• • • • '• • | Mrs. Van Vorst's • 4 | ny SARAH # 1 L2ICC comstock p H Handkerchief • • ...Copyright, 11*0, by T. C. McClure... ••• « «• -• >•< "This is the man," said Mrs. Van Vorst. Bhe laid pn tlie table the pretty sil ver police whistle with the satisfaction of having used It to good purpose. Then she stood hack complacently to view the result. A strange group was gathered In her dainty dressing room. In the midst of Its Kilt and whiteness and laclness, its filmy curtains and tinted satin up holsteries, stiM>d two burly policemen gripping her butler. Three frightened maids huddled in the doorway, too much terrified to come in and too curious to go. "So ye found ldni tinker!n' with a drawer, did ye, mum?" asked one of the officers. "1 found the drawer open, and he was Just putting the lace handkerchief into his pocket," replied Mrs. Van Vorst, Indicating an open drawer of the dress er with a sweeping oratorical gesture, for she had a keen liking for the dra matic, and this situation appealed to hor. She was no coward, and there was something delightful in having entered her room to ilnd a burglar, even though her own familiar butler, there before her. Perhaps the affair was more pleasing in that he had been Buch an oddly mild and obliging bur glar. "I came to my room only a Bhort time ago," she went on,"and as I entered the door I heard the souud of a soft step. 1 thought that Klfine had come In before me. Strangely enough, 1 did not even glance up at first, but stopped there by the door to arrange those orchids. While I was bending above them a voice spoke. Imagine my start when 1 heard a man's voice saying, 'I have stolen your handker chief.' I repressed a scream and look ed up to recognize In this creature the man whom I have lately employed as my servaut." The man stood <iuietly before her while she went on with her story. The policemen kept a wary eye upon him, but relaxed their grip as they saw his submission. "What came next on the programme, mum?" the otllcer pursued. "I cried 'Base wretch:* and seized the whistle that summoned you. He made no reply to me, but sat down calmly as If waiting to be arrested." "And, faith, what did he do with the handkerchief?" "He was putting it into his pocket ut the time he called my attention." "Which one?" "The right waistcoat pocket." Two great hands of the law prepared to search. The man spoke gently. "Don't trou ble, gentlemen," he said. "I can get It for you easier." One «»f his hands was freed, nnd he produced an exquisite handkerchief of cobweblike luce. "And there's another thing I want to do." He started to reach for a lilp pocket when a rough hand stopped his. "None o' that," snarled the officer. "Then I'll thank you to reach In that pocket for me, sir." The policeman did so. There was no revolver In tt. He gave a grunt of chagrin. "It's the money I'd like to have you get out, sir. I ain't armed. Please give Mrs. Van Vorst $3 That'll pay for the little perfumery bottle 1 just broke while I was getting the handkerchief." Mrs. Van Vorst stared in astonish ment. Puge was very unlike the bur glars of storied fame. You do not look for courtesy from the man who robs jou, and she felt for the iirst time in her life ill at ease. She was supposed to be mistress of any situation. Her own butler, a common thief, was baf fling her. The policeman took five jingling dol lars from the man's pocket and laid them on the table. "Sure, and it's a polite burglar he Is, mum," said he."The judj.c 'll give him • chance to show his manners at nn early date. We'll trouble ye no more now, mum. Good avenih' to ye." As the officers marched their victim from the room lie turned and spoke to Mrs Van Vorst. "I beg your pardon, ma'am, for the trouble and scare I've given you, and Im much obliged to you for fixing It •il up for me so easy." Leaving her to ponder this puzzling remark, he disappeared with the otfl cars. From the light and warmth of the luxurious house the three hurried into the bleak rain without. The patrol wagon backed up to the sidewalk, Its Step conveniently ready for the guest. The borses fidgeted impatiently. The restless driver clanged his gong. "Hustle up there, your politeness," growled one of the officers. As the man started to enter the wag on he was met by Costello, a police man who had been waiting on the wagon "The dlvvll and all!" cried Costello "Bure and It's Bill Page!" "Ifs me all right," answered the man with a friendly smile and entered the wa#on. Costello followed to act as guard, the gong clanged, the horses started off with a dash, nnd the assembled small boys scattered, their show being over. "Faith and I'd like to know what ye mean by stalin' a handkerchief?" said Costello after the story had been told. "BUI Page nlvver saw the insolde of the station In his life for anything but a dhrunk Why. you're honester than a barrel of good whisky," "Didn't I make n pretty honest steal of It?" Page said evasively "Ye made the quarest stale in all me •cqualntance. Afther takin' pleasure In announcln' to the lady that her handkerchief was to your lolkin' ye sits pacefully down to wait for us, with an open window and a fire escape be side ye. I>ld ye think ye'd wait for an umbrella before venturiu' forth in the Inclemency?" Page dodged the questions good temperedly. An hour later found hlin boused In the station. It was an astonishment to every one who knew htm when it was told that he bad.been stealing. He had been known to the police for n long time as a toper, but no one dreamed that he had any vice more serious than a love for the bottlf. lie had paid the pen alty of being found drunk a number of times and was known to the force as a thoroughly good fellow when •ober. Judge Marvin had given him a long sentence the last time, hoping to work reform, and he had endeared himself to everybody about the jail, where he was Intrusted with the care Of the flower beds. The formalitlcM of another sentence passed quickly, l'age u.. s strangely cheerful about it all. Judge Marvin reprimanded him severely, all the time feeling that his words made no im pression, for the imtn seemed well con tent with his lot. And yet he was not In need of shelter, ns are some who seek arrest He was entirely sober, and investigation proved that he had given up a well paid position for a petty offense, the theft of an article that must have been useless to him. The jail doors creaked to udmit him once more. He settled down cozily in his quarters, affably friendly to some of his old time comrades. Days slipped by, and a restlessness came over him, although he was tho same orderly prisoner as ever. At last be approached the Jailer: "Why don't you give me my old Job, sir'" he asked anxiously. "Oh, you had the flower beds, didn't you 7 That's so. Want them again, do yon?" "Oh, please, sir." I'age replied, his face as eager as a child's. Next day found him out In the sun shine, shears and trowel in hand. The flower beds surrounded the next building, which was the woman's sec tion of the Jail, l'age approached his work nervously and went about trim ming the roses in a preoccupied man ner. At every sound he started. A light step came i>p the walk. Page jumped to his feet as he recognized the sound of it. "Polly!" he cried and seized a girl's bands in his. Joy and sorrow mingled In her face. "Oh, Bill, you're back after you swore to me you'd never drink again!" she cried. "I haven't touched a drop, Polly," he answered, and his words rang true. "It was for stealin'!" he cried Joyfully. "Stealing!" she gasped in horror. "Yes don't you see—an honest steal. I took the handkerchief and gave it right back and gave Mrs. Van Vorst the money to pay for the bottle I broke doin' it. I had to run the bluff, Polly. I couldn't stay away from you any longer. Ain't you glad to see me, little girl V" "1 don't know," she said, perplexed. "Now we'll l»e here together Just like we used to be when we first got to know each other. We can see each other every day until you get out, atid mine's only a week after that. We'll see each other when you have your walk, for I've got the flower beds again. And I've reformed since you talked to me—ain't touched a drop, roily, on my honor I ain't and when we get out I'll be as sober as a Judge, and you'll never steal another penny, poor little girl, 'cause your mother 'll never be starvln' again. She's all right, Polly. I left her plenty of mon ey. And wo'll have that house with the grass In front, and we'll be happy to beat the band. It won't be so long to wait, little girl—there, there, don't." And her tears found refuge on his shoulder. FRENCH MAY QUEENS. A Pretty Custom Which la Still In Vugar In Some Vlllacri. An ancient custom which still ob tains in