MONTOUR AMERIGA N
FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor.
Danville. Pa.. Dec. 5. 1901
CO.Um'NICATIOKH.
AIV communications sent to the AMERI
CAN for publication must be signed by
the writer, and communications not so
signed will be rejected.
CHEAP STATUETTES.
HOW THEY ARE MADE, HARDENED,
FINISHED AND COLORED.
ItalUo* From Tnscany Escel the
World la Their Production—The
Demand For These Casta That
Cornea Krom Oar School*.
While It is not difficult to secure good
American workmen for carrying out
schemes of interior decorations. It Is
Impossible yet to get native born men
capable of modeling statuettes and
busts such as are sold on the street
corners and in many of the art shops.
All the workmen employed In factories
that produce these are Italians, chiefly
from Tuscany. This is equally true of
those who follow this trade in Ger
many and France. The Tuscans ap
pear to have a natural ability for that
sort of work that has given them ths
monopoly of It.
The great majority of these busts and
statuettes are copied directly from the
originals wherever they happen to be,
and then the molds are made from that
copy and sent to all parts of the world,
the statues being cast In the place
where they are to be sold. In the lar
ger shops In New York city, however,
a certain amount of original work is
done In order to keep pace with the
popular demand for representations of
the bero of th«* hour. A great many of
our most distinguished poets, authors
and statesmen whose busts are exposed
for sale on the street corners never sat
for these portraits. Some workman
modeled the head after a photograph
and occasionally has produced such
good work that It is almost a pity the
sculptor's name should remain un
known.
The chief purchasers of these casts
from the larger makers are the high
schools all over the country. They de
mand, of course, not only classical sub
jects and copies of ancient bas-reliefs
and architectural details, but also busts
of famous men and women from every
period of the world's history. Such a
wide range of subjects Is covered by
this demand that seven and eight thou
sand titles are included in some of the
catalogues Issued. The factories where
these figures are turned out exhibit in
their showrooms an assortment and
confusion of time, place and nature be
wildering to look at.
The process of casting these statu
ettes Is a comparatively simple one
when the mold is once completed. The
material used, plaster of parts. Is
cheap, and a very excellent quality is
produced In this country. When the
statuette comes out, It Is pure white
and covered with ridges made by the
different sections of the mold. These
ridges are carefully removed, and then
the cast Is placed in an oven heated at
about ISO decrees. After It has been
baked for a certln length of time It is
plunged Into a solution of stearic acid
and kept there until thoroughly satu
rated. Then, when it has dried, the
yellow color is gained by applying to
the surface a solution of beeswax, tur
pentine and coloring matter. This color
will not wash off. and.of course, any
shade can be produced at will.
"The demand for nude statues in the
art schools Is growing less every year,"
said one of the largest makers of these
casts. "That Is because people are
realizing more and more that artl9ts
must draw from the human figure It
self if they wish to understand the
human form. We get more orders new
for draped figures In the art schools
and for busts in the high schools. Un
til very recently the busts of most of
the celebrated Americans which we
sell had been made In Italy from pho
tographs sent over from this country,
and uiany mistakes occurred In mat
ters of detail, like the cut of the coat 9
and collars. We are trying to do these
now in a more modern and characteris
tic way and occasionally have been
furnbhed with photographs by their
families."
The statuettes which are carried
about the streets wrapped In harmoni
ous yellow tissue paper or are display
ed on the sidewalks or on the steps of
unoccupied bouses are made by quite
a different set of manufacturers. The
larger dealers do not sell to these street
peddlers at all. The peddlers have their
own little workrooms, which furnish
tbem with their stock at a much lower
rate thau the regular dealers charge.
No originals are made In these ateliers,
and most of the molds are gained by
taking them from a cast bought from
some other firm. The stearic acid bath
Is left out of the process, and conse
quently the color of these cheaper
works washes off.
• The peddlers of these statuettes stand
In about the same relation to sculptors
end sculpture that the hand organ play
ers do to music and musicians. They
reflect fairly accurately the popular
taste, and. according to their testi
mony. it is the Tanagra figurines that
In the long run sell the best of all their
stock. From time to time there is a
market for the bust of some particular
mau, and those sales are always tem
porary. Grotesque figures are always
In demand aud copies of the various
models of Venus with which the public
are familiar. Rows of Cupids and of
monks' heads, winged Victories and
busts of Wagner come and go as pop
ular favorites, but the Tanagra figur
ines have a steady sale that Insures
Iheir presence In the stock of nearly
every street peddler.—New York Post.
Increasing Resemblance.
"What you chillun been doin'?"
"We ain't been doln' nothin'."
"Drab me! You grow moab like
fouah pa every day."' lndianapolis
News.
Give a boy a d me. and he immedi
ately begins to look around for his hat.
—Atchison Globe.
Tlie vast majority of Il'ndoos do not
drink Intoxicants
El '»Li aid Or«am Haim ■" an n '''
friend ill a new torin. It Is prepared fo'
the par'irulur benefit of *nfl>-rer!< from
ns«al cata-rh who are n«ed to an atom
iser in -nrHviiuf the dmoaned mem' ran
e». Ad the healing and «ooth'n/ »>roper
ties of Cream Halm are retained in the
new perparation. It does not «»ry UP 'he
secretions. Price, including
tube. 75 cent". A' vonr druggist'* or
Klv Hrn'her«. 56 Warren Street, New
York, will mail it.
Hemi-monthly meeting of the Borough ,
Council will b« held on Friday uigbt.
illnnlt* nud
Heading and writing are placed In
i your hands and with them you must
! build yoi.ir life. So it appears that
books alone do not suffice r'or such an
undertaking: you must know also how
to make use of thetii And that know!-
j edjje will 'H precisely the thing which
• will be more clever than all the books,
and in the books not a word is written
concerning it. That is something you
; must leana from life itself. Foma. A
| book is a dead thing; grasp it as you
, will; tear it. break it—it will not
shriek. Hut life! As soon as you walk
! unsteadily, or take up an irregular
; place In it, it will yell at you with a
I thousand voices and will smite you
; to boot, and knock you off your feet.
