Montour American.
♦ WANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor.
Danville. Pa., Sept. 13, l«*k».
KFPI BLICAN STATE TICKET
For (jovernor,
EDWINs ST CART, of Philadelphia.
For Lieutenant Governor,
HUBERT S. MLKPHY, of Cambria
For Auditor (ieneral,
H« 'BERT K V< »I 'N<». ol Tioga
For Secretary of Internal Affairs.
HENRY HOI CK, of Lebanon.
RtfPl BLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Congress,
E. W. SAM I' EL.
For President Judge,
CHARLESt EVANS
For Associate Judge,
CHARLES A WAGNER
For Representative.
RALPH KISNEK
For Sheriff,
I> C. WILLIAMS
For Jury Commissioner,
HENRY KERN.
THE SUNDIAL.
It Should fl«* For the lati
tude lit \\ ll It'll It Ptaudft.
In an old shop in lower New York a
man kee; s up his trade of dial making.
The dulls, square, octagonal or circu
lar. are hand chased. They do not re
ceive a high polish, ami any acciden
tal effect of weather stain or other
"tone of time" Is carefully preserved
If not skillfully added. These lials,
fitted with the gnomon or stylus, are
then artfully slipped inf— the show
WMBWI ot uptown shops
among a selected debris ot Shellield
pinte prism ciindl' sth I: inlaid tea
caddies and old blue plates.
A visitor to oue of these shops asked;
* How old Is that brass dial over there?
If* alt hand work, Isu't It?"
"It's hll hand work," said the proprie
tor, whom we will call Truthful James.
• 1 can testify to that, for I know the
man wh« e hands made It. lfs about
a in »u:h old. If you Want to know.
Yoii'ie like lots of other p«-ople—you
want an old Scotch or English dial.
Don't you know It would be useless, If
you found It.for practical purposes?
Excuse me, but haven't you over stud
led gcogiaph\ and heard of latitude?
A dial ought to be marked out scien
tifically for the exact latitude In which
It Is to be set up So unless you strike
the same parallel In the states that the
dial left In England It will tell lies
from morning till night You'd 1h» sur
prise! how many people pick up a dial
that strikes their fancy which perhaps
stood In the garden of an old Virginia
estate, intending to hurry It off to the
big grounds of some place In Minneso
ta; or they'll snatch at some quaint
dial from New England, with the idea
of rigging it up In Texas.
"More people would nmke the same
blunder, except that many haven't
caught on t«► dials. Too bad. Nothing
Is prettier than a simple dial at the
crossways of garden paths, or by n
fountain or on a terrace or at the en
trance of a {M-i-gula or near a rustic
m-at or arl»or You don't have to hire
a head gardener and two assistants to
keep a sundial. Marble platforms and
pedestals are very grand, but unless
you're running a big Italian Harden
with eltpp«il hedges and yews and
statues something simple Is what you
want The dial will keep Just as good
time, on<s» it's engraved right, If It's
mounted on a tree stump, with Ivy
planted round It. or on a Isjwlder, or on
the c<»ping of an old disused well, or on
a column of cobbles mortared together,
or on top of the old hitching post that
the family doesn't use In these auto
mobile days, but doesn't want to root
up and throw away.
"You'd IM- surprised at the ingenuity
of some jH'ople," said Truthful James,
who himself seamed of Ingenious bent.
"I mean pe<»ple who haven't much
money to spend and are fond of their
own old *tulT for association's sake.
They're ihe ones who get effects with
a p!«•<•« of Junk, a lump of sentiment
and a pocket of small change that can't
be Itought with a blank check. I've
known people who used an old mill
stone to set the dial on, or who laid a
slab over an old stone garden urn, or
who saved the capitals from pillars on
a house being torn down, or who even
rigK'*l up a standard from the bricks
of a chlmne* on an old homestead that
had meant a lot to them. (.Hie family
made a sort of calm out of a gc>|r r y
collection some ancestor had formed.
Another took a flag pole fvr the gnoii. m
and laid out a dial with js'bbles in (lie
grass around the pole.
"No, It doesu't require any skill to s-.-t
up the dial (jet the noon mark for the
gnomon on several days, nick It on the
slab and then set the dial in a bed of
cement. There you are." New York
Post
MATCHES ON MAIU BOXES.
The Srratrhrr Mny Affcrnartl Ciet a
l.ttiht on I'rUon liar*.
Mr. Smoker, see to It that your Un
ile Samuel doesn't catch you striking
a match on one of his mall boxes.
He'll surely make trouble for you If
be i an prove that a certain scratch on
th«j metal of one of those gray boxes
on the corners was made by yourklraw
Ing the tip of a luclfer across It.
That's about what the mall carrier
told the fellow who Is handing you
this advice. It was ({hen Just aftwr
the adviser had stopped, feeling
"smoky" after coming out of an oflh'o
where they wouldn't let him puff the
stogie be had in his pocket, to scrutch
a match on the mall box He MM
rather surprised when the mall coffin
coming tip to unlock the box, said!
"Is>n't do that!"
"Why not'.'" he queried. "I've beeu
doing it for years. It doesn't hurt the
Im»x. Other fellows and myself havo
scratched matches on the top of this
maij box for years, and there Is only
a little worn patch on the metal to
show for it."
"Well, go ahtiud If you want to.
sighed the mail carrier. "Hut remem
ber that, If the Inspector pees you, up
you gi on a chargu of defacing govern
ment property And you know that If
the inspector ever gets you It's you for
Mcratchlng matches on the prison bars
for a day or so By-by." Detroit
News
KirMliiff.
