Montour American. FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Apr. 25 19<)7. SENATE MAS FIRST REAL TILT HARRISBURG, April 24. The usually mild and quiet senate had a "brain storm" this morning and its quietude was disturbed quite con siderably. It wassail over the effort made by Mr. Grimm to have the com mittee on elections discharged from fnither consideration of the bill to abolish the party square on the ballot, aud the effort uidde by Mr. Kline to have the committee on municipal cor pirations discharged from further con sideration of the bill to establish civil service in cities of the second class. DEFEATED ON PARTY VOTE. The Grimm resolution was defeated by a party vote with the exception of the independent. General Willis J. Hulings, who protested against the killing of bills in committee and an nounced that a chairman of one of the committees was on record as having swore a mighty oath that a certain bill should never get out of his commit tee. The Kline resolution was also de feated after Senator Wilbert aud Sen ator Kline had a lively debateoll com mittee actiou WERE FURTHER COMPLICATED. Tilings were further complicated when Senator Hulings moved that committ6e3 shall hereafter be discharg ed from consideration of bills after they have had them a reasonable time. Mr. Rogers, of Allegheny, protested against the Hulings motion as a mat ter of no account, aud Mr. Hulings was directed to put his motion in the form of a resolution. At this juncture Senator McNichol, of Philadelphia, suggested that Senator Hillings sus pend his remarks until the newspaper men could be sent for. HULINGS TURNED ON McNICHOL § Hulings turned on McNichol aud told hiui that he might be fuuny, but not at his expense, and furthermore the gentleman from Venaugo announc ed that he would take no orders from the gentleman from Philadelphia,even if lie did have strawberries for break last in winter. The incident was the first of the kind daring the session, and indicates that the long session is beginning to wear on the nerves of the senators, aud that there will be more scraps coming. Senator Grimm opened the hall in the senate this morning by offering a resolution to discharge the committee ou elections from the further consider ation of the bill to abolish the party square on the ballot, which was killed in committee last night. The chair ruled that.uuder the rule, this was a resolution that "would give rise to debate" aud must be referred to committee. RESOLUTION BEFORE SENATE. This decision, however, President pro tem. Woods subsequently reversed and declared the resolution before the senate for adoption or rejection. Mr. Grimm made an eloquent plea for the abolition of the party square on the ballot, He said it betrayed the voter. At this point the chair ruled that while the resolution of Senator Grimm could be acted on at once, yet the sub ject matter could not be debated. Things were getting very much mixed when Mr. Herbst raised the point that it was only fair that this party square matter should be threshed out on the floor. SAID IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME. Mr. Phillips, chairman of the elec tions committee, held that as actiou on the bill had been indefinitely post poned it was a waste of time to dis cuss it now. Senator Dewalt charged cowardice on the part of the committee and said the majority was afraid to meet the issue of the party square He insisted that the committee should deal fair and either report the bill out or nega tive it. SENATE TO TAKE NOTICE. Mr. Hulings held that no committee has the power to usurp legislation and said that when a chairman of a com mittee can raise his arm in session aud swear, "By God that bill shall never get out of this committee!" it is time for the senate to take notice. The resolution was defeated by the following vote: Yeas—Blewitt, Cochran, Dewalt, Dimeling, Grim, Hall, Herbst, Hul ings. Klinediust, Miller, (Northamp ton), Rowland. Nays—Brown, Campbell, Catlin, Crawford, Crow, Cunningham, Ed minston, Fisher, Fox, Gerberich, God charles, James, Keyser, Manbeck, Mc- Nees, McNichol, Miller, (Bedford), Murphy, Phillips, Quail, Roberts, Rodgers, Scott, Sisson, Sproul, Stew art, Stineman, Templeton, Thomson, Tnstin, Walton, Wilbert, Williams, Woods. Yeas, 11; nays. 34. MANY SUFFERERS from nasal catarrh say they get splendid results by using an atomizer. For their ben efit we prepare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Except that it is liquid it is in all respects like the healing, help ful, pain-allaying Cream Balm that the public iias been familiar with for years. No cocaine nor other danger ous drug in it. The soothing spray relieves at once and cure is certain. All druggists, 7c., including spraying tube or mailed by Ely Bros., 56 War ren Street, New York. R Frank Johnson, John David and John Roy, colored boys of Chester, ranging in age from 10 to 15 years, were arrest ed on Thursday for burglary in two commission houses early that morn ing. They made confession to numer ous burglaries and robberies and have been committed to the house of deten tion for trial at the juvenile court. Rev. X. H. Brosius has resigned the pastorate of Grace Lutheran church, Banbury, and expects to sail on June 15 for Liberia, Africa, to engage in mission work. || Section Sijcte