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DANVILLE, PA., MAY 4, 1900.
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CANDIDATES' CARDS
4®* I'cmo.-ratic Delegate Election, Saturday,
Juno 2, UNjr.; Convention of Delegates, Mon
day, June It h.
FOR SENATOR
24th Senatorial District
J. HENRY COCHRAN,
Subject to the Democratic Senator
ial Conference.
FOR CONGRESS
JOHN G. Mt HENRY,
OF BENTON.
S.ibject t<> the decision of the Dem
ocratic t onKicssional Conference.
FOR PRESIDENT. JUDGE
20th Judicial District
GRANT HERRING, Esq.,
OF HI.OOMSIUMKS, PA,
Subject to the decision of the Judicial
Conference.
FOR PRESIDENT JUDGE
26th Judicial District
JOHN G. ItARMAN, Esq.,
OF JILOOMBBURO, PA.
Subject t > the decision of the Judicia
Conference.
MEMBER OFTHE LEGISLATURE
R. SCOTT AMMERMAN
OK DANVILLE, PA.
Subject to the rules of the Democrati<
county convention.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE
J, SWEISFORT
OF DANVILLE
Subject to the decision of the Deni
ocratic primaries.
FOR ASSOCIATE Jl/DGE
P. C. NEWBAKER
OF DANVILLF
Subject to the decision of the Dem
ocratic primaries.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUDGE
LLOYD W. WELUVER
OR ANTHONY TOWXSIIII*
Subjet t to the decision of the Derm
era tic primaries.
FOR RKTILSTRAR AND RECORDER
J. C FOUST
OF MAHONING TOWNSHIP
Subject to the rules of the Democrati
primarii s.
TOK I;I:<;ISTHAU AND RECORDER
Wm. L. SIOLI.R
OF DANVILLE
Subject to the decision of the Demo
cratic primaries.
F( >R SHERIFF
M. BRECKBILL
MAI ION I \<; T<) W NSIII r.
Subject to the decision of the Dem
ocratic pritnariee.
—Couvou.vtionn have never
belli credited with souls, hut re
cent events seein to hive demon
strated they may have hearts, and
that, too, in the right place. For
a week or more they have been
hauling all the provisions into
San L'raueiseo that a charitable
public has seen proper to send,
and, in addition, have carried
225,000 persons to distant homes,
all without so much as a penny of
recompense, and at a cost of more
than *2,(1111.1,0011 to themselves.
.— OF what materials will the
new San Francisco lie construct
ed; l>rick and stone are both
said to be scarce west of the
mountain ranges. Wood is not
to be thought of, in view of the
experiences of the past few weeks.
Steel and cement will no doubt
be called into do the work. Ce
ment is said to be abundant and
good only a few miles away, and
perhaps it may prove the best
material after all. Now comes
a chance for Danville's prospec
tive indust i'v, the Keystone Con
< crete Machinery Company, which
has mule application for a charter
and contemplates the manufacture
and side of patent machines for
the erection of concrete walls.
Tin:i do things diU'erently
in Germany. The Prussian State
railway lias just been cast in heavy
damages for having set lire,
through sparks from one of its
locomotives, to a valuable timber
area. During the past summer a
great deal of timber land was de
stroyed in that way, causing a
vast amount of damage. One of
the suH'erers, the Duke of Sehles
witr-1 lulstein, carried the ease in
to the courts against the State
Kailway Department. I lis claim
was adow i, and damages to the
amount of *.750,000 have been
awarded him. In our own coun
try more damage is caused to
wood areas than in Germany, but
the railroads are never called to
account.
Thomas McCarthy, a Now Castle
bartimdor.and liis brother,a gang fore
man of laborers, on (he Pittsburg and
Lake Krir railroad, living at Wam
pum, liavr just learned that au uncle
died in Denver sr* years ago, leaving
them $1,000,000 apiece.
While carpenters were tearing out
the interior of a sture of 11. E. Rutter
A.: P.m.. at Vew Holland. Lancaster
Juno ibO-i. it was full of tlio war
news of the day.
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shin, or any other kind SBMaH
of hide or skill, and let
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and moth-proof, for robe,
rug, coat or gloves.
