Montour American., June 02, 1904, Image 3

w WHEN
JABBERWOCk
U RODE
By Mieith Gordon
...Copyright, IWH, by T. (\ McClure...
There was nothing at t»ll extraor
dinary lu its appearance, and it ar
rived In the usual way. In other
words. It was a letter in a square
white envelope, and the rtolid post
man stuffed it into that one of the row
of mail boxes which bore the Uv&me
"luring" just as Indifferently as he
tucked an advertising circular into
Smith's box and an envelope beating
all the outward and visible signs of a
bill into the JLymans'. Thei he blew
a shrill note on his whistle and cou
tiuued on his impersonal err nd down
the block.
Barbara heard the whistle and won
dered with mild interest whet'ier there
was any mall for her. Being a mat
ter of fact young person, she went
calmly on about her affairs, having
learned froin experience that *ier tiny
share of the United States mull was
not usually of a character to make a
trip down four (lights of stain worth
while. Having no presentiment that
something superfine was hunting over
her head, it was fully an hoi r later
when she was ready togo out on an
errand She fished a small kej out of
the brass bowl that stood on t!v man
telshelf and. making her waj in an
unhurried manner to the vestibule,
fitted it Into a narrow slot in U\e mall
l»ox and took out the letter.
Kven then, with the momentum doc
uuient in her fingers, she faPed to
"feel It In her bones," as her great
great-grandmother would ha* e done,
that something unusual was id>»ut to
happen. A gleam of curiosHy did.
howe\er, light up her fa»:e tin she
glanced at the superscription and,
leurtng the edge of the envelope off
daintily, passed out Into the street,
rending the note as she went.
When she had finished she stopped
quite still and looked about her in a
dazed way. She felt that it was the
i»ort of letter that could only arrive
by a page on a silver tray, heralded
by a fanfare of trumpets.
Still she seemed to be awake. All the
familiar landmarks were there—the
church across the way, the house op
posite where the Ivy was Just tingeing
the walls with a faint green and the
Inevitable group of children of assort
ed axes and nationalities scurrying
hither and thither with small regard
for the usurping pedestrian. It looked
precisely like West street, Town.
She began to read the note a second
time, moving automatically down the
street. The blood rose In her cheeks,
aud her eyes sparkled with excitement.
An elevated train thundered by Just
ahead of her with as much fuss as if It
were the Cyclone limited. It disap
peared. aud the commotion of its pass
lug died 011 the air. But It had serv* 1
its purpose and established the realit •
of thiags.
In the next block she ran into a port
ly colored woman, with a large bundle.
"Tweuty million," she began In ex
tenuation of her awkwardness. Then
as the woman stared at her in aston
ishment, "I mean I beg your pardon!"
aud she contluued on her way toward
Fifth avenue with a somewhat Mus
tered couutenance. Once there she
swung along as If she were walking on
air, suying over and again to herself,
"Millions—do you understand mil
lions?"
Then she tried Impatiently to get
away from that thought, to think of
what the note meant in more concrete
things It would mean cabs and violets
and a maid. That was her first thought,
and she laughed outright at its rnea
jferntnH An Imagination inured to pov
erty could not reach the possibilities of
such a fortune all at once. It would
have to be trained up to It, Just as
coutralto voices were sometimes trained
up to sopranos. Cabs aud violets, in
deed! Orchids and a victoria, with two
men on the box, was more like it.
But whut were those things? Mere
bagatelles. It meant I'arls, Loudon, St.
Petersburg and Home; aye, and India
aud Egypt! It meant all the dreams of
her life come true and In addition
splendors that she had never even
thought of In her wildest flights of
fancy.
She drew her breath in sharply. The
realization of what it would mean to
be the wife of a man with a score of
millions was almost oppressive. Even
now she was beginning to feel there
sponslhllity of wealth, and as she
turned Into an art gallery at the corner
of Thirty fourth street, where in the
silence she meant to sit and think it
out, there was a little frown upon her
forehead.
For the third time within the hour
•be read o\er the note. Now that the
first dizziness of the magnificence of
fered her was over, she began to have
an acute sense of something else than
the twenty millions meant.
It meant being the wife of a man
older than her own father would have
been had he lived and one for whom
in her most enthusiastic moments she
had never more than an Indifferent tol
eration. Still, with the glamour of his
great fortune about him, lie did not
seem repellent. She tried to think what
their life together would be like. Hut
in dplte of her best efforts it was an
other face young, strong and frank
that rose before -her. She summoned
Peter Mil ward, but It was Jack t'ur
ruthers that appeared and Insisted
upon takiiig his place nt her side.
She. shook herself impatiently, and
from the expression of her face It was
evident that she willed Satan not to
get behind her, but to come out into the
ooen with all his most alluring temp
tations.
"I've been poor so long," she wsi
thinking "Of course It won't be won't
be" she caught her breath and then
forced herself to think the unthinka
ble "it won't be like marrying Jack.
But 1 should have everything in the
world besides him. No life is all beer
and skittles, aud, after all, if 1 had
uever met him I should have lived and
been happy without him. I shall make
believe that I uever did."
Having reached this worldly conclu
sion, she leaned ba< kin a more com
fortabie position mid at a dreamy
Claude Monet on the opposite wall.
Theu her self communion began auaiu.
"But, there's Mr. Milward ! -iiall
not be able to forget him. 1 wish lie
were not quite so Decemiiery. if only
he seemed a little more alive!''
