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Absentminded
Maria
...By CATHERINE BURGESS. ..
Copynghl. 1904, by Cathenne Burgos
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It would have been an injustice to
Dr. Jardine and to his statu of mind
on u certain January evening in the
year it-doesn't-mutter-what to say that
he was in a bad temper. It was be
yond that—a disgust with himself, the
world and life so consuming as to
make his outward actions almost au
tomatic, so separate were they from his
inner self.
Yet professional habit was strong.
The patients In the long wards saw no
difference as he stopped here ami there
in his tour of inspection and asked the
usual questions. Only one young Irish
girl, with the clearness of death in her
eyes, laid her hand on his as he touch
ed her tenderly and whispered: "Ye'd
betther be comln' wld me, docther,
dear. Thlngs'll be stralghter—there."
It was not the first time he had
thought of it. Really, the inner voice
questioned as he listened to the report
of the head nurse, what good was his
life to the world anyway? Here he had
gone halfway across the continent this
bitter January to attend at a great op
eratlon, and the man had died after ail.
He was not necessary In the hospital.
There were a dozen better men. His
wife but he turned from that thought
Instinctively. His sister—she would
forget he had lived or died at the sight
of a I-afayette plate.
The head nurse had finished her re
port He looked at his desk piled with
mall.
"I can't read it tonight," he decided
aloud.
•The top one came yesterday by mes
senger," the head nurse said. "It is
marked 'lmportant.'" And she retired
softly
Dr. Jardine broke the seal.
"Dear Brother"—the note ran—"l have
heard of come extraordinary old Stafford
shire lip In I'lster county, and I start in
ten minutes Cornelia Frye knows It, too.
•o you see there Is no time to lose. I may
be back before you return from the west,
but In case I (lo not 1 Inclose keys We
have moved In your absence [Ho smiled
at the we.] "The new apartment Is 19 East
Klghty»fourth street The Janitor of the
old one was impertinent It Is on the sec
ond floor, to the left Your room Is at the
end of the hall. Your affectionate sister.
"MARIA."
The note was so characteristic, the
situation so fitting a climax to his
week of work and strain, that his
DR. JAKDI.NE WATCHED HKli, AIIAZKD.
sense of humor was touched. "Per
fect," he murmured to himself as he
Bent for a cab.
At 19 East Eighty-fourth street the
cabman had to work with voice and
hand to rouse his fare.
"I never kno wed any gen'i'man Bo
far gone before? 3 In the morning," ho
observed to the area railings.
Unconscious of the Impression he had
left behind him, Dr. Jardine stumbled
up the front steps.
"Jardine, sir? Out, I believe, sir,"
said a sleepy hall boy.
"I know; I am Dr. Jardine."
The boy stared, succumbed to the
voice of authority and dozed again.
In the room at the end of the hall
the principal object of Interest to the
weary man was the bed, a four poster,
with curtains, surprising enough to one
who was used to sleeping on an iron
cot
"Confound Maria!" he grumbled. "If
she starts collecting antique furniture
as well as plates I am lost!"
The four poster wore a very inviting
air despite its unexpectedness. Dr.
Jardine slowly pniied off his shoes and
divested himself of "-oat and waistcoat.
"1 roust lie down a moment," he mur
mured, "and—think- this—over." And
the bed received him Into Its depths.
He dreamed. A weird procession
passed before him like the figures in a
frieze- and every one was his wife!
Now she was laughing, now dancing,
now weeping, now stern as the angel
outside paradise, always gnzlng at him
with unseeing eyes. He struggled to
reach her, but could not. He heard her
retreating footsteps retreating, yet
sounding always nearer. Striving to
solve the puzzle, he awoke. The foot
steps continued, not loud and ominous
as In his dream, but light, Hitting steps.
They reminded him of some one he had
known For a moment he stared, be
wildered, Into the darkness of the cur
tained bed the steps seeming to echo
from his dream. Then he remember
ed. Maria was In Ulster county. Who
was the intruder? He parted the cur
ialns a finger's breadth and looked out.
The room beyond was dimly lighted.
Trunks stood open, with books and
clothing in orderly piles beside them.
The clink of silver came from the room
across the hall.
"Looting the place, by Jove!" the
doctor whispered. H«> half arose, but
at the sound of returning steps he sank
back, his eye at the curtain parting.
"Of nil things in heaven and earth!"
Instead of leaping out he drew the
edges closer "A woman!"
