MONTOUR AMERICAN] RANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville, Pa., riar. 22. 1900 ———— FARMER FINDS II FORTUNE The Shamokiu "Leader" isresi>onsi- i ble for the following story of the find- j lug of a small fortune by an Elysburg 1 farmer: Less than a month ago Mrs. William Shuman died at her home on a small ; farm about four miles from Elysburg. along the Little Mountain. Her bus band being her only survivor decided to offer all the household goods for sale and seek a home elsewhere. Recently Mr. Shuman was engaged ' in taking up the carpets and gather . ing together all the old pots and fur- . niture about the premises. While eu gaged in removing the carpet in what had been their bedroom he was sur- , prised to find a large roll of bills of i various denominations. He continued | his search throughout the house and j in all nooks and corners, old pots and j old kettles, in fact in every out of the I way place, he found sums of money, amounting in all, it is stated ou good authority, to about ft>,ooo. It was known for some years that the deceased hail been very close in financial matters but it was never im agined that she stored away that amount of capital. In fact.it was sup posed that they were very poor as they resided On a farm of but fifteen acres, rented from a neighbor, they having rented their own farm. The husband was a regular attendant at the Sha mokiu market, carrying eggs and pro duce in large baskets. Naturally he was very jubilant over the finding of the money. The sale at the house will ) take place and it is natural that J there will be a large number of eager bidders for the furniture and other household articles, with a hojie of buy ing something with a bonanza in it. SOME PLANKS IN GRANGERS' PLATFORH At a conference of leading Grange workers and representative members of agricultural organizations,held re cently in Harrishurg, it was decided to arrange a platform for the farmers for the coming State and county cam paign, and ask their political parties the same in their respective platforms, and to endeavor to secure pledges from candidates for State office, including House and Senate, to support the reforms. The leading planks ofjthe proposed platform are as follows: Trolleys to be given the right to car ry freight. No candidate to accept a free pass during his term of office. Corporations to live up to the con stitution of the State. No mining of coal by transportation companies ; directors in corporat ions not to furnish supplies to them; no owning or operating of parallel or competing lines of railroads. No discrimination in freight rates. Liceuses'and personal property taxes to be returned to the counties. A uuiform passenger rate of two cents a mile. Equalization of taxation. An increase in State aid for town ship roads (from fifteen to fifty per cent. An increased appropriation for cen tralized township schools and town ship high schools. Bow's Ts AcnlTer One Hundred Dollars K« wuril to »uy cast- of Outarrh thsit can not br rnr«d by Mali's Catarrh Cure. We the undersigned. have known K. I. Cheney for the hist IS years, and believe him perfectly honorable tn ail business transit ions and financial ly able to '-arry out any obligations made by their tlrm. WEST IT TKCAX. Wholesale Druggist S.Toledo O. WALDINO, KINWAN 4 MARVIN. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken luterually, acting directly upon the blood and tnuccus surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent ree. Price 7V". per bottle -"old by all drug gists. Hall'* Karully Pills are the best. ••Best Man In the Field." The following is an extract from an article in the Scranton Tribune about a smoker given by the Carbondale lodges of Heptasophs in houor of Sup reme Arclion M. G. Cohen and Sup reme Secretary S. H. Tattersoll: "Supreme Secretary Tattersoll gave an eloquent talk. ***** In his talk he paid the highest jjossible tribute that could be given to the efficiency of B. P. Harris, deputy supreme organiz er, who spent several weeks in this city last summer Mr. Tattersoll de clared that Mr. Harris was unqualifi edly the liest man in the field of deputy pnpreme organizers." State (jets $236,762. The State, through the auditor gen eral's department,has succeeded in re covering from the United States gov ernment the snug sum of $236,762 for debts which it incurred during the war of 1812. The recovery* of claims made by the States which assisted in the national defence in the second war with England was made possible by the act of congress of April 17, 1861, and recently Louis S Wells ami Henry I W. Foote, of Washington, were em ployed by the auditor general to press Pennsylvania's claim at the United States treasury, with the result that the money was collected. Sleigh Ride to Swenoda, A sleighing party from Danville was delightfully entertained last evening at the home of Joseph A. Crim, Swe noda. In the party were: Misses Mary Fry, Bertha Kase,Julia Argrave, Nell Sherwood, May Cay, Florence Voris, Bessie Hess, Messrs. John Kase,Charles Leuiger, Frank Fry, Frank Brown, John Magill and James Volt/, (Irammar School's Sleigh Ride. The third ward grammar school, J. H. Shaw, teacher, enjoyed a sleigh ride to Indian Run Park yesterday af ternoon. There were 86 pupils in the party and they occupied two sleds. EVERETT RE LEASED ON BAIL F. M. Everett, the accused cashier of the Freelaud National Rank. was , last evening released ou bail, R. K. Hartman, of Rloomsburg. being his security. j Everett was released from prison last i evening and left Hazleton