RAILROAD TIME TABLES. PEXN'A U. K. E \ sr. VV EST 7.18 A. M. !, u A. JJ -10.17 •' 12 1 > P..M. 2.21 P. M. <••>» 6.09 " 7.0 l SUNDAYS. 10.17 A. M. * 1 • M - D. U A W. K.IK. EAST. WEST. 8.58 A. M. '•»•«> >• 10.19 " 12.17 l. M. 2.11 I*. M.»••»> 0.10 " « " SUNDAYS 6.58 A.M. 12.17 I'. M. O.IH I*. M. *2O PHILA. A HEADING 1!. K. NORTH. SOUTH. 7.32 A. M. 11.S» A. M. 4.00 I'. M. ,i U ' i !'• M. BLOOM STREET. 7.34 A.M. 11,23 A.M. 4 tr2 P. M. 6.04 P. M. I vK J. SWKISFOKT, SURGEON DENTIST. Uirici ON MILL ST., <lpposlte the Pogt otiiee. Operative and Mechanical Dentistry Carefully performed, Teeth positively extracted without pain,with Has, Ether and ChloroforflQ J'reat ing and Pilling teeth aSpecfaltv. ■yyji. hank w i:.vr, ATTO R N E Y-AT-1. A W, Office over Paules' Drug Store MONTGOMERY HI'IMUNO, I„L STKKET DANVILLE. PA J. J. BROWN, THE EYE A SPECIALTY Eyes tested, treated, fitted with glass es and artificial eyes supplied. 311 Market Street, Bloonisburg, Pa. Hours —10 a. in. t,o 5 j). in. ToUtnhtkQA 1 J'ilL. DEVICE FOR DRAWING HAY. It I» Easily Made anil Come* I" linn ay When Stneklliß. The cut shows an easily made device for drawing liny when stacking in lhe field, and for those who sun cure their hay, without [lulling shocks apart, it will be found useful, says a writer in an exchange. To make it select a in or 12 foot straight pole three to four Inches in diameter nt one end and ta pering at the other end, which Is sharp ened. Smooth the pole and make an Inch hole through it near the large end. Through this hole put a trace chain, drawing it up till the Ton chain is close to the underside of the pole. At tach a single tree to the chain Just FOB DRAWING HAY above the pole by using a ring and two open links. To the other end of the chain attach a short piece of rope. This completes the device. Hitch to it with a horse, drive to a shock of hay. un hitch the singletree from pole and push the small end of the pole under the shock on the ground hi the center until the large end comes to the edge of the shock. Tut the chain over the top of the shock as near the center as possi ble and after wrapping it round the pole a few times tie as shown in the illustration. Hitch on and start the horse straight with the pole. As large shocks as the horse can draw may be handled this way and with a great sat ing of time and labor. Betraying Iluokle*. T Y»% V» a *t* Or» n /l wi 11 oV* slans affinr tne rout of Waterloo. He was full of resource and had great skill and presence of mind. At IVscara, tflken he was In great danger, a large fortress In front and a savage insur rection In his rear, his own common sense saved him. "Who commands at Pescara?" he asked a soldier. "There are two." "What Is the grade of the chief in command?" "A brigadier general." "His name?" "De Pletramaggiore." "His titter "A marquis." "His age?" "Al»out 70." "Is he well preserved? Does he keep his color?" "He Is thin and pallid." "Is his voice strong and manly?" "It Is weak and dull." "Is he lively, gay?" "Neither the one nor the other." "What does he wear on his head?" "He Is powdered, and his hair is done In locks." "Has he boots and spurs?" "N'o; he wears silk stockings, shoes and great buckles." "Great buckles!" cried Duhesme. "Bring up the guns and begin firing! The place Is mine!" Whlwtle Attain. "George, George, mind; your hat will be blown off if you lean so far out of the window!" exclaimed a fond father to his little son who was traveling with hlra In a railway carriage. Quickly snatching the hat from the head of the refractory youngster, papa hid It be hind bis back. "There, now, the hat has gone!" he cried, pretending to be angry, and George Immediately set up a howl. After a time the father remarked: "Come, be quiet. If I whistle your hat will come back again." Then he whistled and replaced the hat on the boy's head. "There, it's back again, you see." Afterward, while papa was talking to mamma, a small, shrill .voice was heard saying: "I'npa, papa, I've thrown my hat out of tho window! Whistle again, will you?" How to Hnke Strawberry Shortcake. One pint of flour, one ounce of but ter, one-half teaspoonful of suit, one pint of cream, one quart box of straw berries, one teaspoonful of baking pow der, sugar and milk. Stein the berries, sweeten to taste and slightly mash them with a wooden spoon. Hub the butter into the Hour, then add the salt, baking powder and sufficient milk to make a soft dough; mix quickly, roll out about I'A inches in thickness, put Into a greased, large, square baking pan and bake in a very quick oven for 20 minutes. When doiie, take from the oven, split in halves and spread each half lightly with butter. I'lace the lower half in a large meat plate; put half the berries on this, then cover with the other half of the shortcake; cover this with the remaining half of the berries, pour the cream around and serve immediately.