A woman it was who had entered the
adjoining room and who proceeded
with a businesslike air to store an
armful of silver In one <>f the yawning
trunks. Dr. Jardine watched her. ainaz
ed. Her back was toward him, and he
noted its graceful lines as she lifted
and bestowed her booty. She looked u.
lady Gradually he began to fsel like 9
peeping Tom rather than an outraged
householder. How should he announce
his presence? Would she faint? Wbat
should he do with her? What would
Maria say?
At Inst she lifted the little shaded
lamp and turned straight toward him.
Not four feet from him she put the
lamp down and sighed like a tired
child. He wondered afterward how he
lived through that moment. That ste,
tile woman tie still loved, who bore his
name, who had forsaken him—could
she have become a common thief? In
credible! It was a nightmare. The cur
tains stifled him. He tore them apart.
The woman uaw a pale, gasping face
fronting her, the eyes horror struck, as
of one looking ou a ghost. An instant
her own matched it; then she fainted.
"Molly!" he cried aud sprang to her.
She revived readily. He remembered
she had never been a fainting woman.
She clung to him.
"Robert," she whispered, "that horri
ble man!"
Then, watching his face* she let go
her hold.
"Robert! Were you he?"
He nodded, unable to speak.
"What did you do it for? It was too
dreadful! I thought it was a burglar!
How did you find me?"
"Find you? I opened my eyes ami
saw you!"
course, but how did you know I
was here?"
"What do you mean? How did you
know I was hero?" he demanded
"Are you trying to make a Joke of
It?" she cried. "You creep Into my
rooms like a thief"—
"A thief!" he echoed. "Your rooms!
Aren't they mine? They knew my
name downstairs"—
"You are more ungenerous than I
could have expected," she interrupted.
"Whose name could I bear but yours?
You are strangely forgetful!"
"No," he answered; "no, Molly, I nev
er forget. If I only could! I shall go
mad some day remembering!" Then,
[lulling himself together, he said; "For
give this business, Molly. It's queer
enough, but it's some mistake of Ma
ria's. She has taken a new apartment,
and and evidently this is not it. I
thought it was. Maybe I made a mis
take myself. I was dead tired. Any
how, I'll get out. I can go somewhere,
of course."
"It Is hardly worth while," she re
plied. "It will soon be morning any- |
how. Jenny and I have been packing
all night, or, rather. I have, since she
fell asleep taking down pictures. We
sail tomorrow on the Oceanic."
He did not answer. The excitement
had faded from his face and left It
white and haggard. She came closer.
"Robert, I would never have gone to J
you. I had injured you too much. I
know now It was my own fault—my
own Jealousy. But that does not mat
tor. We shall soon be separated, per
haps forever. Fate or God has brought
us together for a moment first. For
give me!"
Two hours later there was a knock
at the door. Dr. Jardine and his wife
looked at each other with eyes in which
laughter and panic mingled.
"And you are a respectable widow
lady!" he mocked.
But it was only old Jinny who ap
peared upon the threshold. Her hands
and eyes went up in happy gesticula
tion.
"Thank the Lawd," she cried, "the
two stubbornes' folks In the wo'ld have
done come together again! An' Mis'
Molly, the's a tel'phone fer the doctah
from the horspltal. Mis' Jurdlne's Jest
raisin" New Yawk because he alu't
come home, an' "
"But I have come home!" cried Dr.
Jardine, "Where's the telephone, Jin
ny?"
In a moment be returned, laughing.
"This is 19 East, isn't it?" he In
quired. "Well, my sister Maria 'Jest
natchelly,' as Jinny would say, wrote
'East' when she meant West. I never
thought 1 should live to bless the ab
sentinindedness of Maria, but heaven
knows I do now with all my heart and
soul!"
And, though Molly was silent, she felt
for the first time that she truly loved
her slster-ln-iaw.
POINTS FOR SMOKERS.
Some Advice to Follow If They Mast
I »e the Weed.
Very few people are aware how much
harm is done to young men by the al
most universal habit of cigarette smok
ing. The man who smokes cigarettes
lias one always In his moffth and Is con
tinually Inhaling nicotine until the sys
tem Is saturated with the poison.
The result of tills practice Is a ca
tarrhal condition of the nose, throat
and bronchi, a disordered and very ir
ritable state of the nerves, a weak and
rapid action of the heart and Indiges
tion.
Thin, anaemic, weak, with clammy
hands stained with nicotine poison, un
strung nerves and degenerated mus
cles, the youth of the land goon Igno
rantly suffering the consequences of a
pernicious habit until attacks of heart
trouble, nervous prostration, melan
cholia, etc., bring their condition to the
attention of the physician.
