i A PLAN I
I FRUSTRATED
The Story of Whites and T
Indiana In Former Days.
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The sun was slowly sinking toward the
western horizon when one day, despite an
ominous warning from the veteran guide,
Jackson Blake and Edna Feuton rode in
advance of the train. Side by side they
galloped away over the rolling prairie, lit
tle heeding how fast or how far they
went.
Edna was an excellent horsewoman,
and the rich color upon her cheeks told
how well she enjoyed the pleasure of a
free dash across the open prairie. At a
challenge from her companion the horses
were put to their utmost speed, and away
they flew, neck and neck.
They knew not how far they had gone
when they drew rein and, while their
horses regained their wind, looked back
over the course they had come.
An exclamation burst from Blake's lips,
for the train was not in sight, but away
in the distance came a dozen dark horse
men. and eveu as the young man looked
back an exultant shout came faintly to
his ears. Almost through his clinched
teeth Blake hissed:
"Redskins, by Jove! Miss Fenton, we
must fly for our lives!"
Edna uttered a little cry of alarm, and,
wheeling their horses, they dashed away
to escape the red demons in pursuit.
Already were their horses breathing
heavily from their rapid race a short time
before, aud now they were fleeing before
the red Bedouins of the plains, every one
of whom was mounted upon a fleet horse.
Far away, directly in the path of the
fugitives, it seemed, hung the sun, a huge
round ball of fire suspended but a short
distance above the horizon.
"Oh, Bir, do you think we can escape
those terrible creatures?" anxiously in
quired the frightened maiden.
Before replying Jackson Blnke took one
long look back over his shoulder.
"I think we can," he answered. "We
have a fair start, and the sun is low. If
our horses hold out till it becomes dark,
we may succeed in eluding them."
"Heaven grant we may!" was the
prayer that Edna softly repeated.
Away across the plain raced pursued
and pursuers, and slowly the sun sank.
Every minute seemed an hour to the fa
tigued and terrified maiden.
Glancing back occasionally, Jackson
Blake could see that the savages were
slowly but surely gaining.
Finally the sun reached the horizon and
gradually sank from view.
"We shall elude them. Miss Fenton," J
were the encouraging words that the dark
mustached man uttered. "In the dark
ness we can circle and strike back for the
train."
Slowly a dusky gloom gathered oyer
the plains. Looking upward, Jackson
Blake laughed with satisfaction.
"There will be no moon during the first
part of the night," he observed, "and
therefore it will be comparatively dark."
His words proved true. Night settled
over the Dakota plains, and darkness
veiled the fugitives from the eyes of their
pursuers. In the gloom the man and girl
gradually drew to the left, hoping that
the redskins would pass them in the dark
ness.
Finally Blake drew rein.
"Listen!"
They remained perfectly silent and lis
tened intently. A faint breeze fanned
their faces, and the distant bark of a
coyote came faintly to their ears. Then
all was still.
"We have eluded them," declared the
man. "Now we must double back. For
tune may direct us to the train."
Softly the maiden breathed a prayer ;
that the kind Father might direct them j
aright, and, trusting all to her companion,
she followed him through the darkness.
Slowly the panting, foam flecked horses
walked onward, guided by their riders.
The poor animals were nearly exhausted,
but it wouldn't do to give them a breath
ing spell even now. First they must be
sure that they were out of danger.
It seemed that for hours they passed
onward. Edna was completely bewildered;
She could not tell where she was going.
However, she began to feel that their
pursuers were eluded and was mentally
thanking the nil wise Being who had
allowed them to escape when suddenly,
all around them, a number of dark forms
seemed to spring up out of the very earth.
Then through the night rang out a yell
of triumph from the throats of a dozen
Sioux, and ere they could resist both man
and maiden were dragged from their
horses.
Then Edna became unconscious. She
knew nothing of what happened until her
senses returned, and she found herself
lying upon the ground with both her
bands tightly bound. Near at hand a
campfire was feebly burning, and by its
light she saw that she was surrounded by <
the forms of many sleeping Indians. They
were in a little Cottonwood grove upon
the bank of a stream.
A realizing sense of the full horror of
her position caused a sickening sensation
to creep over her, and for a moment she
came near fainting again. She was a
captive in the hands of the bloodthirsty
redskins.
But where was her companion, Jackson
Blake? She asked herself the question,
and then shuddered with horror as an an
swer arose in her mind. He had been
murdered! As she looked upon the sleep
ing forms she half expected to see Jackson
Blake's scalp attached to a savage's gir
dle. But although no sight met her gaze,
she still felt sure that her companion had
been slain.
By the flaring light of the campfire she
saw that beneath the rude rawhide
thongs that held her wrists together a
•ilk handkerchief had been placed, evi
dently to keep the bands from cutting
and chafing her tender flesh. The hand
kerchief, she thought, had been taken
from the body of her companion, but such
care for her feelings upon the part of a
red man was a great surprise.
The Indians were all sleeping soundly,
evidently little fearing the approach of
foes or the escape of their captive. Edna
struggled to break her bonds, but one at
tempt was sufficient, for it showed her
that such a thing was impossible. Then
the thought that she might arise and steal
away, but she became aware that a lariat
was fastened around her waist and at
tached to the wrist of an Indian near by.
As she lay there, trying to think of
some means of escape, she fancied she
beard a faint sound in the darkness near
at hand. She strained her eyes in that di
rection, but for a time could see nothing.
