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Through the stained glass above the
palius and roses the midday sun
streamed in. flecking the scene with
gorgeous reds, blues and greens. It
Blied a golden glory upon the tall, slen
der, graceful bride, and at the sight
the best man shut his Jaw a bit more
determinedly. She was looking more
than ever like an angel, and in five
minutes she would be the wife of his
best friend. That was the monotonous
sentence which kept repeating itself in
his mind. An if tie were likely to for
get:
Opposite him and just behind the
bride the inaid of honor stood. For
the moment she, too, had forgotten the
guests, forgotten everything save the
fact that the one man in the world
whom she might have loved—for she
always phrased it thus carefully to
herself—was at that moment vowing
to love and cherish her closest friend.
She had a curious feeling that when
she was an old. old woman, when a
yellow, withered face and dim, sad
eyes looked back at her from her mir
ror, she should still be able to live over
again the despair of this moment, when
the white robed clergyman was taking
him from her life, a thousand times
more irrevocably than death could have
done.
There was a stir about her like the
rush of the wind. For a second she
was too lost in thought to understand;
then, as she dropped upon her knees
somewhat hurriedly, her bewildered
eyes caught those of the best man, cas
ually at first and then with a quick,
startled recognition of something she
saw there. lie, too, had the air of a
person suddenly awakened from a
nightmare, momentarily uncertain of
the surroundings in which he found
himself.
A moment later she had forgotten
his very existence.
"He's Ethel's husband now—Ethel's
husband," she said sternly to herself,
skillfully turning a dry sob Into a long,
broken breath and composing her face
to the radiant expression becoming the
bride's best friend.
Meanwhile the best man admonished
himself In a similar strain. "Steady
now, old man! Now's the time to get
out your happy smile." Then, as the
rigid muscles of his face gave no indi
cation of relaxing, his thoughts ran on
crossly: "I»on't be an ass! It's the
worst ever, so you might as well cheer
up!"
By the time the great organ pealed
out the triumphant strains of the wed
ding march he and the maid of honor,
their masks on, faced the guests that
tilled the church, ready to play their
parts for all tliey were worth. Some
thing in the music was at once an in
spiration and a challenge.
"Isn't she sweet 7" whispered one of
the guests to a companion, referring to
the maid of honor. "But how pale she
Is, and what a curious look there is in
her eyes sort of nothing can ever mat
ter again expression—and yet"—
The speaker stopped, staring thought
fully at the girl until she had passed.
More than once during the course of
the wedding breakfast that followed
the best man found himself watching
her curiously. No one was gayer than
she—none so gay, in fact. Her eyes
were brilliant, and her laugh rang out
valiantly, but his own misery made
him subtly conscious of some under
current of feeling that was running
strong and pitiless under the surface
bubbles—an undertow of misery that
she was resisting with all her strength.
He remembered that when, during
the ceremony, their eyes had met in
that confused, unveiled glance she had
been staring at the groom as intently
as he had at the bride. Could it be
lle did not formulate the thought, but
he watched her more keenly than ever
after that—so keenly. Indeed, that once,
unable to bear it any longer, with an
appearance of unconsciousness she tax
ed him with it.
"You are very rude!" she said lightly,
but at his grave, sincere "Believe me, I
have not meant to be," and the search
ing look that accompanied it, express
ive of a sympathy he could not put
into words, her lips quivered ever so
slightly. "Weddings get upon my
nerves." she explained, with a little
grimace, and before he could reply she
had turned away.
The shower of rice and old shoes had
spent Itself, and the bride and groom
had departed, taking all the romance
of the world with them and leaving be
hind a monotony without form and
void. All of the guests felt It, and al
ready the bustle of departure was In
the air. But to the best man and the
maid of honor It was a ghastly, appall
ing fact that made them linger on the
steps after the others had re-entered
the houwe, staring blankly after the
carriage that had disappeared around
the corner. Then the man remembered
where be was and pulled himself to
gether with an effort.
"Seeins rather like the end of things,
doesn't It?" he observed as they turned
Into the doorway.
"From our standpoint, yes," was the
listless answer. Then she caught her
lip between her teeth and darted a
quick. Inquiring glance at him. That
was not precisely what she would have
chosen to say. and she hoped that he
would not notice It. But at the sight of
the somber smile In his eyes the hope
passed.
In a snug corner of the deserted li
brary. where the farewells of the de
parting guests came to them but faint
ly, she next found' herself, without be
ing very clear as to how she came
there The best man was sitting in
front of her holding one of her hands
in a protecting, big brotherly fashion,
while she vainly tried to keep back the
tears that seemed to be rising as quiet
ly and relentlessly as a flood. It was
no use. Higher and higher they came.
She winked hard and shut her teeth
firmly. Then she snatched her band
away and covered her face.
"My poor little girl," murmured the
best man softly.
