MONTOUR AMKRIGXN FRANK G. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville. Pa.. Apr. I<>. I<*l6 JURORS DRAIN FOR MAY COURT .1 ury Commissioners t'urtis Cook ami W B Moore «ui Monday began the work of drawing grand and traverse jurors for May term of court, 1 1HH». By yesterday* noon they liad completed their work. Following is the list of grand and traverse juror* (»RAUD J U ROUS. Anthony township.—John I- Delhi. Judiah Schooley. William Marr. Cooper township. Benjamin Buck. Danville, 1-t ward. —William E. r, r, S.iimb 1 IMv iier, Wil liam T Sjieicer. Danville, 2nd ward.—Wilson M. Ryan. Daniel V Fetteraian. John George Boyer, Henry.l. A ten. Danville,3rd ward. —Patrick Dailey. IVrry township.—Clarence Hishel, C. G. Miller Liberty township.—Thonms M. Van sant. Limestone township. John M. Smith, Cyrus Coleman, S F. Welliv cr. Mahoning township—William Owens, J. C. Kishel. Mayberry township. —W. B. Faux. Valley township.—Simon Moser. West Hemlock township.—John C. Hendershot. TRAVERSE JURORS. Authony township.—John Oolemau. Daniel Bomlioy, Ambrose A. Love, Gideon Hartman.P F. Rrenuen, Isanc L. Acor Danville, Ist ward. —H. B. Deen, Patrick Mcßryan,Thomas Reifsndyer, George Lenhart, Edward F. Fallon, .lames V. Gillaspv,Rush Yerrick,Wil liam H. Andy, Dr. Jonathau Sweis tort, E«1 ward Purpur. George S. Maiers. Danville, 2nd ward.—Wesley Har tzel,Leander Kocher,Calvin C. Ritter, Andrew Heller, Charles Deitz,William Roat. D. R. Williams. Isaac Rank. Dauville,3rd ward.—Alfred Yerrick, James Martin. Elias Lyon, George B Jacobs. Henry Divel, Conrad Aten, Theodore Doster, John Kilgus. Jacob Aten. Robert Mellon. Danville,4th ward —Augustus lleiss. James Gibson.Edward Hallman,James McCormick, Frank Straub. Frank Henrie, William Pickens. Derry township.—George W. De- Green, Daniel Frazier, W. L. Whip ple, Peter M. Dietrick. Liberty township.—William E. Boy er, W. C. Bobbins. Lmestone township.—F. J. Derr, Clyde Biddle. Mahoning township.—William E. ■•liar, William Q. Miliar, Neal P. Wilson, James Morrison.Jerry Donov an, Henry Wire man, Benjamin L. Deihl, Ralph Leighow. Mayberry township—lsaiali Vought. We*t Hemlock township.—McKelvey St inc. CHANGES IN THR NATIONAL GUARD A uew- jiolicy will be pursued this year by Gen. Gob in when the division is called together at Gettysburg for its annual encampment in July, when it is expected that maneuvers some what similar to that pursued at the encampment of the Third Brigade at Mt. Gretna will be carried out. It was decided finally that the an nual encampment be held from July ilst to July "JSth, and commanding officers are now making their arrange ments accordingly. Gobin, the new major general,will institute a number of reforms in tlie Guard,among which is the one change mentioned. He has long been an advocate of more thorough training during encampment week ;aud some radical changes are in store. He IH opposed to spending the week in training that may be obtained at any time in the armories, and his new sys tem is calculated to irive the guards men a better idea of active service. FELL FROn SECOND STORY WINDOW Little Mildred Mottern, aged about 'J years, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mottern, East Market street,had a remarkable escape from serious in jurv yesterday morning The child fell from the second story of the Mottern home unto a porch roof and thence to the groyud. In alighting on the earth she fell among some wind ow sashes, breaking two panes of glass. Aside from some bruises about the head and a thorough shaking up the little girl was uninjured Al. I.eech Dying. A 1 Leech, one of the Ixist known light comedians in musical comedy, who appeared in Danville last year in "Girls Will Be Girls," is lying at the jtoint of death at a hotel in Lancaster. Leech appeared on the stage Monday night and gave a satisfactory perform ance, although a very sick man. Tuesday he collapsed entirely,as the result of a critical stomach disorder and attending physicians give no hope of his recovery. Al Leech and"The Three Rosebuds" were a head-line feature in all the large vaudeville houses of the country until two years ago. when they were starred in music al comedy withj>uecess by William A. Brady Idleness is Expensive- It is estimated that the two weeks' sus|ieusion of mining has resulted in a loss of $14,000,000 to the miners, oper ators. coal-carrying companies and the merchants of the coal region. The heaviest losers are the operators, who lost, by reason of unmined coal, ap proximately $5,200,000. The loss in wages to the miners is over $5,000,000, and the balance is divided between the railroads and business men,the former by loss of hauling and the latter in falling off of business. Those are busy days for the man with the aah cart MASONIC RITES PERFORMED All that was mortal of Captain Jo seph H. Johnson was consigned to the grave in Odd Fellows' cemetery yes terday. Not in many years has a fun eral taken place that has caused >uch an outpouring of our own citizens and I brought here so many people from neighboring places, a fact which most eloquently attested to the high stand ing and personal popularity de ceased. The funeral took place from Pine Street Lutheran church at i:3O p. ni. Rev. l)r Shindel,pastor of Pine Street Lutheran church, is just recovering from an illness and was not physical ly equal to the task of conducting the funeral. In his place Rev. U. G. My ers of Catawissa officiated. Rev. Mr. Mvers knew the deceased for many years and he paid a noble tribute to his memory. Among the musical num bers rendered at the funeral was a beautiful solo, "Face to Face, by Mrs. Arthur Matchett of