MONTOUR AMERICAN
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Dec. 15, 1904.
A BRONZE FLOWER.
frfttieNt Morning Glory Thnt
nioouied In ft Tomato Can.
While I devoured ray sandwiches,
finger marks an«l all. with a mighty ap
petite at noontime of my first day at
work with tlie iron molders Mike
reached over into a neighboring yard
and plucked a crisp climbing morning
glory. Holding the delicate blossom
up for my inspection, he said, "Young
feller, kin you make me one Just like
that in bronze?' I was quite sure I
could not. "But," said he, "you
needn't think it can't be done. First
you yet an old can, punch a hol«
through the bottom of it with a nail
and stick the stem of the flower
through the hole, leaving the blossom
inside. See?" I saw. "Next you fl.ll
the can with water and drop into the
water bit by bit nice flue sand. Mind
you, go slow. After a long time the
water will leak out, leaving the blos
som buried in the sand, but still in
good shape. Now you'll dry the whole !
thing in the core oven and bake it
That will burn the blossom to ashes.
Then if you have the patience to shake
it and shake it till all the ashes drop
out through the stem you'll be ready to
pour in your metal, and If you do as I
tali you and make no mistake and try
about six times you'll have in the end
the prettiest morning glory that ever
bloomed in a tomato can.Scrlbner'B.
FRIENDSHIP.
It Inii>o»ea ,»erloa« Dntlea I pon
Tliour tt ho Coort It.
"When acquaintanceship ripens Into
friendship, something serious has come
into one'* life." writes Mrs. Henry
Uinha m in the Onlooker. "I don't think
that any one can or ought to afford to
have more than one or two really Inti
mate friends. If love has gone with
friendship that is, if the gates of j
paradise have been opened to you, and
the guardian angel has sheathed his
flaming sword and admitted you
through the portals-then you must
have given everything, and you have
very little left to give. A man can
have a man friend and a woman a
woman, because there are places where
men meet men and women meet wo
men alone, neutral ground where the
other sex cannot enter because of its
limitations, and there real friendship
may live and thrive on the crumbs
which fall from the rich man's table.
"For friendship implies something se
rious. You must give of yourself, your
real self. Hud once given it cannot be
taken back. One has no right to give
np a friendship unless the other per
son agrees or unless it has become an
absolute impossibility, and even then
all the obligations of it may survive,
while the delights of it die."
THE"I" AND THE "J."
Wfcr Thcj- :ire Dotted and How tha
Practice Originated.
The dot over the"l" originated in an
accent which was put over the letter
when doubled or placed next a "u," a
practice traced back to the eleventh
century. In the twelfth century the
accent occurs In the combination of
"1" with other letters, and in the four
teenth century the accent was changed
to a dot first instance in MSS. 1327
which became universal when printing
made It inconvenient to retain both
forms.
Originally "I"and "J" were modified
forms of the same letter. In the fif
teenth century thu "i" at the beginning
of h was lengthened and orna
mentally turned to the left, while in
the middle of a word it was unaltered.
Both forms were dotted, and after the
initial "1" became "j." a separate let
ter and a consonant, It still retained
its dot. This is limited usually to the
small "j." but abroad it may be seen
also over tbe capital letter.—London
Telegraph.
liinK Alfoiiao'a Bet.
When the king of Spain was at Xeres
he greatly admired a horse belonging
tt> Senor Klvero, one of the notables of
the town, who at once presented him
with the animal. The king refused the
gift, but the other day at the pigeon
■hooting at Ihe Casa de Campo, near
Madrid, a match was arranged be
tween the kiiijr and Senor Itivero. The
stakes were, on the king's side, a gold
piece of 100 pesetas, and on Senor Ri
vero's a souvenir of Xeres.
Like a skillful courtier Senor Rivero
lost and sent the king the horse which
he had so much admired us a souvenir
of Xeres. The king could not refuse
to accept, but he at once sent the senor
one of the best horses In the royal
■table in exchange. London Sketch.
\ Mare'a Went.
A "nightmare" was supposed by our
ancestors to be the Saxon demon Mara,
or Mare, a vampire which sat upon the
•leeper's chest and was regarded as
the guardian of hid treasure, over
which it brooded, as a hen over her
•Bgs. and the place where It sat was
termed the nidus, or nest. When any
one claims be has made a great dls
eovery which is really no discovery at
all we say he has discovered a "mare's
Dent," a place where an imaginary
treasure lies.
Sure of Htmaflf.
'Til give you a position as clerk to
•tart with," said the merchant, "and
pay you what you are worth Is that
satisfactory ?"
"Oh, perfectly," replied the college
graduate, "but—er—do you think the
Ann can afford it?" Philadelphia
Press
llnrd to Approach.
Lady (looking for an apartment)—l'd
Itke to see the janitor, please. Assist
•nt Did ye 7, have an appointment wid
him? Brooklyn Life
niacnveiii,|t the Kmiwnroo.