Percy -I am tired of this life of ease
I want a life of toll, danger, excite
ment and adventure!
"Oh, this Is so sudden! ltut you may
ask papa."— Life.
j 1 lie Girl and j
> die Davenport j
( Ry FANNIE HEASLIP LEA (
C Copyright, 1901'. by E. C. Parcel la /
In the twilight of a secondhand
shop on Royal street Van Tlolden Raw
her first. She eaine toward hiin down
an aislo of shadow between old ma
hogany sideboards and dusty armolres
and laid her stray gloved hand npon
one end of a quaint davenport on
whose other end reposed the hand of
Van I [olden.
"This davenport," she said to the
shopkeeper, "is the one you reserved
for me. Is it not?"
"Pardon me," said Van Ilolden lirni
ly the davenport was genuine nuUjog
auy and of a good shape—"l have Just
bought It."
The shopkeeper, a little Creole with
voluble eyes and a fierce mustache,
looked from one to the other.
"Mais oul," ho murmured politely,
"it is valr good davenpo't"—
"You promised yesterday afternoon,"
she said with Icy dignity, "to reserve
it for me. I must have It. I witih it
upholstered in the preen rep you show
ed mo, and 1 want it by Thursday
morning."
"Pardon me" Van Ilolden began
again
She Ignored his existence and drew a
card from her case of snakeskln.
"Here is my address," she said,
scribbling something thereon, "and I
will give you a check on delivery of
the davenport. Eighty dollars I think
you said?"
Van Holden's sense of humor, as
Fisted by the pleasing picture of pale
hair aud gray eyes in a cool palo faco
against a background of cobwebbed
walls, began to rise.
"I was to have had it for fifty," he
suggested plaintively.
"I will give you eighty for it," eho
said to the shopkeeper. And her face
was noticeably less pale.
"It ees valr good davenport," said
the shopkeeper, twisting his fierce
mustache. "I pay hun'erd dollar fo' It
but I take eighty. Yas. I take eighty."
"Oh, you do?" said Van Ilolden sar
castically. "What about the fifty I'm
giving you? 1 suppose you take that
too? Now, see hero, my man." lie
smoothed out the check between his
fingers.
"If you have paid for it," said the
lady icily, *1 6hall of course not take
It. I had not understood"—
"Pray do not consider me in the
matter," said Van Ilolden, with equal
promptness. "I shall not take It now."
He thrust the check Into his vest pock
et as the shopkeeper's dirty fingers
rinsed clawlike over the lady's card.
"Upholster in green rep? Varnish?
Me, I lose S2O, yes—but—you take it—
I keep my word."
"No," said the lady; "I shall not take
it. My card." She slipped It back in
to the case. "I do not care for tho
davenport." She walked to tho door,
holding her skirts away from con
tamination. and turned Into tho hot
narrow street, a slender figure In a
gray gown and a gray hat with pale
roses on the wide brim.
Van Ilolden lit a cigarette in tho In
terval of regarding the shopkeeper with
a piercing Interest. "Overreached
yourself that time, Mr. Montague," he
remarked pleasantly.
"Dose Yankees," said Mr. Montague
morosely.
"I dare say," said Van Ilolden. Ho
walked to the front of the shop, tbi
creole at his heels, and a humorous
smile twitched the corners of his month.
"That was a dirty trick of yours. And.
by the way, you needn't send up that
chair I looked at. I don't care to deal
with you in future."
Mr. Montague shrugged his shoulders
ami lifted up his eyes. Van Holden
turned on his heel and walked leisurely
down tho street, his annoyance lost In
a sense of amusement
" 'l>oso Yankees,' " he echoed to him
self. Then his meditation took the
form of manifest approval. "She would
have been a picture on that daveuport
after It was done In green, with her
coloring lack of coloring, rather. Hel
lo, Rerden! Anything doing? Come
over and have lunch at the Cosmopoli
tan."
"That's where I'm going uow," said
Berden. "Von are just the man I want.
I'm taking the girls to lunch to
day. Molly has a girl visiting her, you
know. You'll Just round out the party
and make us happy foursome. Oh,
come on. And see here, Vail—what
about that deal you made In cotton
yesterday?"
Thoy sauntered down the street, deep
In discussion, until Borden stopped
suddenly. "Jove! I've pot togo over
to some blamed store aud meet thoßO
girls. You goon and engnge a table;
that's a good fellow. Order the lunch,
If you want to; you do It better than
I do anyhow I shan't bo long."
110 darted off, iUte a distracted
water bug In linen clothes and a pana
ma, and Van Ilolden set forth upon
his quest of a table. He found one In
a cool corner of the dining room and
consumed some time In the ordering of
a luncheon that should combine deli
cacy and a good deal of ice.
When tho waiter hud left him, he
fell to drpmmlng on the table and
thinking of the davenport girl, as he
called her to himself. "f.'oW," he
mused, "and solf possessed and, Lord,
what a face prettier, perhaps, for a
touch of color."
Vaguely he remembered something
about "the beauty of a blush to him
who has caused it"and smiled to
think that lie had made her tdush for
anger.
"Heigh lio," he sighed, entirely with
out .vison. 1111,1 0,1 the moment I'.er
-1 s voice was in his ears. "Wake
up, boy; I.ook ns if you were seeing
il' . '! • m't he, Molly v Miss Mc-
Colkuigh, Mr. Van Holdeu. Did you
order lunch, old ehapY"
"I did, said Van Holden steadily,
"It ought to be here In a moment.
Mrs. Ileril -n, sit here; then the light
won't be in your eyes."