many villages in the south of France Is n pretty variation of the choosing of the May queen with which we are so familiar. The mayor and six of his political officers choose from among the vllluge maidens the most beautiful girl. As soon as the choice is made known the queen, dressed in white, even to a long white veil and a wreath of white roses, assembles with her parents and all the villagers in front of the mayor's house. Here he and six friends, dressed In frock coats and top hats, form in procession, the mayor and queen leading, and march to the church, where there is a short ceremony. They then march back to the may or's house, where a favored few are entertained at luncheon. When ho proposes her health he enumerates her virtues, kisses her on both cheeks and hands her an envelope which contains the prize, in money. But the cere mony does not end here. They form in procession, the band leadtug this time, and In a sort of "follow my leader" game walk through the village, up lanes and over hills for three hours. That evening a ball is given at the inn, where the queen dances first with the mayor and his six friends und after ward with the lads of the village, and so the celebration ends. The queen's white veil, with the veil and wreath, are carefully folded away and are brought out again only when Bhe be comes a bride. A HEAVY DIET. What the i'lkea In Tlpp«rarr Waltra Like Moat a* Kood. There is a professional fisherman of my acquaintance In Tlpperary who kills many pike during the winter mouths, for which he finds ready sale In the town. lie told me of one cus tomer of his who was in the habit of so beating him down in price that he felt Justified in resorting to somewhat questionable means to increase the weight of his fish. In the manner of the winner of the stakes in the cele brated "Jumping Frog" sporting event, he would introduce some weighty sub stance into their interior, stones, bits of Iron railing, etc. Once he went so far as to stuff two old iiandless tlatlrons he had [ticked from a refuse heap down the gullet of one before taking it to his customer, who, having weighed It carefully and, ufter much haggling, paid him a frac tion less per pound for it than he might have perhaps obtained elsewhere. Meet ing him next day, he was Instantly aware there was trouble in the wind by the opening remark, "What do pike feed on, Paddy?" "Och and lndude, your honor, tint there's mighty little that comes amiss to thlrn lads," he an swered. "Frogs and fish, sticks and shtonuH they like well, but they would give their two eyes for flatirons."— English < 'ountry Gentleman. A number of actors were discussing recently the merits of different board ing houses In a certain city, and the argument turned on the comparative meageriiess of the table board provid ed by the various landladies. One of the party who had listened quietly to the talk now spoke up. '•lf one of you fellows really wants to put yourself on a rigid diet," he said, "goto Mrs. 's hoarding bouse In Cincinnati. I came down to breakfast there one morning, anil the servant waltzed up and asked me If I'd have ham or eggs. I said I didn't want to be grasping and ordered the yolk of an egg xaid I'd have the white of it for lunch." Harper's Weekly. lie I,I K«-N Molhera-lu-lnvr. That a mother-in law is not always an unwelcome adjunct to the family is proved In a wholesale way in the ease of a i'avarian w ho Is steward on a large estate In Monaco. He lost two wives, but in both instances after their death he retaiiKHl the inotbers-ln-iaw, and now he has taken unto himself wife No. 3. who comes Into bis home accompanied by her mother as well as three unmarried sisters. All these good women, who constitute his household, are said to dwell together in peace and harmony. 