MONTOUR AMEBIC;AN
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa.. Nov. 7, 1901
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ANCIENT I MBRELLAS
TW£Y FIGUHED IN CHURCHES »N THE
EARLY CHRISTIAN DAYS
Wtirn First Adopted hy the
Thff Seem to Have Been Utiltied
Solely as Son Protertor»—Once »b
Attribute of f>l*nlty.
In the early (Christian churches a
large umbrella usually hung over the
priest, and It Is said that from this
custom it l>ecame one of the attributes
of cardinals appointed from baslllcan
churches. For yearv the doges of
Venice carried umbrellas of state, and
in 1288 Pope Alexander 111. declared
that these should be surmounted by
golden statuettes of the annunciation.
Michael Moroslnl was the first 'Vene
tian layman to carry an umbrella,
which consisted of a small, flat square
of green stuff, over which was a cop
per spiral. Soon after the umbrella
was adopted by fashionable Venetian
dames. According to Coryat's "Crudi
ties" (ltill), the Italian umbrella was
a small canopy and was made of leath
er extended by a series of wooden
hoops, lie says umbrellas were used
t>y horsemen, who, resting the handles
on the thigh as they rode, bore them
so that they should "minister shadow
unto them for shelter against the
scorching sun."
In the Harlelan manuscripts, now In
the British museum, there Is in manu
script No. GOG a crude illustration
showing the figure of a yoernan hold
ing an umbrella over his lord, which
leads me to Infer that umbrellas were
known In England even in the early
ADglo-Saxon period.
Beck, as quoted In the Draper's Dic
tionary. asserts that at the time that
Stephen usurped the crown of England
(twelfth century) umbrellas were in
common use among the English. The
first mention of the umbrella In Eng
lish literature Is In Florio's "World of
Wonders" (1f.98), where It is described
as a "kind of round fan or shadowing
that they use to ride with In summer
in Italy; a little shade."
In 165*3 an umbrella was exhibited In
the "Museum Tradescantianuin; or.
Collection of Rarities Preserved at
South Lambeth, Near London, by John
Tradescant," which was known as
"one of the wonders of the ark."
In the church of Cartmell, In Lanca
shire, England, there was preserved
until a few years ago an umbrella said
to be over 300 years old, which was
used chiefly to protect the host.
References to the umbrella are to be
found also In Blount's "Glossographia"
(1674) anil Phillips' "New Worlde of
Words" (1678). In the first the refer
ence reads: "Umbrello, a fashion of
round and broad fans, wherewith the
Indians (and from them our great ones)
preserve themselves from the heat of
the sun. and hence any little shadow,
fan or other thing wherewith the wom
en guard their faces from the sun."
The second runs: "Umbrello, a screen
against the sun's heat, used chiefly by
the Spaniards,among whom It is known
by the name quitasole."
The imaginative Dean Swift in the
' Tale of a Tub" (1G96) depicts Jack, an
•-ver resourceful type, making use of a
parchment copy of his father's will as
a nightcap when he went to bed and as
an umbrella in rainy weather. Did
the worthy Hanway take his cue from
this or from Kersey,according to whom
the umbrella was a "broad fan or
screen commonly used by women to
shelter them from rain?" The last ref
erence, made In 1701*, Is the first men
tion of it as a protector from the rain.
Later Bailey, who in bis dictionary
{1737» called it a parasol, defined It aa
"a sort of small canopy to keep ofE the
rain."
Small, light umbrellas came into
fashion among the ladies of the French
court In 1675, and these were carried
by attendants. Kichelet tells us that
they were made of oilcloth or leather
and had ribs of whalebone. A century
later they found favor with the men,
who carried red umbrellas, with edges
fringed with gold lace.
The precise date when Jonas Han
way, who died in 1780, introduced the
umbrella Into England is not recorded
la any of the encyclopedias I have at
hand, but they all state that he was
popularly known as Its Introducer.
With the Dutch, as with the Indian
grandees, the umbrella was first an at
tribute of dignity, and well It might
be, for the prices paid for them at The
Hague lu 1650 ranged from $75 to 112 120
each. The Dutch colonists who settled
at the Cape of Good Hope were not
slow to Insist on preserving the dignity
of the umbrella, for Ryk van Tulbagh,
governor of Oape Colony in 1752, en
acted that "No one less in rank than
a Junior merchant or those among the
citizens of equal rank, and the wives
and daughters only of those who are or
have been members of any council
shall venture to use umbrellas, and
tliose who are less in rank than mer
chants shall not enter the castle In tine
weather with an open umbrella."—
frank 11. Tizetelly in New York
Tlmef.
A Koncolfrr'a Opinion of Golf.
Imagine a great fat creature who
ought to wear a turban and a long
fclaok robe to hide his grossness whack
ing a little white ball for miles and
utiles with a perfect surgery of Instru
ments, whacking it either with a baby
ish solemnity or a childish rage, as
luck may have decided, and Inciden
tally training an innocent eyed little
fcuy to swear and be a tip hunting
•oafer. 'l"bat's golf.—H. T. W. Wells
in Pearson's Magazine.
To the But of Her Knowledge.
A lady was looking for her husband
and inquired anxiously of a housemaid,
"Do you happen to know anything of
your master's whereabouts?"
"I'm not sure, mum," replied the
careful domestic, "but 1 think they're
in the wash "'—Pathfinder.
All who use Atomizers i" treating nasal
catarrh will get the test results from
Ely 's Liquid Cream Balm. Price, in
cluding spraying tube, 75 cts Sold by
druggists or mailed by Ely Bros . 56
Warren St , N Y
New Orleans; Sept 1. 1001.