Middletowu; also a quartette "Abide With Me," by Mrs. W. R. Paules, Miss Anna Fry, Robert Jacobs and Sam A. McCoy. The deceased belonged to Mahoning lodge No. vt 16, F. it A. M., and he was signally honored by the members of the Masonic Fraternity. It would be difficult to recall an occasion when a larger number of the white gloved fraternity were in line to follow a brother to the grave Taking in lodge 51« and the sister lodge 224, present by invitation, there were in the pro cession at least fiftv members. The deceased had a fine war record. He was a member of the I'uion Vet eran Legion, but he was none the less bound to the members of G A. 11. and to all veterans by the ties of comrade ship, so that among those who g;v*her ed around his bier yesterday a large proportion were survivors of the Civil war. In selecting the pall bearers the houor> were equally divided between the two organizations of veterans. The remains were carried by D. R. Eck man, Dr. Jno. Sweisfort, and Coorge Mears. of Rupert, representing the I'uion Veteran Legion and W. M. Hed dens,Thomas Mensch of Catawissa and John Levers of Milton, representing the G. A. R. The flowers formed a very beautiful tribute and comprised a large shield, in which were interwoven the letters, "U. V. L.," from the Union Veteran Legion ; a large compass and square wrought in flowers, the Masonic em blem, as a tribute from Mahoning Lodge No. 516. There was also a beautfl'el offering from the Sunday school class of [Pine Street Lutheran church taught by Mrs. Johnson, wife of the deceased as well as a large num ber of floral gifts from individual friends. The funeral was takeu to Odd Fel lows' cemetery on tw r o trolley cars, which met at Walnut and Pine streets. The Masonic fraternity in two columns that faced each other occupied the sidewalk and extended nearly all the , way from the church to Walnut street. Between the two columns of Freemas ons, who stood with uncovered heads, the casket on which was piled a rich profusion of flowers, was slowly ami I * reverently borne aloug. The remains were placed in the first car which was occupied by the rela tives and intimate friends of the fain j ily. The second ear was given over to the masons and was crowded. At the I grave the burial rites of the Masonic I order were observed. The following out-of-town persons were at the funeral: James D. Evans, J. (Towney) Howe and Mrs. Anne Vanßuskirk, of Scrantou ; Mrs. Sarah Forred and Alfred Forred, Plymouth ; Mrs. Wesley Ever, of Bloomshurg. Among the prominent Masons were: A. L. Fritz, Esq., Isaiah Hageubuch, R. F. Vanderslice and Charles Reice of Bloomshurg. Among the members of the Union Veteran Legion were: Captain J. B. Robinson, J. 11. Maize, C. S. Furinan, Lewis Cohen, Jacob Kellar, R. C. Buckalew, Zachariah Thomas, Elias Utt, Theodore Meuden hall, of Bloomshurg; P. .T. Baylor, William Miuier,'Riverside; Dr P. C. Newbaker, Dr, Jno. Sweisfort, D. R. Eckman, Charles Woods and Michael Breckbill of Danville. Switch, Hug and Kiss. Following their strange religious custom, "in atonement of the suffer ing of Jesus Christ on crucifixion day,"on Monday hundreds of Polish and Russian people chased each oth e over hills and streets of the mining patches at Shamokin, the women throwing water on men and the latter switching the women on their backs. After the switching, the women al lowed themselves to be hugged and kissed and escorted to dance halls and to parties. These festivities,always held Easter Monday, will be carried over until to night. The celebration this year was more extensive than ever, owing to so many men being idle. In many in stances young men,after kissing girls, asked them to'becoine their wives. No marriages will occur until the col lieries resume and the bridegrooms elect earn the price of the ceremony. T. W. Lee Resigns. it has been announced that T. W. Lee, general passenger agent of the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western railroad company, has resigned, to take effect July l. He will be succeeded by George A. Cullen, the general western passenger agent of the road, whose office now is in Chicago. SIOO REWARD. SIOO I lit? readers of this paper will be please** to earn that there Is at least one dread' ills ease that science has been able to cure in all thejtages and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now Uno /n to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, renulres * constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh dure Is taken Internally, acting directly up on the blood and mucous surface of the sys m. thereby destroying the foundation of the disease nod giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing the work. The proprietors have so much faith In its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any •aso that It fulls to cure. s f .