RAILROAD' TIME TABLES. I'BNN'A K. K. BAST. WEST 7.1.1 A. M. M.W A. M. 10.17 " 12 IS I'. M. •Ll\ P. M. 4.53 " ti.o9 " 7.51 " SUNDAYS. 10.17 A. M. »'■ M - It. 1,, i Si W. K. K. EAST. WKST. 0-58 A. M. >, M -10.1W " >f-*i 1 2.ii p.M. J ;' ~ tiiu •• * 4O SUNDAYS 0.58 A.M. 12.47 I*. M 0.10 I'. M. IMIILA. A It E A PINO It. It. NOKl'tl. SOUTH. 7.H2 A. M <>-';■ A- M. 100 P. M. »> <*• 1 - xl Ml A HIM SI'UKET. 7 il A. M. -V -J!* 402 P. M ,u " 1 M - J. J. BROWN, the eye a specialty Eyes tested, treated, fitted with glass es anil artificial eyes supplied. 11 Market Street, Blooinsburg, I'a. Hours —10 a. m.»«« o p m Telephone 1436. THE BRITISH TOURIST. He Wai PP-HMitntl) Surprised by tlie Train lloy'M Attention!*. The British tourist sat In the car and gazed Idly across the bleak prairies. He felt a slight touch and, looking around, found that a uniformed youth had deposited several ruddy oranges ou the seat. "He didn't wait for the money," re marked the tourist, gazing from the fruit to the rapidly retreating train boy. "He never docs," said the fellow pas senger, with a knowing smile. "Oh, I see! It Is one of the advan- . tages of your great railroad system. Free fruit for its patrons." The British tourist was Just peeling i the second orange w hen a dainty pack- ! age of chocolate confectionery was de- I posited on his knee. "By Jove," he exclaimed enthusias tically, "this Is delightful! When I re turn home, 1 shall write a paper on the excellence of American travel." In less than ten minutes he was the recipient of another package. It was a little box containing a black cigar and two matches. "No wonder you Americans like to j travel," he said, biting the bitter end of the cigar. Then he found that a comic publication had found its way to his seat. "This is great!" he grinned. "I am going to tip the boy. Wait a moment." The train boy halted, and the tourist held out a dime. "What is that for?" asked the boy. "For yourself." "You owe me a half, mister." "Owe: 1 thought you were giving ! these things away?" "Not today. The half, please." "lint w hy don't you ta!.e the money when yon leave the stuff?" "Because we'd never sell it." The tourist reluctantly handed over the coin. "doing to write about the excellence of American travel?" asked the fellow passenger. "Not I." responded the British tour Ist. "1 am going home and tell the na tion aboct tie train robberies over here!" I'\ebange. JOHN ADAMS' WIFE. A Lrttrr From Ablirnll Arlnmn—Th \ Ire I'rrnltlnit'ii Ku notion. PUILAIIEM'IUA, Dec. G, 1797. Dear Sir— l receivid your letter of 1 Nov. 1!4 by the post of yesterday. With respect to the notes you write me aliuiit, 1 wish you to do hi, them as you would by your own, as I do not want at present either principle or Interest. 1 think it would be most for my inter est to do by them as you projmse. The method you mention, of adding to the outhouse so as to give me a dairy room, I like very much and would leave it to your judgment. I think it would be j best to have it large enough to take of J a closet that cold victuals, etc., may not j be inlxt in with dairy affairs. I should i be glad to have It compleated if possi- ' ble before I return Iu the spring, but ' the winter has set in with great \io- j leuee here, and the rivers are already « frozen up, so tlint I fear we shall not ; have a chance of getting any cheese | here. Congress are but Just getting into business, and the vice president is not j yet aoived to sit six months togeth er. Regulating debates, moderating i warmth and reading papers Is a laborl- ! ous task and what, I fancy, the present ; V. P. does not like so well as rocking In j his pivot chair or amusing himself i with the vibration of a pendllum. I have never yet seen the southern man, j Washington excepted, who could bear close application for any length of time. What u ringing would here have | been In all the Jacobinical prayers : from one end of the United States to the other If somebody else had done so! We are all well. The cold weather has entirely put a stop to the yellow fe- j ver, and no person would now suppose that such a calamity had ever befallen the city. The synod recommended a day of fasting and prayer. The differ- j ence between this place and N. Eng- ! land was this: Being recommended by a body of Presbeterian ministers, none of the church clergy would Join in it. Every shop in the city was open as usual, and a very small proportion of the inhabitants attended worship. Busi ness and pleasure went on as usual. Remember me to Mrs. Tufts and all other friends. From your ever affec- ' tlonate Abigail Adams. j Ankiviril