\ TWO IN A
TOWN
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I i OfJUri{ild. 'JVi. f"i I ' A/e( luit 112
112 rii •;»rf , T<yiy*'?y lw ny wT ytyf* t y T f^f v f|?i» | y>^
"Hut you are 111. a stranger In a
strange land. aml in all this benighted
city 1 •;i 11 lind li'i one able to read
I;n_list, . lli-ibly wliuw time Is not
;i : call v I led. s > If .VOU will accept
my services In tlic spirit In which 1
uiiVi them i will g■> to you for an hour
or two each day until you can use
\ in.: eyes avain. 1 Hiring the past year
I have I»een through an experience
much like yours, and I know just
w II mean.-, the Impatience and
dlM'outaui'iiiciit over the enforced Idle
n> -- the l>ruin that refuses to he eo
l I that grim specter of unfin
ished work."
1 i sw t saint!" he broke iu.
"Could a man resist such an offer, even
i. lie knew as 1 ilo. that he lias
absolute li tiu riir h t to make such de
mands upon your time? Yuu are aet
tug ; ruin the purest unselfishness, and
1 can't t - '1 to thank you enough '"
\s to - being unselfishness. I Hill
not t ;.tl • • .1!' 'lit that." she an
>.w< I 1 wish to lay up sugar plums
of tho t 1 «»r uiy old age."
S • d up at the big fellow strid
g .a her side and wondered
M ; ■ r nioti v e really was
■ill laughingly,
s 111- ii shorn of his strength
!i tn><re strongly to a wo
. - than a pygmy in the
it I • ! door and strolled
112 .~t; i in the direction
\t first he had not
well, but now he be
the sort of place which
II had certainly liked
dui ng t!i" past week.
»**••••
Str hed out 011 a couch. his glance
straying from the pipe smoke curling
above his lie . .1 to the girl by ttie win
dow. i.if head >•• • 111 over a book from
which she was reading aloud, he felt
• »utside the snow was com
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b! i\~ ill' 111 lllL> FALLE.V A.SJLKEP.
a: 1 last muffling the noise*
of the street, so that even the bells of
e . iectric tram came up to them
fi I >v eet as of a bell buoy across
\\ :th a sigh of contentment,
1 hi* pipe and closed his
cy •*s that he might listen the better to
the Vo e, every modulation of which
bail grown -o familiar to him In the
past two months Each afternoon she
had > Ime a 1 sat In that same |»osltion
bv ili** window, rending steadily until
the 1 -ens struck when, with a brisk
"T.m- " she had put on her thingi
und gone
A' t w!. 1 his head troubled him
'••d that they talk, and
'l. 1 did not coma her*
1 if your head Isn't strong
therapeutics today 1 shall
g »•"
1' e J ,e 111 i; • little thing!" he
wonder If she could look
• "iil'ouml It, she can look
i i over thut dachshund
downstair" "
Lo .I,' and seeing his eyes
1 fancied he had fallen
she turned to watch the
s striking silently against
lie sli thought "You do
* n . nil iind now I must go away,
'i mgh 1 k ow 1 am no more to you
1 n a nurse, I would do It all again—
y< s, and a thousand times more."
Here his voice startled her. "What
1 re 1 thinking of that brings that
tragic look into your face?"
A: I looking tragic?" she replied
after a slight pause. "It must be be
-1 -e I have known some huge frauds
course of my life, but never
quite mi colossal a one as you are."
"it - unite true that 1 have mors
li hi than are required by th« army
regulations."
s not r« fi rring to Inches unless
j 011 mcusut' deceit and hypocrisy by
lh> ni I said I would come and read to
}ou until yo;i were able to use your
1:: i. As 1 came this afternoon
1 saw \ 011 reading, but 1 enter am'
find the same old invalid relaxing In p
floud of toba- ■ o smoke. Sainsou. what
iiav you to -ay for yourself?"
"Nothing l'elihih. Those clear eye*
"t \ IIS have deprived uie of my
strength to lie But if 1 had told you
that I could use my eyes It would have
be. n equivalent to saying that 1 did
• lot wi* nt your services any longer, and
/ his would be a lie compared with
, hich the one of which you iiave Just
nt ■ used me h white ax the driven
JKLIOW
••1 lever as always at saying the pret
fV thing I believe that you have not
... i tin blarney stoue. but carry
■ 1;. ~ evi t , . ; I 1 your pocket 1
. at tun 1 o longer need ins
\"i 'iu.l is not giving me the thing i
1 • 1 v k In a day or so 1
mil off to la belie I 'ranee "
ti,. ■ 011. h and strode
tow - 1 l.**r IS ♦* w;t H only primitive
• h tin. iglit I• lit of loss and
j,.. 1 he 1 a tight her iqi In his
t ..-tin and again
Let mi g" she panted ill anger
And win would leave me with no
inure feeling than this? I•<» you think
I .111 ni i le of stoic '' Don't y<»u know
how I line yoll"'
Yoi . r» hurting me." she sobbed
1111 how can you. how can you?"
His grasp teiaxed and he let her slip
to the tloor In her expressive face he
lead io\c wil Hided to the quick, shat
t. I'd respect and confidence
"lioii't don't look at me like that."
he begged.
"And this is the honor of a gentle
man and what a mail calls love.''
His bead began to swim with the old
tllz/lness, and lie sank Into a chair,
bulling Ins face in his hands
• if he only wouldn't look so wretch
e<l," she thought, tiolug to him, she
dropped to her knees at his sitle ami
drew his bauds from his face to her
lips, saying gently
"1 know they would never hurt un
knowingly. and you may kiss me now
If y oil like "
lie looked stupidly down at her
"1 don't understand what you 1 can"
"1 mean that I love you. that 1 can
not bear to see you look like this, and
that so long as you want tue 1 will
never uu away from you
"1 am not worthy of It. dearest, and
I have not even the right to speak to
you of love 1 am too poor to ask you
to marry me
"But 1 can support myself, and don't
you know the joy It would be to I eel
that 1 could help you? The question is,
which means the most to you, your
pride and a totally false pride, too <>r
my happiness?"
