I On the Road
• Blythedale =
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® COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY
THE blue gray road was level
and smootl). but Dorothy Ver
nou rode very slowly, for she
did not wish to show the re
sults of overexertion when she reached
her destination, the lawn party at Colo
nel Webster's in Blythedale. It was a
twenty mile ride from her uncle's
house in Plaiutield, but that was 110 th
lug to so expert a rider as Dorothy.
The road branched three ways just
ahead of her, and at that point stood a
guidepost from which some vandal
had removed the slgu. However, it
served as a landmark for Dorothy, who
had l>een over the road once before and
remembered that the branch to the left
led to Blythedale.
A young man overtook her just as
she came in sight of the guidepost, and
as he passed her he smiled as one who
wishes to fie sociable. Hut Dorothy,
who had strong views about chance
acquaintances, froze him with a glance,
and he rode on so humble that the
curve of his back over the low handle
bars was like the prostration of an
oriental devotee.
Dorothy saw the offending stranger
alight before the guidepost, and as she
came up she heard liim say to another
dismounted cyclist, "If you're not sure,
I'll ask somebody else, for it is very
important to me."
"There's no doubt about it," said the
other. "The right hand road leads to
Blythedale."
A grave question of duty confronted j
the conscientious Dorothy. Could she
allow this young man to be so woefully
misdirected? He had offended her, but
revenge is simple. Besides, he had not
behaved so very badly. It was not as
if he had spoken to her. It was only a
smile and not at all an offensive one,
and he looked very much the gentle
man.
So Dorothy stifled her resentment
and spoke to him, or, rather, she ad
dressed the landscape in general as she
passed him. saying, "The road to
Blythedale is the one to the left."
She made a feint of taking another
road and thus permitted him to get
ahead of her. Out of the corner of her
eye she saw that he accepted her ad
vice without hesitation, and that af
forded her considerable satisfaction.
She had returned good for evil, and the
matter was important, too, for she had
heard him say so.
He rode slowly, and Dorothy had to
exercise restraint to keep from over
taking him. She suspected him of
waiting Cor her, though he never once
looked over his shoulder.
"I can't In common fairness pretend
to fix his pace for him," said she, "but
I won't overtake him, and I don't like
to trail along behind him all the way to
Blythedale."
In trying to decide what to do about
it Dorothy remembered that about
three miles from the fork In the road
there was a well, with a rude, little
shed built over It. She had quenched
her thirst there on the occasion of her
former ride to Blythedale and had
praised the water to the rustic who had
drawn it for her. She resolved to stop
there again and give the stranger a
chance to gain a lead. It would have
been easy enough to stop anywhere,
but it seemed silly to do so without ex
cuse.
Yet the idea that she was pursuing
the man whom she had repelled began
to annoy her, and she wished him out
of her sight. Every time she checked
her speed he did the same, yet it must
have been pure accident, for he never
onc-e looked back. When he quickened
his pace, she found herself instinctive
ly increasing her own rate of speed,
and the sum of it was that they held
their relative positions as accurately as
If they had been two cars fastened to
the same cable.
"This absurdity will end at the well,"
thought Dorothy. But what had be
"THE ROAD TO BLYTHEDALE 19 THE ONE
ON THE LEFT."
come of the well? Surely she had rid
den three miles, and yet she had not
come to it.
She wondered if it could have been
possible for her to pass it. Certainly
not; the little penthouse was a most
conspicuous object. Even if she could
have ridden past that there was a
great tree only a few hundred yards
beyond which she remembered perfect
ly. It stood behind a low hedge, and
Us branches shaded the road.
Dorothy passed two or three wayside
wells, but no penthouse; she saw many
low hedges like the one which she re
membered, hut there was 110 big tree.
And then it suddenly occured to her
to ask herself whether she remembered
anything along this road. She had rid
den four miles and not a single famil
iar object had met her gaze. It is true
that <m the previous occasion she had
been one of a considerable party and
had paid more attention to her com
panions than to the scenery, yet a land
mark here and there must have itn
>ressed itself upon her mind. Why did
die not recognize some object by the
way?
Her cyclometer registered four and a
ialf miles from the broken guidepost.
Vhead of her was a short, steep hill
overed with broken stone. It did not
issort with any picture In her memory.
>orotliy looked at It fixedly as she
irew nearer, and the doubt that had
>eeu harrowing her soul became dread
ul certainty, and she said aloud, with
•ut in the least intending to do so,
This is not the road to Blythedale!"
The deluded stranger hail already
cached the hill and was walking it
»'ith surprising energy. Dorothy dis
lounted where the road became tinrld
ble and stared upward at the athletic
gure of her victim. A fearful respon-
Ibility rested upon her and u most dls
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! agreeaoie duty. It her conscience had
forbidden her to let this person be mis
directed by others, how now, when she
herself was the author of his error?
She stood irresolute at the foot of
the hill trying to summon up the cour
age to call tint to him. and while she
hesitated the opportunity passed, as
opportunities nearly always will. The
young man reached the top. mounted
hastily and rode away. One frantic
cry Dorothy sent after him, but it did
not reach his ear. He vanished beyond
the brow of the hill.
