Established In 1828. J
X). -A-XTST LVT2
Editor and Proprietor
1
DANVILLE, PA., APRIL 20, 1900.
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THE INTELLIGENCER,
DANVII.LK, PA.
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CANDIDATES' CARDS
Sit ■ Democratic Delegate Election, .Saturday,
June 2, 1900; Convent lon of Delegates, Mon
day, June 4th.
FOR SENATOR
24th Senatorial District
J. HENRY COCHRAN,
Subject to the Democratic Senator
ial Conference.
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE
26th Judicial District
GRANT HERRING, Esq.,
OF BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Subject to the derision of the Judicial
Conference.
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE
26th Judicial District
JOHN G. HARMAN, Esq.,
OF M.OOMBBURG, PA.
Subject to the decision of the Judicial
Conference.
MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE
R. SCOTT AMMERMAN
OK DANVILLE, PA.
Subject to the rules of the Democratic
county convention.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE
J. BWEISFORT
OK DANVILLE
Subject to the decision of the Dem
ocratic primaries.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE
P. c. newbaker
OF DANVILLE
Subject to the decision of the Dem
ocratic primaries.
FOR REGISTRAR AND RECORDER
J. C FOUST
OF MAIIONINU TOWNSHIP
Subject to the rules of the Democratic
primaries.
A BLOW AT CORRUPTION.
The Roberts corrupt practices
act will work a revolution in the
political methods of the Stato. It
is comprehensive, drastic and
practically impossible to evade
unless candidates are willing to
commit willful and corrupt per
jury in swearing to false state
ments with the knowledge that
their perfidy will be know to
every person with whom corrupt
dealings have been had, and that
such persons will have the power
to expose and convict whenever
their demands are not met.
Men may be willing to use
money corruptly and to lie about
it, but when compelled to sign,
swear to and tile in a public office
an itemized statement, giving
amounts of money paid, the time
Vhen and the name of the person
receiving the same, with a vouch
er for every payment exceeding
$lO, knowing that the account is
subject to an official audit, in
which the candidate may lie sub
jected to a searching cross-exam
ination, be obliged to produce
papers, checks, bank accounts,
and that he cannot refuse to tes
tify, even though his testimony
may criminate, he will be very
unwilling to use money corrupt
ly to secure nomination or elec
tion.
Add to this the fact that every
person with whom the candidate
or his agents deal is also liable to
be summoned «is a witness, and
must also divulge everything or
commit perjury for which he may
bo punished, and that the penalty
for disobeying the law is prosecu
tion, line and imprisonment and
loss of office, and the case is such
that only the hardened villain or
the customary criminal would
venture on tiling a false state
ment.
The plans which the practical
politicians are conceiving by
which the law may be evaded will
come to grief and the inventors
to disgrace. The law was de
manded by Ihe people, and the
people, tired of being sold out by
the boodler at convention and
election, are in favor of enforcing
this law.
The immunity that has attend
ed violations of the bribery laws
in the past have been due to the
fact that the offense was always
known only to the giver and the
taker, and neither could be forced
to tell. The new law meets that
situation by compelling all per
sons to testify. If a witness re
fuse he will goto jail for con
tempt of court and be released
when ho testifies and not before.
We hail the dawn of a better
day in Pennsylvania politics. All
over the United States tho public
attention is directed to the cor
rupt use of money in politics and
legislative bodies. Men high in
finance and society are under in
dictment for that oll'ense, and in
danger of condign punishment.
It is high time. The people can
not all'ord to sell themselves and
their liberties to tho plutocrats.
If the corrupt use of money in
politics is not checked free govern-
the earth. The democracy will
become a plutocracy, which is i
more odious than a despotism.—
Phil'a Press. <
— THAT onion snow? Is it to come,
or did it fall prematurely with that
last wapper we bad ?
— SOME summer sunshine shines
slightly similar sometimes, so solomly
select seeds ; so sow soon so Summer
shall sedately spurt spruutly sprouts.
Pet Dog Saves Drowning Child.
