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 exi<ecred f that in all upward" >f
♦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
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Cures all Coughs and /} „, Th *J! ,a
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assists in expelling 'y gom«aatb«
Colds from the <- Honey B«e
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system by botu».
gently moving **l
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BUSY INSECT EATERS.
Who I One l)ii)'n IfuiitliiK llrnuKht to
U Ilrood HI I'teal U iiglnlU,
A close student of bird life writes:
. "Observation »»f several species of In
i sectivorous birds has sbowii tliat tho
parent birds will, when their family la
growing up, make between them in the
neighborhood of 50<t visits to the neet
jin tfie course <>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 au<! nearer It came, and then
there bounded into tii*• circle ton men,
naked to the waist and bearing long
bundles of shredded cedar bark.
Round and round the fire danced the
little proce -iion. chanting and waving
the flexible fagots. After some time
the leader abruptly stopped and lighted
his fagot of bark. The oihor<» followed
his example.
Now began a wild race. At first the
Indians kept close, spitting upon each
other's back n substance supposed to
have medicinal virtue. Soon they ran
without concert, t Tie long, brilliant
streamers of flame flaring behind them.
As they sped over the ground round
the circle they applied the fiery brands
to tho bodice of themselves and com
rades Not a man turned us the vlg
orotis. burning blows descended on his
naked hack. Sometimes they would
seize the brand in tltotr hands and rub
It o\or their flesh »s \f it were a
sponge and I'toi were eiving them
selves a 1-i'h of flamo«. On they
danced and whipped and rubbed until
all seenif d a dazzbng ring of fire to tin
onlookers
And were there sore and blistered
backs tlie iieri day under the careless
ly worn bl ii !;ere'< Apparently not, for
Pr Martho" saw and talked with the
actors dirot h after the dance, and
they seemed to experience no diseom
fort.
ilis e\pl *] -11 ji iii of the secret does not
Include the i vsteriotis compound which
the Indians ,at upon each other. That,
he third.- \\ !-■ probably of no value.
Tint cod.' bark iirui'os at a low torn
pern Mire, and the white earth with
which the tnen were tl >kl; ■ 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' <ll the next day it
V.M FOUND t t three braces had given
v y .11 < near one another, two let -
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 <air.
For forty days 'twill rain fnalr.
St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, ac
cording to the author of"The Popular
j Antiquities." was "a man equally not
ed for uprightness and humility. So
far did he carry the latter virtue that
on his deathbed he requested to bp
buried not within the church, but out-
Bide the churchyard on the north of the
sacred building, where his corpse might
receive the from the
roof and his grave be trodden by the
feet of passersby. Ilis lowly request
was compiled with, and in this neglect
ed spot his remains reposed till about
100 years afterward, when a fit of
pious indignation seized the clergy at
the fact that the body of so holy a
member of their order was allowed to
occupy such a position, and on an ap
pointed day they all assembled to con
vey It with great pomp to the adjoin
ing cathedral of Winchester. When
they were about to commence the cere
mon.v a heavy rain burst forth and con
tinued without intermission for the
forty succeeding days. The monks in
terpreted this tempest as a warning
from heaven of the blasphemous nature
of their attempt to contravene the di
rection of St. Swithin, and instead of
disturbing his remains they erected a
chapel over his grave." "St. Swithin is
christening the apples" is the more po
etical way of describing St. Swlthin's
rain.
ALCOHOL IN BREAD.
ftnoußli to Hive One About Four Pints
of Whinky a Year.
"You consume four pints of whisky
a year," said the amateur chemist.
"Now, don't be angry or shocked. I
know that you're a strict teetotaler,
but Just the same 1 know that you've
absorbed that much alcohol. How?
Well, simply "by eating bread.
"It has long been known that the fer
mentation of bread caused the forma
tion of alcohol, but it was supposed
that it passed from the do'Jgh during
the process of baking. Several scien
tists have proved that bread, when
ready for eating, contains an average
of.Boo per cent of alcohol to the loaf.
Y'ou must remember that in many
countries strong liquors are brewed
from bread. Kvass, the mild Russian
beer, is brewed from Drown bread.
"Now, if you eat 400 loaves of bread
every year you must perforce have as
similated twenty ounces of alcohol,
which equals four pints of rye whisky.
"In ten years," concluded the ama
teur chemist impressively, "you have
eaten 4,000 loaves of bread, and in
that number of loaves is about 200
ounces of alcohol, or the equivalent to
nineteen quarts of whisky. Think of
the saturnalia you have been on for
the last ten years, and you never knew
enough to complain of a big head in
the morning."— New York Press.
>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.
Estate of Aaron Williams, late of the
Borough of Danville, in the Coun
ty of Montour and State of Penn
sylvania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary on the above estate have j
been granted to the undersigned. All
jiersons indebted to the said estate are
required to make payment and those
having claims or demands against the
said estate will make known the same 1
without delay to
THOMAS B. WILLIAMS,
JOHN B. RICHLNGS,
Executors of Aaron Williams,deceased.
ED. SAYRE GEARHART, Counsel.
Danville, Pa.. Janv. Bth, I'.lOfi.
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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
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It cures catarrh and drives
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quickly.
Cream Rutin is placed into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane an.l is absorbed. Relief is Im
mediate and a cur.' follows. It is not drying— does
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