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U By WILLIS >i
.. EMERY r
a ti a:: :: ::
THE cheerfulest man I know is
Hob Enunons, head of the de
tective agency which bears his
name, lie is a fat little fellow
who hasn't grown a day older
In twenty years, as all his friends de
clare. His voice is as soft and his
manner as gentle as your family phy
sician's, and his conversation is char
acterized by a guileless garrulity which
would leotl you to suppose that he
hadn't a secret in the world.
I had known him a long time and
had never seen him otherwise than
careless and almost childishly happy.
It was therefore with surprise that I
beheld him unevenly pacing the floor
and running his lingers distractedly
through his thin sandy hair when 1
failed at liis otlice on a matter of busi
ness a few days ago.
"I got your message over the phone,"
he said, "but 1 didn't understand it.
That's why 1 asked von to come over
here. Probably 1 shan't understand it
any better when you tell me about it.
I'm unfit for business today—nervous
prostration—partly worry, partly the
weather. 1 nev- |
er could stand
drizzling rain.
AYA Who is your
friend?"
L Y j The person re-
I ferred to in this
V / yr abrupt and un
/ / conventional
J ]T\ way was a young
fman who had
accompanied me
Picinr the flocr. because he knew
certain facts about the matter In hand.
"This is my clerk, Mr. Young." said
I; "the man 1 mentioned over the
phone."
"I didn't know you mentioned any
body," rejoined Emmons. "But that's
not wonderful. I'm a perfect jackass
today. However, I can give you the
addresses of several others in my line
of business if you don't think I'm fit to
take the case. If you do, sit down and
tell me your troubles."
He himself plumped down in the
chair behind his large, flat topped desk,
upon which were a great number of
playing cards that seemed to have been
laid down according to some sort of
system.
"Solitaire." said he, catching the
glance of my eye. "It"'' my medicine
for the mind. You never saw this kind
before. It's very complicated. 1 in
vented it myself. I'D go right on play
ing if yot' don't object. It w'll steady
me up. Now, what's the difficulty?"
"It's pretty serious business. Em
mons," said I.
He balanced a three spot reflectively
In his hand and finally laid it on the
deuce of spades.
"Yes?" saiil he in a faraway tone.
Young, the clerk, cast n look of sur
prise at me oft of the corner of his
eye.
"I had p contract with the Barbour
Iron company on the work for our new
buildin"," I. "and they're trying
to get out of it. The thing rests on the
document, Emmons, and if we can t
produce it we car't hold those iron peo
ple. It's a matte* - of $2."»,000 or $30,000
to our firm."
"And as you're pretty nearly the
whole thing yourself"— said Emmons
dreamily a* he studied the intelligent
countenance of the king of diamonds.
"It's the same as taking that sum
out of mv pocket," I continued after a
brief pause for him to complete his
sentence. "The contract is missing. It
was in my safe, and it's gone. I missed
If yesterday aft
ernoon, and of au
course 1 suppos- i
ed that the Bar- i yT
boor people had
hired somebody
to steal it. but
this morning I -lJ^m
got this letter ir
the mail.''
1 took the "
missive out of
the envelope and If
laid it on the 'I
de=k. Emmons "Solitaire.''
gently moved it *o one side until he
had found a place for the king of dia
monds: then he readjusted his round,
gold rimmed spectacles and read as fol
lows :
Mr. Ilenry R. Hint urn:
Dear Sir—You t! ;>l that contract i* cone, tut
it is still in existence. I have it.and 'or a fair
price 1 will Rive it tiark to vou. How would tlrt,-
000 suit you? All >»u have got to do is to offer
tbat reward for its return and no qui- f tioni asked.
I'll see that it info your hands. 1 know
what it is worth to you. and it is ch<-ap at the
figure named. Publiili "personal" offering rtwjrd
addressed 1.. M N.
"1 read It to you over the phone."
Bald I.
"Did you?" asked Emmons, pushing
the paoer to one side. "My phone is
working Ladly I didn't get the drift
of it. '"his is rank blackmail."
He took up the cards again and began
to deal some of them slowly around
upon the faces of others that lay on
the desk. One of his assistants entered
by a door behind Emmons. He had
documents in his hands, and he stood
waiting beside Emmons' chair. Pres
ently he coughed. but Emmons did not
look up. He went on with the soli
taire.
The assistant shifted uneasily on his
feet and petuall\ blushed with embar
rassment a* hi' sh<>t a glance at \ouug
and me. Presently, having coughed
again and even addressed his chief b?
name without getting any reply, he
laid the documents on the desk and
turned away
"Here!" cried Emmons, as if awak
ening. "What are these things?"
"The How land case, sir," said the as
sistant.
"Take them away, take them away!
Don't bother me with I lowland cases
today. I'm busy."
He snatched up the papers and plac
ed them in the bands of the assist
ant, who heaved n patient sigh 'tnd
withdrew. Em- •,
mons took up l. h' 1,
the cards again KJ
and then slowly l|gg=»
of your safe?"
"I'm afraid I "it's gone."
have,"was my
leply. "The 'hing is so distressing
*iat I hate to mention it. But my type
riter— She's a very fine girl, con
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Copyri?b-» 1901,
i; By Frederick
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found it, and 1 don't believe she had !
anything to do with this affair at all."
