Montour American.
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Mar. uT1907.
One of the decidedly beneficial acts
of the last Cougress was the enactment
of a law providing that stamps to the
valne of ten cents when attached to a
letter or package in excess of the regu
lar postage take the place of the speci
al delivery stamp. After July 1, next,
when this new law goes into effect,all
the bother of rnshing around to drug
stores, branch postofflces and other
places in search of a special delivery
stamp will be avoided. When the writ
er of a letter (whether local or for out
of the city) wants it "special deliv
ery" all that is needed is to attach
twelve cents' worth of stamps to it,
two cents for the regular postage and
ten cents to make up the charge for
'"special delivery."
The words "special delivery" must
in all case 9 be written or stamped on
the letter or package to which the ex
tra ten cents worth of stamps aro affix
ed. It is the belief that this new de
parture will greatly increase the local
as well as the out of town special de
livery business, because it obviates
hustling around for a special delivery
stamp,which is seldom kept in a busi
ness office or at a residence and hereto
fore had to be specially gone after, in
case one was needed. After July 1,
next, all this inconvenience will be
done away with.
What, in the ultimate resort, is a
modern newspaper? It is a business
organization, used as other business
organizations are, for the purpose of
promoting the prosperity of its prop
rietors. It is not a charitable enter
prise any more than the manufactur
ing establishment or the department
Btore is a charitable enterprise. The
men who own it have right to ex
pect their subordinates to so manage
their property as to produce results, j
The manufacturer who has a general
manager who proves utterlyiucompet
ent, the department store proprietor
whose chief man is losing money ev
ery month, must get rid of the incom
petent and seek a chauge of methods
unless he expects togo to the wall.
The newspaper whose editor constant
ly offends the public sense of justice,
needs a new editor.
Does a newspaper owe the general
public anything? Unquestionably it
owes just what the manufacturing
plant or the department store owe—
faithful and impartial service and
honest wares. There is no obligation
upon the newspaper that does not also
rest upon every other business enter
prise. But there has always devolved
upon every department of human ac
tivity the imperative obligation of
common honesty and the "square
deal." If patrons of a manufacturing
plant find that they are receiving in
ferior goods while some neighbor who
chances to live in a palatial mansion
is being treated better they will go
elsewhere. So will the department
store patrons. And so will the sub
scribers and advertisers of a newspap
er if they discover they are not get
ting the same treatment meted out to
their neighbors.
It is not the duty of any ieputable
family newspaper to print all the
news. Much of the news of the day is
not fit to print. Much of it is so in
aue and trifling that it would be a
shame to burden the columns of a good
journal with it. Some of it is of such
trivial importance as to make it im
material whether it is printed nor
not. Some of it being of a personal
nature, may be used as suits the com
fort, convenience or desire of the per
sons immediately affected. The editor
must be able to exercise a fair degree
of judgment and he must be willing
to listen to auy suggestions that
friends or interested parties may offer.
But the supreme duty which the
editor owes to his readers is honesty
and impartiality. He has the right to
adopt auy course he prefers so long as
he makes no unfair or unjust discrim
ination But the humblest citizen
sliould receive from the honest and
truthful newspaper exactly the same
treatment, under similar circumst
ances, that is accorded the man of mil
lions. When au editor refuses to do
that ho ought to be discharged. When
fie is no longer able to do it he ought
to resign. That much the people have
a right to expect from a journal which
they trust.
Can you believe your Senses ?
When two of them, taste and smell,
having been impaired if not utterly
destroyed, by Nasal Catarrh, are fully
restored by Ely's Cream Balm,can yon
doubt that this remedy deserves all
that has been said of it by the thou
sands whom it lias cured? It is appli
ed directly to the effected air-passages
and begins its healing work at once.
Why not get it to-day? All druggists
or mailed by Ely Bros., 5# Warren
Street, New York, on reciept of 50
cents.
Will Protect Game,
Mt. Carmel hunters assembled in the
office of Justice of the Peace Levi
Dietriok and passed resolutions to
protect the game, which is being kill
ed off by illegal hunters The men and
that they would arrest any one they
booting out of season.
TURNED THE JOKE.
rhe Way a Bridegroom Got the Laugh
on His "Funny" Chum.
Under the thin disguise of harmless
'un many an unpardonable rude prauk
is played upon newly married couples.
It is refreshing to hear of an occaslon
il instance in which the "Joke" reacts
jn the joker. A young man and his
bride, who had just been married in a
western town, were starting on their
wedding journey. They had managed
to reach the train in safety despite the
abfwers of rice and old shoes.
Just as they had taken their seats in
Che car one oi the bridegroom's chums
came hastily into bid him goodby. A 9
the young husband extended his hand
the friend snapped a handcuff round
his wrist.
The groom had been suspecting a
trick of some kind, and l>efore the
practical joker could play a similar
trick on the bride he found the other
handcuff snapped round his own wrist,
lie was chained to the happy bride
groom himself.
"That's a good one on me, Harry,"
he said, with a sickly kind of smile,
"but I'll have to ask you to come to the
door with me and get the key to these
things from the fellow outside that's
got it. Hold on, conductor, Just a min
ute!"
But the conductor, whose quick eye
had taken in the situation, refused to
wait. He gave the order for starting,
and the train pulled out. It was a
through train and made no stop for
the next fifty miles. Before it stopped,
however, the brakemau, with the aid
of a sharp tile and a hammer, succeed
ed in releasing Harry. The practical
Joker meanwhile had had to pay full
fare for the fifty miles and still had
his fare home to pay.
