Montour FRANK C. AN (ILK, s»ro.>rie« r. Danville, Pa., *•«'. Iviu FEAR MENAGE OF GENERAL STRIKE PHILADELPHIA, Marc . As the time draws nearer for the general sympathetic strike of all org anized labor in Philadelphia in sup port of the trolieyiuea, the pressure be inn brought to bear 011 the Philadel phia Kapiil Transit company to sub tait the questions at issue to arbitra tion is becoming stronger. The menace of a general strike and the consequent prostration of practic ally all lines of industry has stirred up business men and large employers of labor, and the efforts made yester day to have the company accept arb itration in some form weie renewed today with vigor. The ultimatum issued by the rapid j transit directors that "the company lias not changed and will not in any manner change its attitude with re- J Bpoct to arbitration, already outlined j in its reply to the ministers' assoeia-1 tion."' has not disheartened those who are working for peace. The fact that , the leaders of the strikers have ex- 1 pressed themselves as willing to ac- | cept any fair proposition to arbitrate ; has removed one obstacle toward peace and the influences at work on the i rapid transit company feel that they ! will he successful in avoiding the gen eral labor conflict. A WOMAN'S TACT. The Actross Spoiled a Scene, but J Soothed the Angry Star. There is a pretty story of Modjeska j tind a new leading woman who was to j play the part of Elizabeth in Schiller's j dreary play, "Mary Stuart." The new leading woman, who was ; to assume the part of the red linlred J sovereign, was a beautiful young per- j fton whose acting experience had been | limited to a few seasons in modern so- ; ciety plays On the night of the first j performance, in the most important j scene of the drama, where the captive ! (Mary confronts Elizabeth In Fotherin- j -tfray park, all was not well. The new ' leading woman, wearing a wig for the j •first time i:i her career and looking un- j comfortable in the high Elizabethan i ruff, was ill at ease in the beginning, : "«ind. losing one of the chief words and j thereby the meter from her opening lines, she began to lloutuler and soon '"dried up" completely. This left Schiller's unhappy Mary ■standing in the center of the stage waiting to be adequately insulted. Put | Elizabeth's mind was a blank, madam | could see that, and, jumping to her last speech, the curtain was brought flown. Everybody on the stage was distressed. Hut Instantly the beautiful young woman, disguised as the irate Elizabeth, rushed to the star's side i jkmd said: » "Dear madam, lam so sorry, but you j •■know you do look s > lovable in this ' "..part it w imp -sihle for me to say ' those terrlhl > things to your* Fop a se . ;i ! there was a mixed ex- ! pre - ion f.i Mcd.ieska's face, and then 1 she 112 if"1 1 p led 'lie speaker'* I cheek ni'd a 1! • d y. Metropolitan I Magazine. A WuicU Uoctor. A French surgeon ». v.-as ouco at- i tending a sir i>- : d to an expe dient which. ill iioii ;h ellieaclous, : might have re uit<*d ia his own death. lie had been commissioned to bleed j the grand .••,•••_nl.»r and either through tilliiditj or i:er, ottsnes?. had met with an awkward aecideiit. The point of i tiie lan - i In Ue off in the vein, and , the blood would not tlow. That point Tiinst tie go! ,ail somehow Without fctoppii :: to consider the consequences j to himself, the surgeon gave his high- , ness a violent slap in the face. This- I produced the desired effect, for sur- j prise and indignation on the part of i his august patient put the blood into I violent circulation. The vein bled j freely, and the lancet point came out. ' The bystanders were about to lay j hands on the surgeon when he said, j "First let tne finish the operation and j bandage the wound." This done, he threw himself at the feet of the sultan ' and explained his action. The sultan not only pardoned him, ' but gave him a handsome reward for keeping fiis wits about him hi a crit- \ icai moment. Eskimo Courtship. ff European death scenes astonish, the consenting "Yes" of a bride at mar i riage shocks an Eskimo woman. Not j only must a bride show herself uneon- j senting; she must, if she respects her- j self and tribal traditions, scream and I struggle with all her might when her j wooer or his envoy enters her family residence and, laying hold upon her, drags her. usually by the topknot, to her new home. She may bo pre sented with a new lamp and water pail by her bridegroom, and she is as a general tiling mightily pleased at her change of estate. Hut she is far too circumspect to show her pleasure or affection nnd keeps up a noisy dem onstration until she feels that she lias done all tint a well bred maiden should do. If she does not exercise proper discrimination in this matter her iord sometimes s Hitches the soles of her feet so that she cannot run away to her paret 3.