THE COUNTESS' EARRINGS.
0 WAS in the
palmiest days of
the Second empire,
j It was an evening
L • in midwinter. The
i , Taris season was at
* ts height, and a
—i * brilliant audience
/ I assembled at
I / \/fI ■ ' the Theater Fran-
I I *)\ 1 cais to witness the
performance of Jules Sandeau's de
lightful play: "Aflle. de la Seigliere."
The empress was present, graceful
and beautiful; the emperor at her side,
wrapped in his favorite air of gloomy
abstraction, which, like Lord Burleigh's
celebrated nod, was supposed to mean
so much, yet, which, viewed by the im
partial light of subsequent veracibus
history, seems to have signified so little.
Several officers in glittering uniforms
were in attendance, sparkling with dec
orations showered upon them by a
grateful sovereign; and among these
gallant warriors, conspicuous by reason
of his attire, was a solitary, humble,
black-coated civilian, in ordinary even
ing dress, with tho inevitable speck of
led at his buttonhole.
In a box almost immediately oppo
site that occupied by their imperial
majesties was a young and exceedingly
handsome Bussian lady, Countess Ivan
off, concerning whose manifold graces
and fascinations the great world of
Paris elected to interest itself consider
ably at this- period.
The beauty and wit of this fair north
ern enchantress were the theme of
eyery masculine tongue, and her mag
nificent diamonds the envy and admira
tion of all feminine beholders. The
countess was accompanied by her hus
band, a man of distinguished appear
tr.ee.
The curtain fell after the first act.
The emperor and empress withdrew
3 uring the "entr'acte." Many hundred
mortals followed their example; among
"sheni Count Ivanoff, apparently in
nowise disturbed by the fact that the
golden youth in the stalls were bring
ing: ft small battery of opera glasses
lo bear upon the dazzling charms of
his beautiful wife. The countess leaned
back in her luxurious "fauteuil," fan
ning herself, serenely indifferent to
the interest she was exciting. In the
Sim light of curtain-shaded box, the
glitter of her splendicj diamonds seemed
to form a sort of luminous halo round
her graceful head; a myriad starry
brilliants gleamed among the masses
}f her gold-brown hair; and two price
less stones flashed and twinkled like
twin planets in her shell-tinted ears.
The count ligid gone but a few min
it.es, when there was a gentle knock
it the door; and, in answer to the coun
jess' "cntrez," the >*ouvreuse" ap
peared and said, deferentially:
"Pardon, Mme. laComtesse; a gentle
man charged with a message from her
majesty the empress waits in the cor
ridor and desires to know if madame
vill have the goodness to receive him."
"Certainly! Enter, I beg of you,
monsieur," replied the countess, as she
recognized the distinguished-looking
civilian she had already noticed in close
proximity to the emperor in the im
perial box.
The visitor advanced a few steps and,
still standing In deep shadow, said,
with grave dignity:
"1 trust my intrusion maj' be par
doned. I am desired by her majesty
to ask a favor of Mme. la Comtesse,
and, at the same time, to beg that she
will have the goodness to excuse a
somewhat unusual request."
"The obligation will be mine if I can
fuinil even the least of her majesty's
wishes," replied the countess.
"The case is this," explained the gen
t lonian. "An argument haa arisen con
cerning the size of the diamonds in
your earrings and those of Countess
WoronzofT. The empress begs that yotl
will intrust one of your pendants to
her care for a few moments, as the only
satisfactory method of disposing of the
vexed question. I will myself return it
the instant her majesty gives it back
into my keeping."
"With the greatest pleasure," agreed
the countess, detaching the precious
jewel forthwith and depositing it, with-
"I TRUST MY INTRUSION MAY DE PAR
DONED."
out misgiving, in the outstretched palm
of the imperial messenger. The coun
tess bestowed a smile and gracious bow
of dismissal upon her majesty's distin
guished ambassador, who responded
by a profoundly respectful inclination
as he made his exit.
Shortly afterward Count Ivanoff re
turned. "I have been talking to Du
mont," he remarked, as he seuted him
self. "Clever fellow, Duinont. I am
not surprised at the emperor's partial!- i
ty for him; he must find him useful
when he is in wont of an idea." !
"Who is Dumont?" inquired the coun
tess, with languid interest.
"That is rather a difficult question,"
replied the count, smiling; "there are
several editions of his biography—all
different, probably none of them true.
