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Y A ITCHTY degrees in the shade,
and there was no shade!
" »»ld Uemnant perceived by
21 a healthy movement of his {
bead that the warder's back was turn
ed. and, setting down his barrow, he
pulled off his cap and wiped his steam- 1
big h. aland face. The younger man j
went on swinging his pick as steadily ;
as ever.
The outdoor gangs had been at work
n. arly tour hours under that smiting s
z. nith, and the gray white quarries i
v re as b Is of fire. < 'ivil t Juard Puck
went to and fro on his sentry beat
auainst the wall, the sun gleaming
froai the barrel of his ritle. Except for ;
the rifle on Mr. Tack's shoulder, that j
boundary wall would have seemed ;
small enough. Old Uemnant was cer- ;
tain he could take it at a vault. Hut :
Mr. Tuck bad once severed with a bul- !
let the a man who was curious
to know iust what height the wall was. ;
1 suppose the man also wanted to
know what w as on the other side of the
wall, for in seventeen years he had not
passed beyond It.
It was nearly 11 o'clock, and those
horriMe quarries under that vault of '
tire would grow jet more promethean
hot.
old Uemnant went forward with his
liarfow , a brawnj convict of five or six
*ud forty, as fine as steel, the skin of ,
.is face, in • k, arms and hands burned
llmost walnut. He had a long, Irreg
llar face, with blue eyes, straight nose
md a beautiful square mouth stocked
vith the whitest teeth. What hair the
onvict barber had left him was just I
ns>ing from deep brown to gray. His
ruis were tattooed profusely, and lie
MIS especially proud pf the death's ,
ead on hi> right foreaWn. His knlck
rbocker suit of drab had the yellow
acinus of a second class prisoner, for
>kl Uemnant could never stay long in
he first class, and the figures on his
leeve badge told that he must wear
hat suit for ten dreadful years.
He last a look beyond the wall, the
>ok of a man who would do very in
iscreet things if chance would but
tve him the very tiniest opening, for
ist beyond that paltry barrier lay the
dr world of freedom, cribs to crack,
ice courses where you could bet the
Ids, Wash houses to drink and gamble
ail night, music hall, women friends
id quiet publics south of the Thames
here you could enjoy a bit of cock
{bting undisturbed.
Hut, above everything else, it was the
lrst that plagued him, and Old liein
uit's eyes were fixed upon the green
onboard at the door of the Plum and
i-athers, right In the middle of the
llage street, which was just visible
ui the quarries. Free
eu were in there, out of tin. -.purser! 1
u, drinking what they pleased. Old
'lunant almost fancied he could hear
e ale flow frothing Into the pewter
ts. Five years since he had raised a
wter to his lips'.
The young man continued steadily
swing his pick.
'Matey!" whisjtered Old Uemnant.
Well?" And you could tell by the
Ice that the younger one was a "gen
man lug," a "toff." His sleeve car
d the figure ti.
How does teetotal stand it, matcy.V' l
'Oh, pretty well!"
Ugh! 1c d drink the bloomln' silver ,
anies!"
Now, then, old un," cried the ward
"you'll catch a cold if you take it so j
ty there!"
Ulght, sir!" chuckled Old Uemnant, |
0 could swallow a hint proffered j
twlse.
he officer in charge of the quarries j
his whistle to his lips and blew the
•ase work!"
Slops on, and fall In!" said the ward
jf Old Hemnant's party,
he sun smote hlm sorely through his
112 cap and serge tunic, and the sword
his belt seemed to scorch his leg,
not a muscle of him was relaxed,
rawing on their slop jackets, the
1 of each party formed In double
; party advanced to Join party; the
itary guard, sweltering In their
rlet tunics, came behind, and the
I guard, with their guns to shoot
n lags, brought up the rear. Then
long drab column began limply to
•eh through the burning quarries,
•side Old Uemnant walked Falr
the one with the 5 on his sleeve,
stood two Inches above his cotn
: and was reckoned the best looking
vlct in Ixtngstaff.
d Uemnant, who was fastidious in
choice of a pal, had frozen to Falr
who had sacrificed his liberty for
years in an hour of political sleep
king In Ireland. He was the only
Itical" on the roll of
igh there were two or three scores
gentlemen lags," with very ungen
aniy records at their backs. In all
drab colored column, moving slack
irough the fervid dust of the quar-
Fairfax was perhaps the only one
bad never stained his inmost self
ugh the eight and twenty years
is quixotic life.
om the broiling gray white quar
to the blistering gray yards of the
in and up the asphalt slope to the
de ground, search parade, caps off,
i unbuttoned, arms outstretched,
, novels excepted, you could fetch
hook or a file or a saw from the
ries of I.ongstnff!
e deputy governor, In from his
*r by the river, fanned himself
his straw and clicked a spur
ist a buttress of the clock tower.
(idded to the chief warder as the
es were checked off and said
ry up!" at intervals,
i! You're wantin' that whisky an'
ain't you?" muttered Old Hein
"Ain't goln' to put me alongside
e, I expect."
innant," whispered Fairfax,
t's wrong with you this morn
l iim't get In trouble."
had known his gang companion
is the wariest and most prudent
isoners. The warders, having a
acquaintance with him, knew
■ld un' as a very tough member
his foot itched for liberty,
i all right, matey," he said when
enroll warder had passed down
tie. "A bit of trouble would do
od just now. 1 can do five stretch
rtable, but 1 gets the hump after
Matey, I've a notion I'm goln' to
my hook."
n't be a fool," said Fairfax sotto
"No one has ever got away alive
LongstalT."