FRENCH SENTIMENT.
The Way It Classifies the Greatest
Men of the Nation.
The Petit Parisien in 1900 conducted
n very interesting plebiscite, the object
of which was to ascertain who, in the
opinion of its readers, were the ten
greatest Frenchmen of the nineteeuth
century. More than 15,000,000 votes
were given, and the result was that
Pasteur came out at the top of the poll
with 1.338.425 votes. The next were
Victor Hugo, who received 1,227,103
votes; (tambetta 1,150,072, Napoleon
1,118.034. Thiers 1,039,453, Lazare Car
not 950.772. Curie 851,107, A. Dumas
pere 850,002, I»r. Itoif\ 003,941 and
Parmentler 498,803. Immediately fol
lowing were Ampere, the electrician;
Brazza, the explorer; Zola, Lamartine
and Arago.
It will be observed with interest how
large is the proportion of scientific
men in the number of those who, in
the opinion of Frenchmen, occupy the
highest places In the records of the
country. Napoleon Is only fourth,
though Pasteur heads the list, and
Curie. Itoux and Parmentler, the chem
ist who introduced the culture of the
potato into Frauce, are also honored,
while Ampere and Brazza are not far
behind. Literary men and statesmen
dispute with the scientists for the
highest distinctions, and the national
sentiment of France is evidently ec
lectic.
THE TONSILS.
It Is Not Known What Purpose The##
Structures Serve.
The tonsils are two collections of
glandlike structures at the back part
of the mouth, one on each side, be
tween the pillars of the palate. It Is
not known what purpose they serve.
Some have supposed that they arrest
the germs of disease which may be in
haled or taken in with the food, but
they evidently can catch very few of
the germs which rapidly pass them In
the food or water or in the air which
is inhaled, and it is well they cannot,
for they are themselves very suscepti
ble to disease, as some sufferers know
to their sorrow. Others have thought
they serve an evil purpose, acting as
portals of entry for many disease
germs into the body.
The tonsils are very liable to become
Inflamed. This condition constitutes
tonsilitis, or, when an abscess forms,
quinsy. Young persons, over fifteen
and under thirty, are most subject to
inflammation of the tonsils, although
children and even those well along In
life may suffer. It occurs with special
frequency in those whose tonsils ara
enlarged and usually in persons who
are "run down" In general health or in
whom the power of resistance has been
lowered as a result of worry or over
exertion.
The extra study in preparing for a
difficult examination In school or col
lege and the anxiety concerning the re
sult not uncommonly bring on an at
tack of quinsy, especially in those of a
so called rheumatic tendency.
There are various kinds of tonsilitis,
but the symptoms of all are quite sim
liar In the beginning. The patient feela
111, has chilly sensations, loss of appe
tite, more or less headache perhaps,
constipation, feverishuess and a feel
lng of discomfort or actual pain In the
throat. Soon the fever becomes high
the throat is dry, swallowing Is pain
ful, there is often more or less earache
and the patient seems seriously 111.
Suppuration may or may not occur
The pain and throbbing are most se
vere when it does.
The attack lasts usually from two oi
three days to a week and is apt to ter
minate quite suddenly, although if bul
one tonsil has been affected recovery
may be delayed by an extension of th«
inflammation to the other tonsil. Iu
that case tha whole tiresome process
must be gone through with again.
The disease is almost always serious
enough to require the physician s care,
for the treatment calls for Interna;
remedies as well as local applications
Whatever else Is done, the bowels
should be kept open from the begin
nlng of the attack.—Youth's Coropan
ion.
The Popular Song.
The definition of popularity as glvei
by a salesman in a large music store if
one that may be applied to other thing?
b«sides songs.
"Is this a popular song?" asked £
younir woman, holding up a sheet oi
music brilliantly decorated in red anc
green.
"Well. no. miss," said U»e sal -smau
assuming a j,jd>..tl air, "I «r.« .7 r-ay i
Is as yet Gf <. ir lats of p_»o an
sin^in.J:. .>n,l < (»•>)» xy ik -> ,t. a;
aobady's '.rot t.r >.! en aigii of ii vet foi
It to be what you'd call .1 popular soiiir
miss."
The Contrast.
A small ih-k'u boy was putting his
head against tii l marble steps of tlit
capitol. lie would step buck a
feet :"i I ta mi run toward thh steps
strikia Hi.- lull force with his head.
"What oa earth are you doing tha
for. bay'.-" a<\ed a senator who cam*
by. "A 1 ■; u u iug to tight a goat?"
"Naw. -ii 1:. I'* doin' it cause it feel
so good when I don't," Rochestei
( Democrat and Chroulcle
STAGESTRUCK.
An Incident of the Boyhood Days of
William McKinley.
Out* does not readily associate our
martyred president, William McKinley,
with an ambition to become an actor,
but In a grouping of eminent person
ages who have conceived at one time
or another in their lives a passion to
tread the boards we fliul the subjoined
account:
"It was while holding the humble
position of clerk at a hat store In On
clnnati that Mr. McKinley became
stagestruck and once confessed that
he did not outgrow his desire to be
come au actor for many years after
ward. This desire arose through wit
nessing the Shakespearean plays as
presented by the great tragedian, Ed
win Forrest, for whom Mr. McKinley
conceived a great admiration.
