RAILROAD TIME TABLES. PENN'A K. K. EAST. WEST 7.11 A. M. a.H A. M. 10.17 » 12 15 P.M. 2.21 P.M. 4SI " 5.50 •• ".51 " SUNDAYS. 10.17 A. M. 4.81 P. M. D. L. AW. R. . BAST. W KBT. 6.57 A. M. 9.0» A. M. in. Id » 12.47 P. M. 2.11 P. M. 5.51 » ««0 " SUNDAYS 6.57 A.M. 12.47 P.M. 5:51 P M «4U " Pill LA x HEADING R. R. NORTH. SOUTH. 7S2A.M, 11.24 A.M. 4.00 P. M. S.U& P. M. BLOOM fcTRKKT. 7.34 A. M. U. 22 A. M. 4.02 P. M. 6.04 P. M. J. J. BROWN. THE EYE A SPECIALTY Eyes tested, treated, fitted with glass es ■*«<! artificial eyes supplied. Market Street, Bloouisburg, Pa. Hours —10 a. m.to 5 p. in. Telephone 14H6 SOU HEW BOOKS II THE LIBRARY. Those of our townspeople who avail themselves of the opportunity of read ing afforded by the Thomas Beaver Free Library will be delighted to learn that the accession of valuable books to the shelves of that institution the present year will far surpass the ac quisition of any single year for quite a while past. During the present week an invoice of ltia volumes have l>eeu received and the librarians are as busy as they can be getting the books ready for circula tion. A large additional number of books will be purchased yet during the present year. Indeed, Miss Wetzell, the librarian is busy at present prepar ing a list, which will be submitted to the board of trustees at its next meet ing. When it is stated that but 75 volumes were purchased last year it will at once be seen that the library is preparing to take a big stride forward. The books are all purchased by J. S. Lockwood, buyer, of Boston, Mass. The selections are all made by Miss Wetzell, who as librarian stands close ly in touch with the world of books and knows ,which are of value to the young and which are pernicious in influence. The books just received comprise all departments. With few exceptions the titles are those which lately came into prominence and the books are those that many persons have been waiting for an opportunity to read. In the list among others the following popular books are noticed; "Up From Slavery," Booker Wash ington."The Sailor's Log," Robley D. Evans; "History of Education," Davison ; "East London," Walter Bes ant; "The Hall of Fame," Henry Mitchell McCracken Through Persia on a Side Saddle," Ella C. Sykes; "Ten Months a Captive Among the Filipinos,'' Sonnichson ; '' Five Years of My Life," Dreyfuss; "Mosquitoes; How they Live, How they Carry Disease &c.," Howard; "Audrey," Mary Johnston; "Blennerhassett, "Pidg in; "The Velvet Glove," Merriman ; "Cardigan," Chambers; "Deborah," Ludlow; "Marietta, a Maid of Ven ice," Crawford. DAVID HA-RUM THE LATEST COMEDY. The latest comedy success, "David Harum," is Charles Frohman's offering at the Opera House 011 April USth. All the world famous characters of the nov el David Harum have been retained in the comedy that has proved as great if not greater success than did the novel itself The play is said also to repro duce the many bits of action that filled the book from cover to cover and the three acts are a constant change from the rise of the curtain on the first act to its fall on the third. The characters in the novel are so true to life that they were easily reproduced and embodied by the clever comedians engaged by Mr. Frohman, but the incidents of Harum's life required much skill and experience to fit them into a consecutive story told in three acts. All of the incidents were distinctly dramatic, notably the one in which David Harum recounted the ex periences of his childhood, his attending the circus and the loan of ten cents which had started him in life but there were stage limitations which caused the wise ones to predict that the novel would fail before the footlights. The very first night at the Garrick settled the long mooted question once and for all and the wise ones felt foolish. As each char acter entered on the scene he was|hailed as an old acquaintance. Zeke Swinney the pillar of the church was the picture as drawn by the novelist, Chet. Tirnp son the self-important book-keeper and cashier of David's bank, Deacon Perkins who was soon to buy the horse that would stand without hitchin'.Bill Mon taig who was to be slugged and thrown out by the aroused Harum, Dick Larra bee the banker's accomplice in his horse trading deals, the widow Cullom, Aunt Polly Bixby and all were there. The two about whom the plot was to be woven, Mary Blake and the young New Yorker were the most difficult for the dramatist, as their love episodes in the novel were few and far between, but a decidedly novel treatment was given to the love story and the success of the comedy was never in doubt from the end of the first act when the characters had been introduced in the flesh and the drift of the plot was taken in. Produc ed at the (iarrick Theatre last year be fore the summer was well over its suc cess carried it into the hot weather of Spring and its second year is proving it to be the most substantial of the Froli uian productions which rank as the best of whatever field he enters. A Doctor 3 Bad Plight. "Two years ago, as a result of a se rious cold, L lost my voice," writes Dr. M. L. Scarbrough, of Hebron, Ohio, "then began an obstinate cough. Every remedy known to me as a practicing phvsician for 35 years,failed,and I daily grew worse. Being urged to try Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, I found quick relief, and for the last ten days have felt bette than for two years. ' Positively guar anteed for Throat and Lung troubles by Panles <Xr Co. 60c and 112! 