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(Continued from yesterday.)
CHAPTER VIII.
THE INTERVIEW IN THE HIT.
FRANCES lay on :i link' bed,
scarcely conscious, and Den
ton stood a moment looking
down solemnly upon tlie lovely
upturned face. He bent over her, touch
ed her brow and ffit her pulse. All
seus« of his own injuries seemed to
leave him as he saw her need of imme
diate care.
Frances felt liis touch and looked up
at him with about the same expression
she might have worn had he been a
stern and high priced specialist called
into make an examination.
"You are merely knocked out by the
shock," he said, with assumed indiffer
ence. "You will probably be all right
as soon as we get to Tomsk."
"Yes, if I could get there," she whis
pered. "My father will be anxious."
"We must relieve his anxiety as soon
as possible. You must not worry."
"What will you do? And Neslerov?"
"Never mind Neslerov now. Keep
cool. You've got to be braced up a lit
tle. 1 wish I had some wine."
"There was some in the car," she an
swered. "Neslerov had it. He tried to
make me drink, but 1 would not."
Denton went to the car, still on the
maiu track, and brought from it the re
mains of the bottle of wine Neslerov
had opened. This he took with him to
the hut ami offered some to Frances.
"I don't want it. I refused it before,"
she said.
"Oh, don't you want it?" he asked
ironically. "I suppose in your keen and
subtle mind there is n<> distinction be
tween a glass <>f v.-ine offered by Nesle
rov when you were his prisoner and by
me when you are ill."
"I did not mean that," she said meek
ly. She reached out her hand, took the
cup and drained it.
"Now, then," said Denton, coolly seat
ing himself on a stool near her bed,
"tell me this whole miserable business
from the beginning."
"I haven't thanked you yet, .lack,"
she said, with a return of color.
"Never mind thanking me. I did
merely what any other American
would have done, and, seeing you in
danger, it would not have been manly,
indeed, to stand off. 1 accept your
thanks, but let's get to the business.
How did you happen to be here —with
Neslerov?"
"We were in Moscow," she saiil.
"There was a meeting about the new
railway."
"Yes, I know. That was what took
Neslerov there."
"He had an interview with papa
while in Moscow—he"—
"Why do you hesitate? It is not a
new experience to have a man want
to marry you, is it? You gave him the
usual answer, I suppose."
"Wh. Jack! There was but one an
swer papa could give him. 1 do not
like the prince, and papa knows I will
never marry a man I do not love."
"Everybody knows that—who knows
you," said Denton soberly.
"He told him about you—and about
Vladimir—and tlie prince got angry."
"About Vladimir! Who is he?"
"Vladimir Faulpoff, an ironworker,
new sent"—
"Never mind, we will get to that
afterward. You started for the Obi,
where Gordon is to take a house in
Vashlov."
"No, not yet. I must tell you about
Vladimir—poor fellow! I met him in
the forge—in his shop one day while
the railway was being put through
Perm. Fapa and 1 went there. He is
a marvelous man, .Ta<l:. You would
think as much of liim as I do if you
knew him. He is so handsome and
strong. He is"—
"Do you mean young Faulpoff, the
blacksmi'h of Perm?"
"Yes, Jack. Do you know him?"
"I've had him turn out some iron for
email bridges. Well?"
"He is so intelligent, and was so
anxious to learn, to improve, I helped
him. I used to send him books, pa
pers, magazines, scientific works—any
thing I coul i get hold of that would
help him. II • studied hard, poor fel
low! lie grew to I think he loved me
—he"—
"Of course you returned his affec
tion. You've done it so—l mean it
came quite easy."
Tears glistened in her eyes, and she
turned away her head. She had quar
reled with this man and had said she
would never marry him, and their
friendship had been almost cut asun
der. l»ut he had saved her from Ne
slerov. Now he was chiding her.
"One could not know Vladimir with
out admiring him," she said suddenly,
with a great accession of spirit. "I fail
to see why I should be put through this
catechism by you."
"You needn't bo if you don't want
to,"he answered coldly. "This is a
nice, quiet village. Neslerov is lying
not far away, somewhat cut up now,
but he will get over that. I could go
on my way and leave you if my ques
tions are distasteful. The tiling is that
there must be an explanation to this
affair, and I'd like to know what it is
to be. It is no trifling matter to cut
the governor of a Russian province to
pieces."
"Have you been fighting?" she asked
quickly.
"No," he replied, witli a tinge of sar
casm. "Neslerov and I indulged in a
few pleasantries. lie doesn't feel as
guy over them as i do; tiiat's all."
"Oh, I see your hand is bandaged—l
never noticed it. Oh, Jack, forgive me!"
"We were following a course of in
quiry," in' said, putting the bandaged
hand behind him. "This Vladimir—
you met—there was an attachment—so
far, so good. Now, how did that lead
to this affair?"
