HIS FLYING CAT.
BY W. 1.. ALDEN'.
"Sparrows," said the colonel, "may be
levy upright, respectable, middle-class
birds so Jong as they stay in England,
but when they emigrate to America,
jhey are no better than the average of
*)ur working classes. Some meddling
Idiot brought a lot of sjxirrows to the
States some ten or fifteen years ngo, ex
pecting they would kill all the worms on
the fruit trees. They hadn't been ifr the
country six mouths when they took the
ground that they were as good as the
best of our swell birds, and that they
considered that killing worms was a
tit-grading kind of labor fit ouly for
blackbirds and crows. So they took
to living on wheat, and strawberries,
lind cherries, and they multiplied so
fast that- they arc the worst curse that
the farmer and the fruit grower ever
nad
"Prof. Van Wagener and I were dis
cussing the sparrow question one day,
Niidlwascomplainingof the inefliciency
of the American cat. Our eats are about
%s wide-awake and ns monarchial cats
as you eon produce, but they can't
/ntch a single sparrow. I've known
ambitious cats who set out to catch
sparrows, and who wasted away to
mere skeletons, and died of weakness
through watching for sparrows from
duwn to darkness, and never once get
ting within ten feet of one. As a gen
eral rule I don't have much sympathy
for cats, but the insulting language
that sparrows use when they see a cat
laying for them, and the aggravating
way in which they will fly just over the
cat's head, or maybe hit the cat over the
• all with their wings, Is more than any
cat can be expected to bear.
" 'The trouble is,' said Van Wagener,
•(hat the cat isn't, a flying animal and
the sparrow is. The sparrow's native
•lenient is the air, and you can't expect
cat to catch a sparrow so long as the
cat can't fly.'
" 'That's true,' said I, 'but it don't
hclpusoutof our difficulty. Cat's weren't
made with wings, and neither you nor!
invent a new model of cat that will
be able to fly, and to catch sparrows on
the wing.'
" 'Don't be too sure of that,' said the
professor. 'Science has improved
everything that it has put its hand to,
tind I see no reason why science
shouldn't improve cats. A flying cat
would supply a great public want, for
she would kill off the sparrows as easily
fcs she kills off the mice. I've half a
mind to try the experiment of inventing
A flying cat-'
" 'All right,' said I. 'When you get
your flying cat finished just notify me,
and I'll come and see her fly. Then, if
you aro going in for improving animals, f
perhaps you will invent a cat that can
ping like a. nightingale. The present
style of singing among cats is disgrace
ful. They haven't any more idea of
Inusic than a Chinaman.'
"Well* the professor buckled down to
business, and from his daily interviews
with his private eat, and the consequent
scratches that diversified his good old
scientific countenance, I judged that lie
was doing his best to make a cat that
would fly. Before the six weeks were
up he sent me a note in.vit.lng me to
yime round to his house at two o'clock
the next, afternoon to see the first suc
cessful flying eat that had ever been in
vented. I needn't say that 1 went. J
iad assisted at the birth of dozens of
Van Wagener's inventions, ami I had
generally found that the presence of a
man with experience in the treatment
of accidents was a handy tiling so far
us the professor was concerned.
" 'You know, colonel,' said he, 'my
method as an inventor. I ask myself
what is needed in some particular pur
pose, and then I proceed to supply that
need. Most people think that an in
ventor has ideas come to him all of a
unlden, in a supernatural sort.of way;
but that, is all nonsense. Inventing is a
business, like any other, and any intel
ligent n.an can learn it. Now, when 1
saw that the reason why cats don't
cat eh sparrows is that they can't fly
lifter the bird, I saw what was wanted
was a flying cat, and I proceeded to in
vent one. Here I have a small balloon.
This 1 fix to that cat of mine, and when
It. is inflated it will just support the
lveight of the cat in the air. Then you
lee this pair of paddle-wheels. They
are to be fixed one on each side of the
cat, and are to be driven by a small elec
trical engine. The balloon floats the eat
find the paddle-wheels propel her. Tn
>rder to steer the cat I fix a flat piece of
tin to the extremity of her tail. When
the sees a sparrow her instinct will
make her swish her tail from one side
In the other, and her attention being
?a.;toned on catching the bird, she will
unconsciously work her tail in such a
way as to- .steer her directly towards it
"It. wasn't .'in easy job 1o rig up Van
Wagener's eat. She kicked and swore
her level best, at d got in several pood
scratches on the professor's hands.