The fire sank lower, till a dull red glow
given out by the embers was about all the
light visible. Then, near at hand, she
heard a warning hiss, and among the
other shadows, seeming one of them, she
saw what appeared to be a human form.
The next moment the dark form slowly
and silently advanced.
With her heart pounding heavily in her
breast, Edna watched this shadow. With
out the least noise it drew near. Finally
the trembling, excited girl was enabled to
make out that it was a white man.
Without disturbing the sleeping In
dians, the dating intruder reached tho
captive's side. The dull light from the
embers flashed upon the bared blade of a
knife. The next moment the girl's bonds
were severed.
In her ear the stranger breathed the
very softest of whispers, enjoining the
greatest nit inn. Then Ik lifted her to
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Several physicians said he had consump
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uer feet. SSlio would have fled from the
! spot, but he detained her.
Cautiously 11* y crept away and. with
out disturbing an Indian, reached the
shadows that lay just beyond the gradu
ally diminishing circle of light. In an
other moment they were hastening away
through the cottonwoods.
I Suddenly the sound of voices near at
! hand arrested their fleeing footsteps. The
unknown rescuer quickly sank to the
ground, drawing the girl down with him.
They were near the edge of the timber,
and a short distance away they could see
I a dark form outlined against the sky.
i The man was speaking, and evidently
! others were sitting on the ground near at
band listening.
I "We've got the girl in our hands. The
rest will be easy. We will drop on tli?
train and wipe it out. Then 1 wili turn
up and pretend to rocue the till from the
reds. She will never suspect me and wii!
naturally look upon me as a hero. Of
course she will fall in love with me, hav
ing no other friend and protector. Thus
I shall win the only woman I ever loved
—and I loved her at first sight—without
letting her become aware of the disagree
able fact that I am L>lack Jack, the out
law. Eh, boys?"'
"Good plan, cap, and under your man
agement it can't fail to work," observed
an unseen speaker.
Then, while the outlaws were talking
and planning, the rescued girl and her
rescuer crept away.
Edna had recognized the voice of th
first speaker and was nearly stricken
helpless by amazement and horror. Jack
son Blake had not been killed. lie was
alive and unharmed, and not only that,
but he was an false, black
hearted traitor. While apparently at
tempting to escape from the Indians Ue
bad carried her into their very midst.
Nearly half a mile away, in the midst
of some thick cottonwoods, a horse
hitched. His feet were muffled, so that
even if driven at full gallop they would
give out little sound.
The escaped captive and her rescuer
had reached the place where the animal
was hitched when a long drawn yell came
through the night from the Indian camp.
Immediately a wild chorus of similar
cries followed the first.
The man laughed as he deftly unhitched
the horse.
"Hear them howl," he muttered. "I
reckon they have just missed something."
It was near sunrise when a double bur
dened horse entered the emigrant camp
many miles from the scene of rescue.
Wild cries of joy burst from the emi
grants' lips as they recognized Edna Feu
ton as one of the persons mounted upon
the horse. Howard Kenton nearly swoon
ed from joy when he once more held his
daughter safe in his arms.
No need to tell of his grief—of the
sleepless night he had spent—of bow he
•was only prevented from goiug in search
of his lost daughter by the guide promis
ing togo with him in the morning. No
need to tell of these things; they were
written on the haggard face.
The old weather beaten guide came for
ward.
"Why, hello! Durn my eyes!" he ex
claimed as his gaze rested on Edna's res
cuer. "No—"tain't —yes, 'tis Nebraska
Nat, I swar!"
The next moment the old guide and
the handsome young plainsman and scout
clasped hands.
"Hyar, folks," cried the guide as soon
is he could make himself heard. "Let
me interjuce ye to Nebraska Nat, the
dingdest whitest boy this side cf ther
Mississippi!"
"And my brave rescuer," said Edna
Fenton, a warm blush suffusing her beau
tiful face.
The reader can imagine what followed.
From this time till they reached their
destination the emigrants were constantly
on their guard. One night they were at
tacked, but succeeded in repulsiug the foO.
As the Indians retreated they carried
away their dead warriors. The bodies of
two white men were found, however.
One was Instantly recognized as Jackson
Blake—Black Jack, the outlaw.
The wagon train reached its destination
In safety, and three months later the
Deadwood Pioneer contained the follow
ing notice:
Married. —In this city on Nov., IS—, l>:
the Rev. , Nathaniel NortOD to Miss Kdaa
Fenton.
What Geoloirr Reveal*.
Geology reveals to us the fact that
classes of animals rise and fall, are ex
alted and then brought low, just as em
pires among men. The dinosaurs were
not destined to remain for tnore than a
certain time in their exalted position.
Already in the new red sandstone period
usurpers have appeared on the scene
in the shape of humble little quadrupeds,
creatures apparently unable to cope with
their rivals of the reptile class, but des
tined, as ages rolled on, to grow in power
and strength, and so to attain the proud
position they now occupy.
One cannot help wondering how the
victory was accomplished. But they had
n more developed brain than reptiles.
That would give them an immense advan
tage in the "struggle for existence."
! Thus it would seem that brains carried
the day, and so mammals now "hold the
field" against all their enemies.—Cham
bers' Journal.
Keadj- to Sell.
MePrune, the grocer, was never known
to acknowledge that he was out of any
article without calling attention to some
other article that he did have.
A bet was made by Johnson that he
could ask MePrune a question that would
cause him to omit the usual addendum.
Said Johnson as he entered the shop
where the conspirators had already gath
ered :
"Mack, do you think it will be Liberals
or Conservatives at the next election?"
