THE RUNAWAYS A Story of Antebellum 1 1 Days. i By ANNA LAURA GRAVES ! O - ■ ■■ - - "Please. sail, ole Uncle Eph'um done run away ag'in. sah." "What?" thundered Colonel Rnn dolph. starting to his feet. "Tills Is the fifth year that negro lias run away. I'll see about this." And. catching up Ills cf.xu' an<l panama hat. he strode down the avenue toward the negro quarters. He stopped before the cabin of Aunt Dinah, the wife of recreant, and sLe met him by answering his unspo ken question. "Yes. sah. he done run away ag'in, Bah. When I git up dis mawnin' he done gone. It's pow'ful cu'ous, sah. Ile'll come back. You know, he alius does. Gawd knows I sho' Is toah up In my mind about It. He knows what a kind massa he got. and' 'peahs lak when he come back he pow'ful shame o' hlsself; but he done gone ag'in." As was always the case with him, the colonel's wrath had subsided by the time he had reached Uncle Ephra im's cabin, and after hearing Aunt Dinah's explanation he said thought fully: ' Well, tell Eph to come and see me when he comes back, and we'll not search for him this time." Then ha walked slowly back to the house. At dinner that day the family dis cussed the runaway lie hail been born on the plantation and was a great favorite with them all. He was only a few days older than the colonel. They had been boys together, and the slave had been devoted to "his white folks." lU't every October for live years Epli had mysteriously disappear ed. to appear again in about two weeks, a little shamefaced, and his only explanation to the darkies had beer, that he "Jes" had to go." The colonel had maintained a dis creet silence. lie remembered the long years of unbroken loyalty and devo tion of Ephraim, and waited for him to explain his disappearance, but the explanation had never come. This time the colonel had determined to ask for it. About two weeks after this last Oc tober day a disheveled old darky walked Into Aunt Dinah's cabin. His clothes were torn by brambles and cov ered with the muil of the swamps. He looked tired, but happy. L'ncle Ephra im had returned. He said little by way of reply to the upbraidings of Aunt Dinah, who gave him a good "tougue lashing" for his "ongratitude to ole massa to run off lak a common field nlggali." He winced at the last appellation, for Uncle Eph was quite an aristocrat in his way. having been coachman in the Randolph family ever since he had ar rived at man's estate. He said noth ing. however, for he was rather a si lent darky. When Aunt Dinah had "had her say." she gave him the master's mes sage. He stopped smoking, his cob pipe went out. At last he arose, put on his battered hat and. without changing his mud sta'ned garments, walked slowly up to the "big house." Colonel Randolph solemnly surveyed the weather beaten runaway. "Well. Eph." he said sternly, "I've never asked you before, but now I want you to tell me why you ran away." Ephraim. fingering his hat and look lug at his muddy shoes, said: "That's Jus' what I'm gwine to do. Marse Phil. Seem lak 1 couldn't wait to fix up none. I jus' got to tell you now. You know. Marsr> Phil" (and L'ncle Eph coughed), "we been i-nowin* one 'nuther a long time. You know my mammy wall yo' black mammy, too, an' you know we done play togedder, we did. an' we hunted togedder. we did. an" you know. Marse Phil. 3*ou could outride anybody In dis coun try"— "That we could." broke In the colo nel. forgetting himself for the moment, unconscious of his role as judge of a runaway nesro and remembering only his happy boyhood. "Well. Marse Phil, you know In de fall. sail, when de sun shines sort o' meller lak an' when de muscadines an' fox grapes an' 'slmmons am ripe an' de chestnuts am droppiu". sah. I jes' can't stand it nohow. I jes' 'bleeged to run away. 'l'eahs lak I Jus' recollect de time. Mars.- Phil. 1 do. when you an' uie used togo possum an' coon huutin', an" ilen atterwhile, when I take de ciiilleiis— at/. Lord, sich times as wc had! An' now dey's all married an' gone, sah but ole Eph, he jes' have to t.ke to de woods once a year an' kind o' circumnavigate 'routi'. sah. jes' fob de ole times, sah. Pze pow'ful sorry to discommode you. Marse Phil, but 1 tol dat trliiin' Joe how to tek keer ode losses. sah. an' I jes' has to «o. Marse Phil. 1 Jes' has to." The colonel had turned and was look- Ins out ot the window. lie did not bpeak at once. From the distant cabins came the plaintive echo of a lullaby sung by a black mammy to a curly headed picka ninny. The gold of evening was melt ing into the purple glow of twilight, and the air was balmy and sweet. To the colonel there came the memory of days, long ago. when he had seen ami felt all this so keenly, when the young blood coursed through his veins warm ed by the fire of youth and when all na ture seemed but to be speaking words of welcome, inviting him to come forth and revel In its beauties. "Well. Eph." he finally said. "I havo one request to make of you. When you feel like running away again, i want you to tell me. ami I'll -o w.'' 1, " . * .. - i mi. stio uuu. All right, sah. I'U tell you. sah." The colonel turned and took up hf» paper. "Don't forget," he commanded. "I shall expect you to tell me." Aud the interview was ended. TLere were