Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, September 04, 1902, Image 3

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PEGGY sat on tlio ancient, nielan
clioly ruins of Bropliy's wharf
at play. She had found some
pretty shells 011 the shore, and
she was arranging them in fanciful
patterns on the green cover of a hook.
It was quite amusing, but she sudden
ly remembered, with a start, that she
was the wife of Senator Mallister.
This thought always gave her a thrill
such as one feels at intervals after a
great hazard. The senator was to In r
the most formidable of created things.
She loved him as the savage loves his
god during a thunderstorm. It was in
credible to her that she had dared to
marry him. Indeed she could say in
the sight of heaven that she was not
responsible. Her aunt had done it and
hail tied to Europe immediately after-
Ward, as if afraid of the consequences.
In truth, Peggy was a mere child, a
very modest chihl, mueli tormented by
embarrassment and self depreciation,
full of an old fashioned reverence foi
great personages, of whom the sena
tor, partly because of his lofty stature
and imposing countenance, seemed to
her the chief. The wedding was In
January, and July had come, but Peg- :
gy had not recovered from her fright
The senator had bought a cottage in
Castine, and they were spending the j
Bummer there.
Some one said "I'eggy!" close be
hind her, and it startled her so that the j
little shells jumped 011 the green book, j
She turned and beheld Arthur Waring
sitting in a canvas canoe which he j
had run up alongside the old pier.
"Arthur," she cried, "you frightened j
me half to death!"
"You have more than half killed j
me," he said, "so the balance is still j
In your favor. Feggy, why—why- j
why"—
He finished the sentence with a
groan that rocked the canoe.
"I didn't know you were in town,"
said I'eggy sweetly. "YOll must come
up to the house. Senator Mallister
will be very glad to see you. He is in
Bar Harbor just now conferring with
the secretary of state."
She paused to let these words sink
Into the young man's mind, but ho was
occupied with other matters.
"Peggy," he said, "we were very
good friends last summer. (If course
I don't blame you, but—but don't you
think you ought to have gi vim me
some warning? The invitation to your
wedding knocked the everlasting"—
He stopped there because the re
mainder of the sentence as 110 had im
pulsively framed it was direfully lack
ing in sentiment.
"I knew you'd be surprised," she said,
nodding at him like a bird on a bough.
He looked at her in rigid despair, his
mouth a little open; then his teeth
closed with a snap, and he said some
thing incomprehensible that sounded
like a tiger gnawing a bone. This
seemed to afford him considerable re
lief, for his manner changed immedi
ately.
"Come aboard, Peggy," said he. "I'll
paddle down along the shore."
"I'd like togo," said Peggy, "but"—
Waring rose and took her by the
hand, steadying the canoe meanwhile
DIDN'T KNOW YOU WEEK IN TOWN," SAID
I»EG<JY SWEETLY
ith great skill as she stepped aboard.
Vhen she was seated upon the deer
«ln, Waring pushed the canoe back
nrd until It passed the end of the old
jr. where the beginning of the ebb
is making delicate tracery upon the
.assy water.
The young man laid his paddle across
) knees and stare* 1 without
.eaklng a was busy with
.s own sensations, which were not
hat he had supposed they would be.
le picture of this occasion had pre
sided itself to him a thousand times,
(e had fancied it a scene in a deep
agedy of the heart. Put the realiza
on was not tragic. Indeed it was
ard work to keep it above the com
tonplace. Where were those fin#
eeches that he had Imagined? Where
•as Peggy's remorse, which had al
>ys figured conspicuously in his vl
ons?
Of course the girl had made a mis
<e. She must have married from 1110-
,es that are condemned in all the
„«ry books for social position, for the
hi' tty finery that goes with wealth,
l.'et there was no shadow of regret up
).'i her brow; tears had not eroded her
fwlr young cheeks.
Peggy experienced 110 more than the
gratification of a child. A canoe was
•icr delight. On this glorious day the
iglit craft floated in a wondrous silence
ietween two worlds, for the water was
o clear that its surface vanished, and
le dome of blue and white was as real
elow as above.
"We'd better fro down stream," said
'aring suddenly; "then we won't meet
nybody."
I'eggy looked scared. "1 ought not
<» have come," she said in a hushed
olec.
The situation suddenly became inter
stinjj to Waring. It took on the color
•t an escapaue. ne uad spoken almost
t random, but the fact that I'ejjgy
.•as frightened proved that the matter
111 st be of consequence.
1 1111 nk you can afford to give me
a few minutes, Peggy," lie said. "It is
very little in comparison with a whole
lifetime."
"If anybody should see 11s" Peggy
began.
"Don't worry," lie said sullenly. "I'll
take her over to the other shore."
lie began to paddle steadily with
strokes that lifted the canoe and sent
a thrill tlirough its delicate structure.
IVggj did not know what to do. Her
mind swung like a pendulum, and at
one moment this little excursion seem
ed a harmless pleasure and again it
was a fatal indiscretion. I'pon the
whole, the second view gained ground
until at last she was the prey of terror.
If she had not been with Mr. Waring
so frequently the previous summer, it
would not be so bad, but to take ad
vantage of her husband's first absence
togo out upon the water alone with
precisely the wrong man was obviously
an unpardonable sin.
if •
"WE'KE ADEIFT. THAT'S THE TRUTH
ABOUT US."
1 lie canoe was going like a flying
iisli. and by the time Peggy reached
the extremity of her terror Nautilus Is
land point, at the mouth of the harbor,
was close at hand upon the port side.
