£|aiuillc3!ittclliijeiucr liitoblishcd in 1828. ID. AV3T IJ'JTZ Editor an.il Proprietor, DANVILLE, PA., NOV, 24, 1905. i'nbllshcd every Friday ait Danville, the county seat of Montour eounty, l?a., at 81.00 a year In advance or 91.25 If not paid In ad vance; and no paper will be discontinued until all arrearage Is paid, except at the option of tin; publisher. 1 tat OH of advertising madu known on ap plication. Address all communications to THE INTELLIGENCER, DANVILLK, PA. "Jpi'iniah taps," Esq. LIBERY TONSHIP, NOV. 20, 1905. DEER EDITOR : 'L'lio other uite Bill Giles, my nabor, cume down ajjain. It wuz so long since Bill lied cum down that I thought mebbe he mite be cross abot sumthiu. you no Bill is an eddicated man. Ho takes awl them thear nusepeppers over to Donvil. The 'telligeueer, the Denvil Morning Star, the dummyerat au the Jem. He tolo me wun time thet the Dummyerat wuz gettin so dogasted poor thet the ole woman couldn't bild lire with it 110 more, and he wood stop takin it sum of these hear fine daze. Sez I, Bill, I am glad to see you once more. Did you here eunything abot poletics lately ? you bet 1 did, Jerry, sez lie, they hev 'lected too Publican con - misioners over to Denvil. Haint it too bad ? you see the way it wuz. Sum of them thear young understrap per poltshuus tried to pick Ole Hick ory an put him in a bag befoar he •wuz ripe. They sed "wat the 'ell do we care abot legalty, so long as we get wat we want." Sumtiines we doau git wat we want ennyhow. Well, Ole Hickory he feeld awful bad abot the way he wuz used, then he got crust and vowed vengence. Sez he, by mo sowl, ef I doant get in a smack belo the belt in the nex six months, kin put me down for a Ivar. So Ole Hickory he laid low an kept kind of quiet like, you must be quiet like in politics or you may git into trouble—sumtimes you- w ill git into trouble ennyhow. Wen the day cum for the fite which wuz Nov. 7th, Ole Hickory cum out in line form, he bed a biceps on him like a pork barrel, and an ominous squint in hiz eye, an it was plane to 113 seen thet there wuz gone to be trouble. I kaut give you the lite in rounds, but wen the time cum for gitten down to bizuess, Ole Hick ory got in a punch on the solar plexus thet made them howl. It was a reglar old Fitzsimmoner. Billy Vest and Ilorass Blou, who were sit ten in the front seats near the ring, got bail hurt, we gess it must hev bin the 'leetiicity, or sumthiu of thet kind, l'oor Horass, he will hev to stay in li d for a long wile, an take bitter iNirk too. The Doctor sey wen In' i; - better he will not be able to wurk at his ole job no more, but will luv to do lite wurk all nex sum mer. Billy Vest hez a hardier con stitushon, en can stan the raps better, but the doctor sez he lied not better wurk at the Coanty Slietership fur three vers ennyhow. But he kin go on writin briefs an eddicatin country squires an the like. You see, Jerry, sez Bill, wear the mistake was made wuz wen they at tempted to pick Ole Hickory befoar he wuz quite ripe. Now ill lay you two to wun thet Ole Hickory will be commishners' clerk. Won't thet be a nauseous doas for the understrappers to take ? I won't say nuthiu abot that thear feller grean this time, lie is kiuder quiet like now and I will not ster him up. Beside he mite put me to jale, en George Mires sez thear are too meuny in jaly sumtimes already. Yours trooly, Jr.IIMIAII GRIMES. [A remarkable coinciilei.ee in the life of Jeremiah Grimes is, that (lur ing the past week, several have made inquiry at our offiee regarding this individual's existence and where "he is now a! " Then comes our Straw berry Ridge correspondent in a rev alation of a recent dream, and Jerry himself turns up at his old home. He never explains tiis absence, which his friends are very solicitous of, for in his Inst communication he said he vrnulil appear the following week if he were not put to jail, and Jerry is a man of vaiaeiiy, too —Ed]. Ritter-Glrton. Wednesday evening, November 22, Miss Cora Girton became the bride of our genial and hustling assistant, Mr. Harry 1.. Hitter. The shades of night were gently stealing when the happy pair stole quietly from our midst and heard the words that, pronounced them man and wife. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride's auut, Mrs. Cbas. Steele, Hloomsburg, and the officiating minister was Hev. Tinker of the Baptist church, that city. The devoted and happy pair are two of Danville's best young people ; they enjoy a large circle of friends, who join in wishing them a long, prosperous and happy union. Miss Girton is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Girton, Walnut street, and Mr. Hitter is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Hitter, Railroad street. The affair was a quiet one, only a 1 few of the immediate friends being present. Beside Mr. and Mrs. Steele were the bride's parents, her sister, j Mrs. John Heighmiller, and her husband After the union was effected a luncheon was served and merry-making indulged in until the newly made bride and groom departed for their home iu this city, where they arrived too late for the general calithuinpian cerenading, which will | take place tonight (Thursday) promptly after supper and continue till 12 p. m. Our very best wishes we extend again. Here is Relief fur Women. If yon hive pains in the buck, Urinary, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and want a cer tain. i>l<"i<mnt herb remedy for woman's Ills, try Mother Ofay's Australian-Leaf. It Is a sat'.