Montour American. G. ANGLE. Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Dec. 20. 1006. There is a Santa Claus. There are a certain class of people, who from lack of sentiment or pure meauness attempt to disabuse the minds of children of the old aud beautiful idea of a Santa Claus. No doubt there will be anxious inquiries this week, by troubled boys aud girls of tender age, whether the dear old saint sacredly dear to millions on mil lions of children, is only a myth. We do not know a better answer to the question, thau that given by the edit or of the Now York Sun, the late Charles Daua, a number of years ago: Virginia is a child who is greatly disturbed on being told there is no Santa Claus, whereupnu she writes to her editor friend, as follows : "Dear Mr. Editor:—My friends toll me there is no Santa Claus. Papa said I could write to yon. Will you please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus? - ' Tha appeal Is promptly met: "Virginia:—Your friends are wrong They are troubled with the unbelief of a skeptical age. They do not believe what they canuot see, aud think noth ing cau exist which they do not un derstand. All human minds are as nothing compared to the One Great Intelligence capable of graspiug all there is of boundless truth and knowl edge throughout this vast universe. "Yes, Virgina, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as surely as love and generosity and devotiou exist,and you know that these do abound and give to your life its highest grace and hap piness. "Alas! how dreary would bo this world without a Santa Clans. "It would be to have no Virginia, no child faith and no pleasure except In sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the earth would turn to darkness. Not believe in Santa Claus? You might as well not believe in sunshine and honey. Suppose no one sees or hears Santa Claus on his wondrous way through The kingdom of love. That is no proof that there is no such being. "The most real things in the world are those we cannot see. You can fear apart the baby's rattle and find what makes the noise, but the matchless love back of the gift aud invisible to the eye would defy the united strength of all men to des roy it. "Only sweet faith, hope aud good ness can sweep aside that, veil aud dis close the supernal glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virgiuia, in all this world there is nothing so real and abiding. No Santa Claus? Thank God, he lives, and lives forever! "A thousand years from now, nay, ten times ten thousand years hence, will Santa Claus continue to make jubilant the heart of mankind,increas ingly." The above response is a message to all classes, and is both tender and beautiful and the sentiment worthy of consideration by thoughtful minds. As well attempt to blot the shining sun from the heavens as to explain away the children's lover of the ages. Let men and women come to under stand that Santa Claus represents the infinite spirit of love, wherein we learn "it is more blessed to give than to receive," aud also learn that this blissful heritage of Christmas joy aids the brotherhood of man in universal harmony. Truth is becoming con sciously truer. Bethlehem's Btar is the star of the centuries and shines on undimed and resplendent. Bethlehem's angels still chant in exquisite strains of peace aud good will. Bethlehem's Babe increases in blessing, wisdom.oower and might, and the era hastens when the Prince of Peace,whose right it is, shall reign forever and forever. Defenders of Santa Claus. It is refreshing to find the sturdy youngsters of an lowa town determin ed to stand up for their ancient friend —Santa Claus— and to forego the oth er pleasures of the Christmastide en tertainment if the old-time master of the revels is not permitted to particip ate. The children of the lowa Sunday school in question, voted to strike aud to take no part or attend an entertain ment on Christinas eve unless Santa Claus was the chier performer, with the same stuuts as last year. Aud who of the older folks, who used to attend the Sabbath school of not so many years ago, before we got new fangled ideas about the distribu tion of gifts at the schools, when oc cupying a prominent seat on the front row, can forget the jingle of sleigh bells behind the scenes. The beloved pastor, who was addressing the Sab bath school members at the time,stop lied in the middle of a word to ex claim:" My goodness! That must be Santa Claus with his reindeer team." And a moment later, stamping the snow off his boots and shaking it from his head in floury clouds, with a huge pack slung over his shoulder and a bundle of toys strapped round his neck, good old Deacou Smith stumbl ed upon the improvised stage. Every body knew it was Deacon Smith run - away. He wore the same funny clothes he did the Christmas before, and the same whiskers,only singed a bit where they had collided with the candles ou the tree; And those same old familiar Jokes, the annual exchange of repartee between the beloved pastor and Sanfn Claus which the children had learned to look for, never omitting to latfgh in the right place whether they saw the point or not—how they stick in the memory of the old-timer who was a bov in the glorious days before any body tried to make little old men aud women out of the voungsters. A few decades ago if anybody had suggested excluding Santa Claus from the Christ mas festival a commission would have been appointed to iuquire