Montour American
FRANK C. ANOLE, Propriet. r.
Danville, Pfl.» Dec. 10, 1908.
KISSES ABOUND
IN DEADLY GERMS
Kissing is dangoronß and a menace.
lu the paternal kiss, in the oousiniy
kiss, iu the "bast girl" kbs and iu
the woman to womau kiss, germs
abound, practically all infections dis
eases can ba contracted by kissing,and
in some tills is the most prolifio cause
of infection. Kissing the cheek may
not be satisfactory, but it is safe.
Look ont for the or you
may ba sorry.
These danger signals on kissing have
Vieu flashed iu an editorial by Dr. J.
V, Shoemaker, of Philadelphia,in the
"Monthly Cyclopedia and Medical
Bulletin."
Dr Shoemaker, who wrote the arti
cle in question, gives his motives as
follows;
" After seeing a whole family wiped
ont by a loathsome disease contracted
kissing, I resolved to do what lit
tle lav in my power to protest against
this needless exposure that threatens us
all. Next to the in-liscriminate kiss
ing nf persons the kissing of pat anim
als is almost as dangerous. Although j
it is not generally known, all pet J
auimals can have most human initio- j
tions diseases, and these maladies can j
ami are transmitted froui the animal
to the owner or the owner's friends
through kissing.
Typhoid ('aver cau ba transmitted
through the mouth, and 1 had a case
not long ago that proved it. In a stud
ents' boarding house in West Philadel
phia an epidemic of typhoid fever ap
peared which in a short time put 22
students on the sick list. The water
was all right, so 1 tried the milk.
This is what I discovered. On the
farm where the milking was done one
of the hands had walking; typhoid.
The milk was siphoned into bottles,
and this man would Btart the flow by
sucking on the pipe. After he had
done this I took a bottle, carelully
wrapped it up and carried it home for
examination. I foucd typhoid germs
present .u great quantities."
In the editorial in the Medical Bul
letin Dr Shoemaker referred to a
number of instances where kißsing
was the means of transmitting d isease.
FUNERAL OF
STEPHEN JOHNSON
The funeral of
wlioße death occurred Saturday, took
place Tuesday afternoon and was
largely attended.
The services were conducted by the
Rev. William Brill, pastor of St.
.Paul's M. E. church, assirtcd by the
Rev. li. B. Ulrich,pastor of the Trin
ity Lutheran church. The pall bear
ers were . Hon. James Foster, Hiram
Weaker, Jacob Sloop. Howard Rep
pert, William Maiers aud J. W.
Swarts.
The following persons tfrom out of
town attended the Cuueral: Mr. and
Mr. O. W. Morgan and children of
Philadelphia , Robert Johnson, daugh
ters, Alice aud Grate., Mrs. Jones and
sou, and Mrs. Rathstetter, of Watson
tows;. Norman Rauk, of Frackville:
Mrs. Edwards and son, of Plymouth;
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Aoor, Mr. and
Mrs Isaac Acor. Frank Acor, and Mr.
and Mrs. Black, of Exchange.
K. Q. E. HELD
ANNUAL FLECTION
Montour Castle, No. 156, Knights of
the Golden Eagle, of this city, held
its election on Monday evening and
chose the following offloers lor the en
suing term: Noble chief,ClaTk Risl-el;
vioe chief.Roy YauGilder,high priest,
Bruce M'Oracken; venerable hermit,
George W. Robinson. ; keeper of e.x
chequer, F. M. Herrington; clerk of
exchequer, John G. Vastine, master
of records, L. H. Foust; sir herald,
John F. Henning; trustee, Ralph
Hodge ; representative to grand castle
which meets iu Pottsville next Mav,
M. P. Scott, alternate, William B.
Houser,
Notice.
That on and after this date the sev
eral Courts of Montour County will 110
held us follows:
The Second Monday in January, in
each and every year.
The Second Monday iu March, in
each and every year.
The First Monday iu June, iu each
and every year.
The Third Mouday in October, in
each and every year.
The Third Monday in December,
1908, the preseut term time for the
Fourth Term of Court, to be a return
day for all writs issued and made re
turnable thereto; said Third Mondny
not to he a retain dav after this year
CHARLES O. EVANS, P. J.
