?' ,f# # ' ! Luck and a ; Woman i n j ...By FRED MEERS... I , , i njht. IDOC, by V. C. Lantment [ l' m ■ «-J J "Close it up soon if you can," said ihe manager. "We have put some of our best men on the matter, but they can tell us nothing. If we do not man age to locate the cause of these rob beries we might as well go out of busi ness." "I'll do what I can," promised Dan vers, "but if Symes and Taylor have given up the case I don't see where I get off." "Neither do I," admitted the man ager frankly, "except that you seem to have fools' luck, and sometimes that is better lhan good detective Instinct" Danvers bowed at the doubtful com pliment and took himself off. There might be something in that luck the ory. Since going to work for the bur glary Insurance people he had more than once stumbled against a clew that developed Into a conviction. Hut this promised to be a harder case than usual, and after he had Inter viewed the watchmen who were on the THK PA IK ItETCRNKT), PTJSHIXa BEFORB THEM A WHEELBAKHOW. night Job and the men who had been working on the case it seemed hope less. The burglary insurance included the services of a night watchman and a burglar alarm system. Nothing seem ed to be the matter with either of these, and yet the block on Seaton place had been repeatedly robbed. Of late a special patrolman had been assigned to the block, and all night long he had tramped from one end of the short street to the other. Seaton place was only a block long, a fash ionable residence block that offered rich returns to the men who had sys tematically looted tiie houses. None had seen them go in or out, though strict watch had been kept. Once they had even placed a man In each back yard to make certain that no one could enter through the rear, and yet during that week of special precaution three of the houses had been robbed. The owners were of the ultra Eng lish set. who seldom came to town from their country places until after the opera season set In, and already the company stood to lose the better part of Its capital In paying off Its losses. Danvers, looking about for a coign of vantage, hit upon a theatrical boarding house at the rear of the block. Here he obtained a rear room, and for several eights he kept vigil. The moon was In Its last quarter, and It was not always easy to keep watch, but he sat peering Into the dusk, looking to see some one Jump the line of fences and attack the houses from the rear. That entrance was effected from the rear he was cer tain. because the watch from the front was too strict to be evaded. It was the fifth night that, happening to look up. he perceived a shadow crossing the sky line of the houses. He rubbed his eyes that were drooping with sleep, but he still saw the shadow advancing toward the opposite roof. "They can't have a flying machine," he muttered to himself. "If they have it's no wonder the boys couldn't locate them. I guess I'll go up on the roof and have a better look." lie stole out of the room and up the stairs to the roof. The trap was left open In pleasant weather to ventilate the stuffy halls, and as he climbed softly through the scuttle hole he al most lost his balance. Standing on the edge of the roof was a second man, and even p.s Danvers looked he stepped out over the edge of the roof and glided toward the opposite side. There was a third figure, a woman's, and Danvers waited a moment to see If she, too, would essay walking upon the air, but she made no effort to fol low her companion's example, and at last the detective slipped through the upenlng and crept softly behind her. With a bound he was upon her and had clapped his hand over her mouth before she could make outcry. Even In the dim light he could recognize her as one of a trio of acrobats he bad no ticed at the tables. More than once li* had sought to attract her for she was a remarkably pretty girl but the two men with her resented ven a look and kept such close guard er her that there had been no chance to make her acquaintance. "What are you up to?" he demanded roughly "1 am a detective." "They thought you were," she Kajp* ed as he raised his hand to to reply. "Don't let them will vou? They have noun .e bo r " how?" M riously. "The. --m to waif.'" •'They used ..alkers," she eTn't't-i'd & tried tumblinr afterwa jjr lift w-'ilklDS on the lold np." be scoffed. she persisted. "Over jnve fastened them, and they P^j-ag on the other side. It's easier alk on a slack wire than cn a tight • .e, you know. This gives Just the ricygttpg " Vr bow do they bring the stuff back?" be persisted. "Walt and you will see," she cau tioned. >rs slipped behind a chimney, "y the D*lr returned, ovuh- I ing before them a wheelbarrow with a grooved wheel. One of thorn carried ° Japanese umbrella painted