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BUFFALO ft ALLEGHANY VALLEY
DIVISION.
Low Grado Division.
In Effect May 29, 1902. tEastern Standard Tims,
KARTWAHO.
' stations Nol" No.113 No.lOli No 10 N' 10
STATIONS. A A M A p ,.
Plttdburg I 6 IS I ft (10 I 1 ; ' i io
Ued Bank 9 2 II 10 4 Of, . A
I.awsonham 9 40 II 22 4 Is u."
New Bethlehem .... 10 1 1 11 47 4 ft) r ;.
Oak Uldite 10 20 IIW i i;t
Alaysvllle 10 t It fill ft 04 ; ir
bummitrvlllo 10 4:i ft 21 Hit'
liiiM,kvill a 10 II oo 12 21 ft :i 0:
Iowa to 21 1 1 I" ft mi ;u ii
fuller HI m tft !w :
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I'uiicoast ft) Al til 40 W 20 ..
Fulls Creole h ft H 4- :i :io; Id .
Hullols ?0"SU(Vi 12". MK)t
PhIiuIb, 7 it i ;ir b iV!
Niuturbum .... 1 JO 1 t 7 U"
Pfnnllold 7 W 1 ft i 7 M
Tyler 7 4:i !! 7 1" Note.
Ilenneiette 8 on 2 211 7 41
Grant !8 IM VI 7 ivl
Driftwood 8 4A .... t a 05 1 0 -M
A.M. A. M. e. M. P Ml H.
TrnlnOOtiRundayilnftvel'ltiNhuniKO n. m..
Red Hank 11. 10 Hronkvlllp 12.41, Hej noldsvlllc
1.14. falls G'roek 1,29. HiiHols :.,Vt p. ni.
WESTWARD
N. M. NolM No. 114 No. 110
A A. M.ltjll 20 P. M. P. M.
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.... 7 30 u 41) .... 7 05
.... 7 44 . .... 71"
8 20 8 00 ' "' lft lift 7 lift
fl 27 8 10 1 20 A 12 7 42
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A. M. P. m. p. m. p. M. p. M.
STATIONS.
Driftwood
Grant
Bnnneiette....
Tyler
Pennfleld
wlnterburn ...
Babuls.
DuBois
Falls Ureek....
Pancoaat
Key noldsville .
Fuller
Iowa
Brookvllle
Bumroervllle...
Maysvllle
OakKidice
Mew Bethlehem
l.awBonbani...
Red Bank
Pittsburg
DTraln 942 (Bundny) leaves Dultnls 4.10 p.m.
Falls Ureek 4.17. Kiiynoldsvtllc4.H0, Brookvllle
6.00, Red Bank 4.30, TlttHburu 9.;1 p. m.
Trains marked run dully ; I dully, except
Sunday 1 1 flag station, where signals must be
shown.
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division
In effect March 24th, 1902. Trains leave
Driftwood as follows:
EASTWARD
1:04 a m Train 12, weekdays, for Punbury,
Wllkeabarre, Hailcton, l'ousvUlc.Hcranton,
Harrlaburff and the Intermediate sla
llons, arriving at Philadelphia 11:23 p. m.,
uNew York.tCtOp. m.i Bnlllmoro,0:00 p.m.:
Washington, 7:1A p. m l'ollnian Parlor car
Ufrom VYiUlamsnort to Philadelphia and pna
Usenser coaches from Kane to Vhlhidi'lphla
and Wllllamsport to Baltimore and Well
ington. Johsonbuhg Railroad.
a. m. wiskdavs.
a. m.
10 4ft arClormontlv
11 00
11 04
U 07
11 10
11 Ht
It 20
11 2S
11 411
12 01
, 10 8s
10 as
Woodvule
Qulnwood
Smith's Hun
liiHtanlcr
Htralitht
Glen Hazel
10 31
, 10 2ft
, 10 to
, 10 11
, 9 65
JohnMonburg
(40 lvKldgwayar
Ridgway & Clearfield Railroad
and Connections.
p.m. p.m. a.ra,
T 80 1 16 9 35
t !0 t 04 9 25
a.m p.m.
