[THANKTTO" I THE METER. ) By James Clean. ( / Copyright, 1907. by M. M. Cunningham. ( "Please, have you a quarter?" The girl from across the hall bekl out a tiny hand, in the palm of which were displayed three nickels and a dime. Keenly conscious that there was a hole, a most comfortable and satisfac tory hole, in the elbow of his smoking jacket, I)lgby held out his own hand, unclosing his fingers to display the de sired coin. "Did you know what I was coining after?" she said, with a laugh. Iligby had never heard her laugh before. It was a low, rippling laugh, almost as attractive as her smile. lie wondered how ho could Improve bis opportunity. Ever since she had moved in he had wanted to know the girl across the hall. Had his mother been borne It .would haw been all simpler, but he had been keeping bachelor hall for nearly throe months. "Did you know I wanted the quar ter?" she repeated. IMgby pulled him self 'together. "I am a seventh son," he declared solemnly. "I know that you want the j quarter. I can see you returning to your apartment. I can see you climb- j Ing on a chair and dropping tho coin i Into the gas meter. I can see the light j growing bright ugnln. Croat Is tho i automatic meter—when you have a j quajter." "Yes, when!" she cried. "The other j day we only had a check, and no one j could cash it" "Say no more." he commanded trag- j lenity. "T know the rest" "I'm very much obliged," she said gratefully. "You are sure yon wont 112 need one?" "Not at all," he assured. As though : to prove him false tho gas in bis hall j grew dim. "I have more change," ho i explained, "and It's all right." He watched her regretfully as she j slipped back into her own apartment. He had planned many brilliant encoun ters In which lie would hold her en- j thralled by his wit, and they wouMt Hve j ___f "IT WAS AWIfI.LT BRAVE OF YOU, BEX," ' SUE WHISPEItED. happily over after. Instead he had j never been so dull, and perhaps he had i lost his chai.' e. The gas !:.:d gone out as he closed the door and limped into the kitchen He knew very well that it was useless to search for a quarter. He had found the one ho had just given up only after a search. lie would li.ive t-» fall back on candles, 'lliore were half a dozen in the dining room, and by lighting four he managed to read after a fashion. But lie naa scarcely wnnu iiiu..-eu iu his reading when the doorU ii rang i again. lie wondered who it might be i now as he made his way down tho | dark hall. The girl across the hall stood ! there again. "You fibbed," she said reproachfully. ■ "You said you had another quarter for yourself. You let me drop yours iu our meter, and wo can see across the shaft [ that you're using candles." "I rather like them," he assured, but , she would have uone of it. "You were just going to drop the 1 coin In your meter," she cried. "That is why you had It in your hand." In the face of deduction he was dumb. Tho girl went on: "I know you can't go downstairs to get change because you hurt your an kle. It wouldn't be any use anyway. It's Sunday, and only the drug store is open, and they are all out of quarters. I was down there Just before I asked you for one Mother says you must come Into our flat and read. You may smoke all you like. We don't mind It In tho least." "I am very comfortable," he protest ed. The opportunity he had longed for had come, and he was too bashful to avail himself of It. In the end the girl in her masterful little way carried her point. Presently he was installed in the pleasant parlor and was telling mother ly Mrs. Fallows all about his trials without his mother. "It must be so lonesome for you," she cried. "Why didn't you come to us long ago?" 'Tve wanted to."he admitted frank ly. "Sometimes I've seen the light, and Tve been so liomesick. We only moved here just before my grandmoth er's Illness took mother west, and I never got acquainted with any one. All of our friends live on the other side of town." "We come from the country, where we are used to being neighborly," she explained. "I want you to feel that you are welcome here any time." There was a sincerity In her tones that brought a genial glow to I>lgby*s heart, and tho girl (lie knew now her name was Ethel) avonded her mother With a glance. That night was but the beginning of a new life for Dlgby. The following evening he brought home a box of candy as a return courtesy and was ln | viixu iu apeuu uie evening, so gradual- i ; ly ho foil Into the habit of dropping In | after dinner. There