wild rumors afloat among the negroes as to the punishment Uncle Eph was to receive for running away, but Uncle Eph himself maintained a dignified silence. He sedately drove the colonel and his wife to church and through the country lanes to the houses v.'liere they attended the big dinners and teas. The subject was never again mentioned by the two old playmates. The year passed by and Indian sum mer again threw her shimmering blue mantle over the d taut mountains, and the leave* ' mm' g ld< n and n<l and Asl«ep Amid Flames. Breaking into a blazing home, some firemen lately dragged the sleeping in mate* from death Fancied security, and death near It's that way wh"ii yon neglect eonghs and colds Don tdo it. D" King's New Dismverv for Con sumption triv»s perfect prote-tion a gainst all Thr at. Chest and Lung Troubles Keep it near, ami avoid suf fering. death, and doctor's bills. A tea spoonfnl stops a late cougrh, persistent nsft the most stubborn. HarmlesH and nioe tasting, it's guaranteed to satisfy by Panlett & Co, Price 500 and SI,OO. Trial bottles fr»e brown. Oni 11 ght t lie colonel sat lnte nt his stud} utbie. He was writing to his lawyer, fie was tirnl. and somehow It seemed a task i.> h in tonight. Sud denly he heard soli foot ups in the hall. Who could it be': Ilis wife had re tired and IJob, the only son at home, had gone with his young wife to a country tall ami would not be home for hours. T.e doer was gently pushed open, and then appeared the woolly bend and ebony t'aee of I'nele Eph. "I'ze ready, -ah," he said in a sepul chral whisper. "i{» adv " imiuired t!:e colonel In amazement For a moment he had for gotten the eouiii::- r . : a y- tr ago. but only fur a moi. II pushed aside the tedious letter ,n i lo oked up at Eph expectantly. "Yes, we's ready, sail." said Eph aga'n. "It's a mighty tine night, sah I'ze got de gun-, sah. an' fcome meal an' coffee an' bacon, an" I lay we ken be a right siuaht ways off by mawniu' if v.c step lively, Marse ■ nil." "Yes." said tie < lonel. and he step ped out on the veranda. llow beauti ful everything lu< ;ed in the moonlight! The balmy <> to <r air of the south vv as like a caress. The woods seemed to beckon them. Philip ISaudolph. the boy. could not withstand the tempta tion. Crasping his hat. lie looked at Eph. a- ! e had done years before, when lie waited tor him to t< 11 him when to shoot. Eph looked back at hiyi. picked up a sack that was lying on the steps, then took up the guns. "Do Parker woods is mighty 'ticlnV sah." he said. "Yes." repeated the colonel and fol lowed him down the avenue. \ few uoinents later and their figures were lest to view in the dense shade of the woods. Both the colonel and Eph had run away —New York Times. \ Cot tin a llctrlever. A very high idea of human patience is given by ti.e account of a correspond ent of Forest and Stream, who has. he says, tamed a common cat to retrieve. Patience, gentleness, entire absence of force, were his maxims. Win never game had been killed the cat was led to it.and the game was given to him. Next the >at sought the game on Ins own account. Next he was taught to stay close to his master, at first perched on his shoulder. Ib was then taught uot to fear the sound of the gun. beginning with a little car bine, then proceeding to the fowling piece. When the gun was fired, a com moo hall was pitched forward by the master, and the connection between the report of the piece and retrieving was established. Tin n a dead bird was substituted for the ball, and it was at first thrown from the hand and after ward dropped from the branch of a distant tree. The education of this particular cat is now complete. lie re trieves perfectly, points sometimes and in general conducts himself like a hunt ing dog. The biologists deny the inheritance of acquired <-!.a:acteristics. It' :: were uot foi their doctrine, this learned animal mijS * become the progi nitor of a long line <v u.-eful hunting cats. As it is. he stands s a living monument to human patience • .nd a proof that even the cat may be edr. :.tt d. Sknnks of (he Genus Chlnra. Th? skunk first a| pears in history in the year lt>:i<">. win u lie was described in Theodat's "History of Canada." He had been a long time on the earth be fore that time, however, for there are species of fossil skunks. The skunks of the genus Cliinca r.iiige over the great er part of North America and as far bouth as Mexico. Other skunks are found in Central and South America. They live in burrows either of other animals or made by themseives. '1 heir l.abits are chiefly nocturnal, and they oiilv in the severest part of the winter. TTK-tr iwi vr».