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Editor and Proprietor
DANVILLE, PA., Due-. 7, 1906.
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THE INTELLIGENCE!*,
DANVILLE, PA.
— THE busy wheels of industry
now are heard to hum in our midst,
and everybody is busy again.
— SHAKESPEARE, in the opinion of
Count Tolstoy, was not a genius nor
an average author. Thus is another
tradition, closely allied to a fixed be
lief, swept away by a discerning for
eigner.
—CHESTER GILLETTE admits that
lie swam away when Grace Brown
jumped into the lake (as lie says) aud
left her to drown. Here is a man
who deserves conviction on general
principles. Not in many years has
such a self confessed heartless scound
rel appeared in any criminal prosecu
tion. The jury waisted just five hours
in convicting of first degree murder.
—Too bad Danville's opera house
is closed to the public. This once
prided "play house," that not many
years ago compared with any in the
State, is now being neglected and it
will not be very long until it will be
considered too far out-of-date to com
pare with the new one that is sure to
be erected by some progressive party
or parties. A fine, attractive house
with good plays would pay in Dan
ville.
— TIIE overcrowding of street cars
has become such a serious grievance
in Chicago that a Coroner's jury, sit
ting in the case of a boy who was
clinging to a car when he was struck
and killed by another car going in an
opposite direction, has goue so far as
to recommend that the police arrest
and have fined persons who board
cars already over crowded. Chicago
appears to have an ordinance to stop
overcrowding, but it is defective in
that it fails to define clearly what an
overcrowd is. A new ordinance has
been prepared, and Mayor Dunne,
believing that the city transportation
problem is no longer a question of
public comfort but ot public danger,
is urging its immediate passage. It
is expected that Councils will pass the
measure this week. To prevent over
crowding, the ordinance limits the
number ot passengers a car may carry
to one and one-half times its seating
capacity. It also provides that the
platforms shall be kept clear.
The Living Light.
With all this grandeur round mo 'rayed:
these granite walls, these floors
Of marbled beauty and these rooms, with
polished hardwood doors;
These marvels of mechanic skill, and art, and
taste, and dream—
Thepresses and the type machines, the bat
teries and the steam—
This model of a modern home to print a
paper in,
While round the traffic of the town rolls on
with r<>ar and din,
My thoughts go back along the track of timo
to moment* when
I edited a weekly in an old shack twelve by
My thought* go back—oh, dearie me!—to that
; old country pr*ss;
mt e ' n t,IC w,lcrc Renins in
V Moldct > the thoughts that moved the world,
• • , T nn " w 'pcd Its hands when done
1)0 ' Ve rv I el* 4 wo n' 1 1 f ° P '° ng ,UUI fu,thful
The right to take a hath itself. We had one
grew so stiff
"NY Ith dli t we had to use a saw and with a
hatchet biff
Unt,l do«m- 1 B,)Unterß down »»to inglorious
uii J use a Turkish daisy now In our fine toilet
room 112
1 My thoughts go back to that old den, that old
press—lever type.
You screwed it down until upon the "form"
it got a gripe.
They named it after Washington, but why I
could not say.
J knoW it used to make me—well, you
couldn't call It pray.
5 Lstand beside these monsters now that rip
and race and sing
. And print a million papers with a flawless
» ' sweep and swing;
ji , J stand and dream, while back to me comes
i, that old den of mine.
Yyith sale-bills all around the wall—that
palace six by nine I
i his grandeur that I dwell in now, this castle
where I sing,
. Where all you have to do Is sit and pull a
i golden string;
It takes me back along the track to where
K- r wlth our might
We labored to illume the world with weekly
Living Light;
>F.. ; old press stood there.
Th* subject of our dally dread and of our con
stant'swear.
The only hardwood floors wo had wo burned
in winter time—
For Journalism in those days was such a
frosty ell me!
Oh, back along the track I go; the little oflice
gleams
Among the hills as there I dwelt'and delved
and dreamed my drtams
And now I walk on marble floors and tread
on velvet rugs.
And put on Dolly Vardcn airs and Htandard
i. . .Oil Trust lugs.
;v Oh, back along the track I go, this rlchfiesa
Unto that den where first I cried aloud'for
liberty,
As day by day amid the dust to toll and dig
and delve
I edited a weekly in an old shack ten by
• twelve!— Baltimore Hun.
, Adjourned Orphans' Court Sale
of valuable real estate of John Mc-
Wiliiams, late of Liberty township,
, Thursday December 10, at one
o'clock p. in., on the premises, con
sisting of two hundred and sixty nine
1 acres of land. The said will lie sold
as a whole or in purparts as purchas
ers may desire. It is situated on the
liue of the village of Mooresburg,
within a hundred yards of the Read
.i; ' u f> Railway Station about six miles
from. Danville.
4( JAMES C. MC\V r ii.i.tAMs,
Adminstrator d. b. n. e. t. a.
of John McWilliams, deceased.
