1 NOT LIKE I * OTHER MEN 0 « By Frederid o Van Rensselaer Dey, £ w Aathor of ''The R rot 1»«* r liood of 81- 1 9 lence," "Tho (Juility of a J; A Kin." Et«. i § | O CopyTtgM. WOl, by Frederic Van c O Keasselaer Key. C 8»» ■ aa -•«&• [Continued from lust We k.| "This: I'm preaching, lad. Every oik of those years that rest on my head without having come Into my life was put there by a piece of scoundrellsm that I committed wheu 1 was just the age that you are now, and I hadn't any more excuse for getting into it than you have now either. I don't say that you'll ever get into a place where you may be likely to do anything that ain't right, but if you do there will be time to think—there always is, for thinking Is mighty quick work and if that time ever does come you reinembei what I have said just now and stop long enough to hum that song over to yourself before you cut loose from the outfit and go It alone. Life ain't going to be all roses for 3-ou. Lisle Maxwell, and don't you forget it! Your father hasn't brought you up right, to my way of thinking- You needn't get huffy. 1 ain't criticising him. I'm analyzing you. You don't know any more about the world outside of this ranch than a hog knows about skating, and that aiu't much to speak of. I've been watching you while I've been here, and there are a whole lot of things that you have got to learn between now and the time when you will have togo it alone, and nobody ever knows when that time Is coming It's just like a blamed Injun ami draws a bead 011 your vitals from behind a bush or a rock when you ain't looking, and it's a dead shot every time. You can't throw a loop over circumstance and drag it along a willing captive, like we did that steer. It's got a way of slipping out and roping you Instead, and you've got to post yourself about things so that you will be ready to keep one hand out in just about the same way that you poked yours through the loop of Jim Cummings' riata over in the Smoky. I don't wonder that some of the boys have said that you look like a woman. You do, and you do not Von do lie cause you have got a tender heart, like a woman's, and it sticks out through your masculine garb just as plain as daylight when you ain't thinking. Dick Maxwell has trained you right enough as far as he has gone, for all I know, but he's a good ways from going far enough. I want you to make me a promise. Lisle." "What sort of a promise, Craig?" "You'll be 21 some day, aud when the day comes that sees you that old 1 want you to promise that you will ride over to my ranch and see me. Will you ?" "Certainly. I will ride over a gTeat many times in the meanwhile, too. if jou care to have me." "That's all right. Of course 1 care to lave you. but 1 want you to remember Chat promise anyhow." "I'll remember It." "And now, while we've got a chance to talk, 1 want to say one thing more to you about women. This Idea that you've got that they are abominations on the face of the earth is all wrong, if your dad did teach it to you, and some day I'll prove it to you. I've been look lug through your library, and there 112 In't a book there that will tell you a blamed thing about them—not one. To my way of thinking you ought to have a few, even if you read 'em against the wishes of the old man. They won't hurt you any, and in my opinion they will do you a lot of good. Do you know where that old corral is, down in the southwest corner of my ranch?" "Yes." "Well, next Sunday you ride over there. It ain't much more than a doz en miles. I'll leave some books there for you to read. Maybe I'll meet you there if you come about sundown. They will be books that will teach you something that you ought to know, and don't, and—here comes Dick. Lord! I never delivered such a long lecture be fore In my life. It all comes of your singing that song." When on the following morning Lisle would have accompanied his father and Craig—for the latter was going to his own home, and the former, having an errand in that direction, rode out with him—he discovered that he was not wanted. Later, when the two men ' ~ k MaxvrWscyes wre fixed upon the summit of the ridge <u Thompson disappeared. were on the point of parting, Craig Thompson swallowed his reluctance to speak upon the thoughts that were up permost in his mind and said: "Maybe you won't like what I say, Maxwell, but I'm going to say it whether you do or not. You ain't do ing right by that kid. He's too much like a woman in some things, and he's too blanked ignorant about a lot of othf-r things that every man and ev ery woman on the top of God's green earth ought to know. While you're riding home just turn over In your mind what would become of your boy If you should be killed before you get there. Good day." "Good day," responded Maxwell, and he sat there in his saddle for an hour, with his eyes fixed upon the summit of the ridge over which Craig Thompson