Secret
Service
(Original.]
A few years after the closo of the
civil war I visited my comrade, Cap
tain Collins, lie had lieeu married,
while 1 had remained a bachelor. While
waiting for dinner we talked over old
times.
"Women are the worst enemies we
have to meet In war," I said. "If I
were a general, I'd have a corps of wo
men to defeat the schemes of women of
the opposite side. Men are no match
for them."
"Klnsey," Collins protested, "you were
always a woman hater. The stories of
how southern women carried informa
tion are all rubbish. I never saw nor
heard c ' any of it. I married a south
ern girl.
"I exi»ei cod it,"l went on."lt
was in the early summer of lSt52. I
was then a second lieutenant of caval
ry and on duty at Pulaski, Tenn., with
a picket guard on one of the turnpikes
leading northward. We were stationed
some five miles out of town on a crest,
so that I could look either back to town
or up the pike. Of course I had orders
to let no one go through except those
who had passes. Well, one morning,
looking back to l'uiaski, I saw a wag
on coming loaded with furniture, and
when It reached me I noticed that a
woman, a very pretty young woman,
was driving it. The major wus In com
mand of that part of the picket line
aud happened to be at our post at the
time.
" 'l'm going no'th,' said the lady. 'l'm
tired of this war country. I'm a no'thr
*n woman anyway, and I'm going to
Join my friends in Ohio."
" 'Let me see your pass,' said the ma
jor.
" 'Haven't any pass; didn't know I'd
have to got one.'
•* "You can't goon without a pass.'
"I was standing directly behind the
major, and the woman was looking
right over him to me. She was little
more than a girl, and I sympathized
With her. I didn't see any reason why
ten miles should be added to the Jour
ney of a northern woman trying to get
out of the south. I gave her the wink
And, suddenly pushing forward, threw
my arms around her neck and kissed
her, exclaiming:
"'Why, Alice, who would ever have
thought of meeting you here?"
"She twigged at once and received my
caress without making any fuss. Then
I turned and introduce my cousin, Al
ice Wartleld. This fixed matters. The
major not only passed her through, but
gave me permission to accompany her
some distance up the pike. I rode by
her, she thanking me with the sweetest
of words and the most honeyed smiles
for saving her the trouble of going
back for her pass. I asked her at what
point In Ohio her people lived, but she
said she'd never been there herself and
didn't seem to know much about it.
She explained this by saying that she'd
lived in the south ever since she was
ten years old.
"Well, we were riding through a wood
when I heard a clattering of the hoofs
of many horses. We become accustom
ed to noticing small things In war, and
I couldn't understand how the coming
cavalry—for such It must be—made no
din of sabers. Our men always wore
sabers, but the southerners didn't. Sud
denly I saw between the trees a Con
federate flag coming. I was about to
turn when the girl In the wagon whip
ped out a revolver and called on me to
throw up my hands. I was too late
anyway, for the coiners were right on
me, so I obeyed her order.
"When the troopers came up, It turned
out that General John Morgan, the cel
ebrated Confederate partisan loader,
was In command. IT<* took off his hat
to the girl in the wagon, with whom
be was evidently well acquainted.
~ 'For heaven's sake,' he exclaimed,
•what are you doing with all that fur
niture?'
"The girl laughed. 'I tried hard to
get a pass to come out to meet you, but
the Yanks were too smart for me, BO I
played the northern woman trying to
go home. This gentleman helped me
through by owning me for his cousin.
But, general, there's a Yankee wagon
train at Pulaski, and I've taken all
this trouble to come out and tell you.
There's a small guard, and you can
easily capture the whole kit.'
" *Oeneral,' I said, 'take me south,
please, somewhere, anywhere, where
I'll not see my comrades again. I'd
rather goto Libby than meet one of
'em.'
"The general laughed, but I was
obliged togo with him back to Pulaski.
The girl left her household effects in a
farmyard on the road and, mounting a
horse, rode back with us, guying mo
pleasantly all the way.
"That was the way John Morgan
came to know of the wagon train lieing
at Pulaski He drove off the guard and
after helping himself to what supplies
•he wanted burned the rest."
"By Jove!" exclaimed Collins. "She
was a plucky girl, wasn't she?"
"Yes, and there were plenty more of
the same sort in tfie south. I have of
ten wondered if the girl ever inarriid.
Her husband might expect to wake up
any night with the cold muzzle of a
revolver on his temple."
At that moment Mrs. Collins entered,
and her husband rose, as I did also, to
"Introduce me. I started, and Mrs. Col
lins looked at me scrutinlzingly. She
"was the girl who had trieked me.
"Colonel Klnsey, my dear, has been
telling me a cock and a E»ull story
about"—
"It's ali true," she said. "I was the
woman, and I've n<*ver forgotten the
gentleman's kindness. I never told you
the story for fear of Incurring your
prejudice, but now that It's all out I
will admit I have a Confederntc medal
for the secret service work I did on that
occasion " ALVKED TOWNSEND
A C urloii* rticnomenon.