With a quick* a d breath she fancied
herself uloite will* 11iin in a beautiful
home. Servants moved noisily about,
but he was always cold and. prim and
still She felt stifled. She felt like a
prisoner. Site belong I to l.iiu, for he
had bought her with Ids twenty mil
lions Oil. the horror the degradation
Of It!
Once more she took herself to task
angrily
"it's perfect uonseu.se!" she told her
self vehemeutly "Lie is a very nice
olil man, and in time you'll get used to
him. All your life you've longed for
wealth, and now when it is laid at your
feet you must quibble! Wait until the
next interest payment is due on the
mortgage at home. You'll wish then
that you had forgotten sentiment."
Thus she went on goading herself,
but to no purpose. There was not an
other person in the room, and she hid
her faee in her hands and murmured
In desperation: "Oh, Jack! Jack!"
Restlessly she rose and emerged into
the street again. The clouds hung low,
and there was a slight fog. The gray
of the stone walks, the pavements and
the sky all seemed to melt together
into one sad toned picture. Vehicles
of all descriptions, from the butcher's
wagon up. tilled the street, keeping so
close together that even the most dar
ing person did not venture to cross,
and Barbara Mood at tin* edge of the
walk waiting for a break in the line
to occur.
She never knew how long she stood
there h.ng enough to listen to some
new whisperings of his Satanic maj
esty telling her how much good she
could do with nil that money for the
peopl.' she lovi d and the sufferers of
the earth. Sin- was beginning to be
lieve that it v s her duty to sacrifice
her feelings whether she wished to or
not. She might throw away fortune
for herself, but she had no right to
deny it to the others who would bene
fit through her.
Her eyes, which had been staring
fixedly at the procession of carriages
without seeing them, were suddenly
attracted by an approaching coupe.
The blood tingled in her veins, for she
recognized the Milward livery.
It was a handsome carriage, with
the curved glass front which enables
the occupant to get a more extended
view than can be had In the other
kind, and the men on the box sat very
straight and stiff. Hut it was none
of these things that held Barbara's
glance fascinated.
It was a pair of glittering, fiendish
eyes leering at her from the dark in
terior as the carriage drew near, a
pair of eyes so horrid in their glare
that her blood ran cold, and she star
ed in stupefaction, thinking she saw
the outlines of a grotesque, shadowy
face around them.
Not until the coupe was opposite
her did the illusion fade and explain
itself. Then she drew a breath of re
lief, for what she saw then was only
the reflection of the two large silver
buttons on the back of the coachman's
coat and I'eter Milward bowing to
her in his most grMailt manner.
"I never expec» see anything so
much like the Jabbet ock again," she
laughed to herself, and then she grew
suddenly grave.
Perhaps if she accepted Peter Mil
ward that skeleton in the coupe would
be quite real after all.
• ••••••
A month later, when Jack Carruth
ers, whose salary had been raised to
SI,SOO a year, asked her to share it
with him, she accepted without taking
any time for consideration.
"llow much do you n-ally love nie,
dear?" he asked fervently for the
twentieth time, after the manner of
lovers who like to hear the same as
surances over and over again. And
at last, in desperation, she replied:
"Well, if you want to know how
much In dollars and cents, 1 can prove
that I love you at least nn»,()00
worth."
And then slit? told him how she
tbought of him, and the glimpse of
the Jabberwock -had kept her from ac
cepting old Peter Milward aud his for
tune.
A Cruel Criticism.
She was an amateur artist and, like
most of her kinil, considered herself
several laps in advance of the average
amateur. She was eager, however, to
know how her work would impress one
of the masters who had managed to
grasp fickle fame by the back of the
neck.
One day a real painter called at hei
home, and she immediately conceived
the idea of testing him. She would,
show him a specimen of her handi
work. but would reveal nothing that
might lead him to suspect her as being
the creator thereof.
So the fair amateur proceeded tc
guide the real painter toward her mas
terpiece.
"Of what school would you call this
paintingV" she asked expectantly.
"Of the boarding school," proinptlj
replied the leal painter.
And a large dark spot suddenly- ap
on the brilliant future of tht
fair amateur.
Fifteenth Century Gun*.
In 1427, when the English lu Nor
mandy made tJieir last assault on Mont
St. Michel under Lord Scales, they at
tacked it with "several powerful en
gines and certain machines of war."
Says an old writer, "They trained a
battery so furiously against the walls
that they made a breach." Among
these formidable weapons were two
enormous wrought iron guns, which
they were compelled to leave behind
on being obliged to raise the siege.
They are still on exhibition with some
of their projectiles in a railed inclosure
Just inside the main entrance to the
town. The guns are of the kind for
merly called "bombards" and are of
different sizes. The larger one lias a
caliber of nineteen inches, thirty and a
Quarter Inches being the greatest ex
ternal diameter and twelve feet the
total length, of which a I tout three feet
four Inches belong to the smaller pow
der chamber in the rear. It weighs
very nearly six tons. The other gun
weighs about a couple of tons less, is
of fifteen Inches caliber and eleven feet
nine inches long. These weupons are
not cast, but "built tip" guns, being
formed of longitudinal bars about three
Inches wide, arranged like the staves
of a cask and hound round closely with
wrought iron hoops. The "Michclets,"
aa they are called, are most likely' of
Flemish workmanship. Their projec
tile's are made of hewn granite, and
those for the larger gun have been cs
tlmated to weigh lit JO pounds apiece.
