MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville, Pa.,' Mar. .? 1904. HARDEN ELLE'S NOT OPEN TO RUSSIA CONSTANTINOPLE, March 2. Russia dare uot pass the Dardanelles with her warships. The Turkish gov ernment, yielding to ttie peremptory deniauds of other poweis— particularly England—has resolved to forcibly pro vent Russia's Black Sea fleet from passing through the Dardanelles. The defenses along the straits have been strengthened and submarine mines, to be exploded trom shore, have been laid The reason for Turkey's change of front concerning the Dardanelles mat ter is the prompt and decisive action of England. Tin' sultan was notified that should the Russian fleet bo per mitted to pass through the straits a British fleet would immediately make a demonstration before the sultan s palace here. In addition to England's strong protest representations that could not be misunderstood,and which gave the sultan no alternative, were made by other powers against such a breach of Russia's treaty with Eng land. London, March 2.—Up to noon to day no news concerning the siege and bombardment of Port Arthur lias been received. A St. Petersburg dispatch iiays the claims of Japanese victories there were premature. It is said that low tide disclosed one of the Japanese torpedo boat destroyers sunk in the outer harbor. But the absence ot news from Port Arthur presages Russian de feat-. It is now evident that the re portei landing of Japanese troops near Vladivostok was either a feint or mere ly the landing of a small force with arms to equip the Chinese brigauds who are harassing the Russians. Rus sian spies in numbers have been caught iu Japanese forts. One discov ered on a transport at Nagasaki jump ed overboard and was shot in the water. Washington, March 2.—lnformation received here from Japanese sources is to the effoct that the real Japanese attack on the Port Arthur peninsula, will not occur tor about a fortnight. St. Petersburg, March 2 —lt is an nounced here that notwithstanding re ports to the contrary the working of the Traus-Siberian railroad surpasses all expectations. The trausport of troops is going on with the regularity of clockwork,B,ooo men each day,with baggage, going eastward. The Russian plan for the mobilization of troops in Siberia is giving excellent results.and troops are hurrying to the seat of war by all available routes. The Russian plan is said to be to remain on the de fensive until an overwhelming super iority of forces insures the success of a final and complete offensive attack. London, March 2. Tho Japanese minister at Seoul has notified the Korean government that the construc tion ot a railroad from Seoul to \S iji for military use will be commenced forthwith. Engineers and surveyors have already left Seoul. This means that the Japanese will make their tight aloug the line of this projected road which sweeps through the centre of Korea north and south to the mouth of the Yalu. It runs through Ping yaug, where the first land clash be tween the two armies occurred, and uot more than fifteen miles from the point, juat outside Anju,where a Rus sian force of 40,000 is said to be mass ed ready for battle. Thero are 100,000 Japanese around Seoul, aud these are being moved northward by forced marches. Across iu Manchuria the Russiaus aro taking every precaution against a Japanese advance from a now quarter. London, March 2. A dispatch from Nagasaki says that nearly one hundred wounded Japanese men-of-war's men have been landed there on tho hospit al ship Kohemaru. Among the men are six engineers of the transports that were sunk bv Russians No number of dead in the Port Arthur engagement is given. The large number of wound ed indicated that the Japanese losses heretofore denied were serious. Paris, March 2.—Gabriel Hanotaux, former minitser of foreign affairs, has ■tarted an agitation in tavor of the intervention ot the powers to stop the war between Russia aud Japan. French official circles count much on the movement, as they think Russia would be perfectly willing to accept the good offices of all the powers,i ro viding it was a combined effort, thus compelling Japan to do the same. Low Rate Tickets. "National Association of Retail Grocers of United States, San Fran cieco, Cal.,May 3rd to Bth. IHO4. Gen eral Conference Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, Cal., commenc ing May 3rd, 1901. For tho above oc casions the Lackawanna Railroad au thorizes the sale of round trip tickets to San Francisco and Los Angeles via all regular and direct routes at the low rate of $6fi.25. Tickets will be sold April 22nd to 30th,with privilege of certain stop overs enroute, return ing limit to he up to and including June 30th. For information in detail, passengers will inquire at local ticket offices. Carrie Takes Up Vaudeville. Carrie Nation, who visited this eify in November last, has retired from "Ten Nights in a Bar-room" to be come a vaudeville head liner. She ap pears in a monologue iu which she re lates her career as a smasher of swell thirst Btat,iou j . At a New Haven theatre where she recently appeared, the audience guyed her unmercifully, but they couldn't phase her. She still carries her hatchet,which is her stock iu trade, but purchasers are few and far between. As the wind blew spasmodically during the early hours of Tuesday morning, it is likely proper to state that March came in like a lion. It is to be hoped that it will go out like a lamb. The people hereabout are of one opinion iu the belief that they have bad all the winter they desire. DISASTROUS FIRE AT PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH. March 2.