—..._ , small animals, of insects and birds' i :rgs. (irass.hr>] pcrs are eaten by hun dreds. They have been trapped fur their fur for many years. The young are born in litters of four to ten. The adults occasionally rob the poultry yard, but such depreda tions as they commit are more than off set by their destruction of noxious ani mals and insects, especially the white grub, the pest of lawns and meadows. They are easily trapped In hox traps and can be killed by putting them, trap and all. in a troi gh of water. Widmprrnd leuurnnrr About Clook» There is a good deal of popular ig norance on ti • subject o! managing watches and clocks. Many people manage never to have the right time and expend a g> od ■ '>al of money ou repairs of their timepieces that could be saved l>y rudimentary instruction. Pendulum clock* are especially liable to give much trouble to th>' careless or the ijrtiorant. or to th«>*e who wdl not take the trouble to learn how to use them properly. There are many costly pendulum clocks that never tell the time, because the owners have given tliem up in despair, although there may be nothing the matter with the clocks except that thev are not level or that tie- delicate pendulum has t;ot dis arranged by sutue ignorant twist. Control of Slri'fl Vdifrtlnlnit. The government of Paris controls street advertising instead of permitting the advertisers to mar streets and parks and boulevards with unpleasant devices and lii-h billboards The work of regulation i> accomplished in part through the system of taxation, which carries with it the stamp of govern ment approval. Taxed billboards are protected, while their appearance is regulated to sa' fy the requirements of good taste. In many Instances the nltr owns the hoards or columns upon which Hilvcriiis) i uis is true of pit lie grounds. It wa - <; ■ an achievement for the :uthorities of rhe city to limit the eight of billboards to six feet and then to rest without i nlorcing tie rule. Hut ull good things co>ae slowly to a city, for the idea gem . ally prevails that it is no crime to rob a city or devastate city property. This Idea must be got out of the he.ds of the people and their representatives before there cau be any real advance in public adminis tration. Hocliester Democrat and Chronicle. (n.-rlcH *l»oiil Their r.rtir. Peasant ,'otuen In Siberia wear ehawis or kerchiefs on their heads, while the rich women wear no head covering whatever A traveler recent ly returned from thai part of the world says that a Kussiau woman who la otherwise trim and modern in dress will go about with In i hair disheveled t-» the point of the ludicrous. Startling, But True. "If every one knew what a grand medicine Dr King's New Life Pills i* " writes D H. Turner, Demp-evtown, Pa. "you'd sell all you have in a day Two weeks' use has a new man of me." Infallible for constipation stomach and liver troubles. 2oc at Puules & Go's drug stove ? DANGEROUS FISHES. ! B j THEY ARE NOT ALL CONFINED TO THE SEAS THAT ARE SALTY. the Allticuior Gnr In One Fre«h Wa ' ter Specif* Tliat l» Feared In the South—A Mynterions Monster That • Inhabits a MirlilKiin Luke. So far as any danger from the garne is concerned, fresh water tishing has ; always been looked upon as about as i safe as any sport in the world, aud the fresh water tisii has gone on record as ! harmless and nonresistant. But there are instances now aud then when the fish turns Lie tables. The inhabitants of Osceola county, Mich., who live in . the neighborhood of Lake George, aii inland water about three miles long. , are almost superstitiously afraid of a rertain fish that inhabits that lake. No one knows what sort of fish it is. and opinion locally is divided as to whether it is u giant muskellunge or a stnr i geon. Spearing parties had now and then reported seeing a very large fish with out being able to strike it, but no one gave credence to the tales until one fight several years ago. when a party of sportsmen from Chicago went on the lake spearing in charge of an old resi dent named Armstrong. Armstrong was the ouly one that re turned to tell the story. He said the party v as spearing in shallow water when they saw an enormous tish that resembled an overgrown pickerel. Two • 112 the Chicago men were standing in t! |I:I\V, and at first supposed the flsli 10 ■ > a log. Then one saw his mistake and struck with all his might. The tish gave a dart that made the boat jump us though a steam engine were pulling it. If the man had let goof the spear, nil would have been well, but he huug on.and the tish gave a mighty flop to right angles with the boat. The man still held to the spear, with the result tliat the boat capsized, aud the men found themselves standing in mud and water up to their waists. The light went out when the boat up set. and.the night being dark and cloudy, not one of the party had any idea of the direction to be pursued in reaching shore. The shallow water oc cupies a large part of the la' ", and they could wander in :::iy ection without being able to lei! v. hethcr or not they were Hearing sli ire. Ann strong said afterwa: 1 i nothing could equal the awl « ss of the expe rience that followed I hev made their way in one direction aT:. r another and wandered round and round, going half way to their knees in mud at every step. To make matters worse a cold, steady, drizzling rain began to fall. They were soon numb to the marrow. Then one of the sportsmen dropped without a word, and no one went to his help. Little by little the three that re mained were separated. Armstrong says he himself became unconscious after a time and remembers noth ing that happened until he was roused by feeling solid ground beneath his feet and finding that the water was more shallow than it had been. lie kept on and fell upon the shore. Then on hands and knees he crawled to camp and gave the alarm. Search was af once made for his companions, and their bodies were recovered. Since that time the big fish with a scar on his back has twice or thrice been seen by spearing parties, but they have passed it by. There Is one species of fish in the south that is feared only little less than Its salt water contemporary the shark. This is the alligator gar. It grows to enormous size and lias a bill hard and bony and much broader than the bill of the common gar of northern waters. One who goes out upon the lakes of Louisiana and Arkansas will see them jumping and splashing like enormous .