I IU ELINDA'S
** JTI WEDDING. ?
♦ ♦
When Mellndy Wiggins got engaged
to Pellg Jenks, her ma wus just tickled
to death. Beaus was scase down to
I'unklnvllle, fur none of the youug men
would stuy arter they wus growed up.
Besides. I'elig is real forehanded and
quite a catch.
His ma was sot agin his marryin at
till, aud Melindy she wouldn't never
hev caught him ef she hadn't took alrly
mornlu walks 'bout the time he went
over to bis place of business uud met
him as ef by accident.
1 am told that he proposed by Tag
gart's barn aud wus excepted In front
of the shoemaker's aud gave Mellndy
her engagement ring Jest this side of
the blacksmith's.
Well, Mrs. Wiggins she wus real sot
up about it, aud she said that Mellndy
should be dressed up as much as any
bride there ever had been in Punkln
vllle, ef not a leetle better. But Mr.
Wiggins, Melindy's pa, he come of a
close family, and be wus near himself—
'twus his uater to be—and when Melin
dy's ma asked him fur money to shop
fur the things he Jest buttoned up his
pockets and said, "Naw." He oilers
pernounced no that way wheu he wus
sot. "Naw," sez he,"l ain't toiled and
moiled forty odd year fur to let my
money be spent like water. You kin
make a list out of what is wanted, and
I'll get It."
Well, when he spoke up like that Mrs.
Wiggins she knew 'twusu't no good
talkln, so she said, "P'r'ays you air
right, pa." and she wrote down some
things and kinder winked acrost to Me
llndy, who wus beginning to cry at the
idea of her pa, that didn't know callker
from blankets, a-choosin her weddin
clothes.
The help saw all that and heered
whut wus said and nat'rally told folks.
Well, that arternoon Mr. Wiggins
went to town to sell lils potatoes and
got the money and come down on the
boat as usual.
The boat landin is in quite a lonesome
place, and he went home by a sort of
side path anyways, and Just about dusk
the Browns heard a liowllu In the pic
nic woods and, goln to see what it wui,
there w us old Wiggins tied to a tree.
He told 'em he'd been beset by rob
bers and that they wus so fierce and
furious he'd I teen obliged to give 'em
every cent he had. He described 'em
as most outlandish critters. He said
their hair wus like cotton wool and
their faces black. Their bats wus tied
on with big handkerchiefs, and they
wus queer and slopy in the small of 1
their backs. Their hands and feet wus j
sort of small and skinny lookln. and '
they had blue overalls aud linen dusters i
on. He said 'twusn't their strength that j
overcome him, but their bein so spooky I
and aupernaturallike. And one of 'em j
said lu a holler voice, "Little you know j
who we be," and the other: "We're tak- j
In your money because you don't per- I
vide as you should fur solemn occa- I
Blons. Beware lu future!"
When he got home, he cried and said
be wished he'd giv Mrs. Wiggins the
money tor Melindy's things, but sue
said It happened fortunate that her sis
ter, Melindy's aunt, bad sent her a
present fur her weddin.
The help now, she don't think them
robbers wus supernat'ral, and she sez
If ever Mr. Wiggins finds out the truth
|he dunno what will happen to Mrs.
Wiggins. I kinder think myself that
the robbers wus Mrs. Wiggius aud
Mellndy dressed up lu some old clothes,
with cotton batting wigs, and I don't
blame 'em.
Well, Melindy bad her clothes after
*ll, but before they wus finished Mr.
Wiggins he'd got over his skeer and
got as mean as ever again, aud he
wouldn't give his onfortlnate wife noth
ln extry for the supper. She borrled
The Tide of Fashion from the Babbits
and found out that she'd orter hev
chicken sallad.
But Mr. Wiggins, he said he wus
•elllu his chickens, not devour!n of 'em
hum, aud I suppose what she had done
before kinder weakened poor Mrs. Wig
gins' conscience, for, seeiu her own
coops wus locked up. the poor soul went
around to the neighbors and stole one
chicken apiece from each of us. It wus
kinder just to do It that way when she
might have took 'em nil from one of us,
and those of us that caught her at it
made up our minds not to say nuthln,
but Jest to pray fur her, aud we'd sent
over word that ef there wus auytbln
we could do to call on us. And per
haps she felt we'd be willln to spare
the chickens, but wus proud about ask
ing fur 'em.
Well, she got the things together
somehow, and she cooked the chickens
aud made the sallad anil borrled ebony
of most of us ami got up a real fust
fmte supper and sot the table with
flowers. They wus mostly marygolds
and old man, and some folks don't like
the smell of neither, but the yaller
and green looked pretty, and it wus
all ready for the company when they
cum hum from church.
We that knowed things felt thnt we
could gee marks of innard torture on
poor Mrs. Wiggins' face, and we felt to
sympathize, fur she wus nat'rally a
moral woman and a pious one, and
■he'd been driven to sin by the mean
ness of her pardner. You see, she wus
one of them women that lives fur their
children. Ef she'd been a pelican, she'd
hev took all the feathers out of her
buzzlm to make 'em beds, and she'd
saekerflced herself fur Mellndy. She
looked kinder better when she got to
church, but our minister he wus young
end hadn't married nobody before, and,
beln narvous, be commenced fur to
read the burial sarvlce Instead of the
marriage sarvlce, and we, bein all stiff
with horrer, liadu't presence of mind
enough fur to stop him until he'd actll
ly burled Mellndy as fur as words
could go, and Mrs. Wiggins wus in
high strikes.
However, she got over 'em, and the
minister he said he didn't know after
all but it wus a providence to keep us
from beln too sot on the tlilng9 of this
world and reminded bow short life wus
and went back and married 'em proper.