The powder chamber is capable of
holding about forty pounds of explo
itive.
How (<i MitUe Peppermint Cordlnl.
This cordial will keep for any length
of time. Take one gallon of water,
four and a half pounds of loaf sugar,
two drams of the hest oil of pepper
mint and a pint of gin. Boil the water
and sugar together for twenty min
utes, let stand till nearly cold, then
add oil of peppermint and gin. Mix
all together. When quite < old pour
Into hottles and cork tightly. Smaller
quantity may be imide b> halving the
measurements.
F*«.ipe«l Iter Notice.
"How did y. ii like the way the min
ister anlmad. • : led upon our colloquial-
Isms last Sunday?" asked Mrs. Old
castle.
"I didn't notice it," replied her host
ess. "Me and .10-i h were crowded out
of our own pew id had to set where
we couldn't ■ iim when he wasn t
Btandin' up.' ( ukago Kecord Herald
THE ENDOWMENTS OF YOUTH
[< )rlRln»l.l
Allan Douglas and Austin Brownell
were devoted college chums. Ihe in
timacy was inexplicable to others.
What Douglas, with his splendid phys
ical and intellectual endowments, could
find to bind him to ltrovvneli, a reticent,
cynical man, without an element of
popularity in hint, no one could dis
cover. I'oughts was the pet of the pet
ticoats and invited everywhere.
Brownell was considered very dull by
the fair sex and seldom invited any
where. If he had been invited he
would not have accepted. However,
there was one surprise concerning
Brownell. Though he stood quite low
in his class, when he was graduated
one of his classmates, who was an
"honor" man, said that he wished he
had Brownell's mind.
The friends studied law and prac
ticed in partnership. They were still
young when the more showy endow
ments constitute prominence, and ev
ery one, at least in society, wondered
how Douglas could have taken up with
such an ordinary partner. Douglas
was courted by the social world, every
one striving to secure him for en
tertainments. He tried to drag Brow
nell out with hint, but failed both on
account of the disinclination of socie
ty for Brownell and Brownell's dis
inclination for society.
Douglas married a belle. She was a
member of the smart set and a very
smart member, 't here was nothing she
would have considered more out of
place than attention in public from her
husband, and there was nothing she
considered more In place than to have
some prominent society man dancing
attendance upon her. Finally a cotillon
leader, Ernest Hackle, became so de
voted to her that the intimacy became
the town talk. As usual in such cases,
no one talked of it to the husband.
One night Brownell went Into a fash
ionable hotel restaurant where the
pniart set were used to taking supper
after the opera. He had never been
tjiere before and went for a purpose,
presently a gay party sailed in like a
fleet of yachts under a spanking breeze,
among them Ilackle and Mrs. Douglas.
They passed directly by the table at
which Brownell sat. and as Hackle
passed Brownell pnt out his foot, and
Hackle tripped. He didn't fall, but
came very near it. Turning, he glared
at the man who had tripped him, then
went on. Brownell toyed with a wine
glass and waited. Hackle as soon as
seated gave him a threatening and con
temptuous glance. Brownell took a bit
of paper from his pocket, wrote some
thing on it, folded it and gave it to a
waiter to take to Hackle. Hackle
opened it, glanced at it and put it in
his vest pocket without any of the par
ty having noticed anything unusual.
At 1 o'clock the two men met in the
cafe.
"Well, sir," said Hackle, "what do
you want ?"
"To fight you."
"For tripping ine up?"
"No; ostensibly for scowling at me;
really for a matter which it concerns
you and a certain lady to keep dark."
"Who are you?" asked Hackle, nerv
ously pulling his mustache.
"Allan Douglas' law partner."
"Indeed. I am surprised that you
wish to bring trouble on him."
"I don't. I wish to save him from
trouble."
"By a public altercation?"
"No; by a private fight to the death."
There was something so calm in
Brownell's tone and eye, yet so deter
mined, that Hackle paled.
"When and where?"
"Now, in an upper room of this ho
tel."
Itnckle stood looking in different di
rections like a cornered rat seeking an
outlet.
"What will obviate the necessity for
this meeting?"
"Your pledge never to communicate
with Mrs. Douglas again."
Hackle thought it over, still pulling
his mustache. Finally he said:
"To avoid bringing a lady's name
Into unpleasant notoriety 1 shall have
to submit. I promise."
"Write it."
A paper was drawn and signed,
which Brownell putin his pocketbook,
and the two separated.
In less than a week Douglas came to
his friend and announced that he must
dissolve the partnership. Mrs. Doug
las had taken an inconceivable dislike
to Brownell and had made the dissolu
tion a sine qua non. Brownell pressed
his friend's hand fervently and assent
ed.
Two years passed. Douglas' endow
ments had not gained him any promi
nence except in society, and, though he
did not know the cause, his wife's inti
macy with Hackle had detracted from
even this. Certain prominent judges
said that Brownell possessed the finest
legal mind at the bar, and if he had
ambition lie might be the foremost
lawyer in the city. This got spread
abroad, and there was a good deal of
curiosity with reference to Brownell.
One day Douglas told his old friend
that Mrs. Douglas had recovered from
her prejudice and wished him to come
to dinner. Brownell accepted. Then
Mrs. Douglas went and sat by her
guest and whispered in his ear:
"You were just in time to save me.
