Montour American. PRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Jan. 3, 1907. ill YEAR 11 It is usual at tiiis season to review the year jnst closing, noting the more important events, so they may be pre served for future reference. In the loug list of accidents and dis asters three of nature's convulsions stand out in calamitious relief— name ly, the fiery upheaval of Vesuvius. April 7, and the Pacific coast quak ings, which resulted in the tumbling down and burning of the greater por tions of San Francisco, April 17, and of Valparaiso, Chile, August 1«. A storm September 27, swept the gulf coast, taking over 100 lives and doing a million's damage. It is too soon to know the total fatalities and losses from the various railroad, mine, fire, Hood and shipwreck accidents. Deatii's harvest included Christian, King of Denmark; Harper's educator; Field, merchant; Wheeler, soldier; Dunbar, i>oet; MeCall, financier; Arthur, playwright; Swift, packer; Brill, car builder ; Shaler, geologist; Martin, Jesuit leader; Curie,scientist; Schurz, reformer; Anthony, suffrag ist; Ibsen,dramatist; Mulvaney,paint er ; Davitt, reformer; v Gorinan,senator ; New. journalist; Seddou, New Zea land premier; H. W. Ward, naturalist; .Jnles Breton, painter; Garca, singing teacher; Beit, diamond king; Craigie, novelist; Rosewater, journalist; Hitt, oougressman , Cutter, poet; Ketcham. congressman; Henderson,former speak er of the house ; Langely, scientist; Soofleld, soldier: Richter, Germau radical leader; Sage, financier; Kod arna, head of Japanese army ; Jones, evangelist; Mrs. Jefferson Davis; Shaffer, soldier. Bruuetiere, French critic; Baroness Burdett-Outts.philan thropist. President Roosevelt made a notable fight on the Beef Tust, and is now en gaged in seeking control or curbing the greed of the great financial octopuses. A Pure Food law went into effect Tuesday; also denatured alcohol will benefit the nation. Organized labor entered politics. Secretary Taft made a visit of comity to the South Ameri can republics. The final decision to make the great ship waterway across the Isthoms of Panama in the form of » lock canal as definitely announced by the canal commission January 7. and in November President Rocsevelt broke a precedent by a chief executive setting his foot on foreign soil, visit ing Panama and Porto Rico. An executive order, September it), extended the eight-hour law to all publio works, whether conducted in goverment shops or otherwise. The civil service rules also were extended to Include all laborers in the gover ment employ. The examination of Pennsylvania railroad officials shocked the public by its disclosure of numerous official hold lngs of stock in coal companies,which was open to no other construction than that of bribery to secure railroad favors. Several railroads, sugar and other corporations were fined for rebating. The life insurance scandals was the greatest sensation of the year. Additions to the navy during the year included the battleships New- Jersey, Georgia and Vermont, and the cruisers Washington and Montana. Several midshipmen were dismissed from the academy at Aunapolisfor iinz lug. The dry dock Dewey reached Manila safely July 4. On April 24 the body of Admiral Paul Jones was buried at Annapolis with fitting naval and civic ceremonv. Lieutenant General Chaffee retired, and was succeeded by General Bates, February 4, and September 20 Mac- Arthur succeded Corbin a* lieutenant general. The situation which develoj>ed in Cuba when the Palma government failed to check tho rebellious elements placed upon President Roosevelt the necessity of making a momentous dec ision for or against armed interven tion and occupation of the island. General Magoon is provisional gover nor supported by an American army. Three companies of colored infautrv were discharged by the Presi out, for complicity in a riot at Brownsville, Texas. Secretary Hitchcock ordered tin withdrawal of all public coal and oil lands from sale or settlement. October 8. Cabinet changes were : Bonaparte to be attorney general: Moody to the supreme bench; Metcalf to the now: Oscar S. Straus, the New York merch ant, commerce and labor; Ainhassn lor Von L. Meyer to be postmaster gener al; Oortelyou to the treasury; Gar- Held, secretary of the interior Hich oock and Shaw retiriUK Oklahoma and Indiau territory lie came the State of Olkahoma on Juue 16 It remained for the world of li»o*s to •ee the flrßt mechanical navigation of the air from a standing start in a acrew-propelled aeroplane. This was achieved by M. Santos Dumonf, at Paris, September IS. in his airship, the Bird of Prey. Lieutenant Robeit E. Peary carried the American colors over the treacher ous Polar ioe fields in the long Artie night to the farthest point ever reach ed by man, or to the 87rh parallel. Captaiu Amundsen, returning from his navigation of a Northwest JIUHH age, announced that he had located the North magnetic pole Dr. Ospwald of Germany, confirmed Loeb Jn the chemical creation of life. Beebe of Cornell, found t cure for Grave's disease, and Ballabone of Italy, indentified the germ of rehum atism. At .John Hopkins matter was found to be synonymous with electric ity. Novy of Michigan, found the germ of the sleeping sickness Krust of Harvard, photographed live disease gertna Cobalt was disclosed as the basis of Edison's revolutionizing elec- j trical battery. Simplified spelling was taken up by | President