And so we dkl get back to Wiggins',
only, Mr. Wiggins hevln been too mean
to get the wagin mended, the wheel
come off. and they wus all split out and
eenamo9t drownded goln over Slabslde
bridge that fcip't got no rallln. Mrs.
Wiggins, poor clear, wus soaked, and
when we tuk her Into our wagin she
kept sayln, "Jedginents—Jedgtnenfs—
Jedgrnents Is coniln!" We knowed what
she wus thinkln of, and we tried to
cheer her up.
Well, when the folks wus dried and
dressed over we all went to supper, and
we praised it up as much as we could,
but Mrs. Wiggins sot down In her place
like a ghost, and folks began to talk
and laugh and help everything. But
she didn't smile.
She passed the chicken sallad plates
to the help, and the help gave 'em to
the folks, and we ail tasted It, but It
didn't relish Still we tried to eat It fur
her sake. Most of us done It, too, and |
the eiiffee wus irooil and we cheered
up some. Mrs. Wiggins didn't eat 110
sallad herself, so alio didn't know how
It tasted. After supper we all went In
to the parlor and sot around, and Si
Barker wus try Into Kit up daneln, and
I did hope things would end h«;»py.
when all of a sudden folks he" . I to
look pale and say they wus p'isoned.
So they seemed to be. One arter the
other wus took sick, and they all said
the same thing—lt wus the sallad. 1
felt very poorly myself, and so did my
Obediah. The minister had gone home
sii■!;. and there wus a regular panic.
Th< :v wus one doctor there, and he
sent fur another, and old Miss Peebles
said it wus like old cholera times. It
wus uwt'ul, anyway, but Jest :i; we
wus at the wust, we ladles lyin about
j in the ui> stairs rooms expectin to die
and feellu sure it wus arsenic. Mrs.
: Wiggins appeared amongst us.
"Friends and feller sinners," she said,
i all on the p'lnt of death, and
before you all. I make confes
,iU. I am a thief and a robber, and 1
I shall never be pardoned. It wus me
that robbed my husband, and, more
than that, I stole the chickens to make
the sallad—one of Vm IVoni each of my
good friends and neighbors. Jedgmeuts
has fallen!"
"You wus drlv to it. Mrs. Wiggins,"
sez I, "by your pardner's meanness.
We all knowed It, and none of us
blame you."
"You don't know all," said Mrs. Wig
gins. "More'n that, I went to the store
and tuk my chances and stole a bottle
of lie. The recipe said to make the sal
lad dressin with lie. I'd never made
none. I stole the bottle. Oh, I shan't
never be forgiven, I shan't never be for
given! I tuk a bottle of pl'son of some
sort, fur it wus in the drug department
where lies Is kept, and I'm a mur
derer!"
"Oh, ho!" says the doctor. "Bring me
the bottle, Mrs. Wiggins, and I guess
I'll find out how to cure 'em."
Mrs. Wiggins fetched It: doctor he
tasted it.
"This ain't p'ison, ladies," sez he.
"There ain't no great barm done, only I
don't suppose the recipe mentioned cas
tor oil for sallad dressing. 'Tisn't usual
anyhow. Nobody is goin to die this
time, Mrs. Wiggins, unless It Is you
yourself. You lie down and quiet your
self."
Poor Mrs. Wiggins, she dropped on
her knees and prayed right there fur
thankfulness, and we all J'ined in.and
as soon as folks knowed they hadn't
tuk arsenic they all got better. Mrs.
Wiggins' solemn and distracted looks
and her not eatln any had made them
that worn't In the secret think that
ehe'd gone crazy and done It a purpose,
which scared 'em more.
And they do say Mr. Wigglus ain't
quite so near as he used to be since he
saw what might come of drivin a wo
man Into a corner for want of a penny.
Still, we shan't forget Mellndy Win
gins' wedding in a hurry, those of its
that went to It.
.EARNING AGRICULTURE.
Tli* Lady Wari\ Ick School For Wo
men Farmcrit, Near K<»adinj{.
In The Woman's Home Companion
Miss Ivnobe tells about "The Lady
Warwick School for Women Farmers:"
"In this rural spot, on the outskirts
of Ueading. only an hour's run from
Loudon, the beautiful and accomp
lished Countess of Warwick is sponsor
ing a most original scheme whereby
English girls may be coached in agri
culture. There are agricultural col
leges, to be sure, wherein limited in
struction Is given the wrongly named
weaker sex; but In this singularly in
teresting school in England exclusively
for women—the only one In England,
If not in the world—ls a thorough
poetico practical course, If It may be
so called, from the raising of cabbages
and chrysanthemums to the building of
a pigsty and the making of a hay
mound. These sturdy daughters of
Ceres, Iu other words, are fitted to run
a farm.
"This unique school was opened In
October, 18'JS. The minimum period
of training Is two years, and at the end
of that time a certificate is awarded.
The theoretical part of the course Is
systematically pursued In the agricul
tural department of the adjacent Head
ing college. Many of the lectures occur
lu the winter, with rigid examinations
at the end of each term, while the
practical demonstration is done at the
hostel by the girls. There Is only one
inan about the pl:»ce, a horticultural
Instructor, who cornea three times a
week. A registry department has been
opened. Some o* the students have
already secured j.ood positions, while
others have started Independently, in
the meantime the students are gaining
u snug Income by the f-ale of their
produce.
"These girl students are receiving
more than a scientific course, for the
social and athletic side fs uot to be
overlooked. Though some of thi» stu
dents are up with the lark—and at
Warwick hostel the lark Is scheduled
to soar at precisely
tasks In the field, there are hours dur
ing the day and evening Bet aside for
recreation. Lively contest* in boating,
tennis and hockey are arranged.