Then Dorothy seized her wheel and
raced up that hill in the hot sun like a
mad woman. When she gained the
summit, the stranger was over half a
mile away. She mounted her bicycle
and sped after him.
She gained rapidly at first, but when
the distance between them had been
cut down to the same old hundred
yards the pursued began to mend his
pace. I kirotliy knew it because she
was increasing her own, yet did not
gain an inch. The unknown had been
warned In their first encounter to "keej
Ills distance," and he was doing it witb
amazing accuracy.
"I BEG YOUR I'ARDON," SAID HE.
It must be embarrassing for a lady
to begin a conversation with a Strang*
young man whom she is pursuing at
the rate of tifteen miles an hour. There
Is not the best opportunity for the dis
play of that cool reserve so necessarj
in such cases. The lady's words must
be few and well chosen, especially
when her breath is getting scanty and
she can feel the dust in her throat.
After Dorothy had made up her mind
that she could not overtake the stran
ger and had fought one last battle with
the un-Christian impulse which prompt
ed her to let hiui go where the fates
might lead him, she wasted half a mile
in trying to find some phrase that
would not sound ridiculous if screamed
after him. As there is 110 such phrase
in the language, she did not find one.
She was tempted to try a counterfeit
fall from her wheel, but she knew that
he would run out of hearing while she
was slowing down sufficiently to make
the experiment safe.
"Oh, anything! Anything to end this
misery!" she groaned, and then, with
all the breath In her body: "Please
stop! We're on the wrong road!"
The stranger did not turn his head,
but he instantly applied liis foot to the
tire of the forward wheel and brought
the machine to a stop so suddenly that
Dorothy ran almost up to him before
she could dismount.
"I beg your pardon," said he, raising
his cap. "Did you call to me?"
He was not in the least disturbed by
the race he had run. His face was not
red, and the high, standing collai
around his neck looked as if it hail
just come from a laundry. Dorothy
felt her own face blazing, and she
knew that her hair must look like a
pitchfork full of hay in a gale of wind
"I have directed you wrongly," saiiJ
she in a tone suited to conversation
with an unrepentant burglar. "This b
not the Blythedale road. I aui very
sorry."
"I'm sure It's not your fault In the
least," he replied. "It's the fault of
the fellow who made the road. He
should have laid It out In a different
direction. But it's a nice road, and
I'm glad to have seen it. I suppose it's
necessary togo back to the place
where you—that is, where I" —
"Where the three forks are," said
Dorothy sternly.
"To be sure," he said. "I thank you
very much."
He lifted his cap again, made a
graceful pedal mount and rode away.
Dorothy would have welcomed death
in any form. She felt sure that this
man's absurd remarks about the road
were not due to embarrassment, as
they seemed to be, but were what the
boys call "guying." Her self esteem
was wounded t<> its vitals. However,
nothing remained but to fall again into
the wake of this dreadful fellow and
pursue him all the way to Blythedale.
He rode in the same leisurely manner
011 the return as he had In the begin
ning of the way out, and Dorothy was
seldom more than half a cable's length
behind him. About a mile before the
forks were reached, however, lie quick
ened his pace and passed out of sight.
Dorothy sent up a silent liynm of
thanksgiving, but her rejoicing was
premature, for when she came in sight
of the broken guidepost there was her
acquaintance seated on a rock by the
roadside in conversation with a rustic
who leaned upon a bicycle of rude and
primitive design. As Dorothy ap
proached the cause of all Iter woes
*tepped out into the road, with his cap
iu Ills hand.
"1 beg your pardon," lie said, "but it
seems we were on the right road after
ail."
Dorothy dismounted with more haste
than grace. The rustic approached her,
grinning, and she recognized in him the
youth who had drawn the water from
the well that mysterious well that had
vanished.
"This the road to Blythedale!" cried
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(Dorothy. "You must be mistaken."
"No, inarm," said the youth, "I ain't
! mistaken. I've liv< d tin this road ever
j since I was born, an' I should 'a'thought
you'd 'a' known the way. Didn't you
I notice our well? But p'r'aps you!
I didn't 'cause the house over it's been j
taken down."
"Where's the big tree just beyond I
jit?" demanded Dorothy.
"Blowed over in the duststorm week
I ago yesterday. You remember that
j squall in the middle of the afternoon;
reg'lar tornado it was. Same blow
| broke the wellhouse so's they had to
! take It down. Tliein two things beln'
j missin' threw you off, I guess. Then the j
| road don't look quite the same, any- j
j way. They're niendin' It In a number .
1 of places—Briggs' hill an' along beyond
1 for a mile or more 111 spots."
Dorothy cast one agonized glance at j
j the stranger, but he was already j
1 mounting his wheel. 111 another tno- 1
| nient he was riding away.
Except for the pain of gazing upon
1 him from the tops of hills and In the
! long, straight stretches of the road,
j Dorothy had no more trouble with him,
and he vanished as they reached the
town.
Dorothy arrived at Colonel Webster's
weary, warm and out of temper. The
colonel's daughter, Dora, took her in
charge at once and helped her set her- j
self to rights after the long ride. As j
they strolled out upon the lawn togetli
j "I'LL LEAVE MISS VERNON TO SHOW YOU
AROUND."
i er afterward they encountered a young
man, whom Miss Webster immediately i
! summoned to her side,
j "You know Mr. Knight, Dorothy,"!
said she. "Don't you remember meet
ing him at the class day ball in Prince-.
ton?"
