Pittston Gazette

              — ■ I  KSTABI.ISHKIHMiiO. I VOL,. \LV. NO, 14 1 Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. JUNE 7, 18flT». A Weekly Local and Family Journal. and dislikes from their matrimonial schemes, and nn a person to sup with, to talk with and to flirt with she really liked Master Reggie—nay, more, she admired him, for he knew how to "go It," and ability for "going it" was in Miss Florrle's eyes the prince of the virtues. It was the one that enabled a man, however poor in reality, to give her the greati-st amount of what she lived for—amusement. So Florrle flooded Reggie with the light of her round black eyes till he was fairly intoxicated with her. She played her crisp curls at him with considerable effect and was charmed when he suocumbed to them. 'Twas a pity he wasn't the heir to £100,- 000. If he had been, Miss Florrie thought, she might have got papa to discount it offhand on post obits and have really settled down to a quiet life of balls and theaters in his agreeable society. tiling ror mmseii oy mere puzznng over it. "Why, easily enough," Arnold answered, with a smile, "for happily I took it for granted, since I found it in Italy, the language was Italian, so I soon spelled it out. Those sixteenth century people always made use of the moat simple ciphers, almost foolishly simple. Any child could read them." crieu, eiaspniK uer nanus, "(ion t Betray me, Mr. Mortimer. I have never breathed a single word of this to him, nor he to me. It was uncanny of you to find it out. I ask you as a woman, keep it—keep it sacred, for my sake, I beg of yon I" Mortimer looked at her with the intenseflt affection In his eyes. He spoke the plain truth. That woman was the ono obji'ct in life on which he had set his heart, and without her his wealth was as worthless dross to him. "Why, Miss Hesslegrave," ho answered, "what do you think I am made of? Do you think I could surprise a woman's secret like that and not keep It more sacred than anything else on earth? You must have formed indeed a very low opinion of me. I can use this knowledge but for one aim and end—to do what I can toward making Willoughby's path in life a little smoother and easier for him. I wished to Ho so for his own sake before. I shall wish it a thousand times more for your sake in future." Tears stood in his eyes. He spoke earnestly, seriously. He was one of those rare men who rise far above jealousy. Kathleen was touched by his attitude—what woman would not have been? For a moment she half regretted she could not answer him "yes." He was so genuinely in love, so deeply and honestly grieved at her inability to love him. Of her own accord WEST PITTSTON II Kill SCHOOL AN KAKLY MOllNING FIKK. FROM EASTON TO NIAGARA. homes and gardens came in for a goodly share of favoring comment. tV onmtHTCD HHirgtM«r « The Eighteenth Annual Commencement Exercises. Tho Hughes anil Howell Ilulldinf; Ruined a Second Time Towanda was reached just as train No. 1—the fast Western express which leaves Pitta ton at 1:50 p. m.—arrived at the station. The newspaper special was given the right of way to make a speed record, and the trip to Buffalo from this point was a succession of fast runs between ■topping places, of which there were bat few. One mile in 47 seconds and a straight stretch of 10 miles at the rate of 80 an hour were two of the incidents of the run calculated to give the reader an idea of the fast time made by the train, while, taking the Itrip from Towanda on as a whole, It was made in exactly an honr and fifteen minutes leas than the schedule time of the fast express which the special left behind at Towanda. The track on the Buffalo Division being e» peclally favorable to faat running, it was on this that the beat time was made, Superintendent Beach giving the engineer orders to "make her fly." A teiraced Mage, with rows of happyfaoed young people, pretty girl g aduates In pure white together with teachers and otherp, occupying tho front, and the remaining space prettily set off wit i palms and other potted plants—the same oldD scene, yet ever changing and new—greet- greeted the crowded house which, as usual, gathered at Music Hall last Friday evening to listen to the commencement exercises of the West Pitts ton High School. These were the eighteen 'h annual exercise* of the school, and in all truth we can say that they were among the very beet of those that we have attended. For the second time, the old frame building on Nirth Main street, located between the Cash Store building and the Qlobe Warehouse, and owned jointly by the H. R. Hughes Estate and John Howell, was rained by fire. The building was occupied by W. M. Berry, jeweler; George Baas, merchant tailor; Charles Filtsoh, photogra pher, and M. L. Perrln, Insurance agent. Newspaper Men Make the Grand Tour of the Lehigh Valley Road. Kathleen looked up at him with profound admiration. For her own part, she couldn't imagine how on earth it could be done. "How wonderfull" she exclaimed. "You must show it to mo some day. And it's interesting, is it? I should love to see it." A MOST DELIGHTFUL EXCURSION. Harvey's Lake, Ganoga Lake, Buffalo and "Yes, it's interesting," Arnold answered. "As interesting 88 a novel. A perfect romance. Most vivid and amusing. The writer was a man named John Collingham of Norfolk, the owner and skipper of an English bark. He was taken by the Spaniards off Cape Finisterre and thrown into prison for six months at Cadiz. Afterward he escaped and made his way to Venice, where he wrote this memorial in cipher to the council of ten, whom ho desired to employ him, but what became of him In the end I haven't yet got to. It takes some time to decipher the whole of it." The fire broke out at anout 12:30 Saturday morning It started in the dark room of the photograph gallery at about the center of the bulldin*, on the second floor. Niagara Calls the Principal Points of lute rest Vlslted-Speclal Features of the Inter- IU.TM esting Trip. [CONTINUED. | I]erst)If would have been forrad to admit they wero really most charming. The mamma was as well dressed as could reasonably be expected—that is to say, not much more overdressed than in the nature af things a money lender's wife must be, and her diamonds, Charlie Owen remarked with delight, were greatly noted and commented upon by tho feminine occupants of neighboring boxen. As for Reginald llesslegrave, he felt the evening was what he would himself have described as "a gigantic success." "It's all going off vi'i-v well " be observed, with nervous pride, to Charlie Owen as they paced the corridor, cigarette in mouth, during the Interval between the acts. [From Saturday morning to Monday morning the members of the Lehigh Valley Writers'Club and their friends made the grand tour of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and it was pronounced by all the moat delightful trip that the Club has ever made as a body. For two special reasons, the trip was a notable one—the extent and variety of territory visited and the open handed generosity of the officials of the company in the entertainment of thslr guests throughout the trip. CHAPTER VIII So much smitten was Reggie, indeed, that before the end of the evening, under the expansive influence of that exoellent Veuve Clicquot, he remarked chafflngly to Florrie at a moment when Mrs. Clarke was deep in talk with Charlie Owen, "I tell you what it is, Miss Clarke—or rather Florrie—I shall call you Florrie—some day you and I will have to make a match of itI" Mr. Frits h told the story of its origin to a Gazettb reporter. He said that at about nine o'clock that night, as usual, he went to the dark room to arra ge some pictures upon which he had lCeen working during the previous afternoon. A student's [lamp furnished