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VOL. 6.
MAPLETON DEPOT. PA.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13. 1895.
NO. 50
•PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
On and after November 26, 1894, trains
-will depart from Mapleton (eastern standard
■time) as follows:
GOING WEST.
For Huntingdon, every day, 5.49, 11.48, a.
■in., and 8,14 p. m.
For Tyrone, Altoona and Pittsburg, every
Mtay, 5.49,11.48 a. m., and 8.14 p. m.
Trains leave Altoona for Pittsburg, 3.40,
4.55 aud 8.00 A. M., 1.5*., 3.45, 6.15 (limited),
7.65 and 10.50 "P. m., every day, and 2.15 a. m.
•daily except Monday.
.Trains leave Huntingdon for Bedford, Cumberland and way stations, 8.35 a. m„ 6.36 p.m.,
■week days, Bedford and way stations, 8.10 a.,
m., Sundays.
Trains leave Tyrone for Curwensville and
.points on Tyrone and Clearfield branch, 8.20
a. m. and 3.15 and 7.30 p. m., week days.
Leave Tyrone for Lock Haven and points
on Bald Eagle branch 8.10 a. m., 3.34 and 7.36
«>. m., week days.
Connection is made at (Union Station) Pittsburg for all points West, Northwest and Southwest.
GOING EAST.
Leave Mapleton for Lewistown June. 8.47
-3.38 and 7.35, p. m., every day and 6.21, a. m.,
week days.
For Mifflin, 8.47 3.38 and 7.36, p. m., every
•day, and 6.21 a. m., week days.
n  For Harisburg, Philadelphia, New York,
Baltimore and Washington, 8.47,3.38, 7.35 p.
«tu« every day, and 6:21 a. m., week days.
Trains leave Lewistown Junction for Sun-
Ebury and points on the P. and E. R. B. and
:3S. C. By. at 7.40 a. m., 3.00 p. m., week days.
Connection is made, at Harrisburg for sta
rtions North and,Soufch on N. C, By.
Trains leave Harrisburg as fellows:
Philadelphia Express daily at 1.10 a. m.,
^arrives at Philadelphia at 4.30 A. M. and New
•York at 7.33 A. m.
Eastern Express daily at 2.15 A. M. arrives
Philadelphia5.05 A. H. and New York 7.43A.M
Fast Line daily at 3.45 A. M., arrives Philadelphia 6.52 a. m. dally and New York 9.33
■a. m. week days and 10.38 a. m. Sunday.
.Harrisburg Express daily (except Sunday)
■rat 6.50 a. M. arrives at Philadelphia at 10.20
■A. *£. and New York-at 12.53 P. M.
Atlantic Express daily at 9.35 A. si. arrives
\n»t Philadelphia at 12.17 p. m. and New York
«at 2.33 P. M.
Seashore Express daily (exoept Sunday) at
11.40 A. M., arrives at Philadelphia 3.00 P. M.
sand New York at 5.53 p. m.
Pennsylvania Limited Express of Pullman
"Vestibule cars daily at-1.40 p. m. and arrives
Vla'fc Philadelphia at 4.17 p. M. and New York
..at 6.30 p. M.
Philadelphia Accommodation, 2.15 p. m.
"s-daily, except Sunday. Arrives at Philadel-
>phia6.45 p. m., New York 9.23 p. m.
Day Express daily at 3.40 p. m., arrives at
"Philadelphia at 6.60 p. m. and New York at
.-■9. 38 p. m.
Harrisburg Accommodation, daily (except
"-Sunday),at 4.50 p. m„ and arrives at Phila-
•■dclpliiiiat 9.45 p. in., New York   2.33 a. m.
(except Monday).
Mall Train daily at 7.30 p. m. arrives at
Philadelphia at. 5 p. m., New York, 3.63
■ a. in.
Mail Train, Sunday only, .30 p. m., arrives
*»t Philadelphia 6. 5 p. m., New York 9.08 p.m.
For rates, maps, etc., call on ticket agents
-*r address Thomas E. Watt, P. A. W. D.,
110 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
S. M. PBEVOST, J. B. WOOD,
Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agt.
