Montour American., December 31, 1908, Image 4

Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Dec. 31, 1908.
THE POOR WHIFFLETIT.
And the Low Down Trick by Which It
Is Subdued.
Seating himself at a restaurant ta
t)le, a Chicago man said:
"Waiter, what kind of fish have
yon?"
"Oh," said the waiter, "all kinds—
•whltetlsh. bluefish, graylings, sea bass,
Weakilsh, perch"—
"Pshaw!" yawned the customer. "Cut
that out. "I'm tired of those common
fishes. Ain't you got some new kind
of fish—some kind I never ate before?"
"Well," said the waiter, "the whlf
tietits is very fine this morning."
"What In thunder is a whlffletit?"
"Why, doesn't a fish sharp like you
know what a whiffietlt Is? Common
«nough here. You see, the whlffletit
lives only in circular lakes. You go
out and find a circular lake and hire
« boat Then you row out all alone
to the middle of the lake, about a mile
or so, and anchor. Then you take an
augur and bore a hole in the water
and bait it by putting a piece of cheese
on the edge of the hole. The whlffle
tit comes up to get the cheese, eats it,
and it makes him swell up so that h«
can't back down the hole."
"Well," said the customer, breath
less, "what then?"
"Why," replied the waiter as he
filled a glass of water, "you lean over
the side of the boat and laugh the
whifiietit to death. Want a few?"—
Cleveland Leader. '
Knew Them at Once.
The vicar appointed to a living In an
old English village was anxious to re
store his church. On cither side of
the porch were grotesque, not to say
hideous, faces that had become almost
hidden. Tlio vicar had these ancient
faces worked up until their features
were made distinct. Then he took a
very old lady of the parish to see
them aud jokingly asked if she could
tell him who they were. "Why, bless
my heart, sir," said she, peering at the
old ornaments, "it's you and your good
lady I"
tvery Morning.
Paul, at the age of four, was asked
one morning by his papa, "What is the
name of the first meal of the day?"
"Oatmeal," responded little Paul
promptly.—Exchange.
An Enigma.
Tommy—Say, papa, I wish you would
tall me something. Papa—Well, what
Is It? Tommy—When you were a little
boy, who was ray papa?— Chicago
News.
Notice.
That on and after this date the sev
eral Courts of Montour County will be
held as fallows:
The Secoud Moudny in January, in
each and every year.
The Second Monday in March, in
each and every year.
The First Mouday in June, in eaoli
and every year.
The Third Monday in October, in
each and every year.
The Third Mouday in December,
1908, the present term time for the
Fourth Term of Court, to be a return
day for all writs issued and made re
turnable thereto; said Third Monday
not to be a retnrn day after this year.
CHARLES 6. EVANS, P. J.
Attest,
THOS. G. VINCENT, Clerk.
December 7th, 1908.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing counts have been tiled in the
Prothonotary's Ollico in aud for the
County of Montour and that the same
•will be presented to the Court of said
County for confirmation Ni. Si. on
Monday, the lltli day of January A.
D. 1909, at the meeting of the Coort
in the afternoon,
Account of Fidelity Trust Company,
Substituted Trustee under the Will of
Charles C. Baldy, deceased.
First aud Final Amount of P. F.
Brennan,Guardian of Elizabeth Mark
ley,a person of weak mind and unable
to take care of her property.
;THOS G VINCENT, Prothouotary.
Prothonotary's Office, Danville, Pa.
Dec. IS til, A. D. 1908.
DJ7, 24, 31, J7.
NOTICES.
To W.I. I'ltKniTORR, I.KIiATKKS AND OTHEH
person s i ntkrkstko— Notice is hereby given
t but. tin- following named persons did on tin*
<lateatllxed to tbeir names, file the accounts
«»f their administration to the estate of tJiost*
persons,deceased,and < tiiardian Accounts,<Vc.
whose names art* hereinafter mentioned in
the olbceof the Register for the Probate of
Wills and granting of Letters of Administra
tion, in and for the County of "Montour, and
i hat t lu* same will be presented tot he< irphan's
Court of said county, for continuation and
allowance, on Monday, the IKb «l»y of
.lan's A IK, 1009, a I the meeting o ihe
Court in the afternoon.
1908.
Die. 7. —First and Final account of
Anna M Kaufman. Execu
trix of Margaret Kranim,
late of Limestoiieville, Mmi
tour County, deceased.
