MONTOUR AMERICAN
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Dec. 8, 1904.
STARTLED CARLYLE.
Hon Charlra Godfrey I.eland Broosht
the Cynic to HI" Senaea.
Charles Godfrey Lelatid said thnt on
his first meeting with Carlyle the wis*
wan S1IOW«H1 himself In a somewhat
cynical frame of miud, from which he
was aroused only l>y a bit of whole
some opposition.
"And what kind of an American may
you be—German or Irish or what.'"
Carlyle asked.
"Since it Interests you. Mr. Carlyle."
replied I.eland, "to know the origin of
my family i may say that I am de
scended from Henry I.eland, a noted
Puritan, who went to America in 1036.
"I doubt whether any of your family
have since been equal to your old l'uri
tan great-grandfather," growled t'ar
lyle, and this, combined with some
Blurring remarks which he had pre
viously thrown out in regard to Amer
ica and her history, roused I.eland's
spirit.
"Mr. Carlyle," he said deliberately, "112
think that my brother, iletiry I.eland,
who got the wound from which Ue
died standing by my side In the war of
the rebellion, was worth ten of my
old Puritan ancestors At leust he
died in a ten times better cause. And
allow me to say, Mr. Carlyle, that I
think in all matters of historical criti
cism you are principally influenced by
the merely melodramatic and theatric
al."
Carlyle looked utterly amazed and
startled, though not at all angry.
"Whot's thot ye say?" he cried In
broad Scotch.
Mr. I.eland repeated the remark. A
grim smile as of admiration came over
the stern old face. It was with a deeply
reflective and not displeased air that
he replied, still in Scotch.
"Na. na. I'm nae thot," he said. And
he dropped into a milder strain and
made the interview an occasion to be
treasured long in memory.
AN ELECTION TRICK.
Oar Sample of the Dodfri to Which
The? Hraort In Knffland.
Canou J. George Tetley tells the fol
lowing story of the late Justice Den
man, who in 180." ran for election at
Tiverton, in England. He was adver
tised to address the electors on a cer
tain morning. In order to fulfill his
engagement It was necessary for him
to leave by the 0:15 express. He had
taken the precaution of ordering a cab
overnight and was quietly eating an
early breakfast when attention was
called to two or three men who seemed
to be hanging about In the neighbor
hood of his house. He thought little,
however, of the matter, but presently
sent his servant to put his luggage on
the cab, which was due to arrive. The
cab approached the door, but before
the portmanteau could be located one
of the mysterious strangers Jumped in
and was driven rapidly away.
And when this happened a second
time It became evident that something
very definite was intended. So Mr.
Denman consulted his watch, and. di
recting his luggage to be sent after
him, he buttoned his coat and. calling
to his aid all Ills old Cambridge train
lng. took a bcc line for the station, lie
met not one empty cab till too near the
terminus to Le of any service to him.
He dashed through the "booking of
flee" onto the platform, seized the hau
dle of a carriage door as the train was
actually starting and fluug himself into
a compartment.
On arriving at Tiverton he found his
eommittee inn state of extreme anx
iety which gave place to astonishment
and relief on his appearance, for the
walls of the town were covered with
placards warning the Liberal electors
that their candidate would not keep
his engagement to address them.
Virtue* of the Bwls*.
I did not meet a tramp, encounter a
beggar or a person the least intoxicat
ed during my stay In Switzerland. Of
bow few countries in Euiupe or Amer
ica can this be truthfully said. There
may be a small percentage of drunken
ness, but if it exists it is kept out of
sight. A thriftier, cleaner, more whole- I
some body of people, who carefully ob
serve sanitary laws in their homes, 1
have never met in my various travel*
They are as tidy and neat as the house
wives of Holland or the Pennsylvania
Quakers. N • wonder Switzerland is a
prosperous country. It owes much of
Its good fortune to the practical In
teLligence of its law abiding citizens
London Caterer.
CHEEK, PUSH AND CASH.
Three Kaaentlala, Sa»a a < ynlc, to
Su4*c*«»a» In 1,1 fe.
Fighting for cards to entertainments,
pushing up by hook and by crook, giv
ing dinners and dances (typewritten
descriptions of which are to any
Journalists who wish fur tlu*ii these
things are essentially > "that
rep<>se which stamps the caste of Vere
de Vere."
These Influences are very wide
spread. To 'get on" is the great ob
ject of every one, and to get on one
must drop ns many refinements as pos
sible. They "do not pay." This may
•eem cynical, but it is unfortunately
true. Cheek, push and cash are the
three essentials to success, and if the
last be lacking the two former are nec
essary for Its getting.
This Is all false, unworthy. It Is
only the veneer of a butterfly cli.as.
The aristocracy is one with the upper
middle classes in its rejection of these
Influences. Refinement Is not dead
among us, but it is overshadowed.
Sane and serious people are sickened
by the frothy life that goes on about
them. If it really brought enjoyment
to its devotee it would be justified, but
that it does not Is amply evidenced by
the discontented, artificial faces un
der the horribly pretty hats above the
vulgarly elaborate dresses. Better
things will come, better tilings exist
now l»eneath this false surface, but
the man who beats the drum can
drown the strains of the violin. Just
now the drum Is very loud. Let us
lower our voices and wait.—London
Outlook.
