INK THAT NEVER DRIES. Care Used In Handling Fine Etching! ■nd Engraving#. "Ouo of the first things we have to Impress upon newcomers In this busi ness," remarked a dealer In fine prints, "Is to take the utmost care In handling prints for the simple reason that the Ink used In printing engravings and etchings practically never dries. Of all the men whose works In thin line we handle It can be safely said that on the prints of only two of them— Bembrandt and Durer—has the Ink really dried. And you know It Is o long time since they were alive. II has been our frequent experience to have prints fully 200 years old show signs that the Ink still had some mois ture in It, us we hove learned to our cost in seeing them rubbed. "An expert, whether he be a profes sional or amateur collector, can tell at a glance that a print has had another ocrt pulled across It, for to his accus tomed eyes the telltale marks of the tnk having been drawn across a blank place on the paper are as clear as day light That Is why we keep all of our prints In terature of the flame be low the ignition point, the unburned gas passing harmlessly through. Of coarse If the gauze becomes overheated the flame is able to get through. Whisky Made of Old Barrels. "The man Is a grogger," said the food Inspector, "lie makes whisky out of old barrels. Grogging Is a reeognlz- ; ed trade In some slums. Tou get hold J of old whisky barrels wherein spirits ' have been maturing for years, and you I pour Into these barrels boiling hot wa- ! ter. und you wait a few days. The re sult of your waiting is that the hot water turns to whisky. The wood of the old liarrels, you see, is so saturated with spirits that the hot water draws out enough to make a strong grade of red eye."—New Orleans Times-Demo crat. A Matter of Economy. Mrs. Housekeep—lf you do a little work for me now I'll give you a good dinner after awhile. Weary Willie— You'll get off cheaper, lady, If ye gim fcie the dinner now an" forget the work, Work always gives me a fierce appe tite.—tUust rated Bits. Anticipation. "There's always more Joy in antici pation than In realization." "I' don't know." \ "Have you never realized it?' "I ''lont know. I am anticipating a »Ult frum mv mother-tn-law."—• m ' ~~ "Isn't cause of Martha Custis. j In the traditions of any member of the Washington fninlly the story of Martha Curtis is of supreme impor tance, writes Cora A. Moore in the New Broadway Magazine. It happened one day that 6he was visiting at the plantation of a neigh bor, Major Chamberlayne, when there came riding In haute an officer in the British unllorm. The business that he had with the major he transacted quickly, declining an Invitation to stay because, as be declared, he was on his way to the governor at Wil liamsburg on matters of importance. But the host repeated the Invitation more urgently, slyly remarking that he had also beneath his roof the hand somest widow in Ylrglnln, a young and charming woman. Ah, a lady in the case! That was different. But the plans of men have often waited on Cupid. When the offl j cer bowed low over the hand of the ; lady whom he met In the major's draw i tng room he forgot Williamsburg and | the governor, and she, pleased with I the courage of that colonel, George Washington, of whose military fame [ she had heard so much, scintillated j and sparkled with even more than her ! nsnal fasclnntlon. That evening, long after the rest of the household had re ; tired, he und the churmlng widow sat I by the fireplace In the shadowy draw- I lng room qulto without a chaperon to j regulate the tide of swiftly moving j events. Soon there was a resplendent wed | ding at the home of the bride. Direct ly afterward a coach and six horses, guided by liveried black postilions, con i veved the newly married pair to her | town house in Williamsburg. Business interests for some time demanded the presence of Colonel Washington at the | capital. Later he took his bride and | her two children, Martha Parke Custis I and John Parke Custis, to his own es ( tate at Mount Vernon, where they en | joyed that happy domestic life which is celebrated in history. PORTABLE FIREARMS. The First Muskets Were Clumsy and Awkward to Handle. While the Introduction of portable firearms Into Europe Is of compara tively recent date, their use was fre quent among the Mohammedans of eastern Asia at a very early period. La Brocquiere, who made a Journey to Jerusalem In the middle of the fif teenth century and who traveled ex tensively In the east, mentions the fir ing of small arquebuses at the great festivals In Damascus. The first use of muskets in Europe was at the siege of Bhege In 1591 by the Spanish soldiers. These arms were so extremely heavy that they could not be used without a rest. They were provided with matchlocks and were ef fective at a considerable