MONTOUR AMERICAN
I RANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor.
Oan\ ille. Pa.. Hay. M 1906
PEOPLE'S DEMAND
IS GEINb HEARD
Party Lash Will Not BP Used
in Approaching Con
vention.
BOSSES HAVE LEARNED LESSON
Fair ard No Favors Accorded
to All—Thompson of Fayette Seema
to Meet Requirements of Situation
Best—la Close to the People.
Pittsburg, Ma> 30. —The political
discard which has prevailed in almost
every section <>f Pennsylvania during
the past year or more has forced tlio
Republican leaders of the state to
stop, look and listen,' and it is now
apparent that further confusion in the
party a affaire is to be avoided by the
peop.e coming wholly and entirely
Into tMr own With the Republican
state convention but a week away It
is must pleasing to the voters to
rea../e that no slate has been made
for the coming convention and that no
s.ate is likely to be made which does
not <-<jme direct from the people. The
party lash has gone out of fashion and
the voice of the political boss Is no
longer heard The right to slate or
uiiutf candidates for public places, al
ways inherent in the people, is now
being recognized more than in years
and ill® belief is g"neral that at the
coming convention of the Republicans
of the state the voice of the people
will be heard in no uncertain way
and that the candidates for governor
and other state places will be chosen
at the Harrisburg convention next
»wk b;. the duly elected delegates to
tha- .mportant gathering The bosses
of former days have wisely deter
mined to stand aside in the interest
of party harmony and graciously yield
to the nomination of a state ticket
which will restore harmony to the
giand old party and which will pro
mote the success of that party which
In the past has mad? substantially for
the advancement of every material
Interest n this state and this nation.
To the people it must be pleasing
to realize that Just now when party
harmony most needs consideration
the Republicans of the state are turn
ing with hope and confidence to Josiah
Van Kirk Thompson, the banker, phil
anthropist and advance agent of pros
perity.
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JOSIAH VAN- KTRK THOMPSON.
Mr. Thompson is one of the most
conspicuous figures in Pennsylvania.
He comes from the plain people and
he has always been with them and for
theni. He has been eminently suc
cessful in his own affairs and detest*
and hates dishonor and discredit. By
his own individual efforts he chiseled
out <>f the rock of opi*osltlon a com
mandiug place in public affairs, yet
he is as modest as a woman. He en
joys the polish of a collegiate, has
keen business sense and is broad
gauged and wonderfully capable. He
Is educated and is the firm friend of
•due*'.on He vvas graduated from
Washington and JefTerson college and
that ureat institution has shared lib
erally in the brilliant success of his
life Mr. Thompson has brought to
hundreds of his business associates
substantial means and those who
know him best appreciate him most
for hln plain honesty and his dispo
sition top. ay absolutely fairly with
everybody His hand, made powerful
t»y his own industry, has never been
•itended to oppress. "Joe Thoinp
son, as he Is known by his neighbors
of all political faiths, is beyond ques
tion closer to the people than any
other prominent Republican In Penn
sylvania and tbo*e about him, great
or mean have found him always help
ful He is j'is' a* rich morally and
physically as h« 19 financially and
among the Republic an.« generally he is
looked upon as the man of the hour.
He Is as big as the office he seeks and
no combination of political i>iaoe hunt
ers could be formed which would dis
credit a i t.ng e one of his sterling qual
ities He fits into the general de
u.aad for reform in the affairs of the
state He answers In detail every
«>.;gg»Btion now- being made by those
concerned for political betterment and
lie ri«e« a menta and physical giant,
to the demand* of the whole people.
The indication* are that Mr. Thomp
son will be • Republican nominee
for Governor <> r Pena«jrlvaai« Should
be tin!: MI l his triumphant •.ec
tlon is assured.
< lln.nfr unit ronnnnng I*.
In a b «>k ii bis adventurer In Tibet
Colonel 112.. Waddell writes: "One
curious resi;|( «,f the cold should be
mentioned here namely. Its effect upon
the speech <f the people. A peculiar
ity of the Inngnage of the Tibetans, In
common wit Ii the Russians and most
arctic nations. IK the remarkably few
vowels In their words and the extraor
dinarily lari_'c number of consonants.
For example, the Tlttetnii name for
Plkbltn is FTbr isljoiitf- Indeed, so full
of consonants are Tllietan words that
most of them could lie articulated with
• lm<»*t Keini< losed mouth, evidently
from the enfoned necess ty to keep the
Hps closed us far as possible against
the cutting cold when spcjiklng"
Don't dlv.-uss your maladies. Your
gu«-<-t will forget you and remember
only your disi-a-c Schoolmaster.
Education Is an ornament in prosper*
lty and a refuge In adversity. Arth
totle.
11 John J., Forger |
By Grace Charles ij
ij
j ("in.iiijht, l /<)/ i'. I'arcelhs !'
§
"Then you have no excuse to offer?"
Marion's voice was dangerously eveu.
Dick (Jordon hated those cold, accusing
tones.
"1 have no excuse to offer," he con
tinued angrily. "The woman I am to
marry should lie content with my state
uieut that there was a good reason."
"Fnfortunately s he is not," said Mar
ion as she laid the ring on his desk.
"1 cared enough about the matter to
come to your otllce to see you about It.
Since you want to be independent, I
give you back your entire Independ
ence."
I lis face white with anger, Gordon
threw open the door and stood there as
she passed through to the next room.
