Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Apr. 29, 1009. SULTAN'S t\m SHAM nil CONSTANTINOPLE!, April 28. Abdul Hamid. the depend Sultan of 'Turkey, lefc the capita! last night for Waioniki. Ho is aoooinpauied by eleven wonjpu of itiu harem. Ha \V!!n lyaccyt. i quietly ruder cov «r of darfci. . ' ■■»•■> -lie imperial palace at Yiiiiz to t'ie rnuruad station in Stainboul. Shortly after ho *<. us instal led ou hoard the train polled unt for the west Haiti Halid fiey, a leader of the Young Turks declared today that when Abdnl Hamid reached Salonik! he probably woald have to stand trial •on the charge* 33t forth in the fetwa deposing him. WILL MOT BE EXECUTED. "A sentence of execution is not probable," 1 coutinued Halil Hamid Bey, "hat he probably will be'im prisoned. Abdul Hamid has, however, been voluutatilv practically a prison- ! er for years, eo this will be no great punishment His property acquired 1 illegally will be confiscated by the ] state. I do not anticipate serious trou- ■ ble in the provinces, except possibly ' in Northern Albania, where Abdul Hamid recruited ins pergonal body- ! guard." FETWA IS MADE PUBLIC!. The fetwa.or official decision of the I Sheik-Ul Islam authorising the de ' position of Abdul Hamid, has been ! made public. It embraces the ques tious pat by Parliament to the Sheik- Ul-Islam and his answer thereto. The \ text follows "What becomes of au Imam tthe title of She Sultau of Turkey an head -of the orthodox faith) who has de stroyed certain holy writings, who has (seized property in contravention to the Sheri laws, who has committed cruelties _n ordering the assassination and imprisonment of exiles without *tny justification under the Sheri laws who lias si uandered the ijublic money, who, having sworn to govern accord ing to the Sheriat. lias violated his •oath who gift-- of money, has pro vokr-d internecine Woodshed and civil "war. e.nj who no loi ger is recognized j •inn <r, iucee ■ A:;U ATE OH HE DEPOSED." To tins tor SheiCtiUl-I«l&m replied: " lie mcst ahuioat<e or be deposed." j Nut oue of the O.instantiuople news papers has a good v. ord for Abdul Hamid whose life sad rei«c are being held MI to ntversai execration. On the oi tier hand, the accession of Me hemmed V is regarded as the dawn of a new rsa. In orr)6r t". enable the paiace to in -dulge ia rejoicing* tiuire has been ord •ered a tempjiary suspension of the estate of siege until o'clock tonight The ci'.v w..l he illuminated, but lire •vorks fiave beeu prohibited. The Cabinet has been requested to , remain in olrice for tome davs longer. 1 Moving on Short Notice I was lying on the floor of an old •country ] house one cummer day near a big open fireplace when I beard n peculiar, frltf'.itt ned sqveak. 1 got up to se>- what ■•!-.< d like a huge mouse moving :i .. \ cry rapid walk a toss the room. \\". en I got a closer look I !sav; 'hat \\ - a mother mouse tnov 'lng her whole family At least I bope there u:,s not,/» left behind, for very soon a small -make, hut lirge enough to put into a panic the mother of fou less than half grown children, came through the empty tireplaoe and after the little fmritl.e. The mother mouse luid two In her inouth, and fastened t J either l<le of her, apparently holding, on with their irxnubs and for "dear life," were the oilier two. I killed the Nrakc and watchftd the moving family idlsappe.'tr through a hole In the corner, j il do not know whether they returnee after awhile or whether the father mouse pt:t up a "To I*et" sig-.i and joined then, in u foreign eountrj. but Ido know that I sa~ed a happy ''nm 1 ily.—St. Nicholas. I Tl* Creditor's Letter. Here Is au interesting letter received Tby a well known English tailor In re ply to a "final" application for settle ment of a long outstanding account: "1 have much pleasure In Informing you •that I have placed you on the list of j imy creditors, your number on the roll •tielng 108. iti view of your name ap (•earing so far down my list and In I "common fairness to my other creditors 'Who have been on my books now for ' fwrne considerable time, I am afraid I i k*annot holo out the slightest hope of it he 'early' settlement which you ask i for. I think It will be well, therefore, if you discontinue forwarding you" frequent 'rr jilnders,' which can do no good and which are a con stant source of annoyance to me/'— |i/ondon Pick Me-T'p. • A Doubtful Outlook. A woman i i evident distress was •rtandlng at her door. "What's the matter, Mrs. Brown?" Inquired a neighbor. "Oh, I don't know what to do!" was the reply. "Bill's away at the foot bftli match." "Well, what about that?" said the Other. "Ah," responded Mrs. Brown, "you prni't know Bill! When his side wins tie gets on the loose, and when they i ose he comes home and whacks me. ►They've played a draw today, and I'm ! ■rare I don't know what he'll do this ftinoe!"