Dorothy looked at Mr. Knight, and
she remembered meeting him not only t
at Princeton on class day, but also by j
the broken guidepost that very after j
noon.
"Mr. Knight rode over from Plain- !
field, too," said Dora. "It's too bad you
didn't meet, and I don't see why you 1
didn't, for he got here only a few miu ;
utes before you did."
"I came a very roundabout way," re
marked the young man.
"And even if we had encountered
#acli other 011 the road," added Doro
thy, "it is possible that I might not '
have recognized Mr. Knight. People
look so different in bicycle dress."
"I should have known you at a
glance," said Knight, "even though
your face were turned from me. Nc
other woman in the world has hair like
yours."
"Well, upon my word, you two are
getting along well!" exclaimed Dora.
"I think I'll leave Miss Vernon to show
you around the grounds."
"I have no doubt she Is an excellent
guide," replied the young man."l will
follow wherever she leads."
"Sarcasm!" whispered Dorothy as
Miss Webster turned away.
"No, it's the simple truth,"he raid,
looking into her eyes.
THE CHILD'S BEDTIME HOUR
How to Make It Both Peacefnl and
Pleasurable.
The child's bedtime hour Is usually
the bugbear of Its mother. The aver
age infant has to be coaxed, wheedled
and sung to before it will even consid
er the subject of sleep. Then the light
must be left just so and the blankets
arranged just so, and, in other words,
Btich a variety of operations have to be
performed that the mother is all worn
ti 1 a 11 ai ou *' Many
I s'/l k] these evils come
from the fact
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)'t["/%• 'v\ul has been rocked
H. im. ffj! < In its infancy.
Nothing can be
rnore pernicious.
Never rock the
child. Lay it In
i' l'ttle crib,
8l 1 ( l ar k en tfi er o om
|!/ and leave it to
7jK Vr—rllK peace and quiet,
and it will soon
v~r goto sleep. If
THE BUGBEAR HOUR, you do other
wise, you will provide for yourself end
less misery. I know of one family
where the baby Is nearly two years
old, anil the wretched mother cannot
even goto the theater with her hus
band because she lias made such a
slave of herself with her baby that he
cries the minute she is out of the room.
Never let the nurse tell the child
foolish stories of ghosts or of the dark.
Teach your child to be brave, and do
not yourself show cowardice in Its pres
ence. Talk to the nervous child about
the beautiful poetry of the night, how
darkness Is a mark of the kindness of
Cod and meant to soothe our tired eyes.
If you give him this point of view—
which is the right one, by the way—he
will be 110 longer afraid of the dark.
Insist upon promptness in observing
the bedtime hour. Be firm on this
point at first, and you will have no dif
ficulty In the future. Speak once and
let that suffice. If the children per
ceive that you mean what you say,
they will obey you.
Lastly, let the bedtime hour be •
pleasant one. Every mother should
spend a few minutes at least with her
children before they close their eyes In
sleep. This is the time when she hears
their prayers and listens to their con
fidences. By this means she tills their
litth; hearts with love and trust in her
and establishes a bond of sympathy
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| Dr. Daniel Freeman of Gage county,
Neb., owns and occupies the lirst farm
given away by the United States gov
; ernment under the homestead act.
j The complaint of the ofliceseekcrs and
office brokers at Washington is that
I "President Roosevelt talks so loud that
there is 110 having any privacy with
him."
I George Gould has converted an ugly
spot ou the grounds of his Lakewood
1 (N. J.) home Into a beautiful suuken
garden. It is oriental in idea and said
to be the only sunkeu garden in Amer
ica.
Jan Kubelik brought with him four
violins, three made by the most cele
brated makers of the world and one
made by his father when he was a boy
I because he could not afford to buy him
| one.
Professor L. Boutemy of "L'Allianee
Franealse" has established in St. Louis
a branch of the French national socie
ty, the object of which Is to propagate
| the French language in foreign coun
! tries.
M. CapoEza, who crossed the Mediter
| ranean from Marseilles to Corsica in a
balloon, now tulks of going from the
; Canary Islands to Panama in the same
way, a distance of more than 4,000
miles.
Daniel Coit Oilman, ex-president of
Johns Hopkins university, iu register
ing at a New York hotel the other day
! asked for the quietest room in th®
house. "These city noises," he explain
ed, "annoy me greatly."
W. Abraham, M. P., the Welsh labor
leader, has been deeply impressed with
his visit to America."lt seems to me,"
he remarked in an interview, "that I
have bounded ahead a century from
the country in which I have been liv
ing."
T. L. Glenn of Idaho, one of the new
members of congress, says that what
ever success he has attained is due to
having read when most of his neigh
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preparation of his meals, as he seldom
had the opportunity to study durlug
the daytime.
Senator N. N. Strati::ban, who has
been selected as collector of the port of
New York, has as his given names the
states of Nevada and Nebraska. At the
time he was born the great west was
just beginning to develop, and his fa
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these territories.