Look, he has just entered the emperor's j
box—the man in the black coat."
"Is that M. Dumont?" exclaimed the
countess; "if so, he has been here while
3011 were away. He came on the part
of the empress, and carried off one of
my earrings, which her majesty wished
to compare with one of Countess Wor
onzoff's."
"Dumont! Impossible! 1 was talk
ing to him the whole time I was absent,
and he only left me at the top of the
staircase two seconds before I re
turned."
"Nevertheless, mon ami, he has been
here, and has taken my earring. See!
it is gone."
"Effectively," agreed the count, with
a grim smile; "but Dumont has not
taken it. It is to the last degree un
likely that the empress would make
such a request. Depend upon it, you
have been the victim of a thief, made up
as Dumont."
"Impossible!" cried the countess, in
her turn. "The affair is absolutely as
I tell you. It was the veritable M. Du
mont I see opposite who came into this
box and took away my diamond. Only
wait a little, and he will bring it back
intact."
"Town.it a little is to lessen the chance
of its recovery. I will go and inquire
of Dumont, if I can get at him, whether
he has been seized with a sudden at
tack of kleptomania; because the idea
of the empress having sent him roaming
about the theater, borrowing a lady's
jewejs, I regard as preposterous. Ah,
these Parisian thieves! You do not
know what scientific geniuses they are
in their way."
"I was right," whispered the count,
reentering and bending over his wife's
chair; "Dumont knows nothingof your
earring, and, needless to say, the em
press never sent liiin or anyone else up
>n such an errand. I have put the mat
ter into the hands of the police, and
they will do all that is possible to re
cover it."
The countess was duly commiserated
by sympathizing friends; but nothing
more was heard of the stolen jewel un
til the following dny.
A servant entering announced that an
THE COUNTESS GLANCED THROUGH THE
LJCTTKR
officer in plain clothes asks permission
to speak With Mme. la Comtesae con
cerning the lost diamond.
"Certainly," said madame, gracious
ly; "let the officer be shown into the
boudoir."
in the boudoir presently came the
countess, stately, beautiful, fur-clad,
buttoning her little gloves. Near the
door stood a short, wiry-looking man,
with keen, black eyes, closely-cropped
hair, und compact, erect, military fig
ure. The small man bowed profound
ly while he said, with the utmost re
spect, at the same time laying a letter
upon the table:
"I am sent by order of the chief of
police to inform Mme. la Comtesse
that the stolen diamond has been satis
factorily traced, but there is, unfortu
nately some little difficulty connected
with its identification. lam charged,
therefore, to beg that Mme. la Comtesse
will have the goodness to intrust the
fellow earring to the police for a short
period, in order that it may be com
pared with the one found iu the posses
sion of the supposed thief. Madame will
find that the letter I bring corroborates
my statement."
The Countess glanced hastily through
the letter, and, ringingtlie bell, desired
that her maid might be told to bring
the remaining earring immediately;
this was done, and the dapper little man,
bowing deferentially, departed with
the precious duplicate safely in his pos
session.
The countess descended to her sleigh
and drove to the club, to call for her
husband en route for the Bois. Cross
ing the Place de la Concord, she related
to him the latest incident in the story of
the diamond earring.
"You never were induced to give up
the other 1" cried Count Ivanoff, in
credulously,
"But I tell you, mon ami, an officer of
the police came himself to fetch it,
bringing a letter from his superiors
vouching for the truth of his state
ment."
"If the prefect himself had come, I
don't think I should have been cajoled
into lett ing him have it after last night's
experience," laughed her husband.
"However, for the second time of ask
ing, we will inquire."
The coachman turned and drove, as
directed, to the bureau of police, ut
which the count had lodged his com
plaint the might before. After a some
what protracted delay, the count
joined his wife with a semi-grim look
of amusement upon his handsome
bearded face.
"The police know nothing of your de
tective or his epistolary efforts,"he said,
drawing the fur robe up to his chin, as
the impatient horses sped away over
the frozen snow; "your second earring
has been netted member of
the light-fingered fraternity, and, upon
my honor, I think he was the more ac
complished artist of the two!"
And from that unlucky day to this
Countess Ivanoff's diamond earrings
knew her pretty cars no more.—San
Francisco Argonaut,
SOME PET NAMES.
Wives Inaptly ileal ou- Tliem Upon Their
lias bands.
