PRESIDENT'S HOUSES
HOW ROOSEVELT'S PETS ARE HOUSED
IN WASHINGTON.
Wlilte Hotme Stithies Have I!e«*u En
larked, liut It I» I'lunii ctl to lliive
Netv One* Lliiilt Soon—Foreman ot
StubU'iueu mi Ex-Jockry.
Not since Arthur's time have we had
In a chief executive such a lover of
horses as is President Roosevelt, and
consequently he is giving a great deal
of attention to the White House sta
bles. They are being looked after as
never before, and tlie stablemen are
earning every dollar of their salary
these days. Not only is the president
extremely fond of horses, but he is also
one of the best judges of them in this
country. To please his critical eye an
animal must he entirely free from the
slightest ailment or blemish.
In looking around for a team awhile
ago he had three beautiful horses sent
from New York for his inspection.
They were superb beasts to all appear
ances, and the employees in tho White
House stables were enthusiastic in
their praise. It took tlie president,
however, less than ten minutes to sur
mise that something was wrong, and a
veterinary who was called in soon con
firmed his suspicions. It was a great
disappointment to the president, as
finer animals are seldom seen, but he
has succeeded in securing two fine
specimens of horseflesh. They are two
handsome bays standing sixteen hands
high, weighing 2,350 pounds and are
five years old.
The White House stables consist of
two buildings, a two story red brick
structure erected ill 1871 and a low,
rambling, yellow framed building
which was the historic stable that
housed the presidents' horses previous
to that date. They are situated at the
corner of Seventeenth and E street, in
a corner of the park south of and ad
joining the White House grounds. Re
cently the stables have been enlarged
under the direct supervision of Colonel
Theodore Ringliam, superintendent of
public buildings and grounds.
The stable attendants are nearly all
white men now, but up to four years
ago were nearly all negroes, and the
few colored hands now employed are
hired to uo the work of cleaning the
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ENTRANCE TO WHITE HOCSE STABLES,
stables and keeping the adjacent
grounds in order. The foreman of the
president's stable is Arthur Hurley, an
ex-jockey and a man thoroughly versed
in horse lore. He Is a short, thick set
man of thirty-eight years and a native
of the District. Hurley was in the
service of President Hayes when a boy
and used to assist in exercising the
horses. Four years ago he was pro
moted to foreman and has worked
hard to make the antiquated building
look semimodern and attractive. He
has tlireu white assistants, who relieve
each other in driving the president and
in superintending the cleaning of the
vehicles and the care of the horses.
Leading to the presidential stables
on the Seventeenth street side is a
large court, and on both sides are car
riage houses, where vehicles used by
the executive department and the pri
vate conveyances of the president nre
kept. Although roomy, the stalls for
the presidents horses are of the sim
plest character. The partitions and
tioors are of rough pine planking. Di
rectly over each stall is a small frame
bearing the animal's name. Among
the horses is a pretty little bay mare
belonging to Mrs. .Roosevelt. It is
called Lady Dancer and was raised by
the president's wife from foal. Lady
Dancer receives at least one visit from
Mrs. Roosevelt a day, and the children
bring it many a lump of sugar from
the White House table.
Provender for the horses furnished
for the use of the executive depart
ment is provided by the government,
and eleven attendants are paid from
the same appropriation,which amounts
to about SIO,OOO. Above the rear sta
bles are living rooms for the foreman
and his assistants. All repairs to car
riages and all horseshoeing are done
by contract, and no mechanical work
Is performed at the stables.
One of the most elaborate vehicles
•een on the streets in Washington for
many years is the new carriage of
President Roosevelt. It is a two seat
ed, open, light driving wagon, painted
u dark blue and upholstered in light
yellow leather. The body of the wag
on is of light yellow basket work, with
a faint stripe of red, and on the panels
of each side is the monogram "T. R."
The coachman and footman on this
carriage wear the handsomest livery
displayed by any president since the
days of Arthur. They wear long, dark
blue coats, and on their tall hats are
two cockades of black burs, with a
rosette of red, white and blue silk.
PLAIN TALK.
Straight Talk and to the Point. The Vir
tues of Dr. A. W. Obase s Nerve Pills
Told in a few Words by a Danville
Citizen who Knows,
Mrs. Jacob .Mills of Cor. Front &
Church streets, Danville, Pa., says:—
"Last fall I was feeling very poorly and
nervous. I had frequent sp» lis of nerv
ous headache and a good deal of trouble
with my stomach. Seeing Dr. A. W.
Chase's Nerve Pills recommended. I got
a box at Gosh's Drug Store and used
them with good results. I rested so
mnch better and felt stronger and
brighter. They certainly did me good
and I can highly recommend them."
Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills are
sold at 50c a lx»x at dealers or Dr. A.
W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
See that portrait and signature of A. W.
Chase. M D. are on every package.
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We live to enjoy a fly, sparrow and
rat civilization.
Good cats, milk fed, around the barns
' are the best rat exterminators we have
up to date.
Another improvement is the install
ment of a telephone in the country
schoolhouse connecting the children
with their country homes.