A singular phenomenon occurs on
the borders of tlie Itcd sea at a place
called Nakous, where intermittent un
derground sounds have been heard for
an unknown nuiuber of centuries. It
Is situated at ul»ont half a mile's dis
tance from the shore, whence a long
reach of aaiuls ascends rapidly to a
height of 900 feet. This reach Is about
eighty feet wide and resembles an am
phitheater. being walled in by low
rocks, 'i he sounds coming up from the
ground at this place recur at Intervals
of about an hour. They at first resem
ble a low murmur, but ere long there
Is heard a loud knocking somewhat
like the strokes of a bell and which at
the end of about live minutes becomes
so strong as to agitate the sand.
The explanation of this curious phe
noinenon given by the Arabs Is that
there is a convent under the ground
here, and that these sounds are those
of the bell which the monks ring for
prayers. So they call It Nakous, which
means n bell. The Arabs atlirm that
the noise so frightens their camels
when they hear it as to render them
furious Philosophers attribute the
sound to suppressed volcanic Jietion -
probably to the bubbling of gas or va
pors underground. Newcastle (Eng
land) Chronicle.
WAGE EARNERS AT THE FAIR
Prominent Men Planning to Help
Workers See the Great Exposition.
Wage earners of America are to see
the World's Fair by tens of thousands
under the auspices of the National Civ
ic Federation. A new bureau of the
Federation has Just been established at
St. Louis upon the World's Fair
grounds. Back of the movement are
G rover Cleveland, Oavid 11. Francis
Andrew Curnegie, Cornelius N. Bliss
and others, l'laus are making to have
a vast number of the wage earners of
the I'nited States see the World's Fair,
the most lorious spectacle of the age
anil the most Inlliientlal factor In the
education of the American citizen.
The bureau is in charge of Miss Ger
trude Becks, secretary uf the Fed era
tlou's welfare department, of which
Mr. 11. 11. Vreelaiul, head of the street
railway system of Nc.v York city, Is
chairman. The bureau headquarters is
In tiie east end of the I'alace of '.trans
portation, on the ground tloor. The Im
position management i;> in hearty ac
cord with this movement on the part
of the 1 'edcration t » iu.luce the large
manufacturers and other employers of
labor to provide ways and means for
the wage earners of America to visit
the Exposition. President Francis is
displaying personal interest In the uu
dertaklug by affording the Federation
every facility for the consummation of
its efforts, and in this connection he
has directed Theodore Hardee, assist
ant to the secretary, to co-operate with
Miss Heikf and Ralph M. Easley,
chairman of the Federation's executive
council. In every possible way.
The Exposition management has also
equipped tills bureau with clerical as
sistance and a full supply of World'B
Fair literature. The bureau will be
used as headquarters for all wage earn
ers coming to the Exposition under its
auspices. The aim of the i edcration Is
to make it feasible for the largest pos
sible proportion of wage earners ti> vis-
It St. Louis and see the World's Fair.
It will s«-e that they are met at the de
pot by responsible persons and con
ducted to suitable lodgings, where they
will t»e treated fairly.
There will also be furnished, free of
charge, appropriate itineraries Indicat
ing the points of interest to be seen
within a limit of one week, which Is
about the average time each party will
spend here. It will also indicate the
objects of special interest to various
craftsmen in their particular lines, so
that they may devote as much time
as possible to the objects of peculiar
Interest to them. These and many oth
er efforts will be made to help all wage
earners to enjoy the benefits of this
great Exposition comfortably and nt an
expense within their means.
A Costly Hrtort.
"When Chief Justice Chase, a man of
great abilities and marked characterls
tics, was presiding In one of the coun
ty courts of Vermont," said a lawyer
of the state, "an appeal case from a
Justice's court came up before him, eo
small and contemptible In its origin
that he ordered it stricken from the
docket. The case was where a turkey
had trespassed upon the garden of a
neighbor and got shot for his depreda
tions. The owner brought suit tore
cover damages and, falling before the
Justice, had appealed the case. Judge
Chase was angry and when he ordered
the case from the docket said:
" 'The lawyer who consented to ap
peal this case ought to be thrown from
the window of the courtroom. Why
didn't he have the case referred to
some of the honest neighbors for set
tlement?'
" 'Because, your fconor,' rotortod tho
attorney, getting hot under the collar,
'it was our intention not to let honest
people have anything to do with it'
"True, this was a neat retort, but it
cost the lawyer Juat an even SSO for
contempt of court."