j! / ! By CARRIE NEWMAN !' Copyright, 1906, by M. M. Cunningham j Clifton glanced down the car at the last section. Somehow It irritated him. Last night the chap who had that sec tion had beaten him at penuchle. He might find diversion and revenge if the sleepyhead would only tumble out and recognize the fact that It was broad daylight. The night before the car had been well filled. All through the night they had dropped oil" at the way stations, and Clifton thought viciously of the man in his section who had stepped on his face in climbing down from the up per berth about 3 o'clock. So far this morning lie had the sleeper to himself, save for the occupant of section 16. He finished the breakfast that bad been served from the buffet and stroll ed down the car. Reaching through the curtains, he gave the shoulder a shake. "Wake up, old man,"he shout ed. "Your alarm clock's broken, I guess." There was a mutlled feminine shriek, aud the porter came dashing around the corner from his tiny kitcheu. "Waffor you wake dat lady?" he de manded. "You all ain't got no right to wake a lady dataway." "There was a man went to bed In there." exclaimed Clifton. "How was I to know that be wasn't there yet?" "Dat gemman yo' done play cards wlf las' nlglit?" demanded the porter. "He done get off at Falls Crossln' 'bout leben. Dis liyer lady done come on bode 'bout two hours ago. She shuah am sleepy." "Tell her I'm sorry," commanded Clifton, backing away. "I was lone some, and I thought I'd rout that chap out. I'm awfully sorry." He went back to his own section, aud the porter, mollified by the bill slipped Into his hand, made full explanation to the unseen occupant. Clifton settled himself savagely In his seat and fixed his eyes on the berth. lie wondered what the woiuau might look like. Her voice suggested that she was young. More than that 'WAKE UP, OLD MAX," HK SHOUTED. "l'OUn ALARM (.'LOCK'S BROKEN, I GUESS." he could not guess, so he occupied him self lu speculation as to her person ality. It at least served to occupy his thoughts, and this was something. Since the cutoff had been built most long distance travelers took the short route. But the state authorities had demanded that one through car each way be run on the old main line, and because the other sleepers were crowd ed Val Clifton had taken a berth in the other car. Most of the traffic was 6hort hauls in the day coaches, and he missed having company on the first day out. It was nearly noon when at last a commotion behind the hanging curtains suggested that the unknown was get ting up, and at last there was a flash of red wrapper, a glint of golden hair and Just a suggestion of white us she vanished around the corner to the dressing room. The porter came in and made up the berth and presently she returned to her section. Now she wore a trim gray dress. There were dimples in her cheeks, and Clifton rose aud strolled forward. t "I want to apologize in person for my awkward blunder," he said as he leaned over the arm of her seat. "It was a silly mistake, but somehow the chap lu this section last night gave me the impression that he was going through, and I was so horribly loneeome that I wanted him to play cards with me." "A sleeper is a place of surprises," she laughed, "but I sruess that you were more badly scared than I was, so we'll call It square. I know how lonesome it is traveling." "May I venture to hope that you will share my solitude?" he pleaded. "You want some breakfast, and I want some lunch. May I call ihe porter?" The girl nodded, and Clifton pressed the button. Presently they were chat ting across the white tablecloth as merrily as though (hey had been old friends. Then when Ihe things had been cleared away he got out his cards, aud they were soon deep lu euchre. She chatted away ou Impersonal topics, and Clifton was charmed. In contrast with the loneliness of the morning in the deserted car with only the dreary landscape to watch, the girl seemed doubly attractive, and he was surpris ed when the porter came around to light the lights. A number of per sons had boarded the car through the afternoon, but he had scarcely noticed them. He was sorry now that he had ar ranged to stop over 011 some business. He was sorry that he was not going straight through, for she had told him that she was to be 011 the train until well into the next day. He swore softly to himself when the porter came to brush him down. "Be in your station in ten minutes," he said briskly as he picked up the suit case beside Clifton's seat and took It to the forward door. Clifton fol lowed him more leisurely and stopped at the girl's seat. "I am grateful to you for a most de lightful afternoon," he said earnestly. "I am sorry that our wa, < part so quickly, but somehow 1 fe l certain that I shall see you again." "I'm sure of if," said the girl with laughing eyes. "But next time I hope that the introduction will not be so abrupt." "I'll follow the adage aud let sleep ' lng —sleep 011," lie laughed. "Goodby—and thanks."' Their hands met for u moment In a wartji clasp, and then he made his way to the door. The train pulled out before he turned away from the platform, and with the last flash of the car lights on the glint ing gold of her hair a terrible sense of loneliness came over him. He had not asked for her address. It wouid