He change* 1 scats with her deftly
»nd faced across the white tablecloth,
accusing gray eyes under a wide
brimmed gray bat with palo roses,
-e was a hint of color In the face.
"S°y, mm me irrepressiou
Berden, "y >u ought to hear Miss Mr
• oilou?rh's story of the way she was
'done' by an antique dealer today
promised to hold a <lesk or something
for her''—
I'on t tell on me," pleaded Miss Mc
< 'oil nigh nervously, "please, Mr. Iter
den."
"• »h, the Joke's not on you," said
Iterden consolingly. "And when she
went there she found a chap engaged
In buying her piece a very decent
looking chap, she says."
"Ho make him hush, Molly." Miss
Met ollough"* glass of water answered
a despairing and surreptitious push by
flowing aero i the tablecloth onto
• jtertieii s kiiow.
Miss McCollough gasped
"Oh, that's all right," said Rerden,
Jumping up. lie beckoned a waiter
and presently resumed his seat and his
story.
"Chap was awfully good looking," he
rattled on, "well dressed—manner —
what was his manner, Molly? Oh, yes,
'the perfection of indifference and the
dearest smile.'"
The quick crimson swept up to the
gray hat brim, but Rerden was merci
less.
"She insisted on having tho thing; so
did he. She spoke of paying SBO for it
He let out that he was getting It for
SSO. 1 tell you those dealers are regu
lar sharks. So she didn't take It, and—
listen to this. Van Holden she says
she's willing to lose the furniture for
the sake of the adventure says she's
found her affinity."
"For pity's sake, Robbie, hush!" cried
his wife. "Can't you see you're wor
rying Nora? I»o eat your lunch."
"Did the man get the desk. Miss Mc-
Collough?" inquired Van Ilolden, with
courteous interest.
"Probably so. 1 left him there," she
answered vindictively. "Mr. Rerden, is
the old Hotel Itoval open to visitors?"
"Why don't you go back and see?"
asked the man across the table insist
ently.
"The hotel?" she inquired, surprised.
"No; tho antique store"—
"Because I am not sufficiently inter
ested." Van Ilolden smiled confidently
and applied himself to the salad.
With tho arrival of the finger bowls
the conversation by easy stages, in
which Berdon's new motor, tho last re
gatta and a projected house party
across the lake were discussed, came
back to Miss McCollougli's adventure.
"So you think the man bought your—
desk?" said Van Holden. "If he didn't
—l'll wager he will."
Mrs. Rerden arose, shaking out her
skirts. "If he saw Ills affinity as she
saw her," she laughed, "he may have
bought it for her sake."
"I was thinking of that," said Van
Ilolden.
"Aud some day." said Mrs. Rerden
teaslngly, "she may sit on It before
his library fire In a soft gray gown
tho davenport was to be upholstered
In dull green, you know."
"Don't be silly, Molly. Wo shall bo
late if you talk so long," Miss Mc
Collough insisted feverishly.
"Well, you never can tell," said Rer
den. "Anything might happen, eh,
Van V"
"I should think that was quite possi
ble," said N an Ilolden.
"Of course," said Rerden. "Come up
aud see us, ol<l chap."
"We're going to motor out to west
end for dinner tomorrow night Don't
you want to come?" echoed his wife.
"I do," said Van Ilolden earnestly.
"Rut Miss MeCollough hasn't asked
me yet."
"Will you come?" asked Miss Me-
Collough, with level defiance and
something else in her gray eyes.
That day Mr. Montague sold the
davenport.
Cireolfy'w AflVotnflon.
Thoro was a grout deal of Innocence
in Horace («roe ley as well as not a lit
tie affectation. He was rarely seen
without one trousers leg carelessly
caught in the upper part of his boot,
and a necktie with a bow under his
ear. Once in the public room of a
hotel a friend of (Sreeley's kindly pulled
down the disarranged tr ui-ers log and
straightened the necktie. (Jreoley
thanked him and soon after left the
room. When In the course of half an
hour be appeared In tho street the
trousers leg and the necktie had been
carefully disarranged, and the man
looked as negligent of things earthly
as ho always looked. It was part of
his pose as a ni-in of genius to wear
his trousers and his necktie as if he
had put them on In a hurry while ab
sorbed In meditation. It was n barm
less eccentricity
The lloiun m*i % of l.inhon.
Of Lisbon itself and beautiful ciutra
It Is scarce necessary to write. Com
mander Shore In his book, "The Pleas
ant Springs in Portugal," 'says: "1 be
lieve there Is only one other European
eapltal that can compare with Lisbon
In point of situation and splendor of
appearances. Constantinople, and the
resemblance seems to have struck
other traveii besides my "If. Cer
tainly when the morning mists are
clinging to the shores, partly screening
their beauties and lending to the seena
the charm of mystery that Turner
loved, Lisbon does seem like an en
chanted city." What could one say
more?— London Tat lor.
RED OR GREEN.
Color Trouble* of tlx l Color Illlnil
l'oet, Whlttler.
It Is well known that tho poet Whit
tier was color blind and unable to dis
tinguish red from green. He once
bought for himself a necktie which he
supposed to be of a modest and suit
able olive tint and wore it once. He
never wore it again, for his friends
soon made him aware that It offended
against the traditional quietness of
costume enjoined alike by the habits
of the Friends and by his own taste.
The tie was of flaming scarlet.
On another occasion, when he found
ft little girl In distress on account of
a new gown, made over from her elder
sister's, which was not becoming to
her coloring aud complexion, he tried
to console her.
"I wouldn't mind what a rude boy
says about it, Mary," lie said kindly.
