Montour American
f'IMNKC. \NUI I , I'roprJ-t»r.
Danville, l»«-. M. I •'lll.
THE LIGHT
IN THE TOWER.
It Brought t!io Mcartsorc Lovers
Together Again.
By AGNE3 G. BROCAN
tCoprrlßht. 1.1". I ' ■ rlmn Pr»»« Amt
l IHI lull )
The little* iinitcirlxi.il chugged i hwr
U) up ihe lake us tin' sir) who wii it*
«uly orruiMiit iliriH tnl its course Her
brissbng «,ve* gazed oneotisdotr ly
upon the water as II juitf<-«l mill ■ losed
before licr Then prwwilljr ulif turned
with u stnrt of surprise to lliul tliu
the shore had been Iff! so far In I In*
distance Mlif liml wished t<> lie alone,
with uo f.-nr of Interrupt lon shine to
think things over, to live npnln in
dumim .'jr the day* thst had preceded
her broken engagement, to auk herself
for the hundredth time If she had not
«! fairly nnd Justly In sending Paul
away
It had all happened n year nso.
tout tho rippling lake, even the cottages
bnddh-d along the sandy beach,
brought bark no vividly the many hap
py hours they had spent together. She
hesitated now with her hand upon the
wheel
A nervouH fear possessed her nt
Uie thought of returning alone across
this vast expanse of waters, nnd then,
"*OU*Lt, NKVBK UK AI.ONK LOSII AOAIN."
as she raised her eyes, glistening white
against the blue sky, like a grent berk
enlng finger, shone the lighthouse.
The girl leaned forward eagerly.
Mho remembered when Paul and she
had climbed to the top of the tower and
had Btood there long in the silence.
The old lighthouse keeper had made
much of them. He had gathered great
hunches of wild flowers for her, and
his eyes had twinkled merrily as he
wished them "happiness and a fair
voyage" when they departed. lie came
to meet her now as the nose of her
lioat ground into the sand and reached
out a helping hand to draw it nearer.
She sprang out lightly and stood suiil
ing up into his rugged face.
"You don't remember me. <>f cour \"
she said, ' but 1 visited your ishitiil
last summer and would like tu do • ,•
again."
"You are very welcome," he •i• t
gallantly. "And there tire some 112 "
•ne never forgets."
An old lad; sat knitting upon the
rough wooden platform before the
lighthouse door. She arose and put
forth her hand In greeting.
•This is my wife." the keeper e«
plained. "She comes up from the v::
luge to visit me sometimes, aud my
Imy calls to take her home In the «•• <.■!
of the evening. She'll be real glad i i
make you a cup o' tea. but sin- can't
he very suciable oa account «>' being
deal." And the old lady resumed hit'
knitting.
The little emerald isle was fragtanl
with blossoms, the water lapped its
shores soothingly, aud the girl bread,
ed a sigh ui' contentment. The lii.hi
house keeper slow ly lighted his p ,i.-,
regarding her the while.
"Well," he naked at length. ",m u
came alone this time. Where is
Paul'?"
"Paul!" she sail! sharply, "What <!.•
you know <>[ hiiu'?"
"Not much now." the old ma ire
sponded, "for lie left these par *. n.
time ago, lint I knew him cousideraele
well when lie was a lad back (here in
the village. A gum I lad he was, too,
burring his foolish notion o' being a
great artist. Many a time lie used to
uonie rowing up here to sketch mo •-r
Ibe light or some crumbling old thi*';.
•hat ho called 'picturesque,' and lie
would be talking about going abroad
to study when he could raise liie
money."
"Yes," the gir! said quickly, with
strange bitterness in her sweet voice
"that was the trouble—he needed
money."
The old niau looked at her gravely
"Just what do you mean by that':"
he asked.
Since the day she had put Paul out
of her life forever the subject had
been forbidden even her dear -
friend. \'o one dared mention his
name in her presence. Yet now she
decided suddenly to unburden her
heart to the man whose stern gat'.o
was fixed upon her, and the deeisi
«.r right or wrong upon her part shoitli
lie left to his judgment.
"When I went to spend last sumuier
«>ver there upon the lake shore." s!-..»
*alil, "it was well known that I had
been left a large fortune through i!i>
■death of my parents, and. though nn
aunt did her liest to warn mo against
fortune hunters, her teachings were
all forgotten the momeut I met Paul,
lie had filed up a temporary little
studio down there upon the sand, and
I was greatly interested in his work
and in the future which he described
in such glowing terms, and—well, at
la.-it we became eniruimd H<> im»i ri..
ier»tnirt« n>iet lo I event tits hive for
tu", lm my motif) I.HOti.il up n Rfnl
■ I i n h* In hl« | i ide. lint the qinstMl
hull Suemwl to H«k ttMMf ss We wsllnd
ttl • i iwn tiioonllwlil I'tftiltlft, and
Mftrt Hi I we DM Veij hupp) until I
I null |l|e Inilll It tilts totil to sunt
l<y s mutual [tl. ml. I 'mil hail Iteen lit
I oe nil Ins life with |l*Df Utile Be< H
Itollefts, then tew her of the illlng
si In* I.
