Freeland tribune., December 14, 1900, Image 2

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FREELAND, PA., DECEMBER 14, 11)00.
Newspaper Enterprise.
Through tho enterprise of the man
agement of tho Philadelphia North
American arrangements have been
completed with the Philadelphia and
Reading, Lehigh Valley, Delaware and
Hudson and Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroads to run a special
train for tho exclusive distribution of
that paper covering points between
Bethlehem and Pittston on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, Wilke9barro and points
north on the Delaware and Hudson
Railroad and points west from Wilkes
barre on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad.
This exclusive special service began
on Tuesday morning, December 11, and
enables the North American to deliver
the news of tho world to their patrons
on the line of these roads from threo
to five hours earlier than their competi
tors.
It is perhaps unnecessary to point out
that this entails an unusual expenditure,
both of energy and money, an extra
force being required to prepare tho
papers for shipment in Philadelphia
and to make necessary connections, and
the railroad tariff adds an item of
expense not encountered by any other
paper.
But tho immense circulation of the
North American iu this section of
Pennsylvania now requires a measure of
enterprise hitherto deemed unnecessary
by the Philadelphia papers, and the
North American is the first in the field.
The disclosure in tho scnateof the fact
that even the Davis amendment will not
permit tho United States to fortify the
Nicarauguan canal and that its only
effect will bo to allow the United States
to send its fleets to hover off the mouths
of the waterway and wait for tho
enemy's vessels, is simply astounding.
The treaty as negotiated by Secretary
Hay, would, it now appears, pledge the
word of the United States to keep
entirely away from the canal and allow
allow an enemy a free courso to and
through it.
The house has passed the army bill,
hut has stricken out the stuff features
which constituted practically its only
good feature. The influence of the
bureau chiefs was too strong to be over
come. However, the senate has a
chance at tho bill and will certainly put
tho reform sections back. What the
ultimate result will be, remains to be
seen.
The election has been over for five
weeks and Don M. Dickinson and other
would be organizers of tho Democratic
party have not yet gotten beyond the
"whereas"' lu their efforts.
The merchant who advertises gets the
cream of the holiday trade.
As nearly as we can make out General
White has been pardoned by Governor
Pingree for robbing the state on tho
ground that there aro other rascals in
the world. But then, as ho pleaded for
pardon on tho ground that his accom
plices had assured him that they had a
pull that would protect him, perhaps
his pardon is not so very remarkable
after all.
General Mercior is preparing to in
vade England, according to his own ac
count. Heretofore, General Mercler
has been familiar to people this side of
the water chiefly through his connec
tion with the Dreyfus case. If he can
do something more than persecute Jews,
the world has not yet learned the fact.
A PATRIOTIC SCHEME
THE TOWN WAS IN FAVOR OF FLYING
THE FLAG PERPETUALLY.
I*I Perklim, Pout inn, ter of Jerlclio,
Tells llo.v IMsscnslon Marred the
Discussion of the Proposition und
How the Project Ended.
[Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewin.]
It was Enos Hopkins who got the
Idea that Jet'lcho should prove her pa
triotism to the world at large by dis
playln the American flag for seven
days a week. He got the Idea one
Sunday mornln as he lay In bed, nnd
he hugged It to his soul and chuckled
over It for a week before he said any
thing to a Uvlu soul. Everybody knew
by his actions that somethin was up,
out they couldn't flgger out exactly
what it was. At length, when Sat
urday night came, and there was the
usual crowd at the postofllce, he shot
off his gun. He had his speech all pre
pared. lie told how the American flag
was first flung to the breeze—how
men cheered for liberty as they saw
It—how it had given freedom to a con
tinent and brought happiness to mil
lions. Men had fought cheerln for
that flag, nnd men had died blessln it.
He wanted It h'lsted In Jericho at sun
rise every day In the year, and he
wanted children to cry for It and men
and women to venerate It. Monday
was wash day In Jericho, and front
yards and back yards made a benutl
ful showln of sheets and shirts and
"HAVE WE NO PUBLIC SPKEUIT AMONQ US?"
towels and tablecloths, but above
them all would flap and flop the flag
which bad covered tlie heroes of Bun
ker Hill as they died in the cause of
liberty.
