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Charles li. F.therington
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(Continued from last week)
CHAPTER 111.
VLADIMIR SENT TO SIBERIA.
ATTACHED to the police of the
government of Perm was an
inspector named Ignatz Jan
sky. He was ambitious to rise
and was of that mental and physical
caliber that makes a man successful
when he bends all his energies, regard
less of all scruples, to the attainment
of his goal.
Inspector Jansky, having received a
message from Prince Neslerov, hasten
ed to obey, for he knew the power of
Xeslerov. and if there should chance to
be promotion in his path at any time
Neslernv, as a wealthy noble of Gras
lov, could further his possibilities.
Inspector Jansky entered the palace
of the prince with a humility that
would have charmed the poor devils
whom his eagerness had sent to Sibe
ria.
"Sit down." said the prince, and the
inspector sat down with a suddenness
that proved his desire to please his
sponsor. "I sent for you."
"You did. your excellency. I received
your message and made all haste to
obey."
"I trust it did not inconvenience you
to a great extent," said the prince, who
was quite familiar with the peculiar!- !
ties of the inspector's nature.
"Not at all. your excellency—that is, i
not so much but what it gave me pleas- '
ure to obey. I am always busy, as you J
know."
"Yes, you are assiduous. Well, 1 have
news for you. But first I should be
pleased to receive from you an answer j
to a question. What do you wish for j
the most?"
Jansky hesitated. His servile mind 1
saw far into tlie future, as a rule, but j
it could not fathom the meaning of j
this strange question. What did it |
matter to the prince what he wanted j
most unless the prince was disposed to I
grant it?
"I should like promotion, your ex
cellency. Of course, I make no claim.
You have befriended me. You have
made me what I am. I have in my
humble way endeavored to so acquit
myself that you would not be displeas
ed. I would not ask you for more.
But, since you ask my dearest wish, it
is promotion."
"It is a possibility," the prince re
plied.
Having said this, he deliberately
lighted a cigar, leaving the inspector i
on nettles, wondering if the possibility i
were to materialize into a fact.
"As I said before, it is a possibility,"
said Neslerov and relapsed into silence.
"I suppose it is always a possibility
to one so powerful as your excellency,"
said Jansky, who had a fine talent for
flattery.
"At this particular moment it is more
easily accomplished than at any other
time."
"If your excellency will explain—if
anything is expected of me, I would"—
"Duty, only duty," broke in the prince.
"But I will explain. You are already
aware that when you were made in
spector of police in Perm the field of
police activity extended but little far- j
ther east. The Cossack guards and the
Tartar cavalry composed the police
over the border. But this new railway
Is revolutionizing all that. In each j
government through which this line of j
travel passes or is to i>u«« a dopavt
ment of police is to be established.
There will be new cities develop. There
will be railway stations. The popula- '
tlou of Siberia will increase and, though I
complex enough at all times, will now
present a far greater variety than ever
before. The entrance of foreigners, of
conspirators, will have to be made less
difficult. The escape of a convict will
now be almost a mere act of stepping
upon a train and saying farewell to his
guards.
"It will be, therefore, quite necessary
to establish a system of police with
othcers of more ability and shrewdness
thau the Cossacks who now command
the rude guards who stand sentinels
over the czar's great dominion in Asia.
"Such a department of police has al
ready been established in Tobolsk,
through which the railway is now com
pleted. It is time now for us to think
of such a department iu Tomsk."
As the prince and governor paused
the inspector's breath came short and
fast.
"And, your excellency, In the good
ness of your heart you have thought
of me?"
"I have been thinking—of several. I
have befriended you. I desire to do so
again. But there are difficulties which
we must consider. Your present posi
tion, while not a low one, still is so
low that the leap from it to the posi
tion of superintendent of police of the
government of Tomsk would excite the
imaginations of certain people at St.
Petersburg."
"Superintendent of police of Tomsk!"
Jansky cried.
"Certainly. That is the position for
which I intend you. I have watched
your career. You are eager, ambitious
and resourceful. What better man
could I have in such a position? It is
upon you whom 1 must rely to prevent
the encroachments of our enemies. It
will be the superintendent of my police
who will be my closest confidant. Who
.ould be more acceptable to me than
you ?"
"I thank you, your excellency. I
hank"—
"Wait. Thank me with deeds when
ve succeed. As I said before, there are
lifliculties. One cannot leap too great
distance at once without a cause. We
oust find a cause."
"A cause, your excellency?"
"What I mean is some potent reason
jr this great promotion. The chief of
•e Tomsk police will have a palace, a
irge income and will be second only
> myself in power. To obtain that
ae must do something worthy."
"Oh, if I could but win that distinc
on!"
"I think it even now within your
•wer."
"You have discovered something?"
"Yes—a very nesting place for ni
lists."
'Good! Give me an idea where this
ice is, your excellency. There will
no more nesting."
■|>o you know a forge on the forest
id hading out of i'erm to the south?"
'A forge? A horseshoeing place?"
'Well, that and all ironworking. It
kept by a man nam d Paulpoff."
I'aulpoff. the giant who breaks horse
ics with his thtitulw and forefingers?
e simple minded sou of old Michael?
nit has he to do with nihilists?"
He is their leader," Neslerov said
quietly.
| Jansky turned white, whether from
| surprise or horror at the devilish plot
he scented we do not know. But he
sat there waiting. The police of Tomsk
needed a chief. The chief would have
a palace and a large salary.
