Pittston Gazette

              HST.MSMSIIKIMKSO. Iy VOI-. ALV. NO. IS* I Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. 1'ITTSTON, U'ZKKNK CO., l'A., FRIDAY. JULY 12, 18(15. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. r'STSMW" rjjS- " if amy annex the richest American tn.it moment in London. Most characteristic!!.'ly, too, Reggie thought of it all entirely from that one point of view. It wasn't really a question of a husband for Kitty, but of an eligible brother-in-law for Reginald Ilesslegrave.Kathleen cried, clasping her. hands, not without a certain internal tinge of pride, after nil. that Reggie should at least have behaved like a gentleman. '1 could never be out of love with the other," ICathU 'ii fal . red, half wavering. HKAUllFL'L SHAWANESE LAKE PROMOTION FOR ALEX. BRYDEN SUNDAY MORNING TRAIBY. OPENING OF TENT CAMPAIGN 3 "That's quite unimportant," Reggie answered, with etj'ial frankness. "As tongas you feel jon can marry Mortimer, I'd leave the other man tostand his even chance, like laiuie in the poem. You wouldn't lie the first woman -nor the liist, by a long chalk —who has m«"ried Tier second liest and jogged along very well with him." Reggie drew himself up once more and looked important, lie stroked iti* mustache still more fondly than Consciousness of rectitude shone from every line in his sleek, round f.'ice. Recent Improvements Mad« by the Appointed Superintendent of Miniug for the Pennsylvania C ai Co. Cassie I'odwII Accideo'ally Kills Mrs. | Evangelist Scbiwrea Begiis Work Catharine Kelly on Carroll street, f on the West Side. Lehigh Valley Company. CITAPTER XX. A FAMILY COUNCIL. -X?arrwiwTEP iJM |TMD1|T«LU» Reggie entered the room in the best of high (spirits. They were confirmed by observing that Ivitty had tears in her eyes— ftn excellent sign. She had evidently been crying. Hence Mr. Reggie acutely concluded that Mortimer must have proposed to her and been refused for the moment, though not of course necessarily in a definitive fashion. Reggie was dimly aware, to be sure, as ft brother may be, that there was somebody at Venice, and he had drawn for himself the vague and formless inference that this somebody, as he mentally put it, in his own dialect, had failed to come up to the scratch wllh Kitty; hence these weepings. But, then, girls are so stupid. If the fellow at Venice couldn't lie brought to propose, why, it was clearly Kitty's duty, for her family's sake, to accept at once so eligible an offer as Rufus Mortimer's, especially when a brother could say, with Reggie, "La famille, e'est mol." Then her proper course shone forth with peculiar obviousness. "Why, of course I have,'-' he answered. "What else could a fellow do? I hope I'm a gentleman. I went to her at Rutland Gate—telegram down to the city, 'Come at once—deepest distress—must sec you— Florrie'—and there, I found the poor dear child in an agony of misery, crying and tearing her hair—which is short .and black audone of her chief attractions. Seems she was just thrown overboard by a wretch of a cavalryman, whom her father and mother had compelled her to accept against her will instead of me. 'Florrie,' said I, forget him and come hack to the arms of your own true lover.' She flew to ine like a bird and nestled on my shoulder. 'I'd marry you,' said I, 'if your father was ten thousand times a fraudulent bankrupt.' And marry her I just did. So there's the long and the short of it." "I'm afraid that's true," Kathleen responded, sighing. And indeed it was. 'Tis the tragedy of our century. NOW AN IDEAL PICNIC GROUND, HEADQUARTERS TO BE IN DUNMORE. AN EXCEEDINGLY SAD AFFAIR. GOOD MEETINGS HELD ON SUNDAY. "Well, I'm going soon," Reggie observed, starting up with a theatrical air. "And if yon should happen to hear the newsboys calling out tomorrow morning, 'Shockin suicide of a gentleman from Waterloo bridge,'don't lot it give you a turn. I'm not worth bothering about." A Fine Trnrk for Rar«* Jnut Finished A Responsible and Influential P sit ion, Evidencing the Trust Reposed In Mr. liryden—The Districts Rearranged, Assistant Superintendent Ho ran Coining Rack to Flttston. Discovering a Loadetl Revolver in Her Urge Audiences Present Mid Much later- and Other Improvements In this Line Brother** Pocket, the Young Woman ext. Manifested—The Prospects Good for a Successful Campaign--Meetings Kvery Kvenlng This Week. Contemplated That Will Make the I.nke a Splendid Flare for Athletic Thoughtlessly Discharged the Weapon and the Bullet .Struck Mrs. Kelly in the Games. Heart. When the Lehigh Valley R-tllroad Comply purchased a large tract of land at Shawar eee, or as it la commonly called, Harvey's Lake, It was a lncky investment that will bring large returns in the near future. Superintendent Mitchell was responsible for the purchase in Dhe first place and he is sparing no pains to make the tract "a thing of beauty and a joy forever." It is safe to say that In a very short time Shawanese L ike will be the most popular excarsion and pleasure resort In Pennsylvania. This is attested by the large number who were at the lake last Thursday. Important changes are taking place In the official oorpa of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. George B. Smith, of Dnnm tte, having been chosen general anperintendent of the company, a new poeltlon to be knowu as superintendent cf mining har been oreatad, with headqaarters in Dulmore. Alexander Bryden, of this olty, for many years assistant su]Derintendent of the company here, has been promoted to this position, and will have mil charge of all the mining operations of the company. As will be seen, the position is one of responsibility and lnfluenoe, and it is evidence of the trust reposed in Mr. Bryden that he haa been called to fill it. The only feature of the change which finds disfavor with Mr. Bryden's many friends here Is that his promotion will necessitate his removal to Danmore with his family. The transfer of Mr. Bryden renders necessary a change in the districts of the assistant superintendents. It la understood that Anthony Horan, assistant superintendent, now reaiding In Dunmore, will remove back tr Pitta ton, and that he will have Immediate charge of all collieries hereabout, exoept No. 6 and No. 14, which will be added to the distrlot of Assistant Superintendent James Toung, of Dunmore. Andrew Bryden remains aa superintendent of the Pitteton District. Ooe of the mddest affairs that we have been called uiDon to chronicle in a long time took place under peculiar circumstances Snnday morning between the hoars of 6 and 7 o'clock, when Mrs, Catharine Kelly, a widow lady residing with her sister In-law, Mrs Kate Kelly, at the upper end of Carroll street, and aged •boat 58 years, was accidentally shot and instantly killed by Oassle Connell, a young lady of about twenty yeats, who worked In the Alpine mill) and resided two doors be low the Kelly home. The tent evangelistic campaign, to be toi duct d here by Evangelist Hohtverea, wa« started Sunday nndac very favorable conditions. Two meetings vara held l« the tent on Lnztrne avenue, and oa both o 'c tf-ions there were large andi«MD f and mn ih Interest ws manifested. KvangeHet luvtuiui'i i-ui iCt to iti'i lit' nnA nwe like a woman tnan a man in his syrn- CHAPTER XIX. bk-enteh moutimkb. "Reggie," Kathleen cried, clinging to him, "you mustn't go like that. I'm afraid to let you go. You make me so frightened. Promise me you'll do nothing silly till you've seen me again. If you will, I'll think it over and try what I can to help you. lint you must promise me faithfully. Oh, R.'-Cgie, do promise me!" "You've I on pressing this trouble down unconfcs-.