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AST BROAD TOP RAILROAD.
To take effect at 7:46 a. m., on Monday,
lSTuly.2,1894.
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Superintendent.
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THE MA-JOK'S ST0KY.
"Yea, my hair is -white for a man oi
my years," said he, running his shapely
fingers through the snow white looks.
"Bnt, then, I have seen a great deal of
the world, you know. Sometimes I
think it wonld have been better if I had
not."
"But what caused yonr hair to turn
so white? It cannot bo age, for, if I am
a judge, you are not over 40. " The major laughed.
"No. I was 40 on my last birthday,
and my hair has been its present shade
for the last ten years."
"Come, major, I'm sure there is a
story here. Let's have it."
Again the major smiled, bnt this time
a perceptible tremor shook his frame.
"I never like to think of that time,"
he said.  "Bnt be it as yon will.
"When I was 30 years old, I was employed by Unole Sam to scour the country for moonshiners. My territory lay
mostly in the southern states. It was
in 1881 that I reoeived au order from
the chief of the division to go into the
Tennessee region and locate several stills
that were turning out kegs of illicit liquor near Little Tuoksoe. I "was of a light
hearted, daredevil disposition, and usually such-an order would have spurred
me to my best, but on this September
morning, when, leaving civilization behind, I struck the trail leading up the
side of Little Tucksoe, a strange feeling-
of foreboding oame over me. The birds
twittered over my head, and the purling
brook rippled beneath my feet. All nature was at her best, and yet a feeling
of indescribable dread oppressed me.
"On I stumbled, deep in my gloomy
meditations, when suddenly I nearly fell
over a girl, olad in a single calico garment, who was kneeling beside a haw-
berry bush filling a pail witb the fruit.
The surprise was mutual, and she started np like a frightened fawn. Without
disparagement of the sex I can safely
say tbat no plainer women exist on the
continent than the average female moonshiner. As the girl turned, however, she
displayed a face in pleasing oontrast
with the characteristic high cheek bones
and 'ague' complexion of that seotion.
Her oval features, brown as a berry, but
regular in outline, set off by a pair of
ruby lips and jet black eyes, wonld compare favorably with those of any fashionable belle.
" 'Wha' be yon goin?' she asked with
a startled air.
" 'I am an artist,' I replied, 'come to
sketch some bits of soenery. I am looking for Jerry Bowman.'
" 'Wha' you want wi' him?'
" 'I am going to board at bis house.'
" 'Huh I Then you. un wants ole
Hoss?'
"I was uncertain, but nodded. By
this time I had drawn a packet from
my pocket and began making hurried
marks on it. The girl peered over my
shoulder and asked:
" 'How long beyounn goin ter stay?'
" 'Just over night,' I replied.
"Sbe gazed at the scrawl and said:
" 'Waal, I guess you un can come
on.'
"Up the tortuous path, twisting now
to the right and now to the left, we
went, till.suddenly the girl pushed aside
the thiok undergrowth and darted along
a trail leading directly into tbe heart of
the forest. I said not a word, but did
considerable thinking as now and then
a protruding haw berry brier tore its way
into my flesh, or a stiff twig, bent forward by my guide, with a 'zip' flew
back, striking me across the face. Suddenly I heard a howling shriek. The
girl gave a low, peculiar whistle, and
the next instant four large ours wero
pawing at her feet and in a most uncomfortable manner sniffing at my heels.
" "This la pap,' the girl whispered.
'This is Ole Hoss, the man you un is
a-lookin fur.'
"Whence he came and how he got
there I was never able to explain to
myself, but there he was, armed to the
teeth, a large busting knife in his belt,
a shotgun on his shoulder and the
mountaineer's grin on his faoe.
" 'Wha' do yon nn want?' he demanded.
" 'I am an artist,' I replied, 'and Jim
Bludsoe, whom I met in the village,
thought I eould got board with yon for
a day or so.'
"'Jim's friends are mine,' he said,
with a sidelong glance. 'Come on.'
"This was muoh easier than I had expected. Jerry, or Ole Hoss, was none
other than the man I was after.
