MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville. Pa., April 27, IWS Announcement. I hereby announce myself as a can didate for County Commissioner, sub ject to the decision of the Republican Primary election. CHAS. W. COOK, of Valley Township. TEN MEN DASHED INI# ETERNITY WILKKSBARRK, April 2rt. Anoth er appaling disaster ocourred this morniug at the Conyngham mine, when ten miners, while descending the shaft, were hurled into eternity,by the break ing of the cable. Their names are as follows: Michael Zayants, married. Loaves wife and four children in the old country. Resided in Georgetown. John Zhase, married, wife and four children. Resided at North Main and Kulp streets. James Marmatarielek, married, wife aud six children. Resided iu George town. Anthony Zayauts, married, leaves wife and no children. Resided in Georgetown. William T. Haney, married, leaves wife and two children. Resided on North Pennsylvania avenue. John Juritski,married,leaves a wife and two children. Resided 317 Wyom ing avenue. Anthony Zelvic, married, leaves a wife aud four children. Resided at 318 Wyoming avenue Lawrence Warnick, married, leaves wife and four children. Resided at 313 Wyoming avenue. Frank Rogol, married,leaves a wife. Resides at 31 Ralph street. Harry M'Graw, laborer. It was one of that cla«s of accidents which cannot be rightfully or correct ly explained, for the officials were positive in their declaration, that the cable was examined daily and not the slightest sign of a defect could be found in any part of it. They regrett ed the accident as much as anyone and worked hard and diligently to locate tlie bodies and succeeded after hours of strenuoas efforts. The bodies of the unfortunate men were horribly mangled. Some did not have a sound bone. The flesh iu cer tain parts was torn into ribbon*. Blood poured from the wounds. It was said, it was pitiful and sorrowful to ob serve the procession of the bodies from the head of the 6haft to the ambulance wagons. It was a scene where theie were no smiles, but a horrified expres sion on every face. For how could it be otherwise, a* the miners left their home, and their loved ones without the slightest pre monition of trouble or the doom that awaited them. They reported at the usual hour, gave their number to the clerks at the oflice and then made their way to the head of the shaft. Two carriage loads descended to the bot tom. Ten men j:ot on the third. They laughed and joked witli each other, as miners usually do and there were no sad faces when the ten men left the surface and desoended into the mine. When the cage neared the Hillman vein. Engineer William Cunningham, slowed the engines, with the intention of stopping at this landing, but while in the act of doing so, the cable snap ped and the carriage, with its load of human freight descended to the bot tom, a distance of four houdred feet. The ride of these unfortunate meu can ba better imagined than described It Jid not take the carriage long to get headway and with terriffic speed it rushed to the bottom,carrying its load of human beiugs to eternity. A Feature. A feature of Lyuiau H. Howe's Mov ing Pictures which will be in Danville on Saturday evening, April 21>th, is that every picture is vivid with life, and aathentio. Every picture, too. is accompanied with admirable and in genious sounds in instant unison with every action of the scone which makes the spectator imagine Ife is seeiug actual life itself—life of world wide travel and world wide interest in all its lights and shades ;a studious blend ing of the humorous with the pathetic the educational with the amusing, and all with a rapidity and precision that creates its own demand for regular re turn visits. If you have never seen moving pic tures that thoroughly pleased you. go and see Mr. Howe's masterful produc tion; if you have seen what you con sidered pleasing, go anyway and see those that are infinitely better—per fect and steady, regard less of where or when you saw others; for the Lyman H. Howe moving pictures are today, as ever, the only edition deluxe of moving pictuies in America. fleeting of Ladies' Auxiliary. The regular monthly business meet ing of the Ladled' Auxiliary of the Y. M C. A., will be held in Association parlor, this evening at 7 :8Q o'clock. A full attendance is e»rn"Btly requested. A destructive freight wreck occur red Tuesday evening at the terminus of the lower yards, half a mile below Millersburg, on the Northern Central Railway. At the opera house tonight Mr. AI. Laech, the Ros< buds and a com pany or fifty,mostly girls.will be seen in Win. A. Brady's musical pro-ln"- tion, "Girls Will Be Girls" direct from the Fourteenth Street Theatre, New York Oity. Preparatory to pavjng Atlautio Avenue, tiie great central thorough fare of the most famous seashore re sort in America, the Council of At lantic City has determined to send a committee to Harrishurg to see what has been done in the paving line in that city. The seventeenth annual reunion of the Fifth Pennsylvania Reserves will be held in Jersey Shore on Wednesday, May 10. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION HARKISBURti. Ajin 1 2ti.—Without the least semblance of opposition the four candidates agreed upon by tlim Republican organization several weeks ago were nominated at the state con vention lield here today. They are : J. Lee Plnmmer, of Holidaysburg. for State Tteasurer. Hon. Charles E. Rice, of Wilkes barre; Hon. James A. Beaver,of Bello fonte, and Hon. George B. Or lady, of Huntingdon, for Superior Court Judges. There was bat one session and the business of the convention was dispos ed of in record breaking time. The program arranged by the party lead ers semed to meet with favor all along the line, for 1101 a word of protest was heard or even a question asked by any delegate during the deliberations. Thomas Hays of Butler county, who was mentioned for state treasurer with drew from the contest yesterday af ternoon and as already stated Plum mer had very smooth sailing. Mr. Plummer was on the ground for forty eight hours before the convention a id had headquarters in the Common wealth Hotel. He managed bis own campaign and succeeded in finally lauding the coveted prize by a utt auimoos vote. Wesley R. Andrews, of Meadvilie, who for years has beeu Secretary cf the Republican state committee, suc ceeds Senator Penrose as chairman the Senator refusing to again be a candi date. The platform indorses the state and national administrations ; approves the work of the last legislature; favors the continuance of the present pension polioy ; advocates the enlargement of the rural free delivery system; ap proves Senator Penrose's management as state chairman and commends the capitol commission for its work iu pushing the new capitol Because there were no contests the convention which met in the Lyceum Theatre at 10:30 o'clock this morning was one of the shortest and most har monious on record but notwithstanding the absence of contests there was a large attendance. DKAKXKNM ( A.MOT UK CI'UKII local applications, an they cannot reacq the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by con st ltutionitl remedies. Deafness In caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of ttie Eustachian Tube. Wtien this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im perfect hearing, and when it Is entirely clou ed deafness Is the result, and unless the in flammation can betaken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing wl be destroyed forever; nine cases out if ten are caused by catarrh,which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous services. We will give One Hundred Doll rs for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send or circulars, free. Sold by Druggists, price7sc. per bottle Hall's Karaiiy Pills are 'he best THE EGG DANCE. A Curlou* Kunter C'nuloni of Anrlrnt France—A ltoyul Romance. In very ancient times a most curious Easter custom prevailed in France Wooing lads aud lasses would come forward as applicants for the "egg aud matrimonial dance." A hundred eggs were arranged on a level sward spread with sand, and all the young tenantry selected their partners to dance on tht green among the eggs. The story is told by ttu old chronicler thiit Philibert, duke of Savoy, was out bunting and, being in the neighborhood of the beautiful palace of Margaret of Flanders, called to pay bis respects to her. All the tenantry were dancing on the green, the eggs were laid, and the lovers were treading a measure of the national dance amid them. Few there were who managed to dance through without breaking some of the obstruc tions. If they succeeded not even the "nay" of the parents prevailed to break uj> the match. It was an evidence of the intentions of Providence to smile on the union. While many had tried and been un successful, the duke besought the prin cess to try the dance with him. Though it was the first time they had met, she agreed, and they executed the national dance without breaking an egg. They were greeted with enthusiastic cheers, aud, as it was a sure sign that they were affianced by divine will and their wedded life would be one of great bliss, they bowed to the fates that or dained it so, and in the sentiment of the romance they were "married and lived happily ever after.**—Philadelphia Press Half or Two-third*. The bishop of Kensington at a prize distribution recently told of a case in which a boy got the better of the ex aminer. "Suppose," asked the exam iner, "I offered you half an orange and two-thirds of ;:n orange, which piece would you tahe?" "Please, sir, the half!" shouted the lad. "Stupid boy!" exclaimed the examiner. "I shall put a black mark against you for that." Subsequently a deputation of scholars waited on the examiner to convince him that he was wrong. "Why am I wrong?" he Inquired. "Because Tom my diK's not like oranges at all." was the conclusive an-wer. St Jumes' Ga zette. !»m |M-rn. It has I ceti ei'<;ilated that, taking the populated) of tl.e whole world, there is ot.