00 Trial l«ot tles free. A PIPE WITH A HISTORY. .lohuuy Mover of St. Elmo Hotel lias received a splendid recognition from Shickallamy Tribe, 1 <>. H. M.ol'Sha niokin, in return for an act of genero sity esteemed most highly by tin- Ked Men. To begin with it must be stated that Johnny in his time was an Indian tighter. He enlisted in tin' United States army on December »>, IS»>ti, and was discharged at Fort Sanders on December ♦'», IStW. three years, he saw service ill I tali. Colo rada, Dakota and Wyoming. While stationed near the site of the present city of Cheyenne a very curious pipe in the hands of 'one'of the Indian braves one day caught his eye. lb suggested a trade with the Red man offering in exchange for the pipe a plug of Navy tobacco and a government shirt. The Indian took" him up and the unique pipe passed into the hands of the white man. It was a sort of a reversible affair with a reed stem near ly two feet in length. When one end of the stem was inserted it was a pipe : when the other end was inserted it be came a tomahawk. The implement was of Indian manufacture, the bowl portion being formed of a peculiar kind of red clay, which when first taken from the earth is soft and pliable and may be shaped into any form, but which when exposed to the air for some days becomes as hard as Hint. Johnny kept the pipe,carefully trea suring it as a highly prized souvenir until four weeks ago today when the Sliiukallamy Tribe of Red Men came over from Shamokin to visit the local lodge and were guests at the St. Elmo Hotel. The Braves from the Coal Reg ions by their courtesy and gentlemanly attributes made such a favorable im pression upon the genial landlord that he decided to present them with the Indian pipe, realizing that no gift could be selected more appropriate and more acceptable to the Red Men. He was not mistaken. The visiting Tribe accepted the gift as a mark of the highest honor. They returned home and nothing more was heard of the affair until a day or so ago when Johnny received a set of resolutions, handsomely framed and bearing the seal of the Tribe which adequately re flects their esteem and high apprecia tion of the gift. The resolutions read as follows: Whereas, Mr. Johnny Moyer of Dan ville, Pa., has shown much kindness and good feeling toward this Shiekal lamy Tribe by presenting us with a handsome calumet, made most valu able bv its remarkable record in his tory and tradition. Now be it Resolved, That the brothers with one accord accept the emblem from our kind friend, Mr. Johnny Moyer, in token of his good intent and by a ris ing vote of the chiefs, assembled in Council on the 10th,sleep, Warm Moon, G. S. IT. , 411, extend our grateful thanks and assurance of our earnest appreciation of bis noble gift, which we will cherish as one of the most prec ious souvenirs in the possession of the Tribe to be carefully preserved in the archives of the Wigwam, And, Resolved, That acopyof this resolu tion be properly framed and sent to the doner of the gift and that it be spread in full on the records ot the Tribe. Sliickallamy Tribe, No. 14M, Shamo kin, Pennsylvania, March I<>, HM>-J. ADAM D. HANCOCK, Sachem; THOMAS LEECH, Chief of Records. JOHN H. VENN, R. .1. REDMOND and FRED B. MOSER Comnunittee. Birthday Surprise. Miss Catharine Sliutt was tendered a surprise party by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shutt, First street, Friday evening, in honor of her nineteenth birthday. A fine supper was served. Those present were: Misses Gertie Linker, Jennie Reilly, Katie Mullen, Mary Everitt, Katie Shutt, Laura Ricketts, and Mrs. Katie Richards, Messrs. Frank Fry, William Russell, Joseph Lyons, Charles Smu 11, William Everitt,and Charles Shutt. Music was rendered by Prof. Leroy Lionell of Newark, N. J. Miss Shutt as a birthday present received a beauti ful ring. Birthday Surprise. The birthday of John Weir was cele brated by a surprise party a* the home of his fat her, Geo. Weir, West Mahoning street, on Saturday night. Refresh ments were served. Among those pres ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Giles Lamber son, Mrs. Lettie Commons. Mrs. John McCall.Mr. and Mrs. David Lynn,Mr. and Mrs. William Lynn, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Driscoll.Mrs. Harvey Lamber son, Mrs. Mary Lewis, Misses Sadie and Esther Farley, Lydia Ross, Millie Etter, May Lewis, Julia Driscoll, Mrs. William Commons, Messrs. James Halm, Charles Lewis, Calvin Lvnn, Jesse Milroy, Michael Driscoll, Geo. Gardner, and Lewis Gernet. A Social Evening. Mr. and Mrs Frank Yeager entertain ed a number of friends on Saturday evening at their home on Vine street. Refreshments were served during the evening. Those present were : Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kreiger, Misses Valeria Baker, Nellie and Carrie Russell, Dorothy and Lizzie Horton. Mattie Steiner, Bessie Yocum, Laura Farley. Messrs. Henry Kreiger, Parson Robin son, Curtis Yocum, Martin Landau, Arthur Baker, and Charles Harder of this city and Walter Leihy, William Liddiugton and Henry Sheets of Sun bury. Mrs. Woolley Entertains. Mrs. A 11. Woolley, West Market street, entertained a number of friends at cards Saturday afternoon. Those present were: Mrs. W. E. Gosh, Mrs. John G. Brown, Mrs. J. C. Peifer.Mrs. C. P. Hancock, Mrs. W. W. Welliver, Miss Helen Magill, Miss Eineline Gearhart,Miss Cordelia Woolley, Miss Hancock, Miss Brandon,Miss Bradley, Miss Hettie Eckman, Mrs. John R Sharpless, of Ha/.letou, Mrs. Fred Kirkendall of Wilkesbarre, Mrs < Jharles Ohl of Somerset and Miss Otis of Bing haintou, N Y THE VALUE OF y. 1. C. A. WORK. Comparatively few people fully ap preciate the work done in and about our local Y. M. C. A. A visit to the building yesterday afternoon gave us the impression, never before, of the value of the work to our community. A half hour spent in conversation with Mr Laumaster.t lie General Secretary, who has recently returned to take up the work in our midst, gave Us new ideas and added interest in the Associa tion. Whilst we sat talking over the work in general, we were surprised at the number of young men that came in and out the building and the ques tions they asked the Secretary. He seemed to be in demand on all sides. We noticed that large classes of boys were using the gymnasium and enjoy ing themselves thoroughly. The parlor was occupied by a number of young men, engaged in pleasant conversation and the reading room was well filled with young men reading the papers and magazines. The game room also had its share of visitors. <)u the whole there was an airabout the place that suggested refinement and good fellowship, and gave one the impres sion that our V. M. C. A. building is one of the popular institutions of the town. To keep this work going and meet all the demands from those who are members, and others who call at the building—an average of 150 a day—is no small matter in itself, and Mr. Laumaster assured us that this was only one item of the work, lie told us of other interests that centred about the institution that required almost constant thought and application. After hearing these things and noting with interest, the many sides of the work, we felt as never before the value of the organization. In all great cities there are centers of art and education and culture. Here is a noble building where the treas ures of art are gathered together ;there is one dedicated to science; yonder is a magnificent structure containing only books. In the centre of business activity is a monument in brick stone and marble, expressive of the business spirit of municipal life. In every dis trict is a building in which the educ ational life of the neighborhood cen ters,and on many corners church spires point men toward heaven. These are evidences and expressions of municipal life and character, and by them com munities, when putin the balances, are weighed anil judged. Where there is no educational spirit, there will be no institutions of learning; where there is no religious enthusiasm and zeal there will he no temples and where there is no realization of the value and worth of manhood as factors in de termining and developing municipal character and national greatness.there will be no Young Men'- Christian As sociation. But Danville has a fine building,and believes in looking after its young men. The question as to whether or not the Association is a good thing for a town or city has long ago been settled. The value and need of the work is ad mitted by men of means and experience Everybody admits it is a good thing to have a well equipped Y. M. A. in each towu. With facilities such as a well equipjied organization -hould afford, it becomes a center of influ ence for good and furnishes attractions that win young men to it and that commends it to all who have the best interest of the community and its young men at heart. The Association answers and satisfies a demand of the day and time in which we are living. It has been demonstrated also that it is capable of working out practic al issues. Its aims are practical. Its results are far reaching and perman ent and its management capable. Some mouths ago, the Directors of the Danville Association prepared a careful budget of expenses, amounting to &SOOO, to cover a period of two years, which contemplated not only the running expenses, but the retiring of all indebtedness. A canvass was made and the entire amount secured. Up to the present time, sufficient money has been collected to pay all debts and current expenses, and it is to be hoped that, with subscriptions yet due and uncollected, the Associa tion may continue togo forward. Plans are being made for an aggres sive campaign along all lilies of As sociation work, and there is no doubt but that Danville will hold its own with other towns in the state. In speaking to Mr. Laumaster about plans for the