"We must go back," said I'eggy.
"Not for worlds," he replied. "Why
sli uld you l»e afraid? No one will ever
know. We can have an hour or two
upon the water, and then I call set you
ashore so quietly"—
"I must have been crazy!" she ex
claimed. "I am risking my whole life
for absolutely nothing."
The canoe jumped about ten feet un
der the influence of the stroke which
Waring gave. After the relief which
this exertion afforded he was able to
speak.
"So 1 am absolutely nothing to you?"
he demanded.
"Goodness!" she exclaimed. "I should
hope so. Why, Arthur, I'm married!
You don't seem to understand the sit
uation."
it is hard to say why this accusation,
very childishly made, produced such
an effect upon Waring, but somehow it
struck him as the refinement of cru
elty. it seemed to liiui in that instant
as if he had done nothing for six
months except to darkly meditate upon
this very matter. Not understand it!
'l'lit* luff that IN: | hit Uitr [mtiaic
had in it the essence of a very hard
word. Perhaps the paddle objected on
conscientious grounds to being used ns
something to swear with. At any rate,
It snapped short off.
Waring nearly went overboard with
the shock.
"Never mind, Peggy," said he,
straightening up and steadying the
rocking canoe. "I have a spare"—
He stopped suddenly, his eyes star
ing downward into the canoe.
"Eternal heavens!" he cried. "Mill
bus forgotten it!"
"Mill" was the Individual from whom
the canoe was hired, the most careful
and accurate man who ever fitted out
] a craft <«f any sort for the uses of the
amateur boatmen. That he should
have forgotten the spare paddle was
nothing short of u miracle.
Waring sat up on his seat and shrug
ged his shoulders. Then ho caressed
his downy mustache with his left hand
while lie held the useless staff of the
paddle in his right. And the ebb tide,
which runs very strong at that point,
was busy with the canoe.
"Is it very serious?" queried Peggy,
who felt, but did not fully grasp, the
situation.
"I'eggy," said he, "we're adrift.
That's the truth about 11s. The tide Is
running out, and what wind there is
is offshore. We're going down the bay
at the rate of about three knots."
"Can't we get some one to help us?"
she asked,
lie looked at her steadily.
"There isn't any one handy," said he,
"and even if there were do you think
we'd better eall attention to ourselves?
I'eggy, you can't think how sorry, how
deadly, terribly sorry, I am to have got
you into this scrape."
Then indeed the girl saw what had
happened. They were adrift, and they
dared not call for help.
"It's a choice between a scandal and
a watery grave," ho said, laughing
nervously. "I can stand up here and
yell until somebody In the town or on
the water may possibly hear me, but
if one hears everybody will hear —even-
tually."
In Peggy's youthful mind a sentence
was ringing like the sound of surf on a
shore "P.e sure thy sin shall find thee
: out " She did not know where the sen
-1 timent came from, but It seemed to fit
! the situation precisely.
She looked around over the water.
J No craft was visible but the little
! steamer coming across from Long la
! land. She seemed to be rushing straight
j for them, and heaven only knew how
many acquaintances might be aboard
j of her.
"Put your parasol over your left
shoulder," said Waring. "Then they
l can't see your face. Confound them!
They're going to shave us close, and I
haven't ain paddle. There's John Wil
liams In the pilothouse. I know him
from here, and he knows me. He
j wouldn't dare run so close to a canoe
unless he knew who was handling her.
I If I should wave this broken paddle—
llut I dare not. He'd stop the steamer.
Blast hiui!"
The steamer seemed to be swinging
even closer. Waring became seriously
alarmed lest the swell should upset the
canoe, for lie had no means of heading
; ' her up to it.
"Peggy," he cried, "shall I yell to
! him?"
"Never," she whispered, cowering be
hind her parasol. "I would rather
drown "
Tliei s somebody up forward who's
lookiic' at us through a lieldglass,"
said Waring
"is there?" said Peggy, and without
s thinking she put aside her parasol to
e see.
The steamer was then not more than
• a cable's length away. Peggy saw the
man with the lieldglass quite plainly.
' He had lowered it, and his face wan
clear in the light, and lie was the sena
-1 tor 011 his way back from Bar Harbor
1 Peggy uttered a faint, gasping cry
and fell against the cushioned board,
r
"THIS 13 ALL MY FAULT," SAID WAKING.
while the pnrasol dropped over the
rail. Waring made an attempt to
seize It and nearly upset the canoe.
"We are lost!" he said, with the calm
ness of despair. "They'll know I'm dis
abled because I can't paddle after the
parasol."
"The senator!" moaned Peggy.
The sound of a bell came over the
water—a single stroke.
"They're slowing down," said War
ing. "That is the end of us."
Again the bell sounded—one stroke
and then two. As neatly as possible
old John Williams brought the little
steamer alongside the canoe. Waring
stood up and took hold of tho vessel's
rail just as the stern face of Senator
Mallister appeared over it.
"This Is all my fault," Waring began
before any one else could say a word. ,
"It isn't safe togo out without a
spare paddle," said the senator. "Were
you much frightened, poor little Peg
gy?"
Peggy uttered a faint sound that
might have been "Yes," and then she
burst into tears. Waring assisted her
to rise, and she scaled the steamer's
rail quite easily.
The senator soothed her tenderly, as
If she had been a frightened child.
"This will teach you a lesson," he
said. "When you go out with Mr.