"Thee looks very well Indeed in It,
like an oread, Mary, dressed all In
green."
Unfortunately, Mary was not dressed
In green. She was red haired, and her
dress was red. That was the trouble.
Once, on a day In mid March, when
out walking with a Friend and deeply
engaged in conversation, Mr. Whittler
approached too near for safety to a
place where blasting was going on.
The danger signal was shown, but
neither Friend noticed It until a work
man, violently waving his arms and
shouting, leaped before them and
warned them back.
"1 didn't see the flag at all," said
Mr. Whittier's companion.
"I saw It," rejoined the poet, with
a twinkle in Ills eye, "but 1 thought it
was In honor of St. Patrick. Thee
knows my defect. I can't tell Erin
from explosions except by the harp!"
—Youth's Companion
Zangwili, the noted writer, liaa an
experience which • onvlnccd him that
In deciding what constitutes real great
ness a good deal depend# upon the
point of view At a political meeting
he fell Into conversation with a man
who knew all the speakers and pointed
them out as they sat on the platform,
"There," lie said, "sits Senator I.odge."
"What!" exclaimed Mr. Zangwili. "Ho
you mean Henry Cabot Lodge, the lit
erary man the great historian'/" "No,
sir ee!" replied the other with distinct
contempt "That's Henry t'abot Lodge,
United States senator from tbc great
state of Ma snehusetts."
AN ORDINANCE.
Authorizing, requiring and pro
viding for the grading, paving
and macadamizing of that pur
tion of Mill street in the Bor
ough of Danville, Montour
County, Pennsylvania, from the
northern building line of Centre
street to a point where the
township of Mahoning forms
the northern boundary line of
the said Borough, and further
authorizing and empowering
the said Borough to contract
with the said State for such
purpose, also requiring the
owners of property fronting
on such portion of suchs treet to
change the footwalks and to
set the curbs thereof so as to
conform thereto and prescrib
ing the penalty for such own
er's failure or refusal so to
do, and for other purposes in
the premises.
WHEREAS the Borough of Danville
through its Town Council, by proper
ordinance in such specific behalf duly
enacted, purposes to grade, pave and
macadamize that portion of Mill street
in the said Borough from the northern
building line of Center Street to a
point where the Township of Mahon
ing forms the northern boundary line
of the said Borough and to require the
owners of property fronting on such
portion of such street to change the
sidewalks and to set the curbs thereof
so as to conform thereto,
AND WHKREAS the said Borough
of Danville is about to enter into a
certain proposed contract with the said
State of Pennsylvania for such grad
ing, paving and macadamizing, at
such grade or grades, in such propor
tions or sections, at such proportinatc
joint expense and in accordance with
such maps, plans and specifications,
respectively as may be by them deter
mined upon in the respective premises,
AND WHEREAS the said Town
Council of the said Borough has al
ready given due and legal public not
ice of i taforesaid purpose, has beard
all objections thereto at a place, and
time fixed therein and therefor and
has also in all other respects fully
complied with the law preliminary to
the enactment of a legal ordinance in
the premises,
SECTION 1. Therefore, be it or
dained and enacted by the Chief Bur
gess and by the Town Council of the
Borough of Danville, in the County of
Montour and State of Pennsylvania,
in council assembled, and it is hereby
ordained and enacted by the authority
of the same: That all of that certain
portion of M 11 street in the said Hor
ough of Danville, in the said County
of Montour and State of Pennsylvania
from the northern building line of
Center Street in the Third Ward of
the said Borough to that certain point
in the said Stri-< t where the Township
of Mahoning in the said County forms
the northern boundary line of the said
Borough, including street and alley
intersections eastward and westward
to the eastern and western building
lines of said Mill Street within the
limits and termini aforesaid, through
out its ent ire width, be properly grad
ed, paved with vitrified paving bricks
and macadamized, respectively, and
that the said Horough of Danville, by
and through its Chief Rurgess and its
Secretary shall enter into a written
contract with the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania by and through its
State Highway Commissioner and his
Chief Clerk, for the said Common
wealth of Pennsylvania to thus grade,
pave with vitrified brick and macad
atnize, respectively all of that said
portion of the said street at such gratle
or grades, in such proportions or sec
tions, upon such foundation, at such
proportionate joint expense of the
said Horough and Commonwealth and
in accordance with such maps, plans
and specifications, respectively, as
may by them, the said Borough and
Commonwealth be determined upon in
the respective premises.