7 00 12 10
7 10 12 20
7 21 12 3D
7 25 12 33
7 2ri 12 3il
7 33 12 40
7 43 12 50
7 47 12 64
7 5t
7 54 1 Oil
8 00 1 10
8 15 1 2ft
ar Ridgway lv
Mill Tiaveu
Oroyland
Bhoru Mills
Blue Rock
Carrier
Brockwnyv'l
Lanes Nil lis
McMInn Unit
Harveys Run
lv Falls C'k ar
lv DuBois ar
p.m.
4 10
4 20
4 30
4 34
4 37
4 41
4 51
i 64
TOS 164
T 05 1 61
' 09
r 05
9 16
9 11
9 07
9 02
8 63
8 47
8 43
701
I 47
e 57
47
1 43
I 43
1 33
1 28
85
ao
10
1 19 8 39
1 15 8 85
1 06 9 25
6 02
6 10
5 3ft
80 "1 13 t 68 ar Falls C'k lv 8 10 1 20 6 10
12 12 62 ( 44 RnvnoltlsvlUe till 1 32 5 27
6 89 12 24 ( 10 Brookvllle 8 50 1 6U 8 00
4 60 11 47 New Bethl'm 9 30 2 3H 8 4ft
4 OS 11 10 Red Bank 10 10 8 20 7 2ft
1 80 ( 00 lv Plttsburgur 12 35 6 30 9 4ft
p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.
For time tables and additional Information
consult ticket agouts.
J.B. HDTOH IN80N
Geo Manager
J. R. WOOD,
Gen. Pass Agt
12:60 p. m. Train 8, dully for Sunbury, liar
- rishurg and principal Intermediate stations,
arriving at Philadelphia 7:32 p. m.. New
York 10:23 p. m., Hultlniora 7:30 p. m., Wash
Iniitoa 8:35 p. ru. Vesiibuled parlor ouis
and passenger coaches, Buffalo to t'hlladvl-
SUla and Washington.
I p. m. Train 6, dally, for Har
rlsburg and Intortnodliite stations, ar
riving at Philadelphia 4:2ft A. M.i New York,
7.13 a. m. Bultlmore, 2.30 a. m.i Washington
4.0S A. M. Pullman Sleeping cars from
Uarrlsburgto l'hiladolphla and New York.
Philadelphia passengers can remain In
sleeper undisturbed until 7:30 A. M.
11:06 p.m. Train 4, dally for Hunbury, Harris
burg and Intermediate stations, arriving ai
Philadelphia. 7:22 A. M.i New York, 9:31
A. II. on week days and 10.3s A M. on B1111
. day; Baltimore, 7:16 A. m.i Washington, :30
A. M. Pullman sleepers from Erie,
and Wllllamsport to Philadelphia, and
Wllllamsuort to Washington. Passenger
coaches from Erie to Philadelphia, and
WUUamiKorttu HaltUnore. v '
12:27 p.m. Train 14, dally furHunhury, Harrls
burg and principal lii termed la testulloua, ar
riving at Philadelphia 7:22 a. in., New York
9:33 a. m. weekdays, (10.33 a. tn Sunday)
Baltimore 7:16 a. ni., Washington, 8:30 a in.
Vestibuled buffet sleeping cars and pas
senger coaches, Buffalo to Philadelphia and
Washington.
WESTWARD
1:88 a. m. Train 7, dally for Buffalo via
Emporium.
4:88 a. m Train -9, daily for Erie, Rldg
way, and week days for DuBois, Clermont
and principal intermediate stations.
:60 a. m. Train (, dally for i-rle aud Inter
mediate points.
1:45 p. m. Train 15, 4ally for Buffalo via
Emporium.
:46p. m. Train (I, weekdays for Kane and
lubtnnediatealatiCKM.
HE PLAYED PORTER.
How St Qnlck -WKted nirl Setlted a
Clever Gentleman.
On this pnrtlpiilnr oconslun she land
ed In New York from a trip to IMilln
dolpliln nliottt 8 o'clock In the evening.
As, stilt en so In linntl, she stepped llKht
ly from a Twenty-tlilrd street car lit
Hrondwny, two gentlemen tall nnd dis
tinguished looking In full dress, opera
hats, etc. crossed the tracks at the
rear of the car nnd met her face to
face.
"Carry your grip, mum," Impudently
remarked one of them, with all the
airs of a "smnrtle" who thinks he hits
done something clever.
gtilck ns a Hash Into the white
gloved hand went the travel soiled
grip, nnd with a "To the next corner"
tho "clever gentleman" found himself
suddenly transformed Into a porter,
with a trim little miss walking along
beside him lu a very matter of fact
way.