„,| f nr ~ Testimonials Moid by llruKglsts MASKED ROBS BOLD OUTRAGE Like the star chapter of the most thrilling piece of fiction on the deeds of bad men in the far west i> the story of a bold robbery that was committed along the border limits ot Sunbury Tuesday night. The scene of the outrageous event was the home of John Lower, track walker for the Pennsylvania railroad comnanv. Mr Lower resides in a small house near the creek bridge be low the dam on the outskirts of Sun bury. Bidding his wife and three chil dren goodbye he left hi* home after supper Tuesday evening. Sometime between ten and eleven o'clock Mrs. Lower was aroused out of her sleep by a hanging at the front door. Before she realized what was going on the front door was battered j open and three men,all wearing black masks over their faces, entered her room and dragged her from the bed. Frightening the defenseless woman into submission by telling her that if I she made but a single outcry or at- I tempted to giv# an ala/m in any way | that they would kill her. and display j iug large revolvers the robbers rough !ly seated Mrs. Lower on a chair. The i uext act of the masked robbers was to j gag their victim and tie her securely ito the chair. Before they completed : their work she had sustained a nuiu , her of scratches on her face and bruises | ou her body. During the time consumed by such operations the eldest of the three cliil- I dren was awakened and seeing the nun I in the room became frightened and be gan to scream. One of the three men rushed to the bed, grabbed the child : and shook it roughly,but discontinued I his act of violence upon receiving pro j mises that it would remain quiet. Leaviug one of their party to stand I guard over Mrs. Lower in the bed j room the other two robbers made a systematic search of the entire house ; for plunder. ! Bureau drawers were turned upside | down on the floor, closets were ran sacked and every nook and corner was ! carefully searched. The entire r ward the robbers reaped was uiuely-five cents in cash and seventeen packages of chewing tobacco. Without releasing their victim the robbers hurried from t lie house and made their escape. Mr. Lower when he returned home for lunch about mid night found his wife in the same con ; dition she had been left by her assail ants. Although she was unable to see their faces, from their dress, general 1 makeup, and speech, Mrs. Lower In lieves that the masked robbers were j tramps, who came and departed on a freight train. Rev. L re, floderator. With the annual session which has just closed, Kev Dr. Hemingway, of Bloomsburg retired as moderator of the Northumberland Presbytery Kev. i Herbert T. Ure, of Williainsport. suc ' ceeds to the position. The reports showed 409 members had l been received in the church during the year. The annual expense was Illfi.OOO. II ii IT:11 In II II ncklfberry. On the island of Hawaii are great thick 'ts of the o'a-10. or Hawaiian huc kleberry <Vacciniutn n ticulatuni), which tlie natives consider sacred to IVIe, the goddess who is sujiposed to preside over the famous .-rater of Ivilauea, and which, together with white pigs and chick- us. are thrown by them into the boiling red lake during an eruption to appfexc tii" wrath of the aggressive daui»> and tints cause tlie rivers of lavn io ■ »• (lowing '»II tlieir destructive s»' Tin- " 1-i-ri its grow in clusters on l«\v bushes ri.ld an tin- very brink of the briii. r ione IMMJH and arc so nu merous thai a bushel may be Piisily gathered ia half an hour. In appear am-c I hoy - unewhnl resemble 11 cran berry. ami tin* :'a •is pleasantly sug pestive of gra; *■.- 'I In- Word "F.xnii't'," "Kxpire" ;.i liter:.! « -ii<«* is breath ing out. in-iiiration ainl expiration to gether constitute re pir.itloii. Izaab Walton ol> " el tli t ' ii' the inspiring o» expitii.tf o:g'.n of any animal be stopt it suddenly dies." The Romans spoke of "breathing out" the breath of life instead of "dying." by way of euphemism, just as they said "Vixit" he lias lived) instead of"he is dead." in all language* the reluetauee frankly to say "dei 1" or "die" appears; hence su< h wors's and phrases as "pasg away.' "decease," "demise." "the de parted." "defunct." "the late," "no more," "if anything should happen to me." \ ffrocfl. Wife—lf I thousrht a thing was wick ed I wouldn't do it II lsbatid- Veither would I \Vi"i> : I i!i nk smoking cigars is a ***!••!;«• I waste Iluslcfnd— Then you si: >a!d not smoke 11 .-.•»<! me a match, please. R-T- P-A-N-S Tabu les Doctors find A good prescription For Mankind. The 5-oent packet is enough for usual occasions The family bottle lid cents) contains a supply for a year. All drug gists sell them. J J. BROWN THE EYE A SPECIALTY "r yes tested, treated, titled with >i »•»>.- « -«' id artiiii ial eyes supplied. M.irki i Street, Hioomshurp, IN. Fours—lo a. lit. t> •» p. m. THE ORIGINAL LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP Cures all Coughs and f] cl o B*cV assists in exDelling hj »omaadts> S- stcm"b T SF fffrl gently moving TJSSS&WIfc ,::J i -A whooping-cough. (T-»<• SJ.rk P ? l.t<ue<l) SvV'f t KENNEDY'S mm miEmim rmrrAirv U A I INI L*HURAI«'(II or UeWITT « CO.. CHICAGO, U • A. for SHI-J bv I'HUIOH He C<> A COSTA HICAN VOLCANO. Pen I'ii'tiirr of I'mm anil It* itmiKrt- OHM Siirronndliifta. < >ll the is In ml <if Cost a Itico Is the re markable volcano of I'oas. The crater I,its an altitude of about 8.500 feet. Tlia traveici who makes (he ascent on reaching tin- lip of the crater finds hlin h<-1 112 :it tin; brink of a vast perpendicu lar sided pit. at the bottom of which lies a motionless pool of yellowish wa- I t er The sense of deadly stillness and desolation i- undisturbed by any indi cation of life. The almost vertical walls are devoid of even a vestige of ■ plant creation; not a bird wings its way through the air, the surface of the pool 1 |-i without a ripple, and even the hu | man voice sounds strange and incon gruous. Suddenly the silence Is bro ken by a great and startling under ground rumbling, and a huge column of a dark colored liquid Is thrown to a vast height from a spot near the center of the lake. The column ordinarily i ri-t - to a height varying from 250 to (">OO feet. Almost instantly a vast cloud >f vapor is evolved which surrounds the ! column and rises to an immense height. A thousand feet below the lip Is the lake or pool, along tlie shores of which it is necessary to move aboirt with