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TWIXT LOVE
AND DEATH
By Martha
McCulloch-Willie., my
Copyright, IMS. bu T. C. McClure
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If Millie had not worn her blue gown
the story might have been different, j
Whether It was the color or the fluff j
of It or the way It clung to and molded j
her bllui suppleness, nobody could say, |
but the fact was patent, somehow it
transformed her from a very pretty
girl Into an elfland queen. Millie was, i
you see, a Spanish blond, with velvet 1
dark eyes aud hair of tlie palest gold. |
Small wonder in the blue gown she j
swept John Eustace off his feet and
made him forget some things lie ought
to have remembered.
His betrothed, Alice Ellison, for ex
ample. Alice was as good as her plen
tiful gold, but stubby, dull colored and
on the surface dull wltted. She was,
above all things, dutiful Duty was
Indeed the early root of her love tor
John. If she had not happened to be
born, the Ellison fortune would have
gone to John's father, Ellison Eustace. I
Her father had married In a tit of
pique when he was on the edge of sev- i
euty. He lived to see his daughter
nine years old ami to impress upon her
that she uiust marry her second cousin 1
and so keep the money in the Ellison J
blood.
John. five years older than Alice, had j
accepted tils fate philosophically. I'n- ;
til chance flung Millie across his path
tie had never repined. Au only child
and motherless, he had grown up his
112 .tier's intimate comrade. Thus wo
men. especially youug women, had nev- j
er worn for him the roseate glamour of
unschooled youth. Still his futher had
by no means tried to put an old head
upon youug shoulders nor to breed In
his son contempt for womankind. It
was only that love anu women were
pushed to the background, reckoned
mere episodes beside the rush and
scurry of truly manly pursuits. Mar
riage was honorable in all men—mar
riage with Alice would be thrice hon
orable, safe and profitable. Thus when
she came to eighteen John had a cer
tain satisfaction In putting the ring
upou her linger and even chafed a lit
tle over the fact that by her father's
express desire she was to stay single
until she was one aud twenty.
He honestly believed himself in love
aod truly felt for her a tender fondness
that had begun when, a sturdy little
lud. be had guided her tottering baby
steps. lie meant always to guide,
Kuard and cherish her as became a gen
tleman, even though In his swelling
visions of the future she was no more
than a dumb, submissive shade. If |
•he would never be a brilliant figure,
still less would she be one of whom
husband must needs be ashamed. In
deed he was altogether a little more
than conteut with the ordering of
things until six months before his wed
ding day he came under Millie's spell, i
lie saw her first upon a spring morn- !
ing full of hot, shining and languid ruf
fling airs. Dew still sparkled on the
grass, and overhead in the green gold
of new leafage robins fluted delicately
the Joy of life and love. To his en
chanted eyes Millie embodied the shin
ing, the bird song, the softness of the
south wind, the warmth of the sun.
What they said Is Immaterial. For
two hours they walked together over
the ragged lawn turf or stood In rapt
contemplation of newly open roses, i
And then in a safe seclusion of green- ;
est shade ho drew her within his arms
and kissed her, not lightly, but as one j
who takes what Is supremely his own.
Then followed a heavenly fortnight. ;
Eustace masterfully pushed out of his
mind all thought that might mar this
new bliss. He rarely spoke his love
and after that first kiss was sparing
of demonstration. There was no need
of It when each understood so perfect- j
ly what was in the other's heart. Yet
at the end of every day's comradery
Eustace had a sense of something itn
pending ever drawing nearer. He re
fused to let himself look further than
the next day's end, but somehow, some
where, he knew he would be called to
pay a bitter scot.
His chiefest care was for Millie. No
harm must touch her, however it fared
with him. She was so young, so In- j
nocently gay, so innocently foolish, he
was doubly bound to protect her, even
against himself. It was heaven to see
her bloom and sparkle at his approach.
She left herself so artlessly undefended
now aud agalu there came a lump In
hla throat. A man who could speak, |
who could even think, lightly of her j
would deserve death twice over.
So the idyl drifted through hours. I
•unlit aud starlit. Perhaps it wus some i
111 star In its course that brought home |
Joe Cantrell, Millie's brother, who
tired out In the big world aud knew
its ways. He came unannounced Just
as dusk fell down, making his way
through the devious side path all tan
gled with sweet shrubs. When Millie
met him n little later, her eyes were
•tartlke. her cheeks of damask bloom;
but sight of tier could not win him
from Icy auger. lie never explained
anything "You will be ready togo
back with me two days hence," he said,
frowning heavily. Millie got very
white, but went silently toward the
stair foot. As she was mounting it
her brother said, with a taunting laugh,
"Ne*t time you choose to kiss and fon
dle a man take care that I am not in
sight or that he Is not engaged to mar
ry another woman."
She knelt, shivering, by her bedside
until she heard him go out after a lei
surely supper. And she was still kneel
tog when he came In, stamping heav
ily, well toward midnight. He stopped
beside her father's high black secre
tary, flung down the lid with a bang.
then after o minute came upstairs, still
moving ponderously. But his foot
steps did not mask another sound—the
clicking of pistol locks. Intuitively she
understood—he had strolled over to the
Country club, picked a quarrel with
Eustace and would have him out at
daybreak next morning.