"Weddings are always sad. don't you
thinkshe gasped out, dabbing at her
eyes with her handkerchief and giving
a little hysterical laugh. "Still. I don't
usually behave like this. You see, when
your best friend marries—she—that Is—
everything is different and"— She gave
up trying to explain the situation in de
spair and ended with an Incoherent,
"But it's all very ridiculous, and I don't
know why l should say all this to
you."
She was the picture of helpless, girl
ish misery, and the best man's heart
ached for her. Momentarily his sympa
thy took the edge off his own loneli
ness. He winced at the thought of her
having to suffer alone the maddening
sense of loss that tormented him.
"Perhaps it's because misery loves
comcauy." be said gently. "I'erhtm*
you feel that this wedding hasn't been
altogether like other weddings to me
either," he went on, with a matter of
fact air, as if it were the most natural
thing in the world that they should
be confiding in each other.
She was watching him with a dawn
ing understanding in her eyes, and he
met her gaze with a whimsical smil«;
as If he were offering her the open
book of his soul to read if she would.
"IX) you mean that you. too"
There was no need to complete the
question, for it was answered before It
was spoken. Involuntarily her hands
went out to him in quick, warm sym
pathy, and though her only comment
was a breathless "Oh!" It was eloquent
with feeling.
Little by little her composure came
back to her.
"It was so good of you to tell me,"
she said gratefully. "I think I feel as
Robinson Crusoe did when he discov
ered the man Friday.
"Not that I'm glad that you're un
happy, too," she added quickly; "only
It doesn't seem so lonely now that I
know that there is some one who un
derstands. After all, that's what makes
life worth living. Isn't It?" she finished,
looking up at htm with what seemed to
him the sweetest look he had ever seen
In a girl's face.
When at the end of six months the
bride and groom returned from their
honeymoon abroad the best man and
the maid of honor were umong the first
of their dinner guests.
"See here; it seems to me that you
two have been making hay in our ab
sence," laughed the bride, noting with a
woman's quick Instinct the deep, strong
understanding that seemed to exist be
tween the two. whereupon her listen
ers exchanged a somewhat humorous,
albeit confused, glance, but refused to
explain.
The following June they were mar
ried. Just before the Lohengrin march
the organist played "Consolation," at
which such of the guests as recognized
the selection elevated their eyebrows
and wondered. But the bride and groom
alone were in the secret. It was a case
of in memoriam.
Art of Divination In thf BoweU •*
the Karth Diplalnrd.
There is undoubtedly a practical art
of discovering springs. Indians or
frontiersmen can find water In the des
ert when a "tenderfoot" cannot. Mexi
cans and experienced prospectors can
similarly find ore. These arts consist
mainly in the recognition of superficial
signs which escape the ordinary ob
server.
It Is not necessary that the operator
should consciously note these signs
•eparately and reason upon them. No
doubt he frequently does so, though he
may uot give away the secret of his
method to others. But in many In
stances he recognizes by association
and memory the presence of a group
of Indications, great or small, which be
has repeatedly found to attend springs
or ore deposits. This skill, due to habit.
Is often almost unerring for a given
limited district, but under new condi
tions it breaks down. Old miners from
California or Australia have often
made in other regions the most foolish
and hopeless attempts to find gold be
cause they thought this or that place
"looked Just like" some other place In
which they had mixed successfully.
Apart from the magnetic minerals
there Is no proof that ore deposits ex
hibit their presence and nature by any
attraction or other active force. With
regard to water, however, there may
be an action affecting the temperature
and moisture of the overlying surface.
Even here, however. It seems more
likely that such effects are manifested
visibly to a close observer rather than
by direct affection of his nervous or
muscular system. The favorite fields
for water diviners are regions In which
water is abundant, but not gathered
upou given horizons of Impermeable
strata underlying porous rocks.—Ca»-
sler's Magazine.
ONE CAUSE OF ILLNESS.
Hldlculonii Fad* That Spring Fna m
Sniatterlnic of Knoiflcdf*.
A famous physician upon being asked
recently what is the chief cause of 111
health replied: Thinking and talking
about It all the time. This ceaseless
introspection in which so many of the
rising generation of nervous folk In
dulge is certainly wearing them out.
When they are not worrying as to
whether they sleep too much or too lit
tle they are fidgeting over the amount
of foo<l they take or the quantity of ex
ercise necessary for health. In short,
they never give themselves a moment's
peace. Our grandfathers did not con
cern themselves with these questions.
They ate, drank, slept, as nature
prompted them. Undoubtedly they
were healthier in mind and body for
their sublime indifference, and If we
asked ourselves fewer questions we
should have less time to analyze or Im
agine aliments.
That medical sclent* has made re
markable progress In the last few dec
ades cannot be denied. The fault for
some present day undesirable conditions
lies not with the doctor, but with the
patient. There has been too great a
tendency on the part of the laity to ac
quire a smattering of medical knowl
edge through the reading of so called
"health" magazines and pamphlets and
to put into practice on their own ac
count that "little knowledge," which, 11
cannot, be denied. Is a "dangerous
thing. - ' The following of some most
ridiculous fads along the lines of eat
ing, drinking, sleeping and exercise has
assisted in swelling the mortality sta
tistics. Our grandfathers would hold
up their hands in horror at many of the
foolish things we do in the name of
"health." A little more of the com
fortable nonchalance of our healthy an
cestors would do no harm to the rising
•vacation.—Housekeeper.
