MONTOUR AMERICAN > RANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville. Pa., July 2f>. l<X»o kIPI HI AC AN STATE TICKIH . For Governor, EDWIN S. STUART, of Philadelphia. l or l.icuicnant CJovernor. HOBKKT S. MURPHV, of Cambria. For Auditor General, KOBKKT K. YOUNG, of Tioga. lor Secretary of Internal \ffairs, HKNKY HOUCK. of Lebanon. TMK kl:IH JBLICAN PRIMARIES Will be Meld Fridav. July 27th in 'lontour County. The Republican primary elections will l»' litdd in the different districts of Montour county on Friday, July >7th., between the hours of »'< and S p. m at the usual voting places. Tiie county convent ion will he held the Saturday following in the court house at 10 a. ui. JOHN E. ROBERTS. County Chairman. Announcement. 1 hereby announce myself as a can didate for the otlice of Associate Judge, -übject to the decision of the Republi can Primary election. CHARLES A. WAGNER, Ottawa, Pa ——— — A NEEDED inPROVEMENT Street Commissioner Miller is en gaged 111 laying twenty-inch terra cotta )ii|w along the east side of Ferry street betweeu Lower Mulberry street and the 1). L. &W. track. This is a mm h needed though long-deferred im pru\euient, rendered iudisjieiifiible by the deep gutter existing at that jioint. Tin condition of the street there ha been tlie cause of much complaint. The pi|ie which will connect with the large drain under the I). I>. & W. track, will make it possible to fill up the gutter and level thes|>ot over. The drain takes in the fronts of the prop erties of Wellington Rote and Mrs. Gomer Thomas. HETHODIST REUNION AT HARRISBUR(i Rev. B. 11. Hart, chairman of the committee in charge of the prepara tions for the annual reunion of the Methodist churches of Harrisburg and \iciuit> to he held at Reservoir Park Aug. 3, said yesterday that all of tlie plan- for the event have been complet ed. He said there was every expecta tion that an immense crowd would he present because the publicity given the reunion through the one hundred new>p»pers in this section of the State and the two hundred pastors interest ed assured a great gathering. Distinguished Methodists will speak. In the morning Rev. Charles Guthrie, of Baltimore, will make an address, and Rev Roltert Forlies, of Philadel phia, will s]>eak in the afternoon. In the evening the reunion chorus of over one hundred voices will sing uud»r the direction of Professor Weil's orchestra. During the iutermissiou Bishop W. F Oldham, of the Straits Settlement, Asia, will sjieak. Bishop Oldham is oue of the most interesting speakers in the Methodist church and his ad dress will lie heard with unusual in terest More Trouble in Columbia. House cleaning continues merrily in our neighboring county of Columbia. Thi* time it is the county connnis sioiiers who have taken up the mop, and it is their expressed intention to Bad out why sy:{, 7!iß was paid for a river bridge at Mifflinville, when as yet no bridge spans the stream. It will be remembered that the Mifflinville bridge was in course of construct ion when the great flood of jyoj destroy*" lit Nevertheless the bill for the above amount rendered by Charles H Reimard, the contractor, wa- paid hv the lioard then in office. The present board has instructed its solicitor, W H. Rhawu, to prepare an ap|<eal to have oj»-ned the reports of th. the Columbia county auditors for the years IMU3, lUO3, IVMU and UMi.Y The |Misition of the board is that the action «»f the former commissioners in paylug for the construction of the MiffliuviHe bridge was illegal, there being no clause in the contract enter ed into with Charles H Reimard which exonerated him from finishing the bridge 1,. fore he received payment for the structure. Appointed Presiding Flder. Goodrich Post No. 22, G. A. It., at it- meeting Monday night appointed \V M Heddens and Jacob C. Miller as delegates to the meeting of the Sus quehanna as-ociat ion, which will be heli< at Edge wood park on Thursday, Angn-t 2th. It will develop uj»on the committee to make the selection of a place for holding the next picnic and to transact some other business. (Jeorge W Roat and John II Hunt members of Goodrich Post,along with Edward Roat and Edwin Roberts, rcp resenting the Sous of Veterans, were Hp(Kiinte<l a committee- on railroad and tickets GOOD FISHING. The river is getting down to a level favorable to the very l»est of bass fish ing Bass are plentiful and as long as the river remain- low the fishermen will be happy. At any hour of the day a glance up or down the stream from the bridge reveals half a dozen boat at anchor, where patient anglers lie awaiting a bite. Haas-Robinson. M is— Dora Robinson and Charles Haas were quietly married in the presence of a few friends Tuesday morning at the home of Mrs. Peter Fisher, Welsh hill. The ceremony was perfonied by Rev. L. Dow Ott at lo :!too'clock The bride wa- attired in white mercerized I ahtiste. COUNCIL KILL ME NORTH MILL STREET [Continued from first page.] Mr. Vast ine said that in view of the D. L. W's. demand relating to water pipe he would move that the in formation sought be furnished the railroad company on the payment of •'ton dollars. " His motion was sec onded and unanimously carried. A petition was received from James Welsh, S. IT. Mortimer Mrs. Elmer Mowrey asking that the sewer on ('en ter street be extended as far eastward as Ash street. On motion the matter was referred to the committee on sewers. On motion it was ordered that the stone crossing leading over Mahoning street at Church street be replaced by a brick crossing. The following members were in their places : Gibson,Finnigau, Bedea, Diet/, Boyer, Vast ine, Sweisfort, Rus sell, Angle, Jacobs and Hughes. The following bills were approved for payment: BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Sewer extensions sl4-1.28 J H. Kase 2.87 Welliver Hdw. Co., 3.45 Labor on streets . 