Selinsgrove, Pa., April 18.—Mable
Shamary, aged 4 years, fell into a
deep spring near Salem,Snyder county,
today. She would have drowned had
not a pet dog seized her by the skirts
and pulled her out of the water.
Rev. Ure, Hoderator.
With the aunnnl session which has
just closed, Rov. Dr. Homiugway, of
Bloomsburg retired as moderator of
the Northumberland Presbytery. Rev.
iff rbert T. Ure, of Williamsport, sue-1
ceeds to the position.
Tho reports showed 459 members had
been received in the churoh during
the year. The annual expense "was
SIIB,OOO.
OASTOTITA.
Bean th» _/f Kind You Have Always Bought
(Zsstf&ESi
l;xodus Still Continues.
Five hundred foreigners and a num
ber of English speaking miners left
Wilkes-Barre yesterday for about all
the cities of importance in the coun
try and others took a trip to their na
tive laud How long the exodus will
bo continued cannot be determined,
but it is safe to say that n great many
of tho foreign settlements are being
depopulated. A car load passed through
South Danville attached to the 9
o'clock passenger train.
Fortunate Father and Son.
I am as certan as I now live, says
Mr. C. E. Bartholomew, Kalkaska,
Mich., that Dr. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y.
saved my life when I was a victim of
that terrible disorder —Blight's dis
ease. My son had a fever sore on his
leg; he-too used Favorite Remedy
and is now well. All druggists $1,00;
6 bottles $•"). 00.
T. W. Lee Resigns.
It has been announced that T. W.
Lee, general passenger agent of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
railroad company, has resigned,to take
effect July 1.
He will be succeeded by George A.
Culleu, the general western passenger
agout of the road, whose office now is
in Chicago.
Tax Collector Arrested.
Tax collector Edward Minuick, of
Ceutralia, was placed under arrest on
Saturday on a charge of collecting
taxes unlawfully. One hundred and
twenty warrants were issued, tho case
growing out of the reserving of the
Lehigh Valley coal company taxes if
not paid by residents on their land.
Notice.
Mr. Alex. Scheinert, expert Piano
Tuner and Repairer, of Philadelphia,
will be in Danville, at the Montour
House, during the week commencing
April the 30th. Orders from new
patrons will receive prompt attention.
This will be Mr. Scheinert's 19th
semi-annual visit to this city.
Auto Revenue.
Under the new automobile law ev
ery owner of a machine must take out
an annual license from the State de
partment at Harrisburg, and pay a fee
of s!i. The department is kept busy
issuing licenses, some 7000 having been
granted within the last hundred days.
A large revenue can be expected from
this source.
Here Is Relief for Women.
If you have? pains In the buck, Lrinury,
Bladder or Kidney I rouble, ail I want a cer
tain, pleasant berl) cure for woman's ills, try
Mother Gray's Australian-Leaf. It is a sate
and never-failing monthly ' regulator. At
Druggists or by mall M) ets. Sample package
FKi:i:. Address, The Mother Gray Co., Le
ttoy X. Y.
If your boy smokes cigarettes it is
proof that the rod was spared in his
youth.
easy
Thousands of boys all over
this country, who never
' had much money to call
their own, are happy now
at the merry jingle of cash
in their pockets, made by
selling
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Friday afternoons and Saturdays.
They have no better chances, they
are no brighter than you. It's just '
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down to business and hustled for jij
. what they wanted. You can do
the same. Don't lose any time
I about it. Write a letter today
asking us to send you our hand*
some booklet about boys who
, make money, also the complete
outfit for starting in business.
' With this will come ten free copies
of The Post, which you can sell
[ at 5c each. After this you buy as
many copies as you need at whole
-1 sale prices. As an inducement
to do good work we give, among
I other prizes, watches, sweaters,
etc., to boys who sell a certain
number of copies. And in addition
i $250 in Extra Cash Prizes
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Brief News Items. ;
Compiled for Hasty Read
ers of the Intelligencer,
the Acknowledged Offi
cial Organ of Little Hon- ,
tour County.
Slmd flics are in evidence ; a sure
sign of spring.