—The most disastrous firo that has visited Ply mouth iu years broke out this morn ing at II o'clock on Galoid Ave., en tailing a loss of $10,750. The People s Theatre, the double house ot F. B. > Walton, the barn of Daniel Frautz and the lunch house of.l. K. W. Jones were totally consumed. The alarm was sent in from box 23 at 11.10 o'clock. The three teams of the Ply mouth lire department were at the time engaged in tilling in the mine cave on Walnut street and as a coii sequeuoe the fire had gained consider able headway before the department reached the scene of the conflagration. The firemen were confronted with the most adverse difficulties aud when the water was turned on the streams lack ed force. Superintendent Davenport of the Water Company sent word to the Woodward and other mines in the vicinity to shut oft their pumps and other means were taken to increase the force of water in the mains The situation looked serious for a | time and it seemed that a portion of the town would be wiped out. Word was sent to Wilkisbarrc tor assistance audit was but a short time when No I. Engiu i and Hose wagon responded, but were unable to assist owing to the different size of the wat er plugs. 'J'be Wilkesbarre firemen back'd their engine to Brown's Creek, but despite their elforts the apparatus failed to work sue. ossfully. The fire started in the lunch house of J. E. W. Jones, and was caused by the overturning of a gas stove in the front room ot the building. The flani 's quicklv communicated to the People's Theatre (skating rink), which is an ancient wooden structure and burned like tinder A shifting of the wind caused the flames to envelop the double dwelling of F. I). Walton located on the lett side of the building, where the firo started and despite the gallant efforts of the firemen the building and its contents were doomed to destruc tion The livery stable of A. E. Williams adjoining the People's Theatre was the next building that caught, The firemen with outside assistance saved tho horses and carriages in the build ing. Two stiearns were turned on the stable and as the other buildings were doomed to destruction the efforts of the firemen were turned to saving the livery building. After a hard fight the flames that communicated to the livery stable were under control. A barn owned by Daniel Frantz in the rear of the People's Theatre ignit ed and was soon a roaring mass of flames. The attention of the firemen was then turned iu saving the sur rounding buildings, the streams of water being used to confine the flames to the burning building. After two hours of efficient work on tlie part of the fire laddies the seething flames were under control. The buildings consumed are: Peo ple's Theatre, valued at $2,500, owned by Joseph Schwartz, #I,OOO insurance. Mr. Schwartz just last week reduced the insurance on the building 1500. A. E. Williams, livery stable, par tially destroyed, SSOO. F. B. Walton, double dwelling, $5,- 000, partially insured. J. E. W. Jones, loss $450, insurance $250. Barn of Daniel Frantz, loss SIOO. F. B. Walton, who occupied the double dwelling lost nearly all of his household effects, including a number lof valuable papers, estimated to be i worth in the neighborhood of SI,(XR), thereby making his loss si'>,o(K). He was by far the heaviest loser. The building which he owned was new,be ing recently erected. It was fitted with all the modorn improvement of a dwelling house. The firemeu hampered as they were with a poor water supply, accomplish ed good work by getting the fire un der control iu so short a time. There Is more Catarrh In this section of th ouritry than all other diseases put together and until the last few years was supposed to be ncurable.-For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, !ind.prescribed ocal remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced It In curable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured l>y F. .1. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken Internally in doses from 10 drops to it teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. The offer of one hundred dollars for any case It falls tocure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address. F. J. CHENF.Y A CO.. Hold by Druggists, 75c■ Hall's Kamllv Fills aretiie lien The Pennsylvania commission to the St. Louis Exposition wisely decided last week to make the Liberty Bell a feature of the great fair. Governor Penuypacker opposed the proposition. "The old bell is too sacred a relic," he declared, "to be carted around like a circus show." Nevertheless,the mo tion prevailed by a vote of 13 to 6,and thousands of peoplo will get an oppor tunity to see that sacred trophy and measure the lessons of liberty it pro claimed. STORY OFJJL-CH. DUcovarad by Dr. David Kannady-Only Kidney Ramady Sold Undar Guarantaa. J)r. David Kennedy was born in New York City, but at an early age bis family moved to fioxbury, N. Y. He was graduated in 1860 from the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons. He at once volunteered as a surgeon and was assigned to the United States Army General Hospital in West Phil adelphia, and soon became President of the Examining Board and Consulting Surgeon. After the war, T)r. Kennedy settled iu Ron dout, City of Kingston, N. Y., where for a number of years he enjoyed a large prac tii-e as an operative surgeon. He