on the s j o'clock car for his home at Freeland. The interest in the case about Hazle- I ton continues unabated, but the situa tion is unchanged. The examiners will jgo over the books of the bank and if 1 there is a deficit the stock holders will i then be called upon to furnish funds ! to make good the loss. ! BIG VERDICT AGAINST PENNSY 2 The jury in the case of the Watson town Door Sash Company vs. the j Pennsylvania Railroad company re turned a verdict for the plaintiff late j yesterday afternoon for $32,120. ! The Watsontown company was suing for SBO,OOO damages done to its plant in a fire caused by a spark from a j Pennsylvania locomotive. The case was on trial since Monday morning. .Tames Scarlet, Esq., of this city, ; was attorney for the plaintiff. AN IMPORTANT ACT. ; The act of the recent special session of the Legislature to regulate nomina tion and election expenses, and to re quire accounts from candidates, is of the greatest importance and should be thoroughly understood. It defines po litical committee work and fixes re sponsibility ami a penalty is provided for any violation. Members of political committees as well as prospective can didates should study the provisions of this law in ordet that they may be en abled to act intelligently iu the fu ture. Wants Dead snakes. K. Owen, State demonstrator and lecturer ou the San Jose scale, in a lecture delivered at Stroudsburg in cidentally made an appeal for dead snakes in the interest of zoology aud to help along the good work of Prof essor H. A. Surface, at Harrisburg. Monroe county farmers were given to understand that anyone sending a dead snake to Professor H. A. Surface at Harrishurg, was entitled to a copy of the snake hook of Pennsylvania,and that the l>ook can be secured in 110 oth er way. Farmers state that the coming sum mer will be a great snake season, as the warm winter has caused the rep tiles to shed their winter coats early. Stories Without Words. Every one of the Gibson pictures tells a story at a glance—a story with heart interest in it. That's one reason why Charles Dana Gibson lias s<> tremendous a follow ing. One reason, for getting NEXT SUN DAY'S NORTH AMERICAN: An edition de luxe print of one of his most famous drawings—one he got .*IOOO for—is given away with it. This."The Champion." makes the fifth in tlie great series. Five more to follow. Watch for 'em. Better place your order now with that newsdealer of yours. $16,509 in Auto Fees. Up to tlie present there are 5,503 au tomobiles licensed to run in Pennsyl vania, that being the number of the last certificate issued at the State High way Department. During the last month the demand for certificates has fallen off somewhat, owiuK to tlie bad weather,but with the return of spring ami good weather there will he a boom in the demand for licenses and tags. At sls a license the department of autos ought to be more than self-supporting. As yet the department has not receiv ed any notification of violation of the law. SIOOO Fire at Catawissa. The foundry of the Catawissa Car & Castings company's plant was damag ed to the extent of SI,OOO by a fire that occurred at 6 :30 o'clock last evening. The fire was in the cupola end of the building. There was no insurance. FINANCIAL STATEMENT A. J. Stiueman, Supervisor, in account with Valley township for the year 1906. Due township from 1904 .$ 74.27 Amount of duplicate. 1198.84 License tax . . 85.50 Unseated land 2.28 Total .$1360.86 Work done by citizens # 625.12 Bridge plank . 72.45 Posts and railing 5.50 For repairs 2.10 Lawyers fees 10.00 Paid to J. H. Cole 14.11 Dupilcafe, warrant and books 1.90 Rail bond and oath . .. . 1.25 Shear for road machine ... 10.00 Paid to T. G. Vincent 1.50 Watering troughs 10. (X) Supervisors services, 81 days at 11.50 per day ... 121.50 Percentage on total collected 26.33 Exonerations . 1.20 Return tax 11. :to By error in Duplicate 3.42 Auditor fees 2.00 Use of house 1.00 Printing statement 3.00 Paid on note . 74.00 Merrell's work tax 18.76 Interest on note .. 12.50 Pa ill on note 336.95 Total *1360.89 E. E. RENN, S. H WINTERSTEEN, Auditors. D. R. P. Childs, Supervisor in ac count with! Vallev township for year 1906. { Amount of Duplicate .. $W13.06 License tax 85.50 Received of Commissioners 2.27 Due township from last year. 91.27 Total 1872.10 Work done by citizens $406.60 Material and merchandise 161.59 Supervisor's time, 61 days at $ 1.50 per day 91. iH> Exonerations aud returns . . 2.40 Paid on stone crusher 91.00 Interest on note 12.50 Auditor's fees ... 2.00 Use of house . 1.00 Percentage on money collected 17.50 Paid on note for crusher 86.01 Total .. $872.10 E. K RENN. S. H. WINTERSTEEN, Auditors. Audited March 12th, IWOtf WASHING CLOCK FACES. Sonic Tin»« (.row Soiled More 'litnvi Other*. ,- l ve been washing the faces of the city clocks nigh onto ten years, I guess," s;iid a pleasant Scotch-Irish- Ainerican. "and before that I did it In the oH country There aren't many face washers iu ihis land, and the few who know the business do well at It." lie looked prosperous in his tweed stiff and derby fiat. "Is your work anything like that of the steeple climber?" he was asked. "Rless you. no," he replied, with twinkling eye. much amused, "only in one thing, and that is that mostly sail ors take up with the trade. That's be cause we're good climbers, you know. I've washed the faces of city and church clocks that were ISO feet from the ground, and it took me two and three weeks to do it I'm a practical clock repairer, too—have to be, you know—and do my work In a