RAILKOAD TIME TABLES. PEXN'A R. K. EAST. W EST 7.13 A.M. 9.11 A.M. ,0.17 » 12 r> I'. M. £2l P. M. 458 " t).uy " 7 - 5 > " SUNDAYS. 10.17 A. M. 4.!i3 P M-_ l>. 1,. A \V. K. K. EAST. WEST. ti.f.B A. M. #•<*> A. M. 10.19 " 12.47 P. M. •2.11 P. M. * " 010 " 5.40 " SUNDAYS 6.58 A.M. 12.47 P. M 6.10 P. M. S4O " PHIUA .t READING U. K. NORTH. SOUTH. 7 32 A.M. 11.25 A. M. 4.00 P. M. 0.05 P. M. BLOOM STKEET. 7.34 A.M. 11.23 A. M. 1.02 P. M.'>-04 P. M. J. J. BROWN, THE EYE A SPECIALTY Eyes tested, treated, titled with glass- j es and artificial eyes supplied. 11 Market Street, llloonisburg, I'a. Hours—lo a. m. «<» "> p. m. Telephone 14W>. I The Last Cruise off £ the Little Mother | « By JOHN IL ♦ RAFFERTY + o ° ♦©♦©♦©♦o#o4o^o^o^o#o^o4o# Tom Claflln was 10 years old when his family moved from Chicago to San Diego, Cal. His father, a consumptive, was no longer able to work. His moth er. a tiny, cheerful, busy woman, with three small children besides Tom, had her hands full with nursing her hus band, making, mending, cooking and caring for the family. They bad been In their new home for three months, living away their small capital and with no prospect of earning a dollar. The boom was over. The town was overrun with easterners, men and wo men in frail health, willing to work for small pay at anything that would yield them sustenance. And so Tom, the hope of Ills courageous little mother, had tried everything and failed to get work. It was then that he hit upon the idea of becoming a fisherman. For a week before he broached the subject at homo he had patrolled the shore from Point I.ouia to the Coronado beach in search of a boat. He had only sl.", and of the scores of small craft that could be bought at all there was but one within his means. A leaky lugger, with fray ed old sails and an impossible Spanish name, stinking of fish and with a dirty black hull, lay moored off the Portu guese village on the north shore of the bay, and thither day after day poor Tom trudged, big with his secret. One Saturday night he startled the family with: "Well, people, I'm a sea captain at last, and no joke. Mother, behold your son. Captain Thomas Claflln of the good ship Little Mother." The little woman's blue eyes were filled with tears when her boy showed them the bill of sale to the effect that he had bought a vessel for $12.50, and thus, like a true blue Chicagoau, risked Ids all In the only business venture in sight. "1 named her for you, mother, and you must christen her and take a sail 11. Kll'KHrroVV ". ,» iiaii and shovel for clams the Claflin fam ily, with Tom proudly leading the way, went down to the beach in the morn ing. Sure enough, there lay the Little Mother, swinging gracefully at her moorings, no longer dingy and black, but radiant In a coat of fresh white paint, her sails mended and shipshape, the stars and stripes fluttering from her peak, and her name in bold blue let ters across her bows. Tom's little brother and sisters danced with de light, new light came into his father's eyes, and as for "little mother," the patron saJnt of that first voyage, she laughed and cried by turns as she sat In the stern of the boat and watched Tom, the captain, and little Charley, the "first mate," both bubbling over with excitement and nautical terms, tugging at ropes, running about like regular Jack tart and making all ready "to put to sea," as Tom said. As the boat, driven by H cool sou'- eust breeze, stood out across the bay for the Lonia lighthouse Tom showed them all the new handpump he had rigged into his little "ship," he explain ed the centerboard, pointed out the Imaginary beauties and qualities of the Little Mother, boasted of -what he meant to accomplish as a professional fisherman and made everybody so hap py that It seemed no time at all till the sun was dipping into the sea and the first cruise of the Little Mother was over. And the boy made good money with his modest venture. He would rise with the sun each morning and with his din ner pall and coarse tackle make for the boat that had become to him both sweetheart and provider. His greatest difficulty was his need of an assistant, and many were the barraeoua and giant Jewfisb that escaped him In his lonely all day cruises up and down that matchless summer sea. Some times he would Induce some lazy wharf Idler to accompany him; sometimes old Pedro, the retired Portuguese from whom he had bought the boat, would hall him as he stood out to sea and help him with the work. Sometimes, when the sea was like a floor of gleaming onyx, his father would sit In the stern sheets, and little Charley would "man the Jib" or troll a line for small fish, but alone or with a crew Tom never failed to bring home at night enough' fish so that his earnings at the end of the week were almost enough to pay the running expenses of the frugal lit tle family. It was In the end of August that the Monterey, the