black, with which he preserved their balance while the other pushed. They dumped their load on the roof and turned back. When they had disappeared down one of the scuttles on the other side Dan vers stepped out again. "How long have you been with these men?" he demanded. "You don't look like their sort." "They were with a circus," she ex plained. "Iran away with Jim; that's the smaller one. lie watches me so that I do not have a chance to get away from him." "Is this a regular trick?" he de manded. She shook her head. ! "Business is bad this year. The boys can't get work. They were fooling one night on the roof and found that the wire was strong enough to bear them. They used to carry me in the wheel barrow In the show, and they got the idea of robbing the houses. They cut the alarm wire and can come and go as they please. When the men were watching they walked rlslit over their heads." "I'd like to get after them." he said. "I could drive them down to the street where the watchman Is." "If you won't tell I'll take you," she volunteered. "Don't be afraid. I can do it." | She caught up another parasol from the roof and spread it. "Itide picka back," she commanded. I Danvers put his arms about her shoulders and raised his feet clear. | Slowly she adjusted her weight to the I wire and began to make her way 1 across. Somewhere he had read that It ! would not do to look down, so he shut his eyes and hung on. i Once or twice the girl seemed to lose her balance and for a moment worked the parasol violently while she regain ed It. Then she pressed on again, and at last, with a sigh, she stepped off the wire, and Danvers oj>eiied his eyes. They were on the farther side, and Just beyond was the open scuttle. "Let me go back," pleaded the girl. 1 "They must not know that I helped you or they would kill me when you got out. You must never tell how you made the trip. Pretend that you saw them and climbed a lire escape. I am going to be gone by the time you get back to the house." "But how can I reward you?" be questioned. She threw a glance at him. 1 "I can get a divorce if Jim is con victed. My freedom is a rich reward." She kissed her hand to him in imita tion of the circus ring, and he watched with admiration as her lithe figure sped across the open. Then he dropped i through the scuttle. "Bull luck, I suppose," laughed the manager when Danvers reported the fiext morning. "Just that," assented Danvers," "bull luck —and a woman." But be would not explain the latter part, and the manager imagined it to be the girl he married on the strength ■of his increased pay. The First Photosrrnpliy. It was In 1842 that John Draper, then a professor in the University of New York, made the first portrait pho tograph. The subject was Elizabeth Draper, his sister. Professor Draper had the Idea that in order to produce distinct facial outlines in photography It would be necessary to cover the ! countenance of the person photograph ed with flour. This seems a strange notion now, and it proved not to be a good one then, for all of Professor Draper's early attempts were failures. Finally he left off the Hour and then was quite successful. This so delight ed him that he sent the picture to Sir , William Herschel, the eminent English , astronomer. Sir William was in turn delighted and made known Professor Draper's success to the scientific men of Europe. lie also sent Professor Draper a letter of acknowledgment and congratulatiou, which has been carefully preser\ed In the archives of the Draper family. Teatlns Kkk» For Frenhnrii. Dissolve two ounces of salt in a pint of water and then place the egg to be tested in this liquid. A new laid egg will at once sink to the bottom; an egg three days old will remain suspended about midway, and an egg that Is five days old or more will float on the top of the solution. The vacuum ln ; the shell Is the explanation of the varying i actions of the egg. The larger It be | comes owing to the evaporation of the j contents through the shell the more easily the egg floats. Orinn Grimier'* Winter Hriort. The organ grinders of America, no less than the millionaires, have their j winter resort. The organ grinders' winter resort is Italy, the Italian Ri viera, and every boat that sails for Na ples or Genoa in the late autumn has a steerage crowded with organ grind ers. These men do so well In the spring and summer that they can af ford a winter at home. Their home Is a lovely one, far different from what they would get If they stayed In Amer ica. They sit at home on ancient stone benches In the sunny squares of little mountain towns. Behind them rise In the Mue and sold air the pale pinnacles of the Maritime Alps. Be fore them, but far below, stretches the blue aud glistening floor of the sea, with