T ; 112 ! A Little Ingenue By BELLE MANIATES ! Copyright, by P. C. Eastuieui Back In the midst of a hundred oaks ntood the rambling old farmhouse, its Kawn stretching into gardens, its gar dens into orchards, orchards into mead DWS and meadows Into forest. In this Ideal old country place dwelt Ellhtj Wilkes, a stern, puritanical old man, his timid, docile wife and their or phaned granddaughter, Helene Law renee, who, despite the fact that her upcoming had been strictly and nor rowly supervised by her grandfather and that she had been allowed no play mates, was blooming Into a winsome, affectionate maidenhood. The last month had been one of de light to her. One day an automobile had broken down near the house, and Its occupant, a beautiful young woman from the city, had stayed there whila her chauffeur had returned for re pairs. How It was accomplished was a mys tery. but Miss Marshall had won the old man's consent to her becoming a boarder at The Oaks for a few weeks, as she was in search of just such a p!a«-e for rest and quiet after a gay season. The night before her return to her lot! e she took u beautiful stroll through ill.? woods with Helene, whose eyes f.-sied lu wistful meditation upon her companion. "T.oulse," she said In soft voiced tones. "I am lonely and sad at the thought of your leaving us." "My dear little Ingenue, I wish I could persuade your grandfather to let you accompany uie. It Is preposterous to think you have been shut up In one place, no matter how lovely it may be, for the whole of your life—never to have been to the city, even, or to have eeen any young men save the farmers about here." "Oh, Louise," said the young girl, with a bright blush, "I went to the little station today, and I saw the grocer. He has recently come there. Buch a flue color and such beautiful eye»l Have you seen him?" "Yes." replied Louise, the muscles of her face rigid In her effort to main tain composure. "I went to the sta tion the other day, and I saw him." "He Is going to come to the places about here every day now to take or ders, he says. Don't you think him a fine man?" "Little Ingenue, I can see how you think him handsome, but In my world lu the city there are far handsomer men than he." The young girl shook her bend In credulously. The next day Louise Marshall left The Oaks for her home and took Helene with her to the station, a distance of three miles through a stretch of cool djirU trees The little Ingenue eazed sadly after the train that was hearing away one who had made life so dif ferent and so Interesting to her. She had to leave the horse at the black smith's to be shod, so she returned on foot through the woods. As she walk ed slowly beneath the canopy of the ©live tinted leaves she heard footsteps coming quickly behind her. It was the grocer; "I Just drove In from the next town end saw you as you were leaving the depot, and I overtook you to see If I Blight not walk with you." The little Ingenue was very tired and was willing at his bidding to pralk more slowly. When they came to a fallen tree he urged her to sit down and rest. Knowing well that this was an opportuulty that would never come to her again, she yielded to the temptation to sit down beside him. The grocer was a quiet man, but she prattled Ingenuously of her life, her friend and her home. Once when she turned to look at him his face was •lightly turned from her. Bhe contem plated with fascination his well shap ed head, with Its dark brown hair. Suddenly he turned, his eyes looking full Into here, fihe paled, and then the warm color suffused her face and brought a shining look Into her eyes. "I most go,'' she murmured con fusedly, rising. He rose too. WHEN THF.Y CAME TO A FALLEN Tit EE HE UilUEl) HKll TO BIT DOWN. "Wait," lie urged. "Will you not tell me your name- your first name?" "Helene." "Helens, tell me If this hour we have spent here In the woods alone has been a pleasant one to you." "The pleasantest hour," she said frankly, "that I ever have spent." "Helene, would you like a lifetime of such hours?" "Oh." she gasped, "no one's life could be that!" "Yours shall be, Ileltne. Will you leave home for me—to hp mv wlfp?" neiene was very grave now. "You should not talk like that to nie," she said reprovingly. "You should not say that. We do not know each other." "Helene," he protested, "I knew you the moment I looked Into your eyes. Come to me without knowing m e Take me on trust." "I must not. They would never let me." "Leave that to mo. Tell me you will marry me, and I will win their con sent." She sighed Incredulously and looked at him wistfully. When Louise had been