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FREELAND, PA., JANUARY 5, 1903. NEW SHORT STORIES A Fa moan Singer** Letter*. Not the least entertaining things in n singer's life are the letters she has sent her. In seeing and hearing an artist on the stage a degree of sympa thy is established that, I suppose, makes the auditor appreciate a cer tain kind of acquaintance with the singer, says Zelie do Lussan in Les lie's Weekly. This seeuis at least to account for many letters I get. But sometimes they do seem a little person al. One gentleman, I remember, wrote: "You remind me of a lovely purring cat. You come on the stage and never look at the gallery." Another wrote that lie neither smoked, chewed nor drank and that when I came his way he would show me about the town. One practical letter I recall, and the compliment it contained was of the kind that is always dear to the singer's heart. I had given the man a pleasure In life by my songs, and lie wrote me a letter of advice. He said he knew singers were a careless, frivolous, spendthrift lot of people and that I ought to save my money. Following was a list of safe investments that he rceommended, bearing 3 per cent inter est. "You have given- me some happy hours that I shall never forget," he said in conclusion. "Perhaps as a man of experience I have given you some advice that will be useful." Qnter Bookkeepi ng. Mayor's Secretary William I'. Ryan was commenting the other day on the way in which many illiterate persons seem to get along in the world. "The late William J. Carroll used to tell a good story along this line," said Mr. Ryan. "He had business connected with the collection of rents which used to take him to a certain place on the eastern shore at Intervals. On one oc casion he went into a store there, the "i DIDN'T SEE TIIE DOT IN THE MIDDLE " proprietor of which could neither rend nor write. While he was there a man came in who was evidently a regular customer. "1 owe you some money, don't I?' he said to the storekeeper. "The latler went to the door and turned it around so that the back was visible. " 'That's so,' lie replied. 'You owe me for a cheese.' "'A cheese?' replied the customer. 'No: I don't.' "The storekeeper looked at the door again. "'That's so,' he said. 'lt's a grind stone. I didn't see the dot in the mid dle.' "—Baltimore Sun. The Policeman'* Dilemma. A London newspaper tells this anec dote: "Last evening a strolling police man was passing the barrow of a cos termonger who was weighing out plums to a customer. The coster, as costers do, quickly chucked off the top plum as overweight. The policeman, as policemen do, took a casual plum as his perquisite. But the biter was bit, for his teetli ground hard upon the iron simulacrum of a plum. It was the very one the coster liad thrown off the balance. Now, what could n policeman do? As a gentleman he could neither prosecute, for the situa tion was a delicate one, nor steal a business asset. lie took the right course. He returned the Iron plum to the skill and took a real one." Three Crn-di cows for sale. Apply to August Widdick, Dorrance. FOR THE CHILDREN Wily Onr Grandma. Stndled. To the children who today go to school and are taught In well explained lessons it would seem strange if their grandmas should tell them over again the funny way that examples were given when they went to school. In those days children had to think hurder and were given much less help with their studies than they are now. Dur ing your grandma's schooldays She never had racks of beads and nice sticks us objects by which addition and subtraction could be made clear. She never bad trial examples shown by di agrams at the beginning of each new portion of arithmetic, hut hud to put on her thinking cap and study them out. Now, here is one example something like those grandma hud to work, and when you see it try to get the answer, and if you cannot take it to her, and it is safe to say that she will tell you how to commence to work it. Here Is one given in rhyme, as sev eral were at that time, which added Interest to them as well as educational tests: As I was beating on the forest grounds Up starts a hare before two hounds. The dogs, being light on foot, did fairly Unto her fifteen yards just twenty-one. The distance that she started up before Was fourscore, sixteen rods and no more. Mow tills I'd have you unto ine declare- How far they ran before they caught the hare. A Few t'arta Aboo, Kites. The Chinese, who have played with rites ever since the beginning of his tory, make huge kites In the shape of dragons and arrange them so that they play a Queer kind of music us they float high iu the air. The Chinese be lieve they keep off evil spirits. Mr. Eddy, the kite king, of Ba.vonne, X. J., hits sent up kites to which 11 camera was attached, and he hud it ar ranged so that he could take a picture while the kite was sailing aloft. He succeeded in getting many birdseye views of New York