! That's where the ambition
in, matey. <»h, he's ambitious,
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Three times had Old Uemnant bro
ken prison, but never from Longstaff.
Prom Longstaff. as Fairfax said, no
one had ov( r got away alive.
The next day was Sunday, and Sun
day brought with it always one blessed
relaxation the prisoners, tongue tied
on week days, were allowed to talk at
exercise.
Old Itemnant seemed pleased with
himself that morning. He was sedate
ly jocular.
"F.njoy your break fas', matey?" lie
Inquired of Fairfax.
"1 always do."
"Ah! Fver think of a steak and on
ions. matey?"
"Well, not for breakfast."
"11 'in! It's queer, but I thought this
mornin' 1 c'd do a steak nnd onions all
round the clock— breakfas", lunch, arft
ernoon tea and seven thirty dinner in
my nice white choker. You ain't see
me in a white choker, matey. Now,
you're a chap that thinks, and I expect
you've had dreams. lielieve in dreams,
matey?"
"What sort?"
"Never mind. I dreamed of a steak
nnd onions, matey, two nights before 1
got out of Horstal."
"You're on that tack still, are you?"
said Fairfax.
"Ten years is a long stretch, matey."
"You've done five," said Fairfax.
"Five's a stretch you can do on your
head. It's when you turns the corner
and sees another blooniin' five!"
"Pull yourself together," said Fair
fax. "You can't get out of LongstalT."
Fairfax did not much believe in Old
liemnant's project, for the impregna
bility of Longstaff was a kind of prov
erb in all Fnglish prisons, but the
face of that able burglar and prison
breaker was very studious as lie sat in
his cell through the afternoon of Sun
day, with the Itible across his knees.
Old Uemnant was aware that every
chance was against him, but he had
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"How dftes teetotal stand It, rnntci/T"
seen freedom in a vision, and he could
see nothing else. This tierce freedom
hunger is the chief disease of convict
prisons, and all the prison people know
it well, from the governor down to the
commonest little sneak of a convict in
his keeping. I(.ay and night the lag
hopes and pines for liberty. There is
nothing but this longing and the dull
hope of its fulfilment that solaces his
bondage. The years do not roll with
him. They trail and slug along and
seem perpetually to lose their course,
as if some cruel hand put back the
clock a little and a little every day.
Old Uemnant knew that he had the
freedom hunger very badly and knew
that it would get the better of him.
When it gnawed like this, he laid al
ways made his ru h, and three times
lie had succeeded, but here, for the
first time, lie had neither plan nor in
spiration. lie was ignorant of every
thing that was to come, liis time was
at hand for another leap at tin* liars,
lb- must make that leap, but intuition
lighted him no further.
At bedtime he was as empty of ideas
as at dinner time, and he wanted an
other twelve hours for quiet medita
tion. lie had thought out his last es
cape in a punishment cell at Chatham.
On the Monday morning, accordingly,
he refused to muster for chapel and
was promptly marched to "chokey."
"I'll get it here," said Old Uemnant
as the door closed upon him in the
dark cell.
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Hoom went the bell, the great bell in
the tower, and 1,-"" convicts, less one,
sat bolt up in their and lis
tened. Not a warder patrolling his hall
In l'elt shoes, lantern in hand, but stood
and listened to the bell. No sound ever
moves the prison as that does, for the
angry nu -s.ige of the bell was this:
"Prisoner escaped!"
It was perfectly dark in the cells; so,
being inid-.luly, it could be nowhere
near the morning. Who had got clear
in that short span of darkness?
Fairfax alone perhap - divined aright.
Kverj warder on night duty in every
hall glanced nervously at the cells
around and above him. lie knew that
in each of those cells a convict was
sitting up wide eyed and with both
ears straining, and while that bell was
clanging none could tell what next
might happen
llappy the warder who could say, "It
uin't one of my birds!"
No prisoner durst quit his hammock,
no warder could leave his hall, until
the door was unlocked from the other
side by the officer of the morning.
Hut every hall was silent and secure,
yet still the be 11 kept shrieking: "Pris
oner escaped! Prisoner esca-a-aped!
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The new punishment cells were in
the southeast angle of tiie prison I lley
bad been built against an outer wall of
old LongstalT castle, at the base of
which, some twenty feet below the lev
el of the prison, ran the small, swift
river Tone. This outer wall, almost
the sole upstanding portion of the cas
tle, was fashioned of enormous granite
blocks, and its thickness throughout
was nearly four feet.
The live new punishment cells occu
pied a short corridor, one end of which
was included, while at tin* other end an
iron wicker led into a little circular
yard, with very high walls, where [iris
oners in close confinement were exer
cised separately during one hour of the
twenty four. This yard communicated
hy means of a stone passage and two
other wickets with 1> hall of the prison,
and the night warder in I (patrolled the
far corridor every fifteen minutes.
That night warder had just discov
ered lliat the dark cell into which Old
Kemiiant had been locked in the morn
ing was empty. lie had seen him u
quarter of an hour earlier apparently
asleep on his plank. If tliis were
strange, stranger a hundred times was
the sight which the cell presented. It
was (lawless in every part. Not a
brick had been displaced; the tloor and
the ceiling were whole, the fastenings
of the door intact.
It is little to say that the warder
was duinfounded. Ills feeling of the
matt t went deeper, for he saw how
desperately black it looked against
himself. Miracles suspended, a prison
er does not pass unaided out of a dou
ble proof cell and leave not a trace be
hind him. lie iloats magically through
four feet of granite wall, or somebody
lets him out.