28i). 75 Labor on Wall street 33.75 F. Hartman .. ... 1.50 Regular employes . 115.00 J. P. Bare .. .. . 158.1# Washington Fire Co 5.85 Frank Sell ram .... 5.20 LIGHT DEPA RTM ENT. Regular employe* slft4.oo P. 11. Foust 28.55 Labor ... 22.50 Curry & Co . 57.51 H. R. Moore 5.5»0 K. Reeler Oo 1.80 Frank Schram 19.06 Washington Fire Oo ... 18.75 j Franklin Boyer 13.08 j Retaining wall labor . 122.65 j Welliver Hdw. Co 3.00 j Birthday Surprise Party. A pleasant birthday surprise party ' was given James McCracken, of Yal- ; ley township, yesterday in honor of 1 his Ninth birthday. Those present were: 112 Mr. and Mrs. .las. McCracken, Rev. C. l>. Lercli, Mrs. John Long, Misses' Nora and Carrie Long, Mrs. Rebecca Sweeney, Viola Sweeney,Mr. and Mrs. Tlios. Mills and sou James, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Moser, Mr. Samuel Kest- j er, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bechtel and son Wilbur, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Robin sun and daughter Grace, Mr. and Mrs. j ; Clarence Bennett, sons Wesley and Ernest, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Confer and daughter Louise, Mr. and Mrs. Steiumaii, Ruth and Alexander Stein man, Mrs Art Fry and sou Walter, Mr. | and Mis. Lewis Phile, John, William, Maggie and Emma Phile, Mrs Peter Moser. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Williams and sous David,Elias,Jr. ,aud Suhvyn, Mrs. Annie Bennett,Miss Jennie Mov er, Mrs. E. J. Beyer, Mrs. .T. A. Mer rell and daughter Mary, Mr. and Mrs. ! Evan Davis. Death of Hrs. Jacksor. Emmitt. Mrs. Jackson Emmitt,of Frostv val ley, died Monday morning at four o'clock, after an illness of about three months' duration. She was aged 72 years. In May Mrs. Emmitt suffered a par alytic stroke, and it was the effects of this that caused her death. She is sur vived by her husband and two sons, Frank and Wellington. She also had five grand children. Mrs. Emmitt was one of the last j representatives of one of Montour county's oldest families. She was the youngest of the twelve children of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crossley whose home stead in Valley township is now oc cupied by Jacob Gearhart. Of the twelve children but on:- now survives. Thomas Crossley, who lives on the farm adjoining Mr. Gearhart's place. Daup-Sensenbaugh. C. M. Doup and Miss Emma M. Seiiseiibuugh, both of Hagerstown, Maryland, were married yesterday morning at 8:30 o'clock at that place. Mr. Doup is a brother of the man ager of the Danville exchange of the I. T. &T. company, and has been located in Danville for some time. The young couple arrived in this city yesterday afternoon and will reside for the present at the Heddens house. Telephone Picnic. The People's Telephone company is making plans for a big picnic to be held at Billnieyer's park on Thursday, August 23rd. The invitations to the affair are not limited to the company's subscribers, but everybody,friends and neighbors, are invited to turn out for the occasion. VISITED DANVILLE. For the first time in several months Charles ('halfant, the stricken attor ney, paid Danville a visit on Monday and was joyously received bv bis old friends and associates. He came over from his home on the southside in one of the busses and had no difficulty eith er in getting in or alighting from the vehicle. He is steadily improving. Post Appoints Two Committees. The Danville friends of Rev. 15. 11. Mosser, l> 1), will be pleased to learn of his appointment as presiding elder of the Harrisburg district of the Cen tral Pennsylvania conference of the Methodi-t Episcopal church,to succeed the late Rev G W. Stevens. Rev. Mosser was notified Friday of his ap pointmeiit, by Bishop J. F. Berry. He will remove to Harrisburg and enter IIJIOII his new duties at once. WORK FOR THE BOYS. The boys of Shamokin have high ideals for their town. We are told that they have organized a." Home Protec tive League," the design of which is to keep the town's street clean. That is a much better occupation than mak ing trouble for other persons. The News wishes the hoys of Danville would get up a society like that and make it the most useful thing in the community. i SPIDERS Oi . YLON. Their V. «'i»s ,'i ill I. iiniinr* l!ii«l* -iittJ Li/nn.'d. Far up in the mo intains of Ceylon there is a spider that spins a web like br'ght yellowish silk, (he central net of which is five feel in diameter, while j the supporting lines or guys, as they j ore calle 1, measure sometimes ten or i twelve feet. The spider seldom bites or stings, but should any one try to catch hlin bite he will, and, though not venomous, his jaws are as powerful as ' a bird's beak. The I> >dies of these spiders are very handsomely decorated, being bright gold or scarlet underneath, while the upper part is covered with the most delicate slate colored fur. So strong are the webs that birds the size of larks are frequently caught therein, and even the small but pow erful scaly lizard falls a victim. A writer says lhat he hns often sat and watched the yellow monster measur ing, when waiting for his prey, with his legs stretched out, fully six inches striding across the middle of the net and noted the rapid manner In which he winds his stout threads round the unfortunate captive. He usually throws the colls about the head until the wretched victim is first blinded and then choked. In many un frequented