The Bishop's
Impromptu
By E. E. GARNETT
( ir/n/rljfit, l&'X, hut K. t,limitt jl
"Whatever possessed you," said Mlsa
Cordelia, "to quarrel with her?"
"I didn't. She quarreled with ine."
"Don't be an Adam."
Bert Ignored the case of Adam. "If
I could see her alone," he said gently—
"alone accidentally."
"Accidentally, of course. That's where
1 come in?"
"Why not?"
"Because I am on her side."
"But so," radiantly, "am I, always
on her side."
"Oh, Indeed!"
"Miss Cordelia, she sent me her ring
wjth a note saying she
her mind. I can't go cringing after
that, can I? But accidentally"—
"Why," Interrupted Miss Cordelia,
"did she change her mind?"
"Some law of the fourth dimension
may explain."
"You've no guess?"
"Well," protested Bert, "a man can't
be an Egyptian mummy Just because
he's engaged."
"I see. And I don't see any hope for
you."
"Then I'm sorry to lie a nuisance.
Miss Cordelia, but," settling himself
like a rock, "I must stay until she
comes. She comes often, doesn't Bhe?"
Miss Cordelia began to laugh. "Why,"
she asked, "don't you write to her?"
"I want to be sure that she cares
before—well, one doesn't like to be a
hound dog for nothing."
"And how will you be made sure?"
"Oh, the minute I see her."
"It must be delightful," Miss Cor
delia remarked pleasantly, "to be a
man."
"Oh. I'll know," said Bert, with gen
lal assurance, "and you'll help, and
then"— He stopped, with a sudden
flash of mischief In his eyes.
"And then?" Miss Cordelia leaaed
toward him. with her own eyes twin
kling
"Then I'll kidnap her!" cried Bert
and sprang to his feet. "If she cares,
Miss Cordelia, upon my soul, I'll kid
nap her."
"Ob, how young and silly!" said Miss
Cordelia and sighed.
"Llßten. It's quite sensible," Bert
explained Joyously. "The engagement
was talked about, you know Every
one discovered it."
"Yes." assented Miss Cordelia and
smiled.
"Now the break is being talked
about, and little Nixie, poor girl, hates
the whole business."
"It's quite likely," Miss Cordelia put
in dryly, "that she especially hates the
talk going on about you and that little
flirt Nellie <"arl."
"That Isn't my fault. Anyway,"
with conviction, "this plan will make
everything right."
"Oh, indeed." repeated Miss Corde
lia.
"You see, after all she's been
through"—
"Exactly," Miss Cordelia put In, with
feeling.
"I mean In the way of talk. She'll
hate to begin all over again."
"So"—
"8o," beamingly, "we'll cut the thing
short."'
"And I'm to furnish the knife?"
Bert gave her a nod. "It's great,"
he cried and made for the door. "I'll
see the bishop."
"Mercy on us!" protested Miss Cor
delia, but he only paused to make a
brief request.
"Miss Cordelia" —
"Oh. you silly boy!"
"Ask her to wear white."
"I dare say."
"I'll tell her the rest myself."
"And when," laghued Miss Cordelia,
"Is she to wear white V"
"Tonight, of course. You wouldn't
have me live through another day like
this?"
Miss Cordelia surrendered. "Come
to dinner," she told him. "Come early
—and—we'll see."
"It's great," said Bert and was off.
Miss Cordelia began to feel a little
fluttered. She got Nixie on the tele
phone. Would Nlxle come to dinner?
Nixie would be delighted to come.
"And I wish," called Miss Cordelia
next, "that you'd wear white, dear.
I—l like you In white."
"It's very fortunate, then, that I've
a new white silk," said Nlxle.
Miss Cordelia chuckled. "Come ear
ly," she added. "Be sure to come ear
ly, and Nlxle" —
"Yes."
"There's quite a snow beginning.
Wear that pretty, warm cloak of yours,
the long, fur lined one with the hood.
We're all going to a—a little Impromp
tu at the bishop's and come back to
•upper." And then she fled out of
hearing.
Nlxle dressed as desired and came
e«rly
"What sort of Impromptu?" she ques
tioned brightly.
Miss Cordelia helped to unfasten the
fur cloak
"It's a secret," she explained.
"Gracious, how funny! Does the
bishop know? Who knows?"
"Very few know," admitted Miss Cor
delia
"Mayn't I?" pleaded Nixie sweetly.
"Have a white dress ,nd a cloak," smil
ing, "anything to do with It?"
Miss Cordelia suddenly kissed her.
"It's a beautiful secret. Bert will tell
you, and you mustn't be angry, dear."
"Oh," said Nixie, and for an instant
the flash of battle was In her eyes,
"Mr. Bert Jordan Is here?"
"You don't w-ant to avoid him, do
you? ftnce every one knows you have
rejected the poor boy, I think," faltered
Miss Cordelia but I mustn't meddle—
I think you might show him a little
grace."
"How," Nixie questioned frostily,
"does any one know anything?"