"Yes," continued Neslerov, "this Paul
poff, as I accidentally discovered, is the
leader of a band of nihilists who meet
there in the shops. 1 chanced to pass
there yesterday and overheard a bit of
j conversation between the son and tho
old man. It seems there is to be a
| meeting In a few nights."
"A meeting of nihilists in the shops
of Paulpoff?"
"Yes. Now, it lias long been suspect
ed that there were many nihilists at
Perm, but the police have not been able
ito uncover them. Let uie advise you.
Keep this to yourself—a secret between
you and me. We will goto the forge
and arrest these Paulpoffs. If we find
proof that they are nihilists, they will
go across the border and you will be
I mentioned for promotion. Then the
| opportunity will come to me to speak
to the minister of justice for you, and
; undoubtedly you will lie given to mens
the chief of the Tomsk police."
Jansky nodded It was not for him
to ask questions in v.
"I aui ready." he said.
"Then tomorrow. I will make still
further investigations in my own way.
and we shall be ready to act. We must
i both goto Perm from here."
Jansky. not being asked to remain
longer, took his departure. And then
suddenly from his repose the prince be
came a man of quick action. He called
from his estate four men in whom he
knew he could place the most implicit
confidence. He spent some time tit his
desk writing. To each of the four lie
gave a letter, unsealed, unstamped, but
addressed to each and apparently hav
ing been delivered by the hand ot a pri
vate messenger.
"Co with inc. do what I bid you. and
you will have gold rubles for a year's
pleasure," he saiil
Inspector Jansky. happy and yet agi
tated at the result of the conference
with the prince, sat In his office in
Perm on the following afternoon. It
was growing late, and tie had looked
hours for I'riiic* Neslerov
"He was mistaken or he has failed,"
he said. "lie would have come if there
Has a possibility of success."
As he spoke the prince's horse gal
loped to the door
"Good! Then success is possible!"
snid Jansky. grasping the hand of his
noble benefactor
"Possible! It is certain Come with
me."
Jansky's horse was soon by the side
nf the steed ridden by the prince.
"1 made it my business to ride past
the shops of Paulpoff." said the prince.
"I met there, just leaving, a man who
was, to say the least, discreditable in
appearance. I spoke to him, and he
was frighten d. 1 saw liiin crumple a
paper in his hand. 1 snatched it from
him. It was a message addressed to
'Number Five' of some mysterious cir
cle. calling upon the person bearing
that name to come to the shops at a
certain hour tonight. Wo shall be in
time. Let us ride."
It had so chanced that a number of
accidents to lKirses had taken place
that day on the forest road. When
tin' inspector of police and Neslerov ar
rived, four men were within the shop,
their horses standing outside, and all
were apparently in the greatest eager
ness to have their horses shod. Papa
Paulpoff was visibly disturbed by this
sudden influx of the horseshoeing busi
ness, but the giant Vladimir, who nev
er refused a request if he could help a
human being, was beginning to make
the shoes. The men did not apparently
know one another, and each growled
continually at the others for being
there.
Neslerov, upon arriving at the shop,
whispered to the inspector, and both
leaped rroni their horses.
"Seize the old man and the son!" said
Neslerov. "1 will search these fel
lows."
Poor old Papa Paulpoff turned white
and sank in horror to the ground, sus
pecting what was coming, but Vladi
mir, in whose innocent mind there was
no suspicion, stood gaping at the new
comers.
"It is the prince!" lie exclaimed.
"What have these poor men done, your
excellency?"
Neslerov did not answer him. He
turned to the nearest of the four, wres
tled with him a short time, while the
others showed evidences of terror, and
thou pulled from his pocket a letter.
"See!" he cried, waving it in the air
and then showing it to the inspector.
"It is a message to 'Number Three!'
We have here the five constituting the
circle."
"Let me read," said the inspector,
while Vladimir still looked on uncon
scious of tiie tragedy that was being
played with himself as its center.
The letter simply commanded "Num
ber Three"to attend a meeting of the
circle at the shops at that hour.
The name of Vladimir Paulpoff was
signed.
"It is enough!" cried Jansky. Paul
poff. I make you my prisoner in the
namo of the czar!"
The young ironworker could, had he
exerted his strength, have thrust the
entire shameless crew from the place
and crashed their skulls together. But
even now he did not realize the enor
mity of the thing with which he was
charged.
"Attend, Paulpoffs!" commanded Jan
sky, while the prince went through the
pockets of the other three of the circle.
"Oh. have mercy!" cried Papa Paul
poff, falling upon his knees and clasp
ing the legs of the prince. "We are in
nocent. I swear it! Some enemy has
done this thing! The name is not in
tho writing of niv son, I am certain!
Oh, let me see the letters!"
Neslerov made a movement as if to
hand the letters to the old man when
"See!" lie crietl "It is n to
\\mill rr Thrrc!' "
one of the wretches who had brought
tliein there sprang forward, seized
them and rushed unhindered from the
place.
"The letters! The proof is gone?"
howled Jansky.
"We have seen thri . It is cimu.ali,"
said Neslerov c;iln . ly
At this |»<»ii!I M; :inia Paulpoff < anx
in. In const; n and helpless hor
ror she saw i • luiitl i<t the grasp
of iin inspector • I ;> ! ■ '•
"What is i! i < i,l
"It is no mother." said Via<ll
mlr "1! . : ; ! md sonw i t
tors, but I did not ■ iiM them. Have
peace. We -'mil si • et ourselves
free."
