I! PIRACY AND || PROPOSAL H> F.FES W. SARGENT ; [ « •• 1 I i - \V Siirtjent J [ I tuitwtmwMf Perhaps one re i son why llofTmaa re sint-tcd lii-s nephews was lN<oause of tin- nii-lk>nt uiHh'rstmdiiiK between tkfins«-)vi-s and Vllee Cutler. Ewan was bashful ami self conscious in her ttnt the twins were her cbutiH, aud Kn.m envied them. lie had Uvu trying for six weeks to decide " 'tether or tint Alice cared for hiuu tn i I was afraid to put his fate to the tesi. lb- was not much of a hi !<* - I'. TN I'ntil IM* had seen Alice his yacht had iiivtt his sweetheart, and a erutse with a lot of (rood fellows out welghel ill the allurements of femi nine M» iety. Nwn he regretted n little just a lit tl«- I.!<> tl.<' sea lie did uot even know whether Alice thought of hiui as hU nephews' uncle or as him-elf. L'uversed in the ways of women, he «oukl not deckle. He might have asked his sister, but he dreaded Gertr; b s gllies. so he devoted himself more 11: HI ever to tin- twins, and thus gait,, d a right iH-casioually to enter the charmed eln-le, the center of which was Alice fuller. Tbeu came the twins' inspiration. Bedtime tales of tin* Spanish main had flr«-d their Imaginations Mere they were on the grif • •!' MraMt WIMMCB the icold laden galleons had made their start Nothing would satisfy i>ut that they should go upon a pirating expedi tion. Their mother was glad euough to lie rid of them for the week the cruise would oei'U|^\. and Aii»»* Cutler manu factured a most imposing skull and CROSS?H»n»'S tlag to IK- broken out from the masthead when the quarry should sighted The twins carefully looked after the saluting 4111111011 and Its sup ply of ammunition, and laboriously practiced carrying wooden daggers be tween their t«»eth. Then came the day of embarkation. The twins kiss.-d tin r mother goodby, ILL UIVK Vol A DOLLAR AVIEi E AS KANSOM," HE SAIO. as dutiful pirates should, and set out with Alice for the pier, while Ewan hurried over to the postotlioe to make sure that a lielated business letter was properly posted He cursed his fate with true piratical fervor when be came to the dock and found that Alice ha 1 returned to the hotel without a >dby for himself, but ouce on board ami under way be became alisorbed in the twins' play. It was one of tlicir greatest charms that they could "make believe" with such absolute seriousness as to con vince an outsider that their pretense was real, and Ewan grinned over their circumstantial account of the capture of a beautiful maiden, whom they were holding for ransom. "We just tied a handkerchief over her mouth," exclaimed 1 »udley, "an' says, ''Less we get ten thousand dub llus from your father we'll send him your ears.'" "An* she cried," supplemented Cor don, "an' triiil to take the bandage off, an" we tied her hands, an* it was dou bleoous, not dublins, what we said." *' 'Taint, It's dublins," defended Dud ley, and by the time the arbitrator bad decided that neither was right ou the pronunciation of doubloons the twins were ready togo down into the cabin and decide upon their course. "Now, what 1 propose," explained Kwan. "is to get out In the gulf and wait for the galleons from the mines. They should have left Vera Cruz day before yesterday. Shall we do that or shall we s. t sail for Brazil, land a force and plunder the storehouses of the natives?" "I dou't think mother would like it,"i objected Dudley. "It's too far away.! lU*ldes. we've the beauteous maid- | en to ransom. We ought to cable her j father, as we promised." "llrati-s don't cable." suggested Gor- j don. "They send messengers In dls- ' guise" "I guess modern pirates use the ca ble," laughed Ewan. stopping a demon stration "You youngsters had better pile on deck and kn*p a sharp lookout for treasure ships." Tlie twins departed. still arguing the question of to cable or not to cable, and. lighting a cinur. Ewan gave hlm * t'ie yo- . aen were telling y *1 a'tont. i h " "Tli -re's no \ uiig woman iti the cab in." denied E" 1111. "It's a part of their make IM-H< vc." T thought y 111 knew, sir," persisted tie steward. "There's a lady in that cabin" IfofTnian p u'e two steps to the door Indicated and threw it open. There on the hunk liy Me Cutler bound hands and feet and with a towel across her mouth It v. * the work of a moment to release her. but it was five minutes before her hps permitted her to speak. "Don't mind." she smiled as she 11s tened to li".van's horror stricken expla nations. "I i: airine that the boys took their plraey t«>o seriously. It was all done so "uddeuly that 1 could not help myself, but I was sure that you would find It out when you came on board." "And to think." lie groaned, "that I was sitting in the cabin all the fore noon, and you were lying here suffer ing" "It wasn't so very bad," she concil iated. "and the boys were so full of their cruise that you really cannot blame them I hope you will not pun ish them " "I'uulsh them!" he echoed savagely. "If tbev are iroiriK in for this sort of pinny nicy nouiii ne si rim LT up at tne yardarm." With :i whiHip the boys came tum bling down ill.