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8.57 A.M. 12.44 P.M.
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NOKTH. SOUTH.
S.ort A. M. 11-24 A. M.
4.00 l\ M. ti.os i*. M.
bloom vtrket.
5.05 A. M. 11.2*2 A. M.
1 <l2 P. M. 6.04 I*. M.
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VETERANS 111
THEIR GAMP
The annual encampment of Goodrich
Post, No. 22 G. A. li., at DeWitt's
Park is now firmly on its feet and
those of the veterans who participate
in the outing are enjoying themselves
in the highest.
During Saturday afternoon the game
of base ball engrossed all interest and
the veterans postponed the rendering
of their program as announced in these
columns until evening The perform
ance on the whole was a rare nov
elty. Samuel Morrall, Lyman Milroy
and Levi Sechler were the offenders
tried by court martial. All were found
guilty. Samuel Morrall, who had miss
ed roll call.was made to carry a heavy
log of wood. Lyman Milroy found
guilty of being drunk was sentenced
to ride the wooden horse. Levi Sech
ler arrested as a spy was convicted and
banged. The scene was fully acted out
even to the penalties, in which not a
detail was lacking. Comrade Levi
Sechler was actually hanged and he
went to his death like a hero.
He had taken the forethought, how
ever, to harness himself in a rope Rear
concealed under his clothing and so
arranged that when lifted from the
ground his weight rested upon a rope
which passed under each foot. While
the hangman was apparently adjusting
the rope around the condemned spy's
neck he was really fastening it to a
hook in the region of the spinal col
umn just below the collar. When,
therefore, the next moment, Levi was
"swung' into eternity" ho maintain
ed his equanimity and composure to
a remarkable degree and emerged from
the execution a very live and vigorous
corpse indeed.
Danville has Filed its Report.
A telegram sent out from Harris
burg states that there is this year an
unusual dilatoriness on the part of
school boards in forwarding to the De
partment of Public Instruction their
annual district reports and affidavits
and certificates. This is not only de
laying the annual report of the Super
intendent of Public Instruction but it
is also endangering the state approp
riations due tht! delinquent districts.
Montour along with all our neighbor
ing couuties except Center is on the
delinquent list, counties in which all
the districts have not yet sent in their
reports. It is gratifying, however,that
Danville district can not be accused of
dilatoriness, as its report was sent in
to the department on the very day after
the organization of the new school
board. In view of Danville's prompt
action it is unfortunate that other dis
tricts of the county should prove neg
ligent and thereby throw Montour
into the delinquent column. It is hop
ed that the districts of the county
that have not as yet filed their reports
will do so without delay, otherwise
they may pay very dearly for their
neglect.
A Merry Hack Party.
A merry hack party from this city
visiteil the park of Alexander Bill
meyer at Washingtonville, Monday,
the party being given in honor of Miss
Sadie Bright of Philadelphia. The
guests were Miss Gertrude Gross of
Boomsburg; Miss May Fishmau of
Baltimore .Misses Mary Lee and Nellie
Lee of Pottsville; Miss Ada Blakeslee
of Muncy; Misses Gertrude Bare, Ida
Sweisfort, Emeline Lyou, Maud Ben
nett, Louise Jameson, Stella Doster,
Lena Ridgeway, Katie Mullen, Hattic
Adams, Elizabeth Hullihen,Mrs. Elias
Lyon and Mrs. J. P. Bare of this city;
Messrs. Warren Johnson, Harry Pet
ers, Bruce Harman, Harry Wenck,
Baldy Smith, John Pritchard, Theo
dore Horton, Philip Johnson, John
Kase, Robert Jacobs, Edward Edmond
sou, William McCoy, Raymond llous
er and Walter Shroeder.
Gave a Dinner Party.
Mr. and Mrs. George Belford, of
Riverisde, gave a dinner party Thurs
day evening in honor of their guests,
Mrs. J. W. Gibbs and daughter, Louise,
of Bloomsburg, and Mr. Samuel Sny
der, of Philadelphia. Those present
were: Miss Marie Drake, of Washing
tonville ;Mr. and Mrs William Jones,
of Danville; Mrs. Samuel Snyder and
daughters, Fannie, Jennie, Bertha and
Ethel Snyder, and Miss Florence Bel
ford, of Riverside.