With reverence he drew her head to
his shoulder and kissed the tear stained
eyes
What lo Teach Hie
A philosopher has said that true ed
ucation of boys is to "teach them w hat
they ought to know when tlie.v become
men."
First. To be true and to be genuine.
No education Is worth anything that
does not Include this. A man had bet
ter not know how to read and be true
and genuine ill action rather than to be
learned in all sciences and iu all lan
guages and be at the same time false
In heart anil counterfeit 111 life Above
all things, teach the boys that truth is
more than riches, power or possessions.
Second To lie pure in thought, lan
guage and life pure in mind and body.
Third To be unselfish, to care for
the feelings and comforts of others, to
be generous, noble and manly, lliis
will include a genuine reverence for
the aged and for things sacred.
Fourth To be self reliant and self
helpful even from childhood, to be in
dustrious always and self supporting
nt the earliest possible age. leach
them that all honest work is honor
able; that an Idle life of dependence
on others Is disgraceful.
When a bov has learned these things,
when he has made these Ideas part of
him. however poor or however rich, lie
has learned the most important things
he ought to know.
What'i In a
Nothing Is so unalterable as the char
acter that accompanies a Christian
name. Deductions from Christian
names are absolutely safe.
Names ending In zw always denote
selfishness. Names ending in tku are
to IK* avoided; their owners are treach
erous. Beware of names beginning In
l'p. No woman over seven feet high
was ever called Birdie. Women named
(Jeorge write novels. A babv named
J a lies Klijah Ahasuerus If always
called by Its full name will not grow
up. A cat if called Beethoven Is sure to
Indulge In moonlight sonatas.
Literary men who study these things
will bear out what I say. Ask them If
they ever knew an Andrew who was
not iKxikish, an Anthony who was not
witty, a Marie who was vain? Produce
a Rudyard and you will see oiniils
clence. Conan Is Interesting in crime.
Algernon composes ballads before
breakfast. Theodore Is critical.
Nicknames are equally consistent in
their connotations. A boy called "Trot
ters" has large feet. No boy with a
snub nose was ever called "Ilookey."
Have you ever seen a brunette as "iiln.
ger?" Boys and girls who are called
"Carrots" have red hair always.—
Punch.
A Kriuarkkhlr CiLlmn I aatoin.
To the student in ethnology the Eski
mos afford unusual interest, especially
those of the coast of Greenland. Com
paratively speaking, modern settlers In
that frigid region, they have many of
the characteristics of the people of the
Btone age. yet their build and facial
outlines indicate Mongolian origin.
They have many customs of peculiar
Interest, not the least among which is
a remarkable reluctance to pronounce
their own name before a stranger. If
a white man meets a family and asks
the head thereof his name his wife will
promptly answer for him, or vice versa.
If a child be asked its name both par
ents. if they are present, will reply,
while the little one will stand dumb.
If but one Eskimo is about and the
same question be put to him he will
look about In a distressed way. as
though seeking some one to give the
desired Information, and endeavor to
evade the query until a member of the
tribe comes up to answer It for him.
if pressed and 110 other course Is left
him he will tell his name, but with
marked reluctance. On all other sub
jects except their spiritual beliefs they
will converse with volubility and do
their best to impart information.
MrkiißmN For Tcachfrii.
"Ability to take a man's measure or,
an they say it themselves, 'to size him
up,' Is the possession of nearly every
boy of school age," said an ex peda
gogue the other day.
"in the school where 1 taught the
boys quickly hit upon 'Top' as the cor
rect name for their principal because
they soon learned that he resorted to
nothing more than a fatherly side talk
us a punishment for school lawbreak
era. The first assistant, however, im
pressed theui In quite a different man
tier, for he was known Iu their private
councils as "Fiery Spike." the first part
of the name reflecting the possession
of much temper, the last part a long,
lean body. 'ltusty Harry' was a mime
which brought to the youngsters vi
sions of a young man teacher whose
hair was the color of oxidized iroii and
who wa . a terror to boys with a tar
nlshed memory Each teacher had an
extra label, and each one of the labels
fitted remarkably well." New York
limes.
All VVi-ar I i»*ll> ilMlnieitt.
No man who eats In a restaurant
ever pays |es, than ST.'i for a suit or an
overcoat, anil no woman who eats iu a
public phi' e ever wears a waist costing
lea- than and frequently the cost
Is uiueli more, at least so says the pro
prietor of a fashionable New York res
taurant He, like all restaurant own
ers, occasionally receives complaints
from ponpii who have lost an over
coat or mislaid one and who have
had garments positively ruined by a
careless waiter spilling soup or some
thing els** on a portion of it, usually a
sleeve, and he says that the above fig
ures are the lowest quotations he ever
heard
l iml l.b Injimlter.
An Australian tourist traveling 111
the west of Ireland asked an old wo
man how far It was to the nearest
tow n She J<ailly looked nt him. then
■lgbed Slid -ili<l
"It was five nice miles two years
ago but some English brute cams
over with chains and made It seven,
and our hearts are broke walking It
ever since, bad luck to them
And she disappeared Into the hous*
leaving him there. Illustrated Bits
9•6■• • © • # • '**&'® - ® ' •' 9 ' •
THE t
i PERFECT•
:M A N
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I Simpson i oiisjn: from h> i nap
B
Vuiui- in and shet dintr
There' a t.tnble draft son where,
and 1 111 sort ot iraid id rheiinriii ni
It comes on about tin- time of the
year, and once it grips you there s no
gettin' riil i'f it
"Take that rock in' chair over there.