were trips to the \ theater, little excursions on Sunday, j and even when he had word from his mother that she had doclded tx> remain wwt for the summer he did not offer Objection. The more he was with Ethel the more deeply In love he became. Ho had never known many women, and this rtmrming girl wns the first he had ever loved. Often he would declare to himself that ho would propose, but each time hl9 courage failed him. Then one night came the climax. The gas began to flicker and burn low, and Ethel left the room to drop In the coin that would turn on the flow again. He ! heard a match etriko In the kttchen, where the gus had not boon lit then came an explosion, and he rushed down the narrow hall. In some fashion the meter had sprung a leak, and the lighted match had caused the ignition of the gas. Ethel, her light gown ablaze, came staggering blindly toward him. He had hte coat off before they met and threw It about her shoulders, forcing j her to the enrpot that the blaze might j not be able to gain headway toward | i her fnco. The gas In the apartment j had been extinguished, and he was i forced to work In the dark, but he beat ! out the flames with Ills band and tlien ; rushed Into the kitchen to chock the I flow of gas. It was easy to extinguish the flames I J there and shut off the gas at tho Inlet Then he opened the doors from their ; j apartment to his and Imre her In his I arms to his mother's room. Mrs. Fal- j | lows followed and took charge of the j j girl while ho went for the doctor. It was some hours lato that he was permitted to see Ethel. Sae had asked I for him, her mother said, and ho stolo I gently Into tho room. She put out her j uninlurod hand and smiled ud nt him. m some miraculous fashion her face had not boon touched by the flames. | though her masses of golden hair were crisp and blackened. "It was awfully brave of you, Ben," | she whispered as he bent over her. i "When that explosion came tho lirst j thing I thought was that I was so glnd that you were there. 1 knew you I would help me. The doctor says you | saved my life by putting the fire out so quickly." "Any one could have done it,"he protested, "but I'm glad It was I." "So am I," she answered. "I'd like to lie around all the time. If j you'll let me," he went on in sudden j bravery. "I wns afraid you were getting to ! look on me more as a sister," she saTd j as the blood came slowly into her | cheeks. "Are you sure, Ron, that It's j not Just because of the accident?" "The accident has nothing to do with i it,"he protested, "except that tho j thought of how I might have lost you ! gave me the courage to speak." ! "1 think," she smiled faintly, "that we ought to be very grateful to that | gas motor. That's how I first met you, you remember." THE FREEZING PROCESS. Why It Is That Ice at Times Will Crack or Burst. ; Ice never bursts from freezing. As ! soon as the liquid of which It is com , posed is frozen solid expansion ceases. | Tho cracking or bursting of Ice is j brought about in this way: When wa | tor is subjected to extreme cold ice crystals will gradually form on its sur face until the same are covered with a thin coat of what appears to be wet ; snow. From this outer coating of ice | crystals all sjibsequent freezing goes I downward, the ice thickening accord | Ing to tho degree of cold. The water i which is being converted into ice now ; begins to expand, creating a pressure upon the unfrozen water below. This | pressure is both downward and out | ward, and in case the water under ob | serration is inn vessel the sides and bottom of the receptacle supply the re sistance. j As tho freezing process continues the pressure upon tlie confined water and j air in the interior of the bulk increases I until something yields. If the vessel be stronger than the Ice stratum that has formed over tin- surface the layer , of Ice will bo bent upward at the cen j tor, that being the weakest point, on ! account of the fact that the outer | edges of the congealed mass are frozen 1 fast to the sides of the vessel in which i the experiment Is being made. In this | condition the center of tho ice eontln ; ues to rise or bulge until it bursts | from the resistance of the water below. | Could tho vessel be tapped from below j and the water drawn off no amount of | freezing would be sufficient to crack i or bulge the ice layer on the surface. THE "GWEED NEEBORS." A Belief In F&iries Still Exists In Parts of Scotland. ! There still lingers a widespread be