—lyondon Express. Repartee. Him—Anil you won't go with me? No: I don't like your style. Him —Pooh! You're as full of airs as a •freet piano. Her—Maybe, but I don't i HO with a crank.—Cleveland Leader. Scant Working Clothea. j In Singapore and Peuaug may be Been people from almost every part of the globe and representatives of al most every lace except «>nr North American 1 ml Inns. rr.nter propor tion of Malays, East nidians mid Cin galese, with tlielr bronze black skins, make the Chinese and Japanese seem almost like white people. Each weara the costume of his native country in so far as he wears anything, but eight out of every ten persons to bo seen consider themselves sufficiently well dressed when they have a yard or two ;of cheesecloth twisted about their loins. This fashion of dress applies to the workmen of all nationalities, whether Malay. African, Indian, Chi nese or other. The Indian of the bet ter class, whether Hindoo or Parsee, dresses as he would at home. The Cingalese wears fine robes and a comb encircling his crown. The Englishman of course has the usual ill fitting clothes and a pith helmet to prevent sunstroke. The tourist, who has taken advice from many sources as to bis outfit, helps to make the picture com plete —Denver Post. Two Bootblacks. The bootblacks had no regular stand, but each had his box slung over his shoulder and, standing ou the curb stone. solicited the passersby to stop and have a shine. Each boy had one "call." The cry of the first boy was "Shine your boots here!" It announced the simple fact that he was prepared to shine their boots. The cry of the sec • ond boy was "Get your Sunday shine!" It was then Saturday afternoon, and i the hour was 4 o'clock. This second boy employed imagination. lie relat ed one attraction to another; he Joined facts together. Ills four simple words told all that the first boy said and a . great deal more. It conveyed the ln ! formation not simply that he was ; there to shine shoes, but that tomor \ row was Sunday; that it was likely to be a pleasant day; that he as a boot : black realized they would need an ex tra good shine. S Was it merely good luck that this boy secured twice the business of the other?—Lorin F. Deland In Atlantic. Perfectly Correct. A young minister In the course of an eloquent sermon on the pomps and vanities of the world staggered his congregation by exclaiming: "Here am I standing, preaching to ; you with only half a shirt on my back, j while you sit there covered with gew gaws and other baubles." The next day a parcel containing sev eral brand lew shirts was left at his house by one of hts hearers, a kind 1 hearted old lady. Meeting the donor a few days afterward, he thanked her exceedingly, but expressed much sur prise at receiving such an unexpected gift. "Oh," said the lady, "you mentioned In your sermon on Sunday that you had only half a shirt on your back." "Quite true," added his reverence, I "but you seem to forget that the other half was In front"—London Answers. The Nsw Boarder. "What did you say your name was?" inquires the landlady In a hoarse whis per. "Camp." "Ladies and gentlemen, this Is \lr. CI rant." She waves you to a vacant chair. I The young lady on your right drops a ! half bow. The young gentleman to ! your left drops a pork chop. Thus, amid covert sneers, supercilious glances and general awkwardness, you take your place among au alien people. "A hash house introduction always reminds me of a minstrel show," de clares the humorous boarder. "Be seated, gentlemen: know each other und be acquainted." Whereat you must smile "Chase the cow this way," continues the humorous boarder In time honored reference to the milk pitcher, whereat you must guffaw. "You are always master of ceremo nies," says a young lady boarder to the humorous one. "As for me, I'm too timid." "Why are you timid?" "Oh, I'm so little!" "Sweet goods come in small pack ages." "So does poison." Flue old repartee! After dinner you ascend to your hall bedroom and won der if you will ever be at home in this company. But you know you will. Within a month you will be lending atoney to the humorous boarder and perhaps have u love affair started Pork. Not a Success. The manager of the subscription book was telling of some af his experiences. "The funniest case I remember," lie said, "was that of an applicant for a job at book canvassing from whom I expected great things. He made a careful study of the litera ture we supplied him with and was very enthusiastic. Judge of my sur prise when the first morning he went out back he came and handed in his resignation. " But you should not be so easily discouraged,' I told him. 