—Mrs. Uorer. If you Hav.' Hi adacbes don't experiment with alleged cures. Buy Krauses Headache Capsules which will cure any headache in half an hour, no matter what causes it Price 25c. Sold by Rossman & Son's Pharmacy. MUVLW sriON KOP.j VIVID STORY TOLD BY ONE OF BUL LER'S SOLDIERS. The Disaster Only an Incident In a Week of Kttfllttnii—A Fearful Spec tacle For Thuae on the Oiititlde. The Clever Boer*. —~ Saturday, Jan. 20. and ended when the troops dragged their exhausted limbs back over tho Tugela pontoon again In tho dawn of Saturday, Jan. 27. Between those two dates the lighting was uninterrupted and dogged, and It is of those set en days of strain, with thousands charg ing, ilring, dying, along the crest of the mountains, that one who was present will think when he hears the battle of Splon Kop mentioned In after days. Boiler's first march from the Tugela toward Ladysinlth seemed to be a clean sweep of Boers from his track. Finally the British came in front of a rank of mountain spurs separated by dark gorges. The field was in form of a cres cent, with Splon kop at one horn. Btu-k of all this, on high ground, lay the main norr powitivtt. - "• tuc ridge the Boers held with a few men and made no show of resistance when the British rushed them. This enabled l Buller to send home dispatches of his marvelous victories in driving tho Boers from key positions one after an other. General Hart's brigade rushed two gorges on Saturday, the 20th, but when lils men were hurled forward of the crest line upon the open ground lead ing back to the Boer defenses on the distant ridge the wily burghers showed that they were not asleep, neither fly ing before Bullet's army. Great guns and Mausers began to volley bullets and shrapnel, and the British rested that night with sore knuckles and shins, thankful that they still held the crest lines of the ridge. Between the lines the tall grass had been fired by shells, and the British in their soaked khaki looked at the warm glow with envy, al though the rumor sped along the line that some Boers had been caught In the fire and were burning up l>eyond the reach of help. Next morning was Sunday, and Ililyard's brigade rushed a third gorge, adding another spur to the British captures, and all tho army began to crow over the victories which later turned out valueless. In all these movements the British held their breath, gripped their wea pons for death struggles, used up their nerve and vigor lighting men of straw, all with tremendous show of energy and valor. The Boers played a good game. They let no chance slip to rake the British advancing lines with shrap nel and often mowed down the ranks in heaps. Really the British died count less deaths in imagination. A lull followed one terrible outburst of Boer fire poured into some of the Queen's and Yorkshire regiments who tried to rush over the naked tlat. <4 lt wag of short duration," says the anonymous writer whose story in Blackwood's is the basis of SWVTTV rrfr ttintkVr .rsj fire, from behind low punßcrs, big bowlders, from little depressions, sometimes dying away In portions of the line, sometimes redoubling in Intensity -throughout ltslengtti as if by common Impulse. Now and then a company would top the orchestra with rhythmic volleys, while thousands of free lancet on either side staid their hands for a moment m if to listen; then the independent tiring would re commence, rifle by rifle, until the rhythm of the volley was drowned In the tremendous rattle; then two or tliree Maxima would chline In, and the whole ridge resounded from end to end, peak , culling to peak, ravine to ravine. "It was to this crashing accompardment of mus ketry that the writer's battalion moved forward late In the afternoon to relieve a regiment upon tha crest line. A shell or two wide of the mark and a sprinkling of ballets dropping almost per pendicularly were all the notice taken of our un seen but doubtless signaled advance. Evening was Just falling when we entered the deep gorge, at the top of which lay the battalion we had come to relieve. It was a curious and depressing spectacle. Imagine a huge basin of blackish brown earthenware with sides so steep that your neck is strained as you look up from your posi tion at the bottom. From the encircling rim are darting innumerable spurts of flame looking al most scarlet against the darkening shy. These are from the riflts of men clinging like flics to the crest line. All around a casual 'whit, whit!' more felt than heard, as the Mauser bullets whisk down at the end of their flight and plop Into the sott earth or strike with a crisp split upon a bowlder. There are not very many of them now, for the Boers are easing off after a hard day, and we are sending them ten Lee-Metford's for one Mauser across the plateau. "The relief Is 6oon effected. We climb the stony wall. The released battalion stumbles wearily past us and disappears In the gloom be hind to its well earned rest, all save one of Its officers, who refuses togo until he ha( found some of his dead lying out on the plateau. He pukes about in the darkness in front of us, finds the horrors he is looking for and on his return Joins us In a hasty candlelight dinner with as much unconcern as if he had been out mushroom picking." During the night the Boers planted some guns to rake the gorge and show ered the British with small shot all day the 22d. There was not an Instant's cessation of fire, not an Inch of ground gained nor an inch lost. Another night the counterpart of that of the 22d, bro ken by the same fusillade at dawn, and