tiny ships coming and going. Yes, It Is very pleasant for the organ grind ers at home. Palms bloom every where. Oranges, yellow as gold, shine among the foliage. The air is sweet with the perfume of the great rose and violet farms that feed the voracious perfume factories of Orasse. And It is cheap. For 10 or 15 cents n day an organ grinder can be as happy In his winter resort as the millionaire can l>e in his for SlO or $1"». I'r • ident Tyler'n Ffa«t». President Tyler's dinners were, on a large seal \ those of a wealthy Virginia planter, and as the greater part of the provisions came from his own planta tion at ' liven way Court they tickled the palates of the most exacting epl cure. He employed a negro cook from ~ ]ils old home, one who knew how to do a turn fried chicken and to shave off the delicious pink slices of baked ' ham These hams were considered the tinest that ever graced a table, and the Virginia porkers of todty, famed the world over, might well pride them selves ou their noble aneostry, that were as carefully prepared for the ta ( ble as a thoroughbred horse for a race. For six months they were let run wild In the oak woo.ls to feed off acorns, supplemented by a little corn In the morning and evening. When they were in their second autumn they were turned into the cornfield after the harvest, then let run In the loosely harvested Ileitis of black eyed peas, after which they were fed on selected corn until shortly before the holidays, when they were killed, then smoked for several months by hickory chips and finally rubbed down well with moist | browu sugar. -Homo Magazine. j Loaded For \ Hawks 1 > "By C. ZJ. LEWIS % Copyright, ll**i. by C. H. Sutcliffo r There was a great clattering aud out cry among the fowls back of the farm house, with one long piercing shriek from a single hen, and Aunt Sally Warner dropped the breakfast dish she was wiping and ran out to see a hawk sailing away with a fat pullet In his talons. She waved her hands and cried "Shoo! Shoo!" but there was no salvatlou for the victim. "What is it, aunty?" asked her niece, Miss Nettie Ward, from the city, who had come out to the old farm for a va cation. "Why, another of them hawks has grabbed another of them chickens," was the reply. "I told pa only last night that he ought to git out and load the shotgun for me. I s'pose that hawks have got as much right to live as other folks, but I'll be snummed if-_ "But he did the gun, and it's there behind the door," interrupted the niece. "So it is! What tin o'.d goose I am getting to be! Nettie, did you ever fire a guu?" "Never." "Then I must show you bow to do it. You take it in both hands this way. You draw it up to your shoulder this way. Tinn you shet your eyes and pull o.i the trigger with your finger, and the hawk drops dead. A hawk may com .' while I'm down cellar or upstairs and you are out here alone, and you want to be able to shoot him." There were only uncle, aunt and Net tie at the farm, and the girl from the city soon wore off the newness aud the novelty and became a bit lonesome. On account of this lonesomeness she almost bowed to a young man who passed the gate one evening at dusk and almost bowed to her, and when she went in she asked her aunt who it was. "I hain't seen no strange young men around here myself," was the answer, "but I understand that the Stevenses, half a mile below us, have got a sum mer boarder. I guess he's the one you saw." Things happen suddenly out in the country the same as in the city. Two days after seeing the young man Miss Nettie woke up with the toothache. She had hardly come downstairs and told of It when the rural mail carrier left a letter for the aunt, which stated that a sister living ten miles away was ill and wanted her to drive over at once. She couldn't drive, and so Uncle Joe must go along. There was room for Nettie togo along, but the toothache kept getting worse. It didn't take her long to decide to stay home and doctor It. She could put on a bag of hot ashes, hold hot vinegar In her mouth and now and then press a wad of cotton batting wet with pep permint essence against the offending molar, ami there was hope that she would be all right before night came. During the long day, if the ache per mitted. she could swing in her ham mock, climb the cherry tree after the ripe fruit, hunt for hens' esgs in the barn and watch the ducks and goslings »n the horse pond. "There is only two things to look out for," said the aunt when she was ready to drive away. "Keep your eves out for hawks aud tramps. As we haven't seen a tramp for six weeks, I guess you won't be bothered, but them hawks are liable to drop down any time, if one comes, you be sure to shoot it. I've heard that shoot ing a gun has been known to cure the | toothache." Uncle and aunt had been gone an I hour when the toothache ceased, and Miss Nettie piled into her hammock under the pear tree with a book. She was Just opposite the kitchen door and only thirty feet away, and Just inside the door stood the shotgun. The maid had great confidence that if j hawk or tramp came along she would j j play the part of a heroine. At 11 o'clock, when the young man j who boarded down at Stevens' came j past the house with his kodak, he was satisfied from the swinging of the hammock that Mrs. Nettie was read ing. Two hours later, when he had snap shotted an old lop horned cow, a crab apple tree and a brook that seemed to be flowing up hill, he returned to find the hammock so still that there was no doubt In his mind that the occu pant was asleep. He had not past the house, walking as slowly as possible, when he caught sight of half the body of a man in an open window on the j other side. Whoever it was had come sneaking down through the cornfield. It was up to the young man to ln | vestigate. He started out with the Im ; pression that the Intruder was a tramp, : and he picked up a club, scaled the picket fence aud gave a shout. The i man in the window heard and drew ! back. He saw and dropped to the ; ! ground and ran around the corner of j | the house. He ran into the hammock : | and Its sleeping occupant aud fell over ! I them and bounced said sleeping oocu j pant out on the grass, j At about the same moment the young j man from Stevens', who had started t<" j pursue the unknown, caught his foo i nnd took n roll, and he was so slow 1l picking the curraut bushes out of hi, ; curly hair when he did get up that ' | turned the corner Just as the bewil ; dered Nettli had dashed luto the kite' j en, seized the gun and was ready 1 hawks. She had been rudely awakened, more rudely flumped on the grass an<? stepped on, and In her half awake state she didn't know a hawk from a man until It was too late. In a cool moment she never could I have mastered the mechanism of that i old shotgun. Under the momentary excitement she not only fired it, but sent a liberal quantity of bird shot Into j some one's legs. She had only heard the report of the j gun when she became panic stricken j and into the kitchen and shut and bolted the door, and for the next three or four minutes she was In a half faint. Then she realized that she had shot a inan She remembered that he had cried out; she remembered that he had fallen on the grass. She wasn't overcome with horror at the thought. On the contrary, she had shot a tramp j am', \v is entitled to all praise. Presently, as Miss Nettle listened with her ears against the door, she heard groans. That meant she had j only wounded the tramp. Her heart ! was touched by those groans. She • could not see the man after she had opened the door an inch or two, be- | cause he was Just around the corner of the house, but she called out to him: "Are you going uway before I shoot again?" I i—j cam say, was tne reply. "I'm | afraid I can't walk without help." j "Why not?" "Because you have shot me ia the legs." "But my aunt told me to look out for hawks and tramps." "But I am neither one nor the other." Judging from his voice, he was n gentleman instead, and after drawing a long breath and breathing a prayer the girl stepped out and peered around the corner of the house. That young man from Stevens' was lying on his el bow on tlie grass. Ilis face was very pale, and there were blood spots on the legs of his trousers. At sight of her he smiled faintly and said: "My name is Arthur Welbourne. 1 am stopping with my relatives, the Stevenses. 1 live in the city and am an artist. If you will pardon me, I will say that I have heard you are Miss Ward. In passing the house while you slept in the hammock I saw a tramp climbing into a window. I gave the alarm, and he escaped. lie it was who tumbled over jour hammock and awoke you." "And I thought you were a—a hawk or a tramp and shot you!" gasped the girl as she wrung her hands. "But fortunately without serious re sults. All the shot struck my legs, but I may need assistance to get down home." "But I shan't let you get down home. Here, take my hand and see if you can stand on your feet. Now hang onto my arm and let me get you into the house and onto the lounge. How could 1 have been such a silly girl? Now, then, you lie down here, and I'll run for I)r. James. I know he lives in the lirst house above here. I'll bring him right back with me." She was gone before Mr. Welbourne could protest and was back in half an hour with the good natured country doctor. It took about an hour to pick out the score of bird shot that had been fired into the young man's legs, and during this time Miss Nettie walk ed up and down in the back