I was a fool. From this time las well
as Allan will be devoted to you."
Another ten yearp have passed. The
attentions of Hackle to Mrs. Douglas
are forgotten in society, and Mrs.
Douglas is a model wife and mother.
Among his friends Douglas Is regarded
as prosy, but on Saturday nights tie
gets a select few old fellows of vigor
ous minds at his house, r he central fig
ure of whom is Judge Brownell, and
In this way the host retains his repu
tation for an Intellectual man.
F. A. MITCH EL.
Iti'ii rra :IK i IIK (tie Hauls.
"Ynu are charging me £7 a week for
board aud lodging, Mrs. Irons," saiil
the gray haired per-on of the name of
Harris. "May I ask how you would
itemize it? What part of it is for
board'/"
"Five dollars," replied the landlady.
"And for my room?"
"Yes."
"Well, if you don't mind, Mrs. Irons,"
he said, proceeding to square up for
another week, "\\''ll consider henuft
er that I'm paying -So for lodging and
for board It will seein more as if I
were getting the worth of my money."
Chicago Tribune.
Are women meaner in gnim: than
men? It cannot rigidly be urged that
they /ire Womc'i. alter all. in buying
or in giving are coinnionl.v making use
of money that others have earned.
They have lieen tru-b • - of otln r peo
pie's money for y.ars. md long
use has made them careful of their
trust, of course the petiy meannesses
of a certain kind of woman have af
forded infinite <' portunitics for men's
jests and contempt. lillt those petty
meannesses are nothing in comparison
with the great meannesses of really
sordid men. London Spectator
CAIRO A PERPETUAL SHOW.
KoMlirrr Clue Ar«- There Sn.-I. Vivid
Color and SlriUluK (outrun!.
fulro reminds oik' <>l an impressionist
picture—it is so unreal, tin- colors are*
so unnaturally bright and tlie costumes
and tin' manners of tin 1 people so dif
ferent from what we are accustomed
to. The scenery and the actors ap
pear to belong to another world. For
the tirst few days after your arrival ,
you are satistied to sit on the terrace
of Shepherd's hotel and watch the
noisy, restless, ever changing crowd— }
*alf oriental, half European that j
passes hack and forth oil foot, on liorse
back, in carriages, on camels and
astride diminutive donkeys.
Every nation of the earth seems to be j
represented, and the present touches j
lingers with the past wherever you j
may look. I'nder the glare of an elce- j
trie light you see venerable Arab sheiks ]
wearing the same robes and leaning
upon the same sort of stall' that was
used when Abraham was a boy, and i
scribes with inkstands made from the j
horns of cuttle and pens whittled from
reeds sit at the street corners and at
the threshold of the postottiee, writ- i
lug letters at the dictation of patrons
whose tinners have never been taught
to frame their thoughts in words.
<jo a block from the most modern of
modern hotels and clubs, and you will
come face to face with stately patri
archal figures in ample turbans, long
vests of Syrian silk and outer robes of
cashmere that seem to have stepped
out of an illustrated Mible, and as the
pun noes down you hear the call of the
muezzin from the balcony of the min
arets, and devout Moslems drop down
on the pavement to pray. Water car
riers with the same sheepskin and pig
skin bottles that were used by the
patriarchs rub up against English
grooms in top boots and silk hats; sher
bet and licorice water and lemonade
sellers, with tin cans and brass cups,
which they clink like castanets, gossip
with peddlers of post cards and wax
matches. Merchants, bankers, lawyers,
soldiers, beggars, guides, policemen,
meet and dodge each other.
Officials from the foreign office and
the treasury, conscious of their impor
tance and responsibility and dressed in
the smartest of modern French tailor
inn. halt at the crossing to avoid an
Egyptian lady riding astride upon a
donkey with her bare feet in velvet
slippers and her face covered with a
musty black veil. Syrians in long, bag
gy trousers and braided jackets; Bed
ouins in flowing robes of brown and
white stripes, whose turbans indicate
the clan to which they belong; Persians
with tall caps of brown camel's hair,
Nubians with faces as black as coal,
Egyptian fellahin in ragged blue shirts
and fezzes of red felt, Copt priests
in long black gowns like those worn
by our judiciary and sharp edged stove
pipe hats. Englishmen in pith helmets
and khaki suits, keen eyed Algerians in
white robes, and representatives of ev
ery other race and nation elbow one
another as they pass along the side
walk, talking with nervous gesticula
tions.
There is nothing like it elsewhere in
the world. It is new and novel to thu
oldest traveler, and one must have seen
the strange picture for himself to ap
preciate how unique and how fascinat
ing it is.—Chicago Record-Herald.
YOUR GREATEST' CAPITAL
It I« YoumHf and Should H«* Kept
at the Top of < <»ndltloii.
The real material with which you
builtl your career Is in you. Your own
self is your greatest capital. The se
cret of your future achievement is
locked up in your brain, in your nerves,
in your muscles, in your ambition, in
your determination and in your ideal.
Everything depends upon your physical
and mental condition, for that governs
your vitality, your vigor and your abil
ity to do things. The amount of phys
i.-ul and mental force you are able to
use in your vocation will measure your
ultimate success, and whatever lessens
this force, or tin* effectiveness of your
achievement capital, will cut down
your usefulness in life and your
chances of success. Achievement does
not depend so much upon the size of
the deposits you have in the bank as
upon the amount of capital you have in
yourself, the effectiveness with which
you can use it and the power you can
bring to your vocation. A man who is
weakened by ill health, or who has
sapped his energy by excessive use of
tobacco or alcohol, or in any other
way, has small chance for success
when pitted against one who Is sound
and vigorous in every organ and fac
ulty.
