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." Such were
some of the minute provisions of the
act. It will be readily believed that
ignorant people <•<> ild not understand
this, and we are told of mobs marching
through the land crying, "(ilve us i'ack
oar eleven days!"
A Square Deal
la assured you when you buy Dr. Pierce'i
family medicines—for all the ingredi
ents entering into them are printed on
the bottle-wrappers and their formulas
are attested under oath as being complete
and correct. You know just what you are
paying for and that the ingredients are
gathered from Nature's laboratory, being
! selected from the most valuable native
medicinal roots found growing in our
American fores GTamljvh lie potent to cure
are perffiWv to the moM
delicate woinNiawTnlmTgnr* Not a drou
iiUlrnhflJ thSir.tirmn^lMiin
n^ p J'\ is used both Tor ex
uriiicii'les used in tKprn. vk-n." r e tripff
refined glycerine. lhl* agent possesses
Intrinsic medicinal properties of Its own,
being a most valuableantiseptic and anti
ferment, nutritive and soothing demul
cent.
Glycerine plays an important part in
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery in
the cure of Indigestion, dyspepsia and
weak stomach, attended by sour risings,
heart-burn, foul breath, coated tongue,
poor appetite, gnawing feeling In stom
ach, biliousness and Kindred derange
ments of the stomach, liver and bowels.
Besides curing all the above distressing
ailments, the "Golden Medical Discovery "
is a specific for all diseases of the mucous
membranes, as catarrh, whether of the
nasal passages or of the stomach, bowels
or pelvic organs. Even in its ulcerative
stages it will yield to this sovereign rem
edy if its use be persevered in. In Chronic
Catarrh of the Nasal passage", it is well,
while taking the "Golden Medical Dis
covery " for the necessary constitutional
treatment, to cleanse the passages freely
two or three times a day with Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course
of treatment generally cures the worst
cases.
In coughs and hoarsene»s caused by bron
chial. throat and lung affections, except con
sumption in Its advanced mufes, the "Oolden
Medical Discovery " Is a most efficient rem
edy. especially in those obstinate, bane-on
roughs caused by irritation and congestion of
the bronchial mucous membranes. Tha "Dls"
covery " Is not so good for acute coughs aris
ing from sudden colds, nor must it be ex
pected to cure consumption in its advanced
-tagres—no mp.dlctne will do that—but for all
ho obstinate, chronic coughs, which, if neg
ected, or badly trea'ed. lead up to consump
!'>n. it is the best medicine that can bp taken
Nasal
CATARRH
El,'. Mil
cleanses, soothes and heals 112 m
the diseased membrane.
It cures catarrh and drives
away a cold in the head
quickly.
Cream Rami is placed into the nostrils, spreads
ever the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is Im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneezing. Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
ELY BROTHERS. 56 Warren Street. New York
Kennedy's
Laxative
Cough Syrup
CONTAINS HONEY AND TAR
Relieves Colde by working them
out of the system through a copious
and healthy action of the bowels.
Relievee Coughs by cleanslw the
mucous membranes of the uiroat,
chest and bronohlal tubes.
"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