Ancient Chinee? Musical Instruments
The ancient Chinese believed that
music was of divine origin and that It
was a gift from the gods toman. An
cient Chinese Instruments ore of very
neat workmanship. There is a small
violin called ur-heen, which is made of
dark wood, the head covered with
snakeskin. It is not ornamented with
any carved or inlaid designs, but it is
beautifully made, aud the wood 1b pol
lshed very smooth. There are only
two silken strings, tuned in fifths and
played on with a horsehair bow. A
three string E>anJo, also covered with
snakcsklus, has a long neck, the top of
which, where the strings are fastened,
being carved to represent a bat. There
is also a very lngenkms mouth organ
called ti-tsu. The body is made of
wood, and In it are Inserted seventeen
pipes. The noteß are made by stop
ping the holes In the pipes with the
fingers.
The Chinese are very fond of drums,
which they call kou. The oldest drums
were of baked clay, with a skin head
fastened on with nails Instead of
braced cords, which made it Impossible
to tune them as modern drums are
tuned. The variations of tone were
regulated only by the force of the blow.
In«ratl< udr.
A congressman from a northern
state was complaining to a colleague
of the political nonactlvlty of a num
ber of his constituents whom he had
been Influential in placing in public
offices.
"There Is no use talking," he said,
"this civil service business Is a hum
bug. I named four or five fellows for
good Jobs, and as soon as they got
warm In their seats they snapped their
lingers at me. They felt that they
were protected by the civil service and
made up their minds to lay down and
not do any work."
"That's nothing to u fellow that I
had appointed," said the other man,
who hailed from one of the western
states. "He was worse than any of
your fellows."
"Why, what did he do?" inquired the
northerner.
"Do?" was the Indignant reply.
"Why, as soon as he got his place he
joined the church, and now he Is use
less as far as our political organlza
tion Is concerned."
A Scotch Sehool Story-
I>r. Kerr, a Scotch minister, tells this
story of his visit to a village school:
"The lesson was one giving an account
of a clever dog which had reaeiwd a
child from drowning. It was said
that the dog was caressed by the par
ents of the child. I asked what was
the meaning of caressed, and the an
swer came at once, 'Made of fond led.'
| On referring to the list of words at
the top of the lesson I found the ex
planation given was 'made of, fondled.'
Wishing to find out if any child in the
class had got a glimmering of the
meaning. I went from top to bottom
and got from every child nothing but
'made of fond led,' pronounced as four
words, to which they attached no
meaning whatever. The teacher was
surprised that i was not satisfied with
1 the Intelligence of the teachiaz. *
THE OTHER MAN
[Copyright, 1903, by C. n. Lewis.]
One dark night, while Grant's linos
were Investing Petersburg. a Federal
force captured a Confederate outpost,
and 110 sooner were the prisoners
brought In than one of them proved to
be the double of a private In a New
York regiment.
The name of the Confederate was
Waketleld, while that of the Federal
was Thomas. The former belonged to
a Louisiana regiment. When placed
side by side they seemed to be twin
brothers. Each was about twenty-two
years old; each was about live feet live
Inches high; each weigtuxl 140 pounds.
Their eyes and hair were of the same
color, and even their voices were the
same except that the southerner had a
little more drawl. The pair were as
much aßtonlshed ns the officers and
Burgeons who were called to look thein
over.
lou will not be surprised that advan
tage was taken of this curious coinci
dent to send Thomas into the Confeder
ate lines. As a preparatory step lie
was given a week in which to pump
Wakefield. The prisoner did not know
the object, and, being of a garrulous
disposition, he was ready to talk on
any subject. Thomas got from him his
family history complete, then the name
of the town from which the man hail
ed, with incidents of people and streets;
then the names of his officers and com
rades, with incidents of campaigning.
The Federal had been an actor before
enlisting and had cultivated a wonder
ful memory. When he had stored up a
thousand different things In his mind
he bought the uniform worn by the
Confederate and was ready to set out
on his mission.
One night Thomas was taken down
to the front und mnde a bolt for It.
In other words, It was made to appear
that one of the Confederate prisoners
was making n dash for liberty, and the
picket opened a sharp lire, but took
care not to aim at the running man.
On reaching the Confederate lines
Thomas was sent to the headquarters
of General Mahone. The general seem
ed a bit suspicious, and Thomas, play
ing the part of Wakefield, asked that
his captain be sent for. It was a cou
ple of hours before the oillcer arrived,
and the general at once said to him:
"Captain, this man who has come
Into our lines tonight claims to be a
member of your company. Is he or is
he not?"
"He certainly is, sir," was the prompt
reply.
"What's his name?"
"John Wakefield, sir."
That settled it.
After three or four days and under
pretense of visiting a cousin In a Vir
ginia regiment Thomas covered the
front and had a look at guns and forti
fications. When he returned to camp,
calculating to take the iirst opportunity
to escape, he was at once put under
arrest. It appeared that Wakefield
and some of his comrades had raided
a store of a lot of eatables, and the
proprietor had ascertained their names
and now demanded their punishment.
