1 ELTON'S
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When the managing editor of the
Clayvllle News opened his paper at
breakfast one morning and looked for
the weather report he found in its
place a modest notice stating that the
circulation of the News was the larg<*st
of any paper in the city. Now, this
fact was interesting to the managing
editor, but it was not what he wanted
to read. He was looking for 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 first column on the front
VLT.'C >
"I'VE BEEN A FOOL," HE KEPEATED TO
THE OIBI*.
page to the eud of the last one on the
final page, could he find any comments
on the weather. He folded the paper
deliberately, swearing softly to him
self, and fifteen minutes later he con
fronted young Elton, the telegraph edi
tor.
"The weather report," said the latter,
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 3 o'clock
waiting for it, but for some reason it
failed to come."
"Ah!" said the managing editor
again. Then his 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
one of our readers. Why, you fool, do
you supjjose any one would have
known that your guess was not a relia
ble report even if it differed from that
of the Times? Do you"— He stopped
suddenly, turned on his heels and went
out the door, with the remark, "Don't
let it happen again!"
Young Eiton stared at the ceiling for
a good five minutes. Then he went
over 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
asked how he was faring in his work.
The weather report failed to come
that night. Young Elton prepared
some slips of paper with various
weather conditions written on them
and then drew one cautiously. It said,
"Rain today; co*der."
The managing editor read it the next
morning and 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 yount; Elton guessed it
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 1 shall gauge my guesses
by your demeanor. If you are very
cordial I shall say the next Jay will be
clear. If you are not so glad to see me
I shall prophesy cloudy weather. If I
find you bored by my visits the report
will say rain. Do you understand V"
The girl did, and though she sug
gested the possibility of fair weather
every day young Elton decided to try
the plan. He 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, and tho manag
ing editor of 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 Eltou on the
back and told him he should try the
races.
Then one night something went
awry at the girl's house. It was only
a trivial tiling in itself, but it lowered
the spirits of both. The paper prom
ised cloudy weather, and all the next
clay ugly, black clouds glowered.
The little quarrel was over by the
next night, but the conversation was
strained. A few evenings later the
girl happened to mention another man
who was not young Elton's idea of a
flt companion for a woman. He said
so very frankly, and the girl disap
peared.
The weather report read, "Rain to
day." For twenty-four hours the wa
ter poured down unceasingly.
Late the next afternoon young Elton
eat at his desk thinking deeply. He
had been out of sorts all day, and he
knew very well where the trouble lay.
He looked at the clock thoughtfully
and noted that it was nearly time for
his call. He wondered whether it was
worth while to go.
„%«ddeply be rose, slipped on his rain
and went out of the office. There
was resolution in hla every movement.
"I've been a fool," he tol<l himself,
"a poor, blind fool. The nicest Klrl in
the world almost mine—the nicest,
prettiest"—
The girl met him 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.
"I'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, and they fell to
talking of the something when there
should be a lUtle cottage with a bit
of green and maybe a dog.
When the managing editor took op
his paper the next morning he neg
lected to scan the weather report until
he had read son»e strong editorials,
which struck him m very excellent.
He smiled complacently at the forcible
words and turned to the weather re
port.
His face grew very white.
"Southerly winds," he read, "and fair
weather forevermore."
THE SCENE PAINTER.
He Plar* »* Important Put la Msff>
ln( m Modern PUf.
When a play has been accepted for
production It is sent to the scene paint
er, who goes over it carefully, taking
note of all details to be reproduced.
Then, if the subject Is difficult, be
makes a sketch of It In the flat. If
this proves satisfactory to manager,
actor and author, he builds It up in a
miniature model on the scale at half
an Inch to tike foot aa perfect to pro
portion and exquisite In detail as the
finished scene. An old gentleman late
ly, looking over a collection of models
lu one of the New York stadias, re
marked that his Kranddaughter would
l»e delighted to have them for doll
houses. The proprietor of the studio
smiled to himself. The models for a
Mingle play coat well up toward a thou
sand dollars. For an ordinary four act
mniedy the models, scenes, propeitias
and costumes cost, let tis say, flvs or
nix thousand dollars. The cost of the
great scenic productions is never as
much as the press agents say, bat has
been known to exceed SIOO.OOO.