And When she hml rtiseoi erisl
Iny fondtn« for him she tigroid to
•. ■ rill- e her life's Imppltivs thai
through my wenlt h lie might real,
his one great Htiibitloit. Tltey w
sii 11- now ii to meet oi'i flsloiinlly, t
friend hud snlil, nnd the gill's eyes
would be wet ns they parted St 111
pier.
I wns Indignant when I first hei
thi 1 story and tried to believe tin
faith in Paul tlnch*Hired, then he i
gan to send regretful little notes b
gtng off from various pleasure trio
which He hml pin iiin-st, pleading n- i. <
excuse the urgent need of working
steadily u|mil n portrait whk h mu-t
be finished st the given lime As I
was returning nlone from the pier on >
day I met (lie girl who had lieen |ioitit
iil out to me ns Bessie Huberts SI.
came from the direction of Paul's >;u
' dio, nnd. following nn Impulse, 1 re
traced my steps nnd entered the sutltn
little room.
1 It was entirely empty, but upo;
an easel stood n covered picture, ar
a* I raised the drapery Bessie Itoberts
pretty face, pictured with unasu
beauty, confronted me. Iran blind!.'
i up the winds to our hotel and wrote i
note to Paul telling him that I w ,
conv laced he desired only my nione>
and refusing to see or hear from him
again." The girl's voice fullered
! "If he had not deceived me," she > nid
| haltingly, "I might have found a way
I to help them Isith."
The old keeper aroused himself whii
; a start. His pipe had goue out He
I spoke huskily.
j "I knew Bessie Koberts as 1 did
| Paul," he said. "They have always
been friends—no more. And now sli ■
is married to a rich broker fellow who
came to the point about the time you
did last year. They have a big sum
I mer home over there, and Paul's por
| trait of Ilessle hangs in the hall The
i broker fellow pnid him well for paint
) Ing It, they say, and I fancy it was
one of Bessie's ways of helping her
| old friend en."
I The girl sat speechless. Her face
j hml grown very white,
j "Don't you fret, child," the old man
| said compassionately. "Ile'll coiuc
back, for I've found that love is like a
j light shining over stormy waters I!
| generally leads us back to port, nnd
j bless me," he exclaimed. "I've got »n
I erraud to do over at the other islnn 1
jlt will only take a jiff.v. See that
I black cloud yonder? That means a
| breeze and a shower—be all over pre:
' ty soon, but promise me you won't
] stnrt out to navigate till I get back."
! He was already running down the
| path to his boat.
j "Promise!" he called back, and the
j girl nodded a smiling assent.
I The old lady hnd fallen asleep over
i her knitting, so she stood uncertain
I for a moment in the great stone door
way, then, entering, ascended the iron
I steps, which resounded beneath her
j trend as she followed the winding \\ n
up and up, coming out at last upou ;
little balcony with the lake and hit'
stretching far below. The breezeca;u
up quickly, tearing ut her skills ,ir<
j tossing the liuir about her eyes as
j groped confusiitly for the handle
I the little iron door, but even as
i reached to v-rasp It the door blew sir
| there was a metallic click, and s.
knew that in closing the door h..t
I locked Itself,
| Then in vain she pressed her weigh.
| against it as the raindrops fell c.u . .
i her face; then, leaning dizzily ...
; she tried to make her voice r. 'i
j the deaf ears below. The keeper'
I wife would think she had gone aw •
I with him. she reflected despairing!;.
I She sank down on the narrow p'.
j form and looked at her watch
I o'clock. In an hour or two at the ne ■
| he would return to light the lamp
if she could only tight off this strj .
i giddiness till then. Resolutely
buried lier face in her arms, feari:.
I to look down Hours afterward •
i could it have been moments?
j heard steps bounding up tho stairs. ;
I doorway thrown open, and she uuc. \
; ercd her eyes to look up into Paul's
own eager ones.
| "Oh," she cried breathlessly, "I have
| been alone so long!"
He drew the wet little figure quie!;l
! into shelter.
I "You'll never be alone long again if
j 1 can help it,"he said fervently.
And just then the blue cap of the
: lighthouse keeper appeared at the to;
of the stairs, nnd from beneath h
nritn his eyes were twinkling.
"Where did you find him," the girl
asked joyously, to bring him back to
' me?"
"My liy'ut searches out all the hlddei
places," lie an iwered. with a -:i! .! •• '
Chuckle.
Aud. as th«y eum» out bund in leu
through the stone doorway and m •••.
looking far over the darkening Ink
suddenly across its broad surface th-ae
flashed a rippling path of golden light
s light that led the mariner who lee
been far from home on the truckle
I deep back into a hm en of rest and
112 ten to those for whom he has strivi n
j at sea.