SECTION 2. That for the purpose
of further effectuating the aforesaid
purjloses and completing the above de
scribed improvements, the respective
owner or owners of lot or lots of
ground, property or properties front
ing on the said portion of the said
street are hereby required solely at
their own individual and personal cost
ami expense to widen, raise or de
press. grade, pave, repave and repair
the respective sidewalks in front of
such respective lot or lots of ground,
property or properties and to place,
replace, set, resot, construct, repair
and maintain the respective curbs at
the edge of such respective sidewalks
next to the said portion of the said
street with good, solid, hard free,
stone, and which said curbs for uni
formity of effect and utility of purpose
shall be precisely the same color ami
kind of stone as that which is now
used for such purpose on the improved
portion of the said street; such curbs
shall also be five inches in thickness
at the top, at least twenty-four inches
in depth, at least four and one-half
feet in length per stone, shall be
smoothly dressed ou the top and on
the outside therefrom at least eight
inches, shall be pitched off on the in
side to a neat line to a uniform depth
of three inches so as to permit the
adjacent sidewalk to fit up closely to
such curbing and that all of such
curbing shall be firmly imbedded in a
concrete foundation of at least eight
inches in thickness, and shall be so
set, constructed and maintained iu all
other respects as to strictly conform
with the curbing of the adjacent prop
cities as well as with the curbing of
the improved portion ot the same
Street ,
SECTION :i. That the standing
committee of the said Town Council
on Streets and Bridges,ill conjuncti
with the Boro"gh Surveyor, shall pre
pare and furnish, subject to the adop
tion by the -aid Town Council and th<"
approval by the said Chief Burgess,
proper, detailed and complete plate
and specifications with the necessary
grade for all such widening, raising,
or depressing, grading, paving, repav
ing and repairing of such sidewalKS
and for the placing, replacing,setting,
resetting, construction, repairing and
maintenance of such curbs respectively
SECTION 1. That the said Com
mittee on Streets and Bridges, in con
junction with the Borough Surveyor
and Street Commissioner of the said
Borough, and all of whom shall at all
times be subject to the direction and
control of said Town Council, shall
have full charge, direction and super
vision of and over all such widening,
raising or depressing, grading,paving,
repairing and repaving of all such
sidewalks as well as of all such plac
ing. replacing, setting, resetting, con
struction, repairing and maintenance
of all such curbs, respectively,
SECTION "< That on the neglect or
refusal of such respective owner or
owners of lot or lots of ground, prop
erty or properties to thus widen, raise
or depress, grade, pave, repave and
repair such respective sidewalks, or to
thus place, replace, set, reset, co n
struct, repair and maintain such re
spective curbs in the manner and
with the materials herein before pro
vided and required, anil to fully com
ply with all other regulations, re
quircments and duties in the premises
for a period of thirty days after such
maps, plans, specifications and grade
therefore and a written notice requir
ing such paving and curbing to be
thus done and performed shall have
been duly given to such respective
owner or owners of lot or lots of
ground, property or properties, then,
and in either of such events, the said
Borough of Danville shall immediate
ly alter the expiration of the said per
iod of thirty days cause all such wid
ening. raising or depressing, grading,
paving, repaving and repairing of all
such sidewalks as well as all such
placing, replacing, setting, resetting,
constructing, repairing and mainte
nance of all such curbs, respectively
to bo done performed and pro titled at
the sole, individual and personal cost
and expense of such defaulting owenr
or owners as aforesaid and that the
said Borough of Danville shall collect
the cost thereof and ten per centum
additional, together with all charges
and expense from such defaulting
owner or owners, and slia'l file a mu
nicipal lien therefore against su« h lot
or lots of ground, property or proper
ties in accordance with the provisions
of the Act of Assembly in such specific
behalf made and provided.
SECTION ti. That all ordinances or
parts nt ordinances inconsistent with
or contrary to the provisions of this
ordinance arc hereby repealed so far
as lhey relate to the above described
portion of Mill Street only.
Approved the 18th. day of August,
A. 1) .
WILLIAM J. ROGERS,
Chief Burgess.
Attest
11AKRV B. I'ATTON,
Secretary of the Borough of Danville.
s ■ >■■■ •>! ii <1 W liJsUy.
»t:«* ''• •-( ini-conceptions
I r*»in w : .i . ::i<i sulfers," says a
writer. "i tii. . her national drink Is
ami j'.lw.w has 1 •<••! whisky. But tills
is jt; t as n..true, neither more nor less,
as that th" national garb of Scotland
is the li lt Whisky, like the l;.lt, Is a
pun v i i'l.i. i:r highland product, and
up tot! ■ ni':ie the eighteenth cen
turj i: i,t a unfamiliar In the
lowl i'i ' " chin tartans. It was
only ■ i! " "ir< that the highbinders
brlu t!i -ir whisky with them, but be
fore that the national drink of the
low! i'i!,. <1 been tdc. Tam-o'-
Slinnt , an.l Soi;t"r Johnny got 'roarin'
fou' it-'' -.ii whisky, l'tit on strong
leer "
*1" ta •- I'nti'K.
I'mb!> ti i! • s that tlie fates were
three • o.; ! . , holding, one a spindle,
another a di la IT and the third a pair
>!' 'ihey spun the thread of
human I'fe. then cut it off, and men's
destiny * either happy or unhappy
in <■ >rd !.l. t i the texture <>f the wool
eni|»loyed !o these inexorable deities.
Might It not be -aid that here below
we play ;• i>re or less the part of the
fates? It is we who, in some degree,
mold our own destinies. Pittsburg
Press,
An*>th«*r ShiH'U.
"Vos," snitl ill** waiter, "this cafe Is
thoroughly up to date. We cook by
electricity."
"Is that so?" said the guest, pointing
to a platter. "Then will you please
give that beef -teak another shock?" —
Detroit free Press.
Siilll IllfVS.
"By the gre t omelet!" clucked the
old hen, as she cuddled down upon the
thirteen eges. "this nest is made of
excelsior. No doubt about it, this is
going t> !>e a shaving set."- Watson's
Magazine.
'Ti: n ' !.."■• ity. but opinion. that
in.;!. s-i i -r ible and when we
come t . '. •" v > here's no cure
J llev. W. G. Hartinan, curate of
Christ church, Williamsport, has ac
cepted a call from the vestry of Trin
ity Episcopal church at Shaniokiu.
Kev. Hartinan will enter upon his
duties at Shaniokiu on October Ist.
Administratrix's Notice.
Estate of Henry Bernheiiner,deceas
ed, Late of the Borough of Danville,
Montour County, Penna.
Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration in the above named
estate have been granted to the under
signed and all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immedi
ate payment and those having claims
or demands to present them without
clay to
ANNA M. BERNIIEIMER.