Waring again, you'll see that he has a
spare paddle."
Peggy looked up at him with eyes
that were round with wonder.
"I'm not going again," she sobbed,
and then suddenly she clasped tho sen
ator's hand in both of hers and kissed It.
KILLED THE SPIDER.
Deadly Influrncr of a Small Mnnnet
on the liuiect.
An experiment mado bv a scientist
to test tho influence wniCn a magnet
.will have on a spider is of Interest.
The magnet employed was a small
steel one of the t' shupo, the legs of
which were about two and a half
Inches long by one-half Inch wide and
one-sixth of an Inch thick, the distance
between tho poles being about one
quarter of an inch.
Having noticed a small spider active
ly running along his armchair, he
brushed It off upon the carpet, where
It began to run, but was somewhat im
peded by the roughness of the fabric.
He now slid the magnet along the car
pet, following after the Bpider, till the
ends of the poles were within a quar
ter of an inch of it. The animal, with
out being touched, almost lustantly
stopped, and on withdrawing the mag
net the spider continued on his jour
ney.
The experimenter then placed the
magnet within half an inch In front of
the spider, and, withdrawing It slow
ly, the latter followed It In every direc
tion which the magnet took, both in
straight and circuitous routes.
Gradually, however, the spider be
came so strongly magnetized aa to bo
Immovable for several minutes, the
magnetic Influence seeming to lose Its
further power. On withdrawing the
magnet altogether the spider l»egan to
recover somewhat.
The scientist ultimately placed a
tumbler over the spider and the mag
net, covering them both completely,
apd at the expiration of severul min
utes the spider, after a struggle to es
cape from the strong influence which
tjuo magnet exercised over it, was
dead.—Exchange.
The Word Flattery.
At first sight there would appear to
be little connection between flattery
and the wagging of a dog's tall, yet
in nearly all the northern language the
same word signifies both, and flattery
is certainly derived from the word sig
nifying to wag the tall. In the old
Norman fiagra signifies to flatter and
also to wag tho tail. In Danish logro
Is to wag the tall, and loger for een Is
to fawn on one. In Dutch vleydcn Is
to flatter and vleydsteerten is to wag
the tail. In the old German wedelu
Is to wag the tail, and in English
wheedle Is to galu one's end in flat
tery.
.Nothing Winitrd.
A Scottish farmer when going to
market, it was observed, always took
t a lien with hiui in his trap. The reason
r was never known until one day he took
I a friend with him on a drive. Every
place the fanner stopped he put tho
t nosebag on his horse, and then the hen
was so trained that what dropped from
! the horse's bag the hen would pick up,
I so there was nothing wasted. Pear
son's Weekly.
1
Gooil Intention*.
3 "Don't trust too far to yoli good in
tentions," said Uncle Eben, "unless
yoli has skill back of 'em. Good in
tentions satisfies de man what has
'em, but dey is de ruination of a heap
of choir music."—Washington Star.
Y
0 A lluttolllfNN Coat.
has any buttons on it?" asked a mis
-0 sion teacher of a class of nuwsboys.
"Yes, sir-a coat of paint," was the
Instantaneous reply.
r *
Patriotism is not tho mere holding
s of a great tlug unfurled, but making It
the goodliest in the world. W. J. Liu
ton.
I A GREAT J'EACH CROP
» THAT WHICH GREW AROUND NEW
YORK IN THE YEAR 1679.
S
Apparently »li«- Luacloa* Fruit Was
Mure Abundant on Muiilinttnit I»-
112 JM»<l Thau AnythliiK Else Excrpt
' Hnil tlurliudoM Hum.
' Hooks of travel usually contain a
: vast amount of matter that is unim
portant and a Rood (leal that is untrue,
besides not n little that is uninterest
ing, and the old travelers who wrote
| about their voyages to New York fur
nished few exceptions to the rule.
Tantalizing, therefore, is tlie diary of
i an observer who visited these shores
J in 1070; who had a reportorlai instinct
i for the Important, the true and the in
! terestlng; whose Journeys covered tin;
j entire territory now known as tho
' 1 Greater New York; who wrote fully
I and graphically of all he saw, and
1 whose observations have all come down
to us, with the exception of some thir
ty pages describing New York city at
the time of his visit. Exactly that
which wotdd now be most valuable is
lost; but, from what remains, we can
learn a good deal about the Now York
of those days.
Jaspar Dankers Is the writer whose
impressions of New York have thus
j been lost to the world, and in what
i has been preserved of his writings the
! chief thing that forces its attention up
! on the reader is the magnitude of the
peach crop in these parts during the
year of his visit. lie was a religious
enthusiast, the leader of the Labadists,
a sect that flourished briefly on three
continents toward the close of tho sev
enteenth century, and his voyage com
panion was a minister of the same
sect
Rut there is little of this in his diary
, against a great deal of what they ate
, and drank, and on occasions when
they went to the little church in the
fort where tho custom house is now
tho fact is mentioned with some apolo
gies, one service bring attended "In or
der to avoid scandal and for other rea
sons" and others because "my com
, panion is endeavoring to learn the lan
guage."
But on the very day of their arrival
in New York, Sept. 23, 1070,-wo begin
to hear of the eatables and drinkables,
especially the peaches.