I luring twenty beats of his watch the
night warder passed in review his sev
en years' untarnished service and reck
oned up Ills very certain chances of
punishment. Then he did his duty and
pressed his finger on the electric button
at the wicket.
On the heels of the chief warder
came the governor, and they both look
ed askance at that clean cell out of
which Old Uemnant had whisked him
self in fifteen minutes, with neither
chip nor filing to betray his flight.
It was then that the big bell in the
tower laid its tongue to that rousing
message of "Prisoner escaped!"
The night warder, an old salt with a
faultless record in the navy and a
faultless one in Longs t a If, stood a little
on his dignity. The governor and the
j chief warder knew him for a very safe
! hand, but here was a strong cell, with
not a stone displaced in it, from which
' a prisoner had vanished in fifteen inin
' utes. Is prison broken and not a brick
loosened, not a bar severed? It is ini
-1 possible to credit miracles in the serv
ice. The nivht warder disappeared un
der arrest.
When a prisoner has escaped, the
governor and his staff expect to be
busy. The small percentage of dan
gerous convicts found in every prison
grows very warm. It is angry and en
vious, ripe for mutiny and sore Inclined
to follow in the footsteps of the fugi
tive. And every class in the prison,
; except perhaps that of the "blue dress
; men," whose release is near, feels the
i disturbing intluence of a bold escape.
(jreat that day among all the broth
-1 erhood of the broad arrow was the
; fame of Old Ilemnant.
Fairfax was a prisoner of approved
I behavior, lie kept himself a man, so
! far as one may do under that Egyp
tian sway, and, having sense enough
to ignore the waspish incivilities of the
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type of warder who likes to"put the
gentleman lag in his place," It was
i rare for him to be in trouble. In two
j years he had not once tried to find out
i the weak places in the rules, a favorite
, sport in that unsportive arena.
Hut Fairfax had a livelier and more
j personal relish of < (Id liemnant's filght
: than any other man in LongstalT, since
i lie alone had been privy to the design,
nnd Fairfax, the self contained, had
j the fidgets as badly as uny one that
i morning. lie hoped b was not going
j to lose his head.
J A man in one of the quarry parties
. struck work and said tli<might as
well let him out as Old Uemnant. No
! one except Fairfax believed that he had
I broken unassisted out of Longstaff.
"We'll run you in instead," said the
warder of the mutineer, and off they
marched liiui.
Fairfax himself was twice bidden to
be brisker with his work Fairfax, the
; diligent. It annoyed him, for he was
' working below his form.
All the warders were inclined to
show their tooth, and when a much
fretted warder does this it may be
' nasty for the lag within his reach.
; Fairfax had no mind to take fire if he
could help it, but all tempers were
touchwood that morning, and the prick
ing heat did not soothe them.
"Keep step there, won't you? What's
come to you this morning'/"
This was addressed to Fairfax on the
march off from the quarries. Fairfax
was aware that his step was perfect.
"I?e hanged to you!"
The imprudent answer had left bis
tongue almost before his mind had
framed it.
"Very well, my boy!" came the om
inous retort.
FaNy as it was, the chief warder
? had dealt with a number of potty cases
I (the governor holds his court later),
! and his temper, too, was on the down
: grade. "Abusive language" to an olli
i cer, as striking too deeply at discipline,
is never condoned in prison, liut Fair
j fax had a very clean bill of conduct,
and the gray bearded chief warder, de
' spite his unwonted irritation, was not
disposed to make this a case for the
governor.
"A prisoner of your station and edu
cation," he said, "is expected to keep a
• civil tongue in his head, even when his
; temper is a little tried. Perhaps twen
ty-four hours' solitary confinement,
with plain fare, will be long enough for
you to get this lesson by heart."
As penalties are meted out, this was
a mild one. Many a man has been tied
to the triangles for a hot retort upon a
warder.
Fairfax, then, instead of returning to
his own cell, was haled away to cho
key. Chokey, the punishment cell, Is no
longer the black hole of the old days,
but It is very still and dismal, and twi
light reigns there through all the gaudy
noons of summer. A deal plank is
the only furniture, there is nothing to
read, and "plain" is a generous descrip
tion of the fare. Chokey was unusual
ly full that day thanks, in the main,
to old Remnant's example or the
apartment which had been assigned to
I irfax might have been sealed, for
partieular reasons.
A . he took in its solid proportions, his
eye growing reconciled to the murk,
his spirit within him did obeisance to
t!" ; 11i11- of Old l:>miiaiit. What a
mill to have eluded such a fastness!
Fairfax examined the iron plated door,
mm l d the cement llooriiig with his
foot ami -mote the walls softly with
his hand. I low wis it done? llad Kid
Itemnant bribed his warder, after all?
If not. then the annals of prison break
ing 1 Id no feat worthy of a place with
It struck Fairfax as curious that the
wall facing the door, which appeared
to lie of granite, was not whitewashed
like the other walls, but lie remembered
that thi se cells were scarcely out of
the hands of the convict builders.
A trap in the doot fell inward, and
dinner was served one pound of bread
with water The sybarites in the ordi
nary cells were feasting on stewed mut
ton and hot potatoes. Fairfax stretched
himself upon his plank and contem
plated tin luxury oi a noonday's sleep,
lie had eaten only halt his bread, and
he was hungry, but he was also wear!
ei than he had supposed, and sleep
came easily.
As he -1- ;.t he dreamed that a voice
rose fi. in beneath him, and even In his
dream he \\ is conscious that he turned
over and strained his ear. Then the
voice grew clearer, and it said, close to
him and quite plainly: "Kemnant! Old
Remnant!"
