Milton 7 .82 a. m.. 4.00 pm.
for Willlamsport 7.32 a. m., 4.00 p. m.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington and the
Booth leave Twenty-fourth and Chestnut
Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays—3.Bß, T.U
10.22 a. m., 12.16, 1.33,8.03,4.12,5.03, 7.26, 8.28 p.
in., 12.21 night. Sundays 3.23, 7.14 a. m., 12.16
1.33, 4.12, 6.03. 7.26, 8.26 p. ffi.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Wharf
and South Street Wharf.
WEEKDAYS—Express 6.00,9.00 a. M., (Satur
days only 1TOO) 2.00 4.00, 5.00, 7.15 p. m. Ac
commodation 8.00 a. m., 5.80 p. m. Sunday
Express, 6.00. 8.00, 10.00 a. m., 7.16 p. m. Ac
commodation 8.00 a. m., 5.00 p. m.
Leave ATLANTIC CITY DEPOT-Week
days— Express 7.85, 9i00,10.15 a. m., 2.50, 5.80,
6.00 p.m. Accommodation B.® a. m.,4.06 p,
m. Sundays Express—lo.ls a. in., 4.30, 5.80,
8.00 p. m. "Accommodation—7.ls a. in., 4.05
p. m.
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 for 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 YORK (Liberty Street) 3.40 P. M
Leave ATLANTIC CITY, 8.80 A. M.
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
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OFFICE: —No. 344 Ferry
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R. Crossing )
YARD —In rear ofOffice.
Robert J, Pegg,
COAL DEALER.
Telephone No 158