Montour American. FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Apr. 4 1907. The Spring Election. Many of the newspapers of the State are strongly in favor of the ultimate adoption of the proposal constitution al amendment abolishing the February election aud providing that municipal officers shall be choseu in November at the same time the general election occurs. In fact, the sentimeut of the editorial writers seems fco be practical ly unanimous in favor of the amend ment Should tliis amendment become a part of the State constitution it will have to pass through the regular pro cess prescribed by the constitution it self. That is to say, having passed the gauntlet of tnis legislature it will have to be favorably considered by the leg islature of 1909 aud then submitted to the vote of the people. It will be per coived that the earliest date at which it could go into effect would he Nov ember, 1910. The strongest argument against the amendment is the fear that the elec tion of conncilmen and other municip al officers in November would assist the designs of the partisan. Usually party spirit runs rather high during gubernatorial aud presidential camp aigns, and the probabilities are that 8 >me unfit men would slip iuto office under stress of political excituieut. Hcwever, it is quite evident that the independent voter is growing in num bers with each passing year, and it has become possible to secure the de feat of an nnworthy candidate even in the heat of a national campaign if the truth be properly presented to him. The chief argument in favor of the proposed ohange is the great expense of holding primaries and elections un der the new laws we have recently placed on our statute books. Two reg istrations. two uniform primaries and two elections involve a heavy expend iture annually. The idea is becoming very prevalent that no harm would come if the expeuse were cut down one-half by the abolition of the winter primaries and the February election. The cities and boroughs.as well as the townships, would probably get as good officers by the new plan as they do now, perhaps better. And the in dependent voter would still have his opportunity. The Planting of Trees. The Tree Planting association of New York city lias jast been making through its secretary,some pointed re marks that fit D-iurilie conditions quite as well as they do Muse uf the metropolis Recommending the pUut iug of more tree 3 in tlie city streets wnerever the conditions are favorable as tlioy are iu mauy resi .ential por tions, where their shade and beauty is unable only by its absence,he goes on to draw attention to the fact that the plauting season is practically at hand, liowaiuo deciduous vegetation is al ready awakening in answer to the call of spring. Also, that while the plant ing season bids fair to be an active aud orderly one, it will certainly be none too long for the work to be done. A few years ago Dr. J. T. Rothrock, for so many years Pennsylvania's for estry commissioner, as he was the iu ceptor of forestry preservation in this State, and still an active member of the commission, supplied on request a list of varieties of trees especially ad apted for street planting in this clim ate. While it is not at hand at this writing,it is essentially identical with the list just sent out bv the New York association. The list says : Of varieties to choose from we have the elms, the maples, the oaks,poplars, tulip,locust, horse chestnut, sweet gum, sycamore or plane tree. Western catalpa, beech, linden. "Under some stress, even the ailanthus and the willow," the list closes. These last are probably named with the thought in mind of"the more open territory in outlying bor oughs. ".These, assuredly, here as there, are entitled to more consideration than they receive, both from our offici als and from property owners. There are several suggestions, dwelt upon with considerable detail in the association's circular that may well receive full consideration here, where such consideration is certainly needed. Much greater is the attractiveness of the streets and neighborhood where trees have been planted and cared for, with its resultant consequence of a favorable influence on the value of property. Another is the undoubted sanitary value of tree growth and their ahade in the heated term of the year. Then, often for long spells together, we have in this city a blazing sun like that of the tropics beating down on flagstoned sidewalks and dusty highways in a manner destructive to health and vital power. Finally, do not go out into the woods to select your own trees for planting, at random. The nursery grown trees of whatever variety you prefer, from two to three inches in diameter, with a symmetrical top and, most, imperatively of all, with roots full and compact—for there, as all -loniculturat authorities are a unit iu recalling like the vigor of life and the promise of healthful growth. Would that there were long stretches of the wastes of highways, such as there are, for miles around this city, <tet out with shade trees by their own ers or by the county authorities. A far greater degree of public spirit in re gard to this important adjunct to the publio weal is desirable and would bring Its own great rewards. J Peril of Aged Lady. The dwelling occupied by the moth er of ex-Senator Thomas R Danner, and the grandmother of John Danner, well known in this city, at Bath,near Easton, was destroyed by fire Monday night Mrs. Danner. an invaild, was carried unconscious from the build ing. Most of the household effects were destroyed. Elias Fliokinger, a chronic chicken thief of Mt. Carmel, was given a six months' sentenoe by "Squire Deitrick, ofj hat placw, Tuesday. K ( , U-. 