Captain Tariton of Indianapolis, who
has been soldiering in the Philippines,
has just returned aud brought with
him a small painting, 400 or 500 years
old, which he found in southern Luzon
and which Indiauapolis artists say Is
a remarkable work of art and must
have been painted by a great Spanish
master.
HINTS FOR DYSPEPTICS.
Bow to Aid Nmtnre la the Care ol
This Distressing Maladj.
Eat slowly, masticating the food very
thoroughly, even more so if possible
than is required in health, says Public
Health Journal. The more time the'
food spends in the mouth the less it
will spend In the stomach. Avoid
drinking at meals; at most take a few
sips of warm drink at the close of the
meal If the food Is very dry in char
acter.
In general, dyspeptic stomachs man
age dry food better than that contain
ing much fluid. Eat neither very hot
nor cold food. The best temperature is
about that of the body. Avoid expos
ure to cold after eating. Be careful to
avoid excess in eating. Eat no more
than the wants of the system require.
Sometimes less than is really needed
must be taken when digestion is very
weak. Strength depends not 011 what
is eaten, but 011 what is digested.
Never take violent exercise of any sort,
either mental or physical, either just
before or Just after a meal. It is not
good to sleep immediately after eating
nor within four hours of a meal. Never
eat more than three times a day, and
make the last meal very light. For
many dyspeptics two meals are better
than more. Never eat a morsel of any
sort between meals. Never eat when
very tired, whether exhausted from
mental or physical labor. Never eat
when the mind is worried or the tem
per ruffled If possible to avoid doing so.
Eat only food that is easy of diges
tion, avoiding complicated and indiges
tible dishes and taking but one to
three kinds at a meal. Most persons
will be benefited by the use of oatmeal,
wheat meal, cracked wheat and other
whole grain preparations, though many
will find it necessary to avoid vegeta
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iIj)BAM>KY %g
We are not overenthusiastlc on the
shredded corn fodder question so far
as sheep feeding is concerned, says
Wool Markets and Sheep. The shred
ding process is very apt to mix up dust,
grit, uiu'd, smut and other objection
able matter with the really good mat
ter that is In corn fodder, thus proving
injury rather than it benefit to sheep.
Especially is this true iu the case of
the pregnant ewes, whose very sensi
tive natures and tastes during the pe
riod of gestation should have freedom
of choice in the selection of such foot':
as is relished by them. A breeding
ewe should never tasleor smell of mold
or smut during ibis period.
The popular notion that shredding is
economy as applied to corn fodder for
sheep is a false one. Nothing will lead
a sheep to eat what its tastes do not
relish except sheer starvation. It is
nonsense to suppose a sheep will eai
and thrive on the naked, hard, pithy
stalk of the corn simply because it is
reduced to fineness by shredding. The
blades and husks of corn fodder are all
that is edible to sheep, and you cannot
fool them into eating and thriving on
the worthless parts of shredded fotlder.
You couldn't derange and destroy a
sheep's stomach quicker than to stuff
It with the hard, flinty, indigestible
rind of a cornstalk.
Keep ItrinUlim Trough" Clean.
Keep the thinking troughs scrupu
lously clean. No matter how carefully
you feed your sheep. If the water is not
pure you will notice that they do not
thrive. Pure water Is Just as impor
tant as pure food. Disease is bound to
be in evidence where impure water is»
used.
Keod For I'rexnniit Ewes.
Cottonseed meal should be carefully
excluded from the food rations of ewes
from this time on while carrying a
lamb, says American Sheep Breeder.
The root of the cotton plant has an es
pecially ill effect on pregnant animals
of all kinds and is the special ingredi
ent in medicines given to avoid or de
stroy pregnancy. As a rule every part
of a medicinal plant has a similar char
acter to the root or the fruit, hence
this kind of oil meal should never be
fed to breeding animals at such times
as this ill influence might be disas
trous. Corn is the best standard food
for in lamb ewes, and it is not iu any
way injurious. Ewes carrying lambs
are in no danger from a good, robust,
thrifty condition, for the lamb is all
the time acquiring its future character
front its darn.
Siase of Flock*.
Fifty sheep are the most that should
run in one band. A large flock may
thus be sorted out into divisions, as to
age or condition, says American Sheep
Breeder, old ewes may go together;
young ewes, early breeders, into anoth
er lot; ewe lambs by themselves,
and young wethers and ram lambs
in another flock and yard. All weak
sheep should be sorted out and kept
in a separate flock. This division of a
large flock is of the greatest impor
tanee to the successful wintering ol
sheep, and of course a successful win
tering means a good summering.
TarnijiN For Sheep.
The turnip or rye is so watery that it
is not worth intrinsically half of it.*
approved value in practice. It is a ton
Ic. It loosens the juices of the body.
It supplies a lubricant for the bowels.
Sheep are as hungry for this poor, wa
tery browse as they are for salt when
long denied.
Alfalfa tin n .Sheep Feed.
Dry alfalfa hay never bloats animals.
Alfalfa is excellent pasture for sheep,
but care is necessary to prevent bloat
ing while they are becoming accustom
ed to it, says Kansas Farmer. A good
plan is to feed the sheep well on alfal
fa hay for a few days before they go
Into the alfalfa pasture. Before they
are turned In they should be complete
ly satisfied with some feed that they
like. Do not turn them in when there
is dew on the alfalfa. When the proper
precautions are not taken, severe bloat
ing and loss are to be expected.