Ilut first get our Catalogue, HII
avoid mistakes. We also buy
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PARKER'S
LAST BOAT ON CANAL
Was Laden With Coal and Con
signed lo M. A. Miller, of
Uloomsburg, Dec.
9, 1906.
PASSINC7 OF AN INDUSTRY.
Of 110 little interest is the following
article on ihe passing of the canal,
which we glean fro in the Bloomsburg
Morning Press:
"The question lias frequently been
asked 'When did the last loaded boat
pass over the old Pennsylvania canal,
what boat was it, and where was it
consigned Thinking that some of
your readers may be interested I have
looked up the record and find that on
December Bth, 1900, Pennsylvania
Canal Company's boats Nos. 343 and
•'544, Captain Cooper, were cleared at
the collector's office at Beach Haven,
consigned to M. A. Miller, Blooras
burg, laden with stove and buckwheat
coal respectively. This was the last
coal shipment to pass over the canal.
"The last year of the canal's oper
ation saw a great falling of! in busi
ness as compared to its former days.
Intact the last three years previou
to its close foretold its doom, and
many were the regrets on the part of 1
those whose life had been spent fol
lowing the fortunes aud misfortunes,
ut' llie 'raging canal,' where they saw
ihe beginning of the end of that grand
old waterway.
"During the year 1900 there were
shipped over the canal to various
points between Nanticoke and Colum
bia, (i5,077 tons of coal; during the
year 1899 the total tonagewas 73,108
tons. This was considered an exceed
ingly poor season. When we compare
the above with the season of 1897
luring which the. total of 203,519
tons were carried over the canal, or
tho mouth of November 1896, in
which the tonage was 33,978 tons,
we can easily see that the boat man
was being "starved out" of his oc
cupation and the canal was being in a
word 'killed.'
"In the way. of its greatest activity
there were few more pleasant or prof
itable occupations than boating and
many are the wishes of the old boat
men for those good old days, but al
though this is not as we see it the
'survival of the fittest,' yet the de
mards of the age, and the ends of its
manipulators seemed to warrant the
wiping out of this once great in
dustry.
F. C.
Beach Haven, Pa., April 27, 11)00."
Would Grace (he Bench.
Hon. Grant Ilerring, of Bloonisburg
is a candidate for the Democratic nom
ination for president judgeof the Twenty
sixth district, composed of the counties
of Columbia and Montour. Mr. Herring
in well fitted to occupy this position. He
- a br.lliant, good lawyer and has a
dignified appearance which would be
come him well as the occupant of the
bench, to which he would also bring a
knowledge of the law and a sound judg
ment enabling him to administer the
duties of theollice in a highly satisfactory
manner.
Mr. Herring served the Twenty-fourth
district in the State senate in the sessions
of 18U1-94, immediately preceding Sena
tor Cochran. Upon the death of Judge
I kelcr, of the Twenty-sixth district Sena
tor Herring was appointed to serve the
j unexpired term, displaying ability of n
most commendable character. Senator
Herring lias been a frequent visitor to
\V ill lan wport and his Democratic friends
in this county wish him success in bis
laudable ambition to sit in judgment up
■ <ll the people of the Twenty-sixth judi
cial district.—From the Williamsport Sun
<>i April 2.'1, 1 ftofi.
"Ceutinniiil Jubilee and Old Home
Week, Wilkes Barrc, Pa., May 10th —
12th, 1906."
On May 9th to 12th inclusive,
Lackawanna ticket agenU will sell
round trip tickets from Danville to
Wilkes Barre for the above occassion
at rate of SI. 55 good going ou all
trains on date of sale and returning
not later than May 15th. Half rate
tickets will be sold children live years
old and under 12.
OASTOniA.
Beare iho 11,6 M Vou Have Always Bought
'•Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic: Shrine Impcriul Council, Los
Angeles, Cel. May 7 —loth, 1906.**
For the above occasion Lack
:iwanna ticket agents will pell round
trip tickets at low rate of $78.25, such
ticket* to he sold April 24th to May
I 4th inclusive and limited tor return
' not later than July 81st at which
time passengers must be at original
starting point. For information as to
stop overs, etc., call on Lackawanna
tickets agent.