I'omfortabie. is it? If 'taint there's
another lust back of i' ' ome to con
dole watli me 'bout 10-- n' .loiialhau,
eh ?"
"Not exactly coudole," correi'ted Liza
apologetically " lain t like a> M h»*
w is dead 11 ow s |; •.
"Mighty near It," nodded Mrs. Simp
sou; "might 1 near i! hen a only
son goes off and gets married, his moth
er's lost h1 in pretty much the -anie as
if he'd died ami bin bill ed, and that's
true a<- gospel
I.iza broke the pause, which began
to show symptoms of lasting
"Ilow did it happen?" questioned
she.
Mr- Simpson, raising her lead, look
cd at her over her glasses.
"It all come." declared she shandy,
"of that physical cultcher foolishness
what ,lona:lian got so wrapped up in
last spring lie wan t, to say, littin tor
nothin' else in the world, seemed like.
Jhat s how it come
Liza moved up a peg
"llow xvas that?" she questioned fur
ther. "I've heard say as how physical
cultcher was goin' to be the renovatiti
of the world. Susan. Surely it couldn't
'a' bin that what made him commit
matrimony, could it?
"That." snapped Mrs. Simpson, "and
nothin' else."
There was a second pause, during
which Liza endeavored to the best of
her ability to digest the substance of
this theory
In the meantime, taking a stocking
from the basket at her feet, Mrs. Simp
son had thrust a ball into ;t. grasped it
firmly at the heel and commenced to
darn.
"You sec. it was like tics " she began
by and by. "Jonathan, he found a
magazine one day or somebody gave it
to him tilings like that spread the
same as smallpox; you never know
Just how and that m.i-a/ ne was all
nbotit this here physical cultcher some
people is goin' mad over, lie set down
and read it till he'd read it through
Then he looked at me sort of vacant
like, and from the 'xprcssioii of his
eyes I knew soinethin' unusual wis
goin' to happen, lie hardly took time
to Hnisli the last page when off he slips
to his room, and I. follow in' him
stealthy, peeps in and spies him sprawl
ed 011 the tloor try in' to raise himself
up on his hands and toes and let him
self down ag'in 1 stints i.a.-i, s'pris. ii.
L * J
"THAT, ANL> NO 1111 N ELSl
thlnkin' as how he had lost his mind
or soinethin', when what does he do
but spring up all of a sudden and tling
his two arms straight into the air as if
they'd bin skyrockets, let em down,
throw 'em out sidewise, tlop 'cm against
his sides till you could a'most hear his
ribs crack, a-repeatin' this p i-formance
and a keepin' of it up till he looked for
all the world like that windmill on
Sam Johnston's farm when lie sets It
a goin' and the wind is at its heartiest
a-whirlin' of it round.
"Tor the I.awd's sake, Jonathan" 1
cries'. I couldn't ke< pin no longer for
the life of me. thinkin' as he'd lost his
mind \\ hat be you a doitf ?'
"With that he turns rotttid at ine
gravelike and say- 'Nothin'. ma; only
I'm takiif up physical cultcher,' addin'
solen and impressive. I'm goin' to
lnake my -elf a perfect man "
She broke oft the thread with a jerk,
took a lei ! of cotton from the basket,
whirled another long thread off it,
thrust it through the needle and once
more darned
"Maybe von think I didn't get gooi»
and tired of he. riii' as how he wa.
goin' tom il.e h 1 -elf a perfect man,'
she assert d presently. "A perfect
man! It's all right. Liza, and I ain't
say .ii not I a" u 11 it fort liein old
Loin .n pe.ii •• v.l t didn't have 110 th
in" else at all to to about bath in"
and bleat Inn and e\.|.,di i tnriiin"
of the!i:-e|vi - into perfect men. but
with everything on the farm goin' to
the ;t was ,| fle|. Nt "
I! c ti.t'i id brol 1; in I'liis timy.
conti ry to ill cs(ablish«'d rules of
darning, she 1 not >1 :
"Imp!,: \i"l • v;traagant! When
heM bought ;i 1 >Ol • • rylhliig he could
buy in this hen town he s. Nt to .New
York for n < i»»lcs and bars and
straps and trapezes to litter up the
house with \i 11 th.it wa'n't all I'ret
ty soon lure come letters one ever,
inornin' Jonathan, it yon please tak
In' b* s 1111 sin |. I, \si d en ltd, 1 from
somebody I ot In ; 111. !• 'I New 101 k
what had run out o! every thing else
to do and gone to teachin' people how
to make id "Is ot themselves
•Then lid > sen this
house 1 | (feet ions pasted Up every
where Little pictures of men in short
pants and nothin else to -peat, of
goin' through all soils of contort ioiiin s
with ropes and slicks and things
a turnin of themselves into perlect
men * And Jonathan, with the corn
u ..i>.' 1.. I..in reniH to stuck iind no
I S:EL-1I
WHA'l's THE WOKLIJ l OillN' TO?"
I Hiily ii si H'k !i stannni' "ii oho foot,
lils liantl hifih •>u the wall, ralslu' his
vveigbt on llie tiptoe of the other
eight times in succession, nccordin' to
instructions printed large and stuck
on the wall, a distigurin' of the wnll
paper; then cliuiigln' buck to the other
foot ag'ln; graspln' a bar with bands
a hunt sixteen inches apart, accordin'
tu Instructions, slowly bringin' tlie
bar's near's possible to the floor, bend
in' the body ti> the lilps and tensin' nil
the mils. !cs when he riz agin to a
Rtamlin' position and flung that there
old bar into the air.
"All to slow music, he said it oughter
be done, grieviu' sort of over not bav
in* the music, till 1 not to kind of feel
in' that I'd oughter ijuit my disli
wasbiu* and hire a piano and learn to
plav somethin' or other for him to
handle them bars by. old as I am"
There was silence for a space.
