Pittston Gazette

              / jtL vou 1 Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. AUGUST MS. 1SU5. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. metai oeueauiit—huu huuivb auu uciwia that the man's the gold (or a' that!" LOVE AND LIFE. ing very scared indeed. RECOLLECTION OF WAR TIMES. THE END. "No bodily harm to you unless you force me to it, that I swear upon my honor. And, really, after those delicious waltzes you have given me I keenly regret having to offer you any annoyanco whatever. But, Miss Conyers, business is business, and 1 have been at considerable trouble and expense to get hero tonight to enjoy the ploasnroof your society, and I feel sure you will understand that some recompense was due to me. 1 must trouble you for your diamonds. " ''hauncey E Bryant, were characteristically dry and caused great merriment. REDUCTION IN COAL RATES. GOSPEL CAMPAIGN ENDED. Bweot, wn wrro hiyipy, you and I, Ero Words ot warfare came between; Ern storms of passion swept our sky, That all so 'blue and bright had been. But liko a mad stream dashing. Its vernal bonks o'ersplashlng. Our swordliku epoch cajne flashing And sundered all between. C*jtdn Barber annonnced that there wasacompiny fnnd on hand of about $140, which he suggested they should by vote make s* me disposal of. It was unanimously resolved that it be presented to L'ent. B. F. Emigh, of their company, who had been wounded before Petersburg and lost one of his legs Ben urged the boys to bestow it to anotbei object, but they wonld not hear to it. Th» president announced that a young man o) the company was so unfortunate as to lose all his pay, amounting to about $125, on bis way from Harritbnrg, and purposed that it be made up to him, offering him self to give five dollais, which exunpli was followed by T. Strong, Charles Lav and many others in various amounts. Ii a short time the sum of about one hundred dollars was raised, which, being added to the contribution from the company, mide the yonng man feel happy again. The whole affair terminated shortly after eleveD o'olock, leaving, as we are wont to believe, a most happy impression upon all who In any way participated. The returned soldier boys of Pittston have been welcomed home in a manner becoming a liberal and patrl otic and Intelligent people. The Lehigh Valley Inane* a New Schedule With Reductions of From 25 to 5 Cents. V A UNCLE JERE ALL IIow Battery M Was Received Home Bought • Watch For 610, bat Didst A new schedule of coal rates has gone Into t fleet on the Lehigh Valley Road We have not been able to secure a copy, bat we are told that the rates to a number of places bet sreen Coxtm and Suspension Bridge have been reduced in sums between twenty-five cents and five cents a ton. When the Reading deal with the Lehlgb Valley occurred, the coal rates were In creased considerable. 8everal Increase were ordered until the rate to Buffalo and Suspension Bridge was a dC liar above what it had been. Since the Lehigh Valley resumed control of its lines, the rates have been reduced from time to time in small amounts. The recent reduction, it • is said, Is especially beneficial to the towns on the Northern Division, Tunkhannock, Towanda, lleshoppen, and others, which, on account of there being no railroad competition, have all along been compelled to pay exceedingly high rates, and which have, in the past done considerable kicking on this score. A Wonderful Farewell Service in the Get Bunkoed. From the Front. Tent last Week. "Yes, I was in Now York an seed everything to be seen in that sinfnl city," Unole Jere responded to a question appropriate to elicit snoh an answer, after having taken a seat in Mr. Pivot's store. Mr. Pivot is our village watchmaker, who repairs everything from a "split seconds" to asteeple clock. His advertisement reads, "Bicycles, baby carriages, etc., repaired with neatness and dispatch." Lovo, It was as the heavens are FIIOM THE GAZETTE THIRTY YEARS AGO TWO ADDRESSES BY THE EVANGELIST Upon a clear and cloudless night. When every golden, gleaming star That eurthwurd smiles is shining bright. But peace afar was driven, By Jealous doublings driven. Till love's serenest heaven Was turned to darkest night. There Was a Great Throng at the Station to Meet the Roys in lilue, a Parade Several Hundred Converts Gathered In th« Center of the Tent To Listen to the Closing Words of the 'Evangelist Form an Inspiring gcene-The Finances in Splendid Shape—A Campaign May be Opened in South Scranton. With Music, and a llig Supper at the "Oh, you cannot mean to"— Rutler House in the Evening to Crown Lifp. tt was sweet, and free from caret . For lovo and faith In you wero life, \ I And both In you eeumrd doubly fair, 't • Who wore with double fniruona rife. 1 But from tho wordy Hhowor Of doubt and anger's hour Sprang forth a bitter flower To poiuon lovo and life. , —C1 G. Kogortt In New England Hagnzlos. "Miss Conyers, I am a man of my word, and let me remind you that time presses. My carriage is waiting for me outside, and I havo a long drive uhead of ma Now, must I act as your lady's maid, or do you prefer to unclasp the diamonds yourself?" tlie Whole. Dt its kind since 'Robert Klsmere.' 1 con ess I certainly had my doubts at first—1 tad my doubts,.I won't deny It. I thought, laving once fixed your public with the irst book yon edited"—Mr. Stanley, catching his breath, just saved himself with an effort from the peccant verb—"you would do better to stick in future to the same kind of thing you'd made your original hit with. It was an experiment, an experiment. But you Judged your own real talent more justly than I did. There can be no sort of doubt now that your book has hit the mark. It's being read all round. We're going to preea today with a third edition." To the members of Battery M, 2nd Artillery, P. V. CITAPTER XXX. WHAT ALWAYS HAPPKNB. Comrades: Yon are hereby notified that the 26:h aunnal reunion of Battery M, 2nd Attlllery, P. V., will be held at Hanover Park, August l»th, and that It will be in the form of a basket picnic It is desired that all be present by 10:30. Business meeting at 2 p. m , followed by addresses fiom different parties. Committee on reception—Mrs W. R. Shaver, Mrs. B F Emlgb, Mrs. John Eshleman. Mrs George Hill You are eoidially invited to be present. John a. Stone, Sec'y. List Friday's meeting In the Gospel teat was a fitting cloee to the five weeks' campaign against sin which hss been waged unceasingly in this community by Evangelist Sohiverea and his co-worker*. Ths tmt was crowded to its utmost capacity and many stood on the outside. There must have been more than 2,000 In and around the tent. After a aong service, ths Evangelist made a few farewell remark*, In which he thanked the press, the singers, the ushers, and all others who had assisted in carrying on the meet- M^W°lf80hn B*ng Ter7 effectively the beautiful solo, "They Crucified Him » Mr. Sohiverea delivered two very lmpreesive addresses, and it seemed to ths Interested throng of people who  him that he was more powerful than ever before in his presentation of the Gospel truths. His first address was a final appeal to the unsaved, the text being Acta 26 : 28, "Almost thou persoadsst me to become a Christian." An inspiring scene was witnessed when the Evangelist gathered the several hundred oonverta of last year and this year at the front of the tent, in the middle seotion, and delivered to them his rioting address from ths text, "Grow in Grace." He advised, the oon~ verts particularly to join the churoh of their choice and study