'Few make a success at the start, and you ac knowledge that you went into only two places.' " 'Only two,' he said lugubriously. 'One was a real estate agent, who per suaded me to sign a contract for two lots in Fizzlehurst, and the other was a tailor, who sold me a suit of clothes I didn't want.' And, shaking his head mournfully, he mumbled 'Good day' and went outLippincott's. Making an Acquaintance, In Illustration of the ways of the east side of London the following true story is told: A certain club for work ing girls In the east end of London had recently elected a new member, and one day the secretary happened to look out of the window and was sur prised to see the new member rush up to a strange lad in the street, punch him violently on the head and then run away. The secretary remonstrated with her sharply, to which the new member ma le reply: "Pm very sorry I won't do It no more if it's agin tin rules, bin p -rhaps you won't mind tel! Ing inc. then, how am 1 ever to get engaged;" A Domestic Hen. Joe Jefferson used to tell this one: "In the spring of 1892, being In the vicinity of West Swanzey, N. 11., I drove over to call on my old friend. Den Thompson. It happened that 1 called at an Inopportune time, as the women folk were bousecleanlng. In fact, I noticed as I drove up to the house that the clotheslines in the yard back of the house were laden with carpets. "Den was very anxious that I should look over his prize fowls. In which ho took especial pride. We went out Into the big yard back of the house. Ac Den was pointing out to mo his favor ites we noticed one old hen going through some queer antics. She was pecking away at something on the ground, lifting it In her bill and drop ping it again. " 'Wliat'g Ihe matter with the old Biddy, anyway. Den?' 1 asked. "Den was silent for a minute, then drawled out: " 'Well, you see, Joe, as she's a rath er domestic sort of hen I cal'late the old girl must be getting ready to lay a carpet.' "—New York Telegraph. Daintiness In Dough. A west side family that abhors all products of the bakeshop advertised for a maid of all work. "Can you make bread?" was the question put to each applicant. Of all the maids who professed to own that accomplishment the mistress chose the one with the frailest hands and arms. "I don't know about the wisdom of that choice," ventured n male member of the family. "Wouldn't It have been better to pic k out a sturdier girl?" "Not at all," said the lady. "What wo require In this family, above all things, Is good bread. We half live on bread. I am confident 1 have chosen a good breadmaker. A girl with rather delicate hands always makes better bread than one whose fists are like sledge hammers. Bread to be good needs to be coddled In the knead ing. The light fingered do that in stinctively, but the heavy handed slam and bang the very life out of the dough."—New York Globe. Philosopher and Philanthropist. "Coquelln was very charitable," said a theatrical manager. "lie did more for superannuated actors and actresses than any other man In France. I once heard him speak on charity In the French Actors' home, that he did so much for. " 'There are plenty of philanthro pists,' said Coquolin. 'There are plen ty of philosophers—plenty, I mean, ac cording to the definition that too many of us accept.' "He smiled grimly. "'Too many of us,' said Coquelin, 'define a philosopher as one who bears with resignation the cold and hunger from which his neighbor is suffering, and t<ib many of us define a philan thropist as one who gives away other people's money.' " In the state of Oaxaca. Mexico, a crusade by the business men has been started against the observance of so many fiestas, or holidays. Whil In the capital. City of Mexico, there are 123 feast days in the year, in Oaxaca there are 1(18, and business men there find a great deal of difficulty In having work done. In the City of Mexico the Invasion of so many American, British. French and German merchants has caused a revolution In the matter of