* coinpanionway. As tlicir glance fell upon their captive they jumped upon their uncle and be gan to pummel him. "It ain't fair." protested Cordon, "to let the captives out. They might run away." For a moment Ewan struggled with a desire to fight hack, then he caught Alice's eye, and he contented himself with grasping the collars of two sailor j tickets and bringing the twins in front of him. "I'll give you a dollar apiece as ran som," he said sternly. "Not a cent more." "You can have her," they chorused. "Give up the dollar." Payment was made, and Hoffman seut word- to the mate to head for home, to the great dismay of the twins, but on this point Ewan and Alice were agreed. The sun was just sinking iu the west as the' Motia, renamed the Scourge, came iu sight of home. From the bridge Alice and Ewan watched the landmarks loom up. while the twins, with EWilli's b.*st binoculars, watched at the stern for pursuers. "It is too bail to bring the cruise to such a sudden termination," she smiled. "It is too bad to have to to ! the real," he supplemented. "For the | last four hours you have been my cap- I tlve and now" "And now?" she prompted. "The situations are reversed. I have been your captive ever since I came down here." "Then you were a very unbusiness ' like pirate." s'u* laughed softly, "to ransom me." "Why?" he demanded. "Because," she whispered, "you had only to ask and"— Ewan asked. The next cruise of the Scourge will j tie a honeymoon trip iloiv Tliev <;»t I |» n Iton. At one of the English country inns 1 Hook and Mathews once got up a mock i quarrel before a large company. The I wit and the comedian each appealed j most earnestly to the sympathy of the I company, who. with the true IJritisli predilection for anything in the shape | of a row, eagerly esi mused the side of I one or other of the champions. The ■ contest proceeded, and Hook's cool In vectives. we are told, grew more and more cutting and the gesticulations of Mathews more wild and extravagant. Blows followed, and the partisans, full of gin and valor, soon followed the ex ample of their principals. A general melee suei-eeded. Candles were knocked out, tables and chairs overthrown, the glasses "sparkled on the hoards." and In the midst of the confusion, just in time to avoid the arrival of the police and the impressive denouement, the promoters of the riot, unobserved, ef fected their escape, leaving their exeit ; able adherents to compute at leisure the amount of damage done to their persons and property and to explain, if - possible, to 11 magistrate in the morn ing the cause and object of the combat. —London S|>ectator. THE EYEBROWS. ftoTvit* Xllid Odd ( oiiecrniDK Them. Notwithstanding their inconspicuous ness, the eyebrows have been the cen ter of a certain amount of lore and even superstition. But the "liiet I'ouvt at which ?■*.<,'t/.m or i'oiviore is found in this collection is iu those cases, not infrequent, where the eye brows meet. Everywhere this meeting of the brows has been held to bo omi nous iu one way or another. 111 some of our southern counties folks say that It is good to have such brows, for the possessor will never have trouble; but this is a rare inter pretation. As a rule, the meeting brows are held to be of evil omen. Headers of Charles Kingsley's "Two Years Ago" will remember Mrs. Har vey's face, which had been handsome and was still clever; "but the eye brows," continues K bigs lev, "tiriwhwt together downward aoove her nose and, rising high at the outer corners, indicated as surely as the restless down drop eye a character self con scious. furtive, capable of great incon sistencies, possibly of great deceits." In the Icelandic sagas a man with meeting eyebrows is said to be one of the dreadful creatures known as were wolves, and the same belief has been traced In Denmark and Germany; while iu Greece, says Mr. Baring Gould, they are a sign that sT man is a vampire. In horror there is little to choose between vampires and were wolves. A fanciful reason which has been given for,these superstitions is that the meeting brows resemble a but terfly, "the familiar type of a soul ready to fly olf and enter some other body." This seems tolerably far fetched. 