Nature is not sentimental or merci
ful. If you violate her law you must
pay the penalty, though you sit on a
throne; king or beggar is all the same
to ber. You cannot plead weakness or
handicap as an excuse for failure, She
demands that you be ever at the top of
your condition, that you always do
your best, and will accept no excuse or
apology.
A weakness anywhere mars one's
whole career. It will rise up as a ghost
all through one's life work, mortify
ing, condemning and convicting one of
past error. Every indiscretion or vi
cious indulgence simply opens a leak
which drains off success capital.
Of what use is great success capital,
of mental and physical equipment, if
you are not wise enough to manage it
to the best advantage and to make it
last until your success is assured?
It is sad to see a young man try to
win high place with a broken down
constitution or with his faculties half
trained and liis success army complete
ly demoralized, his prospects ruined by
a shattered physique. The saddest
thing of ail is that wise living might
have made fulfillment of ambition pos
sible and enriched the world with a
noble, well rounded life.
The great problem, then, which every
one has to face is how to generate en
ergy, how to conserve it and how to
keep oneself always at the top of his
condition. Success.
Love contains no complete and last
ing happiness save in the transparent
atmouphere of perfeet sincerity. To
the point of this sincerity lore is but
an experiment. We live in expectation
and our words and kisses are only pro
visional l'.ut sit>ceri|y is not possible
except between lofty and trained con
sclera r*-i. Moreo" er, it is not enough
that these consciences should be such.
This is requisite besides, if sincerity Is
to berume natural and essential that
the consciences dial! be almost equal,
of the same extent, the same quality,
and that the love that ui.ites theiu shall
be deep laid. And thus it is that tiift
lives of so many men glide away who
never m -el the soul with which they
could have been sincere.
I Jut It is impossible to be sincere
Willi others before learning to be sin
cere toward oneself. Sincerity is only
the consciousness and analysis of 11,♦*
motives of all life's actions. It is the
expression of this consciousness that
one is able later to lay before ttie eyes
of the being with whom he ia seeking
the happiness of sincerity. Maurice
Maeterlinck in Century.
CAKfc Or HOUSE PLANTS.
• •«>»» to lliive ii Tiii-itiim (iardeu In
Vv intfr.
liaising house plants is not after all
a very difficult thing if one observes
certain fact* and gives sufficient atten
tion to these. sa\ s the lirooklyn Citizen.
1 Mains are frequently moved around
too much to thrive and are > \posed to
uncv n temperature or drafts.
I lie room in which plains grow must
not be kept very warm iu the daytime
and allowed to become very cold at ;
night. < Jiving enough water at regular |
times is of course the first requisite to
Success in plant culture. Most flower
ing plant* need sunshine, and there
fore a sunny window protected from
drafts is the best place to keep them.
On the other hand, a fernery needs '
light, but not sun. and therefore thrives
best in windows on the shady side of ■
the house. Coal gas and gas for light- !
lug are destructive to all growth of
plants, and therefore to protect from
these cover the plants with a newspa
per at night raised by some device so
as not to touch the leaves. Maidenhair
ferns are f<«ind lo grow best under
glass globes.
Every day at as nearly the same hour '
ns you can manage water your plants, j
They will be grateful for the regular- j
ity, and as often as once a week give I
the large plants, such as palms and
rubber trees, a sponge bath with tepid
water. It is most important to keep the
foliage free from dust. Plants, too,
need fresh air as much as people, and
therefore allow the window farthest
from the plants to be open a little way
at the top, being sure, however, to cov
er them if the change of temperature
will lie felt.
With attention to the above facts one
may have a beautiful and thriving gar
den within doors all the season long.
I ill nek y.
"Yes, since Mrs. Gotrox broke n nilr
ror yesterday she is convinced that it is
very unlucky."
"How superstitious!"
"Xot at all. It was a French plate
mirror and cost S4OO." —Baltimore
News.
What He Preferred.
Magistrate—Ami 1 understand that
you prefer charges against this man.
Grocer—No, your worship; 1 prefer
cash, and that's what I brought him
here for. London Tit Bits
SOMETHING MI~!
A nellatole
TIH SHOM*
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spoutlne and Ceneral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges,
Furnaces. «to.
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QLILITY THE BEST!
JOHN HIXSON
NO. 116 E. FRONT ST.
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. m to 112» p. m.
$50,000.00
I Cash Given Away to Users of
•LION COFFEE
I w- are going to be more liberal than ever in 1904 to users of Lion Coffee. Not only will the j
Lion-Heads, cut from the packages, be good, as heretofore, for the valuable premiums we
have always given our customers, but
In Addition to the Regular Free Premiums
the same Lion-Heads will entitle you to estimates in our $50,000.00 Grand Prize Contests,
make some of our patrons rich men and women. You .can send in as many estimates as desired. 1 nere
TWO CREAT CONTESTS
The first contest will be on the July 4th attendance at the St. f.ori/s World's Fair; these '' t "
Vote lor President to be cast Nov. 8. I>JO4. $20,000.00 will be distributed in each of these conteste making
$40,000.00 on the two, and, to make it still more interesting, in addition to this amount, we will give a
41 1 ■ ft < 112 0C Ann An to the one who is nearest correet on both
Grand First PriZ6 Of WVIUUUiUU contests, and thus your estimates have two
opportunities of winning a big cash prize.