ALL WERE SAVED.
For years I suffered such untold mis
ery from Bronchitis," writes J. H.
Johnston, of Bronghton, Ga., that of
ten I was unable to work. Then, when
everything else failed, I was wholly
cured by Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption. My wife suffered intense
ly from Asthma, till it cured her, and
all our experience goes to show it is the
best Croup medicine in the world." A
trial will convince you it's unrivaled for
Throat and Lung diseases. Guaranteed
bottles 50c and SI,OO. Trial bottles free
at Panles & Cos drug store.
'Coronation Day"was generally
observed in ITc .*. York Citv fin Satnr-
NOT AFFECTED
By COAL STRIKE
Farmers of Montour and Colnmhi
counties art' replenishing their cellar
with coal from McAulcy Mountain
where notwithstanding the opposition
ot the United Mine Workers ooal is
being dug in considerable quant itic-
John Wampole ot Swenoda who had
just returned troin McAulev Mountain
wit 1, a load of co»l was in thi citv
yesterday and gave an interesting I.
scription of the one mine that has eon
tinned in operation during the strikt.
The colliery, which consists of a single
drift cut into the south sidi ot Me
Auley Mountain about 3 miles from
Mountain Grove, is owned by Jacob
Raker and is a very old working
which in its time lias yielded large
quantities of coal. There is no rail
way nearer than three miles, neither
is there one needed, as the uncertain
output in the past was never mor>
than sufficient to supply the demand
of the farmers of a wide territory, who
hauled the coal from the breaker with
their own wagons. Mr. Baker is a
farmer and previously he divided hi -
time equally between farming and
digging coal. Since the inauguration
of the miners' strike, however, he has
found it to his interest to push mining
to its farthest limit.
There is hardly an hour that a dozen
wagons are not lined up in front ot
the little mine waiting for their turn
to be loaded. Many of these have conn
twenty miles or even farther as in the
case of Mr. Wampole who left Swenoda
about midnight and did not get his
wagon loaded until late the following
afternoon. The demand is practically
unlimited and many tons of McAulev
coal have been hauled to Catawissa,
Bloomsburg and other towns for wint
er use in view of the probability that
the miners' strike may continue in
definitely.
Mr. Baker has usually nine miners
employed,but 011 the day of Mr. Wain
pole's visit three were off duty owing
to illness. He says that all sorts of
influences have been brought to hear
to induce him to close his mine. Hi
has, however, held out and has no in
tention of closing down. He has had
110 difficulty in finding a sufficient
number of non-union men to operate
his colliery.
The MoAuley Mountain seems to o<-
cupy the very limit of the coal field.
The coal mined, however, in quality*
averages up about as well as the out
put of any larger working. The coal
is broken up by a crude and odd con
trivance invented by Mr. Baker and
operated by a traction engine. It an
swers its purpose very well, although
it bears no resemblance to the breaker
in which the coal is prepared for
market at the large collieries.
The coal is sold at the mine for I*2
cents per hundred pounds, or $2. 10 per
ton. This is very cheap for those who
live near the mine but with those who
have to haul it a distance of 20 or
miles if becomes dear enough. How
ever, the* object, at the present time i
to get coal at any price.
Caused a Big Excitement.
Avery little fire Fridav even' g caus
ed a very big excitement. Shortly be
fore 7 o'clock an alarm was sounded.
The lire was soon located in the north
western part ot town. Some one said
that the Reading Iron Works were on
fire. The remark was quickly taken
up and repeated on every side. In a
few minutes hundreds of people on
the tiptoe of excitement were rushing
in the direction of the iron works.
Suspense and excitement gave way to
laughter and pleasantries when it was
learned that instead of the biggest in
dustry in town being a prey of (lames
only a chicken coop in the rear of
Montour Row was on fire.
The tire department responded
promptly, each of the hose carriages
arriving at the scene of the fire about
the same time as the crowd. The
Friendship carriage, drawn by one of
the horses, made excellent time and
was the cynosure of. all eyes as it went
bowling down Mill street.
