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rilE.SCRAKTON TBUTII, 7EDESDAY AFTERNOON, MAItCH 13, .1901 THE UdflRPOBBl, woflOd advise so young man to encourage purser ambition unless he loved work, constant and arduous. On the other hand, purser hare more fun on shipboard than any other officer. Their duties bring them In close contact with passengers, and many firm friendships are thus formed. One of CARLSON HATS Imount ot large talk, for the matter of that The captain sent for the purser, who already knew more about the situation than the master did, explained the situation and then proceeded to the bridge, a tacit suggestion that he was paid to run the ship and not to settle fool contretemps between fool women. In other words.

It was the purser's move In this game of emotional chess. The purser moved. He went to the burlesque favorite and dictated a letter which she between sobs of rage wrote. Then the purser borrowed from the conservatory a bouquet of the most beautiful flowers he could pick and sent them, together with the note, to HOLD THEM The Purest table water on the market. This water is no experiment.

It has been on the ket and in use many years. It is found on the tables of many of the leading hotels throughout th' United States. It is supplied to 1,000 families in Wilkes Barre and vicinity, Run no risk of typhoid fever in the future. Call for Pocono. See that the Red Label is on every bottle.

Beware of all imitations. In 5 gallon tilting crater In crates, six gallon bottles, Delivered to any part of the city on telephone call. For Sale Only at Sanderson's Pharmacy and Jonas Long's Sons. MAKE FRIENDS COST 1 ,50 NO MORE NO LESS THAT'S ONE ON EASTER NOW ON SMART DERBIES TART SOFT AND 1 the most popular was an Englishman who, strange to say, was attached to the French line. He could speak French, of course, as well as be could English and carried off affairs with Gallic tact and facility.

He is now en Joying the fruits of a successful life saving Invention. Another purser In the White Star tine was so popular that his friends urged him to come ashore and start a fashionable restaurant in this city. He yielded to the temptation, but the result was not oil that could have been hoped for. So far as running a ship is concerned, a purser Is absolutely lost. But he knows the management of small boats, and In time of accident he has charge of one.

New York Post. A Rare Vegetable. In choosing his ground the truffler Is guided by the time of year, the character of the soil and his own judgment and experience, says a London journal. On familiar beats he knows exactly where go, and in a strange country is guided by certain general principles. Where fern and bracken grow, where furze Is plentiful, where there are reeds and rushes, wherever the land Is moist and sour, it is hopeless to expect truffles.

They love a light soil and yet never attain any size or perfection on a poor one. By far the greatest quantity are obtained under the shadow of beech trees, but very fine specimens are often found under the cedar, especially in avenues and grounds where the land has been well trenched. The lime is another good tree for them, and so is the evergreen oak. In France the oak is their favorite tree. Early In the season that Is to say, in September SILVERSTONE, LEADING OPTICIAN.

Says no doctor or optician afford to sell gold eye glasses worth 5 for SI. Dally persons who have called on these fake advertisers are told that the SI glasses are not worth purchasing and are coaxed to invest from J8 up, according to their means, in a pair of (classes. Now how can anyone place faith in a person whose only object Is to secure as much money as possi ble, without giving any return? The fakir does not care whether the plasti es are properly fitted. He as a rul, a carpet bPRger who only remains long enougn in any lutamy 10 jeet an the "easy money" of those who are caught in his net. The only place to proper and just treatment is to no to some optician having a reputation in the community.

Silverstone has been in the critical business In this city for over twenty vears. His prices are right. His mot to is the lowest prices consistent with a reasonable profit on all optical oods. Solid gold frames or frameless trimmings, $3.50, filled $2.00. Largest collection of lenses in the city to select from.

A large line of "Sure On" mountings always in stock. Special lenses ground and frames sol dered on short notice. Best line of arti ficial human eyes to select from. Over 1,000 in stock. Silverstone, lead ins optician.

225 Lackawanna avenue. All eyes accurately examined Free. One flight up. HATS Scranton Store COST $1.50 NO MORE NO LESS YOUR FRIEND FASHIONS SALE TOPPY CAPS 300 LACKA. AVE.

