Caught flapping ;By C. 11. Sutdif/e 1»«;_ In- I*. Kastmrnt | IV ably s e i» not tlio safest touch in tli n m ul. but Owen Masters w is g n'u to the unevi»ected. and she iuj s; retched at full length on a blank et s*. retched over the ttoor. The loir sides of the tiny craft shut ••at a view of the shores of the lake •»ud the 1 right camps that spangled tho dark a of the undergrowth here .tii< 1 there. Above rose the mountains lu t!.--ir majesty. and above all was the blue sky, flecked with tiny white clouds drifting as Idly on the surface of th • blue as did tbe cauoe on the placid waters of the lake. It was a complete escape from civ ilization, and she dreamed her day dreams comfortably until the sand man sprinkled her eyes and --lie dozed off It was her first day In camp after a hard j ear In the city, and tbe air was at ono* like wine and opium. So soundly did she sleep that she never heard the chug chug of a motor boat until the Instaut before its sharp nose struck the side of her canoe, overturn ing It completely aud throwing her Into the witter The shock of the cold water roused her, and. diving, she came up against tie side of the little motor boat, now lying silent in-side the canoe, while a young man with a very white face eagerly searched the water. In at; Instant he had grasped her shoulder, ami the nest moment she lay gasp.n- in the boat, while he busied lumseif with righting the canoe and making it fast to the stern of the boat Then he turned to her with con cern "I don't know what you think of me." he began awkwardly, "and. In deed. I'd bate to know, but really I bad no Infe ition of upsetting you." ' I don't supjKwe you did It deliber ately," she admitted, "but it would seem to me that with a lake as large as th.s you should have had no trou ble lu avoiding the canoe." "That was Just it." be said appeal ugly "I wasn't trying to avoid it. I thought the tKjat was adrift and I was gjlng to wio the thanks of the owner *>y returning ft Then Just as I came < SUE « \H TRIIOV'N TVTO IHE WATEK. olo;u:- le 1 t ught u glimpse of you in the bttloui, audit startled me so that U} baud sh'»>k on tL wheel aud 1 ran pl ■ up into ihe si.lv in read of coming -living as 1 hi intended " "I s;ij !>os • that it was rather star tl;L- sj ( , HV'u the lake that 1 had no a!* I <• iirljt t<» put up a sign to tbe effet; that 1 as aboard." "In y. V ..g they fly the owner's :!ag. Ie - • -ted Yt»u might have aI" u ..nit .u • say a white one, with • pt.j . y >u ' I i: uk I iiad 'tetter do my sleeping on s.|.jf»» a;ter this." she laughed: "then I «•, 't r>sU l-eiiiir wakened by ■ ooUl lw. t *i She sii .e. • : .i little as sin- spoke, for there wa- a Iresli wind blowing, and her wale - iked garments were un pie.isi, nly .|.i The man sprang to iht w bet i .-. iii came back bearing a blanket, which he wrapped about her. "Thai is our camp over there." he saiii. ;• _ . tiny while dot a half mile up the lake. "The folks are all BMOiit.i i> climbing today, but I can get you some of my sister's things, and then 1 will take you to your camp" * ! tli nk it would IK* belter to take " iu • right h ii." -he oiijected "It is not very f.ir " It's a g.i-1 three uules, and with this lireeze you would l»e chilled tbr> ich t«efi»re you got tbe.e." "But I want togo straight home," ►h* pers conscious the moment after oft .• r sildishtiess of the words. * I i'jt you into this trouble." he sab! fir tub and I'm eoing to set yon prop erly nut off Tb< re was H delightful mastery in bis «pe«-c|i ami iJ* IMI s;ink back against the < 1 -1, . - t ding it rather pleasant to lie on!- I aiiout In this fashion Kh- b I I " liver her set all so-i n l w is nice to have this clear eyed i n g fellow taking the whip b IIMI. At • los, the • iin|* appeared to nt» II •••!■•■ |i • te;i oils est .bh-hmenf for • leai a'er J Ine tent was merely ,'l • ..miex to a commodious A- t .»• '.i i 'i grafed against the r. I slm .