If a man must smoke and we admit
the charm of the habit to those who
have become accustomed to its sooth
ing Influences—let him choose a mild
cigar and have certain set times for in
dulging. If he puts a certain restraint
upon himself from the start in the mat
ter of smoking, he will not overdo It,
and there are few men who can smoke
more than three cigars a day without
Injury.—Medical Brief.
MUSIC AND HUMOR.
An Enxllili Critic Says That the Two
Cannot Be Linked.
There Is little room in music for hu
mor and no room at all for wit. When
I hear some one speak of the wit of a
Chopin scherzo I think, "My friend,
you had better see a doctor at once;
you are slightly derangi-d mentally."
In association with words there can be
humor in music, as, for example, the
prolouged low notes Handel gives to
Polyphemus when he asks for a hun
dred reeds "for my capacious mouth."
But the humor of Haydn and Beetho
ven In their instrumental works consists
entirely of practical Jokes—a sudden
low C on the bassoon, a horn passage
which no horn pla/er can ever hope
to play, a bass who enters a bar too
soon or too late. The late Harold Fred
i eric summed up the question beaut!-
! fully. He said to me one day when I
I had not laughed at one of his stories:
"Musicians have no sense of humor.
When I was a young man touching
negatives In a photographer's studio I
was very musical. I had notes in my
voice that couldn't be found in any
piano In our parts. I had no sense of
humor. Afterward I developed a sense
of humor and lost my voice." — Londou
Saturday Review.
A Stinging It r proof.
A gentleman lisd an Inquisitive serv
ant, relates Chums, whom he once saw
open a private letter of his. The next
day he sent another letter by the serv
ant containing a postscript: "You may
send a verbal answer by bearer. He
1 has taken the precaution to read this
before delivery."
Civil dervlee.
I "Maria." said Boggles to his wife,
with an idea of Instructing her In po
?ltical economy, "do you know what
drll service Is 7"
"Jasper," said Mrs. Boggles, with
memory of recent contact with th*
uoolr "thero isn't aur."
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A. WILLFUL
WIDOW
By KATE M. CLEARY
Copuriyht, I'M'*, by h'ah M. Cltary
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"So altogether I'm In a deuce of a
fix," concluded Uarruthcrs.
He sprang to his feet, looking f"i* all
the world like a big, perturbed boy as
he paced restlessly across the library
floor. He was so well formed, with
his straight shoulders and the line,
flexible lines of his body, that lie ap
peared to be ten years younger than
the thirty five allotted him bj the fam
ily Bible. Then his brown hair would
curl even at thlrty-flve.
"I understand," said Claridge. In
truth, he did not understand at all. Ib
had no children of his own. Indeed,
he found the caprices of his fashiona
ble wife quite sufficient to absorb his
attention. lUit he liked Max Carruth
ers, and It did seem to him
"They're such adorable little things.
Max! And you're so absurdly wealthy!
If it were not for our house being closed
for the summer and Clotiide doing Eu
rope for the steenth time I'd ask you
to let us take the tots. One fancies
that a man with your money would
have no difficulty In finding a person"
A rather desperate laugh interrupted
him.
"Ah, the 'persons' who an* willing to
take care of my little people, Claridge,
are the bane of my existence. I've ad
vertised; I've met and talked with
them; harpies all. Some would un
doubtedly give the children proper care
as far as physical requirements go, but
that isn't enough. I want to find some
woman who would really love them for
their own sake."
"That ought to be dead easy," growl
ed Claridge.
"Of course I thiuk so; but, then,
they're my bairns. I want some one
who will give them a bit of mothering
—kiss the place to make it well and
that sort of thing."
"I have it!" exclaimed Claridge. He
brought his list down 011 the arm of
his chair with a bang. "The most idyl
lic old home in the country that your
eyes ever rested upon. It's a big. ram
bling house, almost covered with Vir
ginia creeper. There's an immense,
well kept lawn and clematis across the
porch, aud the house Itself is just filled
with the most delicious scents. The
bedrooms are perfumy with lavender.
And as for the food—why, it's some
thing to set an anchorite sighing!"
"But what makes you think the pos
sessor of this ideal home would wel
come into it two rather lively chil
dren? If it's only a question of mon
ey"—
Claridge shook his head.
"Go slow! That's the difficulty it
Isn't r. question of money at all. And
my powers of persuasion may be less
effective than I think with Mrs. Va
rine, but I'll try."
"Your friend is a widow, I presume?"
Claridge smiled- a dry. slow, curious
smile-his legal smile. Carruthers call
ed it.
"Yes; she happens to be a client of
mine. Oh, yes!" he repeated, as though
convincing himself of the fact. "She's
a widow!"