The littlo god of love betrays even
diguified people into the most ingeni
ously incongruous terms of endear;
ment sometimes. And this in delinnce
of the fact that the real love words of
every language are the most musically
beautiful combinations of sounds pos
sible.
So sweetly melodious are our own
"darling," "dearest," "sweetheart,"
that one is fain to pity him or her wlis
has never heard them tenderly uttered
n ith a special application. While tho
French "raon ami,' "cherie," "mu
mignonne," etc., are spoken music, and
even the German "ineine geliebste"
might glorify that strong language.
"Honey," "deaiie," "sweet," are still
on the right side of the ridiculous. Even
"pet" is admissible, though it once oc
curred to me that to address a swarthy,
six-foot, 230-pound Cuban at a public
dinner as "petite" might be just on tho
borderland.
But where the divine passion is real
ly dominant, all these expressions are
quite too commonplace.
1 know a well-built, well-groomed
man of the world, with a strong, mascu-
I ne face, a splendid, athletic figurt?,
61 ending six feet three inches in his
stockings, and stately and dignified in
his bearing. His enraptured wife finds
no word so expressive of her apprecia
tion of his charms as "Kitten." She,
bj' the way, is Juno, and he, not to be
outdone in matters of the heart, also
••alls her "Kitten." So it is Kitten and
Kitten, until I am sure they have for
gotten that the English language po-:
esses proper nouns, in general usage
in polite society.
Then there is a fat man with pudg.i
face and protruding figure. Nothing
seems to satisfy the soul of his doting
wife but Birdie. Birdie he is, Birdie
he must be though all the world would
blush for it.
Then I cannot forget one of my dear
friends whose husband, 20 years her
senior, is a hard-headed business man.
who is said sometimes to wander
into "ways that are dark, and tricks
that are vain." Happily, Ido Dot know
just what she calls him during these
periods. Hut I do know that during
his temporary lapses into virtue she
is a most devoted, loving wife, and that
when her passion for him is at moder
ete height she contents herself with
"mall tweetness," and "cunning
singie," but when it rises to flood tide,
she casts upon him the most loving
and languishing glances and calls him
"Crow."
Another fall, gaunt, raw-boned, ill
favored friend IB also worthy of passing
mention. His hair is carrot-colored
and seraggly, his neck so thin that it
resembles nothing so much as a snarl
of strings, while his hands, feet #nd
anatomy generally call up of
ichahod Crane. His affectionate spouse
*-ould find no nume for him that so
pleased her fancy as "Puddin." She
scolded him as "Puddin" and loved him
as "Puddin." As "Puddin" he was
cowed, driven and bullied, and as "Pud
din" he was coaxed, wheedled and
caressed.
There is a well-known editor of one
of this country's great papers, a man of
stalwart frame, keen countenance, bril
liant intellect. To his wife he is "ltty
one," and she to him is "Preshy" (prp
cious).
It i 3 surprising that a delicate, re
fined, high-bred woman could best ex
press her ardor for her husband in the
words "Snooks" and "Shoppy," yet
I have known such to be the ease; and
it would seem .as though a digniled
professor might object to being called
"Hubby," but 1 have seen him respond
to it with a smile so wide that the
Cheshire cat wasn't in it.
One prominent literary man rarely
addresses his tiny young wife as any
thing but "Kid," which is not inap
propriate if somewhat unmusical. But
it is usually the very little inun with the
enormous wife whose ebulitions o£4sen
timental tenderness can only find ex
pression in calling her "Baby."
These are by no means the vagaries
of youth and inexperience. I was once
traveling in one of the western states,
when a groom of about 70 came aboard
with a blushing bride of perhaps 65.
'I hey soon became oblivious, and this
conversation was heard:
ye—Whose ittle Lammie?
She—Bof of us,
And perhaps all are familiar with the
overheard conversation between the
Concord school of philosophy professor
and the Vnssar graduate:
V. G. —Darling?
Ph. D.—Yes, darling.
V. G.—Nothing—only darling.
Truly is not the god of love the god
of humor as well?— Detroit Free Press.
A lilt of Cnueodcd Advice.
It would be a good idea for mothers
in-law to let their daughters-in-law
alone where domestic matters are con
cerned, unless their advice is asked.
This sounds harsh, but it is meant to
be sensible. Tho husband's mother, as
a rule, is too fussy about her son. Of
course, it is difficult for her to realize
that another woman and a comparative
stranger, can know as much about "my
boy" as his mother does, but it's very
often true.