had disappeared. CHAPTER VI. "I AM NOT LIKE OTHER MEN. WHY AM I NOT?" LI ISLE rode to the old corral at the time that Craig had flx _ 1 ed. He found the books, but hMIm not his friend, and after wait lug until hope of his arrival was past he turned his horse's head homeward, and after that he spent much of nis time while in the house perusing his new treasures. They were simply good, wholesome stories and biographies which dealt with the noblest types of women, and to the youth they opened up a new and unexplored Held which possessed a strange and unaccountable fascination for him. Craig Thompson had selected them with great care, aud had he known the character of the mis sion work they were to perrorm he could not have exercised better judg ment. They contained nothing that was calculated to shock the awakening faculties of I.isle Maxwell's emotional nature, but to his immature percep tions they were filled with unthinkable revelations as beautiful aud profound as they were mysterious. They did what nothing else had ever done —they set him thinkiug and he began to dream aud wonder aud surmise upon subjects and theories which never be fore had been permitted access to his mind. Richard Maxwell could guard 1 against outward aud visible assaults upon the fortress that lie had built up i around his sou. but he could not con tend with this subtle foe to his theories, and the battle went ou under his eyes without ouce revealing its existence. There was one conversation between them which rather startled the father, and possibly It hau something to do with a serious Incident which Immedi ately followed it. It is true, however, that he believed that the Invisible for tress that he had erected about his son was too nearly Impregnable for suc cessful assault. "Father," said Lisle ou that occa sion. "1 will be 10 in June." "Yes. Lisle," was the reply. "You are almost a man grown—and still a child." Richard Maxwell sighed deep ly. and his mind leaped backward over the flight of years. I"And still a child," echoed Lisle. "Will you tell me why I am still a child?" "I mean, my son. that you are still a child to your father. You will al ways be that. Sons wiio are loved for ever remain as children to their par ents. It Is one of the elements in the ecouomy of creation." Lisle was silent for several momenta; then, raising his head, he said slowly: "I have in mind several things that ire puzzling me. I wish that you tvould discuss them with me now." "Tell me what they are. You know hat I am always auxious to reason •ipon perplexities with you." "I think of three, sir. each one sug gested by the replies that you have al ready made. 1 will approach them one by one." "Very well. The first, then?" "I aui still a child: not in the sense :o which you refer—that Is. not solely 11 that respect—but in every way. Why have I uot matured more nearly to manhood? While I was with you in the Smoky valley I saw several young men who were younger than I am. There was something about them that is different from anything I have ever known or experienced. It was in tangible, if you please, but it was nev ertheless real, because I could not dis cover that It existed between them individually, only between them, or 1 any one of them, and me. They were : rougher, brawnier, heavier in voice, in manner, in figure, th i am. Their 1 features were coarser -- everything [ about them was different. Hair grows » upou their faces, as it does on yours. 1 Will you explain this difference to me?" > 1 "Your training has been different , > i from theirs. Lisle." "Pardon me, sir, but I cannot under , stand why that should make all the . difference. There were subtle differ t ences which I have not words to ex i plain because I do not know how to , define them, hut I could feel them. ! , I One day, while we were sorting our cattle, two of them sat upon their , horses close beside you. I studied > them, and I studied you. Afterward , I rode up and took a place beside you myself, and then I studied over them again. The same difference did I not manifest Itself between them aud you as it did between them and me l or between you aud me. Do I make myself understood? I mean that in I some ways those strangers were more like you than I. who am your sou, am like you. The same subtle something 1 which distinguishes those young men i from me does not separate them from you, and the same inexplicable differ- I ence that exists between them and me I could discover also between you and j me. I am not like other men. Why am I not?" ' "Am I like other men whom you \ know. Lisle? Ami like Craig Tbomp i son?" asked Richard Maxwell, j "Yes, you are In the sense to which 1 I refer—ln that subtle sense which 1 i cannot define. It is in the air you breathe, in the way you breathe It, In the unspoken understanding between you and other men. or. since you have mentioned a name, lietween you and Craig Thompson—an understanding In which I have no part or place. "These subtleties. Lisle, are freaks of the imagination which result from your habits of study. Your life has been dif ferent from the lives of any other young man I ever knew. It is my love for you that has made It so. 1 have kept you near me and away from the world which I have repudiated. 