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CITAPTER VI.
AT I.AST.
fjNE night ns wo wore
falling asloop just after
tups the first sergeant
| canto to our tent and
j "All men turn out to
draw revolvers and am
munition. The whole
regiment startsoll scout
right after breakfast 111 the morning.
The horses will reach camp tonight."
And that glorious, soul thrilling or
der was delivered In as careless tones
as if the sergeant had merely come In
for a man to carry wood for the cook.
1 made up my mind that the sergeant
was not the man for his place and that
the captain showed himself unfit foi
his business by appointing such a man.
Nevertheless I hurried to the ser- j
geaut's tent, and my soul thrilled with
patriotic Joy as 1 saw the great wood
en box full of revolvers of the heaviest
caliber. 1 knew something about re- j
vol vers, my father having invented
one and allowed me to help him lu |
some of his experiments. I mentally 1
made the calculation right there that ;
if each man in the regiment tired only )
oue shot at close quarters, which Is all |
the revolver is fit for in war, there |
would be about 1.000 fewer effective '
men in the Confederate army by the
time we returned.
Besides the revolver each man receiv
ed a holster, to be worn at the belt, a
cartridge box and a box for percussion |
caps, for this was before the days of j
metallic cartridges. When the ser- I
geant began to issue ammunition, how- I
ever, his language suddenly beatue un- j
fit for publication, for the department 1
quartermaster, who was oO or 40 miles
away, had by mistake sent carbine car
tridges, which, of course, were far too
large for revolvers.
The sergeant reported the fact to the
captain, while big I "at Callahan, of j
whom I had seen as little as possible,
recalled old times by saying it was "all
the gov'meiit's fauit, an' if the gov'-
inent's brains was turned into gunpow
der there wouldn't bo enough to blow
It to"—perdition. The captain used
language which proved that he was not
a member of the church, but suddenly
he dived Into the bis box in which the
pistols had come and drew forth a bul
let mold.
"Does anj one here know how to
load re vol vi with loose ammuni
tion'/" he asko
"Aye, aye, sir. Cloyne, touching
his hat.
"I, too," said I.
"And 1." said Hamilton.
"Good!" said the captain. "You three
break up carbine cartridges, make a
fire, remold the bullets and load all the
pistols. Six shots apiece will be better
than none. Sergeant, collect the re
volvers."
Then the men returned to their tents,
more than half of them joining big Fat
Callahan In cursing the government.
Hamilton and I began breaking car
tridges, while Cloyne started a tire near
the cookhouse and looked for spme
thing In which to melt the lead. After
much searching he settled on one of
the cook's frying pans. Then he had to
"boil the bullets in water to get the
grease from them, so an hour passed
before we had any new bullets.
That Job of loading pistols hung on
amazingly. Some of the cylinders did
not work well, so we had to "nurse" ]
them, for it would never do for any |
man to be without a pistol in the face I
of the enemy. I became so sleepy that
1 had to pinch myself to keep awake.
Once in awhile Cloyne did not close
the mold tightly before pouring the
lead, so the balls would be a little too |
Down beside me came Mick McTwyny.
large to fit the cylinders, and we tried
to make them smaller by scraping the
6ldes with our pocketknives. Day
light begun to dawn, and still 20 or
more revolvers remained unloaded.
Reveille blew, the captain came to
look on, spoke impatiently and then
said we were doing very well. Break
fast call sounded, and the men got not
only their breakfast, but three days'
rations to pack in their haversacks.
Still we had some unloaded pistols.
Then one man after another came up
and told about tlio horses and made
me almost wild with anticipation and
fear, the latter because they said each
man was allowed to select his horse,
so what would be left for us but the
poorest nags of the hundred?
Finally the last revolver was charged.
I went at a double quick pace to the
cookhouse for my breakfast and ra
tions. The latter consisted of hard tack
and a great piece of pork. How was I
to put that lump of fat into my haver
sack? I had not even a bit of paper,
much less a saucer or box. I settled
the matter by throwing It away. Fat
pork was disgusting Btuff anyhow.
Then, eating as Iran, I hurried to the
stable.
The stable orderly looked at me,
grinned most offensively and pointed
to the only horse that remained. I
.went Into the stall to look at him, but
got out again just in time to save niy-
Belf from n kick. There was no time
to be lost, for most of the men had al
ready mounted and were being cursed
into some sort of line lu the company
street.
"Full In on the extreme left!" roared
the captain. I obeyed orders, being
near there already. A mounted ser
geant was already there, but he was
not there a moment later. He went to
the hospital with a compound fracture
of the lower leg, caused by the hoofs
of my horse, and he never saw active
service again.
As we sat there and were again
brought to some semblance of line, the
captain remembered that he bad not
yet appointed his full complement of
noncommissioned officers. The compa
ny was entitled to eight sergeants and
eight corporals, of whom onlv five ser
geants had been designated, and one
of these had been sent to the rear by
my horse. Of corporals we bad none.
"Who loaded those pistols?" asked
the captain.
"Cloyne, Hamilton and Frost," re
plied the first sergeant.
"And Bralnard," said I from the left.