"Paul," the girl repented softh "le\ e
j Is like a light shining over stormy
I ti r* it leads us back to nort."
I
Similarity.
'What a noisy thing that bass drum
| is!" remarked ihe clarinet disgustedly.
"Yes," replied the trombone; "just
| like a human being, isn't it?"
i "I.ike n human being?"
"Yes; it's the oue with the big head
that makes the most noise."—London
Telegraph
Shaking Hands.
Few people know how to shake
hands well The general run of folk
either gin- a limp i aw and allow it to
lie shaken or else grasp yours iu theirs
and nearly dislocate it with their vio
lence.—Loudon World.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
l'tom. a luxuriant
N«*vcp Fails to Bcatore CI ray
II air to ltn Youthful Colot.
« RE-ENACTED
TRAGEDY.
Story of a Mysterious Happening
to an Automohiicr.
Ut r A MItCHEL.
|Cn|<iilKhl, IMA. In \ni"i(fan |-i. *
. MM I
Thai your the first snow tortti enme
early, nnd It wns nn Infant bllwrd
II inuclil toe In m.v nutomoMlc mnk
' ln| n trip nonr Kdliibiiruh I hnd folic
w Itll 1111% It Is I rue, bill lint the Slip
ply I usually i-hitled for winter wenth
er. The snow fell liuhtly nt first, grow
Ing tlili ker nnd llnnlly coining with
blinding fori*, the wind rising nnd
hi'iiplne It In drifts
If «ns these drifts thnt bulked me
I plowed through them nl first, lull ns
they grew deeper I found this nut hod
of celling on more dlfili till, nnd nn
fortunately there was no other
The snow was gi ttlng dee|>et. the
rold more Intense, and I wns beeotu
ing drowsy when 1 saw n light Kicker
Ing to my left a short distance nliend
ltelng nt the foot of a rise, ihe iiseent
of whl' h Involved n cut nnd a drift,
1 left my machine liesldc the rond that
it might not be In the way of pass
Ing vehicles nnd walked townnl Ihe
light tiradanlly n big brick house
loomed up before me, nnd ns 1 ad
v a need lights appeared nt every win
ilow of a Inrge and Imposing structure
By the time 1 reai-lusl the front ilisir
ihe place was brilliantly illuminated.
I rupiied with the brass knocker, the
door wns Immediately thrown open by
; a butler, and I found myself in a
house where a social function was in
progress.
"I nm a belated traveler caught In
the storm. Will you kindly ask your
master if he will give me shelter for
the night'"
While I was speaking a gentleman
advanced, heard my story und invited
Ime In. A masquerade ball was In
progress. There were people dressed
as ancient llomans, lireeks aud Asiat-
I ies. Pirates, priests, kings and harle
quins mingled Indiscriminately. The
gentleman who received me was the
| host nlid was dressed to represent
a judge with wig and gown, lie in
sisted on my taking part in the festiv
ities, und since 1 was young and de
voted to pleasure I consented, though
I nt first demurred on the ground that
I was not in costume.
I entered the main room, where dam
1 ing was going on, feeling out of place
1 in ordinary clothes among so ninny
KNI.L.T lIKPOUK TIIK UUh K
striking eostumcs. My i inhurrassmeu',
was by no means disturbed by the in
tention 1 attracted for the plaiuuess
of my costume, tine would suppose by
the way these people stared at hie that
my ordinary sack coat, vest and iron
sers were more curious than those
worn by themselves It seemed to uic
that true politeness would have ieil
them to pass tuy deficiency without
uotice just as a person of feeling will
refrain from siarini: st any physiml
defect sui-h as a birthmark
1 soou found myself dan itig with
the rest, choosiug my partners at t«<e
Uom, for, though i was acquainted
with none of the Indies, they were all
gracious to no one of theui. dressed
as Mary, queen of Scots, seemed uot
averse to having me for a partner, and
as she wa • a very beautiful woman 1
was not averse to duueiug with her
The coi ,pany had revived old fash
ioned <! luces, atnoug others ihe uiiu
net. I was Icadiug Queen Mary to a
position fur this dance when she stop
peil short and turned pale, following
the direction of her eyes. I saw _a
woman dressed as Queen l'li. r .abetU
glancing st her.
"Upon uiy word." I said lo my part
lier, "you people are carrying out your
characters to perfect ion That old
.Iczobel is looking at you with all the
malice there was iu the virgiu queen,
and you are trembling as if you were
aware of her purjiose to murder you."
