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CHAPTER 11.
THE BLACKSMITH AND THE PICTURE.
ON a road leading from the city
of Perm toward the forest on
the south there stood a rude
cluster of buildings, all of
them old and in a poor state of repair.
This collection of huts was the liotne
oud forge of the Paulpoffs, Ironwork
ers.
Here worked old Michael Pi.ulpoff
and his son Vladimir, and it had been
to this uninviting place that Frances
Gordon had come to make the chance
acquaintance of the young giant.
The hnts and the surrouudlngs were
rapidly growing even less inviting, for
nothing was being done now to keep
anything in repair.
A collection of household goods, over
wYueli old Mamma Paulpoff watched
ear-fully, gave evidence that the fam
ily were about to remove themselves
and 'heir belongings to another place.
But still the old man and the young
one were at work. The blows that
Vladinir struck were tremendous. The
irou under his hammer bent and flat
tened as- the sparks shot like fireworks
to the far corners of the place. There
was a gav laugli on his handsome face
—a face that was almost childlike In
Its simplicity and guilelessness.
"Oh. that will be a happy day. Papa
Paulpoff!" lie young man said glee
fully, plunglag his tongs into the white
fire and withdrawing a bar of Irou.
"What wilt?" asked the old man,
looking sldewise at his sou, but contin
uing his work.
"The day I can take you and the lit
tle mother to a better home."
"We have been happy here," replied
old Papa PaulpoC, looking round at the
dingy interior.
"Yes, we have been happy—we shall
always be happy, for we are simple
aud require little. But with greater
comfort and more money greater hap
piness ought to eomfc It is tine to feel
yourself growing to b« somebody In the
world to feel yourself expand, broad
study that does It, and work,
ink the knowledge gives me more
pleasure than the wealth. But we also
need the wealth."
The old man sighed.
"Yes, that is good, that knowledge.
But you will grow away from us. You
will perhaps marry that American girl,
and she would not like our simple
ways."
The hammer In Vladimir's hand
came down with redoubled force.
"What is that you say—our Vladimir
talking of marrying?" h:A-d the trem
ulous voice of Mrs. l'auipoff. "I came
to say that the meal is ready, and I
find—what do I find?"
"Oh, Papa l'auipoff Is dreaming one
of his dreams," said Vladimir, with a
gay laugh.
"But Is It not so, old woman?" asked
Papa Paulpoff. "Is It not quite possi
ble that our Vladimir may marry that
handsome American girl?"
"I have seen It so," answered the old
woman. "It seems that no young wom
an would take this Interest If she did
not love" —
"Oh, nonsense!" cried Vladimir. "We
are friends. She Is good. I admire.
Why, I could almost worship her, but
I am a peasant. She Is"—
There came the sound of cursing out
side and the fall of a horse's hoofs. A
shout took the old man to the door.
"Curses upon this beast!" came an
angry voice as u man about thirty-five,
clad In a neat riding suit, entered the
room striking his high boottops with
his whip. "I have Just been thrown.
In some mysterious manner my horse,
who never stumbles, caught his foot In
something, tore loose his shoe and hurl
ed me to the ground. The horse Is un
injured, but lie has lost the shoe. I
heard the sound of a smithy and came
to you for assistance. I must reach
Graslov tonight, and the delay Is seri
ous."
"It is long since we were mere liorse
shoers," said the old man."The rail
road"—
"But surely you can make a shoe and
put It on. I must go forward, and Ido
not wish to lame this valuable horse."
"Certainly, we will shoe the horse,"
putin Vladimir, whose kiud heart
could never refuse any request that
was reasonable aud proper. "I will at
tend to It at once."
"But the meal is waiting," said the
old woman.
"The meal Is but a short distance,
and Graslov is far," said Vladimir. "1
will shoe the horse and permit the
prince to proceed."
"How did you know that I was a
prince?" asked the stranger, looking
about him with a keen eye that was
full of Inquiry.
"The horse is of the herd at Graslov,
the seat of the Neslerovs," was the
answer. "I know the herd and think I
have shod this very horse before."
"Good! That Is better than putting
him Into the hands of a stranger," said
the rider. "Is your name l'auipoff?"
"It is. lam Vladimir Paulpoff. The
little father here Is Michael."
"Ah, I have heard of you. You have
guessed correctly. lam a prince. My
steward, who has charge of my estate
while I am away In Silterla, has told
me of the Klant who is growing rich
working for the railroad. It is said
that you can bend an Iron bar with
your hands."
Vladimir In response picked up an
Iron bar about four feet long and an
Inch thick and bent It double with no
apparent effort.
"Good God!" exclaimed the prince.
"Are you that powerful?"
"We acquire muscle In tills work,"
Vladimir answered, "and I was born
powerful."
A look of wonder had spread over the
face of the prince. He sat upon a rude
stool while the other two began to pre
pare for shoeing the horse. The fine
animal was brought inside, aud he,
like his noble master, seemed surprised
at his surroundings.
The old woman, patient now nnder
the rebuke of Vladimir, stood waiting.
"This Is not much of a place for suc
cessful men," said Neslerov, looking
around him.