"That this work la excellent from the
competitive standpoint Of the world
may be acknowledged when It Is BaKl
these fair farmers dot© on entering all
the big agricultural exMhlts ther<*
about and carrying off a string of the
prizes, moreover."
Mrs. Lowell to Speak.
Mrs. Charles Hussell Lowell of N§w
Tork will speak at Buffalo tit the Octo
ber meeting of the State Federation on
"Reformatories For Women." Mrs.
Lowell will be heard at the mass meet
log to be held at the Temple of Music
on Wednesday afternoon This will be
the event of the convention. It has
been planned by Mj-s. George W,
Townsend, the chairman of philan
thropy and one of the lotal managers
of the convention. Other speakers at
this meeting with thtlr subjects are:
"Claims of Settlements," Miss Susan
W. Walker; "Friendly und Protective
Agencies For Women," Mre. W. A.
Montgomery, and "Ideals in lteform
V. >: k " Katharine Beinent Davis. The
l a tendered to the federation by the
board of women managers of the espo
*it < n follows this meeting. The pro
gramme committee baa had something
of a problem to accomplish Us work,
for tiie meeting thin year busts ouly
three days instead of the usual four.
I)ffl nrd,
"Say, pop, I've got to write a compo
sition on hope. What is hope, any
way?"
"Hope, my boy. Is the Joyous ex ->eta
tlon of being able to dodgo our Ju». de
serts."—Life.
A Woman In the Case,
"Yes, Pecktatt IOOKS bad, but what
did you mean by advising him togo
and see a horse doctor?"
"Because the trouble with him Is he's
being nagged to death."—Philadelphia
Bulletin.
A Match and a My«l»ry.
Her name was Short; his name was Lung;
They married; now, you see.
She's always Long; lie's always short;
Uuw can such yueer things be?
STORM AND
SUNSHINE.
i
The Stefs.ns were a young married
' couple. He was 27, she 24 years old.
He was easily irritated and unreasou
-1 ably jealous of his wife.
1 At first there were ouly bickerings,
i i which ended in kisses. Then the bick
* : erings grew to quarrels. The husband
• spoke ugly words and made threats.
' ; The wife, woman like, retorted in kind.
But they loved each other, and soon the
clouds on the conjugal horizon passed,
t and in the surety of their absorbing
. love they laughed over their folly.
Of late the clouds grew denser. For
some reason—business troubles, per
haps—Alois Stefan was more irritable,
1 more jealous, than ever. Once he ad
vanced toward his wife with a burning I
lamp, and another time he actually
, struck her. Mrs. Stefan cried bitter ,
. tears, left the house and applied for a
divorce.
) Poor woman, she never dreamed that
it would ever come to that. He, too,
realized now that he had gone too far. j
j He could not bear to lose the wife, the j
' mother of his darling child, the sweet
! heart of his boyhood.
Did he tell her so In good, kind lan
' | guage, with his arms around her neck
! and stroking the pretty, bright hair he
kwd? Not he! lie was too stubborn—
too proud, he called It.
: "If you leave the house, I'll murder
you." he yelled at her, aud she, now
1 really frightened, rushed from the {
house to lodge complaint against him. '
j He was arrested for threatening her
life, and the case was docketed for
' ; trial
11 Meanwhile the suit for divorce was
\ called and tried. The wife appeared
timid and uncertain of her actions. The
I husband, too. was in a softer mood, but i
! that awful demon, jealousy, troubled
I him more than ever. Friends, so called
friends, had gossiped and carried tales,
( and they had worked their worst,
i Forgetting the courtroom, the pres
ence of the Judge and a curious au
dience, he approached her.
"What about Hermann?" he hissed.
A moment before the woman had sat
with tears in her eyes. Now she felt
offended at his charge and made bitter '
retort. Following the custom of ages,
the Judge tried to pacify their angry
passions and reconcile them with each
other.
The seed of Jealousy, however, was
too prodding iu the man. liis abuse
had been too much for the woman.
Suddenly Stefan rushed up to his
wife, threw out his arms as if to em- j
brace her, caught her face between his
hands and bit her in the right cheek.
The woman screamed aloud. Bailiffs
ran to her assistance and dragged him 1
away. The spectators jumped to their
feet and looked threats at the man. Of
course there was nothing to do for the
j judge but to give Mrs. Stefan the di
vorce. A warrant was sworn out
against Alois Stefan for assault.
Man and wife lived apart now. The
latter took her little daughter with her.
and the husband had ample time tore- j
fleet upon tne situation, vvnen AIOJS i
Stefan's ease for assault came to a
heating, the wife refused to testify
against him. The prosecuting attorney !
postponed it, sending for other wit- 112
uesaes. They came to the second hear- s
Ing of the suit, but their testimony was 1
In nowise effective.
Mrs. Stefan was pleased with the j
progress of the case, or, rather, with J
the evident prospect that Justice would ;
be defeated. Stefan's attorney saw his ;
advantage and succeeded in convinc
ing the Jury that, so far as the threats
made against the wife by her husband,
no testimony had been elicited that
should condemn the accused, and the
bite in the cheek was made while the
husband was almost Insane with grief
over the turn his affairs had taken.
As soon as the jury withdrew the
wife left her seat among the spectators
and Joined her husband. Only a scar
remained as a silent reminder of the
unhusbandly caress. Stefan clasped
his wife's hand, and they whispered
with each other like happy lovers.
The prosecuting attorney watched
them scornfully, but the stern aud wise
Judge smiled significantly.
The jury returned in less than 15
minutes. Stefan was acquitted on the
first count, that of threatening his
wife's life, but for the second offense,
of having bitten her In the cheek, he
was sentenced to a week's imprison
ment.