When the merchant and Thomas
were brought face to face the latter
declared that Thomas was not the man
be represented himself to be. Why he
should have made such a declaration
la a puzzle, but he seemed to !>•• guid*"d
by intuition. He was ridiculed and
laughed at, but he stuck to his assertion
and even denounced Thomas to Gener
al Mahone. As stated after the war,
the genera) had felt doubts of Thomas
from the first, which may again be set
down to the sense of intuition.
The name of the merchant who had
been despoiled was £a unders, and he
was of un implacable tmtnro Bolus
put on his mettle by the sneers and
ridicule, he determined to prove his
case at ail costs As the accuser ho
had the general ask hundreds of ques
tions. He knew the town and the peo
ple from which Thomas as Wakefield
claimed to hall and in the course of the
day had trapped him a dozen times
over. As an offset all the officers and
privates of the company asserted that
Thomas was Wakefield and that there
was no room to doubt. He went at it
and related every Incident of camp life
for a year past and told of things which
It seemed impossible for a stranger to
know.
General Mahone was clearly puzzled
over the ea.se and took two duys to
think It over. At the end of that time
Thomas was escorted back to find a
soldier in Federal uniform in the gener
al's tent, and there were also two .•lvll
tans In waiting- It was a little surpriso
for the spy. The man In Federal uni
form claimed to have known Thomas
as a Federal soldier under the name of
Brown, and the two civilians claimed
that he hud never been a resident of
their town.
Thomas realized that the pinch had
come, and he braced himself to make a
fight for his life. General Mahone
treated him In the fairest manner, and,
acting as his own counsel, lie went at It
and soon had the supposed Federal sol
dier all twisted up and out of the run
ning. Then he tackled the civilians, and
they proved to be as easy game. In
stead of being cornered up he cornered
his accusers, and It was so well done
that he was complimented by the gen
eral. When the case had been conclud
ed, Mahone leaned back and looked at
the prisoner for a long minute and then
said:
"Wakefield, everything is In your fa
vor, and I am going to dismiss tho
charges."
There Is no doubt that in time the Im
position would have been exposed and
that he would have ended his life on
the gallows, but one night during a ter
rible thunderstorm, with a row going
on between the pickets at the same
time, he made a bolt and fortunately
reached the Federal lines In safety.
M. QUAD.
MHII'N Worxt KDPIII).
Wlwrever y <»u see ten people togeth
er, ten average people of all age.*, you
may say: One of those ten will die i*>f
consumption In the long run you will
be more than Justilied iu your proplie
cy. It will he nearer one out of every
nine born into the world. We are hor
ribly afraid of cholera and all bowel
diseases, of diphtheria and of scarlet
fever. Add to these the annual deaths
from measles (measles is far from be
ing harmless) and the sum total Is not
half of what the great white plague
claims. Only pneumonia approaches
it as a slayer of men. Everybody's
Magazln*
Cbfip uttfl Connnllnß.
"Yes," replied the western man; "we
iometlmes make mistakes In hanging ft
stranger. I've known of several instan
ces where w*> strung up an innocent
man."
"And what do you do in such cases?"
was queried.
"Oh, we even things up by passing n
resolution that his gain was our loss
It doesn't tost anything, you know,
and always soothes inquiring rela
fives."
REPRESENTATIVE MEN
ON THE WORLD'S FAIR
What Distinguished Statesmen and
Others Say of the Educational and
Inspiring Exposition at St. Louis.
The public utterances of distinguish
ed men who have visited the world's
fair have but one note, and that of
emphatic praise. Here are some of
their comments:
Hon. John Hay, secretary of state:"l
have never Been nor heard of anything BO
Rne."
lion I-eslle M Shaw, secretary of the
treasury: "Any father of a bright boy can
Afford to send him to the Pair simply to
study any one of at least a thousand ex
hibits."
Hon Charles 11. Grosvcnor of Ohio: "A
visit of ten days by a man of ordinary
aptness and appreciative capacity to the
Fair Is almost equal to a postgraduate
course In a university."
Hon. Benjamin H. Odell, governor of
New York: "St. Louis has been badly mis
represented by accounts which say that
her weather is unbearable. Tho Fair Is
wonderful."
Hon George C. I'ardee, governor of Cali
fornia: "The governor of the Golden State,
who has spent all his llfo within her bor
ders, llnds that he knew only a little
about his state until he came to tho Fair
and saw all her varied products assembled
together."
Hon. Albert D. Cummins, governor of
Iowa: "The Louisiana Purchase Exposi
tion Is on the grandest scale of any expo
sition tho world has ever seen."
Hon. Richard Yates, governor of Illi
nois; "The more 1 see of the Exposition
the more I enjoy It."
Hon. Fennlmore Chatterton, governor of
Wyoming: "I wish the Fair the greatest
euccess. It certainly deserves It."
Hon. Franklin Murphy, governor of New
Jersey: "It Is well worth coming from
New Jersey to see even a Btnail part of
this Fair."
Hon. A. B. White, governor of West
Virginia: "I cannot speak too strongly of
the greatness of this Fair."