The lire had many of the features of
a comedy performance. When the tin -
men arrived at the burning building,
which was at the rear of the premises
occupied by Charles Sweitzer,a bucket
brigade had already got in it- work
and the fire was extinguished. Tin
hapless chicken coop, a building cov
ered by a shod roof some five feet
long, by eight feet wide and about as
high as a man, was found to be little
damaged.
The fire owed its origin to a very
odd circumstance. Mr. Sweitzer ex
plained that he has some very rare
game chickens which lie domiciles in
the big coop. Lately the structure b
came infested with chicken lice and
he resolved to get rid of the parasitic
insects by smoking them out. Ac
cordingly about six o'clock last even
ing be built a small tire in the pen and
went about other business. his
attention was next called to the mat
ter the coop was in flames.
The kind neighbor who is not averse
to loaning tilings will very likely
draw the line this year when the
family next door sends over to borrow
a hod of coal.
DOUBTFUL RUMORS
And Still Scores of Danville People Accept
them as facts.
The publication statement of some
stranger residing in a faraway place
may be true enough, but it. is generally
accepted as a doubtful minor II >w*
can it be verified! The testimony which
follows is convincing proof because it
comes from a resident of Danvilb
Mrs. Nelson Holister of fill .Mjj ]
street, says "My son John was always
troubled with his kidneys, and I was
told by one docter when we lived in
Lewisbnrg that he wonld always ha\
bother with them. He had pains in
his back, could not sleep nights ami the
kidney secretions were annoying and
einbaras-ting. There w*er< pains in his
head and lie was depressed and dead
tired the whole time. Bonn's Kidncj
Pills relieved him of the whole trouble.
My husband used some for lameness in
his back and they gave him iiunu di ite
relei f.''
For sale by all dealers. Price ;>0 cents
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. V sole
agents for the U. S.
Remember the natne-Doan's- and take
no s bstitute
VICTORY FOR
ID TIMERS"
L'he "Old Timers" won Saturday
liti moon from the Sunbury V M. (5.
A t un in i game that demonstrated
lln ability of the local club. This was
th< first app".'trance of the Danville
club since the addition of several new
men tnd tie team work was of the best
quality Superior playing by the home
nine brought about this victory,which
W.i- w 11 des'Tvcd. The big audience
was delighted with the snappy way
the "Old Timers' got after the ball.
For two innings neither side scored,
but in tie third the visitors took the
had by making two runs. Danville
got one, while two more in the fouith
gavi ih. in a tart that was increased
by tw o more in the seventh and the
same in tin-eighth. After the spurt
in the thiid the Sunhurians failed to
SCOl'e.
Steele did not pitch for Sunbury,
but wa» in the right field. He was in
tin Friday game at Milton,which was
: won by tin V M. C. A.. Neuer did
tin- twirling for the visitors and was
touched tor an even dozen hits. Seven
hits were gotten off Kciiner, of North
umberland, who was in the box for
the "' <»h 1 Timers." Danville had six
teen men left on bases, while Sunbury
had but four.
The Sunbury team is made up of
members of the Railroad Young Men's
Christian Association. They have
been playing excellent ball and have
won many victories. This was their
second defeat this season, the othei
occurring at Harrisburg shortly after
the organization of the club. The
manager is Edward Felton, who is a
train dispatcher on the Sunbury divis
ion Quite a crowd of Sunhurians ac
companied the team. The following
is the score in detail :
DANVILLE.
AB. li. H. O. A. E.
Gosh, ss 5 0 3 0 5 1
Clayberger, "2b 0 1 2 0
Ainniei'iiian, rf 3 110 0 ()
Bingham, :5b 5 0 2 3 1 0
Shannon, cf I 2 0 <• 0
Davis, II 2 3 1 0 0 0
Hoffman, lb 3 0 I II () 0
Rentier, p :t 2 I 1 3 0
Hummer, c 5 0 0 0 2 0
37 7 1 2 27 13 1
SUNBURY.
AB U II o A. E.