In the year 177-j t aptaln Cook sailed
Into Botany bay in bis ship, the Ku>
da. Ivor. foraging or exploring party
brought back to him tue news of the
discovery of a new aud strangely form
ed animal. It was described as mouse
•olored In hue and of the size of a ,
freyhound Bnt that which struck (
Cook's men as most singular was its
movements. "It sprang or leaped with
groat swiftness, by the aid of its long
hind limlm," while the possession of a
•trong tall was also noted. On July
14 a Mr Gore, on» of Cook's party, j i
fhot a kangaroo, tho name by which ]
th«t animal was known to the natives, j |
At their dinner on Sunday, July 15, ■ ,
1770, they dined off kangaroo Joint and
pronounced the meat to be excellent 112
eating. As early as 1711, however, a
Dutch traveler In Australia, of the M
same of lie Bruins, had captured a j (
kangaroo, which he took to Batavia i
• lire, so that < 'ook practically red:
•warm! the family. j >
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TOO RAPID EATING.
It la One of the Moat Pnattfal Caaara
of 111 Health.
One of the most fruitful causes of ill
health and bad complexions is the habit
of rapid eating. It Is growing more
and more prevalent in this country,
j We really haven't time to eat properly,
! and we have very little time to sleep,
yet we hope to retain youth aud beau
ty
I A woman may work ever so hard aud
be under a great tension while work
lug, but If she will take time enough
to eat t.a half hour at the least, with a
half hour rest at noon), and will sleep
seven or eight hours of the twenty
four she will greatly increase her use
fulness.
With the habit of rapid eatiug comes
an increase in the amount of liquids
taken during the meals. Food properly
masticated can be easily swallowed,
but If ill chewed it must be washed
down with liquid. This, of course, less
ens the flow of saliva, dilutes the gas
trie Juices a«d Interferes greatly with
the process of digestion.
Those who have tried thorough mas
tication of their food with no liquid,
uuless at the end or a half hour after
the meal, have learned that the food
tastes better, the meal is more satis
factory and the appetite is appeased
with less food, the digestion is aided,
leaving one much more comfortable
thau the hasty meal. A few days'
trial will convince the most skeptical,
for the stomach responds promptly to
decent treatment. It expects it. It
deserves it.
One of the greatest mistakes of the
age Is rapid eating, and one of the
greatest curses la the nervous dyspep
slu caused by It.
A MIGHTY PREACHER.
Jahn H»«a W»a Strong of Arm and
a tiood flahar.
John Rotis was a Scotch minister
who flourished In the early part of the
seventeenth century. Tales of his won
derful deeds atre told to this day In his
former parish of Blair. At one time
the revereud gentleman walked to
Mause, a distance of about three allies,
for the purpose of seeing a certain
farmer and if possible Inducing him to
come to church, where he had never
been He found blm fishing in the riv
er and asked to be allowed to have a
cast. "I never lend my rod to any
body." said the farmer. "But," replied
the minister, "I have come all the way
expressly to see you, and I must have
a cast." The farmer, who was a very
strong man and had never been beaten
In a list fight, offered to flght for it.
"All right," said the minister, and he
gave the farmer such a mauling that
he was glad to give up his rod. But It
was a different kind of fishing that the
minister had come for. He asked the
farmer to keep the rod and conduct
him to his house at Mause. When they
arrived the minister said, "Now, you
goon your knees and pray," telling
him that he would not leave till he did
so.
So the farmer fell on his knees and
cried, "Oh, Lord, deliver me from this
man." "Stop!" said the minister. "That
is very good. I hope you may always
be able to do as well. Now, yon have
to promise to come to the kirk next
Sunday." This the farmer did. Not
long afterward he became a leading
elder.
lea>her(fa aa Indicator*.
In the investigation of the currents
round the coast of Newfoundland it
has been observed that there Is at
times a %ide difference in the direction
of the drift of lcet>erg9 and that of
the flat or pan Ice, which, having no
great depth. Is governed in Its mo
tions by the surface currents and the
winds, whereas the Icebergs, the lar
ger part of which is submerged to a
great depth, follow only the movement
of the ocean water as a whole and are
uninfluenced by the winds. In conse
quence a huge berg may often be seen
majestically maintaining its slow ad
vance In opposition to the wind and
across the general motion of the fields
of flat ice surrounding it. The sealers
often take ad Mintage of this fact by
mooring their vessels to an iceberg in
order to prevent a drift to leeward.—
Youth's Companion
While Yoa Walt.
She had taken her umbrella into one
of those places where they offer tore
cover them "while you wait." "It will
take two days," suld the man. "But I
can't possibly wait two days In here,'
she remonstrated. "It's so very stuffy,
isn't it?" The umbrella mender, with
out n smile, said he would send it
around In a couple of days She point
ed out to him that there was still a big
difference between what he advertised
and what he could accomplish. Then
he explained "It will be done while
you wait," said he, "but you needn't
begin to wait until day after tomor
row."—Chicago News
Too Mnrh Athletic*.
Many physicians now claim that the
general health Is hurt rather than ben
efited by athletics, that muscle build
ing is not necessary to good health,
that to bring about a perfectly train
ed condition has a severe effect on
the nerves, that a built up muscle hae
a tendency to degenerate and that tlie
heart, being a muscular organ, shares
in this danger
Jaat aa Wltb Her Kathea.