When the model is approved, the
stage carpenter takes measurements
for such fraine work as may be neces
sary. The clumsy construction of the
old days has given way to the aoUdeat
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 greßt cities of the continent the
heaviest scene must be uuide 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
then haugs a huge canvas beaiils
the paint bridge with corresponding
squares In scale. The draftsman stands
on the bridge with a piece of charcoal
on a stick like a billiard rue and
square by square copies the lines of the
model, while an assistant raises and
lowers the cloth with tackle. Then
the body paint la put on, and the de
tails are added until the doth Is com
plete. John Oorbin In Soribner's
A WOMAN'S PHILOSOPHY.
There ain't no possible good '• Cn
come o' iendin' money to them '■ alat
able to pay it back.
'8 far 's my observation 'a extended,
it's always folks a long ways off '■
it's wisest to lay all faults to.
No woman as 's gotn' to fall In love
ever ought to begin by marryln' an
other man Drst. It mtxes things all up.
'8 far 's my observation '• extended,
no one don't ask for advice 'nless
they've pretty well made up their mind
net to take It.
It's better for you to learu the les
son '» all is vanity now than to wait
'n' have it fall on your head like a un
expected pickle Jar.
1 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 auy time, but nobody can't never
slide nothln' up uowbere.-"Basaa
Clegg and Her Friend. Mrs. LA throe."
by Anne Warner.
Vlrlwctloa.
There is a knowledge which is heav
enly, a knowledge which la human and
a knowledge which is diabolic; there Is
a knowledge which la blessed and a
knowledge which la accursed. The first
la ennobling and elevating and lifts
man toward God. The second la 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 thetr
Maker and ours put Into our power, to
teach us mercy, as he gives mercy to
us. is such an accursed knowledge that
only deinouH could seek far It.and U
can turn to no human good. "Science"
so gained is not for men, bat for dev
ils.—Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson In
Success.
Battle* la tk« 9a*w.
Many great battles have been fought
In the snow, Btlau and Hohenllnden
being familiar examples. Austerlits
was fought In Intensely cold weather,
and the Russian losses were increased
by Napoleon turning the fire of his
artillery on the frozen lakes over
which the Russians sought to retreat.
In our civil war Fort Donelson wss
captured in February, Fredericksburg
was fought In December. Stone River
Dec. 31, 1802, Jan. 2. 18«3. and Thomas
defeated and ruined flood's army st
Nashville on the 15th and lfltb of De
(.•ember. 18tt4
ASIATIC TIGER PROVERBS
A tiger's meai-« gluttonous repast
To face the riger In his lair great
bravery.
A winged tiger canning added t<.
power and ability.
After the < bines* tha tigers-t/Kal
devastation of a country.
A tiger of wood a harmless being
with a dungeroua exterior.
To bring up a tiger and haws him
turn upon yo»- tngrafitada
"Msingoho.'' a man ester —a person
with an ungovernable tamper.
A tiger with a broken hawk rage
and fury which are poswhss
To let go the tnll of a tiger -to avoid
one danger and encounter another
To turn from a deer and meet a
tiger the danger of too ranch osnUou
Devoured by s tiger said of a man
who wishes to l«e congested from his
creditors
Tou must enter the tiger's den if you
would secure s cub— what is worth
having is not procured with oat risk
mnti trouble. —Washington Fast
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"As One of the
Fa.mily"
By JANES K. HEARNE
Cup yrvy/tf , 1904, by M. Wood
<*'
Everybody in Greenville regarded
Manning as "one of the family lie
was the confidant, adviser and friend
of man, woman and child, from old
Grandfather Fennel, who declared him
self to be 102, though he was born lu
1817, to little Robert Sefton Browne,
who had arrived in Greenville only
three months before under the guid
ance 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. Ills father had left him
an Independent income, and he had
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, lie could judge both
sides Instead of only oue.