"You don't believe sin- had anything
to do with it!" repeated Emmons, nod- j
ding his head.
He turned a ca*'d as he spoke, and it
proved to be the queen of hearts. He
beamed through his spectacles us lie ;
showed the card to me.
"Miss Mariner is a very charming 1
girl," said 1. "very well educated and
the equal of anybody, but I have no :
sentimental reason for my belief in her j
innocence. It's merely a—a con vie !
tion"—
"Does M'\ Young share your convic- i
tion?" inquired Emmons.
"Why, the fact is." said Young. "I 1
don't. A fev days ago Miss Mariner j
nsked permission to keep certain things 1
in an unused drawer in the safe. My j
desk is in the room with Mr. Minturn,
•uid 1 happened to hear what she said.
Mr. Minturn said she might use the
drawer, and she went to the safe. I j
saw her open the drawer and take a ;
small key out of )
I\\ it. She held it j
/iU in her hand a j
tnoment and then '
J private drawer,"
said I."and now
it can't be found. j
The contract was
V drawer. That's
the whole case i
*jT J against her. She
' 112 has a brother j
] j' who's rather a
bad egg, but |
•'My typewriter." nQt , R , r !
fault, poor girl. He couldn't have per
suaded her to do such a thing as this,
and I don't see how he could have done
it himself, though he has been in the j
office two or three times lately to bor- J
row luueh money of his sister."
"I left them there the other day," j
said Young.
But Emmons was no longer attend
ing to our story. He had returned to
his solitaire.
While Young and I were looking at
each other rather foolishly a second
member of Emmons' force came in and
was treated as badly as the first one.
He waited at least five minutes behind
the detective's chair before he got a
chance to name his errand, which re
lated to a case that Emmons said
would have to wait until the weather
and his brains cleared up together.
"Now," said he when the man had
gone, "let's have another look at that
blackmailing letter of yours. What's
become of it?"
He turned over some papers on his
desk, carefully refraining from dis
turbing the cards, but the document
could not be found.
"Never mind." he said; "it's here
somewhere. You remember what was
in it, don't you?"
"They nsked for $10,000," said 1.
"Let's see. How was the thing word
ed? 'You think your contract is lost,
but it is still in v
existence.' Can U
you work a YKV
typewriter. Mr. f="li
Young?" . I£h[H^=
"Not toamount ji
to an villing."
Young replied. \r- '•
"but 1 can drum V
that out' for you ytvj 'ft /
if you can re
member how it J
"I've given you fT
the first sen -
tence." said Fm- "•" jtf- v
mons,"and while
you're writing ' X
that I'll think of '
ii \ long search,
the balance. It
was this way," he continued after a
pause: "I have it.and for a fair price I
will give it back to you.' " And he I
went on correctly to the end of the ;
note. "Now. let's see what we can |
make out of this." lie said, taking j
Young's copy in his hand "But its
funny that 1 can't find the original."
There ensued a long search In which
Young and I assisted, but the letter
tould not be found among the mass of j
papers on top of the desk. We finally
gave it up, and Young and I resumed !
our places while Emmons idly fingered
the cards. I was beginning to get tin
bearably nervous, and Enunons noticed
it.
"You're as bad as I am today," he
said. "You need a little solitaire your
; self."
And, despite my protests, he wasted ;
at least an hour more in teaching me
the mysteries of his game. At last we j
were Interrupted by the entrance of the j
second of the detective's assistants — ;
considered in the order of their previ
ous appearances. He laid some papers
on the desk. Emmons glanced at them
dreamily and then dismissed the man
with a wave of his hand.
Almost immediately the first assist
ant came in.and he also had papers.
Emmons was still looking at the first
lot. From this perusal he glanced up
at me with an agreeable smile.
"I'm happy to be able to inform
1 you," he said, "that neither Miss Mari
ner nor her brother spells existence
with an a."
"Of course they don't," said I.
tr "They're both educated people. But
how the deuce" —
1 "I)o I know anything about it?"
queried Emmons. "I have communi
cated with both of them. My able as
sistant who was the second to enter
this room in response, let me say, to
a little bell which I press with my
t foot was able to perceive bv a careful
<< study of my arrangement of these
cards that I desired him to find the
young lady and her brother and satisfy
my mind in Hint little matter. By the
j exercise of the ingenuity with which he
earns hi- -alary he succeeded in get-
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ting both those persons to eop\ at dic
tation the letter you received, which 1
had given to my
man, and both .
spelled the word ;
correctly. J |j
"However, it's
rather singular jrfr/*-
that the com- sIA
parison of the
original letter ' I [ \
with Mis-s Mari
ner'scopy should V ~y -j
show conclusive- *
ly that the black- /'I
mailer used tlie y
instrument in & iji -■ "j?
your office. He * 1j
probably did not j
know, though i
the fact has been
~ . . , "My hand is in the side
well enough ad of my Back roat ..
vertised, that a
typewriter's imprint is almost as dis
tinctive as penmanship.
