KAIL ROAD TIME TABLES. pesn'a r. It. KAST. WIST 7.11 A. M. y.U A. M. lai: •• 12 15 l*. M. 2.21 P. M. 4.81 " 5.50 " *.61 " rtI'NDAYH. 10.17 A. M. 4.51 I*. M. ' " IT l.? w.'H'K. EAST. WEST. 0.5? A. M. A. M. to. 19 " 12.47 1'- M. 2.11 P. M. 4,:S. r . " U.lti •' 5.40 " SC'NI>AVM 6.57 A. M. 12.471*. M. &l«P M. «4C " I'Hll.A « REAPING R. R. NORTH. SOUTH. 7.52 A. M 11.24 A. M. I.IK) 1* M. rt.Oo I*. M BLOi i.M STRKET. 7.51 V M. 11.22 A. M. 4.02 I*. M. ii.o4 P. M. J. J. BROWN. THE EYE A SPECIALTY Eyes tested, treated, fitted with glass es huil artificial eye« supplied. 11 Market Street, Itloomsburg, Pa. Hours —10 a. m.to 5 p. m Telephone 1480. _ ! DOG STORIES. Emmmplem at the latelllgrac* of Our CMine Friend*. A dog often grows more sensible by being In the company of bright chil dren. One dear little fellow would play hide and seek just as nicely as you can, hiding his eyes with his paw when he was told to and bunting everywhere for the children until the : last one wan found. When It came i his turn, he would hide uuder a chair cr desk and fairly shake with excite ment for fear they would see him. A Lieutenant Walker once bad a ter which was very devoted to him. He was 111 for a few days, and the dog would not leave his side. One day Mr. Walker brought In some wood and remarked rather reproachfully, "Why don't you bring In some wood, Jake?" The dog went at once to the shed and brought In a stick and dropped It Into the woodbox. He did this six times, when, probably thinking that was his share, he walked back to bis old station. How glad he was the tirst day the lieutenant sat up! First he went for his stockings and then bis boots, as much as to say, "Come, come, now: try and dress yourself." A lady once had a pretty dog who gut cold at night and whined and cried \ so much that she made him a lit- ! tie flannel nightgown. It was button- I ed at tbe neck and had a blue ribbon to fasten it around the waist. That dog was very proud of his clothes. He was like some little girls and boys. If i a visitor called who wished to see bis j nightgown, his mistress had only to say, "Go get your nightgown." and he | would travel off up stairs and get it. j "But Where's the sashV" she asked i one day. Back he traveled and soon j came down trailing bis blue ribbon be- i hind him, Just as delighted ns he could ! be. A flHrnnm Rmr. Complaints have been made from time to time that some public meetings have been dangerously crowded, even the gangways and every bit of stand ing room being packed. In the event j of a panic It Is clear that a dreadful calamity might easily happen In a building filled by such a dense throng. Mr. Barnuru, the prince of showmen, had an ingenious plan for breaking up u crowd when he saw his circus tent too full of folk. On such occasions he used to stick up n big bill. In full view of the sightseers, bearing In large let ters the following notice: "This Way to the Egress." Eager to s«»e this uu- j heurd of monster, the people poured j out of tbe tent In shoals, only to find.' themselves at last in the street! A ,\ov«rl Eye Kxperlinru* It is a common maxim tha' s, *eiug is j believing." and yet it Is nC always safe j to base our Ixdief solel v ° n evidence j of our eyesight. I a * 1 1 " 1' j which Is here for example. Ob serve the twe llttl ° fraraps lu which , the begglnf Jogß Rn * contalnod an(l ask e frlenc* ,v "hich is the bigger frame of the surely answer the fl ,.it band one. It looks so, doesn't It? j WHICH is THE UMBf | Well, here Is another case in point, nhowing how easily your eyes may de ceive you. If you measure the little pictures separately, you will find they are exactly the same in every respect; yet. being placed In the positions they , occupy, the one looks larger thau the , other. It Is only another example of shows how your eyes'rnay be tricked. | A Shrewd Win*. While walking In the suburbs the bishop of Norwich met a little girl of about eight or nine who asked, "Oh, please, sir, will you open this gate for me?" The bishop, smiling on the demure j little maiden, held back the gate for ! her to pass through, and when she : thanked hlin with a smile he asked her If she was not big enough to open \ the garden gate herself. "Oh, yes, sir," she replied sweetly; j "but. you see. the paint Is wet, and 1 j should have dirtied my hands." Fannr l.lttle Hob. I was driving with my little Bob, two and one-half years of ag»». along the country roads when tbe dogwood was In bloom. The beautiful white flowers excited his ardent admiration. He Inquired what It was several times and was told. "That Is dogwood." Pres ently he spied near the roadway a very •mall specimen not more than a foot high, but covered with blossoms. "Look, mamma:" cried he. "Therv la l little puppy wood!" fie toTod f.