holidays, and the number has been cut down, but still there are more than 100 days in a year which are observed and on which all business houses are closed at least part of the day. Seismographs In Colleges. Following quickly upon the recom mendations of the Geological Society of America, the Jesuit fathers an nounced recently that the order had made plans for the Installation of seismographs In twelve of their princi pal colleges In the United States, one of them to be at the Brooklyn college, at Nostrand avenue and Carroll street. There every record of earth shocks will be made for the northeastern states. Miss Roberta Stover, the daughter of one of the largest manufacturers In Trenton, N. J.. created a sensation on Easter Sunday afternoon by appearing on the fashionable thoroughfares of the city wearing a hat of her own cre ation. It waa a waste paper basket elaborately trimmed with two feather dusters, an ear of corn, a miniature suit case, a squash, a pincushion re sembling a strawberry, a clay tuikey and a lemon. The streets were crowded with Eas ter promenaders, and Miss Btover at traded a great deal of attention. She was escorted by her two brothers During the afternoon she called on her Sunday school teacher and her pastor, the Rev. John D. Fox, who was taken aback at eight of the novel top dress Ing of the young lady, but realized the humor of It and passed her along with a laugh. Girts For Messengers. Leipzig is the first German city to inaugurate a system of blcyclo messen ger girls. They are dressed In uni forms of red, trimmed with gold braid and gold buttons, and wear their little messenger caps at the dangerous angle of forty-five degrees. The hat Is held securely by the regulation band, which passes under the chin and also does away with the necessity of hatpins. Earlier Yet. t'luhman- I understand, sir, that yon began life as a newsboy? Gnest of the Evening—l fear some one has been fooling you. I began life as an infant. —Philippine Gossip. Pennsylvania Chestnut Orchard. Coleman K. Sober of Irish Valley, Northumberland county. Pa., has pur chased 1t55 acres of timber land In Columbia county upon which to plant another chestnut orchard. It Is his Intention to take off what timber Is marketable and then to clear the plot of all underbrush and rotten limbs, etc After this Is done he will com mence the systematic planting of his Paragon chestnut trees, with which he won fame and fortnne. It Is his Intention to make the Columbia county chestnut farm the equal of his Northumberland county projierty. from which he harvested 3,000 bushels of chestnuts last year, which he sold at sll a bushel. IE SWEPT 11DUE'S «PUCE fll lIIE m uuktiowu origin swept #""* the property of Krauk Dil dine at White Hali, Anth ony township, yesterday about ttoofi, I 1 leaving of the fiue group of buildings 1 ou his plaoe uothing standing hut a ' small smoke house. 1 The work of the flames was speedy 1 and thorough—among the destroyed property belug Mr. Dildine's fiue frame home, his barn,lumber shed and well equipped cabinet maker's shop together with practically the entire contents of the buildings. The fire wan discovered by Mr Dild ine's little son, Krank, who was play ing outside the house. He run and told his patents that the barn was on fir*-, the llarnes then were bursting front the building. The lumber shed adjoin ed the barn and connected to the shed was tiie work shop, a building lfi by ' 24. A strong wind wan blowing over j the barn in the direction of the house, i and the iiyiug spatks had in a few minutes ignited the latter stiuctnre. I Within thirty minutes from the time J the fire was discovered by the little ! boy,all the build tugs on the place had Mind Your Own Business. An old custom once prevailed in a remote place lu England of giving a clock to any one who would truthfully swear that ho had minded his own business alone for a year and a day aud had not meddled with his neigh bors. Many came, but few, if any, gained the prize, which was more dif ficult to win than the Dunmow flitch of bacon. Though they Bwore on the four gospels and held out their hands in certain hope, some hitch was sure to be found somewhere, and for all their asseverations the clock remained stationary on the shelf, no one being able to prove his absolute Immunity from uncalled for Interference in things not In any way concerning himself. At last a young man came with a per fectly clear record, and the clock seemed as If it WHS at last about to change owners. Then