—.. ~ 1 . sists of fish, and they not only make endless trouble for those who go fish ing with minnows, but have been known to round up and tear to pieces bass which the sportsman has hooked. Bathing In the lakes Is considered dan gerous. A uegro was sitting In the stern of a boat on a lake near Helena. Ark., let ting his feet hang over the stern, when a gar grabbed him by one leg. The man hung to the boat until rescued. , but his leg was horribly gashed. The I tish have been known to attack iu like manner negroes who went swimming iu the Mississippi below New Orleans. One spring the writer was visiting a rice fpftntation on the "lower coast" of the Mississippi when an old negress , came wailing to the house and said her ' five-year-old boy was dead. He had been playing at the edge of a bayou and was lying on the bank extending his arms into the water when a gar came with a rush and. grabbing the youngster by the arm. pulled him Into the water. A young negro with a shot guu was standing near watching for rlceblrds. He ran to the bank. The fish found it had undertaken a bigger task than it could well manage, and n wild struggle was in progress between the gar and the dying child. The negro shot the tl-h. but the child died before it could be taken from the water.— New York Times. Th« Right of Drfeutr. In the course of a trial an English judge is reported to have said: "The laws of God and man both give the party an opportunity to make his de fense. If he has any. 1 remember to have hoard it observed by a very learn ed mm upon such an occasion that c\ I himself did not pass seu t. i . n Adam before be was called upon t • make his defense. 'Adam.' says God, 'where art thou? Hast thou eaten of the treo u.l—.—r « voiuuiftiKl «d thee that tliou shouldest not eat?* Aud the same question was put to Ev# also." Karolfttre Polish. A recipe for a very superior furni ture polish given by a dealer In musical Instruments to a housewife as the cause for the shining surfaces of the pianos In his rooms consists of four tablespoonfuls of sweet oil. four table spoonfuls of turpentine, a teaspoouful of lemon juice nud ten drops of house hold ammonia. This polish must be thoroughly shaken before using and ap plied with an old flannel or silk cloth. Hub briskly and thoroughly, which is at least a third of the merit of all pol ishes. l"s<» a second cloth to rub tlie • mixture into the grain of the wood and ' a third fo>* »'•#» 1 » 1 'i I • A Startly Surprise. 1 Very few could believe in looking at 1 \. T. Ho;»dlev. a health v. robust, black • ini'h of Tilden Intl.. that for t-ti years he suffered such tortures from Rheuma tism a- few could endure and live But i wonderful change followed his taking ] Electric Bitters "Two bottles wholly •ured me " lie writes, "and I have not •'clt a twinge in o er a year.'' They , regulate the Kidneys, purifv the blood ind cure Rheumatism. Neur-lgia, Ner- vorisness. improve digestion and give t perfect health. Try them. Only 500. tit Paultw & Co'b druif store THE RACE Does not depend on the start but on the finish. It's staying power which carries many a runner to victory. It's like that in business. Many a man starts* off in the race for business success with a burst of speed which seems to assure victory. Presently be begins to falter and at last he falls and fails. The cause? Generally "stomach trouble." No man is stronger than his stomach. Business haste leads to careless and irregular eat ing. The stomach aid other organs of digestion and nutrition become diseased. The body is inadequately nourished and 1 so grows weak. j I)r. Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery 1 cures diseases of the stomach and other j organs of digestion and nutrition. It ! strengthens the stomach and so strength- I ens the whole body which depends on the stomach for the nourishment from j which strength is made, i There is no alcohol in " Golden Medical Discovery," and it is entirely free from ! opium, cocaine and all other narcotics. I Accept no substitute for the " Discov ery." There is no medicine "just as good " for diseases of the stomach and allied organs. •"Your 'Golden Medical Discovery* lias per i formed a wonderful cure," writes Mr M. H. House, of Charleston, Franklin Co , Ark. '• I had the worst case of dyspepsia, the doctors sav. that they ever saw After trying seven doctors aud everything 1 could hear of, with no benefit. I tried Dr. Pierce s Golden Medical Dis covery, and now I am cured " Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. The Wroit« Leg. There •was an eminent sergeant at law iouie years ago who Lad a cork leg that