TM$ fILOTeOAT, ftsat out ff v window I can see ; The great ships sailing, proud and fr**. As to and fro they grandly go. Across the singing, trackless main. Their forms majestic bear a chain Whose golden links \vill bind in one All lands and peoples 'neath the sun. Far out on the wide and open sea They bound along so fearlessly 'Twould seem that when they shoreward com* Their compass true would guide them home, But near the land they need a hand To lead them through the dang'rous way; At harbor gate they lie and wait For trusty pilot to appear And into port their course to steer. A little boat that seems a mote Glides swiftly down the narrow bay. j I The tiny thing on steam fleeced win* A J Flies gav ly out with busy speed. * J It looks so wee, it seems to me, " Too weak the vessel huge to lead. i With seeming pride it hies alongside Of the giant that looms abaft, Whose greatness now, with shore set prow, In meekness follows the little craft. In the voyage of life r Mid its strain and strife The weak may aye help the strong, >' And none so great or high in state But he may need helping along. ■ —Margaret May in Boston Transcript. THE LIMIT OF HARD LUCK. Varied Kaperlence* of Cheap The atrical Companies on the Itoad. Actor folks have some varied and pecul iar experiences. "Once upon a time," as all good stories begin, there was a company which strand ed at Forth Worth, Tex. They were in sore straits—owed a hotel bill, the printer and the transfer man. Under the existing circumstances some one met one of the actors and said: "Old man, let me give you a friendly tip—get out of here and goto Little Rock. There's the town, 'me boy.' It's on a boom, and you can't play to less than S7OO or SBOO to save your life." This sounded well, very well, and the actor, who, by the way, was the "heavy man," or "villain," of the company, sub mitted the proposition to a called meet ing of the company in the parlor of the hotel, the result of which was an agree ment that each one should pawn some thing and raise the cash to pay the bills, railroad fare, etc. This was done, and in due time they arrived at Little Rock. On the train it had been agreed, after a seat to seat consultation, that the com pany should ride up town, put on a bold front and be particularly pleasant to ev erybody. So when the train pulled into Little Rock they dismounted, and the bus was bo filled that the "heavy man" had to ride on the front seat with the driver. "Fine evening," ventured the "villain." "Yet," was the laconic reply. "That's a beautiful sunset over there," continued the actor, pointing to a red glow at his left. "Sunset! Sunset, nawthin!" snorted the driver in full scorn. "That's the operay house burnin down." While I am at it 1 might as well tell of that other company, a repertory com pany, which played 12 days, opening Monday afternoons and playing twice a day for the entire week in towns not usually good for a "one night stand" for a metropolitan organization. This one opened on a Monday after noon at Ravenna, 0., an extraordinary bad stand, and it was "raining pitch forks." Two o'clock came and not a single soul in the house; hulf past 2, and the anxious "actor-manager," looking out the "peephole" in the curtain, saw one lone individual sitting in stately silence in the middle of the "hall." To close and not play meant the circu lation of the report that they were strand ed, so the actor-manager stepped before the curtain and said: "Sir, notwithstanding that you are the only distinguished citizen of this pro gressive place who has deigned to honor us with your presence at this, our open ing performance, I wish to state that we shall proceed with the performance and give just as careful a production as though the 'house was packed to the walls.' " "I wish you'd hurry up, then," grunted the audience. "I'm the janitor, and I want togo home."—Denver Times. Man, Poor Man! He cannot put a puff round his elbow when his sleeves wear out. His friends would smile if he disguised a pair of frayed trousers with graceful little shingle flounces. He would likewise be guyed if he sought to cover the ravage of a spark from his cigar with an applique of even the finest lace. The poor thing must shave every other day at the outside or pose as an anarch ist. He has to content himself with somber colorings or be accused of disturbing the peace. He may not wear flowers or ribbons in his hair, no matter how bald he becomes. His heirs would have a guardian ap pointed should he take to lace trimmed lingerie. The feathers in his cap are as nothing ,'rom the decorative standpoint. He may not take unto himself a lace iverskirt when his pearl trousers become lingy. He can't edge his coat sleeve with a all of lace to hide a scarred or maimed land. A pink veil is out of the question, no natter how muddy his complexion may ecome. As for covering up the stain made by careless waiter with a jabot—no! Moral: We're glad we're a helpless wo aan.