111 Hungary gypsy women and men whose eyebrows grow together are sup posed to have in special degree the power to enchantment, and .'is illiterate : folk have a great dread of such mys- ] terlous powers, especially 11 s they may ! be supposed to be directed against the well being or happiness of their ehil- , dren, it need hardly lie aid that a man whose brows iii"-t is not a popular person. Even now there are parts of England where a belief in witchcraft : still lingers, and not so very lung ago ) in Northumberland there were people who regarded a person whose eyebrows met as a witch or warlock. In the north of Aberdeenshire, ac cording to the late Itev. Walter Gregor, who was a very competent authority on Scottish lor ■ and customs, a "ciosebroot | man"—that is, one whose eyebrows meet was regarded as being immoral, j Elsewhere in Scotland one with "close , broos" was regard.il as unlucky to be I met as "first tit." uhile other folk went a g'Mid deal furt!. rand regarded the Unlucky po essor of "close broos" as one foredoomed to be hanged. London I G lo! >e. St. Viilpiilliif. St. Valentine, presbyter and martyr, unlike many sab ,f s who are specially : reuieintiored. did nothing which could have suggest -d the manner in which his day Is . •lebrated. It was his for tune to ffer martyrdom (he was beaten with a club and then beheaded) at a 1 me when the heathens of south ern Eur >p ■ were accustomed to observe the return of spring. The quick eyes of those dependent upon sunlight for warmth learned tn note and welcome every iudieation of the approaching j season The, .vatched the birds, and when they saw them mating and mak ing love they were minded to d 1 tlie same, and s 1 strong was the habit that, as with Christinas day.the good fathers did not attempt to root out the custom, but to connect it with some holy name, and St. Valentine's day of martyrdom fitted very nearly to that time. He ill ne\ r accomplish 11 yth ng wh li' ;i 1.1 of what he \\ ill d iusjf ad of showing what he can do. Setting a. French Hern "By "Belle Ma.nia.te-t ('ojiynjjbl, ' ,l; . l ,v I'- I'- Eaatuient "This lo iks ju--t as good as it souud nl Uiverside farm," ruminated Cleo, as she sat by the open window of the airy bedroom she bad rented for the summer. "And Mi -. Lacey," she continued in her liiusin,-. • is tin* ideal farmer's wife. There is on!\ one drawback—she re ferred con. i. nily in our drive from the station to lier handsome son. I hope lie won't Ibii kit is in his line of duty to be attentive to 11is mother's summer boarder. One reason I came off up here was because I was so tired of attentions." Iler reverie was interrupted by a sound of voices from below. "Now. Hugh," she heard Mrs. Lacey nay plea.'. I ugly, "you really must over come \ inr dislike of girls and show this one some little aiieutiou." • iHi r; : >! ." was the remonstrative respri.K' ' 112 ! hud supposed that was to be on y HI 1 l'd l'd have op po 'd you: - :iier boarder plan more Ktnngly ti' : 1 did." "j'.ut \"i Llit to do something to 1 : 1 h • : . pleasant," persisted liis ' (■'■ id i 1 K-.t' i-r, I'm a man's man ..1• I. . i : . Girls don't like me. I'll , h ,ca In let* time if"— v I i h. you've got your idea of r .'.s 112 1 tlie giggling ones about I ere. Till: o.u* is sensible and"— "Oh, on.* 1 the mannish kind. I'd ve n ] efer the silly type." ' Vii rr ,h, just give her a row on th r.i t'll. afternoon and I won't ask you 11 anything else for her." "All r! 'it." was the resigned reply. • She'll pr 1 ibly insist 011 rowing. May be she'll 1 "fuse togo with me." "1 wonder If 1 sliould." smiled the girl at t!. • v imlow. "No. Just for re venge. I'll .0." When she came downstairs, Mrs. La cey presented "my son, Hugh," a tine looking man of some seventy-two Inch es. He lela] -ed into a ditiident silence and only made monosyllabic replies un- CLBO WAS SIM KINO OUT II Kit SATT.'ILATEU PRESS SKI nr. til, after several expressive and re minding looks from his mother, he blurted out: "Would you care for a row on the river?" Cleo hid a smile at the perfunctory tone and manner, but she said gra ciously that she would, and as they went through the meadows and came out in sight of the river she remarked that ii was hard to