Yellow Mat's
Heiress
By HARRISON SMITH
Copyright, linU, t>u R(char<( It. ShelUm
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The Interstate limited had rumbled
along for tlie last hour ami 11 hall
across brown, level plains, whose hope
less homogeneity of landscape was onlj
occasionally relieved by clumps of tie
Jected and no less hopeless cotton
woods. Presently the whistle tooleil
hoarsely. There was a ju'lndiii). of sei
brakes, and the train slowed down and
came to a stop before a bare little stn
tlon, a derelict seemingly in this leve
waste.
Tancred rose rather unwillingly fron
his comfortable chair and. preceded bj
the obsequious porter bearing hi>
heavy suit case, stepped from the lim
ite<l onto the uneven board platforn
of Yellow Flat station. He looket
übout him, and his heart sank Th»
porter beside hltu seemed to hiui th<
representative of a Civilization thai
would depart when the limited pulled
out. So Tancred gave the porter a hall
dollar and stood watching the receding
train with a feeling that he had been
marooned.
There was one consolation, however.
He could finish up the business which
had brought him hither in a day or
two and quit this desolation. A weelf
of this flat nothingness he felt would
drive him mad. He sought the station
agent and Inquired of him the best
way to reach Tapley's ranch. The
agent hailed a nondescript individual
address,-d as Jock, who was loafing on
the benches, and asked him what h«
couid do for this gentleman, who want
ed to get to Tapley's.
"Old man Tapley at the 4X?" said
Jock. "Sure: Drop you there on mj
way to the Crescent." He led the way
to a vehicle outside, half wagon, hall
buckboard "Hop In."he said hospit
ably
Jock clucked to his team, and they
Jolted over the brown plains behind a
pair of ptebaVi ponies whose chief ac
complishment seemed to lie In whisk
ing their tails over the lines and run
ning like mad. Jock was not loqua
■VCH A GIRL AT YELLOW FLAT FAIRLY
TOOK AWAY HIS ItIIEATH.
clous, and Tancred was in no mood to
talk. Frankly he wished the thing was
over and that he was starting back
east.
He fell to wondering what sort of a
girl this niece of Tapley's was like.
Probably she was old and more or less
of a barbarian or perhaps she was the
•ort who would say. "Oh. ain't that
lovely!" when he told her his late cli
ent. the Hon. Peter Chlsholm, had left
her a fortune that had been the envy
of many scheming women in the cycle
of the uumarried Peter's acquaintance.
Jock here beside him could probably
enlighten him as to Miss Parsons, but
It was scarcely worth while. She was
Mine quite Impossible person no doubt.
He handed Jock a cigar and put the
whole thing from his mind.
It was gray twilight when they drove
op to the ranch bouse at the 4X. Tan
cred alighted and was warmly wel
comed by Tapley.
"I don't care a snap of my fingers
what business It Is that has brought
you," he said to Tancred. "You're to
stay Just as long as you can stand It
with us, and a little longer If you have
any charity for isolated old chaps like
myself," he added hospitably. "A man
In touch with things In the east is a
godsend, sir. Supper will be ready
shortly, and meanwhile (iertrude shall
give you some tea. Pardon me a mo
ment. and I'll hunt her up."
The roonj they had entered evidently
served as a library. Books lined the
walls, teriptlng chairs offered their
comfort. - I rugs covered the polished
floor It was quiet and In excellent
taste. Tain red's misgivings about the
lady were somewhat mitigated
At that moment Tapley returne'l
"Mr. Tancred." he said, "permit me
to present the lady whose business
brought you here my niece. Miss Par
sons."
Tancred bowed and murmured his
greetings somewhat Incoherently, for
•urprlse had tied his tongue. Had he
met her on Broadway lie would have
looked at her more than once, but find
ing such a girl at Yellow Flat fairly
took away his breath.
"Won't you let uie take away the
bad taste of your ride with some tea?'
she asked solicitously.
Tancred asquiesced heartily and seat
ed himself near the dainty tea table
where she was busying herself.
.twenty-two, he told himself men
tally, "and the finest eyes in America."
In that half hour at the tea table
Tancred fell In love, and. having fallen
In love, the object of his coming here
ntruded itself like i Mack cloud in the
fair sky of his happiness This girl
was an heir.-ss it was this he had
.•ome to tell her. And Tancred, albeit
i sturdy young lawyer, was by no
means wealthy He suddenly resolved
lo let the fortune remain in the back
pound for a week at least. He would
fce unreservedly happy for that time,
and then "Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof," he told himself.
"Cousin Peter couldn't have left me
much," said Miss Parsons.