- monthly regulator At druggists or by mail, 60c. Maniple package FUKIi. Address, The Mother tiray Co., LeKoy, N V. o*o*o*o*o*o*oo*o®o®o#o*o®o • • § Blackberries § • For Supper • • • 2 By C. B. LEWIS • O o • • 0 Copjvijcht, 1006, by R. B. McCION O • • 0*0*0«0®0®0«00*0®0®0®0*0®0 Aunt Judy Taylor, relict of Illram Taylor, had come 011 from I own to live with lier brother and his family for the rest of her life. She had sold all her earthly possessions in the west for a thousand dollars in cash, and a few days after her arrival she had turned this money over to her brother James, with the remark: "Now, James, this is all yours but S2OO. That S2OO is for Clara when she gets married. It's for her to make a wedding tower on. When I was mar ried 1 wanted to make a wedding tow er to Niagara falls, but Hiram hadn't but sl3 togo on. I've always said that if one of my nieces ever got married she should see Niagara falls if she had to wear one petticoat for the next five years." Clara was the daughter of the broth er and his wife, and she already had a beau. lie was a young man from the nearest village, and after seeing him two or three times Aunt Judy said to the girl: "Clara, that feller of yours will never set the river a tire, but there's nothing mean about him. He'll provide a good table and have plenty of wood at the back door, and I guess tlmt will be just as well as if he was swelling around and telling what a great man he was. I'm judging him by his nose. When j you see a man with his nose humped '• up in the middle you can set him down | for a good tempered man." The brother put the money In bank at the village, but after a little Aunt Judy began to worry about It. She was assured that the bank was as sound as the hills, but she shook her head and replied: "I dunuo, James—l duuuo. Of course, it's your money now, but I'm sorry I didn't see the banker before you gave it to him. I think I'll have you drive me to town some day, so that 1 can get a look at him." "But Scott's bank has been here for twenty years," persisted the brother. "Yes, I s'pose it has, but out in lowa they caught a man stealing pumpkius wlio'd lived an honest life for 6ixty years. I wouldn't like to see you lose your money; and If anything happened to Clara's S2OO I'd have a tit. She's j got to make a bridal tower to Niagara j falls or I won't see her married. Folks have told me that more water runs : over the falls jn a day than would run a mill dam for a week and that there's I a roar going 011 just like half a dozen ! bulls bellerin' in the distance. I want , to get a look at that banker. I can tell ' In a minute whether he's honest or not." A few days later she was driven to the village and an errand made to the bank. "James," Aunt Judy said while they were driving home, "do you know that j a woman knows forty times as much as a man?" "I hadn't heard of it,"was the reply. "Waal, you hear of it now. That banker hain't an honest man. It won't j be a year before he'll bust up and 1 leave you all in the lurch." "Pooh! Pooh! Mr. Scott has the j confidence of hundreds of people, and 1 don't worry over my money any more than as if it was burled in the cellar. You mustn't get such notions int » your head." "It's 110 notion, James. Out in lowa | we had three different hired men on j the farm who turned out to be thieves, and each of them looked like that banker. I never in the world would buy a tiling of a tin peddler until I had looked at his eyes. There's something in them I always can tell. I wish that money of Clara's was out of his hands." | "Come now, Judy; don't be silly. I'd j trust Mr. Scott the same as my own brother." "All right. We'll say 110 more about it. Only if Clara is disappointed in seeing Niagara falls I shan't be the same woman I was. They say that when you stand and look at till that water pouring over, the chills go up your back and you don't feel knee high to a grasshopper. Isn't there any way to catch that water in rain barrels and store it up agin a drought?" "Might be," replied the brother, who had a very hazy opinion of things out side his own township. At intervals of every two weeks dur ing the next eight months Aunt Judy came back to the subject of the bank er, and her worry never ceased. It was treated as a "notion" and not tak en seriously. Indue time Clara's beau popped the question and was accepted and the day set, and Aunt Judy was so busy sew ing that there were times when she al most forgot her fears. It lacked but two weeks of the marriage day when the brother drove to the village 011 an errand. lie came back looking as white at a dead man. Aunt Judy, who was the first to see him, gave him a long look and said: "Waal, didn't I tell you so?" "Scott's bank has busted!" he groan ed ns ho sat down. "Of course It has. I knew It would. llow much you lost?" "About $700." "And Clara's S2OO Is gone with It! Only two weeks before she Is to set out 011 her brlrlal tower, and how is she going to see Niagara falls?" "I feel like hanging myself!" groan ed the brother. "80 will a heap of others. Next time dome of you may believe what nn old woman from lowa has to say. What did you hear about the bank?" "Scott took all the money lust night and ran away." "Humph! Waal, you can sit here and sigh and groan, and Hannah and Clara can go upstairs and cry over It. I've 1 got to keep outdoors and walk around or bust. I'll go down to'rds the woods, where nobody'll hear me gritting my . teeth." I Aunt Judy wont down through the barnyard 11ml across a meadow and presently found herself at the fringe of the cool green woods. She was much put out and was using as hard words as an old woman ever does, when she caught sight of a blackberry bush loaded with ripe fruit. The spirit of thrift came to the surface at once. "We've got to have supper if a dozen banks bust," she said to herself, "and these blackberries