was a triumph of artistic decep tion. None but his intimates knew for certain which was the real and which was the sham limb. A wild young wag of the "outer bar." who knew the ser geant pretty well, once thought to util ize this knowledge of the sergeant's se cret to take in a green, newly fledged young ban ister. The sergeant was ad dressing a special jury at Westminster In his usual earnest and vehement style, and the wag whispered to his neighbor: "You see how hot old Buzfuz is over his case. Now, I'll bet you a sovereign I'll run this pin Into his leg up to the head and he'll never notice it, he's so absorbed in his speech. lie's a most ex traordinary man in that way." This was more than the greenhorn could swallow, so he took the bet. The wag took a large p!n from his waist coat and. leaning forward, drove It up to the head in the sergeant's leg. A yell that froze the blood <>f all who heard it. that made the hair <.f the jury stand on end and the judge's wig almost fall off. rang through the court. "liy Jove, it's the wrong leg! I've lost my money," exclaimed the dismayed and conscience stricken wag. quite re gardless of the pain he bad inflicted up- | on the learned sergeant.—London An swers. To Judge the Age of LHCP. ID fixing the approximate date of any given piece of lace it is well to re member that machine made thread was not used till after the beginning of the eighteenth century. Before that time the threads ran in lengths of about twenty inches, for the worker could stretch no farther than her distaff and had to break off and Join again, so that after unraveling some twenty-five Inches of thread no Joint is found the lace is surely after the introduction of machine made thri ad. The "bride's ornee" alone are enough togo by. In the fifteenth eefttury the bar had only a knot or a dot as oruament, in the sixteenth a double < r single loop and also helps. A sharp edging I lop fixes tiie date In the middle ages, the rounded scallop came In with the nineteenth century, with the seven teenth a dotted scallop, and the eight eenth century one is more elaborate, a large alternating with a small scallop and dots along in the center of each.— Connoisseur. A Geological Fallacy. Trobably the most wild and unjusti fiable of all the crude beliefs respect lug geological resources Is that which holds to the conviction that by going deep enough the drill is sure to find something of value, uo matter at what point the work of boring is commenced. I There are numerous wise persons In every community, estimable. Influen tial and In the highest degree public spirited who are convinced that the ouestlon. for example, of finding coal In their special locality Is simply a matter of the depth to which the ex plorations are carried. Rock oil and natural gas are recognized as desirable products In every progressive commu nity, and every such community con tains persons In other respects intelli gent who are ready to stake their own fortune and that of their nearest friends on the belief that oil and gafl are everywhere underneath the surface and that their sources can be tapped I with the drill provided only there la I (sufficient capital to keep tip the process of drilling long enough.—Mines and Minerals. Profeaalonal Shojipern, Professional shoppers are employed by a certain large firm of London drapers to test the abilities of shop as sistants. This firm owns over thirty large shops and employs nearly 1,000 assistants. To find out whether every customer Is politely served a uuraber of lady customein nre employed 10 vail at the various shops. They are told to give as much trouble as possible and Bometltnes to leave without making a purchase after looking at nearly every thing In the shop. Should the unfortu nate assistant's temper not be equal to the strain, or should a single word . be said that might offend, a report will Infallibly reach headquarters and lead to the dismissal of the sorely tried handler of silks and ribbons. CVllinK* nn«l Vent lint lon. Hooms with low ceilings or with ceil ings even with the window tops are susceptible of more perfect ventilation than those with high cm iliugs. In such rooms the leakage at the windows, which is constantly going on. keeps the ■ air In motion throughout the room, whereas If the ceiling I higher only the lower part of the air Is moved, and an Inverted lake of foul and hot air Is left floating In the space above the window t tops. This lake, under the law of dif fusion of gases, keeps actively at work, * fouling the fresh currents circulating ,* beneath it. t 7 Luck In Thirteen. y Bv sending 1H miles Win Spirey, of * Walton Furnace. Yt . got almxof Bnck p len's Arnica Salve, that wholly cured a 1 horrible Fever Sore on bileg. No h '• ing else could. Positively cures Bruises, e Felons, Ulcers, Eruptions, Boils Bur' s, '• Corns and Piles Only 2 r >c. Guaran teed by Paules & Co. drnggiatu. When Pr« neb men AVere Oprtnnna. The name of France is derived from tl e Franei, or Franks, a people of *ier many win. seized that part of the country nearest the Rhine and settled there. Later on they subdued Paris and made that the royal seat of their Increasing empire. The origin of other geographical names Is interesting and will serve