The best hay when made and the
most difficult to make is clover. When
it gets to be worth $8 to $lO per ton,
we will make It in the right way—in
the cock.
A spring chicken weighing two
pounds sold in July will bring as much
money as the same bird weighing four
pounds sold in December. Does it pay
to keep it?
A good bathroom should have a place
on every new farm home built, even if
not more than $1,200 is spent on such
a home. It is not in any sense a lux
ury, but an absolute necessity.
While a possible crop of onions is
800 bushels per acre under exceptional
conditons, an average crop may be
placed at 300 bushels, or about twice
as many bushels per acre as of pota
toes.
The old man runs a good deal of
risk with either a young, spirited
horse to pull his buggy or a young and
spirited wife to keep house for him.
lie is liable to have a runaway in
either case.
A scolding wife In the home is not a
pleasing thing, but if a man makes her
gather her own fuel, won't furnish her
soft water and takes the egg money to
buy his tobacco she has a right to
scold all she wants to.
Men who have tried the White Hol
land turkeys tell us that while they
will stay at home and bring more in
the market than the bronze birds they
are too tender and He down and die
without any provocation at all.
We are pleased to note recently the
fact that in an audience of over 100
ladies, all well and fashionably dress
ed, not one, so far as we could seo,
had a bird on her hat. We hope that
the bird on the bonnet craze is about
over.
Skunk farms are a failure, the two
or three which were started in this
country having been abandoned for
the rather curious reason that when
these animals are raised in captivity
the quality of their fur so degenerates
as-to become almost worthless.
We incline to the opinion that it is
all right that our nice girls should get
married after they have taught school
two or three years. Teaching wears
out a woman faster than maternity.
We cannot pension our wornout teach
ers, and it is better for them to quit
the business before they become bro
ken down.
It has generally been supposed that
where the cornstalks were cut up and
then fed to the stock no harm would
come to the cattle so fed, but we have
the past winter come across two cases
where the stalks were so cut and fed
where several head of cattle died, with
ail the symptoms of the so called corn
stalk disease.
If you have a drove of hogs to feed
this summer, plan to have an acre of
rape for each thirty hogs. Plow up the
old hog pasture and sow to oats one
bushel, rape six pounds to the acre
and turn In when the growth is six
inches high, it' the hogs don't keep the
field fed down, turn in the cattle once
in awhile. This makes the cheapest
and best summer hog feed to be had.
While many men think that they
cannot farm successfully unless they
have at least eighty acres of iand.it is
still entirely possible for a man to
farm very profitably on five acres pro
vided he is located within easy reach
of any large town, and if he works his
five acres in the right manner he will
sugar off at the end of the year with a
better profit than most men with eighty
acre farms.
IJOVT I'LANT (OUX TOO EARLY.
It is well to remember that corn will
do little In the way of germinating
and growing when the temperature is
below 05 degrees F. For latitude -11
and north April planting of corn is
usually a blunder, cold weather and
possible frosts being almost sure even
if the plain does get out of the ground
to give it a setback from which it nev
er recovers. Our own experience and
observation prove that corn planted
not earlier than May 15 will, taking a
series of years, make a better crop
than that planted earlier.
The keepingiof bees and the raising
of fruit are just as happy a combina
tion in horticulture as is pork and
beans for a fo<*l ration.
Peaches andiplums from South Afri
ca were obtainable on the Chicago mar
ket in February. The price was South
African a 150—93.50 per dozen.
We know of one farmer who has
made a twenty-five cent straw hat do
liim three summers. The hat is not
handsome, but there is no mortgage on
his farm.
A disk lmrrow, some grass seed and
a drag brought into harmonious opera
tion on that weedy pasture during the
mouth of April will do wonders for it
next year. Try it.
In the venr 1870 the state of Tennes-
Stauds like a Stone Wall.
Between your children and the tor
tnres of itching and burning eczema
scaldhead or other skin diseases. How ?
why by using Bncklen's Arnica Salve,
earth's greatest healer. Quickest cure
for Ulcers, Fever Sores, Salt Rheum.
Cuts. Burns or Bruises. Infallible for
I'iles. 25c at Panics & C'o's. drug "tore.
I see had 800,000 sheep and 200,000 dogg.
In 1900 these figures were reversed,
and she had 800,000 dogs and 200,000
sheep. This is moving the wrong way.
There is but little machinery left out
and exposed to the weather compared
with what there used to be. It is
strange, but nevertheless true, that the
better off n;n have become the more
prudent and economical they get.
The American mule when taken to
Africa to help fight the Itoers does not
seem to have that regard for the Brit
ish army regulations which he should,
being given to stampeding and running
into the Roer lines when a scrimmage
is on.
The use of the manure spreader will
double the value of all fertilizer spread
by it as compared with the old method
and will save at least half the work
I connected with the hard and disagree
! ! able job of taking the fertilizer from
j the yards to the fields.
- The spring shooting of wild fowl
> ' should be stopped in all the states.
; The birds at this season are poor in
' flesh and fishy In flavor and should be
permitted to seek their northern nest
r | ing grounds in peace after six mouths
i ! of continuous bombarding.
the habit of visiting.