1 Mrs. Bittersweet's ; | Proposal ; J WHITNEY 1 DLRBIN » I'U T. I . Met lull <ll 1 T "1 r*i - "Poppers and pumpkins! A widow movtil In right next door, nnd this leap year!" Mr. Alonzo Larkins stared appre hensively out of his window as if ho expected to set* tiis newly arrived neighbor flitting up lii.s porch steps In search of him with a lasso. Instead he really did sec a small, Inoffensive looking woman walking serenely from her doorway toward her own front lawn hearing a pot of pansles and a trowel. "Oh, of course," he continued caus tically, "wants to in ike a good impres sion first before she lets out at me! Well, ma'am, my heart Is tough. Hut you are a neat little bundle," he added, with a sllpht change of tone; "trim as a sassafras whistle. That's right— let that ruffled y up pink contraption slide off your head. Glim, what shiny brown hair! And look at the little curl bobbing over her off ear!" Little Mrs. Bittersweet did not seem at all troubled by the orb Mr. Larkins deemed It expedient to keep focused upon her. She trotted around nbout her own business, paying little heed to the doings of her bachelor neighbor. The first time she met him plump and square she gave him a sweet. Indiffer ent little neighborly "Good morning," which somehow excited his discontent and Ire. "Took about as much notice of me as she would of a brlndle dog," he complained to himself; "in faut, not as much. Rhe pets up all the old stray dogs nnd gives 'em bones. What's the matter with me, I'd like to know." He looked anxiously Into the mirror as he brushed his hair. He saw there in a good looking and fairly good na tured face, the chief defect of which was an expression tending toward self conceit. "Now, ma'nm," he observed decisive ly, addressing the absent widow, / THE WIDOW SAT ON THE EDGE OF HER POKCII. "you've got to see mo and appreciate me. Then if you choose to take advan tage of leap year privileges I don't really know as I'll run away." Meantime Mrs. Blttersweet's atten tion had been directed to Mr. Larklns by her friend, Miss Podderly. "lie's the smartest man In Bibb vllle," said she, "and got everything in his house a woman's heart could wish, from gas ranges to teaspoons, not to mention scuds of blue and white ware saucepans. But seems like lie's afraid some woman 'll marry him in spite of himself. I guess he's too bashful to ask any one. But I believe In my heart you could overcome the difficulty, l'ol ly. If you'd set your cap good and I strong." I "Ket a fiddlestick!" retorted I'olly Bittersweet scornfully. "I'll never set my cap for any man." "Well," said Miss I'odderly, with a shruu, "I wish 1 had the opportunities you turn up your nose at so reck lessly." Mr. Larklns finally grew decidedly discontented and a little puzzled. "I don't understand you, ma'am," ho admitted In one of his mental apostro phes to the widow. "I have so far modified my views as to give you ev ery opportunity to signify your wish to become Mrs. Larklns, and yet you're as cool and calm as a bale of snow. I'm not used to It, ma'am, and I won't stand it. I'll give you three weeks more to get Interested in me, and then I'll take and propose to you. That's about what I'll do." When the allotted three weeks of grace had expired Mr. Larklns In des peratlon executed his threat and re celved a plump "No!" the result of Miss Fodderly's championship and a Btrenk of contrariness In the widow's disposition. He accepted the sentence with visi ble disappointment, but bore it with manly fortitude. "I'm Borry, ma'nm," he said frankly, "tearing sorry. I've taken more of a shine to you, somehow, than I ever did to any one, and I'd be pood to you, you can bank on that. But if you enn't like me you can't. There, now, madam; c'on't go and cry don't. I wouldn't hurt your feelings for forty farms." For the widow's heart nil nt once had smitten tier jnarpiy, and some subtle pathos in Mr. Larklns' simple accept ance of defeat caused her eyes to brim with mistj tears. "I'm so-00-o sorry," she faltered, blushing and sobbing, "I" "Don't mention it," Implored Mr. Larklns. "Don't you be miserable or blue about It. But if you should kind of change your mind, you know, ma'am, Just let me know, won't you?" Mr. Larklns dived hcadlouu Into his garden patch and hoed vigorously to distract his thoughts, nnd the widow sat down on the edge of her porch and swung her neat little f<><»t dejectedly. "I do believe I'm half witted," said she under her breath. I dare say I've lost as good a man as I'll ever meet, j and all because Henrietta I'odderly i told me to run after him. I needn't ! have run nfter him, but I could have | thrown him away, and I ain't half as ' smart as I thought I was. I'm lonely , and miserable, woo oo no," Mrs. Blt ! tewweet ran Into her sitting room tod ! cried as heartily as Mr Larkins hoed. After that she smiled sunnily when j ever she met him. lie smiled penlally. j The widow daily became more lone some and more convinced that she had discarded u congenial suirll "lie won't propose again In a hun dred years," she bemoaned herself, "and no wonder, he don't want to risk another snub. He did tell me to let him know If I changed my nilnd. 