Montour American. -RANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Nov. 22, 1906. PENNSYLVANIA IS SECOND IN WEALTH WASHINGTON, NOV. 21. According to a forthcoming mouo- Krtftjili to be issued bv fhe census office on the wealtli of tlie United States by States aud Territories fur 1904 as com pared with 1900, Pennsylvania ranks second iu leal wealth,the total figures now amounting to $1 1,473.620,806. as compared with $9,31 ft, 140,116 four years ago or an increase of *2,158,480, - 390. The total wealth fur Pennsylvania iu 1904 in divided up into the follow ing items: Heal property auil im provements, , fti. 591,055,583 Livestock,. 160,190,227 Farm implements ami machinery, 541,759,943 Manufacturing machin ery, tools and imple ments. , .. .... 515,945,638 Gold aud silver coin and bullion. 168,383,738 Railroads am) equipment 1,120.K08.000 Street railways, tele phone & telegraph sys tem, Pullman and priv ate cars, shipping, electric light aud pow er stations, 570,452,543 All other property, 1,992.809,119 There has been an increase iu real property aud improvements of $1,193,- 000,000 iu tlie four years from 1900 to 1904. Live stock shows an increase of over |3rt,000,000 if the same period. There was an increase iu manufactur ing machinery, tools, etc., of almost fJ24.000.000. In railroads and equip ments there was a growth in value of about |280,000,000. There was an in crease iu street railways, telephone lines,electric light aud power stations of *42,500,000. AWFUL Tines IN SHAMOKIN The people iu the Shamokin district have gotten so used to the awful reign of terror that exists over there that but little more thau passing notice is given tu the robberies aud murders and suicides that are of daily occur rence. The following aiticle picked at ran dom from one of the Shamokin papers sliows how long association has taught them to treat lightly and even humor ously a crime that would have done credit to the wild west in its wooliest days: It was a dark and stormy evening and Reading shop employes were seat ed around the Are when the foreman turning—"Great Scott Bill, what's that?" It was an apparition standing in the doorway and the shop men who had been recounting ghost stories as thev ate their midnight lunch, paused. Like the Seventh King in Macbeth the stranger was covered with blood. He staggered through tho door and fell down. The men revived him with hot coffee and food when the Hungarian told them that he had been assulted near the Five Spot, the bloody angle of the Fifth ward. Three men had beat en him, took bis little money and left him for dead. Officers are now investigating the man's tale. Wallv Kapiuski is his name and he is now lying iu a critical oondition at his south Pearl street boarding house WASPS' STINGS MAY BE FATAL Wasps that had built a nest in the Waller church at Waller, Columbia oounty, swarmed out of the nest dur ing a protracted service Tuesday even ing and 6tung Mrs. William Roberts, of Waller, so severely that she is not expected to live. The service was iu progress when Mrs. Roberts felt something on the back of her neck. It was a particular ly vioious wasp,and it stung her three times on the back of the neck aud three times on her hand before it could be killed. Mrs. Roberts was taken home, aud Dr. Sidney Hoffa was summoned. Dur ing Tuesday night Mrs. Roberts had twelve convulsions, and the same con dition continued all day yesterday. There was,last evening,but little hope for the woman's recovery. HIME BOY 111 SCOTLAND AID AGAIN 111 AIEBIGA; NOW i COHGOBSSM The most talked-about man in this Congressional district, and, indeed, in all the mining sections in Pennsylvania, today is William B Wilson. Mine boy in Scotland and again mine boy in America.'the atory of the man's careeJ reads like one of those delightful books based upon the lives of Lincoln or Gar field. The story of Wilson, of his boyhood, of his manhood, of his climb over the rugged steeps of poverty to high politi* oal position, is complete by one who knows the man, in the Sunday North American for November 25 It is a story every mine boy and every miner and every American voter may read with a feeling of pride in theopportnni ties bis country offers to the deserving. The story of the career of Thomas D. Nicholls. the other miner-Congressman, will be published in the Sunday North American for December 2. Mr. Nich olls' life is equally as engaging a sub ject to the character student as that of Mr. Wilson. Headquarters have been opened in New York to promote W. J. Bryan's nomination for the presidency in 1908, and Bryan clubs are being organized throughout the south. ROSE HIGH IN CHOSEN WORK Frauk G. Schoeh, of town, was iu receipt of a letter yesterday from H. E. Podge, formerly general secretary and physical director of the local Y. M. C. A., that tells almost a wonder ful story of the rise of a man from an unexperienced beginner in association work to one who is now recognized as one of the strougest Y. M. C. A. men in the country. The letter is the fulfillment of a promise made long ago to write to Mr. Schocli. It was dictated on board the New York and St Louis Limited, while Mr. Dodge was on his way from Terre Haute. Indiana, to Wilmington, Delaware, where lie was to speak to a men's meeting. He came east from Terre Haute to speak at this one meet ing and returned wa-t Sunday ing. Mr. Dodge will he well remembered by many Danville people. When he came to this city 1? years ago he had no Association experience at all, hav ing been a picture agent. He reumiu ed here about 5 years in the capacity of both general secretary and physical director. Leaving Danville, lie went to Pottstown, where he remained for two years and then having been offer ed the general secretaryship of the Warren, Pa , Y. M. C. A., he left for that town In his letter Mr. Dodge says: "Our eight yeas* stay at Warren were the