"Take me away." she moaned
Wonderlug at this show of feeling
It did not seem to be assumed I took
tite lady to a place where a set was
forming for the minuet and there was
s place vacant We occupied it. Tin
i music started up. ami we began tu
dance. What surprisisi me was that i
who had no knowledge of the dance
wns able lo cct through the figures
without making any serious mistakes
We bad just finished when my pari
ner gave a shriek and fell swooning In
! my arms I saw the guests looklnc
; from tier to some .me else mid. glanr
ing in that dins-tion for an cxphinn
Hon, saw a figure In i tlttiif
Mack costume, masked, bearing an ai
CHICHESTER SPILLS
DIAMOND BRAND
°
LADIES t r
f,'. 1 ; for cni-cttßs ter-s a
I bIAMOM) IIKAND PIU.S in K i. ,njA\
Colli mrtal.ie t. jn, cralcd villi I.ji(O)
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I»ror»l«l Ba.l •■L. 112,., <II I.CIIKS. I'IU s V
m \ \IO>il» III: VMi I'll Is, f..r In. HI- '
yv.-irs npitiltil ns line., Suf- t. Ahravn R ( -ti C
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
• TRXKD EVERYWHERE
fin hi* MMMNH*, 1»« «lt«»p|w*rlti»
tNmnth * do«t mm Hiintlu-t twin |
"11il« hi ens. Ilt»« < hnr»< Mrs •WH *
vr<B(i»niiri%" I wild tn myself 'N> •
nnty does Mary trvmhlo nl I hi' slrhi if
l llMlit'ili lull Hhn fntnl* HI lhi> slclil nf
HIP plii <lhimt" I *»» utilised In
•'HIT> Itrf In H Mttnev, where I phuoii
Iter, fnnninii lift until ah* nnw l»ml
In c«n« i<iu«iti>«c I H it* surprised *♦*"' i
hnm» nf ihi' Indies mnip fnrwnrd I"
n»«M hi»r booking Hlmiit for nntw» < (
them, I "nw litem nil dancing attend I
otiiii on llh> nlil painted hag, with hi t 1
Ntmiimns milted nllar and l**ll*>'ht ''
with (MTH HIM east a glani O<•
Hlnnalty tow ird till' and nty ettltfl.o j
nin! n mure tiinllnisnt »mw| I ne\ot
riiwrnl I'fl the fm •' i>f tiny hitman t< ■
Ine II "ii'iihil Intended in win the
fawning li|mil her that the sllghto- 1
sympathy with Ihn HfnttWh «|itoeti |
w nnld ln> * Wiled wtth n frit lit fm re
vonpe
Mary ii|if"ii i| her pyw and, *eolni-
HW tonkins down lit lirf with Inton-"-
Hi>lll Itnde, gn\o inn H responsive glance
thnt went straight In my heart 1
could tint lull contrast In>r beauty she
was Ihn Wry Image nf the portraits I j
hnil wen of hrr prototype with Hint
nf ihn thin fneed, aklnny, wrinkled nhl 1
Woman Willi WIIH personating Kllxn
Itcth Whrn Mnry Itntl sutlh letitlj ri'
nivi rod tn spenk dim bogged nin to go
for wine, thnt she might l>n strength
onod hy It I lolit lier thnt I would tin j
HO If HIIO would promise that my place ■
her » houtd lint bo tilled wltli
nuothiT cavalier
"No fear of thnt," she replied gloom j
tly. "No mvallcr could tm devoted ti
me and live."
I wont to thn supper room and re 1
turned with a cup of wine What wa«'
my astonishment to tlnd every thin;:
changed Marv, whom I had loft a few
minutes before on n unfa, was belli:' j
tried for treason, having aspired to ;
the crown of her cousin. Queen Eliza
heth. That the trial was a moot out j
I did not doubt. It was eertnlnlv a '
mockery, for nothing was proved I
Nevertheless the Judge the host pr"
nouncod a sentence of death against
the accused Then the court broke up j
and the spectators scattered.
"If this were uot so grow-some," 1
said to one of the guests, 'if the ac
tors were not so Intense In their parts. I
the enactment of a historical occur j
reuce at a masquerade would lie a I
capital Idea I shall suggest it fur the
nest masquerade ball to which I am
invited "
| The man to whom 1 made the re
mark looked at me as if he did no, >
quite understand my meaning, then I
walked away.
I strollisl into another room.
group occupied it, consisting of Qucc
Elizabeth and courtiers. The i|Uocii s:;:
at a table, before her a parchmei.:
nnIUK the document. she signed i
and handed It to one of the men pre- 1
cut. and lie carried it out of the room ;
These scenes were becoming so rc.i
Istio as to lie imsitlvely painful I a
most wished uiyself back in my auto
mobile, facing the driving storm. Hut,
the worst was yet I" come We wen
nil dancing a wild ligure when sud
denly the stroke of a bell brought c\
ery one to a standstill, it was fol
low ed by others. Then from out one o;
the rear rooms came a little proc s
siou, at the head of which walked.
Mary For the drst time glauelng t"
ward the other end of the room, 1 - .
a block similar to the one shown •
day in the Tower of London on w!i
state prisoners were beheadisl. and i
shuddered at the exis'Utloner sti'iu'i
Iwslde It, leaning on the handle nf !ii
ax.