However, he stuck to his task, nnd after
awhile the eat was ready, nnd we ad
journed to the backyard. There was a
whole pang of sparrows in the middle
r>f the yard,forming a sort of ringround
two that were fighting, and from the
way in which every sparrow was talk
ing at the top of his voice, it was clear
ihnt some heavy hefting on the fight
was in progress. When they saw Van
Wagener nnd his eat, they naturally
flew up to the eaves of the house, where
the fighting was resumed. Van Wnpen
.*r took his flying eat to the extremity
of the yard, and after showing her the
fpnrrows at. the, top of the house, and
exhorting her to gather them in-, he
launched her into the air.
"The eat rose slowly, kicking and yell
iTig, until she was just about level with
♦ lie eaves. The sparrows were so occu
pied with the fight that thej' paid no
nt tenf ion to her. and when she saw that
there were .at least 20 of them gath
ered close together, her desire to get
at them made her temporarily forget
her balloon npd her paddle-wheels. She
I lashed her tall, as cats will do when
bent on murder, a ad, just as the profes
sor predicted, the effect was to steer her
Su tlie direction of the sparrows. Her
paddle-wheels were working smoothly
and regularly, and though they were
not large enough to give her any speed,
they steadily carried her across the
j yard towards the sparrows. Van
Wngener was in ecstasies. lie chal
lenged me to point out any defect in
! his living cat, and when I candidly ad
mitted that it did seem to be a oom
i plete success, he was the happiest man
.in New Berlinopolisviille. The cat
1 came through the oJr BO slowly and
! noiselessly that she was within two
' yards of the sparrows before they saw
| her. When they did catch sight of this
new and startling animal, they were
the worst frightened lot of birds that
were ever seen outside of one of those
so-called happy families, where half a
dozen birds, clean paralyzed with fear,
nTe shut in a cage with a cat that has
( been filled up with chloral, and the pub
| lie is asked to regard the exhibition as
a specimen of what will bo the usual
sort of thing when the millennium gets
its work fairly in. Those sparrows left
in a tremendous hurry. They had a
sudden business coll in sOtne distant
i pnrt of Illinois, and I dom't believe a
j single one of them stopped flying until
they had put at least 30 miles between
; themselves and Van Wegener's flying
cat.
" 'Now, you see,' said the professor,
'how completely successful my inven
tion is. My flying cat will either oatcb
the sparrows and kill them, or she will
frighten them out of the country. ID
either case the great sparrow problem
is solved. It makes no difference to
me, ns a patriotic American citizen,
whether all the British sparrows in the
country are killed, or whether they are
driven over into Cmioda. Com© to
think of it, I should prefer the latter
result, for the driving of monnrchical
European birds out of our beloved
country will be am object lesson in the
enforcement of the Monroe doctrine,
which will be of immense benefit to Die
nation.'
"The professor, being n scientific
crank, was naturally a political cranlc
also, and he was more than two-thrids
mad on the subject of the Monroe doc
trine. Whom the professor once got
fairly started on the subject of the
Monroe doctrine he forgot everything
else, and lie had clean forgotten his fly
ing cat when Mrs. Van Wagener leaned
out. of a oecond-story window, and ad
vised him, in ease he was going to mako
a political speech, to hire a halL She
was a mighty sarcastic woman, and tier
contempt for her liusbund's political
views was even greater than her con
tempt for his scientific achievements.
She was on the point of continuing her
remarks about the professor's political
oration, when she suddenly gave the
nwfullest screech that I ever beard
from female lips, though I was once in
a room full of strong-minded women
when a mouse ran across the floor.
Mrs. Van Wagoner thought that her
last hour had come, judging from her
■H*renms, but, as I had a full view of
what was taking place, I knew it wa3
only the cat who had come. Having
missed the sparrows the cat turned
partly round to see what had become of
them, and just then Mrs. Van Wage
ner, having unconsciously put her head
within the animal's reiach, the cat
judged that heir opportunity for mak
ing a landing had arrived, and accord
ingly she lit on the top of Mrs. Van
Wagoner's head.