Hon. William J Bryan: "The Exposi
tion Is an unparalleled wonder."
Hon. John Sharp Williams, member of
congress from Mississippi; "The most
wonderful thing of Its kind."
Hon. Hoke Smith of Georgia, formerly
secretary of Interior under President
Cleveland: "I am highly pleased with the
Exposition and believe It to be one of the
triumphs of modern civilization."
Hon I'erry Belmont of New York: "In
magnitude and beauty the Pair is wonder
ful It Is worth coming a long distance
to see."
Hon. Daniel J. Campau, chairman of the
Michigan delegation to the Democratic
national convention at St. Ix>uls: "It Is
positively sinful for parents to fall to
bring their children to Bee the Fair."
M. I'aul Dupuy, editor of Lo Petit Parl
slen of Pariß. France: "I admire the Ex
position for Its Immensity, Its spirit of the
sublime. Its general beauty and Its com
pleteness."
i'rlnce George of Bavaria: "1 have never
Been anything prettier than th« Bt. Louie
World's Fair buildings when outlined at
night with their millions of electric
lights."
Hon. Isotils E. McComaß of Maryland:
"The grnatest Fair In the world."
Hon. John F. Dryden of New Jersey:
"The people have no Idea of the greatness
of the Exposition. Every American should
see It "
T. I*. Shants, president of the Clover
Leaf route of Chicago: "The Fair Is a Mg
success and will continue to become a
greater success as It progresses "
CONCERTS BY MASSED BANDS
Prizes Aggregating $30,000 to Be Dis
tributed at the World's Fair.
Never were mimical events In Ameri
ca planned upon Buch nil elaborate scale
us those of the World's Fair. A series
of concerts will be given by competing
bands in contest for prizes offered by
the World's Fair. These contests will
take place In Festival Hall, Sept. 12
to 17.
Nine cash prizes, aggregating $30,000,
are offered for the successful bauds.
The prizes are divided so as to give to
the organization scoring the highest
number of points S3.2TiO: Si!.. r >()0 will be
given to the band swrlng the second
highest number of points and $ l.fMn> to
the one getting the third highest num
ber.
The above division is made for bands
in < 'lass A, which consist of twenty
members. In the B class slo,U<h> will
be given In prizes tlrst, $4,500; second,
s:j,ajo; third, $2,000.
Class C. which includes blinds of thir
ty-live members, will enjoy the division
of if 12,7. r i(i. For the organization scor
ing the highest number of points a
prize of S<J,OOO has been named. The
second prize Is sl,<xio and the third s'2,-
Bands employed by the Exposition
are not permitted to contest. All play
ers must IK- bona tide members, and
each musician must have been enrolled
nt least three months prior to the date
of the contest. Each band must send
to the bureau the name of Its members
and a nominal entrance fee.
Festival Hall conceits by massed
bands will be given at 7:30 each day
during the contest, In which all contest
lug bunds will take part under the di
rection of a distinguished conductor.
All bands entering must agree to play
one concert In addition to the compet
ing concert and massed concerts.
A separate programme has been pre
pared by the Bureau of Music for each
class, and each band will play through
the full programme of Its class. Tae
numbers in all three programmes are
by eminent composers and are chosen
with the view of bringing out the qual
ities of the bunds performing them. The
list of composers Includes Wagner, Gou
nod, Offenbach, Verdi, Salnt-Saens, Bi
zet, Strauss und Leoncavallo.
Petitions Were In Order.
The caution and conservatism of the
average banker are proverbial. A little
story which 1 heard serves to illustrate
the banking trait to a rather humor
ous degree. A man I know hud somu
paper to discount. lie resides In one
of the larger towns near I'lttsburg, and
he called at a certain bank In that
town with his note.
"Mr. Blank," he said to the cashier,
"I wish jour hank would discount this
note for me. I can get So und so to in
dorse it and So-and-so and So-and-so,"
i;lviiiK the names of a score of men
who, lit- stated, would he willing to i»ut
their names to the hack of the note.
"All right," said the cashier In reply.
"Suppose you get them all."
This reply took the man who wanted
the accommodation completely off his
feet. So, picking up his hut, he made
a profound how to tho man with the
hoe- I mean the inun with the dough—
and replied In tones of hlting sarcasm:
"My dear sir, I see your polut exact
ly. What you want is u petition, not a
note. Good afternoon, sir."—Pittsburg
I >l u ,patch.
\ (.<•)><! ftoheuie.
Husband NVhj do you scold the
butcht-i It isn't Ms fault that the
meat comes to the tattle all dried up.
Scold the c >U Wife 1 don't dare to,
hut I'm in ho, e.-s that If 1 keep on scold
ing the butcher he'll net mad and come
around and sold the cook. Netv \ork
Weekly.
JiislflfiaMo
Mist re * (to pretty housemaid) Isy
the \v. v Mary should my husband
ever '. m|t to l.i . you just box his
ears !l\ Mai I Shure, ma'am,
he's fell the weight ..I me liand twice
already .Mb.iii.'«polin Times.
