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DANVILLE, PA., JAN. 25, 1907.
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Insertion.
TEACHERS
PENSIONS.
Everybody admits that tlie teach
ers in the public schools of Pennsyl
vania are underpaid. They get no
more, as a rule, than the laborer on
the streets, and yet they are people
ot culture, who have devoted years of
their lives in fitting themselves for
their duties and engage in a work that
has few promises in the future, even
as it has had no rewards in the past.
The men are forsaking the profession
from year to year, and the females
seem likely to hold possession of the
field a decade or two hence. The rea
son for this is that men can find more
lucrative employment, while only a
limited number of women can. Even
the femals have taken it up from ne
cessity quite as much as from any
other reason, and they, too, drop out
so soon as a husband or somethiug
better offers.
But, for all this, we see no reason
why they should be fastcued on the
State Treasury as pensioners. Why
more than any one else ? Their en
trance on their life work was not
more compulsory than their entrance
upon any other employment. Their
continuance is at their own will and
pleasure, and they can drop it when
ever they see proper to do so. They
are tied down to no longer term of
service than six or ten months, and
many even break their contracts
when better wages are offered from
some other quarter. What, then,
constitutes their special" claim above
all other workers upon the State's
bounty '? Their work is a high and
most worthy one, we all admit, but it
is not forced upon them. It is not
harder than most other work. The
fact that they crowd into it seems to
show that it is more desirable than
most other occupations. Even though
the pay is inadequate, why do they
not try something that pays better?
Is it because they can command no
higher wages at anything else? Then,
again, we pension no other class of
laborers. Special pensions are some
times awarded for extra services, but
none are pensioned because they are
a class by themselves. The argument, 1
it seems to us, is not well founded.
The evils of promiscuous pensioning
are notorious. England is a victim
ot the evil, and she is doing the best
she can to get rid of it, for it is cost
ing her great sums. Schools absorb a
large portion of the Commonwealth's |
revenues. We must draw the line
somewhere as we go along. The true !
remedy is to pay teachers adequate
salaries.
—DON'T lie a coward whatever else !
you are. If you feel you are right
stick to it if it takes your last drop of i
blood.
— MORE sores are healed, more
hearts mended, by a "sweet smile and
a pleasant" word, than all the medi
cine in the world. Crossness never
pays, am! it afiects the cro:S one
most.
— THE mercury and the snow have
both been falliug for some days past,
giving what is commonly known as
the seasonable weather which every
one has been wishing for. Having
come, it is to be hoped there will be
no further fault-finding for a while.
— IT is stated that Colonel Bryan
lias already booked eighty-six lectures
at SoOO each during the present year;
the likelihood is he will run the num
ber to one hundred or more. That
means 850,000 in cold cash and no
expenses to speak of. Besides, it is a
dead sure thing, no trouble or worry,
110 abuse, but praise everywhere. If
lie is wise he will stick to the plat
form and let the Presidency go.
— IF we may take Professor Morse,
of Johns Hopkins University, at his
word and belief, perhapsotir coal sup
ply will last a few hundred years
longer than is now believed. A short
time ago lie invented a new type of
electric furnace, and recently he so
improved it that it can now be easily
used lor cooking. Its great value
consists in the fact that the heat can
be increased or diminished one degree
in a moment, and maintained at any
given temperature for an indefinite
period. Dr. Morse is now engaged in
experimenting with the values of var
ious food stud's, and the temperatures
at which they must be prepared in
order to produce the best results. It
is not difficult to see the great value
of this invention if the predictions of
the discoverer shall be realized.
Rails For Kulp's Road.
The Shamokln Trolley Extension
Company on Friday let n contract with
tlie Pennsylvania Steel company, of
Steeltou, for 2,240 tons of rails,which
will be laid as soon as possible over an
eighteen-mile stretch between Sha
luokin and Suubury.
She Is Single.
Good luck has befallen Miss Mabel
Sprague, of Minersville, a rich uncle
•lying in London, England, leaving her
a fortune estimated at $25,000. Mits
Sprague is an attractive youug lady
audit will be interesting to inuuy
young meuHo know that.she is single.
SCHUYLER.