The waters of the Susquehanna are
slowly falling.
Bicycles made their appearance on
the streets this week.
Will Danville he favored with base
hall teams the coming season ?
The individual without a first-class
cold this week is entirely out of
date.
Don't forget the printer in making
your April settlements. He needs
the money.
Fishermen tell us of the prospects
for catching bass iu the Susquehanna
the coming season.
There is not a particle of snow to
be seen on the mountains and iu the
valleys of this neighborhood at this
time.
This game of building the biggest
warship, which the nations are play
ing, is a pretty expensive amuse
ment.
Tacoraa, Wash., is to have a 85,-
000,000 steel plant. They can do
these things out West now without
bothering the East for the money.
It is both tough and rough that in
the midst of plenty there should be
famine prices put on coal. When is
the government going to bust the trust
again.
Cleanliness is not only next to god
liness, but it is necessary to public
health. It is time for citizens to clean
up the winter accumulation of rub
bish about their premises, if any
exists.
The American Car Company at
Berwick during the month of March
turned out 1626 cars, giving employ
ment to 4*oo workmen. The total
length of these cars if putin one train
would be seven miles.
"Na, na," said the canny Scot to
: his Irish friend, "y've been threatin'
, all night. I'll na let ye pay for this
i one. We'll toss up to see who stands
for it." Wonder if that Scotchman
didn't draw up the Coal Trust's offer
! of "arbitration?"
One way to insure is to get a home,
get a wife, get a family. Don't worry
, if you do die. If you leave your
' widow in a comfortable nest she'll
' easily get a successor to you. Aud,
: being wiser, she'll pick a better one
second time—can't fool a widow.
s Here is the pithiest sermon ever
> preached: "Our ingress into life is
naked and bare, our progress through
life is trouble and care, our egress out
of it we know not where, but doing
t well here we shall do well there. I
could not tell more by preaching a
. year."
! If the Daughters of the Revolution
• wish to purchase the site of a Fort,
that was the scene of a fight and a
i massacre, let them become possessed
of old Fort Freel aud, a mile from
Watsontown. It can be purchased
for a few hundred dollars audit was a
• real fort—not a trading post. Besides
k there is no flaw in the title.—Mil
. tonian.
The people of this city will be sur
prised to know there are 22 places
i in the United Stated called Danville,
located in the following states : Ar
kansas, Alabama, California, Geor
gia, Iliionis, Indiana, lowa, Kansas,
: Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, North Caro
i lina, Ohio, Pennsylvania* Teunesse,
Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wash
ington aud West Virginia.
An exchange says:"The kickers
' on a farm are not so hard to get along
with as the kickers in town. On the
farm there are kicking cows and the
long eared friend the mule, but in
town there is the knocker who wants
all the privileges of municipal life
without paying anything iu return
and blocks as far as he can, every
public improvement. The cow can be
butchered and the mule traded ou a
shot gun, hut a town knocker is a
grumbling, growling hooc'o.
Paste this over your desk ! If you !
haven't a desk on your looking glus4 1 j
If you haven't a looking-glass, over
your bed ! If you haven't a bed,
wear it next to your heart ! Be sure |
to keep it by you so that you may re-1
member, a dollar is your best friend ! 1
Never auswer advertisements that j
promise to pay you thirty dollars a I
week for silting home, doing nothing !
Save your stamps aad your common
sense ! The postofiice hasn't cornered |
all the frauds yet! Never run from !
a policeman or a dog ! They'll think |
you are guilty whether you are or ■
not! Then you are sure to get a ;
clubbing, or a biting, no matter how !
little you may deserve it. There are '
times when il pays to stand still.
OCCASIONAL.
OABTORIA.
Bear, ih> II" KM You Havg Always Bought
7|
rps nnd Dowui of Santa Crni.
Probably no other of the West Indian
Islands bus had such a checkered ca
reer as Hnnta Crun. In turn It has be
longed to Spain, which abandoned It;
to England and Uolland jointly; to
England alone; to Spain again, which
fell upon the colonists and destroyed
or deported them all; to France, which
took it from Spain; to the Knights of
; Malta, who received It as a gift from
j France; to a private company of ad
! venturers. Then It was resumed pos
session of by France, but abandoned,
so that in IT2O It was uninhabited.
