MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Har. 8 1906 WILL HOLD BUG KILLINCi DULL Professor H. A. Surface, state econ omic zoologist, and Dr. George G. Groff, professor of organic science at Bncknell University, are about to wreak veugeuce on those innocent creatures, San Jose scale bugs, just as they are preparing to leave their win ter nests, anil incidentally show up their rival methods. Surface will give a demonstration of the method of preparing the lime-sul pluir wash for spraying trees at East Lewisburg on March 19th. After prep aration, the method of applying will l>e shown. He will then give a talk on the scale for the benefit of those who may be present. Dr. G. G. Groff, who believes in killing the bugs by inflating them with gas, has been invited to be present and to defend his position. HUSTLING FOR HIRKD MEN. The farmers this year face a gloomy outlook as far as securing help is con cerned. For several years past while good crops came as their reward there was an increasing difficultv to secure hands and the farmer from early spring until late in the fall found him self head over ears in work, which often made it impossible for him to indulge in needed recreation, —to har vest his crops without loss or to dis pose of them when the market condi tions were just right. During the present winter the farmers began to look around for help early and many of them thought they were well sup plied for the coming summer only to find themselves disappointed at the last moment and obliged to make a fresh canvass for hired men. The bus iness conditions, which have kept our industries humming even during the dull months, and affords an en couraging outlook for the future, is in no small measure responsible for this state of affairs. There is a demand for hands at our town industries. It is easy to find an opening and the farmer boy, who has always looked longingly toward town with its short er hours of labor, &c., does not have to wait long for an opportunity to try the experiment. That the boys of the farm are often disappointed in the change and are willing to return to the country does not go very far in solv ing the problem. The fact remains that there is a general exodus of young men from the farm to town and that the question of farm help constitutes a problem not easy to solve. A gentleman at the courthouse yes terday, the owner of several farms in the county, was authority for the state meut that a large number of farmers are still without sufficient help for the coming season. He said that one of the first things to turn the head of the farmer boy is a trolley car and in every community intersected by these lines there is more or less unrest among the young men. While trudg ing over the ploughed ground or per spiring under a July sun in the wheat fields the boy looks toward the flying trolley arc as something opening up a sphere where life is all pleasure. With something akin to envy he re gards the uniformed conductor and motormau ; he decides to throw fann ing to the dogs and to bend all his en ergies toward securing a place on the trolley. To accomplish his high aim he is willing to accept a place among the construction crew with the hope of "working upward." Experience is a great school and the boys will sooner or later awake to their delusion, but that has nothing to do with it. The farmer boys often look with longing eyes towards the trolley and sooner or later many of them are going to take a whirl on one of the many lines and that is all there is about it. Hiw's Ci WeolferOnr Hundred dollars Keward f<> any raw of Catarrh thai can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last IS years, and believe hln perfectly honorable In ail business trarisac lons and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. WEST 4 TRKAX. Wholesale Drumilsts.Toledii O. WAI.DINO. KIN IT AN A M AHVIN. Wholesale Druftglsts. Toledo. Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, action directly upon the blood and tnuccus surfaces of the system. Testimonials sen? ree. Price 7ic. o«r bottle -old by a!! <*ruir lists. Hull's Katnlly Pill* are li toe«! HENINQITIS E' IDEniC RAGES Several of the town's most promi nent- physicians have diagnosed the sickness of Isaac Fisher, a Ifi years old youth, living on Mulberry street, Shamokin as a well develop**! case of cerebro spinal meningitis form. The lad is critically ill. He was taken sick on Sunday and showed little or no improvement until yesterday when a slight change for the better occurred. Dr. D. S. Hollenback, who was oue of the physicians called iu consulta tion, declares that the dread disease is an epidemic in the western end of Coal township and that in a large nuni ber of cases is not being diagnosed properly. A number of deaths which have occurred within the Ipast week are ascribed by the able physician to meningitis. NATIVE OF MONTOUR. D. M. Wilson, who diet! at Blooms burg last week and was buried at Nanticoke on Monday was a brother of J. V. Wilson, this* city. He was born in Liberty township about two miles this side of Pottsgrove on what in later years was known as the Hen drickson homestead. Neck Tie Social. The P. O. S. of A., of Riverside, will hold a neck tie social Saturday evening. Each lady is requested to bring a neck tie. Russia encourages manufactories of uvery product except bombs. GIRL ACCIDENTALLY SHOT kMMAY DIE Jennie, the seventeen-years-old daugh ter of J. .T. Smith, residing two miles west of White Deer, near Milton, was accidentally, and probably fatally wounded yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock by John McCollum, the son of a neighbor. Dr. Hummel, of Watson town, who was summoned, found the young woman in a critical condition. A bullet from a .'2-calibre target rifle had penetrated her head above the left eye, pierced the brain and lodged hack of the right ear Miss Smith, who is one of twin sis ters, was calling at the McCollum home which is about a quarter of a mile from her own. Young McCollum was outside the door cleaning a target rifle. He fired one shot, inserted another cartridge,then, forgetting to lower the hammer,turned and entered the house. Miss Smith was but a few feet away from him, when the rifle was accident ally discharged and the voting woman fell to the floor with a scream. A courier was dispatched for a physician and a telephone message across the river to Waffcoutown soon had Dr. Hummel on his way. McCollum, when lie saw what lie had done, hurried to the home of the justice of the peace and gave himself up. But tliis was determined to be unnecessary,as the circumstances show beyond question that the shooting was accidental. | Railroaders May Strike. The main topic of discussion among the railroad men in this vicinity at the present time is the trouble of the conductors and trainmen with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, which may end in a strike being declared. After four weeks of conference the joint grievance committee of the Dela ware, Lackawanna & Western con ductors and trainmen mi Tuesday con cluded that they cannot reach an amic able agreement Superin tendent T. E. Clarke, and they will ask for his best ultimatum, prelimin ary to reporting to the local lodges that they cannot secure an adjustment and asking for a vote as to whether or not to order a strike. This was given out Tuesday night by the committee after a session at their headquarters in the St. Charles Hotel at Scran ton. The announcement was received with great surprise in Lackawanna'and other rail road circles. The grievances are mostly about wages. The men are demanding a re vision of the "constructive mileage" schedule,more pay for through freight, because of alleged additional labor en tailed by reason of the laying off of the third brakeman in each crew, and increased pay for the roustabout and other 12-hour crews. The action of the joint committee has been approved by the grand officers of bofli organiza tions. VISITING HER Si >N Mrs. R. B. Hullihen, of William sport is visiting her son, William Hul lihen, Church street, who is confined to his home by illness. Mrs. Hulli hen, who is Btt years of age, tip to son e 20 years ago was a resident of Dan ville. At present she resides with her son in Williamsport. Charles M. Schwab May Die. EL PASO, Texas, March 7.—The Rock Island train on which Charles M. j Schwab is going east rea -heel here twenty-six hours late. Mr. Schwab is very low and it is expected that he may die at any time. Pastors Change Next Week. Rev. Harry Minsger who lias been appointed to the pastorate of the Unit ed Evangelical church, this city will arrive in Danville next week and con duct services on Sunday, March 18th. Rev. E. B. Dunn will conduct the'ser vices next Sunday. EVERYBODY LIKES GOOD PIES ° There is no longer any excuse for poor pics on your table, ss you should follow the lend of thousands and use l»-Zerta Quick J'udding as a tilling for pies Try this recipe. D.Zerta Chocolate Cream Pie. Prepare ii package of D-Zejii Chocolate Pudding according to directions on package, adding one-half cup of sugar. Putin crust which has been baked, (-over with meringue made with the whites of twoeggs. This makes two large pies or three small ones. All the five flavors—Lemon-Tapioca Van illa, Orange-Macaroon, chocolate and staw berry, can be used in the same wav. and ban anas, cocoanut, etc., as dt-"ired D-/.ertu Quick Pudding is also used as a. cake tilling and for a pudding dessort. Simply add a quart of milk t ; contents of one package, bring to a boll, cool and serve with cream and sugar. Order from your grocer. 