So that cheery and wide-awake moth
erin-law who comes in smiling, makes
no suggestions, offers no criticisms,
thinks everything splendid—or says she
does—and isn't full of tiresome rem
iniscences of "how she used to do," is
likely to be the power behind tho throne
if she covets that position.—Philadel
phia American.
A Wonderful Light.
"That's a wonderful light that for
eign scientist has discovered," said
Hicks. "It's so strong that if you let
it shine through a pocketbook a camera
will make a picture of money in it."
".love!" said Wilbur. "I'd like to liave
tome of that. If it could make a picture
of money in my pocketbook I'd have an
easier time with my creditors."—Har
per's Bazar.
It Annoyed ller.
"1 never was so mortified in all my
life!" she exclaimed.
"What was the matter?" asked her
deare.it friend.
"My maid told me that my fiance
was in the reception-room."
"Yes."
"And I threw my arms around him
and kissed him twice before I discov
ered that it was his twin brother.
Take ray advice and never become en
gaged to a twin."
"On the contrary, I think I shall look
for one. It just doubles the fun."—Chi
cago Post.
Convincing Evidence.
"Jim," exclaimed the Foggy Bottom
matron, "yoh done promised me dnt
yoli wus gwjne ter let politics alone."
"Well, s'pos'n I did," was the some
what sulky reply.
"Wliah yer gwiue to-night?"
"Am gwine nowhali in puhtickler."
" 'Deed'n I knows whah yoh's gwine.
I knows de signs. Yoh's gwine ter de
meetin', foh slio'. When I seeser razzer
an' er flask an' er set er resolutions
in er man's overcoat pockets I knows
'is business ebry time."—Washington
Star.
Johnnie's Advice to Hit* Mother.
Dr. Perkins Soonover was called in
at the Chaflie mansion to prescribe for
Mrs. Chaflie, who was quite unwell.
"Madame," Laid the doctor, "will you
kindly put out your tongue?"
"Don't do it, mother dear," said .John
nie, "or he may pound you as papa did
me yesterday when I stuck my tongue
out at him." —Dallas (Tex.) Sifter.
Getting Ahead In Life.
"Isn't it queer," snid Gonrong, "that
I've always been mistaken about my
age ? 1 thought I was 09 last December,
but I got hold of our old family Bible
the other day and discovered I wusonly
05."
"I have always told you," observed
Plunket.t, "that you've been living too
fast."—Chicago Tribune.
Indispensable.
"You have left out ail important
statement in this rescue story," said a
professor in the school of journalism
to one of his students.
"Indeed, sir?"
"Yes, you neglect to say that the
boj r was rescued just as he was going
down for the third time."—N. Y. World.
Wor6C Now.
Cumso—l suppose Whiffet isn't such
an unconscionable liar since he quit
flsliing so constantly.
Cawker—lie Ims less regard for the
truth now than ever.
Cumso—What docs be lie about now?
Cawker—The immense distances he
covers on his bicycle.—Town Topics.
rioununt OCCUR ion.
Kate—l went to a stereoptieon entci
tainment the other niglit with young
pe Spooney.
Laura —l)id you enjoy the views?
Kate—Very much iudeed. It was just
like going through a tunnel.—Detroit
Free Press.
In a Dili (us licgtuur.mt.
"Here is a tly in my soup, waiter."
"Y'es, sali; werry sorry, sali; but you
can frow away do fly an' cat de soup,
can't yer?"
"I reckon so; you didn't expect me
to throw away the soup and eat the
fly, did you?"— Dallas (Tex.) Sifter.
Inconsistent,
When she refused to marry me,
She promised she would he my sister;
Yet she was mad as mad could be,
When,with fraternal haste, I kissed her.
-N. Y. Tribune.
TIIE CALLER'S HYPOCRISY.
§! |, QBjj
Mistress--What did you tell those
ladies who just called?
Bridget—Oi told them that yez was
not in, mum.
Mistress—And what did they say?
Bridget—"How fortinit," mum.
Leslie's Weekly.
Stint©;!.
The pain of Economy's £rlp
Is felt upon Pleasure's fair neck,
When our wishes say: "Now let 'er rip,
And Experience holds us In check.
—Truth.
A Simple Plan.