best years of our Association work anil under the blessings of God the work was built up to large propor tions, so that during the last winter I was there we were conducting thirty to thirty-six religious meetings and bible classes each week, besides main taining a gootl work in the gymnasium and conducting four or five classes in our evening school. The money ex penses were approximately .SII,OOO a year, and 1 understand that the new secretary is -linking the work more ag gressive than it was under my super- I vision " On the first of last June Mi. Dodge left Warren and took charge of the As sociation at Terre Haute,lndiana. His description of the city and his work there is most interesting. He savs: "Terre Haute is a city of 65,000, having increased to that population from 87.000 iu the last live years. It is properly called the Pittsbuigh of tl e middle west. -The moralsjof the city have been very bad to the past, the saloons never thinking of closing from one week's end to the other, and oue saloon keeper went so far, when asked if he ever shut the, front door, as to reply, No,I do not ami I have thrown the key iu the river.' The gambling joints were run openly and above board. "There came an awakening some months ago when the city council im peached the mavor, threw him out of office, and with him went his appoin tees and a new and cleau administra tion was sworn into office. Todav, we are a law abiding city and each week it is becoming more difficult for men to break the law and go unpunished. | " Terre Haute, has a great future and we expect to be a city of 100,000 by the end of 1911. The Association has a splendid lot in the best location in the city, has a new gymnasium, 55x70, a line swimming pool, splendid shower baths-and the two best bowling alleys in the city. The rest of the building is au old clubhouse ami illy adapted to our work. In three years we expect to erect a building costing not less than $150,000. Our present membership is 700 and is increasing all the time. We have an enrollment of 84 iu the evening school. We have two pool aud one billiard table—the best in the city —which appeal to cortain types ol young men and keeps them out of the public pool rooms. "I am just remiuded that I am in my 17th. year of Association work. Although it seems like yesterday that I began my work in Danville. My salary has steadily increased until at Terre Haute I am getting 12400, which is live times as much as 1 received i wheu I began work in Danville I pre sume our board of directors will raise it to |3OOO before I am there five years. I have done considerable traveling in the last three years, aud last seasou in four months I traveled over 10,000 miles aud spoke to over 15,000 men. I was as far south as Richmond, Va., and Marietta, Ohio, and as far east as New York City aud Holyoke, Mass. I also spoke at Syracuse, Schenectady, N. Y., Krie aud Milton, Pa., aud Youugsto-.vu, Ohio." Mr. Dodge his lijcm in rather ill health for some time an ion October :{rd underwent au operation, lie fears that he will have to undergo .mother operation bef ire lie is entirely well. Mr. Dodge seuds hi.- best regards to his friends of former years in Dan ville. How's This We infer One Hundred I »«• 11 :t r«i Keward to any of '"aiarrh that can not '<e cured by Hall's tarrh '■ lire. We tlie undersigned, have known K. J Cheney for Hie Cist 15 years, and believe hltr perfectly honorable In ail business t. ran sac lons and financially able to carry out any obligations made by 'heir 'irrn Wkst Tar ax. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo O. W ai.dino. K innan 4 M \kvin. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. Ohio. Ilall'sUalarrh (Jure is lakeu Internally, act ing directly upon the blood and muccuti Surfaces of the svstein. T -sLluion'uls senl ree. i'l-i 1 .; 7V*. or bottle <J.»ld by all drill! gists. Sold ny Druggists, price7sc. pjr bottle H all'fc remli v I lili »rc Hi but THE ORIGINAL L; \Ti¥c DOUGH SYRUP C e ill Cot ,ht and /Q i- c:s i.i expelling JJ •oaiaijk 1 uT. ***** -ohv'rt Uhir.UTS UHTIH j ™TAR Ik CO CMIOAOO. U. ft. * for Sale by Paules <£' Co, I'KOWiBJIS OF SPACE ENIGMAS THAT SCIENCE IS STPIVING TO SOLVE. The tiuefctiou of an Infinity of Worlds and Their I Hist ri but ion In an Infinity of s|»a«*«» —DiNtanee of the Nearest External I nlvcrno. There can be no subject more cal culated to impress a mail's mind with his own Insignificance compared with the overwhelming power and glory of his Creator than the study and con templation of tho firmament In all Its boundless infinity. It Is not to be wondered at that from the earliest ages the subject has never failed to exercise a fascination over men and that those who by their genius and learning have most nearly succeeded in solving its mysteries have always been reverenced and esteemed to be among the wisest men of their day. More has been dono within the last fifty years than in all the rest of the world's history toward the piercing of the veil which shuts off from our eyes the beauties and mysteries of faroff realms, and doubtless by means of the spectroscope and increased size In the lenses of our telescopes we shall be enabled before long to unravel still more secrets of the universe. The question as to whether space is finite or infinite can never be satisfac torily argued out or indeed even thought of, for the human mind is In capable of grasping the existence of a limit to space, even In its most ab stract form, but the question of the in finity of worlds and their distribution in the infinity of space lies more close ly within the scope of human intellect, for we have many material facts and calculations togo upon in discovering the probable answer to this most fas cinating question. Only as far back as the seventeenth century astronomers placed the num ber of stars in the universe as a little over 1,000. but this