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COMPASSES AND
CONFUSION
By IOtIS PIERCI
Cniii/riuM. I SOS. '-w K. S. Mature
G =Q
Gladden looked up from the pan In
wliicli the bacon was sizzling. The
start he gave tumbled the bacon Into
the tire, unci the wild efforts to right
the pan before the evening meal Avas
spilled upset the coffee pot and put out '
the blaze.
Instead of expressing an opinion j
upon the happenings of the uiomeut j
Gladden sprang to his feet and hurried |
to the beach just as the light canoe
grounded »u the shore.
One look into the bright face under ;
the red Tain o' Shanter and Gladden
was glad that the bacon had been spill
ed. He had been in camp for six weeks,
and even an ugly woman would have
been welcomed at the camp. To have
this graceful guest at his supper was
something he would not have imagined
possible ten minutes before.
"Welcome to camp,"he said hospita
bly, extending his hand to assist her to
step over the side. To his surprise she
refused his aid and sprang to the shore
as lightly as a bird. With a haughty
glance she swept past him and into the
hut Another moment and she stood
before him again, her eyes ablaze.
"Where are the others?' she demand
ed. "And where are all our things?"
"There are 110 others," he laughed. "I
am afraid that the limited population
of this cam]> does not permit the ap
pointinent of a reception committee:
unless, indeed, you are willing to rec
ognize me as such."
"What have you doue with the oth
ers?" she repeated. "Have you killed
them or have you merely driven them
away?"
Gladden laughed. "There has been
nj one here fur six weeks,' hedeclared.
"There was this morning," she cor
rected. "When 1 left togo over to
town there were six here besides the
guides. Now not even the things are
left, and you have the audacity to camp
right here. 1 suppose you thought that,
since you ha I made away with them j
all, there was no danger of detection,
for a few days at least. 1 suppose
you will have to kill me now to- keep
from being e\p >sed."
"Don't you think?" asked Gladden,
"that you may have made a mistake?
t'ani[ s look very much alike to per
sons unaccustomed to the woods, l'er
haps you are on the other arm of the
lake."
"There is no mistake." she insisted, j
"I steered by compass."
"Do you know how to use the com- j
pass?" he persisted. She looked at him
in disdain.
"Is It necessary to insult me?" she
demanded. "Why don't you kill me
and finish off the work you have com
menced?"
"That's a good Idea," assented Glad
den, recalled by 'he last half of the
sentence. "The work I had commenced
was the getting of supper. If you are
as hungry as 1 am you will regard me
as a life preserver rather than a mur
derer."
"Without another word he went j
about the work of kindling a fresh lire, j
As he knelt over the twigs the girl i
made a rush for the boat. He reached I
the canoe tirst.
"See here," he said firmly. "You are
lost already. 1 cannot have you still
further confused Just because you Im
agine that this is jour camp and that
I have slaughtered the whole family, to
say nothing of the guides, for the sake
of your canned goods. Sit down and
rest, and after you have had supper 1
will try t > hud you."
The girl followed him back to the
Are, cowed, but unbelieving. Skillfully
Gladden fanu I the lire into a bright
glow anil set the pot on. Then he
slh-etl fre li bacou and set out the
plates.
Present!;, tii -n.ell of the browning
bacon be-.>u t. till the camp, and the
girl's face softened. She did not re
alize how hungry she was until the
bacon began i<> fry. For the tirst time
she took n dice that this young man,
in spite of hi* evidences of city breed
ing, was not only decidedly good look
ing. but skilled in woodcraft, and feat
gave way to admiration <>f his deft
ness.
"I gue<s you can eat that," he said
at last, its lie placed some of the bacou
on a plate and poured a cup of coffee
for her. Silently she accepted the food
and Gladden smiled softly to himself
as he saw the way she ate. it ha«l
been his experience that girls were al
ways more reasonable after they had
been fed, and already she was unbend
ing visibly.
"Are you convinced that I am more
human than you were willing to be
lleve at tirst?" he asked as the plate
were at last cleared.
"Perhaps there has been some mis
take." she grudgingly assented, "but I
was so careful to steer by the compass
that I cannot s»»e how any mistake
could be made."
"Perhaps you turned east Instead of
west," he suggested. "The camps are
on the west lake because there is a
mail delivery over there. That Is why
I chose the east lake "
"P.ut this i- the west lake," she in |
stated. "The village is to the south. 1
turned west."
"You turned east," insisted Gladden, j
"since you are on the west lake at this
very moment."
"Look!" she cried. "The other lake
Is over there " She pointed across the
point to where the rlvfr formed a strait
between the lakes.
"That is the west lake over there,"
he assured her. l or answer she drew
112. , , her |, r ;l tiny eo pass, gorgeous
it.it; g■! \ <
"S( - []■ ct -I t, iiiniphantly. "Here
is un ,r-.i This must be the west!"
