KILL RE-ADVERTISE FOB BIDS
FOR NEW WORK 11 HOSPITAL
Change of Plans Alter Bids Were Opened Has Led to
Some Confusion —Formality of Awarding Contract
Will be Repeated—Governor Stuart's View.
A hitch has occurred in the award
ing of the contract for the three new
structures at the hospital for the in
sane, as the result of which building
operations there will be delayed for
considerably over a month. It will be
necessary to readvertise for bids, as
Governor Stuart has not approved of
the proceedings and there will have
to be another awarding of the con
tract.
The board of trustees held a special
meeting at the hospital yesterday with
a bare quorum present consisting of H.
M Schoch, Hon. James Foster Dr.
B H. Detwiler. G. li. YauAleu and
W. P. Shay. The trustees heard the
report of the committee consisting of
Dr. H. B. Meredith. G. R. CanAleu.
W. F. Shay and Attorney B. S. Alll
- which went to Harrisburg
Tuesday to confer with Governor
Stuart relative to, the hitch that had
occurred. Their report made it plain
that in view of the complications ex
isting there is only one thing to be
done and that is to readvertise for
bids and have the whole thing over
Bequeathed a
Great Charity
A dispatch from Philadelphia dis
closes the fact that a great school for
orphan girls is to be established in the'
vicinity of Philadelphia. A wealthy
citizen of our chief city decrees by liis
last will and testament that after the
death of his widow the sum of $5,000,-
000 shall be devoted to the erection of
proper buildings and the maintenance
of a school for girls who have lost
both parents. Preference is to be giv
en to girls living in Philadelphia and
Montgomery counties. Then girls from
the State are to be received and if
there are any vacancies girls from the
country at large.
Mr. Carson, the gentleman through
whose benevolent inclination this
great benefaction is eventually to be
come a helpful reality, took Girarrl
college for his model. Everybody
knows how much good that institution
Improving
Postal Service
The statement of the local post office
of the number of pieces of mail mat
ter passing through the office during
last week, will be a revelation to the
public. This will Rive a more definite
idea of the great bulU of mail matter
passing through our office This count
ing is made in obedience to an order
from the department at Washington,
in having all mail matter counted and
tabulated ail over the country in order
to arrive at some definite information
required in the readjustment and re
vision of the postal regulations of the
country. The postal system is a great
system. It is one of the most popular
and sufficient systems of our govern
ment. It is being perfected more rapid
ly than any other department. The
people are more directly interested in
this than any other. They receive
more individual and personal benefits
from it. The government is yearly
perfecting the postal system so as to
make it the public convenience it
ought to be. The Rural Free Delivery
101 YEARS OLD -
HAS BAD FALL
|Mrs. Sarah Ryder, of Unityville.
Columbia county, aged 101 years is ly
ing at the home of her sou, Theodore
Ryder, near Strawberry Ridge, Buffer
ing from the effects of a fall.
Mrs. Ryder was visiting at the
home of lier son,ami on Tuesday while
out in the garden she sustained a fall.
It was at first thought that the aged
lady had fractured her limb, but Dr
Shuman after an examination decided
that no bones were broken. She was
considerably bruised and shaken up.
Although Mrs. Ryder is well over
the century mark, she was, until her
fall, in good health. She is the moth
er of 18 children.
Band Serenades.
Mill street was enlivened last even
ing by somo baud music of a very ac
ceptable quality. The band is compos
ed of Bloomsburg aud Riverside play
ers, under the leadership of Bradley
McOlain. A number of places on Mill
street were serenaded.
The confused state of affairs was
caused by changing the plans after the
bids were opened,adding elevators and
plastering in the basement in each of
the buildings. While Lynch Bros.,the
successful bidders, would have been
willing to have gone on with the
work under the changed plans Gover
nor Stuart could not see his way dear
to give the proceedings the stamp of
his approval. The specifications, which
were not made to correspond with the
changes in the plaus, especially,to the
governor seemed defective. Taking all
the facts into consideration he decid
ed that the proper course to pursue
would be to readvertise for propoasls,
giving all a chance to bid for the
buil lings as changed and modified by
the new plans and specifications.