; We heard a man complaining lately
i that the farmers' telephone line which
served him was often unavailable for
i business for the reason that the farm
ers' wives on the liue had got into such
a habit of visiting over the phone. Wo
> have not heard a better argument ad
i vanced for the Installment of the rural
• telephone service than this.
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I'KOTKI\ FOODS.
We are asked to name those products
* ' which may be grown upon the average
i farm which are richest in protein—the
1 ' luilkmaking, flesh forming elements as
| distinguished from the fat forming
| products. Here they are: Clover, al
| falfa, peas, beans, oats, bran and
i i shorts. Early cut clover, well cured
I j peas made "into hay when the pods
■ ' are well filled and before they are
' ripe, oats cut just as the grain is pass
; ing from the milk to the dough stage,
are the most easily obtainable of this
' class of foods.
BROI'CIIT THEM TO TIME.
! A wealthy telephone corporation,
| erecting a long line across a western
: state, tore down a local farmers' line
' which was in its way. When remon
-1 etrated with by the farmers and asked
! to repair their line, the corporation
• representatives treated the grangers
: with contempt, telling them that a
| company worth $1,000,000 hud no time ,
1 ito fuss with farmers' Hues. Rut the j
agent Immediately put the line in re- i
jafr when informed that the twenty- j
four farmers operating the line were
worth half a million and would fight j
for their rights.
It O All MA K I XG I\ THE SOI TH.
j We were talking with a gentleman
| who lives in North Carolina lately, and
j he tells us that the good roads ques
tion is a very live one in that state, the
county in which he lives having appro
priated for this coming year's work
on the highways the large sum of SOO,-
000. The work being there done is all
| in the line of making macadam pike
' roads. The south realizes the need of
I such work more than does the north,
for what is only a short spring season
| of bad roads In the west and north
j west is extended in the south to cover
I the entire winter season.
HIGH PRICE FOR LOOKS.
We came across a case lately where
the mere fact of the owner of a good
farm keeping his farm homestead in
neat and attractive shape—nice, large
dooryard, shade trees, evergreen wind
break, house and barns well painted—
refused $lO per acre more than the
farms upon either side of him could
have been bought for, they being equal
ly good farms and with just as ex
pensive buildings, but not nicely kept
up. The work which this man did to
make his place attractive had a cash
value of SI,OOO had he chosen to sell.
THE FL'TI HE OF GOOll FAH M LANDS
Every acre of rich and fertile soil of
the west will have an ultimate value of
from SOO to SIOO per acre, depending
upon special location and farm im
provements. This applies to all land
In any state where 20 bushels of wheat,
50 of oats, 12 of flax, 100 of potatoes, 40
of barley, 50 of corn and 2 tons of tim
othy or clover can be produced to the
acre, where blue grass drives out the
native grasses and where the rainfall
will average not less than ten inches
during May. June, July and August.
Latitude will not materially affect the
truth of this statement. There are mil
lions of acres of such land which may
be secured at from sls to $25 per acre
which will more than double in value
Inside of fifteen years.
THE POTATO CROP.
A friend asks us to tell him how to
raise a good crop of potatoes. The
season has so much to do with the
success or failure of this crop that the
best work will often come to naught.
Assuming that there would be an av
erage rainfall during the period of
growing the crop, we would do this:
Preferably we would select a piece of
new brush or timber land and, not be
ing able to get this, would take a clov
er sod or a timothy or blue grass sod
which had been plowed last fall. This
should be replowed this spring and
well disked and harrowed smooth. The
seed should be cut to secure from one
to three eyes in each piece. We would
then furrow the field with a crossing
plow, making the furrows three feet
npart and six Inches deep, would drop
the seed sixteen inches apart, cover
with the plow, drag smooth and then
keep the field dragged every few days
until the potatoes were well out of the
ground. We would then give level cul
tivation only, giving the crop one deep
plowing with the shovel plow, all oth
er cultivation shallow, and continue
such cultivation right through the
summer if a drought should prevail
I in July and August. For a late pota
to crop, which we are referring to, we
would plant about the 2oth of May.
A crop so cared for, with a favorable
season, should produce 175 bushels of
potatoes to the acre.
Tin: \hkansas coi ntkv.
A reader of these notes writes from
Arkansas calling attention to the nat
ural aihanta." and opportunities of
fend by that part of the country to
men with - i:t 11 means who are seeking
honn • .:j• lend mild climatt
abuts :r 11;. < :i■ ap fi:< I. a para
What Thin Folks Need.
Is a greater power of digesting and
assimilating food. For them Dr. King's
New Life Fills work wonders. They
tone and regulate the digestive organs,
gently expel all poisons from the system,
enrich the blood, improve appetite,
make healthy flesh. < >nly 25c at Panics
AT CO.