Five Lion-Heads ngp» Hrlnted blanks t0
cut from Lion °" ,oU,ld
Coffee Packages and a every Lion Coffee Pack
-2 cent stamp entitle you age- The cent stamp
(in addition to the reg-B4m!^M|| covers the expense ° f
ular J free premiums) our acknowledgment to
to" one vote in _ - vou t ' lat - vour es *
either contest: Sfe. -* 0 timate is recorded.
WORLD'S FAIR CONTEST PRESIDENTIAL VOTE CONTEST
What will be the total July 4th attendance at the StLoul. What •
World"® Fair? At Chkasro. July 4. lHy3. the attendance was wtion 13 <»59 651 people voted for President. For nearest cor
For nearest correct estimates received In we' w 1 'st/mate* Wool,on Spice Co.'.. office. Toledo. 0..
pany s office. Toledo. < )hio, on or befort. June with. i*«. we ' rt . 112 _ c 10,14 W4 . w ill eive first prize for the nearest cor-
Klve first prize (orthe nearest correct estimate, second prize to the on , second prize to the next nea-e»t.etc..etc..as follows:
next nearest, etc.. etc., as follows: . $2 600.00
Inm Prize \ second rri.e ::::::::::::::: 1:000:00
1 Second Prize I'rwVnn h Prizes- S6OO OO eacb 1.000.00
2 Prlies $500.00 oach 1.000.00 2 Frizes jouu.uu eacu 1.000.00
6 Prizes - 200.00 •• } .5 ii i ? oo oo - :: :::: ::::: * .000.00
I lO Primes- 100.00 *; I'nßo nn on Prizes— RO OO " 1.000.00
20 Prizes - 00.00 1.000.00 20 Prizes nu.uu 1.000.00
RO Prizes - 20.00 A'SSR'Sn ofin pJ-tie!- 1000 " 2.600.00
2fiO Prizes- 10.00 * §.600.00 280 £}«•■ *g;gg .. .. .... e.000.00
1800 Prizes- 6.00 9,000.00 1800 Priiea o.uu
2139 PRIZEB TOTAL. $20,000.00 2139 PRIZES. TOTAL. $20,000.00
I 4279—PRIZES —4279
Distributed to the Public-aggregating $45,000.00-ln addition to w hlch w* « h all glv« 55.000
to Grocers' Clerks (see particulars In LION COFFEE cases) making a grand total of $50,000.00.
COMPLETE DETAILED PARTICULARS IN EVERY PACKAGE OF
LION COFFEE
WOOLSON SPICE CO., (CONTEST PEP'T.) TOLEDO, OHIO.
BANS ON TOBACCO.
Setere I'eimltlcM I'or Smoking Were
In VIIKIM' In Timet*.
Strange as it may appear now, both
sultans of Turkey and shahs of Per
sia have tried their best to put down
smoking. In Turkey, formerly, smok
ing was a crime punishable by the of
fenders having their pipes thrust
through their noses, and in Russia in
the noses of smokers were cut off.
In Transylvania offenders were fined
from 3to 200 florins. In Kerne, Swit
zerland, lfitil, where crimes were di
vided into sections according to the
Ten Commandments, smoking was
classed with adultery. The tribunal to
put down smoking, called chambre-au
tabac, continued to the middle of the
eighteenth century. The climax was
reached by Amarath IV., king of Per
sia, who made it a capital offense.
In England Elizabeth issued a proc
lamation against smoking in 1584, and
James' "counterblast against tobacco,"
with its pompous language, is well
known. All through his reign it was
a common stipulation that "no puffer
of tobacco" should be appointed school
master.
The Home Paper
1 of Danville.
I
Of course you read
| j 11. M«1 B. \
j THE rVEOPLE-S I
KQPULAR
i APER,
Everybody Reads It,
'* mmm
I
Published Every Morning Except
Sunday nt
.
i
No. II E. Mahoning St.
Subscription 6 cen . i\_r Week.
— J
Fell Ills Importntice.
A boy, having left school, started to
work in a factory. At the end of his
. | first day's work lie returned home, evi
dently feeling quite a man. Taking off
! his hut and coat, he threw them on the
floor, with a meaning look at his sister,
i "Look here, .lini." said she; "hang
your clothes in their proper place."
"Jiang them up yourself," he replied,
t "Who (lo you thiuk's keepiu' ye?"—
, London Standard.
I I'fctty Customs of Japnn.
Japanese ladies are like the French
In their love of social intercourse and
! conversation. They pay fewer visits,
hut stay infinitely longer, always two
or three hours and sometimes a whole
I day. They are received by the maid,
who places a large silk cushion for
them to rest upon, and much time is
spent in detailed inquiries concerning
each other's family. There is no spe
cial calling day In Japan. They visit
I when their fancy takes them, and they
i never tro empty handed to a friend's
1 house. The Rifts are usually fruit or
i flowers or perhaps a fresh fish, and
• whatever they take is always dainti
ly wrapped in a little box of paper or
wood.
Nothing has ever equalled it.
Nothing can ever surpass it.