Advertisements for bids will appear
in ten days' time. The advertisement
will have to run for three weeks. Un
der the most favorable circumstances,
therefore,five or six weeks will elapse
before it will be possible to begin op
erations on the new buildings. Ob
viously the amount of work done this
year will be small.
lias accomplished during its long and
honorable history and everybody will
rejoice that the orphan girls of the
State are presently to be cared for at
a period when they are in most need
of help. The school will admirably
supplement Girard college aud will
unquestionably prove the temporal and
eternal salvation of many girls left
parentless in their childhood. Boys
are far less helpless than girls under
such circumstances.
It will be perceived that the project
ed school is to be under distinctively
Christian influences while the sec
tarian and the bigot are to be exclud
ed. This will give its future pupils
the benefit of religious influence of
the broadest aud most, helpful sort
while leaving them free to select their
own denominational affiliations after
they leave the institution.
is being gradually extended, and it
will not'bo many years until it will
be uuiversal. The country people
greatly appreciate this convenience
and as a result the standard of intel
ligence among the rural population is
gradually advancing. The rural in
habitants are kept in touch with the
latest thought, and the most recent
literature on many subjects that were
not possible under the old system.
These are some of the more apparent
benofits derived from the perfection of
our postal system. Other improve
ments are contemplated, and in order
to collect data to present in the next
report to congress and as a basis of re
commendations for these improve
ments of the service, the order for
weighing and tabulating the mail
matter has been issued. This is the
i popular phase of this stringent and
otherwise meaningless order. This
mass of information will be used in
outlining and perfecting the plans un
der contemplation for cheapening post
age and improving the service.
ELKS WILL OPEN
OPERA HOUSE
The Danville opera house will be
opened on Nov. Ist and 2nd with the
lady minstrels, which will be given
under the auspices on Danville lodge
No. 754, B. P. O. Elks, for the benefit
of their charity fund. The Elks closed
the contract with the new proprietors
of the threatre last evening.
With flasonic Rites.
In the laying of the corner stone of
the Presbyterian church at Mt. Car
mel next Sunday with Masonic rites,
District Deputy Grand Master Hon.
Fred A. Godcharles, of Milton, will
put the stone in position ; Joe Gould
will represent the grand secretary in
the services. Right Worthy Grand
Master George W, Kendrick, of Phil
adelphia, is expected to attend the
ceremonies. The ceremony will be a
very elaborate aud very impressive
one.
The flounder is said to deposit 7,-
000,000,000 eggs in the course of a
year.
OFFICER'S SHOT
KILLS THIEF
RENOVO, Oct. 23.
Charles Rebuck,himself au employe
of the Pennsylvania railioao.was shot
aud mortally wounded here last night
at 9:80 o'clock by Harry W. Rose, a
: Pouusylvauia railroad detective. Re
buck immediately after the shooting,
under the care of Dr. Fullmer, was
taken to the Emergency hospital, aud
a traiued nurse obtained at the Lock
Haven hospital. But at no time was
there much hope entertained for his
recovery. Robb, while technically in !
the custody of the chief of police, is 1
at liberty pending the inquest's find- ■
ing. Detective Rose's homo is at Wil- 1
liamsport where, prior to his going ,
: into the service of the detective de- 1
partuieut of the Pennsylvania, he was
employed as a driver for the Ameri
can Express company. Circumstances
disclosed today show that he had no
intention whatever of wounding Re
buck.
WERE WATCHING FOR ROBBERS
Chief of Detectives George W.
Vernes. of Williamsport, came to Re
uovo on train No. 57 last night, aud
has charge of the case. For some time
past there have been robberies of
merchandise cars perpetrated in the
Knuovo yards. Officers Rose anil Cald
well were detailed by Chief Vernes
to run out the robberies, and the two
detectives had been ou guard iu the
yards here for several nights. Early
last evening they discovered a man
leaving the vicinity of a merchandise
car,aud an inspection showed that the
car had h sen broken open. They took
up a station uear the car, aud their
vigil was rewarded very shortly by
having two men return to the car.