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Ignorance> J|
Blows out the ga9 furnishes J
the newspapers tyitli a jest and /j| Sat
an obituary uotice. "Didn't /Jr gjjfe
know it was loaded" may be m\ £3
an honest plea, but it never M 112 |gd
brought a victim bagk tp life. Iw ( ly-
Those who let a fdugH
in ignorance of tne flatiger, 1 \ / ■
find uo escape from the cou- > //,■
sequences when the cough de- !.'ji\
velops into lung trouble. (// 1
The best time to kill a snake
is in the egg. The best time
to cure a cough is when it
starts. Ordinarily, a few doses sr" V
of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med- [»\ ||B
ical Discovery will cure a LV he
cough at the beginning. But B
even when the cough is deep
seated, the lungs bleed and the l If!
body is wasted by emaciation, \
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical |§|
Discovery will in ninety-eight s \ ffi
cases out of every hundred effect B
a perfect and permanent cure.
" My husband had hecu coughing for years and
people frankly told me that he would go into con
sumption," writes Mrs. John Shlreman, of No.
265 JStli Tlace, Chicago, 111. "He had such terri
ble couching spells we not only grew much
alarmed but looked for the bursting of a blood
vessel or a hemorrhage at most any time. After
three days' coughing he was too weak to cross
the room. The doctor did him no good. I
fctated the case to a druggist, who handed me a
bottle of Dr Fierce e Golatn Medical Discovery.
My husbands recovery was remarkable. In
three days after he began usiny I)r Tierce's
Golden Medical Discovery he was up and
around and in two more days he went to work.
Two bottles cured him."
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
iooS pages, in paper covers, is sent free
on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing onlv. Address Dr.
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y.
disc for fruit growing—ana ne wants
to know why it is that land seekers are
fairly tumbling over themselves to get
land in the bleak and semiarid west
and northwest and paying little or 110
attention to these inviting southern op
portunities. It is not an easy question
to answer. Fever and ague, social con
ditions, sterility of soil and the negro
problem have much to do with the fact
he mentions. It may be said that
northern bred men have never readily
j adapted themselves to southern condi
tions and that all marked improve
; nients and migrations of the American
) people, such as took place in the fifties
and are going on at the present time,
j have usually followed the lines of lati-
I tude with which they started. '1 litis
1 the Senndinavhin, Russian and Fin
! lander usually seek homes in northern
j Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Da
kota: the li :sh. English and Germans
I those latiUb.es south "i' 11. More than
[anything el.-o, it is the malarial condi
i tions of the southern climate and the
1 poverty of ti <- soil which hinder a rap-
I id settlement of that siction, attractive
as the south country is in so many re
j spects.
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\ JtKMOUV.
j Wo love 10 recall the old Wisconsin
woods as we knew them forty years
ago; we would once again wall; through
the shad; ! aisles of untouched beech
and maple forests, take in the music <>f
Die wood the bark of the fox squir
rel. Ihe flintier of the black and gray
ones ami the cackle of the wild pigeons
as each hunted for and feasted on the
beech mast: li<- quietly on a couch of
red maple leaves by the side of the
woodland creek and see the wood duck
preen his glorious plumage in the sun
light and a deer come timidly down to
the head of the pool to drink; take an
other look at the old coon tree and lis
ten to the faroff bay of the hound on
the trail of a deer and the drumllke
beat of the in fled grouse in some alder
thicket. It is only a memory now, for
the woods are gone and the deer and
the pigeons and the grouse and the
squirrels all gone. All the music is
hushed. The autumnal color and splen
dor went with „the forest. The spring
is dried up audit he woodland creek is
only a legend. It is now pork, pota
toes, tobacco, elections, telephones,
daily papers and.'all the row ol' civilized
living.
snoi'l.n THE WOMEN MILK?
Should the American farmer permit
or require his wife and daughters to
help milk the cows? is a question
which has ooineto the front at two or
three of the farmers' institutes which
the writer has attended the past win
ter. While women far more than most
men are specially fitted to milk the
cow" —the best dairying in the world is
done by women, as in Denmark —it is
still a > fact that as tilings are in this
country.the average American farmer
will not'require this service of his wife
and daughters, and, more, if he did,
there are mighty few of them who
would do l it. In a case where a man
had six and 110 boys we think the
proposition .would bear debating at
least. 111 the main, however, the aver
age American woman has all the work
she ought to do without milking cows.
FED B« OEXT COR\" AT A PKOFIT.
Here is the result of a beefmaking
experiment thcMpast winter: Fifty head
of grade Short burn steers were bought
011 the Ist of November, 1901; average
weight. 1,050 pounds; price, $4.50 per
hundredweight, or $47.25 per head.
They were fed 108 days, consuming
corn to the value of $25 per head, and
then sold, averaging 1,447 pounds per
head, at si».so per hundredweight, or
$1(4.15 per head, making the feeder a
gain of s4t».l>o per head. As hoi-'s fol
lowed the steers, 110 account is mad
of the roughage fed the cattle. This
successful feeding experiment was
only possible with well bred beef aui- |
nials.
Wet Soil* Are Colli.
Standing water is a great absorbent
of heat. If 110 provision Is made to
drain it away, it must be evaporated
away. Thereby heat is lost. The soil
Is cold. A great many barrels of water
can be standing 011 an acre of ground
and not attract much attention.
Strikes fn England.
In Englanu builders strike more of- j
ten than any other workmen. Next j
Come colliers and then cotton and wool \
spinners.