the light. Mr. Frl'sch, without thinking, placed the lamp oa a table, over which was a shelf and a bottle of alcohol. The heat from the lamp broke the bottle, and the alcohol as it ran down took fire. Mr Frltsch In a very few minutes extinguished the flames, as he supposed, waited about an hour to be aure that all was safe and then went home. It is supposed that the burning oil trickled through the cracks in the floor, of which there were many, set fire to the joists and smouldered until midnight. In London meanwhile Mr. Reginald Hesslegrave, to use his own expressive phrase, was "going it." And few young men with an equally exiguous income knew how to "go it" at tho same impetuous pace as Mr. Reginald Hesslegrave. That very same evening indeed, as he walked down tho Strand arm in arm with his chum, Charlie Owen—the only other fellow in the office who fulfilled to the letter Mr. Reginald's exalted ideal of "what a gentleman ought to be"'—be stopped for a moment opposite the blushing window of a well known sporting paper to observe the list of winners in the first race of the season. Mr. Reginald, as is the wont of his kind, had backed the favorite. He drew a long breuth of disappointment as he scanned the telegram of results. "Amber Witch wins in a canter," he murmured, with marked disgust to his sympathizing companion. "A rank outsider!" DIGRESSES SOMEWHAT. The exercises began shortly after eight o'clock. Principal Stettler acted as president. Prof. Kreb'a orchestra furnished the music, and gave the opening number— an overture—In good style. Prayer was offered by the Rev. E H. Eckei, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church. That was all for the moment. More Important concerns put tho manuscript afterward for a time out of Kathleen's heud, though in the end she had good reason indeed to rememlDer it. However, just then, as soon as they landed, Rufus Mortimer hurried her off to admire the view from the top of the Lido, and he took excellent care she should have no other chance that day of private conversation with Arnold Willoughby. Miss Florrie did not resent this somewhat abrupt and inartistic method of 'sabJUng an Important and usually serious subject. On the contrary, being an en*y 3otag soul, she accepted it as a natural compliment to her charms and smiled at it good humoredly. But she answered none the leas, with a toes of the crisp black curls: "Well, if we're ever to do that, Mr. HeaBlegrave, you must find the wherewithal first, for I can tell you I want a carriage, and a yacht, and a houseboat. The man for my heart is the man with a houseboat. As soon as you're in a position to set up a houseboat, you may invite me to share it with you, and then"—she looked at him archly, with a witching smile—"I may consider my answer*" A pretty piece of music rendered by the High School, under the direction of Prof. Derman, was entitled "Naaman,' (Damascus Triumphal March) Buffalo was reached at 7:30 in the evening. Dinner at the fine new Tifft Hotel, a visit to the opera, and a reception at the oosy rooms of the Balrlo Press Club occupied the time until midnight. she took his hand. "Mr. Mortimer," she said truthfully, "I like you bettor this minute than I have ever liked you. You have spoken like a friend. You have spoken like a gentleman. Few men at such a moment could have spoken as yon have done. Believe me, indeed I am deeply grateful for it." "Thank you," Mortimer answered, brushing his tears away shamefacedly. Americans are more frank about such matters than we self restrained Britons. "But, oh, Miss Hesslegrrve, after all, what poor comfort it is to a man who auks your love, who loves you devotedly!" They turned with one accord and wandered back along the sands in silence toward the rest of the party. So far as Rufus Mortimer was concerned, that picnic had been a dead failure. 'Twas with an effort that he managed to keep up conversation the rest of the afternoon with the mammas of the expedition. His heart had received n very heavy blow, and he hardly sought to conceal it from Kathleen's observant vision. Sad that in this world what is one man's loss is another man's gain. Arnold Willoughy, seeing those two come back silent from their stroll along the sands together, looked hard in Kathleen's face and then in Mortimer's—and read the whole history. He felt a little thrill of pleasure course through his spine like a chill. "Then he has asked her," Arnold thought, "andshe —rshe has refused him. Dear girl, she has refused him I I can trust her after all. She prefers the penniless sailor to the richest man this day In Venice!" It is always so. We each of us see things from our own point of view. Any other man would have taken it hi the same way »a Arnold Willoughby. But Kathleen went home that evening very heavy at heart for her American lover. He was so kind and trae, so manly and generous, she felt hal f grieved in her heart she couldn't have Buid "yes" to him. The party complete was composed of the following: Members of the Writers' Club— Arthur P. MadCftb, Post, Philllpeburg, N. J.; J. J. Smith, Argus, Easton, Pa.; H. W. Thatcher, Free Press, Easton; W. A. Neumeyer, Express, Easton; Alexander Pach, Sunday Call, Easton; B. Rush Field, Express, Easton; T. F. Emmens, Easton; P. F. Enright, limes, Bethlehem; Thomas Qaney, Star, South Bethlehem; 0. D. Hotchkiss, Intelligencer, Doyleatown; Geo. Zimmerman, Chronicle, A lien town; O. S. Hennlnger, Chronicle, Allen town; William Hartman, Item, Allen town; W. K. Mohr, Leader, Allentown; David Miller, Call, Allentown; Al. Relchsnbaoh, Chronicle, Allentown; John McCarthy, Sentinel, Hazleton; P. J. Breelln, Sentinel, Hazleton; J. C. Powell, Sunday Truth, Hazleton. And Charlie Owen, patting his back, made answer emphatically: "Going off very well, man! Why, it's a thundering triumph 1 What a fellow you are, to be surel Ices in the box and everything! Clinking, simply clinking! The eldest son of a duke couldn't have done the thing better. It's made a distinct impression upon the Clarkes, I can tell you." The salutatory was by Mies Cora M. Sickler, who greeted the friends aseembled In a few pleasant and appropriate words, and then read an essay entitled, "Historic Women," which was well prepared. She gave briefly, yet concisely, sketches of Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth, Qaeen Mary, Joan of Arc, Qaeen Isabella, Florence Nightingale, Grace Darling, ard other women who have engraved their names on the pages of history. 11m remainder of the night was spent In the sleepers at the Lehigh Valley station, and seven o'clook Sunday morning found the party bound for Niagara Falls In lta special train over the traoks of the New York Central and Hudeon River Railroad. They lunched al fresco on the summit of the great bank, looking down on the sea to the right, and the long stretch of the shallow lagoon to the left, with the distant towers of Venice showing up with all their spires in the middle distance, and the Jawed range of snowy Alps (tleamlmr wfiite in the background. As soon as tUey had finished Rufus Mortimer managed to get Kathleen to himself for a quiet Btroll along the aea beach. The sand was hard and firm and strewn with seaweed. Here and there a curled seahorse lay tossed up by the tide, and innumerable tiny shells glistened bright like pearls on the line of high water. "Pipped again?" Charlie Owen inquired in the peculiar dialect at which they were both experts. "You think so?" Reggie asked, with a proud flush of satisfaction. The firemen responded promptly to the alarm. By the time they arrived, however, the flames had broken out through the roof. Half a dozen streams were secured, but owing to the peculiar situation of the building, It was some time before the fUmee were