the Bible. At tha close of the meeting hundreds of psopls crowded around the Evangelist to bid him farewell. When Arnold reached Kathleen's rooms, he found Mrs. Irving quietly seated thers before him, while Kathleen herself was immensely excited about something unknown that hud happened In the interval. "Yon were in New York, then?" Mr. Pivot rejoined compassionately. "And weren't yon afeerd of the pickpockets, bunko steerers and all that?" With trembling fingers I took off and handed him my necklace and the bracelet and the half dozen little brooches from my corsage. "Yon should know by this time, young man," Undo Jere responded, with a slight display of offended dignity, "that Uncle Jere ain't that kind of a galoot. Did yon ever see any flies on me? One of them fellows thought he'd come it over me, but be got left That's all" "Have you seen the evening papers?" she cried almost as soon as he entered, rusbiugup and seizing his hand with sympathetic fervor. "That dear Mrs. Irving, she's just, brought them round to me." A GOOD DANCER. The mon toll me that I am a pwitty good dancor myself, which may or may not be the case. "Thanks, very much," he said, slipping them deftly into his breast pocket "And might I venture to remind you of that exquisite star which nestles in your hair? Thanks again. No other trifles yen would like to part with? I think, iny dear Miss Couyeru, if you take off your left glove you might find something interesting there. I believe I see a slight protuberance on the third finger. Thanks once more. You are too awfully good. And now I won't bother you any further.""What papers?" Arnold answered, trembling inwardly for her disappointment. Such friendliness was cruel. "Not tonight's Piccadilly?" This, however, I will own up»to, whether it is boasting or not—I do knew whether a nwui is "a good duiioer or whether he is not from the very first moment my finger tips drop upon his arm. In this connection it will interest readers generally, and the furvivors of Battery M in particular, to glance over the intereating report of the retnrn of the Battery from the war thirty years ago last June. Comrade Joseph Alexander, of Carhondale, has in his possession a copy of the Gazrrra's account. He has very kindly copied it and sent it to ns for publication. Onr younger readers will no doubt read it with pleasure, Inasmuch as it Is calculated to give a pretty fair idea of the spirit that prevailed In our neighborhood at the close of the war, aa the boys In bice, or at least those of them that escaped the terrors of the battle Held, came marching home to th«ir families and friends. Original copies of the report are so scarce that the veterans themselves or members of their families will no donbt be glad of the opportunity to secure it in print for their scrapbooks. Tb« repoit reads as fo.lows : "Why, how's that?" DEATH OF DR. REESE DAVIES. "Oh, dear 110," Kathleen answered, unable any longer to restrain her delight. "Who cares for The Piccadilly? The Hyde Park Gazette and tomorrow's Athen»um. I)o look at them at once 1 There are such lovely reviews ill them!" Arnold's face grew pale. "A third edition I" he murmured. This sudden success at last was almost too much for him. "Well, I'm glad of it," he answered again after a moment's pause, "very glad indeed, for I've found life bard at times, and once or twice lately, since my hand got crushed, to tell you the plain truth, I've almost despaired of it." "Well, you see, I was a-trampin down the Bowr'y, lookin into the shop windows, a-wantin ter buy suthin for Ann Mariar, when I notused a chap a-bearin down toward me who looked the bnnko steerer a hundred yards off. He stopped clost to me an sed, 'Well, how does this weather suit yon, farmer?' It kind o' staggered me how he knew I was a farmer, but I thinks to myself, 'He's one of them.' 'First rate weathor,' I sed in the way of remarkin suthin. He wore a shinin stovepipe an a dimend stud in his shirt bosom that made my eyes wink. After givin me some more of his lip, he sed, 'Kin I invite yon to take a glass with me?' Wilkesbarre's Well Known Physician We append a list of the returned members of Battery M, furnished by one of Passes Away. That man about whom I was let in for Bo much unmerciful chaff at our last assembly ball is a very good case in point. Whatever were his other drawbacks, he was undoubtedly a good Waltzer—one of the best I ever danced With. Dr. Reese Davles, the well known Wilkesbarre physician, died on Saturday at his home on Sonth Washington street, that city. For two years Dr. Davles had been in,111 health and for several months past bM*condition had been critical. "Reviews?" Arnold exclaimed, drawing a deep, long breath. "Oh, Kitty, of our book?" For it had been 'ours' with both of them in everyday talk from its beginning.the company: And ho was gone, and I heard the lock shoot in tho door, and the key was turned on tho farther sida *V P Barber, captain. William Gee, It-t lieutenant. L»wiH FT. Mint. 1st sergeaut. •John Eshe'man, sergeant. *J»mes B. Furness, sergeant John Bliss, sergeant. *Asher M. B-agg, sergeant. •Tonn B Anderson, sergeant. Stephen .Tones, sergeant. John B Mott, sergeant. "Well, you won't find it hard in future," the publisher said kindly, with a benignant smile. "No despairing henceforth. Whatever you write after this will command its own market. We're pleased to think, Mr. Willoughby, we were the first to encourage you. It's a feather in our cap, as I said to Lockhart. Would you like a small check on account—say for a couple of hundred?" "Yes, ours," Kathleen answered, overjoyed. "And oh, Arnold, I'm so proud. To think it's your very, very own this time! I shall be so glad to remember I helped you write it!" Dr. Davies was abont 58 years of age. He was born in Wales, bnt when qnlte young came to Bradford county, this State He studied medicine in Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., and afterward practiced in Leraysville and Providence (Scranton) For the past twenty years he had practloed in Wilkesbarre, and was highly regarded as a physician and a man. Certainly, ns it turned out, ho did not danco with any other girls, but I don't seo that that weakens my statement. You cannot judge much of tho way a man dances liy merely looking at his heels or watching the way lie handles his partnon It was a full hour before any one came near to lot me out, and by that time my fascinating partner was far enough away. "Iiet me see them," Arnold cried, half Corporals. Wil iam Tinklepangh, Joseph Frederick, Theo. Hmith «H. .t. Baker, Sam 1 K Sheik, *Cieo. hill. H. B. Ward, 'Sydney Shaffer, •John Scurry, Thos. Sanders, It was quite true that he hod come down from town on purpose for the assembly lDalL The iDo]ico said that he Wiis a well known London swell mobsman.dazed. And Kathleen, with a glowing face, banded him over the papers. The |ioor fellow still tremulous, with the Hyde Park Gazette. How his heart 1 m"it fast and then stood still within him) The heading alone was enough— "Mr. Willoughby's New Triumph." "A couple of hundred pounds?" Arnold cried, taken aback. To have earned such a sum for himself as £300 seemed to him well nigh Incredible. " 'Certainly,' I sed, an off wo started for the saloon. I kept my eyes on a perliceman near there, but the chap didn't try no tricks with me. Finally he sed: I know-most of 1 hem would Rive their ears now to f:uy that they had danced with him. They don't tCuy so, of course. They say they'd,never ha\e danced with a man to whom they had never been introduced.Artificers. ♦Wni.St.roh, Mathiai Frantz, Bugler,CUan.T,8amis. Wagoner, Juo. Watson But, unfortunately, they never managed to rediscover his address, or, what wiin very much more to the point, my beautiful diamonds.