Roosevelt. The Nobel peace prize was awarded by Norway in December to President Roosevelt, and the |40,000 proceeds was devoted by him to the creation of a permanent Board of l.abor Arbitra tion at Washing on. The nation's statue of McKiuley was unveiled at Columbus. The American people showed a lot of interest iu the marriage of the President's daughter Alice to Repre sentative Longworth, which took place at the White House February 17. The soil gave us an output valued at $6.794,000,000.a total of *324,000,000 bigger than^last.fyear's.ln the crop realm, corn was king at a valuation of;$Cioo.'ooo,000. Agri c u 11uTa 1 ~reports reached the highwaterjnark of |97fi,-1 000,000. " "" ] The railroads did the biggest busi ness*llßTLlEll"liisti)iy,incrftasing*divid- ends, and making vast improvements. The coal operators "and ininersXcame together and made a three year's truce. Wages were increased by the big railroads, steel and oil triist,[cot ton and other manufacturers. The Simplon tunnel, uuder the Alps was in operation January Steel Trust bouglit land for the erec tion of the greatest plant in the world ou the lake shore in Indiana, the place to be kuowiQta Gary.'Lines were laid for Superior and Hudson jßay canal; Chicago [inaugurated its new freight subway August 15. m York Central ran its first suburban electiic train October 1, and started the system December 11. FIRE PLUGS IN GOOD CONDITION Any anxietygthat exists in the bor ough as to the condition of the fire plugs resulting from the recent* cold wave would seem to be without k any good foundation. Tiie water commissioners explain that rlit* fire plugs endjof the borough to the other, as is customary, were carefully inspected before the advent of winter and are b< in good condition. Aimnspection*wa» also made after frost. 3 Nothing, it is urged, could be more ill-advised than to open the fire plugs at thisjseason'of the vear. It is unfor tunate enough at this season when tie plugs have to be opened iu case of a fire and thus be exposed to the danger of freezing. SIOO REWiRD JICO Tlic renders of this paper will I*? please' n> earn that there Is at least one dread' dl->- eaHe Unit science has been ableto cure In all the ,Mt;cs ami ihiit Is Catarrh. Hall's Ca tarrli Cure U the only positive cure now kuo 11 lo the medical fraternity. Catarrh t>eln r ' a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh dure IK takuu internally, actiiiK directly up on the blond and mucous surface of the sys iii. i'l I. i t.estroying the foundation of the •! .i-.-iv liid'iflVlllL- the patient Strength by nui 'dliiK up the constitution and assisting uat-* m* it iolne the work. Ttie proprietors iiavc s li faith In Its curative powers that tln > offer One Hundred liollarsfor any ::ise licit it frills to cure. -end for list o T« -.tlmonlals. Address, i- I CIIENKY A CO., Toledo, (). .Surprise Party at Pottsgrove. The New Year's season was enliven ed at Pottsgrove by a delightful sur prise party hold at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Young. Music and games helped to pasß a very pleasant evening. Those present were Mr. aud Mrs Roomsberg, Mr. and Mrs. Keefer, Mr. and Mrs. John Messersinith, Misses Amy Robiuson, Jennie Dewalt.JCora Heddens, Anna, May and Sara Young, Nettie Koyer, Lizzie, Orgie ami Maud Wintersteen, Dora and Emma'jYouug. Rebecca, Irene and Mabel Roomsberg, Master Grover Wintersteen, Charles Young, Edward Keefer, Earl Fisher, Wilbur '*Auten, Charles Henuinger, Robert Wertz, John Sholly, Norman Heddeus.'George Miller, and* Jacob Snyder. Birthday on New Year's. New Year's evening was very pleas antly celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Georgo M. Leighow, Honey moon street, .[birthday party Kiven in honor of Mr. Leighow. The guests were Mr/and 1 Mrs. James P. Rishel, and daughter Viola, Mr. aud Mrs. Harry Redding, Mrs. Elizabeth Thatcher, Mrs. Reuban Boyer, Mrs. Charles Askins, William Rishel aud Mrs. Mary A. Strieker, ofJCatawissa. i amily Reunion. A very pleasant family reunion was held at the home of Mr and Mrs. John Bowm.in, near Pottsgrove nn Sunday. Those present were Mr. and Mis W. E. Boyer, Mrs Norman Bowman and daughters, Helen and Ida,of New Col umbia; Mrs. James Kaiser and daugh ters, Hilda and Gladys, of West Mil ton ; aud Misses Mina, Nettie, Cather ine, Elizabeth aud Jennie Koyer, of West Milton. Held Lucky Numbers. Mis Granr Huber received tlie tur key disposed of by the P. of O. A. of •iiverside a few days She held ticket No. 278. Abram Rosenstein re ceived the pair of chickens. His ticket was No. 164 tiniisted in Army. Thomas M. Huff,of Snvdertown, en listed in cavalry branch of the United States army at Williamsport, Satur day. He was sent to Fort Hlocnm, N. Y., for an examination. Broke His Ar.n. Hurry of William (Juiun, Ocnpar street, met 'with a fall at Keirn's brick yard, Alomlay nignt.auO sustained a fracture of his right arm. Dr. Newbaker set the broken boue. Funeral of William Sheehey. William Sheehey, whose death was uoted in our last issue, was consigned to the grave in St. Joseph's cemetery e.-.ter(la>.uiOiiiiug. ~ine luueral took place from St. Joseph's Catholic church at 9 o'clock aud was largely attended Rev Father]M. I O'Rielly officiated. The pall bearers were: Wil liam Murphy, Michael Reilly, P Mc Caflrey, John Manning.Michael Ryan and John McCloud, I An Autocrat off || The Poultry Farm II By Otho B. Senga !> j! < '»!»> » 11**;. 