yard with tears in her eyes and no care if the hawks came down and took every hen on the place. The doctor assured her that Mr. Wel bourne would live. Mr. Welbourne him self assured her that he was bound to live to make her further acquaintance, and he was taken down to the Ste venses in the doctor's buggy. He limped for three or four days, during which time Miss Nettie and her aunt called twice, and then he ceased limping and returned the calls. Inside of a week he was something more than a caller. It beats all how fast a girl who shoots a man and the man who is shot by her cau get ac quainted—very well acquainted. Mat rimony and hawks are sometimes 6hot at with a gun. The I.a ml of Hack*. There are more ducks in China than In all the rest of the world. China, lit erally, is white with these birds, and day and night the country resounds witli their metallic and scornful voices. Children herd ducks on every road, on every pond, on every farm, on every lake, on every river. There is no back yard without its duck house. There Is no boat, little or great, without its duck quarters. Even in the cities of China ducks abound. They dodge be tween the coolies' legs. They flit, squawking, out of the way of the horses. Their indignant quack will not unseklom drown the roar of urban com merce. All over the land there are great duck hatching establishments, many of them of a capacity huge enough to pro luce 50.000 young ducks every year. The Chinese duck Is ex tremely tender and delicate—the best tame duck for eating In the world. Duck among the Chinese is the staple delicacy. It Is salted and smoked l.ke ham or beef, and duck eggs are eate" as chicken egg-i are in America The Oldenl Hank Notes. The oldest bank notes in the world are the "flying money," or convenient money, first issued in China in 2007 B. C. One writer tells that the ancient Chinese bank notes were in many r» spects similar to those of the present j day, bearin:; the name of the bank, J the date of issue, the number of the ; note, the signature of the official whe ' Issued it an.' its value in both figures and words On the top of these curi ous notes was the following philosoph ic Injunction: "Produce all you can spend with economy." The note was printed iu 'due ink on paper made from the fiber of the mulberry tree. One of these notes bearing the date 1390 B. C. is still preserved in the Asi atic museum at St. Petersburg. AN OCEAN IN THE AIR. The Queer Superstition Thnt (hice rrevnilcd In ICiiKrluiiti. The curious superstition that there is an Kcean above the clouds is illus trated by the following strange storj by an old English wri.or: "One Sunday the people of a certain village were coming out of church on a thick, cloudy day when they saw the anchor of a ship hooked to one of the tomb stones, the cable. which was tightly stretched, hanging down from the air. The people were astonished, and while they were consulting about It suddenly they saw the rope move as though j sonic one labored to pull up the an ! chor. The anchor, however, still held ; fast by the stone, and a great noise was heard In the air like the shouting ! of sailors. Presently a sailor was seen sliding down the cable lor the purpose of unfixing the anchor. When he had Just loosened it the villagers seized hold of him, and while In their hands he quickly died, Just as though he had been drowned. "About an hour later the sailors above, hearing no more of their coin ! rade, cut the cable and sailed away. In ! memory of this extraordinary event I the people of the village made the ' hinges of the church doors out of the | Iron of the anchor." It is further stat ; ed that these hinges "are still to be seen there," a bit of evidence much like Munchausen's rope wherewith he once climbed to them jon. If you I doubted the story you were confronted with the rope. There is another queer tale about this aerial ocean. "A merchant of Bris tol," it Is said, "set sail with his cargo for Ireland. Some tine after, while his family were at suppe.*, a knife sudden ly fell in through a > - hidow on the ta ble. When the men hint returned and saw the knife lie (' -dared it to be his own and said tha oil such a day, ut ! such an hour, while sailing in an un 1 known part of the sea, lie dropped the knife overb ■ ird. and the day and the j hour were found t > be exactly the time | when it fell through the window." All of which was oace Implicitly belie* ed ' by many and regarded as incontrovert ible proof >f the existence of a sea above the ky. One is at a loss to con jecture how that "unknown part of tlie sea" connected with the rest of It. A physical geography showing this would , be uo small curiosity COROT'S RUSTIC HABITS. flow (lie Artist (time to Live tlie Life of <i Pennant. Corot's father