% t I Mr/. 112 Thompson's j 1 Diamonds J J r> .* By WILLIS B. HAWKINS * * 2 1j Copyright, ISM), by Willis B. Hawkins * THOMPSON emphatically de clared it nonsense, sheer non sense. He even went so far a-> to say that his wife's passion for diamonds was—wicked. He had al most said vulgar, but that seemed rath er tot) harsh. Mrs. T., however, clung lovingly to his neck and called him pretty names. "Oh, it is so beautiful!" She was de scribing a diamond sunburst she had seen at a Jeweler's that day."And the dealer says it is a rare bargain at the price " "They always say that," Thompson asserted. "But this one really is. You would •ay so yourself if you saw it.'" Not that she knew much about it. She could hardly be called an expert at Judging diamonds. Her ain-cialty was Judging Thompson, and she knew that if he, _ -••• • "HE'S A CHUMP." with his plunging tendencies, went so far as to look at the sunburst he would probably buy it for her. "But you have a bushel of diamonds already," be said. "A bushel! You silly boy!" she pout ed sweetly. "I haven't a teacupful. Why, even Mrs. Joslyn has more than I, and I'm sure her husband is not to be compared with mine as a successful business man." •That's just it." Thompson grabbed at the argument. "He's a chump. If he Invested his money properly Instead of buying gewgaws with it he wouldn't be everlastingly hard up." In the matter of logical discussion Mrs. T. was no match for her husband. So she Just snuggled closer to him and turned her soft, appealing eyes up to bit. •There, sweetheart," he said, kissing back her rising tears. "Forgive me. I'm a brute." He really thought be was. That afternoon on the way home in till carriage he sat inspecting the bau ble he had bought and reflecting on the slxe of the check he had given for It. Four thousand and odd dollars tied up In a bit of trumpery that would not be worn half a dozen times in the year! Why, by Judielously investing that sum In margins he might turn it into a for tune in a few months. And the stock market so active Just now too! Still he gave her the sunburst like a gentleman, with no grudging remarks, and, truth to tell, really enjoyed the grateful pleasure she exhibited. But that night lie had a little secret business conference with his pillow. Whether the pillow was of his opinion at the outset doesn't matter since in the end Thompson's arguments pre vailed and his resolution was adopted unanimously. The next morning he said to his wife: "My dear, do you realize the danger of keeping $30,000 worth of diamonds In this house? Isn't it rather too much of a temptation to lay before servants? Don't you think you'd better let me put them Into a safety deposit vault for you?" His pillow had been easier to convince Chan his wife was. First she liked to have her Jewels when- she i-ould look at them and show them to lier friends. What was the use of owning beautiful diamond* If they were to be locked up where they couldn't l>e admired? Then suppose she should change her mind at •oine last moment and decide to wear tier fleur-de-lis brooch instead of the sunburst! How exasperating not to have It at hand! Bes'des. she always fcept them In the steel box where the servants could not get at them, and anyway, she said, the servants were perfectly trustworthy. Thompson met all these arguments with masterly logic. Granting that the servants themselves would not steal, they were likely to talk to somebody who would. Servants, he pointed out, liked to brag about the wealth of their employers. As for the steel t>ox. a bw glar could carry It away, body and boots, and opeu it at his leisure. Mrs. T. shuddered at the thought of a burglar, so Thompson lakl it 011 a lit tle thicker. "We read every day of people being murdered In their beds," said he. That WHS the final ne<«»KSary straw. "Ferliaps you'd better put them Into the vault," Mrs. T. sighed. That night Thompson e;tll<>d his pil low to order again and submitted the following preamble and resolution: Whereas. The clever Mr Thompson has found a place where they make paste dia monds which only an expert can tull from r«al ones, and Whereas. Mrs T.. not knowing the dif ference. will be Just as happy with paste as with real diamonds, and Whereas, Thirty thousand dollars will margin enough