MONTOUR AMERICAN! FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville, Pa.. Dec. 2Q. 1904. ANTS' NOSES. Are Five of Thfui, und l£a»'h Hat lt» Owu Duty. In their antennae, or feelers, ants tuvo fiv* noses, each of which has Its ®wn duties to perform. One nose tells the ant whether it is In its own nest or that of an enemy; anotlier nose discriminates between odors of ants of the same species, but of different colonies; a third nasal or gan serves the purpose of discerning the scent laid down by the ant's owu feet, so that It may be able to retrace the way quite easily; a fourth nose •mells the larvae and pupae, aud the fifth nose detects the presence of an enemy. If an ant be deprived of a certain nose, it will live peaceably with ene mies, but If it retains its fifth nose it will fight the alien to the death. There la a difference In the functions of nose one and nose five, although they ap pear to be somewhat alike. This sense of smell does not come till the ants are three days old. If, therefore, ants only twelve hours old lu-e placed among others belonging to different colonies, thejj will grow up quite amicably and ff>t understand that they are a mixed lot, because they will have grown up with Ideas of •cent in accordance with their sur roundings. The sense of smell to them Is as important as the sense of sight to human beings. EARTH LIGHT. Krldrnrri That Our I'lanrt Poaaeaaea • I.umlnoua tiuallty. In proof that the earth does emit Bght Humboldt (180N) points to the aurora borealis. The light produced by tills luminous arch Is distinct from that received from the sun, and its in tensity slightly exceeds that of the moon's light in her first quarter. At the poles this glow continues with Scarcely a break, reminding us of the planet Venus, whose side turned away from the sun often gives forth a feeble phosphorescent light. Humboldt goes onto argue that oth er planets also may possess a similar luminous quality, aud In our atmos phere there are other evidences of this •mission of light from the earth Itself. Such were the famous dry fogs of 17H3 and of 1831, which gave forth light perceptible at night, and such is that diffused glimmer which guides our •teps In the nights of autumn and win ter, when clouds hide the stars and the earth is not covered with snow. It Is therefore not entirely true that, as Sir Norman Lockyer puts It,"the earth canuot give out more light than a cold poker can." GENIUS AT WORK. 9«rlo«i I'oatnrea of Some Men to Woo m Flow of Idfis. Lomhroso says that some men of genius In order to give themselves up to mediation even put themselves arti ficially Into a state of cerebral seml eongestiou. Schiller worked best with his feet plunged into Ice. Descartes burled his head lu a sofa while medi tating, while Milton composed with his Lend leaning over his easy chair. Patsiello composed beneath a moun tain of bedclothes, and Hossinl found bed tha best place for hla best works. Cujas worfced lying prone on the car pet, and Llebnitz is said to have been eUliged to assume the horizontal to aaeditate at all satisfactorily. Itousseau worked with his head in the full glare •112 the s\m. Shelley on the hearth rug with hla head close to the tire, and Bossuet. retiring to a cold room, wrap ped his head In hot cloths. It Is possible that some of these Varices Increased the flow of arterial blood to the head. Just as many can think best when exhilarated by rapid exercise or by walking uj> and down a room. Wklilltr and Hla Tailor. "Curious enough," wrote Mortimer Manpes, "whenever one came In con tact with Whistler one entirely forgot one's own affairs and became com pletely occupied with his. The tit of the master's coat was far more Impor tant to me than my own artistic work. At the tailor's Whistler would give afl elaborate description of how a certain coat was to be made, and the tailor would carry out his directions literally. But no sooner had the man accomplish ed the work than Whistler would say: This is all wrong. How dare you say that it Is what I told you to do? I am a painter. It Is not my business to make coats. That is your province. Therefore you should hare led me to do what you knew to bo right.'" Right to the Point. To do even the most humble work worthily and well something more than blind mechanical service must be giv en. A young mistress once asked her cook about a certain recipe. "Just how much flour do you putin, Mary?" "Law, mum. you don't follow any rule; you Just use your Jedgment!" "But suppose you don't have any 'Jedg ment.' " returned the puzzled mistress. "Then don't cook!" was the reply, suc elnct and to the point. Bunchlnjf It. "How long have you been married?" asked the prima donna. "Only sii months this time," replied the beautiful soubrette; "but, putting them all together. I suppose I've been a wife for three or four years at least"— Exchange. A Soother. Ha- He's put a good many to sleep la his time Sho—Doctor or pugilist? lie—Neither, he's a preacher.—Chicago Journal. Hla Orraalonal Wlah. "Why dou't you e/er want togo to a wed<llng?" snapped Mrs. Enpeck. ~I don't believe you've been to a wed ding since you attended your own." "So," mildly responded Mr. Enpeck. "I haven't. And,"he added softly to himself, "I sometimes wish 1 hadn't attended that one."