have been worse than rude, aiitl lie wanted her to think well of him, but now he was sorry that he had not risked giv ing Offense. It was too late now, though, had probably passed out of his life forever, and he turned away toward the h >tci stages with a heavy heart. Now tlint the train had gone on be knew that he had fallen in love, and with an unknown girl at that. There were letters waiting for him at the hotel, including one from his sis ter urging him to close up his business and get home quickly, as she wanted him to reach there before her school cfcruni went back home. Clifton caught up a sheet of note pa per and wrote 11 line ti) Nell. 110 sol emnly warned her to cherish no hopes that he would fall in love. "1 met a girl on the train." he wrote "Unless I can find her you will never have a sister-in-law. I think I shall stay here until your visitor goes." lie sent the letter downstairs and turned into bed, but sleep was laggard. He could see In the darkness of the room that golden head, and he re proached himself for his foolishness in not finding out who she was. He rose unrefreshed in the morning and went dully about Ills business. The girl of the train was before his eyes all the time, it was silly, he told himself, to feel so about a woman he would probably never see again, yet at the same time he -realized that she had made an impression upon him that time could not efface. He tried to read that evening, but he could not keep his mind 011 the maga zine, and at last h«> threw it down nnd gave himself up to meditation. He knew that If he brooded on the sub ject he would be unfit for business or anything else. He must find the girl somehow. Perhaps he might trace her through the conductor of the train. She must have come on board about 7 o'clock. Perhaps he could run up the line and find out from the ticket agent. He had about decided upon that scheme when (here came a knock at the door, and he went to open it. A bellboy thrust a telegram into his hand aud stood waiting to see if there was an answer. Clifton broke the seal list lessly, then gave a shout. The message ran: "Come home, you silly. Bess Win ston was the girl in section 10. She saw yonr name on the suitcase. That's why she was so nice. Nell." "Any answer*-" asked the boy, fidget ing first on one foot and then on the other. "I hope the answer will be 'yes,'" said Clifton absently. "I mean," he went 011 quickly, "yes, there's an an swer." And he stretched out his band for the blank. Corot nnd Ihr Prince tie Join vill*. "I thank you, Corot," said the prince, holding out his hand, ' for having al lowed me to renew my youth In seeing your works. Aud, look. I see there an old acquaintance, your picture of Dante In hades. It was in the Salon Of 1843, was It uotV" "That Is tine, mon prince," said Corot. "How in the name of goodness can you remember the date—you who have seen so many things since that time?" "And the critic Deledu.se," replied the prince, "worried you a great deal on this sub ject. But It touched you very little, and you were right. Ami this lovely, delicate study—you must have made it In the neighborhood of Genoa?" "in deed, I did," bellowed Corot In bis great voice. "You are gifted with sec ond sight. For ten years now I have searched in my old noddle for the place where I did that, and it needed you. mon prince, to come and tell me." "That, M. Corot, is because 1 have 6ketched those beautiful mountains more than ten times, and I know thein by heart. There is another study over there of a mill on the dunes. It is soft and gray and very true. I think it must have been done at Dunkerque. And next to it I recognize the tower of the port of I.a Itochelle." "I see. inon selgneur—pardon. mon prince—that there Is nothing t> teach you. I see only one thing—that to your title and quality of prince and admiral must be added that of 'wizard ' G. Chardin in Putnam's Weekly. JBo'.* ami Arrow Fishing. In the w>utli seas and in varloua groups of Islands in the Indian ocean the aborigines shoot fish with the bow and ar*ow. The art is extremely diffi cult, as* in uiking aim at an object uiv der water ilie archer has to allow for refraction. If he were to aim directly at the flsh as he sees It, he would, of course, mis*. Long practice has, How ever, made the natives expert to a wonderful degree In this sport.—Lon don Saturday Review. It Waa Tough. The waiter girl knew a thing or two about table etiquette, so she sniffed scornfully as she said, "It's not our custom to serve a knife with pie." "No?" remarked the patron in surprise "Then bring me an ax." Christian Register. Money In Words. Mrs. Uumphry Ward got for "Hel beck of Bann'sdale" the name's enough—s7s,ooo. Barrle got for"The Little Minister," book and play, $250,- 000. Hall Caine got for the book and play of"The Christian" $150,000. Mrs. Grant was paid for her husband's auto biography $350,000. Nansen got $50,- 000 for his "Farthest North." Sir Wal ter Scott got SOO,OOO for his "Life of Napoleon." Ituskln, for "Modern Paint- j ers," got $50,000. Kansas City Times, j Almost ■ Threat. Police Inspector—Haven't I often In structed you that you are not to allow the public to pick the flowers in this park? Park Keeper—Yes. that Is my wife, who used to be your cook. Per haps you will try to make her stop.