home a few days she received a letter which read MS follows My Dear Louise—l promised you that If my grandfather should ever relent end , consent X would pay you a visit. I caii now fulfill that promise. I am going to marry the grocer very soon, and I write to see if I may come to you while I make my simple preparations. My grandfather ; thought you advise me what to purchase. Once more 1 sign myself the name you gave me. THE LITTLE INGENUE. Dismay at the thought of the beau tiful young girl wedding the grocer made Louise oblivious to the entrance of her favorite cousin, Roger Crofton, until lie spoke. She handed him the letter. "1 recall that grocer perfectly," she . said, with a sigh—"good looking, I , admit, and rather well educated, but j not her equal! It shall not be!" "How can you prevent It, Louise?" • I'll introduce her to the world when 1 she comes, and then by contrast she will see her mistake." She began ordering some simple but 1 elegant evening gowns for the debut of | the young girl. When she arrived Lou lse saw hi the transcendent beauty that rallited from every feature that she | had no passing fancy to overthrow, i The days that followed brought a ; round of gayety, and Heleue was pleas ; ed and Interested In this new life, but ' one day she came to Louise with spar kling eyes. "He is coming Tuesday to take me home, and our wedding is soon to bet" Louise groaned inwardly at this an nouncement. But she re-enforced her courage. Tuesday night she was to give a brilliant evening. The grocer would aj>p«nr In the midst of the ele gant cultured men, and Helene would see the contrast. The fateful night arrived, and Helene moved among the guests radiant und expectant. Late In the evening she saw the grocer enter the big hall. Lou ise, noting the sudden disappearance of her little friend, divined the reason, and when the guests had departed she went In search of the girl and her grocer lover. As she approached a little screened retreat Helene stepped forth, her eyes like stars. "Louise, here lie Is!" Louise entered the dimly lighted room. A tall form came forward, and she looked into the eyes of her cousin Roger. "I don't understand!" she exclaimed, taking his outstretched hand. "The grocer!" "I went to the little station near The Oaks one day,"he explained, "to rec onnoiter and see what held so great nu uivraction ror you mere. 1 tounu it an elegant place to fish and loaf and concluded to remain and have Cuther by Join me. I found the grocer, to whom I applied for lodging, in despair because his clerk had left. I took charge of his store while he went to look up some help, and my first cus tomer was our little friend here. W ell, It was a case of love at first sight with j me, and I wooed her in the role of gro cer from a whim. I revealed my true position to her grandfather, and he found my credentials acceptable, but I did not let Helene know my identity until tonight. I came here to confide in you the other day, and from another whim resolved to let you try your skill at effecting a change of heart. I thought it a g >od opportunity to show my worldly wise cousin the power of love." The Chimpanzee. Liberia is the home of the chimpan zee. of the beautiful monkey known as Dandy Jack, of the water chev rotnins and such strange beasts as the U'IJIITITU'I* ;TIIA UTC x£C VTIIJJU panzwI is said to be:ir a near relation toman, and people who do not enter tain that view will be able to gauge the sagacity of the animal from the following interesting anecdote: "I saw a young female chimpanzee from the Cavalla river In the possession of the German consul at Cape Palmas. It would have been difficult to meet with a more human creature not ac tually of tlx- genus homo. This chim panzee lived in her owner's house as a child might have done, with a negro nurse to look after her. She was gen erally allowed complete liberty and did not abuse this freedom by break ing or spoiling anything within her reach and, strange to say, was won derfully clean in her habits, a virtue too often wanting in chimpanzees. Puppe would come when her name was called and fling herself Into her master's arms. Puppe's sympathy with strangers was discriminating. If she liked the person Introduced she Would climb on his knee and tender charming caresses, pushing out the long Hps iu a pout to be kissed." GAY FASHIONS OF THE PAST Dandle* of Past Centuries Would Make Solomon Look Sad. Compared with the gay apparel worn by the daudles of the past ages the youths of our time In the gayest of gay raiment make but a poor show. The bishop of Ely In the fourteenth eentury had a change of