iuto his sanity, or at the very least he would have been warned by kind friends nev er to make such a bad break again. A Christmas entertainment without Santa Claus would have been worso than a turkeyless Thanksgiving or a noiseless Fourth of July Grant Miller, the five-year-old son of Mr. aud Mrs, William Miller, of Lewisburg, fell against the kitchen stove on Saturday morning, while play ing. His clothing caught lire aud be fore the flanieß could be extinguished the child wa« badly burned about th« back and arm THIRVES BUSY ON HON DAY NIGHT [Continued from First J Leaving Mr. Miller's residenco the robbers next visited the premises ad joining occupied by S. C. Phillips. Here they were evidently frightened away, as Tuesday morning a black overcoat <>t' good quality and in gooa repair wns'foutnl lying on the ground below one of the windows. It had been trampled into the snow and was froz en fast, indicating that the burglars had decided to force the windows open and were using thejovercoat to conceal their foot prints. Along side the over coat lay the pair of gloves that had been stolen from Robert Miller, next j door. The overcoat,which is the only cine that might lead to the detoctiou of the thieves, was taken to city hall, where it was viewed by a good many people Tuesday, but up to last evening no one had identified the garment. Wheth er it belonged to the robbers aud was discarded for the overcoat taken at' Mr. Miller's or was stolen from some place in town where the loss has not j as yet been discovered is a fact that may develop later. BURGLARS IN SO. DANVILLE. Robbers also operated in South Dan ville Monday night aud made a most determined attempt to break into C. S. Smith's store, Sunbury street. They] actually succeeded iu getting iuio the resideuce portion of the building, but were frightened away. Sometime during the night one of Mr. Smith's daughters was aroused by a noise. She called her father and ou looking out the window saw a stout heavy man run away from the build ing. It was not thought that any one had been in the house, however, aud the iamily rested easy until morning, when it was found that the dwelling portion had been broken into. The rear outside door as well as the cellar door and the door leading up stairs stood open. Nothing was missing. The door leading from the residence portion into the store as well as the outside door of the store was securely locked by a bar fastened on the inside. At tne side of the store is a door, which of iue years h.i> not been used and is planked up on tiie inside. This point had first been attacked by the burglars.who cut out a portion of a panel large enough to insert a hand. Reaching inside they came in contact with the plank and found that enter auce could not be effected there. A portion of a panel was also removed from oue of the window shutters at the rear; entrance, however, was u< t effected through the window, but through tho rear door. The same mys terious method to opon the door seems to have been employed here as nt the houses eutered in Danville, which would imply that the burglaries were all committed by the same gang . flow's This We offer One !lun<lre<l Doil .rs toward to my ease of fat irrli that eim not by Hall's Catarrh Cure. We Ihe undrslKued. nave k now r. I'. J Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe hlaj perfectly honorable ii: all business transae lous and fln.jn ially able to carry oat any obligations made ;>y their arm. .VK-r A-TarAX. Wholesale I'rugrflsts.'i'oie.'o O. WAC-DINO. KINVAS A M AKVIN. Wholesale i)ru(j«ist».Toledo. Ohio. H ail's Cat irrh Cure is taken Internally, directly upon t!.e alood aud rau. cut iurfitees of •b* sysn?"' r vrimonlals sent ree. i>»!e »* , • •».>• .i«itl» Jold by t" or v <ists 3oid uy oruKglniH, pi iuc <uc. pel l«»l • Hbil's Knmllv pttihnre t,ti< :.«»» Bishop flcCabe Died Yesterday. NEW YORK. Dec ID. Bishop Charles C. McCabe, of the Methodist Episcopal church, died in the New York hospital at 5:20 a. m. today. Death was due to apoplexy, with which the Bishop was stricken December 11, while passing through this city on his way to his home in Philadelphia. Mrs McCabe aud the Bishop's niece, who have been with him almost con stantly since he was stricken, were ut the bedside when he passed away. The night before he was stricken Bishop McCabe had delivered his lec ture," The Sunny Side of Life in Lib by Prison," at Torringtou, Conn. Ac companied by Dr. George P. Mains, publishing agent of the Methodist church, the bishop had reached the West Twenty-Third street terminal of the Pennsylvania railroad and was about to step upon a ferry boat when he staggered and fell unconscious. He was car-ri' 1 in! , tho ferry house and later wa omov t tot •• w York hospital, when oe received rieafment as a private patient. Tho indication of the twenty-four hours following were ? iLit t'ie shock had beeu slight,and tie patient's con ditiou gwe of a speedy re coverv. r before the attack he had walked briskly and carried a grip weighted with hooks and papers with out apparent fatigue. Bishop McCabe, however,early real ized the seriousness of his illness and his first woi Is upon returning to con sciousness were: "Please notify my wife that I am very ill,aud ask her to come at once." That night Mrs McCabe, a niece and the bishop's secretary arrived from Philadelphia and have since remained at the hospital. Th • condition of tho patient did not change materially until early