MR. EDITOR:—The weather offici
als get their business mixed up con
siderably these days. Warm, mod
erate and cold days follow each other
in rapid succession, with an occasion
al snow thrown in for good measure.
The roads were rough and deep holes
abound making driving anything but
a pleasure.
John Drumheiser, of Shamokin, is
visiting his father-in-law, \V. A.
Smith, during the early part of the
woe'c.
David Snyder, of Milton, is spend
ing some time with his sis'er, Mrs.
Samuel Jarrett.
John A. Smith, of Light street,
will occupy the tenant house of Henry
\V. Shade, in the spring.
Tlios. Yerg, of Washingtonville,
visited his parents, Martin Yerg and
wife, last Tuesday.
John Kreppenick, the well known
auctioneer, paid Schuyler a business
trip on Tuesday.
Next Saturday Limestone township
will hold its primary election for the
selection of candidates for the several
offices to be filled at the February
elections. Every voter shtu'd turn
| out and select the best men, especial
ly for the office of school directors and
supervisors. It looks now as though
I the Legislature would make no
, changes in the laws and we will have
to make the best we can out of it.
Hope we will get better results this
year than we did last year in regard
to the roads.
l Jany. 23rd, 1907. BILI„
To Break In New Shoes Atwa>s Use
Allen's Foot-Kusc, a iiowder. It prevents
Tightness niul Hli-torintf, cures Swollen.
, SuoiltlliK, AehhlK Hi t. Al nil DrUKlrisU lllul
slnie store, 25c. Sample mnllc.l I'ltKE. Ail
dress, A. S. Olmsted, LA! Itoy, N V.
Mooresburg Items.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, of Shamokin,
spent Sunday with the latter's par
ents, Sir. and Mrs. Chas. Keiser.
Revival services are being held at
the Presbyterian church. Rev. Dr.
Cook, of Renovo, is assisting Rev.
Arney.
Quite a number of our townspeople
are confined to their homes with the
grippe.
John Bower, night operator at
H ill's Station, spent Saturday an I
Sunday at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sober and
son, of Bloomsburg, spent Sunday
with the latter's parents, Mr. and
I Mrs. Dan. Shade.
Miss Aimee Robinson has left for
| Milton, where she will remain during
I this winter.
OASTOHZA.
Bears vim N" Kind You Have Always Bought
How to Deal With the Butcher.
| It is quite as true that wisdom is
[ m >ney as that time is money, and
J never so true as when dealing with
the butcher. To know how to buy a
I piece of beef that will cost only
| twenty cents but when cooked alight
will be as delicious and as nourishing
as one which cost forty cents means
i money to the housewife. Many liouse
| wives, however, do not even know one
cut of b >ef from another except as the
j butcher labels it. Along these lines
a series of articles in the NEW IUKA
1 WOMAN'S MAGAZINE is giving in
formation. Miss Elizabeth W. Mor
j rison, the well-known writer mi food
j topics, talks of"The Hind Quarter
lof Beef' in the February number,
I showing by diagrams where each ciil
j lies and following the general treat
j ment of the subject by a number of
| gooil recipes, such as pot roast and
beefsteak rolls. The future numbers
will take up veal aud lamb in tin
same way.
THE HEADLESS BANDIT.
Qncer Story From the Archives of
the Vienna Court*.
! Dr. Loye, n French physician, who
grently interested himself In the ques
tion, "What passes In the head of a
decapitated human being?" related the
following remarkable story, which he
stated was taken from the archives of
the Vienna courts: It was In the year
that Schoenenburg, a well knowu
bandit, and four of his associates were
caught and condemned to death. They
were already on their knees ready to
pay the penalty of their bloody deeds
by submitting to the awful fate of de
capitation when Schoenenburg address
ed the judge, asking that his four com
panions might be pardoned on certain
conditions. "If," asked the bandit,
"after I am beheaded I get up and
walk to the first of my comrades, will
you pardon him?" The Judge thought
that he was pretty safe In complying
with the request. "Then," continued
Schoenenburg, "if I walk to the sec
ond, the third and the fourth, will you
pardon them also?" The Judge replied
that If such a mlrqeulous feat could
be performed he would obtain pijplons
for the other three also. The bandit
was now satisfied, and, bending his
head, ho received the fataJ blow. In
stantly the head rolled down In the
sand, but to tha surprise and horror of
all present the headless tri}?)!s arose
and walked alone. Aimlessly, It ap
peared, the body walked around until
it passed the first, the second, the third
and the fourth condemned bandit,
when It foil down and became motion
less. Query, "Hew .could a headless
body think?"