Messrs. ELY BROS. I sold two bot
tles of your Liquid Cream Balm to u
cutosmer, Win. Lamberton, 1415 De
lachaise St , New Orleans he has used
the two bottles, giving him wonderful
and most satisfactory remits.
GEO W MCDUPK Pharmacist.
BUSMAN SHULTZ
IN AN UPSET
Bu-uiaii Daniel Shultz had n up>et
utul a narrow escape from serially injury
early yesterday uiorning. lie was re
turning from the early train with H liisx
load ot Philadelphia papers >n I wiii'.e
driving u|> the sleep hill on (.'anal \ve
nue at .Mill -treet 'lie horses became
frightened at the crowd of new*bo>>,
who were indnlgintr in a noisy demon
stration while waiting for the pipers.
The animals reued and p'untrt-d and
were quite unmanageable. The 'bus ran
against the railing and was overtnin
ed, Mr. Shultz and ilie new-qmpe s
tumbling out. Although Mr. MiuM>!
lay under the 'bus he escaped unhurt.
The horses facing up l |; e hill made no
attempt to run awa>; otherwise the con
sequences might have been very >erious
As it w;i< the tongue was broken of),and
the'bus otherwise damaged, while !t*e
harness was badly IT. ken.
Jumped ou a Tea Penny Nail.
The little daughter of Mr .1. N\ Pow
ell jumped on an inverted rake made of
ten penny nails, and thrust one nail
entirely through her foot and a second
one half way through. Chamberlain's
Pain Balm was promptly applied and
five minutes later the pain had disap
peared and no more suffering was ex
perienced. In three days the child was
wearing her shoe as usual and with ab
solutely no discomfort. Mr. Powell is
a well known merchant of Forklaud,
Va. Pain Balm is an antiseptic and
heals such injuries without maturation
and in one-third the time required by
the nsiic»l treatment. For sale by Paules
& Co.
Wooden Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gething, Vine
street, celebrated their wooden wedding
Saturday night. Many beautiful pres
ents were received. The following were
present : Rev. Dr. M. L. Shindel, wife
and daughter Susan. William Fox and
wife. Calvin Kline and wife, Harry Mar
shall and wife, John Fox, and family,
Edgar Rank and family, (ieorge Fox,
Miss Gertrude Fox, Mrs. Elizabeth
Gething, Miss Maggie Gething, Neal,
Thomas and -Tames Gething, Uriah
Grove and wife. Misses Ida Wall and
Lizzie Horton. Arthur Gething and
Mrs. Annie Quinn, the latter of Colum
bia. Refreshments were served.
" Last winter an infant child of mini
had cronp in a violent form." says Elder
John W. Rogers, a Christian Evange
list, Filley, Mo. "I gave her a few doses ;
of Chamberlain's Cough remedy and in
a short time all danger was past and
she recovered." This remedy not only
cares croup, but when given as soon as
the first symptoms appear, will prevent
the attack. It contains no opium or
other harmful substance and may be
given as confidently to a baby as to an ,
adult. For sale by Paules He Co.
Entertained at Kaseville.
A luck load of young people from this
city were pleasantly entertained at the
home of Joseph Churm, Kaseville, Mon
day evening. Those in the party were:
Misses Martha and Druce Carodiskey,
Nell Schick, A nine and Lulu Klase,
Lillian Kirk-, Mary Smith, William
Bover, Samuel Hoffner, Dallas Reppert,
Frank Aten and Harry Hupp. Refresh
ments were served.
A LIBERAL OFFER.
The undersigned will give a free sam
ple of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets to any one wanting a reliable
remedy for disorders of the stomach,
biliousness or constipation. This is a
new remedy and a good one. For sale
by Paules & Co.
High School Literary Societies.
The two literary societies of the 11'irh
•chool held their regular semi-rnonllilv
meeting Friday afternoon. Fol Off
ing is the program of the Lincoln
society:
Piano solo, Miss Cousart. Recitation,
Miss Cromwell, Declamation, Mr.
Esterbrook. Piano solo, Miss Hoolev.
Recitation, Miss Sweisfort. Declama
tion. Mr. Moore. Piano solo. Miss Divel.
of debate: "Resolved, That
Circumstances Just'fy the Departure
from Truth."
Affirmative —Mr. Lunger, Miss Miller,
and Mr. McHeury.
Negative—Miss Fry, Miss Cromwell
and Mr. Magill.
Decision was rendered >n favor of the
affirmative.
Reading of the society newspaper l*y
Mr. Watkins.
Report of the critic by Mrs. Coulter.
The program of the Garfield society
follows:
Recitation, Miss Klase. Declama
tion, Mr. Mottern.
Debate: "Resolved, That President
Roosvelt did Right in Entertaining Mr.
Booker Washington at the White House.
Affirmative, Mr. Gross and Mr. Kem
iner.
Negative—Miss Smul l , Mr. Lender
and Miss Daniels.
Judges—Mi<s Riflle, Miss linger and
Mr. Corman.
Decision was rendered in favor of the
negative.
R--citation, Miss Yastine. Declama
tion, Mr Lunger. Reading of !he society
paper by Miss Linger.
CONVINCING PROOF.
Tbe Average Danville Citizen Mast Accept
the Following Proof.
The great yj r Isaac Newton one of
the most profound reasoners the world
ever produced, once cut a large hole in
a Isjard fence to allow a favorite cat
access to two gardens, and cut a small
er hole to allow her kitten to follow her.