Over In the corner John J. was busy
with the mail, but he looked up with a
! grin on his l.eckled face to smile upon
her as she went out. John J. approved
of Marion.
Gordon went back to his desk. The
golden circlet lying there was too much
for his composure, and, with a groan,
he threw his arms forward on the desk
and buried his head upon them.
It had all been very silly and yet
very tragic. lie bad meant to write
Marion that there was a meeting of the
promoters of the L.and F. railroad and
that he would have to lie present to
furnish them with estimates if he
hoped to get the contract. If he could
land that order his success would be
assured, and in the prospect of winning
out he had forgotten to write.
They were both high strung, and
when in the morning she had demand
ed an explanation of his broken en
gagement without having waited for
him to call up on the telephone he had
angrily refused to offer any explana
tion or apology, and when she had
come to his office they were both too
angry to arrive at an understanding.
Gordon was roused by a touch on the
shoulder. lie sprang nervously up, to
confront John J.
"Why don't you go home?" he thun
dered. 'The office should have been
closed half an hour ago!"
"I'm going now," explained John J.,
with unusual meekness. "But you
ougbter go up and see Miss Marlon and
tell her you're sorry."
Gordon grasped John J. by the shoul
ders and propelled him into the outer
... ' 0 1 _
JOHN J. WATCHED HI Jt ANXIOUSLY.
office, while that youngster insisted
that he woul<%be sorry in the morning
if not just then. The encounter had at
least served to rouse Gordon, and he
went uptown to the club to spend a
miserable evening trying to pretend to
himself that he did not care about the
broken engagement.
John J.'s "You'll he sorry in the
morning if you ain't now" was pro
phetic. Dick moped over ids desk all
the morning, unable to do any work. A
dozen times he reached for the tele
phone to call Marion up and ask her
forgiveness, and each time lie set it ir
resolutely down again, declaring to
himself that Marion should have knowti
that he had a go id excuse and that
she should have waited until he could
call her up It was on her account as
well as his own that he was worried
about that contract, and if she could
not realize that a half mentioned en
gagement might have slipped his mind
in the pressure of more important mat
ters that was her fault, not his.
Half a dozen times during the morn
ing John J. stole into the room to re
mind him that those figures for the L.
and F. had to be sent out that evening.
Each time lie was met with a torrent
of rebuke. Then he put on his hat und
went out of the office, though his lunch
hour was not until 1 o'clock.
lie knew wli-re Marion lived, and
the stai.'in ■ it that lie had a message
for her \va enough to get him past the
door. Presently the butler came back
wearing a solemn frown.
' .Miss l>arlin : does not care to re
ceive the message," he said.
"You tell her I want to see her my
self," announced John J.
lor a moi; nt the butler hesitated,
and through thai hesitation was lost.
Somehow .!■ ,i,i .1 usually got what he
wanted, but he was the only person
not surpris I when Marion sent down
word tint - 1 v. •>i!d see him.
"1 v it- ti ,l you about Mr. Gor
don." h 1 ■ i. s the butler closed the
door S: \. h awful about the place.
He • :Vi work, and he can't
keep fi off the telephone. If
ho don't ■ t ,!i :id write thcr.s
raili'i d |i 1 le ! - going to lose the
chain . h, i;
Vt I y i.v ■»; i i line to me?" she ask
ed il ih. ii thing to do with
the i iai .
"«jui! yonr i iiif," urged John J.
• id.iy Xwu didn't
speak 10-id. i'i,i your words came
throti. li the partition like they was bul
•• t s \< i ihre him because 1 forgot
to bring you a letter yesterday. It's nil
uiy fault lot forfeiting to bring up the
letter."
"I>o %nt mean that he scut me a let
ter explaining that he would not call
I last night V"
"Sure," was the easy reply as John
J. dug in one of his pockets "He was
in a hurry, and 1 took it on the ma
chine for him Just tell him you're
sorry over the telephone so's he can
goto work."
Marion tore open the letter. "Hear
friend," it ran,"l am sorry I can't
come to see you tonight, but there's
some guys I must see about that rail
road matter and I can't come. I'm
sorry, but you see this ir, awfully Im
portant, and I know you won't mind.
I>on't dance with any of the other fel
lows I'm sorry 1 can't come. Vours
till death."
It was signed willi his full name, and
Katherine's eves twinkled as she read
It over. John J. watched her anxious
ly. As the smile came over her faco
his own assumed a look of satisfaction,
aud as she replaced the sheet In Its
envelope he sprang forward.
"Does it goV" he demanded. "Will
you telephone him ?"
"It goes," she smiled as she crossed
the room where the telephone stood.
He followed her across.
"Don't give me away," he pleaded
hoarsely. "Don't let on that I forgot
to give you the note."
"I won't," she assured as she raised
the receiver from the hook.
With instinctive politeness he crossed
the room and pretended to look out of
the window while she was speaking,
but the sharp ears would listen, and
when she called to him he knew that
It was all right and that the important
letter would l>e written.
"It is all right," she said as she came
toward him. "I have telephoned Mr.
Gordon, and he understands. It was
very good of you to come up and tell
me, John."
"Something had to i>c done," he pro
tested, "and there wasn't anybody else
to do It."
Marion leaned forward aud kissed
his freckled cheek. "I should lie very
jealous of you, John J., if you were a
woman," she said. "You care a great
deal for Mr. Cordon."