As soon as the crowd had recovered
from its surprise und begun to cheer
Deacon Spooner said It was a mighty
strong p'int and one worthy of a leadln
patriot of Jericho. He was heartily in
favor of the Idea, and he would then
and there contribute 13 cents toward
the purchase of a public flag. He also
thought a vote of thanks was due Enos
for his cuteuess In thinkin out the idea.
A flappln, flopplu flag h'lsted to the
balmy breezes of Jericho would give
the town worldwide fume and probably
result in a boom.
Then Hosea Saunders spoke. His
grandfather had died while lightln un
der the stars and stripes. His father
had fallen and killed himself while
climbin a flagpole. His mother had
wrapped him In the flag of liberty
when he was born, and he had long
thought of bavin a group of stars tat
tooed between his shoulders. lie loved
his wife and children, und he set a
heap of value on his boss and cow, but
he loved the flag of his country more.
It was hard times, and money was
tight, hut he would go without tobacco
for a mouth In order to contribute a
shlllln toward the purchase of n flag.
With his own hands, if agreeable to
all, he would h'ist the emblem at sun
rise and lower It at sunset durin the
rest of bis natural life.
The deacon said that was also a
beautiful speech, with a mighty strong
p'int to it, and the feelin's of the
crowd had got so worked up over free
dom and liberty that tears stood In
many eyes. Hosea was follered by
Squar Joslyn, Philetus Williams, Abra
ham White and others, and there was
frequent cheerin and sbakln hands.
About ten years ago Abijah Davison's
dog the ear off a hog owned by
Joel Ilardman, and the men have been
enemies ever since, hut under the ex
citement and the patriotism engender
ed by them speeches they fell into each
other's arms and became brothers
ag'in. It was Anally settled that a pub
lic contribution should he taken up to
buy a sls flag, and then came tlie ques
tion of where It should be raised. Enos
Hopkins, who had started It all, got
up In a modest way and said he would
go to the expense of plantln a pole In
front of his house. It was on high
ground, and the flag could be seen
from every house In Jericho.
"We shouldn't put Enos to all that
trouble," said Deacon Spooner as he
rose up. "He's done his sheer in think-
In out the plan. I'll see that the flag is
duly displayed from the roof of my
cooper shop when it arrives."
"What's the matter with b'lstln It
over my grocery?" asked Dan Skinner
as he wiped the tears of emotion from
bis eyes.
"Or with h'istin It over my coal
yard?" said Darius Waterman, who
calculated to chip In 10 cents and no
more.
Then everybody bobbed up and de
manded to be heard. Every man pres
ent wanted that flag In front of his
bouse or place of business and no
where else, and purty soon they was
sbakln their lists and snyln they'd be
durned If they wouldn't have It there
or refuse to contribute a red cent.
There was a lively row on In two mln-
Its. with no more wecpln over patriot
ism. As the row grew hotter Abljah
Davison turned to Joel Hardmao and
said he was glad his dog had bit the
ear off that hog and that he'd like to
serve Joel the same way. Deacon
Spooner rattled on the stovepipe with
his cane until he quieted the racket,
and then he said:
"Feller patriots, but have we no pub
lic speerit among us?"
"We have!" yelled the crowd.
"Then let us exhibit It. Bein my
cooper shop is the highest bulldlu In
town and beiu the American flag has
got to flip-flap in the breeze to be seen
and venerated, I unselfishly offer to
put lip a pole and take charge of the
flag."
"So do I!" shouts every man in the
crowd.
Then Squar Joslyn made a speech,
no told how a million men had died for
that flag; how its stars and bars had
made tyrants tremble; how a young
nation had worshiped it and made all
the world respect it. He wound up after
ten minits by offeriu to float it from
his boss barn, hut only hisses and
groans follered. There was signs that
three or four patriots would soon be
punchiu each other's head when Lish
Billings strolled in in that careless way
of his. Deacon Spooner pounded and
rattled till he got order and then said:
"I want to hear from Lish Billings
on this matter. Mebbe he can suggest
somethin. Lish, what place in Jericho
would you say the American flag ought
to float from?"