Then it became a no man's land until
I 1727, when France took It again, and
| presently sold It to a Danish company,
which sold It In turn to the king of
! Denmark. In 1801 England took It
■ t once more, gave It back to Denmark, |
repented and took It away again in a ]
few months, held It for eight years,
and then relumed it to Denmark, which
SEND us
A COW, H
Steer, Bull or Horse
hide. Calf skin, Dog vl
skiti, or any other kind
c! hide or : kin, and let
U4 tan it with the hair RgwMH
>n, soft, light, odorless KlilKaM
iii.l iuolh-jjroof,forrobe, E'
ug, coat or gloves. ttE?2gJ§lß|
first get our Catalogue, IF|jjH
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No one around the frontier town of
Lew in burg knew much of Dr. Davy.
He had come into the locality without
ostentation, taken up a claim four
miles away and built a sod house, half
above and half below ground. For a
year he had dwelt there alone and had
only come into town once a fortnight
foi provisions. lie was called doctor
because he was a doctor, though not
seeking to ply his art, and no one was
able to say Just how his title came to
be known. Ills next neighbor was a
mile away, and travelers who stopped
at his house for a drink of water or to
Inquire the way were treated with
scant courtesy. There was considera
ble gossip about the stranger, and many
people shook their heads and whisper
ed that the officers of the law would
turn up in search of him some fine day,
but after awhile, as nothing was heard
against him, he was put down as a re
cluse and left undisturbed.
It was a year or more after Dr. Da
vy's appearance that he came to town
one evening to meet a young woman
who stepped off the train from the
east. The family resemblance was so
marked that It was agreed by all that
the newcomer was his daughter. She
was hurried away as If the father fear
ed to let the townspeople get sight of
her, but it had needed only a glance to
show that she was good looking and
about twenty years of age. Her com
ing revived the gossip, but as she was
not seen in town during the next three
months she was in time forgotten by
all with one exception. That exception
was young Joe Taylor, who had been
made sheriff of the county a year be
fore and who was being talked of as a
candidate for the legislature. He had
only to accept a nomination to be elect
ed, as he was a general favorite with
all. He made it his business whilo
scouting the country for horse thieves
to call at the Davy cabin, and he was
the first and about the only one to see
the daughter Mollle In her own home
and to be hospitably received by the
father.
If he had any curiosity to gratify as
an officer of the law he was dlsap
▲ BIFLB ORAOKED, AND HE PITCIIED FOB
WAHD ON THE GIIASS.
pointed. The doctor was free to talk,
but not about himself nor his past. He
was made welcome by the daughter,
but he could not question her as a
suspect.
He called three or four times "by
accident," but after that he was a
weekly visitor from choice and invita
tion. In time he was quite ready to
acknowledge to himself that he was in
I love and to hope that his feelings were
, reciprocated. He was feeding up his
j courage to speak his mind when some
thing happened to make him turn paie
and set his heart to thumping. As
sheriff, he received an official document
i by mail one day In which he was eom
• mamled to arrest one Dr. James Bird
j as an embezzler. It was Bird instead
of Davy In the warrant, but the per-
I eonal description fitted the man who
I was living out on the prairie with his
: daughter. His offense had been coui
! mitted many years before, but the com
| plainant had kept the warrant alive
and followed the embezzler's trail like
! a bloodhound. The demand was that
I he be arrested and securely held until
| extradition papers could be secured,
■ and as even the locality in which lie
was in hiding was pointed out the
sheriff realized that he must do his
duty If it broke a woman's heart.
I An hour after receiving the letter he
, was on his way to the doctor's place.
All the way out there he was hoping
j that the doctor might have been given
I a hint and fled or, if he had not, then
that he might have indisputable evi
dences of his Innocence at hand. Ilia
face betrayed his perturbation of mind
to the girl the Instant he dismounted
at the door. She was alone, and ad
she stood forth In the June sunshine
and looked up at him she quietly said:
"Mr. Taylor, I know your errand
here. You have come to arrest my
father on the old charge."