WANTED:—-District Managers to.
post, signs, advertise and distribute '
samples. Salary SIB.OO weekly, f3 0U
per day for expenses, »»go and
present «*tuplo\ u.ent IDEAL SHEAR
''() . 39 rbindnl li t., Chicago
. as a news or ttciveriihiug medium. We
await your commands.
! WORK FOR |
SYLVIA
By Joanna Singl*
i » Copyright, 1906, by E. C. I'aroells j| j
Sylvia Maine stretched out u gaunt
arm and slammed down the window of
her little dressmaking shop.
"Looks like spring wanted to gtt in
here, too," she remarked precariously
through the mouthful of pins which
she was deftly transferring to tho
folds of the gleaming white satin gown
draped on the lovely girl who stood pa- 4
tlently before her. She continued:
"The lay cock buds Is all bust In' out,
and the wind smells good enough to
eat, but I can't have It blowln' your
halt* Into my eyes and settln' these
folds skewln'. You'd have a conniption
tit if your weddln' dress didn't set
good, and so would 1. It would dis
grace me. I've made every weddln'
dress In this village for fifteen years,
all except Mundy Butler's, which was
city made, though I don't Just say that
had anything to do with her bein' di
vorced In a year's time." Nelly laugh
ed as she replied:
"I'm not sure that I'd know It If it
didn't fit, Sylvy. Is It silly to be so
happy? Here Ilarry and I've been en
gaged only a year, and our folks all
like It, and now his grandfather leaves
him all that money, and everything's
perfect." She blushed with shy pleas
ure to the roots of her beautiful blond
hair. The withered little spinster dress
maker sighed. Iler only love had In
anger married another woman and had
been unhappy till his early death.
"It's silly not to be as happy as the
Lord will lot you be, Nelly. I don't let
myself git too old to forglt that. You
and Harry be as happy as you can and
be good. There—ain't that sleeve
sweet? I got to git this dress of yours
done this week so's I can git at Annie
Pal tie's. Her weddln's in June too. Ifs
the Lord's own month for weddin's,
and there lmd ought to be another be
sides yours and Annie's In this vil
lage." Nelly's resplendent Image In
the glass made her ask absently:
"What other wedding do you mean?"
"John King's and Alice White's."
Nelly considered the fit of her little
girdle before she said carelessly:
"Why, they've been engaged forever.
Everybody's used to it. I guess they
are themselves, or they'd do something
about It. I know Harry would not
wait that way for me—he—he cares too
much."
Nelly at twenty saw no romance in a
ten years' engagement, but Sylvia
knew that no woman gets used to be
ing always engaged and never mar
ried. She took the last pin from her
mouth and explained:
"It's Ills mother and her father that
stand in the way. They are selfish old
coots to stand in the way of the chil
dren's happiness. Even if Alice's fa
ther had any one to look after him I
doubt whether Alice, who Is the sweet
est thing that ever lived, could get
along with John's mother. She's a
heady old piece If she is smart and
handsome, and she likes her own way
too well to want a daughter-in-law to
have first place in the house John has
earned and built with his own hands.
His father was no earthly account, and
folks do say all Mrs. King married him
for was to spite Cornelia Jones, who
was dead in love with him and was
nover married on that account, they
say." Sylvia took the soft satin care
fully off over the girl's pink shoulders.
Nelly's sympathy was aroused. As she
dressed she made a laughing proposal.
"Well, something ought to be done,
and it's work for you, Sylvy. You're
always setting things straight for peo
ple. Why don't the old folks get them
selves out of the way? Why, they
might get married—they might marry
ea<h other! You attend to It—you've
done harder things—and I'll help you
out."
As the girl stepped out into the sun
shine Slyvia sank into a chair.
"She beats time!" ahe muttered. "But
It ain't a bad Idea. It ain't a half bail
idee, and I wonder at myself for not
thinkin' of it."
Meantime Nelly sauntered toward the
King cottage, where John's mother
was at work among the flower beds.
The widow was a tall, slim old lady,
as neat as wax and still handsome in
a warlike sort of way, with very black,
snappy eyes, white teeth and thick
gray bair. Nelly stopped and leaned
over the fence.
