Montour American
FRANK C. ANULE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Apr. 22, 1909.
SUIE HE
OF CUTTLE PHI
HARRI3BURG. April 21.
Announcement lust night that the
quarantine restrictions had beeu lifted
by both tlio United States auil Penn
nylvauin authorities from nil parts of
this State for foot am! inout.li disease
brings to an cud what cattla meu and
State offlolals consider to have been
the bent campaign ever waged against
the cattle plague.
It has cost the State and National
governments possibly $300,000 to eradi
cate the disease, but the history of the
plague shows that never before in so
short time has its spread been stopped, j
The disease was traced to Buffalo ami
eight shipments from that city caused
it to spread into twenty counties, in
cluding most of those in the south
eastern part of the.State, and a uuni
bejr on the Susquehanna valley. Be
cause of it the cattle yards of Phila
delphia and Lancaster were placed un
der restrictions and shipments virtu
ally ceased for a time.
The first case was noted on Noveui- j
!>er fi in Montour county, and within
two weeks the whole State was in
faderal quarantine. So vigorous was
the action of State Veterinarian Pear- j
son and his staff, acting in conjuuc- j
tiou with the national authorities, j
huwever, that 2000 head of cattle of
various kinds were found to be suffer- i
ing from the disease and slaughtered
before the middle of December.
Then, when the disease had been
checked and no new cases found for
some time, two were discovered to
have been suppressed in Lancaster
county, and it was only by the hard
est work on the part of State author
ities that the Federal officials would
modify the quarantine.
The State is now free of restrictions
because of the disease, and only the ]
farms where diseased cattle were bill- j
ed and now ones brought are under j
observation. This will last but a few i
weeks longer.
CATTLE EMBARGO LIFTED
Washington, April 21—Satisfied that !
ttio foot and month disease in cattle, ■
sheep aud swine has beeu completely |
eradicated from the UnitedJ'States,
Seoretaiy of Agriculture Wilson yet- !
tarday issued au order, effective April
X' 4, releasing the entire country from
the Federal quarantine.
Four States were quarantined he- i
cause of the epidemic, New York,
Michigan, Maryland aud Pennsylvania, j
The latter State was the last to have I
the embargo lifted.
MIGHTY RUSSI
HISTORIC EGYPT j
Tuo dories of the world historic ;
au-I i. ,-nic— are visited in a globe ci:-
clins j uruev via Ly nan 11. Hosve's
Lif.oiimu at the opert house Monday
evening N tturallv one of the conn
tr»«s oi most ab-M rh:n.' >i»t« re-t <n.r
iug the entire tour is Ku.-sia because
it is comparatively au unknown land ,
to raauy. Sjeuets in palatial Oities,
broa i «ireets an i inuueuse squaras, its
bazaars and monument*, patrols if
Cossacks, ere. Another feature show s
the strangest edifices ever conceived—
the Pyramids and Sphinx of Egypt.
Sariug a trip up the Nile froiu "Cairo
to Khiutouin" the scenery is weird t>
such a degree that the audience seems
to be transported to auother world.
Cairo, with its restless, ever changing
crowds—iiaif oriental, half European,
traveling on foot,on horsebacb, in car
riages aud automobiles, on camels and j
astride donkeys—presents a picture of
extraordinary interest. Every nation
ou the earth seems to be represented.
Ch, Castro, You Hike!
Oh, Castro wont to Paris, and he also j
tried Berlin.
They gave him but the coolest nod, and
neither said "Come in."
Though he brought lots of bullion, too,
with which to pay his way.
The coppers watched so closely that he
never could get gay.
But everywhere he ventured people treat
ed him alike.
The burden of their message was. "Oh, ,
Castro, take a hike!"
lie thought of Venezuela, and he said:
"No place beats honu\
I'll hasten them by steamer, for It costs
too much to roam."
Put Oomex wouldn't let him, so he struck
for Trinidad.
Which socwd the one and only chance 1
for landing that he had.
Hut in a nearer port he reached there
gallopid down the pike
A courier, calling out aloud. "Skip Trin
idad and hike!"
Oh, Castro he was angry, and his talk
was something tierce.
!Ie pined to grasp a shining sword, his
enemies to pierce..