Tnnnlnic Wool Skill*.
First scrape off the fat. Take equal
parts of alum and salt, add water and
cook to a paste, says New England
Homestead. Spread the skin out care
fully to keep the wool clean and rub
the paste thickly over the flesh side.
Fold together, roll up for a day and
next day rub over it more of the paste.
Repeat this a third time. After It
dries out scrape off the salt and alum
and rub It soft. Use no oil on the skin.
It may then be colored any shade de
sired and will make pretty mats for
the floor, carriage or baby's gocart.
Shearing; Fattening I.amb*.
At the Ontario experiment station
ten lambs sheared in January made
practically the same gain in weight as
ten others not shorn and similarly fed.
At the Wisconsin station 110 advantage
has been found from shearing in De
cember. Those shorn yielded a total of
two pounds less washed wool than the
others and made a total gain of 2.7
pounds less than the wethers that were
not shorn, and the cost of 100 pounds
of gain was S4.To for the shorn and
$4.40 for the unshorn lots.
Preparing Slieep For Winter.
Sheep should be dipped before going
into winter quarters if they have ticks
or have been exposed to scab in any
way. It is difficult and unsafe to dip
them in midwinter.
Flavor of Mutton.
The peculiar flavor of mutton is due
largely to the food of sheep, the local
ity in which it has been raised, its
treatment and the manner the carcass
has been dressed.
For I'lle* Itt Sheep.
Feed rations only of a mild laxative
nature. Wash profusion with wariu
alum water twice a day before replac
ing.
How to Get Fat.
If you want to get fat, do not take
too much exercise and goon a diet of
sugars, fat meat and starchy food.
Take plenty of afternoon naps; in fact,
sleep as much as possible. Drink plen
ty of water at meals. Eat all you can
»>f bread and butter and potatoes. Avoid
acids.
to Care Sick Headache.
Ice or ice cold water applied to the
back of the neck and base of the brain
is a recently discovered and excellent
means of relief for nausea and sick
headache.
Hon' to Scent I.lnen*.
Arrowroot tied in a thick cotton rag
and boiled with linens and cottons im
parts an odor to theui that is pleasing.
Heads Should Never Ache.
Never endure this trouble. Use at
once the remedy that stopped it for
Mrs. N. A. Webster, of Winnie, Va., —
she writes "Dr. King's New Life Pills
wholly cured me of sick headaches 1
bad suffered from for two years." Cure
Headache, Constipation, Biliousness
25c atPaules & Co's. drug store.
ART NOUVEAU ROOMS.
They ,(rf All the Style Practical
SnKK<*H(lon For One.
The art notivcau eraze largely influ
ences interior decoration* at present.
Whole rooms are being titti'd up ac
cording to this style, ami the effect is
both quaint ;*iul harmonious The din
ing room in the illustration tarries out
this Idea.
TLt woodwork is of plain hardwood
stained green. There is a circular bay
window so deep that it forms quite a
little recess, in which are placed a
chair and a table to hold books and
magazines. This recess is somewhat
separated from the rest of the room by
two slender columns of the wood. The
curved frieze overhead contains long,
narrow water color panels representing
marine scenes. On the walls of tho
room there are larger panels showing
field and harvest scenes. I'nder one of
ART NOUVF.AU DINING KOOM.
these stands a typical art nouveau set
tle of the same material as the wood
work, ornamented with inlaid flowers
of contrasting wood. Over this settle
there are two low shelves, containing
books and trinkets. The furniture cov
erings are in dull shades of blue and
green, with deep red and pale yellow
cushions. The floor is of oak, and the
rug shows blue and green colorings.
It. I)E I.A BAUUE.
Nursery Art.
A Bhort time since a new children's
ward was opened In one of London's
hospitals, and its decorations were spe
cially designed to suit the little In
mates. Long series of pictures repre
senting all the well known inhabitants
of fairyland-giants and monsters,
elves and sprites—figured there, all
brought together to pass away the wea
ry hours of the poor little sufferers. The
Idea Is a good one, and it Is being car
ried out In the nurseries of our private
houses In charming nursery wall papers
of this kind. Why should not a wall
paper be made an exciting story of
Jack the Giant Killer or to depict the
adventures of Little 80-peep or mar
shal the long array of animals that
were housed In the wooden Noah's ark
of our childhood? Such bright and In
teresting surroundings in the midst of
health are capital for children. For In
valids their value Is enhanced a thou
sandfold, and the doctor and nurse
may well bless the skilled fingers and
clever brain that devised so soothing
an amusement to the young under their
charge.
Quince Jelly.
Quinces for jelly should not be quite
ripe, but they should be a fine yellow.
Rub the down from them, core and cut
them small. Put them in a preserv
ing kettle with a teacupful of water for
each pound. Let them stew gently un
til soft without mashing. Put them in
a thin muslin bag with the liquor and
press them very lightly. To each pint
of liquor put a pound of sugar. Stir
It until all Is dissolved; then set it over
the fire and let it boil gently until by
cooling some on the plate you find it
a good jelly. Then turn It Into pots or
tumblers and when cold secure as di
rected for jellies.
For (he Hair.