-C1 in your own heart,'Miss llesslegrave," he : .lid, with strange candor, yet ht range pent Jcuess of manner, for he cairte from one of thaeold Pennsylvania Quaker families in which a certain fendnine tenderness of nnuire may almost lDe reckoned as a hereditary possession. "You've lDecn pressing it down too long—till the repression has done you harm. It has told on your health. Why not confide in me frankly? You know me well enough to know that if there is any way in which it's possible for me to help you I shall be more than repaid by the consciousness of having serveA you." pat by It's an easy enough matter getting mar- Bled in London when you're carrying a special license for the purpose in your jiocket. It smooths over the ingenious obstructions placed by English law in the way of matrimony, and Ileggie, having once decided to perform, as he thought, this magnanimous action, saw no reason why he should not "I don't know whether I can," Reggie responded dubiously. Schiverea, after a rest In Florida daring • portion of the winter, la in llrnt hialtfr and spirits, and la even mora enargetie aad forcef ol in his work than last season. "You acted quite right," Kathleen said, unable to resist a woman's natural approbation for the man who follows the impulse of his 1 letter nature. "You must," Kathleen exclaimed. "Oh, Reggie, you frighten me! Do promise me you won't, and I'll try to think it orer." perform it at once, now the crisis had come, with the utmost expedition. So he dispatched an imaginative telegram to the office in the city next morning announcing (with a lovely disregard of historical truth) that he was prevented by serious indisposition from attending to his work in Capel court that day, after which little excursion Into the realms of fiction he met Florrie by appointment at the church door, where, accompanied only by Charlie Owen, who undertook the arduous duty of giving away the bride, he was duly married at St. Mary Abbott's Kensington to blushing little Florrie in her plain white flannel. (It came In quite handy, Florrie said, to be married in.) He announced yesterday that every night this week he will oondnot meetings la the Reggie seized his one chance. This was the thin end of the wedge. "Well, I'll wait till tomorrow, and then I'll see you again," Reggie auswered doggedly. "Hut, mind, I only say till I see you tomorrow." So Reggie entered his sister's room in the familiar fraternal mood of the man who isn't going to put np with any feminine nonsense. "So I think," liesaid complacently. "And now the question is, IIow the dickens am I to pull through? I mean what's to be done about ways and means? For of course, as you justly say, if I can't support myself, far less can I support myself aud Florrie also." lilse Oonnell's brother was the poeseeeo: of a 22-calibre revolver which she fount In his pmket. Fearing lest he would d( Himself bodily harm, »he thoughtlessly want ont on tha back porch and emptlec the revolver whloh contained two shots across Into lira. Kelly's lot. The first sho struck a fence, and just as Mrs. Kelly wai leaving an ont building, Miss Oonnell firec the second shot, which struct her, taking effect in the right breast. With a scream, lira. Kelly dropped to the gronnd dead, having been killed instantly. tent, and that on Saturday availing the , meeting will be for mm only. On iMfday, Wednesday, Thursday wl N|f afternoona fiom 8&H) 4uJ0 he will • tflble talk in the tent, to which the paMb are invited. Next Sanday morning at Am o'clock there will be a euarleeeerviea. "W» are here for work," aald the ImplM. The singing la In charge oI Mr. VtlMa, i yonng man with a pleaalng votoa and style, ad will be made a feature of tha mestta^L. In the Mr. Bohitswa M Kathleen trembled all over. "Very well, dear," sho answered. He was her only brother, and with that wonderful tie of blood which binds us all to the foolishest or worst of mankind she was very fond of him. In company with Superintendent Mitch ell and Chae. Law, a Gazette reporter visited the place yesterday. All who have not been at Shawaneae within a year or two will be surprised at the numerous changes that have taken plaoe within that period. In the first piaoe, to reach the lake yon travel through as pretty a section of oountry as can be found here about. The temperature is at all times such as to make your stay comfortable as far as the weather Is concerned. ▲ freeb breC zn is always coming acroes the beautl ful sheet of water. "You're too good, Mr. Mortimer," Kathleen answered, tho tears rising fast to her blinded eyes. "I haven't deserved this from you. Rut yon don't understand. You never could understand. For—well, for his sake, I could never explain this matter to anybody. You see, it would be a real breach of confidence. There are points I can't explain, because—they're his secret." Kathleen treated him rather coolly. In point of fact, having just been deeply stirred, she was in no mood at the moment for receiving Reggie. She kept her eyes as much averted from her brother as possible and strove to prevent them from catching Reggie's at awkward angles. Still Reggie could see very well that she had been crying and could observe from her manner that she was a good deal agitated. That was all most satisfactory. He dropped into an easy chair with a careless, fraternal air, and thinking It best to blurt the whole thing out at once without needless prologue he looked across at her narrowly as be uttered the enigmatical words: "But you should have thought of that beforehand," Kathleen put iu, drawing back. It betran to strike her that after all Reggie turned from thf threshold with his hand on the doorplate. "Oh, by the way," he said casually, "you don't happen to have such a thing as a couple of sovereigns you could lend me—just for Florrie's immediate necessities, bread and cheese and so forth—till we've decided this question, and I know whether I'm to to over the bridge or not, and whether her address In future is to be Eensington workhouse?"' C! Reggie was aware that he was performing a noble and generous Act, and he looked fully conscious of it. As for Florrio, she thought nobody had ever been so heroic and bo chivalrous as Reggie, and she felt prouder that morning in her simple white frock, with her stockbroker's clerk, than if she had married the commander in chief himself, let alone a mere captain in a distinguished cavalry regiment. "And yet he has left you," Rufus Mortimer exclaimed, "while I—oh. Miss Result-grave'." He looked at her and held his peace. He was more in love with her than ever. afternoon, for hie text Tew (ran Lnke It Hw parable of the man who spread • M and Invited apeolal gueata, one* made excuse, the master finally oMhg a general Invitation to the faaat. Aa |d -et who refused to ooma becanaa ha kail purchased a piece of ground the KvaagetM said, "It is a good thing to hnva gwit bnt it isn't when it oomea between Mh and God. It's aU right aa hag aa It lu—fl Interfere with one's service to God. M all wrong when it does." Aa to the aa* who excused himself f ran the faaat hecause he had been married, the Bvanfsltt said, "That man might better bate remained a bachelor. I believe thai God ihonld be at every wedding. Young peopla should see to it that they secure only thai companionship which will lead than on to everything noble and grand." Che Evangelist then elaborated npon theee three points: "God's great love toward alnfnl man; man's gwal responsibility aa a Christian; the naaaved man's privilege and opportnntty." Mr. Schlverea drew a yivid pictnrs of the sufferings and sacrifioea of Jeaua Ohrlat, and dwelt at length on the happtnaas issmlttag from a true Christian lite, and the open ness of the invitation which Ohrlat srtssala to his feast. "The feast la free," aald he. "Thank God for that Ianao glad that the rich can't bny it. If they coald. they would soon have a corner in grace, and where wonld we email fry bat 1 thaah God that lt'a out of the handa of tha ilaki All people can come. Like tha maatar ot the feast, God sends out hie eervaata to give the invitation." In wmalaahm ho dwelt on the dnty of Ohrlatiana to wock, the commands being: "1st, Go oat. Sd, Go out quickly. 