said the custo dian, "Oh,' a yohng man was here yes terday and made mighty sure he was going to have the clock, but be didn't." "And why didn't he get it?" "What's that to you?" snapped the custodian. "That's not your business, and you don't get tiie clock." The Chinese Sampans. In Canton 400,000 people spend their whole existence in boats, which are there called sampans. They are born In them, live In thetn from Infancy to old age and finally die in them. Col lectively these boats form a floating suburb to the city proper, one of the most amazing human settlements in the world. Every creek is crammed with them. Along the main banks of the river they are huddled twenty deer —so close together that the covering of mats appears continuous as far as the eye can reach. And each sampan houses a separate family, with its own big brazier lamp, which serves for heating, lighting and cooking the even ing meal. The scene when a really serious conflagration once gets a prop er hold in the midst of these floating wooden homes may be Imagined. Es cape is impossible except for those moored at the outermost edge. In one of these conflagrations over a thou sand persons lost their lives. Carrying a Watch. "After carrying a watch for thirty years I have just learned something new in watch lore," said the city sales man. "I don't know whether this is i true or not, but an old watchmaker j told me. I bought a watch of him the j other day. It was a cheap watch. He i said: " 'What pocket are you going to car ry your watch In—the right or left?' "I told him the left. " 'Then,' said he,"l will regulate it > for the left,' "I asked what difference It made. ' and he declared that a watch runs faster on the left side than on the right, so to keep it from gaining time | ho regulates it accordingly. In fine watches the difference is hardly worth considering, but In watches of cheap make like mine it is very noticeable. \ I asked for a scientific reason for this variation. lie could give none; said he only knew it was true, and then, whether he was faking or not, he [ire tended to regulate my watch for the left pocket."—New York Sun. Why the Judge Paid. A physician, says n medical Journal that vouches for the truth of the story, was once summoned in haste to attend the child of a family that lived in two rooms In the heart of a large American i city—not New York The child had j been seized suddenly and seriously | and just at election :lme. The mother i was in despair, and when the doubt- 1 ful prognosis was given sho broko Into wailing and violent self condem nation for some horrible sin of the family to which sle said the child's illness was due—a direct punishment for their crime. She would go and curse the magistrite for it all, her husband should resign from"the j force," nnd such wil ways should be | renounced forever. Curious to know how the magistrate could be held responsible for the j child's illness, th- doctor finally se cured the confessJon that the crime of j tho poor, conscltnce stricken woman I consisted In allowing the names of | many fraudulent voters to be regis tered as residing In her house. In swearing to the lie. etc. The magis trate also hud demanded this of all the neighbors in return for indescrib able political favors. The child recovered, and the magis- j trnte paid Hip physician's bill. Fa.r Offer. "Can you tell me how to live 100 years'/" The rtSpc«'inhe»* «trnUed his henrd though: fully "I vill try." he sold. "L* yon can give at;, good reason for wanting to live Isi years Philadel phia Record. been leveled by the fl»uies. Mr. Dildine does no! follow farming go the contents of the bam ware not extensive. A cow was saved, bat 20 chickens perished together wicli some feed. lu tiie lumber shed and work shop practically nothiug was saved of the collection of fine lumber, finished furniture and tools with which the place was stuckad. Mr. Dildine esti mates his loss on thii part of his prop erty alone at between fSOO and f(io.