"Your daughter's music is improv
ing," said the professor, "but when she
runs the scales I have to watch her
pretty closely."
"Just like her father," said Mrs. Nu
rltch "He made his money in the
grocery business."— Philadelphia
er
It is not the Intelligent man who
rules, but intelligence; not the wise
man, but wisdom. Goethe.
An Experienced Electrician.
Harry Marty,former manager of the
United Telpehone and Telegraph Co.
at Shamokin, has been offered and ac
cepted the superitendeney of the Sha
mokin Light, Heat and Power Co.,
and will arrive on December 15, to as
sume charge. A large amount of im
provements are in contemplation at
the plant, but what they will be «ill
not be nettled upon until tho arrival
of Mr. Murty, who is an experienced
electrician aud will be a valuable man
to the plant.
Fire Plugs Tested.
Iu order to discover what damage,
if any," Jack Frost" had done the fire
plugs in town since he commenced
business a week or so ago. Superinten
dent Peter J. Keefer and a rrew < 112
men made an examination of them yes
terday. The test revealed that ail
were iu good working erudition in
case of a Hie.
The gay and festive fleighing party
will now make night ;t terror for light
sleepers.
MATTER AND FORCE.
Tlielr Indent ru«*tf Milt y Proved by
Newton'N I union* Axiom.
Mr. Spencer has said ("First Princi
ples," page IS2i that "the verification of
the truth that matter is indestructible" ;
rests only upon "a tacit assumption of i
it." "A tacit assumption." with no raj
tional basis for the assumption, would j
be no verification; It would bo a guess.
The truth that matter ami force are ln
j destructible rests upon a better ground
I than an assumption. It is the inerita- j
I ble corollary of New tor's Third Law
j of Motion, which is accepted as the
I fundamental axiom of physics, "To
| every action there Is an equal aud op- I
i posite reaction." If there could be a
| single case in which matter and force
j are annihilated, then Newton's axiom ]
j would be untrue, for in that case re- j
| action would fail to follow action. The ;
j turning of something into nothing by j
I the destruction of matter or force j
; would break the succession of cause
| and effect, of action and reaction, and
j consequently the theories of the inde
structibility of matter and of force
have their roots in Newton's axiom, in
the great law of consequences, of
equivalence, of compensation, of bal
ance. From "Balance: The Funda
mental Verity," by Orlando J. Smith.
FREEBOOTERS.
' '
In Knjtlmid The) Were Moaa Troop
em, In Ireland Mug trottera.
1 Moss troopers in olden days in Eug
lund infested the marshy country of
I.iddcsdale and subsisted chiefly by
rapine. Such freebooters in Ireland
were called bogtrotters, apparently for
a similar reason.
Sir Waiter Scott, iu the "Lay of the
Last Minstrel," introduces the word
thus: t
A fancied moss trooper, the boy
The truncheon of a spear bestrode
And round the hall right merrily
In mimic foray rode
i This name was also given to maraud
ers upon the border. Mr. Camdein
calls them borderers and describes
1 them as a wild aud warlike people.
1 ' They are called moss troopers," says
j Fuller in a long account of them in his
"Worthies of England," "because they
dwell in the mosses and ride in troops
tog'ther. They dwell in the bounds j
or meeting of two kingdoms, but obey
the laws of neither. They come to I
church as seldom as the 29th of Febru I
ary comes into the calendar."—Pear
son's Weekly.
THE WORD "NICKNAME."
' It Had Ita Origin In the Old Kngltah
Word "Kite."
i 'i he word nickname has its basis In
the old English "eke," an addition or
prolongation, as used In"The Mer
chant of Venice," " 'Tls to piece the
time to eke it and to draw it out at j
length." Beekeepers still call a wood- |
en cylinder added ton hive to increase
its capacity an "eke," and we speak j
of ekins: out an income.
A nickname, therefore. Is an eke- j
; name, or one added, which gained Its j
present form through the transfer of '
the "n" of the Indefinite article used
with it from Its proper place to the
front of the noun. Thus "an ekename" j
became first a "a nekename" and then
"a nickname."
There are some similar cases In Eng
lish of wh: h the word "newt" Is an '
example, having been originally "an 1
ewt." Sometimes the "n" has left the
word and become attached to the art!- j
cle, as in apron, which was In olden
times a "napron," while "a nauger" j
has come down to us as "an auger."—
Saturday Review.
Currier Plffeou Memory.
I have known the pigeons Imported
from Belgium and kept prisoners for J
! years, which, when liberated, struck j
j out for home, only to be drowned in
| the Atlantic or picked up by some ship
jat sea. This proves thut uo distance j
appalls them.
During the Franco-Prussian war the
i French caught a homing pigeon which
j was being sent to transmit lnforma
; tion out of the besieged city of Psrls.
i The bird was made a prisoner of war
and kept in confinement for ten years.
When given ita liberty It at once re
turned to its old home, showlug that j
ten years was not sufficient to drive ,
from its mind the memory of home.—
Country Life In America
Dilution (extraordinary.
A member of the French academy
reported ihat twenty five experiments
ou animals showed each time that
poisoned blood is active even after di
lution 1.000.001, not), 000 times The
strength of the average homeopath
ic dose Is from about the third to
the sixth decimal. This demonstrates
that those who say that there is no
medicine, in a homeopathic dose be
tray ignorance.