are what we want for sass. It's funny that no one has t said auything about them." | She untied her suubonnet and begau to strip off the berries. She went from bush to bush and was gradually led deeper into the woods. She had picked enough and was making ready to re turn to the house when she reached for the last few berries und suddenly ' found a man under her feet. She caught sight of his feet and legs and gave a little scream, but did not run away. On the contrary, she placed her bonnet on the ground and then grabbed the feet and pulled the rest of the mau's body out Into view. The next Instant she exclaimed: "So It's you, is It, you thieving crlt -1 terV" She had recognized Scott, the banker, at first glance, and, stepping over his prostrate body, she f?lt under the bushes and brought out a bulky satchel. "Well, what have you got to say for yourself?" she asked as he maintained a sulky silence. "I—l liuve sprained my ankle," he re plied. "I was wondering If the Lord would let you get away with Clara's money. You must have come here to hide last night till you could get away for good, j I told James over and over that you'd turn out to be a thief. Why don't you lie and say you are not Scott?" "It's no use. I have suffered all day and am about dead." "Waal, that's a p'lnt In your favor that you hadn't tried to lie out of It. I'll lug this satchel to the house and get help." Things ended well for the depositors of Scott's bank, though the banker himself had to do a term of five years instate prison. Long before he was put on trial, how ever, Clara's marriage came off, and she Htarted 011 her "bridal tower." The happy couple were gone for two weeks, and the first one to sight them on their return was Aunt Judy. When she had kissed and hugged the happy luide she stood off and said: "Now, then, sit right down and tell me all about Niagara falls. Is there barrels and barrels of water going to waste every day? Do they roar like a lot of mad bulls? Did you feel mean and small when you stood and looked at 'em? Did a hack dr!ver*tako you to 'leven different places and only charge you 10 cents apiece 'cause he knew that you was related to me and that I was a dangerous woman to fool with? Tell me all about It and don't miss a thing." A Fetching: Eclio. "Tact often goes a great way In a case," said a lawyer. "I know a man who defended au old fellow charged with stealing an armful of wood. "The judge was very deaf and had a habit of talking to himself. Sometimes unconsciously lie talked to himself in a pretty loud tone. "Now, 111 this case when the prosecu tor took the stand and identified his stolen wood with great posltlveuess the judge asked himself In a louder key than he was aware of: " 'How can lie Identify this wood when one stick's as much like another stick as one egg like auother?' "The tactful lawyer for the defense rose immediately. I " 'Your honor,' he exclaimed passion ately, 'how can this witness Identify his wood so positively wheu one stlek is as much like another stick as one egg is like another?* "The judge turned to the Jury, with a great start. " 'Gentlemen,' lie said, 'you will ac quit the prisoner. That very thought dashed through my head not a moment before the words were spoken by the learned counsel for Jhe defense. Yes, you will acquit the prisoner, gentle men. I consider this a direct interposi tion of Providence.'" —Minneapolis Journal. Candid Cr!tl«*l*v.x. Scribe (to professor)—Do you mean to say that you can Infer a man's char acter from Ills handwriting? Well, then, what do you think of this? (Hands him a specimen.) Professor—The writer 1m a man of some ability, but altogether destitute of moral sense. If not a downright villain lie must be a very unscrupulous fellow and not to be trusted on any Account whatever. I cau read his character at a glance, though not his characters. Scribe—How so? Professor—llls writing is so illegible that I can't decipher it. A man who won't take the trouble to write a legi ble hand must be so utterly regardless of the trouble he gives to everybody who has to make his scrawl out, so viciously Inconsiderate that he would not stlek at committing any atrocity which It would cost him the slightest exertion to refrain from. I judge lilm to be a rogue, a swindler and a thief, j capable, of anything but forgery. Whoso is this disgraceful scribble? Scribe—Well—a—to tell you the truth, u fact, It's mine! MASTERS OF CARVING. Our Aneentora lluil a Yoeobulary We Have Quite Forffotteu. What do we moderns know about carving? I say that I carve a pheasant when I divide it into two more or less equal portions. Not so our ancestors, j Carving is an art. Let me quote from ; an old book 011 cnrvlng some of the terms of that art: llcmember that there were carving masters 111 those days, professors of the art. They were Itinerants. They did not keep school. They went from house to house and taught the ladies. As for their social position, I have not ascertained It. Probably they were classed with the itinerant por trait painter. Certainly they did not sit at table with the gentlefolk. I fear that their place was the kitchen and that Lady Mary toak her lessons In that room surrounded by the admir ing maids. But the only thing she "carved" was mutton or beef. You had to "break a deer, rear a goose, lift a swan, sauce a capon, spoil a hen, frush a chicken, unbrace a mallard, unlace a cony, dis mount a heron, display a crane, dis figure a peacock, unjoint a bittern, un taek a curlew, alaye a pheasant, wing a partridge or a quail, mince a plover, thigh a pigeon or any other small bird and border a game pie." And the acquisition of these terms was only the beginning of