With beaming countenances husband
and wife received the mild sentence.
It was first he aud then she who shook
the prosecuting attorney's hand, that
of the foreman of the Jury and the
stern judge's. Then and there they
declared their Intention to remarry.
No pair of lovers about to take the
first plunge Into the matrimonial sea
looked more happy, more eager, more
assured of that perfect felicity that
comes with the union of two hearts.
"It was storm aud sunshine," said
the stern and wise judge, gleefully rub
bing his bunds over the outcome of this
peculiar case.
"I hope it will never get squally again
with them," he added as they left the
courtroom, he to begin bis week's Im
prisonment, she to accompany him to
the door from which he wouid emerge
In a week to take her again to the mar
riage altar.—St. Louis Bepubllc.
Water For Baby.
Many mothers are cruel to their balnea
without knowing it, by fooliahly denying
them water. Often babies are fretful
because of tha want of a drink. A child
to ba healthy must hare water just the
same aa an adult. Tha system of the
child, as well as that af the adult, re
quires less food in summer than in win
ter, for the reason that in tha cold season
B certain additional amount of food is
required for the production of animal
heat, the loss by radiation being much
greater. In the summer, on the contrary,
perspiration is very active, and there la
consequently an increased amount of wa
ter demanded. In the summer season,
therefore, and particularly during very
hot periods, the amount of food given
should be diminished by one-third or one
fourth. and the difference in bulk lie
mrde tip by adding water. Water should
also be allowed freely between feeding
hours. If this rule were strictly followed,
v»ry many eases of summer indigestion
and diarrhea might be avoided.
Btßitiu-is examples of the
development of a capacity In women for
doing men's work When families that
have been strong and prospered get
started down hill, anil the men die off, or
goto seed, or lose heart or health, it is
not an uncommon thing to see the women
develop under stress of circumstances n
■ virile vigor that meets the storm and
| weathers it, says the Philadelphia In- 1
| quirer.
I Very able women are developed by de
t fects in man, nud, of course, when the
» wheel has once fallen to them and their
wills have been trained to steering they
, will not readily give up a place that they
k have fairly won. Nor should they. The 1
mischief, what there is of it, has been
done. I<et the consequences abide. The
chief mischief is that, though a woman
may come out strong in doing a man's
work, the man whose work is done for
him, if there is one, is apt to come out
weak.
Gralllude
Always seeks to find some expression
for itself, and womanly gratitude will not
keep silence. Cynical people sometimes
say Why do women write these testimo
nials to the value of Dr. Pierce's Favorite
— Prescription' The
i answer ran be
n J P ut ' n one word,
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su/ vIJAE after years of
yy "■ it > agony a woman is
freed from paiu,
Wv i /JHfc , , when the weak
- 1 J'< woman made
i|,\fipr i strong and the
11 sick woman well,
I 7 'il l! Na t ra 1 itn
i I^' jr i\wV\ ij J ; pulse is to write a
|V y. vVrtJ LI 1 ! word of grateful
\/l JmV it 1 thanks for the
\ I medicine which
\ ;• n caused the cure.
Dr. Pierce's Fa
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c ( cures diseases
.Jiff peculiar to women.
\ !V*> a r It establishes regu
mfif: 112 j i i \\\ larity, stops weak
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(l I all llAliW /i\ inflammation and
I! A In/ n I i\fS u ' c cration and
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\\\ / y\l (I II ■ " Having used Dr.
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,. VU \ scriotion ami 'Golden
■** Medicnl Discovery
during the past year,"
write# Mrs. Mattie Lone, of Pfouts Valley, I'errv
Co.. Pa. " I can truthfully recommend the medi
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knew what to do. Your kind advice for home
treatment helped me wonderfully. Thanks to
Dr. Pierce."
Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
biliousness, and sick headache. They
should be used in connection with
"Favorite Prescription," whenever the
use of a laxative is Indicated.
SHOELESS SOCIETY NOW
Fashionable Women Promenade
London Parks In Sandals.
HIGH REVELING OF SHAPELY FEET
Physicians In Chicano Kapress Their
Views on the Innovation—Most of
Them Consider It TlioroUßhly In
Accord With Health —One Has
Grate Doubts, However.
If one's toes are pink and shapely
and the curves of one's foot are grace
ful and alluring, it Is no offense against
modesty, hygiene or the artistic pro
prieties to appear in public sans shoes
and sans stockings, as society women
are doing in England, according to a
recent cable dispatch.
At least many of the good doctors of
Chicago say it isn't, and they are as
well qualified to pass judgment on a
question of pedal ethics as any set of
men and women In the universe, says
the Chicago I'ost. Almost to it unit,
chiropodists included, they stand for
the sandal for women provided always
that tin' innovation is confined to those
feet which, undisligured by unsightly
appurtenances. ate things of beauty
and joys forever.
Through tbe restless waters of the
broad Atlantic there hurried this pant
ing piece of news:
London, Aug. 3.—The latest seaside fad if tlie
wpariug of sandals by grown persons. Many girls
seem to l>e especially taken with the new ides.
Hie sandals are generally worn without stockings.
The craze kas spread even to London, where well
dressed women can be seen sandaled in the park.
With the receipt in America of this
interesting intelligence three questions
thrust themselves forward demanding
to be answered. First, would the ex
posure attendant upon the adoption of
the custom be physically injurious:
Second, would the frank exploitation
of the pedal extremities in a state ot
semlnudlty be a breach of the rules
and regulations hedging modesty In
dress? Third, is the undraped human
foot, taken as a general thing, suffi
ciently pulchrltudlnous to be classified
with the objects pleasing to the eye?
To some of these queries, not all of
them, the physicians of Chicago has
tened to reply.