raiment for every day lu the year. The Earl of Northumberland ltoasted no less than sixty cloth of gold suits at this time. In Queen Mary's time the wardrobe of a bishop must have been the envy of Solomon for the variety and costli ness of its contents, and even a simple village priest wore "a vestment of crimson satin, a vestment of crimson velvet, a stole and fanou set with pearls, etc." In the time of Chaucer the meu wore clothes as many colored as Joseph's coat, so that while one leg would be a blaze of crimson the other *'ould be tricked out In green, blue c* yellow without any regard for ha nony or contrast. Even as late as the mlddl of tho eighteenth century a dandy would dress himself in a vivid green coat, a waistcoat of scarlet, yellow breeches and blue stockings. And the gentleman of a few years later wore, among other vagaries, a coat of light green, with sleeves too small for the arms and buttons too big for the sleeves; a pair of fine Manches ter breeches without money in their pockets; clocked silk stockings; a club of hair behind larger than the head which carried It; a hat not larger than a sixpence. It was a common thing In the early part of the eighteenth century for a man of fashion to spend several hours dally In the hands of his valet. Among the many operations which took up this tiiii" was"the starching of the beard and the proper perfuming of the garments, the painting of the face and anointing with oils, tinctures, essences and pomatums."—New York Herald. C«rd DHqiH'lte. "Hand in a lot of cards," said the •lder woman. "Why?" was the hurried inquiry. "Well, If you don't hand In enough," she said, as her companion dived deep Into her case, "they will say yon don't know what is right. If you give too many, however, they will think that you know better than they do and that there Is some new style they have heard nothing about. Hand him u lot."—Kansas City Independent. o =q| How the Auto Did It By IRVING CRANE Copyright. 1900, by P. C. Eastment ij =C Mazie Jefferson and her mother had coine into the city from their country home to do some shopping, anil because tite cabman overcharged them and be cause Mazie turned indignant and said she would goto a police station before she would submit to be swindled a crowd began to gather. Ilarry Finchly was in the crowd. He promptly espoused the cause of the women and was struck by cabby's whip. In return he pulled cabby off the !>ox and flung him about in the dust until the man looked like a bundle of lost rags. Then, no policeman hav ing appeared to Interfere with the nat ural course of events, the women were escorted to a hotel. Cards were exchanged and thanks returned, and "all's well that ends well" would have been the finish had not young Mr. Finchly decided that Miss Mazie was an extremely fine look ing girl. It had been at least a year since he had met her equal. Within two hours he was longing for another look into her brown eyes and recalling with satisfaction what a wealth of hair she had, how white and even were her teeth and what a cute dimple orna mented her chin. At the end of twen ty-four hours romance and love were at work. Of course Harry had been invited to call if he ever found himself in West chester county. Miss Mazie, who did most of the talking to him as well as to the cabman, couldn't do less than issue this invitation, but she hadn't the least idea that her rescuer would ever take the trouble to travel their way. A surprise was in store ror ner. He made a call within a week, and he took pains to thoroughly Identify him self. Ilis tri|> into the country was made In his automobile, and it soon became a regular thing for him to be seen skim ming over the roads once a week. Mr. Jefferson liked him. Mrs. Jefferson thought he was a very proper man in deed, and Mazie—well, she wasn't tell ing her thoughts, but if they hadn't favored the young man in a general way he would have found her confined to her room with a convenient head ache. An acquaintance begun in April had progressed to September without a thing to mar it. It had ripened into friendship at least, and there were signs that it was nearing the critical point. Then one day Harry Finchly did an unwise thing. In his guileless and innocent way he mentioned that he had given a little dinner to a little actress the night before. In an instant the brown eyes that had been full of laughter began to harden. ne saw that lie had made a mistake, and lie began to hedge—that is, he explained that the mother of the little actress was at the dinner. The point of Miss Mazie's nose seemed to turn up. Mr. Finchly further