Reveals a Great Secret.
It is often asked how such startling
cures, that puzzles the best physicians,
are effected by Dr. King's New Disco
very for Consumption. Here's the secret
It cuts out the phlegm and germ-infect
»ted mnims, and lets the life-giving oxy
gen enrich and vitalize the blood. It
heals the inflamed, cough-worn throat ;
and lungs. Hard colds and stubborn
coughs soon yield to Dr. King's New
Discovery, the most infallible reme
dy for all Throat and Lung diseases.
Guaranteed bottles 50c ami SI.OO. Trial
bottles free at Patties & Co.
THE SOUTHERN "R."
Tart Criticism of \orlliern Com
iix'iit.s on Its Pronunciation.
\V«» do not believe that there is any
thing in the world more provocative of
southern laughter than the northern
attempt to reproduce southern pronun
ciation. For instance, there is an idea'
in the north that the southerner never
pronounces the letter "r" and that he
invariably substitutes the letter "h"
for it. Nothing could lie more utterly ab
surd, yet the absurdity still lives. We are
ourselves peaceably inclined and very
far from desiring to see a renewal of
grim visaged war. but we have a
strong conviction that the letter "r"
will yet be responsible for a civil war
in this republic.
A few years ago William Dean Ilow
ells, writing in Literature, made the
assertion that the letter "r" was extinct
in this country, but he was certainly
hasty in his conclusions. There is a
tendency everywhere to slur the last
syllables or the last letters of certain
words, but this does not imply any dis
respect of the letter "r." Mr. Ilowells
might just as well say that the letter
"g" is extinct because there are <1
great many people who say "goin' " or
"lovln'" or "bein'." We should like
to ask Mr. Ilowells how the people of
this country pronounce the "r" in such
words as country, great, literature,
write, arithmetic, and so on. Certain
ly they do not pronounce it as if the
words were spelled counthy, gheat,
iitcliatuhe, white or ahitlimetic.
The "r" at the end of a word is some
times Ignored in the south, but on the
whole the southerner is just as true to
the proper pronunciation as the north
erner. The hasty northerner has an
idea that the southerner pronounces
the word "Mary" as if it were spelled
"Mahy." Nothing could be more silly.
But the northerner very frequently
pronounces this very simple name as
if it were written "Mayahry."
The truth is that we sound the "r"
and let it go, while the northerner
hangs 011 to it as a dog would shake a
rat. What southerner that ever lived
said "filim" for "firm," or "ignohant"
for "ignorant," or "grocehy" for "gro
cery," or "telihoh" for "terror?" The
tendency to chop civ the end of words
prevails in the south, as it does in
every part of the country and as it
does in every people, but we must pro
test vigorously against the idiotic idea
that the letter "r" is obsolete In the
south.—Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Porcelain Violins.
A well known manufacturer of mu
sical instruments in Germany, Max
Freyer, has introduced a process for
making violins from clay. These fid
dles arc of the ordinary pattern, but
are cast in molds, so that each instru
ment is an exact counterpart of its
fellow. It is said—but it is somewhat
lianl to believe—that the porcelain
body acts as a better resonator than
one of wood and that the tone of the
instrument is therefore singularly pure
and full. The same inventor is also
making mandolins of china clay, and it
seems that they are much appreciated
in southern countries, where this in
strtiment is regarded more seriously
than it is in Britain. The obvious dis
advantage of a musical Instrument be
ing made of china clay is the brittle
ness of that material, as well as its
Weight, but both these drawbacks seem j
to have been forgotten. For some
time we have heard rumors of most
excellent violins being made of alu
minium, and this metal, from its ex
treme lightness and other qualities, i
would seem to be admirably adapted ,
to such a purpose.—Chambers' Journal.
A curious and interesting plan has
been adopted In Glasgow by certain
landlords who, having improved much
of their slum property, have been nat- I
urally desirous to keep it in good con- |
dition. This plan consists in offering
prizes to tenants who behave them- |
selves well and pay their rent prompt- \
ly. All tenants who I'ullill these condl- ;
tions are allowed in summer to live
rent free for a fortnight, so that if
they take a holiday they need not pay
two rents. The plan has worked well
so far, and over (JO per cent of the ten
ants have claimed the prize.
I The Home Paper
of Danville.
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LI HUNG CHANG'S WIVES.
trite First One, Though Alive, WAS
l.ookl'tl (poll 21ft
The one romantic complication in the
life of tiie late Machiavelll of China,
LI Hung Cliang, is amusing or tragic
according as one may choose to look
• at it.
Earl Li early in his distinguished
career took a wife. During the Tal
ping rebellion Ids wife had to fly to the
interior for safety, where she lived for
many months without communicating
with her husband. The Chinese states
man meanwhile, thinking his wife had
perished with other victims 111 the mas
sacre, enlisted the sympathies of the
emperor, who ordered a magnificent
funeral. The empty coffin was follow
ed to the grave with all pomp and
ceremony of state by Li Hting Chang
and representatives of the emperor.
After a period of mourning Li Hung
Chang took unto himself another wife
and settled down again to domestic
felicity.