"How many stars are there on the
American flag?" calmly asks Lish.
Nobody could tell.
"Well, how many stripes?"
Nobody could tell.
" 'Pears to me," said Lish as he start
ed to wander out ng'in—" 'pears to me
that as none of you can tell the differ
ence between the American flag and a
tablecloth you'd better hang up an old
army blanket most anywhere and let
it go at that."
And at the end of five minits more
there wasn't a patriot left In the post
office, and notliln more has ever been
said about buylu a public ling.
M. QUAD.
A PORTER'S MISTAKE.
The Story of n Lady's Frisr.es and nn
Actor's Kane.
As the porter passed through the car
she called him aside. There was a
whisper and a gleam of silver.
"Now, remember they are in the yel
low satchel."
"Cyau't miss dem, ma'am."
"You won't let any one see you?"
"No, ma'am."
"The major is sitting in that car."
"lie won't see me, ma'am."
"Well, here is the key."
The porter took the key and passed
through to the next car.
"Guess'dis am it," he said, slipping
the thin key in the lock of a yellow
satchel. lie put ids hand in the satch
el and pulled out a bunch of hair. Then
he relocked the satchel.
"Heah's yo' frizzes, ma'am!"
"Don't speak so loud."
"Anything else, ma'am?"
"That's all, I believe. I just have a
minute to put these 011 before dinner."
The porter reached the platform in
time to meet an irate tragedian.
"Not a step!' he thundered in tones
that almost lifted the porter's cap.
"What have you done with my whisk
ers, boy?"
"Your whiskers, sah?"
"Yes; my false beard. The passen
gers say you opened my satchel with a
skeleton key. Where are those whisk
ers?"
"Laws," muttered the porter, "Ah
went in de wrong satchel!"
Just then a lady passed toward the
dining car.
"Dab's yo' whiskers, sah," grinned
the porter, "on top ob dat lady's bald!"
—Chicago News.
Tlie Dust of Ocean.
A "dusty" ocean highway sounds al
most incredible. Yet those who are
familiar with suiling ships know that
no matter how carefully the decks may
be washed down in the morning and
how little work of any kind may be
done during the day nevertheless if the
decks are not swept at nightfall an
enormous quantity of dust will quickly
collect. Of course on the modern
"liner" the burning of hundreds of tons
of coal every 2-1 hours and the myriads
of footfalls daily would account for a
considerable accumulation of dust, hut
on a "wind jammer," manned with a
dozen hands or less, no such dust pro
ducing agencies are at work. And yet
the records of sailing ships show that
they collect more sea dust than does a
steamer, which is probably accounted
for by the fact that while the dust
laden smoke blows clear of the steamer
the large area of canvas spread by the
sailer acts as a dust collector.—Mari
ner.
Tlie Slnr Chamber.
The "star chamber" was so colled
from the place in which the court was
held in one of the rooms of the king's
palace in Westminster. Upon the ceil
ings were stars, hence the camera stel
lata, or chamber of stars. It was
very ancient origin and had excessive
I powers, but could not pronounce the
j death penalty. It was abolished by act
of parliament in IG4I during the reign
of Charles 1, but this unfortunate mon
arch was sentenced to be beheaded
from this same "star chamber."
It Hnrt Him.
Candid Friend—l think young Ry
mer, tlie poet, felt hurt at a remark you
made the other night.
His Companion—What did I say?
| C. F.—You snid there was only one
Shakespeare.—Exchange.
The lead pencil originated with the
discovery of the graphite mines in
England in 15G4, during the reign of
Queen Elizabeth.
In 1843 England conquered and an
j nexed the Orange Free State and evac
uated it six years later.
SAGACIOUS HORSES/
EXAMPLES OF THE ANIMALS' MEMORY
AND INTELLIGENCE.