"When lie wa'n't doin' nothin' else,"
she resumed then, "he was breathin*.
Breathiir: So was I. but 1 was hard
at work senibbin' or sweepin' or wash-
In' clo'es or dustin' at the same time.
"What's the world comln' to. I'd like
to know." -lie sullied. "when people
take to stoppin' work to breathe?
"i got from bad to worse,
l'irst 1 knew here < ome big packages
from .New York what Jonathan opened
with a hatchet and grins and didn't
lack much of ineetln' at the back of his
head In one of 'em was a rowin' ma
chine lie set the thing on the floor
and commenced pretendiif to row
same's it he'd bin on the river, me
standin' by. 'mazed, watt-bin' of him.
"•Splendid iM-i i-. ' pants he
'Splendid i-\erri >«• for developin' of the
muscles and inakin' of the |wrfect
man!'
"'Jonathan.' 1 ventures one day
when he was rowin' tit to kill and the
sun outside burnin' the wheat fields to
a crisp. *D T'l you think 'twould be
jest even bit and grain as good exer
cise to git on the thru-bin' machine
and thrash away at that there wheat
Rwhil•■'! It'* goin' to the dogs.' 1 adds,
'a' tuaih _oin' to the do«s for a little
tendin'!' And I could 'a* cried, thinkin'
of "eui.
"'Yes, ma.' answers lie. lookln' up
bright atid sniilin" there ain't no more
amiable lad livin' than my Jonathan -
'1 \\ :.I bj and b\
"Itut that was all there was to it.
lie kept right on with the rowin' till
the wheat crop was past savin' and
gone.
"There was anotla-r thing that wor
rled in" I aln'\ to say. overpartleular
'lion; t'.e \\.i> p- ijiic dress, but the
wav Jon all a n took to goin' 'l»»ut 11) his
bit thin' suit from dawn to sundown,
so's he could be good and ready to
climb a greased pole at a minit's no-
tie himself in a d"'ible bow knot
and wretich liiuisi ,t apart ag'ln. Jest
's tpcd bein' scandalous That's what
It did: It w:is all right In his room
with the door ~liet, but he got so
•bs.nbed 111 bis physical ctiltcher he
didn't si-em to care no more 'bout bow
lie looked any w here
"Tlr-re was Ann Livingston. She
come over to make me n little visit one
day, set tin* awhile In the dinln' room,
wliei" the breeze blows cool through
the winder, and what should Jonuthun
ilo but ptiss along the hall in that suit
"112 his'n. lookin' for his dumbbells. Ann
a. is that shocked s(i,* wft immediate,
join' hard as she coiiid tear over to see
Sam Johnston's wife to tell her about
t. and the next time 1 went to the so
•table in the basement of the church
?verybody shied off from me same's if
I'd had the plague.
"There wa'n't no improvement In
Jonaihan as time went on If 1 come
In and asked him to chop a little of the
wood what was risin' high as the roof
of the wood shed I found him cavortin'
round m or the carpet like some four
legged animal doin' his exercises or
turnin' himself wrong side out and all
but standin' on his head or takln'
breaths, a holdin' of his mouth shet so
long at a time keepin' 'em In. you'd
'a' thought to look as him he'd bust,
lie's amiable, as He'd right
himself and smile and say. 'Yes, I will,
ina;' but the pile of wood never got no
smaller that I or anybody else could
sec. not by the eighth of.in inch
"Then one mornin' I found a letter on
his table full of little pictures of men
in the same sort of batliin' suits what
Jonathan wore in every position under
the sun exceptln' Ihe position men oc
cupy when the\ mow hay or chop wood
In wood sheds, and it was from a girl
A light broke on me
" 'Jonathan ' says I. sharplike, 'he this
a young won an teacbci you've bin
t:ikiii your physical ctiltcher hssons
from all tlo- time?"
"Jonathan kind of hung his head and
ansu crs , i is, ma, It be.'
"I hen I ga\ e lit in up for good "
Mr- Simpson took the darning ball
out and laid the stocking across her
knee smoothing It thoughtfully with
lingers that tivinbb-d a little
"Ihe rest of the story is easy finish
i d." r suiiied she " I w a'n't long be
lore .lon ,ill ii be come to me and says
Mil, IHi -oin' 1111 to New York for a
spell 11. : e ale so|IIC new things 1
win to i rii about tins physical
cult, ei , ddin' his head down ag'ln.
\l \ t h< si e tells me I've made
sllcll |i o. • sin so stioi i a time' and
no v . d w iili the practice he'd had
•di- \v ii lo . • iii" adilin ag'ln ill
all oft 11, i d will stie'll give me lessons
for I lot 11 I fill collie she w rites 1
'•"I ain't no n-e arguin' with an on
!\ son Ihi I" st thing to do Is to let
Ii HI l,.i\i In - wa\ in the beginnln'
II • 11 hav. i! before lies through every
tllne >o I ;111sw*i is back Well. Joiia
than Ihe crops i- about ruined now.
the feiii - is all down and the saw Is
; us■ \ n ~t i ut* n the wood In that
I |i . n/ HO high It's about
to lon I • loof of the shetl Ho I
H pose you iiiluld us well go and tlulsi
up with this makln' « perfect man of
yourself ' Then I snys, tr\ in' not to be
more bitter than I oughter be in rights
'I hope \ Oll'll succeed
"He Stayeil a week. two. three, and
I had a letiei from him statin' the
news \|a lie w rites "I'm to be mar
rled tomorrow morniif to my physical
cultcher teacher. Mis- \nna Sin\lhe.'
(loin' on • \}ll;iillln' 'She's the most
beautiful and perfect woman ill the
world |i)d ton . ver see a bride what
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JjsGSL. __
"'TAIN'T NO t'SK AROCIN'
wasn't? I want your blessin" on our
union, ma.' he winds up 'Won't you
give It to me?'