lief In tho north of Scotland that the I "fair folk," or "gweed neebors," as j the fairies are called, still live In the hills, and during the first days of con valescence a mother must be zoalous | ly guarded lest one of the "wee people" I come and rob the child of its nourish ! meat. Sometimes they succeed In car ! rying off the mother. Here is one of the su]K?rstitious legends: A north country Usher had a fine child. One evening a beggar woman entered the hut and went up to the cradle to gazo into the eyes of the babe. From that time good health left it, and a strange look came into its face, and the mother wns troubled. An old man begging for food passed that way. When he caught sight of the cliild ho cried: "That's nae a bairn. It's an Image, and the gweed folk has stoun his speerit." Thereupon be set to work to recall the fisher's bairn. A peat fire was heaped high on the hearth and a black hen held over It at such a distance that it was singed and not killed. After some struggling the ben escaped up the lum. A few moments elapsed, and then the parents were gladdened by the sight of a happy expression once more on the child's face. It throve from that day forward.—Spectator. After all regrets, life ts good. To see tho face of truth and enjoy the beauty of tears and smiles, to know oneself a man and love what belongs to manhood —all this Is a blessing that may con sole us for all wants and that sickness and sorrow and, one may trust death cannot take away.—John Sterling. A MADDENING PRANK. The Queer Jok» That Eugene Field Played on a Printer. When Eugene Field was city editor of the Kansas City Times he found great amusement In annoying one of the characters employed on the paper. Ferguson was one of the "makeups" on tho paper, and in Wyandotte, where he resided, just over the line from Kansas City, he was the leader of a local temperance society. For over a year Field, an coming down to the pa per togo to work, would write a per sonal concerning Ferguson. Generally It ran like this: "Mr. John Ferguson, the well known 'makeup' of the Times composing room, appeared for work yesterday evening In his usual beastly state of Intoxication." This entertain ing bit Field would send down In a bundle of copy, and the others of the composing room would sot it up and say nothing. Poor FVrguson knew that this awful personal was In their midst and ev ery night would go carefully over ev ery galley for the purpose of locating nnd killing It. It gave him vast trou ble. Evory now and then Field would not write bis personal about Ferguson, and then the bewildered Ferguson was worse off than ever. As long as he could not find It it might still bo there. It almost drove the poor man off the paper. Now and then It escaped his eaglo eye and was printed. On such occasions Ferguson's burdens wore be yond tho power of even a Christian spirit to bear. Old Medicine. The following arc among some of the fantastic cures presented by the medical authorities of early times, as given by I>r. Hugo Magnus in his book, "Superstition in Medicine." Remedy Against Bellyache: "Take tV heart from the living heart nnd wear it as an amulet at the left thigh." —Alexander of Tralles. Remedy Against Epilepsy (advised by the Physician, Moschion, I liortho tes, Alexander of Tralles, Book I, Chapter XV, page 570): "The forehead of an ass tied to the skin of tlie pa tient and worn." " 'Gather iris, peonies and night shade when tho moon is in the wane, pack them into linen and wear as an amulet.' Advised by the magician Osthanes, Alexander of Tralles, Book I, Chapter XV, page 500. The Australian Natives. An English author writes of the Aus tralian natives: "Between tribe and tribe war for purposes of territorial aggrandizement is unknown. They may fight about women or In tlie blood feud, for, as nobody is supposed to die a natural death, every death is thought to be caused by hostile magic. Fights are not now resolutely waged, but merely to draw first blood, as a rule, and, as there are no conquests, there are no slaves and very little material progress. There are no hereditary chiefs, though among some socially ad vanced tribes a kind of magistracy or a 'moderatorshlp' of local groups in the tribal general assembly is hereditary In the male lino." THE GROOM MUST PAY. Queer Marriage Custom Among the Quebec French Canadians. A singular marriage custom prevails among tho French Canadians in Que bec. After the morning marriage serv ice in the church the bridal party In caleche