- ;.<• . e- i i e.cry K) persons. Tl:e : Vied Sts supports 12,51*1 nev. :•>«; e-s. of wii) !i l.nno are dallic'-:. Thee I • .u-T r >tiud !; iiircs. c,\-r many has > j i ni.i!.- <»f which HIM) are daily V. i . . t.. ■ did place iu tie Knr»• i roc with 030 newßpai e 1 .1: >'.» are d :ily Frainehi- tie ici me number. IJ : t r-.ilt cf *t "Now »hat .voi are \v< !tl:y, Mr said the man uho deals in pe.iigi, and the like, "you rc .ily should begin to adopt u c i it of arms." "I'll do just as I please." ret.»r;oJ Mr. C. hotly. "If I like togo about in my sliirf slec.es. lhat ain't none o' your business!" Anthony, the e»r-olti son of Charles Osairwicz. of Sharaokin, died Friday night, of spotted fever after only forty-eight hours li nes-*. The ohild suffered terrible agony ami when death ensued the body wa« rigid and arched iu sncb a manner that the h' ad and feet alone touched the b rl. Charles M Schwab,of the Bethlehem Steel Works, arrived in St Petersbuig on Saturday to confer with the ad miralty and the ministry of finance re gardiug the Russian naval program. MARRIED IN PHILADELPHIA Miss Loni a McClnre ami Dr. A. Beeber Vastine. both young people of this city, wert! united in matriniuiiv in Philadelphia last evening. The ceremony was performed at the Colonnade Hotel at 8:20 o'clock, Rev. R. H. Wilson, officiating, immediate ly after the ceremony tho newly wed ded couplu left, for ttio seashore where they will spend a week. Returning they will goto house keupiug in Lewis burg, where the groom is located a* a dentist. The bride is the daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. John MoClure,and a sister of W. L. McOlure, Cashier of the First Na tional Bank. She is a young lady of education and culture and his a large circlo of friends. The groom is the son of Councilman Amos Vastine. He is a young man of excellent character and likewise enjoys tlia friendship of a laige circle taking in the leading residents of his native town and other places. Weak. Nervous, 'Worn Out Women Bloodless, Irritable, Despondent Women. Subject to All Sort", and Varieties of Nervous Troubles, Fiud a Positive Cure in DR. A. W. CHASE'S NERVE PILLS. The wot Id is full of women whose daily life is one long >lraggle against diseases peculiar to their sex-—whose days and nights are full of quiet, pati ent snff. ting The had is the seat of pain ami pres-ure t'ie result of nerve depression and physical weakness brought 011 by uterine or ovarian trou ble—the nerves on edge—in< lined to laugh or cry at anything—an ever pre senr dragging 111 the b.'ck, hips and limbs—a le°liug of uttter wiaiiness— lassitude aud despombncy. To these people Dr A W. 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Poilrau aud sign ature of A. W Chase, M 1> , on every package. For sale by J. D. Gosh & Co. Kn({!isli 1111 <1 Prencli Police. No comparison can fairly 110 made between the police 01 Loudon and Par is without due consideration of the fact that the French law admits an interfer ence with the liberty of the subject which would not he tolerated in Great Britain. And it must also be remem bered that the existence of octroi du ties makes It difficult for a Frenchman to enter or quit Paris without being the subject of closer observation than he would encounter in an Euglish city. Solicitors' Journal. Pay iih You Go. To live within one's income Is the secret of prosperity. Happiness Is the heritage of the one who adheres to this rule, and a contented mind and an ever Increasing bank account will be long to the one who buys only what he ean pay for. Very "Yes, Hunter is really engaged to Miss Roxley." "So he was telling me. He says she's not very pretty, but she's good." "Yes. guiH- for a million in her own right." Philadelphia Press. < fiixulry at a Dlaeount. He-There was a run on the hank, was there? You were fortunate to get your money out. She- Yes; but I never saw such discourtesy. There wasn't a man offered me bis place on the line. .New York Times. Sour Stomach No appetite, loss ol utrei.ijth, nervous nciis. neiuacr.e. constipation, bad breath, general lieb.lity, sour r.- ;'.gs, and catarrh of ths stomach arc all due to indigestion Kodol cures ind;gest on. This new discov ery represents the natural juices o: diges t'on as they exist in a healthy stomach, combined with the greatest known tonic and reso::c,ructive properties. Kodol Dys pepsia Cure does not only cure indigestion and dyspepsia, but this famous ren edy cures ail stomach troubles by cleansing, purify:ng. sweetening and strengthening the inuco'is membranes lining the stomach. Mr. S S BaQ, Of Rav ■ W, Va . says.— " I w»i ?r üb-«d vtith sour :n.-.ch fort%enty years. Kodol cu-ed me ana we a - ix.w using It In milk for bacy Kodol Divests What You £at. Bottles • f es the trig* Prepared t » (; i & CO., CHiUAUQ For sale by Pa tiles et and the nature of it, and his friend wagered that no bank would trust him for that amount."