"And what could I do but give it to
him, him bein' the only child I've got
In the world and the pride of my
heart?
"And now 1 s'pose since she's took
him into partnership in that physical
cultcher school of her n they're swing
in' rods and juinpin' rope- and turn
in' handsprings together, a-makin' of
themselves the most perfect pair of
creatures I lie sun ever -hone on Mak
in' money out of it at the same time,
strange to say The fools ain't nil
dead yet up there in New York, and
fieople pay to be taught how to l.reatne
different Iron, ihe wax nature intend
I'd 'eiil to breath' and to stand on the
head- when the uo.nl l..iwd ■' •'
w hen he made 'em to - e .'ill -' ;
their feet Send in it ! ke dutiful i
dl-eli (o me. sollie ut ii.to pa'. ;>
Ilia n to la." .1 •■: i.i hail's p,., o;i t..
farm and mow the li.a\ and iop the
Wood ill the \\ ood pile"
"Yes urged 1 as she paused
with ;i curious catch of the breath and
a tear in h> r •
Mrs Simpson. •■« • lillv In! hands,
looked v -'fully on: <>'■ r the hills
where the grass waved g ntl> warm
cd b\ s«d't rays of -'a.ding late sun
shine and blinked back the tear
' Itu t a hired man can't take Jona
than- place In my heart ' she litiisheil,
"and what'- lie- use of bavin' a sou
what's a perfect man if you've lost
hiUi'!"
N«'n i itml Note*.
'1 he acreage (. ported a- under tobac
co i- considerably smaller than that
show n for the crop of 1 1♦«»1.
The annual crop ot blue grass seed
In the I uited States I- estimated to be
from *_'CMI.<HH» to .'-.IMI.IHMI bushels.
i'liba i- growing brooincorn. The
plant i- there perennial.
fruit packing Is rapidly becoming a
science in which it behooves growers
to become expert
According to Cercalist t'arleton, this
year's crop of macaroni wheat In this
countr\ ill be about 1,,M»1.1HH» bush
els, or -wenty times the amount of last
year's crop
Recent government statistic- make
the average depth of water that is ap
plied to irrigate fields more than four
feet hell g -4 :t.-| 112. ,-t In 1 1.1." feet
In 11MJ0 and 4.G0 feet in 11)01.
The I nqal Delay.
Itestaurant Proprietor (to guest)—lt's
too bad you have had to wait so long.
Our men have just gone oil a strike.
How long since you gave your order?
Guest About half an hour. I didn't
know there was a strike. I thought It
was merely the usual delay. I'blcago
Tribune.
AlrliiK Hl* French.
"Gracious! What in the world Is
that man ordering such a lot of dishes
for? Will he be able lo eat them?''
"Oh, no. He merely likes to show
that he can pronounce all those French
Dames." San Francisco 1 tillletin.
Dizzy ?
Then your liver isn't acting
well. You suffer from bilious
ness, constipation. Aycr's
Pills act directly on the liver.
For 60 years they have been
the Standard Family Pill-
Small doses cure._ am dragfisti
Want your mountiu he «»r Uearcl a beautiful (
brown or rub black " Tb«»n use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers |
~<•••• n nil Ilie lloetor.
It would be well if In negotiations
with :i view to matrimony the doctor
were to be called in as an ac e-.s >ry to
the god of l.ove, who Is proverbially
blind and therefore regardless of con
sequences. The family doctor can do
much to prevent unwholesome mar
riages. and we loo!, with much greater
confidence to tin- fruits of his teaching
and persuasion than to legislative en
nctmeiits.— l'.rltish Medical Journal.
Nasal
CATARRH
In *ll its «tape« O'trc
Ely's Cream Halm
i !i'Ru?ii'*,sootlii'H and li* is y m
ill,- diora-eil niPint-r ine ■ * -•>'\
ft curt'H mtarrh ami drives
awiiy s c>Ul iu Ihe head
quickly
( renin lti»lm is |ilacnl Into the nostrils, B|ire6il*
over the membrane and tlisorhi-i!. Relief is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not prodace sneesing. Large Size, 60 cents at Drot-
t ,Kts ~r tiy mail; Trial Si/ .10 eenls by mail.
ELY 11UOT1IEHS, Warren Street, New York
J. J. BROWN.
THE EVE A SPECIALTY
Km S tested treatcil titled with 'I iss
es mil artificial eyes supplied
Market Street, lllooinshurg, I'a
lloiiti- in a in.to "i p in.
CLOCKS OF THE PAST.
I'hey \\ rrr \ try llllfrrent From
Moilei * 'I line TellliiK llai'hlm-*.
The word •lock, derlvetl from the
French gloi lie, Herman glocke. signi
fies a bell, and uji to the fourteenth
century it was onl\ esed to designate
n bell which was struck jit certain pe
rloils of time indicated I>% the hour
glass Sundials, or "gnomons." wero
the tlrst instruments used in measur
ing time, and there is hut little doubt
thut the long granite pillars which we
call obelisks were used by Ihe Egyp
tians, if 11• it as actual sundial hands,
ut least for some astronomical obser
vations <• 112 the movement of the sun
Clepsydras, or water clocks, and --and
clocks come next in order. The How
of sand through a small orifiec Is an
accurate method of measuring time,
for the exit ol ihe s.-md is alwitys reg
ular, but water is influenced by the
laws of hydrostatics when the vase is
full the water runs out faster than
w hen it is nearly empty. Candle clocks
or tapers on which were colored bands
Indicating how much was consumed in
a certain time were also used, and
their invention is attributed to Alfred
the Great, but tills method is even
uiore susceptible to error than the pre
vlous oiK-s —Jewelers' Iteview.
Solemn Warning
I'ncle Archie Have you formed an
opinion as to the cause of Colonel Hix
ou's suicide?