—Philadelphia Bul letin. Wtaked ta Know. "Miss Passay," he said, "there Is something I have for some time wish ed to ask you." "Oh," she gasped, "I'm so glad—that is. I—l mean, Is It anything person al?"— Chicago Uecord Herald. What Mar Be. Passenger (on ocean liner of the fu ture)— Will you please direct me to my stateroom? It's No. 727. Clerk— Ifs about half a mile aft. Take trolley oar on starboard promenade.- Chicago Tribune i (I- The Proposals of Paula By OTHO Ti. SEJWGA. fopi/ritfM, VMk. hu (Mho B. SeilO<% (> 0 The privileges and possibilities of leap year were under discussion. "It Is my opinion," #aid Paula in a Judicial tone, "that woman ought al ways to be the proposer :m<l man the— the proposee," coining the word with charming assurance. "You would never dare," said one man tauntingly. "I'll prove It. In fact, I'll propose, not only to one, but to seven." The men surrounding her gave utter ance to despairing groans, und the girl laughed enjoyably. "I've made up my mind," she con tinued in a reflective tone, "that I real ly ought to become engaged this year." "In that case," little Sawtelle began eagerly, "why not"— "Consider you? That wouldn't do at all. I want the pleasure of making a proposal that shall be original with myself." "You'll have some difficulty inchoos lng the 'proposee,' " declared Hender son gloomily. "Oh, I think not," airily. "Not all the eligible men of my acquaintance have proposed to me. I can think of sev eral, any one of whom I would be will ing to marry if all the circumstances were favorable." "Suppose the first one should ac cept?" suggested Dike Salter dismally. "There will not be any 'first.' There will be seven simultaneous proposals by letter, and I shall be somewhere In hiding. The man who reaches my sldo first"—pausing ns If to consider how to pile up the difficulties—"with a ring that fits my engagement finger—to him I'll say, 'Thou art the man!' " The Spinters' leap year ball was in progress at the Tullerles, the "Spin sters" being a coterie of the richest society girls, many of them buds in their first season. Paula Pendleton's announcement was the climax to an evening of gayety. "Do you really mean it. Miss Pen dleton?" asked several. "I am genuinely in earnest," she re plied, laughing, "but I feel safe; my hiding place will not be discovered." "P.e careful lest you meet the fate of Genevra," warned a grave voice some distance from the laughing group. "IB IT YOC, PAULA? AM I THJt ONE TO FIND YOU?" "Did you notice Kenneth Carter?" whispered one of the girls. "He looked so scornful, and at you, Paula!" "Did he?" asked Paula Indifferently. "He always looks scornful—or bored. It seams to be his natural expression." rt was hardly a bored expression that rested on Kenneth Carter's dark face as he bent over Paula's white hand In courteous adieu. "You'd better take special notice of the size of my fingers," said the girl mockingly. A dangerous light gleamed for an in stant In his dark eyes, and the hot southern blood flamed In his veins. "I prefer not to believe you In ear nest," he ansv. guardedly. Paula's greatest fharm for him was an Indescribable quality, a combination of purity and comradeship that robbed the most daring speech or act of all un womanllness. "I hope she won't do that," he thought uneasily on his way home. "It is only a girlish prank, but"— The next evening as Carter sat chat ting with his invalid mother a note and a small package were brought to him. The note was but a line: "Now Is the accepting time. Are you com lng?" It was signed with Paula Pen dleton's name. He read It hastily and sprang to his feet In angry dismay. Then he handed the note to his mother and explained rapidly. "Are you going?" she asked, hardly above her breath. "No," he replied sternly. "I will not be a party to any such mockery of a thing that ought to be sacred. She is doubtless amusing herself as usual, and If there is a favored one among the seven he will know just where to look for her." He turned sharply away, with chok ing throat and hot, stinging eyeballs. "You do care, Kenneth," persisted his mother wistfully. "Yes," he answered shortly, "I care. I care so much that I cannot tolerate the thought of her as a prize in a game of hide and seek." "The package, Kenneth," Mrs. Car ter suggested inquiringly. He opened it quickly, gazing bewil dered at the contents, a small, plain gold ring. "What djc.i It mojuV" ho asked con fusedly. "I think it means that you are not the only one who cares. She evidently doesn't Intend you to fail for lack of a ring that fits. Now will you go?" "Yes," he said quickly, "but I'll seek her at her home, as an honorable man should, not elsewhere." He returned In an hour, with disap pointment unmistakable in his face. His mother did not need to question him "I saw three or four men who, I am positive, were looking for her," he said lu a slow, hard tone—"Van Horn, with his besit pair, and little Sawtelle J In his automobile. There's a dinner dance at Trumbull's tonight, and young Cooper and Dike Salter came dashing out of there Just as I was passing." "Are you sure she isn't at home?" "It