Then the first wife appeared. She
had narrowly escaped the massacre
and had been living with her family.
Mrs. Chang No. 1 took exception to
Mrs. Chang No. 2 and wished to be
reinstated as principal wife, for the
law of China does not allow polygamy.
Li Hung Chang was in a great stew.
In despair he applied to the emperor.
The emperor said Mrs. Chang No. 1
had been accorded a state funeral.
Therefore, to all intents and purposes,
she was dead, and he advised his min
ister to ignore her, which he did. As
women are treated as mere chattels In
China, the first wife did not demur,
but went back to her family, among
whom she died.—New York World.
lloh to Tighten fane Scat*.
Cane seats of chairs may be easily
tightened by the use of hot water.
Turn the chairs upside down and wash
the cane with very hot water, using a
brush in the work. Soap may be used
if needed in cleaning the cane. Let it
> dry in the open air, but away from the
direct rays of the sun, and it will come
out as firm and fresh as new.
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a' Druggists or by mail.
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TIME TABLE,
Corrected to May i, 1901.
NEW YOI:K.
A M 112
Karelay SSt. I.v. 2 00
Christopher St.. -00 10 ou • .•
lioltokcn.. 2 :»• 10 10
Scrantou \i •> ; 8 1 •>- , IJ.
I'M AM I'M *f.
Buffalo Lve 11 80 _• <5 .
Scrsinton Ar •"» 1-5 10 00
AM; AM; i'Mt 1 M
SCRANTOU . | 0j ' JO 05 ; 1 55 |
lielievue ti 50 ; |
Tay lorville «55 10 1". 203 550
Lacksiwanna ~01 10 S"> 21" •' 0"
Duryea ~ 0-1 10 20 213 j 000
PlttHton "07 10 :;1 217 613
Susquehanna Ave... 'lO JO :>3 210 i J <•
West Pittston | "13j 10 ilo 2 '£'• •> 10
WyomiDi? 717 10 JO 227 021
Forty Fort ;
Hennott '-• to lo 231 oa)
Kingston .sir. 7 .ill 10 ..i 24u i; ;►»
Wilkes-Karre As ~JO II 10 2 sii t. 4K
Wilkes-Barre Lve' 720 10 30 2 ;»i 020
Kingston lv ~90 10 51 210 ■ 035
Plymouth .Tune... . j 112
Plymouth 7MS 11 OS 2 40, 043
Avomlale ' 1- 2 -M
Nantlcoke •_ ! ' H'l 25s 051
llutilock'f ' •'! I' '■ 300 057
Shickshinay 80111 ; 20 320 i 710
Hi. k's Ferry » fll« 330 f7 2l
lioach I'r.ven " 11 4H 33, 728
Berwick JJ; 1' 344 . 733
Briar Creek jjj -, •••■ '•' 5o
Willow Grove ' •••■ f3 51
Inline Ui.lge s fl2 00 358
Espy s 12 15 4 IK. 7 -yj
Hlooinßliurg . * 12 22 41/ 757
Kupert M
Catawissa 1 12 32 422 k «»5
Danville 12 47 4 3.5 j 820
Chulasky 4 *- |
Cameron ... '2 57 44n
NO'ITIII'MIIKKLAND & (HI j N Jfj
Ar. AM I'M I'M I'M
GOING EAST.
JNKW V j'IK I'M' ' I'Mf
Barclay St. Ar. 335 600
Christopher St... ( 330 455 ,
Hol.oken , 315 448 I ... .
Scrsinton 10 05 12 55 .... .
AM I'M AM A.M
Bullalu As KOO ,12 45: 7 L Q
Scranton Lv 155 ■> 48 JJ ,<$
' AM* I'M I I'M f j I'M*
Seranton 042 12 3.) 450 «45
llellevue 0 37 4 45 j
Taylorville 032 410 «3*
Lackawanna ) 020 4 32 g27
Duryea 023 42H ! n25
Pittston 010 12 17 424 H"1
Susquehanna Ave. 010 12 14 420 «is
West Pittston.... 0 1 5 4 1/ sit;
Wyoming 000 12 08 112 Sl2
Forty Fort "4 4 07
Bennett y (' 11 03 8 04
Kingston, 1 858 11 50 400 802
Wilkes-Bsirre Lv; B£o 11 50: 350 750
Wilkes-Bsmv. Ar '•» ?' s I'-10 410 810
Kingston 8)8 11 69 i -1 0" 802
Plymouth .I unction s 3
Plymouth * 11 51 34. 7
Avomlale 8 12 3 42
Nanticoke : 8 ;18 11 43 338 7 41;
11 unlock s | I s • '2 331 n - 11
Shiekshinny 5 22 11 20 320 ; 781
Hick's Ferry s 3 1111 17 21
lleaeh Haven ! 5?? .3 03 7
Berwick.; • 11 "5 fl 58 705
Briar Creek 1 '2 ft. 58
Willow Grove. -1' 12 50
Lime iil<lge 1 i?• . • • 240 fli 50
Esj.y •_ '■}'* 10 48 240 li 11
Hloocisburg t~J 10 4S 234 n s.s
Kujiert i]' 10 37 220 t; 32
Uatawlssa ! 10 34 224 (j 27
Danville 0 '>B 10 10 211 012
Ghulasky ".'''j l
Cameron 7,' 1 2 01 Q;{
NOBTHUMBBBL'D... , ' iio 00 + 1 50 ♦-> 50
Lv AM A.M. l' M PM
Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia &
Heading Kailroad for Tamanen.l, Tamaqua,
Williamsport, Sunliury, Pottsville, etc. At
Northumberland with P and E. Div. P. It. K. lor
Harrisburg, Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
Corry, and Erie.