—London Answers. He was a brother of ex Lien tenant Governor W. T. Da vle«, of To wand a. His wife, one son, Walter, and two daughters, Missee Harriet and Bessie, survive him. "Why, yes," the man of business answered, with a good humored laugh. "A great deal more than that must be due to you already. Let me see, 8,000 at IS and 0 —h'm, h'm, exactly so. Judging by what we made on the last book we published— the sale of which, after the same length of time had elapsed, was barely two-thirda of yours—I should fancy, before you're done your book ought to bring you ia somewhere about £2,500." . Privates Once the ground reeled under him, though in the opposite sense from the way it had reeled an hour or so before. He clutched a chair for support and sank Into it, all dazzled. This was too splendid 1 "Mr. Willoughby," the notice began, with Journalistic stiffness, "has scored a second success, far greater in its way than the success he scored over 'An Elizabethan Sendog.' His new novel, though utterly unlike its popular predecessor, is as admirable in execution, bu% it 1b Infinitely superior in design and purpose. The change is fundamental. Mr. Willoughby's new book strikes a far higher note, and strikes it firmly, clearly, definitely, with a hand of perfect mastery. His maiden effort had the merit of an exciting romance of action and adventure, it belonged to the type now so unduly popular with the vast body of readers, and our author showed us there that he could hold his own against any man living in the department of lurid historical fiction. He has done wisely dow in revealing those prof minder qualities of thought and of artistic workmanship which can only be adequately displayed in a more serious piece of psychological analysis. The result is nmst satisfactory.' We must oongratulate Mr. Willoughby on having escaped from thraldom to the foolish fancy of a passing day, on having abjured the fearful joys of gore that flows like water and on having ventured to use his own great powers to the beet and highest purpose in the production of a sterling and pathetic romance far worthier of his gifts than Ms in many ways admirably '£lizutDotiian Seacjog.1 *'• " 'Not to stand on ceremonies, I'm awfully hard up. Don't you want to buy a gold watch fully worth $100? Seein it's you, I'll let you have it for $25.' »Wrn. Armstrong, Silas R. McMillan. Jos. M. Alexander, "Lucius Marshall. ♦Mahlon W Ayers, Mohn McGuire Ot o W Archer, *C !has. A. Mnstn, John Barnes, Harmon H. Miller, J shna.l.Bynon, James Orr. CD.t. T Burns, David W Phillips, John J. Beam. Walkin W. Powell, Wm. H Beam. Daniel E. Sterling, (V auncey E. Bryant, Jai K. Smith, Goo. Chamlierlhi *S. H. Shannon, Stanley Crooks, *R. M. Sbauuou, •James Carjjill, * Jacob Schmaltz, *J..hn Davis. John A. Stone, Samuel Davis, w m. H. Shaver, Byron Dimmock, William Sanders, Benj J. Evans, Jas. Smith, Jr., Evan J. Evans. Marcus M Smith, Simon F, Fessenden, Porter J Sru.t. Ira Gordon Wash «pangenliurg, Mr rR»n Griffith, Ezra H Shue, John F Ornljp, Sanderson P. Shirley, ('has. Hadsall, 'James Stone, *Chas. Hoskins, *Oeo. M. Stark Francis G. Hughes, Philanler M. Sutton, Jeffrey Hnfford, «Jas M. Stnart, *B tward James, Cbas. D. Sanders. Edward K. Jones. David Thompson, Th'W Jenkins, Duane L. Tyler. Jacob R K dp, Merritt Tompkins. Henry l.abar, Charles Vtnrterbnrg, ♦Jacob F Ln.npr, Daniel H WMiuns, * rhoinos Llewellyn, John Williams, Samuel Miller. Those marked with an asterisk (*) have since died. My fascinating partner and I never were formally introduced. The thing was quite simplti, and I daresay tho trick has been playi-d thousands of times before. Ask you own brother, on his honor, if ho is innocent of it. THE HETURN OF BATTERY M Water Column 1)3,000,000 Miles 1jtmg. On Sitnnlay afternoon last, by the train from Harrisburg, the boys atta hed to 8chooley'* Ba'tCry, known in the service as Battery M, 2nd Pa Heavy Artillery, 112th Pa Vol's , arriv ed in Pittston, having left Petersburg, Va., on Wednesday previous. They reached Harrli burg on the 22nd, were p»ld «ff on the 23d and reached Plttston on the same day. Their promptness was the result ot having correct rolls when the company was presented for payment. Their expected arrival being announced by telegraph on Friday evening, the ladies lmmedi-tdy set to work to work to collect funds to defray the ixpensts of a tupper. Iu a few hours they raised all that was needed and more. Oo the arrival of the train at the depot, large crowds of cit'z ins and anxious friends awaited them, and a procession wa« formed, led by fife and drum The band was not as grand a one as the boys Vad been In the babit of bearing, thon h mingled with the congratulation i of dear friends we fancy it was as sweet to them as the best The procession formed, marched down town, returned and halted in (he shade in front of the Eigle HC t«l, when they were welc imed In an appropriate and soul-stirring speech by Theodore Strong, Esq. Alter the announcement by Mr. llorris Hughes, that a rapper would be prepared for the Battery boys at the Bntler House in the evening, they dispersed, giving three cheers for Ifr. Strong, three times three for Capt A. P. Barber, and three for Wm. Gee. At nine o'clock in the evening they were summoned to a most splendid and luxurious supper got np by Messrs. Elterich and Tr« ffison, the gentlemeuly proprietors of the Butler House. The blessing was pronounoed by the Rev. J R Shanafelt, of the Baptist church. After supper, Mr. Morris Hughes being appall,t-d president., announced that a sword would be preseuted by the oompany to Captain A. P. Barber. The presentation address was msde by Joseph M. Alexander, of Carbondale, a member of the Battery. It set forth most happily the respect and love which the men oherished for their commanding officer. Capt. Barber responded in sentiments of the deepftt gratitude, and assured them that their magnanimity towards him had so filled his heart that no language he could summon could ex press his feelings. He felt the more satis faction, be said, that this sword had been given to him at the close of the service, foi now he wight in some ut«asu~e be suppled to have conducted blmse'f as becoming a true soldier. Had it been given him at an earlier period tbere would not have been the same assurance of it, either on his own pai t or on that of bis men. The sword and belt were beautiful, and cos1: $120. The affair which, while It mnst baa souroe of gratification to Captain Barber, is scarcely less so to hlo friends. He was yonng commissioned, and it was not j unnatural that he should have been the obj -ct of deep concern lest the allurements and peculiarities of military life might lead him astray. We Vqst that In the future as in the past he may be preserved from the dangers of the field. ( -apt. Barber returned to the service after.) After the sword present tion was over, the president announced the first regular toast, "The health and honor of Battery M." Response by Q. M. Rlchart. The finito mind is utterly incapable of framing an idea or of making a comparison that will properly illustrate the vast amount of water now existing in the five grwit oceans of our planet. Let us seo: One gallon of water weighs ten pounds, and figures on the area and depth of the Pacilio show that there are approximately I'OO,000,000,000,000 of such gallons of water in that ocean alone. The Atlantic could bo put down in the basin of the Pacific, and only fill it one-third full. Tho Indian, the Arctio and Antarctic oceans, combined with tho other two, would give an area for tho fivo of 142,000,000 square miles. Formed into a circle this would make an ocean 12,000 feet in depth and 18,- 000 miles from bank to bank. The contents would be about 186,000,000 cubic miles of water. If a etandpipe could be built from tho earth to the sun, so that wo could have a column of water 03,000,000 miles in length, that stondpipe would have to be made 8% miles in diameter to hold the water now contained in the five great oceans. It has been figured that it would take 1, COO,000 years for the water of the Pacific to flow over Niagara, the volume boing continually as great as that whioh is now plunging over the falls.