"Cloyne," said the captain, "you will
act as sergeant; Hamilton, sergeant—
and commissary; Frost"—
ITow did my jacket buttons succeed
In holding in my heart during that
glorious second of anticipation? I for
| got every annoyance and disappoint
ment of the past. Military ability,
even if only displayed 111 loading re
volvers, was to be recognized and re
i warded. The captain was a splendid
fellow. I wanted to order three cheers
for him at once, but just then a famil
1 iar grating voice rose from the center
I of the line.
"I was promised to be sarjint mesllf.
j Didn't I recruit sivinteen mill?"
I "So you did. McTwyny," said the cap
| tain, looking at the rutlian a moment
before lie spoke. "Well, you shall be
the remaining sergeant. Frost, first
corporal; Brainard, second corporal"—
j The captain continued through the
: list of corporals, and my heart sank.
I 'Twns better to be corporal than prl-
I vate, but to have had my expected lion
j or snatched from me by some one else,
j and that somebodj Mick McTwyny—to
: have Mick for my official superior! Oh,
it put uiy spirits to (light, and some of
my patriotism tried togo with them.
"Sergeant McTwyny to his post!"
shouted the captain.
Down beside me came Mick McTwy
ny. Oh. if tie had but been there when
1 first arrived and his leg instead of
the other sergeant's had been broken
by mj horse! Still he was there now,
aDd so was my horse. 1 could hope.
From the parade ground, where the
colonel and adjutant sat mounted, a
bugle blew the "assembly," the signal
for forming line.
"Attention!" the captain roared.
"Sergeant Cloyne. front! You will
command the third platoon. From the
light count fours."
"One. two. throe, four; one. two.
throe, four," ran down the line In rapid
succession.
"Forward!" blew the colonel's bugler.
"Fours right, march!" shouted the
| captain, '"to the left, march!"
We obeyed orders as well as we could
according to the tactics in which we
had been drilled 011 foot. Between the
tops of the tents we could see the other
companies filing out of their respective
streets and forming column in the road
in front of camp. There was some
trouble and a great deal of profanity,
which began to seem an army necessi
ty. as different captains endeavored to
take place in column according to
1 seniority and wore hindered by other
| captains whose lines of march crossed
| their own. Some of the men in the
newer companies got dreadfully mixed
up and made a lot of trouble before
they were set to rights, for they were
not accustomed to horses, much less to
riding. Finally, however, the whole
force was in columns of fours in the
road, and when the adjutant, learning
this by galloping down the flanks, sig
naled the colonel, the latter had his
bugler once more sound "Forward!"
"Forward!" repeated the bugle of
each of the 12 companies.
. "Forward!" shouted each captain.
With a confused trample of horses'
hoofs, clank of sabers, rattle of car
bines, jingle of spurs, a Jumble of
"Whoa!" "Git up!" "GTong!" and
"Durn ye!" from tlie recruits and iu a
] great halo of dust the regiment was off.
And yet n regiment two-thirds
of whose men had never seen their
horses until that morning and half of
whose recruits had never before been
011 horseback, who had to have their
pistols loaded for them and who had
I never been drilled together nor taught
even the simplest company movements
on horseback!
Well, 'twas the way with hundreds
of other regiments during the earlier
years of the war, and 'twas nobody's
fault apparently. As a nation wo could
bring men together fuster than we
could arm and drill them. Fortunately
for us, our neighbors at the south were
having the same ill luck.
CHAPTER VII.
IN Tilt: enemy's country.
GBBR E rode into and through
jm the town, out by the
road on which we used
s■! to '■*" I >icket duty as
' ,lfil,ltl T. across the
u W' bridge which we had
laid and relaid so
many times, far out
«SSS to where we used to
see the cavalry outpost's picket. We
rode past the picket also. He was in
the same place, as if he had been there
ever since the Ninety-eighth went
away. After that wo began to eye each
tree and fence for rebels, for were we
not in the enemy's country?
Except for this feature of the ground
we might as well have been anywhere
else in Virginia for anything that was
of interest. The fields of yellow corn
stalks looked so much alike that one
might easily have been taken for an
other, and the bits of woodland be
tween were as like as two fragments of
a single forest. The negro cabins were
all of logs, the farmhouses of wood,
painted white,and there wore not many
of either. The road, like all other roads
In the south and everywhere else In
farming countries in the United States,
was just about wide enough for two
' wagons to pass each other, so It al
lowed us to ride only four abreast.
Sometimes the road bent and sug
gested that there might be a change of
view beyond, but there wasn't. There
was absolutely no change of scenery
that we could remember for the first
' 12 miles of our ride that day, bo we
really felt some pleasurable excitement
' when we halted at a railroad crossing
and saw near by a station building, a
freight depot, a tankliouse, a black
smith shop and a store building, though
our captain told us that all had been
unoccupied for months.
We fed our horses with oats which
we had taken with us on our saddle
bows, with instructions as to Just how
much to give at a meal, and dined on
hard tack from our haversacks aud wa
ter from a btook. The long ride had
given me such an appetite that I was
sorry that I had not brought at least
part of my ration of pork. It might
pass for butter win n a man was very
hungry. I w;:s •, mew hat comforted,
however, to note that my horse, which
was tied nest to Mick McTwynv's at
the long rail !cnce beside the road, had
frightened M:. s horse and oaten that
animal's oai< l.ciVre tasting its own.