*vr)(ri. It Is said that Peter the Great, after witnessing a contest between two eml- I neat counsel at Westminster, London, remarked: "When t left St. Petersburg, there were two lawyers there. When I get back, I will hang oun of them." , j THE LOST FINGER j I —o— § *jf A Btory of Pioneer Liii'e In * • Central America. ** **• ® The ranch of Senor Diaz was on a charming slope, overlooking the broad, smooth waters of one of the tribu taries of the Parana, on whose opposite shore the rank grass grew teu and twelve feet high. The house itself had a tropical char acter; it was Spanish-American, with a cool, shady veranda, a long, low front, painted wails and latticed win ; dows, a spacious court and a flat roof, provided with a parapet, which gave j the whole structure tlie appearance of : a fort. Many acres of cultivated laud : showed long lines of sugar caue and tall trees laden with bananas, in sur prising contrast to the dark, linpene j trable mass of wild bush land which Id , the distance surrounded the settlement, j Senora Diaz was one of the tropical beauties of whom Murllio dreaiued. "I am going to test your gallantry." she said, coming out on the veranda where 1 sat. "by asking you to help me to water tny flowers, for with my lame hand it Is not easy for me to lift the heavy watering pot." "1 am at your service, but allow me —am I wrong?—to remind you that you promised to tell me the story of bow your hand was lamed." "Certainly. As soou as the flowers are watered we will have coffee on the veranda, anil yon will hear nil about It." Accordingly I was shortly afterward sipping coffee with the little Lolita, my host's only daughter and my pet, beside me, while her mother rolled u cigarette, lighted it and began as fol lows: When we came here this was a very wild place, and we had to endure a number of pests. For Instance, when Lolita was a baby, my husband and his men went off one morning to work as usual, and the child lay asleep on -i mat at the end of the room. Sudden ly 1 saw on the floor the skin of a mouse, from which the whole body had been sucked, as from an orange. I knew at once that a snake must be near, for they feed on mice and eat them in this fashion, but, carefully as I looked cbout me, I could see no snake, till all at once it occurred to me that It might be under the baby's mat. I snatched the child up aud placed her in safety. Then I lifted softly a part of the mat and there it was—the long, slimy, green and gold reptile coiled up aud fast asleep. Ah, how I Jumped! Iran out Into the courtyard to call for help. Luckily our man, Jose, was there, and he kill ed the reptile. Rut as we cleared more acres the snakes left us to bide themselves in the forest. 1 began to hope our cares were ended, but they were only Just begun. Wild beasts now first appeared on tbe scene. One morning while we were at breakfast one of our herdsmen brought the news that our cattle, which graze !n the tall grass on the other side of the river, had been attacked by a Jaguar that had killed one of the bulls. The mau who told us this had escaped with his life, yet he would have scarce ly doue so If he had not misled the beast or had there not been n fat ex there. A week passed without a new alarm, and we bad come to think less about it, when suddenly three or four Indians rushed into tell us how a great Jaguar had broken Into their camp and killed r. woman and one of their dogs. When ui> husband heard tbe story, he judged that It was tlie sauio nnl mal that had attacked our bull, for the Indians described it as a creature of singular color, far lighter than any they had seen about there, so that they i,amed it"The White Death." We all thought it high time to do something, and my husband called his people together to ««<■' ,iuul animal. 1 remember morning distinctly. Thev wen' away cheerfully enough, each r"* ,n with his gun aud hunting kj.ve, and Moro, our bloodhound, was with them. My husband turned ahniml Just ad he entered the wood and kissed his hand to me. Then lie and his com panions vanished In the forest. When 1 found myself with Lolita alone in the house and thought of what might happen if they met that terrible wild animal, such anxiety seized me (although 1 never thought I could be In danger) that I could not be contented till 1 had locked every door in the house, and then I seated myself iu the great sitting room, took on my lap and tried to tell her u story. Suddenly 1 heard a scratching a ion a the roof, and then a dull thud, as if something heavy had fallen. Anxious and nervous as I was, I started up with a cry. although I had no presentiment what It was. The next moment 1 heard just over i me a sound which I could not mistake j —a long, passionate roar—a cry that I j had often heard from the woods at night and never without feeling as if iny heart stood still. The thought rush- j ed through my mind. "Oh. heaven, the ; Jaguar!" I shall never forget that moment! j For a second I was quite rigid and i helpless, a- If life had departed, and then a thought flashed upon me. The i jaguar was not to be kept off if he j penetrated here from the roof, for mos; of the Inner doorway.