Satur day last, when he lapsed into uncon sciousness. From then on the Bishop failed gradually and Monday the phy sicians in attendance said that the out come was no longer in doubt Bishop McCabe was born at Athens, Ohio, October II 18W. He entered the Ohio conference of the Methodist church in 1880 and two years later be came chaplain of the 122J Ohio In fantry. Ho was captured in the battle of Winchester and spent four months in Libby prison. His experiences as a prisoner of war were later recounted ou the lecture platform. For more than thirty years he was popularly known as Chaplain McCabe and the title cluug to him even after the geu oral conference of the Methodist church in 1898 made him a bishop. Following the war he became pastor of a church at Portsmouth, Ohio, and later was associated as assistaut retary Board of .Church Ex tension. [STUDYING I TYPES By EDITH M. DOANE ( ipi/ri'jht, I'JOC, bu Ruby Douglas Everybody in Windsor Falls wns "hayln' it." And because the sun is a tickle mis tress, first brooding over the liayfielda In a glory of caressing splendor, then capriciously biding herself behind the heavy clouds of a sudden shower, and also because It is well known that "hayin' weather" waits for no man, the farmers toiled in the hayfields early and late, pressing their families into service and laying eager hands on all the outside laborers they could find. It was at this time that Jim Holden floated Into town from no one knew where and hired out by the day. He was tall and lank and"the golderndest worker I ever see," drawled Hiram Sears admiringly as he stopped for a moment's rest in the shade of a spread ing oak. Miss Levering, "the Searses' summer boarder," slowly lifted her eyes from her book and glanced lazily over the hayfield to where a long, lean figure skillfully pitched masses of fragrant hay onto a waiting wagon. She nod ded Indifferently and went back to her reading. When she looked up again the wagan had disappeared In the direction of the big red barn, aud the tall, tire less figure, oblivious of her presence, industriously tossed the remaining hay as he advanced steadily in her direc tion. So far the summer had been u dis appointment to Miss Levering. She had come to the little New England village fresh from college and with the most ardent Intentions of studying nature and the natives real human people, not mere society manikins—at first hand. Incidentally she proposed to Introduce hitherto unknown breadth and beauty into their starved lives. To a moneyed and spoiled young woman defeat comes hard, aud Miss Levering did not yet admit that the "types" had proved flatly tiresome and «eertied per "ryiANK von, MISS," HE HUM BESPFOT FL'MA. fectly satisfied wif'i their lives as they were. "Ah!" she said softly as the tall fig ure loomed nearer What possibilities might lurk under that wiry exterior! Sbo leaned forward. "I b?g your pardon, ray good man," she called In clear, penetrating tones, "but It must be very warm In the nun. Wouldn't you like to rest awhile In the shade?" Then, dismayed by her own hardihood. Miss Lev "ring blushed. The man gasped ami dropped his fork. For a second he stared blankly at the vision under the oak tree, a dainty vision In cool muslin, all r«m» bloom on a creamy ground. Then !<• hastily pulled his hat from his head ami approached her, eying her with an expression between admiration and ap prehension as the meaning of her words filtered through his brain. "Thank you, miss," he said respect fully, dropping In a warm, disjointed heap under tho spreading branches. There was a twinkle In his eyes at variance with lie gravity of his long, thin face. It was not customary for the young ladies of Windsor Falls to address the help as "my good man." Miss Levering fell distinctly cheer ful. "Haying is hard work," she he i?au sympathetically. "It Is," he admitted. "Hard of itself »nd hard because It leads to nothing beyond Itself." be added, with n jrleniri of Inspiration. Miss Levariug's eyes rewarded !> in for it's discrimination She wondered vaguely If he were not rather above the average !>)»•: not that lie was good locking-ills face was 100 long and thin for that -but he seemed reeep tlve. and he certainly wore his coarse clothes with nn ease a city bred man might have 'in • <!. it was a pity that a man evidently fined for better things khould ■■ » to waste In this little village He nee<|e 1 a wider liorizou a broader outlook. Well, -lie would sc.- what -.he i ould do tor him (he collide s;it together under the oak : \ er\ often or wandered through the -haded country lanes, and lie listened, always intent and respect ful while >-hi' i xpiiipuled h"r hop«'s and i :ns for humanity in general ami for him in particular. "I know I've no right," -he said ear ne-lh. but yo:i will forgive me. won't you? Y"iir life feiii.s -o petty, -■> nar row. i want you to foe I the stre - of life as men in the <it.v feel it Tne •frneuie. the en.l. vor the thrill of ac hinent" Vnd llolden agreed with her and smiled upon h< i " th a look behind Tho 1 winkle In hi- eyes that made her come near to forgetting her station In life and her altrui-' alms generally. Ft.e r.-.jn was uoar the western hills one day before fiie stage came r»eai ing its 'pie* i I,F d: 1 mni! That she might n >t in - - the glory of the sunset Miss Levering took her letters and magazines ami turned up the road to where from her vantage seat 011 a rock she could see the splendor of the hills outlined against the flaming sky. Her letters were soon disposed of, and she op.