Administratrix.
Ralph Kisner, Attorney.
Danville, Pa., Aug. :i,
Administratrix's Notice.
Kstate of Franklin P. Applemau, late
of Yall' v Township, Montour < 'utili
ty, State of Peiinsylvauia, deceased.
Letters of administration upon the
above estate have been granted to the
undersigned widow of decedent.
\ll persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make payment, and
all persons having any legal claims or
demands upon said estate shall make
the ■ anie known without delay, to
MARY .1 APPLEMAN,
Administratrix.
or to her atty.
('baric , V Amerman.
HIRAM, KING OF TYRE.
I lie rii«M'iii<'ian Moiiurrli mul IIIK K.f
fort to Imitate the Deity.
Hiram, the Phoenician monarch,
rtrove to imitate Cod by erecting four
mighty pillars upon which he caused
icven heavens apartments—to be built.
The first wis constructed of glass, 500
by HOI) yards, storing therein mock Im
ages of the sun, moon and star*. Ttao
second compartment of Iron, 1,000 by
1,00(> yards, was the receptacle cf pre
cious stones, causing a terrific noise
resembling thunder when they crashed
against each other and the casement of
the lnclosure. The third chamber was
of lead, 1,500 by 1,500 yards. The
fourth was of tin, 2,000 by 2/K)0 yards.
The llfth wan of copper, 2,500 by 2,500
yards, 'lie- sixth was of silver, 3,<X>o
by 3,0iMl yards. The seventh was of
gold, 3,500 by 3,500 yards, containing
precious stones, pearls and a magnifi
cent throne. A channel of water sep
arated the apartments.
Hiram, Imitating the royal splendor
of the court of King Solomon, sur
rounded himself by the grandest con
ceivable display of magnificence. In
the seventh apartment was stationed a
golden bed, the corners of which wore
set In pearls without value In nil the
world, sparkling forth beautiful flashes
resembling lightning, which spread
wonder and terror among his subjects.
The prophet Kzekiel was ordered to
appear before Hiram, who, at a loss
as to how to reach the seven heavens
wherein the monarch presided, was
transported into his castle by the locks
of his hair. Upon perceiving the di
vine messenger Hiram trembled. "Who
art thouV" thundered the indignant har
binger of future events. "Why dost
thou boast? Art tlion not born of wo
man's womb?"
"I am," replied Hiram, "but I live
forever. Like Cod dwelling over wa
ters, dwell I. Like him refgnlng over
seven heavens, I rule In seven apart
ments. As God Is surrounded by light
ning and thunder, so am I. God has
stars In heaven; so have I. Many sov
ereigns !<:»<• so:::! 1 to mortality,
and I still exist. Twenty-one kings of
the house of Israel and David, twenty
prophets and ten high priests have de
parted this earth, but I outlive them
all."
"Why dost thou boast?" again de
manded Kzi'l.i !.
"Because thm didst supply the
cedars 112 • Jai'ohion's temple? This
puts no ia i,a,id of a subject who pre-
I'.-t»-'•! n sptemlid gnrineut for his sov
< • gn. and as often as the servant
,azed at the glorious piece of work he
bopstingly remarked, 'This is my
manufacture.' until the king, observ
ing bis vanity, tore it off In disgust.
• " 1 «' v l-.t. The temple
I ' ;>i!i!d will be
. v .l i -a b.' •orne of
There is more rata rrh I iilliis sectlonof the
ounti y than all other diseases lit together
and until the last few years wus supposed to
In >icurable. .l''or :i great many years doctors
liriiiinui..'l'ii il a local disease, and prescribed
mail remedies, and iiy constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced it iu
curable. Science has proven catarrh to he a
const It titioiiitl disease, and therefore rei|aires
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. I. Cheney & Co.
Toledo, iMilo, is tlie only constitutional cure
ou the market.. It is taken internally In
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. it acts
directly mi the blood and mucous surfaces of
be system. The offer i>f one hundred dollars
•ranycaselt fails to cure. Send for circulars
•ad testimoulals. Address.
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l»y UrngKlstN, price7sc. per l*>tii«-
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RAILWAY TRAINS.
AN ORDINANCE !
To Regulate the Speed, and the
(living of Signals of the Ap
proach of Locomotive F:njfines
and Railroad Trains, Through,
and in the Horough of Danville,
Montour County, Pennsylvania
lie it ordained ami enacted by the
Town Council of the Borough of
Danville, in the County of Montour
and State of Pennsylvania in Council
assembled, and it is hereby ordained
and enacted by the authority of the
same: That it shall not be lawful for
any railroad locomotive -engine or
engines, car or cars, train or trains,
to be run or propelled through any
portion of the said Borough of Danville
at a greater rate of speed than eight
miles an hour. Any Railroad Company,
or any employee or employees thereof
who shall violate any of the provisions
of this section of this ordinance shall
forfeit and pay a fine of not less than
Ten Dollars, nor more than Twenty
Dollars for each and every such
offence.
SECTION 2.—lt shall be the duty of
every Railroad Company, and of any
employee or employees thereof having
(l ny locomotive -engine in charge, to
ring the bell thereof at all times while
passing through or moving about., any
portion of the said Borough of Danville,
and to properly sound or blow the
whistle thereof upon approaching any
street, alley, or other public crossing
within the limits of the Borough of
Danville. Any Railroad Company or
any employee or employees who shall
violate any of the provisions of this
Section of this ordinance ahall forfeit
and pay a fine of not less than Ten
Dollars nor more than Twenty Dollars
for each and every such offence.
