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Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-02-10
DEATH OF
Il. Il. FIRMAN

Horace II. FuIman died at ms home
on East Mahoning street, Friday at
8 :15 O'CLOCK, after an illness of about
five weeks. Death was caused by a
complication of diseases. induced by a
nervous break down of the entire syst
EN-.
Mr.. Furman was born at Mehoop-
any, Wyoming county, April 4, 1861.
making his age 53 years, 10 months
and 80 days. In early life he located
at Nauticoke, Pa, where he was the
principal of IA graded school for num-
ber of years. Later he entered the
merchandise establishment of o. +.
Ferris, now of Berwick, es a clerk,
subsequently purchasing Mr.. Ferris
store and starting in business for him.
self. After engaging in the me rcaptile
business for a while, he went to work
for Warren W. WeIliver as book Keep
-er and when the latter removed his
business to Danville, 13 years ago, Mr..
Furman came with hin. He continu-
ed to serve as book keeper up until his
declining health compelled him to
quit few weeks ago. When the We'll
liver Hardware Company was organiz-
ed he became stockholder and was
made the treasurer of the concern.
He was IA consistent memher of
the Mahoning Presbyterian church
ever siuce locating in Danville, and
a month or so ago was elected su.
perintendent of the Sunday school
for the second time, having filed that
position during the year of 1874 He
was also one of the Elders of the
church.
He belonged to lodge of Knights
of Malta at Nani locke, and Masonic
lodge at Wyoming, Luzerne coun-
ty. Mrs. Furman died ON September
3, 1897, and was buried on the 9th.
Mr.. Furman's S death occurred on Feb
ruary 3, 1905, and he will be buried on
February 9Th.
Beside number Of brothers and sis
tiers scattered throughout the union, he
is survived by two children, Miss Grace
and Harold Furman
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
The Briton and washing.

We have come to look upon water as
meant primarily to wash in, as an aid
10 ablution rather than a thing of beau
ty. \ story of a Somersetshire peas
ant will illustrate what we mean. The
individual in question had never seen
the sea until he was taken to Weston
suVer-Mare on a Choir treat eXcur-
sion Naturally the vicar, the curate
and the rest of the tenors. trebles and
uaSSes as soon as the esplanade was
reached gathered around to see how
the first sight of the ocean would strike
the natural man. Will it be believed
that the words struck from him by the
view of the unfurrowed deep" lying
in vast eXpanse before his eyes were
these: If Id known what her were
like. Td have brought down a bit of
soap and had a good wash" The iron.
or. rather. the soup. had entered SO
deeply into his soul that he could only
conceive the sea as a huge washing
place.-Loudon Spectator,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Coined In Bedlam,

The phrase Ito sham Abraham" was
coined in Bedlam. or Bethlehem hospi
tai. where there was at one time an
Abraham ward, the inmates of which
upon certain days were permitted to
70 out as licensed beggars on behalf
of the hospital. These mendicant III
natics were known as Abraham men.
and their success in invoking the pity
of the charitable was such that they
had many unlicensed imitatorS. who
when discovered. were said ito have
slammed Abraham"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

1SS2 He began practice at Bucyrus
ana had to borrow the money which he
spent for his Jaw books. In time he be-
came an attorney for railway corpora
tons and their representative in legis-
lative matters.
But Mr.. Nouuett soon saw that the
laws of the state We're being set at
naught by the corporations, and it be
came his ambition to make them OBJ
serve the statutes. In 1Sl5 he was
elected attorney general of Ohio and at
once began the prosecution of corpora.
lions which were alleged to be vioat-
ing the laws He secured the enact
ment of the antitrust law of Ohio. His
conduct of his Office brought him into
conflict with the Standard Oil compa-
ny, and his battle with that corporation
made him famous. 1t is said that he
rejected an offer of 100000. made on
condition that he would modify the
policy Of the attorney generals office
in respect to corporations. He was re
elected attorney general in 1897 and
accomplished much during his two
terms, but his campaign against law
breaking corporations did not produce
the results expected on account of the
unsympathetic attitude of the state
legislature on the subject. Mr.. Mon
nett anticipates success in the tight
upon which he has now entered.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