dark nooks of the jungle jou come across skeletons of small birds caught in these terrible snares. ENGRAVED PICTURES. Tliclr lloiiinntle Origin I»nle<t llnek to the Fifteenth Century. The art of engrcm-d picture* dates Its romantic origin to the chamber of it Florentine goldsmith. Mas> Flniguerra, In the fifteenth century, about the time that <lUtenherg was struggling with his printing from movable types. Be fore that day pictures were drawn or painted by hand. Finiguerra was a celebrated worker In metals, and, being commissioned to make a pax of gold engraved with a coronation of the Vir gin. he sought to test his design by filling in the lines with a preparation of oil and lampblack, which threw the picture into relief. By chance the face j was laid face downward on a piece of j damp linen, and when taken up it was j discovered that the picture was printed j Sheet after sheet of damp paper was I Impressed by the same plate and the | good news that the art of printing pic ] tures was born spread like wildfire throughout Europe. The collection of j old prints introduces Albrecht I Hirer. J the "father of line engraving" (1471) 1 In four brilliant Impressions of "Adam ! and Eve," "Little liorse," "Melaneho -1 lia" and"St. fJerome." "Melancholia" is a strange composition of extraordi ! nary originality, and has been a mys -1 tery for over four centuries. This bit j of yellowed paper, possibly pulled from | the plate by I Hirer's own hands, has | lost none of its fascination. «'hieago Post. A FORTUNATE MISTAKE. The llettull of I'litliiiK » 1 «o|»le of Wire* In WruitK Term in II IN. A large number of the world's great lest Inventions have been the result of ! some accidental union of forces the nature of which the person who start ed them neither understood nor sus i pected. The working of dynamos at . long distances apart when properly connected was discovered by accident j A scientific journal says: "Soon after I the opening of the Vienna exposition [ in ISTIJ a careless workman picked up the ends of a couple of wires which he found tiailing along the ground. He fastened theni in the terminals of a dynamo, to which he thought they be longed, while they were really attach ed to another dynamo that was run ning in another part of the grounds. The dynamo to which he fastened the wires was not running, but as soon as the wires were placed in it- terminals it revolved as If a steam engine was driving it. The workman was amazed The engineers and electricians were astonished by the discovery that a dy namo eli. trie machine (turned by I steam poweri would turn another siin ' liar machine a long distance away if properly connected to it by electric wires. Thus originated one of the most revolutionary applications of elec tricity." The fact that power can be transmit I ted for miles by electric wires is one of the most important factors in mod ern civil engineering achievements. The II. VIMII Il»at I'ittetl. On the evening of the first Sunday after their removal from (heir house in the suburbs, which was the only home the children had ever known, to the top lloor of a seventh j story apartment house, the fam ily gathered around the piano for the usual hour of song, each member in turn, according to time honored custom, requesting a hymn of his choice. W'liei: ten-year old Marjory's turn came she said, "1 think the most appropriate hymn is: "I'm nearer my heavenly home today Than ever I've been 1" fore. "I think of it every time I come up in the elevator."—New York Press. line Art In Slmiv Windows. It is a common error for dealers to put too many shoes in their window. In fact, some window s would lend the impression that the stock was in the window and the samples tin the shelves. Said a shoe manufacturer who lias traveled extensively: "One of Ihe most Impressive windows 1 ever saw con tained but one shoe in each window. Each was a line shoe, mounted on a standard in the center of the window. From this shoe red and white ribbons were draped in vari >us directions, much like a sunburst. A small, neat sign told the story. Kverybody stop ped to look." Shoe Retailer. iii flit* I illory. Tile picturesque, bill Illost puiuflll. punishment known as the "pillory" has long been a thing of tlie past in Eng land. A man was made to stand In a frame on a platform, probably with his lie d and hands fastened through holes in pieces of wood that were then padlocked to keep (hem firm, and thus to remain nt stated period- while the crowd gaped at or even pelted him The last time known that a man was pilloried was when Peter James Bossy was punished for perjury. June 2H, IKIH Loudon Mail lt«»iniii fe \ I'I'MIIV lt«*:illt>. Cumb !<•!, Whit becau i I that pret ty Miss I i .an. whi li-el I > ilei lan she would tic.e.' riarry u iti! a hand some knight rode ii to t.»\t :i on a fierce charger with a glittering - vord by bis side and claimed her for his own? Homer Oil. al'tet breaking into th. spinster Has - he was married t > a man \v h > dro e two char: e, - hitched to a milk w >:i. a 1 lie u.d remarkably well at ili 11 <'li ca _o N.m I!.