A man sits and sins, simply because
he's bored with nothing to do; a mo
chlue does everything for him. And
I without labor a man is ruined. Ife
has litted himself out with machines
and thinks it's alf right. But ma
chinery Is the devil's trap for you!
He catches you with it. Toil leaves
no time for sin, but with a machine
you're free. Through freedom man
perishes, as the worm. Maxim Goruy.
In "Foma Gordyeeff."
OKAFWBSS CANNOT UK CI'RED
by local applications, as they cannot reach '
the diseased portion of the ear. There is only
one way to cure deafness, ainl that Is by con
Mtitutlonnl remedies. Deafness is caused by
anlnrlam <1 condition of the mucous lining
aftbe Eustachian Tube. When this tube gefc-
Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im
perfect hearing, and w hen It is entirely clos
ed deafness is the result, and unless the in
llamniation can betaken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever: nine cases out often are
caused by catarrh,which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
ot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cuie. Send
or circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO . Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 7ic.
Hall's Family Pills arethe bent.
Loach Prices and Dinner Prices.
Any one who will take the trouble to
compare the lunch and dinier menu
cards of some of the leading restau
rants of New York will make a rather
surprising discovery. He will ascertain
that the prices on many dishes are cut
on the dinner card from 10 cents to 20
cents.
A gentleman whose curiosity was
aroused by this singular practice to the
extent that he went to the head waiter
for a tnor • satisfactory reason than the
table waiter could advance was given
this explanation:
"You see." said the waiter, "the gen
erality of men don't care for a heavy
lunch. One dish and a glass of milk or
a cup of coffee, with bread and butter,
are sufficient for them; consequently to
prevent them from getting off too
cheap we have to put up the price of
6icgle dishes. At dinner time It Is dlf
ferent. A man wants a number of dish
es for dinner, and so we can afford to
make our meats aud fish cheaper."
"But do you think that is exactly'*—
"Honest? Why not? It Is always
honest to take what people are willing
to pay you for what you have to Bell, is
tt not?"— New York Times.
The police authorities always look
for an epidemic of crime as soon as
the hot weather sets in. Statistics
prove that the taking of human life
either by murder or suicide is nearly 50
per cent higher in summer than In win
ter.
Don't Sneeze.
Sneezing, snuffling, exce-sive biowp'i
of nose, cougemed air passage*, watei
tng of eves ami all the oiher disagree
able symp'.otns attendant upon colds i i
the heatl, influenza, catarrh, bay feve
and similiar ili>ea>es are instantly ti*n
ished by the u*e of Clark's An'i-ept i
Creaui. One application relief i
the worst cases m ten second" and pe'
mauently cures in a very short time
I'he greatest discove y ever m»de. Sol
under a guarantee. Luge tube po><
paid for 25c.
Agen s wanted everywhere to in r.
luce this remedy, liig induct mem
oflered. Write today for a sump l '
(stamps taken) and ierm«.
CLAKK CHEMICAL CO.
H air-ville, P
I.oaded With Fnt.
In the good old days when we were
greatly pestered by a neighbor's sow,
jr mule, or bull, or dog. invading oui
premises and taking unwarranted lib
'jrtii'S we loaded the old shotgun with
powder and fat meat and, after serving
due notice upon said neighbor and said
notice being Ignored, set out to uphold
the first law of nature, self defense.
The amount of execution that can be
done by a wad of fat meat on top of a
good charge of powder Is amazing.
Wherever it strikes hair and hide dis
appear. It seldom if ever kills, but
leaves scars that time does not obliter
ate. The fat being salty, causes excru
ciating pain, which lingers long In
memory, and the stricken animal does
not offend again.
A tallow candle enn be shot through
a two Inch oak board without injury to
the candle. In like manner a tallow
bullet if driven by a sufficient charge of
powder would penetrate a man's body
and grease him so well internally that
be would not care togo dueling again.
A glancing shot would plow ugly fur
rows in the skin.—New York Press.
Scotch Economy.
A Scottish noble lord, famed among
his friends for his saving, or. as he
would have put It himself, his careful
propensities, went out one day shooting
in his broad moors, accompanied only
by his keeper. After an afternoon's
hard work he sat down to rest and.
ruefully contemplating his bag, observ
ed thoughtfully. "And to think that
each brace has cost tne. first, and last,
at least 15 shillings, Donald!"
"Eh. eh!" answered Donald consol
ingly. "Then It's a malrcy yere laird
ship missed the many ye did today, for
It's a nice bit ye've saved, I'm think
ing."—London Sketch.
The Vassar Student association Is
making an effort to raise $20,000 for
the erection aud endowment of a build
ing to be used as a clubhouse by the
maids. There are nearly 200 chamber
maids. waitresses and dining room girls
employed at Vassar, and it Is thought
that their social condition will be im
proved if they are provided with a
place where they can meet, converse
and look over the periodicals and books
of the day.
COUGHS AND COUS IN CHILDREN.
Rtcommendation of a Well Known Chi
cago Physician.
I tie and pie cri' e Chamberlain's
CoUtfh Itemed y 112 r abno"t hII übxtinaie,
constii' te I cotitfhs, with direc' re-till*-.
I prescribe it to children of all aye- 1 .
Am glad to recommend it to all in need
and seeking rebel from co'ds an I coiigl'S
and bronchial all! ciions. D i-< lion eni
cotic and safe in the ban Is of the most
ii profes-ional. A universal panacea for
all mankind.— VlA- MARY H. UKLKNOY,
M. D., Ph. L).. Cl'icaifo, I". This ie
medy is lor sale by I'aules Ot Co.