10 cents per pick age. ELKS WILL FORH A STATE LODGE The first session of the B. P. O. Elks convention, held for the purpose of organizing a State lodge, will be held at Harrisburg this morning at 10 o'clock. The purpose of the State or ganization is to bring about a better feeling throughout the State and to »>e in shape to meet" all important ques tions as a unit {which may conn- be fore tiie Grand Lodge. > ' It is exif ♦IOO Elks will be there Thursday and will remaiu until Satnrdav. MnclTuT * ~, terest is being manifested in tins meeting because it will be the'firTt at tempt to organize a State body. ; Danville t 734. will -b< represented by Exalted Ruler \Y. v>* Gulick, Edward Purpur, secretarj and Ralph Kisner, treasurer. THE ORIGINAL LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP Cures all Coughs and /} „, Th *J! ,a / 7 Clover Blo«- assists in expelling 'y gom«aatb« Colds from the <- Honey B«e c . . -> Zvn fob r»iry system by botu». gently moving **l til..- 1)0 wc 1 s Ate- n curefgy tor c; up and whoi.p'ng-cough. 4, V M*rk M*rk ) jwV KENNEDY S imitate WYMTAR r«ftrA!f a day, carrying on | each occasion a whole beak load of gnats or spiders or larvae. For the . b!r»ls which feed on gnats <>r other i small life generally take to their youn j gest not single Insects, but a whole I collection at a time. On one occasion j I spent an hour in taking the record i of a pied wagtail which had its brood of newly fledged young ones In an old disused punt that had settled down at its moorings into the mud at the side of the pond. Iluring the hour the malo bird alone was looking after the fami ly the female amused herself by run ning about on the bank catching in sects for her own consumption and j varying the occupation with long spells of attention to her toilet. The male bird, on the other hand, never rested for one minute from his work of bread winning. As his hunting ground was the open surface of the pond, above which ho flitted, he was never out of my sight. "In the course of the hour he made twenty eight trips, the shortest absence from the young lasting one and a half minutes and the longest nearly six minutes, on no occasion did he remain at the punt for more than tifteen sec onds or just 1 nig enough to turn over the food collected 011 the last trip to the proper youngster and be off again. Myriads of gnats were dancing above the water, and at each dip the bird struck at one, but one could not see whether he always caught his quarry or not. As far as It was possible to guess he always did. On his shortest absence lie made over forty shots, and from that the number ran up to con siderably over lit mi. "Supposing that he missed his aim half the time or afterward dropped or swallowed the insects, so that half of them were wasted and failed to reach the family at home, there must have been from I..VKJ to gnats brought back to the punt In the course of that one hour. Later in the day both parent birds were hawking simultaneously, each returning methodically to the young every two or three minutes. What the gross consumption of Insects was In the course of the day It is im possible to guess, but it can hardly have been less than lO.o'Hj or 1.'.000 and was probably twVe as many." RULES FOR A HOME. Remember that home begins with charity. Remember that open windows make health epidemic. If you must worry, take a big thing. The little things will knock you out. Keep your children, your dogs and your troubles away from your guests. The dining room should always be sacred. That is the one room where no scraps should be allowed. Have ilie same standard of morals for yourseif as for your children You need it as much as they do. There are three standpoints to every home—your own. your wife's and the cook's. Try and furgci your own I*ut over the front door for every member of the family to lead, "Ho who enters here leaves satire behind." Buy everything 011 the installment plan by paying for ii all in one install ment—the first. Tom Masson In Judge. A .1 a L»aiit'»e liniiliit Hunt. "There is a Japanese rabbit hunting story," says a Japanese authority, "which runs as follows: "Oue Jap meets another in the hunt ing season with a g;;u ov«r his shoul der. " 'Aha! lieen shootiuK':' lie ways. 