"Now, if we join the fact of the use
of that instrument with the further
fact that Mr. Young in this letter
which 1 dictated to him has spelled ex
istence with an a and has substituted
the right word 'gone' instead of my
word 'lost,' showing that his recollec
tion of tin 1 original letter was better
than he said it was, I think we shall
reach the conclusion that a mean and
rascally thief has tried to fasten his
crime upon a perfectly innocent girl.
"Mr. Young, you will observe that my
hand is in the side pocket of my sack
coat. 1 shall regret to blow that por
tion of the garment to pieces by firing
a revolver through it. but 1 shall cer
tainly do so if you make another
movement toward your own weapon."
Mv very i inch too confidential clerk,
who had half risen from his chair with
his right baud behind him. hastily sat
do.. ,i a_.iill and clasped both hands in
bis lap. lie tried to say something, but
bis mouth was too dry.
"And now. Mr. Minturn," said Em
mons, "if you will look among the doc
uments which my other assistant
brought you will discover the missing
contract. It was found under the floor
in Mr. Young's room, as my assistant
learned from a
[[/ study of the
cards while he
! I stood beside my
j chair that I de
_ Ij sired a search to
be made there.
} "It looked like
an inside job,
/ji j my friend, from
>ll ,srst word of
/yVvl it that .1 heard
\ over the phone.
[J "\ % When you read
that letter to me.
Threw him out. 112 *l*l .
I noted the sus
picious circumstance that it said noth
ing about guarantees that the reward
would really be paid and no trap be
set. Why? Obviously because the per
son who did the trick was so much on
the inside that he felt sure of knowing
whether you would pay the reward and
uot try to get square or what trap, if
any, you would set.
"There weren't very many people an
swering that description, and this fel
low was one of them. So I said some
thing over the phone which led you to
bring him here. All this business,"
and he swept the cards into a drawer,
"was merely to make his mind easy
and waste time. If he had seen me
giving private orders and sending out
my assistants, it would have awakened
his caution, and we shouldn't have had
this little sample of hisj spelling. By
the way, do you wish to prosecute?" |
For answer ! suddenly turned upon
Young and snatched the pistol out of
his hip pocket. Then I took him by
the nape of the neck and threw him
out of the room.
After which I returned to my own i
office and humbly raised Miss Mari
ner's salary.
The IJenr Little Tiling.
"Oh, pshaw!" cried the fond young
mother, who was writing to her dearest
friend. "This dictionary isn't complete
at all."
"What's the matter?" inquired her
husband.
"I want to find out how to spell 'oot-
Bumtootsums.' "—Philadelphia Press.
How to R«>n*t Wild (>ooip.
Soak in salt and water for twelve
hours before cooking, and if you are
not sure that it is young and tender
parboil it for an hour at least. Old geese
are better boiled or steamed. For roast
ing they should not be more than eight
months old and very fat to be tender
and juicy. A green goose four months
old is considered a very choice dish by
a New Englander. It should bang at
j least twenty-four hours before cooking.
Cut the neck off close to the back, but
! leave the skin so it can be drawn over
and down on the back under the wings
1 when they are placed in position. Flat
ten out the breast with a rolling pin; tie
wings and legs securely into place and
' till loosely with a plain bread stuffing.
Sew up securely, and if the goose is not
fat enough to baste itself lay strips of
| salt fat pork over the breast and tie in
! place. Put a little water in the dripping
pan, add a little salt and pepper and
baste the goose frequently with this.
Turn occasionally so as to brown even
ly on all sides until tender and a nice
color. Serve with giblet gravy and ap
ple sauce.
Cleaning Wall Paper.
A correspondent of Cood Housekeep
ing tells of an experiment she made In
cleaning her wall paper. She says:"l
used pulverized pumice stone and flour,
four ounces of the pumice powder to
one quart of flour, making a thick paste
or dough. Roll out as wide as the wall
paper In length and two inches thick,
then inclose the dough In a piece of
muslin and sew it on and boil for
about three-quarters of an hour, when
the rolls will be hard and firm, ready
for use. You will have to use the \ ash
boiler, as nothing else in the kettle line
will be large enough to accommodate
the broken lengths of the strips. These
rolls are then used for rubbing over
the soiled portions of the paper. Not
only will they l take out ordinary dirt
spots, but grease as well. After the rub
bing the paper should be dusted off
carefully with a clean cloth, and If any
dirt remains go over the surface again.
This removes the dirt much better than
the bread process, which I have tried
also. It cleans like a charm."
I'hree Killed Itj a Train.
Brooklyn, June 7 -Three railroad
laborers were killed by being run over
! by a passenger train on the Long Isl
and railroad yesterday. They were:
Matthew ("lark, aged 42; Daniel Hal
pin, and Patrick Ityan, 42. The
men were walking on the track, and
did not seem to hear th'j warning sig
nals
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Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
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dition of the stomach involving the
allied organs of digestion and nutrition.
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Dr. I'ierce's I'ellets cure constipation.
BURDEN OF BAD ROADS.
Cant Kilienae They Annnnlly I'laee
on the Farmer.
11l u country as large as that In
which we live, with the greater part of
Its producing regions widely separated
from the markets which they serve,
the mutter of transportation is one of
yast importance, writes Hon. Martin
Dodge in Forum. This applies particu
larly to our agricultural products; for,
while a great portion both of our man
ufactured output and of our farm
growth must be moved long distances
by rail or water before reaching a mar
ket, practically all of the latter must
also be transported for greater or less
distances over the public highways.