They were surprised into capture itist
as they were about to enter the car,
and the ollicers then learned that their
prisoners were Rebuck, a Pennsyl
vania yard employe, and a man nam'Hi
Keeuan. On Rebuck were found some
of the articles stolen from the car.
RIO BUCK BREAKS AWAY.
The ollicers started up town with
their prisoiiers, aud had gone about
two squares when Rebuck broke away
and started on a run across the tracks.
Officer Rose pursued, drawing his re
volver as he ran,aud at the instant he
fired —inteuding to shoot into the air
to frighten the escaping Rebuck into
a surrender—Rose slipped on a rail,
fell forward, aud his exploding pistol
was jerked into a range with Rebuck.
The latter was shot in the hack a lit
tle below the right shoulder.
HURRIED TO.HOSPITAL.
Dr. Fullmer was summoned and Re
huck was hurried to the hospital,
where he was under the charge of Dr.
Fullmer aud a from the Lock
Haven hospital Rebuck was thirtv
two years old, aud married. Ho had
been in the employ of the railroad
company for a long time, and his con
nection with the car robberies was a
pronounced sensation aud surprise.
towunMMHianaiwHMUJSwt
j PERSONALS. )
••nomaiwiaraHMßVl
Mrs. A. M. R. Russell left yesterday
for Doylestown, where she will spend
a week with relatives before stnrting
west for nu extended sojourn iu Cali
fornia.
Mrs Susanna Reynolds left yester
day for au extended visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Dr. Thomas in Doyles
towu.
Johu Stewart has resigned his posi
tion as nurse at the Danville hospital
for the insane and left yesterday for
Fort Wayne. Indiana, where he has
accepted a position in the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Jones have
returned from a visit with friends iu
Sharon, Castle, Burnham and
Youugstown, Ohio.
Miss Lottie Sliumau, of Catawissa,
spout yesterday with her sister, Mrs.
C. W. Ruckle.
Rev. Harry Cortiu Harman, of Har
risliurg, called on old friends iu this
city yesterday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Steiumiller,
Bloom street, left yesterday for a trip
to Philadelphia.
G. C. Frank returned to Pittsburg
after a visit at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Fisher, Mill street.
Miss Elizabeth Fischer, North Mill
street, spent yesterday with friends in
Williamsport.
Mrs. Clarence Lunger returned to
her home in Sharon after spending
several weeks with relatives in this
city.
LADY DOCTOR GETS
SHUMAN'/j PRACTICE
Dr. Shuman.of Jerseytowii, has sold
his practice aud iiis home to Dr. Gen
evieve Klaso.wife of Dr. Harry Klase,
of Danville. The consideration was
11,500.
Dr. Shuman lias bought from Dr. F.
W. Redaker of Bloomsburg, his home
aud practice, the amount paid being
SIO,OOO. Dr. Shuman will move to
Bloomsburg aud practice there.
Dr. Shuman is one of the best known
physicau.s in this section. He has been
at Jerseytown for 17 years and has
built up a very large practice.
The Gibraltar Rolling mill, of the
Simon Seyfort estate at Gibraltar.
Berks county, resumed operations on
Monday after an idleness of a year.
PRESIDENTS OUTING
ENDED YESTIRDAYj
ROANOKE, Va., Oct. 28.
President Roosevelt rose with the
son oil this, the last day of his twen
ty-four day's outing, and when Roa
noke was reached at 8 o'clock he had
been standing for three-quarters of an
hour on the rear platform of his priv
ate car contemplating the varied col
ors presented by the foliage ou the
hillsides,which was sufficiently beauti
ful to call from the chief executive
many exclamations of admiration.
A large crowd was waiting for him
at this point, and the president was
greeted with a cheer as his train pull
ed into the station, but by some mis
understanding the train failed to stop
at the station. Seeing the disappoint- '
liient of the people, which was so j
plainly written ou their faces, the I
president requested that the train be j
backed so that he could make a brief i
talk. While this was being done a
gentleman drove by in a boggy with
two little girls. One of them shonted :
"I am going to school.''
"That's the tiling," responded the j
president. "That is what my little
girl is doing.''