"Most any woman, not knowing that
ler husband had nve-nted a flying cart,
would have supposed when someanon
.'iter with sharp cJaws, and a talent for
using bad language, caine flying
through the air and lit on her head,
that northing le.ss than the sea serpent,
or the flying dragons mentioned in
Scripture, had attacked her. What
with the cat's desire to kick heirself
free from her flying apparatus, and her
anxiety to get square with the human
race, she did more with that poor wom
an's hair in five minutes than any other
rat could have done in a good half hour.
The professor tried to explain that it
was only the cart, and begged his wife
not to injure tho flying apparatus. It
didn't seem to occur to him that he
night to run to his wife's assistance till
I had taken him by tho shoulder^and
started him upstairs. I don't want you
to think for a moment thart. he wasn't
Anxious to help liis wife, but he was so
iu the habit of looking at things from
a scientific point of view, that lie for
got that while he was explaining things
Mrs. Van Wagener might be clawed to
sr.eh an extent that sib© would never be
recognized by her nearest friend. When
he bad once grasped the idea that she
veeded his help he fairly flew upstairs,
and succeeded in transferring the cat's
attentions to himself. Then I had to
•ome to tho rescue, for tho professor,
not having hair enough to interest the
cat, she had devoted her efforts to
beautifying his countenance, nnd if 1
hadn't succeeded in pulling her off, nnd
tossing her out of the window, she
would have torn his 03-08 out, or at nil
•vents ruined his nose. Her balloon
bad burst during her interview with
Mrs. Van Wagener, and consequently
when 1 threw her out of the window
die struck the, ground pretty, heavily
■ imd smashed up the paddle w heels. We
never saw her again.
"Mrs. Van Wagener made peace with
her husband on. condition of his mak
ing a solemn promise never to have any
thing more to do with flying cats. J
consider that she was wrong in so do
ing, for Van Wagoner's invention was
bound to be a success. If he had been
allowed to carry it out, flying cats would
have become as common as bats, ana
every sparrow in the states would have
emigrated. If it wasn't that I don't be
lieve in using oilier people's inventions
I would /go in for the manufacture of
flying cats myself; and as it is I be
lieve that Edison will some day hear of
Van Wagener's experiment, and will
mmediately invent a flying cat and
ipend the rest of his life in trying to
make the invention w ork."—ldler.
HARRISBURG LETTER.
Harrisburg, Pa., January 23, 1807.
The legislature did little more than
convene and adjourn Monday evening.
Speaker Boyer announced that he
would not bo ready with the standing
committees before next Monday even
ing. A. J. Pitcairn, of lMttlsburg, who
was ill when the legislature organized,
was present and Judge McPherson, of
Harrisburg, administered the oath.
A resolution expressing sympathy for
the Cubans was presented by Mr.
Spatz, of Berks, which was referred to
the committee on federal relations.
Neither house nor senate did much
business Tuesday. The only event of
importance was the formal election of
Boies Penrose, United States senator,
which occured at 3 o'clock in both
branches. lie was elected by a strict
party vote. The vote in the senate was
Penrose, 42; Black, G. In the house
Penrose, 1G8; Black, 33; Wanamaker, 1.
The most important business done by
the legislature on Wednesday was the
announcing of the appointments.
Representative Smith, of Philadelphia,
thinks there should be some looking into
the methods of the state treasury and a
change made In the habit of the state,
in giving its funds to banks, without
interest, for them to speculate on. A
bill eminating from the state grange, on
taxation; a change in the game laws; an
attack on oleomargarine and perhaps a
bureau on mines and mining will all in
due time be presented and aetod upon.
Unless the most rigid economy is
observed In authorizing expenditures for
the ucxt two years it will bankrupt the
state treasury. A general reduction
will have to be made in the appropria
tions to the institutions dependent en
tirely upon the state for support to keep
within the limits of the revenues. To
begin with, the appropriation of $f>, 500,-
000 a year to the public schools will have
to be scaled down at least a million or
two. If it Is not, many of the semi-state
and private charities will be cutoff with
out a cent.
The question of finances is the most
important that confronts the law makers.
Two years ago Governor Hastings found
it necessary to send a special message to
the legislature calling u halt on the in
discriminate appropriation of public
moneys. At that time a movement was
started to reduce the appropriation to
the public schools. It was checked at
the start by 125 members of the house
signing an agreement to oppose such a
reduction. Unless immediate action is
taken by the legislature to increase the
state revenues there can be no relief for
the overcrowded insane asylums, peni
tentiaries and hospitals. Even if legis
lation is enacted increasing state taxa
tion the money would not become avail
able before the beginning of next year.
