HER LAST CAST. BT W. ADDISON. [Copyright, 1893, by the Author.] MA S? T VVAkS in th 6 * AMI Dal H Alvarez circus M that two Uer- P ma ns, dressed / STvW as Chinese, / \ were exhibiting [ \ their skill in ( ] t^iat m ° an " knife-throw which is fast The Chinese were the flrst to bring it to Europe in tbe forties, and for the time being gained for themselves consider able popularity by their remarkable deftness and skill. The artists in the Alvarez circus were man and wife—she, with a serene smile on her lips, her long, fair hair hanging loosely over her shoulders, her deep, blue eyes directed fearlessly and full of confidence towards her comrade; he, firm and cool, with an expression of su preme indifferenco to the danger his wife so boldly and unflinchingly faced. The couple seemed to mock death, playing with him as with a tame tiger cat But, however bloodcurdling the sang froid of couple might be, they were dwarfed into insignificance in comparison with an incident dating irom my strolling days, which comes all the more vividly before ray mind's eye, the remoter it is from that adven turous, precarious time when I, a gypsy among gypsies, strode in front of the green caravan, which, slowly followed by street curs barking furiously at its SEEM TO MOCK DEATH. Inmates, rumbled along in the evening, with the last rays of the dying sun glinting on the gnarled window panes. Brigantina! Oh! how distinctly I see that dark gypsy girl with the supple, panther like form, the "attraction of the stroll ing circus of Belli," who, at the time of this story was "doing" tho southern provinces of Holland. Her equestrian feats were the most striking. Why she remained with the small circus proprietor for the paltry salary she was receiving, when she might have had splendid remunerative engagements in the largest and most renowned circuses, was a mystery to mo at iirst But then I saw later on that Brigan tina cherished a desire to become Mine. Belli. Belli was a young man of not more .than five und twenty years of age, hav ing inherited the circus not long before this from his parents, who had both died suddenly one after the other. Tho circus was composed of half u dozen green caravans and a couple oi dozen of tolerably good horses. Tho pride of the circus, however, was a really well-trained elephant, "Molfa," which was brought into the ring by Belli and Brigantina in turns. The proprietor, with his Roman nose, coal-black mustache ami athletic, well built figure, was a prototype of a brut al, masculine beau of the unnual fail a highway Apollo, sclf-oouccited and overbearing in his treatment with hU subordinates. Mrigantina always rodo in Indian dress —a 'short skirt, edged with feathers and shells, with a string o 1 coral beads around her neck, and at her side a blue silk pouch, containing small, gilded juggling balls. With one leap she vaulted on to the bare back of her gray horse, and with *MSfc-like agility bent forward, pitching the balls high up into the air, catching them as they fell, and once more send ing Hying into spaee, the mean while poising herself gracefully, and 'with the utmost adroitness, on her thorse's baeii while he continued to gal liop round and round the ring. After this performance a thick board •va placed in the middle of the ring, ipoQ which a small circle of not more than one foot in diameter had been do peri bed. and then llrigantina was handed half a dozen small, glistening, pharp-edged hatchets, which How from her hands like arrows from a bow, one a(U/r the other, without touching or ver failing to enter the circle. I luring this exhibition of skill the rndience held its breath and gave u sigh of relief as IJrigantina dismounted and the board with the axes sticking in it was removed. They then chalked the girl's shoo . oles and away she went again to the mid strains of the music. Wilder and ♦v*|dcr played the music, and ever more dafittg became her postures, more ve* bcttt&ot her urging of the steed, until jiie broko into a mad gallop. She flew v like the wind. JVc held the barriers —on, two, three, ■ fro barriers—over which she went perched on the smooth back of her Jiorse. With upraised arms, pressing with licr dainty feet, she incitod the horse toetill greater elTorts, shouting ill I the time: "Ileidoncl En avantl Caesar! Auimo! Animol" Her switch whisked through the air, her eyes flashed, her long, blue-black hair touched the tent-poJes as she ca reered past Swift as an arrow tha , maddened beast rushed past with hia .daring rider holding on by the toes of fii.C fopt ~ - The cool evening air blew softly in through the curtains