OPP. PENN. March 1, of George O'Donnell, who formerly conducted a drug store on West Market street. North Scranton. He was a brother of A.

P. O'Donnell, the North Scranton undertaker. The deceased was a veteran of the Spanish American war, and was buried with military honors in Kosedale cemetery. A Chinese Solomon. A blind street musician, reports a Chinese newspaper, stood on the shore of a river, puzzled how to cross the stream.

lie implored an oil dealer who happened to come along to assist him. The oil dealer had pity on the helpless man, took him on his shoulders, gave him his money bug to hold and carried him across. When he deposited his burden on the other shore the blind man refused to return him his money bag, raised a noise and declared that the money was his property. The matter 0m hpfnr the Indtre nnd each man said on oath that the money belonged to him. The judge finally ordered the bag of money emptied Into a water tank, and then suddenly announced that the oil dealer was the owner.

When asked for the reason for his decision, he declared that the money of the oil dealer must certainly show traces of his business, and. Indeed, on the surface of the water traces of oil were found HOWARD SHAW, Manager names, while the total abstainers the letter meaning "TotaVW Dundee Advertiser. 8ome Tall Chimney. The highest chimney in England is that ai Barlow and Dobaon's mill at: Bolton. It is 368 feet In height, and the material used in its construction' was 800,000 bricks and 122 tons of, stone.

This big smokestack la excelled! by at least two in Scotland. The St' Rollox chimney in Glasgow is 445j feet, and the Townsend chimney In the! same city is 4G8 feet high. But thai steeplejacks make no more of climbing; such shafts than one a third of their; height, though the vibration is mncbJ greater and more serious at times. Alii chimneys vibrate, especially in a It is a condition of their safety, but' the oscillation at the top is a serious matter for any one at work there during a high wind, and In such conditions the job is postponed to a calmer, day. Lancashire also boasts one of, the crookedest chimneys in the world a shaft at Brook mill, Heywood which is nearly 200 feet high and more than six feet out of plumb.

It has been' belted with Iron bands and la consid ered safe. Beyond Criticism. "Why do you always insist on play ing difficult and unusual music "Because," answered Miss Cayenne, "it is very Improbable that any of myj auditors will know whether I am per 'ring correctly or nof WaalilngJ ion star. MLES CCRED IN TO 14 DATS. PAZO OINTMENT la guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in to 14 days or money refunded.

50c. MWF tf something like.jhis i and October quantities are to be obtained on the roadsides (sometimes In ground so hard it would need a pickax to open It), on railway embankments and on the outsldes of copses and cov ers. Later, when leaves have fallen and the sun is able to penetrate glade and thicket, the inside beds are most productive. They do not come under very young trees and disappear entirely from old woods. Storage Warehouse.

We have a first olass dry storage, clean rooms, reasonable rates. Information regarding same call Scranton Transfer Co. Old phone, 52; New, 2973. Mch8 tf "Teetotal." Much confusion exists regarding the origin of the word "teetotal." Not many abstainers probably know the real story or recognize the fact that the introduction of the word marks au epoch In the annals of temperance. There are two traditions current as to the making of the word which are not founded on fact.

It Is said that Richard Turner, the apostle of temperance, when delivering an address said: "We not only want total abstinence; we want more we want total abstinence." Another legend is that Mr. Swindlehurst of Preston, who had. an Impediment in his speech, pronounced the word total," which was adopted as a shibboleth. The true origin was explained by the late Dr. Brewer.

Previous to 1S33 the temperance pledge forbid the use of I did not absolutely stimulants, but at that time the Total i Abstinence party arose. The Moder ates, to distinguish themselves from the others, put the letters meaning "old pledge," after their rhyme don't you that goes A little nonsense; now and theo Is relished uW wisest, men for you. li'S Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of Thomas Peech, an aged resident of Priceburgr, who left his home nearly a month ago to go to the home of his step daughter, Mrs. Cotterlll In North Scranton. The local police departments and other departments in the valley have been requested to assist in locating the missing man.

