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"Perhaps ho really did want to see
us three on the business you suggest
ed," said I to Hamilton. '"Twon't do
uuy hariu to ask."
He shook his head doubtfully, but
approached the lieuteuaut, followed by
Cloyne and me.
"Lieutenant," said he, "excuse me,
but 1 have reason to expect some offi
cial communications from Albany,
through the major, tor myself and my
friends here. Can you tell tue whether
they have come?"
"Not that I know of," said the officer
pleasantly.
"Will the major be in soon?"
"The major is—no. The truth is, 1
doubt whether we shall ever see him
again. lie hasn't succeeded in raising
a company, much less a battalion, and
has dropped out of the business, lie
never had a commission anyway."
"Then nil of us to whom he promised
commissions are duped?"
"Not at ail—if you've raised the req
uisite number of men. Have you done
It?"
Then Hamilton lost his self posses
sion for the first time within my knowl
edge.
"How many men have you raised?"
continued the oflicer.
"Five," said Hamilton feebly.
"And you?" This to Cloyne.
"Four," sighed the handsome Irish
man.
Then the lieutenant looked at me In
quiringly.
"Three," I whispered, remembering
that one was dead and another re
claimed by his parents.
"And you've consumed nearly a
month at this," said the officer. "What
commissions do you suppose you nro
entitled to?"
No one answered, so the lieutenant
resumed h's work.
Then we three Summerton men step
ped aside at Hamilton's suggestion for
consultation, but we at once began to
moan and grumble Instead of consult
ing. Cloyne said he had no one In
particular to say goodby to; neverthe
less togo off as we were about to, with
out saying a word to any of the many
people he had known pleasantly for
years, would make him feel very much as
If suddenly arrested and sent to prison.
Hamilton said he heartily wished him
self in Cloyne's condition, but unfortu
uately there were many people to
whom he owed parting calls and some
with whom he had made engagements
which he wouldn't break for anything.
I began to say that I feared that not to
see me again would be the death of my
father or mother or both, but I didn't
get through my speech very well. As
for my brother Ned, when 1 thought
of that little fellow and all 1 might
have been to him, but hadn't, and now
he wouldn't have a big brother again
for years, 1 secretly promised heaven
to endure patiently any hardship or
Buffering of war if I might be spared
to make amends to that small boy.
Suddenly Hamilton exclaimed:
"This won't do. We're wasting pre
cious time. If we can't go back home
we can at least telegraph our friends
to come down and say goodby to us.
Let me labor with the great mogul once
more."
"Lieutenant," said Hamilton, whom
Cloyne and I followed to the desk, "I
beg a thousand pardons, but I know
you'll forgive me If you'd put yourself
In my place for a moment. I'm an old
f'Jrst militia man, and 1 know orders
must be obeyed."
"First regiment, eh?" said the lieu
tenant, rising from his desk, while
Cloyne and I pinched each other with
delight at the impression which Ham
ilton's announcement had evidently
made.
"Yes, and I've enlisted for service,
not for money, for I'm quite well off
already. My two friends here and I
would like to see our families and ac
quaintances before we start."
"Telegraph them to come at once,"
said the lieutenant. "Goto the nearest
hotel and see them there. You wouldn't
like to meet them before this crowd.
I'll pass you through the guards."
We must have been a happy trio to
look at just then as Hamilton took the
lieutenant's hand and murmured:
"God bless you!"
"I hope he will," said the officer,"for
everybody else Is cursing me today,
though I'm merely doing my duty."
We all moved through the door, the
lieutenant leading. Just then I felt a
clutch at my shoulder and, turning,
saw Urainard, his face tear stained and
most woebegone. Hamilton chanced to
see him, too, stopped, stared and ex
claimed:
"Eh? What's this?"
"This is a surj>rise," said I. "He's
one of us after all."
"Thauk heaven 1" exclaimed Hamil
ton.
I was so pleased at this remark that
I was hours in comprehending the en
tire meaning of It, which was that
there was a woman in the case. Mean
while Hamilton named the hotel to
which we would go and where the lieu
tenant could notify us when it was
time to start. We at once telegraphed
our families and while awaiting them
made some hasty goodby visits to
friends in the city. Two hours later
we felt as criminals condemned to
death must feel during the final visit
of their friends. My father—bless his
dear, thoughtful heart—brought down
the entire family and the dog besides.
Had It not been for that dog's efforts
to explore the hotel and Ned's efforts
to bring him back there would have
been little relief from the gloom of
which all of us were full. Ilialnard's
mother seemed to suffer worst of all.
She had gone through the agony of giv
ing her son away only to get liirn back
again forever, she supposed. Now he
was a soldier once more, and at scarce
ly an hour's notice she was to lose him.
My own misery was doubled by her
Borrow, for was not I to blame for his
being in uniform?
My cousin May tried to put some
cheer Into the part}', and as she always
laughed heartily nt the slightest provo
cation it was Impossible not to be af
fected by her spirits. She made cheery
though modest replies to some gallant
speeches which Hamilton addressed to
her, and she told Mrs. Brainard to
think how much more Charley's quick
wits would be to the nation than the
guns of a dozen common men. She
scarcely spoke a word to Charley him
self, however, and he looked at her
only slyly, for, as he told me after
ward, he had caught a glimpse of him
self lu a hotel mirror and felt like a
scarecrow 1
A message from the lieutenant broke
up our party, Cloyne departing first,
followed l)j* Hamilton and his friends.