1»\ < . H. Sutciitfe j Josiali Preston always had been of a despotic disposition, but his natural tendency in this direction seemed to strengthen after bis remunerative ex periments tn poultry raising. .losiah's mind apparently held but one thought his hens. The earth was made for the sole purpose of providing tbeui with a scratching ground. The sun rose to give them light and warmth; night followed day that they might have time to rest. When Flower Preston, .losiuh's only daughter, came home from boarding school, and her father discovered by diligent questioning that the words in cubator, brooder, trap best, bone cutter elicited no answering enthusiasm, he grunted sarcastically, "A gal that's been to boardiu' school for three years and don't know a leg band from a bono cutter!" *'You must learn about things as soou as you can. dear," whispered the moth er nervously. "If you can't talk poul try talk with your pa you might just as well be in the desert of Sahary!" "There's one comfort." continued Jo- Blali; "1 ain't raised the only fool there is iu this county." "There, there, pa," Mrs. Presfdn spoke soothingly. "What is the mat ter V" "Squire Curtis' boy got home from collige t'other day.and what do you think, instid of studyiu' law so's to help his pa, he's been studyiu' bugs. Pour years in collige, and don't know a thing but bugs!" "Maybe his pa wanted him to," re marked Mrs. Preston pacifically. "Waal," harshly, "I can't crow over Squire Curtis none. Ilis boy don't know nothin' but bugs, and, as near as I kin tigger out. that gal don't know nothin' at all. The only advantage is it took her a year less to learn it!" When young Curtis began calling at the farm, which he did with suspicious promptness. .Tosiah's cup of misery was full. "For the land's sake." he exclaimed testily to his wile, "can't you go in there and sol'.-" indicating with his thumb tin- room from which came the sound of young voices and laughter. "You let that gal git boys and bugs inlet' that slim brain of hern and she won't be good for nothin'." "There, there, pa, don't talk so loud. You didn't want my ma to come in and set when you used to come to see me." .losiah's face purpled; he clutched at iiis collar band as if he were choking. "You don't mean" be gawpe'l Mrs. Preston nodded. "Don't take it so hard, pa." she mur mured soothingly. ".11111 Curtis is one of the likeliest \oung men, and"—- "I could stand il better if 'twau't for the bugs," he moaned feebly, if he didn't want to be a lawyer like his pa. why didn't lie take up soniethin' seusi bler thou bugs? What good Is a bug? Bugs—millions on 'em couldn't hatch out one chicken!" "He's studying bees now. pa, nud they're good for honey," appeasingly; "be has ever so many hives newfan gled ones—in his pa's hack yard." Josiah only groaned. "And. pa. it's all arranged, only 1 said he'd have to lie old fashioned enough to ask your consent, anil Flow er, like a good girl, said she'd never marry anybody without her pa's con sent. That's a good deal nowadays, pa." Perhaps it was because of Joslah's reputation for irascibility, perhaps be cause the young man felt that he could express himself more satisfactorily In writing, that his formal application for the consent of the autocrat reached Josiah by mail The old man rend tlie letter several times, groaning «nd grunting. When he rose there w»* H grim smile on his face and a look «>f determination iu his keen gray eves. This was on T4iir«day. In the even lug Mrs. i'reiton reminded him— "Aren't you goinjf In lo see Jim, pa?" "Duuiio's he's cnllin' on me." testily. "But you—hi* letter" "I ain't In no hurry to answer It. I'm tnakin' up uif mind." A similar reminder the next evening met with a like rebuff. But on Saturday evening Josiah did not want to I>e reminded, lie marched into the "best room.'" carrying a small basket, and displayed Its contents twenty large egg*, fair 3nd beautiful, to the astonished young persons. "There, young man," be growled, "there is my answer Three weeks from tonight, if you bring me fourteen chickens out'n tliern twotity eggs, I'll give my consent.** "All right. Mr. Preston." returned the young man, easily, "I shall be on band." "Pa Preston," cried blower, indlg nantly. "Jim doesn't know anything about chicken raising, and" "Time he did, thee." sharply. "He'll have a chance to show what four years of science is good for. And any little thing lie don't happen to know you can learn him," and with a sardonic chuckle ihe autocrat tramped out, leaving a greatly perplexed young man and a dismayed, tearful girl. "He knows you can't do it,*' she sobbed. "Three weeks from tonight.'' "Good thing he gave plenty of time," observed Jim. cheerfully. "Plenty of time!" echoed Flower despairingly. "Why, Jim, don't you know that twenty-one days are re quired to hatch chickensV" "Well. I'll buy a lieu on my way home .nd put her right to work," wilt twinkling eyes. "There's very little chance of youi being able to Let a sitting hen," glo iniily. "Is that a particular breed?" inno cently. "Jiiu Curtis! Don't you know thai you must have a hen that wants to sit! You can't make one hatch eggs if she doesn't want to." "Well, 1 can bux an incubator," un dauntedly. "You'd be four or tive days late by the time you could order one and have it (shipped here. And tomorrow Is Sundr.Oh." she cried tinuersrunu Inglv, "pa had it ail planned- that's the reas >u lie wouldn't see you until tonight." "1 know. Flower," with