—Philadelphia Record. A pretty story is told in the San Fran •isco Argonaut of how John C. Fremont nformed his wife (nee Jessie Benton, rho spent her girlhood days in St. Louis) 112 the joyful news of his election as sen tor from California in 1850. The ballot □g of ths delegates took place in Sao ose, and Mrs. Fremont was at Mon erey, and, as a season of heavy rains as on, there was but little prospect that er keen desire to know the result would ud immediate gratification. Before a blazing fire that night sat 'remont's wife. She heard nothing but le storm without till the door opened ad a man, dripping with rain, stood on le threshold and asked in consideration " his sorry plight if he might enter. It as Fremont. He had torn himself ivay from his idoliziug followers and dden out into the darkness and storm tell his wife, 70 miles away, that he td been elected to the United States nate. Though it was late in the night when > attached Monterey, he was in the sad i again before dawn and on his way ck to San Jose, making in all a ride of 0 miles. SIDE LIGHTSJDN LIFE. A hero of today has no title deed for morrow. falnless dentistry is merely tbe art drawing It mild. A kiss by moonlight Is oue of love's •ongest arguments. \ baby cuts bis teeth before be Is ou eaking terms with them. The instructor of a swimming school literally Immersed In business. The successful schemer, like a sit g hen, can't afford to take a day off. The new moon is like a giddy young I—not old enough to show much re ctlon. tome bachelors Join tbe army be lse they like war—and some married ti because they like pence.—Chicago WB. English ft onils. fter the abandonment of Britain the Rotmms the roads fell into dls aml bridle paths formed the only ins of communication. Not until sixteenth year of Charles ll—that IG7o—was any systematic effort de to Improve the roads of Fug- I. ILL OMEN, Thinks the wife, to have the wedding ring slip from the finger. "Something is going to happen.' 1 Something is happening. That ring conld hardly be pulled from the finger when it was put there a few years ago Now it slips off by its own weight. How thin the fingers have grown ! And the fingers don't grow thin alone. How thin the face is and how thin the once plump form. Almost unconsciously the wife has been fading and wasting away. The strength given to children has never been regained. Drains which should have been stopped have been neglected. That is a common experience with women, unless some friend has shared with them the secret of the strengthening and healing power of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It regulates the periods, dries the drains which undermine the strength, heals inflammation and ulcera tion, and cures female weakness. It makes the baby's advent practically painless and gives vigor and vitality to nursing mothers. " Words cannot tell how grateful I am for your kind advice and good medicines," writes Mr». John Cooke, of Hasting* Northumberland Co , Ontario "1 have t>een In poor health for four vearg back and this spring got so bad I could not do my work I went to the doctor and he said I had ulceration and falling of the internal organs, but thought I would try your ' Favorite Prescription.' I took five bottles and three of the ' Golden Medical Discovery' and one vial of Dr. Tierce's Pellets, and I can safely say that I never felt better in my life." A Ladies' Laxative—Dr. Pierce's Pleas ant Pellets One single, small pellet is a laxative dose. THE DOMINIE. William R. Moody, a son of the evan gelist, and the Rev. F. 15. Meyer of Lon don will make a tour of this country tc hold revival services. The First Methodist Episcopal churcb of Jamestown. N. V., and the Matthew eon Street Methodist Episcopal church ol Providence have been using elevators foi several years. Ballington Booth pays the Volunteers of America have raised SNO,OOO in the year just past and have attracted 1,113, 683 persons to 30,000 indoor meetings within nine mouths. A memorial window has been placed in St. Paul's Episcopal church, Peters burg, Ya.. in memory of the late Bishop Wingfield of northern California, whose first rectorship was at Petersburg. The subject of the window is the conversion of Saul. Canon Anderson who died iu Montreal! the other day.was the oldest Anglican clergyman of Canada. He was the last of the "crown rectors" in the Dominion and had been rector of Sorel, a town near Montreal, since 183S). He was appointed honorary canon of Christ Church cathe dral, in Montreal, iu ISOS. POWDER AND BALL. The new organization of the Spnnish army which has been drawn up by Gen eral Linares, the commander who sur rendered at Santiago, provides for a strength of 80,000 men on a peace foot ing, without counting the carbineers and the civil guard. There are now 20,000 of the British troops in India whose terms of service have expired, some nearly two years. They are demanding their discharge, but the anthorities hope to induce them to continue to serve until the close of the South Africa war by paying them a spe cial bounty. In a new uniform to be tried this sum mer in several corps of the German ar my the metal buttons at present in use are to be replaced by bone, cloth covered ones. The tunic, trousers, helmet and cap will be of a dark gray color, and metal plates and buckles of a dull hue will be substituted for the polished af fairs now used. Bloqnenee and the Pen. Our worthy forefathers were fond of rhetoric—particularly of funereal rhet oric—and were not always quick to perceive the dividing line between the sublime and ridiculous. They seem, moreover, to have regarded the extraor dinary as contributing an added and kindred element to the Impressive. Many of tttfelr epitaphs show this, but few more completely than tliat of an estimable matron..»lw..porislied'uttn timely in Newburyport tg the eight*-" eenth century. Her tombstone on the crest of the burying hill Is yet easily legible, with no more trouble than scraping a bit of lichen here and there and kneeling to push away the long grass and intrud ing daisies. Thus