1.1 Little Miracle By Anna Steese Richardson Copyright, UKM, by May McKeon C It was pretty generally understood that the Hilly Dal tons were drifting apart. There was 110 particular reason for this state of affairs, save the lack of something better to do. You see, they had just enough money so that Billy diil not have to work nor Janet to worry about making both ends meet. They had danced their way through several seasons into a lazy, good humored and comrade-like engage ment. thence into matrimony. After that Billy had continued to lead co tillons and Janet to dance them, but generally with other partners. Matters between them had reached the point where the rumor laden soci ety papers had suggested covertly that whpn Billy went to England and Scot land, where he had nothing in partic ular to do, Janet would probably take up her home in Nevada or South Da kota, there to remain until Norman Stanley returned from Africa, where he was fighting enutii by hunting big game. It was even whispered that Billy Palton had insinuated to Stanley that it was rather better taste to stalk big game than another man's wife, es pecially when the other man was per fectly willing to make it clear sailing for his wife if It would make her any happier. Of course, this sounds a bit strong on paper, particularly to the old fashioned folk who still believe that marriage is a contract for life and not a mere epi sode. In the set to which the Billy Dal tons belonged the situation was ac cepted as a matter of course, and when Janet asked a lot of people down to their Long Island place for the auto mobile races and the week end no one thought of refusing just because the Daltons might separate within a fort night after the gathering. Such was the situation when the Dalton car broke down on the Jericho turnpike, and its occupants—Janet. Mrs. (.Jreeuwalt, Joe Jeffreys and "Marsh" Huntoon—decided to cut through the woods to the Dalton place aud leave the car for a farmer to guard until the mechanic who handled the Dalton garage could be dispatched to the scene of the accident. Perhaps it was not entirely Impa tience which led them to take the short cut through the woods, but the call of a hundred autumn voices In rustling leaves, rich, warm colorings and the chatter of squirrels laying up winter stores. And thus it was that they suddenly stopped In their tracks nod listened to a sound that was not of the woods, but of the nursery—the plaintive wail of a child. Janet It was who found it—a bit of white faced, staring eyed humanity rolled up snug ly 111 a ffi e.it shawl of Iceland wool. While she held the baby In her arms and tried to silence Its walls with un certain and awkward little pettlngs the quartet held n conference. The child was too young to have walked there. Mrs. Greenwalt said it was not a day over two months old. It was too far from the road to be heard by passing travelers. Ah—there was the answer, a.wisp of paper tied to the end of the shawl: "Please take care of little Elsie. It was not her fault that she came Into the world, and I can do no more." "I've always said that the govern ment ought to regulate the question of marriage among the poor," remarked Mrs. Greenwalt severely. "Here Is a case in point." "You are jumping at conclusions," said Huntoon dryly. take It to the town marshal"— "And what then?" asked Janet with out lifting her gaze from the child's face. The baby had clutched her fin ger with its tiny fist and settled down as If It had found anchorage. "Oh, there are asylums and homes for youngsters like this. You'd better hurry along home with ft before It be gins to howl. One of your men can take It to town before dark. Shall I carry the little beggar for you?" "Oh, no. She's not a hit heavy, and she is quiet now. She might cry if we changed her position." They trudged on through rustling leaves and soft Indian summer haze, three of the party chatting gayly; two. the young wife and the baby, looking Into each other's eyes as If searching for a new key to the problem of life. Sometimes Janet wished that the child would close its eyes. She did not like to meet that trustful, clear eyed gaze. • * * « • • • "Have you disposed of the young ster?" asked "Marsh" Huntoon as they sat down to dinner that night. Janet started and looked across the table at her husband. He lifted his eyebrows Inquiringly. Huntoon's go-id humored laugh broke the awkward silence. "What? Don't you know that our party was increased by one during our fide this afternoon? Rather a small 'one,' but, my, what lungs It has!" Janet drew In her breath sharply. "I wish you would not talk any more about It at present, good people," she said, trying to speak lightly. "I've started Inquiries In a ipilet way. I