-I ! I!ii|ie til' house. I'rt *I > b .etit i".I. a sniil on his T'l. : ill I've lot of dllds." he ' ' Hi-1 -i :: ud help } ours. If/' He Indicatea toe rooui ami .vent o" toward the lio- • Twenty mi IUII-S later she emerged to tiinl that in the meantime lie had ftrepar -d a tasty lunch with the coffee thit bubblin rt. r the camp oven. "Cof fee's better tl. n whisky to take the cold out." h laughed. "Will Miss Mas ters do me the honor to lunch with me';" II -n «lil you know my name?" she asked curi I'isly. He po nti i to tbe '■•mk drying by the fire "It took n.» Sherlock Holmes," he ■aid "To even things up, my name Is Tod Crawford. Ib lleve there was sometniug -am aoout i ncouore wuen l was named, but I m \er could live up to the dignity of the full tide and lu mercy tiny call me Ted." Owen blushed redly. Lottie Nellis had been -insi u <'raw ford's ]iraises to her for the lasi ye.i Lottie was an Inveterate matchmaker, and Gwen had taken a malicious pleasure iu avoiding all of the meetings Lottie had planned. She wondered if Crawford knew any thing of Mrs Nellis' tactics, but Ills jrave face reassured her. and she ac knowledged the introduction with the stiffest of Iwws. But it was in possible for any one to maintain reserve with Ted around. When he wished to he could make himself most fascinating, aud almost before she knew it Owen had forgot- ' ten Lottie Nellis nnil her schemes and was chatting a- freely as if she had known him for years. After lunch there came the ride ' down the lake in the launch, and she was sorry when the home landing came In sight. "Shall I see you soon?" he asked as he handed her out and busied himself with fa ening the canoe. "1 think you need an escort In your rambles. May I call and take you out tomorrow?" "Perhaps," she smiled. "The moonlight will be awfully pret ty tonight." he suggested. "Suppose I run over about 7. and we'll go out on the lake and see It rise over the top of Old Bald. May I?" (J wen nod puffing of the launch broke the summer stillness and Ted guided the boat alongside the dock. That evening was the commence ment of Ted's campaign, and long be fore the summer h.ul begun to grow old he had v. • n tier promise to wed him when tin " returned to town. "1 fancy that Lottie Nellis will be pleased to heir the news."he laughed mischievou iy. "Did you know all along?" she asked, "That It was the dearest wish of her neart? Ves," he answered. "Being her cousin, lie naturally orders me about a little more than even the rest of the poor fellows she Is trying tc push into matrimony." "Well," said Cwen defiantly, "yoli never would 1 e met me if you ha'' not caught me napping." "In a double sense." he admitted. "Heaven bless that nap." Tlii- Itlsclit Ajte. Among the litigants before the Eng lisli courts some years ago was a Mrs Welilon, who. indeed, was so constant ly at law that Baron I'ollock once re marked "This lady has now such a very large business at the bar that we must give her every Indulgence." Mrs WekloU was not abashed by the Judges and saiii many clever things in court The reminiscences of the late John George Witt. K. Include an anec dote of oie of her appearances in the court of r.f; ai. She was endeavoring to upset a judgment of Vice Chaneelloi Bacon, and one ground of complain! was that the judge was too old to un derstaud the case. Thereupon Lord Esher said "The last time you were here you complained that your case had been til- il by my brother Bowen and you s,i 1 he was only a bit of a boy and could not do you justice. Now you come here and say that my brother i Bacon was too old. What age do you want the judge to be?" "Your age,' promptly r> ;»lleil Mrs. Weldon. fixing her bright eye- <,n the handsome coun tenance of the master of the rolls. She «.<>t si Seat. A woman entered a well tilled Broad L way surface car. She was reasonably young, fairly well dres-ed and good lookiug. but she walked with a deep painful limp As she clutched for a strap half a dozen men arose hastily aud offered her seats. She took the : nearest one and sank into it with a I look of relief. The other men resumed their seats, anil the ear sped merflly . on Half a mile larther uptown tin : woman signaled the conductor to stop j and as the car slowed down she arose. | walked Jauntily out aud stepped off j the car with the nlmbleness of a schoolgirl The man whose seat -he had been occupying looked first amazed, then sheepish, as the other passengers be gan to grin at him. then joined in, as becomes an Americ m when placed in trying circumstance "She's an actress at one of the Broadway theaters," chuckled a man sitting near him. "I know her by SIL'III. and when she earn I thought i »di" 111u~« h •• b« 'i hurt in an ac cident '- .Ne \ Y »rk Sun. THI-: BOOMERANG. On# of the Peculiar Weapona of War I*!