8d, Give the invitation in a simple manner—Oome, tha faaat k ready." Miaa Connell was horrified when she die covered what she had done, acd hastened to the relief of the unfortunate woman, as ilso did Mrs Kelley's sister-in-law, who bad heard the scream from the house, 8he was lifted tenderly from the ground and o irried into the honse. Kathleen rose and faced him, "Hear Mr. Mortimer," she said, with a faiut tremor in her voice, "we are no longer boy and girl. Why shouldn't I speak freely to you? You are very, very kindmore kind t han I deserve—but you mustn't talk like that to me. I love him still. I mustn't allow any other man to say such things to me alwut him. I like you, oh, ever so much for all your kindness and sympathy, but I can't listen to you when you talk like that of his conduct. Please, please don't do it!" "Well, Kitty, I've come to receive your congratulations." Kathleen pulled out her scanty puree, now entirely replenished by her own earnings an an artist, and drew from it two sovereigns, which she handed him regretfully. Sue had made up her mind a hundred times over already she would never lie silly enough to lend him money again, and here, for the hundred and first time, she found herself doing it. The land in and abent Shawanese Is ad mlraolyenited for picnic purposes. The ground is oovered with handsome and ntately trees, which have been left as Nature has seen fit to make them. Here and there are swing, titter totteTfl, trapeze, 4prlcg boards, bars and everything with which to occupy one's time in endleea enjoyment. & large well has been dug, from whloh excellent cool water Is obtained in »ny quantity. The pavilion is the largest hereabouts and is of rnstlo appearance. The -teste were arranged with an eye to the uomfort of the people Many refreshment Tooths are to be fonnd and also tables for the family dinner. "Congratulations!" Kathleen responded, taken aback. "On what, my dear boyf Have they raised your salary?" As soon as the ceremony was over and Charlie Owen had evaporated, Reggie began to reflect seriously upon the lions in the path—the question of wnys and means —the difficulties of supporting a wife and family. Stern critics might suggest that It was perhaps a few minutes late for taking that branch of the subject into consideration, but being now a married man Reggie determined to face the duties of the situation as became his heightened dignity. He made up his mind at once to look out for some better paid post and do his best to earn an adequate livelihood for Florrie. Meanwhile, however, and just as a temporary expedient, be decided to ask a little passing assistance from his sister Kitty. "Not they," Reggie answered smilingly. "Catch 'em at Itl That's alll They never appreciate modest merit. Besides, I don't take much stock in stockbroking. The game ain't worth It, except of course for principals. No Kitsy, It isn't that. It's something more important." He caressed his mustache. "Can't you guess, he said, "what a man's most likely to ask his sister to congratulate him on?" Miss Connell was much affected at the result of her carelessness, and all that Bht jonld say was that she didn't think anyont *as aronnd at that early honr. the wll llngly gave herself up to "Squire Gibbon* acd Offioer Pender and after a hearing was oommitted to the oounty jail. A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. "Tiiiiiiks." Keggie said, with careless ease, dropping them into his waistcoat pocket, as though money were nothing to him. "Wi ll, good evening, Kitsy. Think it over !)D• yourself and don't let your sentimental fancy drive your brother to despair. That's nil 1 beg of you." Dr. Ben. Sevan Loaei His Bight Hand by the Explosion of a Giant Cracker, Mortimer leaned back again in his chair and looked hard at her. A very sad accident befel Dr. Ben. Bevan, of the West Side, on the Fburth of July. With others, be wa» setting off fireworks In front of the Vienna Dining Booms, on Sonth Main street, when a giant oraoker which he had lighted preparatory to throwing it into the street, exploded in his right hand, rhe effects of the explosion were awfnl Dr. Bevan'» hand was torn to fragments and his body and neck In various plaocs were painfully oontused. The large plate glass window in the dining room wa* also broken. The Doctor went to the Hospital, of which he is attending physician, and there the remnants of the hand were amputated at the wrist joint, Drs. lfcFad den and McKown performing the operation. The Doctor was very weak after the operation, bnt rallied within a few hours, and this morning his condition was as good as oould be expected. "If you wish it." he answered, "I'M speak, or I'll Iw silent. Your will is law to u& I will do ns you wish me. But I didn't come here to plead for myself today. All that shall be buried. Only let me know whether it would help you to see hiimigain. If it would, I'll hunt him out, though I have to tramp on foot over Kurope to do it." "The fact Is, Kitty, I'm ulrcaily married." there was nothing so self devoted in marrying a girl at a pinch if you propose to mnke your sister bear the burden of supporting her. Kathleen's fearsrose high at once. When Reggie wanted money, he addressed her as Kitty, but when it got to Kitsy, a most unusual diminutive of extreme affection, she felt sure he must mean to come down upon her for absolutely unprecedented advances.The sad affair caused considerable excite meat in that locality and much sympathy is expressed, as the old lady was a quiet, peaceable person and much beloved by all who knew her. Miss Connell's widowed mother is grief stricken over the unfortun ate affair and cannot be consoled After which, being worn out with this painful interview and feeling the need of rest and amusement, he stopped at tne box off)cp of the Court theater on his way down town and engaged two stalls for that night for himself and Florrle. Thereupon they fell at once into committee of wnys and means, relieved now and again by frequent declarations on Reggie's part that a sweeter, dearer, more bewitching girl than Florrie didn't really exist on the entire land surface of this oblate spheroid. Kathleen was glad be was so well suited with Spider Clarke's daughter, though she doubted the stock, and then, like a good woman that she was, reproached herself bitterly in her own mind for doubting it. Hut the longer they stuck at it the less they seemed to arrive at any fixed decision. A11 Reggie con Id assert was his own absolute incapacit y toearn a penny more than he was at present earning, coupled with the pleasing information that his exchequer was just now in its normally flaccid and depleted condition and that his bills were (as always) in excess of his expectations.It was always so. Master Reggie danced; 'twas poor Kitty's place to pay the piper. "Yes, I want to see him again," Kathleen answered, "just once, if no more, to explain to him. He went away under a misapprehension—a terrible misapprehension —that she had impressed upon him. So unjust! So untrue! And it's breaking my heart. I can't stand it, Mr. Mortimer." "You're not engaged, are you, Reggie?" she faltered out In a feeble voice, "for If you are I'm sure it's very wrong indeed of you! You can't keep yourself, so you've surely no right to think of burdening me with some one else also." First class landing places for the boats have bf en erected and boats can be hired at a reasonable price. The fishing is first lass and the person that cannot find enough means to satisfy his craving for any and all Hinds of pleasure is too short lighted for this world. Not that very day, of cours6. Hang It all, you know, a man may be allowed three days of honeymoon with the wife of his youth before busying himself with the sordid mundane affairs of pounds, shillings and pence, mayn't he? So Reggie resolutely determined to live in future a most quiet and saving life and endeavored to distract poor Florrie's mind in the interim from this horrid crash in her papa's affairs by spending the few remaining pounds he had still in his pocket from last quarter's salary in taking her round to all the best burlesques then going on at the theaters. It didn't so much matter spending these few stray sovereigns like that, don't you see, because he meant to put his case plainly l»efore Kitty next week and get her to make him a last final loan on the strength of his new good resolutions as security, after which, he said to himself with the utmost firmness, he meant to reform altogether and strike