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ALDENVILLE.
The sugar bush occupies the at
tention of mnny at present.
Miss llertha Ludwig, of Hones
dale, was a visitor at William Kol
ley's last week.
The Y. P. S. C. B. are planning for
a social and the Athletic association
for a entertainment; both events to
come oft In the near future
J. L. Curtis nnd family, of Miners
Mills, spent Saturday and Sunday'
witn relatives at this place.
Stephen Treat has resigned
tl,e
position of Superintendent of the M.
B. Sunday school to take up his du
ties preparatory to entering the con
fcrence.
The young child of Mr. nnd Mrs.
Chas. Gilbert is ill v.-ith pneumonia. 1 day; a,so vi8'te " daughter. Mrs.
Miss Nellie Bowon Is assisting them I Lewls Curtis, at Pink, and returned
Miss Emma Stanton spent Satur- ,lomo ln tho evening,
day and Sundnj: at her homo In South ! Mlss Gladys I'onnell, of Uswlck.
Clinton. She is the successful teach-1 ""ended Lucy Sheeley's birthday
er of the primary and Intermediate ,mrty 011 Thursday evening at Lake
grades In the public schools at this vI1,0,
place. Tlie auditors for Pnupack town-
What might liavo been a very sori- I shin roniraenced auditing the ac
ous accident occurred Sunday night I counts for tll township to-day at
when Frank Derrick, who was re- ! tho p- s- of A- naU at I-akevllle.
turning from Honesdale, and Percy' Wc have had about a week of
Curtis, who wns returning from Al- I fine "Pring weather. It Is cold and
denvllle. In the darkness, cnused : snows to-day.
by a heavy rain storm, their wagons
collided near Albert Odell's. As
each was driving a young horse a live
ly scramble ensued during which
Curtis' rig was overturned down the
bank, ho leaping to his horses' head
jusi u wiu wagon upset. uerricK s
horse wns thrown nftor nriiv i,,i,
Ing loose from the wagon Both
vehicles were moro or less damaged. 1
It is said that both these nanies are
considering taklng.out life Insurance
policies. This accident shows tho
need of all vehicles beinc enuinnod
with lamps whereby all danger of
traveling in the dark would be
greatly reduced.
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SOUTH STERLING
Mrs. George H. Lancaster spent
a few days with her people in Hope-; The many friends of Bates P.
well. N. J.; also in Philadelphia on White, of Lestershlre, N. Y., will bo
business. glaI to learn that he is rapidly re-
On March 2d Dr. Edison Burko covering from an operation for ap
of Chicago; Dr. J. M. Burke, of Buf- pendlcltis. Mr. White entered the
falo; Dr. Harry Burke, of New York, Moses Taylor Hospital of Scranton,
and Mr. Hugh Burke of Scranton, 1 Monday and was operated upon on
gave tncir mother, .Mrs. Angeline
JJurke. a surprise on her 78th birth-
day at the home of Mr. G. H. Lan-
,aster- ,
Mr. J. M. Barnes has been sick
nut is on me gain again. ,
Miss fc.ua veiklln has returned
"home again after spending two i
weeks with Mrs. Ernest Elder, at j
Gouldsboro. )
Mr James Gilpin is on the gain, i
Tho A D. K. boys hold their en-.
tertainment in Newfoundland High j
hchool building, on Friday evening, j
March 11th
George Lawrence and Anna
Barnes spent Saturday and Sunday
with relatives In Sterling.
Dr. Edwin Burke is visiting his
many friends in this place.
The Ladies' Aid meets at the
home of Mrs. Frank Madden all day
on March 17th.
Mrs. Dr. Simons spent Saturday
In Scranton.
INDIAN ORCHARD.
Although we read of landslides and
floods caused by the rapid waste of
snow, we are very fortunate ln hav
ing such a quantity of snow as there
was, disappear without causing any
disaster.
Tho first blue-birds seen hero
were reported tho 2d of tho month
and robins the Cth.