* or Invented. The boomerang is ai> instrument used both iu war and ita tbe chase by the aborigines of Australia. It is usually about two feet in length, made of hard wood bt nt into a curve resembling an obtuse angle, flat on one side and • rounded ou the other. The method of 1 Using IIJI- I nrious weapon is very pe- ■ Caiiar TIM thrower takes it In one Vaud. i oldiii- the bent side downward, j end hurls n forward as it"to hit some ' »•'• ifft ie1 11■■ or twenty live yards in j inl\ iia • 1 sie-iil of continuing togo! directly forward iu accordance with j the Newton'an law ii slowly ascends in the air. whirling round and round, • • in ed line till ii reaches a < oiisidera- ! ble height, w hen ii begins to retro- ' grade tiualh sweeping over the head ! of the p' oje. tor. striking the object foi which if vs is intended, which Is al ways in the ie ir An English ittis one ..t i i-i eur <.iis weapons of I war evei invented, at least by a bar b.ll ins |.<- /j e. n,i s.i easy to conipre- ! bend by e, hat I w of projectiles it is ' n ade io t.i e the singular directions j tb .I il tie |tie ifly doe | have seen a lint he thr. • one so as to make it go 1 forty or : if. yards horizontally and ! no* more than tour feet from the j grou: • It would then suddenly dart i Into t : to the height of fifty or s.\ty yard- • escr.ne a very considet iible -ii .(■ : | r..ially fall at his feet. Li all rrespondent. "had ecu to a musical service and had In ird there a violin solo In which a ii >: of the imte were played with I i • II te. loft e bow -pizzi cato. | ih . i tl mush al term. The boy ib • ; ! i i- 'a p>c<» with a hic cough in ii " M iche-'cp Guardian. Rurnl BldttMtat. "Was till e mill Ii life i the country I town fr "n which you came?" ■We 1 ' i uess! You ought to have -11•:i t! _ ithcna in our cemetery of a Sunday."—Harper':-. Bazar. 0 . -==Q j POLLY'S MASQUERADE By BELLE MANIATES CopyrfgUt, l«ert, >o Heiitrfx Keade i "Hlllman! Hillman:'" lustily called the brakeuinn, thrusting open tlie car iloor as the train slackened. Two of the passengers were roused from a state of passivity by this an- ; nouncement and, gatlierlng their bo longings, hastened out Into the cold night. One was a young girl with a city bred air and appointments; the other, a man distinguished In appear ance. They both looked bewilderingly ' about them as the train slowly pulled out. "This doesn't look like my recollec tions of llillman," said the girl, looking about the small, deserted station. "It isn't llillman!" said the man de cidedly. "What station Is this?" he asked as a railroad employee came out of the depot. "This? This Is Bollins. llillman Is six miles bcyant—next stop, except the siding." The two passengers looked at each other i mutual dismay. The girl spoke "I>EAH ME! HOW CAN 1 TELL VOL'—BHB SWEAHS !" first. She spoke one word, aud that a man's word. The railroad employee looked shocked, but thf other man ap peared relieved. "Thank you very much." he said. "Yon voice my sentiments exactly. Our common misfortune should allow us to waive all ceremony aud conven tionality. My name Is John Winters. 