RALLKOAD TIME TABLES. PENS' A R. K. EAST. WEST 7.13 A. M. HH A. M. It). 17 " 1- 16 IVM. 2.21 P. M. IS) " 1J.09 " 7.51 " SUNDAYS. 10.17 A. M. IH P. M. U. I>. A- W. K. K. EAST. W EST. A. M. H UH A. M. 10. ILL '• 12 47 P. M. 2.11 P. M. 4.15 " 610 " s.ai " SUNDAYS 6.58 A.M. 12.47 P.M. ti.lOP M. 340 " J. J. BROWN. THE EYE A SPECIALTY Eyes tested, treated, fitted with glass es and artificial eyes supplied. U Market Street, Bloomsburg, Pa. Hours —It) a. m.to 5 p. in. ele phone IMG. NEW SHORT STORIES Gr»tefol For >'on«tt»nd»Boe. At a recent dinner party in Washing ton a good story was told at the ex pense of Representative Norton of Ohio, commonly known to his col leagues as "Doctor," relates the Chi cago Chronicle. It seems tliat early In his career Norton graduated in medi cine and took up the practice, later giving it up for the more enticing "practice of politics." The story In question was told by one of Dr. Nor ton's colleagues from Ohio and was as follows: "Back in the seventies I lived near I>r. Norton, then a practicing physi cian. While In that neighborhood I was taken seriously ill and requii 1 the servii es of two physicians for days and days. I knew I was a pretty sick man, and consequently when the doc tors failed to putin an appearance on a certain day I asked my wife what had become of them. She held back for a minute, but finally confessed, with tears in lier eyes, that they had given me up. that they were convinced they could do nothing more for me. Well, I was determined not to die and happened to think of I >r. Norton. And I want to say to you now that Dr. Norton saved my life. I have always been grateful to him for this great service, although I have never been able to repay liim. "'Send for I'r. Norton,' said I. 'He will be able to save me.' "My wife acted on my suggestion and, calling a messenger, sent lor the doctor. I'retty soon the messenger re turned with a reply to my wife's mes sage, and this is what she read: " 'Sorry, but 1 cannot come.' " He Larked Gallantry. If Sophie Crolzette Is spoken of now adays, no one seems to understand, and yet a few years ago she was an actress of such prominence that it was sug gested that Bernhardt had in her a possible rival. Iler death in Paris re cently has brought up her name, and those who are ambling through the reminiscent period of middle life are discussing her as she was In the height of her achievement, when she had just established iier fame in "Le Sphinx." That was in 1871, and Bernhardt was new enough In those days to feel tlie power of Croizette as a rival. But Crolzette married In aud with her marriage meant retirement from the stage, and so we ceased to hear from her, and the present generation knows her not, while the divine Sarah is still triumphant. One little incident comes to mind in connection with Crolzette. It was at the moment of her greatest fame. A j! "I'LL, TAKE A CLEAN cn\ IF YOU PLEASE." bazaar was being held in London for the benefit of some fashionable charity, one of those charming out of door fetes In the season when trees, flowers and ladles' gowns all seem to be blossoming at once. They imported Croizette from France to pour tea as a prime attrac tion, and the fascinating little Parlsl* enne drew the crowd around her. "The tea Is a shilling a cup," she ex plained to each. Then, w T ith a piquant glance, she held the cup to her laugh ing lips anil added, "And if I taste It first it is £l." She usually got the £l. But I blush when I remember a coun tryman of mine who replied after her red lips had caressed his cup, "Here is £l, but I'll take a clean cup, if you please."—New York Mail and Express. Story on Senator I'latt. During a recent session of the sen of abolishing the revenue tax upon ex press money orders came up for dis cussion. The senators were not fa miliar with the express money order business, and Senator I'latt of New York, who, as most people know. Is president of the T'nited States Express company, offered to enlighten them. Accordingly, he excused himself for a moment and went to a neighboring office of his company, where he found a young clerk of whom he demanded an express order for the sum of f> cents. The boy was astonished at the smallness of the amount. "Yes," Senator i'latt repeated, "I want a money order for 5 cents. I am itbe president of this company." The boy rushed Into the private office of the company's agent. "Say," he exclaimed, "there's an old gentleman outside who says lie's the president of the company, and he wants an order for f> cents. I'm afraid to give it lo him for fear he'll raise it." The agent appeared, and Senator Piatt got his order, and indue time the members of the committee were enlightened as to the express money order business. There are 7, ti»o members of the New York police force. The number of ar rests made by the New York police last year was Lis. .