—Kansas City Star. IRISH STORIES. Some Droll Anavtera and Heady Wit Pro in Hotel Walter*. Of stories of Irish hospitality Mr. Macready had a full supply; also of hotel attendants and the peasantry. On one occasion he asked the girl in attendance for poached eggs. She looked a bit nonplused at first, but after a little hesitation replied, "There are no poached eggs in the place, sir, but I think I could get you some poached salmon." In a poor little cottage of two rooms he saw a married couple and seven children. Hearing a baby cry, he asked to see It and explained that he took an interest In babies, having one at home. The infant was produced for Inspection, and the mother asked proudly, "Is yours as big as that, sir?" To which he replied, "I think it Is a little bigger." Instantly the in stincts of the mother were roused, and, tossing her bead, she said: "So well it might be That's only half of ours; the other half Is with God. We had twins." At a hotel one of the party asked, "Have you got any celery, waiter?" "No, sir," was the significant answer. "I relies on me chances." That man deserved an extra tip. On another oc casion the dinner was especially good and well served. At the conclusion one of the party remarked, "You're an angel, Pat" "I am, sir," assented Pat, "but I fly low."—London Telegraph DANCING PILGRIMS. The Annual Carnival of the "Saint*** of Kebternaeli. On every succeeding Whitsun Tues day from time Immemorial 19,000 to 20,000 pilgrims of both sexes and of ev ery age and condition of life dance for four or five hours at Echternach, In the grand duchy of Luxemburg, to an unmistakable polka tune and an appar ently nonsensical refrain. The central figure of this great Echternach "spring prozession" Is St. Wllllbrord, who mi grated from Northumberland to the frontiers of the Black forest twelve centuries ago. Emperors and kings have In vain forbidden the "saints" of Echternach to indulge In their annual carnival. With the peasantry of East Luxem burg and Eiffel the "springprozession" is as popular today as it was in 1131, when King Lothalre came to pray at St. Willibrord's tomb. The simple mind ed dwellers on the banks of the Sure and the Moselle are firmly convinced that their best hope of freedom from nervous diseases in this world and eter nal salvation In the next lies In this mystic dance of live steps forward and two backward, by which, after three hours' Indescribable toil, they cover the two or three miles intervening between the starting point, at which the pil grims receive the episcopal blessing and the goal at the steps of St. Willi brord's shrine. KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE. The Two Do Not Neeeaaarlly Walk Hand In Hand. High marks In examinations depend upon a trained memory and a power of acquiring irrelevant information. Culture, on the contrary. Is a sym pathetic assimilation of the best in the realm of thought and achievement. Culture Is a slower process and a deep er, and Its reward strikes further In. Assimilation of"the best that has been thought and accomplished affects not merely the brain, but the character— j the whole spirit of a man. Culture implies a soil plowed and fertilized, where whatever seed falls has the better chance for growth. Informa tion even In vast quantities, so long as It remains mere Information, used for purposes of passing examinations, need not affect the manners nor the morals of a man; both may remain hopelessly lax in an encyclopedia!! mine of facts. But culture affects , primarily the manners and the morals. A cultured gentleman has external methods of getting on with his kind; he has the true sense of relationship, the feeling that all he can learn to feel or to be Is not for himself, but for service; he knows himself in a net work of human inter-relations. In the end the test of knowledge is not ex amination marks; it is living Har per's Weekly. I'be lleaceiulliiK Scale. When a girl is first engaged she tig ures on a ten room house in the swell part of town. As time goes on the house gradually decreases in size until It Is a four room structure. Then all the fancy trimmings are left off, and next the house Is located In a remote part of town. Finally wheu the wed ding comes off it is announced that the couple will reside with the bride's fa ther.—Atchison Globe. Hill* mid Roarda. Bill had a blllb >ard. Pill also had a board bill. The board bill bo nil Bill so that Bill sold the billboard to pay his board bill. So after Bill sold his bill board to pay hli board bill the board l>51! no longer bored Bill.—-Yale Ex [To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ®™ry I Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 months. This Signature, DOX 2jC, J »o*o*o#o*o*o+vo^o*o.