OF all known meats veal is the hard
est to digest, requiring five hours and
thirty minutes. The Italians are a
happy people. They are healthy and
hopeful. Their favorite meat is veal.
Veal in the New York markets must
weigh exactly 100 pounds to the car
cass to be perfect That is the stand
ard of quality and price All sorts Of
tricks are resorted to to hit the mark
precisely. The question is What is
best for the human race. food that re-
qures long time to digest or Il short
time? Roast beef is digested in three
hours. We Americans are great eat
ers Of pork. which is nearly as hard to
digest as veal. requiring five hours
and fifteen minutes. We are a nation
Of dyspepticS. reveling IN fresh bread.
which takes three hours and fifteen
minutes. China and Japan live on
rice. which digests in one hour.-New
York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

= A Hindoo poem enumerates 500 pur-
poses to which the Palmyra palm alone
is put Among other things it supplies
paper for writing upon. an intoXicat-
ing drink called "toddy," large guam
titles of sugar fruit and vegetable
for the table when the plants are
young Palm wine is also obtained
from the juice Of the sage palm. which
yields excellent sugar candy when boil
ed. The pith Of the trunk forms a
large part of the food of the natives
in many parts of India. Ropes, brush
es and brooms are manufactured from
the fiber of the leaf stalks.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Historic Relic.

The Chesapeake, famous for her en-
counter with the British ship Shan
non in the war of 1872, is still in ex-
istence. When she was captured by
the British she was taken to England
by her captor, Sir Philip Broke and
some years later her timbers We're
sold The purchaser was a miller in
WiSkham. and when he pulled down
his old mill he built a new one from
the timbers of the Chesapeake. Many
of these timbers still have the marks
of the ShannOns grapeshot, and in
some places the shots are still to be
seen deeply imbedded in the pitch pine
If the builder who made this ship
knew that its timbers were being used
in a mill which is making money for
a subject of Great Britain there is no
doubt that he would at least try to rise
from his grave to right the wrong.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Mr.. MOMENTS FIGHT.
Former Attorney General of Ohio
Ready For His Old Enemy.


Frank S Monnett of Ohio has been
putting on his armor and furnishing
his weapons preparatory TO another
contest with his old opponent, the
Standard Oil company. When the bat
tie against the big oil trust was started
in Kansas and taken up by opponents
of the institution in other states those
who were active in the conflict recalled
the anticorporation record made by
Mr. Monnett when he was attorney
general Of the state of Ohio. On ac-
count of this record he was engaged
BY the Kansas Oil Producers asSocia-
ton as counsel in the campaign against
the Standard. He is in the full vigor of
manhood, though ii is about eight years
since he reached the period Of com
parative uScleSSueSs. according To the
Osler theory of the three ages of man.
He was born in kenton. O.. in 1851 and
was an ambitious boy. Though be did
not have rich father to provide him
with plenty of money. he determined TO
obtain a liberal education. He entered
the Bucyrus High school, from which
he graduated in 1919. and after an in
terval. during which he taught school,
be was admitted 10 the Ohio Wesleyan
university at Delaware. During vaca-
tons he worked on farms and in other
ways earned the money to enable him
TO prosecute his studies. After gradua-
ton from the Wesleyan university he
went to Washington aud studied at the
National Law school. graduating in
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

\ man who runs an ostrich farm,
asked the other day as to the method
of gathering the feathers admitted
that they were pulled out of the birds
once in every eight months Was the
process painful?
'Well,' he replied, about equal TO
pulling out your eyeteeth." \ good
many ladies who wear ostrich feath-
ers do so in the belief that they are
thereby serving the cause of humanity.
As a matter of fact. they are encour-
aging the most cruel and barbarous
torture which man can inflict upon a
bird.-Sporting and Dramatic News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
The Mosaic Flooring of the Desert.

The northern portion of the Colorado
desert is paved with the most wonder
full pebbles in the world. in many parts
30 exquisitely laid as to defy success
Jul imitation by the most skilled worker
in mosaic flooring. These pebbles are
made of porphyry, agates, carnelian,
quartz. crystals, garnets, chrysolite
and other such beautiful materials.
They are packed together so that the
surface composed of them is like a
floor. and they look as if pressed into
1t with roller. As a rule. they are
of nearly uniform size. and each one is
polished brilliantly. as if oiled and rub
bed. Most of them are perfect spheres,
and the reflection from them of the
suns rays is gorgeous beyond descrip-
ton Each convex surface gives back
a ray of light. and the ground for
miles seems as if literally paved with
gems. Thus the whole surface of the
plain is n combination Of myriads Of
refectors. each pebble being so highly
polished that it is like a mirror. and it
is believed that the lakes of the desert
mirage are produced by this means.
The pebbles are polished by the loose
sand which is blown hither and thither
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