believe it was tlie same stream that iiowed through the city where sin* lived. "It is narrow, dirty and sluggish there." she said, "as different from this broad, beautiful stream as—well, as the city is from the country." His stif; iiess relaxed a little. He loved the country and the river. When lu' reached tlie landing and was push ing off the riiwboat, he said reluctant ly: "Do you care to row?" "No." si, • r.'p'ied. "I am not much of an oarsman, and—well, I'm afraid I am too lazy to enjoy it. I'd rather you'd have all the hard work." He began to acknowledge that his mother was right In her estimate of this sensible girl. His long, even strokes carried them swiftly upstream. Her admiration of the scenery was so genuine that he felt pride In showing her still further beauties of the lo cality. "There is a little stream that branch es off from this one that goes through a fine stretch of woods," he remarked. "It's quPe sb How. but I guess we can make it." Hut when they had gone some dis tance 111 • the little tributary he found it would be necessary to'pole. He stood ill the bow and worked vigorously for some moments. At last, after a mighty shove, the boat shot from the sandy bottom into deeper water. There was a splash and a little cry of amused dis may. tjulcklv turning, be saw that he had sent a Loudly supply of water Into the boat and (hat Cleo was shaking out her saturated dress skirt. "Oh." he cried, "I forgot all alwnit your being in that boat. I" She gave wicked little laugh. "I ou lit t 1 feel complimented, Mr. | Lucoy, v ncc you were averse to my fie- ty this afteri! > >11." A wana wave of color Hushed his j face. "! overlie 1 y >ar mother's orders to ; }•>. 1. ' si 1 ■ co. !inued. l.e rave an embarrassed little uot free from amusement. "I wonder," be said, "what the men j 011 the farm would say if they knew I j took a • rl 1 ut rowing and nearly tip ped her ov iu lour inches of water. To : v.' i't ke cold?'' he asked aux -01. - iy. "Oh, no," she protested. •'l'et y iiir dress, is it spoiled?" ; i".e'eenients in the wav E; . ..in ■. ~ at 1 v h: he asked ruefully. "Ye •ml hriuk to 1." "\Yh I can \ 011 do?" he asked In evi dent 1 i Won't it let down or son ■ ■*t 11 i . • • 1 . 1111k a I'reijch hem will ' it...'.0 it all i lit.' "A i 1 h 111!" he exclaimed. | V.'li 1, ,11 tii ■ wo! Id is that?" , 1 me 11 l.ing one for the but it's too bad you l Mr. Lacey. If you hi",-.*' have a better opinion of and .ii'd know what a French "if I had a sister," ho said earnestly, "I'd like her to be like you." C'leo's eye sparkled at the ingenu ousness of the big, awkward man. "You're sure you don't mind about the skirt?" he persisted as they walk ed through the meadow again. "Not at all," she declared iu a con vincing tone. "Then maybe you'll go again tomor row afternoon.'' he said anxiously, "and let me show you" "That you can remember I'm in the boat?" she lauuhed. "Yes, I'd like very much togo again." Farm work droned, for it was August, bet ween cultivating and harvesting, sc Hugh was not very busy. lie paused next morning by the old cherry tree, where C'leo sat with her work. "Is that the French hem you are tnakiugV" he asked Interestedly. "Yes, it's the French hem." "Then I am going to watch you," lit declared, sitting down beside her. In the afternoon there was a longei ride up the river, and the next inornlnp work was resumed on the French hem with lluuli in attendance; in the after noon the river. At twilight he must show her how lovely the shadows would be by moonlight. This became the regular programme for each day of Cleo's stay. "I am afraid," remarked Mrs. Lacey to Hugh one night, "that t'leo won't finish that French hem in time to get j much good out of the skirt this season." "I am very anxious for her to finish it,"he replied gravely, "and yet 1 am afraid for the time to come too." "Why?" asked his mother in sur prise. He was silent r a moment, then he looked at her with shining eyes. "Because," he said softly, "when she takes the last stitch she is going to tell me something, something I long to know." "C'leo," said Mrs. Lacey later that evening as they walked together in the old fashioned garden, "why are you so long in finishing that French hem?" Cleo looked ijiiickly at the older wo man's face. S >:netiiing she read there assured her that Hugh had confided in her. "Oh!" she said, with a little gasp "Weren't you ever so happy in the thought of something that was coming that y»u just loved to put it off? Don't tell Hugh, but