"I a:n . fruid." chuckled Gladden,
• t!i ii \ i ate under the Impression
tLn ihe iti» is the north. That nee
ale i »» ntiug directly away from
whtl vo;i call then >rth."
"<'er ; liuly.' was the prompt re
spoU 1 "I am afraid you are not ve r
familiar with c unpasses. They are
like weather vanes, you know. They
point with the arrow head from the
direction."
The next instant lie was sorry, but
for a moment Gladden rolled u|k>ii the
turf In an ecstasy of jr' This was the
explanation. She i.. steered her
course by the compasses in exactly the
wrong direct! >n. There was but one
camp on the west lake that resembled
his. That was the Driscoli camp, and
this must be Benny i>riscoll's sister.
He rose to confront a very Indignant
yoang woman.
"I don't like to be laughed at." she
said in a hurt little voice. "If I have
made a mistake I want togo back to
the other lake w'lere they will be kind
to me."
••.Mr dear Miss Oris coll," he cried, "I
. 1 j
will take you over to your camp in a :
jiffy, but not until you have forgiven
my rudeness."
"You knew who I was all along." she ]
said reproachfully.
"1 just this moment found out," he
assured her. "1 remembered that the
Driscoli camp probably looked like this
to a new comer fo the woods. That is
where you belong. Say you will for
give me, and I'll paddle you right |
over."
For answer she ran to the canoe and
sprang Into it Gladden made a leap
and sprang upon the bow just as with
a sweep of the paddle she cleared the
shore.
"I'm not going to let you go until you
say you are not angry with me," he j
said. "Do you suppose 1 will let you
go in this way?"
She glanced into the resolute blue j
eyes and saw therein not only mastery,
but an ardent affection that caused her
eyes to veil themselves beneath the >
lids.
"I forgive you." she said, with a little ,
tremble In her voice, "but plense take 1
me home. lam tired."
He tied his own canoe behind and
paddled down the lake as the silvery :
moon rose from behind the shoulder of
old Grcyt >p and silvered the wind rip
pies of the lake*.
Not a word was spoken, but It seem
ed to Gladden that their voices sang in
unison, and he was sorry when at last
the Driscoli camp was in sight.
Tliev welcomed the prodigal and her
rescuer and made him spend t' e even
ing. Later Gladden, stooping to un j
fasten the painter of his canoe, rose to
face the earnest eyes.
"I am sorry I was so rude," she said
softly. "Can 1 make atonement?"
"Let me come again." he said as he
bent over the tiny hand.
"Tomorrow," she whispered as she
snatched her hand away, and as Glad
den bent to Ills paddle the swirling
waters whispered that she added
"Early," and he had read in her eyes
the message she had seen in his own
earlier in the evening.
The bridesmaids and ushers never i
knew why their favors were in the
shape of tiny compasses, but they have j
Mrs. Gladden's assurance that they are
lucky.
Colli Endnranr« of Elephant*.
Writing 1 > the Zoologlsches Garten of
Berlin, Professor Julius Schott stated
that at a local menagerie he once saw
an elephant exposed in the open air tc
the conditions of a temperature below ;
freezing point, the animal appearing tc j
suffer no inconvenience, though evi .
dently conscious of an unusual environ ,
nient. But the palm may be given tc
an Indian elephant named Topsy, the
property of a Mr. Philadelphia, a trav
cling showman. Some years ago. tlnd
ing himself in northern Sweden and the
business of his calling at a low ebb
he decided to make for Stroem, a,
small town almost within the arctic ;
circle, and attend the annual fair. Foi I
the journey of thirty-five miles the ani
mill's body was caparisoned in relndeet ,
skin, and he was provided with boots
of the same material. The weather
was very cold, the temperature varying
, from 12 degrees centigrade to 20 de
grees centigrade, and snow lay thickly
around. '1 he inlinhjfnnts of Stroem
and the neighboring Wtipps were amaz
i ed at the unwonted sight. Money pour
ed into the coffers of the enterprising!
showman, and when the market was
: over and the return journey made the
I elephant seemed little if any the worse
| for his experience.
Drilled Colli*.
Perhaps one of the cleverest tricks
ever played on Uncle Sam's money
marts is credited to a Philadelphia wo
man. She had been engaged with a
gang of counterfeiters and had learned
the secrets of the work. She hired a
room with steam power, and with the
aid of small drills she dug out five and
ten dollar ndd pieces, leaving nothing
but a very thin outside shell. This was
effected by drilling through the milled
edge of the coin. She then replaced
the extracted gold with some baser
metal, taking care to preserve the exact
legal weight of the coin, and then cov
ered up with a small bit of extracted
gold the tiny hole made by the drill.