"Ho first took us to the house of one
of his friends, who welcomed him and
us and offered us some of the fruit of
the country, very tine peaches and full
grown apples, which filled our hearts
with thankfulness to God. This fruit
was exceedingly fair and good and
pleasant to the taste, much better than
that In Holland or elsewhere, though
1 believe our long fasting and craving
for food made it so agreeable. After
taking a >;lass of madeira we proceed
ed. As we walked along wo saw in
different gardens trees full of apples
of various kinds and so laden with
peaches and other fruit that one might
doubt whether there were more leaves
or fruit on them. I have never seen In
Europe in the best seasons such an
overflowing abundance. When we fin
ished our tour and had given our
guides several letters to deliver, we
returned to his father in law's. He re
galed us in the evening with milk,
which refreshed us much. We had so
many peaches set before us that we
were timid about eating them, though
we experienced no ill effects from
them."
And the next day, Sunday, the rec
ord opens with this:
"I was surprised on waking to flnd
my comrade had already dressed him
self and breakfasted upon peaches."
end of the week they crossed tho ferry
(for less than half a cent apiece) to
Long Island, where the people made
them "very welcome, sharing with us
bountifully whatever they had,
whether it was milk, cider, fruit or to
bacco, and especially, llrst and most of
all, miserable rum, which had been
brought from Barbados and which is
railed by the Dutch 'kill-devil.' These
people are very fond of it, and most of
them extravagantly so, although it is
very dear and has a bad taste."
But on I/)rig Island, as elsewhere,
the peaches were as good as the rum
was bad.
"It is impossible to tell how many
peach trees we passed, all laden with
fruit to breaking down and many of
them actually broken down. We came
to a place surrounded with such trees
from which so many had fallen off
that the ground could not be discerned
and you could not put your foot down
.without trampling them, and notwith
standing such largo quantities had
fallen off tho trees still were as full
lis they could bear. The hogs and
other animals mostly feed on them."
The peaches in llarlem were as plen
tiful and still more delicious. When
they went up to tho north end of Man
hattan island, we flnd this notice:
"Before we left (Harlem) we did not
omit supplying ourselves with peaches,
which grew in an orchard along tho
road. The whole ground was covered
with them and with apples, lying upon
tho new grain with which the orchard
was planted. The peaches were the
most delicious we had yet eaten."
But they need not have taken tlio
precaution mentioned, for even after
crossing Spuyten Duyvll they found
more peaches than over.
"We came to u road which was en
tirely covered with peaches. We asked
tho boy why they left them lie there
! and did not let tho hogs eat them.
Ho answered: 'Wo do not know what
to do with them, there are so many.
Tho hogs are satiated with them and
| will not eat any moro.' From this we
, may Judgo of tho quantity of them."—
, 11. 11. N. in New York Mail and Ex
, press.
[ It is a shiftless trick to scud for,*
doctor when you have a boil.—Atchison
Globe.
A WISH MAN.
A friend of ours while looking for a
> farm two years ago In a locality where
i good land touched S'H) per acre, which
i price wus a little too high for him,
t found what was called the poorest
7 quarter section in the township for sale
a at $33 per acre—a peaty marsh, largely.
1 He quietly took a few levels and found
i out that there was ample- fall to easily
', drain the tract and then bought the
- land, the neighbors all calling him a
foolish man for Investing. The land
was drained, and any of the men who
poked fun at him would now be very
i- glad If they could raise such crops of
s millet, com, potatoes and timothy as
he does.
s
P A Cshc In Point.
"Jobbers was thrown from his wheel
this morning, but lie pliickily arose and
remounted."
r "Indeed? Well, that's a case of
man's not knowing when he's well
off."- Richmond LMspatch.
e
Ai»ti> Termed.
A farmer In a Hood district, watching
K his mortgaged house and barn fall over
t and float down the river, remarked,
t-, "That represents my floating indebted
ness."
IMAGED.
Marriage is very largely an accident.
In few gases do men or women set up a
standard of manly or womanly excellence
and choose by it' In most cases people
become engaged as the result of pro
pinquity rather than because of any deep
rooted preference. , ,
And so it often
happens that tho Jap, ,-y
wife enters upon A ,'esi
the obligations of
niaternitv just as iSJBy
thoughtlessly as
she entwred on the
marriage relation,
because no one jBPSSjf
has warned her A
women liecome \
invalids for lack SKf » ;
of knowledge of jflM H £.■' \
themselves. It is IV F 1 \lit
to this large body j M V \
of women that Dr. W '| 5 ;J, j~t \ A
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription '
conies as a priceless boon, because it
cures womanly ills.
" Favorite Prescription" establishes
regularity, dries weakening drains, heals
inflammation and ulceration and cures
female weakness. It makes weak women
strong, sick women well.
"After my first child was born," writos Mrs.
Jordan Stout, of Fawcettjap, I-rcdcrick Co . Va
"my hualth was very poor for a lotiß time, una
last winter 1 was so oarl with paiu down in back
r could hardly njove without great suffering
My husband pot tne a bottle of L)r Pierce's Fa
voriU Prescription and a vial of his ' Pleasant
Pellets,' which I used as directed. In four davs
I was greatly relieved, and now. after usine the
medicine three months, I stem to be entirely
well I can't see why it is that there are so
many suffering women when there is such an
easy wav to be cutoA I know your medicines
nre the fiest in the world."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the fa
vorite family laxative. One ' Pellet' a
laxative, two ' Pellets ' a cathartic dose.
Onion Snnof.
As a change from the tomato sauce
usually served with breaded lamb
chops try an onion sauce made in this
way: Slice two or, If very small, three ,
onions and cook them in water for a !
few moments and drain. Tut them In
to just enough boiling water to cover,
add a little salt and cook until tender.