was absurd, as the real number visible to the naked eye Is about 7,000. and perhaps treble that number can be seen by persons with exceptionally good eyesight. When the heavens, however, are examined through a telescope the number of visi ble stars is enormously Increased. In fa«, It has been calculated that the most powerful reveals as many as 100,000,000! Vet what is that vast number compared with infinity? It cannot even be likened to a fjrain of sand on the seashore, and yet If we think the matter out carefully we shall see that the number of visible stars cannot really be Infinite, for if they were the heavens would bo a complete blaze of light. This, of course, we know Is far from being the case, and indeed there cannot be any doubt that in certain parts of the heavens at least the number of visible stars !s already known, for even with the very stron gest telescopes there are blank spaces which are absolutely devoid of stars below a certain magnitude or even the veriest trace of nebulous light. These spaces are known to astrono mers by the name of "coal sacks." They contain no stars fainter than the twelfth magnitude and. In fact, appear to mark those parts of the universe which are comparatively thin. On the other hand, in other parts of the heav ens we have not by any means reached the limit of telescopic resolvabillty. It is curious, though, that these Intensely dark "holes" In the bright empyrean are mostly to be found in those parts of the heavens where most stars abound, notably In the Milky Way. These remarkable blank spots have been a favorite theme of discussion and argument among all astronomers, for, whatever the real shape or dis tribution of that universe may be, they point to the almost certain inference that in a particular direction at least there is an actual limit to the number of stars, and If there is a limit In one direction we have every to sup pose that such Is the case In others, and that we have only to wait for telescopes strong enough to resolve those parts which are still unresolva ble to discover that a point can be reached when ail the stars of the uni verse are unfolded to our gaze. If, now, we admit that the number of visible stars is limited, the next question to be asked is. What is the order or shape of their distribution? Various astronomers have had various theories about this matter, ilerschel was inclined to think that the visible universe was In the shape of a disk, though his views in this direction were considerably modified during the later part of his life. Striive considered that the universe was in the shape of a disk of limited thickness, but infinite length, a theory which is hard to support, us, unless the ultimate extinction of light in space is believed In, that part of the heavens which lay toward the plane of the disk would necessarily shine with the brightness of the sun. Proctor, though finding it Impossible to define any particular shape for the vis ible universe, as a whole, was of the opinion that the brightest part of it— namely, the Milky Way—was in the form of a spiral. This latter theory, however, lias many objections to con tend with. Other astronomers have had different theories on this question, but all, or nearly all, appear to admit an ultimate limit to the size of the visi ble universe, or. in other words, believe that the galaxy of worlds which sur round us form, tu fact, hut an islet In the vast infinity of space. It would appear at first sight that any attempt to solve the question of the existence of external galaxies and their distance was absolutely futile, yet such is not the case. The result of cal culatlon Is that the nearest external universe is so far distant that light from It traveling at the speed of 186,- 000 miles a second would take nearly 90,0< 10.000 years to reach us!— Cha mbers' .Journal. FruM Irif Wootl. Many farm •••> who occasionally or tie; tl>' destruction of fruit trees on accjuut of advanced a_e or unfruitful uc- ■ : re quite unaware of the valuf attached to much of the wq.id thus sacrificed. Cherry wood is largely usei. ia iu: liture and when polished reveal* a be uitiful co h* ami ]iro\ i le - i p.issa ble imitation of mahogany. A; pie tret' wood I s * remarkably well adapted t' turner's work and is in demand foi making cogwheels on account of its great strength and durability. The cogs of wooden mill wheels are often made of apple wood. it is also exteu slvely used for fruit presses, where it proves very durable The value of walnut wo <1 i•» line cabinet work l g well known, and go >d prices are ob tuined for 1 in- l>i u; fid and populai wood London Times CarelessarHft Somewhere. Oladys-Mamma can't see anybody today. She's upstairs with III.' new baby. Von •• •• thej —nt her a girl when she'll ordered ;i hoy. an' she's so disappointed she's sick. I'uck. The men who g > through life with chips on their shoulder- always n v oid meeting the right man. New York News. LEAD GLASS. TIIP Prooi'NKO!* I»> Wliioh It IH C*UF and P©1I*1»«m1. Designs to be followed by the cutter are first drawn on the blank or plain glass with whiting and water and then trared with red lead and turpentine. Th" first cutting is classed as "rough ing" in the glass factory, when the glass is cut or ground out wherever there is a red line. The first cutting or roughing is with a soft steel disk on which there tlows a small stream of water and very fine sand. The disk is In a lathe, and the glass is held by the hands of the cutter, and on his ability to firmly hold glass and true eyesight to see that lines are fol lowed depends the quality of the arti cle. Cut glass in blank or plain form is known as lead glass or best metal glass, crnsliing or collapsing like sand Instead of shattering or breaking like window or lime glass. From the roughing or first cutting the article being cut goes to the smoothing process, the same lines