J. M. WIHTON, MUNCY VALLEY, JUST BEOBITED Stock of Goods i len's& Young Mens' Suits. You ire all invited to come and examine the goods. m.vt st\lish. These j lot of BOYS' SUITS. / Jtjjil who want to wear stylish ! -Ms > r;. v.'d ii.to lilt stock of ! ADIES'SKIRIS CArtonf* / .C' A'i o, 1 UKS AK"' SWFATERS. i !o agents for W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES. i3. to 3.50. Also r awed twenty-five cases of boots and shoes for Ladies' C :nd Children from 95c up; all new goods, no trash. All sizes and low prices. Reliable dealer in Men's Clothing. ; M. Wihton MUNCY VALLEY, PA. 112 ' y'-y ' ' the Pac'flc Coast--—to California, Oregon, Washington rots :iip; >n=! £c transit and return limits, liberal stop-over privVWr cs. i The rzite in practically on the basis of one fare for the round _ , . tr.'p. Or course, i? ycu wish to visit both California and Oregon " , ; 02 '.Washington, the cost is slightly more. ' * Th~se reduced rates are in c-ffect on certain dates in months '•5 ' \ »\j c: to October, inclusive. Tbey apply from all Eastern points j 112 v Chi. -ago, Sf - , I-oais or Memphis gateways. The Rock Island j9. !$ S ■•'ill take you up in either Chicago or St. Louis, or at hundreds I 'k of vi ne. Middle West points and carry you to the Coast in through r -%4.< <7 .j>a "dard or 1 ourist Sleepers with unexcelled Dining Car service. The Rock Uar d affords a choice of routes: on the "Scenic" jr ; ('auia you c~.i clop off m Colorado—see Salt Lake City—visit •/. •'. Yc; vvioivis National Park; on the "Southern" route you can go .. g' '.:t Si so, thru Nev; Mexico, then "up coast" to San Francisco . I j S oitland or Seattle if desired, her: c, titeso: Pacific Coast excursions offer an unusually good • \ : sre our western country in a comprehensive manner. II ou t'f-sii'c io go only as far as Colorado, there are excursion i o lel feet to that section and return, all summer long, l, >1 / r: d June 30 to July 4, August 12 and 13, i-S August 3a to September 4. Extension trips to Ogden V.i-v Lake and return at lo*v cost also. ■. v ' J 1 From September 15 to October 31, 190! one-way ; tourist or " colonist " tickets will be on sale to California and ' j the Pacific Northwest— about half regular fare. | j V If interested, send name and address on this coupon, designating t ; 'i. whicit booklet wanted and tow i.et point you plan to go. Name probable ///•'//*' \V\>. date oC start also, so we can advise definitely with respect to rates, etc. 1- 'j • booklet »»d rate.. Address Addrc. JOHN SEBASTIAN, ' /of Pass. Traf. Mgr., Rock I.laud System, Leave about W|l T!.' / } Destination 1 OWL COURTSHIPS Show a Devotion Rarely Met Among More Favored Creatures. Very funny It is, from the human point' of view, to witness the love-mak ing of a couple of owls on a moonlight night, as they sit together on the cop ing of an old wall, or on the horizontal limb of some giant of the forest. Perch ed on the same bough, or the same wall or ruin, the lady owl, though usually much bigger and stronger than her mate looks the picture of demure coy ness, if a little excited inwardly, like a girl at her first ball. But the male owl, says the Pall Mall Magazine, is very much in earnest; for a moment or two he remains quite still, then he puffs out all his feathers, bows, and utters & softened scream, followed by a modified hiss that is full of tender meaning, and then he nudges her with his wing; she opens her big eyes very wide, and gives him a side long glance that may be a hint, for, horrible to relate, from the depths of his interior he instantly brings up a half-digested mouse; and, although she i is full of similar rodents and stag l beetles as she can comfortably hold, she opens her mouth and accepts the fragrant gift wiuh a murmur of satis faction that speaks volumes of love and thanks. Then, when the dainty morsel has been disposed of, they ca ress each other tenderly for a moment or two, and then sit closely pressed to each ether's side while the process of assimilation is perfected, after which they simultaneously flit away into the moonlight on noiseless wing in search of further prey. Not only do the owls guard each other with a devotion thait is rarely met with among more favored creatures, they positively idolize their ill-favored offspring, for whose sake they willing ly risk not only liberty, but life. A young owl is not an attractive looking object from our point of view, but. in its father's and mother's eyes it is per fection, and the way they wait on it, cuddle and caress it. feed it and keep it clean, must be seen to he believed. Among flic Pigmies. Though It was a dangerous under inking for tlie African explorers to travel through the lainl of the pigmies, there must have been a huge interest in observing the ways of these little imps, who were generally struck spell bound at the sight of the white men. Mr. Lloyd, writing in Chambers's Journal, says he was twenty days walking through the great forest in habited by the pigmies, n forets so dark that in many places it was im possible to read, even at noonday, l'lie pigmies were fairly intelligent, and peacefully disposed, although their arrows were tipped with deadly poi son. They had a frightened appear ance. and covered their faces. TTke shy children, when spoken to. The forest