Miss Minnie Parmcton, of Holly
Beach, N. J., Is visiting Mrs. Elizabeth
Garrett at Mrs. W. H. Hall's.
Mrs. Hebecca Leftwlch recently
visited her daughter at Whito Mills.
There was no school on Monday,
it being settlement day. Tho chil
dren met with their toacher In the
evening to practice for the enter
tainment which will be given this
Friday evening.
Miss Minnie Weeks expects to
spend the last of the week, visiting
relatives in White Mills.
Andrew Maloney and son passed
through here enroute for Long Ridge
recently.
Friends from this plnce attended
a social gathering at William Ma
loney's of Lnurclln Saturday even
ing. Mrs. Louise Case, who came up
from Hawley to attend tho funeral
of her little grandson, Evoral S. Case,
has returned to that town.
USWICK & LAKEVILLE.
Misses Gladys Pennoll and Pearl
Crano, also Lester Pennoll have tho
sore throat and tho grip.
Messrs. P. B. Pennell, P. G., and
P. It. Olmsted, P. G., of Uswlck,
and Oliver Locklln, P. G Alfred
Locklln, Charles Daniels and Wil
liam Sheeley, of Lakcvlllo, attended
Wangum Lodgo, No. 448, I. O. 'O.
P., at Hawley, on Wednesday even
ing, March 2d. Joseph Mackoy,
Grand Secretary, and Mr. Mont
gomery, Grand Master, weh present
and hold a session of Grand Lodge,
after which lunch wns served and
all returned to their homes having
enjoyed tho evening's entertainment
very much,
Tho L. A. 8. of this vicinity,
rtfltiW COLUMNS
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INFORMATION
met at tho parsonage at Lakcvlllo
on Wednesday, March 2d, and re
elected the officers that served last
year and elected two moro as assist
ants. Tho officers are as follows:
Mrs. A. Goblo. president; Mrs. C.
A. ITtt, vlco-prcsident; Mrs. C. W.
I'ennoll, assistant vice-president;
Miss Alma Killam, secretary; Miss
Minnie Locklln, assistant secretary;
Mrs' wman Seeger, treasurer.
Mrs. Charles Utt returned home
from Ledgedalo on Wednesdny of
i last week. She has been caring for
Ill0r ,inuBhter, Mrs. M
11. liarioc,
Harloe is
for some time. Mrs
getting along line.
K. B. Pennoll visited his son
Chester at Ariel Junction on Thurs-
WHITES VALLEY.
The Ladles' Aid society pleasant
I ly spent last Thursday at Mrs. S.
' Pomery's .and seven dollars were"
, added to tho treasury. Under the
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"ow management, it is expected that,
great BOod wIU bo accoulPHshed. j
fVn lnvitation to be Present at the
homc of Mr and Mrs- Warren Spcn-
rer' ,Ijake LIar. March 24th. is ex-
te"f)ci1 a ,
Mrs- H" w NN nite' who has be I
II, .l.n .-. u I . . 1,n
in in hi in, iccuici.
Mrs. II. L. Fisher, son Mark and
daughter Clara, are visiting relatives '
nnd friends in Blnghamton.
Mr. H. W. White and F. W. White ,
attended the funeral of Mr. Ward
Auckland of Wavmart
Thursday morning. Mrs. White and ;
his sister. Mrs. H. L. Fisher, accom-!
panied him. Dr. Wainwright, operat- -
ing surgeon, ranks second in skill
in the state. Dr. Heed Burns, for-1
merly of Honesdale, holding highest i
honors. Mrs. Fisher returned to
Blnghamton Thursday evening, but
Mrs. Whito will remain in the city
until all danger of complication Is
past.
Mr. S. Pomery visited Scranton
and Carbondale friends recently,
STEENE.