Thia 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 thia she considered sulti
deut reason why the Fennels should
take her under their rooftree. Mrs.
Pennel 111. declared hotly that, consid
ering the fact that Lillian Douglas,
who had been the daughter of l'ennel's
second wife by her first husband, had
been dead for three years, Miss Pen
rose had no right to claim relationship.
Grandfather Pennel smiled amiably
at the disputants, but in the end al
ways decided In favor of Miss Amanda,
inclined thereto by the fact that Bhe
waa willing to admit that he was 102,
even {bough she knew better.
In the course of time the pitched
battles between Susan Pennel and Miss
Amanda ceased. Miss Amanda, silent
and smiling, was far too much for
btant, outspoken Susan in the end
she bowed her head to the affliction
and suffered, if not in silence, at least
without direct opposition to the in
truder.
Having gained her victory Miss
Amanda unwisely proceeded to make
m W MM RATHKB FLCSTBUKD AT PIHDINO
MA (Oil* (J ON TUK DOOHBTBF.
Lite as unbearable to Susan as is possi
ble only to a woman. In a short while
Miss Amanda had driven Susan tore
volt.
She nought out Manning and found
in him a ready sympathizer. He watt
already beginning to feel that this an
atitlve spinster threatened hts domain.
Bhe had subdued the family of Pen
aat, and from certain little indications
it seemed to him that she Bought to
dominate the domestic affaire of the
rest of the village.
**l wouldn't complain," said the
weeping MM. Fennel; "but. you see,
William, you're like one of the family,
and I feel that I must tell some one."
"That's all right, Susan." be said
cheerily. 'Til look In in the morning
•ad see what can be done."
She took her departure, still sniffling,
bat visibly comforted. Manning sat
Asern to look over the situation. Here
be met with a foe in an worthy his steeL
From ail accounts she was energetic,
bat for ail of that well balanced and
atart. It appealed to Manning as a
case for strategy.
He decided that it would be wise to
Srat ascertain the position of the ene
my, observing the probable force he
would have to encounter. He put on
bis hat and strolled over to Grandfa
ther fennel's for dinner. He was used
to dropping ID anywhere for dinner.
Miss Amanda met him at the door, for
flusun had not returned. Sho was
somewhat flushed, for she had been
arguing with Grandfather Fennel, who
Insisted that the war of 1812 did not
happen, alnce he did not remember It.
He bad figured that he must have
been ten o- eleven years old at the
time and could not understand how
such a war had been fought without
his finding It out. Ordinarily Miss
Amanda was discreet and waived dis
puted points, but her ancestors had
fought In the war of 1812, and she
would not admit even to Grandfather
Psnnel that It had not occurred.
She was rather flustered at finding
Manning on the doorstep. She had
heard much about him and in a way
feared hts control of public opinion
Manning had not regarded her very
closely heretofore. Now he scrutinized
ber very carefully as he handed her his
hat and prepared to enter the sitting
room. She was a more attractive wo
roan than he luid 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 Pen
nel by assuring him that he remem
bered the old gentleman telling about
the war of 1812 years ago and suggest
Ing that he hsd probably forgotten all
about It. This was an adjustment sat
isfactory to both sides and gave Miss
Amanda a rtwpwi for his skill its an
arbitrator Having sett led the old man,
Manning turned his attention to his
pro*pectl re foe.
She had been s schoolteacher In her
younger days and wss better read than
the average. She was a fluent talker
as well. Manning was almost sorry
when dinner was announced, even
thoogh Susan Fennel's dumplings were
supcotied to Improve any chicken Htew
ever made.
After that he found that an opponent
required more study than he had sup
posed. He was regularly at the IVn
nels, so regularly that at length Susan
took him to task. It was over at his
VMM; sod h« sat In tli« rosy armchair
where he had heard the confessions of
half the village.