Rohrbach, If I 1 0 0 0 0
Wynn, lb I '» 2 7 I 0
Dreshcr, 2b I 0 2 3 0
Broadt, ss I 0 0 2 1 2
Lawrence, <• 10 17 10
Beck. 3b 3 0 0 2 2 I
Smith, cf ! 0 0 3 0 0
Steele, if 3 0 1 0 0 0
Neuer, p 3 110 11
31 2 7 21 II 1
Danville 0 o 1 2 0 0 2 2 x—7
Sunbury 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 o—2
Double jday, Clayberger and Hoff
man. Struck out, by Renner by
Neuer <1 Bases on halls, off Rentier
I, off Neuer (>. Hit bv pitched ball,
Gosh,Amniermaii. Wild pitch, Neuer.
Passed ball. Lawrence Stolen bases,
('layberger 2, Shannon 2, Renner 3,
Ammerman, Davis. Hotlmnn. Sacrifice
hits. Rentier. Smith. Left on bases,
Danville Hi, Sunbury 1. Time of game,
I hour. 10 minutes. Umpire, Curry.
This Game was a Good One.
Tin game at Shamokin Tuesday
afternoon was a good one, but the
"Old Timers" lost by being unable to
get hit- when they were needed. Sha
mokin was more fortunate in this re
spect and thereby hangs the tale of the
game. Tin; "Old Timers" drove to
Reed's Station and journeyed from
there to the coal metropolis by rail.
They were accompanied by numerous
enthusiastic rooters.
Steele,the Sunhurian,pitched a good
game for Danville. He struck seven
men out and gave four bases on balls.
Boughner, who pitched for Shamok
in, had -i\ strike outs and four bases
on balls. Danville bad seven hits and
two errors. Shamokin had six hits,
with two errors. The following was
the score by innings:
Danville, 000 0 11 0 1 o—3
Shamokin, 2 0 0 0 l 0 2 0 x—f»
Next Saturday the Milton team will
play tint "Old Timers" at DeWitt's
Park This will be a game worth see
ing as the Danville team wants to rc
trieve the defeat of last Thursday at
Milton. Tenfel s tigers are also anx
ious to win, -o the contest promises to
be exceedingly warm, Both teams
have won and lost two games. On
May :><> Danville won by the score of 8
to *i. July I Milton took the morning
game, ."i —while the afternoon game
was won by Danville, I —l. The only
game played at Milton was that of last
Thursday when Teufel's men piled up
eight runs to three for the "Old Tim
ers
A Young Alligator.
A young alligator, eighteen inches
in length, is an attraction in Leiiiger's
drug store, it arrived a day or so ago
from Florida and will be followed by
-• M ral others in the very near future.
The ugly reptile i- installed in the
large aquarium with a number of
healthy looking frogs. He seems per
fectly at Jiome iu bis new quarters
and true <o the nature of Ins species
lii s asleep by the hour or at least in
stupid indifference of his surroundings.
The method of shippingalligators is
peculiar and illustrates the hardihood
and endurance of tin se animals even
out of water. The one received by
Leniger Bros, made the long journey
from Florida in a -mall pasteboard
box in which it must have lain coiled
up like i sau-age— truly a long while
for a reptile supposed to inhabit rivers
to do without water.
Look Plermnt, Please.
Photograph *r C<'. Harlan, of Eaton,
0 , cat) d<> si> ri<>\v though for years be
could II t be "Hl-I he suffered untold
agon> from til* worst form of indiges
tion. All ph\ ician- and medicines
1 iiled to help iiim till he tried Electric
Bitters, which worked wonders for him
that he declares they area godsend to
sufferers from dyspepsia and stomach
trouble- I"nrivaled for diseases of the
Stomach Li\ • i and Kidneyx, they build
up and give new life to the whole sys
tem Tr\ them < )nly aOc Guaranteed
b\ Panics (Xr < o drutrs'ists.
TIE WEEDS
MOWER DOWN
George Getbiug Friday completed
tin* work of mowing' down tln> weeds
and brush in tin* old cemetery on
Blotm street. Although by no means
a thing of beauty under its general
dilapidation the old burial ground
now presents a much better appear
ance.