or cutting being followed on two stone disks, one of Graigleigh or gas stone imported from England and the other of blue stone, the finest cutting being done with the latter. The polishing is done with wooden disks, from which the glass goes to an acid bath and thence back to the polisher, who uses a chemical compound like putty, and finally to a felt disk or wheel, then the brush wheel and finally the wash with water. ROBBED BEN FRANKLIN. If IN Urncriplinii of Ihr Ssolfn (iar mpnta ait«l tlie Thief. The following advertisement is taken from tlie Pennsylvania Gazette, No. wherein the reader of Feb. 22, 1708, was informed £iat the Gazette contained the "freshest advices, for eign and domestick, printed by B. Franklin, Post Master, at the news printing oliices, near the Market. Price, 10 shillings a year. Where ad vertisements are taken in and Book Binding is done reasonably in the best manner:" STOLEN on the 16th Instant, by one William Lloyd, out of the house of BenJ. Franklin, an half worn Sagathee coat lin'd with silk, four fine homespun shirts, a fine Holland shirt ruffled at the Hands and Bosom, a pair of black broadcloth Breeches, new seated and lined with leather, two pair of good worsted stock ings. on»* of ;i dark color, cambrlck Hand kerchief, marked with an Fin red silk, a new pair of <"a!f skin shoes, a Boy's new Castor Hat, and sundry other things. N. B.—The B«id Lloyd pretends to un derstand Latin and Greek and has beon a schoolmaster; He is an Irishman, about 30 years of age, tall and slim; Had on a lightish colour'd Great Coat, red Jacket, a pair of black Hilk breeches, an old felt Hat too little for him and sewed on the side of the crown with white Thread, and an old dark colour'd wig; but may per haps w» ar some of the stolen cloathes above mentioned. Whoever secures the said Thief so that lie may be brought to Justice, shall have Thirty Shillings re ward and reasonable charges paid by H. FRANKLIN. THUNDERS OF OLD LONDON The Mont Fnmonn Storm of the I.aaf Century Wan la IS4A. The mod notable thunderstorms on record In I.ondou have generally oe curved in the month <>f August. Thai which made the greatest impression oc contemporary observers during the nineteenth century happened on the Ist of the month as long ago as the vear IS-lii, and remarkable accounts of Its ravages may be found in the jour nals of the day..V thunderstorm is not u good subject for a picture, but there tippeared in one of the illustrated pa pers a view of "London during the storm from Blackheath," which, whether a work of pure imagination or actually drawn from nature, was ex cee.lingly realistic and impressive. The special feature of the storm was the hail with which it was accompanied, though the thermometer stood at 92 degrees in the shade. The panes of glass which were broken by the icy shower were to be counted by hun dreds of millions, and so great was the damage inflicted upon the florists and nurserymen that a month or two after ward a charity tote was held at the Old Surrey zoological gardens for theii relief. It is impossible, we are told, to Imagine the aspect which the windows In London streets presented before the glaziers, whose services were for a loin: time at a premium, had repaired the destruction. It is a fact, indeed, anoinal »us though it appears, that his toric hailstorms have usually coincided with periods id' j,reat heat, and, what ever may be the precise relations of heat and electricity, a heavy fall of hail is seldom noted except as the ad' junct of a thunderstorm. London Globe. BAD SLEEPING HABITS. SltorltiK. Grinding the Teetli anil \IIMHI WhlNtllng. Man is the victim of bad habits in his sleep as well as in his waking hours. So distressing are some of these bad habits of sleep that they oblige wife and husband to occupy separate rooms, even at times causing divorce. Snoring is of course the commonest if not the worst of sleep's bad habits Snoring may be remedied. There are a dozen patented devices that, holding the mouth shut tight, prevent the snore. Grinding the teeth is a disagreeable habit of sleep. It is impossible to sleep in the same room with any one who emits at irregular intervals this hide ous sound. The trick is said to be in curable, but a rubber cap worn on the teeth readers the grindin : almost noise!c -. Nervoti persons s unetimes 1 ap in their slecji a foot or more in the air sinking the bed and the whole room. The man win gives eight or nine of these leaps in the emir.-. 1 of the night soon becomes an intolerable bedfellow Nerve tonics and exercise should bp prescribed for him. Nasal whi--iPng is a habit less easy to cure than snorinir. The sleeper keeps his mouth cl > ed, but breathes with a il ties in: .»md through his nose. The - u;;d resembles a h>w whistle a;i I. hear I i:i the small hours, is guaraut • 1 to mad leu. lie (-limited down trom the pay car with his month's wages still in his han 1. "Sure, ye must be feelia" rich, P t. with all ye have there," said a by standee. "And what doe; (his signify to mc'. answered Pat. ".Inst two looks. \v:;n whin I gel it and wan whin I give it totheould woman." Life. .1 r.'t it* Well. Singleton .