"For heaven's sake," I groan<s'
; "they're not going to enact tli.i
friglilful scene, I hope! This is ,:l .
gether ton realistic. If 1 recomiui"
any such representation for a inusips
ado I'll choose a more pleasing one."
As I glanced about me anil saw s.
ousness depicted on every face, soi'i.
Queen Mary's attendants weeping, t
queen herself pale as death, Mary ;
valued to the block aud divested I .
self of whatever of her clothing wo
Interfere with the death stroke. Ti.
she tur:i<>d her eyes full ujmn in.' w t'
one lus; besiHsdiing look I st.i:
forwanl to put a stop to t!r.<
iuipersouatlou. but was selKcd by i
men standing behind me and held iu •
( firm grip. Mary, seeing my luteuti •
und Its thwarting, gave me a IHSI !
of mingled gratitude and despair. Ti
she kuelt before the block, the ev
tiouer swung the ax aloft, it desi ivi '
<hl. and amid a spurting of blood t'l
head of the victim rolled to the floor
I fainted When I came to •.
! senses several pisiple in ordinary ens
tuine were standing about uu\ look
very anxious. 1 was In the renn
( where I had seen the tragedy euin •
i but not one of the inasquemders » i
there l was lying on the couch t i
which I had pluciil Que«>n Mary,
view of the sjKit where 1 had seen It
' executed. 1 lookiil for the block, f> t
blood stains on the floor They h.n.
vanished
'! "Where the deuee am I•" I <'X. I;ii!•
11 ed.
"I.uckily not frozen." was the repl*
They told me that I had been foum!
: asltvp in my automobile, had been i
rlcd to the house iu which I was . > •
with tho dUßottHf.
Mow. I am uot goi tg to suggest thnt
• there was anything remarkable it
•j one's seeing the sights I did when im
■ consiious. Nevertheless there is .; . :
rlous coincidence enutni'teii with t'l
matter I learned that the house i
which I was carried and where I wit
| nessed the tragisly was several Inn
dred years old and had once bee" o ■
! rupied by Mary, queen of Scots i'r
■I dltion gives more than this It saj*
>! that Marj anil F.lizabeth mice in--
there at a tiall Hut of this there i
no hlstnrh-al record At the same thai
Elizabeth might have been In Scot
land Incognito and been entertained at
i this very house.
In Portions.
i llost uit village inu. euteriug bod
. room at 3 a. tn., to occupant of the
bed)— Heg pardon, sir. but two more
tourists have arrived Have you slept
j enough?
Vague Information.
"What did the fellow do who stol®
the drum from the band when he saw
the leader coming with a policeman?"
"He beat It."—Baltimore American.
Cheerfuiuess Is an ofTshoot of good
i ness and wisdom. Mo\e«
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COST OF WAR
GURINB PtilCt
I'll! mil the ft si year Milled Jlttn
I»| t»IO, Ihn I *i»-adtlnri» of the Unit
I ill llllltlH tIMIIIIII nil HI • i tlllt nf Ibe
' 11111 l slid liHll SMli-nlltiil to 112 H I' 7
I i Hit Willi pi-|i * tnliw mill! d, w! 'lt II II
I" i-eunidi'd »» i *|>i -till itli 11 * (tiowiln
i ont tif |m«t WJIIH, thn ttiilitnri btnlgel
I id tin* )»•» elnl slid etvillaed nsttim
i-Hine to #4lH|:| K,J in the |-ii»t >eat
Knr nil I-1% 11 purpote* tl.e tn ntuiy ) ;»ni
nut MI.M I '.' , ill a pinpiuti' Iml
linnlH mil inlll lJ*l V I-kp) lidltliri s win
! si*tv seii-n pi-r cent and out civil i \
l» inllturi H tlility tl ri i- js r cut i i
1 the tntnl The pnhlio debt* nf thn lis
ilnim are PHtn-ntlally wst debts; and in
veiv few im-tances b»\e tlicit' ill lit
etnr been |mid The war cx|rn»fH of
the clvd'aed wotlil from I?>•:< to lii'ti
j were over twenty-tliren billimie; the j
pnhlio debts of the Kurnpcan states
exceed tWelltv-HiX billions. The pre
M lit Oongress will consider the ap| ro
priatiou of millions for fort i fii-itt i<HI -
for tho I'anama canal Following the
established policy in the matter of an
1 unal naval oonHtructlon, Secretary I
Myor recommends tho •ntlmriiatinn of i
two battleships, two colliers, one gun
boat, one river gunboat,two sea-going
tugs, four submarines and oue sub
t marine tender.
SALE REGISTER.