was her crwn maid who came to the door. I fe*-l sure that sho would not deceive me. You know she is little Oscar Larson's sister." "The boy who was injured and for whom you secured the damages?" "Yes. The girl evidently knew all about this affair and realized the use lessness of my search, for she said In a very kind and gentle way, 'You'd better go home, Mr. Carter.' " A faint flicker of a smile. Instantly repressed, appeared at the corners of Mrs. Carter's mouth. "But the ring, Kenneth," she per sisted. "Probably sent to raise my hopes and so make my failure all the more crushing," he answered bitterly. "We will not speak of It again, dear little mother, and I will say good night now. I want to be alone." "Before you go, dear, please bring me my embroidery from the library table." He pushed aside the portieres and entered the library. A slender, girl ish figure stood before the grate, and the dancing firelight fell In soft gleams upon her white dress and lent a bright glow to a face pale with emotion. Kenneth gave a sharp crp and sprang forward. "Is it you, Paula? Is It really you? Am I the one to find you?" "Did you want to find me, Kenneth?" she asked, half crying. "Did I want to? Oh, Paula"— He held her to his breast In silence and then bent and kissed the sweet mouth upraised to his. It was after the announcement of the engagement that Paula exclaimed one day, looking Into Kenneth's gloomy face: "What Is the matter, Sir Doleful? Such an expression as that on the face of a newly engaged man Is hardly flattering to his fiancee." He answered slowly, "That night at the ball you said there were several whom you would be willing to marry " "I did," Paula returned promptly, "but you may recall that I said also 'if all the circumstances were favora ble.' " "I can't see that that changes it any," he argued obtusely. "You don't deserve to be told, but because you are so stupid I'll have to explain that the absolutely essential circumstance was that I should love the man. And lest you continue mak ing yourself miserable for nothing I'll confess right now that you were the only one to whom I sent a note. Even then I was so dreadfully afraid you wouldn't come that I followed the note, and your mother 'aided and abetted' In a most shocking manner." The Order of the Garter. The Order of the Garter, the highest and most illustrious order of knight hood In Great Britain, was founded, says Selden, by King Edward 111. on April 23, 1344. But some trace the ori gin of this order back to April 28. 1192, when Richard I. compelled twen ty-six of his best knights to wear a thong of blue leather on the leg when flghtlug with the infidels. The general ly accepted tradition, however, la that King Edward 111. was dancing at a ball with the Countess of Salisbury when she dropped her garter, which the sovereign picked up and at first tied about his own leg. Observing, however, that this act excited a good deal of attention, he handed it back to the fair owner, with the words, "Honl sol qui mal y pense" ("Evil to him who evil thinks"), words still used as the motto of the order. The king said fur ther that shortly they should see that garter advanced to so high an honor and renown as to account themselves happy to wear it.—Harper's Weekly. !S'o Need to Rraff. "Sir," began a creditor who met one of his victims in the street, "I sent you a bill In January." "Yes, sir." "And again in April." "Yes, sir." "And again in July." "Yes, sir." "Am! I presume you received one tho other day." "I did. sir." "Well, sir; well, sir?" flustered the creditor. "Well, you needn't feel so stuck up over it," replied the other as he lighted a cigar. "There are firms In this town who send me hills every month In the year, and they never stop me In the street to brag about it either I detest such egotism, sir. Good morning."— Tlt-Blts. A* (hp Child Saw It. A New York tenement house child who had spent a happy day in the home of a settlement worker describes the visit In the following letter, accord ing to Charities: "Miss liven in a big beautiful house. There are three floors and lots of rooms. I should think It would be hard for them to find each other, there are so many rooms. It Is not so hard to find each other when you live in part of one floor. The floors were hard and shiny, with Uttle pieces of curpet on them. No piece was big enough to cover a whole room." An Inaarano* Itorf, They tell this story down on Wall street: The executive officer of a great Insurance company, happening one day to meet a friend In the street, found himself violently upbraided be cause his company refueed to invest in the bonds of an enterprise with which his friend was connected. The Insurance man stood it & frw minutes, then said carelessly, as if he were ordering a box of a new brand of cigars, "Oh, well, send me up a mil lion and a half of them."—World's Work. Appmrancf a Protection. "Appearances are deceitful" is an sld saying, which was Illustrated by au old lady In one of our banks a few days ago. Bhe drew out a sum very near the sl.( x»0 mark. The banker kindly asked her If she did not wish an escort to her destination In order to Insure pro tection for the large amount. Looking calmly at the banker, she replied, "Why, nobody would think 1 had more than sl.2s!"