Mr. Younguian (after long thought)
—ls there any way to Jiml out what a
woman thinks of you, without propos
ing?
Mr. Benedict (absently)— Yes; make
her mad.—N. Y. Weekly.
Where to l''in<l Them.
"This age demands men who have
convictions," shouted the impassioned
orator. "Where shall we find them?"
"In the penitentiary," replied a man
In the gallery.—N. Y. World.
Miillelous.
A.—Torn must have had an awfi l
cold when he became engaged.
B.—Why?
A.—Because when one has a cold one
has no taste.—Fliegende Blaetter.
Spoke for Illumelf.
Sayboy—l am thinking of going into
business; is there any money in :
clothes?
—Bayboy—Not a ceut in mine.—
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Defined,
Bonnie—What's a conversationalist?
Jennie—Oh, it's a man that doesn't
have to stop talking when he hasn't
got anything more to sAy.—Truth.
Defined.
"I never indulge iu irony."
"No. 1 would say your brilliancy was
principally glittering steal."—Life,
THE FAD OF FASHION.
Jeweled Censors Which Actually Earn a
Lraiuty l'crfume.
The modern woman" has taken to
burning incense nt her own slirine. The
latest tiling in jeweled smelling-bot
tles is a veritable censer thai swings
from milady's chatelaine and when
lighted diffuses a delicate perfume and
a tiny cloud of incense.'
At an operatic matinee the other day
a very elegant young woman in a tailor
made gown and a fetching millinery
getup produced her whilom smelling
salts at the most affecting moment of
the performance. As she snapped open
the cover and a fine streak of circumam
bient vapor curled softly up and stole
athwart the footlights, there was a
craning of necks in her neighborhood
for two who'e minutes, while the
women tried to investigate the latest
idea in elegance.
This new perfume burner, as it is
called, has displaced the vinaigrette and
tiny bottles of aromatic salts so dear to
the heart of the swooning maidens oi
half a century ago. The English matron
now swings her censer through the
London drawing-rooms as sedulously
as she carries her lorgnette rampant.
The perfume burners are also appear-
Ing in New York, and are to be found
in the shops which make a specialty
of imported novelties of the toilet, both
in sizes for the chatelaine and for the
dressing-table.
The little chatelaine censer conies in
cut glass and silver in very dainty de
signs. Its inner mechanism has a nice
little device for automatic lighting; ex
tinguishing is accomplished by merely
excluding the air by putting on the sil
ver top.
The perfume burner is in reality a
tiny lamp, burning, in lieu of a wick,
a prepared stick of incense as migrant
as the frankincense and myrrh of Bib
lical days. Eastern perfumes, such as
the pungent, aromatic sweet grasses
of India and Ceylon, are favorites for
this use.
In a short time the woman who for
merly affected musk and attar of roses
will float into drawing-rooms, theater
boxes and church pews in a cloud of
oriental incense; and she of the violet
sachets in silken interlinings of every
frock will burn violet-essence in clouds
or spring odorousness.
And who shall not say that the bou
doir incense chats may not rival tlic
club smoke talks of the masculines as
social occasions among women fair
when the season of lcnten solemnity
settles down upon the world of fash
ion?—N. Y. World.
MAKING OVER SKIRTS.
An Effectual Remedy for On© Tlmt In
Good Hut Too Short.
One of the trying things n careful
woman has to undergo is the accumu
lation of skirts whose bindings about
the hem are muddied and frayed. The
old binding may be lipped off and a
new one put in place, and the skirt
neatly prepared for more wear. But
there comes a time when the skirt will
be entirely too short should anothei
binding be attempted, but the skirt is
a nice one, a little soiled, perhaps, but
100 short tor mending. If the goods is
black, so much the bettor, as good black
always makes over to greater satis
faction than colors. Kip it carefully
apart, take the stiffening out and wash
the goods nicely. When dry enough
press it smooth and free of wrinkles,
and put in a new interlining of stiffen
ing. About the hem put another piece
of black goods to make what is lackirg
in length. This should be bins. 'Jo
cover'the seam four little folds of black
silk are put on, one just above the other
—very much after the fashion of mil
liner's folds. If the skirt is still too
short and fits smoothly over the hips,
a yoke may be fitted very neatly; a
pointed yoke of the silk folded like tko
bottom trimming, and above that
about the waist a ribbon belt iusTening
in a looped bow at the back of the belt
and yoke will make the garment flic
desired length and add a smart finish.