—Harper's Bazar. wwwfH iw m R-T-P-A-N-S labule Doctors find A good prescription For Mankind. The 5-cent packet is enough for nsua nccassions. The family jbottle (<>o cents contains a -npplyjfor a ytar. Alhdlt g gists. v,: • : i Man : C! ■ '■"> the Fried Goddes* c T t! z Fireside. As v.-1 i i ir. i uently admit, it Is j our cliiv ; ; ;s regard for woma'i ! v, hlcli It to de -ire that she shall j e<■ ■;tin ■ In:- w nolly admirable energies I to t!u.' li 'king of our home and the Ice ( . our houses. She Is tender , and frail, and so we urge that she s!'.::'l not 112 r a moment drop her role aat'i"-. sof I lie household. There la nothing that so rouses our almost sili red ndi, i ion as to see our own i pari leu I i' iroddess with a dlshrag in i one hard and a frying pan in the oth j er. Li t m never desert this high ideal , of woman hoi.<l and its lofty purpose In life. Particularly let us not do so because if a woman dees not keep the house it will not lie kept. Would we men engineer and prepare 1,0 I)."> meals in one year'.' Would we wash dishes 1,095 times, wipe them 1,093 times, sew. darn, mend, devote our lives to a gray monotony of treadmill effort? Not on your life! Our chivalrous re gard for adored woman would not per mit it. And we would go crazy within six months if we tried. I know of nothing that we should cling to more closely than this chivalrous regard for our womankind. It saves the cost of many and many a hired girl. I have |' Tried tills little tribute to I man's < hhv,lrons regard for woman 1 because anybody can see that it de serves it. Woman, the housekeeper j (and nothing else), the fried goddess ' of tile thv.-ido. the queen of her domes- j | tic domain, with a stewpan for a tiara j : and a stove hook for a scepter, let us | together | : -dge her, while we register ; our chivalrous vow that we will keep | \ her where she Is unless we men need i her as a • letiographer or somethlnj • else, in w!:!• i event our chivalrous re -1 giird may .'etch a few points.—Call | fornla Mont! ly. Dri;-.;< and Diplomacy. Prin<c Bismarck once boasted that • I in his youth he drank a bottle of charn ! pagne at one draft from a "puzzle j goblet so constructed that one could J not bring it close to one's lips, yet one was not allowed to spill a drop. Not | a single drop fell on my waistcoat. [ Every one was immensely surprised. ! but I said, 'Give me another.' Such | tricks were formerly an indispensable j part of the diplomats' trade. They | drank the weaker vessels under tho | table, wormed all they wanted to know i out of tltem and made (hem agree to I things contrary to their instructions, j ] When they got sober they could not j j imagine w'n; they had acted so." What They Were Hawking. At an exhibition of paintings in Eon j don in one of the galleries hung the i j notable picture "Hawking In the Old- j I en Times." An elderly farmer and his ! ! wife paused before this picture, view- i j ing it with evident satisfaction. "John." said the old lady, "what's ; i that?" ! John then turned over the leaves of ; I the catalogue he carried. "They ea' It 'Hawking I' tli' Owden ! Time,'" said he. "Hawking! Why, what are they ! hawking?" she inquired. "I dunno," lie replied, "but I spect ! j they're trying to sell them birds." Later Returns. Mildred—So you are engaged to j young Willson, eh? I thought you said | your love for him was purely platonic? i Helen—And it was before he inherited i | half a million and asked me to marry : him.—Chicago News. j j Singer and Orator. "If 1 had my way," l)r. Macnaniara ; once confessed to an interviewer, "I j should he singing in 'Carmen' instead , of making speeches from the treasury i ' bench, but unfortunately the lirltlsb ; public thinks a great deal more of a | man who ran make a bad speech than a man who can sing a good song."— ! tiestminster (Jazotte. To Reform Him. Minister—Von say you are going to i marry a man to reform him That Is ! noble May 1 ask who It isV Miss : Beaurl--It's young Mr Hondellpper. j Minister 1 ndeed! I did not know he , had any bad habits. Miss Beautl— I Yes; his friends sir that he Is heeom i lng quite miserly. Anticipation. "Doesn't it make you the least bit : envious to see what elegant furniture : ! Mrs. Evetly is putting Into her house ! j next door?" "Not a bit. My husband says it will j ! be sold by the sheriff within six j I months—and I'll be there to buy It"— j | Chicago Tribune. Indiana Millionaire's Odd Charity. ! Adolph Molzer. millionaire soap man j ufaeturer of Evansville. Ind., is build- i Ing a large stable, where ho will this ' 1 winter feed the horses of poor people ! who nre too poor to properly care for them. A Reliable Remedy cata» jpiav r. ■ CLEVER Ely's Organ Balm y is quickly absorbed. g j Giles Relief ai Once. i."