By this ingenious device she extracted
$3 worth of gold from every live dollar
gold piece and $7.50 worth of gold from
every ten dollar gold piece that she
handled, mid yet the coin remained ap
parently as before. This device is pro
nounced to be the most absolutely safe
and clever of all dishonest practices
that has ever been resorted to In con
nection with money. Success made her
reckless, and arrest and imprisonment
soon stopped the woman's operations.— j
Chicago Inter Ocean.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
—.
Success doesn't amount to so much If
a lot of age goes with it.
How many things we all have to do
that "goes against the grain."
If you are willing to spend money on
your fads you can find plenty of en
couragement in them.
No man says exactly what he means.
To do that would require too much ex
planation and qualification.
When you have no other reform to
think about, here is one that is always
Important and timely: You talk too
much.
The kicker attracts attention for a
time and affords amusement, but in a
little while people become very tired of
I him. And how he is hated in his old
age!
We frequently see this statement: "It
requires courage for a man to do his
duty." This isn't true. It is always
easier to do right than it is to do
wrong.— Atchison Globe.
AccnrdlMic to Scrlptore.
A certain tailor of very strict prin
ciples was in the habit of excusing the
faults of his assistants only In they
could justify themselves by Scripture.
One day a woman entered Ills shop
and asked to see some material, but
refused to buy It because it was too
cheap After showing her some other
goods, the assistant brought back the
same material, this time asking a high
' er price, whereupon the customer
' bought it. Afterward, the proprietor,
who had witnessed the transaction, re
proved his assistant severely. The lat
ter, remember vg the rules of the es
tablishinent. replied: "<sh. it's accord
- Scripture all right. She was a
stranger and I tool her in."—Harper'a
Weekly.
•V r 1 ii k •
t If our forehead is rigid with wrin
■ before forty, what will it be at
• seventy? There Is one consoling
' thought about these marks of time and
> trouble the death angel almost al
ways erases them. Even the extreme
-1 ly aged in death often wear a smooth
i and peaceful brow, thus leaving our
last memory of them calm mid tran
t quil But our business Is with life.
Scowling is a silent kind of scolding
s it shows that our souls need sweeten
-8 Ing For pity's sake let us take a sad
i Iron or a glad Iron or a smoothing tool
1 of some sort and straighten the creasea
out of our faces before they become in
1 delibly engraved upon our faces.
HER LADYSHIP'S
DIAMONDS
C. B. LI WIS
1&05, bu J\ ( . Kaglmmt
0— , =o
Her ladyship's extravagance was a
tubject of general remark, but it was
true that his lordship did not stint her •
lu money matters, and so what she
threw uway was nobody's business
after all. It was so for the first five i
years of their married life, and then
his lordship began to feel the pinch. |
He delayed saying anything to her of
the matter as long as possible, but
there came a day when he had to tell
her that retrenchment must be the
watchword for several years to come
He had figured up her bills anil found
1 she had spent more money in a given \
time than any other woman in the
kingdom. In a way lie was proud of
It. but in another way he had to give
her a word of caution. She could still 1
be extravagant and reduce her ex- !
penses one-half.
His lordship found out something too
late, (rive a wife rein for the first five j
I years, and she will take the bit lu her 1
teeth for the next live. Talk of econ- j
oiny should come before instead of :
after, in addition to gratifying her
own many whims and caprices her
ladyship had a brother In the navy and
another in the army, both officers, of
course, and both living more or less
off her bounty. Only the day before
his lordship had asked for a private in- |
terview to talk retrenchment she had
sent the naval officer a liberal check j
to straighten up his debts of honor and |
been informed by letter that the other
one must have a much larger amount j
or throw up his commission In dis
. grace.
His lordship's news, therefore, came
like a douche of cold water. If there i
j was any sort of scene It was kept from |
i the servants and therefore from the j
i public, and tilings seemed togo on as j
before. They didn't, however. Her lady
j ship had her diamonds duplicated in |
paste and raised a large sum on the ;
real gems to help others and herself.
This was done quietly and secretly and
was only part of a plan she had in her
| mind.
After the elose of the London season
his lordship retired to his country cas
tie and was soon followed by a score
of Invited guests. The astute English j
robber is always on the watch for these j
' house gatherings. Every woman guest
Is certain to bring at least a good part j
of her jewels to wear at dinner, and j
there are always chances for a smart ;
thief to get in his work. As an offset
' the host employs a defective to mix In i
! with the servants or even with the :
j guests for the time being and keep j
I watch over things.
It was so in this case. Scotland Yard
had loaned him Inspector McDonald, :
and there never had been a robbery In
a country house he was protecting.
The inspector, under another name,
mingled with the guests and made him
self at home, but he was given to pass
lug much of his time wandering over i
' the estate and musing In the shade of
its forests. One of his musing fits
was one day Interrupted In a rather
singular manner.