Brainard :i 11< 1 I met at lunch, and 1
had just askt 1 him how ho liked being
a trooper, he h:id expressed the
hope that II e i'l • :.'i!erac\ might feel
as shaky or vlt ;;s as he, when we
heard a shot <>r two in the advance. A
sensation pushed down the lino, and we
all started on foot to see what was the
matter, hut Ihe captain ordered:
"To horse! Mount! Itemember your
fours! Forward!"
Looking out the road, we could see by
the dust cloud that the other companies
were in the saddle and moving for
ward. Wo rode about five minutes,
hearing from time to time a few shots,
but 110 bullets. Suddenly, however,
across a field of wheat stubble came
one of our men 011 horseback, making
a great noise as he appeared to be
trying to check his horse's gallop.
"A cavalryman ought to be able to
manage his horse without so much
fuss," said I, with some pride, for I
had boon taught to manage horses by
the rein alone.
"The poor fellow Is hurt," said the
lieutenant who commanded our pla
toon. "Seems to be bis thigh. I guess
his horse is hit too."
Down went my heart Into my boots
nr up into my throat, I couldn't deter
mine which. If this was war, 1 want
ed it to stop at once. Just to imagine
myself coining wounded and screaming
across a field like that poor fellow
made me feel deadly sick. I strained
eyes in the dilution from whfcTi
the wounded man had coriSo, but saw
nobody else. Meanwhile the surgsgp
had gone out to meet the who
now was quite near us, and called to
some one to take down part of tho
fence so the liorso could reach the road.
By the time tho poor fellow reached
the roadside he was very pale aud lean
ing low 011 bis horse, and we coult) see
a broad red stain along the leg of his
light blue trousers. He was helped to
the ground, and the surgeon quickly
cut away his clothing and examined
the wound, while we moved on, my
heart still being elsewhere than in its
proper place.
On, on we rode, and the farther
we wont the more I wished we were
going in the opposite direction. I am
ashamed even now ft> remember how
many different kinds of coward I was
that day, but 1 was giving my entire
mind to the subject, and In such cir
cumstances a inan can accomplish a
great deal. Fortunately it was im
possible to keep up the strain a long
time, so within an hour or two I was
cool enough for anything. I was too
exhausted to be anything else.
When I regained my senses sufficient
ly to think of something besides my
self, I was astonished at the coolness
or carelessness of our lieutenant. He
bad once been a private soldier in one
of the older companies, which were at
the head of the column, but he did not
ride ahead to ask questions, nor did he
oven dismount to speak to the wound
ed man, though he must have known
him. In the middle of the afternoop
we passed a member of one of the old
companies going to the rear for some
thing, and our lieutenant asked:
"What is it?"
"Nothln" much," said the man. "Their
piquets was layin' for us."
"Nothing else?"
"No, except Big Brown's hogs was
killed. He got one of theirs, though;
that's all."
"Nothing much!" "That's all!" if a
poor fellow, shrieking with agony over
a broken thigh, which was being hurt
still more at every step of his horse,
was "nothing much," what would be
regarded as something? If the "pick
ets layin* for us" could inflict so much
misery, what would be the result of a
full battled Again I wanted togo
home.
But no battle occurred that day, anu
we dismounted before dark and pre
pared to bivouac In the woods for the
night, a stream crossing the road sup
plying ample water for men and horses.
Brainard and I wanted togo right up
to the front and learn all about the
Oght with the pickets, but the captain
told us not to stray far from our
horses. Some of the men began to ask
when and where were the cook and the
evening coffee, and when they learned
that the cook had not come and that
he should have dealt out ground coffee
with the other rations, so that each man
could make some for himself, therp
was a terrible hubbub, which reached
the captain's ears and made him say
dreadful things about the cook. But
none of the fuss yielded a bit of cof
fee.
I was fortunate in never having con
tracted the coffee driuking habit, but
what I lacked in thirst I made up in
hunger. I already had eaten a full
day's ration of hard tack, but it seem
ed only a mouthful. I consulted Ham
ilton, who had been named commissary
sergeant, about the possibility of out
getting anything else to eat ddrlng the
three days, but he gave mo no encour
agement. Nevertheless I borrowed one
biscuit of the nine which constituted
tho next day's ration and promised my
self I would eat a light breakfast.
Then I reminded myself that at home
I often had gone without breakfast for
the sake of starting for a morn
ing of fishing. Why could I not do like
wise In Virginia? I regarded the prop
osition with enough favor to borrow
another biscuit. But those bits of
hard bread did not seem to fill the ach
ing void that longed for them, and
when I learned that most of the com
pany were as hungry as I and were act
lie was very pale and leaned low on
his horse.
Ing according to the Bentiment, "Eat,
drink and bo merry, for tomorrow we
may die," even though the death was
to be by starvation, I followed tl^gjy
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example with such industry that t>y
the time 1 was ready to sleep my hav
ersack was as empty as when it tirst
came from the quartermaster's. Never
before had I enjoyed any meal so
thoroughly, yet 'twas nothing but hard
bread seasoned with Virginia air.