or carriole make a tour of calls upon relatives and friends during the day and then return again to church for vespers. Before the evening dance at the bride's new home conies tho supper. When tlie company rise from tho table the bride keeps her seat and one asks with great dignity: "Why does madam wait? Is she so soon In bad grace?" She replies: "Somebody has stolon my slipper. I cannot walk." Then they carry her, chair and all, into the middle of tho room, while a loud knocking announces a grotesque ragged vender of boots and shoes. lie kneels before tho slipporless bride and tries on a long succession of old boots | nnd shoes of every variety and size i until at last he finds her missing shoe. The groom redeems it for a good price, which Is spent in treating the company. If the groom Is not watch ful tlioy steal her hat and cloak, which ho redeems in tho same way, and they have been known to steal tho bride, for which there must he lilierni pay. Tho event of the evening Is a good Jig, In which a guest volunteers to out dance the bride. If successful tho vis itor demands a prize from the groom.— Pearson's Weekly. LEGAL ADVICE. A Story Showing How Foolish It Is to Try to Get It For Nothing. A young lawyer moved into a town where there was only one lawyer be fore—an old Judge. A close fisted old farmer thought there was a good chance to get some log:U advice from the young tnun gratis, so he dropped into Ills office, told him how glad lit! was that he had coine Into town, because the old judge was getting superannuated, and con trived Iu the course of his talk to get J the legal information he wanted, and tlien bidding him good moriUng he was about to leave when tho young man asked for his fee. "What for?" said the old man."For legal advice," re plied the young lawyer. "How much Is it?" "Five dollars." The farmer declared ho wonld never pay it, nnd the young lawyer told him If ho didn't he would sue him. So tlie former trotted down to see the old judge, whom he found hoeing In his gar den, and said, "Judge, I went this morning Just simply to make a neigh borly call on that young scamp of a lawyer who has just come Into town and he chargod me $5." "Served you right," said tho judge. "You'd no right togo to him." "Well, have I got to pay It?" "Certainly you have." "Well, then, If I must, I must Good mean ing." "Hold on," said the Judge. "Aren't you going to pay me?" **Pay you, what for?" "Why, for legal ad vice, of course." "What do you charge?" "Ten dollars." The result of which was the old fellow had to pay $5 to the young lawyer and $lO to the old one. Moral.—Don't try to get legal advice for nothing.—Exchange. PUBLIC SALES OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE! Estate of William Saul, deceased. By virtue of an order of the Orphans Court of Montour County, Pennsyl vania, the undersigned will expose to public sale on the premises at Wash iugtonville on 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 couniy, bounded and described as follows, on the North by Front street, on the East by lauds late of Joseph Hartman, deceased now William Saul estate and 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 LARGE TWO STORY FRAME HOTEL, large Livery Barn and otfier necessary outbuildings; a good well of water at the Hotel. This is one of the best Hotel stands in Montour county. SECOND. All that certain piece or parcel of land in said township of Derry, adjoining the above describ ed lot, described as follows:—Begin ning at the corner of the lot above described in the centre of the public road leading from Washingtonville to Jorseytowii, called Front street, thence along line ot lauds of above described lot and Martin Kolly estate South two and one-half degrees West sixty-two perches to centre of creek, thence up the crock South seventy-seven and three-quarters degrees East fivo and twentvflve hundredths perches to post in creek, thence by other lands of Joseph Hartman's estate North two and one-half degrees East, sixtv-foua and fifteen hundredths perches to cen tre of public roan or Front street atoresnid, thence along said Front street South seventy-eight and three quarters degrees West live and twenty five one hundredths perches to post in public road corner ot first described lot, tiie place of beginning, contain ing two acres of laud. Tiiis 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 siiarp. Terms of sale, 50 per cent, to be paid at the striking down of tiie property and the balance in one year