"He's all right," assented John J., "If
he does have a mad spell now and then.
I just let him rave till he gets over It;
then he's sorry. You ought to try that."
"It's good advice," she smiled.
"You didn't tell him that I was up
here?" he asked as he paused at the
door.
"No," she assured. "Then I should
have had to explain about the letter."
"He don't like to have me butting
In," explained John J. as he slid through
the doorway.
It was not for several days that Mar
lon told Dick of khe pitiful little for
gery made to bring things out right
and showed liltn John J.'s Idea of a
love letter, with its inked over rubber
stamped facsimile of bis signature, but
It was a happy moment for John J.
when Dick shook bis hand, man fash
lon, and thanked him for what he had
done.
"Forget it."was the only suitable re
sponse he could think of, but Dlek and
Marion cap not.
( haiiKi'H !•> I'ronuiiciation.
It requires no very profound knowl
edge of Euj:.-h literature to ascertain
that the pronunciation of the language
has undergone a va.-t change during
the last three centuries. The shrewd
conjecture has Indeed more than once
been hazarded that the works of the
Elizabethan dramatist would be unin
telligible to a modern audience If the
native and original pronunciation were
adhered to, and certain, at all events,
It Is that !:i many well known passages
of Shakespeare the very rhythm of the
line Imperatively demands a strange
and unaccustomed accentuation of cer
tain words With the peculiarities of
a later period most people are sufli
clently acquainted. That gold was
gookl and that china was clianey dur
lug the Augustan era is matter of com
mon kuowl.'d.-••. And who can forget
I Pope's description of Attieus;
Dreading even fools by flatterers b<*-
slogfj.
I And so oblcetfing that ho n-'< r obleeged?
The last mentioned mode, as well as
the two others, lingered on well into
the last century aud was habitual with
Lord John Kussell, though they are all
probably by this time as rare as Itoo
shla for Russia and rarer than Spaw
| for Spa. Chambers' Journal
linn \ruoltl .studied LOKIC.
Here is : interesting story told iu
the life of r< hhishop Temple
Matthew vrnold got leave, at the last
moment, to take in "Logic l'or Itespou
6lons" Instead of "Euclid." which he
could never master. The day before
the examination he went to Jowett,
who was his tutor, aud asked how he
could learn the subject in time, as he
was wholly ignorant of it. Jowett said
his only chance was togo to Temple
and see if lie would try to teach him in
one day. Temple consented and, start
ing about o'clock in the morning,
talked continuously, allowing two
pauses of half an hour each for meals,
till past ('clock next morning. Ar
nold had been provided with paper,
but took 110 notes. He lay back in his
chair with the tips of his fingers to
gether. saying from time to time,
"What wonderful fellows they were!"
Soon after 2 o'clock a. m. Temple sent
Arnold away to get some sleep, after
which he satisfied the examiners In
logic. He answered every question.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
It isn't a good thing to repeat half
you hear.
There is only one way to raise a
child —as If it belonged to some one
tlse.
A fool doesn't envy you because you
are smart; a fool never knows he Is a
fool.
A man who knows he does not de
serve confidence has very little confi
dence iu other people
It Is enough to make today act mean
the manner in which every one slights
It In looking forward to tomorrow.
There is one reward no man seems
to be in a great hurry to get to, and
that is the reward piled up for him In
heaven.
It seems that to exaggerate your
blessings is.looking on the bright side,
but that to exaggerate your troubles is
plaiu lying.
A Former It uKM inn Stutenme-
During the first half of Catherine's
reign the leading statesman was Count
I'anin, almost the only one of the em
press' advisers who dared to think for
himself. He was the most level head
ed of her statesmen, and yet we read
concerning him that his indolence and
sloth were beyond expression. He was
voluptuous by temperament and sloth
fill in system, and to the industrious
Swedish ambassador, Holker, 1 me
remarked: "My dear baron, it is evi
dent that you are not accustomed to
affairs of state if you let them inter
fere with your dinner." In 177s the
English ambassador, Harris, wrote to
the Ilrltish foreign office. You will not
credit me if I tell you that out of the
twenty four hours Count I'anin onh
gives half an hour to the discharge of
his official duties "
I'IIIM.
It is a popular notion that all pills
are or are intended to i>e aperient.
That is an error. There are many otli
cial pills that is, pills made from au
thorized recipes and sold by all drug
gists- that are very distinctly not
aperient. Thus there is a sulphate of
quinine pill, whose action is tonic.
Phosphorus pill is a nerve food. Sul
phate of iron piil is a blood food Squill
pill is au e\p 'ctorant. In fact, the pill
form is a very convenient one for
giving uiedit ines and can be applied
to nearly every drug, with the excep
tlon of things essentially liquid, as the
mineral acids.
UMBRELLAS.
Tin* Various i'nitcMc* W lilrh Ruler
Into 'ihelr Miil.iiiK.
Til*' ribs :• • 1«I st-'ins of :in umbrella are
pin Talis I ... c in factories having a
spt'i-ialtj of 1!i •' items and are sent
then.e to tin- r< al manufacturer. Here
lirst t lie man whose work it is to as
semble the pails inserts a bit of wire
into tin- sni;'ii holes at the end of the
ril-s, .traw- i>i<-in together about the
main r i and j>;'is on the ferrule.
