ItL TON'S 71
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|| I'ofiurniht. l "'i. bji Lc,«lU H\ Quirk jj
When the managing editor of the
Clayviile News opened his paper at
breakfast one mi.ruing and looked for
the weather report lie found in its
place a modest notice stating that the
circulation of the News was the largest
of any paper in the city. Now. this
fact was interesting to tin managing
editor, but it was not wli.it lie wanted
to read, lie was looking t<>r the proph
ecy of the weather bureau, which was
telegraphed each night from a neigh
boring city.
The managing editor allowed his
steak to grow cold while he searched
the paper. But nowhere in it.from the
top of the lirst column on the front ]
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"I'VJK I»K| N A POOL," HE HEI'EATED TO j
THE OIKL.
pag*> to the end of the last one on the .
final page, could he find any comments
on the weather. lie folded the paper ;
deliberately, swearing softly to him- j
self, and fifteen minutes later he con- j
fronted young Elton, the telegraph edi- j
tor.
"The weather report," said the latter, j
with the air of excusing the bureau,
"did not come last night."
"Ah!" said the managing editor dry
ly. '
"No, sir," went on the telegraph edi- ;
tor. "I held the paper till •'! o'clock
waiting for it, but for some reason it
failed to come."
"Ah.'" said the managing editor !
again. Then bis anger burst forth, and !
he raved as became a man who held re
porters and editors under his thumb.
"I suppose," he concluded sarcastic
ally. "that it never occurred to you to
'fake' a report, to realize that any
guess on the weather was better than
none, to appreciate the comments the
Times will make on the incident, to
Imagine the disappointment of every i
one of our readers. Why, you fool, do
you suppose any one would have :
known that y<>nr guess was not a relia
ble report even if it differed from that '
of the Times'? I>o you"— He stopped J
suddenly, turned <>n his heels and went
out the door, with the remark, "Don't
let it happen again:"
Young Kiton stared at the ceiling for (
a good five minutes. Then Ik; went ;
ov' r to his desk with the mail and \
straightway forgot all his troubles in
reading a dainty, scented note. She
said some very nice things to him and I
asked how he was faring iu his work, j
The weather report failed to come j
that night. Young Elton prepared j
some slips of paper with various j
weather conditions written on them j
and then drew one cautiously. It said,
"Rain today; <<4der."
The managing editor read it the next j
morning end wondered if it were reli- ,
able. It was not. All day a warm ;
wind blew gently from the south, and
a blue sky and a hot sun smiled genial
ly
Three nights later the message failed
again, and young Elton guessed it 1
would be fair. The next day the great
est rain of the season poured down
from early morning till late at night.
Young Elton's face was beginning to
grow careworn. In desperation he
went to the girl and told her the whole
story.
"So far my guesses have been all |
wrong," he confided. "Now, I have a
plan that certainly deserves success.
It's simple, you understand. I am go
ing to drop in and see you for a minute :
or two each evening about dinner time,
if I may, and I shall gauge my guesses
by your demeanor. If you are very
cordial I shall say the next Jay will be
rlear. If you are not so glafl to see me
I shall prophesy cloudy weather. If I i
fnd you bored by my visits the report 1
will say rain. Do you understand?"
The girl did, and though she sug
gested the possibility of fair weather
every day young Elton decided to try
the plan. lie grinned cheerfully and
went back to the office and wrote the
report, "Fair today, with southerly
winds." And. although the Times
promised rain, the next day was cloud
less and warm.
It was very clear for a week, during
which time young Elton was called
upon to guess the weather conditions
several times. The rival paper seemed
to be steadily wrong, ami the manag
ing editor )f the News took it upon
himself to write a little editorial on the
subject, reprinting the reports of the
two papers in parallel columns. The
reporters slapped young Elton on the
back and told him he should try the
races.
Then one night something went !
awry at the fill's house. It was only
a trivial thing in itself, but it lowered !
the spirits of both The paper prom
ised cloudj weather, ai 'I all the next I
•lay ugly, black clouds glowered.
'I lie I e j l l ir • I v. over by the j
next night. hut the conversation was
strained. A few evenings inter the
girl happened to i: > ir imi another man
who was nit .v<>iiii_ Elton's idi i of a
fit companion for a v.oman. lie said
so very frankly, ami the girl disap
peared
Tl.e weather report read, "Rain to
day." For twenty-four hours the wa
ter poured down unceasingly.
I.ate the next afternoon young Elton
sat at his desk thinking deeply. Be
had been out of s ,ns all day, and he
knew ve,\ well wl ,-re the trouble lay.
He looked at the clock thoughtfully
and noted Ii at it was nearly time fur
liis call. He wondered whether it was
worth while to go.
Suddenly he ro.-e. slipped on his rain
and went out of the office. There
was resolution in his every movement.