"I don't like to speak of It, William,"
she was saying nervously. "I don't
suppose I had any right In the first
place to ask you to get that woman out
of the house, but you see you're like
one of the family, and 1 thought you
might help me."
"Amanda's a mighty flue woman,
Susan," he answered, nervously pick
ing nt a loose button on the chair arm,
"a mighty flue woman; but, you see,
she's never had any husband to domi
neer. You can't blame her when you
realize that, you know. Now, 1 think
the best way will be to get a husband
for her."
Susan sniffed. "You don't happen to
know of any one who wants her for a
wife, do you?" she asked scornfully.
Manning 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 I never before real
ized that It would be nice to have a
family of my own."
POOR TROMBETTI!
The Sad Tale of the Proff»»or and
tlie Journalist.
Professor Trombetti, whose praises
were so much sung In the foreign press
us knowing the greatest number of
languages of any one ever born, relates
an anecdote of himself which occurred
just after he was "discovered." In
ltome he was so pestered by Journal
ists that his patience at last gave way,
and when cornered by the gentlemen
of the press his language became dis
tinctly lurid.
One day as he was coming out of the
central postotfice a frank looking
young man stepped up to him, and,
holding out his hand, said: "I am so
glad to make your acquaintance; I
have been trying to flud you for days."
"And may I inquire with whom I am
speaking?" "Why, I am X! Not a
near relation to be sure, but near
enough to offer you congratulations,"
etc. Professor Trombetti, reassured,
and glad to get hold of some one to
unburden himself to, took the stran
ger's arm, and, us they went down the
street, gave, In emphatic terms, a
description of his sufferings, his opin
ion of Journalists, and, incidentally,
much information about 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 in a restaurant, the observed
of all observers, when suddenly he was
seen to spritig to his feet with a smoth
ered exclamation. Ills friends crowded
übout for an explanation, but he could
only sit down weakly and point to hi*
newspaper, the Giornale d'ltalla.
There, in large print, were his impru
dent revelations of the afternoon. He
had been "done" by a Journalist.—Pall
Mall Gazette.
THE PERFECT NUMBER.
Prom Time Immemorial Three Haa
Had I'iiDMual Si|C"iiiUcttiic«.
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 been given to it than to any
other except seven. And as the symbol
of the Trinity Its influence has waxed
more potent *.n 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 waa
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 I>elllah three times.
Three times Saul tried to kill David
with a 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.
Shadrach, Meshach aud Abednego were
rescued from a fiery furnace. The
commandments of the Lord were de
livered 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
him three times, lie suffered three
hours of agony on the cross. The su
perscription was in three languages,
and three men were crucified. Christ
appeared three times to his disciples
and rose the third day.—New York
Herald.
Hare Von Got Them!
Do you feel anxious and preoccupied
when the gas man goes by?
Do you sleep badly?
Do you goto bed hungry?
Does your heart palpitate when you
see a steak?
Is there an all gone feeling In 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 Conceit.
Etlenne Dumont, 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. 1 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 Paris and
ninety nine would refuse In London."
The Tlhetau Conscience.
The Tibetans offer daily prayers for
the minute Insects which they have
swallowed inadvertently In their meat
and drink, and the formula Insures the
rebirth of these microbes In heaven
Yet they eat meat freely anil square
their conscience with their appetite by
the pretext that the sin rests with the
outi-ast assassin, the public butcher,
who will be born in the next Inearuu
tion us some tantalized spirit or agon
ized demon That, however. Is his owu
affair.
Optical linlj-clnlon.
The Daughter No, mother, dear, I
could not marry Mr. Smith. He
squints. The Mother—My dear girl, a
man who has £20,000 a year may be
affected with a slight optical indeci
sion. but a squint, never!— London Tat
tter
Itraiou Knooith,
"What! Marry my daughter"'" snort
ed old Gotrox. "Why. you must be
destitute of all reason"
"Yes." interrupted young Poorley.
with refreshing candor; "I admit I um
destitute, but that very fact Is my rea
sons—Philadelphia Press.