Voting in Paris.
"In Paris only one-fifth of the voteri
goto the polls and cast their ballots,"
said an American who has lived In
Paris as a business man for several
years past. "This Is not because they
cannot vote, but because they do not
care to. Everybody J/» tfio city Is In
terested in politics, but when the Unit
to vote comes few care togo to the
polls. The man who wins Is most
often the man who promises every
thing, For Instance, In my district
last time a maj; was elected who
promised to put a new shed on
market. I know of another deputy
Who was kept In office fifteen years be
cause he projnlsed to add an extra sar
dine to the dally rations of the sol
diers. There are so many soldiers that
that made a big difference. They did
not get the sardine, but ho continued
promise and kept office."—Washing
ton Posi,
| *DrU*sillcL s\
I Choosing j
S By Constance D'Arcy M&ckivy
1 Copyright, 1900, by M. M. Cunningham |
dttHHUUUUVUUUUVUtHtUO
Gordon Keith aud Tod Itogers were
oatlng supper in what they called the
"living room" of the shack when the
Itage, dust covered aud lumbering,
flrew up in front of the door. There
was a girl on the sent by the driver.
Bhe leaned forward impetuously.
"This is El Paso, Mr. Keith's ranch,
isn't It?" she demanded by way of in
troduction. "I'm Prusilla Cameron,
and I've come to surprise my brother
Ned."
And before the astoulsheil Keith
could reply she had scrambled down
over the wheel, while the stage driver
grinned widely In delight at the situa
tion and In admiration of the girl.
She was all In brown, from her pon
gee dust coat to her low shoes. Her
hair was chestnut color, and so wero
the eyes that looked out frankly from
under the rim of her smart traveling
hat.
"Besides," she continued, "I knew
that if I telegraphed beforehand you'd
have everything all fixed up for me,
and I wanted to see }*ou Just as you
really are."
"You've certainly done that, Miss
Cameron," laughed Keith, with a rue
ful glance at the helter skelter supper
table and the walls, where leather
saddles and skins and gayly colored
magazine covers jostled for promi
nence. Rogers, who had sat speech
less, coffee cup In hand, at her first en
trance, now weut to help the driver
with her luggage, while Keith, rising
to liis duties as host, bade her welcome
and hung up her hat and coat on a peg
on the wall. lie apologized profusely
for the appearance of the supper table,
the heavy china and the plated knives
and forks, from which every vestige of
silver was fast disappearing, but Dru
silla laughed and said It was Just as
she hoped It would be, and, please
since she was ravenously hungry,
couldn't she begin right away?
And where was Ned all this time,
she questioned, and when would he be
"I WANTED TO SEE YOU JUST AS Yotf
liEAIiLY ABE."
in? She was dying to see him! 110
had told her how well and tanned ho
was and how good Keith aud Rogers
had been to him during his four
months' stay. She could never thank
them enough for what they had done
for the boy, and—oh, there he was
And she rushed out the doorway as
a fair beaded young fellow of eighteen
came galloping up on his broncho.
"We'll clear out and let them have
supper together," said Keith to Rogers,
"and while that's going on I'll tlx up
my room for her, and you can rldo
over to Jessop's aud get Mrs. Malone.
1 guess she'll be willing to cook for us
for a couple of weeks. She Isn't equal
to the Waldorf-Astoria, but she can
get a good plain meal."
"This sure Is the most excitement
we've had since Big Pete shot up Las
Gorro," drawled Rogers. "I'm off!"
Later In the evening Drusllla, dis
claiming all fatigue, sat outside with
Keith's banjo on her knee and sang
them all the latest songs till, as Ned
declared, "you could Just see the lights
of Broadway and hear the clack-clack
of the hansoms rolling by. Seems
strange to think of it out here," lie
added half beneath Ills breath.