Many of the old grave stones un
covered which date back to the cen
tury before last form a very interest
ing study. There is one, especially,
marking the grave of the first white
male child born in Danville, which
attracts considerable attention. The
person enjoying the above distinction
is Joseph Cornelison, who was born
May 17, 17SK, and died August IN,
ISSI, aged <>2 years, months, and 1
day. The grave, which is marked
with a largo marble stono, modern in
appearance, is located at the northern
side of the cemetery near Upper Mul
berry street. The name and the date
of birth and death is followed by an
additional inscription setting forth
the fact that the deceased was"the
first white male child born in Dan
ville." It was owing probably to the
previous existence of the Indians here
that it was thought necessary to ex
plain that the deceased was the first
"white" child born in Danville.
The Grove Presbyterian church has
nothing to do with the smaller ceme
tery adjoining their own on the east
and this one has not been cleaned up
although it needs it as badly as any
and under the contrast now presented
looks exceptionally bad.
This smaller cemetery was used as
the burial ground by a few aristocra
tic and exclusive families who figur
ed in Danville's past. Among the
tombs is a vault in its day quite a
pretentious affair although now near
ly ready to crumble, which belonged
to the Petriken family. Dr. David
Petriken, who was buried there in
IS4!>, is well remembered by some very
old people of our town. He was a
successful practitioner and represent
ed this district in Congress two terms,
from IS:J7 to 1811.
Fiotli cemeteries alike have outlived
their usefulness. Whether the same
obstacle which prevents the abolish
ment of the large cemetery would pre
vent the removal of the smaller one
remains to be seen. The latter rests
solely in the hands of the descendants
of those buried within its walls.
Women Who Wear Well.
It is astonishing how great, a change
a few years of married life will make in
the appearance and disposition of many
women. The freshness the charm, the
brilliance vanish like the bloom from a
peach which is rudely handled. The
matron is only a dim shadow, a faint
echo of the charming maiden. There
are two reasons for this change, ignor
ance and neglect. Few young women aj -
preciatc the shock to the system through
the change which comes with marriage.
Many neglect to deal with the unpleas
ant drains which are often consequent
on marriage and motherhood.not under
standing that this secret drain is rol -
bing the cheek of its freshness and the
form of its fairness. As surely as the
general health suffers when th» re is de
rangement of the health of the delicate
wonanly organs, so surely when these
organs are established in health the
face and form at once witness to the
fact in renewed comeliness. Half a
million women and more have found
health and happiness in the use of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It makes
weak women strong and sick women
well
At Billineycr's Park.
A hack load of ladies drove from
this city to Billmeyer's Park Thurs
day, the party being given in honor
of Mis- Florence Moyer, of Froeburg.
Those in the party were: Mrs. Eliza
beth Mor rail, Mrs. Jacob Fischer,
Mrs. Elmer Peters, Mrs. Simon Hoff
man, Catherine and Margaret Hoff
man, Mrs. Annie Hoffman, Misses
Edna Moyer, Lulu Horton.Mary Hoff
man, Lizzie Fischer, Carrie Hoffman,
of this city; Mrs. Charles Snyder and
Miss Mamie Hoffman, of Northumber
land, and Miss Matilda Steinbrenner,
of New York City.
Big Freight Locomotives.
Four big locomotives, just from the
Baldwin Locomotive works, Philadel
phia, have been put on the Sunbury
division of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Two are used in each direction and
they attract a great deal of attention.
They have been tested on the Penn
sylvania main line and have pulled a
hundred loaded and a hundred and fif
ty empty cars. Their capacity on the
heavy grades of the Sunbury division
will lie about seventy-five loaded cars.
Entertained at Luncheon.
Miss Anna Curry gave a luncheon
Friday afternoon, at her home in
Valley township, in honor of her
guest, Miss Lang, of Philadelphia.
Those present were: Miss Blanche
Pursel, of Valley township; Misses
Catherine Vastine ,„nd Ellen Vastine.
of Boyd's Station; Misses Elizabeth
Vastine,Cora Kase and Gertrude Kase,
of South Danville; Mis- Flora Melt
ler, of Danville, and Miss Simmons,
of Shamokin.
BEYOUNI) A DOUBT-
Good Hard Facts Told in a few Words as
Possible.