"I wanted to see Vladimir and went
by train from Moscow to Perm. I
found a drosky at the station and was
driven to the shops. Shops, house—all
were deserted. I found Neslerov there
with a painting under hi arm. He was
taking it away. It was a beautiful pic
ture, a beautiful face. I asked the
prince where Vladimir was. lie said
that all the PaulpofiV father, mother
and Vladimir—had been sent to Sibe
ria."
"Sent to Siberia! That big simple
hearted fellow! For what?" •
"Conspiring with of 1 ers to kill the
czar. We were alone; the drosky driv
er went out. and Neslerov tried to kiss
me. I fought him; I shot him."
"You shot Neslerov?"
"Yes, I shut him. I would again, i
theu returned to Moscow, but did not
• tell my father au>t 11inir about the muf
ter, save that Vladimir was sent to
Siberia. We soon after started for the
Obi and stopped at Perm. We saw the
governor, and he promised that if he
discovered that Vladimir was innocent
lie would help him."
"He might as well have said that if
he discovered the moon was cheese he'd
give it to you for lunch. Things like
that are rarely corrected in Russia."
"When we left Perm, Neslerov was
on the train. Of course, as papa did
not know anything about the shooting
in the house of the Paulpoffs he greet
ed Neslerov as a friend. Everything
went well till we had crossed the bor
der and come into Neslerov's own prov
ince. At this place- I had been sleep
ing—l woke up. The car had become
detached from the train. I was alone
with Neslerov. He took my revolver
from me and dragged me here and or
dered the priest to marry us. Theu
you came."
"Yes. I think I came just In time,"
said Denton.
Then a stern look came again upon
his face.
"Frances," he said. "I do not know,
of course, how lies matter will end. If
Neslerov wishes, he can destroy me. If
he linds it advisable to keep silent,
• hen I may find a way to assist this
Vladimir. I think we shall soon be on
the way to the Obi."
With these words he left the hut and
was met at the door by an angry,
threatening mob of villagers.
"Then; he is!" growled an old man,
evidently the leader. "He tried to kill
his excellency. Kill him!"
"Kill him!" said another. "It is the
governor's command. He put the iron
road, the bridge, the devil wagons,
through our country. The czar docs
not wish it, and we must avenge the
wrong. Kill him!"
CHAPTER IX.
DENTON TURNS LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER.
FX TON presented an unrutlled
"Take me to the governor,"
he said.
"The governor is resting," growled a
fellow whose face was a mass of greasy
hair. "You will kill him."
"Nonsense! Take me to the govern
or. If you kill me, he will die."
"Why is that, builder of bridges? Is
there a god who avenges the death of
Americans?"
"It will need no god to do that now.
T! e <-:; si simply that Neslerov needs
better <. r, than you can give him. He
is badly injured. It is necessary that
he shall be taken to Tomsk at once. I
can st.irt within the hour There will
not be another train to the Obi in four
day- Do you d -ire to keep your pre
cious governor here and have him die
on your hands?"
"No. I.ei us see what the governor
has to say."
It was :i solemn crowd that marched
in two columns, with Denton between,
to the hut of the village priest, where
Neslerov lay.
"Why do you bring him here?" asked
the priest. "Heard you not what his
excellency said?"
"Hold your peace. Wait till you hear
them speak together," was the reply.
Neslerov looked up at his conqueror,
iiid an exptession of lia'nd came into
his eyes. Denton made no show of sen
timent or compassion.
"I understand you commanded these
villagers to kill me," he said, standing
at the side of the bed and looking cold
ly and st. :•! ly at his victim. "I just
wanted to ay before they kill me—
which they certainly will do if you in
sist that in that case you would prob
ably die here for lack of proper care."
"You cannot help me —you would
not," answered Neslerov.
"That is for you to say. I am not a
murderer. I had no desire to kill you.
You attacked me, and I defended my
self. I am going back to Tomsk, pro
vided your savage villagers uon't kill
me, and I merely came to ask if you
would be pleased to go."
"How?" he asked.
"In the same car you came thus far
In."
"But how? There is no train due for
days."
"I will take you to Tomsk if you
promise never again to molest Mr.
Gordon or his daughter."
"I promise," said Neslerov. "I will
order the villagers to permit you to
go."
Denton then went to the car and ex
amined it. He discovered where a
flaw in the iron had weakened the
couplings.
He was followed at a short distance
by several young men, among whom
was the boy who had run to tell him
that a woman was being roughly
handled by Neslerov, and who had
taken his horse to shelter. He ordered
the boy to bring the horse. Mounting,
he was soon out of sight. He did not
go far, however. He rode along the
track until he reached a siding a short
distance from the bridge, where there
was an old construction engine.
Denton examined the old hulk. It
was lit only for drawing one or two
cars. Denton carried water from the
river and tilled the boiler and built a
lire of wo«d.
Soon after the villagers were sur
prised *o see a wheezy, rickety old en
gine co .ing slowly, with a prodigious
noise, into view. Denton's horse had
no difficulty in keeping tip with it.