-- Meggendorfer Blatter. India Rubber. Few articles seem more strangely named than India rubber. It gets the "rubber" from the first use to which it was put—that of erasing pencil marks by rubbing. Nor should it be asso ciated with India. The tree was first mentioned by an explorer among the Mexican Indians three centuries ago, and the first account of the substance is In connection with Columbus' visit to Haiti 011 his second voyage. Most of our present importation comes from Brazil. But Columbus and those ex plorers who followed him were search ing for a short passage to India, and they supposed that the land they dis covered was India. The name India rubber Is therefore a permanent sign of their mistake •A AAA/WAA/W\AAA/W * Cupid and J: * Croesus.* 3 - H By Constance D'Arcy Mackay. ► £ i Copyright, 1907, by Mary McKeon. > •wr rr-v.rr rr- /vr /rvwr nr jt* "But the trouble with being rich is that you never know whether any one Is in love with you or not" mourned Rosamond Maythorn, stretching out u daintily slippered foot to the fender, where a bright fire gleamed. Her father's eyes twinkled. "I think i have heard that phrase before, my dear," he said kindly, "and, while I ac knowledge that your fortune is a good deal of a lure, I must confess that if 1 were a young man just the sight of your eyes j.ud the sound of your voice would be enough for me." Rosamond shook her head. "You see. father, you were au exceptional young man," she said, but the look in ber eyes was troubled, and a faint pucker Showed between her brows. Her fa ther leaned forward and patted the slim young hand that ley on the carved arm of the chair. His motherless daughter was very dear to him. "What's gone wrong, Rosamond?" he queried. "Is the new Worth gown a failure, or didn't you eujoy your dance last uight, or is the world generally stuffed with sawdust?" "It Isn't the world that's stuffed with eawdust; it's the men!" cried Rosa mond Her father laughed outright, and Rosamond frowned at him with de- Jlclous severity. "Ah, you may laugh," she said, "but I'm in earnest just the same. I'm sick of all men I see at balls and operas. I don't want a puppet in even ing dress to talk to. I want a man—a man who works and thinks and feels— and in tills silly social whirl I've not been able to find one. Besides, there's not one of them that's not a fortune hunter, from Toby I.apman to George Astorgllt. The fact Is. I'm beginning to tire <>f utterly vapid days and a pleasure seeklmr existence." "What do you Intend to do, then?" "I propose to work for my living." "Seriously, Rosamond ?" "Doesn't this look serious?" She drew from the floor beside her a writ ing pad covered with cabalistic signs. "Shorthand, as 1 live!" ejaculated her father. "Well. Rosamond, I've aI "TOU LIVE HEKK?" HE INTERROGATED. ways let you have your own way, and if you want to make an experiment go on. I won't hinder you. I supposo In a month or two you'll be applying for a situation in my office." "Nothing of the kind!" she flashed. "I'll find a situation of my own. I'll cease to be Rosamond Maythorn. To morrow morning I'll be Rosamond Marsh, and if you expect to catch a glimpse of me you'll have to be up early, for I'm off to my business col lege at 8 o'clock." There followed days when Rosamond was utterly fatigued and disheartened. Many a time she hovered on the verge of giving up her course and going back to her butterfly existence, but the same vital energy that made her father a power in Wall street was latent in her, too, and she stuck it out coura geously, though often the penciled let ters Bwam before her eyes, her back ached, and her Angers almost refused to "clack" at the type of her machine. To a girl accustomed to waking at 10 In the morning it was no small wrench to put back tie hands of the clock to 7 a. m. as a rising hour and Instead of luncheon In a well appointed dining room to scurry to a restaurant for a hurried midday meal. "My, Isn't It flue to think that our course Is nearly finished!" sighed Mat ty Brown, a trim girl In black, busily engaged In putting 011 her hat before a small mirror which huug in the cloakroom. "I suppose we'll be hunt ing for work next. Wonder if we'll soon get any?" "I hope ?•>," said Rosamond soberly. The hundreds and hundreds of tollers whom she passed iu the streets each night after the 5 o'clock whistles blew had given her a very different view of life from that which she had cherished In her brocaded boudoir. She knew now that it was composed of infinite struggle and hardship, and It was with a thrill of thankfulness that she found herself singled out from a dozen appli cants to be the stenographer of Grahnui Ellis, a young lawyer of whom great things were prophesied. From the first Rosamond liked him. He was kind and courteous—never too hurried to be polite, never more ex acting than the occasion required. His sincerity and straightforwardness spoke not only in his frank and genial manner, but In every direct glance of his steady gray eyes, every motion of his well poised head. "Tired?" said Rufus Maythorn a few months later, looking at his daughter across the dinner table that sparkled with silver and cut gia^s. "Not a bit," she answered cheer fully. "And you still like your employer?" "He seems," said Rosamond demure ly. "to be a very Just and reasonable sort of person." "The people