"I've been a fool," he told himself,
"a poor, blind fool. The nicest girl in
the world almost mine—the nicest,
prettiest" -
The girl met htm at the door and
invited him into the house a bit un
steadily. as if she did not quite under
stand. Young Elton slipped off his
rain coat, noted the paper on the table,
with the weather report wrinkled and
a little tear stained, and began brave
ly-
"l've been a fool," he repeated to the
girl, "a poor, blind fool. If you will
only forgive me I'll"
She cried a little very softly on his
shoulder, and then, with the prophesied
rain pattering down outside, he slipped
a ring on her finger, a' d they fell to
talking of the something when there
should be a little cottage with a bit
of green and maybe a dog.
When the managing editor took up
his paper the next morning he neg- J
lected to scan the weather report until j
he had read some strong editorials, J
which struck him as very excellent j
He smiled complacently at the forcible j
words and turned to the weather re
port.
His face grew very white.
"Southerly winds," he read, "and fair
weather forevermore."
THE SCENE PAINTER.
lie I* I f«> « ii 112 i lin por (ant Part In
lit K n Modern I*l nj.
When a play has been accepted for
production it is sent to the scene paint
er, who goes over it carefully, taking j
note of all details to be reproduced. !
Then, if the subject Is difficult, he j
makes a sketch of It lu the flat. If
this proves satisfactory to manager,
actor and author, he builds it up in a
miniature model on the scale of half
an inch to the foot as perfect In pro
portion and exquisite In detail as the
finished scene. An old gentleman late
ly, looking over a collection of models
In one of the New York studios, re
marked that his granddaughter would
lie delighted to have them for doll
houses. The proprietor of the studio
smiled to himself. The models for a
single play cost well up toward a thou
sand dollars. For an ordinary four act
comedy the models, scenes, properties
and costumes cost, let us say, five or
six thousand dollars. The cost of the
great scenic productions is never as
much as the press agents say. but has
been known to exceed SIOO,OOO.
When the model is approved, the
stage carpenter takes measurements
for such framework as may be neces
sary. The clumsy construction of the
old days has given way to the solidest
sort of building. Windows slide in
their sashes; doors slam, shut and lock.
Staircases are solid to the tread. Trees
are built up in the round, and columns
are turned out of solid wood. But as
every show is intended to travel among
all the great cities of the continent the
heaviest scene must be made up of
pieces short enough to be packed in a
freight car.
The scene painter marks out the |
pieces of his model In tiny squares and I
then hangs a huge canvas beside
the paint bridge with corresponding j
squares iu scale. The draftsman stands |
on the bridge with a piece of charcoal j
on a stick like a billiard cue and |
square by square copies the lines of the I
model, while an assistant raises and
lowers the cloth with tackle. Then
the body paint Is put on, and the de
tails are added until the cloth is com
plete. John Corbiu in Scrlbner's.
A WOMAN'S PHILOSOPHY.
There ain't uu possible good 's c'n
come o' Veudiu' money to them 's ain't
able to pay it back.
'S far 's my observation 's extended,
it's always folks a long ways off 's
it's wisest to lay all faults to.
No woman as 'a goln' to fall in love
ever ought to begin by marryln' an
other man first. It mixes things all up.
'S far \s my observation 'a extended,
no one don't ask for advice 'nless
they've pretty well made up their mind
not to take It.
It's better for you to learn the les
son 's all is vanity now than to wait
'n' have it fall on your head like a un
expected pickle Jar.
I didn't get my trunk down 'cause
I'll have Friday to pack anyhow, 'n'
any one c'n slide a trunk down a lad
der any time, but nobody can't never
slide nothiu' up nowhere.—"Susan
CI egg and Her Friend, Mrs. Lathrop,"
by Anne Warner.
Ylvlnectton.
There is a knowledge which is heav
enly. a knowledge which is human and
a knowledge which is diabolic; there is
a knowledge which Is blessed and a
knowledge which Is accursed. The first
Is ennobling and elevating and lifts
man toward God. The second Is de
basing. degrading, and drags men to
ward the pit. The knowledge gained
by rooting amid the groans and ago
nies of living creatures, whom their
Maker and ours put into our power, to
teach us mercy, as he gives mercy to
us, is such an accursed knowledge that
only demons could seek for It, and it
can turn to no human good. "Science"
so gained is not for men, but for dev
ils.—Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson In
Success.
Ilatllfn In the Snow.
Many great battles have been fought
In the snow, Eilau and Holienlindcn
being familiar examples. Austerlitz
was fought in Intensely cold weather,
and the Russian losses were Increased j
by Napole >n turning the tire of his j
artillery on the frozen lakes over i
which the Russians sought to retreat. !