The old en ;iue was coupled to the
car, and then Denton went for
Frances.
"The train is ready," he said.
"The train! What train?"
"The train that is to carry you to the
Obi, where you will join your father."
"But there is no train!"
"There is a train, and as the steam
is up and the track clear I suggest
haste. Your father is probably anx
ious."
She went with him. At the sight of
the engine she undi stood.
"You are a wonderful -you are doing
this for me!" she said.
"Yes, but Neslerov will be a passen
ger."
"And you?"
"Engineer, conductor, guard—all."
He took her to 'he car and made her
comfortable.
Neslerov v «arrled to the car by
the villagers Me backs of two seats
Were turned d- a bed was made for
him, and he lay 1 here (piiet and seem
ingly content.
"Of course, I know that you are seri
ously wounded," said Denton to him,
"and the possibility of your doing any
mischief is smal!. but I want to tell
you before we start that if I catch you
at any tricks I will kill you as 1 would
a dog."
Neslerov nodded, and Denton went
on the engine.
It was an exciting start, though the
audience was small. The villagers
G tared, then laughed as the little old
engine puffed and screeched and scrap
ed as it got under way.
But it had a man in charge of it who
was accustomed to overcoming ditticul
tics. And the way he made it groan
and work would have made glad the
heart of the man who had abandoned
it on the - ng six months before.
In the t,i was silence. Neslerov
was too weak to talk; Frances would
not talk to him if he wished. She re
mained at her end of tic car, save to
go in mercy to him and offer him wa
ter at intervals. At such times he
would look up at h r with an earnest,
InscrutableeNp vs : in on his face. She
would not speak, nor lie.
Suddenly at a siding toward which
he had been aiding Denton turned the
engine to tl:e t i and brought the lit
tle train to a stau Ist ill. They had been
on the road sixteen hours and had trav
eled L'Ki miles.
Frances and N slerov both looked up
as the train st< .1 an ! saw to grimy
engineer enter the c.u\
"There is a village near here," he
said, "and Just beyond this siding there
is a small signal box. I have just vis
ited it, and there is a train coming this
way from Tomsk. Undoubtedly, as
there is no regular train due, this is a
learehiie. p-irty out after Frances Cor
don. Now, I have no wish to start an
international controversy. What story
shall we tell?"
"Tell the truth." said Frances. "It
does not. as a rule, harm any person
who is innocent."
"No," said Neslerov; "not as a rule.
But we are in a part of the world
where customs are different from yours.
If you teil the truth, you will never
make the world believe you. But you
will n ' ndvi'stand; 1 cannot fell you."
"I knew what you mean." said Fran
ces scornfully. "You mean that your
reputation is so bad that if it were
known that you had that car left be
hind to compel me to marry you every
body will be sure I am your wife. Is
that it?"
"Yes; something like that."
"But, then, there is my word," said
Denton.
"Your story will be believed by your
people, my story by mine," said Nesle
rov. "Let us each tell what we please.
I do not care."
Denton nodded and went brick to his
engine. But he did not start. The
whistle of a speeding locomotive wai
borne to him by the breeze. It came—
one engine and a car, the same as that
he was on, but a modern locomotive of
American make. Gordon was in the
car with some officials from Tomsk.
"Hey! That you, Denton?" he gasp
ed as the gri ny bridgebuildcr stepped
into the car. which was stopped at the
side of the construction engine. "My
girl and the governor of Tomsk got
left behind in a car. Seen"—
"I'm all right," said Frances as she
emerged from her car and flew to her
father's arms.
"Did Denton save you? What was
it? Where is Neslerov?" asked Gordon.
"Oli. he is in tin re," said Frances
coolly. "We've had a lively experience.
I thought at one time we'd be killed by
some savagi s. But Mr. Denton and the
prince—oh, let's get on; I'm tired out
and hungry."
Denton heard and wondered.
In every new experience lie had had
with Frances Gordon he had been made
more and more astonished by the un
certain moods, the whims, the strange
turns her caprice would take.
"Hitch onto this train and haul her
back to the Obi," said Denton. "If the
road doesn't want this engine, I can
use it at the Old bridge."
This attachment was soon made, and
Mr. Gordon, after visiting the prince
and congratulating him upon his es
cape from the savages, assisted in —XZ—2
—XZ—2 1 .J
At the si'jht at tin cn'jinc nhc understood.
transferring to liiin some of the com
forts to be found in the other car. The
Russian officials swarmed around him
and praised his courage.
"And that American! He is a brave
one too!" they said.
"Yes; he is brave—braver than I,"
said Neslerov weakly.
The train started back toward
Tomsk. It had about ninety miles to
goto reach the Obi. During the jour
ney Denton and Frances found them
selves side by side in the rear car,
with no one near enough to hear their
low spoken tones.
"I cannot understand you," said
Denton. "You first said tell the truth,
then you yourself told the first deliber
ate lie. Why?"