located and the streams made to do effeotlve work. When an entrance was gained to the building, however, the flames were extinguished in short order. The day was spent in sight seeing at the Falls, and It was well occupied. Every point of interest at and about the Falls was visited and the programme of the day was brought to a close with dinner at the International Hotel. At 9:30 o'olook In the evening the party started for home, arriving here at an early hour this morning. « "Think so?" Charlie repeated once more. "Why, I can see it with half a glance. Florrie's gone on yon, that's where it is. Visibly to the naked eye, that girl's clean gone on you!" And Reginald Hesslegrave answered: "Pipped again 1 For a tenner!" with niaq ly resignation. He was sustained under this misfortune indeed by tho consoling reflection that the "tenner" he had risked on Yorkshire Lass would come in the end out of Kathleen's pocket. It's a thing to be ashamed of for a gentleman, of course, to have a sinter who is obliged to dabble in paint for a livelihood, but from the practical point pf view it lias Its advantages also. And Reggie found it a distinct advantage during the racing season that he was able to draw upon Kathleen's earnings for unlimited loans, which were never repaid, it is true, but which were described as such in order to save undue wear and tear to Mr. Reginald's delicate feelings. It doesn't "look well" to ask your sister point blank for a present of a £10 potq, but a loan of that amount from time to time to meet a pressing temporary emergency is a form of advance that never grates for a moment upon the most refined susceptibilities. She was a taking little tiling—there wai no denying it. "Very bad style," so the ladies in the stalls remarked to one another as they scanned her through their opera glasses, "but awfully takingl" And Reg" Inald Hesslegrave found her so. From that moment forth It became his favorite day dream that he had made a large fortune at a single stroke—on the turf, of course—and married the owner of the crisp black ourls. So deep rooted did this ideal become to him indeed that he set to work at onoe to secure the large fortune. And how* By working hard day and nlghtand saving and investing? Oh, dear me, nol Such bourgeois methods are not for the likes of Mr. Reginald Hesslegrave, who prided himself upon being a perfect gentleman. By risking Kathleen's hard earned money on the Derby favorite and accepting "tips" as to a "dark horse" for the Leger! Splendid in conception and well delivered was the oration by Howard I. Stewart. The topic was "Concentration or Oneness of Aim," and the orator argued forcefully for this virtue as one rf the most essential to sncoess In life, and to show that true merit wins the battle. Mr. Reginald returned to the box feeling half an inch taller. He knew himself a lady killer, and he noticed with pride that Miss Florrie and her mamma were on terms of bowing acquaintance with a great many people In the stalls and dress circle, the very best people, gentlemen for the most part, it is true, but still a sprinkling of ladles, including among them Mrs, Algy Kedbum, who ought by rights to be Lady Axmlnster. And though the ladles returned Miss Florrie's bows and smiles with a tinge of coldness and seemed disinclined to catch the eagle eye of her minima, who was a stoutish matron of a certain age and uncertain waist, it was an undeniable fact that those who did catch it were for the most part women of title and of social distinction in the fastest set, so that Mr. Reginald felt himself in excellent society. Kathleen felt a little shy with him. She guessed what was coming, but she protended to Ignore it and began in her most conventional society tone," Have you heard that Canon Valentine and his wife are ooming out here to Venice next week to visit usf" At five o'clock the smoulderitfg embers broke Into flames again and the services of the firemen were required to extinguish them The work, however, was not very difficult. The arrangements for the excursion and the entertainment of the party both en ronte and at Niagara were in the hands of Oharlss 8. Lee, the General Passenger Agent of the road, and it is sufficient to say that they were complete. There was Qot a single hitch to mar the pleasure of the trip. Mr. Lee accompanied the exourslon throughout the trip and proved a jolly oompanlon. In the work of entertainment he waa ably assisted by the various division superintendents—Meserp. Mitchell, Ever and Beach—and also by E. B. Byington, the General Western Passenger Agent, who joined the party at Manchester, and who, by reason of his residence in Buffalo, was enabled to help materially in making the visit of the newspaper men at that of the line so enjoyable. Miss Margaret S. Monle recited "The Soul of the Violin." This was a pretty, sympathetic selection, and Miss Monle gave it in good voice and in excellent style, in teresting the andience very mnch, and securing many compliments for her splendid rendition. Invited guests—Charles K. Deacon, P. & R. B. R , Philadelphia; D. J. Gallagher, Olobe, South Bethlehem; P. J. Rimsey, Times, Wllkeebarre; P. S. Rldsdale, News- Dealer, Wilkeebarre; Tallle Evans, 04- ZKTTJC, Pittston; Llvy 8. Richard, Tribune, Scranton; R. M. Scranton, Republican, Scranton; H. F. Seat, Timet, Maneh Ohunk; H. 8. Rlnker, News, Manoh Chnnk, T. F. Barron, Record, Aahland; E. T. Glering, Record, Wllkeebarre; E. B. Mc- Cee, Review, Towanda; W. F. P. Allls, Argus, Easton; W. H. Ran, photographer, Philadelphia; W. 0. Dershuck, Plain- Speaker, Hazleton. Mortimer gazed at her with a oomic little look of quizzical surprise. He had got away alone with her after no small struggle, and he meant to make the best of this solitary opportunity. "Have I heard that Canon Valentine and his wife are comtngf' he asked, with asort of genial Batire In his voice. "Now, do you think, Miss When daylight came the results of the fire con Id be seen. The flames did not the eecond fl Dor, but the entire build Ing and contents were ruined either by fire or water. Mr. Fritsch'a stock inventoried it $2,000, and It 1b a total los4. He car ritd an Insurance of $1,200 in Perrln's agency. Mr. Perrln's Insurance ofiS e Is in bad shape. Many of his books and papers were damaged by fire, and whai escaped the flwnee were soaked with water Mr. Bass's merchant tailoring establish ment was soaked with water, and the stock is badly damaged. The low, how aver, is fully covered by Insurance—$1,400 in Perrln's agency and $1,000 In Flannery't»gency. Mr. Berry's stock was not touchid by fire, but Is badly damaged by water, ie oarried an insurance of $3,000. "Beyond the Alps Lie* Thy Italy" was the title of a well prepared essay by Miss Esther A. Davenport. First describing In picturesque language the trials met in the Alps by the ConquaroiB of Italy, and the success that crowned their perseverance, the'essay led onto other illustrations of the mighty power of steadiness of purpose, and finally wound up In an excellent presentation of the of perseverance as a requisite factor in the successful life CHAPTER IX BY THE BLL'S ADRIATIC. "That's a nuisance," Charlie Owen responded, with a sympathetic, wry face, "for I suppose you counted upon it." As they were leaving tho theater, while Mrs. Clarke and Florrie went off in search of their wraps from the ladies' cloakroom, Reggie drew Charlie Owen mysteriously aside for a moment. "Look bent old fellow," he said coaxlngly In a whispered undertone, buttonholing his friend as he spoke, "you're coming on to supper with us,. Could you manage to lend me a couple of sovereigns for a day or twof" Charlie looked glum. He pursed his under lip. Like Bardolph's tailor, he liked not the security. "What's it for?" he asked dubiously. April in Veoioe, young ladles aver, is "Just too lovely for anything." And Rufua Mortimer utilised one of its just too lovely days for his long deferred project of a plcnio to the Lido. Now, this was exactly what Mr. Reginald had done, after the fashion of tho city olerk who fancies himself as a judge of horseflesh, but he wasn't going to acknowledge it. Lehigh Valley representatives—Charles Lee, General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia; A. W. Monnemasher, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Sonth Bethlehem; E. 8. Byington, General Western Passenger Agent, Buffalo; W. H. Gummere, General Baggage Agent, Sonth Bethlehem; J. H. 3eal, Superintendent Dining Oara, Easton; f. G. Cutter, General Passenger Department, Philadelphia. Do you know the Lido? 