® 1 '^c.l It cleans, s, 112 ,thes, J? heals and p.., . Is rr '.irai-~^ the diseased In- u** briiuo resulting from Catarrh and drives away aCold in the Head quickly. Restores tho Bi-n.se*of Ta-ta and S.uell, Full size no ets. iii Drou'gis'w or by mail. Liquid dream Balm f< r us« in a' >mizers7s cts. Ely lirotliers. Warren Sireet, New York. €0 YEARS' EXPERIENCE ■■M k ■ 1 jm 1 M H ft-. jS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS 4C. AnTonrfflonrtlnif ftfltplrb (mil desprlplion may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention IN prntmhljr |-ni»Mitnblo. C'uiiiniunlcH tloiiN strictly confidentlul. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest agency f«»r socurnitf patents. Patents taken tlirotnrh Munti \ Co. receive iprciul notice , without charyo, in tho Scientific flmcrican. A handsomely lllnstrated wooklr. I.nr(rrnt olr culation «»f any seientldc Journal. Terms, a year; tour months, fI. Sold by all newsdealer*. MUNN & Co. New York Branch Office. 036 F Washluuton. I>. I. ■ EELS IN JAPAN. Tha Restaurant Cock Catche* Alive Hit i i thi . . 'ion Selects. i;ntmi:« n .lii|ui lie- e iestnurant, a i • ' !' i iloiled eels nnd rice Ih |e ; t.i la.11: i t annrniiiii! tresO i wan i er • ail in lai to point out the | ob.ic i o; ,'ieiire. says a writer in tie ! I'lie <ools. who stai d It elects the wrlwliuil victim of h • In : e, strikes its head smartly ■.. -11 hloeU and. squill 11 in; >■ r '.-ps the creature's neck, ,'t Unite in the left side of llio , li -o nnd ilexterously runs it (lowu to ihe tail, ilien, rapidly api'ilyint; liis insirunieiit to the other side of the barkboiie. repeats the process, leaving t he eel spilt open Then, chopping the tlattened eel inte three inch leiiKths, the pieces are plmiKPd into boiling water to innke the skin tender, long bamboo splints used ns skewers are thrust through them, aud they are then placed on rods over glowing charcoal and broiled brown, behiK plunged from time to time into a vessel that contains old soy of the color aud consistency of molasses. These preparations concluded, the steaming eels again are draiued and placed hi red lacquer boxes with rice and set before the customer. The Phonograph. One need-not he afraid of operating a machine too constantly, as there is little danger of wearing It out. and the motor will give better service when used frequently than when al lowed to stand unused. In all cases J avoid winding the spring too tightly, j Stop when it offers strong resistance, i In many cases it is specifically stated I that tho needles should not lie used more than once, and these directions should be observed. Not to follow them means almost certain damage to the records. The machine should bo kept well oiled; otherwise its mo tion will become sluggish. Sewing machine' oil may be used for that pur pose. The records should be kept free ' from dust, as dirt clogs the sound wave grooves and tends to give a scratchy sound to the reproduction. A good record cleaner may be made by gluing a small piece of velvet carpet to a wooden block. Such a cleaner al ways should be used 011 dusty records before they are placed on the machine. —Suburban Life. Too Realistic. During a performance of "Captain Lapallsse" at n Valencia theater some years ago an Incident occurred which for lifelike effect left nothing to be ile : sired During the said play some of I the actors mingle with the spectators I in order to co-operate from the body I of the house. No sooner had Miralles, j the nctor. taken his seat in the stalls I than a daring pickpocket robbed him ; of his gold watch. Miralles seized the man by hi ■ coat collar and called out j in a deep bass voice: j "Police! Help! Thieves!" I The audience, taking this little epi i sode to be part of the performance, j roared with laughter. Kven the police men Joined in without stirring hand or I foot. | "This is no farce!" cried the actor 1 In tones of despair. "The fellow has ; got my watch!" i The voice sounded so natural that j the audience broke Into loud applause i at "such excellent fooling." Meanwhile ; the thief managed to break away from j his captor and escaped. A Judicial Expert. ' The native with a stogie met the ua ; tlve with a pipe. "Howdy. Zeb?" quoth the stogie na | tlve. "llear 'bout til' fuss down to ! th' courthouse V' v ' "Nope." drawled the man with the i pipe. "What was it about?" "Why, .tin! Simpson has been snln' Abner Hawley for alieuatin' th' af : fections of Ids wife, an' .ledge Mus grove told lb' jury to bring in a vor dlck of 1) cents damages, 'cause he thought that was all the damage was worth to Jim. All' Jim's wife sot mad an' threw a chair at th' jedge, an' lie 112 had her arrested 1111' putin th' cooler." "But didn't th' jedge go a leetlo too far when lie fixed her value so low'/" "Not at all, not at all! You see. he was her first husband."