"Good morning, Mrs. King." The old
lady came along, with her trowel, to
smile at the pretty girl. She was ex
tremely fond of any girl who was en
gaged or 11 «.t likely to want her son
John. Nelly chatted away.
"I've been for the last fitting of my
weddlnc dress. Svlvy'a a genius! She's
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perfectly lovely! When Is—John going
to be married, Mrs. King?" she Inquir
ed innocently. The old lady stiffened,
but Nelly continued: "I'm so happy
that 1 want everybody to l»e! Sylvy
uays that Cornelia Jones Is setting her
cap at Alice's father, and I hone she
gets hlm„ so Alice ran come hero with
you and John. She would take the
work off your hands, and she's so
sweet! Bht I'll be rather sorry for Mr.
White. Cornelia Is such a desperate ,
old maid aad no took or housekeeper '
at all, and he's so good looking and
well off thai he deserves a better wo
man to take i*are of things. Well, men 1
are queer, and she certainly must have
been awfully pretty once."
Mrs. King snorted.
"She was never a mite pretty, to my
mind. She set her cap at John's father
when we were girls, but she didn't get
him. Oh. must you go7"
Nelly said good by and went liar way,
seemingly unconscious of the storm oi
wrath she awakened in the widow's
bosom. John's mother knew he would
marry some day in spite of her, and
she dreaded the day.
Toward evening Sylvia went to see
Alice White, though she knew perfect
ly well that the girl would be at choir
practice. She lingered a moment on
the porch, where Alice's father sat
smoking, lie was a straight, blue eyed
old man. Sylvia sat down on the steps
to rest.
"I been awful busy," she remarked.
"Folks will get married, and that
means weddln' dresses. I'm Just fln
ishln' Nelly Dean's, and next it will be
Annie Palne's. If what I hear is so,
perhaps it'll l>e your Alice's l>efore
loug." The old man squirmed and
asked what she meant. lie wanted no
son-in-law, though lie could not object
to John.
"Why, you won't believe it, but that
half blind, hobbling old Judson is mak
ing up to the Widow King, they say.
She's handsome and young lookin' and
well heeled, the best cook In town and
economical too. She's good tempered,
except about John's marryiu' Alice,
and I kind of hate to see her throw her
self away. But Judson's a sly old
coot. Anyhow, I hope she marries and
leaves John free. He and Alice have
waited long enough—lt ain't rightl
Well, I got to be goiu'. You tell Alice
I was here." Shu walked off, 'leaving
the old man with a new fear—and with
a new idea In his head. That Judson!
He and Judson had always conflicted.
He grunted and lit his pipe.
Spring passed into early summer,
and in June Nelly and Harry and An
nie and Richard were married. Alice,
sweet and grave and dark eyed, sang
at the weddings. Her rich soprano
was indispensable. John watched lier
In love and despair and began to won
der if, after all, prudence and caution
were not sometimes vices as well as
virtues. Would he never be free to
take Alice to his own home? Would
she never leave hor father to come to
him? 110 went to see her much oftoner
than had l>een his habit, and, strange
to say, of evenings her father disap
peared, no one asked where, and loft
them to themselves. John and Alice
were again almost the boy and girl
lovers of ten years ago. They took
twilight walks and long drives unmo
lested and unquestioned and were very
happy.
With surprise John began to realize
that his mother no longer nagged him
about his engagement nor had tits of
weeping, during which she declared
that he was going to make her a stran
ger and a dependent in her own house.
Then one evening lie took courage
and masterfully lakl before Alice a
plan to brave everybody. Finally she
yielded, though she dreaded the ex
planation that would have to follow.
One soft September evening John,
with a license in his pocket, drove to
her door and told her father he was
going to take her for a drive to Lynn
vllle, ten miles a way, and that they
would not be back till evening. The
old man was used to their driving and
said nothing. In fact, he seemed al
most anxious to have Alice go.
Late In the evening they returned
man and wife. John tied the horse
and went into have it out with Alice's
father. But the old man, strangely
enough, was not to be found. They
waited awhile, and then John left hoi
togo tell his mother.