I had to drag myself away from my
mother's arms and then tear Hrainard
away from his mother. 1 hope 1 may
never again see such a picture of deso
lation as that couple made while tak
ing a last look at each other. It seem
ed as if a sense of my own responsi
bility would kill me, but suddenly
j Coflsin May relieved the feelings of all
present by throwing her arms around
Charley's neck and exclaiming:
"You poor, troubled little fellow,
your mother shan't be lonesome while
you are away."
llow we got out of that room—why
we did not fall dead at the final part
ing—l do not know. To my memory
that is still the most dismal day of the
entire war. We took pains not to tell
our families where our rendezvous was
or by what streets we would depart.
We did not know ourselves. Just a
quarter of an hour afterward, how
ever, as we tramped down Broadway,
a dog sprang upon me, and as I turned
to cast him off I saw It was mine
that little Ned was right behind him,
iind my father was follow lug Ned.
CHAPTER IV.
IN CAMP AGAIN.
fjp —i E went south on a train |
which contained some
im squads of recruits for
||j& other regiments, and I
|£g cannot say that any
of them impressed me
lltol' more favorably than
our own or they
08 1 V -C J i o() k,>,l like men from
whom the Southern Confederacy had
much to fear. Certainly they could
not bear comparison with the average
of our old militia regiment, at whom
the cavalry had sneered and whom the I
regular artillerymen had called "Dough
boys." The great majority reminded |
nie of the corner loungers in city and
town. I said as much to Cloyne, who
replied:
"For very good reason too. That's
just the class from which they were
recruited."
It \sas pleasing to think that we
should see something different when
we reached our camp, which was only
about a day distant from New York.
Our quartet wished we might soon
reach there, too, for the trip persisted
In recalling by contrast that of the
Ninety-ninth, and the contrast made us
gloomy. No natives wished us god
speed or brought fruit and refresh
ments to the train when it stopped at
a station. Nobody <sang patriotic songs
in the cars or passe-.] jokes from seat
to seat. On the contrary, there wera
much vile language and drunkenness,
with some fighting, for men who had
received large bounties and were not
accustomed to having much money had
apparently tried to invest all their cash
in whisky. Some tried to desert by
jumping from the car platforms as we
passed slowly through the larger
towns, and apparently we all were
suspected by the officers in charge of
the various squads of being possible
"bounty jumpers."
It was not until this trip that we
came to realize, recruiting officers
though we had been, that the payment
of bounties, which had not begun until
the Ninety-ninth had taken the field,
had developed a new and highly pop
ular industry—that of enlisting, receiv
ing bounties, deserting, re-enlisting to
receive more bounties, and so on in
definitely until the bounty jumper was
detected or sent to the front too sud
denly and securely to escape. One
of the officers, with whom Ham
ilton and Cloyne scraped acquaint
ance, said we were lucky not to
be sent down In locked cars, with
windows so arranged on the out
side that they could not be opened
enough to let a man through. He said
also that a number of hard characters
had enlisted only for tlie purpose of
robbing their comrades and that those
of us who had much money would do
well to hide it securely before drop
ping asleep.
None of these revelations promised
well for the Union cause, and I asked
Hamilton why it was that the army
did not get a better class of volunteers,
"Because," said Hamilton between
his teeth, "most members of the better
classes are trying to become officers,
Instead of first enlisting as privates,
like several fools with whom I am
acquainted."
"But they can't all become officers,"
I argued. "There are too many of
them."
"None of them will become a private
soldier until there Is a conscription,"
said Cloyne, who stood by. "It's the
only way that men of the better classes
ever get Into the armies of other na
tions."
"But we are different," said 1, with
rising American pride. "Our better
classes kno\f they have more to be
thankful for than the people of othei
nations, so they have more patriotism."
"They do, eh? From the appearance
of this car and such others on this
train I have gone through, I must say
their patriotism Is not hurrying them
into the military service."
Then I had to change the subject of
conversation.
Before reaching camp we became ac
quainted with some of the recruits for
our own regiment and found enough
varieties of human nature to Interest
us and to justify Cloyne's remark that
it takes a net or an army to catch nil
sorts of queer fish. Hamilton, who
had a head for statistics, took the
trouble to ask each recruit for the
Thirty-eighth what was his business
before he enlisted. There were only
53U recruits, but 15 different trades and
professions were named. Indeed, there
was but one business or calling which
more than one man designated. It was
"soldier." Hamilton, Cloyne and I
were three of the five who made this
statement. The others were two stal
wart Englishmen, almost middlo aged.
1 engaged these successively In con
versation and was almost paralyzed
ut learning that they were survivors
of the famous "Six Hundred" who
formed the "Light Brigade" that
charged at Balaklava and was immor
talized by Tennyson in a poem which
I and every other boy In our school
had declaimed on "speech day."
It was long before I could tear my
self away from these fine fallows and
tell Hamilton and Cloyne what an ac
quisition our regiment had made.