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Chinaman a Justice of the Peace. Charles K. Shu, probably tho first Chinaman to be vested with the au thority of justice of the peace In any ! state in tho United States, was recent | ly invested at Boston with that au thority by the commonwealth of Mas ; sachusotts. Shu is a native of Seattle, i Wash. Very Annoying. I"It is annoying to watch for a train j that's late." ; "Yes, and it is even more annoying i to wait for a train that was discon tinued the week before."—Washington Herald. I 53.50 Receipe Cures Weak Kidneys, Free Reliever Urinary and Kidney Troubles, Backache, Straining, Swell ing, Etc. Stops Pain in the Bladder, Kid neys and Back. Wouldn't it be nice witihn a week or so to begin to say good bye forever to the scalding, dribbling, straining, or too frequent passage of urine: the forehead and the back-of-tho-head aches; the stitches and pains in the j back; the growing muscle weakness; spots before the eyes; yellow skin; sliipgisli bowels; swollen eyelids or ankles; leg crimps; unnatural short breath; slepelessness and the despond ency? I have a recipe for those troubels that you can depend 011. and if you want to make a quick recovery, you ought to write and get a copy of it. I Many a doctor would charge you fSO just for writing this prescription, but I have it and will be glad to send it to you entirely free. Just drop me a line like this: Dr. A. K, Robinson,k4o!s Luck Building, Detroit, Mich., and I will send it by return mail in a plain envelope. As you will see when you get it.this recipe contains only pure, harmless remedies, but it has great healing and pain-conquering power. It will quickly show its power ouco you use it. so I think you had better see what it is without delay. I will send you a copy freo—you can use it and euro yourself at home. "ELEKTRA" IN AMERICA. Straus' Mu ileal Cr~y Create" » Sen sation In New York. All Neu \.«i U is ! aiUing "112 Straus' great t. ii"ic:■! drai "Klektra." it l:av lii" been |:ii |.(| i n- recently fur tlii< first time in Am ;Ii it and created ns much of ii :• at'- n as Ii did abroad Mtni- Ma-ar,n pit.i'il tlu» part of the 112 " fj ■;> \ jj£B9 MM K. MA2ARIN AS ELEKTRA. heroine, giving a wonderful and su perb performance that has won high praise from the critics. The opera W of one net oniy ana lasts but an hour and forty minutes. The orchestra effects are marvelous. Tones of terror, wild shrieks, fantastic wails and terrific crashes of sound in which every instrument takes violent j part are only a few of the amazing in ' etrumental effects in this most nmnz- I lug of all operas. THE STAGE DRINK. Some Sarcastic Comments Upon Its Terrifio Potency. I What we have always noticed about the stag" drink Is Its terrllic patency. ! That there are other points of Interest ; in this thins we do not deny, and we j are Inclined to agree with a writer in ) one of the weekly papers who says | that "our ncii rs, even the iiest and j most expcTien -ed of them, haven't the | faintest notion of how to drink nut j urally aud with the air of men who are enjoying the process." And we | have frequently noted that curious un \ splllnble quality In the musical comedy i drink. In this particular type of po i tatl- n, which is set to music and I whi !i we may call the gay drink, the : can-lass geft tires of the (lacon holders, who do not actually drink until they i have waved the goblet upside down, I have been known to make strong and thirsty gnller.vites burst Into tears, I commingled with reproaches. When falsely accused Frederick suffers a iuo j mentary attack of depression and de i cldes to set out for territories exclu ; slvely canine he pours into a small ' liquor glass a little very pale brandy i and, with a desperate cry of frenzy I and despair, drinks it at one go. Soine -1 times it is half a glass of noncorporeal claret. Hut the result is the same, j Falsely accused Frederick instantly | starts Ills Apache dance with the grand pianoforte, and friends who be j llevcd in him, entering at that mo | ment, say, "flood heavens, he's drunk!" j The drink I- potent. It cannot always ibe a case of weakness of head.— Lon don Globe. Socio.l Parr.dox. "It's Impound fi; me t. dress on $5,000 a year." "Well, my love, .. uu must wear less." "Don't be silly! You know perfectly well that the less I wear the more it rosts."