<;• an average of be tween IS a 1 .''i for • ach policeman. A medical journal declares that len tils are not or>iy richer in proteids than peas or bi ins, but are also mot* digestible. «.OVE AND DUTY. love, with autocratic mica Or gentle recollection, bid tbts come To seek new happiness beyond thy horns And duty's call? Transfixed and mute, betwsss A mate of hop*s aud (tars, thou btand'st, taf queen, Gazing with Mlsa upon the ixomtwd land. The realisation ot llte'« sweetest dream. Vet e'er returning to the task at hand. The c ! nourished and coaxed into active exlat ' ence. | Then at last the white faced woman ' told her story. She was, in fact, the wife of a soldier, I aud in dumb faithfulness, which was fool j lsh and pathetic enough, she had believed ' she ought to keep her mairiage secret until Private John Little claimed her be fore all the world. To be sure, the poor creature could have had help from some of the public charities, but she was too ignorant and timid and perhaps too proud to ask. So she staggered out into the world with her sad burden to live or die, as Providence directed, for Mr. John Lit tle had gone off joyfully enough to the war without realizing the misery he had left behind him, an "absentminded beg gar," if you like, but he was "doing his country's work," and"lt ain't the time for sermons." A few weeks later came the full par ticulars of a battle, and the two women read them together. For the details of the battle they cared little. There wai one paragraph that in their eyes swal lowed up everything. "Recommended for promotion," it ran, with military brevity, "Private John Lit tle of the East Surrey for saving the life of Captain Fred Stanton, field artillery. Advancing under a heavy fire, Little pick ed up Captain Stanton, who was severely wounded, and carried him to a place of safety." The two women looked at each other in speechless wonder. "What was the date, ma'am, of the battle?" asked the young mother, with a sudden light in her eyes. "The 16th of December," said Mrs. Stanton, trembling with sudden excite ment, "the very day that I brought you here, and" —after a moment's thought— "it happened at almost exactly the same time." "An there's some as says there ain't no Gawd," said the woman under her breath. "I reckon he see what my Jack done, an then he remembered the gal as he'd mar ried secret." Then the two women, the high born and the low born, mingled their tears and their prayers. But the doctor de scribed It as an "extremely odd coin cidence." —Modern Society. Justice Brewer's Bulr Honrs. "For many years I have been getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning," said Jus tice Brewer when the conversation gave room for an inquiry about his methods of work. "Lately the hour has been 5 o'clock, for I find I enjoy taking more sleep. My retiring hour at night Is usu ally about 10 o'clock." When some surprise was expressed at this early rising, he added: "I began that when I lived in Kansas. As a young judge I was very ambitious, and at night I found myself dreaming over the cases I had tried during the preceding day. I did not rest well, and this troubled me so much that I consulted a physician, an old friend of mine, lie advised me to drop all work In the evening. In those days we had dinner at noon and a light meal, our supper, toward nightfall. 1 was to go out in the evening with my wife, at tend the theater, play cards or goto par ties, but forget the law. Then 1 might get up as early in the morning as I pleas ed. "I followed his advice and gradually ac quired the habit of rising at 4 o'clock. I began to sleep soundly and without dreaming of anything so far as 1 could tell. I got up In the morning with a clear head and was able to do two or three hours of good work before breakfast. 