T.. Z. and W to make a wagon load of money in the next thirty days; therefore, be It Resolved. That everything Is lovely and the goose hangs high. Tliere was nothing now to mar the happiness of either Thompson or his wife. Whenever she wanted to wear her Jewels she bad only to telephone to his office, and he brought them to her In good time. What odds If they weren't the real thing? Nobody sua pec ted It, she least of all. Moreover, her husband never grumbled nowadays when she hinted at new diamonds He even bought some beauties for her without the asking bought them, let her wear I hem a few times, and then when he was sure she had prieed them at the jeweler's he substituted paste, sold the real stones, put the money into the fiame. and the goose still dandled at a pleasing altitude. But one day the string broke, or, to shift front poultry metaphor to the lan guage of Wall street, the bears got on the market, and the roof caved in. At 8 o'clock that afternoon Thompson, with every dollar he could raise, was under the wreck, slat" d to be slaughter ed at precisely ltl nxt morning, llis brokers just hadn't sold hint out and that was all. A drop of another point, jind lie was a goner. From to •'» he burned up miles of tel ephone wire with the heat oi' his pleas for money. Fifty thousand dollars would take him beyond the turn, but everybody who had that amount seemed to be hard of hearing. At last his own boll rang, and he snatched it]> the phone. li-peful that somebody might be <•<• ving to the res cue. ••This is n',.!i!, you know, dear ie Omie soon and don't forget the Jewels." There were good, honest tears in Thompson's eyes as he hung up the re ceiver, tears that welled frotn a deeper, purer spring than had been tapped in his breast for many a day. If at that moment those jewels had been real nothing, not even his present strait, could have tempted him to displace one of them. But, oh, they were so false false as he! A plunger in all things, he now plunged Into despair with his whole being, even as he had plunged into 'l'.. Z. and W. with his whole fortune. How he loathed the hideous thing that he saw himself to be! And how that loathing took away his strength to tight! What was the use? What was the use of anything"? He took the jewel casket from a cup board of his desk (ho had not even trou bled himself of late to carry it to the deposit vault), called his carriage and went home with the craven heart of a poltroon trembling in his breast. Don't pity him; pray, don't. Yes. he was suffering terribly, so terribly that he thought of suicide, hut grief for his faithlessness was still mixed with con sideration of exposure. He must be chastened more and more before lie .THOMPSON KLfVI HIMSELF UN HIS KNEES BEFOKE U lilt could deserve tLreit divine quality of mercy which tempers the highest form ut justice. Mrs. T. could not fail to perceive that something had gone wrong. Thompson had hardly entered the house when she asked him what it was. Iu an incoherent way, like a mau talking in his sleep, lie told her of Ids lesser troubles; how the bottom had fallen out ot the market; how hundreds} uf longs had been ruined; how he him self had managed barely to keep his margins good, but had completely ex hausted his resources in doing so; how, In short, for the want of a few thou sand dollars he would be a ruined man when the Stock Exchange opened nex morning. Most of it was as Greek to Mrs. T. Rhe understood only that $40,000 or pO.OOO would save him. She opened the jewel case on the table and turned io him with a sweetly sympathetic smile. "My darling boy," she said, "why didn't you sell these?" She went and sat beside him where lie had sunk '/ j| L 1 ~~ r 7//'////J TUB Atu WAS Ft:LL, OF IiEA.I4B listlessly upon the sofa. "Didn't you know I would rather part with every one of them than have you worried for a moment? Why, it was for just such a time as this that I coaxed them from you. I knew what a plunger you were, you dear thing, and I yes. dear est. I almost hoped that the time might come when they would save you. I wanted to be a help to you, a real helpmate, and I knew no better way." Thompson had flung himself on his knees before her and buried his face in her lap. Every word tfi'nt she spoke seemed to be a living thing