"Freedom to Worship God "
One of the conditions whicb proruott
peace between the states of the Coifed
States is that wherever any citizen
may be he Is fret? to enjoy v.-hatever
form of religion he prefers He may
be a Christian, Mohammedan or pagan,
as he pleases, only he must preserve
the peace and live a decent life. World
peac« will be unspeakably promoted If
there proxails such a system of world
law that when a man goes Into any i
part of the world he will be free to c
worship God after any form he prefers ,
Other liberties now not known In all
countries may be expected in th« grow
lng toleration and homogeneity of the (
world It. I. Biidguiuu in Atlantic. ,
THK CROW'S OF INDIA
THEY ARE THE ARCH VILLAIffS OF
THE BIRD WORLD
Two Specie* of the Keather*«l \
bond* E*lat Side by Side and I'ly
Their Trlcka of IIIIQUHJ In Com
mon—l.areen > For the Lore of It.
It is quite impossible for any one
who has not sojourned in the "Land
of Regrets" to appreciate the Impor
tant part played by crows In the dally
life of the Anglo-Indian. India with
out Its crows is unthinkable; It could
only be likened to London without Its
fogs. Wherever human beings have
their abodes there are multitudes of
corridae to be found, for the Indian
crow Is an Inseparable appendage of
town and village. Two species exist
olde by side In India, the great black
bird known to Anglo-Indians as the
corby and the smaller gray necked spe
cles Both birds lead lives of aimless
vagabondage; both are scoundrels of
the most pronounced type; both are
sinners beyond redemption. I>ld the
black crow exist alone It would be
held up as the emblem of all that la
evil aud mischievous. As things are, Its
Iniquities pale Into insignificance be
side those of its gray necked cousin.
The very name of th« latter bird Is
sufficient to raise the Ire of the right
sous man. To call the arch villain of
the bird world "the splendid" Is mere
mockery of words. Jerdon, the famous
Indian naturalist, "often regrets that
such au Inappropriate specific name
should have been applied to this spe
cies, for It tends to bring Into ridicule
among the unscleutlflc ths system of
nomenclature."
The Indian crow Is able to utilize
arost things. A Calcutta bird has
made Itself famous for sll time by
constructing a nest of the wires used
to secure the corks of soda water bot
tles. Bombay is very Jealous of Cal
cutta. aud the crows, of course, ape
their betters The Bombay birds de
termined not to be outdone by the
Calcutta corvidae. Accordingly one of
the former promptly built her nest of
gold and silren spectacle frames stol
en from Messrs.
factory The value of the materials
us«d In the construction of this nest
was estimated at £2O. But crows will
appropriate things for which they can
have no possible use. They commit
larceny for the love of the thing. The
Indian crow is the incarnate spirit of
mischief The bird will wantonly tear
a leaf out of a bonk lying open on
the table My gardener, adds Mr. De
war, puts every morning fresh flowers
In the vases This operation Is per
formed on the veranda. One day the
man was called away from his work
for a couple of minutes. During Ws
absence a crow swooped down and suc
ceeded In taking a beakful of flowers
and breaking the vase In which they
were placed. A retired colonel of my
acquaintance who lives In the Hlma
layas Is a very enthusiastic gardener,
and the crows are the bane of his life.
They root up his choicest seedlings,
sever the heads of his most superb
flowers from the stalk and fly away
with the little pieces of paper wHlch
he places In cleft sticks to mark where
seed have been sown.
But It Is in towns that the iniquity
of the crows reaches Its maximum.
The Madras corvidae are a byword
throughout the length and breadth of
India. The hospital is their favorite
playground. They are never so happy
as when annoying the Inmates. They
know at once when a person Is too 111
to move. The consequence is that It
has been found necessary to have ma.de
for all the tables wire covers which
protect articles placed at the bedside
from the ravages of the "treble dated
birds." I have seen a Madras crow
quietly helping itself to the contents of
a basket which an old woman was
carrying on her head. Tho bird wai
of sufficient Intelligence to
refrain from alighting on the basket.
Had it done so Its presence would prob
ably have been detected. It flapped
along just above the top of the basket,
keeping pace wtth the woman, and eo,
unpercelved by her, made a meal off
the conteuts. The knavish tricks of
crows are by uo means confined to hu
man beings. As Colonel Cunningham
truly says, "Any animal pets are, of
course, even more than inanimate ob
jects, subject to their attentions, and
unless In wholly Inaccessible places are
constantly liable to have their food
purloined aud their lives rendered a
burden by persistent and ingenious per
secution." 1 once possessed a grey
hound which used to be fed In the gar
den A maUjhad to stand over the dog
while It was feeding; otherwise the
crows would devour the greater portion
of the meal Their plan of campaign
was simple and effective. They soon
learned the dog's feeding hour and as
It drew near would take up a position
on any convenient tree. The moment
the greyhound began to eat a crow
would swoop down and peck viciously
at its tall. The dog wonld, of course,
turn on the bird, and the others would
seize this opportunity to snatch away
some of the food. Tlie process would
be repeated until the meal was over.