"No." said Tancred, carrying out his
resolution. "I II no over the papers
carefully, and in a week's time I think
lon tell you the exact amount
A Week went by two weeks- a
month. Still the exact amount of
Cousin Peter's legacy was not vouch
safed to Miss Parsons She seemed to
found u richer legacy In her rides
with Tancred across the brown platm
mid her talks with him before the II
brary tir«\ I'nde Tapiey looked or
with happy approval.
"They're thoroughbreds - a flue pair.''
he told himself often and with much
.satisfaction.
It was at the end of the sixth week
of his stay at the 4X ranch that Tan
crcd after a night of sleepless agony
resolved to terminate the pangs of con
science which were beginning to trou
ble him seriously. They had ridden
that morning to a group of wells on
tlie northern border of the ranch. The
air was crisp and clear, and Miss Par
sons, with eyes sparkling and cheeks
aglow from the ride, was doubly
charming
T;incred's mind reverted to that aft
ernoon when he had stood on the plat
form of the Yellow Flat station.
"1 felt as if I were marooned," he
told himself, "and 1 was marooned —tr
paradise."
He squared his shoulders and turned
to the girl.
"I'm going back tomorrow." he said,
with quiet force.
"Tomorrow?" The consternation In
her voice set his heart thumping, but
he went on calmly.
"Yev; tomorrow. You and I are very
far apart." His voice had a note of
sadness.
"Are we very far apart?" she said,
looking away.
"Three hundred thousand dollars," h«
sai> I.
"I I don't think I understand you,"
she said, regarding him with wonder
ing eyes.
"Cousin Peter is responsible," he ob
served.
"Oh!" she gasped. "Was It all that?"
"Yes." he said. "You understand, of
course, why I go?"
She was silent. Her face was turned
from him again. Presently he caught
the sound of a sob.
"Miss Parsons tlertrude!" he cried,
and such are resolutions— he put his
arm about her.
"I'll I'll give it away," she said, sob
bing unrestrainedly on his shoulder.
And because of this, brown, bare Yel
low I'lat became the garden of Eden
—to Tailored, at least.
A ROMAN FIASCO.
Tho ( olomnnl Shuw That Wan rial -
lied l>» S» in ■■■ aeh ua.
Symmachus, last of the great nobles
of Home, who, blinded by tradition,
thought to revive the glories of his
beloved city by reviving its shame,
graphically describes the anxieties of
the preparations for one of these co
lossal shows, on which he is said to
have spent what would be about £BO.-
000 of our money. He began a year
In advance. Horses, bears, lions,
Scotch dogs, crocodiles, chariot driv
ers. hunters, actors and the best glad
iators were recruited from all parts.
But when the time drew near nothing
was ready. Only a few of the animals
had come, and these were half dead
of hunger and fatigue. The bears had
not arrived and there was no news of
tho lions. At the eleventh hour the
crocodiles reached Home, but they re
fused to eat and had to lie killed all
at once in order that they might not
die of hunger. It was even worse
with the gladiators who were intend
ed to provide, as in all these beast
shows, the crowning entertainment.
Twenty nine of the Saxon captives,
whom Symmachus had chosen on ac
count of the well known valor of their
race, strangled one another in prison
rather than tight to the death for the
amusement of their conquerors. And
Symmachus, with all his real elevation
of mind, was moved to nothing but
dissrust by their sublime choice!
Home in her greatest days had gloried
In these shows. How could a man
be a patriot who set his face against
customs which followed the Roman
eagles round the world? How many
times since then lias patriotism been
held to require the extinction of moral
sense?—<'ontemporary Review.
NORMAN DISTRUST.
One Simple Way by U'btch a Trmrel
er May Diaarm It.
The greatest obstacle to agreeable
pedestrianism in Normandy is the pro
verbial Norman distrust. The Nor
man's distrust of the stranger takes
the form of a comical sort of terror of
being financially duped, cheated or
swindled, not to say robbed—probably
because he is himself perpetually en
gaged in financial duping.
If the tramper does not succeed in
disarming by one means or another
Norman distrust his tramping life in
Normandy will be made a burden to
him. Norman distrust can be disarm
ed, but It cannot be disarmed in an in
stant, a l'Americaine. It takes time
to do it the Norman Is the last person
In the world to stand and deliver—and
there is no social device to be mention
ed in the same breath with drinking
for courteously consuming time.
If the tramper asks a simple (jues
tion at a farmhouse he cannot decently
linger not in Normandy—after his
question is answered. If he makes a
petty purchase In a store his sltua
tion Is only a trifle less awkward,
eince he Is morally obliged to retire as
KOOU as tiie transaction is completed.