was alive with elephants, leopards, wild pigs, buffaloes, and antelopes. After leaving the forest Mr. Lloyd came to one place where he took the opportunity of screwing together the bicycle which he bad brought with him. A spin on the machine brought out thousands of men. women, and children from their villages, and they danced and yelled with delight at see ing. as they expressed it, a European riding a snake. Wlilttier Color llllnd. "Mr. Wlilttler greatly surprised me by confessing that be was quite color blind." says the Bookman. "lie ex emplified Ids condition by saying that If I came to Amesbuiy I should be scandalized by one of his carpets. It appeared that lie was never permitted by the guardian goddess of his hearth togo 'shopping' for himself, hut that once, being In Boston, and needing a carpet, he had ventured togo to a store and buy what he had thought to be a very nice, quiet article, precisely suited to adorn a Quaker home. When It ar rived at Amesbury there was a univer sal shout of horror, for what bad struck Mr. Whittier as a particularly soft combination of browns and grays proved, to normal eyes, to be a loud pattern of bright red roses on a field of the crudest cabbage green. When he had told me this. It was then easy to observe that the fulness and bril liancy of his wonderful eyes had some thing which was not entirely normal about them." Ills Bible Verse » Hint. Hugh Montgomery, whose father owns a large ranch In the fertile San Joaquin Valley. California, went to San Francisco and paid a brief visit at the house of a clerical uncle. This divine, who is one of the best and most hospitable of men, follows the custom of having prayers before breakfast. In connection with this service each member of the family circle is expected to recite a verse of Scripture. Hugh, who has habitually a very healthy appetite, became decid edly sharp set before the amen was said. When his turn came to recite a verse he significantly repeated the fa miliar words: "How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, while I perish of hunger?" The reverend uncle listened with twinkling eyes and there was a speedy adjournment to a well-spread table. Birds mid Bills. "There is something wrong with this bill," said the young married man to the milliner who has imported Par isian prices as well as styles. "It is correct in every Item," after looking It over. "Bight dollars for that bird, no big ger than my fist?" "Yes, sir, and cheap at that." "All right, madam, I'll settle, but it's robbery. We had our first anniversary yesterday and I bought a ten pound turkey for $1.25." —Detroit Free Press. Well Qualified. "Mr. Biankson," said the lawyer, tur ning to the man who had been drawn us a juror, t.liis is a case in which —by the way. Mr. Biankson, have you ever been a witness before an Investigating committee?" "Yes, sir." "We'll take him, Your Honor. He doesn't know anything about this case —or anything else."—Chicago Tribune. A Complete Cure. "Ot what did the faith curer cure; you?" asked the sceptic. "Of my faith." said the former de- ! roiee.—Boston Herald. GOOD THEY'RE SMALL. If Aotii \Ver« l.nr£«T Tln»y Would I'd (loiib. w<lty Own tlio Kan It. If ants were large enough they would rule the earth. As it is, they predom- iuate the politics of their own sphere, ' and have many human characteristics. ' The longest time for which an ant sleeps is three and a half hours. Ou awakening, they stretch their legs, yawn, and then carefully clean them selves, by applying their legs to their , mouths and rubbing them over their bodies, very much in the style of a ( cat washing her face, after which they comb and brush their heads and bodies with the natural comb which nature ; gives them. t The most remarkable thing about this is that almost every necessity for 1 which are obliged in our case to 1 employ more or less complicated me ! chanical contrivances is provided for , by the physical structure of the ants. ' Ants clean themselves both before and after sleep, and also after eating. ! Frequently one ant will lick and brush another all over, limb by limb, the ant operated on sprawling on her back. . j relaxing her muscles and ..Dandoning herself to the enjoyment of the opera | tion. They are great hunters, attacking t snakes, lizards, rats, mice, centipedes and beetles. ~ They even kill the great African python. It is said that if a python has | killed an animal, he dare not gorge i himself with it until he has made a wide circuit and satisfied himself [hat | there are no driver ants in the neigh borhood. If. however, he meets with any, he abandons his prey to them, and discreetly retires. A certain spe | cies actually keep cows—in other words, plant lice. When the ants are hungry they actually milk the npli , rides by tapping them briskly on tlic sides of the abdomen with their an tennae till the fluid exudes, when it is at once sucked up by the ants. They shut them up in cowhouses and use them for days. Ants act as soldiers in a very real way, and it is no stretch of the lan guage to call them pitched battles be tween ants of the same species, anr* raids of one species upon the nests of another, sometimes to carry off tlu 1 larvae and pupae as food (a modified ; | form of cannibalism), and sometime? ; i to supply their own