*o*o*o* | The One I 1 Letter § * By * 2 CHANNING POLLOCK o * * 0 o * Copyright, I'.HW, by Cliiinnini; Pollock * ★o*o*o*c*o*o**o*o*o*o*o*o* After they hail come to an under standing Frank Claxton took Virginia Carter to dinner at Giovani's. This un derstanding, ihe result of many misun derstandings, put an end to their en gagement, and they chose to hold the wake over their dead love at the tiny restaurant when- it had been horn. Neither talked much during the meal, and when either spoke, for some rea son not easily explained, it was in a very low tone. The man said, "I sup pose I had better return your letters?" "There must he a great many of them," responded the girl, the corners of her mouth trembling into a faint smile. "Yes. In- in three years"— "I shall send yours tomorrow— that is. I shall send all but one. I should like to keep one- in memoriam. May I?" "If I may." "Certainly. 'A fair exchange,' you know." Claxton left her at the door of her apartment something less than an hour later. On the way to lus own home he marveled that he should regret what had happened so little. The petty quar rels of the past few most Its had worn out his endurance, lie thought, and ren dered him indifferent to their culmina tion. He wondered how she felt about it. At all events, the separation would leave him with more time—more time to work, more time to devote to the friends he had neglected since he had begun caring for her. In the matter of the quarrels he did not consider himself blameless. He realized this, and admired hiniskf a bit for the inherent generosity which pre vented his holding her solely to ac count. Claxton reached his "place" in-rather a relieved frame of mind. lie opened the door with a key fastened to?a silver ring that she had given him on his birthday and walked straight across the library to his typewriter. Beside the machine was a tiny cushion she had made for him to rest his elbow upon when he was "reading-copy." lie recalled that it had come wrapped in numberless pieces of paper, each one inclosed inside the other, like the eggs in a Chinese puzzle. That was about the time that the interest aroused by his tale of Central American life had opened the hearts of editors toward him. Somehow the detective story he had intended to begin did not fly from his finger tips as speedily as he had ex pected. The first paragraph, after writing which, he told himself, things would go better, stood alone on the page, a succession of stilted and unin viting sentences. "Not in the mood." he confessed at last and strolled down Broadway to his club. The boy at the door didn't know him. and when, after satisfying tlie stu pid fellow of his membership, he saun tered into the lounging room he was in an exceedingly unpleasant humor, "Parsons been here this evening?" he inquired brusquely of an attendant. "No, sir," replied the man."He does not come very often now. sir. Married, 1 believe." Claxton cursed Parsons from the l»ot tom of his soul. "Graham?" he asked. "Mr. Graham was in about a week ago. We don't see him more than once a fortnight." "Funny," mused Claxton. "By/George, I wonder if there's any one in the place?" There was, in the writing room— Frederick Ford Ferguson, a ytsith just coaxing a timorous mustache'into ex istence and t*! era ted only for'the sake of his father. Major Ferguson,.former ly of the Ninth infantry. Claxton would gladly have passed the young ster by, but lie was hailed before he could regain the hall. "Stop a bit. old chap. I want to read you a line Fin sending to a friend of mine at Daly's. liather a clever letter, you know." Claxton toie himself away and went back home. What was Miss Carter do ing? He would have wagered a hun dred that Phelps had called and taken her out. Confound Phelps! The story went more smoothly, stim ulated by the resentful energy of its am nor. r roiri lO u'cirr. a nr:.n' iitrarr.r daylight the typewriter clicked inces santly. When it stopped clicking, seven pages of manuscript, much marred by pencil marks, lay on the table near at hand. It was a good story, he felt sure, although there were two or three de tails concerning which he would have liked a conservative opinion. "I'll take Virginia out for luncheon and read It to her," he thought. Then he remem bered that they had agreed never to si>e each other again voluntarily, that is. The day, which began with his rising at noon, dragged along monotonously. It was hard to realize that he might not speak to her over the telephone that stood on his desk and harder still to be convinced that she would not call him up. Toward midafternoon Claxton nn locked a drawer and took out the nine packages of her letters that represent ed a correspondence of three years. He must choose the one letter and return the rest to her. To do this he must read every epis tle in the nine bundles. Claxton, in common with most men who write or act, was a s utinientalist. and he want til that the one letter should be the dearest of a i. The first that met his eye he laid aside In the belief that it would prove the dearest. Miss Carter had penned it when he lay 111 of fever at San .lose de Guatemala. "Your ca ble was repeated to me at Chicago," was the in, -sage. "Otherwise I should have been with you now. I know that if your illness continued you would need n nurse, and I felt that I could not dele i:e to stringers the privilege of atten g V''!