Montour American FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., Ju'y 28, 1910. HIIS KING ~ IN AMERICA Business is waiting ou tlieoc.ru crop, now iu the making, and at a criticai period. If the weather predictions of this week are fulfilled it will unques tionably put the crop iu many states ill such shape that a later drouth can not mateiially affect it, as the heat and moisture promised the next, seven days are just about what the growing corn needs. A good corn ciop xueaus more to the nation than a wheat fail tire, as on corn depends cattle and meat products of all kinds, aud the affecting ot all kinds of business, rail road, etc. There is an indicated yield of 8,257,000,000 bushels,and that means the farmers are secure in their power to maintain their live stock. It means the addition of 1,000,000,000 bushels to the railway freight of the country, and is a guarantee of fairly good con ditions for other crops. A season ■which yields a good corn crop cannot do ill by other crops which mature as late as that in the season. Large acre age is a still further insurance of a good outcome. This year the area planted was 114,083,000 acres. No local damage can cripple the prospects extensively, so widely different are the climatic conditions on which this harvest rests. Farther South acreage has extended because of the holl weevil in cotton and farther North because of the need for stock feeding in winter. An increase of over 5,000,000 acres this year is a healthy omen for better farming aud safer crop financing. Corn conditions have improved|(iu many parts of the country since July Ist, when they were 85.41, compared with a ten-year average of eighty-five Meanwhile the fields have been well onltivated and laid by for the matur ing stages of growth. Insect damages have not been extensive. The hazards : Of the crop have been largely escaped during three out of four months of the •crop's growth. A ROYAL BOOK BUYER. Th» Purohaaa o' Diderot'a Libra** by Catharine 11. of Rusaia. Empress Catherine 11. or Itusalu was k great reader und a lover of books. One of her services to letters In Russia was the purchase of tho libraries of Voltaire and Diderot She was a warm friend aud admirer of these Trench philosophers, and their work Interest ed her because she was eager to learn new theories of politics and govern ment Voltaire's library of about 7,000 volumes Is now a part of the Rus sian Imperial library In the Hermitage palace, aud in the hall devoted to It Is Houdon's statue of Voltaire. The story of Catherine's purchase of Diderot's library is interesting. It is creditable to her tact and her generos ity. Diderot named $75,000 as the price of his library. Cotherine 11. offered him SSO,OOO and named as a condition of the bargain that her pur chase should remain with Diderot uutil his death. Thus Diderot, without leav ing Paris, became Catherine's librarian In his own library. As her librarian he was given a yearly salary of $5,000. One year this salary was not paid. Then Catherine wrote to her librarian that she could not have him or her library suffer through the negligence of a treasurer's clerk and that she should send him the sum that she had Get aside for the care and increase of her library for fifty years. At the end of that period she would make new •arrangements A check for SIOO,OOO accompanied this letter. Hep Sad Fata. "What a beautiful little girl she Is!" "Yes, and, Just think, she'll have to marry a mere American unless her •father chirks up and exhibits more ability as a financier than he has ever -Hbowu thus far."—Chicago Reco.-d-Iler jald Stingy. "lie is a stingy old curmudgeon. Isn't he?" "The worst X ever saw. Why, he'd haggle over the cost of building n -«plie fence."—Exchange. He who flatters you la your enemy.— CHICHESTER SPILLS DIAMOND BRAND i i o< ft V c< fp lADIES It* FOR cm-curs-THR'S A DIAMOND IUAM) I'll.! , in i<; „ nn-.l A\ COLD metallic I- .*<••. <• led wi.!i lAurU'f/ Ribbon. Tai:c no i rtt> . ; !llv „ p , , \ ' and 6.U If r;u.