Mr. Peech Is sixty years old. On I A v. ,1 v. stated to his wife and family that he! was going to visit his "daughter, Mrs.

Cotterill. He failed to return in the: evening and one of the family was senti to the daughter's home. There it was learned that the father had not been there. The search has been on since that day, but so far it has been barren of any clues. No reason can be given, the family state, for his disappearance.

DEATH IN CALIFORNIA OF GEORGE O'DONNELL. Information received in this Cily ot Ifii. ileum ai ii. on MA MI DfSAPPEARANC His Difficult Role on a Transat lantic Steamship. DIPLOMAT AND SAILOR TOO This Officer Mutt Absolutely Poeeett Tact and Be All Things to All Men.

A Pureer't 8killful Play With Two Antagoniatie Opera Queene In the smoking room of a great tranR' atlantlc liner which arrived in New York recently, after a trip made In not far from record time, conversation among those who were not at cards turned to the purser of the vessel, who by his courteous bearing, his well or dered energy and air of savolr falre generally had attracted from the pas senders an unusual degree of attention. The talk began about half an hour be fore it was time for the lights to go out The man with the pipe had observed that the officer's activity was simulat ed. The man sitting next, the head of a brokerage firm, smoking the most ex pensive partaga to be had In the case near the door, held differently. It short ly came to a "showdown," to fall Into smoking room vernacular. if you say so.

What does he do, s6 much?" asked the man with the pipe. The smoker started to tell him. He began perhaps twenty minutes before closing time, and when one after an otuer the electric lights faded and died he was not half through. should Indicate that the purser is a man of some importance aboard ship, and those who so read It will not drift far from a true course. He Is an Important man in his Way the most Important In the employ of the steamship company.

Even ashore and In some other vocation the purser would be a striking personality. No doubt In a way his office makes him what he is, but at the same time he had to be of the stuff of which pursers arc made before he ever saw a steamship. This may be read to mean that instinctively he must be a good fellow. Oh, assuredly he must be every inch of that. He must have a handshake and smile as magnetic as were Tresident McKInley's.

He must tell a good story well and listen to a bad one with laughter. At the same time in his mental and physical equipment he must be endowed with a not Insignificant alloy of Iron, and he must stand firm In emergency and frown and swear with facility equal to that which he evinces In slapping a man upon the back or In touching the springs of mirth. He should be and Is all thing3 to all men. He Is sympathetic as well as hale and hearty and well met He has a head for figures, which could not be otherwise, since he is the company's financial man afloat. He pays ail sal aries; he cares for the money and valuables of passengers, which, of course, necessitates honesty of a sterling sort; he pays for all supplies; he knows all about the cargo and all about the pas sengers.

A purser who forgets the face of a man who has sailed on his craft once before Is of little value to bis employers. When Congressman Jones goes abroad for his summer vacation, he proceeds forthwith to the purser's office, a smile Illumining his face and seasoned hand outstretched. "Why, ho do you do, Congressman Jones?" Th is what he gets. Do you suppose that this representative of the people will ever afterward sail for Europe with any other purser, on any other vessel or line? Not so long as pride lurks within the bosom of mankind. The purser in this respect must be the equal of a hotel clerk, and every one knows how utterly inept the man who stands at the gateway of a gilded hostelry would be without his memory for faces and names.