In our civil war Fort Donelson was
captured in February, Fredericksburg
was fought in December, Stone River
Dec. :;i, lst">2, Jan. 2, 18G3, and Thomas ,
defeated and ruined Hood's army at !
Nashville on the 15th and 16th of De
cember, 1804.
ASIATIC TIGER PROVERBS.
A tiger's meal—a gluttonous repast.
To face the tiger in his lair—great
bravery.
A winged tiger cunning added to
power and ability.
After the Chinese the tigers- total
devastation of a country.
A tiger of wood a harmless being
with a dangerous exterior.
To bring up a tiger and have him
turn upon you—lngratitude.
"Maingoho," a man eater —a person
with an ungovernable temper.
A llgt r with a broken back—rage
and fury which are powerless.
To let go the tail of a tiger—to avoid
one danger and encounter another.
To turn from a deer and meet a
tiger the danger of too much caution.
Devoured by a tiger—said of a man
who wishes to be concealed from his
creditors.
You must eater the tiger's den If you
would secure a cub—what is worth
having is not procured without risit
i und trouble. Washington I'ost.
"As One of the
Family
by JAMES K. lIEARNE
< "Pl/riyht, hu M. H'cxxl
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Everybody in Greenville regarded
Manning as "one of the faniih ' lie
v\as the confidant, adviser and friend
of man. woman and child, trom old
Grandfather Fennel, who declared him
self to be 102, though he was born in |
1817, to little Robert Sefton Browne. \
who had arrived In Greenville only
three months before under the guid- j
a nee of a friendly stork.
On envelopes and billheads he was
"Mr. William Manning." At all other
times he was "Bill" or "Uncle Bill," ac
cording to the age of the speaker. Man
ning had no particular business to oc
cupy his time. His father had left him
an independent income, and be had j
only the affairs of others in which to
take an interest. It was the universali
ty of his knowledge that made him so
good an adviser. He could judge both
sides instead of only one.
This had continued for some years,
when suddenly Miss Amanda Penrose
came to Greenville. She was a distant
cousin of Grandfather Fennel's step
daughter. and this she considered suffi
cient reason why the Fennels should
take her under their rooftree. Mrs.
Fennel 111. declared hotly that, consid
ering the fact that Eillian Douglas,
who had been the daughter of Fennel's
second wife by her first husband, had
been dead for three years, Miss Pen
rose had no right to claim relationship.
Grandfather Fennel smiled amiably
at the disputants, but in the end al
ways decided in favor of Miss Amanda,
Inclined thereto by the fact that she j
was willing to admit that he was 102, !
even though she knew better.
In the course of time the pitched j
battles between Susan Pentiel and Miss
Amanda ceased. Miss Amanda, silent!
and smiling, was far too much for!
blunt, outspoken Susan In the end j
she bowed her head to the affliction j
and suffered, if not in silence, tit least '
without direct opposition to the in
t ruder.
Having gained her victory Miss
Amanda unwisely proceeded to make i
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life as Unix-arable to Susan i>s is possi
ble only to a woman lu a short while
Miss Amanda had driven Susan to re
volt.
She sought out Manning and found
in him a ready sympathizer He was
already beginning to feel that this as
sertive spinster threatened his domain.
She had sub lued the family of Fen
nel, and from certain little indications
It seemed to him that she sought to
dominate the domestic affairs of the
rest of the village.
"I wouldn't complain.' said the
weeping Mrs. IVnnej; it. y»u sec.
William, you're like one of the family,
and I feel that I must tell so, ,e one."
"Thai's all right, Sis n," he mfd
cheerily. "I'll look ia in the morning
and see what can be done."
She took her departure, still sniffling,
but visibly comforted. Manning sat
down to 10. k oxer t!ie situat m. llere
he met with a 112 i iaii wo thy his st 1
From all : -en: Is h- v - energt ; <
but tor all of tiiat well balanced and
alert. It appealed to Manning as a
case for strategy.
He decided that it would be wise to
first ascertain the position of the ene
my, observing the probable force he
would have to encounter. He put on
Ills hat and strolled over to Grandfa
ther Fennel's for dinner. He was used
to dropping In anywhere for dinner.
Miss Amanda met him at the door for
Susan had not returned. She was
somewhat flushed, for she had been
arguing with Grandfather Fennel, who
Insisted that the war of ISI2 did not
happen, since he did not remember It.
He had figured that he must have
been teu o' eleven years old at the
time and could not understand how
such a war had been fought without j
his finding it out. Ordinarily Miss ;
Amanda was discreet and waived dis- '
puted points, but l.er ancestors had i
fought in the Avar of isi2. and she j
would not admit even to Grandfather
Pennel that it had not occurred.
She was rather flustered at finding
Manning on the doorstep She had
heard much about h-in and in a way
feared his control of public opinion.