The question of marketing these agri
cultural products, amounting in the
L'nited States to $1,000,000,000 annual
ly, on terms that the dealer can afford
ta pay and the grower to accept, often
reduces itself to a question of cheap
and quick delivery: in other words, to
u question of economical transporta
tion.
As far as the railways and steamship
lines are concerned, this problem lias
been dealt with very intelligently and
satisfactorily. Skill and money have
been applied without stint to the pro
vision of eularged means of convey
ance, improved ways and Increased
power. These influences, under the
stress of strong competition, have re
duced long distance freight rates to a
reasonable level.
There is one phase of this transporta
tion problem, however, which has ap
proached no satisfactory solution. That
j is the matter of wagon road haul. As
has til ready been said, while the great
er part of our farm products travels by |
steamship, canal or railway for a por- j
tion of the journey to market, virtually
; all gf them are conveyed for some dis
-1 taiiK over the public highways. It is
unfortunate that this is often the most
expensive part of their journey. It has
been shown by mathematical demon
stration that it costs more to move a
bushel of wheat or a ton of hay ten ,
miles over the average country roads \
of the l'nited States than to transport
the same burden .">no miles by railway I
or 'J.otKi miles by steamship. It lias ;
happened many times in different parts
of the country that farmers have let
crops goto waste because the cost of
hauling them to the nearest market or j
railway shipping point over wretched
and ill kept roads amounted to more
than could be realized for them after
ward; whereas, if good roads on which
heavy loads could be hauled had been
at hand, the same crops could have
been marketed at a small profit to the
producer, while the economic gain re
sulting from their application to useful
purposes would have been very consid
erable.
Since the year 1000 England haß suf
fered from 57 famines. Ireland from
34. Scotland has had 12, Fiance 10 and
Italy 30.
Much Cork.
The bottled beer of England requires
nearly 70,000 tons of cork yearly.
Klrat Up Mont Blanc.
The first men to ascend Mount Blacc
were Balmat and Paccard In 1780.
They gained the prize offered 20 years
before by Saussure for so doin".
Aii ImpreMNion.
This world, it is a busy place.
Each lias bis task to do.
And every man's seems easier
Than that which falls to you.
—Washington Star.
That op Nothlnjt.
Smith-Why did you call Brown a
liar?
Jones-Well, I had to call him some
| thing.—Chicago News.
The Dlnli For 111 m.
Turkey 'bout a mile too high,
Weather sorter chillin';
Never could beat possum pie,
80 fr'en'ly, fat en fillin'!
—Atlanta Constitution.
The Same Thing.
Blobbs—l would rather starve than
be it poet.
Slobbs—What's the difference?— Phil
adelphia Record.
1 Unalloyed Kncoitfilnm.
You'll get more praise than you deserve,
Though fellow mortals jeer and laugh.
You know they will not have the nerve
To scold you in your epitaph.
'The New York Evening Post has
lately celebrated its one hundredth an
niversary. With the single exception
. of Tlie Commercial Advertiser, which
. | was started in 17U7, The Post is the
oldest New York daily, and it is one of
; the oldest in the L'nited States printed
J ' uninterruptedly under the same name.
'lbe t'hlnri* l.nuuh.
The Chinese laugh Is not ns hearty or
" as expressive ns the European or
American. It is oftener a titter than a
genuine outburst of merriment. There
• Is little chnracter or force in it.
' ] Heads Should Never Ache.
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ROADS ()F KKXTI CICY
OLD TURNPIKES 10 BE SUPERSEDED
BY MODEI. HIGHWAYS.
Method of Kicinmraetioii of the
LiiuOHtone I'iUi s—Points to Cuniiid
♦*«* In the Maintenance of Stone
It on tl \\ a> n.
The limestone turnpikes of central
Kentucky have been famous for more
than half a century, aii.l now Fayette
county is the first of localities in the
great west to take up the mo ld roads
system on anything more than an ex
perimental ha.-is, says the Louisville
Courier-Journal. Thirteen great turn
pikes radiate from Lexington like the
spokes from a wheel, and for two
miles on each cue of them, commenc
ing at the city limits, the fiscal court
has ordered to !>e constructed a turn
pike on the model road system. This
means twenty-six miles of roadway,
and it is more than probable that
before the contract for this length of
road is compli i«•<I other contracts for
additional road construction on this
principle will lie let. As there are 400
miles of turnpike ill Fayette county
the complete reconstruction would
mean the investment of $.">00,000 in
new pikes for the county.
It is expected that by the fall of 1002
the twenty six miles of model road
contract.'d for will be completed. The
fiscal court is then expected to issue an
order f> r an additional two miles on
each of thjj pikes until all are recon
structed throughout the entire length.
The model road when completed is as
smooth as a billiard tal>le. sheds water
like a duck's back and, it is asserted, is
more durable than the regulation mac
adamized pike, "where the cracked rock
is simply thrown upon the roadbed
and allowed to adjust Itself to condi
tion. As a preparation to reconstruct
ing an old turnpike a fifteen ton spiked
roller is run over the old road to tear
up the metal, as the rock is called, of
which the pike is constructed. This is
followed by a half ton harrow, which
completes the work. A modern grader
then shapes the metal so that the road
will have the proper "crown" for shed
ding water. New cracked rock is add
ed and the entire mass rolled until it is
apparently solid. Then it is watered,
and screenings <r the small cracked
CI N \j
w.