1 hate to like fun, but"— One golden afternoon when both were sitting in an unusually pensive moud upon Mrs. Bittersweet's porch the widow's heart suddenly prompted her to a little prospecting. •'.Mr. Larklns," she said softly, "do you ever change your mind?" "No," returned Mr. Larklns plumply. "Not without solid reason." "We-ell," she continued, holding her breath at her own boldness, "would you still like me to —er —er be —be"— Her meaning rushed through Mr. Larklns like a streak of electricity. Ho sprang out of his lolling attitude at a bounce. •Tolly, if you're asking me if I'd like you to be tuy wife, I say yes—yes yes. I didn't dare to ask you again, but you've a perfect right to ask me, even if I hadn't told you to, for it's leap— why, Polly, love, what's the mat ter? You're as pale as ashes. What Is It, darling?" "Why, I've actually as good as asked you to marry me," gasped Polly, "just what I've always declared I'd dlo rath er than do! Oh, well," as Alonzo's arm stole protectlngly around her waist, "I guess I was excusable this time. Hut, Alonzo, listen. Don't you ever, the longest day "ou live, let Hen rietta rodderly know I did It—will you ?" "Never!" vowed Alonzo, kissing ber. Water's Part In Collounlal Terms. "How many of our 'expressive ex pressions' aro built around some refer ence to water!" said a writer. "Take a few brief examples for considera tion. If we think a scheme isn't very strong or a statement decidedly weak, we Invariably say 'lt won't hold wa ter.' Do we infer that more wisdom lurks in an individual's head than he Is ordinarily given credit for, what do we say? 'Still waters run deep.' When a person gets Into some kind of difficulty, we say he Is In 'hot water.' "When a proposition of any kind Is rejected, especially a proposal of mar riage, it Is a case of having 'cold wa ter thrown on our hopes.' Fortune has Its 'tides,' and blessings or riches are 'rained' down on us. If a speaker ex hausts his topic and still tries to talk, we say that he has 'about run dry.' "Rumors are always termed 'afloat,' and when a business enterprise goes down we call it 'swamped.' A man struggles to 'hold his head above wa ter,' according to our colloquialisms, and when he doesn't know whut plan to pursue in order to accomplish cer tain ends It is said of him that he is 'all at sea.' St. Louis Globe-Demo crat. An OrgHn Without Stops. There Is a man living in an Eleventh street flat who has no music in his soul, and there is a man on the lower floor whose soul is full of It. The low er floor man not long ago added a four lung parlor organ to his lares and pe nates, and two healthy daughters of his bcfe'in to practice on It. Several nights Inter a friend pnlfl a visit to the first man, and as soon as ho got Inside the apartment he heard the parlor organ on the lower floor. "Fine toned instrument, that," he said, because he, too, had some music In his soul. The musicless man grunted. "Whose mak<f is It?" the visitor ask- i ed. "Don't know,"was the ungracious 1 answer. "How many stops has It?" The host pulled himself up for a powerful effort. "Well," he replied, "It's been in the house for about a ! week now, and In that time It hasn't I had any that I have been able to dis- J cover."—New York Press. Ilaron Rotlmchlld'n Pan. Owen Wister, the novelist, was talk ing about puns. "I detest puns," ho said, "but Fanny Kenible, who was my era nd mot her, used to tell one made by a certain Baron Rothschild that was good of its kind. The baron was din ing out, and some one spoke of veni son. 'l,' said the baron, 'never eats venlshon. I think it lsh not so coot ash mutton.' 'Oh, absurd!' some one ex claimed. 