it reads: Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Mary Mellaril virtuous and estimable Consort of Captain William McHard of Newbury Port, who miilst the laudable exertions of a very useful and desirable l.lfe, iu which her Christian Profession was well •domed, and a fair copy of every social virtue displayed, was, in a state of health. Suddenly Summoned to the Skies & snatched fr >m ye eager embraces of her friends (and the throbbing hearts of her disconsolate family confess'd their fairest prospects of sublunary bliss were in one moment dash'd) by Swallowing a Pea at her own table, whence in a few hours she sweetly breathed her Boul away on the Bth day of March 177 s , This Mournful Stone as a faithful Monument of Virtue fled to Realms Above and a solemn Monitor tn. ihnatening to leave the hou.se if -he so much as mentioned his presence. She swallowed her disappointment and entertained her friends just as if the peal of the doorbell did not send the dis tinguished guest scurrying to his bed room, to remain until the visitor had de parted. At the termination of his visit her tongue was loosened sin- talked to her heart's content. But one-half of her friends doubted the truth of her state ments, because they did not understand the delicacy which compelled her to obey the wishes of a guest. She was a true hostess, but he was a surly guest, inas much as it would not hurt him to appear for an hour to meet her friends, and the act would have given her an amount of pleasure.—Pittsburg 1 >ispatch. An Old Sew Jersey School bouse. The pupil of today would think his opportunities very great If he could see the school equipment of a hundred years ago. A Morris county ln> Kollosv the A «l«! rt'NNee. "The United States is getting pretty big iu a postal sense as well as terri torial," said a postottice inspector, "and for 2 cents a piece of mail can have a good run for the money. Sup | pose we putin a spare moment in see j lug \\ hat may be done for 2 cents, j though a copy of Tbe Star carrying a ! penny stamp goes as far as a letter. | "A reader of The Star writes from I Manila for a copy of the paper, it I would be sent him under the second I class mail matter rate of 1 cent a pound, but, as the public understands the regular newspaper rate of four ounces for 1 cent, we will take that as a basis for our figuring. "It is mailed in Washington and travels 3,250 miles to San Francisco and thence approximately G.OnO miles to Manila, stopping en route ut Hono lulu, which, by the way, is 2,089 miles; from San Francisco. In the meantime | the subscriber has returned to the United States to his home in F.ustport, Me., having leff directions at Manila for the forwarding of his mail. The paper is returned by the next steamer, and indue time it travels back over the same route, covering this time about 0.500 miles to the most eastern city in the United States. "This particular subscriber happened to be of a roving disposition, and be fore the paper arrived at Kastport he had skipped out for Cape Nome. Alaska, j He wished to keep in touch with | Washington affairs, however, so lie left another forwarding order with the postmaster, and the paper faithfully followed him to the goldtields, an addi tional distance of 0,700 miles, making a total Journey thus far of 25,150 miles. "If the paper were tired at this stage of the chase, the subscriber was not, and when it reached Cape Nome there was another forwarding order await ing it, this time to J'.: A ;i. a ther distance of 2,' ZJ mile , as the mail route is somewhat round. ti. i i t the arctic seas. "If the pursuing pap-r had been a detective, he would have exclaimed, 'Foiled again!' scowled and bit Lis: rj>. The subscriber had had eisju.uh cf trav el by this time and had Maried for home; but, desiring to read this partic ular number of The Star, he had left still a further forwarding order, so the paper, or, rather, what was left of it, was tossed in a mail bag and shipped to the States. If it came in by the way of San Francisco, it traveled 1,1502 miles and thence to Fastport .'t,500 miles farther, arriving somewhat bat tered, but still in the ring, after a total journey of no less than 32,002 miles."— Washington Star. I.ondon'N Future Population. What will the population of London be in 1950? This is no mere question of curiosity. It must shortly engage parliament, for it is because the an swers given to it are so divergent that London's water supply question is so complex. Each plan that is proposed for insuring to Londoners enough wa ter to drink and bathe in is based on a calculation of London's probable popu lation 50 years hence. Royal commis sions and experts have put the figure at anything from 15,000.000 to 50,000,- 000. Other authorities denounce these conjectures as absurd, and an increase to 12,000.000 is preillcto.i ti».) likely inflation. A city of that popula tion is sufficiently appalling to put one in love with the still more sober esti mate of Mr. I'ryce Williams, who in a paper read some years ago before the Statistical society argued that a limit is placed on all sublunary things and that the breaking point in London's growth will be reached when her chil dren number B,ooo,ooo.—London Chron icle. McKlnley'a Itlack Suit. A suit of clothes made of black wool en cloth which has never been through the dye tub is probably the most re ■«inarkable costume that,. President Mc 'lll\lirfo£vfias eve] - owned? 