Cook together two tablespoonfuls each
of flour and butter and when perfectly
smooth add one-half pint of stock,
three or four tablespoonfuls of cream
and a salispoonful each of salt and
sugar and a dash of cayenne. When
tho onion is tender, press it through a
colander and add the water in which j
It had been cooked.—New York Post.
Tin* Work of Knvy.
The leading lady was In tears, and
the morning paper lay crumpled at her
feet.
"What is tho matter?" the manager 1
asked.
"This horrid critic," she sobbed.
"Let me see. Where? What has lie [
said?"
"There," she replied, pointing to the :
dreadful paragraph. "It says my act
ing was excellent, but that my gown
didn't seem to lit me at all. I just
know that was written by some spite
ful woman." —Chicago Record-Herald.
The Small Ilroflirr.
"I heard him call you 'Dnckie,'" an
nounced the small brother.
"Well, what of It?" demanded his sis
ter defiantly.
"Oh, nothln' much," answered the
small brother. "I was only thlnkin'
maybe it's because of the way you
walk, but it ain't very nice of liirn."—
Chicago Post.
1 |f VI I S1 1
That's what you need; some
thing to cure your bilious
ness and give you a good |
digestion. Ayer's Pills are
liver pills. They cure con
stipation and biliousness.
Gently laxative. All druKifists.
W.i.t >• 'ii i., .••I-'" "i~>" a t«-aut»till
brown or rich bl.n'k " Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers j
j
The Home Paper
of Danville.
Of course you read
~ imn
i TV i
j THE HECKLE'S \
KOPULAR
I APER.
I ~
Everybody Reads It.
I
j
t*ub!ished livery Morning hxcept
Sunday a I
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No. II IE. Ma IK. ngSt.
Subscription 6 cen i l -r Week.
CATCHING A THIEF.
An Old Method I tllwiil by u (icrraan
OtfK-er lu China.
Thirty dollars was stolen at the Of
ficers' club in Tientsin, China, and the
members »112 the club resolved, if possi
ble, to catch the thief.
A German captain volunteered to
manage the affair, and the first thing
he did was to summon all the native
servants of the club. He the* said to
them:
"Some money has been stolen here,
and 1 am looking for the thief. I shall
find him In an hour, not before, since
I need that much time In order to get
instructions from a celebrated magi
clan In Germany."
An hour later all the servants \ re
again summoned, but this time i ' • a
dflrk room, In tho middle of \ h
stood the tablo on which the money
stolen had been laid.
"Each of you, now," said the officer,
"must go up to that table and press on
It first your right and then your left
hand, and when that is done you must
raise your two hands over your head
and step into the next room."
The servants did so, and as the last
one stepped Into the adjoining room
the officer followed him, and after
looking for a few moments at the many
uplifted bands he pointed to one man
and said, "You are the thief." The
Chinaman to whom he pointed nearly
fell to the ground with fright and ad
mitted his guilt and promised to make
restitution.
Very simple was the method adopted
by tho officer for discovering the cul
prit. Wliile the native servants sup
posed that his spirit was In Germany
In communion with the celebrated ma
gician he was carefully smearing tho
surface of the table in the dark room
with fat and oil, which he then black
ened by means of soot. The Innocent
servants naturally pressed their hands
on th ■ table, according to his instruc
tions, but the culprit, though super
stitious, did not do so.
As a result, while the uplifted hands
of all the o. hers were coal black, his j
| were of a natural color, and thus his
guilt was clearly proved.—Detroit Tree
Press.
IIIh Hope.
"I hope," said the serious man, "that
you haven't been betting on the races."
"I hope so, too," said the young man
with the red necktie and the restless
eye. "I hope I will wake up tomorrow
and find out that the whole thing was
a wild dream. Put there's uo use hop
ing."—Exchange.
Ilon't Sneer.
Never bring a human being, how- '
ever silly, Ignorant and weak—above j
all, any little child—to shame and con
fusion of face. Never, by petulance, by
i suspicion, by ridicule, even by selfish
and silly haste—never, above all, by in
dulging in the brutal pleasure of a j
i sneer, crush what Is finest and rouse j
! up what is coarsest In the heart of uuj
fellow creature. I
Nasal
CATARRH /P«
In all its starts there" %(& JUd/
should be cleanliness. '"tO )
Ely's Cream Balm p
cleanses, soothes and heals M
the diseased membrane. * V
It cures catarrh and drives
away a cold in the head
(juickly.
Cream Balin Is placed Into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneezing. I.arge Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail.
ELV BKOTUEKS, s<l Warren Street, New York.
mvnß LIVES ARC. OA VCU '
...BY USING...
Dr. King's New Discovery,
....F0R....
Consumption, Coughs and Colds
Than By All Other Throat And
Lung Remedies Combined.
This wonderful medicine positively
cures Consumption, Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Hay
Fever.Pleurisy, LaGrippe, Hoarseness,
Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping
Cough. NO CURE. WO PAY.
Pries 50c. £ SI. Trial Eottlc Free.
D, L, & I RAILROAD,
TIM I; TABLE, *
Corrected to May i, 1901.
>.'KU "l (i|:K.
A M'
llareln.\ si |.\. jui lU(J ,
1 111J ~I«>|'(11 r St J(m in 1;,
Hoboki'ii 2 11 1
Seranlon \i i. ,j CM
I'.ullalo 1 , It' ,;li •i.