don't want the thing to get Into the papers—because if no one claims little Elsie I think I I shall keep her " "Keep her!" gasped Mrs Greenwalt. "Why, my dear girl, the place for a child without it name Is a foundling asylum." Janet spoke very softly, yet every word was heard, so complete was tit* Silence. "I shall give her a name because once—just once—l saw a line of chi. dren walking, rows and rows, by twos, from an orphan asylum. I can't send her there." Mentally she saw again those clear, trusting blue eyes. "And I know you will all be kind enough to keep this very quiet until"— there was just a slight, tense hesita tion—"until we decide what shall be done." Naturally it was talked about, how ever. In boudoirs and at clubs the question was raise,! .s to what name little Elsie would .'lire. Was it not bad enough i > be 112.:. a divorce resi dence In the far west without acquir ing an uniH'ci-sary incumbrance at the crucial u: imentV Within tiic !»al! bungalow on Long Island stranger things were happen ing. No <-U\\ to the baby's parents had been found. When Billy Malton dropped down occasionally, as he had been doing for a year past to keep up appearances, his first question was, "Anylbin,' new?" aud this always w■ • iiiytblng new about the baby'a blator;- .\nci little Hiisle would leu. up at bin " ith reproachful blue eyes aslf.iskki . Why do you care?" Aud tli - .. h was that Billy Malton to :• •t > r Hlir thai he did par*. Janet nau changed, and, with an odd sort of Jealousy, lie realized that It was lit tle Elsie and not he who had brought about the marvelous aud altogether de sirable change. She was no longer bored. Ilow could she be with Elsie cutting a new tooth every few days aud such wonderful hampers of clothes to be bought, line handkerchief linen, narrow val and convent embroidery? A more fastidious customer had never entered the shops which specialize on layettes, and with her own hands Janet made covers for down pillows, silk tufted afghans and other foolish things, while the tongue of gossip wagged gayly over the whole absurd episode. One frosty December afternoon Dal ton ran down to the bungalow and found Janet standing at the window. The low spreading evergreens on the west side of the house were powdered lightly with snow, and Janet turned to him with kindling eyes. "Billy, I shall have a Christmas tree for Elsie. She is so bright for her age. I do believe she will notice it." "Quite likely," responded Billy, with assumed carelessness, as she laid aside his storm coat, "but in making your plans you seem to have overlooked one Important fact. As yet Elsie is not really yours. The law"— Janet turned on him sharply. "She is mine by right of—everything. I found her, and I love her." "Yes. but you must formally adopt her. I thought perhaps you'd better see to that before I leave. I've changed my plans a bit. I'm going to meet mother and Grace in Home for Christ mas. The mater has not been feeling very fit. lam not fond of England In winter, and"— Janet crossed to his side, and her hand rested lightly on his arm. "Don't you think you'd enjoy much more seeing Elsie have her first tree? And—and I think—l need you—more than your mother does." Something rose in Dalton's throat and threatened to choke him. It was a sensation he had never felt before, not even during the good natured, lazy run of his wooing. Janet wanted him! He thought he had not cared. Now he knew that he had cared all along. But it was characteristic he did not express his fierce Joy in words. He held Janet very close and whispered: "Well, I rather did hope you'd give the little beggar the name of Dalton. It's a pretty good name after all, eh?" Norman Stanley heard the news when be landed in London. He sent a lion's skin captured by his own hand for lit tle Elsie to roll upon. Then he went to the Nile country for the wluter. Not Too Abrupt. Radical changes in clothing are sel dom safe, at least so the old time grandmothers held. The putting off of winter underwear was likely to be a gradual and prolonged process. That this belief In deliberate adjustment was widespread and Inclusive Is shown In W. P. Frlth's story of his life. He was engaged in painting a portrait of Mrs. Birt, the wife of a prondnent business man, who used to bring her little dog to share her sittings. Mr. Birt was a great lover of dogs, but he entertained a strong aversion to dog collars, so I was surprised one day when Mrs. Birt brought her favorite dog, Ducky, to see a band around the little animal's neck. "I thought you objected to dog col lars, Mrs. Birt," I said. "I see Ducky sports one today." "Oh, no, that's not a dog collar," re turned the lady. "It's only a piece of flannel. The poor dear has had a dreadful cold and a sore throat. She has worn flannel night and day." "Surely that is too narrow to do anj good. The strip Is no wider than a collar." "Oh, it was wider, of course. We have gradually lessened It. She Is leaving It off by degrees." Xothtnic bat thr Troth. Buncum—My physician tells me I am working too hard. Marks —The M. I), evidently knows his business. Buncum— Why do you think so': Marks—l have been comparing notes with a few of our mutual friends and I find you have worked us pretty hard. —Detroit Tribune. Tli* Difference. Mike—Kin yez tell we pbwat's th' difference betwane humor an' wit, Pat? Pat—Well, It's lolke th' difference be ! twane whin yure wolfo tickles ye un ! dher th' chin wld a shtraw from th' i broom an' whin she hits ye over th' ' bead wld th' handle av ut.