The three!' ! offs u. re i: rust !atO
a dungeon. >•' "ml C. inspect
or told their • :»m a s--clear, lucid, con
vincing to the overnor i>f l'M'tn 'l ie
word of a prime :i:id governor and o r
an inspector <ii' pulic • v.*:is not til e
doubted. There wa- no trial, no hear
ing—nothing hut :i report to the ininis
! ter of jnst'a < at S*t I'i -lersburg
I In three days the Paulpoffs old wan,
j old woman at 1 the taircsistlng sj'ant
■ were on the way to Siberia on th rail
• way which Gordon had helped to build.
I
[TO RE CONTINTJ n.]
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
The Woman's Den.
Any wife or mother who tries to
■ write a letter only to lind that the ehil
! ilren have used her note paper in her
i absence for drawing purposes, that her
: ink bag dried up and that her pens
' have vanished; who has tried to lit;
down for a few minutes only to have
! her rest broken in upon by the de
mand, "I»id you order the steak for
! dinner?" or the inquiry, "Where is my
••lean apronV" who has tried to snatch
ii moment to devote to the latest book
•■bout which every one is talking only
to he confronted with two or three
children demanding to be amused; any
one who has tried to have a second to
herself with such results will nppre
riate the comforts and pleasures of a
lien as fully, you may be sure, as the
man who has been busy all day.
A small room, an alcove den, or one
corner of the sitting room screened
II nd curtained off in which she can put
her couch, desk, bookcase, etc., will
answer the purpose. Let it have a sun
ny window where plants may grow
and blossom; let the couch be a thor
oughly comfortable one, well stocked
with pretty pillows in wash colors; let
her desk be absolutely free from inva
sion by any member of the family; let
her bookcase be regarded as sacred
property and no ho.>ks to be had from
it unless lent by the owner herself; let
the walls be bung with pictures of per
sonal interest—college pictures, tho
photographs taken in the blissful
summer of their courtship, t lie snap
shots of the first chafing dish party
given in their new home as well as
those taken during the summer vaca
tions before the children came, with, of
course, cherished pictures of husband
and babies. Then lot it be understood
that this sanctum is not to be invaded
when mother is in it or out of it, that
here she is ruler and this her own
special and private kingdom.—Good
Housekeeping.
The Trolley Garlinge Con.
The trolley garbage can invented by
John M. llatton of Des Moines, la.,
is submitted as a practical tline and
labor saving device, Its use being also
recommended on sanitary grounds, as
it removes the garbage can farther
from the dwelling than the housekeep
er would be likely to place it if a trip
to it were necessary every time any
refuse has to be disposed of. In this
arrangement a large can is stationed
as far as possible from the house, with
a wire strung tightly from a post
above the can to a bracket secured to
the wall near the kitchen door or a con
venient window. On this wire runs a
vnmll roeoptuelo, with u coul n uuuU on
a reel to control its journeys to and
from the larger receiver in the yard.
The final I can has a hinged bottom
which is ordinarily closed and held in
position by a latch, but as the can
slides down the Inclined wire this
latch comes in contact with the trip
ping rod above the receiving car, when
the weight of the garbage immediately
drops the bottom and allows the can
to empty itself. The bottom is then
automatically closed by a spring con
tained in the hinge, and the delivery
can is ready to be drawn back to tho
house as soon as it is needed again.
Ilou Girls Can Help Tlicir MOIIMTN.
Every girl, if she be not thoroughly
seltlsh, Is anxious to lift some of the
bin den of household management from
her mother's shoulders onto her own,
but unfortunately many girls wait to
be asked to do things instead of being
constantly on the 1 <okout for little du
ties which they are capable of doing.
If you would be of any real use in
the home, you must be quick to notice
what is wanted —the room that needs
dusting, the flowers which require re
arranging, the curtain which has lost
a ring and is therefore drooping. And
then you must not only be willing to do
what is needed, but willing to do it
pit ■asantly, without making people feel
that you are being martyred.
It is almost useless to take up any
household duties unless you do them
regularly. If you do a thing one day
and not the next, you can never be de
pended on, and if some one else has to
be constantly reminding you of and
supervising your work it probably
gives that person more trouble than
doing it herself would cause.
Cacnmbcr Snlml.
Here is a fine recipe for cucumber
salad: Slice two Spanish onions (small
size) as thinly as possible into rings,
slice two fresh chilis across and re
move the seeds. I'lace tho sliced on
ions and chilis in a soup plate, sprinkle
with a teaspoonful of salt and a heap
ing saltspoonful of white pepper fresh
ly ground, add two tablespoonfuls of
white wine vinegar, cover closely and
set on the ice for three hours. Then
add a cucumber which has been care
fully pared, very thinly sliced and
soaked in ice water for fifteen min
utes. Drain well from the water be
fore adding to the onion mixture.
Sfosmccl Grahnin Bread.
To make steamed graham bread take
two and a half cups graham flour, one
cup sweet milk, one teaspoon salt, two
thirds cup molasses, two teaspoons bak
ing powder and two tablespoons sweet
cream. Steam three hours and brown
In the oven. This bread may he served
as a pudding with a sauce and will
recommend itself to the dyspeptic on
account of its simplicity.
l'r«tt]:ectN I-'nr Male Trade.
Dealers are looking for a good south
ern demand for mules later in the sea
son. A good many are wanted in the
farming district lumbermen need
some, and government work on the
Mississippi will take a good many.