No thought of appeal to him stirred
In her. Instead there came a firm de
termination matching his own. She
knew tier name had not been men
tloned In the quarrel quite as well as
she knew herself Its real root. The
men must not fight. She could not
have her brother's blood upon her con
science. still less her lover's. There
was but one way to stop them, a way
bitterer than death; still she set her
feet toward It unfaltering.
She got up and sat by the window,
watching with noteless eyes the wheel
ing stars, the waning moonlight. But
at the first pale dawn light she was
tensely alive. Below she heard a
stealthy stir, the cautious opening of a
door, with muffled voices aud cautious
steps outside. She got up and crept to
her brother's room. Lighted candles
still glittered there. Upon the table
there was a brief will, the ink not dry
In the heavily scrawled signature. Be
side It was a briefer statement; "Let it
be understood of all men if I die I 1
shall have died in a man's quarrel, j
founded on no personal grudge, but I
resenting unjust aspersions upon my j
native state." She almost smiled over
it. The native state counted to Joe j
for so very little in the ordinary course |
of life.
Twenty minutes later, just as the sun j
peeped over rimming trees, she came j
out in a little clearing upon a wooded i
hilltop and saw two men standing !
weapon in hand, face to face, ten yards '
apart. Three other men a little way
off had scared, white faces, but neither !
combatant had lost wholesome color, i
Millie sprang between them, white as
a daw n wraith, but with eyes like (
glowing coals. She flung up her arms ,
and said clearly: "Fire, gentlemen! If
anybody deserves death, I do!"
"Millie! Co back!" Joe Cantrell thun I
dered. Eustace dropped his pistol and
leaped to the girl's side. In her ear he !
whispered brokenly: "Darling, let him
kill me. It Is the best way out of It
all!"
Millie shrank from him a little, j
"There i; no ived for bloodshed," she
said. 'I I.en. i;tis!ng her voice so the
seconds on.'d hear: "I call all here to!
witn ' * t!:at I have not been deceived. |
l knew at the very flrst of John Eus
taee's betrothal. We have done no i
wrong to anybody. We—we love each j
other because we cannot help it. Oh, |
it Is hard that my own brother brings i
me to such open shame!"
"Come home," Cantrell said roughly, j
flinging away his pistol and clutching
her arm. Eustace caught the other ;
hand, saying: "Stay with me, Millie! ,
The whole world may go if I have :
you!"
"Goo 'by," Millie said, drawing away
her haiii'. "I shall love you always,
John, but your wife need not be jeal- j
ous."
• ••••**
By the strange orderings of fate that
was a true word. John Eustace went
Btraight to Alice and told her all the j
truth. She gave him back his free- j
dom and would have given him half
her money only he would not have it.
But he could not persuade Millie to
marry him until Joe, the masterful,
had wooed and won Alice Ellison and
her fortune.
DANGER IN SODA SIPHONS.
riiey Mar Kiplodr uml Cause Injur) ,
to Those Who May lie Si'ar,
Do you know that the siphon bottle
ordinarily used for vicliy, soda water
»nd other effervescent drinks is usually \
charged with a pressure of from 120 to |
lt>o pounds to the square inch? The :
danger likely V) result from an explo- j
siou of one of these little household ar- j
tides Is by no means inconsiderable, j
and yet the average person handles a j
siphon as though it were the most j
harmless thing in the world.
There are two or three things to re
member in handling siphons: Never 1
keep your siphons near the range, for
the unusual heat is more likely than
anything else to cause an explosion, j
Don't subject the bottle to ar." sudden j
change of temperature whatever For ■
instance, if you keep your siphons in j
the ice box—and that is the best and j
safest place for them—don't grasp the i
glass part of the bottle with your warm |
hand, for the sudden change of temper- j
ature is apt to cause an explosion. The
best way to carry a siphon at all times
is by the metal top at the head of the
bottle. It is needless to say the great
est care should be taken not to drop a
siphon, for au explosion is the inev
itable result. Wlien empty, the siphon
is, of course, quite harmless.
That these bottles are considered a I
great source of danger is evidenced by j
the fact that the courts inevitably hold
the bottlers strictly liable for all dam- j
ages resulting from the explosiou of j
one of them if even the slightest defect ;
In the manufacture of the bottle can (
be shown.—Washington Times.
This Horse Knew.
A doctor was returning home from
visiting a patient late one night in :
company with a clergyman, when the !
horse stopped short at one of the most \
dangerous grade crossings within the
city's limits. Absorbed in lively con
versation with his clerical friend and
seeing no gate down, he mechanically
touched the horse with the whip and \
urged it by his voice togo forward, j
But the spirited animal for once would
not respond and instead of obeying
stepped briskly aside and turned his j
heud as far as possible from the train
which Just then whizzed by at the rate
of forty miles an hour.
It was a close call for the occupants
of the carriage, who sat breathless
through the moments of terrible sus
pense, but the horse maintained its
attitude of a half circle until the dan
ger had passed. It seeuis the gate
keeper was asleep at his post and had
neglected his duty, but the delicate
ears of the horse had detected the
sound of the coming train.—Boston
Transcript.