'You look upset.' "'I am upset,' replied the huntsman, 'and with good reason. I started a rab bit. Cherry Blossom, my dog, ran alt er It. I tired, ami Cherry Blossom fell.' "'Too bad. And the rabbit";' "Tho rabbit"; It brought Cherry Blossom back and laid her at my feet.' " WHIPS OF FLAME. Plctnreic»nn unit fn/rlintt I'lrp tlnnrs of llie Iridiums. Mysterioi; ■ ei: any of the ways of the red man. l»i Mat:hews of Wash ington gave in list rating account of n fire dance which S« was 'ortuna'e enough to witness • r-tr -v "he spectator* wte « ( -i -j ,ut a urge open space. In the cell or of 'vliicli burn ed u ruddy fii •. Suddenly sounded a loud blowing of buffalo boms, mingled with a strange cry like the call of a sand hill crane. Nearer aukl; ■ oa'ed w.h r n excellent nonconductor.—Youth's Companion If I r«*«| If our He I M "It pays to be a mourner in St. Pe tersburg. and t!i< re are agencies which employ great numbers of vairrants and tramps for the purpose,"' says ,i writer. "These agencies siippi.\ mailable cloth ing and pi ket handkerchiefs every thing, in fact, except bo lts, which the tramp must show on hi feet, or le will not be hired. When there p , more or less important fim* -al ii,e tramps gather at the Nil. ■ : i t.iai' ••• and are --elected by an cmiji .ycc , , iln agency. Tin wage for lh< occasi m. j with tips, goneri!., op •: .bout W ! Shillings " Loudon Mali NAMES OF ANIMALS. fh» Mennlr.il «> Smne of Thone Whoaa Origin Wo fan Trace. Pome of the names of the common est animals an- l«»t in the dimness of antiquity, Mich as fox, weasel, sheep, horse, d< >g and baboon. Of the origin of these the clew is forever lost With camel o ic cannot go further back than the I it in word camelus, ami elephant is der ved from the old Hin doo word clph, which means an ox. The old root of the word wolf meant one who tears or rends. Lynx is from the same Latin root as the word lux (light) and probably was given to these w' rJcats on ac count of the fierce brightness of their eyes. I.ion is, of course, from the Latin leo, which word, in turn. Is lost far back in tin- Egyptian tongue, where the word for the king of beasts was labn. Tin* compound word leopard is lirst !' nunl in the Persian language, where pars stands for pan ther. Seal, very appropriately, was once a word meaning of the sea; closa to the Latin sal, the sea. Puma, jaguar, tapir and peccary (from paquiresi are all names from South American Indian languages. The coyote and oeelet were called coyotl and ocelote by the Mexicans long before Cortes landed on their shores. Moose is from the Indian word mouswab. meaning wood eater; | skunk, from seganku, an Algonquin term; wapiti in the Creek language i means white deer, and was originally applied to the llocky mountain goat, but the name Is now restricted to tho j American elk. Caribou Is also a na tive Indian word; opossum is from | possowne, and raccoon is from the In dian arrathkuue (by further aphere sls soon). Rhinoceros Is pure Ureek, meaning nose horned, I'tit beaver has Indeed had a rough time of it in its travels through vnrious languages. It is hard ly recognisable as bebrus, babru and . bru. The latter is the ultimate root of the English word brown. The orig inal application was doubtless on ac count <>f the color of the creature's fur. < >tter goes back to Sanskrit, where it is udra. The significance of this wold is in its close kinship to udan, meaning water. The little mouse hands its name down through the years from the old, old Sanskrit, li e root meaning to steal. The word rat may have been derived from the r > >t «.f the Latin word va dere. to serai ii. or rotlere, to gnaw, itodent is dcri I from the latter term. Cat is also in doulit. but Is lirst rec ognized In catulus. a diminutive of , canis. a dog. It was applied to tho young of almost any animal, as the English words pup, kitten, cub, etc. Bear is then 11 It of tongue twisting, from the Lot in fera, a wild beast. T>oer is of obscure origin, but may have been .■ , adjective, meaning wild. Elk is derived ;r<>m the same root as eland, anil the history of the latter word Is an !u!i ("•ting one. It meant •i MI It i re-. •! 1 was applied by the T« '-toll- • I ill.' elk of tile old world • n aec-miit if ihe awkward gait and Miff movement-, of this ungainly ani mal. Squirrel has a poetic origin in the Or -I; hingiiae . iis ordinal meaning being shad- • tail. Tiger is far more Intricate Tho old Persian word tlr meant arrow, while tighra signified «harp. The application to this great animal was In allusion to the swiftness with which t!J»• liger leaps upon its prey.