HER SUMMONS CAME.
A SIGN IN WHICH MRS. GALLUP READ
HER DEATH WARRANT.
She Dropped the PlNhclntli R nil Aftei
Thilt Ftltill Wiirnfiifg Spent the 11*1-
nnee of the kvenlis In Telllnir Mr.
Gallup Hoiv she Thonitht lie Ought
to linn the Funeral.
[Copyright, 1000, by C. I). Lewis.]
As Mr. Gallup lighted his tin lantern
after supper and started out to buy
half a pound of Itio coffee for break
fast and call at the postotHce Mrs. Gal
lup was in excellent spirits and had
most of the dishes ready for washing.
He was absent 32 minutes, anil when
he arrived home he found her huddled
up in the big rocking chair, with a pil
low behind her head aud he camphor
bottle in lier hand. She took three long
sniffs at the bottle and gave three long
drawn sighs as he entered, but It was
labor thrown away. Mr. Gallup blew
out his lantern and hung It up behind
the cellar door, and, having deposited
the coffee on a shelf in the pantry, he
removed and hung up his coat aud hat,
sat down and took off his shoes and
then, taking a circular from his pock
et and putting on his glasses with
great deliberation, began to read. It
was a circular regarding a new discov
ery in the cure of consumption, and he
had not yet finished with the first tes
timonial when Mrs. Gallup sobbed four
times in succession and faintly asked:
"Samuel Gallup, do you know that
your dyin wife Is present In the room?"
Ho made no reply. That testimonial
from one who had been cured after
his coffin had been purchased made
him hold his breath as he read.
"Yes; she is present," dolefully con
tinued ills. Gallup after several sniffs
HUDDLED UP IN THE DIO ROCKING CHAIR,
at the bottle, "and she wants to hev a
few last words with you. When you
started over town, I was singin 'Bar
bara Allen' and thinklu my days might
bo long In this land. Not five ininits
later the sumtnons come. I had Just
started to wash the dishes, and I had
that cracked blue platter in my hand,
but X hadn't gin it over two wipes
when tlie dishcloth fell to the floor
with a great spat. You are hearin
what I say, ain't you, Samuel?"
Mr. Gallup wasn't. lie was devour
ing the second testimonial, which gave
the ease of a woman who had been
given up by over 50 doctors, and yet
two bottles furnished her with a new
pair of lungs.
"When that dishcloth fell, I knew
that my time had come. That's the
way Mrs. Grover and Mrs. Taylor
went Their dishcloths fell, and in 24
hours they was in heaven. 1 shall be
up there by tomorrer night, Samuel,
while you'll be free to stay out all
night to hear the political news. I'd
hev died before you come back home,
only I wanted to talk with you a leetle
about the funeral. Let's see. If 1 die
tonight, you'll bold the funeral day aft
er tomorrer, won't you, at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon?"
Mr. Gallup was listening to a noise
outside. He heard something to re
mind him of a hen trying to crow, and
he wondered if it could be that so long
after dark.
"If you want. It a day sooner, you
can hev it," continued Mrs. Gallup
after sobs and gasps and sniffs at the
bottle, "but you must look out or the
uayburs will talk. Better hev It day
after tomorrer, and I hope, for your
sake. It won't be a rainy day. I've
sometimes thought I'd like a big fu
neral when 1 went, with over 40 wag
ons In the purcession and the church
bell a-tollin and the dogs a-howlin, but
I've given that up. No, Samuel, you
needn't make any spread over me. I'm
one of tlie kind that kin go to heaven
without any hurrah and fireworks. If
there is ten wagons in the purcession,
I shall be satisfied. Don't you think
ten ought to be 'null for a person like
me?"
It wasn't a direct question, but bad
It been Mr. Gallup would not have
answered. He was devouring the third
testimonial aud making up his mind
to try a bottle on the sly.
"Ten wagons in the purcession, Sam
uel, and the bells needn't toll nor
nuthin else happen. If anybody is
diggin taters or uiakln soft soap or
dyein carpet rngs, tbey needn't stop on
my account If 25 people come to the
house, that will be 'null. YVe've got
'leven chairs altogether, couutin them
with broken backs, aud Mrs. Walters
will lend you the rest You'll hev our
own preacher, of course, but he needn't
go on for an hour or two and tell how
good I was and how much you'll miss
me. If he says that my toil Is o'er, and
that you won't never llud a more savin
wife, that'll be about 'nuff. Shall you
t) ■ eryln at the funeral, Samuel?"