One writer says to promote the
growth of hair pour boiling water on a
quantity of sage leaves and let them
remain in an oven or near a stove for
some time. Then strain and apply the
decoction to the roots daily. He also
says it will prevent the hair turning
gray.
The First Stamp.
The first mention of stamps Is in the
letters of the old Bishop Synesius of
Cyrene, on the Greek coast of Africa,
400 years after the Christian era.
"IssksT catarrh
CtKK FOK
CATARRH
coLDI
Ely's Cream Balmß^f||^
Easy and pleasant Mf*
to use. Contains no^^^ 7 hK
injurious drug. |H|
uefSon2 nes 1 HAY FEVER
It opens and cleanses the Nasal Pass
ages. Allays Inflamation.
Heals and Protects the Membrane
Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell.
Large Size. 50 cents; Trial Size, 10 cents,
at Druggists or by mail.
ELY BROTHERS. f>« Warren Street.
New York.
A Bad Breath
A bad breath means a bad
stomach, a bad digestion, a
bad liver. Ayer's Pills are
liver pills. They cure con
stipation, biliousness, dys
pepsia, sick headache.
25c. All druggists.
Want your moustache or beard a beautiful
brown or i :ch black'.' Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers j
50 c*v Q» T o«_»
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.
This wonderful » medicine positively
cures Consumption, Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Hay
Fever, Pleurisy, LaGrippe, Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping
Cough. NO CURE. NO PAY.
Prioe 50c. & sl. Trial Bottle Free.
D, L. & ft, RAILROAD.
TIML TABLE,
Corrected to May i, 1901.
•\ t H VotiK.
\ \i AM' I'M *
Ban ln\ >1 |,v 00 iO 00 I Oil
1 hrisiopln-r St.. I»I lu 03 luu I
Hoboken .<( lu i&1 zo I
Scranton \ t >■:-.* 152 54a I
I'M AM I'M I'M
liiiHuio i,vc 11 ■" 2 i'i
Scrantoii \r Il> in I*l
AM♦ AM* I'M t : I'M'
SI'KANTON • ■ I 1 HI 111 I ~ , HI
Kelievue 8 5#
If, i'lrvilic K55 10 15 203 .
Lackawanna 7"I Hi 2 Z1" »; on
Imi rye a . ... 7u; Hi 21; z 1.; 1; OH
ntwH 7or in .;i 1 u t, h I
Susquehanna Ave... Hi I" 21 tln > If,
West Pltteton • ' ■ I" -> zz; 1. |<i
Wyoming "1" I" 411 *27 Ii -.'l
Fnrtv Fort
Bennett "-I In J'.' z34 >'■ ai
Kingston ar. ~ •" >4 Z 4i> »i
Wil kes-Barre.... Ar ' "• II I" 2 <n 1.4s
Wilkes-Barrt l.\e 7 .11 Ii so z w «20
Kingston Is 730 I" 54 2Hi ii 85
Plymouth June... .
Plymouth I'■ h II 0324 D 4:;
Avondale.. 7 42 IM
Nanticoke II ' II II Z■{ 151
Hunloek'u "•' 11 17 3MS »• 57
Sblckshinny s A Zii' 710
Hick's Ferry - s I- fill 3311 112 7 J1
Heacb I'aven x|s 114* 337 7Z*
Berwick 8 2 II >1 344 733
Briar (,'reek I s -"' r : 1
Willow Grove.. 1881 r:: ......
Lime Kidge s ruin* 858
Kepy * I- I • 4OK 7
Bloomehurg " " l- 22 4IZ 7 t>7
Kupert M 12 27 4IT till
('atawissa . ' 12 32 422 * ( ,5
Danville I. IT 4 • ■ >2O
Chulasky 4 41'
UWMOI 12 87 448 ......
NOITHt MIiKHLAM) 11 I 111 6 (111 x 45
Ar. AM I'M I'M PM
GOING -'.AST.
Nkw YOIK I'M PMf
Barclay St. Ar 3 j 6 IK)
Christopher St...,(i' 165
Hoboken ; !-"■ 4 4-
Hcrantoii Id 0;, 12 y,
\M I'M \.\|- \M*
Buffalo Ai *OO 1- l"i 700
•Scranton.. . I.\ 155 5 11 #5
\M I'M 112 I'M* I'M*
Scranton 4-' 12 36 460 sr>
Bellevue 9 17 4 46
Taylorvllle 9b- 4 10 "k 35
Lackawanna " 2*> 43Z h27
Duryeu 923 4Zv >, 25
Hlttßtnn 1!' !Z 17 4 h2l
lianna Ave.. l' l 1Z 14 410 xix
West Fittston 1 : 4 17 h iti
Wyominir » 12 <« 412 >iz
Forty Fort "I 4 07
Bennett tM 1 4 03 h 01
Klnnston s II 5P 400 HO2
Wilkes-Barre L\ •» IIH 860 i 7so
Wilkes-Barn- Ar » W 10 410 K 111
Kingston, k _>* II j!» 4uo kO2
Hlyuioutb .1 unction s '• 352
Plymouth H 11 61 347 753
Avonilale ■» W 3 4Z
Nantlcoke K 11 4■: 3 3H 7 4»;
Hunloek s K 331 fT 41
Shlckshinny * 2 - 11 2M 320 731
Blck'g Ferry *'- ■ 3on f7 21
Beaeh Haven ? 30 ' 712
Berwick 7 n u if, f 2 5# -
BriarUreck J ,!l f2 •>! ft; r*
Willow Urove ' i 41 12 50
Lltne •_ 311 .. 2 4'> Pi r>o
Kspy >_ >2 10 4K 'i 10 ii 41
Blooaaburg if; 10 a 234 «3h
Kupert i 10 37 #B2
Catawlssa 1 I- lu 34 224 027
Danville " " 10 1!' 211 «12
Uhulaeky •
-'Ol 'Ki'dj
Nu&TH UMBBBL'D... . , (10 00 +1 T. 50
kv X M A. M. P>» PM
(Connections at Kupert with k.