- had i.nly draper ies. In my dining room was a great wooden meal chest, neatly empty and large enough to hold six or seven per- j wsw't.wiEiu «? w^vi at)(11 1 I seized the child, ran with her Into the dining room and crept into tbe I chest. Unfortunately it had a spring lock, so that 1 was forced to hold the lid open with my left hand to guard against its locking and Immediately, stifling us. P.tit It bad more than ao Inch of outer rim. which complete!? hid my lingers. It was not a moment too soon. We were scarcely hidden when I beard the great claws scratching along the floor, and the hungry sniffing of the Jaguar showed me that he was In search of food. He came straight to the chest and paused a moment, as If he feared a trap. Then he put his head close to the small opening, so that I could fee bis hot breath lie sniffed awhile and then tried to raise the lid with his pa w. How I trembled! Hut, thank heaven, the great paw would not go In the nar row crevice, and I held the cover fast by clinging to the inner part of the lock with ail the strength of despera- i tlon. All he could do was to stretch out his tongue and lick my fingers un til they bled as if they had beeu scratched by a saw. And then, as he tasted blood and heard Lolita cry—for my poor darling was just as frightened j as I was—bis eagerness increased, and lie began lo utter piercing yells, which sent Icy chills over me. I wonder *\!iv the fright did not kill me, but the touch of Lolita's little arm around my neck seemed to keep up my courage. Still the worsi was yet to come. When the Jaguar found that he could nQJ. 'upon*' the chest. His huge weight crushed my fingers between the two parts of th" lock. Tiieu I thought all was over and shrieked so that my cries rang through the whole house. But my cries were presently answer ed by a sound which made my heart throb with joy—answered by the bark ing of our bloodhound. The Jaguar heard it. too, for he sprang dawn and stood for a moment listening, then ran to tbe door as if to flee. Again came the sound of the dog's bark this time nearer and at the same time the voices of men calling to each other. Contrary to expectation, they were already coming back. Meanwhile the jaguar seemed to be bewildered and ran wildly to and fro. Suddenly a loud cry came from one of the windows, followed by two shots and a fearful howl: then my husband's voice anxiously called: "Cachitn, where are you?" I had just strength enough left to get out of the chest, drag myself to the door and let my husband in. Then 1 swooned away. They told me afterward that our bloodhound found the jaguar's trail, leading straight back to the house, and they all hurried home at full speed, fearing harm would come to me. My husband and Jose came iu front of the rest and shot the jaguar through the window, but my husband told me that when he saw the animal in the house lie felt as if stifled. I could not move a joint of that hand for many weeks afterward. The Indi ans gave me medicine to heal It.and they say that after awhile 1 shall be able to use it again. 1 did not need this injury to make me remember that day. If 1 were to live a thousand years, I could not forget the few terrible mo ments that 1 spent in the chest—mo ments that seemed to comprise uu eter nity of terror. A Dream Story. In November. 1593, I awoke one morning fully impressed with the idea that I was receiving as a gift an un usually large gypsy ring set with a sin gle sapphire with a brilliant on each side. The dream was a pleasant one to the female mind, and I soon fell asleep again, but only to awake with a still stronger Impression that the jewel was actually In my hands. So curious were my sensations that ou my maid entering my room at 8 o'clock 1 told her of the two dreams, most minutely describing the ring, and 1 also asked my husband t<> bear witness to the statement should anything follow to confirm the dream. Two hours later the postman arrived, and so great were my excitement and astonishment at seeing a small, neatly done up packet (evidently a ring case) that I dare scarcely open it and decid ed to ask uiy maid to do so. Before breaking the seal I asked her to repeat the description of the ring that I hail previously given her, and then the lit tle packet was opened, and the Joyful exclamation followed, "Why. my lady, here it is!'' The ring was sent to iuo by a friend in memory of his wife, who had died some months before, but I had absolutely no idea that 1 should be the recipient of any souvenir of her. nor did I ever see her wearing the riug in question.