Si-riiutoii \ 1 • 1 . 111 ini
I SUKA NTIIH li I • 111 Ui | ,
llellevue '> >n
Tuylorv 111«- ■ ii> I • 2 '
I I.HOkawuiinit VHI In •„•. 2 I
I l)Mryell ... 7 (>.; HI ji. -J ]
HiUltoi 7 117 111 .1 j |
| Susquehanna Ave... ■ I" Mi ! 2 i
; Weat Ptttatea 7 1:1 10 2 2
Wy IIUIIBK < 17 111 111 22"
K<>rty Kurt...
Herinett 7JI 111 l:> x
Kiniraton. . ar. '•» In >i 2 441
\V 11 k< •, -I'.anv. ..Ar ~ H I" 2 n
\V 11 kes-linrre I,\ 7 ill Hi :ai j ;il
Klagatea i\ 790 10 ,1 m
Ply mouth .! un<\.. .
fly mouth 7■ s JI 11; 2 4.,
Avondale.., 7 u 2 1
Nuntleoke 711 II II a,s 1
llunlock':, 7 ,1 11 17 ;i I#, I
I ShbUflilnny *•" 11 JI : 21,
Hit k'a Ferry y l2 111 1 ; :: jg
I licach I'aven * |s 'I I* s
I llcrwlrk " 11,1 y 44
] lirlar Creek I s jk I
\V iIIOH Orove '* •' r • •'>!
: l.luie It Mice * 1 11-' (Ri . , s
! Espy « |j | , 4m.
llluiiiunliurK " |-j jj 4ij
: Kupert sl 12 27 417
CntawlHPa • 1J ;J 4 i-j
j Danville 1 17 4
1 Chulaßky 4 4j
laoieron I'J >7 1 |-
No't'llll MMKKI.AMt !l ' lIU f> l«l
A r A M I'M I'M
qomfl i.
I'M
Ni:w Y oik ;t ~ I'M ,
I Hare lay St. Ar ; .11 5 (Hi
Christopher St...:{ 15 4 6.,
; lint,iiken 11l o."> 4 4->
Kcrnntnn . AM' 12 55 1 l'M*
l'M* \M AM |
ItulTalo .A 1 nOO IJ 1 • 7no
Srraiiton. I.\ I • 4- It •
M I'M) I'M' : I'M*
1 Seranton 4J IJ U, 4 £,u hi,
Hellovue 0 .7 4
Taylorville V 3'J 4 in *3B
j Ij»i kawanna ... !• Jn 432 b27
; Duryea . !i 23 4 a» x 25
! Plttston .. '.I 111 12 17 4J4 » 21
Susqucli (e '.l |i 12 '4 4 21' Xl*
| West Pit ... !i I . 417 Sln
Wyuiu ' !) Id 1J ns IIJ Hl2
I Kurt >| 9 114 1 117
i Hen k 9 (I 4 l>3 » IM
IK 1 , n " 8 M 11 W 4 <K) , * tf-
I 1 's-lt-IrVr*"i"v s '" 11 ■" 360 '
W .i. s-Harr,. ,\r 1- " (l * lu s
K |S I' >'. l I i«l hO2
•ynit.uth .luiiotion s 'I a
lymouth "'1 11 51 4. ■
A vundale 8 12 3 42
N antlroke s :; ' s 11 4. 33* 7ln
j linnluck s s 331 f7 41
Slilckshlnny ....... h ' l - 11 2'-' j 3 211 ~SI
Hick's Kerry s 3
! Heaeh Haven !! ?? 3j ; i!r
Berwick." " •'• l 11 06 fi SS • 11
1 Briar Creek.. " •»-!
| Willow Grove ..." 1 I 41 •" "••••
I'lme Kldifo ' 3:1 fl ' -l
Ksj.y I•« 10 4 s "J I" "
| HlooustiurK i ~i 1" 4<i *'
llupert 1 17 10 37 22! 1 »■ :J
Catawlssa ']- 10 31 "■ 24 J, I
j Danville *' 10 l!i 211 I'-
i t-liulasky ! • _
j Camernn ! .... fJ "1 r '.' ')'
NdBTHUMBBUL'D... iiu'tlj !'
l.v AM A.M. »'M I
Connect Inns at Hubert with Fhilaili>l|)hla x
; Keaillni; Kallroail n,r Tamaneml, Tunaqua,
i Wlliiamsiiort, Sunbury, Fottsvilie, etc At
i Nortliumkerlaml with l"' and E. Div. K K. K. for
| Harridhuric, Ijnck Haven, Kmporinm, Warren
Corry, and Erie.
' Daily. + Daily except uinlay, fstop on
signal.
——— mmmmmm
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME T4BLE
; In Effect May, 25, 1902
A i A.M.., r.M
Scrantnn( D\ll)lv : ;!»38 ||l 42 4 27
I'itt.ston " " 7 li, I in<K)|si 2ID 4 >J
A. M. A. M I\ M. P.iW
Wiike?l,arre,.. Iv i 7 J"> vio :C, 2 I', -A im
I'lym'tli Ferry " l 7 32 iin 42 I 2 72 i'b o7
\antienke •' 742 111 Vj 301 ® I~iIIIIII
MoeaaMM hoi 11 0! 3 2ii 0 37i
\Vai>wallo|,en.. " tt 10 II in 3:u 6
NeKopeck ar his ll 2r, 4J 7 ""LjiiH
A.M. \.M. P.M.