was one of the Presidential Electors of New York State, Mayor of Kingston for four years, and held many other professional, bttsinesa and political offices. The latest achievement of his life was the discovery of Cal-cura Solvent, a positive eure for all diseases of the kidneys und blad der. In speaking of this remarkable remedy, he said: "Cal-cura Solvent is the crowning achievement of my life. It will not dis appoint." Your druggist will return your money if Cal-cura fails to cure, and The Cal-cura Company, of Rondout, N. Y., will pay the druggist. Cal-cura Solvent cures 98% of all cases of Kidney, Bladder nnd Liver dis orders. SI.OO « bottJw. Ouljr uu« uu. GIVES GOVERNOR A POINTER A Freeland man, whose name is not given, but about whose identity there will be much speculation alter the people of that town hear wbat lie has to say, is among the many who have given Governor S. W. Penuy packer some free advice as to how the great ice gorge in the Susquehanna river may be broken. The Freeland man writes as follows : "Your Honor: You have the power to prevent any damage. How'.' With 100 picked men and all the old cast iron pipes about six feet long,three to six inches wide, plenty ot dynamite and about six cannon that can be charged with scrap iron. "Where is the money coming from to do this? "Simply from the people you bene fit. Why should not the railroad com panies, bridge companies aud others who are in danger give th. ir little mite? "How are these things to bo work ed? "Well, we will start at the lower end, where the river is open,shoot in to the ice with cannons,which will be on flat cars, and work that way unit! you come to where the river is block ed. Then start with your cast irou pipes; charge them with dynamite, put them under the ice, attach your batteries to the wires and shoot. The cast irou pipes will burst into frag ments, which will settlor through the ice and bleak it to atoms. "P. S.—Don't be afraid of the fish warden. He won't arrest you for kill ing the fish." TO (JURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. roves's signature is on each box. 25. Why the Penalty is so Heavy. The reason that the State law at taches so severe a penalty to the theft of waste from journal boxes is not be cause ot the intrinsic value ot the material, but because its removal may result iu very serious wrecks to trains. When the waste is taken away there is nothing left to hold the lubricating oil upon the axle, and consequently nothing to prevent friction. The bra-s bearings in the journal boxes are thus quite frequently melted when the e:\rs are in motion. The heat of the molten metal tempers the irou axles, and frequently causes them to snap. The results quite frequently have been very serious wrecks. Axles have been known to snap in this way after a car had traveled as short a distance a- five miles after the waste was removed from the boxes. "When Johuny Comes Marching; Home." In the period of the War til' the Re bellion a uew Held lia.s been touud by Stanislaus Stange and Julian Ed wards for comic opera endeavor. That it is a productive field to the manager and a fascinating one to the public is proved by the unequivocal success that the new comic opera, "When Johnny Conies Marching Homo" lias achieved. The story, costumes, instic and scenic environment are all strongly sugges tive of the military life ot IHtil and '(55. The humor of the story finds ex pression iu ludricous situations and witty dialogue without once descend ing to horse play, while the composer has deftly interwoven strains of the war songs and negro melodies popular at that time iu his score, so that the military and patriotic atmosphere is preserved to a remarkable extent. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" will be presented by the Wliit uey Company at the Opera House on Monday evening, March 14th. Tonight's Program. Following is the program for the musicale and literary entertainment to be given this evening in St. Paul's M. E. church by the Young Ladies' Bible Class: Piano Trio Misses Books, Moyer, Cousart. Vocal Solo Miss Jameson Recitation Mr. Rogers Mandolin Solo Miss Kimerer Vocal Solo Mr. Lyon Recitation . Louise Reynolds Violin Solo Miss Saunders Vocal Solo . Mrs. Allen Recitation Miss Russell Vocal Solo Miss Ammerman Recitation Mr. Rogers Vocal Solo .. Mr. Russel Selection Boys' Quartette An admission fee of 10 cents will be charged. Proceeds to bo applied to the Missionary offering of the Sun day School. Democratic State Convention. The Democratic State Convention will be held in Harrisburg ou April l<4th for the nomination of candidates tor Presidential electors and a Justice ot the Supreme Court and the election of delegates to the national conven tion. A majority ot tho members of the committee have designated the time and place indicated in their replies to the letters sent out last week by Sec retary Meek and it is expected this will be fixed by the committee at today's meeting in fiarriabarg. The Cameron Coiliery Fire. The tiie at the Cameron colliery at Shamokin, operated by the Mineral Railroad and Mining Company, which lnoke out last Saturday,is still raging so fiercely and tie heat is so intense that no one can approach it. It is thought, however, that the lire is be ing slowly smothered, and that it will eventually go out without doiug much mo e damage. The mine officials yes terday ordeied the men to cease dig ging the channel from Sliamok in creek to the fan house, by means of which the mines were to have 1m