sudden in spiration, "I'll make an incubator. Come out and show me one of your father's, so | may get an idea of the principles involved. Come!" Slightly encouraged, Flower led the way. Meeting her lather, she asked coolly: "ilaxc you any objections to my sliowiHu' the incubators to Jim, pal lie's going to make one to batch those Preston grinned. "No objection-. Not iu the least. Co ahead' Show him all about 'em, and teli him every?lung you know, • jfwon i burden his brain none. He might put the eggs into cold storage while lie builds the Incubator." i Ou Tuesday of the third week the I autocrat remarked sarcastically; "I saw Jim this morning. Flower. I told Lilm if he brought the chickens I'd an i uoume Ihe engagement In the county paper an' give you S3OO for weddin" | foiderols." Flower set her red lips in a firm, : | straight line. She had not Inherited j I all her characteristics from her sub- ' I missive mother. j "Lend me your pencil, pa. 1 want to j make out a list of wedding foide rols." Saturday evening came, but Mr. Cur tis did not appear. "Where's the bug professor, Flow er?'' asked her.father tauntingly. "He's wrapping the chickens up in cotton so they can't take cold," re I torted Flower spiritedly. The old man smiled grimly, but the | smile died away as Curtis entered the room "I'm a little late, Mr. Preston," he said cheerily, "but here are your birds." He handed the autocrat a flat wood en box. which the latter opened with trembling fingers. He removed a sheet of cotton, displaying a number of fluffy, sleepy, peeping chickens. "There are eighteen," remarked Jim j carelessly, "four more than you asked j for. but 1 imt them all in for good \ measure." "Them chicks didn't come out'u the i shell today." he declared with convic tion. "No," answered Jim quietly. "They j came out Thursday." Josiali gazed at him in actual con ] sterna t ion. "I hope. Mr. Preston," courteously— j "1 hope there is no doubt in your mind j that these chicks came from the eggs ' you gave me?" Josiali sho »k his head mournfully. | "No," he said slowly. "They're all ; right. I know the strain." lie sat in silence pondering over the i mystery. "'How doth the little busy bee im prove each shining hour,'" suggested Curtis, smiling. "Bugs are good foi \ many things. Mr. Preston." The autocrat sprang up excitedly, ".lumping gingerbread!" he exclaim ed "I'll bet a dime you hatched tlie.m eggs out in the beehive." .1 iin laughed pleasantly. "I sureb did, Mr. Preston. When Flower showed me the iuc*ibators three weeks ago t might, I observed that the temperature was similar to that In my beehives. 1 verified this on reaching home by placing a thermometer In a hhe. So 1 puf the eggs lu the upper [ section of the h!v«, separating them from the working apartments of the j bees by a cotton cloth. I was posftlv« they would hatch, but you may Imagln« j my surprise when they began chipping I the shell in nineteeu days " "I guess I'll put >ni In a brooder," t paid .losiali. re.'tverhig himself som» j what "These clilcks has cost iue S3OC j —too expensive to be allowed up dlssl- 1 pntln' at this Hire in the night." He bore llie precious peepers away, muttering wondering!?: "Rugs; Hatched by bugs! And twe days ahead of time!" Later the autocrat announced 111 the j county paper (he engagement of liii i daughter to the "brilliant young scl enlist. .lames < ui tis " Tol«! ll«*r Worm-In Sung. A stately woman »>f middle* age was telling her troubles to u younger wom an a> they were on their way to an employ men 4 agency. "I have had all sorts of servants." said the stately matron, "and they have done all sons of queer things, but the colored gir : I have now embarrassed me so last night that I really didn't know what t<> do. My dear, I was so angry 1 could have cried. Companj came in unexpectedly to dinner urn} there was hardly enough togo around I served every morsel of all that was on the table, and there was nothing 'eft for the maid When she came In tc clear the table for the dessert she tool) In at a glance the emptiness of th< dishes and her face fell visibly. Then seizing the crumb tray and beating n tattoo on it with ihe crumb brush, she danced around the table singing: "My lonl. i» • > ' .(» licked the platter clean. My lord, they've licked the platter clean. "Of course, I slopped her as soon as I could regain my composure, but not before shrt had given It away to liij guests that they had eaten nie out, sc to speak. I'll discharge her Just as soon as 1 can get another girl.''—New York Press Tin* Bemt Krlnni. After all, it isn't ihe way we live or the work we do that matters, but the ideal we put into it. Is there any work 100 sordid, too prosaic, to yield a return of beauty? Eiieti Glasgow. Nothing to Steal. Minister's Wife Wake up! There are burglars in the house, John. Minister— Well, what of It? Let theui find out their mistake themselves.—Christian Register. Don't speak too plainly. If a man were to set out by calling everything by its name, he would be knock ed down before lie pot to the corner of the street. Exchange. Tlip iModrsly of Women Naturally makes them shrink from the indelicate qnesiifms. the obnoxious ex aminations, and unpleasant local treat ments. which some physicians consider essential in the treatment, of diseases of women. Yet, if help can be had. it is belter to submit to this ordeal than let the disease grow and spread. The trouble is that so often the woman undergoes all the annoyance and shame for nothing. ThotrsandsXif women who have been cured hv Dr. Favorite Prescrip i tion wriiH. in of the cure which the examination | and local is no I medicine sy m.d Infe for dplcate ! women as "Favorite Prescription." 