care because of numerous concealed holes tilled with a slimy substance, consist ing mainly of sulphate of lime with a large <rc - of sulphuric acid. This hardens in a few moments when ex posed to the air, and consequently the pits are covered with slight shells that render It almost impossible to dis tinguish between them and Bolid ground. If a foot goes through this thin crust it will be found that in a few days ihe shoe will be destroyed, as the seams cannot resist the acid action. The lake at el >ser view Is discovered to be covered with clouds of vapor and It !s impossible to see for any distance. Among other gases, sulphv# dioxide Is present in considerable quantities, and at times the smell becomes almost un bearable. At close range <.he water is grayi9h in color, and it is so acid that it almost burns the tongue when tasted. Any dark cloth moistened with the liquid in stantly becomes red and is ultimately destroyed. The temperature at the shore, while > arying considerably, ranges around 11"> degrees F. During one of the gre: test eruptions known a tremendous column of dark liquid rose to an estimate 1 height of 2,000 feet and was about :V> • feet in diameter. The waves product! on the lake by such an outburst are formidable, and long after the eruption has ceased the whole cra ter is tilled with the roar of the troubled waters.—Chicago News. POINTEU PARAGRAPHS. Some people are simply acting nat ural when they are kicking. Do the right thing by all of your friends, and you haven't anything but the core of the apple left. people with real troubles do not care us much tor sympathy as they do to have their trials as inconspicuous as possible. When a aiau says that he has not a friend in the town Where he lives you can depend on it that the town is not to blame. Don't forget that your actions are measured as critically all through life as is the borrowed butter you return to a neighbor. With all due consideration for the sober thought, we notice that the longer we aim the more liable we are t i n:i-s the mark. Atchison (Ilobe Fruuilc'n Youthful Terror*. Of the youthful hardships endured by James Anthony Fronde a biogra pher says; "Conceiving that the child wanted spirit. Ilurrell. his elder broth er, once took him up by the heels and stirred with bis bead the mud at the bottom of a stream. Another time he threw him into deep water out of a boat ton ake him manly. Hut he was not satisfied by inspiring physical ter ror. Invoking the aid of the preternat ural. he taught his brother that the hollow behind the house was haunted by a monstrous and malevolent phan tom. to which in the plenitude of his imagination he gave the name of Pe ningre. (Jraduaily the child discover ed that i'eningre was an illusion and began to suspect that other ideas of Ilurrell's might be illusions too." Siiou | iiior« For lfaraliea. Ibe largest extent of marsh land in the world is to 1>" found in the low lands wli!< h form part of the steppe of Uju between tin- rl' ei\s Inti.sh and Obi, in Asiatic liussia. The region is Cat and covered with forests, salt hikes and quivering marshes, extending over an area whieh is not less than I'M>,ooo (square miles. During the summer dense clouds of mosquitoes float over the treacherous grouud. Immense areas of these dreaded urmans have never been visited by man. The marshes, treacherously concealed under a sway ing layer of grassy vegetation, can only be crossed by means of a kind of snow shoe in winter except at the peril of one's life. The Drunkard'* Clonk. Iu the time of the commonwealth In England the magistrates of Newcastle upon-Tyne punished drunkards by making them carry a tub called the drunkard's clonk. This tub was worn bottom upward, there being a bole at the bottom for the head and two small er holes in the sides for the hands to pass through, and thus ridiculously at tired tlie delinquent was made to walk through the streets of the town for as long a time as the magistrates thought proper to order, according to th® gross liess of the offense POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Crazy |io iple never think they are crazy. ,Vp> you crazy? The average person places too much eonfi'l' iH i in an apology. I • >!•!- re not so much interested la your anees as you think they are. It N e , thing to appreciate a com plii a-: i and another thing to swal low it. V w '!!• n never used powder that a 1 i notice it. Hut women say, Men -o easily fooled!" 0 t like men very well; wom i !»e women very well either. .Aid quarrel with women sotne tim« Wl ■ n man regrets that he didn't git iihk I. schooling in Ids youth, some how In* iis who have togo to school don't sympathize with him as inueli as tie cape< id. -Atchison Li lobe. i ii<* liUtn'r f>i upniK. Many gems often without any appar ent cause suddenly become cracked or seamed, the damage being beyond re pair Opals, known as the unluckiest stones, are so sensitive that their beau ty is frequently destroyed by their wearer's proximity to an open fire. The luster of this stone Is caused by thp presence of myriads of little fissures, which weflect tho light Into the charac teristic prismatic color of the getr. Tho tiniest of these fissures Is likely at any moment to destroy the stone. FOUND THE KEYNOTE. The Story of an liddlcr anil a DIIIIC'IIK IlriilKe. The old Sixth street bridge was a suspension bridge, and in connection therewith a story used to lie told. Ev erybody knows that soldiers in crossing a suspension bridge must break step and bands at not allowed to play marches because of tli • cumulative force of the vibrations, which are apt to either destroy the bridge completely or