He was lying on the moss under a
spreading beech when the sound of
footfalls disturbed him, and he rolled
over on his side, to discover her lady
ship making her furtive way through
the woods. At a dozen paces from him
she stopped and with a stick dug a hole
In the ground at the foot of a tree and |
concealed something. When she had
run away the Inspector scooped out the j
dirt until he came to an oiled silk bag j
containing her ladyship's diamonds, j
They were all there to her last ring. !
and the inspector knew enough about !
precious stones to know that these j
were paste.
This happened at !i o'clock in the aft- j
ernoon. What her ladyship would do
without her diamonds at dinner time
the Inspector could not determine. Her
secret burial of tlieni meant to him
simply one tiling she was going to be
"robbed" of them. She would have to
put up a claim of loss by daylight, and j
there would be a sensation. Either that ;
or she must be "Indisposed" at dinner
time and not appear among her guests
during the evening.
Her ladyship proceeded at once to
business. An hour before dinner, and
after all the guests. Including the ln
sp«-ctor, had been indulging in games
on the lawn, she went to her room to
discover that her diamonds were miss
ing. There was a sensation at once.
No one had seen any stranger lurking
about, and the robbery must have been
perpetrated by some of the servants.
Including maids and valets, these num
bered over sixty, and each one was
obliged to come forward and be inves
tigated. His lordship Insisted oi- the
most rigorous examination, and this
led to protestations and hard feelings.
Within twenty-four hours the house
party was broken up and scattered,
and Inspector McDonald had to admit
that he bad no clew. The only thing
his lordship could do was to offer a re
ward, ami he made it J?-"'.' h
The inspector did not go with the
> others. He remained behind to look
I for clews, lie held many Interviews
with his lordship and her ladyship to
j gether. and he iiad to admire the densl-
I ty of the one and the cunning of the
i I other. It was more than cunning. Her
i ladyship had more nerve and cheek
i ! than the detective ever before had
| fnmw* In a woman. She was a most
.icing liar, and If he hadn't had
paste diamonds in his pocket he
1 ~!ld have been Inclined to believe
that the scene in the woods was a day
dream. She could furnish no Informa
tion as to li.j-.v her diamonds hail disap
peared.
She cleared her own maid of suspl
( ci >n. but would not vouch for the hon
esty of the other- It was through her
advice and insistence that his lordship
advertised "No questions asked." The
stolen plunder could thus be returned
bv any one of her choosing. Ihe s"£»,-
lion would icet the originals out of
pawn and save her brother. The In
! Speetor he I but one Interview with
, her lidyship alone. At that interview,
after she had retold her story and
looked him as straight in the eye as a
woman could, he said:
• I"I can't believe that the plunder was
' * carried far. I shouldn't wonder if it
" was buried in the wood
1 "That may le," she innocently re
" piled.
"They didn't happen to be your paste
diamonds, w!11i• • tin* real gems are in a
r ! vault in town?"
1- | "Would his lordship advertise such
- | a reward for paste diamonds? Have
;• you ever beard that I have resorted to
paste?"
I- "I did not mean It iu that sense. The
>1 re*? v 'it I spoke of the woods was be
i* i cause 1 was out there that afternoon."
i- "Well 7"
' "I thought 1s» a woman prowling
around."
"Then you have been derelict as a
detective. Why didn't you speak of the
matter before?"
"The more I think of It the more 1 be
lieve that this woman buried some
thing at the foot of a tree."
"Then let me call his lordship, and
we will go at once."
When it was too late he saw that
she wouldn't take a bluff, and he was
obliged to accompany the pair to the
woods lie walked straight to the tree
and showed them the cavity, lie look
cd straight into the eyes of the woman,
but she dtil not falter In the gaze. He
saw by her attitude that she was even
read,) t • hear him say that she was the
woman he saw and to drag from his
pocket the bag of diamonds In corrob
oration. lie dared not put her to the
test.
When his lordship criticised his ac
tion in not overhauling tlio unknown
woman, the detective could only swal
low his chagrin and beg to withdraw
from the case. Two hours later lie was
packed and ready to go. As he was
descending the stairs ho encountered
her ladyship ascending. She gazed
straight into his eyes and held out her
hand. There was no bribe In her fin
gers—she knew the inspector to be
above that. He took the bag of dia
monds from his pocket and passed it
1 over without a word and then, raising
his hat to her, he kept on his way out
l of doors. Two weeks later a London
! paper said:
"We are glad to hear that her lady
j ship's diamonds have been restored to
her. It is hinted that the person claim
lng the reward had the manners of the
gentleman, though in disguise.
"One of her brothers, maybe." said
Inspector McDonald to himself, as he
| turned to the case In his book and
wrote "Closed" at the bottom.
Ill* Hellfffon.
