Montour American.
C. ANGLE. Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Dec. 13, 1906.
LINCOLN FARM
A number of our citizens are being
enrolled as honorary members of the
Lincoln Farm association, a patriotic
organization iormed by American
citizens for the purpose of preserving
as a National Park tie farm on which
Abraham Lincoln was born.
On August 28, 190f>, the birth-place
of Lincoln—a farm of 110 acres iu the
blue grass region of Kentucky—was
put up at public auction to be sold for
taxes. All but one of the bidders rep
resented some business concern trying
to secure the property for advertising
purposes or private speculation
The farm was purchased by Robert
J. Collier aud is now in the hands of
an association of patriotic citizens.
There are wealthy men who would
gladly give all the money needed to
carry out this plan, but as Lincoln
wa« a man of the whole people it is
believed that this memorial should be
a work of the people. Upon contribut
ing any sum between 25 ceuts aud s2o
a person becomes an houorary member
of the Lincoln Farm Association and
will receive a handsomely engraved
certificate filled in with his name—
aud it is all the same whether he gives
25 cents or |35.
The matter of receiving subscrip
tions is left in the hands of I. X.
Grbr, Efq., and those who wish to
become members may enroll their
names at the First National Bank for
the present; later on the paper will be
placed at some other central point
The Lincoln farm plan is endorsed
by President Roosevelt and Grover
Cleveland. Mark Twaiu, who is one
of the board of Trustees, indulges in
this characteristic remark:
"The government is spending mil
lions every year on agricultural .col
leges aud model farms to teach the art
of raising more corn aud squashes. In
the present political, moral aud social
atmosphere of the American people
tnere is nothing in that line that can
compare with this little model farm
that raised a man."
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a -riy • . in n.i transac
to'ii ib i ibi i i liu'ly able to carry out any
ibKtf.'' J«tttt ra. ,- 1e t>v their rirui.
V r Tkii as. "Vholesalt'. Druggists, To led <
W AMJIKO, Kinn ' N.V M *rvin. Wholesale
liruvsvtHta.Toledo. Gbtu.
1 til's Catarrh Curt- !» Utken Internally,
tjtfoK directly a yon the lixid nm 1 tauccus
* irfaet*'Of th«* system. P'sslmoulais sent
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112). L. & W. CANNOT
FURNISH PIPE
The borough of Danville has been
notified that the D. L. & W. railroad
company, which promised to procure
the iron pipe needed for the eewer to
be laid under its track at Church
street, owing to the scarcity of the
exact size wanted, will he unable to
furnish the pipe without considerable
delay.
It is very desirable that the sewer
should be completed before winter sets
in aud rather than run the risk of be
ing held up with the work until too
late the borough has decided to pro
cure and pay for the pipe itself. Ac
cordingly an order has been placed
with the Danville Foundry aud Mach
ine company, which will iiave the pipe
ready to deliver by the last of next
week. The pipe, which will be twen
ty-four inches in diameter, will be
cast in three joints each about five feet
long.
By the time the pipe is finished Sup
erintendent P. J. Keefer will have
the excavation completed, which will
consist of a tunnel under the D. L. &
W. track. Beyond that point the full
completion of the job will be the mat
ter of only a few days' time.
STOLE WAGON AND
LOAD OF GOODS
Word was received from Lykens by
local officers yesterday morning that
a wholesale robbery had been com
mitted in that place Tuesday night,
aud that the supposed robbers were
last seen fleeing in this direction.
At about midnight several unknown
parties with an auger and bit manag
ed to break open a back window in T
A. Hensel's department store, the
largest establishment in that vicini y.
Once inside they ransacked the pla •=
of all the valuables it contained. They
filled a Dayton wagon wnich they had
outside with costly furs, jewelry, suit
cases and other articles to the value
of almost 112 HiOO.
Several residents of Lykens, return
ing home at a late hour, saw the men
driving rapidly out of town, but did
not recognize them. The Dayton wag
on, the bay horse and the stolen goods
are the only clues which the police
have with which to trace the robbers.
MOVING BACK
TO DANVILLE
Since the starting up of the Readiug
Iron works especially during the pres
ent week, there has been a steady in
flux of people into town, aud from
general appearances in a short time
there will not be an empty house.
It Is a well known fact that after
the shut down at the Reading iron
works a good many families moved
away. On Welsh Hill, especially, a
number of compauy houses were vac
ant and boarded up during the sum
mer. These are the dwellings that are
now mostly being occupied and mov
ings are of almost daily occurrence, i
Some of the families formerly lived
hete and are merely returning witn
the advent of better times. Others are
itraugers who have been attracod by
news of resumption and want to try
their fortus«a in a caw field
IS. KREBS !S
nous wd
That Mrs. Elizabeth Krebs, the
Northumberland woman who is under
S6OO bail to appear in this city at the
Jauuarv term of cjurt to answer to the
charge of shoplifting, is in a critical
condition sufferiug from a nervous
breakdown that borders on prostration,
is the statement of Mr. Frank Frolich,
a cousin of Mrs. Krebs, who was in
this city yesterday.
Mr. Frolich is from Geneva, New
York, and his trip to this city yester
day had to do with business connected
with the proceedings that have been
instituted against Mrs. Krebs and her
companion, Mrs. Laura Hair. During
his stay in Danville he made a call a
the this office. In conversation with
i one of the reporter he described Mrs
Krebs' condition as most pitiful. She
will hold conversation with no one and
spends most of her time alone brood
ing over the disgrace that lias come to
her. Any attempts to address her or to
console her only serve to induce fresh
outbursts of grief. Mr. Frolich stated
that her friends fear that in cue of the
attacks of melancholia. Mrs. Krebs
will take her own life.