"I'd like to know,"he thundered, "if they
think that I can fly.
311 summon all my cohorts. We'll knock
Pncle Snin to pi!"
3*ut Uncle Sam and Johnny Bull said,
"Castro, take a bike,
•An airship, auto or a walk; but, anyhow,
you hike!"
—Philadelphia Ledger.
Barn Dancing Fashionable Now.
Barn dancing is being turned into a
fashionable exercise. Ilut don't think
barn dancing means dancing in a I
barn. It simply implies an old fash- I
loned. vigorous "square" dance. Fenc- '<
lng hns made many a woman grace- !
fully slender find developed her wlt9
ns well as her arms, yet fencing is not j
as much in vogne as it used to be.
The barn dance is the thing to bring a |
fat girl down to the right proportion* '
for the bolster case empire gown
When a half dozen girls get tojreth'
'Bow It is likely they will fling aboti
with great vigor in the barn dance
Whistler as a Letter Writer.
Early Mr. Whistler as a letter writer
became u personage to be reckoned
with. His pen was very frequently
dipped in gall, but it Is a joy to read
him, with his very delightful personal
style. No one ever wrote quite like
him. Hamerton, with whom he had
many passes, always to the critic's
great discomfiture, once, in reviewiug
his "Symphony In White," stupidly
called attention to the fact that there
were many other tluts in the picture
liesides white. There was, he main
tained, the reddish hair of the woman,
for instance; her flesh color, a bit of
blue ribbon, and so on. Whistler re
sponded; "Bon Dleu, did this wise per
son expect white hair and chalked
faces? And does he then, in his as
tounding consequence, believe that n
symphony in F contains no other note,
but shall be a continued repetition of
F F F F? * * * Fool." _\nd, of course,
the world is familiar with Whistler's
studied Insolence in his reply to a com
munication in the New York Tribune
by Hamerton, who complained that
Whistler refused to answer his letters.
Whistler referred to the writer as "a
Mr. Hamerton." wliJ*'i made Hamer
ton perfectly furious and so served
Whistler's ends.—Arthur Hoeber in
Forum.
Four stations for the training of
miners in rescue work have been es
tablished recently by the big coal com
panies of the United States, and sev
eral more are in contemplation. This
is a direct outcome of the demonstra
tions in rescue work l>eing made by
the United States geological survey,
the technologic branch, at its experi
ment station in Pittsburg and at the
snbrescue station in Urbana, 111.
"The fact that these stations have
been established is gratifying to tiie
geological survey," said Director
George Otis Smith the other day at
Washington."lt shows the interest
the operators and mine owners are tak
ing in this humane movement, and it
is bound to result in a decrease in the
number of deaths in the mines. The
sole purpose of the government in tak
ing up this work was to demonstrate
its usefulness. It is not the intention
to make' the rescue station work per
manent."
Perhaps the most complete of these
private stations is that of the Frick
Coke company, which employs 30,000
men. The station has been erected at
the Leislngring mine, near Connells
ville, Pa., in easy reach of all of the
Frifck company's mines. There a corps
of six men is being trained in the use
of the oxygen helmet, a device that
admits of artificial breathing for two
hours in the most deadly gases known.
In order that the men may have prac
tical experience in the use of these
helmets a part of the station has been
devoted to an air tight room which is
filled with gases that will not support
life. A dailj- drill is being given In
this gas filled room, and they are gain
ing confidence in the use of the hel
mets. Within a short time the corps
will visit the government experiment
station at Pittsburg, where the mem
bers will receive further instruction
by the federal experts.
Whenever a disaster occurs in any
of the Frick company's mines the res
cue corps will respond at once and
| will immediately enter the mine for !
j the purpose of bringing to the sur- |
j face miners who have been injured j
| or are unconscious from the effects of
| the pises. With these helmets the ;
I rescuers can enter any gas filled mine j
j where it would be sure death for any j
I unequipped miner to go. In many '
disasters the men fortunate e >ugh to J
be outside <>f the mine when the ex
plosion occurred have hud to remain ;
| at the surface for hours, waiting for
1 the ventilation to drive the gases out. 1
knowing all the time that their com
ratios were dying.