Instance* Wlicrc They Have -Recol
lected Injuries and Have Revenged
Them—A Cuae of u Horae Who Turn
ed Life Saver.
Authenticated instances of the horse's
memory under circumstances the most
trying—in fact, where man himself
for the time being has relied solely
on the Intelligence and memory of his
steed in preference to his own—are
many and place the horse In a highly
creditable light.
An instance is on record of a man
riding a young horse in.a most difficult
part of the country, perfectly unknown
to him. i After a great deal of perse
verance and many inquiries he at last
reached his destination. Two years
later he had occasion to travel the
same roads again. Night closed in and
left him In a most trying section of his
Journey, still many miles from his des
tiuat'on. In the darkness there was
no light or other guide to lead him
through his lahyrintiiiun way. Per
ceiving his utter impotency to guide his
horse to bis destination, in sheer de
spair he abandoned the reins and al
lowed his horse to choose its own
course, and, wonderful to relate, this
auimal, that had only traveled the
road but once before, two years pre
vious, with his master, unerringly
picked ids way through the darkness
and mazy way mile after mile and
at last brought his master In safety
to his destination.
In Broad street, Newark, N. J., a
horse, with a light buggy, was stand
ing at the door of his master's store.
The horse was a great pet \yitli the
children and was coutinuully eating
out of the hands of some member of
the family. On this particular morn
ing one of the younger children, a little
girl about 5 years of age, had been
playing around his legs. At last,
growing tired, she made for the street
car tracks and, uuuoticed, fell just as
a ear came bounding along. Another
instant and the horrified spectators ex
pected to see the child crushed beneath
the approaching ear. The horse gave
a strange little "ninhy" and suddenly
veered toward the track, picked the
child lip quickly by its clothes and
switched it sideways from the track
just in time to save it from a horrible
death.
Occasionally the horse displays un
paralleled obstinacy, suffering himself
to lie lashed and bruised in the severest
manner rather than yield to the wishes
of ids master. In most instances there
Is some discoverable cause for such
perversity, though in some there ap
pears to be no other impulse save
that of a stubborn and willful disposi
tion. Many have witnessed a draft
horse working lustily and cheerfully
all at once stand still on coming to a
certain spot, and no coaxing that could
be offered or punishment that could be
inflicted would cause him to move one
step until he was blindfolded, and
then lie would push forward as if
nothing had happened.
On one occasion an expressman's
horse took one of these obstinate tits.
The most shameful tortures were had
recourse to by the expressman, but
all to no purpose. It seemed as though
the animal would allow himself to he
cut to pieces rather than stir one foot.
As a last recourse tlie expressman
threw a chain around the animal's
neck and yoked it to another horse,
but no sooner did tlie obstinate ani
mal perceive the purpose in view than
he rushed forward, and afterward the
mere jingling of a chain was sufficient
to put him out of tlie sulks.
Though Providence seems to have
implanted In the horse a benevolent
disposition, with at the same time a
certain awe of the human race, yet
there are Instances on record of his
recollecting injuries and fearfully re
veuging them. A person near Boston
was in the habit, whenever he wished
to catch his horse in the field, of tak
ing a quantity of corn iu a measure
byway of bait. On calling to him
the Horse would come up and eat tlie
corn while tlie bridle was put over his
head. But tlie owner, having deceived
the animal several times by calling
hi in when he had no corn in the meas
ure, the horse at length began to sus
pect the design, and coming up one
day as usual on bciug called looked
into the measure and, seeing it empty,
turned round, reared on his hind legs
and killed his master on the spot.
It is told of a horse belonging to nn
Irish nobleman Iliat he always became
restive and fuiTous whenever a cer
tain individual came into his presence.
One day this poor fellow happened to
pass within reach, when the animal
seized him witli its teeth and broke his
arm. It then threw him down and lay
upon him, every effort to get it off
proving unavailing till the bystanders
were compelled to shoot it. The rea
son assigned for this ferocity was that
the man had performed a cruel opera
tion on tlie animal some time before
and which it seems to have revengeful
ly remembered.—Chicago Tinies-llcr
ald.