Wagner, the composer, at one time
became afflicted with headaches and
determined to have his hair cut. He
accordingly arranged with a barber to
perform the operation on a certain day.
That worthy resolved to make Il good
thing of it and Informed all his Gus
toners of Waguer's impending sacri-
fee. Most of them paid him a certain
sum down in advance to make sure of
a lock Of the great musicians hair. To
the BARRIERS horror Nine Wagner SUI
perintended the cutting and when it
was over appropriated the whole Of
the coveted locks. The barber, in de-
spair. confessed that he had sold them
many times over. whereupon madam
suggested that her butcher had hair
very much like Wagner'S. And the
story goes that that night half ORES
den slept with the butchers hair I'M
der its pillow.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
The Confusion of wives.

Occasionally the excess of wives in
Utah leads to amusing consequences,
as when one Of the apostles invited a
visiting gentle to dinner. The guest
lost the address and looked up the
apostle in the directory He observed
that his hostess, though she answered
to the proper name, seemed unprepared
for him, and presently he heard her at
the telephone
"Oh, Emma Is John living at your
house this week? Is he expecting
somebody to dinner today? Very we'll.
The gentleman will be there in a few
minutes
Then returning to the stranger she
handed him paper slip.
You came to the wrong house, sir.
This is the address you want"
On another occasion Il little girl came
running into the parlor while a visitor
was calling
Mamma, mamma! Papa wants his
suit case packed. He is going to live
with Aunt Emma this week. "-Leslie's
Monthly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

Several species Of insects have ap-
paratus for producing sounds similar
to that of the gra shopper or modifica-
tons of it. Of different type is that
with which the ccadas are endowed
Only the males Of this family are sing
ers, for which the Greek poets called
them happy because their females We're
dumb With the ancients cicada sit
ting on a harp was the symbol of mu-
sic. \ pretty fable tells of the con-
test between two cithara players, in
which the curious event happened that
when one of the contestants broke a
string a singing cicada sprang on his
harp and helped him out so that he
gained the prize.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Irish PrOnancintionO.

When an Irishman pronounces sea
SAY" and clean "clane," he does so on
the highest and most unimpeachable
authority, for Chaucer, Spenser, Milton
and Dryden all pronounced these words
exactly as he does. AS matter of fact,
most of these so called Irish pronuncia-
lions are merely old time importations
from England and are thus more Eng
fish than Irish. For instance, three
centuries ago and more the educated
Englishman always said harde (heard),
goolde gold, afeard (afraid). childre
(children), swoorde Sword, boom
home), and so on, and when the Irish
man uses these and similar pronuncia-
lions he is simply reproducing the cul.
tured Englishman of the days Of Queen
Bess.-London Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

Sir Thomas Lawrence was one of
the great portrait painters in England.
His parents We're poor, his father be-
ing country innkeener one day
Lord ShafteSbury's father and mother
stopped Mt the inn. having their young
or SON. the future lord with them. In
conversation the innkeeper spoke Of
the genius of his boy in drawing and
wished them to test it by a picture of
their son. They assented. thinking to
crafty a fathers pride. but not look
ing for any evidence of superior talent
The hoy came in modeStly, with chalk
and paper, ana in a few minutes had
drawn a picture Of their son on which
the parents looked with wonder. They
recognized the genius and the promise
of future greatness. and befriended the
young artist, giving him the help need
ed t. develop his wonderful gift.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Black Mohair