Manning had not r r >rded her very
closely herctof ire N>w lie scrutinized
her very carefulh as he handed her Ills
hat ami prepared to enter the sitting
room. Six* was a more attractive wo
man than lie had supposed, he admit
ted to himself. The heat of the argu
ment had left a pretty flush upon the
withered cheeks, and even Susan would
have admitted that she had good eyes.
Manning soothed Grandfather l'en
nel b\ assuring him that he remem
bered the old gentleman telling about
the war of Is];.' years ago and suggest
Ing that be had probably forgotten all
about it This wi.s an adjustment sat
isfactory to both and gave Miss
Amanda a respect !■ a his -kill as nn
arbitrator. Having- tied the old man,
Manning turned his attention to his
prospect i Ve foe
She had been a schoolteacher In her
younger days ai ! v is belter y ul than
the average S! • w a fluent talker
as well Manning was almost sorry
when dinm was nounced, even
though Sus n Pen ! - dumplings were
suppose Ito impr ■ in.v chicken stew
ever made
After that he foiin I 'hat an opponent
required more study :!ian he had sup
pose.). ii.. w ;e. larly at the Fen
nels. so r. l larly tii at length Susan
took him to ta-1. 1 v - o,er at his
"tome and be sa: in the cozy armchair .
whore he had hearfl the confessions of j
half the vllh.g«.
••I don't like to speak of it. William,"
she was saying nervously. "1 don t
suppose I had any right In the first j
place to ask you to get that woman out
of the house, but you see you're like
one of the family, and I thought you
might help me."
"Amanda's a mighty fine woman,
Susan," he answered, nervously pick- ,
lng at a loose button on the chair arm*.;
"a mighty tine woman; but, you see, ■
she's never had any husband to doml- j
neer. You can't blame her when you ,
realize that, you know Now, 1 think ;
the best way will be to get a husband
j for her."
Susan sniffed "You don't happen to •
know of :iny one who wants her for a
wife, do you?" she asked scornfully,
j Munnlng blushed.
' No one," he said slowly—"that Is, no
one except myself. You see, I've been <
like one of the family to the whole
town so long that 1 never before real
ized that It would be nice to have a
family of my own."
POOR TROMBETTI!
The Sml Tale of <!•«* Profe»«or *nd
the Jiiurnnlint.
Professor Trombetti, whose praises
were so much sung in the foreign press
as knowing the greatest number of
languages of any one ever born, relates
an anecdote of himself which occurred
just after he was "discovered." In
ltoine he was so pestered by Journal
ists that lils patience at last gave way,
iiiui when cornered by the gentlemen
of the press his language became dls
liuctly lurid.
one day as he was coming out of the
central postotiice a frank looking
young man stepped up to him, and,
holding out his hand, said: "1 am so
f.liiil to make your acquaintance; I
have been trying to tind you for days."
"And may 1 inquire with whom I am
; speaking?" Why. lam X! Not a
; near relation to be sure, but near
| enough to offer you congratulations,"
I etc. Professor Trombettl, reassured,
anil glad to get hold of some one to
! unburden himself to. took the stran
ger's arm, and, as they went down the
j street, gave, in emphatic terms, a
description of his sufferings, his opin
ion of journalists, and. Incidentally,
| much information al>out himself which
the papers had been vainly sighing for.
Finally they parted with an engage
ment for dinner the next evening.
That night the professor was sitting
tranquilly inn restaurant, the observed
of all observers, when suddenly he was
seen to spring to his feet with a smoth
ered exclamation. His friends crowded
about for an explanation, but he could
only sit down weakly and point to hl»
newspaper, the (rlornale d'ltalia.
There, in large print, were his impru
dent revelations of the afternoon. He
had been "done" by a Journalist.—Tall
Mall Gazette.
THE PERFECT NUMBER.
From Time Inimcmorlil Thr«« Has
Unit I mutual tlintflcance.
The perfect number of the Pythago
rean system, expressive of beginning,
middle and end, was the number three.
From time immemorial greater promi
nence has l>een given to It than to any
other except seven. And as the symbol
of the Trinity Its Influence has waxed
more potent In recent times. It appears
over and over again in both the New
and Old Testaments. At the creation
of the world we find land, water and
sky. sun. moon and stars. Jonah was
three days and nights in the whale's
belly. Christ three days In the tomb.
There were three patriarchs, Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. Abraham entertained
three angels. Job had three friends.
Samuel was called three times Sam
son deceived Delilah three times.
Three times Saul tried to kill David
with u Javelin. Jonathan shot three ar
rows on David's behalf. Daniel was
thrown into a den of three Hons be
cause he prayed three times a day.
Shadraeh. Meshach and Abednego were
rescued from a fiery furnace. The
commandments of the Ix>rd were de
li\ered on the third day. St. Paul
speaks of faith, hope and charity.