Looking as If he wanted to trent the
matter as a joke and didn't know ex
actly how, he religiously carried the
grip to the corner. Whnt else could
the poor man do?
llellevlng 111 in finally of his burden,
tho girl Innocently slipped a dime Into
tho elegantly gloved hand (she was
used to having porters assist her) nnd
prepared to board a car. Not the
slightest suggestion of a smile crossed
her pretty features.
As the whlii of the enr finally
drowned the npronrlons laughter and
the "That's 0110 on you" of the victim's
companion a merry twinkle might have
been seen In a pair of blue eyes on a
Columbus avenue enr bound Uarlem
ward. Philadelphia Ledger.
I.am-n (.nines In Rnalnnrt.
We get nothing like the pleasure out
of our lawns which the Knglish da
Where we arf at fault Is that we do
not use our lawns to anything like
their full capacity of enjoyment. Here
ond there we use them as the framing
of lawn tennis or croquet courts (which
we make either of dirt or nxphuit), aud
here and there we mnrk out upon tlicir
surface a baseball diamond. Sllll rare
ly and only In limited localities they
are ued for the playing of cricket
Both the hitter games, however, re
quire for their out fielders rather a Held
than a lawn, within the ordinary mean
ing of the word, and. speaking broadly
aud generully, It may be said with
truth that we have no games which
require only n lnwn nnd nothing more.
Nevertheless the two games of Jock
o' the green, or lawn bowls, and quoits
have held their own through ten cen
turies at least lu Great Itritaln and
In later times have spread with the
race to the remotest parts, which might
be played on tens of thousands of
lawns lu America, to the great advan
tage of the players and to the enhance
ment of tho pleasures of country life.
Country Life lu America.
Aa AlllKRtop'a Neat.
Alligators' nests resemble haycocks
more than anything else to which they
can be conipured. They aveitige about
four feet In height and live feet in
diameter and are constructed of grasses
and herbage. First the mother go tor
deposits one layer of eggs on a mortar
Uke floor, ond. having covered this with
a stratum of mud and herbage about
eight Inches thick, lays another set of
eggs upon that, nnd so on to the top,
there being commonly from-100 to 2u0
eggs In a nest With their tails the par
ents then beat down. the toll grass and
weeds to prevent the npprouch of un
seen enemies. The female watches
her eggs until they are hatched by
tho heat of the sun and then takes
her brood under her own care, defend
ing them and providing for their sub
sistence. Ena-land'a Oldest Alehouse.
The oldest licensed village alehouse
In Euglaud Is claimed to be the (icorge
Inn, In North 8t riilllp. The license
dates from 131)7. Each Btory of the
picturesque old structure overhangs
that beneath. The front Is broken ly
bay windows, a porch aud a flight of
stone steps leading to a doorway In the
walL- At the back aro more qualut doors
and windows, and a turret built against
the wall Incloses nn outside stair,
while in the yard still remains part of
the old gallery found lu so uiuny hos
tclrlcs of the middle ages. Most of
the front Is timbered, and n curious
chimney surmounts each gable. The
upper floor Inside Is of plaster.
The Blenheim Spaniel.
It la a traditionary custom In the
Marlborough family for each duke to
present a Blenheim spaniel to the duch
ess when she enters Blenheim ptilnce
for the first time as Its mistress. The
Btory from which this custom hud its
origin Is that during the battle of Blen
heim a spaniel followed at the heels of
the great duke throughout the duy,
never leaving him until victory was
assured, and the duchess, the famous
Sarah Churchill lu memory of the In
cident forthwith adopted the spaniel
tt ber favorite dug.
Ideal.
"An ideal match," they say, Indicat
ing the newly married couple.
"Eminently suited to each other."
they continue. ;
Here they pause and watch the. hop
pypntr.
"Seems like a made to rder meeting
of affinities," they conclude, "lie Is a
vegetarian, ond she Is a gross widow."
Judge.
Appropriate.
"Why," asked the stage manager,
"do you Insist upon shouting 'Bah!' at
Intervals of about two minutes?"
"Why?"repeated the villain In tones
that Indicated a complete confidence
In the consistency of his performance.