'That "lie* can weaWt, as'one of a very few men who have enough of the wool to make a suit of clothes, is due to the courtesy of George W. Peterson, who owns a flock of 70 black sheep, the only really black flock in the country. Mr. Peterson has also given Senator Piatt a quantity of the same cloth. No dye of any sort was used, and the wool is as pure iu color and texture as when it came from the sheep's backs. As this is the only known instance in which black cloth has been made without dyeing the wool, President Mc- Kinley will be a marked man when he appears in his priceless suit of clothes. Mr. Peterson, an amateur stock breed er, who has a farm at Austerlitz, N. Y., raised his black sheep at great ex pense and with much care.—Exchange. Elephant Who Knrnn His Hoard. James Cahill of Roney's Point is the bnly person in West Virginia and prob ably in the United States who has In regular use upon his farm an elephant which is used for farm work. With the swaying beast hitched up to a plow he can turn more ground than any of his neighbors with a team of horses, and when it comes to hauling logs the elephant will walk away with ease with logs which the best teams of his neighbors cannot move. The elephant eats little more than a horse and does many times the work of one, is gentle and docile and causes little trouble, and Mr. Cahill is more than pleased with his experiment. Mr. Cahill bought the elephant from a stranded circus proprietor.—Baltimore Sun. SCRAPS OF SCIENCE. Sugar is found in parsnips, mallows and almost all vegetables. It has been estimated that if the rhizo pods, which secrete living shells in the ocean, are as numerous down to a depth of GOO feet as they are near the surface there are over 10 tons of shells of carbo nate of lime in the upper fathoms of ev ery square mile of the ocean. During the eclipse of the sun in May, 1000, an English observer, Mr. Evershed, as reported at a recent meeting of the Royal Astronomical society, noticed a point on the edge of the moon where the sun was shining through a very deep val ley and where the lunar mountains seem ed to be about 35,000 feet iu altitude. This exceeds by G,(K»O feet the estimated height of Mount Everest, the loftiest mountain ou earth. It Saved His Leg. P. A- Danforth, <»f Latirange. (-Ja suffered for six months with a frightful running sore on his leg; but writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve 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. \ uu can tell ju«t a* well as a physician whether vour kidney are diseased or healthy. I lie way t<> to takea hut tie or ylass tumbler, ami till it with urine. ll' there i- a sediment. —a powderlike substance at the hottom after standing a day and a intrlit, there is something wrong with the kidneys. Another sure sijrn of disease i- adfsireto urinate often, and still another sign i- pain in the hack. If urine stains linen, there is no doubt that the kidneys are affected. Anv anil nil diseases ol the kidneys, liver,"bladder and of (he urinary passag es and constipation of the bowels are cur ed by l»r. Pavid Kennedy's Favorite Remedy- There is noquestion about its being the best and surest medicine in the world for such troubles. It quickly relieves and cures inability to hold urine and people, voting or old, who take it are not compelled to get up a number ol times during the night. For putting an end lo that scalding pain experienced in passing urine, nothing is so good as I>r. David Kennedy's Favorite Kemedy. It corrects the bad effects of whiskey and beer; is pleusant to the taste, and does not seam to be medicine at all. Diseas es of the kidneys and the bladder often require the use of instruments to push back the sandy matter so the urine can be voided. In such cases Favorite Rem edy should be taken without further de lav or the disease may prove fatal, ll is sold for one dollar a bottle at all drug stores. It is well worth many times its price. Sani|»l«'M Free If you wish to test Dr. David Kenne dv's Favorite Remedy before buying to send vour full post office address to the Dr. David Kennedy Corporation, liond out, N. Y., and mention this paper. We will then mail you a sample bottle free, as well as circulars giving full directions lor its use. Kverj reader of the MON- Torn Amkhk as can depend upon the genuineness of this liberal offer and all sufferers from kidney troubles should take advantage once of it at THE JEWEL CASKET. Uncut stones are set in rings, purses, chains, umbrella tops, or whatever fancy dictates. The barbaric beauty of rough gold and uncut gems will be the next novelty ex ploited, if one of those vague intimations svhich have ushered in all our late fash ions is to be trusted. A broad collar in openwork of bril liants wherein arc set at intervals nine ; very large cabochon turquoises, the long axis running across the collar, is a strik ing example of the growing vogue of color in the necklace. Watch cases of plain, lustrous colored enamel bear floral forms of carved gold in all degrees of relief from low to very high. So distinct are some of these forms that they have the effect of a spray of flowers laid carelessly on the case. New art necklaces show in the jew J elers' cases side by side with the most | costly pearl and diamond collars. There ! promises to be an era of colored stones |ln neckwear. Tinted gold, many hued enamels and colored gems all combine in j each single confection, making the new throat pieces radiantly beautiful.—Jewel ers' Circular-Weekly. ) , BRAKES AND COUPLINGS. Preliminary returns of the six largest ; French railways for 1!