(o*o*o*o :<■ o * o * *o*oXo*o * O :-:- 0 0 -::- o :•: o ■;■ o*O * O ■>: 00 *O*o x- o ••- o*O*o•*O*o *o*O* O * O * IWHEN BOYS 1 1 " WERE MEN 1 * O O By JOHN HABBERTON. SS 0 «112» Q 1 O Author of "Helen's Babies," "George Washington," Etc. O* o* *0 . 0 commn IT, toot, nv jorix HABDKIITON O* o:1 1 > o ox OX-OX-O*O •* O X O * OXOSO X- O* O*OO* O * O X O Vo*O X- o * o*o*o * o*o*o* O O X o*o*o ■ o*o*o O *o*o*o*o**o*o*o :: O X o*o*o*o*o*o*o*o + O I entered tlio camp without being fired at, and the captain was as glad to see ine and hear the story as if I had been his own son. 1 told everybody the news, got them all on the river bank as a reception committee and pot Hamilton to propose "three cheers for Brainard." Charley himself loosed the bonds of the Johnnies as our boys crowded around. My own special John ny no sooner found his hands free than he whispered something to Brainard. "Yes; certainly. Thank you for re minding me." Then ho shook the cap tain's canteen inquiringly and handed it to the prisoner, who swallowed some of its contents and passed the remain der to the sergeant, saying as he point ed indignantly to the third prisoner: "Don't leave nono for him, durn him!" "You've done handsomely, corporal," said the captain to Brainard. " 'Twasn't I, captain," Charley re plied, witli a salute; " 'twas your whis- j ky that did the business." There was at least one duty of the expedition remaining In which Brain ard shouldn't get ahead of me. I took those prisoners under guard down to the brush hut where our company cook 1 had been installed and I provided them 1 with a big breakfast. To my de- | light, they enjoyed our white bread ! and cold corned beef as heartily as I had enjoyed their bacon and corn bread three months before. As to coffee, they nearly emptied the half kettle that had been standing since our own boys had been served half an hour before. When he could drink no more, my own spe cial prisoner caressed the place where he had put the coffee, gazed contem platively at tiie kettle and remarked: "There's always some good luck can be dug out of trouble ef you'll look at. it right. Here I am a prisoner ag'in; but, 011 t'other hand, I'll have genuine, suro 'nough coffee twice a day till I'm exchanged ag'in. Cm-m-m!" CHATTER XV. ON TICKET. f«»KTER mature delibera *'on "I )on samples of i CR I all sorts of military I/ W ' ji service that falls to [j/j [j/j the lot of cavalry sol- diers we recruits agreed that picket duty j| suited us better than anything else. To bo an actual picket was not pleasant when tine's turn of duty came during a driv ing rain or in the middle of a dark night, but in ordinary weather and at decent hours It was quite pleasant to sit on horseback at crossroads, look about the country and chat with such farmers as had passes enabling them to visit the town. Northern and south ern farmers were radically unlike each other In some respects during the war, but they were exactly alike In their willingness to rein up and have a long chat with a stranger. I found the aver age Virginia farmer had quite as largo a bump of curiosity as his northern brother, and generally ho was able to absorb all the family history that a Yankee soldier might care to unload. It was great fun for me to be on post on a prominent road at daybreak, for the chances were that a large de tachment of fugitive slaves would come in. How these people managed to travel 30 or 40 miles without being seen and hounded back by the ene ni3"'s scouts I never could understand, for instead of coming singly they would travel in large bodies, all the men, wo men and children leaving a plantation together and not separating during the trip. Any one would imagine they Would be discovered, for they always dressed in their best when they started toward us, and the colors of some of their clothing were as startling as the plumage of a tropical bird, besides be ing more variegated, but they never complained of having been annoyed while en route. Another mystery was their knowledge as to where to find our lines and just where to halt to wait for daylight. They were not al ways received In the spirit of the eman cipation proclamation. Some of our fellows were in mortal fear of "nigger equality," so they would order the fu gitives to return to their masters. "Yas'r," would be the usual reply, and tb< entire gang would retrace their Bteps until they reached a friendly screen of trees. No sooner would the man on post be changed than the crowd would come plodding back. As one old leader told me one day: "We'se ben tole ter keep a-tryln, 'cause some sojer or udder would let us in some time or udder." There was nothing funny about these colored people unless