Probably the la< k of an export de
mand will not lie felt so much as was
feared earlier in the season. Good big
mules are selling well right along for
[city use and are comparatively scarce.
DHL WIS AMI TO
Every County Keceives More Than
it Pays Into the Treasury.
RESULT OF REPUBLICAN RULE
Figures From Official Sources Which
Cannot Be Denied —The Corporation
Taxes Help Every Township and
Village In the State Under the Re
publican System of Finances.
j Harrisburg, Oct. 14.—Here is a state
ment that is at once startling and
striking. It comes from official sources:
"There is not a single county iu
Pennsylvania which does not get di
rectly back from the state treasury
more money than the state collecta
! from all its citizens, excepting so far
as some of them may be indirectly
taxed as stockholders in banks, rail
roads and other corporations. The
largest excess repaid to the counties
goes to tlie less wealthy ones having
the smallest proportion of property
subject to state tax in relation to their
population."
SOME REPUBLICAN FACTS.
This is a sample of what the Repub
j lican party has done and is doing for
J the people of Pennsylvania. It is only
i one reason why Judge Pennypacker
should be elected and the Democrats
defeated, because they left a state debt
of $10,000,000 to be paid off by the other
] fellows.
The following figures are taken from
official records here in Harrisburg.
j They are given for the purpose of ex
hibiting more clearly the fact that the
people get back more than they pay
into the state treasury. How is it
done? The corporations pay the taxes.
What the individual citizen pays into
the state treasury is for liquor license,
mercantile tax, tax on money at in
terest, etc.
The first column in the following ta
ble represents the total amount paid
into the state treasury from each
county Iron all sources, including per
sonal prope.ty tax, tax on municipal
loans, collateral inheritances, fees of
public offices, writs, wills, deeds, etc.,
mercantile, liquor, billiard room, brok
ers. peddler.-: and other kind of taxes.
The second column includes the money
returned to each county from the state
in th shape of salary of judges, appro
priations It r hospitals and other insti
tutions and for schools. The figures
are for the year 1900.
SOME IMPRESSIVE FIGURES.
Adams $19,676.87 $86,130.30
Alb ■f.'.heny 1.027,209.30 1,331,641.29
Am strong ... 23/>60.35 117,598.53
i;<a\.r 27.C91.76 120,983.73
Berks 139,719.1 1 355,498.00
Blair 39,<;:!6.35 180,574.58
Bradford 29,81ii.57 164,732.32
Bucks 79,017.77 192,301.47
Butler 27.253.49 134,740.09
Cambria 42,801.31 169.121.64
Cameron 3,7)2.50 21,019.63
Carbon 19,4.V>.0l 102,443.49
Cei tie 12,201.96 107,991.19
Chester 77,330.74 249,993.95
Clarion 12,158.35 100,262.60
Clearfi 'l.l 21.366.62 167,284.31
Clinton 15,743.49 69,342.25
Columbia 18,081.30 96,990.46
Crawfi rd 33,422.23 182,102.40
Cumberland ... 37,170.93 117,357.90
Dauphin 76,913.66 236,985.63
Delaware 90,158.95 175,911.73
Elk 10,694.28 66,569.10
Erie 73.833.41 225,631.87
Fayette 59,833.10 210,650.74
Forest 2,739.63 26,646.13
Franklin 32.450.75 117,705.33
Fulton 2,252.31 27,362.71
Greene 13,090.98 83.834.53
Huntingdon 12.000.45 88,100.52
Indian.. 11,599.44 108,212.42
Jefferson 10.982.20 112,228.55
Juniata 5.323.40 38,938.80
Lackawanna .. 112,049.76 357,651.13
Lancast r 172,437.01 389,432.12
Lawrence 32,304.11 86,594.82
Lebanon 36,797.92 128.743.82
Lehigh 79,706.12 209.527.87
Luzerne 179.027.59 494.321.67
Lycoming 46,954.47 181,448.87
MeKean 31,760.36 114,880.33
Mercer 22,175.01 135,223.93
Miffiin 17.650.66 44,338,77
Monroe 11.696.06 50,969.72
Montgomery .. 162,266.74 314.449.92
Montour 7.666.67 38.419.44
Northampton .. 69,503.85 176.961.00-
North'mberl'd . 56,503.85 176,961.00
Perry 8,083.25 66,111.50
Philadelphia ..3,220,760.04 3,289,430.64
Pike 3.518.06 26,876.09
Potter 6,565.68 76,829.87
Schuylkill 115,014.71 389,308.68
Snyder 4.986.63 44,869.39
Somerset 16,937.08 107,593.00
Sullivan 3,770.4! 34,534.94
Susquehanna .. 17,586.65 115,973.34
Tioga 17,608.96 133,707.85
Union 10,639.48 49,159.46
Venango 25,277.20 122,321.80
Warren 15,001.57 101,310.52
Washington ... 62,212.86 204,451.91
Wayne 14,872.58 83.486.39
Westmoreland . 72,241.83 263,230.75
Wyoming 9,417.96 47,196.29
York 81,312.63 292,037.59
From this it appears that there is no
county in Pennsylvania which pays in
to the state treasury as much in taxes
as it receives back in taxes collected
by the state to be turned into the coun
ty treasury for the purpose of reducing
local taxation. In other words, under
the state tax laws enacted by the Re
publican party in Pennsylvania, tho
corporations pay the entire expense of
carrying on the state government and
pay into the state treasury $7,481,484
besides, which is returned back to the
counties.