SECTION:?. All fiiuM and penalties,
imposed by any of the provisions of
this ordinance may be sued for, col
lected and recover< <1 before any Justice
of the IV u eof the Horough of Danville,
as debts of like amount and fines and
penalities imposed for the violation
of Borough ordinances are now by
law collectible and recoverable, and
shall be paid over to the Treasurer
of the said Borough for the use of
the said Borough
SECTION I. All or parts of
ordinances inconsistent with it con
trary to the provisions of this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
WILLIAM J. ROGERS,
Chief Burgess.
Council < 'hamlier,
Danville, Pa Aug 4, IIN Mi
Attest
HARRY P., I'ATTON.
Sec of The Horough of Danville, Pa
(To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. (VI// e^ e J7I
Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 months. This Signature, POX. wsc. j
INJINK WIIMX vor EAT
TAKE AS MUCH WATER AS YOU
WANT WITH YOUR MEALS.
IN I I«OI F F(>r the IJiiCCMtion, It
Ih i aul n«t ."Wither (iaNtrlc Juice
Nor \\ nrk Properly I nle«N
f.itruei) I•iI (i l «*cfl With Water.
How much water sboukl wo drink
tml when should we drink it are ques
tions s » simple that at first sight their
iliscus.-'.ion seems superfluous. One
would naturally answer, "Drlnlc all the
water you wish when you are thirsty,"
hut authorities say. "Drink more than
you wisli when you are not thirsty,"
for they recommend that a gallon or so
in- drunk between meals, which is
more water than wo need and the very
time the system least demands it. Us
ually we experience thirst during or
directly after eating.
Inasmuch as NT per cent of the whole
body is water, which is, of course, be
ing used up every moment, there Is no
question that we shuuld drink of this
element copiously, hut it is a serious
question whether we should refrain
from water at meals—the time we par
ticularly de ire It.
There is a class of persons, ever
grow ing more numerous, that believes
that whatever is is wrong. For the
uatura! and simple they would substi
fute the artificial and complicated. To
drink water while or directly after eat
ing is a natural instinct. Give a dog
his dinner, putting a howl of water
near it, and observe that he will first
e:it all he can an 1 then immediately
rrlnk. Wild animals look for a stream
alter feed in;..-. Cage birds will stop
p. ' lag at eel to peck at water. <'hll
drea have a perpetual thirst, and I
have s.-cn ii.'iier that, unlike young
Oiher, have refused t-> eat more when
denied wati rafter every few mouth
fr's.
I! is espo» • :illy important that babies
he g*ven wli.it wat-t they wish and at
!':e time iiiey wish it, which is usually
•it table.
The thinner food is the more easily
an 1 tlir-. g ; :\y it digested; in fact,
It caui: ' i> > ill r until it has been
made liquiu ! y i! e g-strlc and Intesti
nal juices. Indit- ti ni is caused often
by food that has n.>; b -en sulliciently
moistened by the digestive retions.
There arc sound physiological rea
sons for our craving water with meals.
Water Is tic s ilvent that constitutes
95 per cent of the gastric juice. Now,
when one eats a hearty meal and does
not drink, the amount of water in the
etouiach is r.ot suliicient thoroughly to
moisten the great quantity of food,
and this .; ■ i-a oiillcult. On
the other i . 1, . • ! enough water is
ingested wi !. :u food the latter is
well moisten.'! an i broken up. the di
gestible particles h ing then lvai'.ily
acted on by th •ga -1 5.- jni -e after
ward abs Again, when the par
tially dige tc li' i;»i (chyme- ;ia .•< into
the latestiu<. ;iti t ; ;o.;t i. .i nt that
It be very n >• I, | i.t'c. :!y water
is constantly ah or! •! 112. ■ at the chyle
in the larg • inte'tine. **:>. 1 cases of ntv
ntv c:;: by dry chyle
remainin in the i;. iue where it
sc! ■ up an inl!aii;ii atlon that sonio
time pr>ve; fa! ai, dry faeces, of
course, r.'-:^t!ug p "'staltie ration. The
excieinent of person : from
constipation i always dry and hard
and is a potent cause of appendicitis.
The Idea that water drinking at
meals unduly dilutes the gastric juico
Is nonsen deal, water being not so pal
atable that one is apt to drink mom
than his digestive functions require.
As a matter of fact water generally
facilitates the digestion of albuminous
substances. In this connection Dr. A.
Jacobi in his work on "Infant Diet,"
page (17, says:
"in experiments upon digestion of
albumen with gastric juice obtained
from the stomach oi animals it was no
ticed that after a certain time the proc
ess began to slacken, but was renewed
merely by the addition of water. The
gastric juice became saturated with
the t üb: laneo it had dissolved and
ceased to act upon what remained un
t'l it had be.-it diluted. In the living
rtomach this dilution is of even greater
Importance, for it permits of the im
mediate absorption of the substances
poluhle in water and which do not re
quire the si c. ife action of the gastric
jniee." Nt iihcr the gastric Juice nor
pep-in has any true digestive action
unless they '-e largely diluted with wa
ter.
It goes without saying that it is not
the food that is ingested, Nut that
which !s digested, that does good, and
this principle hold • ood with water,
which is practically a food. Now,
when one resi. ts the perfectly natural
desire to drink while eating he may be
not thirsty several hours afterward,
but he Is advised nevertheless to force
himself to drink at that time. But if
he drinks then, the water, having no
food to mix with it, will go through
him, as it were—that Is, it will do no
good.
The importance of water to the hu
man economy may be inferred from
the various purposes it subserves.