another day under ceaseless rain of iron, and the battalion was ordered back for a night's rest, then, early on the 24th, was sent forward to support the attack on Spion kop. Spion kop had been seized In the night. "A 9 we started toward the fatal kop all was quiet upon its summit. The storraers, having won the hill after a brief sruffle with a surprised pick et, wore busy rearranging the confusion of a night advance and piling up sangars with the few loos# 6tonos available. The *«nemy, very much discon certed for the moment, were quarreling in the background us to their neat movs. I IfW hardy spirits lsy on the far end of the ridge w%it ing for '•jomething to turn up. 1 Over all lay % dttrnt' mist and a quiet which rmHourfly con trasted with the farol? volleys from the sputa and gorges of our left attack. Then the Sun r«»se arid the mints fled before it. When the last tolmy coll had «lisappe«red, one could m** the crowded flg uns '>f the British force like little black mari onettes uaainst the light blue sky, and how thick they appeared I "Purely the summit must be very narrow if but one brigade must huddle together in this manner, a mark as artilleryman dream of, but seldom hop* to see. Tho Bo«t artillerists see them al most a* soon as wo do. A boom from tho high |ir"uiid which ran like the croimplece of a T aoroaa the line of the kop, a puff of woolly smoke In the air, and a shrapnel shell, timed to a fraction, has swept through the park on the hilltop. Then the rifi" fir., l.fgan, sharp, angrv, incessant from ev ery crevice and every knoll. To us below the whole mountain seemed alive with noise. Then rn<>r«' shrapnel, strings of U dotting the cobalt akv with balls and smoke as if a giant hand were flinging snowballs into the air, while the mob of tiny figures swayed and shook, disintegrated and rcfprmcl into ps'*ks in a manner terrible to see t* A Poor Millionaire Lately starved in London because he cijuM not iligest his food. Early nse of |)r King's New Life Pills would have saved him. They .strengthen the stoni acii, aid digestion, promote assimilation improve appetite- Price 25c. Money back if not satisfied. Sold by Paules & Co., druggists. one who knows what th# lush of shrapnel U like "Sow a trio of shells would burst at the rear j end of the mob. which appeared to surge forward a little, reduoing the depth of the target; then j inother placed with diabolical skill in advance of j the first. The men in reur edged still farther j forward until a solid mass of humanity stood re- 1 lleved upon the sky line. Quick as a flash the whole Boer battery was upon them. Bang! liangl Bang! Bung! A storm of projectiles tore into the black lump which broke into agitated patches, | gome edging forward, some back, some disappear- j lng altogether as the men composing them fell , below our line of vision. Again the same per- ; formance —shells behind, more forward, herding their victims onto the slaughter ground for the coup de grace of that appalling salvo. '.''l (Tunnery, but a frightful speotaol" In ill its s>ii houetted clearness up thcr,' rhaeked ridge, visible to the angry, p. v i. „•. ■ the whole army. "Meanwhile our artillery and big naval ord nance blazed and thundered their best and hard- J est. at first methodically, with calculation and 1 much confabulation and leveling of telescopes, ; then impatiently, then wildly and despairingly, j Will those Boer guns never stop? You may take ( It on the word of a gunner that each of th m | has been hit at least six times, but still the booming from, heaven knows where and the balls j of smoke over the summit of Bpion kop. Even j the pompons, whose lairs must be less hard to j locate, add their stream of shells without let or i hindrance to the avalanche falling upon the un fortunate men of Woodgate's brigade, the storm- j era of yesterday, the sufferers of today. Then the ] mist and the night came down together, the firing I ceased, and the weary thousands below in the gorges and on the mighty escarpments slept not a j wink for fear of what might befall the stricken j hundreds on the kop." That night the hill was evacuated j and the day passed In burying the , dead. Toward evening orders came to retreat to the pontoons across the Tu gela. The mighty campaign to Lady smith was a fizzle. Hardly were the orders Issued when it began to rain, a cold, pitiless. Incessant downpour, which soaked the thin khaki in live minutes. The battalion of the Mack wood contributor covered the retreat. "What a march that was,"he writes, "back over a stony quagmire down to the pontoon. The mud was aB slippery as ice anil ankle deep. Every second came the clatter of a falling man or strug gling horse, every second a check to the slow woul3"t eflT of" a" >p r'! neel anieWanS s form woufX be carried out from the midst of tLe press to "THE DARK FORM OF A HORSEMAN LOOMED UP." await the arrival of a stretcher. Every hundred yards or so tlie dark form of a horseman loomed up, motionless as a statue, cloaked and dripping. These were the mounted men distributed along tho track to mark its course. About 4 a. m.the 27th, just as dawn broke over the swollen, dismal Tugela, the bridge was reached, and as the last battalion tramped over the womout planks which swayed sickly beneath the moving weight a sin gle shell sang drearily from the enemy's position away back In the mist and fell with a splash Into the water alongside." It was like the full stop at the end of a chapter, a chapter of failure and sor row unrelieved save by the ceaseless heroism of the dead and living whose duty It had been to write It. GEORGE L. KILMER. TK* Wav ♦« »•/'* 4 u smoking," said a man,"was pointed out to me by a portly, good natured and healthy gentleman of 00 who looked to be not over 50. 