Not long ago a certain clergyman
from the west was called to a church
In Jersey City. Soon after his arrival
the divine's wife made the usual vls
! Its to the members of the parish. One
| of these, a plumber's wife, was asked
by the good lady whether the family
; were reirular churchgoers, whereupon
the wife of the plumber replied that,
while she and her children were at
tendants at divine service quite regu
larly, her husband was not.
"Hear me!" said the minister's wife.
| "That's too bad! Does your husband
never goto church?"
"Well, 1 wouldn't say that he never
went." was the reply. "Occasionally
Will goes t > the Unitarian, now and
then to the Methodist, and I have
known him to attend the Catholic
| church."
A look of perplexity came to the face
of the visitor. "Perhaps your husband
| is an agnostic," suggested she.
"Not at all," hastily answered the
j fttlier; "he's a plumber. When there is
nothing for him to do at one church
there is very likely something for him
| at one of the others."—Harp.er's Week
ly.
Where the Sf» Dlnupprnn.
; A girl was recently overtaken and
' drowned In the incoming tide oil the
' west coat of l rance. A transplanted
; Breton said of this fatality:
"fan v) ', who see your own tides
crawl in at the rate of ten feet or so
i a:i hour, i: I'gine tides racing like wild
wh teh .rs-'s up the tl;it sands at the
rat" of halt' a mile a minute? The ex
traordinary tlatness of our Breton
i coasts givi s ns these phenomenal tides.
I The sea does not rise and fall. It ap
pears anil disappears. You have a vast
1 and flat pl 'in of sand. At a set hour
the sea rushes in. white, wild, submerg
; ing this vast plain. At a set hour an
unseen hind sucks back the waters —
back thirty, forty, tiftv miles —and
nothing is visible but the plain of pale
sand again. Woe unto such as walk
| on this desolate plain when the tide
j begins t > rise, for they must drown!
: Nothing •*:. is ive them."— Philadelphia
j Bulletin.
K i poricnceil Traveler.
"Look lie ■" demanded the irate ho
tel proprie; i•. "what did you say to
that last gae t ?"
"Wh id'Vl the waiter, "lie didn't
me-s over a tip. - > I said, '1 think you
I have forgot en s imethlng, sir.'"
"Th it's j'-st it After you said that
he returned to the table and took three
oranges and six pears."—Philadelphia
Ledger.
I oniirlfiiCf.
A man. so to speak, who cannot bow
j to his own eo —e every morning is
I hardly in en'pion to respectfully sa
I Jete the i ' :•< any other time of the
day I >■ i ' J'mid.
I 11y Vemn« Country Eye*.
In one of his delightful books Dr.
Jessopp remarks that whereas coun
try people look up Ixmdoners look
down. It is largely this habit that has
limited their observing powers, but
London has Itself to blame. I take it
that one can observe well only by the
power of taking large views, and in
London this is impossible, even If one
would, partly from the circumscribing
effect of bricks and mortar, parti;,
from the dim light of a London dis-
I tance and partly from the need <» #
I avoiding collisions. Ones eyes uncon
-1 sciously ac ;uire a habit of restricted
vision; our observation specializes, like
that of the little girl in Mrs. Meynoll's
book who beguiled the tedium of her
walks by collecting shopkeepers named
Jones. Perhaps that is the kind of ob
servation for which we in London are
best suited. —London Outlook.
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LIFE IN THL MIDDLE AGES.
Way In SirUiiPNn aiitl Old Arc
Wit* Pit hie Indeed.
<••«! miing tie life of poor people
during the middle ages a writer says:
In those bygjnc days of feudal rule
the dwellers in the country were al
inosi invariably s.-rfs, bound to the es
tate on which they were born and un
der the absolute rule of the owner.
They were possibly better fed than at
the j re-cnf day. ior butter, cheese and
eggs were plentiful, and the fertile soil
of Italy supplied them with abundance
of fruit and vegetables. The poor man
held hi plot of g.ouml by the tenure
of s.> many days in the year of service
to his lord, lint in sickness or old age
is case was verv pitiable, and we have
a curious proof of this in a letter writ
ten i:i 1 h's by the mother of Fllippo
Stru ::i, at Florence. She Is speaking
of s •n.e old p ' >ple on her estate in the
j country: T'iero and Monna Cilia are
j both alive and intirin. I have over
! Qowed the lield for next year, and, as I
• must put it in order, those two old peo- j
; pie, if they do not die. must go and beg.
| Heaven will pr i. ale.' This is no pass- •
I ing thought of the good lady, who was j
| pious and highly esteemed, a friend of
i the Medici, but It is a firm resolution
jin her own mind. A few iffbnths later
I she writes to her son: 'l'iero is still
I alive, so he must put up with It and
!go away and beg. It would be best, of
| course, if heaven will take him.' Ap
parently a merciful Providence had al
ready provided for .Monna Cilia!"
