[LYDIA'S
QUORUM
By BELLE MANI ATI'S
Copyright, 1805, by Utile Mania tea
"Well, Lyddy. I'll got you the Job if
I can, but It's going to bo a mighty
hard thing to get a 'cornin,' " Deacon
Watrous was saying. "You see, that
young Wight thinks we ought to have
a man. Of course you'll have my vote,
but BUI Stiles Is always straddlln' a
fence, and tho last man ho talks to gets
him. Tills young toiler's highfulutln
talk kind of caught Bill's fancy, and ho
was totterlu', but I took him In hand,
and now he's leanln' our way again.
I'll stick to him tighter than a brother
and keep him away from Wight till the
meetlu' Is over. It's tomorrow night."
"You are so good. Deacon Watrous,"
replied Lydla, raising grateful eyes,
"aud If I got the place I'll do my best
to vindicate your choice."
"I'll do all 1 can, Lyddy," said the
deacon.
Lydla Gardner had spent the past
summer away from home, and when
■he returned to the farm she had
found the family In a state of gloom.
Crops had been poor, ft number of cat
tle had died, and tho Inevitable tnort
gage had to be met. Lydla proposed tn
meet it by teaching In the district
school. She had been reasonably cer
tain of securing tho position, counting
on the deacon and Bill for a quorum,
but now this young man, who had fall
en heir to the farm of his uncle, John
Wight, and had come to the Corners in
her absence, might carry his point of
hiring a man to teach.
She simply had to have tho position,
and sho determined to help Deacon
Watrous In his efforts to secure Bill's
needed vote. It would be useless for
her to appeal to Bill—"Weathercock
Bill," as ho was called. Sho resolved
to make a bold move and encounter the
enemy whom she had never seen.
Hugh Wight was In tho sitting room
of the old homestead pondering over
this same subject of a quorum. When
he succeeded to his Inheritance ho had
determined to become a practical farm
er and win the esteemed position his
uncle had ever maintained In the
hearts of the simple country folk. They
had laugh I'd at tho young man for
thinking be could be a farmer, but he
had shown them he could loarn from
them and Improve on their methods.
They were glad to have him succeed
his uncle as a member of tho school
committee. That seemed to bo more in
his line.
He had as firm convictions on the ed
ucatlonal question as he had on most
subjects, ami he thought a man more
fitted to wrestle with the difficulties of
a country school than a woman. Ho
bad not seen this applicant, but he did
not approve of a young girl who had
no preparation or experience In teach
ing
In the midst of his cogitations there
was a rap at the outer door. He opened
It to admit a winsome, willowy girl
with big, Innocent eyes and an artless
manner.
"Are you Mr. Wight? I am Lydla
Gardner."
He acknowledged the Introduction
gravely and asked her to IK; seated.
Hugh Wight was not a susceptible
man. ond Lydla's beauty only strength
ened him In his belief that she was not
competent for the position of school
teacher at the Corners.
"I am, as you know," she said, "a
candidate for the position of teacher.
I hear that you are In favor of hiring a
man for the place, and I don't suppose
anything that I could say would chango
your opinion. 1 came to ask you not to
Induce BUI Stiles to vote against me."
He was somewhat surprised at this
frank appeal. He liked directness.
"It means a good deal to us," she
continued earnestly, "and If I don't get
the place It will go very hard with my
father. My salary would help him
more than you can know."
Hugh felt as If he had been stealing
■beep. She did not want the money for
fripperies, then, but to help her father.
"What do you mean by my Influenc
ing Bill?" he asked.
"It's like tills," she explained. "Dea
con Watrous Is of course for me, auil
Bill Is, too, or would be, If you leavo
him alone and say nothing about tho
advantages of having a man, but the
last person that approaches Bill has
him, and they say you have a convinc
ing tongue. The deacon Is going to
try and keep BUI away from you until
the meeting is over, but 1 didn't care
to trust to that, so I oamo to ask you.
1 wouldn't presume to ask you to voto
for me, only to let Bill alone."
Up to tills time the eyes, voice and
manner of the young man had uot been
at all encouraging, but In the hearty
p«al of Infectious laughter that follow
ed her request Lydla caught a note of
appreciation, and some way she deriv
ed hope from his amusement.
"Miss Gardner, it strikes me as rath
er odd that you should <*omo and show
me the way to gain my point and then
ask me not to take It."
"Maybe it is," she said wistfully,
"but I didn't know what else to do."
He remained lu deep study for a mo
meut. He did not like to be Influenced
by personalities.
"Well," he said abruptly, "I'll not
speak to BUI or in his presence about
this matter, and I'll waive my objec
tions for this year and vote for you
myself, though I still believe a man
should have the place."
Two bright spots burned In Lydla's
cheeks.
"Thank you. I will now have an
other Incentive to do my best I shall
try to show you that I can fill the po
sition as acceptably as a man. You
look Incredulous. They all said about
here that you, a 'city chap,' could nev
er make a farmer, but you showed
them you could. I'll show you I can
make a teacher."
Having made this telling point, Lydla
took her departure. Immediately the
housekeeper came In and expressed her
approval of Wight's concession.
"Lyddy's a smart gal, and for all her
purty looks and baby way she's got a
heap of grit. Ilty her pa didn't have
It. He used to be a professor, and he's
eddlcated I.yddy to use good speech."