1 have taught you differently, trained you dif ferently, led you to think differently. Your manner of living, your methods of study, your Isolation from strangers, have, combined, created the differences that you discover. Your Imagination has emphasized and magnified them. That Is all." Lisle sighed and shook his head neg atively. "You do uot or you will not under stand." he said. "Your reply does not comprehend the question. It Is like i building a house without windows. 1 ! am your son. You are my father, j Should not father and son be alike?" "Sometimes they are very much alike; sometimes they are very differ ent There is no rule which governs 1 such a condition. Step with me to the j mirror. Have you forgotten how great ly we resemble each other, eliminating the difference lu age?" "No; It Is true that our features are j alike. Our forms are different. Fre- | queutly I see you at work without your coat. You never permit me to re move mine except here In the house. The men remove theirs and place them across their saddles. Their figures, thus disclosed, are not the same as mine. Yours Is not the same as mine. I have studied myself before my own I mirror. I know that I ain cast In a different mold from other men. I know that you are cast in the same mold as other men. 1 am as different from you as the day is different from the night. Tell me truly, am I like a woman?" "Yes. you have the best qualities of woman and the best qualities of man. Strangers see and recognize both; hence > such remarks." "Again you fall short of a complete response to my question," sighed Lisle. "We will pass It for the present. You mentioned my parents. Who are or were they? You are one; who was the t other?" "Your mother." j "You have always refused to speak of her to me. Will you not do so now T "No." as not my mother—a being whom you have taught me to despise—a wom an?" 1 "Yes." "Does my mother live?" "We will not discuss your mother." J "I will not urge you, father, i have learned to know that the subject Is ' painful to you, although you will not I tell me why it Is so. May a child dur ing Its growth change from woman to man or from man to woman?" "Human beings come into the world by the will of God. They live out the period of existence allotted to each of them and pass away in order to make room for others. God appoints that they shall be men or women. Human ity has no power in the selection—a newcomer Is not permitted to choose between the two entities. They grow up like the sagebrush, some of them; others like the trees which 1 planted around this house when you were very small. You have been in our orchard with me when you have seen me prune and graft among the trees. You have seen me take a tender shoot from one— that Is the child—and affix it to anoth er of a different species; you have seen that shoot grow to maturity, just as you are growing; you have seen it bear fruit different in quality and texture. In size and In shape from the other fruit produced by that same tree." "Yes, but what is that tree to which you attach the shoot? Is it the father ©r Is It the mother?" 'lt Is both; It Is the father and the mother." "Yon are replying now to the third question I would have asked, for it concerned creation. Children are not grafted upon their fathers and moth ers as you graft the shoots upon the trees In our orchard." "The principle Is the same, Lisle, throughout all nature. The law of cre ation is the same in all things, from the alfalfa growing on the river bot toms to the sagebrush on the hills, from the trees in our orchard through the animal kingdom to humanity. You know what evolution Is. 1 have taught you that. The younger and weaker plants, whether they are vegetable or animal, are the result of laws which are controlled by the Supreme Father of all and which are and forever will remain a mystery to all mankind. They evolve Into the older and stron ger product Let us end this discus sion now. On the day when you are 21 we will resume these subjects. Como to me then." "Is 21 the crucial age of man? Are nil things revealed to him then? Will I experience a change when I arrive at that age? Will all things be made clear to me then?" "All things which puzzle you now will be made clear to you then, my son. I dread the day." "Why?" "It can bring no Joy to you—uotliiug but misery to me." "Father!" "Go. Lisle! Leave me now. Remain as you have been until that time. Aft er that"— "What, father?" Richard Maxwell did not reply, and after waiting a moment Lisle silently left the