>00 show increase In gross receipts over 1899 of 15,450,000, j or ti per cent. i The municipality of Berlin has just paid 10,000,000 marks for the Siemens Halske tramway, the most important i street railway system In the German cap ital. The Prussian government is pre j paring to run electric railroad trains at 25 miles an hour. One hundred and sixty miles an hour j is the speed aimed at by a new electric j railway company iu Germany under the j direct patronage of the emperor. Cars ! with accommodations for 50 persons each 1 are now being built and will be tried on a 30 kilometer track. The Chicago City railway has just re | chived an order reading: "Any conductor in whose breath is detected the odor of I onions while ou duty will be taken from ! his car and suspended or discharged. ! Employees of the Chicago City Railway i compauy must not offend the public in such manner." Passengers of the road 1 had made frequent complaints in regard I to the matter. BILL OF THE PLAY. Bessie Bonehill is singing in England. Mme. Rejane is to make a tour of South America in 1002. Pore Davidson has just finished a play entitled "The Sins of the Father." A dramatization of Stanley J. Wey mau's "Castle Inn" is being made for production next season. Jean de Keszke has been receiving $2,450 for each appearance with the Metropolitan Opera company in New York. Mrs. 11. C. De Mille and Harriet Ford are saiil to have written a play founded on the life of Itembrandt for Richard Mansfield. The horses used in the revival of "Shen undoah" this season all have histories. They have seen army service with the rough riders. K. D. McLean and Odette Tyler are to be starred next season in revivals of "The School For Scandal," "Coriolanus" und "King John." "The O'Ruddy," the late Stephen Crane's uncompleted novel, is being fin ished by Mr. A. E. W. Mason and wif be dramatized by Mr. David Belasco. Mrs. Gertrude Atherton is engaged with Miss Nethersole on a dramatization of her novel, "A Daughter of the Vine,' and is also at work ou a play based on her remarkable novel, "Senator North." "There is art iu humor," says May Ir win. "I know most people think not, but there is—yes, admirable, elusive, splendid, subtle art. Everybody more oi less imagines that it is easy to be funny, but how few really are." THE ST. LOUIS FAIR. The St. Louis World's fair bill passed the senate all right, and we will have in Missouri in 1903 the biggest World's fair ever held anywhere.—Mexico (Mo.) Intelligencer. We will not only have a great fair, but we will make St. Louis the greatest in land city in the world. Things are now coming our way in Missouri. —Cass Coun ty Leader, llarrisonville, Mo. St. Louis got the World's fair appro priation of $5,000,000 before congress ad journed. She will now set the pace for the next three years to the balance of the country.—Holden (Mo.) Enterprise. FLOWER AND TREE. Heather grows iu many parts of South 1 Africa. i The bamboo is styled the national plant of China. The guava tree bears fruit more months in the year than any other semi tropical fruit. In South America the Brazilian peas ant women oft. • take their infants down j to the water and use the leaves of the Victoria Regina water lily as cradles. I The leaves are often a yard in diameter, ! circular and with an inch high border which stands up like the rim of a tea Kay. Strapped. I Watts—l remember yet how, when I \ misbehaved, my mother used to strap j me to a bedpost. Potts—When I misbehaved, my father used to strap me to a finish.—lndian apolis Press. The II en I ThltiK- Ilotel Guest—Can you get me an una bridged dictionary anywhere in the house? Bell Boy—l'm afraid not, sir, but I there's a lady from Boston on the second i ioor.—Somerville Journal. PERSONALITIES. Earl Roberts' Is the first name In King Edward's new visitors' book. Congressman Bingham of Pennsyl vania is a devotee of the white waist coat. Lord Lister, who was Bergeant sur geon to Queen Victoria, has been gazetted sergeant surgeon to King Edward. London, 0., is without a weather oracle since the death of Samuel H. Davidson, who had the daily records complete for 70 years. The favorite drink of Captain Me- Calla, U. S. N., is homemade raspberry vinegar. Mrs. McCalla makes him a store of it for every cruise. George Speyer, the well known banker of Frankfort, Germany, has given 1,000,000 marks to the city to promote scientific instruction. Earl Fitzwilliam was the only mem ber of parliament called for the open ing under Edward VII who was also summoned by Victoria in 1837. John G. Milburn, the president of the Buffalo Pan-American exposition, is a prominent lawyer of Buffalo. He is a native of England, but came to this country at the age of 18. H. B. Iriving, the elder of Sir Henry Irving's two sons, began life as a law yer and became a barrister of the in ner temple while engaged at the Come dy theater, London, in 1894. James J. Hill, the famous railroad magnate, when recently asked of his start iu business, replied, "Forty years ago I came over the Canadian frontier a boy without money or friends, and— well, I just started." Cy Sulloway, the giant congress man from the First New Hampshire district, lias served three terms, has been re-elected to the Fifty-seventh congress and now announces that he is a candidate for the Fifty-eighth. Probably no negro has ever been ac corded such distinction in music as S. Coleridge Taylor. Ilis production of "Hiawatha" is rendered by many of the leading musicians in England and