Frances looked at him coolly.
"Because I thought it over. There
was a good deal in what Neslerov said.
Tl.en, again. you and my father have
work to do, a career to make, money
to earn, and with the enmity of Ne
slerov you would be ruined. I studied
it well. It is better as I said it. Let
it pass."
"IF re we are at Vashlov," he said.
"For the time being you are home
again."
"Yes," : he replied, with the slightest
tremor in her voice. "Thanks to J'ou,
lam home again—in my temporary
home."
[TO HE < ontinttkd.]
The katydids made their appearance
this year earlier than usual, about July
"«>, when they are not usually due till
about the loth of August. If the old
saw holds | ood- six weeks to frost
from their coming -an early September
frost v.'iil pinch a lot of late corn.
The great objection to clover as a
dry forage plant is that it is very diffi
cult to cure properly, the season when
it should be cut being almost always
showery. Not one fourth of the big
crop of clover where the writer lives
was secured in good shape this year.
Spreckl di -overed a new meth
od of refining se rat a cost of $1 a
ton again.-! t! pn -cut cost to the
sugar trust, a d the process is so sim
ple that II can be carried out on the
plantations where the raw sugar Is
produced an I with inexpensive appli
ances.
Tlie Lncky Member of tlic* I'jtmily.
"No use o' talkiif," said Mr. Erastua
Pinkley, "dat brother o' mine is a
mighty lucky man. He alius has mon
ey."
"But you must r member that he Is
much more induslt JUS than you are.
He isn't at all afi of work."
"Dat's jes' de pu'nt. lie were lucky
In beln' born Industrious."—Washing
ton Star.
FOR THE CHILDREN
A Fanny Grnmmnr Gam«*.
Paper and pencil are necessary for
this game, which can he played by nny
number of children. Each player
writes ;i noun at the top of a paper
iiiid turns it down and then passes the
pap r to his right hand neighbor, who
writes :i verb on the paper, turns it
1111,1 passes it on as before; then an ad
jective is written and next time a pro
noun. After the papers have passed
rovmd. three times (the process is re
peat" 'I as described above) they are
< i l'ei ied and shaken in a hat or in
some other convenient way, and each
player draws a paper and Is given
ten minutes to write a paragraph or
Sentence containing the words. With
the words on the paper also may be
used as many times as necessary the
articles a, an and the; the conjunctions
and, but, etc.; also prepositions and
adverbs. Proper names may be used
for nouns when desired, and the verb
may be used In any form.
Here is a sample paper:
Noun Bench
Verb To giggle
Adjective Gorgeous
Pronoun I
Noun Tolly
Verb Was
Adjective Toothsome
Pronoun He
Noun Rhinoceros
Verb I'ur
Adjective Silky
Pronoun Her
Sample sentence from the above
words:
lie and 1 were on the bench giggling
at gorgeous polly when a silky tooth
some rhinoceros purred at her.
Inldlisrat Sen I.ioiss.
"The most remarkable instance of
animal training ever witnessed," is
how the managers of hippodromes and
variety theaters are wont to describe
the act presented by Captain Wood
ward's famous Alaska sea lions and
teals.
These wonderful denizens of the deep
do far more startling things than any
other animals now before the public.
They emulate human beings in every
conceivable way. They bow, shake
hands, sit in easy chairs, fan them
selves, smoke and even taik and sing
songs! And besides all this they per
form l'cats which the average man
would lind beyond his powers.
One of the seals, for example, is able
to catch on its head conical shaped hats
thrown from the pit of the theater by
obliging spectators. As the clever ani
mal catches each hat it jerks it into the
air, where it turns three or four times
and falls 1 t:c-k on the head of the seal,
who then hurls it backward with un
erring aim into the hands of an as
sistant standing some lit tie distance
behind.
( an You I'unrtuate Itf
Take this sentence, printed nakedly,
"It was and 1 said not of." As it
stands it i enough to give the reader
vertig I .'-re lie grasps Its Import.
Properly sapped and buoyed with
commas, il is a perfectly simple and
natural - ntencc as y >ti will see when
you 11■: \ e got the grip of your senses.—
Loudon Chronicle.
A Vois ii K II in lor lull.
The yoiii: est historian of the Roer
war is said to be Allen Welsh Dalles,
the e' :ht year-old grandson of the Hon.
J. W. Foster, who was secretary of
state in President Harrison's adminis
tration. The yu.ing author's work is j
having quite a circulation in Washing
ton.
I'ntterins Feet.
Sometliinn'.s afoot; beware, beware!
Something Is < iir.itiing the bedroom stair.
"With le re i stumble and there a slip
Into the p-.i.ssage—trip. trip, trip
Sharp littl footfalls queer and <jui<-k, j
N> \vr a tar< i'ul step tiny pick.
Quaintly marking a morning song,
1 lurry s. iry they rush along.
Tripph.fr I : -'ht on tie- passage floor.
Up they come to your bedroom door.