Compliment. There is such a thing as being too per sistently complimentary. A candid and well meaning professor who had witness ed the performance of a little play in a i private house in which hi-, hostess had taken the leading part met the lady as j ■he came from behind the curtain. "Madam," he said, rushing up to her, "you played excellently. That part tits ] >ou to perfection." "Oh, no, professor," said the lady mod estly. "A young and pretty woman is needed for that part." "But, madam," persisted the professor, I "you have positively proved the con trary." — Pearson's Wei kly. Stlipld Sll It-MIIIII 11. "That sale you made settles you," cried the merchaut, angrily. "You're an idiot! You're discharged!" "But. sir," protested the new salesman, "you told me i might sell that \ ase for sl." "Of course, you idiot, but the woman j i you sold it to called it a 'vaws.' If you j had asked her $5 she would have puid ' it." Philadelphia I 'reus. To make cheeep ramekins melt n half cupful of grated cheese In a double j boiler. Season it with a salt spoonful | of suit u dash of p:i»»ril-:ri nnd a table- i spoonful of mill \ . n >i is smooth, 112. spread It on ua.iov. trips of bread that have been dipped ill milk aud egg and 1 filed In butter. "HE CARETH." We grieve him much! The deed so small We do not think it sin at all. But ju=t the selfish, heedless sway Of one's own will, the Master's way Ignored «]uite; his love so true « In all hi* thought for me and you, We pass it by and heed it not. Our one excuse, 41 We just forgot!" We grieve him much! We please him much! The deed so small We never think its worth at all; Hut he looks on with love so true In all his care for me and you . And sees the loving thought of him, The cup of water to the brim He sees it filled, for his dear sake Given, another's thirst to slake. We please him much! He loves us much! The moments small We do not think he heeds at til; Vet every thought of grief or praise, Each smile, each tear, the glance we rait* While thanking him for pardon sweet, The trust we feel, the power meet He grnntß for service—all are dear To him; there's naught for us to fear! He loves us much! —Fanny Kdna Stafford in Boston Transcript. ? A Game of Cards • • • iw* * 9 • llow a Man Innocently Fell 0 "You wish to know," said Baron Mal ten, "why I refuse to play cards with you? Well, I'll tell you." But lirst let me describe the baroii. He is a man who carries his iSO years well; he is tall, of striking appearance, regu lar features, scrupulously neat iu his ap parel, in manners coldly polite, circum spect and always self possessed. He im presses one as being the personification of order. His comprehension is as slow as his tongue. He knows, but his mental acquisition requires time to formulate it self aud to give itself expression. If snails had the power of speech and were holdiug a conference, I am convinced they would talk a la Malten. His lan guage is correct ami deliberate, his ges tures few and his smiles rare. He was formerly a captain of cavalry in the Austrian army, but was obliged to quit the service after the battle of Sa dowa, where he was wounded in the knee. The wound healed in the course of time, but it resulted in a slight lameness of the left leg. which, however, is not without compensation, for now when the baron walks he has the measured swing of a soldier on parade, his right hand feeling by force of habit for his missing saber —that beautiful saber, close com panion of the spurs, whose musical jingle thrills the ear of the cavalryman the world over. Every oue knows that he is poor and proud, but still he is ofteu in\lt ed to the castle, more because he is nu Austrian than on account of his title. He accepts with dignity, and, being an educated man and an attentive listener, his company is eagerly sought. And, now that we know something of the man, let him tell his own story: "My story," said he, "is a short one, quite commonplace and not of thrilliug interest. However, here it is: I cheated at cards!" At these words we all looked at one an other with blank amazement. Malten noticed the look of horror on our fuces, nodded his classic head iu confirmation of our astonishment and, stroking his long, gray mustache, said slowly, "Yes, I Malten." Then, seating himself in an armchair and stretching out his Sadowa leg tender ly, lie related the following tale with characteristic slowness: "Twenty-five years ago I was a young married man, a very young sublieuten ant, and very young in many respects. Since then I have grown older and wiser. My poor young wife is dead, and since her death I find my life well nigh intol erable. I can scarcely call it living. 