.' R. Att'y.
THE STORY OF LIGHT
EARLY SCONCES AND LANTERNS,
CANDLESTICKS AND LAMM.
Traffic Incident of the Anolcnt
Custom of Carrylnir Fluinbeau* at
Featlvala Origin of the Phrase,
"Holding a Candle to Yon."
There was a panic of a curious origin
about the beginning of tlie eleventh
century. It was widely believed that
the year 1000 would witness the end of
the world, and this superstition caused
a very general stagnation of industry
aud commerce. Such panics have oc
curred at irregular lntervuls ever since,
the last one being within the memory
of the present generation and Inspired
by Mother Shipton's prophecy:
The world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred olghty-one.
However, as soon as people became
convinced that the world was not real
ly going to come to an end in the year
1000, they resumed their work and
play, and the making of lamps and
candlesticks, like other manufactures,
entered upon an era of prosperity.
Monasteries were famous schools fui
this work, as for all other forms of
handicraft, and paid peculiar attention
to the beautifying of lamps and can
dlesticks because of their usefulness In
church services. During the eleventh
century Dlnaut, In Belgium, became
famous for its copper work, and some
of the most beautiful chandeliers of
this period were made there. At about
this time the "couronue des lumleres,"
or circle of lights hung from the cell
ing, became a common device for light
ing a church, and somo of these are
oxquislte works of art.
In this period, too, various devices
for improving and shielding the light
came into use. Our ancestors were
very practical people, and If some of
their utensils appear to us somewhat
singular It is because we do not under
stand the purpose for which they were
used. It is rare Indeed to find any
cumbersome addition to a lamp or
candlestick which has not its use. The
old time silversmiths and copper work
ers did not spend their strength on
mere decoration.
The sconce and the lantern were in
general use throughout the middle
ages. The sconce was a light covered
and guarded from the wind, lifted
down by a handle, and distinct from
the lantern, serving somewhat the
snino purpose, but hung by a chain.
Lanterns in the thirteenth century
were made of gold, silver, copper or ,
Irou, according to the means of the
owner. The light In them was shield- 1
ed from the wind by thin sheets of
horn. Lantern making was an impor
tant industry in Paris.
At this time, too, noblemen and rich
merchants took to having luxurious
little traveling equipments made for
them, and among these wero traveling
candlesticks and wash basins in this
fine enameled work, the secret of
which Is now lost.
The custom of having servants carry
flambeaus at festivals also bocame
general about this time, and a strange
and tragic incident Is connected with
this fashion. At a ball given by
Charles VI. the torches carried by
some careless servants came too near
the headdresses of certain persons
dressed as savages and set them on
fire. The unfortunate guests were
burned to death, and the king at the
sight lost his reason, a madness which
had a serious effect on the history of
France.
Magic lanterns were invented In the
time of King Francis I. A device on a
somewhat similar plan was used as a
sign before shop doors to attract cus
tom.
Lamps fell Into disfavor at the begin
ning of the seventeenth century and
were used only by the poor and In pas
sages and stables where the smoke
could evaporate and a great deal of
light was needed. Candles had then
reached their perfection and candle
sticks their most exquisite form. A
candlestick of crystal given by Louis
XIV. to La Valllere is still in existence,
and It was at this time also that the
crystal pendants came Into fashion.
Street Illumination was not seriously
attempted in Paris until about the mid
dle of the seventeenth century. In the
first years of that notable century the
streets of Faris were dark. The rich
were escorted by lackeys bearing
torches, the middle class folk picked
their way, lantern In hand, while the
poor slid along, feeling their way by
the walls. In his edict of September,
1U(»7, the king provided that candles In
closed In a cage of glass should be
hung by cords at the height of the first
story of the house, three lanterns for
every street, one at each end and one
in the middle. At the sound of a bell,
struck by a watchman, they were
lighted.
Paris was, however, considerably in
advance of other cities of the world at
this time. In London link boys stood
about In public places calling out in
lugubrious tones, "Gentlemen, a light!"
The origin of the phrase "holding the
candle to you" is somewhat doubtful,
but some authorities trace it to the
fact that, as the small light stand had
not yet been devised, any one who de
sired to read in bed had to have a ser
vant stand beside him to hold the can
dle. One cannot imagine that reading
In bed under these circumstances
would be very enjoyable, certainly not
to one who had been accustomed to sol
itude and a gas Jet easily turned on or
off, but there is everything In habit-
Gas Logic.
They Love Dante.
A magnificent upper chamber of the
municipal palace (the Talazzo Vecchlo)
In Florence 1r set apart In memory of
the great poet Dante. To it each of the
sixty-nine provinces and all of the lar
ger cities and towns of united Italy
have contributed a banner In his hon
or. There are over 800 of these ban
ners in all, and the donors. In eager
emulation, have tried to make each of
fering more beautiful than the others.