The report of State Treasurer Hay
wood at the close of December showed a
balance in the general fund of £3.723,-
829. Against this the moneys owing the
school districts, hospitals, penitentiaries
and the salaries of the state officials
must be paid when they become due.
There is still $3,000,000 of the school ap
propriation unpaid, while $1,500,000
must be returned to the counties in per
sonal property tax. These two items
alone make $4,500,000, nearly $1,000,-
000 in excess of the balance in the
general fund.
The drain upon the treasury comes
largely from the increased appropriation
to the public schools, which jumped
from $2,000,000 in 1800 to $5,000,000 in
1801 and $5,500,000 since 1803, a differ
ence of $3,500,000 a year.
The revenues for the next fiscal year,
it is estimated, will not be as large as
they were during the past year, .when
they amounted in round figures to $lO,-
000,000, which was derived by the collec
tion of taxes due the state by delinquent
corporations. Some of those concerns
were back several years in their taxes
and the state will not have this resource
to draw upon in 1807.
At the last session of the legislature a
committee was appointed to investigate
the workings of the high license law and
report at this session. This committee
finds that there are 35,000 spealc-easles
in the state and 24,000 licensed places.
It also finds that there are many ways
of granting licenses. One judge grants
provided the applicant closes at 10
o'clock, another judge declares against
a free lunch and still another from keep
ing open all night. The committee
actually found that a man was granted
a license if lie would close his saloon at
7 o'clock on Wednesday evening, be
cause his place was near a church and
that was prayer meeting night.
An effort is to be made to secure
legislation this winter taxing anthra
cite coal 5 cents a ton at the mines,
the tax to be paid by the mine owners
when shipped to the markets. It this
proposition is carried out the payments
would afford relief to the treasury.
This scheme was tried in Pennsylvania
during the war and continued until
early in the seventies. If this tax is
levied it would raise about $300,000 in
revenue annually.
An effort will also be made to in
crease the tax on the actual value of
tho capital stock of domestic insur
ance companies. They now pay three
mills on their capital and eight mills on
their gross premiums. It is proposed to
to make the rate uniform by fixing it at
eight mills on both. Many other prop
ositions will be made to the legislature
to increase the state revenues.
A bill eminatiiig from Philadelphia
will ask for a law permiting horse racing
from April 1 to November 1 annually.
There promises to be a stiff fight this
session against the text book combine.
Tho primary object of the fight is to
limit the cost of the text books.
The legislative committee of the State
Liquor Dealers' Association wjl) stay in
Ilarrisburg during the session to look
after legislation. A bill is to be intro
duced to protect the retailer, the whole
saler and the bottler.
The legislative committee appointed
two years ago to ascertain the number
of aliens in the state penal and charit
able institutions is ready to report. It
shows that the insane hospitals, alms
houses and jails are crowded with
foreigners. The hospitals and alms
houses in some counties contain 95 per
cent of tills class of patients. The com
mittee will recommend that the home
governments of these aliens be asked to
pay for their support. Nissley.
Taking Schools Out of Politics.
From the Philadelphia Times.
Prominent citizens of Allegheny are
working on a scheme to take the public
schools out of politics, and a proposition
will be submitted to the councils at their
next meeting that will provide for state
legislation to this end. The plan that
is advocated is to take away from the
school directors the power of appoint
ing teachers and place this authority in
the hands of the principals. This, it is
argued, will make the principals re
sponsible for the work of their schools
and give them an opportunity to remedy
the defects by the appointment of new
and better equipped teachers. If any
legislation of this character originates
from this movement in Allegheny, it will
likely be drafted into a general law, and
on tliis account the proposed change in
the method of selecting teachers is of
interest to the people in all parts of the
state.
Undoubtedly the public schoois should
be divorced from partisan politics, but
whether the plan advocated by the Alle
gheny reformers will accomplish this
separation is doubtful. Appointive offi
ces aro not always more free from poli
tics than elective offices. Many school
directors are elected under the present
system by the ring in power on condi
tion that they will support some relative
or friend of the ward boss for teacher,
but if the appointive power were placed
solely in the hands of the principal of
each school, there would yet be a chance
for political deals in the election of the
principal. And in that case the evil
would go still deeper, because the whole
force of teachers would be under the
control of the faction that elected the
principal.