When he had gone Alice sat, silent,
in tiie big chair on the porch, happy in
spite of the probable trouble John's
mother would make, happy in the face
of her father's certain anger. At any
rate, nothing on earth could make lior
Anything but John's wife. So she wait
ed for John and wondered where her
father could possibly be. In half an
hour she heard John's quick, eager
footsteps. He swung In at the gate
and almost ran to take her in his arms,
lie kissed her, and he laughed—actual
ly laughed—like a boy. Then he ex
plained:
"He's at my house—your father. It
seems they took advantage of our ab
sence to marry c.ich other, Alice.
How's that for sly? They braved me
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to my face, but they wore HO arraiu
that we would augry that they were
positively relieved when I told them
what we'd done. They are coming
over here tomorrow, dearest, and then,
our home will be our own."
Then John, being a man, could not
just see why Alice could declare that
she was perfectly happy and still
should weep on his shoulder. But
Sylvia was a woman—she would have
known the reason.
The Worl«r» Water Supply.
A German scientist predicts that the
time will come when there will not foe
water euough remaining on this globe
to support human life. We are left to
suppose that our shrinking sphere will
form caverns In its Interior Into which
the oceans will sink. For a similar
reason, as some astronomers believe,
there is no man in the moon, the for
mer waters on Its surface, if there ever
were any, having retired into its cav
ernous interior. We have no evidence
at present of subterranean hollowi ot
any extent, and the earth's crust Is con
tinually adjusting Itself by earthquake
dislocations to the pressures within and
without. Besides, nature has provided
this planet of ours with a rather large
water supply. Nearly three-fourths of
the earth's surface—or 144,712,850
(square miles—are covered by the ocean,
which is reckoned to be of an average
depth of at least two miles. The globe i
luiust contract enormously and leave |
some huge cavities before our oceans
Idisappear. At present its crust by no
means resembles a rigid arch. It is a
wavy curve, the tops of its mountains j
more than five miles high and the low- 1
est of Its sea floors more than five
miles deep. We may safely count on
several millions of years before the
last man has not a drop to drink.
UNIQUE FEATS.
Odd Phynioui Trick* That People
Here uiid There Can Do.
A group of traveling men were dis
cussing unique feats and physical
tricks that people here and there
can do.
"1 know a Chicagoan," said one,
"who can whistle a tune and hum its
accompaniment at the same time. He
whistles through a flat, not through the
usual round hole, and the deep, musical
accompaniment together with the shrill
sweetness of the whistle makes a
mighty attractive thing to hear."
"1 knew a barber," said the second
drummer, "who had a unique way of
cracking nuts. lie would place a nut
between the back of his head and a
stone or brick wall, and then he would
give himself a sharp rap on the fore
head with his fist. The nuts would
crack open every time."
"A Manayunk man," said the third,
"can give his head a jerk that turns
back his eyelids. He has to turn them
down again with his lingers. This is
an ugly feat, and I'm glad it is rare."
"I knew at school," said the fourth
drummer, "a boy named Bucky Ad
ams who could play tunes by snapping
his Angers. The thumb and first two
fingers of each hand would work away
bunlly, and forth would come the clear
est, sweetest, faintest music. 1 used to
sit with Bucky Adams, and many a
tedious school session would he make
shorter and pleasanter with this odd
gift."—New York Press.
rare Olive OH.
If olive oil congeals In freezing
weather, it is a sign that it is adulter
ated with lard. Very few bottles of so
called olive oil will stand this simple
test—in fact, wo seldom get the pure
thing, and, if we did, the chances are
that we could not eat it. At least, tliat
was the experience once upon a time of
one woman who used a great deal of
mnyonualse dressing upon her table
and had supposed that she doted on
olive oil. An Italian friend bestowed
upon her a flask of the peculiarly green
fluid. To her surprise, not one of her
family, herself included, could bear Its
taste. There was a tang to it which
showed them that they had never eaten
olive oil before and that they never
wanted to eat it again. So they gave
the flask away.—New York Telegram.
Women and Pins,
It seemed as If It would take a whole
paper of pins to mend that torn dress.
The wearer appealed to her car neigh
bor.
"Have you any pins?" she asked.