out a new line of economic action. {TO BE CONTINUED.] Mrs. Kelly has a sister, Mrs Patrick Mc Lane, who lives at Cork Lane, and a son and two daughter* living at Dunmore. Monday afternoon MIbb Connell was in court on a writ of habeas corpus and released on $3,000 ball, Thomas English and John Connell beooming her bondsmen. HOUSES IN GREAT CITIES. ParU Hat 00.000, New York 110,000 «nd "I shull find him out," Mortimer cried, rising. "If he's to be found, I shall find him. In Kurope, Asia, Africa or America I shall find him. Wherever he is, I'll track him, Miss Hesslegrave. I'll catch him by the neck and bring him to yon." Reggie's lip curled ellghtly. "What a girl you are," he cried, with a faint dash of disdain, "taking such a low monetary point of view about everything! One would think getting married was a mere matter of pounds, shillings and pence. Not a touch of sentiment in it. No, Kitsy, it Isn't an engagement I want you to congratulate me on; it's something a vast deal more interesting and lmiDortant." Reygie drew himself up to his utmost height in his chair as he sat. "The fact is, Kitty, I'm already married." Philadelphia 187,000. The lollowlug computation of the Comparative density of the population of \he world iri interesting in connection with the recent investigations regarding tenement houses in New York, which, as will be seen, is the most crowded city in the world: The latest addition to the grounds is an exoellent athletic park. A track, an eighth of a mile in ciroumferenoe, has been laid out and oovered with ton bark. For foot races it is an ideal track. In the oeater, •pace has been cleared for an alley ball jourt, and for athletic oontests. It la proposed to build a large stand overlooking 'he track. Superintendent Mitchell in "ormed the reporter that the company proposes to spend $1,600 more to pnt thic plot in the pink of condition for all fclnds of athletic contests Tue torn pany will build a bridge across the railroad tracks so that all points of the can be reached without any danger Dr inconvenience. Mr. Mitchell has many note plana for the improvement of the picnic grounds and when they have been put into effect, no better or prettier place can be Imagined for the holding of anj kind of an excursion. Another advantage is that the place Is easily accessible from *11 points on the Wyoming division. Thousands are suffering excruciating misery from that plague of the night, [tchlng Piles, and say nothing about it through a sense of delicacy. Instant relief In Doan's Ointment. It never fails. "You can't.," Kathleen answered. "He has gone, like a shooting star. He has left no trace behind. But I'm none the less grateful to you. You have ulways behaved to me as nobody else could have done." She pausrd again for a second. "If it were not for him," she began. Then she broke off, faltering. In all tho countries of Europe, in the United States and in the Dominion of Canada there are, so f;ir as recent authentic figures show, 70,000,000 houses. There are 842,000 houses, some of them unsubstantial affairs, in tho city of Tokyo, .Taiwan, one for every five people, so that the Japanese metropolis does not suffer from overcrowding. THREE CHIEF CITIES. As for the Clarkes, Reggie observed with a complacent smile, they were simply stone broke, a most jammy affair; not a jienny need be looked for from that direction. The old man had spent bis tin as fast as he had made it and faster, iuid now the crash had come there were liabilities considerably in excess of the assets, a piece of information the technical sound of which pleased Reggie so immensely that lie repeated it over several times in various contexts for his sister's edification. Interesting Figure* of Lively Import to London, Paris and New York. New York by the census of 1895 is a dty of 8,000,000 inhabitants. The population of London is 4,300,000. The population of Paris is 2,400,000. The area of London Is 75,000 acres The area of Paris is 18,700. The area of New fork is 24,000. "Married!" Kathleen exclaimed, with a sudden burst of alarm. "Oh, Reggie, what do you mean? Who Is it, and when did you marry her?" NEIL DOBBIE CHAMPION AT QUOITS. "Thank you," the American replied in a very low voice, supplying the missing words for himself without difficulty. "I appreciate your kindness. I will do my best to find him. But if lie never turns up again—if he has disappeared forever—oh. Miss Hesslenrave, is there no chance, no hope, for any other man?" Result of the Carting Club Contest—Close of the Convention. "Florrle Clarke," Reggie answered, producing her photograph with just pride from Dis pocnec. Ana inaeea r jorne was a personable little body enough whom anybody might be proud of from the point of view of external appearanoe. "Who else could it be? We were married on Wednesday." Kathleen gazed at the portrait for a moment in silence. Her heart misgave her. Now York has 115,000 houses, averaging 18 residents to each. London, the greatest accumulation of lnhabltant&in the world, has 600,000 houses, or seven residents In each on an average. London has Increased In this respect very rapidly, for at the beginning of the present century the number of houses was only 130,000, little more than New York has at this time. The population of Ijondon at that time (1800) was 000,000. It !s now 4,800,000. So It has lncre.osed nearly fivefold, but the number of houses has not increased In as large a ratio. Paris has 90,000 houses. At the close of the Frunco-I'rtisslan war It had 70,Chi0. At the close of the Napoleonic wars It had 28,000. The aroa of the city has Ihxui extended meanwhile. The average number of residents in a house in Paris is 2ft, which Is about 60 per cent greater than in New York. Tho majority of pub lie buildings In Paris are utilized for purposes of residence, os()eclally upon the top floors, whereas in New York scores of the buildings in every street down town are given over exclusively to business purposes. In tho square n:lle or more of the territory between Wall and Spruce streets and between Broadway and tho East river, there were at the recent election only 430 voters, representing a total population of 1,760. After the adjournment of the National Curling Club oonventlon last week the delegates repaired to EverhartV Island, where the twenty-seventh annual quoit conteet waa held for the ohamptonship and the medal presented by David Bell, of Buffalo, first president of the Grand National Curling Club. Four rounds were thrown. Nell Dobbte, of this place, was the winner, and will wear the medal for the ensuing year. He waa also presented with a small medal whloh h» will keep and wear In honor of the event Kuggie was magnificent at good resolutions. The bother of it was they all went to swell that nether pavement. London has 600,000 houses. Paris has 90,000 houses. New York has 115,000 houses. London averages 7 residents to a house, Paris 25 and Mew York 18. London has 1,380 miles of streets. Paris has 600 miles of streets. New York has 576 miles of streets. London has 2,300 miles of sewers. Paris has 410. New York has 444. Now it so happened that during those days Rufus Mortimer, too, who had been over in America for a year and a day, in part to distract himself from the effects of his disappointment., and in part to look after the ancestral engineering works, had returned to London and had written to ask Kathleen's leave to visit her once more at her lodgings in Kensington—a smaller set which she had occupied since her mother's death and her consequent reduction of available Income. Kathleen always liked Rufus Mortimer. She knew he was genuine. She recognized his goodness of heart and his true American chivalry—for where women are concerned there is no person on earth more delicately chi valrous than your American gentleman. Kathleen gazed at him fixedly. "Xo, no hoi*'," she answered, with a visible effort. "Mr. Mortimer, I like you; I resjH«t you ever so much. But I love Arnold Willoughby. I could never give my heart to any mai? but. him. And unless 1 gave my heart"  At last,.however, he ventured bit by bit upon a tentative suggestion. In