—Judge. Science and Muralltr. j The true student of the professional or technical school becomes heir to a | comprehensive and clear understand ! lug of his duties and responsibilities In ' his relations to his fellow men and to ! the community. Those duties and re sponsibilities present themselves to his trained mind in their real proportion. He Is neither nondeveloped nor malde veloped in his judgment of affairs. His t university training, especially In the technical school, has taught him accu racy and penetration In the analysis of any proposition confronting him and that truth and knowledge must be sought with the directness of a plumb line. Science yields nothing but con fusion to the shifty, devious and dis honest Inquirer. The fundamentals of morality are the very stepping stones to technical success or professional at tainment.— Scientific American. Stage Dressmaking. Our plays are for the most part over dressed. with extravagance, vulgarity and in appropriateness obtaining in place of artistic fitness. The new cos tumes have t« some extent frequently undone the results of undress rehears als, the actresses n<> longer represent lng the drama as they did before the dressmaker pent home their gowns, while the variety of their impersona tions Is swamped by the uniformity of their fashions.—A. W. Plnero In <'os tume Inconsistency. "What Is Inconsistency?" asked the curious one. "Well," responded the wise one. "it Is that spirit which moves a woman whose sleeves stop at the elbow to scold her husband because he hasn't any cuffs on " Chicago News Polite. Itobecclil asked a friend to dinner and then returned home furious. "What Is the matter?" said his wife. "Do riot speak to me! It Is a shame! 1 always thought a politeness produced one In return, so I asked Dobelll to lunch." "And has he refused?" "Refused! 1 should think not. Hi has accepted." Caricaturista. Would Improve Mankind. If the resolution not to He were as strong as the determination not to be called a liar, the world's veracity would be greatly enlarged—St Txtula Post Itispatch U ==l Love by Gra.phophone By Alice Lovett Carson Copyright. ]'•*»>. by Alice L. Carson u =0 The office of Horwltz & Mallon, wholesale brass manufacturers, shone with polished fixtures and fresh white wood. A pleasant, cheery place to work in, Mabel Thurston thought as she entered. She had come early that morning because it was the last day of the month and a great deal of corre spondence had to be finished up. She greeted lUck, the office boy, before go lug into her own little sanctum, for, as the "graphophonist" of the firm, she was given a nook away from the rattle of tickers and other machines. "The boss left a note fer you. Miss T'urston," said the boy as he followed her in, carrying an armful of wax cyl inders. "There it is." Mabel read it as she opened and dusted off her typewriter. "No. 3 im portant—to be done first. Then 5, 4 and 2. C. H." She nodded and fit ted cylinder No. 3 into the graphophone that stood on the table at her elbow. Then she wound up and started the machine and, having fastened about her head the cap that held the tubes against her ears, sat down prepared for the work. The Instrument buzzed a few sec onds, then started off. "Take this let ter to Messrs. Carroll & Brlggs, Mid dle Roxbury, Mass.," began the gruff voice of Carl Horwltz. She could al most see the sharp glances he gave from under his bushy eyebrows while he dictated. The typewriter began to rattle In a businesslike way. Other stenographers and clerks came In, laughing and chattering, and settled down to work, and the office quickly resumed its usual active appearance. Hurrying, for he was a little late, en tered Pierce Mallon, the Junior part ner. He was Horwltz's nephew, a bright young fellow of twenty-six. He hesitated a moment, with flushed face and embarrassed air, before Miss Thurston's door, then moved onto the inner office. Puzzling over the phras ing of a sentence, Mabel did not see him enter, though she always looked for his morning greeting and felt some thing lacking In the day when she missed it. Of late the handsome boy who blushed and stammered whenever he spoke to her had been often In her thoughts. "No. 5 next," she thought pleasur ably, handing Dick a sheaf of letters to be signed by Horwitz. That cylin der always contained Mallon's corre spondence and she enjoyed hearing his sympathetic voice. "Please take this letter, Miss Thurs ton," it began deferentially—so differ ent from his uncle's abrupt manner. "Mr. Henry 8. Wright, 845 Main street, Poughkeepsle, N. Y. My dear Mr. Wright," and so continued, the girl drinking in every word. "If you've finished that, the next Is a personal note," Mallon's voice went on. He stopped a minute, then con tinued with many halts and Jerks of utterance. "Dear friend—no, my dear friend—Just leave out the name. Miss Thurston. My dear friend, though I've wanted to do so many times