room and the house, mounted his horse and galloped away through the starlight alone. lie was not un happy. far from It, but he was pos sessed by the spirit of Investigation, and without his knowledge he was borne as rapidly as his horse could run straight toward the Immediate solution of all his vexing problems. CHAPTER VII. A WOMAN IN TUE QUESTION. L ISLE'S horse bad not borne him much more than a mile when out of the 6emidarkuess ' In front of him loomed a fig ure, also on horseback. At the same i Instant the stranger accosted him by uttering a shout which might. In that clear, still air, have been heard at the ranch. "Can you tell me If there Is a hu man habitation near here?" he asked as soon as Lisle, pistol In hand—foi strangers were not always friendly in that wild country—rode up to him. "There Is one, air," replied Lisle. "Are you In trouble?" "I should say so," was the petulant response. "Do you know a ranchman in this region by the name of Craig Thompson?" "Yes, sir; very well Indeed." "Is it his house that is near here?" "No. He lives 30 miles away, but my father's bouse Is about a mile dis tant. Will you go there with me? In .he morning I will guide you to Thomp son's ranch." "Thank you, young man. I accept your hospitality most gladly. My daughter will be especially pleased, for she is frightened to deat#»\t the pros pect of spending the nieht ou the plains, with nothing but the stars for a counterpane." "Your daughter!" exclaimed Lisle. "Yes, my daughter. I don't wonder that you express surprise at finding two strangers alone at night In such a place as this aud one of them a woman. It Is all because of her obstinacy. It's woman's mission to get men into trou ble. She would come out here today. I could not prevail upon her to wait until we could get a guide. She never rode a horse In her life, so I found and bought an old wagon, which has done nothing but break down ever since we started, and now It has gone beyond repair." How much more of an explanation he would have volunteered Is not known, for at that Instant they were both Interrupted by a clear voice call ing to them out of the darkness, and presently Lisle saw approaching them a figure such as he had never seen be fore, not even in his most vivid hours of Imagining—the slender, willowy, perfectly clad figure of a woman fresh from the hands of her modiste. "1 could not remain alone In that horrid place, with all sorts of eyes star ing at me out of the darkness," she said as she approached. "Who have you got with you, papa? 1 hope It is not one of those dirty Indians." "A gentleman, Erna, who has offered to assist us. This is my daughter, sir- Miss Ernestlna Thomas. I am Thomas O. Thomas of Kansas City. May 1 ask what your name Is?" Lisle raised his broad brimmed hat from his head with a courtesy that was Instinctive while he replied: "I am the son of Richard Maxwell, who owns this ranch. 1 am quite sure that my father will welcome you, al though It will be the first time that a woman has ever entered our house." "If the night were darker, so that 1 could not see you. I should say that you were a woman yourself." retorted Miss Thomas. "Is your father a wom an hater, Mr. Maxwell?" "I believe so." replied Lisle calmly. "Have you not another horse. Mr. Thomas?" "No; I stripped the harness oIT the only one we had to search for assist nnce. We left Itelinont tills morning with the only conveyance that could be procured, and we've been hopelessly lost ever since we started. It comes of permitting a woman to run things for you." "You were nearer Thompson's ranch when you started than you are now. You have come past it." said Lisle, leaping from his horse. "If your daugh ter will let me assist her to mount my tiorse, I will lead the way to my fa ther's house. It Is not far." "What! Ride on that saddle? Sit! astride, like a manl guess not! I'll walk," exclaimed the young lady in dismay. "How far is it?" "More than a mile." "Well, that won't hurt me. I walk farther than that in one afternoon's shopping at home. But how are we going to take all my things?" "We will leave them where they are till morning," said Lisle. "They will not be disturbed. If you are ready, we will start on." "But I can't go a .step without some of my things. Can't you put my small est trunk on your horse?" "I am afraid not. We can wait while you open it, however, and take out whatever you think is necessary." "We will not do anything of tin? kind," interposed Mr. Thomas. "The trunks can stay where they are till morning, and Erna can stay here or come with us, just as she pleases. Start along, Mr. Maxwell, and we'll follow." Lisle was accustomed to absolute authority on the part of fathers, and lie obeyed. "Come, then," he said, leaping lightly into the saddle. "When we have risen the next ridge, tlie house will be in view. There is a light In the library, and we will be able to see