MARKS OF LONGEVITY.
Physical Indication* That Yon Mar
Study For YourafK,
Every person carries about with him
the physical Indications of his longevi
ty. A long lived person may be dis
tinguished from a short lived person
%t sight. In many instances a physi
cian may look at the hand of a patient
and tell whether he will live or die.
| The primary conditions of longevity
are that the heart, lungs and digestive
organs as well as the brain should be
large. If these organs are large the
trunk will be long and the limbs com
paratively short. The person will ap
pear tall in sitting and short in stand
ing. The hand will have a long and
somewhat heavy palm and short fin
gers. The brain will be deeply seated,
as shown by the orifice of the ear be
ing low The blue hazel or brown ha
zel eye, as showing an intermission of
temperament, is .; favorable indica
tion. The nostrils being large, open
and free indicates large lungs. A
pinched and half closed nostril Indi
cates small or weak lungs,
j These are general points of distinc
tion from those of short lived tenden
: cies, but of course subject to the usual
individual exceptions. Still, it is well
. acknowledged that the characteristics
noted are expressions of inherent po
tentiality. which have been proved on
the basis of abundant statistical evi
dence. — Medical Ileeord.
( nrlona, but True.
Although difficult to believe. It is
nevertheless true that the death of
two half sisters, the daughters of the
same father, occurred 170 years apart.
The grandfather of the British minis
ter, (.'buries James Fox, Sir Stephen
Fox, married in 1G54 and had a daugh
ter born to him In 1055 who died in
the course of the same year. He had
several other children who grew up
j and married, but all of them died be
fore the father and without Issue. Sir
Stephen not wishing his large fortune
to fall into the hands of distant rela
tives, married again at a very advanc
ed age, and liis youngest daughter was
born In 1727. She reached the age of
. ninety-eight years and died in 1825 —
that is, 170 years after the death of her
. oldest sister.
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the beauties and decorations of poetry.
The sister arts attend and adorn her;
painting, architecture and music are
, her handmaidens; the costliest lights
of a people's intellects burn at her
i show; all ages welcome her.—Charlotte
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TORTOISE SHELL.
The II cm ( Initiation of It I* Made of
Celluloid.
"Celluloid makes the best imitation
of tortoise shell." says a manufacturer,
"It has tiie requisite hardness and lus
ter and approximates so closely to the
real shell that, although 1 have han
dled both products many years, I can
not ilw.iy- tell one from another at a
glance. Of course 1 can do so by
making a close inspection. The ability
to distinguish shell from celluloid by
ill.- appearance can only be acquired
by years of experience in handling j
both.
"The principal way in which cellu
loid is revealed is in its susceptibility
to the influence of heat. Hold a cel
luloid comb in your hand ttnd the heat
if the body will cause the teeth, after I
i few moments, to give a trifle, and j
there is not the elasticity in springing !
back that you will observe in real ;
shell. Tortoise shell will not bend un- i
less subjected to heat at the boiling
i point. There is. of course, a great dif
fere:,< in the celluloid employed In
5 manufacturing combs, and some of the
[ combs that are put out under that
name are not entitled to the designa
tion. Lven when the celluloid is of the
' highest gr i le it tjien should be season
ed from three to twelve months in or
der thai there may be no danger of it
shrinking."—Jewelers' Circular.
SUPERSTITION AND GEMS.
Some Poi-.tN \l»out the Topaz, the
llu.'ij mid the Opal.
A Maiden l t uie jeweler speaking of
lli • trade in jewels -aid the •••♦•rtlay
that superstition with reference to them
had a serious effect upon the trade,
i Some people will not buy or wear topaz
! unless they were born In November,
and others cannot be induced to buy
I rubies unless they were born in July.
It doesn't "oncera many people about
rubies, because their price is too high
for most persons to wear them. There
ire not two hundred good rubies of any
, sjy.e w >rth -peaking of In New York,
but the topaz is abundant and Is not
dear.
Tin a tin : is the superstitious objec
tion to op: - , is. which are regarded as
unlucky all the year around and have
no saving it it'll month to lift their op
probrium. They do not need the su
perstition to make them objectionable,
however, because while they are very
beautiful they are also very fragile and
should be very cheap. Out In Austra
lia you can go out with a pick and dig
a wheelbarrow load In an hour. The
cutting and polishing give them some
value, but it is something like that be
stow. I upon cut glass. Still they rank
as jewels, and when they are sold It is
j for a price. If, however, you want to
find their value offer one to your Jew
eler »it her for a cash sum or In ex
change. You will then learn what they
are intrinsically worth—or something
I near it.—New York Press.
The I'arlM Jeweler*.