Jnnt What He Meant.
"Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Tor
kins after her husband had been play
ing a social game, "why are you so
often without money?"
"It Is due to the way I was raised."
"You mean reared, don't you?"
"No. 1 mean raised."- Washington
Star
A tiood lining.
She •! spend six hours a day trying
to grow tall: it's the fashion, you know.
He Well, you've made a beginning, I
see. Your face looks longer than usu
al.—Detroit Free Press
Sou Inx and Itenplnif.
The law of the harvest is to reap
more than you sow Sow an act, and
you reap a habit. Sow a habit, and
you reap a character. Sow a charac
ter, and you reap a destiny.
Give the reins to appetite, and you
(five wings to happiness. Woman's
Lire.
Last Night's Performance.
The Murray & Macbey company
clo-ed a second engagement at the
Danville Opera House last evening
when "Across the Desert"was pre
sented before a fair sized audience.
The piece was of the western front- 1
ier melo-dramatic type, full of startl- 1
ing climaxes. The play gave excellent I
opportunity for the members of troupe I
to do some very clev r acting The j
specialties were of the high order that i
this company always presents.
When t!iu time comes iround lor
choosing school ma'ams to teach in 1
the Mahanoy City schools the fair ap
plicant will hereafter he required to!
submit a certificate pledging herself!
to a life of single Mis* during the'
t mire of the appointment
(To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, jr <Vc/r I ;
Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 months. This signature, / ° n[rxrt^o " I ,
OLIVER CROMWELL.
Ttie Great e»f Error of llln Career
<'hnrle«* Eiera(lon.
The greatest error of Cromwell's life
( was the execution of the king. Not
| thnt In this ho showed himself a man
lof blood. There was in him not a
particle of the terrorist or of the pas
j slon for regicide which slew the help
less king of France. He had been pro
voked 110 doubt by Charles' double deal
ing, but he did not hate him; on
contrary, he was Inclined to him and
had wished to come to terms with him.
j Himself brimming with family affec
tion, he had been touched by the sight
[of Charles with ids children. lie was
Impelled to the fatal act by what seem
ed to him fell necessity and by the un
| controllable wrath of the army against
the king, whose perfidious machina
j tlons, while lie was treating with the
parliament for a settlement, had kJu
| died the Becond civil war, with the
Scotch Invasion, and brought them and
; their cause once more into the extrem
| lty of peril. It was at the prayer meet
| ing of the soldiers at Windsor, before
they marched against Hamilton, that
the king's doom was really pronounced.
The secret treat}' with the Scotch for
the invasion of England brought
Charles to the block, and his offense
surely was capital, though its punish
ment was most ill advised. The death
of the captive king set the king free
and absolved the monarchy; It put in
expiable blood between the regicides
| and a great part of the nation, and
flunkyism, far from being sickened, as
Carlyle says It was, flourished on the
martyrdom and has continued to flour
ish on It ever Bince. The success of
Ikon Baallike was the proof.—Goldwin
Smith In Atlantic.
WAIFS IN AUSTRALIA.
The State FHD<U Them Good Home*
and Has .No Orphuanr.
Australia is a continent without an
orphanage, a country without an or
phan. Each waif is taken to a receiv
ing house where it is cared for till a
country home Is found. The local vol
l unteer societies canvass their neigh
borhoods and send to the children's
! committee of the destitute board the
names of any families they have
found whore children may be placed.
The children's committee selects the
home which it Judges Is best adapted
to the development of the child in
question.
No child is placed in a family so
poor that the child might suffer. The
foster parent receives a snm averaging
$1.25 per week for the care of the
i child and for proper clothing. When cf
| school age the child must be sent to
school. The local volunteer committee
| looks after its care and culture, anil
i zealous neighbors often assist In watch
| Ing the growth and education of these
happy children.
When the child is fourteen years old
he begins to work. His earnings are
placed in the Postal Savings bank, and
I at the age of seventeen or eighteen he
| goes out Into the world an independent
man. The stat«. at an expense of less
than S7O a year, has raised a man or
woman to contribute to its wealth and
prevented the manufacture of a criml
nal and the expense »112 courts, prisons
and reformatories.
I
Carry Tour Own Pillow.
Many people when away from home
And it difficult to sleep well hi a
strange bed and arise in the morning
with a sense of having passed a decid
edly unsatisfactory night. An old rail
way official* who ought to know, says
; the trouble is all In the pillow. It's
the pillow first, last and always. He
j has slept in many lands and under all
! Imaginable conditions and years ago
j came to the conclusion that with one's
I own pillow at hand It mattered little
at>out the bed. On an extended tour he
always takes his pillow with him.
: stowing It c"..tiully at the bottom of
the trunk for future reference "If I
could start life over again," he says,"l
would learn to sleep without a pillow
(the only proper way), but the art must
be acquired during childhood. The
next l»est thing is your own pillow
wherever possible. Try it and be con
vinced—Philadelphia Record
Wouldn't Kh) Kel».