Too (lOI'KOUUN Hooks.
The author of "Elizabeth and Iler
German Garden," writing on the "Giv
iug of Books" in the Century, says:
Gifts of books addressed solely to
the spirit should never be editions do
luxe, of what use is a book to me,
however much I may want to read it,
if it is so gorgeous that it must not be
taken anywhere where rain might fall
on it, or where it might get muddy, or
where a heedless gnat, caught by the
quick turning of a leaf, might leave its
i legs in the angering the owner
! of the defiled book, who does not want
its legs, almost as much as it is itself
angered by having togo on being a
glint without them? 1 can no more
take an overgorgeous book to my
heart than I can fold my child in my
arms when it is dressed for a party.
MISNCII Opportunity'* Knock.
"Opportunity knocks at every man's
door," said the sage. ''l know," re
nponded the impecunious individual,
; "but when It knocked at my door I
thought it was the installment man and
was afraid to open."—Philadelphia
Record.
BARGAIN BABIES.
If Iml lies were for sale the most invet
erate bargain-hunting woman in the
world would not look for a bargain baby.
She would want the best baby that could
be bought, regardless of price.
Every woman naturally craves a
healthy, handsome child, and her crav
ing can be gratified if she will but re
member that the child's health is her
own gift, and to give health she must
SLJPP
Ljgk whose babies have
been weak and puny
have nursed iu strength
mHk their first strong child
after using I)r. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. It
'* I ■ is the best preparative for
maternity, encouraging the appetite,
quieting the nerves and inducing re
freshing sleep. It gives the mother
strength to give her child, and makes
the baby's aavfnt practically painless.
"My wife had been Biek nearly all her life."
Ittye Mr. E. P, Fricke, of Petersburg, Menard
Co.. Illinois Hox B®7, "and after trying every
thing I ertuld think of I mad 6 up my mind to
try Favorite Prescription ' I got six bottles,
which my wife took, a tablespoonful three times
a day, until the baby cattle. She felt better
after taking ths fiftt bottle, and when baby was
born he weighed pine and a half pounds." To
day he Is £<■ mouths old and weighs t<vinty-two
pounds He is as ptod a child as Shy one could
wish. The doctor safs he is as healthy any
baby jould be, and also says the use of your
' FavjrUa I'reioriptlon ' was the cause of such a
healthy ftaby."
Dr. Pierce's Ple&fcint Pellets are the
best apd safest laxative for the use of
delicate women.
TIH' Apple Crop.
Reports respecting apples are favor
able from New England, Michigan,
Kansas, Oklahoma and portions of
Illinois, Ohio and Virginia, and the
outlook in Wisconsin is improved,
while in Missouri the prospects are
loss favorable, and variable reports
nre received from New York. Else
where a light crop is indicated.—Unit
ed States Weather Bureau.
Stt'3;:i In tlie Dairy.
Since the advent of the cream sepa
rator. which is usually driven by
steam power, steam has been ti> '1 to
clean all the utensils in the dairy. Not
only is it efficient for this purp >s<\ but
as ii germ destroyer there Is nothing
better because it penetrates to the bot
tom of the seams and heats the metal
to such a degree as to kill dangerous
germs.
Afcricnltnrul \otcs.
The Maine station finds it easy to
raise blueberries from seed.
Finely spraying with bordeaux fur
blight saved the cucumber pickl • crop
on the extensive fields of a farm this
season.
The value of the broom corn crop
averages about ssu pi-r ton, or an
acre, and farmers in N w England
think there is more profit in other
crops.
A eranber-y crop above the average
in quality and quantity is the general
estimate.
Why not keep 111.• farm n at? One
"keep" clean is worth more and far
easier than two or three "make"
«leans.
!>ise:ml or::• :i ■ ' s •••• tl: hardy
white on! >: - y s -'lie •' growers.
Liver Pills
That's what you need; some
thing to cure your bilious
ness and give you a good
digestion. Aycr's Pills are
liver pills. They cure con
stipation and biliousness.
Gently laxative. All druggists.
Want your moustache or bearil a beautiful
brown or rich Mack ? Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers j
6U CTS. OF DROUGHTS, OH H. P HALL & CO . NASHUA. N_H.
The Home Paper
of Danville.
Of course you read
| THE PEOPLE'S |
POPULAR
I A PER,
Everybody Reads 11. ;
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Published Every Morning Except
Sunday at
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No. ii E. Mahoi ngSt.
Subscription 6 cen? Kr Week.
112 THE SAUERKRAUT PEDDLER,
A tlisrai'lor Common tii Htc Ccrmna
rtf New York,
The regular and popular visitor to
j th • German Inns and taverns of tho
| e side is. the sauerkraut man. Ho
! brings his ci-lling with him from the
old country and linds a more profits!
: field in New York than in Berlin or
Hamburg. His equipment is quite eu
j»rlous. lie wears a blue or white apron
running from his neck nearly to the
: ankles, and from his shoulders is sus
j pended a circular metal box which
i goes half around his waist. It has
! three large compartments, two of
which are surrounded by hot water.