—Judge's Library. KUIBTKII-S SOTM'I-'s. To AM, ('KKWTOItfI, I.KUATKHS A Ml OTII Ell : I'KIiMINS I NTEUKSTKII—Notice I* Ili rcllV ulven j that tli, foil,.Willi; nanicil person* illij oil the dale utlixed to tliclr names, tile Hie mills | of their iiilinlnWiriilion to the < slate of those | persons, deceased, II ml (iuardi.-in A''coiinls,A-c. : whose natnc* are herelnantr mentioned, in tin- ullic.' of the Uc_'Mcr for the Proliale ot Wlllsntii! Kranthii: of betters ot Vdminislr •- j tion, in and for I he I'ountyof Montour, aiul . thai the same will lie presented totheOrplmn's i I'oart of said county, for conllrmallon and allowance, on .lluiiiliiy, lit*. I liii itey of I March A.i).. ioio ( at the meeting o 'lie Court ill the afternoon. j 1910. Feby 1. First and Final account of Daniel [Cotncr, Guardian of Lyilia Fietta Hartman, Clarence Wellington Hart man, Leah Frances Hart uian and Martha Elizabeth Hartman. minor children of Wellington Hartman, late of Cooper Township, Montour County,decease as stated by William L. Hartman, Executor &c. Feby. 12, First and Final account of Henry Wireman, Exec utor of Regina Wireman, late of Mahoning Town ship,"Montour County, de ceased. Feby. 12,' First and Final account of H. M. Hinckley, Ancil lary Administrator of the estate of Margaret Rogers, late ofjthe County of Allen and" State of Indiana, de ceased "said decedent hav ing property [in Montour County, Penna. Feby. 12, First and Final account of Harry M. Yeager, Ad ministrator of Ellen Yeag er. late of Valley Town ship, Montour County, de ceased. Feby. 12, First and Final account of' Frank Carey, Adminis trator of Mary F. Welliver, late of Anthony Township, Montour County,deceased. Feby. 12, First and Final account of Benj. F. Ware, Executor of Joel Bogart, late of Liberty Township Montour County, deceased. WM. 1- SIDLER, Register. ! Register's Office, Danville, Pa», Feby 12, 1S)10. r. Lrx J IN CHINA. They Are i\' i row *.id Crooked ard !! .„cd VVitii Ditchca. The Chi;.i •• road is private prop ] irty. a -trip taken from somebody's land. This is disc much against the' ' will uf tin* owner, sin, e he n.it only • I sos the lift' of it. but also sti!! has to p:tj taxes on it. One I-, a. i i,m me is that It I *»'•••' 1 enough for only one vehicle, aial .rt.- i can |as .4 uu>' otUer only by tii j ill" oti the ' " Mated land. To pr.-vetli «!i:.i till" 1.:: ~-v* <: deep ditche Ic I t!ii- r :tdside. A the surface wear awa.v and the dust blows off it (.'.radii I ill!', fivv.H li - ei anil after awhile I: becomes a drain for tin- surrounding i lipids. A current forms in the ■•alny i season, whi ii : i!l further hollows i; oni. and tli lii:i arisen the proverb that a road Hani and years old I " I comes a river. I Those win c lands are used for roads naturally prefer to have tln> roads run along the edge of their farms Instead of cutting across them and this accounts for the fact that Chinese roads are often so crooked 1 that one may have togo a consider::bl > distance to reai h a place that is in re | allty but a few miles away This ill 1 ways Interests the stronger Only Pursuing Hi; Profession. A Ihoolil ii !.i*i ! trale re i tl;, had ; four darkies v. 11 wt re cauj lil In a 1 gambling raid hc.'ore liini. The lint : of the lot ti he lire Jit to the bar v•: i j an under a ! in.in. with a com; al ! face ns Ida.•!; as night Tl: •di i. gue jilt ween 11 ngi 1 te aud ! ■ pi - ! oner en ited some t• • riii:n .:t ,nt! • 1 j eourt. : "What is vour name'.-" Inquired i i ; i darky "Vv hat Is your profession?" j "I's a lor! --Ml;, by trade, sail." I "What W'-re "ti doing when the po ' ' lice broke i it" t' " room last t i-i-.tV" ' .. . , . ■ . , r "Judge, I wan pursuiu ninh profes •ion I us iii.ikin' a bolt tor tie ! door." I"Officer." said ilje magistrate, wftl | a merry twinkle in his eye. "1 ,<■ I Smith up." New York Trlbui e The Art of OverlcoV.ini). Nobody can live long in the world I and not admit that the words "nolle ; lug for nothing" contain a sad annum! j of truth. lie is of course a fool who does uot count the cost so far as the I future is concerned, but scarcely less i a fool is lie who does not overlook past costs. If we have any good or de > ' lightful thing in thU life, at all haz | aids let us not taint our enjoyment by I considering what wo gave for It. Was I it more than we could afford? Never | mind. We have afforded It; we have | made our purchase. Let lis take off ' i the ticket with the price and burn th receipt. There arc items in life's I ledger whit h must be overlooked un ! less we would spend all our days j In balancing closed accounts.