Keii'linji Kailroatl Tor Tatnauemt,
Willlamsport, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc. At
Northumberlanil with P an>l E. Div. P. K. K. for
Harrisburtr, Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
C'orry. anil Erie.
•Daily. * Ilaily excepi uinlay, fstop on
si|;nal.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
TIME TA.BLE
In Effect Nov, 24, 1901-
A M A.M.I PM,P.M|
Seranton(DstH)lv >ii 4"i :y 3S Z is :4 Z7
Pittston " " 708 112 10DO'S 342 4 SB)
A. M. A. M I P. M. P.M
Wilkesbarre,.. lv (i 7 25'510 X> 2 4,"> sS iki
Plym'th Ferry " f7 32 fin 42 f252 16 «»T
Nanticoke " 74J 10 Vj 301 6 17 f *"**
Mocanaiiun .... " 801 II 07 820 637
Wapwallopen.. " 8 10 11 lii; 331 6 471"'
Ncscopeck ar 818 11 Zo 342 T °o|^)|"
A.M. \.M. P.M.
I'ottsville lv j "in ill 55 ;2 45j
Hazleton " 705 12 55 105
Tomhicken " 722 1 II 315 ""
FerntHen " 7 •£> lis 822 *"*;
Kock Ulen "I 711
Nescopeck ar 802 i I 4"> 400
A. M A. M P.M. P M
Nescopeck lv «" 18 ill Z> 342 700
Creasy 830 11 :#• 3 .V_' 70»
Espy Ferry.... "!l 8 42 11 4.i'l 4 02 7 20,
E. Bloomsnurif, " 847 II ">n 4 01! 725 _
('atawissa ar 8 .">5 11 ."»7 413 732
Uatawissa lv 8 "10 II V, 413 732
South Danville "i »14 12 15 431 7 51:
Sunbury " 935 12 4n 455 sls
A. M. P. M. P. M PTM.
Sunbury lv 942 jl2 15 (j 510 ;» 4:,
Lewislmrg.... ar 10 13 1 4"i 540
Milton " 10 os 139 5 3-5 10 07
Williamsport.. " 11 On 141 ii 30 10 55
Lock Haven... " 11 59 220 728
Kenovo " A.M. 800 s3O
Kane " 8 25j
_ |P.M. P.M.I
Loek Haven..lv ;12 10 3 45'
Bellefonte ....ar 135 444
Tyrone " 220. 0 on
Philipsburg " 4 \8 02
Clearfield.... " 525f s 45
Pittsburg.... " lis5 H IO 45
A. M. P. M. P. M. P M
Sunbury lv 950S 1 55 5 30! 18 31;
Harrlsburg.... ar 11 80 5315 j <>so 10 10
P. M. P. M. P. M. A M
Philadelphia., ar S3 17 623 ||lo 20 425
Baltimore ",S 311 Bno 945 230
Washington ... " $ 4 10 ], 7 16 10 55 4 05
lA.M. P, M. _
Sunbury lv §lO 00 jj 2 15 !
Lewistown Jc. ar 11 45 405
Pittsburg •* Ii 55 §lO 45
~~ A.M. P, M. P. M. i»~M ~~
Harrisburg.... lv 11 45 snoh 7 15 i102,">
P. M. A M. A. M. A M
Pittsburg ar | 053 il 160 || 1 50 5 30
P. M.J P M A M A M'
Pittsburg lv 7 in, HOO 3 00H 8 00
|A. MIA Ml PMI
Harri3burg.... ar 200 4 2ni 9 80j,j 8 lo[
1 AM A M|
Plttsbutlf lv i 8 00
P M J"
J" 7 ;*» 5 3 00
Sunbury ar ; 9 'Ji \ 4 50
P. M. A MA M AM
Washington... lv 10 40 7 501 10 50'
Baltimore " 11 41 ' 440 837 II 45
Philadelphia... " 11 2n 4 8 .10 II 4o
A. M. A MIA. M. P M -
llarrieburg.... lv 335 755 ;I1 lu \ 20
Sunbury ar 505 » 3», 110 < 6
P.M. A M A M I
Pittsburg lv jl2 45 3 no ? 8 on
ClearlleUl " 1 II "i 0 92 s
Philipsburg.. " 1 4ii 110 12. "
Tyrone " 700 810 12 25 i
Bellefonte.. « j sin, 932 105
Lock Haven ar 9 15 10 30| 2 10|'"* t
!P.M. AMVM| P Mi
Erie lv 535 1 ; i
Kane, " s 15' :ii 00
Kenovo " II 50 ; li 45, 111 30
Lock Haven.... " 12 38 735 11 25 3 00,
A.M. P M
WillianislHirt.. " 2 21' 830 ;12 40 4 IKI
Milton •' 222 919 127 447
Lewisburg " 905 I 15 442
Sunbury ar 3 2s; 94n 1 6., 615
A. M. A M P M P M
Sunbury lv ;ii 45 955 is 2 00:3 625
South Danville" 7 II 1 io 17 221 5 50'""
Catuwlssa " 7 3J| 10 35 2 'ln 008
E Bloomsburg.. " 737 10 43 2 4:: 6 15.