Crows tease and annoy wild creatures
with the same readiness that they wor
ry domestic animals. They mob every
strange blsd In ranch the same way as
the fxmdoii street arab makes fun of
any person in unusual attire.—lx>ng
man's VlagHzlue.
Sadden Want of Information.
Tommy Ma, lend me a lead pencil.
Mother I Just left pen aud ink oil the
table for yon. What do you want wftto
a pencil? Tommy I want to write to
the editor of the paper to ask him
what'll take Ink stains out of the par
lor carpet.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Think much nnd often, speak little
end write less. Woman's Life
Mny (iet You Into Trouble.
The?practice of writing jast a few
words in » package of papers or of
merchandise mailed at a lower rate
than letters is Haid to have become so
common that postmasters have been
instructed to examino snch packages
and report to the department officials.
The cont of prosecution in the United
States district court and a fine of
twenty-five dollars wonld be as small
a penalty as the suider coul.i escape
with.
Eineruon might well have had nton>*
keeping in mind when he wrote: "No
man has learned auytliice rightly un
til lie knows that every diy is Dooms
day." In a busy modern store every
day is Doomsday —in the respect that
Doomsday means day of fruition as
well as of judgment. When the clock
strike? six every store has closed an
other chapter, finished another sowing
and leaping.
Unole Sam's department ohiefs are
onloading their big annual reports
these days.
A CASE OF LUCK.
llo«v the l.acU of n Won n
(■«M>d I'M j iim Poftltioit.
Little Mrs. Tyler tli<» trol
ley car whizzoil p;i*t her.
"To think," she mused, "thai I should
have come to this too poor to spend
5 cents for car I'arel If I could only
get more music scholars! Then Bob
could have the beefsteak ami the fruit
he needs dear, patient liidwrt!"
Time was when Fred erica Fechner's
piano playing had won her many a so
cial triumph, but that was before she
had married the penniless Ilobert Ty
ler, to begin life anew across the con
tinent. Now that be was sick they hiul
only the pittance her pupils brought
her.
Today Mrs. Tyler was very tired.
No wonder she had sighed when the
car had glided past her, and home was
a mile away. Strains of Handel's "Har-
Blacksmith" drew her iuside
a music store. Music always rested
her. A girl was playing upon a grand
p!am> and several persons stood about.
Mrs. .yler strolled their way.
One rffier another took a turn at the
instrument. The newcomer was too
interested in the playing to question
wherefore. Finally a man approached
her,
"It is your turn next," he said.
She was about to explain his mis
take when the humor of the situation
appealed to her, and she was seized
with a desire to carry out the joke. Ac
cordingly she took her seat and began
Paderewski's "Love Song." She did
not know for what she was playing,
but she vaguely felt that It was a test
of some sort, and she threw her soul
Into hc-r fingers. When she ended there
was a little burst of applause, aud
"something else" was called for. She
responded with Liszt's "Schubert's Ser
enade" and then with Chopin's "Cradle
Song,"
A sheet of music was placed before
her, and a lady came forward to sing.
If there was one thing lu which Mrs.
Tyler excelled It was in accompani
ments, and now she did her best. The
face of the man who had invited her
to play was one broad smile as he in
quired deferentially:
"May I ask whom we have had the
honor of hearing? You have distanced
them all, my dear madam. The place
Is easily yours."
Mrs. Tyler looked at him in bewilder
ment; then she laughed and explained.
He explained too.
She had unwittingly taken part in a
trial of applicants for the double posi
tion of accompanist for a singing mas
ter and piano player for the music
shop. A salary was named that left
the little woman nearly dumb with
surprise, so amply it tilted her present
needs. She wanted to dance all the
way home. Fatigue was forgotten.
"I'm glad you didn't ride," remarked
Robert Tyler whimsically.
"Oh!" cried his wife, and the ex
clamation was a thanksgiving.
Youth's Companion.
The Family Tree.
A pleasant pastime, literally, for
those who have no more pressing du
ties and wish to get outside their en
vironment at least in thought will open
up before her who begins to mount a
famijy tr<*\ Tracing one's genealogy
may become—probably will become- a
matter of absorbing amusement and
attention, for It entails a thread gath
ered up here, dropped there, a letter
to write, a book to read, a register to
consult. To the self absorbed, the
despondent, the listless, one may rec
ommend this diversion as certain to
suit rather morbid conditions of
temperament, and yet as certain to
gently force the mind away from It
self to other persons and things in
opening «p a wider and wider field of
reflection.—Harper's Bazar.
(Jnalnt I'rayera.
The chief of the Leslies is said to
have prayed before a battle: "Be on
our t»i»le. An gin ye can mi be on our
aide, aye lay low a bit, an' ye'll see
thae carles get a-bidln' that must
plcjfr. l ye." An old covenanter, who
rukM lils household with a rod of Iron,
Is said to have prayed In all sinceri
ty ut family worship: "O Lord, hae
a care o' Bob. for he Is on the great
deep, an' thou boldest It in the hollow
o' thy hand. An' hae a care o' Jamie,
for he hae gone to tight the enemies
o' Ids country, an' the outcome o' the
battle IVi wl' thee. But ye need na
fash o' yersel' wl' wee Willy, for I hae
him here, an' I'm cawpable o' looklu'
after him mysel'."