Dec. 9.- First Account nf E'nanuel
Sidler and Dennis Bright
Ex 'cntors of Rebecca B. Sid
ler. late of the B trough of
Danville, Moutonr Ooiuitv
deceased.
Dec. 12. —First and Final Account of
Jonathan Rwsisfort, Admin
istrator of Mary K Khar' s,
lxfe of the Borough of Dm
ville. Montour County, de
ceased
Dec. 12. —First aud Final Account o*
William H Adm'n
ittrii'or of Catharine Lee
late of the Borough of Dan
ville. Montour County, de
ceased.
Dec. 12. First and Final Account- o*
John F Krnm Administra
tor of Isaiah W Krnm, late
of O'"per Tuwnship Mon
tour Oountv. deceased
WM. L. BIDLER, Register
Register's Offic Q .
Danville. Pn., D c. 12th. 1908.
Followed Suit.
On thi? day of the admission of M.
Rostand to the French academy the
author of "Cyrano" and "L'Alglon"
gave a breakfast to a few of his
friends, the guest of honor being Mine.
Bernhardt.. The actress was dressed In
a handsome gown, which had been
made expressly for the occasion. At
the end of the breakfast she arose and
In an impressive manner took a glass,
held It high and said, "I drink to the
greatest of French dramatists, M. Ro
stand, nnd I drink after the Greek
manner!" She then poured the con
tents of her glass over her head and
gown.
Two of Rostand's small sons were
sitting at a side table wearing new
velvet suits, also made for the occa
sion. In the silence which followed
Rernhard's dramatic tribute the elder
of the boys arose and. Imitating her
manner, said, "I drink to the greatest
of poets, my papa, and I also drink in
the Greek fashion!" nnd stralglitwaj
deluged himself and his small brother
with the contents of his glass.
A Scene Not In a Play.
An extraordinary scene took place In
the Princess' theater, London, on the
night of the first production of Charles
Reade's great play, "Never Too Late
to Mend," Oct. 4, 1865. During the
prison scene a large quantity of water
was thrown over Miss Moore, who took
the part of Josephs, the character done
to death by the wnrders. One of the
critics, Mr. Tonilin of the Morning Ad
vertiser, rose from his seat and pub
licly protested against the unnecessary
cruelty. This aroused almost a riot
among the audience, aud the action of
the play was stopped for some con
siderable time. Fuel was added to the
fire by George Vining. the lessee of the
theater, who was playing the part of
Tom Robinson and who made a most
Imprudent speech, in which he prac
tically Insulted every critic present,
with the result that the theater was
left severely alone by the press for
many months. The play, however,
turned out to be a popular success
and had, for those days, the phenom
enal run of 140 performances.
Reading In Bed.
"Roys and girls under eighteen
should be strictly forbidden to read in
bed," says the Lancet, on the author
ity of I>r. Hugo Felichenfeld of Ber
lin, who declares that in the ease of
young persons whose eyes are not
fully developed the practice is likely
to induce myopia. While young peo
ple run the greatest risk, the
thinks that reading in bed is unde
sirable for persons of any age and
states that "in the case of aged, anx
ious. worried and bedridden people, to
whom it would seem cruelty to deny
what may perhaps be almost their
only luxury, for fear of inducing some
slight error of refraction, care should
be taken that the light is sufficiently
brilliant, the eyes being shaded from
it, and that the patient lies on his
back with head and shoulders raised."
STUPID SHEEP.
They Are About the Most Senseless ot
All Animals.
A Colorado ranchman declares that
no animal that walks is as big a fool
as a sheep.
"We have to watch them every min
ute, and if vigilance is relaxed for an
Instant the entire flock Is likely to
practically commit suicide. In han
dling most animals some degree of self
help or intelligence can be relied onto
aid the owner in saving their lives, but
sheep seem to set deliberately to work
to kill themselves.
"If caught in a storm on the plains
they will drift before the wind and
die of cold and exposure rather than
move a hundred yards to windward to
obtain shelter in their corral. To drive
sheep against the wind is absolutely
impossible. I once lost over 1,000 head
because I could not drive them to a
corral not 200 feet away.
"In the corral they are still more
foolish. If a storm conies up they all
move 'down wind' until stopped by the
fence. Then commences the proceed
ing so much dreaded by sheepmen
known as 'piling.' The sheep will
climb over each other's backs untl!
they are heaped ui) ten feet high. Of
course all those at the bottom are
smothered. Not one has sense enough
to seek shelter under the lee of the
fence, as a horse or dog would do.