Attest,
TKOS. G. VINCENT, Clerk.
December 7th, 1908.
Fire in the' East Side school honse
at Sayre, on Mouday, caused great ex
oitemeut among the pupils for a short
time endangering their lives, but by
prompt and decisive action of Miss
Harriet Samons, the teacher, the
stampede was cheoked
The best advertising medium in the
world is a widely circulated home
newspaper.
IT CLEANS THE SHIPS.
Sailing Through a Volcano Crater Ir
the Aegean Sea.
In the Aegean sea a vessel may sail
Into the top of a crater, and, though It
Is hard to find anchorage there, yet a
mere sail through Is appreciated great
ly by captains, because It cleanses the
bottom of the ships from marine
growth.
More than 2,000 years ago the isle of
Santorin was split in half by an earth
quake, with the result that what was
once the crater of a volcano Is now a
crescent shaped harbor. Two glisten
ing white towns of Thera and St.
Nicholas are perched on the summit of
the steep cliffs, whose dark and dismal
hue is similar to that of the top of Ve
suvius. Standing out against the sky
are large numbers of windmills, with
many sails, arranged in a perfect cir
cle. These are evidently employed for
crushing the olives, which, along with
the terraced vines, are the staple prod
uct of the Island. The Santorin wine is
of excellent quality and Is highly ap
preciated In the Levant.
Between the main island on the east
and the smaller, Tlieresia, 011 the west,
are the three small Kaumene islands.
all of which have come into existence
since the original earthquake, while the
largest of the three was "born from
the sea" less than 'JOO years ago, show
ing that the center of the old volcano
has still a certain amount of activity.
The water in the harlKir Into which
the sulphurous streams from this vul
canic island rain has a peculiar prop
erty which completely cleans off
growths of every kind from the bottom
of any ship.
"Real Sporty" Woodsmen.
The chief recreation of the woods
men of the Puget sound country is to
goto town on Saturday nights. As a
valley dweller explained: "They've got
money, and they just blow it in. That
there is the logger stylo of it. There's
no places of amusement in the town.
They can goto the library and sit
down or goto a hotel and sit down, but
that don't suit 'em. No, they either
get drunk or goto church. Some take
in both. I've seen 'em at church pretty
well loaded. 'Bout 'leven or twelve
o'clock they start for their camp. Most
ly they hire a rig and go eight or ten
fellers to a team. Oh, they're sporty!
There's nothing too good for the log
gers and, take 'em as a whole, they're
the best class of men I ever run up
against."—Clifton Johnson in Outing
Magazine.
Opulence In Sight.
"Well," demanded the man who was
having his fortune told, "what do you
see?"
"You are married," said the lady
who was examining his palm.
"Yes. But I knew that before I came
j here."
"You have always bad to fight your
j way ahead—that is, you have pro
| pressed by hard work. You have never
| been favored much by luck."
"Very true. Still, that isn't exactly
| what 1 came here to find out. Can't
I you tell me something about the fu
| ture?"
"Yes. You are going to live long,
j Your life line Is very strong. And here
I see something very important—some
! tiling that will encourage you. Your
j salary is going to be Increased."
j "Good. That's the kind of news I
want. You're sure about it. are you?"
"Yes. You will get it before long."
! "And is there anything to indicate
i about how much it Is to be increased?"
"It will be much larger than it Is
| now. Let me see. Yes. It will be as
j large as your wife tries to make her
I friends think it is at present."
He could ask no more. With a feel
) ing of courage in Ills breast he handed
! out $" and went away to the triumph
j that awaited him. Chicago Itecord
| Herald.
Managing Small Sailboats.