1 have followed that practice ever since. flours "are*iET?Ke early morning."—Topeka State Journal. Primroses In Covent Garden. One of the greatest days la Coveut Garden Is that on which ths primroses first come. They are tied up In ungrace ful little bundles just big enough to form a buttonhole, and a dozen may coat you anywhere from elghtpence to a shilling. Thus massed, they make a respectable show. And there is one strange thing about primroses—you may go homeward along the Strand laden with roses, daf fodils or irises or even carrying a tall lily In a pot, and none of the workmen you pass will say a word or even seem to look at you. But It la different with prim roses. If you have these, they all look and are interested. They all make some •uch remark as, "The spring cannot be far off now that the primroses have come." Very likely one of them will stop and, after a brief apology, ask you If the flowers are fairly cheap, and the odds are then that you give him one of the little bunches and are most gratefully thanked. —Chambers' Journal. Rtstir Aunt (severely)—As I glanced Into the parlor last evening I saw you with Mr. Hinks' arm round you. Niece (calmly)— Yes, anuty, I was wait ing for you to pass the door and see us. Young men are very slippery nowaday a, and one can't have too many witnesses. Tests of Caltarc, The chemist Lleblg proposed to meas ure the standard of civilization by the consumption of soap, a creation which would put the inhabitants of north Holland at the head of all clvlllxed na tions. Aa a more reliable teat Edmund About suggested the sale of steel pens, the socialist Bebel the frequency of re form meetings, Dr. Bernard the use of undergarments, a luxury unknown to the semlclvJllzed tribea of Asia and South America; Profeaaor Ebers th« sale of postage stamps. The mileage laihvailo huuOictl BvjUlU'ti mlloi of territory might do In comparing countries of equal density of popula tion.—Exchange. Tvlrarspklna With CSSBOIS, When the tlrst vessel completed the pannage of the then new Erie canal la 182fl, there being no such thing as a telegraph In those days, the news waa communicated to New York and to Buffalo by cannons plnced within hear ing of each other all the way along from Albany to each of the other cities. The signal was passed along In this way from Albany to New York city and bin-k again to Albany In 58 min utes. The experiment was a costly trtie, but was a success In every particu lar. «>n the Atlantic. Mother —That gentleman seems very attentive to you, « lara. What sort of a young man do you tlnd him? Clara- - always takes things literally*—My dear Clara, what a very shocking reninrk. I kin»\\ he was very ill the tir-t f' w days mi hut fancy noticing sii< li a ihintr I'iek Mr i n To Save Her Child. From frightful disfigurement Mrs. Nannie Galleger. of La(Grange, <»a., ap plied Bitcklen's Arniee Salve to great sores on her head aud face, and writes Its quick cure exceeded all her hopes, it works wonders in Sores, Bruises, Skin Eruptions, Cuts, Burns, Scalds and Piles. & r >e. Cure guaranteed by Paules druggist. HAYSTACKINQ DERRICK. Hot* to Balis It sud to Maudle U my NDLU't-iilully, But few of the farmers In this section who have several acres of clover or timothy for hay have sutticleut storage room for it. A pari often must be stacked or ricked out of shelter, yuite a number use u derrick to aid in this work, writes J. M. Jamison to the Ohio j Farmer. The accompanying illustra tion shows the style of derrick In gen eral use. I give the dimensions of the one I have used for three years The pulleys, fork and rope are the same that are used In the barn, making the working cost of the derrick very light. The base of the frame Is 8 feet square, 10 feet high and 5 feet square at the top. The pole Is 24 feet long, but should be at least 80 feet. The long arm is 17 feet, long end 13 feet, ■ DEKKICK JK>M STACK INU H A V . short end 4 feet, long brace 15 feet, short one 4 feet, end of long arm 2S feet high, but should be 35 feet. The pole has a hole bored through It about three feet from the ground, through which is inserted a strong iron bar to turn the arm of the derrick over the rick when loaded and drawn up. The pulley at