knowledge. —London Queen. Au Ulciilmut Story. A queer elephant yarn is told in the Japan Chronicle by the captain of a trading steamer. On one occasion he had on board a cargo of forty ele phants. The ship was at anchor in a calm sea, but began to roll rloleutly. The captain investigated and learned that the elephants had in some way found that by swaying to and fro all together a rocking motion was produc ed that seemed to please them im mensely. So the great heads aud bodies rolled aud swung in unison until the steamer, which had 110 other cargo and rode light, was in imminent danger of rolling clean over. The attendants were hurried down into the hold and, after a great deal of shouting and thumping, managed to stop their dan gerous amusement. Jules Verne tells as a fiction of the sinking of a ship In that way, and the question is, Has some one in Japan been reading Verne or was the novelist's fancy justified by • a real experience? SEND us A cow, i| Steer, Bull or Horse lude, Calf skin, Dog 007*1 skin, or any other kind ot hide or skin, and let |BuBB us tan it with the hair on, soft, light, odorless and moth-proof,for robe, rug, coat or gloves. But first get our Catalogue, giving prices, and our shipping tags and instructions, so as to avoid mistakes. We also raw furs and ginseng. TMB CROSBY FRISIAN PUR COMPANY. 116 Mill Street, Roaheater, N. V. 1 c =o The Abduction By C. B. LEWIS Copyright, 1905, by P. C. Eastment o It was a plan conceived iu the iiiiud of Jerry Puluier, convict No. 4370, one night as he tusned to and fro on his prison couch about three weeks pre vious to the expiration of his live years' sentence. Jerry had tried thieving, burglary and forgery and had served sentences for all of them and after thinking things over had concluded to make a change, Reform was not in cluded in the change. Jerry strongly believed that the world owed him a living and that it was his constitutioual privilege to get that living in the easi est way possible, lie would keep right on thinking so, but he would adopt a new and safer line. "Abduction is the thing!" exclaimed Jerry to his prison walls when he had thought the matter all out. "There's more clean cash to be made In abduct ing some rich man's gal than in commit ting half a dozen burglaries,and the risk is a mere nothing. All you have to do is to seize her, shut her up somewhere till the fond father will pay your price and then produce her and lug away the plunks —no publicity, no police, no prison walls. The rest of the crowd can go ahead on old Hues, but it's ab duction for me for the rest of my nat ural life." Jerry hadn't been out of prison two days when lie hunted up his old part ner, Mike Donovan, and gave him the tip. Mike, too, was ready to drop old lines and take up something new. He had shown energy and ambition as a burglar and had somewhat astonished the police by stealing a steain boiler left on the public street at night, but had found there was no money in it. lie had figured it out that the beef trust was making more In three sec onds that he was in three years, and if he hadn't met Jerry he might have opened a saloon and sold wood alcohol to his patrons. The first thing was to find a rich man with a daughter. No rich man's daugh ter can be abducted properly until aft er she has been located. This task con | "SLAI'IN' HA r» THANKS YOU FOIt YOUB LLuOMJN KIKDXI&B." sumed about three weeks' time. The pair finally found a rich man 'with a daughter about sixteen years old, and they looked upon the battle as half won. At this point, however, they ran short of funds, with the result that they had to take Tommy Saunders into partnership. Tommy was a good sort—that is, he was one of their sort, and Just then he had some money. He didn't explain how he got into the house nor what the haul amounted to, and his partners didn't ask. There is etiquette even among thieves. "Gents," observed Tommy after the terms of partnership had been settled, "abduction i:i the tiling! All you have to do is to pick the gal up under your arm and take a scoot to a place al ready prepared, and at the end of a week her father gives up fifty thou, and you deliver his darling birdie at the kitchen door. If it's Jerry Palmer's plan—and lie says it is—then all I can say is that Jerry should take his place among the greatest statesmen of the country." An old house in the suburbs that had been teiiantless for a year was selected as the hiding place, and then it only remained to get hold of the girl. Some trouble was anticipated here. None of the trio had studied the habits of rich men's daughters, and they were thus at a disadvantage. Fortune favored them, however. The very first evening they took up their watch in the neighborhood of the house Uiey saw the daughter come out with a basket 011 her arm. She had a shawl over her head and was otherwise dis guised. Just why this should be so they didn't stop to figure, but when the young lady came out 011 the third even ing she was seized in first class stvi.o. Into -iii 01a hack and t>v handkerchief over the girl's mouth was cast loosot a candle lighted, and she was put 011 exhibition. Somewhat to the surprise of the ab ductors she began to swear, and every slang word used anywhere for the last ten years rolled off her tongue. When she was obliged to pause for breath the trio retired into a corner to hold a consultation. "I never k 110 wed that rich men's daughters talked that way," admitted Jerry, wiih serious countenance. "Nor I," added Mike, "but there can't be no mistake. She had just come out ! »112 the gate when we seized her." ' "I duuno why rich nfeii's gals shouldn't cuss and slang when they get mad same as any