A well known naturalist tells of an
; experience In the Hebrides last sum
mer. "We saw great numbers of eels
actually leaving the sea and ascending
a small clear stream which formed the
outlet to a shallow loch," he writes.
"They varied in size from mere
threads to specimens weighing two to
three pounds each. The migration con
tinned for a whole week, and one day
we succeeded in capturing half a score
about fifty yards away from high tide
mark. These were offered to a high
land shepherd, who, with a shrug and
a grimace, said. 'Och, sir, I would
liefer eat snakes ' "
So<-li n Sice Riddle.
"Did you ever hear the alphabetical
conundrum, Angelina?"
"No, Augustus. What is It?"
"It Is. When will there be only twen
ty-five letters in the alphabet?"
"Oh, I never could guess that!"
"It's when IT and I are made one, my
darling."
"What a nice conundrum it is, Au
gust us!"
Youthful Anplrntlonn.
Holden Both of your children are
getting along. They'll soon have to do
cide upon their careers. Belden Oh. j
that's all settled long ago. Tom has I
made up his mind to be a retired mil
llonaire, and Henrietta thinks she is i
cut out for a rich widow.—Boston ;
Transcript.
Courting I*eae«.
"Smith never quarrels with his wife :
She spends nearly all her time abroad."
"Yes. they get along together by liv
ing apart." Houston Post.
Quiet Day Services.
The Quiet Day services at Christ
Episcopal charch Tuesday night and
Wednesday were well attended. The
object of these services is to give op
portunity to the communicants to pre
pare for their Christmas communion.
The Hev. Father Converse, late of
Philadelphia, addressed the meetings
in an interesting and helpful maimer.
I
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| POSTbFFICE SWIN
DLER CAUGHT
* ! Anthony Buckert. who doped Mesalla !
, Batbiskey, an ignorant immigrant in- j
t to taking a registered letter which did
- not belong to him out of the Mt. C»r- j
- mel post office, was arrested Tuesday j
in St. Clair after being in hiding for
two months from post office authorit- .
' ies
The dope in the meantime,is receiv
ing ?1 50 pi r day from Uncle Sam for j
staying in jail. Ho is detained in the j
Harrisbnrp jail, as a witness against
Hucbcrt, who will he tried in the Dis- j
trict Court at Williamsport, on Jan- '
uarv S)th.
Last Ootob r Buckert got Barhiskey
to write to a Polish boy in Wilming
ton, Dei., who advertised in a Polish
journal tor his missing father. The j
i boy, believing Barhiskey was his fath- I
| er, sent 820. Barhiskey took there- j
1 gistrMftd letter from the Mt. Caruiel
j post office and wrote for? 10 more
Thelny's suspicions were aroused
land he wrote to Postmaster Cope, who
set in motion an investigation which
revealed the plot.
Barhiskey was arrest d.buf Buck, it,
who bad falsely identified him at the
post ''lfice, escaped.
Last week, before Judge Arch bald
at Harrisbcrg Barbiskey pleaded guilty
explaining that, he hail been but two
months in this country and was the
dupe of Buckert, who took all the
money.
OK.-* K.\ l-;ss CAHMUT UK CI7KKD
by local applications, as they cannot reacfi
the diseased portion of the ear. There is only
one way to cure deafness, and that is by con
Mutational remedies. Deafness is caused hy
an inflamed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely clos
ed deafness is Uie result, and unless the in- I
(lamination can betaken out and this tube i
restored to its normal condition, hearing wi j
be destroyed forever; nine easef out >ften are i
caused by catarrh,which is nothing tint an in
flamed condition of the mucous services.
We will give One Hundred Doll rs for any \
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can j
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh C'nie Send j
or circulars, free.
Hall's Family Pills are t lie best
Sold by Druggists.76c.
THREE HEN LOSE
LIVES IN BIG FIRE
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 14 —Three
firemen were killed and three others *
painfully horned and property valued !
at $727, 000 destroyed by a fire, which >
began last night and which was not
under control until this morning. The 1
dead are: Tacob F. Miller, insnrmce <
patrolman; 11. .T. Buckley, insurance
j patrolman, and .Toi n Fellows, pipe- '
! man. The losses, alrno-t follv covered
by ln-uranoe, an;: O. H. Peck build- :
ing, Boutell Brothers, building and
| Bintliff building, all owned by the
i Hale Homestead company, of Minnea
polis, $'225,000; Mercantile company's
building, $3;>,000; O. H. Peck, sti ck
of photogr tph ic supplies, $45,000;
] Boutell Brothers, stock of furniture,
| $100,000; Bintliff Manufacturing corn
j pany, picture frames and art goods,
i $80,000; Powers Mercantile company,
i department store, 125,000; Northwest
! ern National bank building, $10.000;
! Farmers and Mechanics Savings bank,
| $20,000 ; misc llaneous losses, $5,000.
The dames started in the basement of
the Pe k t-i 1> 1 ishiuent.
A Guaranteed Dure For Piles.
Itching, Blind, protrud
ing Piles. Druggists reitind money if
PAZt) OINTMENT fails to cure any
case, no matter of how long standing,
in 6to 14 days. First application gives
ease and soc. soc. If your druggist
hasn't it send 50c in stamps and it will
be forwarded post-paid by Paris Medi- i
cina (St. Lonin. Mo.