"Because the cast of characters plain
ly indicates that 1 am the block sheep
of my famlly."-Wbat to Eat
!""TV Remnrkahle IfpftaphaT ' 5P
The two most remarkable epltapha ttj
the United States ore those of JJkniel
Barrow, formerly of Rncratneoto ana
of Hank Monk, Horace Greeley
Mage drives. The former reads as foi
bws; "Hete Is laid Daniel Barrow,
who was born In Sorrow and Borrow
ed little from nature except his name
and his love to mankind and hit hatred
for redskins. Who was nevertheless
gentleman nnd 0 dead shot, who
through a long life never killed bit
man except In self defense or by acci
dent, .nnd who, when ho at last went
under beneath the bullets of his cow
nrdly enemies In Jeff Morris' saloon,
did so In the sure nnd certain hope of
a glorious and everlasting morrow."
Hank Monk's epitaph reads thus:
"Sacred to the memory of Hank Monk,
the whitest, biggest hearted and best
known stage driver In the west, who
was kind to nil and brought III to none.
He lived In a strange era and was a
hero, and tho wheels of his coach are
now ringing on the golden streets."
Ancient Football.
Philip Stubbrs wrote In inHS In hit
book 011 "The Anntomle of Abuses:"
"For as concerning football I pro
test unto you it may rather be called
a freendly kltule of fight than a play
of recreation; 0 bloody and tnurtherlng
practice than a fclowly sporte of paa
tyme. For dooth not every one lye In
walglit for his Adverserle, seeking to
overthrow him and to plcke him on hla
nose, though It be on hard stones, 0
that by this men ties sometimes their
necks are broken, sometimes their
backs, sometimes their legs, sometimes
their arms, sometimes one part thrust
out of Joynt, sometimes another; some
times the noses gush out with blood,
sometimes their eyes stnrt out fight
ing, brawling, contention, quarrel pick
ing, mttrthcr. homicide and great effu
sion of blood, ns experience dayly
teacheth."
Chinese Jnetlee.
The China Times relates an extraor
dinary case of Chinese "Justice."
A Mr. Jen was betrothed to Miss
Han nnd paid his money to the WO
ninn's parents. Then he called on the
parents to have the contract fulfilled
and was told that the promised one
was the bride of another.
Having paid his money he considered
be was entitled to the girl and went
to her bunlm nil's house to carry her
off, but she was not at home. He then
laid his case before the magistrate.
The gh-l was arrested and sentenced
to be "kun-ed," the magistrate arguing,
"If you are so wicked at twenty years
of age, at the age of eighty you will
be a menace to the Celestial empire."
The process of kua-lng la very similar
to tho llng-chlh, or slicing' to death
punishment
The Population of the Moos,
There is plenty of anthorlty for be
lieving that there Is a man in the moon.
In fact there Is authority for believing
that there are women and other ani
mals there. Dante declares that Cain
was banished to the moon and that ha
can be seen there at any time. Chaucer
declares that the man In the moon was
guilty of larceny nnd that be carries a
thorn bush. Shakespeare loads him
with thorns and gives him a dog. Ac
cording to the general version, be was
banished there for gathering sticks on
Sunday, and the Germans hove ampli
fied this theory by giving him a wom
an who bad been caught churning but
ter on Sunday.
A Cheekr Customer.
"I had a uulque but tantalizing ex
perience the other duy," said a clerk
who works In a hnlr store. "A man
came Into our place and asked to look
at some false beards. Of course be waa
accommodated, and he spent over an
hour going over tho lot trying them on
ond examining himself In a glass. Qe
took up my time, nnd after he had ex
amined everything lu thnt line In the
store he thanked me ond said he wa
considering whether to raise a beard or
trot and wished to seo how he would
look In the different styles."
A Witt? Hetort.
As Is generally tho case with peopla
who have nothing to say worth hear
ing, a coucetted drummer talked K
great deal, to the evident disgust of K
number of his drummer friends who
were dlulug at a country hotel When
cheese was served. It was of a decided
"lively" brand, much to the delight of
tho Irrepressible. He attacked it with
great gusto, remarking, "I'm like Sam
son, slaylikg them by the thousand!"
"Yes," replied a quick wittcd diner at
the end of the table, "and with the
tame weapon tool"
Aa Alternative.
"Now, then," said the professor of
logic, "give us au Idea of your knowl
edge of the question In plain words."