crystallize the Iron cables. Now, sound is vibration, and this explana tion. not very M-'entifically put here, is the basis of the story, remembering that every object is supposed to have a keynote, which when struck on a mu sical iustniMi nt evokes responsive vi brations in the said object. The story goes tint many years ago an old man carrying a fiddle in a case once started across tfio bridge without paving toll. He was call 1 back by the tollkeeper. proteste | his inability to pay. but was not •allowed to cross. Threatening vengeance the old fiddler seated himself on li e wharf under the Allegheny ci>d of th-> bridge and began to scrape awav o.i his lidd'o for hours, apparently trying all s ,vts of notes, half notes aid < ombinations of notes and chords Suddenly he seemed to find what he sought for. for his face lighted up. ami he began to serapo steadily on a certain chord. A moan went through the bridge. Faster play ed the old niiii. and the wire cables fairly sang in response to the wild notes of the fiddle. Furiously the old fiddle scraped away, and the cables bo gan to vibrate, slowly at first, the vi brations growing stronger and stronger as the keynote sounded on the violin. The bridge began to trciible. then to 6 way. Hy this time the tollkeepers saw something w- • up. for th" pedestrians on the bridg-.- b"g>n to run. drivers whipped up their h >rses and men and women with blanched faces declined to set foot on either end of !he structure. A messenger (there were no tele phones thcni wis dispatched for the superinb udent. and he came running. The ~|.; fiddle;* v,*as pointed out, and a constable was ordered to arrest him: but. there i> : i:_r no suspicious person law then in exi -tence, the officer shook his head. The bridge was cutting up all sorts of capers, swaying back and forth like a swing, until at last the su perintendent in de-pen >n ran to the fiddler anil promised never to demand toll from him. An agreement was en tered iiito. the fiddler pledging to keep secret to hi dying da\ the keynote, so that iij re • :igcfu! mti-a an ever again could place the --tructiire in jeopardy without li' lying out the keynote him self.— I'ill-'■ ;:g Ca/.ette. IMfjciin Fakir*. The bird fai.eii • t h»K a young pi ge in's liea k liei'.i: his finger and thumb " ! f Iwa i i /eon fakir," he said. ' I'll i :';e this !• 1; curve down ward a ore. Ev< ■; day I'd ben I It.this way. wli • it's > ,ung and soft, and when 'ii ■ d would grow up it would have a I of the correct shape. He fore fh !i. (a >ugh. i; would have passed through a lot of ; , n. 'T -eon fakits are pretty numerous. The; have tri' i.- thai v II :»• : <1 525 to f.'.o i i a line bird's value A favorite trick is tri .nil: a. Tl-ey cut out feath ers of th • wring c.•! an 1 with their sei-'so' - the> ia inipu te certain mark ings ti'l th iret tiieni into the pattern that is considered ties} They dye the bird's feathers • • rids work needs skill and a g> >d recipe Judges, being foxy, of en touch a finely colored bird with acid to see if the <■ dor is faded or not. So the dye. of cour- \ must be acid proof. ''Some men take young aim >nd tum blers and inc -e their heads for a cou ple of hours -each d t.v in a wooden mold. This causes the ■ heads to grow Into the blunt round shape that prize winning almond tumble:-:' heads must have."—New York Press THE ESKIMO SMOKER. He Dearly l.ove* Tol»aeco anil \nt a Mile of It In Wasted. "No man i- fonder of tobacco than an Eskimo," said an arctic traveler. "The Eskimo depends for h . tobacco solely on the white man. lor a pound of it he would sell his oldest son. "It is odd to see au Eskimo smoke. He chops his tobacco fine and mixes it with chopped willow twigs so as to make It go further. Then he cleans out with a picker of bone the small stone bowl of his pipe, and then lie plucks a lock of hair from his deerskin suit and ! rams it down in the bottom of the pipe ' bowl so as to prevent any of the finely j chopped tobacco from escaping into the stem. "Finally he lights tho pipe and smokes • It in a swift series of long, strong putts | so that there may he no waste. Each j puff Is inhaled deep down into the I lungs, and the first puff's smoke Is still j streaming from the nostrils long after J another puff has been started. There I must be, you see, no waijte. There must be none of that vain combustion | of tobacco without benefit to the s 1410k- I cr which goes on continually among us. "Often the most experienced Eskimo ! will smoke so hard and fast that tears i will stream from his eyes, he will cough I violently, and sometimes vertigo and 1 nausea will seize him"—New York ! Press. He Sim the .loke. | "One day." says an American,"l j walked into a bookshop In the Strand i and asked for Hare's Walks In Eon don.' In America the book is sold in | one thick volume The clerk brought I It in two. 'Oh,' I said its I looked at 1 them, 'you part your "liar"'' in thc | middle, do you 7" 'I. sir?" he said, with a bewildered look. 1 »h. no, sir" I saw , he didn't see the joke, - > I jlidn't ex i plain, but bought the books and went away. A week later I went to the same shop. As soon as the clerk saw me he rushed from the back of the shop, ! laughing vociferously, • »ood!' he shout ed. 'Capital! I'art your "Hare" in the I middle! Thai's capital, sir, capital!" I I melon Tit-Hi!s A Phenomenon. A bandy word mti .'i misused to "phfr j nomenon." 