" 'lmagine my feelings.' the presi
dent said on one occasion when relat
ing his boyish ambitions, 'when For
rest walked Into our store one day to
make a purchase. 1 rushed to the
front in order to serve my Ideal hero
of the theater. The sale, however, was
made by an older clerk, but T was
given the privilege of pressing and
stretching the hat. The great actor
stood near me, observing my work, and
the smile of appreciation which he
gave me was one of the events of my
youth.' " —Scrap Book.
MO SENSE OF HUMOR. -
A Scientist's Criticism of a Comlt
Book For Children.
Charles Monselet, a Frenchman of
letters, published a comic "scientific
dictionary" for the benefit of children,
who found no little amusement In his
odd accounts of things In the animal
world which were perfectly familiar
to them, but which were described In a
rather fantastic way in it. Monselet's
book.
The editor of a certain scientific Jour
nal. however, was much surprised and
shocked at M. Monselet's Ignorance
when he took up the book, and he
wrote an article about it In his paper,
which ran as follows:
"A certain M. Monselet has publish
ed a dictionary for the use of children,
which contains deflnitious showing ths
most extraordinary Ignorance, such as
the following:
"'Sardine—A little fish without any
head which lives In oil.'
"As if a fish could live without a
head and in oil!
"Another definition
"'Parrot—A bird somewhat resem
bling the pigeon, generally green, when
Jt Is not red or yellow or blue. Cocka
toos sometimes live to be a hundred
years old, except when they are stuff
ed, and then there is no limit to the
length of their life.'
"Now, It happens that the parrot is
not a pigeon at all and never has the
colors that M. Monselet gives to him,
and, in short, this M. knows
no more of natural history than he has
grains of common sense."
HANDLING A TIGER.
Hum a Turkoman Subdued a Snarl
lnic, Anjrry Man Eater.
"In a cage near the room in which 1
lived while in Khiva," says Langdoi
Warner in the Century Magazine,
"was a tiger from the Oxus swamps
He had taken a dislike to me, and
every time 1 passed his cage he gol
up and paced angrily toward me
snarling.
"Into the cage of tliis beast, at th«
command of the prince, a Turkomar
stepped, armed with a short stick ai
big round as his wrist. With thii
stick he struck the tiger's nose as h<
made for him, and then, with palmi
out and eyes fixed, he walked slowlj
up to the shrinking beast and stroket
liis face and flank.
"The tiger snarled and took th<
man's hand in his open mouth. I helc
my breath and looked for the bleed
ing stump to fall away; but, keeplni
that band perfectly still, witli th<
other he tickled the tiger's jowl am
scratched his ear till with a yawn am
a pleased snarl the big cat rolle<
over on his back to have his bell:
scratched.
"The man then sank to his knees
always keeping his hands In motloi
over the glossy fur, and with his foo
drew toward him a collar attached t<
a chain. This he snapped round thi
beast's neck and, rising to his feel
laid hold of the chain and dragged th
tiger out.
"This was only the second time tha
the cage had been entered. As sooi
as tbe tiger was outside he espied th
watching party and started for their
but came up short on the collar. If h
had chosen to use his weight am
strength no four of them could hav
held his tether, but as it was th
Turkoman found little difficulty wit'
him and held him, snarling, while
camera was snapped."
IMITATION PEARLS.
They May Be Detected by the Hol«
Drilled Through Them.
The means of ascertaining the genu
Ineness of pearls, which are frequently
Imitated with marvelous skill, is es
pecially important to the layman, evei
( ihough the Jeweler may quickly detect
them, imitations are usually iightei
than real pearls and generally are brit
tie, although some are made solid ol
fish scales and do not break so easily
I while the holes, which in the real pear
ere dililel very small and have a sharj
edge, are in the false larger and have i
blunt edge. As a rule, the imitatloi
pearls are like hollow spheres of glasi
| colored internally with a coating lin!
fating the orient of natural pearl.
Tin manufacture of these artlclei
embr.iees two series <>f operations—th<
| production or the sphere and the intro
duction of coating. The spheres ar<
produced by the glassblowcr, who b;
aid of an cnameler's lump solders tht
extremity of a tube w'>en the sub
stance Is of the right c m-i-tency. li
this way are obtained very regular lit
tie spheres that serve tor the eoinposl
tiou of the ordinary quality of falsi
! pearls.
In the more beautiful imitations tin
tube employed is slightly opalescent
and the glassblower, besides, gives t<
the little spheres while they are yo
malleable certain slight perceptible in
equalities of surface by gently tapplnj
them with a small Iron bar. This give
them a still greater resemblance t<
natural pearls, which are very seldon
absolutely regular.—Exchange.
Vln/n and Eve.
Adam was making bis avowal t
five.
"No power shall ever lake you froi
my side," he declared fervently.
"That's a pretty rash promise, lsn'
it." inquired Eve, winking, "sinee yo
know 1 was taken from your side th
first tblug after you arrived here?''
Perceiving that tbe woman was gii
Ing him a rib roast. Adam went ol
sulking in the apple orchard. El
change.
AN EARLY CALL
Mark Twain's Story About His Ab
sontminded Brother.
One bitter December night Orion
(Mark Twain's brother) sat up reading
until 3 o'clock in the morning and then,
without lookiug at a clock, sallied forth
to call on a young lady. He hammered
and hammered at the door; couldn't
get any response; didn't understand it.