<. At the linage, also,practically nothing was saved. All of the buildings on Mr. Dil dine's place were in excellent condi tion, having been bailt about fifteen years ago. All the buildings were nicely painted. The loss is estimated at between $2500 and $:i000, which is partly covered by insuiance. The lire drow a large crowd from | the surronuding conntry, most of the j I male population aiding in fighting the I ! lUines. They worked heroically hut j with a high wind blowing and in-j | adequate means of fighting the tire at | ! hand, little could be done to stop the blaze nntil it had run its course. Avalanches. There are avalanches of dlflferepl kinds, but when the term "avalanche". Is used it Is generally supposed to ap ply to falls of great bodies of snow or Ice, says Sir. Edward Whymper In the I London Strand Magazine. One of the j first occasions of this kind which at-! traded attention took place In 1820,! «pon Mont Blauc, and it Is commonly called the Hamel accident. Dr. Hamel, I a Russian, set out on Aug. 18 togo up Mont Blanc, accompanied by two Eng lishmen and eight guides. They had ascended to a height of more than 14,000 feet, with five guides jn front, who were cutting or tnakl*g steps, when all at once the snow above them gave way, and the the party were carried down a thousand feet or more over the slopes up which they had tolled. Snow again broke ! away above and more or less covered them. Some of them struggled out, but three of the leading guides were hurled into a crevasse and burled un der an immense mass of snow. The bodies of these men reappeared at the foot of the glacier thirty years after ward. ( Two Bits of Wood. Importance cannot be reduced to a matter of size. The success of a piece of work may depend on a tiny detail. Such Is the case in regard to that marvel of construction, the violin. Rev. 11. R. Hawels in his "My Musical Life" tells of the care and labor ex pended on two little pieces of wood which goto make up the perfect whole. The sound bar is a strip of pine wood running obliquely under the left foot of the bridge. A slight mis take In Its position, looseness or in equality or roughness of finish will produce that hollow, teeth on edge growl called "wolf." It takes great cunning and a life of practical study to know how long and how thick the sound bar must be and exactly where to place it In each instrument The sound post is a little pine prop, like a short bit of cedar pencil. It is the soul of the violin, and through it pours i all vibrations. Days and weeks are ' spent in adjusting the tiny sound post. | its position exhausts the patience of j the maker and makes the Joy or the i misery of the player. Sister's New Spring Hat. Sister's got a new spring hat, one of these | wastebasket things. On the top It's kind of flat, bare of rib bons and of wings, Jt comes down around her neck, and It hides her oars from sight. I Gee. I don't see why a girl wants to be a screaming fright! j After pa had took one look at her he let out a dismal sigh, j Sister's hat hid half her nose and hung 1 down across one eye. i'a he stood and gazed awhile; then at last he sadly spoke. There was something In his voice made me think his heart was broke. "And they made you pay for that*' pa asked in a dismal tone Aa he looked at sister's hat and seemed pained enough to groan. "Made you pay good money which I hava worked blamed hard to get. All I've got *.o say ta this la the biggest outrage yet! I "Do you s'pose that any beau while you've got that on,"says he. 'Would como In and try to wtn you away from ma and me? There's no use, if you must wear such a blamed outlandish thing. To expect we'll have a chance to get rid of you this spring " fUill. I guess It's hard to make women lose their loveliness I It don't make much difference after all. the way they dress [ Kvery night some fellow comes courttno sister Just the same. Fhough she's got a new spring hat that pa calls a sin and nhamo. —Chlcngo Record-Herald. Nero'B Golden Houie. The "golden house"of Nero seems from all accounts to have been the most stupendous dwelling place ever built for u mortal man. Even if wt regard the ancient descriptions us i somewhat exaggerated it remaius one of the largest royal houses ever built, and the internal decorations seem to have been incomparably magnificent, j It wns surrounded by parks, woods and pools of great size, which appear j to have been entirely within the walls. I The colonnades of the house Itself ex -1 tended a mile in length and crossed I one of the inuin thoroughfares of the city. The cities of the east were ran sacked for masterpieces of Greek art for the interior. The walls shone with gold and pearls, and the roof rested on marble columns of enormous size nnd beauty.