Three wise men came to worship
Christ with presents three. Christ
spoke three times to Satan when he
was tempted. He prayed three times
before he was betrayed. Peter denied
hliu three lime*. He suffered three
hours of agony on the cross. The su
perscription was in tliree languages,
and three men were crucified. Christ
appeared three ttmes to his disciples
and rose the third day.—New York
Herald
llnve VIIII (*i>( Themf
Ih, you IVH ;inxioun awl preoccupied
when the uiun goes by?
Do you sleep badly?
Do you goto bed hungry?
Does your heart palpitate when you
see a steal;?
Is there nn all gone fueling iu your
pocket ?
Do you have nightmares?
Do you do mental arithmetic every
time you contemplate the purchase of
"coffee and?"
Have you a hunted look?
Do you walk down dark alleys when
you go downtown?
Beware! Those are the symptoms.
You're busted San Francisco Bulletin.
French Conoeft.
Etienne Duuiont. writing in the early
part of the last century, said: "The
prevailing character of the French Is
that of conceit Every member of the
assembly considered himself capable
of undertaking everything. I often
said that If you proposed to the first
hundred men you met In the streets of
Paris and to the same number In the
streets of London to undertake the
charge of the government ninety nine
of them would accept In I'arls and
ninety nine would refuse in London."
The Tibetan C«» line ten re.
The Tibetans offer daily prayers for
the minute InsMi-tH which they have
swallowed inadvertently ID their meat
and drink, and the formula insures the
rebirth of these microbes In heaven.
Yet they eat meat freely aiul square
their conscience with their appetite by
the pretext that the sin rests with the
outcast assassin, the public butcher,
who will be born In the next Incarna
tion as some tantalized spirit or agon
ized demon. That, however, is his own
a ffair.
Optical Imle<-l«lon.
The Daughter No. mother, dear, I |
could not many Mr Smith. lie
squints The Mother My dear girl, :i ,
man who b is ti'iimm a year may be 1
affected witli a slight optical indeci |
■lon, but t squint, never!— London Tat
tier
||en««ii 1
"What; Marry my daughter':" su nt
od old (Jolrox. "Why. you must be
destitute of all reason"
"Yes," interrupted young I'ociey
with refreshing candor: i dndt 1 n'U
destitute, but that very fact is m\ re:i ,
son."— Philadelphia Press.
KEEP UP YOUR ENERGY
*tnn«l l.rrrl ami \\ ill), us Though
ION Vv «»•*«• SOIMPIKHI) .
Never allow your plrieai standard
to drop Keep up your energy. Walk
as if you wore somebody and were go
lng to do something worth while In the
world, so that even a stranger will note
your bearing and mark your superior
ity. If you have fallen into a habit ot
walking in a listless, indolent way,
turn right about face at once and make
a change. You don't want to >hullle
along like the failures we often s<-e sit
ting around on park benches or lolling
about the streets, with their hands in
their pocket-, or haunting iutclllgcm-o
otlices and wondering why fate leis
been so hard with them. You don't
want to give people the Impression that
you are discouraged or that you are al
ready .'ailing to the rear. Straighten
up. then! Stand erect! Be a man!
You are a child of the Infinite King.
You have royal blood in your veins.
Emphasize it by your bearing. A man
who is conscious of his kinship with
(rod and of his power and who believes
thoroughly in himself walks with a
firm, vigorous step, with his head erect,
his chin in. his shoulders thrown back
and down, and his chest well projected
iu order to give a large lung capacity,
lie is the man who does things.
You cannot aspire or accomplish great
or noble things so long as you assume
the attitude and bearing of a coward
or weakling. If you would be noble
and do noble ihings you must look up.
You were made to look upward and to
walk upright, not to look down or to
shamble along in a semihorizontal posi
tion. l'ut character, dignity, nobility,
into your walk. Success.
THEBES GLASS WORKERS.
Tlie Hltfli \rt That liouriNlietl Over
Forty Onlurtea Ago.
The glassldowers of ancient Thebes
are known to have been equally as pro
ficient in that particular art as Is the
most scientific craftsman of the same
trade of the present day.after u lapse
of over forty centuries of so called
"progress." They were well acquaint
ed with the art of staining glass and
are known to have produced that com
modity in great profusion and perfec
tion. Kossellini gives an illustration
of a piece of stained glass known to
be 4,<HMI years old which displayed ar
tistic taste of high order, both in tint
and design.
In thi* case the color is struck
through the vitrified structure, and he
mentions designs struck entirely iu
pieces from a half to three-quarters of
an inch thick, the color being: perfectly
incorporated with the structure of the
piece and exactly the same on both the
obverse and reverse sides.
The priests of P'tah at Memphis
were adepts in the glassmaker's art.
and not only did they have factories
for manufacturing the common crystal
variety, but they had learned the vitri
fying of the different colors and of im
itating precious stones to perfection.