of the caravan iu which Belli sat with Brigantina, whose small hands he held tenderly in liis own. She gazed up at him, as if under the influence of some spell, with beam ing eyes and a dreamy look. AH was quiet. The night air gently caressed the leaves of the lindens, whoso sweet scent mingled with the fresh sea breeze, penetrated through the win dows of tho caravan, intoxicating the lovers with its sweet incense. "Your wife, Alessandro, your wife at last!" she lisped softly, as if spep.king in a dream. "Certainly, Brigantina, in a few days you'll be my wife," answered the circus proprietor. "And then you'll bo mine —mine alone." He drew a ring from his finger. "And I herewith pledge myself and my life, darling; this ring shall bind us together, never to be severed, what ever our fates may be —yea, unto death!" Brigantina glanced hastily at the ring, and fervently pressed it to her lips. Then suddenly, with an almost imperceptible movement, she plucked a tiny dagger from her belt, and prick ing her left arm with its sharp point pressed the wound passionately to the mouth of her beloved. He kissed the wound and endeavored to stanch it, but she held her arm out of'his reach, allowing the blood to flow freely, and exclaimed in a voice quivering with emotion: ' • "Thine, Alessandro, for everl For thee I am ready to shed my life's blood!" Alessandro Belli had engaged a second equestrienne; a golden-haired beauty, a proud, intriguing woman. Jeannette was born in an old, cele brated, professional family, who had acquired considerable wealth in the pursuit of their calling. A great por tion of her parents' money fell to Jeannette's share, whose talents, how ever, were of too mean an order to gain her admission into the higher branches of her profession, and she was too fond of a roving life to settle down quietly and live a happy and contented life. . After the arrival of this beauty Belli underwent a change. Ho neglected Brigantina, and began to make ad vances to Jeannette. This gypsy was a born speculator, who scenting lucre desires to possess it with the least possible trouble. I often observed the dark threatening glances of Brigantina, as she dug deep into her lips with her white teeth. "When shall we get married. Ales sandro?" she asked Belli, one afternoon. 44 1 have reconsidered the matter, Brigantina," replied he, coldly. "I am too young to marry yet. I will strive to earn more money, and you could also do much better if you were to accept an important engagement. Go, and come back rich, and help me to m&ke a big company out of this gypsy band." She turned pale. "You want me to go in order to free yourself of your vow to me. I must make way for this red-haired beast be cause you covet her riches. Have you forgotten your oath, Alessandro? Do you want to break your solemn vow?" "Don't be tiresome, Brigantina, but goto where you belong!" rejoined Belli, imperiously. The woman laughed scornfully. "Ah! that's the way you talk to mo, is it? Take care, Alessandro I see through you. You want to be rid of me to marry your Jeannetto!" "You dream, girl—l do not even think of such a thing. I am, however, onl> a KISSED TIIK WOUND. poor director, who must see to how he can earn his living best. With the company as it is there is nothing to be done, and that you know right well." "I'll go and earn money, Alessandro; but swear to me never to marry Jean netto." . "Brigantina, I am no longer a child!" "Swear, Alessandro, swear." "Go t > the 1" Quick as lightning Brigantina sprang to one side, and seized hold of an ax. "Swear, or by Heaven—" And the tigress threw the reflection of the glistening blade on the torn can vas of the tent. Belli laughed mockingly. He relied upon his brute strength and athletic skill, as lie set about wrenching the ax from her grasp, to overcome her. "You won't go of your own accord, yon she-devil, so I'll pitch you out against your will, and if you don't mind you'll find the whip cracking .tbout j-our cars! You dare to threaten a Belli? You—you—poltroon!" This was enough. Poltroon —cowardl That word stung her to the quick. A wave of blood diffused Itself over the face of the gypsy girl, a hard, hissing, animal like cry escaped her llds, and tho ax whizzed through the air. It cut its way into the stroller's throat, who fell to the ground without a sound, and his blood mingled with the freshly strewn sawdust on the floor. With a shrill laugh Brigantina went out past his corpse —she knew that she bad aimed well. It was her last cast The next day we drew her lifeless body out of the river Only a few of the company followed her