KEEP UP YOUR ENERGY
Stnud Ereot ttitd Walk un TliouKt)
Vou Here Somebody.
Never allow your physical standard
to drop. Keep up your energy. Walk
as if you were somebody aud were go
ing to do something worth while iu the
world, so that even a stranger will note
your bearing and mark your superior
ity. If you have fallen into a habit of
walking in a listless, indolent way,
turn right about face at once and make
a change. You don't want to shuttle
along like the failures we often see sit
ting around on park benches or lolling
about the streets, with their hands iu
their pockets, or haunting intelligence
offices and wondering why fate has
been so hard with them. You don't
want to give people the impression that
you are discouraged or that you are al
ready falling 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 mau
who is conscious of his kinship with
God 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
in order to give h 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 weakliug. If you would be noble
and do noble things you must look up.
You were made to look upward and to
walk upright, not to look down or to
Bhamble along in a semlhorlzontal posl
tion. Put character, dignity, nobility,
into your walk. Success.
THEBES GLASS WORKERS.
The High Art That Flonrlnhed Over
Forty Ontnrle* Ago.
The glassblowers 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 a 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. Rossellini gives an illustration
of a piece of stained glass known to
be 4,000 years old which displayed ar
tistic taste of high order, both iu tint
and design.
In thin case the color Is struck
through the vitrified structure, and he
mentions designs struck entirely in
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 Memphla
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 ston»>s 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 lalu iu the desert sands from
2.000 to 4,000 years, it takes an expert
to distinguish the genuine articles from
the spurious. It has been shown that,
besides being experts in glassinaking
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
Thothmes 111., who lived 3.400 years
ago.
Xo Panpem In Japan.
With all our high wages and boasted
civilization the fact remains that you
will see more wretchedly poor in any
of our great cities in a day than you
will see in Japan in a lifetime. In
other words, you will see no destitu
tion in Japan. Though some are very
poor, yet all seem to be well fed, cloth
ed and housed and are invariably
cheerful and. what is more surprising,
Invariably clean. There are no paupers
In Japan and therefore no workhouses
or poorhouses, though there are many
hospitals where the sick are healed
gratuitously. Practically every one can
earn a living. Would that we could say
the same!— Pall Mall Gazette.
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A nul in I i:i n Mieiihi-'il* llair Odd
Wi: .v.t ii( Ma> '<ing Time.
'1 lie !•.».:• !:iry rM.rs of the great
Australian sheep ranches have each a
di.-trict to I oK. after, iu which one
| must keep Ihe wire fences in repair
and see i '..at the sheep come to no
ii.-trm. It is i hard and lonely life, liv-
In , ; - e boundary rider does, quite
r.lone in the wilderness. A writer tells
>1 ; .int 112 the curious ways in which
t!,i <• solitary u;eu keep count of the
one i>!d man who had lived In the
bad. < ,ji:iiiry for thirty years used two
jam tin. 1 . al seven pebbles. One tin
was mail. >!. "This week," and the oth
j er "I-asi week." On Monday morning
1 he would t ike a pebble from "Last
1 week" ::n I drop it into "This week,"
! and each s I.sequent moaning till "This
; week" had swallowed the seven. They
| were reiun .-l to "Last week," and the
[ old fellow knew that another Sunday
I had passed.
Another man had tried and failed
with sever.".! plans. At last he hit on a
new idea, lie made a big damper (cake
I of flour and water) on Sunday night
| and marked It into seven sections,
| each section being a day's allowance,
I so that every time he picked up the
' damp r the grocer would remind him
iof the day. Unfortunately one Tues
day there came a visitor with a raven-
I ous appetite. The host stinted him
| self that the hungry one might be sat
| isfi. 1 with the day's section. But he
wasn't. Willi anxious eyes the host
| saw the knife clearing the boundary
| line and the hungry man ruthlessly
i carving into his almanac. At last he
could stand it no longer.