I'nttsville iv u , -j, ;lI V>
112 -
Kock Olen .... » 7X,
Nescopeck ar 10" I I' • •
Catau issH 4 0n
~M A.M I'.M. F M ~~
Nencupcck Iv Jtlf )H '- 1, •U *
Creas\ h3n II S*i 3 *,'J 7nv
Espy Kerry.... " I * 42 H 4>; i 4 i>2 7 'i>>
E. HloonisliurK, " 5 47 11 ',u 4 lit; 7 2.,
Catawissa Iv tt 11.",7 4 l ; 732
South Danville M 14 12 1", 431 7 .',l
Sunbury ar w 3", 12 in 4 •>, sls
_ 17*7. I'. M. P. M ivjil. _
Sunhury Iv y42 12 is j;> 111 j, 4,
Eewislmri'.... ar 10 1. I 4 > , 411
Milton » UH l:» 5 3", in u7
Willlanisport,. " lion 111 n 311 in v.
Ijock Haven... '" 11 60 22n 7 ;l
Kenovo " A.M. "0 s'W
Kane " s -'
I' M. I'.M.;
i.uck llaven..l\ :12 In 3 1.",'
Hellefonte ....ar 1 0", I II I
Tyrone " 220 «i On
I'liill(>si>tirg " 135; s 02 I
t'learlleld.... " 5 2", >s 45 I
I'ittMburg.... " 0 i', "U I
_ A.M. F. M. F. M. H M
Sunhury Iv ySO 5 1 ■ 2«• s3l
Harrlshuric.... ar II 3o 112 3 l.'» ti ,10 10;
F. M. F. M. F. M. A M
riillailelphla.. ar S3 17 023 10 20 4 ■
Haltlmore ",S 311 Bno '.l 4 , 23"
Washington... " S 1 10 7 15 10 ~> 1 0.,
I aTSnT F, M.
Sunhury Iv j|n M 112 * 15 1
Eewistown ,Ic. ar 11 I") I <>•[>
FittshurK " 6 55j|}10 45
A.M F, M. P. M. P M
llarrishurif.... Iv II 4i> sOnll 7 la 102,
P. M. \ M. A. M. \ M
I ittshurit ar | ti •>•", il 15n ij I 50 tn
P. M.I 1' M A M AM
PltUburir IV 7 In, 11 00 ;00 00
,A.M A M P M
llarrishurif.... nr 2 00: 42u !» m 3
1 ;~XM A M!
PltlHbutK Iv * jy i
P M
i.owistown Jr. " ! " •!'' •» 1,1
Sunhury ur w »' « «> ••
P. M A M Y MAM
WaalilnKton... Iv 111 40 7 Vi 10 50 ....
Balllninre " lion 440 s4O 114,
Philadelphia... ■ 11 »y 4 :Z> * :*> 11 10
A. M. AM A. M. P M
HarrlHburn.... Iv 3 3.', 7 ■'>•", ;11 lu -• 2n
Sunhury ur on v :i, Ins : 5 it, ip.
ip. M.I \ M V M ~
Clearfield " 1 <»j »*>
PliiiipNburi;.. " , I in "• 12 ....
Tyrone " 700 |l 8m,12 2>
Bellefonte.. '• 8161 t» • »►»!
Lock llaven ar !» Uj 10 :!Oj 2 M
P. MA MA M I'M
Erie, . Iv ,
Kane, " N 4", ...... 1. no ....
Kenovo " 11 "in i, 4>l lo 3"
l.oek Haven.... " IJ > 7 II J", 300
I A.M. P M
Willlanmport.. " 2211 t> so 12 in 4on
Milton " 22; 17 1 *"> 4 1'- ....
l.i'Wishuri; "j V O,". 11, 44. ...
sunhury ar 324w W| I fr"« 6 1°j.....
| A.M. A M P M P M |
Sunbury Iv ;ii I>J v V, 2mi 5J , ....
South Danville" 71l io 17 JJI > ,i"| ....
CulaWlXHa " 7 :>j| 10 36 J 1 Bits,
E Hloomshurt!.. " 757 111 4:t J 1 ■ BI > ....
Espy Kerry " 74JIin 47 I" I' l
l'reasy " 7 >*,2 10 fiß J "v., ' 1
ISeMCojieck " 00J 11 06| , 0", D4O ...
A >1 A M P. M P M
I'alaw issa I\ 752 111 is 2,' 'j "s ...
Nescopeck Iv S2B • '"• 7 It,
Hock (Hen ur II 22 7 2>
Kern (lien " - ,1 11 • J ' 1
Tomhlckcn " s 11 > ~ > 7 4
Hazlelon •• si p., II ts > >!', s (ii,
Poti-ville •• 10 15 #56
AM AMP M P M
Nescopeck Iv nO2 11 "6 ' 0 , ein
Wapwallopen.. ur slO 11 Jn 20 ••
Mi,cnnai|ua .... " nsl 11 32 sin 701 •*■
Nuntiooko " h >•' 11 1,4 in 7
I' M
Pi,\ in ih Ferry •112 S» n.; ri "2 ; • 17 > ••
Wilknb»rr« ... " y m 18W It
A M P Mr IN I' M
PlttstoniD.vll) ar y;y 12 >.*> 4 r., »
seranton 14 '' 10 OH 121 ■> 21 yOS
W«ekd«y>, I Uallf. 1 fluititiN,
Pullman Parlor afd Sleeping • trs run on
thioiiKb trains between Si.:>hur\.
and Erie, between Sunbnry m,! Pliiladelphi*
and W aslilnitton and between Harristiu?;- Pills
I,urn and tlie West.