coCJn to the wall near the church yard, where her remains were laid without chant or song of anv kind. IN WOMAN'S BEHALF. SMART BUSINESS WOMAN. I>rtncsH and Tart Fit Many for Confi dential I'oslt ions. Somebody who makes it lier business to study such thing's says that a cen tury ago there were but a dozen em ployments open to women, counting all housework as one, and now there are over three hundred. It is the fashion to credit all this to the increasing liber ality of thought and the long agitation for so-called "woman's rights." Per haps some of it is due thereto, but sure ly most of it is the natural result of that industrial and commercial devel opment which has created so many em ployments in which deftness, refined taste and delicacy of touch are of far more value than mere physical strength. If you doubt it, consider this con trast: France, in which the Salic law prevails from throne to cross roads post office, and the political rights of women are not even so much as men tioned, employs more women in clerical and industrially technical ways than any other country, while those new states, in which political distinctions are almost or quite abolished, employ few or none. The more advanced the civilization the less advantage has mere muscle and the more have quick ness of thought and delicacy of touch. France makes her monqy by producing articles of taste and beauty. Wyom ing, Washington, etc., make theirs I y felling trees and digging ores, by ranch ing and rearing cattle. With good men pay is the determin ing factor in grading employment. With women the neatness of the work and the opportunity to maintain a good personal appearance are at least equally potent. In stenography all three con ditions are satisfied. The pay is fair, the work is clean, the finest costume is not too good for it, the eyes and com plexion are not injured. It is pre-em inently a womanly work. Arhl a deal of intellect may be put into it. Hut it is there that we hear the usual complaint. A woman stenog rapher, we are told, studies until she gets a position and can fill it fairly well, and thereafter it is all routine with her. She does not strive to ac quire general information which would greatly increase her value to an author or editor. She does not, say the critics, even interest herself in others of her profession. Ask any man in that line who the stars of his profession are, and he will at once name you such men as Isaac A. Dement, who won at a recent contest by writing over 250 words a minute for five minutes, or Fred A. Ire land, who can "take" the fastest talker in congress and never miss a word, or vleorge It. Bishop, of the New York Stock exchange. Ask a womun stenographer as to her sisters,, and the usual answer is' "Well. I don't read the stenographers' journals now, and I really can't think of any just at present." Evidently the esprit ilu corps has not yet been created. There are, however, several very smart stenographers of the fair sex, and in New York they hold some very desir able positions. Perhaps the most noted one now is Miss Minnie Minton Dyke, private secretary of the city's buildjng commissioner. She is a petite Massa chusetts girl, who began the study of stenography but three years ago and had quite the full average of trials and disappointments in getting a good posi tion. One of the objections oftenest urged sgainst her was that she looked too young for the place, which is a very nice saying indeed to a lady in society, but a trifle hard on a stenographer. After doing odd pieces of work her first engagement of an}' length was to assist Ollie Sumner Teall in a political .ampaign. She then opened an ottice of fier own and finally became private iecrctarj', as aforesaid, to Commissioner Anthony Grady. She loses no oppor tunity to add to her general informa tion and is a graduate of the Women's Law school, an institution where most of the teaching is done by evening lectures. She is now a sort of assist ant commissioner, and has a stenog rapher to whom she dictates letters, attending thus to much business she formerly took in dictation from Mr. Grady. Commissioner Hans Heattie also had a lady for private secretary when he w&s at the head of the New York street cleaning department. Miss Cynthia WeStover made quite a reputation in that position and is often quoted as a fine example of what such a semi official should be. In truth, the office jf private secretary requires a happy union of many qualities, most of which we have been taught to consider pt*u liarly feminine. One must have a deal i of tact, ability to catch an idea with jut