When Carruthers called a few days
later to ask if Claridge had heard from
Mrs. Variue, the latter Jumped up
briskly.
"It's all right. Max. You are to set
tie the question of payment with me.
Mrs. Varine says she'd rather take
nothing. She's very lonely, Is awfully
fond of children, aud is delighted at
the thought of havlug the youngsters
with her during their vacation. You'd
better take them down next Thursday.
Oh, by the way, there's a condition.
Mrs. Varine does not wish to meet you
personally!"
"What's that?" cried Carruthers,
aghast.
"Well, she doesn't!" reiterated Clar
idge doggedly. "Maybe she has no rea
son but a woman's reason. Anyhow,
she's entitled to her caprice. Her auut,
Miss Howard, will meet you on your
arrival and show you over the place."
"Queer," muttered Carruthers. He
looked up sharply. "You say you know
the lady—that everything is all right?"
"I say she's one of the sweetest wo
men God ever made and that you may
bless your st'arS she is taking your
children into her home—which means
her heart!"
Ho had spoken with warmth. Car
ruthers held out his hand.
"Thanks, dear boy! You're a mighty
good friend."
It was at the close of a perfect Juue
day when a little party reached Cedar
vllle. A mirrey drawn by two fat white
ponies met them. About two miles out
side of town the driver turned off into
a wide carriage road that wound up an
avenue of elms and oaks till a turn
brought In view a great sweep of em
erald lawn, beds of scarlet geraniums,
a fountain flashing In the golden light
and a sleepy, old vine covered house
that looked hospitable and picturesque.
"Let us out, papa!" Implored Eus
tace.
"Is It fairyland?" queried Dorothy in
a timid, entranced whisper.
The gentle, faded woman who re
ceived the travelers had a face like a
cameo and appeared to harmonize ad
mirably with her old fashioned sur
roundings She showed Carruthers the
rooms the children w ere to occupy
airy, immaculate rooms, with blossoms
nodding In at the windows. She offered
him luncheon, which he decllm 1, apol
oglzed for the Invisibility of her niece
and appointed a day each week he was
to come to visit the children. Already
charmed by their surroundings, they
let him go without a protest.
When he came down the next week
It was to find the two rosy, radiant
and ecstatic over their environment,
lie took them into town, bought them
some small treasures and listened to
their raptures about "Florence." She
had made a mull dress for Dorothy;
she had gone fishing with Eustace; she
played the piano for them while they
were having a game of hide and seek,
low or loud as they were "hot" or
"cold." And they were going to have a
party one of these days, with luncheon
served under the biggest oak
"But who is this lady who is so kind
to you?"
"She's Just Florence!" they answered
in chorus. "She's good as a real mam
ma. only she plays like she was Just a
little girl."
Always he heard these tales, and al
ways, It seemed, the playmate, Flor
ence, was the center and source of
their Joy. Later in the season an im
portant business summons made it Im
perative that if lie were to see the chil
dren before his trip west he must run
down at once.
Walking up the avenue, he stopped
short at the bend of the path, for on
the velvet sward a game of tag was in
progress. A slim, graceful young girl
in a pink lawn gown was the pursued.
"You're It, Florence!" cried Eustace
'"••iiuphantly as he succeeded In touch-
Inn the fleeing figure. And Jtl*t then,
the victim paused, flushed, breathli i,
lier copper sold hair loosened from its
pins and falling in a bright shower be
low her waist, I >orothy caught sight of
the newcomer and set up a hailing
shout. It's papa! Here's papa!" she
cried.
The captive made one wild movement
toward flight, but the victor manfully
held 011 to her. And, after a laughing
protest, she came over to Carrot hers,
where he stood bareheaded, his eyes
gleaming with admiration, and held
out her hand.
"I've been doubly caught, I'm afraid,
Mr. Carruthers! I did not dream you
were coming today or I should not
have been found engaged in such an
undignified pastime. My name is Flor
ence Varine."
He leaned forward. "Mrs. Valine's
daughter V"
"So." She colored deliciously. "I am
Mrs. Varine," she explained.
"Impossible!" exclaimed Carruthers.
He looked at her, amazed, mystified.
Why, she could not be much over twen
ty! And Claridge had said that she
was a widow!
"I was a very distant relative of Mr.
Varine's." she explained. "He wished
to leave me his property, but there
would have been contention and litiga
tion on the part of others more mearly
related were lie to do so. Hut when he
knew he was dying lie asked me to
marry him that he might legally will
nie all he possessed. lie died an hour
after the ceremony was performed.