future,he said that every thing would he done to make the As sociation an attractive place, not only for the Christian young man, but for the self-respecting young man who de sired a clean place of resort. At pres ent the Association is getting its com mittees into working order, and the religious, social, intellectual and physical dejiarfments will also receive attention. With money pledged to carry on the work, everything connected with our Y. M. O. A. should go smoothly from this time on. Let everybody determine that it shall be a great success and accomplish great good. Tendered a Surprise Party. A surprise party was tendered Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hanev,Saturday even ing. at their home, Walnut street. Din ing the evening a sumptuous repast was served. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John J. Deutsch, Mr. ami Mrs. Thomas Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Farley, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keefer, Mr and Mrs. William Aten, Mr. and Mrs. William Hitter, Mr. and Mrs. .Tames Hrosius. Mr. and Mrs. John Debility. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cook, Mr. and Mrs John Ford. Mr. and Mrs. John Kilgus. Mr. and Mrs. William Mottern, Mr. and Mr- Geo. Hanev; Mesdames Edward I Infer, Lloyd Foust, James Wertman, John Hartzel, Hiram Weaver, Sadie Riley, Lamar Halin.t'larence Rank.Augustus Meyers, Hamilton Smith, John Bates, John Farley; Misses Harriet Vincent, Catharine Bowers, Martha Kilter, Catharine Farley. Dorothy Farley. Bertha Aten, Irene Longenberger; Masters Samuel Lyons, Harry Delanty, William Hofer, and Joseph Hofer. Mr and Mrs Hanev were presented with a beautiful rocking chair A BONE OF CONTENTION By Mrs. M. L. Rayne. A pyramid of bones and among thorn one of such manifest destiny tliat it at tracted the eye as if by magic, a wick ed looking bone with bandy legs and two 111 shaped feet, an instrument of fate endowed with strange power in love affairs, half sister to the horse show, that weird bit of social demon* olog.v, a chicken's wishbone. The fact is always emphasized when the modern black art is practiced that the bone must belong to a chicken; but, as no other fowl, not excepting the bird of America, the turkey, possesses such an appendix, the distinction seems unnecessary. The bone on the pyramid was res cued from destruction by the white fin gers of a girl, who dressed it and hung it over the outside door. When it had been lodg "1 th re nil horr. a man crime In. He was tail, ami as he came under the "conjure" he brushed it with his head and dislodged it. "Well, you're it." laughed the girl as he stooped and picked it from the floor. "That is the first time you ever came under the wishbone." "Will you break It with me, Nell? You know I believe In it as au omen. We will both wish, and the one that gets the wish piece must tell the other what wish was made." "Oh, let's tell beforehand. Health and prosperity is all 1 wish for. Am I not moderate?" "I wish," said the man, "that we are married at Christmas and live happily ever." "That sounds like the ending to a dime novel love story. Seeing that we are not even engaged, it would take a stronger force than that of a wish bone to marry us by Christmas. Nell, will you marry me?" She had waited seven years for this, and now that it had come it was most welcome, and it angered her that a miserable chicken bone could supply an opportunity for this laggard In love. A panorama of war flashed across her horizon, the glint of arms, the flutter of flags, a soldier promoted for bravery, then forgetfulness and si lence. She looked at the serious, stolid face of the man as he stood holding the arbiter of human destinies be tween thumb and forefinger and de cided: "Yes, David, but please do not give your chicken bone too much credit. You may not get your wish after all." It went apart with a snap, and Da vid held the long piece, and his satis faction over it was immense. "Well, it worked, didn't it? We will keep the pieces, and they will bring us good luck. I have always had the greatest faith in wishbone omens." "Yet it was necessary that it should fall and strike you before you accepted its dictum," suggested Nell. David Wilson wrapped the bone of fate in a tissue paper covering and laid it away carefully among his cherished possessions. Nell dropped hers into her glovebox. wished the chicken that owned it had never been born, rated herself for a fool and sat down to have a good cry. "Engaged to David Wilson! Why, 1 might as well be engaged to father. And all I'm doing it for is to show Ransom Hale that I am not breaking my heart for him even If he is wear ing tine new shoulder straps. The mean tiling, never to write a word! Oh, David, you superstitious, good, old stupid, how will 1 get you oft' my hands? Seven years of acquaintance ship ought to count for something. Oh, chicken bone, engine of destiny, how I hate you!" And the next day when Captain Hal" called on Nell and asked her to marry liiui she consigned all chicken bone wishes to perdition while she made a clean breast of her affair with