It is quite a trick to lower a main
| nail properly. In the first place, the
j hoops should be just large enough
j —not so large, however, that the sail
! does not set close to the mast. Lower
\ the throat first and follow It with the
; peak. If the peak Is dropped first,
j says a writer in Country Life In Amer
ica, the sail will not come down. It
j goes without saying that the sail must
j be shaken when you want to lower
i it. To lower a eenterboard when un
-1 der way put the helm up and keep the
j boat off. A small boat can be stop
[ ped by putting the helm up and down
! across the boat quickly. This is use
| ful in coming up to a dock or moor
-1 ing. A boat can be got out of stays
by dropping her peak and then hoist
j Ing il when she is under way. An-
I other way Is to put the helm down,
! slack the main sheet and let her drift
! back; then trim her quickly and she
will sail away. \lways goto the lee
j side of a dock. When a boat Is towed
make sure that it lias 11 good painter,
I especially at night.
Yes, It Was True.
"Is it true that you threw something
at Mike that caused the swelling over
his eye?" tlie squire inquired of a lit
| tie woman.
"Vis, sor, I did," said the woman,
catching her breath, "but I niver mint
j to hurt him. an' well lie knows it.
1 We'd just come home from me cousin's
I weddin', an' 1 was feelin' kinder soft
to Mike, an' 1 up an' axed him if he
j loved me as much as he did the day we
| was married, an'—an', yer anner, he
| was so slow answerin' me that I up
wid the mop an' flung It at him! If
we poor women don't have love our
hearts jist breaks inside uv us!"
Origin of Geography.
The Phoenicians were the first peo
ple to communicate to other nations a
knowledge of distant lands. It Is now
known that before the time of Iloiner
that enterprising people had passed
beyond the limit of the Mediterranean
into the great western ocean, and it
was by their sailors that the first
rough charts of the world as then
known were made. But geography as
a science originated among the Greeks,
its real father being nerodotus of Ilal
lcarnassus, about B. C. 484.
No Encouragement.
Mrs. Short—Oh, dear, X do wish we
were rich! Just think of the good we
could do if we only had lots of money!
Mr. Short—True, my dear, but we can
do a great deal of good In a quiet way
now. Mrs. Short—Yes, of course, but
no one will ever hear of it.
MIC SKATER'S
HIM ESCAPE
But for the timely presence and
heroic efforts of Tarriug Seidel, Aug
ustus Earp, a teu-year-old boy of
Gnlick's addition, would have lost his
life by drowning while skating on the
caual near the Brake Beam works on
Tuesday afternoon.
As is well known the water in the
canal at that point is dammed up so
that its depth is quite considerable.
The water is covered with very thin
ice.
On Tuesday Master Earp, with sev
eral other little fellows, was skating
on the canal and broke through. His
compauioug were too much frightened
to act intelligently and while they
were looking on ho sank out of sight.
Tarring Seidel, who was at some
distance, was attracted by the noise
and hurried to the spot. He arrived
just iu time to see the boy's head re
appear above the water. He tried to
get hold of the boy's hair, but did not
sucoeed and the lad sank for the sec
ond time.
Mr. Seidel waited until the boy j
came up again, when he succeeded in 1
getting a good hold of him. The drown- !
ing boy, however, iu hiH desire to be 1
saved, clntched his rescuer in such a
way as to cause him to lose his bal
ance and tumble into the canal. As
the boy sauk for the third time he J
dragged Mr. Seidel along down.
For awhile it looked as though both
might drown but the young man at
tempting the rescue was equal to the
emergency and after a desperate strug
gle he succeeded in orawling out on
the bank dragging the boy with bin .
His Gallantry.
"See that man who just gave hiv
seat to a young woman?" queried an
elevated railroad passenger. "Queer
case that. Never encountered one
before just like It.
"He's not a New Yorker, he Is not
a ready maker of friends, and he is so
diffident where women are concerned
that he really has not one among his
acquaintances, with the possible ex
ception of a landlady and a laundress
"Yet the fellow has a longing for
feminine recognition. I happen to
know that be always relinquishes his
seat to a woman where the oppor
tunity is presented, and I also know
that his only reason for doing so la
the hope of receiving a smile and a
'Thank you' in return. It's like a bone
to a hungry dog. Queer case, don't
you think?"— New York Globe.
The Suicide Symphony.
The idea that music may be harm
ful—that it can create a fever In the
blood dangerous to life and reason
will come as a revelation to many.