I am going to tiuish it tomorrow." "And the list s.itch" — "Will lie l.ivo l-.n it." smiled t'leo. DyiiftKiii-M of ('Linn, There bav i oe.i twenty-two dynas ties i i China, the royal history of this country bein; better ascertained than that of any other which reaches back to ancient times. With some few breaks, the Chinese have had a regular success! in of sovereigns since Fuhhi, who, tho Chinese say, reigned from B. C. to 27 IT. According to Chinese tradition, Fuhhi was no less a person age than die Noah of the Scriptures, who, after lea . ing his ark oil Mount Ararat, trawlel east and founded tho Chinese e.'ipii •. Chinese history as serts that scv. al of their early mon arobs ruled for over a century each, ono rei uai-' over Chii. i for 115 years, another far l< r J. another for I'hi, and so on. It is considered probable by historians that these figures represent rather dynasties than the reig.rs of in dividual sovereigns. China has had in almost direct descent, with no more than two or three breaks in the history of the royal family, thirty three sov ereigns. ninety-two emperors, two Tar tar rulers. Mogul emperors and three empresses will !!•-«-*• U .11 k 111 till- Mil rU. Bees go out all day gathering honey, an>l work at night in the hive, build ing their <■ unbs as perfectly as if an electric light shone there all the time. "Why do they prefer to work in the dark?" Is often asked. Every one knows that honey Is a linuid with no solid igar in it. After standing It gradually a- 'ines a crystalline ap pearance or granulates and ultimately becomes a solid mass. Honey has been experimentally inclosed in well corked flask-, s une «if which were kept In perfect darkness, while the others were exported to the light. The result was that the portion exposed to the light soon crystallized, while tnat kept in the dark remained un changed. Hence we see why the bees are so careful to obscure the glass windows which are placed In their hives-. The existence of the young depends oa the liquidity of the sac charine food presented to them, and If light were all iwed access to this It would in all probability prove lata! to the inmates of the bhe. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS. Earli I'Mrt of the l.ar*er linen I* Made by Speflnllatii. Artificial flowers were invented by pious nuns. In the Italian convents the altars and shrines were up to the end of the eighteenth century decorat ed with artificial flowers, laboriously put together, of paper, parchment and other stiff materials. In a Venetian warehouse the most wonderful pro ductions of natural flowers are ex hibited in glass cases, and in many cases, not only the richest and most brilliant colors, but the very scent of the flowers lias been stolen from na ture, for son eof the artificial flowers are steeped in the perfume distilled from the flower which it represents. Last century a Swiss invented a ma chine for cutting out the leaves and petals, but it can only be used for the smaller kinds, such as are wanted for hyacinths, lilies of the valley and oth er small flowers. In larger petals the irregularities of manual work are pre ferred to the stiff and correct forms produced by machinery. This material of which the petals are made Is woven in special factories. The scissors and other tools used by tho girls employ ed as well ::s the presses In which the veins are traced on the leaves are of a shape spec.ally adapted to the work. Each part of a flower is made by spe cialists. In one room, for Instance, only stalks of flowers and leaves are made; in another, fruits and berries of all kinds are cast if they are wax or blown if made of glass. The clever est worker - are employed In making blossom - of the simile petals and bou quets, wreaths i" 1 garlan !-ol* tho sin gle blossom !' • Advertiser. If you turn to a map of Spain, you will take note at >ts southern point and running out into the strait of Gibraltar of a promontory which from its posi tion is a 'miraldy adapted for com manding 11. • cutrance of the Mediter ranean sea and watching the entrance and exit of all hips. A fortress stands upon this promontory, called now. as it was called iu tile time of the Moorish domination in Spain, Tarifa. The name is of Moorish origin. It was the ens toiu of the Moors to watch from this point all merchant ships going Into or : coining out oft '■ midland sea and to j levy duties according to a fixed scale on all merchandise contained therein. This duty was called from the place where