-ne ' i magazine and idly turned the h- then suddenly sat rlarbl spellbound- while the letters on the p; i;e before 51• r bin" od themselves 'Tito Her e nisei insuess "The critics." ran the magazine, 'place J. Holden M >r e's T'nder New Liigiaiid Skies' among the six greatest books of tli« vear it is In Its fifth large edition. Mr. Morse is at present j I in New England, where ho Is said to j j bo collecting material for another i novel," etc., and underneath was the j autuor's photograph—a long, lean face, j with a humorous twinkle in the smil- ' | ing eyes. This. then, explained the vague re- ! semblance she had a!fays felt, but could never define. And she had tried I ito broaden his outlook—to teach him. All oblivious to the yellow splendor j of the gloving sunset, Miss Levering dropped her head upon her arms nnd | cried. She did not hear him till he dropped ou the rock beside her and picked up I the open bo >k. "Don't! l lease don't!" lie pleaded ; j contritely. "Forgive me! I never 1 dreamed y m'd care—that way. I had j to have tyj es for a new work I'm do j ing. I could get what I wanted so much bettor this way. Surely you un derstand? "As for yourself," his voice grew ten- , i der, "when 1 found you had the slight- ! I est Interest In me I dared do nothing ! j to disturb It until It should take firmer ! i root." "But you let me try to help you—to : teach you," lie exclaimed, furious with | herself and hating him till she looked ! I up and met his eyes. "And was I not an apt pupil?" he an- j j swered haK seriously, half Jestingly. , l Then as be 1 ent and drew her closer: "At all events I learned one lesson 1 | pretty thoroughly," he said Ri-nlmi* Wan \«t Soelftble. Anecdotes about Brahms show the i I composer to have be»n a somewhat • | unamiable companion. His wit was brilliant, but cruel, and its direct ob- j I Ject could rarely join In the amusement ' llt created One story begins with the I ! statement that as a performer Brahms : had an extremely hard touch. This ! on"e led a musician who was accom panying him on the cello to exclaim. "I don't hear myself." "Ah," replied Brahma, "you are a lucky fellow." When he left the room after a lively evening among friends he used tore- : mark. "If there is any one present ' whose feelings | have not hurt, I trust '■ he will receive my humble apology." Brahms never could bring himself to . produce an opera. "If I composed one which failed, I should certainly have a second try," he said to pressing friends, "but I cannot make up my mind to the first. To me the undertaking seems much the same as marriage." The lat ler institution found no favor In his eyes, nil.l he live I an isolated exist ence, recognizing no kinsfolk. COLOR COMBINATIONS. Him 'lliev Were fleverly Hoed In !"x poll ii K n F'rioil. In a large factory in which were em ployed several hundred persons one of the workmen In wielding his hammer 1 carelessly allowed it to slip from his hand. It flew halfway across the room a:ul struck a fellow workman lu the ] left eye The man afterward averred j that his eye was blinded by the blow, although a careful examination failed to reveal any injury, there being not a scratch visible He brought a suit in the courts for compensation for (be lo«s of half of ; bis eyedght. is nil refused all offors of . compromise Under the law the owner of the factory was responsible for an injury resulting from an accident of fills kind. The duj of the trial arrived, and in open court an eminent oculist, retained by the defense, examined the alleged Injured member and gave it as his opinion that it was as good as the right I eye. I'pon the plaintiff's loud protest of his inability i<• see with his left eye ! the oculist proved him a perjurer and satisfied the court and Jury of the fal ' sity of his claim. He did It simply by I knowing that the colors green and red combined make black. He prepared n black card, on which a few words were written in green ink. Then the plaint'tt was ordered to put on a pair of spectacles with two differ- j ent glasses, the one for the right eye : being red. and the one for the left eye | | consisting of ordinary glass. Then the , ! card was banded to him, and he was ! ordered to read the writing on It j through the glasses This he did without hesitation, and ; ! the cheat was at once exposed. Owing ' to the effect which the colored glass nimt have had upon the green writing i the sound right eye fitted with the red j glass could nut possibly distinguish the writing on Ihe black surface of the card, while the left eye, which he pre tended was sightless, was the one wltb which the leading had to be done.— London Standard. Here Is a Heorgla youngster's delinl tiou of thunder and lightning: "The thunder Is maw readln' a Wc j I ture to paw an' the lightnln* Is paw— ; runnln' to crit away from it. But I doubt if lightnin' kin beat him when | he Jumps He garden fence an' bits the grit!" Atlanta Constitution. All In tlie Point of View. "It seems a terrible thing to lead a . ilog's life." punted the cur with the ! tin can attachment, crawling Into a cor- I ner to re»-i himself. "Oh. I don't know!" contentedly an i *\vered ihe lap dog. I'hicago Tribune. 