"Oh, they look at Bert, I sii[>poae,"
said astute Miss Cordelia. "Shall we
go down, dear?'
They went down and found Mr. Jor
dan waiting. There was a white rose
bud in his coat, and he was rather
white himself, but a kind of smolder
ing tire was In his eyes.
"Will you show Nixie my new or
rhlds?" suggested Mtss Cordelia. "1
must stay here to receive the other
guests. And, Bert, tell her about the
Impromptu the bishop's Impromptu."
Mr. Jordan bowed. Nlxle led out
with a graceful nonchalance.
They at once forgot the new orchids,
though a whole end of the conservatory
was a cascade with their weird rain
bow bloom.
After a silent time Nixie pouted.
"You needn't sulk," she told him.
"I didn't mean to," Bert protested In
hurried meekness. "I was only anxious
about—about some roses that I've or
dered."
"Oh, Indeed!"
-Yes I was wouderlug If they'd get
to the bishop's In time."
"You and Miss Cordelia," she re
marked sedately, "seem to have the
bishop's Impromptu quite weighing on
your minds."
"Oh, it's no great matter to her," said
Bert.
"But a great matter to you?"
"Well, they're- bride roses, you see."
"A wedding!" cried Nixie alertly.
"Was that what Miss Cordelia meant—
a wedding?"
"Yes," he admitted, "that Is what she
meant." And he was white as his
rosebud.
She looked at him, and suddenly the
battle was again In her eyes.
"How stupid of me!" she said and
made a low bow to him. "Of course
only the bridegroom sends the bride
roses. Allow me to congratulate you.
You've been breaking It to me gently—
-1 niu so ranch obliged to you-that you
are the happy man."
"It Is my wedding," said Bert and
set his teeth.
"So kind of you to mention it. Has
Miss Carl come yet?"
"I don't know."
"Shouldn't you be finding out?"
But here there came a diversion—the
swish of skirts, with chatter and laugh
ter, going down the hall.
•Oh," said Nixie. "they're going Into
dinner."
Mr Jordan gravely offered his arm.
The girl's Hps quivered Hhe looked
up at him In swift appeal In the way
of the days before the quarrel.
"They'll all know," she faltered,
"that you've been telling me, and
they'll try not to stare and not to smile,
and It will be horrid, horrid!"
"Don't go," said Bert.
She gave n nervous laugh nnd slip
ped her hand within his arm, but he
stood still.
"We must go," she said and gave a
little pull and set her mouth In as firm
a Hue as she could. "It's too late not to.'
"It's rather late togo," said Bert.
"They're all seated by now. If Miss
Cordelia has given us the places that
she used to give us" —
"We'll have to walk the whole length
of the table." broke in Nixie and gave
a little sob. "I'll never forgive Miss
Cordelia—never. And where," sudden
ly drawing away from him, "Is Nellie
Carl ?"
"I think," said Bert, astutely bend
ing his head to listen, "that they're
sending for us." Truly a step came
down the hall.
"Oh." gasped Nixie, "so they are!"
' let's cut and run," said Bert.
1•• another instant they had whisked
out :imong the stray flakes of the piaz
za. She leaned against one of the pil
lars. One hand In a hurried little flutter
of excitement went to her throat. The
other Bert held and felt it trembling.
"Come on,"he said, Joyously facing
the snowy night, "come on!"
"Come where?" The dismay of It was
touching, but Bert laughed.
'To the bishop," he explained. "'The
Impromptu."
"But I don't want togo there now."
"Why not? You always Intended,
didn't you—to be married by the bisb
op? Why not uow?"
There was a pause, wherein vainly
through the darkness he tried to search
her face.
"Let me carry you to the sleigh,"
B«rt entreated, "so that your little feet
will not get wet in the snow."
"Your sleigh is waiting?"
"At the curb."
"And Nellie Carl?"
He laughed triumphantly and, snatch
lng her up In ills arms, rau out into the
street, und ready under the great fur
robes of the sleigh was the hooded
cloak.
"How ever did Miss Cordelia guess?"
laughed Bert as he drew it about her,
"or did you tell her?"
"You are two wicked plotters," re
turned Nixie indignantly. "I shall go
back to that dinner."
But the groom had stepped back from
the horse's head.
"It's great!" cried Bert, as they dash
ed down the street with the soft, cold
beat of the snow in their faces "And
1 can't stop the horse unless"—
"Well, unless?"
"Unless you want him stopped. Nix
ie."
"Do you know," asked Nixie demure
ly, "If either of us has told the bishop,
because it would not be respectful to
disappoint him?"
"But there's one thing, Nixie." This
somewhat later.
"£)h. Is there?"
"You haven't your mind at all on Nel
lie Carl, have you?"
"Well," said Nixie, and softly laugh :
ed, "I don't see why you should kidnap
the wrong girl."
So they dashed on toward the bishop.
HrtrlllnK H Joke.