At tbu meeting the next ulglit Lydla
received a unanimous vote, and when
school opened she was installed as
teacher. She made companions of Uio
big boys and girls and pets of the little
ones. The country people were perfect
ly satisfied Indue course of time I>ea
con Watrous and Bill Stiles came to
make the accustomed visit. Lydla was
fully prepared for this occasion and In
vited them to question the class They
knew but a few questions to ask, and
as they had paid many visits to the
school the pupils knew the answers by
heart. Then Lydia asked them to sing
a stirring war song and a liymn. Bill's
little girl spoke a piece, carefully re
hearsed beforehand. The two members
went away enthusiastic over the new
teacher and told Wight ho had better
go und Bet' for hliusell'.
And he did, appearing suddenly and
unexpectedly near the close of an In
dian summer afternoon. Lydla's ex- j
presslon of dismay caused a titter of .
appreciation among the older boys. In
Btead of a reprimand she gave them an i
imploring look that could not bo with- !
stood, and order reigned at once. Ly
dla felt that the visitor had noted the
look and Interpreted it as a confession
of Inability to govern.
Just as she was about to call upon
the school for a song little Hob Hanks
let loose ft mouse ho had carefully con
fined In his book bag. Excitement pre
vailed among the girls and delight
among the boys, llad Lydla known
that she was to lose her position sho 1
would still have done as she did now,
Jumped up on her chair.
Hugh caught the mouse, throw It out j
of the window, ejected Bob and his
book bag and In stentorian tone re
stored order. Lydla came down from !
her chair and In her confusion called
upon the arithmetic class to come for
ward. She wished that Llge Jenkins
had remained at home that day. Arlth- j
metic was not his forte. She planned .
adroitly to omit him, but the visitor in
stantly detected the omission and j
pounced upon the unfortunate lad.
"Llge," he asked, "how many times
does 0 go In 27?"
To Lydla's dismay Llge promptly
stopped to the blackboard and com
menced a solution via long division,
finally putting down 2 for an an
swer.
"Try again, I.lgo," urged Wight
cheerfully.
I.lgo then substituted the figure 4
for 2.
"You've got another guess coming,
Llge."
The boy looked bewildered, and Ly
dla desperately came to his rescue.
"Llge, won't It go three times?" she
naked Insinuatingly.
Llge looked at her axiously.
"Why, yen," he replied slowly, "it
will, but It's a dern'd tight squeeze!"
Then came that delightful uncon
strained burst of laughter that Lydla
had heard once before from Hugh
Wight. The school Joined with him.
The teacher looked at the clock and
thankfully observed it was time for
dismissal. She stood at the door until
the last scholar had vanished. Then
ahe came back to the platform, where
Wight still sat and Llge lingered.
"Say," observed the lad earnestly,
"t'aln't her fault. I never did know
uuthlu' about 'rlthmetlc nohow. She's
the best teacher we ever had."
This touch of sympathy from tho
little champion was too much for Ly
dla. Her self control slipped, and her
head went down on tho desk.
"Lige," said Wight gently, "you did
better than I expected. There are lots
of tilings in life more desirable than a
knowledge of the science of numbers.
Take this dime and go down to tho
Corners and see what It will buy."
Tho boy sped happily away. Lydla j
raised her head. A little gleam of an j
ger and defiance flashed through the
tears.
"You can send and get a man teach- J
er as soon as you want to. I am glad
I am not a man."
"So am I, Lydia," he said heartily,
with such earnestness of voice and
eyes that the slender hand of the
schoolteacher went up in a pathetic
little way to her eyes.
"I am your 'quorum,' you know,"he
said whimsically, but with the new
softness still In his voice, "and I didn't
come to Inspect the school nor tho !
scholars, but to take the teacher driv
ing. Will she go?"
Her hands came .qjiickly down from
her eyes, whose dimness was melting |
away In a glow of pleasure.
"Yes," she replied, "I will go."
The Hew Knirliiml Kitchen.
There Is a kind of sentiment about
tho kitchen in New England a kind
of sentiment not provoked by other
rooms. Here the farmer drops Into !
spend a few minutes when he comes
back from the barn or field on an
errand. Here In the great, clean,
sweet, comfortable place, the busy
housewife lives, sometimes rocking tho
cradle, sometimes opening and shut
ting the oven door, sometimes stirring
the pot, darning stockings, paring
vegetables or mixing goodies In a yel
low bowl. The children sit on the
steps, stringing beans, shelling peas or
hulling berries, the cat sleeps on tho
floor near the wood box and the visitor
feels exiled If he stays in sitting room
or parlor, for here, where the mother
is always busy, Is the heart of the
farmhouse.—Century.
APACHE SHREWDNESS.
The Indlnn'M Halt WIIN iiood, tint th*
White Man IJl.ln't "lUte."
With the Apaches a really brave
man does not stand as high In public
estimation as does a clever thief. Ills
chief excellence, from an Apache stand
point, lies in his ability to outwit the
white man, says Mr. Cremony, the au
thor of "Life Among the Apaches."
I was sitting, says Mr. Cremony, In
front of my tent, writing a letter, when
a young Apache came up and asked
what I was doing I replied I was talk
ing to my friend in Washington.