—Detroit New-Tribune. Fire Justice. Yankee dispatch «haracterizes the court rulings of ,\ Toronto magistrate, of whom .Jolui l ostcr Eraser tells In his book. "Canada as It Is." The mag istrate, who Is reported to have got through with forty cases in forty min utes, was once asked how he managed it. "You must have some system," was the suggestion. "I never allow a point of law to be raised," was the magistrate's prompt reply. "Tills is a court of Justice, not a court of law. "Not so very long ago a young at torney wanted to quote law against my sending his man down for six months. lie wanted to quote Mathews, I think. "'Well,' said I. '.Malhews may be a great authority on law, but 1 guess he hasn't as much authority as I have In this court. Your man goes down for six months.'" UNIQUE FEATS. Odil rhynical 1 rick* Tliat People Here und There ( an Do. A group of traveling men were dis cussing unique feats and physical tricks thai people here and there can do. "1 know a Chicagoan," said one, "who can whistle a tune and hum Its accompaniment at tho same time. lie whistles through a fiat, not through the usual round hole, and the deep, musical accompaniment together with the shrill sweetness of the whistle makes a mighty attractive thing to hear." "I knew a barber," said the second drummer, "who had a unique way of cracking nuts. He would place a nut between the back of his head and a Rioue or brick wall, and then he would give himself a sharp rap on the fore head with li s list. The nuts would crack open every time." "A Manny link man." saal the third, "can give I ■ head a jerk that turns back h - eyi He li is lo turn them down again AV iil» ids fingers. This is an ugly feat, ai 1 I'm glad ii is rare." "I knew i - ho-il," ud the fourth drui,. i ! i\ named Bncky Ad ams who ( pr times by snapping his linger-. I'he t'uin.h and lirst two lingers of Or.• li hand would work away busily, and i .rih would c >me the clear CM, eete-r !'.!intcst niu.-ic. 1 used to sit w .i Buck) Adams, and many a tediou- si h > il would he make shorter and pica suiter Willi ibis odd gift."—New York Pre-- I'nre Olive OS". If olive oil congeals in freezing weather, iii- a sign that it is adulter ated with lard Very few bottles of so called olive oil will stand ibis simple test—in fact, we seldom get the pure thing, and, if we did, the chances are that we could not cat it. At least, that was the experience once upon a time of one woman who used a great deal of mayonnaise dressing upon her table and had supposed Uiat she doted on olive oil. An Italian friend bestowed upon her a llask of the peculiarly green fluid. To her surprise, not one of her family, herself included, could bear Its taste There was a tang to it which show ed them that they had never eaten olive oil before and that they never wanted to eat it again. So they gave j the flask away.—New York Telegram. ' To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LaXatlV6 BrOIXIO Qljilline Tablets. >0 (J/ jfy on every I OVER THE PRECIPICE. I Traffic %«i\ •* 111 u r«* In u illt/rfird In t !»«• %nf fi rot Ir. Here is an adventure in the antarctic regions taken from Captain Itobert F. Scott's "The Voyage of the Discovery." N'iisc» men are returning from a sledge expedition in a blinding snowstorm: 'An unvisnaily violent squall prevented lis from seeing even one another. I Im mediately ordered a chain to be form ed at right angles and extending across our track, each man keeping in touch I with the rest, with the idea of inter cepting Hare, who was missing, when he came 011. We shouted and blew whistles, and while this was going on Evans stepped back onto a patch of bare, smooth ice and shot out of sight Immediately. Thinking the slope to be one of the short ones so common in the folds uf the liiils, Barne sat down and deliberately started to slide in Evans' track. In a moment or two the slope grew steeper, and soon he was going at a pace which left him tio power to con trol lis movements. He whipped out his elasp knife and dug it into the Ice, but the blade snapped off short and failed to check bis wild career. In a tiash the ice changed to snow, which grew softer until, in a smother of fly ing particles, his rapid flight was ar rested and he stood up to find Evans within a few feet of him." A third man joined them in similar fashion: "Realizing the impossibility