It was their ex treme gravity. They weren't even ex citable. They didn't throw up their hands and thank the Lord that at last they were 011 freedom's soil. They sel dom laughed, and as for Joking, one could get as much response from an oak stump as from tho brightest of them. They apparently knew Just where to come and Just what to ex pect. In fact, I afterward learned from one of them that for 30 miles around us the slaves were thoroughly Inform ed about each post and Its treatment of contrabands. They said there were plenty of colored news carriers and "Only Confederate lipn can ever touch mine." guides—"de woods was full of 'cm"— yet in nearly a year of prowling about the woods between the lines I never once saw a colored man except on a plantation. To this day their ways are as mysterious to me as tho traditional "underground railway" was to the slave hunters of old. The special delight of picket service, however, was the privilege of visiting the few white natives who lived near by. All of them professed to be Union ists; nil, I believe, were earnest Con federates, but It was uoliey for them not to allow any harm to befall a Union soldier who visited them. So wo never feared that we would be cap tured by skulking Confederates, much less shot while In a native's house. To tell tho truth, I think most of us were about as welcome as we would have been in any farming community at the north. We could generally tell them about much that was going on in the world, thanks to our steady supply of newspapers; we could give them an occasional book or magazine, but had we only our presence to offer it was gratifying to the people, nearly all of whose own men were in the Confed erate army and whose women did not dare to exchange visits over roads where they might at any time en counter marching troops. At most of tho native houses there were girls, and each girl had about 500 adorers in our regiment alone, as well as an equal number In other cavalry regiments at our post. There was little or 110 lovemaklng. No man dared ab sent himself long enough from the picket reserve to attend to business of so serious a nature, nor could he easily | find opportunity to speak to a damsel ! alone. If father or mother or grand j parents chanced to be out of the room for a moment, some other trooper was almost sure to be present. This was ndsery for sentimental young men of the class that regards lovemaklng as an absolute necessity of daily life. It was great fun, however, for the girls. Not one of them would have married a Yankee had he been Apollo and Croesus combined, but It wasn't unpleaslng to get an adoring, heart broken glance from one not unhand some fellow after another and to real ize that all the sufferers were from the enemy's ranks. I used to imagine, probably correctly, that the southern girls looked prettier and more vivacious when we appeared than they possibly could do at the humdrum routine of housework. Most of them had lost their slaves, in the usual manner, be fore our town became a military post, | and they would remind us of this when anything in the house seemed to them to lack proper attention or when they Invited 11s to sit down with the family to a dinner or supper, which they as sured us was not what they would have given us in other days. They got so many compliments, however—some awkward, but all honest—on the skill of pretty hands and heads that I don't doubt one of them told the truth when she* said to me in a burst of confidence that she was more than half glad that the house servants had run away and given her and her mother a chance to have tilings just as they wanted them. Some of these southern girls asked in numerable questions about the duties and diversions of our mothers and sis ters, and they heard enough to make them open their pretty eyes in wonder. But all this had nothing to do with love. As was natural to suppose,and as we afterward learned, each of the girls was already engaged to some good or bad fellow In the Confederate army. Their hearts were already disposed of, so they could laugh at all would be suitors and break hearts cheerily with the sublime consolation that they were weakening the enemy in one of his most vulnerable points. Their manner was as proper as that of any northern girl, iis the more Impudent of our fel lows discovered when they proposed a kiss at the door. The experience of one of these fellows was quite Inter esting to every one but himself. He was so handsome that he had made great havoc among feminine hearts at home and had come to regard himself tf> Irresistible. He asked a little Vir ginian, pretty enough to break the heart of an anchorite, for a kiss, but she replied: "Only Confederate lips can ever touch mine." One day when this man had been on post the relief found his place vacant, although there was no sign of blood shed or a struggle. As soon as this was reported at the reserve a squad was sent out to look for him. Inquiry was made at every house on the road, and at one we learned from the heartbreaking beauty just referred to that he had stopped there two hours before and announced that lie was de serting to the Confederacy. Almost half a year afterward the rear guard of one of our scouting par ties was harassed for the last two miles of its return by shots from a small mounted force, which scattered and took to the woods whenever we turned and attempted to charge them. Our commander arranged a strong am buscade of the advance, with a view to capturing the entire party, and this hidden force suddenly surrounded them when they were directly In front of the house in which the little beauty lived. There were only a dozen of the enemy, and they quickly saw that their game was up. As we approached tliern they recognized tho Inevitable and ceased fighting, but one man In gray suddenly drew a revolver, tired three shots In rapid succession at the house, then pointed the weapon at his own breast, fired and fell from hlssaddle. We were upon them in a moment, and un der the cap of the man upon the ground we saw the face of our handsome de serter. He gasped before he died that he was as loyal as ever. He bad de serted In a wild desire to kiss that girl. Now, seeing her at the window, he had fired to kill her and hoped he had suc ceeded. Then he had killed himself rather than be shot as a traitor. lie had missed the pretty mark he had aimed at. The girl was unhurt ex ! Copt from a severe scare. Wo had lost i more than 20 men most unaccountably | from that post, all of them violent ad mirers of that very girl. Somehow her father's house was burned to the ground that very night I hope the pretty girl escaped, but we were told she did not. Not one of us attended the funeral. It would be hard to tell how many lives on both sides were lost thereafter as the result of those two deaths. "War is hell!" CHAPTER XVI. SOME NEW NEIGHBORS. i NE morning there came to a picket station wht ' rH 1 kiul charge of 112! / s ' x men an colored V/ if) -jp- woman, bent, twisted, ' ml l if 112l 1 perspiring and wild eyed, who exclaimed, - >ii}J "Good Lawd, boss, j dey's two strings of | reb sojers ober yander. Dey's Hfl hog ' } 1 dat you can't seo neither end of 'cm. | I The old woman seemed so earnest I that I was half Inclined to believe her, ' so I asked, "Where are they, aunty? llow far?" i"Jes' beyan' de woods, boss. Dey's jes' millions of 'em." I knew the road for miles beyond the station. It was so straight that a man could see a long way ahead. I had a horse fast enough to get me out of trouble should 1 suddenly find myself within ritle range, and he needed ex j ercise, s<> I mounted and galloped out to reeonnoitcr 1 passed the woods I without s.ein.; any one, and from a little hill 1 could see that there was no one in the fields beyond, so I returned to the station and rebuked the old 1 woman for lying. ' "It's true as do Bible, boss, whut I tole you," she replied earnestly. "Dcy 1 ! dun tuck my two shotes 'long wid 'em. ' j You t'lnk tlese ole eyes cayn't see? Yas'r, dey kin dat." As It was about time for us to be re -1 lieved I told her togo back homo and take another look and return. A few hours after wo reached camp we were startled by the bugle blowing "boots and saddles," the most per emptory alarm known In the cavnlry service. As we hurried to the stables we heard the "long roll" sounded in the Infantry camp near us. By the time the "assembly" sounded, the word had gone through camp that the out posts 011 every road, 011 a circuit of ten or more miles, had been driven In or captured. As we rode out nt a trot we could see infantry moving Into tho works on ev ery side, light batteries taking posi tions behind breastworks and men at the heavy guns in the forts, while to ward a series of roads different from that which we were approaching anoth er cavalry regiment was moving. In the town we divided so as to rcconnolter three roads to find out who and where the enemy was. It did not take long to get the desired Information. A Con federate gun or two 011 each road sent a shell or two to let us know where they were, and a dash of skirmishers nt the gallop yielded two or three pris oners, who told us that the troops who had caused the alarm were two corps of Lee's army. Well, we had gained the Information for which we had gone In search, but It didn't please us at all. It foreshad owed a change of habit