Mr. Frolich attributed the misdo
ings of the two women to strong drink
and insisted the story to be true that
was told by Mrs. Krebs to a News re
porter at the jail, about taking the
proffered sip of brandy on the train be
tween here and Northumberland, and
this leading to more drinking, which so
beunmbed the women's sense of right
that the final fall from grace in this
city caine but as the natural and un
avoidable sequence
In regard to Mrs. Laura Harr, of
whom it was stated in the News sev
eral days ago, that she had disappeared
from Northumberland, Mr Frolich
said that it is true that she is not in
Northumberland nor yet. in Sunbury,
but that she is within easy distance
and can be called on short notice.
About Teachers' Resolutions.
The "Men and Matters About the
State"man on the Philadelphia In
quirer has the following interesting
remarks to make in connection with
the resolutions passed and the resolu
tion not passed by the Montour coun
ty institute in session in this city last
week:
Whatever people may think of the
resolutions adopted by the Montoui
county public school teachers in their
forty-first annual convention tliev will
at least be compelled to thins some
thing. The Montour teachers are not
down on their knees begging for pen
sions when their time of usefulness
has departed. They want salaries now,
s ilaries out of which they may save
enough to care for themselves when
they are old aud worn out, and there
is reason in their demand. In the
clipping which has been forwarded to
us there is, unfortunately, no mention
of which carried, the resolutions of
which we have spoken or the amend
ment indorsing Superintendent Schaef
fer's theory of a pension. What we
favor is an increase of the salaries of
teachers, independently of any pen
sion, and a proportionate increase in
their qualifications for their work.
Hie time has gone by when anybody
can reach the district school, no mat
ter where he boards.
The most important provision of the
peusiou law which it is proposed to
submit to the next legislature is that
to which tlio Montour county teachers
object. In order that the issue may be
fairly understood The Inquirer here
reprints the so-called "pensional pro
vision. "
All teachers, principals, supervisors
and superintendents who have taught
in the public schools for a period of
not less than thirty years, twenty of
which shall have been in the public
schools of Pennsylvania, may be retir
ed un an annuity equal to half the
average salary received during the five
years of employment immediately pre
ceding such retirement, and this an
nuity shall not be less than £2OO nor
more than st>oo in any one year.
As between the action taken by the
Montour teachers, who want their
money now, and the provision of the
act which the next legislature will be
asked to pass there is a sharp differ
ence. We say frankly that there are
arguments on bot'i sides. But which
do the teachers,the parties in immedi
ate inter -t. lavoi: ft is theirs to say.
It i to .. • regr» !De<t that the ; ;son
who >< it tlie clipping to the Inquirer
did not send the whole clippiug so
that the "Men and Masters About the
State"man could have enlightened
himself as to whet tier the resolution
or the amendment passed the institute.
Quito large and appreciative audi
ences are assembling each evening at
tiie Mahoning Presbyterian church,
, where evangelistic meetings are in
progress. Rev. Edward A. Louxof the
Presbyterian church of Berwick, who
is very popular with Danville audi
ences is the preacher this week. Rev.
Loux though a young man, is a force
ful preacher of the plain gosjiel. His
sermons have been very highy appreci
ated and lie has done much good.
Quito a number have already united
with the church. On account of the
approaching Christinas season the meet
in<s will close Fridty evening. The
sacrament of the Lord's Supper will
be observed in the church next Sab
bath morning, at which time the new
members will be received.
Preaching at Exchange.
On Sunday evening at 7 :3'> o'clock
Rev. Kohler, of Strawberry Ridge,
will preach in the Odd Fellows hall at
Exchange.
Moved to Johnson Farm.
Yesterday Adam Flickinger of Straw
berry Ridge, moved onto the Frank
Johnson farm, about a quarter of a
mile out from Strawberry Ridge.
While Mis. Tillie Handwork and
family were visiting a neighboring
farmer at Pleasant Corner, Lehigh
county, Johnny Fritzinger, an adopt
ed sou of Mrs. Handwork set fire to H \
straw stack just for fun. The flame»- j
spread to the barn,destroying it, with I
four horses, eight cows and a lot of'
pigs. Total loss, £O,OOO.
112 While They 1
Waited
By Virginia Leila Wentz
Copyright, IMAS, by C. H. SutclLfla
-• —-—A
He jumped out of the little country
rig, leaving It In the hands of a freckle
faced boy, aud rushed up to the ticket
office Just as his train was pulling out
from the station.
"Pshawl" he exclaimed irascibly, and
theu to the sleepy looking, contented
ticket agent, "When does the next
train leave for New York?"
"1 wo hours," replied that individual
laconically.
Maverick Oliver wasn't a man to cry
over spilled milk, lie sat himself
philosophically down In a shady recess
of the waiting room and extracted a
notebook. He would look over some
memoranda he had jot®nl down for his
solicited article for the Review and
then take a stroll along tho country
hedges. There seemed to be a ratber
attractive hit of woodland just beyond.
''How long must I wait for eouneo
tlon.s for Rosecliff?"
Something in the woman's voice, half
contralto, half alto, made the man with
the notebook suddenly start. He'd
been so en grossed ly conning his mem
oranda that lie had scaot-ely noticed
the incoming train, with all its attend
ant hustle. Now. however, a single
woman's voice made him start aud
caused the Review urticlo to be as far
from his thoughts as the military af
fairs of nations B. C.
The woman's back was turned to
ward Oliver, but he knew It was Elea
nor. Who else In all the world had
that queenly carriage, that soft slopo
of shoulder, that bewitching mass of
colled chestnut hair?