"Ho!" chuckled the old man. "You
have come too soon. Bee, nothing Is
being done. We are about to leave this
plaee for a spot nearer the railway."
"Business Is not good, then?"
• oh. Is It not?" said Vladimir. "When
one has a powerful friend to send the
ironwork to him, It Is easy to get along.
We shall have a tine shop and teu men
employed in the work. Instead of this
hovel my father and mother shall live
In a line house, and my father shall
work no more. I shall make money for
all."
"Ah! Then I suppose you will be get
ting married?"
"That Is something I have not thought
of. I do not know."
"Somebody else knows," chuckled the
doting Papa Paulpoff. "There is an
"What Is It that you say—our Vladimir
talking of marrylngt"
.merlcan girl who thinks well of
our"—
"Hush!" exclaimed Vladimir impa
tiently. "You are speaking of some
one whose name must be sacred."
His face was flushed, and Neslerov
looked at it searcliingly.
"You are v» ry fortunate," said Nesle
rov jokingly. "I can get no one to mar
ry nie."
"You but jest. Any one would be
pleased to marry one of Russia's
wealthiest princes."
"Ilut such a one!" continued the In
discreet old man. "She is beautiful,
she is rich, and she sends him books."
"Good! She is educating you. She
must love you," said Neslerov.
"Oh, as to love, that Is different. Her
acts are kind, and I feel grateful. Hut
for marrying —it will require a line
man to make her happy."
"He will make any one happy," put
In the old woman, with a glance of
pride at the young giant. "Any girl,
even though she might be a princess,
would get no better for a husband.
Look at those arms! Can they not pro
tect ?"
"They could fell a bull!" said Nesle
rov. "llow do you pass the time here?
Do you goto the nearest village or to
Perm and play?"
"Not he!" said the old man, pausing
long enough in his work to add his
tribute to this son they loved so well.
"That young man spending his time at
a village! 1 think not, your excellency.
With his Itooks he spends his nights.
He studies or he paints."
"What's that? Paints!"
"Aye, indeed yes. He is a born paint
er."
"And shoeing horses?"
"One gets a kopeck or two for shoe
ing horses. One must paint for the
pleasure of It, unless one Is well known.
It will come in time," said Vladimir.
"See, he Is not so simple as he looks,"
said Papa Paulpoff, nodding his head
toward the big boy.
"Very far from simple, I should say,"
answered Neslerov.
"Old womau!" shouted Papa Paul
poff suddenly, so suddenly that she
Jumped in alarm. "Go get the picture.
Let the prince see the face of her who
Is so kind to Vladimir."
The old woman obeyed and ran out.
"Her picture! You have her picture
painted!" stammered Neslerov.
"Yes, I, and the good part of it Is
that she knows nothing of it. I shall
give it to her when she comes again to
see us," said Vladimir.
"But Ido not understand. How could
you draw a face without having it be
fore you?" asked the prince.
"Ha! It is never from my sight. The
most beautiful face! A face that one
could not forget. I drew it-—I painted
It—two—three and four times from
memory, and always alike."
At this juncture the old woman re
turned with a picture In a frame. Si
lently she handed It to Neslerov. He
sat with It in his hands, gazing down
hungrily upon the features he knew so
well. It showed two things—first,
that there was. undeveloped In the
young man, a talent that would make
him famous if it ever got a chance; sec- 1
ond, that he must have the picture of
the girl Indelibly In his mind to paint
so true a picture from memory. And,
knowing Frances Gordon, Neslerov j
knew that this man was a most dan- j
gerous rival for her hand.
"But that Is not all he has done," said
the old woman exultingly.
"Pshaw!" exclaimed Papa Paulpoff.
"He has done nothing else worth men
tioning."
Vladimir looked up In surprise and
caught a swift look of warning flashed
from Michael's eyes to those of his
wife. The warning flash was also seen
by Neslerov, and his curiosity was
whetted.
"Surely this cannot be all," he said. 1
"Such a talent must have an outlet.
There must be something else. Come!
I will look at all you have and buy
what I want."
"But not that," replied Vladimir. "I
could not sell that."
"But another of the same face?"
"No, I could not sell that face."
"Then let me see something else
something as good as this- and I will
buy It."
"There Is another woman's face"—
began Mamma Paulpoff.
"Yes, and as beautiful a face as this,
but a Russian." added Vladimir. "It
was a picture. Papa Paulpoff had It.
I found It one day and painted one
from It."
"Show It to me," said Neslerov.
His eyes were fixed on the face of
Vladimir with something like fear in
them now. He glanced from one to
another of the group.
Papa Paulpoff showed evidences of
nervousness, but Vladimir was eager
to satisfy He prince. He sent the old
woman for ii«- other portrait.
She brought it nnd placed it in the
hands of Hie prince. At the first glance
his face went white to the very lips.
Ills hands rdiook. Ills frame trembled.
"Good heavens!" was breathed under
his mustache. The words were not
heard, but the manner of the man did
not escape Papa Paulpoff.