Quoth Dr. E. Fletcher Ingals: "My
sanction of a custom like that of sandal
wearing for women depends greatly
upon the women. If they have good
looking feet, the sandal habit meets my
approval. If their feet are not good
looking, I should frown upon the inno
vation, and do my best to stifle it in its
lnciplency."
Dr. C. Pruyn Strlngfield also quali
fied his commendation by the proviso
that there must be contours and warm
tinted cuticle visible between the san
dal straps.
"Provided the saudals made the
proper sort of disclosures I have no ob
jection to the abandonment of boots
and stockings by women in temperate
climates," he said. "In fact, I think it
Is a good tiling. We should be much
healthier and better if we came into
closer contact with Mother Earth. Sel
dom do we of ttie cities touch the black
soil, and then only with shoes on.
When I was in general practice, I com
pared the healthy brown boys playing
In bare feet over in the open territory
west of State street with the thin, hot
house little chaps in the fashionable
districts farther east, and I attribute
the difference to the bare feet. I be
lieve we should be better without
shoes."
Dr. Sarah Ilackett Stevenson, whose
knowledge of the feminine foot is, for
obvious reasons, more perfect, not to
say more extensive, than that of her
brother physicians, sanctions the san
dal for women in a maimer definite and
unqualified. She scorns the skepticism
concerning the physical beauty of the
toes of her sex and says this:
"Of course the sandal for women is
an institution to be commended. Can
you Imagine anything pleasanter than
to doff shoes and stockings on a hot
day togo walking over a grass carpet
ed lawn with nothing on your feet save
sandals? Of course you can't. Shoes
and stockings cause a great deal of ill
health, I think."
Possibly it Is the openwork hosiery
fad that has led Dr. Sanger Brown tc
have grave doubts concerning the pink
possibilities of the female foot At any
rate he side stepped all propositions ex
cept that of health and condemned the
sandal craze as hyglenically unwise.
"I don't want to discuss anything but
the health question," said he,"and
about that I will say that I think soci
ety women who expose themselves by
wearing sandals are exceedingly un
wise. In a climate like that of London
persons in good health who are out of
doors a great deal might divest them
selves of shoes and stockings without
harmful consequences, but for society
women the practice is dangerous."
Dr. Ellen Hancock Lyon likens the
sandal to the short skirt and asserts
that when sanctioned by custom It will
be considered not a whit more Immod
est. Besides this, Dr. Lyon has great
faith in the health produclug qualities
of the bare foot and also of its power
♦o please when revealed through the-
of a sandal
i lit- custom should l>e encouraged,"
l>i I.you said. "because it means better
health Shoes and stockings cause :i
great deal of the nervous troubles and
poor circulation common among women
today We are trying it among chil
dron with extraordinary success, and I
have three health; hoys to [trove what
the barefoot habit can do.
"So far as the moral aspect is con
cerned, it is only a matter of custom.
At first overdecoraten and conspicuous
sandals might make them offensive, but
in time that would be overcome. My
commendation of the sandal is unqual
ified."
Depetv uml I'lutt.
Chauncey M. Depew used to have in
bis collection of curiosities a certain
telegraphic dispatch which never fail
ed to iuterest the politicians to whom
be showed it. The telegram was sent
to Mr. Depew, then president of the
New York Central railroad, by Mr.
I'latt shortly before the latter's elec
tion to a second term In the senate. It
is dated a few stations above i'ough
ket-psie and read 3:
Please stop the noon express here to take on
Mrs. I'latt and ME TOO.
"1 stopped the train gladly," Mr. De
pew would say when he exhibited it.
"I am always willing to do a favor for
a man who turns a joke on himself."
The Mnrrlaite Core.
One remedy against indigestion is
matrimony. At least The Lancet tells
us that it Is the celibate young barris
ter, the lonely curate in lodgings, the
struggling bachelor Journalist or busi
ness man or clerk who suffers most
from premature dyspepsia because he
eats alone. He generally reads during
his meals, which Is bad. or he reads
directly he has bolted his food, which
Is likewise bad. Obviously, therefore,
matrimony Is a bar to indigestion.—
Lady's Pictorial.
A Follower.
Caller—The minister's son Is follow
ing in the footsteps of that spendthrift
young Jinks.
Miss Prim— Isn't that scandalous?
Caller—llnrdly as bad as that. You
see, h»/s a tailor and is just trying to
collect his bill.—Chelsea Oazette.
| Making Characters—not Money I
ft When William sport Dickinson Seminary was founded, money M
9 making was not in the thought of its promotors. To give j oung ft
ft men and women thorough intellectual and moral training at the ft
0 lowest possible cost was its paramount aim. It remains its para- 0
ft mount aim. Buildings have been added, equipment increased, ft
§ the faculty enlarged, but the school is true to its first principles. j
Williamsport
Dickinson Seminary
Bis a Home and Christian school. It provides for health and social culture *
as carefully an for mental and moral training, taking a personal Interest 1
In each pupil. A splendid field, with athletics directed by a trained 0
athlete, make ball field and gymnasium of real value. Single beds and A
bowling alley for ladies. Swimming pool for all. Nine regular courses, '
• with elective studies, offer wide selection. Six competitive scholarships ft
m are offered. Seventeen skilled teachers. Music, Art, Expression and ft
• Physical Culture, with other branches or alone, under teachers with best ft
X home and European training. Home, with tuition In regular studies, t
J from J240.00 t0t250.00 a year, with discounts to ministers, ministerial can
ft didates, teachers, and two from same family. Fall term opens Sep- I
■ teml>er 9th, 1901. Catalogue free. Address ■
1 Rev. EDWARD J. GRAY, D. D., President, Williamsport, Pa. I
The Home Paper
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The Bookman recently published a
selection from letters received by a
large publishing firm in New York front
would be authors in various parts ot
I | the country. Here is a gem:
| Pear Sirs—Wont you please let nie know why
I you kept my MvS so 1< ug and now return it?