"How can you talk to your friend so
far away?"
"When an Apache wishes to talk of
speed to a distant friend," I answered,
"he sends him a picture of a bird; If he
talks of something sweet he sends a
picture of a flower. Instead of pictures
the white man has these little signs
which all understand."
The Indian took up the letter and
scrutinized It carefully.
"I do not believe you," he said. "You
try to make a fool of me. These llttlo
signs are all alike."
"I will give you proof. I will write on
this little piece of paper that the sutler
Is to give you some tobacco. Go take It
to the store and see If 1 do not speak
the truth."
The Indian snatched the paper and
was off. A few minutes later I saw
him slowly coming toward me, a piece
of tobacco In his hand and u look of be
wilderment on face. Suddenly his
expression chang»tl to satisfaction, and
he hurried forward.
"I »ld you get the tobacco?" I asked.
"Yes, but I do not believe you. You
I and he had an understanding before so
j that you might Ive me. Now If you
; will write some more of those little
1 signs on paper telling the sutler to glvo
I me much more tobacco and if he does
then I will believe you."
But the Indian's ruse failed. I did
: not "rise" to the occasion.
Wnr History.
'■ An old darky was watching the
! G. A. II parade one Memorial day
j and was vociferously cheering tho
i band. I suppose you were through the
: civil war, uncle?" said a bystander.
! "Ever' step of It, sub!" "At the sur
render too?" "Ever' step of It, suh!"
! "What did General Lee sa to General
i Grant?" "Never said nutJn', sub; d<n
chopped off his hald an' went on!"
ENGLISH CIVIL SERVICE.
The IV» y In It In Hmall, hut the
ttonn Are Gafferlf Souuht.
"Once a civil servant always a civil
servant," appears to be the motto of
the English civil service, for unless ono
proves dishonest or an extraordinarily
poor workman he is retained in service
until the ago limit Is reached nnd the
salary list is exchanged for the pen
sion roll.
Unlike the civil service In tho United
States, there is no strong partisanship.
Appointees hold their position no mat
ter which party may bo In power.
Tho pay is not large, even In view of
the small cost of living In England,
Fifteen dollars Is about tho limit of
weekly payment In the postofilee de
partment, though some of tho execu
tive positions pay as high as $2,000 a
year. The excise department Is a fa
vored branch, the pay starting at $230
a year. This Is raised by a yearly in
crease of $25 until the pay roaches
S4OO, and after a year Is Jumped to
$575. From there on the pay Jumps
rapidly to $1,250 yearly, and If the of
ficer is fortunate In at last arriving at
the dignity ot' collector he draws SI,OOO
yearly.
Parliamentary clerkships run from
SSOO to s:i,<hio a year, and the navy de
partment will run a clerk up to $3,000
If ho reaches the Importance of fleet
paymaster.
In spite of the small salaries the
places are eagerly sought, it
means a life position, with a pension
for one's declining years.
VERA SASSULITCH.
The Way the tiront Woman
Spy Dllmled the Nfhlltntn.
When the famous General Tropoff
was only at the beginning of his career
Vera Sassulltch was his invaluable as
sistant.
Tropoff was the detested enemy of
tho nihilists, and he was very anxious
to obtain inside information as to their
doings and plans. Suddenly one day in
1878 he was fired at while driving
through tho streets of St. Petersburg
by no other than Vera Sassulltch. She
was at once seiz»>d by the soldiery and
was charged with the attempted mur
der of Tropoff, being tried in the ordi
nary manner; but, to the amazement
of the public, sho was acquitted!
On her release tho nihilists gathered
about her, desiring to ndnilt such a
friend of the people to their closest ac
quaintance. In this way she was ad
mitted to all their private circles and
was made acquainted with their so
crots. These she at once communicat
ed to the Russian government. The
truth was that the whole business, in
cluding the attempt on his life, was
faked by Trepoff himself, and it was
simply a clever ruso to got from tho nl
hlllsts what could not be got In any
other way. Thereafter Vera Sassulltch
played the part of government spy on
innumerable oconslons.
POINT LACE.
TJie nmnlt of the tienlnn of llnrhnrn
I'ttmnn of Saxon)'.
A little known example of Inventive
genius in woman is that afforded by
Barbara Uttman of Saxony and her
point lace so long in fashionable use all
over the world. She invented the proc
ess and apparatus for manufacturing
this beautiful handiwork, which has
since given employment to millions of
operators aud which, in Its line, baa
never been excelled. Tho apparatus
looks like a long pincushion bristling
with pins arruiiged to outline the pat
tern or design. The operator manages
from ten to fifty peculiar spools, allow
ing the thread to feed over the pins al
ternately until the design Is completed.
The spools or bobbins are purposely of
different colors, so as to be easily dis
tinguishable. The process is slow and
dllllcult to learn. Miss Uttman found
ed schools where thousands learned it.
Since her time, when inventive ability
was rare even among men. her Ideas
have been incorporated In the construc
tion of machinery by which the laco Is
produced at wonderful lower rates, and
yet Barbara Uttman's lace still sur
passes all.— London Queen.
EARLY DIAMOND BUYING.
South Africa'* I"lrnt Find* Were I'ulil
For In Cow*.