In catting tlie < loth seventy-fivethiek
iie-si > or t iii '4!) »uts are arranged »ii>-
on a splitting i able, at which skilled
operators work. In another room are a
iiumlicr of v I . ■ who operate hemming
ma hiii ■ A thousand yards of hem
med go ■ !s is inn a day's work for one
of tiic-c tjiriThe machines at which
they sv.uk are geared to a high speed.
After hemming, the cloth is cut into
triauguiar p.eces with a knife, as be
fore, luit wiih a pattern laid upon the
cloth. The next operation is the sew
ing of the triangular pieces together by
machinery.
The covers and the frames are now
ready to 1"* brought together. In all
there are twenty one places where the
cover is t i be attached to the frame in
the average umbrella.
The handle is next glued on, and the
unbrella is ready for pressing and in
spection. My far the greater number
if umbrellas today are equipped with
wo »ilen handle. A large variety of
•naterials may be used, however, such
as horn, china, bone, agate, pearl.
Ivory, diver and gold. Hold and silver,
quite naturally, enter into the construc
tion of the more expensive grades of
umbrellas, sune of which, in price,
have been Known to bring as high as
*l5O or A wooden handle may
lik -wise be expensive, depending upon
the quality of the wood used. Ebony,
petrified wood, fir, oak and elder are
as well known to the umbrella men,
who manufacture 1 Mxj.OOO umbrellas
u year.
The umbrella has been developing
rapidly during the last few years.
We pick up even a cheap one nowa
day . pre s a button and the top
spreads it eit' like an eagle ready for
its ii;;;lit We are going away, and an
"l'.linary umbreiia is too long Iput in
our mi '. We find among our assort
ment of umbrellas and parasols one
wli ' ii is nic. tit for just such an emer
g'-ii -y iiud which in a most accommo
datiiig manner folds up to suit the size
■ 112 OI.T tnvi i bag. Other new ones
!» i; ih a ! y. Some spread their
sl> 1.." owr i t or nine feet of terri
t 'an,! . i iiiufacturers aver that
tin c are but a few of the improve
ments which we may expect—Ameri
can Inventor.
r»'V < Ik It 1M i'K.
"Y-ii "... t tn to love y >t:r papa ns
inuc'i i I ■ love you," - aid the visitor.
"0!i. 1 Ire hi i more;" replied Tom
my.
"Indeed : Doe n't your papa love you
very i rich':"'
"N . • ; li. He says he only loves
me v hen I'm gjod." Philadelphia
Press.
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Counts and state aforesaid, and that said firm
will pa J the Sinn of ON K 111 XIiKKII DOD-
I.Alts for each and every case of CATAliitll
hat cannot be cured t>y the use of HAM. S
CATAKKII ';UH«C.
IKANK .!. CHUNKY,
sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this i>thday of December, A. I>. iss
■ —- — A W. (it.KASON,
! SKA I. •
■ ' Notary I'lilillc
Hall ( atarrli < are is taken Internally, and
nets directly on the blood and mucous sur.
laces of the system. Send tor testimonial*
free.
tnirt i y Drii({gmtii
K a ii) 11 v l*ill> ire the neM
j INDIAN PROVERBS.
The coward shoots with shut eyes.
Small things talk loud to the Indian's
eye.
The paleface's arm is longer than his
word.
When a fox walks lame old rabbit
jumps.
A squaw's tongue ruus faster than
the wind's legs.
There is nothing so eloquent us a
rattlesnake's tail.
The Indian scalps his enemy; the
paleface skins his friends.
Before the paleface came there was
no poison in the Indian's corn.
There will be hungry palefaces so
long as there is any Indian land to
swallow.
When a man prays one day and
bteuls six the Great Spirit thunders and
tlio evil one laughs.
The Prime of Life.
The larger part of the great fortunes
of this country have been accumulated
after their amassers have passed forty.
In fact, the first forty years of a man's
life are the preparatory years, the
years of training and discipline. A
large part of this time he is laying the
foundation just getting ready to rear
the superstructure. Many of us stum
ble around many years before we get
into th.' right place, and then for addi
tional years we make many mistakes.
Most men do not got wise until they
have passed forty. They may get
knowled " before this, but not much
wisdom Wisdom is a ripening proc
ess. It ; li. ic. Every man makes
, his own dea I line. Some reach it at
thirty li •. some at forty, some at fifty;
some do not reach it at eighty; some
never r> hit because 'hey never cease
to grow -Success Magazine
An \II\IOIIN I atlier.
Sue Ileering I'm afraid papa was
angry who- you aske 1 him for uie,
was he, .lack? .luck Ilillow Not at
nil. lie asked me if I knew any more
respectable men who would be likely
to marry your live sisters if properly
coaxed.
Men it IKI Women.
He I think evt ry woman Is entitled
to be considered man's equal. She
Well, if she is willing to bring lierseif
d nvn to hi- level I don't see why
she shouldn't be allowed to pose as hi"
»ijUal ll'ii-tialed l?ils
He-I would lay the world at your
feet. She (laughingly)- My dear sir, It
IH there already. I»on't assume credit
for the la'- of gravitation.
Administratrix Notice.
Estate of Enoch W Snyder, deceased
late of Liberty township, in the Coun
ty Montour and State of Pennsylvania
Letters of administration on the estate
of Enoch W. Suyder, late of Liberty
township. Montour County, Pa deceas
ed, have been granted to Sarah E. Sny
der. residing in said township, to whom
all persons indebted to said estate are
requested t,i make payment, and those
having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay.