'Tis that long natural bulwark, "the bank of sand which breaks the flow of Adrta toward Venloe," aa Shelley calls it. It stretches for miles and miles In a narrow belt along the mouth of the lagoons. On one side lies the ocean and on one the shallow pool of mud banks snd canals. This is the only place near Venice, indeed, where a horse can find foothold, and on that aooount as well as for the sake of the surf bathing it is a favorite resort of Venetians and visitors in spring and summer. The side toward the lagoon rises high and dry in a sort of native breakwater, like the lofty Chesll beach that similarly cuts off the English channel from the shallow expanse of the Fleet iu Dorsetshire. Its opposite front descends in a gentle slope to the level of the Adriatlo and receives on Its wrinkled face the thunderous billows of that uncertain main, Horace's "turbulent Hadria." Hither, then, Rufus Mortimer brought his guests and friends one bright April morning when the treacherous sea was sleeping calmly like a child and no breath of wind from the Dalmatian bills disturbed the tranquil rest of Its glossy bosom. They crossed over partly In Mortimer's vwn private gondola, partly in a hired barca—a hencoop, as Arnold Wllloughby Irreverently called it—from the steps of the "It never does to count upon anything In the glorious uncertainty of racing," he answered, with a bounce, swallowing his disappointment in that resigned spirit which is born of a confident belief that your sister, after all, will have In the end to make good the deficit. "Though, to be sure, I was in need of It, for I've asked Florrie Clarke and her mother to run round to the Gaiety for an hour with me this evening, and I can tell you It comes heavy on a fellow, and no mistake, to settle for the grub for Florrie's mother! She Is a dab at lobster salad 1" [TO BE CONTINUED.) One of the beet numbers on the programme was the recital of "Glnevra," by Miss Jessie Marlon Benedict. This was a pretty love story, and Mies Benedict told It in a touching manner, also showing ex cellent elocutionary training. MEMORIAL DAT. A J tut Man. How It Was Observed In And About The late brands Parkman, the historian, had ""oeaio idea at justice— aa eye for a , a tooth for a tooth. , A friend L him one day walking along the street leading a street boy with either hand. the City. Reggie made a clean breast of it. "Well, the brougham and things have run into a little mors than I expected," he answered, with a forced Bmile, "and of course we must open a bottle of cham, and if Mrs. Clarke wants a second—she's a fish at fixe, I know—lt'd be awkward, don't you see, if I hadn't quite cash enough to pay the waiter." The firemen did splendid work In oon juerlng the flimee in short time, considering the numerous disadvantages under *hich they labored. Ihe E-»gle engine *as at work at the corner of Church and William streets. The usual Memorial Day parade having been dispensed with, the day passed off very qnietly In Plttston and vicinity. As a holiday it was widely observed. All of he mines were idle, as also were most of the other industrial establishments. The grocery stores ou the east side were oloeed U1 day, and the dry goods houses were oloeed from noon on, so that between all most of the people had a day off, and the warm weather brought them ont of the houses to seek the shade of the streets and lawns. If we may judge by the large quantities of flowers that were carried to the oemeterlee by the veterans of the Grand Army and others, the beautiful custom of strewing flowers upon the gravee of the dead was more widely obeerved than asuuaL At the three principal cemeteries an unusually large company of people assembled, and the visitors kept coming and Colng all day, though most numerous of course when the veterans were present. "1 thail always like you very much, Mr. Mortimer." Part second of the programme was opened with an overture by the orchestra 'An Arthurian Romance," an essay by Miss Ella Klntz, was a pretty bit of lmagl nation that showed much care and thought in preparation, being not only happil. conceived but also well written. A splendid train was furnished. It was oomposed of two vestlbnled Pullman sleep ing oars—the "Salonloa" and the "Vrana" —not forgetting the lunoh oar, which was jpen to the party during the entire journey. The dining service of the Lehigh Valley line has but reoently been estabiahed, bat with its excellent management is destined to become another "feature" of he road. HsMlegrrava, 1 planned this picnic to the Lido today and got off with you alone here for nothing else but to talk about that bore, Canon Valentine, and that stick of a wife of hief" "What in the world are you doing, Parkman?" asked his friend. "Then you're taking them to supper afterward?" Charlie inquired, with admlcation. One young fool invariably admires another for his courage and nobility in ■pending the money he hasn't got, to some' body else's final discomfort and detriment. "I found that Johnny here had eaten all of the apple instead of dividing with his little brother. I am going to buy another for the younger boy and make Johnny watch him while he eats it"— Youth's Companion. "It would so, "Charlie responded, screwing up a sympathetic but exceedingly doubtful face. | EXPLOSION AT SOUTH WILKESBABBE "I—I really don't know," Kathleen faltered out demurely. " Do you happen to have a couple of quid about you?" Reggie demanded once more, with an anxious air. Wllliard D. bowe made the hit of the evening In his rendition of "Kissing Cup's Raoe." This was a recitation requiring considerable vocal power as well aa dra matte skill, bnt Mr. Howe came np to tbr eqnirements, and the lond and long ap plauae with which it was received told of the appreciation of the audience. Half a Dozen Men Quite Painfully Burned Mortimer gazed at her hard. "Yen, yon do," he answered at last after a long pause. "You know it very well. You know you're playing with me. That isn't what I want, and you cftn Bee it, Miss Heaslegrave. You can guese what I've come here for. You can gueas why I've brought you away all alone upon the aands." He trembled with emotion. It took a good deal to work Kufus Mortimer up, but when once he was worked up hia feelings ran away with him. He quivered visibly. "Oh, Miss Heaalegrave," he cried, gazing wildly at her, "you must have seen It long alnoel You can't have mistaken It. You must have known I loved yon I I've aa good as told you so over and over again, both in London and here, but never till today have I ventured to ask you. I didn't dare to ask, beoauae I waa so afraid you'd say me nay. And now it baa oome to this, I moat apeak. I must! I can't keep \t back within myself any longer." Every woman la flattered by a man's asking for her love, even when she means to say "no" outright to him, and it waa something for Kathleen to have made a conquest like this of the American millionaire whom every girl in Venice waa eager to be