beautiful lustrous silk finish, in fac -.
pretty as silk very often used for Tacr
cts instead of silk, 3Sinches wide. 7sc .
yard 44-inches wide, SI.oo yard. -
Black MOhair Sicilians.
Unusual values, fine weight and finish
trawide, can't be duplicated. 5o.incba,,
wide, 69c and 75c yard. =
White MOhairs.
Just the thing for Shirt Waists ~,
Shirt Waist Suits, for the coming sprins
and summer, in self dots, stripes ana
figures, 3S-inches wide, soc and -sa
yard '0'
Silks for Summer.
The Silks mentioned below are all pe,,
all good and all beautiful. But tben
represent only a small part of the dif
erent FINDS our Silk Department has IA
show you To merely mention ths
kinds, to say nothing of the varieties
each kind, would make a pretty lone
list. So we simply say, come, see ana
compare.
New Silk FOulardS
in neat dot and figures in Champagne
Navy, Brown, Grey, Black and RovaI.
24-inches wide; SOC yard.
New Satin FOulards.
Beautiful soft finish that will not crush
III dots and figures; colors Champagne
Navy, Brown and Royal; 24-inches
wide; 75c yard.
New White Jap Silk.
Fine soft finish, washable for Shirt
Waists and Shirt Waists Suits; al and
27-inches wide; 3712c, soc, 75c yard
New Taffeta Silk
in neat check for Shirt Waist Suits and
Waists, in Black and White and Blue
and White; also all desirable shades n
plain colors; I9-inches wide, at re
yard.
New India Silks
for Shirt Waists. Fine finish. full ~.
inches wide, in all the popular shades
at SOC yard. Black Habutai Silks
water and perspiration proof; ~ and
36-inches wide; 75c and 81 90 ward
New guaranteed Taffeta Silk in Black
full 36-inches wide; 81 rs yard. New
guaranteed Peau de Sole Silk in Black
full 56-inches wide; $3.50 and SI.5
yard.
New Spring Jackets.
Jackets of Tan Covert Cloth, with and
without collar; plain and strapped
seams. Price, $500, Sc so, $3.50 and
$40. Jackets of Black Cheviot and
Broadcloth, notched collars, plain and
strapped seams; lined and unlined
Price, $500, $500, $3.50 and $40.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

A curious effect of the wear and
tear to which the earth's crust is ever
being subjected is exhibited in the sin
gularly capped pinnacles existing on
South river, in the Wasatch noun
tainS. in Utah. There are hundreds of
these slender pillars, ranging in height
from 40 to 400 feet, most of them
crowned by large caps of stones. They
are not works of human art, as might
be imagined. but are the memorial
monuments of the hill from which they
have been cut by the action of air
and water Those pinnacles alone re-
main of many square miles of solid
rocks. which have been washed away
TO Il depth of some 400 feet. The
greater hardness Of the surface has
caused it to resist corrosion more than
the underlying rock thus leaving huge
caps of stone pe"rhed hHh in air on
the points of their columns. one dou-
BILE column. capped by single stone,
forms 4 natural bridge both unique
and picturesque.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
IN FuII Dress.

"Gosh all hemlock," snorted Uncle
Silas, backing away from the door.
"What is the trouble, sir?" queried
the footman.
81 thought | was gittin in tn ball
room, an come within one of buttin'
right in thar to tn ladies' dressin'
room"
"That is not the ladies' dressing
ROOM" reassured the footman. ut is
the ballroom Houston Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

YES" said the cheerful idiot. there
is one social chasm that politeness can
not bridge"
"What, for instance%' asked the tired
citizen in the hope that the idiot was
threatened with Il lucid interval
Sarcasm" replied the cheerful idiot,
laughing ghoulishly.-Baltimore Amer
loan
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

Yesterday bought" writes CORE
spondent, some black jet buttons, and
when l got home l found on the card,
Best Australian Make I took a pen
ell to write in my account book. I
found it had Z. S. A upon it.
sharpened the point, and on the sharp
ener was New York l got out a
match 10 light the lamp and on the
box was Made in Sweden / lit the
lamp and found on it, Made in Bava.
ria and so on and so on."-London
Telegraph.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

The first really practicable friction
matches were made by an English
apothecary named Walker in ISL. He
coated splints of cardboard with sui
phur and tipped them with a mixture
of sulphate of anthony, chlorate of
potash and gum. Each box, holding
eighty-four matches and sold for q
shilling, contained also a folded piece
of glass paper, which was to be pressed
together while the match was drawn
through it, Three years later another
ingenious person named Jones in Lon
don patented the idea of making Il
small roll of paper, soaked with chic
rate of potash and sugar at one end.
with Il thin glass globule filled with
strong sulphuric acid attached at the
same point When the sulphuric acid
was liberated by pinching the globule
it acted upon the chlorate of potash
and sugar 50 rs to produce fire.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Crickets In JaDan.