of ascending again by the way they had come, tliey started to descend, but within four paces of the place at which they had been brought to ivst they found that the slope ended suddenly in a steep precipice, beyond which they could see nothing but the clouds of whirling snow. Even as they recoiled from this new danger and dimly real ized the merciful patch of soft snow which had saved them from It, a yelp ing dog flew past them, clawing madly at the icy slope, and disappeared for i ever into the gloom beyond." The six others eventually moved on until they, too, found themselves 011 an awkward slope: "Their leader suddenly saw the precipice beneath his feet and far be low, through the "wreathing snow, the sea. j "Another step would have taken him over the edge. He sprang back with ' a cry of warning, and those behind him, hearing it, dug their heels Instinct ively into the surface, and, with one . exception, all succeeded in stopping. I What followed was over in an instant, i Before his horror stricken companions : had time to think poor Yinoe, unable to check himself with his soft fur boots, I had shot from among them, flashed past the leader and disappeared." Vince was never seen agaii;. but Hare, J the first missing man, staggered back . to the ship two days after the others, remembering nothing between strug gling to a patch of rook for shelter and ; waking thirty-six hours later covered with snow. THE MAN ON FOOT. In Stamboul lie linn Vo Hltchf* n* AffaliiMi il»»* llormiln. One of tin- peculiarities in Stamboul Is the Insolent demeanor of the horse man to the footman. Many times dally you will see some rascal of a cabman ; trying to drive down a well dressed man on the street. The drivers rarely ! take the trouble to shout as they ap proach pedestrians. I was often tilled j with wonder at observing the meek ness with which well dressed Turks on foot submitted to such treatment from shabby Turks 011 carriage boxes. Even when no injury was done to such a pe destrian, he was often bespattered with I mud. Stamboul must be an unpleas ant place in which to live. Were cab | men in our country to treat pedestrians so recklessly there would be many ! cases of assault and battery, and I think some mortality among the Jehus. One day I saw a uniformed Turk picking bis way across the street, using his saber as a walking stick. A car riage suddenly dashed down 011 him, and its driver, after nearly running over him, hurled at him a volley of what sounded like choice Turkish abuse. The uniformed Turk retorted not. lie scraped the mud off his uni form, stuck his saber under his arm aud waded ashore. In our country a man wi?li a saber would have used it on the driver's back. By this I do not mean that the Turks are lacking in spirit—far from it, but apparently It would seem to be the custom of the country that the man 011 foot, as against tLe man on horseback, has 110 rights.—"A Levantine Log Book," by Jerome Hart. THE MARINE ENGINEER. Starlllns Example Showing flic l)an fferw of III* Callinff. Of all causes of boiler deterioration, says 11. I'. Watson In the Engineering Magazine, by far the most numerous are those arising from the presence of scale and its twin sister, incrustation; but broken braces can give un engi neer a very bad quarter of an hour. A steamer plying on the great lakes many years ago carried very high steam for those days—fifty pounds per square inch on a very large and light shell. The engineer on watch was down in the fire room looking around when a loud bang came from one of the boil ers. Instantly divining the cause, he looked qnesiioulngiy at the head watch tender, who replied, "l'e jabers, I hope that ain't next door neighbor to the one that let go <>n the other watch." That startled the engineer, for he had not been told of the other broken brace, lie at once stopped the blowers, open ed the doors. lut the stop valve be tween boilers and put on the feed pumps rapidly as they could go so as t > reduce pressure. The deck de part! icnt was notified that it would be necessary to stop, and they hauled to one side of the channel and waited for the coming tip of another boat In the same lill * ■ pa sod a few miles back. The p:is<"Mu is 1 there were I.'KW) 011 board) and : sails were transferred, and the biat returned with the injured boiler out <>: business. I'poii c\ ; ,• ill -• t' '■ ;:' : 'ineiui«dy apparently, and t? i' ■ auti taken against a d >'»■ 1 ■ 1 !i 'il 1 have been terri ble ' i! "••• v redi were none too ... 11 episode wltli y of an engineer :r •• ' : ! 