Still dreaming, ho beheld Old Rem
nant lying in a swoon on a narrow,
spiral stairway between two walls, and
it was pitchy dark. Dreaming, ha
arose and groped his way downward,
touched Remnant and passed him un
til, at a bend in the spiral passage, ho
saw far below a point of light Ilka a
pin hole, lie cried aloud cheerily and
awoke.
He must have slept away ten hours
of his sentence, for the cell was as
bhn k as the stairway of his dream,
and he could see the twinkle of the gas
in the corridor. Hearing the warder
coining on his round, he lay still upon
his plank.
If he had known at that moment that
fie was in the cell from which Old Rem
nant had escaped the night before!
The warder passed and returned
along his beat.
Then Fairfax sat tip and listened,
certain that a call was coming. It
came, rising, as it had risen fu his
dream, from some spot beneath him.
Scarcely audible at first, it mounted
higher and became a distinct cry:
"Remnant! Old Remnant!"
"It's the man himself!" said Fairfux
under his breath.
A pause, and the cry tfns repeated:
"Remnant! Old Remnant!"
It was no spook. Fairfax knew the
voice. Old Remnant, alive, but Btill
Imprisoned, lay somewhere underneath.
The warder had evidently heard
nothing. The voice had made no sound
beyond 4IIC ribbed and plated door of
the cell.
When the warder had passed a sec
ond time, Fairfax slid down from 1119
plank I d and went cautiously on
hands and knees over the narrow area
of the floor, pressing it closely, inch by
inch. Then lie moved both hands slow
ly ov.-r the surface of the granite wall.
But what he looked for he did not find.
He spent half an hour at this task,
creeping back to his plank at the sound
of the warder's foot, and twice again
lie heard Old Remnant calling.
Fc» a last move, when the felt shoes
had shuillt d off a third time, Fairfax
set back close against the granite wall
and edged Ins way inch by inch along it.
Midway beside the two side walls
the \ .ill at bis back seemed to give.
IP- laid all bis weight against it, and
the granite sank behind him like a
cushion. Turning around, he pressed
one finger on the spot that gave, and
the solid wall opened to his touch.
'The mystery was solved—the two
prisoners had happened 011 a secret
spring which no linger had found for
B<K> years!
.Fairfax reckoned that he had from
ten to fifteen minutes for the business
of exploring. Stuffing into his pocket
tin half loaf of bread he had pre
serve.l for <»ld Kemnant, If he had
trapped himself ln lo\v. must be hungry
as a rat he pushed open the solid door
in the -olid wall and peered down. It
wa- as black as he had dreamed it,
but lie could just make out the narrow
stairs.
Stepping out he drew the door close,
but was careful not to shut It, as Old
Remnant have done.
Time was every thing, and Fairfax
called softly upon the burglar by name.
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lit I 'ld all kin weight ugnlnut it.
No answer. The "old un," if he were
there, was evidently In doubt. Again
Fairfax called, and this time he added
his own name. Somewhere from the
dark below the answer came:
"It ain't you, matey, is itV"
"Yes. Where are you 7"
"Slipped down the steps and thought
I'd broke my bloomin' back. Fairly
nabbed this time, matey!"
We'll see about that directly," said
Fairfax, who knew that the hidden
passage must issue somewhere.
lie felt bis way down until he came
upon Old Remnant at an angle of the
stairs.
"Are you badly hurt?" he asked.
"No. I seem all right now, but I'm
that sharp set, matey!"
Fairfax produced his half loaf.
"What made you call'.'"
"Well, matey, I reckoned the 'cat*
was better than buryin' alive."
Fear hunger and that narrow pas
sage oi darkness had almost cowed
Old liemmw t.
"Where'; the 'screw'/'" lie asked
again.
"11, 1.1 just passed when I slipped
oil! At t• • t, we ian go hack, but
we'vi a few minutes yet."
"But how in the world did you get
here, matey'.' Fancy you in chokey!"
' I'll tell you that when there's time.
I'm going to see where we are first."
A- be spoke lie mailt? another step
downward.
<>ld Remnant, losing his foothold,
falling, swooning and coming to his
sense;- with the frightful conviction
that he had buried himself alive, had
shouted in the desperate hope that he
might be rescued and retaken.
But at the moment of his fall he was
within a few feet of liberty.
Some half dozen steps brought Fair
fax to In bottom of the flight. Here,
ho we r. the way was barred by an
otlie a of stone, but Fairfax, re
me< ering the point of light his dream
ha , e:11 oil to him, groped until he
«;i upon a -mall round hole In the
v Was 111 - another door with a
ingV lie pressed, and it yielded as
e wall of the cell had done!
• i mi. ' !" he whispered to Old Rem
nant, hit b tore the burglar had de
scended Fairfax had the second door
npi-ii In another moment they stood
tou.'tlii r b.\ the -wilt running Tone.
'II : iivi-nioiboat la> moored at the
bank. Liberty at last!
For bo! h 7
No foi one only!
Even as he stood there Fairfax had
Oaken bis resolve. For the burglar, at
•<var with aii authority, freedom ut any
price, hut the course which was natu
ral to old Remnant was denied to the
"political." For a moment, with the
sweet air of freedom in his nostrils
and the thought of the quarries on the
morrow, flight tempted him, but he
could not steal away with the felon.
He judged that he had still some two
or three minutes left him.
Silently pointing to tbe boat, he held
out his hand to Old Remnant.
Astonishment was writ in capitals on
those not repellent features, but Fair
fax gave his man no time for .words.