it IVIIS leviiuJ "tui-tfn " r\r ImldP ■ A SENSIBLE | i LOVER | ( ny C. IS. LLWIS S v Cop yriyht, 1906, Ilnmtr Spragtte \ Miss Minnie Stacy, twenty years old, had come out from the city to stay with her Aunt Jane in the country for a month while her parents made a hur ried trip to England. It was the last of February, and there was snow on the ground. Then \t farm to Aunt Jane's was the Rossi tor plae ■, and Mrs. Rosslter was also a widow. A hired man named Jim Williams plowed, planted and reaped for her. When Jim heard that a city girl was stopping with Aunt Jane he went over to see her for him self. lie didn't stop to put on a clean shirt or to grease and lampblack his shoes, lie entered the house in that familiar way farmers have among themselves, and when introduced to the visitor he held out a hand as big as a washboard and shook her small one vigorously. "How are ye? Nice winter weather we're having," he said. The young lady of wealth and social Standing tried to squelch him, but Jim drew up his chair and spoke of spring calves and kicking cows in a way meant to be highly entertaining. He i refused to be snubbed, and he wouldn't take a hint. When the subject of music was re ferred to he volunteered to sing a bal lad or two, and when 10 o'clock came i he took his hat, held out his hand again and departe I after saying: "Well, Minnie, I don't know when I've spent a more Interesting evening, and it's all owing to you. I'm not one of these stuck up chaps. I'm jest plain Jim Williams, and you'll find me a yard wide and all wool every time. I'll run in quite frequently and cheer you up." Mis. Minnie had many criticisms to j make after the caller had left and as i sorted if he came again he would get a I setback to last him all his life. Auut Jane tried to soothe her. "Oh. you mustn't mind our ways out here in the country. As Jim has fallen in love j with you at first sight he will"— "What!" exclaimed the horrified ! girl "Why, couldn't you tell that he had fallen in love with you?" "<>f e iurse not! llow dare lie do such a thing!" "I don't see why you make such a fuss over it. If you don't want to marry him you can say so when he asks you." When .Tim had retired that night he I got to thinking tilings over. "I'm Jim Williams." he soliloquized. "I'm as | stout as a bull and have an appetite like a horse I'm twenty-seven years | old and have S". «) in the bank. There i ain't no tli< < on me, and I'm a good I nuff match "-r an? gal that lives. I'm !In love villi Minnie Stacy. I don't ! know what s >:-t of a farmer's wife ! she'd n alee, b t I'm willing to take my j chances. We'll take in Niagara falls ■ on our weilt'inrr trip. ; ad if she wants ■ candy - t i cents a box' she shall have It was a glad r< !i<-; to hini when he »:ear-l her voice calling him soon after | daylight. j. l'lie sky had lightened up. but the bliz&ord v.as still Itoomiug away. Jim mad c. in 1 11 icit bacon and warmed up ill • fro bread and in vited Miss Stacy to br. akfast. She had passed the Worst hi-Jit of her life and lost her a| j>e: te. What she wanted was to reach her Aunt Jane's in tho quickest ti; • > i- ible. Jim listened to her request and then shook his head. "We've got to wait awhile for this blizzard to let up." he replied. "We couldn't ?ro ten rods without being lost, and being lost would mean being dead. I.i'iniiii' tell you how a bull throwed me over tl e fence two years ago and chirk you up a bit." Tit • :rl i : used to be chirked. She sat -uafhid in horse blankets like a inumiry. and her tears formed icicles on her cheeks. Noon came, and the blizzard v.as still with them. Jim tried to make her bike a lioyetuL view c. ii. I'u give her a week to sort o' get acquainted, ar.d then I'll pop the ques tion." It was all settled in his mind when he turned over and went to sleep, and be saw n> clouds on the horizon as he « !;e in tl • i urn it. Thereafter for nine lea i ; .ts was a regular caller at Aunt Jane's house. If lie saw Minnie he tried to interest her in snakes, nitul turtles, frogs and other novelties of farm life and gave her in teresting statistics of how much hay a cow would c uisume In the winter. When Minnie stuck to her room and refused to come down he had Green ing apples and other messages for her and continued to grow more deeply In love. About the Ist of March the ma ple sugar season opened. The making of the sugar was a part of Jim's spring work, and from the first run of sap he sent the city girl some maole wax en [KSLLtheCOUCH 1^ AND