It is hard to formulate any system of
selecting officials that will insure the
choice of only honest and thoroughly
competent men and their retention in
the positions where they are useful to
their fellow-citizens. Ours is a popular
form of government, from the highest
to the lowest branch, and the will of the
people is supreme. Politicians and ward
bosses cannot control schools If the peo
ple assert their right of suffrage intelli
gently and honestly, and the quickest
and best way to divorce schools and
politics is for the people to assert their
own manhood and independence and
elect competent and honest men for
whatever position the particular system
of school training gives them the right.
Attempt to Hum a Miftnion House.
An attempt was made to burn the
Pottsville Mission building early Friday
morning. The blaze was discovered by
the police and extinguished before much
damage was done. Cotton waste, satu
rated with oil, which had boen placed
among some woodwork by parties un
known, witli incendiary intent, was
found burning. The mission house is
located in the very heart of the "slums"
of tiie town, and lias had a very salutary
effect upon the morals of the neighbor
hood. The court upon several occasions
refused to grant applications for liquor
licenses in that neighborhood at the
earnest remonstrance of members of the
board of managers of the mission.
Keepers of disreputable resorts have
also been forced to remove from the
neighborhood because of the sentiment
created by the mission against them.
Garman Still fur Silver.
The People's Alliance, organized to
carry 011 the free silver and anti-trust
light 011 educational lines, met at Johns
town last week, when several letters
were read, including one from Demo
cratic State Chairman Garman, who
wrote in part as follows:
"I believe that your proceeding, if ex
tended throughout the state, would do a
great deal of good. I certainly indorse
your project and will do all that I can,
possibly, either by word or Influence to
promote it. I agree with you that the
probabilities arc such that at the end of
four years the people will sweep McKin
ley out of power, and McKinleyism with
him, with a greater degree of unanimity
than that manifested in putting him in
to power this time, and with much less
expenditure of cash."
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EUGENE FIELD'S DONKEY.
Don Cienar de Bunin Was a Great Favor
ite With His Master.
The most famous donkey that ever
resided in the city of Chicago is Don
Caesar de Kazan of the tribe of Jeru
salem.
The little quadruped soon learned to
love Mr. Field, and, In turn, shared
the great-hearted poet's favors with
the other pets around the place.
Don was not allowed to enjoy him
self all day, however, for no sooner
had Mr. Field's familiar figure disap
peared in the direction of Clark street
than the boys began to prod sharp
sticks at him for the sheer pleasure of
seeing him squirm and kick.
Don was obliged to grin and bear all
these abuses until Mr. Field returned
at night. He did it with a very qual
ified grace, but in absolute silence, for
he never brayed except In the pres
ence of his master. Don had good
ears and a keen perception, and as
soon as he heard tLe deep-toned voice
so familiar to all who knew Mr. Field
he would commence to urge his com
plaints in the most vigorous, rasping
brays.
AY hen Mr. Field moved to Buena
Park, Don became a trouble to his
master. Don would get into mischief
among the flower beds or stray into
some neighbor's lot. At last Mr. Field
was driven to despair as to how to dis
pose of Don Caesar de Kazan to the
advantage of that estimable animal.
Just at this time Mr. George Yeno
wine, a warm friend of the family,
visited Chicago, and when he heard of
the donkey dilemma quickly bethought
himself of carting Don to the farm in
Kentucky.
So Don Caesar de liuznn, with his
bag and baggage, in the care of Mr.
Yenowine, departed for Kentucky.
Two years later Mr. Field visited
yenowine Farui, Immediately repaired
to the pasture and called upon Don.
The latter marched up to the fence,
flopped his ears back and forth in a
knowing fashion, looked at his late
master with a cunning leer, then
promptly and silently retinal to the far
corner of the meadow. The next
morning, however, he marched delib
erately to the house and began to
bray.
It was ever after Mr. Field's opin
ion that animals think more than they
are given credit for.—Chicago Inter-
Oceau.
RACING COCKROACHES.
An Amusement of Turkish I*rln<>ners Dur
hiK 1 heir Tedious Confinement.
Ilacing cockroaches Is the latest de
vice of the prisoners who are languish
ing in Turkish prisons.
The prisons are overrun with cock
roaches. The more intelligent of the
prisoners make friends with these in
sects.