Hamilton was as much surprised and
delighted as 1, out uioyiie iwitciiea hli
face, looked out the ear window in an
absentminded sort of way and re
marked:
"They'll make about 1,200 survivors
of that 'Six Hundred' whom 1 have
personally met, yet I haven't been u
great traveler."
"Perhaps." said I, "Lord Cardigan
didn't carefully count his men before
riding at the Russian guns, or perhaps
Tennyson took poetic license as to
number."
Cloyne laughed as he tried a pun.
"Somebody somewhere has ventured
more He than sense 011 the subject."
I thought this was very cynical of
Cloyne. Of course there are impostors
everywhere, but splendid, straight,
manly looking fellows like our own
regiment's share of the "Six Hundred"
could not be suspected of anything un
fair or pretentious. They were superb
ly cool and composed, as great soldiers
always are, and neither of them seem
ed to take ordinary interest in any
"Ah, you vants glory, chl"
u ne oround him until I chanced to
mention one of them to the other. To
my great surprise, they were not even
acquaintances. This fact or some
other seemed to surprise the one I
epoke to, and when I brought them to
gether and introduced them they did
not look and act at all as I imagiued
old comrades in a historic battle would.
Thinking perhaps they preferred to re
view old associations in private, I left
them, after which they to chat
quite freely, and when ik\ I met one
of them he told me they had identified
each other at last, and glad they were
to find they were old friends. It was
n long time before I could get Cloyne
to take the slightest Interest In them,
but he finally eyed them, first careless
ly, then curiously. Later I saw him
in earnest conversation with one of
them, and when I joked with him
about it he put 011 a queer smile and
patted me on the shoulder in a patron
izing manner that exasperated me.
Our reception at the camp of the
Thirty-eighth was not what I had ex
pected. The veterans of the regiment
did not turn out to cheer the brave
youths who had come to help them
put down the rebellion. They did not
even offer us something to eat, al
though it was long after breakfast
time and our haversacks had been
empty since the night before. A few
sauntered over to the adjutant's tent,
to which we had been marched, and
looked at us as if in search of familiar
faces, but no one took special interest
in us except the orderly sergeants of
the various companies, whom the ad
jutant had tue sergeant major Bummon
by bugle call. The company in which
we had enlisted had not yet been
organized, so we were allotted tem
porarily among the older companies,
and the orderly sergeants swore fright
fully, as they marched us off, at the
trouble they would have to squeeze an
extra man or two into every tent of a
lot already well filled. The men In the
tents did not do much to make us feel
at home, although one or two put on
some appearance of friendliness as
they asked us if we had brought down
anything in pocket llasks.
We Summerton boys were not made
any more comfortable by being sep
arated, as we chanced to be. No three
of us were assigned to the same com
pany, much less to the same tent.
There seemed nothing for us to do or
see either, for no drill was ordered
during the morning. Before dinner
call was sounded I had lost all inter
est In the service and the war. I could
think of nothing but our farm at Sum
merton and the people who occupied
it. My father had promised to visit
me In camp before winter if the au
thorities would permit. llow I hoped
he would not do it! I should have been
glad to have him see the camp of the
Ninety-ninth, but tho cavalry camp
was very different. There seemed no
end of detached tents and huts, with
no particular purpose that I could dis
cover. Nothing was as I had expected.
After dinner wo boys had an oppor
tunity to see each other again. We
enjoyed the meeting, but not its pur
pose, for each new recruit was given a
shovel and set to digging post holes
and ditches for some new stables that
were to be built. I could have had
plenty of digging without coming sev
eral hundred miles from home, for my
father had long Intended to set a new
fence. An excitable young French
man among the recruits seemed some
what of my way of thinking, for he
suddenly dropped his shovel mid shout
ed:
"1 will not dig ze hole! I enlist for
la gloire, not for dirty work like zls."
"Ah, you vants glory, eh?" said the
German sergeant who seemed engineer
In chief. "Den better It is you go back
to your own country, vere dey alu't
got no sense."
The Frenchman said something be
tween his teeth and thrust out his fist.
The sergeant collared the Frenchman
and kicked him all the way to the
guardhouse. There were 110 protests
after that. I'ost holes and ditches in
creased rapidly, and 1 was somewhat
astonished to discover that the short
ditch dug hy Phil Hamilton was the
most shapely of the lot.
We recruits got Rome comfort after
supper in criticising the movements of
the cavalry at dress parade. They
marched with less style than the most
awkward company of the Ninety
ninth. mid looked shabby by the lack
of resemblance in their hats, no two
of which set alike, although nil were
of black felt.
Signs of hospitality continuing to be
Invisible, some of us Suiuinerton re
cruits concluded to spend the night on
the quartermaster's *ay pile. Virginia
dews, however, h;m grown cooler In
the month that had elapsed since the
Ninety-ninth went north, and we had
to arise in the middle of the night and
indulge 111 violent exercise to warm
our blood. We talked a great lot, too,
so much that the sergeant of the guard
came over to see what was the matter.
When we told him why we were there
and how uncomfortable we were, he
said:
"Serves you right. Men who've been
The map on the stage who does the
trick of escaping from firmly tied ropes,
submits to the bonds with a smile. He
knows he can get out of the ropes that
are being Put the same man in
the woods and let Indian captors bind
him to a tree for torture and he would
struggle to the last against the bonds.