CU R E the LU NOS |___ /Consumption ![OR S OUGHS and 50c & SI.OO | Free Trial. ] Surest rind* Quickest Cure for all j THROAT and LUNG TROUB | LES, or MONEY BACH. ; nmw .luiirtxßCFyxßjsr.. nan mjui mm SEI ! A Flellablo TO SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing Spoutlne and C«n«ral Job Work. Stoves, Neuters. Ranges, Furnac.us. «tc. PRICES THE LOOT! (JUII.ITV Tllli BEST! JOHN IIIXSON NO 116 E. FRONT BT. i The snow disappeared, the spring birds bewail to ap; oar and the ground was getting dry underfoot when Min nle started out one afternoon for a walk. She wandered over a field and Into a piece of woods, hoping t<> find the firs t spring flower, and of a sudden , she felt chills sweep over her and the ! atmosphere grew dark. A blizzard had stolen upon the country as softly as a thief In t!i• ■ night. In her sudden alarm the girl became turned around. She was burr;. lug through the woods when the >•> ind lose, the air filled with snow, and ■ 'te ciut<h, I the branch of a bush a ! shri 'ml ! t:■ iarm. .1 hiv shrieks for half an 1m .1 and tli a .-.an., down in a collapse. Sh «': d not : .il ■ \ hat was happen i: 'i ! .1. : Williams came t'e ling his way t'Toivh the storm, took her in 1.: ; i . . carried her to ti « sugar bi !i »•!, riy rods away. '.i ■ .i. > '■ ml long to be i .:eui !i :■ Y' • !'• •nnometor went down to ;• I or more of snow fell, a.. ' fort •ov three days the fanners I i:i their house,:. The 1 •• * i li t senses soon after r- ' :■ . camp, but there was her. Jim h.'.ppetn 1 to h ' eat and t lenty of blan k : ' i up the shaii,y to h t for 1 ■ .in dug out a place for hini ' . ' !:e fire. She might have si. j:l, b-.it Ie htl to keep the fin; going '' ' " • - ! r -io ,1;, "t!i. . < r :... ■ia !!.'!!' T.-.f " "I ! w! ■I. Tie sn >w flew, and the <•<>!' i* ■ ' • the tr< es i . 'ike musketry, ii" ! Ji' ; ■ rorst fear was that the r.drl '.mill 1 ' ''•■■ Mi bo fore ia< rning. nines i \ : liiig that lie was born aad r« i :'ed ia that locality and had i! .er kao,i a blizzard to last over four days, but she wept instead of smiled. Finally at 4 o'clock in the afternoon she made an announcement. ' I am going. 1 won't stay here an other minute, If you don't want to come along you needn't," she said firmly. "There's only one way you can go," replied Jim after stepping aside to measure the depth of the snow. "I'll have to take you on my back. You never can make it otherwise. I'm stout enough to carry you and a bag of 'ta ters besides, and if I don't hurry too much I can keep a straight course." The girl demurred and protested; but, imdiir-. no other way, she at last con seated. lie stooped down, lifted her up and ret off with her. It was a des perate undertaking, and they were a full hour making the mile they had to go, but he finally deposited her on the doorstep, rapped for Aunt Jane and then said good night and plunged into the storm again. Two evenings later, when the blizzard had vanished and the highways had been dug out, he knocked at Aunt Jane's door. This time he had on a boiled shirt, with a pair of celluloid cuffs under his coat sleeves, and as Minnie rose up and be fore she could utter a word of thanks he said: "Miss Stacy. I love you. I love you •i heap. I never loved a gal as I do you. I intended all along to ask you to marry me, and I have been figur ing where we would live after mar riage. But it's all off now. I've went and gone and made a hero of myself and won your eternal gratitude. You'd be willing to marry me because I sav ed your life, but I ain't no sieh feller as to take advantage of a thing like that. Take back your troth and marry any feller you like, and at the same time I'll look around and see what red headed gals they are In the neigh borhood wlio'il be willing to have me. l-'arew -11, Miss Stacy—farewell!" There was a tear in Jim Williams' eye as he turned away and plodded homeward, but he had fhe conscious ness that he had done right, and It may be mentioned here that lie made 200 pounds of maple sugar and twenty-two gallons of molasses that spring and found his red headed girl before the first crop of young robins was off the nest. Grant me. O Father, enough of wis dom to live well. Prosperity to live easily rranl iue not. as thou seest best. Carlyle. Every sai it in tie 1 calendar is said to be provide.' >••'•) floral e,.. ! >! in. •- - vLtr- __ J ! of Danville. i i i 11 | Of course you read ; i I j 11 fill il Lii U • ii 1 ii I ! i THE T\EOFUE"S KOPULAR 1 APER. Everybody ds it. j • i I Publisher hvery Mor Lvcept I ■ j Sunday . i i • No. ii fc. Mi : ng St.i : " i Subscription <• » NVrok QUEER LOVEMAKING A South American Bird Which U inn It* >intc l-> ■i/inciiiK. There is a bird in South America that unities love wit! - feel, it is :i hand some creature, but walks clumsily, and the only sound n <-nn utter i.