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FREELAND, PA., JUNE 25, 1002. the Modern Name. The London Lancet declares that "the training of domestic nurses is at the preseht day strictly comparable' with that of the monthly nurse or 'gamp' of a generation ago—that Is to say, traditions, prejudices and ignorant practices are perpetuated in unfailing sequence from nurse to nurse und con stitute a closed* ring of resistance through which it is almost impossible to break." Unafraid. "Colonel," said the fair grass widow, "supposing you and I were cast away upon a lonely island, would you he happy?" "Yes," he answered, dodging around the rubber tree. "I wouldn't ever need to he afraid when we went out stroll ing together there of meeting a preach er or a justice of the peace looking for a 'job.' "—Chicago Record-Ilerald. Judgment Proof. A scum—l confess I was surprised to hear of your marriage; thought you were a ccnlirmed old bachelor. Oldbacho—But I'm in business for myself now. Ascum—Well? Oldhache—Well, I had to have a wife in whose name 1 could put my proper ty.—Philadelphia Press. Proper Caution. Courteous Cityman—May I take you in to dinner, madam. Cynthia Jaytown (who is visiting her city cousin)— Well, I dunno as I orter. The very last thing Si Jaytown says to me wuz, "Cynthy, don't yew git tajsen in while yew he in the city!"— Chicago News. The Difference. She—Why, I thought the sermon rc- ; markably short. I'm surprised that you should consider it long. lie —liut I wasn't wearing a new boil- | net to church for the iirst time with a consciousness that all the other women j were looking at it.—Philadelphia Press, i AH For Him. "I see here in the paper," observed Sandy Pikes, "that a noted scientist says that the constant use of water as a beverage insures a long life." "As for me," commcnl Whiskered Willie, "give me a short life and a nier ry one."—Baltimore American. Willie** Trouble. "What's the trouble, Willie?" said Mrs. Brown to her small son, who was crying. "My kite won't fly," sobbed Willie, "and I made it out of fly paper too."— Little Chronicle. Good Work. I saw a splendid cut of Cadleigh yes terday." "I didn't see it. What paper was it in ?" "None; it was on the street. Miss Kandor did it."—Philadelphia Press. Getting Dark nt Hint, St. Peter—Who are you? New Arrival—l'm the paying tellei of- St. Peter—You'll have to get some body to identify you.—Town Topics. A I.Herat Inter,iretatlon. "Why do we sny, 'Give us this day our daily bread?'" asked a Sunday school teacher after the lesson. "Because we want it fresh," answer ed n little girl.—Little Chronicle. A Pnrmlox. "That friend of yours is a wiry little fellow." "Eh! now eon that bo? lie's a wire less promoter."—Cleveland Plain Deal er. PliiloHoplile. When a man considers It necessary to have his private letters addressed to his club, you may begin to look for the family skeleton.—Baltimore News. Independence Day nt Niagara Falls. The Lehigh Valley Railroad announces the low faro of $8.55 from Freeland for the round trip. Tickets on sale July 3 and 4, limited for return to July 0, and will be honored on any train except the Black Diamond express. Seo agents for further particulars. A. Oswald has the agency for the cele brated Elysian's extracts and perfumery. The finest goods made. Try thorn. i; TWO | jj LUNATICS I ;; .... By P. Y. BLACK i < ► Copyright, 1002, 1 ' By the S. S. McClurc Company # I WVWVWWVWTUT*fWfVVV "It was a shameful trap," he said, "on the part of my people. The doctors were very careless in their diagnosis. To shut me up in n place like this was really too bad. In a very short time, however, I expect ,o leave." "Oh, dear," she thought, her eyes dimming, "they all say that! To think that the poor man will never, never, never leave. "I am so glad—for you," she said aloud. "You will be over joyed." "Oh, I—yes. But do you know tins sanitarium is not so had." "I)o you mean," site said gently, sur prised, "tliut you will—er—have any re grets In leaving?" "No," he said, "not exactly that, of course—not regrets, so far as concerns myself, for it is so