'I he l utdon C«lol»e once I heard a man < xplainlng Its meaning to i a friend. He old it as follows: "Now, ii I you see a cow in a tnedi'er. he -aid | didactically, "that - not a pliin • nceiia. ' It's a preitv animal and what not, but ' It ain't a phlnomcena. And if you see ' a thistle In a meddet that ain't a p'u ! nomeena. Nor if you sc. a l.iik in the I medder that ain't a phlnomcena It's 1 a pretty bird and what not. but it ain't a phinonieena. Hut if you was to see that cow sitting on that thistle and ringing like that lark that would be e phlnomcena." His friend said, yes, lie «nw now Wlicre the I I \\ iim. "I don't suppose il's unnatural for me to be excited now thai the hour for uiy marriage to the «• •nut ap I roaches." said the In id . "1 guess Itu Ihe ino-1 e\i Hi i | et'soii In t »wn at this n inute " "Oh. I i'.o:rt kn >w." replied M's .' ir •• h. lei- moth " "Think how i \ • j 'a :>H:st I ■ o\ s' ii in the liew 'toer ol 1 . 1 atlioiie Stand; 1 ,l•! iind Times. PEFYS AS A PLAYGOER. Time When Women Firwt Ap peared on (lit- linulUli Stance. In the i cthods of producing plays IVpys' peri' I of plavgoing was coeval w itli many niost important innovations ivlii<-h seriovislj affected the presenta tion of Shakespeare on the stage. The •hief was the substitution of women for boys In female roles. During the [ tir -t feu months of I'epys* theatrical I experience boys were still taking the 1 won; 1 1's parts. That the practice sur- ! vived in the tir.st. days of Charles ll.'B reig:: ,ve know from tlie well worn an- j eedote that when the king sent behind the scenes to Inquire why the play of "Hamlet," which he had come to see. was so late in commencing ho was an- i swered that the queen was not yet shaved. Hut in the" opening month of i ICGI, within live months of his first > to a theater, the reign of the boys ended. On Jan. 3 of that year Pepys j writes that lie "first saw women como upon the stage." Next night he makes entry of a boy's performance of a wo- j man's part, and that is the final record of boys masquerading as women In the English theater. 1 believe the prac tice now survives nowhere except in Japan This mode of representation has always been a great puzzle to stu dents of Elizabethan drama. It is difficult to Imagine what boys In Shakespeare's day. if they were any thing like boys of our own day, made of such parts as I.ady Macbeth or Cleopatra. Before, however, Pepys saw Shakespeare's work on the stage the usurpation of the boys was over. It was after the Restoration, too, that scenery, ri< ii costume and scenic ma chinery became, to I'epys' delight, reg ular features of the theater. When the diarist saw "Ilamlet" "done with scenes" for the first time he was most favorably impressed. Musical accom paniment was known to prerestora tion days, but the orchestra was now for the first time placed on the floor of the house it: front of the stage Instead of in a side gallery. The musical ac companiment of plays developed very rapidly, and the methods of opera were applied to many of Shakespeare's pieces, notably to"The Tempest" and "Macbeth." From "Pepys and Shake speare." by Sidney Lee, in Fortnightly Ueview. NOTES. A note given by a minor is void. Notes bear interest only when so stated. Altering a note in any manner by the holder makes it void. It is not legally necessary to say on a note "for value received." If a note is lost or stolen it does not release the maker. He must pay it. If the time of payment of a note is not inserted it is held to be payable on demand. Notes falling due Sunday or on a le gal holiday must be paid ou the day previous. A note obtained by fraud or from a person in a state of Intoxication can not be collected. An iii(lors<T lias a right of action against all whose names were previ ously on a note Indorsed by Lim. An indorser of a note is exempt from liability if not served with notice of Its dishonor within twenty-four hours of Its nonpayment. India Itnlihpr Tree rrnu. The fruit of the India rubber tree Is somewhat similar to that of the Itici nus communis, the castor oil plant, though somewhat larger. The seeds have a not disagreeable taste and yield a purplish oil. It is a fairly good sub stitute for linseed oil, though It dries less rapidly. Mixed with copal blue and turpentine, it makes a good var nish. The oil may be also used in the manufacture of soaps and lithographic inks. The seeds are somewhat like tiny chestnuts, although darker in col or. The Indian girls are fond of wear ing bracelets and necklets made of them. V fold. Hard Siiul>. "Excuse me, madam," he said, "but —ah—you remember, in the restaurant after the theater the other night you were kind enough to notice me. I hope I am not mistaken in supposing that your interest was—ah—not alto gether"— "Oh, not at all. 1 remember now. I thought for a moment that you were the coachman my husband discharged a few weeks ago for trying to make love to (lie cook, and I wondered how you could afford to eat in such an ex pensive place."—Chicago ItecordTler ald. Soft »"Ui>. "Yes, dear," said the petted young wife, examining her birthday gift, "these diamond earrings are pretty, but the stones are awfully small." "Of course, my dear," replied the dip lomatic husband, "but if they were any larger they'd be all out of propor tion to the size of your ears."—Wash ington Star. Wanted 11 in Sarcasm. The New York man had business which detained him* a few days in a small town. and. finding himself in need of new insoles, he sought the rural shop. "I wish to buy * pair of insoles for No. 8 double A shoes." he said to the clerk and flattered himself that he had stated his needs succinctly. The clerk contemplated him with the mild gaze of the provincial and asked: "Do you wish to wear them in your shoes ?" "No," said the New York man, with guarded thoughtfulness; "I was think ing of having tilet of sole for my lunch eon." And when he left the shop the clerk was still batting his eyes.