explained that two aunts and two uncles of the ac tress were also at dinner. Ilalf a mln ute later he was protesting that he would never have given the dinner but for the fact that the little actress seemed to be hungry and he felt sorry for her. It had not been much of a dinner anyhow. He had sat at one end of the dining room and the actress at the other, and they had chewed olives and drunk poor claret and con fined their conversation to the weather. In fact, Mr. Finchly did all possible In the next few minutes to repair his blunder. He even went the length of 6aying that the little actress had a cast in one eye and was probably twenty years older than she claimed to be but when he had finished and couia protest 110 more 'Miss Mitzie nsked to be excused for a moment, and he felt a chill around his heart. The mother came Into the parlor to entertain him, and, although both made a great effort, conversation dragged. When Miss Mazie walked out of the parlor she simply wanted to be nlon# for ten minutes to recover her self possession. She was furious at the lit tle actress, at Mr. Finchly and at her self, but she didn't want the second person mentioned to even suspect such n state of affairs. She would smooth the lines out of her face, coax back a smile and return to him and say that she always tead admired little ac tresses! Her Intentions were good and politic and diplomatic, but her temper got the best of her. Under the biff walnut tree at the gate stood Mr. Flnchly's auto. He always acted as his own chauffeur. Twenty times over he bad taken the Jefifersons out for a spin, and Miss Mazle had entertained au idea for some time that she knew all about the running of the machine. As she walked about to calm her self she caught sight of the auto, and there was mischief in her eyes as she ran toward it and climbed In. She actually did know enough to start the thing and get headed down the broad turnpike. Perhaps she knew enough to stop and turn, but the sensation of being alone gave her a helpless feel ing. She put on speed instead of di minishing It, and In the course of five minutes she was whizzing down that old colonial cow trail In a way that made the telephone poles sit up and wonder. The first livinx thing met was a trusting and confiding calf that had escaped from a field an<l was wander ing at large to broaden its mind. When It saw a cloud of dust corning down the pike, it trusted that a wind fall of rich green grass was to he had for the nicking ui>. It advanced tii tne miuoie oi me roati wun eyes nuig lug out aad ten seconds later woke up in a far distant spot and in a mussed up condition. Miss Mazle had tin steering wheel in hand. In fact, she was frozen to it. .She could hold tin old machine reasonably straight in the middle of the rorid, but she was help less beyond that. The next incident was a load of ha> with two farmers on top. They were men who had never harmed a human being, and they had no idea that any humau being wanted to harm them. Rude was their awakening. They held the middle of the road until they saw that the auto meant to run into them head-on. Then they swerved and began to gesticulate and yell to the white faced girl. They said "I>arn it"and "Dum It"and "By gosh" and sexceed ed lu saving their lives. One h wheel of the wagon was chopped ofl by the auto, however, and as the ma chine careened onward it also carried with It a fair sized haystack. "Oh, Harry!" wailed the girl as she turned a corner and felt the machine running on two wheels, but Harry was uot there. He had finally bade Mrs litftUi-iiftn ji(l.ie') fomwl /'MI gone. He was arter it now with a horse and buggy. He was making sis | miles an hour, while the tlier was fly i lug along at nearly thirty. A quarter of a mile beyoml llie turn a farmer was guiding a drove of hogs. There were twelve in the drove, and he was changing tliem from one lot tc another. He knew that the Spanish war had ended and that the country was at peace, and lie was humming n hymn, and the hogs were grunting grunts of satisfaction when that auto came howling down upon them. Ii seemed to be standing on its hind legs and pawing the air. It was hissing and gurgling and roaring and crying for blood. "Gosh all hemlock!" shouted the farmer as he made for the fence and fell over into the field. The hogs had no time for words 01 for athletics. It seemed to the w r eep ing and terrified girl that the full doz en were picked up and flung sky high Two of them came down In the bad bciil una installed tneinseives in com fortable positions for the remainder ot the ride, while the others shot right and left, their