A west side man heard a Joke, new
to him, the other day, and the first
thing he did upon reaching home for
dinner was to tell It to his wife.
"Mary," he said, "here's a new Joke
that's mighty good. One man BPVS,
'The theater caught fire last ni„ht.'
'Did they save anything?' the second
man asks. 'Yes,' says the first, 'they
carried out the programme.' Isn't that
a good one?" His wife said It was, and
next day she tried it on her grocer.
"Mr. Blank," she said, "here's a new
Joke for you. One man says, 'The the
ater caught fire last night.' Another
asks, 'l>id they save anything?' 'Yes,'
replies the first, 'they went on with the
programme and finished It.' Isn't that
a fine Joke?" The grocer said it was
excellent, but confidentially he ac
knowledges that he hasn't yet seen ttie
point. Kansas City Times.
The Win U Tent.
"It is easy," said an oculist, "to tell
what kind of light most thoroughly
suits your eyes. The light that is best
for you is the one wherein you wink
least. The wink, you see, is the eye's
sign of weariness. 1 have experiment
ed on myself, and I find that an elec
tric light is even better for my eyes
than daylight. In daylight 1 wink
two and eight tenths times a minute,
whereas In an electric light I only
wink one and eight-tenths times. Can
dle light is bad for me. In it I give six
and a half winks a minute Gaslight
is better, for In it I only give two and
n third winks."
(■uathuui*!)* Kdltlon*.
"Did you ever see anything to equal
the way some of these live young au
thors turn (.nit books?"
"Well, they can't compete with sum*
of tiie dead ones who keep on getting
out new volumes every year." —New
Orleans IMniyuno.
When troubh- ;;oes hunting him a
man may dodco It but when a man
goes hunting trouble it hasn't naa
chance in a thousand of escaping him.
No Reminder.
"What's the matter?" inquired As
cum. "What are you searching your
pockets for?" "I tied a knot in my
handkerchief this morning," said the
absentminded man,"to remind me of
something I was to get for my wife,
tad now I can't find the handkerchief."
- Exchange
LOVE AND
YOUTH
By
MARJORIE HENDRICKS
Anna Whelan woke up with a start
to the realization that as a summer
girl she was not In the running
For some time after the young peo
pie had tripped down the steps and
across the lawn to the Inn, where the
musicians were already tuning up for
the hop, she sat alone gazing unbllnk
iugly out Into the moonlit grove. Then
a faint perfume stole over her shoulder
and a well known voice sounded be
hind her.
."Oh, Miss Whelan, I aia so glad to
find you! We are trying to make up a
game of bridge. You will play, won't
you?"
"I atn awfully sorry," said Anna, ris
ing, "but I am a wretched player and
always rouse the Ire of my partner.
Besides, 1 have a wee headache to
night. which would make me more than
ordinarily stupid at the game. Some
other time"—
"I hope you will feel better tomor
row. Is there anything I can do for
you? Some salts"—
"Nothing, thank you," said Miss
Whelan, with a smile.
She wished she might have bsen
more obliging. The invitation had
come from one of the most popular
women in the hotel, popular, but mid
dle aged, and Anna Whelan was not
ready to be middle aged. Alone again,
she dropped back In her chair, leaned
her head against the high wicker back
and closed her eyes. And for this—to
be left alone on the piazza—she had
saved part of her salary all winter,
had Invested part of her Savings In
the quaintest of summer finery, had
counted the days until her vacation
began.
She recalled the enthusiasm with
which she had heard the other girls
plan for the stay at Wisconset. There
were six of them In all who lived In a
bachelor maids' apartment In town,
and for a month or more the one topic
of conversation had been the sailing
parties, the dally bath In the sea, the
clambakes and the nightly hops for
which Wlseonset was famous. The
girls had Insisted that Miss Whelan
come with them, and she now realized
that thsy had done everything to make
her one of them since their arrival at
the shore. They had always dragged
her Into their merrymaking plans. She
was with them, yet not of them, and
she knew wherein lay the fault. It
was In her years.
Her cheeks somehow had retained
the delicate pink flush of girlhood, but
the soft gray hair waved above her
forehead told the bald truth of her
years. Her pretty frocks were more
dulnty, more costly, than those worn
by the girls around her. but Miss Whe
lan's taste In dress had always been
good, and with adranclng years she
had adopted the more subdued color
ings and simpler styles. Her summer
wardrobe was that of a chaperon rath
er than that of a debutante. Yet at
heart she was a>summer girl. Bhe felt
as young and took as keen an Interest
In youthful pleasures as auy eighteen
year-old girl. Sitting tliere In the moon
light, she realized that, once robbed of
youth, a woman could not buy the lost
treasure back at any price.
Her childhood had been narrow, pen
nsd In by poverty and an Invalid moth
er pettish and exacting. Death had
carried away on® burden, that of un
appreciated rrurslng, only to lay upon
her shoulders another, that of part
housekeeper, part breadwinner. Bhe
had gone Into a shop as cash gtrl and
had attended to the household duties
night and morning. When she was
sixteen years old she sat up until.near
ly daybreak three nights In succession
to set stitches In her sister's confirma
tion dress The sister went through
the high school, as did the younger
brother, and while they studied Anna
was steadily advancing in the store.