< l<i ill,) V IH AMO Nlk III! IMI I>l 1.1.K i ; t v,nu-f --years tcgarded as ] Safest SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS Wl EVERYWHERE A j g 60 YEARS' I | j iii r ■ 1 1I■ k I I TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C. Anyone nendlnjf n sketch and description ma? quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention Is probably patentable, Communlra tions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on l'atente sent free. Oldeat naencj forsecurnifr patent n. Patents taken through Muun & Co. receive wptruil notice , without charge, lu the Scientific American. A handiomely Illustrated weekly. I.areest cir culation of any actentlQe Journal. Terms, $3 a £««.: 'our montha, »L Bold brail new.dealer*. IYIUNN & New York Branch Office. 025 F Bt. Wubluaon n. C. NEWS ITEMS FROM 'ROUND THE STATE Three-year-old Margaret Dukery, of Johnstown, fell on the trolley track just as a oar approached on last Sun day evening, anil had her right leg ground off by the wheels at a point just below the knee. Humor says that tlie borough of Ual litziu will eventually have a'sufflcient water supply, the Cambria Water com pany, which supplies the town, being about to make a contract with the American Pipe Line company for a large additional quantity. Hon. T. O. Milliken, of Cornpropst Mills, and his sister. Miss Jennie, of Philadelphia, were thrown out of a buggy while on their way from Hunt ingdon to Mr. Milliken's home on Sunday evening and rudely shaken up. Fortunately neither was seriously in jured. Ottinger Reed, of Johnstown, was kicked In the face by a newly pur chased horse the other day. Several stitches were needed to sew up the gash. Ottinger is not quite so hand some as he used to be, but he knows more about horses than he used to know. The Summit Hill United Brethren j church, about two miles west of Mor risdale, Clearfield county, was struck by lightning during a heavy storm last Saturday and badly damaged. Three of the corners of the building as well as the front suffered considerably. A country resident named Sam Byers drove into the town of Indiana a few evenings ago and proceeded to have what he believed a good time. About 10 o'clock at night his horse fell and struck the curb receiving injuries from which it bled to death. Byers was thrown from his buggy and severely bruised. While Mrs. Andrew Zinn, of Hunt ingdon, was carrying a kettle of boil ing water from the kitchen to her washing, in the back yard attached to | her dwelling, she slipped on the brick I walk and fell, plunging her right arm into the water. From the elbow to the [ wrist her arm was terribly scalded. I One rib was also fractured. William Boring, an employe of the car shops in Dußois, dieil in the Du- Bois hospital on Monday morning, fol lowing an operation which had been performed on Saturday afternoon. On the previous Wednesday a piece of board he was cutting flew up and struck him a hard blow on the abdo men. It was not until Saturday that lie began to feel sharp pains aud the operation followed. The intestines had been pierced in two places. The Forbidden City. Peking has been n city for something like 3.000 years, tirst as the capital of a small state, then destroyed, again re built and finally molded into the form in which we now know it. with its Chinese, Tartar, Imperial and For bidden cities, each with its Inclosing wall. Nobody has ever yet attempted to tell the full tale of its Intrigues, its cabals, plots and counterplots. Few know anything about them. No one person knows them all. If only the bricks that form tho walls cotild find a tongue, if only tho pavilions on the Coal Hill could produce the sights and sounds that have fallen to their lot to see and hear, there would doubtless lie a tale to tell which might vie In inter est and dramatic force with anything that ancient Home or Rabylon has glv en. even through the medium of Ac tion.