Over=Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All th<*. blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
- The kidneys are your
b!ood P jrifiers - 'hey fil
[Pl ter out '^ e waste or
r/iyvTH impurities in the blood.
p&y tlie y are or out
1- y>- W cf order, they fail to do
lr 9 their work.
TTj'WTr \ Pains, aches and rheu-
I Ljf matism come from ex
cess uric acid in the
...----- O blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ning in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits Ip"^
by all druggists in fifty
cent ar.d one-dollar
es. You may have a^S&JUlg^gP
Sample bottle by mail Home of Swamjvßoot.
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
"\Ytiy nin<!*>«>.% lloxi't (Jo Mad.
Why arc tl ere so few iunatic asy
lum.-; and s<. .-mall proportion of In
sane persons in India? That Is a ques
tion which many a traveler ha 9 won
deringly asked.
The Hindoos regulate their lives en
tirely in accordance with tln-lr religion—
that i-. their working. eating, sleeping,
as well as what we usually regard an
our "life" in the religious sense of the
word. Everything Is arranged for them,
and they follow the rules now Just as
they did 2.000 years ago. This constant
observance of the same rules for twen
ty ceiiiui Us i.as molded the brains of
the race into one shape, as it were, and
although their rites are queer enough,
yet there Is but an occasional example
cf that striking deviation from the
common which is called insanity in
countries inhabited by the white race.
They are fatalists too. With them It
is a case of "what is to be will be"
carried to the extreme. This has In
time given tlieni the power to take all
things calmly and so freed them from
the anxiety that drives so many white
men Into the lunatic asylums.
Y.'otnen's < lab* 'l'ltlh Fall.
Most clubs reassembling in the au
tumn devote their first meeting to an
informal recital i>y the members of
their summer adventures. I.ast fall
a second meeting in many of these or
ganizations was given to Paris exposi
tion notes, and this year the Pan
American will be similarly treated
Clubwomen journeying anywhere have
cultivated the habit of observation
and to the maxim applied to any inter
esting experience, "When found. make
n note of k." is ad 1«-d another phrase.
"Report it at the el ;!>."
An Economical Qu«*fn,
Much beloved by h i' people as Quec
Willie Imina is. it is with some hesitan
ey that the Dutch admit her to b<
"stingy." as spendthrift}- Americans
would consider it. It is related of het
t' at <>u tie < ccas'on of her olDcial visit*
to Amsterdam, the capital of the conn
tiy. it was her hal ;t to borrow for tie
court dinners the table service nec-es
s.iry for the occasion In order to avoii
the cost of purchasing the china.
Cvery year sees an Increase in tn
wo:!; done by women in the direct In
•if housi hold art. and demonstrati
their piv.:!!."r titlit. for it. An iut»*
e-iing exhib't of \.o;l: by Engli
women now i'i a srv.dio in New Vo - '
contain ii.me highly original pieces c
furniture, which is the latest Geld i
to be entered by woman.
Miss Ida May .Inckre.n of Milwaul
has been appointed v.oman factory i:
specter under a uevv law of Wlsconsi:
and will be the hi t woman In i!
state to take up official work of th
kind, tier u:.:!n :• was an edit
and she ha i-<ei« <i. i:.L, newspap'
work for a doz'-t! years past.
ONE CERTAINTY.
ome Danville People Fully Realize it
Now.
•Vhen the back aches from kidney ill-
When urinary troubles annoy you,
rii re's a certain way to find relief,
A sure way to be cured.
I loan's Kidney Pills will do it,
Danville people endorse this c'aim.
Mr. Josiah Wd iam« of tfl) A-h Street,
barber cavs: ' I did ti"t iiave to u-e •
>\ ho'e box of I>i■ H »«'- Kidoev Pills heloit
iliev cure 1 my hick ol depressing achini
iit<l removed the lameness which ha'
made every move painlui. I he lann
ness centeied in;hi ovei m> kidneys,and
-tix'p iil'or liltnig sen' a sh»rp iwinu'
ilooiisfn me. When on tnv leet a did
sjnawi nwr pain t<mk all the vin out ol
iite. I i/:i*e some lo Mr. I'. II . Sioes oi
-17 E. Mahoning ,a- I bad no'unhei
i-e lor them, and be >va« as well pleased
is I with ihe results obtained."
For sale hv all dealers. Price 50cents.
Poster-Milburn (to.. Bull do, N. Y., side
airent*" for the U. S.
Hetcmtier the name —Doan's—and
take no ot her.
\ I nlquc Mt inorlai.
The village clubroom erected In Deer
tield. Mass., in honor of Miss Martha
doubling Pratt is an altogether unique
memorial. Miss Pratt won the affec
tions of the townspeople while nctlng
as postniistr >s and librarian, and after
her death her friends wished to raise
a monument most typical of her years
of helpful service. Funds were soon
raised for a building which might an
swer as a general clubhouse for the
village. The room Is now attractively
fitted up with u small free library, cozy
corners, cloakrooms and a kitchen. Un
til a sufiieieut fund is obtained to cov
er the cost of heating uno lights a
charge is tuade of 30 cents for an even
ing's use of the room. The room affords
excellent acct ' inundation also for the
annual cxh '• tiou of the famous Deer*
field ait works.
A Gi od Cough Mtdcine.
[From tin Gnzttte, Tootroornbrt,A't*trulin]
I tin I t'hamb. r ;tni'- (J uiali Knnedy '*
an excellent no'd'rine I have been snf.
ferinu ft i tin a -e ■ ".e eoili'h for I h'J 1a -1
t,ivn mom hs, and it ''hh nfiei'te'l a core.