city. Several men have tried to make kite ascensions. Churles H. Lamson of Portluud, Me., was carried fifty feet In the ulr on a single kite. The weather bureau makes its ob servations by means of kites. Instead of string it uses tine piano wire to fly the kites with, and at the Arlington kite station, opposite Washington, the kite wire is reeled in by steam power. The Wonderful ToHd Bone. Many early writers have ascribed wonderful qualities to touds and frogs und also to the various parts of their body. Ptolemy, an ancient Greek writer, who was one of the leading his torians of his time, believed, for in stance, that if a toad was brought into the midst of a mob or other large gath ering of people "silence would instant ly prevail." Livy, a Latin historian, says a small bone found in the right side of toads of proper age is believed to liave power over the various ele ments. "Boiling water will immedi ately cool if this bone be thrown into the vessel," says Livy, "nor will the water ugain boil until the bone is re moved. To find this bone, lay the dead toad on an ant hill. When the ants have eaten it all away except the bones, take each bone separately and drop It into the boiling water. Thus may the wondrous toad bone be dis covered." Some Barkle** DOR:*. To teach a dog not to hark would seem to be as impossible a task as teaching a child not to cry or a boy not to talk loud. But there is u case on rec ord where a dog was so taught, though It took the trainer three years to accom plish it. Then he thought he had a dog that differed from all other dogs in the world, but in this he was mistaken, for there are at least three varieties of dogs that never bark—the lion headed dog of Tibet, the shepherd dog of Egypt and the Australian dog. These would be the right kind for pets, so that nervous people would not be disturbed at night. The law in some countries is very severe on night barking dogs. In Japan, for instance, the owner of one is liable to arrest and to a penalty of one year's work on the complaint of any one who has been disturbed by the barking. Kettle Bridge*. Perhaps the most remarkable bridges in the world are the kettle bridges in Russia and Siberia, of which Cossack soldiers are expert builders. They are built up of the soldiers' lances and cooking kettles. Seven or eight lances are placed under the handles of a num ber of kettles and fastened by means of ropes to form a raft. A sufficient number of these rafts, each of which will bear the wbiglit of half a ton, are fastened together, and in the space of an hour u bridge is formed on which an army may cross in confidence and safety. Who Was .Knopf -Esop, a celebrated Greek fabulist of the sixth century B. C., of whose his tory little is known except that he was originally a slave, manumitted by lud mon of Samos and put to death by the Delphians, probably for some witticism at their expense. The Brave Little Soldier Boy. Wee Bobby is a soldier boy, As brave as lie can bp; He wears a soldier's uniform With buckles at the knee. He carries both a sword and gun, Which makes him very proud; He marches up and down the street And blows a whistle loud. The people stop and look around When he goes marching by, But Bobby looks right straight in front And holds his head up high. Wee Bobby takes his sword and gun To bed with him each night, "For you can never tell," he pays, "When soldiers have to fight!" —Arnold M. Anderson. QUEEN OF THE HOME. Woman 111 the High I'rieKtcHH of the Hearth. Educate her as we may, but do not tuke from her the highest attribute, her greatest privilege, her sacred duty as high priestess of the hearth. In spite of all exceptions, the man's share is to make the dally bread and the woman's to dispense It. She must bo busy about her household if it Is In any true sense to deserve the name of home. I)o not let us grow too ambitious, too foolishly proud, to be called a ministering angel In our own house. The women who have solved the problem of how to take full advantage of all the new privileges without losing any of the old have thrown u fresh splendor uu the home. They have fitted themselves to enter into their hus bands' interests, Into their sons' pur suits and go hand In hand with their daughters along the new paths, with Just that gentle, restraining influence which prevents the young feet from running too far und too fast. They are women whose culture, breadth and sympathy have made and left them entirely womanly, true queens of home! There was lately dis interred In the Roman Forum a me morial tablet to a lady who dining a full lifetime had served as priestess in the temple of Vesta, custodian of the sacred hearth fire. A beautiful truth underlay this old heathen retreat, this dedication of the best and purest of a nation's daughters, "vestals," to keep ever alight, ever burning clear, the flame which symbolized the hearths of Borne. Let 11s have our "vestals," too—our beautiful daughters, who make