Pittston Gazette

              EST A HI jI SHED 1850. I VOL,. XLV. MO. »M t Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE Co., pa., FRIDAY. MAY 1£S5. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. t fl.OO PER ANNUM 1 IN AIJ VANCE TIE 11 IF TIE Fill. powerLng, absorbing passion wl h 1110. 1 cared nothing for the law, nothl ig for tho gallows. To escape, to track down Sbolto, to have in; hand upon his throat—that was my one thought. Even tho Agra treasure had oome to be a smaller thing in »y mind than tho slaying of Sholto. "You first, Small," remarked tho wary Jonos as tlu-y left tho room. "I'll take particular caro that you don't club 1110 with your wooden leg, whatever you may have dono to tho gentleman at tho Andaman isles." A PLEASANT READING. "Well, now, I'll explain it to you, Doos yonr mother ever have callers?'* "Yes'm." AFTLR F1F1Y YEARS. by co operating with him as yon have cooperated with me in the work for onr common Lord The position of a second wife is jnst as honorable as that of a first wile, and there is no good reason why she may not be loved jnst as tenderly. But Hhe 1C not wis-; if, when she comes to he hut-band's borne that is to be h«r home, she relegates to the garret or the cellar or the coal honse, every reminder of her who was once the mistrpHs of the hC nae. If the husband is worthy of her love, there is roan in »is heart tor a picture of her who has left him, as certainly hS there is room for the wife who presides at his table Tru« 1 Dyal'y to a new pastor does not carry with it the idea of forgetfnlness of the old one.' I do trust that, yon will love yonr n«w pastor and that he may, as I believe he will, prove himself in every way worthy of your confidence, esteem and of your love. Lt. e Moses, called to lead Israel, he will have mauy trials and temp ations and difficulties in his work, but undtr G d he may be a rich blessing to yon and to yonr children and your children's children. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD. a , 1 tnre of mined homes, of b'asted I o "es, of desolation and despair. Twenty-fire years of intemperance! What a story could be told of that! Manhood wrecked, reputation lost, homes destroyed, the light of God's countenance shut out forever! Which would we choose, the pleasant v»l-1 y of peacefnl homes, of Christian lives, of prosperity and happiness, or the dark valley that leads to degradation and shame? The life of such a society for twemy five veais is a noble life. It gives the bless ings of sobriety to its members and it gives glorf to God. After Desperate Efforts Mm. Kcwlfind Bad to Give It Up. "Well, now suppose that two ladies came to oall on your mother. Your mother knows one of the ladies, but doesn't know the other. She has never seen the other lady and doesn't even know her name. Now, how would she become acquainted with this lady and find out her name?" Young Mr. and Mra Newlywed were going to have what Mra Newlywed bad said would be ' 'such a dear, delightfnl evening together." He was going to read aloud to his "little wifey," and it was going to be an evening of instruction as well as of delight, for they were going to take up something along the lino of current eveuta, "for I don't want to be a little ignoramus, dearest," she had said. "I want to know all about everything that interests yon, Qeorga If wives would only take more interost in topics of the day so that they could discuss them intelligently with their husbands, then their hnsbands would be glud to stay at home evenings instead of running off to the olnb. So you just read anything that interests you, George, dear, and I'll listen and go on trimming this little bonnet and so be industrious and acquire information at the same tima " An Impressive FarewHI Service in the PresbyteH n Church. Silver Jubilee of the Father Mathew BY A CONAN DOYLE. "Well, and there is tho end of our little drama," I remarked after wo had sat some tiino smoking In silence. "I fear that it may bo tho last investigation in which I shall have tho chance of studying your methods. Miss Morstan has dono me the honor to accept me as a husband in prospective." Society. "Well, I have set my mind on many things in this life and never one which I did not carry out, but it was weary years before my time came. I have told you that I had picked up something of medicine. One day when Dr. Somerton was down with a fever a little Andaman islandor was picked up by a convict gang in the woods. He was sick to death and had gone to a lonely place to die. I took him in hand, though he was as venomous as a young snake, and after aooupleof months 1 got him all right and able to walk. Ho took a kind of fancy to me then and would hardly go baok to his woods, but was always hanging about my hut. I learned a littU of bis lingo from him, and this made him all the fonder of me. | CONTINUED ] DR. PARKE'S CLOSING ADDRESS, "Weil, tnere was one tmng wmcn very ■oon struck me, and that was that soldiers used always to lose and the civilians to win. Mind, I don't say that there was anything unfair, but so it was. These prison chaps had done little else than play cards ever since they had been at the Andamans, and they knew each other's game to a point, while the others Just played to pass the time and threw their cards down anyhow. Night after night the soldiers got up poorer men, and the poorer they got the more keen they were to play. Major Sholto was the hardest hit. Ha used to pay in notes and gold at first, but soon it came to notes of hand and for big sums. He sometimes would win for a faw deals, Just to give him heart, and then the luck would set in against him worse than ever. All day he would wander about as black as thunder, and he took to drinking a deal more than was good far him. GRAND CELEBRATION ON SUNDAY A Rnvlew of 11 Ik TDDiifr I'astor to, Rccou "She'd send me out for a can of beer."—Philadelphia Timea iD1zli« the C. riiial Relations That Parade of the Catholic Temperance So- He gave a most dismal groan. "1 foared as much," said ho. "1 really cannot congratulate you." Huve Kxlsted Between Pastor aiiCl cieties of P.ttston Parish Followed by "But. in the successes of today »e mast not forget the 'rials of the past. For the history of this society is one of trial, of heroic sacrifice and self denial. Of all who placed their names upon the charter twenty fi /e years ago, but one remains and he has never taken his hands from the plow. As They Parted. IVople, ami a Hopeful Viow of tbe an Entertainment and Address by Rv. Father Conaty, at Matic Hall I was a little hurt. "Have you any reason to be dissatisfied with my choice?" I She wept npon his shoulder, but as he had on his linen duster preparatory to going away for a year the damago amounted to but little. Future of the t btnch The twenty fifth anniversary celebration of the organization of the Father Mathew society of this place, held at Music Hall Sunday night,was one of the most important events occurring here in many years. Arrangements for the happy event had been in progress for weeks past, and nothimg was left undone to make It an occasion long to be remembered by those who were privileged to be present O.i Sunday, for the last time as active pastor, Kev l)r. 1'aib* occupied the pnl pit of the First Preebjteiian Church ai d in the mornlrg, when the venerable leliring pastor epok a few words in the na ture of a fart-well to the congregation, the chnrch, both auditorium and gallery, was crowded. Dr. Parke's family, including his two s ns frC m Scrauton and (tanght r from Wiiketharre, together with their chl d en, were pr nmt, as also were quite a number of the older members of the con Rregation. Ic Is tcarcely teceseary to say that considerable teeih'g was manifested by pastor and people. It m the formal service which s -vt red the pastoral ties that have existed for more thin half a cen-nry, and for that reason the service was pe cullarly impressive. There