others," mused Tom ply. "As soon as she gets over it she'll put on her aristocratic airs and fail at pUr .feet and_J>e reiUly t$ write 3. MJer to "li?r pa. T r ve gof *one~reaely ToFTIer to copy. It says: 'Deer pa, I am belli' held for fifty thousand plunks. If you ever want to see your darlin' ; agin give up the dough to the barer of . this.'" • "Now, then, • cullies, what is it?" . asked the girl as their consultation was ended. J "Iu the first place," answered Jerry, j who constituted himself as spokesman, i "you have been abducted." I"And what's that, you rat headed peanut stealer?" I "You have been tooken from your ! rich father and are to be held here un til he comes down with the cash." j "Hully gee!" "You will write him that you have been what they calls abducted, but that you are in the hands of gentlemen who are treating you kindly." "It's bewtiful, cully. Goon!" "Them same gentlemen, wantin' to take a trip amoiig the aristocracy of England, but bavin' no money, will hold you till he comes down with sr>o,- 000. If It's all the same to him we'd like the money in $5 and $lO bills." "Oh, Abraham!" chuckled the girl. "And In writln' the letter you may odd that your couch is not downy aud your food not lobster salad and that If your old man gets a hustle on bim It will be just as well for you and better for the gents as has carried along the job. That's all, I believe, just at pres ent, except that we are slightly astonish ed that you should have picked up such language in a drawin* room. The let ter will not be writ till morniu', and meanwhile you can stand up In a cor ner and goto sleep feelln' as safe as if In your little bed at home." As Jerry finished his talk the girl broke into laughter and kept it up for five minutes. She laughed in half a dozen keys, and there was sarcasm as well as humor In her tones. Then she sang a verse of a topical song. Then she screwed up her face aud In whining tones gave them an imitation of a beggar soliciting alms. Then she turned cart wheels twice around the room, Indulged in half a dozen somer saults and finished with a low courte sy and the Words: "Ladles and gents all, Slapin' Sal thanks you for your bloomln' kindness aud has the honor to wish you good eveuin'." With that she went clattering down stairs, and not a hand was lifted to prevent her. The three men smoked In silence for five minutes, and then Jerry Palmer heaved a sigh and said: "Gents, It was a plan I thought out In state's prison, and I won't go for to say that there wasn't a hole In It." "And I'm sayin'," added Mike Dono van, "that when three gents can't tell the difference between a rich man's daughter and a gal that was at the kitchen door beggin' for cold vittles them three gents ought togo to stealin' from pushcarts." It was up to Tommy Saunders to ex press himself, but he was slow about It. When he did speak, all he said was: "That's just like 'em! The rich nev er will give a poor man a show!" A PAGAN MYTH. It Unkcd May and Matrimony With UnhapplaMM and Mlafortune. The pagans had a myth that "only bad women murry iu May." They had another—that If the marriage did take place the couple would live most un happily, and children bori* of the mar riage—lf it was not hopelessly rendered barren by thus slapping the fates In the face—would be deformed or imbe cile. With prizes like that In prospect It Is not much wonder that the Igno rant and superstitious taboo May mar riages. but there Is no excuse yet for this Idiosyncrasy of thinking people— at least 110 sensible one. Ovid was a firm believer In the su perstition and said that no widow or young girl would marry in May unless she wished to invite the displeasure of the gods and that the Imprudent wom an who braved their wrath would fill an early grave. Ovid pinned his faith to rosy June, the birth month of June, and when he got ready to launch his daughter on the matrimonial sea he studied the stars and all the supersti tions to make sure that he would not run upon Scylla in steering off Charyb dls. Resolved to match the girl, he tried to find What days unprosperous were, what moonH were kind. After June's sacred Ides his fancy stray ed— Qood to the man and happy to the maid. THE TREE KILLER. A CnriouM Vine That Flourishes In Lower Central Amerlea. One of the curious forest growths of the Isthmus of Panama and lower Cen tral America In general is the vine which the Spaniards call matapalo, or "tree killer." This vine first starts In life as a climber upon the trunks of the large trees, and, owing to its marvel ously rapid growth, soon reaches the lower branches. At this point it first begins to put out its "feelers"—tender, harmless looking root shoots, which soon reach the ground and become as firmly fixed as the parent stem. These hundreds of additional sap tubes give the whole vine a renewed lease of life, and It begins to send out its aerial ten drils in all directions. These lntwine themselves tightly around every limb of the tree, even creeping to the very farthermost tips and squeezing the life out of both bark and leaf. Things go on at this rate but a short while before the forest giant is compelled to suc cumb to the gigantic parasite which is sapping its lifeblood. Within a very few years the tree rots and falls away, leaving the matapalo standing erect and hollow, like a monster vegetable devilfish lying upon its back with Its horrid tentacles clasped together high in the air. A Chapter of Accidents. It was the upper deck of a London bus. A passenger, a dignified person age, lighted a cigar and threw the match, us ho supposed, into the street. A few seconds later he was surprised to find that his umbrella was on fire. At the same