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Every facility for killing and devouring is provided luminescence to dazzle, ! swiftncss j!ud strength to overtake , mid overpower, knife blade teeth for j tearing alniormaliy large Jaws for < i-rnshing. Whatever the prey or how- j ev. ,• large it may be. there is little : trouble in swallowing it. The uioutb j | yawns like a cavern, and the stomach distends to bold a body even larger | than th ■ -wallower. The appetite lu ; fishes seem--' never wanting, and com- ! ' pletc digestion with some of them Is ; 1 only a matter of half an hour." For ; ih' reason slaughter goes on tinend ' ingly. Usually if is produced only by ' j hunger, hut some monsters, like the j I bluelish, even when gorged, kill for j pure love of killing. Of ih.' eternal warfare that goes ou , beneath the surface of the waves the ! same writ -r remarks: "They follow thfl ' prey like packs of wolves, and lu turu i j are followed, band succeeding band, ! , Increasing lu size as they decrease Id : numbers. The herrings eat the smaller fish, even their own young; they are harried by the bluefishes until a trail of blood Plains the water, while fol lowing the bluefishes come the Insati ate porpoises. Nothing saves the j weaker ones but breed. Many thou ! sands of eggs are spawned that n dozen or more may be hatched and , • brought to maturity. Billions are lost; | yes. I.ut millions survive, i"The herrings move on the sea In | uncountable numbers—in banks that 1 are miles In length and width, in wind rows so wst that they perhaps keep passing one given point In unbrolcer. succession for months at a time. Just so wilti the menhaden. A catch in a purse net of ~><)0.U00 is not infrequent. Such number- are sufficient to with , stand all i!i • ravages of the natural i enemy. The bass, the haddock and the p filoc may kill to their hearts'; > content, •• <i still the menhaden will ! hold their own."- -Chicago News. HER PET AVERSION. Tin* IteuKoii One \Voiiin;i l« \frrtfil of II rr Oath tub. "I know a good many people aro ' i r i ' I'tub." said a woman, i;.! ■ w.;;» that I alii. I am not afraid of the water after 1 am in : the tub. it's getting in and out I am atrial of. though water in a bathtub has been deadly, too, to some. I knew of a man once who was drowned in ' his bathtub Many a man has drowned in his b::t lit ;ib. but I know the widow of 1 this i • ie. iiud that was what brought It .honn to me Whenever they intro- ! duceii her lir-y whispered, 'Her hua ] band was drowned lu a bathtub.' "It seemed to n:e a sort of disgrace to h<.. li:t v. yof dying. If he want ! cd t > drown, whj didn't he goto the river? It he didn't do it purposely,: the i it was the fault of the bathtub, j aud that makes it a dangerous thing, to my notion. I know ai 'ither man who was seri ouslj injured by a bathtub. He was a great friend of mine. He had prom- j lscd to help me in a lot of ways, with my work and oue thing and another. 1 Then he was taken very 111. lie was upon the verge of recovery and had written me he was coming to call in n day or two, when I got word that he had fallen In the bathtub or on It—l have forgotten which, or maybe it fell on him—and had broken three ribs. "I never get in or out of my bathtub without thinking of him and his three ribs or without being afraid I'll fall on the edge of it and knock out all my front teeth."—New York Press. A BEGGAR OF KHIVA. He Wan XoUv nmi n 'lhinn of Shred* and t'nlehen. In an open square, where the dust pall | i forbade sight or breath, I directed my i i steps toward the source of a throbbing 1 i roll that ceaselessly wove itself in with, i the noise of voices and the pattering of | unshod feet <>f beasts. As I neared it i the noise became detached from the i hubbub, a distinct and individual thing, which Insistently claimed attention and made the \crj motes In the air dance to time. Under a willow tree by the water ditch Hint defined the square sat a bent old man, unbelievably ragged. So torn wire his many Lbalats that they did not seem like constructed gar ments at all. but strings of tatters and tags collected and hung ou his fat, weak body. Ills head was bent on his breast, and his eyes were half closed. Ou Ills stomach was a wooden bowl, j with a skin drum head stretched across it, and on this drum head he beat In cessantly with his knuckles and his fist. The motion was so automatic aud , deadly regular in Its recurrent changes that it seemed almost as If he were a ! clockwork figure set at the edge of the busy market to record the passage of time. 1 flung some coppers on the brass begging tray by his side and went otT, uncon . -iously adjusting my steps to bis beating. He made the trivial barter and Tic driving of laden animals seem vapid and futile, and my bit of , charity sickened me. It was as if I had happened i l">ng and patted Socra -1 tes on the back T.angdon Warner In Century. \ i<-tlr.iH of s» Kr.lie Prophet. Just I ei'.- ■ i 1 • owning of the Kaffit rebellion ».:th Africa, the ' middle nf t! e i-t«t century, the sooth sneers bade the tribe-- kill their cattle and destroy their crops of grain. The i spirits of tier I'.M-estors were to arisn . ud help t'; *i:i to e\ten :inate every v. !iii< Si.an t! ■ country. The advice \va - >leiiii ' a"•ec e !. iieu the da.» of the great up:' ing arrived many of t; > rebels w re already starving. Bui lj,|.-> jri,,, 1 .- l.erds of cattle ' out ot the ear.ii c • crops not sowt" i with haii' '.'rim, terrible famine , swept over the land, and In the month? which fail.) . t-il. although the author! j t. " ' r rytldng In their power t< l->; -e i ' »* ■ >rs, .". *,OOO victims of « 112 d - ;»r rl.et ft; rved to death. X' 4 renin. "Look lu re," shouted the irate neigh bor or< i- the !