From where they were sitting they
could see the Texas plains rolling
away to the sky line, shadowy, Immu
table, full of the mystery of the night.
The wind blew past tliein sweet with
the breath nf great spaces. The stars
shone very large and bright and clear.
Drusllla's lips parted.
"No. this Isn't very much like It,"
she echoed.
"Are you glad?" Keith challenged.
"I don't know—yet,'' she answered
slowly. "It's the first time I've ever
been on the plain. In fact, It's thu
first time that I've ever been away
from the metropolis, for summer re
sorts full of city people don't count, do
they?"
"They do not!" said Keith decidedly
For an th ir eye? met. an 1
Drusllla was conncl us of the strength
of a man w'id seemed as inimutnble ns
the plans th 'mselvos. lie was above
the average height, bronzed and deep
chested, and hi* guy eyes had the di
rect, searching gazo of those aceus
turned to looking at great distances, Ii
the days that followed It was Gordoi
Keith who monopolized the greatei
sh ire of Ii t time and thoughts, and i
was with him she talked and tramped
ami rode. Oh, those rides—with the
horse'* fpot thudding under her, hei
face glowing with the e&hilurailon antj
her hair loosening and streaming oui
like a bright j>eniiantj,
"It's wonderful, Isu't It?" sho sal<3
breathlessly, reining In, that she might
fasten her rebellious hairpins. "Noth
ing between you and the sky, or," witL
ii wave of the whip, "nothing between
you and tlio edue or Hi* world.!!
iveiun lurneu to tie p. ' '
"Then you are beginning to feel thu
call of it,"he said quietly, "as I hoped
you would. And now I can say what
I've been wanting to say ever since I
prst met you: Wiil you marry me, Dru
sllla ?'• '
She shook her head.
Tm sorry," she said softly, "oh, so
sorry! it would be venal to tell you
how ihiicU j-ijur friendship luu meant
to mo—you must Ii ivo b'umhcil mat al
ready. But what you ask Is impos
sible."
"Then you do not—care?"
| ••carer nor voice wavered on the
wonl. "All, you don't know liow near
I've come to loving you and bow I've
fought it down, for I knew I couldn't
give up what's calling to me from the
city I've left—all the cotillons and din
ners and teas of the life I love. And
you once belonged to it toD. You've
confessed as much. Why," she made
a little beseeoh'nu gesture, "why did
you ever give it up?"
"Because I was sick of being a pup
pet in evening clothes, because I was
tired to dentil of the shams and the
tinsel and the falseness, and I wanted
to get out where I could breathe deep
and look up to the stars and feel that
I was a man. Drusilla"—
| "No, 110," she begged. "Don't ask
; me. for I couldn't, I couldn't!"
j 111 silence they rode toward the
I shack. The long light of the sunset
glow was across the plains. Bright
j clouds were piled In the west. Against
I the molten sky of red and gold a cow-
I boy rider loped in picturesque silhou
ette.
! "It's big and free and beautiful,"
, Drusilla murmured to herself, "but It's
, not for me!"
j A week later she went east, and her
! going left a great gap in the lives of
the three men at El Paso. Ned per
haps missed her least of all, for he was
togo home In November. Rogers open
ly mourned her departure.
"Don't seem natural," he complained,
| "not to hear her step about the house
' or her songs In the evening."
j But Keith, who felt her going most,
! kept silent, carrying with him a long
lug that would not be satisfied.
Drusilla had given her promise to
write, yet she was slow in fulfilling It.
Even Ned grumbled as day after day
went by and 110 word came from her
save a telegram saying she had ar
rived safely and a few picture postal
cards covered with hasty scribbling.
Rogers made excuses forgoing to the
mail oftener than was really necessary,
and his persistency was at length re
warded, for one day lie returned with
three letters In Drusilla's handwriting
Ills was full of amusing incidents,
Ned's of gossip and sisterly affection,
but to Keith she wrote:
"You are right after all. I am smoth
ered with conventionality and weary
of riding my prescribed length In the
park. It's all such a social circus. And
It Isn't the call of the plains that's
drawing me. It's the call of the heart
Do you hate the metropolis too much
to come here to marry me?"