Proportion ami Symmetry.
What is a well-proportioned waist?
Lady Hubert on says: ''The true pro
portion is n, difference of ten inches be
tween the circumference of the bust
■find that of the waist. Thus a woman
whose bust measures 36 inches should
haven w uist measuring 26 inches. Bust
40 inches, wuist 30 inches, and so on.
\ ery few corsets are irfacje in this pro
portion, and if they were, still fewer
people would buy them, as fashion de
crees that the waist should measure
from 1? to 13 inches less than the bust.*'
1 :i the course of time, women may come
JO realize that true artistic effect is
only attained by a proper respect for
j loportion and symmetry. Plenty ac
knowledge this truism in most things
but dress, w here they cannot avoid fly -
':ig lo extremes.—The Gentlewoman.
Hcdqiilltß Used us Portieres,
The old-fashioned, hand-woven bed
quilts, such us our grandmothers made,
iire now the fashion for portieres. Those
which were wo.en in blue and white aie
just the. tiling for a delft room.
Though they may look a bit faded this
will not detract from their artistic
value. Besides being useful for por
tieres, these old-time bedspreads make
admirable couch covers.
What is
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allays
fevcrisliness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhaia and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency.
Castoria assimilates tlio food, regulates the stomacli
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas
toria is the Children's Panacea—the Mother's Friend.
Castoria. Castoria.
"Ctttorts Is an crcelleut medicine for chil- .. Castoria is s0 well adapted to children that
en. Mother, have repeatedly told ma of iU . reco mmend it a. superior to any prescription
good effect upon their children." known to inc."
Da. G. C. OSGOOD, 11. A. ARCHER, M. D. t
Lowell, Moss. 11l So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
" Castoria is the bes>t remedy for children of " Our physicians in the children's depart
which lam acquainted. I hope the day is rot ment have spoken highly of their experi
far distant when mothers will consider the real euce in their outsido practice with Castoria,
interest of their children, and uso Castoria in- and although we only have among our
stead of the various quack nostrums which oro medical supplies what is known as regular
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium, products, yet wo are free to confess that the
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful merits of Castoria has won us to look with
agents down their throats, thereby sending favor upon it."
them to premature graves." UNITED HOSPITAL AND DISPENSART,
DR. J. F. KINCHELOE, Boston, Mass.
Conway, Ark. ALLEN C. SMITH, Pres.,
The Contour Company, T7 Murray Street, New York City.
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RAILROAD TIMETABLES
T'HE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA ANL
SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table in effect December 15,1695.
Trains leave Drifton for.leddo, Eokley, Ma/.le
Hrook, Stockton. Heaver Meadow ltoad, Itoan
and lia/.leton .Junction at 5110, 600 am,4 15 p
in, daily except Sunday; and 703 a in, 138 p in,
Sunday.
Trains leave Drifton for Hnrwood,Cranberry,
Tomhicken and Deringer at S:X) a in, p in, daily
except Sunday; and Vo3a m, '136 p in, Sun
day.
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction,
Hnrwood ltoad, Humboldt ltoad, Oneida ami
Sheppton atOUOa m, 4 15 p m, daily except Sun
day; and 703 a in, 2;18 pm, Sunday.
Trains leave lIA/.!cton J unction for Hnrwood,
Cranberry, Totuhiclveu ami Deringer at 035 a
n, daily except Sunday; and 8 53 a in, 4 12 p m,
Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, fiarwood ltoad, 11 umbo.ut ltoad,
Oneida and Sliepptoti at U2O, 11 10 u m, 4 40 p m,
daily except Sunday; and 7137 u in, 308 pin,
Sunday.
Tr ins leave Deringer for Tomhicken, Cran
berry, Hnrwood, Huzletou Junction, itouu,
Hpaver Meadow ltoad. Stockton, llazle Hrook,
Eekley, Jeddo and Drifton at 225, 540 p m,
■daily except Sunday; and 0 37 a in, 507 p m,
Sunday.
Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Ko id, Hnrwood ltoad, Oneida Junction, Hazle
ton J unotion and ltoan at ; li am, 1240, 525
p m, daily except Sunday; and 800 u m, 341
p in, Sunday.