A second rescue station lias been os
: tablished by the Consolidated Coal ,
Companies of Maryland at the mine
; of the Fairmont company, Fairmont, 1
jW. Va. A trained corps of helmeted
men is ready for any emergency in
this field.
A third station has been erected by 1
the I'ittsburg-lSuffalo company at the
ill fated Marianna mine in Pennsylva
nia, which last November had an ex
i plosion with a loss of ISO lives. Al- 1
! ready this station has a complete corps j
of six highly trained men who know
j how to use the oxygen helmets.
A fourth station is at the Zeigier
mines in Zeigier, 111. This company i
i has a trained corps of six men, all j
picked for their coolness, courage and :
daring, for these elements are neees- j
i sary in rescue work.
J. W. Paul, who has charge of the j
rescue work for the government, left \
Washington recently for Europe, where
he will study rescue work at the Eu
-1 ropean stations.
t "In the short time we have been op- !
crating we have saved the lives of six '
men," said Mr. Paul, "and if we did i
nothing more the results would war- i
rant everything that lias been done so j
far by the United States in trying to
reduce the accident death rate In the ,
mines. liut I am satisfied more good :
will come from our efforts. The four
stations just established will be the |
means of saving the lives of many '
miners, for we all know that many a
poor fellow imprisoned in a mine tilled ;
with Ihe dread firedamp has lived in !
agony for hours before he died. I un- j
derstand that the operators are toes- \
tablish many more stations."
A Light Burden.
A frail little slip of a girl with i>
sweet, worn face toiled up the liili j
i under the weight of a robust infant !
who must have weighed nearly as!
i much as she did.
"My dear child," exclaimed a sytn I
pathetic passerby, "you ought not t<- i
j carry that big baby. Isn't he dread I
fully heavy?"
| "Heavy? Why, no, indeed, ma'am," |
she smiled. "He's my brother!"- Dp |
| lineator.
History by Automobile Route.
John Nicholas Urown of Newport,
It. 1., the richest boy in the world, is
to be taught the history of Europe
from an automobile as he passes from
] scene to scene of Its greatest events,
j Ills mother will do the teaching, and
I she is now completing arrangements
for the tour, which will begin in June
and end in August, when the boy will
return to St. (leorge's school, at New
port
now cue
'ISJO LIEUT
An unforeseen circumstance has oc
curred in connection with oue of the
new buildings at the hospital for the
iusaue, which has necessitated the re
inforcing of all the windows.
The grating protecting the wiudows
of the building, it appears, is lighter
than that nsed at the old buildings,
consisting merely of light parallel iron
bars extending up aud down with two
cross bars, oue near the top and the
other near the bottom.
Many of the attaches of tho hoepita
pronounced the bars too light and pre
dicted that au escape would sooner or
later occur. It remained for au ad
venturous patient the other day to full
fill the prediction by crawliug out be
tween tho bars. Luckily lie was cap
tured before he escaped from thu
ground.
All the patient had to do was to
his strength, bending the frail bars
apart and thus producing au opening j
sufficient to admit Ins body.
It is now proposed to reinforce the j
gratiug bv inserting au additional j
crossbar midway between the top aud I
bottom. This.it is believed, will make !
it impossible for the most muscular
patient to bend the bars apart and will ;
prevent escape through tho windows. !
The additional crossbars base beeu
ordered.
Called the Deal Off.
A lad attending school craved a lit- ;
tie holiday one morning when he
started out to wrestle once agnin with I
the trials incident to getting an edu- |
cation. As he entered the schoolroom J
he hatched a plot to get the coveted j
holiday. He went up to the teacher's j
desk and told his story. "My mother j
wants to know if you won't excuse j
me for today?" he began. "She wants j
me to do some work at home and
thought if I'd study at home this even- !
ing and make up what I'd missed
mebby you'd let me off."
Something about the lad's manner
kept the words from carrying convie-;
tiou. The teacher bluffed back as fol
lows: "Tommy," said she, "you won't
need togo home at all. Since you
started to school your mother called
me on the phone to tell me that she
had changed her mind and for you to
stay here."
j The lad looked at her, startled. "Aw,
well," he said, "as long as both of us
arc lyin' about It let's Just call It
I quits. I'll stay here."—Cleveland Plain
j Dealer.