was nothiug ostentation* abour. the meeting. Dr. Parke alone occupied the pulpi*, the choir furnirhed the music as usual, and in a quiet manner that made it all the more impres sive, the retiring pastor delivered the ad drses which closed his long pastorate. The text and addrass in lull are given below : askod. "Not at nil. I think she is one of the most charming young ladies I ever met and might have been most useful in such work as we have been doing. Sho had a decided genius that way. Witness the way in which she preserved that Agra plan from all tho other pnpers of her father. liut love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I placo above all things. I should never marry myself, lost I bias my judgment." "And shall I find yon unchanged when I return, dearest?" he asked. ''I bring you tonight a message as a total abstainer, as a total abstinence priest (applause) It Is thirty-two years ago since I began the work of total abstinence. At *y mother's knee I received the pledge, «"d since that pledge was given, as boy, and man and priest I have been faithful to it. So I can speak to this twenty-fiveyear-old boy of Pittston tonlgit as one who is a little older in the canse. The message I bring to you as Americans, here tn the presence of the fUg, (tpp'ause) is a message of loyalty and devotion to the country it represents. As our lives ar», so isoor country... "The message I bring to you, therefore, is that you be true to that flag, to Old Glory,' as we love to call It, and you can attest your fealty in no better way than by so living that you may reflect honor upon it. "I bring ycu also a message from the ohurch. The flag and the cross are the two emblems we shou d revere above all others. I bring you the message of the cr -as. What is It which, more than any other,  the work of the crost? It is intemperance. Though the blessed Savior died to save his his people, no man can be saved who does not wish it. The drunkard who degrades himself below the level of the beast stands before the emblem of salvation and says, "I will not be saved." The speaker appealed to the audie ce, as Americans end Catholics, to help remove from their church the stigma which many seek to place upon her through the lntemoerance of some of her children, and cloeed with an elnqnent plea to the young women to take the pledge for example's sake. "You do not need the pledge," he said, "but the pledge needs you. As American Oathollos, the church demands more from us than we are doing today." "I—I do not know," she sobbed. "Tonga—for that was his name—was a fine boatman and owned a big, roomy canoe of his own. When I found that he He could feel his hat cracking under the stress of the wave of doubt and Jealousy that swept through his brain. He gasped and moistened his parched lips, but could frame not a word. She oontinned: In the passage to whioh I have directed attention, which is in the form of a valedictory prayer for to whom the Epis- le to the Hebrews is addressed,there are these three leading thoughts that I cannot now discuss, which we may hot lose sight CDt at a time so full of Interest to this church, v z : 1st The efficient power for K-iod lu all our church work Is with " he God of all grace." 2nd. H« U an absolute Sovereign in the work of saving men "The God of all grace make yon perfeot In every good work, wo king in yon that which is well pleasing in Bis sight." 3rd. To Christ belongs all the glory that comes from the salvation of sinners. Not unto us, not unto us, but to Thy name, O B eased be all the glory, now and forever. Amen. was devoted to me and would do anything to serve me, I saw my chance of escape. 1 talked it over with him. He was to bring his boat round on a certain night to an old wharf which was never guarded, and there he was to pick me tip. I gave him directions to have several gourds of water and a lot of yams, cocoanuts and sweet potatoes."Well, supposing we begin with this admirable article on the present political sitnaton in Franca I'm greatly interested in it" The principal feature of the celebration was the appearance here of R Dv. Father Conaty, of Worcester, Mass., than whom there is perhaps no greater Catholic temperance speaker in the country. His fame la this work had preceded him, so that long before the doors of Music flail were thrown open, Water street was blocked from end to end with a crowding, surging, but withal orderly mass of humanity, impatient and anxious to hear the famed orator. This, too, when it was repeatedly announced that the members of the local temperance societies were to be first seated, and then only those holding tickets would be admitted But to hear the speaker was worth the struggle, and anyone who suo ceeded In gaining entrance to the hall soon forgot any Inconvenience they might have experienced in getting there. "One night he lost even more heavily than usual. I was sitting In my hut when he and Captain Morstan fame stumbling along on their way to tbeiV quarters. They were bosom friends, those two, and never far apart. The major was raving about his losses. "I trust," said I, laughing, "that my judgment may survive the ordeal. But you look weary." "I do not know, dear. I cannot tell at this early day what color of hair will be in style then."—Indianapolis Journal"So am I, Jfchen. Jnst wait until I find a bit of green velvet that I want Now go on abont France. I hope that there*8 lots about Paris in it The dream of my life is to see Paris and"— "Yes, the reaction Is already upon me. I 6hall be as limp as a rag for a week." - ■ 1 *-rr~r "Jfl " Supplying; a Need. Melton—Bulger is getting so big that be can't get into bis dress snit. Beaver—What is he going to do abont it? "He was stanch and true, was little Tonga. No man ever had a more faithful mate. At the night named ho had bis boat at the wharf. As it chanced, however, there was ono of the convict guard down there—a vile Pathan, ho had never missed a chance of Insulting and injuring me. I had vowed vengeance, and Bow I had my ciT.nce. It was as if fate had placed him in my way that I might pay my debt before I left the island. He ■tood on the bank with his back to me and his carbine on his shoulder. I looked about for a stone to beat out bis brainc with, but none could 1 see. * xnen a queer tnougnt came into my head and showed me where I could lay my band on a weapon. I sat down in the darkness and unstrapped my woodon leg. With three long bops I was on him. He put his carbine to his shoulder, but 1 struck him full and knocked the whole front of his skull In. You can see the split In the wnod now where I hit him. We both went down together, for I could not keep my balance, but when I got up 1 found him still lyln& quiet enough. I made for the boat, and In an hour wo were well out at sea. Tonga had brought all his earthly possessions with him, his arms and his gods. Among other things ho had a long bamboo spear and some Andaman ooooanut matting, with which I made a sort of a sail. For ten days wc were beating about, trusting to luck, and on the eleventh we were picked up by a trader which was going from Singapore to Jiddah with a cargo of Maluy pilgrims. They were a rum crowd, and Tonga and I soon managed to settle down among thrm. They had one very good quality—they let you alone and asked no questions. "Strange," said I, "how terms of what In another man I should call laziness alternate with fits of splendid energy and vigor." " 'It's all up, Mors tan," he was laying as they passed my hut. 'I shall hava to send in my papers. I am a ruined man.' "Yes, dear, bat let oh go on with the reading. Yon remember that when Carnot was assassinated he was succeeded by Casimir-Perier, and that be resigned a few weeks ago and"— "Yes," he answered, "there are In roe the makings of a very flno loafer and also of a pretty spry sort of follow. I often think of those lines of old Goethe: " 'Nonsense, old chap,' said the other, slapping him upon the shoulder. '1'w bad a nasty facer myself, but'— That was 111 I could hear, but It waa enough to aat me thinking. Melton—I understand he is going to ohange roommates.