—St Louis Republic. WINIHSH GIVEN A HEARING. A very satisfactory feature of the eampaign is that the finanoes are in splendid shape. Sufficient money was subscribed to pay the entire amount pledged to the Evangelist, every ourreut expense has been met promptly and there la money to spare. All of which are evidences of the sincerity of the people In their support of the meetings. " 'Ah,' I thinks to myself, 'you rogue, you stole that somewheres,' an I Bed to him, to scare him: 'You stole that watch, an if you don't let me have it for $10 I'll call the perliceman. * You should have seen how skeered he got, an he answered, resignedlike: ' You've got me at an advantage. I kan't help myself; take it for $10. Gimme the money.' An with that he hands over the watch." Recommitted to tlie County Jail to Await The assembly ball was a gathering of no particular clique or set. It was a room fnll of people who were in a great measure strangers to one another. Last Friday, George* Wind Mi the ailed jed wife murderer of Hamtown, was take a from the county jail tj the office of Alderman Davidson, in Wllkeebarre, for a formal hearing, the charge being murder. Two witnesses were heard, Chris tian HeiDzelman and Jacob Schmaltz, both neighbors of Windish Taey simply teett find to the facts of the mu.der. Windish was asked if he had anything to say, and upon the advice of his a torney, James L. Lenahan, replied, "Nothing." Assistant District Attorney Fuller asked that the prisoner be recommitted without bail to awall trial, and this was done. Pittston people wbo saw Windish at the hearing say that he appears to be broken down considerable. Trial for Murder. Arnold gasped for breath. Two thousand five hundred pounds) And all of his own mAkingl With that one maimed hand toot For the first time in his life he was positively proud of himself. "There's only one thing, Kitty," he said an hour or two later as he sat holding her hand in her own pretty room in Kensington—"only one thing that mare my complete happiness, and that Is the fact that I don't feel quite sure whether such work as mine is of any use to humanity. I don't feel quite sure whether a man can hold himself justified to the rest of his kind in living in the produce o{ Jabor like that as he might if he wma a sailor, now, or a shoemaker, or a miner." "I do," Kathleen answered, with a woi man's simpler faith. "I feel quite certain 1 of it. What would life be worth, after all, without these higher tastes and these higher products—art, literature, poetry? It is they, and they alone, that give it its value. I thought to myself as you were writing it and dictating it to me at Venice, 'How wrong it would be for this man, who can think things like those put his thoughts eo beautifute. tp $row away his gtfts doing fcomipon sailor's, work that any workman with' half bis brains and a quarter of his sensitiveness ouuld do A hUnaited times better most probably than he could." With tikis last assembly I was feeling at first more thiin usually out of tnno, because, although I hud been standing by mamma a good ton minutes, I had up till then only ten names scrawled down on my programmo, and I had no others in view. CONVENTION AFTERMATH. "But, Uncle Jere,didn't you have no pangs of hearing, as yon do, our exoelleut dominie preach about them every Sunday?" The Shlckshinny "Echo" Kick—Did Miner Work the Hastings Men for Revenge? And now Brother Tnbbs, of the Shtck shinny Echo, is mad. Hla townsman and favorite candidate In the Bepnbliean county convention for Sheriff, Mr. Garrison, after having made a combination with Juctge Bennett's friends undei which the latter received a majority of the 2nd district deltgatloo, was given the "shake" by the Wilkesbarre people. They failed to fulfil their pait of the agreement and Harrison was left. Bad he stood by Feme, who had a prior claim to the support of 2nd district delegates, bsing a resident of the district, Garrison might sot have received the nomination for sheriff, bat he" would have bad credit for doing the fair thing. The npper end delegates not only did not seek to punish him for his treatmeat of Ferris bnt generously gave him their votes on the last two ballots. Bo when a man came up from behind, bowed, addressed mo by name and asked for a danco I folt distinctly glad to see him. Ho was rather tall, dark, with black eyes, black mustache and good teeth, and, for anything I know, his name might have been Adam. vKo-siree! nary a pang! That bloke tried to cheat me, an that's about the size of it I don't think the watch is worth more'n $10 anyhow." And with these words Uncle J ere unearthed his chronometer and handed it to Mr. Pivot. IT IS JtlDGK BKNNETT NOW. "Ha, ha, ha I He, ho, he! Ho, ho, ho!" Pivot burst out, after glancing superficially at the timepiece. "You're sucked in. I can sell you a whole dozen of that kind of watches for $10, any day you choose to buy 'em." I couldn't do haw than lxDw slightly and conclude that I had boon introduced to him one of tho previous years. I also saw fit to give him waltz "No. 7," which he asked for. Appointed l»y the Governor, as Also Mr. Lloyd for Controller. STATE ENDEAVOR CONVENTION. As was antlclpa ed, Governor Htstiags ha« appo ntcd the nominees of the Luzerne Republicans for the offi ;es of Judge and Controller to fill the vacancies at once. The announcement of the appointments wa* received in Wilkesbarre on August 8ch. Mr. Bennett will at once take his ssat on the bench, filling the va:arcy cre»tedby the retirement of Judge Rice, wbile the office of Controller will be reopened at once with Mr. LI Dyd In charge, though, as the Wilkesbarre Record says, the latter may have seme trcuble to retain bii offi 'e. The Record adds: Arrangements for Delegates From This "And would you take compassion on mo and give me another?" said ho. "I know so fow people her© this year—at least so few that 1 care to danco with. Awfully obliged." Section Who Go to Erie. "Really?" said Uncle Jer». "Well, no harm done. Still, if you hadn't told me that, you, might have ntver heard of the rest of the transaction." Plans have been comple ed for the sC- cursion which Is to be run from Normeastern Pennsylvania to the State Christian Endeavor convention, which is to be held at Erie. TheD .L. & W. is the official route, and the rft» given by the Trunk Line Association is one fare and one-third for the round trip, which figures up $12 14 from here. The delegates from this section will assemble at Sjranton on the eveniug of Aug. 21, and after a reception In the Y. M. C A rooms by the Scranton Union, will leave at midnight for Erie. J. C Manning, of this place, is the excursion manager. Scranton is working hard to secure the State convention