"Who Is this—lt is a beautiful wom
an— but her name?" asked Neslerov,
and his voice had turned suddenly
hoarse In spite of the effort to control
himself.
"I found a small picture one day aft
er a party of nobles passed by," an
swered Papa Paulpoff.
A swift glance of suspicion shot from
the eyes of Neslerov to the face of Papa
Paulpoff. But the old man's face was
perfectly Impassive.
"I will buy this. Name your price,"
said the prince. "And I will buy the
other, the one you found."
"Alas It is lost!" exclaimed Papa
Paulpoff "it was in a small house wo
had years ago. nnd it burned down."
"And the uicture destroyed?"
"Alas, yes. It was so pretty, a noble
woman, perhaps even a princess," said
Papa Paulpoff. "I wept like a child
when it was lost."
Tears came into his eyes now at the
remembrance of it.
"I will buy this. ITow much do you
ask for it?" he asked of Vladimir.
"On second thoughts, it is not for
sale," Vladi: r answered.
"I do not under." he said. "It is a
beautiful fatv. We do not have them
iu this part of Russia In St. Peters
burg, perha i
He shot a •dance at Papa Paulpoff
as he spoke. ! t l!ie old man was bend
ing down putting the hot shoe on the
horse's hoof.
The job finished, there remained
nothing but to pay the Paulpoffs and
depart. The prince did this, bade them
a pleasant farewell, mounted his steed
nnd rode away.
"Explain the mystery!" cried Vladi
mir. "You have not lost the picture!
You commanded me never to lose it!
Why the lie about the tire?"
"The picture," replied Papa Paulpoff,
turning white under his thick beard,
"Is that of a noble lady who was a
friend of my family and whom we as
children worshiped as a saint. I do
/ - \
"U7io is this —it inn beautiful woman—
but her namct"
not want to lose it. That prince seem
ed to know who she was, and I did not
want him to get the picture, so I lied.
Old woman, what about that dinner?"
"It awaits," said Mamma Paulpoff.
"Then come. 1 am famished. If one
speaks to me to disturb me eating, I
will use my foot."
Once at the table, Papa Paulpoff at
taeked the meal with the rude manners
of the uneducated Russian, and the old
woman sat with downcast eyes eating
her own meal.
Vladimir, though devoured by curios
ity, knew the peculiarities of the old
man aud ate in silence.
I
[TO HE CONTINUED.]
AERIAL POLO.
A Queer Klml of Ammemeiit on n
I'aeille Oeeun Inland.
Writing on "Our Equatorial Islands"
in the Century, James D. Hague says:
It became an amusing diversion to
overturn the large flat stones beneath
which the rats were hiding In solid
masses and watch them as they scam
pered In all directions, pursued and
quickly snatched up by the man-o'-war
hawks. These crafty birds were apt to
learn that the appearance of a man
walking on the island, especially with
a dog, meant rats for them, and any
one thus going forth was usually fol
lowed by a hovering flock, ready and
Impatient for the sport they had
learned to expect. A rat brought to
hand by the dog was quickly tossed in
air, where the birds were ready to
suatch it, sometimes with a contest on
the wing for the disputed possession.
One form of this sport, a sort of aerial
polo, which seemed to be as good fun
for the birds as for the observers, con
sisted In tossing two rats Into the air
at the same moment, not singly and
apart, but tied together with about
six feet of strong twine.
Instantly the birds made a dash for
the rats, and the successful winner of
the first prize went sailing off with
one rat In his bill and the other swing
ing in the air beneath until snatched
by the second winner, when, after a
quick, sharp struggle and a taut strain
on the cord, the bird with the weaker
hold was compelled to let go. This
then went on as a continuous perform
ance, with somewhat Jouah-llke but
rapidly repeated disappearances and
reappearances of the little rats, swal
lowed and reluctantly disgorged by
the birds In quick succession until the
flock, thoroughly exhausted by their
impetuous flight and extraordinary
exercise, alighted on the ground for a
short truce, when the two temporary
stakeholders would be found sitting
face to face, keenly eying each other
from opposite ends of the string still
connecting them, each anxiously on
the sharp lookout for sudden jerks and
unpleasant surprises, while all the oth
er pursuers gathered around In a ring,
waiting for the two prize birds to fly.
The general aspect of all participants
seemed to verify the familiar adago
that the pleasure Is not In the game,
but In the chase.
SCIENCE SIFTINQS.
While volcanic eruptions are usually
restricted In area, earthquakes are not.
If all the mountains in the world
were leveled, the average height of
the land would rise nearly 250 feet.
The face of Jupiter presents a con
siderable number of markings, notably
one great scarlet patch covering nearly
400,000 square miles.
The amount of heat produced by an
average man In a day's work would be
sufficient to raise sixty-three pounds of
water from freezing to boiling iioint.
Cirrus clouds were once observed at
a height of 13.800 feet. This Is by far
the greatest height at which cloud
vapor has ever been noted above the
surface of the earth.
Experiments made while in a balloon
show that when a lielght of 15,000
feet lias been reached the number of
corpuscles in the human blood have In
creased by one-tlilrd.