—Clothier and Furnisher."Schade, dass die Natur nur einon Menschen aus Dir schuf. "A oouola of days later Major Sholto was strolling on the beach, so 1 took (M chance of speaking to him. "What did he resign for? I should think it'd be just lovely to be president of France and live in Paris. Would yon put this little green aigret or this white tip on this bonnet if yoa were me, George?" WHY IT WA8 UNFINISHED. Denn zum wuurdigeu Mann war und zmn Bchelmen der Stuff. She Kmplalned the Delay, and It Was Ma* CAMP GROUND AFFAIRS " 'I wish to have your major,' said I. "By the way, apropos of this Norwood business, you seo that thoy had, as I surmised, n confederate in the house, who could be nono other than Lai Rao, tho butler. So Jones actually has tho undivided honor of having caught one llsh in his great haul." Right. C'ODti'lerable Business Transacted by the Both were young, and she was fair He had been calling on her sevon even ings and one afternoon a week for sij months. Still nothing was settled, al though he was in the habit of lingering before jewelers' show windows an*1 asking every young married man of hit acquaintance if it really did not cost at much to keep one as two. As for her, she was spending 16 hours a day ovei the embroidering of table linen, which, instead of dedicating to the family use, she carefully locked away as soon at finished. Meanwhile the sister next ic suocession was clamoring for the rever sion of the parlor, and the youngei brothers sat in the seat of the scornful. "Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the gr-at Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting Coirenant, make you perfect in every goC d work to do his will, working In you that which Is W--11 pleaei g In bis nig tit thrnnnh Jes-ns Christ; to whom ylnry tor ever and ,wr, am-u " —H«b. 13: 20-21 Board of Managers " Well, Small, what is it?' be said, taking his cheroot from his lips. "I'm sure I don't know whioh would look better. You see that when Casimir- Porier resigned he was succeeded by The boerd of Managers of the Wyoming Gamp Meeting Association met in the West PI'tetnn M. E. Church on Saturday afternoon, and transacted considerable buMnees. Rev. W. Q. Simpson and Rev. Wilson rrlebel, the latter of Wyoming, were eleo ted members of the board to fill vacancies created by the removals of Rev. M. D. Fuller and Rev O. H. McAnnlty out of the district. Arrangements were made for the summer season at the cimp ground. " 'I wanted to ask you, sir,' said I, 'who la the proper person to whom hidden treasure should be handed over. I know where half a million worth lies, and aa I cannot use it myself I thought perhaps the best thing that I could do would be to band It over to the proper authorities, and then perhaps they would get my sentenoe shortened for me.' Rev. Father Conaty reached here over the Valley road Saturday night on the 11:18 t ain. He was met at Wllkesbarre by M. W. Morris, and when he alighted from the train at Water street a reception committee, composed of t e several Catholic temperance societies of this parish, J. A. Collier, M. J. Berry, Jos. Coyne, M, P. Fahey, to. J. Tlgue, and John C«llahan, met the reverend speaker, and escorted him to the pastoral residence on Church street, where he was the guest of Very Rev Father Finnen. "Tho division seems rather unfair," I remarked. "You have done all the work In this business. I get a wife out of it. Jones gets the credit. Pray what remains for you?" Mr. Faura'' "What a funny name 1 Aren't those French names funny anyhow? And yet some of them are real musical names when they are pronounced right I believe I'll decide on the aigret. Go on, L st Jniie, after « ministry of fifty years in this elm -eh, mv pastoral relation was, at my own lequeet, dissolved by the Presbytery of LaoKawnnna, and I was made oss tor emeritns. The relation of pastor emeritus, whatever it iray be, is cot, as I understand It, affected by the installation ot a uew pa tor. Still, after today, you will have a new lpa ler, and I will only oc cnpy this vnlpit as I m invited to do so by the session of the ehur h. "For mo," said Sherlock Holmes, "there still remains tho cocaine bottlo." And ho stretched his long white hand up for It. " 'Half a million, Small?' he gasped, looking hard at me to see If I was In warnest.dear." THE END. "Well, you know that the oause of the present crisis is largely due to the popular suspicion of the integrity of many of the leaders who have long been in power, and that"— " 'Quite that, sir—in jewels and pearl*. It Ilea there ready for any one, and the queer thing about it is that the real owner Is outlawed and cannot hold property, so that It belongs to the first comer.' Thsre will be no assembly this year. Camp meeting will be opened on August 13 and continued for ten days It is expected that one of the bishop- will attend, and tbat there will also be other noted speakes present. B F. Barney will have charge of the store. It will be opemd earlier In the season and kept open later than usual. The boarding house will be tn charge of A. C. Church, of Ltiz me, who conducted it so satisfactorily last season. Correct Visiting Card Etiquette. PRISONERS SENTENCED. It is more comfortable for callers when they arrive at a house and find tho mistress already receiving guests to send In their cards by the maid if they have any doubt as to tho hostess immediately recognizing them. In large cities, where women have a great number of formal acquaintances, it is not always possible for a hostess to Immediately recall the name of a guest, although she may recognize her at once as some ono whom she ought to know. If the second caller is an intimate friend and has no doubt as to her immediate recognition, she may toll tho maid that she need not announce her, In which caso the maid will drop the card into the bowl, which usually stands beside tho card tray on tho hall tablo. P. P. C. cards should be left on tho occasion of a long absenco of over three months, on leaving town at the close of the season, on leaving tho neighborhood where you have resided for years or where you have resided for months and sometimes only for weeks, but not when changing houses In the same neighborhood. Tho words pour prendjo congo signify to take leave, and when goodby Is not intended, and future meetings are anticipated, there is no ostensible motivo for leaving P. P. C. cards.—Ladles' Homo Journal. Jennings, the Negro, Gets Five Years lathe Penitentiary. In conrt on Saturday the following sentences were imposed: "There I That aigret looks real sweet after all, doesn't it? What did you say that all this fuss in Franoe was about? Why can't countries get along without so much fussing?" One evening he noticed an unusuai abstraction in her manner. " 'To government, iall,' he stammered, 'to government.' But he aald It in a baiting fashion, and I knew In my heart that I had got blm. I have no formal vsledlc'ory 11 deliver to yon today; bur the o cat-ion suggests that I s] eas to you a few parting words of a personal character—personal to you and io mysel:. It indeed wou!d be very pleas an' tor me this morning, in connection with th's beauti ul and imprese've dox -logy to which I have called your attention, and that voices my prayer for you at this parting, to review our work in Hnd around Plttston during the many yeirs of on- as sociation as a church. While such a review would revive in my own mind and heart many very piearant mnnorle-", you would be interested in hearing of the work vour fathers and mothers were anlve in doing fifty years ago But to att-rnpt to do thiat ihis time would not be wise The sub Ject Is broad, and the time allotted to this ierv'.ee short. Long before the time fixed for the parade, Sunday evening, the streets were thionged with people. The procession moved at 7.15, in the following order: "You are not offended with me?" hi asked. "I know I didn't get here unti. 12 minutes past 8, but the car stopper in the tunnel and"— John Jennings, the negro convicted of assaulting Miss Kern, in Exeter, $10 fioe, costs, and five years in Eastern Penitentiary." 