When she became buyer for her de
partment and took her first trip abroad
It brought back the pink In her cheeks
that fled before her tenth birthday, but
Anna was now three times ten.
On her return from Europe she found
that the name (Unwise which had wreck
ed her childhood and carried away her
mother had again entered her home.
Thls time It carried away la quick suc
cession brother and sister. Anna found
herself alone and loneaome She fled
to the bachelor maids' apartments for
companionship and was made wel
come by these girls ten years or more
her Junior. With them she had grown
young ngntn. She had almost forgot
ten the gray hair. It had taken the
thoughtless boys In blue serge and
white duck to drive the Iron Into her
heart. Thf*y were nice to her bacausa
they knew that the girls would not for
give them If they were otherwise. But
that was not youth and the right to be
young and Joyous and silly. Anna sat
up very straight. She had become pos
sessed of a sudden desire to giggle, yet
many a time and oft she had reproach
ed the little cash girls In her own de
partment for giggling.
Laughter and music floated acroes
the lawn. They hurt. She rose abcupt
ly and fled to her room. The headache
MOW wan real. She tore off her pretty
gown and flung It heedlessly across the
bed and slipped Into an easy flowing
kimono. Then she sat down by the
window, thinking bitterly that fate had
cheated her out of the greatest thing,
the Joy of being young. Suddenly,
as she sat In the quiet, the sound of
a sob reached her ear. Something very
like a patter of bars feat came to her
from the hall. She sprang up apd threw
open her door. A small figure huddled
against It fell In toward her.
"Oh. please, I'm so frightened all
»lone! May 1 come In?"
"You surely may," said Anne as she
drew the shivering, weeping child into
the room.
She recognized her now. It was the
serious faced little girl who bed a room
two doors beyond. She had often seen
her on the sand and on the porch with
her nurse It did not take Anna very
long to learu that the child was moth
erless, In the care of n young and heed
lean aunt and an Ignorant nurseglrl.
The former was absorbed In the social
affairs at the Inn and the latter In the
gatherings In the servants' hall. Little
Grace had been left quite alone In her
room, and a strong draft had blown
out the lamp, so that between the dark
ness and an ugly dream she had wak
ened up In terror.
That was the beginning of a new hoi
Id ay for Anna Whelan. The nurse and
young aunt had little to do from that
time on save to provide for Grace's
physical wants. Anna was her constant
companion. She seemed determined to
give this shy ten-year-old Klrl all the
companionship, the sympathy, the sim
ple, unaffected pleasures which bad
been dented bar own childhood. Wat
did not dream that in the moments
when they were not together Grace In
her stiff, unformed writing was send
ing a dally chronicle of their compan
ionship to her father. Nor could she
know of the resentment which filled his
soul against the well paid and heedless
caretakers of his child and the curlosl
-1 ty regarding the girl with the gray hair
; and pink cheeks who was mothering
| his wee bairn, for < Irace assured him
I In every way that Miss Whelan was
quite as young as Aunt Hattie.
When he finally came down to spend
a Sunday with his daughter his first
step was to meet Anna. Ho smiled
as his daughter gravely introduced her
as "my friend, Miss Whelan." They
were an absurdly different couple
and yet so very much aiike In Interests
and pleasures. He found his gaze
! traveling constantly over the brown
head of his daughter to the gray head
of hlsrfiew found friend, and he began
; to understand the letter* better.
On Monday morning he did not go
back to town, but told his sister Hat
| tie that he had only Just commenced
to realize how the office had worn him
I down. He needed a week's rest.
Three nights later he was sitting In
a sheltered corner of the veranda with
Miss Whelan when two members of
the elderly porch brigade strolled slow
ly by, talking In a high keyed voice
| which came squarely to their secluded
I corner.
"You wouldn't have given her credit
for being so clever. She probably
knew the child's father was worth a
! million."
"No; I understand he Is not worth
anything of the sort. He is only a
corporation lawyer, and I think she
liked Grace for her own sake."
The two women passed out of hear
ing. The pink had fled from Anna's
face, leaving it tired and white. She
j rose unsteadily, but the man took her
firmly by the arm and drew her back
to her chair.
"Don't go, please. I know you care
for Grace for her own sake. Do you
think you could care for me for mine?
I wanted to ask you this the first
night."
1 Instinctively Anna's hand reached
! up to her hair.
"Oh, I couldn't! I've known you
such a short time-people would talk
and—l'm really too old to have a
love affair."
She did not speak bitterly, Just sim
ply, as If a thought long unspoken
! had found utterance. The man took
both of her hands In his.
"My dear girl, love never grows old,
112 and neither will you."
Mine Rnt«.