—ltumford Falls Times. The f*enfle Art. Visitor (to particular friend, who has had several new dresses laid on the 1 bed to choose from; I do wish you would tell me the name of the woman you sell your tilings to. I've got a lot i of old gowns like these that I want to 112e r et rid of.—Punch. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, j* r%// on every Seven Million boxes sold In past 12 months. This Signature, box. 25c« An Interrupted Soliloquy B U KEITH GORDON Copurlohl. 1904. bu Fiances Wilson "I gh!" breathed Louise Rainor in disgust as she rubbed away viciously jit the glove 011 her shapely hand. "How I loathe and despise poverty! I actually believe I shed the odor of gasoline Just us Madge Carr does the odor of violets!" "Economy! Economy! Economy!" she continued, punctuating her words with a pull at the lingers of the glove which she was now fastening upon a line where several others dangled in pathetic helplessness. "How 1 hate the word!" Talking to oneself has always the advantage of affording relief to pent up feelings without encountering op position. So it may have been as much 011 account of the explosive qual ity of her thoughts as of the fluid she was using that Louise had selected the far end of the back lawn for her operations that morning. The fence was high and almost con cealed by a network of spring green ery. For a moment the girl forgot herself, lost In admiration of the scene about her- the great old trees under which three generations of Rainors had played and the velvety sward up on which a robin was hopping about in a businesslike search for food. Then she sighed again, two ominous lines appearing on her smooth fore head. A silk waist was plunged into its gasoline bath with an energy born of rebellion at things as they were. "If I had a son," she burst out, car ried far beyond the proper scope of maidenly meditations by the strength of her feelings, "I'd teach him from his youth up that money was the greatest thing in the world." She paused in her work and glanced defiantly about. She ached to have somebody hear the shocking sentiment she was voicing, but the only living thing in sight was the robin, and he was Intent upon his own affairs. "I would!" she affirmed, as If her re mark had met with protest. "It's all SHE CALLED SOFTLY, "JACK !" very well to talk about honor and no bility und all that, but the only thing that the world pays any attention to j Is money. "Look at the Ralnors! They've been honorable men and true for genera tions, and the result is that mamma and I haven't money enough to get the roof mended and that the last of the name has to clean her gloves and gowns herself or wear them soiled! "There's that Seymour girl, Just as ordinary as she can be! But nobody cares how 'nouveau' the money is, so long as it Is there. I wouldn't have thought, though, that Jack" — Her nostrils quivered and she dab bed away at the waist in her hands , ratherly blindly. l>uring the period of silence that followed, the collar of a light silk waist was subjected to a long and exhanstive friction. One would almost have thought that she had forgotten where she was and what •h« was doing from the automatic way In which she worked and the unseeing expression of her eyes. "I don't care in the least"—her voice was really beautifully cool and in different—"but It's painful to see peo-, pie toady so to money—people at least that you care—that is, that you've 1 known a long time. "She's the very type of a girl that I've hoard him laugh at a hundred times, but Just the same he danced with her three times at the Willough- j bys', was out riding with her yester- J day and Is probably decorating that gaudy veranda of theirs at this mo- . ment." A careful examination of the waist | as she pinned It on the line beside the I gloves absorbed her for the next few j minutes. Whatever a Ralnor did had of necessity to be well done, and no professional cleaner could have eyed, his work more critically and minutely ( than she did hers. "I suppose the glitter of the millions she will have dazzles him!" she ob j served scornfully. "Money makes any > one fascinating. Too much nonsense i has been written about love. Some- j »>ody ought to write a great big, stir j ring epic about money. Properly done, j it would make the 'Niebelungen Iting' j read like a nursery tale! Don't men and women sell their souls for it?" Her head went up, and she waited, j with a waist suspended dramatically; above the gasoline, as If challenging J pome unseen auditor to contradict her Statement. "I don't blame Uhn a bit!" were her j next words, by which the reader will glean that she had made a long stride in toleranee. "I'd do the same thing myself. I'm going to. In fact, old Mr. j Masliam's heart and money are mine ' for the taking, and I'll write him this ! very morning. What glorious times mamma and 1 will have when I'm mis- j tress of that fortune —only I wish the poor old man would— "lt doesn't make any difference. I I 5 I Sugar-coated, easy fo tike, \ VJi IIC mi,d ,n action * They cure r\ V tT I wT LSI constipation, biliousness, 1 W K *sick-headache. tZSTiZ.: Want