'You think, then, sir, that I should give the Information to the governor general?' said I quietly. "Well, it seems that they cannot. You know about the French Panama schemes?" "Offended? Not at all," and she gazet? dreamily into the fire. M. J. Langan, grand marshal and aids. Liberty Cornet Band. Co. C, F. M. Battalion. Father Mathew Society. St. John's Cadets. " 'Well, well, you must not do anything rash or that you might repent. Let me hear all about It, Small. Give me the facta.' •'Well, If I were to tell you all tho adventures that my little chum and I went through, you would not thank me, for I would have you here until the sun was shining. Here and there we drifted about the world, something always turning up to keep us from London. All the time, however, I never lost sight of my purposo. I would dream of Sholto at night. A hundred times I have killed him in my sleep. At last, however, some three or four years ago, we found ourselves in England. I had no great difficulty In finding where Sholto lived, and I set to work to discover whether he had realized the treasure or if he still had It. I made friends with some ono who could help mo —I name no names, for I don't want to get any one else in a hole—and I soon found that he still had the jewels. Then I tried to get at him in many ways, but he was pretty sly and had always two prizefighters, besides his sons and his khitmutgar, on guard over him. "Something about a canal somewhere and somebody stole a lot of money, didn't they? So that's what tbey*re fussing about? I wonder how this jet buoklo would look on this little bow. Jot is so fashionable uow. I'll just pin it on and stop to the glass to see bow it looks. I'll be right back, and you can go right on about that Forray or whatever his name is. Who was it shot him?" "Perhaps you are ill, then. Yot know you had lost a pound and a hall last time we were weighed, and yot haven't eaten all the candy I brought yet You must be very careful of youi health." The Italians convicted of assaulting the Judge brothers in Pittaton were sentenced as follows : Mike Scorpion, $10 fine, costs, two years and six months in penitentiary ; Giorge Redlth, $10. costs, one year and six months in penitentiary; Tony Benset $10 costs and one year aud six months In penitentiary ; Mike Smith, $10 costs, one year and ten monhs in penitentiary; George Smith, to Huntingdon Reforma- I f°ry- Numerous improvements are in progress on the Camp Grounds. About 100 matured trees have been removed from the grove, thuB removing a s urce of danger to the buildings, and affording opportunity for the growth of younger trees. The fences are being rebuilt, the gronnds thoroughly cleaned, and everything is b-lng given a wholesome air It is said that a number o' the cottag s will also be improved this St Joseph's Cadets. K. of F. If. Cadets, Inkerman. St. Mary's Ladies' Cadets. Iakerman Drnm Corps. K. of F M , Inkerman. Port Griffith Drum Corps. S\ John's Society, Port Griffith. Leek Cornet Band. St. Aloysius Society. "I told him the whole story, with small changes, so that be could not identify the places When I had finished, he stood stock still and full of thought. I could see by the twitch of his lip that there was a struggle going on within him. The absent gaze wandered over hit head. "I am quite well, thank yon, only a little thoughtful. The serioui problems of life must sometimes present themselves to one's mind." " 'This Is a very important matter, Small,' he eald at last. 'You must not say a word to any one about it, and I shall see you auain soon.' "Two nights later be and his friend Captain Morstan came to my hut In the dead of the night with a lantern. "Ho wasn't shot It was Carnot who was assassinated." Let me speak truthfully and famillrrly and fratikly of our relations in this old ot.urc':—o'd now, bnt young when some of ns were ;onng This church has its monn raeuts that your fathers and mothers nelped to build, of which we are justly proud today. She is the mother of chnrehes that are i-caftered up and down this Valley; and very pleasant it has been to hear tUetr representatives at our annn-tl gatherings within these walls. "Her chll iren rise up and call her bleesed." We nave bai many delightful seasons of shristlan intera tirse here with men and women who have finished their work CDu earth and gone to their reward, whosn mtmory we delight to honor. We do believe this church has been a power foi Cood in this community; atd It Is with uo mock humility that I say that this power, under God, has bee a very largely fr. m thoee who have occupied the pews. Che leader did what he could, but the strength of the army was in his followers, «bo were blessed with wisdom, faith and :C Urage. The parade moved over the route already published in the Gazbtte, and was reviewed by thousands of people. Each society presented a fine appearance, but the boys and girls cadet societies came in 'or the highest praises. When the head of the procession reached Music Hall, the doors were thrown open, and the societies marched in and took seats. The crowd thai was waiting then crowded in, as noted above, but hundreds, particularly ladles, wei6 unable to gain entrance and returned home greatly disappointed. "What for? Soema to me I read that there was a woman at the bottom of it, and I dare say there was. It's dreadful bow little self respect some women have. I don't believe that I'll ose the buckle after all. Oh, dear I There goes my thread on the floor. Will yoa get it for me, dear? I—why, George, what did you slam the magazine down like that for';" "Yoa oan't decide whether to have » jacket or a caper Or is it whether tc have yonr photographs profile or three quarter face?" Alex Z»novich, f. and b , usual sentence. Huff Drd Bauer and Henry Bierlng, boys convicted of robbing Lohman's cellar in Wllkeebarre, stn'enced to Huntingdon Reformatory. spring, The board of managers have been given to understand tbat the new electrio line that is to be run within a mile of the oamp ground will be ready for operation by July 4. It will connect with the Trac lion line at Wjomlng, and from a point near Hutchlns's col'ery a plane will be run np Vlt. Lookout. This convenient means x,f access is expected to make the camp grounds more popular than ever, both as a summer resort and aC a place for rdigioua " 'I want you Just to let Captain Morstan hear that story from your own lips, Small,' said he. "Nothing so frivolous! This is really something important" Mary Mausr, Hazleton, bawdy house, two years in county jail. "I repeated it as I had told It before. " 'It rings true eh?' said he. 'It's good enough to act upon.' "Yon—you don't think of parting yonr hair, do yoa? Or is it possible that yoa contemplate entering a oon rent?" Not KC-al Knough. William Murray, larceny, $10 fine, costs and one year in connty jail. Antonio Stofosky, assault and battery, $30 fine, costs and three months in connty jail. "Captain Mors tan nodded. The stage manager of a company that played In Washington once is one of those men who have never yet expressed un qualified approval of anything in the heavens above, in the earth beneath or in the waters under the earth, lie was out with a company last year, playing melodrama. In the second act of the piece there is a terrific storm, and there were always turmoil and trouble about that storm. The stage manager never liked the way it was done. One night his company was playing in St. Joseph, Mo., which, as every player knows, has ono of tho best equipped theaters in the country. When the storm came, tho man at tho sheet Iron fairly made tho welkin crack. The stage manager frowned. J ust then there came a terrific burst of thunder from a real storm outside. " 'Look here, Small,' said the major. 