Mr. Claridge was present."
"But," stammered Carruthers, "why
didn't Claridge tell me? Why was I
not to see you?"
"Oh, I was afraid if you knew how
young and irresponsible I was you
would not let me have the children to
take care of. Mrs. Claridge had told
me what darlings they were, and I was
so lonely down here. We've had such
good times together." She paused,
gathering up her shining lialr. She
looked at him with luminous gray eyes
grown suddenly apprehensive. "You
won't take them away, now that you
know?" she entreated.
"Assuredly not!" he made quick re
ply. "They are the most fortunate
children in the world. For the first
time since the death of their mother I
have felt quite happy about them."
It was astonishing how easily the itn
portant business matters of Mr. Car
ruthers could be set aside. He grasped
at the invitation to stay to dinner as
though that meal were in truth to save
him from starvation. And when he
finally did discover that If he would
catch his train back to the city he
must exercise all haste it was with pos
itive dismay that he left the three who
stood on the terrace, waving him fare
well.
The next morning he walked into
Claridge's office.
"You'll have to take a run out and
attend to that Montana matter, Clar
idge," lie said. "I can't go."
"Can't, eh? What's up? Something
more important?"
"Very much more important!" He
was smiling like a boy, and his eyes
were shining. "Fact is, I've not been
seeing enough of Eustace and Dorothy.
I'm going to take a room at the hotel
down there thev tell me there's good
fishing i > be had and I'll see more of
the children."
Claridge si;.red at him. Then he nod
ded ami laughed.
"You've seen that willful liftle widow
down at Cedarville."
Carruthers went off laughing.
When he came in a few weeks later
the tan «>! <• »nntry wind and sun was
on his cl.ee!; He walked like a con
queror. with his head up. and his voice
had a ring g >od to hear.
"Congratulate me," lie commanded.
"The children are going to have the
loveliest mother in all the world!"
Claridge gripped the other's hand
warmly, "lml're a iuckv <n»g. < ar
rti thers!"
"I know it. Oaridge. There isn't b
king ntu'.i r heaven I'd change places
with! And those children"
Claridge laughed leniently.
"You infernal fraud!'' he said.
THE BAGPSFLS.
T!i«*y \VI «'il by th«» Karly firefkn,
tiuninns uml I'KVittlimn.
Bagpipes, incuti >ned in Jeremiah
xlviii. m;. "\lii.c heart shall sound for
Moab like p pes; like pipes for the men
jf Kir Iteres." an 1 elsewhere In Scrip
ture, were useil also by the early Egyp
tians.
Both Creeks anil Romans knew the
Instrun.ei::. Id'' a coin of Nero shows
upon o< e sii e il e tibia utretilaris, a
I bag with two reeds and nine pipes.
Proc.ip s ;!s >. »ho wrote about 550
A. D., asserts that Roman soldiers
sometimes man-lied to the sound of
the bagpipes, and it is not impossible
'.hat they introduced them into the
British islands.
The earliest, more modern reference
to them is in an Irish MS of 1150, and
an Irish illuminated MS. of 1300 de
piets a playing on the bagpipes.
The Scottish highbinders were the first
uml only | ' .pie to use the great war
pipe, as the highland regiments sfill
do, but. iu spite of Sir Walter Scott's
assertion, it is very doubtful whether
they char-'cd at B.nmockhurn to the
"skirl" of the ;> es. Loudon Answers
Tin- M-iln Cluentlun,
"And you have finally decided the
momentous question?"
"Well, no er not exactly. We have
decided to ;_et married, but whether
we'll l oard. keep house or live in a
flat is Mill in the air."— Baltimore
Vow-
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EAR OF DIONYSIUS.
One of flie Famous \Vliiii|ierliiK IMarei
of tli«* World.
Among the notable whispering places
of the world is the "Ear of Diouy- j
Bins" of ancient Syracuse. It is in i
the shape of a parabolic curve, ending j
in an elliptical arch, with siiles par- j
allel to Its axis, perfectly smooth and
covered with a slight stalactitlc Incrus
tation that renders its repercussions
amazingly sonorous. It is til feet high,
from 17 to V~> in breadth and IN7 deep.
It lias an awful and gloomy appear
ance, which, with its singular shape,
perhaps gave rise to the popular and
amusing paradox that Dionyeius had it
constructed for the confinement of
those whom he deemed inimical to his
authority and that from the llttlo
apartment above he could hear all the
conversation among the captives who
were brought to the ancient town of
Syracuse iu the time of its splendor,
when it was the largest In Sicily. The
sound of words uttered with a lc/w
voice is augmented in vaults or gal
leries so as to become audible at a con
Biilerable distance from the speaker.