CarelrM of Honor*.
Pastor Kneipp, the famous discover
er of the "Ixirefoot cure," who was
appointed chamberlain by the pope,
cared little for the honor. He did not
even take the trouble to open th« let
ter announcing the appointment and
first learned of the honor conferred up
on him by the arrival of a deputation
at the Woersihofen cloister to congrat
ulate him. He declined to be address
ed, however, as "monsignore." It was
with difficulty that he was persuaded
to leave his retreat togo to Home to
thank the pope.
Baal* of Ilia Kateem.
"It Is proper to respect an office un
der the government," said the patriotic
citizen, "even if you do not happen
to approve of the man who holds It."
"Of course." answered Senator Sor
ghum. "It is to the office that the sal
ary and perquisites are attached, not
to the Individual."—Washington Star.
Men n.
Husband My. but I wish I had your
tongue! Wife So that you could ex
press yourself intelligently? llusbai.d
—No; so thnt I could stop it when I
wanted to. Detroit Free Press.
Good breeding is the result of much
good sense, some good nature and a
little self denial for the sake of others
Deputy Revenue Collector.
It has been announced upon the best
of authority that Henry W. Schoflf-
Htall, of Sunbnry.has been appointd to
succeed the late A. G. Haas, as the
Deputy Revenue Collector for this
district. Mr. Schoffstall served as a
menber of the legislature during the
time when Senator M S. Quay was a
candidate for re-election ani wan loyal
to tin great Republican leader, sup
porting him on every ballot. The ap
pointment is Mr Scbntfstall'a reward
and Sonatoi Penrose by this appoint*
ment is carrying out the desire of
Quay, who wanted Mr. Schoflfstall to
be remembered in some substantial]
manner lor his faithfulness -Sunbury
Item.
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. e ™ry I
HOW FORESTS GROW
THERE ARE TWO GREAT TYPES,
THE PURE AND MIXED.
On«» of th«* Xnrrrloim Kn<« of Knitire
In the Itnlnnrtnfc of Conrillionn
Where Treen of Different llnblta
Killer the StruKffle For Kitatrnre.
The laws which govern the distribu
tion of trees produce the two great
fYpes, the pure and the mixed forest.
The former is the result of local con
ditions which trees of one kiud only
j ran survive.
In the North woods the balsam oc
cupies the swamps, usually to the ex
; elusion of all competitors, since no
| other of the native trees can thrive iu
' wet places. In the Black mils and
I other parts of the middle west the
; small demands of the bull pine upon
moisture enable it to form pure woods
on u soil too dry to support other na
tive trees. The jack pine of the New
Jersey barrens and the long leaf pine
of the southern states grow lu pure
or nearly pure stands since they alone
cau withstand the peculiar conditions
of these regions.
Where climate and soil are favorable
to various trees we tlnd the mixed for
| est, the number of Bpecies In mixture
depending upon the suitability of the
locality to forest growth.
I'pon the hardwood flats of the Adi
rondacks tke hard maple, the yellow
birch and the beech are the only de
ciduous trees able to withstand the se
vere climate. In the southern Appa
lachian forests, where the trees of the
north and south meet under conditions
favorable to both, we tlud more than
100 different kinds.
The distribution of trees, therefore,
1 is the Joint result of local conditions
aud of the individual and varying re
-1 (julrements of the different species up
on moisture, soil aud climate. The
laws, however, which govern forest dls
-1 tributlou are not identical with those
! which regulate the behavior of trees
Ilu mixture. They do not explain why
I each species, if undisturbed, maintains
the same proportion in the mixed for
est. Why does not the hard maple
drive out its competitors in the Adirou
daeks, the oak gain the upper hand in
the forests of the southern Appala
chians, the red flr exterminate the
j western hemlock on the Pacific slope?
Wherever a mixed forest occurs
there is an unrelenting struggle going
on. Let us see how the combatants
are armed and why the representation
I of each species remains unchanged.
The more important of the character
j lstics which affect the capacity of a
j tr<-« to hold Its own in mixture with
j trees of other kinds are Its demands
upon light, its rate of growth and its
! power of reproduction. No two species
require an equal amount of light, grow
at the same rate or are identical in
their capacity to reproduce themselves.
The endowment of each, with habits
i differing from those of Its neighbors,
; but with strength and weakness so
balanced that all which occur In mix
i ture enter the struggle for existence
upon an equal footing, is one of the
marvelous feats of nature.
The red spruce of the North woods,
! through its ability to endure dense
•hade, has been given the power to
! hold its own against faster growing
j competitors, some of which exceed it
greatly In their capacity to reproduce
i themselves. The young spruces which
j spring up here and there throughout
the forest struggle along under the
heavy crowns of the hard woods, where
a tree making more insistent demands
upon light could not survive,
i in the forests of the southern Ap
palachians the oak Is In many localities
the characteristic tree. Growing rap
i Idly and exceedingly hardy, it might be
expected to increase steadily Its pro
portion in the mixture. Tho equilibri
um is maintained through the fact that
the ouk can endure but little shade
and that Its seed is heavy, limiting its
reproduction to the Immediate vicinity
of the parent tree.