—Spectator. Orthodox Hard to Find. A Scotch elder, who did not believe that his own minister held strictly orthodox views, wished to have his babe baptized, but would not risk its spiritual welfare by having him per form the rite in any heterodox manner. So he walked 10 another town only to Cud the minister he sought was away fishing. The next one he was directed to had gone hunting. Filled with in dignation lie said to his companion: <4 \Yi''ll 1/11 iii? t«k Mrtlo*.... UiHilrlnA That godly man will no be fishing or hunting." So he found the house, but as he ap proached it tie heard the sound of mu sic. When, the servant Tassje opened the 7To?if\ he remarked to her: "Ye have company the night. 1 he! t the fiddle going." "Na, ua." she answered. blushing. "Robin could na pluy like you, but the minister aye fiddles a bit afore he goes fo bed." The good man went away without making his errand known. No minis ter who played tin- tiddle could baptize his bairn, so he went back to his own, who neither tished. hunted nor played forbidden music, unci let him name the Child. An Impudent l>oir. One day Beau Nash joined some line ladles in a grove and, asking one of them who was crooked whence she came, she replied, "Straight from Ix>n don." "Confound me. madam," said he, "then you must have been warped by the way!" She soon, however, had ample re venge. The following evening he join ed her company and. with a sneer and h bow, asked her If she knew her cate chism and could tell him the name of Tobit'.s dog. "Ills name, sir, was Nash,' replied the lady, "and an impudent dog he was!" I'rotintf Folarlca t lon. The polarization of the human body can be proved by allowing a strong current to flow through the body from one end to the other, the hands being Dlaced in two basins connected with 'r. ritl" Ul'l* Or|f»(| and placed In two other basins of wa ter connected with the wires of u deli cate galvanometrr. A current In the reverse direction to the original one i# then fonnd to flow from the body. Sir Hrurt Irvlntc'" llim. During Sir Henry Irvlng's perform ance of "Tlx- Merchant of Venice" at the Theater Royal, Belfast, mueh an noyance was caused to frequenters of the stalls and circle by ladles who did not remove their hats, with the result that the management at last decided to give the fair ones a gentle hint. Prior to the commencement of tla first act a curtain was displayed on which was painted In large letters the following: "Madam, will you kindly take off your hat. as I am sitting Imme diately behind you and cannot see the stage?" The hint was sufficient, for all hats und bonnets disappeared. Su |m inl 11 lon. "Would you start <>n n journey on 'riday V" "No. is.de. d. "Why !'!• pf.-ple o superstitious?" "But 11 -. I- - hi: i! thing to '1 ' with su 'lers'itioi. I ••• ii'l on Saturday." A -mall ■< >• t li l lissg about a cart, which ■ -lili pp-s<T\ -d. was ist at the 1... . . 112 .und,y ;;i KM."i It is Hi.- t• * i 'h I • ii de fr.'.n alive o;. :.<tlc i jp—— ' " I TH B|S : /#P Farmers' p! s®\i Boys \ \ I m an become \\J J Draftsmen, Electricians, j£\ \ Surveyors. LJ g\ Farmers 9 'fl [I Girls !»■ i jSj fif C&n become Stenographers, Book-keepers, Designers, Teachers, Groat Opportunity for Farmers' Boys and Girls The I. (', H. method oft- MClnns by mail given young people In a rural comma ■l Qity equnl opportunities with til' 10 who live in cities. Our cournefl nrr tauslit by mail to thousands of umbitioun people In the country who cannot atlord, : r or <lo n'it desire, to leave borne to uiten.l a school. By employing their spare time only in sttidv under our guidance, they nre Boon enabled lo take well paid jgffj positions in town or city where they cm support themselves comfortably ana continue their studies. Write fort ho circular or the course that Interest® you, ana ASIC fur photographs and letters from students In your own neighborhood. \-j. We teach l>r mall Mechanical, Steam, Hlectrlcal, Civil, H Bantlarv mi.l >i:niau SllOjl and Foundry Prac- MS H tlce; Mechaiilc.il l>rmvliipi Architecture! Architectural Draw- H| li»KS Hliimblii«! Ileallus; anil Ventilation, Sheet-Metal W'orki 112 Telephony; Tclegrapliyi Chemistry; Ornamental l)ril:ni l.et- H terlnsj: HooW-kecpliiß; Stenography, Melho<l» of Teuchlngi J EnglUll Hraiiches; locomotive Hun nine; for entslneern and fire- g® men ouly)|Klectrotherapeutlc«(for physician* and nurseaouly). HS Established 1891. Paid In Capital 81,500,000. ! %. Send for free circular, stating subject you wish to atudy. AddreM CORRESPONDENOyCj^O^^p Or call oil Mnrtin Schweitzer. Montour House Danville, I'M. CHOICE MIS CELL AN"! llnNaiii Innocent For Once. How suspicious all are of ltussia! Some years ago one bright June niorn liijr three v.'arships w< re sighted off the east coast of Korea. 1 watched them I make the entrance into the outer har ! bor. all apparently with f::ll steam 1 ahead. Suddenly one stopped and let the others pass. In a si t position she hunt:, steaming madl\ all day long, with no noticeable change She did not even turn with the tide There sh» stood planted as though not in water, hut on land. The othei ves.