America. lie is yet under 30 years of age. Isaac Newton Ilayden, who died re cently In Honolulu, leaving an estate valued at $2,250,000, began business at the Hawaiian capital 30 years ago as a carpenter. He prospered at his trade, branched out as a contractor and made money hand over list. William Dickerson, an engineer liv ing at Chelsea, Mass., is the moving spirit in an organization of 50 or 00 men and women of that part of the state who say they are descendants of Oliver Cromwell and as such entitled to a share in the division of more than $25,000,000 which, they have been as sured, has been lying for generations in the Bank of England. STAGE GLINTS. Andrew Mack is to revive soon his -•Id success, "An Irish Gentleman." Mme. Patti Is about to make her first appearance for some years in Paris. Crystal Heme Is to play Glory Quayle in a forthcoming production of"The Christian." May Robson, John Mason and nilda Spong are announced for entrance into stellar ranks next season. Miss Gertrude Lucky of New l'ork has been engaged for a term of five years with the Royal opera in Berlin. William Brady's revival of "Uncle Tom" ou a big scale in New York has been a tremendous success, the audi ences being large from the start. James K. Hackett, who Is appearing in"The Pride of Jennico," is 31 years of age, but he has played 128 different stage characters in his career. The opening lines in"The Dairy Farm" are "spoken" by Nero, the churn dog, who barks up the curtain on the first scene In the most .vociferous manner. Phyllis Rankin, who is playing in London, recently took a trip to Cam bridge university and sang for the stu dents. She received a tremendous re ception and a wagon load of flowers. A conservative estimate places the fortunes of Blanche Walsh at $50,000, Ada Rehan at $50,000, Edna Wallace Hopper at $35,000, Maudo Adams at $75,000, Camllle D'Arville at $70,000, Virginia Harned at SCS,OQQ and MSg gle Cliue at $45,000. - - APHORISMS. ' ' V** ... » * The only jewel which will not de2H£ Is knowledge.—Langford. Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.-'-Rieh ter. Rashness Is the characteristic of ar dent youth and prudence that of mel lowed age.—Cicero. * - -•<*-- A thankful heart is not only tho greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.—Cicero. That action is best that procures the greatest happiness for tho greatest numbers.—Hutchinson. Not wealth nor ancestry, but honor able conduct and a noble disposition make men great.—Ovid. He that will make a good use of any part of his life must allow a large part 9f it to recreation.—Locke. Nothing more completely baffles ono who is full of trick and duplicity than straightforward and simple Integrity In another.—Colton. Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abil ities and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere Is the largest.—Gail Hamilton. Slßti of Spring. "Have you heard a robin yet?" "No, but I've seen a woman with her head tied up iu a towel beating a carpet in the back yard."—Chicago Record. All Thnl'M ComlnK lo Illm. The Judge—Your husband is entitled to a lit lie respect, madam. The Wife—Well, that's what he gets. —Detroit Free Press. I'lncluK the liluine. "My dear," said the meek Mr. New liwed, "1 don't like to complain, but this omelet you've made"— "What's the matter with it?" she in quired. "Well —er —it's rather hard to cut It, and"— "Gracious, 1 was afraid that man would send me tough eggs! I'll stop dealing with him."—Philadelphia I'ress. Old Soldier's Experience. M. M. Austin, a civil war veteran, of Winchester. Intl.. writes "My wife was sick a long time in spite of good doc tor's treatment, but was wholly cured by Dr. King's New Life Pills, which worked wonders for her health." They always do. Try them. Only 25c at Rattles & Co s drug store. MATrTnn TVIATQ, I It is not generally known thai Mil. ' Hetty Green own-5 a valuable library, in cluding many rare volumes. Mrs. Alice Barnhill Bruce, who recent ly died at Columbus, Ga., leaves nearly 300 lineal descendants. She was 94 years old. Miss Anna M<-Kaig of Washington, Pa., has been made dean of the faculty of Wilson College For Women in t'ham bersburg, Pa. By the w ill of Nancy Nordwell Blake of Boston the Harmony Grove cemetery, in Salem, Mass., will acquire a chapel costing $40,1 HX). Mrs. Charles 11. Denison has been unanimously re-elected president of New York's Sorosis. This practically makes Mrs. Denison's third term. Mrs. Mary Paschell, postmistress at Trenton, Ind., celebrated her eighty-fifth birthday a few days ago. She was ap pointed to her present position by Lin coln and has held it ever since. The life of Miss Beata Franck, who at her death was the oldest woman in Stockholm, was almost coincident with the nineteenth century. She was born a month before the century began and died a week before it ended. Mrs. Jane Addnms of Hull House, Chi cago, will build a large model tenement this spring in one of the poorest streets of Chicago. Mrs. Addams' cousin, Regi nald De Koven, the composer, is interest ed in the plan, as is also Jacob A. ltiis, the sociologist. In spite of her years and afflictions Julia Ward Howe continues to read a little Greek every day to tone up her fac ulties. One of the characters in Mrs. Ward's "Eleanor" finds relaxation iu reading a Persian dictionary, and the hero carries a Greek book in his pocket for use when he is bored. Mrs. Emmons Blaine has turned over to the University of Chicago the Chicago Institute of Pedagogy, which