Never v.u music half so uv.»-et
As tbe pit t-pat patter of tiny feet.
T)<ar little volees, high and clear.
King like a bell in the sleeper's car.
Small hun'l. pluck at his tousled head.
"Daddy, oh. daddy, get out of bed!"
Keeping the rules -It's all a game-
Out they patt»r as In they came,
P,ut sonn ieiw the song moves rather slow j
As down the passage and off they go.
And it's, oh, for the years that have
passed away
And the feet that pattered at break of
day;
Now they are heavily booted feet.
And they tramp and stamj) In the busy
street.
And some of them seemed to tire of fun.
So they wandered away till they met the
sun.
But ho sends them sliding along his
beams
To patter again in your morning dreams.
—London Punch.
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writes Mrs. Gyi>t Moser of Deerlodge
Cy . Mont. «My disposition was nflerted to such
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anyom was almost
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I commenced taking W "%s
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COVjrv ayd also fol
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«ven in the Cohimon HUSS
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" Favorite Prescription" restored Mrs.
Moser to perfect health. This great
reined}' for woman's ills, establishes
regularity, dries weakening drains, heals
inflammation and ulceration and cures
female weakness.
The Common Sense Medical Adviser.
iooS large pages, in paper covers, ie sent
free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to
pay expense of mailing only. Address
Dr. R. V. I'ierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
<>\ ROTARY I.IXES.
It is of interest to note that nearly
all the improvements made in fan..
machinery have been along rotary
lines. There is the revolving cylinder
of tbe thrashing machine, the whirling
disk of the cream separator, the circu
lar saw, the rotary disk in place of the
drag, the rolling colter, the disk plow,
the windmill, the hay loader, the corn
sheller, the corn shredder, the forage
cutter, the motive power for harvest
ers and mowers applied in a rotary
way. The application of this rotary
principle has revolutionized the print
ing business, underlies all land and
water transportation methods and
seems to be in perfect harmony with
the great natural law of rotation
which regulates the motion of the
earth and planetary system, the move
ment of storms and the recurrence of
the seasons.
DRIEST AMI WETTEST PLACES.
The wettest place in the United
States, the locality where falls the
most rain, as shown by the weather
bureau reports, is Glen<>ra, Ore., where
the average rainfall for ten years lias
been 135.84 inches, while the driest
place, the locality where the rainfall is
least, is the weather bureau station at
Newman Tank, in California, where
for twelve years the rainfall has been
only 1.223 Inches per annum. Other
stations in tin- state of Washington re
port over I'M) inches of rainfall per
year, while .-til through the d. sert rt -
gions of California and Nevada the an
nual precipitation is less than four
inches. The sections of the country
where the i:r<t crops arc produced
show up with front twenty-live to fifty
inches of rainfall.
Your Tongue
If it's coated, your stomach
is bad, your liver is out of
order. Ayer's Pills will clean
your tongue, cure your dys
pepsia, make your liver right.
Easy to take, easy to operate.
25c. All druggists.
Want your moustache «>r b«*ard a beautiful i
brown or ricli black Then use
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THE SAUERKRAUT PEDDLER,
A Character C«>tu:>i»n to «!><• Gcrjiaa
Section of %«**»• i urk.
The regular and popular visitor to
11? German inns and taverns of the
i ile is the s tuerkrant man. He
In ui.-,s his c: liiii. with him from thf»
old country and linds a more profit a
field in New York than in lierlin or
Hamburg. His equipment is quite cu
rious. lie wear a blue or white apron
running from his neck nearly to the
: ankles, and from his shoulders is sus
pended a circular metal box which
goer, half around his waist. It has
1 three large compartments, two of
which are surrounded by hot water.
In one are well cooked frankfurter
sausages and in the other thoroughly
j boiled sauerkraut. In the third corn
partnciit i> potato salad. He carries in
his hand a basket in which are small
plates and steel forks. One sausage
and a generous spoonful of sauerkraut
and potato salad cost cents. All three
articles are of good quality, well
: cooked and seasoned. He finds his best
customers in the fowling 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 sain rkraut and as much
more of salad. On bad evenings he
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 ev ry place where they think
; they can <.. : a sale.
The met.-i bos - are very ingenious
and are made in Germany. The metal
i some variety of pewter, and the
titt? ■ <if the compartments and of the
enti • a '.r to the body is very ae
; curat The covers are so well hinged
and s:i ■■•s lite edges that when the
, < tv 112. . down he is not liable to
si i any the contents. The con
i trlvanc • eos some $3 in Germany,
and a' out $."» . : New York. A few of
the pedJlera a;-, ■.:! to educated pal
ales and carry with them cervelat,
bod:, reh. I berwurst and Vienna,
as well as frankfurters. These fancy
sausages tisuelly 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 the
other hand, are so banged and bruised
that they might be easily mistaken for
crackle wear.—New York Post.
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Not Particular.