A Wealthy Soldier's Idea.
I Australians still tell stories of the
I colonial volunteers, although the war [
j is a far memory. One, a member of
j the Stock Exchange, was left one wet '
• and miserable night to guard a wagon
i load of goods. He shivered in the un
; sheltered place for some hours ponder
j ing many things, and then a bright
| thought struck him just as the colonel
I came around on his tour of inspection.
| "Colonel," he asked, "how much is
! this wagon worth?"
| "I don't know,"was the answer.
; "Much or little, we can't afford to
lose it."
j "Well, but, colonel," persisted the
' amateur soldier, "you might give me
a rough idea of the value."
"About £i!00." said the colonel testily.
"Very well," was the answer; "I will
come down to the camp and give yon a
cheek for the amount. Then I'll turn
in. I wouldn't catch ray death of
void for twice that much."
What the < olonel s:iid Is not record
, rd. Melbourne Times.
Gardens For Chicago's Poor.
The City Gardens association, a new
ly formed organization in Chicago, is
going about the business of inducting
poor persons into the secrets of farm
life on a miniature scale. A tract of
120 acres near the bridewell has been
offered for the experiment. About
twenty acres will be allotted among
150 needy fnmllles, who will be ex
pected to grow garden truck and enjoy
the benefits of their industry for n
nominal fee. Next year twenty acres
more will be opened.
Better a boy In the schoolroom than
: two in a poolroom.—Chicago News.
Erui Symptoms.
Ihe woman who ha> periodical head
j iches, backache, sees imaginary dark
i spot* cr specks lloutiiig or dancing before
jer eyes, distress or heavy
full 1- .'liny Uvjtomach, faint spells, drag
?ing-dow Vtt'eling in lower abdominal or
pelvic region,
Irregulrtr or painful periods, with or with
..lit, c-itjerh, is suffering from
- •i te Jflcr.i ngements t hat should
1 ' Vii in. Not all of above
yirpt ~ iiKely to be present in any
1 case ii t one /time.
Nr. ,'i or badly treated and such
c.i y •; 1 :i run into maladies which de»
i nmnif O surgeon's knife if thev do not
! rc—
■ a lnr;i^
*'■ " v^ -'t*
known to medical science for the cure of
woman's peculiar ailments enter Into Its
composition. .No alcohol, harmful, or
habit-forming drig is to lie found in the
list -a its ingredients printed on each
bottle-wrapper and attested under oath,
in any condition of tho female system,
■ l>r. Pierce's Favorite Prescription can do
I only good—never harm. Its whole effect
Is to strengthen, invigorate and regulate
the whole female system and especially
the pelvic organs. W hen these are de
ranged In function or affected by disease,
■ tho stomach and other organs of digestion
I become sympathetically deranged, the
nerves are weakened, and a long list of
bad, unpleasant symptoms follow. Too
much must not he expected of this "Fa
vorito Proscription." It will not perform
piracies: will not euro tumors—no med
icine will. It will r>ft«»n prevent them, if I
taken in time, anil thus the operating
table and the surgeon's knife may be
avoided. '
Women suffering from diseases of long
Standing, are invited to consult Doctor
I ierce by letter, Jree. All correspondence
Is held as
i ivisertioooiiaseu;
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• •• i- • « "i Address hi«>v»
NORTHUMBERLAND PRESBYTERY'S
2-DAY SESSION AT MF. CARMEL
The anaaal meeting of the Northum
berland presbytery closed a two days'
session at Mt. Oarmel Tuesday even
iug. lie?. William Geiumil, retiring
moderator, preached a brilliant sermon
on Monday evening The following
officers were eleoted : Moderator, Rev.
D. Kiefer, Milton; permanent clerk,
Rev. William Presgoti, of Elysburg ;
reading cleik, Rev. Mr. Greybill, of
St. Mary's.
The anuuai reports show that there
are forty-one pastors with forty-eight
churches in the presbytery and 8 819
members. During the past year
968 was spent by the various congrega
tions for congregational purposes
while $10,385 was given for home mis
sions and SB,OSS was given for foreign
mißßions. The total number of scholars
ill the presbytery is more
than 6,000.