The banners are of the differing colors
of the provinces aud bear their arms lu
exquisite embroidery or in paintings
by the first living artists. The fervor
of the homage paid here to the Immor
tal Itallnn poet stirs the heart of even
the passing Rtranger. Whatever the
Jealousies or estrangement of these
people, besiilo Ills tomb they are unltuil
[hii<atnp*d Letters In EnvUnd.
Many people are unaware of the fact
that the sender of an unstamped let
ter can be proceeded against for the
postage. The moment a person post 9
an unpaid letter he becomes a debtor
to the postofTlce. If it Is refused by tho
addressee the sender Is liable for tho
postage. An enormous number of un
stamped letters are posted every your.
No record is kept of the exact number.
Many large firms give Instructions at
the postotilco that unstamped letters
are not to l»e delivered to them. They
•re then returned to the senders, and
In the case of frequent offenders legal
•t££>s are taken.—Loudon Lady.
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Hake Impure Blood.
All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
fThe kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fil
ter out the waste or
Impurities In the blood.
II they are sick or out
of order, they fall to do
their work.
Pains, achesandrheu
matism come from ex
cess of uric add in the
blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one fee] as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart Is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ning in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidney*. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy Is
soon realized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and Is sold on Its merits
cent and one-dollar siz- MJJg
sample bottle by mall none or 6»wnp-Xooi.
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out If you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer
8t Co., Blnghamton, N. Y.
Don't make nny mistake, hut rcmemh«* r the
name Swamp-Root, I>r. Dllmei's Sw im P
Hoot,and the address, lllnghamton, N. Y., 011
every bottle.
As to President'* Hessage,
No citizen should fail to give the
message transmitted to congress Tues
day by President Roosevelt, a carefnl
perusal. The president discusses many
of the questions which are today be
fore the country and it is improbable
that congress will enact into laws all
the rocommendatious he makes. Upon
the subject of lynching he makes son e
very sensible observations, and if his
ideas are adhered to, aud his counsel
fcAkeu, there is no reason why lynchii g
should not become a thing of the jiast.
aud one of the darkest blots on our
civilization erased. On this question
as witli the others with which the
message deals the president's remarks
are for the perusal of his countrymen
at large as well as for their, chosen
representatives. This is apparent in
his remarks concerning capital and
labor,wherein he takes occasion to ad-,
minister a few hard raps to preachers
of discontent, "The men who seek to
excite violent class hatred against all
men of wealth." His words on this
subject should be carefully pondered.
On the subject of the regulation of
corporations, the president gives con
gress to understand that Its work was
not completed when the railway rate
bill, the pure food bill aud the beef
packing bill were passed. The passago ;
of these measures simply marked an
important advance iu the proper direc- j
tion, but he does not urge immediate
legislation on the subject. He, how
ever, at cousiderable length, tells of |
the enforcing aud actual working of
the laws that have beeu passed. The
feature of the message which will
doubtless elicit the most comment and
perhaps criticism is that relating to
an inheritance and income tax. The
president goes on record as favoring
both, although on this subject, as on
that of the regulation ot corporations,
ho does not urge immediate action on
the part of congress. It will be timo
enough "when next our system of
taxation is revised." Iu the mean
time, he gives us something to think
about.
On the question of marriage and
divorce, the president hints at a con
stitutional amendment so that the
matter may bo uealt with by congress
iustead of by tho variou States, with
the resultant differences in the laws
aud the scandals and abuses. In the
matter of the subsidy shipping bill
which passed the senate lash spring,ho
urges its passage by tho house at this
session. He also earnestly recommends
changes in our currency laws so that
some very serious defects may be
remedied, and Mo is equally emphatic
in urging the passage of a lower tariff
for the Philippines and the conferring
of American citizenship on the Porto
Hi cans.
j)Those people who over six years ago
were wont to say that Theodore Roose
velt was impetuous aud would pre
cipitate this country into war at the
first opportunity, ought to read what
lie says about our relations with the
Japanese. In dealing with this delfc
ato question he displays diplomacy and
statesmanship of tho highest order,
and his recommendations ought to be
speedily ouacted into law by congress.
On tf 10 subject of Cuba, tho Rio con
-1 forenco, our foreign relations and var
ious domestic problems not already
enumerated,tho President writes most
interestingly. His views on all public
questious are sound and if congress
will but heed his advice.and enact in
to law the recommendations he makos,
we will advance to a higher plane
than we havo yet attained.
THE NEWSPAPER FOR ALL.
Tho McKeesport News makes some
remark which everybody ought to be
acquaiutod with,but which some have
yet to learn: "Tho uowspaper is for
everybody and hencO must publish
something for everybody. If you see
something which is of little interest
to you,remember that there are others
aud that the entire paper is not print
ed especially for you. The very thipg
that is dull aud uninteresting to you
may bo the oue thing in the paper for
some other readers. There are whole
pages in the daily papers that are of
no interest to some, but they are to
others." It is very true that a news
paper which tried to please every read
er in every item it contained would
sonu have very few readers.