distance. While on the march the soldiers them selves carried only the ammunition and tho rests, and boys bearing the muskets followed after, like caddies on a golf course. Loading these cumbersome arms was a slow operation. They were clumsy and awkward to handle. The ball and powder were curried separately, and the preparation anß titljalfer.ertt: of the match took a long time. Before long, however, Improvements began to be made. The guns became lighter in construction, and the soldiers carried their ammunition in broad shoulder belts called bandoliers, to which were suspended a number of lit tle leather cowsred wooden cases, each of which held a charge of powder. A pouch, la which the bullets were car ried loose, and a priming horn hung at the side of the soldier. As late as the time of Charles I. muskets with rests were still in use, and it was not until the beginning of the eighteenth century that firelocks were successfully employed. IN CASE OF FIRE. The Landlord Told His Literary Guest How to Get Out. In the days before the dawn of his fame It was the practice of a certain well known author to wander up and down the land seeking what he might devour In the way of suggestion and local color. In this way he had drifted into Arkansas, "roughing It,"and not, as he expresses it presenting an ap pearance calculated to Inspire a hotel ; r< prtetor with unlimited confidence. The only hotel in the town, a frame structure, seemed to have been built upon the theory that there was plenty of room straight up, but that ground had to be bought, and the wanderer was shown to a room on the third floor, reached through many narrow and winding passages. From the one ■window it was a straight drop to the ground. "Say, how would I get out of this place in case of fire?" he asked the landlord, who had brought up his grip. The other eyed him coldly. "Waal," he drawled, "all yo' s would have to do would be to show ther night watchman—the one with ther shotgun —a receipted bill foh yo' board an' lodgln' an' get him to tie up the bull dog."—Cleveland Leader. The Hiss Polite. The Japanese prince drew In Ills breath with a hissing sound as he bent over the young girl's hand. "Prince," she said. "I have been up against a lot of Japanese, and they all hiss like that when they meet you, What's the reason, anyway?" "The reason Is politeness," the prince answered. "I hiss- -like this—l draw in niy breath—l keep on drawing it in as long as I remain near you. For If I blow any out some of It might be blown in your fair face. What an of fense! Shocking! And so we Japanese always hiss In exchanging greeting*. Out of politeness we hold our breath." The Teath. The accumulation of tartar on the teeth makes them unsightly and Is of ten the cause of a bad breath. If tho teeth ore properly brushed. each day tartar will not hare the chance to ac cumulate, but If has, already.-bean allowed to do soijk.caa.be remolded -by a very simple treatment. Moiston -the toothbrush in warm water and dip It into magnesia. Bub on the teeth, end after three applications the tartar will have entirely disappeared. THE SUGAR PLUM. ft Is the Most Ancient Candy, Antedat ing the Christian Era. The most anrtent kind of candy is the sugar plum. It was the Invention of Julias Dragatus, a noted Roman baker and confectioner, who belonged to the family of Fabius. According to the New York Herald, It was In 177 B. O. that he made the great discovery which for twenty centuries has done so much damage to teeth. Ttiese bonbons, called dragatl, after their Inventor (dragees In French), re mained the exclusive privilege of the family of Fabius. But at the birth or marriage of one of that family a great distribution of dragatl took place as a sign of rejoteing. The custom is still observed.fcy many of the nobility of Europe, The CpstlUu tfs of far later origin, havln£t>«>n invented and Introduced Into FtonSce by an Italian confectioner, the Florentine, idhn Pastil la, a pro tege of tte MBdlets. When Maria de* Medici married Henry IV. of France, Pastllln uacompanled his sovereign to the French couflt, where his bonbons had a tremendous vogue. Everybody wanted the Florentine's pastilles, which were excellent. He made them with all kinds of flavors—chocolate, coffee, rose, violet, mini; wine, strawberry, raspberry, vanilla, heliotrope and car nation. Burned almonds ore purely of French origin, owing their inception to the glut tony of u certain French merchant. One day Marshal Dujiiessls-Pralln, on old gourmet, sent for Lassagne, who had already invented many a tooth some dainty, to concoct a new bonbon for hiin. Lassagne searched, reflected, combined, until finally be conceived a delicious bonbon, which he baptized gloriously with the name of his master, I'ralino, the French for burned alm onds. THE ROMAN ANGARIA. Ancient Postal System That