Tom Yes. sir remorse. I lis nephew
needed money, and the wealthy uncle
failed to advance it The result was
tint the unhappy yoiini: man ran away
and was never li'-ard of afterward
Kansas City Journal.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD^
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov. "Jl'th, IT MI;;.
A. s: A. M. P. ,M.
Scrantiin(l'4iH)lv i :s to I Iti -.4 Js
Pittston " - ~ <W» I i 1.", <! Ii IU ■"> »•:
A. M A. M P. M. P.M
Wilkesliarre... iv > , 2." (iio :►> 'J l"> it iki
Piym'th Kerry " 7 t1"42 I VJ 16 07
Nimticoke " 742 HI yOl <1 17
Mocanaiiua ..." HOl II 07 3 Lii "37
Wa|iwallo|>en.. " sto il tu 3 ;l 647
Nescopeck ar is 11 'lt\ ■> 4'J 700
A M. A.M. P.M-
I'uttsvillc IV ~ in ill m
H;i7let«in ' 7 Ifci J |.*» :'J I- 1
l iinihuken " 7 'ti •> o.', <•■>
tern (il«n " '-t ■la l-">
liuck ' Hen ..." '
Nescupeck . ai H 112
I aluw i-~a I ini 4 00
\ VI 1. TVI p. M. P M ~
Nesecijicek... . Iv $ K 18 ill 1 4'2 " 1,1
( reaJv s 3l il -it. 3 ".'J 700
K-pv Kerry ... 'l*4. II 4-, I 402 7an
F.. HtoolllSl'Urk 547 11 :,it 4m; 7li
t'atawi.ssa Iv * 11.,".; 41. 7 ;jj
s..utli Uanville •• 4 la I i 4 .il 7 ;,i
Sunliury :ir 3-> la 40 I •">■' s1 r,
_ A, M. I*. M. P. M I'. M
suiilniry Iv « U- M;>sls a 53
Lewisburg.... ar 10 l- : '4 > 14s
Milton " 10 OS 1 .1110 II
Wiiliaui»iiort.. " II 00 I 41 <1 10 10 no
Haven... " II 59 --i' " '
Kennvo -• A.M. s ; -o
Kane " s i" 1
" P. M. P. M.
I.ook Haven..lv =l2 lo :i l-V
Hell*-fonte nr 1 o.'< I II
I \ rout* •• alO 0 011
Pnilipuburg " olos 802 :
I leiirlield " 6 df s 4"'
PittMbiirg.... •' OVi 10 4 >
_ A. P. MP.M. P M
Sunbury Iv » f>o J 1 'I" S3l
II arrlshuru.... ar 11 3o Si 3 l.'i f * HI 111
~ P.~M! 1". M. P. M. A M _
Philadelphia. . ar f3 IT fl £'■ 9 .' s 4 'ii
Baltimore 53 II <> "O '' *•_' -2"
Washington ... "542U ,T 15 '0 <■' '■'< : fl
~ A~M" P. M.
sun bury Iv jjto am j a r» \
I.ewistoWTi ,Ic. ar II 4"i • o.">
I'iUsliuric - ii .Vi $lO 45
_ A.M H, MP.M. P M
Harrlst'urif Iv 11 46 £> 11 ' -1 lo•
P. M. A M. A. SI A M
I lttntiur< ar 0 ">a ,1 150 100 a ;{0
1
P. M. P >t A M A M
PltthliUrK Iv "I" 00 ; WlflS ou
iA. M A M P M
llarridl'UrK ar 2uc 42' II 23 310
TT M A M
Ptttpt.uilf Iv .... u to - » 10
A.M. PM
lrf»witt"W>l .1 '. T : 3 00
Sunbury ur w ; 4 6"
P. M. A M V M AM
Washington... Iv 1 40 7 . 10 an
Kattluiore II I"' 440 s 411 II 4 1 ....
Philadelphia... 11 I" 4 9 8 31) 1140
A. M A M A. >|. P M
HarriHtiurii.... Iv 3 3.'i 7 3.', ;lt lu ;•• 2>
Sunbury ai •> 00 « :u. Ios; 51 :
p. M. \ M A M
Pittsburg I\ la 46 ;im . s(k
< leartleld •• 3
PlillipHburt;.. " 123 10 U»
1 x rone " 7IU .... slo 12 2i
Itellefonte.. •' 8b- !• 32 ' '
I.oik Haven ar '.l 1 > 10 io 210
P. M. A M A M P M
trie Iv .3 851 !
Kane " s 13 . '■ 00 ......
Kenovo " II >" . o 4" 10 30 » 1 I .
I.ock Haven "12 3S 7;o11 23 2.30 ';
A.M. I' M
WilUamsport.. 2 M 825 ;I2 10 H3O
Miltun •• 211 913 I*3 4 ;
laewisburK ...." 9 o.' 11' 422 ...
Sunbury ar 3 w I-» 161 so>
A. M. AMP M P 31 1
Sunbury Iv ; '• 43 | « 35 s 2 on ; 5 23.
S.iuth Hanville" 711 10 17 221 > ."i" ...
«:alawlß.sa *' 7 321 10 35 2 :>• 6 os,
t HliHiinsburK.. " 7 ;7 10 43 ! !■! 01'
Espy Kerry " 742 110 47 t 6 I'.'
Creasy " 732 lo 5f 2 •> 3n ...
Nescojieck 14 nO2 11 05j ■! 0-> 040 ....
A M A M P. M. P M
1 ataw issa Iv 111 :;s
Nescopeck. Tv 8 '2.1 i 3 IV, :7 03
Kock <Hen ar 11 22 7 '>
Kern (Hen " 851 11 281 332 734 ....
Tomhicken " S3B 11 is ."1 :w :42
Hazleton " »lo II 3; . Mi, 805 '....