humiliating to be committed, you know." He paused. "But," he went on, "even In asylums one makes friends, nud—one regrets— for them." lie looked down with n tenderness and n pity he could not hide, and she blushed, and for a moment there was silence. Then Bhe said, with an ob viously strained laugh: "We are friends, of course, Mr. St. John. What an awful existence it would he here if one had no sympa thetic friends! But you must not regret so much on my account. In a very short time I think my friends will take me home." lie choked a groan before she could hear it. "The poor little thing!" he thought. "They all say that. And that decent young fellow, the doctor, assures me her case is very puzzling and her friends fear Incurable. 1 am so glad for you," he said. "Would it not be jolly if we became friends in the world as we have been when out of the world ?" Then he blamed himself ugain. "If she really likes me," he thought, "and I think the unhappy child does, I should never had said that. It is cruel, brutal, to put such thoughts In her head." She was looking at him with the tearful smile we essay when we en courage one who does not realize that deatli is near. "It would be nice—very nice indeed." They were silent again, each sorrow ing for the other. There were many other patients strolling on the lawns or sitting in the summer houses, patients of all kinds, from the shaky narcomaniac to the op tlmlstically cheerful paretic. Attend ants, male and female, moved unobtru sively among them. Miss Tracy and St. John stood to gether, silent now and unostentatiously observant. A sturdily built (all the at tendants were that) man was taking a patient to the iron barred house. He did not do it violently. He did it as one may see a policeman occasionally es cort a quiet prisoner with a light touch oil the captive's arm above the elbow. The patient was a little excited, but there .was no dlsturbunce at all. A vis itor might never have noticed it. The strange tiling was the unanimous back ward withdrawal from the attendant's path of the patients eneountered, the look of fright or dislike on their faces directed not at the captive, but at the guard. "How they all dread him—instinctive ly, it seems," said the young woman who "expected to leave soon." "He Is polite enough and not ill looking, but"— "A man of great experience in his peculiar work, I'm told," said St. John musingly. "It's his eye and mouth that do it, I fancy." "A thoroughly ill dlspositioned man, with a plausible exterior," said St. John. "I believe him capable of it." "Of murder? Do-oh, what are you talking of, Mr. St. John?" St. John looked very uncomfortable. Miss Tracy looked vexedly embar rassed. "I heard some rumor of a strnnge death in the institution just before I came. I was thinking of it. Were you here? Have you heard anything of it?" Ho was a little eager. "How could I he here? We came on the same day, don't you remember?" "Ah, true!" So they watched the attendant out of sight und turned to go Inside them selves. They shook hands, although there was no reason for it. They would meet at the dinner table in a few minutes, hut—they shook hands and that lin geringly. "It's awfully sad," St. John ponder ed. "So sweet a face, seemingly so in telligent. I wish—oh, pshaw! What's the use of wishing? These things are not to lie remedied. I wonder if—she'd give me a photograph." Miss Tracy went to her room slowly. "I am silly to be so affected by an ordinary case. There are thousands like him. But—oh, dear, oh, dear! If I'd known I was to have this sad ex perience, I would never have consented to come—never!" They hi d no opportunity to meet alone for several days. Perhaps they might have made opportunities, but they did not. Doubtless it occurred to each of these two lunatics that it was the wiser thing to stifle at once any friendship which each thought likely to cause useless pain in the future to the other. Dr. Bel! fdund these two of his resi dents particularly interesting in those duys, and so did the attendant. It was strange that tliey both bo markedly pre ferred the company