lately— in fact, whenever I passed your door— I've never had the courage to speak to you of a matter on which I feel very deeply. I don't know bow you'll re gard this method of addressing you. No doubt It will seem to you aa rude as It Is unconventional, but I must rim the risk of offending you. Miss Thurs ton—Mabel—l love you and"— With a sharp exclamation the girl started from her seat and tore the cap from her head. "How dare you?" sho panted, her cheeks flaming with In dignation. To take advantage of her position to Insult her In this way! Of course there were always little Jokes that the instrument permitted of— things the men would not say to her face, but never anything of this na ture. James Cate, Horwltz's secre tary, began his letters by drawling out, "My deah girl. If you love me take this,"and Steve Murphy, the business manager, sometimes Inter rupted his correspondence to tell a story In his Inimitable brogue, ending In a lusty "Haw! Haw!" that always made her laugh. Horwltz frequently prefaced his dictation with remarks that consigned his correspondent to Jericho, but to think that Pierce Mal lon, of all men, should be guilty of a vulgar practical Joke like this! She Jerked the paper off her type writer and tore it Into bits. Then she stopped the graphophone and changed the cylinder for another. "If Mr. Mal lon's letters are not all written today It's his own fault," she thought hotly, with a feeling of Joy that she could punish him thus. But a dull ache that would not ceas« remained In her heart, though she told herself over and over again that the /ellow was a cad and a boor and ehe despised herself for ever taking him for a gentleman. Her pillow that night was wet with some bitter tears as she tossed sleeplessly on the narrow boarding house bed. It Is hard to give up ideals when one Is only twen t.v-two. The same cylinder was frequently used more than once, for the surface could be shaved smooth ready for an other Impression, so No. 5 was brought In next morning by Dick, and, though Mabel Instinctively dreaded it, she could not refuse to take it with the rest. Mallou's voice began at once without introduction: "I have offended you deeply, I know. Yon thought It was a practical joke. and a poor one nt that. Tardon me foi being such a boor; but, Indeed, I mean! every word. It wasn't a joke, but dead earnest, for I love you, love you, love you"— His voice broke passionately. "Ah, forgive me," he went on contrite ly. "I am offending you again, but I can't be silent when the phone tempts me, and I dare not speak to you face to face. Can't you pity me at least?" As she listened the girl's expression changed from Indignation to surprise, then to doubt. "Perhaps," she said un certainly, "he is Rpeaking the truth aft er ail I'erhaps I misjudged him. Oh, I hope I have!" With the sudden real .I-UIKIII ui nt-i own leruiiK "fie nia Der face In her hands. Next day when she came to cylinder No. 8 lu the routine of correspondence Mabel found herself hoping for the lit tie personal message which should give assurance to her heart. It came ah ruptly, but decidedly: "I'm going to stop this sort of thing. Mabel. It smacks of cowardice, and I want to be worthy of your respect. 1 mean to put my fate to touch at once, so expect me this afternoon." The girl's heart sang Its paean of Joy as her fiu#ws flew over a heavy budget of letters When the day was over she waited for his coming tin long pasi ner usual time of leaving and went home at last, sad and uncertain what to think. "Say, you'll find some tall cussiu' on the tubes today, Miss T'urston," said Dick as he brought her the cylinders next morning. "The boss chased Mr. Pierce off to Boston in a hurry yester day, then ripped round all the afternoon 'cause he couldn't find some rush or ders the young feller put away. I tell you, there'll be fur flyin', you bet, when lie gits back this niornln'." Dick wondered why Miss Thurston beamed so on him and presented him with a rose she had .just bought. He could not know that his news had put an end to a bitter heartache. It was Saturday, a half holiday, and her only fear was that Pierce would not return in time. The clerks had all left and even the elevator had stopped running before she covered the instruments, and still he had not come. Slowly she adjusted her li t before the mirror. There came a rush of eager. Impatient feet up the stairs, and the door of the office was burst open. He dropped his suit case and came forward with outstretched hands. "Oh," he exclaimed, breathless and relieved, "I was afraid you would be gone!" She did not turn. "You know, don't you, why I didn't come yesterday? You understand It was not my fault—that I hadn't time to send you a note even?" She bowed her head In silence. "Ah, but you still think it was unmanly to talk through that old graphophone! Forgive me, dear, I didn't know what I was doing. But I do love you. Mal>el." He would not be discouraged by her silence. "I love you and I want you. Tell me, can you forgive me and love me a little in return?" Then she wheeled about, her face radiant, her eyes shining like gray stars. "Pierce, dear!" was all she said, but he was satisfied, for he read the answer In her eyes. He Drew on