was a little, dry, tldn old man, whose correct appearance, precise gestures and short speech were in singular contrast to the geniality and jovial ways of Camille. He was the typical business man. lie wished his son togo into business and appren- j ticed him to a wholesale cloth mer chant. Camille, who dreamed only of painting, conceived a violent aversion to commerce aud seized every oppor tunity to escape from the shop and go ; up to his room to copy drawings. His ! employer was very dissatisfied with him and complained to his father, who reprimanded him severely. At last one day the young man did not goto busi ness and told his father that he must follow iiis vocation, even if it brought i him misery. Seeing that nothing could alter this decision, "Very well," the ! ' father answered. "I will give you 1.200 i francs annually—not a centime more— j and you will make the best you can j of it." Camille leaped for joy. He imme diately made preparations for depar- I ture, left home aud installed himself j in tlie little hamlet of Morvan, at a i farrier's whose numerous family was j crowded into the only room, which was the forge. Corot there contracted the habits of the peasantry, which he retained ever after. lie had no needs, lived only for his art and found com ; plete happiness in it. For a long time Corot remained at the farrier's, satisfied with the coarse ; food, happy in his liberty aud feeling rich with his modest allowance. En dowed with robust health and being : Jovial by nature, he always sang while he worked, and his gayety never de | serted him. At his father's death Corot found himself possessed of a revenue of 40,- 000 francs, but this opulence did not change his rustic habits. lie continued his simple and laborious life. Always up before dawn, he put*on the peas i ant's clothes that he wore all his life, j ate his soup, lit his pipe and with his box in his hand and his easel on his j shoulder started for his work, his so j norous voice ringing out joyously.—G. ! j Chardin in Putnam's Monthly. I POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Do something for somebody, and do It now. Thinking well doesn't count unless | you act we'l. Den't follow in the footsteps of your ! competitors. Set the pace. Life is not worth living unless you 112 live for the good you can do. Tlure are times when an ounce of in i geuuity discounts a ton of energy. The more sunshine there is in some 1 men's lives the less hay they make. No man ever got a pain in his back j I from carrying his neighbor's burden. Many of our anticipated pleasures are anything but pleasures after we get them. Some men are able to bear misfor tunes and some others have sense enough to avoid them. Only a mother can distinguish be tween tlie mischievousness of her boy and the badness of the boy next door. I —Chicago News. Convict Ilesrlmentii. At the beginning of the eighteenth century the British army had a bad reputation at h >ine. and it was very difficult to get recruits for It. For this reason it was officially proposed to find the men by an impressment falliug on "any sturdy In ggar, fortune teller ov the like idle, unknown, suspected fel low In the pari h: or. if there be none such, then any one that lias already been in a gaol or before a justice of tlie peace for h s idle, disorderly life." The | advice was acted rpou. Debtors were released from pi -on on promising to join the army or th • navy, criminals were pardoned on the same terms, and persons with no vis ble means of sub- i : sistence were inarched oft to death aud l glory. Tin' syst >u worked out better j than might have been expected. In the peninsular war. for instance, three new regiments were composed entirely of convicts, an 1 one made for itself an il lustrious name. ■ :m* nans. Tlie tirjst mention of the Iluns In his tory is in China. li. C. 210. They con quered that country and were after ward driven out by the Celestials and marched clear across Asia, penetrating the country r.ow known as Hungary iu A. I>. For a time they threatened to overrun the whole of the continent, but were defeated in the heart of France and driven back to the banks of the Danube. Sincerity. The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he gives himself for a principle. Words, money, all things* else, are comparatively easy to give away, but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice it is plain that the truth, whatever It may be. has possess >n of him. James Rus sell Lowell. | KILL^doUGH" 1 AND CURE THE LUNGS g ! Br,. King's New llseoyerjf l rnn /VOK3Ur,>i:3N Prico § IFOR J OUOKSu.J 50c & SI.OO I Free Trial. | Surest and Qv dcest Cure for all B THROAT and LUNO TROUB- P j LES, or HONIiY BACK | AHBB9EE ST*B KHnmRmK §rai¥i! A riellable TIN SHOP i Tor