A MODEL HIGHWAY,
rock dust is spread over the road and a
second rolling given until the bib ma
chine makes no impression on the
roadbed. In this way the soft lime
stone rock is welded or cemented into
a solid mass and a road equal to a
dark driveway created.
Of course there are a number of de
tails connected with road construction
which add difficulties to what appears
to be a very simple mode of building,
I and to avoid these various artifices are
| resorted to. In discussing the ques
tion l'rofessor M. A. Scovell, director
of the Kentucky agricultural experi
mental station, said:
"A number of things affect the dura
bility of a road. First, if water stands
on it; second, if the road is not so con
structed its to prevent water from per
i meating it; third, if the roadbed on
! which the metal rests becomes soaked
with water; f< urth, if the metal is not
firmly bound together by first coiu
j pacting and then cementing; fifth, if
i the metal is too soft to stand wear.
To prevent standing water the roa.l
should be well crowned. If water can
| permeate the metal of a road, especial
ly in freezing weather, it soon disin
tegrates it and causes ruts. The metal
should be compacted and cemented by
having heavy rollers run over it, wet-
I ting thoroughly and rolling and then
wetting again and rolling with fine
rock scattered over the roadbed. This
J cements ".he entire mass. If the dirt
foundation on which the metal rests
becomes tilled with water, it soon set
tles, at.d this causes the metal to break.
When it freezes enough to freeze
through the metal, the soil underneath
! expands, and this expansion soon
breaks the metal and destroys the
road. It is necessary, therefore, to
well drain any places in the road which
are liable to be wet. For this tile
i drains are put down at the side of the
road three feet deep. Proper crown,
thorough cementing and compacting
' and drainage of the foundation road
bed are the essentials of model road
building, and these are essentials in
j the constructing of the Fayette county
roads.
Special Agent Joseph A. Holmes of
the national department of agriculture
visited Lexington for the sole purpose
of inspecting these roads and declared
that the material and construction
were equal to any in the world.
State Tax For Roads.
The best method yet devised for levy
ing taxes upon city property for the
pur]>ose of building country roads is by
the medium of a state tax. This is
levied upon city and country property
alike, upon all classes of people, so that
every locality, every taxpayer, con
tributes proportionately according to
the amount of property owned, the
' wealthv property owners contributing
the largest amounts. —otto Horner.
Ilow to Make Steak Tender.
The French cook has a method of
transforming the toughest of steaks in
|t j one that is tender and juicy. The
meat is allowed to stand over night in
a mixture of vinegar and salad oil. the
two used in equal parts. For a three
pound steak half a teacupful of the
mixture should be putin a dish large
'enough to allow the meat to be spread
out. Prepare the mixture early in the
evening and turn the steak the last
tiling before leaving it for the night.
Of course neither salt nor pepper should
be added until the steak is cooked, since
the salt always serves to draw out the
| juices.
lion to Make Wheat Fl«h Hull*.
' 1 One-half pound of salt codfish, one
' tablespoonful of butter, one pint of hot
, milk, a dash of white pepper, one egg
i and four shredded wheat biscuits rolled
I and sifted. Freshen the fish, chop or
| jiick it very fine, add the wheat crumbs
i and pepper, also butter and hot milk,
I stirring well together. Let all stand
| five minutes. Make into balls, roll in
the egg, which must be beaten light;
" ' then roll in wheat crumbs, for which
' prepare two biscuits, which must be
I rolled and sifted; then drop in hot fat
and fry to a light brown.
GOOD ROADS DEPARTMENT.
Commerce and Transportation May
Have I'laee In Cabinet.
Oood road enthusiasts are confident
that the bill providing for the creation
of a new government department will
be passed at the coming session of con
gress. The measure, as proposed and
as it will be backed by the good roads
people, provides for the establishment
of a department of commerce and
transportation or commerce and public
works. It is intended to establish un
der its direction a bureau of good
roads. At present the bureau of public
road inquiries is under the department
of agriculture. It is also the intention
t<> place bureaus now under the direc
tion of the interior and treasury de
partments under the proposed depart
ment of commerce. President Moore
of the National CJood Koads associa
tion recently said:
"I have talked with a great many
members of congress this summer,
with the' result that I am confident the
new department will be created at the
next session. Every senator and repre
sentative I have seen favors it.
"Heretofore the politicians have not
understood the situation, but now they
are getting their eyes opened. The
people are also beginning to see some
thing must be done toward building
permanent good roads. Our mission is
to educate, and in establishing this de
partment and making a liberal appro
priation for it the government will also
be educating. No one expects the gov
ernment to build the roads. Such a
proposition would be foolish. The gov
ernment can, however, build sample
roads and thereby let the people know
what the advantages are. The states
must build the roads.