of the sanitarium people to thut of their fellow unfortu nates. The young house doctor thought Miss Tracy charming nnd never was abrupt with her when she sought hitu In his office, us lie was compelled to be for self protection with some who wanted to see him half a dozen times a dny. "Very puzzling case," he mused. "Now, why does she dwell so on that recent death? It seems to excite bet too. That's morbidity, I'm afraid; bad sign." The doctor liked St. John too. St. John's friends acted very nicely in sending him new books and boxes of cigars. The books were well chosen; the cigars were unexceptionable. "Like all these paretics," he pondered, "in the first stages you would not think there was anything much wroug with the man, but it is a little singular that he should be so interested in that un lucky death also." As for the attendants, Miss Tracy had flowers and little things and could teach the women quite a number of new fads in liairdresslng nnd so forth. For the men St. John's cigar box and full pocketbook sufficed to make them extremely courteous. The man with the wicked eyes and mouth benefited most, however. It was wonderful what a lot of little things he could do for Jllss Tracy. It was strange that St. John should And anything in the man to talk about with common interest. Just once the two lunatics met. It was just before bedtime in the music room. lie had sung to her accompani ment. When she rose to say good night, he almost whispered to her: "I expect to go to New York tomor row." "I am so glad for your sake," she said. "And—and you—you have made my stay almost tolerable. Is there nothing you will allow me to do for you?" "Oh," she answered, with sprightli ness, "I shall not be long In going my self." "Poor, poor little dear," he said to his pillow, "it breaks me all up to think of her staying here Incurable." Miss Tracy packed her trunk, and tears dropped on silk and linen indif ferently. "Oh," she murmured, "I do so wish I had never come here. I can never, never forget the sad, gentle way he used to look at me." There was lively work next after noon in the building of The Gazette. A young man sat at a desk apart In the reporters' room, and he scribbled and be scribbled. By and by the managing editor came in nnd looked over the busy writer's shoulder and told him that he had only an hour to fluish up In. Then the great presses began to clatter, and In a little while the first editiqn of The Gazette was ready for the street, with an enormous black scare head on the front page. And in the office of The Morning Jury there was also a very lively bus tling, and there, at a retired desk, a young woman sat, and she scribbled and she scribbled, and lute at night the presses began to rumble, and in a lit tle while the flrst edition of The Jury was ready for the street, with an enor mous black scare bend on the front page. Tlie Gazette and The Jury were with in a few minutes of each other In get ting out. A copy of each paper was hustled Into the office of the other, for rival editors watch each other's work with catlike intentness. And the Ga zette office read with dismay that the great asylum mystery had been solved by the Indefatigable efforts of a Jury reporter, while The Jury night staff tore its editorial hair over the flaring boast of The Gazette that its "special commissioner" had given to a waiting world the flrst and only enlightenment of the famous crime. There had been no time for one paper to lift tlie news from tlie other, llow had the expected scoop been spoiled? Tumultuous was the wrath in the two offices. Miss Tracy was explain ing to her managing editor, with tears in her eyes, that she could not under stand ut all, at all, how The Gazette had got hold of it. In The Gazette of flce Mr. St. John stormed and swore and said that for the life of him he could not understand how The Jury had got almost tlie same story. "Good heavens!" shouted St. John suddenly, and he dashed out to The Jury office. There he found a friend, with whom he conferred. The two lunatics were introduced to each other and a minute or two afterward