; HATnthAY I»I10 N.rs John .1 KIIU '
•in- mill* norlli «»l c » nly. Amliony town
■»nln- »*t 10 H. in . will M»II I-1 vt- look. Kan
Ma«'hlvi«-ry Hud llou««*hol(l Uimmlh. hrt»pp*n
t iM'ki atuCtlOft'vr
s\ll KIM Y, M irrh IK h V Wolllv* r
«iovtl Kurin <! lullc.t vi'nl of \Va« hltmtoi. vlt l«
i it 10 m wl VHIUHI) t> f-ipni ni ohlni r;
iiui hoii»t'liuUl KHrnid. Dn hi \
j .uoilont-eih
Till M«rch 2—i IIMIU'H ?»i«rHn».
Wist (icin tH*k Twp . iifiir >wt n «la, ut 9
; .1 . wil si ll i•« tm n « own, Imph im-nts hi t
■ oUHfhoUl UooiU • um'l auotl<»n«-nr.
' Manila—Aaron Dietrich, on A
! 1. Iteilileiii, tariii. In-t WI-I li >i inw ln-rry Ittdv
i il K cltaiiii . tit 10 *n .will sill Horse
; ■ utile oKs, KurmiiiK I - ploments. eti
•lelil ,V Kreppenneck, iiU'-tlonet-rs.
rlii It-siDAV. March 9-Calvln W Itet
1 will si-I nit premise* neur t!itllliiriilft Ortiuji
tall, til 1, NieMiini' Tuwnsli p, Ht 10 - 'flu
iiorses. ' attte. It' KS, •' ull r> . I iirut linidi
j cuts. Household OIMSIK, m-iir'y 1.1-W ;I h.i
i tiisiilliie Engine ami s inch < hopping Mil
j ■ it-. Krepi-euiieck & lebi auctlnnis rs.
March 10—llnuiiril Vegnelr.. I.in
i .-rty tnwtislep.it miles south west of Wusb
ifiittoiivtlie, iiear link Ornve.at 10a in., »t
I -..-II Horses, tattle and Farm M«chiuer>
i Huclloueer.
WKONKSHAY. March. 1% Kri.ttk 11. >i-or
en liean Kami near le-htiuilnnv Hie. at 10 a
in. wi 1 si b Itorsi-s. Cattle, Hogs anil Karlti
-1 IDK Mmiilut ry. Kreppenneck .V Inehl, auc-
I tioueers.
TI'KSHAV, March 21—James W. I.owili-.
strawts-rty ttldge. at 'J a. nt. will sell Horses,
i attle. Farming Machtnery and Household
UIHHIS. Dlehl auctioneer.
TfE-liA V. March J*-K. H. Myerley. K. K.
ti. No i. Krusty valley Road, i mil* from
sitraub's church, will sell Horse,. Cattle.
Farming implements anil Household Goods.
Site Couldn't Fool Him.
"You have a splendid figure," said
tho tal'or. "1 shall have no trouble In
giving you an excellent fit."
Feeling fairly well satisfied, the man
1 v -ut to a shoe store
"Your feet -re splendidly shaped and
rather small i".' a man of your size,
too." mi id the i loti. -These shoes are
Jut what >ou ought to have."
lie took thein and bought a hat at
the hatter's, where he vas told that he
had such a finely shaped head and
sut h splendid features that the hat
which he trtod on first was just what
lie needed to make him look his best
Then he passed Into a large ;'.«-part
ment store and. finding the glove coun
ter. sat down whore a pretty young
woman was waiting to serve him.
"Just place your elbow on the coun
ter. please." she s;;i 1 "What a finely
shaped hand you have; Lot me"—
"Wait!" h* commanded. "Hy tSeorge.
i you can't tun that over on mo! I used
to lie the catcher on a baseball team"
RnfTiili News
Could Not D»ny It.
"I will ask joti." said the lawver.
who was trying to throw doubts on the
testimony of a witness, "if you have
; ever been indicted for any offense
against the law?"
"I never huve. sir."
"Ilave you ever been arrested on a
j charge of any kind?"
"Never."
"Well, have you over been suspected
i of committing a crime?"
, "I'd rather not answer that ques
! tlon."
"ITa! Y'on would rather not. I
I thought so. I insist upon your answer
ing it. Ilave you ever been suspected
■! of crime?"
•| "Yes, sir; often. Every time I come
home from a trip abroad tho customs
inspectors at New Y'ork city suspect
me of being a smuggler."—Chicago
• Tribune.
Hate All Around.
■ i The famous English chief justice
i Holt and his wife hated each other to
j Ihe limit, aud when she fell danger
. ously 111 he was so delighted that he
' became disgracefully tipsy. Hut his
! wife was equal to the emergency and
1 sent for the great I»r. Badcliffe, who
. hated Holt, and therefore out of spite
i when the case was presented to hint
> came with groat promptness and sav
ed her life.—Westminster Gazette.
His Impression.
I Mrs Knlckcr—Now. will you remem
ber everything. John? Knlcker—Yep.