en flooded. Even though the fire is extinguished within a short time, the colliery will not work for probably a mouth or so. Fifteen hundred men and boys are idle. 112 ct direct| y 0,1 l ' ic ''ver \ \7I #| I They cure constipation, r\ \t~ I I 111 biliousness, sick-headache. Sold for 60 years. Want your moustache or heard BUCKINGHAM'S DYE a beautiful brown or neb black i Use run cis ut oniiivisra u« a. r. mu T 00.. ."UOMUI. N M OLD FASHIONED .SPRING HOUSE St. Louis— A spring of living water, gushing clear auii cold ironi the hill side at the northeast corner of tlio Palaoe of Agriculture at the World's Fair grounds at St. Louis is one of the features provided by nature tli;*t will delight thousands of weary and thirsty visitors during the exposition. This beautiful spring began sending forth its refreshing stream before the Louisiana Purchase was made a hund red years ago and 110 matter how dry the summer there has never been any diminution of its flow. When the landscape architect with big steam shovels, steam scrapers, with armies of men and hundreds of mules at his command began altering that part of the earth's surface em braced in the Exposition grounds, cut ting down a hill here, filling in a val ley there, Mr. Frederick W. Taylor, Chief of the Department of Agricul ture,gave strict orders that the spring be not molested. A weeping willow tree that must have been growing for more than fifty years spreads out its green branches over the spring and creates a delight ful shade. The water as it bubbles from the ground flows down a steep hillside through a miniature ravino 111 which dainty lerns and pretty 1110-ses luxuriato. Chief Taylor has authorized the building of a quaint old fashioned spring house over it. An old-fashion ed well-sweep will lift the water in a moss-covered, iron bound oaken buck et. The walls of the structure will bo covered with bark of forest trees and the roof will be thatched. Rustic seats will be placed conveniently 111 the spring hou*e and in available spots down the ravine. Cups will be provid ed and the visitor who at some time or another has seen just a sight, and re- Kaled himself with just such a drink, will ree ill pleasant memories as he pauses in his self-imposed task of see ing World's Fair wonders. The water is as clear as crystal. It j is just the right temperature—not so i cold as iced water and much colder ! than the water that flows through the j city mains. It is a mineral water, but ' has no odor and no rep-Hunt taste. Its 1 How is sufficient to provide cold and refreshing aud healthful drink foi thousands and the old-fashioned spring house is sure to become a popular re sort in Agriculture Hill where so many other beauty spots have been created. for School Library. The pupils of Ceuter school, Rush township, ga\e an entertainment for the benefit of the school library fund on Friday, February 26th. The enter tainment was given under the direc tion of the school teacher.Miss Phoebe R. Wolfe and a most pleasing program consisting of songs, recitations, etc , was rendered. The school room was tastefully decorated for the occasion and the entertainment proved a suc | cess in every detail. Another man who thinks that this illation is not big enough to face its responsibilities comes to the front with a magazine article about what would happen if the South American republics were to unite against us. The same old thing would happen that has happened right along ever since the Great Armada. There are such things as fighting peoples in the world and the South Americans are not un der that head. To Fight Boy Miner Law, Cambria county miners have decided to make a test case on a recent act of the legislature prohibiting the employ ment of boys under lfi yeais of age in the mines. Evan Davis, a mine fore man at Reus Creek,has been prosecut ed for violating the law in order to briug the matter before the county courts. The losing side will appeal to the State Supreme Court. As the scenic production carried by the Whitney Opera Company ou tour this season is the original production of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" that was used during the New York and Chicago engagements, two sixty-foot baggage cars are required for the transportation of the scenery aud many electrical effects which are in evidence at every performance. In seven months the Reading Com pany added over four million dollars to its surplus, an amount nearly millions greater than the surplus of the corresponding seven months of the previous year. This gain causes visions of dividends upon all of its various stocks. Tliu cuooutuKing feature of the statement made public is that the Coal & Iron Company earned one mil lion of the surplus. i lie ii|iru Uour. "1 don't know now exactly how It happened," Reggie was telling his best friend over a game of billiards. "I never meant to propose, you know T— that is, not just yet. I wanted to knock about a little more. But after we got home froui the theater and sat In the parlor discussing the plot of the play I ventured out on thin ice and broke through before I knew where I was. It came as a deuce of a shock, just as I should Imagine breaking through real tee would be. "But Jessie was all ready for me. She was expecting It. First thing I knew she had me by the collar and landed me on safe ground again—but 1 was engaged. No doubt about that. Anyhow, 1 am glad I've got h«'r. Might have lost her through some slip If I'd waited. But I don't want to read any more stuff about bashful fellows stam mering out proposals. It's all too easy." —New York Times. Fortunf'x Favor Sufttcleiit. "What do we want with gold and precious stones':" said the proud young mother, fcn/.ing fondly upon the baby "This is fortune enough for us." "Huh!" ki"! 