"They—they have sent on this war
rant!" stammered Joe, as he handed it
to her to read. "But I'm hoping that
your father is far away by this time."
"He is down at the lake fishing. We
had hoped that this matter was dead
at last, but it seems that the man
desires a malicious revenge. It says
embezzlement."
I Joe nodded his head as he looked
away over the prairie.
"But It is false. It was a partner
ship business, and the other man was
i welttM to cheat tether and tell Into
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"It was likely that way," nodded Joe.
"But father even restored the money
after awhile, all but a paltry sum. He
would also have restored that, unjust
as It was, but he has been hounded
and driven till he has become des
perate and determined. Is that wretch
to follow him to his grave?"
Joe sat down on the ground and
dropped his chin on his hands and
appeared to be thinking. The girl had
put the warrant back into his hands,
and there was a sob in her throat as
tslie turned and entered the house. It
was a quarter of an hour before she
reappeared. Joe looked up into her
face with eyes telling of sympathy and
love, and a blush came to her cheek
as she asked:
"Well, what are you going to do
about it?"
"It's going—lt's going to be the hard
est thing of my life," he replied, "but
I've got to do my sworn duty. 1 must
do it or stand Impeached. Girl, you
don't know"—
"Joe," she Interrupted, calling him
by that name for the first time, "u
girl knows when she Is loved."
"Yes, she ought to, and you ought to
know that I love you."
"I do, Joe, and I love you in return,
and you will break my heart if yon
drag my old father to Jail. Say that
you won't do It—that you will leave
the warrant unserved."
"Duty, girl," he whispered as he rose
up and put his arms around her and
kissed her for the first time.
"Then you will arrest him?"
He kissed her again and turned
away toward the lake, looking at the
paper in his hand through tears in his
eyes. He had not taken a hundred
steps, however, before a riile cracked,
and he pitched forward on the grass.
His horse would have dashed off at
the sudden report, but It was secured
by the girl.
"How did it come about?" asked the
doctor, who had hurried home at the
report of the rifle and found his daugh
ter standing over a wounded and un- :
conscious man.
"He-he started to the lake to find
you, and a gun went off!" replied the
girl between her sobs.
"And—and did he have any legal
paper with him?" queried the father in
a whisper.
"If he had, it has been burned. Tell
rtie, father, is he fatally wounded?"
"No. The bullet plowed along his
scalp,* and he will be all right in a
week. I will load up the wagon, and
we must move on and find another
asylum."
"But the man—Mr. Taylor—Joe?"
she asked.
"We shall take hlra with us. He
will need my skill and your nursing
for some days to co^ie."
It was two weeks later when the
sheriff opened his eyes and saw Mollie
Davy seated near his bedside. The
old claim had been left a hundred miles
behind and the abandoned cabin of a
settler had been taken possession of.
Joe Taylor had been nursed and tend
ed through fever as the wagon rolled
along.
"Mollie, I take it that it was betwixt '
dad and me?" he said as she saw tha'
he had come back to earth again.
"It was, Joe," Bhe replied. "But*
now"—
"But now it's betwixt you and me,
and as soon as I can shake myself to
gether Pi! fix things so that you won't
have to do any more moving. Thanka
dear, that you shot a little too high!"
Lighting the Yale Log,
A custom at one time prevalent In
England and still observed In some of
the northern districts of the old coun
try Is that of placing log
of wood, sometimes the root of a great
tree, In the wide chimney place. This
log Is often called the Yule log, and It
was on Christmas eve thut It was put
on the wide hearth. Around It would
gather the entire family, and their en
trance was the occasion of a great deal
of cwemony. There wag music and re
joicing, while the one authorised to
■light It was obliged to have clean
hands. It was always lighted with a
brand left over from the lag of the pre
vious year, which had been careful);
preserved for that purpose. A poat
sings of It In this way:
With the laat yeere's brand
Light the new block, and
For good success In his spending
On your psnitries play,
That sweet luck may
Come while the log Is a-tendlng.