Mack replied with some asperity:
"Oh, bother, I am out of politics!"
Johnson was on the Verge, of giving
vent to his delight when Mack added:
"But I've got some of the best cheese
you ever put your teeth into."—London
Tit-Bits.
Mop and Brtmh.
One of the new patents Is the Inven
tion of Edward Hilker of Chicago. It
is calculated to be a help to the bouse-
COMBINATION MOP AN > BEUSH.
wife, combining as It does In one In
strument :i scrubbing brush and a mop.
When desired, the mop Is pulled out of
the way. At other times the brush
serves to re-enforce the mop. But the
most remarkable thing about the ap
paratus perhaps is u little crank on the
handle, by the help of which the mop
may be easily wrung out at any mo
ment.
_irs. Mary C. C. Bradford of Den
ver has been invited by the Wo
man Suffrage association of Maine and
the Woman Suffrage association and
State Federation of Clubs of Minne
sota to give a series of lectures In their
respective states. Mrs. Bradford can
accept but one Invitation, and has de
cided togo to Maine. Iler experience
In practical politics will be invaluable
In devising methods for effective suf
frage work and organization.—Wo
man's Journal.
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sick headache. 25c. at Paules& Co's
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I| Tragedy of
if St. Mark's fs
fJ Steeple !* j!
Do you know, sir, I can never look at
that steeple without turning cold all over,
although it's nearly forty years since it
happened. And the old man pointed to
' ward the distant city, where the tall,
slender spire of St. Mark's, rising higher
than the rest, was silhouetted against the
glow of the setting sun, whose last rays
made the gilded vane on the summit burn
as with fire.
It's forty years since, he continued, but
it might have been yesterday, so vivid is
the horror of it; but come inside and I'll
tell you nil about it.
She would never let on that she cared
; for me. She was too artful a puss for
that, but 1 thought 1 had a chance, and 1
went for it for all I was worth. She used
to drive me mad with jealousy, flirting
with this man and smiling on that, until
1 could have killed the whole lot. But I
never let her see it. I was much too deep
for that.
Only lot a girl know you're jealous and
she'll make your life a —well, a torment,
just for the love of teasing and showing
her power over you. 1 always came up
smiling, and she couldn't understand it,
but it conquered her in the end. and for
; nearly forty years, bless her, she's been
the sweetest, most loyal wife a man ever
' had.
But this is an old story, you say, and so
, it is, but still it's always new, and I'll
get onto the tragedy quite soon enough.
The only tnan 1 was really afraid of
' was my partner Jack—Jack Harding—as
' fine a young fellow as you ever saw in
j your life, tall and straight as a lath and
j with a face like a young god, but lie was
I a bit inclined to be wild, and that's a fa
tal thing in my line. Ruth was fonder of
him than of all the others—what giri
could help it?—and if he'd only played
his cards well he might have had her
without giving any of us a look in.
But jealousy! Why. my worst attacks
were mildness itself compared with
Jack's, and he couldn't conceal them as 1
did. He had some Spanish blood in his
veins, I always thought—be looked like a
Spaniard—and if she even smiled at an
other pian his eyes flashed as if he would
strike them both dead, and more than
once he lost his temper and said things to
her that no girl would stand, least of all
Ruth.
Well, to come to the point. I soon saw
that the prize rested between him and me
and though 1 thought my chance was
small enough, I wasn't going to lose her
for want of asking.
If I live to be a hundred. I shall always
remember that evening when I asked her
if I had a chance and if she could many
a clumsy, ugly man like me.
"Chance?" she said as she looked up at
me roguishly out of her blue eyes. "Why,
Jim, you donkey, you've got every chance,
and if you hadn't been blind you'd have
seen it months ago." And then she laugh
ed a kind of hysterical laugh and hid her
blushes on my shoulder,
j Well, sir. if she'd knocked me down I
couldn't have been more surprised—it was
all so sudden and unexpected—but I had
the presence of mind to put my arm
round her and to draw her face up to
mine to kiss it, and then—why, sir, there
wasn't a man in England half as happy
as me.
"But what about Jack?" I said, when
I'd come to a bit.
"About Jack!" she said archly. "Well,
when you say you're tired of me, I'll be
gin to think about him—if I live long
'enough."
I When Jack heard of it, he went mad
clean mad—swore he would kill us both
and flung himself into a wild orgy of
drink and dissipation. I saw next to
nothing of him for weeks, and when we
met he passed on the other side of the
road without looking at me. Of course I
was sorry for him, but it was the luck of
war, or, rather, of love, and I had played
my cards honorably, while I was far too
busily and happily occupied to have any
fears for what lie might do to me.
Then one day he seemed completelj
changed; came to me with an outstretch
ed hand and asked my pardon, saying
that I'd won fairly and wishing me luck.
But somehow I didn't like the looks r<
him and didn't trust him. and I had good
ground for my distrust, as 1 was soon to
prove. During his drinking bout I had
to hire an assistant for any job that came
my way, but when he offered to join me
again I took him on just as if nothing
had happened.
My little girl was very nervous about
me, now that I was so much to her, and
begged me to give up steeple climbing
and work on solid ground, but there is
.more money in the air, for mo at airy
rate, and as I wanted to save for that lit
tle nest I bad in view I thought I would
stick to my steeples a little longer.
Then caine the job that cost Jack his
life and nearly cost me mine—regilding
the vane on the top of St. Mark's steeple.