1 simply exist. At the time of which I speak we resided iu a cozy little house in a suburb of Vienna. In the evening when the weather was pleasant we used togo out walking past the Elizabeth bridge, nud the • iglit statues on that structure have looked down upon us more than 100 times as we walked slowly past arm In arm. We talked about many top ics. She dreaded war. I wished a call to war. We more than once expressed astonishment that we two, holding views so opposed, should be married, but our talks always wound up with plans for the future. We even discussed how to bring up our children before we had any. "When the weather was bad, we re mained at home in a little world of our own, and after supper we found our chief amusement in playing cards, usu ally ecarte. Though neither of us was expert at the game, we played earnestly to win, and whenever I lost I would rail at my ill luck, give a blast or two on the trumpet aud raise a racket generally. When she lost, she kept quiet, but I could see by the trembling of her lips that she suffered as much in her silence as I in my noisy demonstration. "After awhile, to add spice to the game, I began to cheat. My wife did the same. And, like two children, we pre tended to deceive each other. When I managed to get the five trumps anil spread them out with a look of inno cence on my face, she would exclaim, *You are cheating, sir!' And I would re ply, 'Yes, my dear, I know it, but it's the only way to win.' And so we passed many pleasant evenings. "It was about that period of my exist ence that I was invited for the first time to visit General Mohr. With what joy I accepted the honor! My wife began übout noon to spread my uniform on the bed, and with what care she helped me dress! It was her hands that fastened my saber; it was she who gave me tlie final inspection, nnd when she bade me goodby at the door, for she did not ac company me, she had a look of pride so sweet that for a moment I had it iu my heart to say: 'My dear, I'll not goto the general's tonight. You are my wife—the best little woman in all the world—and I'll stay at home with you and keep on my uniform just for you alone.' Would to heaven 1 had remained home that tiight! "When I arrived at the general's house, I assure you I did not regret my visit. Nothing is more beautiful than those re ceptions in my country, and on that even ing the affair was unusually brilliant. There were all the corps commanders, also a group of archdukes—and our arch dukes are grand. There is something about their carriage, their dress, their profile, so majestic that they look as If they had just dismouuted from those bronze horses which they will bestride when after death their equestrian statues shall be erected oil high, bearing large military hats with spreading plumes. "Of the ladies I will only miy that tiny were there iu great numbers. And such beauties! Our \ ieuuese blonds are so beautiful! Such milk white skin! Such eyes of heavenly blue! No man could help falling in love with them, singly and collectively, especially if he saw them dance ltcally, your heart became enthralled at once and was carried auay iu the folds of the ladies' dresses. And then there was Strauss. The great aud only Strauss, who conducted like some di vine being. Hut I must stop lest I make myself i idiculoiis in your eyes. I viewed oil these splendors with joyful astoui>h incut, with a certain pride at being there. , At times I thought of my little wife at home and wished slie were on my arm Working Night and Day. The busiest and migbtest. little tiling that ever was made is Dr. Kimr s New t Life Pills. These pills change weak ness into strength, bstlessness into ener brain fag into mental power. They 're wonderful in bnilding up the health '>nl \- > c per I MIX Sold by Panles & Co. druggists I enjoying th<> spectacle. "Presently I found myself in a small parlor. I can see it now as plainly as at I the moment 1 first entered it a room i hung in cherry aud satin, lighted by a j large golden candelabrum holding tall | candles. Ahout the room were several | mahogany tallies with green clotli tops, j Seated at these tables were elderly geu i tlemen, resplendent in their many deco . rations, and all absorbed in card playing. ' They conversed in low tones, as if in a 1 church, and ouly the strains of a distant | orchestra occasionally interrupted the | whisperings of the gamblers. These j sights <|uite overpowered me, and just as ; 1 was about to quit this sanctuary I | heard my name called. 