remains to be up by the owner later on. The hog episode was scarcely two minutes old when a young man in a buggy appeared a mile ahead. lie was a young man with red cheeks and a marble brow, who was driving to the city to invest in green goods. He held up his hand as a sign that his horse did not like autos. No good. Then he rose up In his buggy and waved his arm. He was still waving when tho cloud of dust passed over him and left him a wreck on the sands of time Some day lie may tell his grandchildren that he was flung 200 feet high and 400 feet sideways, and he will not be exaggerating much either. A constable and an old wagon final ly stopped the runaway. The officer ■aw it coming and shoved the ancient vehicle across the road. When the col lision came the auto took a skate Into the bushes and brought up against a tree and rested there. Before Miss Mazie could half explain matters she found herself before a country Justice of the peace, and he was solemnly say ing: "Tbis is certainly a case for the higher court. Tt is not only running away with nn nuto and letting it run away with you. but you have beeu stealing hogs." Miss Mazle wept. She looked so pret ty when she wept that the heart of the constable was touched. lie took the justice outdoors and was trying to touch his heart and have the hog steal ing charge left out when Harry Fincb 1y drove up on the gallop. Fie had traced the auto by a trail of dead hogs and frightened farmers, and he had ar rived just in time. "Oh. Harry!" was all that the girl could say as she threw herself into bis arms and sobberT on his shoulder. That was quite enough. He patted her golden head and gave the justice to understand that his honor was de scended from the Spartans and always died In the last ditch, and the flue was reduced to $lO and paid. Then came the brushing away of tears and the return home, followed by family re joicing that the lamb had returned alive. Then—then—well, don't be stu pid. Those things always turn out the same way, and it is the best way. An Ancient Telephone. In 1783 M. Linquet de la Bastille is sued a prospectus, published In the "Cunx'spuuvlcucc Secrete," London, 1788 (volume 14, page 302), of "a singu lar machine or experience of the propa gation of sound and tbe voice through tubes prolonged to a great distance." If it succeeded, he announced, people would be able to maintain with their sweethearts and friends at a distance of some hundreds of leagues a conver sation which would "become some what public on the way, but by sup pressing the names no one would be in the secret of the Interlocutors." But it Is not recorded that the scheme was put Into practice. In a paper publish ed In 1/Illustration for 1834 by M. Charles Bourseul he says: "Let us Im agine that a person speaks near to a mobile plate sufficiently flexible not to lose any of the vibrations produced by his voice and that this plate Interrupts and establishes accordingly communi cation with a battery. Then we might have at a distance another plate which would give at tbe same time the same vibrations. An electric battery, two vibrating plates and a wire would be sufficient." In apportioning the honors of telephonic discovery M. Bourseul at least would seeit) entitled to a share. ECZEMA. " The Way to Trent Thin DlNtrenalntf Affliction. Eczema can, even wheu inherited, be controlled by attention to the general principles of health—cleanliness, exer cise, proper diet, clothing and ventila tion. Eczema patients, old and young, should never use stimulants in any form. They should take daily baths and be most particular as to the regu larity of all Important bodily functions. Occasional doses of mild saline aperl ents, such as cream tartar, phosphate of soda or the old fashioned remedy of lac sulphur aud cream tartar, mixed in equal quantities, with enough molasses to form a creamy paste aud taken three times a day for ten days running, then omitted until again required, will be found of wonderful benefit. Let the patient drink freely of lemonade and avoid salt meats, pork in any form, aud live upon a diet of fruits, red meats and antiscorbutic vegetables. Many people are particularly suscep tible to shellfish, and a case of eczema sometimes follows the eating of lobster repeatedly. Strawberries will also pro duce this effect frequently. Vigorous exercise will often, by inducing excess ive perspiration, act as a curative foi eczema, particularly when combined with the use of a harmless external application. Sulphur baths are effica cious for most skin diseases. If possi ble, it is well to take them in an estab lished bath