Please dont take nit* for a freak, but a honest
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i tenseable. This I only mention as a part history
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I large Picture of . Under my j icture have the
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TIME TABLE.
Corrected to May i, 1901.
Xkh Vokk.
AM* AM* I'M"
Bart-lav St. I.v. 2 io oo 100
('hri.stoplier St..on lu 00 100
Hoboken 2 JO 16 1 »)
Ki-ruiiton Al •> ; "2 I li'J 513
I'M AM I'M- I'M'
llutfnlo I.ve IJ tfO 245 •••
Scrnnton Ar 540 JO (JO
AM + AM' I'M 112 I'M"
Scra NTOW . •> 4) JO 05 155 550
Hellevue ti 50 ...
Taytorvllle 0»> 10 15 203 5 s>l
Lackawanna 701 !0 2-'! 'i 10 li oti
Duryca 703 Jo 213 t; oy
Piusion 707 10 31 217 ti 13
Susguehanna A ve... <lO 10 33 21U ti Iti
West Pittston 713 10 .'ls 223 ti 19
Wyoming 717 111 40 227 ti 21
Forty Fort
Bennett 721 10 lit 231 ti 30
Kingston Hl*. 7 :10 10 54 240 ti :t>
W'ilk<'s-Barr... ..Ar 710 1110 250 li 48
W'iik.K-Bam l.ve 720 10 30 2HO 112. 20
Kingston I\' 730 10 54 240 ti .'{s
Plymouth .1 Jnc... . I
Plymouth 7i x 11 0.3 2 4!' tl 13
ATomUlt 7 42!. a r,i
Nanticoke 745 II II 2 SKI ti 51
Hunlock'f. 7 ;jl 11 17 3 Oti ! ti 57
Khiekshinny *0! 11 'JV 320 7to
Hick's Ferry s HI 43 330f 7 21
Beach I'aven M l* 11 4H 537 72*
Berwick *23 11 54 3+4 733
Briar (.'reek M2B f3 50
Willow Grove fH 81 112 3 54 ' ....
I.inie kidge f!2 09 35H ....
Espy 8 :i!l 12 15 4 Oti 752
Bloomsburg 8 44 12 22 412 757
Kupert h ' 12 27 417 801
tJatawtasa ' ' 12 32 422 HOS
I)ar.ville 1 12 47 435 H2O
Chulasky - - 442
Cameron r 12 57 4 4fi
Nohthi MMERLAND A'.'' 1 1 10 5 IIU *45
Ar AM pji I'M I'M
'JOINO ''.AST.
INKW Y'«HK I PM* PMf
BurciaySt. Ar 335 600 J ....
Christopher St... j 330 465 j .
Hoboken i 315 44K .... j ... .
Scrnnton . 10 05 i 2 55 ... I .... !
— AM I'M AM- A M
Buffalo . ..Ar XOO 12 45 7(0
Scrunton I.v 155 54K 11 35
AM* PMt PM+ PM*
Scranton j 4'<2 12 I>s 460 #45
Bellevue 37 4 46
Taylorville 'J 440 x 35
Lackawanna '' 20 4 32 g 27
liuryea 923 42V x 25
Pittston 9 lit ia 17 424 x2l
Susquehanna Ave. 1H 12 14 420 xlx
West Pittston.. ! > !■'» 4 17 x 1»;
Wyoming 909 12 ox 412 | Xl 2
Forty Fort 904 107 ....
Bennett u • ' 4 03 804
Kingston K 6X 11 £9 400 XO2
\\ i Ikt s-Barif I.v « • 11 1150 350 750
Wiiko-Barre. Ar I s 12 10 410 xlO
Kingston 8 11 59 400 XO2
Plymouth Junction *sl 352
Plymouth.. 8 47 11 61 347 \ 753
Avondale s 42 3 42
Nanticoke X3X li 43 33X 740
Hunlock b H : >2 331 H4l
Slilekshinny 8 22 ll 29 320 731
Hick's Ferry ! 812 309 f7 21
Beaeh Haven 8 02 303 | 712
Berwick i ' 11 05 f2 58 705
Briar Creok I f 2 5-3 ft; 58
Willow Urovt- 1 i : n '"W ......
Lime Kidge i, j 240 fti 50
Espy i 1 lo 4x 240 'i 41
Bloomsburg : i~i 10 4(3 234 03X
Rupert j i \J. 10 37 229 «82
Catawisea ; '. 10 34 224 027
IJanville •'lO 19 211 612
Chulasky ■ ■■■ • • ;
Cameron i _ f2 01 fti 03
NoRTHUM BMHL'D... : iin'oo +1 50 *5 50
LaV I.V f'M PM
I e
e :
Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia 4
Heading Kailroad for Tamanend, Tamaqua,
Wiliiamsport, Sunhury, Pottsville, etc. At
Northumberland witli P and E. Uiv. P. H. K. for
Harrisburg. Eock Haven, Emporium, Warren
Corry, and Erie.