A like effect takes place In a less de
gree when sound ascends from the bot
tom of a deep well or when words are
uttered at one extremity of a long cor
ridor or passage In a building. If a
pin be dropped Into a well the sound
produced when it strikes the water Is
distinctly heard at the mouth or the
sounds of words spoken near the sur
face of any well is similarly augment
ed. Try it.—New Orleans Times Demo
crat.
flow to Make Invalid** Ten.
Make tea for an invalid with boiling
milk instead of boiling water. It Is
nnn h nicer and much more digestible
if the milk really boils.
WAIT The First Big Show WAIT
I OF THE SEASON I
A Tremendous New Spectacular Exhibition
HEART AND HANDS AGAINST ALL COMERS
Exhibiting at Danville, Tuesday, May 16
THE UI.ADDEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
IN THE AFTERNOON AT 2 IN THE EVENING AT 8.
Doors open one hour earlier, allowing patrons to visit the Grand Golden Menag
erie with its Manifold Wild Beast, Exhibits. Magnificent Promenade Concert
by PROF. L. J. CHAMBERLAIN'S all American Musical Marvels
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M. H.V.I -- .1 ;• \ -VO T WELSH Y %
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Organized npon a Scale of Colossal Magnitude, Opening tip New Avenues of
Recreation. Giving Fresh Incentive to Patronage of Laudable Amusements and
Filling a Long Existing Hiatus in Public Diver-ions. 100 PEERLESS PER
FORMERS AND ACTS. 200 FINEST HORSES EVER EXHIBITED. A Rajah
Prize Herd of Huge Sagacious Elephants. Only Genuine BOVOLOPUS in Cap
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Hlatoric llnce Coune,
The vicinity of Belmont park, f-ong
: Island, was the early scenes of more
| racing activity than any other spot on
this continent. Here it was that the
I Newmarket course was constructed in
1 lOCt*. by the sanction of Colonial Gov
ernor Lovelace. This course continued
to be the theater of action in racing
! sports until 1821. It was in this vicin
ity also that the old Centerville course
was constructed, which for many years
was one of the most famous of Amer
ican race tracks. In 1 Sli 1 the legisla
i ture passed an act allowing the speed
ing of horses iu Queens county during
the months of May and October of each
year, and by virtue of this law the
Union course was constructed the same
year. This course was located in what
wis then the village of Jamaica, but
tie territory it occupied now forms a
part of the borough of Queens. From
the time of its construction until 1872
: the Union course was the scene of near
ly all the great racing events of the
country.
It was over this course that American
Eclipse and Sir Ilenry, in 1K23, thrilled
the hearts of the sporting world in one
: of the greatest turf battles ever wit
nessed in the annals of racing.—lllus
trated Sporting News.
Went Her One flelter
"I never saw you In such a becoming
hat, my dear. Did you get it ready j
I made?"
"I was just thinking how inusually
pretty yours looks. Did you make it
yourself?'* —Brooklyn Life.
Hum II Wai Done,
i"I thought Miss I'nmpleigh figured |
| on marrying Jack."
"So she did, but another girl with j
more money out figured her."—Smart j
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A.M. A.M. A.M. P. a* ,
New York .lv /00 .... 1000 141
P. M
Serantou.. ar 617 1 SI
Buffalo ... iv nso 2is
A, M.
Scranton ar 55b 10 05
A. M. A. M. P. M. P. h
Scranton lvtbSfa *lO 10 tl 55 '6 85
Bellevue
Taylor 611 10 17 803 644
Lackawanna 650 16 24 210 650
Duryea.. bib 10 2b Sl3 653
Plttston 65b 1033 217 657
Susquehanna Ave 701 10 87 219 659
Went Plttston 706 10 41 228 702
Wyoming 710 10 46 227 707
Forty Fort 281 ....