"For Rosecliff?" came the ticket
agent's monotonous voice as he caress
ed his wrinkled forehead with the
back of his hand. "A half hour,
ma'am Train's sixteen minutes late."
The woman turned impatiently away
from the window.
It was then they came face to face.
"You!" cried Oliver, springing up.
She stood there in the barren waiting
room, filling its emptiness with tho
richness of her charm. To the man's
hungry eyes sh<* was food of the most
satisfying as well as of the most deli
cate sort.
She did not hold out l.er hand. Never
theless she encountered him not in her
old imperious fashion, hut with a smile
Including 111 in in some mood too large
to be wholly personal.
"How you have changed. Eleanor!"
he cried Involuntarily.
"Are you, too, waiting for a train?"
she answered softly in return. "In
which direction do you go?"
"South—to New York." said Oliver.
"And you?"
"To Kosecliffe, fourteen miles east."
Oliver took her umbrella and tint
suit ease from her. and then they
walked slowly n;i and down the plat
form together, man and woman, in
stead of husband and wife, held apart
by some strfptre tiat they had both ac
cepted
In tin* fields, all around, the butter
cups were golden and tli ■ wild carrot
was in white, lacelike flower. Over
In tb® woods beyond some song birds,
waking from their summer siesta, were
beginning to warble. A group of trav
eling men was lounging <.n the railing
at the far end of the platform, ex
pectorating copiously to punctuate tho
points in their stories
Oliver dusted the platform steps at
the other end of the walk with his
handkerchief, and the woman sat se
renely down, her delicate profile out
lined against the < ieir blue of the sky
like some exquisite cameo. She had
always been beautiful, though. It
wasn't that which made the man ex
claim again irreprcssfbly:
"You've changed so. Eleanor!" It was
true. It was no mere fancy of his
Imaginative writer's eye that discov
ered new meanings in the face before
hlm. It had undergone a vague but
very gracious transformation.
"Chanced?" repeated she. with a
curious tenderness. "I've tried to
change—tried, do you understand?
Since last winter, when we agreed to
separate. I've been trying—so hard.
Maverick—to take control of my own
stunted nature, turn it where It
twists"—
"!>enr," broke in Oliver, with a bit
ter OUUIiiH.., w'b nwtr nnu iv u.u.ui
both, do you hear? And I'm afraid
you've been cleverer than I If you've
unsnarled things where they failed to
fit the pattern. I've not changed much,
I'm afraid."
Under her black lushes the woman
smiled at him with a reverence h«
might have translated (had he been
high plumedt as some loyal acquies
cence in his former state. What Oli
ver felt now, however, was curiosity In
his young wife, not in himself. So—
"Tell me," he burst forth, "what has
changed you so?"
She rolled up her absurd little hand
kerchief into a string and, throwing it
over lier Knee, pulled It unconsciously
by both ends, gazing steadfastly into
the blue distance above Oliver's head.
"1 don't know whether I ought to
tell you." she began.
Oliver recalled that delicious little
habit she used to have of tempting the
fates shyly, of hesitating when she
meant to be right down outrageous.
"Of course you ought." he urged.
"You always do in the end, you know,
nnd it will save time." T'nder her
playfulness he had allowed himself to
grow light hearted.
"Well, then" she began, but her
voice ir.iiicd off vaguely. Her cheeks
took on a pinker bloom; she forgot the
handkerchief and tlni-died her thesght
with a mature dignity that became h«
like the armor of her sex.
"•»ur little boy. Maverick our Hide
I ny hi - changed me."
"Ah! Our boy" Oliver broke off
abruptly, for something had suddenly
chnciic.l him by Hie throat.
The v. mar hastily brushed her tears
aw.i, :id went on practically:
i:' I be proud of him, Maverick—
ich strong, agile limits and he hits
the will of a litlle savage."
"Let in** see," Oliver said brusquely,
stooping over the platform's edge and
plucking a buttercup stalk that had
imbillously gr >w n up from the gravel
"He must be eleven months now."
"Yes. He was live when—when you
last saw him." She kept her eyes de
liberately li vd upon the high railroad
trestles hi the blue distance. "Do you
know, he's been such a help to me.
I've told him all the things I wanted
to tell you -told hlm that his mother
had been a viin. silly, girlish tyrant
wh », coming Iraight from the convent,
want m 1 to have everything this world
had to give money, fame, position—
ail those things that are bought in the
mark t place and had wanted to buy
thorn with li> f>ii<- ' ■ • nr"
Ovc!" t'.H* t : tic: «)! tllf
incoming tx.; li s V'jere were
the nauc.l byjtla «uiJ 1 . ad
112 fro OD the platform, seizing of hand
; bags, carting of truubs. and so on.
Whatever swift, mutual, soul revela
tions Oliver and his wife bad been on
the point of making dissolved Into
nothingness. Jarred by the prosaic com
motion of traffic. if was a pity, too,
for with Eleanor's last words her face
had melted into a pliant sweetness,
her exquisite mouth had taken on sud
don quivering llttlo curves. She had
seemed about to say, "Ambition, self
-1 ishness, the cruelty of pride—all these
things have gone. Maverick."
; She didn't say that, however. In
stead she rose from the wooden step
j which her husband had dusted "or her.
j "I'm glad you found me chang she
said merely. Something it. th man's
j honest soul overflooded.