SARAHE SNYDER
Admiustratrix
Liberty Township, Montour Co.. Pa.,
May 8, 1 906
I
| ABOVE THE !
| FORD |
By Nora Bryant
! 10)>yrlQhU J>" ; , /.;/ K. A. Whitehead ;
| _ I
Ludlow sat on the river bank, with
11io dog's head on his knee. 110 wan
very tired and very much exasperated.
He had left the survey camp Immedi
ately f»n receiving Gretchen's letter,
telling of her arrival at the Do la Rio
ranch and had thought to cover the
hundred miles between camp and
ranch easily, but Indian river had risen
inexplicably and Kywak refused to
swim the ford, so now, within five
miles of the ranch, it looked as if bo
would miss seeing Gretchen after all,
for she did uot expect him and her visit
j was but a three days' affair.
Therefore Ludlow sat behind a huge
rock, which sheltered him somewhat
from the raw wind, and while getting
his breath alternately patted the head
( of the panting dog and shook his fist at
the distant figure of a horse calmly
, grazing on buffalo grass.
"Hang it!" repeated I.udlow. "Hang
i it! 1 thought Kywak had got over her
foolishness about fording. Was I
I > Y?
! t&p&Zr
I I - : as
LUDLOW < AVE A GRL'AT SPUING AKD
CATANR THE LOU'.S COLLAR.
! asleep or crazy that I let her jerk the
bridle from my hand when I led her
down to drinkV"
The dog lo iked up sympathetically.
The ninety-live miles of racing after
Kywak had been nothing to his long
boarhound leg-;, but this wild herding
of a single clever Indian pony for three
hours had been a little strenuous. lie
had done his best for his master, but
when h<» was not allowed to catch flank
or throat in powerful jaws how was
to hold a horse? Bismarck was a
boarhound, not a collie.
Ludlow glowered at the cheerless
heaps of rocks that guarded either
bank of the river.
"It is cold enough," he said, "for the
river to be frozen. Just my luck to
have it twice as deep as usual! Well,
Bismarck, old boy, I see nothing for It
but for you and me lo leave Kywak to
her cussednt sand swim the river.
And I'll b" a line sight to Gretchen aft
er two years! Oh, well, who knows
whether slie'il care or not?"
Ludlow rose and began to tramp up
the river. "It is a bad idea to move
away from the ford," he thought, "but
I'll go up a way and see If the river
isn't narrower. It's too deep now to
strike quicksand."
He picked his way carefully over the
rocks. Indian river was always cold
and always swift, but doubly so toduy,
after the early winter rains. The day
was bleak, with a half promise of snow
In the air. The plains on tho far side
of tii<' river were as dim aud hopeless
as the sky. As he pause* at a point
where there seemed promise of a shelv
ing bank on either side Ludlow shiver
ed and half turned back toward the
impish Kywak.
"What's the use?" he murmured.
"Gretchen half refused me once. She
will probably wholly refuse me this
time."
lie stood in silence with one hand on
Bismarck's head. Then he straightened
himself with a jerk.
"No, old chap! he exclaimed. "We'll
see her again or drown in the attempt
Now, then, I've no way to get my
clothes across except to swim in them.
I'm not up to the .Swiss Family Rob
inson stunt of carrying them across on
my head. I'll leave my overcoat with
Kywak. Come on, old faithful!"
He removed his shoes and tied them
about his neck by the laces and walked
down the'bank into the rushing water,
then stood still, with the water swirl
ing about his knees. The current was
much swifter than lie had Imagined it
would lie. However, the river was nar
row at this point, so he took a resolute
step forward and plunged in above his
depth.
After the tirst shock the cold was not
so bad. But the current! The down
ward swirling movement of the water
was almost as powerful as quicksand.
The pointed rock Ludlow had chosen
for a swimming mark was a dozen rods
upstream *>efore he had swam as many
strokes. Bismarck was swimming be
side him, pulling and blowing like an
infant thrashing machine. For a mo
ment Ludlow thought of catching the
dog's collar, but decided that they both
might go down, though Bismarck could
have pull I him across easily In unlet
water.
The bitter cold of ttie water began to
strike in, but Ludlow swam on with
quick, strong strokes. Gradually it
seemed to him that he was fighting a
losinp ainie. The swimming rr.irrU was
hidden behind a curve in the rlrer,
v.H.:.» j';.--.!..tr« k had pulled quickly
i:v. I", H I hi, i and was now only a
Hho. I i a'lee from the shore.
linaKy. after what seemed hours of
swiniuiinj.,. In found himself a rod
from the shot.-, where Bismarck barked
at him excitedly. But, to his chagrin,
though he dropped his feet several
times, he could not touch bottom even
ut three feet from the bank And the
bank' I'p and down the river, as far
as he could -ee, it rose sheer and blank
us a tiny canyon, with not a blade of
grass nor a crevice for hand or foot
hold. How Bismarck had made the leap
he could not fathom
He turned o;i Ins hack, hoping that
] the current would hold him against the
j wall while lie felt for a hand hold. But
his lingers onlj slipped over the rough
sandstone, while the river carried him
rapidly downstream, and Bismarck fol
lowed, barking and whining The weight
| of his clothes iiiil the cold were by this
time rendering him almost helpless.