for 1896, and at the recep o the delegates in Scranton, the plans by which it is hoped to persuade the committee to decide in favor of that city will be outlined. Arnold rend on and on In a fervor of reaction. Thin was kIoHour—tnagniflocntl Line by line tho review revived In him all his belief in himself, all hi* belief in th« reality of his own creations. And it flattered him profoundly, for it saw in his work tho«e very qualities he himself had striven hardest with all his might to put into it.' That is the only kind of praise a sensible man ever cares for. He wants to be given credit for the merits he poetesses, not for ttiu merits he lacks—he wants to be approved of for producing the effects he actually aimed at. Arnold's face glowed with pleasure by the time he badtreached the end. Ami as soon aB he bad finished that first flattering notice Kutb)een, smiling still more deeply, handed him The Athe- "How so?" I suppose tho compliment was a trifle broad, but it tickled me at tho time, and I gave him the dance next after supper. "Not better," Arnold exclaimed, correcting her hastily and put on his mettle at onoe by this stray suggestion of inferiority in his chosen craft. "I'm a tiptop marinerl I don't know I can paint, And J don'i Ipnow whether I can write a novel worth the 'paper'It*4 printed'on, but I do know J always a first rate hand at reeling a sail In dirty weather, and the ho'sun used to say: 'Bend WUloughby aloft, cap'n. He's th« wrest of the lot of W-' TUl my hand g°t crushed I could ha*4 ft sheet with the best man in England. My one consolation now is that | lost |t In the performance of my duty to the world, and that's so, having served my time, as it were, till accident maimed me, I'm at liberty to live on like a sort of literary Chelsea pensioner on whatever light work I can best turn the relics of my shattered hand to," "Well, the $10 note ] paid him was a counterfeit, anyhow."—Jeweierb' Circular.A Girl Patriot. "By the way," said he, "are you engaged for the 'first extra?' I suppose they have such a thing?" An English girl at school In France began to describo one of oar regiments on parade to the French Bchoolmates, and us she went on she told me the recollortion became so vivid sho became so proud to lDe t ho countrywoman'of such soldiers and so sorry to be in another country that her voice failed her and she burst into tears. I have nevor forgotten that girl, and I think sho very nearly desorves a Ftatne. To call her a young lady, with all its niminy associations, would bo to offer her an insult She may rest assured of one thing, although sho never should marry a heroic general, never see any great or immediate result of her life, sho will not have lived in vain for her native land.—Rob ert Louis Stoveuson in "An Inland Voyage." This la the way Brother Tubba illinium the matter In hia paper: "The gnateat piece of political bnogliiig that waa ever perpetrated upon the Republicans of Luzerne la the work of the oonnty convention on Tuesday. The whole ticket la bunched within a radius of a few miles of Wilkeabarre. Not a candidate la located beyond street car connection with Wllkeebarre. The expressed will of the Republicans of the oonnty was thwarted by the uae of mosey and political patronage. Some of the candidates lived up to the pledges given to the county committee. Others did not, thus working an injury to the worthy candidates, and denied to certain localities a representation upon the ticket that would have insured its suooass at the polls. Unices the rules are more rigidly enforced than they were on Tuesday the great aim for which they were adopted will be defeated. The new oonnty chairman and the candidates will find it up-hill work to enthuse the Republican voters." A SuperHultl. "Are you having much practioe now?" asked an old judge of a lawyer. "Yes, sir, a great deal, I thank you." " Ah, I'm glad to hear It. In what line is your practico particularly?" "Well, sir, particularly in economy." —1Tit-Bits. From that very first moment I told myself I was in luck's way. At the first sweep of tho waltz I know it. By tho time wo made tho first round of tho floor I felt that I could havo danced on with that partnor forever. ' The last act creating the office of county controller, which affee'ed the counties of and Schuylkill, was declared uncoijsti'utional by the Supreme Court on the ground that the construction of the act was defective. A new act was passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor creating the office of controller and abolishing that of county auditors, tae act being so constructed that the unconstitutional features of the previous one were avoided. Bat attorney*, at the instigation of the oomty auditors, have already been dissecting the new act and olaim to have found objections that require another judicial decision The objection is that the act is special legislation under the guise of a general law, ss it afficts only two counties in the State. The other is that more than one subj 'ct is embraced iu the one act, which is not permissible—creating the offi 3e of controller and also abolishing that of county auditors. County Auditors Westovf r, Bennett and Morgan have not yet stated whether or not they intend taking the new law into the courts, but it Is altogether probabld that they will, when they realize that their positions have so suddenly slipped away from them. At the last contest the connty commissioners also took considerable interest in having the act declared unconstitutional, as all bills paid by them had first to go through the bands of the controller and bCj countersigned by him " We danced tho dance through to its very last lingering bar, and I said to my fascinating partner—a thing which I very rarely ullow myself to say to any man after a waltz, lost it should make him unduly conceited—I said, "Thank you." In Doe Time, nwum Daughter—As you do not consider that novel a proper book for me to read, please look over this one and letjne know what you think of it Arnold t urned to the critical organ with a vague sense of terror. The first few sen- tences completely reassured him. leading literary journal was more judicial, to lDe sure, and more sparing of its approbation than the penny paper, as becomes a gazette which retails itself to this day for an aristocratic threepence, but the review, as he read on, gave Arnold no less pleasure and gratification than the other Cme, for be perceived in it before long a certain tone and Btyle which form, as it were, the hall mnrk of a very distinguished critic, to have gained whose suffrages was indeed no small joy to him. For the first time in his life Arnold telt he was being appreciated for himself ' alone—for the work he had really and actually performed, not for his artificial position or for extraneous merit falsely attributed to Mother—Yes, my dear, as soon as I have finished the first one.—Brooklyn Life. "Thank you very much," replied ha "I don't think I ever had such a delicious dance befoia Could you give mo another?" SOMKBODT'S LYING. "And I'm sure It's good work, too," Kathleen persisted, unabashed, with a woman's persistency. "Work that does good in the world quite as much as seal oil or shoes or ooal, not pnly by giving pleasure t» whoever reads It, but also by making people understand one another's difficulties and troubles better, breaking down barriers of class or rank so \incopecloualy leading us to he more sympathetic and human (d one another. "Perhaps so," Arnold answered. "I \t Is bo, KittyP' There was a long pause next, during Which Jiathleep stared hard at the empty fireplace. Then Arnold spoke again. ♦'After what Stanley & Lockhart told me," he Bald, smoothing her hand with his own, ''can you see any just cause W impediment, darling, why we two shouldn't make it Wednesday fortnight!1" Conflicting Stat»'inCDn publican Couni .8 Concerning the Re:y Convention. Come High. "Yon have two others already," I suggested. Flags at Half Matt, Leadenall—Look here. Yon charged mer double price for Jhese lots and J find ifhey lie in the midst of a swamp. landslide—Of course they are double price. Look at the chance that is ofTered for a chain of artificial lakes.