Primus—Although you are a million
nire, my love is so great, sir, that It
tmboldens a poor man like myself to
■ seek a daughter of yours in marriage.
Secundus—Which of the girls is it,
young man?
Primus—Any one of the three, sir.
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CATARRH
In all its etaces tliere
should be cleanliuesa.
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cleanse?, Soothes and ht;il9 M
the diseased membrane.
It cures catarrh and drives
away a coid m the head
quickly.
Cream Balm is placed Into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Ite'.icf is im
mediate and a cure follow?. It is not drying—docs
not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents l>y mail.
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MORE LIVES ARE SAVED
...BY USING...
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Consumption, Coughs and Colds
Than By All Other Thvoat And
Lung Ilemcdio3 Combined.
This wonderful in >dicinc positively
cures Consumption, Coughs, C
Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Hay
Fevee,Pleurisy ; ! aG--i i ' :; seness,
Sore Thrc.-.t, Croitp and vVhooping
Cough. NO C'JHS. RO FAY.
Price 50c. & sl. Trial Bottle I'Tse.
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TlMii TABLE.
Corrected let .May i, 1901.
Nkw VOI.K.
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III!relay St !.v, - I' 10 00
I 'lirivtopl i :
lloliokin
Keranton \i 1 - i.i
I ■ :
Mcrniiton
> i i» • HT<» " ... •' • ' I • » | . .
UeM<*vu
Tay lort .. i : > » ...
Ijirkuwa'i' ■.
II • i ■ . 1
Pitt »t..t
Susijutliutu it • : . .1
V, l*. Ill' ... 7 i I .2
Wy olttiky ... I . j
Forty Furt. . ....
Bennett "-I Hi . j I
Klnir-li>n ar. I :ai lo it fjo
Wilki > liarre.. .Ar 7 a> II lo 2 ■<>
Wtlkea-Barre. l.ve 7ao Man g .?»
Kingston Ix I'' 1 2: 1
Plywout h.l ri •... . _ ....
Plymouth 7 11 2t
Avondalc 4 r 2 1
Nantieoke .. .... ; 11 1 II v
llunlock'; ■ 11 17 ■„ t,, 1
Shlckßhlnay *• 1 'I -*' ;
Hiek'f Ferry Hi i...1
Heach I .ven ! 1 ! '" 8.7
Herwicn - I •'»' j 41
Itriart 'reek '* I >
Willow tiruve 1 112 : :t
I.ime WliUe " ' 1 -
K?jiy s '' I ! • 4 I*.
Hlo.iiu. tiurn s ' i. 411
Kunert " 1 1 S". 4 1*
Csataw!«»ft ' I- 4 'HI
Danville 12 17 4 1
Chulasky 4 4.
'amcroii I- 7 1 11
N .•STIM HBtIILAMI ■ lln ft 1
Ar. AM I'M PM
QOiHQ .AST.
I'M
Asw Vo« :i '■ I'M-;
IJatclay St. Ar. • " 500
Clirlstoi.ber S: .. :: l ">j I &•"> ' .
Hohokeo I'M , 4 4'
derail ton : AM 12 55
I'M N M A M I
I ill Halo At s OO 12 1 • 7i« 1
scraiiton l.\ I >' 1 II -•
I'M I'M' I'M :
Soranton - 12 b."> 4M) k4>
Hellevac 4 47.
Taylorville '• ■ 2 i ■ ■ - i'
lia' kawanna "> 4 •» 8 27
Uuryea *■• 2 . ...... 4 is* n 27>
Pltttton » !!• 12 17 4 24 -21
Susijut ln e !♦ !»• 12 14 4*' H|«
West Pitt ... 1* 1 417 *Hi
Wyom ... .*... '* 12 itf< 412 H l2
Forty i ol 407 .....
Bern nil * ik. * 01
Kin ,! KOH U"I 400 HO2
Wil liiirVi" "i'v " " 11 ' 380 7
W . \r l- ' !l »■" s
(iton «•> II :• 100 hit:
ytuouth .1 unction ' ,'i 2 i: : "i"-'.
lyuioutl s l' 11 61 34. 1
Avonilalc 3 ♦- ......
Nantli oke s * II 4 ■ " &"• • ''
II unlock s " 3 1 "
Slilckehinny s U ® 3 i 1" ' ''
Hick's Ferry K 1 3 "" 1
Heaeh Haven ? ' : 3 *
Berwick l 11 1 1 f2 "»H - i'-i
llriarCreek...*. r I •• !l
Willow Grove. ■ IJJ 'H'll
l.iuie Kulue 1® 2 4 m
Espy 7ZS 10 p. 2 i li
llloocishurk 'i 10 4« 234 ' ■>
Hupert 1 ' 10 37 22! 1 '■
(latawissa '!- 10 34 224 '> 2.
Danville *' ''' lo lo 211 812
Chulagky •
Cameron. ' " 1 2 U 1 • " •
NdRTHi-MBKnt. n... in", ' 1 '<o !