The Bobolink gets :iis first fish
story from Mr. Buckland Tuesday
morning as the "Link" had a few
minutes to spare, but wouldn t have
had the tlmo to spare only for tho
cold snap drying up his sap spiles,
which had kept him from letting the
grass grow under his feet for four
days and nights until midnight. After
witnessing his neighbor cut off an
extraordinary large chow, from a
fresli plug Just received, he knew
that their was something coming
without asking any questions. Af
ter getting the big chew well placed
so that ho could talk without being
choked, he began: "Well, Link, you
may think I'm lying because there
arc no such fish stories, or no such
llsh ln your dny. I think that it was
in the year of 1840, that the forest
surrounding Keens' Lake was alive
with white rabbits, and you know
to get one of those It was worth as
much as a four weeks' old pig for a
roast. Well, thu first night I set
two large box traps, aB it took mo all
day to make them. Well, I struck
two good runwnys where tho rab
bits would come down to the lake
for a drink. There I set my traps as
close the water's edge as possible,
and tho next morning at the peep of
day, I rowed across the lake to my
traps. They were about 100 feet
apart. Before I reached tho shore I
could sco that my traps were sprung.
You know that I had been living on
fish so long that my heart gave a
hound, thinking of the two fine
would-be roasters ln store tor mo,
but in reaching the traps I was in a
quandary what to do, as each trap
had, as I Judged at the time, a 40
or HO pound roaster Inside and I
didn't want to loose any such game.
So after a short consultation with
myself, I decided to take traps and
all to tho house where, by tho aid of
tho women, in a closed rpom I know
there would bo no escapo for the
bunnies. Well, Link, you can be
lieve me or not, when I opened the
first trap there crawled out on tho
kitchen floor six eels that would
average six pounds apiece, and when
I lifted the trap of tho second one,
live black bass Jumped out on the
floor, that would average five pounds
aploco. Well, I grated my teeth in
rage, but the women smiled as they
had tho fire built and two large fry
ing pans hot awaiting my fish. When
you huvo more time I have a better
ono than this."
Lesley Mill visited friends at Car
bondale Saturday and Sunday;
Miss Ruth Nichols visited friends
at Cnrbondnlc Saturday and Stindny.
uicnaru nurry nnd son waiter nro
making n two weeks' visit with the
former's brother, John, in Now
York city. j
George Chapman, of Carbondalo,
spent two dnys last week with tho
Bobolink. ,
Within a radius of n half mile
there arc three large sugar camps,
working full blast day nnd night. 1
Charles Dennlo hns about ono hun-
dred trees that he expects to rcapj
a dollar a piece from and the Bobo-,
link hns 90 under the tap, enough for
one mnn to nttend to. Emmet Swln-
glo says that if ho can tlnd the trees
he will tap two hundred. Emmet's '
suns are long; ne can wade through
deep snow.
It Is expected thnt tho Rev. Mr.
Davis will preach his farewell ser
mon hero next Sunday. it Is hoped
that the conference will send him
back to us again aB we feel that his
plnce can't be filled to the liking ot
ourjone, us no huh u.
Farmers who are not oporatlng a
sap bush arc busy getting their sum -
mer. wood.
.Mrs. Thomas Arthur is quite ill
at tho home of her son, Thomns,
at Steene.
LOOKOUT.
George Brlgham, of Galilee, spent
Saturday nnd Sunday at J. B. Mauds-' Autoiiino Louis, a surgeon at-tuo bai
ley's, pstrlcrc, to devise a machine and later
Mr. Jesso Hathnway has gono to Bavo a similar order to a carpuuter
visit his daughter. Mrs. Norman ' ' lnu namo ot Guidon, who offered to
Tyler, near Ellenvlllc, N. Y. construct an instrument lor decaplta-
William Flynn, Jr., has gone to j "on for 0,000 llvrus.
Mlddletown, N. Y on business. I "Tills was considered too high a
Mrs. A. Bush nnd sons, of Galilee,
called on frjends at this place on
Tuesday. .
Mr. and Mrs. A. Daney, Mrs. P.
M. Lester and children vlBlted Mrs.
B. A.
last.
Brlnnlng at Union on Friday!
HAMLINTON.
The Book club was entertained on
Wednesday afternoon at tho home
0f Mrs. J. T. Stocker.