The woman had none, but passed the
query on, and in a little while every
passenger was feeling along concealed
edges and turuiug back lapels. At last
sixteen pins were produced. Fourteen
of them were contributed by men.
"We never need them as much as
the women, but somehow we carry
them and they don't," said one of the
xmu cgt
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BEGGARS IN ITALY.
Their Game Seem* to Be a Pretty
Hard One to Beat.
It is hard to beat the beggar game in
Italy. A fleet footed urchin and his
maiden fell into a fox trot by the side
of the carriage.
"Look, noble gentleman," he began;
"look, beautiful lady! See the little ra
gazza—the poor girl-have pity on her!
See, noble slgnor—you cannot refuse
to give her somethlug—your heart is
too good—you are too generous, too no
ble, too handsome, to refuse. Have pity
on her dreadful stale, for look—she has
one gray eye and one black one!"
We stopped the carriage. It wns true.
The maiden had indeed particolored
eyes, in addition to which she rejoiced
in a most appalling squint. I gave her
one copper. Hereupon her escort set
up a iiowl at being ignored.
"But why should you have anything?"
1 asked.
"You ought to give me two coppers,"
lie replied, with a twinkle, "for I hate
two blacks eyes, and she has only one."
I was vanquished. I gave him his
two coppers. I don't believe in beg
gars, but I think he earned them.—"A
'.evautlne Log Book," by Jerome Llurt
FUNNY LITTLE "FIDDLER."
One of the Moitt Interesting Members
of the Crab fr'aintly.
One of the most Interesting members
of the crab family Is the queer and
grotesque little "ilddler" which lives
in burrows in the banks of creeks and
estuaries bnck of the beach. Into these
burrows the crab retires in autumn
and composes Itself for a long winter
■leep. The eye stalks are then folded
down Into sockets beneath the shell
and the large claw rests closed and
Inert against the body, while the legs
ore folded up until the entire animal
la snugly closed upon Itself, and It re
mains in this dormant condition until
the spring. Early in April the fiddlers
awaken and Immediately attend to
clearing out their burrows. The large
claw Is useless for eating, only the
■mall one being available for this pur
pose. It is amusing to see the dell
oacy with which this little claw feels
about and picks up the particles of
vegetable matter and places them In
the mouth, while the eyes are all the
time raised uloft on their stalks and
apparently looking off Into the dis
tance. The female crabs have both
claws small and of equal size, so they
are both used in feeding, and she can
satisfy her hunger Just twice as easily
and quickly as the male. These fiddler
crabs also gather food and store It In
their burrows for future use.—St
Nicholas.
City Verims t'ouatry Eye*.
In one of his delightful books Dr.
Jessopp remarks that whereas coun
try people look up Londoners look
down. It is largely this habit that has
limited their observing powers, but
London has Itself to blame. I take it
that one can observe well only by the
power of taking large views, and in
London this is impossible, even if one
would, partly from the circumscribing
effect of bricks and mortar, parti}
from the dim light of a London dis
tance and partly from the need of
avoiding collisions. One's eyes uncon
sciously acquire a habit of restricted
vision; our observation specializes, like
that of the little girl in Mrs. Meynell's
book who beguiled the tedium of her
walks by collecting shopkeepers named
Jones. Perhaps that is the kind of ob
servation lor which we In Loudon are j
best rfUMt-LotWbu Outlook.
HE TOOK LONG CHANCES.
Bat the Tailor's Anxiety and Dill
Were Both Finally Settled.
The doctor of an English regiment
stationed in India received A letter
from his tailor inclosing a long overdue
account and concluding with a polite
Inquiry after the debtor's state of
health. The sawbones replied thus:
"I have received your hypocritical
letter hoping that I am in a good state
of health. Hear, then, what your
chances of my living long enough to
be able to pay your bill are. I attend
assiduously *very cholera case In the
camp, and I am making smallpox A
special study. I swim every morning
In a lake swarming with alligators. At
a recent attack on a hill fort I went
with the forlorn hope and was one of
the three who returned unwounded
Tomorrow morning I shall go unac
companied and on foot Into the Jungle
and wait for the man eating tigress as
she returns at dawn to her cave and
cubs. If It be she who falls I shall
spend my leave in the fever haunted
Jtinglo following up big game, and If I
survive that I shall copl myself after
Its heat by Joining a party to ascend
the peak of Dbawalaglrl, whose snov
•lopes and glaciers are as stiff as youi
prices."