your moustache or beard BUCKINGHAM'S DYE a beautiful brown or rich Mack ? Use runt eta. or unttiuitrre oa IL t. iuu t oo- RAAUUA. ■. *■ hate poverty, and I'll never marry a poor man. Never!" Such was her absorption that she failed to notice a tall youth who was coming across the lawn toward her. Seeing that he was unobserved, he came up behind her softly, just In time to catch her vehement declaration. His face reddened, and the surprise that he planned seemed suddenly unadvlsable. "Nobody asked you to, miss, be said," was his mocking retort. And Louise turned toward him with a start. "Odd habit of yours—talking to yourself," he added, somewhat sourly. "It lightens one's domestic duties," was the lofty rejoinder. "Why didn't Miss Seymour run over with you?" Fhe continued sweetly. "It would have given her a chance to see how 'the other half lives,' you know!" "Ilnnjj .Miss Seymour!" crossly. "From the way you've been dancing attendance upon her"— Lifted brows and a shrug completed the sentence, but it was apparent that Miss Kainor was highly scandalized. Then she became serious and sisterly. "Iteally, Jack, you ought to think about the future—about posterity, you know. Think how important money Is and what a golden opportunity you have!" As she spoke his face became more and more gloomy. Strangely enough, her spirits seemed to rise as his sank. "Hang posterity!" he growled. "Mercy, what a vision you call up! Nothing but gibbets and dangling fig ures as far as the eye can see!" she laughed merrily. "But, seriously, you ought to think of my advice. Money la a very important thing." There was a brief silence, during which he glared at her in moody indig nation. "Has old Masbam spoken?" ha asked at last with biting sarcasm. "Oh, I have sense enough to see that I'm not wanted here," he continued without waiting for a reply. "I came to tell you something, but It scarcely seems worth while. I was answered before I had a chance to ask." lie jumped up and started off across the lawn with great strides. The girl watched him with wicked, exultant de light. Suddenly a swift change came over her face, and she called softly, "Jack!" He turned and regarded her uncer tainly, while she looked hurt and amazed. Then he slowly retraced his steps. "1 fancied you had something to tell me," she observed innocently. "It wouldn't be worth while. You see, I am a poor man." She clasped her hands behind her and looked him over speculatively, then she shook her head. "No, I don't call you a poor man. You're big and strong and rather nice. Besides, you have the kind of blue eyes that I like"— She stopped for a moment, and then she finished softly: "Old Mr. Masham is my idea of a poor man." The "Horn Fixer" at Work. "Our clock stopped the other day," said a woman. "When i wound It the pendulum refused to swing. William toid me to let it alone until he had time to tlx it. "One evening after dinner William took down the clock. He told th€ servant to bring him the kerosene oil can. He poured half the contents of the can down the back of the clock. Incidentally he ruined the tablecloth and his trousers. But I dldu't mind that It never pays to Interfere with a born fixer when he's fixing some thing. "After William had tinkered with th« timepiece for an hour he decided to wait until the uext night. When he had gone downto\vn uext morning I took it to a clockmaker. " 'Jimuiiny,' he exclaimed, 'wtio's been monkeying with this? To remedy the original trouble would have cost you 40 cents. Now you'll want a new face, since this one is soaked with oil. You're In for $4.50 all right.' "I had the clock in its usual place when William came home to dinner. But he never seemed to uotice it Said he was going to a neighbor's that even ing to help him fix his automobile."— New York I'ress. lienor on the Kangaroo. The kangaroo is an animal with four legs, but It only uses half of them at one time. This Is because its front legs ain't of much account. What it does not have in front legs It makes up in hlud legs. The reason why the kanga roo stands up straight like a man la that its tail is too heavy for it and kind of pulls Its head up in the air. I have heard It said that If you cut off a kangaroo's tail the tall will grow an other kangaroo, but the kangaroo can not grow another tall. Once there was a man who drew a kangaroo in a lot tery. When he found he could not ride the animal he traded It for a bicycle, which Is far more useful, and you do not have to feed It. l>et us learn from this not to be ca . down when obsta cles rise before us on our pathway through life, and if we are good and obedient to our teachers we will suc ceed. The kangaroo does not walk, like a bird or a human being, but Jumps. I would rather be a grizzly bear, which is content with peanuts and raw meat and sleeps through the long, dreary hours. —Chicago Tribune. Relative Advantage*. "Which do you think is better," asked the thoughtful girl, "wealth or social position?" "My dear," answered Miss Cayenne, "with money to give entertainments you can get into the society column, but aristocratic origin does not neces sarily insure mention in the financial news.''