At the opening of Monday's session
the regular minutes of the last meet
ing which had met in Benton, were
read and accepted after which Rev.
E. A. Lux and the Rev. Spencer Dick
son. were received as members of the
presbytery, the former having lately
been chosen pastor of the Emporium
church, the latter lately coming with
in bounds of this presbytery as pastor |
at Bloomsburg. The order of the ses
sion for Tuesday's meeting was read !
after which recess was taken until 7 :30 j
o'clock in the evening.
The evening session was opened by j
the retiring moderator, the Reverend (
Dr. (Jemmil.with devotional services, j
The scripture was read by the Rev. j
Mr. Sperbeck, of Watsontown. and!
prayer was made by the Rev. Dr. j
Dicksou, of Kloomsburg.
The synodical sermon was preached j
by the Rev. Dr. Gemmil after which j
the moderator-elect, the Rev. Mr. !
Kieffer presented the cause of "Syno
dical Home Missions in Pennsyl- .
vania." He said in part that the
fundamental purpose of the hoard was
for the stronger eastern synods to care
for the weaker churches within its
bounds and also to care for the neces
sary missionary which
might develop within their bounds
The aim was to correct two evils, first
to overcome if possible the frequent
changes of pastors in these less re
munerative fit-Ids which oftentimes
was made imperative because of the
lack of i • ipor support accorded them
01 d also to remedy the disastrous re
sults u| -a the churches because of
long prctraeted vacancies. The rever
euti gentleman showed that the work
ot the home mission board was a high
ly commendable one in its labors to
aid su'ii churches mostly old and eu
feebled because of death aud emigra
tion which otherwise would be com
pelled to abandon their cluuches but
for the needed assistance given to tlieui
through the channels of this hoard
The work of the board as was also
shown is to care for the work among
the foreigners of which the Presby
terian church is cue of the pioneers
and is doing a most commendable
work. From the statements of Dr
Kieffer it was learned that the work
aiiiaui; foreign spakiug peoples is
showing' good Jesuits and wherever
In a Strange Land.
Two belated diseipies of Bacchus'
staggered arm in arm up Walnut
street about I! o'clock the other morn
ing. The street was dark except fur
a single ground glass globe that blazed
ill front of an apartment house. One
t of the inebriates, spying this lone j
, light, observed
! "Oh, look at. zhe moonsh'"
The other seriously contradicted him.
saying:
"That ain't no moonsh; stash sun."
This started an argument, which
lasted for several minutes, as to wheth
or the globe was the moon or the sun.
Finally they decided to leave it to the
j first passerby, who happened to be an
other "happy" gentleman. They stop-
I ped him and, pointing to the globe,
asked:
i "Settle an argument, old pal. Is
that the moon or the sun?"
The third party stared knowingly at
the globe for several minutes before
he shook his head aud replied:
"Gentlemen, I really couldn't tell
you. I'm a stranger in this town."—
Philadelphia Uncord
He Was Guilt/,
The great Irish agitator, I>anlel
I O'Connell. was at one time defending
a man accused of murder at Olonmei.
; The circumstantial evidence was so .
strong against Ihe prisoner that the
i jury had already determined upon j
! their verdict of guilty, when the man j
j supposed to have been murdered was j
j brought, into court, alive and unhurt, j
The jury were desired to return their
! verdict at once, and they did so. but it ;
| was one of guilty.
i "What!" exclaimed the astonished
j judge. "What does (his mean? If
| the (nan has not been murdered how
i can the prisoner be guilty?"
j "Please, your honor," said the fore-1
man, "he's guilty. He stole my bay
mare three years ago." j
Exclusive.
Mabel— I seldom see the handsome
young Mr. Iticherly. lie doesn't ap
pear to care much for society. Ethel—
Oh, I don't know! He seems to want j
my society about six evenings in the
week.—Chicago Tribune.
Your Own Way.
"It takes a heap o' determination,
son," said Uncle Eben, "to hav yuh
own way in dis life an' a heap o' brains j
to know what to do wif it after you I
gits it."—Washington Star.
A Wireless Operator.
Fpppon—Yon hove a new baby nt I
your li' U-c. I hear. 1> iwnlng (ire.it
guns! Aud we live four miles apart!