"Off" For"From."
As a stranger In Philadelphia I was
much amused by certain provincial
isms. One of these was the use of the
word "off" Instead of"from." "Please
buy flowers off me." say the youthful
street venders. One day while waiting
for some groceries a young lady, evl
dently unused to housekeeping, ap
proached the raw Irish clerk and tim
idly asked: "I want some mutton to
make broth. Shall 1 get It off the
neck?" "No. ma'am," was the solemn
reply as the clerk pointed to the butch
er busy at his block, "ye git It off that
m on.l'res byterl a n
(riinhed.
"I think I never saw Kyrner so utter
ly crushed as he was when his first
poem appeared In print"
"What was the matter? Some typo
graphical error in the poem?"
"No, that wasn't It What, crushed
him was that the paper was sold for
a penny a copy. Just as usual."
HftveH Ifllin Money.
"Why do you always agree with your
wife In everything?" she said.
"I find It cheaper to do that than to
quarrel with her and then buy dla-,
monds to square myself."
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"1 am very sorry It cannot be ar- ,
ranged," said the young man, with a
deprecatory wave of his hand, "but" —
"All the latest popular novels! Last
chance to get your reading matter! !
No books sold on train after It starts!"
The newsboy bawled this In Amy Cur- I
tls' ear, and she lost all the young man
said except the words "can't climb
those beastly steps."
Not that she cared. She was quite
able to climb the little ladder to the
upper berth. Her Hp curled scornfully.
"Oh, It doesn't matter In the least,
you know. It was the conductor's idea, i
1 assure you. Only In the south, where
I come from, men. as a rule, are more
obliging "
She picked up her novel and pro
ceedMl to Ignore McKean's presence.
He looked at her blankly, then flung
himself down the sleeper to the smok- 1
lug compartment. "Well, I do think
she's a bit harsh!" He pulled out a
paper and tried to forget the scorn 111 j
the eyes bnt recently lifted to meet
his.
In the meantime the girl in section 7 I
stared wrathfuily at the letters in her
book, which fairly danced before her
eyes. "A nice beginning for my trip!
I never wanted togo to Colorado
Springs anyhow. I had much better 1
remained at Bar Harbor than to let
the Carters inveigle me into coming |
west."
With this final reflection she com
meoced to read in earnest, but some
how her mind went back to the very j
disagreeable young man who liad dis
regarded the sleeping car conductor's j
request that he yield the lower berth j
to the young woman, whose Pullman t
ticket had been duplicated by a care
less employee in an uptown office. She
could not forget the real regret in his
eyes nor the nervous, embarrassed way
tn * -tileh he had smoothed his hair
while be was offering his halting ex
planation. She could not reconcile
this, however, with the fact that he
had declined to climb the little steps
in her stead. It was most annoying,
she argued, that she could not forget a
certain fascination which his long, firm
hand had held for her and the hair he
had smoothed.
She could Imagine that he had spent
hoars trying to brush out a certain
tendency to crisp curls. She was very
glad there was something that could
gefeat him, If It was nothing more than
earls, and after deciding thus she was
more content.
She did not see him again until she
entered the diner at dusk. The only
place left for her was a single seat at
a table meant for four. The three pas
sengers already seated were men. talk
ing business in rather loud tones. Amy
hesitated. A figure at the table oppo
■ite rose suddenly. The very disagree
able young man who had sentenced her
to the upper berth was standing beside
b«r.
'"Take my place," he said eagerly,
"and I will go over there with the
men." He had been occupying a seat
at one of the small tables, and a gray
hatred woman was sitting opposite
him.
Amy saw all this at a glance, and
with a surprised uplifting of her eye
brown and a mechanical "Thank you!"
accepted the seat. The young man had
not yet been served, and she realized
that the change had not embarrassed
bim In the least.
"Quite willing to do things that do
not Incommode him." she thought
scornfully.
Tbe young man did not presume up
on the reception of this courtesy. IH
rsrtly after dinner he once more retired
to tbe smoking compartment, and Amy
early ordered the porter to make up her
berth. Once tucked snugly away, she
forgot her grievance. The steady clunk
chaofc of the wheels was a singular lul
ls by to which she noon yielded.
It seemed as If she had not been
aalaep more than three minutes when
sbs awoke to the'most horrible noises
that she had ever heard. What bad
bsfpmed? Had the train run into a
circus or a Jungle of wild beasts? No,
the train was still moving. Its unre
chink-clunk could be heard
at intervals between the awful sounds
which now assailed her ears. If It was
not wild beasts, then maybe some one
around her was dying.