'We have been talking tt over, my friend and 1, and we have come to the conclusion that this secret of yours is hardly a government matter, after all, but is a private conoern of your own, which, of course, you have the power of disposing of as you think best. Now, the question is, What price would you ask for itf We might be Inclined to take it up, and at least look Into It if we could agree as to terms.' He tried to speak in a cool, careless way, but his eyes were shining with exoitement and greed. "Noi nol I can't tell you what it is, "One day, however, I got word that he was dying. I hurried at once to the garden, mad that he should slip out of my clutches like that, and looking through the window I saw him lying In his bed, with his sons on each side of him. I'd have oome through and taken my chance with the three of them, only even as I looked at him his jaw dropped, and I knew that he was gone. I got into his room that same night, though, and I searched his papers to see if there was any record of where he had hidden our jewels. There was not a line, however, so I came away, bitter and savage as a man could be. Before I left I bethought me that if I ever met my Sikh frlpnds again it would be a satisfaction to know that I bad left some mark of our hatred, so I scrawled down the sign of the four of us, as it had Iieen on the chart, and I pinned it on his IxMiom. It was too much that he should be tuken to the grave without some 4oken from the men whom he had robbed and befooled. "Simply because I'm sick of trying to make French politics and American millinery assimilate, and I"— but"— Alex. Perry, for the Vaubhan robbery tn Dorranceton, $10, ooets, and three years In Eastern penitentiary. Chas. Ktnny, same case, to Huntingdon Reformatory. Frank Neier and John Houser, assault and battery, each $10 fine, costs, and two years in Eistern Penitentiary. lliohael Dnday, felonious wounding, $10 fine, costs, and one year and ten months in Eastern Penitentiary. Domlniko Francis and John Yako, assiult and battery, $10 fine, costs and six months in j*il. "I see It now—I see it all!" he burst forth. "Yoa are expecting that Millet fellow. Well, I will say good evening I would not interfere with such a de lightful visit" "Why, George! How cross you are I I was listening with all my might so 1 was." It was half past eight o'clock when the curtain was mng up. Seated in front, were Rev. Father Conaty, the speaker of the evening, Rev. E. J. Philips, Plains, Rev. W. J. Hoban, Ashley, Rev. M. F. Crane, Avoca, Rev. P. J. O'Malley and P. J McHale, of Kingston; Very Rev. John Finnen, Rev J. X. Qreeve, and Rev. M. J. Kelley, of this place, and Mr. J. A. Ooilier, president of the Father Mathews, who was chairman of the evening, at the rear. Seated in a semi-circle were the members of the Father Mathew Battalion, in their pretty uniforms. meetings. "Yes, you wera " "I don't Bee why you say 'that' Milr. I think him a charming fellow." A HORRIBLE DEATH "I was, too, and I—I think you are Jnst—just horrid, so I da I hate jroor old French politics if it's going to estrange us liko this. I'm going right up stairs if yon can't trept me kindly. You don't love me one bit if yoa prefer old French politics to my happiness. My heart is bro-bro—broken I"—Detroit Free Press. "So does ha Good evening, Mis Daisy." CharlnR Dooohne's Body Found at the "I—why, what is your hurry?" "You said that you expected Millei Bottom ot Clear Spring Shaft. " 'Why, as to that, gentlemen,' I an swered, trying also to be oool, but feeling as excited did, 'there Is only one bargain which a man In my position can make. I shall want you to help me to my freedom and to help my three oomjDanlons to theirs. We shall then take you Into partnership and give you a fifth share to divide between you.' In one respect onr relations are soma what peculiar. In a ministry of fifty years I have known no other change, and thlthurch with a history of over half a C;en ury has kDown no other pastor. Oor re latlons In all these year* tiave been only pie saut—never a-rained, s D far as I know Confessedly it is no ea-y matter for me to -epi ra*e from this p-ople, and I believe y Du when yon teli me it is no easy matter tor you to separate from me We have lived together and worked in unity. These years of association in work for our bletsed Lord have nnitC d ns with links of steel We do not like to think about the separation. Bu: it adtoome, as ol C age and death come, and we will no', "break our aearts'1 over it Ir 1b among ''the all things" that work together for good. L»t us thank God for all the go'dsn mem rles and opportunities and friendships and as soclatl ns of the pant, and with confidence trn t Him for the future. This separation is, I apprehend, mo e to me than it is to any ot you. I cannot say. as Laban said to Jaoob, "Thete daugh'ers are my daughters and these ohil ren are my child ren;" but there is an important seiise in which you are all mine, and while we set 3D no in'zpah at onr separation today, 1 can must heartily say with Laban, when he parted from his daughters and children, "The Lord watch betwe. n me fttd thee when we are absent one from another." Charles Donohue, a single man, twentyeight years of age, living on Chapel St., Upper Pittstoii, was fonnd dead at the bottom of the second opening ot the Clear Spring colliery at seven o'clock Saturday morning. He bad been killed by falling down the shaft, a distance of about 500 feet, and the body was horribly mangled. Mine foreman George Thomas made the discovery. and"— Joseph Handoskie, assault and battery, $10 fine, costs and eight months in connty jail. "Why, I said nothing of the kind He is calling on Julia this evening. 1 saw his shadow on the blind. No one elst has such absurd ears." "Not a bit like it, not a bit liko it!" yelled tho stage manager. IMPROVING THE WATER SERVICE. "Why, that's real thunder!" ventured an actor. Too Late. "Oh, well, Miller is a very nice fel low! But you haven't told me yet what you are thinking of." Spring Brook Pressure for North Main Young Tutter—Is your brother in, Miss Von Klumer? Mr. Collier arose and after welcoming the audience, in a few appropriate rema-ks, read a full and complete history of the or ganization. The first meeting was held on April 28, 1870, In the old Pbceiix Ball, when a temporary organization was effect sd. A second meeting was held on May 29, when the Father Mathews was perma nently organized, lhe first officers were : President, Rlohard Leahy; vice president, John McGee; financial secretary, M J Red dington; corresponding secretary, John Rutledgr; treasurer, James Fitzpatrick; sergeant at-arms, John A. Collier. The charter membe s in addi ion to the above were John Mulroy, John J. Keating, Hngh MoQuire, Patrick Conlin, John Mackin, Anthony McCall, J Dmee Wall, Matthew Dongher, William Swift, John L"gue, Patrick F. Norton, Anthony Qillespie, Andrew FUzeimmons, Thomas McGraw, James Barrett, John Hlggins, Peter Con lan, Edward Heff man, John Gallagher, Petqr Connell, Thomas Farrell, John Coleman, Thomas Flannagan, John Callahan and M. E Collier. Street, as Far as Eagle Hotel. " 'Hum,'said he, 'a fifth sharet That Is not very tempting.' "That's all right," responded tho stage manager, "it's not a bit like it. That sort of thing may go in heaven, but it won't do in this theater."