were alone together. They laughed a great deal at the idea of two reporters on the same strange assignment never suspecting eacli other, but their laugh was not very loud. The tender pity for each other of yesterday was still in mind. "The attendant is arrested," said St. John. "You did not get it quite right. The patient he poisoned when nursing him was an old enemy. It was not done through trouble arising between them in the sanitarium." "Oh, bother!" she said. "It doesn't matter. We've done our appointed work. Let's talk of something more pleasant." So they did, and when ho was about to go away he said: "You said once we might be friends in the world as well as out of tlie world. Will we be friends, dear Miss Tracy?" She looked at him so smilingly, yet so tremblingly, that he put his arm around her. "Will you be more than friend, dar ling?" ho whispered. "Yes," she sold, and it was quite five minutes after, when some one's feet wore heard approaching, that she jumped away and held up a warning finger. "If your friend came In, he'd think us mad," said she. "Two lunatics!" he answered, laugh ing, as the door opened. TPINANCIAL STATEMENT of Foster Town- X 1 ship Hchool District for the year cndiiiK June 2, 19U2. Abe Lout/,, Tax Collector. 11)00 Duplicate. Dr. To bulunce 8 23 48 Cr. By check to John O'Neill 823 48 23 48 1901 School Duplicate. Dr. Total amount of duplicate 8 6,488 28 Less errors 20 08 Total to be accounted for 8 6,468 20 Cr. Paid treasurer first sixty days 8 3,229 51 Rebate 5 per cent of $3,468.86 first sixty days 173 44 Coin mission 2 percent, of $3,- 29.j.42 tlrst sixty days 65 91 3,468 86 Abatements 96 18 Land returns sl6 57 Exonerations 678 88 Filing bond and ledger 75 1,112 38 Paid treasurer 1,792 61 Commission 5 per cent on $1,886.96 94 35 1,886 96 Total 8 6,468 20 1901 Building Duplicate. Dr. Total amount of duplicate $ 4,752 28 Less errors 15 74 Total to be accounted for $ 4,736 54 Cr. Paid treasurer first sixty days $ 3,203 44 Rebate 5 per cent of $3,440.86 first sixty days 172 64 Commission 2 percent of $3,- 208.82 first sixty days 65 38 3,440 86 Abatements 96 18 Land returns 332 57 Exonerations 196 88 Filing bond and ledger 75 626 38 Paid treasurer 635 83 Commission 5 per ecnt on 8669.30 33 47 069 30 Total $ 4,736 54 John O'Neill, Treasurer. DA To amount received from all sources: Edward Doudt, ex-treasurer $ 5 78 Abe Lentz, tax collector 8,884 87 S'ute appropriation 5,893 84 rnseated lands 69 80 Election rent 5 00 Total $14,859 29 Cr. By disbursements as follows: Unpaid orders of Edward Doudt $ 514 80 Teachers' wages 10,028 25 Attending county institute. 260 00 Night schools 365 00 Fuel nnd contingencies 572 94 Rooks 1,161 29 Supplies 463 54 Ruildingand furnishings.... 76 20 Repairs 395 78 ('leaning 262 15 Salary of secretary 250 00 Treasurer's commission 290 55 Other expenses 183 17 14,859 73 Balance due treasurer 44 Liabilities. Orders outstanding arid un paid $ 162 50 Due John O'Neill, treasurer. 44 $ 162 91 We, the undersigned auditors of Foster township, being duly sworn according to law. do hereby certify that the foregoing state ment of the financial condition of Foster Township School District Is just and correct, to the best of our knowledge and belief. John Davis, ) Owen Moyer, - Auditors. E. W. Tuttle,) June 16,1002. HUMOR OF THE HOUR Tle First Victim. "Hollo, Jinks! \yiiy, I haven't seen you for several weeks. How's your health ?" "Poorly. Every little thlngthong seems to affect me lately. Well, at any rate you are looking like a kingkong." "Feeling that way, except for a slight touch of spring fever." "Yes; sprlngsprong always affects me too; makes my head ringroug." "What in thunder is the matter with you, old man, the way you've got to talking?" "Nothing thong!" said Jinks, making a swinging movement of his arm through empty air as his friend backed away in amazement nnd alarm. "I hear that you have become a great devotee to the fashionable fad of table tennis." "Yes," lie said wildly. "I like to have my llingflong and enjoy the banjo sing song of the game of pingpong at every racket's swingswong while the cellu loid sphere Is on the wingwong. I know that game's the thingthong"— Gently the keepers from the asylum led him away to his padded cell, the first victim of the omnipresent game of pingpong.