will repre sent an addition to the university endow ment of nearly $2,000,000. The institute was started by her several years ago at a cost of $750,000, and since that time she has made additional gifts to it. The Countess Quadt, as wife of the Erst secretary of the German embassy at Washington, will entertain at the em bassy, where for several years there have been but bachelors. The countess is a handsome and charming woman of noble Italian parentage, and her arrival was warmly greeted by Washington society in general as well as by the members of the German embassy. A Great Sinner's Snertllee*. To be a great singer requires many sac rifices. Melba never allows herself any sweets, although she is passionately fond of sweet things. Seinbrich eschews pastries, but con fesses to a frequent and intense longing for things of this kind. Nordica, while she does not absolutely taboo all swi ets and rich dishes, has allowed herself little indulgence in such things since she became a singer. Emma Eames is very strict about her diet, and her daily life is laid out by rules from which she seldom diverges, no matter how great the temptation. She never sees any one or reads any letters or telegrams the day she is to sing, either at a matinee or an evening performance, and she never accepts any invitation for the evening before. Everj day, no matter how disagreeable tht weather, she goes for a walk. Almost all singers remain indoors in the morning, either resting or practicing, and do not go out until after 2 o'clock. Wine must be avoided. Calve once declared that she was pin ing to sit down to a bi£, rich, hearty wo&iugman's dinner, where she could eat just what she wanted, without evci having to think about consequences oi having any one remind her that she had a voice. Patti has sacrificed everything to liet talent. 'I owe tiie pre- -rvation of mj voice to the fact that 1 never allow my self to forget that 1 am a singer," she has said. "It i> oTicu inconvenient, but it is the p--:«aity 1 i.-ust pay for a great gift." Bl »vt nnil I'lmelflah. Louisa M. Aicott was one of thos« strong spirits whose lot it is to give, not to receive; to support, not to lean; to cheer, not to complain; to help, not to b# helped. Such brave, self reliant ones command no sympathy and often suffer from a loneliness which their friends lit tle suspect. In secret they have their hours of weakness. They have moments of feeling hurt and neglected and are often pathetically grateful for some lit tle attention. In Miss AJeott's journal appears this sad record: "My birthday; 30. Spent alone, writing hard. No presents but father's tablets. I never seem to have many presents, as some do, though I give a good many. That is best, perhaps, and n :.acs a g:.'t very precious when it does come." This was like her bruve, un selfish soul. Nasal CATARRH In all its stages therc should be cleauliness. ftVt * Ely's Cream Balm J* cleanses, soothes and heals the diseased membrane. ■ 6 It cures catarrh and drives w away a cold in the head quickly. Cream Balm is placed Into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail. r ely UKUTHEKS, sti Warren Street, New York. Red I Suppressed Menstruation UrOSS PAINFUL MMtf Menstruation I 3 nSV And a PREVENTIVB for ■ fc* 1 7 FIMALE ■ —y ■ | | IRREGULARITIES W/9 111 Are Safe and Reliable. 11l Perfectly Harmless The Ladies' ?RlCEsi.oo Sent postpaid on receipt of price. Money refunded if not as Yin de Cinchona Co. Des Moines, lowa. H » Ml 112 it 1- S- & <2 3 j O r S ' x > 2 s *i & I r ® : j 1 5 ifl L ■ SS" o 23. ill V> H O - I - ;|l • r<# JO pj q I > 2" T 2 :i] V 2 jO 2 o £• OCP' 'I O ** « IB Z !?■> J2 » I » Hps 11 j j ™ | IHU 3 < SO; 5 KpLJ i 3 w no LLH. RAILROAD. TIMtl TABLE. In Effect September Ist, 1899 (JOIN WEST 'HAM j | | NKW OKK ' P.M. A. M. ~.M Barclay St. Lv. „ i 0: i 10 ou .... < 'ristopher St..i 8 g o i I lu ut ••*• Hobokcn i 9 Ju n, scran ton Ar 30 1 'luiiy rr. i " m a ;;6 ?e" SOBAKTO* 10(10 ,6 l " 4u It, liellevue j -• • • •" 4j «Hn Tayiorrille io i'.' 2 03 3 :f 4\- Lackawanna ! IO J, 2 I<> ;J * KO J! }[J Duiyea 1 2 13 3 59 V » Pittaton | J TJ A . 217 402 0 1 Susquehanna Ave... l 1,, A 220 4U5 ,*.*.',., West Pittaton ! 1( , GU 224 4 <*) Wyoming 0 5 i 0 11 2 29 4 , ia / ; fj Forty Fort TO .... 4LT. 038 geanett i 052 236 g'II Klottaton 10 sti a \ * « Kingston |L) ~O 2 14 * 3J , ?' Plymouth June... .: 2 47 4 3A I Plymouth ii*os IK - 'I„ Avondale 2 r»T ....i.,- Nanticoke i 111*3 302 ....'*"' Hunlock'F,. 11 LY 310 .... Shickshlnny j 11 ;JO 324 Hick's Ferry ] fU 43 335 ....; Heach Haven 11 48 542 .... Berwick : ! 11 04 349 .... Briar Creek | j 112 3 56 Lime KIILNE ; 0 fl2 09 404 .... Eapy 8 3./ 12 15 *ll .... Bloomsburx . i* 4 j 12 22 417 ....{ Kupert |8 6» 12 27 423 .... Catawissa J 86T 12 32 429 Danville ! 9 10 12 47 442 .... Cliuiasky ! ... 4 49 ! Cameron 9 2 12 57 454 X 4T> NOHTHCMBKBLAND 935 110 608 SI 00 GOING EAST. PTATIOM. ~A S PAH. PAS.! PAS. PAS NKW YOIE 'PM* P* A * M A>M > 11111 Barclay St. Ar. 330 6 OU| 640 Christopher St... 300 4 65! 635 Hoboken 247 J 4 4H; 825 Scranton 10 05! 12 55 1 40 a. 111,J P.M. j I am Idally! ! P. M A.M P- M. P. M, P. M.Nlly Scranton » 42s 12 35 4 551 6 35i»07 Bellevue 938 4 50! 5 30,9 02 Taylorville 9 33; 445 6258 57 Lackawanna 926 4 3"! 5 47 Duryea 9 23 1 434 6 ;»48 Plttston 0 19! 12 17; 429 5 844 Susquehanna Ave. . 9 15i 12 14 4 24; 5 ;T>3U West Plttston 9 121 ! 421 5 536 Wyoming 90» 12 08 1 4 16; 5 ; 522 Forty Fort 903' ■ 4 10' 4 828 Bennett 900 j 4 oti| 4 821 Kingston, 867! 