"The railroads are interested in a
movement for good roads because they
realize good roads are essential to their
interests. At present shipments prac
tically stop in a large part of the coun
try for five months every year because
the farmers cannot get to the railroad
stations. The result is the railroad
companies must try to have cars enough
to carry the business when the farmers
can get to the stations. This compels
them to keep large numbers of cars
idle much of the time, and as they
don't want to maintain any more roll
ing stock than is absolutely necessary
they are usually short of cars when the
rush comes. With good roads all over
the country the traffic would be dis
tributed through twelve months of the
year. This Is the reason the railroads
want good roads."
MASSAGING THE FACE.
Mow to Proceed In Thin Wrinkle De
stroying rrocen.
To give massage properly requires a
! good deal of practice and a thorough
knowledge of the anatomy of the face.
It is a mistake to put any cream that
' happens to be handy on your face and
to work with your fingers in every spot
but the right one, using every move
ment but the correct one. You should
goto work in as scientific a manner as
you can, for three movements given
I correctly will do more good than a doz
i en careless strokes.
First get a chart, one on which the
muscles of the face are shown and dia
grammed plainly. You can easily see
what is the trouble when you look at
the chart, for your muscles are relaxed,
and when you have located the little
muscles that are so tender and numer
ous near the corner of the eye, for this
Ik the sun wrinkle, sit down, dip your
lingers lightly into a good cream and
then, placing the hand in a position so
that the wrist points upward and the
j fingers toward the nose, describe little
I circles upward and outward on the
muscles, which you will be able to lo
cate by feeling your face and looking
j at the chart.
Never massage toward the center of
the face and never downward, for the
skin is like a piece of silk, and if it is
folded the wrong way a rumple will be
the result.
Always remember to wash the face
in warm water before massaging it, for
if you don't and there is the least bit of
dust on it you will rub the dust Into
the pores, and the result will be little
blackheads. This is not possible if the
hands and face are first washed and a
pure cream which has been kept in a
covered Jar is used.
Allow the cream to stay on the face
all night and wash away with a warm
water and good soap in the morning.
Wiggles—Ho you call your kitchen
girl a maid?
Waggles—How can we? Her name
is Mrs. Moriarity, and she has eight
growu up children.—Somerville Jour
nal.
To Save Time.
"Jedge," said the colored prisoner
"is 1 expected ter tell de truth?"
"Why, of course you are!'
"Well, den des go ahead en sentence
me fust!"— Atlanta Constitution.
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TIMK TABLE.
Corrected to May i, 1901.
X LW VoKK.
AM* \M* I'M*
Barclay St I,v. 1 '«l «0 100
Christopher S;. 2on lo uo i l>»>
Hobokcn 30 '"I s : }
Nc ronton AT 0 MSI I : > *8
I'.M All PM* I'Al*
Bullalo l.ve JI :o I -
Hcranton Ar •> lo 10 mi
AM+ AM* I'Mt I'M*
Sf'RANTO* •> •' 10 On 1 >nO
Kellevue 6 SO
Taviorrille t•" 15 - u:i 681
Kill'k iIWUDDH ~01 111 J. 11l >i 0-i
lin i yea ~ <>: i 10 20 213 000
Pittston "07 Hi :.l -17 »i lit
Susquehanna Ave... ~I" "i > 2 i:i ii Ir,
Weal Pittston ~13 10 35 'i 619
WyotuiLK 717 io -10 'l 'i. 021 |
Forty Fort
Bennett - " '0 I' l 151 0 [
Kingston ar. " :i 'l "i •>I 'I 40 li •'»> |
Wlikes-Barre Ar '*> nl« 450 848 1
Wilkes Barre .L»ve ' 10 30 2 -hi 820
Kingston i\ ~80 10 il 210 ti 85 |
Plymouth .10ne... .
Plymouth • ■ II u: a 4>.i 0 lil
A von. In le 1 i'l 'J I —..
' Nanticoke •_ }■' "'] ' ■>* . 51
Hunlork'i 'sl il J. 3 i.ii | 0.7
Sbickshin.iy s i'in ■ 710
Hick's Ferry s 11 , ' ll: »»' f l->
Beach I : veil h 337 7 <;>> |
Berwick 823 11 -»i 144 .83
Briar ('reck 1 ;
Willow (.rove 112 ;;
Lime kidue s ' U2IHI ;
Lpjjy * 1- !•» * 7 o'-'
Bloomsburg h " 1- -- 4 1* 70"
Rupert -'7 4I" h (il
Catawissa ' 1- * 'fr *"5
I»arvilie ... 12 47 4 ii-> K2O
Chulasky _ **-
I-tmerou . 1- •" •I s
NOITHUMBKRLAKD 110 f> 00 815
AM I'M I'M I'M
GOING -.AST.
NBW YOIB I'M I'Mf
Barclay f?t. Ar 3 ■"«"> hou
Christopher St .. - n I 6">
Hohoken :: lo 4 4S
Scranton 10 05 12 65 .. ..