monster coast defense monitor, returned from her first cruise. She had been In South American wa ters for four months, and the crew got Its first shore leave on American soil at San I>lego. The big war vessel was thrown open to visitors one Sunday morning, and all that day Tom Claflln carried sightseers from the Santa Fe pier to the Monterey. Good seaman that he was, he was fascinated with the dazzling spotlessfiess of the mon itor, and every nigkt while she lay In port Tom came aboard to revel In t&e ship talk and yarns of officers and He soon knew all the officers by &&&$ and had formed a close friendship tvltb a seaman named Hansen, who wfts hall fellow with every man in the crew. Hansen was killed the night before the Monterey sailed for Frisco. He bad gone ashore with a guard to nrrcst a half breed Mexican stoi;< r who had overstaid his leave. The guard sep. arated to scour the town for the de serter, and Hansen, alone, had the [ misfortune to corner him in a Chinese , dive at the lower end of town. A knife , In the dark as he was dragging lils ( prisoner through an alleyway, a panic , of chattering Chinamen, who quenched S their lamps and bolted their doors, and | poor Hansen was left dying In the i mire. It Is but four miles to the Mei- ! lean border from San Diego, and thith- | er It was supposed the murderer bad j tied. The mayor of San Diego offered S2OO ; reward for the capture of Hansen's j slayer, the little police force was j thrown Into a fever of activity, the j Monterey delayed her sailing for three ] days, and then the crime began to be j forgotten. Torn sailed out to the Ash- ; lug grounds every morning with whom- | ever he cotild pick up. It was nearly a month after the mon itor had gone when a lone fisherman sitting at the end of the jetties that reach from the crescent end of Coro nado island hailed him. Young Claflln stood In for the landing and Invited the stranger aboard. He wanted something to eat, and the boy, with a sudden flut ter in his heart, opened his pail and bade the stranger make himself com fortable. They fished all that day with rare luck, and at sundown the Little Mother was deep with her cargo of barraeoua. Once under the lee of Point Lorna on the homeward trip the breeze died out, and the boat went drifting with the tide. The southern reaches of the entrance to San Diego harbor are covered with sand bars and shallows that extend two miles along the inner side of the Coronado. The tide ran out while the Little Mother was drifting above these bars, and when darkness fell she went hard aground. A dense fog came with the night. The channel buoys disappeared. The distant lights of the city were blurred and quenched in the thick haze, and by the time flood tide came again it was impossible to steer the boat with certainty or safety. "We'd better anchor till the fog lifts," said Tom, wondering what his mother would think if he staid out all night. Ills comrade sullenly agreed, and so they dropped anchor and lay rocking In the calm cloud of mist for hours. The stranger fell asleep in the bottom of the boat, but Tom, big eyed now, his heart beating with wild excitement, sat In the bow watching. It must have been near midnight when he crept down Into the hull and unshipped the little pump. The tide was going out again, and as he dropped the disman tled apparatus into the sea he heard the water gurgling into the hold. Tho stranger was yet sleeping when Tom slipped over the rail, breast high In the water, and headed for shore. It was 2 In the morning when he reached the police station In San Die go. He was bareheaded and wet, his bedraggled shirt and trousers were clustered with burns and thorns, his feet were bleeding, and he could hard ly speak the words: "Captain, I've got the Mexican that killed Hansen." It was daylight when they surround ed the scuttled lugger. The Mexican was awake, clinging to the half sub merged mainmast. The rickety l>oat, i loaded with fish and bumped by the j now running seas, was going to pieces plank by plank. Tom didn't waste a thought over the captured murderer i after he saw the police lay hands on him, but he shed a weak, unwilling 1 tear over the wreck of the Little Mother. i "Why did you wreck your boat, i Tom?" asked his mother that day while the story of her boy's heroism j made him the talk of the town. "Well, mammy," he said, "I was | afraid the Mexican'd get away to sea. I wanted him, you know, but what I WMj .W4» ey."