I have great plea-nre in recommending
jt — W. ('. WOCK.VKII This is the opin
ion of one of our ohb-t and most n-
Hpeete I re-ldents, and has been volllt)
ta'ilv if'ven in ifood faith that otters
loav tr \ i lie reined v and be benefiiteil ai
wa- Mr. Wockner. This remedy ii nold i
by Pauleo a Co. <
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED **
tit t x
\ll direct from manufacturer several gross of W
first quality Flint Glass Shell Tumblers, $
These Tumblers sell everywhere for 60 jl?
and 75 cents per dozen. To move this
lot quickly we offer the plain Tumblers /(V
at the low price of 17 cents per half ijfi
W dozen, and the etched at 22 cents pei ft
& half dozen.
Come early for when this lot is gone we will ilf\
have no niore at that price. See dis-
J)i play in window. (f*
«£ HENH"V REMPE $
JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH.
££ iS3 ■■2 :» *
A2I> CALIFORNIA.
Ptronallj-Conducted Touis via the Pennsyl
vania Railrcad.
The P nn*yivaina ttti root Company'
Personalty-Conduced Tour to Mexio
and Caliioiiiia will leave New i'ork oi
Feiiiirary 11, vi«uinif S'. Lou>s, Sat
Anionio. .M- nierey, Tampteo, s>au Lui
Polo*', liuaii. juaio, Irapua'O, Guadol ■
j 11a, Qiiereiaro, City of Mexico, Agua-
Oalientes, am* Ki Paso.
At El Paso iouii>i* t«>r Californiaonl*.
who will leave New Y*>rk Feburary 25
Mill join the party, an«l the Mexicai
tourists who do not care t*> goto tli*
Pacific Coast will return to New York.
I'lie California pari\ wi'l visit Los An
neles and the Southern Cal fotnta coa-i
resorts, San Francisco, and on the rr
iurn tup, tlie Grand Canon of ihe Col
■ uado in Ariznn*. Touris's will h«v<
thirteen'lays in Mexico and ninetee
days on the Pac fie Coast, the Californi
■ our returning in New York on .March
27, the whole tour covtring forty-tiv
•lays. The rale, coveiing all tiecessar*
»-x pi-nses miring the entire trip, « ill b
-5575 lii-m points on the Penu-yUam.
Kaiiroad ea»i ol Pittsburg. For Mexico
only the rale will l»t* so->O, and for Cab
torniii onlv $375. Tne party will travel
over the entire route in a special trail
«.f Pullman drawing-room sleeping car
■ on:parinient, dining, smoking and 01,-
-erva'ion cars. California-only tourist
will use special cars to El Pa-o, an-
Mexi'-o-only passengers will u-e specia
curs leturmng from Ki Paso. For detail
ed itineraries and fuil information ad
dress Geo. W. Boy.l, A>s slant Genera
Passenger Agent, Philadelphia, Pa.
Personally-Conducted Touts via Pern syl
vania Eailroad.
SKASON I F 1001-1902.
The P»ni]s\lvHiiia Railroad Compan<
iiinoum- sihe following Peisoiiallv-Con
dinted Tours lor the season of 19ul
-1902:
Mexico and California. —A fortv-Hv
day tour will leave New Y'ork. Pbdade •
phi <, HarriS'iurg, and Pittsburg Fe -ru
rv 11. The party will travel over th»
entire rout«- hv the ■'Mexico and Califor
nia Special " ihe finest tiain ihatcrosse*
i lie >• it 11 lie 111.
Florida. —Three tonrs to Jacksonvilh
111 leave New York and Philadelphia
February 4 and 18, and March 4. Th>
first two of these admits of a sojourn of
two weeks in the "Flowery State."
rickets for the third tour will be goo-i
0 return bv regular trains until Mav
31. 1902.
Tickets for the above tours will b»
-old from prmcpal points on te Penn
-ylvatiia Railroad. For deta led itii'6 •
>ries. iriviuir raies and full info'mation
iddress Thos. K. Waft, Aven
Western D'S'rici P B Courlaeii
ler. Jr., Pa««enu'-r Aaeiir Kabiuior>
District, Pal inio't;C. Htudds, Passen
rer Auent Souih-ea"*tern District. Wa«h
n ton; or Geo. W Bind, Assists"'
General Pas-eneer Aeent. Philadelphi .
A. J. Snell wanted to attend a party
in was afraid to do so ou account ol
iia ni in his stomach, which he feared
would irrow worse. He says,"l was tell
ing my troubles to a lady friend, wh
-aid; "Chamberlain's Colic, Ch >lera aim
Dmrrhoea Rente ly will pit* you in con
'ition for the p<rty.'l bought a botth
and take in stating; that tin
loi-es i iired uie and enaliled me to hnve
1 kooO time at the party." Mr. Snel
i- a resident of Summer lldl, N. Y.
I bis remedy is for sale by Paules & C»».
Jury Lißt For December Term.
GRAND JURORS.
Anthony toansh'p—Daniel W. Deihl
ludiah Schooley, John Weriman. Coop
er townsfiip—Bat ton Foust, Davi
Krum. Danville, 1-t. Ward—Solomo
C. Books, D. Hahn. Emanne
SiHer, Joseph Uliner. Danville 2nd
Ward—Gcrue Cardiskey, John Morri
•on. Amis WoKort. Danville3rd. Waid
—Jacob Bytrly. J. L. Evaiw, Klin
Maicrs, W J. Rit'er, Harry Salmon.
Charles K. Voris, Danville 4th. War'
—AUiMisi Urand'. Ca'vin Fgnert. Lib
erty t wnship—W. K Patterson, Dame
Mahonii township—Joseph
Ulelhofen. Valley township—V. F
Bennett.
TRAVERs JUR RS.