—Harlem Life. The custom of flying a flag at half mast high as a murk of mourning and resjiect aroso out of the old naval and military practico of lowering the flag in time of war us a of submission. ThtD vanquished always lowered his flag, wliilo the victor fluttered his own flag above it from the same stuff. To lower a flag, therefore, is a token of respect to one's superior and a signal of mourning and distress. The Republ'can candidates compare favorably with any that have ever come lDefore The sentiment and feeling was all for Ferris for Judge, bnt the votes and the cash So I gave him the supper dance when he asked for it, and the extras after, and the polka before. H» leit ine then, and for tho most part he stood with his bark against a pillar, his hands in his pockets and a very bored expression on his dark, handsome face. tne people of Luzerne and not even the most that produced the votes were all the rabid opponent will question either their ability or the clean and honest manner in which the r were select- other way. Every fair minded observer is willing to admit that if the delegates had nut been tampered The belief that the Battings delegates secured by the Miners and the oorporationa for loth district and county convention* were thrown against oandidat w who cook) not be bnlldozed into the antl Qaay rank*, and that the State faotlon fight figured la the connty convention, b somewhat strengthened by a statement In thla morning's Wilkesbarre Ntncs Dealer. As w have heretofore said, It la a fact thai notice was served npon Mr. FC*rrls hj those, high in the councils of the Has tings faction that unless the upper end fell into line tow them he would be slaughtered In tba county convention. Now the Aetes-Dealer alleges that heeau.% Jamas Martin,. the Republican nominee for sheriff and his friends could not be Indawd by the Minen to work for the election of a : Bastings delegate to the Stat* convention from his district, (the 5th) Ool. Asher ; Miner " felt very much chagrinned, and In I a passion threatened t) annihilate Maltha I for Bherifl in the convention." Accordingly Miner and hla men set ttwelvea at work to nominate hat a deal between Yost and Martta* by which tba former Is to be made bis deputy if Martin is elected, prevented the nomination of Garrison. " Thus it was," says the News- Dealer, " that a Hastings convention nominated a Qaay man for sheriff." If this la. correct It doea look as though the Qaay- Battings oontest had something to do with the make-up of the county tloket And It Miner rallied the Hastings mm under hla control to the support of Garrison M Is more than probable that the same means were employed again»t Ferris, aa the anti- Quay managers had threatened to do. Mo Escape, oCl. They go into tho campaltra with clean hands and cle»n records, the choice of a c uvtmtion in which vi h. Ferris's nomination would have tieen assured. 'fen dollars a head is what produced the change to him Lady of tho House—I don't see why yon call this "the trolley" mousetrap; it doesn't look like a trolley. I must confess that we had the fourth together—another waltz. Those tiresome men either wouldn't dance or didn't know me, and I saw visions of sitting it out in single blessedness, when my fascinating partner came up and saved tho situation. As for Kathleen, glowing pink with delight, she stood glancing over his shoulder as he read and watching with a thrill the evident pleasure in bis face at each fresh word of approval. Her cup was very full. At last he was appreciated! As soon as he had finished she turned, with a face all crimson, to her silver haired friend. Salesman (significantly)—It kills 'em every time, ma'am.—New York World. boodle played do part — Wilkeslxirre Record, Benuett.—Wilkesbarrt News-Dealer. Looking for.Coal In lllOD(Of Ihese conflicting statements concerning the Wilkesbarre "bunco" convention are published in this morning's papers. ▲ good wajr to get at the truth of this matter would be to institute a thorough In vet t gatlon and hunt out the boodlers. We be lleve it would not require a "Lexow committee" to get at the faots. A Scranton synd'eate has leased farms at SnydarsviVe, Monroe county, and will commence prospecting for coal. The syndicate are now negotiating for a charter. Daring the digging of a well by Charles Felker in Hamilton township, time since, a mineral depC sit was found tbst str mgly terembled anthracite coal. Since then a gentleman from Soianton came up Da the scene, and an expert pronounced the Indication most favorable He has been leasing lands In the vicinity, and it Is s ate 1 that as soon as be secures leases on 1000 acres be will begin prospecting. Kathleen leaned forward to him with happy tears In her brimming eyes. "None at all, dear Arnold," sheansuered, too happy for words almost. "The sooner now, I think, the better." , Where Ignorance Is Bliss. Clubman—Colonel, I understand yon are acquainted with warfare in all Itoforms? i v! .i Colonel—#0., pa Not in all forms. I'pi a bachelor.—Spare Momenta- "Would I again take compassion on him? Might he? Thanks, so much." fcoon afterward he took me up stairs and laugliKl and showed uio a sung little gittiug room, which even I hail not known of before. He said it belonged to the manager or some on* and was not supposed to bo used. "I must, Mrs. Irving!" she cried, with n womanly gesture—"I really must!" And iii a transport of joy and triumph she liung tier urmu around him and kisstid him fervently. V' They sat there hivodtlq hand, saying alt tfcfcj* saM jnnttiy, which Is, after all, the best way (o say piany things that lie deepest in the heart of humanity. Then Kathleen upoke againt ,lI think," Mrs. Irving said, rising with a quiet smile and setting the bqnnpt ftraight over those silver locks, "I'd bet ter be going to look after some errands. No, dear, I can't jKiesibly stop auy lon—r. and \ dare say you and Mr. Wllloughby will havo Io« over quietly with one another." Dabser—Dileey had a very appreciative audience to wituess his new play last night. Small, but Appreciative. THE PORT BOWKLEY KIBE "Only for one thing, dearest Arnold, do I wish you could have married me under your own real uame. No—don't start and misunderstand me. I don't want to be a countess. I have no mean ambitions. I'd '. - « - ' —-IJ u;m uk-wwij, w.T rather D6 Aniom •• 0 wiiu, wDo wrote that beautiful book, than ten thousand times over an English countess. Hut 1 do wisft {top wofid oput# pnly navwxnown how brave and bow strong you are, and how much ydu have gone through for the sake of principle. I want It to know how you might at any time have put out your hand and reclaimed your true rank, and how for conscience's sake you refused to do it. Many a time at Veujce this last long winter w hen I saw yon so poor and ill ami troubled I thought to piywelf. 