Came Down From the Persians. The carefully organized postal sys tem of today Is of course more com plete than the angaria of the ancient liomaus, yet their mail traveled with considerable speed. The system of angari, or couriers on horseback, was borrowed from the Per sians, who, according to Zeuophon, hod established it under Cyrus the Elder. The ltoinan adaptation of It was tho best system of tnuismlttlng letters among the ancient states. All along the great Boman roads houses were erected at a distance of five or six miles from each other. At each of these stations forty horses were constantly kept, and by the help of relays It was easy to travel a hun dred miles In u day. These services were Intended for the state only, it being imperative to se cure the rapid interchange of official communications. In the time of Julius Caesar the system was so well or ganized that of two letters the great soldier wrote from Britain to Cicero at Home the one reached its destination In twenty-six and the other in twen ty-eight days. Private citizens had to trust to the services of slaves, and It Is not until the end of the third century that we hear of the establishment of a ixistul system for private persons by the Em peror Diocletian, but how long this system remained history does not say. The supply of horses and their main teaance were compulsory, and only "the emperor could grant exemption from either. The word angaria therefore came to mean compulsory service In dis patching the royal mall.—Scrap Book. fne Word "Widow." As a word "widow" is most inter esting. Max Mueller traced it back through thousands of years with hard ly any change of form or meaning. "The wo I'd at its original formation meant simply a woman left without a man, Just as It does today, and it has remained nil these ages materially un changed both in sound and meaning." A thousand years ago the Anglo-Saxons tised tho word in England and north Germany. The Meso-Goths and, earlier than they, the Latin people knew it centuries before the Anglo-Saxons, and t'.ie Sanskrit records show that a thou sand years before Latin was written the same word was spoken on the slopes of the Himalayas. Don't Hurry. Do nothing in a hurry. Nature never does. "More haste, worse speed," says the old proverb. If you are In doubt sleep over It. But. above all, never quarrel in a hurry; think It over well. Take time. However vexed you may be overnight, things will often look dif ferent In the morning. If you have written a clever and conclusive but seathing letter, keep It back till the next day, and It will very often never go at all.—Lord Avebury. Good Natured. Young Man—l shall soon pay you. mi" landlady, for I am going to be mar ried. Landlady—Oh,' you need not marry for the sake of the few marks you owe me. Herr Eller.—Meggendorfer Blat ter. Labor rids us of three great evils-- tedlousness, vice and poverty.—French Proverb. Woman is the one problem that sci ence can never solve.—Chicago News. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. If you can smile when your rival Is praised, you have tact. There Is always a demand for the man who does his best. As a rule, other people are the best Judges of your Importance. Our opinions are like our visits—more appreciated when not forced upon peo ple Drifting with the tide is a slow way to get anywhere; the tide flows both ways. The aggressive man is usually only a polite way of referring to your quar relsome friend. Don't nir your family skeleton. Peo ple know enough about It when It is kept locked in the closet. The most aggravating kind of a person to live In the house with Is one who always has his own way and yet goes around with an abused air.—Atch ison Globe. PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE! Estate of William Saul, deceased. By Tirtue of an order of the Orphan? Court of Montour. County, Pennsyl vania, the undersigned will expose to public sale on the premises at Wash ingtonville ou Tuesday, July 30,1907 at one o'clock P. M.the following described real estate: FIRST: Hotel Stand. All that cer tain messuage, tenement and lot of laud situate at Washingtonville in the township of Derry in said conn;y, bounded and described as follows, on the North by Front street, on the East by lands late of Joseph Hartmau, deceased now William Saul estate aud tract herein after described, on the South by lands of Martin Kelly estate and on the West by Water street, con taining one half acre of land more or less, —whereon are erected a URGE TWO STORY PRIME HOTEL, large Livery Baru and other necessary outbuildings, a good well of water at the Hotel. This is one of the best Hotel stauds in Montour county. SECOND. All that certain piece or parcel of land iu said township of Derry, adjoining the above describ ed lot, described as follows ning at the corner of the lot