■'<loodby, old chap, and good luck!"
he said, and, slipping behind Old Rem
nant, whom he never saw ngain, he
made fast the door in tbe wall.
Then he mounted to his cell, and,
closing noiselessly behind him the sec
ond of those magic doors, he stretched
himself once more upon his plank.
The night warder approached the
door on tiptoe, peeped In and passed on.
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Mine. Brassard, a i r neliwoman who
keeps a small corner shop at Lyons,
lays claim to being the most noted
Alpinist of the fair sex in F.urope.
'J his poor woman, who gains her liv
ing by following the French Alpine
troops during their maneuvers in the
Alps in order to sell In r coeoa, lies ac
complished during these marches some
remarkable Alpine feats.
This year she joined the Ninety-ninth
battalion and inarched with it into
Savoy, after which she . :.eh uiged to
the Ninety-seventh, which sin followed
in all its marclie-. in a space of a
few days this extnn-rdivary woman
climbed the Mont .lovet t'_'."Oii inotor.-i.
crossed the <"• .1 de la Vanoise, which
was covered with two feet of snow at
the time, ascended Mont I'roid rj.sou
metersi. one of tli > most dangerous
mountains in the Fiench Alps; accom
panied the soldiers to the summit of
Mont t'enis ti'.'J »> nc torsi. and finally
nached the top of the l'rejus
Ilietersi, where she quitted the Ninety-
Seventh r inient to join the grand
maneuvers in Savoy. IMiring her trav
els Mine. I'.rassard constantly carried
n basket containing nearly thirty
pounds of cocoa and her provisions,
wore ordinary shoe-; without nails and
was armed with an ordinary walking
stiek. Many soldiers "fell out" with
fatigue during these difficult marches.
Not so Mine. Bra-sard. who finished up
by walking anions the sold ers another
hour or two in order to sell her cocoa.
A paltry ir.it francs represented the
profit at tli ■ end of the maneuvers.—
('liieago < 'hronicle.
\ 1 li lit cnp Dinner.
At a riiinese dinner given in Sail
Francisco in h nor of Mrs. Bobert
Louis St. \< ion tli se were among the
queer things TV. d: Birds' nest soup
came in four different courses. Ac
cording to one guest it was transparent,
tasteless, utterly uninviting and more
like wall paper paste than anything
els.v t'hitiese nuts took the place of
salted almonds.
Then there wire dried eels sliced in
chicken broth, sharks cooked in a doz
en ways and served in several courses;
"lotus flower." e.-nsisthtg of a slice of
fat pork, a slice of dried (luck and a
piece of preserved watermelon, so ar
ranged that one could take a bit of all
three at once; dried mushrooms, tur
ties, preserved ducks' ei'-s, sharks' air
bladders in oil. abaloue nuat, a dainty
worth its wi ight in gold, being a tiny
part of a little sea animal; the welt of
ducks' feet, duck whi< li hud been
baked, stuffed v.it li mushrooms and
ste.ilii■ d. and almond gruel. Philadel
phia Bull tin.
The Memery oi :» Ih'e.
Associative memory, says Professor
E. <l. Conk'iu of the Fnivcrsity of
Ponnsv iv. nia. is the fused impressions
of proce-si s which occur together, so
that when one is recalled the other
conies with it. Then he adds: "There
is no question whatever that a bee
leaving its hive and Hying for half a
mile finds its way back by associative
memory. it must travel by land
marks; it cannot travel by any scent of
itself in the atmosphere. That is out
of the question.'' Among other crea
tures giving evidence of the possession
of associative memory, which is the
first stage in the development of psy
chic life. Professor Conklin mentions
ants and wasps, as well as cuttlefish,
squids and the higher lnollusks. Birds
and many mammals show a high de
gree of associative memory.
Tl»e John Fliikk Tavern.
A lire at Weston, Mass., recently de
stroyed the famous .John Flagg tavern,
which antedated the Revolution many
years. It was here that President
Washingtc.il passed a night on his way
to Cambridge and Boston in 17SP. and
in 17! is President John Adams occupied
the chamber previously that of Wash
ington. On the following day he re
ceived an address from the townspeo
ple. and his reply is still preserved iti
the Weston town library. What renders
the burning of this memorable tavern
the more to be regretted is the loss by
this lire of the old colonial Hag of thir
teen stars which for many years float
ed over this tavern from the date of
Washington's \ isit.
Nasal
CATARRH mWI
In all its entires t\\trc
B houid b,
Ely's Cream llalni
ttarrhaodd vea M imV^gX
quickly.
('remit Bulm is placed Into the nostrils, sjirer.da
ovt r the membrane and absorbed. Ke!iefiniiu
mediute and a cure follow*. It is nut drying—does
not produce meezinir. large Size, SO cente at llrnn-
or by mail; Trial Size, 1(1 cents by mail.
UA ISUOTIIKKS, 50 Wurreu Street, New York.
J. J. BROWN,
THE EYE A SPECIALTY
1 yes tested, treated, fitted with
e- • • i'i artihei.il eyes supplied.
Mtiket Street, Bloomshiirg, Pa
Hours —10 a in.to ft p m.
| Tel' phone 1l">
rvioNs uvt£> ark: saved
...LY I iNti...
Or, Hew Bscwery,
Consum;jriiiii, Cops aiu] Golds
Than lty A!i Other Throat And
Lung: J'"'medics Oombi icd.
This wonderful m dicir.e pnsitivel)
cures Consumption, Cougns, Colds,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneumonia, Hay
Fever, Pleurisy, LaGrippe, Ho t . ness,
Sore Throat, Croup and Whooping
Cough. ftOCUHE. WO PAY.