LEATHER AT WORLD'S FAIR.
Cool Nights and Delightful Indian
Summer to Bo Expected at St. Louis. !
Usually the warmest month of the j
year, July proved to be one of the most
pleasant of the World's Fair season, j
the average temperature being <!" tie- i
grees, a record lower than that made i
by either Boston, New York, l'hiladel- j
phla, Cincinnati or Chicago. The!
weather bureau records show that the |
temperatures In St. Louis during July
were just between the extremes re
corded at New Orleans and St. Paul,
cities located at great variance.
August In St. Louis is a month of j
C<H>l nights, nnd September and Octo
ber are the most delightful months of
the year. It is that period known as
Indian summer, when the foliage and
birds linger to challenge the coming
winter. Nowhere i>n the American con
tinent is there a spot more delightful
than the World's Fair city, a garden
of blooming flowers and spraying foun
tains.
St. Louis, like all cities, experienced
several hot days during July, but her
highest temperature recorded was !>:?
degrees against it I degrees registered
by the thermometer at Chicago. On
the same day the mercury rose to 00
degrees in Philadelphia, and scores wf
heat prostrations were reported from
New York and Boston.
The relative humidity shows St. j
Louis to about normal. Assuming
absolutely no moisture in the ntmos- j
phere to be zero and absolute wetness to
be 100, the relative humidities for July,
taken from the records of more than
twenty years, Boston shows 70.0, New
York 72.2, Philadelphia Cincin
nati 04.6, Chicago 00.9 and St. Louis j
60.3. The same degree of heat in two ;
{.'luces, with different degrees of hu- '
midlty, would cause It to seem the
j hotter at the point of greater density.
St. Lonis may therefore rightly claim j
to be a summer resort this summer,
positively one of the most comfortable
| jid delightful places on the map.
How «o Make Borax Wntfr.
Itorax water is a good thing to have
i about the washstand. It is easily
! made. Pour a pint of boiling water i
j over six tablespoon! uls of powdered
j crystallized borax and let it get cold.
Then strain and boitle. '1 he water will
1 take just about this amount of borax, '
'■ this being :i saturated solution. Keep
I well cork«d, so no dirt cau enter.
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Stoves, Heaters, Ranges,
Furnaces, etc.
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THE EYE A SPECIALTY
Eyes tested, treated, fitted with
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$50,000.00
GASH GIVEN AWAY to Users of
LION COFFEE
In Addition to the Regular Free Premiums
if T'Otey)O t ft
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O t OHIO.
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. Presidential Vote Contest
Plve Lion-Heads cut from Hon Wh.t will be the :.t«l poputo vot. «.»
for President (votes lor all c«n-
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stamp entitle you (in addition to November 8.1904?
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that your estimate is recorded. W| i;rt. -tv November 5, 1904, we will give first
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can be worn by all, but with those who t
can wear it it is worthy of considers- j
tlon. A glorious mixture is composed
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bright pink. Strange as it may sound,
this is really a becoming combination j
when softened by lace and can bo worn j
by many who cannot wear purple
alone.
I iimul te<2.
Higgles Is there any truth In tho
report that your employer discharged
you last, week? Muggins Yes, but 1
wouldn't mind it MJ much if he hadn't I
added insult to injury. Higgles—Why, j
how's thai? Muggins lie advertised
for a small boy t<> till my place.
How !f«- <inilHMl SIMM-PNK.
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first?"
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until he struck the happy idea of sell
ing advice on how to succeed to young
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A convict In a New England prison
who had been sentenced to a life term
for murder lu the second degree, hav
ing served a considerable number of
years, was told that he would be re
leased were he to pledge himself togo
back to Italy, his native country, and
never, never return to America. He
declined the offer of freedom on the
ground that he could earn so little
money In the land of the ancient Ro
mans that he would be hungry all the
time at home, while In a Yankee prison
he would get enough to eat at worst
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Nothing can ever surpass it.
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T ACRAWANNA KAILKOAU
U -BLOOMSBURU DIVISION
WKHT.
A. M. A. M. A. M. P. y
New York lv 200 .... IOUU 14
P. M.
Scrantou ~.hi 61.' 150
P. M.
Buffalo ... Iv 11 SO 245
v M.
Hcranton nr 6>B 1" U5
11. A. M. F. M. P. ft.
Scran to 11 lv tb 85 *IU lu fl 55 t
Bellevue ......
Taylor 644 lUI7 iua Si,
Lackawanna 6SO 1024 210 t> w
Duryea H 6.i 10 2* 213 Ml
Plttntoh 058 ions 217 8 b'.