house, but they may be pre pared at home as follows: To each ten gallons of water add an ounce of sul phuret of potassium, or to each fifteen gallons of water add an ounce of sul phuret of calcium. Where there Is itch ing and the eruption seems virulent the sulphur bath is excellent as a prelimi nary treatment. Not Thirtty. Jane, the bright new maid, always anxious to please, had been Intrusted with the care of a little aquarium. In which the goldfish had always thrived very well until Jane came on ths scene. The first day she arrived she gave them fresh water, as Instructed, and then left them to their own de vices. Rut, alas, one morning the lit tie fishes were found floating feebly on their back*. ".Tane," called tbe nnx- U»us mistress, regarding her pets with concern, "ha *«> you given the fish any fresh water lately?" "No, ma'am Bless their little hearts, they haven't drunk tbe water I gave them last month vet!" NEW YORK BY NIGHT. The Spectacle of Its Lights From Rivers sr.d Harbor. By whatever route you reach or leave Manliatt hi Island in the evening the riwr Ii hi - are beautiful. On the North I.v 1 . tli-> ,n" fie varies according to i;.e h >ll . ~1 . i.son, for the downtown I gh*,: ia Manhattin are more numer ous when the days are short and the tniani of the great office buildings hive t 1 liviiit up to finish their day's w Ac r s from the lower Jersey ferries I it.i n the afternoon of a winter liny g! • i\' and sparkle tlie great com ]: ;;.v 1 112 t ill shafts grouped against the ~ky, each one pierced to the top with regular 1 •>*' s of shining windows. A II morable irlit they make, those liaft an 1 huge blocks of gleaming h 1. :■>. reaching far above their neigli .ti -it <• e between them and the river. There N milch in that spectacle to recompense a tired man for being a eomniulei'. and nowhere else 011 earth is there the like- of it. An 1, besides the tall shafts and the intervening lower lights and the glow of the streets that run to the river and border it. there are all the river lights— the ferryboats, with their long rows of bright windows, hurrying 011 their va rious courses; the sound steamers going out, other steamers coining in; all man ner of lights more sober on all manner of shipping: the street glare and tho ferry house and wharf lights ashore, and, higher i:p. here and there tlie ob tru iv ■ au<i commercial but none the less r.ni ;:.:t :i ' ; vertising si^us. The tl >v. ; iwn o.";i«-e building lights go out ear.y. 1110 ;t of them, but up the river some of the t1 iI uptown hotels continue, ait the evening and in spite of curtained windows, to be light houses. On the East river, besides the city lights and the river lights, are the high, curving bridges, very striking and beautiful, with their unobstructed out lines marked by the glow of the elec tric bulbs. There is poetry in these river lights, bordered and framed by the dark shin ing water and reflected in it.—E. S. Martin in Harper's. SALT RIVER. It Is a Real Stream, Although Not a Navigable One. Salt river, sacred to defeated candi dates, is a real stream. While not navigable, it is used every winter as an ice harbor by the towboats which go out of nttsburg for the south. Salt river empties into the Ohio above twenty-live miles south of Louis ville. It is a small stream, which flows from the Kentucky hills to the great water, and is as tortuous, as crooked aud as unpleasant to navigate as the mind can imagine. Yet it is navigated for a short distance from its mouth by steamers of light draft. Flatboats and rafts are floated down upon Its bosom. Before the civil war it was an Impor tant stream in the matter of bringing Kentucky whisky down in the flat boats to a point where they could be unloaded to a river steamer. Refrac tory slaves were generally assigned to the task of bringing these boats down, as the work was arduous. Salt river became a bugaboo among the negroes, and It was from the un pleasant character of the work on this river that "a trip up Salt river" came to be used in politics to express the destination of a defeated candidate. There is not a river captain or pilot iu Pittsburg whelloes not know Salt river, and them iir*> f»*w who liava not sought shelter within its mouth when the i -e was running out of the Ohio. Thi salt name is supposed to have come from the suit springs which flow into it at its source. It is also said the name grew out of the fact that great quantities of salt produced in the Ken tucky country are floated down this stream.