Fried rich Nietzsche, the well known
German philosopher, declares that
there is something In some music,
most notable In Wagner and Tschai
kowsky. which acta unfavorably on
the brain and nerves of many people
Tschaikowsky's baleful Influence can
not be denied. He destroyed himself
after composing his famous "Sixth
Symphony." and. as several have died
by their own hand after playing It It
has come to be known as the "suicide
symphony."
Extravagant.
Stranger (in Dreary burst)—ls there
a place here where 1 can get a square
tneul? Uncle Welby Gosh—Yes, sir.
There's a restur'nt round the cawner
where you can git the best meal this
side o' Chicago if you don't mind its
beln' a leetle expensive. They'll sock
you for 35 cents, but, by gum, it's
wuth It! —Chicago Tribune.
The Origin of a Miserable Joke.
Confucius had just met William Penn
at one of Cleopatra's 5 o'clock teas.
"William l'enn?" he said. "William
I'enn? Seems to me 1 have heard of
you, sir."
"Yes," said Penn, with a pleased
smile. "I am the man who was might
ler than the sword."
"Ah, yes?" said Confucius. "You are
also the man who invented sleep, are
you not?"
"No," said Penn; "I founded Phila
delphia."
"Oh, yes," said Confucius. "I knew
It was something of that kind."—Suc
cess Magazine.
The Important Item.
He—Here is a thrilling account of
the way In which that daring woman
climbed to the top of a mountain
which is five miles high. Wonderful,
isn't it? She—Yes. What did sb*
wear?— Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Well Bred.
"Do you speak the truth?"
"Not always."
"Why not always?"
"I hate to be impolite."—Nashville
American.
The face of a wife shows what her
husband is; the shirt of the husband
shows what his wife is.—Servian Prov
erb.
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DEADLY POISONS.
One Whiff of Pure Prussia Aoid Is
Sufficient to Kill.
The discoverer of prussle acid was
instantly killed by inhaling one whifT
of his own handiwork.
Pure prussle acid Is never sold or
handled. The smell of it is always
fatal. It kills not in three minutes or
half an hour, but the Instant it enters
the lungs as a gas. The mixture or
dinarily sold as prussle add is 08 parts
water to two parts of the drug. Even
in this form it is very deadly. A 20
per cent mixture of the acid would kill
nearly as quickly as If pure.
Atropine, though it has no harmful
odor, is so deadly that as much of it as
would ndhere to the end of a moistened
forefinger would instantly cause death.
Cyanide of potassium has a pleasant
smell which is not injurious, but n
small quantity swallowed kills at once.
Pure ammonia if Inhaled would
cause death almost as quickly as prus
sle acid.
When a carboy of nitric acid is bro
ken some one has to suffer. It will
burn wood, eat through Iron plates and
destroy whatever it touches. Such an
accident once happened In an acid fac
tory. Every one ran away, leaving |
the acid to amuse itself by Retting j
fire to things. Soon It was seen that
the building would be destroyed and
hundreds of people thrown out of
work, and four men volunteered to put
out the fire In the acid room. They
succeeded and came out all right. Five
hours later all werp dent'
His Hobby,
i One man with an odd hobby Isn't n
i person who gels much mail, and whal
he has or expects to have he can keep
!in mind very easily. Probably lie
i never had a lelter which went astray
Yet every time he sees iw new
I papers the list of advertised *ilil m-ui
lout from time to time by the i.'eiicn!
I postofflce In New York he turn - at
| once to the initial letter under which
I his name comes and runs carefully
I through the list. He never yet lias
I found any letter that might be sup
posed to be for him and, furthermore,
hasn't found any that might be for any
| of his relatives.
| He takes an odd pleasure in doing it.
! however, something with that eager
| ness which Impels a man to grub
i through a packet of old letters in
! hopes that he may come upon some
I rare variety of stamp. Iteally, if ever
j he found his name in the list it proba-
I bly would kill his enjoyment of the
J hunt forever thereafter.—New York
I Sun.
Anticipated Cause For Sorrow.
\ Ina came In from the country on lior
| fifth birthday to visit her cousin May.
: At night they were put to bed early.