This pretty, carefully reared, ever
protected southern girl had never seen
any one die, and in her Ignorance of
this and various other matters she was
working herself up into a fine frenzy.
A particularly deep and agonized jjoar
was followed by a sound that was a
cross between a penny whistle and a
sob. She couki stand the suspense no
longer. She pushed the tiny button and,
carefully arranging the curtains, stmk
oat her head to meet the look of in
quiry In the porter's black face. Up
and down the car she gave a hasty
glance. Apparently no one else realized
the tragedy that was going on so close
at hand, for no other curtains were
swaying, no other heads were thrust
out.
"Sumfln' you want, miss?"
"Why—why. don't you hear that
dreadful noise?" she said. "I tliink
some one In the berth next to me is
dying."
In the dla light she could see the
darky's teeth gleam ivory white In a
grin that reached from ear to ear.
"it's Just the gentleman In the low
er berth, inlas. snoring I will wake
him up Soon as he rolls over he'll
■top "
Amy Jerked In her head as If the por
tor had struck her. She could feel him
■witch aside the curtains below her.
Two masculine voices were wafted to
ward her, then the sound of a deep
grunt that was decidedly masculine—
and silence.
Up In her eyrie Amy lay, still flusfc
lag hotly with mortification. She knew
that porter would tell everybody on the
train next morning. She wished she
••mild change cars. Then suddenly from
the berth below the hated sound rose
again Evidently there was no respite
from this Infliction, and. oddly enough,
she felt herself pitying the man who
was responsible for It. It was really a
disease, she decided, and he was so
young too!
The next morning she met him face
to face in the dining car. Her cheeks
were flooded with crimson. She knew
by the quizzical light In his eyes that
he had heard of her mistake, and 1111
doubtsdly every one on the ear knew it
by this time and would consider it a
tlar Joke
She ate her breakfast in a resentful
humor She felt reckless and mlsera
ble. and It may have been this mood
which caused her to sway uncertainly
as she crossed from the diner back to
the sleeper She reached out a hand to
steady herself against the side of the
vestibule .Suddenly U seemed to her*
as If a sharp, redhot iron had been
thrust into her finger tip and run up to
her shoulder. She tried to draw away
her hand as a child does from a hot
stove, but something held it tight, and
then she awoke to the truth. The train
had been swinging around a curve, and
the iron plaits, or folds, of the vesti
bule, left uncovered by a careless em
! ployee, had opened just far enough to
admit her finger and then had closed
j upon it again. She was held as in a
vise, and her calls for assistance could
not be heard above the roar of the
train. And so it happened that the
t "hateful young man" came upon her,
j white lipped and fainting. When they
! had pried the hand loose he carried her
unconscious figure into the vacant
drawing room. The conductor came
hurrying up. greatly perturbed over the
accident, which meant a damage suit
for the company. He turned to the
porter.
"Hustle through the train and find
out whether there Is a physician on
' board."
The young man spoke sharply. "I
am a physician. Porter, bring me that
! long, narrow black bag from my
; berth."
And so It happened when Amy woke
up it was to find the hateful young
man deftly bandaging her injured
hand. The drawing room was placed
at her disposal by the anxious conduct
or. and the entire traiu forae was on
its knees before her. The uncovered
vestibule meant that some employee's
head would fall into the basket.
Toward noon, in spite of the terrific
pain in her crushed finger. Amy com
menced to feel drowsy, thitnks to the
mild narcotic which Dr. McKean had
administered. He plumped up the pil
lows for her. and she imirniured drow
sily. "I didn't sleep very well last
night."
McKean bit his lip. "I was afraid
you wouldn't. That was the worst
part of my having to put Mr. Carter
in the berth with you. but I couldn't
get him another lower in tine car, and
he stubbornly refused to buy up a
drawing room."
Amy felt suddenly widerawake. "Mr.
Carter, why didn't you"—
"Lord. no. You didn't think I was
raising the roof of my berth, did you?
Mr. Carter has been at a Sitnitarium
just east of Ilarrisburg. He is a pa
tient of my father's, and his people
asked me to pick him up and bring
him onto Colorado Springs, where I
am visiting for a week or so. That's
what I was trying to tell you last
night."
I A sudden light'dawned'on Amy. "Oh,
it's all the fault of that newsboy! I
am going to tlnvt 'arters myself. They're;
giving a house party."
"Yes, I know," said McKean. "I
saw your name on your luggage. But
now you're going to sleep, and if you
don't mind 1 shall sit here Upside you
and see you are not rocked off wlien
we make a fast run."
Amy dropped back weakfly among
the pillows. "No, 1 don't mind, l
be only to > glad to have—yon—stay."
Suddenly she raised her heavy «>yrilils.
"But promi.-e me you will never hell—
what 1 said to the porter last itiglnt."
I >l\ McKe Ill's eyes twinkled. "I
promise ou my honor."
THE COMMON SPARROW.
He In Not Alwayw the Srlliili Vnxa
bond lie- In Painte<i.