-t Is wheeled about, lowered their boat*, and there was great ••ommi-t'oii. We learned at night that the Vitchius had a rock four feet through the bottom. The crew was landed on an island near by. and the far east said. "Ah. ha. a triek of llus t,ia to secure a footing in Korea!" English came by and said. "By Jove, these rascals are up to something!" Japan hove to to "look-see." All sum mer long tin Itus-iau licet struggled with th • ili fated ship, and just when hope of succ» -s began to dawn a wild autumn >torm struck her. and the ship "herself went down by the island crag* to be lost evermore in the main." The Wm—ian moved away, and the far cast -till sometimes asks. "What do you suppose they were after?" —Out- look. Hone* In London. There are roses which Londoners, however poor, loay buy in November. They are technically described as "very single tea n ses," and. as a matter of fact, they are made up of only about 20 petals. It' you happen to buy them wl.ed and keep them in a moderately warm loom, they do not wither, but simply dry. mid yon u t a bunch of everlasting ros.-s. They come from r-./udi *ji i ranee, w m-re mey grow on hedges and get practically no atten tion until the time comes for culling them. They more or less resemble the (iloire de I»ijon in color, but usually the outer petals have :• tlcep stain of red. They always come with stems a foot long and a plenitude of glossy, dark green foliage. The baskets gen erally travel to this country by way of I'aris. where they are opened and the choicest of the blooms extracted and put into special packages. These selected roses fetch comparatively high prices; but the others, in baskets con taining from eight dozen to a gross of the blooms, go so wondrous cheap that ■ you may buy them in the streets In November at the price of just a half* ( penny.—Chambers' Journal. Iti'llc* of Marie Antoinette* Among the archives of the deport ment of the Seine was recently broight to light the list of articles in the pock i ets of the dress worn by Marie Antoi nette at the time of her execution. The objects were, tirst. a small pocketbook in green morocco containing ;» pair of I scissors, a small corkscrew, a pair of pinchers, a comb and a very small pock et looking glass and a small pocketbook of red morocco. These solo' for I francs 7o centimes. Another consisted of three little portraits in green Morocco cases, one of them being surrounded by a 1 metal frame. These solo' for -1 francs 40 centimes. The proceeds of the sale went to Sanson, the executioner. Kstlnpt Society Species. If there are now few or none of the nil conquering "belles" and "toasts ' of olden days, it is equally certain that the plain woman lias become an ex tinct species In society. The health craze makes tor beauty, as it enjoins exercise, early hours, rin-.li .... . in j temperance in eating and drinking. The plain woman, dowdily dressed, tins been left behind with the dead and gone nineteenth century. We are all moderately beautiful in 1901. (■eorf?e*M Father. Augustine Washington, the father of George Washington, was engaged in 17.'i- In making pig iron at Accokeek furnace, in Stafford county, Va„ about fifteen miles from Fredericksburg, when his famous son was born. This furnace had been built by the I'rincl pio company, composed of English cap italists. as early as 17"» S. on land owned by Augustini Washington, aggregating about I.UOO acres and containing Iron ore, Mr. Washington becoming the owner of one sixth of the furnace prop erty In cons delation of the transfer of bin land to the company. nntl ll»«» Rnl»; . Eleanor What was the baby crying about just now . Did lie ■ 'it the moon again? Carolyn—No; Jack was living to l make him smile w ih the glov stretch er. Phllad* Ipliia Telegraph. An \n\fotiH Inquiry. When little three yeni old Ada was told the story of I.ot's wife being torn "( 1 Into a pilinr of salt, she asked her mother anxiously, "Is all t>alt made of ladles?" HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Mix stove blacking with a little am monia to prevent it burning off. A teakettle should never be allowed to stand on the side of the fire with a small quantity of water in it. A rose i> tp.utrri is made by packing fresh rose petals in salt, a layer of the j petals, then a layer of salt, and keep ing them covered for six months. A convcn.eiit substitute for a cork- ' screw when the latter !s not at hand may be found in the use of a common screw with an attached string to pull the cork. For ink stains on furniture add six drops of nitt r to a teaspoonful of water and apply it to the stain with a feath er. If the slain does not yield to the first application, make it stronger and repeat tic process. on silverware require prompt attention, otherwise it will take a long time to remove them. Sulphuric acid will remove the stain left by niediciue. Dip the spooit in the acid, repeating the proce-s until the stain has disap peared: then wash in very hot water. I) i I til itiK Ton. Fe\. housekeepers remember, as they should, that when it is necessary to dilute strong tea it should be clone with water