Edward Hoffman, of Scranton, re
ccntly visited his parents here. ,
A load of young people from tills ,
place attended the Grange supper,
at iiautsonviue i uesuayiignt.
Cora and Lawrence Alt are spend- i
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ing the week at Big Pond,
Miss Edna Chumard has returned
from a visit to friends ln Scranton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hummer are
visiting .Mrs. Hummer's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Florence Chapman.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Corrith of
Scranton. are rejoicing over the birth :
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of a daughter, Mrs. Carrlth was form-'
I erly Llda West of this place.
On the afternoon of Thursday.
March 3d, a number of girl friends
gathered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Williams and showered
her with pretty and useful gifts.
jir. and Mrs. Williams expect soon
to begin housekeeping In Scranton.
The annual settlement of the aud-
itors of the township was held ln the
I .0. O. F. hall. March 7th.
Sugar making is in progress. Thus
far tho weather for that purpose has
been very favorable.
Mrs. C. M. Loring spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Inez Curtis.
John Williams is getting out lum
ber for a new house which he pro
poses to erect upon the site of the
one recently destroyed by fire.
USE MORE THAN CNE DESK.
Men Who Find Two or Even Thr
Desks Convenient in Their Work.
"One man 1 had occasion to call on
tne other day." said a man whoso
Business taKos turn around among
people more or It-ss, 'i found sitting
between two d .ks. Facing one, ho
had tho other directly at his back,
and evidently both were in use. The
significance of the two desks was real
ly very simple.
"This man Is at the head of an es
tablishment culling lor both scientific
and administrative work and in one
of his dusks he has ail the material
required in Ills scienllfitic work and
in tho other thu various thiugs re
quired in his buslutss work.
"Ho sits between tho two deska in
a revolving uh&lr. If he has business
to attend to he swings around and
goes at It on thu business desk. Busi
ness finished, he swings around again
to his other desk and resumes his
scientific work, enabled by thu ar
rangement to avoid confusion and to
prosecute his work in either direction
with convenience and' uconomy of
tlmo, all of which 1 thought was very
tine.
"I have since heard of another man
engaged In three pursuits who uses
three desks In precisely the same
manner, the thru desks being set to
form three bidts of a square, with his
revolving chair in the centre, the pa
pers and documents and data pertain
ing to ono thing In one desk, to an
other thing In another mid to the third
thing in tho third desk, all very con
venient, aud time savlnt,
"And I suppose If you looked around
enough you would find In fact a con
siderable number of men who make
use In their business or professions of
mo: o thun one desk."
Very Old Painting.
What is believed to be tbu oldest
European painting in existence baa
been found in cfoto by the Italian
archaeological mission it Is on a
sarcophagus, aud U supposed to have
been produced about 2;00 B. C.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bough!
Boars the
Signature-
THE GUILLOTINE'S ORIGIN.
Not Invented by the Genial Old Doc
tor but t Ont bcnmlut.
In a book Just puUiiM.-ui uy Hector.
Klclshmuii in Germany thu usual story
of the origin or luu uutt uiuuiit or exo-
cutioii which wuo tiuiucu tor Dr. Hull
lotln in "tbu d.i) ut tuu i'lenen relgu
or terror la liuu Uuuil-u. "Thorn Is
no truth In n.e toi, which ban ao
long been believed," he suys, "that
the genial old physician invented thu
machine which was iian.tU tor him
nnu by means or which m.- is said to
have lost his ufe si.orny after Its
adoption. Guilioti.i. m Keuoinii with
thu spirit ol ins iiniu. pioposud on
Oct. IU, 178'J, mm uil uiluhUers, ro
guiuicss or their bit in or station,
slioiiid be dealt with itilhe by thu law,
una ix montiiu latei uu proposed to
tho Government mat convicted mur
derers sliuuld be beheaded by means
j 0f a "simple apparatus.