"To stroll about the London streets,"
j says Harper's Weekly, "is a pastime;
• In Paris it is also an education. I hard
ly understand how an Englishman
after a walk down the Avenue de
I'Opera or the Boulevard des Italiens
fan bear to even glance at a Bond
street jeweler's. To see what the
French are doing in jewel work of ev
ery kind is to make one feel that Lon
don is not merely a generation behind,
but could not in a hundred centuries
cab h up."
\'ot a QurKllin of Season*.
! "How should we get married if there
I were no London season?" asked the
J debutante.
"Some of you would get married if
you were bricked up in an ogre's cas
tle and had to be rescued," said the
American millionaire. "And ten sea
sons wouldn't marry tin* rest."—Lon-
I ilon Boudoir.
<ire:it Scheme.
1 ; "He makes love to summer girls in
the winter time and to winter girls in
■ i the summer."
'! "What's the idea V"
1 | "Thinks they come a little cheaper
when they're out of season."—Cleve
' land Leader
ON DUTCH WATERS.
A Journey Alontv •*' < nnnl and the
ScfiM-ry fl PreiMMit
"I {'.mii think of in) more reposeful
holiday," says a writer, '"than to step
oil board of one of those barges
wedged together in a Rotterdam canal
and, never lifting a finger to alter the
natural course of events to accelerate
or divert—be carried by it to, say,
Hariinsen. in Fri--land, between the
meadows, under the noses of great
black and whit" • >w - b >st herons fish
ing in the ru-hes, through little villages
with dazzling milk cans being scoured
|on ihe h:;u!;s and!:<■ i: »»1 wives wash
i ing i the -aturnine mok'-rs in black
velv.-i slipper- pa.- :i;* the time of day,
thr cii. ii log to\T-. by rows of somber
hoi:-f seen thr >. gh a delicate screen
r>f l«>av. s. n:id'*r I i\v bridges crowded
with children, thr >'tgh narrow locks,
over moving, moving, -lowly and sure
ly, su'Mctimes sailing, sometime; being
t iv,•(•('. with the vide hutch sky over
lit'..i and the plover , crying in it.and
the r i' tn we-t wi-.id driving the witid
i. i,; . ;::i• 1 i ••ryt!.ii: Jl just as if was in
I;. ■ • a;i;'r* • day and just as it will be
j DC.) y. .ii's In ice."
TrlE FLYSNG FROG.
A I'ltii IVinscil J'icplilc Thai !nhab
il>i 'iroiiital Africa.
The curi isitj ot tropical Africa is the
: v.'oni.' i'ul fiying frog, first described
|by r.I-uofl' ot' t!. • ;uatorial African
■ xpedition, v.i.i li retu.'ued t> Kurope
h the fall of l -.M. This oddity of the
r ptiie family about the size of a
i minion bulifr< and resembles other
members of th order of batrm'hiana
In everything but ii t feet, each of
which is webb d and enormously en
larged, so much so as to form splendid
substiuites for true wings. The crea
ture has five toes o.i each of the other
two, which makes lour separate mem
branes on each of his hind feet and
three on each fore foot, or fourteen In
nil. In his description of it Bishoff
says, "Each leg terminates in a sort of
fan, and with these the little reptile
paddles the air like a locust or like a
partially lieilgul bird testing Its pin
tons for the first time."
Although somewhat awkward in its
flight, the winged frog can dart through
the air at a speed of affout ten yards
per second and can keep Itself going
forward at that rate for from ten to
fifteen seconds. The average distance
covered by these spurts of grasshopper
like flight is from To to 125 yards, but
Bishoff mentions instances where the
flying frog cleared sandy stretches 200
cards in width.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
i Philadelphia .V Erie Railroad Division.
Northern Central Railway Division.
Schedule in Kited Nov. 26, 10iV>.
j Trains leave SOUTH DANVILLE as follows:
, j EASTWARD.
i 7.11 a weekdays for Wilkes Barre. Haz
leton and Pottsville and Philadelphia,
i 10.17 a. in.daily i for Wilkes Barre, ila/.leion
Pottsville. Philadelphia, Mahanoy City
and Shenandoah.
2.21 p. in.i weekdays) for Wilkes-Barre. Haz
leton and Pottsville.
•">.50 p. ni. (weekdays) for Wilkes-Barre. and
Ita/.leton.
Making connection at Wilkes-Barre with
Lehigh Valley for all points North and
South and l». & H. for .Scranton
WESTWARD.
y.ixl a. in.i weekdays) for Sunhury. Leave Sun
hury 9.til a ni. daily for Lock Haven and
intermediate stations. On weekdays for
1 iellefonte, Tyrone. Clearfield. Pliillips
burg, Pittsburg and the West.
Leave .Sunbury O.fO a. m. (weekdays) for
| Harrislmrg and intermediate stations,
Philadelphia. New York, Baltimore and
Washington.