A gentleman rushed op and gave his
name and the president extended his
hand. "1 was a major iu the Second
Virginia." "So? Glad to see you,"
said the president; ' 'shake again."
When the station was reached a sec
oud time there was a renewal of tie
cheering and the president proceeded
with his talk, expressing his satisfac- |
tion at again being in the Old Domiu- |
ion. He then told of his recent trip
and said he had nowhere observed
more evidence of prosperity than he
had found here iu the Piedmont sec
tion of the country. He then advised
the people to hold for high ideals of
citizenship, and while he was still
speaking the train pulled out for
Washington.
NEWS ITEMS FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
A few nights ago while Samuel
Eicher was walking from Dunbar to
his home iu Pechin, Fayette county,
he was held up by two highwaymen
but all they got from him was a
pumpkin that he was carryiug. He
had $75 iu a small invisible pocket in
his vest which they did not find.
While Harry Eames, aged 3 years,of
Philadelphia, was petting a huge New
foundland dog ou Monday, the dog
turned ou htm aud bit him iu the
face, tearing off his nose. Iu a seini
unoonscious condition the boy was
taken to the Presbyterian hospital,
where the physicians said it would be
remarkable if he rec overs.
As Irvin and John Spaugler, broth
ers, and Robert Gibson, were sitting
late on Sunday night in their own
Home at North Catasauqua, Lehigh
county, they were hit iu their faces
with a charge of shot, fired, it is be
lieved, by some careless moonlight
rabbit hunter. Gibson's pipe was
knocked out cf his uiouth aud more
than fifty shot were removed from
their faces by physicians.
Five children of Mas Sendervitz, a
merchant of Allentown, were playing
iu the parlor nt their home on Mon
day evening, the doors being closed.
The parents noticed that the children
had become very quiet and on making
au investigation found them all un
conscious, having been overcome by
coal gas from a hot air furnace. The
doctors said iu fifteen minutes all
would have been dead.
On Monday, while W. E. Ooursou.a
mral mail carrier from the Washing
ton post office, was going over his
route iu a touring car his auto be
j came unmanageable and ran bacb
; wards over a high embankment. There
was a lady in the car with him, but
both occupants leaped out as the auto
struck a board fence thirty teet be
low, and escaped with slight bruises.
2 Injured When Auto Upset.
1 Joseph Scott, of Bloomsbursr. and
William George, of Fernville, had a
narrow ecsape from death at Elysburg
when au automobile in which they
were riding and belonging to William
H. Hartmau, of Franklin township,
got beyond control of the driver and
ran off the road, through a plowed
field, into a water course aud upset,
• throwing the occupants in every dir
ection. All escaped with slight bruises
Mr. Scott being slightly cut about the
lower limbs, and Mr. George received
a bad cut on the bridge of his nose.
The two Bloomsburg men had gone
I to Franklin township to hunt aud
stopped with Mr. Hartman.
Their host owns an auto and they
! were invited to take a ride, and while
on the road to Elysburg the machine
got beyond Mr. Hartman's control,and
| turned into the plowed field. He could
not stop it.in time to avoid running
i into the water course, aud the mach
| iue, when it struck this, turned com
' pletely over.
Besides the three men in the tonneau
; there wore Mr. Hartinan'a two chil-
I drea, but luckily they also escaped
| serious injury.
{ The machine was uot broken but it
had to be pulled back to the house by
horses.
Last week St. Louis reported 151
deaths and 250 births.
"Qoii Save the Commonwealth."
Election
Proclamation!
I, D. C Williams, High Sheriff of
the County of Montour, in the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, do here
by make known and give notioe to the
Electors of the county of Montour, Pa.
that au election will be held in the
said County ou Tuesday, the sth (lay
of November, A. D, 1907 it being the
Tuesday following the first Monday iu
November, the polls to be opened at 7
o'clock A. M.and closed at 7 o'clock
P. M. at which time the Freemen of
Montour County will vote by ballot
for the purpose of electing the follow
ing officers:
One person for State Treasurer.
One person for County Treasurer.
One person for Prothouotary and
Clerk of the Several Courts.
VOTING PLACES.