1 WJ Jfc w v f VKr.KTADLE SICILIAN iIA L ■ r Renewer A high-'' - •' • Ke ps the hair soft and glossy a«;J ».. : . i. . Ct:ros dandruff and alway . » • ■ THE GIANT INDIANS. Peculiar Wnys of tlie On an of Tlerrii del Kuegfo. The Onas, a tribe of Indians inhabit htg the mainland of the Tierra del Fu ego island, are physical giants. Theii average height is over six feet. A few are six and one-half feet; a few fall be I low six feet. The women are more cor | puient and not so tall. There is nc I race in the world with a more parted | physical development than the Ona In j dians. This is partly due to the topog rapiiy of tiie country and the distribu tion of the game, which makes long I marches across the country a necessity I In mentality they fall far below theii ! physii ai attainments. In the past theii i supply of game has been plentiful, and ! this may account for the lack of in j ventive genius among them. This laeh I of progressive skill is portrayed in theii | home life, clothing and homes. Theii . children suffer from it.for. contrary tc I the practice common among most In dians of feeding, dressing and training | the children well, the Onas' little ones ' are mostly naked, poorly fed and alto gether neglected. They have abundanl material for supplying themselves witt clothing and homes, and yet they throw a few branches together, put skins ovei 1 the windward side and then shiver un ! der the miserable shelter. Scientists who have made a study oi the subject say that the language oi i the Onas is the strangest ever listened j to. Many of the words are not difficult ! to pronounce, nor is the construction j of the sentences difficult, but very few words are interrupted by a sound which it is impossible to produce. The speaker hacks, coughs and grunts, dis ! torting his face in the most inhuman j manner, and then passes onto the next | stumbling block. The Onas live princi | pally upon meat, which in former years • was obtained from the guauaeo.—New York Herald. ST. SWITHIN AND RAIN. Tin* l.eicentl of Hie ( Impel Over th« IIIM1IO|»*H (irave. The superstitions referring to par ticular days are very numerous. The ! legend of St. Swithin Is an example ' that will occur to every one: St. Swithin's day, if thou dost rain. For forty days it will remain; I St. Swithin's day, if thou be 1 r*. I'epyn* Temper. "Being at supper my wife did say something that caused me to oppose her in. She used the word devil, which vexed me, and, among other Ibings. I said I would not have her to use that word, upon which she took me up most scornfully, which, before Ashwell and the rest of the world, I know not now adays how to check, as I would here tofore. for less than that would have made me strike iter. So that I fear without great discretion 1 shall go near to lose, too, my command over her, and nothing do it more than giving her this occasion of dancing and other pleas ures, whereby Iter mind is taken up from her business and finds other sweets besides pleasing of me. and so makes her that she begins not at all to take pleasure in me or study to please me heretofore." Dinry of Samuel I'epys. !<-. teoted. "No. Mr. I'enwigsle," said the fair girl to the literary youth who had pro posed. 1 cannot accept you. but that does not imply"— "1 know what you would say," he in terrupted "■:tterl* "A rejection does not imp!; any lack of merit, but t number or circumstances render an ar tide mi' m! 1 '»>!»• it's the old story "•'asliitmion . r. ANTIQUE SEVRES. ( ViiuTan IliatiiiKUiali lhe(>eu> 111 in- I> > ll* (iilflliiK- Fal.-c S'-vriw i-i iii«» bric-a-brac shops is otTere.l .i~ nuiue by "reputable r dealers" in 1 . ».;•! >n ami I'aris as well r :ti in X Vor!: Ii Is old. it is true, bui only as old a•> the "restoration" In Franco, altli iiigli ; l " marks would indi j c:U<» a much earlier and better period, j I lie counterfeits may usually be de i «ied i.v »11•• • surface of the gilding. In the real ii vv s burnished in lineal by ii «-:i i of met I nails with rounded , point-. \ Vh v set in a piece of wood. R 'J lie imitations of later date than the r re.,l h.i v been burnished in a similar j 111:' iv. itli an agate. It re quired . )iisider.ibly more force to ob £ tain a bright surface by the ancient p method ill ■ii by the uso of the agate r point; bene*' the burnished lines in the j genuine ware are perceptibly sunken, while in t! e counterfeit ware they are . Hush witli the general surface of the , gilding. There are other means of "spotting" the imitations, such as the t inexact copying of the marks which j have serve t since 1T."3 to denote the T date of fabrication, and the use of . chrome green, which was not discov ered until lMi'_\ but 'lie ti«t of the burnished parts of the gilding Is the 112 easiest for the ordinary buyer.