'Twenty years ago,' he said, '1 found that 1 was using too much tobacco, for I was not without some form of nicotine every hour of the day. So one New Year's eve I sat down and, with a box of cigars before me, decided to smoke the old year out and quit. At tlve minutes before mid night I threw the stub of my cigar into the fire and arose to retire, remarking to my wife, "I am not going to want to smoke any more." " 'She laughed at me, but I meant it. The next morning before starting for the office I placed three or four cigars In my pocket, as usual, and my wife, seeing the act, said triumphantly, "I thought you were not going to smoke any more." " 'I replied: "I didn't say that. I said I was not going to want to smoke any more. If 1 want to smoke, I shall smoke." But I never had the desire and have never smoked since that time.'" Hla Opposite. lie—l shall never marry until I meet a woman who Is my direct opposite. She (encouragingly)— Well, Mr. Duf fer, there are plenty of bright, Intelli gent girls In this neighborhood.—Ex change. lion* to Cream Clams. Scald the clams in their own liquor. If opened by steaming, they are suffi ciently cooked. Chop them Into line dice and measure. To each cupful of chopped clams add one cupful of thick cream sauce. For one cupful of sauce put into a saucepan one tablespoonful of butter. When melted, stir In one ta blespoonful of flour. Cook but do not brown It. Then add slowly one-half cupful of clam liquor and one-half cup ful of milk or cream; season with pep per and salt Let it cook until a smooth, thick cream, stirring all the time; add the clams only just before serving. Pour the mixture over small pieces of toast llov to Wa*h Cat Glaus. The sudden expansion caused by the heat is almost sure to crack the glass, whereas if it is laid In the water edge wise or sldewise the danger is over come. Glass washed In cold water will have a much clearer look than that washed in hot water, but it does not respond so quickly to the drying towel. Whether It is washed in hot or in cold water «lass should be dried as soon as It is lifted from the water. If allowed to drain, it will be dingy. Plplona Apple*. For some years we have enjoyed the pipless oranges, but it was not until quite recently that a fruit grower suc ceeded in producing a seedless apple. The fruits have been seen by many in terested in pomology, and in a few years' time a good supply of these pip less apples will doubtless be found on the market. It Is said, too, that them new apples are superior in llavor to tht ordinary kinds. Notice to Wheelmen. There's positively no need to endure discomfort by reason of chafing, sun burn, insect stings, sore and perspiring feet or accidental bruises. You forget these troublesln using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Infallible for Pimples, Blotches Skin Eruptions and Piles. Sold by Paules & Co., druggists, lb cents. DRAINAGE OF RO'AES] THREE 3YBTEMB NECEB9ARY FOR A PERFECT HIGHWAY. Object of UnderdraiiißKe OtntMily Mtaunderatood Foand«ll«u Mont Bo Kept Firm—iletttnsr Hid of Sur face Water—Value of TUinK. Inn tiulletln issued by the Illinois experiment station Professor Ira O. Baker treats of earth roads and their drainage. "By earth roods," says Pro -1 sKor Baker, "is meant roads built of ) :im and clay," and he continues: Drainage is the most important mat ter to be considered in the construction of earth roads. No road, whether earth or stone, can long remain good without drainage. Drainage alone will often change a bad road to a good one, and the best road may be destroyed by the absence of proper drainage. Water is the only agent that destroys earth roads. Water and dirt make mud, and mud makes bad going. Ttie dirt is al w and the water cy- - - HAHU'LE OF AMEBIC AS ROAD at unpropitlous times, as rain or snow. The water softens the earth, the horses' feet and wagon wheels mix it, and it &x>n becomes impassable mud. Final ly the frost freezes It, and the second state of the road is worse than the first, for a time at least Further, if the wa ter is allowed to course down the mid dle of the road it will wash away the earth and leave gullies in the surface that must bo laboriously filled up by the traffic or the hand of man. No road, however well made otherwise, «an endure If tho water collects or re mains on it. Prompt and thorough drainage Is a vital essential in all road construction. A perfectly drained road will have three systems of drainage, each of which must receive special attention If the best results are to be obtained. This is true whether the trackway be Iron, broken stone, gravel or earth, and It 1b emphatically true of earth. These three systems