Anthony township—S. J. Dennen
Will am Shetler. Cooper township—
Cb.rence Peifer, Waiter Risliel. Derry
<own«hip—John Ble-*. P M. Coiner, I.
V. Cresh. Danville 1-t. Ward—Thoma-
Cuiry, Sr , D. B. Heddeus, J. T*let
ObtT'lorf, E waril H. Weriman. D.tn
ville2utl. Ward—Thomas Black, Abra-t
I.a line, George Myerlv, G. W. Shet'ei.
Danville 3rd. Ward—lo-iah Jobhern.
I>. A. .Mtiiituomery, Harry Pevton, He -
man Sechler, James Sherwood. (»•■•
vibe iih. Ward—Daviil Guest, Samuel
Lormer, Kbner Mowvry, E iward Purpui.
I.ilieriy town-hip—An-trew Kelly. Lime
-lone town-tup—F. W. Beiz. Cliarle
-dinltz. Cvius Coleman. Mahonin
uiwiisliip—Hurlev B-ylor, James Heck
emb<in, James Hickev, Jr. Vlayl'errx
township—William Bird. Valley town
-tup— WilliHin Cope.J. A. Merrill,George
Oilman. West Hemlock township—ll.
E. Croinlev.
CHAMBERLAIN'S
STOMACH AND LIVER TABLETB.
Trv i hem
When you feel dull affer eating.
When you have no appetite.
When you have a bad taste iu the
mouth.
When vour liver is torpid.
When your bowels are constipated.
When you have a hea acfie.
When you f»el bilious.
They will improve your appe'ite,
rleanse and invitfO'ate your stomach and
i euulsle J our liver and bowels. For sa'»
by P.tnle- A Co.
11. T. Melnlvre, Paul, Minn., wh
has been troubled with a disordered
-loniitrh. savs, "Chamberlain's Stotnach
ill I Liver Tablets do me more stood than
auvthinj I have ever takeu." For sale
by Paules & Co.
MATTER AND FORCE.
INERGY CANNOT BE CREATED NOR
CAN IT BE DESTROYED.
It Pour Slaa Could Actcafltik Ei
ther of Those Impossible ThUgt,
He Could C«»t "the Wreck at Mat
ter and the Crash of Worlds."
If you could Imagine an earthworm
trying to run the Niagara Electric
Lighting and Power Transmission
works, you would have some faint Idea
of the capacity of the greatest human
genius that ever lived to run the visible
universe. That >3 probably why the
wisest of us Is not permitted to un
derstand the final secrets of nature.
Here Is a good example. Take a rifle
Into a place sufficiently far from the
habitations of men; put the butt on th*
ground and support it so that the bar
rel points straight up and pull the trig
ger. The bullet will leave the muxzl*
with a velocity of, say. 3,000 feet a sec
ond. It will rise to an enormous
height, come to a standstill for an in
finitesimal fraction of a second and be
gin to fall back again. It will strike
the earth with very nearly but not
quite the same velocity as It left the
muzzle of the gun. It would be exact
ly the same but for the resistance of
the air.
What has happened Is this: The ex
plosion of the powder has changed a
solid into a gaß. and the expansive en
ergy of this has driven the bullet up
ward. In other words, it has for the
time overcome that mysterious force
by which the earth draws everything
toward its own center.
But when the energy of the exploded
powder is exactly balanced by the pull
of gravitation the bullet falls back. In
the first second after its turn It falls
16 feet, in the next 32. In the next (H,
In the next 128, and so on till It returns
with ever Increasing velocity whenca
it started.
Nothing has been lost, nothing gain
ed. The gases set free by the explo
sion of the powder weigh exactly as
much as the solid. Some of the energy
has been used as heat, some in propel
ling the bullet Gravitation, overcome
for awhile, has reasserted Itself. Th«
sum of matter and force In the uni
verse Is absolutely unchanged.
This is as true of the quickened beat
of a girl's heart when she meets her
lover as It Is of the march of the plan
ets and suns through the fields of space.
Every atom of matter, every unit of
force, throughout the universe Is con
stant, external and exactly balanced,
ftnd the whole strength and genius of
humanity could not Increase or dimin
ish them by the slightest fraction.
Now. let us Imagine what would hap
pen If man could make that bullet
strike the earth with greater or less
force than It left the muzzle of the gun.
He would either have Increased or de
creased the total of universal energy,
nnd In either case he would have
thrown first the solar system and then
the whole universe out of gear.
The earth and all the other planets
would begin to revolve In different or
bits. The sun. with its family of worlds,
would alter Its path round the un
known center about which |t revolves.
Then world would be burled against
world and sun against sun. and stars
and planets would be reduced to the
flaming gases from which they cooled
Into solids and liquids before time be
gan to be.
Just the same catastrophe would bap
pen If mau could either create or en
tirely destroy a grain of sand on the
seashore. The balance of the universe.
In which swing btars and planets,
whose weight Is Inexpressible In b iman
figures (this tiny world of ours weighs
G,000.000.000.000,000.000,000 tons), is in
finitely more delicate than that which
the chemist has to keep in an airtight
case and at an even tempetature lest a
breath of air should throw It out of
gear.
Thus the destruction or creation of a
grain of sand would change the orbit
of the earth round the sun. in the
one case it would be drawn closer aud
closer to the sun. perhaps after thou
sands of revolutions to be swallowed
up iu fiery ruin. In the other case It
would gradually leave the sun and year
by year wander farther away Into re
gions of space where human life would
be Impossible.
The result of the dislocation of such
a stupendous system, which has work
ed with unfailing exactitude for count
less ages. Is. of course, utterly beyond
the scope of human Imagination, and
yet such a seeming trifle as the creation
or destruction of a single grain of sand
might, und probably would, plunge 1*
Into utter chaos and ruin.—Pearson's.
The Mississippi.