Philadelphia Motel Fire.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14.-The'
Aberdeen hotel, Broad street above j
Filbert, was destroyed seriously by j
fire early today. Thirty guests were ]
aroused hy bell hoys and chamber- J
maids, many of them rau out into the '•
ice and snow without waitiug to dress. I
Three persons were overcome by smoke :
and cold and were taken to the Hah- I
enniann hospital.
Bushville, lud.
Messrs. ELY BROS. :-I have been a
great sufferer from catarrh and hay
fever and tried many things,but fonncl
no permanent relief until I found it in
Ely's Cream Balm about eight years
age>, and we have been fast friends
ever since.
( Rev.) R. M. BENTLEY.
M esers ELY BROS. :— Find enclosed j
50 cents, for which please si ml me
your Cream Balm. I find yoar remedy
the quickest and mi sr permanent cure
for cold ill the head, catarrh, etc.
Yours truly, DELL M. POTTER,
Gen. Mgr. Arizona Gold Mining Co.
nidshipmen to Graduate.
ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 14.—The first
j class of midshipmen will graduate ti
l full term earlier this year than the re
gular coins' usually allows, on ac-
I count of the urgent need for officers
jto take charge of the new vessels of
j the navy. The ceremonies of gradua
tion will take place January HO. The
number of graduates will be 107. The
class leader for the v hole course will
be Midshij man Roy C Smoth. of
Michigan. The second man \sill be 1
Hugo Frankt nberger,of West Virginia.
Way Below Zero.
SARATOGA,N. Y.,Dec. 14.—Temp
eratures ianginn from ten to twenty
five degrees lu lo \ z r> were reported
from various prints in tlrs section of
ihe state tr<l:v. It was ten b low in
this city, eightie i at C os'e>town.
twenty-five below at North Creel;,and
nineteen at Ballston
I
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.
I
There is a disease prevailing in this I
country most dangerous because so decep- j
7~~"i Ml IN Ffl |yA five. Many sudden
I tJ, «ft E> deaths are caused by
! '<— heart disease,
1 rflJt Wit* P neum orria. heart
< XK\ ' a '' urc or apoplexy
IJI vSli "VnX. \i r are °' , en , ' le result
I °* kidney disease, if
If I n F?i| kidney trouble is al
' lk\ \\ L lowed to advance the
U Eil kidney - poisoned
J blood will attack the
vital organs or the
kidneys themselves break down and waste
away cell by cell.
| Bladder troubles most always result from
a derangement of the kidneys and a cure is
I obtained quickest by a proper treatment of
the kidneys. If you are feeling badly you
can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
i bladder remedy.
j It corrects inability to hold urine and scala
j ing pain in passing it, and overcomes that
j unpleasant necessity of being compelled to
; go often during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and the
i extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. It stands the highest for its won
!' derful cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold
by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar
| sized bottles. You may
have a sample bottle of JE iiJlTSsrb
this wonderful new dis- i
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tells all about it, both Home of Swamp-Root,
sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co.
Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention
reading this generous offer in this paper.
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ber the name, Swanp-Root, Dr. Kil
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FIEND USED KNIFE TO
HORRIBLE ADVANTAGE
IRONTON, Ohio, Dec. 14.—Late
la«t night Edward Harris, while in a
I frenzy cut the throat of his stepson,
aged six, cut his wife's throat from
ear to ear,stabbed her in the neck and
cut one side of her face almost com
pletely off and wound up his bloody
! work by cutting his three-year-old
| daughter about the head.face and neck
! and his one-year-old daughter about
! the face.
Harris also attaoked his mother-in- j
law, Mrs. Henry Adams, but did not :
use a knife on her. Harris then ran j
from his home and eladod his parsu- j
ers for about two hours, when he was 1
captured.
The stepson lingered au hour and ;
i died. The wife aud two children are 1
in such condition as to preclude all
Impe of recovery. Harris when ar
j rested was covered with blood and
was peacefully sleeping near the boil- j
ers at the Irouton fire brick plant.
Surprise Party.
Mrs. William Starner was tendered
a surprise party Tuesday evening at
her home, Oak Grove. A delicious j
oyster supper was served and the even- j
ing was spent in playing cards. Those
present were: Mr. and Mrs. William
Leidy, Mr. and Mrs. William Patter
son,Mr. and Mrs. Willard Pannebaker, I
Mr. and Mrs. William Starner, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Hilkert, Miss Wilda
Panuebaker,Clarence E. Leily, Walter
and Lather ReiKhard, William Hilk
ert, Leslie Srahl, of Oak Grove. Bes
sie Cooper, of Ottawa. Lovvery and
Charles Patterson, Strawberry Ridge. .
Nasal
CATARRH
cleanses, Boothes and heals M
the diseased membrane. ■
It enrea catarrh and drives M
away a cold in the head
quickly. |
, Cream Balm is placed into the nostrils,spreads
j over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im
i mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
j not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug
! gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
I EI.Y UKOTIIERS, 80 Warren Street, New York
Water Famine Prevails.