—New York Press. Vinegar. Vinegar is fatal to many kinds ot bacteria. We read that during the great plague in London a couple earned fabulous sums in nursing the wealthy and that ' .eir o\> i Means of defense w,i - .vathing the lower part of the face v :!i cloths dipped in strong vltie gar. Some one says. ".My grandmoth er used .i gargle of .-.tit and pepper with vinegar for all us children, and ?iie didn't have t• • <> to a ; inilary club to learn i " True. i. c übt, a timely thou i utterh empiric il use of that gargle has saw-d many lives.— St. Louis < ilohc-1 )0!aoc!'." ! MM wx « mMHHI■■■ r 1 SICILIAN 111 Haifßeoewer lis it true you want to I c s d fhc 1 keep your gray hair. Ifnot, ■ then t . H • , and have ;.!! t! e d rk, rich color jof early I r ! sir. ' Hi ■■ i imii mm TX ZZZSTZ'ZZ mmmm I To Cure a Cold in One Day I Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. ey i e (y I Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 months. This signature, k° x - wSC. THE CODE OF HOrMOR. Dueling tin It Wan In France In tfti« Time of Itlchelieu. The i».i- iiiu for dueling, which bad cost I ranee, it was said, between! 7.1 11M1 :Ul<l S.l'ii-) lives during the twenty years of Henry IV.'s reign, was at its i height -when his son came to the, throne, I'be < otmeil of Trent in 154! j had solemnly condemned tiie practic* i of single combat, impartially includ ing principals, seconds and spectators in its penalty uf excommunication. ID 100_' an edict of Ileury pronounced the j "damnable r-iiMlom <>f dueling intro duced by the corruption of the cen tury" to be the cause of so many pite ous accidents, to the extreme regret ! an:l displeasure of the king and to the irreparable damage of the state,"""that we >liouiil iiMint ourselves unworthy j to hold the scepter If we delayed tc ! repress Hit- enormity of this crime." A whole series of edicts followed tc the same cffeei, but it was easier to make edict- than to enforce them. Degradation, imprisonment, confisca tion of property, loss of civil rights and death were the penalties attached to the infringement of the laws against j dueling, and still the practice pre- j vailed. Iu I<l2o Uicbelieu published a miider form of prohibition. The first offense was no longer capital, a third only of the offender's property was tc be confiscated, and the judges were permitted to recognize extenuating cir cumstances. A few months later the Cointe d« Bouteville thought tit to test the min ister's patience in this direction. Th« Place Hoy ale had been a favorite dueling ground, and I>e Boutevlllt traveled from Brussels to fight his twenty second duel here, in the heart of I'ari.s, in deliberate defiance of ths king's authority. The result was not encouraging. Montmorency though h< was, the count went with his second to the scaffold, and the marked de crease from that time iu the numbel of duels may be attributed either to the moderation used in framing the law or to the inexorable resolution with which it was enforced.—Macmil lan's Magazine. Lan lon Tlirmf How many people, even Sons and Daughters of the Revolution, can de fine the following words? To how many does any of the words convey a picture? Vet they were all of good usage in colonial days: Allibanies, bal cony. bishops, baths, horsehair bon nets, mushmellon bonnets, whalebone bonnets, wagon bonnets, beehive bon nets, flap breeches. ••Franklin's" (broadcloth breeches, lined with leath er), Iron liiisks. whalebone busks, couch shell buttons (Washington had a set), byram. men's Newmarket caps, eha peau bras, causbets <liints, clocks, cushiloes. cuttanees. cue de Paris, chuckloes, dannador. dlckmansoy, ev erlastinK.'H ;rettes, greatcoat, gray du roy, gullx. roll up stockings, issing banis, huckabacks, Joi)'s tears, kltlsols, lemonees, inoree, nnflfermany, saxllng ham, side locks, skimmers, small cloths, spice, cllin'd soostis. pack tliread stays, stiffners, tandems, ticklenberg, tout pies, thrumbs, ti rketts, oiled liuen, watchets, shagreen, etc. tCuMxiaii I ntkrlft. A condition of general untlirift among the peasants is one of the most striking features of Uussian country life. Ev ery stranger passing the frontier be tween that country and Germany is struck by the marked change in thia resjM'ct which he encounters up to the very boundary line and which the geo graphical position does not at all ac count for.i here is no gradual change in the appearance of the face of the country or the people from compara tive prosperity to vxti'euie poverty, but a sudden difference in the conditions marked by totally dissimilar methods of cultivation, dwellings and habits of thrift. Everything on the German side indicates careful cultivation and indus try, while upon wio Uussian side the Gelds show bad pillage and neglect, squalid house.-., inferior and uncared for stock ami tools and implements ly ing in the tk*ids exposed to the weath er.