\\Tien the stomacn is diseased there
are bonds being woven every hour about
the organs dependent on the stomach—
heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc. The
folly of mankind is to passively submit
to the fastening of these bonds with no
effort to escape until the pain they cause
arouses fear.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
Cures diseases of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and nutrition. It
cures diseases of heart, liver, lungs, kid
neys and other organs, when these dis
eases, as is often the case, have their
origin in the diseased stomach.
"For a long time I was suffering and was
hardly able to get about " writes Mr Andrew J.
Jeaulngs of Thomas, Tucker Co., W. Vn., Box
J94. "Was bothered with kidney trouble and
my whole system was out of order; had no
appetite. A friend of mine told me to try Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I did so
and the first bottle restored toy appetite. I took
alx bottles of ' CJoldfc Mtdical Ducovery' and
some of the ' Pleasant Pellets' aua feel like a
ucw person."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellet 6 cleanse
the clogged system from impurities.
In the service once before and got out
and hadn't sense enough to stay out
deserve all the bad luck they can find."
I was angry and miserable enough
to believe for tho moment that he was
nearly half right.
CHAPTER V.
THINOS SLOW AND LIVELY.
ITIIIN a few days our
jjjl company was organ
*A\ ized, and we recruits
'Ml\ were gathered into
1 'SI of ' our own. Hut
I'M! we cmUihhml to he
jwy thoroughly miserable
,/iKK- ■ The cavalry camp
seemed such a shift
less, do nothing place for all who
were not recruits that I thought seri
ously of writing a private letter to
President Lincoln suggesting that he
Khould have this large and lazy body
of men go out and kill some rebels or
do something else that would help end
the war. It seemed to me that the men
I saw lounging about me could not pos
sibly be the same w ho had been all the
talk of the post when the Ninety-ninth
was there.
We recruits did very little lounging.
We were drilled pretty steadily in the
use of a saber, a weapon which did not
feel or act anything like we had sup
posed. For days it seemed too heavy
and clumsy for me ever to use to any
purpose, and I doubted whether I ever
should be able to injure the Confeder
acy or defend myself by any of the
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I bchdd an odd s)>cct<tclc.
thrusts, points or cuts of the manual
of arms. I told Cloyne so one day, and
he replied:
"That's the reason you're being
taught, 'l'here'd be nonsense in teach
ing you If you already knew how."
The regiment—that is, the new com
panies—had 110 horses, and we Sum
merton boys would feel very dismal
when we saw the older companies
mount and go off 011 a scouting trip, as
they did at least once a week, whilo
we, instead, were marched out to drill
or set to work on the stables, which
were so many and large that it seemed
they never would be finished. There
were VI of them, and each was more
then 300 feet long and required 1(K)
thick 10 foot posts, which had to be
cut In the forest, besides hundreds of
smaller ones for the roof and to divide
the stalls. Many of the men made up
their minds while this work was going
on that a soldier's life was a dog's life,
and they proved their sincerity by act
ing like dogs—growling, snarling,
skulking and fighting.
During this wretched experience of
cavalry life my spirits were strength
ened frequently by observing the im
perturbable mannerof Hamilton, listen
ing to Cloyne's sensible comments on
whatever occurred and admiring the
loyal spirit of little Brainard, to whom
whatever the government did through
any of Its officials seemed entirely
right. Whenever my mind was troubled
because I didn't understand the full
meaning of everything that was done
or left undone Brainard would remind
me that if I knew everything about the
war 1 probably wouldn't be a private
soldier, but general of the army or
perhaps president of the United States.
"Leave something, a little something,
to the colonel or the war department
or at least the president," Brainard
would say. "If you could do and
manage everything, as you seem to
wish, the higher officials wouldn't have
anything to do but draw their pay,
don't you see?"
There was some truth in this, and
such a remark would generally pacify
me for a few hours. I think, however,
that I got most comfort out of my
spurs and the joy I anticipated for the
time when I should have a horse and
tickle his flanks. My father had never
allowed one of his horses to be touched
with a spur—my experience with old
Itover was unknown to him—so there
was a pleasure In store for inc. And
what spurs they were! I had brought
them from New York. They were
"Mexicans," the wheels nearly three
Inches In diameter, with points as long
as a shingle nail, and they gave out a
bell-like Jingle as I walked, which was
such sweet music to my ear that I
never was without them. I even wore
them to bed, for, ns no one removed
any of his clothing when lying down
for the night on the tloor of his tent,
, where was the use In taking off one's
spurs?