The weakness manifested in Sir Isaac's
action wasdne to want of thought. Any
reader who mentally debates the proof
offered here about Doan's Kidney Pills
and arrives at any other conclusion
than that stated in this citizen's state
j ment, is as short of reasoning powers as
the philosopher when he turned carpen
! ter
Mr W. C, Richard. Grocer, living
Cor. Iron and Third Street, Blooms
bnrg, says I was taken suddenly with
stitches in my back which were so ex
cruciating. that I almost fell to the
ground. I was confined to my bed
for over a week and the pain WHS SO in
tense I could not rise wifchoutjasnistance.
Doan 's Kidney Pills came to my attcn
tion and I took a course of the treat
! ment It cure me."
For sale bv all dealers Price 50 cts.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y., sole
agents for the 1". S.
Remember the name Doan sand take
, no substitute
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.
There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
L j jjs j I] f;l, Votive. Many sudden
*T~rl biifcF death are caused by
_I it heart disease,
P neurnoni;i . heart
]|i/Tj'l failure or apoplexy
- ■ I TV v r are o * ten '^ e result
'A i °' Sidney disease. If
fN kidney trouble is al-
I\\\\ W I lowed to advance the
-'U y ~ kidney- poisoned
v - •- blood will attack the
vital organs or the
kidneys themselves break down and Aaste
away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles most always result from
a derangement of the kidneys and a cure is
obtained quickest by a proper treatment of
the kidneys. If you are feeling badly you
can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy.
it corrects inability to hold urine and scald
ing pain in passing it, and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being compelled to
go often during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and the
extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. It stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold
by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar
sized bottles. You may 112 V 7"
have a sample bottle of
this wonderful new dis- hjfo
covery and a book that
tells all about it, both swamp-Root,
sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co.
Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention
reading this generous offer in this paper.
Death of John Clifford.
John Clifford, for many years a resi
dent of this eitv, died at Sharon, this
State, oil Sunday. The deceased left
Danville for Sharon in 1870, residing
there nntii last sprint, when hi- wife
died. During last summer he was a res
ident of this city and he purposed mak
ing Danville his home in the future.
About three weeks airo lie left for a
short visit to Sharon for the purpose
of disposing of some real estate he own
ed there. A telegram,yesterday, brought
the news of his death, which proved
! quite a shock to his relatives and
friends in this city. The remains will he
brought to Danville for burial.
The deceased was; 0 year* of Hge. He
died childless, but is survived by two
sisters in this place: Mrs. Mary Galla
gher and Mrs. James Welsh.
EASILY UNDEKSTOOD.
The Close Sympathetic Connection Between
the Nervous And Digestive System Ac
counts for Much Debility.
The grei# influence the nerves have
j over digestion is noted in case of sudden
I shock or fright. No matter how keen
! the appetite it disappears. Nerve Force
practically controls digestion in the pro
dnotion of gastric juice. Wher. Nerve
Force is lacking digestion is nsua'lv itn
paired—thats why Dr. A. \Y. Chase's
Nerve Pills restore from so many -r..tn
aeh troubles they restore Nerve Force.
Mrs. M. Fields of No. 1-s I'ine street.
Danville Pa., says:— "I have been both
ered a good deal for some time with a
nervous indigestion and was feeling
poorly generally. 1 did not rest well
and had frequent nervous headaches. 1
got some of Dr. A. W Chase's Nerve
Pills at Gosh's Drug Store and used
them aud felt that 1 received a very de
cided benefit. I rested better and felt
toned up and better generally.
Dr. A. W. Chase s Nerve Pills ar •
sold at 50c. a box at dealers or Dr. A
W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo N .
See that portrait an I signature of A.
W. Chase, M. D. are on every package
Next Meeting of Local No. 86.
We are requested to announce that
Local No. 8(i, Retail Clerks Protective
association of this city, will hold a reg
ular meeting on Thutsday even-ng.
Tie membership of the loca) it present
is tifty-seven, comprising none hut ex
perienced clerks ol the borough. Ii lias
now been discovered that under its
charter the local has a right to take in
any who are employed in our stores re
trardless of the length of time they may
have been in the business. A general
invitation, therefore, is extended for
Thurslay evening. All clerks will be
given an opportunity to join.
Early closing, we are informed, i- tu t
being agitated at pie.sent owing to the
near approach <>f the holidays, when ihe
merchants should be permitted to keep
their stores open to almost any hour to
accommodate the Christmas trade iie
local here is disposed to be very liberal
and thinks that early closing should he
suspended for four or six weeks imme
diately preceding the holidays.
We are authoritatively informed that
in the course of a few weeks a petition
will be circulated and the etiort renewed
along other litus to win the merchants
over to early closing, so that the new
order of things may go into effect ith
the new year.
How 8 This ?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
(tny case of Catarrh that can not be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO..
I We the undersigned, have known K. .1.
Cheney for the last ir> years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transact
ions and financially able to curry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TKCAX, Wholesale Druggists.Toledo,
O. WAI.OINO, KINNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale
liruggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken luternally.
acting directly upon the blood atyl mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
I free. Price Tie. per bottle. .ISold by all drug
| gists.
Hall's family fills ;ire the best.
Kellar.
Magician Kellar. who will appear at
j the Opera House on Tuesday evening
j has an illusion in his entertainment this
' season that is particularly mystifying.
He causes the physical body of a pretty
i girl, locked securely in a hugh cage, to
1 instantly disappear and to reappear as
I suddenly in a remote corner of the stage.
and a few seconds later when he has
■ again secured her in the cage transforms
j her into a six-foot soldier in full regi
| mentals. All of his Oriental illusions
i are equally mysterious and bewildering,
and all are presented upon a fully
lighted stage. His entire program as
presented in Boston and other leading
j cities will be given here
"I feel as if I should Hy to pieces
: How often those words are on a wom
! an slips. They express to the uttermost
the nerve racked condition of the body,
which makes life a daily martyrdom
If this condition had come suddenly
it would have been unbearable. I Jut
transition was gradual A little more
strain each day on the nerves. A
little more drain each day oft he vitality
Any woman would be glad to be rid of
such a condition Every woman tries
to be rid of it. Thousands of such wom
i en have been cured by Dr. Pierce's treat
ment with his Favorite Prescription"
when local doctors had entirely failed to
j cure.