Anybody else would have regarded
that as an indication of some kind or
other and would have drawn Infer
ences and gone home, but Orion didn't
draw inferences. lie merely hammered
and hammered, and finally the father
of the girl appeared at the door In a
dressing gown. He had a candle In
his hand, and the dressing gown wa9
all the clothing he had on, except an
expression of welcome, which was so
thick and so large that it extended all
down his front to his Instep and nearly
obliterated the dressing gown. But
Orion didn't notice that this was an
unpleasant expression. He merely
walked in. The old gentleman took
him into the parlor, set the candle on
a table and stood. Orion made the
usual remarks about the weather and
sat down—sat down and talked and
talked and went on talking, that old
man looking at him vindictively and
waiting for his chance, waiting treach
erously and malignantly for his chance.
Orion had not asked for the young
lady. It was not customary. It was
understood that a young fellow came
to see the ghi of the house, not the
founder of it. At last Orion got up
and made some remark to the effect
that probably the young lady was
busy and he would go now and call
again That was the old man's chance,
and he said with fervency. "Why, good
land, aren't you going to stop to break
fast V" Mark Twain's Autobiography
in North American Review.
FOUND A HOLE FOR HIM.
txpcrlpni'9 of h Voaug Man In
Hl« Start In Rnilneaa.
Here is something that should appeal
<o every young man starting out In
business: '"When I came to New York,"
paid a bright fellow to me. "I engaged
by the year as entry clerk with a large
dry goods house. I soon found out I
couldn't get along with the superin
tendent. a dictatorial, domineering
man. Being young and brash. I 'sass
ed' him. whh-h made matters all the
worse for me. At last my position be
came unbearable, and I quietly looked
around for another place. The man
ager of a great grocery house asked
where I worked and why I wanted to
make a change. I told liiui In all frank
ness. and he a*ked me to come around
in a few days. I guess I talked alto
gether too much. When I called he
said, "l have no place open at present,
but ! guess 1 can find a hole for you.'
That was enough. I went back to my
store and resigned.
"The next morning I presented my
self before the manager of the grocery
house. 'As I told you.' said he. 'I have
no place open at present,' and walked
away. 'But,' said I, 'didn't you tell me
you would find a hole for me?' 'I did,'
he answered back. 'Ain't you in it?'
He then added. 'Mr. R.. the superin
tendent of the firm you have been
working for is my brother.' I have
worked since then with my hands in
my pockets, and the lesson took a good
deal of the freshness out of me. It
taught me to look before I leaped."—
New Vork l'ress.
THE CHILD'S MIND.
Give It a ( lianee to Develop by It*
Vutural I'rocenaea.
The littler they are the better, be
cause farther removed from the world
that is ours and deeper placed In their
own world. A good baby radiates
peace. Every one who is rightly con
stituted smiles at tlie sight of it.
They are busy, they are cheerful.
As a rule, they seem to be kind to one
another. They are not bored, and un
less the weather Is Insufferable or they
are sick they are not depressed.
What philosophers! What heroes!
Is it strange that the attitude of an
uuperverted child should be the Chris
tian ideal?
The great merit of children as com
panions lies iu the breadth of their
tolerations. They are ea§y to please,
agreeable to most propositions and not
very critical.
They do not "know better." That is
one of their deligbtftilest troits. Chil
dren will trust you, and that Is one of
the most gratifying compliments pos
sible.
In the company of children you have
relief in considering what will pay.
The things that they do and prefer to
do, do not pay, as a rule, except in the
doing of them.
Wise elders who are qualified to
train the mind of a child are pretty
scarce. The next best thing Is the
elder who is wise enough to respect
the child's mind aud give It a chance
to develop In a sympathetic atmos
phere by its own natural processes.—
E. S. Martin in Harper's Magazine.
OLD TIME STYLES.
The Fashions In Ladies' Hats In Rich
mond After the War.
A southern lady iu a diary which she
kept throughout the civil war telle of
a bonnet which she made and which
was regarded as "quite stunning." The
author of "Dixie After the War"
quotes from the diary as follows:
We had been wearing coal scuttle
bonnets of plaited straw, trimmed with
coru shuck rosettes. 1 made fifteen one
spring, acquired a tine uame as a mil
liner aud was paid for my work.
I recall one that was quite stuunlug.
I got hold of a bit of much worn white
ribbon and dyed it an exquisite shade
of green with a tea made of coffee ber
ries. Coffee berries dye a lovely green.
You might remember that if you are
ever in war and blockaded.
When the northern ladles appeared
on the streets of Richmond they did
not seem to have on any bonnets at all.
They wore tiny, three cornered affairu,
tied on with narrow strings, and all
their hair showing in the back. We
thought them the most absurd and
trltiiug things. But we made haste to
get some.
The Yankees introduced some new
fashions in other things besides clothes
thut I remember vividly, one being
canned fruit. I had never seen any
canned fruit before the Yankees cauie.
Pleasant innovations in food were like
to leave lasting Impressions on one
who had been living on next to nothing
for an indefinite period.
IIIm S|»«M*lHlt y.
Young Foley looked so downcast that
the market man aske.l why lie carried
uucb a long face.
"Fired," returned Foley concisely.
"Fired?" repeated (lie market man.