—Washington Post. Miss Yon Blunter—No. He has stepped out for a few moments. The People's Water Company is making an extensive improvement to its system. A new twelve-inch main Is being laid on North Main street, from the Ravine crossing to the E»gle Hotel and thence down Thomas street to oonnect at the river bank with the new main that was laid across the river last summer. The primary good reunit of the improvement will be to furnish the strong Spring Brook pressure for the fire plugs on North Main street, as well as to consumers generally along the line of the new main. At present thissaction la supplied from the reservoir on Scotch Hill. When the main now being laid is in operation, it will be supplied with water direct frcm Spring Brcok, the connection being made with the " 'It would oome to £60,000 apiece,' ■aid I. "Oh, I can never tell you! You wit think it silly. You are always laughing at it" "We earned a nving at mis time oy my exhibiting poor Tonga at fairs and other such places as the black cannibal. He would eat raw meat and dance his war danoe, so we always had a hatful of pennies after a day's work. I still heard all the news from Pondlcherry Lodge, and for some years there was no news to hear, except that they were hunting for the treasure. At last, however, came what wo had waited for so long. The treasure had been found It was up at the top of the house, in Mr. Bartholomew Sholto's chemical laboratory. I came at once and had a look at the place, but I could not see how, with my wooden leg, I was to make my way up to tt. I learned, however, about a trapdoor In the roof, and also about Mr. Sholto's supper hour. It seemed to mo that I could manage the thing easily through Tonga. I brought him out with mo with a long rope wound round his waist. He could climb like a cat, and he soon made his way through the roof; but, as ill luek would have It, Bartholomew Sholto was still in the room, to bis cost. Tutter—Then I will wait I am going to an entertainment tonight, and I want to see him very much. The exact manner in which Donohue came to fall down the shaft is unknown. He was employed as a company band in the mine, and it is supposed that he was on his way to work through the second opening when he met death. A short time before his body was fonnd, he wts talking with the engineer at the head of the shaft, but no one saw h'm fall. " 'But bow can we gain your freedomf Tou know very well that you ask an impossibility.'"Can it be about the embroidered lin en?" Arsenic III the Milk. " 'Nothing of the sort,' I answered. 'I have thought It all out to the last detail. The only bar to our escape Is that we can get no boat* t forJhe voyage and no provisions to last us'rso long a time. Then are plenty of little yachts and yawls at Calcutta or Madras which would serve our turn well. Do you bring one over. We ■hall engage to get aboard her by night, and If you will drop us on any part of the Indian coast you will have done your part of the bargain.' Findlay, O.. April 24.—Two mysterious attempts have been made recently to poison the family of Frunk H. O'Dell, an oil operator. On Easter Sunday Mrs. O'Dell and a lady boarder were taken deathly 11L Last Sunday Mrs. O'Dell and two of her childreu wore attacked with tho samo symptoms. Two physicians who were called saved their lives, but both deolared that arsenic poisoning had been administered to the patients, probably In the milk they used in their coffee. Miss Von Blumer—I am afraid it will be useless, Mr. Tutter, as he has on his dross suit already.—Clothier and Furnisher. "How clever of youl How did yoi ever guess? But I can never, never tol you." "Then I shall think it a joke at mj expense. I insist on knowing." "Oh, it's not a joke at all, but if yot insist"— "I can wait no longer, Miss Tioklowell—Gmersonial" exclaimed the infatuated young man. "Here and now 1 propose to know my fate." Corrected. The unfortunate man resided with his widowed mother. He was a brother of Francis and John Donohue. "But, Mr. Smiffkins, I really can't Well, if you will know. I ha De finish ed embroidering enough of it—well, enough for a—a small family, and now I don't know what initial to put on it, and it naturally makes me rathei thoughtful." "I do insist" "I think you mean, Mr. Wendellson, " eaid the Boston young woman, much agitated, "that you purpose," eta —Chicago Tribuna " ' If there were only one,' he said. Knowledge Under Difficulties. TrI-County Kndeavor Convention "None or all,' I answered. 'We have •worn It. The four of us must always act together.' "Jeptha," said Mrs. Jones, looking up from a book she was reading, "what is a periwinkle?" Preparations for the Trl County En deavor convention to be held In Memorial Church, Wllkesbarre, Friday, May 31st, are well under way. Secretary Manning has received an acceptance from Rev. J. f. McCrory, of Pittsburg, preeident of the State Union, who was chosen as the speaker of the convention, and also from Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lowe, of Phila delphia, to take charge of the tnnslc at the couventlon. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe are the the solo singers of Bethany church and Sunday school, of which John Wanxmaker Is superintendent They h»ve been at State Endeavor conventions and are well known as fine singers. The indications are that this conven tijn will be oue of the best ever held. It will be the annual meeting, and there will be considerable important business to transact, inclnding the flection of officers. " 'You see, Mors tan,' said he, 'Small is a man of his word. He does not flinch from his friends. I think we may very well trust him.' "Why, Maria, don't you know," retorted Mr. Jones in a cautious way. "1 thought everybody knew what a periwinkle was." Collector—It appears from theee figures that your income amounts to f4, - 000.50. (letting It Fine. The next day she took her linen dowi town and had the letter "S" stamped on every piece.—Chioago Tribuna Spring Brook main at the Ravine. Superintendent Monle has a large foice of men at work on the job. The pipe has been laid from the Ravine to Mill street, and now a start having bjen made at the other end of the j Db oa Thomas street, the work is progressing up Main street in front of the Eagle Hotel. To complete the work on the block between Butler street and Mill street, it will be necessary to wait until the sewer contract rs finish work on that block. In view of bo protracted a pastorate »s mine has been witn you, you can teadily understand that the dnty assigned to n e In connection with the Installation services, by the Presbytery, viz , that of delivering the charge to the ne* pastor, is no easy t-ask. I will in the discharge i f this duty charge you to love him as your pastor, to give uim the place In your hearts that yC n have given me, and to look to him as your leader "Whythen," some one one may ask, "did you resign your charge? We asked you to stay, we urged yon to stay with us and you knew we were most sincere In the matter " I answer, I resigned be cause I believed l"i was better for yon and better for me and for the chnrch that 1 should do so; and I think so still. Rut that dees no', ease the pain of pirting The fact that the amputa'ion o a lltub gives pain is no reason why the operation should not be performed, if the clrcnm stances require it. The pain that this Sfpa ration occasions is a hopeful sign. I Is liD e the reaction that the surgeon it j tees to see in his patient. It would not speak well for you or for nn or for the church if I should feel constiained in trn'h to say to day, "My work among you has been 1 ke that of a galley-slave. I am glad to be re leased," and it would not Bpeak well for J me or for you or for the churob, if you were saying, "We are glad to get rid o. the old pastor." O. e dear old mother in Israel in th e church said to me recently with tears in her eyes, and in a way that moistened my eyts, "You will be my pas tor as lorg as I live " Aid there is a senBe in which that Is true; and it is e.lso true that iny young brother who sn?ceDds me will have no more loy»l sctppor er than this mother in Israel. Xbo t ei that bind pastor aud people tog" aer who have been associated as we have be»it, are In s me regards like those that unite hr.sViands and wives Thy pis'or who bap'lzed ti e children and married the d-m..hters anil buried the father and moth r aud received the households Into the church and administered the sacrament and preached to t,h. m for fifty years cannot fail to h»ve a place in the bear's of his peC pie that no other man can take. Oar spiritual childreu ate our children, whoever th ir teachers ot leaders may be This truth Saul v Die»\l when he said, "For though yju have ten th msand instructs iu Christ, yet have yon no1 man; ra'heis, f. r in Christ Jesus have 1 begotten yon throng the Gospel " " 'It's a dirty business,' the other answered. 