are underdralnage, side ditches and surface drainage. Many if not most country highways could bo considerably Improved by thorough subdralnage. Most roads need underdralnage even though water does not stand in the side ditches. | The most Important object of under dralnage Is to lower the water level in the soil. The action of the sun and the broezo will finally dry the surface of the road, but if the foundation Is soft and spongy the wheels wear ruts and horse's feet make depressions between the ruts. The first shower fills these depressions with water, and the road Is soon a mass of mud. A good road can not be maintained without a good foun dation, and an undralned soil is a poor foundation. A dry subsoil can support almost any load. A friend of the writ er, an Intelligent man and a close ob server, claims that even In-a dry time the easiest digging on or around a farm Is Just under the surface of a road hav tnii i. cvpt -tiJ—t inr TOuuMI I ), is continually pumping the water up from tho subsoil and giving It out Into the air, while In the road tho compact sur face prevents evaporation of the water In the subsoil. Therefore tho road needs underdnalnage more than the field. A eecorul object of underdralnage la to dry the ground quickly after a freeze. When the frost comes out of tho ground In the spring, It thaw 9 quite as much from tho bottom as from the top. If tho land is underdralned, the water when released by thawing from below will bo Immediately car ried away. This is particularly Im portant iu road drainage, since the foundation of the road will then re main solid, and tho road Itself will not be cut up like untiled roads. A third and sometimes ft very Im portant object of subdralnage Is to re move what may be called the under flow. In some places where the ground Is comparatively dry when It freezes iu the fall It Will be very wet in tho spring when the frost comes out, sur prisingly so considering the dryness be fore freezing. The explanaUon is that after the ground freezes water rises slowly In the soil by hydrostatic pres sure of the water in higher places, and If it is not drawn off by underdralnage it saturates the subsoil and rises as the frost goes out, so that ground which comparatively dry when It froze Is practically saturated when it thaws. Tbe underdralnage of a road not only removes the water, but prevents or greatly reduces the destructive effect of frost. Frost la destructive only where there is moisture. The upheaving ac tion of frost Is due to presence of wa ter. Water expands on freezing and loosens the soli. When thawing takes place, the ground is left spongy and wet, and the roads "break up." If the roads are kept dry, they will not brenk up. lUnderdrainage helps to keep them dry. It is the universal observation that roads In low places which are tiled dry out sooner than the untiled roads on the high land. The tiled roads never get so bad as thoße not tiled. There is no way in which road taxes can be spent to better advantage than in til ing the roads. The Chemistry Tear*. Tears have their functional duty to accomplish, like ever}' oUier fluid of the body, and the lachrymal gland is not placed behind the eye simply to All space or to give expression to emotion. The chemical properties of tears, says The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette, consist of phosphate of lime and soda, making them very salty, but never bit ter. Their action on the eye is very beneficial, and here consists their pre scribed duty of the body, washing thor oughly tliat sensitive organ, which al lows no foreign fluid to do the same work. It Dazzles tbe World. No discovery in medicine has ever created one quarter of Mu* excitement that has been caused by Dr. Kiner's New Discovery for Consumption. It's sever out tests have been on hopeless victims of Consumption, Pneumonia, Hemor rhage, Pleurisy and Bronchitis, thous ands of whom it has restored to perfect health. For Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup, Hay Fever, Hoarseness ami Whooping Cough it in the quickest, snr est cure in the world. It is sold by Paules & Co. who guarantee satisfac tion or refund money. Large bottles .Vic. and SI.OO. Trial bottlea free. TREATMENT Of HAIR. How to Prevent Fulling Oat—Seal® Mussatie nod Toutcs. Falling hair is one of the most com mou ills that attend upon spring, beau teous spring! Possiblj it Is a symptom of weakness, and as such should be treated by a tonic of iron, which the doctor will prescribe, »ays the I'hila d«lpl)ia Times. Outward treatment Is also advisable. The hair should be washed regularly, but not too fre quently, or it will become still more impoverished. An excellent shampoo is made by melting a cake of pure castlle or olive oil soap shaved into thin slices in a quart of boiling water. When the soap is thoroughly dissolved, the result will be of Jellylike consistency. Add to it one teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda, and when cool perfume It or not, BP preferred. Put the result away in a wido mouthed jar for use. For a aham* poo wet the scalp with hot water and rub a small quantity of the mixture well ioto the roots. Kinsc afterward ID several waters, each one becoming