instant a sharp gust of wind opened It and carried it, like a flaming parachute, through the air. Making a sudden grab after his truant property, the passenger overbalanced, plunged headlong over the omnibus rail and after turning a somersault landed upright ou the road unhurt. Practical Preparation. "I'm surprised that you favor higher education," said the visitor to the vil lage blacksmith. "Well, the colleges are Improving," 1 explained the man of brawn. "Time 1 was when they didn't teach nothing but book learning, but now by the time my son gets through the athletic course < he'll be fit for a first class blacksmith." < —Detroit Free Press. I I Tronble on Another Score. ( Doctor—When can you p:iy me my bill for curing you of Insomnia? Ta tlcnt—l (lon't know, doc. 1 sleep so soundly now that my wife (pes through j my pockets most every night and takes j everything —Life. _ _ ', OUR NEW FALL LINE' t ladies', Misses', Children's 1 COATS, IBS, SIIBJI IS[ j Ladies' Coats from s4.9B_up. The Largest and Best Stock to select from. » EVERYTHING UP-TO-DATE PEOPLES' STORE, 275-77 MILL STREET, - - DANVILLE P 1 FARMERS AND DAIRYMEN! 112 ATTENTION! Orders will be taken for a guaranteed 43 per cent. Protein Brand of Cotton Seed Meal, delivered oft' the ear at Potts grove, at a reduced price. Send inquiries and orders by mail t Pottsgrove. Persons having orders in will be notified on arrival of the car C. H. HcMahan & Bros. Special Dairy Foods and Dairy Supplies, j HAY AND FEED Pottsgrove,S Northumberland Co., Pa. OLD INDIAN PIPES. Each Feather In a Stem Represented an Enemy Slain. It need scarcely be told that In the pipes of long ago each feather append ed to the steni represented an enemy slain. If one doubted the record of the war eagle feathers, the warrior then showed the scalps of the enemy, which were kept as a sort of a sacred pjfoof of his word. Such pipes were used only on occasions of peace and war. Speaking roughly, the best pipes of eastern tribes were In molded clay, the best of the western tribes In slate pipe stone taken from the famous quar ry west of the Mississippi. Before the great buffalo and antelope hunts, when herds of game were driven Into a pound or an Inclosed area of snares, It was customary for the Indians to whiff the incense of propitiation to the spirits of the animals about to be slain, explain ing that only the desire for food com pelled the Indian to kill and that the hunt was the will of the Master of Life, or "Master of the Hearing Winds," who would compensate the animals In the next world. The pipes used for this ceremony usually show the tlgure of a man In conference with the figure of an animal. Others show the figures of Indians with locked hands. This typi fies a vow of friendship to be termi nated only by death. It was usually between men, but sometimes between a man aud a woman, In which case the platonlc bond not ouly precluded, but forbade, the very possibility of mar riage. After that who shall say that the stolid Indian has no vein of senti ment In his nature? One of the most ct—lous pipes I have seen I bought from a Cree on a reser vation east of the refugee Sioux. It Is In the shape of a war hatchet, of a metal which I do not know, though I suspect it is galena mixed with clay, the edge being sharp enough, but the back of the ax being a bowl and the handle a pipe stem. The odd lines In Indian carvings and woven work are not without meaning. Fighting Mlstab could read a legend where we saw nothing but bizarre mnrkings. There were the circular lines, hollow down, meaning clouds; the cross, meaning the coming of the priest; the tree, a type of peace with its branches overshad owing the nations; the wavy line, sig nifying water; the arrow, war. The ordinary Indian can read a tribal song or chronicle from obscure drawings on the face of a rock or crazy colored work ou a scraped buffalo skin.—Out ing. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Be a gentleman, and some people will not appreciate you. Defeat Is often a good thing, as It shows a man how little he amounts to. If you want to enjoy the society of people never become intimate with them. Rich men are hated and this Is the reason: We poor people aro In the majority. The house Is too noisy for comfort with a child In it and too lonesome for comfort when the child leaves. And there you are. Every house owner should ask him self this question tomorrow, "Is my house a nuisance In the neighborhood?" Look yourself over. As a man gets older he finds that the path from the cradle to the grave is not near so long as it was from soup to dessert when he was a child.— Atchison Globe. A Time Limit. "I'm afraid you smoke too much for your own good," said the physician. "Well," admitted the patients "I do smoke almost continuously from morn ing till night." "Why do you do that?" asked the M. D. "Because it's the only time I have to ■moke," replied the victim. "I have to sleep at night." The Intelligencer lias a class of cir culation that makes advertising in its columns rich with results. It has, too, a quantity of circulation at rates that mean grent profit to the person Using the paper. We still continue to give The Great American Farm Journal to all of oursub scribers who pay in advance. Think of it. Two papers"for the price of one, and only SI.OO, too. Stationery for Formers. Farmers and others, particularly those 1 living 011 the Rural Delivery route 1 , k should have printed stationery as well as . business men. It is not only more busi - ness like to send a letter with name and j address printed on the notehead and en • velope, but it insures the return of the » letter in case it is not delivered. We are especially well equipped to do this 1 class of printing and can do it promptly and neatly. We will supply 250 note heads and 200 envelopes, extra quality, | for ♦1.50, or 75c for either one lot. Thie is cheaper than you can buy the paper ► and envelopes regularly at retail stores. VITALQIDS Cure Nervous Diseases. LuAW&iltJ* —D r . Oidman's Prescription— Strengthens the nerves, Builds up worn oat men i and women. Frioe 60 Cts. WANTED -BY CHICAGO MANU facttiring House, person of lrust worthiness and somewhat familiar with local territory as assistant in branch office. Salary $lB paid week ly. Permanent position. No invest ment required. Previous experience not essential to engaging. Address, Manager Branches, .Como Block, Chicago. 