South Africa's first diamonds were j
paid for In rows. The story Is tuld by j
Joseph B. Robinson, one of the wealthy
pioneers of that country. In 1870 ho
gave eight oxen and a wagon loaded
with sugar and tobacco to a native In
exchange for a twenty-three carat
gem. "The news spread like wildfire
through the countryside that a white
man was giving away wagons and
oxon for bits of stone," he says."l
set all the natives who came to work
to seek for diamonds on one side of tho
Yaal river, and I brought up my own
Ufty men to hunt for diamonds among
the bushes nnd scrub on tho other sldo
of the stream. I had bought the land
on both sides of the river, so that I
was working on my own property.
Next morning at sunrise, when I was
having my coffee, I was startled by
a loud hullabaloolng, and, looking
out, I saw the whole gang of my men
rushing toward me In a state of wild
excitement.
"One of them had found a diamond
of good size They all had come to
st>o what I would do with It. 'What
will you give mo for It?' said the
finder. 'I will givo you ten cows,' I
replied and sent the man Into tho herd
to take his pick. He marked ten of
the best cows as his own. The men
hud never dreamed of making such a
bargain. Ten cows for a bit of stone!
Off they went again and found dia
monds every day. They becamo rich,
and I accumulated a good store of
precious stones.
"After we had accumulated a large
quantity we decided we would better
send them to London. We made a belt
full of small pockets, In each <>f which
we placed a diamond. When the belt
was tilled my partner girded it about
his body ami started for Cape Town.
He never t > >k off the belt until he
reached London And it was In this
way the first consignment of African
diamonds reached London."
When IHKCWIIOI. I* Perfect.
Moderation in diet has more to do
w!»h prolonging human life than any
other one tiling. A proper dietetic regl
ni'-n, once attained, brings all the rest
In Its train. Sleep, exercise, cleanliness,
equanimity of spirit, all hang upon It.
Life «s not only prolonged, but Is <x>n
stantly enjo.veii, i> <f Its minor an
noyances vapishlt : when digestion Is
perfect. Pay no at i-ntlon to fads. They
give rise to too much introspection, and
that Is bad for every one. Itoger rt.
Trucy In Century.
The Wily Bitrher.
"Ah, yes," mused Mr Old boy, "when
I was a young fellow and went to tlie
hairdresser's to t;et my hair cut he
rsed to flatter me by asking if I want
ed a shave. Now when 1 goto the
hairdresser's to uet a shave he flatters
me by asking If I want my hair out."
FAITH IN YOURSELF.
K In Absolutely Nort-nnar) if Yon llf
romo a
What would you think of a young
man, ambitious to become a lawyer,
who should surround himself with a
medical atmosphere and spend his time
reading medical books? I)o you think
he would ever become a great lawyer
by following such a course? No, be
must put himself into a law atmos
phere, where he can absorb it and be
steeped in it until he is attuned to the
legal note. lie must be grafted into
the legal tree so that ho can feel its
sap circulating through him.
llow long would it take a young man
to liecome successful who puts himself
into an atmosphere of failure and re
mains In it until he Is soaked to satura
tion with the Idea? I Low long would
It take a man who depredates himself,
talks of failure, thinks of failure, walks
like a failure and dresses like a failure,
who is always complaining of the in
surmountable difficulties in hi* way,
and whose every step is ort the road
to failure how long wouldTt take him
to arrive at the success goal? Would
any one believe in him or expect him
to win?
The majority of fnilurrs began to de
teriorate by doubting or depreciating
themselves, or by losing confidence in
their own ability. The moment you
harbor doubt and begin to lose faith
in yourself you capitulate to the enemy.
Every time you acknowledge weak
ness, Inefficiency or lack of ability
you weaken your self confidence, and
that is to undermine the very founda
tion of all achievements.
So long as jou carry around a fail
ure atmosphere and radiate doubt and
discouragement you will bo a failure.
Turn about face, cut off all the cur
rents of failure thoughts, of discourag
ed thoughts. Boldly face goal
witli a Rtout heart and a determined en
deavor and you will find that things
will change for you; but you must see
a new world before you can live in
it. It is to what you see, to what you
believe, to what you struggle inces
santly to attain that you will approxi
mate.—Orison Swett Marden in Suc
cess Magazine,
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Your ship is not likely to coinr In un
less you go after It.
No man thinks he is a bore, although
he knows that many of the other men
are.
No wonder people have so little re
ppect for advice; there is so much that
Is worthless.
Politeness is refraining from telling
a man he is a fool every time you
think lie Is one.
You would be awfully lorn-some if
every one in the world were as good
as you think you are.
If you have written a letter, read It
carefully before sending. If tho words
"Burn this" appear take your own ad
vice at once.
Fainting is n great winner in argu
ments. If a woman can f;iint when
things don't suit her her liuslkuul will
always sec that she gets her way.—
Atchison (Ilobe.
Th<> \niiic \nnh.
Not tuany persons arc sutlicicuily ac
ijuainted with the ltible to know that
Noah was the name of a woman as
well as of the patriarch.
At .111 inquest in England a femalo
witness gave her Christian name as
"Noah." The coroner remarked that
he hail never before known a woman
to bear the nam!'. Whereupon the wit
ness, who was well posted In the ori
gin of her singular prenomen, said:
"It is a Itible name, sir; you'll find it
in the last chapter of the book of Num
bers."