'ph, I wish he could only break through hi* resolve and go back with a rush to his own great world again.' And then I thought once more: 'Oh, no, for if he could do that h% wouldn't be the Arnold I love and admire and believe in so firmly. He is himself just in virtue of that, and It's for being himself that I love him so utterly.' Aud it's course—illogical, absurd, self contradictory, but somenow i no wimi yon could proclaim yourself to the world, sCt that the world might admire you as it ought and would for never so proclaiming yourselfl" . •. . ■ i Arnold stooped down and kissed her. "My darliug," he answered, smoothing her cheek, "if I have galued your love, mat's more than enough for me. DVhat we are, not what we are taken for, is the thing that really matters. A man, I suppose, is never truly known—not to the very heart and core of him—except by the one woman on earth that loves him. I often wonder whether I did right In the first place, whether I ought ever to have shifted all that retains! biUfy ant} all that wealth to'dispose of (into the at my cousin Algernon, who is certainly not the wisest or Ixwt man to make use of them. But would ( have used them better? And prpp h»Y}ng flpap It P»y way then clear. There was pp g°lng back again. I shall be happy now in the feeling that, left entirely to myself aud by my own work alone, I have so far justified my existence to mankind that my countrymen sre willing to keep me allvein comfort for the sake of the thiugs I can do and make "You seem to know the place pretty well," said, I with tho idea of trying to find out who lie was, because still I donldn't remember having ever met hint before. Water Completely Fill" the Affected Blazer—Great Scott! Was it as small as all that?—Roxbury Gazetta AN UNIAICKY COMPANY. Workingit and Pumping Suspended. The work of pumping water from the river and elsewhere into the Port Bowklej mine of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, where a serious fire broke out several months ago, has bten suspended. That poi tlon of the mine which it became necessary to tieod, in order to extinguish the ttamee has been filled and now pumps are beiag got in readiness and other preparations made to pump the wa'sr out of the mine. The work will probably require two or three months time. Changing the Hour. How tlie Fire Fiend Annoys the Lehigh And so they did. Arnold felt, of course, tnat it one »Daa review man't mate a coming frost neither did two good one# mak* au established reputation. Still it did Seem to him now as though the sky word clearing a bit- —as though it might be possible for him at last to marry Kathleen Some time in the measurable future. They must wait and see, to be sure, how tbS hook went off, but if it really succeeded as a commercial venture Arnold thought his path in life would henceforth lie  ably smooth before him. Outsider—Mr. Surplice, why is It that you have service before daylight? ' Mr. Surplice—Oh, we have to do that not to interfere •frith the bicyclers.— Louisville Courier-Journal. "I think I may say I know every inch Vneutlou Tune Coal and Navigation Co. of it." Ia at hand and Is gladly corned by all, especially those whose duties In life have caased them to greatly ran down |ielr syptern to meet the requirements, physical and mental, forced npon them. With these and others, it Id important, whether at home, kt the seashore or In the country, that st uie thought be given to diet, and as farther assistance to nature, a good build log-up medicine like Hood's Sarsaparil a h»d beat be resorted to. If the digestion is poor, liver deranged and frequent head aches seem to be the rule, Hood's will change all this and enahlQ everyone to re turn to h'.s hot#*) and business la a refreshed gtftte of hind an| bodily hea't^. From a letter witten by a Lansford man we cull some facts concerning the fire that is raging in No. 10 mine of the Lehigh Coal an t Navigation Company, near that place The company is making every possible eff jrt ti combat the iiames, but little or no headway is being made. In fact, ground U being lost. The fire started at a point about 1,400 or 1,500 yards from the elope The vein is from 15© to 300 feet thick at that there being four gangways running side by aide on the same tavel. it la not known how the fire started. Some nay, spontaneous combustion. Others attribute it to gas feedeis. Whatever the cause, the fire Is creating a great deal of trouble and no end of expense. This company has goffered much by fire of late years 81nce January, 1878, Its No. 4 mine haa been on are twice, and there have been costly lires In No 12 and No 11, and now this one in Dio. 10 Hes!de« these, thejo been no end of trouble with No tt at d Snnnult Hill mine fires, which have been burning continuously for years. "Do you live somewhere near heru then? I—er—I forget. " "Not so fortunate, I'm afraid. The fact Is, I'm a cockney. I ran down hero ou purpose fC Dr the dance. D 'y ou k ucjw, " he continued, laughing, " jt'u an awful jar to my findings to discover such a thing, but I can see you don't recollect mo one little bit." Next intervened the presentation of a splendid violin by the company to Cbas. T. Sands, of Orange, Lui -me Co , in ac knowledgement of his valuable services as fiddler for the company. H. J. Baker, of Carbondale, also a muuber of the Battory, made a few pertinent remarks in presenting it and Mr Styiu* respondtd in sweit • trains on his inotrumont. {Jnfalr Advantage. Chineso Emperor—Why did you lose that battle? General Wnn Run—The attacked us in pur rear. Ho he waited a week or two, not daring meanwhile to go near Stanley & Look" hart's for fear of a disappointment. VI was informed that they attacked you in front." •'Y-e-s, but that was our rear when they got there."—-New York Weekly. "It's awfully rude of me, I know, but, you see, I come across so many new faces that"— GRAVEYARD INSURANCE. I hiring the Interval, however, Kathleen couldn't help seeing for herself at the bookstalls and libraries abundant evidence that "lusignillcnut Items are forgotton. Precisely. Well, I shall keep up the incognito a lime longer, ana men u you cannot flatter me by remembering J gliall humble myself and own up *o wliu I fiSn"" """** ' —-ime*- ■ : fascinating partner got up and shut the (loor. Fraudulent Case* Unearthed and There May be More to follow. Not Likely to Be. Modern Mothor—It's very sad, but IJa qfraid P9Vf jftue Will liefer bo popular in society. Second regular toi.st, ««The Restored Union," response «r T, Strong. The speaker recounted in brief the fallacy of tae doctrine of Stat) Bights being paramount to the general government, and the great part which our soldiers had acted in restoring and again nnitlng the country. This war had proved forever, he trusted, that 8outherrD traitors ooujd not annul this union will, etc Tin d recu,lar toast, "The Ladles of Mr. i 0. I A. Chapman vac -atled out from | strong tka urowd to respond. He bad ' hoped, he said, to remain * looker-3D, and should Unre insisted on it, but for the toast which he had been called upon to answer. VV$ was peculiarly happy In bl/a style, as wtll as eloquent. Qu had b,een in the service himself, and could bear willing testimony to the untiring efforts of the ladies of Pittston, aa well as the whole North, lu a'levl" ating the sufferings and sorrows of the fol dit-rs. This vigllnnoe had never grown weary, but, like angels from Heaveu, they had ever been present to minister to their need. He said many o!, ler things complimentary to tha sex in connection with their labors dnrlng the year, which a want of room compels us to pass by, and concluded with a feeling tribute to Abraham Lincoln. The remaiks by the Yankee boy One of the officers of the Life Insurance Clearing Co , pf St. Paul, Minn., has been here for several days and has nnearthed some cases of fran lulent graveyard Insurances which are said to Involve seriou - ly a nnm'icr of well known Pitt 4 ton pat ties. It Is reported that seve-al other companies are back of the investigation. the "Komance of Great Grimsby" was ~-I''"" itji wav rapidly in public favort Wherever she went people spoke to her of "your friend Mr. Willoughby's book—oh, charming, quite charming! What a delightful man be must be to know—so clever and so versatile! i wish you could bring him here." And when Kathleen answered briefly, with a deep red spot on her burning cheek, that he didn't care to go out people murmured to themselves, half aside: "Ah. a little affectation! He'll get over Modern Mother—\ es. SJio's got such fjilly old fashidned ideas about always speaking the truth.