"Again, if a sheep gets into a quick
sand its fate teaches nothing to those
that come Immediately after, but the
whole flock will follow Its leader to
destruction. No more exasperatingly
stupid animal than a sheep walks."—
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
A CHINESE STORY.
The Noted Liar Who Had a Fairly
Competent Spouse.
A noted liar once told a friend that
he had at home three precious things—
a bullock which could run 500 miles a
day. a fowl which crowed at the begin
ning of each watch, day and night, <ind
a dog that could read books. The friend
Intimated that he would lose no time in
seeing these marvels with Ills own
eyes. The man did not expect this, as
bis house "a A s somewhat distant, so he
went home and told his wife that he
had got caught at last and that tomor
row the man would arrive and lie
would bo disgraced.
"Never mind," said the spouse.
"Leave that to me. It will be all right,
only you must keep out of sight."
Next morning the visitor arrived and,
being met by the mistress, asked where
her husband was.
"He has gone to Pekin," she replied.
"When will he be back?"
"In eight or nine days."
"Why, how can lie be so quick?"
"He has gone off on our fust bullock
and so can do it easily."
"I hear you have also a wonderful
fowl," said the visitor. A ->d. behold, as
he was speaking a small cock crew.
"That's It." said the wife. "He crows
at t,he beginning of each watch and
also when a visitor arrives."
"I would also like to see the learned
dog." he said.
"Ah," said she, "I am sorry; but, you
gfe, we are very poor, and so he keeps
e school in the city."—Scrap Book.
Suspicious.
Widow (at waslitub)—Are you posi
tive you love me?
Suitor—Of course I am.
Widow—What's the matter? You
haven't lost your Job, have you?—
Pittsburg Preca
TSZE HSI'3 "TRAVEL PALACE."
American Minister Describe* Incident
In Chinese (Impress Dowager's Life.
TU. • N iifi.UabJy only one man In
the I' .Mines who bns ever lived
l:i . i • • ,u Xsze Usl. the late re
!,i.» Chinese empress dowager.
Tlii.; i ; * lie Rev. Walter S. EMiott, who
reienily returned from north China,
where he hud charge of the American
Ilible society's work in a region as
large as all of this country east of the
Mississippi. The palace which he
bought and lived in afterward was a
"travel palace," says the New York
Tribune. When an imperial personage
makes a tour in China envoys go ahead
and prepare a palace for him at each
stopping place. Sometimes these pal
aces are occupied only one night. Then
they are sealed up aud left to decay,
for no Chinaman may ever live In one
of them afterward. Usually they are
built new for the occasion, but in this
case, being in haste, the imperial es
cort took possession of the home of a
rich man. It was already a very good
house, and it was renovated and re
furbished at an expense of several
thousand dollars.
After the empress bad come and gone
the poor rich man was left with an
expensive house upon his hands In
which neither he nor any other China
man could ever live. So he was glad
to sell it to Mr. Elliott for a mission
school for 1,000 strings of cash. As a
string of cash is worth 27 cents, the
missionaries got an Imperial palace for I
the modest, sum of $Ol3.
It is interesting to know the sort of
bed upon which poor Tsze Ilsl rested
her weary bones. It was a brick plat
form built new for the empress. Tin
der it a small cavity was left, opening
through the house wall into the outer
air, and in this hole somebody out
doors kept a fire of cornstalks burning
all night to keep her imperial highness
warm. Eveu for an empress' habita
tion no stove or bathtub was put into
the house.
Vicissitudes of a Picture.
The vicissitudes of Leonardo da
Vinci's picture, "Last Supper," re
minds a correspondent of the strange !
experiences of Holbein's "Field of the j
Cloth of Gold," which may be seen
any day at Hampton Court palace.
After the downfall of Charles 1., Crom
well in order to raise funds proposed
the sale of certain pictures, this among
the nnidber. The bargain was already
made, but when the would be pur
chaser came to inspect Holbein's mas
terpiece be discovered that the head
of Henry VIII. had been cut from the
canvas. He naturally withdrew his
offer, and the picture was preserved
to the nation. On the restoration a \
nobleman confessed to having com- \
mitted the theft for love of art and his 1
country, and he returned the missing
head, which now occupies its original 1
position in the canvas. The circle
made by the knife is still plainly visi
ble.—London Chronicle.
Cold Storage Rats.
The attendant came out of the cold '
storage room with an awed look.