Espy Ferry " 742 110 47 Ifl 19
(Ireasy " 752 10 56 2V, (j 30
Nescopeck " 802 11 06, 305 640 ""
AM A M P. M. P M I"
('atawissa lv 732 10 :I8 2 311 ii OS
Nescopeck lv 828 ?505i 7 05
Kock (Hen ar II 22 7 28
Fern (}len..v... •• Ssl 11 2si 6 .'!2 731
Tomhicken " 85s 11 3S 538 742
Hazleton " Hl9 1158 559 1 8 05'""
Pottsville " 10 15 Ii 55, IC"
AM AMP 31 P M
Nescopeck lv s 802 11 06 > 3 05 j 6 40
Wapwallopen..ar 819 11 20 320 II 6S*
Mocanaqua ....'• 8 111 II 32 330 701 •••••
Nanticoke " 853 11 54 349 7 19
P Ml
Plym'th Ferry' I HO3 12 nz 357 17 28
Wilksbarre ..." 910 12 10 405 7 :!5
AM P M P MP M
PittSton(DAH) ar 929 12 ,55 i 4 Ni|. 836
Scranton " " 10 08 121 524\ u 05
_____
\ Weekdays. E Daily.l Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Sunbury, Williamsport
and Erie, between Sunbury and Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burg aud the West.
For iurtber information apply to Ticket Agents
/. /»'. IfUTCIIIA'SON, J. li. WOOD,
den I Manager. Qen'l Pats' 1 n'r Ay I
tfhoes, Shoes
StylisH !
Ctieap !
XSeliaole l
Bicycle, Cymnasium and
Tennis Shoes
THK C'KLKBKATKI)
Carlisle Shoes
AM) THK
Proof
Knhhei* Boots
A SPECIALTY.
A. SCHATZ,
US EI!
A Rollatol©
TIH SHOP
For all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spoutlne and Conornl
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranees,
Furnaces, eto.
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QUALITY THE BUST!
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E. FRONT ST.
JOECN "W. PARNBWORTH
INSURANCE
Li Fire Attiieit ami Steam Boiler
OOor. mominommrj BoßeOnf, mill stra«t,
Danville, - * Penn'a
PHILADELPHIA &
READING RAILWAY
CORRECTED TO NOV. 17. IMI
TKAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
(weekdays only)
For Philadelphia 11.24 a m.
For New York 11.24 a m,
For Catawlnsa 11.24 a. m.. H.D4 p. m.
For Milton 7.32 a. m.. 4.00 p m.
For Wllllameport 7.82 a. m.. 4.00 p m.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington ana to*
South leave Twenty-fonrth and ChMtnnl
Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays—3.2B, f.ji
10.22 a. in , 12.16, 1.33, 3 03, 4.12, 5 03, 7.38, B.* p .
m., 12.21 night. Sundays 3.23, 7.14 a. m., 18.1 i
1.33, 4.12, 6.03. 7 26, 8 26 p. ra.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Whir
and South Street Wharf for Atlantic City.
WEEKDAYS—Express. 8.00 a. m.. 2.00. 4.00,
5.00,7.15 p. in. Accommodation, *.OO a. m.,
5.15 p.m. Sundays- Express, 8.00, 10.00 a. in.,
7.15 p. m. Accommodation,B.ooa. in.,5.00p. m.
Leave ATLANTIC CITY DEPOT-Week
days—Express, 7.85, 9.00,10.15 a. in.. 2.50, 5.80 p.
m. Accommodation, 8.05 a. m., 3.50 p m.
Sundays—Express, 10.15 a. in., 4.:«>, 7.H0 p. IU.
Accommodation 7.15 a. m. t 4.05 p. m.
Parlor cars on all express trains.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA.
For CAPE MAY and OCEAN CITY- Week
days—B.4s a. m.. 4.15 p. m. Sundays— B.4s a. m.
hor SEA ISLE ClTY—Weekdays 0n1y—8.45
a. m.
NEW YOHK AND ATLANTIC CITY
EXPRESS
Leave NEW YOKK (Liberty Street) y.40 A. M
3.40 p. 111.
Leave ATLANTIC CITY.-Weekdays- 8.80 a.
m., 2.15 p. in.
Detailed time tables at ticket office*.
W.O BESLEK, EDSON J WEEK*
Gen. Superintendent General Agent.
"Woodman!
Spare that Tree"
IF YOU NEED FUEL BUY
PEflfi'S
COAL
344 Ferry Street.
I