Slfcht. Mart Hoover years ago, when Kan sas was not the cultivated common wealth It has since become, had sent a consignment of corn ton commission merchant In Kansas City. The mer chant telegraphed, telling the consign or: "Your credit is $27.40. Draw on me at sight." But Hoover was mad. He had ex pected Ills money, and none came. Ho felt he had been duped, and he treas ured up the grievance. One time, about six weeks later, the commission man cauie to Hoover's town, got out of the bus and started to walk down the street. Hoover saw him and lu stantly drew his revolver and fired. His eye was fairly good. The bullet cut away the merchant's necktie and unfastened his collar. Then Hoover put up his gun. "That's expensive shootin'," said he, "but I reckon you're as sorry as I am." "What do you mean?" demanded the town constable, arresting the gun man. "He told me to," said Hoover, sur prised. "Told you to?" demanded the white cheeked city man."l never did any thing of the kind!" "You did," said Hoover. And, draw ing out the telegram, he read: " 'Draw ou me at sight.' "I done it," said he. Tamed the Box Office Man. A theater box office man whose seats we re all sold days ahead was turning away disappointed patrons more than gruffly when a man who had watched the process with glowing Ire reached the window. "Selling any more seats this season?" he began. The ticket seller answered with a stare. The ques tion, quietly but firmly repeated, finally received an affirmative answer. "Glvt me two." "When?" growled the seller, recovering. "Any time," said the man. The seller was almost too crushed to ask "Where?" "Anywhere," replied the man. "How much?" whispered the seller, his voice deserting him. "Any price," said the mun. The tickets were transferred in an awed silence, and th* line of purchasers that had overheard smiled benevolently at the noticeably tamed man in the cage.—New York Post Antiquity of Proverb*. Proverbs existed long before booka. In the earliest times they served as the unwritten language of morality and have been passed down through the generations. In Africa there are numerous quaint proverbs. Among them are: "He who dives on dry land will scarify his face," "Two people cannot sit down upon the point of the same thorn at the same time." In tbe Tramsvaal the proverb, "Beware ot a silent man; he has a brass band In hi* mouth," Is often heard. Holmes on Shelley, Shelley vaporized everything in his glowing crucible, but there was gold at the bottom of It. Whan I look at him spreading the starry wfngs of his fancy over his chaotic philosophy he seems like a seraph hovering over the un fathomable chasm, whose blackness Is the abode of demons—"Autocrat of the Breakfast Table." Two Blackballing Btories. The Travelers' club rejected Thack eray, the majority fearing to see them selves In some future novel by the great man—an interesting commentary, by the way, on the Thackeray-Yates quarrel. The Athenaeum was not morw kind to the novelist. There he wai blackballed. The difficulty was got over, however, in the following year by the rule which permits the election witnout ballot of persons distinguished in science, literature or public life. There was a worse contretempts over the election of George Moore, the phi lanthropist, to Brooks'. His nomina tor was in Ireland and his seconder un able to attend the ballot. The conse quence was that men were running about saying, "Surely you're not going to vote for that scoundrel Moore!" Twenty-two votes were recorded, and of these nineteen were blackballs. They had mistaken their man for a scamp who had been rejected years be fore. When the blunder was discov ered members wanted to retake the ballot, but this was against the rules, so the election had to be deferred to another day, when the philanthropist was unanimously made a member.— London Standard. Sivnm En k1 nra. The steam engine goes back to Hero of Alexandria, In the third century B. C. Branca, an Italian, in 1029, made an engine which blew steam against vaues aud thus made a wheel spin. The first actual steam engine was made by Captain Savey, an English man, to whom, in 1098, a patent was granted for a steam engine to raise water. In 1705 Thomas Newcomer made a vacuum steam engine. But the steam engine of today, which has wrought such a tremendous evolution In industry and society, was the in- ' vention of Ihe Englishman James Watt, and the lirst patent bears date of June 5, lTtiy. Scrapbook. THK SNARLS OF TIME POPE GREGORY'S CORRECTION OF THE JULIAN CALENDAR. At One Tluie October Win the Y»r'i Shortest Month—lt Contained Only Twenty-ore Day* In ISH2—Commo tion tlie Change Hade In Rnfgland. I>i(l you ever hear of the famous short mouth of October, which had ouly twenty-one days? Some three cen turies ago in soutiu n Europe men tried to correct an error that had been growing continually for more than a thousand years, and the result was that ihey called the day after Oct 4, 1582, Oct. 15 Instead of Oct. 5. We get our ideas and principles re garding the calendar from two sources, Roman and Jewish. Every one knows that the names of the months are Latin, and In the histories we read how the various Itonian rulers changed the attribution of days within the