Susquehanna Ave 701 10 ,<q 219 ibi
West Pittaton 705 JO 4T 228 7 0",
Wyoming 710 10 46 227 7IT
Forty Furt 281
Bennett 717 10 52 284 7li
Kingston ar 724 10 56 240 7it
Wiikes-Barre ar 710 11 10 250 7 »
Wllkes-Barre .lv 710 10 4'u 2SO Tit
Kingston lv 724 I 0 5U 240 74U
Plymouth June ....
Plymouth 755 11 06 24V 7
Nantlcoke 748 11 JS 258 7
liunlock's 749 11 IM SO6 741
Shickshiuny 801 11 31 S2O 7(4
11 icks Kerry Kll fll 4.3 330 f8 01
Beach Haven 819 II }» sB7 BOt
Berwick 827 1154 <44 I
Briarcreek f8 32 .. . f3 SO
Willow Urove f* 38 ..{. r.s 54 rib
Ume Kldge 840 fl2 39 858 fMI
Kspy 846 1215 406 Bit
Bloomsliurg 853 12 22 412 IM
Kupert 857 12 S5 415 84t
Cutawlssa. 902 12J42 422 8»t
Danville 915 12 fl 488 V
Cameron a 24 ri2 67 148
Noithnniber 'd.. . ar 985 110 455 # .
KASJ I .i
A. M. A M. P. M. P. h
Northumoerr *6 45 fIOOO flso*6i»
Cameron 657 f"2 Ul ' It
Danville 707 1019 2h oil
Cntawissa 721 IU|B2 223 lit
Kupert 726 10187 22» 8U!
Bloonisliurg 783 1(141 288 Bi'
Kspy 788 10 48 210 Bl*
Lime Ridge 744 riO 54 f2 46 ft m
Willow Orovn f7 48 f2 50 ....
Briarcreek 7 62 f2 58 fir
Berwick 75 7 11 05 256 81
Beech Haven 805 fll 12 803 6 4
Hicks Ferry 811 fll 17 SOU 641
Shickshinny 822 11 81 J2O f6 M
HunlOCk'K 833 881 f7 01
Nantlcoke 888 11 44 338 711
Avondale . 841 342 7£j
Fly month 845 1153 847 7 ill
Plymouth June 847 ... 852 ..
Kingston ar 855 11 59 400 7 W
Wilkes-Barre ar 910 12 10 410 7St
Wilkes Barre lv 840 11 40 850 7 »
Kingston..., lv 855 1i 5H 400 71
Luzerne 858 al2 02 408 71
Forty Fort fit 00 ... . 407
Wyoming 905 12 08 412 741
Went Pittston 910 417 71
Susquehanna Ave ... 918 12 14 420 7i
Plttston 919 12 17 424 101
Duryea 928 ..... 429 IM
Lackawanna 926 482 811
Taylor »S2 440 81>
Bellevue
Hcranton ....ar 942 12 85 450 Bit
A M. P. M. F. U
Hcranton lv 10 25 tl 55 .... II It
A. M
Buffalo ar .... 755 7U'
A. M. P. M P.M A.tf
Scranton lv 10.10 12.40 JS 85 *2 ut
P. M. P. M P.M A. V
New York ar 330 500 735 IN
•Daily, tDally except Sunday,
fstops on signal or on notice to conductor
a Stops on signal to take on passengers lt>
New York. Binghamton and points west.
T. K.CLAKKK T. W. LKK
Hen. Superintendent. Gen. t
TisSiTES
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov. 29th, 1903.
A. M.I A.M."P. \l. I
Scranton(l»&H)lv §(i sw 4:; 14til 28
Pittston " " 705 fit 15 §2 10 568
A.M. P.M, F.M
Wiikcsbarre... IvA. M. §lO 35 ! 245 «8 00
Flym'th Ferry - 112 725 fl" 42 112 2 52 ffl 07
Nanticoke " 732 10 50] 301 61"
Mocanaqua .... " 742 11 07 82q 637 ......
Wapwallopen.. " 801 11 16 3Si 647
Neseopeck ar «10 11 26 842 7 Ott
A.M. A.M.
Pottsville lv 550 fll 55
•WtWen.-.v.-."' 3 nH $
Fern Glen " 721 1 815 Bla
Kock (Hen... . "| 7 5 322 8 2L
Neseopeck . .ar 802 !
Catawlssa j I "0 4 0" . . .
a7M~ F.M P M
Neseopeck... .lv 58 18 sll 26 34-;7 00
Creasy • [ 83( 11 -i'i 3 .>2 7 (ft*
Espy Ferry... * I 4*. II 4»'. f4 02 78" ......
E. Blootusburk 847 11 5" 4 116 725
t'atnwissa lv 856 11.57 4 l'i ;32
JSouth Danville "! 914 12 15 4 31; 751
Sunhury ar 35 12 40 4 5,i is 15
_ A. M. F. M. F. M KM
sunbury lv u 4'.' §1 * 5 lh . !• >3
l.ewistmrg ar 10 1:: 14 > 5 4>>
Milton ........ - i» ,IS 1 :;;i •> 11 10 n
William sport.. " H0" 111 '• 10 00
Ijock Haven... "11 f >i' 220 7 .i"
Kenovo " A.M. H JJO 8 .>O,
Kane " 8 25. !