'lf mutton Is better than ven ison, why isn't it more expensive?' The baron laughed, overcome by the brilliancy of the pun that had Just come to him. Then be said, and his dialect came in very handy, 'The rea son why venlshon ish more expensive than mutton ish that the peoples al ways prefer vat ish deer to vat is sheep.'" Eternity. Eternity is incomprehensible. When the laziest snail has carted every drop of water in all our oceans and every grain of sand In all our lands to the farthest away star and brought it all back again, stopping for a century rest at each planet on the way both ways, then will we see the flrst rays of the sunrise of eternity's endless day in the east of the beginning. This being the caw, it Is suggested that we don't cram ourselves with this world's foods and drink so much of earthly water that it will take half of the everlasting to get our systems in shape to enjoy what's left of eternity. —Hay field Mower. Hawaii's Dusky King. William N. Armstrong, who was at torney general under King Kalakaua of Hawaii, in an amusing volume about that monarch says:"lt is a sin guiar trait of the Ilawallans to avoid the use of English when sober, but when drunk to use it with much volu bility. The king's immediate predeces sor on the throne, Lunalllo, when in liquor would often refuse to converse with ills native relatives in the native language, but addressed them in Eng lish and dlrect«*l an Interpreter to translate his speech and, on the other band, requiml a translation in English of their conversation In Hawaiian. The king's remarkable memory furnished him with a considerable vocabulary of uncommon words. Alcohol seemed to open that part of his brain where they were stored, especially when, like the moon, he was at the third quarter and coming to the 'full.' On one occasion the use of the words 'hlppodramatic performance' secured to him the pres tige of a learned man." Turiiliiu the Tables. Many years ago, before the produc tion of grain was equal to the demand, wages ' 1 farm hands were high, but as production Increased the prices low ered faster than the rate of wages. A farmer employed an Industrious Irishman lor live years at the rate of s.".a a mouth "and found" board, lodg ing. washing and mending. At the en I of the term he said to his man: "I can't altord to pay you the wages j I have been paying. You have saved j money, and I have saved nothing. At j this rate you will s ion own my farm." " I."i 111 hire work for me," said tli«' other, "and you can get your farm back again!"— Success. DOCTOR OF DANCING. lliln Ti tie \\ iin (>iveii Id licit ii elm m |»m !•> I.iiiis IV . lii I ranee during tin- reign ol' Louis; XI \ (lancing took a very prominent position among court festivities, ami many members of tin; royal family ; took part In tin* complex: ballets of tin* time. Louis himself, no mean perform er, took lessons for twenty years from Heancliaiiips, who was called the fa ther of all dancing masters and upon whom the conferred the title doc- , tor as a special mark of favor. licauchamps had the honor of ap- 1 pea ring as partner with the kins in the minuet, a dance which was introduced j In lt;.">0 in France, and no court ball; was opened in Europe for a century , and a half without It. About the year HK>l a royal acad eniy of dancing was formed under the j auspices of licauchamps. Lull!, Moliere and others, the object of which was to! elevate the art and check all abuses, j Of this academy licauchamps was chief, with the title of director. —Lon don Telegraph. A Story «»f a Scholar. Theodor Moinnisen, the fatuous his- j torinn, had not only the appearance but the manner of a scholar. Once] during the half hour's drive from Her- ; lin to Chai'lottenburg the car in which 1 the professor rode went badly off the track. The rest of the passengers alighted, the horses were removed and the stranded car was left until help could be found. Mommsen remained, reading his book. An hour passed, and the sound of levers and jacks and the plunging <>f horses' hoofs aroused him j from his reverie. With no sign of dis- I composure he arose from his seat and ! went to the door. "Ah," said he, "we | seem to have come to a standstill." Maine Count it-H. 1 The three original counties of Maine 1 had good old English county names, i York, Cumberland and Lincoln. Only two, Oxford and Somerset, have been | similarly named since, all the rest hav ing good American appellations. 