HELP THE CLERKS.
Iu some of the cities the frieuds of
the shop clerks are engaged in a con
certed effort to presuado the general i
public to do its shopping early in the .
month. Iu New York the wives of the 1
labor unionists are being systematical- j
ly asked to make their purchases not
later tliau the 15th. The idea is to give j
the clerks a little less stieuuous time
during the last tou days of the pre
-Iml iday season, and it is a splendid j
ono. Can it bo imitated to any extent;
in Dauville? How many aie willing J
to try? I
A TALL TIGER.
lie Way the Steele Brnte InipreHed
an Excited Frenchman.
Tigers nre Impressive creatures, es
pecially when one meets them In the
forest. George Maxwell writes of
them: "There Is little doubt that al
most every one hiu u peculiar sensa
tion of the almost godlike beauty, pow
er, activity and strength of a tiger. A
tiger will overawe and make conscious
of his inferiority a man who would be
unaffected by the bulk of an elephant.
The feeling Is, however, elusive qf de
scription, and I can perhaps best ex
plain It In the words.of a most cliaffei
Ing French gentleman who was once
manager of a great tin mining com
pany In Perek. We had Just finished
luncli when he eutered In a state of
tremendous excitement. Walking alone
and unarmed along an unfrequented
bridle pnth through the forest, he had
walked almost onto a tiger.
"lie gave us a most vivid narrative
of the encounter—how the tiger had
been lying down concealed In some
long laiang grass beside the path; how
he was within ten yards of It before
he saw It; how then It rose and looked
at him; how It yawned at him; how It
then walked slowly across the pnth In
front of him and then stopped and
looked at him, again yawning, and how
It then deliberately walked away into
the forest, whose depths finally hid it
from view.
"Some one asked the Frenchman
whether It wss a big tiger. He an
swered: 'Well, messieurs, I cannot say
If he Is a big tiger. My eyes see that
he Is big, but I cannot say how
see him to be, and If I say how big' It
is perhaps that I tell you a He. But I
can tell you, messieurs, how big I feel
him to be, and I can tell you the truth.
When he Is standing there In front of
me I tell you that I feel he Is not less
than thlr-r-ty feet high.' "—Exchange.
THE GROWTH OFI"ROUT.
A((>, Food aud Temperature Seem to
Have No Bearing: on Slao.
The Salvellnus fontinalls, which Is
j currently but Inaccurately called
trout, was supposed for many years to
be a small fish. Agassis was largely
1 instrumental in exploding this fallacy.
I It Is not an uncommon thing for an
I angler with ordinary luck to get a six
I or seven pound trout of this variety.
I It Is known that a trout may grow to
weigh eleven or twelve pounds. Tliere
Is, however, great difficulty in account-,
ing for its variation in sice.
I In northeastern Canada there are
i large streams aud lakes In which only*
| flngerlings have ever been found.*' Id'
| the immediate vicinity of such water
three and four pound trout are
common, and seven and eight pounders
are not phenomenal. In all these wa
ters Crustacea do not abound; there are
no small fish of any kind except small
trout. All the fish are pure fly feeders*?
At some places. It is true, frogs nboupd,
but, taken as a whole, the difference iu
food supply is not an adequate expla*
nation for the difference in growth.
There Is no substantial difference in
the waters as to temperature, size, oi'U
gin and course. Climatic conditions
are the same. The small trout taken to;
virgin lakes In which there are no flsh
have sometimes grown to a great size,
have sometimes remained small an<l
sometimes have not thriven. The an-.-
glers who haunt these waters have not'';
yet found a satisfactory explanation
of this peculiar condition of thingq. It'
is one of the mysteries which l*nd
fascination to the art. "You never can,
tell what Is going to happen when yOti»,
go fishing."—St. Paul Dispatch.
~'TNGLISH SPORT.'
It Abound* In Graft That Would'
He Tolerated Here.
If there Is any man on this earth,
white or black, who insists that his?
expenses In competitive sport must be
no drain on himself, that man Is the
Britisher. And he is quite right. An
amateur should be neither in nor out a
dollar. It is entirely proper that his'!
club, his college, his association or such
collection of bodies as he represents
should pay his legitimate expensed '
when he is sent to compete for that
college or club or association or union.
England goes much farther and give*
much more latitude in the matter of
expenses than wo do. In
example, "amateur" players in England
whose services are desired for -ttw
eounty championship series are llteN'
ally "found" during the entire soasen.