11 j cures debilitating drains."irregularity and i female weakness. It always helps. It • almost, always cures. It is strictly non | alcoholic, lion - secret, all its ingredients liei iig printed on its hot lie -wrap per: con j tains no deleterious or habit-forming drugs, and every native medicinal root entering into its composition has the full 1 endorsement of those most eminent in the several schools of medical practice. Some i of these numerous and strongest of pro fessional endorsements of its ingredients, I will lie found in a pamphlet wrapped around the bottle, also in a booklet mailed fin' on request, bv Dr. 11. Pierce, of Rnlfalo, N. Y. These professional en dorsements should have far more weight than any amount of the ordinary lay, or non-professional testimonials. The most, intelligent women now-a-days insist on knowing w hat tliey take as med icine instead of opening their mouths like a lot of young birds and gulping down whatever is offered them. "Favorite Pre scription" is of KNOWN" COMPOSITION. It makes weak women strong and sick women well. I >r. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send to Dr. It. V. Pierce, Rulfalo, N. v., :.'l one-cent stamps for pa per-covered. or 31 stamps for cloth-bound. If sick consult the Doctor, free of charge by letter. All such communications are held sacredlv confidential. lir. Pierce'* Pleasant Pellets invigorate and regulate stomach, liver and towels, His Hour of | j Triumph j ) By SIDNEY AYRES < P) Copyright, by c. 11. JsutclifTc r It was an interstate contest and 15,- tHHi spectators had assembled to wit no-. the foot race, the long jump, the high jump, the throwing of the ham mer and other feats of agility and strength. Among them were Edith Laws.>n and Isabel Daws, who had ar rived upon the grounds escorted by Edith's brother Dick, but lie had left them to speak to one of the athletes and had disappeared. This Incident had put the usually smiling and amia ble Edith out of temper, and long be fore the tirst trial on the programme had been called she was in a captious mood and wishing she had not come. Miss Daws, on the contrary, was all enthusiasm and anticipation, and her exclamations finally brought forth the rem ark 112 roi n Edith: "What a stupid thing to waste our I time over. These so called athletes ! ; lOOK lit MSiritßK.lt ItV THE NECK AN'D ' M: V.<; 1.11 IIIM IM'II THF. SMOKEK. ought to ie put to sawing wood and made to earn an honest living. Look ■r. tl.at one swelling around as if he I a I saved a dozen human lives!" ••Why, that's Tomm? Hope," was , Label's reply. "If 1 only dared, I'd call him over here and introduce my- 1 self, lie's ju-t one of the nicest fel"— j "If he isn't a bully then I never saw one"' interrupted Edith. "See him | swag-re :,s ! e v\ tlks. If he was In troduced to r.:e I'd snub him good and well." "Why. Edith Lawson! Tommy Hope i is tin- champion high juniper and run- j nfr. and they grief. In return the crowd raised a mighty cheer. The ap plause lasted live minutes, but Edith Lawson didn't join in. During the next half hour she criti cised fhe crowd and berated her broth er. and her friend realized that she was in a pet. so diplomatically left her alone. Then the running race was called, and Miss Daws' suppressed en thusiasm burst forth again. "It will be Tommy our Tommy— again!" she exclaimed In her excite ment. "Oh. Edith, how sorry I am that you can't appreciate athletics as the rest of us do. You see, men are made strong, agile and muscular by Ihis training. Suppose that our Tom my had to run for his life?" "He would if offered a job at a dol lar a day," replied Edith. "What a girl yon are! But there goes the bell. Now they are taking their places. Now the signal is to be given. Now Co it. Tommy, go !t! Oh, Edith. Tommy is gaining—he is creeping up he is leading! O-o-o-h. such sprinting! Tommy will win! He has won!" "And I am going home." Some folks are built that way, even some youmr ladies, and the only way l« to let them hug their theories until circumstance. arise to change their opinio ; On * could not have safely predicted t'r;i such circumstances would ever ; 'ise i:: the life of Edith Lawson but fre i mo-e powerful than mi'n. Within •' '' ' ■ v. is speeding westward it r 1 t > an Invitation from an at t w! • 112 • she was. and, more than (bat, she was traveling alone. Tin -h unc u.j.cioiied, she was not a l >ne passenger in the drawing ro >m ■ ir that whirl I her across the prairies opposite her sat a young man whose .appearance pleased her at fit N ts a.t That he was a gentleman she in, iic iiately dei ided. He made 110 opportunity to speak to her. There were \or eght o; her passengers, all more or le-s sociable, and. In one way and another, all but the young man came to make the acquaintance of Miss Lawson before the first day of the jotirn \ ended. A tier ihe \erj first glance at the voun- 11 in the girl was puzzled. She e nan seen nun berore, atiC • ! ( i i,: i eh- I her brains in vain to re nte:! r ■' ie and v. hen. This im p i w troiiger whenever she stole ie i Li MI. and by and by -he ia h \ \c lat herself for lier fail: recall him. If the truth » hi i"tt. ■was a bit vexed with h