"Give you any reason for doing itV"
"Yep," Foley said, with the air of ;»
martyr. "The boss said he was losins;
money on the things I was making,
"fs that so? What were you mak
lugf
"Mistake."
I MALE DRESS REFORM |
IT IS HOPELESSLY HAMPERED BY THE |
STIFF WHITE SHIRT. j
!'he \Vn> Thlx t.Hi-ment Interferes
Willi 11..Hi llenllh hiiil Comfort.
Some of the .% liKurilitieN of the Pres
ent Masculine Style of Attire.
The necessity by which men feel co
erced of proving to the world that they
wear white shirts lies at the basis of
•11 the difficulties of the dress problem.
Until the garment becomes extinct
it is hopeless to attempt the reform of
men's dress on the lines of health and
comfort.
It will of course ultimately dlsap- ;
pear, for it Is I»ut the mark of a stage
in the evolution of dress, just as the
vermiform appendix Is a useless evolu
tionary remnant In the body. But the
question Is whether we ought to await
the slow course of evolution or to use
our common sense and abandon the
ancient garment at once.
Wliy do we wear white shirts'/ Ages
ago it was only the wealthy who could
afford to clothe themselves In linen.
TUe possession of linen underwear was
tl en a mark of social position, and
there was an obvious advantage in
making public display of it.
We may put down three-fourths of
die discomfort of the hot summer to
the account of the starched shirt. It
prevents the very process devised by
nature to keep the body cool—the evap
oration of sweat. In so far as It hin
ders this natural process In summer,
the white shirt favors disease. But in
winter it Is a fruitful cause of illness.
In winter the mere wearing of a
white shirt would no doubt leave a
man no better and no worse if he were j
content to wear it for his own satisfac- !
tion. But the curious law of evolution
comes In and compels him to wear It
in such a way as to do himself physical
injury.
Wherever evolution is at work it
leaves vestiges—literally, footprints.
Probably it Is millions of years sine®
the vermiform appendix became a use
less organ, but it still survives. All
evolutionary survivals appear to be
harmful. The appendix is the seat of
appendicitis. In the inner corner of
the eye there is the remnant of a one*
useful third lid, which now only lodges
dust and causes irritation.
The lord chancellor's wig was once u
comfort in ancient drafty legislative
chambers and now merely serves to
make a sensible man look ridiculous
and give him headaches.
People who drew up laws were long
ago paid according to the number of
words, but the multiplicity of words
QOW only causes confusion. So the
white shirt that was once a badge of
wealth and culture, being no longer of
value 112 ir that purpose, is only a cause
of discomfort and disease.
It is necessary to cut a piece out of
the ve.-t an 1 the coat, just over the
most important organs of the body, In
order to prove to our neighbors that
we wear white shirts. Consequently
in the winter time we expose the lungs
and the air passages to the cold wind
and.he cold rain.
From the point of view of health
nothing could be more stupid. Bron
chitis is one of the most deadly of all
diseases in this country. Bronchitis Is
simply inflammation of the bronchial
tubes. This inflammation is excited
by a chill, a chilling of that part of
the body left exposed in order to show
that we wear white shirts.
The white shirt, in fact, might ap- j
pear in the tables of the registrar gen- |
eral as the cause of so niauy deaths, '
perhaps 100,000 a year.
And does It really improve a man's j
appearance? By virtue of the assocla* !
tion of ideas it certainly does. Usual
ly men who do not wear white shirts
are not given to cleanliness. The man j
who wears a white shirt washes his
face and hands and brushes his clothes:
hence when we see a white front and
white cuffs we experience that pleas
ant sensation produced by general
neatness ot' the person and clothing.
But that a few square Inches of white
clothing over the chest makes a man
look better is an absurd conclusion.
The case for the white shirt has not
a leg to stand upon. The garment Is
uncomfortable, unhealthy and unbe
coming. And as it has lost the only
useful function it ever possessed—that
Is, Its symbolism of exceptional wealth
—we ought to discard it altogether.
The difficulties of this course are very
gre.it no doubt. What we want Is an
"antiwlilte shirt society," which would
agree to wear, from some prearranged
date, a dress designed wholly with re
gard for comfort, health and beauty.—
T. F. Manning in London Gossip.
BEES IN WARFARE.
Tito Inituncea In Which the Inaectv
Were L'aetl a* Weapon®.
History records two Instances in
which bees have been used In warfare
as weapons against besieging forces.
The first is related by Apptan of the
siege of Themiscyra, in Pontus, by Lu
cullus In his war against Mlthrldates.
Turrets were brought up, mounds were
built, and huge mines were made by
the Romans. The people of Themis
cyra dug open these mines from above
and through the boles cast down upon
the workmen bears and other wild
animals and hives or swarms of bees.
The second instance Is recorded in
an Irish manuscript in the Blbllotheque
Royale at Brussels and tells how the
Danes and Norwegians attacked
! ter, which was defended by the' Saxons
and some Gallic auxiliaries. The Danes
1 were worsted by a stratagem, but the
Norwegians, sheltered by hurdles, tried
to pierce the walls of the town when
"what the Saxous and the Gaeldhll
who were among them did was to
throw down large rocks, by which they
broke down the hurdles over their
heads." What the others dkl to check
this was to place large posts under the
hurdles.
What the Saxous did next was to put
all the beer and water of the town Into
the caldrons of the town and boil them
and spill them down upon those who
were under the hurdles, so that their
skins were peeled off. The remedy
which the Lochlaus applied to this was
to place hides outside on the hurdles.