I'm to turn the fiowers out at nigh',
and sprinkle the cut. —Harper's Ha
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i lit i It* Tim market I* Iwl'i r ii
>tl I I I nil' Mt matloii lA* fin-•
#i»ii « iMif 'it O'Hll HI Mil- | HH
I' i" >1 In wuli 112, hi, IHi ulai kill i I
<iiin t imnii' mi it.f inllliiHitw will | .'l
mil el liul Mii|nn« lit* nf riml, HI r.ni
I | HI Ili 111 I III' llllfHlflll'it 111 t Mil
• l'init*-i« in tlii- tnl V\i'*l rim lie HI rt
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tin i i|ia>it\ of tlit* I'HI -ll|'| l). 'I i >
nil lilt tlioti infill lliMlUKllOUl .Nit-.
I lit/lnli l liiih lii't'll ) -11 <lll it 111-111> I fur III
»• HMIII, idiowtiitf Hint RI-IHIL ili-nl. i'
writ- not iivi-rxttM-ki-il, and that >i« MWIII
Hl> T lit* RNU *« HI|IT I V it demand In wan '
tin ft-11 , tlipy WITH fnrcwl to n-i- j
Ll' IIIKII their itlockn, nml thry h.tvi
ooiiAt-i|npiitly In-ill most uiMHit ni ti'Hiii,
I proui|it deliveries, At tidewater, l-u •
iii*i*it has been vi-ry active, and tip to;
I 11 us weak imiMt nf tho companies wt ie|
I way lit-liiuil in filling orders, Thlsl
! wick fluds tin' New York harbor pinlf!
Willi a belter supply of prepared si/e».
Mutaken Modesty.
Tbi> lesson nml significance of nn
«*x l>erlcnco lncor|Mirat«Hl by Mr Mitti
; rlit* Ihirlni: In bin In ink. "Itusslan 12s- j
! liny ft itntl Stories," are undoubtedly tho
! mistake of uuderrntlnK tine's wares.
I One is likely to be taken at one's j
j word Once when Mr. liurlng was !
| competing In u civil service examina
tion mid appeared as a candidate In j
the German viva voce the German ex- I
ainiiicr asked him if he could speak 1
German.
"Yen. a little," he answered modeat- !
K
"Oh." said the examiner, "I will
then wish you pood morning. I will
no dnubt have the pleasure of seeing
you aKain the next time there la an
examination."
The next time there was an exami
nation Mr. Ha ring presented himself
; again. The German examiner, who j
happened to be a different man, asked J
Mr. llariug If he could speak German. |
He replied:
"Yes, 1 speak it as well as Bismarck I
! spoke It.and my written style com
bines tho solidity of Leaning's, the
limpidity of Goethe's nnd the lightness
of touch of Heine's, as you have no >
doubt observed from my written pa- I
; INTS."
"Then 1 need not trouble you any i
i further," said the examiner.
That time Mr. Baring got full marks, j
I A Camel's Stomach.
The stomach of a camel Is divided
,' into four compartments, and the walls
of one of these are lined with largo j
i cells, every one of which can be opened ,
nnd closed at will by means of power- j
fill muscles. When a camel drinks It
' drinks a very great deal. Indeed, It
1 goes drinking on for such a very long
time that really you would think that
1 it never meant to leave off. But the
fact is that it is not only satisfying
1 its thirst, but is filling up Its cistern
• ;is well. One after another the cells
1 in its stomach nre tilled with the water,
and as soon as each is quite full It Is
1 tightly closed Then when the animal
0 becomes thirsty a few hours later all
1 that it has to do is to open one of
t the cells and allow the water to flow
t out Next day it opens one or two
more cells, and so It goes on day after
-, day until the whole supply Is ex
- haunted. In this curious way a camel
; can live five or even six days without
drinking at all and so is able to travel
• quite easily through the desert, where
i> the wells are often hundreds of miles
apart.
Red Tape and Matrimony.
Some of the reasons why a French
man may not marry are given by a
correspondent of a Paris newspaper,
lie has been trying to get married for
three years and lias not yet succeeded.
'• French marviage law is a tricky thing
'* to deal with, if the prospective bride
** groom has not lived more than six
" 1110:11lis at his address a? the time of
the marriage lit* must get a certificate
; rigned by the landlord and couelergo
" cf every house where he has lived pre
viously till he gets back to one where
lie did live for six months. Birth cer
il ; tiflcates are required and tho written
j consent of parents.
< ! As no paper must bear a date more
than two months old, It often happens
I that the marriage must bo postponed
• jto get the papers renewed. The man
il | who hnd been foiled for three years
once succeeded In making all his pa
o! pers correct, when he was called up
s j for Ills periodical term of military
t j service, and this threw his papers out
0 1 of date.
Another time he arrived before tho
mayor with his bride, but the cere
mony was not performed, as a certlf
e i lcate of his first wife's death was not
n I forthcoming.
A Philosopher.
s i Little Willie Say, pa. what is a
1 ! philosopher? Pa—A philosopher, my
~ | son, is a man who can pretend to have
j a light heart when he has a light
j pocketbook.—Exchange.