1-29 06 AUDITOR'S NOTICE. En/ate of Margaret Y. Grove, Late of Danville, Montour County, Deceased. The undere'gned auditor, appointed by the Orphan's Court of Montour < ounty, to make distribution of the balance in the hands of the aeeouutant to and among tin* parties en titled thereto, will sit to perforin the duties of Ills appointment, at ills ofliee, 110 Mill Street, Danville, rn., on Monday tlx* 11th., day of December, A. I). IDOo, at 10 o'clock A. M. when and where all parties Interested are re quested to attend, or be forever debarred from imy share of said fund. HAL* 11 KISNER, Danville, Fa., Nov. 0, luOj. Auditor. The Goods for Fall =— - lAre beginning to arrive, and each day sees new and ehoice styles added to our stock. ~<!r T The Dress Goods Department includes the best val ues and choicest styles the market affords. If You are looking; for Flannelettes We have dozens ot styles that cannot Ire told from the Wool Klanuels Good selections of Blankets and Com forts that are so much needed these cold nights. Prices are right in all departments,and you will make a big mistake if you do all your buying before coming to see us. W. M. SEIDEL, 344 Mill Street. Is Your Stomach Disordered ? If It la, Indigestion naturally ensues: the kidneys heroine closed with impurities that impair or stop their secretory functions; the blood is vitiated ana actually poisons the whole being. Let this goon to its natural ending and the sure result is—(loath. The one modicine that will arreet this fatal progress is Dr. D. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy which stimulates and strengthens the digestive j organs, restores the secretory 112 unctions and speed- ! ily casta out the gathered impurities in the organs ! affected. If you have bad breath, sluggish bowels, | pain in Ike back, discolored skin, nervousness or diz- I sines*, you may be certain that your vital organs are sadly out of condition and that Your Only Wise Course Is a medlclno that will cleanse your system of the Imnurities that clog life channels and restore vigor and health. Medical science proves that diseas.-s, no matter how creat a variety, seem to proceed from | comparatively few causes. It is for this reason that some single medicines relieve or cure so wide a range of complaints. When a medical preparation acts at onco upon the digestive and urinary organs I and also Purifies the Blood the list of difficulties subject to its control is aston- ' ishintr. It is conceded that l)r. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is the most effective preparation now in use for all diseases arising from a foul or im pure state of the circulation. A persevering use of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy according to directions, will soon relieve and ultimately cure when no other medicine or treatment is of any permanent benefit. x Dr.D.Kennedy'sFavorite Remedy, Prepared at Ron<l out, N. Y. I Bold by all druggists. $1 a bottle; t for $5 ' PENNSYLVANIA 1 11 RAILROAD | The Standard Railway 01 This Continent I PROTECTED THKOUGHUIT 11V THE liiicrMiygSffitcli&BM :m Syslen Schedule in Effect Nov. 29, 1903 il iiii't il \JAtll) STATIONS A.M. A.M. P.M. P.* Hunbury Uave | i 9 65 § 2 00 $ 520 Kline's (Jrove. 1«; ~>| Mooi I 685 Wolvertou I IK* fIOO6 112 2 10 i 6117 Kipp's Hull 17 (Ml 110 11 ~ .J --,44 South Danville ) ... lrt „ „ . rrt IHIUVIIIO / ' ll 10 1' r '«> i Hoy d 112 7 10 flO 21 1 2 2ft 1 6 58 t Roaring ('reek 112 7 23 fio 2K 12.(1 I 00L ) Catawlssa Arrive 732 101(0 'J : J .r> i;tl« , Catawlssa Leave § 7 321 10 30 112 230 $ 008 I Fast Bluomiburg ... ) _ _ . . i Bloomsburg j ' •*' -4.- '• 1» I Kspy Ferry 112 7 12 flO 17 i (. 19 j Stonytown Ferry I7 50 flO 53 I« 27 ! Lrensy .. 7Q2 10 00 2 -3d 030 iNc'Moncck Arrive l Berwick . 112 81U 1105 3ft ' i;l ° Moarapw-K ..... Loavu § H(t>[ n or, j u nr. j mu Beach Haven Ferry.. I's (Hi I Wiipwallupcn KIII 11 -j<>" *i 20 lira Pond Hill HiifliauiSioM imckSy} «« »« » 701 Retreat 813 1112 310 710 Nantlcoke Bftl llfti ;; i» 716 Huttonwooil 1 smn» 112 00 l 3.V> 1 7 20 Plynioulli Ferry 112 DO2 11*202 I 3 ft? 1 7 28 South Wilkcs-Barre... 000 12 (Hi 400 730 Hnzle Htreet OOS 12 0* 403 733 Wllkes-Barrc... Arrive 010 12 10 400 735 d(£>2JV(ZIWA ill) STATION'S A.M. A.M. P.M. I'.M Wllkes-Bnrre...Leave $ 7 20 $ 10 85 I 2 10 | 0 00* Ha/.le HI reel 728 10 37 21V 002 .South Wlikes-Barre.. 730 10 10 2At 005 Plymouth Ferry 1 732 112 10 12 112 2 2 I 007 Huttonwooil 112 7 35 112 1015 1 2,'J 1 0 00 Nantieoke. 712 10 .jO 301 017 Hetreat 751 ju 58 310 026 «». »<» 3,0 «8 7 Pond 11 ill fM.fi fll U 112 3 20 I 612 Wapwallopen 810 11 10 331 017 Heach Haven Ferry.. Nescopeck Arrive 818 11 26 842 700 Nescopeck Ijeave} islß 511i!042 §7 00 Creasy 8;{0 jj 30 7 yj, Stony town Ferry I B:t3 111 38 . 3 01 I 7 12 Kspy terry. 