tlutcliLug at his heart, dragging his drabbled soul into the light. "There, there!" she crooned, si raking his hair. oh. so telulerlv. "Let us go j now and sell them. It is not too late." I "Yea, yes. if is too late!" In a frenzy j >f grief Thompson sprang to liis feet and slammed the lid of the casket | down. He eould not bear to look, could I not bear to have her look at those pasty things, so false, so worthless, so much i ! like him! j Confession was at liis tongue tip , when lie looked into her big, round eyes ; and read there the awful disappoint i ment of her loving heart. Her cher r ! Ished plan had failed. | "Too late! - ' she gasped. "1 I mean it is too late—too late to I sell them tonight." He was making the ! effort of his life. lie must not give tip. 1 He must not confess. For her sweet sake he must conceal the crushing truth. For her he must light the tight. "Tomorrow morning will be s<win enough," he said. At least this would give him time to think. ' He confided many things to his pillow that night and adopted many manly resolutions. Among them wits one to the effect that the splendid little woni j an beside him should never, never know. That was at once a noble and j silly resolution, noble because it was conceived in loving tenderness of her, ! silly because he could not keep the j truth from her. Fate seems to enjoy making much ; ado about nothing. Possibly she has I her reasons, though. If Thompson had I only known it.he was not in the sliglit | est danger. While he was tearing his ' heart out at home that evening two great bulls happened to meet in a box j at the opera. "Haven't those fellows had fun ; enough with T.. Z. and W.?" one asked. "I guess so," the other answered care I lessly.. "Let's toss 'em. What do you say?" "All right. Let's." That was the end of it. The conver sation turned upon something worth while- the new prima donna perhaps. The first thing that happened in the Stock Exchange next morning sent the j market kiting. The air was full of ; bears. Thompson just stood and Jump ed up and down until somebody near by told him not to make a blanked ! fool of himself. "I won't!" shouted Thompson, jump j ing the higher. "I won't! Never again! I Never, never!" And what do you think he did with , the tirst money he drew out of that ; deal? What else would you expect him I to do but have those loathsome shams j replaced b\ diamonds, the purest that | money could buy? , Then, do von believe, he and Mrs. T. ; laughed and cried together and had the i most enjoyable time of their lives over j his story of clever Thompson's clever | trick on his trustful little wife. "Ah, but I wasn't so very trustful!" \ she said at last. "I had a feeling, an I Intuition perhaps, that if those din i monds were put into the safety deposit | vault something would happen to | them." "Yes," said Thompson. "I remember i how obstinately you opposed my prop osition. But. now. sweetheart, you slmll keep them always at home." "No," Mrs. T. answered. "I have an intuition that they will be safer in the deposit vault now." A Strict fi rn miliaria ?«. "You think a great deal of your hits band, don't you?" said the visiting rel ative. "You have the wrong preposition." answered Mr. Meekton's wife, with the cold tones of the superior woman. "I think for him."- Washington Star. 1 v» i»«-ar 2i men (a. In 1707 Senator William Hlount ot Tennessee was impeached for treason In negotiating personally with Great Britain and was acquitted. On March j 3, 1803, Judge John l'iokering of the ] federal court in New Hampshire was ; found guilty on the trial of an lm- j peachmerit of drunkenness and pro- i fanity on the bench and was removed, j On March 13, 1804, William Chase, as sociate justice of the supreme court. ; was impeached. He was acquitted on j March 1, INoS. Meantime, on Dee. 13, j ISO 4, Judge James 11. Peck of the fed- j eral court of Missouri was acquitted I by the senate after impeachment by j the house. On May »>, ISOII, Judge ! West 11. Humphrey of the federal court of Tennessee was removed for treason. In I SOS Andrew Johnson, president of the United States, was Impeached for high crimes and mis demeanors and acquitted. In March, 1876, the former secretary of war, General W. W. Belknap, was impeach ed for bribery in