When the Poor Hide In Coaches.
In the east side tenement house re
gion coaches are associated with only
two things—weddings and funerals.
The coach is an indispensable feature
of the wedding, and only the very
poorest are buried without the attend
ance of a mourning coach.
The whole block knows when a wed
ding is to take place, and everybody is
on the watch when the coach and pair
come dashing around the corner to re
celve the bride. The vehicle draws up
before the narrow entrance to a tene
ment and presently is entered by the
bride, half hidden in her white veil
and all nodding with orange wreaths,
while a gaping crowd looks on. The
horses are lashed, the coach turns an
other corner, and in three minutes the
bride is at the place of ceremony. The
ceremony over, the coach this time
swallows up both bride and bride
groom. Everybody is charmed at the
sight. The gossips are busy for a day.
—New York I'ress.
The Stem Winder.
When Michael McCurek was a long
shoreman Mrs. McGurck took in wash
ing and called herself a "washer lady,"
but when Mike became a stevedore aud
gathered together the emoluments of his
bossing his wife put on airs and decid
ed that her two daughters should be
educated and marry millionaires. Brid
get McGurck found It somewhat dltti
cult to Induce "tine people," as she
called them, to invite her girls to their
parties. Once she got them in at a "so
cial" and went with them as chaperon,
dressed in a stunning sea green silk
with red trimmings.
They had decided to get there early
and not miss anything to be seen of
"sassietv." Other guests were, as usual,
late In arriving, and one lady of very
humble lineage fidgeted nervously till
Mrs. Met;urck beamed upon her and
said It was "a folne avenin'." And, the
Ice being broken, the nervous lady asked
the lady in green the time. That lady
felt around her corpulent anatomy and,
with a sigh of regret and a look of sad
ness. said:
"Begorra, ma'am, I'm sorry, but I've
left the self feeder at home." New
i York Herald.
! VOICE AND !
: VIOLIN !
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♦ :By tO. tO. Hinej 112
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♦ Copyright, ISIOB, by T. C". McClure ♦
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Herman Muller was thrifty, very
shy, very musical and very much In
love. The fact that he was very shy
and very much in love disturbed him
greatly, and the fact that he was very
musical disturbed other people, par
ticularly the people in the house where
he boarded. This house was In a very
quiet part of Brooklyn, and from it
Herman went to his work in New York
every morning and returned In the
evening. During business hours, from
0 to 5, he was Herman Muller, head
bookkeeper for the importing firm of
Drummond & Ilart. After business
hours he was "that moon eyed Dutch
man who plays the fiddle."
Herman had tried one boarding
house after another, but never had he
found one where violin playing at
night was encouraged either by laud
lady or the other boarders. Finally
he bad moved into this house and, in
desperation, resolved to brave all the
unkind remarks. The quiet part of the
city suited him, and really the other
boarders were not as entirely unrea
sonable as some others he had known.
Opening onto his room was a small
lire escape balcony, and he had secured
permission to sit 011 this in the even
ings and play his violin softly. The
softness was stipulated by the con
cessionnalres. It was very cold on the
balcony In winter time, but he was al
ways cheered up by the society of his
beloved "fidille" and the knowledge
that spring was coming.
And it was in the spring that he fell
In love —not once, but twice. Now, It
was grateful to his Teutonically senti
mental soul to fall in love, but it is dif
ficult even for a German musician to
love two women at once with whole
soulcd enthusiasm. Yet he was not ex
actly in love with two women—he was
in love with a woman and with a voice.
The woman was the new stenogra
pher in the office of Drummond & Hart.
Slender, brunette and dainty, she was
in every respect antithetical to the big,
HE WORKED HIS WAY ALONG FROM THE
FIRE ESCAPE
blond, untidy looking fellow who so ad
mired her at first sight. But Herman
was a handsome fellow despite the
careless manner in which lie dressed,
and the new stenographer of ten glanced
at him approvingly when she knew he
was looking the other way.
Mr. Drummond, the senior partner in
the firm, introduced Herman to the
new stenographer. He knew Herman's
reputation for shyness and only by a
great efl'ort kept down a smile when he
saw the big German blush conspicuous
ly upon meeting the frank glance of
the young girl. The introduction over,
Herman panuiptly turned to his books,
more | tor the purpose of letting tbe
blujAWe away than for any other rea
son. As he pored over the books he re
flected with delight that the girl's name,
Helen Dumout, was a name that emi
nently suited her.
It was not until business hours were
over, his dinner eaten and the violin
and himself in close companionship on
the little balcony that he decided he
was at last in love. Then he took the
violin into his confidence, cuddling It
up to his chin and playing very softly
a little love song of the Rhine country.
It was a light thing, rippling and sun
shiny, and it seemed to express his feel
ings. He wondered if Helen was mu
sical. She must be, her face was so
sensitive, he decided.
As he played lie heard a window
raised in the house next door and re
flected uneasily that some one would
probably shout across to him to keep
his fiddle playing for the daytime.