Prico 5Cc. & Sl. Trial Bottle Free.
LOW-RATE TOUR TO DENVER.
Via Pennsylvania Pail road, Accouut Olir
tiau Endeavor Convention.
For the of delegates and
others desiring to attend the Twenty
first International Biennial Convention
of the United Society of Christian Kn
di avor, to lie held at Deliver, Col.,
.Inly to 13, the Pennsylvania Kail
road Company will run a personally
conducted tour to Denver and return,
leaving Philadelphia, Lancaster, llar
rishurg, Altoona, and Pittsburg and
intermediate stations Tuesday, July 7,
going via Chicago and arriving Den
ver Thursday, July Returning, the
tour will leave Denver Thursday,.lnly
MI, arriving Pittshurg, Philadelphia
and intermediate stations Saturday,
July IS. Special trains of the highest
grade of Pullman equipment will be
run on a fast schedule. Each train
will he in charge of a tourist agent,
chaperon, and special uniformed hag
gage master. Round-trip rate,covering
transportation to Denver, Colorado
Springs, or Pueblo and return, Pull
man berth, and all necessary meals in
dining car to and from Denver, wil
he as follows: Philadelphia, $71.25,
two in one berth, $*50.25 each; Lan
caster, StU).BS, two in one berth, $.Y.).80
each; York, $(>7.50, two in one beith,
$57.50 each ; Harrisburg, $ti7.25, two
in one berth, $57.25 each; Altoona,
$<»4.5(), two in one berth, $55.00 each ;
Pittshurg, $58.00, two in one berth,
$40.50 each. Round-trip rate, covering
all necessary expenses ongoing trip
and railroad transportation only re
turning, on regular trains until Au
gust 31, will ho as follows: Philadel
phia, $57.25, two in one berth, ssl. 75
each; Lancaster, $5(5.35, two in one
berth, $51.10 each; York, $54.50, two
in one berth, $40.50 each; Harrisburg,
$54.25, two in one berth, $40.25 each ;
Altoona, $52.50, two in one berth,
$47.75 each; Pittsburg, $47.50. two in
one berth, $43.25 each. Proportionate
rates from other points. Pullman ac
commodations and meals are included
only while tourists are using special
trains. Special side trips from Den
ver at reduced rates. For reservations
of space tickets, and full information,
apply to nearest Pennsylvania Rail
road Ticket Agent, or direct to Geo.
W. Boyd, General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia,
Pa.
REDUCED RATES TO ATLANTA, GA.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Nat
ional Convention Baptist Young People's
Union of America.
For the benefit of those desiring to
attend the National Convention of the
Baptist Young People's Union of Am
erica,to be held at Atlanta, Ga., July
9to 12, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell round-trip tickets
lrom all stations on its lines to At
lanta, July <5 to inclusive, good go
ing on these dates and good to return
until July 15, inclusive, at rate of a
single fare for the round trip, plus
SI.OO. By depositing tickets with
special agent at Atlanta on or before
July la, and payment of fifty cents,
an extension of final return limit may
lit* obtained to reach original starting
point not later than August 15. For
spcific rates and full information con
cerning stop-overs, consult nearest
ticket agent.
PENNSYLVANIA CHAUTAUQUA.
Reduced Rates to Mt. Gretna via Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
For the Pennsylvania Chautauqua,to
lie held at Mt. Gretna, Pa., July I to
August 5, 1003, the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company will sell special excur
sion tickets from New York, Phila
delphia, Chestnut Hill, Phoenixville,
Wilmington, Perryville, Frederick,
Md , Washington, D. C.,Kast Liberty,
Butler, Indiana, Connellsville, Bed
ford, Clearfield, Martinsbnrg, Belle
fonte, Waterford.Canandaigua, Wilke>-
barte, Tonihicken, Mt. Carmel, Ly
kens, and principal intermediate
points, to Mt. Gretna and return, at
reduced rates. Tickets will be sold
June 25 to August 5, inclusive, and
will be good to return until August 31
inclusive. For specific rates, consult
ticket agents.
REDUCED RATES TO BOSTON.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Meet
ing' Natioual Educational Associational.
On account of the meeting of the
National Educational Association, at
Boston, Mass., July <5 to 10, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company will sell
excursion tickets to Boston from all
points on its lines west and south of
Princeton, Hightstowii, Tenueiit, and
Long Branch, on' July 3, 4, 5, and <5,
good going on those dates and good to
return between July Sand July 12, i- I
elusive, at rate of single fare tor the
round trip, pins $2.00. By depositing
ticket with Joint Agent at Boston, on
or before July 11, and payment of fee
of fifty cents,extension of return limit
may be obtained to September I. For
stop-over privileges and further in
formation consult nearest ticket agent.
"International United Society of Chris
tian Endeavor," Denver, Colo., July
9th to 13th.
For the above occasion, the Lack
awanna Railroad <'o. will sell round
trip tickets at rate of $11.25, good go
nig July titli, 7th, and Bth, reaching
Chicago or St. Lonis not latet than
July 10th and in returning having
Deliver not later than August 31st.
Side trip tickets will be sold from
Denver to points of interest in Colo
rado, also to Salt Lake City, "1 el low
Stone Park, Black llills and Caiifor
nia at reduced rates For particulars
in detail, consult Lackawanna I icket
Agents
REDUCED RATES TO THE SEASHORE.
Annual Low-Rate Excursions to Atlantic
City, 'to,, Via Pennsylvania Railroad.