1 have recently taken up my abode In Hlllman." "Mine is Polly Lester," she said frankly, "and I am only going to Hill man to visit. I trust I will never take up my abode there." "It isn't an enticing spot." he ad mitted, laughing. "When can we get a train to HillmanV" he asked of the railroad employee "Not till tomorrow morning. "Then we must drive there. I pre sumc there is no livery here, but there must be some one who will drive -is over." "1 guess Hank funis, the barkeep. would take you over In Ills automobile I'll see." He returned shortly with the bar keep and a runabout. John Winters made a bargain with him for the trip, j and as Polly climbed to tbe seat beside i him he said: "I have some good news for you. It } seems our tralu meets the western ex j press three miles from here, and that train is reported late, so we can over take our train and continue our way as we started." I'olly quite enjoyed tills little adven ture. She always did have a weakness aud a tendency for adventures. She chatted freely with her new acquaint ance. She was almost sorry when they overtook and boarded the sidetracked train, receiving apologies from the brakeman and grins from the passen .-oi-s. Polly and John Winters contin ued their ci-.ittc' until they approached Hillman. Then she said abruptly: "llillman is a small place, and people have narrow views regarding proprie ties. It would be as well If We got off singly and separately and meeting, as we doubtless will, as strangers." "Certainly. You are right," agreed Winters, going forward to the smoking car. Polly was met and whisked away to the one hack by a spinster aunt. "Has Hillman changed much—any new people moved in since I was last here. Aunt Cornelia?" asked Polly de luurely as they were unpacking her luggage. "Ob, yes. Hillman is growing fast. Lots of people, and we've got a new minister, a city fellow." "What's bis name?" demanded Polly, looking up interestedly. "The Hev. Mr. Winters." "Oh!" gasped Polly feebly, bending over a refractory liox cover. "What does he look like?" "I am ashamed to say I haven't seen 111 HI." replied her aunt. "First Sunday lie was here I had a cold The next Sunday it just poured. He bus called, but I was not at home." "Well I presume he will call again." remarked Polly. Later, when she was alone aud re posing comfortably in the billowy 112 ther l>ed. she laughed wickedly and deii hteilly. •■oh, what would Aunt Cornelia do j If s11 . | now I - ore rulit before th • , t II! lister! She'd leave town. I do ! ..ve. 11 bought | 1! Ed him very \ :: in 1...m i Know. I like a minis rto ve up to h - calling, and he i ! o i!d It have been amused It Was I frivh,- lii him to know so much [ about (be world If he weren't a mln | lster I iOM I'd like him, but as he Is a minis r I'd like him to be different." i '!"!••• nevt afcriiooi her aunt tin noiinccd that he had to attend a club ...tM.tt-.."- 112 > I li ulu> i-O'TWtted to say, outsiders were excluded. Polly appeared resigned, however, and after her aunt's departure she wandered aiiout the boils • sc -king diversion Sin. found It In her aunt's bedroom In tin sh. :m- of a wig. for her aunt had tore- i s '"t to a false I • adgear. having lost 1 her hair tlirou ,'li ii ac-s. Polly promptly donned It and sur •. eye ! hersi If. I don't look unlike aunt." she thou, lit, "only iii ii young and plump. We iok like tli dvertlsemenfs for 'before and after taking.'" In pursuance of the resemblance she tiled on a black silken gown of her Runt's, She had just pinned on a ion*;. 11 a huge cameo pin when she looked out of the window and saw her fellow , traveler coming up the steps. "Coming for n ministerial call. He i wou't recognize me In this outfit, and he has never seen annt I shall per sonate her!" She hastened to admit the caller. "How do you do-~Mr. Winters, Is It not? I am Miss Cornelia Laflin. Be seated, please. I thought I was never going to meet my pastor 1 was so sorry I was out when you called be fore " lie politely regretted the fact also j and proceeded to talk of the church matters. "Hypocrite!" thought Polly. "I'll test him further." "Mr. Winters, 1 don't suppose I ought t>» tell you my troubles on our tirst meeting, but 1 feel I must unburden my mind and ask your advice." "Certainly, my dear Miss Laflin. You may command and trust me." "I have a niece visiting me—a well ; meaning girl, but brought up in a worldly way, and, Mr. Winters, will j you believe me. she actually at times —dear me. how can I tell you—she swears!" "No, Miss Laflin! You amaze me! It cannot be possible!" "Horrid