In the same region the yellow poplar
and the chestnut, both trees which
| grow rapidly and are capuble of endur
j lag conaiderable shade, are controlled.
| the one because much of Its seed is
| barren, the other because many of the
nuts are eaten by animals. And the
red cedar, of slow growth aud sparse
representation, is aided through the
distribution of its seeds by birds, with
their power to germinate unimpaired.
The aspen, short lived and requiring
much light, holds its own with longer
lived and shade enduring trees because
its downy seed Is produced In great
quantities and Is scattered far and
wide by the wind. The ash and the
basswood, of rapid growth and bearing
an abundance of seed, are withheld by
strong demands upon light and by the
•eed of a fresh and fertile soil. The
red fir, equaled by few North American
trees in rapidity of growth and other
wise well equipped to gain the upper
hand In its region. Is controlled through
the usual failure of Its seed to germi
nate except when accident has remov
! Ed the leaf litter and exposed the min
eral soil.
The study of trees as living, striving
organisms In a world of their own
lead% an almost human Interest in the
forest. Kvery day spent in the woods
will be the pleasanter for some Insight
j gained into what Is going on within it,
i and an earnest observer can gain
} knowledge of practical value by an at
tempt to discover the factors which
control the occurrence of trees in mix
ture. Forestry, which deals with the
development of the highest utility of
forests, means a thorough understand
ing of the haUts of tr«'es.—Overton W
Price In Youth's Companion
There Is entirely too much time tak
en up every day trying to help those
make up their minus who don't know
what they want.—Atchison Globe.
In the Shadow of the Gallows.
Lovers of melodrama will have an
opportunity of seeing one of the best
plays of the kind that will visit Dan
ville this season when "In The Shad
low of The Gallows" is presented on
Thursday night. The play itself is the
best of its kind ever written and add
ied to this in a company ot excellent
merit and a car load of stage effects
for each act aud scene.
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AKASAKA HILL IN !,
JAPANESE HANDS
TOKIO,DfIc. 7.—Following up their
(success in the capture of
I Hill, the Japanese, it i.s rumored to- ;
day captured airl occupied yesterday
' Akasaka hill, another »miiicncu in the
vicinity of Port Arthur. The an
t noDticemeut is also mud' that the Rus- 112
siau cruiser Bayau is aground iu Port
. Arthur Harbor.
ONE SHIP SUNK
BY JAPANESE FIRE
j TOKIO, DfC. 7. —lt has b>- n official
j • ly announced that the Ru»>ia'i battle
, ship Poltava nas ti>.en sunk in Port,
, Arthur harbor aud tho Uctvizan ser
, iously damaged as the result of the
. Japanese bombardment.
j PLAYING ,\ WOC WWW
" RUSSIAN WAR SHIPS
i
LONDON, Dec. 7.—Count Haya
i shi, the Japanese Minister to Great
- Britain iu confirn ing the report of the
' sinking of the Russian battleship Pol
* tava and the damage of tho Hetvizau,
adds that both have been uiiseaworthy
r since December 2. He adds: "Our
. bombardment continues daily against
. the ships iu the harbor which are
■ anchored south of Pcrushan.
> They have been struck by at least
1 143 shells aineo the occupation by our
' foices of Aka<-kua hill which occurred
December l>. This is due to the fact
' that the en hiy are absolutely unable
to resist our fire from metre hill.
Viscount Hayashi also confirmed the I
i report that ;;n armistice v*as given on
December fi at the re<]n<"?t of the Kii«-
' sians to permit bu.ymg tie dead c?
1 both sides.
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Next Week.
' The always welcome Murray & Mack -
' ey big Comedy Conipiny, with tli
1 same strong east but all new plays
coiuis to the Opera House for 3 nights
starting Monday, December 12, open- j
, iug with the beautiful play by Hal [
r Reid, "Hearts of the Blue Ridge," I
i Tuesday night the great French play 1
i "Duchess Du Barry," Wednesday!
matinee "East Lynne," Wednesday)
night "Across the Dis-rl." All speci- j
| al scenery and 5 big vaudeville acts, j
( Ladies' 20 cent tickets opt ning night I
j if reserved before 5 p. m.
i
Catarrah and May Fever.
1 Liquid Cream Balm is becoming j
quite as popular in mauy localities as 1
Ely's Cream Balm solid. It is jtre
, paied for use in atomizers,and is high- '
ly prized by tho-e who have been a< -
> customed to call upon physicians 112 r
s such a treatment. Many physi ia v.
are using and prescribing it. Al! t
• medicinal properties of the ceb rare J
Cream Balm are contained in t « *
r Litjuid form, which is 75 ft', iut lull
ing a spraying tube. All drun i or
, by mail Ely Brothers, '' Warien .Sr..