How well I remember that morning in
May when everything—my heart included
—seemed to dance for joy of living and
loving! I found time to run around to see
my little girl before beginning work and
found her sad and tearful.
She had dreamed the previous night
that she saw me fighting with a man in
midair, and then, all at once, I fell down,
down and struck the earth with a sicken
ing thud at her very feet.
"Don't go today, Jim," she pleaded as
the tears chased each other dowa her
to you."
In vain I argued and chaffed, and when
at last I tore myself away with a prom
ise to run in in the evening she covered
her face with her hands and stood mo
tionless in the door till I was out of
sight, as if shutting some horrid spectacle
from her eyes.
Jack was specially cheerful when I
joined him—too gay, I thought, as 1 saw
the reckless light in his eyes and saw
he had been drinking.
"You luckj dog." he said as he slapped
me on the shoulder. "You've been to see
Ituth, I know, and her kiss is warm on
your lips. Ah. well, I shall have my turn
of luck some day—maybe sooner than you
think!"
"1 hope so, too. my lad," I said sympa
thetically as we set to work, "and the
Booner the better."
A few hours later we were suspended,
one on each side of the steeple, a couple
of hundred feet above the pygmies that
were crawling beneath us. We were both
busy as could be, gilding the ball from
which the vane sprang. Jack on one side
and me on the other.
Each of us was standing on a tiny plat
form, little larger than the seat of a
shair, with a sheer, dizzy drop of nearly
seventy yards beneath us, and each, for
additional safety, was attached to the
Bteeple by a lift- line running under his
arms.
Jack had not spoken a word for nearly
an hour, but 1 thought nothing of that, as
we were working against time and the
darkness was beginning already to creep
over the sky. ou know when you're
working at that height, removed as it
were from ail the world and with nothing
but silence about and around you, the
slightest noise sends a shock through a
man, however strong his nerves may be.
You can imngine, then, how startled I
was when, all at once, I heard a loud
slirifk of laughter almost, as it seemed,
at my vei v mi There was something
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uncanny about it, too, that set my heart
thumping and my flesh creeping as they
have ever done before or have since.
When the laugh ceased and silence
tame again as an awful relief, I said:
"What's the joke, Jack? Don't keep It
to yourself."
"Joke!" be said. "I should think it
would be a joke. I was fancying you
shooting down like a stone to the pave
ment down there and what Uuth would
think when she saw the pieces."
"What a rummy idea!" I answered
with affected coolness, though my heart
was beating faster than ever ami seemed
as if it would suffocate me. "But I'm
going down a little slower than that as
soon as I've finished this bit of work.
But pull yourself together, Jack, and get
your gold on.and then we'll soon be down
there on our two legs."
"No, sir!" he shouted. "I'm going to
have a race with you to the bottom, and
whoever Rets there first Kuth can have.
Come on! Now for a jump together!"
As he said this he craned his neck
round the corner of the steeple to get a
look at me, and a single glance at his
wild eyes showed me that the man was
raving mad and that I was alone in mid
air with a maniac who hated me and
would certainly kill me if he could.
I was powerless. If I called for help, 1
might be heard, but who could come to
my assistance, poised as I was at such a
giddy height above the world V And iu a
single moment I might be in the throes
of a life and death struggle with a man
quite as strong as myself and made ten
times stronger by madness.
He was slowly and surely working
round toward me, and there was not a
moment to waste. Something must be
done quickly, and everything depended on
keeping cool. In a moment 1 had eased
the hitch of the line around my hand and
was swung around to meet him. Before
he had time to protect himself I had
seized him by the throat and had forced
him down 011 the saddle board.
But it was only for a moment, for,
strong as I was, my strength was as a
child's compared with his. With a
wrench he was free and had flung his
powerful arms around my chest and was
squeezing the very life out of me.
In vain I struggled as we swung back
ward and forward against the face of the
steeple. I tried to call out. but my voice
Btuck in my throat, my eyes felt as if
they were being forced out of my head,
and my breath came in convulsive gasps.
All the time, amid the horrible silence,
broken only by the creaking of the ropes
and the grating of the saddles against the
steeple, eyes were glaring into mine
and his hot breath was on my face.
I felt my senses rapidly leaving me
when my hand by accident struck my
toolbox, ami instinctively, as it were,
clutched a wrench. With a last effort 1
raised my band, struck him with all my
remaining strength full on the temple—
and then I remembered no more.
When I came to myself, 1 was lying in
bed and Ruth's eyes were looking down
on me with just such a look in them as
an angel might have, but she said no
word, and I sank into unconsciousness
again.
It was weeks before I was about again
or heard what happened after all became
dark about me on the top of the steeple.
It seems the struggle had been seen by
the people on the street below. An ex
cited crowd had gathered, but they could
do nothing but look and wonder and wait.
They had seen me strike Jack and fall
back senseless in the saddle as his arms
released me, and then, to their horror,
they had seen hitn slip off his platform
and drop like a stone, rebounding off the
steeple and falling with shattered head
on the stone pavement at their feet. lie
must have slipped his life line in the
struggle, but luckily mine saved ine, and
with great difficulty I was safely lowered
down and carried home.
Well, there's little more to tell. They
buried poor Jack, and three months later
the wedding bells were ringing for me
and the sweetest bride that ever brought
a man from the gates of death back to a
life that has beeu all sunshine. —London
Tit-Bits.
A Trick With a. Candle and 11 HOT.