at the boiling point. The poor flavor of tea, made strong at tirst and then rcdiict d, such as is too often serv ed at receptions and "at homes," is usually caused by the addition of hot, not boiling, water to the tirst iufusion. A lesion In this matter may be had from the Russians, who serve the most delicious tea in the world, and who pre pare It first very strong, making it al most an essence of tea. This is diluted to the strength wished, with water kept boiling in the samovar. Tills «->)«<»•• •« nil allowed to v.oll and leboll, but is renewed as needed. Freshly boiled waterJs insisted upon by all connoisseurs in teamaklng. A Street I*nrnl»le. A little girl stood at a window blow lug ;oap bubbles. Beneath stood a lit tle boy, and as she blew bubbles to ward him he tried to catch them. They broke and disappeared on all sides, but the two laughed and kept up the game, she smiling down and he gazing upward eagerly. "Behold, a parable!" said a man to a woman. "The eternal relation of the sexes! You blow beautiful bubbles down to us from your height, and we weary ourselves In trying vainly to catch them. Poor little boy!" The pair played and laughed In the sunshine until the boy grew tired. He called out "Coodby!" gayly and ran away to play with other boys and girls in the street. The g.rl looked after him wistfully, a shadow on her face. She did not care to blow bubbles any more. She leaned out to watch him. and as she did so she tipped over the bowl of seap\ water. She looked very lonely. "Behold, a parable!" said the woman to the man"He has tired of the game; not she There is no other little boy to blow bubbles to.and if there w ere she I: : - no pretty bubbles left to blow F.torti: I relation of sexes! Poor little girl!" New York Tribune. Fire \uiotti; Snvatrc Nation*. Accord ir-: i > I'iiny tire was a long time unknown to some of the ancient Egyptian n bes. mid when a celebrated : troiiemer i ::de ilieiu acquainted with hat element and how to produce It hoy were wild with delight. The Per :I;I- I'hu-ii I ;■ Creeks and several her nations acknowledge that their 1 estnvn i>'-n once I lioilt the com . wh i !i Cue bestows; tlie Chinese the same if their progenitors. ' <nip;:iiion. 'lula. I'hitaich and other iciei.t wrin ;k of nations which, t the time win n ihey wrote, knew not !.e use of tire or had just recently arncd it. The inhabitants of tue Marian lands, which wore discovered In 1001, .ad no idi aof tire or its use«i. 1 heir istonishiiient knew no bounds "vlien hey s.-i v it applied to wood, most of hs :n taking it to be some kind of an ritual which the sailors bad brought ith them and which must be fed oa V 110(1. Ac!,I («n* Filinlßntl'lll "Stored giains and other seeds may be fumigated with hydrocyanic acid uas of required strength and for sutH • i<nt time to insure the destruction of insect pests without injury to the ger minating quality of the seeds and with out remit rim: 'lieiu injurious as foods." This is the opinion of Professor Town send of Maryland, who has thoroughly investigated the matter. A ll*,i-ii Mfistcnl Cotilni, Joshua Straw Our boy Silas Is goin' t' be a musishun. or 1 miss my guess. Mrs. Straw—Dew tell! Joshua Straw—Yes. slree! You jes' ort t' see him prick up his ears when he heats you blow the dlunei' Uoru.— Columbus <O.« State Journal. A WOMAN ADVANCE A&ENT. H untie (til<2 Tact ire the tlualitiea 'i hn; ItriKiKlit iter Sucooss. The original and, ii is said, tlit? only woman advance a.-out now ou the road is Miss Jack Wt-xley Walker, who •Joes all the advance billing and adver tising for I lines' hand. Miss Walker Is a bright ami attractive young wo man ot twenty four and has made such ft success in her cln sen vocation that she is able to -iipi««jrt h» i' mother in comfort in a pleasant apartment in the Jerome, in West < tin- Hundred and Sixteenth street. "How did you come to start in such ft businessV" \v«is the* first question asked Miss Walker by a reporter. "Quite naturally," she replied. "1 was for several years in newspaper work, at one time on the New Orleans Harlequin, which was dev. Ed t<> tlie f ! p -ij I >|' ' ' j MISS JACK WESLEY WALKER, ntrical news.l formed a large ac quaintance anion.? theatrical people that way and was often asked to ac cept such a position be!ore 1 did so. "I like the people and the work more and more every day.l like to travel, i and I am a hustler. It invigorates me i all the time to know that 1 am com i peting with men ami that 1 must be just as good a 'man' as any of them j to make a showing. "The necessary qualities? Hustle ' and tact. Lots of hustle and tact all ! the tini.'. Hard work i- the tirst req uisite of course. It is in any busi i ness." "Where .!' ' n act the name 'Jack?' " "Why. m lath, r rave it to inc. I was named ' : 'John Wesley Walker.' bi:i I- '1 to make people believe it. I ':" "-k a captain in an ludiaii'i regiment during the war of the rebellion, and I am proud of my name. 