Before the coming of the whites to
America the Mississippi river was
known by a different name every few
miles of Its course. Each tribe that
dwelt along Its banks gave It a name,
aud more than thirty of these local
designations are preserved In the nar
rativen of the early travelers.
The profit of a uoM mine depends,not
on the amount of rock crushed un«ier
lie siauips but upon the amount of
gold which can be extracted from the
rock. In a similar way the value of ihe
tood which m eaten does not depenrl ou
.he quantity which is taken into the
-<tumach but upon the amount of nour
ishment exiracied from it by the organs
of nutrition and digestion. When these
organs are disenHed they fad to extract
ihe nourishment in suffioient quantises
to supply the of the sevetal or
gans of (tie body, and these organs c«n*
not work without nouri-hmen l . There
-nit is heart "trouble," liver "trouble,' 1
•ml many ano> her ailment. Dr. Pierce's
Giltlen Medical Discovery, ailing on
,-v»-ry orkr*n of the digestive and nutri
tive system, restores it to health and
vigor It cures di-eases remote from the
-tomach through the stomach in which
ihey originated. "Golden Medical Dis
covery" contains neither alcohol nor
narcotics.
STANDARDS OF MEASURE.
t'arlout LroKtli* of the Cnblt. Fuol
ami Inch,
So far as we know at present, the
standard measuring instrument for
linear measure in Egypt. Persia, Ba
bylonia, Greece and, in fact, all trie
eastern countries, was the cubit, which
was divided in various ways, that of
the Talmud being divided into digits,
or linger breadths, palms and spans,
four digits being equal to one palm or
hand breadth, three palms to one span
and two spans to one cubit.
A great deal of valuable research has
been made by eminent metrologists to
ascertain the length of the cubit as
used by the various nations who made
it their standard. We would naturally
Imagine that all cubits were of one
length, but when we consider that our
own foot measure has varied so much
(nine and one-quarter Inches) from its
present recognized value we should
not be surprised to find that the cubit
varied from 18.23 to 25.1 inches in
Egypt. The cubit of the fourth dynasty
varied from 20.G2 to 20.51 Inches—only
about one-tenth of an inch. The divid
ed plotting scales lying on the drawing
board of the statue of Gudea equaled
20.89 inches. The Babylonian cubit
was almost exactly of the same length
as the Egyptian cubit of the fourth
I dynasty, viz, 20.C and 20.5 Inches. The
Persian cubit seems to have been rath
er short, measuring 19.2 Inches; but,
according to a recent writer, there Is
good evidence of another cubit, meas
uring about 25.25 inches.
The cubit of the Hebrew nation, ac
cording to a number of Investigators,
seems to have been 21.6 inches, al
though Lieutenant Totten insists, and
seems to have proved, that the value
of the Jewish as well as the Egyptian
sacred cubit was exactly 25 inches.
There is considerable difficulty in
connecting the links between ancient
and medla>val metrology, for no sharp
! lines can be drawn, and there is a pe
riod of more than a thousand years
over which the connection of units of
measure Is very uncertain. The Belgie
foot was probably carried over to Great
Britain In the tenth century. Its value,
as the foot now measures, was 13.22
Inches; but it had to come in contact
with the legal foot, which was enforc
ed by the law as early as the year 950.
Had the Belglc foot of 13.22 inches
been adopted instead of the legal foot
of 12 Inches only a very small change
would have to be made to make It one
third o? a meter, the meter being about
39.37 inches, and three times the value
of the Belgic foot would be only .29
I of an Inch longer than the meter. But
the edict of King Henry I. had placed
the value of the foot at 12 inches, or
one-third of the legal yard, which, in
turn, was supposed to be one-half the j
distance between tin- tips of the fingers
of the outstretched arms of King Hen
ry. In the year i 3-4 A. D., in the reign
of Edward 11.. a statute was enacted |
that made the standard inch equal to
"three barleycorns round and dry,"
and twelve such Inches made one foot.
Who of us that have lived out our half
century do not remember the old long
measure table which begins with
i "Three barleycorns make one Inch?"
I I believe the long measure tables no
more contain this familiar sentence.
There were several values of the
yard in the interval betweeu King
Henry's time and that of the final
I value which was established just five
hundred years after what may be call
ed the "barleycorn" statute. There
was the yard and handful, or 40 inch
ell, which was abolished in 1439; the
yard and Inch, or 37 inch ell. which was
j abolished in 1553; the cloth ell of 45
Inches, which was used until IGOO,
and the yard of Henry VII., which had
a value of 39.9ti3 inches, within thlrty
i seven-thousandths of the value of the
yard and handful,
j But the mechanic arts cried out for
a better standard, one that was not so
j variable as the barleycorn, or the
length of a man's arm, and «o early as
the beginning of the seventeenth cen
tury most accurate standards «if theyard,
foot and Inch had been graduated upon
• metal bars by Abraham Sharp. Rowley,
Sissons. Smeaton, Graham and oth
ers, all of whom contributed by their
various methods to a verj high de
velopment of the adopted standard.
Just five hundred years after the
I statue of Edward 11. which made the
barleycorn the basis of the li'cb. It was,
by an act of George IV. In >824 that a
legal definition of the yard was made.
This declared that the yard bar. made
by Bird In 17110. should be tbe standard
beyond question of doubt.—Cassier's
Magazine.
The Mushroom.
It Is commonly believed that the
mushroom literally grows In a uight,
so that It has come to be emblematic
of sudden development: but the truth
is quite otherwise. It Is very likely to
require several weeks for its formation,
and up to the time of its appearance In
the light of day It remains beneath the
surface, very much compressed and
held In small compass. Then comes a
moist night, and the cells of which the
fungus Is composed are greatly expand
ed. so that It thrusts itself out above
ground. But It Is no heavier, though
so much bigger, than days before, per
haps. when it lay hidden In small com
pass under the top layer of soil, a per
fect mushroom.