It seemed only a minute to breakfast
time, so soundly did I sleep during na
ture's effort to make amends for the
wakeful night before. No sooner was
I awake, however, than I began to
think of breakfast and of not having
anything of which to make it. If mis
ery loves company, our troop ought to
aave been a most sociable lot. for near
ly all had been as Improvident as 1.
Soon i began to stroll desperately about
the forest In which we were camped.
I hoped to find at least a slippery elm
tree from which to tear some bark to
eat, but the trees were mostly pines,
among which the elm seldom grows.
At the edge of the wood was a corn
field, Into which I sprang and tore open
some husks, hoping to find a belated
ear which might be soft enough to
chew, but all the corn was hard. I
plodded so long between the rows that
suddenly I saw before me the roof of a
cabin. There might be rebels in it,
thought I, but if they took me prisoner
they couldn't refuse me something to
eat. No matter how rebellious, the
southerner never lost his reputation for
hospitality.
I was greeted at the cabin door by an
old colored woman who looked at me
savagely and said:
"Don' yo' come 110 furder, Mas' fcjo-
Jer. Dey ain't nuffin lef to steal. Yo'
men dun tuk ev'ryt'ing in de house las'
night."
I took a silver quarter from my pock
et. "I'was a birth year pocket piece
which I had carried for years, l>ut, as
Satan remarked the only time on rec
ord when he told the truth, "All that
a man hath will he give for his life." I
Bfii
"Don' yo' come no furder, Mas' Sojcr."
held the coin up between my thumb
and finger, and as the old woman's
countenance changed pleasingly I said:
"I don't want to steal anything,
aunty. I'm almost starved, and I'd
like to buy a mouthful to eat, I don't
care what."
"Yo' don' mean it, honey? Yo' uln't
foolin'?"
"No; here's the money. Take it—give
me something—quick!"
"Bress yo' soul!" said she, dragging
me Into the house. "Jess yo' set down
in dat cheer, an' I'll make yo' a eo'hn
pone in a minute."
She raised a board from the floor,
scooped some cornmeal from a hiding
place, mixed It in a pan with water and
poured the mass, which was exactly
like the food we made 011 our farm for
young chickens, into a heavy Iron pan
that was in the fireplace. On top of
the pan she put an iron lid, 011 which
she piled hot coals. It seemed to me
the cooking consumed at least two
hours, but 'twas oDly ten minutes bv
my watch when the woman took off
the lid and lifted out an immense loaf
of what in Summerton would have
been called baked chicken feed, but
which In the south is called corn pone,
sometimes hoecake.
And how good it was! How, ns I
ate one fragment after another, I fe
licitated the ghosts of past generations
of ray father's chickens 011 the enjoy
ment they must have had in eating
just such breakfasts! It was solid, a
little of it occupied a great lot of room
Inside my belt, but that wa9 just
what I wanted. There was neither
salt, eggs nor baking powder In it, as
there always was in corn bread at our
house In Summerton, but the taste of
the raw meal was delightful for Its
own sake. And the loaf was 60 easily
made too! I then and there resolved
never togo 011 auother scout without
j a little bag of meal in my haversack.
As I ate, the old woman told me of
the trouble she had in keeping in the
I house anything to eat. The southern
! soldiers, she said, stole everything she
ty(J whenever they came that way, as
did the northern soldiers, so 6ho had
learned to keep her chickens, pigs and
corn in the woods far back from the
road, where nobody would be likely to
find thctn, end her husband always
watched SVUftU any soldiers wete
In the DelgqßwZiOtK)
I wondered what the people in the
north would think about such treat
ment of the colored people, for whose
benefit some of them seemed to think
the war was conducted, but my
thoughts vvre interrupted by the
sound of a bugle.
"Take de res' along, honey," said the
old woman, "an' " here she looked un
der the Hoot - again—"hyali's some yams
[sweet potatoes]. Tuck 'em in yo'
pockets an' roas' 'em in de hot ashes
when yo' gits hungry."
I hurried away with profuse thanks,
a full stomach and an entire willing
ness to face, single handed, the whole
southern army in battle array. Many
months later, when I had some soldiers
under my own command, I gave more
attention to the cookhouse than to my
other duties combined. And how grate
ful were the smiles which Brainard,
{lainilton and Cloyne gave me when I
divided my surplus hoecake among
them! Brainard said that bit of hoe
cake saved his life, BO I had done the
government as great a service as if 1
had brought a new soldier into the
field.
Again we started, and as we rode the
captain and lieutenants looked fre
quently at the horses' heads to see that
eurb bits were not chained too tight
! or hanging too high or too low and
that the horses were not worried by be
ing ridden with too tight reins. Most of
the recruits wanted to make their
horses arch their necks like soldiers'
horses in statues and military pictures,
and when the captain made them stop
they muttered that war wasn't uiueL
fun. Big Tat Callahan said that a 601-
dier was not only a dog, but he was
expected to let his horse be a pln ;
which proved that the government was
a condemned fool and deserved to be
wiped out by the rebels. He did uot
get much sympathy from Mick Mc- 1
Twyny, for Mick was trying to carry
the dignity of his new office, and it was
such a heavy contract that he had no
mind for anything else. His recruits,
however, agreed fully with big Tat Cal-'
lahan and cursed the government flu
ently, and the captain didn't reprove j
them, which seemed to me gross neg
lect of duty.