"Favorite Prescription" contains uo
opium, cocaine or other narcotric.
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will) mv improved method and inttriiments. is the only way t•» t'**
•i determine the exact strength ami i\<|uireiient.- for each eve. /«
J?? Kves cannot be projierly fitted to glasse- unless tliey are
•'• correctly tested.
\kl The great success I have had in iitting glasses proves that .112.
my skill and methods, are the hest to he had. Do not trifle
with vour eyes; bring them here. you will he more than pleas
ed with inv glasses.
V. HEKm REMPE 't>
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TRANSFERRED TO
SCHENECTADY, N. Y.
F.u.sign ami Mi-. Young of the Salva j
tion AIIHV yesterday lectived their ap- j
pointment from ihe New York head
quarters During the next year t>>e.\
will be located in Schtieetidy, N. Y.
They will be succeeded in this city b\
Ensign and Mrs. Richardson, who havt 1
been located at Jamestown, N. .
Kn.sign and Mrs Young will May in
Danville another week lo rest up ami to ;
welcome the incoming officers.
To the Public.
)
Allow me to say a few words in praise i
of Chamberlain's Congh Remedy. I had
a verv severe cough and cold and feare'l
I wouid get pneumonia,but alter taking ;
the second dose of this medicine I felt
better, three bottles of it cured my cold
and the pains in my chest « isappeaml
entirely. lam most respectfully yours
for health. RALPHS. MKYEKK,»SJ Thirty
seventh St.. Wheeling. W. Ya. For
sale by Panics & Co. \
Result in Northumberland.
In Northumberland county th- lb m j
eratic ticket wiih the > xeepti.oi <4 t! e I
Shrievaltv wa» elected. lid o Sivid.e;
was re-elected hv a ui.jo;ity ol •>7 over
VVitmer. Atiten, the other I ■<•:>»? s- (
candidate for Judge, was t •ed .\ aj
maj «ritv of 10p». Samuel !»--;» the I
only es-ful Republican «■ <n-it-: in I
tlo-c MI ii! * 'EII Geise for Shcriilby a
ui;ij nity of lUU rhetijht I r District
V. t< i ie\ «•;!■ e.oiiv won In 11. W.
Cumiiiiiigvvho secured IT-'d Vote- m >re
ilmn his opponen', C F. Hut' ,
I
Cut this out and take it to Panics «V
Co s drug store and get a free sample
of Chamberlain 's Stomach and Liver
Tablets, the best physic. They cleanse
and invigorate the stomac'i. improve
the appetite and r» nilate the liowe's. '
Regular size. *2."ic. per IR>X.
Dnnviilc's First General Secretary.
The following letter hasbeen receiv
ed by (ieneral Secretary W T I) Lan
niaster
Azaiia. Mich.. Oct 2fi. lfOl.
Mi:. W. D LAUMASTER.
Danville, Pa.
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER; 1 have |
lieen led to write you and make some i
inquiries through seeing your name in '
The Epworth Herald, in connection with
the report of the Epworth League con
vention held in Danville ash rt time
ago. 1 was the tirst Gen 1 Sec yof the
Y. M. C. A. in Danville, and not having
heard from there in a number of years :
I would like to know a little of how j
the work is going on and who are the j
workers. Are 11. M. Hinckley, S M.
Bailey, J. R. Rote, Sam'l Werkheiser
Dr. Sweisfort. Mr. lialdy, Geo. M
Gearhart. J. B. McCoy. Mr. Orth, T. C
H. Lynn.Frank Consart. Win. McClure,
still in the work? Are there two young
men in town by the name ofNew'oaker V
< )ue of them.(lhe younger was convert
ed during my year. There was a Lewis
Ammerman in the Association too, of
whom I thought considerable. Is he
there yet'! Who are the State Secy, and
his Ass'ts now? Can't you send me some
of your reports and literature that would
give me some of this information? 1
boarded with a Wilson family that lived
just back of the R. C church; are they
in the city yet? Give these ditfereiit
friends my regards, if you will please.
I am in the ministry of the M. E. church
and am enjoying the work very much.
I would be delighted to visit Danville,
but don't know as 1 ever shall. So
I would like very much to hear from
there. Trusting you may find time to
answer this and extend to you my best
wishes and Godspeed. I remain,
Yours fraternally.
FKED H. TOWXSEXD.
A Fiue Entertainment.
Whitney's San Francisco Minstrels
gave a clever performance to a good siz
ed audience at the Opera Hou-e L;si
evening. It was a real old tinier in
minstrelsy and though but few perform
ers it «<S of the very best New jokes,
new music and new songs kept t he audi
ence in a good huuior all evening. Tht
"Frisco Quarteite" with then we 1
blended voices were a pretty setting foi
the seniimental song-'. The comedians
headed by Arthur Crawford were verv
funny. Mr. Crawford in all his work IS
an artist. He never overdoes it and his
humor is quaint ami clean. The va Ile
vilie performance throughout was inter
esting and called for much applause.
Well selected stage SETTING, appropriate
costumes and a good orchestra, all a hi
ed to the splendid entertainment.
A Breezy Time.