'i!"t! t!e father, who had been walking the iloor nearly all night. "I'm gl ;<l fo! rie iMdu't knock twice at iMr door " • ' 'e it hiti Ledger AXCIKXT FISH CURES MEDICINAL VIRTUES THAT USED TO ! DECK THE FINNY TRIBE. IVrcli Wiin \ aluetl I u (•«*rmftny For j 11 <4 < «ir«tlivt» l'ro|M*rtit*M« and < *rp • Uiin Ii«l«l In lli«ii Kateein 11» Old Lim la mi— lite rli j «iifia 11 ol 1 Fishing literature prior to the days and writing:* of Izaak Walton opens ilp points nt interest which are unique. Not the least interesting are the con stant references of the early writers to the medicinal virtues of fish. Of course many of the salt and fresh water fish es mentioned by tic old writers are not recognized in the waters of today, but the fresh water percli, carp, tench 21 ml eel are yet recognized, and it is in connection with these tisli that some of the quaintest ideas as to their me dicinal virtiit shave prevailed The Oermans have a comparative proverb which s.i\s, -More wholesome than a perch of the Rhine," and it is certain that from the earliest times this familiar fish lias been esteemed as one of the best gastronomic produc tions of fr> sh water. It has also been ascribed tneilieinal virtues. (Jesnersays that physicians value the perch so ( much that they rerominend it to be j freely eaten by wounded men. women in childbed and those suffering from dangerous fevers. Aldrovaudus praises it and mentions that the two otoolitlis ("round bones"i found in the head of the perch are marvelously i 1 >od for stone in the bladder. That the carp was esteemed In olden times ill England is certain. I'ame Berucrs. writing in her quaint "Trea ty see of Kysshynge Wyth an Angle." published in 14lKi. says,"The carpe be a deyntous lish. but there ben few in Englonge." Being "deyntous"—i. e., "dainty" it must have been a good fish at that time to eat. It has certainly lost i|s character since then. In the art of healing the carp plays a respectable part. One old writer speaks of the fat of the carp as being of mi raculous power for the alleviation of "hot rheumatism." The manner of its application was by frequent rubbing on the painful part, and the effect was said tolllr 1 eminently mollifying and salutary. The triangular bones in the throat of the carp on being ground to powder and applied to a wound or bleeding uose were said to act as styp tic. The gall was also said to have been used for sore eyes, and "alwve the eyes." says an old .Kscillapius, "two little bones exist, seniicir ular in shape, which are diligently preserved by noble females against the lunatical disease." In the ' Haven of Health" carp are also comprised in"the ten series of fische which are reckoned as principal | in the preservation of health," and, ! adds the quaint old writer, "this lish I Is of great wholcsouiencss and great | value, and Its ton-sue is very pleasant I to carping ladies." A kind of first cousin of the c-arp is what is known as the barbel. Such ancients as .luveiial. Alhertus and oth ers of that ilk evidence that it was known and > steeined by the Roman gourmet. I'lutai' h mentions a curious fact in its natural history. Ih\ Bad ham in bis "I'rose Ilaleiitics" trans lates this | a--a.- as follows: "The roe of the barli- l is vry puis..nous. Auto nio (Ja/.iu- tool; two boluses and thus describes his -ensatioiis: \\i lirst 1 felt no inconvenience, but some hours hav ing elap~ :-d 1 iieuan to be disagreeably affected, and as my stomach swelled and «oiild not be brought down by anise and carminatives I was soon in a state of great depression and distress It appears that bis countenance was pallid, like a man in a swoon Deadly coldness ensued, and violent cholera and vomiting came on. The barbel (Barbus vulgaris) of today has survived such poisonous qualities, its flesh has the taste of stewed white blotting pa per, and its roe is as Innocuous as bread pills. All the same, good .lulyana Berners shared the bad opinion of the earlier writers. She says; "The barbyll Is a swete lish. but it is qnasliy mete and pervious for mauiiys bodye. For coniynly he ynyth an introduction to ye l'ebris (feveri, and If ye be eten rawe he may cause of liiannys dethe whych hath often bccne scene. Tlie tench which Ikis been introduced into some parts i I this country is an olive greenish carp which has been for long tinif termed in England the "phy sician of fishes." According to a score or more of authorities, ancient antl modern, the thi I. <!i ne whh which It Is cover d exerts healing eiiect oil all wounds or diseases in wliich it can come in contact on or in other fishes. Whence this belief originated is not known, but one instance of exact ob servation is well worthy of credence. Mr. Wright in his book on "Fishes and Fishing" tells how a minnow acciden tally hooked in the water of an aqua rium in which it was swimming, on breaking loose, immediately descended three parts of the way down the wa ter and swiftly approached its nose to the side of the tench which was its companion in the aquarium. It rub bed its nose for a few seconds against the tench and then again swam about as lively as before. To this testimo ny Mi - . Wright adds: "We (my friend and 1 who were watching the perform ance) were both of the opinion that it is really 