it.l will ride on, then, and prepare ray father for your coming. Miss Thomas uttered vehement pro tests against abandoning her "things," but her father was obdurate, and she had no choice but to follow them. When the crest of the next rise of ground was under their feet. Lisle pointed out the light and said that he would ride on, which he did without in the least heeding the many objections raised by the young lady. In truth, he was filled with dismay concerning what Ills father would say in view of the prospect of receiving a woman iuto the house, and furthermore he wished an opportunity to consider what his own conduct should be toward her in juxtaposition with all the prejudice that had been instilled into liis mind against her sex. lie knew already that he did not like her. She was very dif ferent from anything that he had eyer Been before, but he remembered th«. the light in which he had viewed her was very Imperfect. lie paid no at tention to her calls for him to return. The light of the house was in view. That was enough. lie had never been taught that it Is customary to show women more consideration than men. He supposed that they should be as self reliant as men, and this one, he mentally decided, was a baby, afraid of the dark and doubtless of her own shadow. lie had the same contempt for fear of any kind that any man of his training would have had, and he did not consider that a woman was pri- marily excusable for entertaining it. Richard Maxwell was standing on the veranda when he rode up. He knew that Lisle had ridden away in the darkness, and he was watching for his return, but he was not prepared for the announcement that his son had to make. It astonished, perplexed and angered him all at once, but no trace of these emotions expressed themselves a.she said calmly: "We will make them as welcome as possible." It did not occur to Lisle to return to the unbidden guests and complete the obligation of an escort, and, having * llcralscd his broad brimmed hut. turned his horse into the corral, he took a seat beside his father and await ed their coming. "Had you not better retire. Lisle?" murmured Richard Maxwell presently when the dark forms of the approach ing guests could be discerned in the distance. "No, sir. 1 much prefer to remain until these people arrive. I wish to see what a woman of our own kind looks like. Is it the manner of dress that makes the difference?" "Dress and training. Let me beg <>f you. Lisle, not to permit your curiosity to express itself to either of our guests. Such conduct would not be gentleman ly." "You do not like to have this woman here, sir?" questioned Lisle. "No. Emphatically 1 do uot." "I could uot do otherwise than to ask them to come." "Certainly uot. Their being here, '■ however, need not necessarily bring you in contact with them or with the woman. I will send Jack over to j Thompson's with them in the morn ing." "I have already promised togo, fa- I ther." "I have other duties for you to per. form. It will make no difference who acts as their guide." The strangers arrived soon after- j ward. Mr. Thomas came up with out- j stretched hand, for he had dismounted j and was walking beside his daughter. j "Your son has been our savior," he j said cordially. "We should have been ' obliged to pass the night in the open ] If he had not found us, and God knows *vliat would have become of my dauirh- i ier before morning. I have been en- i deavorlng ever since your son mention- < id your name to me to recall it. I have j succeeded. I think we have had some correspondence in the past, Mr. Max well. I am the Thomas of Thomas & Armstrong, Kansas City, Mo.; hides, hoofs and pelts. This is my daughter, Ernestine. I hope that we may not juit you to any inconvenience, but I can assure you that your house is a godsend to us now." "You are welcome, Mr. Thomas. | Pleased to meet you. Miss Thomas. I regret that there is not a woman in my establishment: so, if you will permit me, I will show you to your room my- , self." "If you would show me to the dining j room, it would be more to the point. I am simply famishing. As forgoing to I a sleeping room, I miu h prefer tore- i main here for a little while. The night ( is heavenly now that I am not dying with fright," said Miss Thomas rapid J ly. She disposed herself in one of the | big easy chairs and continued, ."ilmost | without pause: "It is strange that you j haven't a woman about you. How do j you do your cooking and mending? j Who makes the beds and and docs 1 other things that a woman ought to do for you? Your son says that you are ;i ; woman hater. I don't think there is any sense in that. <>h, dear! I'm com pletely done up by the terrible expe riences we have had today." "We are provided with efficient serv ants, Miss Thomas," said Maxwell calmly. "Lisle, will you find Ah Sin and tell him to prepare supper for our guests?" "A Chinese