Pottsvllle '■ 10 13 1 >ll ii v,
AM AMP M P M "
Nescojieck Iv ;H 02 11 05 : 03 -0 10 -*'
Wapwallo|ien..ar Nlo II ao •20 ii 62
Mocanaiiua .... " K :;l II 32 ; ;o 701
Nanticoke .... " 8 .1 II 64 ilO 7la •••
P 31'
Ply in'th Ferry 112 »02 12 "1 f7 2s
WilkNbane ... •' »l"l- l" 405 '
A M P .31 P 31 P 31
I'itlston I'All) ar . v 20 12 20 : 4 » "I
scran lon " '* loos los .1 ai ss 2y
Weekdavs. liaily 112 Klan station.
Pullman Parloi aad Sleeping Cars run on
thr<>uah trains between Surbury. Willlauisport
ami l.rie. between Sunbury »n! I'hilailelpliia
ami Washinaton ami between Harrlsriu?;- Pitts
ourif and tbe West.
Kor turtlier information apfily to Ticket Atcents
\\ . W \TTEHIH KV. 1 K. \V<K»I»,
4it-iil* .Manager Pass. Trattlc .Msi'.
i.t-:n. w. HnV l>, Hen i Passenger A^ent.
JOHN" W. FARNSWOHTH
INSURANCE
Lifs Fire Accident and Steam Bier
Ofttc«»: Montcom«>nr Building, Mill StrMt,
Danville. - * Penn'a
IJ—< II HI 1 H Ml ——————J——
I Nothing has ever equalled it.
Nothing can ever surpass it.
Dr. King's
Hew Discovery
For C;:litr' a "^'»?"
A Perfect For All Throat and
Cure: Lung Troubles.
Money back if it fails. Trial Bottles free.
. ft *<j! lto P en *
Hfc ' e
CBsaa & \ " t s o y
F3 flFi-'j CLEAN
ree
rvr\ » ,
I rial t&d;
Mrs. Rorer
.llman «!• . unil ' I I p. , , ||. . „... ,1..,. 50 ,.
• .112. ""M I IIAI k 1 112 nut a.tisf.ctwr/.
IU)I.I 3H\ , ... • <>., I 111 IVun A>r , Jlouol J.j, »■«.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE !
Pursuant to an order ol' tin* Court
of Common Pleas ot Montour County,
the undersigned, assignee for the ben
efit of creditors of Jauie- Martin, will
exjiosi to |iuhli( sale, on the premises
No. -ijs East Market street, 011
Saturday, December 12, 1903
at ten 'oelock A. M., of said day, the
following described real estate:
Tin 't Xn I. All that certain town
lot of Jand situate in the Fourth Ward
of the borough ot Danville, county of
Montour,state of Pennsylvania,bound
ed and described as follows: Situate
on the Western side of Railroad street
commencing at a distance of three
hundred and forty feet Northwardly
from "C" street, thence extending
along Railroad street Northwardly
about forty two feet to line of land
formerly ot Dr. William 11. Magill
now or formerly of Jacob Sperriug,
thence along line of .-aid Sperring
Westwardly 1(>4.7 feet to an alley,
thence along -aid alley Southwardly
about 104 feet to line of land former
ly of Edward H. i'aldy, thence along
said Kaldy's land at right angles with
said alley and paralell with "C" street
150 feet to the place of beginning on
Railroad street.
Tract No. ■!. All that certain town
lot of land situate in the Fourth Ward
of the borough,county and state afore
said, hounded and described as fol
lows. Commencing on the Northwest
.side or corner of Spring street and an
alley at the distance of 2'M feet East
wardly from "C" street, thence Ea>t
wardly along Spring street North 79'.,
degrees East ii".'.s feet to another al
ley, thence along said other alley
North .'S 1 degrees East •'•«*» teet to line
of land now or formerly of William
H. Magill, thence along line of said
land Noith ."!(> degrees Wot about 111
feet to another alley, thence along the
line of said other alley Westwardly
about 17 feet to the first mentioned al
ley, thence along the said first men
tioned alley South JO 1 ., degrees East
150 feet to the place ot beginning at
the corner of said alley and Spring
street.
Tract No. :!. All that certain one
half part of a town lot ot land situate
in the First Ward of sai<i borough,
county and state, bounded and de
scribed as follows : Beginning at a dis
tance of:!<> feet West of Elm street at
the, corner of Market and Elm streets,
thence along other lands of grantor
South degrees West 27 feet,thence
North 57'... degrees West 4.5 feet,
thence South 41 degrees West 81,7
teet to the land of Mahouing Rolling
Mill Company, thence along same
North ll', degrees West ".M.B feet to
other land of Mahoning Rolling Mill
Company, thence North 44 1 ., degrees
East 104.5 feet to Market street,thence
along Market street 57'.j degiees East
•20 feet to the place ot beginning;
whereon is erected a
TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING
with large and eommodius store room
fronting on East Market street. The
same being numbered 5*38 Ka-t Market
street.
TERMS OF SALE: Ten per centum
ot the purchase money shall be paid
at the striking down of,the respective
properties. The balance thereof upon
confirmation of said >ale or sales. All
conveyancing to be al the expense of
the purchaser or purchasers.
JAMES DAI LEV, Assignee.
R. SCO IT AMMERMAN, Atty.
I: \K< i'T«ic» \<»ti< !•:.
Estate of Jauio L. Riehl.late ot the
Borough of Danville, Montour
County, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary on the estate of .lames
L. Richl, late ot the Borough of Dan
ville, County of Montour and State of
Pennsylvania, deceased, have been
granted to the undeisigued to whom
all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment and those
having claims or demands will make
known the >ame without delay.
GEORGE M. GEARHART.
Executor of the last will of James L.
Riehl, deceased, Danville, Penn'a.
or to hi-. Atty.