—Ally Sloper. Friend—Iudeed I We have for sale at the Wyoming Valley Lumber Company yards, Weet Plttston, Canada Hard Wood Ashes of the beat quality. Parties wishing to use • few tons for the spring crop will do well to call on C. F. Watrous, Jr., at the Lumber 0o.*o offi ;e, who will ooll yoa any quantity required t rom a bushel to 20 tons. Special arrangements can be made f(Vf CfiT load lots. B. f. M D»«***, th»n. Manager, Farmers Take Notice. "Miw (Jonyei*, docs It strike yon that with thifj dauoo and the next, which you had given me already, and the supper and the supper extras you have given yourself into my charge fur at least three-quarters tDf un hour? Let mo impress upon you that 110 one is likely to disturb ; I didn't jnuoncr one little bit. I.SP1 Hot nervous, but I got up and said f thought it would lDe betHir to ko down BUM 1.3, How's This? We offir one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that (Uuutot be cured by Hall's Cat-urh Cure, F. J. Chknky & Co , Props , Toledo, O. We, the underaigned, have know P. J. Cheney for th% last, 15 yean, and believe him perfectly honorable In all (business transactions and fiaanclally able to carry out any obligations made by their Arm. Weet Sc. Traux, W holt sale Druggists, Toledo, O Waldlng, Klnnen A Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and muooua surfaces of the system. Price, 75 eta. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. ••you don't toll me that I am the prettiest woman at the reception, as you ased to," pouted Mrs. Snaggs, • ♦ • ■ — HOY'S NFCK IIROKKN. Tlie TerxlWe Fule Of a Mill Creek Hoy Wlio that, of course, as soon as he ceases to be Played With Cars the lion of the moment. But It's always ' bo with lions. They're invariably affected." For it was Arnold's fate in life to "No," replied her husband. "Yon mustRemember that I joined the church only two weeks ago."—Pittsburg Chroniole-Telotfrayh. « • Malcolm Connor, aged thirteen, son of Elijth Coanor, of Mill CrD ek, was instantly killed Thnrsday, August 8. He was playing with cars on a D & H. siding, and his head waa caugfct between car bumpers, his neck being broken. Riuii jrml Lelilgh Changes lie persistently credited with the virtues and vices alike that were most alien to his —, Miy and retiring disposition. the end of three weefcs more, with a v, ry nervous step, he weijt round by him1 wlf to Stanley & Lock hurt'si The moment he got iuside the publisher's dopr, however. be was no longer In doubt whether or not his book was really selling.  office Iwiy recognixet) hini at once qnd dptrended deferentially from his high bare ttool, the wooden barrier open ». ide with 11 respectful sweep for the man who had written the book of the season. Arnold went up in a mate to the senior partner's room. Mr. Stanley, humming and hawing, received the new lion wiut much rubbing of hands and a y6ry  lug countenance. The Kvdak says: "Rollln Wilbur's return from Knrope recently, whither he wert in the Interest of the Le_ h'gh Valley Road, of which he Is one of the chief managers, is supplemented with repor s that, if true, are likely to create a good deal of interest among the rank and file of the army of employee of that company. Mr. Wllbnr Is at preeent at the ThiDn-Cand XVands, where it Is said, a jihednle of changes is being arranged. Among those aff-ctlng this neighborhood is the reinstatement of division snperin tendent Mitchell to the position of superintendent of motive power, a place that was abolished when the road left the Reading combine." I iif'rVM Blowly—I yoq wop 14 get lonely up here (q the country, fto far from the hotel Kingston, P» Mot tiers, "Awfully sorry to differ from yon, Mi»n Conyors, but I must itsk you to stay." I "One good metier Is worth a hundred schoolmasters," Bald George Herbert. Men are what their mothers make them. But if the mothers are peevish and Irritable, through irregularities, * female weakness,'' and kindred ailments, they find no pleas nra, no beauty in the care of their babes. All»ffort Is torture. Let all snnb, who feel weighed to the earth with "weaknesses" peculiar to their sex, try Dr. Pieroe's Favorite Prescription. They will find the little ones a delight Instead of a torment To those about to become mothers it is a priceless boon It lessens the pains and perils of childbirth, shortens laUDr and promotes the secretion of an abundanoe of nourishment for the child. Rebecca Wilkinson, Urownttvalley, Ind, says: "I have been in a distressed c ndltion for three years from nervonsne*, weakness of the stomach, dy-pepeia and ndigestion until my health wagone. I had been doctoring constantly with no re lief. I bought one bottle of South American Nervine, which did me more good than any #50 worth of doctoring I ever did i in my life. 1 would advise every weakly person to nse this valuable and lovely remedy; a few bottles of H has cured me completely. I consider it the grandest medicine in the world." Warranted the most wonderful stomach and nerve cure ever known. Trial bottles 15 cents. Sold by J. H. Honck, Druggist, Pltteton Pa. Jtfiss Seward—Oh, ne, not at all. My mandolin is company enough for me. Slowly—Oh, I see, you like jo plok your oompany. —Truth. He turned the key in tho lock and put it in bis pocket. •'Please nit down again. Sit down, I say, Miss (Jonyers, and don't make noise. I dou't tiling any One could boar you, tJveil if ynij did scream out, but if you try to. mako tho exjKiriuient I shall bo forced to resort to unpleasant measures. Iti fact, I shall bo compelled to cram part of this antimacassar into your month by way of a Rag. uaw J"m are reasonable." English Spavin Liniment removes all hard,soft or calloused lumps andMemiahes from horses, blood spavins, cubs, splints sweeney, ring-bone, stifles, sprains, all swollen throats, coughs, etc. Save $50 bj use of one bottle. Warranted the most | wonderfnl blemish cure ever known. SolcL by J. H. Houok, druggist, Plttston, Pa. k Class In Uettnltlon. Teacher—What is a heroine? Scholar—I gucea it must • be 4 marbled womftR.1—p.etroit' Vret) Press. for them. As the world goes, that's th§ oue teat "we can have j)| du? tisefiilueaa. Kitty, If J hadn't done as J hav* done J should never have met you, and The more you puff a cigar thesmallei it becomes, and that is the case with some men.—Household Words. Human Nature. "Selling, my dear sirf" he said in anbw»t to Arnold's modest inquiry. "Why, it's sellinar like wildfire. 14 tautest success then I should never have known the one woman on earth who is willing to take pue, pot (or (he guinea stamp, bat tar th* "What do von mean?" I gasped, feel-