The doctor eventually returned home
In safety, and the talljr's anxiety anvl
his bill were both settled.
WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT.
Down to Time of Ert-irnrd 111. Tlicy
llnd It Iff lit of Votlnff.
The ladies of birth and quality sat In i
council with the Saxon Witas. The
Abbess Hilda presided In an ecclesias
tical synod.
In Wighfred's great council at Becon
celd, A. 1). oi>4, the abbesses sat and
deliberated, and five of them signed tha
decrees of that council ulong with the
king, bishops and nobles.
King Edgar's charter to the abbey of
Crowland, A. D. 001, was with the con
sent of the nobles and abbesses, who
subscribed the charter.
In Henry 111. and Edward I.'s time
four abbesses were summoned to par
liament—viz, of Shaftesbury, Berklng
St. Mary of Winchester, and of Wilton.
In the thirty-fifth of Edward 111.
were summoned by writ to parliament,
to appear by their proxies, Mary,
countess of Norfolk; Alienor, countess
of Orrnoud; Anna Dispenser, Phillippa,
countess of March; Johanna Fita
Water, Agneta, countess of Pembroke;
Mary de St. Paul, countess of Pem
broke; Margaret de Roos, Matilda,
countess of Oxford; Catherine, countess
of Athol. These ladies were called by
their proxies, a privilege peculiar to
the peerage, to appear auti act by
proxy.—"Antiquities of Parliament"
Foaml Ihe Snlut'H Day.
An Italian newspaper gives an ac
count of an amusing lawsuit which has
taken place lately In a Russian city in
which German Is the prevailing lan
guage. One man sued another tore- j
cover the sum of 50 rubles, the debtor
having faithfully promised to return {
the money on St. Henry's day. But
having failed to do so for a long time
the lender discovered that the Russian
Orthodox church Includes no such saint
as St. Henry, and the judge before
whom the case was tried was much
puzzled as to what verdict be should
give. Happily the idea occurred to him
that, saint or no saint. All Saints' day
Included even the most doubtful, so he
gave judgment that the 50 rubles
should be returned next All Saints' day.
PENNSYLVANIA
1 RAILROAD
Schedule in Effect Jan. I, 1906
Trains leave South Danville as follows:
1 'H (utaxvisHii Kiist BliMiiuitburK, N«*<-OIH>«U
Nuutieokr, \\ Ilk. s-Mnrre, lMifsSn/Km
!,*!'} a,, d Intermediate stations, ~ii Jt
da!"- 1 J m * weok l,a ys «»»d 10.17 a. ni!
>r ni I \V«V -n' lll '' , ' <,| °" , ediale stations, 9.00
a. MI. ana <..» ip in. week-days, ami i :;I ■. ...
days' ' 11 ,v u,l '* v » l-.Mji. in. wiVu-
Kor I'ottsvllle, Heading ami Plilladcluliln
7.11 a in.and 2.21 p. week-days. p '
1 11 wletou, 7.11 and 10.17 a. 111.. 2 ->1 and lin
| p.m. week-days. '• ' " ua BM
it ivi'n IB- w 1 l ! ,l "" IK ' 1 " r,> ~nd 1-nek
dally." >s; (Baltimore onlj ~, ~,
' 4S| P| aS"- e -'i Vla H, " Tlsl| ui'K)!>.<*>a.in., 12.10,
R'o«"':
Ha'ven , 1... oa. and"l W p.'lnT,\v«lk.diy.' C .
agents. ' r l " r " r, »" ,l "» apply lo Hotel
W. W. ATTEBBDBV, J. K WOOD
Hern ial .Man, liter. JWr lmill',. M-r
(JE6. W. I1„VD, General Pass'i Ail. K '
Stationery for Fa mors.