♦Daily. + Daily except unday. 112 Stop on
signstl.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov, 24, 190 L
A M A. M.i P.M.P. M
Scranton(D&H)lv j6 45 i» 38 218-A 27
l'ittston " " 7 08, flO Oojs 242452 .'
A. M. A. M. P. M. P.M
Wllkesbarre,.. lv $7 25 ijio 35 245?6 00
Plym'th Ferry "f7 32 110 42 f2 52 I' 607
Nanticuke " 742 10 50 301 817
Mocanaqua .... " 801 11 07; K2o 637
Wapwallopen.. " 8 10 11 lti| 33J 647
Nescopeck ar 818 11 2.1 342 700 ;•••)*
A.M j A.M. P.M.
I'ottSVillO lv S 5 50 |?11 55 §2 45
Hazleton " 705 jl2 55 305
Tomhicken " 722 ; 111 315
Fern Glen " 729 ...... 118 322 ""
Hock Glen "I 7 35 j
Nescopeck ar 802 145, 400 '[....
~I A. M A.M P.M. P M
Nescopeck lv jj 818 jjll 2<i 342 ;7 00|
Creasv 830 11 30 3 .'.2 709 "*
I Espy' Ferry.... "18 42 11 40 i 4 02. 72»
E. llloomsburg, "i 847 11 50 4 00. 725 '"
i j ' i
Calawissa ar 8 ..5 11 57 413 732
Catawissa lv 855 11 57 413 732
t South llanville "! 0 14 12 15j 43) 7 f.i
t Sunbury "j 935 12 40 455 Hls
' A.M. P. M.I P. M KM.
1 Sunbury lv.i, 'J 42 jili 45 §5 10 y 4",
112 Lewisburg.... ar: 10 13 1 45i 540
• Milton ";10 0N 139 535J0 07
1 Williamsport.. 11 0o 141 (i 30 10 55
Lock Haven... "j 11 59 2 201 728
Kenovo " A.M. SOO 830
Kane "1 8 25
IP. M. P.M.
I.oek Haven..lv ;12 10 11 3 45 .... I
Bellefonte ....sir; 1 35 II 441 1
Tyrone " 2201 000 j
I'liillpsburg " 435§ 802 |
Cleartield.... " 525» n45
Pittsburg.... " 055U0 45 1
A.M. P.M. P. M. P M
Sunbury lv 960jj155 |5 20 118 31
Harrisburg.... ar 11 3o § 3 15 j 0 SU ( 10 10!
!p. M. P. M. P. M. A M
Philadelphia., ar ji 3 17 || 6 23 ||lo 20 4 2-">
Baltimore ",jj 3 11 i| t) 00 I 9 4.5 2 30
Washington... "[jj 4 10 1, 7 15 10 55' 4 05
|A.M. P, M.I
Sunbury lv jjio 00 jj 2 15 1
Lewistown ,Ic. ar 11 45 405 1
Pittsburg " 055 jjlO 45
A.M. P, M. P. M.jp M
Harrisburg.... lv 11 45 |i 500 || 7 15 i 1025
P. M. A M. A. M. A M
1-ittsburg ar 5 ti 55||| 150 || 1 50 5 30
'P.M. I' MiA M A M
Pittsburg lv I 7 10 19 00 3 00||8 00!
