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.—
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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-
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it. To prove its wonderful vii tuts, we will eh* <
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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.
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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
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is quickly absorbed. a
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heals and protects
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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.
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Doctors find
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For Mankind.
The 5-cent packet is enough for nana
occasions. The familyibottle (00 cents
oontains a anpply;for a year. All drug
gists.