for us. Up to that time we had been able with a sin gle battalion to send flying back to their camps any force that had ap proached the town. We could scarcely expect to do so with the newcomers. A single Confederate corps numbered more than 20,000 men; the entire force at our post numbered less than S,OOO. There was nothing to joke about. Men Fpoko to one another about the situa tion and reasoned about it, but in sen tences 110 longer or more sensible than those above. Every one seemed labor ing under a sense of personal affront— affront which he was unable to resent. We went to camp, and the enemy wont to fortifying, as we soon after ward learned when on one reeonnois sance oranother we stumbled upon forts and breastworks where once had been clear roadway and fields. Weeks aft erward we learned from Richmond pa pers that Longstreet had been In our neighborhood for forage and food for Lee's army. Had General Longstreet explained his purpose to us when ho came, a great lot of unprofitable worry might have been spared. We might even have complimented him 011 the wisdom displayed in the selection of the territory, for tho country round about us was fertile and well tilled and had not been laid under contribution by soldiers, except perhaps to the ex tent of a few sweet potatoes, chickens and turkeys. By driving in our pick ets Longstreet got possession of two railroad lines which gave him free com munication, barring the few miles with in our lines, between Richmond and North Carolina. But nono of these things did General Longstreet explain to us. Whatever may have been his own intentions as he meandered from farm to farm for corn nnd bacon, his men acted as If they would like to draw forage from the commissary department of our own post and get anything else the town might hold, ourselves Included. If a man doesn't want peaceable Intentions misconstrued, he shouldn't intrust them to thousands of fellows with guns In their hands. Such men always get things mixed. Of one thing we felt assured—the en emy could not cut our lino of retreat, which also was the route of our sup piles, for this was over causeways through the Dismal Swamp, a dark, deep, but friendly ally, which could have swallowed an army like Long street's without more than whetting Its own appetite. The swamp was not exactly mud, but almost any part of It could be turned to mud in a few min utes by the tramp of a few men. And such mud! A rich, black ooze of de cayed vegetation, Into which, except In midsummer or midwinter, the foot would sink as Into moss, while right under the surface was a tangle of roots which never tired of playing boot- Jack for the pedestrian. To have one's boot pulled off without warning is amazing. To afterward drag the same boot from a net full of ooze Into which the other boot is slowly sinking Is still worse. One of Longstreet's men got through the swamp to the railroad track and captured one of our pickets, but he admitted that he was sorry he did it. He had trouble enough in re turning to wish he had only himself to think of. To get enough men through to destroy our railroad track would have been Impossible. So we could run away if the post be came too hot to hold us, and we couldn't be starved. After thinking this over the situation didn't seem so bad as at first. We wished that Gen eral Lee had sent us cavalry Instead of Infantry to tight. We were not accus tomed to meeting Infantry and might make mistakes. Still, theca was a chance of Improving our military edu cation under so able a tutor as Long street. I'or tho next few days our principal duty was to find out where the enemy was. We always succeeded. We had only togo a mile or two outside our own lines to be loudly assured that It was not necessary togo farther, and the mounted skirmishers who dashed in the direction of the lirst shots al ways saw gray figures lying down In shallow rifle pits, with breastworks far in the rear. Sometimes we would take some infantry with us—enough to en gage the enemy smartly after we had found them and fallen back. But this became unpopular so far as we troop- J ers were concerned. We always had to stand by as a reserve, near enough to protect tho "doughboys" In case they were charged by tho enemy. To sit still nnd be fired at or even to be wlth ( In range of guns fired at some 0110 ; else and not be allowed to reply Is the most depressing experience a soldier can possibly have. It was new to us, and we didn't like It. Wo preferred 1 our own old way of fighting—tho dash, i THE PRISON® Who escapes from jttil is by uo means free. Ho is ufuler Wn of the law and punishment is written over Against | hie name. or . jl. caught again and bear addea pujijsh- HHjljr. ment for his sHort -fl hUh / escape from hls cell- 1 Those who bj the *>P^BrM| l Y [ use of palliative ftaßg|M - powders and tablets B^fc fronf the sufferings of dyspepsia are in the same condition 112 as the escaped pris- *Wpl|gyiM ontjr. Soon or late li> they will go hack to ~ I the old condition I and pay ati added r «S1 ' penalty for tenipor- i l'lerce'j l'lerce'j pold- JL en Medicul Discov- j lin^ ety cures dyspepsia ■H and other d{s<? * •>•- jjljl of the stomach and pi organs of digestion ■■ * and nutrition. 