—Shanghai Mercury. Napoleon and Waterloo. There is nothing In the result of tho Waterloo campaign to show any de cline in Napoleon's powers of mind. The plan of the campaign as laid down by the emperor was a most brilliant one, and had It not rained on the night of the 17th of June Napoleon would in all likelihood have kept his throne. Ilad it not rained and made the land miry he would have had bis artillery in position four hours before he actual ly did. and Wellington would have been disposed of long before Ulucher's arrival. Even as it was.the Iron l>u!:c was pretty well used up when the Prussian came up on his left. Napo leon's genius never shone more bril liantly than it did in his last campaign, lie was defeated by the elements aud by the unaccountable stupidity of some of his lieutenants.—New York Ameri can. Noted Relics For Mexican College. The magnificent marble pillars, stat uary and carved work that belong to the old Sau Augustiu convent have Just been acquired by the Mexican de partment of public Instruction with the interior decorations of the Nation al university. Most of these will be used in remodeling the interior of the aula magna, or general lecture hall of the university. Chinese Exports Heavy, From Hankow thero were invoiced to the United States during the first :hree mouths of 1910 Chinese articles to tho value of nearly $1,000,000, main ly cowhides, $327,507; goatskins, $300,- 220; wood oil, $215,500; antimony, $19,- 614; frozen eggs, S3I,OSS; gallnuts. $9,238. Philippine Trad# Gains Rapidly. The Philippine overseas trade for 1900 was $31,924,337 exports and s3l. 084,419 Imports, a total of, say, SOO,OOO. 000, or nearly $5,000,000 more than In 1008. Less than 5 per cent Is carried In American and Philippine vessels British vessels carry 73 per cent SNOW NEW BIRTHMARK CURE London Surgeons Use Carbonic Acid Gas at 100 Below Zero. A novel cure for lupus and birth marks Is being used at a London hos pital, the curntlve agent being car bonic acid gas lu the form of a "snow" 100 degrees below zero. The snow Is gathered on a piece of green baize froui a cylinder of gas liquefied under pressure. It Is then scraped off and placed in a small, hard rubber cylinder, where It is pressed down until it forms a hard. Icy but ton. This button is applied to the disfig urement for thirty seconds a day, leav ing each day a perfectly white patch of frozen tissue. The intense cold freezes the part for a second or two, and severe local inflammation follows, leading to a breaking down and ab sorption of the abnormal tissues. This heals in the natural way, leav ing the skin surface practically nor mal. WEALTH OF KANSAS LEARNING Courses at University Number 859; Necessary Years 113. A student of the University of Kan sas who is fond of figuring has been studying the new annual catalogue, now being mailed, and finds that there will be 859 courses offered in the uni versity next year. A young man or woman with the ambition of complet ing all these courses would need to prepare togo to school 113 years. If he lived twelve blocks from the uni versity, says this authority, he would traverse in walking to and from his classes a distance of 119,000 miles, or more than four and a half times the distance around the world. PRINCETONIANS GOOD TUTORS Many Work Way Through College by Extra Jobs. At Princeton university the tutoring system h.is been very highly devel oped. That a number of men have worked their way through Princeton by tutoring and that the total sum earned by them for one year was $14,- 000 have hei-u made known in a report issued by the Princeton Tutors' asso ciation This is an organization of undergraduates. Tutors get from $1 to $2 an hour, and some of them have made $lO a Ouv and cleared SI,OOO a year. A Lincoln Anecdote. Jaspar Alban Conant tells the fol lowing anecdote of Lincoln In the Met ropolitan Magazine: "One of the comical characters in Washington during the war was Jolly old Isaac Newton, the Philadelphia Quaker whom Lincoln appointed com missioner of agriculture—a new olilce Just created by congress. Newton, who tried and at the same time amused the president, had made his reputation on a dairy farm. Beyond this he knew little of agriculture. "Hearing which, I could not refrain from asking Lincoln why he had ap pointed 6uch an Ignorant man to the office. " "Because 1 think he's competent enough to attend to all the agriculture we will have till the war is ended,' was the answer." The Long Silence. "Yes, we are pretty comfortably fixed here." admitted a veteran em ployee in the reading room of the Con- gressionai library when a visitor en vied him his soft berth and comfort able surroundings. "Hut there's one tiling we long for—yes, thirst for with a burning thirst That's noise—a real, nerve racking, ear splitting noise. The long hours of soft silence, the dead stillness of everything about, grows so oppressive that at times we could shriek out We get into a sort of sick room tiptoe and a low toue of voice that finally degenerates into a whisper even at the telephone. Give us an oc casional battery of artillery or a roar ing lion or a steam calliope. Even a squalling baby would help some."— Washington Star. Just a Blunder. Sir Uptree Monlless iwho has got old Coldkash in a corner at the clubi—Mr. Coldkash, your daughter is the idol of my life, the one hope and aim of my existence. Might I dare hope that some day 1 may be permitted to call her wife? Mr. Coldkash (astounded)— But, my dear sir, 1 have no daughter. Sir Uptree M.—Oh, pardon me! Some body told me that you had. Let's have a drink.—London Scraps. The Decoy. "1 notice." said the man to the par son. "that, although 1 am In the front pew, there Is always n live dollar bill on the collection plate when it comes to me. Is that the contribution of the man who takes up the collection?" "Not at all," replied the parson, who believed in business methods. "That's our decoy."—Detroit Free Press. Suspicious. It was down in the market district "What this country needs is plenty of bone and sinew," said the tall one. "Yes. and plenty of grit and sand," echoed the short one. "By the way, what business are you in?" "Oh, I'm a butcher. And you?" "Wb—er—l distribute strawberries when they arrive from the southern markets "—Chicago News. Biblical Instruction. "What does exegesis mean, father?" "I can never remember long what it illoes mean, it is something theolog ical—probably a combination of Exodus and Genesis, about like Deuteronomy." EPILEPSY St. Vitus Dance?* Stubborn j Nervous Disorders. Fits respond immediately to the remarkable trc.it mint that has for 39 years been n stnmlaul remedy for these troubles—Dß. KL'NE'S CREA CO nn NERVE RESTORER. It is prescribe 9i.aUU especially for these disc-itcs a: lis Bottlfi no * n cure-all. Its beneficial effects S arc immediate and lasting. Pbysi- I T6O eians recommend it and druggist l -- «•.•!' it. To prove its wonderful vii tuts, we will eh* < fully send, without charge, a IUI.L $2.00 Address I>K. KLINE INRTXTVTI\ Eranch 100, lU<l T': w Jf-rsty. PERSONALS Walter Ephlin returned to Philadel phia yesterday after a short visit with relatives in this oity. Mrs. Jane Kessler sjient yesterday with friends in Shamokin. W. H. Maust, of Bloomsburg r. 112. Id. No. 1, was a Danville visitor yes terday. Frank Chromis, of Bloomsburg, was | a Danville visitor yesterday. Mrs. A. F. Diener, son and daugli ■ ter, of Williamsport, are visiting at ! the home of Mrs. Diener's parents, j Mr. and Mrs. James V. Wilson, Pine street. Mrs. E. Marvin Cooper, of Union I Oity, arrived last evening for a visit at the home of her fattier, Frank Cons art, East Market street. I Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Rogers returned j Tuesday from a visit, with their daugh j ter, Mrs. S. Y. Border, at Clearfield. Miss Ethel Letcher,of Wilkes-Barre, i is a guest at the home of Jesse Shan ! non, Riverside. ! The Misses Jo and Joyce Andrews, | East Market street, left on Tuesday for a sojourn at Lake Carey. j Frank Lovett left, yesterday for a | two weeks' trip over the Great Lakes district and Southern Canada. Miss Helen Irland returned last even j ing from an extended visit with friends at Union City. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Klase, Water i street,attended a reunion of the Klase I family at Edgewood park, Shamokin, ; yesterday. | Jos. R. Leisenring of Mexico and I Mr. Burr, of Chicago, spent a few i days at the Leisenring home on West Mahoning street, this week. Miss Jean Elliott, of Shenandoah, is j the guest of the Misses Margaret and i Nellie Curry, Nicholas avenue. | Harry Rebnian, Esq., of Philadel ! pliia, is spending a vacation with rel j atives in this city. Miss Katherine Jameson, West Mah oning street, will leave today to join a Bloomsbnrg party for a sojourn in camp at Arbutus park, near Forks. Mi<s Annie Evason, of Kingston, is the guest of her cousin, Miss Florence Price. East Market street. ■ Miss Ethel Swartz, of Plymouth, is visiting Miss Mary Jameson, West Mahoning street. Harry Woods left last evening for Bloomsburg where he will join a party for a ten days' camping trip to Forks, Columbia county. ! Thomas Murray will leave today for a trip to New York City. A Japanese Anthem. The majority of national authems are not conspicuous for beauty, either <>f words or music. The only one com posed by n musician of the very first rank is the Austrian anthem, for which Haydn Is res|>onsible. And In 110 country has the composition of a really great poet been adopted except in Nor way, where Hjortison's stirring lines ; beginning "Yes, we love this country." ! serve as the national anthem. The Japanese have a daintily worded an | them which Captain Britikley trans lntes as follows: Until this grain of sand, Tossed by each wavelet's freak. Grows to a cloud gift peak. Towering above the land; Until tilt- dewy flake Heading this blossom's gold Swell to a mighty lake- Age upon age untold. Joy to Joy manifold Add fur our sovereign's sake. A Dirge. She laid the still white form beside those which had gone before. No sob, j no sigh, forced its way from her heart, | throbbing as though it would burst. Suddenly a cry broke the stillness of | the place, one single heartbreaking j shriek; then silence, another cry, more ! silence, then all silent but for a gut- J tural murmur which seemed to well up | from her very soul. She left the place. She would lay another egg tomorrow.— Princeton Tiger. Reversed. An East Boston doctor told of the experience of a druggist tho other day who sold some alcohol to a new cus j tomer. After the man had signed the | book as required he said: "Now, don't I get that name twisted. It is Michael | Sullivan and not Sullivan Michael, ; same as they turned It around in the i directory."—Boston Journal. A Light Retort. j "How did the trouble in the family | start?" "The wife, It seems, got tired of ber husband's heavy wit." "Why didn't she simply make a light retort?" "She did. She threw the lamp at him."—Exchange. A Puzzle. Mother (reprovingly to little girl Just ready togo for a walk)— Dolly, that hole was not in your glovo this morn ing. Dolly (promptly)— Where was It. then, mamma? Couldn't Risk It. nusband— Did you hunt up the new 1 cook's references? Wire—No, John, I didn't. I was afraid they might prove prejudicial.—Harper's Bazar. Tho innocent seldom find an uneasy pillow.—Cowper. WANTED. We want a general agent in Danville to represent our company exclusively. Liberal commissions paid and strictly up to date policies.! Write for particulars Meridian Life Insurance C0.,{505 Frick Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa. A SERIOUS DINER. The Way the Great Emperor Charle* V. Ate Hia Meals. The diary a German gentleman, Bartholomew Sastrow, who lived In the time of the Emperor Charles V.. gives us a good Idea of the gastronom ic customs of those times. Sastrow's description of the table habits of the greatest ruler In his day Is very Inter esting. Young princes and counts served the repast. There were Invariably four courses of sis dishes. The emperor had no one to carve for him. lie be gau by cutting his bread In pieces large enough for one mouthful, then attacked his plate. He often used his Angers while he held the plate under his chin with the other hand. When bo felt thirsty he made a sign to the "doctor" standing by the table; then they went to ■ the sideboard for two sliver flagons and filled a goblet which held about n measure and a half. The emperor drained It to the last drop, practically at one draft During the meal he never uttered a syllable, scarcely smiled at the most amusing sallies of the Jesters behind his chair, finally picked his teeth with quills and.after washing his hands, retired to a window recess, where any body could approach him with a peti tion. SOBER CONGRESS IN ANDORRA Parliament of Tiny State P.uleH by Tradition. The parliamentary procedure of An dorra, the tiny Independent state | which lies sandwiched between France and Spain, Is of the quaintest kind. Parliament having been called for a certain day, the honorable members' | arrive in groups on horses or mules shod with the usual Andorran foot gear—white corded sandals. The Sasa de la Vails serves at tlie same time for palace, parliament ami i prison, not to mention stables for thf i members' steeds. After stabling tin ] animals on the ground floor the mem ! bers ascend to the hall of deliberations, I change their sandals for shoes and put }on the official costume—a long black | sort of robe and a huge three cornered I hat. These when not In use hang Iti r j row on pegs at the bottom of the hall. I The next proceeding Is mass in t chapel, tiny aud bare, dedicated to t'. Holy Ghost: then comes a meal ffv < on an oaken table without a clotli ■■ v eaten off antique pewter plates tween every two members ntau-l- i | huge porron, and each drinks i < out of this pjtcher. In this In ' archalcism everything is done • I lng to tradition. Even the t'. -.i! . r Is the same trday as it was < • ! • OK"- AUSTRALIA TIGHTS KEF.: St. John's Wort Spreads Over 2C.O* Farming Acres. | Just thirty years ago a woman . i Bright, VU toriu. planted In her gau'.c a few seeds of St. John's wort Bert ' : t from the old country. The woman ' Intention was to have one or two < the plants at hand for medicinal jv.:v poses. The hardy weed, however. ■ • 01 | spread beyond the garden, and befor ! any one had grasped the magnitude < 1 the evil it had been carried by cattle I along all the main stock routes r.u< jumpwl the Victorian watershed Ins Glppsland. It lias now completely taken p'-s-< ;■ slon of something like 20,000 acres t agricultural land, and the agriculture department of Victoria is spetulln. thousands of pmAuls in the endeavm to eradicate it. soma of the method: i tried costing nearly £SO an acre. Conciliatory. Head Walter idignitk-d and pompous j —Have you ordered, sir? Despairing Patron—Ves. I ordered a porterhous* steak half an hour ago. and 1 wisl to apologize for my rudeness. Will your permission I will withdraw it as 1 an order and renew it as a suggestion —Chicago Tribune. Comparisons. Small Tommy—My pa's awful smart Little Elsie —What does lie do'/ Suial Tommy—He's a mechanic aud makes • locomotives. Little Elslo—That's notb lng. My pa's a commuter and makes two trains every day.—Chicago News. Well Answered. "Oh, no; I don't claim to be any dif ferent or any brighter than the bal ance of mankind. I expect 1 shall mar ry some fool woman some of thes< I days." "If you ever marry that's the kind ol a -woman you will marry, all rlght."- Uochester Onion. A Roasonable Preference. First Fair Invalid—Which kind ol doctor do jou prefer, the allopathic or the homeopathic? Second Fair Inva j lid—l prefer tho sympathetic—Flle jende Blatter PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS I^IIACA^^FM^ August 10, 24, September 7, 21, Oct. 5, 1910 Round Trip $7.30 from So. Danville SPECIAL TRAIN of Pullman Parlor Curs. Dining Car. and Day Coaches running via the PICTURESQUE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ROUTE Tickets good going on Special Train and connecting train*, and good returning on regula trains within FIFTEEN DAYS- Stop-off within limit allowed at Buffalo returning, tt i i 1 d 111 i .nl fill Inform r.l:>:i m»y bj ob'.ilneJ from Ticket Agents. J. R. WOOD GEO. W. BOYI) «sse nger Traffic Manager General rassenger Agen COST $404,997,312 TO RUNISB CITIES WASHINGTON, July 27. According to figureß prepared by the Census Bureau the larger cities of the country pay more for schools and for police and fire protection and related service than on all other accounts anil of these three items ttie payment on account of schools is much the larg est, the per capita expense for schools I being $4.70 as compared with $2.25 for police anil $1.72 fur file protection. The figures are given out as a part of the bureau's report covering the financial operations for cities during the year 1908. The report covers all cities of more than 30,000 population, of which there are 158. The aggregate cost of operating all these cities was 1404,997,812. The report indicates a general in crease in the cost of maintaining city government. In 1902 the average was §l3.3t> per capita. By li>oß it had ad vanced to $l»i.81 per capita. Of the total amount more than one-fourth was paid by New York. Philadelphia's expenses were only about one-fourth as much as those of New York. But, large as were the ligures for New York the people of Boston paid more in proportion to population. The New England metropolis heads the list with an expense cost of $7.58 for each person. Of the large cities New York comes next with a cost of 14.71, while Washington with a cost of $24.f>3 makes a close third. Of the first class cities New Orleans paid less for city government than any other, the cost being only $12.70 per capita. Balti more with an expenditure of $13.34, was a close second. Of the cities of the second class, Denver stood at the head and St. Jos eph at the foot of the list, the figures for the Missouri city being only ss.t>s per person and those of Denver $24.44. Salt Lake City paid most per capita for schools, SB.IB, but Newton, Mass., with SB, was a close second. In this respect Montgomery, Ala., made the lowest expenditure, $1.63 per capita. Assyrian Seals. The ancient Assyrians nearly C.OOO years ago putin moist clay their seals, engraved in Intaglio upon precious Stones, on chests and doors, in order to prevent their being opened. There were no locks or keys in those days If they wished to send a private let ter they would often seal it with a bippogriff, which fabulous winged horse was regarded as the emblem of secrecy. Centuries later the Greeks and Romans adopted similar devices for the same purpose. He Whistled. Old Lvlv tto grocer's boy)— Don't you know that It is very rude to whis tle when dealing with a lady? Boy—That's what the guv'nor told me to do. mum. "Told you to whistle?" "Yes'm. iTo said if we ever sold you anything \\\ d have to whistle for the mouey." Her Sweeping Abilities. Mrs. Neurich—Did you notice how grandly our daughter swept Into the room at Mrs. I'uppson's reception last night? Neurich—Slire I did! When it conies to sweeping Into a room Mamie wins In a walk. But when it comes to sweeping out a room she goes lame. Wanted It Plain. Mrs. Youngwlfe—l want to get some salad. Dealer Yes'm. How many heads? Mrs. Youngwife—Oh. good ness! 1 thought you took the heads off. I just want plain chicken salad. Appearances. Magistrate lf I remember rightly, ! this is not your tirst appearance in court, i'rlsoucr—No. .vour honor, but ! hope you don't Judge by appear ances. Not in the Agreement. Daniel had been oast into the lions' den "My main objection." he said as he playfully tweaked a liou's mane, "is that I get no moving picture royal ties."—Puck. PARKER'S lp HAIR BALSAM ,Sj Never Vaila to itestore tlray A . to ita YouthfuJ Color. BROTHER ELKS PLAY FINE BALL Dauville lodge, No. 754, B. P. O. Elks, yesterday entertained about fifty of the members of Shamokin lodge at a picnic and base ball game at De- Witt's park. The Shamokin brethren came over on the Reading,making the trip from West Milton here in a speci al train. Almost the entire membership of Danville lodge turned ont to help en tertain the Sbamokin visitors, and that the occasion was most enjoyable goes without saying. The feature of the day's sport was a base ball game between the teams rep resenting the two lodges, which was played at 2 o'clock. The game was a sizzler from the standpoint of both spectators and players. It was originally intended to play a full nine innings game, but the ex treme heat caused a number of the players to play out at the end of the sixth with the score at 'J to (i in Dan ville's favor. Both sides were willing to let it go at that. The Sbamokin team, which is under the capable management of Gilbert Kulp, had a very strong line-up, but were unable to cope with the locals. In the field the Sbamokin team did the best work, but at the bat Danville excelled. Tiie Sbamokin players were unable J to solve the mystic curves of Pitcher Rebman and strike outs figure as half of Danville's put outs. He was ably backed up by John Ourry behind the bat. Pitcher Rebman, in fact, was sever al times compelled to fan the side in order to get the innings over. He'com plained bitterly at the lack of support he was given by the men back of him. The Danville team appeared in brand new uniforms,purchased especi ally for the occasion, and made a very natty appearance. The score: DANVILLE. AB. R. H. O. E. A. Curry, c 4 2 3 10 0 0 Rebman, p.. 3 3 1 0 2 0 Benzbach. if 3 11 0 0 0 Ammerman, lb .. 4 11 5 0 0 Vincent, 2b 2 0 0 11 1 Ellenbogen,3b,lf .3 0 0 0 0 2 Marks, If, 3b . ..3 11 0 11 Leniger, sb 2 11 2 11 Howe, cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 27 !) 8 18 5 5 SHAMOKIN. AB. R. H. O. A. E. Malick, 3b 2 0 0 0 11 Thomas, ss 1 0 0 1 2 2 Sanner, rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 | Bongher, 2b 3 0 I 2 1 0 Haupt, cf 3 11 0 0 0 Beard, lb, c 3 2 1 10 0 1 Goodrow, p 3 2 1 0 2 1 McAllister, c, lb. 3 0 l 5 o 0 Rhoads, cf 2 11 0 0 0 Totals 23 0 7 18 ti o Sbamokin 0 0 4 2 0 o—(i Dauville 4 0 0 4 0 I—9 Left on base—Danville 6, Sbamokin 5. Home run—Rhoads. Three base hit —Beard. Two base hit Leniger. : Struck out —by Rebman 0. by Good i row s. Bases on balls—oft' Kehman 2, ; off Good tow 0. Wild pitches—Rebman 2. Time of game—2 hours. Umpires— | Knlji and Gulick. SCHOOL BANKS ARE PGPU . Lor.g Island Scheme Has Spread Ov the World. The system of school savings ban!; i started twent.v-five years ago by J. 11 | Thiry of Long Island City, X. V . has | prospered amazingly. In 1,108 schu | in 118 cities of this country over | 000,000 has been deposited. The N..-u J York city school children have save.! I fully $1,500,000. The system has spread to twenty-three states and also to Porto Itico, Hawaii and the PhiMp pines. It has also been adopted in other lands, having been cordially welcomed in Canada. In nine years $270,000 has been deposited In the schools of To ronto alone. In France there are banks in 11.000 schools, with more than sl,- 500.000 francs deposited. Algeria lias also taken up the plan. In South and Western Australia it has been made :: part of the postal savings system. More than 10.000,000 children havt, participated In this good work. Swiss Invent New Cure. People of Switzerland, so a Paris pa j per reports, invent all kinds of cure# j to attract visitors to their country. ! Just now it is the asparagus cure in | Valais. There is an abundance of as paragus in the Ithone valley, and tons j are exported to various countries of Europe. The cures begiu about the | end of May. and the patients make as | paragus their principal diet Electric Plant Makes Ice. A Nebraska electric lighting plant manufactures lee as a byproduct. A Reliable Remedy FOR CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm y? m ' tR is quickly absorbed. a Gives Relief at Once. ""Vs * It cleanses, soothes, M heals and protects tho diseased mem brane resulting from Catarrh and drives away ft Cold in the Head quickly. Restores tho Senses of Ta-to and Smell. Full size 50 ets. at Druggists or l>y mail. Liquid Cream Balm for use in atomizers 75 cu. Ely Brothers, 5(1 Warren Street, New York. i W BUBWIHWWiI R-I-P-A-N-S Tabule Doctors find A "good prescription For Mankind. The 5-cent packet is enough for nana occasions. The familyibottle (00 cents oontains a anpply;for a year. All drug gists.
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