110 fable as to the tench being the -Kseulapius of fishes, for here was an example before our eyes of a fish being wounded and immediately in stinct directing it to seek a remedy." One piscatorial truth is known to all who tisli for pike or pickerel The pike (esoxluclusi will ravenously sei/.e as his prey the fry of almost every fish, including I is own species, ami all the bait minnows are also caviare to him, but he will not touch the tench Brooklyn Eagle. lOuuii-.li Street Vauirs. The F.nglish towns have more dis tinctive : ind interesting names for their streets than American towns, in most of which many streets are sim ply uuuibcivd. London's I'heapside and Aldwyeh are more than matched by edditi, - uiauy times si ranger. Boot hain is a street in York and Botcher gate in Carlisle. Norwich is assertive of class distinctions in its <Jentlenian's walk, and Shrewsbury may stand al most at tin head of a list of pecullarl ti-s with i! • street labeled Dogpole, which may or may not be related to Newcastle's hcgleap Stairs; lint, then. Newcastle has I'mlding t'hare, and what may that signify V The I- irnl Clllx* Cn|)M. The first ;.inss cups were made at Alexandria. Some were colored like Bohemian glass and decorated with glass | a - -s. imiiatinu precious stones and cameos. Soiu" were opaline, oth ers clear as < .11 and still others formed of p.'ojue layers welded to getlier like '!:•• falcons I'ortland vase. In which ti • wliii upper layer had been < ill a\ ay ! U; licit of a cameo, leaving a Liu - g'oind a round the tig- ILL 111 WAR FLL : YOUR \MM. t I lie Noitli American's Chart v t Will Enable You to keep t Track of the Conflict. t EDI CATEK THE ( HILI)IiEN 1 Every Move of Tioops or j Battleships Can be Instanl- ' ly and Accurately t ( Reproduced. 1 1 What means have you at your dis- ' posal of keeping pace with the daily march of events that goto make up the fascinating history of the great conflict that is being waged in the Far East between Russia and Japan How do you permanently fix in your memory the losses and victories of the | striving nations, the movements of 1 1l.eir troops and fighting craft, the | ves-els that have been disabled by the I Japanese, the stations of the fleets as they are sent hither and thither by or ders from St. Petersburg or Tokio, or at the wills of their commanders? What strategic endeavors consum mated in the investment ot this town or that, or the transferring of a naval or laud base from one point to anoth- ! 1 er,did Japan or Russia make last Fri- j day, the Tuesday before that, or dur- j iug the preceding week? To enable its readers to answer what! has been suggested in these questions j —in a word, to transfer in miniature I the theatre of war from Korea. Man churia, Japan, or wherever it may ex tend, into the home—The North Am erican next Sunday will provide the necessary equipment. This will consist of a full-page map in colors of the territory embraced within the area involved or likely to be involved in the war. With the map will be provided fac similes of all the j Russian and the Japanese battleships, j each correctly named, together "with ' groups of Russian and Japanese soldi j ery. Ry pasting the battleships and the ! groups on bits of pasteboard anil pro i viding every one with a pin, they are ready for service at once. Red is the I distinguishing color of the Japanese troops and ships and blue that of the Russian forces and vessels. The map should be mounted or a flat surface, preferably after having been fastened to heavy cotton cloth. The use of the cloth will prevent the pap er upon which the map is printed from ; being easily torn or mutilated. There is no possible action on either side that the cable will report that cannot instantly be duplicated upon The North American's war chart. Used in conjunction with the war maps given away last Sunday,the war 'chart will provide an infallible index to all that goes 011 in the 112 ir The War chart will be n < 1 on the first page of the magazi eciii-n of The North American on - ay, March <>. The edition is lite '. «nd your order should he filed vi I y< ur newsdealer without delay. T is war chart can be obtained with no other new spa pei. TRIVIAL TO THEM: A »FELONY IN LAW. The Ilarrisburg "Patriot" of, the Ith inst, has a statement of how four boys rendered themselves subject to a heavy penalty by mischievously remov ing the oily waste from car journal boxes to start bonfires. Numerous complaints had been made by employes of both the Pennsylvania and Reading Roads that the boxes of the tolling stock was from time to time stripped of waste containing lub ricating oil, and tho detectives by a quiet investigation soon located Ihe offenders who were arrested and taken before Magistrate John L. Bah s, who held them for a further hearing. The boys took their arrest v. ry quiet lv. for, as one of them said, "I dun't care it my mother does knew 1 pot pinched, li I bad been run in lor stealing coal it would be different,but what does it matter if 1 did pull a lit tle waste out cf a journal box," but when arraigned before a Magistrate they discovered that they had broken a State law which classes the offense as a felony, punishable by a li\ie of |SOO aud five years imprisonment at hard labor. The plan to substitue cement for wood in station piatforms, first tried at Tatuaqua by the Reading railway, has proved entirely successful and the wooden platforms will be removed from many Reading stations the com ing summer. There is a scarcity of oysters