« ' I; •• ;i"- tiif> < "I h ' • i . ; • ■ • I fi it Sinltn ers is ;i ■ . r ' i i;. ■ " "II >\* -f: i!! " "Ye an i I !i id ai»v;l>'s l inked upon him ; a iVe.id." N'e v V »rk Pi e.a HEALTH AND HABITS. TANNIM* Income at ml KI |M*II<I If are Mnst H«- Mn<l<» t«» IIKIII The day must conic at some future ;■ | period of sociological development I 1 when the instinct of self preservation will overrule the pernicious habits ami j < ustoms of the present day fashions j I and necessity. Men will come to learn ! that tissue income and expenditure must be adjusted to a better balance if the human machine is to be kept In smoothly working order; that excess of cither is a pliysi (logical sin which na- I ture will surely avenge either on the individual or on his descendants; that sustain 1 work of the best quality can I only be performed when effort is kept j well within the margin of accomplish ment: that luxurious idleness and arti- , ficiii 1 excitement, when carried beyond ; the limits of a healthy counterpoise to , the daily routine of active duty, bring 1 about their neurasthenic nemesis as surely as overstrenuous endeavor, and that the cming generation can be fit- j ted to battle with the increasing com- ; plexities of life only if endowed with , bo- lies that are structurally perfect and with nervous centers capable of , producing throughout an average dura tion of life sufficient energy to enable the machine to perform satisfactorily the work whereto it has been set. A more vigorous public sentiment, j fostered by an example of greater self ; denial and more rigid adherence to j slmplic'ty of life on the part of those who set the pace and lead tin* fashions ' of the day, would do much to arrest the downhill rush of the multitude; j pronounced social disapproval of the j immoderate use of alcohol and tobacco , and the stern forbidding of both under the age of puberty would shield the n'/rvons centers from two of their most , deadly enemies, and, though it might j at first grate against popular feeling, ; the introduction by the legislature of I an enactment whereby some form of compulsory military service was cx- j acted from every healthy young man would materially contribute to the j preservation of active minds in vigor ous bodies to those who are destined to make or mar the future history of their fatherland. —Guthrie Rankin, M. I>., in Detroit News-Tribune. CHILDREN'S GAMES. The game of hare and hounds origi nated in England about HMO. Leapfrog is mentioned in the works of both Shakespeare and Johnson. Th<» game of hide and seek came from Europe about the beginning of the seventeenth century. Blind man's buff found its origin with the Creeks, among whom it was often Indulged in by adults. Skipping rope is a childish pastime of ancient origin. In place of rope a vine stripped of leaves was originally used. The spinning of tops came from-the Greeks. Records show that this kind of fun was In vogue at the time of Virgil. Kite flying is about two centuries old ill Europe. Probably it originated in China, where the practice of flying kites is very ancient. The game of seeing who can hop the longest on one foot came from the ancient Creeks, among whom it was practiced by the youths for wagers. ( iitlie<lrnl*N Title Chain. There is one thing In particular in St. Patrick's cathedral In New York that you cannot see in any other building in the city, if indeed in the country. It is a framed sheet of paper hanging ou the wall of the southern entrance that contains the complete chain of title of the property fin which the edifice stands from the time it was first sold until the church authorities bought It. The only reason for Its being there so far as any one knows is to put a stop to the old story that the property was originally purchased by the church for a dollar. To settle this point the chain of title shows how much was paid for It in the beginning, and from that point on each change of ownership Is accompanied by the price it was sold for. Ara bin it Sun IV. Snuff in Arabia Is not used as it is with us. although one occasionally set-s a snuffer, but the snuff Is ordinarily made into a pill of about the size of a robin's egg and is placed between the lower front lip and the teeth. This manner of using snuff is million among the laboring ela s, ;uid nlmnst every eooly that is nic» in has his lower Hp puffed out l \ a ••all of snuff behind it. Arabian prepared out of the ordinary pov.^l'•••<■ 1 tobacco, unrefined sugar and imta h AN ANCIENT TELEGRAPH. ( PM'II L»> (irerlmi Ciein-rnl* IN I Ll «* 'Mine nf Aristotle. Telegraphy as a means of conveying Information to a distance by means of signals, etc., was used by the Grecian generals In the time of Aristotle. This early mode of telegraphing consisted of two or more earthen vessels, ex actly similar in shape and size and till ed with water. These vessels were each provided with faucets of exactly the same caliber, so that an equal amount of water could be discharged from each in a given time. In these vessels several uprights were fixed, each with disks attached, on which were certain letters and sen fences. When all was in readiness the party desiring to communicate with another started a signal, which was continued until it was answered by another which signified "go ahead '* When that signal was given both turn ed the faucets, and the water com nienced to escape. The water contin ued to flow until the sender of the« message relighted his torch, when the outlet to both was instantly ■-topped. The receiver then read the message on the disk which was standing level with the water, and if everything had been executed with exactness it correspond ed with the message which the sender desired to convey, and which of course was the one also slown <m the disk standing on a level with the water In I his Sour Stomach No appetite loss ol strength. nervcus ness. headache, constipation bad breath genera! debility, sour risings and cataxrl of the stomach are all due to indigestion Kodol cures indigestion This new dlscov ery represents the natural Juices of diges tion as they exist in a heailhy stomach combined with the greatest known tonlt and reconstructive properties Kodol Dys ! pepsta Cure does not only cure indlgestlor j and dyspepsia, but this famous remed) j cures all stomach troubles by cleansing purifying sweetening and strengthening the mucous membranes lining the stomach Mr S S Bell, of Ravenefcood W, V«. uj» I was troubled with sour stomsch for twenty ye*i t ; Kodoi cured ree end we ere now ustnf it In milk for baby." Kodol Digests What V3u Eat. IBottlrs only JI 00 Slie holdi- t 2'< timet »h« (>.