On the other hand, he has only to or
der a drink in this country of cider
find applejack every store and nearly
every farmhouse sells liquor—to be en
titled to sit at a table for as long as
he wills it and to talk.—Rooklovers'
Magazine
Hand* Wfff Shaking Already.
An American actor once attended a
duel in Paris for the sole purpose of
vtudying the demeanor of the duelists
He was preparing at the time to act
a duelist's role in a new play
Idscussing this combat afterward, he
ua id'
"I confess that I learned very little
from it The men were too well scared
to teach me anything that would have
been of service in a serious stage duel.
They reminded me. in fact, of a story
that Edwin Booth used to tell
"This story concerns two principals
who. after they had exchanged shots
harmlessly, were urged by their sec
rinds to shake hands They were about
to do so when a bystander, who had
iooked on at their duel despite their re
quests that he depart, exclaimed In a
disgusted tone
" "It's hardly necessary for them to
lhake hands Their hands have bo«n
shaking this half hour,'"
A I rgul Antiquity.
The feeling upon the subject of oaths
among the earlier colonists of Mary
land is shown by the following e*tr*«
from a petition of assemblymeu of tb«
province, addressed to the lord pro
prietary In and "signed by all the
members present"
"We do further humbly request your
lordship that hereafter such things at*
your lordship may desire of us may be
done with as little swearing as con
veniently may tie, experience teaching
us that a great occasion is given to
much perjury when swearing beconaeth
coin won."
Her Leap Year
Inspiration
By TROY ALLISON
foj/yrlflW. (#O4, by K II WfrUehtivi
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Miss Sevier was worried.
She wit at the front l>edroom window
Impatiently tapping the arm of hei
wicker rocker with one hand and uslnf
a finger of the other to keep place li
the book that hung the length of a list
less arm on the other side of the chair
The attitude of the two bunds was
I a fine index to her disposition. Six
was listless and bored by the monotonj
of her life, but there was a strough
combative element In her nuture thai
made it impossible for her to aeeep l
It with the placidity shown by the oth
*r women she knew.
She was tired of teas. She had
amused herself calculating Just how
many gallons she had drunk In the tei
| fears of her social career. At twentj
It bad seemed highly elating to put or
her newest gown and drink tea with e
crowd of people. She couid even re
member thut the addition of a bund
of violets to her costume had ut ont
time given a decided pleasure.
But ut thirty she forgot to plu on th«
violets, even when there was a huge
Jk Sm W
Z//MI //
RE OPINED THE BOX WITH AN EXPRESSION
OF CUKIOBITY.
bunch In front of her on the dresser,
unless her maid suggested that It
would improve madam's toilet.
She sighed in recognition of the fuct
that real life doesn't work out like nov
els.
The book was u new one and In Its
second edition, and her lack of Interest
In it proved conclusively to Miss Se
vler's mind that her trouble was re;ii
and deep rooted.
Some of her energy finally communi
cated itself to the other hand. She
threw the hook on ttie table near and
commenced an energetic rocking that
kept pace with her thoughts.
"Money is the root of all evil, and
I've always had too much of it.l
wonder which is the worse, a deficit or
an excess I believe that a* a child it
was a pleasanter feeling to want more
candy than to have eaten too much.
"The worst feature of this money is
that It has always attracted a crowd
of flatterers and worthless friends and
has caused so many that I really cared
lor to let their pride come between me
and them. I have known John <ar
rington for live years and would caia
logue his possessions one estate In \ir
ginia, yielding an uncertain huoine
one fine tenor voice and enough proud
reticence to supply all the F. (■', V'a
ever heard of "
When she mentioned Carrington's
name, the hero of the discarded novel
gracefully acknowledged the Iwttei
uiuu and accepted her lack of : nter< <r
In him with a humility uncommon t<> »
star of u second edition
Miss Sevier's restless glance >oi>k in
the novel
"That fool 111 tlie novel had a tenot
rolce, too. but be wasn't handicapped
by a lack of self appreciation.
"If I had asked him to sing 'For you
it Is a rose; for me it is my heart,"
ut least ::»HI times in the la>' tb'"e
years, if 1 had played his ac<'<>u;pan.
luent and putin it all the feeling u
longing heart could possibly show
when supplemented by my poor tecb
nique, that hero would have forgotten
all about my money and asked lue u
marry him.
"I know he loves me, but I don't be
lieve he will ever master enough cour
age to tell me so unless I donate all my
money to a hospital or do the proposing
myself "
There was a tap at the door, and
Miss Sevier's young niece came rushing
In.
Esther always rushed, so her imrnedi
ate family were never much startled
by her sudden entrances and exits
"Auntie" —she tried to make her re
quest and explain her plan all at once—
"may I write and ask Tom Carter to
take me to the party tomorrow night?