"Rats are wonderful," he said. "We
thought modern plumbing would abol
ish them, but they live in the clean i
light and dryness of the best modern
plumbing more comfortably than they
did in the damp and filth and darkness {
of the past. We thought the modern
ship would abolish them, but the Lu
sltanla has as many rats as had the ;
Columbus caravels. And here" —
He made an awed gesture.
"And here I find rats In our cold I
storage rooms at temperatures that j
freeze the breath and cause It to fall j
In the form of snow. To and fro they !
prowl. Their coats are thick and warm i
like fur, and, with frost on their
whiskers, they feed heartily on meat ,
and game frozen to rocklike hardness."
Exchange.
Fire Terms In Japan.
Fires in Japan are so common that
this destructive agency has established
Itself as a national institution, and a
whole vocabulary has grown up to ex
press every shade of meaning in mat
ters fiery. The Japanese language has
special terms for an incendiary fire, an
accidental fire, fires starting from one's
own house, a fire caught from next
door, a fire which one shares with oth
ers, a fire which is burning to an end,
the flame of a fire, anything—for In
stance, a brazier, from which a fire
may arise; the side from which to at
tack a fire In order to extinguish it; a
visit of condolence after a fire.
More Wheat to Come.
A Chinese doctor, as a punishment
for causing his patient's death, had to
pay ten loads of wheat. While carry
ing the grain he was met by a man
who asked him to come and treat a
sick member of his family. "All right,"
said the doctor, "I will be there short
ly, but in the meantime you may be
getting your barn cleaned out."—Scrap
Book.
Nothing.
"Nature plans well for mankind's
needs."
"I should say so. What could be
more convenient than ears to hook
spectacles over?"— Washington Herald.
The Soft Answer.
He Artists say that five feet four
is the divine height for women. His
Darling (crossly)— You know, I am five
feet nine. lie (quickly)— You are more
than divine, my dear.
Laws catch flies and let hornets go
free.—Anacharsis.
His Logic.
The Angry Mother—You've got an ,
awful nerve to ask me to give you
back yoTir ball when you nearly killed
one of my children with it. The Boy-
Well, ma'am, you've got ten children,
and we've got only one ball.—Chicago
Tribune.
Manufacturing Chords.
"now is yotir daughter getting on?"
"Splendidly. She's busy just now at
Beethoven's works."
"What is it—one of those pottery
places?"— Boston Transcript.
Virtue of Hospitality.
Hospitality solves and annuls even
the mysterious antagonisms that exist
between races. This glorious and beau
tiful <ind sacred rite makes all men
brotiiPtM.- C:i I«::v PatnrJ :y .1 virtv •
PRESIDENT'S VALEDICTORY.
An«wer* Question "What Shall We Do
For Our Ex-Presidents?"
President Roosevelt In his office at
the White House recently gave what
may be considered his valedictory,
with permission to a correspondent to
use it. The president said:
"When the people of the country are
asking the question, 'What shall we do
for our ex-pi_sldents?' tell them that
they need do nothing for this ex-presi
dent. lie is goiug out to work and to
do for himself.
"I have had a first class time as
president of the T'nited States, and I
have enjoyed every minute of the time
I have been in the White House. When
I have finished the last stroke I am
going out contented and to work."
This statement came from the presi
dent after the close of a talk with one
of his friends, with whom he had
been discussing his approaching Afri
can trip.
PLEA FOR PARDON.
Butcher Who Mixed Tallow With
Lard Confesses Sins In Newspapers. *
Frank Spera, a former resident of j
Akron, Ind., has caused to be Inserted |
In various newspapers In Warsaw,
Ind., and vicinity the following an j
nouncement:
"I want to make restitution and beg
pardon of the people through the news
| papers. When T was in the butcher j
| business in Akron I mixed tallow with !
I lard and sold it to my customers. 1
| ask all these people In Jesus' i.-mie to
forgive me of the offense, and if there 1
are any who are not satisfied with
just forgiving me if they will send me
| a statement of the amount they think
| they were wronged honestly, between
I God and man, I will make all wrongs
j right."
Plan to Honor Noted Soldiers.
A joint monument of heroic size, to
be placed on the "Bloody Angle" bat- [
tleground in Spottsylvanla county, |
Va., to commemorate the military
j fame and glory of General liobert E. j
I Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant,)
j which shall be erected with funds
| raised in the north and south, has
been suggested by patriotic citizens of I
| Richmond.
Fund For Dr. Eliot of Harvard.