The atmospheric pressure upon the
surface of an ordinary man is 32,400
pounds, or over fourteen and a half
tons. The ordinary rise and fall of the
barometer Increases or decreases this
pressure by 2,600 pounds.
Hf find It.
"Yes; It's Fullcrton's hobby that od
vlco Is cheap and within the reach of
every person."
"What does he mean, anyhow?"
"What he says.l suppose. He's a
confidential dl\ rce lawyer." Balti
more News.
An /Rhlht*(ic Soul.
"Well, did she buy the book?"
"No," replied the clerk. "She said
she didn't like the cover design."—De
troit Free Press.
FAMOUS ILLUSIONS.
SOME SECRETS OF PROFESSIONAL
CONJURERS REVEALED.
How the M»»tei-lc* Are DMlroyci
an<l the Trieks Shorn uf Their
t harm hy u I'eep >*( the Meclmnlsm
11.-liind the Seeiies.
A behind tlio scenes view of the fa
mous Illusions with which conjurers
hate mystified and delighted genera
tion after generation has peculiar fasci
nations. There are few of us who
value our own childish illusions so
highly that we will not part with them
for the fun of seeing how we have been
fooled.
Here are examples of some of the
best known tricks:
The box trick is as clever as well
known and as old as any. A heavy,
brass bound chest is exhibited. An as
sistant is placed in a large canvas bag,
the mouth of which is securely fas
tened, and the bag is placed in the
chest, which is locked and roped.
The box is concealed for a few sec
onds, and when it is revealed the occu
pant is sitting upon it, the closed and
sealed bag beside .him. The cords and
seals on the box are intact.
This astonishing feat is accomplished
thus: The occupant of the bag has in
serted a wooden plug in the mouth
while the tying is being done. When
the chest is locked, he pulls it out, slips
out his hand, pulls off the cords, gets
out and replaces the cords over the top
of the sack.
By the time the chest is roped he is
free. The chest has a secret opening,
usually at the end, and while it is hid
den he crawls out. A slim man is
usually employed to do the trick.
The vanity fair trick is one of the
most baffling in the repertory of the
black art. A woman stands before a
large mirror about ten feet high and
placed in a heavy frame. About three
feet from the tloor is a small shelf
placed against the mirror, the bottom
of which is about eighteen inches from
the floor. The glass having been duly
inspected, the young woman mounts
the shelf. She then turns to arrange
her hair by the mirror. She is asked to
face the audience, but again and again
turns her back, hence the name of the
trick.
Finally, losing patience, the perform
er thrusts a small screen in front of
her, flres a pistol at the spot where
she was standing, snatches away the
screen, and she has vanished.
The top, bjttoni and sides fit" the mir
ror have been in view all the time and
only the center lias been hidden for a
few seconds.
The secret lies in the fact that tlie
lower part of the mirror is made
double, the bottom of the upper part
being concealed by a second sheet of
silvered glass placed in front of it.
The shelf tits against the line of
Junction, and enables the mirror to be
examined by the audience. As soon as
the screen is placed the mirror slides
up about a foot into the top of the
frame. The bottom of this mirror is
cut away in the middle, leaving a hole
about eighteen incites square, which
was previously concealed from view
by the double glass at the base.
Through this hole the lady instantly
slips, and escapes by a board which
has been pushed forward from behind
the scenes while the vanity fair by
play was going on. The glass then
slides down again, the screen is re
moved. and the mirror appears just
as solid as it was before.
Another of the most astounding feats
of modern magic is that of making a
person or object apparently float in the
air. A couple of ordinary chairs are
placed on the stage—well toward the
back, which is draped with black cloth
and upon these is laid a broad, thick
plank. A young lady is then intro
duced and is assisted to place herself
in a recumbent position on the plank.
He then draws aside the chairs, and
the plank, with the lady on it. remains
apparently suspended in the air. To
prove that the plank is not supported,
the exhibitor takes a large hoop and
passes it backward and forward over
and around the plank.
Yet there is an attachment. As soon
as the lady is placed in position on
the board a carriage, placed behind the
black curtain and supporting a strong
Iron bar twice bent upon itself, is
pushed forward by an assistant so that
the iron bar, which is covered with
black cloth, comes out through a slit
in the curtain while the exhibitor Is
pretending to mesmerize the lady. The
bar has at Its end a very strong clip,
and the performer, while making his
hypnotic passes, guides this onto the
board. The chairs are then removed,
and the board remains suspended by
the invisible iron bar.
The hoop is passed along from one
end until it reaches the bend where
the bar passes through the curtain.
The performer passes it round the end
of the board and himself walks be
hind, passing the ring along in the op
posite direction. Next it is brought
back again, and the effect is such that
the average spectator is convinced that
the hoop has really been passed over
the lady and the board from end to
end.
Another very effective illusion, ar
ranged upon the same opnciple, shows
the head and bust of a mdy supported
on a three legged stool resting on a
email table. One can apparently see
not only between the legs of the table
to the back of the stage, but through
the space between the stool and the ta
ble.