12 021 4 04| 4 ,821 Kingston 85512 00 4 62; 4 810 Plymouth .1 unction 8 50' i 3 65; 4 4 .8 IK Plymouth 845 U52 351 4 41801 Avomlaie 840 1 346 jsWi Nanticoke 8 851 11 45 342 751 Hunlock G 8 27' 3 34 i" 46 Shickehinny (IS 11 30 324 I? 38 Hick's Ferry 8 04 3 13 7 25 Beaeh Haven 7 53 3 07 7 12 Berwick 745 11 04 3 01; "0« Briar Creek 7 :)8 j" 00 Lime ltldge 730 | 248 65 2 Espy 723 10 46 242 645 Bloomsburg 715 10 41 238 -... ! E 39 Kupert 709 10 30 231 i 6 33 Catawissa 703 10 32 226 6 28 Danville 650 10 21 2 12, 6 13 Chulasky \ ; W Cameron 6 38 ( 6 &3 NOBTHUMBaai-'D... 625 10 00 1 50, 550 T IV 38 2 18 54 27 I'lttston " " 7 08;f 10 00'§ 242 4 52|;"..; A.MJA.W. P.M. P.M Wilkesbarre,.. 1 v !$ 7 3«< 510 35 J 3 08 58 00 Plym'th Ferry " 112 7 37 FLO 4'2;F 3 18 f6 07 Xanticoke •' 746 10 50 328 617 '*'* Mocanauua .... " 804 II 07J 346 637 Wapwallopen.. " 813 11 lti 3 s*> 647 Nescopeck ar 824 11 2ti| 407 700 A.M P.M. P.M. I'ottsvllle lv § 5 5O |SI2 01 "I Hazleton " 705 200 550 Tomhicken " 1 '■& I 218 '• 10 * Vprt) ni«n " 7 XZ/'UIK .... Rock Olen "I 7 3.'. 234 625 Nescopeck ar] 800 300 050 Catawissa.. .arj _ IA. M A.M P.M. P M Nescopeck lv 5 8 24 §ll 20 J 4 07 57 00 Creasy •' 833 11 3H| 4 lti 709 "" Espy Ferry.... " 112 8 43 11 40 F 4 24 7 20 *" E. Bloomsburg, '• 847 11 50 4 29j 725 Catawissa ar 855 11 57 4 35J 732 Catawissa lv 855 11 57 435 732 South Danville '* 914 12 15 4 53j 751 Sunbury " 935 12 40 515 815 A.M. P.M. P. M KM. Sunbury lv || 9 42 § 1 10, § 5 45 8 40 Eewisburg.... ar 10 13 145 6 18J Milton " 10 08 139 614 «04 Williamsport.. " 11 o<> 230 7 10, 950 Look Haven... " 1159; 340 K 07; Renovo "A.M. 4 10 9 00 1 Kane " 8 25 j P.M. P.M. Lock Haven..lv £l2 10 .1 345 I .... . . Bellefonte ....ar ~ 1 05 it 4 44 Tyrone " 2158 6 00 L'liilipsburg " 441'1 H 28 Clearfield.... " 537S 9 09 Pittsburg.... " 055 1111 30 A.M. P. M. P. M. F M Sunbury lv 950 S 1 55;| 52518 31 Harrlsburg.... ar 11 30 5 3 15 JJ 055 10 10 P. M. I'. M. P. M. A Ml Philailelphia.. ar 5 3 17 „ 6 23 ||lo 20 4 25 Baltimore "J§ 3 11 j| 6 00 J| 9 45 1 2 30* Washington... "J§ 4 10 j, 7 15 j!10 55 4 05| |A.M.;P, MJ Sunbury lv §lO 00 § 2 oß| 1 | L«'Wistown .lc. ar 11 40 3 50; j Pittsburg "j 6 55|§1130| j A.M. P, M P. M. I> M Harrlsburg lv 11 46 II 3 45 || 7 P.M. A.M.AM Httsburg ar j 0 55) 111130, || 1 50| 5 30| |P. M.L P M ; A M| A M Pittsburg lv 710 83053 00 |8 00 ... | A.M AM | P M Harrlsburg.... ar'J 1 55|J 3 4o A 9 iiOji; 3 10_... AM| | A M Pittsburg lv I G 8 00 | P M J;. J;. " 7 3T'| \i 3 10: Sunbury arj < 9 25 220 030 905 :::: AMAMP M I' M J Nescopeck lv 1 8 03 11 06 ( 3 05 ; 6 55 J Wapwallopen. .ar 818 IL 20 319 709 | Mocanauua .... " 828 II 32 329 721 i Nanticoke " 848 11 54 348 742 .... P M | Plvm'th Ferry" [ 857 12 02 35; 17 52 Wilksbarie ..." 9 nfc 12 lo 4 OT. 800 AM P M P M P M Pittston(DAH) ar 5929A1249 > 4 50 836 Scranton " " 10 08 118 524 05 $ Weekdays. I Daily. 112 Flag station. I Additional Train leaves Hazleton 5.15 p. 111., | Tomhicken 5.;15 p. m., Fern (Jlen 5.43 p.m., ' Hock (ilen 5.50 p. 111., arriving at T'alawissa 0 25 p. 111. Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on through trains between Sunbury, Williamsport and Erie, between Sunbtiry «nd Philadelphia I anil Washington ami between Harrlsburg, Pitts j burg and the West. For lurther information apply to Ticket Agents j J.Ji. HUTCHINSON, ,J. It. WOOD, Gen'l Manager. Qen'l Pass , n , r Ag. Hlioes, Shoes St3rlisri.! Olaeap ! ißeliaoie i Bicycle, Cymnasium and Tennis Shoes. THE CELEBRATED Carlisle Shoes AND THE Snag Proof Rubber Boots A SPECIALTY. A. SCITATZ. HI HEV! A. Reliable TOT SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting and Ceneral Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Rano*« Furnaces, eto. PRICES TAG LOWEST! QIIILITY THE BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E. FRONT BT. M M H' (S .-• 0 S W CRC3 M A k = y- 00 z 02 U v P3 < 1 r* 3 11 t J * * i g | 1! W o=, « 0 0 b PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILWAY IN EFFECT MARCH 30. IWOI TKAINS LEAVE HANVILL.E (weekdays only) For Philadelphia 11.15 a m. For New York 11.25 am, For Catawissa 11.25 a. m,, 6.04 p. m. For Milton 7.82 a. m., 4.00 p m. Por WilliameiKirt 7.82 a. m.. 4.00 p m. Trains for Baltimore, Washington and th« South leave Twenty-fourth and Chestnut .Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays—3.2B, 7.14 10.22 a. ill., 12.16, 1.83, 3.08, 4.12, 5.03, 7.26, H. 36 p . ni., 12.21 night. Sundays 3.23, 7.14 a. m., 12.16 1.3!, 4.12, 6.03. 7.26, 8.26 p. m. ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD. Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Whaif and South Street Wharf. WEEKDAYS— Express 6.00, 9.00 a. m., (Satur days on lv 1.00) 2.00 4.00,5.00, 7.15 p. in. Ac commodation 8.00 a. 111., 5.80 p. m. Sunday Express, 6.00. H.OO, 10.00 a. 111., 7.10 p. in. Ac commodation 8.00 a. m., 5.00 p. m. Leave ATLANTIC CITY liKl'OT—Week days—Express 7.:i5, S>.oo, 10.15 a. m., 2.50, 5.30, 6.00 p. 111. Accommodation 8.05 a. ni.,4.05 p, 111. Sunday* Express—lo.ls a. m., 4.30, 5.80. 8.00 p. 111. 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. 111., 415 p.m. Sundays- 9.15 a.m. South St., 9.00 a.m. Additional for Cape Mav Weekdays- 5.00 p. 111. For SEA ISLE CITY 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. W.G BESLEK, EDSONJ WEEKS Gen. Superintendent Oeueral Agent. New Coal Yard! R. J. Pegg, Coal Dealer, has re moved to his new COAL YARD. On ICE:— No. 344 Ferry Street (near D. L SzW. R. R. Crossing) YARD —In rear ofOffice. I Robert J. Pegg, COAL DEALER. Telephone No 158 »- ——W