Several prominent alumni of Harvard 1
university are raising a fund to be [
known as the Charles William Eliot
fund, the income of which they plan to
pay to President and Mrs. Eliot during
their lives. After their death it is to |
be used In such a manner as they may
designate.
Btella's Dignity.
"Glenn paid me a dandy compliment
last night, mother one that will
i please you, too," said Stella Harding.
"He was talking about the girls in this
: block and 1. >w disgusted the boys
i wer# getting with them. He said the
j trouble with the girls round here was
that they had positively no personal
j dignity, and ho never seemed to take
| into account that I lived in the block
I myself. But lie made up afterward
; for forgetting. He said not much,
j he guessed, he didn't mean me; that
i I was noted for my dignity with all
| the fellows, and he'd often heard them
j speak of it.' What do you say to
I that?"
Mrs. Harding was listening with
j motherly satisfaction. "How did it
| happen to occur to him that you
j might be applying it to yourself?" she
j asked.
| "I put it to him straight. I Just
| waited until he stopped for breath,
I and then I said, 'Well, Jtminy, CJlenn,
I is this a slam?' "
' "Stella, what a speech! There's no
dignity about that!"
"Oh, toot, mamma!" was the laugh- j
lng response, made without the slight
est Intention of disrespect. "That's
just the way we all talk. Things like
that don't count on dignity one way
or the other—not in our bunch. It's
how you act, don't you know?"—
Youth's Companion
Dancing Expected In White House.
! There are not many accomplishments 1
which the wife of President Elect
Taft possesses that are not being dis
cussed and made much of In Wash
iegton. Those who know her best are
commenting on Mrs. Taft's fondness
for dancing and are hoping she will re
vive the terpslchorean era In the
White House. Why the American
chief executive should think it beneath
his dignity to dance is what society
cannot understand. The kaiser likes
to dance and gives at least fonr danc
ing affairs a year. King Edward, al
most seventy years old. does not dis
dain a whirl occasionally, and both he
and the queen like to watch others
dancing. Mrs. Taft has traveled ex
tensively and knows the customs of
foreign lands. It will ndd much to
the plcturesqueness of official life If
dancing affairs are given.
Mob Insurance a Novelty.
A genuine novelty In the way of in- i
sura nee was recently introduced in
London, England, called "mob insur
rance." It is taken out by merchants
j against possible losses through rioting
or looting by mobs. This does not j
mean that merchants fear the suffra
gettos are about to burst all bounds
nnd inaugurate a reign of terror. Pro
i tectlon is rather sought against the
| violence of the unemployed, who are I
I unusually numerous in London this!
| season and are likely to become morel
I so as winter advances. The most ac- j
| tlve demand for this queer insurance ;
j Is in the vicinity of the parliament
j buildings, wjilch would naturally be j
I the objective point of a mob incited to :
! make a demonstration against the ou~
| thorltles.
An Incident of Travel.
In Nuremberg, having occasion tc
ask my way. I said in my best Mels
terschaft to a gentleman passing:
"Koennen sle mlr vlellelcht sagen wit
man nacli das Deutschen museum |
J geht?"
Imagine my mortification when he j
I replied: "I am going that way. I will j
i show you."
We walked on.and, learning that I
was an American and had traveled In
England, he said:
"I am professor of English here
That Is why I speak English so well.
But I didn't been in England alrendy
once yet."—Llpplncott'fl.
Kissing the Hand*.
The practice of kissing the handa
was instituted by the early Roman rul
ers as a mark of subjection as much as
one of respect, and under the first Cae
■ars the custom was kept up, but only
for a time. These worthies conceived
the idea that the proper homage due to
their exalted station called for less fa
miliar modes of obeisance, so the privi
lege of kissing the emperor's hand was
reserved as a special mark or conde
scension or distinction for officers of
high rank. Roman fathers considered
the practice of kissing of so delicate a
nature that they never kissed their
wives in the presence of their daugh
ters.
What She Inherited.
"Of course I can do manicuring Just
as well with my left hand." said the
left handed manicurist—"better, if any
thing. You don't know the difference
if you've been born that way, if you
have inherited it.
"Didn't know It was n matter of in
heritance? Why, certainly it is. No, j
left handedness, not manicuring. My ;
father, grandfather and great-grand
father were all left handed, and so
were ten cousins of mine."—Exchange.
Hapny Hunting Ground.
She—When a woman wants a hus
band, you don't suppose she goes and
looks in a club for one, do you? no-
Well, if slip's a married woman the
chances are that she does.—Yonkers
Statesman.