\<> man c.t i tell ji.sl w : i it a woman will do next. Wedderly And it's just as well he can't Otherwise she'd l>e - ,i.'c to d > s m.ethiii•: alt > get her diflereut. < h'cago New s lie that rum out b\ extravag.tnci must retrieve by parsimony. Fri in the Dub I ROBBING A BANK SAFE, THE EXPERIENCE OF AN OLD TIME ! EXPERT CRACKSMAN. lie U u» Hired to IJo (he Jolt, and He Dill II Well, hill the Reward Was " ot What lla<l llcrn I'romineil by IIIh I user npnliMi* Kmployer, "Oue day in the fall of 1874," said an oM rot ire il detective. "one of the most ::i -.!: »<[ : .11 successful bank burglars that ever used a drill in this country was walking across Sixth avenue, New Vork, enjoying his parole and the mel low sunshine. There were a whole lot of Indictments hanging over him, of course, but they didn't worry him any, for he happened to be on pretty fair terms with some of the men attached to the municipal administration at that time. As he swung along he was ac costed by a prosperous looking man whom he did not know, although the prosperous looking citizen addressed the burglar by his right name. The crook, finding after some stalling that the man who knew his name wasn't a detective, took him into a cafe and asked him sjiue things. " "In the tirst place, how did you know me?' he inquired of the stranger. "Well, it appeared that the burglar had been pointed out to the stranger by a detective who was so shady that he afterward did time for surreptitious ly extending aid and comfort to the en emy, one of the old time bands of New York crooks. * All right,' said the cracksman then. 'Now, 1 don't suppose you are seeking my acquaintanceship for the sake of being introduced into society or for the enjoyment of my winning ways. What's your lay?' "Then the stranger up and told the burglar what his graft was. " 'l'm the cashier of a bank a bit up the state,' said he to the burglar. 'The directors don't know anything about it, but I'm short in my accounts. There's only one way out of it. The bank will li.ive to be robbed by profes sional cracksmen. That will let me out, and in addition I'll e.-pect to get my rakeoff from the robbery. I want you to rjb the bank. You'll lind $35,- 000 in cash in it on the night you ar range the job. I'll attend to that. Of course I want my bit out of that, $lO,- 1)00 at least. I've always heard that you're square in these divisions of plunder, and therefore I'll trust you to hand me my sha-e after you've done the job for putting you onto it.' "'This wounds go>il enough to eat.* replied the crac.is ;i. 'Fact is, it's so sweet that it's almost cloying. Now, I've beard your proposition. YOB give me a couple of days t > investigate you. and rtien we'll ta! v •!'. iness. "They • n'tnged another meeting at the same ) lace a couple of days later, and in ih" mean t.ie the cracksman, whose facilities \ tli:» lest, looked into the job. lie to.;.id that his man really was the cashier of an up state bauk in a town not more than an hour's rim ft >1:1 New York. So when Hi., .ash - c.ii:,. 1 at the appointed time th" bii.'sr'.ar was ready to talk ousiness. * "'You'll have a hard night's work.' sail tli •< .- shier, "for in order to avert suspicion I II have t > leave the vaults and safes locked t'ghtcf'n a drum, as r.sual. You'll need several assistants.' " 'That's my end of it,' replied the cracksman. 'You just let me handle those little details. Kvery man to his trade. 'I hey don't make 'cm so stronsr that 1 can't gel into >lll.* "Then all of the details were ar range.!, and the robbery was lixed for a certain night in the following week. The cashier was especially solicitous that he should get his share of the proceeds of the crib cracking. llie cracksman assured him that if there was S.;"'. l ' in the Job Sl'.'.'HM) would be enough for himself and bis associ ates and the cashier would get the rest. <»n the night lixed tiie cracks man and three of his best men went up to the town and pulled off the job. It was a matter of four hours before the gang after overpowering and gag ging the watchir.au got into the main safe. They found it empty. Then they tackled the smaller safes. These, too, were empty. The t >p notch cracksman was pretty mad, naturally. "lie had been played for a good thing, and he knew it. The cashier had simply looted the bauk himseif, and the robbery which he had arrang ed was to cover up his own trail. There have been Napoleons ol finance without number developed from among bank cashiers, but 1 never heard of a neater job than that. "Of course the cracksman aud his pals had nothing for it but to pack their kits and drill back to New York. They weren't, of course, in a position to say anything about how they d been done. The top notch cracksman had to read in the afternoon papers the lurid accounts of how the bank had been robbed of cash and securities 'ap proximating *U>o,<!oo in amount' and grind his teeth and cuss. The banks failure was announced a few days later. "The cashier? Oh. within a dozen years lie died a beggar on the streets of New York." First Written I. a (Vs. The first written statutes are com prised in the law of Moses, ll'.U li. C. The first Oreek laws were systema tized by liraco <>•-" B. <'. The Jaws of Lycurgus were made about Sl4 Is. C. The Koniau laws were first compiled by Servitis Tullius and amended by the twelve tables in If'* K. Ihe pan dects of .Justinian were compiled in 533. Black ! mc"> <' >;n..ientaries were .iMied ' ' ■> ov I in 1 ?<!."> and 17t>0. THE SPONGE FISHER. Me >l«i.Ht Drue Strength, a t(nlek Kye >• II «l !« lllllltl. Lying 0:1 his chest alonji the boat's deck, the sponge lisher. with his water glass a pane set in a box dttcd with handles -loot s down forty teet into the clear depths. With one hand he grasps and sinks a slender pole sometimes fifty leel in le'igih. fitted lit the end with a dou-1 ■ hook The sponge once disco ••re.l. ti. • hook is deftly inserted 'il the rockj base, ami by a sudden • e is detai-hed. .11 ' ■ r : '.; ion tf what seems the ' k -|»».• 1 ;<• fishing gives :. • !•■• .1 --UP and exertion ■ ot' the .isLer has to be It, | i 1 •••>. i.eriei'. eto peer lllto tJ • . 1.11 he c 1; :ii -rcially wl u • 1 - a ilio • tint ar« r I ha ve a del"; ha 'id if ' 1 iue without a tear. A ') • 1 ;e doing this with one ,'i ' 1 manipulate with the o.*i- ' 1 gla s, ;is the wavrt The t.i 11 ini body is most in to; " t«V .so hing of the cramped pu itio 1 in! c i> >si:re to wind and wet, wli;. h hrsi tnd last, make every s' o:i:;e r r a victim of acute rheuma tism. Y ii till his arduous toil, an e vp.'t; ... • earns not more than Ci a 1. ■ ;' ! i brides his keet» on tJie boat. \ iii barely deserves the name of " ice.