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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets stimulate i the liver j the chase, the battle porbaps, but no standing around under fire after wo were done shooting. Within a few days this sort of duty became unnecessary. The enemy re lieved us of It by themselves reporting their whereabouts. They were contin ually building new forts, and whenev er they finished one and pot a heavy pun mounted in it they sent a shell or two over us to let us know about it. In the meantime re-enforcements and siege puns came pouring in upon us by j rail, and some double ended gunboats j came up the river in search of rebels i and glory. They found the former j without the least trouble and deserved a good deal of glory for fighting their boats at much closer range than was ! common at that day with ships engag- ' lug forts. One Confederate artillery- WW r ' mMm a* . ?ul : 7'. ' nf . $ £ «4wX):Af wf ■ • J ... 1 '.•jr.; <■•/ ■l». N Li/iny down In shallow rljlc jiitn. an, who was captured, said the boats i came so close that his shell fuses might ' have been lighted and the shells them selves thrown aboard, thus saving the powder charge of the gun. We found places for some new forts | of our own, and as some of them con- | structed on the river bank crushed ; through the crumbling soil and fell in- , to the river the work had to be done | over again. The bridge crossing the ! river had been burned just in time to j prevent a dash of Confederate cavalry j Into town the day of the surprise, but r*)W we needed it again, and timber for It had to be cut within easy range of the enemy's guns. Oh, there was plenty of work for ev erybody— except the cavalry. We in dulged in an occasional reconnolssance just to let the enemy know we hadn't left town, but hoped he had. For the rest of the time, however, we enjoyed more leisure than we could have had at home. It became tiresome; then it be came absolutely wearing. After the works on both sides had been making faces at each other for several weeks, and a great lot of pow der had been burned without hurting many people, and thousands of men had been kept awake at night when they wanted to be asleep, the word was pass ed through our camp one evening that General Longstreet was to be made to feel very sick next morning and that we were to assist at the operation. Be tween dark and dawn the bridge was secretly repaired, right under the en emy's military nose. The most dilH cult jiart of the work, that of repairing the frame, was done silently. Then au army of contrabands went down in couples, each couple carrying a young pine log to be used as planking. When these had been laid, other contrabands packed the cracks with straw, and still others carried out bags and boxes of dirt and strewed over all, so the bridge should be noiseless under footfall of man and horse. Eight hundred Afri cans were kept awake all night by that Job, and 1 do not believe the occasion would have been favorable in which to Interview them on the blessings of freedom. Just before dawn several companies of our regiment passed over and learned that the enemy had not expected them. Close behind came a large body of infantry, which prolonged the surprise we hud caused and prepar ed to make It permanent. Then some of our light artillery took a hand. Wo struck the enemy's line near its center and behaved so disagreebly to the John nies that Cent ral Longstreet took them back to General Lee. CHAPTER XVII. ADIEU THE SIEGE. I© ' aui to M that Gener al Longstreet Is a gen \Sjjjtleman of fine sensl- bilitles, I am very glad \M\ be did not hear the ex /HLafSjVH9 pressions of delight »';J ffl with which the Tltir- m r -i ty-elghth received the —' announcement that lie hud gone back to his old familiar hunting grounds. Nobody meant to speak unkindly, but all were glad that he was gone, and we said so with as much intensity as was In us. Wo took the road at once, not to delay his de parture, but Just to see how he had left things. Wo did not at all approve of what we saw; neither did the natives. The woods and lields wero scarified with miles upon miles of ditches and embankments. Among the natives the | conclusion seemed to be that if they W( !