"• u ,i 0 a loetle bit If I was you—jest
u leetle. If you don't folks will talk
about it same as they did about Jim
Dewitt Lie never cried at all, and tp
tbls day folks say be didn't use Han
ner right I dou't ask you to break
down and sob and git up an excite
ment but you kin gasp a few times and
wipe your eyes and blow your nose.
I'm sorry you'll hev to take that long
ride to the graveyard, as you could be
plajln checkers or suntkin, but I don't
Bee bow you are to git out of it. How
ever, you won't never bev to go up
there ag'in. When you git ready to
buy me a gravestun, you kin send it
up by a man. I s'pose you'll buy a
stun of some sort, won't you?"
Mr. Gallup didn't bear. In the fourth
testimonial a man declared that be bad
been saved after one whole lung and
three-quarters of the other were gone,
aud it was a sketch to thrill the reader
rlear down to his toes.
"Of course I don't keer about no
gravestun for myself," said Mrs. Gal
lup as she tried to wipe away her tears
with the glass stopper of the bottle,
"but if you don't put one up the nay
burs will call you stingy. Get a cheap
one, however. If you kin git one fur
$lO and trado a lot of carpet rags in,
I'd do It. I used to think I wanted a
whole lot of readin on my gravestun,
but I've changed my mind. Jest put
on that Susan Gallup expired In the
forty-ninth year of her age of gineral
disability and that she has found rest
where asthma, boils, backaches and
rheuruatiz cease from troublln. You
needn't say a word about rnakln 40
yards of rag carpet and a bar'l of soft
soap last year while enjoyln sore eyes
and a boll on my arm or that I alius
kept catnip, smartweed and pepper
mint herbs In the house and was a
nurse to all the nay burs. No, Samuel,
you needn't—say a word—about them
things. Make It—a cheap—gravestun,
and you needn't—never go up there—
and—and"—
And when Mr. Gallup had finished
the testimonials and fully determined
to buy at least three bottles aud hide
them In the wood shed he rose up.
yawned and stretched and looked
around to find Mrs. Gallup asleep and
the camphor wasted on the floor.
M. QUAD.
THERE WASN'T ANY ROW.
It IV'a. Slinplf a Cane of Spontane
ous Combnatlvn.
He was a very young man, almost
too young to be out on the street at
that time of the night, 8:30 p. m„ and
his general appearance Indicated that
lie had been picked up by a cyclone
somewhere during his meanderings.
He was not utterly demoralised, but
there was something in his manner
that would lead the close observer to
the conclusion that all had not been
well with him.
"Gee!" ho exclaimed as he spun
around the corner and went bump into
a policeman.
"Hello," ejaculated that worthy, in
stinctively grabbing at him; "what's
the row?"
"There wasn't any," responded the
youth.
"What are you running like that
for?" persisted the polieemnn.
"I've just been up ngainst a case of
spontaneous combustion."
"You look too green to burn," chuc
kled the bluecoat.
"It's on me, just the same. My girl
lives around the corner, and I went to
see her. I thought It was all"
"Where does the combustion come
In?" interrupted the oflleer.
"Come out, you mean," corrected the
youth.
"Come off!" exclaimed the officer.
"Tell me what the row is before I
chase you."
"Well, that's what I'm trying to do,"
pleaded the boy. "The girl's old man
and I don't harmonize a little bit, aud
when lie met me at the door he fired
me so suddenly that I had vertigo. If
you don't call that spontaneous com
bustion, what the dickens do you call
it?"
"Oh, excuse me," apologized the po
liceman, "you run along home and get
into your trundle bed!" aud the blue
coat gently wafted the remnant on its
way.—Detroit Free Tress.
Woeful Ignorance.
Farmer—See here, you! Y'ou remem
ber putting two lightning rods on my
barn last spring, don't you? Well, that
barn was struck six weeks after and
burned down.
Peddler—Struck by llghtnln?
"It was."
"In the daytime?"
"No; at night"
"Must 'a' been a dark night, wasn't
It?"
"Yes; dark as pitch."
"Lanterns burnln?"
"What lanterns?"
"Didn't you run lanterns up 'em on
dark nights?"