We rode nearly all day, but nobody
could tell us where we were or what
we were expected to do or when we
would do it, all of which, when pro
longed for hours, began to be enraging
in the extreme. When we halted at
noon to feed the horses, I complained
to Cloyne that if we never were to
know what we were to do we might as
well be so many machines.
"That's just what we're expected to
be," said he,"and the sooner you real
ize it and live up to it the sooner you'll
be a trustworthy soldier."
This was depressing. It was simply
awful. Could there be no way of re
lease for a mind which could not help
working? I asked Cloyne how high in
rank a soldier must be to do some
thinking for the government, and he re
plied:
"General in chief of the army, as a
rule, though before you've been long In
the cavalry service you'll have an oc
casional chance to use all the brains
you own and wish for another headfu!
to help you through."
This was encouraging for a little
while, and then it wasn't. During the
day I found something besides the
conduct of the war to think of. The
dust raised by more than a thousand
horses in front, our company being
uext to the Inst in column, was blind
ing and choking, besides getting inside
my clothing and making me feel un
speakably dirty. How 1 wished 1 might
take in rapid succession all the baths
T had with great effort avoided when 1
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(*nh!ishc\! livery Morning Except
Sunday at
No. 11 E. Mahoning St.
Subscription 6 cents l\_r Week.
was a small boy! TUe water iu my
cantt'en became disgustingly warm,
for the midday sun was hot, and I had
I not learned how to cool a canteen, yet
my mouth and throat were parched.
My legs ached intensely from the
steady pressure on the saddle, yet the
horn of the saddle was so high, with
the roll of blankets strapped to it,
that I could not get relief by riding
"woman fashion" for a few inomeuts,
as was the custom with farmers' boys
at Summerton. Poor Brainard, who
never before had done any riding,
said he was sure his legs were being
so bowed that they would have a wid
er spread than his shoulders, which
would be extremely inconvenient, as
well as unsightly. But there W»B one
comfort—Mick McTwyny insisted that
his legs were that bad that when he
reached camp he was going to the hos
pital and remain there for life.
Suddenly, an hour after the afternoon
march began, I was given a new sub
ject for thought. A bugle call sounded
from the advance, which was passed
down the column by successive bu
glers. It was a call I had not heard
before, so I asked the lieutenant what
it was.
"It's 'Chargel* That's what It Is."
[TO BE CONTINUED].
The Dinner Coat, a Garment
The coffee coat or dinner Jacket has
already been adopted by French and
English ladles, and American authori
ties are now giving it serious consid
oration. Its claims are undoubtedly
rood and commend it as a valuable
.idition to the wardrobe. The dinner
coa' is, of course, loose and easy of ad
' unent. It looks exceedingly pretty
in a ft oriental satin *jf any color
V" "'i *s the wearer made with a
WJM. i- of chiffon worked all
ove» .11 • ..rays of small roses or vio
lets ID s' ,f : of the natural color of the
bloom. Ati pplique of lace edges the
coat, and ' . !• ring this is narrow rib
bon tipped > gold and a fringe of
the flower. - sleeves are of the bell
| shape, striped ' ;h embroidered rib
bons, and so is the deep collar band.
I Sometimes these garments are most'h
lace over accordion plaited crepe «'f
chine, the collar and loose pouch'
front of panne, which is being m
of a finer and more supple nature
consequently ever improving. Delj
laces are Introduced on them and
the line white silk muslins, scatter
over with small bouquets. Delical
china silks are being made up Into
Louis XVI. coats, which have a great
element of beauty. They almost seem
to be hand painted, they are so natu
ral.
KlrMt HimliieMM i.emion.
"What Is the tirst thing a young busi
ness man should learn?" was nsked of
the successful one.
"That mailing bills is not collecting
money." was the prompt r^ply.—ln
dianapolis News.
Nasal
CATARRH
In all its stages there . %(& gWlt
should be cleanliness. fEV «
Ely's Cream Balm p
cleanse*, soothes and heals
the diseased membrane.
It cures catarrh and drives
away a cold in the head
quickly.
Cream Balm is placed Into the nostrils, spretds
over the membraue and is absorbed. Belief is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—docs
not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail.
ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren Street, New York.
MORK LIVES ARE SAVED
Dr. King's New Discovery,
...F0R....
Consumption, Coughs and Colds
Than By All Other Throat And
Lung Remedies Combined.
This wonderful • medicine positively
cures Consumption, Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Hay
Fever, Pleurisy, LaGrippe, Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping
Cough. NO CURE. NO PAY.
Price 50c. & sl. Trial Bottle Free.
L, & I RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE.
Corrected to May i, 1901.
NEW YOKE.
A M *
Ban-lay 81. I.v. ii 00 10 00 i
t'hristopher St.. 2 l*l 10 IE, M*
Hobokcn...., 2 8# I 52 00
Hcriintoii Ar 112, : >2 I'M*
I'M AM
Buttalo l.vt- II 80 245 1
Mcranton Ar 545 10 (JO M
—— AMt AM* I'M t I M*
SCR*MT<I» . 045 1U 05 1 55!