Thomas Kear of No (>:> v! Mill street
Danville Pa , says. "Dr. A. W.Chase's
Nerve Pills are certainly what they are
represented to be. I got a box last fall
at ( Josh's Drug Store and found they
did me a great deal of good. They in
vigorated and toned liie up gener
ally. I rested better and felt the bene
fit of my night's rest. My business is
of a sedentary nature and trying on the
nervous system but I felt so much bel
ter after t heir use
Dr. A W. Chase's Nerve Pills are
sold at r,oc. a box at dealers or Dr. A.
W. Chase Medicine <'o., Buffalo, N. Y.
See that portrait and signature of A.
W. Chase, M. It are on every pack
age
Advertise in the AMKRICAN.
VALUABLE
AUTOGRAPHS
Charles S. Miller, of Philadelphia,
who is visiting bis father, Robert
Miller, on Ferry street, is a collector
of autographs and has the signatures
of several hundred prominent people.
He has two books filled with the au
tographs, many of them being rare.
Among the signatures are those of
President Roosevelt, President Mc-
Kinley,President Benjamin Harrison,
President and Mrs. Grorer Cleveland.
The governor of nearly every state,
cabinet members, leaders in the Sen
ate and House of Representatives,rail
road magnates,soldiers and sailors are
all found within the pages of the
books. An exceedingly valuable auto
graph is that of "Stonewall" Jackson.
Generals Longstreet, Joseph Wheeler,
Fitzhugh Lee, John B. Gordon are re
presented. In the naval autographs
are found those of Admiral Dewey,
Schley, Sampson, Remey, Clark, and
Coghlan, while the army list includes
the beloved Lawton, Otis, General
Leonard Wood, Shatter, Frederick
Dent Grant and others. From far off
St. Helena came the signature of Gen
eral Piet Cronje, the Boer leader,
while Baden-Powell, the British hero
of Mafeking, also sent his name. Mar
quis Salisbury and his successor as
premier of Great Britian, Arthur Bal
four, are both represented.
The diplomatic signatures include
those of Minister Conger, of Pekin ;
Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa
dor, Von Holleben, the representative
of Germany, and Wu Ting Fang, the
Chinese minister. Dwight L. Moody,
Ira I). Sankey, Rev. Charles M. Shel
don, General Ballington Booth, and
General William Booth are in the list
of religious notables. The collection
is valuable and is highly prized by
Mr. Miller.
REDUCED RATES TO ASHEVILLE,
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Meet
ing of Society of American Fiorists and
Ornamental Uorticulturists.
Oil account of the meeting of Society
of American Florists and Ornamental
Horticulturists, to be held at Asheville,
N. ('., August IK to 22, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell excursion
tickets to Asheville on August 17 to IK,
from all stations on its lines, at reduced
rates. Tickets will be good to return
until August 25, inclusive.
Reduced Rates to Wilkesbarre via Peun
sylvaia Railroad, Account A. 0. H.
Parade and Meeting.
For the accommodation of those de
siring to witness the parade of the An
cient, Order of Hibernians and Ladies'
Auxiliary, Wilkesbarre. Pa., August2l.
the Pennsylvania Railroad Comany will
sell excursion tickets toWilkesbarre and
return, on that date, good to return
August 22. inclusive, from Tomhickeit,
South Danville, and intermediate sta
tions, at single fare for the round trip.
REDUCED RATES TO DENVER. COL
ORADO SPRINGS. AND PUEBLO-
Via Pennsylvania Railroad. Account Na
tional Fraternal Congress.
On account of the National Fraternal
Congress, to be held in Denver. Col.,
August. 2<> to :>o, the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company will sell excursion tickets
to Denver, Colorado Springs, or Pu
eblo. Col., from all stations on its lines,
at rate of single fare for the round trip.
Tickets will be sold and good going on
August 22 and 2:5, and will be good to
return until September ;{<>, inclusive.
Tickets must be validated for return
passage by Joint Agent at any of the
above mentioned points, for which ser
vice a fee of 25 cents will be charged.
For specific rates and conditions, ap
ply to ticket agents.