♦Daily. + Daily except unday. 112 Stop on
signal.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
TIME TABLE
In Effect June 2nd, 1901-
A M 1A.M.1 FAI.F. M
Scranton( D4tH)lv ? 6 4"> >9 38j 2 IX j4 27
Pittston " " 7ogf 10 (to §2 42 452
_ A. M. A. M P. M. P.M
Wilkesbarre,.. Iv§ 7 30 §lO 35h 3OS (8 00-
Plym'th Ferry " 112 7 37 flO 42| 112 3 16 f6 07;
Nanticoke •' 746 10 326 6 17
Mocanaqua .... " 804 11 07 ;3 46 637
Wapwallopen.. " 812 11 1(1 356 647 '
Nescopeck ar H23 11 !&; 407 TOO
A. M. A.M. P.M.
I'ottsville lv ti 5 50 sll 55 \
Hazleton " 705 12 4X
Tom hick en " 722 103
Fern Glen " 729 110
Hock (Hen "I 735
Nescopeck ...,ar; 802 1 35.
|Z~M A.M P.M. P M
Nescopeck lv! § 8 iS.jjll 26 j4 07 00
Creasv "! 833 11 :»i 4 lti 7 09| _ _
Espy Ferry.... " 112 8 43 11 4ti I 4 24 7 2j»|;
E. Bloomsnurg, " 847 11 5 11 429 7 SB,
Caiawissa ar 855 11 571 435 732
Catawissa lv 855 11 57 435 732
South Danville "j 9 14 12 15; 4 53i 7 511•
Sunbury "j 935 12 4(* 5 I;>| 815
A.M. P.M. P. M P.M.
Sunbury lv j! 9 42 § 1 lo § 5 45 ]9 45
Eewisburg.... ar : 10 13 1 *■> 6 18|
Milton " 10 OX 1 39' 614 10 Oti
Williamsport.. " 11 oo 2SO 7 10 10 50
Eock Haven... "11 69 3 4t)| 807
Henovo " A.M. 440 9 00;
Kane " 8 25
IP. M. P.M.
I.ock Haven..lv ;12 10 J 345 .... . .
Bellefonte i»r 105 a 4 41 '
Tyrone " 1 2 15 U 600
Philipsburg " 4
Clearfield.... " j 5375 9 09 ......
Pittsburg.... " | ti 55 #ll 30
X.irt! P.M. P. M, P M
Sunbury lv 9605i1 55 j 5 Z>cX 31
Harrisburg.... ar 11 30 H 3 15 „ 655 10 10;
IP. M. P. M. P. M.|A M
Philadelphia.. ar Si 3 17 |j 6 23 ||lo 20 . 4 25
Baltimore •' § 3 11 li • 00 S 9 45! 2 30
Washington... "]J 4 10 |. 7 15 10 55 4 05j
|A~M" P, M.I I
Sunbury IT §lO 00 (j 2 03 '
Eewistown Jc. ar 11 40 350 ! |
Pittsburg •' tissjiill3o ;
A.M. P, M. P. M. P M
Harrisburg.... lv 11 46 ,1 3 45 || 7 15 «1025
P.M. A.M.AM!
Pittsburg ar j ti 55; II 1130,|J 1 50 5 30
II I I
P. M. P M A MAM
Pittsburg lv 710 900 3 OOi IS 00
IA. M |AM! P M
Harrisburg.... ar ; 1 55.a 4 20]H 9 30jj 310
AM A M
Plttsbuig lv | t* 00j
l.ewistown JJ. "! • 7 30 jj 3 !0|
Sunbury ar j » 3D! g 6 00
P. M.l A M A M A M
Washington... lv 10 401 ' 7 soji|lo 50
Baltimore " 11 41 1 4 4V x4O 11 45!
Philadelphia... " 11 20|| 42» 830 12 26
A. M.l A M|A. M. P M
Harrisburg.... lv 335 i 7 55 ;I1 40 i. 4 (*•:
Sunbury ar li 505 I 9 36. 1 10 j2 5 401
jP.M.I A MAM
Pittsburg lv ;I2 45 . 3 00 \ 8 001
t'leartleld "j 409 9 28|
I'biiipaburg.. " 4 56! 10 12
Tyrone " 7 15: I 8 10 12 15| i>>#
Bellefonte.. " 831 932 1 SiO
Lock Ha veil ar, 9 301 jlO 30j 217
P. M, A M V M P M
Erie lv, j 5 35 | ; ....
Kane " 840 ;ti 00
Henovo " II 50 ; 6 45| 10 30 >
Eock Haven.... " 12 38 735 11 25h 3 00;'
A.M. IP M
Wiiliainsi>ort .. " 225 830 :12 40 400 ...
.Milton •' 222 919 127 4 .'>2l'
Eewisburg " 905 1 15! 4 47!]
Sunbury ar 321 9 4t> 165 620 ]....
A7\T A M P M P M 112
Sunbury lv 112 (1 50 I 9 55 : 200 \ 5 48 1 ....
South Danville" 7 13! io 17 221 #O9 '....
Catawissa " 7 3.'<| 10 36 2 3t: 6 271;....
E Blooiusburg.. " 739 10 43 243 632 ....
Espv Ferry •• 743 fiO 47 I 6 36
Creasy " 7 ,V 2 ltt 66 2V> 646 ....
Nescopeck " 802 11 05| 305 666 ....
A M A M P. M. P M I"
t'utawlssu lv K35 10 38 ....
Nescopeck lv 6 5 15 \ 7 05 '
Hock (lien ar 11 22; 7 28
Fern (lien " 901 11 '2xl 541 734 ]...
Tomhiciten " 907 11 :48 547 T42
llu/leton " 924 11 58 ti 031 805 ']]]]
Pottsville " 10 15 655
AM AMP HIP Mf
Nescopeck lv t 8 02 11 "5 ; 3 oi"> t, 6 .Vi • •••
Wapwallopen..ar 8 l(i 11 20 3 In! 709
Mocanaqua " 826 11 32 329 721 ■••••
Nanticoke " 847 11 64 3 48! 742
P Ml
Plym'th Ferry l 857 12 02 3 .5; I 7 62
wilksbane ..." 905 12 10| 4 (ft. 800
AM P M P Mlp M
Pittston!DAH) ar ;v 89 12 55 ? 4 Sti 836
Scrnnton " " 10 08 124 5248 9 05
I Weekdays. I Daily. 112 Flag station.
t'ullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Sunbury, Williamsport
and Erie, between Sunbury ami Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burg and the West.