Introduced to. She felt it aa such. Yet she drew back, all tremulous. "Please don't, Mr. Mortimer," she pleaded aa the American tried hard to seize her vaoant hand. "I—I wish you would not. I know you're very kind, but—I don't want you to take it." by Gas. Reginald nodded a careless assent. "To Romano's," he answered, with justifiable pride In the background of his tone. "When I do the tiling at all, I like to do it properly, and Florrie's the sort of girl, don't you know, who's accustomed to see things done in the very beet style, so I mean to go it." An explosion of gas occurred last week n No 3 tunnel of the Lehigh and Wilkes barre Company, at 8CDuth Wilkesbarre. So one was killed, bnt the following were mrned more or less seriously: Arthur Tones, driver, burned about tbe hands; Joseph Williams, miner, burned abont the legs; James Stephens, miner and laborer; William Harking, slight burns on face and hands; Lewis Davis, laborer, slight bnrns on hands; Thomas Jones, miner, and his aborer. Charlie Owen melted. "Well, I have," he answered slowly. "But mind you, I shall want them on Saturday without fail, to pay my landlady. She's a demon for her rent. Raises biases If it runs on. Will insist on it weekly. Can you promise me faithfully to let me have the oof back by Saturday?" The Wyoming and Lackawanna con tlngent joined the excursion at Wilkes barre at 10:15 on Saturday morning, as tlso did Superintendent Alex. Mitchell, of the Wyoming Division; 0. L Bardo, train master of the Wyoming Division; O. O Baser, superintendent of the P. & N. T. Division, and Col. R Bruce R oketts. Miss Ruth Q. Wheeler was valedictorian. She chose for the subject of tier essay "Famous Nights in History. It was a careluil prepared paper and contained numerous interesting bits of French, Spanish and English history ttat happened after night had oast Its shades over the earth. In dosing, Hiss Wheeler addressed words of farewtll to school mates and teachers, in behalf of the graduating claas. "What a fellow yon aret" Charlie Owen exclaimed, with heartfelt admiration.' "After a knock down blow like this, that Would dishearten most chappies!" Reggie drew a sigh of relief. "Honor bright I" he answered, clutching hard at the straw. "It's all square, I assure you. I've remittances coming." "Whew fromf" Charlie continued, not wishing to be hard, but still anxious for "the collateral," aa Florrie'a papa would have put It. Molo. As they passed out of the harbor the view behind them rose even lovelier than usual. That Is the way to see Venice. Its front door 1b the sea—It breaks upon one full face as one looks at It from the Lido. We who arrive at It nowadays by the long and tedious railway embankment over the shallow lagoon hardly retire that we are entering the city of the dogea by Its back door. We come first upon the slums, the purlieus, the Ghetto. But the visitor who approaches the Bride of the Adriatic for the first time by sea from Trieste or Alexandria sees it as ttu makers and adorners intended he should nee It. As he draws sigh shore the great buildings by the water's edge rise one after another before his enchanted eyes. He «ees Fortuna on her golden ball above the Dogana dl Mare, he sees the Tioga's palace with Its arcade and its loggia, he sees the clustered cupolas and spires of St. Mark's, he set* the quaint volutes and swelling domes of Santa Maria della Salute. Then as he neara the Molo the vast panorama of beauty bursts upon him at ouoe in all its detail—the Bridge pf Sighs, the famed Lion Column, St. Theodore on his crocodile, £t. Mark on his airy pinnacle, the Piazzetta, the Piazza, the Campanile, the Clock Tower. He lands by the marble steps and finds himself face to face with the gorgeous pilasters of Sansovlno'H library, the facade of the great ehurch, the porphyry Btatues, the gold alabaster, the bluze of mosaics, the lavish waste of sculpture. With a whirling head he walks on through It all, amazed, conscious of nothing else save a phantasmagoria of glory and thanking heaven in his heart that at last he has seen Venice. Mr. Reginald smiled a deprecatory smile of modest self approval. "Well, I flatter myself lam a bit of a philosopher," ha admitted, with candor, like one who glides lightly over his own acknowledged merits. "Why don't you come too? There'd be room In my box for you." The route westward was over the Har vey's Lake and Bowman's Creek branches, (he main line being reached again at Towanda. The fact that mnoh of Oils section of country is a virgin forest, and the line entirely new to moat of the party lent special interest to this part of the journey. BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER. Medical Item. "Oh, I've telegraphed today to my people at Venice," Reggie responded airily. But "my people" of course vra« a euphonism for "my sister." Mr. Youngdoctor—Last week four of my patients who were down with the grip recovered completely. SuppoHed to Be That of a I'olamler or Huu "Does it run to a box, thenf" Charlie Owen asked, open eyed. On Saturday afternoon, the body of an unknown man, supposed to be that of a Polander or Hungarian, was found in the river at Wilkesbarre. No one claimed It »nd it was buried by the poor directors. gai-ian. And Reggie answered, with an expansive wave or his neatly gloved hand: "Do you suppose I'd ask Florrie and her mother to go In the pitf I Imagine I know how yi do the thing like a gentleman." "And got an answer)1" Charlie insisted. He didn't want to seem mean, but business is business, and he desired to know on what expectations precisely he was risking his money. Mr. Olddoctor—Serves yon good and right Why do yon neglect yonr patients that way? Yon deserve to have them all get well on your handy.—Texas Sittings. The address which preceded the pree nntation of the diplomas to the graduates was delivered by Prof. T. B Harrison, of Wilkesbarre, county superintendent of pnbllc schools in Lnzsine. Prof, Harrison first called attention to the extensive course of study through which the gradu ates had gone during their four years in the High School. He thought that, con t-ldering the extent of the con'se, the graduates deserved the success with which they had met in their graduating •-xerclses. He congratulated the clam npon the consummation of the hopes which they doubtl; ss bad held for years, that of C ccupying the positions of honor at the C ommencement exercises, acd spoke of the event as the dawn of a new era in their lives. Continuing he said that heretofore others have mapped out work for them Now they go out into life and are thrown npon their own resiurcrs He dwelt forcefully upon the point emphasized by one of the graduates—that of concentration of energy—as the keynote of success for a young man or a young woman. The quee tlon asked by the employer is, "What oan yon do ?" The world wants men and women who can do something. Men have gained success along this line in the past, and what men have done men can do agiin. Prof. Harrison then presented the diplomas with the wish that the future of the graduates mty be as successful as have been their four years of High School life. Up the steep grades of the Harvey's Lake Branch the train was taken by a orew composed of Qeorge Rosbrldge, conductor; H tfurphy, engineer; Teddie O'Bourke, firenan; John Coleman, flagman. This was the first train of Pullman ears to pass over the Harvey's Lake branch, and the denizens of that woodland region viewed with openmouthed wonder the magnlfioenoe of the turnout. "Well, of course, If you've got a box," Charlie assented, with alacrity, "one more or less doesn't count. But still—there's the supper!" "Yes, hero it Is," Reggie replied, drawing It out somewhat sheepishly from the recesses of his pocket. He didn't like to show it