month, etc.. to suit their pride or political schemes, much as modern politicians hasten or postpone a convention, and brought things into great confusion until Julius Caesar decreed that the coming year should consist of 8*55 days and every fourth year of 880. The ex tra day was to be Inserted between the 24th and 25th of February. In their way of numbering the days of the month, which seems to us so awkward, the 24th was sexto calendas, or the sixth day before the calends of March. When the extra day was in serted it was called the second sixth, or. in Latin, bissexto calendas, whence our bi -sextlle. I-'rom Jewish sources we get other features. The great Jewish festival of the passover was celebrated on the very day of the first full moon after tli•» spring e<;uiuox. The early Chrls -11;! or many of them, took the same iiay. !'it this led t • charges of heresy, i to discussion, criticism and even con iempt; so it was decreed probably by t'oii ia:itine '.he Great In 325 A. D. t In connetim <•> ith the council of Nlcaea, that tli > c hristian festival Easter sbo'.;' ! be observed on the Sunday fol lowing the passover, and the other j movable fe«sts of the church were i made dependent on this. So the ele- j of a fixed day of the week was J brought into the calculation. In ill's y.-nr :'.2.~>—the vernal equinox j I'.'! (j ; M ' < '.i 21. and. if Caesar's work in e-c:ib i !• :'vc ihe Julian calendar had ' only been correct, this event would have , happened on this date forever. But na ture see:::s to abhor simple ratios as she was said to abhor a vacuum. Unfortu nately for simplicity the year Is not ex actly r>< ~> days tt hours, but about 11 minutes 14 seconds less. So the Inser tion of the extra day in four years was overdoing the correction, as was known even In the dark ages, but after the re vival of learning and the establishment of observatories it was commented on In the council of Trent and was very much discussed by mathematicians. And by the middle of the sixteenth cen tury the hundreds of small errors had accumulated to ten days, so the vernal j equinox fell not on the 21st, but on J the 11th, of March. This was the condition of things when. In 1572, Pope Gregory XIII. was elected. He realized the glory that It would be to his reign If this confusing matter was settled, and so set a com pany of mathematicians to work out the problem, not only of rectifying the old err.vs. Nut of providing rules to prevent civ ■ i In the future. The hard est part i.;' ihe wo: k was to fix the movable <■'. ii Toasts without doing violence to th • traditions. That a good deal could be said about the work Is evidenced by the book of 800 pages written by Clavlus, one of the compa ny. The result was that In 1581 a pa pal bull wj~, issued declaring, among other tilings, !i:;it in 1582 the day fol lowing Oct. 4 should be called Oct. 15 and that centuries should not be leap years unless divisible by 400. Rulers and states that were then Catholic responded to the pope's re quest for acceptance of the reform. In France the ten days were dropped aft er Dec. P, lln Catholic Germany the change was made In 1584, but the Protestant strtes delayed until Feb. 19 (March 11, 10u >. In Switzerland and Poland there was such resistance made that the troops were necessary to sup press it. The change was long delayed in Prot estant Engl.-nd, which would not will ingly accept an alleged reform due to a pope that had encouraged the ar mada. Itut the need of the uniformity among neighboring states was too great, and in 1751 Lord Chesterfield in troduced into parliament a bill for the .* VTTT th« coletiitqp Motrin d lt'"- BEGAN BUSINESS JANUARY Ist, 1906. Capital, $200,000. Surplus, $50,000. The Scranton Trust Co., 516 Spruce Street, Scranton, Penn'a. Is the only exclusive Trust Company, in Pa., East of the and that its unique position in this regard is acknowledged and appreciated is evidenc d by the large number of appointments it has received to act in the cap acity of EXECUTOR, GUARDIAN, TRUSTEE, REGISTRAR, Etc., Etc. It Does no Banking. It Accepts no Deposits The personal of its officers and directors, together with its ample capital and surplus, is its guarantee of efficient, safe and conserva tive management. OFFICERS L. A WATRES, President. HENRY A. KNAPP, Vice. Pres. WM. F. HALLSTEAD, Vice Pres. WM A WLLCOX, Trust Officer. D. B. ATHERTON, Secretary and Treasurer. DIRECTORS Reese G. Brooks, Cyrus L>. Jones,. Samuel B. Price. T.E.Clarke, Joseph J. Jermyn, E. M .Rine H. M. Edwards. Edward P. Kingsbury. August Robinson. Thomas J. Poster. Henry A. Knapp, George 15. Smith. Hoiner Greene, P. M. Klrby, Alonzo T. Searle, Isaac X. Grier, A. F. Law, Thomas H. Watklns, John W. Holleuback. Charles P. Matthews, L. A. Watres.* Wen. F. Hallstead,* Abram Nesbltt,* Everett Warren,* Thomas E. Jones. Joseph O'Brien.* Charles F. Wright, O. H. JotaasoD.