• sue which :ie,is for jP c<:nt» Prepai e«l !>y 112 . O. UeWtTT k CO.. On.OAOO For Sale by Paules <ft Co LOVE OF HOME. Aii Ifi*<iii«*t 'III at I M Hfiiiti rknlilf Mroiiu In the Home. r J"xi? 4 sti'invest instinct in the horse is that <>f home ail his thoughts and In terests lie there and the most wearing 1 pain hi- sutlers is that of nostalgia the longing for the familiar stall and the well loved surroundings. What wonder that our pets almost invariably return to us from such unhappy mere shadows of their former selves and in sueli wretched bodily condition that it is months before they regain - their usual health and spirits. We blame the man In charge, poor feed, bad stabling, insufficient pasturage, etc., and overlook entirely the fact that it is our own fault and the direct result of heart hunger which no grass, grain i or roof tree could entirely assuage, of course tii" little used muscles have, from lack of exercise, shrunk and lost their firmness and plumpness; the crest has fallen from the same cause; "pov erty lines" appear in the quarters and shoulders: the tail and mane are all out of shape or ail worn away; the feet stubbed of!'; the coat dingy and sun | burnt; the skin full of all manner of scars, cuts and abrasions; all these are the effect, not the cause, of the lack of ! bodily condition which Is two-thirds due sheerly and solely, in the high bred, nervous, sensitive horse, to sim ple homesickness. Exchange. POOR LITTLE PENGUINS. Many Are Nnr.*«e«l to Death by tli« Adult lllrdw. An antarctic explorer writes: "I think the penguin chicks hate their parents, and w hen oue watches the proceedings | in a rookery it strikes one as not sur i prising. In the first place, there Is about one ••hick to ten or twelve adults, and each adult has an over powering desire to sit on something. Roth males and females want to nurse, and the result is that when a chicken finds himself alone there is a rush on the part of a dozen unemployed to seize him. "Naturally he runs away and dodges here and mere till a huge 'emperor' fall s . . h !.i. and then begins a regu lar 112 .t'oail serimmage, in which each tries t 1, ill" the other off, and the end Is i •> ften disastrous to the chick. Sonii ie- he f-ills in a crack In the lee and stays there, to be frozen, while the par • 11; squabble at the top. imc'.ii e . rather than be nursed, I have seen him crawl in under an ice ledge and remain there, where the old ones could not reach hint. I think It is not an exagjcratioii to say that of the 77 per cent that die no less than half are killed by kindness." ••Ileil ll* ii Sapphire." To say tht a young girl's eyes are lis blue as sapphires is as absurd as it would be io ;ay that her mouth is as red as veiv t. Sapphires, no more than velvet, are exclusively one color. The sapphires of Ceylon run from a soft blue to a peacock blue, which last Is pr. ctlcally a green. There Is also a red sapphire, sometimes called a Cey lonese ruby, a stone as precious as a Burma ruby. Resides blue, green and red sapphire;, many tine ones are yel low and white. He Knew. •*l>i<l you iieviT," asked Miss Solefooi earnestly "did you never meet a per son whose very presence tilled you with unutterable feelings whose lightest touch se< : led to thrill every fiber In your being';" "Oil, ye responded Mr. Oldbatch; "you mean the dentist." —Cleveland Irender. A Itimlne A«M|Unliitune«*. Two young men met a woman and one of them raised his hat immediately. Who was that. Charlie?" asked oue of them "I don't know,"was the reply. "I>on't know; You must know, for you raised your hat to her." "Yes, but, you see, I'm we. ring mv brother's hat, and be knows her!"- London News. GIPGENTI THE BEAUTIFUL. I'inri- of It'lilt* In tin* World More HEN II If t'ul TIIHU Thin." E\.r\ one has heard of Clrgenti, aa of Syracuse, before coming to Sicily The niont beautiful city of antiquity has left an endearing name, and if the Cirgentl of today be far from the Agri geutum of Roman splendor and still further from the Acragas of Greek beauty and magnificence It is still no lily worth seeing. Even the least re sponsive Imagination can hardly fall to apprehend some Idea of what this town must have been of old, when Acragas with its vast extent and over 200,00 C inhabitants, looked out across the dark blue waters of the <}re«k sea or Mare Africano from a lordly wilderness of superb temples and magnificent build ings of all kinds. Today it Is worth n pilgrimage from the ends of the earth Then' is perhaps no place of ruin In the whole world more beautiful than this. To see it, as the present write! last saw it, in a golden sunset glow, with the great temples gleaming like yellow Ivory and the town Itself of a dusky gold and the sea beyond and tip lands and mountains behind Irradiated with a serene glory of light, Is to see what will be for life an unforgettable Impression, an ever deeply moving re mernbrance. To localize the three loveliest views iu Sicily mud 1 fancy that most travel ers would agree with me) I should spec t'y that from the terrace of the Hotel Timco at Taormina, that from the monastery-hostelry of Madonna de Timlaro over Tyndarls and the* Aeolian isles and that from the terrace of the Hot I Relvcdcre on the south wall ot 'lirgentl, looking out on the lovelj •t tempi' s, ih ■ beautiful uplands and I slopes and the blue sea washing Porte I Emt edoeb' below. Century. Ilott ( lunula WII» \aiurd. A< • «»r<!i i : to an eminent authority, whe i th • Portuguese under Caspar 1 I'orl real in 1 > first ascended the St l.av :eiice they believed it to be the strait of which they were in quest thro-- !