1 hereby also make known aud give
notice that the places of holding the
aforesaid elections in the several
Wards of the town of Danville and
Townships, within tho County cf
Montour, Pa., are as follows, viz:
Anthony Township, at Exchange
Hall.
Cooper Township, at Keller school.
Derry Township, at Billmeyer Ho
tel, Strawberry Ridge.
Danville, First Ward, at Court
House.
Dauville, Second Ward, ou Front
street near school liouse.
Danville, Third Ward, at corner of
Pine and Walnut streets.
Danville, Fourth Ward.on Ash street
next to .T. M. Kelso.
Liberty township, at Mooresbnrg,
house of O. S. Middleton.
Limestone Township, at California
Grange Hall.
Mahoning Township, at corner of
Bloom and Railroad streets.
Mayberry Township,at Sharp Ridge
school liouse.
Valley Township, at Mausdale, at
public liouse of David Wise.
West Hemlock Township, at Elec
tion Booth near G. F. Styer.
Washiugtonvilla Borough, at public
house of Fanny Heddens.
NOTICE is hereby given "That
every parson,excepting justices of the
peace, who shall hold any office or
appointment of profit or trust under
the government of the United States
or of this State, or any city or incor
porated district, whether a commis
sioned officer or otherwise, a subordi
nate officer or agent, who is, or shall
he employed under the Legislative.
Executive or Judiciary departments
of this State or United States or of
any city or incorporated district; and
also that any members of Congress
and of the State Legislature, and of
the Select and Common Council of
any city, or commissioners of any in
corporated district is, by law, incap
able of holding or exercising, at the
same time, the office or appoiutnunt
of Judge, Inspector or Clerk of ai y
election of this Commonwealth: and
that no Inspector, Judge, or any other
officer of any such election shall be
; eligible to any office, to be theu voted
for. except that of an election officer.
Given under my hand and seal at
|my office, in Dauville, Pa. this the
I 17th day of October, A. D. 1907.
I) 0, WILLI WIS, Sheriff.
Lawrence Vehr, of Brier Hill, 1 av
ette county, aud Anton Sosteric, ant
into a dispute because Sosteric asked
Vehr for a stogy audit was refused
him and now Vehr is in the Union
town hospital suffering from a bullet
wound in the back and Sosteric is ill
jail charged with felonous shooting
with intent to kill.
What Ails YouT
Do you feel weak, tired, despondent,
have frequent headaches, coated tongue,
bitter or bad taste in morning, "heart
burn," belching of gas, acid risings In
throat after eating, stomach gnaw or
burn, foul breath, dizzy spells, poor or
variable appetite, nausea at times and
kindred symptoms?
If any considerable number of
you are suffering
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ANCIENT TRICKSTERS,
Queer Conjuring Feats of the
Seventeenth Century.
i
SOME QUAINT OLD RECIPES.
Little Experiments In Which Boiling
Heads Off Living Animals Was an
Incident—How They Killed a Horse
and Cured Him Again.
Conjurers In ancient times were not
Very respectable members of society.
When successful they enjoyed the rep
utation of having sold their souls to the
evil one, and when of Inferior ability
they gained notoriety by being either
drowned or burned. The mediaeval
magicians ns well as the Egyptian
magi and the Chaldean sages were only
a strange mixture of
and charlatan, and as these gOTitlemen
were in the habit of using their sup
posed occult powers to their own ad
vantage they were naturally unpopu
lar. The feats of Juggler}' performed
by these craftsmen were intendod for
the mystification and not the amuse
ment of the public, and for centuries
conjuring had to It only a black side.
The amateur conjurer of today is not
always a popular individual, save with
children and the unsophisticated yokels.
To the general public he is merely a
bore of greater or loss magnitude,
whose performance Is so obvious as to
deceive no one. It is hard to realize
that this person is no mere mushroom
growtli of modern society, but in point
of fact his role is one of a respectable
antiquity, for he Is to be found tread
ing close upon the heels of the magi
cians and in the days when witchcraft
was still rampant. This is significant
of his reputation even in those early
times, for had any one taken his tricks
seriously lit? would doubtless have been
run to earth and done to death as a
wizard.