"Never heard of anything like that"
"Well, If you don't know enough to
keep your Ughtnin rods showln you
needn't blame me. G-lang!" New
York Weekly.
Ilrlicht Little Sainiuy,
Sammy (who Is never allowed to stay
out of scboob—Howdie Hurlburt didn't
come to school all day.
Mamma—Why not Sammy?
Sammy—'Cause his mother died.
When you die, may 1 stay home all
day?
Mamma—Yes, darling; you may stay
out a whole week.
Sammy (suspiciously)—Oh, 1 knowl
Y'ou mean to die In vacation.—Harlem
Life.
The Conceited Peer.
A certain conceited noblgman once
observed to Charles Townscud, "When
I happen to say a foolish thing, 1 al
ways burst out a-laugblng." Town
scud eyed hiin curiously and at length
remarked In the most deliberate man
ner, "Ah, 1 envy you your happiness,
for you must certainly live the merri
est life of any man in Europe."
When you are Invited to a real old
fashioned woman's bouse for supper,
she always has floating island. This is
a sure test—Atchison Globe.
The temple of fame stands upon the
grave. The flame that burns upon Its
attars is kindled from the ashes of
dead men. . - t
WOMAN AND FASHION."
A Smart Promenade Toilet—Effect of
Crj-.tal Chain.—Silk Empire
Tea Gown.
The Illustration shows a long skirt of
brown cloth opening in the front on a
petticoat of the same which Is trimmed
at the bottom with three spaced banda
of sable fur In graded widths.
The smart little Eton Jacket Is of ot- j
ter fur, clasped at the bust with a gold
ornament and finished with pale blue
PROMENADE TOILET.
satin. The tight otter sleeves are en
riched Just above the elbows with a big
puff of sablo fur. The bodice, with
high belt and collar band, Is of the
brown cloth gracefully draped and Is
not meant to be worn without the Jack
et. As It Is a promenade toilet, bow
ever, the bodice may be made complete
if preferred.—Philadelphia Ledger.
ElTccl of Crjmtal Chain*.
A triumphal dinner gown which em
phatically "took the shine off the toilets
worn by other women at a recent func
tion" had the corsage draped with crys
tal chains. The gown was made of
pale violet taffeta, over which was
worn a transparent robe of violet crepe
lisse, embroidered with small crystal
beads. The tunic wns slashed at the
sides, and this permitted a border of
embroidery, all in crystal beads, to run
up nud down the panel of crepe ll6se.
Beneath crystal chains of beads, swung
across in half circles, you see the panel
of violet taffeta laid in narrow plaits.
The corsage is decollete, deeply point
ed In back and front and yet has been
i fitted so cleverly to the shoulders that
I it apiK'ars to come Up brighter than It
i really does. Crepe lisse veils the taffe
ta, and around the shoulders is a
"shower" of crystal chains arranged In
short loops over a plisse of the taffeta.
A narrow corselet belt of violet panne
girdles the waist. A trilling chain of
crystal beads is disposed In the center
of the chain of violet panue, arranged
just below the left shoulder.
In this dress or one somewhat ltktf it
the wearer must carry herself with
caution. Do not rise suddenly or make
unexpected motions for fear of your
crystal chain drapery on the tunic
catching in the upholstery of sofa or
chair tassels.
Silk Empire Ton Gown.
The empire tea gown represented is of
mauve colored liberty silk In the four
reau style. Over the silk skirt In the
upper part Is a short skirt of white
embroidered tulle. The corsage Is a
EMPIRE TEA GOWN,
kind of spencer made of heavy guipure
embroidered with gold, with a purling
of black ribbon velvet. The skirt Is
edged round the bottom with mauve
muslin roses.—l'uris Herald.
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
A WOODLAND FEAST.
Ifnmralnir Bird*. Hec*, Bntt.rfllM
and a Cklpmnuk Were the Gaeata.
The morning Btra fell upon th© tree j
trunk, warming the sap that oosed j
from the fragrant hark. In the air there
came a whirring sound as of multitu
dinous wheels. A score of humming !
birds arrived from uvery direction, all
eager to get a share of the fresh sap
that the woodpecker had uncovered.
Suspended In midair upon viewless
wings, they glittered with the brillian
cy of the ruby, the soft sparkling of the
sapphire, the topaz, the emerald and
the amethyst. They had heard the sig
nal and were ready for refreshment.