Not a Free Agent.
Asked when he was married, the j
colored citizen replied, "All I know,
sub. Is dat it wuz des w'en she 'lowed
she'd git me ter de minute."—Atlanta
Constitution.
Upholstered.
Knlcker- The fashionable woman's
figure Is like a slut.
Bocker—While the mattress, bolster
nnd pillows are worn on the hem!.—
New York Sun.
He who can conceal his joys Is
greater thnn he wh» can hide Ills
griefs.—La voter.
THE PIGEONS WON.
In Spite of Clipped Wings They Got |
Back on Time.
The colonel was something of a
pigeon fancier and had so much con
fidence in a certain strain of homers
he was making a hobby of that when
his friend the major proposed a wager
the colonel removed the limit
"We'll make it a suppuh," said the
major. "Yo' black boy will tote a paiah
ovah to the cyahs an' ship them to St.
Loua.v, whaah they ah to be libahrated
! on alirlval. 1 wugah they ah not back
in two days, sah."
The colonel accepted, crated his fin
est pair and Included a note to the ex
press agent with the charges. Mean
while the major communed with Joe,
the colored boy, and after the tender
ing of a certain half dollar and prom
ises of immunity from the conse
quences of the colonel's wrath later
Joe agreed to clip the pigeons' wings
sub rosu.
Two days passed, and the major pre
sented himself duly at the colonel's.
The colonel eyed him with suspicious
narrowness.
"Have tbey ahrlved?" asked the ma
jor gayly.
"They hev, sah," said the colonel,
with dignity; "they hev, but those two
pidgins, sah, hev the so'est feet 1 evah
saw on a bird, sah."—Browning's Mag
azine.
Clipping Their Wings.
The costume of the Pu Yuan Pen-Jen
women In the Slmn states is very strik
ing, consisting of a cloth hood, an open
Jacket and a pair of short white trou
sers reaching barely to the knee. But
the most important though the least
noticeable part of their costume is their
colored cloth gaiters. These the women
are obliged to wear, as without them
it is believed they would be able to fly
away, leaving their husbands und
sweethearts sorrowful.
Gweet and Low.
i A young man named Sweet engaged
j to marry a young woman named Lowe.
! A few Sundays previous to the wed
ding the happy couple attended church
together, and as they walked along the
aisle the choir began singing the song
"Sweet and Low," entirely unconscious
of the musical pun that was being per
petrated.
Thrifty.
"Well, parson, is your flock lib'rnl in
their 'nevolences?"
"Liberal? Well, I should say dey is
not that. Why, when I asted them to
sing 'Ole Hundred' dey done sung The
Ninety and Nine." "—Harper's.
The Holy City.
Medina, the holy city, triumphed iong
ago over all the rivals In various parts
of the world which bore the same
name, which means simply "city."
Notable among them were the old cap
ital of Malta and Medina Sldonla in
Spain. The Arabian city was original
ly known as Yathrib. but owes Its later
name. El-Medina (the city) or Medinat
Rasul Allah (the city of the apostle of
God), to the Koran. To a good Moham
medan there Is only one city "with a
Mg C "
Kitchen Novelty.
An aluminium alcohol lamp, with a
i cup for heating water or boiling an
egg. the whole to be carried on a
handle like a candlestick, is some
-1 thing new for kitchen or sickroom.
Kennedy's
Laxative
Cough Syrup
KillrrM Coid* fcjr working Omoi j*
ct th« qrttam Qtrougfc • fjtmm «o
>*aJtWr *atk» w the bewck
R«Ii«VM ocwftw fey atMMtag £'•
tnueoua *4 tkm lh»«M.
mi bronchial fc*M.
ZZZ tii«"
Children Like It
fm IMUM VIM OW* «■
laUr* <"*»*• •»» "fc tan mi t»
For °»*e by Pmilm A Oo
I
SELF OPENING DOOR.
Automatic Entrancs Way That Hat
Been Installed In a Restaurant.
A well known Fifth avenue restuu
rant In New York has recently had In
stalled an automatic door which Is
both novel and unique, and It la at
tracting much attention from the pa
trons of the place.
The contrivance consists of a wood
en platform carrying doormats. The
platform is depressed by the weight of
the person entering and admits him,
while a series of levers are so disposed
as to close the door when he lias en
tered.
The speed of opening and closing Is
carefully regulated, and the person en
tering Is safe from being struck by the
door as It closes behind him. The
doors are not affected by wind pres
sure, and slamming is obviated by an
oil dash pot.