Moo3UP,Conn., Dec. 14. —The dau- !
ger of severe suffering from a diought |
iu this section is believed to have in- !
creased by the heavy snow storm
yesterday. Owing to the deep drifts 1
the farmers have to haul water from j
the ponds for their cattle, and have |
had very hard work to keep up the I
supply. Hundreds of wells are giving
out or are already dry and a deep
freeze-up is feared. The mill owners
have to shut down for lack of water.
This will necessitate the throwing out
of work of several thousand hands.
Colombia,O., Dec. 14.—The drought
has lowered the Scioto river to a low
stage and the river from which Col
umbus secures it water supply is todav
froz n uearly solid. Th < situation has
alarme 1 the water works officials and
Superintendent Oshanessy issued a
warning to the people to hoard their
water supply and fill their cisterns
while there is au opportunity as, if
the river is completely frozen, as uow
seems possible, the water supply will
be cut off. All fire cisterns are being
filled to the brim.
Indigestion Causes |
Catarrh of the
Stomach.
For many years it has been supposed that
Catarrh of the Stomach caused indigestion
and dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the
opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re
peated attacks of Indigestion infiames the
mu ous membranes lining the stomach and
exposes the nerves of the stomach, thus caus- |
ing t::e glands to secrete mucin instead of
th£ juices of natural digestion. This is
cailed Catarrh of the Stomach.
SC&sloi Dyspepsia Cure
relieves all inflammation of the mucous 1
membranes lining the stomach, protects tha
nerves, and cures bad breath, sour risings,
a s-nse of fullness after eating, indigestion, 1
dys r 'f'"s:a and all stomach troubles.
Kc<lc! Digests What You Eat i
M?ke the Stomach Jf^»et.
Bott'.eso-.ly Regular sire. $ 1 00. hcldlnc 2'S timej 112
th» tr.si sire, which sells for 50 cents
prepared by E. C. DeWITT & CO., Chicago, 111.
Sold by Paules ife Co.. (Josh & Co 1
R-I PA-N-S Tabula
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The 5-cent packet is enough for usual (
occasion*. The family hoti ? < tin cents) t
contains h supply for a yeat. All drug *-
gists s 11 them.
JURORS I OR
DECEHBER COURT 1
For (lie December term of Court,
December 2?tl>, 11)04, the following s
, Jurors liave be> 11 drnwn: 1
TRAVERSE .JURY. e
Danville, Ist Ward—Harry E. Trum- e
! bower, William G Maiers, William G :
Kramer.
Danville, 2nd Ward. —Edward Aten, ;(
Gilbert Voris. i
r< anville, 3rd Ward.—Henry Grove,
Samuel Wi rkhejser, A. J. Iliatt, James
Dailey, E. S. Miller, Seth C. Lormer,
Richard Metl erell, Wes'ey Bodiue.
Danville, 4th Ward --Frank Yeager,
Henry Kneibler, James Edgeworth, I(■
Frederick Henry, Samuel Mortim> r.
Anthony township. —Peter Risliel, i
William Flora, Lloyd W. Welliver. 1
Derry township. William L. Moore, j
Clark Boone, Frank B. Crotnley. j j
Liberty township—J. J Hoflman. ' „
Limestone township—Ambrose Mill
er.
*gMahoning township.—Edward Wert- I
man, Thomas Johns, Morris Leighow,
Ralph Leighow, William Honser, John
Weaver. :
Mayberry township. William C. •
Kase. | <
Washingtonvilie. —H. S. Moser. R. '
B. Seidel. j *
West Hemlock township. Paul
Mausteller. 1
GRAND JURY.
Danville, Ist ward.- Joseph Keely, a
John H. Garnet, Samuel W. Arms, D. v
C. Hunt, William E. Limberger,Frank a
G. Schoch, U. L. Gordy, George Mot- a
tern. (
Danville, 2nd ward.—Willard Fet- a
terman, Oliver B. Sweitzer, D. R.
Williams.
Danville, 4th ward.—Charles Mot- 1
tern, Thompson Jenkins,Charles Deihl. 1
Anthony township—William Rishel.
Liberty township. William G.
Ford, Victor Vincent, William J.
Leidv, William E. Patterson.
Limestone township.—Calvin Deen,
Thomas Schuyler.
Mahoning township—Joseph Baylor.
Valley township.— Thoma° H. Ben
field, Peter Yoiks. I
- —_____
] NOTICE. r
I &
| Estate of Margaret Y. Grove, late of (
the borough of Danville, Pa., de
ceased.
I Notice is hereby given that letters ~
of Administration d. b. n. on the h
abore estate have been granted to the 1 ]
; undersigned. All per ons indebted to
the said estate aie requited to make j
| payment, end those having claims
against the said estate, will make ,
known the same without delay to ]
|M. G. YOUNGMAN, Administrator. .
S NOTICE'S.
| To AT..!* Creditors, Legatees and othbb
I PERSONS INTERESTED—Notice is herein' given,
i that the following named persons did on the
date affixed to their names, tile the accounts
of their administration to the estate of those
i persons, deceased, and Guardian Accounts, Ac.