all kind of Tin Roofing Spoutlne and Ceneral Jolt Work. Stoves. Hearers. Kan«r#», Furnaoeß. etc. PRICES THE LOOT! qiIiLITY THE BEST! ! JOHN HIXSON NO- 118 E. FRONT ST. BOUGHT BIG SAFES. The Way Jay Goulil lii-might mi El pre*«M Company to Ternm. Recalling early days in the express business, an officer of one of the largest companies told this story of Jay Gould: "Gould and Fisk then had hold of the Erie," he said, "and the United | States Express company had all the express business on the road. The con tract was about to expire, and Gould wanted an arrangement more profita ble to the Erie. " 'The Erie's doing all the work and | i you're making all the money,' Gould i said t > ti'e express people. You ought t to do so.,k> of the work and give the j railroad a cli a life at the money.' "'J !:.• <• press company officials de- | mure! ili 'ir profit, they insisted,; I was n i i;: ire than they were entitled j jt >. and tis refused to shade the con- 1 • tract ape \ Gould insisted cn a de- j | ere.' <e. b i lliey remained obdurate! j and eventually let the Erie president ; imdei fand—what he very well knew— I ! tftrit u:> other company would compete j against (lie United States for the Erie j j business All the companies at that j time were la an agreement to maintain j rates. I " 'All right.' said Gould at the conclu- ! sion of <he interview, 'you've no objec- j tion, I gue-;s, to my going into the ex- | press business for myself. It looks | better than railroading.* "The -xpres. people replied that j Gould could organize all tlie companies j he wanted to. They thought it was all ! bluff, but things that came to their at- j teutior. soon weakened their faith in i this idea. Gould was going around i among his associates talking up an ex- i press company scheme, officials of oth er roads were told that a new company would be In the field to bid for their , business, and tlie papers began to talk I about the new Gould express company, i "The express officials, however, saw ! none of Gould's money going into the j enterprise and stood pat. Presently it j was reported that he had bought twen- j ty-four big express safes. Was this j talk or \\:;s it business? the express! men asked themselves They set to | work investig:u; avl they discover- j i I'd that tin* ivpori was true, (ionld had actually bought and paid for the safes —safes cost money iu those days, too— and he was negotiating for all the nth ! er equipment required. "Now. thoroughly convinced of Gould's sincerity, the express company j came to term -. Gould g>t the best con- j t act from a railroad tandpoint that ! ; L.jd been known up lo that time. The , clause in the contract that the United States Express company considered most valuable to itself was one stipu lating the abandonment of Gould's ex i press plans. I"It was ail a bluff on Gould's part ! .'Xeept buying the safes. For that mat- | tor the purchase was.of course, part of | i the bluff, but GouM had actually j | bought and paid for them uncondition- j dify. Nevertheless he lost nothing oh I the deal, for as soon as friendly rela- j j tions were established with the express j oflicia's hep -rsuaded them they could j use the safes In their business and sold j I tliem at a little better than cost."— I Washington Post. Precedence In »it York Society. A philanthropic society of New York \ ' recently arranged a benefit perform- | ance iu one of the theaters. A large j number of prominent women were to act as patronesses. When the time came to have the announcement cards ' engraved the president of the society ! was in a quandary. In what order J should he arrange the names? He had i never given the matter of social prece dence a thought. lie referred his troubles to one of the women, and she said decisively: "They must be arranged alphabet ically or you will be in hot water at j once." "But some of these ladies are wives of scientific men who are world re nowned aud some are simply rich. Some are wives of army and navy ! I officers." "It makes no difference. Iu New j York society the order of precedence is j alphabetical, and there is no other i rule."