hypocrite!" thought Folly | again. Hearing voices on the porch, she look ed out and beheld her aunt entering in ! company with a man. lilsmayed, she snatched the wig from her head re gardless ot' the effect upon the min ister. She had Just concealed it when her aunt aiul companion entered. "I made a mistake In the date, Polly, j This Is our pastor, Mr. Winters. My niece. Miss Lester, Mr. Winters. I met Mr. Winters on his way here." "Well, John, what are you doing i here?" flsked the minister after ac- j kuowledging the introduction to Polly. Li t me Introduce my cousin. Mr. Win ters. though 1 presume you have lntr«v dueed yourself." "Yes, 1 Introduced myself," here- j plied cheerfully. "Polly!" exclaimed her aunt, staring j at her niece. "What in the world have | you got ii.y dress on for?" • Why. Aunt Cornelia. 1 was just try '• ing it on wl "ii Mr. Winters rang and : 1 had no time to change." "And do you kn iw." said John, com- , pelliug Polly's averted eyes to meet ! his, "for lust half an instant as you opened the door 1 thought you were Miss Laflin. and then I at itiep reeo-_' ni/.ed you as the young lady I saw allgh'imr from the train last nitrht " PALISADES FORMATION AllkPtl lii i inn* and Type to >lount Ilolyokc ami ( ape Itlomidou. Tbe complete* bright of the cliff was much higher, originally, for the glacier that buried North America down to i thi-' latitude eroded billions of tons which went to the upbuilding of Long ! Island, trap bowlders being common in the soil of Brooklyn, and I have found on the top of the Palisades opposite j Spuylen Duyvil glacial groovings and polishing-! that have survived the pre I sumptive 1.-.tMto years since the glacier melted. The outpour of this mass from J a volcano whose crater we cannot so much as piec- in this day was tremen don-, and it cut the Hudson and Hack ensack valleys asunder and pushed tli»; harbor several miles to the southward, while related activities thrusi above the surface, either as downpours or up pours, the thousand miles of basaltic hills that chain the Carolinas to the Bay of Funny, so that our Palisades are allied in form and time to Mount Ilol.voke and t ape Blomidon. To the mineralogist our Palisades do uot yield as much of Interest as we find In the rotting trap of Patersou, a few miles away, from which have been taken the largest prehnltes In the world, sea green and wonderful; royal amethysts, balls of silky pectollte and quartz pseudomorphs that copy them; but we find in these cliffs occasional duplicates of the columns that make the Giant's causeway and Fingal's cave—geometric shapes of three, four five, six and more sides, not a result of crystallization, as was once imagined for trap is a rock, not a mineral, but of lateral shrinking when it has cool ed. —Charles M. Skinner in Century. REVELED IN PERFUMES. The \u«-lent» liicliilcrtl Iti Thriu lit nn ICxfrnvaeant The ii <• of perfume was indulged in to such .in extravagant degree by the ancients that some of \he more ascet'c men had good reason to denounce It. Solon is-ued an edict prohibiting its sale in Allien- Julius Caesar and Hi cinus. who were Roman consuls in published a law forbidding the sale of exotics in that city, and by the laws of Lycurgus perfumers were expelled from Sparta as being wast ers of oil and eneouragers of seusuous ness. Clearclius wrote against the ex cessive use of unguents, and Socrates declaimed against them in strong terms, preferring, he said, "the smell of healthy toil and the perfume of a good and manly life." It was custom ary at festivals to pass round to the guests perfumes served In alabaster boxes and vessels of gold. At one of these feasts Cynulcus, who loved to deride the youth for the use of per fumes, was made a butt for their rid icule. Some mischievous youth anoint ed the cynic with much ointment, pouring it lavishly over his head and face. Wher. he awoke be exclaimed In an angry voice "What Is this? Oh. Hercules, will not some one come with a sponge and wipe my face, which is thus polluted with a lot of dirt?" At the Syrian banquets It was usual for the slaves to come