to enlighten us when we read of.for In stance, Ilihernla tor Ireland. Ilibernia • Is said to be derived from a Phcenl I cian word meaning "farthest habita tion." then being no country known to them west of Krln. Portugal obtained its name from Por to. the haven or port where the Gauls landed their stores. This is Oporto, j called by the Portuguese O Porto (the ] porn. The town was given as a dowry j to Teresa when she married Henry de i Lorraine, who styled himself Farl of l Portugal because the place was known I as the port us (iallorum (the port of tho Oaulsi. The name was finally extend- I ed to the whole country. Russia took its denomination from the Rossi, or IJussl. a people of the south of Russia, who possessed them selves of the country In the declining days of the Oreek empire. Being the predominant inhabitants, they imposed their name on all the rest. ilreoK i» •ill Itomnn Stove*. Warm a - Greece and Rome and Egypt ate. stoves were made there in the dim and misty vistas of the past. It was not ju.st the pattern used at present, but was a metal basin in which charcoal was burned. It sat in tin- middle of the room, and as the re sulting smoke was of the slightest no opening in the roof or elsewhere was necessary. The same implement, still called by Its old Greek name of bra zier, is now employed In many portions of continental Europe, where it is util ized for heating as well as cooking. But the progressive Romans Im proved on that and made a hypoeaust. It was the germ of the present fur nace. It was made under the house in a little cellar prepared for it.and the heat was conducted to the rooms and baths through crevices left in the floor and lower portions of the wall. Later flues wore provided, conducting heat to any portion of the house. In some of the old Roman villas in England the remains of these old time furnaces are still found. Or Ik In of the Clenrlnn Home. In 177.") tlie bankers of London rented ' a house in Lombard street and fitted it ' witli tables and desks for the use of 1 their clerks as a place where bills, notes, drafts and other commercial pa- s per might be exchanged without the ' trouble of persona! visits of employees to all the metropolitan banks. Trans- t fer tickets were used, and by means of this simple plan tiausaetions involving ' many millions were settled without a ' penny changing hands. The Hani; of j England and every other important , bank in London are members of the Clearing House association. The first clearing house in the United States was established by the associated banks of New York In IST>3. A I'llleai Prune rroduci'd. Adding lo his already long list of hor ticultural triumphs. Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa has produced a prune without a pit. Years of experiment, years of hard, patient work, oil the part of the Santa Rcsa wizard were requir ed to perfect this latest marvel. The hybrid Is understood to ! e a cross be tween a plum aud a prune. This i ■■■every will create a sensa tion among fruit driers and fruit pro ducers tin world over. The pit of the ordinary prune has been a great draw- j back to the popular consumption of ] the delicious fruit. Burbank's creation j has no pit. but a t>ny seed that is edilile | ■ and in no way requires removal.—Sau I Francisco Bulletin. ' Inline n l*ln«*n|»plr. A Florida fruit grower states that the ' | natives of the pineapple district never Tl'oy pare ItVIW ~'UMeapple across, or not, and. with the trimmed crown as a handle, eat It much as a New Eng- : lander does Ids green corn, rejecting | the core. This, the writer states, not < only improves the flavor, but lesseus ( the strings of fiber that get in the i teeth. The Home Paper of Danville. Of course you read lj i if 1 ! | THE r|EOPLE:S | S MOPULAR I A PER, j Everybody Reads It. | I Published Every Morning Except Sunday i\i No. liG. Maho: no; St. Subscription 6 c-.' Week. I _ _ _J ■ i ■ i ■ i » ■! - i,n i 'I ■ IHW I MEMORY'S PRANKS. •Vtj Ho Wt rtememtier Certula Till nun :intl Forgel Oilier*? The vagaries of memory are some of the most interesting of those connected with the human mind and body. Why do we forget certain things and re member others? Myriads of these ir regularities are as yet unaccounted for. Perhaps not even the cleverest metaphysician will ever account for them. Professor James reminds us how something which we have tried in vain to recall will Afterward, when we have given up the attempt, "saunter into the mind," as Emerson says, as inno cently as If it had never been sum moned. Again, bygone experiences will revive after years of oblivion, often as tiie result of some cerebral disease or acci dent. Such a case is the one quoted by Coleridge of a young woman in Ger many who could neither read nor write, but who was said to be possessed of a devil because, in a fever, she was heard raving in Latin, Greek and in an ob scure rabbinical dialect of Hebrew. Whole pages of her talk were written down and were found to consist of sentences intelligible in themselves, but not having the slightest connection with one another. To say that she waa possessed of a devil was the easiest way of accounting for the matter. At last the mystery was cleared up by a physician, who traced back