, New Yoik
Ph.ll lelnhi » ha- »•■' ming cl.arry
in The Chil'ln n s Ai 1 S iety, which
' sends Xinas p-e-ests each y ar to over
eight bundled < I;: lilr u. It h .- ji st ap
, pealed to the ) ii'ii.c to ai ! in nai iug
little gifts -u ! s halldk l<hlels,tlick
; ties, scarf-. sw< an rs, books, email dolls
and g hups to - ;i i hi! 1 or fhi d fii
for Christmas day. A Ml, all expnndit
' ure ot time and money brings ,uitiiel\*
disproportionate ! .-ijipinis- to soni's
negh Cted lit 11 '»ue.
Judge Bitting i'. of York, froia tho i
' bench on Tu> s.lav expressed his con
ileum it ion of lit'; habit proval >ut ■
among certain people ot writing let-'
ters to the Judges in r< ference to cases
, pending before them. No attention '
. will be paid to such communications, j
. The remarks were caused by a com- i
i munication he received in the Fidler )
case.
Mabel aud I la Kistler, aged sixteou :
and twelve ytars respectively, enjoy j
| the distinction of conducting :i 100-
acre farm, near Tamaqna. Tbeir fatli
r er, William P. Kistler, works in the
slate quarries and the girls not only
■ plow the land, plaut and harvest the
* ciops and handle tho live stock, but
1 twice a week drive to Landsford, a
distance of nine miles, to dispose of
produco.
The railroad employes of the Phila
delphia aud Reading Company at
Reading will receive their pay for
November on Friday. They will re-
J ceive $'.(5,000. The shop men will be
, pail cn Wednesday, I)p» > mber M.when
4 $120,000 will ho disbui—<l. This will
t be the largest Christinas pav day so
, far.
Having captured "the key to Port
i Arthur." the Japanese ought soon to
- unlock thv door, entrr in and take
J possession and < liable thejj' wspapers
' to take for keeps from the stand iug
galley the stereotyped auuooucement
that "Port Arthur has fallen."
• uPMPnv CATARRH
REMEDY |
ts sct! l 1
g ; ve pilfi
Satisfactum
: , HAY FEVER
3 bealßtbe diseased mombwne. ti fnres Ca
tiirrli hikl (Iriv.s iw;= V a '"l«l i" Hi"' Head
quickly. It is absorbed. Heals and Protects
1' the Meiiil>r:iiii* ItiMnprv tin: - ~-1 - ..1 T:is|p
. and Smell. Full at Druggists or by
niiiil; I ri;u Size lne. liy mall- l' \ HlidTH
t:t;s, .Vi Warren sin i-l. New York.
Over»Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
fThe kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fil
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, achesand rheu
matism come from ex
cess of uric acid in the
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-Roott 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 fT^f TV '
by all druggists in fifty
cent and one-dollar siz
es. You may have a
sample bottle by mail Home of Swamp-Root,
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer
6c Co., Binghamton, N. Y./
Don't make no mistake, but remem
her the name, Swanp-Root, Dr. Kil
mer's Swamp-Root, and the addres
Binghamton, N.Y ~ on every bottles.
REDUCED RATE 3 TO ERIE
Viv Pennsylvania Railroad. Account Penn
sylvania State Grange, Patrons of Hus*
bandry.
For the benefit of those desiring to
attend the meeting of the Pennsyl
vania State Grange, Patrons of Hus
bandry, to be held at Erie, December
13 to 16, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell round-trip tickets
to Erie from all stations on its lines
in the State of Pennsylvania, Decem
ber 12 to 15, good to return uutil Dec
ember 17, inclusive, at reduced rates
(minimum rate, 25 cents).
In Northumberland county court on
Tuesday Timothy Tiinaska, a saloon
keeper, was prosecuting a man foi as
sault and battery. Timaska testified
that he did his best to quell the dis
turbance, but failed, whereupon the
court told hiin to "throw cold water
1 on the next one who raised a disturb
ance iu the hotel and douse himjgood. "
IIKAK.MCHK CASSOT UK CIHIKD
I by U>ca! applications, as they cannot reacu
ihe diseased portion of the ear. There is only
one way to cure deafness, and that is by con
stl'iilional remedies. l>eafness is caused by
an inflamed condition of the mucous lining
ol the Kustachian Tube. U'lien this tube gets
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or tm
perfeet hearing, and when it is entirely clou
ed icaCues* is the result, and unless the in
ilam mat ion can lie taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, bearing wl
be destroyed forever; nine cases out. Jftenare
eaused by catarrh,which is nothing but an in
ilamed condition of the mucous services.
We will give One Hundred Doll rs for any
c t-<- of IVafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's « aUiTii Cure. Send
or circulars, free.
Halt's Family Pills are the best-
Sold by Druggists. 76e.
Buy at Legitimate Stores.
Shoddy goods pm chased from fakirs,
here today and away tomorrow, no
matter what shoddy price you pay for
theiu, will prove a poor investment in
the end. When you purohase good,
honest goods from your home merch
ant, who is not only reliable iu his
dealings but a permanent citizen and
taxpayer, you know what you are get
ting. Therefore we say to our read
era, patronize ouly legitimate stores.
, Consult your local paper when you go
shopping. You will llud the live mer
chants telling what they have and in
viting you to come and buy.