, ..Tho raucimmsui ol which be and
I no one eiau ll!Mt uny ltlull ul tuat tlmo
1 wa spoUen ot aH luu zUniAu appara
tus' by tho humorists ot Hie day, and
thu phrase was used to mnku its pro
poser ridiculous; tto tbat when a ma
chine finally was adopted thu wits of
thu time named it guillotine. Thu
I Government evidently recognizing tho
valuo ot tUo suggestion, uskeii ono
price, and thu contract was glvun to
a German cabinet maker by tho name
of Tobias Schmidt, who. received 824
llvrea for thu aecoptut nmuel In 17U2.
Schmidt made guillotines tor al) the
provinces and thu Industry brought
him a moderate fortune, which he
proceeded to squander in Purls, while
Dr. Guillotin. who never had anything
to do with the making of the machino
which bore his name, continued to
practice bis profession quietly nnd un
ostentatious! in Paris until he died
there on March 2S. ISM." Chicago
News
Costly ! nake Polso'n.
One of tho strangest as well as most
costly articles ot commerce is snako
venom, for which there Is a growing
demand in medicine and other
branches ol science Thu supply
comes trom Australia, and a recent
Sydney quotation placed the market
pricf at 2l)c to ' a grain, or about
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RcunMiii; In him. htn mini, utliorfu
to distinguish between thu poison of
i snakes whose bite is usually fatal and
that trom reptiles, that seldom kill.
Dr. Tidswell. of the New South Wales
Health Department, states that the
venoms are now being classified.
Laboratory experiments place tho
tiger snake venom first, as it is six
teen times as deadly as that of tho
jilaek : nake and four times as power
ful as that from the brown snaku or
the death ndder. In average yield at
a. blto tho death adder supplies three
times as much as thu tiger snake and
seventeen times as much as the
brown snake. So mr the snakes have
been mostly captured by hand to
avoid loss of poison, aiid, at even
greater personal risk, havu been held
ln the hand while being enraged and
made to bite through a rubber band,
ejecting upon a gUibs plate the venom
from the two poison fangs in the up
per Jaw. Each snaku has supplied
the material from one bite, averaging
about a grain. Dundee Advertiser.
Farmers' Lot in New England.
Anybody who thinks the farmers of ,
New England aru living In solitude,
out of touch with thu great world and
indi'ferent to the advantages of or
ganization. Is destined iu a rude awak
ening It he subjects ills .inpression to
the test ol falr-nilndul inquiry. Much
"pity" !s patroiilzingl.v bestowed on
the farmers, who retcui it and reject
It Their winters tuu said to be de
pressing, whereas that season is in
reality the period or their social gay
eties, grange suppers, neighborhood
sleigh rides, lestivltles within tho
reach ot moderate purses and moder
ate desires. Taken as a whole, the
farmer's lot is not uu unhappy one,
any more than that or the hired man.
Tho hired men havu not boou "union
ized" yet, and that accounts for a
great gap In thu ranks o: organized,
labor. Boston Trantcript
Rattlesnakes.
It is commonly belloveu tliaL the
rattlesnake will strike without giving
the warning rattio during the hot dayo
of August, at which time their Bight
is affected. A now joint is. formed
to tho rattle every time thu snake
sheds its skin As the repulo sheds
Its skin oftoiier than once a year, tho
number of Joints does not represent
tho nge of the rattlesnake Many
Joints are lost by accident or wear.
Rattlesnakes ure entirely confined to
tho western hemisphere
Bobby's Faltering Talth.
One Sunday morning little Bobby
showed signs ot having something on
his mind. Finally tu mustered up
courage and addressed his fnther
thus: "Say. papa, don't yon think it
is time tcr ine to graduate from Sun
day school?"
Nothing New.
Fashion Is ovei changing, but it
must be confessed that all the dresses
wo "create" are merely variations,
improvements, or transformations of
models worn In other days. Moda,
Rome.
An Apology Crank,
A man who is good at making ex
planAtlons and apologies Is seldom
good foV anything else.
Selections
4.
-l-i ."i".f-i-i"ii-i-t"i -"i-i'-i"i-i-'i";
ALL FRENCHMEN SAVERS.
Government Bond as'Small as a Fr.-.nc
May Be Bought.