from confirmation of sale by the court, with interest, to be secured by mort gage. All conveyancing to be paid by purchaser. | For further information call upon the undersigned. THOMAS K GRESH, Administrator, Washingtonville, Pa. WM. KASE WEST, Atty. Danville, Pa. Orphans Court Sale OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE! Estate of David Clark, Late of the Borough of Danville, deceased. Pursuant to an order of the Orphan's Court of Montour County to her j granted for such purpose, the under signed, as acting executrix of the last will and testament of the said David j Olark deceased, will expose to public | sale upon the premises, Nos. 104 & 10ti Mill Street, Danville, Pa., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 07 at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the j said day the following described real j estate of the said decedent, to wit: All that of certain messuage or tene- I ment and town lot of land sitnate 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 j at the southwestern corner of lot o£ ' Elizabeth Gosli on the eastern side of Mill street, thence in an eastwardly direction along the said lot of the said Elizabeth Gush and at right angles with Mill Street aforesaid ninety-live feet to lot of William L. Sidler,tiience in a southwardly direction along the : said lot of the said William L. Sidler and parallel with Mill street afore said twenty-five feet to a corner of the said lot of the said William L. Sidler, I tiience in a westwardly direction along j the said lot of the said William L. | Sidler and at right angles with Mill Street aforesaid ninety-five feet to the i northwestern corner of the said lot of the said William L. Sidler on the [ eastern site of Mill Street aforesaid, tiience in a northwardly direction I along the said eastern side of Mill j Street aforesaid twenty-five feet to the I said southwestern corner of the said lot of the said Elizabeth Gosh, the | place of beginning, witli the appurten ances, and whereupon is erected A tWO STORY BRICK BUILDING solely occupied by ollices. J TERMS OK SALE :—Twenty-five per cent, of the purchase money shall be paid in cash at the striking down of the property and the balance there of shall be paid on the absolute con tinuation of the sale. Deed to be delivered to the purchas i <>r or purchasers thereof on such ab- I solute confirmation of such sale and upon payment of the entire purchase money, and the cost of writing such deed shall be paid for by such purchas er or purchasers. COHDELIA E. GEARHART, Acting Executrix of the last will and testament of David Clark deceased. Danville, Pa., July 3rd, 190 T. Edward Sayre Qearhart, Counsel. Moisten the Buttonhole. Every man knows the difficulty and agony of a refractory collar stud. With a breakfast to eat, a train to catch and an appointment to keep, fe-w things are more maddening than the collar which simply will not ally Itself to the stud. But few things are so easy to remedy. All that is necessary Is to dip the thumb and forefinger in water and slightly moisten the obsti nate buttonhole. Then the stud slips In without a murmur. A Fact. De Style—Call a man a brick and be feels pleased. Gunbusta—He does. De Btyle—But call him a hard, red. Inani mate, oblongated object and he'll re sent It. SHERIFFS 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 County Courthouse in the Borough of Danville, in the Couuty of Montour aud State of Penn sylvania, on Saturday, Aug 1 . 10, 07 at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, the following described real estate, via: All that certain messuage, tenement aud lot of ground situate on the east side of Mill Street, in the Third Ward of the Borough of Danville, in the County of Montour aud State of Pennsylvania aforesaid, bounded aud described as follows, viz: On the south by lot of Henry L. Gross, on the east by ground reserved for a pub lic alley, on the nortli by lot formerly of Margaret Keiner, uow of David R. Eckman.aud on the west by the line of Mill Street aforesaid. Said lot being twenty-four feet wide on Mill Street, and one iiundred and forty two feet more or less in length to line of the said alley, and whereupon is erected a certain FfO-STORY BRICK BUILDING and other buildings aud appurten ances. Seized, taken iu execution and to be sold as the property of Joseph H. John sou and Elizabeth O. Johnson, his wife, Mortgagors, aud the said Eliza beth O. Johnson real owner. TERMS OF SALE:—Twenty-five per cent, of the