--i \ "your youngest son has bee'i ;.g my cais and pilfering ny 1 • trees I He is a scamp!" ' •">'{ t r.\ that way about my sou," bin: ted he fond parent. "Why, he Is v.sid ;\\l the cream of our family." "Tlie n Well, I'd like to see ' ; him '.vli : ;>;>.> 'hicago News. Vo-'; »•' r rtl.ln™. I'irs' < - r 1 r " ■ ;ig tired of ■ work >«-ei cro V What's the mat-! let a"\ I 'r-r < 'vii >k ! raised a check 1 ir.i ; .s;o in si 000 and tried to get it J j a. I ihe cuss «i; 'n't have thai : •in \ in tlie bank.—New , ! Voi k Pr -<■ I _ I t secret In knowing what t'> k •'•!> oi't of the mind as well as what to put lu.—Emerson. j PEOPLE OF BRITTANY. The \\ onicr. llnMlv Ilnlil au<l the Men Mnatl]' l>rn nkn rdn. "The women, not the men, go bald In | Brittany." said a barber. "They go bald where it shows most —above the ears. Women, quite bald above the ears, are as common In Brittany as, baldheaded men are with us. "Brittany is a granite strewn, billy, well wooded country In northwestern France, overlooking the sea. It is New Hampshire >vltli the sea added. The l Breton peasants speak a language! which resemble* Welsh. They hate' stranger* and they wear a peculiar! costume. "This costume Is what causes the j baldheaded woman One part of It, the • coif, or headdress, a cap of white linen, i requires that the hair be drawn back j very taut from the temples. Drawn i back ihus, as taut as It will go.it be 1 gins to disappear at the age of twenty- j five, and by tho time she is thirty-flve j ot forty the Breton peasant woman looks as if she were the victim of some ] horrible disease, for, from her temples to well behind her ears, she Is as bald as an egg. "The men, on the contrary, are never bald. For one reason, they work bare headed. For another, they belong to the low, animal type of man that pre serves a head of thick, coarse hair to the end. They are a nasty lot, the men of Brittany—drunk every day or two, putting all the work on their wives, shouting ribald Insults in the Breton tongue at tourists."—SL Louis Globe- Democrat. THE BUTTE HILL. Where Fortune* Were Maile and Spent In tt Day. When Daly had acquired the proper ties surrounding the Anaconda, he opened up the Butte hill. One must have a vivid Imagination to picture to himself the growth of Butte from that time on during Marcus Daly's life. Fortunes were made and spent in a day. An army of men descended into the mines daily to strip them of theii treasure, huge forests were despoiled of their timber to sttill and shore up the excavations and protect the eartb above, for these copper veins are often 100 feet wide. Immense smokestacks began to vomit their clouds of smudge from scores of furnaces scattered over the hill; the moan and clank of huge pumps could He heard in the depths forcing the water to the surface; the pound of hammers and the steady im pact of drills sounded everywhere, while the earth trembled and bellowed with distant underground explosions. Great hollows, like cathedral naves, were scooped out, where the treasure had lain in the rock ribbed earth. Horses and mules were blindfolded and lowered into the mines—where their hides, like the gray beards of the old miners, soon took on the greenish color of the copper which saturates ev erything below the surface. The Butte hill soon became a vertiable under ground city.—C. P. Connolly in Mc- Clnre's Magazine. Valuer* of Fats nnd Oil*. There is a remarkable misapprehen sion, particularly among many per sons of the more intelligent class of our people, says the Dietetic and Hy gienic Gazette, as to the food value of the fats and oils. The muscle or red meat is a valuable source of proteid, but the excessive consumption of pro teid invites various diseases which fig ure very prominently in the causes of death. The fats and oils increase our resistance against cold and some of the causes of disease. The health of many so called scrofulous children would be improved by teaching them to eat more fat. Fats In abundance constitute a very essential part of the dietary of the tuberculous patient. A larger proportion of the fatty elements of foods would go a long way In add ing to the robustness of many person.* and saving them from the subsequent development of tuberculosis. THE TRADE RAT. Odd W'ari of This Peculiar I.ittlo California Itodeiit. One of tl;e oddest little animals in existence Is the California wood rat. better known as the "trade rat." It owes the latter name to the fact that, though It is n great thief, it never steal-' anything without putting something else in Its place. It is said that a paste pot which had been left overnight in the assay office of a silver mine in that state was found in the morning with the oddest collection of rubbish. This was the work of trade rats. They had stolen the paste and left in exchange a piece of stick, a length of rope, some odds and ends of wire and an unbroken glass funnel. Tne object of the trade rat In so scrupulously paying for what he takes is something of a mystery, but these same rats certainly take the greatest pleasure in the odds and ends which they steal and collect. In Lindsay's "Mind In Lower Ani mals" a description Is given of a trade rat's nest found In an unoccupied house. The outside was composed en tirely of iron spikes laid In perfect symmetry, with the points outward. Interlaced with the spikes were about two dozen forks and spoons and three large butcher knives. There were also a large carving fork, knife and steel, several plugs of tobacco, an old purse, a quantity of small carpenters' tools, Including several augers, and a watch of which the outshh; casing, the glass and the works were all distributed' separately, so as to make the best show possil-'e. The trade ra' has Its South American counterpart in vlseaeha, a pretty little reD'ive of the chinchilla, which lives In families of twenty or thirty on the pampas. Everything that takes Its fancy nnd is portable Is carried by the viscac'i.i and piled In neat little heaps at the mouth of its burrow. If a ranch man drops his watch or any similar article he always searches the viscacha burows In the neighborhood and gen erally finds bis lost property.