In one are well cooked frankfurter
sausages and in the other thoroughly
boiled sauerkraut. Tn the third com
partment is potato salad. He carries in
bis hand a basket in which are small
plates and steel forks. One sausage
and a generous spoonful of sauerkraut
and potato salad c<)«t 5 cent . Ail three
articles are of good quality, well
cooked and seasoned. He finds his best
customers in the bowling alleys, where
the exertion demanded by the game
produces large appetites. Next to these
are the taverns which do not supply
food with their drink. Last of all are
the halls and meeting rooms where
different societies assemble. His night
ly stock consists of fifty sausages, sev
en pounds of sauerkraut and as much
more of salad. On bad evenings ho
takes only half as much stock as on
fair ones. Some of the more fortunate
peddlers have arrangements with clubs
which pay them a very fair profit upon
their goods. Others are free lances
who visit every place where they think
they can effect a sale.
The metal boxes are very ingenious
1 and are made in Germany. The metal
is some variety of »e\vter, and the
' fitting of the compartments and of the
j entire affair to llie body is very ac
! curate. The covers arc so well hinged
I and snng at the edges that when the
j owner 112 ills down he is not liable to
; spill any of the contents. The con-
I trivanee co '.s some $3 in Germany,
and about s."> in Now York. A few of
the peddlers repeal to educated pal
ates and carry with them cervelat,
bock, reh, leberwurst and Vienna,
as well as frankfurters. These fancy
sausages usually bring 10 cents instead
of the regulation 5.
The forks are washed after the cus
tomer has finished his little meal, and
from repeated cleansing and use are
as bright as silver. The plates, on tho
other hand, are so banged and bruised
that they might be easily mistaken for
I crackle wear.—New York Post
Th ooKhtfnl.
"Well, he's a very thoughtful and
good hearted fellow anyway."
"I can't see it. I was at his home
1 yesterday, and it never occurred to
' him to ask me to stay to dinner."
"That's just the point; his wife is
taking cooking lessons."--Exchange.
Nss^l
! CATARRH mf&Wi
In all it 9 stages tlierc D#
! should be cleanliness. C^ AY FEV « >)<££/
Ely's Cream Balm j*
cleanses,soothes and heals P'Jtsm
the diseased membrane. B V
It cures catarrh and drives
away a cold in the head Sgßasxismti <shhk3
quickly.
Creum Balm 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. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail.
*" ELY BKUTUER.S, .V. Warren Sire t, Mew York.
"MORE LIVES ARE SAVED
...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. NO PAY.
1 Price 50c. & sl. Trial Bottle Free.
0, L & tRAILROAD,
TIME TABLE,
Corrected to May i, 1901.
•NEW YORK. I
A M
Hari lay si. i.v. -(*1 10 00
I hristoplier St. 2 l*> jy if,
Hobokcii. 2.10 I 52
Scmutou \ r ' •■'l2 I'M "
littlfnlo Lve il '!0 'J* l",
Hera 111 on Ar 5 15 lu (Ml
AM+ AM PHf
Sr KAHTON ti 15 10 05 155 ;
llellevue . I' >ll .. 1
Tayiorvillo ti 55 10 15 -j'uj |
Lackawanna 701 10 2-i 2 1
lin rye a 703 10 •• j
i *illutori ' 117 id :;i 2 ]<)
Susquehanna A ve... 710 10 .13 2 I
West Pittston 7 i:s in :t", 2 2
Wyoming 717 JO 40 2 2
Forty Kurt ....
Heii no 11 7 2-1 10 49 -4 ;JJ
Kingston. ar. 7 .'ill 10 r»i -j 4,1
W iIkes-lsarre At 740 11 10 200
Wilkes-liarre..Lve 720 10 HO 2 :to
Kingston I\ 7 3t> 10 54 •_> ]o
Plymouth June... . . I
Plymouth 7 s no:; 2 *>.t
ATMMbh 7 42 2 .'4 i I
iNanticoke 7l > 11 11 %
Huloek'i 7.1 1117 |it I
Shiekshinny s Ol 11 20 ;j jp '
Hl( k'i Ferry *l2 ni M 1 «
Beach i aven xiH 11 4S 537 1
Herwick *2- 11 ,">1 ;j 44 '
lirlnr Creek IK 28 .... (
Willow Grove :i ' 112 »i
l.ime Kidge #B4 fl2 («t 858
Bv; 2 ■ 12 tf 4 (»;
Jiiootnflburg 41 j.j 22 412
Kurort xl • 12 27 417 I
Catawissa . ..... > 12 :t2 4V2
Danville .. 12 47 4
Chulasky • • • 4 4-j
'Jnmoroii . 12 >7 44s
r.\ HTHVNRBRLAND I 10 6 00
Ar. AM FM I'M
GOING KAST.
I'M
Mitw Y '>he 385 pMf !
Barclay st. Ar. :( :.0 boo
Christopher St... ;! 15 465
Hebokaa 'lO 0") 44-
Sr-rniili.il V.»J' 12 55 :
I'M" AM- AM*
Mllffalo .Ar 8 IH) 12 45 j 700
Si-rauton Lv 155 ftin 11 K5
Scranton 42 12 65 4 f.O 845
liellevue : .47 4 46
Tayiorvillo .. 932 440 835
Lackawanna 9 2t> ' 432 | 827
Duryea » 2.1 4 2» 8 25
Flttston. . ! 9 11) 12 1 7 424 821
Susqueh , e .. !» 1H 12 14 420 818
West F<tt ... !l IS 417 BHi
Wyorn 9 01» 12 08 412 812
Fort vi yo4 | i 07 !