the evening Mr. 8chlverea took kto Int from Titus 2,11-18: "For thegTaoeof Ood that brought salvation hath appeared uto ill men," eto. He aald; "There aro two things I notloe in theee versee. The M to »he grace of God, and the aeeood to whalto Joes to men. I was lome years before 1 found ont the meaning of that word graee. Wnat Is the meaning of graoetaeonntetion with God! It means the unmerited favor of Gkd, undeserved kindness of Ood. CV that I could drive It down into the hwrti of thoee who believe that they oan —H salvation! The beet of us have forfeited avery claim on the mercy and kindness at God. No matter If onr names at* on the prison bo ik or church book. If we got what we deeerve we would gel the darkest place In eternity. Let OS MO what the graee of God doa. God proves His love for sinful mm by giving His 8on to that shameful and ignominious cross. How dose he bring Miration to men! By sendlrtg Hie Bon to tkn 4ln cursed world, to die on the iktMful ;ross, and if God oould look on Hto Bon's offerings when He bore your sins, Bo Witt took on your sufferings 11 you rejeet Bin ■Jon. Thank God for these two words 'oik men.' I was asked, 'Do you believe to tkn ioctrlne of predestination? I s—ssisfl. Yes, it Is in the Bible.' Tbo true etootai* he ' Whosoever Wills' and the non sisst, 'Whosoever Wonts.' If I should kava read, 'Ferd. Sctuverea' there, the old dsvli would have said, 'That don't mean yon,* but What I read is 'all man* and I asyy 'Sow Is that, Old Devil, that takes In BO, loee'nt It?' And I like that word  somebody had to pay for salvation and Dod paid It, and It to youn tonight If you will take U. What Is salvation? Deliverance from the dominion of sin; deliverance from tbo powoi jf darkness; deliverance from tke possdoilltles of hell to the Dare and oertaln kopo Df eternal joy. The God who eaves ns son ileo keep ns saved every twenty-four lours. He can make yon sober. I haw neard, but not so much wry lately, about he Keeley ours for drunkenness, but I enow something bettor, and it Is tbo Blood •ure. What we want la not mora raNgloan sentiment, but more honesty and aow jurity In our lives. The graee of Ood Chowe us how to live right in onr homes. We want the religion that tbo wtvsa Will mow about, and the children will know ibout i1 the horse will know about Wn rant a gospel that will go Into society aid nto business. We want a salvation that "Well, she looks a nice little thing," she said after an ominous pause, "and I should think a good girl too. She's certainly pretty. But why didn't you tell me before, Reggie, and Introduce your bride to me?" "One's people are so unreasonable," Reggie answered, with a hasty gesture. "I don't blaine it on you, Kitsy. I know you can't help it. It belongs to the race. It's only the fixed habit of the vertebrate animals one calls one's people." "There's only one way out of it," he said, glancing sideways at Kathleen, "and that lies entirely with you. If my creditors ouce learn I've got married without prospects and to the Spider's daughter, why, they'll simply drop down on me. Scrunch, scrunch, they'll crush me. They'll press me for payment till I'm half mad with worry, and then I shall go and do one of two things- Waterloo bridge or the bankruptcy court." "You are right," Mortimer broke in. "There we two are at one. I care for nothing else. It is your heart I would ask for." ✓Trembling, he rose to go, but he held her hand long. The water supply of London la 175,000, 000 gallons a day. The water supply of Paris is 100,000,000 gallons a day. The water supply of New York Is 190,000,000 gallons a day. New York stands at the head of the three chief cities in this par tioular. MURDER IN NANTICOKE. "And remember," ho said, with a lump in his throat, "if at nny time you see reason to change your mind, I, too, have loved one woman too well in my time ever to love any other. I am yours, and yoursonly. OlAtJ UiUtlUU l»i J*JU1 until* auu uc cuic A shall understand it. He may die out of your life. You can't die out of mine. I shall always hope on, though no good come of hoping." Married at Blnghamton. "Oh, Reggie," Kathleen cried, "not Waterloo bridge! How cruel—how wicked of you!" Fred. Bittenbender Shot Dead by Abram Miss Nellie Owens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Owens, of Railroad street, and Lewis Phillips, of Parke street, pleasantly surprised their many friends July 4th* by quietly going to Blnghamton and toeing married. The ceremony waa performed at "Well, but she's such a good match from one point of view," Kathleen went on, undoubtedly relieved to find Reggie had at least chosen a wife for himself from a well to do family, for the name and the fame of Spider Clarke had already reached her ears —as indeed whose had they not? "Her people may not be very desirable acquaintances, so far as culture and manners go—J remember dear mother would never let you bring them to her rooms while she lived, but at least they're wealthy, and that's always something. It will relieve you from responsibility. How on earth did you get Mr. Clarke to consent to the marriage?" Eckert. London has 1,000 firemen. Paris has 1,600. New York has 1,100. For speed and efficiency the New York department stands at the head of the three cities. Fires are much more frequont in proportion to the population In New York than in either London or Paris- London loses 97,500,- 000 A year, Paris $1,500,000 and New York 95,000,000 by fires. Hyde park, the most distinctive of London parks, covers 400 acres. The Bo Is de Boulogne, the most distinctive of Paris parka, oovers 9,000 acres. Central park, the most distinctive of New York parks, oovers 840 acres. Collectively (and Including those parts in the suburbs tributary to London) there arc In London 23,- 000 acre* of park land. Including as parks the neighboring forests of Fontalnebleu, vWh 48,000 acres, and St. Germain, with 8,000, the park acreage of Paris is 178,- 000 acres. So, with sundry misgivings, she; allowed Rufus Mortimer to call on her again, though she hoped he would not reopen the foregone conclusion she had settled that day on the Lido at Venice. And Rufus Mortimer for his part arrived at her rooms with a firm determination in his mind not to ask Kathleen anything that might possibly be embarrassing to her feelings or sentimentsi This first visit, at least, should be a purely friendly one. It should be taken up in discovering by the most casual indications of straws on the wind how Kathleen now felt toward her rejected lover. Reggie saw his cue at once. That was the way, then, to work it. He enlarged forthwith upon the nothingness nnd hollownesit of this present life and the ease of ending it, us the poet observes, with a bare bodkin. For Florrie's sake, indeed, he could have wished it might he otherwise, but If no work were forthcoming it would be easier for Florrie to starve alone than to starve in company, lie dwelt upon these themes till he had thoroughly succeeded in frightening poor Kathleen. Then he turned upon her once more. Nanticoke was the scene of a terrible crime 'atnrday. F. T. Bittenbender, one of the most prominent residents of the town who was also widely known throughout the county as a manufacturer nf mine drills, was shot dead on the mtiia street of the town by Abram Bckert. He grasped her hand hard. Kathleen allowed hi in to grasp it. He stooped down and imprinted one kiss on the soft palm. She did not resent the action. She felt too Dhe Methodist parsonage oy Rev. W. J. Hill. They arrived home last evening and will remain for the present with Mr. Phillips's parents, Mr and Mrs. Geo. W, Phillips. Mr. Phillips is a poplar machinist In the Exeter machine shops. Bittenbender was a school director and was )n the building committee which has immediate supervision of the janitors. Eckert, his murderer, was janitor of the High School on State street. In all computations of oity population by houses, Philadelphia ranks as a shining example of a big town which has plenty of elbow room to expand In. Philadelphia, with a population in excess of 1,000,000, has S7,0o0 houses. It Is less densely populated than London, but not much less so. —Architecture and Building. At nine o'clock this morning Bittenbender went to the school. Ecicert was not there. Subsequent y Bittenbender found him at work In his own garden. The m«n had some words over Eckert not being at his poet. The latter said he would go to the school at once and the "We didn't get him," Reggie answered, with careless ease. "We took the liberty, In point of fact, to dispense with asking him. Charlie Owen gave her away, and extremely paternal Charlie looked, I can tell you, as he stood upon his hind legs In Kensington church and did it." "And if you choose," lie cried bitterly, "you could make It all right for me in a single minute." There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and nntil the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors prononnoed It a a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to oure with local treatment prononnoed it incurable Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and, therefore, requires constitutional treatment. Ball's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F J.Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and muoous surfaces of the system They offer one hundred dollars for any case ot oa*arrh it fails to oure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address But have you ever noticed that if you set out anywhere fully determined In your own mind to conduct a conversation upon certain prearranged lines you Invariably find yourself at the end of 10 minutes diverging entirely from the route you planned out for yourself and saying the very things you had most earnestly decided wild horses of the Ukraine should never tear from you? It was so with Rufus Mortimer. Before he had been 10 minutes engaged In talk with Kathleen he found conversation had worked round by slow degrees of itself to Venice, and when onoe It got to Venice what more natural on earth than to inquire about old Venetian acquaintances? While among old Venetian acquaintances how possibly omit, without looking quite pointed, the name of the one who had been most in lDoth their minds during that whole last winter on the Fondamenta delle Zattere? Rufus Mortimer felt there was no avoiding the subject. Like the moth with the candle, he circled round and round and at last dashed eight Into it. "How so?" Kathleen asked, trembling. "Why, how about Mortimer?" Reggie cried, springing a mine upon her. An Experience In Paris. "Mortimer?" Kathleen repeated. "How about Mr. Mortimer? Why, what on earth has he to do with the matter, lleggie?" The recent experiences of a Parisian lady of position may servo as a useful warning to somo of my readers who reside abroad. The lady in question returned from a ball one night much earlier than she had given her servants reason to expect, and to her consternation found three members of her household missing—the nurse, the housemaid and—the baby! Greatly terrified, she rushed to the concierge to make Inquiries, and after some prevarication the man informed her that the two servants, fancying their mistress would not return for some hours, had gone to a notorious dancing place, taking the baby with them, aud there the lady would bo certain to find all threo "quite safo and sound." men parted. "But you haven't obtained Mr. Clarke's consentl" Kathleen cried, taken aback and onoe more alarmed. "Well, how can you tell, then, that he'll at all approve of it? Perhaps, he'll refuse to do anything to help you." At 12 15 Bittenliender was riding up Broadway in b buefcboard, in company with his fathir and Mr. Floch, the brewer. Just opposite the First Na'ional Bank building, Bittenbender was hailed by Eckert, who was on the sidewalk. and he drew np to tho curb. There are 18 London bridges. Paris has 88, and Now York has 6. London bridge waa built in 1884. The Brooklyn bridge was opened in 1883. New York city has no regular army garrison exoept on Govornors island. London has a small garrison, the guards and a few regiments of Infantry and artillery, 7,000 In alL Paris has ns a garrison a large army—the largest city garrison In Europe. "Oh, you needn't look such a blessed innocent!" Reggie answered, smiling. "I know all about Mortimer. He'd propose to you like a shot if only you'd have him. And for your family's sake, I say, it's your duty to have him. You know lie would as well as I do. So that's about the size of it." "Commercial again I" Reggie responded, with an aggrieved air as of the poetical sentimentalist. "Ingrainedly commercial! You talk like a green grocer. You can't think of anything but the money aspect of the question. I call it sordid. Here's your brother, Kitsy, your own and only brother, comes to you with his full heart to announce to you in his joy that he's married to the sweetest, dearest, prettiest, cleverest, sauciest, most delicious little girl in all England. And what do you do? Rush up to him and kiss him and rejoice with him and congratulate him? Oh, dear, no; not a bit of it! That's not your way. You begin by inquiring straight off what the lady's worth, and debating whether or not her papa will be inclined to fork out thg dibe for her. However, there's ft cure for all that, I'm jolly glad to say. Kitty, you're behind the times. You don't read the papers. You neglect the literature and the journalism of your country." Eckert said, • 'Fred, why did you talk to me like that this morning. You most have a •trudge against me." Before Bittenbender could reply, Eckert moved back a step, drew a revolver and tired three sbotsathlm. All three took effect, the first over the eye, the second in the check and the third in the breast. Bittenbender died instantly. "Oh, Reggie, how can you?" Kathleen cried, the tears rising to her eyes. "I could never marry him." "That's Just os you itue," jteggie answered calmly. "I don't want to bias you. If you prefer me to go over Waterloo bridge, I'm sure I've no objection. I don't desire to be selfish, like some other people, and insist on having my own way, no matter who suffers for it. It's n very easy thing to take a header over the bridge in this nice warm weather. Only# for poor Florrie's sake, I confess I should have preferred to fight It out in this world a little longer." "But I'm not selfish," J£«thleen cried, hit on her Point. "Oh, Reggie, don't say you think me selfish. I'd do anything to serve you, dear, except only that. But that one thing I can't. Oh, Reggie, don't ask it of me!" lie stoojtcd down ami imprinted one kiss on the nojt palm. Executions are by hanging in London and by guillotine in Paris. In the former dty they are private. In the latter they are publio. There are no executions, publlo or private, In New York. Electric overrent is the means of execution in New York since the passage of the Gerry bill. well In what, spirit he did it to feel called upon to prevent him. She Ivad pity for his despair. Then he hurried down the stairs. His heart was too full for him to remain any longer. He could hardly hold back his tears, so deeply was he agitated. F. J. Cheney, & Co., Toledo, 0. ty Sold by Druggists, 76c. As the master of Jhe house was absent, tho distracted mother went to seek a male relative, and together they visited the locality indicated, where they found the two women drinking with friends, but no baby! In reply to frantic inquiries after hor child, tho housemaid impudently told her mistress, whose smartest new gown she had borrowed for the evening, by the way, "that mndaino need not excita her self; the Infant was in good hands." At first she refused to say where, but by dint of threats it was dragged from her that the child had Imx-u taken to a low Inn close ut hand, liure the enraged parent found her precious offspring asleep in a filthy bed, with eight other chlldron, who were all being taken charge of at 1 franc 60 centimes a head, while the nurses enjoyed themselves. Eckert was captured on the spot and committed to the county jail by 'Squire Graver. Tho town is wild with excitement over the Weak and Nervous There are 18,000 cabs and 8,600 stages In London. There are 8,000 oabs and 1,860 