The next attraction at the opera
House will be Fitz & Webster's newest
"A Breezy Time." The adjective that
is included in the title of the farce com
edy, "A Breezy Time, ' fitly indicates
the nature of the production.
It has been the purpose of the author
to make the performance breezy:simply
refreshing enough to revive jaded minds,
and not cause the mind to sit in a draft,
so to speak. The Company includes 2o
of the cleverest farceurs in the profes
siou, each having been selected to ex
actly fit the role he or she may be cast
for.
Carl Li z of this city, visite-t friends in
Snnbury yesterday.
Ulitdcm AtlvertmfnfC*
A Ifttle over half a century ago 1t
■was considered beneath the dignity of j
many substantial concerns to adver- ,
tise beyond the insertion in the news- !
papers of an occasional business card. \
Some of the experiences of that time j
show how recently advertising, as we
know it. has developed.
A retail hardware house in an east
ern city once found itself possessed of
ten times te number of articles of a
certain kind that it had intended to
buy. As they had been ordered espe
cially for a new hotel and were of a pe
culiar design, there seemed to be no
'way of disposing of them except at a
merely nominal sum.
One of the younger men connected
With the concern offered to "move
them" at a fair price provided he be
permitted to advertise. The sugges
tion encountered much opposition, but
finally a small sum was set apart to
carry it out. The advertisement was
drafted in an attractive way, and the
people soon began to buy the new arti
cle. Finally the house was obliged to
send to the manufacturers for more.
When the next season's trade opened,
the member of the firm who had most
opposed the experiment whispered to
the young man that he had better
write out a few notices "and put them
in the papers."
From stieli beginnings the advertis
ing practice lias come. Thousands of
dollars are now spent not only in ad
vertising itself, but in devising clever
catch words, ingenious phrases and il
lustrations which will stick in the
memory of the reader as well as new
general methods.—Youth's Companion.
Rcftfinn* POP A ni\orc*«*.
The Druses sometimes divorce their
wives for apparently the most trivial
causes. Thus a man named Soleiman
Attala had a wi'e, Isbakyeli. The wo
man frequently worked for us, and on
several occasions 1 had to complain
that she talked too much and worked
too little. At length 1 was obliged to
tell Suleiman that owing to his wife's
laziness I could employ her no longer.
Shortly afterward I went to England.
On my return after a couple of
mouths' absence I was surprised to
find that Suleiman had divorced Isbak
yeli and had already married another
woman. On inquiring from him the
cause of this he replied, "Your honor
told me that you would not employ my
wife again, so 1 thought 1 would get
rid cf her and marry another woman
whom you would employ."—Black
wood's Magazine.
Coalintc a British Visitor.
A big British battleship coming here
to attend a patriotic function of some
kind on the invitation of our govern
ment ran short of coal, and Uncle Sam,
as host, agreed to till her bunkers free
of charge. This courtesy was done
through the medium of a Jersey City
merchant, who supplied fine furnace
1 coal, worth from $0 to $7 a ton and
presented his bill to the English cap
tain. "Send it to the navy depart
ment," said the latter, and to Washing
ton it went, to be returned bv the next
, mail with a memorandum attached
saying that an error had been made
i in the charge, "the government con
tract calling for coal at $3 a ton." And
that is all the smart Jerseyite ever re
' ceived.—New York Tress.
Xo Iteltate.
I When Adelina I'atti visited Madrid
one time in company with her husband,
i Signer Nicoliui, who thought himself a
tenor singer, there was an effort to en
' gage the noted artist for an especial
occasion. The opera director asked:
; "How much will you charge us if you
and your honored husband appear on
this occasion for one night?"
"Ten thousand francs, sir."
! "And how much if you come without
the signor, madame?"
"Tea thousand francs."
Catherine tie* Medici.
Catherine de' Medici of France was
a tall, dignified woman of striking per
j sonal appearance. Her manner was of
! ten cold and repulsive, her language
haughty. She was never popular or
well liked, ller features were regular,
and the chief merit of her countenance
was a full black eye that seemed to
fascinate those on whom she looked.
Jangle Talk.
"Hello! Where are you going?" cried
the lion as the fleet footed stag dashed
by him.
"Oh, I'm Just traveling for my health,"
panted the stag. "Why do you ask?"
"My friend the tiger invited me to
participate in a stag dinner party to
day, and 1 was wondering if you were
the party."—Philadelphia l'ress.
Tliej Were \ot Inclinnn.
it is said that when the first Chinese
| cam*; to California the Indians were
I very curious about them. A dispute
| arose among some of them as to what
country the strangers might hail from
and whether or not they were Indians.
The Indians, wise as the Puritans of
old, decided to apply the water test.
; If the accused swam, they were
witches; if they drowned, they were
imioeem
One day a party of Indians met a
party of Chinamen approaching a lit
tle stream. The strangers approached
the bridge and started across. The In
dians, too. tiled across and, meeting
the Chinamen in midstream, pushed
two of them into the angry, spooming
current below. The test was conclu
sive. They could not swim. They
were not Indians
The Nile is noted for the variety of
its fish. An expedition sent by the
Itritish museum brought home 2.200
specimens.
Railways use up over 2,000,000 tons
of steel a year, almost half the world's
product.
A DOMESTIC COMEDY.!
THE VARIFCD RESULTS OF REARRANG
ING THE FURNITURE.
Mrs. Bluok'M ASnniii ■ « t»au«£ii»Bf
tlir Appearuuce «» the Rooms
Brought Trouble to the Stale Con
tiUK'*nl uiul Sorrow to lime*.
"Do you change the position of the
furniture when you clean a room?" |
inquired housewife No. 1 of a friend in
the course of a heart to heart talk.