12.10 p. in. weekdays for Sunbury.
Leave Sunbury 12.4S p. in.daily for Butt
alo via Emporium and for Erie and in
termediate stations.
Leave Sunbury 1.13 p. m. weekdays for
Kmporiuni.Beilefonte.Ty rone,Clearfield,
Philipsburg, Pittsburg,Canandaigua and
intermediate stations, Syracuse, Koches
ter, Buffalo and Niagara Falls,
Sunbury 1.51 p. in. weekdays for
Harrtsburg 'and intermediate stations,
Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore,
Washington. Bullet Parlor Car to Phil
adelphia.
Leave Sunbury .'i ts p. m.daily for Ilar
risburg, Philadelphia. New York. Balti
more and Washington.
I.:;i p. ni. daily for Sunbury.
Leave Sunbury ."1.20 p. m weekdays tor
Renovo, Watkins and intermediate sta
tions.
Leave Sunbury 5.10 p. ni. daily for Ilar
risburg and intermediate points, Phila
delphia, New York, Baltimore and
Washington.
7.51 p. in. weekdays for Sunbury.
Leave Sunbury S.iili p.m. daily for Har
risburg and all intermediate stations,
Philadelphia. New York, Baltimore,
Washington. Pullman Sleeping Car from
Hiirrisburg to New York.
Leave Sunbury u..V( p. in. Sundays only
for Harrislmrg and intermediate sta
lions, arriving at Harrisburg, U.-'iO.
Leave Sunbury 5.54 p. 111. Sundays only
for Wiliiamsport and intermediate sta
tions.
Leave Sunbury o.f>3 p.m. weekdays for
Wiliiamsport and intermediate stations.
Buffet Parlor Car.
SH AMOKIN DIVISION, N.C. K. W.
WEEK WAYS.
Leave Sunbury 6.10 a. in., 1(5.10 a. in., 2.10 p. m.
5.& i p. in.for Sbamokin and Sit Carniel.
LEWISTOWN DIVISION.
WEEK DAYS.
Leave Sunbury 10.00 a. in., 2.05 p. m.for Lew
istown and Lewistown Junction. 5.90
p. m.for Selinsgrove.
For time tables and further information ap
ply to ticket agents.
W. W. ATTKRBt'RY, I. R. WOOD,
(ien'l Manager. Pass. Traffic Mgr
GEO. W. BOY I>, Oen'l Passenger Agent.
LACKAWANNA RAILROAD.
-BLOOMSBURG DIVISION
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad.
|ln Effect dan. 1, 1905.
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE.
'EASTWARD.
□ 7.07 a in.daily tor Bloomsburg, Kingston,
Wilkes-Barre a,.d Scranton. Arriving Scran
ton at 0.42 a. in . and connecting at Scranton
with trains arriving at Philadelphia at 8.4S a.
in and New York City at :i 30 p. m.
10.1t> a. in. weekly for Bloomsourg. Kingston,
Wilkes-Barre,Scranton and intermediate sta
tions, arriving at Scranton at 12.35 p.m. and
connecting there with trains for New York
City, Philadelphia and Bulf'alo.
211 weekly for Bloomsburg,Kingston, Wilkes
liarre, Scranton and Inlermediate stations,
arriving at Scranton at 4.50 p. m
ft.*! p. ni. daily for Bloomsburg, Kspy. Ply
mouth. Kingston, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston,
Scranton and intermediate stations, arriving
at Scranton at 5.25 pin. and connect ing there
with trainsarrivinc at New York City at (1.50
a in . Philadeipeia 10 a. in.and Buffalo 7a. in.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE.
0.15 a.m. weekly from Scranton, Pittston,
Kingston, Bloomsburg and intermediate sta
tions, leaving Scranton at «>.3": a in., Where it
connects with trains leaving New Yora City
at 0.80 p. m., Philadelphia at 7.02 p.m. and
Buffalo at 10.30 a. m.
12.44 p. in daily Irom Scranton, Pittston,
Kingston, Berwick. Bloomsburg and interme
diate stations, leaving Scranton at 10,10 a. m.
and connecting there with train iea\ ing Buff
alo at 2.25 a. m.
1.33 p. m. weekly from Scranton. Kingston,
Berwick. Bloomsburg and intermediate sta
tions, leaving Scranton at 1.55 p. lit., where it
connects with train leaving New York City
at 10.00 a. m..and Philadelphia at 9.00 a. ni.
9.05 p. m.daily from Scranton. Kingston.
Pittston, Berwick, Bloomsburg and interme
diate stations, leaving Scranton at 6.36 p. m.,
where it connects with trains leaving New
York Citv at 1.00 p.m., Philadelphia at 12.01
p. 111. and Butfolo at 9.30 a. m.
T. E. CLARKE, Gen'l Sup't.
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