The girls are all going to ask, and I
wanted to know If I might."
"What's the cause of Mr. Carter's
sudden popularity," her aunt asked,
with a decided amount of astonish
ment in her eyes
"Now, auntie, you know we are riot
all going to nsk him but any one we
would like to take. It's a leap year
party, you know
'T see," returned Miss Sevier slowly,
"and you simply want me to under
stand that one Mr. Thomas Carter Is
the very nicest boy among your ac
qualntances, »*h ?"
"He's really nice and the very nicest,"
Esther answered, a red flush spreading
to the roots of her fair hair. "May I,
nuntie, pleaseV"
"If all the other girls are of the same
opinion, perhaps you would be wise to
(ret your note written at otiee," teased
her aunt.
The girl gave tier an Impulsive kiss
and then looked at her with a twinkle
In her eye.
"I would like awfully to write it on a
sheet of your best paper," she coaxed.
After her sixteen year old niece had
disappeared, having taken some of th«
best paper and the sealing wax to
match. Miss Sevier went back to the
window and stood gazing abstractedly
at the house across the street.
The house had been there for years,
but she seemed to study it with Intense
Interest.
"I ktiow he loves me." she murmured,
and she may or may not have referred
to the grocery boy that was Just then
ringing the bell of the house opposite.
She wf nt to her writing desk and cut
a very creditable looking heart out of
• piece of the beat paper thut hud been
1 the object of Esther's admiration
Across the face of the heart she print
j ed In faint scrawling letters."To you
It is a ro«e," then rang for her maid tc
get <nit her street dress and tell J awes
! to have the carriage at the door In
| twenty minutes
When John < arriugton reached hom«
after r trying day In his downtown
law office In* found that his landlady
; had put a long florist's box 011 the win
dow ledge. where it would keep cool
He opened the box with an expression
of curiosity that the masculine coante
nance often wears when its owner It
sure there Is no one to Bee It. Ther«
was one long stemmed American Beau
ty. and Carrington's sensitive fac«
turned crimson when he saw that It/
stein was thrust through a hastily ml
! paper heart.
That night Miss Sevier's llstles.'
mood seemed to have passed away, and
she showed an unusual amount of In
tercst every time the doorbell rang.
When she had almost decided that 11
was too late to expect a caller Carring
ton walked Into the room. He had lei
himself In without ringing and stood
before her. still In his overcoat, his ha!
in his hand. On the lapel of his coal
was the half blown American Beauty.
"Frances. I have never had the cheek
necessary to ask If you could care foi
BO unsuccessful U lawyer as I havt
proved." lie said slowly, "but 1 would
like better than anything on earth t<
know that yon sent me this rose."
She drew a paper from the folds oi
her dress and showed him the sheet
from which the heart had been cut.
A sis'otid later she rubbed her slen
der patrician nose against the rough
shoiil i« " of his overcoat.
I link it would lie pieasanter If you
would hanj; this rough coat on the hull
rack for an hour or so. John. I wish 1
had told you three years ago that 1
never had much regard for law "
Flrft Footed Zebras.
Sir t'ornwallls Harris' description ol
the common zebra is as follows: "Seek
ing file wildest and most sequestered
spots, haughty troops are exceedingly
difficult to approach, as well on ac
count of their extreme agility ami fleet
ness of foot as from the abrupt aud lu
accessible nature of their highland
abode. I'nder the special charge of a
sentinel, so posted on some adjacenl
crag as to command a view of every
avenue of approach, the checkered herd
whom 'painted skins adorn' Is to b«
viewed perambulating some rocky ledge
on which the rifle ball alone can reach
It.
"No sooner has the note of alarm
been sounded by the vldette than, prick
ing their long ears, the whole flock bur
ry forward to as<>ertalu the nature of
the approaching danger, and. having
gazed n moment at the advancing
hunter, whisking their brlndle talis
aloft, helter skelter they thunder down
craggy precipices and over yawning ra
vines where no less agile foot could
dare to follow them."—Saturday Ke
view
TOMB OF CONFUCIUS.
One of the ( hlef Spots of Interest In
the Orient.
The city of Cbufuhsleti, the Mecca of
the believers In Confucianism, Is In the
province of Shaugtung. on* of the most
populous districts of the orient. Here
Confucius was born, aud here his
sacred bones lie buried. The tomb,
which is located in one of the largest
cemeteries In the province, about three
miles out from the city above mention
ed. Is one of the most imposing In the
whole empire.