If you were a Frenchman w't' n
very small surplus to invest; If, " n,
that surplus were hut a modest fr-.r,
ymt might become the holder of ,i
French government bond. From Lie
cradle to the grave the French s i'j
Ject Is taught to save and to turn Mm
eiirnlngst Into safe income-produv u.;
account. The state pays n pro"'l";ii
on thrift. It rewnrds Its r"hool ' :l
drrn for various good perforir:itir.i1'.
with a tiny bank deposit whlrfi 'n
variably will have grown Into gnuMU
size when the recipient has refi-'l !
maturity. Having nursed Its tn-nplM
through the- early stages of epn-.-omv
It directs their stopa In the rho'cM of
investments, and even assumes p: .--nal
power In arbitrarily transform -r
the savings bank account into govM-n-mcnt
bonds, or rentes, say n v.-- c
in the American R'evfew of Rpvt
Thrift is n national charactert-r'r
Franco Is n nation of little save-
little Incomes, and of little farmr. . ol
lectlvely, these exercise' a trcmcut
power on the nffalrs of Europe. T'm
holder of tho one and' two franc boil
and the possessor of the bank hccn.iiu.
so small that bankers of other roun
tries would- scorn It, have built up n
monetary power thnt command fir
rcstiect of the world and. Indeed r:a-In'-!
the finances and politics of n. v,
more presumptuous nations.
Bonds of states and governments,
of railroads ith n government guaran
tee, bonds of cities and towns, o.'
mortgage companies, nre the Fren li
roan's choice. His portfolio contrt;ns
the most varied collection of govern
ment securities Imaginable. It is sv'e
to lay that In Paris coupons, are -n
from the bonds of nearly every '
eminent under the sun. Too often t'le
Frenchman gambles and loses in i"i!
Ing shares. Ho will have none of li.s
own country's Industrial issues.
Necessity of Air Baths. '
The conditions and conventions pi
our civilization demand frequent bnth
ins; any one suspected of avoiding a
dally bath would quickly find himself
persona non grata in decent socio y.
It is popularly supposed that frequcit
bathing is essential to health. This !a
quite untrue. Much of the benefit at
tributed to the water is ln reality due
to tho complete exposure of the s.'Tu
to tho air. The respiratory function
of tho skin fs of high importance, and
although water may be dispensed
with, closing the pores to air would
result In speedy asphyxiation.
Tactics.
So far as history gives us any in
formation on the subject, the father
of "tactics," in the military sense, was
the great Theban General Epamlnon
das. who, at the famous battle of Leu
ctra. B. C. 371. fought between the
Thobans and Spartans, for the first
time introduced the scientific mode
of fighting. Prior to that time the
universal rule was for tho oppoius
armies to face each other and fight It
out by sheer brute force and building
tenacity, without any particular re
gard for scientific principles.
Darwin and Wallace.
In 1858 Wallace sent to Darwin a
paper ln which he sketched the out
lines of a theory Identical with that
upon which Darwlu had so long been
at work. The same sequence of ob
served facts and inferences thnt led
Darwin to the discovery of natural se
lection and its consequences had led
Wallace to the very threshold of tho
same discovery; but ln Mr. Wallace's
mind the theory had by no means been
wrought out to the same degree of
completeness to which It had been
wrought In the mind of Mr. Darwin.
Amount of Rainfall.
Decent authorities assure us that
if all the rain which falls upon thu
earth were allowed to accumulate In
a hnsln of the same area of the ter
restrial surface. If. would almost be a
collection of eight feet deep at tho
oml of tho year. The heaviest rainfall
known upon the earth occurs upon the
mountain slopes beyond the bend n'
the Bay of Bengal, and nmounts upon
tho average to 610 Inches or nearly ."!
feet, In tho course of the year. Cl
inch of rain Implies n fall of 101' tu-is
of water upon each ncre of ground.
"Hlcksites" vs. "Friends."