No graft of this kind could
America without raising such a atorm
as would blow the whole things
kingdom come. Nor would we toler
ate the conditions that obtain in Eng
lish track athletics and "amateur" foot
ball, both of which are
of the English game. You might as
well deprlvo him of his dearest pos
session—his prejudice, for Instance—as
deprive him of his Junket. Let the,,
stewards figure up how many good
American dollars have gone to satisfy
this natioual predilection through the
medium of cricketers, golfers and oth
er English athletes that have visited
us.—Caspar Whitney in Outing Maga
zine.
Lady Help A-plenty.
Mrs. Rnngle—l've advertised s
servant for a whole week with no;re- j
suits. j 1
Mrs. Cuiuso—Well, I advertised fOs
good looking lady help and bnd thirty
four to select from the first day.—Bal
timore Sun.
J
i '
A Terrible Scene.
Strohsrlmcldcr, the famous neroneut.
astonished the natives of Stockerau,
near Vienna, by carrying a young bar- |
rister on lila back along a tight ifopo |
ciglily meters In length fixed to the
church steeple. A few days later flam
ing posters appeared oil the walls an- i
nounclng that Strohschnclder would ef
fect a balloon ascent In the company of
Herr Pranipor, the popular landlord of.
the White ltose. |
Notwithstanding the fact that the po
lice had forbidden the landlord, who
has a large family, from taking part lu
the performance mine host entered the
lnclosure at the appointed time, to tho
no small delight of the assembled null- j
tltuile. At a given signal the bul|oon'
rose lu the air, Strohschneliler Undittib
landlord sitting on tlie trapeze beneath.
Bomo of tho spectators declare that! the
latter turned as pale as a sheet during
Ills upward flight, though he did not
fall to wave his hat to the crowd. Aft
er reaching a dlizy height the two bal
loonlsta were observed to quarrel anil
actually came to blows. All at once the
la milord plunged headlong Into space. '
A shout of horror arose from the spec
tators. who ran to the spot where they
expected to find l'ramper lying with
broken limbs. What was tlielr aston--
Ishineut at discovering not u corpse,
but a lay figure dressed In one of tho
landlord's suits. The manikin .waa
conveyed to Stockaraa ID triumph. . I
IYEW YORK CHURCHES.
Trinity and the Land It Occupies
Valued at 912,300,000.
Trinity church Is valued at $12,500.-
000. This estimate Includes the land oc
cupied by the churchyard. It Is In the
most valuable part of New York, If not
In the most valuable division of prop
erty In the world.
St. Paul's, church Is valued at $5,500,-
000,,
Grace church, at what was once de
scribed as the bead of Broadway, Is
valued at $1)50*000.
The First Presbyterian church, on
Fifth avenue, between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets. Is valued at $750,000.
Bt. Mark's church, on Second avenue,
an old landmark In that neighborhood,
Is valued at $275,000.
The Marble Collegiate church, Fifth
avenue and Twenty-ninth street, la
valued at $1,000,000.
The Church of St. Paul the Apostle
(the Paullst church), at Fifty-ninth
street and Columbus avenue, Is valued
at $700,000.
The West Presbyterian church, on
West Forty-second street, Is valued at
$450,000, St. Thomas' at $1,700,000 and
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church.
0 and 11 West Fifty-ninth street, at
$1,000,000.
The valuation of the Temple Kmanu
£1 is $1,530,000, of St. Patrick's cathe
dral s<>,ooo,ooo, of the IVnal Jeeshurun
synagogue $300,000, of the Temple
Beth-El, at the corner of Fifth avenue
and Seventy-sixth street, $1,300,000, of
the Broadway Tabernacle, nroadway
and Fifty-sixth street, $700,000 and of
the Christian Scientist church, Central
Park West and Sixty-eighth street,
(300,000. —New York Sun.
PRACTICAL PICTURES.
Odd I*arl«>r Ornament* aa d a Very
Sabatantlal Dinner.
There Is a practical minded million
aire who lias Invented a substitute for
valuable pictures which it Is hoped will
( not commend Itself to others. lie has
had a large number of bank notes
( framed, and these are hung upon the
. 112 wall where the pictures should be.
1 1 In the drawing room Is one frame
, ! that contains a bank note for £IOO,OOO,
| and he says: "There Is the money In
: case I find a picture which Is sufficient
ly valuable to puy that price for It
| Meanwhile the note tells Its own tale
( 1 and saves me from explaining to my
1 1 visitors that 'tills picture cost so much/
j as most other rich men do.
j "The chief pleasure of these collectors
, ! appears to arise not from the beauty of
thfj work, but from the cost of It; then
• wfcy not have checks or bank notes for
a large sum hung on tho walls, as I do?
Besides, I And that It Is much more ln
te&stlng to my visitors, for most of
tliem look long and carefully at the
t bauk notes who would but glance at
the work of art"
This eccentric man gave a dinner on
tho same principle. In the soup plates
there was no soup, but sovereigns; for
fish were served five-pound notes, for
, game checks and for sweets shares In a
thriving company, and there was not a
ffucst who did not enjoy this enter
tainment more than any he or she had
ever before been present at.—London
'• Truth.
