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} "
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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
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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
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i
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j
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