Ludlow tun ed on his face and again
let his feet drop I'o his joy. they found
a resting place, and he stood with ills
shoulders out of water. lie rested,
panting and lighting off the numbing
cold, then a ain passed his hands up
and down the face of the rock for a
grip. The surface was hopelessly
smooth. The top of the hank was too
far above the highest reach of his
hands, even with jumping, to grasp.
He tried cautiously to walk along the
hank, but found that his foothold was
a mere outcrop of rock not more than
a foot In diameter.
lit- dropped his bruised, bleeding
hands in despair. Bismarck pushed his
great head over the edge and whined
piteously, with an eager light In his
brown eyes that seemed to say: "Can't
you understand? Can't you?"
Ludlow gave a great spring and
caught the dog's collar with his right
hand. Instantly Bismarck braced his
mighty shoulders and pulled back.
Inch by inch the man was pulled from
the water until he grasped the top of
the bank. As he let the dog's collar go
Bismarck, frantic with excitement,
caught the shoulder of Ludlow's coat
in lils teeth and, with little growls and
whimperings as Ludlow scrambled and
pushed, pulled him fairly onto the
bank.
There Ludlow lay panting, too weak
to pat the dog, who licked his hands
and face, wild with joy.
Late that evening the group around
the fireplace in the living room of the
De la Bio ranch heard a weak rap
plug at the door, followed by the quick,
deep bark of a dog. As Jack opened
the door Ludlow staggered in, white
faced, liatless, his frozen garments
crackling as he moved.
The sudden warmth and light dazed
him, and he leaned weakly against the
wall, the great dog crouching beside
him. The group around the fireplace
was speechless with amazement at the
familiar figure of Ludlow In his strange
plight.
Then Gretcheu, who had gone white
as her dainty gown, uttered a little
pitying cry and, giving no heed to spec
tators, ran across the room.
"Fritz Ludlow!" she cried. "Fritz,
what is it? What Is the matter?" She
threw her arms protectiugiy around his
shivering body.
A smile of great sweetness and con
tent came to Ludlow's drawn face.
"Nothing is the matter now," he said,
and Bismarck pawed his knee, with a
jealous whine.
The Mystery of the Heaven*.
Look through a telescope at some
tiny star invisible to the naked eye.
The light from that star perhaps left
its surface before the time of William
the Conqueror. It may be—lt is not
quite impossible—that the tiny star has
since those days actually left off shin
ing, but still we see It in our sky be
cause the rays which started while It
yet shone are arriving moment by mo
ment, telling us the story of what the
star was like hundreds of years ago,
before It parted with Its brightness.
Perhaps, again, we are examining
through a large telescope a faint and
faroff nebula a mass of whirling
gases the light of which has taken,
say, 10,000 years to get there. We see
what the nebula was like in prehistoric
ages, it may since then have lessened
in size and changed In shape. It may
now wear a very different aspect, and
men looking from earth 10,000 years
hence will be able to see what that
nebula was like In our days. All these
things help us to understand what the
immensity of the stellar system is.
and, yet more, to imagine dimly what
the measurement and extent of all
creation must be if any such star sys
tems float side by side throughout the
vast domains of space. Chambers'
Journal.
The Art of Not ll< arln«.
The art of not hearing should be
learned by all. There are so many
things which It is painful to hear, very
many of which if heard will disturb
the temper, corrupt simplicity and
modesty, detract from contentment
and happiru'ss. If a man falls Into a
[ violent passion and calls all manner of
names at the first words we should
shut our ears and hear no more. If in
a quiet voyage of life we find ourselves
caught in one of those domestic whirl
winds of scolding we should shut out
ears as a sailor would furl his sail and,
making all tight, scud before the gale,
If a hot, restless man begins to inflame
our feelings we should consider what
mischief the flery sparks may do 1E
our magazine below, where our temper
Is kept, and instantly close the door,
If all the petty things said of a man by
heedless and ill matured idlers were
brought home to him he would become
a mere walking pincushion stuck full
of sharp remarks. If we would be hap
py when among good men we should
open our ears, when among bad men
shut them. It is not worth while to
hear what our neighbors say about our
children, what our rivals say about our
business, our dress or our affairs.
The Word "Dollur."
According to one authority, the word
"dollar" is a corruption of the German
word "thaler," the form in Dutch be
ing "daakler." All these different forms
were derived from Joachim's Thai, a
Bohemian town, where the Count of
Schilck, A. D. 1518, coined some excel
lent pieces in silver of an ounce iu
weight. "From the name of the town
came Joachim's thaler, applied to the
above named coins as well as that of
Sehlleken thaler; hence Joachim's thal
er pieces were first contracted Into
Joachim's thalers and then Into thal
ers. These coins gained such a reputa
tion that they became a pattern, so
that others of the same kind, though
made in other places, took the name,
the word assuming different spelling
through the Low Countries, reaching
Spain as dollars and through its prov
inces transmitted to the western lieml
spheiv, where it was applied to coins
prior to the adoption of the federal cur
rency. In coinage, the word 'dollar' Is
a favorite, being found under various
spellings in almost every part of the
globe."
The Perfect Spnnlnh IlrKKnr.