requiring too many words in set ting it forth, and especially if there are many callers must the secretary have the talent to say something to all and yet leave none with any phrase that may afterward bo quoted against the principal. Mrs. John A. Logan is credited with having trained her own private secre tary for several years, and as she had a good subject to start on the result is admirable. In her home there is a very retired but comfortable and well-light ed room where Mrs. Logan does her work, and the ornament and pride of that room is Miss Edith Marshall. Miss Marshall is a rather slender and timid-looking Pennsylvania girl, who had worked her way steadily into a po sition in Washington city when Mrs. Logan met her and found her assist ance of value. "She has my perfect confidence," says that lady, "and has charge of all my mail r the details of my business affairs, draws checks for tho payment of all my bills and is my other self when I am absent." Mrs. Logan has an immense amount of work to do. Her mail is seldom less than one hun dred letters a day. She is president of the Garfield -hospital, editor of a inaga zine, contributor to other periodicals, collaborator of army literature and has much private business besides. And in all this Miss Marshall is not only secre tary but trusted agent, and sometimes adviser and friend. During her four years in Washington Mrs. Lovi P. Morton had for a pri ate j secretary a Mib*i Hunt, of Louisiura, ! whose life is so very retired that evi n her #iven name is not general ly know n. Yet she is a scion of one of the olde. l l official families, and her father was minister to Russia at one time. She was also companion to Mrs. Morton and assisted at her receptions, holding a place in Washington society by her own Ainonf these, written by Mary Astell, two fiundre.l years ago, is a somewhat bel licose "Defense of the Female Sex." Lho earliest of all the volumes is Dame Juliana IJerner's treatise on "Hawking, Hunting, and Cote Armour," entitled "The Dolce of St. Albans." She also .vrote a "Treatyso of Fyssliynge wyth in Angle" (1480). The manuscripts in the collection are interesting. Every mo notices the great resemblance be tween the handwritings of George Eliot, Charlotte Dronte, and Fanny Burney. Some of the manuscript pages jf "Robert Elsmere" are there, mostly written on sheets of notepaper size. A valuable MSS. is one written in Erdu by an Indian Begum, and another is the first story written by an Indiun woman in English.—N. Y. Sun. WOMEN AT WORK. Two HUNDRED women practice dent istry in the United States. LADY AMHERST has distinguished her noble name by admission to the hon orary list of turners. She has extraor dinary skill as a manipulator of the lathe, and her house is full of specimens of her work. Miss ELIZABETH TAOG has "proved up" on a preemption entry for one hun dred and sixtj' acres of land in Columbia county, Or., and proposes to settle on her claim and make a good farm outof it. She is young, and has lived for sev eral years in Astoria. IF the World's Columbian exposi tion has accomplished nothing else, it hus made evident one thing which alone is worth all the cost and labor expended on the fair. That thing is the inherent intellectual capacity of woman and her right to claim an equal place with man in every field of effort. Baltimore Sun, MRS. MARION TODD, whose latest lit erary work, "The Railways of Europe and America," has been recently pub lished, is a New England woman by birth, but has passed most of her life in the west. In 1881 she was admitted to the bar in San Francisco, and built up a practice there. She has several times been a delegate to anti-monopoly and greenback national conventions, anil in 1882 was the greenback candidate for attorney-general of California. THE Women's Protective and Provi dent League of Glasgow has been in vestigating the laundries of the princi pal Scottish cities. The girls there have been found to average from twelve to fifteen hours a day for six days of the week. In one case a girl | was paid at the rate of six shillings a week, and she worked from 8 a. ni. on ! Friday until 10:30 p. m. the following ; day, the only intervals being an hour I for dinner, one for breakfast, and time to take tea. FALL VERSE. The Chimes. Bark, O hark! how soft and olear Bells aro chiming on my ear, Bolls of even tide, they tell Day Is over—all Is wolL Rising, fulling, on the ear— What is it they're calling clear? Day Is over—toil is done. Rest comes with the sinking sun. Sweeter, sweeter, still they ring And a benediotion fling— O! forever I shall hear In my