Kor lurther Information apply to Tn ket AKents
7. li. 11l 1 < /II.XSOX, ,/. li W OOD,
Utn'l Manager. (Jtn'l I'aat'u'r Ay
Shoes, Shoe*
I
Cheap!
ISeiia. oie l
Bicycle, Cyrnnasium antl
Tonnls Shoes
111K ( KI.FHkA'I I l>
( ai'lislc Slmm's
ANU.IHK
Siiaj? I'poof
Kiililh'l'
A SI'KCIAI.IV.
A. SCHAT/.
I SOMETHING W.
A Flellalolo
TIJ\ SHOP
Por all kind of Tin Roofln®
Spoutlne and Ceneral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ran«M t
Furnaces. eto-
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QULITi TOE BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E. FRONT BT,
PHILADELPHIA and
READING RAILWAY
IN EKKKi 1 11 M nit I'inj
TRAINS I.K.A\ E l».\N \ 11.1.F
Kor Philadelphia 11.24 a. 111.
K>ir New York ll:JI a. 111.
For Cat aw II:JI in. ami hJ, at.
K,,r ltlooiiisbnri! 11:21 a. m.
K,,r M lltun s:it; a 111 , ami I ,<> 1 , m.
Ki»r Willianisport sit: tn. ami 1 i»> p m
Trains lor Mall ;no,re, U rish n. Km, tl,. s.,utJi
and Wesi \la 11. 11. 11. It. ;, a\,
Terminal, I'hilailelpbia at 7:5", li lia hi.
3:16, 7:27 p 111. snn,iavs 3Jo :i m., 7:.V',, II jr.,
I 7.27 p. m. Additional train- from J4lh
I and Ch«*t nut stret i *tat ion. wt-ek <1 , v». 1 ■,
j:ll. s;2'! p. m.. Rndl) 1 J ■ Spt ■
TB IUMPM 1 ■ \ N \ II 11
l.eave Pbiladelpbia 10 JI a. :, 1
l,ea\e Williamsport in i«ia. 1.1., 1 ji p m
l.eave Milton l1:IIUn rn., Jo p m.
Erase Hloomslturir 7 In a in . j, iii,
Eeave Cataw iss;» 7: Itf a 111 p m
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION
From Chestnut St. ami >Mintb St F'< r
ries.
Allan! It <My AI In II Mr ( IIJ 4»«ri.il I y.
*0 00 ft 111, I .ol |, in. l. \ -7 On a lit,
'♦7 (Hill 111, I\p S.i «i p in, l.cl »4,
S7 :I0 am. E* * • I' 111 '1,.1 m.
'« no a 111. Ex '* I' I < Ml !. .m.
( iPI Hi
♦1045 a in, E* I *' Jl i' in.
ill 00 a in, -*• in
|*l ,»i |, 111. Kl lair
I* I 'Hi p m. Fx •' 111.
"JM p in, i:x *l4 a in. 7 ♦»»:» in,
♦■l 00 p 111, El *ll tin 111. *!4 4">:tln.
♦il'l 111 P 111, K\ al 111 p m, *2 1 ■ p HI,
*1 mi p hi, Ex *i,i lu p m. •>, 1 IP |, 11,.
*1 30 p m. Ex • ml p 111, • 1" p 111
SI l-'i p 111, Ex ♦■"! '»> p in.
'* Daily "112" Snim ~kilay«
Saturday \ a Hllbwa|, *h •Htiilli
st. 4.110. "o Sontii si i.i, a Sank hi ai
"a South SI. 130 ,1 South S| , Jl. ..4
«l.llllf\iiir«l(llly
Detailed time labi. » at ti, k, I t.l 11
audi hestnuist* v.ii 11>— tnut >1 . , , ~,t
mil Sl . #ihi Soiitl: Id SI., Market St ami
»tat lons.
I nlon TranMer company u i 1 eait for and,
elieek from hot, anil -
ONE DAY ONLY
Wednesday. Sept. 17tb.8 a.m. to 9 p. ui
PROF. J. ANGEL
THE EXPERT
EYE SPECIALIST
OF WILLIAMSPORT
will l»e at Hnnt s Driiic Store he neetU
no farther intr<Mln<*tion n< t<> his ability
ami workmanship in hi-< i»r, >t» tuiim Hi
is well known in this vitinity ,«nil he
can offer the iianieH <>f many pr.-tiiin* nt
citizens of Danville atnl comninnity.
whom he has snfce-sfnlly treated
Those who Mflhr with weak
eyes or defective eyesiirht. will I>»* well
repaid to call on me Hnndreils ,>f jt»s,
pie are going hlitul daily from the want
of the properly prescribed triages and
from delayiutr attention to the eyes
from time to time. Nothinir will de
stroy yonr eyesight qnickiT than cheap
glasses or gla-ssea not projierly fitted t>j
yonr eyes. I can examine vonr eyes at
home, by ap\ioiiitiuent. withont • xtra
charge. If yon need me at yonr home
drop a line to Hnnt s Store
Reading or sewinir i?la--> s fl tsi ami
np.
PEGG
The Coal Dealer
SELLS
WOOD !
SOFT COAL
AND RIVER COAL!
AT—
-44 Ferry Street