AM I'M* AM* AM*
Buffalo Ar I «00 12 45 | 7( 0
Scrantoii I.\ 1 ' M >4B 11 i|s
AM* I'M! I'M+ I'M*
Scranton ! * 4- 1- <*' 4 f>o 845
Bellevue !• 37 1 4 45
Taylorville o u 2 440 835
Lackawanna 0 2ii 4 i'i s 27
Duryea 23 4 25
Fittston »1» 12 17 424 H
Supquebaniia Ave.. M' 12 i-* 420 slh
West FittetOD... 11 1:: ! 4 17 h Iti
Wyominif otr 12 (JK 412 812
Forty Fort 4" 7 ••••
Bennett y 1 ' 4 03 8 04
Kingston h 4B 11 in 400 802
Wi Ikcs-Barrc l.v s ■ ll HiO 360 7 ;>U
Wilkes-Burtv .Ar 12 10 410 Bin
Kingston 808 11 0 U ! 4W | 802
Plymouth Junction s 1)1 352
Plymouth.. 847 n6l 34i 7 ■>:!
Avondale ; ® 3 42
Nautli-oke 8 ilB n4o 338 7 4ti
Hunlock s h 32 331 (7 41
ShickehlDnv 1- H '•'y 3 ~
Hick's Ferry 8 800 f7 21
Beaeh Haven | 502 3 7 12
Berwick ' •'** 11 05 &8 7 (>5
Briar Creek 240 ; l' 2 ai Iti 58
Willow tirove r L ** «••><{
Lime Kldge i?"!.■■ ■ -
Espy i ;| a 10 48 240 li 41
Bloomshurg i"i 10 46 234 li 38
Kupert L J.'. 10 3, 220 ti 32
Catawlssa 1 'i- 10 34 -24 027
Danville I •' :,IS loin 2il 812
Chul .sky ' !
Cameron : '! f2 oi fii 03
NOKTHI-mbbrl'D. .. . lin'on + 1 50 *5 50
LV AM AM FM
Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia &
Keaillng Railroad for Tatnanerd, Tamaqua.
Wllliamsport, Sunbury, Pottgville, etc Ai
Northumberland with P and E. Iliv. P. K. R. for
Harrisburg. Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
Corry. ana Erie.
♦Daily. * + Daily except undsiy. fstop on
Bi|;nal.
I .
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov, 24, 1901-
AMIA.M. PM,P. M |
Scranton( D&H)lv \ 6 4">' ;9 38 2 18 ?4 27
PittSton " " 708 110 no §2 42 452
A. M. A. M P. M_ P.M
Wilkesbarre... Iv § 7 2") Sio 2 4."> j8 no
Plym'th Kerry " 112 7 32 fin 42 i 252 f6 117
Nanticoke " 742 10 .">0 31 1 9
Mocanaqua .... " 801 il 07 2o 83i
Wapwallopen.. " 8 111 11 lii 331 047
Nescopeck ar 818 11 2ti 342 700
A. M A. M. P.M.
Pottsvllle lv (i 550 til 55 i 2 45
Hazleton " 705 12 .V> 3On
Tom hick en " 722 111 ;i 1'
Fern Glen " 720 1 18 3 2'-:
Rock <>len "I 7 3."> _
Nescopeck ar 802 : 1 4.i 4 O0 ;
A. M A. M P. AI P M
Nescopeck lvjij S 18 jiU 2ii 342-7 00
Creasv... *' 83n II 'in 3 2 • 00
Espv Ferry.... " 1 8 42 II 4li 112 4 02 7 2_'
E. iiloomsburg. "| 847 11 50 4 Oti 7 2.>
Catawissa ar 555 11 ~7 4 1 > 732
Catawlssa lv 8 •"■0 .17 + l-i 732
south Danville " « 4 12 15. 431 t >1
Sunbury ',o3< 12 40 4 815
A. M. P M. P. M P.M.
-unbury lv jj 0 42 Si- 45 § ■> in ,9
Lcwisburg.... ar >0 13 145 540
Milion " 1" 08 139 5 3-i 10 "7
Wllliamsport.. "1 lion 1.41 ti 30 |0 55,
1 Lock Haven... " 11 50 220 728
Henovo " A.M. Sno 830
Kane " 8 25 '
jl'.M P.M. 1
Lock Haven..lv sl2 10 13 45 1 .
1 Bellefonte ....ar 1 I 4 11 .... '
Tyrone "I 220 II 800
1 Pbilipsburg " 4 35jj[ 802 1
Clearfield.... " 525S 8 4 ,
Pittsburg.... 855 10 4o .... |
1 I. P. MPM. P M
Sunbury lv 950 $ 1 •' 1 •> 2 rs 31
g Harrisburg.... ar II 3n §3 15 0 i 0 !0 10
t P. M. P. M. P. M. A M
fhllailelphla.. ar ii 3 17 , 6 23 |lO 20 4 2>
Baltimore 311 ;| 0"0 04 • 230
Washington... j 4 10,|, 715 '0 ;>•> 4Oi
P, M]| —
sunbury lv Sio 00 5 2 15 1
' Lewistown Jc. ar 11 4_> 4 o_> ....