I' " ;
Denn Swift on Spr!llnir.
Dean Swift roundly denounced the
; w poftfs of bis Amy who had Introduced
•• the "barbarous'custom of abbreviating
< words to fit ttiem to the measure of
•: theirversca," Swift Instances "drudg'd"
and "dlstiirb'4" as mortal offenses.
•'..The enstoifc. so Introduced had begun to !pro*«.
!pro*«. . Another cause— bor
i rowe<l, Sw?ft «u:*gested, from the cllp
r plitg jjrocQiQ—which he held had con-
I trlhuted t6 t&o maiming of the lan
' guago, a fooP.sh opinion advanced
of late tiiat we ought to spell ex
actly as we speak; which, besides the
obvious Inconvenience of utterly de
stroying our etymology, would be a
thins we should never see the end of."
A CAUL TO THE WOODS.
'j Comnmne With Yonrnelf Oceanian*
1 ally For Your Own Good.
' Mr. Busy Man, leave your task some
- day; let the shop take care of itself,
'&fet the mill go as It may, let the plow
stand In Its furrow, and take yourself
lntp the dcx>ths of the solemn, shad
vwy woods. Call bacH» ah, call back
< tho forgotten years; collect around
yoft the old friends, tho old thoughts,
the. old ambitions, the mistakes you
. mode, the fault 3 you had, the wrongs
y»(i did or suffered, tho opportunities
wasted, the vain things you sought, the
that you might have done better,
the kind words you might have spoken
an 3 did not, the gjod deeds you might
ha vp, done and did not, the frowns that
should have been smiles, the cursea
! that might have been blessings, the
' tears that ought never to have been
shed", the wounds that need never have
bden made.
r,r Commune with yoursetf—your past,
yoyr present, your future, your crimes,
your weaknesses, your doubts, youi
fears, your hopes, your despair—and
thus let conscience and the angels of
your better self beat j*our soul Into the
prayer:
"tlod be merciful to me, a sluserl"—
Watson's Magazine.
The r.flTect. 1
"Mathilde, throw that poor beggar a
crown."
"All, he looks very unhappy."
"Not on that account, but the Meyers
] are watching us from their window op
> pdSlte."—Wiener Salonwltzblatt.
A house Is never perfectly furnish
ed for enjoyment unless there Is i
child in It rising three years old ani a
kitten rising six weeks.—Sovthey.
PROFITB OF THE DUMP.
, Good Money In Many Old Thlnfa
That Are Thrown Away.
I"I get," said a Philadelphia dump
boss, "$4 a week, free rent and the dis
posal of any dump of value.
! 4t Tln cans, for instance, belong to me
• If they are dumped here, and I make
a pretty penny out of them. They are
I turned, you know, Into tin soldiers and
so forth.
"Oorks are another perquisite of ,
mine. Many and many an old broken
bottle on this dump had a good cork In
It. I get 8 cents a pound for all the
corks I find,
j "Old shoes are never too old to be
sqld. They have always ouo good
piece—the piece over the instein-that
can be used again. The smaller piece*
leather cut out of them are
made Into purses and wristlets.
"JSggsliells also have value. Some
thing like 1,000,000 pounds of eggshell
are used every year In the manufacture
of kid gloves and print calicoes.
I *1)0 you see those eighteen barrels
behind there? Well, each of those bar
rels eontatns Its own variety of assort
ed marketable dumpage. Each will
ppll when filled at a good price. There
are, I bellove, flfty-seven varieties of
marketable dumpage, and somo dumps
yiefd all the varieties. Mine yield*
| twenty-seyen."—Philadelphia Press. i
| GREAT REDUCTIONS I
1 --IN-- |
| SUITS and OVERCOATS|
% W have too big- a stock and too many
m styles on hand. Weather conditions Sj>
°U has been unfavorable, else we would not S
|j have to cut prices at this time of the sea- j|
p son. 15 to 25 per cent, off on the Dollar will
j| be your gain. U
| C 0 M E EARLY ANDGET THE BEST CHOIGEp
I Boys' Overcoats, 4to 15 yrs. |
| Prices, $2.00 to $6.00 |
M Every article, every garment is brand 3
m new of this season's make. Nothing old U
p : or shop worn at our place. j|
P *******t «*** £
S NEW MAN I
P 222 Mill Street., Half Block from Post Office. ||
"T ~ REAL
It occurs to the Scranton Tribune
that;" the charity of oarly shopping
consists in the relief that would be af
forded to salespeople,delivery men and
horses. Consideration forjtlie],willing
workers who distribute Christmas
cheor should be exteuded. Thero wi 1
he plenty of work, at be>t,for prosper
ous times have filled purses, and the
Approaching holidays will witness
greater expuuditures for gifts than
ever before in the
Let this imnieusojwork bo spread over
the month, instead of concentrating it
into three or four days. Inconvenience
of the public aud imposition; upon
faithful servants may be avoided by a
little forethought."