The grave Itself is Surmounted by an
earth mound about twelve feet In
height, the whole surrounded by a
cluster of gnarled oaks and stately ry
press trees Before the mound Is a
tablet als>u t six feet broad and twenty
feet high, upon which are Inscribed the
names and deeds of the great founder
of < 'onfuclanlsm, a rellgtou adhered to
by over 400,UKi.iKX) human beings The
burden of this Inscription, according to
reliable translation, is "Perfect One."
"Absolutely Pure," "Perfect Sage,"
"First Teacher," "<Jreat Philosopher,"
etc.
The avenue which leads up to the
philosopher's tomb Is even more Inter
esting than the actual place of burial
itself. On each side of the avenue are
rows of figures of huge animals cut
in stone lions, tigers, elephants aud
horses, besides numerous mythical
creatures, such as animals half dog
and half frog, beasts with four legs
and twice as many wings, besides a
multitude of unnamable monsters that
never lived on the earth, lu the wa
ter or in the air. Taken altogether,
the burial place of Confucius Is ooe of
the chief spots of Interest in the ori
ent.
CONFIDENCE UNDER WATER.
K«<T This First Essential In Inliu
mlng Mny Be Acqslrrd,
A person who Is timid about the wa
ter can overcome the greatest part of
the difficulty of learnlug to swim by
the proper use of a wash basin
The obstacle that nervous persous
meet in the water is not the conscious
fear of drowning, but au Involuntary
uervous shock thut causes them to
gasp for air even before their faces are
under water. It Is this gaspln* for
breath that drowns people.
They cannot control the gasping, and
consequently they often snap for
breath when their ruouths are under
water. As the buoyancy of a human
body Is easily disturbed, a few pints or
quarts of water swallowed In tiiese In
voluntary gasplug acts serve to sink a
person who otherwise would flout long
enough for help to arrive
Now, If a 'person afflicted with this
involuntary fear of getting under wa
ter will thrust the whole face gently
into an ordinary basin full of water
every daj and stay there as long as
possible it will be only a short time be
fore the gasping sensation begins to
disappear.
Then the bathtub should be used, so
that the bather, lying full length, can
immerse the entire head. first this
Mil bring back all the ole frightening
sensations of suffocation, but the at
tacks will be of short duration, ami
within a few days It will be found that
ilie total immersion can be maintained
fur almost a full minute without dis
comfort of any kind
<»t.• a person ha* learned how per
fei-th comfortable one can l>e under
water the lirst great step hag l>een
taken toward learning to swim
Many otherwise good swimmers have
ne\<r really acquired this calmness
under water The remilt Is tliHt when
such i swimmer is caught In an under
tow or a swirling current his confi
deuce leaves hint as soon as he feels
himself dragged under the surface Iti
stead of diving or remaining motion
less ;-n>l so preserving his breath he
gasp" involuntarilv aud naturally *w«l
lows v. ater and the choking sensation
at once forces him to exhale what
breath l.e ha* left and gasp again
I'onfide'■ o nmler water should be
the first K-ssou in swimming.
| V/HF.N STAMPS WERE NEW.
Troulilc In <.««f Una lo Mick
Mi#*in o*i ih«* l:n % elope.
W'lwu postage st;U)i)»s first <-hiih» in
to use," said a veteran postal clerk, :
"the |>111 >1 i<- didn't know Imw to handle I
them. >on remember how, wlwn tea |
and coffti' first appeare I anions us. the |
people fried the tea leaves and the eof
fee berries and served tlieni with salt'
and pepper? Well, the people treated ;
their stamps as absurdly in lsr.t.
"Some folks would put the stamps in
side their letters, out of sight Here
Is the official notice that we issued to
stop that practice
The clerk took from the drawer an
| aged bulletin that said:
"The stamps upon all letters and
packages must be affixed on the out
side thereof and above the address (
thereon."
lie put back this bulletin and drew
forth another one
"People would pin the stamps on
their letters instead of gumming them,''
he said, "and when they did gum tlietn
the.v would not do it right; hence this
second bulletin," and he read:
" 'Persons posting letters should af
fix the requisite number of stamps pre- j
vlous to depositing them in the letter
receivers, as when posted in a damp
state the stamps are liable to rub off
and thereby cause the letters to be
treated as unpaid. Do not pin on the
stamps.'
"Still," said the clerk, "the public
didn't understand. Think of It—it
didn't understand the simple matter of
sticking a postage stamp on a letter.
Bo we got out a third bulletin."
The third bulletin. In big, Impatient j
letters, said:
"The simplest and most effectual
method of causing stamps to adhere
firmly Is first to moisten well the out- ,
side of the stamps and afterward the
gummed side slightly, taking care not
to remove the gum."
The clerk said that a philatelist had
offered hiut sl2 apiece for these three
queer bulletins.—Galveston Tribune.