heart those voices dear, Like some soft, sweet lullaby, Heard In days long since gone by, When pressed to a bosom white, Mother's singing hushed us quite. So, I drop my weary bead, Cure and trouble both are fled, And on sounds as sweet as those Drift t'ward islands of repose. Rising, falling thought doth go On those accents to and fro; Bolls of slumber, bells of sleep, I am sinking in the deep Still I hpar you—o'er and o'er— And shall hear for evermore, Through my brain your accents float, Each soft penetrating note Farther, fainter, fainter still. Sinking, rising, sinking, till All piy soul, thrilled with delight. Dreams of music through the night. —lnter Ocean. Indian Summer. Warm sun rays sift Through filmy mist And overy leaf is color-kissed. The softened gleam O'er wood and stream Makes earth an oriental dream. An Incense rare Drifts thro' the air Swung from October's censors fair. A soothing sense Of Joy intense Lulls us to dreamy lndolenca Over the land, *? With lavish hand, Autumn has waved her color wand. With overy breeze The frost-stained leaves Drift from their moorage in the trees. The ivy dips Her finger tips In summer's blood, aud drips, and drips O shade and shine! Your neotared wine Stirs us like some old vintage fine. 0 rythmic rune, Alas I How soon Will discord mar your perfect tuns With fancy's ear 1 seem to hear Tho requiem of the dying year. —Detroit Free Press A Summer Day. Far-flashing in the bright gulf of the sky The unavailing clouds float, and tho air Burns quivering in the steady flame-fleroe glare, Down-beating, from the sun's throne, on the dry Thirst-fevered fields, and on the roads that lie Choked in the hot dust, while, only here and there. High in ihe glistening sycamores, or where The willows are, a languid breath goes by. But no touch stirs tho river's quiet deeps; Therefrom tho wooded hill looms, green and denso; Therein its huge Inverted Image sleeps; The locust's whizzing music, shrill and tense, Sounds from the dusky elm, whose shadow creeps Across that wide and glassy Indolence. —Robert tt Wilson, in Harper's Magazine. The Welcome Man. Of men and lovers, brothers—all— lie Is the welcome one I Whenever he may choose to oall I gladly rise, and run To moot and greet him with a smile And eager-beating heart, the while. At morn if I am not "in trim" And other fellows come I cleverly retreat. To him I always om at home— With bangs in crimp. I boldly stand And willingly extend my hand. And yet his presence sometimes brings Regret, and pain, and blame, And other aggravating things- No matter! Just the same I fly to ope the door aud see If ho a letter have for me I -Madeline S. Bridges, in Ladles' Home Journal. Two Turnings. I came to a turn In my fate, And my love stood by: I went to his side with a heart elate. And "Little I care," said I, "Little care I how rough the weather, While thou and I are safe togetherl" I cam© to a turn in my fate. But my love was gone: There came no word through the silent gate Though I watched and prayed till dawn; And "Little care I how fair the weather, Since love and I are no more togetherl" —Florence E. Pratt, in Ltppincott'a. Compensation. If at first you don't suooeed Try, try again, For perseverance overcomes All things of mortal ken, And if you do not got tho girl You want, or think you do, You're safe in betting you will get The girl that's wanting you. —Detroit Free Press. An Excusable Omission. ! I hadn't an eye for the groom that day, I • Though J pitied him awfully, With everyone loooking right his way— That is, everyone but me. But, of course, 'twss the bride they were look ing at, For who wouldn't have looked at her, When to even a fellow as blind as a bat Hor beauty would havo to oocur? But she was composed, and she wasn't affright; She knew she was charming to see; But tho groom anybody would venture to slight, And I couldn't have looked at—me! ■—Roe L. Hendrlck, In Puok. Mountain of the Holy Cross, Colorado. Engraven on the mountain side. Where storm winds blow and cloud wreaths toss, By snow engrained, by ice retained, Stands, Heaven Impressed, "The Holy Cross." In by-gone days the Indian eye Beheld from far tho wondrous sign, And through the dark, one tiny spark. Faint gleam of immortality, Showed the Great Spirit's hand divine The years passed on—the white man came And told of human gain and loss. Of mail's distress, of love's redress, On Calvary's tree, "The Holy Cross." Then simple hearts, long wrapped in night. Found earthly shadows fade away, Of sorrow's gloom, or chilly tomb, In view of that far beacon bright, Tinging the sullen mountain height With