in Dan ville caused by the severe weather which has frozen up the fresh water coves where the bivalves are harvest ed. It is to be hoped the "freeze" will let up before the two remainiug mouths with "is" go by. It will real ly be too bad if we are compelled to wait until September. Early Risers THE FAMOUS LITTLE PILLS. I For quick relief from Biliousness, Sick Headache. Torpid Liver. Jaun dice, Dizziness, and all troubles aris ing from an inactive or sluggish liver, DeWitt s Little Early Risers are un u equalled. I They act promptly and never gripe. They are so dainty that it is a pleasure to take them. One to two act as a mild laxative; two or four act as a pleasant and effective cathartic- They are purely vegetable and absolutely harmless. They tonic the liver. PREPARED ONLY BY E. C. DeWitt cV Co., Chicago Sold bv 3osh cVr <u. Ponies & Co, To Cure a Cold in One Day In Two Days. Take Laxative Bromo G«»nneT^-£ toxtssZ Seven Million boxes sold in past 1 2 months. TniS SlgnatUß, DON'T ALWAYS SEE SNAKES j Delirium Ti'eineii* I'lilietilN Oflun Hu%<- I*l i-u«aiit linllufiuatiuiin. Tin' generally ;n ■» i*| ft oil lii-lii'f that ivhi'ii a uian is suffering from delirium ri'iiii'iis In* S'»fs snakes in his I toots was dispelUni by a hospital superin indent. who says hi' has observed housands oi I'asi"-. lb' declares that lie never encountered one patient who imagined that he saw serpents, but that, on the contrary, the hallucina tions oi' some ol* them are very happy, lie said that it was customary in the local hospitals treating such cases to keep the men flesh from prolonged ;prees in a general room, where they ire allowed to play cards or other pines and engage in conversation with fine another. I'or misery likes com pany. lie relates as an illustration of the freaks of men so deranged the case of a bartender who was happily play ing cards in this general room, seem ingly at peace with all the world and to the average person perfectly free from liquor. The man suddenly began to tell a story, laughing heartily as he ilid so. IP' said that lie had just served two gentlemen with drinks ol whisky uiul that when he turned to restore the I bottle to the shelf his two guests dis- as though by magic. He had j turned but an instant, but the empty j glasses were all that was left to indi cate that any one had been there. The i bartender said that he leaned over the bar to see if the men had hidden there to avoid payment and that he could not i see theui. but that to satisfy himself he had stepped around the bar to the front. "Do you know," said he. relating the story, "that those fellows had shrunk ■ to little bits of fellows uot more than six inches tall, and they were engaged in a spirited argument over who should pay? As I walked up to them one of those little fellows leaped into my right pocket and the other jumped into my left trousers pocket, and, do you believe it, try as much as I would 1 could not dislodge them." As the old habitues of the tremens department of the hospital listened to this story, relates the superintendent, they looked knowingly at one another and quietly walked to a drainpipe passing through the room and vigor ously rapped on it. It was a signal for the attendants lie low, who came in with handcuffs and removed the story telling bartender to the "booby hatch" below, a name they have given to the padded cell in which recalcitrant men crazed from liquor are thrust for their own protection and for that of all con cerned. The hospital superintendent told me that that fellow was raving like a mad bull within half an hour and that for three days they despaired of his life. He said that in their rav ing condition the victims believed that some one was pursuing them and that to all intents anil purposes they were maniacs, the only cure for which was sleep, induced by more liquor. He said, however, that the premonitory signs of approaching madness were always some queer speech, such as that of the bartender. Pittsburg I'ost. Where Mi-erxi-hnum (omen From. Meerschaum is a kind of clay. It is composed of magnesia and flint, with sometimes traces of iron and other min erals. All of it comes from the prov ince of Eskischia, in Asiatic Turkey. It has been dug out of the ground there for centuries, and the manner of pro curing it is lo this day extremely prim itive. The material is found in lumps of all sorts of shapes and sizes. The mines extend underground to a depth of thirty feet and are aired and kept dry by windmills. There are ten dif ferent qualities distinguished. The dis covery of the usefulness of the process of boiling In wax was made by acci tlent. Imitation meerschaum is manu factured from chips left over from the carving. They are ground into a pulp, treated chemically and finally pressed into the shapes desired. Every one knows that pipes made out of the counterfeit will not color. Safer Anyway. l-kerdek—Nothing is better in a time of danger tbnn presence of mind. Uobang—Oh. think it over. What'i the luattM- with absence of body? PROPOSALS. COM MISSON FOR THE SELECTK )> OK A SITE AND THE ERECTIOJ OF A STATE INSTITUTION FOl THE FEEBLE MINDED AM EPILEPTIC IN EASTERN PENN SYLVANIA. Tie Commission for the selection ol a site and tiie erection of a State In stitution for the Treatment of the Feeble Minded and Epileptic will re ceive proposals for a site for said in stitution until noon, Friday, April 15, 11)04. Said site, under act of Assembly approved May 15, 1903, must be locat ed in Eastern Pennsylvania, and must meet