Infinite patience is required to train
a cockroach.
By enticing a number of cockroaches
Into his cell every day, one of the pris
oners discovered that they could easily
be taught, if they were propitiated
with molasses. After a few weeks'
work he ustonlshed his friends in the
prison by bringing out for tlieir edifi
cation a corps of trained cockroaches.
The cockroach fever at once spread
through the prison. Every man who
could beg or borrow molasses began a
company of cockroaches.
Two of the most highly trained cock
roaches were pitted against each oth
er, and the prisoners ranged them
selves on either side of the corridor to
watch the race.
The owner of each insect prodded
him with n piece of straw. As the
cockronches raced along the floor the
excitement among the prisoners and
jailers rose to fever heat. The insects
had been so well trained that they de
viated neither to the right nor left, but
kept straight ahead.
The one that was beaten lost the race
because he stopped to scratch his leg.
—New York Journal.
Zinc Wull l'uper.
"Zinc wall paper" Is the latest oddity
nud several residences of the highest
clnss new building will be equipped
with It. The zinc is prepared by a new
process, so as to exactly resemble mar
ble. The most beautiful varieties of
marble are imitated In such n manner
that the Imposture is only to be de
tected after a close examination.
The zinc is attached to the wall by a
cement invented for the purpose. The
surface of the zinc Is enamelled so as
to render it permanent and washable.
Tiles or any other form of mural cov
ering can be imitated as readily as
mnrble and the mnterlnl is made in a
great variety of patterns.
It is claimed for this new departure
In decorative material that while it is
as permanent as tiles or marble, it is
much chenper, and can be as easily put
on as ordinary wall paper. It can be
applied, too, to any surface, whether
flat, broken or sound, and any bend
ing, etc., can be embossed on the metal
to complete a design or panel.—New-
York Journal.
A Parson's ItlcKsing.
11l one of the rural districts a Geor
gia minister was invited to dine with a
citizen who, though wealthy, furnished
Ills table poorly. When they were
seated the host said:
"Times air mighty tight, parson, an'
we ain't got nothing much ter set be
fore you, but, sleh as it Is, you air wel
come. Will yon ask a blessln' on what
you see?"
The parson, observing the scant re
past, lifted up Ills voice and said:
"Lord, make us thankful for what
we see, and may we be nble to find It
when we reach for it. Let it not es
cape us and prove a snare and a delu
sion. Amen. Thank you for the
greuue. "—Atlanta ConeOfcJtlou.
Hon. W. J. Bryan's Book
A L I who are interested in furthering the sale of Hon.
W. J. Bryan's new book should correspond im
mediately with the publishers. The work will contain
An account of his campaign tour . . .
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RAILROAD TIMETABLES
THE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA ANL
SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table in effect December 15, 1895.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Ilazle
Brook, Stockton. Beaver Meadow Road, Roan
und Hazleton Junction at 5 30, 600 a in, 4 15 p
j in. daily except Sunday; und 7 03 u m, 2 38 p in,
Sunday.
! Trains leave Drifton for liar wood. Cranberry,
i Toinhicken and Deringer at 5 510 a ni, p m, daily
except Sunday; and i W u in, 238 p ui, Sun-
I da i v *
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction,
j Uarwood Koad, Humboldt Hoad, Oneida and
I Sheppton at 0 00 a in, 4 15 p m, daily except Sun
: day; and 7 08 a in, 2 38 p in, Sunduy.
Trains leave lia/.letou Junction for Uarwood,
' Cranberry, Tomhicken und Deringer at 636 u
m, daily except Sunday; and 8 53 a m, 4 22 p in.
Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, iiarwood Koad, Humboldt Koad.
Oneida and Sheppton at 6 29, 11 10 u in, 4 40 p ui.
! daily except Sunday; and 7 37 a m, 3(18 pin,
Sunduy.
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhicken, Crun
j berry, Uarwood, Hazleton Junction, Koau.
Beaver Meadow Koad. Stockton, Ilazle Brook,.
, Eckley, Jeddo and Drilton at 2 25, 5 40 p in,
! dully except Sunday; and 937 u m, 507 p in
Sunday.
Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Huinboldi
Koad, iiarwood Koad, Oneida Junction, Hazle
ton Junctiou a*?d Koan at 7 11 a m, 12 40, 525
j p in, duiiy except Sunday; and 809 u in, 3 44
p in, Sunday.