Their Imitations of the amethyst and
of the various other colored gems were
so true to nature that even now, after
they have lain in the desert sands from
2.oit<i to years, it takes an expert
to distinguish the genuine articles from
the spurious. It lias been shown that
besides being experts in glassmakiug
and coloring, they also used the dia
mond in cutting and engraving. In
the British museum there is a beauti
ful piece of stained glass with an en
graved emblazonment of the monarch
Tliothmes 111., who lived U.4tX> years
ago.
•7a l>n n «•*«■ Sword*.
Unlike the famous blades of Toledo
and Damascus, Japanese swords are
not flexible or elastic. They are nn
equaled for strength and hardness and
hold a very keen edge Japanese steel
Is said to excel even Swedish steel iu
purity The manufacture of the
swords is a very elaborate process.
Some ceremonials and superstitious
practices are intermixed with the scien
title operations. The sword hardener
Is regarded as the most important p>'i.
sonage connected with the manufac
ture. It is his name that is inscribed
on tlie hilt and his reputation that en
hances the value of a sword. Those
who shape the blade, sharpen and
adorn It are of minor importance.
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I THE PiEOPLE'S I
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Published Every Morning Except
Sunday '
No. ii E. IWc- r. ng-St.
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Subscription 6 ~r Week.
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QUE-R ALMANACS.
A <ik( r:a I in ■■ 'tii'l'liM'l" Have Odd
W ii) < «if Time.
u i. risers of the great
\. tralinn sheep ranches have each a
i * et i » look after, in which one
in -t 1 • '-p the wire fences in repair
and s< e that the sheep come to no
in m It a hard and lonely life, llv
in . a< eae!! boundary rider does, quite
I .<• in the wilderness. A writer tells
.1 -cine of the curious ways in which
!(.•••( sol it ry men keep count of the
< me old man who had lived In the
b. '■!< i ountry for thirty years used two
i• i tins and seven pebbles. One tin
w • i u !;< d, "This week," and the oth
"l.a i week." On Monday morning
It* would take a pebble from "Last
we.-U" :tnl drop it into "This week,"
and each subsequent moaning till "This
week had swallowed thP seven. They
were returned to "Last week," and the
old fellow kne.v that another Sunday
had passed.
Another man had tried and failed
with several plans. At last he hit on a
new idea. He made a big damper (cak»
of flour and water) on Sunday night
and marked It into seven sections,
each section being a day's allowance,
so that every time lie picked up the
damper the grocer would remind him
of the day. I'nfortunately one Tues
day there came a visitor with a raven
ous appetite. The host stinted him
self that the hungry one might be sat
isfied with the day's section. But he
wasn't With anxious eyes the host
saw the knife clearing the boundary
line and the hungry man ruthlessly
carving into Ills almanac. At last he
could stand it no longer.
"Slop, stop!" he cried as he grabbed
the damper and glared «t It.
"There," he said, "you've eaten Toon
day id \\ e'n'day, and now yer wanter
slice the best o' the mornln' o' Thurs
day. an' I won't know the day o' the
i week."
Twenty thousand Swedes came to
this country In the month of July from
the hills, valleys and towns of Sweden,
every one of them, male and female, of
the very best type of foreign citizen
ship, all industrious and thrifty and to
be most easily and readily assimilated
and transformed into good citizens
here.
A man never really understands the
risks which lie runs in living until he
becomes the possessor of a good mi
croscope, and then he wonders he did
not die years ago. The horribleness of
Invisible forms of life is calculated to
give one the cold chills when one real
izes that such life is in all air breathed,
food eaten and water druuk.
J J. 3ROWN
THE EYELA SPECIALTY
Kves tested, treated, fitted with
. e s .in I artificial eyes supplied.
Market St icut. Uloomsburg, Pa.
Hours—lo a. m.to sp. m.
son ran
A. Rellatole
TIN SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spouting and Conoral
Job Work,
Stoye9, Heaters, Ran**s,
Furnaces, eto-
PRICES THE LOWEST!
QUiLITV THE BEST!
JOHN HIXSOiN
NO. 116 E, FRONT ST.
KlLLthe cough '
AND. cURE THE LUHCSi
*™ Dr. King's :
New Discovery I
/TONSUMPTICN Price *
FORI OUGHS arid 50c&$1.00?
e Trial. I
Surest and Quickest Cure for all £
THROAT and LUNG TROUB- Z
LES, or MONEY BACK.
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' New Yortt Iv <1 00 ....