No Witches Since Flood.
Sir Henry Irving once received what
he at the time considered a very pal
pable snub, delivered him by a high
lander. While touring in Scotland the
actor visited some of the notable tradi
tionary scenes associated with Shake
spearean drama. As a matter of course
one of tlie first pilgrimages was to tlie
blasted heath where Macbeth met the
witches. In an agreeable mood Sir
Henry, as tHey drove along, turned
smilingly to his driver:
"Are there any witches abDut now?"
he asked.
The driver whipped up his horses.
"Not siuce the flood," he teplied in
his curt Scots way.
FOR LITTLE FOLKS."
Saved Ilia Dog,
A boy about 10 years old went to the
central police station In Kansas City,
Kan., one day recently, leading a fine
shepherd dog by a short piece of rope
tied to his collar, relates the Kansas
City' Star. The boy's face was red and
swollen, and he was crying.
"Well, well, well, what's the matter
here?" asked a big policeman, stooping
down and looking into the boy's face.
"Please, sir," he sobbed, "my mother
Is too poor to pay for a license for
Shep, and I brought him here to have
you kill him."
Then he broke out with another wall
that was heard all through tho city
building. Shep stood there mute and
motionless, looking up Into the face of
his young master. A policeman took
out his handkerchief to blow his nose,
and the desk sergeant went out into
the hall, absentinlndodly whistling a
tune which nobody ever heard before,
while the captain remembered that he
must telephone somebody. Then Chief
McFarland led the boy to the door and,
patting him on the head, said kindly:
"There, little fellow, don't cry any
more. Hun home with your dog. I
wouldn't kill a dog like Shep for a
thousand dollars."
"Oh, thank you, sir!" They were
tears of joy now. He bounded out into
the street and ran off toward his home,
with Shep prancing along and jumping
up and trying to kiss the boy's face.
It was hard to tell which was the hap
pier, the boy or the dog.
A Boy Huntsman.
Master Frederick Leicester Harwell
is an English lad of 5 years who bids
fair to become a capital "cross coun
try" rider. lie is pictured here inount-
FREDEItICK LEICESTER BAR WELL,
ed on his favorite pony Jumbo, who
stands 9% hands high and is 3 years
old. Master Frederick is dressed in
complete hunting outfit even to leg
gings and gloves.
Tableaux or Story Picture*.
This game can be played by any
number of persons. It is played in the
following manner: Pencils and papers
are supplied the guests and the condi
tions (given below) stated to them.
They are told to draw a quick sketch
of some well known scene from history
or fiction, such as the "Babes In the
Wood," "Borneo and Juliet," "Bruce
and the Spider," etc. An allotted time
is then given them to choose their sub
ject and finish their sketch. When
this time is up. the papers are collect
ed and placed, face downward, in a lint
and well shuttled. Each of the play
ers must now draw a paper, and a
short time is given them to name the
subject. They must, of course, not be
named by the person wiio fins sketched
them. Those who succeed ill giving
the subjects of their pictures are now
obliged to repeat the process, while
those who do not succeed must drop
out. This must be repented again and
again until there is only one person
left. He is the winner and receives
the prize. The "booby" prize is award
ed to the person who first drops out of
the game. The object is to keep "In
the game" the longest.
Kany Way to Fish.
There is a fish that frequents in large
numbers the shallow sens off the shores
of northwest America from San Fran
cisco to Sitka that loses Its life through
leaping too readily. Whenever it is
alarmed it bounds out of the water.
Now, there are few better students of
nature than the Indians of the Pacific
const, who take advantage of this fool
ish habit to get food without working
hard for it. When they see the great
shoals of fishes swimming near the
surface of the water, they get out their
canoes and bent the water with the
paddles, uttering hideous yells the
while. Terrified out of their Rinail
wits, the Fishes jump up into the air
and fall into the canoes by the hun
dred. The Indians also capture them
by the net and spear.
Swlnnlng Dolly.
Swinging dolly in bcr hammock.