Bennett 717 10 52 284 714
Kingston ar 724 10 56 240 720
Wllkes-Barre ar 710 11 10 250 780
Wllkes-Barre lv 710 10 10 2 811 710
Kingston lv 721 10 56 240 720
Plymouth June
Plymouth 785 11 05 249 728
Nantlcoke 748 11 18 25b 7*37
Hunlock's 748 11 IB 806 7"13
Shlckshlnny bOl 11 31 820 758
Hicks Ferry 811 HI 48 830 f8 08
Beach Haven 819 114b 8 iff 809
Herwlck 827 11 54 844 817
Brlarereek fBB2 . .. fSfiO
Willow Orove fb 38 n54 f8 24
Lime Kldge 840 fI2U9 858 fS 28
Espy 816 12 15 106 881
Bloomsburg 858 12 22 412 840
Hupert 857 12 25 115 845
Catawissa 902 12 82 422 850
Danville 915 12 14 488 905
Cameron 924 fl2 67 448
Northurnber"d ar 98!) !10 405 930
EAST
A. M. A. M. P. M. P M
North urn tier 1' *Bl5 tI'JOO fl 50 *525
•lameron 657 f2 01 112
Danville 707 10 19 211 548
Catawissa 721 10 32 216 558
Kupert 726 10 37 229 601
Bloomsburg 733 10 41 288 605
Espy 738 1U 48 240 6ld
Lime Kldge 744 flo 5l f2 46 f6 20
Willow Urove f7 48 f2 50
Brlarereek 7 S2 r2 53 16.27
Berwick 757 11 U5 258 684
Beech Haven 805 fll 12 803 641
Hicks Ferry 811 fll 17 8U» 647
Shlckshlnny 822 11 31 320 (6 59
Hunlock's 838 .... 881 f7 09
Nantlcoke 888 II 41 838 714
Avondale 841 842 722
Plymouth 845 1153 847 (738
Plymouth Juuc....... 847 .... 352 .. ..
Kingston ar 855 11 59 1 (X) 738
Wllkes-Barre ar 910 12 10 110 750
Wilkes Barre lv 840 11 10 850 730
Kingston.... lv 855 11 59 100 738
Luzerne ... 85b al2 OS loa 742
Forty Port f9 00 407 ....
Wyoming 906 1208 412 .7 48
West Plttston 910 117 753
"Susquehanna Ave.... hl3 12 14 120 756
Plttston 919 12 17 124 801
Duryea 923 129 800
Lackawanna 926 432 810
Taylor 932 140 817
Bellevue
Scranton ...,ar 942 12 35 450 825
A. M. P. M P.M
Scranton lv 1025 tl 55 .... .110
A. M
Buffalo ... .. . .»r .... 75a 7OO
A. M. P. M P.M A.M
Scranton ...lv 10-10 12.10 18 35 «2
P. M. P. M P.M A. M
Nrw York ar 380 500 735 650
•Dally, fDally exoept Sunday,
stops on signal or on notice to condaomr
a Stops on signal to take on passenger! for
New York, Blnghamton and points west-
T. K.CLAKKE T. W. LEK
<4en. Superintendent. (ien.
PENNSTLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME TABLE
In Effect Nov. 29th, 1904.
A.M. |A.M. P. il. 1
Scranton(D&H)lv §6 >8 29 47| liS§* 28
Plttston " " 705 112 1015 §2 10 553
A. M.!P. M, P.M
Wilkesliarre,.. IV A. M. §lO 35 1245 ii 00
Plym'th Ferry "87 25 flO 42 f2521 607
Nanticoke " 732 10 50; 301 «17
i Mocanaqua .... " 742 11 07! 32q 037
Wapwallopen.. " 801 11 ltij 331 647
I Nescopeck..... ar bio 11 2«J 342 700
A.M.
Pottsville lv sso 81155 '
j Hazleton '' 705 245£2 45
i Tomhlcken "| 7 22 1 305 305
! Fern Glen ..... " 724 ; 315 315
Kock Glen "| 7 >5 ; 3 22 822
Nescopeck . .. ar. 802 !
Catawissa ! j 4 00 4 00 . . .
j M A.M P.M. P M
Nescopeck... .lv 15 818 §ll 26 342j7 00
Creasy ■ b3? 11 36 352 709
Espy Ferry... 'lb 4. 11 46 f4 02 720
E. Bloomsburg ". b47 11 50| 406 735
Catawissa lv 856 11 57! 413 732!
South Danville " 900 12 10 431 7 51;
Sunbury ar 935 12 40 4 55j 8 16,
ATM. P.M. P. mIKM
Sunbury lv || 9 42 §l2 4b § 5 lb y 53
Lewisburg.... ar 10 13 1 4"> 54b
Milton " 10 Ob 1 39; 54410 14
Willlamsport.. " 11 00 1 41- 64010 00
Lock Haven... " 11 59 220 737
Kenovo "A.M. SOO b3O
Kane " 8 25j
P.M. P.M. |
Lock Haven..lv §l2 10 J 3 45' j
Bellefonte ar 1 05:1 444
Tyrone " 210il 600
Phlllpsburg " 510| SO2 i
Clearfleld.... " 6541 845 |
Pittsburg.... " 655 110 45
A.M. P. M. P. M. P M
Sunbury lv 960§150J5 10 Bb 31
Hurrlsburg ar 11 30 §315 J 6 50:10 10|
~~|p. M, P. M. P. M. AM|
Philadelphia.. ar!§ 3 17 |j C 23 || « 2b, 4
Baltimore "j§ 311 li 600 94) 2 20;
Wasnlngton ...";§ 4 20 j, 7 16 ,10 55j 3 30|......