VjIALDIDS c " re o N r vou r ,: " Be ' se "•
—l)r. Oidmnn a Preßcription
Strongtbouß tlionorveß, Builds up woru out men
and women. Price 50 Ct«-
Calendars for 1907.
The Intelligencer office lias received
a full and complete line of samples of
line art calendars, and we are ready
to take your orders for 1907. Be
-ure to call and learn our prices be
fore placing your order. Designs of
every description to select from.
Itemember, we lead and others fol
ow.
112 THE FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
WE INVITE YOU TO START THE
SAVING HABIT WITH
THIS BANK.
Tlicfi irsl National Bank
of DANVILLE, PENN'A,
PAYS THREE PER CENT.
INTEREST ON SAVINGS
DEPOSITS.
Resources Over
$1,250,000,00.
a remedy that will < »
remove tho cause. J J
Tho oftener you < >
stop it with hoadaclie < \
powilera or pills tho < »
quicker will it return. J !
Generally, headache J [
comes from a dis- < >
turbed stomach or \ J
irregular bowels, and * *
almost invariably J \
H Lane's Family jj
Medicine il
0 (a tonic 1.-ixatlvo) will cure head- < >
* | ache in short order by regulating , \
* * tho bowels and reiuvigorating tho < 1
< ► stomach. < >
]I It is a great blood medicine ] \
1 * and the favorite laxative of old ' '
< > and young. « >
, | At druggists', 25c. and GOc. i t
i >
MAN WANTED I somewhere near
Danville, to assist us in showing ami
(•eliing properties. No experience neces
sary, if willing to let us teach you the
real estate business. Salary $(>0.00 a
month, to honest man, willing to devote
pare of his time to tlii< business. Co
Operative Land Co., Audrus Bldg., Min
neapolis, Minn.
ECZEMA and PILE CURE
C p p C Knowing what it was to suffer
1 11 L L I will give FftKK ort'llAK
<JE, to any afHicted a positive cure for
Kczema, Salt Rheum, Krysipi ias, Piles
and Skin Diseases. Instant r.'lii'f. Don't
suffer longer. Write F. W. WILLIAMS,
•l«h> Manhattan Avenue, New York En
close Stamp.
OAfffPOniA.
bc-M tho Ita Kind You Hare Always Bought
"•:r
; HEADQUARTERS
i We carry the largest line of Ladies' and Misses'
M Coats, Suits,
Hats, Skirts,
Underwear,
Dry Goods
and Notions
chase. The place' to
_____ spend your hard-earned
i cash is where you get full value for your money, and
that place is at the
PEOPLS'E STORE
, 275-77 MILL STREET, DANVILLE, PEXN'A
I _____
I MT. CARMEL JUSTICE GUILTY,
JJTho case against Enoch Ososki.Just
ice of the Peace Hayden, of Mt. Oar
mel and Anthony Shultz, of Franklin
township, Columbia county, took up
tho attoutiou of the Columbia couuty
court tho greater part of yesterday.
[Ososki is charged with assault and
battery by Mrs. Josoph Potiery, of
Franklin township, with Hayden and
Shultz as accessories. Hayden aud
Ososki were 1 were
fluedifubjoach.
Fat People
l WUA. BEND E^Up A R TU I AI.^UEAT.
I can r*<lae« yoqr w«'l*h|
3 to A Pounds m \V«■«•!*
Ibw TJL ami turn ill health into rebuilt
¥y faelingof fullnMSaod opproß
lL vT sion by producing healthy di
-1 I \gostion aud ansimilatioD. No
*|4i. dibtaHteful dieting
or aiarTation, no
•xerciiiDc, no nan.
speeiaMai In the'succesi *1 reduo
tionof anperflaoaa fat. My new and aoienUfleaily per
fected method atreoßthenath* heart and enable*yoo to
brnatheeaaiiy. and uuickif remoraa duuble-ohin, larap
atomach and fat hi pa. Prominent pbyaicianH adris*
their patienta to taa* my treatment and leading
dortorH th«*miif>lvea are aiy patient*. I ab-
Holutrly gnarantre iiatlNfnrttoii inarery oaaau
Writ* to-day for tree trial traatmant. I will alao aend
Cu free my new book on Ob«»ity. It will Ri*e you de
il«d outline of my trentiuent : it will beanntyou free.
JJXECUTOR.S NOTICE.
folate of Daniel T. Laxaroti*, Late of Liberty
Township, this County..
Notice Is hereby given, that letters testa
mentary on the alxive estate having been
granted to the undersigned, all persons In
debted to said estate an; requested to make
payment, and those having claim* or de
,mauds against the said estate to present the
same, without delay to
Chas. E. Lazakoth,
WM. H. Lazaiiouh.