above described in the centre of the public road leading from Washingtonville to Jersey town, called Front sweet,,thence along line of lands of above described lot aud Martin Kelly estate South two and one-half degrees West sixty-two perches to centre of creek, thence up the creek South seventy-seven aud three-quarters degrees East five and fweutvtive hundredths perches to post in creek, thence by other lands of Joseph Hartman's estate North two and oue-half degrees East, sixty-foua and fifteen hundredths perchos to cen tre of public roaa or Front street aforesaid, thence along said Frout street South seventy-eight and three quarters degrees West five aud twenty five one hundredths porches to post iu public road corner of first described lot, the place of beginning, contain ing two acres of laud. This last tract can be cut up into building lots. It adjoins the line of the Borough of Washingtonville and being in the township the taxes are much lower than in the Borough. The sale will commence at one o'clock sharp. Terms of sale, 50 per cent, to be paid at the striking down of the property and the balance in one year from confirmation of sale by the court, with interest, to be secured by mort gage. All oonveyancing to be paid by purchaser. | For further information call upon the undersignod. THOMAS K. GRESH, Administrator, Washingtonville, Pa. WM. KASE WEST, Atty. Danville. Pa. j Orphans Court Sale OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE! Estate of David Clark, Late of the i Borough of Danville, deceased. Pursuant to an order of the Orphan's Court of Moutour County to her granted for such purpose, the under signed, as acting executrix of the last will and testament of the said David Clark deceased, will expose to public sale upon the premises, Nos. 101 it 10K Mill Street, Danville, Pa., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 07 at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the said day the following described real estate of the said decedent, to wit: All that of certaiu messuage or tene ment and town lot of laud situate in the First Ward of the Borough of Dan ville, in the County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, viz : Beginning at the southwestern corner of lot of Elizabeth Gosh on the eastern side of Mill street, thence in an eastwardlv direction along the said lot of the said Elizabeth Gosh and at right angles with Mill Street aforesaid ninety-five feet to lot of William L. Sidler,thence in a southwardly direction along the s.»id lot of the said William L. Sidler and parallel with Mill street aforesaid twenty-five feet to a corner of the said lot of tne said William L. Sidler, thence in a westwardly direction along the said lot of the said William L. Sidler aud at right angles with Mill Street aforesaid ninety-five feet to the northwestern corner of the said lot of the said William L. Sidler on the eastern site of Mill Street aforesaid, thence in a northwardly direction along the said eastern side of Mill Street aforesaid twenty-five feet to the said southwestern corner of the said lot of the said Elizabeth Gosh, the place of beginning, with the appurten ances, and whereupon is erected A TWO STORY BRICK BUILDING solely occupied by offices. TERMS OF SALE:—Twenty-five per cent of the purchase money shall be paid iu cash at the striking down of the property and ttie balance there of shall be paid on the absolute con firmation of the sale. Deed to be delivered to the purchas er or purchasers thereof ou such ab solute confirmation of such sale and upon payment of t'lie entire purchase money, aud the cost of writing such deed shall he paid for by such purchas er or purchasers. CORDELIA E. GEARHART, Acting Executrix of the last will and testament of David Clnrk deceased. Danville, Pa., July :ird, 11)07.!; , i3 ~:1 Edward Sayre Gearhart, Couusel. Indian Hemp and Catalepsy. A single grain of the resin of Indian hemp will produce catalepsy in a man. A few hours are required for the ef fects to reach a climax, when his limbs mny be placed In almost any position without difficulty, and when once plac ed they remain in the given position In definitely, although the natural Influ ence of gravity would cause them to fall. During the catalepsy the body Is usually Insensible to all Impressions. comildrrate. Mr. Younghub—Did you bake this bread, durling? Mrs. Yonnghub—Yes, dear. Mr. Younghub—Well, please don't do anything like that again. You are •ntlrely too light for such heavy work. SHERIFF S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE By virtue of a certain Levari Facias Issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Montour County and to me directed, will be exposed to public sale at theJMontour Couuty Courthouse iu the Borough of Danville, in the County of Montour and State of Penn sylvania. on