H - well If lie wanted ail intro- Inctioii he • oild have had it easy ,«ii HI !:. ai d that he didn't rush to se ■urc it rathe; piqued her. Next morning after breakfast a tough loikiag fellow, who was riding in style for the lirst time In his life, entered the car and a few mlnut?" later was ogling Miss Lawson HUU wait ing himself obnoxious. The young man opposite politely requested the flashy youth to desist and was prompt- j ly consigned to a climate that Is hotter than this. He didn't go. He simply took the disturber by the neck and dragged him into the smoking car and flung him into n seat with a bang. That was the last of the disturber. He didn't like the atmosphere of a drawing room ear. Miss Lawson would have thanked the stranger, but he gave her no opportunity. He simply return ed t>> his seat and resumed his reading as if nothing had happened. That evening as the passengers left 1 the eating house where they had had "twenty minutes for dinner" a cow boy with a couple of gttns belted about him and too much liquor within him freshly halted Miss Lawson and pre tended to recognize her as a Miss Thompson. It was a lamentable fail ure. He was picked up some way, somehow, and dropped off the platform, and the young man who did It never even looked back to see if there was to he any shooting. He might have been thanked again If he hadn't been so busy with ills own affairs. Things were coming to a head, how- ' ever. At midnight that night the train was held np at a water tank. There were live in the party of ruffians, and i three of them entered the sleepers and commanded passengers to "shell out." j The command was promptly obeyed in the tirst two cars, tint the man who , started to work the trick In the Idaho ! ran up against a snag. The reserved young man brought out a gun and did some shooting. He went outside and did some more. In fact, led by him. the passengers rallied and killed two robbers and drove the others into the woods. Miss Edith Lawson was one of the many passengers who offered her hand In congratulation, and thus it came about that the two finally intro «luced themselves. When the stranger said that his name was Benny Hope, but that the public Insisted on calling him Tommy, the girl flushed up and exclaimed: "Why—why. there was a Tommy Hope at the interstate meet of athletes six weeks ago!" "Yes, I was there." "And you j-jumped?" "I jumped. Miss Lawson." "And you—yon sprinted?" "I sprinted. Did you happen to be there in person?" "Y ves, and 1 told my chum. Isabel Daws, that I hated athletes. I I said that an old horse could beat you all at running or jumping and that you— you"— "That I ought to be sawing wood, perhaps?" he laughed. "Well, I shan't hold it against you." And he didn't. If he had, how could they be engaged at the present time, as announced In the society columns? It Is more than likely also that Miss Edith has changed her opinions and is a warm champion of the "cause." Ilou \\ UliniiiM (lot a Gift. In the last century there lived in a western village a gentle old man sub sisting on a meager salary. One day he learned that his brother had died in San Francisco and left him a fortune of many millions. The transition was staggering, especially so since it was followed by a shower of appeals for money from every quarter of the globe and from persons known and unknown to him. His sou, who acted as his secretary, noticed with regret that the father seemed unable to grasp the meaning of his new power and was glad to have him at last evince a little inter est In one of his begging letters. It proved to lie from Williams college, usklng an endowment on the plea liiit the old man's birthplace was near fhe institution "I'd like to do something fur that school," said lie meditatively. • Well. I would, father, if 1 were you." his soti encouraged him. "I believe I will." The old man's ar* dor kindled. "'I believe I'll give them something handsome." "So you should." the sou pursued. "Why not?" "I will. I'll give them"--he thought for a moment "I'll give them s]<¥>!"- Boston Hera M. Safer. "Do you think a flying machine would be safer than the ordinary ; means of exploring the arctic re i gions?" '"Much safer. - ' answered the invent or. "It would be likely to break do«-u before the party got as far as usual from civilization."—Washington Star. "A GOOD LOOKER." Ap|ienriini'r> Have Much to Do With Sueee»» lu Butlaru. "Send me a good looker. I don't mean pretty, you kuow, but one who knows how to dress—the tailor made kind who visits the hairdresser and the manicure. Of course I know It costs, hut we are willing to pay for it." This was a telephone message received by a large employment agency from a business man who required the serv ices of a young woman bookkeeper and general office assistant. A shabby necktie or soiled linen or a cheap, well worn hat may cost you very dear, for it may be a turning point in some one's mind who has been thinking of patronizing you. Business men are keen eyed, very sharp ami often influenced by little things. Many a worthy youth has been sent away when applying for a situation because of some telltale in his dress or manner which made a bad Impression. Yowm men may sj far emphasize the matter of dress that their good ap pearance is ai>out all there is to them. At the same time appearances have much to do with one's advancement, especially in large cities. In New York it is almost impossible for young men lo get a start who are obliged to over come the handicap of an unfavorable impression. It seems as though New Yorkers would forgive anything quick er than a slovenly or a poverty strick en appearance.