A Guaranteed Cure For Piles.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding or protrnd-
I ing Piles. Druggists refund money if
i PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any
! case, no matter of how long standing,
in (5 to 14 days. First application gives
\ ease and rest. 50c. If your druggist
hasn't it send 50c in stamps ami it will
be forwarded post-paid by Paris Medi
cino Co., St. Louis, Mo.
JURORS FOR
DECEfIBER COURT
For the December term of Court,
December 27th, 1904, the following
Jurors have been drawn:
TRAVERSE JURY.
Danville, Ist Ward—Harry E. Trurn
bower,William G. Maiers, William G.
Kramer.
Danville, 2nd Ward.—Edward Ateu,
Gilbert Voris.
"anville, 3rd Ward.—Henry Grove,
Samuel Werkheiser,A. J. Hiatt,Jame.«
Dailey, L. S. Miller, Seth C. Lormer,
Richard Metherell, Wesley Bodine.
Dauville, 4th Ward.--Frank Yeager,
Henry Kneibler, James Edgeworth,
Frederick Henry, Samuel Mortimer.
Anthony township.—Peter Rishel,
William Flora, Lloyd W. Welliver.
Derry township.—William L. Moore,
Clark Booue, Frank B. Cromley.
Liberty township.—J. J Hoßnian.
Limestone township—Ambrose Mill
er.
* Mahoning township. —Edward Wert
ltiau, Thomas Johns, Morris Leighow,
Ralph Leighow,William Honser, John
Weaver.
Mayberry township. William C.
Ka-e.
Wash iug ton villa. —H. S. Moser. R.
B? Seidel.
West Hemlock township. Paul
Mausteller.
GRAND JUKY.
Danville, Ist ward.- Joseph Keely,
John H. Garnet, Samuel W. Arms, D
C. Hunt, William E. Limberger,Frank
(}. Schorl), IT. L. Gorily, George Mot
tein.
Danville, 2nd ward.—Willatd Fet
termau, Oliver B. Sweitzer, D. It.
Will ianifi.
Dinville. 4th waid. —Chnrbs Mot
i ern,Thompson Jenkins.Chailes Deilil.
i Anthony township—William Rishel.
Liberty township. William G
Ford, Victor Vincent, William J
Leiriy, William E. Patterson.
Limestone township.—Calvin Deeu,
Thomas Schuyler.
Mahoning township—Joseph Baylor.
Valley township.—Thomas H Ben-
Jield, P« loj- Yorks.
Y. r\. C. A. NOTES.
The Herald and Presbyter says it has I
recently seen a letter Iroui Miss Helen
Gould wiiicli it caunot refrain trom
publishing. I'lie letter was written to fl
Gen. Slieriuau Bell soon ait> r a rt<i p- j.
tiou at St. Louis, at which both Jli,s (
Gould and General Hell bad been prt e
nent and at which both bad refused ,
wine. The letter is as fol'ows: %
"I cannot refrain from studiug yon (
a few lines to tell you what a comfort ,
it was to me last night that yoa did
not champagne; for on? feels
rati.or odd iu refusing when almost H
everyone takes it. And lam most sin v
cerely glad that this is vour u-ual H
custom, and was not simply an act ot a
courtesy to a woman We wo-nen ad- '
mire physical courage, bur we r.'sp'Ct a
still more the moral strength that will'
enable a man to take a firm stand tor
what is right mil sensible,even at the *
risk of some persons thinking bis ac- '
tions peculiar. With kind regards and "
hoping to have the pleasure of meeting
you again, I remain, very trulv, 1
HELEN MILLER GOULD.
Remember the Poor.
Many persons are busy nowadays I !
selecting and buying suit ible tokens '
of friendship for the little ones, and j'
old ones, too. In this connection the '
News reminds one and all that tlnre I
are a number of cheerless homes iu 1
every community where poverty ex- 1
ists, and presents are unknown. Let
( all who have been abundantly blessed ;
with this world's goods devote a slight <
portion of their meaus to carry good s
cheer and sunshine into the homes of
the poor on the coming glad Christmas |
day.
Easy Fill
Easy to take and easy to act la
that famous little pill DoWltt'a
Llttla Early R.sers. This la du# to
tho fact that they tonic tha liver In
stead of purging it. They never grip#
nor sicken, not even the most delicate
lady, and >-t they are so certain In
results that no one who uses them I*
disappointed. They cure torpid liver,
constipation biliousness, Jaundice, ;
headache, malaru and ward off pneu
monia and fevers.
PREPARED ONLY BY
K. C. DeWITT A CO., CHICAdO
> Don't Forget tha Namo. g
Early Risers
Sold by Paules Co.. Gosh &Co
R-MM-N-S Tabula
y
i Doctors find
< S A good prescription
H
For^mankind
H The 5-cent packet is enonch for usual
occasions. The family bot .• (f>» cents)
B contains a supply for a year. All <lrug-
gists sell them.