Putin the top of a light, shallow paste
board box two holes, each about an inch
In diameter, and place over each an ar
gand lamp chimney. In one hole stand a
candle cut to such a length that it will
project about half an inch above the box.
Light the candle and then hold burning
"touch paper" over the other lamp chim
ney. The smoke, instead of rising, will
go down one chimney and, after it baa
filled the box, will rise through the other.
The reason is that the burning caudle
makes a draft up its chimney, and, if the
box is airtight, to supply the place of
what is going out air must come down the
other chimney.
"Touch paper," by the way, is made by
dipping unglazed paper in a solution of
When dry, it burns with a
smoke, but not with ilame.
Another experiment is to hold the hand
tightly over the chimney where the draft
1s downward. The candle in the other
chimney will begin to burn feebly ami
smoke and will go out if there are no
cracks in the box for air to Ret in. The
reason air does not get to it down its owa
chimney is that the upward draft there
is too strong.
Tbo sedan choir still exists In Or
leans, a bustling town not far from
Purls. In this pretty city, says a Puna
newspaper, especially on Sundays at
the hour of mass, the classic sedan
chair, as It was known to the gallants
of the eighteenth century, is borne
through the streets by robust carriers,
Its occupants being aged people and In
valids, to whom the jolting of a car
riage is intensely disagreeable.
The Pride of Heroes.
Many soldiers in the late war wrote to
say that for .Scratches, Bruises, Cuts,
Wounds, Corns, Sore Feet and <till
Joints, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the
best in the world. Same for Burns,
Hcalds, Boils, Ulcer#, Skin Kruptions ami
Piles, It cures or no pay. Only 25c at
Paules <k Co's drug store.
FOR rim HOUSEWIFE
I'nrn ishiriK Dining Rooms.
Don't have an overmantel of looking
glass wiili !;;tle wo ilm brackets and
pillars at the sides It lias a fidgety
appearance, and mirrors seem to be
somewhat out of keeping in a dining
i room.
A pretty engraving in a plain deal
frame stained to represent the same
wood as the furniture is in far better
( ♦iste and not nearly so expensive, con
sidering that really artistic engravings
of good pictures can be bought so
cheap.
A si ill cheaper method is to have a
valance of stamped velveteen or some
oriental tapestry gathered to a little
rod which shall be lixed to the wall
about two feet above the mantel hoard,
and just above the valance there
should be a stained deal shelf to hold
! pottery.
Don't have only linoleum on tlie floor.
It has such a chilly effect.
Don't have a medley of colors in a
dining room, and let those which you
decide upon be deep and rich in tone.
The reds, blues and greens of the old
fashioned Turkey carpets give the
three best shades to work with, taking
one or at least two for a room.
In a small r >oni wall paper, curtains
and tablecloths should be of the same
i color, and the carpet should either lie a
darker tune of the same or of oriental
design.—Philadelphia Ledger.
CliriNtniitH Doiikli niitn.
A necessity of the colonial Christ- ;
mas table was a generous plate of
raised doughnuts. A formula for these 1
which is contributed by a famous New '
England housekeeper is as follows:
One cupful of lard or butter, two eup
fuls of milk, a cupful of yeast, three j
cupfuls of sugar, four or five eggs, nut- j
meg and a pinch of salt. Warm togeth- '
er the milk and lard, then add the
yeast; stir in flour enough to make a •
batter and let it stand over night; then ;
add the other ingredients. Knead soft j
and let it rise again; then roll, cut out
and let rise before frying. Sprinkle i
with sugar and spread, not pile, on a '.
platter over which a napkin has first !
been laid.—Harper's Bazar.
A Dainty Holder.
An especially dainty curling iron i
holder Is shown in the illustration.
This Is made from btifT linen drawn :
smoothly over a shaped cardboard. A
ribbon across the back affords a place '
in which to slip the iron. The front
FOIt TIIE rriiLING IKON'.
Is embroidered with dainty colors, blue. ' i
delicate green, and a touch here and !
there of black to give character to the :
whole. The baby ribbon, made into
full rosettes at the sides and at the top ) I
where it is hung, is of old rose. The 1
combination of colors is soft and artis- ;
tic.—Housekeeper.
i
The Chicago sinking fund succeeded ; J
pretty well in living down to its name. • <
It has just been ascertained that in I i
some mysterious way it had sunk |
52.0110.0< 10
The Home Paper
of Danville.
Of course you read
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1 APER.
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Published Every Morning Except
Sunday ai
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No. ii E. Ma honing' St.
Subscription 6 cer i\.r Week,
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FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
Hint* to Ifouso wl ve«.
Pantry shelves .should be lined with
white oilcloth, which is easily wiped
clean with a damp duster and aiwaya
looks fresh and nice.
Whoever gives out the weekly linen,
whether mistress or maid, should bo
careful to observe that linen of a sort
Is used In turn—that is to say, if there
are several sets of linen for the same
purpose take for use each week that
which has been loudest in the cup
board. not the set that was returned
last from the wash. In this way linen
will in the ordinary course last for a
much longer time than would other
wise be the case.
To impart to the kitchen tables that
wonderful whiteness which some such
tables possess no soap or soda should
be used In cleaning them, but sand
should be employed Instead, this be
ing briskly rubbed over the surface of
the wood with hot water and rough
brush. If whltewood tables are thus
scrubbed, they will present a brilliant
whiteness which will put to blush the
appearance of a table scrubbed with
soap and soda.
ROAD PROGRESS IN OHIO.'