—Washington Star. The Iterord lunatic. "Here's a story 'bout a man what been married ten times!" Brother Williams seemed lost in thought. Then he spoke up: "Whet make 'em print sich tales ez dat? Wen a man once gits in de lunotlc asylum dey orter stop talkin' 'bout him!"— Atlanta Constitution. .1 li<ll<-l:kl I'rounoNtlra. "What kind «>f sentence did the Judge give the weather man?" "l air, followed by clearing; hard la bor. changing to variable; bread and water toward evening; Sunday, aoup." —Buffalo Express. BURIED BANK BILLS. they If««l Aluioat ( rumbled to I»o«t, hat Were Ht'dceuied. The money counters In the United Stales treasury were startled one day, lays Theodore Waters In the November Everybody's, by the appearance of a remarkable looking fat man who en tered the department and told a strange tale. He said he was an Ohio farmer and did not believe in banks, and so hail buried his money in the ground for safe keeping, lie had dug It up and was horrified to tlnd that it was slowly turning to dust, as notes will when long buried. Panic stricken, he gathered the dis integrated money into an old pillow case, bound it around his waist beneath his clothes and started for Washington, lie traveled part of the way on horse back, part of the way on an Ohio river steamboat and part of the way by train. l>urlng the journey he never once took off the pillowcase. He even slept with It on. The officials of the treasury department found It difficult to make him part with It. He did not want togo with a clerk to a hotel for fear the clerk might rob him, but as it was manifestly Impos Rlble for him to disrobe in the office he had finally to submit. They got the mouey at last, and the condition of it was so bad that the treasury expert had to be called to decipher It. 80 great was her skill that the farmer lost only a few hundred dollars out of 112 19,000." POINTED PARAGRAPHS. The most Inexcusable thing in the world is to unjustly abuse a decent cit izen. It doesn't do people any good to be old enough to know better unless they are also too old to enjoy meanness. Every man needs a chart to tell him the degrees of kinship in his family, but his wife knows them so well she can say them backward. The truth about some people who seem to be doing so much Is that they always put things ofC until the last minute and then have to rush. The early T>ird may get the worm, but the late bird has as good an argu ment: He gets his rest which the early bird misses and has never yet starved. Be patient with the girl who takes so long to dress. By and by she will be able to do up the work and dress herself and three or four children In half the time she takes for herself now. —Atchison Globe. Poor, bat Poltt«. "Want some money, do ye?" said the kind old lady. "Now, 1 wonder ef ye deserve It. What would you do with a penny ef I gev it to ye?" "Lady," replied the polite beggar, >yer kindness would touch me so dat I'd buy a postal card wld de money an' write yer a note o' thanks." —Cath- olic Standard and Times. A I.rgliorn. [ City Niece—What kind ot a chicken i la that, I'ncle Josh? Uncle Josh That I Is a Leghorn. City Niece llow stupid | of me! Of course I ought to have no ; ticed the horns on his legs.—Chicago | News. The Mldatfht Promenade. She- Henry! He IluhV Slie-Jlist im agine buby is one of those sick friends you sit up all night with.—Harper's Bazar. Blessed is he who has found hlj work. Let him ask no other blessed ness- Curly le. DKAKXKM CAX.IOT BKCt KKI) by local applications, an they cannot reacq thediseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness, and that Is by con 1 stltntional remedies. Deafness is caused by | an inflamed condition of the mucous Unlug lof the Kustachlan Tube. When tills tube gets I inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im perfect hearing, and when it is entirely clos led deafness is the result, and unless the ln -1 Humiliation can betaken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing wl [ be destroyed forever; out jften are I caused by catarrh,which is nothing but an ln | (lamed condition of the mucous services. | We will give One Hundred Doll rs for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cuie. Send or circulars, free. Hall's Family Pills are the best Sold by Druggists. 76c. There will be a business meeting o the Prohibition League at the United Evangelical Church this evening at | half past seven o'clock. All officers and members are urged to be present. Important basiness. The joke about the saloons oeing closed 011 Christmas can be brought out again for New Year's day, arid then it will goon the shelf until Christmas and New Year's again come on Sunday. A Guaranteed (Jure For Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding or protrud ing Piles. Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case, no matter of how long standing, in tt to 14 days. First application gives ease and rest. 50c. If your druggist hasn't it send 50c in stamps and it will be forwarded post-paid by Paris Medi cine Co., St. Louis, Mo. "Way Down East" has been discuss ed and criticised from one side of tie continent to the other, and ha 9 met with the unqualified endorsement of many eminent divines, several of whom have declared that were more plays of like character produced the antagonism and prejudice against the stage which is sometimes displayed by the pulpit would quickly disappear. Its moral is pointed, and has often served as a text. The story is plain, and is simply told. It will he present ed at the Opera House on Friday even ing. Nasal CATARRH fm&h In all it* stages. M 0 tot& J!Uo# Ely's Cream Balm^ I ™'W cleanses, soothes and heals m the diseased membrane. It cures catarrh and drives A away a cold in the head quickly. Cream Balm Is placed Into the nostrils,spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief Is Im mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. ELY BROTHERS, 66 Warren Street, New York R-I PANS Tabula Doctors find A good prescription Forrmankind b The 5 ctnt packet is enough for usual occasions. The family hot! j (60 cents) contains a supply for a year. All drug gists St 11 thrill. ODD MOON BELIEFS. f'he Orb of mm Food t°or the lininor Ia I COIIN. Certain it is that a belief in the*uioon | as the abode of tlie fathers was widely j spread among the people speaking trwi; | Aryan languages. 'K» 11.** pre out day y the peasants in Swabia art* heard to say, "May I goto tin' moon if I did it," j Instead of "May 1 die li' 1 did it." Nay, people who work on the Sabbath day j are threatening even now that they will goto the moon—that is, that they will die and Le punished in the moon. A more startlin.4 idea—peculiar. It world s-rpin, to India—was lb it of th« ) Uiouii seizing as the food of the gods. And yet, though it sounds strange to us, it was not so very unnatural au idea after all. The gods, though iuvisi ble, Lad been locate i in the sky. In the same sky the golden moon, often compared to a round of golden butter, was seen regularly to decrease. And if it were being consumed by anybody by whom could it be cons,lined if not by the gods? Hence the ready conclu sion that it was so and that it was, in fact, this food which secured to the gods their immortal life. If so much had once been granted, then came the question. How was the moon gradually increase I and restored to Its fullness? And here the old su perstition came in that the souls of the - departed entered the moon, so that the waxing of the moon might readily be accounted for by this more ancient ar- tlcle of faith. Hence the systematized belief that the moon wanes while It Is being eaten by the gods and that It waxes while It is being filled by the departed souls entering it. A last con clusion was that the gods when feed ing on the moon were really feeding on the souls of the departed. All the Same. The horny handed man calls it "pay," the skilled mechanic "wages," the clerk "salary," the banker "income," a landowner "rent roll," a lawyer "fees," a burglar "swag," but It all comes to the same at the end of tiie week. I waß afflicted with catarrh; could neither taste nor smell and could hear but little. Ely's Cream Balm cured it. Marcus G. Shautz.Rahway, N. J. Cream Balm reached me safely and the effect is surprising. My son says the first application gave decided re -1 ef. Respectfully, Mrs. Franklin Freeman, N. H. The Balm does not irritate or cause sneezing. Sold by druggists at 50 cts. or mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St., New York. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. "Id a study of JSOO inmates of the Reformatory at Jefferson tulle, Ind. ,all of them young men between the ages of 16 and 30 years, who have bi en cou victed of crime, it was leirue.l that 286, or 57 per cent., of these criminals had never attended Sunday school.and but one of tiie 500 had belonged to the Y. M. C. A. A significant fact was that 406, or 81 per cent, confessed to have no trade, and 252, or more than 50 per cent, were unemployed at the time the crime was committed. As to personal habits: 312 admitted using liquor, 374 smoked cigarette*, and 30 more, 404 in all, used tobacco in some form. Of the 500 there were 66 unable 10 read or write; 325 others, or over 50 per cent, of the total, had not reached the fourth grade in the publio schools, while only 26 had succeeded in enter ng the high school." WeaK Hearts Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine of every one hundred people who have heart trouble can remember when it was simple indiges tion. It is a scientific fact that all cases of heart disease, not organic, are not only traceable to, but are the direct result of indi gestion. All food taken into the stomach which fails of perfect digestion ferments and swells the stomach, puffing it up against the heart. This interferes with the action of the heart, and in the course of time that delicate but vital organ becomes diseased. Mr D. Kauble, of Nevada. 