Underneath the cherry tree,
Whore a robin redbreast nestles,
t'eepinj? down at her and me I
SwiTijrinu dolly o'er the daisies
Growing all around the grass,
Where the butterflies are playing
And the golden sunbeams pass.
Swinging dolly in her hammock
Till the Sandman creeps around
From the drowsy land to make her
Cuddle up and slumber sound.
Swinging dolly in the sunshine,
My. but ain't it lots of fun?
Till mamma comes out to bid us
In to supper quickly run!
Its Use.
"What is bread chiefly used for, Tom
my?" asked the teacher of a small pu
pil in the juvenile cluss.
"To spread butter on," was the logic
al but unexpected reply.
An Unpromising Answer.
Mother (to small boy just beginning
school)— Well, what work have you en-
Joyed best tills morning, dear?
Small Boy—Oh, I liked looking out
of the window best.
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
LEHIGH VALLEY KAILKOAD.
.November 26, 1900.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FItBKLANI>.
0 12am for Weutherly, Mauch Chunk,
Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Phila
delphia and New York.
7 40 a in for Sandy Bun, White Haven,
Wilkes-liar re, l'ittstou and Scrauton.
8 18 a m lor Huzleton, Mahuuoy City,
Shenandoah, Ashland, Weutherly,
Maueh Chunk, Allentown, Bethlehem,
Easton, Philadelphia and New York.
9 30 a m for Huzleton, Mahauoy City, Shen
andoah, Alt. C'armel, Shamokiu and
Potts ville.
12 14 P ui lor Suudy Bun, White Ilaven,
W Hkes-Barre, Scrauton und all points
West.
1 20 P m for Weatherly, Maueh Chunk, Al
lentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Philadel
phia and New 1 orK.
4 42 p ui for ilazletou, Mahanoy City, Shen
andoah, Mt. C'armel, Shamokiu and
Pottsviile, Weatherly, Maueh Chunk,
Alleutowu, Bethlehem, Easton, Phila
delphia and New lork.
0 34 P ni for Sandy Bun, White Haven,
Wilkes-Burro, scrauton aud all points
West.
7 29 P m for Huzlcton, Mahanoy City, Shen
andoah, Mt. Curiuel aud Shamokiu.
ABBIVE AT PKEELANB.
7 40 a m from Weatherly, Pottsviile, Ash
laud, Shenandoah, Mahauoy City aud
Huzlcton.
9 17 a m from Philadelphia, Easton, Bethle
hem, Allentown, Maueh Chunk, Weuth
erly, Huzleton, Mahuuoy City, Sheiiun
dcuh, Alt. Curuiel and shamokiu.
9 30 a m from Scrauton, VVilkes-Barro and
White Ilaven.
12 14 p m from Pottsviile, Sliuinokiu, Alt.
Curuiel, Shenandoah, Mahuuoy City
and Huzleton.
1 12 l> m from New York, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Muueh
Chunk uud Weutherly.
4 42 P m from beruutou, Wilkes-Burre aud
White Haven.
0 34 P ni from New York, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Potts
viile, Shamokiu, Mt. Curmel, Shenan
doah, Mahanoy City and iluzloton.
7 29 P in from Scrauton, Wilkes-Burre and
White Ilaven.
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
BULL IN H. WILBUR, General Superintendent,
86 Corilandt street. New York City.
CHAS. S. LEE, General Passenger Agent,
88 Cortlandt Street. New York City.
J. T. KEITH, Division Superintendent,
Huzlcton, Pa.
'PHE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA AND
JL SCHUYLKILL KAILKOAD.
Time table In effect April 18, 1897.
Trains leave Drilton lor Jeddo, Eckley, Hazle
Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roan
and Hazletou Junction ut 5 80,8 UU am, daily
except Sunday; und 7 08 a in, 2 88 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Drilton lor Harwood,Cranberry,
Tomhickeu and Deringcr at 6 80, 0 00 a m, daily
except Sunday; und t 08 a m, 'i 88 p m, Suu
day.