Bellevue ti 50 J
Tayiorrille 656 iu 15 203 I
Lackawanna 701 111 28 2in 1
Duryea 708 10 26 213 |
Pittston 707 10 iil 217
Susquehanna Ave...i JlO 10 88 2m j
West PlttßtOn 7 l.i 10 85 228 1 1!*
WyoinißK ~'7 10 10 227 ! 21
Forty Fort 1 ....
Dennett 721 lu 4!t a ti 80
Kingston ar. :ai 10 240 ti 85
\Vilkes-Harre Ar "'o II 10 2 s<i ti
WilkeK-llnrre. I.ve lu 80 2 :ai i; 20
Kingston Iv ' i4O 10 51 2 ItJ t; 85
Plymouth June... . u
Plymouth 7 ii m a 41, 1.8
Avondale.. ;I 7 12 . 251 ..
Nantlcoke 71» It 11 a SK: ti 51
Hunlock'f.... 7 :»1 II 17 3 Oli I ti 57
ShtoUshlnny K Ol II 2U 3211' 71"
Hick's Ferry * l2 I'll;: 331, f7 21
Kearh 1 live 11 K "f s 537 728
Derwiclt 828 11 54 344 7 M't
Briar Creek j® • ••• f.l "hi
Willow (Jrove 112 3 61
I.lino lii'luc f!2 OH 3 58: ...
E"l>y £ 1"» * IX' 752
HluoUlsburK * 4l 12 22 412 76"
Rupert M H 12 27 417 HOl
tlatawlesa ' 12 82 422 805
Danville 12 17 485 1 «20
(Hiulasky •••• 4 4J
lameron ( ... 12 57 4is
NOHTHUMBBRLAND I 10 600 H 1.",
Ar. AM I'M I'M I'M
I I
GOING EAST.
I'M- |
IV sw Y _»' IK 8 35 I'Mt
Barclay Si, Ar. j 330 6 (to |
(Jhrlstopher St... 315 165 j !. . .
Hoboken 11l 05 44 *> ... I ... .
Scran lon AM* 12 55 1 l'M*
l'M* AM* I AM*
Buffalo Ai KOO 12 15 : 700
Si-ranloii I.\ 155 548 j II 85
Scranton - 12 35 , 450 845
liellevue 4 4
Taylorvllle 32 410 i 835
Lackawanna 2ti 432 j 827
Duryea it '£l 42« i 825
Plttßton. ylO 12 17 4 24 821
Susqueh e "> 12 14 420 818
West Pit " | »18 417 1 810
Wyoin "" I 900 12 08 1 412 812
Fort vi 0 04 I 4 07 I
Ben ,* W 11 4 03 8 01
K' i r ! 868 11 0!> 400 802
\\ , Haiii*''iv « f-0 1150! 360 750
, s-Harrc Ar 9 ° s lu ■ * 10 I 810
s t on . " 858 11 5(1 400 802
mouth Junction 8
■yuiouth 1161 34( | ,58
Avondale 1 8 i 842
Nantlcoke > 8 .18 11 43 338 7 4ti
Hunlock 8 s 331 f7 41
Shlckshtnny ; H 320 *Bl
Hick's Ferry ; H 8 U'l 17 21
Heaeh Haven ii 9? : _ 3 i i'r
Berwick.' i ' H 5* ; 9"
Briar Creek L 1 j'-' ; ' n ' M
Willow tirovf i 1. '•* ;,t !
Lime Kldue 1 L ? I 2 ."I 1 ]
Espy i' 2 10 48 ; 210 b4l
Blooinsburu i "fi 10 4tJ 234 t> 38
Kupert....;. I X 10 37 220 i <>B2
Catawißsa ' !r; 10 84 ~
Uanvtlle | '* 58 10 10 2 H »' 1^
C'hulasky ; ! |
Cameron ! j! '2 oi 08
Nobthcmbbbl'd. .. I tlo 00 I +'jo; p'.r*
T-V AM A.M. ,M 1
t'onnectlons at Kupert with Phllailelphla i
Keaiilnt? Kailroad for Tamaneml, Tamaqua,
Williamsport, Sunbury, Pottsville, etc. At
Northumbertanil with P ami E. Dlv. P. K. K. for
Harrieburit. Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren
Corry, and Erie.
* Daily. + Daily except unday. fstop on
signal.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME T4BLE
In Effect May, 25, 1902-
A Mi A.M., P. Ml
Seranton(D&H)lv j 6 :i8 in 3s 112<4 27
I'ittston " " 7 05;fl0iio|§ 210 4 52r'""
A.M. A. M P. M. P.M
Wllkesbarre,.. Iv tj 7 25 §lO :tr>' | 245 d Ott
Plym'th Ferry " 1 7 32 110 42 I 252 to 07 *"
Nantlcoke " 742 10 50 301 817
Mocanauua .... " 801 11 07 320 837
Wapwallopcn.. " 8 10 II Iti! 831 847 '"
Nescopeck ar 818 11 2t; 842 700
A.M. A.M. P.M.