making appoint ments. He was acquitted ou Aug. 1, 1870. His was the last impeachment, j lit* Unci Not Invented. There is no more effective weapon against an evil minded man than ridi- I cule. "I would sooner undertake to I disperse a mob, could I get its ear, by ridicule than by the bayonet," wrote the Ilev. T. P. Hunt, an old time tem perance lecturer, whose own quick wit saved him frequently from rough usage. At one of his lectures, when the cause of temperance was new, Mr. Hunt heard a gentleman, evidently of considerable influence, haranguing the crowd against temperance. As the lec turer passed the door lie heard this man say: "It is nothing but a money making scheme." ".Sir," Hunt replied quickly, "you do not believe that, and 1 can prove it." The man defied him to do so. "You are a stranger to me," said Mr. Hunt, "but I judge from your appear ance that you pay close attention to your own affairs and are always look ing for good investments. You are hunting for good bargains. Is it not so?" The man admitted that It was.and Bome one in the crowd shouted. "He's n regular skinflint!" "Well, gentlemen," resumed the lec turer, "I have been two days endeav oring to get him to Join the temper ance ranks. If he believed it to be a money making business, wouldn't he have taken stock?" "Yes, yes." came a shout from the crowd. Mr. Hunt's opponent escaped as quickly ;is lie could, while the lis teners hailed him with laughter and i cries of "Join, colonel! .loin! Take J stock! Take stock! We won't believe | you if you don't!" % i'traanrr. Mrs. Noorich Isn't it grand to ride In your own carriage? Mr. Nooricli Yes. but I'd enjoy it j more if I could only stand on the pave j incut and see myself ride by Tin* Modest t'ur»er. "Henry, at our next little •' nnet >vr i ! won't have any carving don .tl i I Lie." "Good. That's where 1 It."—Cleveland Plain I»eahi I A C'h nIIf m * < oni| llm«*rit. "How do you like my new hut?" "Is it all paid for?" j "Yes." "It's p iy beautiful."—Detroit I Free P>- t WHAT'S IN A SHADOW? [Original.l "A shadow," sai<l tlx- lecturer, "i» Boinet liing formed from the interposi tion"— '•|Seg pardon, professor," interrupted tin- facetious student. "A shadow is not hing." The class tittered, while the professor cast a provoked glance at the facetious student. Controlling himself, however, he paused a moment to consider how he should meet the interruption. Tech nically the student was right, but he was hypercritical. 11 »* had taken a like course several times before, and the < professor desired to put a stop to his interruptions. "You think that a shadow is noth ing," lie said, addressing the class, while looking at the facetious student. "I think 1 can demonstrate that a shad ow may be something fraught even with life and death. Some years ago I was traveling in the far west, where things are not done as we do tbem here, and strolling through the central ; square of a small town 1 came upon a gallows. A crowd was collecting, and upon inquiry I learned that a mur derer was to be hanged at noon. I did not remain to witness the hanging, but ongoing back to the hotel I asked the landlord something about the cul prit and his crime This is what be told me: "Some mouths previous a house had been entered, an old man who lived there alone murdered, his tin box where lie kept his valuables rifled and his money taken. There had evidently been a struggle, and spots of blood ap ' peared here and there on the furniture. A careful examination of the marks on the box was made, resulting in the dis covery by the blood stains on it that the index linger of the right hand of the murderer was missing. But that was all the headway made in the case for some months. Everybody for miles I around knew that a murderer was at large minus the index finger of his right hand, and everybody was on the watch for such a person. "One night about 10 o'clock a woman was sitting before embers on a fire place dozing. Behind her on a table was a bright light, before her a white wall. Opening her eyes, she saw on the wall the shadow of a man. He stood still for a moment; then, raising his right hand, in which he held a knife pointing downward, he began to advance without noise. One thing was noticeable— there was something want ing in the