Every mine that bus an entrant-® on
the level la Infested by rats, and there
is no surer Indication of a coming dis
aster than a general exodus of the
rodents. As surely as the ruU are seen
leaving the nilue, just HO surely will a
cave-In occur In th« next day or two.
Bome miners are superstitious about
the matter and fancy the rate are en
dowed with foresight, and so they are,
but not of the kind that is commonly
Imagined.
A cave-in never takes place without
warning. For days before a fall of
any portion of the roof of the mine the
earth and rocks are slowly settling in
to position for the grand crash. The
rats feel the motion of the mass, prob
ably hear the cracks that are caused
by the settling of the layers, and Im
agine, If u rat can be supposed to hare
any imagination, that the earth is be
coming alive, so they become panic
stricken and rush out in swarms. It
has often happened, both in this coun
try and Europe, that the miners refus
ed togo into a mine that the rats had
deserted, and the caution was Invari
ably Justified by the event.
Density of Water.
A strange fact in connection with
water Is that its point of greatest den
sity is not the freezing point, as with
all other liquids, but between tbe two
extremes of its existence as a liquid,
nt 3i».2 degrees F. From this point wa
ter necessarily expands with either de
crease or increase of temperature.
At the boiling point the conversion
of the liquid Into gas ateam Is naturally
accompanied by an enormous expan
sion, its volume Increasing 1,700 time*.
But the behavior of water at the freez
ing point Is as remarkable, owing to
the peculiar crystalline formation of
ice. The process of expansion Is uni
form from 39.2 degrees downward to
32 degrees When that point Is reached
the temperature remains stationary
during the loss of iatent heat, but tbe
expansion continues until, when ice
becomes visible, It 1# seen to be bulk
ier than the water from which It was
formed.
GARGOYLES.
Origin of Theiie quaintly Formed
Head* or Klgurrii.
Gargoyles are quaintly formed head-s,
faces or figures used In ancient times
for decorative purposes and chiefly ap
plied as the terminals of waterspouts
upon roofs or gables. The rain stream
was arranged to flow through the
mouth, and the word gargoyle Itself
Is an attempt to Imitate the "gurgling"
sound made by the water in passing
through the throat of the grotesque
monster.
Gargoyles were the caricatures of
mediaeval times. Many were carved
by monkish masons, who took the op
portunity of hauding onto posterity
tke distorted lineaments of their fel
lows or even of their superiors, recog
nizable as likenesses from some promi
nent characteristic.
The famous gargoyles of Notre Dauit
In Paris are supposed to have had som*
such origin, while others of supposedly
the same origin are to be seen In
churches throughout Brittany and Nor
mandy as well as here and there In
England.—London Telegraph.
A llllnd Man's Blunder.
A blind man named Green made a
curious defense at Birmingham, Eng
land, to a charge of smashing a plate
glass window worth £ls. He had been
blind, he said, for seven years. On the
night In question he cried for assist
ance to cross the road, but no one
came. Then lie heard some one at a
distance and struck at what used, when
be could see, to be boards surrounding
waste ground. He was astounded when
be heard the sound of broken glass.
The Jury acquitted him, and he was
dlscha rged.
I.Hvbt-il tin* l.aw)fr'« Faellltf.
Lawyer (to witness!— Never mind
what you think. We want facts here
Tell us where you tlrst met this man
Woman Witness Can't answer it. If
the court doesn't care to hear what I
think there's no use questioning me,
for 1 am not a lawyer and can't talk
without thinking Boston Commercial
Bulletin
PrActlrc Vfrmi* Pr^«rhlng,
"You kin help de cause of honesty a
heap," said I'ncle Eben, "by preacbin'
about it, but you kin help it a heap
mo' by not dangliif roas' chicken under
a hungry mail's uose."—Wsshlngtwu
Htar
THE COCOANUT PALM.
It an IMI porta n I I'lirt In l.lfc
<iii«l In I.hu In 4 eylon.
When a traveler gets his first sight
of a palm grove he does not easily for- i
get It. He sees tlie trees springing up,
as It were, from the water in which
their shadows are retlected. Besides
being beautiful ornaments to a land
scape these palms are among the most
useful gilts which nature liae given to
the Inhabitants of tropical islands. In
supplying actual necessities and in the j
number of useful purposes to which it
can be applied bamboo takes first rank,
but the palm comes next. To many of
the people of Ceylon the cocoanut trees
lire everything, and their very lives de
pend upon them. The tree supplies
most of their wants, besides giving
them valuable commercial products. I
In this Island there are estimated to
be nearly 20,000,000 palm trees, and
among the poorer classes a man's (
wealth is estimated by the number of
trees he owns. They form the most im
portant asset of his estate and by will
are generally divided among his fam
ily. As one of the important traits of
the Cingalese is his love of litigation,
one can readily see what an important
part the palm tree plays in the law
cases there. There is a case on record
In which the two thousand five hun
dred and twentieth part of a grove,
containing only ten trees, was the sub- ;
Ject of dispute. One of the greatest
difficulties which the engineers had to
encounter in building a railroad across
the island was to determine the owner
ship of the palm trees. The ramifica
tions of relationships and the fraction
al claims set up were most difficult
to understand and disentangle.