What the Saxons did next was to
throw down all the beehives in the
town upon the besiegers, which pre
vented them from moving their hands
or legs from the number of bees which
stnnir ilicni They afterward desisted
and left the <•: iy.
Forest Air.
There i- a general impression that
the humidity of the air Is greater lu
the woods than In the open fields.
This is contradicted, however, by the
result of observations made in Ger
many. It was found there that the
humidity, both relative and absolute,
was slightly greater in the open than
In the w<> hls, and this was true equal
ly In the morning and in the after
noon. As to the temperature of the
air among the trees, it was a trifle
higher than in the open in the morn
ing and in a more marked degree in
the afternoon.
THE LICORICE PLANT.
Where It Grows and How Its QlaoW
Juice Is Treated.
Black licorice is made from the Jules
of the licorice plant, mixed with starch
to prevent it from melting in hot
weather. The licorice plant grows for
the most part on the banks of the
Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which
flow through Immense treeless prairies
of uncultivated land. The climate of
these great plains Is variable. Half the
year It is mild and pleasant, but for
three months it is very cold, and for
three months in summer hot winds
sweep across the country, raising the
temperature to 104 degrees for weeks
at a time.
The licorice plant Is a shrub three
feet high and grows without cultiva
tion in situations where its roots can
reach the water. The usual time of
collecting is the winter, but roots are
dug all the year around. At first the
root Is full of water and must be
allowed to dry, a process which takes
nearly a year. It Is then cut Into small
pieces from six Inches to a foot
long. The good and sound pieces are
kept, and tlie rotten ones are used for
firewood.
As the valley of the Euphrates con
tained one of the earliest civilizations
In the world. It is probable that licorice
is about the oldest confection extant
and that the taste, which pleases near
ly all children today, was familiar to
the little brown boys and girls of
Babylon and Nineveh 8,000 years ago.
THE FIRST ZOO.
China, It Seems, Counts That Among
Her Many Reoorda.
The Chinese had the first zoo. Men
ageries are thought to owe their ori
gin partly to the cult of sacred ani
mals and partly to the ambition of
rulers to possess specimens of rare and
valuable creatures from foreign lauds
or savHfte beasts from their own. In
the simplest forms zoological gardens
were one of the earliest developments
of culture and were familiar to the
Chinese, Indians, Greeks, Romans and
pre-Spanish Mexicans In ancient times.
The oldest recorded menagerie Is Chi
nese, dating from llfiO B. C. The den
of lions kept by Darius, as described
In the book of Daniel, Is an example
of one of those primitive menageries,
while the cult of sacred white horses
by the ancient Greeks and Romans
and that of so called white elephants
lu Burma and Siani are Instances of a
second type. A live giraffe was re
ceived at the menagerie of Schonbnmn
as early as 1828.
The Paris establishment Is regarded
as the earliest entitled to the designa
tion "zoological gardens" In the mod
ern sense of that term, which owes Its
origin, however, to the formation of
the menagerie in the Regents' park.
Of German establishments of this sort
the one at Berlin Is the earliest.
American zoos, notable among which
Is New York and Chicago, are among
the completest In the world. Ex
change
Roman House Heatara.
The methods used by the Romans for
warming their houses were clever. In
Rome Itself artificial warmth may have
been brought rarely into use, though
the Italian winter requires fires al
times, but wheu the Roman took uj
his abode abroad as the conqueror h(
certainly lived in chilly climates. It
the country houses he built In England
he had carefully devised heating ar
rangements, which are called hypo
i causts. These are flues running un
der the tessellated floors. Fires wer«
lit outside of the house, and the hoi
air passed under the floors. To dc
this much required a knowledge ol
' the builder's art, with the necessarj
precautions against fire. Retanants ol
♦hese hypocausts are found today lr
England, built during the Roman oc
tupatlon.
SCOTCH TERMS.
Tha Word "Clan"' and the Relation ci
Clansmen and Chief.
Everybody knows that the wor<
"mac" (pronounced in Gaelic machk]
means sou, so that, for example, Mac
Donald literally means the sou of Don
aid. But It Is not geuerally knowr
that wheu a woman is spoken of th<
hlgblanders substitute for "mac" th«
feminine "nich," which means daugh
ter; that the vocative of "mac" Is
"vichk" (we spell phonetically), whicl
always replaces mac when a persor
(s addressed, and that the nomlnatlv<
plural ts mlehk (sons) or claun (ehll
dreu). Sir Walter Scott's Ignorance ol
Gaelic frequently led him Into erroi
upon these points, both in his poetrj
and In his novels.
The meaning of the Gaelic word clan
as Ju6t stated, Is children, and the obe
dlence which clansmen owed to theli
chief was considered by them rathei
as the affectionate obedience due bj
children to a father than as that dut
by subjects to a ruler. They believed
themselves to l>e all blood relatione
descended from a common ancestor, ol
which their chief was the living repre
sentatlve. The clansman who hesltat
ed to save his chief's life at the ex
pense of his own was regarded as e
coward who fled from his father's Bld«
In the hour of peril. On the othei
hand, the chief was expected at al
times to acknowledge the meanest ol
his clan as his relation aud to shake
hands with him wherever they mighi
happen to meet. Subordinate to th«
chief and geuerally related to him
were the chieftains and tacksmen.—
London Standard.