shadow of the thumb and forefinger. It' yon will make such a 1 shadow, you will see that in that posi- ; tion it will show the forefinger a pro- 1 tuberance. The woman noticed there was no such protuberance. The han dle of the knife took its place, but did not completely till it. At any rate, there was a difference. No more re markable instance of coolness than that of this woman threatened with in stant death is on record. ••'Sarah!' she called in a perfectly con trolled voice to a servant in the kitch en. "The shadow retreated. Probably the man stepped into the hall. Sarah came ; in.and her mistress said to her: " M have some hills to pay tomorrow , morning and some purchases to make. There's not a cent of money in the house.l wish you to take a note to | my brother and ask him to let me have which amount I will draw from I the bank tomorrow and send it b> his office. Stop: lie will not give it with j out the order. I will write one. Hand [ me my writing case.' "The servant did as she was directed, j and the woman wrote the note, reading I it over aloud carefully to make sure : that she had made herself plain and ! j that the servant understood what she j was to do. Then the latter left the I | house. "For five minutes by the clock on the i mantel the woman sat perfectly still, j She could not be sure that her plan | i would succeed. She must take her ] j chances on its succeeding without an effort to determine whether it had or not. After five minutes, not seeing the ! shadow reappear, she y >1 t;;i and went out the frot t *!> »i t > the next house, where she se;:t messenger to the po lice station with the following note: "Tli* three fingered murderer onm> jit now to my house t murder ;tnd rob me. I Sfnt my seivant with a not® to my brother living on h • liilton road for SSO. The murderer heiird me tell her what to do. He will follow her and on her return j will rob her. "The police were out at once, followed I the girl and saw her enter the house j where she was to get the money. One | of their number entered, dressed him self in the servant's clothes and started back as if to deliver the money. From behind a bush a inai sprang n;» and | called out, 'Your money or your life!' j at the same time covering the supposed servant with a revolver. Instead of I complying he sounded a sharp whistle, j It was needless, however, for the police i were in touch and in an instant had ; the robber handcuffed. Ilis right hand | was found to be minus the index fin ger. There was absolutely no other tes- j limony to convict him of the murder committed some months before, but i this bit of circumstantial evidence was sufficient. The shadow of the forefin- | ger" - "Wrong again, professor." interrupt- j ed the facetious student. "It was the | absence of shadow."' "You are incorrigible," said the pro- I fessor. smiling. "What can't be cured * must be endured." The class, the facetious student and j the teacher all laughed together, and the latter proceeded with hi* discourse. F!nt the interrupter never offended again. He had no desire to do so. and he knew the class would cry him down If he did HFA'ItV n SIIOENBEUOKK. I \ll In I lie K*i>re**lon. Ilainfaite When I asked Brown how he liked my Othello he said it was all that one could wish. Ifamlettc- Yes; he told me the same thing. «>n 1 \ he expressed it differently. Hamfatte How's that? Ilatnlette Well, when 1 asked him how lie liked ii he said he certainly got ■II he wauled of ii Indianapolis Sun. Iler 10* |»erienee # Professor in China criminals are of ten sentenced to be kept awake until insanity and death result. Now, how do you suppose they keep them from j falling asleep? Little Oirl (oldest in a j Finall family) I expect they give 'em a j babv to take care of. ——— Controlling; llerarlf. She I want you to select the ring, j ar. He Hut I thought you wanted to. She | ,|i,| | {|lt ~{ n afrald we can't afford it Life. * on el limit She What makes you think his ad j.< - „ood . 111.| Because he never gives ii unless its us ked for. Detroit r ree I Teas i FREAK HOUJjEb. I>nelliii»s |,i wi.h I:i,lil«-r« look llie I'!;■<•<• ,il Slll. , ui!« *. Vtr.rs a.o a story was told of.l tiava' officer wi.o V\ ; 1!u<■«I .1 house built to plca.