T rains leave Shcppton for lioavcr Meadow
ltoad, Stockton, flazic Hro >k, Kckley, Jeddo
ami Driltou ut 5 25 p m, daily, except Sunday;
ami 8 (/J a m, 3 44 p ill, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Heaver
Moudow ltoad, stockum, lia/.le Ifrook, Eokley,
Jeddo and Drilton at 3(5 47, 6 20 p m, daily,
except Suiidu> ; and 10 08 a in, 5 38 p in. Sunday.
All trains connect at llazleton Junction with
electric cars for ilu/U ton, Jeanesviile, Auden
ried and other points on the Traction Com
pany's line.
Trains leaving Drifton at 6 00 a m, Hazleton
Junction at 020 am, ami Sheppton at 7Ha m,
connect, at Oneida Junction wnii Lehigh V alley
trains east and west.
Train leaving Drifton at 5 30 a in makes con
nection at Deringer with I*. H. it. train for
Wilkesbarre, Sunbury, llarriuburg uml points
west.
For tho accommodation of passengers at way
stations between Hu/lctou .1 unction and Der
uiaer, an extra train will leave the former
point in 3f>o p in. daily, except Sunday, arriv
ing at Deringer at f> <h* p in.
LUTHEK C. SMI I'll, Superintendent.
} EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
JL J November 17, 1805.
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insuring
cleanliness and comfort.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSBNQEU TRAINS.
LEAVE FREELAND.
6 05, 8 25, 0 33, 10 41 a m, 1 35, 2 27, 3 15, 4 31,
♦512, 0 58, 8 (), 857p m, for Drilton, Jeddo, Lum
ber Yard, Stockton and llazleton.
0 05, 8 25. 033 a in, 135, 3 15, 4 31 p in. Tor
Mauch ('hunk, Allentown, Hethleheiii, Phila.,
F.uston and New York.
0 05, 0.13, 10 41 am, 2 27, 4 25, 658 pm, for
Mahanoy City, Shemindoah and Pottsviilc.
7 20, 9 10. 10 50 a m, II 51, 4 34 p in, (via Hlgh
and Hraiich) for White Haven, (Jlen Summit,
Wilkes-Dane, Pittston and L. und b. Junction.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11 4ft a m and 3 24 p m for Drifton, Jeddo, Lu tu
ber Yard and Huzieton.
3 24 m for Delano, Mahanoy City, Shenan
doah, New York and Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
7 20, 9 27, 10 50, 11 54 a m, 12 58. 2 13, 4 34, 5 33,
0 58, 847 pin, from Hu/.lcton, Stockton, Lum
ber Yanl, Jeddo and Drilton.
726, 027. MSO am, 2 13, 4 34, 658 p m, from
Delano, Mahanoy City and ShcnaLdouh tviu
New Huston branch).
12 58, 6 33, 8 47 pm, from New York, East on,
Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Allentown and Mauch
Chunk.
9 27, 10 50 am, 12 58, 5 33, 6 58, 847 p m, from
Ear-ton, Philu., belhlehem and .Million (.'hunk.
0
(Hen summit, Wilkes-llarre, Pittstou and L. am
11. Junction (\ ia Highland branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
11 31 nin and 310 p ra, from Hazleton, Lum
ber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
11 31 a in from Delano, Hazleton, Philadelphia
and Eastou.
3 10 p m from Delano and Mahanoy region.
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
CIIAS. S. LEE, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
KOLLIN 11. WILBUR, Gen. Supt. East. I>iv.
A. W. N ON N EM AC HER, Ass't (4. P. A.,
South Lcthlehein, Pa.
T N THE CO CI IT OF COMMON PLEAS of
.1 Luzerne county. No. 226, March term. IMl>.
Notice is hereby given that an application
will be made to the said court on Saturdav,
March 21, lH'.Mi, at 10 a. in., under the act id as
sembly of tin commonwealth of i'onu-vl
vuuia entitled, "an act to provide for the In
corporation and regulation of certain corp. 'ra
tions," upprnu (1 April 20, 1871, and the supple
ments thereto, tor the charter ol" an intend* 'I
corporation to be eiflled "Slavonic Evangelical
1 nioii of America,' lho character and object
whereof -is TO assist, its member.- in distress,
sickness and death: and for these purposes to
have, possess and enjoy all the rights, bene
fits and privileges conferred by t lie said act of
us-embly and its supplements.
The proposed charter is now on flic in the
prolhouotury's ollico.
John M. ('arr, solicitor.
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