Ke i i an 4oa | sO4
K n 8 t.H 11 r>r» 400 802
Wil —l:.i ire I.V * lO 11 50 360 I 750
•> M's-Harre Ar 0 s 12 10 4 10: Bln
ston I* Bit II 6» 400 i 802
ymoul u Junction ssl 352 !
ly moil ill 847 11 61 347 , 753
Avondalc h 3 42
Nanticoke * ;lH 11 4': 338 7Hi
Htinlock si " :! 2 331 f7 41
Shiekshinny K2 - 1129 320 7SI
I Hick's Ferry 1 K 3 oil f7 21
Heaeh Haven ?9? 3 0-i 712
Berwick. 1 11 "5 f2 58 705
Briar Creek 2 12 53 IB 7)8
Wi I low (i id vi . . . '741 Pi 50
Liine Kidge I 3" .. 240 Pi 50
Espy .' 7 ::2 1 0 4s 240 'ill
liloomsburg i-i 10 40 234 •> -S8
Kupert I'' 10 37 !I2* 32'
•Jatawissa 1- 10 34 224 527
Banvllle '■ ,>K 10 lit 21l <5 12
<.'hulasky
Cameron '! *! I 2 01 f'
NOHTHt:mhkiil'D... xVI tio 00 ! tlso I
LV ' A.M. |
Connections at Kupert with Fblladelpbla It
Kemllntr Kailroail for Tamaneml, Tamaiiua,
Williamsport, Sunhury, Fottgville, At
Northnmberlaml with P anil E. Div. P. It. K. for
llarrisliur);. Lock Haven, Emporium, Warr«n
Corry, and Eri6.
Daily. + I»aily rxeopt unilay. 112 Stop on
signal.
i Hffii RAILROAD.
TIME T4BLE
In Effect May, 25, 1902'
IA | A.M., P.Mf
Scranton( IIStHJIv j 38 (11 42 A 27
I'ittSton " " 705 110 00 \'llo 452
A.M. A. M P. M. F.M
Wilkesbarre,.. lv §7 25 silO :c> 2 47> s9 00
Plym'th Ferrv "I 7 32 110 42 1252 ft 07
Nanticoke •' 742 10 50 301 617 \\\",\
Mocanaqua 801 11 07 320 637 ***""
Wapwallopcn.. " 8 10 11 li> 3SI 647
Nescopcck ar 818 11 % :$ 42 700
A.M A.M. F.M.
: I'ottsville Iv ij 5 Sll 55
Hazleton -' 7 12 52 §2 45
Tomhicken " 7 11l ':{ 05
Fern (lien " 7 118 815
Kock Olen "i 7 a". ! 822
Nescopcck ar 800 145 *'*""*
I ('atawlsKH 400 "*
A. M A.M P.M. F M
, Nescopeck lv »8 18 §ll 2i; :> 42 -.7 oo
Creasy 8 30 11 3»i; 3 52 7 00
Espy Ferry.... " I 8 42 11 40j I 4 02 7 2d
E. BloomsburK, " 847 11 50J 400 725 """
112 Catawissa lv 855 1 i_">7 4 l:> 732
South Hanville "i » 14 12 15 ! 431 751 """
' Suuliury ar 935 12 40 455 815 """
A. M. P. M. P. JVI |\M. ~~
r Sunbury lv y42«1J48 §5 10 040
' Lcwisliurg.... ar 10 I." 1 4". 5 4(i
I Milton " 10 OS 1 :!•.» 5 3-"> 10 07
Williamsport.. " 11 00 I 4l! 03010 55
Lock Haven... " 11 on 220 731
Kcnovo "]A.M. 800 830 1
. Kane " 825 j
F.M. F.M.
Lock Haven..lv =l2 10 345 ....
Bellefonte ....arl l or. 1 444
Tyrone 2 20 S 6 00 1
Fliili|isburg " ' 485j 802 '
Clearfield " 525S 545
Pittsburg.... " | 655 #lO 45
A.M. P. M. P. M. P M
Sunbury lv 9505150j 520 !8 3l!
llarrisburg ar 11 30 § 315 j 650 10 10>
P. M. P. M. P. M. A M
Philadelphia.. ar s3 17 623 ||lll 20 425
Baltimore "jS 311 800 045 230
Washington...",9 4 10 |. 7 16 10 55 4 05
HIT P, M.
Sunbury lv 510 I«I J 2 15 1
Lewistown Jc. ar 11 45 405
Pittsburg •' 0 55 t SIOIS
~ A.M. P.M. P. M. 1-~M _
Ilarrisburg.... lv 11 46 ,1 5 IKi H 7 15 <102.5
P. M. A M. A. M. A M
Pittsburg ar 3 (i 55 it 160 j; 1 50 5 3»»
IF. M.I I'M. A Ml AM!
Pittsburg IV 7 1"; 000 3 OOi 18 00'
IA. M AM| P M
HarrUbarg.... ar I 2 00 j 4 20 , 0 :i0 i 3 10
AM A M
Pittsbuig lv I 8 00
F Ml
L<o wis town 3?. '• 7 ;jo } 3 011
Sunbury ar > 920 < 4 60 ....
P. M. A M A M AM
Washington... lv 10 40 750 110 5o
Baltimore " 11 00 1 440 840 11 45
Philadelphia... ,11 2n 425 8.10 11 40 ....