"I, too—T. too. Eleanor, will change!"
cried be.
i "Ah, you've no need to," answered
I she, meeting honesty w '• honesty,
j "You've been growing like the trees
' yonder"—she nodded in the direction
|of the wooalaud—"for years, straight
and strong. I had to be pruned. I
had"—
Tbe train's screeching whistle dead
! ened her words. It came rushing in
' and stopped. Oliver still held Eleanor's
i tiny suit eari-e and umbrella in his
j hand. There was a mfused sound of
j greeting to the passengers who had
alighted an<£ the clamor of hotel run
ners and bus drivers.
"Now, tl»cn, step lively!" cried the
brakeman as the last much bundled
old woman descended, allowing the
impatient, traveling men to climb
aboard. Oliver and his wife were the
last of the crowd.
He helped her aboard, found her
chair for her in the parlor car. then
turned miserably to meet her eyes.
"All aboard!" came the strident
voice of the conductor. The train be
gan to move almost imperceptibly.
"Goodly!" orie.l Oliver, battling with
Rtronc emotion, but conscious of the
Increasing movement of the train.
Then ai he bent over her seat (h«
woman h\i<l a trembling hand on his
arm, arid In :• eyes were brimming with
slow tears.
"Good'jj, Maverick"; Don't you want
1o so with me to our beby?"
"Good heavens! K Tea nor, do I want
to?"
Some lonely passengers at ihe other
end of the oar wondered what bad sud
denly illumined the man's handsome
face with that electric thrill of Joy.
Then the telegraph poles began to
whiz by. Oliver had forgotten New
York.
V Surfeit of Orator}*.
One of the mistaken theories is that
a "public speaker" is necessary to the
success of any public affair. This the
ory bad its rise at a time when oratory
was a fad. Orators were cultivated,
find they were supposed to take hu
man passions in their hands and toy
with tiietn. In this practical age pub
lic speakers are ft bore, and nobody
cares anything about them. People
prattler to le entertained and not lec
tured. Bui. this theory having been
established t'>;t a "public speaker" is
important to a picnic, an orator is
hauled out and set loose on a few old
gentlemen with canes and a few moth
ers who must occupy the benches In
taking care of the children.—Sabetha
Herald.
Shot <lll \iiifi-l.
Now and again we hear of strange
and rare birds being shot in England,
hut how* n;a>-y sport-men except Mr.
Wells' c|«'rivyman can claim to have
t hot an angel'; One such man exists,
though it is doubtful whether he is
proud of his skill. It was nighttime,
and hew: • pa.- -dng <.'rayford parish
churchyard w Itli his gun over his shoul
der when tie saw what he took for a
ghost. Ue leveled his piece and tired,
Iml his aim was wild. He had failed
to win;: his quarry Investigation
showed that the ghost was a sculp
tured ang"i <>n a tomb, and he had
shot off one of its toes!— London Chron
icle.
iliKlt rinauce.
"Say." began Burroughs, "lend me a
five, will you?"
"S'-e bet"." replied Markle.i "If
you'd only mvp your own money you
wouldn't he v e to borrow from your
friends."
"But by borrowing from my friends
I do saw my own money." —Catholic
Standard rind Times.
IVrfu in#**.
Perfumes exercise a peculiar influ
ence over one's nervous system. A
faint, snbriie odor is nearly always en
ervating. while a pungent, rich per
fume oTteu has a bracing effect. Civet
Induces drowsiness, a faint breath of
musk hivlgoratjes and the perfume of
the aloe and the citron is positively
soothing aud comforting. The delicate,
spicy others of pinks, carnations, apple
blossoms srjul sweet brier are thought
to be beneficial.
Involution.
j Summer resorts go through three
i stages.
First. People go tlnire to enjoy thein
' selves.
! Second. People there to divert
| themselves.
Third.- l'» >pl" go there to flaunt
themselves Then thetplace is fashion
able.—l.ife,.
A BoLd Step.
To overcome the well-grounded and
reasonable objections of the more intel
ligent. to the uto of secret, medicinal com
pounds, I»r. 11. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N.
Y., some time :»00, decided to make a bold
departure from the usual course pursued
by the makers o»f put-up medicines- for do
mestic use, ar4, so has published broad
cast and o/»mTy to the whole world, a full
and compete lii-t ol all tho Ingredients
entering inW-the composition of his widely
celebrated Thus he has taken
his numerals twtroris and patients jnto
his full Thus too he has re
move<ymis,«i<:dii:ines from among secret
nostr/ra<(>f dowbtful merits, and made
I thembftcmccftfis of Krwu it CompoMUm.
Uit'.-Gbfait,
Nc>t ynty does urn wrapper of every bottle
of l>fc Pierce's. tioaden Medical Discovery, the
faniinas taedirlne for weak stomach, furptd
liver or Wlionsnesw and all catarrhal diseases
win wver located, have printed upon it. in
*>!(!(?♦ &nnlt*h. a fajl arid complete list of all
| tin Ingredients composing it, but a smalt
IkioV has l>«n compiled from numerous
standard nn'(j;.< al works, of all the difl'erent
schools of tiJ-a'alce. coutaltiijitr very numer
ous extracts from the writing# of leading
practitioners of medicine, endorsing tn the
rtro)iyr*t pocsiMt ttrmt, each ajid every ingre
dient contained in I>r. Pleml medicines
One of ttoeso lit tbooks will be Dialled free
to uny one wndinir address on postal card or
by letter, to l)r. H. V. Pierce. Tiuflalo, N. Y.,
I and requesting the »ajne. 112 rom this little
book it will ba loarneil that Dr. I'lerce'p med
icines contain no alcohol, narcotics, mineral
agents or other poitonuu* or injurious agents
and that. th«> aro made from native, medici
nal roots of great value: also that gome of
tii** most valuable hitjedienti contained In
in. Pierce's Favorite PrcscrlDtlon for weak,
nervous. ovar-worJced, "ruii-aown," nervous
and debilitated women, were employed, long
years ago. by the Indians for similar ailment j
affeotinK their soaaws. In fact, one of the
most valuable medicinal entering into
tbe composition of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription was known to the Indians as
"Squaw-Wced." Our knowledge of the uses
of not a few of our mo«t valuable native, me
dicinal plants was gained from the Indians.