"Do I? Why, yes, indeed! I don't
feel as if the room is cleaned unless I
change the furniture a little bit. Do
you V"
"Well. I usually change the orna
ments around and so forth, but in the
spring and fall I like to change every
thing in a room—completely alter the
whole appearance of it. Then I fancy J
the things are all new, and they seem j
to look prettier somehow. But, do you
know, my husband doesn't like it at
all!"
"Neither does mine! Isn't that singu- 1
lar? Men are so peculiar!"
"Yes, indeed they are!"
So many housekeepers share the :
views of these two that a story with j
a moral will not be out of place.
It was the other night only that Mr.
Blank went unsuspiciously up stairs to |
bed at an unusually early hour, leaving :
his wife reading in the sitting room. I
He had a headache and carried a gob- j
let of water in his right hand. Fear- |
lessly advancing into the dark bed- j
room Mr. Blank suddenly felt both legs i
violently cut from under him. He !
clutched wildly at the air and said j
several things of an exclamatory na- |
ture, but there was nothing to save !
him. He went down.
"Good gracious, Ilenry!" ejaculated ;
Mrs. Blank, hurrying to the scene of
disaster. "What is the matter?
Where are you? Why don't you light
the gas?" Suiting the action to the
word, she beheld her husband sprawl
ing across the bed; the glass he had
carried had discharged its contents
across the pillowshams and shivered on
the floor.
Mr. Blank did the talking for the
next ten minutes. He said that of all
the blankety blank folly of which the
mind could conceive this of changing
furniture around was the worst. He
said it was a pretty thing for a man to
walk into his own room and have to
fall over things in the dark. He said
he wouldn't stand it; the furniture
must be replaced where it formerly
stood.
"I shan't do anything of the kind,"
replied Mrs. Blank. "It looks very
much nicer where it is. Why don't
you feel where you are going when you
get into a dark room?"
"S'pose you'd like n > to crawl in on
all fours!" snarl*'. Mr. Blank. "I
couldn't feel when ■ bed was unless
I happened to touch the footboard. I
thought I could w::!' clear over to the
bureau. I tell von it's a confounded
crank you have on this subject. Some
day you'll precipitate a serious acci
dent."
"If any one precipitates, it'll be you,
I should think," retorted Mrs. Blank
icily. And the furniture remained
where it was.
It was the next evening that Master
Blank undertook to carry a pile of
schoolbooks from the dining room to
the sitting room. He had a bottle of
ink In his hand, and he thought he
knew exactly where the center table
was. In the course of his peregrina
tions in search of it. however, he came
Into violent collision with the glass
door of the bookcase, which he broke.
There were also inky traces discernible
on the carpet when Mrs. Blank came
in. This time there was some balm for
her feelings. She could spank Master
Blank and did it with the best will In
the world.
Her own downfall was not long in
coming, however, although for a few
days only minor inconveniences were
met with, such as the abrasion of an
kles against chair rockers and slight
bruises received by means of sudden
contact with unforeseen obstacles. Last
evening Mrs. Blank undertook to trans
fer the cage of her pet parrot from the
window where it spends the day to the
snug corner where it passes the night.
She did not trouble to light the gas, and
by some unaccountable mental lapse
she had forgotten the precise point at
which a tabouret, on which stood a jar
diniere, was stationed. She charged
into the tabouret with considerable
force, was overbalanced by the weight
of the cage in her arms and took a
header with a resounding crash. The
i parrot shrieked, and, unable to distin
guish friend from foe. inflicted a severe
bite on her mistress' finger. Mr. Blank
came in hurriedly, picked up his wife
and assisted in making an inventory of
sundry contusions. Then they lifted
the parrot cage, badly bent, and the
jardiniere with a piece chipped out of
it and the tabouret somewhat scratch
ed, and then Mr. Blank observed quiet
ly:
j "I have just oue thing to ask you,
I Mrs. Blank. Was I right?"
"No, you were not!" retorted Mrs.
Blank savagely. "Serious accident?
What's serious about this, I should like
to know? For goodness* sake, Henry,
don't stand there trying to look like a
martyr! if you must have the furni
; ture move'l back, I'll movo it!" And
she did.—Thiladelphia Record.
j
Preoccupation.
"Why do you speak so slightingly
i of that eminent scientist?"
"I didn't mean to speak slightingly
j of him," answered the young man with
I the striped shirt front, "but it does
j seem peculiar to me that a man who
knows just when the next comet will
arrive and just how far it is to the
moon should be so utterly ignorant
when it conies to a question of when
it's time for dinner or what train to
take to get to the nearest town." —Hos-
ton Traveler
V Sliiirc Inn Jewel.
j There Is a story told of a French serv
' ant who was shown a priceless jewel
by a great duke.
"Thank you, my lord duke," said the
j man of science, "for allowing me to
! share with you the possession of so
I great a treasure."
I"In what way?" said the duke.
I "Why. your grace can do no more
I than look at it, and you have allowed
I me to do the same. —All the \ear
! Round.
l.Uitm Like a Savage.
; Civilizid people will be shocked at
j the advice of an Knglish physician to
i a wealthy patient to live like a savage
to be cured. Savages, it may he re
' called, do not belong to clubs, have no
| stock exchanges, know nothing of trust
j and trade combinations, run no polit
ical campaigns and so reserve some vi
tality and nerve force for purely living
purposes.— Baltimore American.
Iter Aire.
Judge—How old are you, madam?
Witness (hesitatingly)—l am—that
is, 1—
Judge—Out with it! The longer you
wait the older you will grow
Colored Sweden. I
A little Swedish monthly magazine j
j>nl>lisli <*< 1 in New York city requested J
its readers a sliort time ago to send in
iiff-ouiits uf the experiences they had |
when tli"} lirst arrived In this country.