the girl's history until he learned that at the age of nine she was taken to live at the house of an old pastor, a great Hebrew scholar, and that she remain ed there until the pastor's death. It had been for years the old man's cus tom to walk up and down a passage near the kitchen and read to himself in a loud voice. His books were examined, and among them many of the passages taken down at the young woman's bedside were Identified. The theory of demoniacal possession was abandoned. Youth's Companion. CATARRH CATARRH^*®* Ely's Cream Easy and pleasan Bpt njurions drag. jrfiM HAY FEVER it opens and cleanses the Nasal Pass ages. Allays Infianiation. Heals and Protects t'ee Resi ores the Senses of Taste and Smell! Large Size. ."50 cents at Druggists or bv mail: Trial Size. 1U cents bv mail. ELY BRO'i HERS, ."if! Warren Street New York. Liver Pills That's what you need; some thing to cure your bilious ness and give you a good digestion. Ayer's Pills are liver pills. They cure con stipation and biliousness. Gently laxative, ah druggists. Want your moustache f>r beard a beautiful brown or rich black ? Then use BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers J 50 CT». or OwuGGiSTa, Q« h CO », n H. ftICRE LIVES ARE SAVED ...BY USING... Dr. King's New Discovery, ....F0R.... Consumption, Coughs and Colds Than By All Other Throat And Lung Remedies Combined. I his wonaertut mecticine posmveiy cures Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Hay Fever, Pleurisy, LaGrippe, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping Cough. NO CURE. NO PAY. Price 50c. & sl. Trial Eottle Free. 0, L,& W, RAILROAD. TIME TABLE. | , Corrected to May r, iyoi. • I KW Vl)l:K. \.M' \M* I'M* I lianlay HI l.\. 1! 00 s iO <ji> ICO j i iiristoplu i h 2 in) lu U i |o. j C ilohokcii 2 iiO In lf> ]2U . Scrunton \i •> .2 162 al3 I'M AM I'M I'M" llu Halo l.ve 11 -i(> 245 • Scranton Ar 5 i 5 1U 00 - AMT AM* PMf I'M' l I'.AMTO* ti 15 in 05 165 050 , Uelievue ti 5o ~ I rayiorvllie i. jj in 15 2u3 55y j > . Lackawanna 7 11J 10 210 0o; j lluryea 7 o.i 10 2li 2I > y 1,9 Pitistot, 707 10 ;sl 217 yjy ■ Susquehanna Ave... 7 111 lu 8.» Kiy yjy W esi Pitiston 7 l;i 10 35 I 2'£i\ 6|o Wyoming 717 10 -111 227 ti 2i I Forty Fort . Bennett 721 111 49 231 y 31) h ingston ar ~ ; »0 I" 54 2 I'l ti 85 \\ ilkcs liiirre Ar 7"> !■ 10 250 0 4,s \\ ilko liar re l.ve 72u in 30 2 -40 y2O Kingston I\ 730 10 04 240 KBS t'lymoutli .1 n0.... . 1 Plymouth 7 8 11 03 l 4'.< li 18 ' Avondale 7 12 2 1 > Nanticoke .... 745 II II vSB ysi L Hllll luck'; 7 >1 il 17 3 il;| (j 7 . Shlckshinjy 80l 11 211 3au 7jy 1 Hl< k'« F(J TV s l2 111 4.i a 3>i f7 21 Hoach I iven BIS i I 18 337 728 Herwtck 8 --i 11 54 344 783 Kriar Creek IK 21 ll2 3 00 1 Willow 1 .rove... . f* ■'! ... f3 64 , Dime Kidge * 112 U) 358 Fspy H 3O 12 |5 4 Oti 752 ; Hlonuishurg 811 12 22 4 U 7 {,7 Kupert 12 27 4t; *Ol 1 I'atawissa ' 12 32 4 '.2 BQi 1 Danville 12 17 435 x2o , Chulasky 4 42 aujeron . 12 57 4is iN'I'sirBIMBKRLANn 110 .">OO 'si'-i-i ( ,vr AM I'M I'M PM GOING .AST. P»kw V'jnn I'M* I'Mt ! J Barclay &i. Ar 835 aou t I Christopher St .. 330 4f5 ..." Hohouen 815 4 4-* Scranton 1005. 12 55 i AM* PM* AM* AM* Buffalo .A r i Biiii •Scranton— . U 155 548 11 ■» — AM' I'Mt I'Mt j>_m* >eri.iiiou oi2 12 00 4 n(t $45 Hellevut II :>7 4 45 layiorvllle !' 2 4 10 hackawanria i» 2H 4 .12 j g27 lluryea !• 4 v.i 2. t'lllßloL Uiy 12 17 424 821 .■"■upqucliunna Ave. l» 1«» 12 .4 4 211 h W tiol flttßluD 13 .... 457 £i itj I Wyouiiiiu !• Hi 12 08 412 nl2 Forty Fort i) 04 40! ... «I'!ietl » 1 ... iU3 *8 01 Kinnitiin, 8 # 11(11 4OU 802 - Wllki s-Harri- Lv k 0 11/0 560 ■ 7 * \\ilki>-liurre Ar "J'S 12 10 410 ! Blu KiiiKßton 8 (>8 11 :,H 4(H); 8 ti2 ri> ujouto .1 unctiui, Ssl .... 302 Plyuiuuili 817 U6l 347 7*. r >o HVomiale b i 2 3 42 Nanti oke <* 38 li 4:; 338 I 7*1,, Illinium 8 h32 331 f7 jj s 11 29 3 211 7«] Hick's Ferry 812 3 !fy 21 Uea«h llaven 812 3 ~y, -jo Merwick 755 unj fi 58 7t5 Uriarllreeii 7 f2 53 : IB 58 VVlllow Orove ~ 1 12 5o L.ime i >j 2 10 48 240 HI. riloumeliurn i"i lu 16 2-4 li as Kupert 'l< )0 3. 2 ill H32 i;atawißßa 'l2 j 0 14 224 02. Danville •> >8 lu 111 21l 612 I C'hul sky I«Hf 2 » i IMHKUL'D. IMHKUL'D. V tlO 00 *' »5 .V ,jV A.M. I'M FM «-vmiecili.il- at Kupert with Hhila'lclphla 4 KemlliiK Ifailrunil fur Tatiianeril, Tamauua Wllliamsi ort Sunhury, Pottsvi.le, etc A' Nortliumherlauil with P an I K. Iliv. P. K. K. foi Lnck Haven, Kmiiurium, Warren Curry, and Krle. 'Daily. + Daily f.\cept unday. 112 Stop on signal. | ——— i PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. TIME TABLE Tn Effect Nov. 2 k 1901- ... . 1 12... ■ Scranroti( I)4iH)lv if 4"' 59 38 2 IS \\ 27 I'ittston •• •• 718 112 loiiu §2 42 4 .'>2 A. M. A. M P M P.M Wllkesbarre... Iv $ 7 25 sil" 35 • 2 15 j# ooj 1 lym'ih Feriy " 112 7 -2ilo 42 t 25218 07 Nanticuke •• 7*2 .11 5n :< 1 6 17! viucannqua ... " 801 II 0' 2y 637 WtipWHilopen.. " 8 .1 11 pi 381 04* Neaoopeek ar 8 18 11 211 842 7 00; A M A VI. P.M. l'ott»vi'le lv $ 5 5< fll 55 i' 2 45 II»7.let• T. " 705 ... 12 5 3 05•' Tumhlcken " 722 ... 111 8 151 Kern Glen '• 7 2l» ! 118 8 29-1""!! K«ck len "I 7 a". , Nefuv»po«i> .... ui ovz 140 | •••• A. M A M P. A 1 P -M N'emsopeck lv § 9 J8 §n .1 42 «" 00i ''reasv •* % II 3W 3. li ♦ W Kep)" Ferry.... ' 4 t 8 4'J i 1 46 112 4 02 K. liluumsburx. 