As made up by Improved aud exact pro
cesses, the " Kavorlto Prescription"ls a most
efilcient remedy for rvgulatl&g all the wom
anly functions, correcting displacements, as
prolapsus, anteversion and retorverslon.
overcoming painful period*, toning up the
perves and bringing about a perfect stats of
IcalOt. sold by hU fiestas la rr soiuLaus
D 0
High Art and
Hairpins
By IZOLA FORRESTER
Copynnii,, n> Uu'uj Douglas j
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"Air. Asqiiitli is out by himself yet," j
snld the tailor wii■> bad his shop on the i
ground floor ol Washington square,
lie held the door half op -n. and lleiene
paused with one loot on the narrow
flight of stairs lending to the studio.
Bhe was frankly disappointed to have
come so far for nothing. She hesitat
ed, glanein- back doubtfully at the
waiting cab.
"Did he say when he would be
back'.'"
"lie not ever say when," answered
the tailor positively, with sweeping
Hungarian assertion "Uo goes, then
be comes again, ihe door is open."
"Then I thin" thv.t 1 shall wait."
Helene smiled with sudden pleasure.
"I am sure he will come soon. He
must have expected me and left the
door open."
"Sure he must." agreed the tailor
cordially, ii was entirely probable. If
there had been the slightest chance of
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tttc descent <•!' su< ii a radiant young
-a 1.-,s us this he had uo doubt but
i.vi. ! ,\i.i*. ,\- ju Ji lived iu a state of
j >e. ;>e ,i.,l ,si ec.uncy.
li' • !•• e c'tiekly upstairs. At tha
t-ec inl ti ;hi tiiere was no lauding.
Tlie t i). s,, :i ( -!L'!e<t abruptly at a door,
tni'l tin- 1 ,;g sloped iu an angle to
nifi't tiie ii o;' the door. She lifted
tlie o r-tslr tsed latch aud looked iu.
her 1. - ' In-.,ting faster The studio
wu-i *»JH 1»t \.
i"o. . instant she hesitated. She
Uad never l<e.- , in bis studio. It seem
ed Hive mi . rusion into some intimate,
pers : ~ . • I'l liis; life In which she,
with ' M ive for her, had no share.
But . • -e of that .erj privacy siio
wan ■' i ■ ■ rude. Site wanted to see
bow he it ■•!. here in h's own little den
where in- <i •• l li s work, tho work that
was to \>in him lame and fortune be
fore the 'v jrtd. the where he
dreamed h - dienms of the future In
which he iiad so great e sh:v.e.
S!i" jiushe-l the door farther open,
ilftc ! i.o:* 'ft light skirt of silk higher
fron. Hit; dusty stair and went luto tlie
studio, closing T he door after her.
It was a !"<!' ceiled attic, the nearest
approach to :i Parisian atelier that As
quith coidd find in New York. There
was a sk.v : ii;ht in tlie high peaked roof,
and w-M". Ie ivy cross beams visible to
tbe msked *je marked tlie eaves line.
There v.*: s no burlap on the walls, no
Turkish rtj.'s m the floor, no Dutch
shelves nor *t :n«. not e\en ;t taboret
or samovar, it was simply a work
shop. A huge black walnut eauel stood
crosswise, facing the north ligbt. Be
fore It stood a eusii bottomed chair and
a low table littered with brushes, paint
tube 1 ; and half mixed colors. A dingy,
well daubed blouse lay over the back
of the chair and a pipe half smoked
rested on Ihe eisel ledge Helene saw
It all at on. gfcim e and laughed joyous
ly, lre,uulousi\ She had never felt her
self so near I<> him as now. What a
boy be was, after all, nnd how funny
he must look In that old blouse. She
sat down in the rush bottomed chair
and leaned her head back against the
sleeve of the blouse.
The walls were hare except for half
finished charcoal and pen and Ink stud
lira, Willi ucio nuu I*irrc u rr a ici «'oiuj ■
The black aud white studies were
strange to lier. but the landscapes all
bore the same strangling signature,
Hugh Asquith.
That was ail. Not a single Venus, not
a cast of anything In sight. Asquith
was strictly a landscape artist and did
not paint the figure. Vaguely she had
been pierced that he did not. Of course
if one were devoted to art and musl
paint the t.-_'ure. then one must have
models, an i models must necessarily
be beauilful. and
Itight Ihe'.e lleleue's logic ended, but
it was sutii cut. She was glad that
Asquith was a landscape artist aud did
r.ot require 'iiy model ■■ ve old Mother
Nature.
She <lt - "iT her long mousquetalre
gloves with a sigh of content. On the
third finder of bet left hand sparkled
a diamond. It bad been there over a
month now With a sudden impulse as
the gloves "' lie ' :■ the floor she press
«! tie ri.i; ga'.tft l.er Itjj•* If stood
for sft.ntt: *!i tro:'-- lb i". " mere engaijj
otcnt Tl.e.t had •:i • • .n other <t
Ion!* time, two seasons, and she had
met hitti every wint> r at dinners and
swell dauces. But thl» summer it had
been different. Asquith bald it was
fate, lleleue thought ii the most deli
ci!>t:- ; it or :;in :tvoring love hail ever
tmuuis- i
Ti.-. 1 tie* family had gjne to
Adiiiinistrator's Notice.