cook!" cried Miss Thom as. "How lovely! Is he chambermaid too? I have heard that they are ex cellent servants and that they are real ly preferred to women In lots ol places. Papa never took me with him on one of his trips before, but I just wouldn't let him go without me this time. An hour ago I would have given the world to be back again in Kansas City, and now I wouldn't be anywhere else than here if I could. What a pleasant room I this one is!" rising ami passing un ceremoniously through the open win ! dow. "This is the library? Your rson ! mentioned it to us. but 1 did not sup j pose that anybody had such a thing as j a real library in this region." She began an inspection of the book shelves, which she continued with ver bal approvement of the bindings until her eyes rested upon the piano. "Well, I never!" she declared vehe- I meutly. Then, raising her voice, she called out, "Who plays upon this—the Chinese cook?" "No," responded a quiet voice direct ly behind her. "My father and 1 play I upon it." "Why, Mr. Maxwell! How you star ' tied me! 1 did not hear you come in. i Whoever would have expected to find a piano here? Why. you are really quite civilized, are you not?" She raised her eyes to I.isle's when she asked the question, and her eyea and face were much more perfect than her manners, for they were exquisite, but when they encountered the wide eyed stare with which Lisle was re garding her her glance sank In confu sion, and the red blood suftused her throat and cheeks and brow. Then, because he continued silent and because she knew that he was still watching her. she became angry. "One would think that you nevei saw a woman before!" she exclaimed. "I never did." was the quiet reply. "What?" Miss Thomas forgot her confusion and her anger at the same instant. "What did you say? Say it again, please," sli" exclaimed after a shor pause. "You are the first woman that 1 ever saw. Miss Thomas," said I.lsle in the same quiet tone. He was perfectly self contained. lie regarded the beau tiful creature before hiui with exactly the same emotions that he would have felt if he had been standing before a cage in a menagerie, viewing some rare specimen of capture from equatorial Africa. He was studying her physique without approval, mentally rejoiced that his own In no way resembled it. That slender waist, which he might have spanned with his lingers, found no likeness in his own. That swelling bust, prominent In-neath the tight fit ting tailor made waist, appeared to him like a deformity. The tightly drawn skirt of brown cashmere seem ed to him as though it would be a de cided impediment to walking, and ho realized at once why its wearer had declined to mount his horse. Her hair filled him with wonder. She had thrown aside her hat. and he saw upon her head the most remarkable specta cle he had ever witnessed. Miss Thom as was justly proud of her hair. She had often been accused of bleaching it, but she had the satisfaction of know ing that it was not only natural, liut that its tint could not be counterfeited by all the chemicals in the world, and Lisle studied it in amazement. He be lieved that if it were permitted to fall to Its full length It would have reached to the ground, as indeed it would, or very nearly so. He thought it must be very heavy to carry around, and he wondered if she slei>t with it that way. While he studied her the anger in her face died out altogether and gave place to an expression of genuine amusement. "This is the first time," she said presently, "the very first time, in all my life that I ever posed as a curiosity. I rather like it. Goon. I am sorry that I did not think to provide myself with a catalogue. Perhaps, though, I can as sist you verbally. What are you look ing at now—my boots? They're twos, manufactured by Smiths Brown.Main street. Kansas City: quality, of the fin est; shape, the latest: style, unexcep tional; finish, superb: handsome and warranted; price, $7.50. What now? Look at them closely: I wear fives. My. how cold your hands are! They're like ice. Sep how warm mine are. Oh, the rinzs! Did you think they wefi torus? They slip off and ou- -so. One of them—this one—is an engagement ring, but 1 shan't marry the man who put it there. How old are you, Mr. Maxwell more than TV" "I am 18." Lisle still kept his eyes fixed upon her, changing his gaze from point to point In search of new sur prises and further marvels. He was mentally comparing lu r to himself, and he thought that there were many points - of similarity which he had not at first discovered; also tfiat they were decid edly unlike. To him she was a human paradox. "Are you really?" she exclaimed. "1 should have said that you were much V \ -j | !