Practical Forestry Work at Yale.
In the forest school pamphlet for
1908-0, which will soon be issued, it
will be announced that the forest
school at Yale university has now ob
| tained the use of the extensive hold
ings of land of the New Haven Water
' company for work In practical fores
try. A portion of this land has been
In charg'e of the school for several
years, but the tract now to be put un
der forestry management aggregates
some 9,000 acres, of which over half Is
| already wooded.
The Hobo as a Barometer.
The Armourdale (Mo.) police are pre
dieting a long, hard winter.
"What do you judge by—the thick
ness of the goose's breastbone or the
number of shucks on the corn?" was
asked.
"Neither," saiil the officer, "but bj
1 the number of «'rments on the ho
boes. Wo caught one recently in the
Hock Island y rds who wore six
j shirts, three pairs of trousers, four
, vests, two coats and a waiter's jump
er."
VOLCANOES.
They Are Not Burning Mountains as
We Understand That Term.
j "What are volcanoes?"
1 Nine out of every ten persons would
Immediately have an answer of some
sort to the question above, for have
they not a lively remembrance of hav
ing learned in their schoolbooks that
"a volcano Is a burning mountain, from
the summit of which are sent out smoke
and flames?" This popular fancy has
been exploded by scientists, whose
work is to explode popular fancies.
In the first place, volcanoes are not
necessarily mountains. In reality they
are just the reverse—that is, holes in
the earth's crust. Out of these are |
thrown the materials which, accumu
lating. form the heaps which we popu
larly call mountains.
These are. then, the result and not
the cause of the action. Neither are
they "burning," as we understand the
term. There is no combustion nor
any action we might reasonably call
I "burning."
The action need not necessarily take
place at the summit, for eruptions are
just as frequent at the sides or even
at the base. The so called "smoke" Ls
nothing more or less than the clouds
of condensing steam which are formed
on every occasion when an eruption
occurs.
I.astly, the "flames." so called, are
merely the reflection of the mass of
molten rock and material Inside the
crater on the clouds of steam above,
thus appearing as a glowing light. The
friction, too. set up by the motion of
the materials causes electricity, and
hence the lightning discharges which
add to the illuminating effect.—Tear
son's Magazine.
A CAT AND A CANARY.
They Went Away Separately, but Came
Back Together.
A lady friend of mine, says an Eng
lish writer, has as pets a canary and a
cat. The two were the best of good
friends, and when the bird's prison
door was opened it would come out
and perch on the cat's back while it
trilled forth a song of gladness.
One day my friend lett her two pets
together, and on her return the bird
was nowhere to be found, l'nssy was
curled up on a cushion, steeping con
tentedly. and my friend ed to the
1 conclusion that the cat * answer
able for the bird's disappearance, con
sequently she caught up the cat and.
holding the supposed delinquent be
fore the empty cage, beat It rather
mercilessly. Toor pussy mewed pite
ously, but her relentless mistress put
her outside and shut the door against
j her.
Next morning, feeling rather asham
ed of her outburst, she made Inquiries
about the cat. but pussy was gone.
' Some days later she heard a faint
scratching at her window, and on open
ing the casement a cat crept In and
laid a bedraggled canary at her feet.
At first she did not recognize her pets
In the two disreputable looking objects
before her When she did recognize
; them her delight was great.
Presumably the canary had gone out
by the open window, and. finding llber
i ty sweet. It had flown to a neighboring
I wood. Flow the cat found the bird and
| brought It back uninjured is a rays
terv.
Cooking With Sunlight,
Sun cooking roasting and boiling by
sunlight Instead of coal or gas has
been going on for 300 years. , There
are sun stoves that roast a sirloin or
| boil a soup to perfection. They are
| only used, however, by scientists. A
sun stove consists mainly of a mirror—
j a spherical mirror on a joint. There
ls also a reflector. The place for pot
or plate ls so situated that tlie mirror's
rays can be focused on it accurately.
A German, Baron Tchernhausen, was
the first sun cook. lie began in 1087
to boll water, and in IGSS lie had very
good success at baking eggs. Sir John
Herschel and liutXton are other fa
mous names associated with sun cook
ing. In California various sun cooks
have boiled a gallon of water in twen
ty minutes, roasted meat in two hours
and poached eggs In fifteen minutes—
quite as good time as the ordinary fire
makes. An odd thing about meal
roasted by sun rays ls that it has an
unpleasant taste. This ls avoided by
the Insertion of a plate of yellow glass
between meat and mirror. In all solar
stoves the sheet of yellow glass fig
ures—Cincinnati Enquirer.