pool er and cooler. Where dandruff is pres ent a good shampoo consists of powder ed borax, 2 ounces;" powdered cam phor, 1 ounce; boiling water, 2 quarts. Mix these ingredients, and when the mixture is cold bottle it for use, and rub a little of it well into the scalp every few days. Scalp massage is a powerful auxil iary to hair health and Is best perform ed by a specialist. It affords relief to nervous headache and neuralgia. A simple and efficacious hair grower is made from pure castor oil, 2 ounces, and eau de cologne, 1G ounces. If the eplrit is of the propei*strength, the oil Is freely dissolved, and the solution is clear and beautiful, cleanly and safe. One of Sir Erasmus Wilson's famous tonics was the following: Tincture of CftUtharides, 3 ounces; oil of rosemary, J ounce; bay rum, 0 ounces; olive oil, 1 Notice. It is said that one ounce of reck sulpbur broken into small pieces (Oot powdered) added to this lotion will the coming of gray hair. Then, too, the following quinine tonic is highly efficacious: Sulphate of quiuine, half an ounce; bay rum, 10 ounces; oil of rosemary, half an ounce, and tinc ture of cantharides, 2 ounces. Dis solve thtse in enough spirits of wine to make the mixture smooth. e> A Wild Rij*. "When I was younger than I will ever be again," said the professor with a three story head and eyeglasses of the telescopic order, "1 was the victim of such Intense mental abstraction that I removed myself entirely from the world of practical affairs. I was in the boundless realms of thought and paid but fleeting attention to the active field of human action. It was neces sary to notify me when I should attend my classes, eat my meals and even when I should retire. "I was at one time requested to lec ture In a New England village and agreed to do so. The theme was one that had received my best thoughts, and the mere prospect of delivering it was a physical pleasure. W hen 1 ar rived at the depot my thoughts were concentrated upon the prepared ad dress. 1 realized that my train was an hour late and that I must hurry, but beyond the mere fact of hurrying I did not grasp a detail. " 'Drive fast!' I shouted to the driver of a dingy looking vehicle as I sprang In and handed lilm a s«> bill. 'Spare neither horse nor whip.'- "Away we went with a plunge. The carrlago rolled like a ship In the trough of the sea. Rtreet lights seemed a torchlight procession moving rapidly by the other way. Constables shouted, vt/A i 1 > us - on the sidewalks and gaze. Up one street and down another we dashed madly. We took corners on two wheels, grazed telegraph poles and knocked over such movables as ash barrels and dry goods boxes. "After half an hour of this bewilder ing experience I stuck my head out of the window and shouted, 'Are we near ly there?' " 'Where did yez want togo, sir?' came the edifying answer."—Washing ton .Star. The Shli>miu>t*r'> Cow. A certain farmer Is telling mean things about a Rockland shipmaster. "The shipmaster," he says, "bought a cow of a' man down my way; good critter—nothlu the matter with her. But It seems the captain's wife one day thought the milk tasted funny and segested that p'raps she'd been eatln spruce boughs; said the milk tasted like 6pruce. And what does he do but go out In the pasture to watch the cow, to see what she did eat The cow was fay In down, chewin her cud, and he went erlong and run his finger In her mouth to see what she was eat ln. Then he was mad. He put a rope on the cow and started off with her. He met a neighbor, who says, 'Where He you goln with the cow?' 'Goln to take her back to the feller that sold her to me. He's cheated me, and I won't stand It.' "The man wanted to know what was the matter, and he went onto tell about It and says: 'She wasn't eatln boughs, but she was chewin gum; that's what's the matter with the milk and makes It taste like spruce. And,' he says, 'that ain't ail. She's so addict ed to the habit that she's worn all her teeth out. She ain't got an upper tooth In her head. Back she goes, quick.' "Of course, the man told him that it was all nonsense—that cows never had no upper teeth. But he didn't believe a word of It and went on and had a tar nal row with the man that sold him the cow. Guess he was never satisfied about It or knew what a darned fool de was makln of himself."—ltocklund (Me.) Opinion. I'nole Allen. "The seven ages of man," Uncle Al len Sparks was saying, "as I have ob served the creature, are these: 1. Crib bags. 2. Nonage. 3. Suffrage. 4. Mar riage. 5. Bondage. 6. Breakage. 7. Dotage."