Here is t he prize specimen: "In my un
sophisticated days I once started out
to call upon a girl I had known in the
old country. I was told that she lived
at Madison avenue and street.
When I reached that corner, I was in
doubt which house to try, but I finally
i went up the steps of one that faced
on the avenue and rang the bell. A girl
came to the door. 'Does Miss Nelsou
live here?" 1 asked as politely as I
1 could.
" 'I don't know any such person,' she
answered, aud I was turning away
when she called after me, 'ls she I
white?"
"That irritated me. 'Did you ever
know any Swedes who were colored'/'
: I asked.
" 'Well, 1 have seen some green j
Swedes,' was her retort, and I did not i
i continue the conversation.
Willing to Take C hance*.
i "So you're going to marry Mike?"
' said the mistress inquiringly.
"Yls, mum."
"Are you sure you are not making a
i mistake?"
"Well," returned the cook thoughtful- j
j ly, "lie's not the best man in the world, I
to be sure, but if I lave him go how I
| kin 1 be sure of gittin' another wan? I
• I've been thiukiu' about it, an' it looks !
i to me like it's right an' proper to take j
l what ye kin gil when ye kin git it. j
Them that holds off for the big prize j
has been known to lose the little wans, j
I think I'll take Mike."—Chicago Post.
Shnnldrr Protection.
In the steel curl) shoulder protection j
1 which now Conns a part of the equip- 1
' mc-nt "112 almost all cavalry the troops i
! have a permanent reminder of one of i
! the most exciting adventures which be
j fell Sir tieorire Luck, the lieutenant
I peueral commanding the Bengal forces.
During the Afghan operations of 1878 j
jto l v sn lie took his regiment, the Fif- ;
; teenth hussars, tip to Kandahar and en
-1 countered at Takht-i-Piil a strong body !
I of hillmen led by Afghan sowars, who j
| made things pretty warm for him for a >
I few mlnut«s. !n the hand to hand j
I lighting he became engaged with a gi- j
j gantic Path.m. who broke down his i
; guard and would have cloven him from j
| shoulder to l.<«lt but that his wife had
j sewed on his «hottiders in the lining of
his tunic a e itple of steel curb chains,
j one of which broke the force of the
I slash.
The incident s <> impressed the mili
tary authorities in India that what Is
■ now known the I.ack or '"lucky" |
shoulder curb was soon afterward in
troduced.— MiJili'i'V Mail
A I.aMt Joke.
John 1). Long, in the Massachusetts
i campaign of ls7S, was making his first
j run for governor against General Ben
Butler, who had captured the Demo
s cratic nomination, and Judge Josiah G.
j Abbott, who was the candidate of the
i old line Democrats.
The late Judge Thompson was mak
ing a speech for Abbott before a big
Democratic audience and, after prais
ing the candidate as a jurist and a
statesman, asked sarcastically, "And
now. who is this John L-L-Long?" No
one answering, he proceeded: "They
say he has made a translation of Ho
mer's 'lliad!' What g-g-good is that to
us? All Democrats read Homer in the
original."
At this the person to whom the judge
was telling the story laughed, but the
judge continued: "Th-th-that's not the
reai joke at all'. The real joke Is that
not a m-m-man in the audience so much
as smiled!"
L \Vl)> lie Never Attain* Her Ideal.
A man who is earning the living for a
: family doe,sn t have time to live up to
his wife's ideals, and by the time he
[ has made his money he is too old and
i wants to be comfortable. Atchison
t (Kan.) Globe.
s To make good tea and coffee the wa
iter should be taken at the first bubble.
Remember continued boiling causes the
I water to part with its gases and be
> come flat. This is the cause of much
t bad tea and coffee.—Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
1
) Prepared For the Worst.
t "Yes; Briscom's wife insists on rim
i ning their auto."
"I noticed the fact when they passed.
But why does Briseoni sit in that
cramped up position V"
"He's all braced for a hasty jump."—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Z
I .Vot So Tnlgnr.
* "If you'll split souie wood, I'll give
L' you a good meal," said the lady of the
house.
"Excuse me. madam," haughtily re
turned the wanderer. "I never begin
, breakfast with a chop."— Philadelphia
Keeord
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NOTICE TO HEIRS.
IN THE COURT OP COMMON PLEAS OK
MONTOUR COUNTY NO 2 JUNE
TERM 1901. IN PARTITION.
THEODORE DOSTER ET AI.
VS.
ISAIAH HJLKERT ET AL.
RULE OF HEIRS.
To Theodore Doster and Agnes V. Dos
ter, his wife, in right of said wife,
Harry Latimere and Elizabeth Lat
imere. his wife, in right of said
wife, Sqrah C. Johnston, Mary A.
Johnston, and Samuel Johnston,
Isaiah Hilkert. William Hilkert.
John Hilkert. Eleanor Hilkert (now
Eleanor i raig) and Richard Craig,
her husband, in right of his wife.
Mary Hilkert, Richard Moser and
Eveline,Moser. his wife, in right of
said wife, and William Cleveland.
Plaintiffs and Defendants, and all
of the parties in interest in the
above-stated Proceedings, respect
ively: ,
You ami each of you are hereby duly noti
fied that upo|i the petition of Samuel Johns
toil one of the above-named Plnintifis.in sucli
behalf presented before the aforesaid Court
| setting forth, inter alia, that the real estate
described in the Imjuisitin held ion the above
stated ease, could not be divided without pre
judice to or spoiling the whole thereof and
that the Jury of Inquest did accordingly val
ue and appraise the said real estate at eight
hundred dollars. and that upon the absolute
confirmation] of said Inquest the atoresaid
Court made following decree and granted the
following Kuje of which you and each of j ou
are hereby further duly notified to take notice
I and to govern yourselves accordingly in the
| premises, ton it
DECREE OF COURT.