847 11 50 4U< ' . 0,. iv. li u 1 13 732 south Danville ••; » 4 12 VJ 4 13 7 32 1 Si nhury ' 935 12 40' 431 751 a. M. p. M. p. M k! 5 s:::::: -unbury lv 942 512 45 § 5 lu y 45; rr j LcwijiburK.... ar ■o 13 i 4"> 540 j vi IP on"1 lu 08 130 &35 10 i 1"! wuii»tniniort.. 11 01 141 030 10 55j Lock Haven... 11 6l« 220 728 j Kt-novo ' A.M. 300 830 Kane "j 8 '25 I |P.M. P.M.' Lock Haven..lv ;12 10 345 .... , . Beliefonte ar 105 4 11 .... Tyrone " 22u«ti 00 Pblllpsbnrg " 455? 8 02 Clearfield.... " 6 '2-5 S 8 4_i Pittsburg.... " ti 55 10 45 i A. M. I'. M P. M. P M sunhury lv < 9ro > 1.v«; 5 2 E8 31 Hurnshurg.... ar 11 3" 9•'15 1 650 :0 10| P. M. P. M. P. M. A Al hl'.adelphla.. ar li 317 623 ||lo 20 4 25i Ha I tin.ore •• J3 11 ti 00 Hi 230 Washington... "jj 41u,716 • 0 55 1 Oaj A~ P. M. ~~ <unbury lv §lO 00 § 2 15 1 Lfwislown Jc. aril 4 • 4 o'> | PItUbBTK " ti 55 510 45 1 A.M. I*. M P. \l. |> Mi Harrisburt.... lv 1146 s<o p7 15 |lo2> P.M A \i. A M A M Httshur(f ar ,tj 55111 i6',;i 150 5 30. P. M.I P M A M A Ml PltlfbtirK lv 7 l«i !y 0" 3W I 8 00 1A MI A M P M HartDbnrir.... at 2uo. 4 2 930; 8 in A M A M Piitsbujir lv ' ; 8 10 P M L.ewlftOwn Jl. '• 7 30 '5 300 Sunhury nr ..... 9 2 is 4 50| P. M.i A M A M AM Wiishlnalon... lv 1 411 7 5 10 .V .... H.'iltlmo e • ,11 41 440 837 11 45 Philadelphia... ll 20 : - •> :«i 11 «) AM A M|A. M. P M Harrlsburir.... lv 335 7 55'j1l Id ?8 20 ; sunhury ar 5 05; 9 ..1. 1to;0 u5 ' ")) P.M. A MA Mi PittKburg 1\ il2 4o - 3 uo ? s 00 Clearfield.... •' | 3 50, Plillipsburg.. " 1 in Tyrone " 7 0". ••ir.re: 1 \*r HclU-foniA.ii nr' 1 ■ 10 30 -lu P.M. v M A M PM | Kane "I 8 45 « ti '*o Heuovo •• 11 5o i| ti 45 10 30 Lock Haven.... " 12 >8 735 11 25 300 A.M. P M ! Wllllauisport.. ■ 2 21' 8 3'jl2 40 4 00 (t> . 1 Milton " '-22 »1» 127 44< .... I.ewisbur " 9 05i 1 15 442 ! Sunhury. ni 3 2'. 9 411 165 6 15; .... 77m A M P M pM i Sunhury lv 9 ti 45 • 9 "'5 j 2 00 ■ 6 25| S. uth Danville 7 11' '0 17 221 5 ~0 .... V'alawtf-n .... ' 732 10 Sft 230 6 08' .... !■; Hloouifhurg.. " 737 ;, i 43 248 815 .... Espy Ferry " 742 fl !l 47 112 6 IP [.... ' CrPH?y 752 1" 06 'J 05 H «H0 .... : " 802 11 05' 0"» 640 <#># ! A M A M P. M. P M ! • atawlssa.... lv 732 111 38 2 3tj 608 .... ISescopeCk iv 823 S >osij 7 05 .... Hock (Hen. .. ar II 22 1 Wr.... Kern (lieu 851 I 2">. 582 <34 Tumhlcnen .... " 858 11 38 538 T42 ... Hiizleton " li 19 11 58 5?9 806 .... Poltsvlllo " 10 15 ti 55 A I*l A M P M P M Noscnpeck lv i 8 <'2 11 06 § 3 05 \ e 40 ■••• Aai'Wallopen. .Br 81' il 20 320 (i -2 Mocanauua .... " 8 .'il II 32 330 701 •••• Ntinticoke " 853 1! 64 3IS 719 ••• P M • ... | Plym'th Ferry I 9 08 12 i*2 357 f' 28 •••• j WUkMharte ... " 9lu 12 1U 406 73- AMP M P M P M PHtston! DA 11) art 9 ! J 9 112 5> j4M 830 Scranton " " 10 "8 124 524<9 05 ———— I Weekdays. (Dally 112 Flag station. Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on through trains hetweeu Sunhury. Wllllauisport and kiric. lietwcen Sunhnry nnd Philadelphia I and Washington and between Harrlshurj;. Pitts- j nurg and the West For lurther information apply to Ticket Agents /H. UUTCUIXSOS, ./■ R- WOOD. Gen'l Manager. Gen'l PaM'n'r Ag. j Shoes, Shoes St37-lisli! 1 , , XSelia'bl© 1 Bicycle, Cymnasium and Tennis Shoes. THE CELEBRATED Carlisle Shoes AND THE Snag Proof liiibber Boots A SPECIALTY. A. SCHATZ, Mil NEW! A Rellatolo TO SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting and ConoraJ Job Work. Stoves. Heaters, Furnaces, eto. PRICES TDE LOWEST! QIfILITY TOE BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E. FEONT ST. ! JOBTN" w. farksworth INSURANCE Lift Fire Accident ail Steam Boiler Office: Montgomery Building, Mill street, Danville, - - Penn'a PHILADELPHIA & READING RATT.WAY TO NOV. 17. 1901 t . leave danviLle tor Pklladelphisttdayg only) For New York ll.i* . "" For Oatawiena 11.24 a. J O, For Milton 7.82 a. m., 4.00 | For Wllltamcport 7.32 a. m., li• m - Trains for Baltimore, Washing. South leave Twenty-fourth and Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays—3.SJ tfia 10.22 a m., 12.16, 1.33,8.03,4.13, S.OB, 7.36, 8.!d0» m„ 12.21 night Sundays 3.23, 714 a. in., If It 1.33, 4.12. 6.(M. 7 2<l, 8.2 d p. IE. 112 ATLANTIC CITY RAIBROAD. Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Whar and South Street Wharf for Atlantic City. WEEKDAYS— Express, (too a. ;m.. 2.00. «.oe, 5.00,7.15p m. Accommodation, 8.00 a. m., 5.16 p.m. Sundays— Express, P.()0, 10.00 a.m., 7.1? p.m. Accommodation,B.oUa m ,5.00 p. m. Leave ATLANTIC CITY DEPOT-Week days—E\press, 7.!t5, 9.00. 10.15 a jm., 2.50,5.80 p. m. Accommodation, 805 a. m , 3.V) p m. Sundays-Express, 10.15 a. m., Accommodation 7 15 a. m., 4 05 fl. m. Parlor cars on all express trains. LEAVE PHILADELPHIA. For CAPE MAY and OCEAN ClTY—Week days—B.4s a. m., 4.15 p. m. Sundays—*.4s a. m. For SEA ISLE ClTY—Weekdays only— t.ii a. m. NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITT EXPRESS. Leave NEW YORK (Liberty Street) 9.40 A. M 8.40 p. m. Leave ATLANTIC ClTY,—Weekday! (.10 m. m , 316 p. m. Detailed lime tables at ticket offloee. W G BESI.ER, EDSON J WEEKS Gen. superintendent General A real. Have You -TRIED PEGfi'S PEA No. 6 ! COAL
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