"Stop, stop!" he cried as he grabbed
the damper and glared at it.
! "There," lie said, "you've eaten Toos
day and We'n'day, and now yer wanter
slice the best o' the mornln' o' Thurs
day. an' I won't know the day o' the
week."
«ir.pano<ie Sword*.
L'nlike the famous blades of Toledo
and Damascus. Japanese swords are
not flexible or elastic. They are un
equaled for strength and hardness and
hold a very keen edge. Japanese steel
is said to excel even Swedish sleel iu
purity. The manufacture of the
swords is a very elaborate process.
Soin < ceremonials and superstition#
practices are intermixed with the scien
tific oj eratious. The sword hardener
is regarded as the most important pee
sonage connected with the manufac
ture. It is his name that is inscribed
on the hilt and his reputation that en
hances the value of a sword. Those
who shape the blade, sharpen and
adorn it are of niki r importance.
J J. BROWN
THE EYE:A SPECIALTY
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NO. 116 E. FRONT ST.
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•" -BLOOMSBCJKU DIVISION'
W KMT.
A M. A. M. A. M I'. A l ,
New Vore lv iOO .... 1000 140
P. M.
Seranton ar 617 ... 1 ill
P. M.
Buffalo Iv II 80 2lf
A.N.
Bcrac ton ar 55b 10 05 ....
A. >l. A. M. P. M. I'. Si
tjcranlon ..lv t6 Bi> *lO 1U tl 6 s 635
Bellevue
Taylor 644 10 IT 103 844
Lackawanna 650 10 24 210 t) 50
Duryea t, S3 J 0 al3 653
Plttslon 658 10 33 217 657
suHquetianna Ave 701 10 87 210 659
WestPittston 705 10 41 228 702
Wyoming 710 10 46 227 707
Forty Fort 2 31
Bennett 717 10 52 284 714
Kingston ar 724 10 56 2 4(1 720
Wllkeß-Barre ar 740 11 10 25t 780
Wllkes-Barre Iv 710 10 40 231 710
k'ingxioD lv 724 10 56 240 720
i'lymouth Jane
Plymouth 785 1105 248 73»
Nautiroke 7*B 1118 SiW 7'37
Hurilock's 749 lilt* 80t 7 "48
Shicksbinny (<Ol 1131 820 758
Hicks Ferry #ll Hi 4:s 830 f8 08
Beach Haven 819 114b B*l 809
Berwick 827 11 54 844 817
Bnarcreek fBB2 ..... fh 50
Willow Grove ft 3d .... fH 54 ft) 24
IJme R!d|[e S4O fiailb SSB «28
KBpy HIB 12 15 4 ut> 884
BJoomsljurg 858 12 22 412 840
rtupert 857 12 25 416 845
Catawba... 802 12 82 <22 850
Danville 915 12 44 i m 905
Cameron 924 f»2 67 443
Northuniber'd ar SM.j 110 « ">5 930
KABT
A. M. A. M. P. M. V. M
' NortLutuoe.T ♦HIS flow ti 56 '525
Cameron f>s7 f* in f.^4
Danville .. 707 10 19 ill 543
Catawissa 721 10 82 2to 558
Rupert ; 726 10 87 2 2i> 601
Bloomsburg 793 10 41 288 605
E«py 788 10 48 240 618
Lime Kidge 744 fIOSI fi 48 fb 30
Willow drove f7 48 tl 50 ....
Briarcreek 7 62 f2 58 16 27
Berwick 75 7 11 05 258 684
Beech Haven 806 fll 12 802 641
dicks Ferry,., 811 fll 17 SOB 647
Shlckshinny 822 11 31 s2o ft>s9
Hunlock's 833 sSI r7 09
Nanliooke . 838 11 44 838 714
Avondale 841 842 722
Plymouth 845 1151 347 728
i Plymouth June 847 .... 352 .