One night this question was an
swered fo some extent. Our tent was
round, and the 15 men who lived in it'
slept wiih heads toward the outside j
and feet to the center. By early No-i
vember the nights were so cold that a
man needed a blanket as well as his |
uniform t>> keep him warm. Several
recruits who admired my spurs had
purchased others as much like them
as possible of the regimental sutler or
storekeeper, and they wore them con
tinually. One evening after our tentful
had enjoyed a private supper of fricas
seed goose, purchased from a colored
woman, we all lay down peaceably to i
sleep. Whether the geese—there were j
two of them -were underdone or too j
rich for men whose ordinary supper j
was dry bread and sauce of dried ap- j
pies I don't know, but some of us were I
affected in our dreams very much like |
small children after Christmas dinner
and unlimited candy. llow the trouble |
began I do not know, but 1 awoke
from a dream of being heavily shackled !
in a rebel dungeon to lind a terrible i
uproar and struggle going on In the
tent, which was as black as Egypt dur-:
ing the plague of darkness. To make j
matters worse, the most serious part
of my dream seemed still in operation,;
for I could not liberate my feet when j
I tried to crawl away from the center.'
"What blanked cuss has been tying
our feet together?" roared one man.
"Let goof my blanket," shouted an
other, "or I'll break your head!"
"You're a nice one to talk," said a
Wiird, "when it's you that's making all
the trouble!"
Meanwhile I, who had just awoke
and didn't know anything about the
difficulty, was being dragged one way
and another by my feet, so I raised my
own voice and complained of unfair !
treatment.
The din awoke the first sergeant, one
of the only two noncommissioned offi- j
cers yet appointed for our company,
and he opened the tent flap and roared:
"Keep quiet here or I'll send you all ;
to the guardhouse!"
"I'd be greatly obliged, sergeant," I
said Brainard plaintively, "if you'd '
send me there right away, if only to j
get out of this frightful snarl."
"Strike a light," said the sergeant.
Hamilton, who always carried match- j
es, scratched one and lighted the can- |
die, which was in a socket on the tent I
pole; then, as I struggled to a sitting j
posture, I beheld an odd spectacle.
Nearly all the men in the tent seemed
bound together by the feet by blankets
or held down by blankets stretched
tightly across their legs. After each
man had investigated for himself a lit- 112
tie while it appeared that the men
with Mexican spurs, like all the others,
had been tossing uneasily in their sleep,
all on account of the goose supper, and :
had worked the point of their spurs
! through the blankets over their feet.
As the blankets greatly overlapped one ,
! another at the center, a spur as often
as not had contracted an entangling al-*
liaticc with some other fellow's blan
ket, and the harder the wearer tried In
his sleep to free himself, tossing and
straining, the worse became the mis
ery.
"rnloose yourselves!" said the ser
geant.
"I'nloose thunder!" shouted a big ex
drayman from New York. "You can't
unloose a tie till you find the end, and |
the ends of these blankets Is all Inside
somewhere."
"He jabers," grunted an Irishman,
"I belave some spalpeen has stole the
inds and tuk 'em away."
We picked and pulled and tugged and
lost our tempers, and the few tueu who i
weren't in the tannic drew out of the i
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' crowd anJ laughed and jeered. Final
ly one desperate man drew his pocket
knife and began to cut himself loose.
The others followed his example, and
after live minutes of hard work we
were free, with an immense heap of
woolen rags In the center of the tent
and a hard tuft on each spur to tell
how the wretchedness began.
"No spurs in bed hereafter," said the
captain, who had come over to see the
fun and was nearly choking In an ef
fort to keep down his laughter and his
dignity. It took an hour of time next
day to get the fragments of blanket
from my spur wheels, and I wasn't
helped by the fellows who sat around
| and said 1 was to blame for the whole
row, for no one would have bought
those infernal spurs if I hadn't set tho
; example.
[TO BE CONTINUED.)
Ftamly Darning Apimrnta*.
j A convenient receptacle for the week's
i darning, to be hung near the sewing
chair, is shown by The Delineator. It
Is made of two round pieces or lids of
STOCKING BAG.
prairie grass, fastened together at the
| bottom and shies, with a deep frill of
; cretonne between. An opening is left
j at the top, and ribbons are arranged
In a loop by which the bag may be sus
pended on a hook. The round disks of
; prairie grass may be purchased in the
shops. Indian basketry trays may be
I employed for the same purpose, or sim
-1 pie disks of heavy cardboard covered
with cretonne in the same design as
the frill or in plain contrasting shade
will produce an excellent result If
one cares to spend time and ornamen
tation upon it, a design may be em
| broidered on the plain covered disk.
IH-adly (olds.
More people have died from colds
than were ever killed in battle.
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CATARRH
Ely's Cream
Easy and pleasant Hp* .
no
sorbed. Gives Re
lief at once. HAY FEVER
It opens and cleanses the Nasal Pas
sages. Allays Infianiation.
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, 50 Warren Street,
j New York.
MORI LIVES ARE BAVKD
j ...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,
Bore Throat, Croup and Whooping
Cough. NO CURE. >MO PAY.
Frios 60c. & sl. Trial Bottle Free.
0, L & I RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE.
Corrected to May i, 1901.
NEW YORK.
AM*
Harclay ST Lv. 2OU 10 00 !