! An hour passed, when heartbreaking
j sobs were heard from the children's
bedroom.
j "What Is the matter, children V"as
k! pd May's mother, entering the dark
! room.
, "From uuc- r the bedclothes Ina sob
j bed out, "My won't give me any of
j her peanuts "
j "Rut May has no peanuts," replied
J her aunt.
"I know that." sobbed Ina, "but she
! said if she did have peanuts she
wouldn't give me any."—Delineator.
GRAFT IN RUSSIA.
| Removing the Difficulties In an Army
Officer's Transfer.
I A young Russian officer wished to be
j transferred to another regiment and
j took his request in person to one of
i the lights of the Russian general staff.
| That powerful officer shook his head
j and declared the matter very difficult
Ito arrange—almost impossible. Then
j Ills glance fell suddenly upon the shoes
|of the lieutenant. To the amazement
| of his visitor, the senior officer said
that the lieutenant's shoes were not
nearly good enough for an officer and
that he would strongly advise him to
buy new shoes of a shoemaker whose
address he gave. Then, telling his vis
! ltor to return In eight days, he dis-
I missed him. The latter was clever
| enough to realize that he could not re
] turn without the new shoes, so he hur-
I ried to the shoemaker. On hearing
| who had sent him the shoemaker said
j {hat the lieutenant could have the
shoes In five days for the sum of $250.
Much astonished, the officer went to a
, comrade for advice. He was told to
j pay half of this sum at once and the
rest when his shoes were finished.
This the officer did, and, wearing his
new boots, ho duly kept his appoint
ment with the general staff officer and
learned to his Joy that all the "grave
difficulties" in the way of Ills transfer
had been successfully removed.
USE FOR A TELESCOPE.
Interesting Discovery One Woman
Made by Use of the Glass.
"I thought it was a pretty fair sort
of telescope for one that wasn't very
big." said I'ncle Silas. "I rigged it
up in the attic by the high north win
dow and had it fixed so it would
swing around easy. I took a deal of
satisfaction in looking through it, tin?
Bky seemed so wide and full of won
ders, so when Hester was here I
thought I'd-give her the pleasure too
She stayed a long time upstairs and
seemed to be enjoying it. When she
came down I asked her if she'd dis
j covered anything new.
" 'Yes.' she says. 'Why, It made
everybody's house seem so near that
I I seemed to be right beside 'em, and
j I found out what John Pritchard's
I folks are doln' in their outkitehen.
| I've wondered what they had a light
there for night after night, and I
[ just turned the glass on their win
; dows. They are cuttln' apples to dry
—folks as rich as them cuttln' apples!'
"And actually that was all the wom
an had seen! With the whole heavens
before her to study, she had spent her
time prying Into the affairs of her
neighbors! And there are lots more
like her—with and without tele
scopes."—Christian Uplook.
An Outrage.
"What makes you so late?" asked
the boy's parent.
"The teacher kept me In because 1
couldn't find Moscow on the map
Europe." replied Johnny.
"And no wonder you couldn't find
Moscow! It was burned down years
ago. It's au outrage to treat a child
In that uivl"
10 SCHOOLS
DISMISSED
There waß considerable excitement
iu the third ward yesterday when a
bad case of scarlet fever was discover
ed in a family,three children of which
were attending the public school.
The case was diagnosed by Dr. Hiu
shellwood. who learning that the oth
er childreu were attending school, at
once attempted to reaoh Borough Sup
erintendent DiefTenbacher by 'phone.
Failing iu this he went in person to
the third ward school and notified the
principal, who cansed the schools at
tended by pupils from the infected
family to be dismissed at onoe.
In a short time Borough Superin
tendent DiefTenbacher appeared and
ordered the rooms thoroughly disin
fected, The fnmigation was kept up
yesterday afternoon and during last
i night. The schools affected are those
jof the first and third grades tanght
I respectively by Miss Jennie Lawrence
and Miss Alice Smull. Miss Lawrence
j had one while Miss Smull had two
j pupils from the infected household
i While It ts by no means unlikely
[ that the germs of the disease may have
been carried into school by the three
| childreu of the iutected family, jet
the dauger of contagion is very much
reduced by tlie prompt action taken by
the attending physician as well as by
the school authorities.