THE UDUMt I tK.
it K non n (<» KnKln«*«rn of the
% l»*\n nd rln n School.
The odometer, an instrument for
measuring distance traversed in a car
riage, Is no modern invention. The
first description of it is to be found
In a fragment of a tireek treatise and
Was known to engineers of the Alex
andrian school.
Passing to more modern days, we
find that on Jan. 1. 15P8, a book was
published in Nuremberg which pro
fessed to give a "succinct, detailed and
positive explanation" of various sys
tems of measurement by means of I
•uch an instrument. This "divider,"
as the author calls it, had a wheel
which carried in its axle an Indicator
worked by the circular movement; at
each turn a needle made a stroke,
which was transmitted to the dial. ;
This odometer, divided Into 100
equal parts, had a long hand and a
short, like modern clocks, the latter
moving one stroke as often as its big
brother made a complete round of the
dial
Another odouieter, said to have been
invented by l'eter the <!reat, was
shown at the Moscow polytechnic ex
hibition In 1872. It was called a
"rerst counter" and worked excel- :
Icmly.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Don't volunteer too much informa
tion.
What a lot of time we waste wonder
ing why.
l'attiug yourself on the back is a
difficult task seldom done gracefully.
There are more talkers than think
ers. llere you have the solution of
gossip.
People whose reputations depend
upon their clothes have to keep dressed
up all the time.
One of the greatest virtues uud the
hardest is the moral courage to prac
tice self denial.
Courtesy—oh, how that lubricates
life! And good nature—what an asset
of happiness Is that!
Pome folks are determined to doml- 1
nats or die, and as there are few who
rise to the first degree there are many j
who fall to the second. —Schoolmaster
The Home Paper
I of Danville.
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COTTON SPINNING.
The Seheme by \\lil<»h a Workman
l\e|»t II In IfobhiiiA Clean.
The father of the famous Sir ltobert
j I'eel was a cotton spinner in a com
; parativelv small way until he sudden
: ly went straight ahead of all his com
j petitors. The earliest cotton spinning
I machinery gave serious trouble
! through filaments of cotton adhering
to the bobbins, thus involving frequent
; stoppages to dear the machinery. The
I wages of the operatives were affected
hi these delays, but it was noticed that
one in. hi in the works always drew full
I pay. His loom never stopped.
"The onlooker tells me your bobbins
are always clean." said Mr. I'eel to
film one day.
"Aye. they be," said the man, whose
name was Dick Ferguson.
"How do you manage it. Dick?"
"Why. you see, Mester I'eel. It's sort
o' secret! !♦ I towd yo', yo'd be as
wise as 1 am."
"That's so," said i'eel, smiling in
response to Hick's knowing chuckle.
, "I'd nive you something to know.
Coultl you make all tlie looms work as
j smoothly as yours?"
"Ivery one of 'em, mester!"
"Well, what shall I jjive you for your
secret, Dick?"
The man smiled and rubbed his chin.
"Well, Dick, what Is It to be?"
"Come, I'll tell thee," was the re
ply. "<;i" me a quart of ale lvery day
-as I'm in the mills am! I'll tell tliee
all about it."
"Agreed." said the master.
"Well, then," returned Dick, beckon
ing Mr. I'eel to come closer and let him
whisper in his ear, "chalk your bob'
! bins!"
That was the entire secret. Ma
! chlnery was soon invented for chalk
ing the bobbins, and Hick Ferguson
was given a pension equal to many
daily quarts of beer.
I rlo Acid.
Rheumatism is due to an excess of
uric acid In the blood. The percentage
of this poison in various articles of
diet Is: Fish. 8.15; mutton, 0.75; veal,
8.14; pork, 8.48; beefsteak. 14.45; liver,
19.20; coffee. 4.53: tea, U. 22. Milk aud
vegetables contain more, except the po
tato, which has a trace of uric acid.
Bacilli nt Ma»ked nail*.
Tirelli and I.elli demonstrate a prob
able source of disease transmission In
the lending of masks by costumers.
Virulent tubercle bacilli, to say noth
ing of pneumococcal, streptococci, etc.,
were found in eight out of forty-two
masks examined.—New York Medical
Journal.
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T A< HAWANNA RAILROAD.
U -BLOOMSBURG DIVISIUiN
WEST.
A M. A M. A. M P. N
New York lv ion .... 10 00 1 '
P. M
Scranton ar to 17 1 s(i
P. M
Buffalo IV 11 30 245
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Scranton.. i»r 558 ID 05 ....