However, no protest catue, and he
changed the air he was playing to
Schubert's serenade. Scarcely had he
taken up the measure of this than he
heard a voice accompanying him. No
words were sung; it was a sort of hum
ming, but in a voice of so pure a so
prano quality that he was thrilled
through and through. Then he played
cue of Sauer's peasant love songs, and
the voice still accompanied him, this
time singing the words very softly.
But other windows in his own house
were raised to protest at the music.
From the window where the singer sal
n silvery laugh floated out. The win
| dow closed, and the voice accompanied
his music no more that night.
Next day at the ollice he stole many
furtive glances at Miss Dumont and
1 tried to decide whether he was In love
with her or with the voice he had
heard the night before. Already In
1 was beginning to think of it as Th«
Voice, mentally capitalizing the words
Before the day was over he decided
that he was In love with Helen Du
niont. The graceful turn of her bead
and the purity of expression In her bU
brown eyes seemed to him worth al
the voices in the world. But In tin
evening The Voice again accompanied
his violin playing, and for an hour h<
was near to forgetting Miss Dumont.
This went on all through the spring
1 and Herman began to lose flesh undei
I the strain of trying to decide whethei
1 he was in love with a beautiful gir
or a beautiful voice. Time and agair
he wrestled unavailingly with the shy
\ uess which prevented him from get
I ting better acquainted with Helen Du
! mont. He often met her on his waj
home in the evening and knew thai
she lived some ere dose, but hi
could never qulte'get his courage iq
to the point of asking permission U
1 call on her.
Then he made up his mlml that ho
would see the owner of The Voire lie
knew that she lived in the house next
to the place where he hoarded, lint a
projecting hay window cut oft" the
view of this house from his window,
and lie had no way of knowing what .
room the owner of The Voice occupied.
One evening In June lie made his
opportunity. At the end of a waltz j
song which he had been playing he j
softly laid down his violin and stepped j
onto the next tire escape balcony. He
was long armed and athletic, so it
was with little difficulty that he work
ed his way along from one lire escape
to another until he had rounded the
point of the bay window. The bright
moonlight made him easily visible on
the tire escape, and he knew that he
stood an excellent chance of being
shot for a burglar, but physical danger
was not half so terrifying as the pros
pect of continuing longer with ills love
divided between a voice and a woman.
As he reached the point of the bay
window lie peeped cautiously around
it. lie saw a girl leaning out of a win
dow, and he instantly darted back. The
girl was Helen Dumont. He had not
known she lived so close to him, and
he hoped she had not seen him. He re
solved to wait where he was until the
girl with The Voice should come back
to her window. He had to wait only a
few moments before he heard The Voice
humming the refrain of the waltz song
which he had been playing a few min
utes before. Again peeping cautiously
uround 1 lie wall, lie again saw only
Helen Dumont. She saw him and
laughed that sweet, silvery lauyh he
had heard before.
It struck him suddenly and very
forcibly that he was a fool, a big Ger
man, musical, sentimental fool. The
owner of the voice was Helen Dumont.
Therefore he must be twice as much in
love with Helen as lie had thought it
possible to love a woman. Very quiet
ly he made his way back to his own
balcony and picked up his violin again.
If, stupid fool that he was, he could
not speak for himself, he could make
his instrument speak for him. The
Voice was silent, but he did not care.
He knew that she must understand.
As a linale he played a composition of
his own only in time to escape epithets
hurled at him from half a dozen near
by houses.
And. once having told his love with
the violin, he had less difficulty than
lie anticipated when he called on Ilel- j
en Dumont the following evening and j
proposed indue form.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Muller live in
one of New York's prettiest suburbs, in j
a cottage where violin music and sing- I
ing can disturb no neighbors. The wife !
is Just as happy as a woman can be j
who takes vast pride In her husband's !
talent and stupidity. She Is even I
prouder of his stupidity than of his J
talent. Herman—well, he has never |
got over falling in love with his wife
twice, a thing possible only to stupid- I
ity like this.
SICKROOM TACTICS.
A 9ocoe«»fol Nupue >lu»t He Gentle, :
I'utient HII«I Tactful.
The proper mental atmosphere creat- j
ed in a sickroom is often as important :
us the remedies given. A nurse should j
be in touch with her patient—that Is, |
ulie should be sympathetic and not al- j
low irritability and whims to upset her
equanimity. The nurse who can create
an atmosphere of repose, who can hu
mor without indulging her patient in
all the idiosyncrasies of sick people,
has won half the battle. An unsympa
thetic, impatient nurse will do more to
hinder recovery than the lack of rem
edies. It is not acts and words alone
that help or hinder; her very thoughts
are as potent as her general conduct,
tnd the sensitive patient will be influ
enced for good or ill If the nurse were
dumb. She should at all times main
tain a positive uplifting mental atti
tude and remember that the patient's
Irritability or melancholia Is Justified
by her physical condition and is not
perverseness.
Gentleness, n itienee and, above all,
tact are the rt juisltes for good and In
telligent nursing, and the nurse who
lacks these qualities has Indeed missed
her calling. Patients have often failed
to improve simply because they did not
fancy their nurse. A nurse must be
likable and make herself liked, and It
takes only plain tact and a little cir
cumspection to ingratiate herself with
the most uninteresting of patients.