Pottsville lv § 5 :>o jsll 55
Hazleton •' 7 05 1 12 52 ?2 45 ***
Tomlilrken " 7 '22 1 111 305
Fern (Hen " 720 118 815
Kock (lien "1 7 35 822
Nescopeck ar 800 145
Catawissa ! ! O0
A. M A.M P.M. P M
Nescopeck Iv $ s 18 §ll 2ti 342;7 00
Creasy •• 830 II 3<i 352 7 09r
Espy Ferry ";f 8 42 11 4ii t 4 02 7
K. ItloomsburK, ,- j 847 II 50 4 Oti' 7 2.*.
Catawissa lv j 855 11.57] 4 13 732'
South Danville '•[ o 14 12 1", 431 75]
Sunbury ar «35 12 40' 4 55| «15
A. M. P. M. P. M P.M.
Sunbury lv || 9 42 §l2 18 § 5 lo ,» 41;
I>ewisliurg.... ar 10 13 145 540
Milton •' 10 08 130 53510 07
Williamsport.. "1 11 00 1 41. ti 30 10 55
L<ock Haven... •*! 11 5H 2 20| 731
Kenovo " A.M. 800 880
Kane "| 8 25| ]
|P.M. P. M.j
Dock Haven..lv gl2 10 :l 8 45'
Bellefonte ....ar 105 D 441
Tyrone " 22011ti 00
I'liilipsijurg "| 185j 8 02 |
1 Clearfield.... "j 6 25 8 845 j
I'lttHburg.... " ! ti 55 810 45 |
A. JVI. P. M. P. M. P M
Sunbury lv «60§1 50 a 5 20)18 31,
llarrlsburn ar II 30 §315 a <> 50jW lOi
P. M. P. M. P. M. A M
Philadelphia., ar $ 3 17 ii 6 23 !|lO 2ii 4 25
Baltimore " § 3 11 || 6 00 j 9 f5 2 30:
Washington ..." § 4 10 |, 7 16 10 55: 4 05,
ATAD P, M.
Sunbury lv §lO 00 § 2 15 1 :
Dewiatown Jc. ar II 45 105 1
Pittsburg •' ti 55.§10 45 j
A.M. P, M P. M. P M _
llarrlsburK-,.. lv 11 45 1! 5 IK) || 7 15ig 1025
P. M. A M. A. M. A M
UttsburK ar " ti 55 ]| 160{|| 1 50 5 30;
IP. M.II'MA M| A M!
Pittsburg lv ! 7 10 1] 1» 00 j 3 0011H 00:
iA.M I A M P Ml
llartisburg..,. ar' 2 OOjj 4 20 jj 0 :io,i 3 10
" AM: A Ml
Plttsbuig lv : 5 8 00;
Ii P M
l..ewißtown Jj. " U 7 30j i 8 00
Sunbury ar j? V 20 j 4 60
P. M. AMY M A M
Washington... lv 10 4U' ; f 7 sojjlo 50
Baltimore •• 11 U)|j 440 8 40 ; 11 4v">
Philadelphia... " 11 20 ' * 2.*. S ;to 11 10
A. M A MjA. M. P M
Harrlsburg.... lv 3 351) 7 Sfiljll 10 \i 820
Suntiury ar ,i 5 00,: » Bti; 108 ? 5 05:[""
il'.M.i A M A Mi
Pittsburg Iv £ 12 46 3 00 ? 8 0"
Clearfield.... »I' 3 501 0 2S|'" " !
Pliilipsburg.. " 110 10 12:
Tyrone "1 7 00! I? 8 111 12 251'"
Bellefonte.. " 8 in; i it 32 105 '""
Dock Haven ar 015 10 ;>*»' 210
IP. M, A M V M 1' M
Erie, lv ; 5 35 ! j I tii>
Kane, " 845 lirioo j'"
Kenovo " II 50 ? H 4,i 10 3o! '*
lj,K.'k Haven.... " 12 liß 7 8.5 11 25 3 I*'
A.M. I' >l;
Williamsport.. " 220 830 12 10 4do
Milton •* 228 it 17 125 4 4<i
I.ewisburg " | 905 1 I.V 442
Suntiury ar 3 24! 940 165 &15
" A.M. A M I' M P M
Sunbury lv 112,. 45 9 i 2 00 525
South Danville "| 7 ill io 17 221 5 60']]]]
Catawissa " 732 10 36 2 :>!• 808
K Bloomsburg.. " 737 10 43 2 1." 615
Espy Ferry " 742110 47 112 8 10
Creasy " 752 10 68 2V, fi 80
Nescopeck " 802 11 06| 30 5 840 ""
AM A M P. M. P M
t 'atawissa I\ 782 10 38 , 2 3t! 008
Nescopeck Iv 823 ;505g7 05 ' * *
Kock (Hen ar II 22 7 28
Fern (Hen " 851 11 281 532 73) ''
Touiliicken " 858 II .38 5 ;#> T42
Hazleton " it Hi 11 58 5 s!l| 806 *")
Pottsville " 1011151 (j 55
AM AMP M P M
Nescopeck Iv 802 .11 06 5305j 6 40 ■•••
Wapwallopcn. ,ar 810 II 20 320 ti 62
Mocanauua.... " 8 :il II 32 330 701
Nanticoke " 858 11 64 3 If l 710
P Ml
Plym'th Ferry' I it 03 12 02 3 5", 17 28
Wllksbarre ..." 910 12 10 4 Of, 785
AM P M P M P M
PittSton(DAH) ar . V 29 112 55 5 4 sti . 8 l!«
Scranton " " 10 08 i2l S2l'« (6
\ Weekdays. S Daily. 112 Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Surbury, Williamsport
and trie, between Sunbnry au.l Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
burg and the West.