radiance of God's perfect day. Still striving souls, with love Inspired, I Accounting earth's chief glory dross, ! May gaze untried, with rapture fired, ! Upon the snowy "Holy Cross." For yet iho gleaming symbol stands Upon the Rocky mountains' crest, Whilst far below lights come and go, O'er pine woods, streams and sunny lands, And peaceful lakes, whose placid breast Image God's final gift of "Rest" —Helena Heath, in Good Word* FREELAND [OPERA HOUSE. JOHN J. WELSH, Manager. I THURSDAY, Dec. 7. "The Burglar," (Direction of A. Q. Scammon.) A COMEDY DRAMA IN FOUR ACTS, by Augustus Thomas, author of the successful plays, "ALABAMA" and "SURRENDER." Exactly as produced at the Madison Squure Theatre, New York. Intermingled laughter and tears. Presented with a great east of popular players. PEICES: 25, 35 and 50 Cents. 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Each character in the cast was in able hands and a smoother or more effective rendi tion of the piece could not he desired. Little Lottie Briscoe, tlie child actress, surprised and delighted the audience by her aptness and precocity. She sang three songs that were remarkably well rendered for a six-year-old, and her high kicking was the quaintest hit of comedy imaginable. The action of the piece tells a story full of human interest and one that has a moral to adorn tlie tale. Mr. Scam mon's company in a play of this kind will always ho welcome in Bradford. '•Anthony Kent." The slory called "Anthony Kent," hv Charles Stokes Wayne, and containe'd in the December number of "Tales From Town Topics," is particularly bright, lively and dramatic, with a variety of character and incident that holds the reader's attention from start to finish. Its opening chapter introduces to us tlie hero of the tale, a happy-go-lucky man of the world who, while strolling through 1 a street in \ enice, is attracted by a pair of skirts, and Aiy means of a startling piece of effrontery forms the acquaint ance of a very beautiful und mvsterious woman. As it turns out, this incident is the turning point in the young man's career. The woman that Anthony Kent meets in Venice plays a very important part in his life. She is an adventuress who has a past. She loves Kent, and devotes her life to him. He is happy with her | until, in America, he meets a young girt whose innocence appeals to hissomewhat sin-hardened nature, ami to this one his heart goes oat. Ami when lie lias learn ed to love her lie finds that she is the daughter of ids mistress, tlie deserted child of whom lie lias aften hoard. Naturally enough this complicated and romantic condition of affairs is interest ing, and as the author lias treated his subject with great lucidity and direct- i ness, tlie novel is one of decided force, i Tlie descriptive scenes in Venice and Monte Carlo are particularly vivid, and altogether Wayne can he credited witli the production of a strong piece of nar- , rative work. Town Topics Fublishing j: Co., 21 West 23d street, New York city, i , 50 cents. I When Baby was stck, wo gave her Castoria. When she was a CliiUl, she cried (or Castoria. When she became Mtss, she clung to Castoria. When she bad Children, she gave them Castoria. RICH FRUITS AT THE ROOTS. Juxt ax sure as the rivers run to the sea HO the tide of trade runs to t/ie counters of the merchant alio advertises. Look at this: ; FURNITURE and CARPE'I S SLAUGHTERED. | From the 15 th last until January Ist I i trill sell you \ Our Ofie Ingrain, all wool filled Carpet, for 55c. I Our 50c Ingrain for 42£e. Our 40c Ingrain for 3.'lc. Our 35c Ingrain for 2!) c. Our 81 25 lirussells for 81.05. Our 81.15 lirussells for 07aC. I Our SI.OO Brussells for 85e. 1 Our 85c Brussells for 75c. Our 75c Brussells for 05c. Our 95c Brussells for 55c. A $75.00 combination bedroom suit, SOO. A 50.00 walnut bedroom suit. $40.00. A 40.00 antiqne oak suit, $32.00. A 35.00 antique oak suit, 20.00. A 30.00 antique oak suit, 25.00. A 25 00 antique oak suit, 22.00. A 21.50 antique oak suit, 18.50. A 05.00 parlor suit, rug, 55.00. A 45.00 parlor suit, black hair. $35.00. A 45.00 parlor suit, crushed plush. $35. A 50.00 parlor suit, wool plush, $40.00. Side boards, centre tables, extension tables and thousands of other useful articles in the furniture line. For the battlnce of this month ice will give you TEN PER CENT. OFF ON ALL BLANKETS. and 50 per cent, of on all coals left from last year. This means A SIO.OO ladies' eoat for $5.00. Can you afford to miss all this? Toilet chamber sets, worth $4, for $2.50. , Cheaper than any ever offered in the coun , ty. NOTIONS and HOLIDAY GOODS [ we are aiming to have just what you want far cheaper than you dreamed of —consider- ing quality, li t hare a large stock of shoes to select from; the Orwigsburg shoes for chil , dren; erery jstir guaranteed; call and see them. GROCERIES ~~ and PROVISIONS. Shoulders, lie; Cheese, 14c; Butter, 28c Lard, 12|c; Salt herring, St- lb; Salt, had dock, uc lb; 3lh bologna. 