Tha Yule log was supposed to ba a
protection against evil spirits, and It
waa considered a bad omen If the Bra
went out before the evening was over.
The family and guests used to seat
themselves In front of the brightly
burning Ore, and many a story and
merry ]eat want round tha bappj
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Seed Meal, delivered off the ear tit Potts
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Send inquiries and orders by mail t ■
Pottsgrove. Persons Laving orders in
will be notified on arrival of the car
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i —•—
VARIETY IN CHEWING.
Gum and Tobacco Arc Not the Oalr
Materials Utilised.
Gum chicle, which forms the basis of
most American chewing gums, Is by no
means the only chewing material,
though chewing gum Ims spread over
a large portion of the world.
Among the old fashioned the gum of
the spruce tree Is still in greater favor,
and druggists near the great spruce
[ belts drive a thriving trade in the brown
i lumps.
I Although the chicle comes from the
tropics, It Is seldom used as a chewing
gum there, uueured rubber being the
fashion. In Peru "cuca," or cocoa
leaves, form the staple chew, the plant
| being a powerful stimulant, since from
its leaves cocaine is extracted. In the
east the betel nut Is chewed In prefer
ence. the nut being prepared with lime.
To It might be accorded Uie place of
first prominence, since because of the
congestion of population practically
one-tentb of the human race give it
their preference.
One of the oddest chews Is the leaden
bullet wlileh the English soldier used
to chew before the Introduction of the
Jacketed bullets now In use. They de
clared that It lessened their thirst and
to some extent deadened their hunger
on long marches.
And then there Is tobacco.
ODD THINGS ABOUT WORDS.
Whcu the Word "Lunch" Was First
Used It Meant a "Lamp.*'
A "lunch," L'tymologlcally, is Just a
lump. In the sixteentli century a
"lunch of bacon" meant merely a slice
or hunk of It Bo Burns speaks of
bread and cheese "dealt about In
| lunches," and Scott records that "little
1 Bcujle was ramming a huge luncheon
of pio crust Into his mouth." While In
modern times "lunch" is an abbrevia
tion from "luncheon," the latter was
originally an elongation of "lunch." A
philologist shows how the old "noon
sheuk," noon drink, came to mean noon
eating, and to appear as "nunsheon,"
and the development thereafter of
"luncheon" from "lunch" wai very
natural.
Curious changes of words sometimes
take place between two languages.
Thus English has borrowed the French
"poseur" and has given to France
"snob" in trade. Frenchmen have a
way of taking a polysyllabic word and
using half of It. Thus of "steeple
chase they have appropriated the
"steeple," and now the French sports
man speaks of "mounting a steeple'
when be means to ride a race over the
customary obstacles. A smoking Jack
et Is with him a "suioklng" and a sleep
ing car Is a "sleeping."
Speed Rate*.
Few men could tell, If they were
•sked, how many feet per second they
walk The average man walks four
•feet a second. A dog. ou Its ordinary
Jog, goes eight feet n second. A bores
trots twelve feet a second. A reindeer
over the Ice makes twenty-six feet A
race horse makes forty-three feet A
sailing ship makes fourteen feet*~
Plilladelpbia Bulletin.
Got the Thorn.
Young Tlioriie (to his Ideal) —And
your namo Is Hose? What a sweet
unme Rose Is! Itose—l am glad you
like It But—but—but Ido not want to
be a rose without a Thome.
What could a fellow say after that?
| STOCKHOLM.
Che City of n Tbouiaud Iflnnda And
Itocky lleef*.