<> tn ii:ive their forests shorn and 1 their land turned upside down it didn't ; i)iii< 11 matter who might do it —Yank or Johnny. I n e colored people who lived outside the lines had grievances too. They had been able to hide some cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys from occasional t.'nion soldiers who prowled about 1 alone, but against a few thousand hun gry men who were fully informed on the secretive ways of the African it was useless to contend. They followed : us when we returned to camp and be ca 111. part of the colony of which Pos sum l!en was a bright and shining light. For some weeks after Longstreet's departure we spent most of our time in the field. The general commanding pre ferred that Longstreet should have a 9 few excuses as possible for coming back again on the plea of looking for forage, so he proceeded to take up 20 I miles of railroad track on each of tho I two roads leading from our post It ; was a tedious job, but as we troopers i had little to do but look on and occa sionally be killed while repelling In ; quisltive Johnnies we rather enjoyed it A large force of Infantry and light ar ; tillery was with us. So were some hundreds of contrabands, and while 1 we kept the enemy on the river too miserable to come across in a body and visit us the contrabands raised the rails, loaded them on platform cars and burned the ties. We worried General Lee's overburdened heart a good deal for two or three weeks, but that was one of the jobs for which we had en listed. We made so many feints at at tempting to cross the stream and ad* . vance in force on Richmond from the j south that be had to send some of his j men down to watch us. We worried the natives too. Our : horses ate all the grass, hay and fod j der that Longstreet's men had left, and the assurance that the owners would be paid could they prove that they were j good Union men did not seem to com fort the said owners a bit They did i not doubt that our otlicers told them the truth, but—there were some stub born facts in the way of their getting their pay after peace should be de clared. A one legged farmer with a military look and a pair of crutches was a picture of agony while his barns were being emptied and his stacks melted away. Ills wife went stark crazy over what seemed the impending starvation of her family. Immediately after beholding such ex . ilences or hearing of them a road who had any heart uuder his Jacket would a little rather be shot than not, so after hearing that demented wom an's ravings I was delighted to be as signed to very dangerous duty. It was to carry a dispatch to tho general commanding a brigade on our extreme 1 left. We felt so secure in our superior strength that the right, left and cen ter were isolated commands rather 1 than parts of a line. I started an hour or two after dark and was told that anoth er man who had been sent 011 the same errand returned with the report that there was Confederate cavalry In the woods. I had been selected because I I had a fast horse which ought to be able to dash through any ordinary line be fore an alarm could IH>, oiven, and the chances of a single rider being fired upon and killed in the dark were not very serious. I could not miss the 1 road, for it had no forks or branches. 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The little chap was 011 his horse In an Instant and, taking straps from his saddlebow, bouud his legs to the tons of the stirrup straps. [TO BK OONTINFED]. A Hl\ a! For (•corue'fi Hatchet. Cleverton—So now we have two hatchets of national fame. List en well - Whose? Cleverton Carrie's and George's.— Judge. An liikiirenHlon. If wo holieve what Rumor says In speech fioth grave and funny, The modest people get the praise, The hold ones get the money. CATARRH CATARRH KPimbaS Ely's Cream E tsy and pleasan to use. Contains injurious drug. HAY FEVER It opens and cleanses the Nasal Pas sages. Allays luflaniation. Heals and Protects the Membrane. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell Large Size. 5(1 cents: Trial Size. 10 cents at Druggists or by mail. ISLY BROTHERS. •*><> Warren Street. New York. MORE LIVES ARE SAVED ...BY I'SING... 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, L aGrippe, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping Cough NO CURE. NO PAY. Price 50c. & SI. Trial Bottle Free. 0, L, & I RAILROAD, TIME TABLE. Corrected to May i, 1901. Nhw VOUK A M • Uarclay St I,v. 2 INI 10 UO Christopher St.. 2 I*l jo 15 liohnkcn 2 :W 1 ,2 Scranton \r li 32 |\\| HildaUi |.