huge wooden cradle made for the purpose. Some clocks get their faces dirty in a year or so; others remain clean ten years, and so on. Old Ren, Westmin ster's grent clock, is expected to keep clean fifteen years. "In the old days the trade was more dangerous. We used to work from scaffolds and got many dangerous falls. Now we have the cradles and all the fixings and comforts, and If a man keeps bis head he can work as well as on the curb, flow is the pay? Well, that's hard to figure, for we work by the Job. We don't clean clock faces in winter, so we make enough In the summer to last the year round. Of course sometimes the clocks are taken out of their cases and repaired in the shops. Last year 1 cleared s'-,<>oo and visited only two other cities, Chicago and Roston. This year I'll make more, because building operations have grim ed the clocks aud giveu our trade a lift."—New York Post. A l)i*|guf«tt-tl MUKICUU. Conductor (Jericke. known as the "human metronome," bad been giving a Waguer programme. After the con cert one of the trombone players was heard to say to a fellow musician. "Well. I am going to quit." "Are you daffyV" said his friend. "What's the matterV" "Well, It's just this: In that 'Tristan und Isolde' number 1 momen tarily forgot the technics of my instru ment. got enthusiastic, filled my lungs for that magnificent passage for the brass, when up goes that fatal left hand, so I had to swallow my enthu siasm—and wind too. If I don't quit I am either going to burst or die of tuber culosis." % Fanny Mioprint. One of the most ludicrous announce ments that ever appeared perhaps was made by a Loudon newspaper in the earlier half of the last century to the effect that Sir Robert Peel "and a par ty of fiends were shooting peasants In Ireland." The words misprinted, of course, were "friends" and "pheas ants." WESTPHALIAN WITCHES. All thf \ Ictlnm H liii lllrd at the Mtnkr Had Itrd Hair. Soest, in Westphalia, Prussia, was the Salem of the European witch burn ing era, aud, by the way, the witch craft delusion lasted for three or four centuries longer there than It did In the colony of Massachusetts Ray. The Judicial tribunal before which all West phalian witches were forced to appear was called the vehm gerlcht and was composed of the most superstitious set of bigots in the province. The trees are still standing under which this witch trying congress regularly met on the commons of Soest, and the records of their proceedings are still to be found fn the archives at the town hall. One of the most noticeable things In these queer old records of the days of bigotry and blind superstition is the fact that the pages upon which are written the proceedings of cases In which the accused were condemned to the stake are all adorned with locks of the culprit's hair. The Individual hairs of this queer collection of tufts exhibit all the variations usually noticed In such assortments, being long and short, coarse and tine and straight and curly. In one very characteristic feature, how ever, that of color, all the locks have the same general appearance, being uniformly red It is passing curious, to say the least, that In a country where rod hair does not predominate all the witches execut ed during a period covering several hundred years should have had red hair THE TRAMP PROBLEM. Hun Con ti I Ho in ford Solved II ID HH vurlii in 171 M). A remarkable experiment was made In Bavaria in 1700 in an effort to solve the problem of the unemployed. Count Rumford, an Englishman, after an ad venturous career In America, settled in Bavaria, won the confidence of the elector and obtained permission to ap ply Cromwellian methods In ridding the stnte of all its tramps, heggars. thieves and undesirables On New Year's day four regiments of cavalry were distributed throughout the state, and at a given hour a "drive" was made of all the undesirables. Over 10,- 000 were placed under arrest. Includ Ing 2,600 !n Munich alone. These deivlii ts were afterward set to work in factories which had been spe ciall.v established for their reception, aiid Could Kuntford superintended the work of their reformation Some trou ble was a! first experienced with the raw army, but by kindness, exhorta tion and encouragement, by the public distribution <>f special awards for mer it. the best results were achieved, and in a few years the thriftless were con verted into good citizens. Count Rumford secured a great hold upon these people On one occasion when he was reported to be dying a multitude of poor people marched in procession, silently and with bowed heads, to the principal church In Mu nich to offer prayers for his recovery, despite the fact that he was a for eigner hin 1 a Protestant WHOLE OR HALF TKUTHS. B'ttir !>»• single in peace than mar rle-l in wai 'J lie rock of success jsn'i located in a Held of rtm s. The fellow who objects to discipline needs it the mo-t. You can inherit ability, but you've Hot to hustle fot cxpt ' iollee The optimist has an easy time of it He smiles while others work It doesn't cost anything to say "good morning even If it's raining S itne folks ought to take their con sciences out once in awhile for ever <*p e Silence isn't always golden. The talker v. Hi »«»:;.• to say is worth a ■ n i i ep --fill 'lie- ' i ; wh-j ti; ;il, - ti.at folk# r.i • !i 1 ; i"! ire;" lo a ort\> '<■ l !. •i. ai. , a results.