1 turned. It was my colonel who had spied me. He pro i posed a game of ecarte. I bowed uc | eeptance and took the chair just vacated j by his partner. Several persons were standing around our table, and I can re call the feeling of vanity I experienced at being seen iu public with my supe rior. The colonel proposed a stake of 5 florins, to which I agreed. We cut for deal. He drew a seven spot, I drew a jack. In this tirst hand 1 captured all the tricks. In the next hand he swept the board. We were now even—two and two. It was now my turn to deal. "While shuffling the cards I noticed that the card at the bottom of the pack was the king of diamonds. llow bright it looked in its scarlet color! At sight of | it I was seized with an uncontrollable de sire to steal it. For the moment I im agined myself at home, at my own table, under the lamp, my wife opposite me, aud quietly—unobserved, 1 thought I drew from the bottom that king of dia monds, which I played at the proper time, exclaiming with feigned surprise, 'Hello, I have the king!' Hardly had I uttered the words when I felt a pallor spreading over my face. The colonel no ticed it, stopped playing and looked at rue iu silence. My breathing became rapid. I was so overcome with shame that I could have died on the spot. "From a rear room came the sounds of the orchestra playing 'Life's Joys.' The colonel kept his eyes right on me a steady, penetrating, hard look, full of contempt aud sadness. Finally he turn ed his eyes away aud remarked coldly. 'Well, since you have it mark it.' Then as he arose from the table he pushed to ward me with the finger tips of his white gloves the 5 florins, remarking, 'You have won, sir.' I had not yet recovered my equanimity, so completely hail my grief prostrated me, but I could not let my colonel go away in that humor. "I said to myself: 'lie is a worthy man, father of a family. I will tell him that I did that act unconsciously, and he'll laugh it off. No doubt he'll consider it a joke. He'll pat me on the back, and that'll be the end of it.' I caught up with him. As soon as I was by his side I said to hltn in low, suppliant tones, 'Colonel, colonel'—Hut I could not utter another word. He stopped, gazed at me as he hail done at the card table, and hi* look again penetrated me- burned into my very soul. Then 1 understood that I was lost, dishonored iu his estimation. I felt that no matter what I might have said in extenuation of my crime he would consider it simply a lie, so I hung my head, kept silence, aud he went away. From that day I have never loved my profession, although I was the most not ed among my comrades. "No matter where 1 weut, whether in quarters or at drills or in the houses where we had our reunions, I felt that look ot the colonel—that silent look which always seemed to say, 'Lieutenant Malten, you're a thief!' "In course of time I was made a cap tain. Then I lost my beloved wife with whom I used to cheat at cards. Then came Sadowa, which, you know, put un end to my military career. And so you have my story. I may have spun it out a little too long, for which 1 apologize, but, gentlemen, you must play without me." — New York Couinierciul Advertiser. Luvcnder Oil. As four-fifths of the oil extracted from lavender is concealed iu the bloom the harvest takes place just before the flower begins to fade at the end of August. The oil is distilled by means of steam, which Is compelled to penetrate the closely pack ed lavender, afterward being drawn off in pipes that run through cold water. In this manner the steam is reconverted into water, but the process of passing through the lavender has extracted the oil. which floats on the surface of the water as it runs into glass jars down below. These jars have sprouts in the center, thus en abling the water to run out while the oil collects above the level of the exit. In this, the tirst stage, the oil is of a brown ish blue tint, and it now has to be refined by passing once more through water. Thus all impurities are removed and the oil runs out white save for a very pale blue color similar to that observed in paraffin. Three pounds of oil will make 30 gal lons of the perfume. The majority of ladies would be surprised if they were io. formed that a bottle of lavender water contains but about a thimbleful of pure oil, for a larger proportion would not only render the water too strong for use, but would burn holes through the hand kerchief wherever the scent touched it. Hurnx. A small lump of borax - , three or four grains slowly dissolved iu the mouth and gradually swallowed, is recommended for hoarseness or loss of voice by speakers or singers. The solution acts upon the ori fice of the glottis and the vocal chords precisely as "wetting" acts upon the liotes of the flute. A Financier. "A financier is a man who makes lot» of money, isn't it, father?" "No, Freddy; a financier is a man who gets hold of lots of money other people have made." —Our Dumb Animals. \o Woiidtr. Oswald—What was the mattah this ma wiling, my deali boy? You walked ilweadfully kwooked, don't clier know! Had you been eating a bwandy peach? Bertie —Bless you, no, deab fellow. But in pawting my hair the beastly valet put thwee more twesses on one Bide than the other, and it completely destroyed my cqullibwlum, don't cher Bee!