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Buffalo 'v II SU 115
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Scranlun lv f«>»f> *lO !. i. ** j
1 Bellevut:
Taylor 644 10] £O3 •
Lackawanna ti 50 ;o 24
Duryea t>63 10 28 <
I'ittston 6 .V> lU.II 2r. ft
] SUH(|uehanna Ave <Ol li 1 a 7 21# • ,
West Pittston 705 10 41 2i! TC
[ Wyoming 710 io4# 227 '
■ Korty Kort 2-1
! Bennett 717 10 52 2H 3 )
! Kingston ar 724 10 MJ 21: ,
' Wilkes-Barre ar 710 11 11) 2VJ
Wnkeh-Harre iv 71" 10 4t' 2<<
Kingston Iv 721 iO 5b i 1 :j
Plymouth J unc ....
l yniouln 735 11 > 219 7
•Vinticoke 74X 11 IX 2 7
H unlock* 7 4•» 1J || -'r
Sliickshiuuy KUI 1131 s
Hicks Kerry hll MIS 31 t> C
Beach Haven Bl# ll -is y; 112 r
I Berwick 27 11 bi 3li
| Briarcreek fhi2 I *0
Willow Urove... f>*36 .... r 5« , t
| Lime Kidge h4U fi'2UW 3>.
I Espy Blb 12 15 1 ot)
i Hlootnsburg 853 12 22 i i (
i | Kupert 857 1225 4ld !> »
■ Catawlxna #O2 12 <2 432 M
Danville #l6 I*2 44 453 K
Cameron #24 fl2fc7 4 13
N>>rthnmber 'd ar 985 110 i>s
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i Danrtlle .. .07 10 l# ;
| CatnwJssa.., i2l 10 32 1 2.- t
I Ropert 7 2t' ly .<7 2Ht
• Bioumsburg i.j 10 41 I
( Rspy " -48 10 4h .1
i Lime Kidge 744 flu 54 fi it P .
1 Willow Urovn f7 48 112. X
I Briarcreek 7 62 fi ■>* '
Berwick 757 11 IJS * is
Beech Haven 805 CU 12
Hicks Kerry 811 fll 17 3
Bhlcifcshlnny.... 822 11 n jj. ft !
HUD lock's 8 38 i
I N'anticoke BSB li << :<;■ 7is
Avondale H4l i 42 7V.
Plymouth 845 1• >1 817 7<l
Plymouth June 847 ... -i:
Kingston ar 85s 11 5:/ |(||
Wilkes-Barre ar #lO 12 10 t.O )fc
Wilkes Barre iv »40 11 4C
Kingston lv 855 1159 4 0 .«
I.ii7,erne *SB al2 02 4f '(
Forty Fort f#W .... 4 «
Wyoming IN 1208 412 74!
W«st Pittston #lO 417 7»
1 Susquehanna Ave . 9 \'i .'2 14 420 71
Pittston >l9 <2 17 424 80)
Duryea # 'Si .. .. 42# kbl
Lackawanna h j 4 S'2 8H
Taylor #S2 440 815
Believue
' Scran toil .. ..ar #42 12 35 450 821
A M. P. M P a
Scraiton lv 1025 11 "»5 ... 11 li
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Buffalo ir .... 755 ... 7 8
A. M. P. M P.M A.A
Scranton lv 10.10 12.40 J;i :;5 *■>
B. M. I'. M P.M A.>
New York ar 380 50( 7H5 65(
•Daily, fDaliy except Kuntiay.
Htops on signal or on notice to c.j&ductoj
-a stops on signal to take on pWMIgUI lc
- New York. Blnghamton and j-oinii- west.
T. E.CLARKK T. W. LEI
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, |
TIME TA.BLE
In Effect Nov. 29th, 1903.
A. M.IA.M. P. M.
I Suranton(l)&.H)lv Sti - 17 lit 428
I'ittston " " 705f1<15 $ 2 10 3 631
A. fll P. fll. P.fll
Wilkesharre... lv A. M sjlo X, 2 4". ;8 00
Plym'th Kerry " 112 725 11"42 112 2 Vii 6 07
' Nantlcoke *' 7 ;,2 10 50 301 6}J
Alocanaqua 742 11 <C ! 8 2|) 637
Wapwallopen.. " 801 11 10 3 iil 647
Nescopeck ar slO 11 2t! ;i 42 7On
A. M. A.M. p. fll-
Pottsville 5 5t sll ■« j...'..
Hnzleton 7 05| 2 49 ■-
Toinhlcken "I 722 3 "•} a
Kern tllen " 721 3 l-"> ; >
Rock (lien .... "i 7 5 >22
Nescopeck . .ar 802 ...
ratawis.ssi...... i 400 *OOI. . .
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I Nescopeck... .lvs 8 is ill 20 i 42 ' i*>
112 Creasy 4 S3' II 30 3>2 7
i Espy Ferry... '|fS 4: 11 40 14 02 7 2
E. Bloomsburi. '■ 847 11 50. 4 ot> i . >
(.'atnwissa lv 856 11.57 4 1;> 732
South Danville #i4 12 1" 431 751
Sunhury ar 35 12 40 4 •>■> 815
A.M. 4*. fll. P. fll P.M.