who know him say fine things o£ him." returned her father. "1 should judge that he was composed of brain and muscle rather than of saw dust." One evening after offlco hours, as Rosamond was walking hoaae , w»rd, Graham Ellis joined ber. She had played so long on the dangerous edge of discovery that she had become ac customed to It, but on this particular night bis sudden presence startled her, and to gain time she turned Into a shabby side street. A girl was just disappearing Into one of the dingy doorways. It was Matty Brown. In stantly Rosamond saw a way of «s --eaoe t "Good uight," she said, pausing ana abruptly holding out her hand to Gra ham Ellis. "You live here?" he interrogated. A little demon of mischief looked oat of Rosamond's brown eyes. "Why not?" she queried lightly, al ready halfway up the steps. "May I come and see you some time when you're not too tired or busy?" he asked. "I should be delighted," smiled Rosa mond and then slipped into the dimly, lighted hall, where the figure of Matty Brown was slowly receding. Here she waited till she knew that Graham El lis had passed and then went out again, her heart beating more than It had ever done over a social triumph. Poor and dismal and dingy though the place was.he had cared enough to come and see her In it. while the men she was ac customed to meet in the drawing rooms of her friends would have sneered and passed on. "I must have made a mistake in the number, Miss M *sh," he said to her the following wt "Was it 15 or 17? I rang at several doors, but no one seemed to know your name." "We've moved," said Rosamond calm ly. "We don't live there any more." "Oh. I see," said Graham Ellis. There was a long pause. "Of course," he be gan rather stiffly—"of course If you don't care to have me call"— Rosamond bent over her machine. "I don't know when you've seen where I live if you'll like it," she murmured, and Ellis was too much in earnest to note the catch of amusement in her tone. "T.lke it!" he cried. "Of course I'll like It! Do you think it makes any dif ference to me where you live? Surely we can't have worked together all these months without your knowing that I love you!" "Ah," said Rosamond, with a ripple of whimsical laughter, "then If noth ing makes any difference, you won't mind my being Rufus Maythorn's daughter instead of Rosamond Marsh, for, you know, there was once an an cient who set out with a lantern to look for an honest man; but, since I'm a modern, I've used a typewriter In stead. And It led me straight to you." "To a man with nothing on earth to offer you but love!" "Well, Isn't that the greatest thing in the world?" she whispered, flushing adorably. Her References. Not long ago a Philadelphia lady was suddenly deserted by the cook and advertised for another, stipulat ing that applicants must furnish good references. A middle aged colored wo man was among those who sought the place, and when asked for her refer ences she said, "'Deed, Ah done tore up dem references, lady." "Don't you know,"the lady asked, "that if you don't bring any references with you people will suspect that you are not a good servant? I am surprised that you should destroy the references a former employer was kind enough to give you." "Yassum; maybe dat's so," the applicant replied. "Folks can 'spect Ah ain't er good servant, but yo'd know Ah was crazy ef Ah'd brung dem references." Philadelphia Rec ord. Very Useful. "He's a very good horse, but thin," remarked the dealer who was trying to sell the animal. "I sometimes have to tie a knot in his tail to prevent him from slipping through his collar. But that'n no matter. Occasionally, too, I have to hang a sack over him to keep the hay inside of him from getting sun burned. He's a good horse, but thin. My wife and her mother took him for a drive the other day, and they fool ishly let him trot. When he trotted the rattling of his bones so startled him that he bolted, pitched my wife and mother-in-law "out and killed the old woman. Oh, he's a good horse if thin, but he's very useful."—Liverpool Mercury. Two Reasons Why. A government ollicer recently return ed to Washington after an absence of some years abroad. He met au old friend who had been interested in fly- Jug machines and asked: "Well, professor, how are you get ting along with your aerial machine?" "It is not yet a complete success," the professor said, with a sad smile. "I have two things to accomplish be fore I can say that it is." "What are they?" "I must discover how to get my ma chine in the air and then how to lieep It there."