—New 112 Vork Herald. [ Knrrinw , Girls who are fond of earrings may perhaps be interested in hearing a I few fact: - , about them. Sad it Is for the j . emancipated woman of the present day to learn that these fashionable or , nainents were originally a mark of ' ► slavery, in bygone days the slave al ways wore his master's earrings. Iu i the east tl ey were a sign of caste and . were buried with the dead. Some an-' dent earrings were very elaborate, and | i many statues had their ears bored in . readiness for votive offerings of ear- i j in K;ig!and the earliest earrings , j were very cumbrous and made of i -tone or wood. The eighteenth century 1 I saw the glorllication of the earring. 1 J fashionable beauties outvying each oth- ' i er wilii tile '.iresl and most beautiful ' ' j"W ',. I in ion O/aphlc. , BEGGARS IN ITALY. ! ; Their ('NUiO lo He it Pretty ll.ird to Heat. 1 ll is li:ito lie ;t ihc beggar game In i Italy. A ill ci footed urchin and his | maiden fell into a fox trot by the side | of the carriage. "Look, nile g-utleuiau," he began; i "look, beautiful lady: See the little ra j gaz;;a—the poor girl—have pity on her! See. ii >ble s:j;no'.*—you cannot refuse 1 > give her something—your heart Is I too go >■! you are too generous, too no- i hie, 100 ban isoine, to refuse. Have pity ( ;on her dreadful state, for look—she has , j one gray eye and one black one!" We stopped the carriage. It was true. - ! The ma i- c.i had Indeed particolored ' eyes, in ad >n to which she rejoiced I in a most .- ppaliing squint. I gave her I ! one copp.-r Hereupon her escort set) ; up a li »wl i.t being ignored. ! Hot why should you have anything?" ! I iisked. ' <• ■ You oug!:t to give me two coppers," he replied with a twinkle, "for I have t,••.» !>: \,s i ye... and she has only one." 1 v - 1 gave liini his two coppers. 1 don't believe in beg gars, but 1 fhinU he cirneil them.—"A I • evantine 1..»g H >o':." by Jerome Hart. I Executor's Notice. 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It i« not comrt.lied In anv one single in- 4 a terest On its Board of Directors, which !i s been telecti-d J T IVoni a number of c unties, are represti tames »1" at least tif- T J te.n hanks, state snd national. Its Directorate is made up 4 j> of successful men of the highest character, i any oftbeai ot | I wide reputation Its officers have had wide experience and j ♦ have been successful in the mana.enient of esf«te.\ corporation 4 X business and general trusts It can give av*st y better service 4 T to its patrons than any sing'e indivit of an individual acting in 2 4 these capacities. T 4 The Scranton Trust Company a -ts as executor, co-executor, 4 x receiver, cummittee, guardian, trustee or in any similar cnpac- T * ity It ta* es charge of particular fund-, or the propert* of * J living persons who desire to »njov their income without busi- 1 T ness cares. It acts as trustee unde corporation mortgages, se- I 4 curing bond issues. 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C. E. W'RIGH I Susqnehanna. 4 fc*****.************* .............. ......... Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor , |t — t . and cheerfulness soon '' kJ—. disappear when the kid neys are out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble has J F ! ) become so prevalent 1 that it is not uncommon v - 112 _ i for a child to be born / ) V\\ lafflicted1 afflicted with weak kid \ \ 1' 3- ne ys. If 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 oi Swamp=Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- * cent and or.'; c 3 liar i .e;. Y j may have a samrle bottle "by r: ail free. ai_o pamphlet teli- nomo ct s*vauip.Root. ing all about it. including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmet & Co.. Binghamton. N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don't make am mistake, but remetn lerthc name, Swanp-Root, Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the addres Binghamton. N. Y . on everv bottles Nasal CATARRH In all its stages. I°<"%. *Uj)§ Ely's Cream cleanses, soothes and h. .is J W the diseased membrai <•. It cures catarrh and drives away a cold iu the he.id M olT* quickly. Cream Rutin is placed into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane an.l is absorbed. Relief is Im mediate and a cur.' follows. 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