stages In Paris. There are 1,000 Oabs and 800 stages in New York. "And Wiuoughby.'" ne asKefl after a pause, with a furtive side look. "Have you never heard anything more, Miss Jlesalegrave, about Willoughby?" On the doorstep he knocked up by accident against Reggie. The head of the house stopped the stranger quite eagerly: "IIullo," lie exclaimed in some surprise, "are you bj-ck again in Enuland?" murder Describes tho condition of thousands of people at this season Thsy have no ap petite, c mnot sleep, and complain of ths prostrating effect of warmer weather. This condition may be remedied by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which creates an appetite and tones up all the organs. It gives good health by making the blood pure. Hood's Pills are the beet after-dinner pills, sssist digestion, cure headache. BURNED BY OAS. The municipal expenses of London are 970,000,000. The municipal expenses of Paris are 965,000,000. The municipal expenses of New York (state taxes Included) are 940,000,000. Kathleen's face flushed rosy red, but she gave no other sign of her suppressed emotion as she answered, with a quiet resignation of her manner: Serious Explosion in the Shaft at Glen "Yes, so it seems," the American replied, frying to calm himself outwardly. "I got back on Tuesday." Lyon. A severe explosion of gas occurred In the Qlen Lyon abaft on Satmday and several men were badly bnrned. The Injured meD are: Blchard Lore, ot Nantlcoke, aged 50 yean; Thomas Rogers, of Qlen Lyon, SO years; Charles Williams, aged 30 yean, of Glen Lyon; Blchard Staples, aged 53 years, of Glen Lyon; John B. Staples, aged 22 years, of Glen Lyon. The first fonr are so seveMy Injured that their recovery Is uncertain. "No. I've heard nothing more of him since he left Venice that April." Mortimer leaned forward eagerly. A bright light gleamed in his eye. "Last Tuesday aseverwas?" Keggiecried. "Yes, just so. Last Tuesday." The rate in London is 81 per 1,000 gf population, In Paris 88, and in New York 81. The number of deaths in New York city last year was 41,000, In Paris 67,500 and In London 89,000. "And lost no time in hunting Kitty up!" Reggie wont on, with a broad smile. This was really most promising. He knew the American, though an artist by choice, was reputed one of the richest business men in Philadelphia. It looked extremely healthy that he should have liecn in such a hurry to hunt up Kathleen. She Bpoke with so much earnestness that Reggie saw he hud a chance of gaining his point if he went on with It resolutely. So he auswered in a sullen voice. "What do you mean?" Kathleen cried, trembling and suspecting now some nameless evil. "It hasn't been put In the papers? Oh, Reggie, don't say sol You haven't done anything dreadful and impossible, have you?" Tonr children are liable to oonghs, oolds, sore throat, oronp and whooping cough, which often results seriously. Prompt treatment savea many innocent little sufferers. Try Pan-Tina Cough and Consumption Cure. It's pleasant, safe and sure. 25c's. Sold at J. H. Houok'a and Stroh's drug stores. *'Whatl He hasn't ever written to you ?" he cried. "Do you mean to say he hasn't written?" London has 14,000 policemen. Paris has \000 policemen. New York has 8,800 policemen. The ordinary arrests in New York In a year are 85,000, In Paris 100,- 0(00. and in London 160,000. "Oh, yes. of course. You'd do anything on earth except the one thingthafnany use to try. That's always the way with jxsople. They'd kill themselves to help you, but they won't stretch out a hand in the only direction possible. You'd sooner see your brother starve, or drive him to suicide, than make an effort to help him by marrying Rufus Mortimer." Kathleen gazed at him pleadingly. "No, Mr. Mortimer." she answered in a very sad voice. "He—he went away from Venice under circumstances which I can't quite explain in full tn you, and from that day to this," her li,fs quivering visibly, "I've never heard anything more of him." "Me? Dear me, no, my dear child," Reggie answered airily. "I'm a model, myself, of all the domestic virtues. But the reason we didn't ask old Clarke's consent—my respected father-in-law's—is simply and solely this, that the respected father-in-law in question happens to be this moment lying in jail, awaiting his trial on a charge of fraud of the first magnitude. That's all, my dear Kitty." "My first visit was to Miss Hesslegrave," Mortimer answered, with truth, feeling on his side the immense importance of conciliating Kathieeu's only brother and sole surviving relation. Needless to say, tho two wretches were dismissed on the spot, but the parents of tho other "troublesome charges" aro probably still Ignorant as to what happen* r.'hen nurses and housemaids feel in need, like their employers, of a little relaxation Mid amusement.—Ladv's Pictorial. Btrert lighting costs 18,800,000 In London, #8,500,000 In Paris and 1800,000 In New York. Gas was Introduced In London one year In advanoe of Paris. Eight year* later it was Introduced in New York. London has 76,000 street liunps, Paris 60,- 000 and New York 88,000, exclusive of electric lights. A Minister's Experience With Heart Mortimer clutched his two hands in each otner nervousij.. PITTSTON HOSPITAL BILL SIGNED Disease. Rev. L. W. 8howers, Elderton, Pa.: "For many yean my greatest enemy has been organlo heart disease. From uneasiness about the heart, with palpitation, It had developed into thumping, fluttering and choking sensations. Dr. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gave instant relief. A few bottles have rid me of almost every symptom of heart dlseaae. It is a wonder worker." Sold at James Kane's. *111 do justloe to the oortomr. We not "Oh, how wrong of him I" he cried, with a tixiiCl glance at Kathleen. "How unkind! How cruel! Why, Miss Hesslegrave, I should never have expected such conduct from Willoughby." Reggie drew a long breath. Could anything have been more opportune? How pat comes fate! The moment had Just arrived when he stood in sorest need of a wealthy brother-in-law, and now. In the nick of time, on the very crest of opportunity, here was chance itself throwing the pick of wealthy brothers-in-law right in his path, as it were, like a crooked sixpence, for though Iiufus Mortimer tried to look and siDeak as unconcernedly as he could al»out his visit to Kitty there was something in his voice and manner which showed Reggie quite clearly the nature of his errand at Kensington that morning. "Reggie," Kathleen exclaimed, driven to bay, "you don't understand. I love somebody else. That's why I can't marry him." "So I gathered," Reggie answered, with perfect coolness. "And the someliody else won't come up to the scratch, so you may as well regard him as a vanishing factor, as we say in the city. He's outof the running. Well, then, accept it. What's the matter with Rufus Mortimer? That's what I want to know. He's rich; he's a gentleman; he's good looking; he's artistic; he's everything else on earth any woman could want—ex- except—well, except that he's not the other fellow. Are you going to let your brother go and die before your eyes just Itecause you won't take a man any girl but yon would In- delighted to have a chance of?" We Receive *14,000 From the State •nly want a revival of basin*** la An Elizabeth Peabody House. Government. connection with dollar* and Mali int a revival of honesty In harta*** [f we ever nt ed Christ It to In thto world tnd the grace of God not only provide* lot he past; It not only provide* for the preset, bnt It provide* for the f* t ara. Looking for that bleeaed hop*.' If there wm ao Hereafter it pay*, bat Of then to a hen- After." He oonclnded by urging tknw present to aooept the graoe of God, aud to prepare for that grqat hereafter: "Fraud!" Kathleen exclaimed, drawing back. "Oh, Reggie, you don't mean It! I thought he was so rich. What could he want to commit fraud for?" The late Klizaheth Palmer Peabody waa one of the first to introduce kindergartens luto this country. She lectured on the subject in many places, circulated hooks far and wide and did much to recommend Frocbel's work to the public. Directly or Indirectly she has lieon the promoter of all the kindergarten work that has been undertaken up to the present time. Remarkable as she was for literary and oduoational gifts and unselfish and large minded oa wore her plans for the public good, she passtxl away without any memorial that was befitting to her work or that gave her friends an opjDort unity to testify to their appreciation of it. It is now proposed to establish In this city an Elizabeth Pcabody House, which will Ihj a kindergarten settlement similar in plan to college settlements. Tho plan Is to tako a suitable house in some poor and crowded quarter and to have a group of eight or ton klndergartners, normal students and teachers In residence. They will conduct a kindergarten, and through acquaintance with tho children ontor Into friendly and helpful relations with tho people of the neighborhood in a variety of ways. While a great work hns already been accomplished by the kindergartens of this city, there are still tenement house regions untouched by the kindergarten influence.