—Pearson's Weeklw LEGEND OF THE TOPAZ. Why the IN Onlled the Stone of Cjlratlttitle. TIIP topaz is railed t lie stone of gruti- \ tude. and the old Roman books record j the following legend, from which the | ptone derives this attribute: The Mind Emperor Theodoslus used ; to hang a brazen gong before his pal nee gates and sit beside it on certain f'ays. hearing and putting to rights the grievances of any of his subjects. { Those who wished for his advice and i help had but to sound the gong, and j Immediately admission into the press- j ence of Caesar was obtained. One day a great snake crept up to the gate and struck the brazen gong with her coils, and Theodoslus gave orders that no one should molest the creature and bade her tell him of her wish. The snake bent her crest lowly in homage and straightway told the fol lowing tale: I lor nest was at the base of the gate way tower, and while she had gone to find food for her young brood a strange beast, covered with sharp needles, had invaded her home, killed the nestlings and now held possession of the little dwelling. Would Caesar grant iter jus tice? The emperor gave orders for the por cupine to lie slain and the mother to be restored to her desolate nest. Night fell, and the sleeping world had for gotten the emperor's kindly deed, but with the early dawn a great serpent glided Into the palace, up the steps and into the royal chamber and laid upon each of the emperor's closed eyelids a gleaming topaz. When the Emperor Theodoslus awoke he was no longer blind, for the mother snake had jmid her debt of gratitude. PASSPORTS IN FRANCE. Tlie Kind That Wore iMHued In the Time of I.ouix X\ I. The mysterious cards of tlie Count de Vergennes each contained a brief history in cipher of those to whom they were given. De Vergennes was Louis XVl.'s minister of foreign affairs, and when strangers of a suspicious charac ter were about to enter France he is sued to them these strange cards, which acted as passports, and were also intended to give Information con cerning the bearer without his knowl edge. In the tirst place, its color indicated the nationality of the man who car ried it. The person's age, approxi mately, was toM by the shape of the card. A fillet arosmd the border of t'.ie card told whether lie was a bachelor, married or a widower. Dots gave in formation as to his position and for tune. and the expression of his face was shown by a decorative flower. The stranger's religion was told by the punctuation after his name. If he was a Catholic it was a period, if a Jew a dash, if he was a I.utheran a semicolon and no stop at all indicated him a nonbeliever. So a man's morals, character and appearance were pointed out by the pattern of his passport, and the author ities could tell at a glance whether lie was a gamester or a preacher, a phy sician or a lawyer, and whether he was to lie put under surveillance or allowed togo fre.> Srndav M-isazine. BLEAK SHETLAND. Itn Snarmii of Si'« (>ulln IMUI 11* Tree. Up a little lan.- <>fl" Lerwick' one street there is a garden. At i<*:" ; t. ii i* I an inclosed space. In the middle of I this space there is a tre.', it is not :• very tall tree; you coi'.!;l. i;i fact, a biscuit over its branches, but still it is a tree—the only tree in Shetland. And Shetland is proud of it. Children who are brought tor the first time to see the wonders of one streeted Ler wick are shown this tree. This is not fiction. It is the only tree in Shetland. As there are no trees in Shetland, there are no birds, except, of course, the sea gulls, which you can numlie: by the thousand. The sea gulls are the sparrows of Lerwick, and, as such, they have a greater share in : , ' r> town's life than have tin* sparrow • oi' l.o:i . In the morning time you will i: >(•• it; >■ a sea gull sits on every chimney p >t Sea gulls swoop and hover over every roof in tli; 1 town. The air is full if their Strang.'. lr-!> plaintive, haunting cries. Their sod. shrill, long drawn cries are to Lerwick as the chattering of sparrows < >r the cawing of rooks are to us in L.igismd. Every house lias its own faniili ;r : ea gulls and every street its own 1 :id ot sea gulls. They never mix. The chil dren in each house have a pet name for their own particular sea gulls, and. having called them to them by those names, they feed them every day. And each sea gull knows what is meant for him. No sea gull attached to one house ever seeks to eat the food scattered from the house next door. He does not dare; the other gulls would kill him. So all day long the sea gulls hover and call over the roofs of Lerwick. The people of the town, if they come across a little pile of rice laid upon the road way. step over it with care. They know that it is placed there for sonn sea gull. And at night the sea gulls leave their own appointed ehimnej jiots and fly gracefully away to their resting place on the rocks of the Isle of No*s.—l.ondou Express. 1 reason, reason as much as you like, but beware of thinking that it answers to everything, suidces for everything, satisties everytiling. This mother loses her child. V\ !.l reason comfort her? Does cool ; - u cjiuisel the inspired poet, tue '.uvjic warrior, the lover? Reason guides but a small part of many, and that Is the least interesting. The rest obey feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad. Tal:!'!" !"!m Down. "Crittick was plea c l to say that my play had few e jiii.K as a bit of real Ism." remarked young De liiter. "He said even more than that," said Pepprey. "Indeed?" "Yes," he added, "and positively no inferiors."