Not alone that, but besides being a man of resources and ability and a genial wit the purser must possess in eminent degree that God given qualification, that subtle yet luminous estate of moral and mental equipoise, which men call tact curlosa fellcitas. If an old patron of the line finds fault because the stateroom in which he usually travels has been taken by some one else a mouth before, it is the purser wft must apply soothing verbal embrocation and make clear the fact that the former stateroom compares in no way with the present apartment. Complaints as to food come to the purser through the chief steward for final adjudication, and if in the galley I there are signs of dissatisfaction or unrest he must enter the realm of pots and pans and argue with the two as 1 sistant cooks, it muy be, until they shake hands or at least promise not to allow their personal jealousies to in I terfere with their culinary duties until they reach port. They do tell a story of a purser who, In arranging for the usual Wednesday night entertainment, offended two prima donnas one a queen of Wag neaian and the other an empress of light opera by assigning the principal place on the programme to the pride of English burlesque. It may have been that the purser, being a Britisher, was swayed by patriotic emotion to uch a degree as to veil the necessity of handling a problem manifestly delicate with the usual Machiavellian adroitness of his craft At all events, the mistake soon became apparent.

The exponent of Wagner sulked In her cabin, coining delicious Teutonic swear words. Some one, taking her side, said something In the presence of the English beauty, and there was hiatus In that entertainment or In the plans for that entertainment which made plenty of small talk and no small NO SUBSTITUTION HERE. Consult the Job Printing Department of The Truth before placing your orders. Cheap prices mean cheap work. We do the best work at the lowest reasonable prices, and do not substitute stock "just good." Cheap prices often mean substitution, the room of the operatic queen.

The purser has this note now. As nearly as the writer remembers It reads some thing as follows: My Adorable and Olfted Mm. M. It Is not for me to assume th place of honor on the programme tomorrow night when upon this vessel abides the queen of all song Accept these flowers! Accept my love! Accept my request to appear wher ever on the programme may please your fancy! Peccavl! Qesundhelt! Prosit or something of the sort. At thy feet be lleve me, ELSIE BONBON.

Of course the celebrated protagonist of heavy opera accepted the flowers, sent her love, her thanks, her es teem, and asked nay, begged that she be allowed to relinquish the honor cast at her feet The burlesque queen, need It be said, appeared in the place to which the programme assigned her. This man, as will appear, is no slouch of a purser. Pursers are born, not made." They are selected by steamship companies with special eye to the duties they are called upon to perform. A large line, such as the North, German Lloyd line, for in Stance, or the Hamburg line, selects a mn for'flie position and puts him to work In the purser's department with the title Juuior assistant purser. Above him there Is the assistant purser, who Is In line as soon as vacancy shall oc cur for the office of purser on one of the humbler ships of the line.

No man ever promoted from the assistant pursership of a large vessel to be head of department on the same vessel. He goes to any of the smaller craft from which a purser has been elevated to fill the vacancy on the larger vessel. A purser on one of the great German boats Is a man to reckon with and a constant delight to the soul. He knows the name of every wealthy ocean voyager of whatever nationality, and when in the mood he can stand in his office and retail delightful bits of anecdote and flashing characterization of those who figure prominently on the passenger list. Jones! Who iss Jones?" he will ex claim reproachfully to an Inquisitive newsgatherer.

"Veil, he lss der white wash king of South Dakota. So." rursers have full charge of the ship accounts. They pay the salaries of some TOO men, and at the same time It is the purser who must vise the personal and baggage declarations of passengers, clearing up cloudy points to the end that when the customs officers come aboard the passengers will "go through" without trouble or annoyance. He is also responsible for the cargo. He it is that checks the manifests and signs them, which signature Is taken to mean that the vessel has in her hold just what the company contracted for and nothing more.

He Is held responsible for the proper condition, in fact, of every paper pertaining to the ship, which is a task worth the full time of any ordinary man. An officer of a great line in speaking of the purser and his duties said that he in good meats can be found at our market. Give 'as a trial for our WEDNESDAY SPECIALS Sirloin 'Steak OR Sausage, Wo A special line of nice small HAMS for family use. lie lb FULTON Cash Meat Market, 108 PENN AVENUE. PICTURJSS funny You knowjhe.

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2. A Pilgrim's Progress. By Silas A funny philosophical old chap and" Mi troubles with Dull Care." You can't help but like him and see your daily life inhis, 3. The Ventriloquial Vag. By Sterrit The amusing things the tramp ventriloquis( does are too numerous to mention, Sea the tangles he gets folks into and haveai smile with us.

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