DIET AND HEALTH.
Use Foods That Will Give the System
the Oil It Demands.
Every person requires a certain
amount of oil in his food In order to be
healthy. Our ancestors lived to a large
extent on olives, filberts, chestnuts
and other nuts containing oil. The
present generation uses too little oil in
its diet. This can l»e taken in the
shape of the pure expressed olive oil,
as an emulsified salad dressing or by
eating nuts, olives, etc. It may be a
matter »112 choice how the system gets
its oil, but a certain amount Is essen
tial to the enjoyment of good health.
The good results of the habitual use of
the above articles in the diet are soon
shown, especially when jtersons are In
clined to colicky Indigestion and con
stipation. Doctors will do well to in
struct their patients to use pure olive
oil In moderate doses, also as dressing
for salads. Various kinds of nuts have
a higli dietetic value l>ecaut»e of the
plls which they contain and can be
used to advantage. When patients in
cline to consumption, pure cod livec
oil ranks at the head of oily sub
stances, but the lesser oils also can l>e
taken in moderation.
Nature furnishes many cures for the
successful treatment of diseases if we
will but study her methods Instead of
following fads. The result will be a
greater progress in bulldlug up resist
ance ami Immunity from disease
THE MALE OPERA HAT. I
Why It Rises Superior to Any Passing I
Fashion Dictates.
Men generally protest against the
changes of style In hats, and one of
the sex has written to the New York
Mail this complaint:
Why attack as a "collapsible, many
named pretender" the opera hat, or
chapeau de claque?
I have snr-h a hat and also a silk hat,
in which ■ poet T think I differ from
most Gothamites. Whenever I have
an option I wear the opera rather than
the oilier. It's more convenient.
At the theater or opera you can car
ry It better on your between the acts
promenades. If there Is no rack for
your hat under the seat you can tuck
it in your overcoat and put it on the
floor nmlt r you without destroying it,
as t. ou world do with a silk hat.
If you put your hat in the rack un
der your seat and then rise and stand
close to it to permit a late comer to
pass an opera hat suffers no damage.
A silk hat would be either ruffled or
crushed.
The opera hat looks as well at all
th::e as t': • silk hat and requires
much less care. Indeed, I thiuk it
looks better. The glossy surface of a
silk huf. ! ;, .:e the glossy bosom of a
stiff whiie i-hirt. is an uncomfortable
survival ol Hie time when men wore
polished helmets and breastplates.
There is so much reason In the opera
hat that men of discrimination will
continue to wear it, the style of the
moment regnrdless.
FAMOUS GAMBLERS.
Ol<l Time l.nmlon il.-ttiiiK (lulu and
Their Memlierß.
There were three principal clubs-
White's. Brookes'and Boodles'. White's
was originally a "chocolate house'' In
William 11l 's time, but became a pri
vate club early in the eighteenth cen
tury and was used by the Tories. It
was a club always noted for high play
rind betting, and very curious some of
their bets were, the old wager book
being still preserved. Brookes' was
the Whig club and was then conduct
ed by that
t.iberal Brookes, whose speculative skin
hasty rfdit anil i distant bill;
ft" .<>, nursed in clubs, disdained a vulgar
•.rade,
K:.nlt* "o trust and blushes to be paia.
AffiO'ig the members of this club
tvpri' the Prince of Wales, and, of
| 10-irse. nis tidus Achates, Sheridan, be
rimes the great Charles James Foi,
{ who here played deeply and whose
| name is oft recorded in the wager
book, which, however, is of older date
aud was kept when the club was held
at A 1 muck's. "Lord Northington bets
Mr. C Fox, June 4, 1774, that he (Mr.
C. F.) is not called to the bar before
this day four years." "March 11, 1775,
Lord I'.ollngbroke gives a guinea to
Mr. Charles Fox and It to receive a
thousand from him whenever the debt
of this county amounts to £171,000,-
000. Mr. Fox is not to pay the £I,OOO
till lie Is one o f his majesty's cabinet"
"April 7, 1791, Mr. Sheridan bets Lord
r.auderdale and Lord Thanet 25
guineas each that parliament will not
consent to any more lotteries after the
present »ne voted to be drawn in Feb
ruary next."—From "The Dawn of the
Nineteenth .Century," by John Ashton.
'Sdenth!
He (excitedly)—l tell you the hand
#ome dress that millionaire's wife is
wearing was paid for by blood money
She (calmly)—Ah, that accounts foi
the gore in the skirt!— Baltimore Arner
lean.
A p c °® i E tive CATARRH
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The woman who has periodical head
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Spois or specks floating or dancing before
Sier eyes, haygnawing distress or heavy
full ft •■ling faint spells, dr~g
ging-<!ownA*eling in lower abdominal or
pelvic region, easily startled or excited,
irregulrfror painful periods, with or with
out jHvic catarrh, is suffering from
weaknits' s anAflerangements that should
have earn ayention. Not all of above
symptoifts ape likely to be present in any
case at one /i me.
Neglyctod or badly treated and such
casesjClyfn run into maladies which de
mand tfle surgeon's knife if they do not
resi^J^atally.