— l'lck Me-I'p. \\ lai« 112 It ltei»r«*aent«*d. As a man of wealth it becomes his duty to encourage art and culture. Somewhat proudly lie displayed a re cent acquisition. "That," said he, "is a line specimen of the impressionistic school." "So it appears," said the friend, "but what does it represent?" "Four hundred dollars."—lndianapo lis News. Kipenalvr lunornnee. The total Income of all the colleges of this country is s2l,<hmi,<kh> a year, and the poor people of New York pay annually into the policy shops of that ciiy. Here is an illumi nating contrast. The whole country pays S'J I,» i<ni.immi annually for its high est I'dui'iitioii, and thu metropolitan city alone puts sld.ooo.UUO yearly iu a game that only preys on the ignorant. I fancy no college man ever played policy except in the pursuit of know I edge and by way of experiment. When ignorance is so cosily, higher education cannot be vei\ ■! n at tw what is now spent on it \ nslce's vl.r i/.ine. A Shocking Calamity. Lately befell a railroad laborer, writes Dr. A. Kellet, of Williford. Ark "His foot was badly crushed, but Buck leu's Arnica Salve quickly cured him It's simply wonderful for Burns. Boils, Piles and all skin eruptions. It's the world's champion healer. Cure guaran teed 25c Sold by Paules &Co drug gists. WITHOUT TURNING A HAIR. A I.ondouPF falmly llplnrnoil Money ( iwn •<> lli in •>> Mlmuke. A Kf"* I'man of my ai'iiuaiiitnnce liad a curious experience of manners and customs of modern Knj;land a few nights ago at the theater. lie had taken four stalls, but at the last mo ment found two of his partj unable to come. On his arrival at the theater lie left the two spare tickets at the box of fice. the clerk promising to sell them if he could and send the cash to him when they wore sold. He took his place and soon afterward was gratified to see his two surplus seats occupied. The individuals who took them were attired In evening dress and bore the outward semblance of gentlemen. My friend began to look out for the money which was to come from I lie box office. Presently a concessionnaire entered, passed down the row of seats and ad dressed one of the two newcomers. My friend noticed (hat the commissionnaire passed something to one of the gentle men, who put"it into his pocket with out a word. A sense of uneasiness stole over my friend with regard to the 1." shillings that was due to him, and as the even ing was getting on he thought he would go and make an Inquiry at the box otfice. His suspicions were veri fied. The clerk had sent in the money by a commissionnaire. The commission naire was called from the door and on | seeing my friend at once realized that he had given the money to the wrong man. lie promptly went back to the theater, my friend following to see the fun. The commissionnaire went straight to the party to whom he had handed the money and said, " 'Ere, you've got IT) shillings that don't belong to you." The other replied in an unconcerned way, "Oh, yes!" took the money out of his pocket and returned it to the com missionnaire. "He showed no trace of embarrassment," says my friend. "He handed back the money, as lie had pocketed it, without turning a hair." I 1 always like to think the best of peo ple, and possibly this individual, being a stranger to music halls, was under the impression that it Is the practice of the proprietors of such establishments to send a commissionnaire around from I time to time to distribute cash bonuses among the audience.—Loudon Truth. I li<- Wlae Assistant. j The Photographer—But this picture does not look like her. Astute Assistant—Of course not, but it looks like she thinks she looks.— Philadelphia Record. The Courteuiift. "What are you worrying about? i Don't you know care killed a cat'/" "That's all right, but 'don't care' has killed more."—Philadelphia Press. Tlii*t !)