Saturday, Aug. 10, 07 at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of tl e said day, the following described real estate, viz: All that certaiu messuage, tenement and lot of ground situate on the east side of Mill Street, iu the Third Ward 3f the Borough of Danville, in the County of Montour »nd State of Pennsylvania aforesaid, bounded and described as follows, viz: On the south by lot of Henry L. Gross, on the east by ground reservasl for a pub lic alley, on the uorth by lot formerly of Margaret Keiner, now of David R. Eckmau.and on the west by the line of Mill Street aforesaid. Said lot being twenty-four feet wide on Mill Street, and one hundred and forty two feet more or less in leugth to line of the said alley, and whereupon is erected a certain ,j.,, __ TTO-STBHY BRICK BUILDING aud other buildings and appurten ances. Seized, taken iu execution and to be sold as the property of Joseph H. .Tohn sou and Elizabeth C. Johnson, his wife, Mortgagors, aud the saiil Eliza beth O. Johnson real owner. TERMS OF SALE:—Twenty-five per cent, of the purcliasa mouey shall be paid in cash at the striking down of the property aud the balauce there of shall be paid ou or before the re turn day of the writ (September 2lSrd, 180?.) D. C. WILLIAMS, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Danville, Pa.. Juiy 9th, 1907. Edward Sayre Gearhart, Counsel Japanese Women Wrestlers. A correspondent In Japan writes: "One of the most remarkable sights I have ever seen was that of some wom an wrestlers in Yokohama. We en tered a large barnlike building, in the center of the lioor of which was a ring of hard, damp earth, marked out by a plaited straw band, in which two women wrestled furiously. Almost Im mediately one was thrown, and she fell on the ground with a flap resem bling the sound made by a fish when landed In the bottom of a punt. Be- ! fort' she had scrambled laughingly to ; her feet another combatant rushed Into the ring and gripped the victor, and the prize went to the woman who held out the longest. The auditorium was cram- ' rned to suffocation by a motley crowd [ of Japanese, who yelled and whistled and shrieked at each successful throw. | The combatants were of splendid phy- I pique and fit 'mothers of soldiers.'" The Falling Leaf. The falling of a leaf is brought about by the formation of a thin layer ot ' vegetable tissue at the point where the leaf stem Joins the branch of the : tree. After the leaf ceuses to make j starch and sugar for the tree this tis sue begins to grow and actually cuts 1 the leaf off. It Is therefore not a ! mere breaking away on account of the j wind bending the dried stems, but an ! ....... longer useful. The falling of ripe 1 fruit Is dependent upon the same proc- | ess. Trust not him that hath once broken faith.—Shakespeare. The Home Paper 1 of Danville. • | Of course you read - - —- ■ j I 111 IK , | THE I Popular i aper. . Everybody Rc::ds It. ij I ' ! I 1 Publishe.. liven Mornif I:\:cpt I Sunday ?•* i ! No. 11 E. Ma her,.: sg- St. I Subscription < art ' Man's Precious Rib. A young lady having asked n sur geon why woman was made from the rib of a inau iu preference to another bone, he gave her the following gallant answer: "She was not taken from the head lest she should rule, nor from hi a feet lest he should trample upon her, but she was taken from his side that she might be his equal; from under his arm, that he might protect her; from i near his heart, that he might cherish «.nd lore her."—Houston Chronicle. More Adulteration. "Mrs. Sandys," said the grumbling boarder, "I am going to write to the dty authorities." "Indeed, sir! What about?" "About the quality of the water. It's disgraceful. Why. I detected a distinct flavor of coffee In It this morning."— Chicago. Journal. How Rossetti First Mot Mis Wife. It was MllluSs' picture, "Ophelia," ex hibited at the academy in 1852, that provided his friend anil brother pre raphaellte, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. with a wife. Mlllals bad been alto gether at a loss for a suitable model for his picture, but at length secured one in the person of a charming young lady who was employed as an assist ant iiehlnd the counter of a bonnet shop. She was the daughter of a Sheffield tradesman, a beautiful and lovable girl with a wealth of golden hair, by name Elizabeth Siddal. Young Rossetti straightway fell deep ly in love with the fair model. He taught her to paint and ultimately married aer. SIEIJIIITEf! A Sellable TO SHOP Tor all kind of Tin RoofJna, Spoutlne and Caneral Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Furnaces, eto. PRICES THE LOWEST! QLiLITY THE BEST! —»>— JOHN HIXSON SO. lit E. FEOHT ST, KILLTHC COUCH ""> CURE th» LUNCS " ,h Dr. King's j New Discovery j FOR i OUGHS and" 50c'&$Yoo Free Trial. 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