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' TOLEDO, OHIO. , 'the Death ttuliNtttute "I had in my employ," Bays one o| the missionaries to China, "a very valu - able Chinese servant, upon whom i leaned with implicit confidence. One j day lie came to me and said, *1 shall bo j obliged to ask you to lind somebody t<» ; take my place, as in the course of a few weeks I am to be executed In place i of a rich gentleman, w ho is to pay mo j very liberally for becoming his substl ■ tute.' "I asked what possible inducement , there could be to forfeit his life for anj j amount of money. lie replied: 'I hava ! an aged father and mother, who are | very poor and unable to work, and th<? i money I am to receive will make them comfortable as long as they live. 1 think it is my duty to give up my life to accomplish this.' " llefcilnti-il mill lliilii't l.iiNf. "Never was j*lad for Ibis impediment In my speech but once," said the man from the country. "When was that?" "Fe fe fellow asked me h-li how much I would take for a-a horse, and while | l-l 1 wast tr.\ ing to tell him S4O he of- | fcred me $50."- Kennebec Journal. The Home Paper of Danville. i Of course you read ! i mi is., 3! i i H 1 1 I THE AEOPLE:S | kopular 1 APER. Everybody Reads It. i JJ " I Published Every Morning Except Sunday at i No. ii E.MahomngSt. Subscription 6 ecu s Kr Week. i_ _ x J upr*- 'V " J AAII»LT» 111 RII t* OF \\ HRFNRE, There i* u story of a privateer's crew of furty to fifty men capturing a Turkish pilley with '**> seamen and soldiers on board hy means of a swarm of bees judiciously thrown among the unspeakable ones. However this may be, there are enough authentic in stances of strange methods of attack to provide amply sufficient material for the casuist in deciding what Is fair and what unfair in war. Burning naphtha, boiling lead, birds, carcases of men and horses, Chinese stinkpots, besides the implements already men tioned, have all been used for offensive or defensive purposes In actual war fare. l'i'Miik of the I.lffhtiilng. In 1814 a fishing smack off one of the Shetland isles was struck by light ning during a fierce storm. The bolt first struck the mast, which It splin tered completely. It then passed to a watch In the pocket of a man sitting close to the mast and completely melt ed it. The man not only was unin jured, but he did not know what had taken place till he took his watch from liis pocket and found It fused into a mass. Nothing has ever equalled it. Nothing can ever surpass it. Dr. Kings New Discovery Fnr p r i c . ,or Lxi:s?" Md »< *»?.#• A Perfect For All Throat and Cure: Lung Troubles. Money back if it fails. Trial Bottles free. T AOKAWANNA RAILROAD. U -BLOOMSBURG DIVISION WKBT. A. M. A. M. A. M. P. M New York Iv 200 .... 10 INI 14 P. M. Seranton ar 617 .... )so P. M. Buffalo iv 11 80 245 4. M. Seranton ar 558 10 05 A. M. A. M. P. M. P. U fccranton lv |6 35 *lO 1U fl sf> »#»i Bellevue Taylor 044 1017 £UB*M( Lackawanna 650 10 24 210 6 M Duryea.. <j 63 10 28 2la as I Pitts ton 658 10 8S 217 65" Susquehanna Ave 701 10 37 218 e6V West Pitts ton 705 10 41 228 70k Wyoming 710 10 46 227 7IR Forty Fort 281 .... Kingston ar 724 10 56 240 7it Wllkes-Barre ar 740 11 10 250 781 Wllkes-Barre Iv 710 10 40 280 TBI Kingston lv 724 10 56 240 729 Plymouth June Plymouth 785 11 05 24« 7M Nantlcoke 748 11 18 258 7*7 Hunlock's 749 11 1» 806 741 Nhickshinny 801 11 31 820 761 Hicks Kerry 811 fll 48 830 ft 01 Beach Haven 819 11 48 887 8 (ft Berwick. 827 11 54 844 I Brlarcreek f8 82 f8 50 .... Willow Grove f8 86 f8 54 alt Lime Kldge 840 fl2 09 868 »28 Espy 846 12 15 406 Hit Bloomsburg 858 12 22 412 8«l Kupert 857 12 25 415 8 « Catawissa 902 12 82 422 819 Danville 915 12 44 488 9 Cameron «24 fl2 67 448 "... Northumber'd ar 985 110 455 KAST. A. M. A. M. P. M. P. b Northumberl' *6 45 tl"00 tlso*6ai 'lameron 6 57 f2 01- r l« Danville 707 10 IK 2lj 041 Catawlssa 721 10 82 228 114 Kupert 726 10 87 2 W BUI Bloomsburg 733 10 41 288 80( Espy 788 10 48 240 Blt Dime Kidge 744 DO 54 f2 46 f6 2' Willow Orovpi f7 48 f2 50 Brlarcreek 7 62 f2 48 112 827 Berwick 75 7 11 05 258 814 Beech Haven 805 fll 12 803 til Hicks Ferry 811 fll 17 30# 847 Shiekshlnny 822 11 31 820 f8 5* Hunlock'B 838 881 f7 0k Nantlcoke 888 11 44 838 7lt Avondale 841 342 7St Plymouth 845 1152 847 721 Plymouth June 847 .... 852 .. Kingston ar 855 1159 400 78i Wilkes-Barre ar 910 12 10 410 76t Wilkes Barre lv 840 11 40 850 78* Kingston lv 855 1159 400 788 Luzerne 858 al2 02 408 7M Forty Fort fWOO ... . 407 ..... Wyoming 906 12 08 412 741 West Pittston 9 10 417 761 Susquehanna Ave.... 918 12 14 420 7tt Pittston 918 12 17 424 BUI Duryea 928 42D 801 Lackawanna 926 482 8 111 Taylor »82 440 817 Bellevue Seranton ar 942 12 85 450 821 A. M. P. M. P. M Hcranton lv 10 25 J1 55 .... lilt A. M Buffalo ar .... 