A MILITARY EXECUTION.
It la a Moat lmprf»«tve and Dramatic
Ceremony.
"The solemnity of a military execu
tion is about the most impressive and
dramatic act that is known In human
affairs," said an old army officer.
"I had a young friend in California
who enlisted in the Union army at the
same time with myself, and, coming
east, we were placed In the same com
pany. This young fellow fell lu lo»*e
with a Virginia girl and under lier In
fluence deserted to the enemy. A few
days afterward he was captured and,
being easily recognized, was condemn
ed to lie shot. He had fought like a
demon in the engagement wiiich result
ed in his being made a prisoner, for he
knew well what his fate would be If
taken His execution was the most
mournful ceremony I ever witnessed,
and nothing ever seen on the stage
was more theatrical —the procession to
the scene of death, the band in advance
playing a dirge, the coffin, with the
prisoner sitting upon it; the guard In
the rear and a brigade of cavalry form*
ed in a hollow square. The condemned
man, sitting on his coffin, met his fate
like a hero, without exhibiting a tre
mor of fear,and those who witnessed his
death were far more excited than he.
It seemed a sad thing that such a cour
ageous lad should be sacrificed, but it
Is one of the necessities of war, and
this terrible punishment was necessary
to deter others from playing the role
of traitor."- Washington Post.
Tlif Ton ii Stood tli«* l<oM,
While the engine was taking water
the passenger with the imposing watcL
chain and eyeglasses strolled out on tlio
platform and looked with Interest about
him.
"liy Jove!" he said to the solitary na
tive who was sitting on a flour barrel.
"This village looks Just exactly as It
did twenty years ago, when I moved
away from here. I don't believe It has
changed a particle in all that time."
"I reckon not, mister," said the soli
tary native, biting off a chew of tobac
co. "Your goln" away don't seem to
fcnve made much difference in the old
town. -—Chicago Tribune.
merchant (to hawker)— Call those
safety matches? Why, they won't
light at all! Hawker—Well, wot could
yer 'ave safer?— New Yorker.
Silver money 250 years old is still in
circulation in some parts of Spain.
Subject to sinking spells—divers.—
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Home Paper
of Danville.
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A LOST ART.
rii«* lllenfl of Which Certain
Itut-c* I srd For Tool*.
Fame and fortune await the lucky In
dividual who ian rediscover the com
bination of metals from which the ■
Egyptians, the Aztecs and the lncas ;
of I'eru made their tools and arms. j
Though each of these nations reached
a high state of civilization, none of
them over discovered Iron in spite of
the fact that the soil of all three coun
tries was largely impregnated with It.
Their substitute for it was a combina
tion of metals which had the temper;
of steel, Despite the greatest efforts
the secret of this composition has baf
lied scientists and lias become a lost
art. The great explorer, Humboldt,
tried to discover it from an analysis j
of a chisel found in an ancient Inea j
silver mine, but all that he could find j
out was that It appeared to be a com- j
bination of a small portion of tin with )
copper. This combination will not give
the hardness of steel, so it is evident :
that tin and copper could not have been i
its only component parts. Whatever j
might have been the nature of the me- !
talllc combination, these ancient races
were able so to prepare pure copper j
that it equaled In temper the finest j
steel produced at the present day by |
the most scientifically approved proc- j
ess. With their bronze and copper In- I
struments they were able to quarry
and shape the hardest known stones,
such as granite and porphyry, and
even cut emeralds and like substances.
A rediscovery of this lost art would
revolutionize many trades In which
steel at present holds the monopoly.
If copper could thus be tempered now
its advantage over steel would be very
great, and it would no doubt be pre
ferred to the latter In numerous Indus
tries. It Is a curious fact that, though
this lost secret still baffles modern sci
entists, it must have been discovered
Independently by the three races which
made use of It so long ago—New York
Herald.
Love'a Havings.
"Why, Charles, what do you mean
by burning our old love letters?" "I
have been reading them, my dear," re
plied her husband. "After we die some
one who wished to break our wills
might get hold of them and use them
to prove we were insane."
A Fine Chance.
Man Overboard—Help! Help!
Stranger—Phuy don't yez swim?
"I don't know how."
"Regorry, ye've got an illlgant chance
to learn." —New York Weekly.
Truth Is a torch, but it is a huge
one.—Goethe.
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WKHT.
A. M. A M A M. P. ft ,
New York. Iv 200 .... 10 00 140
p. M.
.scranton ...ar bl7 1 St' .
Buffalo (v I*l Hli 215 ....
A M.
Scranton ar aSB 10(15 ....
A. M. A. M. P. M. P. U
Bvrantou lv t*> Sb *lO 10 tl 56 *8 85
Bellevue .