• *•••••
"Well," observed Rogers, standing
In the doorway a few minutes latei
and watching Keith galloping Into the
distance. "For sheer hustling thai
beats all I've ever seen. lie sure de
serves to catch that train."
IleartlN mid Shaving.
Peter the (jreat once forbade beards
throughout his dominions, but. finding
how dearly the Russian loved his
beard, Peter al'owed liini to keep it i)
he was a noble on payment of a tax oi
100 rubles (about ssl), and if he wast
peasant or a priest, by paying a kopecl
(half a cent) every time he passed the
gate of a city. A large revenue was
produced by the tax, In return foi
which the collectors gave a small cop
per coin called the "borodovaia," 01
"the bearded;" and every man whe
>hose to wear a beard was obliged t<
produce this when he entered a town
In default he was thrown into prison
Dr. John Bulwer in his "Antliropome
tamorpliosls, or Man Transformed,'
(1030), writes angrily: "Shaving tin
chin Is Justly to be accounted a note 0;
effeminacy. What greater evidence
• •an be given of etTeminacy than to bt
transformed Into the appearance of 1
womau? A shameful metamorphosis!'
He declares It to be done "against tin
edicts of (Jod, the oracles cf the proph
et3, the placlts of the councils and tin
judgment of learned men." But, ii
spite of these fulmlnatlons, the custori
soon became universal, among soldier:
as well as civilians.
MAKING WAMPUM.
.4 ProeeKH That Require* Both Pa
tience and Skill.
With certain tribes wampum is stil
highly prized and necklaces are worr
by men, women and children wlier
they are the fortunate possessors ol
them. To make wampum various kind*
of shells are used, white and those
having a lavender hue being mosl
liked.
The thin shells are broken into little
pieces and by aid of nippers are maele
as nearly round as possible. Wliei
each piece is drilled In the center, tin
old time fire kindling style of drill be
ing used, the shells are then strung anc
rolled with the hand 011 a fl.it stone
which grinds them until they arc
smooth and even.
Comparatively few Indians anions
those who prize wampum beads most
highly have the skill or patience t<
make them, oven though they had tin
materials. The fact Is there are bu
few wampum bend makers in the eoun
try, and it often happens that long pll
! grimageg must be made tq secure tin
i requisites for really lino beads, and, as
with the white man's trinkets, thai
which Is "far fetched and dear bought'
is most sought after for ornamentation
Around some of the ancient ruins ii
the southwest the little disks of wain
pum are often found in the sand, and ii
is probable that they were de*positei'
In iho graves in very early times aiiL 1
washed ouf or exposed by the wind's
action. These ruins arc'in the bc-i
state of preservation of any In tlj<
country. Absolutely nothing Is knowi
of their builders, and the origin ol
these ruins was as much a mysterj
when Coronado first saw them in 1540
when he made his famous Invasion, as
it is to the people of the present elay.-
nuiian's l'V-ouii
Oxygen nnil Mmluootnn.
A singular way of removing oxyger
from the air by the aid of a plant if
as follows: luside a glass bell Jar, sua
ponded ovor wator, is placed a mush
room, and sunlight is allowed to fal
upon the plant. The niu»hre>oni ab
sorbs the oxygen from the air in the
jar, and the carbonic ackl formed dur
ing the process is absorbed by the wa
ter, which gradually rises in the Jai
to one-fifth of its height. The nuisli
room now dries up, but its animation
is only suspended, as may be proved
by introducing beside i£ a green plant,
when it will recommence to vegetate
being nourished by the oxygen exhaled
from the fresh plant.
!!»*#:
"Mr. Merchant," said the new clerk,
preparing to ask for tuoro money, "I
think I understand the business pretty
well now, and"—
"Yes?" interrupted his employer.
"Well, keep at it four or five yfjacg.
perhaps you'll understand it then hi
well as you think you do now."—rhil
adelpbia Press.
Wl*e VOUUK Man.
ttiviru—And did lie kiss ,vo\» liefore
four chaperon? Marcla-Oh, no. He
was wise enough to kiss her first, "Co
lumbia Dibuutch.
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dis
courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
„ i and cheerfulness soon
J?5 disappear when the kid-
I ne^ s are ou * °' orc * er
-m\|Y or diseased.