<>> o* H intern*. That boy o' Kogers', Lord sj-jrc mo From raisin sech a brat as he! Kf ever mischief was boiled down Into a freckled, red haired clown An turned loose on two spindlin •Oianks T* bother mankind with his prjnks, 'Twis that ar boy o' Rogers'i Tli* wa'n't no question that he'd be Inside th* penitentiary Afore he was a man full grown, lie could conspire more tricks alone Than an\ l»oy I ever seed. Th* biggest scamp, we all agreed. Was that ar boy o' Hogers'l He turned up rnissin; went out west; I 'low vse thought it was th' be«t Thing that had ever happened yit When lie made up his mind to git. For us he couldn't go too fur, An we all said, "Good riddance," fcir, T' that ar boy o* l< >gers'l He left us twenty years ago; 1 was out west a mouth or so Las* spring, an Jack, my boy, 6ays he, "I'll take ye up today t* see Th' guu rnor!" W aal, sir, I'm i uased, I knew him when 1 seed him hist - 'Twaf that ar boy o' If t«rs'! CONUNDRUMS. The InforniHtinn iind Kicliiiiiko Ed itor* i>rt OH Koine Good Onra. "While you're talking about smok ing," said the exchange editor, "maybe you can tell why a 5 cent cigar is like a young half breed Indian squaw." "Maid of poor stock," replied the in formation editor. "What's the differ ence between a roller towel and the people who have to use it?" "One is a wiper, and the other is a generation of wipers. What's the dif ference between a catfish and a wad of chewing gum?" "Not much. It's nil in the inouth. Why is a ripe apple like tin- ghetto?" "Full of juice. Why is a grain of sand like the faith cure?" "All in your eye. Why does a"— "Hold on. That isn't right. You didn't have the answer, either, about the 5 cent cigar and the young squaw." "It's a mistake to furnish a match for it, then. You were all wrong, too, about the roller towel and the people who use it." "The one's a crash, ami the other's a push, if that isn't it, I wash my hands of it." "Soap yourself! It's because the peo ple are changed every seven years and the towel is never changed. Why is a"— "Then you ought to change boarding houses. You didn't get the right point of difference between the catfish and the chewing gum." "They're just alike. You can gel stuck on both. Why does a"— "Gum off! I say they're not!" "I say they are! It isn't meet to use either." "All wrong. You can use one for a big fry, while it is only the small fry that uses the other." "Worst I ever heard. You made the wrong guess about the ripe apple and the ghetto, besides." "Did It on purpose. Why is a present of a mummy like a wig?" "Because it's a dead give away. Why does a man"— "Why is the leader of an orchestra"-- "I.lke a fast watch? ltecau.se he beats time. Why is a customer at a de partment store"— "Like a man 100 years old? Because he's waiting a long time for his change." Then the information editor closed his knowledge box, while the exchange editor sheered off.—Chicago Tribune. Malevolence is misery. It is the mind of satan, the great enemy, an outcast from all joy and the opponent of all goodness and happiness. .T. Hamilton. It don't matter If the world is round or flat, you'll roll off it If you don't keep your balance. Atlanta Constitu tion. Stood Death Off. E. B. Monday, a lawyer of Heuriette Tex., once fooied a grave-digger II says 'My brother WHS very low with malarial fever and jaundice. I jiersuaiW ed him to try Electric Bitters, and he was soon much better, but continued their use until lie was wholly cured I am sure Electric Bitters saved hi-< life This remedy expels malaria kills dis ease genus and purifies the blood: aids digestion, regulates the liver, kidneys and bowels, cures constipation, d\-pep s'a, nervous diseases, kidney troubles female complaints, gives perfect health Only 50c at Panles & Go's, drugstore. SPOTTY, THE SPORT. One off flit- Amnslng F.f|»prlrnr»* of !*oviltr> Keeping, i When wo rented our house v\< didn't ' expect to keep chickens. I>ut our land i lord was moving out of town, and after : he had his chickens cooped he found 1 there wasn't room in the car. so father I bought them. i There were a Mack Minorca, two ' Plymouth Hocks, a Light Brahma, a Leghorn and a crossbred a black hen with just a few white feathers and a rose comb. We calh 'I her Spotty. One day, when w«» were getting set tled In our iii w home, spottj walked In through the kitchen door, and we found her eating crumbs in the pantry and an egg under the shelf The next day. when It was raining and the door shut, we heard something tapping mi the window and found Spot ty flying against it. We were afraid klic might break the gla<s, so mother told ine to send her away, hut before I could close the door she was In and making for the