From Sweden's capital an enthusias
tic vlslior "writes: "The sky has au al
most Ituliau radiance as the suu shines
clear and bright on the glittering levels
I of the lagoon that di\ ide the new town
from the old. Across the water, on
I which a fleet of white ferryboats ply,
rises the broad front of the palace, the
Btern outline of which is relieved by the
russet glow which time has lent to the
brickwork. In front of the palace runs
a broad quay crowded with shipping, j
behind which one may catch peeps of |
narrow, winding streets, with sloping
roofs and painted houses bent with
age. The square front of the palace
rises above the red and gray roofs,
seeming to command the old city. On
my right the waters narrow to a swift
rushing stream, over which a stately
bridge has been thrown, uniting the
palace with the picturesque pile of the
opera house, or, rather, with the broad
square in which it stands. Behind the
opera house lie broad streets of mod
ern houses, in which there are unex
pected glimpses of waterways crowded
with shipping.
"Stockholm is built on a series of is
lands formed by Lake Malarcn. It Is,
indeed, the city of a thousand islands
and rocky reefs, which are sown broad
cast many miles beyond the mainland,
where the lake and river join the sea.
The steamers which ply up and down
the lake afford endless excursions.
Seaward you may sail a day among the
Islands until you reach the long, low
reefs on which the Baltic beats.
"In spite of their cold climate the
Swedes delight In the open air. After
the Indoor life of English or Amer
ican cities it is a great pleasure to take
one's meals out of doors, although it
may sometimes be necessary to dine
wrapped in an overcoat. We have
6een people dining in the Tivoll gardens
beneath awnings and umbrellas In the
ruin. This habit may explain the health
and vigor of the Swedes."
CHOCOLATE.
't Warn a Luxury In This Country In
the Eitfliteentli Cent dry.
The first newspaper notice that an
nounced the sale of eocoa and chocolato
In America reail:
"Amos Track, at bis bouse a little bo
low the Bell tavern In Danvers, makes
and sells chocolate which he will war
rant to be good and takes cocoa to
grind. Those who may please to favor
him with their custom may depend up
on being well served, and at a very
cheap rate."
This notice appeared in the Essex
Gazette of Massachusetts on the 18th
of June, 1771, five years before the
signing of the Declaration of Independ
ence. Despite Mr. Trask's assurance
that his rate was cheap, chocolate was
very expensive and beyond the purse of
any but the wealthy folk. Wouldn't
they be surprised to see how generally
chocolate Is sold these days In packages
as cheap as a penny?
When the Spanish soldier Cortes con
quered Mexico In 1510 he found the
people very fond of a drlnlc called
"chocolatl." This was served to the
ruler Montezuma In a cup of solid gold.
When the Spaniards went home they
Introduced this drink Into their coun
try, but It remained very expensive.
The secret of Its preparation wag never
allowed to get out of Spain. Now It Is
tbe cheapest article of food and drink
! we have.
PENNSYLVANIA
I, RAILROAD
Schedule In Effect Jan. I, I ;JOti
Trains leave South Danville lis follow* •
For ('uUlwlHHn, Knst BkMiiiKlni rt',
Njinllcofce, U Ilki'H-Ilaiic, I'lllston, Mrran
toii mid hilermcdliiie HIUIIOIIH, -,.1 „
duMv J1 " '' lU * days, and 10.17 a. nil
F n Mimbtirj and Intoriilrdlatc itatlonx iluo
i m. weuk-days. U " UT *» » n " «•«>
* »»'l l ook
i wml-m"'? !''.Vj*'' V"
J j » I • ,n, » Week-daws
.l or l.i-liefontc, Tyrone, Phiiinsbun rton»-
I ».<►..v., ,Zi ill™,',:
lor ilarrlbburg and intermediate stations 0.00
a.m., IJ. 10, and 7. J■> M W » «>U.<I»VM
•I.:u |». in., Sundays 1 " Htt K "" a > H »
For IMii'-fldelphla (via llnrrishiirg)Baltimore
and \N ashington, o.ooa. m., u.io and 7.'d i
d-Vilv' 01 ' "y; ~;,l only) p. m.,
For I 'it t*burg (via Harrlsburg) 0.00 a. in.. 12 1«»
i. 'l. and 7.51 n. in., week-days; I.:<| p. "m.
Sun .nys; (via Lewlstown Junction) JM«»:
»V"v :i . n '.»,?.■ p * m "Wtt'k-dnyss (via U».U
1 1.i.ii) o.i 0 a. ill., and 12.10 p. m., week-days.