the lower side of the frame should be so placed that It will aid in turning the arm of the derrick over the rick. The trip rope to the hay fork does not show in this illustration. I use the derrick to rick clover hay and find that to handle the hay suc cessfully with the fork it should be put up In large cocks and allowed to stand till it settles. A small haycock for stacking with a derrick Is a nuisance. To be able to build these large cocks without too much carrying of the hay I rake the clover with a sweep rake 20 feet long, teeth six feet long, drawn by two horses. Two rakefuls make one good cock. In hauling to the stack I use this sweep rake nnd haul two or three cocks at a time. In this way I can keep the stackers going. This year I shall try stacking from the wind row by using sled and hay slings, two or three slings to a sled. If this will work, and I feel sure that It will, it wIU save the labor of cocking. In ricking clover hay with a derrick the ricks should be made long and narrow and as high as possible. It takes no more material to cover a high rick than a low one. A rick with a bulge requires too much cover to pro tect it. Hence the sides should be nearly straight till necessary to draw In for the top. With the aid of the der rick the only hard work uecesiary i* that of the trampers and stackers. It needs a man to set the fork, a man to revolve the derrick on its pivot aud two men on the stack. Boys can ride the horses to haul In the hay and the horse that works the fork. of the frame this derrick can be drawn to different parts of the field and from one field to another over level land without taking down the poles. The derrick should be put together with bolts, so that it can be taken down and stored iu shelter when not in use. If not taken down, it makes a good weather vane, but not an attractive field ornament. Beetles Eat Berries. In Ohio ground beetles have been de structive to strawberries in the sani» field for three successive seasons. They enjoy a diet of the seed, varied also of tentimes with the delicious pulp. Evl- GBOUND BEETLE AND FRUIT ATTACKED. dence Is to the effect that they are ca pable of ruining a whole crop in a few days. Professor Sllngerland of the Cornell (N. Y.) station suggests as remedies to keep the strawberry patch aud nearby fields as free as possible trom ragweed, whose seeds are favorite food for the beetles; also the use of a bright trap lantern pet in a pan of water and ker osene. bu* be concludes that "a sure, practicable, ultbougb laborious, meth od Is to 'hantf pick' or collect tbe bee tles from their hiding places during the day under lumps of dirt or Just be neath the surface of the soli near the base of the plants. The removal of the mulch would facilitate this la many cases." Coursac In Speech. There is often room for much cour age In speech, courage not so much to maintain opinions as to confess igno rance. Bound to Enjor lieraelf. "Now, dear," said mamma, giving final instructions to Elsie, who ia going to take tea with a playmate, "when you are asked if you will have something, you must say, 'Yes, thank you,' and If you don't want It you must say"— "Oh, you needn't bother about that," Elsie interrupted. "I don't expect to refuse anything."—Philadelphia Presa. Astounded The Editor. Editor S. A. Brown, of Bennettsville, s. C., was once immensely surprised. "Through long suffering from Dys pepsia, he writes, "my wife was great ly run down. She had no strength or vigor and suffered great distress from her stomach, but she tried Electric Bitters which helped her at once, and. after using four bottles, she is entirely well, can eat anything. It's a grand tunic, and its gentle laxative qualities are splendid for torpid liver." For In digestion. Loss of Appetite, Stomach and Liver troubles it's a positive guar anteed cure. Only 50c at Paules & Co.'s drug sotre. THE LAW OF ItETItOPRBSSIOK. I All Improved breeds of stock of what"' ever kind, as well as of flowers anQ frults, are the result of selection artificial propagation by tnu.ii. Tfce.Ht-, tie, gnarly, sour crab Is the progenitor j( the Baldwin, Oreening, Wealthy and Jonathan apple, the wild boar of'lhe Black Forest the original type of finished and perfected Polunest method will ul | timately prevail, and the farm sepa ; rat or is as much of an improvement I over the creamery separator as was I the creamery separator over the deep j Betting plan of ten years ago. JfITROGE'N" AS PLANT FOOD. The most valuable and important of i all plant foods is nitrogen. It costs I from 15 to 20 cents a pound as used in | the commercial fertilizers. The air we ' breathe is four-iifths nitrogen, and so It is one of ti»e most widely diffused | and common yet expensive of neceasi j ties. How can the plant secure the j needed nitrogen from the superabun i dant stock in the atmosphere? That's ! the question. Certain plants, the le gumes, have the power to work out j this problem in nature's chemical lab j oratory, absorbing the nitrogen froin | the air and depositing it in the form of ■ plant food in the soil. Clover, ulfalfa, j beans, peas, peanuts, all do tills work; | hence the necessity of growing as | much as possible of such crops in order i lo .».»•«» me iui ins leiuiiiy. /v do- I ver crop which is cut for ha." and later for seed will take from the air and place In the soil for the 1 eneflt of suc | eeedlng crops from 250 to 300 pounds I ut nitrogen per acre, equivalent in val j ue io over S4O per acre at the current j price of commercial nitrogenous ferti lizers. Here Is where it pays to gru* clover. VOrK OTHF.R FARM. As land keeps advancing In value the j Importance of looking after your other j farm—the farm which lies Just eight ! Inches upder the one you work aud pay taxes on—becomes more aud more apparent. We see you smile at this allusion to your other farm, but It u there Just the same. Some of you men with broad acres of black soil three j feet down to hardpan have three or four farms, one on top of the other. Rome day you will develop these farms, for there Is Just an much valuable plant food stored up In such soll» two feet down as there is on the surface. Don't worry about going into debt about that other &<>, but Just turn your attention to the 80 which you have title to and paid for, upon which there will be no fences to build or taxes to pay. BRIDGES A\l) CI'LVEIITI. One can very easily make a good guess as to the rainfall of any section of the country by riding over it on the cars, shutting his eyes and carefully noting the average number of bridges and culverts crossed by sound. Where the rainfall Is heavy water courses are plentiful; where it is deficient such waterways are few and far between. That section of railway In the north west which runs in an air line for 62 miles, with Out one small bridge aud only here and there a culvert, may be safely set down as a good country in which to raise sheep and a mighty poor country for corn and hogs aud the dairy cow. An EnfrllNb Explanation. This Is the way a prominent English paper explains it: The president of the United States, who receives a salary of £IO,OOO a year, must pay for all the food consum ed at the White House, and the ex penses of getting up an elaborate state dinner are not small. Cigars and wines the president buys, aud they must be of the best. lie has to main tain his own equipage. The govern ment, however, allows him a valet; al so a clerk, who opens all his letters. All other personal servants must be engaged by the master and mistress of the White House. They Struck It Rich. It was a grand thing for this com munity thatlsuch an enterprising firm as I'aules & Co. secured the Agency for Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption. the wonderful remedy that has startled the world by its marvellous cures. The furor of enthusiasm over it has boomed their business, as the de mand for it is immense. They give free trial bottles to sufferers, and pos itively guarantee to cure Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma. Croup, and all Throat and Lung Troubles. A trial proves its merit. Price 50c and fl.oo. NAMES OF OUR RAILROADS, Ctriom Cbaukri In Titles Brui|kt Alio ut by the Pub Ho. The fashion of naming railroads has changed considerably in the last quarter | of a century. The three and four woid titles have about gone out of style, and one word names succeed them. For iu stance, the Santa Fe is no longer referred j to a s the Atchison, Topeka and Santa 1 Fe, although this is the corporation title. 