\< II 2 I , Scranton \ 1 5 I", 111 00 AMt AM i'flt SciIAKTOd li ll I(J Oi"> I k -, Hellevue i li 50 Taylorvillc <1 55 111 15 2 o:i : I-iicKawnnna 7HI 111 2in lliiryea 7 11:; 111 ai '1 1;; I'itidion 707 111 :;l 21" Susquehanna Ave... ~ 10 :»i z\ Went Plttston ~ l-l 10 2 2 i Wyoming 1 717 10 Hi 2 2 I forty Fort j .... liennott "21 10 li l 2 ;ji ! Kingston ar. " 10 >1 2 411 W likes-I'.arrc Ar ' "I 11 10 2 .'id 1 U'ilkes-ISarr.- I.v. 720 10 :i0 2 :»J | '• Kingston I\ 7 lit) 10 54 240 ; Plymouth .tunc... . ' 1; 1:! Plymouth 7 .".8 II It; 2 4!i Avondale '42 a 1 1; f>i Nantlcoke 745 II II a 581 , Hnnlock's 751 11 17 ;j go I ' Shickshinny s Ol II 2!i 3ao | 1 Hiek'sKerry. s I'll I." 330 . 7 - Keach Haven slh II 48 937 i 7»> L- Herwick h 23 11 54 344 " :i;i Hrlar Creek rK 2 s 112 3 .jo j Willow Grove I* .... f;i6l ! •••• u Mine UIIIKO : s : 'i 112 oil :: "»k | , Espy ,s W 12 15 4 (Hi ' Hloomshurg 8 •>' 12 22 412 ; . Kupert • 12 27 417 7 . Catawissa ' 12 32 422 _ s - Danville 12 47 4 :S5 | ' 3 Ohulasky 4 42 01 112 Cameron 1 12 57 I4^ NO'ITIU'MHKI'.I.ANI, 110 ft 00 ' £ 1 Ar. AM I'M I'M I 4;• • j I I z * .. GOING BAST. . • I'M 1 NKW V OIK 335 I'M | I , Uarclay St. Ar. 3XO 600 , Christopher St... 315 465 I , > Hobokon 10 05 448 ; .. ... •Scrantou I AM' 12 55 I I , I'M- AM I AM' • Buffalo Al l KOOII2 45 700 Scrantou Dvj 1 55 \ 548 i II 35 — Al* I'Mf 1 l'M+ I'M* • Scranton | 42 12 36 4&o K45 ) Hellevue 0 (7 446 Taylorvllle 1'32 440 8 3f> Lackawanna 2li 4 32 s 27 ; lluryea .. 023 4'M 825 PlttSton. . . 19 12 17 1 424 821 Susqu, li te ..; !l 10 12 14 420 SlB , West Pit 11 13 417 KHi . Wyom "" 9 (10 12 08 1 112 812 Forty t '< 004 | 107 - Ken i ; ..." 9PI 403 801 Ki:i ,'n * ' 868 11 5!) 400 802 \\ ilicc ,-Bar'rc" Lv s ll :, ° :t 60 750 • Vv M -s-Harrc A r ° s W 10 ! 4111 s t ston .".... I s 11 aW I' lo 8 02 /mouth Junctioni Jj 'I J . : J lymouth | KJ 7 11 61 34< < >.5 i Avondale ' 342 Nanticoke ! * 1143 338 7 4ti ' H unlock s ** 'l2 331 17 41 Shlckehinny 5 ® 1 "! Hick's Kerry : 3 o'.i ! f7 21 Heaeh Haven 5 ?. ® i ! Berwick.' ' *** 11 "5 12 58 . * 0-*> 1 Briar llrcck r '2 •>■> 0' ; >8 Willow Grovi- .. r :i' « •>« I j i Lime UiilKe i.?•' . 2 40 j fi> .jit Ecjiy i ! ' 2 lu 48 210 i •; 41 Uloouishurx ri 10 40 234 '' 'iß Kupert J7 10 37 1 22f j •» X - - t'atawlssa i 1„ lo 34 "24 ; >• " Kanville '' ~h 10 11» 211 012 '2'«:::::: NORTUUMBKBL'D.. no 00 t' '*> \ P., Lv A.M. FM j Connections at llupert with I'hlladclpbia k HeaiiinK Kailroail lor Tamanend, Tamaqua, Williamsport, Sunhury, Kottsville, etc. At Northumberland with P and E. l)iv. P. K. K. lor Harrislturtt, Lock Haven, Emporium, Warren t'orry, anil Erie. ♦Daily. • Daily except uuday. fStop on signal. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, * TIME TABLE In Effect May ; 25, 1902- A~M (A.M.. P. M I Scranton( l)\.H)lv i« :» i'J 38 142 A 27 • pittston " " 7 or, i io«o!§ 2io 4 r»2] A.M. A.M.ll*. M. P.M Wilkcsharre,.. lv $ 7 25 jjlO :tih 2 45 ?,fl oo _ Plym'lh Kerry " 1732 1 Hi 4211 252 t'6 07 .Niinticokc •' 742 10 50 301 «17 j Mocanaqua ...." 801 11 07 820 837 ' Wapwallopen.. " 8 10 11 10 331 647 < Nescopeck ar 818 11 2ii 342 7 Oil ***|" A. M. A.M. P.M. • Pottsville lv §5 50 Si 155 Hazleton •' 705 12 52 j'2 45 Tomliicken " 722 111 305 Kern <!lcn " 729 118 !! 15 "" Hock (Hen " 735 822 """ Nescopeck -ir 800 145 Cattiwis-a 4 oo ~~ A. M A.M P.M. P M Nescopeck lv j) H IB.SU 20 j| 3 42 i" 00 Creasy ■» 830 11 30 3 :.2 709 Espy Kerry "|l 8 42 11 4ii 1 4 02 7 2o | E. IlloomsburK, "I **47 11 5o 4 Ihi 725 Catawissa lv 8 .'>s 11.57 i 4 l.i 732 South Danville "I 9 14 12 15 431 751 112 Sunhury arj 935 12 4('| 4 .V»| 815 ' |A.M. P.M. P. M KM,"" t Sunhury lv || 'J 42 Sl2 18 3 5 lo ;i 411 Lewisburg.... ar; 10 13 145 . 540 Milton "j lu 08 139 535 111 07 > Williamsport.. "! 11 00 I 4l! 03010 55 , Lock Haven... " 11 59 220 ; 731 Kenovo " A.M., 800 830 Kane " 8 25! ! P.M. P.M. I l.ock llavt , n..lv jl2 10 J ii 451 Itellefonte ....ar 105 Hill 'J'yrone " 220 000 I'liilipsburK " 435; 8 02 Clearfield.... " 625S 8 45 Pitt.sburg.... " li 55 1110 45 A. M. P. M. P. M. P M Sunhury lv 96051 59 a 5 20! 118 31 liarrlshurtf.... ar 11 30 S3 15 0 50; 10 10 |P. M, P. M. P. M.iA Ml - Pbilailelphia.. ar $3 17 623 ||lo 20 425 Haltimore "|s 311 16 no 9 4". 2 30 1 Washington... "ij 4 10 |, 7 16 10 55; 4 05 ,A. M. P, M. Sunhury lv SIO (Kl S 2 I", 1 Lcwistown .lc. ar 1145 iOS > Pittsburg -'j 0 55 51045 | A.M. P, M. P. M. 1' M llarrisliurif.... lv 11 45 ,i > l»i || 7 15 :10i"i I'. M. A M. A. M. A M UttshurK ar 5 11 55 II 160 || 1 50! 