* John T. Porter,* 0.8 Wool worth A. Mitchell Palmer. S. P. Wolverton. •Executive Committee. \Ve have some leaflets for free distribution. Ask or for Ihern I of the law may hp quoted from h niagu I zlne of September, 17511: "Sept. 14— ! This day the Gregorian style took place in ull Europe, Asia. Africa and Amer ica. This ilay, had not this act passed, would have been the 3d of September, but it was uow reckoned the 14th, elev en nominal days being omitted. Every fourth year will be a bissextile, or leap year, until ISOO, which will be a com mon year ot' 303 days, but 1804 will be a leap year. Easter aud the movable feasts thereon depending are to be reckoned according to the new tables prefixed to the act of parliament. All the fixed feast days * * ♦ are to be kept on thf* same nominal day as here tofore I'avment of rent notes. * * * the attainment of majority or expira tion of apprenticeships * * » shall not be accelerated hereby. * * * If servants' wages are usually paid at the quarter days, eleven days' wages may be deducted out of the present quarter and the reckoning for the future go regularly on." 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"AM pleasant to the last* as Maple Sugar" Children Like It Fit Sale} by Paules <Sfc Co WHAT MONEY IS. e Bait for tbe matrimonial hook. Tin- most effective substitute for ' brains. Money is ilie most difficult root to } cultivate. p 1 hat which womeu look for while e men sleep. e Money is the loudest sound in the e voice of life. s \\ hat tbe rich don't need aud the I poor don't get. e A ciir.se to some that have it and a curse to all that haveu't. * I .\ provider for everything but h&ppi ' | ness, a passport to everywhere but 'J! heaven. t The one thing that makes crooked g things look straight and straight things ( crooked. e That which speaks a language we e can all understand, but In which so e few are able to converse. II POINTED PARAGRAPHS. A ' _ s The only thing some people always ! have ready is mi excuse. Almost any one can be induced to lie - if you ;'sk enough questions. The better you behave the better you get along. It's old, but it's true. A niflti nobody can quarrel with has the life problem reasonably well solved. Lack of opportunity has to stand as an i-xi u e for a 1 a of general shiftiess ness. Tbe troubl • with some people lies iu fie fact that tlicy consider their faults "heir icisi'oi! unes. Are you • :<>ng iiiose who treat their I new acquaintances better than they ! treat their old friends? If a man h is pi. nty of money to back up a lot of 1..11 notions, people «all him ecveiiti'ic. la/ if he only lias tbe notloDf he is a crank. -Atchison Globe. POINTED PAR AG R APH S. Parelessnes : is the great sin of most people. If a man do --n't acquire a little sense with age cheats himself. If a m:t:» o.vns a pocketknife It is hard for !i!':> t . pass a grindstone. !say w'.i:.! • a please about moral courage, ill' i .;ii who has a lot of 1' is mighty >;>nlar. Make Ihe st >-.-ies you tell on a rainy day as sli-ii: a< possible, especially It von tell tlieri "uier an umbrella. There is v. r little use trying tooou viace a ni.-. n who meets your state ment with i'iTs argument: "I'll bet you." etc. No matte!' i'ow highly you may valui your own o;>:::iou. remember It does not -ro with oilier people unless they think exactly as yon do, which, by tht way, they si 1>• ii do.—Atchison Globe. inuiiwM nau i«*ni|»er. "By her t! nnb ye shall kuow her" Is a guide to tl young man who contem plates matrimony and yet Is doubtful how the chi ins of wedlock will sit on the girl of bis heart. Delightful a com panion as siie is before marriage, will she turn out a termagant? He can learn readily, say the modern ages, and by the folding of her thumbs. He should take her to church and watch her closely. When she crosses hex bands piously be should note If she folds her right thumb over her left, ol vice versa. I" the left goes oyer the right she has a dominating mind, and be will be walking a chalk line when he's hers. If tbe right goes over the left she will be a docile, uncomplain ing mate who acknowledges the supe riority of the masculine mind.—New York Press. - »*»*» «jrn ruin((. Book learning Is the curse of our whole educational system. The average mechanic is far 1 letter educated in the real sense of the term not only than lite average clerk, but than the average Olerk's average employer, and I should say most gardeners have more real knowledge than most schoolmasters.— Rambler in London Dispatch. Vivl<l Description. Mrs. Ilornlhand—What does Cousin Vl's husband look like, Silas? Farmer Ilornlhand—-Well, he hain't no blushln' beauty. His mouth looks like a wall pocket, and bis face looks like it had wore out fourteen lajdles. Chicago News. Cunning leads to knavery. It Is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Lying only makes the difference. Add that to cunning and It U knavery.—Bruyere. 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 after payment 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 bis 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. Winsdcr Hotel Between 12th and 13th Sts. on Filbert St Philadelphia, Pa. Three minutes walk from the Read ing Terminal. Five uiinutes walk from the Penna. R. R. Depot. EUROPEAN PLAN SI.OO per day and upwards. AMERICAN PLAN f2.00 per day. R-IP-A-N-S Tabules Doctors find A good prescription For Mankind. The 5-cent packet is enough for usua oecassiotis. The family bottle (60 cents oontains a snpply for a year AH dru# gists
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