—Chicago News. A cu®L tive CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm WapMiauS is quickly absorbed. KMgfey! *l Give, Relief ai Once. It cleanses, soothes g Jffk heals and protects Ml ' /2|j tarrh and drives Head quickly. stores the Senses of®"*' ■ * Taste and Smell. Full size 50cts., at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size 10 cts. by mail. Elv Brothers, 50 Warren Street, New 1' ork. To Cure a Cold in One Day 1 Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, finv// ' Seven Million boxes sold In past 12 months. This Signature, **' POX. 6PC. BRITISH CASTE. I.ovf «112 tin* f:ii«11 *li ma N For a Titled ■titling: (IMD. The presence of a personal sovereign Is the outward ami visible sign that caste is still supreme in the British em pire. The external abuses of the feudal ] system have been abolished In Great j Britain, one liv one, uutil those that i still linger are almost harmless, but j the inner spirit survives to this late ! 'lay, aud even now its manifestations j lire abundant n almost every part of j the social structure of the British Isles, j There Is still alive the fiction that the J kins rules and that the army of the j empire is his majesty's army. There Is stili a -willing acceptance of the titled aristocracy and tilso of an upper house, the vast majority of whose members sit there by t'i*» tight of birth only, without retard to their Individual merits. No doubt the British people could j chance these tilings speedily and with j out violence if they really desired to : get r!r} of this Inheritance from feudal ' ism. Rut t'.i, have not got rid of it, i and this is •'■•• joe enough that they ) do not 'i ; d.> so The " « no rctison to abolish a sti-*e of affairs which the American people 1-•■)■-: i t with amazed wonder a.« a survh -i if tie dark ages. A native \r.,eri' ;::t {'mils it wholly impossible to under-t: n 1 the mental attitude of a certain man of letters in London, who Justified his ingrained toryism by tbe assertion th;:t tie simply would not be ruied by bis "quals.—Reader, THP: WILD CARROT. Onr of liie Interesting of Oar Native Plant*. A uued has been defined as "a plant that iie-stsrs ;u growing where it is not desired " Surely tbe wild carrot Is a most weedy weed i'ruiu the point of view of that definition aud of the dis like of the farmer. As to the per sistence, our veteran farmer-naturalist .John Burroughs teils us: "Cut off the head of the wild carrot, and in a week there are five heads in room of the one <'ut off these, and by fall there ate ten look!us defiance at you from 1 lie same root." Tlje i.niy fault of the wild carrot, as of other si> called weeds, is too great success iii life. It is guilty only of pers te tee But from a nature lover's point <»;' view there tire, strictly speak- Imr. '! < wee Is No plant is disliked, (in t!; eouirtii'v. tbe more a plant is iM'- < : • i\«• siieei -sfully for life the it i/» interest a is We ca.. also sec.* and appn . c > bernty without the "weedy" ' •• If In tills • i . ill j amine the v.i ' v'H • be that It is most interes • • o! • ■■• The beauty it.' ' the full bloo i V. - i•;•. ■ form. I'erhii ml tin bird's nest 1- . it- '--i ing.—Exchan During the > .Mi ' in tt Mr. it in: ! died miles ■< ' sun to warn a partj ! ; • •- | that the Apa ' ii -i to air- 1 busca'e then r . vi >i pass. TL»» yoimtr Indian • ' r •-1 t> -/nhle tin* wagou<t by nnot •• • »«t- >d w'-ea h? had d -ii'' tl is ' • mi : .r-il his horse to hO!l"'\ *'?ee here." ■ ■! the ! ■ n'er of the train to the yo Maricopa. "you have dune us a goo.! - . tee. vti.it Is yo'f price?" "My price'*" lepcated the astonishes Indian. ' That is what 1 a~kr !." "I have no pric■■ -I .1 g»in been iuy object I would b •,i >i :ed '.he Apaches aud met you in tiie pass." A ti so say ing (he brave a ! 'tl his uoiNe and rode proudly awa>. MASTER S SALE OF VALIABLE REAL ESTATE! In Equity. By virtue of an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montour County granted to him for such purpose, the undersigned will expose to public sale niton the premises situate in the First Ward of the Borough of Dauville, County of Montour aud State of Pent • sylvauia, ou Saturday, Dec. 2Qth, IQO6 at two o'clock in the afternoon of the said day, the following described real estate, to wit: All thoso two certain town lots of land situate in the First Ward of the Borough of Danville, County of Mou tour and State of Pennsylvania,bound ed and described as follows, viz : THE FIRST THEREOF,—Fronting thirty and five tenths feet on Water street on the South, two hundred and thirty two feet on alley on the East, twenty seven and nine tenths feet on alley ou the North