—Uoston Hor•W _ Governor Hastings has signed the following appropriation bills: Pittston Hospital Association, $14,000; Wilkesbarre City Hospital, $25,000; The R. A. Packer Hospital, Sayre, $11,000; Willlamsport Hospital, $12,000; Mary M. Packer Hospital, Sunbnry, $8,000; Carbondale Hospital As social Ion, $12,000; West Side Hospital Association, Scranton, $4,000; Lackawanna Hospital, Scran ton, $25,000. London wns founded in the year 60. Paris was founded in 300. New York was founded in 1614. All throe are on rivers. London is 60 miles and Paris is 111 miles horn the sea. "Nor I," Kathleen admitted frankly, with a little burst of unreserve. It Was such a relief to be able to talk about him to anybody who could understand, were it even but a little, her position. "How do people get rich, I should like to know, if they don't begin by being fraudulent?" Reggie responded, with easy going cynicism. "Hut he ain't rich; that's just it. Old Clarke's gone busted. He's no more good anyway. He's smashed eternally. Come a regular cropper, the Spider has. Precious awkward for poor Florrie!" The number of railroads ontortng London is 14. The number of railroads entering Paris is ft New York being chiefly on an island, is actually entered by 6 railroads only. By furry it is entered by 12 more—in all 17. "But, then, oh, Mr. Mortimer, you don't know all. If you knew how unhappily and how strangely he was misled, you wouldn't be harsh in your judgment of him." We have for sale at the Wyoming Valley Lumber Company yards, West Pittston, Canada Hard Wood Ashes of the beet quality. Parties wishing to use a few tons for the spring crop will do well to oall on C F. Watrons, Jr., at the Lumber Oo.'s office, who will sell you any quantity re quired from a bushel to 20 tons. Special arrangements can be made for oar load lots. B. F. Mathihs, Gen Manager, Kingston, Pr Farmers Take Notloe. "By—your mother?" Mortimer inquired, with a flash of intuition—one of those electric flashes which often occur to men of tho nervous temperament when talking with The number of inhabitants per acre in London is 60, In Paris 130 and in New York 80. The density of population in London is greatest In the Whitechapel districts in Paris In the Temple district (390 par acre) and in New York in the Tenth W*ri (Jewish quarter), 700.—New York Reggie had suspected as much, indeed, siixse the first summer Mortimer spentiu his own hired house in London, but it was plain as the sun in the sky to him that moment what he meant—if Kathleen chose, she could marry the millionaire and thereby confer on her loving brother the Inestimable l»oon of a moneyed relation. "But perhaps he's Innocent," Kathleen cried, clutchingata laststraw. "Weshould always think everybody innocent, dear mother used to say, till they're proved to be guilty." la Tills WlnCllull? Vetoed by tke dovuur. women. Kathleen bowed her bead. "Yes,by my mother," she answered softly. There was a long, deep pause. Then Mortimer spoke once more. "That was 18 months iigo now," be said |D a gentle undertone. Kathleen assented. "Oh, Reggie, howdreadful of you!" Kathleen cried. "1 can't bear to hear you speak of it all as if it were a mere matter of business arrangement. I love the other man: I don't love Mr. Mortimer." A dispatch from Chilham, Ontario, says: "A man whose appearanee corresponds with the photographs and description ot George Wlndish who is wanted in Pittston, Pa., for the mnrder of his wife, is under arrest here. When arrested he was completely exhausted, having apparently Jns completed a long tra:np and was penniless." Barrisbubg, Jnly 8 —The Oovaraor ha* vetoed the Wooda bill requiring lalolptltfes to purchase existing waist plants ot-fore establishing their own. Be also vetoed the following nironih tion bill*: $15,000 to purohas* William Penn'a charter: $6,900 for tho hospital at Allen town; 00 for stele college experimental stations; 180,000 for the Adrian Hoapltal A woetatlon In Jsffereon connty; $20,fQ0 for the Wastara Pennsylvania Institution for foaM* minded. The bill providing for a eoaimission to remove the eastern penitentiary Is vetoed, as is aleo the bill giving prsfsrence of appointment or em ploy meat tQt union toldlera and sailor* "Perhaps you're innocent," Reggie echoed in a tone half disgust, half amusement. "Very innocent indeed—as innocent as they make 'em. But it won't do, Kitsy. It Isn't Kood enough. Old Clarke's smashed up. He's gone a juicy one. Smashed himself, tney Bay, over tne Ax minuter estate. Hut anyhow he's smashed; not a piece of him left whole. Might have been better, don't you know, if he could have managed to clear out a good month ago to Buenos Ayres; but as it Is, not a penny, not a doit, not a stiver. Twenty years is what he'll get. Florrie's awfully cut up about it." "He's a very good fellow," Reggie answered, hand on lip onco more. "If only you made up your mind to it, you'd soon learn to like blm." Relief In Six Hour*. "I'm proud to hear It," Reggie responded, with warmth. "She's a good girl, Kitty, and she's worth a fellow's calling upon. I like her myself. She's the very best sister any fellow ever hit upon," which was perfectly true—much more so, indeW, than Mr. Reggie himself ever fully realized. Houses in Pittston from $4 to $35.0o month. G. B. Thompson. Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hoar* by the "New Great 3oath American Kidney Cure." 1 his new remedy ia a great surprise and delight to physician* on acconnt of its exceeding promptness In relieving pain in the blsd |d*r, kidneys, back and every part of the urinary passage* in male or female. It re Itevee retention of water and pain in p*st, quick relief and care. This is yonr remedy, Sold by J. H. Bonok'a, druggists, Pittston. "Yes, 18 months ago." "I like him already," Kathleen admitted frankly. "He's a very nice fellow; a dear, good fellow; so kind, so generons, so chivalrous, so unselfish." "And you've heard nothing more of him In any way since, directly or indirectly?" W Suits the People "No, nothing," Kathleen answered-then she paused for a second, doubtful whether or not to utter the thought that wasin her— "though I've tried every way I knew how," went ou at last with an effort. Is what druggists say, because they are tired of the many bitter ooqgh remedies, Pan Tina is the most pleasant medicine, quickly cqres oonghs, oolds, throst and nng disorders, 25 cents Pan-Tina Is sold t J. H. Honok's and Strop's drug stores. So he mounted the stairs in a bland good humor, the unpleasantness of having to confess his marriage to Kathleen Iteiuguaw much mitigated by the consoling consciousness that if Kathleen chose she could prob- "Well, there you are," Reggie replied, folding his hands resignedly. "If you feel like that toward him already, why,of course, if you got engaged, you'd very soon bo in love with him " J .._~ "After suffering from dyspepsia for nearly three years. I decided to try Bur dock Blood Bitters. Two bottles cured me entirely." Mrs. G C. White, Taberg, Oneida County, York. "Aud vou've married her all the same?"