■" II was a womanly .'•r >l' a woman mature in Mid ' 'lax ton pondered a ! >r ; w! i ; " putting it aside. seat to his the tel";>houe had i i <• come tonight. \ J Keep them in the house. A I 3\ I M C* Take one when you feel bil /m V 1 ■ II I 'ous or dizzy. They act di- L. J VI rectly on the liver. LOW.V.MMV Want yo»r moustache or beard BUCKINGHAM'S DYE a beautiful brown or I ich black? Use W Y» A. F . MN.» CQ.. »*!»«*. »- ■. \Am blue. Have wired Minnie stay home." A very sweet, dependent Ilt -1 tie message, but of course not to be thought of as the single memento of no close a friendship as theirs had tieen. It was even preferable to retain the short note which he had always ascribed to her literary genius rather than to her feelings. "Each thought of you, dropping into the waters of my heart, produces ever widening circles of tender recollection." Then there was an envelope from her, on the back of which he had com posed a fragment of verse. It began: Thou art so dear to me. my love- So dear and, oh, no necessary! Claxton remembered that she had [irized the poem above anything else I he had given her. "It Is so fine to be | thought 'necessary,' " she had said. In this manner he progressed through five of the nine packages. Each letter seemed more desirable than the rest, and every moment made a selection less easy. This scrawl was a reassur ance which she had penciled on the leaf of her programme at the theater; that sheet of blue paper bore the first words of affection he had ever received from her. At the bottom of the fifth bundle was a long envelope with the name of a publishing company on its upper left hand corner. The postmark was over two years old. "Rejected manuscript," Claxton concluded, tossing it to on* side contemptuously. That had coma back in the days when rejected manu scripts had not boen half so rare a* good dinners or money with which to pay rent. Something approaching cu riosity made him pick up the envelope again and draw the contents from lb* month. The story that lay before him was headed, "From Frank Claxton. 211 West Twenty-first Street." but the type unmistakably belonged to the ma chine which still remained a fixture at Miss Carter's. The tale was one that she had sent over his signature to an editor of whose opinion she had felt certain, and it had in consequence been returned to him when that gentleman had classed it as •unavailable." "I thought you'd get a check," Virginia, had confessed, "and I knew you'd spend it without considering whys and wherefores. It's just like ITielps! He was enthusiastic over the plot when 1 told It to him last week." "Virginia," he had remonstrated, "it was like offering me charity." "Nonsense! I shouldn't have thought of handing you money. I simply wrote a story for you that you might have written yourself if you had taken time." "Taken time! Good Lord, how much time he had taken that year In Just such discouraging, unrein uneratlve la bor! How unhappy he had been and how awfully, awfully hard up! He hadn't begun spending every evening with her then, and he had t begun selling whatever he wrote either. "No body ever did—at first," she had as sured him. For twenty minutes Claxton sat si lently on his chair island in the middle of a sea of letters. His fingers clung to the rejected manuscript, but his eyes looked beyond it into the past All the half forgotten history of his love for Virginia Carter had been recalled to him with wonderful vividness—her un varying goodness, the sweetness of their intercourse, the erstwtiile strength of his affection for her. A ship's dock in the adjoining room struck 2, the nautical fashion of saying that the hoar, was 5, and with quick resolution he be gan climbing into Ills evening clothea. "I've come to take you to dinner," he said to Miss Carter when she respond ed to bis pressure on the button at her door. "So you were lonely, too?" she asked 1 him. "Lonely? By George, and those let ters"— She was too clever a girl not to seem surprised, and he could not look' through the sides of her trunk Into the tray where reposed several packages of his letters to hor, unsearcbed, un touched, since first they had been read' and laid away. , A STOLEN INVENTION. Him tbr Dr>lgnc> of to PHILIP H. FOUST, Executoi of Philip A. Foust,deceased, ' P. O. Address, Danville, Pa Edward Sayre Gearhart, Counsel. Administrator's Notice Ci r , ■ of H B. Furman, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letter of administration have been grauted to the undessigned on the estate of H H. 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