David. And what the captain meant by hold ing her in his arms while he heard her story can easily be guessed. Then they went into session as a committee of ways and means to circumvent tin; plans of destiny set in motion by that wishbone. A week later David presented himself In a state of abject depression. "I've lost my luck," he said in crape edged tones. "Lost on a business deal?" suggested Nell warily. "No: lost my wishbone. I put it away carefully, and now it cannot be found high or low. It has disappeared as if by magic." "And you are sure no one was in your room'/" "No one but my washerwoman, and 1 don't know what she wanted there. But she would have no object in steal ing a wishbone." "No, and there would be no magic in a wishbone that would let itself be stolen. Oh, David, that is a bad omen. We must call our engagement oft' until you find it. Had luck will follow it' we persist in disobeying the omen. \\ e are up against it now." "I know it. I feel it In my bones," said poor, victimized David mournful ly. "Nell, dear, do you think it pos sible that the—cat—ate—itV" "No." Nell was shaking with laugh ter, which by a desperate effort she changed into nervous agitation. "I feel that it may mean a warning, and we must obey. We cannot throw ourselves against an oracle. You see, it was not intended that we should marry." The envoy of fate was never found, »s the wicked girl knew right well it never would tie.for by her own scheme It was abstracted. So cleverly did she play on the superstitious nature of Da vid that lie not only forgave her for marrying Captain Hale, but was him self at the wedding as best man. l?ut every now and then he goes on a still limit after that lost wishbone.—Chicago IJeeord Herald. ALL RUN DOWN. Au Every Day Story. No Appetite. No Ambition. Constant Headaches. No Best. No Sleep. Listless. Languid. All Played Out. A Danville Citizen Gives tbe Cure. Mrs. ('. M Stoes of No. ,17 E. Mahon ing street., Danville, Pa., says —"1 had been troubled a great deal with a per sistent nervous stomach trouble and felt generally rim down and at night I did not rest well. I got some of Dr. A. W. < 'base's Nerve Hills at Grosh s Drugstore and have used two boxes of them and found grtat benefit. They toned up my digestive organs and I rested much bet ter. Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills are sold at 500 a box at dealers or Dr. A. W Chase Medicine Co.. Buffalo, N. V See t hat portrait and signature of A. W. Chase, M D are on every package. j KINDNESS RETURNED lly M. ]. Cleveland. "I don't suppose I ever told you tlie story of how a prisoner nf war showed his gratitude?" "No. Let us have it." "It was toward the close of the civil war that 1 was placed in charge <>f the officers' hospital at Hampton, Ya., and just back of Fortress Monroe. I found a good many invalid Union officers in the hospital, and there were between fifty and sixty Confederate officers there, all ill and all prisoners. My in structions in regard to the care and feeding of them were to take the same care of their living as was given to the Uiiion men. I attempted to carry out these instructions in spirit a-, well :is letter. "There was another Chicago surgeon at the hospital besides myself, but lie was under me. My work was agree able, and 1 found the Confederates a gentlemanly set of fellows who had done their duty as they saw it. suffered and were now about ready to begin to prepare for a better kind of living than making war Among them was a young lieutenant, Kliis Lewis, to whom I took quite a fancy. "One day in making my rounds and on reaching the Confederates I found them pale, trembling, unnerved. In en deavoring to ascertain what was wrong with them I found that they had not had meat for more than a week, that their rations were being kept from them. Lieutenant Lewis said this had been going on for some time. •• •Still.' said I, 'I have given explicit orders that you shall be fed the same ax the I nioti officers here, and 1 have given no orders that meat shall be kept from you.' •• l'.ut we get no meat,' answered Lewis. "I called up the Chicago man who was in charge of the feeding of the prisoners and who is now a prominent citizen, and 1 asked him if he was re sponsible for depriving the Confeder ate officers of meat. He said lie was. I asked him why he did this when I had given contrary orders. "'Do you suppose.' he asked, i am going to give these men any more than I can help when their government is starving our people in Libby and An dersonville?' " 'That lias nothing to do with this case,' I saitl. 'You will toed these men ns I have directed or one of us will leave this hospital. Charges will be preferred against you. and 1 will make them. We will have humanity here or I will know why.' "The meat came after that. "Shortly after this incident took place 1 learned that charges had been preferred against me to General But ler. 1 was accused of favoring the Confederates. That was a pretty seri ous charge in those days, but 1 was compelled to laugh when 1 found out that the charges were based upou my having required that Confederate and Union sick should be fed alike. "Colonel Schaeffer of General But ler's stall' was directed to visit me with a board of inquiry and investi gate the matter. 