— '.'IVJLJ 'UIIIPT.J.U." L-. ■ C t'vwlcr FOOLING A GREAT DOCTOR. Tin* 'lrick the UrlilnnH I'lnveil on Sir Murell Mackfmle. I"ließelgians once succeeded in getting cut rate* on an operation from Sir Mo rell Mackenzie, lie engaged to attend a case at Antwerp. When lie landed he was met by three men in mourning, who informed hint, according to the Reader Magazine, that the patient had died, but that they would pay his full fee. "And now," said 1 the man, "since yon are here, what do you say to visiting the city hospital and giving a clinic for the benefit of our local surgeons? It Is uot often they have an opportunity of benefiting by such science as yours." Kir Morell said he would gladly com ply He went to the hospital and per formed many operations, among which were two of a similar nature to that for which he had been called over. When he finished, all thanked him profusely. On the steamer going home he met a friend who had a business house in Antwerp. "Pretty scurvy trick they played on you, Sir Morell." "Whnt do you mean?" asked the sur geon "Told you the patient died before yoti arrived, didn't they?" "Yes." "Lied. You operated on him and a friend with the same trouble at the clinic. Got two operations for one price!" The Brltlnh Anthem. The whirligig of time has brought changes of its own Into the British na tional anthem. In 1745 it began: God save great George, our king! Hie king's name was again Inserted in that second verse, which has been used as an argument to prove that the words were written by lien Jonson us early as 1607 to celebrule King James I.'g es cape from the gunpowder plot: Confound their politics. Frustrate their knavish tricks; On George our hopes we fix— God save the king! The change to the present form Is: On thee our hopes we fix, where deity has been substituted for majesty. There is another rendering, which the exigencies of the times no longer demand: o*i, grant that Marshal Watle May by thy mighty aid Victory bring! May h< sedition hush And like a torrent rush Rebellious Scots to cru«h God nave lb" klni;' London Queen. GETS PLENTY OF LIGHT. Inc Hotel i.urit ho Travels Pre pared For RmerfteiM-ie*. "1 called on a friend at one of the New York hotels the other day." said a man."and found him in a room that was far. far away from daylight. There was one electric light, which did uot make the apartment lustrous. Wo hnd some papers to look over, and I Instinctively moved over near the air shaft window " '1 can do better than that,' he said, going to his satchel and taking out an electric bulo. 'I carry this around with me for iu«t such occasions,' lie laughed. 'That one does well enough for tran sient guests who are not in their rooms except io sleep, but sometimes I need more than sixteen candlepower, and I carry a thirty-two.' "lie unscrewed the sixteen, and in a jiffy had on his thirty-two. The cur rent was there, all right, and we had no more trouble about too little light. Later he showed me a large gas tip which he carried along for hotels that used gas instead of electric light This needed a pair of pliers in addition, tint he had them in his small box. and he told me it was a mighty poor quality of gas and a powerful low pressure that wouldn't respond with the goods when he put on his accommodation tip. There is nothing grafty about that little scheme possibly, but Just the same he Is getting something the landlord 19 paying for."—New York Press. LIFE'S LITTLE THINGS. ri»ev <io h \ er> l.onu Wn> Toirurd Mnklnit tbe World Happy. A wild bird's song is a little thing lost In the deeps of a frowning sky. And yet as it falls on a listening ear and leaves its message of melody earth's green seems brighter and life Is sweeter all through an autumn day. The coo of a babe Is a little thing— meaningless sound from n vacant mind. But 'tis the only sound that all na tions hood—the one clear language that all races know. A mother's love is a little thing—too soon, alas, forgot! Rut It typifies to blind humankind the love and trust and hope divine that bear with patience calm and sweet the willful wrongs In these lives of ours. A passing smile Is a little thing—lost In a world of toll and care. And yet the soul with gloom oppress ed and the life grown wearied with burdens hard will happier be In the afterglow of a smile that is warmly kind. A kindly word is a little thing—a breath that goes and a sound that dies. But the heart that gives and the heart that hears may know that It sings und sings and sings till at last It blends with the wild bird's song and the coo of babes in what men call the celestial choir. Milwaukee Journal. I.rmoiia Kor School buy*. There Is no question that our fore fathers supposi-d that benetit might be derived from causing schoolboys to be sj>eolators of the hangings of criminals. Sir W alter Scott has borne testimony to this custom being not unknown in Scotland. In"The Heart of Midlo thian" Mr. Saddletree is represented as saying I promised t'i ask ;t half play day to the s< hule so ihat Hie lialrns might gatiK ami pco tie ' infirm. which •■anim hut have a pleasing * T I ~.1 ih'ir * IIUIIK minds, see lriK th-re is te> knowing what they may come lu themselves.