FROST FAIRIES.
Tb«? Wonderful t>e»l«n« Thut Win
dorr I'llii.-* I'lclnr«-.
When the frost fairies have a mate
rial ready for original design they often
produce in the hours of darkness most
exquisite decorations. The window
panes are their drawing paper, and the
window frames serve as picture frames
on those particular occasions. There
are said to be no less than a thousand
forms of suow crystals, every one of
them of the finest finish and of unim
peachable symmetry. Some are like
the patterns in honiton lace, while oth
ers are elaborated with geometrical
patterns so complex that it is difficult
to analyze them. Hut on the window
panes the frost pictures are by no
means confined to what are "standard
patterns" in snowflakes, but show the
most various and dainty schemes of
ornament. Some are like starry flow
erH, set with stars In the center and
with starr> shoots and comets flying
Into space around them. Others take
the shape of leaves arranged in set
form by some human designers. The
endive pattern is among the most beau
tiful, the curves and "motive" being
often scarcely distinguishable from
those in which a goldsmith of the days
of Louis XV. modeled the ormolu in
which he graced some priceless vase of
Jasper or crystal. Scale patterns, like
the scales of fishes. with striated lines
upon the overlapping disks, wavy pat
terns, set with stars, fern patterns,
moss patterns ami formalized sprays
of maidenhair are among the choicest
011 th«' list.— I.ondon Spectator.
\Ult'ri<-;tlift mi Gunrtl.
There is 110 record that any such or
der as "Put none but Americans on
guard" was issued by Washington.
Those who quote it do not know when
It was supposed to have been issued.
But it is a fact that on April 30, 1777,
In an order Issued at Morrlstown, N. J.,
for rporuaniziiiK the improperly called
"Washington's bodyguard" he did say
that lie thought that men having an in
ter-'st iii the country would be less
likely to prove traitors than foreigners.
The order continued, "You will, there
fore, send me none but Americans."
Washington directed that this prefer
ence for Anierieans should not be made
known, as lie feared it might excite
the many foreigners in the army. —Ex-
change.
I iinrrmtirr.
C'liolly—A fellow told me today that
I didn't know enough togo in when it
rained. Miss Sharp— And what did you
»ayV Cliolly—l assuhed him it was quite
unnecessary, doucher know, because I
nevah go out when it rains. Philadel
phia I**dger.
PROMOTION BY RETORT,
A (»( \ .isu fTH i't int QueNtfona
i'i Suva roll.
'ill" : r«i iiii ii soldier. Marshal
Suvai'oii . \\ ..s in ' i'-ibil of asking :
uis men iii>'<i■ -1111 \ • n>;i-, sometimes !
foolish ones, and bcsiowing favors 011 ,
those who showed presence of mind in
answering him. on one occasion a
general of division sent him a sergeant
with dispatches, at the same time rec
ommeudi.ig the hearer to Swvaroff's
notice. The marshal, as usual, proceed
ed to test him by a series of whimsical j
questions.
"How far is it to the moon?" was the
tirst query.
"Two of your excellency's forced j
marches," the soldier promptly replied.
"If your men began to give way in
battle, what would you do?"
"I'd tell them that just behind the
enemy's line there was a wagon load of
good things to cat."
"How many lish jire there in the
sea?"
"Just as many as have not been
caught."
And so the examination went 011 till
Suvaroff. finding his new acquaintance 1
armed at all points, at length put a
final poser:
"What is the difference between your
colonel aud myself?"
"The difference is this." replied the [
soldier coolly. "My colonel cannot j
make me a captain, but your excellency
can."
Suvaroff. struck by his shrewdness,
kept his eye upon the man and soon
afterward gave him the promotion for
which he bad hinted.
Proper Xmoiitit of Sleep.
A proper amount of sleep is. of course,
absolutely essential to continued good
health, but if dietetic habits are cor
rect it is a matter which will regulate
Itself. If a rule is needed, one will fol- 1
low naturally from the fact that al
most every one feels languid on wak
ing and is disposed to take another nap,
no matter how long he has been sleep
ing. This is a morbid sensation which
it would take too long to explain here.
It Is enough to say that lack of sleep
should be made up. if possible, at the
beginning and not at the end. The best
general rule is to rise at a given hour I
every morning, whether tired or not,
and goto bed when sleepy.—ltoger S. !
Tracy in Century.
SOBS m !
A. neliatole
TO SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spoutine and Ceneral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges,
Furnaces. «tc-
PRICES TUB LOWEST!
QIiJLITY TOE BEST!
JOHN Hl\SO\
NO. 116 E. FRONT BT.
J. J. BROWN,
THE EYE A SPCCIALTY
Eyes tested, treated, fitted with <lass
*AH«l artiiicia.l eyes supplied.
Market Street, Bloomsburg, I'a.
Hour*—lft a. m to "> p. in.