The house sparrow has I teen called
a nuisance, a street gamin, a vngubcmd,
a thief, a robber, and this by nwiny so
called bird lovers, yet, in my opinion,
he is one of our most interesting birds.
He is lively, bright, thrifty and bi®ve.
No one. not even his worst enemy, can
gainsay this, lie is nLso ever r<»ady
to help his own kind oat of any diffi
culty into which they may fall.
One day, as I was walking up street
past a large mill where dozens of
sparrows were collected. I saw some
thing which has much increased my
esteem for the so called little street
gamin. It was in nesting time, and
young birds hardly able to fly were
quite common. As I waltced' on my at
tention was attracted by one of these
in the middle of the road alone. He
was sitting there and every little wliile
giving out a little disconsolate chirp.
While I was watching him a delivery
cart came down the street at full
speed. The young bird was likely to
be crushed, but I was -not the only ob
server of its distress. As I watc'hed
about a dozen sparroww flew down i md
gathered round It. I didn't know w bat
was going to happen for the minute,
but 1 was soon enlightened The flock
of newcomers fairly hustled the 11 ttle
one out of the way of the oncoirring
cart and into tiie safety of the dl tch.
I don't know exactly how tl*ey did it,
they moved so quickly, but I think. it
was In the same way that a man is
carried onward in a crowd. He
himself a little, and the people around
him sweep him forward. The little in
cident clearly showed that sparrows
are not always as selfish and unfeel
ing as they are painted^—Ajnateur
Sportsman.
RUSSIAN WOMEN.
Tke Mnn»- HFntrlrtlon* to Which j
They Are Xow Subjected.
It Is difficult for an American to un
derstand that (freedom as we know it
does not exist in ltussia. There tire le
gal position of woman is far from sat
isfactory. She hardly ever belongs to
herself, but is always under the tute
lage of some one.
As a daughter the ltussian woman is I
under the entire control of her parents, j
Her coming of age does not alter her i
position. She simply changes the ail- I
thority of her parents for the no less j
rigid authority of her husband. As the |
Russian statute puts it, "One person |
cannot reasonably be expected to fully
satisfy two such unlimited powers as
that of husband and parent."
The unlimited power of the parent Is j
withdrawn and that of the husband
substituted. She cannot leave her lord
even to visit a neighboring town with
out a "pass" from him. lie names the
time she is permitted to stay, and at
the end of that time she is bound tore
turn to get the pass renewed.
A husband may appear In a court of
law as a witness against his wife, but
a wife is not allowed to appear against
her husband A woman's evidence In
Russia is always regarded as of less
weight than that of a man.—Harper's
Weeklj.
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Improvident Mini.
"My husband is the most extrava
gant man," wailed little Mrs. Bargain
hunt.
"Yes?" said the sympathetic friend - 1
"Yes. He paid for a hat, when :
by looking around for a day or two !
he could probably have got one for !
112 1 t>B." Pittsburg Post.
Tiie Suit Illdn't Suit.
"Are you sure that my daughter fa
vors your suit?"
"Well, no. she doesn't. But I prom
ised I'd goto another tailor as soon
as I fixed tilings with you "—Cleveland
P?nin I)" aler.
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ROAD 5,000 YEARS OLD.
s
Iceiiew Aloiik One of the Monl AN
cleut
The road from Iloms to llama runs j
almost tint* north, a straight white line j
cutting across the green fields. It is j '
one of the oldest routes in the world. ! \
Caravans have been passing along it j
for at least 5,000 years. Just as we •
saw them long strings of slow mov- I j
ing eaiuels with their bright colored ;
bags of wheat.
One could almost imagine that Pha- !
raoh was again calling down the corn |
of llamath to till his granaries against
the seven years of famine. But even j
here the old things are passing. Just |
beyond the long line of camels was a j
longer line of fellah women, their dirty i
blue robes kilted above their knees, I
carrying upon their shoulders baskets i
of earth and stone for the roadbed of
the new French railway.
The carriage road is French, too, and !
a very good road it is. Some men were
repairing it with a most Ingenious
roller. It was a great round stone,
drawn by two oxen and having its
axle prolonged by a twenty foot pole,
at the end of which a barelegged Arab j
was fastened to balance the whole af- ;
fair. If the stone had toppled over
the picture of the Arab dangling at the ;
top of the slender flagstaff would have
been worth watching.
All along the ride we were reminded
of the past. It is a fertile soil, but the
very wheatfields are different from
ours. < >n!y a few yards in width, they
are often of tremendous length. I hes
itate to commit myself to figures, but
It is certain that the thin, green fields
would stretch away In the distance un
til lost over some little elevation. At
one place the road was cut through a
hill honeycombed with rock tombu
which the haj said were Jewish. ,
Every now and then we passed a tell, j
or great hemispherical mound, built up ;
of the rubbish of a dozen ruined towns,
for even as late as Roman times this i
was a well cultivated and populous j
country. There is now no lumber |
available for building purposes, and in !
a number of villages the houses are all
built with conical roofs of stone.