all the requirements ot said act. See pamphlet Laws, 1903; page 44t> Proposals should be accompanied by a general topographical and descrip tive plan of the property; its size,rail road facilities, water supply,drainage and altitude. The Commission reserves the right to accept or rejoct any or all propos als; also reserves the right to acept or reject any part or parts of any pro posals. Proposals should be addressed to the Secretary ot the Commission,K2s Wal nut street, Philadelphia, Pa., and marked "Proposals for a Site for a State Institution for the Care auil Treatment of Epileptics and Feeble Minded Persons in Eastern Pennsyl vania." Easy and Quick! Soap-Making with BANNER LYE To make the very best soap, simply dissolve a can of Banner Lye in cold water, melt 5# lbs. of grease, pour the Lye water in the grease. Stir and put aside to set. Pull Directions on Every Package Banner Lye is pulverized. The can may be opened and closed at will, per mitting the use of a small quantity at a time. It is just the article needed in every household. It will clean paint, floors, marble and tile work, soften water, disinfect sinks, closets and waste pipes. Write for booklet "C'ses of Banner Lye '' —free. The Peon Chemical Work», Philadelphia Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a fcottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours, a f-n sediment or set r ;~* r~* tling indicates an J*!*x7o) iru/i \ tion of the kid m Sy A i neys; if it stains ' y° ur ' inen > l is ■j_i X 1 I evidence of kid \f P £~Lrst ne y double; too 4T\Y/7, I ■?' ■[ frequent desire to f&*' f&*' pass it or pain in the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and blad der are out of order. What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled togo often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extra ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in 50c. andsl. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery 112 - \' rj " and a book that tells more about it, both sent absolutely free by mail. i Address Dr. Kilmer 8c Home of Swamp-Root. Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men tion reading this generous offer in this paper. Don't make m> mistake, but remem ber the name, Swanp-R > )t. Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the add res Binghamton, N.Y .. oil every bottles. R I-P-A-N-S Tabules Doctors find A good prescription For mankind The 5-cent packet is enough for usual occasions. The family bottle (»i<) cents) contains a supply for a year. All drug- I gists st-11 them. ! * DMIMM U tTOK'S \OTH K Estate of W iihain siuiington, late of Liberty townsl.i;. Montour county, l'a., deceased. I Notice is heieby given that letters of i Administration on '! t bove estate have i been granted lo the undersigned. All persons indebted to 11.<■ said estate are required to make ;>H'. went, and those I having claims or demands against the I said estate, will make ku<nvn the same ! without delay, to M. St ii' ict > i V 1 n in. of W. N. Simiugtoa decease d "EXEC I TOii ti NOTICE, i Estate of Jacob l!> a lare of tlu> Township of Mal.oi.ing, in the Coun ty of Montour i.:i . ita'e of IVun sylvania, deceased. Notice i- I t rhey given that letters testamentary oil the above estate have been granted lo the undersigned. All (lersuus inde'> ted to the said estate are lequired to make paynieut, and tliose haviug claims or demands against the said estate w m n :i»e known the samo without de t> DK. V. <*• NCWBAKER, Executor < i i icoli ICcasor, deceased. P. O. Addi • - Danville, Pa. EZEGUIRIX NOTICE. Estate of Paul Dubin. Notice is hereby given that letters Testamentary on the estate of Paul Dubin, late ot the Borough of Dan ville, Montour county, State of Penn sylvania. deceased, hive been granted to Jennie Walker, residing in said Boiough of Danville, to whom all per sons indebted to said (state are re quested to make payment and tliose j having claims or demands v.ill make kuown the «ame without delay JENNIE WALKER. Executiix of the last will of Paul Du bin, deceased, ?24-(> East Maiket street, Danville. Pa. WM. .T. BALDY, Atty. EXECUTORS NOTICE. Estate ul M I'. !;. Sechler.late of the Porough of Panvillo in the Couuty of Montour and Si•»t«» of Pennsyl vania, tit < cas (!. Notice is heuhy en that letters testamentary on the above estate have been granted to the umlersigued. All persons indebted to' the said estate are required to make payuatu , and those having claims or demands itgainst the said estate will make known the same without delay to KOS AN AH SECHLEH. WW. SECHLER, IDA M. SECHLER Executors of M. D. L. Seehlar, dec d. P. O. Address Danville, Pa. EDWARDS. GEARHART. Counsel. A GOOD THING GIYE IT A PUSH. Li VON A CAMP. PA. APRIL 21, MOVER PROS. DKAR SIR: I think that every man that has a team of horses or any stock, ought to baveabottleof Mover's White Liniment in the stable or his house. I had a horse that stepped in a hole with bis front foot, coming down the mountain with a trail of props, and fell forward and strained bis shoulder blade. That it swelled so fast that we could hardly get the collar off. and in two hours his neck was swollen to all the skin would hold. We used your White Liniment freelv,and in a few days be was to work again, and does not show auv signs of lameness. It worked like magic. Respectfully Yours, .1 A. BARTHAST. r •». —M A XUF A»T RRK. I) HY Mover Broi, WHOLESAI.H DRUGGISTS, Bloomsburg -- Pa. £p~For sale ny all dealers.
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