"As we emerged from the wood into
the clearing a lank, slabsided specimen
of humanity approached. Ho was about
to speak to Jerry when his eyes fell upon
me, and he suddenly turned away.
There was something familiar in his
features, but I eould not piaoe him.
"Ole Hoss passed on, and I followed
him into his cabin. It was a small affair
with two rooms.
" 'One we uns lives in,' he explained,
'an the wimmen sleeps in t'other.'
'"Where do the men sleep?' I inquired.
" 'Oh, we uns bunks down thar in
ther corner. '
''The 'wimmen folks' retired early
that night, and I sought rest on a blanket that had evidently seen several summers and innumerable hard frosts. I
was very tired, and though I intended
to rise when all was quiet and take a
view of the premises I fell asleep.
"I was awakened by the pressure of
something oold against jny forehead,
and opening my eyes looked into the
muzzle of a revolver, while the voice of
my host said:
" 'Ef you us moves a hand, off goes
yer topknot P
" 'What does this mean?' Idemanded
in my sternest tones.
" 'It means that we uns are on ter
yon un.    That's all.'
"Several other figures now stood over
my couoh, and my genial host said:
" 'Waal, shall we uns-finish him now.
or wait.'
"'Let's take him outside,'one suggested.
"After they had bound me hand and
foot I was carried into the open air. A
short consultation was held, and I oaught
the words, 'down ter the hut.'
" 'Naw.'said one brawny fellow, 'he
ain't bad ea that. Besides Pete may be
mistaken.'
"His objections were reoeived with
murmurs of disapproval.
"'It ain't too much,' asserted my
|host. 'It's jest what he deserves, and
it'll prove nn example to the others.'
"Thero was some more discussion.
Then I waa informed that on my arrival
Pete Sandford, a member of the gang,
whose still I bad aided in destroying
some time previously, but who had escaped from the offloers, had recognized
me as a detective who had oome under
the guise of friendship to land them all
in prison, and that I was to be left in
the hut.
"This failed to strike terror to my
soul, however, as I supposed they would
merely leave me there overnight, and I
should then have a possible ohanoe of
escape. Had I known the true nature of
my punishment I would have begged my
captors to mercifully put a bullet
through my brain.
"They carried me to the hut, and one
of the men carefully opened the door
and peered in. He took a toroh and thoroughly Inspected every nook before entering. Finally, bound hand and foot, I
was laid on a pile of husks in one corner. Tben the men departed without
even olosing the door. I was highly
elated at. this oversight and lay endeavoring to muster strength to break
my bonds when I heard a rustling,
gliding sound in one porner of the room.
Could it be that some other human
creature was imprisoned with me? No,'
it must be the wind outside. Tben from
the long, dark opening usod as a fireplace oame a similar sound, another
and another. What -was it? What could
this mean?
"Suddenly I felt something glide
across my legs as they lay bound on the
foot of the bed, and the awful horror of
the situation that my persecutors had
devised dawned on me. I was in a den
of snakes. If I moved, I was a dead
man. Siok with terror, I beoame unconscious.
"I awoke lying beside the road. Tbe
moon was shining full in my face, and
bending over me was the girl I had
met In the afternoon.
" ' 'Twar a olus oall for you un,' she
said. 'I heered pap'n the fellers a-talkin
ez haeow they left yer here, an when I
got or chance I eome to you un.'
" 'How did you do it?' I gasped.
" 'Huh? I'm used to snakes, but—
but*—■
The girl began to sob.
" 'What is it?'I asked, moved by
her distress.
'' 'I—I dassent go hum, far dad Will
kill me.'
"That's how my hair got white,"
said the major.
"But the girl?" said I.
"Oh, she is in the next room with
the ohildren I She's my wife."—Exchange. m
The bones of very aged persons aro
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THE DINING CAR.
Its Cost. Expenses.  Servants and
Incidents of Maintenances.
A modern dining car of tbe most
approved pattern costs $15,000 to
build. Next come the kitchen uten-
*sils, tbe table furniture, the silverware and linen—averaging abont
$3,000 to a car. Eaoh car must
have a steward, who usually gets
$100 a month, and a head cook,
who values himself at $75 a month.