KGISTKK K NOTICE'S.
y TO ALL CREDITORS, LEGATEES AS"I) OTHER '
a PERSONS INTERESTED— Notice!* hereliy '_'lven, ;
j that the following nameiljiersons did on the;
date affixed to their names, file the accounts ]
of their administration to the estate of those j
persons, deceased,and Guardian Accounts, Ac. j
whose names are hereinafter mentioned, in ;
tiie office of the Register for the Prohate of
Wilts 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 Moixlwj-, the UOfli ilny of
3 Dec. A. I>., 190*, at the meeting of the!
r Court In the afternoon.
19°4.
Oct. 15.—First aud Partial account of
Mary Ellen Rote, George L. :
Kote and Sallie K. Pierce,
Executors of Christian Lau- :
bach, late of the Borough of'
Danville, deceased.
Nov. 5. —Final account of David D.
j Williams, Trustee appointed
to sell real estate of Evan E.
Davis, late of the Borough |
of Danville, decca-ed.
Nov. 15—1* irst awl Partial account;
of James B. Pollock and
Charles E. Shires. Sr., Ex
* ecu tors of William S. Pel
* lock, late of the Borough of
Washingtonville, deceased. ;
J Nov. 2o—First and Fiual account cl j
I Charles Mottern, Adminis
trator d. b. n. c. t. a ot
[-
Lydia Lormer, late of the
Borough ot Danville,deceas
ed.
Nov. 26—First and Fiit»l account of
R. H. Simingtoii. Adminis
trator of William N. Siming-
ton, late of the Township of •
Liberty, deceased.
Nov. 26—First and Final account of
Ella V. Bitler, Administra
trix of Daniel Bitler, late of
the Township of Anthony,
, deceased.
Nov. 26 —First and Fiual account of
. Caroliue Rie k,Executrix of
s Fredericka P. Rieck, late of
, the Borough of Danville, de- j
ceased, and also Trustee ap- '
. pointed to sell real estate of
. said decedent.
WM. L. SIDLER, Register.
' Register's Office, Danville, Pa.,
Nov. 26. 1904. I
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NOTIOE.
tu the Court of Common Pleas of Montour
County.
Notice is herebf <lnly giveu that the
•ecoud and final account of Thomas J.
Rogers, comnn't eof William S. Rob
errs, a luui.tic together with the vouch
ers thereof, havjß been filed on record
in in v office, andithat the t-aid account
will be presented to the aforesaid
t'ourt for allowance and confirmation
ni si on
TUESDAY, DEC. 27, A. D. lUO4,
and il uo exceptions are filed thereto
within four days thereafter the said
account will be confirmed absolutely
as of course as per Rule of the said
Court in such specified behalf made
aud provided.
THOB. G. VINCENT.
Prothonotary.
Prothonotary's Office, Danville, PH.,
Dec. 8, 1!H)4.
NOTICE.
Iq tile Court of Common Pleas ot Montour
County.
Notice is hereby duly given that the
account ot James Dailey, Assignee of
James Martin,together with the vouch
ers thereof, have been filed on record
in lav office, and that the said account
will he presented to the aforesaid
Court for allowance aud confirmation
ni si on
TUESDAY. DEC. 27, A. D. 1904,
aud if no exceptions are filed thereto
within four days thereafter the said
account will be continued absolutely
as of course as per Rule of the said
Court in such specified behalf made
aud provided.
THOS. G. VINCENT,
Prothonotary.
: Piothonotary's office, Dauville, Pa.,,
Dec. Bth, 1904
SHERIFF'S SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE!
By virtue of certain writs of Fieri
Facias issued out of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Montour County, and to
| me direcied will expose to Public Sale
j at the Court House, Dauville,Montour
1 County, State of Pennsylvania, on
I Saturday, December 24th.
-'
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the
! said day the following described Real
| Estate, viz :
All the right, title aud undivided
interest of the defendant, Ada G. Art
man iu and to the following describe
j real estate situate iu the Township of
Limestone, County of Montour and
State of Penney lvauia bounded and de
scribed as fol o vs, viz: Beginning ar
a stone theme by lands formerly of N.
Gouger North thirty-five and one
fourth degrees West sixty-two aud one
fifth perches to a stone,thence by lauds
formeily of John McGinnis North
forty-two and one-half degrees East
thirty-one and two-fifths perches to a
stone, South seventy-one and one
| fourth degrets East two hundred and
j tweuty-four and oue-half perches to a
'post, Ncrth twenty-six aud one-half
degiecs East fortv-fcur and one-half
perches to a jost, South iifty-four de
grees East thirty-eight perches to a
post, theuce by lands formerly of the
hens of William S. Narr, deceased,
i South one degree East twenty and
eight-tenths perches to a stone, thence
j by land of the heirs of George Fnlmer
North eighty-nine degrees West ninety
! six aud four-tenths perches to a white
oak thence by land formerly of Nich
olas Gouger. South eighty-nine and.
one-half degrees West one tiundred and
fifty-one atH eight-tenths perches to
the place cf beginning, containing
| sixty-three acres aud twenty-four
; square rods of lantl On which are
ierected a
TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING,
bin! and other outbuildings.
Seized and taken into execution all
: the right, title aud undivided interest
| :t the defendant, Ada G. Artman.
GEO. MAIERS, Sheriff
11. M. HINCKLEY, Atty.
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