—Success Magazine. A CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm KpftluS is quickly absorbed. * 1 Give, Relief a. Once. 11 2)» It cleanses, soothe heals and protects w swm the diseased mem brane. It cures Ca- tarrli and drives Head quickly. UAV FTVFR stores the Senses of II" • • Taste and Smell. Full size 50ets., at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size 10 cts. by mail. Ely Brothers,so Warren Street New York. To Cure a Cold in One Day In Two Days. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Seven Million boies sold In past 12 months. This Signature, ™ ***' THE TINY SCIARA. A ProcfNNion of Worm* In ifnii~ icnrj »it <1 N(H*U «> In some of ihe Hungarian forests and in tlio piiu* woods of Norway there exists :i liny, wormliUe insect called the sciara. of the genus tipula. Dur ing the nionih of July or early in Au gust they gather together in large numbers. preparatory to migrating In | search of food or for change of con dition. When setting out on this jour ney they stirk themselves together by means of some glutinous matter and form a huge serpent-like mass, often reaching a length of between forty and tifty feet and several inches in thick ness. As the sciara is only 011 an av erage about three thirty-seconds of an Inch in length, with no appreciable breadth whatever, the number required to compose a continuous line of the size above mentioned is almost incal culable. Their pace is, of course, very slow, and upon meeting an obstacle, such as a stick or stone, they will either writhe over or around it, some times breaking into two bodies for this purpose. M. Cuerin-Meneville, a celebrated French naturalist, said that if the rear portion of this wonderful snakelike procession be brought Into contact with the front part and a sort of circle formed the Insects will keep moving round In that circle for hours without apparently noticing that they are get ting no ••forrader" on their journey. If the procession be broken in two, the portions will reunite in a short time. The Norwegian peasants, when they 1 meet one of these trains, will lay soma article of their clothing, such as a belt or handkerchief, on the ground In front of it. If the procession passes over It It Is regarded as :t good sign, but If It makes a way round the reverse Is be lieved. FAIR PLAY. \ I'leu That lm KexpeeleU hy 41 moat 411 rlHtme* of Men. There is an appeal to which nearly all classes of men give heed—let us liav* fair play. You may address a Bchoolfnl of mischievous boys 011 tht> beauties of goodness, on tile evils of cruelly or harshness to their fellows, and they will laugh at you. Exhorta tions to avoid any abstract evil or wrong and appeals to follow any ab stract virtue will seem hazy to almost any collection of ordinary, healthy and lusty young boys, but if their sense of fair plav be addressed there is a ready 1 response. | tro among a crowd of wharfingers or longshoremen or the roughest and most reckless sailors, who have neither home nor principles of any sort, and talk to them >f tlie things of the head or of the he-trt. and they will think that you are a harmless but quite fu tile specimen from crankdom. Try to awaken in tli.'in a horror of the brutal. Ity of their inual life, speak in moring terms of the force ami beauty of klud ness or of virtue or of any attribute of a polite and civilized society and way of life, and you wiil be soliciting the wind, talking t > a statue, shouting in the desert Hut in tile most uncouth assemblage an I in the vilest haunt In the English speaking world mention fair play and found your argument aud your plea on that basis, and the effect Is instant and eloquent.-I'hila j delphla Ledger. Overloaded. Corned beef hash as made by Sen ator IXanna s cook was very popular In Washington several years ago. When the head waiter of the senate restaurant wanted hash prepared very carefully he ordered it this way: "One corned beef hash for Senator Hanna." One day when the restaurant was do ing a heavy business utmost everybody seemed to want corned beef hash. "Corned beef hash for Senator Hanna" had been ordered fourteen times. When ttie fifteenth order went down to the kitchen file chef shouted: "That's fifteen orders for Senator Hanna! He'd better watch out or he'll founder lilsself." Saved the Situation. "Ha, here comes Uatcliffe with a dagger! My last moment has arriv ed!" exclaims one of the characters In a new melodrama. Unfortunately, however, the actor representing Kat cllft'e had forgotten the dagger and come on the stage without it. But he was equal to the occasion. "Villain," he exclaimed, "111011 thoughtst thou sawst a dagger in mine hand. 'Twas i thine evil conscience supplied the vi sion. But I will slay thee with a blow of this strong right hand," which he proceeded to do. Tlte Privilege of l*eer». There is a curious case in Fortescue's "reports" relating to the privilege of peers, in which the bailiff who many years ago arrested a lord was forced by the court to kneel down aud ask his pardon, though he alleged that he had acted by mistake, for that his lordship iiad a dirty shirt, a woruout suit of clothes and only sixpence In his pocket. >0 that he could not be lieve that lie was a peer and arrested him through inadvertence —Green Bag. GRUB STREET IN NEW YORK. A t.