"Why er I'm nfrald," stammered
the student, "that I can't Just exactly"-
"Perhaps then you may give us an
Idea of your Iguorance of It In any old
words." Philadelphia Press.
Laxnry .
Alice Uncle Cabe, what would yoill
do If you bad a million dollars?
Uncle Gabe Well, I doan' rightly
know, 11' I' missy; but ef I had a tnllyun
dollabs I believe I'd git my ole shoes
half soled. Puck.
The Struicirle For Office.
If this free people, if this government
lts-jlf, Is ever utterly demoralized. It
will come from this human wriggle and
struggle for office that la, a way to
live without work. Lincoln.
A trick la like a cheap firecracker
when it seems to have done lis work
ind lost Its vitality it is apt to explode
and hurt the man who set It off, Sat
urday Evening Posi- k-:
I JthV Japnn'eeV and fhelr Faaai""
f To the Japanese the fan Is not tnere
llj a means to the end of cooling the
atmosphere. It Is a thing of meaning,
of art. It tells a story, and there la
even a suggestiveness In the manner
of using or wearing It The whole his
tory of Japan could be rend from fans
If enough of them were put together,
and every political event of Importance
Is pictured on these airy trifles. There
are different fans for every conceiva
ble occasion. Even dolls have their
own fans, and children have theirs.
The geisha girls hove a particular kind
pf fan, and Jugglers, too, use one with
Appropriate decorations. There la a
fan used only at the solemn tea feast
and a war fun of Iron, covered wtth
lncqtter. Generals have silk fans, with
Iron htlcks, nnd there Is a dangerous
dagger fan. The bamboo water fan la
dipped In water frequently while be
ing used to make the air cooler. The
Indent court fans of Japan were fold
lug fit ns of wood, decorated with silk
artificial flowers, aud each noble fam
ily had Its own flower, thnt no one else
dared use. Color, shape and decora
tion of the Japanese fan all hiive their
meaning, the flowers and birds their
symbolism. Thus to give a fan with a
flight of white storks upou It Is to wish
long life, while a cobweb design is for
mourning.
The) Way People Sit.
It is one thing to have a chair and
another to know how to sit on it The
Ideal of a graceful sitting posture has
varied In the different ages of the
world. The Egyptians sat bolt upright
the knees and feet closely pressed to
gether. It was the ceremonial attitude.
The Greeks and Itomnns, when their
seats bad no backs aud they were at
liberty to forget their dignity, sat
stooping, with one or both elbows sup
ported by the arms. The Chinese Ideal
was the knees und feet wide apart
They have maintained thnt attitude In
sitting for 4,000 years. The Saxons and
early Norman kings are represented In
old muuuscrlpts and on coins In the
same position. Down to a date com
paratively recent kings ahd queens re
ceived sitting stillly on their thrones,
any marked change of posture being
thought to derogate from the royal dig
nity. They now receive standing.
Illnatratlnar the Solar Sretesa.
The solar system Is well illustrated
by the following statements: Let the
sun be represented by a globe two feet
In diameter. A grain of mustard seed at
the circumference of a circle 104 feet
lu diameter will adequately represent
the size and distance of Mercury. The
earth will be represented by a pea on
the circumference of a circle 284 feet
across, and Venus by another pea on
the outside of a 430 foot circle. Mars
will be adequately represented by a
ptnhead at 054 feet ond the asteroids
by grains of sand 1,000 to 1,200 feet
away. An orange at the distance of
half a mile will stand for Jupiter, a
very small apple at four-fifths of a
mile will stand for Saturn a'nd a cher
ry on the circumference of a circle VA
miles across will represent Uranus.
It Didn't Work.
In bis lecture "Love, Courtship and
Marriage," delivered la the Lebanon
Valley College chapel several years
ago, Bev. John De Witt MlUor of Phila
delphia said that men should kiss their
wives as they did when they were a
year or two married. When the lecture
was over an old man went home, pat
bis arm around bis wife's neck and
kissed her.
Meeting the lecturer some time after,
be said, "It's no go."
"What Isn't?" said tho lecturer.
"Vol," said the man, "ven I kissed my,
vlfe she said, 'Vat's gone wrong nnt
you, you oult fool, you?'"