nests with slaves, j Certain ants are agricultural, and • allow ant rice to grow up in a eircl | round their nests, while every other ; plant is carefully cut down as fas' |i as it appears. They sow the crop reg j ularly. tend it.and harvest it. When the seeds fall they are carried into the nest, and the stubbie is cleared away. When the grain in the nests gets damp ed by rain these ants carry it out into the open to dry. ! - Nr\v Burnt Mall System. j The United States postoflice depart- I ment has officially adopted and com i menced to operate a postal wagon, j which is intended to replace the ma-jor ! ity of the star route postoflices in the United States. The st.ir route oflices are those which are called fourth-class postoflices. and the postmasters In | charge of these have been paid a per centage on the postal business they transacted. As fast as possible these wagons will be introduced throughout the United States. Each state will be divided into circuits, these circuits be ing of the length that a wagon can i cover in a day. The postal clerks in . charge of these wagons issue money orders, register letters and transact a general postal business. The mail is delivered either at the houses of the people along the route or placed in [ what is called a rural fre; j delivery box i near a residence. The postal clerk has ; one key to this box and the occupants of the residence the other. In this i way the postoflice comes to the peo • COLLECTING MAIL ON COITNTKY HOAD. 1 pie instead of their going to the post oflice. The inventor of this postoflice wagon is Edwin W. Shriver of Westminster, Md., who was for years a purser on the 1 Iron Steamboat line between New I ! York and Long Branch. Mr. Shriver i has been appointed postal clerk of the | wagon which began operation last ■! Monday. It is estimated by the postoflice de 'j partment that about 40,000 of the minor ; rural postoflices will be done away with , j by the use of these wagons. Complllui; :i Dictionary. II Nearly everyone has had the bright , | idea that it must be a tremendous amount of work to get up a diction ary, but few have auy notion of the real size of the task. When Johnson got his famous dictionary started he | calculated that, with six assistants, hi 1 could complete the task in three years :It took him nine years instead. lie re I celved the small recompense of ?7.F>00. I and had to pay his assistants out of that. I Webster worked. 24 years before his i dictionary made its bow to the world. 1 i Webster was very punctilious in his definitions, and so painstaking that it • was a wonder he completed the work when he did. The words which give the compiler of a dictionary the most trouble are the little one-syllable Saxon words. Their ' history extends back into the Saxon : period, and their meaning has become twisted in many directions. Words j with pedigrees are the hardest to trace When a new dictionary is projected I one man is selected as editor-in-chief and he appoints his subeditors. Then appeals are sent out to literary people In general for voluntary ( >ntribution>- in the nature of rare and curious words. There are over 1.000 people who have offered their services in the I case of a dictionary now miking. They are to read standard works, undent and modern, in the search for < m iou words, their origin end meaning. These words, written on slips of paper, are I filod In thousands of pigeon-holes. Over ! six tons of clips h in e been put a '» v ' This means 6,000.00!) words. But My | 1,000.000 will be ptinted. The ami at jof work necessary to properly s t these la evident. Sick Headaches and Dizzy Spells, Weak, Nervous. Wretched, Tired, Until Dr. Miles' Nervine Cured Me. Are you in a "poor condition?" Are you almost ready to give up from exhaustion, nervousness headaches, backaches, ana dizzy spells ? No need to mention the de tails of a run down or "pynr condition" to those who are suffering. Hfttej to tell you of Nervine, the rtrme Jy sofd on a guarantee to help you, and restore your poof weakened nerves to life, strength and health. "Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine has done a great deal for me. In (he fail of 1897 my health was in a very poor condition. Ex treme nervousness, dizzy spells and sick lieaJac-kes made me most miserable. I had been under the care of our local physician for some time, bat got no better. 1 was on the verge of nervous prostration. Had no appetite, and could not sleep. I grew worse as the diz/y spells continued and lost flesh and strength. Oh! those awful days. A lady friend who had taken Restorative Ner vine advised me to try it. I bought a bottle it the local drug store and when it was one !ia 112 gone I noticed that the medicine was helping me. 1 continued taking it according o directions until 1 had used three bottles when I felt so much better I stopped taking it. I feci that my present i-reatly improved health is all due to I)-. Mies' Restorative Nervine. lam gr. teful for the benefit I re eived and recommend the Nervine wholly 11 its nieiits as a nerve tonic and restora tive."—MßS. P. M. HOGOUOOM, Dalton, Mass. All druggists sell and guarantee first bottle Dr. Miles' Remedies. Send for free book 11 Nervous and Heart Iliseases. Address >r. 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