25c; 3 lbs mix ed cakes, 25c; 5 lbs rice. 25c; 5 lbs bar ley, 25c; 3 lbs ginger cakes, 25c; 4 lbs soda biscuits, 25c; Mint lozengers, 10c lb; Mixed candy. 10c ll>; Stick candy, 10c lb; 5 cans sardines, 25c; 2 cans salm on. 25c; 3 qts boms. 25c; 3 qts peas. 25c; 2 lbs dry corn.. 25c; 5 lbs currants, 25c; 3 lbs raisins blue. 25c; 5 lbs raisins, 25c; Bonny fiour, $1.85. Yours truly, J. C. BERNER. LEHIGH VALLEY m.( RAILROAD. Anthracite coal used exclu / sively, insuring clcunliiiess and 1 comfort. ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS. NOV. 10, 1803. LEAVE FREELAND. 0 05, 8 40, 0 88. 10 41 n m, 1 20, 2 27, 3 45, 4 55, 0 58, 7 12, 847 p m, lor Drifton, Jeddo. Lum ber Yard, Stockton and Huzleton. ti 05, 8 40 u in, 1 20. 3 45 p m, for Mauch Chunk, Allcntowu, Bethlehem, Philu., Hasten and New York. 9 40 a in, 4 55 p in for Bethlehem, Hasten and Phi la. 7 20, 10 58 a m, 12 33,4:14 p m, (via Highland 1 ranch) for White Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes- Barre, Pitts ton and L. and B. Junction. SUNDAY TRAINS. II 40 a in anil 3 45 p in for Drifton, Jeddo, Lurn er Yard and Hazicton. 345 e in lor Deiuno, Mahanoy City, Shenan doah. New York and Philadelphia. ARRIVE AT FREELAND. 5 50, 7 18 7 20, 9 19, 10 56 a ra, 12 33, 2 13, 4 54, 658 and 837 p in, from Hazleton, Stockton, Lumber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton. 7 20, 9 19, 10 50 a m, 2 13, 4 34, 658 p m from Delano, Mahanoy City uud Shenandoah (via New Boston Brunch). 2 13, 0 58 and 8 37 p in from New York, Hasten, Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentown and Mauch Chunk. 9 19 and 10 56 a in, 2 13, 0 58 and 8 37 p m from Huston, Philu-, Bethlehem and Mauen Chunk. 9 33, 10 41 a 111, 2 27,0 58 p m from White Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes-Barre. Pittston and L. anu 11. Junction (via Highland Branch). SUNDAY TRAINS. 11 31 a m and 3 31 p in, from Hazicton, Lum ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton. li 31 a in from Delano, Huzleton, Philadelphia and Hasten. 3 31 p m from Delano and Mahanoy region. For further information inquire of Ticket Agents. CHAS. S. LEH, Gen'l Pass. A gent, U. H. WILBUR. Gen. Supt. East. Div., hUa " 1 A. W. NONNEMACHEU, Ass'tG. P. A.. South Bethlehem, Pa. 'I HE DELAWARE, SUBQUEIIANNA AND JL SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in effect Soptember3, 1893. Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eekley, Hazlo brook, Stockton, Heaver Meadow Bead, Koun and lluzletou Junction at 60b, 6 10 am, 12 10, 4 09 p m, dally except Sunday, and 7 03 a mj 2 38 p m, Sunday. Trains leave Drifton for Hnrwood, Cranberry, Tomhieken und Doringer at 600a m, 12 10 p m daily except Sunday; and 7 03 a in, 238 p m! Sunday. Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction, Garwood Bond, Humboldt Uoud, Oneida and Sheppton at 610 a in, 1210, 409p m, daily except Sunday; and 74* lam,2 38 p in, Sunday. Trains leave llazleton Junction forHarwood, Cranberry, Tomhieken and Deringer at 637 a m, 1 49 p in, daily except Suiiduy; and 8 47 u m, 4 18 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Hazicton Junction for Oneida Junction, Hnrwood ltoad, Humboldt lioad, Oneida and Sheppton at 6 47,9 10 am, 12 40, 439 p m, daily except Sunday; und 7 40 am, 3 08 p m, Sundav. Trains leave Deringer for Tomhieken, Cran berry, Harwood, Hazicton Junction, Bonn, Beaver Meadow Bead. Stockton, llazle Brook, Koklcy, Jeddo and Drifton at 2 40, BD7 pm, ! daily except Sunday; and 937 a m, 5 07 p m, ! Sunday. Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt Boad, Garwood Koad, Oneida Junction, Hazic ton Junction and Boun at 7 52, 10 16 a in, 115, 6 25 p m, daily except Sunday; und 8 14 a m, 3 45 p ra, Sunday. toil's leave Sheppton tor Beaver Meadow Boad, Stockton, llazle Brook, Eekley, Jeddo and Drifton at, 1016 a in. 525p m, daily, exeent Sunday; and 8 14 a m, 3 45 d m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazicton Junction for Beaver Meadow Koad, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eekley, Jeddo und Drifton at 10 38 a in, 3 11, 5 47, 638 p ra, daily, except Sunday; and 10 08 a m, 5 38 p m, Sunday. All trains conneet at Hazicton Junction with electric ears for Hazicton, Jeanesville, Auden rje