Poliou In Mackerel.
Of all food that rapidly begins to de
compose mackerel Is perhaps one of
the most common. Being cheap and
usually pleutiful when in season, it Is
largely consumed. Putrefaction sets in
very rapidly, especially about the gills
of this fish, sometimes almost as soon j
as It Is taken out of the water. The
poisonous principle that has been ex
tracted from mackerel Is called hydro
collidine, a very violent poison, BO
powerful that the seven-thousandth
part of a grain will cause death In a
bird.
I
HEADACHE CHARMED.
It is the Experience of Danville People
That the Magical Effect of Dr. A. W
Chase's Nerve Pills With Sick and
Nervous Headacheß.
It has never come to any other medici*
nes—never to all medicines—the abund
ance of Danville testimony showing the
unequaieii merit established by Dt.A.W.
Chase's Nerve Pills, There ispiobably
no case of nervous sick headaches they
will not cure.
Mrs. J. K. Daniels of No. 403 \V. Mah
oning street, Danville Pa, says:—"My
little girl Leah 12 years old lias been
very poorly and nervous for a lon/ nine
ami last winter wan so i>ad that 1 ha<i <o
keep her out of school—she c itnp'ained
so much of headaches and did not rest
well at night. I got some of Dr. A. W.
Chase's Nerve p 11 ai (io-h's l'"'g st r
and gave her *onie of
th ei eil her wonilertul y—n b* vul Uie
headaehes and ->he rested so inu 'li bei
t* r."
Dr. A.W. Chase's Nerve Pills are
sitM a' 60c. a box at dea'ets or Dr. A.
w. Chase's \led cine Co . Bnfl do N. \
See that p >r»rwlt sml Hi*iintuie of A. W
Chase, M I). are on everv package.
Old 1901 is now on his last lap, and
it bas been »u eventful year.
r OR THE CHILDREN
Father Pnimy.
Tbw a funny old story about thw
pansy which many children know, but
many, again, do not. The pansy has
five petals and five sepals. In all pan
ties two of the petals are of plain color,
and three are gay with stripes and
spots of bright color. The two plain
petals have but one sepal between
them, while the two smallest, or the
gay petals, have a sepal each, and the
one large petal has two sepals.
As the story goes, the pansy repre- :
eents a family—a mother, two daugh-1
ters and two stepdaughters. The moth
el Is very cross and cruel to her step
daughters, obliging them both to Bit on i
one chair and wear homely dresses, '
while her daughters have a chair each (
and very gay dresses indeed.
But why doesn't the father object to
Buch treatment of his daughters? The
question is, can you find the father?
He is at home. Oh, yes. And you will
have to tear the house down, taking
out the wife and children, to And him.
lie Is a little bit of a man, with a
white wrapper on and a nightcap. But, I
poor man, he is sick, and if you will i
look closely you will see that he sits
with his hands on his knees, a look of
despair on bis face and bis feet In a
tub of hot water.
Two Dottle*
Porflrlo Diaz gained national promi
nence and won his spurs at the battle
of Puebla, where the Liberal forces
made a gallant but Ineffectual stand
against the French who had Invaded
Mexico for the purpose of erecting a
throne for Maximilian. Notwithstand
ing the fact that the Mexican forces
were defeated, their defense against
superior numbers was so gallant that
the anniversary of the battle of the sth
of May became a national holiday in
Mexico.
A brusque American once asked the
president. "Why do you Mexicans cele
brate a defeat when you know that the
French finally took Puebla?"
President Diaz, with a twinkle In his
eye. replied. "Perhaps we have imitated
the Americans even to the extent of
celebrating our defeats, for I have been
told that the British defeated the col
onists at Bunker Hill, and yet you built
a monument to commemorate the
event."
He Knew Wall Street.
Upson Dowues—There's a man over
there who owes all his wealth to hi 9
deep knowledge of the ways of Wall
6treet.
Winan Luce—Went in and won bis
pile, eh?
Upson Downes— No; stayed out and
kept what he had.—New York Times.
Asthma
"One of my daughter- had a I
terrible case of asthma. Wc tn.d I
almost everything, burwi.ho't re- I
lief. We then tru 1 Aye- s Cr.srry g
Pectoral, and three r. r i cne-'.ialf B
bottles cured her." —LmTr.a Jur.c 9
Entsmingcr, Lar.gsv'!:_. O.
Ayer's Cherry F&ciorTl 1
certainly cures many cases g
of asthma.
And it cures bronchitis,
hoarseness, weak lungs,
whooping-cough, c-cup,
winter coughs, night
coughs, and hard colds.
Thm tlits * ZSc., 19c., SI. AH druggists.
Coninlt yoor doctor. If he fajrt take it,
then do at be If he tells you not
to take It. then don't take It. He knows.
Leave It with him. W» are willing.
J, C. AYEK CO., Lowell, Matt.
Sill
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The Oldest Baßplpw,
The oldest authentic specimen of the
bagpipe now lu existence is believed to
be that now In possession of a man in
Edinburgh, which bears the date 1409.
It is very much the same as the high
land bagpipe of the present day except
that it wains the large drone.
I SIKH'S NOTICES.
LO ALL CREDITORS, LEGATBES AND OTHEE
PERSONS INTERESTED— Not ice is hereby given,
that the- following named persons did on the
date affixed to their names, file the accounts
of their administration to the estate of those
persons, deceased,and Guardian Accounts, Ac.
whose names are hereinafter mentioned, in
the office of the Register for the Probate of
Wills and granting of Letters of Administra
tion, in and for the County of .Montour, and
that the same will be presented to the Orphans
Court of said county, for confirmation and
allowance, on Monday, the 23rd day of
.V. l>„ 1901, at the meeting of the
Court In the afternoon.