—Exchange. A p °f' tive CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm is quickly absorbed. *■ Gives Relief at Once. j It cleanses, soothes heals and protects Hp y the diseased mem brane. It cures Ca tarrh and drives awav H Cold in theßHL—^—? Head quickly. HAY FEVER stores the Senses of ™ Taste and Smell. Full size 50 ets.. at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size lrt ets. by mail. Ely Brothers,st> Warren Street New York. I To Cure a Cold in One Day I lake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. £{%J/ £? v e X e «!7 I I Seven Million boxes sold In past 12 months. This Signature, i>OX. <ZOC. 112 rHKSriUJKON'S TOOLS \S FEW AS POSSIBLE USED BY THE MOOfcRN PRACTITIONER. lo Remote mi Appendix* For I li ft tan ce, lit* Can Carry Everything Neeennary In One of ill* Poclteta. Hand KorKi'd Ins!rnmenta tli«» Be*t. "A surgeon used to carry a ba£ of in itruments weighing often as much as tweniy-iive pounds when he was called to operate," said a member of the staff lit' the New York Postgraduate Med ical School and Hospital the other day. "T >dav an average operation, such as the removal of an appendix, calls for no more instruments than can he carried in the pockets. "1 have Jiwt come," continued the doc tor, "froiu removing an appendix, and here in this small package are all the instruments I used—a scissors, two ar tery clamps, two forcefts and a needle. Maiiy operations, of course—gastro enteric. gynecological and those that have to tlo with bones—require more instruments, but modern science de man : ! the use of as few as possible in order that time may be saved. Skill and haste are prime factors in an op eration. In the old days, before anaes thesia was known, this was to shorten the patient's agony as much as possible. After ether was discovered surgeons for awhile operated more leisurely, but soon finding out that the shock to the patient remaining under ether so long was always dangerous and often fatal they again recognized the importance of swiftness. Diminishing the number t-f instruments was one of the methods for saving time. In the operating room !n the old days there was always, no matter what the operation, a good sized table laid out with ten or fifteen score <;f instruments, fifty artery clamps, scissors, forceps and lancets by the \!o:'.en. It used to ta!:e over an hour to ipmove an appendix; today the average is about twelve minutes. • The variety of instruments increases every year as surgeons meet with new De.vis or solve old problems. In our > clicol here, as In others, many instru ments have been devised. Especially to tli >se having to do with the eye, ear, no e and throat hate we made valua ble additions as well as in the field of orthopedic appliances, 'the Hippocrat ic oath precludes the patenting of any siu'h inventions; consequently all in struments are free to be made by all and eve-v surgical manufactory." The mailing of surgical instruments in the l uite l States is nearly contem poraneous v.!'!i the •>;> : :ming of the republic, and one or two . the promi nent firms today date from long before the civil war. In 11 > country are instruments "man in the i uile.. ; States. Th.»u-ii tiu» number of men employed i ; .:ali, every man is a skilled laboier and an artist. with an adroitness < fine as that of a Journeyman jeweler, capable <•!' mak ing eveu ilie ii'ost ('elicaii' of the great variety oi' i.istrunicnts. a: louuting to about which a s.trgical house must kee ; > i:i lock or lie ready lo pro duce upon order. <'ast and drop forged instruments have no lastin: value, am! once the edge is worn o;f they can never be sat isfactorily resiiarpeued. The process which they undergo demands that the> be brought three times to a white heat. The first time the steel become* tempered; the second and third time it becomes decarbonized and loses it* temper. tli.• result being an instru ment with a shell of liard steel, capa ble of taki.i; a fair edse. but beneath which the metal is soft ai. I unlit t.) stand honin *. "All g0..,: instruments are hand forget 1. Thus prices are doubled and trebled over the prices of cast instru ments because of the skilled labor and time necessary to their construction. The workman in a careful factor} must make a study i.f his work unu learn the physical qualities- of the steel or metal he works with, its strength and cutting and tension qual lties. (jSenerah operating instruments are made of steel, silver, platinum, gold and aluminium. German steel, owing to its tenacity, is used for for ceps and blunt instruments; English cast steel tor edged tools, as it receives a high temper, a tine polish and re tains its edge. Silver when pure is very flexible and is useful for cathe ters, which require frequent change of curve. When mixed with other metals, as coin silver, it makes firm catheters, caustic holders and cannula ted work. Seamless silver instruments are least liable to corrode. Platinum resists the action of acids and ordinary heat and Is useful for caustic holders, actual cauteries and the electrodes of the galvano cautery. Gold, owing to its ductility, is adapted for tine tubes, such as eye syringes and so forth, while aluminium is by its extreme lightness suitable for probes, styles and tracheotomy tubes. "Handles are made of ebony, ivory, pearl or hard rubber. Ebony and rub ber are used foi large instruments, though these at times have handles of steel. Ivory makes a durable and beautiful handle, though it and ebony ure not entirely aseptic, because it is Impossible to boil them for the purpose of sterilization without their cracking Ivory and pearl are used" tor scalpels and for small instruments like those used in operating on the eye. On th-3 whole, the best material for handles is hard rubber, since it may be vttlcan Ized 011 the instrument, tints making it practically »!u- ,• -ce, with no possible seam for the lodging of germs and hence perfectly s.-a'e. "Next to the i'..