There is a calm dignity about the
Spaniard of every class which will
strike a stranger. Even the beggars,
of whom, goodness knows, there are
plenty, seem to stand on a higher plat
form than their confreres in other
lands. Iu our country the statutory ad
dress Is, "Could you spare me a cop
per?" but a Spanish beggar thus ad
dressed us at a railway station, and
we give his address as typical of his
class, "O senorito. da me un allmos
nlta, y rogare por su feliz viajel"
which may l>e translated into English
thus: "Oh. little gentleman, give me an
alms, and I will pray for you a happy
journey." Chambers' Journal.
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I
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Of all tii. words iu the English lan
guage "il'ju't tell" are paid the least
at tout ion.
Iho only trouble with experience as
a teacher is that the knowledge she
gives comes I » » late.
ihe tr >ii: I<- \\ >lll tin- average father
being prepared for a rainy day is that
his daughter s wedding day gets hint
first.
Don't cultivate that habit of looking
for s uneihing to worry about. You
may sun;- day have your search re
warded.
Sometimes people complain of their
inui\iiluaiity liehg crushed out when
i it would redly be the best thing that
couH happen io them.
Gratitude is a strange thing. You
never jind it where it should be found,
but i:i ca.es win-re there is seemingly
. little or no;hi:ig to lie grateful for it
abounds. Atchism < J lobe.
All<*v I>;li;i|£ < ircumkluiiee.
It distressed Miss Willing to find
iow much the little girls In her Sun
day school cl : ■ thought about div-s
and outw i-d adorning. She never lost
all opportunity to tell theui how slight
|v» as the i; ■>i ;.ure of such thin s.
"There a •on I didn't come last Sun
-1 day was bee n; e my coat wasn't fin
| i lied." said s .sail Mary Potter one
i cay when quo iioned as to her 110:1-
stppe-trllaee the week before. "My old
o.se had s; ots 0:1 it that wouldn't coin.*
t/i andta p!ue:» where the buttons had
torn throu di."
"But, 3!. try, dear," said the teacher
• -ntly, •you know it's not the outside
! t!.:.t really matters."
"Yes'm. 1 know," said little Mary,
1 " >ut, Mi < \\'il!i:u. mother had ripped
j the lining out. so there wasn't any in
s'de to look at!" Youth's Companion.
The Strrniiiiiis l.il'e <>f 01<1.
1 This is said to be a "strenuous" age.
' J' ctors or people who dabble in the
| doctor's art talk about the "pace" we
I ::!J I've ! )•.»•, the stress and storm of
life in England in the twentieth ceu
j tr.ry. and > firth But are we all so
j treuiendo ,iy Tenuous? Are we
j gr« ater i:' vill or work than Englisli
; - • 1 were i:t the Elizabethan age or
| n they were say—we take date at
iv dim in English literature
and history do not show convincingly
that this is so.—London Saturday lie
view.
\a Thoroughfare.
Characteristic of the readiness of the
<".'!t is a reply noted in "Leaves From
| the Diary of He::ry Creville."
j "I cannot get over your nose," said .a
J frank American woman to the Irish
i novelist, t'oiley Orattan, whose nose
v.a t!atteli"J.
"No wonder you can't," he retorted,
"for the bridge is broken."
Ilad \rn«meiit.s.
The hi do fie incident of a young Tory
heir to a dukedom being pelted wltl
roilen evya villi j making a political
| sp l <ch is. "Ah," he remarked, wiping
j th • mess from his face, "I have always
j s: j I that the arguments of my oppo
; ut-uts were un.sound."
PCKN7ED PARAGRAPHS.
A good many people who call them
i selves critics are merely kickers.
Give any man who has paid a com
! plimout time enough, and he will qua!
j !fy it.
About the most expensive expert
et.ee the average man can have Is tt
accept girts.
As a rule, people do not rebuke you
for telling go s p until they have heard
nil the details.
W hen the members of a family quar
rel »me very clever things are sale
v ' ; no one present applauds or re
peat-.
It is every wife's opinion that het
I ' ml need - h»-r to provcct him, and
his experience later as a widower goet
lo prove It;
Hi* I)l*ißnonin,
Mrs. Green —William, what objectior
have you to that young man who is
calling 011 our daughter? Green—He Is
silly, Mary. Mrs. Green—Oh, that's
because be Is In love! I remember tht
time when you were a very silly young
man. Croon—Silly isn't the propel
name for it. Mary. I was a measlj
Idiot that's whnt I was!
ALL WE ASK IS A TRIAL
[ We know what your decision will l>e :iw
you, with thousands of others, will agree thiit
11-/.erta .telly is superior in tlavor. cU-aiins
and delicacy to any jelly dessert yon evvi
used. IMssolve the contents of one pnckagi
in a pint of boiling water and set to coo
Kvery flavor tastes like the fruit itself, am
it is so easy to make attractive desserts hj
simply adding nuts, fruits, bananas, etc.
If D-Zerta Jelly does not please you writ*
ns and get your money back. Five fruit
flavors—Raspberry. Strawberry, Lcnioi;
Omnge ami Cherry. At grocers, 10 cents
t> ZiaiTA. ROCHESTER N. Y.
j \ KAA AN N A LiAILK«.):■ D
—BLOOMSBCRu DIVio: ON
Delaware, Lackawanna and Weston
Railroad.
fn Effect Jan. 1, 190. r >.
TRAINS LEAVE DANVILLE.
EASTWARD.
7.07 a. in.daily tor liloomsburg, Kingston
Wilkes-Barre Ul.ll Scranton. Arriving STi.i
ton at 11. n a. 111.. and connecting at Serantoi
with trains arriving at I'hiiadeiphia at S.iSa
m.and New York City at 5.30 p. in.