Kingston ar 855 11 59 «UC 7.38
, \VilkeH-K>UTe ar ill' 12 10 410 750
Wllkes-Barre lv 840 1140 iSO 730
, Kingston lv 856 1159 400 738
| liiizerne 858 al2 02 JOB 742
Forty Fort f>»0(? .... 407
I Wyoming «05 12 0b 412 74b
! West Pittston 910 417 753
I Husquehanna Ave.... 913 12 14 420 756
i PlttStOD 919 i 2 17 424 801
Muryfcn 923 429 806
| Lackawanna 926 <32 810
! Taylor 9 32 140 8 17
! Bellevue
I Hcranton ar 942 12 36 450 BiS
A. M. P. M P.M
Hcranton lv 1025 ji oi .... >llO
A. M
1 Buffn'o hi .... 7Vi ... 700
A. M. P. .W P.M A.M
1 Soranlou lv 10.20 12.40 13 35 *2
P.M. P.M P.M A M
New York ar 330 500 735 650
•Dally, tDally except Sunday.
.stops on signal or on notice to conductor
k Stops on signal to take on passenger* for
New Vork. BinghauUon and points west.
T. E.CLAKKK T. W. I.EK
Ken Nunerinlenrtent. Hen.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME T&BLE
In Effect Nov. 29th, 1904.
A.M. (A.M. P.M.
Scranton(D&H)!v §6 8; '49 47i 1 v2j4 28
Plttston " " 705 fll 15 §2 10 553
A. M.IP.M. P.M
Wilkesbarre... lv A. M. §lO 35 1 ! 245g# 00
Plym'th Ferry " j 725 flO 42 f252 UO7
Nanticoke " <32 10 50 301 817
Alocanaaua .... " 742 11 07 320 637
Wapwallopen.. " BOr 11 16 331 847
Neacopeck ar gin, 11 «l 342 700
A.M. A.M.
Pot tsvllle lv 5 s(i §1155
Hazleton *' 7 05i...... 245\1 45
Tomhlcken "i 7 22: 30a 305
Fern Olen 7 24 3 IS 3 15
Rock (Hen " 7 5 322 822
Neacopeck . .. ar 802
Catawissa 4 00 4 00 . . .
' 4~T ATM" P.M. P M ~~
Neacopeck... . lv 3 8 18 §ll 26 | 3 42 H 00
Creaay • 83( 11 36 8527 09
Espy Ferry... ' fn fc 11 46 f4 02 720
E. Bloomaburg " 847 11 50, 406 725
Catawisea lv 855 11 57 413 732
South Danville " 900 12 10 4 31, 751
Sunbury ar 9 35] 12 40| 4 55j gls
A.M. P.M. P. M RM.
Sunbury lv || » 42|§12 48 § 5 18; ,y 53
Lewisburg.... ar 10 13 145! 548 "
Milton " lu 08 139 54410 14
Wllliamsport.. " 11 00 141 64010 00
Lock Haven... " 11 69 220 737
Renovo "A.M.; 800 830
Kane " I 825
_ P.M. P.M.
Lock Haven..lv §l2 10 i 3 45
Bellefonte ....ar 1051 444
Tyrone " 2101 600
Phllipsburg " 510| 802 ,
Clearfield..,. " 5518 845
PlttHburg.... " 655 111145 !
A.M. P. M P. M. P M
Sunbury lv I 9 60 S 1 50 J 5 10 18 31
Harrlaburg.... ar |ll 80|§ 3 15 j 6 50 10 10
P. M, P. M. P. M. A M
Philadelphia., ar § 3 17 1 6 23 l| 9 28 |4 23
Baltimore " § 8 11 | 6 00 j 9 45 2 20
Wasnlngton ... " S 4 20 |, 7 16 310 55 8 30
A.M.1P,M.1
Sunbury IvJlO 00 j 2 15]
Lewiutowu Jc. ari 1145! 4 05,
Pittsburg "| 6 55 §1045; |
A.M.|p,M. P. M tp M
Harrlaburg.... IT 111 46 II 6 20!|| 7 20|g1105
| P. M.I A M. A. M. A M
Pittsburg ar ] 6 55!|) 160}jj 1 50 ; 5 30|
P. M. P M A M A M
Pittsburg lv J 7 10 i 9 00 | 3 00 18 00 ....