—London | Spectator. Very Helpful. . j A provincial clergyman during his sermon caught sight of a member of I his congregation wearing a very wor i ried look. Suddenly the man's face I brightened, and during the remainder j of the service Ids appearance beto kened a perfect freedom from care. ! "I am pleased to think, William,"ro | marked the clergyman after the serv , j Ice. "that my words helped you sotne ] what this morning. I noticed during ! my discourse that your face lit up and ; the sunshine of smiles chased the , | clouds of worry away. Now. what portion of my sermon appealed strongly to you, eh "To tell the truth, : ir." replied Wil liam, "I wasn't p.iylii' so much alten . I tlon to your preachln' ns I ought t • hev done. I was balaucln* up the , week's cash In my mind and found myself two and three pence short 1 worried and worried about that l.a a. ;, i tit couldn't r.t it In nolv.w. "Then I happened to catch a word or two of what you said about ta preparations that man made 112. r ! I ! prodigal son, and It carue Into : i mind like n Hash of llghtnln' tint I'd , i spent two and three pence for a i ■ horsewhip to give my boy Jim a tbu" * : derin' good l.'din'. It's wonder:el. : - I you say, sir, what a help a eh-oi 'e } | word nitty be. l iood moruin\ sir." - London Tit-Bits, II J Mailing Them Match. 1 "Do you think l.e would do well as a ! speaker?" ■ "lie ni! :ht be quite a success If hr i i confined himself to mixed audiences." ,! "Why only that kind?" I "Because he Is a mixed reasoner." 1 Heaven sends us good meat, but the | devil sends cooks.—Garrick. I i ! The Miserable Moors. | The lives lived by the Moors are without perhaps any exception the I most precarious and miserable that j can be imagined. The poor man is thrown into prison for sums he never possessed and can never pay, the rich t to be squeezed of all ho possesses, - while those only can hope to escape , 1 who are members of families suiß . I ciently powerful to arouse the fears of . j the local governor should he attempt j extortion and not sufficiently powerful | to stir up the avarice of the sultan. ! Even the governors of the provinces "! suffer themselves as they make others ' j suffer, for ,lust as they squeeze the , agriculturist and the peasant so are i, they In turn squeezed by the sultan . 1 and his vlzierS, and, should they fail . j by constant presents to maintain a good opinion at the court, they can I expect only imprisonment aud often t | death.—-Blackwood's Magazine. Ready Money Club. . i Chicago has a new organization that I may soon have a counterpart in New ! York city if the receivers of Manhat ! tan's car lines goon Increasing the I number of pay-as-you-enter cars. The 1 Windy City, report has It, now has a " Ready Money club, one of the rules of , which is "mount the steps of the street , car with a live cent piece grasped firm ly in the hand, press the coin into the 112 expectant palm of the conductor and p pass rapidly into the car." Anybody 112 who has had to stand in half a foot of muddy Ice water at a New York ' corner while a dozen slow people had bills changed by the fare taker ought to be willing to promote such a phil j anthropic scheme in New York. CHILDREN USING BIPLANES.! Pith.. j S .-.ming Teacher Show-, Them a New Sport, rln t* '<t tlic t-istti ward public i school. ' 11.<!«*, in rittsburg, urt learii'nj: i ■ i;»>ii :i:t» ttit* bird uud the , I i'.sU. iin m' '■ <"'H "aeroplane swim : i lulus " 1 iiive long enjoyed n line ' swimi . ; anil their Instructor. Wnlti'i \V : (ink, has been havlng tlioni u > 1 biplanes. Sara llerz berger. a 1 year-old pupil, the other tl:iy tie iiistraied the new game I by gliding I. mi a high balcony. Y> li< ; she reiched lite surface of the watei j she shook her "wings," turned a soni | 1 ersault and dived | Mr. Shook In pes next summer to i 1 take the children out to the rivers and ponds to glide from high boats, bridges | and banks. The sport was suggested ( j by a student at the Carnegie Technical j schools, and those who have tried i; | say it is a thousand times more tbrili \ ing than t'.ie ordinary dive and can be I made safely at almost any reasonable height. ' Wooden Bell Syndicate. A "wooden bell" syndicate has been ' founded In Paris. To "change one's j | residence to the tune of the wooden bell" means leaving a house or flat surreptitiously by night in order to ; | "void payirg rent, and the purpose of ! tills society Is to make this manou j ver easy f.ir its members. The syudi I cate has been duly registered and In I corporatrd and holds meetings at the ' I.abor Lxehange Forty-three "moon light till " were successfully arranged • by the syndicate on Jan. 8 To Start a Tight Screw. , Lois