—Chicago Record-Herald. Sicily « Xalriral Garden. The natural fertility of Sicily Is In deed remarkable. Without the use of fertilizers three different growths olives, vines and wheat—flourish In close proximity, writes a correspondent «in tho New York Post. Great sections already artificially watered are among the garden spots of the world. The "Piano del Cappucinni" at Trapani, ou the western shore, the far famed "Conca rOro," near Palermo and the eastern coast north of Catania are sec tions which surpass in fertility the fa vored valleys of Tuscany. Already 10,000,000 orange trees, or two-thirds of the total number grown in Italy, flourish on the island, while cotton and linseed, the almond, the olive, the carob and the mandarin are extensively raised. The Rio Grande railroad in Colorado has equipped its locomotives with a novel train robber killing device, says a writer in Locomotive Engineering. It is a means of playing scalding water and steam over the bandits. There Is an extra piece of steel pipe running up from the bottom of the boiler to the back of the engine cab, where It is flattened out fan shaped, the ankle of the fan embracing th« front, top and sides of the blind bag gage arid express. Another device of practically the same kind covers the front, lop and sides of the locomotive itself. Other engines have a steam pipe and hose just back of the engi neer. where it is handy to grab quickly. Down near the floor of the cab, in several places where they can be reached easily, are little innocent look ing buttons that connect with the air valve fitted to the steam pipe. In less time than it takes to tell it the engineer or fireman can touch a button and send back over the coal pile lu the tender the hotest Jet of water that any robber ever saw. The boilers carry a pressure of about 225 pounds, so the water near the bottom of the crown sheet will be at least at the boiling point. The amount of execution one of the "cookers," as they are called, can do In a few seconds Is frightful. A utoinohlle HHIHYR} *. The Austrian minister of railways has ordered an automobile railway car riage. It is to he of the dimensions of an ordinary third class European rail way carriage, with 32 seats and stand ing room. Under the flooring will be placed a 'JO horsepower four cylinder motor, with the mechanism and sup plies necessary to enable the carriage to travel independently at a speed of SO miles an hour. The car necessitates the services of only one man and will probably be put Into use on the South western line In lower Austria. Tlif Irnie of Comfort. Husbnno- Don't forget to wako me at 7 o'clock, as usual, tomorrow morn log. Wife—Why, you don't have togo to the office. It's a holiday. Husband 1 know, but wake meat 7. I want to have the satisfaction of roll ing over and going to sleep again. Philadelphia Press. | The Eleventh | « Juryman Htt Wai ObitioaU, bat Had Xi O Kenton* For KJU Obitiuac;. © We had been out of court 24 hours and stood 11 to 1. The case was plain—at 1 least we 11 thought so. A murder ol peculiar atrocity had been committed, and though uo eye hnd witnessed tb* deed circumstances pointed to the prison- ' er's guilt with unfailing certainty. The recusant juror had stood out from the first. He acknowledged the cogency of the proofs, confessed his inability to reconcile the facts with the defendant s innocence, and yet on every vote went steadily for acquittal. His conduct wus Inexplicable. It could not result from a lack of intelligence, for, while he spoke but little, his words were well chosen and evinced a thorough understanding of the case. Though still in the prime of manhood his locks were prematurely white, and his face wore a singularly sad and thoughtful expression. He might be one of those who entertained scruples as to the right of society to inflict the death penalty. Put no, it was not that, for in reply to such a suggestion he frankly admitted that brutal men, like the vicious brutes they resemble, must be controlled i through fear, and that dread of death, th» supreme terror, is in many cases the only . adequate restraint. At the prospect of another night of j fruitless imprisonment we began to grow ( Impatient and expostulated warmly ■ against what seemed an unreasonable 1 captiousness, ami some not overkind re- | marks were indulged in as to the impro- j pricty of trifling with an oath like that under which wo were acting. "And yet," the man answered, as though communing with himself rather than repelling the imputation, "it is con science that hinders my concurrence In a verdict approved by my judgment." "How can that be?" queried several at once. "Conscience may not always dare to follow judgment." "But here she can know no other guide." "I once would have said the same." "And what changed your opinion?" The speaker's manner was visibly agi tated, and we awaited in silence the ex planation which he seemed ready to give. Mastering his emotion, as if in answer to our looks of inquiry, he continued "Twenty years ago I was a young man just beginning life. Few had brighter prospects and none brighter hopes. An attachment dating from childhood hod ripeued with its object. There had been no verbal declaration and acceptance of love, no formal plighting of troth, but when I took my departure to seek a home in the distant