Where the rock happens to be of a
reddish tinge the houses remind one of
nothing so much as a collection of In
dian wigwams. Where the stone is
white, as at Tell et Biseh, it glitters
and sparkles like a fairy city cut out
of loaf sugar.—Scrlbner'e Magazine.
ORIENTAL COURTESY.
An Incident In Which Ml** Anna
Dlcklimon M^nrfd.
Miss Anna Dickinson traveled every
where independently and saw human
nature in all of its lairs. Writing to a
woman friend once, she described a re
ception given by wealthy Chinamen in
a restaurant kept by Chi Lung in San
Francisco, and she was the guest of
honor. She said that she saw a serv
ant coming toward her with a box di
vided into many compartments, with
different kinds of nuts and candies in
the smaller trays. SIM- picked out half
a dozen or mere and laid them on the
»rm of the chair, which served as a ta
ble. As the attendant passed onto
others she saw that each took only one
bonbon, and she was much embar
rassed.
But when the servant approached the
chief Chinaman, the one who had orig
inated the reception, he took a large
handful, and those after him did the
name, and then Miss Dickinson felt re
lieved. She wrote:
"After I learned that I must have
shocked all of those educated, cultured
Chinamen as much as you or I slurnld
have been shocked If we had invited a
Chinaman whom we respected to dine
with us and he had taken a whole fried
chicken and torn it limb from limb at
our table. In such an event would you
or I have had the tact and courtesy to
have taken other chickens and thus
dismembered them?"
"Plajlnn" l'okfr.
Harry—Do you really love to play
I poker? Dick—l never play at the poker
1 table; I work. It is the chap that loses
.1 his money who plays.- Boston Tran
.l script.
112 if yon haven't much sense- and a lot
; of us haven't talk as little as possible
I and go slow.—Atchison Globe.
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FAMOUS ENGLISH WELLS.
Some V. h.ixe Waters Are tharsreU
Wit It llasii' «»'" i-lraouloua Power.
Though there :;:e hundreds of wells
supp isou to pa;-ess magical power
scattered all over Li'.gland, the general
public is >raut < i their locality or
the romantic si »r • connected with
each one. There may be a possible ex
ception in the well of St. Keyne, in
Cornw.vl. for Southey has made it fa
mous in a witty little poem, the mag- j
ic of ii:s waters is such that the hus
band «>;■ wife who drinks first from it
after leaving the altar will have the |
ti* per hand over ti.e mate for their j
Joint liv-'s. The bri« eof whom Southey |
tells us did not wait till after the mar
n.._c ceremony to pay a visit to the
well, but took the precaution of taking
d bottle with her to the church.
' Another well, in Monmouthshire,
which has a pe-.-uliar fascination for
the unmarried mai .ens is known is
the "virtuons well." For generations
the maidens of that locality have ac
credited it with marvelous powers In
forecasting their futures. They have
only to drop a pebble into its water
I and count the resultant bubbles, for
! each bubble represents a month of
waiting for the day which will make
, them brides. In order to propitiate
' the genius which presides over the well
j it is necessary to decorate the bram
bles which shade it with bits of white
j cloth.
Then there are the so called holy
wells which have many medicinal vir
tues. Such a one is St. Winifred's, at
Holywell, which is accredited with
cures that are almost miraculous. The
legend of its origin is a very pretty
one. It Is said that twelve centuries
ago St. Winifred, the winsome daugh
ter of a Welsh chief, was wooed by
1 Prince Caradoc, a prince of ill repute,
j She declined his persistent advances.
' and at last he killed her In a fit of
5 rage. From the spot on which St.
Winifred's lifeblood fell there gushed
forth a stream of crystal water which
has worked miracles in her name for
so many centuries.
Practically all the ills to which the
flesh is heir can be cured by one or an
other of these wells. St. Ninan's. in
Cornwall, is said to restore lunatics to
saraty. but the patient must be im
mersed in the water and held there un
til the lwei'th has nearly left his body.
This ro-ms a heroic measure. But even
tlii • i.s not si* severe as the treatnu nt
which must be endured if a madman is
to be cured at Uandegla well, in
j Wales, for after the victim is nearly
? drowned be is trussed like a fowl and
laid under the communion table of the
i neighboring chttrcli t-'jr the ni^lit.
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WKST.
A. M. A. M. A M. P. N , |
New York !v L Oil .... 10 00 140 j
P. M
Mcranton a' <> 17 I W
I'. M.
Buffalo ... 'v II 30 245 • •••
A M.
Scran ion ar 358 10U5 ....
\. M. A. M. P. M.. P. h
Scranton...... . .lv ri 86 *lO 10 t* '6 85
Bellevue
Taylor •*> »4 10 17 iUE 644
Lackawanna HSO Hj 24 210 H fK)
Duryea . 663 10 2s *l3 653
Pittston "58 10 83 217 657
Susquehanna Ave 701 10 3? 21H 659
Went Pittston 705 10 4) 228 702
Wyoming ■lO 10 46 227 707
Korty Kort 2SI ....