—Fuel. A Dramatic Death. A sergeant major of an Infantry reg iment stationed in Rremeu was sen tenced t > :i slight disciplinary punish ment ?or having mortally wounded a man with a revolver in the course of a fight. He appealed against this, but Avas informed that his appeal had been rejected. He then ordered his men to load their rifles with blank cartridges, but during their absence reloaded them with bail cartridges. He then drew up his men in firing line and carefully showed thein how to aim their rifles straight at his heart. With the utmost calm he then ordered, "Fire!" and fell with four bullets through his heart. Tile 11 rut uancm. People have danced for thousands of years and will probably continue to do so for ages to come. This custom is of ancient origin. The flrst people to dance were the Curetes, who adopt ed dauclng as a mark of rejoicing in 1543 B. In early times the Greeks combined dancing with the drama, and iu 2'_' B. C. pantomimic dances were introduced 011 the Roman stage. At the discovery of America the American Indians were holding their religious, martial and social dunces. E ICSLLthe COUCH I AND CURE the LjJNCS I w ™ Or. King's Nip Discovery B /Consumption Price I FOR 5 OLIGHS and 50c & SI.OO I § ISOLDS Free Trial. | I Sorest and Quickest Cure for all B I THROAT acd LUNG TROUB- B or MOMSY BACIt. SOBS HEV! A Reliable TIN SHOP • Tor all kind of Tin Roofing Spoutlne and Ceneral Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Furnaces, eto. PRICES THE LOWEST! QIiILITY THE BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. 118 E. FRONT BT. MICHAEL ANGELO. The Ilnmltlr- Sturt In Life of the Fa -111 oii M Master. Two hoys were herding swine in Italy. The.v wi-re evidently discussini si >llH* very ill1]>■ >i*t.llll subject, for tbcj were earnest at it. A mail approach I'd, :inil the boys separated, each foi bis own side of the pasture. The man was angry and was shaking his hand nr them, The boys said nothing: they drove their swine in and were quiet as a mouse about it. The man bad said they should stay out until dark, and the sua iia.l not even set yet. After they ha.! driven the swine to their re spective plac s each crept to his room, toi;k his clothe- and tied them in a bur lie. This done, they both crept down and ran to the road which led to Home. One's name was Peter; the other Michael Augelo. Both were pooi boys. Ti.ey trumped and tramped, and th" fir t thing they did when they reach: ! Home was togo to church. Afler the; had rested and prayed they lo.kcd for employment. Peter received cnip! >ynic:i! ns the cook's boy in some cardinal's house, but .Michael could find nothing to do, so he almost de spaired. lie went to his friend Peter, whe gave him something to eat and at night socreily let him into his room in the rf: • to >ep. This went on for a long !:ne. Peter content to let his friend do t i;" sand Michael content also. Mich; ! vhen in church had seen some line pictures. One which fasci nate 1 him \v:'s "Christ Ascending to Heaven." Tkiii-r hits of charcoal, he went t > Peter's room and drew pic tures on the while walls. One day the cardinal hail occasion togo to the room. Michael had meanwhile secured employment in the cardinal's kitchen. The cardinal, upon seeing all the pic ture-. was dumfonnded with their accural ten' He called Peter and Michael -stairs and asked who had drawn t! "in. Michael confessed he had, but lid lie thought lie could rub them oni ::gain. The cardinal explain ed to hi :i that it was all right so far as the wall was concerned. He took Michael ;:iul ?ont him to a drawing master and •: sve Peter a better posi tion. Ar.d Vidiael worked hard at his drawing-, '.earned ililigently and be came the renowned Michael Augelo, one of the greatest painters of his time. PIE BIRDS OF BRITTANY. Thay Must Be Pretty Strong, Accord ing to This Breton Story. "Speaking of exaggerations," said a traveler, "reminds me of the pie bird story of the Breton farmer. •There was a farmer in Brittany who wished to tell a visitor how his farm had been overrun with pies. Pies, you know, are large birds, black and white, with long tails—a kind of crow. The farmer said the pies devastated his fields horribly. If he put up scare crows, the birds tore theui down. One day his young son ran Into the granite farmhouse and shouted: 'Oh, father, hundreds and hundreds of birds! The wheat is being all eaten up!' "The farmer loaded his gun. But where was the shot V It couldn't be found. He put In a few handfuls of tacks instead. Then he ran out. The wlieattield was black and white, like a checkerboard, with pies. The farmer gave a loud veil, and the birds all flew up Into a tail poplar. He tired, and. l«», Mrri wn* nnlli'd fa»t to