For further information apply to Ticket Agents
HUTCHINSON, J. li. WOOD,
Oeit'l Manager. Oen'l Pass'n'r Ay.
Shoes, Shoes
Stylisli!
Oinea-p !
lEselia,"ble 1
Bicycle, Cymnasium and
Tennis Shoes.
THE CELEBRATED
Carlisle Shops
AND THE
snas Proof
Rubber Boots
A SPECIALTY.
A. BCHATZ,
Mil NEW!
A R.©lla"bl©
TO SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing*
Spouting and Ceneral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges,
Furnaces, eto.
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QUALITY THE BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E. FRONT BT.
JOHUT W. FAENSWOETH
INSURANCE
Ll Fire Accident and Steam Bier
Office: Montgomery Building, Mill street,
Danville, - - Penn'a
PHILADELPHIA &
READING- RAILWAY
CORRECTED TO JUNE 2». 1901
TRAINS LEAVE DAN VIM.K
(weekdays only;
For Philadelphia 11.25 a m.
For New Yorlt 11.25 a m,
For Oatawlssa 11.25 a. m., 6.04 p. m..
For Milton 7.82 a, ID., 4.00 p m. 112
For Wllllamsport 7.32 a in., 4.00 pin
Trains for Baltimore, Washington and tin
South leave Twenty-fourth and Chestnut
Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays,-3.23, l.u
10.22 a. ill., 12.16, 1.33, 3.03, 4.12, 5.03, 7.26, 8.26 p
ui., 12.21 night. Sundays 3.23, 7.14®. in., 12 It
1.33, 4.12, 6.03. 7.26, 8.26 p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD,
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Wbar
and South Street Wharf for Atlantic City.
WEEKDAYS —Expre558.00, 9.00, 10.46 a m„ l.ou
(Saturdays only 1.30) 2.00, a.t<o, 4.C»>, 4.30. 5.00,
J0.40,7.15, 8.30 p. ni. Accommodation 6.00 n.
m. $5.40, 6.30 p. m. Sundays Express, 7.30. 8.00,
8.30, 9.00, 10.00, 11.00 a. m., 4.45. 7.15 p. in. Ac
commodation 6.00 a. m., 5.00 p. mi SI.OO Ex
cursion daily 7.00 a. m. Additional Sunday,
7.31) a. in
Leave ATLANTIC CITY DEI'OT-Week
days. Express—Monday only, ti.46 ) 7.00, 7.45,
(from Baltic Extension only, 7.55) 8 20. 9.00,
10.15, 11 a. ill., 2.50, 4.30, 5.30,7.30, 8.30,9.30 p. m.
Accommodation 5.25, 7.05, a. m.,3.«)p. IU. Sun
days Express—B.4s a. 111., 3.30. 4.30, 5.00, 6.00,
6.30, 7.00, i.30, 8.00 9.30 p. m. Acconmiodat ion—
T. 15 a. ni., 4.32 p. in. t
Parlor cars on all express trains,
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA.
For CAPE M AY—Weekdays B.Jo, 8.45,11.45,
a. m.§ 1.50) *4.10, #.30 p. m Sulidays—S.4s,
9.15 a. m., 5.00 p. 111.
For OCEAN ClTY—Weekdays-#-8.45 11.45 a.
m., 2.15.,+4.20, 5.30 p. in. Sundays—B.4s, 9.15
a. m.,5.00 p. m.
For SEA ISLE CITY Weekdays—B.4sa. m
2.15, +4.20, J5.30 p. m. Sundays 8.45 a. in., 5.00
P m 81 00 Excursion to Cape Slay, Ocean
Cltv and Sea Isle City 700 a. ni. da'ily. *Soutli
St.," 4.00 p. m.,+South St., 4.15 p.m., iSouth
St., 5.80 p. m.,SSouth. St., 1.45 p. n*.
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY
EXPRESS.
Leave NEW YORK (Liberty Street, 9.10 A V
(Saturdays only 1.00, p. m.) 3.40 p. m.
Leave ATLANTIC CITY,-Weekdays— 8.30 a.
in , £ls p. in. Sundays—s.Bo p. m.
Detailed time tables al ticket otllces.
W.G BESLER, EDSON J WEKIB
G£U. Superintendent General Agent.
A Double Headed Joke.
In the Massachusetts campaign of
1878 John D. Long was making his
first run for governor against General
Ben Butler, who bad captured tho
Democratic nomination, and Judge
Joslah G. Abbott, who was the candi
date of the old line Democrats. The
late Judge Thompson was making a
speech for Abbott before a big Demo
cratic audience and after praising the
candidate as a jurist and a statesman
asked sarcastically, "And now who Is
John L-L-Long?" No one answering,
he proceeded: "They say he has jjiade
a translation of Ilomer's 'JHad." What
g g-good Is that to us? All Democrats
read Homer in the original." At this
the person to whom the judge was tell
ing the story laughed, but the judge
continued: "Th-th-that's not the real
joke at all. The real joke is that not a
m-m-man In the audience so much as
smiled."
An Important Period.
A public library In a London district
has a custodian who is devoted to lit
erature, but not to fine white linen.
The other day a notice was posted up
on the door of the library as follows:
"This library will be closed next
week for cleaning. The Librarian."
In a few hours the period between
"cleaning" and"the librarian" had
been deftly expunged.