'Jack' seems a little more fem inine, so I am called that mostly.' But for all her masculine attain ments Miss Walker is not in the least mannish. She is a good natural mu sician and an amateur actress of abili ty.—New York World. The queen Out of Mourning. King Edward and Queen Alexandra have had their last mourning photos taken. The official term of grief has expired, ami their majesties will here after be taken in the ermine and the purple, but not in black. The queen has now laid aside her veil of crape, upon which the crown posed so jauntily in the spring and summer, and now she wears the most beautiful cost mm sin various colors, though for tli< most part in gray, as her majesty is very partial to that shade. Tin* king will hereafter d» his army uniform wear citizens clotnes, as may please him, but the heavy dead black of mourning will not be seen. The last mourning photo of their majesties shows them in full regalia, but with the weeds upon them. The king, ever gallant, holds the queen's lingers in his own, and the queen stands just a little in the background, as befits a consi it. Her majesty is sweet faced as ever. 1 nt a trifie thin. Though a woman past middle life, she still holds her own and is now, as ahe lias been for the past generation, the prettiest royal lady in Kit rope. Their mourning picture i- to be perpetuated in a beautiful painting to be Immedi ately executed by the court painter. flow A hunt 'Phlaf "Isn't it strange." said the observant young woman, "that you almast never see a woman the back of whose head Is beautiful who las a pretty face? 1 don't know how many times 1 have seen women the back of whose heads A Name Twice Made Famous, Now a Shining Mark for Imitators. The name "Chase." twice made famous. Is a shining niatk for the unscrupulous to pounce upon and appropriate in orrier to foist upon the public their worthless pre parations. These birds of prev, by using the name Chase, expect the public to be fcoed into believing they are the nvdi cir.es of Dr A. \\ 'hie. who tirst he came noted a< the author of the wor d ph-sn ian. and whose fame is now «!> uMy increased by the wonderfui success of his Neve Pills, vth Nerve Hrain and blood troul'loc. They plav upon the name Chase, but da>e no? u c the initials ■»»." 'I hey imitate but dare not counterfeit the pot trait ami nature of Dr. VW. Chase, which identi! ' « Serve now recog. ni/ed as infallible lor building up pale, I weak thin-blooded, nerve exhausted suf i ferers I VN ho are nerve-tired and brain weary. I Wh" are easilv exhausted. \\ h are >nt t sleep, j \N ho hav i •jrvous l.ea. : chtv The\ remove the cause of blood impuri ties. securing refreshing sleep and impart strength I llnv bri ip people who find theii j strenytl- .ii 11 \ ■ itiiri. 'I l.t • sett 112 irritated nerves, replace lan guor lass u e i«i -v\ and anl— ' tion. Cure Nervous D)sp -p?:a. NN.vj.-J' The *bove Is the right kind prepared by ' the Dr A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo. NY. £0 cenu ptv bo*. AU ctbere in | Uoiie'-lkU* . ... were coverpd with pretty rippling, ! wavy masses of hair. dressed so de- I ljghtfjjlly that I have taken great pains to get a view of the face of the owner. ! only to lie disappointed. The woman is j either old or noticeably plain. Perhaps I pretty women are so pleased with the | reliccticn of their faces In the mirror ■ that they can't give the time to ar- j rangement. of the back of tlie head, or i the plain woman may dislike so much to look at her face that she turns her attention to her hair, from which it is possible to bring about satisfactory re- | fciilts. Rut If you don't believe me just i notice, and see if it Isn't the exception which proves the rule when a woman j has a back head view which is attrac- I tive and an equally pleasing face."— ! Ni-w York Time* Tiara* For ibr Coroonllon. One firm of manufacturers of artlfl- I clal jewelry in this city is now at work on eight "qras ordered by women of fine In Kngiant ro r>e worn at tne coro nation ceremonies In Loudon next spring. The orders were sent here through the London branch of the con cern aid came to New York because the workmen Imported by the firm from France are the most expert that cou'd be fount? there. Th« orders came from women vho do not own the kind of tiaras t»jrt they thought suitable to the coronation fes tivities or owned noue at all. They will be able by an expenditure of several hundred dollars to get a tiara which will look enough like one with genuine that would cost several times as many thousands to pass in a crowd. The extent to which artificial jewels ere worn is scarcely understood. Not long ago a wealthy American woman married to an Englishman of title was robbed in London of a famous chain ot alternating pearls and diamonds, sup posed to have cost nearly $30,000. The j chain was never recovered, and her ■ husband gave her another. As a matter ! of fact he gave her another imitation : chain Just as the other had been. The genuine chain had for a long time re i posed in a bank beyond the reach of or dinary thieves. It Is in this way that the false Jewelry is most worn. Many I women iu this city have false replicas | of their most costly pieces.