aud two hundred aud forty leet- on lot of laud hereinaf ter described on tlie West, being I.ot Number two in plan of lots laid out by A. G. Voris. THE SECOND THEREOF—Fronting on Water street on the South.lot Num ber four of Lewis Byerly on the West, an alley ou the North aud lot Number two hereinbefore described on the East, containing in front thirty and five teutlis feet on Water street, two hundred aud forty-eight feet on Lot Number four of Lewis Byerly, twenty seven and niue tenths feet ou 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 upou are erected a Two-Ston BricK Dwelling House, and other out buildings, with the ap purtfinances. To be sold at the suit of Paul M. Smith vs. Daniel Smith et. al. TERMS OF SALE:—Twenty live per ceut, of the purchase money shall bo 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 the purchaser or purchasers thereof upon confirmation absolute of the sale aud the payment of the balance of tlie purchase money, aud the cost of writ ing deed shall be paid by the purchas er or purchasers. WILLIAM L. SIPLER, Master. MICHAEL PRECKBII.L. Auctioneer Orphan's Court Sale "F VALUABLE REAL ESTATE! ESTATE OF MARY LOCKHOoF. DECEASED. By virtue of an order of the Or phan's Court of Montour County grant ed to hint for such purpose,the under signed Executor of the last will and testament of the said decedent will expose to public sale (freed and dis charged fr< m ail liens and encum brances whatsoever) upon the premises situate in the Township of Derry, in the County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, on FRIDAY, DEC. 28th, i 906 at teu o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, the following described real estate of the said decedent, to wit: All ot that certain messuage or tene ment aud tract of laud situate in the Township if Derry, in the County of Montour aud State of Pennsylvania, bouuded aud described as follows: Begiuuiug at a post in line of laud ot John Morrison, thence by lauds of John Blee, Jr., south seventy-tnree degrees east twenty-eight and a half perches, east sixteen aud a half per ches south thirty-six degrees east sixty aud seveu tenth perches, south sixty eight aud a half degrees west forty seveu perches, south twenty five and a half degrees east eighty-seven perches, thence by lauds of Joliu W. Gouuigal north sixty eight degrees east forty and a half perches, thence by lands of William Schultz north eighteen aud one-fourth degrees north forty-eight perches, north sixty-nine degrees east five aud seven-tenth perches, north tweuty-one degrees west thirty niue perches, north fifty-three degrees east nine and eight tenth perches, north six and a half degrees west thirty eight perches,north forty degrees west?" seventeen perches, north sixteen and a half degrees west ten perches, north thirty-one degrees east eighty perches, and by lands of Peter Schultz north forty-three and a half degrees west seventv-oue perches, and by lands of Philip Schultz south forty-fiv deegrees j west sixty-four perches, north forty four degrees west niue aud eight tenth perches, and by lands of John Mor rison eleven and one-fourth decrees wr.-t ninety-four perches to the place of I • .railing, with the appurtenances, eonia iit'iig ninety-three acres and -'i-.t\ « :;* .t perches, and whereupon are « reelni a ■2-Mln Fn/JE DWELLING BOUSE a tie .' a.u. and other usual farm , build tugs. ! y 1 rj. i ;ii order of the aforesaid nit tie siid premises with the ap purteuannces will be sold freed and discbargi d 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 ■>f the property,aud the balance there •jf shall be paid ou the confirmation absolute of the said sale. Deed to be deliveTeu to tlie purchaser or purchas ers thereof upon such confirmation ah i solute of tie sale aud the payment of the balance of the said purchase money | and the cost of writing such deed shall I be paid by such purchaser or purchas ers. WIIJLIAM HOUSER, Executor of tie last will and testa ment of Mary Lockhoof. deceased, i EDWARD SAYRE GEARHART, Counsel. 1 Nov 27th. 1906. Administrator's Notice. Estate of Mary Cro-sby 1 toot the 8..:0n:b of D*uvil.e, in the county of Montour aud State of Pennsylvania ; deceased. N"tice ia hereby given that letters of j Aduiistratiou npon the above ftate have 1 be. n grant-d to the undersigned. All '.•-tvo'is indebted t > the s.id e-tate are r .j .red to make payment, and those V, , claims or demand* a-rainst tbe I .-a:d f--tnte. will maUe known the same, w itlumc delay, to, J. P. BAKE Administrator Maiy Crossley deceased. i Edward S <vre Ge 11 hart, ('on use I. P. O. A idress. Danville Pa. Kxecuirlx Notice. Estate of Michael H. Viv lize, late of the Borough of Danville, Monlonr county, deceased. All persons indebted to said estate I are requi -red to make immediate pay ment and those having legal claims against the saute, will present them j without delay in proper order for set j tlemeut to MRS. MARY JANE PERSING, Executrix. Danville, Pa , Nov. Ist, 1906. Windsor Hotel Between J2th and :>tii Sts. 011 Filbert St Philadelphia, Pa. Three minutes walk from the Read ' ing Terminal. Five minntts walk frotn the Penna R R. Depot t Ui OPI AN PLAN $1 On per day and upwards. AMER CAN PLAN 00 per day. K-l-J'-A-N-S labuks ctors find A good prescription FVr Mankind. Tb- 5-cent packet is enough for nsua occasions '1 ho fau i y bottle (60 cents ' enntaius a s-tpply for a year. All din
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