Tin I'eunsylvania Kailnail ' 'oinpan v
li iv airing. <1 for four luw rale t 11 >I:»v
(<xcui>ioii« for tin- present from Lock
Haven, Troy, Bellefonte, William*-
port, Mocanaqua, Suuliury, Sin oun
rlcntli, I)ituphiii,an<l prim• j•;«I int« rui*
diati< stations (including stations .n
bram-li roail.-t, to Atlantic (!IIV, I A| •
May.Oeeaii Oity.Sea I>l* ('itv.Avalun.
Aii^l l sia, Wild wood, or I folly Bi ach,
on Thursday-. July and August
6 and .20, 11(03.
Exeurson ticket-, good to retorn I>v
regular trains within ten days, will In
Hold at very low rates. Tickets to At (
lantic City will l»n sold via the Dela
ware Kivt-r Hridge Koute.th' only all
rail line, or via Market Street Wharf,
Philadelphia.
Stop over can he had at Philadel
phia, either going or returning, with
in limit of ticket.
For information in regard to specific
rate- and time of trains consult hand
hills, or apply to agents, or E. S.
Harrar, Division Ticket Agent, Will
iamsport, Pa.
REDUCED RATES TO SARATOGA. N. Y
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Im
perial Council, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
On account of the Imj erial Council.
Ancient Arabic Order, Nohlcs of the
Mystic Shrine of North America,to be
held at Saratoga, N. Y., July 7 to 10,
inclusive, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell round-trip tickets to
Saratoga from all stations on its lines,
on July C, and 7, good to return until
July 20, inclusive, at rate of a single
fare for the round trip. A stop-over
will be allowed at Philadelphia and
Baltimore on tickets reading via those
points within final limit of July 7 go
ing and July 20 returning, on deposit
of tickets with station agent imnc d
iately on arrival.
REDUCED RATES TO DETROIT, MICH
Via Pennsylvania Railroad. Account Ep
worth League Internationi.l Convention.
On account of the International Con
vontiou of the Epworth League, to !»•
held at Detroit, Mich., July It', to I'.',
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell round-trip tickets to Detroit
from all stations on its lines, July 11
and 1."), good to return until July 20,
when properly validated by Joint
Agent, at rate of single fare for the
round trip. For further information
concerning latns, routes, stop-overs,
extension of limit, etc., consult near
est Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket
Agent.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect May 21th, 11MKI.
•A.M.,
Scranton(HAiH)lv IT 112 4 ■> ■
Pitt.nun " " I I 15 $2 Hi '> 02
A. M I' M. P.M
Wilkesbarre,.. Iv §lO J r5
Plym'th Fmj " 11" r. i-58t8 "7
N anticuWe I" M IS HI • 17
KOMUHU ....'• ii 67 lb 037
W:i]iwalli>l>on.. " II In 3MI "47
Nescoj>ech ar 11 2i. .1 4J 7im
T7ivr,\ M
I'ottsvllle lv SII »
Hazletun • ' - l"> ;2 1 ■ .
Tuiuliickcn " 3 o.) ;Hi
Kern (Hell " I IS :: l->
Knelt iHen .... —j
Ni'scopeek . .ur :i 42 .. . ;
C'atawissa.. ... 4 ""
\ »1 A. M P.M. P M
Nespotieck... . lv $ > P* HI * 1,1
t.'reasv.... * j 13" II :i*. 3 7 IK*
Ks|.y Kerry... •If I « 11 4il I 4 M 7SI
K.
I'atnwissa lv * 6 11..">7 4 I.; 7aj
South lianville " » 14 li! I • 431 7 ;,j
Sunhury HI i» 3, la 4" 4 ml 5
A. M. P. M. I*. M |\7|
Sun bury lv v 42 il-' Is 5•) Ik
ar 10 I" I 4 >4 s
Mlltiin " 1" "S 1 • "10
\V illiainsiiurt.. " HC" 111 !■ I" HI >,
I Haven... " II ft" -
Ki'novo " A.M. '"J s
Kane " S
l-.M. P.M.j
l.oek llnven..lv 1- 1 11 •'> 4->'
Ilellefonte ....ar I Of' 1 4 II
T\ rone " 22U "on
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Clearfield " & >» s !•>
Pittsburg.... " •> V. hi 4->
A. M. I*. M P. M. V M
Siml.ury lv »Mf 1 » stO W*l
Ilurrisburg.... ar 11 3«» S 3 l."> (. I > Id 10
_ I'. M. I'. M. P. M. ,\ M
Philadelphia.. ar 43 17 fl !£> 1" -i' 4j •
Haltlmore 311 0' 0 " 3*l
Washington... " S 4 10 j 7 15 '.O 4 !V>
A. M H. M.
sunl'Ury lv jjle Wjf a 15
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I'ittsliurg •' 6 sT>fil"4s
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lliirrlsl>ur»f.... lv 11 46 "> i>' 17 r> nc
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P. M.j I* M A M A »1
l'lltshUTK lv 71" I' 00 IWi ts no ....
A.M A M I' 31
Harrlshurg.... ar 1 "on * «.« «» 3l«
AM A M
Plttebwg lv .... i» 00
1* M
Ijewittown J.*. " T3W Ii SMI
Sunhury ar ? V 9*l j ? 4 W
P. M.j A M \ M A M
Waplilnulon... lv I<> 4«"> .... 7 1"
Baltimore " 11 He 41" -4" "4 ■
- 0 11 i" •••
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llarrlHlmrK lv 3 3.~i 7v> 11 in J"
Sunhury ar • o* 1 v.l. lo* i"•
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( learlielil.... i
I'lillilisbtirg.. " I 4(i. I" l» .