Bennett 717 10 52 234 714
Kingston ar
Wilkes-Banc ar 710 11 10 250 780
Wiikes-Barre lv 710 10 40 280 710
Kingston lv 724 10 56 i4O 720
Plymouth June
Plymouth .'<s 11 06 2 7 24J
Nanticoke 748 11 18 258 7*37
Hunlock'!? 749 11 1» 806 748
Shlekshlnny 801 1131 820 758
Hicks Kerry sll 11148 840 re 08
Beach Haven -IN 11 48 H*7 BOH
Berwick 627 11 54 844 817
Briarcreek f8 32 . . f3 50
Willow Grove f8 Kfl fXS4 f8 24
Lline Kidge 840 fi2 09 358 re 28
Espy 846 12 15 iO6 884
Bloomsburg.. 858 12 22 412 840
Kupert 857 12 2f> 416 845
Catawlssa 902 12 82 i it. 850
Danville !U5 12 41 438 »05
Cameron 924 fl2 67 443
Northnmber "d ar 935 ilO 455 930
&A3T
A. M. A. M. P. M. P M
>oitauu:i>e»! ... ">45 110 00 fl 60 526
<lanaeron ... . *K «•» ISM
Dauvllle .. 707 >0 IS <ll 543
Catawlssa 721 10 32 » 558
Kupert. 126 10 87 229 601
HluoniHinr* 783 10 11 2 Brf 60s
[ Kspy TBB 10 48 21. 61.8
Lime Kldge *44 flO 61 f2 46 IB 80
Willow Orov* f7 48 f2 5C ....
Briarereek "62 f2 58 16 27
Berwick 757 11 05 258 684
Beech Haven "05 fll 12 BOS 641
Hicks Kerry 811 fll 17 809 647
Shickshlliny *22 1181 320 fb 59
HuulOCk'S 838 . ... 381 f7 09
1 Nanticoke 888 11 44 338 714
Avoudale 841 842 722
Ply uiouth 845 llaa 847 728
Plymouth June.... 847 .... 352 .
Kingston...... ....ar 855 11 59 4'JO 788
Wilkes-Barre ar 910 12 10 <)0 750
WliKes Harre lv 640 li 10 850 730
Kingston.... lv 855 1159 400 738
l.uzerat 85e &12 02 4(i- 742
Korty Kort fwOO .... tu? . .
Wyoming H OS 12 08 11. 748
West Pittston 910 417 753
Susquehanna Ave.... #lB 12 14
Plt'Ston Hi# J217 4.'4 801
iluryea 928 429 806
Lackawanna K2B ..... 432 810
Taylor *>32 ..... 440 817
scranton.... ar 942 12 85 450 825
A. M. P. M P.M
.Scranton.... ......lv 10 25 11 55 .... ll 10
A. M
Buffalo ... . »r .... 755 700
A. M. P. M P.M .41
Sr rati ton ...1" 10.10 12.40 {8 85 '2
P. M. P. M P.M A X
Vow York . .ar 330 500 735 650
i 'Dally, tDaliy exoept Sunday.
stops on signal or on notice to con Victor
a Stops on signal to take on passenger for
New York. Blnghainton and points west.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov. 29th, 1904.
A.M. IA.M. P. M.
Scranton(D&.H)lv §6 ' H |B 4" 1 24 28
Pittston " " 705 jfll 15 §2lO 563
A. M.jp. M, P.M
Wilkesbarre... lv A. M. §lO 35; | 2 4-'. |« 00
Plym'th Kerry 44 ;7 25 110 42 f25218 07
Nanticoke " 3'. 10 50 301 8 17
Mocanaqua .... 4 \ 742 11 07 82n 637
Wapwallopen.. " 801 11 16 381 84"
Nescopeek ar slO 11 26: 342 700 ......
A.M. A.M.
Pottsville lv 55n 811 55
Hazleton "' 705 ...... 245|2 45
Tomhicken "| 722 805 806
Kern Glen " 721 315 315
Kock tllen "| 7 >s| 322 32.
Nescopeek . .. ar 802 !*:*IA
Catawlssa...... i 4 00 4 00 . . .
__ . /I<M p M p >j
Neßcopeck lv 5 S 18 §ll 26! J 3 42 <7 00
Oreasy *' 83(i11 36 352 709 ......
Espy Kerry... 1 18 4; 1146f402 7 211
E. Bloomsbuty " 847 11 50 406 725
(Jamwi.isa lv 856 11 57 413 732
South Danville '• » iX) 12 lo 431 751
Sunbury ar 'J 35 12 40 4 55j 815
_ A.M. P.M. P. M P.M.
Sunbury lv I! 9 42 §l2 48 § 5 18, j# 53 ......