Improvement Does Not Keep Pare
Willi the Demand of tlie Times.
Ohio has by no means kept pace iu
the matter of roadbuilding throughout
the country districts either with the
progress made In steam railways or in
the improvement of city streets, where
within the past twenty-five years the
old macadam and bowlder thorough
fares have given way almost entirely
to the more perfect and lasting granite,
brick and asphalt, says the Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
It is true there is in this state a law
which enables the townships through
out Ohio to improve their road system,
known as the free turnpike law, and it
has done wonders for the common
roads of the state during the twenty
live years or more that it has been in
force. I'erhaps a few other states have
similar laws, but they are not general.
The ordinary country roads throughout
the country generally are, as they have
always been, things to avoid in the sea
son of freezing and thawing, during
which they are usually impassable.
NSSdI
CATARRH
In all ita stages there JJUO/
ehould be cleanliness. JyJpg 112
Ely's Cream Balm
cleanses, soothes and heals **
the diseased membrane.
It cures catarrh and drives JW
away a cold in the head
quickly.
Cream Balm is placed Into the nostrils, sprecils
over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—docs
not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, 55 Warren Street, New Yotfe.
Constipation
Does your head ache? Pain
back of your eyes? Bad
taste in your mouth? It's I
your liver! Ayer's Pills are ;
liver pills. They cure consti
pation, headache, dyspepsia. !
25c. All druggists.
i. .. ... - - - ■
Want your moustache or beard a beautiful !
brown or rich black? Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers I
MORE LIVES ARE SAVED
...BY USING...
Dr. King's New Discovery,
....F0R....
Consumption, Coughs and Colds
Than By All Other Throat And
Lung Remedies Combined.
rhis wonderful * medicine positively
:ures 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 Bottle Free.
D, L.& hRAILROAD.
TIME TABLE,
Corrected to May i, 1901.
New VOKK.
\ M' \M* I'M'
Barclay si. l.v. 200 io uo lOi
( ItrMoplii r St. 2 im lo 00 I m
Iloliokcn 2 ;n 10 Ift I 21
Horantoii \ r n-2 152 61.
I'M AM I'M I'M*
Buffalo I,vi' II •i" J4>
- s cranton Ar ■ i"> In mi
AM* AM* I'M PM*
>1 IUMTOS '■ I ' 10 05 I V) 5 V
Kellevue '■ »*»
Tityiorvilte •. hi !.*> 2os • .
Lackawanna • <»1 Hi i . 2ld I, in
Duryea .. .. 7 n:; lo 2(1 -i . ti of
Pittstoii 7nT H ,:l 217 », i.
Susquehanna Ave.. 7 |ti in ijo i, | t
Wen Pittsion "... i 2 a.. i,
WyotlllUie 717 111 In .27 t i 2t
Forty Kurt
Bennett 721 In 111 . :w i, ,ji
Kinirxtun. ar 7 u l(• .1 2ln i, ,i~,
Willie-, liarre Ar 7 4(1 II In z .Vi i, 4,.,
i 1 It*- Bsiriv l,w 72" K. ..1 1 2 .'III li 2n
kitlfcSton |\ 7MI 111 .) 2IU ti i.l
Plyuiout H .! .T1C....
. Ply niout 1 7 - lln.; 2 4'.i li
I Avmiilale 7 12 2 1
Nanticoke •i" II Mv 58 0 .">1
Hunlock'i 7 i 11 17 s 11, ii 7
Shickshfn ly. .. h nl 11 _o ,j 21) 710
Hltk's Ft -ry 1 4-. :> 3d 721
Beach 1 ven.... s I*" II 887 7*B
Berwick. ... " N 'I 44 7 33
Briar <'reek... I* -* ll2 .. 50
Willow (.rove ... 112 ■'< fei
Bitne Uldne .... N I!'J (!l 58
B»|-y C * I- >'• '<« 752
HloouiNburK 11 12 22 412 7 ;,7
Kupert k l2 27 417 *ni
(JatftWlSM . 1 12 .2 4 '.2 ,» gj
Ila::ville 12 47 435 8 -ju
(Jbulasky 4 42
''imeron 12 ">7 4 48
Nl 'jTHfMBKRLASD " ' 1 M • I > 00 hJo
;\r. AM I'M I'M I'M
GOING :AST.
NEW Yo'ik I'M J'Mf
Barclay St. Ar :j 600 j
(Christopher-St.. :;o If.".
Hoboken |."i 448 . .....
Si-ranton lo 05 12 55
AM" I'M AM' AM*
Buffalo .... .Ar j *on 12 45 ;i o
ficraiiton J,\ I v> 4S ij ;j-,
AM I I'Mf l',M- i-M*
tScranton !i 42 12 oo 4 iiO 845
Bellevue it -S7 j 4 45
Taylorville 0 o2 4 10 ; * s'jj
Lackawanna 0 2(1 ! 432 827
Duryea 0 2-'! i 4 „ 25
Bittston !I 111 12 17 424 K2|
Susquehanna Ave. !' !•> 12 14 420 sJs
West Plttston.. l-'i{ 417 xHi
Wyoming !» 00 12 (IS 112 sl2
Forty Fort 0 n» 4 d*
Bennett j «11 403 ; 8(H
Kingston, K W 11 EP 400 j 802
Wilkrs-Bam'. I<\ ,ki " 5(1 350 j 750
WiUii s-Barii' .Ar 12 In 41U HlO
Kingston 858 n ;.<j ,| mi 802
Blyuiouth Junction '1 3
Plymouth *47 11 61 347 7 .'>3
Avonilale 12 3 4a
Nantlcoke 8 : >X 11 4'l 331* 7 4ti
Hunlock s * 331 f7 n
Shlckshinny H 11 2y 320 781
Hick's Ferry NI- 3 oil 17 21
Beaeh Haven s 02 3 O'i 7 12
I Berwick 755 n if, {2 58 705
j Briar (Jreek 7 lit 12 s'i fti 58
Willow Grove 112 • 41 j f2 50 !