Both schools will be reopened to-
I PERSONALS |
L
Mi'js Marie Koney left yesterday f<r
a visit with friends in Philadelphia.
Miss Bertha Udt-kiiiß is spending this
week with frieuds in Hai risbnrg.
Mrs. J. M. Sechler, Ferry street,
spaut yesterday for a visit with friends
in Selinsgrove.
Miss Martha Russell, Bloom street,
returned Tuesday from a visit with
friends in Williamsport.
Mrs. Cliarles Grim, of Richmond,
Va., is visiting at the home of Mite
Rella Davis, Green street.
T. J. Shotnoyer, of Williamsport,
spent yesterday with frieuds in Dan
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. George Swainbank, of
Kingston, arrived lai-t evening for a
visit with Mrs. \\. H. Manger, West
Market street.
CAN'T WASH AUTOS
AT SHAiYIOKIN
The water famine in the coal region
has some curious results, one of the
most notalde occurring yesterdny when
Dr Edward Harpel, a leading phyei- '
can of the coal metropolis, arrived in 1
this city in his natty physician's car j
to have the task of washing his mach
ine performed at the garage of Will
G. Browu.
Dr. Harpel stated that the scarcity
of water at Shamokin has become so
serious that people are now not allow
ed to use the precious fluid except for
[domestic purposes,
TOE HASHED
BY CASTING
Solomon Halfpenny, a workman at
the Reading Iron works, met with a
painful accident yesterday, which will
i incapacitate him for work for some
weeks.
He was in the act of charging a fur
nace when a heavy casting fell on his
foot. The great toe was badly mashed
and he was unable to walk. He was
assisted to his home on North Mill
street, where Dr. Shultz dressed the
injury.
i While there are some uncertainties
about farming, it's a pretty safe busi
ness.
The Farmer's Wife
[fl very careful about her churn. She
; calds it thoroughly after using, and give*
it a sun bath to sweeten It. Shu knows
:, it, if her churn Is sour It will taint the
j utter that is made In it. The stomach is
■ churn. In the stomach and digestive
! mI nutritive tracts are performed pro
• sses which are almost exactly like the
I lurnSnsj of butter. Is it not apparent
■ti that if this stomach-churn is foul It
ik< s foul all which is put into it?
I'he evil of a foul stomach is not alone
he bail taste In the mouth and the foul
| reath caused by It, but the corruption of
j the pure current of blood and the dissem
ination of disease throughout the body,
j Dr. l'ierce's Golden Medical Discovery
I nakes the sour and foul stomach sweet.
; It does for the stomach what the washing
| and sun bath do for the churn—absolutely
removes every tainting or corrupting ele
ment. In this way it cures blotches,
pimples, eruptions, scrofulous swellings,
lores, or open eating ulcers and all
j humors or diseases arising from bad blood.
J If you have bitter, nasty, foul taste In
your mouth, coated tongue, foul breath,
j are weak and easily tired, feel depressed
j and despondent, have frequent headaches,
; dizzy attacks, gnawing or distress In stom
ach, constipated or Irregular bowels, sour
or bitter risings after eating and poor
appetite, these symptoms, or any consider
able numberof tiicm, indicate that you are
i suffering from biliousness, torpid or lazy
! liver with the usual accompanying indl-
Sestion, or dyspepsia and their attendant
erangements.
The best ypcnM ljp n tn
: once tor tlji - -CU.fi- off-ie above svmptonTa
, ana conditions jts atTe&teiTUi'
oTjiauiuLLlL'jagtji -ami lira*-1.1 turners 61
iiTTthc' scyyriiTscii.'jjii'ui M'dh;ai priil-gSe.
; tii've beeij,
riimbinerfinj>r. Pierce s (..ihh l n_M..,li|.ir|
Uisrnv.tux> That this Is absolutely true
will be readily proven to your satisfaction
if you will but mall a postal card request
to I)r. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y., for a
fret, copy of his booklet of extracts from
the standard medical authorities, giving
the names of all the Ingredients entering
Into his world-famed medicines and show
ing what the most eminent medical met)
I sf the age say of them.