A. M. A. M. P. M. P. S
Scranton lv t6Bb *lO 10 H55 *8 »
Bellevue
Taylor. ti 44 10 17 103 112 4
Lackawanna 650 10 24 210 ft 6
Duryea K63 10 28 213 6J
Plttston 658 10 33 217 S5
Susquehanna Ave 701 10 37 219 6 6
West Plttston 705 1011 223 JC
Wyoming 7JO 10 46 227 7 C
Forty Fori 2 31
Bennett 717 10 52 234
Kingston ar 724 10 56 240 7 3
Wllkes-Barre ar 740 11 10 250 7 1
Wllkes-Barre lv 7 lit 10 40 230 T1
Kingston lv 724 10 56 240 73
Plymouth June
Plymouth 735 11 06 249 'j
Nantlcoke 743 11 13 258 J
Hunlock's 749 II 1H SOd }t
Sliickshinny «01 11 31 320 '
Hicks Kerry 811 rll 4» 330 f* C
Beach Haven 819 11 48 3 8(1
Berwick 827 11 54 344
Brlarcreek f8 32 . f3 50
Willow (irove lb 38 ft 54 ri 1
Lime Kldge 840 fi2 u« 858 rxj
Espy 846 12 15 406 8 1
Bloomsburg 853 12 22 412 t 1
Hupert . 857 12 25 416 fe<
Catawissa 902 12 32 422 M
Danville 915 13 44 438 v
Cameron 924 fl2 67 443
Northiimber'd ar #35 110 455
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A. M. A. M. P. M. P. »
Northumoerl' # 645 tR'OO tl 50 *o
•Cameron «57 P2 0! 1
Danville .. 707 10 IS 21. o4
Catawlssa 721 10 32 223 fi
Hupert 726 10 37 229 8 9
Bloomsburg 733 10 41 233 69
Espy 738 10 48 240 8 1
Lime Ridge 744 flO 54 f2 46 f6 3
Willow (irovn f7 48 f2 50 ....
Brlarcreek 7 62 f2 53 t 82
Berwick 757 11 05 258 8 1
Beech Haven 805 Ml 12 803 84
Hicks Ferry 811 fll 17 3OH 6 4
Sblckshlnny 822 11 HI 320 ffl 6
Hunlock's 833 331 f7U
Nantlcoke. 838 11 44 338 7 1
Avondale 811 *42 7 8
Plymouth 845 1 153 847 7 2
Plymouth June 847 ... 352 .. .
1 Kingston ar 855 11 5H 400 7 »
Wllkes-Barre ar 910 12 10 410 7 5
Wllkes-Barre lv 840 11 40 350 7 1
Kingston lv 855 11 59 400 7 1
Luzerne 858 al2 02 403 71
Forty Fort f9 00 .... 407 ....
Wyoming 906 12 08 412 71
j West Plttston 910 417 71
I Susquehanna Ave.... 013 12 14 420 71
Plttston 919 12 17 424 8 0
liuryea 923 429 KB
Lackawanna 926 432 8 1
Taylor 932 4*o 8 1
Bellevue ~,,
[Scranton ....ar 942 12 36 450 8 2
A. M. P. M P. M
I Scranton lv 10 25 {155 .... 11l
A. M
! Buffalo tr .... 756 ... 7 0
A. M. P. M P.M A.K
Scranton lv 10.10 12.40 {3 35 *2 01
P.M. P.M P.M A. h
New York ar 330 500 735 8 6
; 'Dally, tOally except Sunday.
Htops on signal or on notice to conductor
= a Stops on signal to take on passengers 10
! New York, Blnghamton and points west.
I T. K.CLARKE T. W. LKK
Uen. Superintendent. Hen
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov. 29th, 1903.
A M.I A. M. P. il.
Scranton(DiiH)lv <i 6 . v 8 p9 47| 1 i* 28
! Plttston " " 7 0-5 flCls§ 2in 5 58;
| A. M.jp. M. P.M
S Wilkesbarre,.. lv A. M. §lO :t"> .2 45 oo!
i Plym'th Ferry " 8 725 110 42; 112 2 52 t'B 07
| Nantlcoke " 732 10 50 | 301 6 17
I Mocanaqua .... " 742 11 07 820 837
I Wapwallopen.. " 801 11 Hi 331 647
'Nescopeck ar 810 11 2k 342 7 0«»
.vm!' A.M. P.M.
Pottsvllle lv 55n ;Sll 55 ' I
Hazleton " ' 705 ...... 245 't'l 45i
Tomhicken "I 7 22 305 305
Fern Glen " 721 i 315 315
Kock (ilen "| 7 > 5 8 22 3 22.
Nescopeck . .. ar' 102
Catawlssa j '• 400400 .. .