Blrne Kiiige 730 •< 41; t0 !>0
Espy 7 :i2 J0 4K 240 641
Bloomsburg ' 10 48 234 « :!8
Kupert 17 10 3 ; ; 2 211 «32
(Jatawlsea 1- 10 34 224 <i 27
Danville " 10 lit 211 (i 12
Chulasky
Cameron |j 17 I'2'oi "fb'os
Nohthumbkbl'd... fio'oo ■"' , l *5 50
- A.M. ™ FM
Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia &
ReailitiK Kailroad for Tamanenil, Tamaqua,
Williamsjiort, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc At
Northumberland with P and K Div. P. li. H. for
Harrisburif. Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
Uorry, and Erie.
* Daily. + Daily except utiday. 112 Stop on
signal.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov, 24, 1901-
A M A.M. P.M.P. M
Scranton( llJcHjiv 6 4"' :'.i 2 Is :4 27
Pittston •' " 708 I 10(10 J2 42 452
A. M. A. M P. M. P.M
Wilkesbarre... Iv (j 7 25$ lO 2 1"> j9 00
Plym'th Ferry " I 7 32 tin 42 I 2 52 f6 07
Xanticoke •' 742 10 50 3(d 017 "'^**
Mocanaqua .... " 80l 11 07 a2q 6 37|
Wapwallopen.. " 8 In 11 li; 831 0 47|
Nescopeck ar 8 18 11 2ti 342 7 00j'"""
A. M A. M. P.M.
Pottsville lv |j ."> "in >ll 55 i 2 45
Hazleton " 705 12 ."»> 3 0- r >
Tomhicken " 722 1 II ;> 15
Fern Qlen " 720 I 18 3 22,
Hock iHen "I 735
Nescopeek ...,ar bO2 145 4
A. M A. M P.M. P M
Nescopeck lv *« 18 sJ»I »• •» 42 00
Creasy " 83n II 352 700
Ksjiy Ferry "18 4.' II 4(i I 4 02 7 2'>
E. Bloomsburg. " 847 II 5o 4 Ort 725
Caiawissa ar 855 11 57 4 l:i 732
Catawissa lv 856 II 57 413 7
South Danville " 0 14 12 15 431 7 ;,j
Sunbury " 035 12 4n 4 5.i 815
A. M. P. M. P. M i\M.
Sunbury It , 0 42 si- 16 s ."1 10 9 4. r J
Lewisburg.... ar 10 1.1 4"i 540
Milton '• lu (18 1 :!!• 5 3."> 10 C7 1
Willlamsport.. II On 141 (> 3d 10 Yt,
Lock Haven... " 11 so 220 72 s
Kenovo " A.M. no 830
Kane " 8 25 1
r. M. i'. M.I
Lock Haven..lv,:l2 10 .'! 45'
Bellefonte ar 1 i ;i"> i 11
Tyrone " j 220 »> uo
Phillpsburg " I 85; S 02
Clearfield " 625? S 45 <
Pittsburg.... "|USS 10 45 \ j
A.M. I'. M. P. M. P M
Sunbury Ivj 960jj 1 55 520 s3l
Harrisburg.... ar II 3<> S3 15 •> 50 10 10
P. M. P. M. P. M. A~M ~~
Philadelphia., ar $3 17 623 ||lo 20 4 2".
Baltimore "ijj 311 6 tio 45 230
Washington... " § 4 lu |, 7 15 ;o 55 4 0-5
P. M. _
Sunbury lv §lo <«> Jj 2 15 j
Lewistown Jc. ar 11 15 105
Pittsburg <>ss|§lo 45j
A.M. P.M. P. M. P M _
Harrisburg lv 11 45 500|| 7 15 ;102>
P. M. A M. A. M. A M
Httsburg ar | li 55 ,| 1 d<» , 1 50 5 :{o
P. M.I P MA M AM'
Pitts-burg lv 7 l"j » 00| 3W)irs 00 !
IA.M I A M ; , P M
Harrisburg.... ar 200 4 2«»j 930 n 3 10J
! AM! i A Ml
Plttsbuiir lv ; 8 00'
i P M j
L.owistown Jj. '• l 7 80 IS 300
Sunbury ar ! 02" li 4 60
P. M. A M A M AM
Washington... lv lii 4u 7 5» 10 50
Baltimore " 11 41 440 N ::7 11 4.51
Philadelphia... " 11 20 425 s ;«< il 40
A. >1 A MA. M. P M
Barrishurg lv 335 755,n 40 ; 8 20j
Sunbury ar 505 980 I 1012 £> 06 *****
P.M. A MAMj *"
Pittsburg 1\ ;12 45 i 00 5 * ooi
Clearfield.... " I 350 !• 2*
Phillpsburg.. " 1 40. 10 12
Tyrone "I 70u S 1111 12 25]
licllefonte.. " | Nlo ! 932 I 1 05"j
Lock Haven ar, !» 15] i 10 80 2 loj" "***
P. M. A M A M P M i""
Brie lv ; 5 85 ,
Kane, " 845 §8 00
Renovo •• ] | 5o , 1. 4 . 10 30 )■■•••
Lock Haven '• 12 ;>■* 735 II 25 300
A.M. P M
Wllllaiusport.. "j 229 SBu -Ai 10 4 00,
Milton •• 238 19 I*7 4 47""
Lcwigburg '■ *>(). V:1 15 4 4_'
Sunbury arj si'V y lo : 15. 6 151"***
A. M. A M P M P M )
Sunbury lv ; 6 1 > v Bft 18005 5 25
South Danville" 7 II i 0 17 221 5 o0!