Taylor .. b44 1U 17 iUS 644
Lackawanna 850 10 24 210 850
Duryea.. Bli 10 28 J U 853
I'lllHton 858 10 88 217 857
Huaquehanna Ave 701 10 87 2ID 859
West PltUton 705 10 41 228 702
Wyoming 710 10 48 227 707
Forty Fort - 281 ....
Bennett 717 10 52 234 714
KlngHton ar 724 10 58 240 720
Wilkett-Barre ar 740 11 10 250 780
WllkeH-Barre IT 710 10 4U 280 710
Kingston lv 724 10 sfl 240 730
Plymouth June
Plymouth 785 11 05 248 738
Nantlcoke 748 11 18 258 737
H unlock H 749 11 1U 806 748
Shlcktthlnny 801 11 31 820 758
Hicks Ferry 811 fll 48 880 112» 08
Beach Haven 818 11 48 B*7 809
Berwick 827 11 54 844 817
Brlarcreek . fb 82 fit 50
Willow Grove ft 88 f8 54 f8 24
Lime Kldge 840 H2UV 858 (828
Fspy 848 12 15 40b 884
Rloomsburg 853 12 22 412 840
Kupert 857 12 25 415 845
Catawlaaa »02 12 32 422 850
Danville 915 12 44 488 905
Cameron 924 f1217 448
Northumber 'd ar 935 110 455 930
KABT
A. M. A. M. P. M. P M
Northumoerl' *b 45 tIOOO tl 50 *5 25
"ameron 8 57 f2 0> f5 34
Danville .. 707 10 19 211 543
CatawiHHa 721 10 82 220 558
Kupert 726 10 87 229 601
i Bloomsburg 783 10 41 288 605
I Kspy TBB 10 48 240 618
I Lime Kidge 744 flO 64 f2 46 IS 20
Willow Grove f7 48 CI 60
Brlarcreek 7 62 f2J8t6.27
Berwick 757 11 05 258 684
I lieech Haven 805 fll 12 BOi 641
Hicks Ferry 811 fll 17 309 647
I Shlcknhlnny 822 11 81 320 1« 5#
Hunlock's 888 881 f7 08
Nantlcoke 888 11 44 338 714
; Avondaie 841 312 722
Plymouth 845 1151 847 72*
Plymouth Junc 847 .... 852 ....
Kingston ar 855 11 59 400 788
WllkeH-Barre ar 81U 12 10 410 750
Wilkes Barre.. lv 840 U4O 850 730
Kindlon lv 856 1159 400 738
Luzerne 858 al2 02 I u-1 742
Forty Fort f9 0C .... 407 ....
Wyoming 905 1208 412 748
West Pittatori »10 417 753
Husquelmtma Ave.... 818 12 14 420 756
Pitts ton J» 19 12 17 424 801
Duryea 923 429 IN
Lackawanna 92b 4V2 810
Taylor 932 440 817
Bellevue
Scranton ....ar 942 1286 450 836
A.M. P. M P.M
Scranton lv 10 25 (155 .... 11 10
A. M
Buffalo .. . tr .... 755 ... 700
A. M. P. M P.M A.M
Scranton ....lv 10.10 12.40 18 85 *2 0
P.M. P.M P.M A. X
i New York ar 330 500 735 650
: 'Dally, fDally except Sunday.
| Stops on signal or on notice to conductor
| a Stops on signal to take on passenger* for
New York. Blnghamton and points west.
T. K.CLARKE T. W. LKK.
Gen. Superintendent. <4*n.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov. 29th, 1904.
A Si.| A. M. P. M. ~ I
Scranton(DSiH)lv stt MJ |9 47i I*2 54 28!
Pittston " " 705 HOISJ 210 _s_63|
A. M.IP.M, P.M
Wllkesbarre... IvA. M. §lO 35 1 ! 245|8 00
Plym'th Ferry " i 725f10 42 f252f0 07
Nantlcoke " 732 10 50! 301 817
Mocanauua .... " 742 11 0"! 82n 9 87
Wapwallopen.. " 801 11 10 331 #47
Nescopeck ar slO 11 20 342 700 ......
A.M. A.M.
Pottsvllle 1* 5 sfl fll 55
Hazleton 705 ...... 245§2 45
Tomhicken "l 7 22 3 05 300
Fern Glen " 724 315 315
Kock (Hen " 7 5! 322 822
Nescopeck ar • 02; "J'la
Catawlssa j 4 00 4 00 . . .
A~tf A7M~ p.M. P M
Nescopeck lv § 8 18 §ll 2b t 3 42 37 00
Creasy •• 831 11 36 352 709
Espy Ferry... ' f8 41 11 46.1 4 03, 120
E. Bloomsourg " 847 11 50i 406; 725
Catawlssa lv 856 11.57! 413 T32
South Danville " 900 12 10 ; 481 751
Sun bury ar 935 12 40j 4 so| 815
IA. M. P. M.|P. M P.M
Sunbury lv || 942 §l2 48i} 518 953
Lewisburg.... ar 10 13 145 , 548
Milton ........ " 10 08 139 54410 14
Wllliamsport.. " 11 00 141 64010 00
Lock Haven... " 11 68 220 737
Kenovo "A.M. .3 00 830
Kane " j 825 • —„•
P.M. P.M.