Poising themselves as by magic, they
took food upon the wing. When the
supply was not abundant, the greedy
atoms quarreled among themselves or
tried to puncture the woodpecker with
their long bills, or they would sit In
rows upon the twigs, reminding me of
a string of Jewels.
(Jay, half timid butterflies came,
tasting only when the humming birds
permitted them. They had dropped In
by chance, as had the miserly honey
bees, whose great ambition was to get
rich and who, with a hive full of hon
ey, wanted more. They were more ag
gressive tliun social and managed to
obtain more than their fair portion.
The chipmunk was the last comer.
He parted the grasses that obstructed
him on Ills way and scampered hurried
ly along logs, regretting his tardiness,
for was not this a social function and
one to his liking? To be sure, there
was nothing to tempt his appetite. Ho
came merely to Join the gay company
und to play "peek-a-boo" with the
woodpecker, which seemed, pleased
with his pranks.
The company came to this spot every
day of my visit, seeming never to bo
disturbed by friends of mlna who
watched them from the porch. The
woodpecker wns a hospitable person
age. He kept open house, and those
that were entertained and refreshed
by him neither impoverished his sup
ply nor Increased his labor.
It Is winter at this writing, and I can
locate the members of that social gath
ering only by supposition. The bees
are eating bread and honey In the
dome lilve. The chipmunk Is sitting
alone In his dugout, with plenty of nuts
on the shelf, longing for the social sen
son to arrive. The humming birds are
spending a summer In the south, and
the woodpecker has, I suppose, follow
ed his social Inclinations and now that
the gny summer visitors have left the
mountains and the wind Is whistling
drenrlly through the leafless trees Is
chumming with chickadees and nut
hatches, their Inseparable companion.
ITesumably they share with him snug
qunrters In some old tree trunk which
he has chosen and hollowed out for a
winter home. Winter over and .Tune
returned, with her sunshine, her birds
nud her mountain breezes, 1 shall seat
myself once more on the pleasant
porch, in full expectation of witness
ing another reunion of my little wood
land friends upon the trunk of the fra
grant old birch.—Our Animal Friends.
A Crack Shot.
Ray A. Grantham of Washington,
IncL, whose plcturo Is herewith given,
is only 13 years old, but he Is a crack
shot with the rifle. In his first at-
RAY A. GHANTnAM.
tempt at trap shooting ho broke 18 out
of 25 clay pigeous, a record that is
above the average even for grown up
amateurs.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Bent Day.
Homo nkles mar t>e kl°oto7
Some moments be ssd,
But everywhere, always.
Home souls must bo glad.
For true is the saying
Proclaimed by the peer,
"Each day is the best day
Of somebody's year!"
Each day finds a bero.
Each day helps a saint;
Each day brings to some one
A joy without taint.
Tliough it may not be my turn
Or yours that is near,
"Each day is the beat day
Of somebody's year!"
The calendar sparkles
With days that have brought
Some prirc that was hoped for,
Home good that was sought.
High deeds happen daily;
Wide truths grow more clear.
i# Each day is the boat day j
Of somebody's ycarl"
No aun ever rises J
But brings Joy behind, k 4
No sorrow in fetters
Tbe rvhole earth can bind.
flow selfish our fretting,
How narrow our fear!
"Each day is the best day
Of somebody's year!"
—Youth's Conpanjoo. j
A Frond Doll.
"Mamma," said little Flossie, "I guess
my dolly's awful proud."
"Why so, dear?" asked her mother.
" 'Cause she can't bend her knees,
and I have to lay her on her stomach
to say her prayers," replied Flossie.—
Chicago News.
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RAILROAD TIMETABLES
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
November 26, 1900.
ARRANGEMENT or PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE PRBKLAND.
0 12 a m for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk,
Allcntown, Bethlehem, Easton, Phila
delphia and New York.
7 40 a in for Sandy Hun, White Huvea,
Wilkes-IJurre, l'ittston and Serantou.
8 18 a m lor lluzleton, Mahuuoy City,
Sheuuudoab, Ashland, Weatherly,
Muueh Chunk. Alleutuwn. Bethlehem,
Easton, Philadelphia and New Y'ork.
<) 30 a m for Huzleton, Mahanoy City, bhcn
andoah, Alt. Carmel, bhamokiu aud
Pottsville.