In this case the three legged stool is
arranged with mirrors precisely as in
the tripod illusion, but the table, which
haß four let's, is managed differently.
A large uiir-or Is placed diagonally un
der the table, joining to opposite legs.
Thus the spectators really only sees
three of the logs, the fourth being sim
ply the re'Vctlon of the first.—New
York World.
once upon a time tuere Nvert* a ycr.ng
lady and a young gentleman playing
a two handed game of euchre,
i"I offer you a solitaire diamond,"
6ald the young man as ho played the
aco of that suit.
"Tho best I can do is to give you my
heart," the young woman answered as
she played.
"Then your whole hand goes with
It,"he said.
"Yes, Charles, dear," she replied.
Moral,—There is such a thing as
playing Into the other player's hand.—
New York Herald.
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was their beverage. Indeed Bacchus
held high carnival among them, and
the Roman would gorge himself with
food and then empty his stomach by
artificial means and resume his seat
at'table and eat drink to his till
again.
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Marjory's Proviso.
Raby Marjory has been having her
first experience of rural sights and
sounds, of green things growing, of
flowers hiding In the grass, of cows in
the pasture, of horses in the stable.
She was delighted with all but one of
them, says a writer in the Philadelphia
Telegraph.
The one exception was the big, surly
dog that keeps watch and ward over
the farm. She respected Hector in
his own place, but that place is at a
distance. She did not want him or his
kind to approach near enough for in
timate acquaintance.
Having been invited by a lady of
tho house to take a walk down to
the village, Marjory hesitated a little.
"Why, Marjory," exclaimed the lady,
in an injured tone of voice, "don't you
want togo with me?"
"Yes," replied the little maid, "I
want togo, but p'ease don't let any
dogs happen to me!"
Oldest Inn In EnKlnnd.
In the village of Norto St. Philip Is
the George Inn. It claims to be the
oldest licensed village alehouse in Eng
land, the license dating from I."> ( j7! Its
appearance is eminently picturesque,
each story overhanging that beneath,
while the front Is broken by bay win
dows, a porch and a flight of stone
steps leading to a doorway in the wall.
At the back are more quaint doors and
windows, a turret built against the
wall and inclosing an outside stair,
while in the yard still remains a por
tion of the old gallery which in the
middle ages was found in so many
hostelries. Most of the front is tim
bered. Each gable is surmounted by a
curious chimney. A curious feature of
the interior is the upper floor, which is
of plaster.
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brown or rich Mark ? Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers I
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i'je n?m»n of Indigestion.
Cooks and housekeepers have a no
bier mission than they as a class seem
to be aware of. It is that of feeding
the human being and keeping him in
health and good working condition. A
poorly fed man is likely to be misera
ble. lew if any of us are able to rise
above conditions,
i "A sick man, sir," said Dr. Johnson,
"is always a scoundrel." The language
is perhaps somewhat strong and lack
ing in charity, but it contains a good
grain of truth. The dyspeptic, who *< < s
| the world given over to evil and-daily
, growing worse, is very likely to think
I himself unable to swim against the cur-
I rent and to drift to disaster. "We
are saved by hope," but without a good
digestion faith, hope and charity are
almost impossible.
Stories of Chil<l ren.
Teacher—What is velocity, Johnny? t
! Johnny Velocity is what a ft ller let >
i goof a bumblebee with.
I The Parson—My boy, I'm sorry to
I see you flying your kite on the Sab
j bath. Small Boy—Dat's all right, uiis
i ter. Dis kite's made uv a 'ligious pa
per. See?
Small Ned, hearing a number of
frogs in a pond making a hideous
noise, exclaimed, "My goodness, but
the froggies must sleep awful sound!"
"Why do you think so'/" asked his
mother. '"Cause they snore so loud,"
replied Ned.—St. Louis l'ost-Dispatch.
l.tmited Choice.
Father —Johnny, 1 see your little
brother has the smaller apple. Did
you give him his choice, as I sug
gested.
Johnny—Yes, father; I told him he
could have his choice—the little one or
none—and he took the little one.—
Chums.
The Col«»r of It.
"And you loaned him S'J? Did you
ever see '.Le color of his money?"
"W«l!, yes. There was a good deal
of dun to it before I got it."—New
York Herald.
And Yet !!<• Has Plenty of Saisd.
The average boy is like an hourglass.
He won't work for more than sixty
minutes unless somebody turns him up
side down. Somerville Journal.
The I'snal Kind.
Nodd—What Jo you mean by saying
that my baby is- Just an ordinary baby?
j Todd—Why he is precocious and
beautiful and t.'ae best that ever lived, j
isn't he?— Life.
i............. *
I cuu. itHrr luis ana don't pay a
! cent more. Philadelphia Record.
The population of Russia doubles |
from natural increase once every sixty '
I years.
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0, L & tRAILROAD,
TIM h TABLE.
Corrected to May i, 1901.
NK.W YORK.
AM
Barclay SI Lv. 2ID 10 ou
Christopher St.. 200 10 If.