I whose names are hereinafter mentioned, in
1 the office of the Register for the Probate of
] Wilis and granting of Letters of Administra- t
| tion, in and for the County of Montour, and
that the same will be presented to the Orphans' S
Court of said county, for confirmation and «
allowance, on Monday, the aoili <laj- of
Dec. A. 0., 1904, at the meeting oft lie t
I Court in the afternoon.
' 1904. 1
Oct. 15.—First and Purrial account of '
Mary Elleu Hote, George L. i
Rote and Sallie K. Pierce, j 8
Executors of Christian I.au
bach, late of the Borough of
Danville, deceased.
Nov. a.—Final aocouut of David D.
Williams, Trustee appointed ,
to sell real estate of Evan E.
Davis, late of the Borough q
of Danville, deceased.
o
j Nov. 15—First and Partial acconnt 0
of James B. Pollock and I t j
Charles E. Shires, Sr., Es- j t
ccutors of William S. P. I- g
lock, kite of the Borough of; s
i
Washingtonvillc, deceased. ; (1
I Nov. 25—First an I Final account ofj_
Charles Mottern, Admiiiis- i
trator d. b. n. c. t. a of |
Lydia Lonner, late of tin j
Borough of Danville, dec as
ed.
Nov. 2C> First and Final account of i
R. 11. Simingtoii. Admiui-- j
trator of William N. Siming _
ton, late of the Township oi
Liberty, deceased.
Nov. 26—First and Final account ol '
Ella V. Hitler, Administra- j
trix of Daniel Ki tier, iate of!
the Township of Anthony,
deceased.
Nov. 26—First and Final account of j
Caroline Rieck,Executrix of (
Fredericka P. Rieck, late of j >
the Borough of Danville, de- j 1
ceased, and also Trustee ap- ! z
pointed to sell real estate of
said decedent
Nov. 26—First «nd Finii accouut of ,
James R Carey ami Howard r
('. Welliver. a limnistrators t
of Mark H. Carey,late ot thee
Township of Anthony, de
ceased.
WM. L SIDLER, Register, j ,
Register's Office, Danville, Pa.,
Nov. 26, 1904.
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NOTIOE.
In the Court of Oomrnou Pleas of Montour
County.
Notice is hereby duly given that the
second and final account of Thomas J.
Rogers, eommi't-e of William S Rob
erts,a lunatic together with the vouch
ers ilnreof, have been filed on record
in ii y office, and that the said acconnt
will be i resented to the afore aid
< oi rt fur allowance and confirmation
ui si on
TUESDAY, DEC. 27, A. D. 1904,
an 1 if no exceptions are filed thereto
within four days thereafter the said
account will be confirm d absolutely
as of course as per Rule of the said
Coi rt in such specified behalf made
and provided.
THOS. G. VINCENT,
Prothonotary
Prothouofary's Office, Eanvilie, Pa.,
Dec. 8, 11)04.
NOTICE.
Ia the Court of Common Pleas ol Montour
County.
Notice is hereby duly given that the
account ot James Dailey, Assignee of
James Martin,togethtr with the vouch
ers thereof, have bren filed on record
in my office, aud that the said account
will be presented to the aforesaid
Court for allowance aud continuation
ni si on
TUESDAY, DEC. 27, A. D. 1904,
and if no exceptions are filed theieto
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.
THOS. G. VINCENT,
Prothonotary.
Prothonotary'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
moil Pleas of Montour County, and to
me directed will expose to Public Sale
at the Court. House, Dan ville, Montour
County, State of Pennsylvania, on
Saturday, December 24th.
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the
said day the following described Real
Estate, vi/:
All tiii right, title and undivided
interest of the defendant, Ada G. Art
man in aud to the following describe
real estate situate in the Township of
Limestone, County of Montour and
State of Pennsylvania bounded and de
scribed as fol'o vs, viz: Beginning at
a stone theme by lauds foimerly of N T .
Gouger North thirty-five and cne
fonrih degrees W T est sixty-two aud one
fifth perches to a stone,thence by lands
foinieily of John McGinuis JNorfch
foriy-two and cne-half degrees East
thirty-one and two-fifths perches to a
stone, South seventy-one and oue
fou'th d' gr. es East two hundred and
twe-ity-four and one-half ptrcl.es to a
post, Nrrth twenty-six and one-half
deg ees East fortv-four and one-half
perches to a |o.st, South fifty-four de
gree, East thirty-eight perches to a
post, thence by lands formetly of the
he' sof William S. Narr, deceased,
South oue degree East twenty and
eigl t-teuths peri lies to a stone, thence
by I tnd of the heirs of George Fulmei
Nor h eighty-nine degrees West ninety
six and loui-teuths perches to a white
oak thence by land formerly of Nich
olas Goug r. South eighty-nine and
one-half degrees West one hundred and
fifr\ -ore aud eight-tenths perches to
the place if beginning, containing
Elxt\-tluee aires aud tweuty-four
square rods of laud On which are
erected a
TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING,
bun aud ojher outbuildings.
Seiz il a:i 1 laiteii into execntiou all
the right, title and undivided interest
:t the defendant, Ada G. Artman.
GKO. MAIERS, Sheriff
il. M. HINCKLEY, Atty.
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