— Chapter 20. Sir Walter would not, we may as sunie. ha.o written the above had he not known that such things had actual ly taken place. London .Votes and Queries I'rltiee Hapolriin. l'rince Napoleon in ls"'» was some thing of a prophet. When he heard of the emperor's declaration of war lie hurried to St. cloud and had a stormy interview with the emperor, lie didn't hesitate to say. "It is the emperor who has brought this N; »-• ti us," MIKI the em peror. while offended at his frankuess, admitted that "your presentiments per haps correspond with mine " Then (lie prince fired his last shot and showed that, though he might :» r o n,stray in many tiling*, lie knew of the weakness of France and the strength of tier many. He turned on his heel and, with that bitterness which he didn't hcltate to exhibit when occasion required, said: "So be II; so be it! Let us. however, make liable to pack our po sos for we are already beaten." And to the result pro\ THE GOLD STANDARD. I'i» is lii ml. In IH HI, Mai llt «* I'lrnl of ih«" Nut lo II M to \llO|»t It. The flrsl nation to adopt the gold ] standard was England She adopted the gold standard nominally in IMIO, hilt practically not until three years later, for in I*lo England was on the paper basis. »let-many. which adopted the single silver standard in IST»7, took steps toward the establishment of the gold standard in I*7l. but it was not until .Inly. is7:i. that she demonetized silver. undcrbtoU to melt down her sil ver coin, sell it for gold and establish the single gold standard. The Scandi navian nations adopted the single gold standard at the same time In Septem ber, 1873. France restricted the free coinage of silver and three years later entirely suspended such coinage, but has never undertaken to discard the silver coin she has in use or to treat It otherwise than as on an equality with gold. The action of France In restrict ing and then suspending the coinage of silver 011 private account was fol lowed by the other nations of the I.atln union Belgium. Switzerland. Italy and Greece — and Spain suspended the coin age of silver In l v 7s. Holland, which had established Ihe single silver stand ard in place <>i t!ie bmiefaliic standard in 1817. suspended the coinage of silver In iS72 and opened her mints to the coinage of gold on private account in 1577 Magazine iCiubarraxwliiß. A New York judge, speaking of a mistake thai had been made, said: "It I might have been embarrassing—as em i barrassing : th- position of a young man of Toledo whom I heard about the other day. Me had been calling now and then on a young lady, ana one night as he sat in the parlor waiting for her to come down her mother en tered the ronn Instead and asked him in a very grave, stern way what his intentions were. lie turned very red and was about to stammer some inco herent reply when sud lenly the young lady called down from the head of the stairs. 'Mamma, mamma, that is not the one!' " .In II) 111)' of l.ltu Klin(!«•». There are ii»»vir; in Hungary, and small towns, i to. where from seven to ten idioms are constantly being used. On the i;:>li• -i.! n frontier there is in a lovely valley the old town of Fperjes. The in!i ; l »*•(* of iis inhabitants do not exceed l'J.tii o To this day the good people of I perjes are in the habit of talking or '• i g talked to in six dif ferent |a u'-umes and several dialects. An ordinary household will include A Slovac matiserv-iiit. a Hungarian coach man i !ern "i 1 ik an<l a Polish cham bermaid. \\ let is still more remarkable, each grade ol society will tenaciously ding t" own language for centurlea. 'I lie *«*;« Ot h*r. The ea oi ri- nearly twice the size of the con.hi a riv«-r otter, and the fur. wiiho- i li'i. hi or preparation of any kind. i : • i | .i';n ful as it is stripped froi: c : Li . . ,i than the richest seal skin. 'i ha t • he scraped, plucked Of tin I )H_ r impel liair.s and then dyed bcfor» it eon! i l:e ; ecognizinl as the be ii fid o'i ! •• i w'li.-h the finished fur Ulidor. •;(.,ily i In the -tea otter's fur the soft undercoat, the true fur. is as thick as iia,i oi the seal and nearly twice a - lii g. \. Lii lethe long outer hairs are . .ft as a sable's tail and often a ' :: which gives to the whole c.u'.t i i- iearaiice a« of dark fur slightly I. i-ted over. \ Herlpr L'«»R I*l aim I * N «I «i i IIK . Crumble a pis t el breadcrumbs from the center of a stale loaf and pour over them a cup ot il '"d milk: when cool add three-quarters of a clip of sugar, a teaspoonfill ol sail and the yolks of four eggs beaten i gether; chop a half pound of Ml' and thoroughly mix with it a half p >u,nl each of raisins, cur rants and al 'lids; add a tea spoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg, a third of a leaspoonfnl each of cloves and mace and the 11it• •~ of the four eggs Btillly beaten; serve with hard sauce. Tlie Silver K.IIIIIIK mid the 4 load. Doctor—When can you pay me my bill for curing you of insomnia? Pa tient—l don't know, doctor; 1 sleep so soundly now that my wife goes through my pockets every night and takes everything.—Judy. RUNNING THE GANTLET. Till* I'nnialiurut \\u* Otiee I net! Fo» Military l>i»ci|»liiie. The following extracts give informa tion concerning the punishment of "running the gantlet:" "In running the gantlope the regi ment was formed six deep, and the ranks opened and faced Inward. Each man being furnished with a switch, the offender, naked to the waist, was led through the ranks, preceded by a ser geant, the point of whose reversed hal bert was presented to his breast to pre vent his running too fast. As he thus passed through the ranks every soldier pave him a stroke." —Grose's "Military Antiquities," volume 2, page 108. But the oldest notice I have seen is given in 'Monro—His Expedition With the Worthy Scots Uegiment (called Mackeyes Uegiment), Levied In Au gust, Etc. London. Printed by William Jones In lted-i'rosse Streete, 1037:" "Other slight punishments we eu- Joyne for slight faults, putin execu tion by their eamarades, as the loupe gartlie (running the gantlet; Swedish gantnk-pp. to run through a hedge made bv soldi'Tsi. when