I agents fuit,ler apply to ticket
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c£ w an n eer * , IWr Trafllc Mgr
UKO. W. BOYD, Goncral L'ass'l Agt.
Stationery for Farmers.
I'unners and otliera, particularly those
li\ iiiyr on tho If in ill Delivery route-",
should have printed stationery as well as
business men. It is not only more feusi
ie*B like to send H letter with name at d
address printed on the liotehead and en
velope, but it insures the return of the
letter in ease it is not delivered. We
are especially well equipped to do this
class of printing and can do it promptly
and neatly We will supply 250 note
heads and 280 envelopes, extra quality,
for $1.50, or 75c for either one lot. This
is cheaper than you can buy the paper
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AUCTIONEER
Real Estate or Personal Prop
erly Disposed of at
Public Outcry.
"lies/ iicsul/s Quaranleea
Add repp,
Michael Breckbill,
j Ruihl Route 4. Damllle, Pa
I TTOK SALE—A SMALL FARM OF FOlT
r ty-Rlx a civs, known as the Maimer farm
liicutt'd 21.. miles north-east of Fottsgrove.
ralr buildings, good fruit, water at house and
barn. All cleared and under blub state
eu 11 i vat ion. This farm is offered at priva e
sale and is a des'rable propertv. Will leave
hay, straw and fodder on the place, Posses
sion given this fall. Address,
„ t , , 1- o. EVERITT,
K r. D. 1. Fottsgrove, Fa.
JJXECUTItIX'S NOTICE.
Estate of Zibd O. Vought, Lute of Muyberry
Township, Deceased.
Letters testamentary on the above estato
having been g rant ed to the undersigned, it 11
persons Indebted to said estate are request d
to make payment, and those having claims
against it to present the same, without delay
IDA J. ADAMS,
Administratrix.
Quitman, I'a.
DM IN J STRATOIt's Nt >TICE.
Estate of John Watson, late of Anthony Town
ship, Montonr Comity and State of Pennsyl
vania, Deceased,
Notice is hereby given, that letters of admin
i Ist rat ion on the above estate have been grant
[ ed to the undersigned. All persons indebted
to said estate an* required to make pavuient.
and those having claims or demands against
(he said estate will make known the same
without delay to
ALLEN WATSON,
.. or to Administrator.
\\ M. EASE WEST, Ottawa, Fenna.
Council,
Danville, Pa. April 16th, i
HI'S NOTICE
Estate of Eflie'J. Am wine, late of West
I Hemlock township, deceased.
' Letters of administration upon the estate
{ 'Millie .1. Am wine late of West li< ml< • k
township, lMnntour County, State of Fej.n
--i •> ivania, iiaving been granted by the 1{ g
sterol" Montour County to the undcrslgi . .1,
' ill persons indebted to said estate are re
l i ties ted to make payment, and those having
, iaiins to pies ut the same without dela.v to
Oi:o. I>. AIINWINK, lhickiiom, Fa.
i CHAS. S. AHNWIN K,
l Route.'!, Danville. l»a.
Ji* to Administrators
C'HAKLIW V. AMKHMAN, Danville, Fa.
Charter Notice.
Notice Is hereby given that an app leatl. n
»vill be made to the Oovernoroi Pennsviv an'a
m the ith day of May 10 Hi by W. ■ . Dcinaree,
N. M. Smith and W. E. Oosli under the act of
issembiy entitled "An Act to provide for the
incorporation and regulation of certain «•<» ;p
--• rat ions," approved April 20th IS7I, and Ihe
•uppienicnts thereto, for charter of an infend
•d corporation to be called Keystone Macliin
r.v < ompuuv: the character and object of
i .vhlch Is tlu~nanufncturc and sale of latent
machines for the erection of Concrete tvn Is,
11 id the creel ion of buildings from Concn te,
nnl tlie transaction o such business as may
He incidental thereto, and lor these purposes
.» have, pes-ess and enjoy all the rights, bene
fits and privileges of said act of assembly and
supplements thereto.
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