812 111 in 1 irj r7 20 Uloomsburg > u Fast BlooniNhurg J •' HSO 106 7 2ft Catawlssa Arrive 855 11 57 113 732 Catawlssa Leave sftft 1157 413 732 Hoarlng Creek 112 001 fl2 06 1 I 10 1 7 39 Boyd 112 9 10 fl2 11 I 4 20 I 7 16 souTh'uVnviiie::::::} 5,11 « 15 4hi Kipp's Hun 112 II P.I 112 12 20 112 I 30 112 7 56 Wolverlon f920f12 28 112 112 Is u.3 K line's (irove t 1127 112 12.50 112 110 I h IM» Sun bury Arrive $ 935 §l2 40 11 .'>s |8 16 I Dally. ( Dally, except Sunday. I Stops only on notice to Couducior or Agent, or on signal. Trains leave South Danville as follows: For Pittston anil Scranton,7 II a m and 2 21 anil 050p ni week-days; 10 17 ain daily. For Potlsville, Heading and Philadelphia 711 a in and 221 pin week-days. For H-i/.ictoii, 7 11 a in and 2 21 and 550 p m week-days. For Lcwisburg, Milton, William sport, Lock Haven, Henovo and Kane. 12 10 pin week days ; Loek Haven only, 911 a m and 431 p m week-days; for Williamsport and interiuodi ate stations, 911 a in and 751 pin week-dwys. For Heliefonte, Tyrone, Philllpsburg and Clearlleld, 911 a in and 12 10 pin week-days. For Hurrisburg and intermediate stations, 9 11 a m, 12 10 pin and 701 p m week-days ; 4 31 pm daily. For Philadelphia (via Ilarrlsburg) Balti more and Washington, 9 11 a m anil and 12 15 and 7 01 p ill week-days ; 4 31 p m daily. For Pittsburg (via llarrisburg) n II a m and 7 51 p m week-days ; 1 31 p m daily ; (via Lew istown Junet Ion) 11 a m and 12 10 pin week days; (via Loek llaven) 9 11a in and 12 10 p c in week-days. Pullman Parlor and Sleeping Cars run on through trains between Sun bury, Williams port and Frie. between Sunbury and Plilln delphia and Wasliingtou and between Harris burg, Pittsburg and the Wist. For further information apply to ticket ageuts. W. W. ATTFRBUKY, J. li. WOOD, Ueneral Manager. l'ass'r Traffic Mgr ' OKO. W. BOYD, General Pass'r Agt. FOH SALF-A SMALL FARM OF FOR tv-six aeres, known as the Mauger farm located 2 miles liorth-i'iist of Potlsgrovc. Fair buildings, good fruit, water at house anil barn. All cleared and under high state of cultivation. This farm in-Mtt'ercd at private sale and is a ties-ruble property. Will leave j hay, straw and fodder oil the place. Posses sion given this fall. Address, L. o. KVKRITT, It. F. I). 1. Pottsgrove, Pa. Notice ! Notice is hereby given that W. 11. Dildlne and 11. A.Snyder have formed a partnership * under the name and style of the Peoples' Telephone Construction Company, for the purpose of building, equipping and operating a telephone system to be known as the Peo ples Telephone System. Faeli partner has subscribed Five Hundred cOOO.tH)) do lars to the Ten Hundred (?1000.00) dollars capital of the partnership the same to be paid in by each prorata as needed in conducting the business of the partnership. Its duration shall be for a period of six years. The HaMli ty of both partners is limited to the i.m aint subscribed by eaeli to the eapital of the part nership in accordance with the act of May 9, 1899, PIL. ■-'«»!. Tin? articlc%of partnership have been left fur record in the office of the Recorder of Heeds of Montour county, Penn sylvania. Tired Nervous [When you feci languid, tired, nervous and irritable, your vi-, tality is low—your supply of nerve energy exhausted, and your system running down for lack of power, The organs of the'body iyc working poorly, or not at all, and you arc not getting the nourishment needed. This soon impoverishes the blood and in stead of throwing off the im purities, distributes it all through the body. This brings disease and misery. Feed the nerves with Dr. Miles' Nervine, a nerve food, a nerve medicine, that nourishes and strengthens the nerves, and see how quickly you will get strong and vigorous. "My wife suffered with nervousness previous to a recent attack of typhoid fever, but after her recovery from the fever, she was much worse, nnd could hardly control herself being- exceed ingly nervous when the least excited. She was very restless at night, and never had a good night's rest. She also suffered much from nervous head ache. Dr. Miles' Nervine was recom mended by a friend. After the tlrst three doves she had n good night's rest, and at the end.of the llrst week's treatment she was wonderfully Im- ( proved. Continued use of Nervine has completed her entire cure." OTTO KOLB, 1021 Cherry St., Evansville, Ir.d. Dr. Miles' Nervine Is sold by your druggist, who will guarantee that the first Dottle will benefit. If it falls, he v/ill refund your money. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind NMMTRUST ®Many newspapers have lately given currency to reports by irresponsible purties to the effect that THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO hail entered a trust or combination; we wish to assure the public that there Is »<» truth in such reports. We have been manufacturing sewing machines for over a quarter of a centu ry, and have established a reputation for our selves and our machines that is the envy of all others. Our Home*' machine has never been rivaled as a family machine.—lt stands at the head ofall If/?/« Wi'ade sewing machines, and stands on its oiri* merits. The ** 2l>ir Home." ia the only realty HIGH Git A DJ? Setcina Machine ■ on the market. It is not necessary for us to enter into a trust to save our credit or pay any debts as we have no debts to pay. We have never entered Into competition with manufacturers of low grade cheap machines that are made to sell regard less of any intrinsic merits. Do not be de ceived, when you want»». sewing machine don't send your money away from home; call on a "New Home" Dealer, he can sell you a better machine for less than you can purchase elsewhere. If there is no dealer near you, write direct to us. THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO ORANGE, MASS.
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