west it was a thing under stood thut when 1 had found it and put it in order she was to share it. Life In the forest, though solitary, Is not neces sarily lonesome. The kind of society af forded by nature depends much on one self. As for me, I lived more in the fu ture than in the present, and hope is an overcheerful companion. At length the time came for making the final payment on the home which I had bought. It would henceforth be my own, and in a few more months tny simple dwelling, which I had spared no pains to render in viting. would be graced by its mistress. "At the land office, which was some 00 miles off, I met my old friend, George C. He, too, had come to seek his for tune in the west, and we were both de flgbted witn me meeting. tie 800 brought with him, he said, a sum of money which he desired to invent in land, on which it was his purpose to settle. I expressed a strong wish to have him for a neighbor, and gave him n cordial in vitation to accompany me home, giving it n3 my belief that he could nowhere make a better selection than in that vicin ity. He readily consented, and we sat out together. We had not ridden many miles when George suddenly recollected a commission he had undertaken for a friend which would require his attend ance at a public sale on the following day. Exacting a promise that he would and having given minute directions as to the route, 1 contnued my way komeward, while lie turned back. "I was about retiring to bod on the night of my return when a summons from without called me to the door. A stranger asked for shelter for himself and horse for the night. I invited him in. Though a stranger, his face seemed nut unfamil iar. lie was probably one of the men 1 had seen at the land office, n place at that time much frequented. Offering him a seat, I went to see to his horse. The poor animal, as well as I could see by the starlight, seemed to have been hardly used. His panting sides bore witness of merciless riding, and a tremendous shrinking at the slightest touch betokened recent fright. On re-entering the house I found the stranger was not there. His absence excited no surprise; he would doubtless soon return. It was a little sin gular, however, that he should have left bis watch lying on the table. "At the end of half an hour, my guest not returning, I went again to the stable, thinking he might have found his way thither to give personal attention to the wants of his horse. Before going out, from mere force of habit—for we were as yet uninfected by either thieves or police men—l took the precaution of putting th« •tranger's watch in a drawer in which I kept my own valuables. I found tb* horse as I had left him, and jave him the food which he was now sufficiently cool ed to be allowed to eat, but his master was nowhere to be seen. As I approach ed the house a crowd of men on horse back dashed up. and I was commanded in no gentle tones to 'stand!' In another moment I was in the clutches of those who claimed me as their 'prisoner.' '"I was too much stupefied at first to ask what it all meant. I did so at last and the explanation came. It was terri ble! My friend, with whom I had so lately set out in company, had been found murdered and robbed near the spot at which I, but I alone, knew we had sepa rated. I was the last person knowu to be with him, anil I was now arrested on eusplcion of his murder. A search of the premises was immediately instituted. The watch was found in the drawer In which I had placed it aud was identified as the property of the murdered man. His horse, too, was found In my stable, for the animal I had just put there was none other. I recognized him myself when I saw him in the light. What I said I know not. My confusion was taken at additional evidence. And when at length I did command language to ffive an intelligible statement it was received with sneers and incredulity. The mob spirit is inherent in man—at least in crowds of men. It may not al ways manifest Itself in physical violence. It sometimes contents itself with lynch ing a character. But whatever its form, it is always relentless, pitiless, cruel. "As the proofs of my guilt one after another came to light low inutterlngs gradually grew into a clamor for venge ance, and but for the firmness of one mun, the officer who had me In chsrge, I would doubtless have paid tho penalty of my HUPOOM II offense on the spot. It was not sympa'hy that actuated my pro tector. His heart was as hard as bis office, but he represented the majesty of the law and toolt a port or grim pride in the position. AM much under the glance of his ».vc as before the muzzle of bis pistol, the cowardly clamorers drew back. Perhaps they were not sutfiriently nu merous to fi'l the full effect of that mysterious refli x influence which makes a crowd of men so much worse, and at times so much better, than any one of them singly. "At then end of some months my trial came. It could have but one result. Cir cumstances too plainly declared my guilt. I knew they lied. The absence of the Jury was very brief. To their Ver dict I paid but little heed. It was a sin gle hideous word, but I bad long antici pated it and it made no impression. As iltU« Jynrouiiiofi wna Hindu liv the Wordl I tfm "I. 0. 