A.M A M 112 M
Harrlaburg.... ar | 2 00 I 4 26 |U 85 | 8 10 ....
P.M A fti
Plttaburg lv, 9 to s 8 oc ....
A.M. PM
L.ewietown Ja. " 5 7 30 5 3Ot ....
Sunbury ar j » a i 4 60 ....
|P. M. A M A M AM
Washington... lv 10 40 II 7 50 j, 10 50 ....
Baltimore " |ll 00 | 440 840 1,11 46 ....
Philadelphia... " ill 40j| 4 251 830 (11 40 ....
A. M.I A M A. M. P M
Harrlaburg.... lv | 3 35;J 7 55 gll 40 2 325 ....
Sunbury ar 500j 936 108 613 ....
P.M. A M A M
Pittsburg lv M 2 46 | 8005 800
Clearfield.... " 330 920 ••••
Phllipsburg.. '• 425 10 11/
Tyrone " 700 I 8 10 12 25 ....
Bellefonte.. " 816 932 125 ••••
Lock Haven ar 915 10 30 210 ••••
~ ~M. A M A M P M
Erie,. lv , 5 35
Kane " 845 \'i 600 ••••
Kenovo " 11 50 j 6 401 10 30 § I 13 •••
Lock Haven....'• 12 38 7 30| U25 250 ....
A.M. |P M
WMlllatnsport " 244{ 825 |lB 40
Milton •' 223 9 13| 125 4
Lewisburg " 9 05j 116 4 ••••
Sunbury ar 839 9 45j 1 64" 6
j M. AM P M|PM
Sunbury lv 645|v55£2 Wi s6 25
South Danville "j 7 11 || 10 17, 221 j' 550 ••••
Catawlgsa " 32 10 35, 2 30; 6 08 ••••
E Bloomsburg.. ' 1 37i 10 43 243 610 -
Espy Ferry " 42'f10 47! 01, ••••
Creasy " 52 10 66 2 55; 6 & ••••
Neecopeck " 02 11 05j 3 05] 6 4*;""
~~A~M AMP. M.l
Catawlssa lv ; 10 38f
Neteopeck lv 823 g505 p M ••••
Rock Ulen ar j 11 22i ••••
Fern Ulen 851 11 28 | 532 705 ••••
Tomhlcken " 858 11 38 538 72> ••••
Hazleton " 919 11 57, 5 59J 734 ••••
Pottsville "j 10 15; 150 665 141 •••_
I AM AMP Ml 80t
Nescopeck lvljj 8 02 111 06 § 8 05 i ■•••
Wapwallopen..ar 8 1H; 11 20 8 20, p jyi ••••
Mocanauua .... "I 8 31 11 321 3 30U g n ••••
Nantlcoke .... "| 854 11 64 3 49," go ••••
P Mi 7 01 •
Plym'th Ferry' 112 9 02; 12 02! 357 7 jy ....
Wllksbarre .. •• 910 12 10 4 ooi
AM PM P Ml'J®
Plttston(l)AH) ar i 9 89 1113 29 \* RC ....
Scrantoa " "I 10os[ l 08| 52 J ....
Weekdavs. I Daily. 112 Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Oars run on
through trains between Surbury, Wllliamsport
and Erie, between Sunbury ai»J Philadelphia
and Washington and between HarrieDurg, Pitts
burg and the West.
For further Information apply to Ticket Agent
W. W. ATTKKBL'KY, J K. WOOD
General Manager, Pass. Traftle Me
EO. 'V. BOY D, Oen Paeewngar Agent.
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