I&. SI A.M P.M. P Ml -
Nescopeck... . lv's 818 sll 26 34237 00
Creasy • j 83( 11 30 352 709
Espy Ferry... ''l« 4; 11 4ti I 402 7an
E. Bloomsoura "! 847 II 50 4 Oti 725
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Catawissa lv 856 11.57 413 732'
South Danville " 9 14 12 15 431 751
Sunbury ar 935 12 40 455 815
A, M. P. M. P. M KM.
Sunbury lv; || 9 42 §l2 48 § 5 18 9 .->3
Lewisburg.... ar 10 13 145 548
Milton "j 10 08 139 54410 14
Willlamsport.. " 11 00 141 64010 00
Lock Haven... " 11 69 220 737
Kenovo "IA.M. SOO 830
Kane "| 8 25j !
Ip.M. P.M.
Lock Haven..lv!jl2 10 S 3 45'
Bellefonte ....ar 1 05 il 444
Tyrone " 1 2 10 1 600
Pliilipsburg " 1 510J 802
C'learfleld.... " j 6 54 S 845 j
Pittsburg.... "j 655 i- I'J 45 |
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Sunbury lv 960 § 1 59:J 510 itß 31!
Harrlsburg.... ar 11 30 § 3 15 S 6 50; 10 101
~ P. M. P. M. P. M. A Mj
Philadelphia., ar S> 3 17 j| 8 23|| 9 28 4 23
Baltimore "jj3 11 800 9 4.5 220
Washington ... "jj 4 20 j, 7 16 10 55| 3 80!
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Pittsburg •' 6 j
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P. M. A M. A. M. A M
Pittsburg ar j 6 55 || 160 || 1 50 , 5 30
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Pittsburg lv ,710J 900 3 00118 00! ....
IA. M A M| | P M
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Plttsbuig lv I y 00; 800 ....
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Sunbury ar j; »20 \t 460 ....
P. M. A MA M AM
Washington... lv 10 40 ii 7 50 10 50
Baltimore " 11 00 4 40 1 840 11 45-'"
Philadelphia... " 11 40 j 4 2ft 830 11 40 **•*
A. M. A Ml A. M.I P M
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Sunbury arj|&oo 936 108 i 6 13|'" -
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Pittsburg lv .12 45 3 00 I 8 00
C'learfleld.... " I* 330 920 -"-
Pliilipsburg.. " ! 4 25, 10 10
Tyrone " 1 7 0l S 8 10 12 25I"** 1 "**
Bellefonte.. " 8 Hi 9 32 I 25 ••••
Lo<-k Haven ar 9 15j ,1030 210
P. M, A M A M ; P V
Erie lv | 5 35- 1 !
Kane, "j 8 451 jg 6 00 ••••
Henovo "i 11 so!j 6 40j 10 30 j 1 13 •••
Lock Haven.... "! 12 38 730 U25 2 50.••••
A. M. P Ml
WllllaUlSJKirt .. " 244 8 2.5 40 350
Milton •' 233 913 1 251 4:» •••
Kewisburg " I a 05| 1 15 4 W
Sunbury ar 3 l-soj 9 45j 164 605
j .M. A M P M PM
Sunbury lv 6451955j2 00 U6 25
South ltanville "j 7 llj io 17 221 550
Catawissa "\ 732 10 86 286 808
E Bloomsburg.. " 737 10 43 243 815 ••••
Espy Ferry.... " 742 fio 47 18 19 ••••
4!reasy " 752 10 66 255 : 630 ••••
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Catawissa lv 10 38
Nescopeck lv 823 .. . 8505g 705 ••••
Kock (Hen ar 11 22; 7 28 ••••
Fern (Hen " 851 11 281 532 7 :«'••••
Tomhicken " 8 581 11 38 538 742
Hazleton " 9 111, 11 57 5 591 806
Pottsvllle " 10 15 150 6 55J
AM AMP 31 P M
Nescopeck Iv'g 8 02 \ 11 06 § 8 05 \ 8 40 ■•••
Wapwallopen..ar 8 l!' 11 20 320 662
Mocanaqua.... 831 11 32 330 701 ■••••
Nantlcoke " 8 54; 11 64 349 719 ••••
P Mi
Plym'th Ferry f9 02 12 02 357 17 28 ••••
Wilksbarte ... " 910 12 10 4 05j 735
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Pittston(DAH) ar ;V ?» 12 29 4 ftH
•Scranton •' " 10 08 108 524 J
Weekdays. i Daily. 112 Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Scrbury, Willlamsport
and Erie, between Sunbnry au.l Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrlshurx, Plttn
ourg and the West.
For further Information apply to Ticket Agent
W. W. ATTERBURY. J.K.WOOD
General Manager, Pass. Traffic Mflr
vv iiovil OEN IPaasenger Agent
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