- rials the mode oi making determines the instrument's quality. Steel overheated in the forge is brittle or rotten. In shaping with the file the form may be destroyed In hardening ami tempering the steel may be spoiled, lu every stage the value of the Instrument depends upon the skill applied.' —New York I'ost LOBK Slßlitnl. New Nurse—Hut why don't you want to take your bath. Johnny? Little Johnny—'Cause somebody said the good die young, and I don't want to take chances on being drowned. See?- Exchange Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of Its serrow; it empties tod-ay of its strength.—Mnclareu. Xilliolt-Olt'x To ill It. The windows in the (,'liapel of tLo Invalides iu Paris, where the great Napoleon Pes buried, are of a singu larly translucent amber glass. When the sun shines full upon them the rays are transmuted into gold, and they fall like a ladder of light upon the bronze s.uvophagus of the con queror until he seems glorified from the skies KILLED AT CENTRALIA Anthony Mc Andrews, a prominent man <4 Ceutralia, ami who has been conspicuous of late iu the Couynghain school squabbles, was killed yesterday about noo.i by a fall of coal iu the Midvalley colliery, No. 1, Couvngham towuship, Columbia county. McAuoiows was one of the best kuowu aud most skilled iniuersof that section. He was digging out a hole for a blast when the cm al overhead gave wa-s »L»«1 fell ou him. He was caught a i I buried under tons of coal. After a t i:ne the body was dug out lifeless aiyl badly mutilated. McAndi i\vs was a member of the Couyugh.i u school*board, and gaiued much not' riety through hisoppositiou to Prof. Kelly, the recently ousted principal. The bey who tills his mind with the thoughts of the great d >es a wise thing. Cures Woman's Weaknesses. We refer t ■ that boon t<> weak, nervous, suffering we;nen known as Dr. Pierces Favorite I r riptiou. Dr. .lolln I o one of the Editorial Staff of The Ecu ic Mi ik ai, Kkview says of Unicorn l it Jtioica) which is one of the chief ingredients of the "Fa vorite I®re ciption ": "A remcd : v. hich invariably acts as a uter ine Invinu t< i * * * makes for norma) ac— tlvity of ' ; :e -mire reproductive system." Be continu.-s ai Helonias v.e iiave a medica ment which more fully answers the abovu purposes thtiti any other' ib ttil with which I am acquainted. In the treatment of diseases pe culiar to women it is seldom that a case is seen which due> not present some indication for this remedial a (rent." Dr. Fyfe further says:"The following are among the leading for llelonias (L'nicorn root). Pain or aching in the back, wlih sleucorrho'a ; atonic (weak) conditit/iHof the reproductive organs of \omen. montlH depression and ir ritability. associated witi)chronic diseases of the reproductive organs of women; constant sensation </f heat in the region of the kid neys; men/rrhagla (flooding), due lo a weak ened coiyii'lcn of/the reproductive system: amenoi/Tjo y";v\i/ r or absent monthly or accompanying an abnoiaitfl condition of the digestive organs and ikwarnic (thin blood ) habit; dragging sensfilons in the extreme lower part of atxlofnen." .... If more or less of the above symptoms iMaag Pre?c7TP'~.TT:~ Vj'-/r-oI —L1 K-Admjr ingrkll entsoi win'clT is Unicorn root, or llelonias, and the medical properties of which it most faithfully represents. Of Golden Seal root, another prominent ingredient of "Favorite Prescription." Prof. Fitiley Ellingwood. M. D.. of Ben- I nett Medical College, Chicago, says; "It is an important remedy in disorders of | the womb. In all catarrhal conditions * * and general enfeeblement, it is useful." Prof. John M. Scudder, M. D., late of Cincinnati, says of Golden Seal root: "In relation to it'- general effects on the . thn< no mt'licinr in line about which . igsueh if i -ret I unanimity of wWm. It i-. (niu-< rsaUt) < -/aided a» the tonic useful in i all debilitated ates." prof. 11. Hartholow, M. 1).. of Jefferson Medical ('"l' '-'e. says of Golden Seal; 'Valuable in uterine hemorrhage, menor ; ii;: tood'nig) and congestive dysmenor • r» ':»p gainful menstmation). w tir. V v s Favoritp Proscription faith fiill . i presents all the above named in gr.dieuts and cures the diseases for which j tliev are recommended. Executrix Notice. Estate of Michael H. V'r\ lize, late of the J'orough of Danville, Montour county, deceased. All persous indebted to said estate are requested to piake immediate pay ment and tliose having legal claims ! against the same, w ill present them without delay in proper order for set \ tlenient to MRS. MARY JANE PERSING, Executrix. Danville, Pa.. Nov. Ist, 190fi. Administrator's Notice. Estate of Mary Crosslty hte of the Borough of Danville, in the county of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of Admistrat ion upon the aliove state have been granted to the undersigned. All persons indebted to the s«id estate are required t,o make payment, and those having claims or demands against the said estate, will make known the same., without delay, to, .T P. BARE Administrator » Mary Crossley deceased Edward S tyre (iearharf, Counsel. P. O. Address Danville Pa Administratrix's Notice. Estate of Franklin P. Appleman, late of Valley Township, Montour Coun ty, State of Pennsylvania, deceased. Letters of administration upon the above estate have been granted to the undersigned widow of decedent. All 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 same kuowu without delay, to MARY J. APPLEMAN, Administratrix. or to her atty. Chatles V. Anierman. Windsor Hotel Between I ",'th and ' .'ith Sts. ou Filbert St Philadelphia, Pa. Thret minutes walk fu m the Read ing Ter.i in 1. Five tninnt.es walk, from the Peniit. K. R. Depot. EUKOPI AN PLAN $1 00 i er day ami upwards. AMERICAN PLAN tft'2.oo per day. FRANK IV. SCHEIBLEY, Manager Rj.p.A-N-S Tabules ])i cJors find x o.( o<i prescription '"or Vankind. The ,Vr< m park«-l is enough forest* occasions The family bottle (60 cental contains a supply for a year. All dm gists.
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