L.V A ' AM PM
Connections at llujiert with Philadelphia h
Reading Bailroad far Tmhhmml, THMfMk
Willi a iii -1 ort. Sunliury, Poft'villt-, etc At
Northumtierlaml wltk Pud K. Div. P. It. R. for
llarrishurif. I.ock Haven, Kiujionuin, Warren
Uorry. ani! Krie.
Dtiily. * Daily except umlay. 112 stop on
signal.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAOT
TIME TABLE
In Effect May. 25, 1902'
~A I A.M.. P. M 1
Seranton(D\H)lv ;V3.i >tll2 4 27
Plttston ■' " T tl) 112 100015 2to 4
A M. A. M P M. I' M
Wilkeslmrre... lv v 7 2. ,10 :i". 2 4". :1 •»
Plym'th Ferry " i 7 32 il l 42 t 2 ">2 ft '>7
Nanticoke " 742 10Ml 301 • 171"*"*
>locanai|Ua " hol II o; J 2*i 8 .17 ""
Wapwailopcn.. " BIP II P 1! ..I 847
Nescopeck ar »18 11 ». 42 70"
A. ~. \.M. P.M.
I'ottsville Iv j Jll V.
Hazleton •' 7 12 7i2 2 1.1' "*
Tomhicken 7 ! 1 li i 0• "*
FernOlen " 7 118 '■ M """*""
Hock (Hen "I 7 3.1 "■ 22/[[ > _ >
Nescopeck ar 80" IM •• """*
A. AI A. .II P. .11 P M
Nescopeck lv 11 Is i'l ifr 42 7 00
Cm 1 •• •«) 11 " 3 1 ID
Espy Ferry ... '• I 8 42 II 4-' I 4 02 7 2. ;**;**
E. lilootuonrK, 847 11 4n- 7 2".
Catawissa lv s .16 11..17 41:7 ;j-_>
South Danville * 014 12 1 . 431 : ;,| ]
Sunliury tit » 3 12 1 I."m hls
A. .11. P. M. P. .11 KM.
' Sunhury lv y 4\' jl2 4> 5.1 I .4.
I.twishur^.... ar lo 1 • 141 S 4-'
Milton " lo "» 1 •'» 1 3.1 10 07
Williamsport.. *" il 00 141 1 - .; 1 10 V»
Haven... " 11 60 220 7 -I
Kenoro " A.M. ««0| * Ml) 1
Kane '• N 21
!'. M. P. M.
Dock Haven..iv 12 10 ; li-
Itellefonte ....ar 1 0.1 I !1 ..... ....
Tyrone » s» 6N 1
PlllllpMnirg " I 3.1 :> 02
Clearfield.... " 5 2Ti s> 45
Plttaburg.... " ti "n 10 4.1
_ A. M. P. M P. M. P M
Sunhury lv 950 112 1 '' "• 2 ■ >3l
llarrUburK.... ar II *3 LI oiolo 1"
~~ P. M. P. M. P. M. A M _
Philadelphia., ar ; 17 82. 10 in 421
Haltimore jail a■ 0 !' 4. ;30
Washington... '* » 4 lu 7 16 '.O V> 105
iA.II P.M.
sunhury lv silo no 112 2 I
IjL'wistown Je. ar 11 i"> 10»
Pittsl.uric •• ti St |W (ft
_ A.M. P, M P. M. |> \| _
Hftirlitmnr IT 11 U >OO 715 M
P. M. A M. A. M A M
I itt-Pur- ar 1. . j' IN ftSi
P. M.l P M A .11 A M
PltUbarK lv 7 I" <OO -I MHIB 00 ....
IA. M AM PM
Harrtaburg.... ar 2 w 4 2 ' 31"
J " AM AM
PlttsbuiK lv 8 00
P .11
J;. " 7 •" i 111
Sunhury ar IS ; 4 60
P. .11. AM \ .11 AM
Washington... lv 10 4i> 7 » I'' •"> •
Baltimore " 11 00 4 l< » 112 U 4
Philadelphia..." 112" 42T •> » 11 #1
A. M. A .11 A. M. P M ~
IliirrißhurK lv 3 3.1 7V. II I" .130
Sunhury at .01 y lu>. 6 n
P.M.' A M A M
Pltlsburg lv .12 45 it"' - s <»'
t leartieUl " ~ »■ '2> '
I'lilllpHburg.. " IIP 1" 12
Tyrone " 706 IS 10 12 w*
llellefonte.. " n. ... . ■;2 I ■ "...
I.oek Haven aril 15 I>J 210
P. M. A M \ .11 P M
Erie IT] I ft SM I
Kane "Is 45| [s •> "0
RenoTo "| 11 50U •» 611 10 30 ["'
I Haven.... " 12 - 7 II ■) «»
A.M.! I' M
Willlatusliort .. " 220 s 12 HI 4 1"'
Miitun - 2m #n in 441.';;..