-t his own ta- <• in every detail, lie ti.ew Ihe plans himself, placed them in the hands 01 a builih rand instructed hiui to see that the\ were carried out in every detail. Then In went to sea for a year's cruise. When he returned home the hou- had been completed with the utmost regard for the plans aud sjiecilicaliom left by the officer. He was taken through the first floor and e\pressed the utmost pleasure in everything lie saw. "Now," lie -aid. "we will go upstairs und see the - -coiiil lloor." "Come right out this way where w« have a ladder," replied the builder. The seafaring man was astonished, lie had planned the house with the greatest care, but forgot to provide; for a stairway The story of the naval officer has never had a certificate of genuineness attached to it, but an actual ease in which a house lias been built without a stairway is 011 record in Washington. It finally became the home of the late John Boyle, who was for many years chief clerk of the navy department and who died in 1 s.~tl. leaving a large es tate. The house in question stood on the site now occupied by a brewery be low the naval observatory. It was a pretentious old mansion, located in what was n very stylish section during the days of the elder John Boyle, who came to this country in the early years of the nineteenth century. The record is not clear as to why the house was constructed without a staircase, but there is 110 doubt about the fact.— Washington Star. \ii I mlirelfa Trlrk. "That's no way to put on an umbrel la cover, my dear," remarked the man to iiis wife, v I •> was preparing togo gut one cloudy day. "Don't fuss at it like that. No: you don't want to turn the cover right side out. Leave it as it is and put the ferrule of the umbrella through the little tin top, so. Now take hold of the top of the case and pull it right up over the umbrella, jus; as you stripped it off. See; It doc- ! lake half a minute and is milch 1 a • an ialioriously turning the narrow (.>-• right side out." SMALL NEW ! A HellalDle TIN SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting and Ceneral Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Furnaces. *tc- PRICES THE LOWEST! QUALITY TIIE BEST! JOHN HIX SON 1 NO. 116 E. FRONT BT. J. J. BROWN, THE EYE A SPECIALTY Eyes tested, treated, fitted with glass es <ud artificial eyes supplied. .Market Street, Hloomsburg, Pa. Hours—lo a. in t«» •"> p. m. « Gash Given Away to Users of ! .ION COFFEEi * are going to be more liberal than ever in 1904 to users of Lion Coffee. Not only will th. N l Lion-Heads, cut from the packages, be good, as heretofore, for the valuable premiums we 1 have always given our customers, but 9 In Addition to the Regular Free Premiums | the same Lion-Heads will entitle you to estimates in our $50,000.00 Grand Prize Conieflrs. whichwill I make some of our patrons rich men and women. You-can send in as many estimates as desired. 1 ncre win m g TWO GREAT CONTESTS The first contest will l.eon the July 4th attendance ot the St. tome World's Fair; the second relates to Total * I Vote For President to be cast Nov. 8, L'JO4. $20,000.00 will be distributed ID each ot those contests, making N , $40,000.00 on the two, and, to make it still more interesting, in addition to this amount, we wn: p.-a « 41 1 p> ■ sm ■ 112 t0 the one who is nearest eorreet on both Grand First Prize Ot 30«UU<J*Ulf contests, and thus your estimates have two >4 opportunities of winninga big cash prize. Five Lion-Heads TK Printed blanks r- cut from Uon VOte °" ,ound ,n $ Coffee Packages and a evef y Lion Coffee Pack < 2 cent stamp entitle you } ojfi ft l|| a^e * 2 cen * * I (in addition to the reg- id covers the ex P ense cf | , ular free premiums) our acknowledgment «/.» |. j to one vote in - you that your es~ . I either contest: glfc timate is recorded. | I WORLD'S FAIR CONTEST PRESIDENTIAL VOTE CONTES i | ; i Jnlv 5 I j For' nearest correct estimates received in Spice Onnj V-^Vima"«-1 <>•. S 1 pany* office, roledo.Ohio, on " r ' V , e ' . ' ' „ n or before Nov 5, i!*U. we will give first prize for the nearc-i <"( r H » K ive first prize for the nearest correct estimate, second prize toe , <Plon d prize to the next nea e»t,etc..etc.,as i..ll.>vs: fj . next nearest.etc.. etc.. as follows: to , nn * i First Prtre J2.600.00g . 1 First Prize *2.600.00 1 First prize ... . 