Dr. King's
New Discovery
A Perfect For All Throat and
('ure: Fung Troubles.
Money back if it failt. Trial Bottlea free.
| ACKAWANNA RAILROAD.
■" BLOOMSBURG DIVISION
WKBT.
A. M. A. M. A. M. P. to
New York ly iOO .... 10 00 141
P. M.
Seranton ar 617 1 5U
P. M.
Buffalo IvllSO 245
M.
Scran ton ar 558 10 05
A. M. A. M. P. M. P. V
Seranton lv tf) 86 *lO 10 fl 56 •« »112
Bellevue...
Taylor.... <H4 10 17 103 044
Lackawanna 6 r>o 1U 24 210 «50
Duryea «63 10 28 al3 65 S
Pittston t>sß 10 88 217 667
Susquehanna Ave 701 10 37 2 It) 659
West Pittston 705 10 41 228 702
Wyoming 710 10 4« 227 7 l/J
Forty Fort 281 ....
Bennett 717 10 52 284 714
Kingston ar 724 10 56 240 720
Wiikes-Barre ar 740 11 10 250 780
Wilkes-Barre Iv 710 10 40 280 TlO
Kingston Iv 724 10 56 240 720
Plymouth June
Plymouth 735 11 05 249 729
Nanticoke 743 11 18 258 787
Hunlock's 749 11 19 806 748
Shickshinny. 801 11 31 820 75*
Hicks Ferry Hll (11 48 830 18 08
Beach Haven 819 11 48 887 809
Berwick 827 11 54 844 1
Briarcreek 18 82 18 50 ....
Willow Grove 18 36 18 54 Ml 4
Lime nidge 840 112 09 858 18 28
Fspy 840 12 15 406 884
Bloomsburg 853 12 22 412 840
Kupert 857 12 25 415 845
Catawissa 902 12 32 422 860
Danville 915 12 44 488 901
Cameron 924 112 67 448
Northumher'd ar 985 110 455 980
EAST.
A. M. A. M. P. M. P. M
Northumberl' *6 45 tIOOO tl 50 *52»
Cameron 6 57 12 01 15*4
Danville 707 1019 211 541
Catawissa 721 10 32 228 8 M
Kupert 726 10 87 229 801
Bloomsburg 783 10 41 288 006
Espy 738 16 48 240 611
Lime Ridge 744 HO 54 f2 46 16 21
Willow Grove 17 48 1250
Briarcreek 7 62 12 S3 1627
Berwick 757 11 05 258 SII
Beech Haven 805 111 12 803 841
Hicks Ferry 811 111 17 809 647
Shickshinny 822 11 81 820 18 59
Hunlock's 833 881 17 09
Nanticoke 838 11 44 838 714
Avondale 841 342 722
Plymouth 845 1153 847 721
Plymouth June 847 .... 852 ..
Kingston ar 855 11 59 400 788
Wilkeß-Barre ar 910 12 10 410 750
Wilkes Barre Iv 840 11 40 850 7SO
Kingston Iv 855 1159 400 788
Luzerne 858 al2 02 408 742
Forty Fort 19 00 .... 407 .....
Wyoming 905 12 08 412 74*
West PittHton 910 417 751
Susquehanna Ave ... 913 12 14 420 7SI
Pittston 919 12 17 424 801
Duryea 923 429 804
Lackawanna 926 482 8 111
Taylor 982 440 817
Bellevue
Seranton ar 942 12 85 450 821
A.M. P.M. P. M
Seranton Iv 1025 J1 55 .... 1111
A M
Buffalo ... ar .... 755 . 7Ot
A. M. P. M P.M A.M
Seranton Iv 10.10 12.40 18 35 »2 Ob
P. M. P. M P.M A. M
New York ar 330 500 735 65f
•Daily, fDally except Sunday.
lHtopa on signal or on nottce to conductor
a Stops on signal to take on passengers loi
New York, Binghamtort and points west.
T. K. CLARKE T. W. LEE.
Oen. Superintendent. Gen.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov. li'.'th, 1903.
A. M.|A.M.,P. Hi
Scranton( DkH)lv §6 88 47j 142J4 28
Pittston " " 705 11015'§ 210 563
A. M.I P. M. P.M
Wilkesbarre,.. Iv A.M. §lO 3ft | *2 4ft «8 00
Plym'tti Kerry " s 725 110 42 1 2 52 18 07
Nanticoke " 732 10 50 301 8 17
Mocanaqua .... " 742 11 07i 82q 637
Wapwallopen.. " 801 11 lii 331 647
Nescopeek ar 810 11 2ti| 3427 Ou
A. M. A.M. p \\.
Pottsvilie 55r SI 1 55 ' _
llazieton " ' 705 245§2 45
Tomlileken..... " 722 305 805
Fern Glen " 721 815 815
Bock Glen " 7 >ft 322 822
Nescopeek .... ar 802
Catawissa 400 400 . .