0., says: I had stomach trouble and was in a bad state as I had heart trouble with it. I took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about four months and it cured me, Kodol Digests What You Eat and relieves the stomach of all nervous strain and the heart of all pressure. Bottles only, SI.OO Sia- holding 2 1 * times the trial size, which sells for 50c, Praparad by E. C. DeWHT &CO., OHICAQa Sold by Paules &.Co., Gosh & Co 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 s}£ lbs. of grease, pour the Lye water in the grease. Stir and put aside to set Full 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 "Uses of Banner Lye ' ; —free. The Pann Chemical Work*. Philadelphia THE SMART SET A MAGAZINE OF CLEVERNESS. Magazines should have a well-defined purpose. Genuine entertainment, amusement acd mental recrea tion are the motives of THE SMART SET, the KOST SUCCESSFUL OF MAGAZINES Its NOVELS (a complete one in each number )are by tha most brilliant authors of both hemispheres. Its SHORT STORIES are matchless—clean and full of hu man interest. Its POETRY covering the entire field of verse—pathos, love, humor, tenderness—is by the most popular poets, men and women, of the day. Its JOKES, WITTICISMS, SKETCHES, etc., are admittedly the most mirth provoking. 160 PAGES DELIGHTFUL READING No pages are WASTED on cheap illustrations, editorial vaporings or wearying essays and idle discussions. EVERY page will INTEREST, CHARM and REFRESH you. Subscribe now— $2.50 per year. Remit in cheque, P. O. or Express order, or registered letter to THE .SMART SET, 452 Fifth Avenue, New York. N. B.—Sample copies sent free on application. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. >v. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor „ N|1 — , . and cheerfulness soon i t'o_ disappear when the kid -siiniF)r • ne^s are out °' or^er or diseased. Kidney trouble has ecome so prevalent ( )] is not uncommon /7ii\* ' or a child to be born / 7 wYi.\vlirt a hlicted with weak kid m l j£~~ ne y s - 'f the child urin ■ ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it.the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized, it is sold by druggists, in fifty- f' cent and one dollar sizes. You may have sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet tell- Home of Sw&oip-Root. ing all about it. including many of the thousands of testimonial letters receive' from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilme. & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., be sure antf mention this paper. Don't make no mistake, but reinem ber the name, Swanp-Root, Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the addres Binghamton, M.Y., on every bottles. j SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE! By virtue of a certain writ of Fieri Facias issued out of the Court of Coin mon Pleas of Montour county, and to ( me directed will expose to Public Sale at the Court House, Danville,Montour I county, State of Pennsj lvania, on Saturday, January 14th 1905 j at 11 o'clock A. M. ; All that certain messuage, tenement and tract of jland situate in Liberty 1 township, Montour county, state of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a White oak 1 tree iu line of lands formerly of Hugh ! McWilliams, thence by same North ! three degrees forty minutes East fifty ; seven perches to a lime stone, thence North twenty-seven and one-half de grees East twenty-four and five-tenths perches to a lime stone, thence along j the centre of a public road North el -1 even and one half degiees West sixty eight and fivetenths peiches to a stone | thence along land of William Dyer | South seventy eight and three fourths degrees West twenty and six tenths perhces to a lime stone, thence along same North twenty six a'id one half de grees West fifty five perches to a lime stone, thence along land lately sold to Joseph P. Nicklin. South seventy i three degrees West thirty six and three j tenths perches to a lime stone, thence [along land now or late of William I Taylor Sooth four degreis ten minutes West one hundred and tixty five tenths ! perches to a stone thence along , laud now or late of Mrs. Hains South eigtity nine d?giees East twenty 1 two perches to a stone iu centre of j pnblio road leading to Mooresburg, thence South three degrees West seven teen and five teuths perches to a stone, thence along Ham's laud South eighty nine degiees East sixty seven and sev en tenths perches to White Oak tre the place of beginning, containing ninety two acres and one perch of land on which are erected large and com modious and up to date farm buildings with best of water at house and barn Seized, taken into execution and to jbe sold as the property of Elmer E. Berger. GEO. MAIEKS, Sheriff. R. S. Ammerman, Atty. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOIRE. Estate of Margaret Y. Grove, late of the borough of Danville, Pa., de ceased. Notice is hereby givt n that letters of Administration (1. b. n. on the above estate have been granted to the undersigned. All perons indebted to the said estate are required to make payment, and those having claims against the said estate, will make known the same without delay to M. G. YOUKGMAN, Administrator. Stockholders Meeting. A Stockholders meeting of the Dan ville and Riverside Street Railway Company will be held at the office of the Company on Monday, January 9th, 1905, at 4:30 o'clock p. m.in the Bor ough of Danville, for the purpose of electing a President aud five (5) Di rectors and the transacting of auy and all business that may come before the meeting. CALVIN E. ARNER, Secretary.
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