8. Illutralad." Copyrliht. 1901, bj »h« Colliery ln|l««ir I'owpiaT. I]\ Are Your LI 1 '/Hands ft*bfTied? yfk Are your hands tied by lack of education 112 ffi BK We can teach you the theory of your trade fii by mail. nK flu While you work in your present position, we can m qualify you bv mail, for a new position and a fJL U good salary in some other line. GK M We qualify learners by mail for salaried positions Wk yu in engineering and business, wherein they can UL K support themselves while we equip them for WM. fin advancement. fib Qtt Send for free Illustrated booklet, "Are Your Hands Tied?" or, U. nf if you are a young person, send for".Salaried Positions for I.earn- WM •«." State subject that Interests you. We prove our plan practi- WMk GK cal by referring to successful students in your locality. MM WMk W« t«*ch br mail Mechanical, Strain, Elfctrlcsl, Civil, mm WM Sanitary and Mining Engineering; Shop and Foundry Prac- fM | % tier, Mechanical Drawing; Architecture, Architectural "raw- M ra in K . Plumblne; Heating and Ventllntlon, Shfet-Metal Work. W % Telephony < Telegraphy, Che.ni.try ; Ornamental Ue.iRQ :; l.et- WM M taring' Hook-keeping; Stenography, Methods of Teaching; JU "Jf. Knsll.li Uranches; l.ocomotive Kunnlng for engineer, and lire- M WW men only I Klactro therapeutics? for physicians and nurses only). J fi W Established 1891. Paid In Capital $1,500,000. Mk xMi Bend for free circular, stating subject you wish to study. Address nt WJ Dcpt A, INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS, SCRANTON, PA. Os call •» Martin Schweitzer, Montour House Danville, I'a. of the judge which followed it.and his ; solemn invocation that God might hare that mercy upon me which man was too just to vouchsafe sounded like the hoi- j lowest of hollow mockeries. It may be hard for the condemned criminal to meet death; it is still harder for him who is innocent. The one, when the first shock is over, acquiesces in his doom and gives himself to repentance: the heart of the | other, filled with rebellion against man's Injustice, can scarcely bring itself to ask pardon of God. I had gradually over come this feeling in spite of the good clergyman's irritating efforts, which were mainly directed toward extracting a con fession, without which, he assured me, he had no hope to offer. "On the morning of the day fixed for my execution I felt measurably resigned. I had so long stood face to face with death, had so accustomed myself to look upon it as merely a momentary pang, that 1 no longer felt solicitous save that my memory should one day bo vindicated. She for whom 1 had gone to prepare n home had already found one in heaven. The tidings of my calamity bad broken her heart. She alone of all the world believed me innocent, and she had died with a prayer upon her lips that the truth might yet be brought to light. All this 1 had heard, and it had soothed, ai if sweet incense, my troubled spirit. Death, however unwelcome the shape, was now a portal, beyond which I could see one angel waiting to receive me. 1 heard the sound of approaching footsteps and nerved myself to meet the expeeter summons. The door of my cell opened and the sheriff and his attendants en tered. lie held in his hand a paper. It was doubtless my death warrant. He began to read it. My thoughts were busied elsewhere. The words 'full and free pardon' were the first to strike my preoccupied sen»en. They affected the wa;-TT was pardoned for an offense I had never committed! "The real culprit, none other, it is need less to say, than he who had sought and abused my hospitality, had been mortally wounded in a recent affray in a distant city, but had lived long enough to make n disclosure, which had been laid before the governor barely in time to save me from a shameful death, and condemn me to a cheerless and burdensome life. This is my experience. My judgment, as yours in the ease before us. leads to but one conclusion, that of the prisoner's guilt, but not less confident and apparently un erring was the judgment that falsely pro nounced my own." We no longer importuned our fellow juror, but patiently awaited our dis charge on the ground of inability tc agree, which came at last. The prisoner was tried and convicted at a subsequent term, and at the last mo ment confessed his crime on the scaf fold. Mont Desirable Home In the World. Stafford House, the London residence of the Duchess of Sutherland, is said to be, taking everything into considera tion, the most desirable of any home in the world. You can't express the value of Stafford House In coin any more than you could put a figure on St. James' palace, just around the corner. Conceiving such a thing possible, Staf ford House would bring much trie bet ter rate of the two nt an auction sale. Although it is not so vnst as liueklng hani palace, It Is Infinitely preferable as a place of residence, a fact that the late Queen Victoria neatly expressed on one occasion when she was the guest of the late Duchess of Suther land, mother of the present duke. "Duchess," said tlii? queen on her ar rival, "I come from my house to your beautiful palace."