Christopher St. ZTLI JU LB: PM*
Hobokcn 2 8(1 1 52 I 00
•Scran ton An 0 :■Uj I'M* : 100
I'M AM j 120
Buffalo Lve II .'MI 245 I 543
Scranton. ..Ar, 545 10 0U I I'M*
AM+ AM* I'M 112 ! I'M*
ST'KAKTOK ti 45 10 05 155 j
Bellevue ' 050
Tayiorville (i 55 10 15 2 Of. 1 559
Lackawanna j 70J 10 2-I 2IN IY;
L)u ryea ...J 703 10 2T> 218 ,■ i,,i
Pittaton I 707 10 31 > 217 | « I:-{
Susquehanna Ave.. . 710 10 :T3 219 « JJ;
West Pittston 7Hi 10 85 2 2'S | <: iu
Wyoming | 'l7 10 40 J 227 1 «24
Forty Fort : ....
Bennett I 721 111 49 234 I
Kingston. .ar. 730 lo 54 2*o 1; •«
Wilkes-Barre Ar 7 111 II 10 2 '<o 1:411
WiikeH-Barre.. Lve 720 10 iSO 2:10; -<II
Kingston Iv 7SO 10 54 240 ! «35
Plymouth June... . I 1
L'lyuiouth 7 I<S 11 O:! 2 411 1 "TVI-I
Avondale j 742 . 2 r>4 |
Nanticoke 745 II 11 258 "«'AI
Hunlock'F: ; 751 11 17 3 01; I T; ki
Shickshinny K Ol II 29 3 2(1 I 7 111
Hick's Ferry 812 I'll 4;: 3 3LI 'F7 21
Beach Haven 8 11 48 537 7 -n<
Berwick 823 11 54 344 -
Briar Creek fH 2H .... 112
Willow Grove W 31 I f 3 64
Lline Kidge 1 834 112 011 358
Espy I Jf®' 12 15 4 011 "j'M
Bloomsburg 841 12 22 412 ~ r ,7
Kupert HI SI 12 27 417 L M
Catawissa ! 1 12 82 422 U NR.
Danville } 12 47 485 U .«|
Cliulasky I •••• . 4 42
Jameron I 1 12 57 44*
NO'ITHI'MIIKKLAND 1 10 600 "K'JI
Ar. AAI I'M I'M PM
GOING KAST.
I'M*
is aw Y JHK j 335 FMF |
| Harclay St. AR :!.'!() 600 !
Christopher 5t... 1 :i 15 465
1 Holioken 10 05 44S , ...
Scran ton [AM* 12 55
—— | I'M AM* AM*
Buffalo Ar 800;12 45 7NO
Scranton Lv 155 I 548 11 85
AM* I'MF I I'M* I'M*
Scranton 942 12 35 460 845
Bellevue 937 j 446
Tayiorville 932 j 440 835
Lackawanna 9&> I 432 827
Duryea 9 23 4 29 h 25
I'lttston 919 12 17 1 424 821
I Susquehanna Ave.. 9 1(1 12 14! 420 818
West Pittston 9 13 4 17 « I«
Wyoming 9 09' 12 08 1 412 812
Forty Fort 9 04 4 U7
Bennett 9(1 4 03 8 (M
Kingston «W* 11 S9 400 802
Wilkes-Barre. . Lv «£0 11.50 360 750
Wilkes-Barre. Ar '•» 08 12 10 410 810
Kingston 858 11 59 400 802
Fly mouth Junction *sl 362
Plymouth 847 11 61 347 753
Avondale 8 42 3 42
Nanticoke 838 U 4:! 338 7 4li
Hunlock S 832 331 f7 41
Shickshinny 822 11 29 320 731
Hick's Ferry 812 3U9 f7 21
Beath Haven 8 02 3 33 7 12
Berwick.' 755 11 05 F2 58 705
Briar Creek 7 49 f2 53 I f(i 58
Willow Grove 112 7 44 F2 50
Lime Kldge I 8I) 24H F>> 50
Espy 732 T0 4 H 240 fi 41
Bloomsburg 124 J 0 4,) 234 038
Kupert 717 jo 37 229 032
Catawissa J sl LO 34 224 TI 27
Danville •' 58 10 19 211 812
Chulasky ......
Cameron 'j F2 01 FT> 03
F THUMBIIBL'D... .".J® HO'OO +I 50 1 * S&O
Lv AM a.m BM FM
I 1
Connections at Kupert with Philadelphia &
Heading Kailroad for Tamanend, Tamaqua
Williamsport, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc. At
Northumberland with P and E. I>iv. P. H. K. for
Harrisburg, Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
Corry, and Erie.
♦Daily. + Daily except unday. 112 Stop on
signal.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
TIME TABLE
In Effect May, 25, 1902-
IA M |A.M.. P.M
Scranton(D&H)lv J E 38! LY 38 142H 27
I'ittston " " 7 05|f 10()0|§ 210'4 52
A. M. A. M. P. M. P.M
Wilkesbarre,.. Iv {j 725 JjlO 35 > 245(8 00
Plym'th Ferry " 1 7 32 ilO 42 112 2 52 ffl 07
Nanticoke •' 74J 10 50 301 617 "*
Mocanaqua .... " 801 11 07 820 037
Wapwallopen.. " 8 10 IL iti 331 847
Nescopeck ar 818 11 2ti 342 700 ******
A.M A.M. P.M.