Pittsburg ■' #55, §lO 45
~~' A.M . P. M P. M. P M
0 Hurrlstiurif.... lv 11 45 500n 7 15 ;102.
e P. M. A .M. A. M. A M
Httsburg ar 1 855 ,i 15" ii 1 50 5 30
IP. M.| P M A M A Ml
Pittsburg lv Tin yon 3 W>| 8 00:
. A. M A M ! p M
1 Harrisburg.... ar 200 4 2 030 310
"AJI A M|
h PlttSbutlf lv :8 CO
P M
i.ewistown Jj. '• j 7 ilo 1 j; 3 IKI
Sunbury ar 0 2 ; 4 50
P. M J M A M M
Washington... lv 14".. 7 5 10 5"
Baltlmo e ' 11 41 4in 8 ;.7 U
I'lnladelphla... " 11 20 28 83011 40
A M A M A. M. F M
Harrlsburn lv 3 3"> 7 Vi ;11 li' ;3 20
Sunbury ar 505 0 ;-.o 110 - 5 n.,
I- P. M A MAM
Pittsburg lv :12 45 .. 8 00 ; >on
Clearfield.... " 3 50; i j
Philipeburg.. " lin 10 12
I- Tyrone " 7 0 ... 810 12 25
a Bellefonte.. " 8 lii 93: | 105
Lock llaven ar 1) I 10 30 210
P. M. M \ M P "j
Krle. . .... v 5 i.'i ....
Kane 8 In : ii 11
licnovo "I 11 50 . # 4.i in :>i
Look Havxn 12 8 7 . .."1 11 253 no
A. VI P M
WlllianiM|Hirt .. 220 8 3 12 10 400
' llton .. ■• *j 22 0
Lewisbura * mil 1 15 442
j Sunbury .... ft 1 2-. V<i 16. -'ln
, ! v.v A M P M P>l ,
Sunbury lvU #45 o <6 •2 00 5 25|
South DMTIlte * 7 >1 O'7 221 5 Of
v'atawissa .... 732 10 3n 2 ->o oo>
1. Blooilisburg.. •• 7 17 "43 2 lii 615
Opy Ferry... •• 7 42'fl< 47 •
*'rt'Hsy ... . ....": 752 1 5t3 2V, li :io '
N e»co|ieek " 1)2 U 0 3 0"» 040
A M A VI P. M. P V
Catawlssa lv 782 10 38 28# 608
Nesco|M'ck lv 823 s5 1 > 7 n.">
Kock (Hen. . ar 11 22 788 *
Fern 'Hen " 851 11 28 >32 7 ii
Tombiclren .... " 858 11 88 588 T42
Hazleton " 019 11 58 5 9 sOS
Pottsville '• lo 15
AM A M!F H P Mf"
Nescopeck lv j 8 ('2 11 n& - 3 n.. 6 I" • •••
Wapwallepea. .ar 8 I'' II SO 320 6 2
Mocanaqua.... " 831 II 32 33d 701 •••*
Nanticoke " 853 II 54 340 7 10
p M • •••
Plym'th Ferry" '0 03 12 12 3 1 12" 28
Wllksbarte ..." Vln 12 in 405 7 3
AM P M P M P M
' Pittstoni I>A'H) ar 0?o 12 5 4Mi 830 ••••
» Scranton " • in ■ 8 124 524 *• eft
5 Weekdays. Da lv 112 Flan station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping < ar- run on
thrnuuli trains between Sunbury. Willlamsport
y and Krle between Snnbnry md Phlladelpbia
i, 1 and Washington and between Harrisburu, I'itts
y tiurg and the West
j | For further information apply to Ticket AKcnts
6 /H. IIVTCIIIASOM, ./. R. WOOD,
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PHILADELPHIA &
READING RATI,WAY
CORRECTED TO NOV. 17. 1801
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
(weekdays only)
Fer Philadelphia 11.2-1 am. .
For New York 11.21 a hi, .
For Oatawlsga 11.24 a. m„ ti.o4 j>. m.
For Milton 7.82 a. m., 4.00 p m.
For Willlamsport 7.82 a. m., 4.00 p m.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington and th»
South leave Twenty-fourth and Chestnut
Htreets, Philadelphia, weekdays—3.2B, T. 14
10.22 a. m„ 12.16, 1.38, 8.03, 4.12, 5.03, 7.26, 8.38 p.
m , 12.21 night . Sundays 3.23, 7.14 a. m., 12.16
1.33, 4.12. 5.03. 7 26. 8.26 p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut street Whar
and South Street Wharf for Atlantic City.
WEEKDAYS— Express, stoo a. m., 2.00, 4.00,
5.00, 7.15 p. in. Accommodation, 8.00 a. ra.,
5.15 p. in. Sundays—Express, 9.00, 10.00 a.m.,
715 p. ni. Accommodation, 8.00 a in ,5.00 p. m.
Leave ATLANTIC CITY UKPOT-Week
days—Express, 7.:>5, 9.00,10.15 a. in., 2.50,5.80 p.
m.* Accommodation, 8.05 a. m., 3.. r O p m.
Sundays-Express, 10.15 a. in., 4.80, 7.80 p. m.
Accommodation 7.15 a. m., 4.05 p. ni.
Parlor cars on all express trains.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA.
For CAPE MAY and OCEAN CITY-Week
davs—B.4s a. in.. 4.15 p. in. 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. \
8.40 p. 111.
Leave ATLANTIC ClTY,—Weekday# 8.80 a
m ,2 15 p. in.
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
W O BE-U.ER, EDSON J WKKKB
den. Superintendent General Agent.
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