A.M A M I P M
Harrisburg.... ar (200 i| 4 2oH 930 13 10
AMI A M|
Pittsburg lv I j 8 00;
P M j
Ijewistown J3. " ...... s 7 30' ; 3 00;
Sunbury ar; j 9 30' j 4 50
!P. M. A M A M A Mi
Washington... lv j 10 40 7 50 10 5o
Baltimore " 11 41 ' 440 837 11 45
Philadelphia..." 11 20 4 » 830 11 40
A.M.I A M A. M.I P M
Harrisburg.... lv 335 755 .11 40 .3 20
Sunbury ar, ,505jj 930 110 ? 5 tts;]**|*
P.M.| A M A M |
Pittsburg lv ;I2 45 3 00js 8 00'
Clearfield.... " 350 «....; 9 28|"
I'hliipsburg.. " 440 1 110 12
Tyrone " 700 ; 8 it», 12 25,"*
Bellefonte.. " 8 lii 1 932 1 05| """*
Loek Haven sir 915 10 30 j 2 10)""
jp. M. A M A Ml PAI
Erie, lv | ft 35 i I
Kane, " 45! - 0 00
Henovo " il 50 ; 0 4-ji 10 30
Lock Haven.... " 12 38 735 11 25 300 '"
A.M.[ P M
Williamsport.. " 229 830;12 10 400
Milton •' 2 '22 919 127 447
Lewisburg " | HOS 1 15 442
Sunbury sir 3 ii: 940 165 6 15j' *" *
jA. M. A M P M P M
Sunbury lv s(i 45 955:200 .5 2> tiit
South Danville"i 7 111 <0 17 221 550 ""
Catawissa "j 7 32j 10 35 230 6 (18 '"
E Blootnsburg.. 737 10 43 243 615 '"
Espy Ferry '•, 742 110 47 1 0 19 '"
Creasy " 752 10 56 2V. 112. 30 '"
Nescopeck "j 802 U 05, 305 640 ***)
A M A M P. M. P M !""~
Catawisssi lv; 732 10 38 1 230 008
Nescopeck lv 823 i 5055 705
Kock Glen ar 11 22 7 28
Fern Glen " 851 lI2SI 532 734 ""
I'omlilcken " B.x 11 :is 5 :is 742
Hazleton " 9 I'.' 11 5* 5 59, 805
Pottsvllle " 10 15 055
AM AMP 51 P M
Nescopeck lv : 8 02 U 05 ; 3 0". r 6 40
Wapw:tllopen..ar 819 1120 3 20| ti 62
Mocanaqua .... "1 831 II 32 330 701
Nanticoke " 853 11 54 349 719
PM
IMvmih Ferry' 112 903 1202 .3 57 r7 28
Wllksbarre ..." MlO 12 Hi 405 7 ;!5
AM P M P M P M
Pittston! DA li) nr » 3st 12 55 \4 60 836
-lersmton " " 10 08 121 ft 24 05
\\ eekilsiys. i Daily. I Flag station.
Pullman Parlor ar?il Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Snrdsury, Williamsport
and Erie, between Sunbnry a...1 Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisbur;i:. Pitts
burg and the West.
For further information apply to Ticket Agents
/./>'. HUTCHINSON, ./■ 11. WOOD,
(feii 'i Manager. Uen'l l t uss , n , r Ay
JShoes, Shoes
St3rlisli !
Oixeap!
I
Bicycle, Cymnasium and
Tennis Shoos.
TIIK CKLEIiRATKD
Carlisle fSlioes
ANDjTHE
Proof
liublu'r Hoots
A SPECIALTY.
TV. BCHATZ,
SOMEIIS NEI!
A Reliable
TIN SHOP
For all kind of Tin Roofln&,
Spouting and Ceneral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges,
Furnaces, etc.
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QUALITY THE BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E. FRONT ST.
JOHN "W". FARN SWOETH
INSURANCE
Li Fire Accident and Steam Boiler
——————
Office: Montgomery Building, Mill street,
Danville, - " Penn'a
PHILADELPHIA &
READING RAILWAY
CO KU EC TED TO MARCH, 20, 1902.
TKAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
(weekdays only)
For Philadelphia 11.24 a m.
For New Yorli 11.24 a HI.
For Uatawlssa 11.24 a. in., 6.04 p. m.
For Milton 7.82 a, m., 4.00 p m.
For Williamsport 7.32 a. m., 4.00 p m.
Trains for Haltimore, Wawhingtou and tb«
South leave Twenty-fourth and Cilestnnt
Streets, Philadelphia, weekdays— J.23, 7.14
10.22 a. m., 12.1(5, 1.33, 3.03, 4.12, 5.03, 7.2«, 8.38 p.
m., 12.21 night. Sundays 3.23, 7.14 a. m., 12.16
1.33, 4.12, 6.03. 7.20, 8.26 p. in.
ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD.
Heave Philadelphia, Chestnut Street Wharf
and South Street Wharf for Atlantic City.
WEEKDAYS— Express, w 00. 10.45 a. m., (1.00
Saturdays only) 2.0U, 4.00, 5.00, T.l". p. m.
Accomodation, 8.00 si. m.,5.15 p. in Sundays
—Express, 9.00, 10.00 si. in., 7.15 p. 111. Accom
modation, 8.00 si. 111.. 5.00 j. 111.
Leave ATLANTIC CITY DEI'UT— Week
days— Express,7.3s, 9.00.10.15 a. m.,2.50,5.30,7.30
p. 111. Accommodation, 6.25 a. m., 3.V) p 111.
Sundays—Express,lo.ls a. 111.,4.80,5.30,7.30 p. 111.
Accommodation 7.15 a. 111., 4.05 p. lu.
Psirlor cars 011 all express trains.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA.
For CAPE MAY and OCEAN CITY-Week-
Snys— 8.45 a. 111.. 4.15 p. 111. Sundays—Chestnut
St."B. 45, South St., 8.30 a. 111.
NEW YOKK AND ATLANTIC CITY
EXPRESS.
Leave NEW YOKK (Liberty Street) 9.40 A. V
8.40 p. 111.
Leave ATLANTIC ClTY,—Weekdays 8.80 a
m.,2.15 p. m.
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
W. A (iAItKET, EDHON J WEEKS
Gen. Superintendent Ueneral Agent.
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Be as Wise as
The
Woodman?
If so, you will BIIF
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