Pottsville lv § 5 501 SLI 5.5
Hazleton •' 7 05 12 52 J2 45
Tomlilcken " 722 11l 805
Fern (ilen " 7 2l' 118 315
Kock (Jlen "I 7 35 322
Nescopeck ar 800 145
Catawissa 4 00 """
IA. M A.M P.M. P M
Nescopeck lv! j 8 18 §ll 20 jj 3 42 |7 00
Greasy 83D II :sn ! 352 709 ******
Espy Ferry.... "|L 8 42 II 4ii I 4 (r2, 7 2(I
E. Bloomsburg, '• 847 11 . R »II ( 4 001 725
Catawissa lv! 856 11.571 413 732
South Danville '• 9 14 12 15| 4 31, 7 r>l
Sunbury arj 935 12 40j 4 55j 8 15 |
A.M. P.M. P. M KM.
Sunbury lv || 9 42 SLI 48 § 5 LO Y 41;
Lewislmrg.... ar 10 131 I 45] 5 40]
Milton '• 10 OS 139 53510 07
Williamsport.. " 11 0O 1 41 03010 55
Haven... " 11 69 220 7 34'
Kenovo "A.M. 3(H) 830
Kane " 8 25
P.M. P.M.
Lock Haven. .lv J. 12 10 K 3 45' . .
Bellefonte ....ar 10511 444
Tyrone " 22011 000
Pliilipsburg " 435 3 8 01?
Clearfield.... " 625S 845
Pittsburg.... " (i 55 1110 45
A.M. P. M. P. M P M
Sunbury lv j 9 60 § X 59 | 5 20 118 31
Harrisburg.... ar IJLL 30 jj 3 15 I 0 50; 10 10
P. M. P. M. P. M.IA M _
Philadelphia., ar $ 3 17 |[ 6 23 ||lo 20 ||4 25
Baltimore " (j 3 11 H 6 00 | 9 45 2 30
Washington... " S 4 10 |. 7 16 [lO 55 4 05
A.M. P, M. j
Sunbnry lv $lO 00 § 2 15 1
Lewistown Jc. ar 11 45 405
Pittsburg •' 6 55J§10 45|
A.M. P, M.:P. M. P M! _
Harrisburg.... lv 11 45 II 500 || 7 15i51025 !
| P.M. A M. A. M. A M
Pittsburg arl| 6 55||| 160J|| 1 50J 5 3o|
I P. M. PM A M A M
Pittsburg iv I| 7 10 | 9 00 S 3 00 |8 00
A.M A M P M
Harrisburg.... ar 1 2 00 | 4 2tl | » 30 | 3 10
AM A M
Pittsburg lv G 8 00
P M
ljewistown JJ. " ; 7 30 G 3 00
Sunbury ar \ V 20 'i 4 60J
IP. M. A M A M AM
Washington... Iv A lO 40 II 750 (10 50
Baltimore *• ill 00 3 440 840 nil 45
Philadelphia... " |ll 20 | 4 25 I 8 30 (11 40
A. M. ~A M A. M. P M
Harrisburg.... lv J 3 35 j 7 55 JLL 40 \ 3 20
Sunbury ar J|!>OO|I93TJ"LOBG 5 05
P.M. A M A M
Pittsburg Iv J!2 45 ! 3 00 I 8 00
Clearfield.... " 3 501 H2B " '
Pliillpsburg.. " 440 10 12 ""
Tyrone " 700 I 8 10 12 25i""
Bellefonte.. " 8 iti 932 105 *"
Lock Haveu ar 915 10 30 2 10|'""
P. M. A M A M PM
Erie lv J 5 35
Kane, " 845 |T> 00 "
Henovo " 11 50 5 ti 45! 10 30 "*
Lock Haven.... " 12 38 7 35L 11 25 |3OO ""
A. M. P M
williamsport .. " 229 830 :12 40 400
Milton •' 2 'Z'I 1 917 185 4 4(i
Lewisburg " I 9 05! 1 15 442 * I<M
Sunbury ar 324 ! 9 4ti 165 615 |*)*|
A.M. AMI* M PM
Sunbury lv S (I 45 8 9 55; J 2 (10 \ 6 "25
South Danville" 7 U 110 17 221 5 50 - '
Catawissa " 732 10 36! 2 :t(i AOS '.^.
EBloomsburg.. " 737 10 431 243 615 *"")
Espy Ferry...." 742 110 47 FFL ID,'" *
Creasy " 752 10 50, 2 55; (> 30 |
Nescopeck " 802 11 05| 305 640 ""
A M A M L'. M. P M I
Catawissa Iv 732 10 38 2 3TT! ti 08'
Nescopeck LV 823 !S 5 OT»|G 705
Kock (Jlen ar 1122: j 728 '""
Fern (Hen "j 8 51; 11281 5.32 7 34;""
Tomhicken "j 8 -58 11 .'!8 538 742 '""
lla/.leton " 919 II 58 559 j 805 '"*'
Pottsville " 10 15J (I SFT
AM AMI* M P M "
Nescoiieck lv : 8 02 11 06 ; 3 059 411
Wapwallopen. .nr, 819 11 2(L 320 ti 62
Mocanaqua .... " 831 11 32 . 330 701
Nanticoke "I 853 11 54 349 j 719
j P ML I
Plym'th Ferry' f9 03 12 02 357 17 28
Wilksbarre . .. "j 9 10; 12 10J 4 05| 7 35
AM P M P M P M
PlttsUin(L)AH) ar ; » 39 812 55 J 4 NL!. 8 38
Scranton " " 10 08; 124 524 05
I Weekdays. I Daily. 112 Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Sunbury, Williamsport
and Erie, between Sunbury AUD Philadelphia
ami Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burg and the West.