Catawlgga '• 7 32j I 0 3.i 2 :>■ Bosl'""
E Bloomsburg.. '• 7 ::7 10 43 2 4::' 81.
Espy Ferry 7 42 li" 47 f6 19 *
»'reasy " 752 1" 5C 2 ,V> OSO
ISeseopeok '• 802 11 06| 8 0">! 640
A M A M P. M. P M I
( ntawissa I\ 7 .'l2 lo .s 2 :■{;> Mis
Nescopeck lv 823 ; 5 c."» ;705 "
Kock (tlen ar II 22 7 2> "
Fern (Hen " ssl 11 :'\i i .2; 78t
Totnhiclren " s I', > . ;;s T4j
Hazleton •• •> lu |j 5S 569 805
Pottsvllle " V* 11 0 .Y,
AM AMP M P Ml"
Nescopeck 1* ;s 1 2 U of, ; 0.. Sto ■ •••
Wapw«lk>pen..ar 8 1 II 20 i2O 0 I*2
Himumu 831 II 82 880 701 ••••
Namicoke 8 I II 54 340 7 1S»
1' 51 • •••
Plym'lh Kerry 1 '.MI:; 12 02 8 ft#i 112 7
Wilksbarre . " vlo 12 10 4 0.,
A M P 51 P 51 P 51
PUtsloir I 'ATI) ar » 12 5% ; « .v., 836
Seranton " •' 10 is 12t 524 <» 05*
I Weekdays. S l»j»ily r Flag station. 112
Pullmun Parlor and Sleeping t'ars rut on !
tUvuiiuli trains between Sunbury, WillUirnsport i
uud Erie. between Sunbury iind Philadelphia 1
and Washington and between Hmrri.barg, Pitts- j
Ouric and the West
For further inlorinat in nl ply to Tieket Agents '
y./»•. in rcmssos. j. it. WOOD, ;
Gen'l Manager. Gai'l l'un»'u'r At) |
Shoes, Shoes
Stylist! !
Oixeap !
lE£elia,ole I
J
Bicycle, Cymnasium and
Tennis bhoet>.
IHK ChI.hHRAT:
' i
Carlisle Shor>
Proof
liiiblicr (loots
A Sl'l-.l 1., I.i
A. SdJATZ,
SOMETHING 0!
A- rteiifiioi©
TO SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spouting and Ceneral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges,
Furnaces. «tc.
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QUJLITY TDE BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E, FEONT BT.
JOHN W. FARNBWORTH
INSURANCE
Life Firs Accident anil Steam Boiler
Office: Montgomery Budding, Mill street,
Danville, - • Penn'a
PHILADELPHIA 4
READING RAT' w y
CORRECTED TO NOV. 17. 1901
TRAINS LEAVE UANVIEL.I
(weekdays only)
Fcr Philadelphia 11.24 a m.
For New York 11.24 a m.
For Catawlssa 11.24 a. m., 8.04 p. m.
For Milton 7.32 a, m.. 4.00 p m.
For Williamsport 7.32 a. m., 4.00 p m.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington and tb«
Soutb leave Twenty-fourth and Chestnul
Streets, Philadelphia, weekdavs—3.2B, 7.14
10.22 a. m„ 12.16, 1.33, 3.03, 4.12, 5.03, 7.28, 8.26 p.
m., 12.21 night. Sundays 3.23, 7.14 a. ra., 12.18
1.33, 4.12. 6.03. 7.26, 8.20 p. n:.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Whar
and South Street Wharf for Atlantic City.
WEEKDAYS— Express, 8 00 a. in., 2.00, 4.00,
5.00, 7.15 p. in. Accommodation, 8.00 a. m.,
5.15 p.m. Sundays—Express, 9.00, 10.00 a.m.,
7.15 p. in. Accommodation, 8.00 a m , 5.00 p. m.
Leave ATLANTIC CITY UKPOT- Week
days— Express, 7.35, 9.00, 10.15 a. m., 2-50, 5..10 p.
ni. Accommodation, 8.05 a. m„ 8..V1 p m.
Sundays—Express, 10.15 a. m., 4.80, 7.30 p. m.
Accommodation 7.15 a. m., 4.05 p. m.
Parlor cars on all express trains.
LEAVE PH 1 LA DELPHI A.
For CAPE MAY and OCEAN CITY-Week
days—B.4s a. 111.. 4.15 p. m. Sundays—B.4s a. m.
For SEA ISLE ClTY—Weekdays 0n1y—8.45
a. m.
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY
EXPRESS.
Leave NEW YORK (Liberty Street) 9.40 A. M
8.40 p. m.
Leave ATLANTIC ClTY,—Weekdays 8.80 a.
m.. 2.15 p. in.
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
W. O BESLER, EDSON J WEEKS
Gen. Superintendent lieneral Agent.
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