I|>.M. F.M.j
Lock Haven..lv gl2 10 •! 4.> . .
Bellefonte ....ar! I 05 * I 11
Tyrone " I 210 ti 00
Pliiltpsburg " ; 5 10 i 8 02
Clearfield.... " ; 5 ?
Pittsburg.... "j «55 HI"
A. F.M. F. M. P M
Sunbury lv 950 S I •' 10 31
Harrisburg.... ar II 3o 3 l.» t» ;>*■ 10 M) ......
P. M. F. M. F. 51. A M
Philadelphia., ar S3 17 823|| 92s 4 23,
Baltimore "iS 311 Bno 9f > 2 JSr
Washington... " § 4 20 |, 7 16 ; >0 .>•> 8 .r0|......
IATAL F, M.
Sunbury lv §lO i*i § 2 15
.lc. ar 11 15 •05
Pittsburg •' 0 55 j JlO4.>
A.51 P, M P. M.jPM
Harrlsburg lv 11 46 620|| 7 20';110t ......
P.M. AM. A.M.AM
Fittsburg ar |655 ii 160 1 .>0 80
F M.| F M,A Ml A M
Pittsburg lv j 7 l'Ml 900 :iw.|>B 00 ....
iA.M A ftl! J F ftl j
HiirriaburK...' ar 'J 00 4 35|- 11 -•', 3
j T.m AM[
Plitsbuig lv v a^ (l ! ™
iA>wist(pwn .le. " " i ® l *j '••••
Sunbury ar » 20 >
P. ftl. A M A M A M
Washington... lv 10 4u 7 •>» 10 50i
Baltimore " II 0" 440 840 11 4.»
Philadelphia... " II I" I 4 25, s ill 40|
A. M A ftl A. ftl. F M
llarriaburg.... lv 335 " '''' «'{ '■ ? ....
Sunbury ar > (K» # 108 6 1-i
p. M. IA M A ftl
Pittsburg Kg 12 46 800 I 8 (K>
Clearfield " i : f ; r ..
Philipsburg.. " 42> ••s*:;, !!!.,' ....
Tyrone " 7IK 810 12 itii
Bellefonte.. s lti 932 1i)
Lock Haven ar 9 15! 10 SO 210 _
P. ftl. A ftl A ftl 1' M
Erie lv 5 s.*»j
K hup '' S < |<)i •••••• ' 0 «•••••
Kenovo 11 »"-, •' { ijj ....
I Haven.... 12 > ">0 1 j*' - -"O
I A.M I M
Wllllamsiiort .. "I 244 8 2"> 12 10 SSO
ftlilton • 2*i 9 1:. *«; * ....
I.cwist'urg .... " 9 0-> 1 15 4-2 _
Sunbury ar 3 :;t» 940 1 641 6On
-NL AM P Mi P M
Sunbury lv t> 1>j955: 200 : 6 2.)
South Danville" 711 '0 17 -1 » oJJ ...
Cutnwtssii " 732 10 36 2 .'l|>, 608
E Blmimsburg.. " 7 :!7 10 43 248 8 !;»>
Espy Ferry— " 742 fl" 47 ..... ; I ®. B* ....
t*reasy " 7 **2 1" 56 * ,
Neseopeck " 802 11 0o ; -i 0-» 8 41*;
~M A ftl P. M. F M !
t'ataxvissa I\ 10 88......' ...
Neseopeck Iv 828 ?5U> ' ' o>>
Kock (lien ar 11 22 ...... 728 ••••
Fern (Hen " 851 11 28; 082 •34
Tomhlclten..... " 8.58 1188 588 I 4: ''
Hazleton ..... 919 11 5» ■> 59, 806
Pottsville " 10 15 150 «55
AM AMP ftl F Mi
Neseopeck lv 802 11 "5 : 8 0.) fl 40
Wapwallopen. .ar 819 11 20 820 0 6'-
Mocanaqua. " 831 11 32 880 01 _
Nanticoke 854 11 54 8 41' <ll
P ftl'
Plvin'th Ferry 'f 902 12 "2 8 s*. 17 28 ••••
Wilksbarre .. " 91" 12 1" 4 "■> • 85
PittstontDA Il) ar 9?9 12 29 j4 56 8
Scranton " " io Q8 iOB ■2l ....
I llally. 1 Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping 4'ars run on
through trains between Sui-bury, Williamsport
and Frio, between Sunbury ai.,i I hiladelpnia
ami Washington and between Harrisburs, I itta-
Ouru: ami the West.
K«>r liirther inlonnation apply to Ticket AKenu
W. W. ATTEKBI'KY. J K. WOOD
tien'l Manager. Puss. TraflicMi;
UFO, W BOY--, Gen'i Passeuger Agent,