Reference was duly made, and In
the eleventh verse of the thirty-sixth
chapter the coroner found mention
made of "Mahlah, Tlrzah and Iloglah
and Mi I call and Noah, the daughters of
Zelophehad."
ICfitme* nmt Fkk Skin.
In cases of violent nausea when all
other remedies have failed the skin of
a perfectly fresh egg is an almost im
mediate relief. If the first skin does
not have the desired effect two more
will cause a cessation without fall.
This has I tried successfully In
cases of cholera under the eye of a phy
clan who acknowleilged he had tiicil
every known remedy In the pharmaco
poeia. The e_'g skin Is nald to form U
new coating temporarily 112 r the stom
ach The skin of an egg i* he part that
clings tightly to the inside of the shell.
It can be given with milk or water and
should he ioiled up Into as small a dose
as possible.
IThat l.ovf llfiicht J
"On peaks where even bird life
ceases," said an Alpine traveler, "and
the eternal snow seems to have fright
ened all life away, I have alwa\ ; found
Insects. No matter how high 1 might
climb In those awful solitudes, beetles
and other bugs could be seen. The bee
tles dwell under the rocks and In holes
In the earth. Their wlngi are small or
missing entirely, for the snow circum
scribes their wanderings, and they gen
erally stay in one pla.-e their lives.
Even on the Ice fields, w liere there Is
not a single < utcropplng of i n k, but
everything is white and frozen, there
Is a great six legged insect of cylindric
al shape and coal black In color. It
seems to be as comfort ii !<> tn the snow
as other Insects are In a flower
den."
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QUALITIES OF SAGE.
Nn%or> it ai«l Snlutnr> All the \>nf
KOIIIMI II ml J.iU«'il l»> All.
Nearl \ all our vegetables and herbs
appear originally to have passed
through some preliminary stage in the
laboratory of the medical herbalist be
fore be ng admitted to the full honors
of the kite en The fact is not so
: trange as it might at iirst sight ap
pear, and it- results have certainly
been to the general advantage of man
kind, for, though for the most part the
old herbalist's prescriptions were of a
Mud neither to kill nor cure, his lnves
fixations of the specific qualities of
) la.its were often useful. The ancients
teem to have regarded sage as an herb
of first Importance to the physician,
ihkl the many traditions it
refer a'.m >st entirely to t!*s aspect of
the plant. "Why should a man die
who has sage In his garden?" was one
if the maxims of the famous school of
I e.alth at Salerno. The belief in its vir
tu survived through the middle ages
iind was handed down with unimpaired
vitality to quite modern times. The
writers of the sixteenth and seven
teenth c -lituries were full of its praises,
and there was hardly an ailment of
mlnil or body for which sage was not
pronoun-'eil a cure or nn alleviation.
Thence sprung the idea that as it was
thus generally wholesome and recom
mended by the faculty the housewife
might prudently admit a dried winter
supply to her storeroom. And bo tills
"sovereign herb" gradually found Its
way Into the kitchen, of which it lias
ever since remained an indispensable
adjunct; not that it at once lost all Its
medical attributes. "lie that would live
for aye must eat sage in May" runs the
proverb. But the cooks soon began to
take broader views. They pronounced
sage to be equally savory and salu
tary all the year around anil of special
and peculiar value at the season of Mi
chaelmas.
But this Is advancing matters. Even
the best of things eatable have had to
overcome prejudice and slowly make
their way, and in the case of mere con
comitants some help from the encour
aging hand of fashion has generally
been necessary. The rather nauseous
brew known as sage tea was . i com
mon a domestic medicine to our fore
fathers that they could not at once ac
cept the herb In the character of a
savory adjunct. But we live and learn,
and the merits of sage as a modifier of
certain rich viands began to be ac
knowledged. It seemed to have a kind
of natural affinity with roast pork,
goose and duck and presently became
the constant attendant of these dishes.
Early in the eighteenth century an ac
knowledged authority laid it down that
"as to geese nnd ducks, cooks should
stuff them with some sage shred fine
and a little pepper and salt and tho
game with a suckling pig." - London
Globe.
Our (acilileii "Col«l Wnven."
We Americans are always talking
about our mountains of gold and coal
and Iron, of our fn t fields of corn and
wheat, but few of us ever realize that
we have in our climate a great advan
tage over all other nations. In the
cold wave which in summer and win
ter so often sweeps across the land
and sends the thermometer tumbling
30 degrees In almost as many minutes
we have a constant, a never diminish
ing asset of priceless value. The wave
acts as a tonic; but, tinlike any tonic
made by man, it carries no reaction.
No other land has cold waves like ours.
To the cold dry air of this periodic
cold wave, which brings extraordinary
changes of temperature, we owe much
of the keen alert mind, the Incessant,
unremitting energy of our American
race.—Century.
KorethoTiicltt.
An English contemporary tells a sto
ry of an unusual exhibition of fore
thought bv an Irishman. At a certain
lecture then.- was a little disturbance,
and the lecturer's head was broken. "It
isn't much," he said; "it would be all
right if we only had a bit of sticking
plaster."
"Here's a I it. sir." said a muscular
spectator. "I always puts some In my
pocket agin the Satl.mlay night."