- a hoarse chuk. It dances, however, in a way that wins a- it .tloti from the females of its si x tii p. its antics only serve as an ineei. ><■ t > laughter to human beings who see them. 'I ii ■ ird k iown as the cock of the 112 lives Pi the northern mountainous jiov:ion of South America. It is about fh ■ >• of iar. e chicken. The entir- I : • body, head wings and tail is !•'•» ><l red in color, with the tail feathers, which h■: e i i.i : i . '.and of brown across them near «• 's which are tipped with 1 uft. ,i • I cad is a crest of re. h • i:i. red ball, which c iniracts «.;• a. it the pleasure of its owner. \Vhc!j t!i i,i :iin?r season comes sev : eel; some secluded ■pot lie:-' there is a level patch of gr »und ai • clear it of any sticks, stones if !.\ ves, slumping down the dirt till it i - hard and level. Then the; call the females, who i stand at the edges of this novel arena. I One at a time the males then i>erforui i • ■ lost « '];• .a- dance. Kacli dancer will lirst :::( "•» and down a tew times and i, t > the apparent delight of the iv i, '• iinmence to caper around In •: i ex remely ludicrous manner, p.. ling his tail and wings, putliilg up h ce < .wing to the others and at the same ■ .no keeping up a hopping gait until he is exhausted. When all the males have danced each female will choose a mate, and the happy pairs depart to begin housekeep ing. Xo Pure liolii In I "Gold when refined from all inipuri ties." said a jeweler, "and alloys of in ferior metals Is denominated pure. This means gold of twenty-four carats, and this is the standard recognized by the mint master and dealers in gold. As a matter of fact, however, there is no gold so pure. Gold of twenty-two carats is about as pure as it can be got. It has two parts of silver or one part of silver and one part of copper. The copper darkens the color of gold, while silver lightens it in color. Twenty three carat gold is occasionally seen, which means a. half carat of silver and of copper. Ordinarily eighteen carat gold is the best gold than can be had. Certainly it is the best for jewelry, for pure gold, as it is called, is too soft and will wear ; w r much faster than the owners of it desire. T ACKAWANNA RAILROAD 1* , m |>p uu . V- ON Debt<v ;r» Lickav.auua -ind \Vcs»en Railroad. (n ICtfect .lau. 1, i9of>. r RAINS LEAVE danvillk EASTWARD. 7.07 a. m.daily tor Bloomsbnrg Kingston Wiikes-B:.rie Scranton. Arriving S<T:»a ton at 9.M a. ns.. and connecting at scrantoi with trains arriving nt Philadelphia at l.tf a ui. and New York Oily at H.IIO p. in. 10.19 a. in. weekly for Blooinshurg. K ingst-on W'ilke- Barre Scrnntou and intermediate «ta jtioDS arriving at Scranton at 12.:t5 p. ni. unc' connect ing tli re with trains for Vw Yuri i <'itv. Philadelphia and ButTaio. •:.il weekiy forßloonisb'irg,Kingston,Wllk«i '■ Bane. .-.crantou and in! rm "late stations ! arriving at Scranton at 4.: V) t>. IL. s,t:{ p. m.daily for Bloomshurg, K«e <\ Ply ! mouth. King-a.41. Wilkes-Barre, PittHlon I Scranton and intermediate stations, arriving. •at Scranton at 25 ( in.and connecting tbew with l rains arrivin . a I New 1 ork Oily at o.M a- ni.. Philadelphia i" a. ni. and Baflaio7a in TRAINS A iil!V3 AT DANVILLE 9.1.1 a. in. we ,1\ rorn scranton. PittHlon, n, BlooiiiHburg and interrnedlateiM*- , Lions, le»\ ing Hcranton at UIS a. m., when M eonntcts with trains leaving New York (.'it} : atto p. in., Pliilad. iphla at 7 ( ; 2 p. m. anC Buffalo at lO.tO a. v. 12.14 p. in.daily from Scranton Plttston. Kingston. Berwick. Blooinsl.iir: and niterme j diate stations, leaving Scrant.m ai 10.10.t. m and connectlngtliere witli train eaviug Buff- I alo at2.2T) a. in. p. in. weekly osn Scranton, Kingston, Berwick. and intermediate uta lions, leaving Scranton at 1.55 p. in., where It connects with train leaving New York ».-'ll' •it iO.Uli i". in., and Philadelphia at 9.00 a. in 9.ft" p. tn. daily from Scranton Kingston Pulsion. Berwick. Blooiiistnirg and intern.e diale stations, leaving Sent toe.itH. T.i <■■■. where it connect*. wil.li trains leaving .New York City at 1.00 p. m., Philadelphia ' VI I p. in.and Buttotoa! t :i0 a. le. r. K. 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