Estate of Mary Crosaley 1 »te ot the
Borough of Danville, in the county of
Montour and State of Pennsylvania
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
Admistration npon tb» - above state have
been grant-d to the undersigned. All
per "ons indebted t > tbe sml estate are
rnjuin-fl t'> make payinent. and those
having claims or demands airaiust the
said estate, will make known the same,
without delav, to,
.1 I'. BARE
AdmiiPstrator
\| a iv Crossley
deceased,
Edward S -vre <»esthart.
Counsel.
P O. Address
Danville Pa
| Europe, nelene naci nesiuuea. o
I tween nii automobile tour of Brittany
i onO tho Itnlti«• coast and n quiet sum
! mer witli her married cousin at Larch- j
; mont she had chosen Larehmont. As- i
! qultli was a member of the yacht club
at Larehmont. Every morning from
the broad veranda at Bay view cottage
| site could see him out on the rocks,
: sketching before sunrise,
i They were splendid rocks, huge,
\ gaunt and i?ray; they rose raggedly
' from the water at low tide, like the
| bodies of some submerged sea iaon
! sters. (ine could walk to them easily,
stepping over little pools left by the
tide and stray strands of seaweed, and
j one morning lleleue walked to them,
I slim and sweet and fresh as the dawn
| In her white dress and white low
, shoes, it was the shoes that did it.
When Asquith turned at her call for !
help he found her standing In one of |
the pools, and the white shoes were J
1 ruined
lleleue glanced up at the wall. A j
little water color hung near her, some 1
gray rocks in a rose tinted sea, with a j
bit of sait marsh in the foreground, i
She smiled at it happily. They had |
' sat up there together that morning, and i
I she had taken oil her shoes and stock- '
lugs—tlie precious ruined shoes and |
stockings—and that had been all.
And Asqulth had said it was fate. j
.She laughed again. He was such a
boy, after all She stopped to pick up
her gloves and stopped short to look
i at something lying on the floor at her
i feet. It was merely a hairpin. She
j picked it up and looked at it curiously.
Her own hairpins were brown tortoise
shell ones to match her hair. This one
was gold, a small, insidious gold wire
affair, very cheap and very dainty.
The laugh was gone from her Hps.
in its place was a look of wonderment, ■
iof almost fear. There had been a wo- I
' man in Hugh's studio, a woman with j
blond hair, who wore gold wire hair- j
pins, who dropped gold wire lalrplns
around promiscuously. And Hugh had
told her he never painted the figure,
i More than that, he had told her that
: no one knew of his den In the attic ex
cept herself and a few close friends.
He had no patrons, no buyers of plc
-1 tures, because as yet he had never sold
any. All of his relatives were in Eu
rope too. If the hairpin did not belong
to a model, whom did it belong to?
With a sudden fierce impulse, she
threw the hairpin away from her. It
I fell with a tiny clink against the wall.
Almost instantly she had repented. 1
After all, it was purely a personal
affair with Hugh, in which she had
no part. He had not expected her to
visit his studio. fihe had no right to
resent another element of femininity
which she had found there. Even If
he did have models It was probably
necessary. All artists had to study
from life sooner or later. But was It
necessary that they should have hair
that matched gold hairpins'?
She arose and crossed the room to
where the hairpin had fallen. For a
moment she held if In her hand irreso
lute. Then slowly she laid it on his
table, and beside it she left the uew
solitaire ring. It would be enough. She
knew that he would understand. As
she turned to the door her eyes tilled
with a sudden rush of blinding tears,
and as she felt for the latch it lifted
and the door opened.
It was not Asquith. On the landing
outside stood a girl, plump, rosy cheek
ed and red haired, holding up her
skirts in one hand and a pail of scrub
| water In the other.
"Oh, I thought Mr. Asquith was
home," she said apologetically. "I Just
cleaned up his [dace, ma'am, and I
guess 1 lost one of my hairpins, it's a
little wire one, but I need it to keep my
pug up tight."
"I laid it on the table," said lleleue
I gently. The girl set the pail down on
! the stairs and secured the h.iirpln, fas
: toning up her tumbling red cm-is -.nth
it deftly.
"Thank you, ma'am." she called as
! she went downstairs, and Helen? went
back to the table and slipped the ring
in Its old place Just as Asquith came
up the stairs.
BIRTH OF A HYMN.
Vtor> of Ihe O rite 111 ol '-In the
By mill By."
j A song of national circulation. "11l
the Sweet l'v and By," written by S.
Fillmore Bennett of Eikhorn. Wis., had
its birth in a country store. Mr. Ben
nett told the story, which is given in
"Wisconsin In Three Centuries," as fol
lows:
It was about time ior closing busi
ness in the evening when J. I'. Web
ster, whose melodies have made Wis
consin famous, came into the store,
feeling somewhat depressed.
I said to Webster, "What is the mat
ter now?"
lie replied, "It is no matter; It will
be all right by and by."
The idea of the hymn came to me
like a flash of sunshine, aud I replied:
"The sweet t>y aud by. would
not that make a good hymn?"
"Maybe it would,'* he said indiffer
ently.
I then turned to my desk and penned
the bviun as fast as I could write. 1
handed it to Mr. Webster. As he read
1 it his eyes kindled and his whole de
' meauor c hanged. Stepping to the desk,
j lie began writing the notes instantly.
In a few moments he requested Mr.
Bright to hand him his violin, and he
' played with little hesitation the beau
' tiful melody from the notes. A few
' U'oments later he had jotted down the
notes for the different parts and the
chorus.