Sunhury lv #42 512 !■< $5 I s !i 53,
Lewisljury.... ar 10 13 I 4"' •> 48
fllilton lo (>h 1 HlO II
Willlamsport.. 4,1 11 0" I 11 010 JO o. .....
; Lock Haven... " 11 5# 220 7 ■>'
Renovo "lA.M. 800 880
Kane '• 8 2.5
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Lock Haven..lv ?12 10 ■> 45'
Bellefonte ....ar! 1 05 il 4 41 j
Tyrone " , 2 10 t 0 00
Philipsburg " o 10 "i 802
Clearfield " 654f s 45
Pittsburg.... " 655H0 45
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Sunburv lv 950 S 1 •" 1 # •' !' s 3l
llarrisburg.... ar 11 3o 53 15 8 •>(' 10 10
!P. fll. B. fll. P. fll. A M
Philadelphia., ar 53 17 623|| !' 4 2-' i
Baltimore ",!) 311 800 4.> 220 .....
Washington ... "j$ 4 20 J, 7 16 10 >■> :: .'W
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Sunbury lv §lO 00 § 2 l»
Lewistown Jc. ar 11 45 105
Pittsbunr " 6
A.M. P.M. P. fll. P fll
Harrlsburg.... Iv 11 46 6 2<> ij 720 ;110
P. fll. A M. A. M. A M
Httsburg ar ii ti -55 ,i 150 j| 1 5o 5 30
P. M.I P fll A M A fll
Pittsburg lv 710 #OO 3 0(0 8 Oo ....
lA. fll A fll P M
Ilarrlsburg.... ar 2 0(> 425 11 2"> 3
P.M A U
Plttsbuig lv U 111 8 10 ....
A.M. P M J"
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Sunbury ar v:!> 5 . 4
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Washington... lv 10 40 .... ~ 1 W•' ....
Baltimore ' 11 00 4 10 *4" Ui-
Philadelphia... " 11 0 4 -i» 11 ....
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Ilarrinburif lv 085 755 il I 1
Sunbury ar 500 w34 108 •' I ;
P.M. A M A fll
Plttsbnrg lv ;12 46 3 I*l Ml"
Clearfield.... " ' 8 HOI " ••••
Philipsburg.. " 426 lv b ••
Tyrone "| 7 Ot'i > 10 12 2>
Bellefonte.. " 8 It; ... .112 32 I 2
Lock Haven ar 915 10 30 -lo
P. fll. A M A M ; P v
Erie, . lv 535
Kar.e "I 845 ■ 0 ••••
Renovo " 11 5o J 1. 4" lo 30 j 1 ■ •
liU'k llavcn.... " 12 :» s 7 '.O 11 2 ■ 250
A.M. P M
Willlamsport.." 2 n 8 2 12 io I
Milton •' 223 913 12.' 4 s •••
I.ewisburg " ' 903 1 15 4 2-' -•••
Sunbury ar 3 3!» #45 161 60
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Sutibury lv ti 45 ;# 56 2 I" 1 5 2
South lianvllle " 11 10 17 2-1 ■
Catawlswa " 32| 10 85 2 • 8
E Hlootnsburg.. ' 37 10 43 ' ; 6 !
Espy Kerry " 42 110 47 1 8 i:
I'reasy " 52 lo 66 2 •> >'• 0 ....
Nescopeck " 02 11 05) ■OS 840 ••••
A fll A fll P. M P fll t
CatawissH 1\ 10 3h
Nescopeck Iv h2B B505? 7 OS
Hock <4len ar II 22 7 28 ••••
Kern (Hen '• 851 II 2*l 532 7 I
Toinhlcken " 858 II:> 5 :ih T42 ]
Hazleton " »10 11 57 550 8 0;>
Pottsville '• 10 15 150 6
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Nescopeck lv j 802 11 <'6 ' B 4'
Wapwallopen..Rr 810 1120 320 0 ■•••
Alocanaqua .... " 831 II 32 ii 30 701 ••*•
N'anticoke "1 854 II 64 34# 7 I! 1 •••
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Plym'th Kerry" 1 902 12 >2 35, f7 2h
WUksbarre ..." vlo 12 10 406 7
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Plttston(DiVH) ar ;» 3# 12 :.".i; 4.V
14 " 10 os 10h ft VI
Weekdays. I Daily.l Flax station.
Pullman Parlor ami Sleeping i nrs run"l.
tlirouah trains between S..rOury. Willlamsport
and Erie, between Sunbury nil.! Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harris Pitts
t'urg and the West.
Kor further inlcrmation apply to 1 ii kPt ABeM
W. W. ATTEBBURY, J.E. WOOD
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