Kidney trouble hai
- become so prevalent
]] that it is not uncommon
/(I V V^V,-,!! for a child to be born
/ / v weak kid-
i neys. If the child urin
| ates too often, if the
urine scalds the flesh or if, v/hen the child
I reaches an age when it should be able to
1 control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it.the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of the
i kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
I most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis
( erable with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both ne.;d the same great remedy.
I The mild and the immediate effect ol
| Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
! by druggists, in fifty
. cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have
sample bottle by mail
free, also pamphlet tell- nomo of sr'aurp-iioot.
ing all about it, including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters receivec
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmei
8c Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure anc
mention this paper.
Don't mnKc any mistake, l»ut romi*iiil»-r tin
mi'tic S\vu!ir»-K<M)t, in*. IMliiii'.'s Swainj
Root,and the uUliv.su, Hinuhitiiilon, N. Y.,"oi
every bottle.
VOUR OWN FACE.
Woulil You Recosrnlxe It If You
It on Anotherf
"llow curious it is," sakl the philos
opher, "that the person for whom you
care most on earth, the one you sec
oftenest and who receives your rnosl
constant attention, is the one whose
countenance Is least familiar to you."
"Who is that?" asked the visitor.
"Yourself," said the philosopher. "II
Is a fact that if people could be dupll
cated and could meet themselves In the
Street very few would recognize them
solves. We look at ourselves mauj
times during the 305 days of the year
We say our eyes are blue or brown oi
whatever other color they may be. oui
hair black, our chin peaked, our /fore
head high. We know every lineament
of our face from constant study and
attention, yet when we turn awaj
from the mirror we cannot conjure uf
a picture of ourselves.
"We know just how our friends and
feven acquaintances look. In fancy wc
can see them sitting so or standing so
and their varying expressions undei
different circumstances are clear to us
even though we may not have seen
them for years, but when it comes tc
ourselves we cannot fill in even the
outlines of the picture. We may laugh
we may cry, we may frown, but we dc
not know how we look while wo arc
doing it. Photographs do not help us
We have never seen ourselves In the
flc.li. Mirrors and pictures are pool
aids when we sit down and try to sec
ourselves with the mind's eye.
"That is why people are so deep!}
Interested In anybody who is said tc
resemble them. Just say to a man
'I know somebody who Is the dead Iru
rtge of you,* and he will never rest til
he sees that person. Then If the like
ness is really true he will own thai
up tv that time he had had no concep
Hon of how he really looked."
The visitor smiled wanly.
"I wish you wouldn't talk like that,'
she said. "It makes me feel positively
uncanny."—New York I'ress.
LAWS IN CHINA.
They Take ,\'o Account of the Inten
tion* cf the Accused.
Tile incompatibility of laws based
rm diverse civilizations is nowhere
more marked than in China, says 110
sea It. Morse in (lie Atlantic. There
uo bankruptcy law is possible. If n
debtor's own estate will not sutllce te
pay bis debts (lie deficiency must be
made good by bis father, brothers 01
uncles; if t* do tor absconds his im
mediate family are promptly imprison
cd; if Hi.' debtor returns he is put it;
prison and kept there iudetlnltely, sc
long r.s lie can find money for lib
daily food until released by payment
ill full or by death. This is the law.
When in lsttD Admiral Tluj< fount!
himself fjreed to surrender Weibalwc
and' his lleet, he committed suicide
By this courageous step, technically
dying before surrender, he saved his
immediate family—father, mother, sons
and daughters— from decapitation ant
their property from confiscation, tb(
penalty when a commander surrender.'
an Imperial fortress. This is the law.
Wheu In the old days an Engiitd
gunner caused the death of a Chinese
by firing a salute from a cannon frou
which by oversight Hie ball had not
been removed, he was seized, tried
and executed. And 111 V-tlti, when in
the coin-so of a disturbance with Eng
iisli and American sailors at Canton n
Chinese was |ii|lod. tiio authorities do
niandod that if the guilty person could
not lie detected mid executed the
whole party should be handed over
for execution. This is the law.
Intention Is never (• !;eti Into ac
count. A dnllnr for a dollar, an eye
for an eye, a life for a life, and all
for tI)o empLV ir and his representa
tives-this is the law of China.