—Chicago Tribune. A dairyman In southern Minnesota dried up his cows by feeding them po tatoes. Why? A totally unbalanced ration, woefully deficient in protein. Clover Is not only a fertilizer, but a subsoiler. Clover roots penetrate deep ly Into the subsoil ami as they decay certainly open up the subsoil for the use of other crops. Troubles of a Minister. To IM-netit others Rev. .T. T. W. Ver non, of Hartwell, (la., writes: "For a long time 1 had a running sore on my leg. 1 tried many remedies without benefit, until 1 used a bottle of Electric- Bitters and a box of Bncklen's Arnica Salve, which cured me sound and well.' Sores, Eruptions, Boils, Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum show impure blood. Thou sands have found in Electric Bitters a grand blood purifier that absolutely cured these troubles. Satisfaction is guaranteed or money refunded by Paules & Co., druggists. Large bottles oulv 50c. FOR THE CHILDREN: A Little TuJk About Savinc*. A distinguished economist felt that it was as necessary to teach a child to save as to train him to _earn, says American Boy, lie formulated a sys- jj? tem of savings for the lower schools of j jf France so wise and efficient that in ten t years there were In France 21,000 112 school savings banks, with 442.de positors, whose weekly average depos- I its of 15 centimes had amounted to i 10.248.22G francs, or over $2,000,000.. r The establishment of the banks was | left to the voluntary efforts of the teacfiers. The children deposited pock et money only, and it was made a part of every Monday morning exercise. The French cultivate the saving hab-j it. Mine. Carnot gave a dinner to 400 of the poorest children of Paris and at I its close gave to each one a bankbook containing a credit of 10 francs. AN hen j floods spread desolation and want in , the south of France, the children of the schools of Bordeaux freely gave from their savings S4OO for the relief of the sufferers. There are some school banks in our own country, and when the penny de positors of the school bank of Long Is land city heard of the great Johnstown flood they sent $ 152 out of their sav ings as their contribution. Every boy as soon as he is old enough 1o spend money should be given a legit imate means of earning it or a regular allowance, which at first may be made! to cover his pleasures and gradually in- > creased to Include his necessities and charities. A boy ought t# learn how to give as well as how to save and so should give his own money to the church or Sunday school. Let the boy ( take care of his own money. Ida M. Bodman in The Mother's Jour mil unys in writing on this snbiect: A child seldom has sufficient will to ena ble him to work for a distant object steadily. lie lives in the present, but every time tie denies himself some tri lling, pleasant gratification in order to 1 save a few dollars to buy something of real value !>.• has received a valuable lesson. Our primary object is not to persuade liiin to accumulate money, but to prevent him from spending it un wisely. In seine cases in order to stim ulate the boy to put aside his pennies for a specific object it is helpful to promise to add a certain amount to the savings. J nek l«»'* Lpsmoii. It was Jackie's birthday, and ho was 0 years old. In the evening his Uncle i Fred, who was a soldier, came up Into J the nursery to play with him and Bob-f ble, much to their delight. i4 I mean t<> he a soldier one day, said < Jackie during tlie game. "Ah, my little man, you've a lot of lessons to leam lirst of all," replied j Uncle Fp'd, with a smile. "Come, Master Jack, it's bedtime," ! said nurse. ' "I'm not coming yet, nurse," said j Jackie, crossly. "Can't you see I'm j busy?" "Do you know, my boy, that the first lesson a soldier ha to learn is to obeyT said Uncle I'red gravely. Jackie tlu. tight a minute, and then, like a good little boy, he put away his playthings and said, "Good night." ' SEVEN DEVELOPED GOLD MINES. ahrfq or r.ni n ore. THE ARENA Gold Mining & Milling Company CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦ in This Property is Estimated to be now Worth More than SIO,OOO per Acre and will be Worth over One Hundred Thousand Dollars per Acre,with Proper Development CAPITAL STOCK, $1,000,000. tetV" Divided into Shares of 81.00 Each, Full I'aid and N on-Assessable."®# The Arena Company offers 50,000 Shares at 50 cents each in a Property that is Worth over $<300,000. Kor tin- purpose of raising money to purchase the necessary machinery to make the mines produce daily fully Three Thousand Dollars in Gold, thus enriching every individual shareholder according to the shares he holdH. You can buy any number of Shares you Wish, and make more money than can be made in any other line of investment. The gold ore is in these seven developed mines. There are H.OtNJ feet of ore in a vein, and these veins are true mother veins, held within walls of granite, placed there by nature. The Company has already developed this property to demonstrate that it is one of the largest gold properties of the Cripple Creek District which is the greatest gold-producing camp on earth, its output last year aggregating S24.UUU,(JUOor nearly double the amount produced in the whole State ofl'ali ior ilia. At 50 cents per share t tie » ompany is giving you a discount of 10 cents per Share to start with, making at cents on the dollar. "As already Hated, this is done for the purpose of rais ing *2S,UU) to purchase improved machinery, air-compressor drills, and electric plant. We have two large hoisting engines on this properly,a commodious shaft-house,office buildings, boarding house for the men, stables, a powder-house, a large quantity of tools, etc. The re ports on these mines. made by one of the best mining engineers in tbe state, succinctly de scribe these improvements. NAMES OK MINKS. AZTKC, 210 feet in depth, with shaft-house, boiler and engine for hoisting, well timbered all the way down. liONDHOI.I'KK, 2««i feet deep, hoisting engine and boiler, large iron shaft-house. M KX ICO and MANHATTAN, both over KHI feet deep, oll same vein as I he Aztec mine, t' K YsTA L, .lANPKK and UKKAT KANTKH N. on the same vein as the I iond holder and open ed in depth to over 100 feet, and developments already made show over 4,000 feet of ore. If you want to make money out of nature, become a producer of gold out of her treasure vaults. The Arena group of mines will do it for you. We can furnish the best of references hank and mining engineers—and our title in the property is perfect, coming, as it does through a patent from the tioverment. With more im proved machinery, from SH.OUU to 80. 