1 saw Schaeffer lie fore the board commenced work, and he said to me: " 'This is very serious business, doc tor. You are charged with favoring the Confederates, and General Butler wants all the facts.' " 'My instructions,' 1 replied, 'have been to discriminate against none in this hospital. 1 do not understand that I am to feed Union men and starve Confederates. 1 do not understand that course is justified by any rules of warfare. What the Confederates them selves are doing does not concern me so far as the conduct of this hospital is concerned. 1 am not here to slaughter prisoners. You go back and ask Gener al Butler if it is desired by him that 1 shall make this hospital a halfway ground between a battlefield and a graveyard. By , if it is I'll tight the proposition!' "Colonel Schaeffer posted tiff to Gen eral Butler at once and told him what I had said and also uiy detailing the circumstances of the meat order. Old Ben was a pretty shrewd man and sa gacious in many things. When Schaef fer had finished, lie looked up and re marked: "'I guess we had better let Bush alone.' "And tl,iey did. "Some time after this a new batch of prisoners was brought to us and lodged in the same part of the In&pital the oth er Confederates were in. They had only been there a short time when one rainy night Lieutenant Lewis, sick, barefoot ed, liatless, made his way to my head quarters and roused me. " 'Doctor,' lie said, 'you have been right with us, and we wish to show you that we can reciprocate. The new prisoners that iiave come in are armed. They purpose in the night to overcome the guard, kill him and get away. 1 come to warn you. but you must pro tect me, for if they know I had betray ed them they would kill me.' "1 had only a single guard at the hos pital, and an escape meant the ruin of my reputation. 1 got Lewis into a safe place and telegraphed Fortress Monroe for troops to lie sent as fast as they could come. 1 made it a rush message, and I got them fast. The hospital was surrounded, and indue time the new prisoners were disarmed and the escape prevented. "I shivered through until 1 had enough soldiers on hand to save myself. It was too close a call, if the prisoners had escaped, I could never have ex plained the matter, especially in view of the fact that I had stood out for treating them with humanity at a time when most sane men were strongly prejudiced against acting toward the fcouth with any mercy."—Chicago Bee* ord-Herald. A Man's Sucofiis. Ever think what "success" in life means to a man? That he work like a dog as long as he lives and send his wife abroad and his children away to school. Then when he dies he must leave a competence for his "loved ones," in order that they may con tinue to live without work. Ever hear of a man's loved ones being criticised for failure to do their duty toward him? But from the time the boy is eight years old to the time the man is tottering witii old age lie never picks up a book, newspaper or magazine without seeing something with refer ence to hi« duty. But did you ever hear- of any one owing a duty toman or boy V—Atcbison Globe. !VI*H Monroe of Supply. She—Do you believe thai matches are made in heaven? He--Perhaps they were in former years, but not since the trust got down to business. It Would Sppm So. "Failures." lie quoted, "are the step ping stones to success." "In that case," was the reply, "the steps certainly need repairing "- <'liica fo I'ost. | AFTER t CURTAIN | FELL as | j £ By Colin S. Collins A | W Copyright, 1901, by A. S. Kii-hardson If Ilradley Evans had not been so deeply ill love, he would certainly have been angi'\. The curtain had just fallen on the Thanksgiving matinee, and the stage haiiils were already clearing the stage for the least which .Manager Evans had ordered for his company. That astute gentleman had personally su perintonded the preparations and ar- Vangcd every detail. The stage was to be set with a dull oak interior, altlaze with electricity overhead, in the Hies and at the foot lights. with the front of the house in darkness to heighten the brilliancy of the improved dining room. Gor geous chrysanthemums he had ordered from New York for the centerpiece, and the menu was the very best that the leading caterer of the small New England city could furnish. Evans had just stepped into the lead ing man's dressing room for the as surance that his personal appearance was in keeping with the festal occa sion before presenting himself to the young woman in whose honor the din ner was being given, .Miss Ella Han som. He had meant to be careful as to speech before that dinner, and after ward. when tin' company was trying to amuse itself until the evening per formance and to forget the folks gathered round home firesides, he would have a little chat with her alone in her dressing room and put the mo mentous question. Surely this little act of thoughtfulm ss would pave the way. lie knew in a general way that she was a New England girl and that