of folks have tried to remove a ■ stubborn screw from a piece of wood. : a screw that won't budge at all, and j have in the end given it up as a bad ! job. Well, if such a thing occurs again ; don't give it up. dou't lose your temper ! or exert yourself, but try this recipe i for removing the screw: Heat a poker | red hot and then hold it against lhe ! screw head for a Utile while: wait a few minutes for the screw to cool j down, when It will be found that the | screw can be removed quite easily with the same screwdriver that just j previously would not perform the j work. The explanation is quite siuv 1 ' pie. The red hot poker heats the screw, I and the screw expands and makes the hole it is in just a wee bit bigger. ' The screw then cools down anil re ' suiues lis original size, leaving the 1 j hole in tl.e wood a size too large—ami ! there you are.—New York Sun. interesting For the Husband. j A titled lady warned her new gnr ' | dener that her husband had an irri- I tating habit of disparaging everything ' j lie saw l:: the greenhouse and of or dering i . ii l less manner new plants Itol e I i.: ; i "Hut on no account humor him," ' ! she said "Whatever he says, throw ' cold water on him or he will ruin us 1 with his extravagance." At this point the new gardener j turned on her a white and startled face. \ "Ma'am." lie said, "if lie orders me ; to pitch evtry plant in the place on the rubbish heap 1 shan't ever have • j the pluck to douse him in cold water. ' Won't it do as well if I get a drain of ' I warm water out of the boiler and let it trickle gently down his neck?"— i Loudon Tit-l<its. Very Thoughtful. "Before we were married." said Mr. ■' I Meckti-n, "l showed my affection for ' Henrietta by serenading lior." ' i"1 suppose you neglect any such at f j tention-s now " "Yes: I s'.ii w my affection now by respecting her desire that I shall not try to sing."-Washington Star Tim Only Way. "1 wis'j I !:in-w how t<> keep a serv ' ant." ' "That mat. across the way can help you." "Does h" conduct an intelligence of ' flee?" "No; he'o an embaltner."—Houston Cost Overreached Himstlf "It's funny how afraid rich men arc of being cheated." reliected Mr Hates, "specially when they get out In the • country. Now. last fall one of the fur j lined overcoat kind en me up here. lit snipped off his words as If they'd been coupons, and though he'd come u; here for rest he seemed to'think some body'il eh urge him extry tor it if bu mentioned the fact. "Well, the Bassett place, up on Hircb hill, was for sale, and he took a fancy to it—looked just like the house where be was born, he said " 'Hut don't you let it out." he says _ j to me. 'They'll tie asking some fancy L i price for it if they know I want It' "Well. 1 drove him up there after i he'd made up Ills mind, and we found , i Isaac Bassett out in the yard. ) "'I hear this place is for sa'e. now t much?' says Mr. Millionaire, i "Isaac opened Ills mouth, but that • j was as fur as he got. i " 'l'll give you SOSO for It; not a cent more,' said Mr. Millionaire slambang . 1 " 'l'll take it,' says Isaac. "'I ain't mean,' he says, after he'd r made out a check and we'd started off t 'nor clost, but I won't be done,' say* 1 he, 'jest because I've made my pile.' "I didn't tell him." chuckled Mr i Hates, "that he'd done himself." j i "Had he?" questioned Mr. Hates' . companion. ■> "Sure!" said Mr. Bates. "The farm ! was put up for sale for the taxes, and 1 all they asked was SCTiO. Anil I've t heard that Isaac had privately offered ! It for sooo."—Youth's Companion, i ; Keeping It Dark. Miss Kidder— S'sh! Carrie lias dved I her hair black. Don't tell anybody. Miss Askltt -Is It a secret? Miss Kid der—Yes. she wants to keep it dark.— Boston Globe. Tickling ire at "Just a little tickling in the throat!" - ; !■• • tr- uMcs you? But it hangs on! Can't get rio it! !i'r e rem edies don't take hold. You need a j regular medicine, a doctor's n I : - v i Pectoral contains healing, qui 1;. . ' "»-i ties of the highest order. . ' ; No alcohol in this cough v»t • Constipation positively prevents goo.UK .Ith. i : liver is a great preventive of disease. Ayer'sPiib• iivci i «ils. V» | £)ten s;;s Kiuiiuys fae Weakened by Over Work. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure I/.uod,- Wenk and unhealthy kidneys are re sponsible for much sickness and sultei ini», .. o>-m. - therefore, it lr-dney trouble is permitted to ipf-u. V'f (i) continue, tcrions re 'SpjfSTsuits are in >• t likels f*T 1(1 Your other V» or K a,ls 'nay need at (|f_ j tuition, but your kid -1 li I "''- vs most, because / f-Ji \ tiiey < o most and should have attention —— *£> first. Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out of order, you can understand how quickly your en tire body is affected and how every organ seems to fail to do its duty. If you are sick or " feel nadly," begin taking the great kidney remedy, Dr. i Kilmer's Swamp-Root. A trial will con i vincc you of its great merit. The mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root, the great 1 ; Iney and bladder remedy, i.; soon realized. It stands the highest because its remarkable health restoring properties have been proven in thousands of the mo: t distress ing cases. If you need a medicine you I should have the best. . Sold by druggists in fifty-cent and onc-*'.ol- "InSISRSS"? lar sizes. You may r! have a sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet telling you uJrr" how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing to I'r. Kilmer 112; Co., r.in;;hamton, N. Y. Don't malic any mis take, but retnemh l" tl e name, S- - amp- Root, a:: I don't l.t a dealer K-'.l yon ; something in place of Swamp-Root—if you do you wili Le disappointed. JAPANESE ENGLISH. A Sample Circular Composed by a Na tive Tradesman. There comes from a correspondent in | Japan this example of circulars In English that Japanese tradesmen some i times compose: "Dear Sir—l have the honour to write a letter for you that I have now | established the meat market and Its branch to deliver tho meat as one of ■ the branch of my sloughter house, as I which 1 have many cattle, their pas tures, their markets, milk houses, and a sloughter house, etc., and 1 will have i a fresh meat with the most cheapest j price from my sloughter house than : other bnchery and especially make you many reduction for every day pur chaser for month. I beg you can soon | make me your order without your servant's commission, 'as you know your servant is always making money by your meat.' I will make you the I pass-book for the creditor only. "P. S.—lf you handed bad meat frou/ your servant while you are making 1 purchases the meat from my market | every day, you will soon to let it ex change by the servant without any hesitation. Please make me your or der, and If you can make me order by i letter 1 will have the postage reduc tion from the count of meat with kind regards. Your truly."—Boston Trac ' script. THE DELUGE. Queer Old Australian Tradition Abouv the Flood. The aboriginal blacks of Australia have a qvieer tradition about the flood. They say that at one time there was no water on the earth at all except In the body of an immense frog, where men and women could not get at 1! There was a great council on the sub ject. and it was found out that If t!i frog could be made to laugh the wa tors would run out of his mouth an i lie drought be ended. So several animals were made t>< dance and caper before the frog to in duce him to laugh, but lie did not evu, smile, and so the waters remained ii his br.dy Then some one happened to think of the queer contortions int< Which the ee! could twist itself, and li was straightway brought before tlit frog, and when tl.e frog saw the wi'u: gllng lie laughed so loud that the whole earth trembled, and the water poured our of his mouth in a great flood. In which many people wen drowned The black people were saved from r drowning by the pelican. Tills th< uukl fill bird made a big canoe and we it with It among all the islands that ap peared hen and there above the sur face of the water anil gathered in the , black people and saved them. j Curio;itios of Superstition. • When Lg.M't was in the height ol , her power, when she was most highly i civilized and delighted in being called ! the mistress of the land and sea, her . i people worshiped a black bull. There was some discrimination, however, even in this form of worship. In order I to be an object of mad adoration it was necessary that the bull calf be born with a circular white spot in the ex act center of his forehead, and the t advent of such a creature in any her . was the signal of wild demonstrations i from the Mediterranean to the bonier of the Lybiau desert. Even as late us the time of Cleopatra, star eyed god -1 dess, glorious sorceress of the Nile. such animals were shod with gold and i had their horns tipped with the sani" metal. Herodotus tells of a man who died with grief because he sold a co i that sui n after became the mother of :i ■| black bull calf marked with tlifisacrec. ; white circle in his forehead. I , A Dull Point. I Rlobbs— Saphedilt' Is always talking about his point of view. Slobbs—Yes i but unfortunately It isn't sharp enough I te penetrate anything. Philadelphia i Record. Let us watch all our beginnings, and ! results will manage themselves —Clark
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