For further information apply to Ticket Agents
/. 1!. UIJTCIIINSON, J. 11. WOOD,
Hen 'I Manager. Uen'l I'ass'n'r Ay
Shoes, Shoe?
Stylisih.!
Clieap I
lE£elia"bl© i
Bicycle, Cymrtaslum and
Tennis Shoes.
THE CELEBRATED
Carlisle Shoes
AND THE
Snag; Proof
Itubher Boots
A SPECIALTY.
A. SCHATZ,
SOIOIQ EI!
A Hellabi*
Tlur SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin Itoeflnfe
Spoutlne and OanaNil
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters,
Furnaces, eto.
PRICKS THE LOWEST!
QIIILITY TAB BEST!
»t
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E. FRONT BT.
PHILADELPHIA
READING RAILWAY
IN EFFECT MAY 17th, 1902
TKAINB LEAVE DANVILLE
For Pliilailelphia 11:24 a. m.
For New York 11:24 a. m.
For Catawissa 11:24 a. 111, and 6:01 p. m.
For BliKimsburg 11:24 a. m,
For Milton 8:03 a m., and 4:00 p. m.
For Williamsport 8:03 a. m, and 4:00 p. m.
Trains for Baltimore, Washington, the South and
West via B. & O. K. K. leave Reading Terminal,
Philadelphia at 7:55,11:26 a. m , 3:46 , 7:27 p m
Sundays 3:20 a m . 7:55, 11:26. 3:46,7:27 p.m.
Additional trains from 24th and Chestnut street
station, week days, 1:35, 5:41, 8:23 p m , Sunday
1;35, 8:23 p. m
TRAINS FOR DANVILLK.
Ix'ave Philadelphia 10:21 a m
Leave Williamsport 10:00 a. m , 4;30 p m.
Leave Milton 11:00 a. m , 5:20 p m.
Leave Bloomsburg 7:10 a. m , 3:30 p m.
Leave Catawissa 7:16 a m , 3:36 p m.
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION.
I>jave Philadelphia, Chestnut street Wharf and
South street Wharf.
For ATLANTIC ClTY—Week-, lay*—Eipre*. 9.00
10:45 a. in. (LOOSaturdays only,) 2:00,4:00,4:30
5 00, t5:10. 7:15 j>. m. I»cal 6:00 a ir„, 25.10 p.
m. Sundays Express, 8:0J, 9:00, 10.OJ a. ni.
7:15 p. m, Local 0:00 a. 111 ,500 p. in.
LEAVE ATLANTIC ClTY— Week-days—Kzpruan,
7:00, 7:45. 8:20, 0:00, 10:15, a. 111., 2.50, 5:30, 7:80
p.m. Local 6:25 a. m., 3.50 p. in. Sunday* Ex
press 10.15 a. m., 4.30, 5.:t0, 7.30 p. m. Local
7 15 a. m„ 4.05 p. m.
Parlor Cars on all express trains.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA.
For CAPE MAY—Weekdays—B.3o. S 15 a, m. (Sat
urdaysonly ? 1.40), *l.lO, {5.40 p. m. Sundays—
-8,45, 9.15 a. 111., 5,00 p. m.
For OCEAN ClTY—Weekdays—B,4s a- m., (Hat
urdaysonly J140), t1.20, J5.40 p. 111. Sundays
8.45. 9.15 a. 111 , 5 00 p. in.
For SEA ISLE ClTY—Weekdays 8.45 a.m. (Sat
urdays only }.l 40) f4.20, J5.40 p, in, Sundays
8 45, a. 111., 5.00 p. m., fSouth St, 4.15 p. m.
{South St., 5.30 p. 111., gSoutll St., 1.30 p. 111,
♦South St., 4.00 p. m-
NEW YORK AND ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESS
Leaves NEW YORK (Liberty Street) 3:40 a.m.
Leaves ATLANTIC CITY, -8:30 a. m.,
Detailed time tables at ticket offices.
W. A, GARRETT, EDSON J. WEEKS,
Gen'l Supt., Gen'l Pass'r Agt
Reading Terminal. Philadelp hla.
ONK DAY ONLY
Tuesday, Jill! Ist. Ba, I.to 9 y.ni
PROF. J. ANGEL,
THE EXPEIiT
EYE SPECIALIST
OF WILLIAMSPORT,
will be at Hunt's Drugstore, he needa
110 further introduction as to his ability
and workmanship in his profession. He
is well known in this vicinity aud he
can offer the names of many prominent
citizenn 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 projterly 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 lo
your eyes. I can examine your eyes at
home, by appointment, without extra
charge. If yon need me at your home,
drop a line to Hunt's Drug Store.
Reading or sewing glasses SI.OO aud
up.
PEGQ
The Coal Dealer
SELLS
WOOD
Prepared for Stoves
—AT—
-344 Ferry Street