I Trains leave Sheppton for Reaver Meadow
j Koad, Stockton, liuzle Brook, Eckley, Jeddt
; ami Drifton at 5 25 p in, daily, except Sunday;
| und 8 Oil a in, 3 44 p in, Sunday,
j Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beavei
Meadow Koad, Stockton, Ilazle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo und Drifton at 3 09, 5 47, 0 20 p ni, daily,
except Sunday; and 10 08 u m, 5 38 p m, Sunday.
I All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with
electric cars tor Hazleton, Jeuuesville, Auden
! ried und other points on the Traction (Jom
, pany's line.
I Trains leaving Drifton at 000a m, Hazleton
i Junction at 0 29 a in, and Sheppton at 7 11 a in,
connect at Oneida Junction with Lehigh Vulley
j trains east and west.
I Train leaving Drifton ut 630a in makes con
nection ut Deri tiger with P. K. K. train for
Wilkcsbarre, Suubury, Uurrlsburg and points
west.
For the accommodation of passengers at wuy
stations between Hazleton Junction und Der
iuger, an exira tram will leave the former
point ai 3 50 p in, daily, except Sunduy, arriv
ing at Do ringer at 5 00 p in.
LUTHER C. SMITH, Superintendent.
EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
November 10, 1800.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FKKELAND.
! 6 05, 8 45. 930 a in, 1 40, 325, 430 p in, for Mauch
I ('hunk, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton. Philu-
I delphia and New \ ork.
I 0 0. 845 9Hia m, 1 40, 2 34, 3 25, 4 36, 6 15, 657
, p in, for Drifton, Jeddo, Foundry, Hzle Brook
und Lumber Yard.
0 15 p in for Hazle Creek Junction,
6 57 p in lor Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Beth
lehem and Easton.
; 936a m, 2 34, 4 Hi. 657p m, for Delano, Ma
hanoy City, Shenandoah, Ashland, Mt. t'armel,
I Shumokiu and Pottsville.
936 u ni, 2 34, 4 36, 657 p m, for Stockton
' and Uuzlcton.
7 28, 10 51, 11 54 a in, 5 20 p m, for Sandy Kun,
White Haven, Wilkcsbarre, Pi tteton, Scran ton
: und the west.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
10 50 am and 138 pra for Jeddo, Foundry,
lla/.ie Brook und Lumber Yard.
8 38, 10 50 a m for Saiidy Kun, White Haven
' and Wilkcsbarre.
I 138p ni for Hazleton, Mauch Chunk, Allen
town, Bethlehem, Easton, J hiiudelphia und
New York.
I 10 50 a in for Hazleton, Delano, Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah. Mt. Carinel, Sliumokiu and
Pottsville.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
5 CO, 7 28, 9 20, 10 51, 11 54 a m, 12 58, 2 20, 6 20,
6 03, iOB p m, from Lumber Yard, Foundry,
; Jeddo und Drifton.
7 28, 9 20. 10 51, 11 54 a m, 12 58, 2 20, 520p m,
from Stockton und Hazleton.
7 28, 9 20, 10 61 a m, 2 20, 5 20 p m, from Delano,
Mahanoy City, bhenar.doah, Ashland, Mt. Car
inel, Shitinokin and Pottsville.
920, 10 51 a m, 12 58, 6 06, p m, from Phila
delphia, New York, Bethlehem, Allentown,
and Mauch Chunk.
7 04 p in from Weatherly only.
9 36 a in, 2 34, 3 28. 657 pm, from Scranton,
Wilkcsbarre and White Haven.
SUNDAY TRAINB.
8 ?8, 10 50 a m and 12 55 pm, from Hazleton,
Stoikton. Lumber Yard, liazle Brook, Foun
dry, Joddo and Drifton.
10 50a m, 12 66 pm, from Philadelphia, New
lork. Bethleinm, Allentown, Mauch Chunk,
j and Weatherly.
10 50 a in, from Pottsville, Shamokin, Mt.
Cannel Ashland, Shenandoah, Muhanoy City
l and Delano.
10 50 a lu, from Wllkesbarre, White Haven
! and Sandy Kun.
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
CHAS. S. LEE, GenT Pass. Agent,
Pbila., Pa.
I KOLLIN H. WILBUR, Gen. Supt. East. Div.
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