Milton, R. F. I>. No 1.
Hakrii t C. Krekeii,
Htrawberry Kidgc.
NOT IN ANYTRUST
Many newspop* rs have lately given currency
to reports by irresponsible parties to the effect
that
THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO
had entered a trust or combination; we wish
to assure the public that there 1s no truth In
such reports. We have been manufacturing
sewing machines for over a quarter of a centu*
fry, and have established a reputation for our.
selves and our machines that is the envy of all
others. Our ** Xew Home** machine haa
never been rivaled as a family machine.— lt
standi at the head of all High (tirade sowing l
machines, and standsou its otea merits.
I Tie "JlVir Home.** is the only really
JUJtiU GUAM Setciua Maehhte
on the tnmrket. .
It la not necessary for us to enter jnto a trust
to save our credit or pay any debts as we have
so debts to pay. We have never- entered into
competition with manufacturers of low grade
cheap machines that arc made to sell regard-,
less of any Intrinsic merits. Do nqt be de
ceived, when you want p. sewing machine don't
■end your money away from home; call on a
4[PW Home ** Venter, he can sell you a
better machine for less than you can purchase
elsewhere. If there Is no dealer nea: you,
write direct to us.
THE NEW HOME SEWINO MACHINE CO
ORANOE, MASS.
New York, Chicago, 111., St. Louta, Mo., A Lion.
.. »■ O*. UitUiw, Biui I'nuuiMc, CM. __
PENNSYLVANIA
1 RAILROAD
Schedule in Effect November 25, I <lO5
Trains leave South Danville as follows:
ror Catawlxsa, hast llloomshurir, Nt-seoitsek.
Nautieoke, Wilkes-Harre, Plttston, Scrau!
ton and inicrui nllate stations, ..25 ami in -14
a. m., 2.21 and 5.55 p. in , week days, *n4
10.22 a. 111. du|ty.
For Suubury and intermediate stations, 0.(9
a. m., 4.:;i and 7.51 n. m. week-days, and 4.3|
p. in., Sundays. I»or Suubury only, 12.10 p,
m., Week-days.
For Pottsvilie, Heading and I'hlladelpbla,
7.20 atld 10.22 a. m.and 2.21 p. in." week-days.
For li'izlcton, 7.25 uud 10.22 a. in., •J.'ii and b.CA
p. m. week-days.
For liewisburg, Wllllamsport, and l/ook
Haven, 0.00 a. in., 12.t0|ind 4.31 p. in.,
days; "4.:tl p. m. Sunday for WltHaim-puri
and intermedlaet stations, 7.51 p. m., week,
days.
For Hellefonte, Tyrone, Phlllpsburg, Clear*
Held, and Pittsburgh, o.uo a. in., ami 12.10 p.
m. week-days. '
For Harrisburg and Intermediate stations 9.0t
* n M 1-2-10. I. U, and 7.51 p. in., week-days;
1.81 n. in., Sundays. '
For l'hl adelphia (via Harrlsburg) Baltimore,
and Washington, 9.00 a. m., 12.10,4.31 ana
7.51 p. m., week-days: 4.31 Sundays pin.,
ror l'ittsburg (via Harrisburg) 9.U0 a. m..
4.31, and 7.51 p. ni., w.ek-duys; 4.31 p. m,
Sundays; (via Lewi.- town Junction) 6.00 a.
in., an I 12.10 p m., w.ek-days; (via Uh:*
Haven)o.oo a. m., aud 12.10 p. in., week-day*.
For further information apply to ticket
agents.
w. w. atterhury, j. it. wood;
Genera! Manager. Poss'r T rathe Mgi
Uko. W. Boyd. Oeneral Puss'r Agt.
Dr. I. G. PURSEL,
NEUROLOGIST
*73 Mill Street, . Danville, Pa.
We straighten (Jrow Eyes without oper .tloa
HOIKS, 8 A. M.to 12 u.
1 V. M.to 9 P. M.
BYES A a!•BCtA I. t 112.
. NOTICE
Estate of EfHe J. Arnwine, late of
Hemlock township, deceased.
* Letters of administration upon the estata
ofEffle J. Arn wine late of West Hemlock
townshtp, Montour (,'ounty, State of Penu*
•yJ van la, having been granted by the Re*,
inter of Montour County to the undersigned,
all persons indebted lo said estate are re*
■ q . u V~ vt V° u,ukt ' payment, aud those bavins
claims to present the same without delay to
Oko. D. Aunwink, liuekhorn, Pa.
Cham. S. Ann wine,
Routes, linnvllle, Fa.
or to Administrators
Charles V. Amrrman. Danville. Pa.
HAIR BALSAM
and beaatiftM tht Wfe
s "* r to I«t«M Oisf
KtMMHI their tmncjr IM itarMg.