In the middle of the seventeenth
century, in the earliest years of the
restoration, a number of tricks were
published in one of those facetious
books which seem to have occupied
the press to a great extent at this time,
but which owing to their popularity
have for the most part perished. The
chief recommendation of the greater
number of these tricks Is that no ap
paratus beyond the utensils of every
day life is necessary; also It Is sug
gested to the performer that he can
make some small profit out of his en
tertainment by prevailing on his audi
ence to bet with him on the result of
the trick.
"To set a horse's or an asse's head
upon a man's head and shoulders"
seems Impossible out of the land of
Faery, but we are informed that by
boiling the head cut off a living
animal "the flesh boyl'd may runne
into oyle," and then by mingling the
hair beaten into powder with this
oil and anointing the heads of the
standers-by "they shall seem to have
horses' or asses' heads"—a costly ex
periment and fearsome if successful.
But, besides this, one can "make peo
ple seem heatllesse." anil this without
bloodshed and by the following simple
recipe: "Break nrsenlek very line and
boyle it with sulphur in a cover'd pot
and kindle it with a new candle, and
the standers-by will seem to be liead
lesse." Doubtless a strong imagina
tion is necessary for success.
Some of the tricks are such as would
nowadays cause the performer to be
disliked, to put it mildly. For Instance,
"have <1 nut filled with Ink and give
this unto another and bid him crack It
and see what he can find in that,"
which being done "will cause much
laughter."
"To keep a Tapster from frothing his
pots" must have been an amusement
j to the wags of the period, and for this
"provide In readinesse the skin of a red
Ilering. and when the Tapster Is ab
sent do but rub a little 011 the Inside
of his pots, and he will not be able to
froth them, do what he can. In a
good while after."
"To counterfeit n diamond with a
• white sflphlr" Is a ®ost useful accom
plishment, but the fraud Is likely In
these days to be discovered and Is
more ft chemical experiment than a
trick.
Several tricks are recommended
which have animals as their subject
and are for the most part brutal to
our modern ideas. Perhaps the least
objectionable is "to seem to kill a
Horse and cure him again," which
may be thus accomplished:
"Take the seed of henbane and give
It the Horse in his Provender, and it
will cast him Into such a deep sleep
that he will »eem dead. If you will
recover him again, rub his Nostrils
with Vinegar, and he will seem to be
revived." The "seem to be revived"
sounds rather ominous, and It is to be
noted that the correct quantity of hen
bane is not mentioned, so that it might
be best to make this experiment on
some one else's horse.
"To make a shoal of Goslings draw
a Timber logge" sounds Interesting,
but unfortunately the directions are
vague. "To make a shoal of Goslings
or a Gaggle of Geese to seem to draw
a Timber logge is done by the verie
means that is us'd when a Cat draws
a fool through a Pond, but handled
somewhat further off from the Be
holders." —London Standard.
"•Hi*
The father of the bicycle tribe, the
"dandy horse," was Invented in 1818
by Baron von Dralse of Paris. It con
sisted of two wheels about thirty Inch
es in diameter running one in the wake
of the other and connected by a beam
of wood, upon which, half way from
each end, was a saddle or perch, an
arm rest in front completing the ma
chine. It was propelled by kicking the
ground with the right and left foot al
ternately. It was from such a crude
affair that the modern blcycie was
Blowly evolved.
Taking No Chances.
The court appointed a young lawyer
to defend a Georgia darky, but after
the prisoner had looked the lawyer
over he said:
"No, Mister Jedge, I reckon not. Do
las' time I got In de penitentiary I had
a man dat look des lak him to defend
me, so des leave him out de case en
gimme ten years!"— Atlanta Constitu
tion.
UNTIMELY MESSAGES.
A Bit of Business Enterprise That
Was Not Appreciated.
A story of the dellghtHilly effective
turning of the human worm conies
from the Chicago Record-Ilerald. For
several weeks ltaymond had been tha
only tenant of his house. Mrs. Ray
mond and the children were waiting
In the south for the weather to settle.