1 had uo idea any one could hear him
that distance.—Judge.
•uoh efforts were made much good has
been the outcome.
William Hevner.of Sunbury, a stud
ent under the care of presbytery, was
then examined on the subject of the
ology, Dr. Gillaud being appointed
the examiner. The examination was
held before the entire body and was
sustained by the vote of the presby
tery. A subject was then assigned to
Mr. Hevuer, to be preached npon be
fore the presbytery at ita next stated
meetiug.
| By request of Dr. Kieffer.that when
presbytery adjourns It adjourns to
meet in the Presbyterian church, Mil
ton, Tuesday, May 18 for the ordina
tion of the son of the moderator who
has been under the care of presbytery
and taking a course of study at the
Presbyterian theological seminary.
The Rev. A. P. Glades was granted a
letter of dismissal to the presbytery of
Guyoga.
A summary of the work of the Wo
man's Home Mission society of the
presbytery was then read. The report
showed the presbytery to have a total
of 32 societies witli a membership of
1032, the contribution of the same be
ing |872.C0 from the societies with a
j total ainonut of s36N4,froui all sources.
I The committee to arrange for the in
j stallatii u of Rev. Spencer Dickson at
I Blooinsburg requested that the service
iof installation be held in the Presby
j terian church at that city Thursday,
I June 3, 1009. which was granted and
j the proper persons wore appointed for
J rlint duly.
The credentials of Kev. Charles G.
| Uirelius from the piesbyterv of Baltl-
I morn worn snbrnittrd, and he was en
! rolled as a member of the Northum
j berland presbytery. He has accepted a
call from Bethany church, Williams
port.
The hour for devotional exercises
having arrived, Rev. T. Hogg took
charge, and after an interesting half
hour presbytery took a recess until
2 :00 p. m.
I'» After tlifi invocation of the Tuesday
'afternoon session the Reverend Diod
nto Dresses, the new minister at the
Italian mission at West Berwick was
presented to the presbytery. He comes
from the New Jersey presbytery, and
was admitted unanimously to the
Northumberland presbytery, after his
credential* were examined and found
to bo in proper shape. He will -ucceed
Reverend Mr, Aaastasio, who went to
Philadt lphia.
A number of reports of increase of
Hilary were received and all acted up
on. None were refused.
The report of the treasurer for the
year was as follows: Balance in hand,
I«•>.*.81 ; received from Berwick Chap
el, $338.81; col'ectic ns for foreigners,
*1545.4f>; loan frotu hoard of church
erection, <s!tl ; interest upon balance
in bank. $11.53 ; total, $4105.61; paid
out during the year, 13502.37 ; balan e
in hand, $593.14.
The evening fessions were devoted
to geueral addresses, and a discussion
| of the work of the church. It was voted
the best meeting of the Nortl.nmher
t laud presbytery ever heh 1 .
A Barbarian.
D. I>. Maun, the Canadian railroad
builder, had a sensational career, be
ginning as an axiuuii in the Canadian
lumber woods.
Early in life Mann visited Europe on
a business mission and at a dinner ono
•light became Involved in a quarrel
with a Russian nobleman. Next day
he received a call from one of the no
bleman's friends, bearing an invita
tion to a duel, "if lie doesn't like what.
I said to him, let him come up and
tell me so." said Mann. "lie can come
a-rtinning, too, and carry any size gun
he likes."
The friend explained that would nev
er do. Nothing but the regular thing
on the tield of honor would do.
"Oh, all right!" said Mann. "I've
been lighting duels all my life. But
I'll have to insist on using my na
tional weapon—a sixteen pound double
bitted ax."
The friend went axvay holding up his
hands at the barbarian. That night
the nobleman met Mann. He was
about the size of a grasshopper. Mann
is something over six feet high and
four wide, with no fat. "I fight you,
ln'soo." said the nobleman, "with the
weapon of any civilize nation, but 1
l>e hanged if I commit suicide."
The March of the Caravan.
Perhaps the weirdest and most ini
pressive of the many uuwontcil mem
ories that the traveler carries away
with liiui from travel in the east is
the recollection of the camel caravans
which he has encountered at night.