—Success. BUSINESS PROVERBS. Not the big earner, but the wise in lnvestor, is the future capitalist. The wise man knows that wealth Is not worth getting save for the purpose of using and so gets after it early. Investment is putting money into chicken farming; speculation Is count ing the chickens before they are hatched. The chap who does his work indiffer ently because he thinks he is above his job thereby proves his unfitness for the job that is above him. The man who yields to honest per suasion slowly and imperceptibly, as rock to water, may make a loyal In vestor when won. But be who is quick to lay hold of a good investment makes the most money. Multitudes of people sleep soundly nights, believing their savings to be protected In the banks, not dreaming that the banks have invested them in business enterprises that the depositors themselves declined to buy shares In because they thought their earnings were too large to be safe. —Cent Per Cent. "Chap" on h Man. Not until the end of the sixteenth century did "chapman, ,v *a trader or peddler, get contracted into "chap" even in vulgar speech, and even then for a long time it (lid not advance be yond the meaning of buyer or custom er. In this sense Steele speaks of "hunting after chaps," and Wilkes writes that "perhaps Mrs. Mead would buy, but she would be a hard chap." "Chap" seems to have reached its ulti mate stage as a casual equivalent of "man" through the intermediate sense of a man with whom one has dealings, not of business, but of good fellowship. The «sse of "customer" is very simi lar. Shakespeare used it to mean a boon companion, but "a queer custom er" now means little more than "a queer man." There is a trace of the old companionship idea, however, when a young woman speaks of "niv than.'* No Chance. "Opportunity." remarked the board er who Is always quoting maxims, "knocks once at every man's door." "It'll never knock at auy door of mine." said the seedy boarder. "I sleep In an attic."— Chicago Tribune. A man who shows no defects Is a fool or a hypocrite whom we should nilstrusr. —Joubert. IMITATION ANTIQUES THE WAY CABINETMAKERS CAN COPY ANCIENT FURNITURE. Ciirioun Innlde Information Tbat Wa* Gleaned by an Inqnlnltlve Visitor at a l.lttle Simp In an Enxlliih Conntry Village. Sober, he is one of the most inter esting men I know. Unfortunately he Is sober only three days a week. When I ask him the reason he merely says he doesn't know. Yesterday when I walked into the laboratory at the back of his little village shop he was a Band of Hope epitomized. "There's something you'll like," he said, indicating a small bureau, old Spanish mahogany within, new satin wood veneer—so far unpolished—with out. The veneer was inlaid with ebony lines and kingwood bands. The accu racy of the jointing was wonderful, the finish perfect. "You must come in again when I've stained and polished It,"he went on, "and then you'll think It one of the best Queen Anne pieces extant." "Don't your customers ever find you out?" I asked. "Lord, 110, sir! When you've pulled seventeenth century furniture to pieces all your life and learned the things the tenons and mortises and the finish tell you, it's easy enough to get the right effect. The public hasn't any judg ment, and, for that matter, many of the London dealers aren't much bet ter." "But this veneer—so very new," 1 hazarded. "Ah, wait until you see it toned down and the drawers fitted with a set of old Boule handles and scutcheons I'vs got !*■ me and a few little dents ham mered here and there, especially about the feet, where they get kicked. You'll not know It. then. See that lit tle black knot I've left on the face of the third drawer? That knot would take In all Wardour street." He Is always frank with me about his fakes. He seems to take a pride in being able to deceive a trained eye and a satisfaction in explaining -bis dexterity. I left the bureau and began examin ing a hoary looking oak settle gray with age. "Looks ancient, doesn't It?" he ob served. "Looks!" I wondered. "Surely ifs genuine?" He shook his head with a wise old smile. "It's as genuine as dilute nitric acid can make it. Oh, you needn't go by the panels. They're purposely warped with hot ammonia. The sun and rain do the rest—bleach It, you know." "But the carving?" I argued. "It's ( almost effaced In places." "It would be after half an hour with a sand blast, a little thing of my own ( contrivance. The worm holes I make j with a very fine punch. Beginners use shot, but that's a clumsy way. Of course the timbers It's made of are old. They are bits of a Charles I. table | mostly. The hinges are ordinary trade copies that have lain In the wet all summer and got nicely rusted, and If you were to draw the screws that hold them you'd flud they were rusty, too. and had no points. Those I filed off and then hammered the heads a bit" "I didn't know you— treated metal as well as timber," I admitted. "Sometimes. See that flreback?" I went to the corner Indicated and scrutinized the flreback. As far as I could tell, It was a beautiful specimen of hammer work bitten and worn by over two centuries of use, as Its date, 1687, seemed to show. "I bought a dozen of those of differ ent dates from a man who makes them. They're only cast, but after they've had a bonfire over them In my yard for a week or two they get soft and look right enough, don't they?" I admitted that they did, flinching a bit, though, at the adjective he used. "There's a regular trade between the manufacturers of faked antiques and the London ones. Why? Well, the manufacturers have discovered that people go Into the country districts now bunting for antiques. They think the things they pick up there must be genuine. The simple countryman In spires confidence. There's nothing hardly that can't be Imitated," he went on. "It's merely a question of time— and skill, of course—and It's only by accident, or talking as I'm doing, that the fart's discovered. But when a man knows he can take in an expert lfs difficult for him to keep It to himself —that Is, If he's got a sense of humor. Do you