pantry again. We thought her so wise that we let her alone, and she laid In the pantry until she began to molt. Whenever the door was closed she came to the window. I never saw an uglier hen than old Spotty when she was molting. She was ragged, bare necked and pin feathery all at once, but we were go ing to school then and didn't know when she stopped molting, though fa ther said once that Spotty seemed to be spotted with black instead of white, ns at tirst. About Thanksgiving time father wauled to sell some chickens, ami mother told him to sell the lightest ones, especially one which was nearly white. When he came in, he said: "My dear, there is a beautiful snowy white pullet in the chicken house with a rose comb. Where do you think she came from?" Stella had been reading poul try papers, and she said at once that ; it was a sport; that Barred Plymouth Kocks sometimes sported white cliick ! ens. As we were half it mile from a neigh- I bor, father thought that was right, until one ralnv day we heard a tapping j on the window and found the white pullet in Spotty's familiar place. Then every one remembered that with the Increased number of chickens from the summer hatch Spotty had been lost sight of and the snowy white pullet i with the rose comb was herself.—Har riet W. Ashby in Poultry Keeper. tioiv hi « lire imi'k Fdithprn. Your reader wanting to know how to cure duck feathers may find the follow i lug of value: If they are for home use, the usual way to cure duck feathers is to hang them up in coarse bags that are not too fnil in the sun each day until they are thoroughly dry and all chance of any decomposition Is gone. Care should be taken that they are never wet by a stid den shower or otherwise and should be stirred tip occasionally. If the feathers are Intended for mar ket, the quickest way is to spread them on an upper floor under a tight roof, guarding against their being wet from rain. At least once In two days they should be well stirred with a stick to prevent their heating. Each new lot should be kept separate until partly dry. This may be done by making a small pen in one corner of the floor and keeping them there for a week at least. These are thrown with the general lot when fresh are brought to take their place. At no time should there be more than a foot of feathers on the floor. If there are windows, as there should lie, they can be covered with wire net ting. allowing them to be opened for ventilation without the feathers being blown out. It will take a month for the feathers to be dry enough to sell, when they can be packed tightly in light muslin bags for shipment. White feathers always bring the top price. Colored or soiled feathers should be kept separate. These latter are sala ble as a lower grade, but if mixed with white the lot will be classed as Inferior. Hen and goose feathers are treated In the same way, each kiml by Itself al ways. It is usually reckoned that this other wise waste product will pay for half the picking except in the case of scald ed hens, when it does not pay to bother with the feathers. Dry picked hens bring only 10 cents at the highest and generally not more than 7 cents. All feathers find a ready sale to job bers and pillow manufacturers. It is well to send samples to different concerns when you have them for sale, and they will make the price according to quality as they see it. Oftentimes one firm will give more than another for the same goods.—Thomas 11. Tay lor In Farm Poultry. The Anxlon* Father. ■ ■'.■■■ nmn I Jones—So your daughter is eloping, eh? Are you going to bring her back? Jinks —Not on your life! I'm chafing them to make that young man get a move on. He might change his iuiuil —New York Evening Journal. Ilnnml}'. Honestv sometimes lu< ps a uinn from becoming rich and civility from becoming witty. I'lrnl Alcoholic Perfume. The first alcoholic pci fume was Hun gary water, made lioni rosemary by Elizabeth of lliingarj In 137»», she having procured the recipe from an Hungarian hermit. I his perfume be came popular throughout all Europ* In that and the succf 'ling century. A Night of Terror. ' Awf ill an Met y was ft It b >r the w nlo\\ of the brave < ieiieral Buruhainni Mach ias. Me . when the doctors said she would die from Pnciini una liefnr» morning writes Mr- s II Lincoln who attended In-r that b .irful night, but she begged for Hi Kings N, w 1 covery, which had mori than ivoil hei life, and cured her of Consumption After taking she slept all night, rnrth nr use entirely cured her Tlii- mar velloiis medicine is guaranteed to eiin all Throat Chc«.t and Lung l»i>c;i • iin I \ ."ioc and si.no Trial hot tl> live at I'anh -A < - ilru M -re #*«>filtry \ n r«1 Work the Aj < Till I nil poultry raising. lion't shirk r J | \/vl VWlnl WW a guinea for scaring hawk- and < >v\ ,s 112 , and not so noisy. L~ A The hens that molt earl; are the , ~ »««,*) r\Akif* A ones that you should keep, forth yv. if it jl« | | |lj|( ylm (| lay winter, when • irgs are nio-i in j I r I Now. I lew are of rotten n. !k and I / * **■ * spoiled mcsse - Some pi ■ pic -com to 112 ! . think that fowls belong to the buzzard j family. ! / What passes for cholera is often the *"• j j . . iii ; wan! fo do a!! nil big, heaviK tc.itliei i I t< *1- p. ble to heat prostration. If the early chickens are to lav I- fore , . - • SSCv ' i ]i Sf Pnitm and good air. Sell oft the old h as In- 1 fore tbey begin to molt. Nerve Slavery, , n r —h It is prcscnt-d.iy con'i t js * ' W I burdens of work upon the rn r\ us «.y> •••«» •• ■ i ■ that tells the story—premature br- ..r. ; gl of health. Ill! ! J I It tells why so many men and -a who so far a-; agt in ytars should be in the prime of Icilth u- • selves letting goof th< ■ r • the vitality they once [» ses i. I i- < J m cau?< that great motor p. a v /i A 'I Ik III# I I nerve force, is impairc-1 I■> W i 111 II Hv I pends upon its contr .::.g pov III: II H much as the engine depends ujion • i i I/I I to put it into action. An tn. Nt woi • t without steam. Neither w: the ht : the brain, the liver, the kidney.-, the 112 | \J I || | g 1 act right without their pr> ; < r, • t supply. Let any org,ni b* •> I essential and troubles begin - <i • e Throbbing, palpitating i.tart. IS !K hh: Sleepless nights. jjj || iTO'I . Sudden startings. Morning languor. {nabiliUMo wr rk or 'hink. !t # ' Exhaustion on exertion. • "'it ! tvUl/V. flaKging appetite F^y" i SffS? S \\< lr innhla Lasily e.\< c«i. nervous, trnt; «. w \ If , If Strength i • . II 0 lllni' .WVfc. I.oss ol s .mil n u. r ( «er. Seulnl . n.clio! :t (]ttlr ■ \ A picture. 1 hoiis. lut changed to .me of brig'i;ne»s bv use of l>r. A \\. Chase's Net v. I'i; - They :. d up the net*es and supply neive force. > ' || COAL The above i; the genuine p: of I»r. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills, are *oU! by !e... V [ M 111 ers or Dr. A. V. Cha* Medicine *. n at . m W-S ■* " w* • Buffalo, N. Y Price ;o cen's. SEVEN DEVELOPED GOLD MINES. 60 ACRES OF GOLD ORE |(f 'fVp „ IJlf . 1 fie* Pt'Bsses Gold Mining & Milling Company CRIPPLE C'RKKK. COLORADO. DuM 1 u|lul, This Property is Estimated t no« Wi ril H • SHIM fort. SIO,OOO per Acre and will m\\ nrtli ovi-i On. II Jl<: n Tlious:md Dollars \n-v Ai-n-.with Proper IK vi-l«.|mu CAPITAL STOCK, $1,000,000 i>ivi.it.,i int..simre...i v.,!.. i i N \\\ yon can ask. j The Arena Company offers 50,000 Shares at 50 cents i*ac*h in a I'mjiertv thai i- W«<rtii ovi -i.i M.ihn I- or lln pnr|M.v, of rj»«-n J . , 1..«, • ; • : ■ thus enrivliiiiK < \tr\ 1 ti«S I\i* 11 ji: r < tl • *- 112 „\ tri*li Will Vou can Inn any number of Share - you W ~h. anil maki inori!iioiu> I lian i:•n I • liunli t'r tlicst* WWII il«'\> lointl iiiim- llnrt un motliiT veins. lii-til uitliin wa >f >• tl . • * »i .. ,1 i|«-\t lO|h 11 1111« proi't 11 jto 1 1' ii" 11-1 1 •':• ; - ! •' •;1 • t I . »» i ' V"|H\ i tl. .. -» Crlppli l rifl. 111-t 1 I« 11 • 1 -lli '. il.-t 1 0,., vcar tmurt-yat inj: -.'I.HU.t 1 or i • ,» ■ '■ • lln lorn 111. j t' • 1 At "1(1 cent* |*r »lian llid oini n . wttli. makiliK <•' lit-"II III' iloila' i«tat..l tliu ♦-">,l**l to |>iiri lia-i infro lihm- two lai-< lioi-tin-t 1 i -inr- on lit |>ro|.« . Ik»:i i'il 111 u IIOUK t<n the un n ".la 1. ■ 101 |M>rt<i on t hew mine-, mad* l*> ot * ■ I I > ■ '' v t n si-ritu- tIHKc liniirovi im-ril n\M|-..| \|l\l \ PBI* IMMMjA ' mi- N \i» H t>'im!ii\nuVi i \n,i. 112 112 fil! HI Nl yIF Fi 1 ■ IfPHMHU Ifl. Iff ! Ed in depth toovcr Ittifi If \ * iii v\ itiit to mi" Ut- iii* •1• •y < t « 112 1 ### Vaults. I'll** An n:» i*roii|» ••! in \\ ♦• rail furnish Hit* l*st <1 r» !« ■ property in wrlect, eoititßK« l»r<»\««! iii.'iclifu< rv, from t«»- It I •" »* C * • »112 t he*i' in I ii«*> K. iim iii lki that . hi\ -. '«• >1 • < irders ior tin' luiint <1 "I s !uin «lt •.«!. 0. « 1 . fash 111 \h tfi-1. rt it!,< tt» 1- •anl ♦-i 11! to - --I The Arena Gold Mining & Milling Companv 501 Ki|uital>lc litiikl DKN\KIi. i'ol.oi:\D » [^4^'llltA PL A MM* >III.LJ HOOVI:K KKOTIII:KS MANUFACTURERS Of Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas, Brackets, Frames and Turned Work of all Kinds. HS- Also Shingles. Roofing Slato, Pinned and in Minmr RIVERSIDE. NORT'O COUNTV
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