Thanksgiving day was to such as she the all important festival. The theat rical instinct in Evans was so strong that even his own love story had to be worked up to the proper climax. But Miss Hansom with true womanly con trariety set all his fine plans at naught. When he entered the star's dressing room in response to a muffled "Come!" instead of facing a handsomely gowned and smiling girl, as he had anticipated, he saw a forlorn figure curled up on the sofa. Miss Kansom still wore the frock used in the last act, and as she straightened up she made a futile ef fort to hide her grief with a lace trim med bit of cambric. All the graceful little speeches which Evans had been conning for hours failed him at this critic:;! I'.iolnent. He forgot the flower decked table oil the stage and the ac tors who by this time must be hurry lux' fro::: tin r dressing rooms to the scene of the festivities. He knew only that I'iia was in trouble and—he loved her. "My dear girl, what has happened?" Alas for the cleverly worded pro posal that was never to be spoken! The tone, the gesture and the love 'MY DEAB OIltL, WHAT HAS HAPPENED?" light in his eyes told their own tale, and Miss Itansom understood. That is why a few minutes later she was sobbing out her little heartache in his arms and incoherently pouring tbe cause thereof into his ear. "Oh, ii was lovely of you, perfectly dear, to think of this plan for uiy Thanksgiving! But you did not know how close you were bringing me today to my old home?. It's just ten miles from here. I'pper Daltou. and 1 haven't Been it for live years." "Why didn't you tell ine this, and in stead of the dinner we'd have ridden there between the matinee and night performance V" asked Evans, gently smoothing the golden head resting ou his shoulder. It was nature's own tint. There was something genuine and wo manly about Ella Uansoin. He had recognized this from the lirst. "Oh, you see, 1 wouldn't—be—wel come there." The sweet lips quiver ad again, and Evans felt in duty bound to do what lit- could to put a stop to that pathetic expression. Then .Miss Itan som continued: "I 1 ran away 1 > go on the stage, and father . i I.- never would for give me. whether i l.cc::nic famous or not, and be n!w;.; l.reps his word. And, oh, I would H'.e !r> see uiothei when 1 am so near to her!" "Never mind, dearest," m: 1 Evans "I'll try to take the place of parent! and husband to you. And now we'r# unakiug an awful stage wait." He bent over for a tinal kiss, ami when Ella removed tho makeup sht succeeded also in hiding almost everj trace of her recent grief. It was a smiling young woman whom he final); led t" t lie lu ad of the great table. Aftei all, he decided, as he glanced from one cheerful fare to another, he would an lioiinee their engagement at the close of the dinner, a >1 the company should drink their health, and it would not bt such a bail climax. Hut again were the plans of Manage! Evans s< , at naugbt. With the salad course ra'ne an urgent summons from the box <•! e. Evans rose with mut terings that did not portend happily for the sender of the message. When lie came back, however, the expression on his face had undergone a change, lie was smiling in a nerv ous fashion. No one noticed two fig ures which stopped in the shadow of the wings. "Ladies and gentlemen," said Evans Impressively, "It gives me pleasure to introduce two uuexoected tint most welcome guests to this board, tin' father and mother of our leading lady Mr. and Mrs. Hausom." A girlish ery that would haw brought the house to her feet could ' Ella Hansom have given it on the stage, and then she, too, was in the wings with her mother's arms about her. When order had been restored and the feast had progressed to the coffee, old Mr. Hansom rose and unflinchingly faced the merry crew. "I ain't tnuch at speech making, but 1 want to say right now that I've made a mistake. My forefathers wore of old l'uritan stock, and 1 can't get over the idea that the stage is a bad place, but 1 guess there's other business in this world that's worse. Anyhow it's no cause for a father to turn against his child, and I've lust live years by keeping up this ill feeling toward my girl. I want to thank you for the kind way you've treated her when she's needed the comfort of mother and father, and if you're round this neigh borhood next Thanksgiving come out to the farm and have dinner with us. My wife's a master hand at making pumpkin pies. I guess that's about all." When the laughter and handclapping which followed this speech had sub sided, Manager Evans took the floor, and in words not half so eloquent as he had rehearsed in private, but sof tened by the happy family reunion, lie announced his engagement to Miss Hansom. While the members of the company hail been making some pretty shrewd guesses on the subject, they were properly surprised and congrat ulatory, and before Deacon Hansom realized what had happened he was standing with the rest drinking cham pagne to the health of his daughter and his son-in-law to be. When the great day was over and Manager Evans had tucked the robes around Deacon anil Mrs. ltansom