For further Information apply to Ticket Agents
J.Ji. lIUTCIIINSOA, ./. It. WOOD,
Ueiil Manager. Qen'l l'ass'n'r Ay
Shoes, Shoe?
StylisH !
Cheap!
:E£elia,"ble I
Bicycle, Cymnasium and
Tennis Shoes.
THE CELEBRATED
Carlisle Slioex
AND THE
Snag Proof
liuhhei* Boots
A SPECIALTY.
A. SCHATZ.
mm HEW I
A Flellam©
TW SHOP
For all kind of Tin Roofings
Spoutlne and Conoral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges,
Furnaces, eto.
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QUALITY THE BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E. FRONT BT.
one day only
Tuesday, July Ist, 8 a. ui.tn9p.iu
PROF. J. ANGEL,
THE EXPERT
EYE SPECIALIST
OF WILLIAMSPORT,
will he at Hunt's Drugstore, he needs
no further introduction as to his ability
and workmanship in his profession. He
is well known in this vicinity and he
can offer the names of many prominent
citizens of Danville and community,
whom he has successfully treated.
Those who suffer with headache, weak
eyes or defective eyesight, will be well
repaid to call on me. Hundreds of peo
ple are going blind daily from the want
of the properly prescribed glasses, and
from delaying attention to the eyes,
from time to time. Nothing will de
stroy your eyesight quicker than cheap
glasses or glasses not properly fitted to
your eyes. I can examine your eyes at
home, by appointment, without extra
charge. If you need me at your home,
drop a line to Hunt's Drug Store.
Reading or sewing glasses SI.OO and
up.
PHILADELPHIA &
READING RAILWAY
IN EFFECT MAY 17th, 11102
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE
For Philadelphia 11:24 a. m.
For New York 11:24 a. m.
For Catawissa 11:24 a. m, and 6:04 p. m.
For Bloomsburg 11:24 a. m,
For Milton 8:03 a m., ami 4:00 p. ra.
For VVilliainsport 8:03 a. m, aiul 4:00 p. m.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington, the South aud
West via li. & O. K. K. leave Heading Terminal,
Philadelphia at 7:55,11:26 a. in , 3:46, 7:27 p. m.
Sundays 3:20 a in , 7:55, 11:26, 3:46, 7:27 p. m.
Additional trains from 24th and Chestnut street
.itation, week days, 1:36, 5:41, 8:23 p. in , Sunday
1:35,8:23 p. m
TRAINS FOR DANVILLE.
Leave Philadelphia 10:21 a, m
Leave Williamsport 10:00 a. m., 4:30 p. m.
Leave Milton 11:00 a. in , 5:20 pin.
Leave Bloomsburg 7:10 a. in , 3:30 p tn.
Leave Catawissa 7:16 a. in . 3:36 p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut street Wharf and
South street Wharf.
For ATLANTIC ClTY*—Week-days—Express, 9.00
10:45 a. m. (1.00 Saturdays only,) 2:00, 4:00, 4:30
5 00, 15:40, 7:15 p. m. Local 6;00 a. in., J5.40 p.
m. Sundays Express, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 a. ni.
7:15 p. m, "Local 6:00 a. m., 5:00 p. in.
LEAVE ATLANTIC ClTY'—Week-days—Express,
7:00, 7:45. 8:30, 9:00,10:15, a, m., 2.50, 5:30, 7:30
p.m. Local 0:25 a. m., 3.50 p. m. Sundays Ex
press 10.15 a. m., 4.30, 5.30, 7.30 p. m. Local
7.15 a. m,, 4.05 p. m.
Parlor Cars on all express trains.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA.
ForCAPE MAY'— Weekdays—B.3o, 8 45 a, m. (Sat
urdays only ?1.40), *4.10, J5.40 p. m. Sundays
-8,45, 9.15 a. m„ 5,00 p. m.
For OCEAN ClTY—weekdays—B,4s a- in,, (Sat
urdays only gl40). t1.20, 15.40 p. m. Sundays
8.45, 9.15 a. ra., 5 00 p. in.
For SEA ISLE CITY-Weekdays 8.45 a.m. (Sat
urdays only 31.40) t4.20, {5.40 p. m, Sundays
8 45, a. m., 5,00 p. in., t South St, 4.15 p. in.,
{South St., 5.30 p. ill., iSouth St., 1.30 p. m,
♦South St., 4.00 p. m-
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESS
Leaves NEW YORK (Liberty Street) 3:40 a.m.
Leaves ATLANTIC CITY,—B:3O a. m.,
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
W. A, GARRETT, EDSON J. WEEKS,
Gen'l Supt.. Gen'l Pass'r Agt
Reading Terminal. Philadelphia.
PEQQ
The Coal Dealer
SELLS
WOOD
Prepared for Stoves
—AT—
-344 Ferry Street