— Buffalo Express. Brightened tho Scene. Referring to the recent Henley regat ta, a writer in a Loudon journal says of the American women who were present in large numbers to see tho contest between the University of Pennsylvania and Leander crews: "What nice, gracious, frank and gener ous creatures those American women tire! They took to Henley one feature of brightness that we have been with out all this season—namely, color. It was delightful to see again pink and green and blue and yellow flaunting bravely under the summer sun. Indi vidually nearly all women look their best in either black or white, but col lectively general half mourning haa proved exceedingly monotonous and has dulled the season sadly." tirade Sheep. It Is doubtful If a pure bred sheep makes a more desirable butcher's sheep than the cross bred or high grade lu these days of light, bandy weights, says Wool Markets and Sheep. We of course do not advocate decreasing the number of pure breds. Neverth*. less we will always want more and better pure bred rams to Improve our common stock. A Plioto«:rfiphlc Menace. Blood poisoning from handling bi chromate of potash Is reported by Mr. W. L. Jenkins, a London pbotographcy. An assistant was affected from time to time with a rash on the hands, eblcfly around the nails, and in the hot weath er of last August a violent red rash, very painful and Irritating, appeared on his face. The victim was sent to a hospital, and It was three months be fore he recovered. COVER HER WITH FLOWER 3. [From the Spanish.] Come where inv lady lie 9 Sleeping down the gulden hours! d'over her with flowers. Bluebells from the clearing, Flag flowers from the rills. Wildings from tlie lush hedgeruws, lx-lii ato daffodils, Sweellin;:* from the formal plots, Hlos<oms frum the bowers — Heap them round her where she sleeps. Cover her with flowers. Sweet j•<-.-* and pansy. Red hawthorn and white, Gilliflowers, like praising souls; Lilies, lamps of light; Nurslinns of what happy winds, Suns and stars and showers — Joylets good to see and smell. Cover her with flowers. Like to ekr born shadow* Mirrored on a stream, 1 I.et their odors meet and mix And waver through her dream. La«t the crowded sweetness Slumber overpowers. And sin- fet Is the lips she totes Craving t'nrough the flowers. —W. i:. Ilenley in North American Review. ! LONG AND SHORT. Tlewn of the Advoeotes of the lafi< House unci the Small Iloase. M. Sumner Perkins writes to The Poultry Monthly: "I believe in poultry colonization— that is to say, many small coops and houses scattered over large areas and occupied by few fowls rather than a few very large houses occupied by many fowls. Better put 1,000 fowls iuto 50 different houses than into only two or three large houses, even if tho »auei n-any contains the same area as : the former. We don't want too many j under the same roof. It is the same j case as It is with the human hablta- | tions in congested city quarters, the so called tenements or rookeries where men, women and children are so hud* ' died together that they arrive at net i ther physical nor mental standards ot i proper development. So with poultry, It won't do to crowd them. They need abundant air space and to be so sep arated into small numbers as to avoid contagion from disease. The small Iso lated house Is the ideal plan at all times and especially as summer comes on foraging room is needed and u lib eral area for each colony of birds. Un der such conditions strong breeding stock and vigorous laying stock may be maintained. It Is very good policy to have light coops and fencing built in sections so as to be taken apart und put together at will." The editor of The Monthly responds as follows: "We publish the above not because we believe it or indorse it in toto, but because we wish to give all sides of such questions. The colony bouse lias Its place, especially for breeding stock, its greatest advantage being that it al lows the use of larger yards in connec tion therewith than are possible in connection with a long house cut into comparatively narrow pens. But for houses for laying stock, especially where hens are kept by the thousand, and more especially for winter laying, these colony houses come well nigh be ing impracticable. "The assumption in the above that the fowls are crowded