000 per day will be a conservative estimate of the output of these mines. Kemeinber that only ">O,OOO Shares of this Stock are for sale at r >o cents on the dollar, orders 101 the number of Shares desired, accompanied by Draft, Money orders, Kx press or Cash in Registered Letters, can be sent to The Arena Gold Mining k Milling Company, 501 Equitable Building, DENVER, COLORADO. PLANING MILL 1 HOOVER BROTHERS MANUFACTURERS Of Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas, Brackets, Frames and Turned Work of all Kinds. Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and Rough Lumber. RIVERBIDE, NORT'D COUNTY. - . - ThrnnlnK ARIIPM on <LI« Slide. Say, Hail, I wish sometimes that I \Vas quite as big as you, For, if I was, you bet your life There's some things I would do. i I'd tackle Fanner Saunders, v. Who used to wallup me uT For stealing all his pears Kfr From his fav'rite Bartlett tree. H I'd make him take his coat off » For a rough and tumtile fight; W I'd knock him into smithereens; .1 : He'd be an awful sight! 'j 1 next would tackle Jenkins, <j 4 llim with the wooden leg, <•! Who'd report the kids in swimming > No matter how they'd beg. tj * I'd saw his wooden leg off • r And cast it in the stream, t And he could then report it, too; (ih, what a happy dream 1 I'ut, say, dad, why I'd like to b» / As big a man as you T Is owing to the grudge I've got Against old Barney Drew. '• The kids they used to call him ]>r. Jikvll anil Mr. Hyde, And now he's getting even Throwing ashes on the elide. J gu'v dud, I could quite forgive Ji-tikins and Saunders, too; I'd take an old time whipping And a clout or two from you, If only once 1 had the chance To tan the selfish hide Of the man who takes delight in Throwing on the slide. —i'ittsburg DispatcfcL IN CASE OF Plftfc. Hun to Act When Menaced by Thll biinKcroim Element. In case of lire if the burning arti cles are at once splashed with a solu tion of salt and nitrate of ammonia an Incombustible coating is formed. This is a preparation which can be made at home at a trifling cost.and should be kept on hand. Dissolve 20 pounds of common salt and 10 pounds of nitrate of ammonia in seven gallons of water. Pour this into quart bottles of thin glass, and lire grenades are at hand ready for use. These bottles must be tightly corked and sealed to prevent evaporation, and in case of fire they must be thrown near the flames, so :i» to break ADII liberate the gas contained. At least two dozen of these bottles should be ready for an emergency. In tliis connection it is well to re member that water on burning oil scatters the flame, but that flour will | extinguish it. Salt thrown upon a fire I if the chimney is burning will help ! to deaden the blaze. If a fire once gets under headway, a covering becomes a necessity. A silk handkerchief moistened and wrap ped about the mouth and nostrils pre vents suffocation from smoke. Failing this, a piece of wet flannel will an- Bwer. ! Should smoke fill the room, remem ber that it goes first to the top of the I room and then to the floor. Wrap a I blanket or woolen garment about you, I with the wet cloth over your face, drop on your hands and knees and crawl to the window. Bear in mind that there is no more danger in getting down from a three story window than from the first floor if you keep a firm hold of the rope or ! ladder. Do not slide, but go hand over lauid. A Lnrld Orator. He—But you should hear him when he is really full of his subject. She—Carries his audience with him, ! does he? i lie—ltight into It. Why, when he ! was preaching on "Hades" the other 1 night lie had to stop till the ushers •>ad distributed fans.— Brooklyn I.ile. If I ANY PllittL ft want to It all lands of Priniins ft f\ r ■ Mil. llflPlß. is nail, j » A well printed, i -—— tasty, Bill or Let e \) J ter Head, Poster I A)I Ticket, Circular, Program, State ment or Card is e (v) an advertisement for your business, a satisfaction to you. Sew Type, New Presses, ~ Best Paper, M: Skilled W, n Proipipess \ll you can ask, A trial wili make you our customer. We respectfully ask that trial. i Mini n, No. n F.. Mahoning St.. D^HSTTT'IIIL.T.^, - A For Beauty style and finish our Hate are unsiflrpassed. The low prices cm our trimmed I j. goods will make them move out in short time. We are offering trim med hats at prices which can not* be duplicated. See the , shirt-waist hat, the latent style out. infuitt 132 Street.
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