\ 1 x■' * 1 > I 4'C "-7. • loßf . ; pS* ' " t voungrr ' a:n I too; I ii. then, you are o;.!. i I.oy li. i:»* - •.tit- lor the differ. P.oys d .;i't amount to much." "1 Lave been tat:'ht -C M women do not." i" > < .1 I.Me gr ively. "That col. • ■! of li;:\ itig a woman hat er for a fail ■ r li's awfully stupid of him. I' will l.e nil the worse for you when you 1 < ::t v, hat women really are. They'll lead you a dance. <>h, how I would like to have you In Kan sas city! Shall I turn around? Would you like to study my back?" "If you please." "Well, I never! There, how do you like that?" Her figure, though slight, was what any man would have pronounced be witching. but it did not so impress Lisle Maxwell. "I do not think that I like it,"he said reflectively. She wheeled around with a suddeu ; ncss that startled him, but she only stared. For once she had not words with which to ex [tress her sentiments. (To be continued). FOR. THE CHILDREN Facts unit i'anclea About lives. I We have knowledge and history of bees for more than 2,200 years. Arts totle speaks of three different species of honeybees. Virgil speaks of two, the better variety being spotted or va riegated and of a beautiful golden eol -1 or. This variety recently has attracted ! much attention among beekeepers, for it still exists after the lapse of 2,000 years as separate and distinct from the common kind. Honey was a favorite food in ancient j Egypt, and to obtain the greatest pos j sible amount from each hive of bees j they were transported on boats from I place to place along the* t>'ile, according | to the succession of flowers. , | This custom also has been long In vogue in l'ersla and Asia Minor, as well as in Scotland when the heather Is in bloom. In Poland bees are transported from their winter quarters to summer pas tures and back again in winter. A floating beehouse has been in use on the Mississippi large enough to ao commodate 2,000 hives and is intended to keep pace with the blossoming flow ers that none of their precious sweets may be allowed togo to waste. In India myriads of bees inhabit the trees along the banks of streams and the jungles of the central provinces, the honey furnishing a favorite article of food for the natives. After being thus robbed of their nests they become exceedingly fierce, and so violent are their attacks at times that travelers often have miserably perished from their stings. They say it ' is better to be chased by almost any thing from an elephant downward than by a host of angry India bees. Some tribes of Indians call the bee "the white man's fly," for the domestic bee was not known in America until the white settlers Introduced it west of the Mississippi in 1797 and in Cali ' fornia In 1850. It is estimated that from May to Oc tober. after visiting tens of thousands 1 of flowers, a single l>ee gathers only | about one-quarter of a teaspoonful of ' honey. A Boy's Theater. Thomas F. Walsh, the millionaire, Is ' building a private theater in Washing j ton for the purpose of developing th<i dramatic talent of his young son Vin ' cent, who at the age of eleven years has manifested it wonderful talent for ' the tragic muse. The theater is lo I cated over the stable and near his handsome Massachusetts avenue resl ' deuce and is to be fully equipped with scenery and all necessary stage set ting. for the arrangement and making of which Mr. Walsh has engaged the best of New York talent. Mr. Walsh has one of ii:e finest private stables in j Washingon now, and there will be a 112 private entrance for the guests who at- I tend the juvenile performances of voting Walsh and liis boy friends. i From earliest childhood Mr. Walsh's son has shown a love of the theatrical, and his parties for his young friends at various Washington theaters last winter were numerous, several of t which were attended by the president's I children. For several years past he I has been under the best elocutionists of the country and will this winter have I special coaching for the various plays I which he and his young ft.ends are to , produce. Young Walsh is a sturdy, wholes >nie lad, with a lot of common s use, : n erous and thoughtful for liis friends. The president's children are his most Intimate acquaintances and will doubt less participate in liis performances or at least be frequent spectators. Liver Pills That's what you need; some thing to cure your bilious ness and give you a good digestion. Ayer's Pills are liver pills. They cure con stipation and biliousness. Gently laxative. AN druggists. Want your moustache <>r beard a beautiful brown or rich Mack ? Then use BUCKINGHAM'S DYE W j 50 CTS. or PnuGGis** o* R P H»li A CO. NASHUA, N H. A Fireman. Mike O'Hagan had never been oi suc cess. He had been discharged from the service of a bus company for al lowing his bus to l>e smashed by a tramcstr and from the service of a tram company for bumping into a car riage. Finally, however, he landed in the fire brigade, and all his friends ex pected that he was settled for life. He was not, however, for in less than a month he was again looking for a job. "Ilow did it happen, Tim?" said Mike's friend Tat to Mike's brother Tim. "Oi'll tell ye, me bhoy," replied the latter. "Shure, there came a foire, an' Moike he wint. An' whin he got there there was a man on the top ov a blaz in' bttildin' scr'amln' for help. 