There is a large green cricket in ia
pan Of which the children of that coun-
try are fond. 1t is sold in cunning lit
tie bamboo cages in booths on the
streets and is loved for its CHEEKY chirp.
Several varieties of tree crickets are
pure white, coming at different times
of the year. Some have note so loud
and insistent that to have two or three
playing their fiddles in a garden at
once makes a noise almost deafening.
while species that comes late in the
fall has an exquisite note like the quick
ringing Of small bell.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

There is one place in Il ship where
the voya ger may be at rest This writ
er discovered it during a mid-Atlantic
storm, when he went down to the bath
room. tumbled into Il warm sea bath
and hoated. The vessel was perform
ing the most amazing antics, hut the
water in the bath kept its usual gravi-
ty. and the bather floated with Il smile
upon its bosOm.-LondOn Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Something Just MS Good.

"Young man." asked the girls IA
Their, "have you any visible means of
support?"
"Why-aw-none that are visible to
the naked eye" replied the young
man hesitatingly. Il am one of the
microbe specialists of the health de-
partment. Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
..CQrrito and Gaspard..
Two of the Best and HandsOmeSt
SireS in Frederick County.

GASPARD. grand sire of style, speed and action
horse be by the farmers of the who have fine large
and who wish improve their stock by the blood of
the best strains of registered stock in this country
Gaspard a foa getter splendid
jag colts from farm To size and handsome looking colts
you must breed to stylish horses of good size and action
Gaspard a bright bay high weighs twelve
hundred pounds he has splendid carriage fine action and the
horse produce large carriage horses which such
mand, well as fine road horses.
Gaspard of Sea King bred the celebrated Woodbmu
Sock Farm, Kentucky GaSpard sire by Lord RUSSELL
brother to Maud s., zOS8
The Gaspard Gold Pen, registered by
Mambrino Abdalah (great brood mare sire.)
by Harold, sire of Maud ST. sixty
$50 list.
3d dam by Mambrino Patchen of the the
2.3O list.
Only first mares are solicited Terms will be fifteen dollars
for nsurancehe money be paid when the
be with foa Anyone parting with before
with foa will be considered for the service fee of fifteen
dollars Gaspard Wakersvlle and at Smiths Hotel
Woodsboo every other week; then the stable
Frederick, Md Apply to Michael Knil, Frederick, Nd.
CURRTO is enc of the best known rotters in MARYLAND He
took his record of 27i in the fourth heat in his Bel
Park, Philadelphia gamer the
Currio beautiful brown stands fifteen three
splendid appearance and has number grand o
His colts large and handsome and all show speed
Currto sired by Idol Gift 224 by Akers Idol he by
Mambrino Chief
Maid dam Clayton 219) by Jupiter
Abdallah
End dam Lady Mason, by American Star.
3rd dam by Hunts Commodore.
ourrtO stands at his owners stable near Frederick $40 the
is given Liberal terms are always assured
None but first class taken.
MICHAEL KNILL,
L VICTOR BAUeHD1AN,
Poplar Terrace Frederick.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

An eastern rheumatic who was visit
ing in southern Arizona was asked by
the editor of one of the local dailies
what lie thought of that country.
Wonderful dry air." said the inva-
lid
Yes, everything is always as dry as
dust out here said the editor. by the
way, while you're stopping here for
your health you ought to let me send
you my paper
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
The ideal saddle Horse,

The ideal saddle horse is from fif-
teen to sixteen hands high, short back
ed and well coupled 1t has thin, high
withers, a long. well arched neck and
a long, keen ear well set on the head.
The tail should be set high on the
rump, and the rump itself should be
somewhat sloping. The horse should
have besides fiat, sinewy bones in its
legs and a medium sized foot.-Coun-
try Life In America.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24
Understood His business.

Fashionable Tailor-Go front at once.
Two young clerks there after suits.
New Man (whispering)-I'm waiting on
a millionaire. leave him and attend
to the clerks. These millionaires don't
buy new clothes once in five years
A clerk is good for a fresh suit every
three months. New York Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-03-24

The Count-Did her father acquire
his money honestly? Miss Bright isar-
castically)-Oh, yes. If he did not
suppose you would not marry her? The
Count-Not at ALL If he acquired it
dishonesty he would probably be too
clever to give any of it away.-New
York Times.