755 ... 7UI A. M. P. M P.M A.54 Seranton lv 10.10 12.40 18 85 •2 01 P. M. P. M P.M A. V New York ar 880 500 735 8M •Daily, fDally except Sunday. fStops on signal or ou notice to condnctor a Htops on signal to take on passengers loi New York. Blnghamton and points west. T. R.OLAKKK T. W. LKK Uen. (Superintendent. Oen. 4 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, TIME TABLE In Effect Nov. 25) th, 1003. XMI ATiyi .P. 11. j scranton(Di».H)lv §ii ;■* iv 47 14t i* 28 Pittston " " 705f1015 82 10 5 6!! A. M.lp. M, P.M Wilkesbarre,.. lv A. M. §lO :t5 245 it 00 Plym'th Ferry " s 725 flO 421 2 52 tt 07 Nanticoke " 732 10 50 301 817 Mocanaqua .... " 742 11 07 820 637 Wapwallopcn.. " 801 II Iti 331 647 Nescopeck ar «io 11 20 842 700 A. M. A.M. Pottsvilie lv 550 «I 1 55 ' Ha 7. let on • ' 705 ...... 245 g2 45 Tumhicken "I 7 22 3 05 8 tfi Fern tilen " 721 815 815 Kock 111 en...,. " 7>5 1 .8 22 822 Nescopeck ar 802 1 C'atawlHsa 4 oo 4 00 a. W A.M P.M. P M Nescopeck lv § 8 18 §ll 20 8 3 42 j7 00 Ureasv " 83( II 30 852 7oy Espy Ferry... ' IK 41 11 4ti t 4 02. 720 E. Bloomsburu " 847 11 50j 406 725 Uatawissa lv 856 11.57] 418 J32 South Danville " 9 14 12 15 4 31, 751 Sunbury ar 935 12 40 4 551 8 15! A.M. P.M. P. M KM Sunbury lv It 9 42 §l2 48 8 5 18 y ,-,3 Lewisburg.... ar! 10 l.'i 145 548 Milton " 10 08 139 54410 14 Wllliamnport.. " il 00 141 04010 00 Lock Haven... " 11 59 220 7 37} Kenovo " A.M. KOO 830 Kane " 8 25| j P.M. P.M. Lock Haven..lv gl2 10 J 3 15' Bellefonte ....ar 1051 444 Tyrone " 2101 600 Pnilipsburg " 510j 802 t'leartleld.... " 654S 845 Pittsburg.... " 655 110 45 A.M. P.M. P. M.jP Mi Sunbury lv 950§1 59 1 5 10' US 31, Harrisburg.... ar 11 So 8 315 j 0 60,10 10, P. M. P. M. P. M. A Mi Philadelphia.. ar ; B 317 | e23|| # 28. 423 Baltimore "|§ 3 11 I « "0 { i» «•> » 20 Washington... "18 * 20 |, 7 16 ,10 &5j 3 HO! |A.M. P.M. I Sunbury lv 810 00 § 2 151 , Lewlatown Jc. ar 11 45 405 1 Pittsburg •' 6 55,81045 A.M P, M. P. M.'p M ~~ Harrisburg.... lv 11 46 il 6 20 || 7 20 illft'i P. M. A M. A. M. A M Pittsburg ar | 6 55 il 160 || 1 50. 5 30: IP. M. P M A Ml A M Pittsburg IT i 7 10 | V 00 ( 8 00||8 00 |A.M AM j P M Harrisburg.... ar 1 200 J 425 |ll 25,1 310 Plttsbuig IV !) 00 j 8 00 .... | A. M. PM L.ewistown JJ. "j : 7 30 i 300 •.... Sunbury ar s » 20 t 4 60 •.... P. M! A M A M AM Washington... lv 10 4u ! It 750 5 10 so| Baltimore " 11 00.« 440 840 Jll 45j Pbilaiielphia... "j 11 40 s 4 2»;j 8 30 jll 40 A. M A M A. M. P M Harrisburg.... Iv; 3 35ij| 755 jll 40 i 3 25 Sunbury arhj 500 ; « 3ti| lOSi 613 |P. M. IA MA M Pittsburg 1 v'sl2 45; | 8 00 j 8 00 Clearfield.... " 3 :jo »20 •••• Plilli|)Niiurg.. " 425 10 1U Tyrone " 700 18 10 12 25 Bellefonte.. •' 816 032 125 "" Lock llaveu ar »16 10 30 210 P.M. A MA M PM Erie lvjj 5 35 1 Kane. "I 8 45 U " 00 """ Kenovo " II .50 ; ti 40l 10 30 § 1 13 "" Iyock Haven.... " 12 88 730 11 25 )2 50 •••• |A. M. 1* M Willlanisport .. "1 244 835 sl2 40 850 Milton •» 2 23 1 913 125 4:« ••• Lewisburg "j SOS 1 15 422 "" Sunbury ar 389 » 45! 164 605 •* A. M. A M l' M P M Sunbury IT ; 6 45) | tf 55) g 2 00 j 6 25 South liftiiville" 7 11 i; 10 17 221 550 I'atawlssa " 7 32| 10 86| 2 Hti 808 K Bloomsburg.. " 737 10 43 243 815 •**" Espy Ferry....") 742 flO 47 18 10 t-'reasy " 752 10 66; 2 bfi 630 Nescopeck " 802 11 06j 305 640 A M A M P. M. P Mi t'atawlssa.. ..Iv 10 38 j Net>co|s'ok Iv k 2;i fsosj 705 """* Kock HI en ar 11 22 7 28 •••* Kern Hien Ssl 11281 5 S2 1 734 •••• Tomhicken " 858 II :t8 588 T42 •••• Hazieton " 9io 11 57 5 59) 806 Pottsvlile " 111 15 150 655 AM AMP M P M Nescopeck Iv b8 02 ; 11 06 is 305'( 840 '"" W»|>wallo|ien..ar BID II 10 S2O fi 62 "" Mociinftqos .... " SHI 11 3*.' 8 30; 701 Nanticoke "1 854 11 64 349 719 ***' P Ml Plym'th Kerry" i 9 ir_> 12 02 8 'n tl is W'ilkslmrie ..." VlO 12 10 4 Ofi 7 3.5 "" AM P M P MP PlttstonlDAH) ar .v J9 112 29 «4 M. 8 Seranton " " 10 o& I l>B 524 £ # .... Weekdays. 1 Daily. 112 Flag station. Pullman Parlor and Sleeping t'ars run oa through trains between Surbury, Williamsport and Erie. lietween Sunbnry aui Philadelphia and Washington and iietween Harrisburg. Pitts burg and the West. lor further Information apply to Ticket Agents W. W. ATTKRBI'KY, J K. WOOD tien'l Manager. Pass. TratlicMg lil'u, \\ | BoY-"-i Gen'l Passenger Agent,
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