WM J BALDY.
\ l 111 I'Oll'S NOTI4 I
A
In re estate of Charlotte Caldwell,
late ot Anthony township Mon
tour county. Pa , dee'd
The undci-igned, appointed Auditor
by the I'nurt to distribute the balance
in the hands of the adminstrator to
and among the parties legally entitled
thereto, will attend to (lie dutie- ot
his appointment at his law ottice. No.
107 Mill Street,in the Borough of Dan
ville, Peuna . on Friday, December
18th. IHO3, at ten o'clock in the tore
noon ot -aid day, where and when all
persons having claims against the said
decedent are required to present and
prove the same, or he debarred from
any share or portion of the said fund.
R S AM M I'RM AN, Auditor.
1 A' KAWANNA RAILROAD. 112;
U BLOOMSBURO DIVISION
W KST.
A. M. A M. A M P V
New ><irk . IV 2on .... 10'JU 14H
H. M.
SrrKJitoii .ar til" 1 S(J b .',l<
I*. M.
ISuftalo iv II HO 215
* M.
SiTHßtou iir I'h lUOS ....
A. M. A. M. I M. P. M
M-raiituli iv tbHo "1U 1U fl &•' *t
Hi-I levin?
liiymi i. h nil? luj b
l.a< ki»waiiTi;i I, VI 11)24 210 t ..i
Iturvea tit:; 10 28 Sla IS)
I'lllNton «112« III:« 2 17 e '7
SuKijiieliamiH AVf 7u 1 1U H7 21W 8 W
Wcht- I'ittntoii 71. 10 41 •_> 2 X 702
Wyoming.. 7 1(1 10 4«. '2 27 7 »I 7
t-nrt v Fort 2 HI
lleiwiett 71. 10 52 2HI 14
Kingston ar 724 lOiXi 24U 7 2i)
WilkeH-Barre ar 74n II lu 2f»o 7 hii
Wlikes-Hiirrt- iv 7ln lull" HIJ 7lu
Kingston iv 724 HI Vi 2 41) 7 2*l
Plymouth June
Plymouth 785 11 Ua 24« 1 ::n
Nantlcoke 74( 11 1H SM JH7
ilunlock'H 7 4!' II ID SO6 74M
I shifkNtiiuny Mil 11 41 H2O 7 G;t
j Hicks Kerry Mil 111 44 440 fh 04
lieacli Haven 810 11 4S 487 HOW
Berwick 827 11 54 H44 81
! Uriarereek tx S2 . fH 00 ..
| Willow Grove o*4o f4 54 t»24
Mine Kldge 840 fl2 0» 458 112» 2s
K-py hit, 12 15 4to BS4
I ItlooiUNlMirg 858 12 22 4li 84U
itupert 857 12 25 415 815
CatavvlNsa 0 02 12 42 4*2 8 HI
Danville Wls 12 14 4HH HOS
I Cameron »24 f1247 444
1 Norlhnnitier ci ar HBS 110 455 H .;u
KASr.
A. M. A. M. P. M. P M
I Morthumberl'.... is tW®O « jt
I Cameron AS? .... f2iu t, s«
Danville 707 10 10 211 544
I < atawiHHa 721 111 42 224 5 I>o
K u |>erl 726 10 47 2 2S» bUI
Klooiust'lirg 734 1011 2JJ.S «UC
Kspy 748 10 48 240 bin
I I. line Kidge 741 flO 54 U4of« it
W lllow Urove.... f7 4h (2 50
lii iarcreek 762 .. 12 53 112 827
i Berwick 757 11 05 25s #t4
Beech Haven 805 fll 12 iO4 841
Hicks Kerry 811 fll 17 4 otf 847
shirkr-hinny 822 11 HI 420 f8 5»
Miinlock .s 834 . 4HI f7 IW
Nantlcoke. ... Bxh 1144 838 71«
Avondale 841 842 7r;
Plymouth 845 115 a H47 Tm
Plymouth June 817 .... 852 .
Kingston ar 855 11 5y 400 7as
Wilkes-Barre ar » 111 12 10 410 750
Wilkes Barre Iv *4O 11 40 850 7
Kingston iv 855 1159 400 748
! I.u/erne .. 858 1 12 02 403 742
Forty Kort .. f»OC .... 407
Wyoming 905 12U8 412 741
West PlttHton 910 417 Til
Susquehanna Ave .8 18 12 14 420 7&<
PittHton 919 12 17 424 BUI
Duryea 924 429 80#
Lackawanna 928 482 810
Taylor . 932 440 817
Bellevue
Beranton ar 942 12 35 450 B'i
A M. P. 11. P. M
; Scranton Iv lOZS Jl 55 .... 11 Hi
A. V
Buffalo ar 7 55 7 0'
A.M. I'. M P.M A.M
Scranton Iv 10.10 12.40 J4 85 '2 ta
P. M. P. M P.M A. v
New York ar 830 5 0«i 745 850
•Daily, fDaily except .Sunday.
fStops on signal or on notice to conductor,
a Slops on signal to take on passengers ior
New York. Binghamton and points west.
T E.CLARKE T. W. LEE,
lien. Superintendent. tien. Pass.
Shoes Shoes
StylisJn. !
Cheap!
Reliable I
Bicycle, Cymnasium and
Tennis Shoes.
THK CELEBRATKIJ
Carlisle Shoes
AND THK
Silas; - Proof
litihher Boors
A SPECIALTY.
SCHATZ,
SOMEIIISS NEW!
A Reliable
TO SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing
Spoutlne and Oonoral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, flanges,
Furnaces, eto.
PRICES THE LOOT!
QIiiLITY TDG BEST!
rot
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E, FEONT BT.
PEGG
The Coal Dealer
SELLS
WOOD
—AND
COAL
—AT—
-3 44 Ferry Street