The Supply.
Knk'ker—All the fools aren't dead
; yet. Boeker— Another trouble is that
, they aren't all born yet.
Million* In Ostrich Feathers.
• | Ostrich feathers to the value of
1 (WO,OOO have been exported from the
; Capo of Good Hope In 0110 yoi\r.
PRIMITIVE PHYSIC.
Jnhn W««l *y at • Phyiltlan and
»t Hit NtmtdiM
Ill« ii if it ner-tlly known that .Inhn
We ley In "lie «112 hit brief Interval# nt
h-lnltlv imiiiMiut a soil nt iwdleal
*it i II 11 t'.ii I i i inappropriately
"t ill it* I h i|t-." It wm drat pub
Itrhi il In li't. a lii i in Info at ('"aal
iwinii i nr ii',- -a- i'in- author was
l 111 «t| |r, il I lute nn« I swift
•ml I I r I til mil f-r It In the
lit I . > , „ io a.hi Hi#
v r I i it r M -t'le* lb*
iit ini- j| Ii I it iiieiutwhlla
fi nml tp| i in, if i* iia After
flic i . I-fill ir!-il 'I nntwlth
slant tin* t.b, ii -. ; tilt* learned
her* f' r <ii • ■ lie "togo
II * • i ■ I I ' -n- I In* rold
Hi." Int t , . iw to time lha
1' i 111 ill at*optciy
t. • i• i ■ il Hi i* i-ti t'i ik i.niy wa
ti r If i -i i\ -1 us nnd a fit
*»h I • i •l r i I.ave only ta
'tut a I i 'ful * 112 -ill «"li n pint of
ii-lil t. il if '< .ks.lilc pour It
I dov.'.i it n| -ic nt " T»
'■lire I, '"II 'ike a i :.it «*f cold wa
ter i'ii. ii "iiitiT, v,lulling the head
1 (arret* . dlattly ii'tir" Wealef
| i ic. iv i-~i , 112 ctirint? old age -
"tak • . i > .1 r i.i rn.iig ;'iid evening"
j t-r n i', i -I'- nof tieii:**s" ..r "lie elec
trlfli ti "or "chew cinnamon dally
i' your «a'lvn " Tho twa
■ *-(v*t pan ' ITH in the Wesleyau doc
i trine are tho n-.i* of cold water nnd the
UHe if etc -trlclfy, and nt ttie end of
the li'iok aro columns of every sort at
tils, ase which may he overcome tv
the-(* Kiluple expedients.--8t Jatnea
Gaaelte
Betrothals In Germany.
In G> rmariy an elaborate method o*
announcing the betrothal prueti, ai'.v
I puts an end to all breach of prou.is.*
| cases. As soon ns a couple become
j engaged the pair visit the towu hall
and declare their willingness to marry
and sign, with witnesses, a series of
documents which render a change of
mind nil the man's part practically out
of the question. When eith -r party
wishes to withdraw from this agree
nient the pair nsain visit the town hall
and additional documents are foriur.l'>
signed, witnessed and sealed. The uu
tlmritics then determine the ijuestlnu
of compensation for Injured feelings,
etc.
Ready For the Storm.
"I Intend," the poet wrote, "to con
tlnue to storm the citadel of your af
-1 feet ions.''
"Storm away." she wrote back, "but
I've just succeeded in getting In out li
the wet by becoming engaged lo a dei-i
! old man who has $0,000,000." -Si
I I.i.uis Foat-Dispatcli.
The Smallar One.
| Many stories are told of Tom i»
I sudden flashes of wit—as, for instance.
I when Miss Heed struck the cartii 11l-
Stead of the golf ball and he said.
I "flit the other ball. Kitty."—Portland
I (Me ) Express.
An Instance.
I "We don't realize how much a thins'*
j worth till we've lost it."
"That's right. For instance, my life
' Is Insured for slo.ooo."—Exchange.
I I No man is such a conqueror as the
I man v.'hi has defeated himself.—
■ I Beecbcr.
Tearing a Proverb to Tatters.
j One of our correspondents, to whom
so far as we • an remember we nevec,
did any injury, sends us the following;
■ | Carlyle said that genius is an in
.i Unite capacity for taking pains. W&
venture to tlUnk this definition appro
, i pria te to a clerk.
1 But In a doctor genius Is an infi
nite capacity for sinking pains,
in a commercial traveler, for taking!
i trains.
| j !n a literary man, for raking braina.l
In a sanitary engineer, for making
drains.
And inn l>ou Juan, forsaking
Janes. j
Oscar Wilde's emendation of thft
I I proverb was nt once briefer and mortj
i obvious. "Genius," he said, "is an !»•
. finite incapacity for taking palaa.*—
| London News.
A Striped One.
. I "Now. children, what is thlsT' ask».i
• | the teacher, holding up H picture of *
j zebra
' I"It looks to nie like a horse i-i a
| bathing suit." answered a little Imy
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