There must also be oue or two assistant cooks and -three or four
waiters. Three hundred dollars a
mouth is the rery smallest outlay for wages, while the cost of
raw food material, breakage of
dishes and the board of employes
is about $3,000 per month additional. An average five days' run
costs very nearly $600 for food aud
services, so that it would take forty persons at every meal on the run
to pay the daily expenses, without
allowing anything for interest on
the investment or for wear and
tear on the furnishings.
Tbe kitchen of a dining car contains every convenience except
room. There is a range capable of
doing all the boiling, boiling baking and stewing for hundreds of
people, yet occupying comparatively no space at all. There is a
board for tbe carver, a bin and
table for the baker and a sink for
the dish-water, with shelves and
cup boards innumerable for dishes
and imperishable supplies—all in
an area of 5x12 feet at most. Every inch of space is carefully utilized. Under the car is the cellar
or refrigerator, where ice, beef,
mutton, poultry, milk, butter and
other perishable supplies are kept.
The steward, wbo is in charge of
all tbis, mnst be a good guesser.
To be sure, the dining car is run
on the principle that no money will
be made anyway* that one road
must run it beoause a competing
road does; therefore, have the best
in the market for a fair price, and
that it is better to throw away unused and spoiled material at the
end of a trip than to run ont of
some necessary on the way; yet 1
imagine that the steward who bas
tbe lowest average of wasted food
stands highest iu his employer's
regard.
The first thing he has to do is to
make out tbe bills of fare for tbe
trip. These mnst be approved by
tbe head of the commissary department. Tbe chief buys the necessary supplies, bnt the steward has
to turn in an inventory of them at
the starting point, and also a statement of what has beeu used en
route and what is left at tbe end
of tbe ruo. There is no method of
estimating the exact number of
meals tbat will need to be served
during the run, particularly if it be
a short oue. Suppose it is to be
made from Washington to Mew
York. Individual methods of economy are veay different.- While
some prefer to pay $1.25 for tbe extra comfort of a seat in a parlor
car, there are others who think the
'common coach good enough and
prefer bo spend tbeir dollar in' tbe
dining "car. Again there are some
who frequent both parlor and diner, and others wbo care for neither.
For a longer jouruey every berth
iu the sleeper may be occupied, and
yet tbe dining car may be practically tenant-less, or the sleeper
may be nearly empty and the diner
full of people from the day coach,
or it may be crowded with the occupants of both. As tbe steward
goes 11 rough the train on a tour of
-inspection or in giving his first call
for a meal, he must note the number of lunch boxes and guess from
the faces and dress of the passengers how many orders he will have.
Bnt even his best judgment may
be far out of tbe way, for the lunch
box may be for a next day's light
repast, or some of the best-dressed
passengers may not have decided
whether to patronize the dining
car or not.
Comparison of the Navies of the
World.
Some interesting statistics have
been compiled recently by Secretary
Herbert, concern ing the number and
the types of the war vessels of the
leading navies of the world. The
tables show that England has. at the
present time, some 43 battle ships,
12 coast defenders, and 18 armored
cruisers, and 10 battle ships building.
The French navy contains 43 armored vessels built and 20 authorized
and building. Russia has 40 such
vessels Germany 32 aud Italy 18.
These navies have, in addition, many
unarmored vessels. The number of
war vessels in the service of England,
including protected cruisers, ordinary
cruisers, gunboats and torpedo vessels, exclusive of torpedo boats, is 238,
and some 48 additional ones authorized and building. The French navy containes in all 147 vessels, with
24 building. Germany has altogether
29, Russia 32, and Italy 72. Torpedo
boats have come to Lake a very important partin naval warfare. France
has 217 torpedo boats in service and
42 authorized and building; England
has 165 and 64 respectively; Italy 178
and 11; Russia 163 and 14, and Germany 119. The comparison between
the United States and foreign navies
afforded by this table is very signifi-'
cant. At present the United States
has 3 torpedo boats and 3 building.
Such a comparison needs no comment. It is to be hoped that the
United States navy may be more adequately provided in the future,
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