think that Syrian gold work they had at the Louvre would have been known as a forgery If somebody hadn't talked? No, Indeed! There's china, now. People always think lfs above suspicion, but you Just look at those two china cows on the shelf there. One's genuine old Stafford. The other Isn't. Can you tell the differ ence?" I used a pocket magnifying glass this time, but at the end of several minutes I came to the conclusion that they were identical and said so. "I gave one and nine for the imita tion one, but I can't tell which now," he admitted. "And the selling price?" I Inquired. "Six guineas each. One of them's worth that. After all, it doesn't really matter, for there's no difference be tween them intrinsically." London 1 Mail. Baby'd Projtren*. "How is Bilklus' baby boy getting along?" "Flue. I was up there yesterday and ! was surprised to learn that he Is be ginning to talk." "Doe* he pronounce his words plain ly?" "Not very. They sound like a rail road brakeuiau calling out stations.*— Milwaukee Sentinel. Utrrr. Lazy I.arn Say, lady, i'm dat hun gry I don't know w'at to do. I ata'i had nothin'— Mrs. Goodart— Walk around to the kitchen, poor man, and you shall be fed. Lazy Larry—Aw, say, dat's a purty long walk, lady. Couldn't yer hand It out here jlst as well?— Catholic Standard and Times. Irremediable. Fan—l wasn't expecting to be called onto say anything, you know, and when the president of the club asked me to make a few remarks I just went all to pieces. Nail—You remember I told you those buttons on the back of your waist wouldn't stand the slightest strain, don't you?- Chicago Tribune. His Quest. An Irishman whose wife was fond : of moving from one house to another was met by a friend the other morn ing while walking behind a van load of household goods and saluted with: "Hello, Mick! Shifting again? Where might you lie going this time?" "I don't know, begorra," said Mick. "I'm following the furniture to find out."— Kansas City Independent. EXPOSITION IT COMPUTE NORFOLK, April 24. It is said the Jamestown exposition, on the occasion of its formal opening on Friday of this week, will he not more than eighty per cent, finished. The directors announce with regrt t that, so far as the exposition proper is concerned, it will not be reaily for t'.e public on the opening day,or foi some weeks afterward. This news is not surprising, though uo doubt disappointing to the manage ment. It is not of record that any en terprise of this character has been (al ly prepared lor "opening day." The exposition management capab'.e of so expediting its work as to overcome the countless delays that beset the prelim inaries has yet to be discovered. Ex perience doesn't seem to count for much in matters ot this sort, fore sell new exposition is coufrouted with the unexpected development of conditions not encountered in any previous affair of the kind, aud tlie "allowances" of time for such contingencies never seem to have been made ample to meet all of them. In the case of the Jamestown ex position the management is foitnnate in not having to depend on the exposi tion proper for the attractions of "opening day." President Roosevelt will be there, aud in Hampton Roads will ride the greatest fleet of warships ever assembled,including the Atlantic Squadron of the United States and ships froui every navy on the alobe. With the-e and other "drawing cards" the exposition people expect to make a good showing in the way of attend ance on "opening day." The exposi tion it-elf will get down to business later on FORHER RESIDENT DIED AT PLYfIOUTh William R. Thomas, a former resi dent of Danville, died Saturday even ing at the home of Councilman Sam uel Jones at Plymouth. The deceased w is a resideutof Diu ! ville for many years before he rernov- Jed to Plymouth about twenty years j ago. He was a veterm of the Civil ! war, having enlisted February sth, | 1864, at Danville, in Co. F, 187 th regi- I ment, P. V. He was honorably dis ] charged on August 3rd., 1865, at Har j risburg. The funertl took place Tuesday af ternoon from the home of Samuel Jones in Plymouth. luterment was made at Plymouth. Emanuel Hummel, who has been night watchman for sixteen years at the Bloomsburg silk mill, has resign ed," as he says he is brokeu dowu in health bv the. task. E<ery uiglit tl.e rounds he had to travel measured twelve miles in length,mnch of which was up aud down stairs and iu the sixteeu years he has wa'feed 40,000 miles. lie always had a dog as a com panion and has worn out three dogs. Do You Open l our Like a young bird and gulp down what ever food or medicine may be offered you? Or, do you want to know something of the composition and character of that which you take into your stomach whether as food or medicine? Most intelligent and sensible people now-a-davs insist on knowing what they employ whether as food or as medicine. 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Va. say»!