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THE WEARING OF BEARDS.
At One 'Mine a Tax WfiM lUnrit-d
I or tin* Frlvilt'Ke,
In (lit, • gone by flic wearing of u
beard was a privilege that had to tie
paid fur, flic tax «>:i every beard of a
fortnight's growth being Us. 4d. in the
Kracion • days of tjueon Elizabeth,
i or over half a century the monarehs
■p| Icu ia made then male subjects
who wore bea;-<ls pay Into the national
>• \ !iei|tier. '1! - tix was imposed by
I'eter flic <• r»11 in 17<>i», the nobles hav
ing to disliur 1 l'"0 rubles and the low
er das es 1 ko]■eck. 'ilic tax on beards
w. kept up I>.\ I'eter*s four successors
on the throne of all the Itusslas, and It
ttf" finally repealed In 1702 by Cath
erine 11. France, too, at one tlnio Im
posed a beard tax upon the clergy,
which was paid by those who could
afford it, although the large majority
had to yield to the razor's onslaught.
In the fourteenth century shaving
was popular \. iih young men, while the
old men were attached to forked
beards. The latter custom is referred
to by Chaucer, who in describing an
us cinbly say , "A merchant was there
with a forked beard." Heards were
worn In various shapes and forms dur
ing the reigns of Elizabeth, James I.
and < » ;rles 1., as the poems, plays and
pthcr literary productions of those
periods amply testify. In his "Anato
mic of Abuses" Stulibs alludes to the
barber who was accustomed to ask
his client whether lie wished Ills beard
"cut to look terrible to your enemy or
amiable to your friends, grim and stern
in countenance or pleasant and de
mure."
William Harrison, a clergyman from
whom one tra i n . many peeps at the six
teenth century, refers to some of the
stj les of beards at that period. If a
face happened to be "platter-like," a
lon.tr, slender beard would make it seem
the narrower. If it be weasel beaked,
then "much heir left on the cheekes
will make the owner looke like a IK>W
dled lied and so grim as a goose."—
London Standard.
BUTTER WEIGHT.
\\ lint One Observer Learned From n
VSsll CO n Grocery.
Live and learn. I heard a respect
able looking, motherly soul, making
purchases for the family, say to the
grocer, "He sure to give me butter
weight, now, for I've been a long time
customer of yours." "Certainly, Mrs.
MacLaicn," he replied cheerily, "you
arc entitled to it if any one is." Yet
she bought no butter.
"What is butter weightV" I inquired
when she had gone. "Why, that's Just
a little sop we hand out to some of
our uld customers," said the salesman.
"Instead of making an exact pound of
anything they buy we make It u frac
tion over, which tickles them nearly
to death. Of course we are particular
to let them see they are getting more
than their money's worth; hence we
keep their trade."
I next asked how the store made up
for this ex!ra allowance. "That's dead
easy," was the reply, "but as It Is a
trick of the trade I don't think we
ought to tell everybody." "Perhaps
other customers receive short weight?"
"If the\ il we don't let 'em know it."
"Maybe your prices are just a frac
tion over the market?" "Never! We
sell die per than anybody." "Maybe
your goods are inferior?" At that hi
quailed.
Uefcrring to a dictionary, I learned
that buth r weight is an allusion to a
custom of exacting seventeen or eight
een ounces or even more to the pound
of butter, possibly on the ground that
the water in it would soon evaporate
and bring the pound down to sixteen
ounces. In Scotland tron weight (.twen
ty-one to twenty-eight ounces to the
pound) was used in buying butter.—
New York I'ress.
Tin* ( onuclfnt'P Fond.
it is n noticeable fact that all contri
butions to the "conscience fund" are
made anonymously. Can it be that the
man with a conscience Is always?
•.shinned of it? Host on Transcript.
Hatred is an active displeasure, envy
a passive It ought therefore not to
surprise us that envy turns so soon to
hatred.- Ooetlie.
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A M. A. M. A. M. P. v ,
New York IV 20(1 .... 10UU 111)
P M
< ) union ar 017 . I 51!
P. M.
' .ilai'i . .... iv it Hl] 2 45
A.M.
tii ir >SB lu 55
M. A. M. P. ft:. P. M
;ii Iv Ih "a *IU 10 fl 6ft *0 35
Bell' nil ...... mm
I'ny lor •> 14 111 17 £Ol 644
• .- «itii -it .•» . f.O I'.i 24 ! ■ 0 fit
•■ Ji yi. i 63 10 20 •-> 653
IV) .... iin 10.48 .17 657
■ifi.jHfji ..I .t AVe ;01 1!) >7 2 BWI
W<-«l I'ltlMtir 7 :»r> 10 41 223 70V
Vyomin 71U Id 46 221 707
K.irtv i'orl. 2 81 ....
P.e-inell 7 17 HI vy 2 **, 7 14
K ar 7li 10W 2 11! 720
Wllkcs-B.irr nr 710 niu 2so 730
Wilkes Barre iv 710 10 10 '2 M 710
K OgHiir... i\ 12* lU.ifi 211 721
i ymoulh .luuc ....
y mouth 7 -45 lIUS 2tv r»
Mrfiillecke. 7 4:-. 1118 2 as 737
Hunlock's 7(9 11 1H 30'' 7IS
hlckslilnny 801 ll.il X2O 753
licks Perry 811 f;| I* 13; re 03
UisMll Have U 11 »? .»#•; hud
H rwicli. 827 11 54 -144 817
Briarcretsi f8 82 fa SO ...