1 do not think ii was more than thir
j ty liii. ulcs from the time I took my
pencil 1o writ-- the words before the
' hymn an the notes had all been com
1 plet I aud • ■ r of us were singing It
oxa« ; 1 ' pes red in the Signet
' King a few (lavs later and as It has
been v.in'.* ' /I I o. or ever since.
"Did 1 beat y«»!i say. old i-liap, that
marriage In-. - made a uew man of
you V"
"That's right."
"Then that wipes out that ten I owt
you. Now lend me five, will yon?"-
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IN ARMOR TIMES.
fit r«* ii kI I* »r U«r llornen In
Ihe DUVN of Henry VIII.
The sizi of the Knglisli war horse
rwu iu'il its maximum in the reign of
llenr.v VIII.. when tlx' relations of
body armor to "hand guns" were anal
ogous In those of rli«* early ship armor
and cannon. There was good reason to
believe. says the London Spectator,
that hy adding a little to the thickness
of the coat of steel the soft, low ve
locity bullet of the day could be
kept out. So it was for a time. Hut
the additional weight required a still
larger h >rs<> to carry it. The charger
had to I:■ armored as well as liis rider,
and the collection in the Tower of Lou
don shows the actual weight which it
••arrie ! The panoply of Charles Bran
don. r>n.:e of SufTiliv. the brother-in
law of lic:iry VIII.. stiil exists. That
of the horse covers the whole of the
hind <i". :rt"i's the back <>f the neck,
forehead. n.'i;:.-:'Je. ears, shoulders and
chest. It is exact!;" like a piece of
boiler plating and 1.. ' • !by rivets.
The rider -at in a s.nhlle, the front
of which m a steel shield ten inches
ldg' l . <■,-. •■■ ■■■■■ li e stomach and tVlghs
i's th ■ .1!;" on an ironclad's
deck cove's the base of the turret. The
total weight is eighty pounds tifteen
ounce- To t'ii add the weight of the
rltier's rnmr. ninety-nine pounds nine
oui:. es. and < 112 the rider himself, say
sixte'ii i n.- pounds), and the to
-111 ! iv tty eight stone twelve pounds
c-'tri; t «»t;> ccs, or PW pounds 8 ounces,
i'his > 0 i < out Holiinshend's statement
that i; 1 i''e biy- «»f Henry VilL, "who
•■recteil :■ r. •' !e stmiderie for breeding
horses, e i> • ■ lt\ the area test sort,"
such .is w<- :-pf for burden, those anl
tnals wuii'a ' mi* f"ur hundredweight
•onuii'.uly.
In Year*.
S'liMli \Yb <li -'i was courting
that j Jung -A l low a couple of years
ago he «lo»i'..ed lie couldn't I:-e with
out her. Joii.-s ,\n<! did lie marry her?
Smith —Yes An.) no • he is living to
get a divorc on the gr-umds that It's
Impossible t> l! .ve h iter. Exchange.
A SulS HooT,.
Customer »r 'sifatliurly* i suppose—
or—you liaT ■ -■>' e er- v"'able books
f..r a man v 11? i" be married?
Bookseller- • i!y. - I fere. Johu.
show Ill's i- . ri so:ve of out ac
count books ""V -'t *e
MASTER'S SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE!
In Equity.
By virtue of an Order of the Corrt
of Common Pleas of >'• :t!< ;;i Comity
granted to him i'r.r such purpose, the
undersigned will expose t< public sale
upon tiie premises situate in tiie Fir.-t
Ward of the R'iroogh of Oaiiville,
County of Montour and -tat" t Penn
sylvania, on
Saturday, Dec. 2<>tb. iqo6
at two o'clock in the aft; raon: c.f rite
said day, the following desciibed real
estate, to wit:
All those two certain town lots of
land situate in the First Ward of the
Borough of Danville, County of Mon
tour and State of Pennsylvania.bound
ed and described as follows, viz :
THF FIRST THEREOF, —Fronting
thirty and five tenths feet on Watoi
street on the South, two hundred and
thirty two feet on alley on the Fast,
twenty seven and nine tenths feet on
alley on the North and two hundred
and forty feet 011 lot of land hereinaf
ter described on the West, being Lot
Number two in plan of lots laid out by
A. G. Voris.
THE SECOND THEREOF—Fronting
011 Water street on the South.lot Num
ber four of Lewis Byefly on the West,
an alley on the North and lot Number
two hereinbefore described on tl -j
East, containing in front thirty and
live tenths feet on Water street, two
hundred and forty-eight l'eet on Lot
Number four of Lewis Byerly, twenty
seven aud nine tenths feet on allev and
two hundred and forty eight feet on
Lot Number two above described, be
ing Lot Number three in plau of lots
laid «ut by A G. Voris, and where
upon are erected a
Two-Story Brick Dwelling House,
and other out buildings, with the ap
purtenances. To be sold at the suit ol'
Paul M. Smith vs. Daniel Smith et al.
TERMS OF SALE:—Twenty five
per cent, of the purchase money shall
be paid in cash upon the striking
down of the property, aud the balance
thereof shall be paid on the confirma
ion of the said. Deed to be delivered
to tiie purchaser or purchasers thereof
upon confirmation absolute of the sale
and the payment of tiie balance of tiie
purchase money, and the cost of writ
ing deed shall be paid by the purchas
er or purchasers.
WILLIAM L. SIPLER, Master.
MICHAEL BRECKBILL, Auctioneer.
SEALED PROPOSAL
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
HAIIRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 24th.