IA. M A MIA. M. F M ~
llarrisburg.... lv j3 35 755 .-II lu - ■'! 20
Sunbury ar 15 00 9 .'Mi lo# ; 6 U'. '""
IP.M. A MAM,
Pittsburg Ivjl2 46| 3 Wis 8 00
Clearfield.... " 3 50, 'J 2s
Fbilipabarg.. " 440 10 12
Tyrone " 700 slO 12 25;
Bellefonte.. " 8 10 0 32 1 05'
Lock llaven nr 015 10 30 210 ""
P.M. A M A M F M
Erie lv , 5 i I i
Kane, " ,•( 45 sti ("0 "
Itcnovo " II 50 ; ti 451 10 30
Lock Haven.... " 12 88 ' 7 II 25 aOO
A.M. P M
Williamsport.."! 229 8 30:12 40 400
Milton •' 228 917 I*s 440 *;*.
Lewisburg "! 9 O.V 1 I'l 442 "j
Sunbury ar 324 # 4«J| I 6-5 tls *****
Sunbury lv 51; 15 J955: 200 5 2-> ....
South Danville •• 7 li : i 0 17 221 5 50'^.]
t'atawlssa "j 7 321 10 35 2 :io fl 08
I EBtooaabnig.. 7 ;7 1043 2IS 6IS **"*
j Espy perry...." 742 fl" 47 16 111 '"
Creasy " 752 10 66 2V> ti 80
Nescopeck " 802 ll 05, o5 e4O **'*
A M A M P. M. P M 1
Catawissa |\ 7 :I2 10 88 28« ti 08
Nescopeck Iv 828 S 5 (V"> :7 05
Kock Olen ar II 22 7 2S ""
Kern Olen •• 861 II M > B til *"**
j Touiliickeu " 85s II 'is :is 742 *""
i H.izleton •• 919 11 '>B 559 , 806
| I'ottsville " 10 11 « 55.
AM AMP 51 P 51
; Nescopcck Iv : 802 11 06 § 805 ; 6 10
I Wapwallopcn..ar 8 1:' 1120 820 •> 62
j slocanai|ua .... " 8 :il 11 32 8 701 ■••••
Nanticoke " 8 ;>;( 11 64 3 lit 719 ••••
P M
Piyin'th Ferry" 112 003 12 02 3 t7 28
j Wilksbarre ..." vlO 12 10 400 7 :; f i
A M P 51 P 51 P 51
: Pitts ton! IVI11) ar , 989 12 55 i 4 Mi 836
; derail ton " "I loos 12, 521 ;» cvi
Weekdays. E llaily. 112 Flag station.
Pullman Parlor arvl Sleeping Cars run on
| through trains between Surdmry, Williamsport
:• ii.i Erie, between Sonbary tui niMdtklt
■ and Washington and between llarrisburg. Pitts
! t'urit and tho West.
For lurther information apply to Ticket Agents
/. Ji. IH TUIIINSON, J. li. WOOD,
Oen'l Manager. Ue>i I j'asn'/t'r Ag
(Shoe Shoe*
St^lisii!
C?ixea,p !
l
Bicycle, Gymnasium and
Tennis Shoos.
THK ( KLKHKATKI>
Carlisle Shoes
AND'THK
Snag Proof
RIIIIIIFP itoots
A SPECIALTY.
A. SCHtYTZ.
mm ct i
A Hellalole
TO SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing
Spoutlne and Cenaral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, RanfM,
Furnaces, etc.
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QUALITY THE BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E. FRONT BT.
PHILADELPHIA ami
READING RAILWAY
IN KFFKCT JI NF. 27tli. I!*r2
TRAINS I.EAVK DANVII.IT
For Philadelphia 11.24 a. 111.
For New York 11:21 a. in.
For Catawissa 11:21 a. in.and p. 111.
For Bloomftburg 11:21 a. in.
Fur Milton HKr; a. in., and 1:60 p.m.
For Williamsport SHCS a. m..and 4 00 p. in
Trains for Baltimore, Washington, the South
and West via H. & <►. It. It. leave Keadiug
Terminal, Philadelphia al 7:55 11 .Via. in.
3:46,7:27 p. ni. Sundays 3:20 a 111., 7:55, IISIB.
3:5 C. 7.27 p. m. Additional trains from 24Ui
and Chestnut street station. w«-ek days, 1 !5,
5:41,8:£ l p. m.. Sunday 1:85. n:2i p. m
TRAINS FOK DANVILLE.
Leave Philadelphia 10:21 a. 111
Leave Williamsport 10:00 a. tj„ 4: ») p. lit.
Leave Milton 11:00 a. m., 5:» p. in.
heave Hloomsburs 7:10 a. in.. 1: 'JJ p. m.
Ijeave Catawissa 7:l# a. in.. p. 111.
•*" Daily. "S Sundays, "t" Weekdays
Saturday "i" via Subway, "b' South
st. 4.110. "o" Sooth St. 4.15"c South st. 5:'»»
"a" South St. 1.30. "'1 South St. '. io. "i
S 1.00 excursions.
Detailed timetable!* at ticket offices, t'tth
and< hestnutSts., KM Cliestnnt St., i«r.t best
nut St., 609 South 3d St., 8982 Market St ami
stations.
Union Transfer company will call for and
check baggage from hotels and residences.
Wall Paper!
JUST RECEIVED
A CAR LOAD
OF WALL PAPER
Having purchased it
in this quantity will
enable me to sell at
Wholesale Prices!
Please call and ex
amine the stock and
get our prices.
tiIONE.
112 MILL ST.
PEGQ
The Coal Dealer
SELLS
WOOD
-AND
COAL
—AT—
-44 Ferry Street.