—New y >rk Sun. I ! I The Home Paper j of Danville. I ! Of course you read II if ' 1 i ii il I THE rVEOPI.E'S I KOPULAR i APER. | t Everybody Rc ;ds It.i w |l i ! : i Published Every Morn* T Except Sunday -' I j j No. *i B. Mtfhc* ng St.i Subscription o cer. I'.r Week. j AN EXECUTION IN INDIA. Tlx- Way a Man Guilty of Murder Cn« ilcrvrent Decapitation. A letter from India to a German pa per {tives this account of the execution near Bombay of a man who had been found tcuilty oft lie murder of his brother-in-law: "The question as to wiu'ther the culprit should be executed or sent to prison for life was, as is the custom, submitted to the family of the . murdered man for decision. All, In cluding the wife of the murdered, vot- j ed for death. When the place of ex- j ecution was reached the condemned man Unelt, and the ropes which were fastened to him were handed over to the executioner's assistants. The one who held the neck rope took a few steps ! .'fore the kneeling man and the other two stood at either side. Then j the executioner, armed with a razor edged, heavy knife, advanced and asked i:i a loud voice, 'Who authorizes the execution?' and the chief of police answered, 'The law.' The question was asked and answered three times, while the armed man advanced, slowly swinging the mighty blade. As ths Ir.st answer was heard an assistant executioner thrust a needle point into the kneeling man's back and he made nn involuntary motion forward with his head. The three ropes were pulled taut, leaving ttie neck extended to the utmost. At the same instant the knife whirred through the air and the head , of the murderer rolled in the sand." ll'H Not u liiitlcult Matter Inn Modern \ew York Hotel. No crowned head ever pillowed Itself for a night's lodging with the satisfac : tion of knowing that under the same i roof there were a thousand persons paid to look after its safety, comfort and luxury, unless that crowned head found itself in a modern Nov York ho tel, where a regiment of "help" Is em ployed, consisting of clerks, chefs, pas- j try cooks, merit cooks, bakery men, I soup cooks, detectives, watchmen, en gineers, electricians, plumbers, carpen- j | ters, 1-iu ldrymou, doormen, porters, butlers, waiters, stewards, wine and j cigar experts, decorators, messengers, ! waiting maids and chambermaids. Any pe k .;on with .$4 in his pockets can have the advantages of this regi mental array of servants for one day by paying the price of a room at any of the greater Intel* recently construct ed in the metropolis, though, of course, St h the hwest figure. Many of the rooms co"t double that sum a day, and sv> «• of tli" state apartments, with l»e<t. ■ ni . u •rgcou;-* parlor, private clin ic •- i > I tutli. are not let for less t! :i l or sl'ls n day. Even the four (1 ■ - ; hive baths, but the price •" s • rs:i;• t i t does not include iii - ! . en (' .rvforl in Success. I -CKA-VAN •: A li;} 'V D H1 A);i Dl VtO> | Delaware Lackawanna ar.d Westeri Railroad. In Effect Jan. 1 1905. TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE EASTWARD. ! 7.0r a. m.daily lor Bloomsburg, Klngsli-i. | Wilkes-Barre aud Scrantou. Arriving ! ton at 9.42 a. m..and connecting at Scrantoi with trains arriving at Philadelphia at s in.and New York City at 8.30 p. m. i 10.19 a. ni. weekly for Bloomsburg. Kingston Wilkes-Barre.Scrauton and intermediate sib 1 lions, arriving at Sf-ranton at 12.35 p. m. ai i , connecting th ;re with trains for N> w Yor > City, Philadelphia aud Buffalo. ! 2.11 weekly forßioomsburg,Kingston. Wilkn i Bar re, He ran ton aud intermediate stationi. ' arriving at Scranton at 4.50 p. i! . 1 5.43 p. ni. daily for Bloomsburg, Ksr.y, I'ij ; mouth. Kingston, Wilkes-Barre, Fittstoi ' Summon and intermediate stations, arrivt)> I at Scranton at *.35 p. ni. and connecting tiieri with trains arri vine at New York City at o f> j a* m.. t'hiiadelpeia 10 a. m.and Uutfalo Tan I TRAINS ASttIVE AT DANVILLE ! a.l.ia. m. weekly from Scranton, i'ittstor. Kingston, Bloomsburg and intermediate sia lions, eavin.; Scranton at B.lft a. m., where- : ! connects with trains leaviua New Yor Cit; !at 9.80 p. m., Philadelphia at 702 p.m. an< ' iiuffaio at 10.80 a. m. 12.44 p. m. dally Irom Scranton I'ittsUi Kingston, lk-rwlcl,, Bloomsburg and interna • Jiate stations, leaving Seranton at 10.10 a n ' and connectingt.liere with train eavlng Bud I -i o at 2.25 a. m. 1.38 p. m. weekly oin Scranton. Klngstoi Berwick, itloomsburg and intermediate st< ! tions, leaving Scranton at 1.55 p. m., where .-oniie its with traiu leaving New York ( it i rt 10.00 !i m.. aud Philadelphia at 9.00 a. ni. j 9.05 p. in.daily from Scranton. Kiugstoi j IMttstor.. Berwick. Bloomsburg aud interim ; diate stations, leaving Sera ton at 6.8-5 p. tu I where it connects with trains leaving N>-\ j York City at. 1.00 p. m., Philadelphia at 12.0 ! p. m.and Butlolo at 9.3 > a. m. r K. CLARK K. Oen'l Sun t T W. i.KK. 4wi !!i 11! I llj?- fe want to it all Ms of Printing sinn I (Jut) i ■! LI'S 111. ll mi dm | ll'S KM* A. well }> !-. . tasty, Bill < . \(/ ter Head, i) A Ticket, Ci v|!£ Program, L>J ment or C: Ht T <y > an advert foryoui bu-i'ij - satisfaction toy New Type, lew Presses, N ,, Best Paper, Skilled ffort "' PromtiK \ll you can ask, A trial will make you our customer We respectfull" asi that trial. 1 Hi ll . in No. ii R. Mahonine St.. IP-A IP-A i
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