a souldier Is stripped naked above the waste and Is made to run tie a furlong betwixt 200 souldiers ranged alike opposite to oth ers, leaving a pace ill the midst for the souldier to run tie through, where his eamarades whip him with small rods ordained and cut for the purpose by the <»avilliger (provost marshal), and all to keepe good order and disci pline.' London Notes and Queries. Villi. The other d. y ih" writer saw a young g'rl up-ei NOIIIO >a!t al the table and then pick up a pinch and throw It over lie" left shoulder She said that [f she didn't she would quarrel with tier best friend. Ii seemed silly to think that the spilling of the salt was to make the quarrel, and it seem ed just as siliv to ihiuk that the toss ing of some of it in a certain direction was going to help matters. Hut. like most old superstitions, there Is some reason back of it. Salt, as yon know, is a great pun tier It pic "ills dc. ay, is a tonic and Btrengthener and is necessary to Un heal! hand even to the life of men and animals '!' ean icnts looked upon it ns always pure and lasting and made it the token of friendship <>nt of this undoubtedly grew the idea tliit when salt Is spill friendship is broken The \rab '■< ■; ini salt as sacred, and a Hi 'on' i i <li crt. v. 'io would rob ill '! . • • otherwise, be 1 ' o l p i}"ct,»r against -i . alt with you. his ' -w Y L THE MONOTONY OF LIFE Uli v a ( <1 in men ( \ li<mi 112 II >lit«le On* Hun Lniißli Out Lund. "Sometimes I think that The monoto ny of lift- wears on us fur more than i the duties have to discharge," sigh ed a robust citizen the other evening as the ear reared on its hind legs and began to creep tip the shaft. "The ev erlasting rut or treadmill, or whatever i you may choose to call it, gets onto I one's nerves. Existence Isn't varied for many of its; it's a perpetual grind." I IFis companion looked at him a mo ment and showed a broad grin. "I like that kind of talk," he said. "It's so truthful. Do you know what you do 1 when anything out of the ordinary happens to Interfere with your cut and i dried plan and takes you a few steps I out of your beaten path? 1 do. You j throw three or four tits hand running i and look and behave as if there had I been a death in the family. If your ! wife accepts an invitation or makes an | engagement for you or you're cornered ! so that you can't escape the theater or I a concert, you're the crossest and most despondent creature on earth. And you'll invent excuses that wouldn't wash In a strong lye to dodge a visit to your relatives or an excursion or a journey to another city. You want to do the same things in the same old | way day after day, and If you can't do tlieni you sir down and cry. With | you it's the morning paper, breakfast, | the barber, work, luncheon, more work, i home and the evening paper, and that | would l>e your routine if you had SIOO,- 000 a year and were free to come and go as you chose. Nine men out of ten are exactly like you, and when I hear them complaining of monotony I have ; t<> laugh out loud."—Providence Jour ! Mill. I'OMf polled . i A bashful young couple who were ev- I idently very much in love entered a | crowded street car in Boston the other ! day. "Do you suppose we can squeeze ! In here?'' lie asked, looking doubtfully j at her blushing face. ! "Don't you think, dear, we had bet ter wait until we get home?" whs the ' ow, embarrassed reply.—Life. The Clock. The clock has a strange way of tell | lug different tales with the same faca, ' If it Is telling one man to hurry up, it ! tells the next man who looks that there ! is plenty of time. Atchison Globe. ItenliNm. Why is the cow purple in the picture! Because the girl's parasol is red. | The cow. in fact, is purple with rage. | This is precisely what is meant by | realism in art. Puck. The secret of success lies In the man i and not in the stuff he works on.--Tor ! rey. "Perfect l.emotimle." Perfect lemonade Is made as follows- For a quart take the juice of three lem ons. using the rind of one of them. Carefully peel the rind very thin, get ting just the yellow outside. <'tit tliis I into pieces and put with the juice and | powdered sugar, of which use two ! ounces to the quart in a Jug or jar with I u cover. When the water is just at the boiling point pour It over the lemon and sugar, cover at once and let get cold. Try this way oin-e and see If it Is not delicious. The Mnou'n Pha»M. The phases of the moon are caused by its relative position to the earth and the sun. so that when it is full uioou in one part of the earth it is full moon lu all parts of the earth, and so for all its other phases. The moon revolves around the earth nice in twenty-seven days, though on account of the earths revolution around the sun the mean duration of the lunar mouth—that is, the time from new moon to new moon —is twenty-nine days, twelve hours and forty-four minutes. The "dark ot the moon" Is that half of the lunar month during which the moon shines least at night. \U In the Bill. "I'm afraid," said the junior member of the law firm, "that we are causing our client unnecessary trouble." "Oh, that's all right." rejoined tbe senior member. "We'll charge him for It."—<'hicng;> News. Uood Old Reiuedj . "How did you cure your boy of swearing?" "By the laving on of hands, principal ly."