Lock Haven..lv £l2 10 ) 3 45 1
Bellefonte ....ar 1051 444 j
Tyrone " 2 lojl 600 >
Phtllpsburg " 610f 802
Clearfield.... " 654 5845 j
Pittsburg.... " 655 110 45
Sunbury ...... lv 3 9 60.§ 159Ji 5 10|H8 31
Hurrlsburg.... ar ill 30jS 3 15 j 6 50j 10 10
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Philadelphia., ar §3 17 t23|| »28 423
Baltimore " § 8 11 i| 8 00 j 9 45 2 30
Washington... "U 420], 7 16J10 55: 330
lA.M. PTM.
Sunbury lv {lO 00 § 2 15: >
Lewlstown Jc. ar 1145 4 05 j
Pittsburg "J 6 55|j10 45j |
A.M. P, M.LP. M.;P M
Harrlsburg.... lv ill 46 II 6 20 |l 7 20g 110.)
P.M. AM. A.M AM
Pittsburg ar | 6 55! II 160||| 1 50| SSo
[P.M. PMA M AM
PltUburg lv || 7 10 J 9 00 I 3 00 18 00 ....
IA.M Aftl P M
Harrlsburg.... ar | 2 00 | 4 25 |U 25 | 8 10 ...
Plttebuig lvj 9 liO I 8 00 ....
A.M. PM:
Js. " 5 7 30 i 3 00 ....
Sunbury ar I 9 20| \ 4 60 ....
P. M. A M A M A M
Washington... lv 10 40 I 7 5o ||lo 50 ....
Baltimore " 11 00 j 440 840 11 4.j ....
Philadelphia... " jll 40; 425 i 830 jll 40 ....
A. M.j A M A. M. P M
Harrlsburg.... lv : 3 35 j| 7 55 jll 40 j .3 25 ....
Sunbury ar | 5 OOlj 886 108\ 618 ....
P.M.| A M A M
Pittsburg lv jl2 45 J 3 00 5 8 00
Clearfield.... '• 3 30; 920 ....
Phiilpsburg.. " 425 10 10 •••
Tyrone " 7 00; i 8 10 12 25 ....
Bellefonte.. " 8 16; 932 125 ....
Lock Haven ur, 9 15 10 30 2 10j -- - -
P.M.!A MA M PM 1
Erie lv j 5 35 '
Kane, ..." 8 45! js 600 ....
Kenovo " 11 50|§ ti 40 ( 10 30 j 1 1.3 ...•
Lock Haven ... " 12 38] 7 30 11 25 > 2 50; —•
A.M.; P M ...
Wllliamsport.. " 2t4 825 40 »
Milton •' 223 9 13, 1 251 4
Lewlsburg " 8 05) 115 4 ••••
Sunbury ar 3 861 8 4"> 1 641 6 —•
j M. AMP M| P M
Snnbury lv 645|855\2 00 a 6 25
South Danville " 711 10 17, 221 ' 5 50—•
Catawlssa " 32 10 86 2 36j eOf
EBloomsburg.. ' 37 10 48; 2 4.3j el 5 -*"
Espy Ferry...." 42 110 47 1 8 li ••••
Creasy " 52 10 68 2 ao ! «» ••••
Nescopeck " 02 11 06 ( 3 or> 0 41, ....
A M A M P. M. !
Catawlssa lv 10 88 1
Nescopeck lv 8 2.3 5506 p M ;••••
Kock ulen ar! 1122 !•
Kern Olen " 851 II 28i 5 .32 >7 0 ■•••
Tomhicken " 858 11 38 5 88i '7 « ••••
Hazleton " 919 11 57 5 591 I 3 ••••
Pottsvllle "j 10 15 150 655 74 —.
A M AM P M "
Nescopeck lv| g 8 02;jll 06 j.3 05 ■•••
W apwallopen..ar 819 11 20 320 p M ••••
Mocanauua.,.. "I 831 ll 32 3 :io;j g4O
Nantlcoke .... " 854 11 64 849 {,« ••••
P Ml I 7 m
Plym'th Ferry' 902: 12 02 357 719
W llksbarre ..." 910 12 10, 4 05. —_•
| A M P M P M | f ; 7 i
Plttston(l)AH) ar if BSB :12 29 \ 4 ftf. ....
%cranton " 10 08 1 08, 52 J ....
Weekdays. I Daily. 112 Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
through trains between Wllliamsport
and Erie, between Sunbnry an.i Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrlsburs, Pitts
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For turthcr information apply to Ticket Agent
W. W. ATTERBURY, J- K. WOOD
Oeneral Manager, Pass. Traffic M«
GEO. W. BOYD. Gen Passenger Agent.
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