of course, but he saw too well that on no other terms could tie be spared the eternal disgrace of having to refuse Florrie Clarke's mamma a second bottle of Veuve Clicquot, should she choose to demand it. The Holden Verdict Reversed. "Ah, poor John I" sighed Mrs. Cynicna. "He's been working hard for the last three weeks I" Hard Work. The Pennsylvania Snpreme Court yesterday reversed tbe verdict of the lower court in the case of Holden vs the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. This is the famous case of Rev Mr. Holden against the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. The reverend gen tleman and a lady were driving across the tracks of the company near H«z'eton a number of years ago when their carriage *as strnck and one of Rev. Mr. Holder's legs was so badly injured that amputation was necessary. The case was tried in this county and a verdict of $10,000 was given the plaintiff. Jndge Rice granted a new trial on the ground that the verdict was not in accordacce with the weight of the evidence, and at the second trial a verdict for $10,000 was given. The case was carried to the Supreme Court by ex-Attorney General Palmer, and this verdict has been reversed. Mr. Reginald dismissed the sordid sugonstion with another dainty wave of his well gloved left. " Wben a gentleman **ks another gentleman to sup with him," be observed, with sententious dignity, "it isn't usual for his guests to make Inquiries beforehand as to the cost of the entertainment." After which noble rebuke Chanie Owen felt it would be positively bad man- Hera not to accept with effusion and was Jdst in wonder, delight and awe, as Reggie intended he should be, at the magnanimity of a chappie who after a loss like that could immediately launch out into fresh extravagance by inviting a friend to a quite unnecessary and expensive banquet What a splendid creature the fast young man really is, after all, and how nobly he dispenses unlimited hospitality to all and Bundry times on his relations' money! So that evening at 8 saw Mr. Reginald Hesslegrave in full evening dress and a neat hired brougham stopping at the door of the Gaiety theater to deposit Mrs. Clarke and her daughter Florrie. The party, to be sure, was nothing if not correct, for mamma was there to insure the utmost proprieties, and Miss Florrie herself, who wan a well oonducted young lady, had no Idea of C?4ing anything more decided than accepting a box for nothing as affeotlon's gift from the devoted Miss Florrie's papa was an eminently respectable west end money lender, and Miss Florrie and her mamma were practically used, in the way of business, partly as dpcoy ducks for unwary youth and partly as a means of recovering at once jn presents and enetrtalnments a portion of the money advanced by papa on those familiar philanthropic principles of "note of band at sight, without inquiry, and no security," which so often rouse one's profound esteem and wonder In the advertisement columns of the daily papers. Unfortunately, however, It is found for the most part In this hard business world of purs that philanthropy like this can only De made to pay on tne somewhat exorbitant terms of 60 per cent, deducted beforehand. But Mr. Reginald, as it happened, Was far too small game for either Miss Florrie or her papa to fly at. His friendship for the young lady was distinctly a platonic one. She and her mamma used nim merely as an amiable young fool who Could fill in the odd evenings between more serious engagements, when papa's best clients took her to the opera with mamma and presented her with a brooch or pn amethyst bracelet out of the 40 percent which alofae remained to them from papa's munificence. Not that Miss Florrie's conduct was ever anything but the pink of propriety—with a connection like papa's It was always on the cards that she might 0nil, yylth good Inck, by becoming my lady In lieu of accumulated Interest on bills  hewed, and was it likely that Miss Florrie was going to fling away a first rata chance in life like that by ill timed entanglements jeitb a penniless clerk in a stockbroker's pfflce? Miss Florrie thought not. She knew her pmrkct. worth f«o well for such folly . She might flirt, but she perfectly under stood wfiore to stop fllrtaiton. Meanwhile •he found Mr, Reginald Hesslegrave an agreeable and harmless companion and an excellent wedge of an unobtrusive sort for attacking the narrow opening into certain grades of society. It "looks well" to be seen about with mamma in the company of an excellently connected young man of no means at all. People can never accuse you, then, of unmitigated fortune hunting. "Why don't you work? Don't like it, I suppose." "Liko it? Wry, boss, work with me is n passion, a vice. That is just the trouble. The moment I commence to do a little I cannot leave it alone, and it grows upon me like drink, opium or lawn tennis. That is why I have to make an effort and leave it entirely alone."—Lite. "Ah? What's he driving at?" "Heard a new financial theory and has been hunting a reason for not believing it"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Why not!1" Mortimer asked, drawing back a little space and gazing at her earneatly.A half-hour's steamboat ride on Harvey's Lake lent variety to the trip, and, boarding the train again, the party were off for Ganoga Lake. From Bicketts station, the train is backed up the lake branoh a distance of several milea. Col. Bicketts piloted the party over the board walk to his Ganoga Lake Bouse—a fine stone building of old fashioned s'yle, having been built half a century ago—and thenoe by mesne of a path through the forest to Cliff View, five-eighths of a mile from the hotel. Charlie ran his eye over the telegram. It was short, but satisfactory: His Reasoning. Entirely disapprove. Am sending the money. This la the last time, flemexuber. KilBLBI. "8be always says that," Mr. Reginald Interposed in an apologetio undertone. "Oh, dear, yes, I know, It's a way they have," Charlie responded, with a tolerant smile, aa one who was well acquainted with the strange fads of one's  "How much did you ask her forf" "Because," Kathleen answered, finding it hard indeed so to phrase her feelings as not unnecessarily to hurt the young man 'a, "I like you very much—as a friend—that is to say—but I could never love you." "You thought you could once," Mortimer replied, with a face of real misery. "I could see you thought it once. In Venioe here last year you almost hesitated, and if your mother hadn't shown herself so anxious to push my interest with you I really believe you wonld have said 'yea' then to me. What has made the difference now? You must—you must tell me." Mrs. Figg—Dear mel You never come into the house without making an attack on that dish of doughnuts. Tommy—Yes, maw; a home ran doesn't count unless a feller hits the plate, you know. —Indianapolis JournaL Mrs. Greeley's Discipline. "While I have the floor," said Amos Cummings while in a story telling mood the other day, "I might as well tell a story abont Horace Greeley. I worked with Greeley for years. He always called me 'Asa* — never could remeipber 'Amos.' One day I went out to see Greeley at Chappaqua about some newspaper business. The old gentleman saw me coming as he stood looking out of the window and opened the door himself. Moderate Calisthenics. There is not much exercise in sewing on buttons, but it is bettor than none at all—Galveston News. HA tenner," Mr. Reginald responded. Charlie Owen drew the oolns with slow deliberation from his dress waistcoat pocket. "Well, this is a debt of honor," he said in a solemn voice, handing them over Impressively. "You'll pay me off of course before you waste any money on paying bills or landlords and such like." This was the view upon which the occupants of Rufus Mortimer's gondola looked back with delighted eyes that April morning. But this was not all. Behind and above it all the snow capped chain of the Tyrolese Alps and the hills of Cadore rose fairylike In a semicircle. Their penciled hollows showed purple, their peaks gleamed like crystal In the morning sun. Cloudless and clear, every glen and crag pinked out by the searching rays, they stood silhouetted In pure white against the solid blue sky of Italy. In front of thein St. Mark's and the Campanile were outlined In dark hues. 