&~M A.M P.M. P M
Nescopeek Iv § 8 18 till 20! | 3 42 j7 00
Creasy •• 8«' 11 »i 352 709
Espy Ferry... *■ 18 4: 11 40 112 4 02. 720
E. Bloomsburg " 847 11 50i 4 Otij 725
Catawissa Iv 856 11^571 413 732
South Danville " 9 14 12 IV 4 31, 751
Sunhury ar 9 3.1 12 40i 4 55j 815
A.M. P. M.IP. M i\M
Sunhury Iv || « 42 512 48$ 5 18 y ,-,3
Lewisburg.... ar 10 13 1 4ft 548
Mllt.,a " 10 08 139 54410 14
Wiiliamsport.. '• 11 Oo 141 i 04010 00
Lock Haven... " 1169 220 737
Kenovo "A.M. 300 830
Kane " 8 25,
P.M. P.M.I
Lock Haven..lv|;l2 10 s 3 45'
Belleloute ....ar! 1 oft # 144
Tyrone " 210 It 600
Philipsburg " sing 802
Clearfield.... " ! 6 54 S 845
Pittsburg.... " j 0 55'111 45
'
'A.M. P.M. P.M. P M
Sunhury Iv 950 S 1 ;i9 ,ft lOjlS 31 j
Harrlsburg.... ar II 80 §315 j 650 10 10
_ P. M. P. M. P. M. A M
Philadelphia., ar 317 || 623|| 9 28j?4 23
Baltimore "i§ 3 11 i| 8 00 jj 9 4> 2 20
Washington... "jii 4 20;!, 7 16 10 55j 8 30
|A. M. P. M. |
Sunhury Iv §lO 00 8 2 Ift I
Lewistown Je. ar 11 45 4 oft
Pittsburg •' 0 55I§lo 45 !
A.M. P, M. P. M. P M
Harrisburg.... Iv 11 45 520|| 720 jllOft
1". M. A M. A. M. A M
P ittsburg ar j 6 sft 11 160 jj 1 50, 5 30
'P.M. PMA M AMi.
Pittsburg IV' 7 10 S 900 H 300 18 00 ....
A.M A Aii p m
Harrlsburg.... ar 200 | 4 25 (11 2ft |3 lo ...
I j P.M j A M
PittSbUlg IV; ; 0 00. j S 00:
A.M. PM
L.ewißtown Jo. " ! 7 30! jj 3 Oil,
Sunbury ar 9 21'j 8 4 601
P.M. A M A M AM
Washington... Iv 10 4u |!i 750 10 50
Baltimore " 1100 -4 40 840 114..
Philadelphia... " 11 4o 4 2ft 830 11 40 ••••
A. M.j AMA. M. P M «
llarrishurg.... Iv ' 3 3ft , 7 55 gll 10 'i, 3 25
Sunbury ar ft uo 9 3t. ; 108» 613 ••••
Pittsburg Iv :I2 46 I 3 00 ; 8 00
Clearfield.... " 3:10]. ¥2l
Philipsburg.. " 135 1" 10 ""
Tyrone " 7 ot| ll 810 12 25 ••*•
Belleloute.. " 8 10, | 932 125 ••••
Lock Haven ar 9 15! , 10 30 210 ••••
I*. M. A M V Ml 1' M
Erie Iv ; 5 35 [
Kane "j 8 tft j? OHO ...... ""
ltenovo " 11 50; j 6 40: 10 30|§ 1 13 •••*
Lock Haven.... 12 38i 7 :ui; 11 25 (2 50 ••*•
A.M. P M r •
WiiliaillslKirt .. " 214 8 2-> 1 :12 40 3 .Ml
Milton -'i 2 23[ 913 125 4 :!8 •••
Lewisburg " » oft 1 15 422 ••*•
Sunbury ar 3 MV' « 45j 164 605 ••••
A. M. A M l* M P M
Sunbury lvjs ti 45i j 9 55 s 2 00 j 6 Z>
South Danville" 7 II io 17 221 ft 60 ••**■
Catawissa "| 7 3'.'| 10 3f> 2 3ti 608 ••••■
E Bloomsburg.. " 737 10 43 243 8 1
Espy Perry " : 742 t'lo 47 1 6 IS',
Creasy " 752 10 66 , 2 iWV 680 *•••
Nesoopi-ck " HC 11 Oftj 3 oft 840
A M A M P. M . 1* M '
Catawissa Iv 10 38
Nescopeek Iv 823 ; 5 Ik") i 7 Oft ■•••
Kock (Hen ar 11 22 7 28 •••*
Fern (Hen " 851 ll 281 5 :i2 784
Tonihicken " 858 11 38 ft 38 742 ••••
Ha/.leton " 910 ll ft", ft 591 806
I I'ottsville " 10 Ift 150 0 5T> j
AMAMP M P M _
Nescopeek Iv 802 (11 06 3 o.> .; 840
Wapwallopen..ar 8 ts< 11 20 320 062
Mooanuqu» ... " 831 11 32 330 701
Nanticoke " 8 ft! 11 54 340 719 '•*•
P Ml
Plvm'tii Ferry* I »02 12 02 85' 17 28 ••••
Wtlksbarre ... " 910 12 10 4 IV> 785
AM P M P M P M
I'lltstont DA H) ar :0 30 12 29 :4 Mi 8 0l ....
Seranton " " loos 10s 524js 9 ....
i Weekdays. ( Daily. 112 Plag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping 4!ars run ot
through trains between Sunbury, Williamsport
and Erie, between Sunbury ai».l Philadelphia
ami Washington nnd between Harristiurs;. Pltts
t'uric and the West.
Kor lurtlicr fnloruiation apply to Ticket Agem«
! W. W. ATTKKBI'RY, J. K. WiKtD
(Jen'l Manager. Pass. Traltic Mgr.
ItJK". W. BUYD. <ien'l Passenger Agent