Special Ten-Day Excursion to Ocean Grove,
Asbury Park, or Long Branch via Penn
sylvania Railroad.
For the benefit of those desiring to
visit the great Ocean (JroveCamp Meet
ing, the Pennsylvania Railroad Comp
any will, on August 21, sell excursion
tickets to Ocean Grove, Asbury Park,
or Long Branch from stations named
below at the very low rate quoted.
These tickets will be g<x>d for passage
to Philadelphia on train indicated,
thence on regular trains leaving I'road
Street Station at 12.27, 2.82, -1.00,
and 4 17 P M. that day to destination.
Train
Leaves Rate.
Williamsport N.:;II A. M. $5.50
Mnncy S. r> 1 " 5.15
Watsontown K. 10 " 4.70
Milton 9.17 " 4.50
Northumberland .K. 42 " 4.50
Sunbury K. 50 " 4.50
Lewisburg K. 05 " 4.50
East Bloomsburg...H.47 " 4.50
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IIOXEST ABE, U. S. M.
HFC HEARS A TALE FROM WIDOW HOB
SON OF UNREQUITED LOVE.
After I.lMeninK to Her Story He
A«MM N* U W'lae Counselor, niul
Now It I* Surmised That the Wl«t-
OH'H Troubles Are lit an Kn<l.
[Copyright, 1302. by C. D. I.ewlß.]
I WAS having the blacksmith at
Harper's Crossroads sharpen up
the shoes of my horse the other
day when the Widow Ilobson.who
lives opposite the shop, called me over.
I saw that she had something on her
mind, and, after drinking a glass of
blackberry wine, I asked her what
was the matter.
"Look here, Abe!" she replied.
"Would you take me for n chit of a
girl?"
"Not sknsßly," I snys; "not sknssly."
"And would you say I was a fool of
B woman?"
"I wouldn't, widder; I wouldn't say
that."
"Well, Lera Johnson either takes ina
for a schoolgirl or a fool, and I'm goin'
SHE GIVES THE CAT A LIFT.
to let him sec how mistaken he Is. You
knew that he'd been courtin' me for a
year past, didn't you?"
"Not officially, widder, not as one rep
resenting the constitution, the Amer
ican liag and 80,000,000 of freemen,
which I do. I might have heard a word
or two as a private citizen, but I'm not
much given to gossip. So Lem Johnson
has been courting you?"
"He has, and he has as good as asked
me to marry Idm. Up to two weeks
ngo he was here at least three nights a
w< ek and all the afternoon Sunday, and
he was talkin' love all the time."
"Then something happened, did it?"
"Soniethin' did. He got acquainted
with the new sehoolma'am, and it
seems that he fell head over heels In
love with her. She's already braggin'
around that she's put my nose out of
joint."
"Shoo! I didn't believe Lem was a
trlfler."
"Nor I. When he said I had the
most beautiful eyes he had ever seen,
I thought he was in earnest. lie prais
ed my hair, my teeth, my nose and my
chin, and he didn't appear as if he was
Jokin' about it."
"Rut did he over ask you plumb out
to marry him?" I says.
"Not plumb out, Abe; not in so many
words. He was gettm' around to that,
jon know. No, he never asked me
plumb out, but he talked of the moon
and stars and rosebushes and Niagara
falls and whippoorwills nnd all that
Once ho held my hand and said he
would like to live on a desert island
with me all the rest of his life. That
was about the same as poppin' the
question, wasn't it?"
"Yes, about the same. Did you have
any quarrel with him two weeks ago?"
"Not a word, Abe. When he went
away, he said that all I needed to be
come an angel was a pair of wings.
Two days later that little freckled fac
ed, stub nosed sehoolma'am had him
under her thumb."
"And what's going to be done?" I
asks.
"I'm goin' to raise a row," she says
HS her teeth clicked together. "Lem
lohuson nor nobody else wants to
make a mistake on me. No man on
earth can toy with my heart for a year
and then throw me over his shoulder.
Lem will find that he's got the wrong
pig by the ear before he gets through
with me."
"What'll you do, widder?"
"That's what I wanted to talk with
you about, Abe. How would it be if I
sued for breach of promise?"
"Have you got any letters from
Lem?"