—New York American. Firemen's Year's Pay 32,000 Pennies. On the recent annual pay day for the members of the Fire King Engine company at East Douglas, Mass., forty member*, who pet $S a year each, re ceived thai amount in pennies. The number of copper coins paid was 000. eacli man's burden welching five nnd one-half pounds. The Middle Horse. A farmer, plowing with throe horses J hitched abreast. noticed that the mid dle horse became tired and exhausted | Ion? before either of its mates. As i the anininl was the equal in every way of the other two, he was puzzled as to the cause of its not being able to stand the same amount of work. He finally observed, however, that as I they drew the plow along the three j i horses held their noses close togoth- ! | er, with the result that the middle i ( horse was compelled to breathe the ei- ( plred air from Its fellows. The farmer then procured a long "jockey" stick. • which he fastened with straps to the bits of the outside horses. The device worked perfectly, for. given its right- i ful share of good, fresh air, the mid- | die horse was able to do the same amount of work and with no greater fatigue than Its fellows. Many persons are like the middle horse—they do not get their rightful share of pure air. And this Is why they are not able to perform as much work nor of as good a quality as they would otherwise be able to do.—Chi cago Tribune. A Ticklish Moment. If to act cleverly on the spot Is the measure of tact, then the man who figures In the subjoined New York Tribune story deserves both respect and admiration: A woman, driving through New England last summer, noticed suddenly that her horse limped a bit, so when she reached the next village Bhe stopped at the door of the blacksmith shop. A man was holding up the doornost, and to him she said: "Will you please tell the blacksmith to come out? I want to see him." After the manner of the village Idler, the man did not stir, but smiled | sweetly ut the woman and, lifting up his voice, called: "Bill, come out! There's a lady wants to see you." From the depths of the blacksmith shop a deeper voice roared: | "Is she young, John, or old?" ! In the words of the old poem, "she looked at John and John looked at | her." Then, still without moving, be j answered: "Vou'll be satisfied, Bill, when >ou I get out." Survival of the Fittest. j Only one oyster embryo out of every 0,000,000 produced grows tip through all the successive stages of youth to | the adult state. Even in animals i which produce a small number of j young there Is great destruction, and, taking all the individuals into consld j eration, only a single pair of young \ arrive at maturity to replace their par -1 ents. There Is no exception to the rule , that, every organic being naturally ! ] multiplies at so high a rate that if j j not destroyed the progeny of a single | pair would soon cover the earth. The ' | elephant Is reckoned Hie slowest breed- | er of known animals. It commences i | to breed at thirty years of age, dies at 100 and has six young in the Inter- j | val. After 750 years, supposing all i the offspring of a single pair fulfilled the rule and were not destroyed in an 1 untimely way. there would be nearly ! 10.000,000 elephants alive descended i from the i'r -t pair.—Sir Hay L.mkester i In I.ondon Telegraph. To Send Taft Garden Seed. "Why, you're my Congressman," said President Taft to Representative Hardwick of Georgia, when tho Augusta ! statesman called on him at Washington [ tho other day, playfully referring to his j recent sojourn in the South. "That's right, and if you're good I'll i send you some garden seed," cheerfully j answered tho Georgian, whose bulk is about one-third that of tho President. Monkeys Apt Pupils at College. That a monkey can learn something new every day. although the only peo ple with whom it comes in contact are ; college professors, Is said to have been ( demonstrated by the department of j I psychology In George Washington uni- ' I versity. says a Washington dispatch. , j Experiments have been conducted j | upon twenty monkeys, and Interesting | data are being arranged for publlca- < | tlon. Notice. Notice IN hereby given that the Court of Common Pleas of Montour County has made and entered the fol lowing decree; — DECREE. ) And now April 17th, 1909.U appear | ing from the record that no answer beeu filed to the rule granted Jan uary 11, 1»0«, al'd that the rule was advertised as directed, after due con sideration it is ordered, direoteil and decreed that Ralph Winter Diehl shall, after the publication of this decree as directed by the Act of Assembly, be ' buown by the uarno of Ralph Reaver Diehl, in accordance with the prayer of the foregoing petition. It is herbey further ordered that I notice of this decree be published m 'the "Montour American," a weekly i newspaper published and of general ! circulation in Montour County, Pa.. I for four successive weeks, and that j the petitioner comply with all the j other requirements of the Act of the j ! tJeneral Assembly of April 9th., 1852, i ! P. L. :toi By the Court, CHARLES O. EVANS, P. J. ! , Al!3, 29, MH, 13. Auditor's Notice. In the Orphans' Court cf Slontour 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 Couuty ; in the matter of the First and Final Account of Henry Vincent. Ad ! miuistrator of William Taylor, late of I Libeitv township, County of Montour ! and State of Pennsylvania; deceased; to make distribution of the balance in the bauds of said Accountant, to and among the parties legally entitled thereto; will meet all parties for the purposes of his appointment, at 111* office on Mill Street, in the Borough of Danville, on Wednesday, May sth. 1909. at 10 o'clock, A. M. ; when and u i.hiu w " ' <-<-eoti* t or lull- «•> ' a »• r . t . . '• t- hi (ipoil II 112 - HI. I R. SCOTT AM MERMAN, Auditor I A MM THICK ON THE GOV!(MR HAKUISBCKU, Apii! 2b it. is r 'garde I as playing a pietty low-down irn k >n <;.. vi ruor fc'tnart fur the legislature,af ter a t ,oleum warning from tliat r>flii'inl togo slow in the u:«ttnr of making appropriations, to have sent liitu appropriation bills ag gregatiug <('.7,000.000, wlieu there will be ri venuih of hut 1-17,000,(00 ut th« highest i still,ate. This jun.piiig ths moony to $20.01 oOi O mure ot appro priations than there will be revenue puts it up to the governor to get out his veto HX aud lop off great chunks of cash from the various b'lls, something that the legislature might easily have prevented had it heeded the governor's warning. It is an exceedingly distasteful Issk to impose on the governor, throwing all the blame ou him, and he doesn't like it a bit The ordinary labor in volved in paring down the appropria tions will take up every minute of the time between now and May 15 when all bills must be disposed of. It is said that Attorney General Todd will pre pare several veto rnnsiages that will accompany the wielding of the ax,and that tliey will ha vigorous and terse The governor has beeu beset ou alt sides by the people who want to come | here aud take up his time in hearings ou appropriation me is a run, aml ;u> has deteruiiued to refus-i all heariofg ou that class of bills. Yesterday after noon he issued the following state ment : "After careful tabulation of tho ap propriation bills submitted to me for approval by the legislature, I find the amount aggregates more than 167,000,- 000. Upon inquiry of the fiscal ofiicers of the commonwealth, the officers charged with the responsibility cf col lecting and disbursing the State's re venues, I am informed by the audf£r general, iu a carefully prepared state ment, that the moneys available and to become available from every source for the payment of these appropria tions will not exceed f45,000,000, and by the Stnte treasurer that the amount will uot exoted $47,000,000. "la order to proven! a (letifit it be comes uecessaty to bring these appro priations within the revenues cf the State, and owing to the limited time ! given to dispose of these bills, 1 regret | to be compelled to say that it will be | impossible for me to comply with re I quests for hearings concerning ap ! propriations." Modern Buildings. j Probably uot one out of every 10,000 j buildings standing In all parts of the j world and built by modern masons j will be standing 500 years hence. We j tlo not know how to put stones and I bricks together as the ancients did. end consequently the buildings we | raise nowadays are really mere tem j porary structures and will be in ruins j when the ancient buildings of Greece and Egypt, built thousands erf years ago, are In as good condition a 5 they nre now. Taft Cabinet's Average Age. The average age of tho Taft cabinet | is fifty-seven years, which is about , two years more venerable on the aver age than the Roosevelt cabinet Ely's Cream Baia is quickly absorbed. SgS-'fov fria fOlP« j Gives Relief at Once. Bf''CdKJ !It clean*! i.oothi i, | heals A, i brane r. sultiugfri'in HSM". Catarrh and drives \ away a Cold in thy WUT % s 1 * K ;HAY FEVER I Taste and Smell. I'itll size 50 cts.. atDrng j gists or by mail. In liquid form, 75 cents. I Ely Brotheis, 60 Warreu Srretjt, New York. 60 YEARS' Og|^^H|^EXPERIENCe ■ V 1 l J iL j i Ja • /il|]i I "rfm Copyrights &c. 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