Willow Urc.r ft! 3a .... f-sf.4 7824
i.ime Birti'e 8 It! f!2 UW JiiX re 28
K:.|iy Kl'i 12 I* «0« 8M
Blooms burg 85H 12 22 Mis Bio
ltnpert 857 12 2 415 845
Unlaw! H 02 12 H2 4 32 8 50
Danville 015 iai4 i 33 HU'i
Cameron H24 fl'2t7 (48
Nn t luiti, '»er ! ar »3 .10 455 »30
i". A ST
M. ' ' P. M. P M
NortUumoerl'. *645 lluOO tl 50 *525
< lameron h57 f2 0l 112
Danville 707 iO II! VII 043
'atawiSKH 721 1!; 82 248 558
Hupt.Tl 725 10 >/ 22« 001
Kloumsbtirg 7 ::3 lull 2.18 805
Espy 738 10 4c 2 11! 813
l.llne Kliige 741 riosl f2 If! fB 20
Willow Or :v« f7 is f2 5<J
liriarcreek . 762 f2 53 16^27
Berwick 757 HOS 58 834
Heecli Hawi 805 til U 8 0(1 ti 41
Hicks Kerry 811 fl 117 Biw ti 47
-ilitckMhinny. 822 1131 320 fB 5«
Hunlock'R....
Nailliooke. . :i l 1114 338 711
Avonilr.lu 81! 342 722
Plymouth.... 816 11 >1 817 t72l
l'lym«iolli Jutit' 817 .... 352 .....
KiOglltOU ar 8 fit II Jfc 100 738
\Vilken- Buna ar »10 i 2 ill 410 750
Wilkes lUrre Iv 810 I! IP 850 730
Kingfll'JU Iv 866 U>» 100 738
Luzerne . 858 ;i!2 02 403 712
Ports If Oil WOO 4 07
Wyoming h Of. i.'lte 412 ;7 18
W.st I'lttatou Hill 4 17 7 53
■Susquehanna Ave.... <• 13 '.'2 :: 420 758
r*l'tston WIH !2 17 121 8 111
Duryea 2i 420 *8 06
Lu'lriiviiiiin *3# iT2 810
rayior »32 4411 817
He!!,
Heranton.. . ... ar *2 1285 4-50 825
A M. T. M tVM
Si>r'ntii>Ti iv 1026 [I 5S .... 1110
A. M
Buffalo .. .n .... T55 ... 700
A. M. r. Mr.M A.M
Scran ton iv 10.10 12.40 13 35 *2
I* M. I'. M i'.M A. .V
New York ar <BO Mm 735 tl f>U
•liaily, fl'aily exceptHunrtay.
Stops on siKiial or on notice to conflaetoi,
a Slops on signal lo take 011 passenger* for
New York, Binahainton and points west .
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PENNSYLVANIA MUM,
TIME TABLE
In Effect May 28th, 1905.
A.M.,A.M. I'.M.
Scranton(lJ&.H).v §«• 27 iv 5 l 411 5") 1 ■>!
Pitts ton - " 058 112 1014 §2 00 5 86[
A >T 1~1. I' M
Wilbcsbarre,.. Iv jiu ;c. I 2 45 «8 Oti
Plym'th Kerry " ■ ft "7
Nanticoke " 111 50 301 ti 17
MocanaqU:! .... " II 01 82n 837
Wapwallopen.. " 11 lo 331 047
Nencopeck.... ar 11 2i. 842 7 o<i
A.M. f?M.
I'uttFVille Iv Ull 55 _
Hazleton " ' ...... 215 52 l.i
Toinliicken " 3 05 S 05
Kern Glen " 31> l f >
Kock tllen "1 H 22 3 22
Neseoiieck . .. ar
Catawissu...... | 1 4 00 4 0U . . .
!A. M A.M P.M. P M
NescnpecK... .Iv 5 s 0!' Sll 2i, ■! 42 ;7 t»i
Untsy " 81111 36 8 58] 7
Kspy Kerry... 1 ' n II 4ii 7 20|
E. liloomstiuri. " 834 11 s"| 407 7 2.1
Catnwtssa Iv 8 hi 11 413 73i
Sunliury ar 35 12 30 1 815
_ A. M. P. M. P. M P.M.!
Sunliury Iv "42 48 ;i sld <1 ,;!,
I.ewisliurf'.... ar •" 13 1 451 54" \
Milton "| lo 08 1 3!lj 53710 14
Williamsport.. " HOn 141 035 10 00|
Lick Haven... " 11 s!' 2 20i 7 451 !
Kenovo " A.M. 3no 8 4.i I
Kane " ti 15
Erie " 0 25 .....
P.M. P. M.'
l.ock Haven. .iv sl2lO s 345 .. .
liellefonte ... .ar 105 1 11 ,
Tyrone " 210s 6On
Pliilipsimrg " 5105 802
t'learlield.... " 6 54.f 845
Pittsburg.... " 855 sUI 45
A.M. P.M. P. M. P M
Sunliury Iv OMIS 150 520 iS 30
ilarri>t'uru ar, 11 3n J3 lj 7 00110 lOj
P. M. P. M. P. M. A M
Philadelphia., ar 5 3 17 , 6 23 I 0 2> 4 23
Baltimore "j>3 11 fl nO ■ 1 4 > 220 .....