Out of the black darkness is heard the
distant boom of a heavy bell. Mourn
fully and with perfect regularity of
iteration it sounds, gradually swelling
nearer and louder and perhaps min
gling with the tones of smaller bells
signaling the rear guard of the same
caravan. The big bell is the insignia
and alarm of the leading camel alone.
But, nearer and louder as the sound
becomes, not another sound and not'a
visible object appears to accompany
It. Suddenly and without the slight
est warning there looms out of the
darkness, like the apparition of a
phantom ship, the form of the captain
of the caravan. His spongy tread
sounds softly on the smooth sand, and
like a great string of linked ghouls the
silent procession stalks by and is swal
lowed up in the night.—"Persia and
the Persian Question."
Takes Him Down.
"Every man has his price," quoted I
the wise guy.
"Well. I've noticed that a wonnn
can generally tnnke him feel pretty
cheap." added the simple mug. Phila
delphia Record.
GOVERNOR WANTS
NO MISTAKES MADE
HARKISBURQ, April 21. fl
"According to the almanac I am
Kiven thirty days after the legislature
adiourns to consider the hills it passes
and leaves with me within ten days
prior to adjournment, but as a matter
of fact after the work of tabulating
these bills and classifying them, and
going over them carefully is done, I
really have but fifteen days." So spoke
Governor Stuart sitting in his work
shop at the oapitol, knowing that lie
had 714 bills to consider, which when
placed on a heap made a volume over
fonr feet in thickness. And that is
what the governor will have to tackle
in a very short time. Being a man of
business, he relies solely npon himself
to see that there aie no mistakes made
and before he approves an appropria
tion he will know all about it.
Chairman James F. Woodward, of
the house appropriations committee,
returned to Harrisbnrg from Washing-
I ton yesterday to finish np the work of
I tabulating the appropriation bills for
I the governor. This took some time,
] but he finished it today and leaves for
j home tonight. Outside of this tabula
tion Executive Clerk Lynch will also
arrange a table of appropriation hills,
and these will be compared with the
original bills by tlie governor, so that
a mistake is safeguarded against at
three points. Chairman Woodward is
not at all pleased with the way the
senate raised the appropriation bille
after they were passed by the house,
and after his committee had given
them the most careful consideration.
Hefore leaving with Secretary Lnkeos
Mr. Woodward will also file the ex
pense account of the appropriations
committee, which was given SIO,OOO
with which to work.
Secret Society Among Sese Islanders.
The Sese islanders have attained a
peculiar notoriety in Uganda because
of a secret society called the Bacbichl,
which Is not a burial society, although
Its members take a deep and intelli
gent interest in all deaths and burials
In their midst. In the more retired vil
lages. although greatly discouraged by
the British authorities. It is said to be
still the custom for the sorrowing rel
atives to bear the body of the deceased
wrapped In bark on a rough bier to
j some forest thicket, desolate ravine or
other unfrequented spot, where It is
left, unburied by the bearers, who nev
er revisit the place again. The Bacbi
, chi, who are denizens of a neighboring
| village, and distant relatives of the
i deceased avoid the necessity of burial
i or cremation and show their respect
| tor the deceased by simply eating him.
j —National Magazine.
A Disappointment.
j "Yes," says the lady after an ao
; quaintance <>f ten or fifteen years be
1 fore has been renewed, "1 remember
| you perfectly."
I "Indeed?" murmurs the gratified
J roan. "I am glad to know that."
I "Yes; at one time I thought of mar
j rying you."
j "Oh," he replies dejectedly. "I
: thought for the moment that there
; might have been something that made
! me different from all the other men
you ever know."—Life.
Luck.
"Dii you believe there is anything In
luck?" asked the young man.
"Yes." answered the home grown
philosopher. "There Is a lot if intelli
gence and perse vera nee In It." Ex
change.
i In Saxony no one Is permitted to
shoo horses unless he his passed a
pill >ll - • examination and proves that li«
Is properly qualified.
Notice.
: Notice is hereby given that the
I Court of Common l'leas of Montour
' Couutv has made aud entered (lie fol
| lowing decree :
DECREE.