"No. He can't write very well, you
know, and he was here so often that
there was no need of letters."
"You've got to have letters to prove
your case. He may have talked about
the moon and Niagara falls and all
that, but no Jury would convict You
aught to have had a proposal in black
tnd white, something he couldn't
dodge."
"Then I'll meet him and horsewhip
tiim," she declares as she gets up and
kicks over a chair.
"He'd outrun you, widder. He'd lie
ever the fence and into the woods be
fore you could touch him."
"The idea of it!" she says as rslie gives
the cat a lift with her foot. "The idea
of that little undersized, squint eyed
sehoolma'am takin' Lem Johnson from
me when I expected to be married in
the spring! I won't stand it, Abe. I
won't allow it, not even if I have to
upset the whole United States. You
must know some way that I can do
soniethin'."
"1 don't sknssly see any way. It's
mighty mean of Lem and that school
ma'am, but I don't see how you can
touch 'em. The lives of all widders is
full of just such disappointments, and
they must bear 'em the best they can."
"But here's one who won't bear 'em!"
she shouts, with tears in her eyes.
"Abe, if you won't help me In tins
thing I'll I'll shoot somebody! I'll—
I'll" -
An<l ilu u she broke down nnd fell to
weeping and sobbing and made it un
comfortable for me. To chirk her up
I had to tell her that as I was going
right past Lem Johnson's house I'd
stop and have a little chat with him,
and she was feeling a little more peart
when I left. Au hour later, when 1
drove up to Johnson's farm, I was told
that Lem was out at the barn fanning
out hayseed. I went out and found
him, and after a few words I says:
"Lem what's the little sehoolma'am
pSS Met
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"Why, iiotliin' on <;irt \jfV ho (iiißfl*('l>. I
"Then why l« slit* s.'iyinj; tlcit .vour ,
feet take up all tin- roail iintl that ynii
une j'our ears to cover uj» your chin in
eold weather?"
"Ry thunder, hilt irf the little minx l
a-eayin' that'/" shouts Leia.
"And that you sit with your hat he- i
tween your feet anil your mouth
open V"
"I'y thunder, hut I kinder thought
»?he was niakin' game < 112 me he'nind my j
back! Say, Abe, I'll chuck her into a
snowdrift 2"
"And there's the Widder Ilobsou,
Leiu," 1 g<j<■ ' on. "You've been toying
with her heart, which is a dangerous
thing to do. ; : he may sue for breach
of promise."
"She hain't no letters."
"Or she may use a horsewhip or shot
gun."
"D'you think so, Abe?"
"Can't tell. When you toy with n
widder's alTections, you are foolinu
with dynamite, and somebody's sure to
be blown up. Anyhow, I'm mighty glad
I don't stand in your boots."
"What would you do, Abe?" asks
Lorn as he turns pale and wabbles
about.
"I'd make a bee line for the
and ask the Widder llobson to marry
me."
"Hut niebbc she'd pepper me with a
shotgun."
"Mebbe she would, but you'd better
run the chances. Tell her you've been
laid up with a t < il on your leg or that
you've had to sit up with a sick cow."
"And she —she won't shootV"
"Not if you speak quick enough. Get
ft hump on you, I .cm."
"I swow I will!" he says, and when
I drove on he was changing clothes and
yelling to his father to harness up a
horse. I think the widder's troubles
nre all over by this time and that the
little stub nosed sehoolma'ani is won
dering where she is at. M. QUAD.
They Komid the Pail.
During a spell of particularly hot
weather a well known baronet came
across three workmen engaged on a
job on his estate. One of them remark
ed, as workmen not infrequently do,
on the dryness of the Job. The heat
had perhaps extended itself to the bar
onet's temper. At any rate, lie turned
away, with the reply: "If you are
thirsty, you know where the well is.
You will lind a pail there."
Thinking over bis remark a little lat
er, It Hashed across the baronet's mind
that he had given orders for three bot
tles of champagne to be put into the
pail and lowered into the well to cool
for dinner. He hastened to the well
and discovered three empty bottles!
What he said this time Is not reported.
—London Truth.
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passengers when they are in a hurry,
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