*«tr«»iiouile AsnlK"iueut and the Fate of an Epic. A story is told of a poet who came to the metropolis with a completed epic. This found no acceptance, so after cursing the stupidity of the pub lic and the publishers he took to writ ing "Sunday -rtitT." Soon the matter of fact attitude of the workers around him, with the practical view of the 1 market lie acquired, led him to doubt the literary value of the work he had done in the sentimental atmosphere of his native place. Frequently a commission to write a column "112 humor a week came to him, ami lie cut his epic into short lengths, tacked a squib on each fragment aud eventually succeeded In printing It all : hs humor at a price many times larger ; than the historic one brought by "Para i disc Lost." A not her newcomer brought unsalable ! plnys and high notions of the austerity . 112 the artistic vocation. Three months ; after his arrival he was delighted to get a commission to write the hand book a utilitarian publisher proposed to sell to visitors seeing the metropolis. I This commission brought not only 11 fair payment for the manuscript on de livery, but involved a vital secondary consideration. The title of the work was "Where 10 Fat In New York," and its preparation made It necessary for the author to dine each evening for a month in a different cafe at the proprietor's expense.—.lames 11. Col lins in Atlantic. J _> KtiISTKHS Mll ll lCk. I" t'.l. ' I.KIJITOKR, I.KCJATKKS AS li OTHER i'i itsoss i \ i kkksteij— Notice is hereby given thai Hi- tol.. <\ving named persons did on the date ;iin veil to their names, file tiie account-. 011 in ir s»«l in lii isi ration to the estate of those |.i-r>oiis,i|i i. ii,and Guardian Accounts, Ac. v. .">m- "anil - ;11 >■ hereinafter mentioned, in u",ii ~?i ! , bolster for the I'robnte ol n ' ," ' '""'-rsof Admlnistrn on, in ,u»d foi lie < ounty ot Montour, and li.it l In >unie U ll! I,e presented to the Orphans' out I ol said eoimt.v, for confirmation and allowance, on Monday, tit,- litli Oav of ,lM«iy A. 11., 1907, at the meeting ol tl e Court in the afternoon. 1906 Dec. 1, First and Final account of John Hendricks, Executor of the last \\ ill and Testament of Lucinda E. Thomas, late of \ alley Township Montour County, deceased. Dec. I. I'irst and Final account, of George D. Arnwine audC'harles Arnwine, Administrators of 11 if* estate of Effie J. Arnwine. lato of West Hemlock Town ship, Montour County, deceas ed. Dec. I.i, J- irst aud Final account of Charles S. Heilman, Adminis trator of the estate of Elian Heilman, late of Derry Town ship. Montour County, deceas ed. Dec. I.i, First aud Final account of Benjamin L. Diehl,Executor of the lasr Will and Testament of itebecea Wright, late of Mah oning Township, Montour Comity, deceased. WM. L. SIDLER, Register, Register's Office, Danville, Henn a. Dec. Jo, 1906. Jurors for January Term. GRAND JURORS. Anthony township— George O. Bar thlow,Morris X. James, Lewis Martin. Danville.First ward—John L. Camp hell, Charles Lotier, William A. Reed, George S. Maiers; Second ward- James Brosius, Jacob Boyer, Newton Purse! ; Third ward—Arthur Mowrey, Jacob Doster, Joseph Schmidt; Fourth ward—Bernard Shevlin. Liberty township—J. D. Cotuer. Mahoning township—Frank Gering er, S. B. Kocher, William Hickey, Ralph Ritter. Mayberry township—William Getty. Valley township—Thomas R. Rog ers, Elmer E. Reun. West Hemlock township— C. J. Doiglitmiller, Walter Shultz. TRAVERSE JURORS. Anthony township—J. S. Deunen, David A Cox, Daniel Albeck, John H. Kuhus. Cooper township—Wellington Hart mail, C. I), (.arrisou. Danville. First ward—Harry Elleu bogt n, Jesse Klase, Robert Adams, William G. Turner, Harry Rupp, Eu gene Miles <'harles Haag, Charles O. Cloud, John H. Gernet,lsaac Hoffman, Joseph L. Frame, John R. Miller, W. B. Start zel. Second ward Jacob Dietz, Harry Camp, Grant Feuster maclier. Third ward—George Tiison, A. 1.. Voris, Michael Rielly, Samuel Mottern, Harry Fields, Joseph Divel. Fourth ward—Fred Buchenberger. Fred Ploch. Derry township—Charles Hileman. John Ashenfelder, George P. Cotner. Liberty township—Jesse Umstead, W. C. Bobbins, Joseph Hagenbucli, Joliu Coleman, J. E. Geriuger, Jona than Stall 1. Limestone township—Peter D. Werk heiser. Mahoning township—C. C. Moyer, Elijah Bell, Michael Breckbill. Valley township—William Gething, B. C. P. Cearhart. Washingtonville—A. L. Heddens, Charles W. Derr. West Hemlock township—James H. Geisor. Administrator's Notice. Estate of Mary Crossley lite ot the Borough of Danville, in the county of Montour and State of Pennsylvania deceased. Notice is hereby given that letters of Admistration upon the aliove state have been grant-d to the undersigned. All I er.-uiis indebted to the said estate are required to make payment, and those having claims or demands against the sail estate, will make known the same, without delay, to, J P. BARE Administrator Mary Crossley deceased. Edward K vre ( Je-u hart. Counsel. P. 0. A idress. Danville Pa. fcjxecutrix Notice. Estate of Michael H. Wailize. late of the Borough of Danville, Montour county, deceased. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay ment aud those having legal claims against the same, will present them without delav in proper order for set tlement to MRS. MARY JANE PERSING, Executrix. Danville, Pa . Nov. Ist, 1906. 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