Deadly Prnsslo Acid,
Prussia acid Is composed of such
things as animal refuse aud blood sol
ids, with large quantities of oil of
vitriol. Even the smell of the acid pro
duces pain In the throat and In the re
gion of tho heart and tbero ore few
poisons for which there Is such little
opportunity for an ontldoto. If there
Is time aud there seldom Is, for the
poison Is almost Instantaneous In Its
action ammonia' Inhaled very freely
may glvo relief and reduce the abso
lute certainty of death to a grave prob
ability. First Judicial Honors For a Woman.
To Henry VIII. belongs tho honor of
having conferred Judicial rights upon
a woman. Lady Anne Berkeley of
York was allowed by the sovereign,
who bad the widest experience of the
virtues of women, to sit as Judge,
appoint a commission and actually to
pass sentence on some men who had
beeu killing her deer and despoiling
her park.
Doth Involved.
Mr. Youughusband (reading from
paper) "Married Blanche de Smythe
to Walter Wellington Beere." What old
memories that name awakens!
Mrs. Y. (blushing) I never Imagined
you knew of my engagement to Walter
Mr. Y. (chillingly) I was alluding to
Blanche.
Feminine Esotlsm.
Husband (during the spat) I must
have been a fool when I married you.
Wife Undoubtedly. But the old
adage still bolds good.
Husband What's that?
Wife A fool for luck. Chicago
News.
IBzperloneod.
"How was It that he managed to
pull the wool over your eyes?"
"Well, he had floeeed several fellows
before I met him."
There are plenty of actors who act
Uke actors, too few who act like real
human beings. Ohio State Journal.
. .
Rumor of hoys and flirts.
From twelve On an Increasing per
Tcntage of the children relinquish the
Idea that self Is necessary In the Joke
and give more Impersonal accounts.
Girls more frequently than boys quote
the humor of the refined adult and In
personal experiences often describe oc
casions of their own timidity. This Is
probably due to the different home
training a girl receives. She Is con
tinually drilled "to be a lady," w hich
In most cases means to drop her until
ral Instincts aud to Imitate the adults
of her environment About twelve she
loses the fearlessness she hns hitherto
shared with her brothers ond becomes
good prey for their "scaring" schemes.
This seems to develop the boys' teas
ing abilities, for, while before utmost
all their tricks were on their own sex,
now the acme of their fun as recorded
Is to frighten some girl or to make her
look ridiculous. A boy of twelve Il
lustrates this tendency nnd by his
mixed clauses gives further material
for smiles. "The best Joke I saw
played was putting a bunch of fire
crackers by a lady that were not Ht
tnd they scared her." Centur
The Wonderful Toad Bone.
All early writers attribute wonderful
qualities to toads and frogs and the
various parts of their bodies, l'llny
believed, for Instance, lliat If a toad
was brought Into the luldxt of a mob
or other large nnd unruly concourse of
people "silence would Instantly pre
vail." A small bone found In the
right side of toads "of the proper age"
was also believed to have powers over
the various elements. "By throwing
this bone Into u vessel of boiling
water," says Pliny, "It will Immediate
ly cool It, the water refusing to boil
again until the bone bus been removed.
To find this bone, expose the dead load
on an ant hill. When the facts have
eaten ber till away except the bones,
take each bone separately aud drop It
Into boiling water. Thus nitty the
wondrous toud hone be discovered."
Trollopo Dlenarrrd.
Although Anthony Trollopo never
smoked, he liked being with those who
did. It soothed his nerves, he said, and
sent him to sleep. On one occasion,
when he had Just returned to Loudon
from South Africa, he was talking at
the Cosmopolitan club to Lord C'nrna
von. Lord Derby, Froude, the historian.
Lord Wolseley and one or two others
equally fatuous on the future of that
country. In the midst of the discussion
Trollope fell asleep, and after a quar
ter of an hour's doze be awoke, shaking
himself together like the faithful,
growling Newfoundland dog be so
much resembled. Dissentient even In
his unconsciousness, he spluttered
forth: "I utterly disagree with every
one of you. What la It you said?"
Rain and I'lante.
Many persons must have noticed that
the mot diligent sprinkling of lawns
and flower beds falls to Impart to the
grass and plants a vital stimulus equal
to that which comes from a good show
er of rain. A correspondent reminds
us of the renson for the difference. It
la because rain, falling from a great
height through the air, brings with It
a considerable quantity of carbonic
acid, of nitrogenous pnrticles and of
other elements nutritious to plants
which It has washed out of the atmos
phere. So a sprinkler used from the
top of a tall building might, be slightly
more effective than when employed at
the surface of the ground.