1 The old Chicago, Burlington and yuiu- j cy but been contracted to simply Burling- | ton by the public decree, and the title j Rock Island has replaced the Chicago, I Bock Island and Pacific. Many towns otherwise practically un- ! known are kept before the public be- 112 cause they bud the luck to be worked into , a ruilroad title. For Instance, who kuows the real name of the Monon railway? As a matter of tact it was organised as tbe j Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville road. The littie town of Monon, lud., gave it its popular name. Tbe Wabash system does not take its name from the river, but frtfto a station of this name on ' the line. One of the most sensible railroad 1 names was selected for the combination of railroads organized in the south aud now known as the Southern railway. The Southern is very fitting, as it euters , nearly every southern state. It is also an economical name. Another nume that strikes you is the ; Cotton Belt. This is how the St. Louis Southwestern railroad lias been mod- ' ernized. As it passes through one of I the Impost cotton producing regions of j the United States it is very appropriate. Because a little road up in Nova Sco tia with the ponderous title of the Domin- ! ion and Atlantic reached the land mad# | famous iu Longfellow's poem tourists have given it the title of the Evaugeline road, and perhaps this is more appro priate than the other. It is certainly more picturesque. A change which must have shocked the directors was in the case of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis. This was altogether too much for its patrons and the railway men, and some one thought of the size of the cities named and called it the Bk; Four. Down iu Texas and the neighboring states the? have a habit of handllug thr railroads without gloves when it comes to giving names. A favorite plan is to take the principal initials of a road and spell them out. Only a uative of the southwestern ranches would know Fee (Jee stands for the Kansas City, Pitts burg and merely called Kajiee, cuttmg off the lust part of it. Sap is short aud sweet. It has been contracted from S.. , A. I'., meaning Sau Antonio and Aran sas Pass, one of the priucipal lines In Texas. The New York capitalists who built another road thought that Mis aouri, Kansas aud Texas would be a suitable name, but tbe Texas naople r» iuced it to b.s ,v I Holland Caitoai. Holland has some peculiar custom*. In many towns bulletins are affixed tQ the doors of houses in which person* are sick In order that their friends may 1 be apprised of the state of their health j without knocking or ringing, and lB Haarlem the birth of a child is an > nounced by n.eans of a small placu# i adorped with red silk and lace. if i|rtf uian. "I'm surprised, Dusty," remarked ths » vaccine physician. "Nq one thought that j you would submit to vaccination without ' • tight." 1 "Nothip surprisin," responded ths i tramp. "It's a new graft. I'll have a J lame arm, an I'll give 'em de gag erboul 1 beiu wounded in de Philippines."—Chi - | cago News. SEVEN DEVELOPED GOLD MINES. 60 ACRES OF GOLP ORE THE ARENA Gold Mining & Milling Company CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO. This Property is Estimated to be now Worth Morp SIO,OOO per Acre and will be Worth over One Hundred Thousand Dollars per Acre,with Proper Development CAPITAL STOCK, $1,000,000. into Scares pf SI.OO pach, Full Paid and Non-AsieM>able."^ifli The Arena Company offers 50,000 Shares at 50 cents each iu a Property that is Worth over 8600,000. Kor the purpose of raising money to purchase 1 lie necessary machinery {3 jnakp (he mine* produce dally fulJy Three Thousand Oollars In (iold, tnus Biir}p(il(is p\pty Injßyidual shareholder according to the shares he holdi. You can buy any number of Shares you Wish, and make more money than can he made In any other lint of Investment. Ttie gold Ore Is 1U these seven developed mines. There are N.OUi feet of ore lu a vein, and these veins are true mother veins, held within walls of grauite.