Lewisburg.... ar 10 18 145 548
Mi1t0n........ " 10 08 1 89; 54410 14
Willlamsport.. " 11 00 1 4l ; 64010 00
Lock Haven... " 11 69 220 737
Benovo 44 A.M.I 800 830
Kane 14 ! 8 25|
P.M. P.M.!
Lock Haven..lv ?12 10 ll 3 45
Bellefonte ....ar 105 # 4 441
Tyrone 14 2101 600
Philipsburg 44 5103 802 1
Clearfield.... 44 654 i 845 1
Pittsburg.... 44 6 55"10 45;
I IVL P. M.J K M
Sunbury lv 950§15855 10 18 31
Harrmburg.... ar i 11 30 § 3 15 I 6 50| 10 10j......
p. M. P. M. P. M.|A M
Philadelphia., ar § 3 17 || 6 23 || 9 28 4 23;
Baltimore " § 3 11 || 6 00 I 9 to 2 20
Wasnington ... 4 'i§ 420|, 716 |lO 55J 3 301......
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Sunbury. lv §lO 00 § 2 15j j
Lewistown Jc. ar 11 45 4 051
Pittsburg •'! 6 55j§1045| j
A.M. P,M. P. M. P Mj
Harrisburg.... lv 11 45 II 6 20j(l 7 silo.
P.M.JA M.A. M. A M
Pittsburg ar | 6 55l|| 160,|| 1 50; 5 301
[P.M. P MI A M AM
Pittsburg lv;J 7 10 |»00| 300 18 00 ....
IA.M A ai P M
Harrisburg.... ar Jij 2 00 jj 4 35 ill 25 3 3 10
j P.M A Ju
PittßbUlK Ivj j 9to ;8 00
A.M. •
L.ewistown Jj. "|...... i 7 30 i, 300 ....
Sunbury arj i 9 20 \ 4 60
!p. M. A M A M A >1
Washington...lv 1 10 4(1 II 750 110 50 ....
Baltimore " 11 00 11 440 840 11 4;i
Philadelphia... 44 |i1l 40 j435il 830 jll 40 ....
A. M A MA. M. P»1
Harrisburg.... lv J 3 3") , 7 r>s gll 40 i 3 25 ....
Sunbury ar jSOOI 936 108g 613 ....
|P.M. A M A M
Pittsburg lv jl2 45 | 3 00 | 8 00
Clearfield.... 44 330 »20 ....
Philipsburg.. 14 435 ...... 10 10 ••
Tyrone 44 700 I 8 10 12 2o ....
Bellefonte.. 44 816 932 125 ••••
Lock Haven ar 915 10 30 210 ■•••
P. M. A M A M PM
Erie lv 585
Kane, 44 845 \i b <K)
Ketiovo 44 11 50 j 6 40, 10 30 $ 1 18 ■•••
Lock Haven.... 44 12 88 7 301 11 2-'j; 250 ••••
A. M. _ P Ml
Williauisport.. 44 214 j 8 25,§12 40
Milton •' 223 al3 125 4
Lewisburg 44 | 9 051 1 15| 4 ••••
Sunbury ar ( 339 9 45; 1 64j 6 ....
j M. AM P MP M
Sunbury lv! (I 45 | 955 j 2 00; j5 35
South Danville 44 ! 711 io 17, 221 550 ••••
Catawlssa ,4 | 32 10 26j 2 36, t) 08 ••'*
E Bloomsburg.. 4 37 10 43 2 43, e 15 ••••
Espy Kerry.... 4 ' 42 tio 47 ; ...... 112 6 19j ■•••
< 4 rea5y.......... 44 52 10 66, 2 630
Nescopeek 44 02 11 06| 3 o.> 640 ....
T"M A M P. M 1
Catawlssa lv 10 88
Nescopeek lv 823 5505 p M •
Kock tllen ar 1122 ~....! ;••••
Kern (Hen 44 851 11 38; 582 7
Tomhicken 44 8 58' 11 38 538 7 ....
Hazleton " 919 11 57 5 591 :;«••••
Pottsville 44 10 15 150 6 &"> 741 ;;;.
* AM AMP M H
Nescopeek lv j8 02 Sll 06 '( 8 0-> ■•••
Wapwallopen..ar 8 19; 11 20 3 20, p m ••••
Mocanaqua.... 4, | 831 11 32 330j g4O ••••
Nanticoke .... 44 | 854 11 64 849 " 62 "**
P Ml 7 01""
Plym'th Kerry' f9 03 12 02; 857 7 ly ....
Wilksbarre ... 44 910 12 10 405
l AMP M P M F
PlttSton(DAH) «r i 9 S9 812 a* I 4 66; ....
Scranton 44 44 10 08 108 52 J ....
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and Erie, between Sunbury aui Philadelphia
and Washington and between HarrisDur;;, Pitts
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For further information apply to Ticket Agent
W. W. ATTERBUKY, J K. WOOD
General Manager, Pass. Traffic Me
K.<». 'V. BOYD, Oen Passengar Agent.
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