• v i; eh a pas- ago might be dis : cover -i ito the Indian sea. When , how \ i. ih'-y arrived at the polnl t win"! the 11Id <•! arly ascertain that this \ as i > t! lit. but a river, they ex dab od re itedly in their disappoint ment, ' •'a nada" ("Ilere nothing"! ! Tli,. .■ I . re; eiiibcred by the in -1 fives were repeated to the next Euro peans wh • * ted the land. The new J coiners, hearing the phrase so frequent lv. icije. tin I that it must be the ! name ol P nntry, so "Canada" It I remains. >!,>? ( » Mmlc \<> l>lfl>r«'tl<'«'. \p . . wo !;> ol I couple had H »- :l -.. . 'i of 'in !. Some relative died and ! I'i lb i fortune of £2O. The i i !.t . 112 tin irrh lof the lawyer's let i | ||n ?'■ ol Iheir good fortune t': ■>. sn' no !::t.'. di-.-u sing the future r ~ 1 w'rtt they w -re to do with the •'■rent sn; ■ they I > 1 Inherited. When thev • • I r • ■ si't 1 were ris!n;r togo tc !)e<i t •<' ' ■ a I. v■ 'th a ;,ran 1 ait Of I'll :..'ty : "We'.'l. I SUppOSe, Janet tlii: tl inak* tine dlflferenc >. We'll i jn t : ,i d i > *'ie n .'!i >:trs as before." , THL FACE ON THE CENT. It IN Niit ili«t <>f tiu Indian, bat of a Pretty Little Girl, Mrs. Sarah Longacre ICeen, who liv ed and died In Philadelphia, came nearer being tlie queen of the Ameri can mint than any woman who ever l?»ed. With the exception of Queen Victoria, whose Image was engraved on every coin of the British and In dian empires, Mrs. Keen was first in the number of her metal photographs. Iler face as a girl of twelve summers Is to be seen on every American cent Issued since IRJVS from t'nele Sam's coin factory. It is usually assumed that the face on the head side of tiie copper is that of an Indian, but a close look will re veal a Saxon profile. Just borrow a cent and look at it. The setting Is that of an Indian. Between 1828 and 1840 James Bar ton Longacre was chief engraver In the United States mint in Philadelphia. In is.'}." a competition was opened for sketches and engravings for tho new copper cent that was to bo issued and which has since been In service. There were over a thousand designs offered. The prize was a good one. Longacre racked his brain for some original and singular design that would strike the judges, but for mouths he failed to satisfy himself. One morning a number of Indians, with their chief, who had been to pay their respects to the great white chief in Washington, came to the city and were shown through the mint. They were introduced to the white chief's picture maker, who was just then showing his young daughter Sarah the great concern. The old chief was at tracted by the sweet faced maiden and her interest in his feathers and paint. She childishly wondered how she would look in the feathered headgear. This was told the chief, who solemnly divested himself of his feathers and had them placed ou the girl's head. The effect was so striking that the father took time to make a sketch of the picture, finishing it afterward for iiis own amusement. At the last moment of the period given for sending In engravings he be thought himself of the possibility of the combination of Indian feathers and Saxon sweetness. He got it in, and much sport was made of the child at the time In the city because of the Incident. The sketch passed through the seventh sifting and finally reached the last round. By one vote It won, and ever since Sarah Longacre's young face has served for the humblest of coins, than which no single coin In the world has such tremendous circula tion.— Detroit News-Tribune. SAID ABOUT WOMEN. A flattered woman, is always indul gent. —Chenier. The test of civilization is the esti mate of women.—Curtis. Provided a woman be well principled she has dowry enough.—Plautus. Beauty Is the eye's food and the soul's sorrow. —German Proverb. Divination seems heightened to its highest power in woman. Brouson Al cott. The more women have risked, the more they are willing to sacrifice Duclos. Women are supernumerary when present and missed when absent. —Por- tuguese Proverb. A termagant wife may In some re spects i>e considered a tolerable bless ing. Washington Irving. Some cunning men choose fools for their wives, thinking to manage then but they always fall. Johnson. IMMUNE TO POISON. I"ruetlt'iil Method* of tho Hnik« Charmer* of the Orient. For many years It was regarded as one of the East Indian miracles that the snake charmers of the orient could encounter the cobra In an arena, allow the serpent to bite them time and again and survive the deadly poison. This dangerous feat puzzled the doc tors of the British army and was never quite understood by scientists general ly until within recent years, when the secret of these Jugglers with fate leak ed out. The East Indian snake charm er begins at an early age to make him self immune from the venom of tho cobra. lie takes the Infant serpent and allows It to bite him. This Injects Into his system a very mild dose of the poison. He repeats the operation many times, and then ventures to al low a cobra somewhat older to bite him. Gradually he permits himself to become Inoculated with the venom of younger serpents until he has become so accustomed