Cash Given Away to Users d j
We are going to be more liberal than ever in 1904 to users of lion Coffee. Not only will the
Lion-Heads, cut from the packages, be good, as heretofore, for the valuable premiums we j
have always given our customers, but
In Addition to the Regular Free Premiums |
the some Lion-Heads will entitle you to estimates in our $50,000.00 Grand Pri * e wilMie 1
make some of our patrous rich men and women. You .can send in as many est.mates as desired. 1 here wil ■
TWO CREAT contests
The first contest will be on the July 4th attendance at the St. Louis World's Fa ir; l\Y^ dr o e^ t \ to n^ |
EZJzrx'tx\nt rs *S* ««. we » y
Grand First Prize of >5.000.00 iSUStSS ifZPJXSS Z. & a
-r '« opportunities of winning a big cash prize.
Five Lion-Heads "*8 Pr,nted blanks l " :
cut from Lion °" ,OU " d |
Coffee Packages and a k every Lion Coffee Pack "
2 cent stamp entitle you age * The 2 cent stanlp ij
(in addition to the reg-covers the expense t
ular free premiums) our acknowledgment i> -
to'one vote in you that your es J
either contest: IM, timateisrecorucd. J
WORLD'S FAIR CONTEST PRESIDENTJAL VOTE CONTEST
What will be the total July 4th attendance at the St Louis or co '■ 1 |
World's Fair? At Chicago. July 4.1« B. the attendance was 2t0,273 {l'^- ■ n I^'Vss 6.vV t M-oHe voted for President. For neat-or «
For nearest correct estimates received in'Woolson Spice 112 *..sHmat'es receive,! in Woolson Spice Co.'s. office. Toledo. <>.. jrj
pany's office. Toledo, Ohio, on or before June 30th, 1904. we ; x- ov * we will srlve first price for the nearest <-»•*
give first prize for the nearest correct estimate, second prize toe estimate second prize to the next nea' est. etc.. etc.. as follows:
next nearest, etc.. etc.. as ioliuws: Y Firat Prl~e $2,500.00
1 First Prize .. *?£RR'on i Second Prtze . 1 000.00 " i
II Second Prize J-RRSRR 5 Pri»«a_ sroo oo each l .000.00 :
2 Prizes $600.00 each J'SRS Rn r PHzes- 200 00 " 1 000.00 i
6 Prizes- 200.00 " 1 .000.00 lomlet-ioo'oo " ... 1.000.00
lO Prizes — 100.00 i'RRRnn hn fillll- 60 OO " 1 .000 00 112.
20 Prizes SO.OO iSSR™ %n Pri.et— 20 00 " 1.000.00 B
BO Prizes— 20.00 " oRn p?i«2— 1000 " 2.500.00 B
ocn Prlren - 10 OO " 2.500.00 200 Prizes iu.uvj 9 000.00 I
lioo RUM- 5.00 0.000.00 1800 Prizes- 5.00 I
2139"PRIZES TOTAL. $20,000.00 2139 PRIZEB. TOTAL. $20.000.00 I
4279 —PRIZES —4279
Distributed to the Public-aggregating 545,000.00-ln addition to which we ehall gl*e >5,000
to Grocers' Clerks (see particulars in HON COFFEE oates) making a grand total of $50,000.00. |
| COMPLETE DETAILED PARTICULARS IN EVERY PACKAGE OF J
' LION COFFEE
.SO.-4 SPICE CO.. (CONTEST PEP'T.) J
New Light on nil Old Snbjeef.
The man who had been kicked by ft
mule aud was quoted as saying he
"considered the source" was speaking
of it afterward to some u£ Uie othu
fellows.
"I wouldn't care," he said, "if ther*>
hadn't been so much fuss made over
it, as if it was a bright thing for any
body to say, but the honest truth is
that I never said anything of the kind.
When you're kicked by a mule, you're
not in a frame of mind for consider
ing things. What I really said was;
'You denied old beast! If I had a gun
and you were somebody else's mule
nnd it wasn't against the law to sbo«4
Inside the corporation I'd blow your
derned old head off, dern you!'"—Chi- I
cago Tribune.
It'.-itl Work.
"I've just been reading
lift? and the work lie did. He gov
erned the nation, wrote several books, j
studied two languages, saw a hundred j
people a day and answered all his mail,
besides sitting up all night reading j
Ilomer."
"That's nothing. Have you ever fol
lowed a bride around for two weeks
before her wedding?"— Life.
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rived its name from the Longobanls, a
race of rick bankers who settled there
in the reign of Edward 11. and whose
badge, the three golden balls, taken
from the lower part of the arms of the
dukes of Medici, continues to this day
to be the sign of pawnbrokers—money
lenders. The balls on the rich crest of
tiie Medici were blue, and only since
the middle of the nineteenth century
have they, in the pawnbrokers' signs,
been gilded. The position of the balls
is popularly believed to Indicate that
there are two chances to one that what
Is brought there will not be redeemed.
—St. Nicholas.
Two C»Ralen.
"Why is it," asked Robinson, "that
you always appear to be happy and
contented
"I suppose." replied Barker, "It's be
cause I never borrow trouble or lend
money."—New Yorker.
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believing as we pretend, acting as we
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T AChAWANNA RAILROAD.
U -BLOOMSBURG DIVISION
WKHT.