5 30| IP. M. 1* MjA M! A M Pittsburg lv 7 lo !l 00 300 18 00 A. M A M ; P M Ilarrisburß.... ar' 200 420 i 9 30j; 3 id: AM A Ml Plttsbuiif lv t i. 8 00| P M 1 .ow is town '• 7 30 i 3 l*i Suniiury ar » 20 i 1 60, P. Ml A MA M A 51 Washington... lv 10 4oJ 750 10 501 Baltimore " UOO 440 840 11 45 Philadelphia... " 11 20, 4ffl S 30 11 40 A. M AM A. M.I P M llarrlsliurft lv || 335 755 ill 40h :i 20 Sunhury ar 00' 9 :»i 108 ; 5 05j P.M. A MAM - PittsburK 1\ 512 4;> 300 > 8 001 Clearlield.... " ' 350 j 928 I'llllipsljiirg.. " 140 < 10 12' Tyrone " 700 '# 810 12 25 liellefonte.. " BHi | 932 105 '"" l.ock llaven ar 915 10 30 210 '"" P. M. A MA M PMI Eric lv j 5 35 j I Kane, " 845 ;•» 00 Kenovo " || 50 : 0 45. 10 30 ; Lock Haven " 12 38 7 35 1 11 2.51 300 A.M. P M Williamsport.." 229 8 30|sl'il0 400 Milton •' 223 9 17; 1 440 Lcwisburi; " | » 115 1 15 142 Sunhury ar 324 9 KM 1 6". 615 A. M. A M I' M P M Sunbury lv Sli 45j 955i200 ; 6 25 South Danville" 7 11 lo 17] 221 550 Catawissa " 7 3_>| 10 35 2 .Mi 808 '"" E IlloomsburK.. " 737 10 4.) 213 8 15']"* lispy Ferry '• 742 110 47 j It) lo Creasy " 752 lo 68, 295 II .'ill '" Nescopeck " 802 11 05j 3 05; 640 A M A M P. M. I' M i~" Catawissa lv 732 111 > 2 3ti li 08 Nescopeck lv 8 '2.'! S 5 0", . 705 Kock (lien ar II 22 7 28 Kern (lien " 851 11 2."> l 532 731 Tomliicken " 858 11 :i8 r> 38 T42 lla/.ieton " !l l«i 11 58 5 591 SOS Pottsville " 10 15 li sfi[ AM AMI' M P M Nescopeck lv 802 11 06 j:i 05 • 810 Wapwallopen..ar 8 is< 11 20 320 li 62 Mocanaqua " 831 11 32 330 701 Nunticoke " 853 11 64 319 719 l'Mi I'lvnt'th Kerry f9 03 12 02 3 s', i 7 js Wilksbarrc .. " y 1(> 12 lo 405 7 :15 • A M I' M P M I* M Pltlston(D.V II) ar 02w 12 55 :4 Mi 838 scranton " " 10 08; 121 521 '.V 05 Weekdays. ( Daily. t Klag station. Pullman Parlor ard Sleeping (!ars run on tlirough trains between Williamsport and Erie, between Sunbury H,„i Philadelphia and Washington and between llarrishur:'. Pitts burg and the West. Kor further inlormation apply to Ticket Agents J. li. IIU T I'll IN 8 OA, J. li. WOOD, ( (Jen'l Manager. Qen'l Pastfri'r Ay ' Shoes, Shoe? Stylisti! Cheap! ZErieliaole ! Bicycle, Gymnasium and Tennis Shoes. THE CKI.EBRAI KD Carlisle Shops AND THE Proof liiihbpr IJoots A SPECIALTY. vV. SCHATZ, sons li i A Reliable TIK SHOP for all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting and General Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Furnaces, eto. PRICES THE LOWEST! QLALiTY TEE BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E. FRONT BT. ' PHILADELPHIA READING RAILWAY IN EFFECT I I NK 27th, 1902 TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE For Philadelphia 11:24 a. m. , For New York 11:24 a. m. For Catawissa 11:21 a. m, and 6:01 p, m. For Bloomsburg 11:24 a. m, For Milton S:0:t a m., anil 4:00 p. m. For Williamsport 8:03 a. m, and 4:00 p. m. Trains for Baltimore, Washington, the South and West via 15. & O. R. R. leave Reuding Terminal, Philadelphia at 7:55,11:26 a. m , 3:4f>, 7-27 p m Sundays ;'.:JO a m , 7:55, 11:26, :i:46, 7.-27 p m. Additional trains from 24th and Chestnut street .station, week days, 1:35, 5:41, 8:23 pin Sunday 1;35,8:23 p. m, TRAINS FOR DANVILLE. Leave Philadelphia 10:21 a. in Leave Williamsport 10:00 a. in., 4:30 p m. Leave Milton 11:00 a. in , 5:20 p m. Leave Hloomsburg 7:10 a. m , :i:HO p m. Leave Catawissa 7:lC> a m . 3:36 p. m. ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION. From Chestnut St.and South St. Fer ries. Atlantic City.|Atlantic Clty.iOccin C'j. *(> 00 ii in, Lot |fsoo pin. Kx *37 (XI a in, •*B7OO a in, F.xc {■", 00 i> nit Lcl *H 45 am. S7 :w a m. Ex f5 40 pin, ill 15 a m, *8 00 a in, Kx *7 15 pin. Kx fll 45 a in. $8 a in. Kx f8 .10 pin, Kx f2 15 am, Ml 00 a in. Kx t<>4 2(1 p m, iW 00 a ni, Kx Cape May. i."> oo j, m. f|o 45ain, Kx j to:10 pin, ill oo am. Kx e b~ 00 a in, tl 00 p ni, Kx 8 30 a ill. Sea ixlr ' I 30 p 111, Kx 8 15 p 111, 12 OOp in, Kx 015 a in. *7 00 a ill, f.'lOO pin, Kx ,11 45 a in, *8 45 a ni, fd;! 40 pin. Kx till 40 pin, t215 pin, t4 00 pin, Kx H,4 10 pin. to 4 20 pin. flJlOpm, Kx i-5 (Kl j, in, I §5 M) Dill, ■A 45 p ni, Kx 1 f5 30 pm, I 15 30 p 111, llaily. "S' Sundays, "112" Weekdays. "■"Saturday "1" via subway, "!>• Mouth St. 10(1. "O''South St. 4.15. "c South St. 5.30 "a" South >SI. 1,30. "d South St. 3. Ml I. ''f 81.00 excursions. Detailed time tables at ticket ollices, i;!th and (lust nut Sts., 534 Chest nut St., 10(15 Chest nut St., 00!» South 3d St.. B*l2 Market st.and stations* Union Transfer company will call for and check baggage from hotels and residences ONE DAY ONLY Wednesday. Am 6tli.Ba. Bi.to9ii.ni PROF J. ANGEL, THE EXPERT EYE SPECIALIST OF WILLIAMSPORT. will be 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 yon need me at your home, drop a line to Hunt's Drug Store. Reading or sewing glasses SI.OO and up. PEGG The Coal Dealer SELLS WOOD Prepared for Stoves —AT— -344 Ferry Street
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