I"And now Sep't. 2sth, 1901, the within peti
tion read an<J considered and It further ap
| peaiing that .the Return of Inquest in this case
lias been confirmed absolutely the Court gran
) a Kale on alljparties Intor.sted in this case to
appear in opj-n Court oil the twenty-third day
of I lecember 1901, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
j of the said any to accept or refuse the real es
j tate mentioned in the said writ at the apprais
ed value thereof, or make bldf on the same or
show cause why the same should not be sold
lonI on their refusal to do so.
By the Court.
| Certified from the records at Danville, Pa..
■ this twenty-eighth day of sept. 1901.
1.1. I' MILLER, I'iothonotary.
M. BRECKBII.L. Sheriff.
| sheriff's < >fli(-e, Danville, l'a., Oct 28, 1901.
W.M. J. BALDY.
EDWARD) S. UEARHART, Counsel.
— i niTOR-s
niTOR-s Mvrit'K.
1\ THE ORPHANS' COURT OF MON
TOl'U COUNTY.
i In Re-Partition of the Real Estate of
Jane Bobbins, late of the Township
of Liberty. County of Montour and
j Stase of Pennsylvania, Deceased.
' The undersigned, appointed by the afore
said Court Auditor to make distribution of
the sum in Court, remaining after paying the
costs and expenses, being the purchase-mon
ey of the real estate <>f the said decedent al-
I lotted to Clinton Rwbbius. will sit for the
purpose of discharging the duties of his ap
pointment at his Law Offices. No. 106 Mill
Street, in the Borough of Danville. Pennsyl
vania, on Friday, Jiov 15, 1901, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, where
and when all persons having any claims
against the said fund are requested and re
quired to present and prove the same or be
| debarred from thereafter coming in upon the
j said fund.
EDWARD SAY RE C.EARHART,
Danville, Pa . Oct. 9. 1901. Auditor
PU.BIJC SALE
—r-OF VALUABLE —
REAL ESTATE !
i In partititii in the Court of Common Pleas
or Montour foun iv at the suit ot William J
Baldv, A Hence of Clarence C. Huber, deceased
DeWitt C. Jones, Junior, and Car ie Jones,
his wife. In right of said wife, Robert S. Har
lan, and Josephine Harlan, his wife, in right
! of said wife. Plaintiffs, and DeWittC. Jone>,
Junior, Administrator d b. n.. of Samuel Hu
ber, deceased, Jerr> S. Hubtr, Administrator
of Ellen Huber, de eased. Agnes V. Baker,
widow of in lam s. ISaker,deceased, William
H. Huoer and Cordelia Huber, his wife, Jerry
s. Huber an{l Hannah Huber, his wife. Henry
J. Cross Icy alnd Ella i rossley.his wife,in right
of said wife. Defendants,
No. 2, J'ltne T rm, 1901.
Iu pursuance of an order ot the Court of
Common Pleas of Montour County, the un
dersigned will expos-- to public sale, upon the
premises, sitiuale in the First Ward of the Bor
ougu of Danville, in the County of Montour,
and State of Pennsylvania, on
Saturday, Nov. 23rd, 1901.
at ten o'clock in the forenoon < 112 the Bald day,
the following described premises, being the
real estate in said partition proceedings men
tioned and included, viz: all that certain mes
suage, telle me 1 t an i tract of land, situate in
the First Ward of the Borough of Danville, In
ihe • ountv of Montour, and state of Pennsyl
vania. I >Oll tided and described as follows, viz:
Beginning at a point in line of laud of Read
ing Iron 1 ompanv then e along the same
North fortv-three degrees East thirty-two and
four tenth's feet to a point, thence along the
North thiity five and three tourth degrees
East one hundred and thirty-five and five
tenths feet to the South bank of the Pennsyl-,
vanlaeana 1 , thence along the said canal
North fortv-eight degrees West ninety five
feet to a corner of the lot formerly belonging
to Peter Baldv. thencealong the said last men
tioned lot and allev south thirty-twoand one
half degrees We-t sixty-eight feet to a corner
thence along said alley North fifty-seven <J.e
grees West twenty-four feet to another alley,
thence along said last tnei tioned alley South
thirtv two and one half degrees West one hun
dred and twenty-two and five tenths feet to a
point in said alley, thence alontt said last
mentioned alley North fifty seven degrees
East ten and twentv-flve one hundredths feet
to a corner of lot of M L. Shtndel, thence
along said last mentioned lot North eighty
four degrees forty minutes East thirty three
feet to a point, thence along said last mention
ed lot Soin h tif y three degrees East sixty-two
and seven tenths feet to the place of begin
ning, with theappurtenances,and whereupon
are erected a
RWU-SRDRY FRAME IRON FOUNDRY
j lately known as
"HUBEH'S FOUNDRY."
! TERMS OF SALE:—Twenty per cent., of
the purchase money shall be paid in cash at
the striking down of the property, and the
balance thereof shall be paid on the confirma
tion absolute of the sale. l>eed to be deliver
ed to the purehaser or purchasers thereof upon
such confirmation absolute and the costs of
\\ riting the same shall be paid by the purcbas
cr or purchasers.
MICHAEL BRECKBILL, Sheriff,
j EDWARDSAYKF. GEABU ART. Counsel.
| Sheriff's Office, Danville, l'a., Oct. 22nd, 1901.
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