The Ktcknnme.
I he public man in America who line
never been tagged with a nickname
may 1 o Just as efficient and worthy ol
pral • ■ as ids brethren wltrt nv-o knowr
as "i' |i" and ".loe," b',!t lie has not
achieved an equal measure of popular
it.v. Nicknames nre oftener Inspired by
affection than by aversion. "The mot]
or the people." so called, are Invari
ably uicknaniofl. Venerable citizens
j still refer to "Abe" Lincoln, dwelling
with reminiscent affection upon the ab
breviation. Nicknames both good and
bad are as old as history. In this couu
try the people have a way of abbrevi
ating the names of the men they really
like and assigning their full titles tc
the men who prefer to popular
iij. - rittsburg Uazette.
An T111*1,1*!. Snnei-etltlon.
An oeiei Turkish superstition is as fol
lows: ir o .e finds a piece of bread lylnj,
upon Hie ground, he must pick it up
kiss it apil cany it until be Hnil s a hide
into v. Lie-li tUp brviid can be' inserted.
To step upon a piece of bread or te
leave It lying upon the ground Is one
af the unpardonable sins and dooms
the offender to the third hell, where ho
Is perpetually gored by an o.\ that has
but a single born that Is iu the center
(){ jiiii foifltt'iiii,
T.iiißliciiliia I'p.
They told the youngster to soak his
feet in a tub of salt water If he waet ;
cd to toi'.g'ieij them. llu soaked his
hands too. "It's pretty near time for
me to got a licking," he explained.
"Tomorrow I'm going to sit In It."—
New York Sun.
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1 OFF |
On All Our Overcoats 112
j| 10 to 20 per cent, off on All our Suits |
;ji This is certainly a great cut in ||
! X prices, and if you are still in H
. & s
need of an Overcoat or a Suit, it
will be greatly to your benefit to S
|j come at once---the clioice of pat- If
% terns and assortment of styles are P
X y.
# very good yet. &
3 m
I 222 Mi" Street. NEW MAN _ pILfo" H,,, S
A II a b i t
is formed through repetition of the
same act. If you will covenant to
lay awav a certain Mini every ut-ek.
and keep faith wi*h yourself, you
will have formed a habit tl it is
worth something. A hnhit the fruit
of W11i«-11 gatl ereti in old age, or in
time •if ne< <1 wil 1 prove of lienettt
' There i- everything in forming the
right kind of a habit.
If you wi'.l leave your Savings with
us we will pay you 8 percent, in
ter* Bt and eoinpi»und it every six
Months. <;lad t<» see yon any time,
but the sooner tin- better.
The First Xalional Rank
of DANVILLE, PENN'A,
PAYS THREE per CENT
INTEREST ON SAVINGS
DEPOSITS.
Resources Over
$1,250,000,00.
fc 4
fat People
I WlLl* send you a trial, the at.
MENT FREE.
I can reduce yonr weight
3 to 6 Pound* n. Wi'fk
|n> M An>l turn ill health into robust
health, mental BluggißbneHa
■L into activity, and relieve that
#7 feelinjj of fullneatand onpres
# */W sion by producing healthy dl
-1 A* 112 \gestioo and aHßimllation. No
dibtaateful dieting
1 or starvation, no
\ sickomngpilfrtthat
ruin
specialist in thFsueceaafu I reduc
tion of suporHaoas fat. My nnw aud si-uintitically per
fected method strengthens the heart and enabled you to
breathe easily, and miickly removes double-chin, lartro
stomach and fat hips. Prominent physicians adviaa
their patients to take my treatment and leading
doctor* tlicmnel ven are my patient*. I nb
politicly Kaiirmitrp MiiiiMtaction in every case.
Write to-day for free trial troAtment. I will also send
you free my new book on Obesity, It will give you d<>»
tailed outline of my treitmont : it will bo sent you free.
Add reus IIKNKV C. II li A IlKOltl), ty. Dm
MAN WANTED J somewhere neai
Danville, to assist us in showing and
el ling properties. N i experience neces
sary, if willing to let us teach you the
real estate business. Salary st»o.lH) a
month, to honest man, willing to devote
part of his time to this business. Co
Operative Land Co., Andrus Bidg., v ' r .
ueapolis, Minn.