AN ACCURATE CLOCK.
The Timepiece In the Observatory of
Columbia University.
In the observatory of Columbia uni
versity Is one of the most accurate
clocks In the world. It has run fof
several months with a mean error of
only fifteen-thousandths of a second
and a maximum error of thirty-thou
sandths of a second per day. That
means that It does not vary more than
half a second a month, or six seconds
a year.
Compare this with tjio first pocket
timepiece, the "animated egg of Nu
remberg," which required winding
twice a day and varied an hour and a
half In the same time! Compare it
with some of the highest priced
watches manufactured today, which
often vary more than ten seconds a
week, and you will have some Idea of
the refinements In the science of meas
uring time. Yet even this accuracy is
surpassed by some famous timepieces.
If the trade magazines are to be be
lieved. There have been accounts in
them of clocks or watches that have
varied less than a second in periods as
long as ten years.
The clock at the University of Co
lumbia Is an astronomical clock. It is
surrounded by a glass case in which a
partial vacuum is maintained, and in
order that the case may not be opened
or disturbed the winding is done auto
matically bv electricity The clock is
set up In a room especially constructed
to keep It free from jar or vibration.
The temperature and barometric con
ditions are maintained practically con- j
s'tant, and every possible precaution is j
taken to minimize the errors of the
running mate.—New York World.
Candor.
The coioni 1 hud remonstrated vigor
ously wil.ii Uncle Eph about the old
darky's persistent excursions into the
state of inebriation. I'ncle Eph,
though he promised faithfully to re
frain from frequent dips into the tlow
| ing bowl, failed to live up to the colo
l ncl's expectations. 1)11 numerous oc
casions the colonel saw Eph under the
influence of liquor, but the darky when
taken to task stoutly denied the ac
cusation. affirming emphatically that
he did not drink. One evening the
colonel met I ncle Eph in a condition
which made it plainly evident that |
the darky wan "caught with the goods
on."
"Eph," began the colonel seriously,
"I thought you told me that you had
given up drink?"
"Ah sho' did, Massa Kern'l; Ah sho'
did," replied Eph. "But lately Ah dun
took up drlukin' an' gib up lyin'."—
Harper's Weekly.
The Crab In the Oyster.
"The little crab found in the oyster,"
said a dealer, "is not. as supposed
by two-thirds of the oyster eaters,
the young of the blue crab, but is a
distinct species. It is a messmate of
and caterer to the wants of the oyster
being, therefore, a benefit Instead of a
detriment to the latter. In return for
the oyster's kindness In protecting it
against its enemies the little crab
catches and crushes food which in Its
entire state could not lie taken by the
oyster. A singular thing in connection
with them is that all found Inside of
the oyster are females. The male of
the'same variety has a hard shell."
A Story For Papa.
There Is a moral in this little story
of child life.
"Mamma." asked little three-year-old
Freddie, "are we going to heaven some
day?"
"Yes, dear; I hope so." was the reply.
1 "I wish papa could go, too," contin
| ued the little fellow.
"Well, and don't you think lie will?"
I asked his mother.
\ "Oh, 110," replied Freddie: "he couM
1 not leave his business!"
BEETHOVEN.
The Composer's Own Story of How He
Became Deaf.
1 Charles Neate, 011 a visit to Vienna,
was either commissioned by certain
, Engish authorities to induce Beethoven
to visit England or was persuading
him to do so on his own account, and
as an allurement he spoke of the su
-1 periorlty of the English aurlsts in their
treatment of ear disease and held out
1 hopes that were Beethoven to consult
I them he might nt least find some sort
, of relief, lieethoveu shook his head.
"Xo," he said, "I have consulted all
kinds of doctors and followed their
( prescriptions. I shall never be cured.
I will tell you how the thing happened.
"I was writing an opera. I had to
deal with a very tiresome and capri
cious tenor. I had already \»ritten two
great arias to the words, neither
of which pleased him, and also a third,
which he did not care for the first time
he tried it, although he took it away
with him. I was thanking heaven I
lmd done with him and lu.ul begun to
settle myself to something else which
I had laid aside. 1 had hardly worked
at it half an hour before 1 heard a
knock at the door, which I recognized
as that of my tenor.