'Yet, as you say, the money would save ouroommlesions handsomely.' Taxpayor—That's the way I figured it. "Tonga thought he had done something very clever In killing him, for when I oame up by the rope 1 found him strutting ■bout as proud as a peacock. Very much surprised was be when I made at him with the rope's end and cursed him for a little bloodthirsty imp. I took the treasuro box and let It down and then slid down myself, having first left the sign of the four upon the table, to show that the jewels bad oome back at last to those who had most right to them. Tonga then pulled up the rope, closed the window and made off the way that he had come. "Y-e-s," hesitated Mrs. Jones, "I knew it was some kind of a pollywog." "Pollywog?" roared Jones; news to mei" The Pacta Iu the Case. " 'Well, Huiall,' said the major, 'we mast, I suppose, try to meet you. We DDust first, of course, test tbe truth of your story. Tell me where the box Is hid, and I shall get leave of absence and go back to India In the monthly relief boat to Inquire Into the affair.' "that's Collector—Dm—er—ah—um— Taxpayor (interrupting)—Can you give me chango for a cent?—Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Singerly—What made your husband so angry this morning? I was looking out of my window and saw him slam the door behind him when he went out. Mr. Collier's paper was very interesting, and was listened to attentively by the audi enco, who loudly applauded the speaker. There was a long silence broken only by the striking of the cuckoo clock, and then Mrs. Jones asked humbly: A well dressed man passing along the avenue was accosted by a small boy who was struggling with an unruly horse, attached to a high buggy. A Youthful Hpeculator. Mrs. Winterblooin—Why, you see, he received in the mail a bill from his tailor which he has been getting regularly for leveral months. "Jeptha, what is a periwinkle?" Following Mr. Collier, Mlse Julia Allen, Scranton's gifted vocalist, rendered in txqnUte style, "The Holy City," and in response to an encore, sang, "Kathleen Mavourneen." Wm. Devanny sang, "Twenty Five Years Ago," words by T. P. Ryder, of Wilkesbarre, and being en cored, sang, "I know I Am Irish and Am Prondof It, Too." The Imperial Glee Club, of the West Side, sang, "I'll Remember You, Love, In My Prayers." Messrs Melton and Heston sang several comlo songs, and were followed by Thomas Merrick, of Plains, a vocalist of considerable renown, who has travelled with Cleveland's min strels. He sang in fine style, "My Pretty Irish Maid." Mies Jn'ia Allen then gave a recitation, which brought that part of the entertainment to a close. "Maria, it's a periwinkle," said Jones in a tone that admitted of no dispute. "Why do you ask?" " 'Not so fast,' said I, growing oolder aa he got hot. 'I must have the consent of my three comrades. I tell you that It Is four or none with us.' Mrs. Singerly—Why, then, should that make him so angry? THEY ALL USE IT. "Ploase, sir; called tho boy. I can't bold him," Reniclentft of Chautauqua Co. Use Dr. " 'Nonsense,' be broke In. 'What have three black fellows to do with our agreement}""Because it says in this novel, 'Her eyes were as blue as a periwinkle,' and I wanted to know how blue that was." Tho man stopped, and going out intc tho street helped the boy to right the buggy aud restrain the horse, which he led to tho sidowalk.. Mrs. Winterbloom (uneasily) — Well the fact is, in the same mail was a little memorandum from my dressmaker.— Truth. David Kennedy*# Favorite Remedy, Frkwsburgh, Chautauqua Co., N. Y — The people of this village nave great reason to feel grateful to Dr. LD*vid Kennedy, the discoverer of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy Mrs R C. of this place, in speaking of Favorite Remedy recently, said: "I consider it my duty no advise sick people to use Favorite Remedy. In one case particularly, that of a young married woiran who was suffering from the troubles many of onr sex are sffljtei with. For weeks she had been free from those excruciating paina that almost kill women and Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Rem* dy has abont cured her. S. S. Whitman was so sick from a combination of diseases that he thought he could live but little longer, but Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy has done so much for him that he has worked on his farm all summer. In fact, he has not been so well in ten years. There are a score of people here who have been cured by its use " "I don't know that I have anything else to tell you. I bad heard a waterman spenk of the speed of .Smith's launch, the Aurora, so I thought she would be a handy craft for our escape. I engaged with old Smith and was to give him a big sum if he got us safe to our ship. He know, no doubt, that there was some screw loose, but he was not in our secrets. All this is the truth, and if I tell it to you, gentlomen, It Is not to amuse you—for you have not done me a very good turn—but it is because I believe tho best defense 1 can make is Just to hold back nothing, but let all the world know how badly I have myself been served by Major Sholto and how innocent I am of the death of his son." Late that night lights flickered in the Jones household, and two seekers after knowledge met face to face in tho Jones library. " 'Black or blue,' said I, 'they are In with me, and we all go together.' "Well, the matter ended by a second meeting, at which Mohammed Singh, Abdullah Khan and Dost Akbar were all present. We talked the matter over again, and at last we came to an arrangement. We were to provide both the officers with charts of the part of the Agra fort and mark the place In the wall where the treasure was hid. Major Sholto was to go to India to test our story. If he found the box, he was to leave It there, to send out a small yacht provisioned for a voyage, which was to lie off Rutland island and to which we were to make our way, and finally to return to his duties. Captain Mors tan was then to apply for leave of absence, to meet us at Agra, and there we were to have a final division of the treasure, he taking the major's share aa well as his own. All this we sealed by the most solemn oaths that the mind could think or the lips utter. I sat up all night with paper and Ink, and by the morning I had the two charts all ready, signed with the sign of the four—that Is, of Abdullah, Akbar, Mohammed and myself. ' 'There, sonny, you can hold him now without any trouble,'' he said kindly. The Marfh of Trade. "I'm looking for a periwinkle," said Mrs. Jones. "I wasn't holding him," said the boy. "I only stopped him from rua- Archlteet Myers's Son In Wllkesbarre. G. W. Myers, son of the Detroit arrhlte t who was awarded the contract for the new court house plans, is in Wllkesbarre, as advance agent for his father In the mat ter of the claim for the $10,000 due him under the contract with the county. Myers, Sr., is expected any day, and then the contest will begin in earnest If Myers persists in demanding the $10,000, the treasurer will refuse to pay It, and then the whole matter will probably go ti court. "I'm looking for the dictionary," remarked Jeptha. ning away.'' "What did yon do that for?" asked tho man, looking at him kindly. * Mrs. Jones had the book and presently she announced in a tone of triumph: "Ha! periwinkle!