How She Knew.
Apropos of the servant maid difficul
ty I heard a good story the other day.
The wife of a very well known Irish
official was In want of an under nurse,
and among those who applied for the
position was a good natured looking
girl of about seventeen. "You tell me,"
said tho olllclal's wife, "that you are
very fond of children. That Is all very
well In Its way, but do you under
stand anything about the duties of a
nursery? Iave you any experience of
children?" "Yls, mum," was the reply.
"Sure I used to be a child wanst me
sllf." London Tatler.
Where the Trpewrlter Blundered.
Church You know French, who
keeps the restaurant?
Gotham Oh yes.
"Well, be wants a new typewriter."
"What's the matter with that good
looking one be had?"
"Oh, the other day he told her to
write and get the price of frogs' legs,
and she addressed the letter to the Hop
Growers' association." Exchange.
On Principle.
Bert (nervously) I heard pa tell ma
he was goln' to flog me on principle
after prayers tonight. Where's prin
ciple, Billy?
Billy I think It's somewhere at the
back, Bert. The last time he flogged
me on principle I bad to sit sideways
for more'n a fortnight Loudon Tit
Bits. The Two Classes.
Old Dr. Grimshaw (to medical stu
dent) And now, remember that to a
physician humanity is divided Into two
classes.
Student And what are they, doctor?
Old Grimshaw The poor whom he
cures and the rich whom be doctors.
Jaat What Happened.
"Penelope," said the anxious mother,
"tell me truly, did Charles kiss you last
night?"
"There was a slight labial Juxtaposi
tion as Charles took his leave, mother,
but I assure you it was only momen
tary and therefore innocuous."
Thwarted Them,
"Why did old Rolllngold give away
his money?"
"He was afraid his relatives would
have blm adjudged Incapable of taking
care of It "Newark News.
trana-e Craft.
A traveler says: "The strangest craft
I have ever seen were the balsss of
Lake Tltlcaca in Bolivia and Peru.
These balsas are made of an aquatic
plant growing In the waters of tbt
lake. The principle on which they are
constructed by the Aymarss Indians
proves their Ingenuity. A bale of bay
naturally floats In the water, aud ac
cording to the quantity of dried gruss
used In constructing the boat do tbey
control the displacement or currying
capacity. These boats are likewise fit
ted with a mast and sail, and lu some
Instances enrry from eight to ten per
sons. The Indians travel long distances
over this vast Inland lake, the surface
of which is 011 a level wltb the summit
of the Jungfrau of the Swiss Alps."
The Soil Wh Rot Conaenlal.
It was Aunt Itebecca's first visit to
ber niece, a city girl who bad married
a few years before ond begun house
keeping In a pretty town lu southern
Michlguii.
"Myrtle," she said, looking out of the
kitchen window one morning, "you
have a line patch of ground here that
seems to be going to waste. Why don't
you plant peach trees? They grow
beautifully lu this climate."
"No, amity." replied the young wife;
"the soil Is too poor. I have tried It
You remember those canned peaches
you sent me year before last? They
were the finest I ever saw finer than
any that grow here. Well, I saved the
stones, anil, without saying anything
to Robert about It, I planted them out
there In the yard, but not one of them
ever came up not a single one!"
Mo f nusi For Worry.
Elderly Fiance--1 hope you are not
tmpresseil by the silly sentimentalists
who hold that because you've married
once you mi':ht not to marry again!
Pretty Widow Don't let tlutt worry
you, dear: I've no such prejudice. My
own dear mother was married three
timet), am) I only hope that lu all
things I limy follow ber example.
Clinked Him Off.
Kraft The boss lias promised to give
me a rise In my salary next week.
Newltt-Sorry, old man, but I can't
leud you anything.
Bellei that there are as good fish in
'.lie sea ns ever were caught Is poor
;onsolatlou to the man whose bait Is
(one.
Her Rnaaarmeat Hlns;.
Kitty -Constance la wearing a dia
mond rlr.g on ber engagement finger.
I'll bet she's only trying to fool folks.
Maude- Oh. It's on engagement all
right; she told me about It The en
gagement Is wltb ber dentist you
know, and she put the ring on for fear
be might forget Boston Transcript
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Cod liver oil is in universal re-
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Nevertheless, three-fourths of
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