or suffer from Impure air or disease simply because they are in large houses in large num bers Is entrirely wrong. Some of the worst cases of overcrowding and filth and disease we have ever seen or heard of were in small houses. The compari son between the crowded city tene ments and large poultry houses would have had more force a quarter of a century ago. Today some of the most sanitary dwellings in the world are some of these modern city tenements and apartment houses. The average poultryman will keep a large house cleaner than he will a lot of small houses of equal capacity, simply be cause he can do It easier. On the score of economy of material, of time and of labor the long house is ahead. It Is cheaper to build and cheaper to care for and keep in repair. It Is less ex posed. to storms in winter, and every thing can be better kept under the eye of the overseer. I.et some of the advo cats of colony houses try to care for I,<>oo hens each kept in 50 colony houses in separate yards during some of our northern winters. Let them visit these houses several times daily to feed, water and clean platforms and replenish grit and shell boxes and sup ply new litter and spray the roosts and gather eggs and a few other details, and some one would be looking lor an other job before many weeks had pass ed. It Is well to have some colony houses. They are good for the breed ing stock during spring and summer. They are good for the young stock during the growing season. But when it comes to keeping hens by the thou sands in houses accommodating only 20 each they are not what are wanted. The long house is the only one to econ omize labor, allow the use of labor sav ing devices and reduce cost of care to the minimum." Redeemer of Slum Children. At the ap; of s ~ Mrs. Smjiy, a phi lanthropist, lias just died in Dublin. Store than 1,000 children are maintain ed in lioini s established through lier exertion*. While slid a young woman she founded a little school for poor children in a hay loft In a Dublin slum. She collected not less than £l-.' per an aum in the cause of the destitute <!,il . dren of Dublin. A ■: result of her la l-ors seven lionet an I four free da\ j schools have been established in the I city and, in <*u <:• st • n with ihe Bird's Nest at Kin t -i. h.-n- turned many thou rands of !. «» less simu chil dren into i- ' !'i:i ,• tizens ■ t the Hrltlsh emyli-e. Ililn rem (!,,,•• lile t. -i 1. They are ia!!:iiin alioul how they happened to many "I married ni\ wile." said one after the others lino ali ha i their sa\ "lie cause she was so ditVeieiit from any woman 1 had ever met." "Mow was that?" chorused the others. "She was the only woman 1 ever met who would have me." A Name Twice Made Famous, Now a Shining Mark for Imitators. j The name "Chase." twice made famous, Is a shining mark for the unscrupulous to pounce upon and appropriate in order to foist upon the r üb!ic their worthless pre parations. 1 hoe birds of prey, by using the name Cexpect the public to be foo'ed in!" bcheving they are the medi cines of l»r A. W. I ha«e, who first be came noted as the author of the world fan. -ii Dr. t base's recipe book and family phsstuan. and whose fame is now doubly increased by the wonderful success of his Keive Pills, with Nerve, Brain and Blood troubles. They play upon the name Chase, but dare not use the initials "A. \V." Thev imitate, but dare not counterfeit the portrait and signature of Dr. A. W. Chase, which identifies the Nerve Pills now recog nized as infallible for building up pale, weak, thin-blooded, nerve exhausted suf ferers, Who are nerve-tired and brain-weary. Who are easily exhausted. Who are wakeful —cannot sleep. Who have nervous headache. They remove the cause of blood impuri ties, securing refreshing sleep and impart strength. They build up people who find their strength and vigor waning. They settle irritated nerves, replace lan guor and lassitude with energy and anima tion, Cure Nervous Dyspepsia. Th» above is the right kind prepared by the Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 50 cents ptr bo*. All cthors ar« imitation#. . .. _ . ______ —————— SEVEN DEVELOPED GOLD MINES. 60 ACRES OF GOLD ORE. THE ARENA. Gold Mining & Milling Company CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO. 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. 