purchase money shall be paid in cash at- the striking down of the property aud the balauce there of shall be paid on or before the re turn day of the writ (September 2:ird, 1907.) D. C. WILLIAMS, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Danville, Pa., July 9th, 1907. Edward Sayre Gearhart, Couusel THE POSTAGE STAMP. Order In Which It Was Adopted by Different Countries. The first postage stump seems to hnve been used In Paris In 1053, but the service in which the stamp was used was only local and soon failed. On May 0, 1840, the first regular post age stamps were Issued in England. Various local forwarders of letters and postmasters in this country lssuod stamps as earlv as 1841. The first to do so was A. M. Grieg's City Dispatch Post, which was sold to the govern ment In August, 18-12. Blood & Co. of Philadelphia sold stamps In 1811, and the postmasters of Baltimore, New Haven and New York of 1845 also sold stamps. In 1847 the government took up the business, Imt Brazil in 1543 was ahead of the United States In taking up the stamp end of the jxistal business. The other principal countries followed In this order: France, Belgium and Ba varia in 1R4!»; Hanover, Pritlsh Gui ana, Prussia, Spain and Switzerland In 1850; Italy, Denmark, Baden, Wurttem bere, Saxony anil the provinces of Canada In 1851; Chile and the princes of Turin and Taxis (who had the postal monopoly In Germany) in 1852; Portu gal In 185?.; India and Norway In 1854; Uruguay and Mexico In 1850: Russia and Newfoundland in 1657; Sweden In 1858; the Australian colonies early In the fifties; Greece In 1861; Turkey in 1803; Ecuador in 1805; Egypt In 1800; Bolivia in 1807; Paraguay In IS7O. The International postal union was formed In October, 1874. and went Into operation on July 1, 1875. ! The Home Paper of Danville. ! Of course you read i m in, ti j — — ■— - | J THE Kopular I APE R, : i Everybody Re: ds It. j i : Publisher Every Morns'- i:v:ept Sunday , j I No. n E.Mahor rr;' St. ' Subscription r> a;. , <\ r W,;ok. * ~ .^ Sale of Valuable Real Estate. Pursuant to au Order of tlie Court of Common Pleas of Moutour County, Penna., the undersigned Trustees of Washingtonville Presbyterian Church, of WashiuKtouville, Moutour County, } Penna., will expose at public sule up i on the premises, uear Washingtonville, J Pa., ou Saturday, August 17, 11*07, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, the following described £Real Estate to wit:— All that certain tract or parcel of land situate in Derry Township, Mon tour County, Pa , bounded and de scribed as follows: On the North by lauds ot Daniel Billmeyer; on the south by lauds of Peter Deitricb ; Jon the East by lands of George N. Oyster and ou the west by a private road, containiug Five acres, more or less. TERMS OF SALE :—Twenty-five per cent of the purchase money upon the striking down of the property, and the balance upon the confirmation ab solute of said sale. Deed to be deliver ed to the purchaser, or purchasers, up on the confirmation absolute and the purchaser, or purchasers, to pay the cost of writing the same. J. Wallace Deeu, C. W. Shultz, F. L. Courson, Win. D. Seidel, A. A. Sweitzer, C. I. Mincemoyer, Trustees Washingtouville Presbyterian Church. Ralph Kisner, Attorney. The Waning Honeymoon. She—You hnvent told mo once you lowd me todny. He —Ami you havenl asked rac If I loved you since tho day before yesterday.(The boneymooE, | shuddering, saw Its finish.) Postage stamps were put on the mar | ket In August, 1847, but they were so i little used that the government had to i pass a law enforcing prepayment of ! postage, which wont into effect in 1853. j Before this action was taken scarcely | one letter in a dozen was found with a ! stamp affixed. ■ID SEI! A R.ellatol« TIS SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spoutlne and Ceneral Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Rancaii Furnaces, eto. PRICES THE LOWEST! QUALITY TEE BEST! JOHN HIXSOJV NO. US E. FRONT BT. lIUII Mil?... We want to do all kinds of Printing Jj . *JL £ nr HI I il'S M. | II mil Mi j I'S RHBOUtt I 112 1 A well printed, tasty, Rill or L. \t / ter Head, Posit-* A) A Ticket, Circulru Y»Y Program, Stal r>j raent or Card < L w an advertisemen for your business, a satisfaction to vou. New Type, low Presses, x ,,. Best Paper, Skilled Wort Promptness- All can ask. A trial will make you our customer We respectfully hsV that trial. No. ii E. Mahoning St.-
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