I; armors ami othew, particularly tlio.e
"vnig on the Kural Delivery "route ,
, " 1 lmve l' ri "toa stationery as well as
business men. It i 3 not oulv more bnsi
"t? Ilke to H ' nd " with name and
■idilross printed on the notehead and en
velope, but it insures the return of the
letter in case it i„ not delivered. We
are especially well equipped to do this
class of printing and can do it promptly
and neatly We will supply 250 noto
hcads and 200 envelopes, extra quality,
for $1.50, or "5c for either one lot. This
is cheaper than you can buy the paper
and envelopes regularly at retail stores.
AUCTIONEER
Real Estate or Personal Prop,
erty Disposed of at
Public Outcry.
Michael Ureckbill,
Rural Route 4. Danville. Pa
| PP "I? SAI.H-A s.MAI.I. I' AHM OK FOK
. "T; x known as the Mail*. r farm
L' i . r - 11,1 "•» north-east ..I' I'm Ise rove
Ki liiT K "V d water at house and
oain. All euan il and under hiirli stale ol
Salean l!'"' , " iS ""'''<-'>l Private
Mill and Is a des rahle properly. Will leave
tia.\, Miuw and lodderon the plaee. Posses
sion given tills fall. Address,
O KVEKITT,
_ Pottsgrove, I'a.
tfAECUTKIX'S NOTICE,
Estate oj Zlbu O. Vvught, r.ute u/ Mayberry
Township, Deceased,
Letters testamentary on the above estate
having been tiiantctl tot lie all
persons indented to said estate are requesti d
t" 111; i iv«- |.;iv'nit lit, and tln.se liavint: < i;i; n
against it to present the same, without delay
IDA J. ADAMS,
Administratrix.
Quit man, I'a.
1
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DM IX ISTKATOiI'H NOTICE.
Kxtate of John Wutxon, lute oj Anthony 'J'oicn
ahtp, Montour County and State of J'cmu-j/l
--vanla, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that letters of ad ml n
istration on (lie above estate have been grant
ed to tlie undersigned. All persons indebted
to said estate are required to make p:>y mcnt,
and thiiMU having claims or demands against
i lie said estate will make known l lie same
without de'ay to
ALLEN WATHON,
u-u'rlo.. AdininiKtrator.
N\ M. KASE \\ LST, Ottawa, Pennu.
Council,
Danville, Pa. April 10th, WOO.
Estate ol' Arnwlne, late of West
Hemlock township, deceased.
Letters of administration upon the estate
d'Elite .1. Arnwine late of West Il mloek
townshtp. Montour County, State of IVnn
-yivanla, having been granted by the Iteg
. sterol Montour ( 'ounty to tln; undersigned,
111 pers• 'tis indebted to said estate art re
■ I nested to n.aki payment, and those lia\ ng
•iaiins t«i pre* nt the same without delaj to
o>. . D. AI.NWI.VK, Huekhorn, Pa.
CM AS. S. AIINWIXF,
I 101l te 21, Danville. Pa.
«»r to Administrators
CIIA iti.ns V. AM HUM AN, Danville, L'a.
Charter Notice.
Notice is lun 'iv given tlmt ail app'ica ■ •>n
will be niiide (o the < Jowrnoro' Pen us \ ivai ia,
on Hie lib day or May UMi by W. i . Dnia
N. M.Smith and \\ . E. < Josfi under the aet of
assembly entitled "An Art to provide tor the
ineorporation and regulation of certain corp
orations," approved April'Jfltli lh7l, and the
supplements thereto, for charter of an Intend
• d corporation to be called Keystone < "oneiete
Machinery ( oinpany; the eharacter and ob
ject of which is the manufacture and sal of
patent machines for the erection of ('oncicte
walls, and the ei eel ion of buildings from ( on
crete, and the transaction o. such business as
may he lueldcntal thieto, and lortiiese pur
poses to have, possess and enjoy all the rights,
oeiielitsaml privileges of said act of assembly
and supplements thereto.
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THE NEWHOMESEWING MACHINE CO
had entered a trust or combination; wo wish
to assure the public that there is no truth in
such reports. We have been manufacturing
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r>. and have < stablished a reputation tor our*
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others. Our "AV»P Home** machine has
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It Is not necessary for us to enter Into a trust
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