to the poison that his system is Immune. By the time he grows up he has become so thoroughly accustomed to the spell that It has practically no effect upon him. It is like the drug habit—one caa work oneself to a pitch of enduring a dose that would be sufficient to kill several persons unaccustomed to the Influence of the drug. Thus the seemingly au dacious trick was exposed as a very practical thing, after aIL ORIGINAL NEW ENGLAND. It IN MIL id That It WLL* Located on the raellle CUMI. There Is a common saying that if the pilgrim fathers had only landed ou the Pacific coast a large portion of the Atlantic seaboard would never have been settled. Califorolans, Oregonians and Washlngtonians believe this Im plicitly. in other words, the charms of the Pacific coast in the way of climate are so appreciated that, having once experienced them, men are unwilling to live elsewhere contentedly. Now, not one man In a thousand living on the Pacific coast knows that as a matter of fact the accents of our mother tongue were heard on the beach not far from San Frauciseo forty-one years before English was spoken ou Plym outh rock. More amusing still is the fact that the original New England was ou the Pacific coast, for Sir Francis Drake In 1571), at the close of a month's stay, took possession of the country for his sovereign, Elizabeth, and named the new acquisition Nouva Albion (New England) because he thought the white cliff near what is now Point Keyes re sembled the chalk cliffs near Dover- Alexander Mc \dle In Outing Magazine I A 5 Sugar-coated, easy to take, I \ -w Ut II O m' ld in action. They cure |/vyeis r lll^^p^ino^sn^. Want your moustache or beard BUCKINGHAM'S DYE abeautiful brown or rich black 112 Use nri i cm. ur uhuuuiuth uk u. r. UALL* CO.. BASU v*. *■ [To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. K/X?? I Seven Million boies sold in past i 2 months. This Signature, **- ' * J ABYSSINIAN APES. rher llu v«* Chiefs, (iiiarfls ■ nil Sen trieM W hen on tlif March. Very similar reports are made from different parts of north Africa in re gard t>» the monkey tribes that occupy that continent from Morocco to Abys sinia. Just how far tribal relations may have tended to vary the species is i question quite as important as that of lan iu' _ Some points of interest ere found in an English book, "A Visit to Abyssinia." Says our author: "I have mentioned that large num bers of monkeys frequent these hills. They move :• I»>»nt in organized bands, and their proceedings are arranged in the most orderly and tactical manner, 'l'hey are ditlicult to approach unless it I - gradually and cautiously done, but mounted on a camel I have succeeded ' in getting within a few yards of them when they were crossing the path ahead ot me, about fifty in single tilu following their leader and looking with their manes like small lions. I "Their movements are full of inter est and well repay observation. They have chiefs, -entries and advanced and rear guards on the march. The moth er.- carry their children on their backs ex-ii tly like the larger human creatures in these countries. They talk and chat ter, the females being especially lo quaeious, quarrelsome and combative. These are clearly under the command of the elder males, whose gesture alone is sutlieient to reduce them to obedi ence. They live in small caverns among the hills, but will most certain ly avoid a direct return to their haunts ii' followed. "They are less timid of men when these are mounted on camels than when on foot, exp -ri '.'ice having doubt l< -- taught them that the former is usually traveling to a destination and that his ste. dy. jogging pace Is rarely Interrupted by his curiosity. On one occasion, seeing a whole family tribe lon the road home after .a foraging ex cursion. 1 successfully tempted some of the younger ones to leave their ranks by quietly rolling pieces of bread and r"is ar at them, but the older mein- I er. v ere above such weakness and we.it CM in a stately way up the hill, i:h appearing over th !> ledge and re !.•»\ in the youngsters as they retired." j i C:.M TED PARAGRAPHS. It I - . I y t J expect others to set good .. ,i' l:n >eks it doesn't U,e a hi. I. er. iK-spaa* is the undertaker that carts j o;_ i uc:, ! hopes. (: u:a!ly a man rises from noth ing • > s mietl ing worse. IVo 'i, lis I a >\* al ays exceeded the i'i'V «'f lai Cal..S, It d:>. sn't i> u.s'j lin ch practice to acquire tli>' li tot I•« In. lazy. Many ai. a > tak. himself sen ously i.'» 1 1 »-e 1 up >u as a joke by others. lmagli it a i ie -...tiisible for half oi | our tro.il.it s. J: j..i o.!i- fo I actions are re-;|i ai .bit i.-r the 1 .her half. When a 1 • n. n bestows a favor he imme ,i. > ' fo -gets it. When a fool rc e. ves a la ■.»/ Ik' <! >es likewise. —Chi- . ; News. IK.N'I CI-UKM Vimr L«'K*. "Tlv? preval.'..ee of appendicitis is an admitted fact," said a surgeon. "I have m; -•! l operated on 7!'J persons fur the (" else, C.osslng the legs is responsible for a good deal of this trouble. That • ounds str.i.iee, doesn't itV Nev. . ilieless it is a theory advo cated by icoiv than one great surgeon. Indeed I 1:now some men who say that ii' people ue.er crossed their legs ap pendicitis would quite disappear. You see, fro* inr the leg squeezes and cramps the delicate vermiform appen dix. Squ ■! mil cramped, the ap pendix li irritated. Inflamma tion sets ; i . .lei. e pain comes. Then presto \ oil are on your back, the sweet and heavy fumes of chloroform are choking you, and the appendicitis specialist bends o.er you with a sharp knife." St. Ie ais <; 1 <be-I lemocrat. V. 1.111 Mennt. A Sco: '. clergyman named Fraser claimed i.e title end estates of Lord Lovat 11" tri d on the trial of the case to cstahl di his pedigree by pro ducing an ancestral watch on which were en rav.d the letters S. F. The claimant al!