Late one evening, when Raymond wan
In his bathtub, he heard somebody
ringing the front door bell.
lie decided not to pay any attention
to It. The person who was doing the
ringing would presently get the idea
that nobody waß at home and go
away.
But the ringing continued. Ray
mond went on scrubbing his back
with the long handled brush and rub
bing soap over himself and hoping
that the Individual who was ringing
the bell might be good enough to quit
before the battery was exhausted or
the wires were worn out. At last,
when he could stand it no longer, he
got out of the water, put on a bath
robe and went to the front window,
from which he was able to see who
was at the door.
He beheld a telegraph messenger
and at once began to feel queer in the
region of the heart. Something had
happened to his wife or one of the
children.
"Be down in a minute!" he called
to the boy, and he was as good as his
word. lie did not wait to put on any
more clothes. He even forgot that he
was barefooted.
When he had opened the door the
boy handed him what looked like a
telegram, but was, in fact, only a clev
er imitation of one. He tore open the
envelope and read this message:
Dear Sir—Have you examined our ten
dollar overcoats? If not, you should do
BO at once. They will Interest you.
DASHINGTON,
Clothier and Haberdasher
The boy. who wore a uniform like
that of a telegraph messenger, de
parted while Raymond was reading
the advertisement, and thus probably
saved himself from being personally
assaulted.
Raymond, was angry. He throw tho
piece of impel' on the floor and
stamped his hoe! on It; but, being
barefooted, ho hurt his heel more than
he did tho advertisement. This did
not Improve his temper.
His anger increased as the moments
passed. When he went to bed he
was in a fighting mood. He wonder
ed If it might not be possible to prose
cute a man who counterfeited tele
graph blanks for the purpose of de
ceiving people. He tossed about, nurs
ing his anger against Dashington and
vowing that he would go naked
through the streets rather than buy
so much as a necktie at the Dashing
ton store. Finally, at about 2 o'clock
In the morning, a happy thought
struck him.
lie hopped out of bed, went trt tlie
telephone, found Washington's house
number and called for it. Reasonably
soon somebody sleepily asked what
was wanted.
"Is this Mr. Dashiugton's resi
dence?"
"Yes."
"I should like to speak to him."
"He can't be disturbed at this time
of night. Call in tho morning."
"No; 1 must speak to him now."
"Won't you give me your message?"
"Xo; 1 must speak to him personal
ly."
"Rut do you realize what time it Is?"
"Yes, but I am very anxious to
speak to him at once. Please call him
to the telephone at once."
After a long time another sleepy
voice was heard.
"nello! Is this Washington?" asked
Raymond.
"Yes." a
"Well, I just wanted to tell you that
I got your telegram late this evening,
and I don't think I care to look at any
of those ten dollar overcoats. I
thought you'd be anxious to know
whether tho messenger succeeded in
finding iue, so I"~-
There weva jumbled chunks of lan
guage mixed with sounds indicating
that the instrument at the other end
was being subjected to harsh usage,
and thou silence. After this Raymond
went back to peaceful sleep and pleas
ant dreams. —Youth's Companion.
The Part He Lost.
A Now England man tells of a pros
perous Connecticut farmer painfully
exact In money matters who married
a widow of Greenwich possessing In her
own right the sum of SIO,OOO. Shortly
after the wedding a friend met the
fanner, to whom he offered congratu
lations, at the same time observing,
"It's a good thing for you, Malachi, a
marriage that means SIO,OOO to you."
"Not quite that, BUI," said the farm
er; "not quite that" "Why," exclaim
ed the friend, "I understood there was
every cent of SIO,OOO in it for you."
"I had to pay $2 for a marriage li
cense," said Malachi.
not uuaurieo.
"No, sub, Harris isn't reafly for de
kingdom yit," declared Uncle Peter.
"Hit don* gib yo' wings ter hab yo'
name on de flyleaf ob de Bible."—
Youth's Companion.
A Flellable
TIN SHOP
ror all kind of Tin Roofing,
Spoutlne and Cenoral
Job Work.
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges,
Furnaces, sto-
PRICES TUB LOWEST!
QIIILITY THE BEST!
JOHN IIIXSON
NO- 1U E. FBONT BT.