'Twas a sight to rejoice a painter's eyes. Arnold Willoughby and Kathleen Hesslegrave sat entranced as they looked at It. This magnificent view deserves more than passing mention. It is one of the features—perhaps the feature—of a trip to Ganoga. Standing on a high cliff, and looking down tiie Fishing Creek canon, noted as being the rendeivous of deserters from the draft in the days of the Civil War, the eye on a clear day takes in points from G5 to 70 miles distant, including portions of the oountles of Sullivan, Wyoming, Lackawanna, Monroe, Luzerne, Carbon, Columbia, Schuylkill and Northumberland. Ganoga Is 2,319 feet above the level of the sea, and la 46 miles from Wilkeebarre. The ereotlon of a fine new hotel of modern design is contemplated, on a rising bit of ground opposite the present hotel. The party were photographed on the cliff, paid a brief visit of inspection to the pretty little 1 g s atlon of Ganoga, and very eoon had returaed to Bicketts and were once more spinning along toward Towanda, through deep forests, with ever ohanglng scenery and widely varying grades. "I hardly know myself," Kathleen answered truthfully. A Distinction. "But I must hear it," the American answered, placing himself In front of her in an eager attitude. He had all the chivalrous feeling of his countrymen toward women. Rich as he was, he felt, and rightly felt, it was a great thing to ask such a girl as Kathleen Heaslegrave for the gift of her heart, and having wound himself up to make what for him waa that fatal plunge he must know the worst forthwith. He muat learn once for all then and there whether or not there waa any chance left for him. So be stood with clasped hands, repeating over and over again: "You must tell me, Miss Heaslegrave. I have a right to know. The feeling I bear toward you gives me a claim to know It." "In all my career," said tho eminent statesman, "I can say that I have never done anything to be ashamed of.'' Reggie slipped the two sovereigns Into his trousers pocket with a sigh of relief. "You area brick, Charlie!" he exclaimed, turning away quits happy and prepared, na la the manner of Buch young gentlemen in general, to spend the whole sum recklessly at a single burst on whatever first offered, now he was relieved for the moment from his temporary embarrassment. For it is the way of your Reggies to treat a loan as so much cash in band, dropped down from heaven, and to disburse it freely on the nearest recipient In light hearted anticipation of the next emergency. The supper was universally acknowledged to be the success of the evening. It often is, In fact, where the allowance (it Veuve Clioquot is sufficiently unstinted. Mrs. Clarke was most affable, most Increasingly affable, and as to Miss Florrie, a pretty little round faced Ingenue, with a vast crop of crisp black hair, cut short and curled, she was delightful company. It f , " 'Corno in here, Asa,' he said in hia high, mealy tones as he led me into a fashion of parlor. Shenandoah's Big Blaze. "Youmean,"sneeredthecynio, "that you have never done anything you were, ashamed of."—Indii.napolis Journal. Fire destroyed an entire block of buildings at Sbenandoab Saturday. The burnec? district lnclndae the Kahlbach building, oc cupled by A P. Taber, meat market; Charles Badzewlez, general store; J. F. Ploppert, bakery; and a saloon; M. Carl's meat market; Miss Heleenberger, fancy store; Robert T. Knight, grocery, and James McElhenny's cafe. On North White street, Otto Carl's and Charles Tltman's balldlngs were burned. Other properties destroyed were the Keening Herald office and several tenements The loss Is estimated at $80,000 on property and $66,000 on stook. The total Insurance Is only $4,600 j "I followed him into the room, and iih I was going to remain only a moment laid my hat, gloves and cane on a center table. Greeley and I had just immersed ourselves in a talk when Mrs. Greeley swept into the room. Now, Mrs. Greeley wua what one might call a spirited woman. The moment she entered the door her eyes fell indignantly on my troussoau as I'd piled it up—liat, gloves and stick—on the tab la Without a word, and before I could speak to her, she swooped on the outfit like a hawk, and the next moment threw them out of the window. Boys oennmob oi reace. School children are proverbially original in many of their utterances. In the grammer department of the West Middle school the teacher was examining her young charges in history. Pennsylvania and its founder, William Penn, weiv tinder discussion. She told the little ones that Penn was a disciple of peace, and finally asked: "Can any of you tell me what 'peace' means?" Interspersed through the programme were a number of pretty acd appropriate musical selections, which were well rendered by the High School under the direction of Prof. Derman. Nothing rouses the emotional side of a man's nature more vividly thun to gaze at beautiful things with a beautiful woman. Arnold Willoughby sat by Kathleen's side and drank It all In, delighted. He half made up his mind to ask her that very day whether, if he ever could succeed In his profession, she would be willing to link her life with a poor marine painter's. He didn't mean to make her Lady Axminster. That was far from his mind. He would not have cared for those "whose mean ambition nims at palaces and titled names," as George Meredith has phrased tt. But he wanted to make her Mrs. Arnold'WMoughby"I can't tell you myself," Kathleen replied, a little faltering, for bis earnestness touched her, as earnestness always touches women. "I shall always like you very much, Mr. Mortimer, but I can never love you." The exercises were oloerd with the benediction by the Rev. Mr. Ec el. "I oaa, teacher," breathlessly exclaimed a little fellow. "Well, and what does 'peace' mean?" "It means 'no sorappln,' w responded the boy.—Hartford Poet. A SERIOUS MINE FIRE. "Then sho left the room, without pausing for speech, as one who had taught somebody that the hall was the place for hats nnd canes and similar bric-a-brac. I was inclined to get a trifle hot—a man naturally might who sees his hat pounced upon and cast into the shrubbery—but before I could get up or say a word Greeley stretchod out his hand in a deprecatory way and cheered me with tho remark: Several Hundred Feet of a (langway in the A Good Record. "Do you love somebody else—will y#u tell me that?" the young man aaked almost fiercely. I'urt Itowkley Mine Abliue. Derangements of the kidneys and liver lead to Impoverishment of the blood, from which spring many troublous maladies that ''never get well of themselves." If you have any suoh affections you cannot too speedily seek the aid of Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. Its efficacy has been demonstrated by thousands of cures performed in the practice of Its discoverer loDg before It was put forth as a proprietary medicine. No more deserved y popular medicine was ever offered to the public and none has achieved, by It}merit, greater popularity. The Endeavored aboard the Charleston are founding a Beam an ks mission at Nagasaki, Japan. Christian Endeavor Notes. There is a serious fire in the Wyoming colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Oom