M(>l)ok('Ei .... 2 to 1 ,/j
Scranton Ai •• |'>|»
Buflalo I,ve II •'!" 2<>
Heranton Ar ■> I» 10no
— — \M* AM* I'.M t
SIKAHTOM *' • ' 10 U> | ► ,
Itellnvuft (i iiO
Tayiorville t< -• 10 15 aOJ
l.arkuwanntt ""I 10 a|„
I'nryea < 1 Hi 2» s )
Pin »k.:, 7i . in i j j
Susquehanna A ve... 7 iil .
West PllUtun 7.1 , I" > 2 2
Wynmiua 7IV 10 in i
Forty Fort
Bennett 721 in 10 aii
Kington. ar. 7 '■'** 10 VI a 411
VVii kes- Barre....Ar ~ W II 10 %'u
'A' ilkes-ISarrc l.ve 7»l Hi n s ji
Kindlon I, 7 .'lO 10 >1 'j <|u
Pljnottb .lune... . 1
Plymouth 7 11 11 4
Avondale 7 u ... 1
Nantleoke 7 4.) li 11 k « ,
lluiiliM'k'u 751 11 IT -,1, I
Shiokslilnny *"I 11 .I* ;» J,|
Hli k'S Kerry ■ - Mil
Beach I'aven K '* 111"* s ;:7 1
Hcrwiek s ; II •! 344
llrlnr Creek W® .... 112 :*t
Willow Grove ■ ,s . 112
1. UMae N fIJ i" . .«
El>l y * 12 15 4 in;
MloomnhurK N ." 1- 22 412
Hubert hl 12 27 4IT
Oatawirsa ' 12 :.2 4 it 2
Itar.Ville 12 47 4
tihulauky 4 42
t.'nmeron ' , . 12 57 44*
N"'<T>ICIIHKKLAM> I 10 b (HI
Ar AM I'M I'M
OOIXO KAST.
I'M
N kw Y.i'ta ;i I'M t
Ban luy St. Ar :i i! 0 f> no
4 ilirlstopher St... : I~> I £;">
Uoboken ;10 05 44*
Mcraatoa AM' ItiS ....
Buffalo At Mno 12 45 7 (4)
Scranton L\ 1 >5 54* II
M* I'M I I'M * | I'M*
Scranton 4* 12 ;>,> 4 (>o h 4-5
Hellevue * 46
Tayiorvllle 32 4 10 t ■3S
IjaekawaDna . ~ "J 26 4 32 n 27
Duryea , !» 2! 4 !fl»' H25
Pittston. !• 1» 12 17 424 M:i
Susqueh , e 1» Hi 12 14 420 Blt
West Pit .... VlB 40 Hl#
Wyom . ' II 0«J 12 us 112 Ml 2
Fortv I- 004 407 ;
Be:i 1 Ml ' 4 03 HIM
K I n K w 11 5S> 400 SO2
\\i! es-Barre Lv * Ult 360 750
W ~ es-Itarrc Ar #»» 12 10 410 Hln
.Jtun »j* 115H 4 00. HO2
ymo-m junction jj •••••• JJr 1
lym. uth , " 11 61 34< .
Avondale h 3
Nantlroke H U *■■ 3» s :
11 unlock s ! h :f 2 | 331 , f7 41
Sliickxhinny 1 5?" 32" < 'II
Hick's Ferry ,s i 3 oil f7 'JI
Beach Haven !! I 3j ■ •12
Berwick.' 1 M 11 ''' 58 7
Briar(Jreek ,
Willow Urovf r i " «•"■» IV"
Liluie Kiil«e 1 3 - ... 240 f*> hi
! Efjiy i*' 2 10 4* 210 •• 41
BlooDSburu !7! 10 40 234 0 :ik
Buiicrt i ' 10 37 23» 032
(Jatawigsa ' 10 34 " •'
llanville •' ijß 10 1!' 211 812
Übulaaby • ;i 1 ■••••;
Cameron , f2 01 Jo 1*"
NOBTHBMBIBL D... \'\i' 410*00 t' v°
LiV A L A.M. 1M ■
Connections at Rupert with Philadelphia fc
Keu'llnn Kailroad for Taiuanend, Tamai|iia,
Wllli.nnpiiort, Sunhury, l*ott»ville, ete. At
Northuniiierianil with 1' and E. I)iv. K It. K. for
HarrisburK. I*ock Haven, Emporium, VVarr<n
Corry, and Erie.
♦Daily. + Daily except unday. 112 Stop on
signal.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect May, 25, 1902
> A | A.M., P. Ml
Scranton( Di.ll)lv j> ;» 38 111 42 .4 27
l'ittston " " 7 «»"> 112 looolf IHI'4 r«
A.M. A. M V. M. P.M
Wllkesliarre,.. lv si 725 UU :tl 2 4"> :i on
Hlym'th Kerry " I 7 32 11« 42 I 252 f8 07
Nanticoke •' 742 10 50 301 617
Mocanaqua 801 11 07 8 2,) #37
YVapwaliopen.. " S hi II 1,; 3 :il 647
Nescopeck ar sIH 11 2i; :i 42 7 U«i
A.M A.M. P.M.
i'ottsville lv § ft i:il V)
Hazleton •' 7 |l2 52 i' 2. 4."i ***
Tomhlcken " 7 i 111 :i 05
Kern (Hen " 7 ' Ilx :4 15
Kock (ll»;n "I "3.1 322
Nescopeck ar sun ! 1 4">—
CaUvkm • ■; 4 W
_ A. M A.M P.M. p M
Nescopeck lv } 1 Irt jll 21. .; 42 ;7 00
Creasy •• 830 II 3 ">2 700
Espy Kerry.... " I 8 42 II 4i; I 4 02 7 #1
E. ItloomsliurK. " 847 11 5"! 4OH 7 2.'« ......
Cat»wl?sa lv 8 .">5 11.57 4 1:: j 3.'