A. M. A. M. A. M. P. to
New York lv 200 .... 10 00 140
P. M.
Scranton ...ar 617 150
P. M.
Buffalo... IvllSO 245
4. M .
Scranton ar 058 10 05
M. A. M. P. M. P. to
Scranton lv t6 38 *lO 10 fl 6ft »6 55
Bellevue
Taylor 044 1017 103 614
Lackawanna 0 r.O 10 24 210 650
Ouryea H63 10 2b 2 lit 65a
Pittston 658 10 88 217 607
Susquehanna Ave 701 10 37 219 6&»
West Pittston 705 10 41' 223 702
Wyoming 710 10 40 227 707
Forty Fort 281 ....
Bennett 717 10 53 284 714
Kingston ar 724 10 56 f2 40 720
Wilkes-Barre ar 710 UlO • 250 780
Wilkes-Barre .lv 710 10 40 280 710
Kingston lv 724 10 56 240 720
Plymouth June
Plymouth 7Ma 11 05 249 729
N'antlcoke 748 11 18 258 787
II unlock s 749 11 19 806 748
SbiekslHnny 8 111 11 31 820 75a
Hicks Ferry si! 111 48 830 f8 08
Beadi Haven t I; 48 887 SOW
Berwick 827 1! 54 844 I
Briarcreek fH 82 . . 13 50 ....
Willow tirove r> 3d .... 18 54 r* 24
I.line
Espy 8 41, 12 15 406 884
Rloomsbu-g 858 12a .4 12 8«J
ttopert 857 12 2 '4 15 845
C tawlssa 902 12ii.' 432 Bto
uanville 9 15 12 44 4 88 9 05
Cameron 924 112 67 448 ...
Northuniber'd ar 985 110 455 980
EAST.
A. M. A. M. P. M. P. M
Nortliumberl *t> (5 fIOOO tl 50 »5 21
< lameron h57 .... f2 01 fb 84
Danville .. 707 10 19 211 541
Catawissa 721 10 32 228 556
Kupert 726 10 37 229 601
Bloomsburg 733 10 41 288 606
Espy 738 10 48 240 618
Lime Kidge 711 f!0 54 f2 46 f6 20
Willow Orovn f7 48 f2 50
Briarcreek 7 62 f2 58 112 627
Berwick 757 11 05 258 684
Beech Haven 805 fll 12 803 641
Hicks Ferry 811 fll 17 309 647
Shickshinny 822 11 81 320 f6 59
Hunlock's 833 881 f7 U9
Nanticoke 888 11 44 838 714
Avondale 841 342 722
Plymouth 845 1152 347 728
Plymouth June 847 .... 352 .
Kingston . ar 855 11 59 400 738
Wilkes-Barre ar 910 12 10 410 750
Wilkes-Barre lv 840 11 40 350 730
Kingston lv 855 11 59 400 738
Luzerne 858 al2 02 403 742
Forty Fort f9 0C .... 14 07
Wyoming 905 12 08 412 74b
West Pittston 910 417 7&»
Susquehanna Ave ... 913 12 14 420 70#
Pittston 919 12 17 424 801
Duryea 923 429 806
Lackawanna 926 432 810
Taylor 932 440 817
Bellevue
Scranton.... ar 942 12 35 450 82t
A.M. P.M. P. M
Scranton lv 1025 11 55 .... lilt
A. M
Buffalo ... . ar ... 755 700
A. M. P. M P.M A.M
Scranton lv 10.10 12.40 13 35 *2 l&
P. M. P. M P.M A. M
New York ar 330 500 735 650
•Daily, 112 Daily except Sunday,
fstops on signal or on Dotice to conductor,
a Stops on signal to take on passengers lor
New York. Binghamton and points west.
T. E.CLARKE T. W. LEE
Oen. Superintendent. Oen.P 11
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
TIME T4BLE
In Effect Nov. J'.'th, 190,3.
A.M. A.M. P.M. |
Scranton(l)&H)lv §ti 3* >■» ill 1 42 54 28
Pittston " " 705f1015 §2lO 5 63|
A. 51 A. M KM. P.Mi
Wilkesliarre... lv « ? 2"> §lO 35 ; 2 45 iS iki|
Plym'tb Ferry "*7 32 110 42 f252 16 07;
Nanticoke " 742 10 50j 301 6 17
Mocanauua...." 801 11 07 820 6 37;
Wapwallopen.." 810 11 1»>; 331 6 47'......
Nescopeck ar 818 11 2<i 342 7 00.
A.M. A.M. p.M*
Pottsville It 550 511 55
Hazleton " 705 245£2 45
Tomhicken " 722 j 305 805
pern Olen " 721 1 315 815
Kock Olen "| 735 322 3 22
Nescopeck .... ar; 802
Catawissa I 4 00 4 00 .
—1 A~AT ATM" P.M. P M|
Nescopeck... .lvs 818 §ll 20 342 s7 00;
Creasv "I 83 1 11 38 3 ">2 7 09;
Espy Ferry... n4i li 40 t 402 720 ......
E. Bloomsburg " 847 11 50; 400 7 2.)
Catawissa lv 856 11.57j 4 13; 7 32!
South Danville '•! 9 14 12 15| 431 7 51
Sunbury ar 935 12 40 4 55| 8 15'
~~ ATM. P. M. P. M KM.