'What'll Oi do at all?'says he. 'llould on,' says Moike, an' he t'rows him a rope. 'Tie it round yer neck,' says he." "And what did Mike do then?" "He pulled him down!"— London An swers. Foundered i «>•.%. Cows sometimes beeome stiff from being chased or driven until very warm. They will outgrow most of It in time. Some relief is a flurried by standing In a stall with four or five inches of wet sand two or three hours h day. Nasal CATARRH /pwN In all its stages there J £ should Ely's Cream Balm cleanses,soothes and heals ■ J b V It curt-? catarrh and drives M awny a cold in the hi ad ■■■■ quickly. Cream B»lm is placed Into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief it im mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying-doe* not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at llnig j-ists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 ceuts by mail. ELY BROTHERS, 50 Warren Street, New York. J. J. BROWN, i THE EYE A SPECIALTY Eyes tested, treated, fitted with <la«s es *ixl artificial eyes supplied. Market Street, Blooiusburg, Pa. Hours —10 a in.to 5 p. m. Tel phone lLtt' WIOHIE LIVFCS ARE SAVED ...BY USING... Dr. King's New fe^ry, . ..i OIL. Consumption, Coughs and Colds Than By Ail Other Throat And Lung Remedies Combined. This wcriderf-.:! IT. cir.e | ,'it!v?!y cures Ccnsumpti .n, Cuugris.-, Uii,, Bronchitis, Asthma, r lonia, Hay Fever, Pleurisy, LsGripj H less, Sore Throat, Croup end Whooping Cough. NO CURE. KO PAY, Price 5Cc. & sl. Tiul Bottle free. Needed in Every i lorue B THE NEW (™SI) AND LNLARGF.D jj E.DITION OF WEBSTER'S INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY A Dictionary of ENGLISH, Blogrttphy,Geo(iropl)> , Ficllon.elc. New Plates Throughout 25,000 New Words Phr&ses and Definitions Prepared 11n<)■ i" tin: •;ir. <■ t vision (if W. T. HARRIS, Ph.D., LL.D., United Sidles Commis-ioner of Edu cation ussi>lei 11 > y u large eorps if ••■•in petent specialists und editors. Rich Bindings 2361 (Juariu I'ants 5000 Illustrations The International was first insued in 1800, succeeding the "Unabridged." The New and ll'ilarged Edition of the International was issued in October, 1900. Oet Ie lah We also |>i 11 >t isli Webster's Colleslato Dictionary with Glossary of Scottish Wiiidannd Phrases. 1100 PAfrua. 1400 Illustrations. Hiu TxlOisi A-8 inchoa. "Kirgt-class in quality, so, ■ ml-class in siae." Specimen pages, el e. of ln>th books sent on application. / fvj G.6C. MERRIAMCO. -:iR 5 I n..t i. , _ ! COLLEGIATE I Publishers, V DICTIONARYJ Springfield, Mass. n ■— PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, TIME T4BLE [n Effect May, 25, 1902. ■ A. M. Serantonf D&H)iv ■» 38 112 A 27 Pittston " " I i "U §2 1U 4 .">2 A. »1 P. M. P. M Wilkesburre... 1 v »7 •' <jio 35 2r> it (Hi I'lyin'th terry * 110 42 I - 52 t'B "T Nanticoke " 10 50 3 t.| 8 17 Mocaiiauuu .... " 11 07 3 'A) 837 Wapwallopen.. 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Myerl.v, late of of Panvillc, in tho coniitv of Montour and st'itr <>f !'• -iitiiv 1 v:»n ia, deceased. Notice is hereby tfiven tlmt 1 tier testamentary have l»t cu to the undersigned. All persons indebted to the said estate art- required to loakt payment, and those having elaims or dt mauds against the said estate, will make known the same without ileJay to MRS. HARRIETS MYKRf.Y, Exe« utrix id George W. Myerly, D»-eeasei|. Edward Say re CJearhart, (,'ounsel. 'Danville' Pa., Dewmber 10th, lIHI2 T ACKAWANNA RAILROAD. U —BLOOMSBURO DIVISION. WEHT. A. M. A M. A M. P. M New York lv 200 in,*. P M. , .Scrantou ar 017 ISO 1 P. M. Hllttalo lv 11 HU 245 A. M. Scrantou ar 553 luo6 Scrantou lv 035 10 10 150 ti 10 A. M. A M I' ■ p M scrantou Iv f' : '-5 *lO 10 fl 5-. *8 10 1 Hellevue 03H ' Taylor ,i 4., I" 17 2 "■( Is , Lackawanna 8 # 111 24 210 >< 2». 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New York ar 335 500 .... 6aU P >l - lv I i", .... upi A. y.. , Buffalo ar .... 7« 7» "Daily, 112 Daily except Sunday. I fStopH on signal or tin notice to conductor T. F..( LAKKK. 112. W. LKK. Gen. Huperintendent. Gen. \<ent Shoes Shoes St3riisli.: CHeap : ISeliabie : Blcyclo, Cymnasium and Tennis Shoes. THK CKLKKKATKh Carlisle Sliocs AND THE Bnajj; Proof liuhhcr Hoots A SI KCIAI.H A. SCHATZ. SOEBINS SEW! A- Reliable TO BHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing Spouting and Cencrai Job Work. Stoves. Heator% Ran<e«, Furnaces. «tc- PRICES THE Lo\l EST! QtILITY TOE BEST! * JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E. rr.oNT sr. » A PIIGG The Coal Dealer SELLS WOOD —AND COAL AT 344 Ferry Stree*
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