1901.
Oct. 22, First and Final account of Henry J.
Carr. Administrator of the estate of
Sarah Ida Carr, late of West Hem
lock Township, llontour County, de
ceased .
Nov. 14, First and Final account of H. C
Munro. Executor of the last will and
testament of Elizabeth Warner, late
of Anthony Township, Montour
County, deceased.
Nov. 1?. First and Final account of Simon
Moser, Guartlian of Sallie Irene
Moser. now Johnson, a minor child
of Lydia Jane Moser. late of Derry
Township. Montour County, deceas
eo, said minor having arrived at the
full age of twenty-one years.
Nov. 20. First and Final account of Lloyd
Casbner. Executor of the last Willi
and 'I estament of John Mottern.late
of Mahoning Township, Montour
County, deceased.
N'ov. 23. First and Final Account of Christian
Morgan and Hester .lane Cromley
Executrix< s of the last Will and
Test an ent o* William B. Robinson,
late of Yailty Township. Montour
County, dect ased.
N'ov. 23. First and Final Account of David
lsrum. Executor of the last Will and
T« stanent of Fanny Cromley, late
of « ooper Township, Montour Coun
ty, deceased.
Nov. 23. First and Final Account of Curtis c.
McWiiliams, Executor of the last
Will and Testament of Sarah E. Mc-
W liliams. late of the Borough of
Danville, Montour County.deceased
WM. L. SIDLEK, Regisu t
Register's Office, Danville, Pa., Nov. 23,1P01.
SHERIFF'S SALE
| OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of a certain writ of Fieri Facias
-.sued out of the Court of Common Pleas of
lontour County and to me directed, will be
xposed to public sale at the Montour Coun
ty Court Hoi se in the borough of Danville,
I n the County of Montour and Stato of Penn
| ylvanla, on
Monday, Dec. 23rd, 1901.
it 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the said day
(,ne following described real estate, viz:
All that certain part of a town lot of land
ituated in the Borough of Danville, County
112 Montour and State of Pennsylvania,
•ounded, numbered anddescrlbed asfollows::
•ounded, and fronting Eastward twenty-five
eeton Upper Mulberry street on the North
vard adjoining lot No. 3y formerly owned by
Thomas Williams, on the Westward to an
Uley and on the Southward by other half of
he same lot. Said lot, being twenty-live feet
in width, one hundred and forty-three leet
' 111 length.lt being the northern half of lot No.
41 as marked In the plan of Yorks' addition
to the Borough of Danville. Whereupon are
erected
A Two-Story Frame Dwelling House
and other buildings.
Seized, taken into execution and to be sold
as the property of Alexander Wands with
notice to 3. A. Yorks, administrator of Alex
ander Wands, deceased.
M. BRECKBILL, Sheriff.
H. M. HINCKLEY. Attorney,
Sheriffs Office. Danville Pa., Dec. 4 1901.
NOTICE TO HEIRS.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
MONTOUR COUNTY No 2 JUNE
TERM 1901. IN PARTITION.
THEODORE DOSTER ET AL
VS.
ISAIAH HILKERT 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, Sarah C. Johnston, Mary A.
Johnston, and Samuel Johnston.
I-aiab Hilkeit Willi-im nilkert*
John Hilkert, Eleanor Hilkert (now
Eleanor > ra>g) a id Richard Craiy,
her husband, iu right of his wife,
Mary Hilkeit, Richard Moser and
Eveline Moser, his wife, in right of
said wife, and William Cleveland.
Plaintiffs and Defendants, and all
of the parties in inieresit in the
above stated Proceedings respect
ively :
You and each of you are hereby duly notl
tleu that upon tile petilion of Samuel Johns
ton one of tbe above-named Plaintitts.in nucb
bt ha 112 presented before the aforesaid Court
setting forth. Inter alia, that the real estate
desi-i ibed in the Inquisltin held ion ihe above
stated case, could not be divided without pre
judice to or spoiling the whole thereof and
U it the Jury of Inquest did accordingly val
ue and appraise the said real estate at "eight
hundred uol ars, and that upon the abso ute
continuation of said inquest tbe aforesaid
Court made following decree and granted the
following Rule of which you and each of > ou
are hereby fuither duly notified to take notice ,
and to govern yourselves accordingly in the I
premises, to wit
DECREE OF COURT.
" *nd now Sep't. 2>th, 19J1, the wlihin peti
tion read and con-idered and it further ap
nea- Ing that the Re'nrn of Inquest In ihiscase
has been contirn ed absolutely the Court gran
a Kuleon ah parties ii.hr.-sted in this case to
appear In open Court on the twenty-third day
of December 1901, at 2 o'clock In the ufternoon
of the said nay to accept or ri fuse the reales
tate mentioned In tbe said writ at theapprals
ed ValU> ti ereof, or make hid on tbe same or
show . ause why the same should not be sold
on their refusal to do so.
By tbe Court.
Certified from the records at Danville, Pa.,
this twenty-eighth day of Sept. lyoi.
J. C MILLER, I' othonotary.
M. BRECKBILL. Sheri*
sheriff's Office, Dan\ille, Pa., Oct rf, J9Ol.
WM J- BALDY,
EDWARD H. GEARHART. Counsel.
A DJII.MSTK ATOK'S NOTICE.
Estate of Wm. Ainesbnry, Late of the
Borough of Danville, Conuty of
Montour and State of Pennsylva
nia. deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters of Ad
ministration upon the above estate have been
{ranted to the undersigned. All persons in
debted to the said Estate, are required tc
make payment, and those having claims ot
lemands against the said estate, will make
known the same without delay to
WM. AMESBURY. I ADMINISTRATOR
A C. AMESBURY, S AIMLMBTRATOR