I And now April 17th, 190ii,it appear-
I ing from the record that no answer
as been filed to the rnle granted Jan
j nary 11, 1909, and that the rule was
I advertised as directed, after due con
sideration it is ori'ered, directed and
' decreed that Ralph Winter Diehl shall,
! after the publication of this decree ns
(directed by the Act of Assembly, be
I
i known by the name of Ralph Beaver
| Diehl, in accordance with the prayer
; ef the. foregoing petition.
! it is herbey further ordered that
notice of tiiis decree bo published in
| the Montour American." a weekly
| newspaper published and of geueral
| circulation in Montour County, Pa..
; for four successive weeks, and that
the petitioner comply with all the
| other requirements of tlie Act of the
| General Assembly of April ilth., I.Wi.
1 P. L. SOl.
By the Court,
CHARLES C EVANS, P. J.
; At. l , 211, M 6, IH.
I
Auditor's Notice.
In the Orphans' Court [of Montour
County.
In the Estate of William Taylor,late
of Liberty township,Montour County,
dee'd.
The undersigned, appointed auditor
of the Orphans' Court of Montour
County ; in the matter of the First and
Final Account of Henry Vincent, Ad
ministrator of William Taylor, late of
Liberty township, County of Montour
aud State of Pennsylvania; deceased;
! to make distribution of the balance in
the hands of said Accountant, to and
among the parties legally entitled
thereto; will meet all parties for the
purposes of his appoiutment. at Ills
office on Mill Street, iu the Botough
of Danville, ou Wednesday, May sth,
190i>, at 10 o'clock, A. M. ; when and
where all persons having any claim
• pon mit l f"»<* nirs* nrcerf >'•»
. i h- f.irerßi laueo tr"n coming in I
np"U tie ••»!! e
R. SCOTT AM MERMAN, Auditor. I
PLEASANT UK
AT SI. PETER'S
The Rev. Samuel Fox and hia sister,
Mrs. Simon,were tendered a reception
by the congregatiou of St. Peter *
Methodist Episcopal church, at Riv
erside. Tuesday eveniug. There was a
large attendance, and tUe occasion
throughout was one that could not but
convince the new pastor that the peo
ple witti whom he has been appointed
to labor are helpful, generous aud ap
preciative.
The address of welcome was deliver
ed by the Rev. O. M. Barnitz, former
pastor of St. Peter's church but now
retired from the ministry and residing
in South Danville. Mr. Barnitz ad
verted to his own pastorate at St. Pet
er's some fifteen years ago and ex
plained how pleasant were the rela
tious maintained between himself and
the congregation, which he commend
ed for its loyalty to its pastor and its
zeal in good work.
The Rev. Samuel Fox responded iu
the same happy vein, reminding the
congregation that he was there as their
pastor for work, to do good In all the
various ways in which a minister of
the gospel may labor to make the
world better. At the same time he
urged that his labors would be un
fruitful uulees he had the co-opera
tion,sympathy aud prayers of the con
gregation.
The Rev. George S. Womer, pastor
of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
church, made a felicitous address,
which reflected a very high opinion
entertained by the speaker of Mr. Fox
of his sterling qualities of heart aud
mind and the zeal with which he pur
sues his calling.
Rev. C. C. Suavely, pastor of Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church, and C.
H. Mauley, general secretary of the
Y. M. C. A., each indulged in brief
and timely remarks.
Tho Keystone Double Male Quartette
rendered several choice selections dur
ing the evening. A duet was very ef
fectively rendered by the Misses Katli
rine aud Mamie Keim. A recitation
was rendered by Miss Mamie Keim
After the exercises refreshments
were served in the lecture room of the
church.
Ozonizing Theater Audiences.
Successful experiments have been
; made at the Royal theater In Stutt
; j part, Germany, with a new apparatus
' j designed to destlibute ozone at fixed
| Intervals throughout the building,
j The ozone Is conducted by small tubus
I to nil parts of the house and turned
| on. regulated and turned off at will.
i The result has been excellent, the air
being completely purified within a few
minutes.
I
Electrical Correction.
I A novel cure for naughtiness and
j general perverseness Is advocated by
j I>r. Elbert Landone, a noted authority
' t on child culture. He maintains that a
' | few shocks of electricity judiciously
applied are the most effective means
of punishment. In one instance a
; child of five years was effectually
: cured of obstinacy after three days'
treatment by this means.
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