Trains leave Drlfton for Oneida Junction,
llarwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at 800 a in, daily except Sun
day; and 7 03 a in, 'i 88 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave ilazletou Junction for Harwood,
Cranberry, Tomhickeu and Deriuger at 0 35 a
m, daily except Sunday; and 8 68 a m, 4 88 p m,
Sunday.
Trains leave Huzleton Junction for Oneida
Juuction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road,
Oneida and Sheppton at 8 82,11 10 a in, 4 41pm,
daily except Sunday; and i 87 a in, 8 11 pm,
Sunday.
Trains leave Deriuger for Tombick <n, Cran
berry, Hai wood, Huzleton Junction and Roan
at 'i 6 40 p m, daily except Sunday; ana :87
a m, 5 07 p in, suuduy.
Trams leave sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Road, Hurwood Road, Oneida Junction, Huzle
ton Junction and Roan ut 7 11 am, 18 40, 688
p m, dully except Sunday; and 811 e in, 844
p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow
Road, Stockton, liuale Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
and Drlfton at 6 28 p m, daily, except Sunday;
and 8 11 a in, 8 44 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Huzleton Junction for Beaver
Meadow Hoad, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo and Drlfton at 6 46, 888 p m, dully,
except Sunday; und 10 10 a m, 5 40 p in. Sunday.
All trains connect at Ilazletou Junction with
electric cars for Huzleton, Jeanesville, Auden
ried and other points on the Traction Com
pany's line.
Trains leaving Drlfton at 5 30. 8 00 a m make
connection at Deringcr with P. R. it. trains for
Wilkesbarre, Sun bury, linrrisburg and points
west.
For the accommodation of passengers at way
stations between Huzlcton Junction and Der
iuger, a train will leave the former point at
8 .>0 p m, daily, except Sunday, arriving at
Deriuger at 6 00 p m.
I.TTTIIKK 0. SMITH. Superintendent..
Be Cot tlie TTnt.
An Alleghany schoolteacher had oc
casion to reprimand one of the boys in
her school for some infraction of the
rules, and she sent him into a small
room to wait until after school had
boon dismissed for the day. The boy
did not care to wait for the punish
ment which he had good reason to be
lieve was in store for him, so he got
out of the room through a window,
leaving Ids lint behind him. This was
on Friday afternoon. The hoy re
mained near the school until the other
pupils came out, and then he persuaded
one of the smaller boys to go back and
ask the teacher for ids hat. The teacher
refused to give it to him and said that
the boy must come for it himself.
On Monday morning the same little
boy came up to her desk and said,
"Please may 1 have that hat to take
home?"
"No, you cannot have it. He must
come for it himself."
"But lie can't come," was the reply.
"Why not?" asked the teacher.
"'Cause he was drowned while ho
was In swimming Saturday."
The boy received the hat after the
teacher had recovered from the shock
of the abrupt announcement of the fa
tality.—Pittsburg (' hro uicle-T elegrap h.
Alpine Routes Abandoned.
How few tourists now take the trou
ble to see the great passes of the Alps,
where tlie scenery Is always grander
and more varied than it is in the val
leys or on the summits! Grandest
among these passes is the St. Gothard,
hut tlie road over It is well nigh de
serted, for the swarms of travelers
make no halt between Lucerne and Co
mo and are content with glances from
the car windows before and after en
tering the tunnel. The Simplon is an
other impressive pass where the me
chanics are now tunneling from each
end. The road travel over It Is already
light during the summer, and when tlie
railway Is completed the diligences
will be taken off and the route be aban
doned, as tlie highway over tlie Great
St. Bernard has been emptied from
Martigny to Aosta.—Cor. New York
Tribune.
llrlllnli Like dnr Censns Mrtlioil..
Inquiries have been received from
the British government concerning the
methods of taking the American cen
sus. because it has never been aide to
secure such comprehensive data or
even as complete a count of population
In ten years of continuous work as tlie
American system lias secured in 12
months. With 24 potential facts con
cerning each individual accessible the
sociological and psychological problems
Of the present time growing out of the
assimilation of large masses of foreign
ers with the American people become a
fasciuatiug study.—National Magazine,