In with bladders full of Babylonian perfumes and be dew the garlands and walls and hang ings and till the halls with delicious fragrance In some of the more mod ern feasts statues and ornaments were provided with Jets which threw out diluted essences and attars —London ] Society No Ir.fliH'iioe Willi 111 in. 1 Miring i municipal election in a town in the west of Scotland a youug lady who was canvassing on behalf of one of the candidates called at a house, the door of ivhich was opened by the j . good wife lli :se culled to -olicit your | vote on belia'! <>l Mr. said the j young lady "But it's llot toe that's git till' vote j | It's me man." replied the woman. "Yes." said the > oiitig lady, "but 1 ! thought you might perhaps use your j Influence w ah liini " "Me inllo >eiice him';" »uid the good wife ' I h!\ nae luflonence wl' him. Only »11i- morning I asked him to wash , the Qoor afore he went out, and he I wadr i ilac it • j ' No Hurry. The minister was shocked when the [ young w •«i- n declined an introduction to some of his parishioners. "Why, my deai \ >'mg woman, did you ever think tli 11 pcih ips you will have to mingle with these good people when i you g- ' to heaven?" "Well," -he exclaimed, "that will be soon enough."- -Life. I*AIINI M S OLD PLACE; THE HISTORIC MUSEUM THAT STOOD IN LOWER NEW YORK Fuels About the I'amnuN Curio Hall 'I lint Drnnslil :i lorlum- <•> the En- ' '•ritclic Sliotvninn—l'Virty Thousand I'ei-honn II 112 oiiMiuiied li>- Eire. "We will : I to the top of St. ; i'aid's skyscraper and take New York; City in at a ..lance," said my friend as j r p: sod the corner of Broadway and Ann si,, Ml ■; the doorway and taking the et r it took but a few tcoii: Mils i . ! ourselves at the top where from the windows we not only "took in"the entire city, with its brick walls and t; 'king chimneys, but as far as tin eye could reach we saw water and iT'-en Holds. As we de scended we c.niid uot help thinking that on this sp')t t >r many years stood Bar uuin's mu- in, oin e the dream of all ■ children and a place of universal in terest to evi ry one. Among th ■ i ny sights and curiosi ties seen In the mus< uin some are fa miliar to fi day, as Niagara Falls, with real water, trees, rocks, etc.; Joice Ileth, the au\\ is of the Bengal tiger. The lion and h!s mate, who had es caped from their cage, were seen walk ing al >iitr the floor and an encounter beneath the roof between the eagle and a serpent, when the victorious ea gle bore off his enemy In his talons amid loud cheers. The polar bear, escaping from the building, walked through th" s;reets to the custom house, where, ascending to the bal eony. he fell and broke his neck. Oth er animals, jumping from the win dows, caust I the crowd to stampede, when some lost their hats, others had their coats torn, and many became awfully disfigured by falling In the mud l'he remains of the two whales, the liatiiraro.) and crocodile were found In the ruin.- i l.e 1 i-» of no other building in the citj could have caused so much excitement anil regret as Bar uuin's mu- uni Brooklyn Citizen. SUMplcloUM. "Mother." ;iis the doubting wife, "1 do not believe Henry is all that he should be." "What is wrong with him now, Agne.-V A short time ago you were complaining that he stayed out too late of nights is he staying out later than ever ?" "No. He spends every evening at home u. :. 1 really that looks tr» me; as though he i d something on his con science."—T.lfei i I AND G IRE THE LUWCBI Niw discovery j r.-™ /CONSUMPTION Price I FOR I OUGHS arid 50c & SI.OO 8 ' ISOLDS Free Trial. | K Sure-t „nd Quickest Cure for all I I THIIOAT and LUNG THOUB- 1 I LES, or MONEY BACK. : i nwab-tr- ~ MMMM dtw v-cwmm B /je-snl A. nollable TIN SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Hoofing Spouting and Central Joh Work. Stoves, Heaters. ftan«*a. Furnaces. «to- PRICES THB LOW KST! QtiLITV TUli BRNT! :©* JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E. FEuN T BT. j TYRO'L-ESC CUSTOMS. ! Peculiar Maimer In Which I'ropoMal* of \r«' Made. There i- an old custom prevailing among the Tyrole.