— 1 was troubled with sour atomach for twenty r**re Kodol curad ma and wa ara now ualnt It la mi* forbaby." Kodol Digests What You Ul Bottlas only. Relieves tndlfasttan, aotw stomak balchlnj ot »**, ate Prepared by 1. O. OeWITT A 00 , OHIOAOO Sale, by Panles <te Co MANNERS AT TABLE. The Etlqnettf of Eallnfr In •Mitrenth Ootnry. Aii account of hospitality In 1629 gives a good idea of the maimer in which a country gentleman of the period lived. Dinner and supper were brought In by the servants with their hats on, a cus tom which is corroborated by Fynes Muryson, who says that, being at a knight's house who had many servants to attend him, they brought In the meats with their heads covered with blue caps. After washing their hands in a basin they sat down to dinner, and Sir James l'riugle said grace. The viands seemed to have been plentiful and excellent—"big pottage, long kale, bowe of white kale," which is cabbage; "bracb soppe," powdered beef, rout and boiled mutton, a venison pie In form of an egg. goose. Then they had cheese, cut and uncut, afid apples. But the close of the feast was the most curious thing about It. The tablecloth was removed, and on the table were put a "towel the whole breadth of the table and half the length of it, a basin and ewer to wash, then a green carpet laid on, then one cup of beer set on the carpet, then a littls long lawn servifer plaitt*! over the cor ner of the table and a glass of hot wa ter set down also on the table; then be there tliree boys to say grace— the first, tlx- thanksgiving; the second, the Pater N'oster; the third, prayer for a blessing of God's church. The good man of the house, his parents, kinfolk and the whole company then do drink hot wa ters, so at supper, then to bed, the col lation which (is) a stoupe of aH."— Scottish Review. Sh«- Wan < a refill Spats —That old maid, Miss Van Shelf, is the most careful and method ical boardincr mistress I have ever had disturbing my den. Socratoots— Yes; J can Imagine when she goes to heaven she will want in summer tlm# to lay away her wings in camphor balls. Light Restored. "There are many more women living than I used to think." "Is that so?" "Yes. Before I married I used to think my wife was the only woman In the world." THE LAKE SKIPPER. How He Tnnfclit A Salt Water Vet eran to Hustle. There was a salt water captain who, for reasons of his own, accepted a berth as first mate in a big passenger steamer on the great lakes. He was a capable seafaring man, but he did not know what "hustle" meant until he went aboard at Buffalo. The lake skip per to whom he reported for duty re marked In the most casual manner: "Just give her a coat of paint this morning, and. If the sun stays hot and Bhe di;ies in good shape, give ber a eec ond coat this afternoon." The salt water mate staggered Ift his tracks and made amazed protest. This was a 5,000 tou vessel, and giving ber two coats of paint was several dajs' work by bis reckoning. The lake skip per was a person of discernment wherefore he had pity on his new mats and forbore to deal harshly with him, explaining with a tolerant grin: "All right I suppose you'll have to learn to move lively after snoozing around salt water all your life. You just pass that order along to the boa'n and tell him it's got to be done, and then you sit up and take notice." The bos'n took the order calmly, as If it were in the day's work, and by night fall the big steamer was spick and span with two coats of paint from her water line to her guard rail. The sailor from deep water had learned his first lesson in the ways of the great lakes during the navigation season, when the hard driven shipping must be forced to do twelve months' work In half a year. —Ralph D. Paine in Outing Magaslne. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the Rec tor, Chnrch Wardens and Vestry of Christ (Memorial) Church in Danville, Presented to the Court of Common Pleas of Mon' nr C >nnty, Pennsylvania, their petitio-i jirayini: the said Conrt to grant under t ; i * provisions of the Act of As senr l? pprov>dthe 29 h day of April A !>. '*7 l. en itled, 'An Act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations" and its supple ments, certain amendments to the orig inal cha ter of the said Christ (Memor ial* Church, npon which petition an in terlocutory decree has been made a& pri.ved f<>r, and that an application will be made to the s id Court on the 2?th day of May 1907 a r 10 o'clock A. M.for the final decree in tne premises. FRANK C. ANGLE Solicitor Notice. Notice hereby is given that the Chillisquaque Presbyterian Chnroh, Presented to the Court of Commo Pleas of Montour County, Pennsyl vania, their petition praying the said Court to grant under the provisions of the Act of Assembly approved the 39th day of April A. D. 1874, entitled, "An Act to provide for the incorpora tion and regulation of certain corpora tions" and its supplements, certain amendments to the original charter of the said Chillisquaque Presbvterian Church upon which petition an inter locutory decree has been made as prayed for, and that an application will be made to the said Court on the 27th day of May 1907, at 10 o'clock A. M.for the final decree in the prem ises. Edwin Paul, Solicitor. Winsdcr Hotel Between I2eb and 13th Sts. on Filbert St Philadelphia, Pa. Three minutes walk from the Read ing Terminal. Five minntes walk from the Penna R. R. Depot. EUROPEAN PLAN $1 oi> per day and upwards- AMER'CAN PLAN $2.00 per dav. K-I P-A-N-S Tabules Doctors find A good prescription For Mankind. Tne 5-eent picket is enough for usua occassiot s. The family bottle (60 oents , contains a supply for a year. All drug : gists
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