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 Olstrict w hlch is the greatest gold-producing camp on earth, Its output last year aggregating KM,000,000 or nearly double the amount produced In the whole (State of Call torn la. At 50 cents per share the Company Is giving you a discount of 10 cents per Share to start with, making 20 cents on the dollar. As already stated, this Is duue for the purpose of rais ing UUU to purchase improved machinery, air-compressor drills, aud electric plant. We have two large hoisting engines on this property,a commodious shaft-house,office buildings, boarding house for the men. stables, a pow uer-house, a large quantity of tools, etc. The re ports on these mines, made bj one of the best mining engineers In the State, succinctly de scribe these improvements NAMES OK MINKS. AZTEC, 210 feet In depth, with shaft-house, boiler and engine tor hoisting, well timbered all the way down. BON I>HOL.OEH, 2HO feel deep, hoisting engine and boiler, large Iron shaft-house. M KXICO and M ANHA'I TA N, both over 100 feet deep, on same vein as the Aztec mine. CKYSTAI., J ASI'ER and GREAT EASTERN, on the same vein as the Bondholder 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 Arftia group of mines w ill do it tor you. We can furnish the best of references bank and mining englneers-and our title in the property is perfect, coming, as it does through a patent from the Ooverment. With more Im proved machinery, from 88,000 to Ko.OOO per day w ill be a conservative estimate of the output oft jig&c ini|i'o cents on the dollar. Orders lor the number of shares desired, accompanied f>y pratt, Money Orders, Express or Cash in Registered Letters, can be sent to The Arena Gold Mining & Hilling Company, 501 Equitable Building, DENVER, COLORADO. . . .11 'M i H-. , .. .. 1 . PLANING MILL! HOOVER BROTHERS MANUFACTUMIVI Of Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas, Brackets, Frames and Turned Work of all Klnda. Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and Rough Lumber. RIVERBIDK. NORT'D COUNTY ■ Hnnf iMk wh* ted Juat ~*«c froa a Oao tnti fnlftat din asked a Tonlum asm tor a loiA of 10 cents to •ectirw *xna food. B* toak tbeui to a festauivnf and vromleed to pfot'We thwn »*th work m aaoa •» Umv bad finish*! Hp lug. Wl*n <*»/ Mparts* far work, hi ■aid: "Boy*, my cellar's (oil at wat«, aad I waat yOo to i*unp it act. fixed these hand pumps right Bar# on tUu sidewalk. Neva* mind the peupl*. When tlxwj cocoa along and aak gfoae tlona, )oa< foo any nothing, but pcunp till th« rt tar's oat of th* caller. K«a cool. Don't hurry, bat puiaft and I will pay you well." Now, a trlbatary to the Nettptfbaa river ran through this man's store ewl lar and out under tlte aidewalk, and tha puuipa reached dowu into tlae river. 'Hi* water puiui>ed out Uy the Uobots ran into the sewer aud buck into the Nepperhan, bat AS the sidewalk was tightly flagged the pumper* didn't know the alze of their job. The street became Jammed with speo tators, who roared with merriment as they watched the hoboes. Ail but the men at the pumps knew what was up. When the auu went down, it deacended on the wrath of two Weaary Willies, armed with coupling pins. They bunt ed all night for their kind employer, but he was In New York tailing his friends. The Ink Plut. The ink plant of New Granada la a curiosity. The Juice of it can be used jas ink without any preparation. At flrst the writing Is red, but after a few hours it changes to black. Tills. Villa formerly meant a farm and not a house. Pr»lon(li( the Aa*»r. A curious criminal law exists In Greece. A ru&n who is there sentenced to death waits two years before the ex ecution of the sentence. Free Tuition gy a recent act of the Legis lature, free tuition is pqw | granted at the Literary Institute and State Normal School Blaomiburg, Pa. to all those preparing to teach. This school maintains courses of study for teachers, for those preparing for college, and for thpse studying music. It will pay to write for particular!. No other school offert »uch superior advantages at such low rates. Addreas J. P. WELSH, A. M„ Ph.D., Principal. II If I ■ML We want to 4 do all Ms af Priming | i...i . i f\ r p l y - 111 ll'S Hi II ill Pits. ll'S BtßNt. I I A well printed, tasty, Bill or Let- W/ ter Head, Poster, J Ticket, Circular, Program, State r>J ment or Card '* (y ) an advertisement for your business, a (satisfaction to you. Hew Type, . New Presses, ~ Best Paper, yss: Stilled Work, " Promptness- Ml you can ask, A trial will make yuu our customer. 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