—New York I Letter. Women In Bn»lae«n Abroad. The head of the Prussian state rail ways has announced that for the fu ture as many women as possible will he employed hy tliem in those posts suitable for women. They will hold positions at the ticket offices, telegraph offices, be telephone clerks at the counting offices anil at the goods of fices. In Prussia a great number of wojnen arc already employed in vari ous government, posts, and each year sees fresh openings made for them. Iu Germany there are numbers of wo men dentists as well as doctors, and many people prefer to have their teeth attended to by a woman, and children also seem less nervous when a woman attends to them. In spite of this, how ever, the women dentists are not so popular as women physicians. Many men dentists have women assistants, their patients finding this a pleasant arrangement, for, though the assistant does not actually stop the teeth, she is always in tlie room to help her em ployer.—London Times. London Women Vegetarians. Women vegetarian enthusiasts in London are doing some beneficent as well as educational work in their chari ty this summer. The New \ork Trib une tells of four new soup kitchens for poor children, through which it is hoped tills diet may be introduced into large numbers of these homes. As soon as the kitchens are In full operation it is intended that soup shall be fur nished to families in their homes at a nominal cost. Each kitchen is provided with si* huge boilers of soup. fw a penny ' any waif may obtain one pint of soup, a large slice of whole meal bread and another of whole meal currant bread, sometimes varied with a sweet. The scheme was introduced by Miss Flor ence I. Nicholson, general secretary of the London Vegetarian society, and the London Vegetarian association. KnttUih Women an Physician*. That the English woman is establish ing a reputation iu the profession of medicine is evidenced by the fact that at the last intermediate examinations of the University of London for the de gree of bachelor of medicine twenty one women students who presented themselves passed with credit, two tak ing honors. Also encouraging is the in creasing number of women receiving public appointments in institutions where women and children are treated and serving on hospital staffs. The Metropolitan Hospital For Women at Huston road is managed almost wholly by women physicians. The Loudon Royal Free hospital has appointed two resident medical officers who are wo men. Women I pset Norway Politic*. The privilege recently granted wo men to vote for and sit in municipal ' councils in Norway is adding unusual i Interest to the approaching elections. , The women's battlecry Is: "Away with I politicians! Only men and women who i further social reform to the front!" Conservatives and Liberals are try j lag to induce the women to vote for their candidates, but even in the small ! est towns the women insist upon their I right to pick the best men of both I parties and to support the women can j didates. The men are greatly disturb ! Ed and do not know how to vote. It is reported that Miss Ilattie Seltz of Topeka. Kan., was recently made i first deputy sheriff because of her 1 -iourajie and persistence. She traveled thirty miles on uorseoack to .arrest three men charged with murder and ! rucceeded In bringing them safely to j .lall. Often the shrinking effect of raln- I drops seems to have ruined light silks, ; when ill that is required is to Iron the i Bilk 011 tlie wrong side with a piece of muslin between the goods and the iron. Thirty-f> ur women schoolteachers from Cuba have entered the State Nor mal school at New Paltz, N. Y., for a year's Instruction. The Cubuii govera j ment is paying their expenses. There are now about thirty women pastors of Unitarian churches iu th* United States. The latest addition to their ranks is Miss Estella E. Padg liam of Syracuse. N'. Y A woman letter carrier is numbered among the employees of the postofflc department. Tills is Miss Edith HJl' of Greenwich. Mass. woe ltrop. Sandy—And will ye tak' a drap o' whisky afore ye gang ha me, Tammas? Tamrans— Ah. weel, just a wee drap pie. Sandy—Tl"vu say wheu. laduie. Tammas— Nay, mou; the jilass will say when.-'London King 11111 lIIL le want to io all Ms of Printai ' tm I J { VJUU II! ; ii'S 11. l IIA ftst. irs hkhk. • 'iii : ; 1 ! A well tasty, Bill \) / ter Head, 1)1 Ticket, C Program, r|j ment or C ||| an advert: for your satisfaction to \ on New Typ, New Presses, Best Paper, Stilled fort, Promptißss \ll you can ask. A trial will make you our customer. We respectfull - " ask that trial. is lii w j No. II E. 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