Hlcksltes are a numerous body J n
tionallstlc Quakers in America, found
ed by Ellas Hicks (1748-18a). -vn 'n
1827 seceded from the Society of
Frlonds and created a schism In tlia.
body by his promulgation, of Unitarian
doctrines. About one-hulf ofN thu
"Friends" In America adopted hK
views. The Hlcksltes deny the miracu
lous conception, the divinity and the
atonement of Christ, as well as tho In
spiration and authenticity of the
Scriptures.
Ominous.
One of the first signs that a womau
is getting old is when she tolls the
story that she married before she was
16.
Rice Cultivation In Burma.
Of the twelve million acres un'?r
cultivation in Burma, eight million ure
devoted to rice.
What Not to Remember.
There is a great secret ln knowing
what to keep out of the mind as wuli
as what to put, in. -Emerson.
RUN WITHOUT HEADLIGHT.
Wherein British Railroad Trains Dif
fer from Those of America.
Locomotive headlights as wo know
1 thtin In this country nro practically
unknown in Great Britain, wo aro
told by a writer In a recent railroad
' magazine. Thelv are few grado crosa-
lngs there, and these nre well pro
; tccted, go that the light Is not need
. ed as a danger signal, and thero la
1 no effort to use exceptionally bright
I lights to llluminati the track In front
of train.
The situation Is not without its ad
vantages. Bright headlights modify
or obliterate the feoblu colored llgbU
, of signals and swltcnes, and they daz
zle tho eyes of the drivers on pass
, ing trains. In this country the head
light seems to be a necessity. To be
effectlvo It should be sufficiently bril
liant to illuminate the track for a dis
tance greater than that within which
j tho brakes can stop the train, but It
( must not be so powerful as to blind
i approaching trains crews and modify
j tho colors of signal lights. It should
als be as effective as possible In fog
I gy and snowy weather.
Tho oil lamp Hardly meets these
j conditions; it is too feeble, even with
I a proper rellector. Electricity is too
powenu, anu nas been abandoned by
some of tho roaus that have intro
duced it. Acteylene, whicli Is now so
familiar as an Illuminnnt on automo
biles, Is alvocatcd by many authori
ties. Tragedy of a Kiss.
An Atchison lomance: Hu had not
known her long, hut as she stood la
the moonlight a wnlte dress and a
blue sash set otf her figure so wen
that he thought hu had never seen a
prettier picture. And theu hu did aa
awful thing ho kissed her. Thu in
nocent girl shrank trom htm ln hor
ror aud the young man realized that
hu had gono too tar. Indeed, as thu
panting jtrl strove to collect herself
SUlilCiuUtiy to UXDteSS the snrn vnr...
j ing in uer bosom tho youug man
uiougut or the beating lie must en
dure thu next day trom uer father and
brothers, aud or tue long accounts of
thu light that wouid appear in the
newspapurs. Foituuaieiy, hu had his
hat in uu haud, ana turutd to go.
But the irl strugt.ed to speak, sno
would express her contempt lor his
action thuugu It killed uer. "When,"
sii said, m a low, iaitcnug voicu, tull
of Ueep-nuated tatred, "are you com
ing again" Atchison Ulobu.
Uses of Adversity.
Prospecity is not without many
fears and disasters; and adversity is
not without comforts and hopes. Cer
tainly, virtue is like precious odors,
most fragrant, when they aro incensed
or crushed; for prosperity doth best
discover vice; but advorslty doth best
discover virtue. Bacon.
NEW SPRING
SILK
sEASTER DRESSES
Are already here in splendid
i variety in all the accepted
fabrics including Foulards,
Rough Shantungs, Imperial
Messallne, Peking, and Kek
ko Silks.
Select Your Dress
NOW
So you can give yourself
j plenty time to make or have
tit made up lust as you want
it.
i
I Priestley's English Tus-
sah Royal
Made of Worsted and Mo
hair. The new and distinc
tive dress fabric for evening,
and street wear.
NEW SPRING SUITS
Come and look them over
and you will notice our Suits
are all lined with Beldlng
Satin and well tailored. Get
In line for Easter and select
your suit early.
KATZ BROS.