—Herbert 11. ll'ejfce iu Atlantic. GLADSTONE** ENRLY JOT*. When Mr. Gladstone was quite an old man it chanced that he and Mr. Chaplin were staying at the same coun try house together on a visit. One night after dinner the Grand Old Man asked Mr. Chaplin whether his grand mother hail not lived in a certain street iu Mayfair. Mr. Chaplin replied that she had done so. "Well," said Mr. Gladstone, "I remember it distinctly. I lived next door to her for awhile when I was a child. She used to give even ing parties. When the carriages were assembled to take up, my brother and I used to creep out of bed—it was in the summer time—softly open the win dow, get out our squirts and discreetly fire away at the couchmen on the boxes. I remember the intense delight with which we used to see them look up to the sky and call out to ask each other whether it wasn't beginning to rain." RUSSIAN PROVERBS. Roguery is the last of trades. Without cheating, no trading. Everi fox praises his own tail. A debt Is adorned by payment. A good beginning is half the work. Every litU«- frog is great in his own bog. Trust in God, but do not stuinbl# yourself. Go after two wolves and you will not catch even one. If God doesn't forsake us, the plg» will not take us. The deeper you hide anything the sooner you find it. lie prnise.l not for your ancestors, but for your virtues. Send a pig to dinner and he will put hi* 112 -et on the table. Tie t!. '■ '! ' • ii a man; be thnt . .a ii i< a saint; that boa»t ctli o; it is & dev 1 '•*u!ler. VII «n III:;, *lll iteiievitiK. There w:, a n; iu in Nottinghamshire who dis oiiCmn d tiie donation he had regularly iim .«• 1 »;* a I:ni€ k t > ft mis sionary >.,r; i; Wlii'ii a<ktnl as toiiis reasons lie ti- !.<•<! -Well. I've traveled a bit iu my time. I've been as far as Sleaford, in l.in«oln<hire, and 1 never saw a hi n U i .an, an 1 I don't believe there are any " I. union Standard. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours a t r sediment or set- * \"Q. vi, •" - tH n g indicates an yKiTj unhealthy condi m/. tlon 'he kid lyn fci/, i y' neys; if it stains if? i our linen il is UyiY iL' evi dence ot k;d- TM '' ip tZI ,rou^'e; ,o ° ■! I, ('% frequent aesire to -., i v pass it or pain in tf,e t f, e tack is als^ convincing proof that the kidneys and blaa der are out of ordar. What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp- Root. the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled togo often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extra ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in 50c. andsl. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book tha* t eisg more about it. both sent absolutely free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer &. Home of Swamp-Root. Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men tion reading this generous effer in this paper. Don't make any mistake, but reinem ber the name, Swanp-Root, Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the aui!res Binghamton. N.Y .. oneverv bottles. NaSal dZtLYs* S. CATARRH ms£k In all its stage-}. M °<c % jJUK# Ely's Cream W cleanse?, soothes and heals B the di*ea«>-d membrane. Itcureecatarrhauddrives M. away a cold in the head quickly. Cream Bnlm is placed into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is Im mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—doe* not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. ELY BROTH KRS, 60 Warren Street, New York D=Zerta "EASY TO MAKE" The grocery trade and the public in general agree that D-ZertaQuick Desserts are far ahead of all other dessert products. Start using them TO'DAY by ordering from your irrocer a package of each. If not satisfied after a trial write us and get your money back. 3 different products. 5 flavors each. !D-Zerta Quick Pudding D-Zerta Jelly Dessert D-Zcrta Ice Cream Potoder Recipes free. Address D-Zerta, Rochester, N.Y. Charter Notice. Notice is hereby given Uat an appli cation will be made to the Governor Cf Pennsylvania on the 4th day of May» 190«. by W. L. Deinaree, N. M Smith and W. E. Gosh, under the act of As* ceinbly entitled, ' An Act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of cer tain corporations, ".approved April 29th 1974, and the snpp'ements thereto, for a charter of an intended corporation to be called Keystone Concrete Machinery Ctmpany, the character and objects of which is the manufacture and sale of patent machines for the erection of con crete walls and the erection of build ings from concrete and the transaction of such business as may be incidental thereto, and for these purposes to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, bene fits and privileges of said act of Assem bly and supplements thereto. Auditor's Notice. In the Court of Common Pleas of Mon tour County, No. 2 May Term. 1906. Horace B Bennett and Mary E Bennett, his wife et al vs. K. Olive Thompson, Committee of David Wands. T.unatic, et al. The undersigned Auditor, appointed by the Court of Common Pleas to make distribution of the money paid into court in the above stated proceedings to and among the parties legally entitled thereto according to their respective in terests in the said fund will meet all parties interested for the purposes of his appointment at his ofiict oil Mill Street in the Borough of Danviile, Pennsylva nia on Saturday May 1900 at 1(1 o'clock A. M . when and win re all parties interested are required to be present or be barred from coming iu upon said fund. H. M. Hinckley, Auditor. Executors' Notice. Estate of Jacob Brobst, late of the ""Township of West Hemlock, iu the "County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, deceased. I Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary on the above estate have been granted to the undersigned. All persons 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 without delav to \VM. J. BROBST, MARY ELLEN KNORR, Executors of Jacob Brobst, deceased. P. O. Address, Bloomsburg, Pa. EDWARD SAY RE GEARHART, Counsel. Windsor Hotel Between 12th and 13th Sts. on Filbert St Philadelphia, Pa. Three minutes walk from the Read ing Terminal. Five minutes walk from the Penna. R. R. Depot. EUNOPIiAN PLAN SI.OO pe/day and upwards. AMERICAN PLAN $2.00 per day. FRANK M SCHEIBLEY, Mann ger
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