Sanbury *r| 324 » 46j 1K 6 15! )...
A. M.l AMP M P M I
Sunhury lv oi> J » ' 1" •"> 2. ...
South Danville •• 7 li 10 17 2.1
• latawisMa " 7H lo 3i> IM 6 OM'
E HiiMimshurn.. " 7 17 lo 43 2I ; • ll*]]..
Eipy Ferry " 742 fl« 47 Ifl ls»
Creasy " 7 ">2 1" 68 2 -v. 1 >1 '
Ne~copeck " 802 U 07., . o"i 6 »■ 1 ]]]]
AM A M P. M. P M
t ala\vi»-a Iv 7 :?! 10 :s 2 li im ....
Ne«*o|ie.'k Iv 8 2 .e . 7
Kock tllen ar II 22 I# '
FernOlen •• s •! li > 2 7 »
Tomhicken " > - 11 - ■> T 4-'
Hazleton " 010 11 < 1 " 80]
Pottsvllle " lo 11
AM AMP M P M
Nescopeck Iv •(.' II 1 . « 8 1 •*"
Wapwall.'prii..ar Sl' 11 21' IS 1 I
Mooanaqua .... " 8 :l II 70l •
Nanticoke " 8 11 64
P .11
Plvm'lh Ferry' I Wtti 12 '2 . I J >
Wllksharie ..." «lo 12 P 4 " 7
AMPMP M P 11
I'ittstoil DA II) ar !■ I 12 4- 8 r ■•..
Scrunton " " 10 08 124 521 II 06
\ Weekdavs. I Daily.l Flag station.
Pullman Pari r ard Slu plntr <"ir< run < n
throunii trains lietwi en Ss?btirv, W iliianiiport
and l.ric, lietween Snnhnry »n.i Phila li-lptM i
anil Washington and between Harri-ou?*-. Pit!
Purg and the West.
Fur lurthcr InPirraation a|iply to Tiidet Aitents
/. />'. HUTCIIINSOA, J. n. WOOD,
(ien I Mannyer. Utn'l I'utt'n'r Ag
vShoe ohoe i
Styiisli I
I
SBollaol® !
Bicycle, Gymnasium and
Tennis Shoes.
THK ri.I.KHR \IK1»
( ;l!*!is!4 fc J IMM'S
and;tiik
Hiiaj? Proof
Rubber Boots
A SPECIAI/IV.
A., SCHiVTZ,
SIEIEiIEI!
A Reliable
rl3,
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing
Spoutlne antl Ceneral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ran«*s,
Furnaces, etc-
PRICES THE LOWEST:
QIiLITY TOE Inn.
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E, FBONT ST.
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We will have a full line of
HOLIDAY GOODS!
—CONSISTING OF
Books, Stationery,
Leather Goods,
Fancy Baskets,
Gold Pens,
Fountain Pens,
Sterling Silver.Novelties
and many other novelties at
Lowest Cash Prices.
A.MONE,
112 MILL ST.
PHILADELPHIA
READING RAILWAY
IN EFFkTr I! NK r.t
TWISi I.EAVK DAM II.LF
For Philadelphia 11 -'I a. m.
For Xt-w York 11:21 a. n
For CatftwW-rii 11:24 ». tu. and > in.
For ltiooiii«t>nri{ 1121 a. m.
For Milton *.«: a m , and t - • I i
For Wllllwnnporl .111., at.a- l
Trains Iwr Italnm. r, 112 #«i. ■ tl
ami We«t vlaH. A «». I; I: I:. ..I .
Terminal, Phi'adelpli aat 7:f>" l! 2 i •> ,
3:l«. 737 |> ins in.. T»-i- in .7 -*•
i: *l. 7.27 p. Bi. AditltKMMU ll* - from .'*#
and riM-stnnt «tr«t*t «ta* ••!>. w • < •
.'. 11. »:■ p. m -i:-I >% I
TRAMS r<m l»\W 11.1 I
l-eavc Phllmtelfbl i HI 21 a. M
Wl. 11 1 111-f~ ■ '
Leave Milton If "'a rn , • . p. i.
LnTr IttaMHHfburg 7:10 a m »l p. an.
U-avr r«t»wi!W» 7:18 a. TO. p. m.
Daily ' S'liiilavn. Wee***?*
Sulurttav •• . i -til.wa*. •». »«Mitta
>l. 4HI. ~ »'
•a South IJ' -<t Sor.sh >1 «. -
J LOO e xettmiun*.
IHtaileil time tnbi - at tirk. t r,f! t til
and i luminal st» -ml «tmn *t ..••«>• h#»'
t, It SI . »».| South <1 St.. :»e Market SI and
•Mutton*.
I'Diun Traadirnimi atlf w I• i for are!
chttk ImttKaiii' froiu botela and rr- ilt nr. .
PEGG
The Coal Dealer
SELLS
WOOD
AND
COAL
—AT -
344 Ferry Streel