1.000.00 P 1 Second Prize Innn'oo 2 Prizes $500.00 each 1 .000 OO &j 1 I Prizes -'ISS OO eaCb 1.000.00 6 Prizes 'aOO.OO " 1 lo Prizes- 100.00 - 1 'oOOOO 20 PrlzSs X °o'oO " 11000.00 L, ' 20 Prizes- 60.00 1.000.00 2O Prizes goOO - 1.000.00 ' fiO Prizes- 20.00 o"Ron no ofin Prizes - 10 OO " 2,500.00 | 2fiO Prizes— 10.00 2.500.00 250 Prizes .. 9,000.00 W 1 1800 Prizes— 6.00 " 0.000.00 1800 Prizes o.vv gj 2130 PRIZEB TOTAL. J20.000.00 2130 PHIZES, M 112 4279—PRIZES 4279 If i Distributed to the Public- aggregating 545,000.00-in addition to which we shall gi*i 55.000 | £ to Grocers' Clerks (see particulars in HOW COFFEE cases) making a grand total ot $50,000.00. | | , COMPLETE DETAILED PARTICULARS IN EVERY PACKAGE OF | LION COFFEE SPiCE CO., (CONTEST DEP'T.) TOLEDO, •OHIO._J Ilotv ii Miser Sel.-etc.l lleir. As like affects like, so it is with mi sers, and uoltl will go where gold is. This i- .-frikingly illustrated by the act of a celebrated UreeU. one llichuus liicho'ius. a descendant of the Hyzan tin*- emperors Thi- man.l• v the oxer e; ■ of 1 xlreiuc niggardliness, managed 1o amas the sum of s>.~>(l,<mio, all im mense fortune in 1 litis, days. Then came the i|iiesiion lo whom should he leave if. line day a distant relative seiil him a let it r written upon a square inch of papci 'lll is was sufficient. In the fitness of things the parsimonious correspondent became the miser's heir. I U nslilnu nil 1 In- KiiMsinn. England is always glad lo get an other citizen, hut sometimes she goes j about it in a strange manner, accord- ; ing to the Springfield Kepiiblican. A I sailor deserted from a Russian battle- j ship and joined an English crew on a j faraway island. He told them that j he was tired of the rule of the czar 1 und w anted to become an Knglish citi zen. I'liey were at a loss how to nat uralize him. but finally each one threw a bucket of wafer on him aud so wash ed off the liussian. | The Home Paper j 1 ! of Danville. 1 Of course you read 1 ■ « ( ! Jj 1 (j THE |"\EOPLEIS i kopular 1 A PER, Everybody Reads It. ! Published Every Morning Except Sunday at ; ! No. 11 E. Mahoning St. ll Subscription 6 c.r. *. V r Week. _ * —— + 111 I*4* I ( Icon IH. It will probably be a matter of sur prise in lie general reader to learn that the pefiicoat was first worn ex clusively by men. In ihe reign of King Henry VII. the dress of the English was -o fantastic ami absurd that it was difficult to distinguish one sex from the other. In the inventory of Henry V appears a "petticoat of red damask, with open sleeve-.'* There is 110 men tion of a woman's petticoat before th» Tudor period X#i»rne!i on l.mvyern. In discussing lawyers one day I>is raeli wittily remarked; "Everybody knows the stages of a lawyer's career. He tries in turn to get on, to get hon | ors, to get honest." I!f*r Hand. ' Suitor VVi you give me your daugh ter's hand, sir? Mr. <'andid—Certainly; I I shall be very glad to get rid of it.for It's always in my pocket. Women seldom deceive their hus bands. The men are egotistical enough to deceive hemsclves. New OrlKIS? Times-Democrat. Nothing Las ever equalled it. Nothing can ever surpass it. Dr. King's Hew Discovery for C !»; 50c Ml.oo I i A Perfect For All Throat and i Cure: Lung Troubles. Money back if it fails. Trial Qottle9 free. 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V. iilow <i;.,ve fs 36 I ~4 '■ i Lime U'i >4i fUOB 858 i> 2 |qv 1215 406 Bloouisbiirg 8 412 Kuoer; 857 12 254 la I < Catawl*su 902 1282 422 8 l)aijviii<- 915 1214 438 DC fail -r. 924 fl2 67 448 Northumber'd... .ar 935 110 455 83 EA9T. A . M. A. M. P. M. P. t- Northumberl' *«'s fiooo tl <50*62 Cameron . h57 .... f2 01 f5 & l'anvilie . .. 707 io 10 211 6 « C'atawissa 721 J0 32 228 5 5 Kuperl 726 1087 229 8 ( Blonmsburg 733 10 4i 288 l- . Espy 73* M4B 240 • Lime Kidge 744 fiO 54 f2 4e K . Willow Urovp f7 4s f2fio .. Brlarcreek 762 12 M t s. Berwick 757 11 05 258 #<> Beech Haven .. 805 fll 12 803 #4. Hicks Kerry 811 fli 17 309 64' Shickshinoy 822 11 31 329 fS 51 Hunlock's 833 831 f7 01 Nanticoke £n u 338 7ii Avondale 8 41 7 2!: Plymouth 845 1153 i 47 Til Plymouth June 817 352 . Kingston ar 855 11 59 400 731 Wilkes-Barre ar 910 12 10 410 75( Wilkes Barre lv 8 4ii U4O 360 7 * Kingston lv 855 11 59 4DO 73« Luzerne 858 al2 02 403 74. Forty Fort f9 0C .... «u7 Wyoming aOS 1208 412 7 > West Piltston 911 417 761 Susquehanna Ave.... 918 1211 420 7 Pittston 919 12 17 424 »L Duryea 928 429 8i« Lackawanna 926 432 8 1 Taylor «12 440 817 Bellevue Scranton ar 942 12 85 45i 821 A M. P.M. P. M Hcranton iv 1(125 J1 55 ... 