DRAM PUIMJN
IMURD m
Mistaking a bottle of formaldehyde
for whmkiy, Jauies Dietleubach, one
of the most piomimnt citizens of
Northumberland, met a vio'ent death
yesterday at, noou.
He was secretary and general super
intendent of the Noithumherland Wat
er company,ami was also the si cietary
it the Northumberland board of
health. Iu bis woik as a health officer
i.e had use for formaldehyde and kept
a bottle in his office, along with a
bottle of whiskey.
Yesterday morniDg lie went to the
ret-ervoir which supplies Northumber
land with its water, on a visit of in
section. The momicg was raw and
when lie returned he was chilled to
the bone. He doubtlessly intended to
take a drink of whiskey as a stimul
ant, but drank from the wrong bottle
and did not realize what lie had done
until he had swallowed (he poisonous
liqnid.
The water company office is on Queen
street, below Front,and he went from
there to the office of Dr. Hilenian up
the street about a block. It was too
late for the physician to save his life
and he died shortly afterwards.
The deceased was aged aboot tto
years aud was a resident of Northum
berland all his life. He was tl.e son
of the late Squire James lJieenbacher
who in his time was one of the most
promineut citizens of Northumber
land. The deceased is survived by p.
wife and a daughter, Miss Florence.
INOTAtiLE PLAY
HERE TONIGHT
All the settings for''The Three of
Us", which wiil appear in the Dan
ville opera house tonight, ore made
convincingly true by close attention
to the little things of every day ex
istence. This use of detail is euforced
by the employment of dialogue that is
simple and human and utterly devoid
of heroics. The speech at all times in
periods of the play is spontaneous and
natural. This play is in fact dressed
in dialogue of a rare aud beautiful
true kind. The speeches are all fitted
to the occasion and appear not to have
been written at all. The dialogue is
the fine and great quality of the play.
| Miss Janet Waldorf in the role of Rhy
MacOhesuey is delightful aud all
through the play is as true to nature
as the dramatist will possibly allow.
Seats are now on sale at Hunt's drug
store. Get tickets in advance.
Hannah Thomas,of Hokendaqua.Le
high county, aged 8 years, as she was
about to enter the First Presbyterian
church to take part iu a rehearsal for
a concert, fell on the icy steps and
fractured her left arm. Hut as sli6 fiA.i
an important part in a cantata she
bravely remained and took her part
with her arm iu a sling, although she
suffered much pain.
Mrs George Roberts, of Easton, is
in a critical condition from injuries
sustained by being struck by a bob
sled while crossing a street near her
home, whore boys were coasting.
A Reliable Remedy
for 1
CATARRH
Ely's Cream Balm C tVH 'ff
\ is quickly absorbed. W
j Gives Reliet at Once. B
It cleanses, soothes,
i heals and protects UmmmmmrnA
| the diseased mem.
| brane resulting from Catarrh and drives
away a Cold iu the Head quickly. Restores
the Senses of Taste aud Smell. Full size
1 i B0 cts. at Druggists or by mail. Liquid
Cream Balm for use in atomizers 75 cts.
Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York.
60 YEARS'
TR Designs KS
r rfTT' Copyrights 4c.
Anyone sending a nketeh nnd description maj
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
invention is probably i>hl en table. C'ommunica
: Uonsitrirtfr confidential. HANDBOOK onPitoti
Bent free. Oldest agency for sccurmtr patents.
Patents taken through Munn A Co. receive
tptcial notice, without charge, iu tho
Scientific American.
A handsomely Illustrated weekly. J.arecst cir
culation of any sclentldc journal. Terms, $3 m
yenr; four months, 91. Bold by all newsdealers.
MUNN &Co. 36,Br *' New York
Ilrauch Office. 025 F 8t- Washington. I). C.
R-I P-A-NS labtile
Doctors find
A good prescription
For Mankind.
I The 5-cent pneket is enough for usua
' occasions. The family ,bottle (fiO cents
Ooutains a supply for a year. All drug
gists.
j W N!) v OR HOTEL
IW. T. BRUBAKKR. Manager.
Midway between Itroad St. Station
Ht.d Reading terminal on Filbert St
European. SI.OO per day and up
American. $2.50 per day and up
The only moderate priced hotel of
reputation »nd consequence In
PHILADELPHIA