'Divided into Shares of SI.OO Each, Full I'aid and Non-Assessable.' ya® The Arena Company otters 50,000 Shares at 50 cents each in a Property that is Worth over §OOO,OOO. For the purpose of raisin;; money to purchase 1 lie necessary machinery to make the mines produce daily fully Three Thousand Dollars in Hold, tlius enriching every individual shareholder according to the shores he hold*. You can hny any number of Shares you Wish, and make more money than can he made in any other line of invi st iik nt. 1 lie Mold ore is In these seven developed "mines. There are S.UWI feet of ore in a vein, and these veins are true mother veins, held within walls of granite.placed there by nature. I he ( onipany has already developed this propertv to demonstrate that it is cue of Ihe targett gold properties of the Cripple Creek District which is the greatest gold-producing camp on tarlh, us output last \ ear aggregating 8N.000,000 or nt at l> double Ihe anion nt i rod need in t he wholt Mate of Call iornia. At "•<) cents per share the Company is iji\ ing you a dist ount nt 111 eenls per share lostart with, making 20 cents on the dollar. As already Mated, this is ti. ue foi the pnt'ioseof rais ing ♦21,000 lo puichase Improvi d maclnnerj , air i 1 mi ressor drills. :in<l t lcc ric plant. We nave two large hoisting engines on ties pro] crt\ ,a commodious shaft-house,t Hi t buildings, hoarding bouse for the men, stables, a powder-house, a large quantity of tools, tic. The re ports on these mines, made by one of the best mining t tigimei sin tt.e state, succinctly de seribe these improvements. XASIKS OF MINKS. AZTKC, 210 feet in depth, with shaft-house, boiltr and engine for hoisting, well timbered all the way down. B< >NI)H<)LIJEK, 2tm feet deep, iioisting engine and boiler, large iron shait-hou»e. ME X Hi t and MA Ml All.a N'. both over 100 feet deep, on sane vein as the A zlec mine. CRYSTAL, J Asl'KK and tilth AT KAs'ITHN. on the sah.t vein as the landholder and open ed in depth toover 100feet,and tit velopmentsalmuiy mailt sin « o\t i -1,1(0 kit ol ore. If you want to make money out of nature, become a producer of gold tin of her treasure vaults. The Arena group of mines will do it for you. We can furnish the best of references—bank and miningengineers and cur title in the property is perfect, coming, as it dot s patent from the (ioveruient. With more im proved machinery, from S:i,neo to S.l.rtO per day \\ i.l b.> a conservative estimate of the output of these mines. Kememiier that only -10,000 shart sof this stock areforsale at in tints on the dollar. Orders mr the number ol shart silt sin d, accompanied by 1 'rait, Mont \ l »rdt is Kxpress or Cash in Registered I t Iters, can besent to The Arena Gold Mining Milling Company, 501 Equitable Building, DENVER, COLORADO. PLANING MILL? j HOOV ER BROTHERS MANUFACTURERS OF Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas, Brackets, Frames and Turned Work of all Kinds. Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and Rough Lumber. muwiwriir —i—p RIVERSIDE, IMORT'D COUNTVj PURPLE FRINGED ORCHID. OrrV.ii!, my ' r M, it' I r.a!;e a dell Of mossy v. rds, wood mirrors of oark tpcetti j Ami with tt | urple "J.ovr" alone alight, A , m all <A gloaming moi. -■ !> '1 t Ira Is through glimmering leafage of j til' Ugl't Unto one rosy blossom in the duSkf Mv orchid, i! I shut you in iny In art .Si ib tlit- hemloi'k twi.i_;ht ■ 112 its star, Wlii.m none but 1m is find, and who finds nob) Hut lovers, sit!' e tiie time and long before 'I I,•• Cherokee's 112 t upon the mossy marge l'a- d ; u ntemptuous, as the mountaineer Nov. idly notes and nothing heeds; My ■ r i!. W ! S«>* > rs. ent a \ 'lie Strange as the sphinx'-, riddle, h. w your flower Is human and inhuman, part of man Arid Infinitely apart from man, who plucks, liut cannot take your beauty when he goes, Who brought y ur beauty with him when he | c*lue. (i orchid, purple eToud of winged stars: (ip rple (r . n and sweetness »i the <lark Spilit, in 'it this it., dust , 112 speech And rise up limit at its somber heart '! > mi thv more dy with a rosy "Love!" It is all made • 112 grace and fantasy, All made 112 fragrante and of purple air; It is kU mad.: ~1 death for life to be; Find it who tan, and how he finds beware. —Joseph Kuss< ll Tailor in Scribner'9 Magazine Scandinavian Cngllrh. Sir Herbert Maxwell gives In his "Memories of tli«• Months" the follow ing copy of a beguiling advertisement set forth by a Scandinavian who could "spik luglis" and who had a shrewd idea of luring tourists to his salmon river: Look Herl Salmon! The honorable travelers are averted to, that undersigned, who lives in Fjorde pr. Vol. den Romsdals county, Norway, short or long time, hires out a good Satmonriver. Good lodging finds. Didrik Ma an. 344 Terry ! -IS- Pegg's ■ ■! i Office. j [Yard, in Rear. — ?s want 10 io all finis »112 Pritini |i I j n " | 111!!, ■ irs ii. 1 n nil pin j 1 ll'S SKMt. "J 1 "ir A weli : tasty, Bill « • ].«. W/ ter Head, Pos* i/A Ticket, Circ'f. Program, St:; L ment or Card L w an advertiseliu for your satisfaction to v< lex Type, Hew Presses, Best Pater, M Stilled M, A Promjtness -111 you can as A trial will ma yon our custom We respectfully i that trial. I liili ll' No. II R. Mahoning St.. You Are requeued to c and examine < I FALL MILLINER I EXHIBIT! II Tuesday Wednesc and Thursday, | Oct. 112, 2 and ■isiii 122 Mill Street.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers