Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa.. Feb 24 , 1910.
PHILADELPHIA
STREOS QUIETER
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23.
Determined action on the part of the
police ami State Fencibles anil the
threat to call out 10,000 National
Guardsmen lias evidently cooled the
temper of the street car rioters, for no
disturbance has beeu reported since
®treot ears were withdrawn from the
■Street at dark last night. Tho street
oar officials say this morning that they
have more cars running than at any
time since the beginning of the strike
and the police report no trouble thus
far.
GENERAL STRIKE DANGER SMALL.
Stories that a general strike of all
the union men iu Philadelphia wonl.l
be called out, published yesterday,
caused some excitement. The official
announcement by the officials of the
Central Labor union that no such
strike would be called at this time al
layed greatly the fears of those who
believed a general strike in Philadel
phia would be followed by great blond
shed. Several sympathetic strikes were
called yesterday, but it is impossible
to determine how many men are out.
It can be said, however, that the maj
ority of the 80,000 union men reported
out yesterday were men who laid off
for Washington's birthday, and that
most of them returned to work today.
NO EFFORTS TO END STRIKE.
No tangible efforts have been made
thus far to end the strike. Tho strikers
declare the failure of the company to
operate a thorough and sate service
will win the tight for them and that
the company must yield to their de
mands. On the other hand, the com
pany offiials declare they have suffici
ent men toman all their cars as soon
Hs they are given proper police protec
tion. So far 750 cars have beeu attack
ed and partially wrecked by the riot
ers.
Penrose, upon being appealed to by
different labor officials has expressed
himself strongly about the strike, say
ing it should never have occurred, aud
that he would exert himself to prevent
trouble. 1). T. Pierce,executive assist
ant to President Kruger, of tho Rapid
Transit company, declared today the
company would not arbitrate.
"If the old men come hack, it must
be as individuals," he said. "We will
not negotiate with the union."
CARS ALMOST ON SCHEDULE.
If had been feared that there might
be rioting in the Kensington and Ger
mantowu districts during the noon
.hour, when the thousands of employes
in the shipyards and big factories
stopped work for lunch. To forestall
stoch action, every available police
man was put on duty ill these suburbs,
but no untoward incident occasioned
p dice interference. Police Superinten 1-
ent Taylor with .5,000 uniformed pol
icemen and about 1100 plain clothes
men, patrolled the entire northeastern
district and arrested a few minor dis
turbers of the peace. The gr. if crowd
of police overawed tlie mob, and no
violence toward street cars was at
tempted. The cars are tunuiug almost
on schedule time in that hitherto riot
ridden district.
The Benefit of tho Doubt.
Horrilieo Citizen —Uey, there: What
are \mi pounding that man for? -Man
on lop—lie says tie can't remember
whether he ever called me n liar or
not. I'm (biffi giving tiim (biffi thi
benefit ot the doubt.—Chicago Tribuua
The Shrewd Banker.
Thirteen years age a banker lent a
farmer .SI,OOO with which to buy stock.
The fanner, of course, gave his note.
The borrower lost on the stock deal
and lmd hard luck generally, so be
couldn't pay the note. Later he went
away, and after many years ho made
good again and returned. The banker
tried to collect his note, but it was
outlawed by a lapse of thirteen years.
One day tho banker stopped at the
man's farm and admired his line pump
kins. The farmer made him a pres
ent of two large ones.
"I'll just credit these pumpkins on
your old note," the banker said.
"All right " the farmer said.
That revived the obligation. The
banker brought suit and recovered In
full for the note and interest.—Kansas
-City Star.
R-I P-A-N-S Tab lie
Doctors find
A good prescription
For Mankind.
The 5-cent packet is enough for usua
occassions. The family,bottle (00 cents
oontains a supplyJfor a year. All dri g
gists.
WINDSOR HOTEL a
I W. T. BUI RAKEU. Manager. I
Midway between broad St. Station Ej
and Reading Terminal on Filbert St jsj
European, SI.OO per day and up I
American, $2.50 per day and up I
The only moderate priced hotel of P
reputation and consequence in I
PHILADELPHIA 1
—MB
NEW POSTAL
CARD IS OUT
Several of the new issue of McKin
ley postcards have been received iu
this city. As'yet none liavo been re
ceived for sale by the local post office
and it is not likely that any will lie
received for at least a week as a sup
ply of the old style cards had been re
ceived a short time ago.
The initial output of the card will
be limited and will not be issued to
postmasters unless their stock is low
and they need cards. This restriction
is necessary as it is impossible to print
a sufficient number of cards to supply
all. The present cards will be issued
to the public while they Jlast, and the
new cards issued only to purchasers
who express their preferences for such.
The present postal cards which are
now No. a and No. !i McKinley cards,
will remain indefinitely.
The card which is known as issue
No. 4,is :5! 4 inches wide by 5 1 .j inches
long, the same size as the old McKin
ley card. The color is a light blue tint,
printed in bronze blue ink.
The stamp on the card is an ellipse
nu the end, containing a profile portrait i
of William MclCinley, looking to the
left, with a background of horizontal
lines and a border bearing the follow
ing words, "U. 8. Postal Curd. One
Cent. McKinley," and on the other
side of the portrait,within the border,
the numeral " 1. "
The legend "This side of card is for
address only" appears in outline
Gothic type, with a horizontal panel
of double line above the middle of the
card, on a line with the bottom of, the
stamp.
Funeral Tomorrow.
Mrs. John O'Connor, whose diathj
occurred at Sliamokin, Tuesday, will
he brought to Danville fur burial. The
body will arrive at South Danville i n
the 10:21} Pennsylvania train tomor
row morning and will be conveyed
directly to Christ Episcopal cliuieh
where funeral services will*be held.
Interment will bo made in Episcopal
! cemetery.
Ready For Duty. l
| Pottsville, Pa., Feb. "!i.—Troop C,
State constabulary, in anticipation of
the possibility of a call to Philadel
phia mobilized its men last night by
' calling in all the details from the sur
rounding counties and the full organ
ization is now intact and ready for
riot duty.
They Like Fat Girls In Tunis.
i A Tunicaii girl has no chance of
marriage unless she tips the scale at
■ 200 pounds, and to that end she eom
j mences to fatten when she is fifteen
! years old. She takes aperients and
| eats a great deal of sweet .stuff and
\ leads a sedentary life to hasten the
i process. Up to fifteen she Is very
i handsome, but at twenty what an ini
! mense, unwieldy mass of fat she be
! comes! She waddles, or, rather, undu
lates, along the street. Her costume Is
very picturesque, especially if she be
of the richer class. She is clothed
in fine silks of resplendent hues of a
bright red, yellow or 112:: eon and wears a
sort of conical shaped headdress, from
which depends a loose while drapery.
Turkish trousers and dainty slippers,
the heels of which barely reach the
middle of the feet, complete the cos
tume.
Honor In Wall Street.
One would hardly consider the New
I'oi'k Stock Exchange exactly in the
light of "a communion of saints." In
deed. to judge by much that appears in
the daily papers and the muck raklug
magazines, ihis might be the last place
to look for the very soul and spirit of
Integrity. Hut there It Is "In it; • midst
of them." Hetween members of that
marble mansion of trade in securities
on New York's famous Hroad street no
paper writing passes certifying to the
binding obligation of a transaction. In
the very fiercest rush and maddest vor
tex of the wild corner a word, a nod,
the merest sign, amply suffices. What
ever it may lead to—lrreparable loss,
ruin, bankruptcy, no matter—the deal
is closed. I am not professing to be an
apologist for whatever crimes may be
committed In the name of honor. I
simply record the fact, to be easily
verified, that the dealings on that ex
change are "on honor." The Corinthian
fairness of its pillared and entablatured
front Is not shamed by the constant
and consistent uprightness of the traf
fic witliiu.—Christian Register.
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COMRADE OF
DID R. EDKMAN
David R. Eckman, veteran of the
Civil war ami a member of the Union
Veteran Legion, received a couple of
interesting mementoes yesterday,
which recalled wartime memories.
One of these was a photograph which
Mr. Eckman at first failed to recog
nize aud the other a newspaper clip
ping relating to the sender, a com
rade of Mr. Eckman living at Lock
Haven, who enjoys the distinction of
being the youngest living private sol
dier that saw active service during
the war of the Rebellion.
The photograph, time-worn and
stained, was that of an erect soldier
boy still in his teens. It was not un
til the second or third glance that the
fact dawned upon Mr. Eckman that
the face was his own. He then recall
ed that the photograph was taken iu
Danville in when he was home
on a furlough. From that day until
the present it had been in the posses
sion of his Lock Haven friend.
The newspaper clipping, from tho
Loci; Haven Express, related to A. H.
| Hurlburt. of Lock Haven in connee.t
--! ion with bis attendance at t he encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the 15c
| public.
THE YOUNGEST SOLDIER.
The article clipped is emphatic in
i its declaration that Mr. Hulburt is
the youngest living private soldier,
| who actually engaged in fighting dur
| ing the Rebellion. Tho article admits
| that a number of im 11 have mad '
! claim of being the youngest soldier
; that enlisted during the Civil wi r.
I Mr. Hulburt, however, it states, has
| documents to substantiate all I
I claims.
| He enlisted at Williamsport in Com
pany K. Ninety-third Pennsylvania
Volunteers, when he.was Hi years, 2
months and 2 days of age. The soldier
hoy was hurried to tho front and was
under fire for the first time at the bnt
j tie of the Wilderness. He subsequent -
j ly took part in the battles of Spottsyl
-1 vania courthouse and Cold Harbor.
I iu the engagement at Winchester ho
! was badly wounded but recovered in
I time to he with his regiment at the
I t'all of Petersburg. He was at Lee's
i surrender at Appomattox aud remain
-1 oil in the service until bis company
i was disbanded at Harrisburg on Juno
•J'.i, 1860.
Mr. Hulburt and D. IJ. Eckman, of
this city, were comrades. Mr. Eck-
I man yesterday stated that he can bear
i witness to the fact not only that Mr.
| Hurlburt was the youngest soldier
'actively engaged, but also that he
j was one of the bravest men in the
legiment.
What adds interest to tho above is
the fact that Danville also lays claim
to haviug the youngest soldier in the
person of C. P. Harder, who was a
! drummer boy during the war of the
I Rebellion.
Finding His Bride
Iu one part of tho canton of Ticlno,
j in Switzerland, a very quaint marriage
| ceremony prevails. The bridegroom
i dresses In his "Sunday best" and, ac
companied by as many friends and rel
atives as lif can muster for the fete,
goes to claim his bride. Finding the
door locked, he demands admittance.
I Tlie Inmates ask him his business, and
i iu reply he solic its the hand of his
j ciiosen maiden. If his answer be
j deemed satisfactory In* is successive
ly introduced to a number of matrons
faud maids, some perhaps deformed
; find others old and ugly. Then he Is
j presented to some large dolls, all of
] wliich he rejects with scorn, amid geu
| oral merriment. The bewildered bride
l groom, whose impetuosity and temper
| are now sorely tried, is then informed
that his ladylove is absent and in
vited into see for himself. lie rushes
into the house aud searches from room
to room until he finds her in her bridal
dress ready togo to church. Then are
his troubles over and his state as a
benedict assured.
He Was Relieved.
The other day a person dropped
down in au apoplectic fit immediately
in front of a police station and was
carried inside. A moment after a wo
man forced her way in through the
crowd gathered around tho door, ex
claiming:
"Ity husband! My poor husband!
Clear the way and let in the air!"
She then busied herself by taking
off tho man's cravat and performing
other little offices until a surgeon ar
rived, when the patient gradually re- I
covered his senses. On this the ser- j
geant In charge observed that it was ,
a happy relief for his distressed wife |
as well as for himself.
"My wife!" exclaimed the man. |
"Why, I am a bachelor!"
On seeking for the woman It was |
found that she had disappeared and j
with her the watch and purse of tho j
patient, which she had adroitly ab- j
stracted under the very eyes of the i
police.—London Tlt-Blts.
A Touch of Nature.
He was the worst boy in school; she
was the teacher. She was angered by
his stubbornness; he was defiant. She
took him to the hall for punishment
Angrily she administered the penalty
and—then somehow a great wave of
pity for the boy swept over her. She |
looked at the worn coat of tho little j
fellow. She thought of the frail bodv j
deprived of nourishing food. She j
thought of ihe hard and loveless bom® j
and of the starved soul of tho poor |
kid.
Tears sprang to the teacher's eyes
as tho boy waited for further punish
ment, Then he saw the tears. Ills
own eyes grew* moist and overflowed.
Thinking of how the poor boy had no
chance, in an impulse of love she put
her arms around the boy, and they
cried together.
That Is religion.
She and the boy both found it.—Mor
rill (Kan.) News.
DEATH OF
FORMER RESIDENT
John N. Hummer, a highly respect
ed resident of Bloomsburg, well known
here, who was born and passed the
yeais of his early manhood near this
city, died at the home of his son, De
Forrest Hummer, Bloomsburg, yester
day morning at. about six o'clock. He
was aged sixty-five years, and besides
his widow is survived by his son, and
daughter Mrs. Irene Kaily, and the
following residents of this city; a
brother, B. Hummer, a sister, Miss
Fanny Hummer and a niece, Mrs.
Andrew Russell.
Grief over the death of his son Ray
mond, who passed away in Now Mexico
on January 28, of last year, was the
direct causo of Mr. Hummer's death,
although he was afflicted with a com
plication of diseases.
Mr. Hummer removed from this city
to Bloomsburg about twenty years ago
aud for it long time was employed as
foreman at the cabinet, department at
the School Furnishing Co. For about
six years lie was mill-wright at the
Bloomsburg Silk Mills, but up until
December 10, last, he was employed as
pattern maker at the A. C. & F. plant
at Berwick. Ho also lived in that town
for four years.
Since the death of his son, who was
; a member of the ilth Coast Artillery
Corps Baud, Mr. Hummer has been in
ill health, and doctors attribute the
1 cause of his illness to grief,
i He was a member of the Knights of
Malta and the Hcptasoph lodges.
The funeral will be held from the
house Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
I Interment will l;o made in llosemout
i cemetery, Bloomsburg.
COOKBOOK 10 SAKE
HALF OF MEAT Bill
North American to Make !t Part
of Next Sunday's Edition.
Housekeepers who have found trou
l hie in making expense accounts nor
, mal while meat prices have been soar
i iug will welcome the Sunday North
; American for Februay 27, a part of
i which will he a cook book made up
from tested recipes arranged to cut
' tab]-- expenses in half.
Ti is is the first cookboolrever com
plied with a view to showing how to
prepare the cheaper parts of the beef
which are quite as nutritious as the
' costlier ones.
This collection of recipes puts the
housewife in a position to beat the
high prices,please her family and keep
lier expenses normal in spite of the
j Beef Trust's quotations.
Why He Could Beat McGregor.
Alexander Ire. the lord advocate ot
■ Scotland, Is a keen golfer, and he has
a good store of golfing tales. These he
is always ready to relate, even if they
tell against himself.
l'laying on a certain course in Scot
land, lie remarked Incidentally to tils
1 caddie: "By the way. I played a round
i with Todd McGregor the last time I
! was here. Grand player, McGregor!"
' "Aye," said the cuddle, "but ye could
hate McGregor the noo."
"Do you think so'/" exclaimed tho
gratified lord advocate, being well
aware of McGregor's prowess.
"Aye," drawled the caddie. "Mc-
Gregor's deld."—Golling.
1 > KIJISTKIt'S XOTK'l.'-.
To Am. i 'itKWTon*, t koatki s wooritru
I'KlisoN* I > rl- li I - ri;l>—Not ice ;s heivlty I\i i,
thill the foliouini? named persons did on the
date affixed to 1 hi-tr names, ii:< tin* accounts
! of their admtntsi ration to the estate of thosr
persons, ileeensed, anil I iuarilutn A ecou nt s, A''
whose mimes are hereinafter uiontlonea,tn
tin' offiee of the for the Prohalc of
Wills and Kraut!nig of letters of AtlmlnlHtrn
tlon, in aud for the County of Montour, anil
I lint the same will he presented to the Orphan's
Court of said county, for confirmation and
allowance, on Moiiilhj-, the I lll» ilnv of
Mni-rli A.1)., Into, at tho meeting 01 he
Court In the afternoon.
11l 10.
7 Feby I. First and Final account of
Daniel .Cotner, Guardian
of Lydia Fietta Hartman,
Clarence Wellington Hart
man, Leah Frances Hart
man and Martha Elizabeth j
Hartman, minor children
of Wellington Hartman, j
late of Cooper Township, ]
Montour County,deceased
as stated by William L.
Hartman, Executor &c.
Feby. 12, r First and Final account
of Henry Wircman, Exec
utor of Regina Wircman,
late of Mahoning Town
ship,'Montour County, de
ceased.
Feby. 12. First and Final account '
of 11. M. Hinckley, Ancil
lary Administrator of the
estate of Margaret Rogers, j
late ofjthe County of Allen
and State of Indiana, de- ]
ceased said decedent hav- I
ing property in Montot r
County, Pcnua.
Feby. 12, First and Final account of i
Thomas C. Bogart anil El
mer E. Bogart, Executors |
of Aaron Bogart, late of j
Liberty Township Montour
County, deceased.
Feby. 12, First and Final account i
of Harry M. Yeager, Ad
ministrator of Ellen Yeag
er, late of Valley Town
ship, Montour County, de
ceased.
Feby. 12, First and Final account
of Frank Carey, Adminis
trator of Mary F. Welliver,
late of Anthony Township,
Montour County,deceased.
WM. L. SIDLER, Register.
Register's Office,
Danvillo, Pa., Feby 12, I'JIO.
S:iER r v
<)F V vLi (UIjK
REAL ESTATE !
By virtue of a certain writ of Le
vari Facias, issued out of the Court, of
Common Fleas of Montour County, to
me directed, will exposo to Public
Sale or Outcry, ou
Saturday, March sth, 1910,
at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon at the
Court House, the following described
Real Estate:
All that certain messuage and tract
of land sitnato partly in the Town
ships of Cooper, Mahoning, Valley
and West Hemlock in the County of
Montour and State of Pennsylvania,
less the tracts hereinafter described
and sold therefrom, Beginning at a
stone corner of land now or formerly
of Jacob Rudy, thence by the said
land now or formerly of the said Jac
ob Hudy North eighty-live degrees
East twenty-three and five-tenths
perches to a stone, thence North sev
enty-five degrees East ten and five
tenths perches to a white oak grub,
thence by laud now or formerly of
Henry Buss, North seven degrees West
one hundred and twenty-two perches
to a post, thence by lands now or for
merly of Cornelius Still and Samuel
11. Wood West two hundred and thir
ty-nine perches to a post, thence In
land now or formerly of Andrew
Overpeok, South twenty-one degrees
East one hundred and forty-nine per
ches to a stone, thence by land now or
formerly of John Cashner, South five
degrees West twenty-eight perches to
a post, thence by laud now or former
ly of Cornelius Still, South twenty-one
degrees East fifty-eight anil eight
tcnths perches to a post, thence by
land now or formerly of Peter Baldy
North seventy-live degiees East one
hundred ami thirty-nine and four
tenths perches to a pole, thence by
land now or formerly of Jacob Rudy
North forty-six degrees East fifty
three and five-tenths perches to tfie
place of beginning. Containing Two
Hundred and Sixteen Acres and One
i hundred and Forty-Eight Perches and
allowance, excepting and reserving
i the following described pieces and
parcels of land.
No. 1. Beginning at a white oak
[ corner of land of John Fein and Jere
miah Donovan, thence North seven
teen degrees We»t forty-three perches
to a stone in line of land of James V.
Gillaspy, thence along line of lands
of said James V. Gillaspy South
eightv-nine degrees East twenty-eight
and five-tenths porches to a stone in
line of lands formerly of Grove Broth
ers. thence along said last mentioned
land South sixteen and one-half de
! grees East thirty-six and sixty-five
I one-hundredth* perches to a stone in
line of land of John F. Fern, thence
along said last mentioned land South
seventy-eight and one-fourth degrees
West twenty-six and nine-tenths perch
es to a white oak the place of begin
ning. Containing Six Acres and One
Hundred and Nine Peiches. more or
less.
No. 2. Beginning at a stone in the
; public road at corner of land of said
Catherine E. Fern and Baldy and
Frick, thence North seventy-eight and
' one-half degrees East sixteen anil one
| tenth peiches to a stone in a public
road cornei of lands of said Baldy and
Frick and Grove Brothers, thence
North thirteen and one-half degrees
Hast twenty-one perches to a post and
1 stone in said public road corner of
1 lands of said Grove Brothers, thence
South seventy-eight degrees West
| twenty-six and nine-tenths perches to
1 lands of said Gathi rine E. Fern and
1 the said (trove Brothers, thence South
I by the same seventeen and oue-foiu'th
; degree* East eighteen and eight-ti nth*
| perches to the place of beginning.
Coin.lining Two Acres and Eighty
' Four Perches strict measure.
No. :t. Beginning at a stone in line
jiit lands of James V. Gillaspy North
i seventy-two and one-half degrees East
! nine and one-tenth perches to a stone
in tine of lands of Grove Brothers,
| North twenty-two ami three-fourth*
degrt e* West twenty-three and five
i oue-hundicdths perches to a stone in
line of hin !- of said Grove Brothers,
North eighty-seven and three-fourths
degrees west seven aud four-tenths
i perches to a stone, thence South sev
;en teen and one-fourth degree* East
twenty-five and four-tenths perches to
the place of beginning. Containing
one Acre and Thirty-four Fcrclies.
; Upon which are creep, d a
12--STORY FRA"E DWELLING HOUS"
! a two-story Frame Tenant House, a
Bank liarn ami other necessary out
buildings Three springs of never
failing water. Valuable Timber i and.
Seized, taken in execution and to be
sold as the property of Jacob Dewald.
Pennsylvania Paper Mills, terre
tenant.
WM. B. STARTS EL, Sheriff.
W. V. Oglesby, Attorney.
A PRISON HORROR.
Awful Fata of a Russian Political Of
fender.
David Soskice writes in McClure's
Magazine of the horrors of the Schlues
selburg. Russia's political prison.
"Grachevsky, uuable to stand his life
any longer," says he, "struck a guard
fn order to be executed. But the com
mandant of the fortress declared hlra
to be insane and therefore exempt
from punishment.
" 'Then,' said Grachevsky, "It re
mains for me but to kill myself.' He
was taken to the 'stable' and kept
there uudor most vigilant watch.
" 'One night,' related Ludaiilla Vol
kenstein, 'a terrible. Inhuman shriek
was heard. Footsteps hurried toward
Grachevsky's cell. Feeble groans fol
lowed, and then his door was quickly
opened, and it was evident that some
thing terrible had happened to him.
Smoke and the smell of burnt clothing
and flesh pervaded the ff tiding and
hung about it till the following day.
We then knew that Urachevsky had
burnt himself alive. He had soaked
his clothes und bedding with the oil
from the little uight lamp aud, rolling
himself up in his blanket, had set It
on fire. For several days beforehand
he had disarmed the suspicions of his
guards by exceedingly rational be
havior, so that they had relaxed their
watchfulness a little and ennbled him
to commit the dreadful deed.' "
Chop Suey Without Meat Now.
Habitues of Cliineso restaurants in |
Pittsburg are disturbed. Chop suey
has fallen under the shadow of the j
meat boycott. Normal chop suey is j
supposed to be constructed of about j
one-tlilrd meat, principally pork, and !
celery, onions, Mongolian artichokes !
and rice sprouts. Meat now has been
abandoned, and a substance with fiber
resembling woolen yarn aud of about
the same flavor has been substituted.
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.arrow.
in 1ui..., . .v liluesselburg
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hu.su ice tells »l a i.riM.tier who was
chained to a wheelbarrow:
"Si liedrln had been condemned to
hard labor in the convict mines of SI- i
beria and for un attempt to escape
from there had been sentenced to bo
chained to a heavy wheelbarrow. |
When the order came for his transfer :
from Siberia to St. Petersburg no con- j
veyance could be found large enough
to contalu him, the wheelbarrow and j
the convoy of gendarmes. Yet, as the
wheelbarrow had become a part of
the prisoner, the gendarmes were
j afraid to leave It behind, it was there-
I fore decided to place Sebedrin with his
| convoy in one cart and the wheelbnr- '
j row behind in unotber. For several
I months, day aud night, Sebedrin aud
| the gendarmes galloped through SI- j
beria upon a troika (n three horsed
( cart or sledge), while another sped be- 1
j hlud them upon which the wheelbar
row reposed, causing the deepest
| amazement among the peasants in the
! villages through which tbey passed. ;
: Upon the arrival of the prisoner in SS.
! Peter and Paul ho was once again
I chained to the barrow, aud only after
I he had been six weeks In the Schlues
j selburg was be tinally detached from
it und given freedom of movement
j within the narrow confines of his cell,
j " 'When they unchained me,' said |
Sebedrin subsequently, 'I could uot get
i enough movement. 1 wanted to run
! aud run, audit seemed to me that 1
i could never stop, llow strange it is
! that men who can enjoy perfect free- '
I doni o£ movement never realize the
j wonderful happiness that Is theirs.'"
HENRY CAVENDISH.
A Recluse, He Lived Far From the
Madding Crowd.
Henry Cavendish, the famous natural
philosopher and chemist, was a recluse
; who astonished England.
A son of Lord Charles Cavendish
and a nephew of the third Duke of
j Devonshire, possessed of enormous
wealth, the subject of universal ad
miration because of his scieutitlc nt
; tninments. he preferred the solitude
of his study and tho company of his
books to the pleasures society could
; offer him.
i For many years he lived at Hamp
i stead in a large, roomy bouse, attended
| by n number of female servants, who,
| however, were strictly enjoined to keep
out of his sight, if a domestic by the
I merest chance came into the presence
of Cavendish she was instantly dis-
I missed.
' Every morning the philosopher would
leave a note on the hall table naming
what h ■ v. R.ted for dinner. No one
. saw lili ; i ! e the note there; but. ac
-1 customt.i i • the strange customs of
j the establishment, the meal would be
prepared, and only the remains of the
repast signified the i .vsence of the
master of the house.
When Cavendish died in ISIO he left
behind him nearly a million pounds
sterling, besides a lasting reputation as
a scientist and writer on natural phi
losophy.— Loudon Telegraph.
STONE AGE CUSTOMS.
Ancient Habito Still Endure Among
Natives of Rural Roumania.
Customs and habits directly trace
able back to the eud of the stone age
are still observed by the inhabitants
of tho remoter parts of rural Rouma
nia, says Dr. Emil Fischer of Bucha
rest in the Umschau. The latest sta
tistics show that there are still in Rou
mania over 54.000 enve dwellings In
existence, in which n quarter of a mil
j lion peasant folk live. These cares
are almost as primitive In their ar
rangements as the original cave dwell
ings of the stone oge.
As recently as in the eighties millet,
the oldest I ndo Germanic grain, was
still crushed In Roumania by means
of hand mills and stored in peculi.
shaped granaries similar to those n I
Iby the natives of central Africa 1 1
day the Roumanian peasants :
ancient plows. At funerals a .•
named collba Is partaken ot
ing of soaked and boiled corn t
act way corn was first prepa;.-;
eaten by the tribes of Europe.
Even today crahapples ami 1
i pears are the only fruit known
Roumanian peasant, and his •
bles are wild herbs boiled we
1 pressed from sunflower. lie:i •> .1
gourd seeds. Medical men In rur 1
Ronmania are still known niuong the
I peasantry as -.vizards.
Plan to Mark Lincoln's March.
j Congressman Frank O. Lowden of
Illinois, formerly of Burlington, la„ Is
I planning n project to set up permu
; neut markers to outline the march of
I Abraham Lincoln during the Black
I Hawk war. Mr. Lowden has donated
j considerable money to the plan, and
others have become interested. His 1
j object is permanently to fix the march ,
| and the places where the followers of
j the martyr president camped. The
I march started from Beardstown, con
j tluued to Oquawka and thence to the
j mouth of Rock river. The markers
! are to be of stone with suitable in- ;
| scriptlons. It is Mr. Lowden's plan
i also to have maps drawn of the terrl
i tory, copies of which will be kept in j
' the public records of the state of Illi
j nois.
Quite Willing to Migrate.
! A' traveler passing through a fever
Infected locality said to au Irish resi-
I dent:
"Put, I'm surprised that you stay In ;
j a place where people die so thick and
I fast."
"Faith," rejoined Pat, "if you'll be 1
afther telliu' mo av a place where ;
payple nlver die Ol'U move there to- j
morry an' end me days."
AYER'S HAIR VIGOR
Stops Falling Hair
Ayer's Hair Vigor is composed of sulphur, glycerin, quinin, sodium
chlorid. capsicum, sage, alcohol, water, and perfume. Not a single
injurious ingredient in this list. Ask your doctor if this is not so.
Follow his advice. A hair food, a hair tonic, a hair dressing.
Promptly checks falling hair. Completely destroys all dandruff.
AYER'S HAIR VIGOR
Does not Color the Hair
J. O. AYKB COMPACT. Lowell, M&—■
Do You Get Up
With a Lame Back?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable,
Almost everyone knows of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, tiie great kidney, liver nail
I] ~ , bladder remedy, be
—- -jAy cause of its remark. -
8 I j able health restoring
Li J [' properties. Swamp
"l I I ■" oot fulfills almost
si (»jfy ] '-'- every wish in over
\>ZLi I Mir. coming rheumatism,
,'b — A (ill', pain in the hack, kid
i'l u " ; V wf-. neys, liver, bladder
ft l~ j »j and every part of the
11. = . urinary passage. It
corrects inability to
hold water and scaldingpain in
or bad effects following use of liquor, wine
or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled togo often
through the day, and to get tip many
times during the night.
Swamp-Root is not recommended for
everything but if you have kidney, liver
or bladder trouble, it will be found just
the remedy you need. It has been thor
oughly tested in private practice, and has
proved so successful that a special ar
rangement has been made by which all
readers of this paper, who have not al
ready tried it, may have a sample bottle
sent free by mail, also a book telling
more about Swamp-Root, and how to
find out if youhavekid- ___«
ney or bladder trouble.
When writingmenticn
reading this generous 112
offer in this paper and
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer & Co., n™„. oif.r»7,. P iw.
Bingliamton, N. Y. The regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
all druggists. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kilmer's Swanip-Raot, and the ad
, dress, Bingliamton, N. Y., on every bottle.
MMKI
DANCING ROLAND.
A Scotch Shepherd's Remedy For All
Kinds of Maladies.
A highland shepherd, one Donald
McAlpln, a famous dancer, was re
-I'litfd to have cured his mistress of a
mysterious malady by means of danc
ing a reel with her, and this story be
ing nosed abroad gained him the repu
tation of U>lng a successful physician.
Tils humble cottage in Slockmulck,
overlooking Strathspey, was besieged
with crowds of patients who hoped to
get rid of their ailments by a dance
with Donald. The shepherd did not
hesitate to take advantage of this
stroke of good luck and soon had a
, large and thriving practice.
The treatment adopted was very sim
ple, the main features being as fol
lows: la cases of indigestion moderate
doses of medicated "aqua" were tak
en, followed by tho ceum shuil, or
i promenade step. For catarrh Donald
; proscribed in order to produce perspi
ration n large dose of gruel mixed
with honey and butter, followed by
ceum crask, or highland fling. All the
' different processes terminated in the
patient being well wrapped up In
warm blankets, and the doses of medi
cine and dancing were repeated, ac
! cording to the patient's constitution
and the nature of his disease.—British
Medical Journal.
The Telephone and Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar missed a great deal in
not knowing the telephone or at least
in not using it if he knew it. One cac
see the telephone engineer attached to
the Roman postoflice endeavoring, but
without avail, to get an instrument in
stalled at tho cnpltol aud at the pal
ace. "I am Instructed by the emperor
to say that he does not desire these
barbarian novelties, and so Thomas
Alva Edlsonus need not call again
with his magician's apparatus." A
signal blunder! We can imagine what
would have happened. "Hello, 21ST
Tiber! is it t'.iou, Artcmidorun? I un
derstand thou raiigst mo up this morn
ing. What? Details of a plot? Go
nut to the senate today? Beware of
Brutus? Co not near C.wea? Itlg'at.
aud 1 thank thee, Arteuiidorus. I will
have an extra guard put on iastautly
aad the con ; irators ur res tod." And
so, though Aitenildorus was unable to
give his warning in the street, be gave
it over the telephone, and Caesar's
valuable life and with it the fortune
of Rome were paved.—St. J.-mieV Ga
zette.
A Cloorr.y African Pool.
Tli. ro i a large, deep and mysteri
i ous pool in Ihe valley of the upper
Kai'ue river, northwestern Rhodesia.
, This wonderful pool lies in flat coun
try, and one comes to It quite sudden
ly, its banks being concealed by dense
; forest. There is n small native village
near the pool, and tho inhabitants
have a superstitious dread of it. They
refuse to drink the water or use it for
I any purpose whatever. To sit beside
this still, pellucid pool of unknown
depth, surrounded by precipitous wails
in the heart of the tropical forest,
would induce a feeling of awe in the
breast of even tho most civilized man.
—London Mail.
Sport and Athletics In America.
, Sport and athletics in America are
vastly different terms. Sport should
be play, not work. Athletics as prac
ticed In general are too strenuous, too
spectacular and too exclusive. We are
not an athletic nation. Far from it.
We talk athletics, but there is too
much f.rand stand aud too little actual
participation In games.—Malcolm Ken
neth Gordon in Century.
Evolution of the Apple.
Apples are new in the economy of
the world's use and taste. At the be
ginning of the last century few varie
ties were known, aud Ave can go back
in history to a time when all apples
were little, sour and puckery—crab ap
ples and nothing else. The enib apple
was and is in its wiidness noffiing but
a rosebush. Away back in time the
wild rose, with its pretty blossoms
that turn to little red balls, apple fla
vored, and the thorny crab had the
eauie grandmother.