First, It softens aud dissolves solid
foods, thus facilitating their mastica
tion and dige tiou; second, it main
tains a due liulk of blood and tin?
structures of the body; third, it keep.*,
substances in solution or suspension
while moving in the body; fourth, it
supplies elements in the body's chem
ical changes; fifth, it makes easy the
elimination of waste material; sixth, 't
discharges aijM'i'lliioiis heat by tran
spiration throu h the skin and by emis
sion timet h other outlets, and, sev
enth, it sap;dies in a convenient form
heat to or abstracts heat from the
body. Some of these functions are
performed by water in Its liquid state
ami others i:i a state of vapor.
Have you indigestion? Try water
instead of drugs with your food 05
Klliot flint in New York W rid.
\ flue tit.
Zabzhi How's this for a neat little
work of art? it's worth over $lO, but
I managed to get it for ?1. Jabziu
Where's the art in It: Zabzhi - In get
ting ; f for SI. of course.
A cu®L tive CATARRH
Ely's Cream Balm
is quickly absorbed. « I
G,ve. Relief at Once. BT
It cleanses, soothes 0 ' Jm
the mem
brane. It cures Co
tarrh and dri vet •
Head quickly, lie UAV FEVER
stores tho Senses of **•* • ■ "* *
Taste and Smell. Full size 50ets., at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size 10 ets. by mail.
Ely Brothers,Si! Warren Street, New York.
!V OTIC ICS.
To A 1.1, <'liKltlTOKS, I.KIiATEKS AND OTHKK
i • i-a: SONS i\i la; ks i ki>— Notice is hereby given
""it the following named persons did on the
dateuttiM-d tolheir names, Hie I lit* accounts
oi t lien- administ rat ion to Hie estate of those
persons, i|e<-easi.d,;ind (i mini inn A ci-oii ntH.dtc
whose names are hereinafter mentioned, in
the oilier ol the Kegister for the I'rolmte of
v ills run! gr.'inl ing of l.i'lli-rs of Adniinislra
'or the County »>f Montour, and
! *"""•« 111 presented to the Orphans'
nil ol said county, for confirmation and
on !tl« M4|l|l ~ , )f
Sry t A H.. UltMl, ui „l the
< ourt in t fu* afternoon.
Aug. loth. The lirst and final account
of E. L. Lyons, Administrator
oi the estate oi Qeorge Fry, late
of Limestone Township, deceas
ed.
Ang 25th. The first and final account
of Thomas E. Murray, Aduiinis
trator of Ihe estate oi Martha
\\ i'ursel. late of the Borough
of Danville, deceased-
Aug. 2ath. I lie first and final account
of.M. (trier Yonngman, Admin
istrator cum testaments annexo
<if the estate of J. H. Uinstead,
late of Lilierty Township, de
ceased.
An" ''ath The s-cond and partial ac
count. of William C Frick an
Cordelia E. < learhart. Execu
tors o| the li.sf, will and testa
ment of D ivid Clarke, late oj
tiie Borough ot Danville, deeeas
fd
Ati" 2ath The fii'it and final aoconn
of Mary Catharine Closer and
George W. Moser, Administra
tors oi tin estate of Philip S.
Moser, hit- of Valley Township
deceased.
WM, L. Sihlkk, RKI;ISTER
Register - < lilice. Danville, Pa
August 251 h. A i> i 90«.
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Administratrix Notice.
Estate of Mrs. Sarah E. Hoffman, late
of the Rorough of Danville, Couutv
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, in
whom all persons indebted to the
estate are requested to make payment
anil those having claims or demands
will make known the same wiihout
delay.
ANNIE H. WILLIAMS,
Administratrix
Administratrix Notice.
Estate of Enoch W Snyder, deceased
late of Liberty township, in the Coun
ty Montour and State of Pennsylvania
Letters ol administration on theestate
of Enoch \V. Sin iler, late of Liberty
township, Montour County. Pa . deceas
ed, have lieen granted to Sarah E. Sny
der, residing in said township, to whom
all persons indebted to said estate are
mines ted to make payment, and those
having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay.
SARAH E. SNYDER
Adminstratrix
Liberty Township, Montour Co.. Pa ,
May s 1900
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 to the undersigned, to
whom all persons indebted to said es
tate are requested to make payment
and those having claims or demands
will maki known the same without
delay-
MINNIE I, WINTERSTEEN,
Executrix.
l3xccutors' Notice.
Estate of Jacob Brobst, late of the
Township of West Hemlock, in the
County of Montour aud Sta: j of
Pennsy Iva ni a, deceasei 1.
Notice is hereby given that letter
testamentary on (lit- above estate ha\e
been granted to the iiiidersitrued. All
persons indebted to the said estate are
required to make payment, and thosa
having claims or demands against the
said estate,will make known the same
without delay to
WM. J. BROBST,
MARY ELLEN KNURR,
Executors of Jacob Brobst, deceased.
P. O. Address, I'loonisburg, Pa.
EDWARD SAYRE UEARHART,
Counsel
Windsor Hotel
1 letwei u 12th and loth Sis. oil Filbert St
Philadelphia, Pa.
Three minutes walk from the Read
ing terminal. Five minutes walk from
the l'enna. II li Depot.
I-:i!kMH>RAN PLAN
$1 (X) tier day and upwards.
AMERICAN PLAN
.'.Oil per day.
THANK M. SCHEIBLEY,
aiiHgcr
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Doctors Hnd
A rood prescription
i i t M:m kind.
The .Veeiit packet is enough for usual
ocxvisions The fat: »'v bottle (00 cents)
contains a s..pj.lv f..r a year All drup