"I sprang up from my table in such
a rage that as the man came into the
room 1 flung myself upon the floor, as
they do on the stage" (here he threw
up his arms and gesticulated in illus
tration), "but I fell upon my hands
When I got up 1 found 1 was deaf,
and from that moment I have remain
ed so. The doctor said 1 injured the
nerve."— Diehl's "life of Beethoven."
Outwitting a Bushranger.
In Mr. <!eorge E. Bozall's "Story of
the Australian Bushrangers" the fol
lowing little episode is related: A man
named Michael, who went to an inn
for food, found the place in the hands
of the bushrangers. Fourteen guests
were already disarmed-and were being
searched in order. Michael was com
pelled to take his place in line. The
bushrangers handed liini a pannikin of
tea before tliey took his money. Know
ing what was coming, he held the pan
nikin as if the tea were too hot to
drink, and when the leader of the
highwaymen was looking away drop
ped his roll of bank notes into It. lie
stood quite quiet, and when the bush
rangers came to feel liis pockets there
were only a few shillings in them.
The robbers appeared satisfied and al
lowed him to go. He carried his pan
nikin out with him, took his money
and put it in his pocket without being
observed. Then he mounted his horse,
rode to the nearest police station ami
gave information.
SERIOUS OUTBREAK
IN LYCOMING
A new outbreak of the foot and
month disease has occurred in the ex
treme southern part of I ycoming coun
ty, among the herd of Koresman Bro
thers, of Alvira. Tlie Foresmans are
large cattle dealers uud the outbreak
of the disease among their stock baa
caused much excitement in that vicin
ity among the farmers and dairymen
of both Lycoming and Union conn
ties. Their farm has been quarantin
ed and is now in oharge of State and
fedeial inspectors, several of whom
weut there yesterday immediately up
on receiving notice of evidences of the
disease among the herd.
FORTY-FOUR IN THE HERD.
Mr. Foresman said yesterday that
his cattle had been quarantined and
that inspectors were there, bat said
tha disease hadfnot been fully diag
nosed yet. although it had much the
appearance of aphthous fever. He has
at present forty-four head of cattle on
the farm, but none is registered stock
The disease is supposed to have been
brought into the herd by cattle ship
ped from Buffalo. It is feared that
other herds in the vicinity have be
enme iufected and a thorough examina
tion will be made by the State iu
i spent,ms.
| WILL'MEAN IIKAVY LOSS.
In addition to dealing in cattle,
j Foresman Broiiters are also dealers in
I horses, lings and other livestock, buy
ing and selling on a big scale. They
are well known throughout the ceu
tral part of the State. The outbreak
of the foot'and mouth disease, if such
it will mean a
severe financial loss, not only in the
direct loss of the livestock but also in
the temporary damage done to their
business.
GAME COMMISSION
WILL APPEAL CASE
Recently Joseph Berrier, a game
warde 11. of ;Harrisbnrg, pure based from
W. U. Teets, of Westport, a deer hide
andthenjarrested him for selling the
same, the purchaser tcing Berrier.
The case!was;fbrought 'before TAlder
man E. K. Parsons, of Lock Haven,
and that official committed Teets to
jail, but'he was subsequently discharg
ed. Berrier reported this fact to the
State game commission and they wilt
appeal the case to court and endeavor
to serve the "full sentence
of 100 days or pay fIOO line, alleging
that he sold venison or a part of a deer,
which they allege is a violation of the
gamo law.
Japanese Social.
" The Sunday school of the Grove
Presbyterian churclCwill." hold a Jap
anese social this evening at 7 :80 o'clock
There will£be a r musical r program ren
dered. after which refreshments will
be served. All members of the con
gregation and friends invited.
Mrs J. M. Bell, of Chicora, Butler
j county, finding a neigliloring dog de-
I vouriog her chickens, undertook to
I drive hint off. When a brcoinstiok
failed her she'gave the dog a kick,fell
| and broke"her Ifg.
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