T* rout' " 7i« .... sI" I- '
llt;l llfitnle.. " s ||. ... . 10.
l.ock Haven ar nI > le - 1,1
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Krle lv
Kane, " s 45) ('OO. . ...
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, Ijock Haven.... *' IL' 7 11
A.M I' M
I WillteaMMrt.. 328 888 12 I" 4i"'
Milton • 'J i; 12' 41- ...
LevMvg "I wit' I 16) I'- ,
Sunl'Ury ari 32* 841 16' 6 I >
ATM. AMI* M I' Ml
SiiTilniry lv ; (i 4.">j| » 88 : 2 (*» - 6 2'i
South llMlVille '• 7 II lO 17 -'I ' '
•' 7 i-i lo 36 ' ls '
EH "I 7::7 104.1 213 • IS""
Ks|>y Kerry *• 74J II" 47 lB 1" ..
('rcHfy " 7 l'i ' -v.. 1 ■'
Nescojxvk......" it 02 II o«»j .0 (I I"
A M A M IV M. I' M
('alawlssa.. . h 7 12 1(1.1*
Nesoopei'k lv S 2:>
Koek tllen ar H 7 >
Kern (Hen '• * I 11 J- • !2 7 1
Toinhirken .... " ■> >* 11 - s 7 4
Ha/.let on •' '.l I" ll> > 112 115
I'ottsvllle •• in I • 1 >•
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Ncsro|ieck 1\ NO2 11 06 10. fl In •••
Wai'»allo|>en. .ar *1" !l i>' -H 1
Moranai|ua .... ** h .1 II 3J :o 7 ill
iNantieoke " s 11 ;>4 i" 7
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Wilknliarie ..." fin 1- 1" 4 '
A M I' M I' M I'
Ptttaton I'A II) ar v :IS 55 4 8"I
Scranlon " " 10 oh 124 .'>2l -"v
Weekilav*. Ilaily. I Ha«-' itlon.
Pullman Parlor *•>.! Sleepln* Cari run - n
throuich trains lietween S..rhury, Will'aui<|u>rt
an.l l.rle. betWMfl Mwbwf Philadelphia
anil Washington anil between Harristn..— »*it 1 -
tiurg anil the West.
l-or lurther Inlormatlon ni'i'l) t" Ike 1 Ai > nt
\V . W. VI I I Itlil It V IK W1 M 111,
Ui nl Manager lien I l'a*- iii A t
1 ACKA WANNA KAILKOAI)
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t!ei!« v«< »; 3B
T*\ li>r 1, t; 10 17 «IB
l.a' kauamta I. 4>< 111 24 210 «M
I luryea 1. fct 10 A * 1.1 njr
Pittstoii 1 .7 l'i 117 t«i
Siiwjh, 11:,1111 it A "• im lo H 2 l!» Id
W« st PltttttoD 710 In 41 2'/! <lO
WvoiniiiK. 7 I<J «*. 2/7 «
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\Vilkes-Itarre lv ;in In Hi 2«i aUi
Kmgxtoii lv 721 10 4, 2M> •»a
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_ I'ly iiioul 11 7id II l*'» j « 7US
!A \ otidale 71. ... 2 H ....
Nanlli-oke ... 7iM II 1.1 53K 7it
Hum... k s 7 4*. lim it*. 7 U
shiekMblnny 766 11. 11 s»» 7SI
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Herwlck. a It* IIM 7j
Brian r.-ek fUSB fH Vo ....
Willow (irove ftw ... 1«54 fs us
l.llm Kidte mi ri2l»> ft H7
; Kspy a ;47 12 Ii •>* IU
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I'amoron ia 12»7 41-
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Berwiek 750 II W. 2im 1(1
llei I'll Haven 7> fll 12 SKI D«
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Slilckshiuny al7 II ;i :('JU «41
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Nanti.-oke - i 1114 :i :ia 7is
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Pl)moutl - M |I a JII7 7ii
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Kingston ar aV. ll# 4 (JO
I Wiike* liarre ar Hill 12 14 iIU 7
Wllkea Ham |\ am II In:< io 7
Kingston iv 14 V. II # t«u 7
i Hennett .. a X tin 7
Korty K»»rt f»i*i ... lu7
Wyoming :»u, I2ii» 412 M
I West Plttatotl Mill 417 7ig
S.isi|iiehantia Ave V l:t IJII 4JO 7 M
Plttston WIW 12 17 *24 lU#
. Imryea »2t 4 9 agi
l.ael awanna !• 2* 4tX Sl7
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I Buffalo . ar .... 7So 7m,
I * I •••lily, tl>ally except Sunday.
fstops on signal or on notiee to conduct* r.
T. K. CI.AKK K. T. W. I.KK.
| (ien. Siil» riiitendent. lien. Paaa a «Dt
Shoes Shoes
St3rlisii!
Ciieap !
IrSelia. Ole <
Bicycle, Cymnasium and
Tonnls Shoes.
1 UK ( I.LKKKATfcD
Cai'lisle SIIOPS
AM) THK
Snag Proof
KiiMipi* lto<»ts
#
A SPKCIALTY.
A. SCHATZ.
SOMEIHINO NET!
A Reliable
TD SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin ftooflnft.
Spoutine and C«n«rml
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ran«*« (
Furnaces. «to.
PRICES THE mmi
QLILITV TDG BEST!
JOHN HIXBON
NO. 116 E. FRONT BT.
PEGG
The Coal Dealer
SELLS j
WOOD
1
AND
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COAL
\T- .
M 4 Ferry Street
I