— Chicago Record-Herald. \or»e« iind the CleriO'. A prominent London clergyman, In referring to the fact that the tendency to encourage 1 lie visitation by the cler gy of the sick In acute cases Is less than It was, remarked that "this Is probably one of the results of the more careful system of modern nursing, which lays stress on the Importance of keeping the sickroom quiet. The old idea was that the friends of the sick person should be allowed to crowd Into the room. Now the nurse shuts them out, with good results In the main. The nursa has, therefore, become an exceedingly powerful force In regulating the ar rangements of the modern household when there is illness In the home, and It often practically rests with her, more than with the doctor, to determine whether the patient shall be visited by i the parish priest." BARRIER BREAKERS. j Peter Cooper Was only ono year at j school Oliver P. Morton—Lame; walked on crutches. Chief Justice chase Nearsighted; hnd an impediment In his speech. Klihu Burritt —Son of a farmer; be- I came an apprentice in a blacksmith's ; shop. Estey. the organ maker Given away nt four years of age; had scarcely nny schooling Nelson W. Ullrich—Kntered Provi dence on foot, with I is clothes strung j over his back. Andrew i anietie— Son of au imnil- ! giant; worked - bold in boy in a mill for SI."" a V. eel. Alexander 11. Stephens— A dwarf: ! with a broken scythe lie overmatched in the harvest nil llioso who had per fect ones Tliuriov Wc» ! So poor in boyhood that one cold March day he had to wrap pieces • . loth about his feet In place of s m Ks .i.l shoes.— Craft's "Sue «-«"-sl ill Men of I »• la} " rgyE^CTF'T'A BLE SICILIAN HALLS Hair Renewer Perhaps you like your pray hair; then keep it. Perhaps not; then remember —Hall's Hair Renewer always restores color to gray hair. Stons falling hair, also. "^TTSiffirST ftgr."'" ■,■■■ iii ae ——«■ (To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ®™ry I Seven Million boxes sold In past 12 months. This signature, POX. J3C. J CAPTAIN KIDD. The rnn»fr nn«l the Kniliiif of tb« I 'ft in on* IMrat* 4 . Captain Kldd. the famous pirate, started his eareer with tlx* Intention of suppressing piracy. In February, 1097, j lie left the Hudson in the Adventure i Galley with n crew of 1.10 men with ■ tliis intent ion. This expedition lmd been equipped chiefly at the expense of the AVhig ministers, and it- ><%nnander carried with him. "besides the ordinary j ' ietlers of marque, a commission under th<* great s'-a! empowering him to seize pirates and to take them to some place where they might lie dealt with ac cording to law." The king's right to the goods found m possession of these malefactors was granted by letters patent to the sup porters of tlie expedition, his majesty | securing only one-tenth of the spoil, j Kidd, however, soon finding that little I was to be gained by the adventure, ; threw off all disguise and hoisted the Jolly Koger. His rapacity and cruelty were un- j bounded, and in less than two years ho amassed the sum of £200,000. With | tills he thought to make his peace with the authorities and end his days In lux ury. but he was arrested at New York I and brought to England, where he was tried and hanged at Execution dock in ; 1701.—London Saturday Review. kCftircil (irindom. A whole village of well to do Italians ; speaking English with an accent is one : of the most astonishing things that j Italy offers to the tourist. They are j retired organ grinders who have ac j quired comfortable fortunes In various | countries and have gone back to their j beloved native land to live in affluence witli their families in tills strange little j colony which they have founded among | these sweet Italian mountains i In i ion* to Com ply ! I'rofessor t:> student! Vou should have written on the subject, sir, so | that the most ignorant of your audi j ence could understand all that you have ' to say on the subject. Student-What part of tnv production is not clear to | you. sirV V Mudent l'hlliiNu|ilier. John Stuart Mill was an unassuming philosopher. He strove to give his wife ! the credit of his works, and he was nev | er pretentious in claiming precedence among men. Miss Cobbe in her '"Life" relates this anecdote of Mr. Mill's mod esty: She was talking to him one day about I the difficulty of doing mental work i when disturbed by the music of street bands and Instanced the case of a gen i tleman who was thrown into a frenzy j by their noise. j "It does not interfere with my work." j : said Mr. Mill Miss Cobbe remarked that Herbert , Spencer was much annoyed by such ; disturbance. "Ah, yes. of course!" rejoined the modest man. "Writing Spencer's works one must have quiet!" He was so unconscious of the free dom from disturbance required to write J ! his own "System of Logic" and "Po- , iltical Economy" that he would allow, , while writing, his cat to lie on his table or on liis neck. His gentleness and his absorption In his tb>'tne protected him. THE COFFEE PLANT. k \attve of Abj'Nainla That Wm Traimportf<l to Arabia. The origin of coffee is lost in the ! uiisis of antiquity, but the plant is be j lieved to be a native of Abyssinia and | to have been carried thence into Arabia ; early in the fifteenth century, whence ; the Mecca u pilgrims soon carried It to | ull parts of the Mohammedan world. A bureau of commerce and labor pub lication notes that Burton in his "Anat vm\ of Melancholy" tlti2li makes this reference to it: "Turks have a drink called cofiec, so named from a berry black as soot and as bitter, which they bip up hot, because they find by experi ence that that kind of drink so used i helpeth digestion and promoteth alac rity." Although brought to Venice by a phy- i siciau in 1591, it was only in 1652 that ! the lirst coffeehouse was established i