for their homeward ride and he had taken a last kiss from Ella's happy lips, he murmured to himself: "Well, the stage business worked out rather different from the way I had planned it, but the climax and the pic ture were uot half bad after all." A TirelenN Official. A good story is told of Mr. Ham mond. former chief clerk of the British foreign office. One day when he was suffering from gout an officer called to ask for leave of absence for his son, who was a queen's messenger and aft er several fatiguing journeys was ill uced of a rest. Mr. Hammond was sit ting in an armchair before the tire reading The Times. "I suppose," said he,"he wants togo out shooting?" "No," replied the visit or; "my son is not in the habit of tell ing falsehoods or making excuses. He wants rest." "Itest, rest, rest!" ex claimed Mr. Hammond. "I never take rest." To which the gentleman rejoin ed: "Xo; I dare say not. With your feet sinking into Turkey carpets and with nothing to do but sit before the tire and read The Times 1 dare say you don't require rest."—From "Hecollec tions of the Old Foreign Office." The Ancient >!*« iiufart tire of Copper. The ancient Syrians and Phoenicians are well known to have been active traders in copper, and they manufac tured this metal into bronze by melt ing it with tin. Learned antiquaries assure us that the L'lianucians actually came to England and to Ireland in search of tin for this purpose, and a few years ago some curious bronze ar ticles were found in several of the old mine workings in Cornwall, which are believed to have been left there by that ancient people at a time when no bronze was either made or used in England. Chambers' Journal. Why the Wren IN Kinu. The wren is chased every St. Ste phen's day on account of it betraying the Saviour by chattering in a clump of turze where he was hiding. It is called the "king of all birds," because it con realed itself beneath the wing of the eagle when that lordly bird claimed su premacy by soaring highest. "Here 1 itm," said the wren, mounting above the eagle's head when the latter could go no higher. ESntirinK Lobster* to Death. In the neighborh od of the Bermudas tile sea is extremely transparent, so that the fishermen can readily see the horns of lobsters protruding from their hiding places in the rocks at consider able depths. To entice the crustaceans from these crannies they tie a lot of snails in a ball and dangle them in front of the cautious lobster. When he grabs the ball, they haul him up. The Inventor of Stove*. While Benjamin Franklin was born In Boston, he can be said to belong to Pennsylvania as truly as does William Penn, who was born in England, but came here, as did Franklin, from Bos ton. And how many people in Phila delphia—or elsewhere in the United States—know that we are indebted largely to Franklin for the stoves which a century ago began to replace the fireplaces and more crude arrange incuts for grates warming our houses? The Franklin stove, which in its days iif early development was merely a por table iron fireplace, with open front, ii. which wood was burned to heat an apartment, was given its name because it was invented by Benjamin Franklin and was really the connecting link l>e tween the rude fireplaces of the last century and the stoves of today. DiIi IIIOIMIN From \ olrmioe*. It is frequently observed that some of the most destructive and fearful agen cies of nature are at the same time lavish in their gifts for the benefit of man. A volcano seems the very per sonification of the power of devasta tion, and yet, according to investiga tions, it seems probable that we may owe our possession of the gem that ba in every age dazzled the imagination more than any other, the diamond, ti the productive energy of volcanoes. Ontdvuc, Tin- ii I I kin : I/., i * jilile sweet, Hut in 1111-linii r.i> I ' I r Can't in 1 \ll win M 1 w .a-t ui t 'lii!* • ill h* hitr.>ill | ill! -H ankiiugtun Star. A Hard l.nn, A traveler getting outside of St. IV tcrsburg discovered when he tried to re enter the city that he hail left bis passport in the bedroom of his hotel. The guards refused to let him pass and refused to send for the passport. "Ac cording to you," said he,"the only thing for me to do is to throw myself in the Neva." "No," said the sentry, "suicide in Russia is strictly against the law." Ilcr I'oint of \ tew. Mrs. Hiram Offen —How long were you in your last place? Applicant—Oi was there just a month, ma'am. Mrs. Hiram Offen—A month.' What was the trouble? Applicant— The trouble was, ma'am, that I was took sick, an' < >i couldn't get away annv sooner Philadelphia Press fe wain to lo all Ms of Printing jj ' r "V II! : | It's lit lii a Pl®. J its tarn*. I I A well ]M!I ! tasty, Kill (>1 .. ! \)/ ter Head, : h)m Ticket, Cinru.ir Av Program, Si v ment or Card (y) an advertisement for your husi aess,a satisfaction to you. New Type, Sow Presses. Best Paper, M. Skilled ffoit Promptness- VLI you can ask. A trial will make you our customer. We respect full" ask that trial. I IK 111 No. II R. Mahotiiiijj Si. t-,. r 3 /u
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