12 14 p m lor Saudy Hun, White Haven,
Wilkes-Barre, Serantou aud all point*
1 20 Pin for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Al
lentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Philadel
phia and New \ ork.
442 Pm lor iiazletoii, Mahanoy City, Shen
andoah, Mt. Curmol, Shumokin nnd
Pottsville, Weutherly, Mauch Chunk,
Allcntown, Bethlehem, Easton, Phila
delphia aud New York.
0 34 P m for Saudy Hun, White Haven,
Wilkes-Barrc, serautou and all polut*
West.
7 29 pin for Hazleton, Mahanoy City, Sheu
audoah, Ml. Carmel and bhamokiu.
AHHIVB AT FKEKLAND.
7 40 a m from Weatherly, Pottsville, Ash
laud, Shenandoah, Mahanoy City and
Hazleton.
9 17am from Philadelphia, Easton, Bethle
hem, Allcntown, 51aueh Chunk, Weath
erly, Hazleton. Mahanoy City, Siienau
deah, Mt. Carmel and Shumokin.
9 30 am from Serantou, Wilkes-Barre and
White Huven.
12 14 l> m from Pottsville, Hhamokin, Mt.
Carmel, Sheuaudoah, Mahanoy City
and Hazleton.
1 12 P in from New Y'ork, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem, Ailentowu, Mauch
Chunk and Weatherly.
4 42 P m from Serantou, Wilkes-Barrc and
white Haven.
0 34 P in from Now Y'ork, Philadelphia,
Easton, Bethlehem, Allcntown, Potts
ville, bhamokiu, Mt. Curmel, Shenan
doah, Mahanoy City aud Hazleton.
7 29 P m from Scrauton, Wilkes-Barre and
White Haven.
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
uoLLIN H. WlLßUß,General Superintendent,
26 Cortlaudt street. New Y'ork City.
CH AS. 8. LEE, General Passenger Agent,
26 Cortlandt Street. New Y'ork City.
J. T. KEITH, Division Superintendent,
Hazleton, Pa.
Dblawabb, Scbqoehanna and
JL Hchuylkill Railboad.
Time table In effect April 18, 1897.
Trains leave Drifton for Jcddo, Ecklev, Hazla
Brook. Stockton, Heaver Meadow ltoad, Kuan
aud Hazleton Junction at 6 30, (JU a in. daily
except Sunday; and 7 03 a m, 2 88 p m, Sunday.
1 rains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry.
1 orahioken and Deringor at 6130, 600a m, daily
except Sunday; and ,00 a m, 230 p m, Sun
•/rains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction,
iiarwood Head, Humboldt Head, Oneida and
"jhepptou at 600 am, daily except Sun
day; and , 013 a m, 2 38 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton J unction for Harwood,
Lranberry, Tomhickeu and Deringer at 6 <36 a
in, daily except Sunday; aud 8 63 a m, 4 22 d in.
Sunday. F '
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, Harwood Hoad, Humboldt Hoad.
Oneida and Sheppton at 6 32,11 10 am,441 p m
daily except Sunday; and 737 a m. 8 11 i> m*
Sunday. F '
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhick n, Cran
* o r fc wood Hazleton Junction and 'loan
at l u>, 6 40 p m, daily except Sunday; ana 3 87
a m, o 0, p in, sunduy.
Trains leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Road, Harwood Hoad, Oneida Junction, Hazle
ton Junction and Roan at 711 am, 12 40, 622
P m, daily except Sunday; and 8 11 a m. 3 44
p m, Sunday.
~T r? k lßlc ave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow
Ml Stockton, Ilazlu Brook, Eckley, Joddo
R . Prj"°n at 522 p m, daily, except Sunday;
and 8 11 a m, 3 44 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver
Meadow Road, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo and Drifton at 6 46, 626 p m. dally,
except Sunday; and 10 10 a in, 6 40 p m, Sunday.
All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with
electric cars for Hazleton, Jeanesville, Auden
ried and other points on the Traction Com
pany's line.
Trains leaving Drifton at 6 30, 6 00 a m make
connection at Deringer with P. H. H. trains for
Wilkesbarre, Sunbury, Harrlsburg and point*
west.
For the accommodation of passengers at way
stations between Hazleton Junction and Der
inger, a train will leave the former point at
360 p m, dailv, except Sunday, arriving at
Deringer at 6 00 p m.
LUTHER C. SMITH, Superintendent.