—Baltimore Herald. A London In Ilorllonlturo. Four-year-old Nellie was with lior fa ther oue day while he was hoeing po tatoes. There were turnips on the other side of the garden, which, of course, never needed any lioeiug, and Nellie very earnestly asked: "Papa, how do the turnips grow?" "God makes them grow, ray child," he answered. "Well, that's funny," said Nellie. "I never saw him In here hoeing tlicul."— Little Chronicle. Accounted For. Cholly—Yoas, Miss Cutter, that girl once made a fool of me. Miss Cutter—Oh, is that the way it happened? CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of Wipe Sits for Sumier Here is important news for j men who are fond of a negligee J shirt—and what man is not? We ' have for your inspection a beau j tiful line of negligee shirts in ma- J terials of Madras, Percale and ; Chevioti. All the new colorings, j conspicuous for their original de signs. Our better grade shirts are SI.OO and 1.50, yet we boast of an uncqualed line at 50c, about twenty different styles. A full and complete line of Neckwear, comprising all the lat est creations and styles. McMenamin's Gents' Furnishing, Hat and Shoe Store. South Centre Street. Wire's Tonic. A ride in the open, For Health, For Pleasure, For Business. You should ride a Bicycle, RAMBLER. $35 to $65. The 1902 Models Bristle With New Ideas. CaMEiaiie. A complete stock al ways on hand. For Sale By falter D. Daiis, Freeland. RAILROAD TIMETABLES LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD. May 18 1902. ARRANGEMENT or PASSENOER TRAINS. LEAVE FUBELANI). 6 12 a m for Weutherly, Mauch Chunk Allontowu, Hcthk-hem, Kustou, Phila delphia and New York. 7 29 u in lor Sundy Run. White Haven, Wilkes-Burre. Pittßtui and Hcrunton. 8 15 a m for Ha/.leton, Wealherly. Mauch Chunk. Allentown, liethlehein. Kustou, Philadelphia, New York, Delano and Pottsville. 9 58 a in lor Hazleton, Delano, Mahanoy City, Nhenuudoah and Mt. i armel. 1 1 45 a in for Weatlierly, Muueh Chunk. Al lentown, Bethlehem. Huston, Philu delphiu. New York. 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Huston, Bethlehem, Allentown, Mauch Chunk and Weutherly. 4 44 1> m from Hcrunton, Wilkes-Ilarre and White Haven. 0 35 P m from New York, Philadelphia, Euston, Bethlehem Allentown, Mauch Chunk, Weatlierly, Mt. Carmel,Shenan doah, Mahanoy City, Delano and Hazle ton. 7 29 from Hcrunton, Wilkes-Barre and For further information inquire of Ticket A Rents. ROLLIN H.WILBUR, General Superintendent • 2J Cortlundt Street, New York Citv CHAS. 8. LEE, General Passcnaer Ajrent 28 Cortlundt Street. New York Clt v G. J. GILDROY, Division Superintendent, Hazleton. I'a. "T*HE DELAWARE, SUSQUEHANNA AND JL SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Time table in effect. May lit, lIHII Trains leave Driftnn for Jcddo, Eoklcy HRZIO brook, Stockton, lleavcr Meadow Hoad, Koan and Hazleton Junction at 000 a ui daily except Sunday; and 707 a m, 2 ill) p m , Sunday frame leave Drllton for Oneida Junction Mnrwood Head, Humboldt Road, Oneida and' Shepptnn at "Warn, daily'except Sum day: and i 07 a m, 2 3H p m, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida Junction, Haywood Road, Humboldt Road Oneida and Sbeppton at ti 02, 11 10 am HI nm dally except. Sunday; and 737 a m,';i 11 r> Sunday. K "H Trains leave Deriniter for Tomhlcken. Cran betry. tla> wood, Hazleton Junotioo and Roan um, 507 pm, Suuday' XCt|,t BUn<Uyi S and a D U ' XC " l ' l Bundaj - Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver Moadow Road Stockton, llazlo Brook, Ecklcv Jeddo and Drifton at 540 p rn except Sunday; and 10 10 a m, 6 40 p m. Bundav' All trains connect at Hazleton Jonctlon wlih electric cars for Hazleton, Jeaneavlllo ANHT, mny'B n Mn" th ° r Pointa on the Tract lon Coml r,nTR* r> Rurrn B.n. nr infn , PRIISTT X ItSTGr Promptly Done at the Trlbuue Offic^T
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