10.19 a. 111. weekly for liloomsburg. Kingston
Wilkes- Barre, Scran ton ami inter mediate sta
tions, arriving at Sennkm at 13.55 p. m. ant
connecting th re witli trains for New Vorr
City, i'hiiadeiphia and Buffalo.
2.11 weekly for iSloomsburg,Kingston, Wilkes
Bar re, Scianton and iiiterm diatc stations,
arriving at Scranton at t '>o p. n .
5.43 p. 111. daily for Bloomsliurg, Kspy, Ply
mouth, Kingston, Wilkes-Barre, Plltstoii
Scranton ami iu termed i.ne stations, an 1 vlej
at Scranton at *.25 p. 111. and connecting there
I with trains arriving at New York City <• "
a* 111.. Philadelphia 10 a. in.and Buffalo 7a 111
TRAINS AtIRIVS AT DAVV'ILLE
!».15a. m. weekly from Scranton. I'lttstou
Kingston, Bloomsburg and intermediatesta
lions, leaving Scranton at 6. ;< 111.. where H
connects with trains leaving New Yor tit %
at W.HO p. 111, Philadelphia at 7 o*2 p. ui. an<"
Buffalo at IU.BO a 111.
12.44 p. 111 daily Imm Scran ton I'ltsUin
Kingston, Berwick, Bloomsburg and interme
diate stations, leaving Scranton a' 10.10 a m
and connecting there with train caving Bad
alo atjf.2s a. 111.
4.88 p. 111. weekly 0111 Scranton, Kingston
Berwick. Bloomsburg and intermediate -ta
tions, leaving Scranton at I V> p. 111 , where 11
connects with train leaving New \ nrk (Til)
at 10.00 a. m..and Philadelphia at !(.00 a. in.
W. 05 p. in.daily from Scranton. Kingston
Pittston. Berwick. Bloomsburg and internie
diatc stations, leaving Sera ■. ton at 6.85 p. m.
where it connects with trains leaving New
YorkCityatl.oop.nl., Philadelphia at 12.0
p. m.and Buttolo at J a. 111.
T. K. CLARKE, tieii'i Sup't.
T. W. liKH. Oen. Pass. Agt.
Riley After Them.
Rev. Riley, who is the head of the
Anti-Saloon League, has secured evi
dence Irom his detectives and in a few
days time intends arresting a num
ber ot saloon keepers of Berwick on
the charge of selling liquor on Sunday^
Philadelphia Papers.
The following Philadelphia news
papers: North American, Inquirer,
Press, Record and Ledger, can he pur
chased at the Danville News Agency,
2]. i Mill street. Carriers deliver these
papers,up n order,to any part of Dan
ville. South Danville or Riverside.
Over=Work Weakens
Your Kidneys."
I'nhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All the biood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
• « *^ e kidneys are your
C;- , . blood purifiers, they fil
| rfc »-'%/**-'isjffj! ter out the waste or
i irn P urities in blood.
I j lf ,hey aresic ' t ° r
h fry\A>H V-V of ord er, they fail to do
\ their work.
rW ! -f ■' \ Pains, aches and rheu
/ jLjj \ matism come from ex
cess °' uric acid in th e
——~ blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one fee! 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
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have ♦.heir 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
Swanip=>Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. It stands the highest for tts
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits f~h' 7V
by all druggists in fifty
cent and cne-dollar siz
es. You may have a
bottle by mail Home of Swamp-Root,
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
'Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmei
it Co., Bingharator, N. Y.
Don't make any mistake, but reineni
her the name. Swanp-Root, l>r. Kil
mer's Swamp-Root, and the addres
Binghamtou. VY .. oneverv bottles.
Administratrix Notice.
Estate of Mrs. Sarah E. Hoffman, late
of the Borough of Danville, County
of Montour and state of Pennsyl
vania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary on the above estate have
been granted to the undersigned, to
whom all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims or demands
will make known the saino without
delay.
ANNIE H. WILLIAMS,
Administratrix.
Executrix Notice.
1 Estate of Dr. Thomas B. Wintersteen,
late of the Borough of D-mville,
Penn'a.. deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary on the above estate have
been granted to the undersigned, to
whom all persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make payment,
and those having claims or demands
will make known the same without
delay.
MINNIE L. WINTERSTEEN,
Executrix.
Executors' Notice.
Estate of Jacob Brohst, late of the
Township of West Hemlock, in the
County of Montour and State of
Pennsylvania, deceased.
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 delay to
WM. J. BIIOBST,
MARY ELLEN KNORR,
i Executors of Jacob Brohst, deceased.
P. O. Address, Bloomsburg, Pa.
EDWARD SAYRE GEARII ART,
Counsel.
Wmdscr Hotel
Between 1-th and :<ih St*-, on Filbert St
Philadelphia, Pa.
Three minutes walk fn ni the Read
ing Terminal. Five minutes walk from
the Penna. R. R. Depot.
EUKOPI AN PLAN
SI.OO per day and upwards.
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$.',00 per day.
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Manager
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Cream llnlut is placed into the nostril*,spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is Im
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Doctors find
A j*ooil prescription
For Mankind.
The."> cent packet is enough for usual
occasions. The family bottle ((id cents)
contains a s:ip. >l v for a year. All drug
prists sell them.