Wasninifton ... " 9 4 20 |, 7 15 jlO 55j 3 30
A.M P.M. 1
Sunhury Iv }lO 00 si 2 051 i
Eewi.stown Je. ar 11 15 3
Pittsliurir •' 655 §lO 45
~ A.M. P, M P. M. P M
Hurrlsl'urif Iv 1145 620|| 720 i 110.5
P. M \ M. A. M. A M
Hittsliuric ar 0 5.5 ,1 16n , 1 50, 53U
>P. M.i P M A m|a M.j
i'itthliurK Iv 7ln It 00 3 0(0 -nn
A. Ai A ,\l _I P M !
llarrii<t>urK.... ar| 2on 4 "1, il 2i 3 111 ...
~ I'.M A M
I'lttPhutif Iv 1 I 0 (in 800 ...
A.M. ] I'M;
I<cwißtnwn I 7 3n 3 00 ....
sunliury arj - » 2n| J< 160 ....
PTmj A HI A Ml A 51
Washington.. . I> lti 4o! 7 5n 111 4u ..
Baitlmore " II IN. 4 |n s4H 11 • .|....
Philadelphia..." Ill" 4 2.*. s3O II 111...
a~m" Xm A. m.| p mL7
llarrishurii Iv 3 8-5 755 11 10 3 2tl
Sunhury ar ■on » »>| 1 08 - 6 1,1 ...
P. M.| A M V M
Piltsliurg 1% ,12 45 3 00 ; 8 «">
t 'learlield " 3 :#l ! -» ....
Pliilipslnirg.. " I 2.51 ; 1011'....
i'vrone " 7 0>! 810 I—-■ • ....
liel lefonte.. " Kill ! 032 1 25|....
l.ock Haven ar 11 15 | 10 80 2 lni...
Ip. M | A MIA Ml P M
Erie Iv s 5 35 ' '• •*" ....
Kane " 855 5 56| 10 11' L...
Kenovn l| {nj; B !C»j I" 2.i iI ! ■ ...
I.ook Haven.... " 12 lis 7 301 II 20 ;> nn ...
A. Air M
WiiliamsiMirt .. 247 8"• 12 in lin ....
Milton •• ! 2.1 913 12} 4|s ....
Ecwishurg 005 1 15 4 !Ji ...
Sunhury at 3 42j »I' ' 64! 5 15!
p. M A M P M P M !
Sunhury lv| ti 45!| v sft "no ft • ...
South Danville"! 711 |0 17 221 ft 5" ...
Calawissa "I 7 321 10 ii 2 'i(81...,
E Blootnfliurg.. ' 1 74n 10 4.1! 2 13 ti 1'....
Espy Kerry.... " —I o 10 ....
t'reasy ' 754 1 05ti 2i5 i. ;»l ....
Ncscnpeck " sui " o.i 305 nin ...
TM A M P. M
t'alawissa Iv 10 ...
Neseopeck I\' 823 I? 5n5 P M ....
Kock tilcn ar II 22 -7 05 ....
Kern t lien " ssl 1' 2s| 5 728
Tomhlokm " sSB U '!- s 588 • il ....
Hazleton "I n p,i 11 >7 ''."i!' 7 121
Pottsville " 10 15 1 3.5 6 55, 8(5 ....
~M A M P. M. P M
Nescfipeck Iv «04 U "ft S 3 0-5 ....
Wapwallopen. .ar a i*i il 20 3 15 \ nt!!
Mocanaiiua .... " 831 11 32 323 li 52 .
Nanticoke .... " 851 11 ft 4 340 7 (•! ...
i . P Mi 7 1!' ....
Plym'th Kerry ' 112 902 '2 02 H2B
WilUsharre ..." y lti 12 10 3 sft 7 BT>i
SR' H,, - A ««R.SR.,RO 'V^.....
10 08 105 5 2;, 8 2!....
Weekdays. I liaiiy. 112 Klag station.
Pullman Parlor and Slcepinir liars run on
thfunh trains hctween Surhury, Wllliamsport
and Erie, between Sunhnry nni Philadelphia
and Washington and between llarrishurs, Pitts
lnir«: and tlie West.
Kit tort her information apply to Ticket Airent
W W \TTKKBI' BY, J.K.WOtiD
(leneral Manager, Pass. Trallie Mer
GEO. "V. B«»YD. Gen Passenger Agent.
11l I
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ffe warn 10 do all
Kinds of PrintiDfi
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II!
li's led.
| II ill host.
\ IIS Mt.
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A well print
tasty, Bill or I.e
\i / ter Head, Posl •
A/A Ticket, Circuit, i
Program, Stale
L>l ment or Card
(y ) an advertisement
foryoui business, a
satisfaction to von
Bew Type,
Hew Presses, ~
Best Paier, M
Stilled M, A '
PrempiiiesS".
\ll you can ask.
A trial will make
you our customer.
We respectfully ask
that trial.
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No. it P.. Mahoning St.