South Danville " wl4 12 15 431 7 ;,i |
Sunliury ar V3.i 12 in 4 ,v> Hls
A. M. P. M. P. M PTM.
Sunhury lv ii 42 Sl-' I* §5 in ■» 4,,
Eewisburt?.... ar 10 |:> I 4"> 4n ......
.Milton •• lo ,e« 1 ,T.< ft 35 10 «7
Williamsport.. "1 II 00 I 11 n .'»• 10 ,«
Haven... '■ II s'.i 22" 7 ::l
Kenovo " A.M. SOO x :»i
Kane " *'ii
jl'.M. P.M.
lAK-k Haven..lv ;12 1" ! 45
Itellefonle ... .ar 1 4 II '
Tyrone " ■ 22" • 0 On
I'lli 1 ijM^l>i,tk " ' 'ls 5H 02
t 'leariield.... " 525f H 45
I'lttnburg.... " 055510 45
~T. yy. P. M. P. M. P~M "
Sunhury lv 060 § 1 52nis 31
Harrlsburg.... ar: II 3»» 5 3 15 '■ •"*> 10 10
_ P. M. P. M. P. M. A~M _
Philadelphia.. ar 3 3 17 , 8 23 10 '.ii 4 25
Baltimore ",5 311 800!' 4". 23"
Washington ..." 5 4 10 7 16 '0 55 1 tt".
HA.M P. M.
Sunhury lv jjln ,m j 2 r> 1 Je.
Je. ar II 45 1(M
PittshurK •' 055 $lO 45 1
A.M. P, M P. M. |-~M _
llarrisimrK.... lv 11 46 i"1 00 i, 7 15 ;Ht£>
P. M. A M. A. M. A M
PittsburK ar | ,i 5."> ,1 16" , 1 5o 5 :«•
« . I
P.M. P MA M AM
I'itUhurK lv 710;|i 00 :t 00 l> 00
jA. M A M P M
UarrUbnrg.... ar 200 j 4 2»! i» :W i 3 lo
j AM j A M'
PlttPbUIK lv 8 00
P M
downtown J;. "| 7 .1" ; 300
Sunbury ar, : » SUj u IW
P.M.! AM; A M A.M
WashlnKton... lv 10 4U 7 .V 1 ,10 .'•!>
Baltimore '• 11 on 440 >4" II 4->
Philadelphia... "jjll aoji 4T> 8:m II 40
A. M A MIA. M. P M
llarriHburic lv 3 3-"> . 7 f*> II 10 : >2O
Sunbury ar 5 o,' v :u. 1os•6 u> [
jl'.M. A MAM,
I'ittslitirg lv ,12 46 M mi > 8 oo|
( leariield.... " .15(1, ..... j !• 2>
I'liilipsburg.. " 440 'lOl2 "
Tyrone " 700 :8 10 12 2>
Bellefonte.. " 8 1,. !t a 1 (»"•
Look Haven ar VIS | H)W 210 '""
P. MA MA SI I'M
Eric lv 5 J
Kane, " 545 \6 (W
Kenovo •• II ft,i ; ,i 4>, 10 3n
Haven.... " 12 38 7 11 2 ■ 3 (»•
A.M. P M
Willlamsport.. " 2 2*.' 830 12 l< 4on
Milton ••! 2 0 :i IT IMI 4 m""
Ecwlshurg " w n.'i 11, 44.'
Sunbury arj 3 241 »M 1 65] 6 ISJ
A. M.I A M P M P M |
Sunbury .. lv ;ii 1■ } v 2On ."> <
South Danville" 711 io 17 221 • .«n, "
I'atawlSMa " 7 321 10 £6 2 :u.