ECZtMA and PILE CURE
F R E F Km* wing what it was to suffer
" L L I will give FUEK OF i llAl:
' I|l., to any atllii ted a positive cure for
he/.ema, Salt Uheum, Krvsipelas, l'ilt ?
Mid skin Diseases. Instant relief. Don't
utfer long.ir. Write F. \\> \VI LLIAMS,
' Ij.H) .Manhattan Avenue, New York En
close Stamp.
_ There are «ors MrCall P*' tma „u i_ , h . n>hU
year s subscription(ia numheri) esfts 50 oenta, Latest
Um""-
I'tdy Agssta Wanted* Hulsakk prtmliaiev
fu/V C *i h « omr P'»»"»n , Pstiem Catalegue( of joe 4*.
Many new ;■ -p ( r< Imvc lately given currency
to reports Uy Ur.ypauslblo'parties to tlic effect
THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO
had entered n trust or combination; wo wish
to assure the public tluit there is no truth in
such reports. V. c have been manufacturing
sewing machines for over a ipmrU r of a centu
ry, and have i stiihlishod a reputation for our
selves and our machine* that Is tlie envy of nil
others, fur "JVetp Home" machine has
bc» n rivaled n h a family maehino.—l%
Hands at the lien. I oral I Hi alt i;ra<le sewing
machines, and stands on its own merits.
The "Netr Home. 9 * is the only really
HIGH (» ill I> i: He winy Maehtne
on th e **tavket.
It is not necessary for us to enter into a trust
to save par cri tilt or pay any debts as we have
lit* debts to pay. We have never entered into
competition with manufor tarers of low grade
cheap machines that aremaflo to sell regard
less of any intrinsic merits. Do not be de
ceived, when you want* M'wing machine don't
send your m< - y away from home; call on a
A rip if owe" Ste<iler» he can sell you a
belter machine for less than you can purchase
elsewhere. If there is no dealer near you.
write direct to us.
rHE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO
ORANQE, MASS. .
Nt'«^Vork,^hlrago^lAUalk
in if T!: ' , ;v;:tV;:; LiARB
The largest yard and the best Coal at the lowest prices. '22V, ii, B
to every ton, and all my coal is kept under cover. Give i r ie a c>l [j
find lie convinced that I can savo you money.
START THE NEW YtAR
I A R I G II T
Save all you can and
Live Independently.
Prices are Slaughtered and
goods must go at this Store
This is the place to buy; our
Clearance Sale means money
to you.
275-7/miiist PEOPLE'S STORE w»„,. p..
jj i. -
P aPOONS, TORKS, 'M£
I kn.ves.eu. nj
jH fcavc bcca made for over fifty
character of designs, finish StjSfj
Ed
y all, tho good old HpK
P
Ihst
AUCTIONEERS.
Michael BrecUbill, Danville, Pa.
McCiellan Piehl, Washingtonville, Pa.
A. 11. Deeter, Oak Grove, Pa.
A. A. Sweitzer, Washingtonville, Pa.
E. M. Ilaunty, Pottff?rove, l'a.
Man) Children are Sickly.
Mother dray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother (imy, u nurse in Children's
Home, New \< rk. Itreak up Colds In VI hours,
eure Feveriwliness, Heudnche. StomachTrout»-
les, Teething Disorder,, nnd Destroy Worms
A! till druggists, & r >e. Hit tuple mailed FKPK
Address, Alien «. Olmsted, LeKoy, N. V.
The primaries should beatttmkd by
every citizen who can vote.
Carnegie and r.aziefon.
Now York p<l>t<rs Sf y t | iat Ai.driw
Oaruof<io. tho retired sfeol 1. up, is aE .
scssivl lor property Valued at fii.OOO,-
000 ill New York City. This Assess
ment is c(|ual to the valuation of all
Hazleton. If Mr. Carue B io should
move to Ilazleton, says the Hi zleton
Pliin Speaker, ami locale a tax of 7
mills on liis properly tho income
would pay all municipal expenses there
for the coining year and ti.cro would
Ib> a little left with which to stint a
J public library.