th« tree. They were nailed fast. Their flapping wings tilled the air with a loud whir. The farmer, amazed, stood watching them. Then a strange thing happened. The birds, with one grand united effort, pulled up the huge tree and fl** - away with it." basy. Teacher —Now, boys, what is the vir tue of magnanimity? Pupils Aw? Teacher—What Is It If a big boy want ed an apple very badly and were to meet a small boy with one in a place where nobody could take the small boy's part— Class (with eager illuml aatiom - Pit's a cinch! Baltimore Vmerica M The Home Paper : of Danville. j Of course you read . \ 112 J > I THE HEOPLEIS Popular 1 APER. I : Everybody Rv *ds St. j * i ( ; Publishev! Lvery Mor . . . I:xcept i Sunday ! I No. ii L Mar*;, og St. I ! Sunset * > c Wiv'*. !I. . j VIBK/\ i ivyM. I'.xninplen of l<» Wonderful Powtr aii<l I'nirlralion. The wonderful force of vibration is recognized In all its powwr by few architects and builders. It would Kinase tliern if tliey were told tbat the most solidly built of (heir walls would I><> injured by the continuous scraping of a bow across a violin. Of course it would take years of playing to loosen masonry and render iron brittle, but there are facts on record which show that such a result has occurred. On a first class battleship a man may feel the vibrations of a violin though he may not be able to hear the music. It Is the regularity of the vibrations which tells. The player Is not affected by them, for he is a flexible objectnand can give way to motion. Every one knows that a fiQiiad of soldiers or any body of marching men break step in crossing a bridge, no matter what its size and strength may be. for none could withstand the vibra tions of this concerted action. Even the tread of a dog may make a bridge shake because of the regularity of the vibration, so that on many of the big suspension bridges dogs are not al lowed unless carried In the arms of their owners A good illustration of the power of vibration can be found In the Green wich observatory. It stands on the top of a hill on whose slopes hundreds of children play on tine evenings. Their favorite play is to join hands at the top and dash headlong to the bottom, where they fall In a heap. This starts the vibration of the hill to such an ex tent that the scientists of the observa tory are unable to carry on their ob servations. which depend upon the mo tionless state of a tray of meroury, The solid hill is in such a state of tre mor that the \ibrations continue till long past midnight, when the children who have caused it have been asleep for hours. A still more wonderful Illustration of vibration Is In the human throat. Sl*» ty vibrations per second Is the least number by means of which a sound can be produced. Thla te a sound er used In speaking, but t| femnd In men's voices in an SKtranMi? V»W lster. The highest sound produoed by the humnn voice— that is, E In altisslmo —is caused by 1,024 vibration* p«r mo> ond. This, too, Is exceptional, being only obtainable lr. the highly cultivated female or boy voices. It is simply the vocal chords which vibrate, rot the throat. In the lower ty ♦ 'he whole length and thickuess of the vocal chords are used, the thin edges being employed for the highest ones. Thus in speaking for a minute or two there Is sufficient vibration en gendered in the throat, were its walls of a solid nature Instead Of soft and flexible, to shatter and destroy h. Ev en- minute we speak the vocal chords vibrate from 20,i>00 to 40,000 times.— New York Herald. Waitlncr to no Found. Lost one evening in a side street ofl Charing Cross, a small terrier came for tlx- next six days at nightfall to the same spot, waiting to be "found"' and scanning eagerly every passerby. The constable on the beat got to knew hei wistful little face and the bright silver collar she wore quite well, but she was never to be seen by daylight. It was only on the sixth evening, half starved and weak with waiting, that she al lowed herself to be captured and taken to the dogs' home at Battersea, where she was eventually claimed by her owner.—St. James' Gazette. Grip Faots, The grip Is not simply a bad cold, and this fact is worth knowing. It re sembles a cold in some respects, and colds are often wrongly diagnosed by the victims as grip. The grip is a malady which has laws of Its own, both as to origin nnd progress after development. According to th- doc tors, It must run its course—' there is no special remedy thai can <lir«*ctiy destroy the Infection, no C:vi: !i;it enr kill the bacillus or lie; !'-,e it < t .5 in." 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