11 1( A. V Buffalo ar ... 755 7 0 A. M. P. M P.M A.M Scranton lv 10.10 12.40 ;:s 35 *2 1 P.M. P.M P.M A. V New York ar 130 sOn 735 65f •Daily, fOaily except Sunday. fStops on signal or on notice to coi .iucior a Stops on Signal to take on passengers loi New Yurk. Bingham ton and points west. T. E.CLARKE T. W. i I . Gen. Superinifri'letit. tjen. > i • PEHISYLVANtA RAILROAD. TIME T4BLE In Effect Nov. 29th, 1903. I A. M.IA.M..P. M. j Scranton(l)4iH)lv <t. y47 142 428 Plttston " " 705 fit l.V§ 210 » 63. A. M. A. IVI P. M. P.M Wilkesbarre... lv r 2". «lu :c. 2 4". iJ oc Plyni'th Ferry " 732t1"1212 52 18 "7 Nanticoke " 742 10 V) 301 6 17 Mocanauua .... " 801 11 07 820 637 Wapwallopen.. " sio 11 in 331 647 Nescopcck ar Bis 11 2ii 342 700 A~M" A.M. P.M. Pottsvillc lv 5 .>0 fll .n Hazleton " ' 705 215 15 Tomhicken " 722 305 > 0-} pern trlen " 721 315 317 Kock (lien "I 7 ;$0 3 22 3 22: Nescopeck . .. ar sO2 t'atawlssa ! j 4 00 4 06 . . 4 M A.M P.M. P M Nescopeck... .lvs >lB ill 2i; ;42-7 oo l.'reasv • -• 3; II 3 :.2 7Of Espy Ferry... • 1« 4. II 4ti f4 02 72 > K. Bloomsliurk. " 847 II 50 400 72 > i'atawissa lv 855 11.57 413 732 South Banvillc " 914 12 1." 431 7 ",| Sunbury ar 935 12 I" 455 s 1"> A. M. P. M. P. M IVM Sunbury lv 9 4:.' {l2 18 §5 18 9 ar 10 13 14' >4> Milton " lulls 1 3!l 54410 14 Willlamsport . '' 11 U" 141 i> in io iiu Look Haven... " 11 69 220 737 Kenovo '• A.M. "0 880 Kane '• 8 25 |P.M. P..M.1 Lock Haven..lv j!2 io 3 Bellefonte ....ar 105 1 II Tyrone " , 2ln 6uo Philipsluirg " 510; 802 (,'leartleld " 5 51» 845 Ilttsburg.... " 655 "1 4'i _ A.M. P.M P.M. P M Sunbury lv 960 S 1 '* It' s3l llarritiburg.... ar II 3u jj 315 *1 -ti l 10 10 ~~ P. M. P. M. P. M. A -M Philadelphia., ar j> 317 623 9.- 423 Baltimore 311 610 9 4 220 Washington ... " •> 4 20 |, 7 16 10 53 :: :!0 a p. M. Sunbury lv silii 00 S 2 ! I Lewiatown Jc. ar II 45 105 , Pittsburg " 0 55j§10 45 _ A.M. P, M P. M. P M Harrisburg lv 11 46 62d 72u; 11 u-> P. M. A M. V. M. A M Httsburg ar 655 ; 1 511 ;i 150 530 P. M.I P M A M A M Pittfburg lv 7 io 900 3 W'i * OO!-.... IA.IA. M A M P M Harrisburg.... ar 200 425 II 25, 310 . I' M A .-N! PlttSbujg IV 9 1 U 8 00 A.M. PM l.ewistown Jj. " 7 3i' 3l* Sunbury ar 9 2 4 50 P. M.i M \ M A M Washington... Iv 10 40 7 > 111 >" Baltimore " 11 im> 440 840 114...... Philadelphia... ",11 40 4 2.'- >:a 1140 !A. M. A M A. M.| P M llarnsl'Uri; ... Iv 335 755 11 IU - :2- Sunbury ar 500 9 3ii 108 5 I'. P. M. V M A M \ Pittsburg I\ sl2 45 3UO 8 oO| Cleartle.d '• I 3 :w, 11 20 Phillpsburg.. " 1 4 35. 1 10 l'j'" Tyrone " 700 *lO 12 25 Bellefonte.. " 816 9 32 1 I Lock Haven ar !» 15 10 30| 210 P. M. A M A Ml P M Erie lv 535 Kane, " > i '■ "" "'' Kenovo " II 5** »■ 4o 10 oil 5 1 1:1 Lock Haven " 12 88 7 .0 11 25 250 A.M. P M Willlamsport.. 211 825 12 in 3 Milton - 22: 913 I2> 438 Lewieburg " 905 I 15 422 ' Sunbury ar 339 91 ■ 164 605 A~>L 75 P M PM | Sunbury Iv .1. 15 i 9 55 200 5 251 S.-uth l'anvilie •• 7 11 i 0 17 221 5 .>0 Uatawitsa "I 7 S2| iocs 286 l#r" Bloomsbarg.. " 787 10 t:; 213 615 Espy Kerry '• 742 li 4" . 16 19 Creasy " 752 1 Nescopeck li 8 11 1 0 ■ 6 411 A M \ M ) VI. P M Calawissa I\ 10 Nescopeck. lv 8 Kock <1 len ar 7 28 Kern Ulen " 8 >1 1 > 731 Tomhicken " 8 '1 i '• .. 742 Hazleton " 919 II SOS Pottsville " 10 15 I. 9 ii AM A M P M P Ml Nescopeck Iv Bi'2 11 < 'ft >< ! 6 M Wapwallopen..ar 819 11 20 20 « Mocanaqua.... " 8 n 11 32 : ::o 701 Nanticoke " 8 'I 11 64 49 719 P M Plyni'th Kerry" I 902 12 02 3 5; 1 7 28 W'llksbane ..." 910 12 10; 4"5 785 'AM P M P M P M Plttstonl I>AH) ar 9: 9 12 2!' 4W 8114 Scranton " " 10 08 108 524«, 9 ( Weekdavx. I l'aily. t' King station. Pullman Parlor ard Sleeping t'ars run 01. through trains between Si.rburv, Wiiliamsporl and Erie, between Sunbnrv an.l Philadelphia and Washington and between Pitts burg and the West. Kor further information apply to Ticket Agents W. W. ATTERBI'RY. .1 K. WOOl' (ien'l Manager. Pass. Traliic Mgr. I GEO. W. BOYD, Gen'lPasfenger Agent.
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