Sunbury lv ; t» 42 §li 48, S 5 IS y 53!
Lewisburg.... ar 10 13 i 4."> 54S ]
Milton " 10 OS 1 39, 544 10 14,
Williamsport.. "j 11 00 141 t> 40 10 00j......
Lock Haven... " 11 69 220 7 (7
Kenovo ";A.M. 3 00! 8 30. ;
Kane "1 8 25 ( j
j P.M. P. M.I
Lock Haven..lv <l2 10 3 3 45'
Bellefonte ....ar. 1 05 l! 444
Tyrone " I 2 10 I 0 00 1
Phillpsburg " ! 510jj 802 j
Clearfield.... " 654S 845
Pittsburg.... "j 655m0 45 1
A.M. P. M P. 51. P M
Sunbury lv 960 Si 159 SHi!B 31
Hamsburg.... ar 11 80 8315 j 650 10 10
~~ P. M. P. M. P. M. A M
Philadelphia., ar S 3 17 h 6 23 || 9 28 . 4 23 1
Baltimore "j§ 311 600 j 9 4-> 220
Washington..."!§ 4 20,|, 7 16 10 55, s 30 (
;A~SI~ P, 51.
Sunbury lv §lO 00 § 2 15 j I
Lewistowo Jc. ar 11 45 405 ; j
Pittsburtr " 655 §lO 45
A.51. P, 51 P. M. P M
Harrlsburg.... lv 11 46 d 6 2t> || 7 20 gllav
I'. 51. A M. A. M. A M
Pittsburg ar 6 55; || 160.|| 1 50j 5 30|
P. M.I 1* 51 A Mi A 511
Pittsburg lv 7 II'; 9 00; : 3 GO! |8 00!
|A.M A 51 | P Ml
Harrlaburg ar OOji 4 "11 2.5,| 310
P. 51 A Ml
Plttsbuilf lv 0 to ;i 8 00
A.M. j P Mi
i.ewistown Je. " " 3" 3 300
Sunbury ar ;; u 80j 5< 60
Washington... lv I'. 4t* 7 5" .10 5o
Baltimore " 11 On 440 b4" 11 4.i
Philadelphia..." 1141' 425 ! 830 11 40
A. >1 A 51 A. M. P M
llarrisburg.... lv 335 755 ill 40 \ 3 25l
Sunbury ar 500 9 ;>(■ 10>s Jl3
ir>r A M A si,
Pittsburg In ,i 2 46 3 00 \ 8 00
I'leartield.... " 3 :!0i ....• 920 '""
l'hilipsburg.. " 426 ! 10 10 '"
Tvrone " 7Ot i 8 10 12 25
Bellefonte.. " 8 lti. ] 932 1 2oj"
Lock Haven ar 915 1 10 30 210
P. 51. A M V 51 PM!
. Erie 1* .">3.' ;
Kane " 8 45' :0 00
Kenovo " II 50 , 0 40, 10 30 $ 1 13
Lock Haven.... " 12 7 so II 2-">j| 250 '"
A.M P M |
Williamsport" 214 8 i.12 40 350
I Milton •' 2 9l i 14> 4 38;"**
I.ewisburg " 805 1 15! 422 '
I Sunbury at 330 915 1 6»■ 605 '""
! A. M.! A M P M P M
Sunbury lv ; 6 45; j9 55 200j 625
South Danville' 1 711 iO 17 221 550
Catawissa 732 10 85 23t 608
E Bloomsburg.. " 737 10 43 243 815
Espy Ferry... 7 4.' flo 47 112 8 19
Creasy....' ... 7 10 6ti, 2 6 30,
Nescopeck.. s O2 11 Oj, 305 6 44' "**"
A 51 7 51 P. M. V M I"
Catawissa i\ 10 3K | |
Nescopeck iv s J.. Jsos§ 705
Kock (Hen.. ir 11 22 7 28
Fern Olen.. s '1 H 2s| 582 734 •"*
Tomhlcken . s > 11 3S ft 88 T42
Hazleton " ■' li' 11 57 5 59. 805
Pottsville " 10 1 • 1 50, ti 5") (
AM A 51 P 51 P 51!
Nescopeck lv ;8 02 11 06 3 or, C4O • •*'
Wapwallopen..ar S 1!' II 20 3 201 062
Mocanauua .... " 831 II 32 330 701
Nanticoke " 854 11 54 349 719 ■••••
P Ml
Plvm'lh Ferry' I 902 12 c 2 357 f7 28
Wilksbarie ..." 910 12 10 4 o."> 735
A 51 P 51 P 51 P 51
Pittston(lKVH) ar sM 29 12 29 s 4 sti 804
Scranton " " loos 108 524 | b
j Weekdavs. [ Daily. 112 Flag station.
Pullman Parlor a?d Sleejiing run on
through trains between Sarbury, Williamsport
and Erie, between Sunbnry ai„l Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrisburg, Pitts
liurg and the West.
For turtlier Information apply to Ticket Agent*
W. W. ATTERBI'KY, J. K. WOOD
Oen'l Manager. Pass. Traffic Mgr.
OEO. W. B«'Yl>, Oen'l Passenger Agent.