hoine # beautiful to us, not cloistered in any temple or cast adrift in the rush of the world, but ministering each at her own lnglcnook, dedicated iu n better and higher sense to the unquenchable altar fires of borne. Children'■ UnentloiiN. In dealing with children's questions mothers should be careful to discrimi nate between those which are asked from the desire to know and those which are the outcome merely of a childish love of talking. The latter are often best dealt with by saying quite gently, "If you think a little, dear, 3*oll will be able to answer that for your self." To questions of the former class the mother should reply, if possible, as carefully as she would to an adult questioner. If the matter be beyond the child's comprehension or unsuitable for explanation to one of tender years, never make a foolish or evasive an swer. Say simply: "I cannot explain that to you now, for 3*oll are not old enough to understand it. By and by, when you are older, if you come and ask me again I will do my best to tell you what you want to know." If parents would speak thus to their children, instead of snubbing or laugh ing at their questions, they would keep their confidence. l'u per Rnelc. There are paper racks of all kinds, but few are so simple as the one shown here. It 1j made of two pieces of board through which a dozen holes have been bored. Smooth the boards A SIMPLE RACK FOR PAPERS, with sandpaper, stain or varnish them, according to the kind of wood used, burn the word "Papers" upon the front with a poker, tie with rope, a strip of leather or a ribbon, and you will have something that will last for years.— Ladies' Home Journal. To Clean Wall Paper. It is said 011 koi ill authority that 110 wall paper man eaii clean a wall paper more thoroughly or satisfactorily than you can ni lor Sandy ltun. White Haven, wilkos-Carre, Scrantou and all points West. 7 20 p m for Hazleton. AKKIVE AT EBEELAND. 7 29 a ni from Fotteville, Delaro and Haz -1 0 12 a m lTom New York, Philadelphia, ICus ton, Bethlehem. AHcntown, Maueh (hunk, Weuthcrlj'. Hazleton, Mahanoy Cit>, shenandeah and Mt. Curmel 9 58 am from Scranton, Wiikes-Rarro and White Haven. 1 i 32 a ni Irom Pottsvillo, Mt. Cartnel, Shon undoHli, Mahanoy City, Delano and Hazleton. 12 35p in lrora New York, Philadelphia, i Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Maueh Chunk and Weatherly. I 4 44 p in from Scranton, Wilkes-Rarre and White Haven. Cj 33 P in Irom New York, Philadelphia, Easton, Bethlehem Allentown, Maueh ( hunk, Weatherly, Mt. Carmel, Shenan doah, Muhunoy City, Delano and Hazle ton. 7 29 p m from Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and White Haven. For further information Inquire of Ticket Went* '.iUELI N ILWILBUK, Genera) Superintendent, 20 Cortlandt street, New York City. CFIAS. S. LEE. General Passenger Aircnt, 20 Cortlandl Street, New York City. G. J.GILDKOY, Division Superintendent, Hazleton, Pa. r PHK DELAWARE, SCBQVLHANNA AND 1 HCHUYLKILL RAILROAD. Tune table in effect May 19, 1901. Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Huzlt lirook, Srocktou, Beaver Meadow Road, Uoun and Hnzlcton Junction at t'-U) a ra, daily I except Sunday; > nd 7 07 a m, 2 38 p in, Sunday. Trains leave Driltoi: lor Harwood, Cranberry, Tomhlcken and Derlnjzor at 600 a iu, daily j except Sunday; arid 7 07 u m, 2 88 p m. Sun ! dv. ; Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction, ! Har-voou licnd, Humboldt Road, Uueida and Shuppton at 0 (KJ a m, daily except Sun- Juv. and 707 a m, 208 p ID, Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Harwood, cranberry, Tomhlcken and Derinp-er at 08c a ;IJ, daily except Sunday; and i 53 a ra, 4 22 p m, I Sunday. Trains leave Hazleton Junction lor Ouetea hiueti'-n, I'.nrwMxl Road, Humboldt E<>uh. Oneida ami Sheppton al 0 02,11 10 am,4 41 p in, dully except Sunday; and 7 87 a m, 811 p rn, Sunday. Trains leavi Derinirer for Tomhlcken. Crun tien -, Hat wood, Hazleton dunction and ttonu •it 6 (JO p 11', daily except Sunday; ami 987 in, 6 07 p in. Sunday. Train- leave Sheppton lor Oneida, Humboldt Road, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Hazh tou Junction and Roan at 7 11 am, 12 40. 6:% p in, dailv except Sunday; and 811 a m, 8 14 p in. Sunday. Train* leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow Road, Stockton, lluzle Brook, Eckley, Joddo iiitd Drifton at 5 20 p in. daily, except Sunday; and * 11 a ni, 8 44 p ID. Sunduy. Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Beaver Meadow Road, Stockton. Hu/.lc Brook, Eckley, Jeddo mid Ibiffcon at 549 p m, daily, except Sunday; and 10 10 a m, 6 40 p m, Sunday. All trains connect at Hazleton Junction with electric ears lor Hazleton, Jeanesvillt, Auden ried und other points on the Traction Com -1 pony's lino. j Train leaving Drifton at 600 a m makes j connection at !)< riiiKer with P. R. It. trains for i t*||w 4 abarro, Suubury. Hnrrtebiirg and p lots I west. LUTHER <\ SMITH, Superintendent.