In London, and it only became fashion able in Paris in UStib, says the same authority. England gradually forsook coffee for tea, but the progress of the beverage, though slower, was steadier | In France. Until HKW, when the Hutch began to successfully grow coffee trees In Java from the Millibar t Indiai bean, all cof fee came from Arabia. The coffee cul ture of the West Indies and Central and South America had its beginnings, it is said, in a slip taken from a tree in ; the botanic gardens at l'arls, which ] had obtained a vigorous growth from a • cutting said to have been stolen from ! the botanic gardens at Amsterdam. All : the plantations of the old and new world are practically derived from the specimens taken from Arabia, first to India, thence to Java and elsewhere. Itrnirnihrrrd the Text. A little Topeka girl came home from church the other day and was asked j what the minister's text was."l know it all right." she asserted. "Well, re- j peat it," her questioner demanded. "Don't be afraid and I will get you a bedquilt," was the astonishing answer. | Invest igation proved that the central thought of the setinon had been, "Fear not, and I will send you a comforter." j j - Kansas City Journal Ah Indicator. "But, doctor," asked the young prac j tltloner, "why do you always order ' champagne for every new patient that | conies to you?" "Because, my boy, t replied the wise old medical man, I can judge l y what he says whether or not he can afford it. That helps when 1 co.lie U make out my bill."— Phila delphia Press IV-lven From Home. "Hii! v hear that the daughter of | that rich man in lhe le-xt block had , been <1 ivcu from home?" "No W hen did it ha >t»en'." "Jr<-t 'i-r she g.t i'to the car riage." I It 'itiiOl c Al :• i ' ! «. tt-r (I It*' I. "Th'-v v." i;iurnu:f. M McSosh. "that tw ■ be <■ arc ' i ban one. but I da- ' i If I I It ' like the one I've g■' ''• - inori.'ng ' me l if ! . w mldn't •■■ i !iit - icide ' levebind I r 'tiler i — A VISIT ENDS IN DEATH A sid dentil occurred in Danville I last cveuin; w hen Arthur Farusworth, who lias been visiting his sister, Mrs. 1 Jesse Lunger, Ferry street, succumbed ; to an attack of pneumonia. The young man resides with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Farns- I worth, in Point township, Northum berland county, and came to visit his I sister about a week ago. Several days ago he was taken with pleurisy,which developed into pneumonia, and lie I grew rapidly worse until his death oc j eurred last night at 9 :30 o'clock. The deceased was 22 years of age | and i- survived by the following broth | er> and sifters: Robert, Edward and i Harry Farusworth, Mrs. Jesse Lunger, Mis. Charles Diehl and Miss Lizzie ; Farusworth. Over=Work Weakens Your Kidneys. "nhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood in your body passes through I your kidneys once every three minutes. fThe kidneys are your . blood purifiers, they fil || ter out the waste or 1 impurities in the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work. Pains, aches and rheu matism come from ex cess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidney poisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubl&s were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin ning in kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and is sold on its merits f'- y"~ by all druggists in fifty cent and one-dollar siz es. You may have a al - bottle by mail Home of sw-amp-Root. free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmei 8t Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake, but remem her the name, Swanp-Root. Dr. Kil j mer's Swamp-Root, and the addres ' Binghamton. Js.Y ~ oueverv bottles, i Masai CATARRH In all its stages. m C °iotX\ JUo§ Ely's Cream BalmC™W cleanses, soothes and heals a | the diseased membrane. •»*V It cures catarrh and drives M away a cold in the head I quickly. Cream Bntm is placed into the nostrils, spreads over tlie membrane and is absorbed. Relief li 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, 56 Warren Street, New York T>=Zerta Quicit Pudding Is just what every cook and housekeeper has been waiting for. It is better, surer and easier to make than any other dessert you can place on the table. Everything in the package. Add one quart milk, bring to a boil, cool and serve with cream and sugar, fresh or canned fruit. It will please you. Five delicious flavors—Vanilla, Lemon, ; Chocolate, Strawberry, Orange. 10 Cents at Jilt Grocers. Order a package of each flavor to-day. THE ORIGINAL LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP Cures all Coughs and f\ cl p T h „' B ' ( '| assists in expelling ijJ iomaadtt* Colds from the f ß °on 7 «T»rJ System by T\§Tv botu ** i KENNEDYS LAXATIVE j«Y»TAR F.-'KPAKKD AT THE LABORATOtT OF DcV/iTT & CO., CHICAGO. U. ft. A. For s.il.i 'of t'aui-H JFC OJ. J J. BROWN TME EYE A SPFCIALTY j Eyes tented, treated. : ited with *l:ih»i --| « -old strttin eye*, supplied. Market "Steel, l'loonisbiirg, Pa. Fours—lo a. m. t.-> sp. m. R-I-P-A-N-S Tabules Doctors find j A good prescription For Mankind. The .Vcetit packet is enough for usual j invasions The family bottle (lit) cents) | contains a p iy f.-r a year. All drug : gists sell them TKTi?* ftanr TTotfil Bet wt eii 12th and KUhSts on Filbert St Philadelphia, Pa. Three mnmies walk ftom the Head ing Terminal. Five miuutts walk from 1 lie Pentia. R 15. Depot. EUKOPPAN PLAN <ll.OO per cay ami upwards. AMERICAN PLAN oil per day. FRANK M. SCHFIBLEY, Manager
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