-e regarding propos • als of marriage. The tlr t time a young I man pax > a visit as avowed lover lie i Prints w iih him n Iwittle of wine, of I which h' ] "iiix out a glass anil pre | ems t to the object of his desires. 1: she .ecej»,> it the whole affair Is j settled. \"er> often the girl has not yet ; in.ale up her luind, and then she will ta!:e re l11 ■ • * iii excuses so lis not to • r dv the wine and yet not refuse it j oint Idai .. i >r that is considered a ;:ro sin.- . . | inir that she has been me.ely triwith the affections of her lover. i> ill, , instance, maintain that ti. . i tie "la air" or that wine dis a . -I- - with her or that she is afraid of , T'ttiu.; ti;>- ; y ~r that the priest lias for- j l»!i' ! <•,' « take any— in fact, she j ma. ■: .iy suiiterfuge that.pre ■< n i' i t'lat moment. The ptiipiit of these excuses is that! she h i ii ! i nae to a decision and that ' the wae e lg is premature. This i custom, dating very far) bark- accor .if to one account, it was ktiuv un- !y ;is t!ie ninth century- Is called bri. ing the wine" and Is syti u.yui.ii!- with the act of proposing. • i tli II m ike sure of liieir case :-et' jrehand, tind it a very ha, / In t.ir.tlon. Not a word need be sp s. and the girl is spared the pain ful '.mV of civilization. L any <»i" the -vine Is spilled or the glass or be tic broken it is considered ein -i unh . y omen— in fact, there is a peasant's saying for an unhappy marriage, "They have spilled the wine between them." SACRED CROCODILES. I'h«- l'umoil* und the "I.Hby rliiCli"' in l.gyiit. The crocadile, one of the most sacred animals of iho east, has given its name to several ;; e ent sites. Of the various cities of er / -o iiles the names of which have beeu handed down to us by Ile rodoui-. I'iiuy and Strai>o, jierhaps the must -.tr.king WH - the "CToeodllopolis" ot the ancient Egyptian province of Faytuu, which, according to tradition, wa built by that pharaoh who "made the li eo f tlie children of Israel bit ier with hard service." This province lies within : n almost complete circle of hills—a little oasis In the midst of the desert, where roses and grapes mingle with tiss and olives and luxuriant palm trees gro'.v almost into forests. Its cap ital i- Mcdmet, and a little to the north o!" tls ■ city are a number of irregularly shaped tj inds Beneath these are the ruins of the pharaoh built "Crocodilop olis." the lily of Crocodiles," later called Arsiuoe and the shrine of the sacred e;-.ji odile of the neighboring Lake M >eri-. which was then -lot) miles in circtiin. eience. This lake held the sacred • roc i iiies, and as each died In turn it wa I uricd in one of the 1,500 i imdergrot'.iul sepulchers of the world fame I "labyrinth" at hand, side by side with the en k'tltnod bodies of succes give pharaohs v ■ .» Vcrpent Iur boat soon came up to it It proved to tie a large angel shark. 1 thought I would make quite 1 sure it was dead and sent two more charge! Into Its upturned belly. I must have unfortunately, burst Its air bladder, fot It began slowly to sink. Had I uot killed it at tirsi. and had it reared its head and flapped Its wings, we shoulu probably have added one more story to the long list of sea serpent fabrlca tlons. —Manchester Courier. Incredulous, hut ( lieerful. Father >.-• head of stairs)— Ethel, what time .- it? Ethel (In drawing roonn It's oiiarter past lft. father. Father All "i lit Don't forget to start the clock ■ n ter the young man goes out u h' breakfast -Stray Stories ~*aL\ •i.x— --| ise Home Paper of Danville. ! i Of course you read iTuMj- I 111 Ml. i! tm j I ji I THE J\EOFLE'S kopulah I A PER. ! 1 Everybody [j ids It.i Publisheu J .very i i , , i Siuuiav i i ■ No. is hM tig St. Suhscrirtion r Week. k J, I I CAUCASIAN AND NEGRO. I \r«* I' ii (a II j OppOMlte Kilrcmei In lOvolvition. Tin* faurv! i.-ui has the subjective fac ulties veil ilc.eli.jjed; the negro the ob- Jeetivo. The Caucasian, and more par ticularly (lie Anglo-Saxon, is dominant and dotnitif ci ing and possessed prima rily with 'lt lermination, will power, »■eif government and all I the attributes of the subjective self, with a high development of the ethical and aesthetic faculties and great rea rming powers The negro Is In direct fontra ;f bv reason of a certain lack of tlie.