pany at Port Bowkley. It broke out last Friday morning and was caused by a Polish miner setting off a gas feeder In his breast The Ignorant Pole becoming alarmed after vainly trying to extinguish the flames, made his way out of the mine without reporting the fire. By the time the officials were notified of the fire, the flam-w had made great headway, and despite every effort made to combat them continued to spread until at midnight about 400 qj tSf*0 feet of the passage way wag blading. A* a result of the firCj j\n explosion ooeumd on evening, and Patrick Jf *niddy, mine foreman, and, Morgan BevaD, a tlmberman, were badly burned. Mr Duddy also had his hip fractured by a fail of roof. Kathleen hesitated and was lost. "I— I don't know myself, Mr. Mortimer," sho answered feebly Along the line the lnmber industry at tracted attention. Several little aettietrents derive their rapport from the saw mills and lumbet transporting work. Noxen la a picturesque little village on the mountain height. The Denver societies have been conducting a revival that has resulted in graoious showers of blessing to the whole city. Mortimer drew a long breath. "Is it Wilioughby?" he asked at last, with a sudden turn that half frightened her. As they crossed over to the Lido he wan full of a now discovery ho had made a few days before. A curious Incident had happened to him. In huutlng among a bunale of papers nt his lodgings which his landlady had bought to tie up half kilos of rice and macaroni, he had come, it apupon a wonderful manuscript. He dly knew himself at the time how Important this manuscript Wtyt to become to. hlin hereafter, but he was It, all the same, as a slugulttr discovery. "It's written in Italian," he said to Kathleen—"that's the funny part of it, put still it peems (t's by sailor, Jt's Immensely interesting—a narrative of hDs captivity in ppniu and his trial Jjiy the tpgui&ititin, for Htanding up like a man for her gracc's claim to the throne of England." Kathleen began to cry. "Mr. Mortimer," she exclaimed, "you have no right to try to extort from me a secret I have never told yet to auybody—hardly even to myself. Mr. YVllloughby nothing more than a frleud and it companion to me." " 'Never mind her, Asa. Sho thought they were mino.' York. Pa., has between 20,000 and 80k000 inhabitants, and one out of every eight of these is a Christian Enduavorer. The most important station along the line Is Bernice, the center of the semianthracite mines whloh are included in the district of Mine Inspector McDonald, of Pittston. It is a typical mining town, with bavren surroundings, Towanda 1s thirty miles distant. "Afterwqfd, however," concluded Cnmniings, "when I recalled what Ureeley's hat used to look like. I had mj doabta. "—-Washington Post There is a prosperous Christian Endeavor society in a Kansas insane asylum. It is composed of the officers and attendants and represents six denominations.But the American read her meaning through her words for all that."Wllloughbyl" he cried—"Willoughby I It'a Willoughby who has supplanted pie 1 wan half afraid pf ' fie paused irresolute for a Inoment. Tbw\ he w&it lDh much lower. "I ought to hate him for this, Miss Hesslegrave, but somehow I don't. Perhaps It Isn't iq my blood. But I like him and admire him. I admire bis courage. I admire your courage for liking him. The worst of it is I admire yqu, too for having the simple honesty to prefer him to me- under all the circumstances. I know you are doing right. I can't help admiring it. That penniless man against American millious! But you have left my heart poor—oh, so poor, so poor I There was one thing In life upon which I had fixed It, and you have given that to Wil loughby, nnd, Miss Ilesslegrave, I can't even quarrel with you for giving it!" Steitons Trolley Accident. A car on the Schuylkill Electric Railway, W.lth seven passengers and the crew on boaid, jumped the track near Mill Creek, Saturday evening, and plunged Into the Schuylkill riye;. One of the passengers was fatally Injured and the others received severe Injuries and a heavy shock. Cyclone In Seranton. A heavy rain storm, which passed over Soranton late Sand ay afternoon, was accompanied by a small cyclone cohering a strip of ahont sU blocks along Keyser avenue. Several houses were badly damaged, outhouses destroyed and two barns were blown over, one being carried by the high wind fully 100 yards. While the  was at its height, lightning struck a house at Hyde Park In which Mr. and Mrs Jonn Qerrlty and her brother were seated abont a table. The husband was not harmed, the brother was stunned and Mrs. Qeirlty was so badly shocked that she died in five minutes. The Boohester lopal union has established a Christian Home bureau that is doing admirably in providing respectable boarding places for the young people who go to the city as strangers. Securing a fresh engine, the party took a new start. A sudden change In the character of the oountry through whloh the part/ were passing attracted considerable attention. Dropping down a heavy grade, the barrenness of Bernice was exohanged for a rich agricultural region, delightful to look upon—broad fields of fine grain and grass, with fruit orehards and neat oountry dwellings dotting the landscape. And now they report a Christian Endeavor society in connection with the Y. M. C. A. The news comes from Kansas City, where a junior society of 15 members has been formed among the yonnger boys of the association. Assistant Qenexal Superintendent Isaac Votst$r and the dlstrlot superintendents are on the ground, and are doing everything In their power to oonqner the flames. They hope to get the fire out without fl Doding the mine. The fire and the explosion created considerable excite ment in the neighborhood of the mine. Wreck on the Moutvose Kail road. Charlie ran his eye over the telegram, was ber role in life to flirt, and she did it for the love of it. Reginald Hesslegrave was a distinctly good looking young man, very well connected, and sue really liked him. Not of course that she would ever for n moment have dreamed of throwing herself away for life on a man without the means to keep a carriage, but Miss Florrio was one of those modern young ladies who ulerolv dissociate thalr nersonal likes "What's the date of itf" Kathleen asked, not knowing or not catching the spe cial Elizabethan tinge of that phfasQ hwf grace, instead of her majt-aty Spreading rails caused a wreck on the Montrose Railroad between 8pringville and Diwock last week. The passenger train bound for Tunkhannock ran down an embankment, striking a large tree. The passenger ooaoh and the express oar were both badly wrecked. No one was injured. "Oh, Elizabeth, of course," Arnold an»«rereCi lightly. "Suoh a graphic story I And the queerest part of it all is It's written in cipher." A Christian Endeavor society reoently celebrated the one hundredth birthday of its oldest member. The othct young people presented him 'with a substantial purhe as a token of their esteem. Trulj Christian Endeavor never grows old. Rounding an exceedingly sharp curve, Dushore soon comes to view—a central gem in this beautiful and fertile valley. There is an a'r of neatness about the town that catches the eye, and the well kept : "Then how did you make it out?" Kathleen asked admiringly. To her mind it seemed a perfectly astonishing feat that any man should be able to decipher such a Home seekers excursions—one lowest limited, flrot-olase fare for the round trip nqnlre of agents of the Nickel Plate Road. Miss Fiorrie and her mamma were most fhannimr that eveninv. Mrs. Jlesslesrruve Kathleen leaned forward toward him anxiously. "Oh, fur heQveu'g sake," she Pure blood is the secret of health. Burdock Blood Bitters insure pure blood.