K BloomsliurK.. " 7 ."7 10 43 2 4 815
E«py Kerry " 742 fin 47 18 It*
Creasy " TM M6B 236
Neacopock " 8 tr.' 11 o&, ;; 0.1 840 ""
i A M A M P. M. P M I
,'ataulssa lv 732 10 :">H 2 :4»i ,il*
Nescopeck lv 82'
li<ick (Hen ar II 22 7 94,'
Kern (lien " 8 >1 11 J> > rj 731
TnAMM 8 »•> II ■ ft M 742
llay.leton " ii I'.i II 58 5 6(1, »06 "
I'ottsviiie " l" r> I v>
AMAMP M P M
Wneopiek lv ?H 02 11 "ii 0.. e M
Wapwalloi*en..ar «1" 11 20 3 'A< '• f>2
Mocanauua .... " 8 :il II :r." ;i u» 701
Nanticoke " 8 6B| 11 64 :> ■ 7 M
P MI
I'lvni th Kerry* 112 Uo:t 12 02 i s'. 17 >
WllkNbarre ... " ulO 12 lo 4 (t- 7 :v<
A ill P M P M P M
PltldtomlM.il) ar ; « I'V 12 u; 4 r», 838
Scranton " " 10 08 I 24 521
i Weekday*. I Daily. t Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
IhrotiKh trains lietween Surhury, Williain-purt
and i;rie. between Sunbnry Phlla>lel|dila
and Washington and between Pitt«-
burg and the West.
Kor further inlormatton apply »o To kef Agents
/. Jl. HUTUHINBOX, J. li. WOOD,
(Jen'l Manager. Gen'l Putsch 1 tAg
&hoe Shoe<
St3rllsH I
Olieap !
I
Bicycle, Cymnasium ;ind
Tennis Shoes.
1 HI. < I I.UHkATI l'
C:ll'lisl<- SIMM'S
ANDHIIK
Snair Proof
0
I{III>IH'P Itools
A SI'KCIALI Y.
TV. SCHATX.
MEisllf:
A R.ellatole
TO SHOP
)
, For all kind of Tin Roofing
Spouting and Conoral
' Job Work.
»
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges,
Furnaces, eto.
| PRICES THE LOWEST!
QIiLITV TBE BEST!
1
; JOHN HIXSON
1
] NO. 116 E. FRONT BT.
° PHILADELPHIA aud
READING RAILWAY
'' IN EFFECT JURE rtli me
112 ——
D TRAIN'S EEAYE DANVILLE
„ For PlillMdelphia II 21 a. m.
Kor New York 11-21 a. 111.
For ('aUtwixsa 11:24 a. ,11. ami, 14 (> . tii.
- For Bloomsbun; 11*21 a. m.
For Milton HaJtt n ni , and l-»*» p. in.
For Willlamsport Mr: i. ni. and 1 (H p. m
Trains for Baltimore. Waabmston, th» »..uth
and VVe»t via B. A •>. K. U. I. |;, ; ,.|n,.
Terminal. Philadelphia at 7:K II a. 1 <„ ,
3:48, 7:27 p. m. Sundaya3:2" a m.,7 >., iirJb.
I:s*. 727 p. tn. Additional train> from _4(li
and Chestnut street station, day-. 1 ...
5:11,8:24 p. m.. Sunday I p. ni
TKAINS FOIt DAN VII.LF.
l.eave Philadelphia In 21 a. in
I.eave Williamsport 1" ■«' 1.1 .. 1 m.
l.eave Milton It""a m . • .0 j., m.
i.eavc llloomslttirg 7I" , ni . J p. u,
lyeave 4'ataw iss» 7:IS a m.. ; jh p. m
ATLANTIC CITY DIVIK >NH
[ From Clie»tnnt St. an*l S»nth S: F r
rie«.
Atlantic city ( APK Ull 0r,., r >
*7 30 a m. Url "s 45am. *8 «> a
S8 00 u in, u-l *1 15 pm. *4 15 pI,
00 a 111, Fx I') |> I", B
. fll. Kill 111. E\
♦1045 a HI, E* «,■ la|r
*2 Ml pin, Kt
*1 00 p 111, El J#7 .» a iu.
♦5 IO p ni. Ex "* l'< a 81.
'IK p m, l,ci *4 !."> p ni
•7 15 p 111, Ex
• Dally • s ii..lavs. 'a MM
• "•" Sutiirdav ••: '\ ~i Natany, •*. «outh
St. 4.'tl "•! South St. 1.15 v South st " 1)
sontli St. 130 *d son ill M, -
112 1.00 excursion*.
IVtalled lime tables at tieket I th
. and Chestnut st* Svl 1 hmlnnt st . i«f>> • )>»st
. mil St.,** Mouth •*I s! , M
stations.
L'nloa Transfer e..m |«ny wltl esll far and
• cheek bnnjiHi:'- from liot. ls and rt~>id. '1 -
ONE DAY AT
; ii'siisioii
Opponte Pont Officr. IJativille
- Thursday, October 16, 1902.
HOI RS 8 a. m.to » p. m.
; Prof. J. Angel, R. 0.
The well known eye special
ist of Williamsport.
■ Need not take np any sp,»«v a.- to what
he can (10. his ability ant] "kill in his
• profession is well established in Ihtu
ville ami elsewhere, very few <-an »iisa
lam CD
Those who complain <>( lb-:vla.-h*
blnrrcd vision or defective eve -iirht
ami want maul n-snlts -h<>nl<l to nn
other bnt wait for the Profe— r
Reiuliui; or »ewing trlas-> s |t ,)») »n,i
np.
PEGG
The Coal Dealer
SELLS
WOOD !
SOFT COAL
AND RIVER COAL!
—AT—
[44 Ferry Street