-u power>, and a great development of the objective qualities. The negro is primarily affectionate. Immensely I , etnoti >nal, tijen sensual, and, under i provocation, passionate. There is love of outward show, of ostentation, of ap probation. He loves melody and a rude ; kind of poetry and sonorous language. I ; Tii'»re is undeveloped artistic power J and taste—negroes make good artisans ; and handicraftsmen. They are defl. j j cient in judgment, in the formation of • j n v ideas from existing facts, in de ; v! ing hypotheses and in making de j tluctions in general. They are imitative ! rather than original, inventive or con j structive. There is Instability of char | «cto: incident to lack of self control, ! especially in connection with the sex ual relation, and there Is a lack of orientation or recognition of position and condition of self and environment, evidenced in various ways, but by a peculiar "bumptiousness," so called by Professor Blackshear of Texas, this is particularly noticeable. The white and the black racr-s are ! antipodal, then, in cardinal po .as. The one lias a large frontal region of the brain, the other a larger region behind; the one is subjective, the other objec tive; the one a great reasoner, the other pre-eminently emotional; the one domi neering, but having great self control, the other meek and submissive, but violent and lacking self control when j the passions are aroused; the one a Very advanced race, the other a very 112 backward one. The Caucasian and the ! negro are fundamentally opposite ex- i tremes in evolution —Robert Bennett ; Bean In Century. It is not enough to run; one mnst i start In time.- French Proverb. \ Sly Poke. Nell When met May today I had my new -'own on. Of course I expect ed her t«i say something about it, but she prete>ul»d not to have seen it. Belle—Yes she's an awfully consider ate d ; 'iider hearted girl. Phila delphia 1. I.i ] ACKAV AN . . RiuUho D " MLOOMSUCJH(4 DJVISiON Delaware. Lackawanna and Western Railroad. 11 In Effect Jan. 1, 1905. TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE EASTWARD. 7.0T a. m.daily tor Bloomsburg, Kingston, : Wiikes-Barre and Scranton. Arriving S'-ran ! ton at 9.42 a. in., and connecting at Scrantoi. i with trains arriving at Philadelphia at HAH a m.and New York City at 3.30 p. in. 10.19 a. in. weekly for Bloomsburg. Kingston Wllkes-Barre,Scranton and intermediate sta* tions, arriving at Scranton at 12.35 p.m. an<3 connecting th re with trains for New Yorn City, Philadelphia and Buffalo. 2.11 weekly forßloomsburg,Kingston, Wllkei Barre, Scranton and intermediate stations, arriving at Scranton at 4.50 p. no. 5.43 p. in.daily for Bloomsburg, Espy, Ply mouth, Kingston, Wilkes-Barre, Plttston, Scranton and Intermediate stations, arriving . at Scranton at *.25 p. m. andeonnecting thert with trains arriving at New York City at 0,5' : a" m.. Philadelpeia 10 a. m.and Buflalo 7a m ' THAINS ARRIVE AT DANVILLE I 8.15 a, m. weekly from Scranton, Plttston, Kingston, Blooinsburg and intermediate sta tions, leaving Scranton at 6.35 a. m., where it l connects with trains leaving New Yor City I I at 9.80 p. m., Philadelphia at 7 ('2 p. m.and j Buffalo at 10.80 m. i ' 12.44 p. in.daily trom Scranton Plttston, Kingston- Berwick, Bloomsburg and interme diate stations, leaving Scranton at 10.10 a.m. and connectingthere with train leaving Bufl i aio at 2.25 a. m. 4.83 p. m. weekly om Scranton. Kingston, Berwick. Bloomsburg and intermediate sta tions, leaving Scranton at 1.55 p. m., where II connects with train leaving New York Cltj at 10.00 a. m., and Philadelphia at 9.00 a. m. 9.05 p. in.daily from Scranton. Kingston, Pittstoi). Berwick. Bloomsburg and interme { diate stations, leaving Scranton at 6.35 p.m., where it connects with trains leaving New ! York City at 1.00 p. m., Philadelphia at 12.0 C p. m.and Buflolo at 9.3 C a. m. T. K. 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