No medicine extant has such a long
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woman's peculiar ailments enter into its
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list of its ingredients printed on each
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only good—never harm. Its whole effect
is to strengthen, invigorate and regulato
the whole femalo system and especially
the pelvic organs. When these are de
ranged in function or affected by disease,
the stomach and other organs of digestion
become sympathetically deranged, the
nerves are" weakened, and a long list of
bad, unpleasant symptoms follow. Too
much must not be expected of this "Fa
vorite Prescription." It will not perform
miracles; will not cure tumors—no med
icine will. It will often prevent them, if
taken in time, and thus the operating
table and the surgeon's knife may be
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Women suffering from diseases of long
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Pierce by letter, free. All correspondence
is held as strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Address Dr. 11. V. Pierce,
Buffalo. N. Y.
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Sour
Stomach
No appetite, loss of strength, nervous
ness, headache, constipation, bad breath,
general debility, sour risings, and catarrh
of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol relieves indigestion. This new discov
j ery represents the natural juices of diges
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] combined with the greatest known tonlo
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| helps all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying, sweetening and strengthening
| the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
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Kodol Digests What You KtL
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belching of rat, etc.
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I" PERSONALS. "I
Clarence McMahon.of Philadelphia,
speut yesterday with liis mother, Mrs.
Thomas McMahon, Spruce street. Mr.
McMahou is rapidly recovering from
his recent serious illness.
Rev. E. B. Dunn, of Nescopeck,for
merly pastor of the United Evangelic
al church in this city, called on Dan
ville friends yesterday.
Rev. Harry Minsker will return this
morning from the U. E. conference at
Carlisle.
John Diebert,delegate from the Dan
ville United Evangelical church, re
turned yesterday after attending the
sessions of the conference at Carlisle.
New Silk Mill at Shamokin.
Shamobiu capitalists have closed a
contract with promoters in Patterson,
N. J., to establish a local silk mill in
Shamokiu that will give employment
to 300 people.
TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE!
Pursuant to an order issuing out of
the District Court of the United States
for the Eastern District of the State
of Pennsylvania, the undersigned
Trustee of the estate of William H.
Latimer,Bankrupt, will expose at pub
lic sale or outcry, at the Court House
steps, in Danville, Montour County,
Pennsylvania, on
SATURDAY, Mar. 23,1907.
at 3 o'clock P. M.the following de
scribed real estate:
All that certain part of a town lot
of land situate in the First ward of
the Borough of Danville, County of
Montour,State of Pennsylvania, bound
ed and described as follows :
Fronting on Kront Street on the
Southward, adjoining other half of
same lot the estate of Patterson John
sou, deceased, on the Westward, an
alley ou the Northward and lot now
or formerly of William C. Johnson,on
the Eastward, containing in width on
Front Street twenty-five feet and ex
tanding back to alley one hundred and
fifty feet.
TERMS OF SALE: Three Hundred
Dollars shall be paid in cash,or certifi
ed check, upon striking down of the
property; balance within thirty days.
J. HECTOR McNEAL, Trustee.
M. BRECKBILL, Auctioneer.
Auditor's Notice.
IN THE ORPHAN'S COURT OF
MONTOUR COUNTY. IN RE
ESTATE OF CATHARINE
HAHN, LATE OF THE BOR
OUGH OF DANVILLE, IN THE
COUNTY OF MONTOUR AND
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
DECEASED. IN PARTITION.
The undersigned appointed by the
aforesaid Court, to make distribution
of the fund paid Into and remaining
in the said Court afterpayment of the
amount of costs and fees taxed and ap
proved by the Court, to and among the
parties legally entitled thereto, will
meet all parties interested for the pur
pose of his appointment at his Law
Offices No. 106 Mill Street, Danville,
Montour County, Pennsylvania, on
FRIDAY, APRIL sth. A. D., 1907, at
eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the
said day, where and when all persons
having claims on the said fund are re
quired to make and prove the same or
be forever debarred from thereafter
coming in upon the said fund.
EDWARD SAYRE GEARHART,
Auditor.
Danville, Pa. Mar. 2. 1907.
Executrix Notice.
Estate of Michael H. Wa'lize, late of
the Borough of Danvjlie, 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. MARY JANE PERSING,
Executrix.
Danville, Pa., Nov. Ist, JHO6.
NOTICE.
APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF
LIQUOR LICENSE.
Petition of James Ryau of the 3rd
Ward of the Borough of Danville,
Penna. for the trausfer of his hotel li
cense from its present location No.
526 Mill Street to the two story brick
building, situate on the North East
Comer of Mill and Centre Streets in
the said Borough, bounded on the
North by lot of James Grimes, on the
East by an alley, on the South by
Centre St., and ou the West by Mill
St., and known in the plot of said
Borough as No. 000 Mill Street.
Will be presented to the Court of
Quarter Sessious of Montour County,
April 3 A. D. 1907, at 10 o'clock A.
M.
THOS. G. VINCENT.
Clerk Q. S.
Dauville, Pa , March 13th, 1907.
Winsdcr Hotel
i Between 12th and 13th Sts. on Filbert St
Philadelphia, Pa.
Three minutes walk from the Read
ing Terminal. Five minutes walk from
ilie Penna. R. R. Depot.
I U» OPRAN PLAN
SI.OO per day and upwards.
AMERICAN PLAN
$•2.00 per day.
R-I-P-A-NTS T&BUL'&
Doctors find
A good prescription
For Mankind.
The 5-cent picket is enough for u<ua
occassiotis. The family bottle (60 cents
ooutains a supply for a year. All <*"
gists