—'a small shellfish.' Didn't know as much as you thought you did, Mr. Jones?" "I didn't want to see the nice buggy smashed, and maybe somo one run over," unswored the little fellow modestly."Sol Her eyes were as blue as a shellfish? Beautiful definition that! Gimme the book, Maria!" "You're a brave boy," eaid the man, patting him on the head, and dropping something into the little fellow's hand he walked on. Mr. Collier then Introduced Rev Father Conaty, the rpeaker of the evening, and the house fairly shook with applause, as he stepped to the front of the stage. The subject of his address was, "The Message of the Flag and Cross," and he held the undivided attention of hl« hearers throu;hou . He prefaced his *ddree?s by a few congratulatory remarks to the society on its grand achievements. "A very remarkablo account," said Sherlock Holmes. "A fitting windup to •n extremely interesting case. There is nothing at all new to mo in the latter part of your narrative, except that you brought your own rope. That I did not know. By the way, I had hoped that Tonga had lost all his darts. Yet ho managed to shoot one at us in the boat." "Take it," said Mrs. Jones nearly flooring hi in with an embarrassment of riches in the shaiDe of Webster's unabridged.Then anothorboy came out of a stairway and joined tho first Killed l$v Klectrlclty Joo. Scarzo. a robust Italian, aged fortyfive, was Instantly killed by electricity In Carbondale last week. He went Into a closet at the Columbus Hotel, and plaoed his hand on the brsst socket above a little white bulb of the Incandescent system. In an instant he was dead from the shook. It is supposed that the fact that the place where he was standing was wet had something to do with causlDg the man's death. "How much did be give ye, Johnny?" "A dime,"said Johnny, exhibiting Favorite Remedy restores the disordered liver to a healthy condition, corrects constipation, and is a certain cnre for the diseases and sicknesses of women. It cures scrofula, salt rhmm and erysipelas. For nervousness, loss of s'eep or that wornout feelina it has no equal. In cases ot rheumatism, dyspepsia, gravel, Bright'e disease, diabetes and bladder troubles, it has cured where all else failed. "H'm! shellfish!—Ah, I knew there must be something else! It's 'a little boat.'" "Well, " said the other ona with a disappointed look,''ain't he apoor one?" "He had lost them all, sir, except the one which was in his blowpipe at the time." "Her eyes were as blue as u little boat —there's no sense in that," said Mrs. Jones. "Give me the dictionary." But ho pocketed the divvy with muoh satisfaction.—Detroit Free 1'resa. He (at the Van Twiller reception)— Excuse me, my dear madam, but while you were in the reception room you got a spot on your dress. "Well, gentlemen, I weary you with my long story, and I know that my friend Mr. Jcnes is Impatient to get me safely stowed in ohokoy. I'll make it as short as I can. The villain Sholto went off to India, but he never came back again. Captain Morstan showed me his name among a list of passengers in one of the mallboats very shortly afterward. His uncle had died, leaving htm a fortune, and he had left the army, yet he could stoop to treat five men as be had treated us. Morstan went over to Agra shortly afterward and found, as we expected, that the treasure was Indeed gone. The scoundrel had stolen it all without carrying out one of the conditions on which we had sold him the secret. From that day I lived only for vengeanoe. I thought of It by day, and I pursed It bv night. It beoam* an over- "Ah, of course," said Holmes. "I had not thought of that." "I come to you tonight," he said, "out of a bisy life, not to tell you what to do for Pittston, for it is 01 e of the bannetotal abstinence cities of the country. But when I have told you what you have done I have placed upon the canvas tbe most beautiful picture that was ever painted by human hand. Twenty-five years of good work, twenty-five je»rs of duty to God, to home and to country, twenty-five years of sobriety and all the blessings which it brings is the story told by your societies tonight. Where better could the home of total abstinence be than in your beautiful valley, a pleasant valley, pleasant with all that God and nature can give, pleasant with happy homes and thrifty people. This is the picture painted by your total absti nence societies apon the fair canvas of this valley. "But there is another piotuTe. It is a "I've got it!" she exclaimed, "it's a 'gasterojxxlous mollusk,' that must be Latin for blue." One Way. "Is there any other point which you would like to ask about'" asked the conviot affably. Tho teachcr of an intermediate grade in ouu of tho larger publio schools was "showing off" her pupils before a numbor of visitors. The spelling class was on the floor, and one small shook headed boy was given the word "introduction. " He pansed, twisted his lips, stared and then in a faltering way spelled it oorrootly and seemed rather surprised that he had done it. Mrs. Winterbloom— Doar me, I wonder how I did it? "Let mo see that book," said Jones, and tho dictionary was dropped on him again. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, "I think not, thank you," my com pan ion answered. He—I don't know how yon managed it, but (producing a small box) if you will allow me, madam, 1 will show you how it can readily be removed by meant of my lightning eradicator.—Truth. Sls'ers Die Together The Catholic Church at Ktnsston Dam- "Well, Holmes," said Athelney Jones, "van are a man to be humored, and we all anow tnub you are a connoisseur 01 crinis, but duty Is duty, and I have gone rather far In doing what you and your friend asked me. I shall feel more at case when we have our story teller here safe under lock and key. The cab still waits, and there are two lnsoectors down stairs. I •IB much obliged to you both for your assistance. Of course you will bo wanted at the trial. Good night to you!" "Maria, you always jump at conclusions. Here you are, 'A flowering plant of the genus Vinca.' The girl's eyes are all right, but why in thunder didn't he say they were china blue or saucer blue or sky blue, and not keep people out of their lieds hunting up his fool compari- At Ashley, Mrs. John McMauaman, aged ■Jj, died very suddenly. Her sister, Mrs. »'Jc ael Cooney, was prostrated, and while h' t ng in a chair at her home a few hours larer, fell to the floor and died of heart failure. Mrs. Cooney had been married bnt four months. The women were daughters of Mrs. Michael Cnslck. aged to tbe Exteit of $'C£,000. During the nnusually severe thunder storm that prevailed all over the valley early on Saturday, the steeple of St. Ignatius' Catholic church at - Kingston was struck by lightning. The steeple was badly wrecked—so much so that it wlil probably have to be taken down and rebuilt. The plastering and woodwork inside the church were a'so slightly damaged. The total loss will be abont $2,000. An Ohio man once landed In Japan to fill some consular or diplomatic office. As native after native groeted him with the common salutation, ''Ohayol" or "honorable early," his amazement grew until at last he burst out, "How the dlckrns did .these Japs know 1 came from Ohio!"— They Becognlaed Him. Personally I have no fear of being supplanted by my brother who sui- sons?" "Know what the word means?" asked the teacher. "No'rn." ceeds me, whatever his gifts and graces maybe. Love him all yon can. Hold-up his hands, encourage him In his work, show your regard for me and for the Great Shepherd and Head of the church, "Don't swear, Jeptha," said Mrs. Jones, "if it hiuln't been for that we'd never know tho color of a periwinkle." —Detroit Free Press. "What? Don't know what iotrodaotion means?" Homes and investment properties fo sale at big bargains, Q. B. Thompson, "Good night, gentlemen both!" said Jonathan Small. "No'm " 'CinMnnaU titan ill fa*