< od that these letters I were the initials ... his ancestor, the j notorious Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat. ! beheaded In 1717 for supporting the young pr 'tender, '.'he letters, engraved under there ulator, were shown to stand for "Slow, Fast," and th'> case was laughed out of court. Tal.'e OH in tines*. I could better eat with one who did not respect tla laws thai with a sloven and unpresentable person. Moral qual ities rule the world, but at short ins tances the seises are despotic. Emer son. flow's This Wc otter «»ne llundrt!<l Hollar* K< A.. X " tny ease of Catarrh thai em nol ''<• i:ur«u\ Hall's Catarrh ' 'ure. We the undersigned. liav. known I". I Cheney for I I.e last IS years, ami believe htn perfectly honorable In ail business I lansae lons an.l tbcin 'tally al.lc to carry nm any obligations ma te l.y their linn. W KSH & I'm Wholesale ruled! l». WAI.I'INti. KINNAN A MAKVIN. Wholesale 1 »riiuirlsts. Toledo. i il.lft. Ilall'sl" atarrh (Jure Is taken tut. i nail j , aetliiK d Ire.aly upon the bloo.l ami riiuecus surfaces ..f the system. T -silinont-Is s.'nl ree. I'rle.-,-,, ..Itle -told «v .It'lrMß irlsts. Hi.n't Ki.nillv I'IIIH »re iin Administratrix Notice. Estate of Enoch \V Snyder, deceased late of Liberty township, in the < 'onn ty Mon tour and State of Pennsylvania- Letters of administration on the estate of Euoch \V. Snjder, late of Liberty township. Montour County, l'a deceas ed, have been granted to Sarah E. Snj der, residing in said township, to whom all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make payment, and tli.se having claims or demands will make known the same without delay. SAKAII E SNYDER Adminst.ru tris Liberty Township, Montour Co.. Pa M ay N HMlf. STATE KILL INSPECT MILK E. I-). Miller, of Rockwood, and James McGregor, of Indiana, repre senting the State dairy anil food com mission/ are in this part of the State holding up milk wagons and getting samples of milk to be forwarded to the commissioners' chemists. The inspect ors were in Williamsport recently and are headed tliis way. so it is probable that the local milkmen will be called on soon. Concerning these inspections, an exchange says: Local milk men are exercised over the expected coming here of State I milk "inspectors." The investigation I made by this commission two years ago was somewhat unsatisfactory and it is alleged unjust lines were exact ed. Dissatisfaction was caused before through the fact that, as alleged, the inspecting commission did not use •sufficient precautions in the perform ance of their duties. As a result mauy of the dairymen were accused of put ting formaldehyde in their milk, thus making it chemically impure and open ing it to condemnation by the State health authorities. Fines were levied upon several dealers. The milkmen, being unorganized, had no means of protection against the alleged imposi tions. Individul suit would have beeu an expensive proceed ing, and co-opera tive action could not be effected. In dignant at the treatment received at the hands of the commission on their last visit the milkmen have been on their guard and have decided that now i they shall be dealt with squarely. To | this end it may be possible that the dealers will combine to be able to cope moie easily with this question, should the inspectors carry on their business on a similar basis. Culp—Smith. Harry L. Culp, of Mifflinburg, and Miss Mary Smith, of this city, were married Wednesday, July 18, at Miff l linburg. A p c °^' ve CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. tjv'^ Gives Relief at Once. J KJIAYFEVEr 9£j ~. M It cleanses, soothes ■r. yg heals and protectsy tlic; diseased iuem brune. It cures Ca tarrh and drives away a Cold in the _ jH Head quickly. PrUrD stores the Senses of Mf% 1 112 •<l*ll Taste and Smell. Full size GOets., at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size 10 cts. by mail. Ely Brothers,s(l Warren Street, New York. 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 I beeu granted to the undersigned, in whom all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make payment and those having claims or demauds will maKe known the same wiiliout delay. ANNIE 11. WILLIAMS, Administratrix. Executrix Notice. Estate of Dr. Thomas B. Wintersteen, late of the Borough of Danville. Penn'a., deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamentary on the above estate have been granted tot lie 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 delav. MINNIE L WINTERSTEEN, Executrix. Executors' Notice. Estate dI Jacob Brobst, late of the Township of West Hemlock, in the County of Montour and Stat» 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 saiil estate,will make known the same without delay to WM. .1. BROBST, MARY ELLEN KNORR, Executors of Jacob Brobst, deceased. , P. O. Address, Bloomsburg, Pa. EDWARD SAYRE GEARHART, Couusel Windsor Hotel Between 12th and lilth Sts. on Filbert St Philadelphia, Pa. Three minutes walk from the Head ing Terminal. Five minutes walk from the Pi nna. R. R. I »^p«'t. PLAN t $1 00 per day qtiid upwards. AMERICAN PLAN s\! on per day. FRANK M. SCHEIBLEY, anager H-l-P A-N-S Tabules Doctors find A <*ood prescription Fc.r Mankind. ! The .Went packet is enough for usual invasions The family bottle (HO cents* contains a supply for a year. All drup sN sell the ...
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