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Sunbury lv §lO 00 § 2 15 |
Jo. ar 11 45 405 1
Pittsburg "j 6 55,§10 45 i |
_ A.M. P.M. P. M. P M
Harrlsburg.... lv t ll 46 II 620|| 720 jllftj
P.M.| A M. A. M. A M
Pittsburg ar || 6 551j| 160 || 150 5 30;
P.M. P MA M AM!
I'ltuburg IV K 7 10 II 9 OOjii 3 00 18 00] ....
A.M AM PM
llarrlsburg.... ar'S 2 00 j 4 &> Tl 25 ; 3 10
i P.M AM
Pittsburg lv ! 9CO j8 00 ....
A.M. PM
Lewistown Jj. " \i 7 30 \i 300 ....
Sunbury ar |; 9 2t»j U 4 60 ....
P. M. A M A MAM;
Washington... lv 10 40 1 7 5o 10 50!....
Baltimore " 11 00 ( 4 40| 8 40 11 45 ....
Philadelphia... " all 40U 4 25; 8 30hll 40 ....
A. M A MIA. M.j PM ~
Harrlsburg.... lv , 3 35-J 755 jll 401S 325 ....
Sunbury ar jSOO j 9 86j 1 ob ii 613 ....
P.M.; A M A M
PittNburg lv:; 12 45 3 00U 800
Cleartield.... "j 3 :io| | 920 ••••
Phllipsburg.. " 1 4 25 ! 10 16 •••
Tyrone " ! 7 00 # b 10 12 25 ....
Bellefonte.. "I 8 10; 932 125 ••••
Lock Haven ar | 9 lSj 10 30 2 10!-• -•
P. ivTj A M A M P
Erie lv | 5 35 j
Kane, " 845 ~i 6 ooi ....
Uenovo " 11 5«»:| 6 40, 10 30 jj l 13 ....
Lock Haven.... " 12 3b| 7 30! 11 25 250 ••••
A.M.I P Ml
Willlamsport " 214 835 ?12 40;
Milton ■' 2 S3l 913 135 4
Lewisburg " | 905 115 4 •*••
Sunbury ar 339 » 45| 1 841 6 ••••
j M.j AM P M P M
Sunbury lv 6 4511 955 i 2 00; ; 625
South Danville", 7 11; io 17 221 550 ""
Catawissa "I 32 10 36; 236 6 08-"*
E Bloomsburg.. ' 37 10 43! 243 815
Espy Ferry " 42 fio 47 112 B IJ»
Creasy " 52 10 66 255 tl SO ••••
Nescopeck " 02 tl 05| 305 640■ ■• •
~ai AMP. M 1
Catawissa 1\ 10 lib, i
Nescopfck lv 823 I 5 05;p m ••••
Kock (Hen ar | 11 22 ••••
Fern (Hen " bsl 11 2b| 532; 70. ••••
Tomhlcken '■ bsb 11 3b 5 88j* 73; ••••
Hazleton "I 9 19 1157; 5 59| 73. ••••
Pottsville " 10 15 150 655 7 4-, •••_
AM AMP M B °\
Nescopeck lv js 8 02 £ll 06 § 3 05j •••
Wapwallopen..ar 8 1!< 11 20 3 20! p Mi""
Mocanaqua .... "| 831 II 32 330 j g 4i>| -• • -
Nanticoke .... "1 854 11 64 349 " 6 « ••••
PML 7 01
Plym'th Ferry*lf 802 12 <l2 357 7jy ....
Wilksbarre ..." »lo 12 10 405
I A M P M P M| ' 7 7^
Plttston(D.VH) ar ; 9 S9 1112 29 \ 4 66 ....
Scranlon " " ! 10 08 1 081 5 V ....
Weekdays. t Daily. 112 Flag station.
Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on
tbrouub trains between Scrbury, Willlamsport
and Erie, between Sunbnry aud Philadelphia
and Washington and between Harrlsburg, Pitts
burg and the West.
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W. W. ATTERBI'KY, .1 K. WOOD
Ueneral Manager, Pass. Traffic Me
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