Sealed proposals will be received by
the St: t • Highway Department of
Pennsylvania, uuder the Act approved
M;»v Ist, 190:1, for the construction of
2,01 a l'eet of road, extending from the
intersection of Centre aud Mill streets,
along Mill street to tiie Mahoning
Township Line, 1,200 feet of which is
to be paved with brick, in Danville
Borough, in the county of Montour.
Plans and specifications cnu bo seen at
the office of the county commissioners,
Danville, l'a., and at the office of the
State Highway Department, Harris
burg. Pa Bidding blanks will be fur
nished by the State Highway Depart
ment upon request. Bids must be en
dorsed "PROPOSALS FOR RECON
ST RUCTION OF ROAD IN DAN
VILLE BOROUGH, MONTOUR
COUNTY," and received at the office
of tiie State Highway Department not
later than December 19th , 11MW
JOSEPH W. HUNTER,
State Highway Commissioner
The Stores Look Pretty.
Most of the stores have taken on a
festive air that indicates that the holi
days are here. Many attractive win
dow have been arranged and are
catching the eyes of the older people
as well as th children. Most of the
stores will remain opeu longer in the
evenings fr mi now on until after
Christmas to accommodate the holiday
rush.
Rebecca Anderson, of West Vincent
township, Chester count}', who died
011 Wednesd tv, aged 91 years, has left
au of ;.bout $125,000, nearlv all
of witich is to be devoted to charities.
Orphans Court Sale
REAL ESTATE!
ESTATE OF MARY LOCKHOuF.
DECEASED.
By \irtue of an order of the Or
phan's (out ;or Montour County grant
ed to him for such purpose,the under
signed Exec ti r of the last will and
testament oi tie said decedent will
expose to public sale (freed and dis
charged fri in all 1 ens and encuui
brauces wha .a rv< r) upon the premises
situate in t'. ■ I'owuship of Derrv, in
tiie County I Montour and State of
Pennsylvan 1. <ll
at ten o'cJo. •. n the l'oreuoon of the
said day, t! e following described real
estate of th" said decedent, to wit:
All of thai certain messuage or tene
ment aud tract of land situate in tiie
Township <>t I), rrv, in the County of
Montour ai • ate of Pennsylvania,
bounded an 1 >:oscribed as follows:
Beginning : a post in line of land of
John Mori i in , thence by lands of
Johu Blee, south seventy-three
degrees east twenty-eight and a half
perches, ea>' s xtcen and a half per
ches south t lit r v-six degrees east sixty
aud seven truth perches, south sixty
eight and a 1 ! degiees west forty
! seven percln .-.oath twenty five and a
half degrees ;,-t eighty-seven perches,
J thence by la of John W. Gonuigal
north sixty c gl.t degrees east forty
(aud a half j 1 • os, thence by lands of
1 vVilliam Sci.'i'i/. north eighteen and
| one-fourth degrees uoriii forty-eight
| perches, no>.!; -ixty-nine degrees east
five and seven-tenth perches, north
twenty-one .agrees west thirty nine
j perches, uor.h tifty-three degrees east
' nine and eij!u tenth perches, north
j six and a I.«If degrees west thirty
eight ; .r-r, •,north forty degrees west
seven'een ; < rches, north sixteen and a
half dean west ten perches, north
. thirty-one grees east eighty perches,
aud by land.- of Peter Schultz north
fortv-thive nd a half degrees west
seventy-ore perches, and by lands of
Philip Si-.!.ultz south forty-fiv deegrees
! west sixty-f uir perches, north forty
-1 four degree west nine and eight tenth
perelies, ai d by lands of John Mor
ri.-; n eleven aud one-fourth degrees
'w• -1 ninety four perches to the place
of beginning, with the appurtenances,
(containing ninety-three acres and
! sixty-eight perches, and whereupon
i are erected .1
j 2-STORY F 'AHE DWELLIM6 BOOSE
I:» fiame Bai l, and other usual farm
I buildings.
Py 11 spec tl order of the aforesaid
I Court the s: id premises with the ap
j puitenanut >s will be sold freed and
[discharged from all liens and encum
brances whatsoever.
TERMS OF SALE: —Twenty-five
per cent of the purchase money shall
be paid in cash upon the striking down
of the propf rty.and the balance there
of shall be paid 011 the confirmation
absolute of rhe said sale. Deed to be
delivered to the purchaser or purchas
ers thereof upon such confirmation ab
solute of the sale aud the payment of
tiie balance of the said purchase money
and the cost of writing such deed shall
be paid by Mich purchaser or purchas
ers.
WILLIAM HOUSER,
Executor of the last will and testa
ment of Mary Lockhoof. deceased.
J EDWARD SAYRE GEARHART,
Counsel.
Nov. 27th, I9OH.
Executrix Notice.
Estate of Michael H. Waliize, late of
the Borough of Danville, Montour
county, deceased.
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate pay
ment and those having legal claims
against the same* will present them
without delay in proper order for set
tlement to
MRS. MAP.Y JANE PERSING,
Executrix.
Danville, Pa., Nov. Ist. 1906.
Windsor Hotel
Between 12th and 13th Sts. on Filbert St
Philadelphia, Pa.
Three minutes walk from the Read
ing Terminal. Five minutes walk from
the Penna. R R. Depot.
FLH OPE AN PLAN
SI.OO per day and upwards.
AMERICAN PLAN
■?2.00 per day.
K-I-P- A-N-S Tabules
Doctors find
\ grcvl prescription
For Mankind.
The 1 cent packet is enough for usua
occasions The family bottle ((it) cents
i contain* a l" 1? for a year. All dm