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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
Would You Recognize 1t If You Saw
II on Anotherf

Would You Recognize II If You Saw
il on Anotherf
How curious it is," said the philos-
Opher, that the person for whom you
care most on earth, the one you see
Oftenest and who receives your most
constant attention, Is the one whose
countenance is least familiar to you"
"Who is that?" asked the visitor.
Yourself" said the philosopher. sit
is fact that If people could be dupli-
Gated and could meet themselves in the
street very few would recognize them
selves We look at ourselves many
times during the 365 days of the year.
We say our eyes are blue or brown or
whatever other color they may be, our
hair black, our chin peaked, our fore
head high. We know every lineament
of our face from constant study and
attention, yet when we turn away
from the mirror we cannot conjure up
a picture of ourselves.
I'VE know just how our friends and
even acquaintances look. In fancy we
can see them sitting so or standing so,
and their varying expressions under
different circumstances are clear to us
even though we may not have seen
them for years, but when it comes to
ourselves we cannot fill in even the
outlines of the picture. We may laugh,
we may cry, we may frown, but we do
not know how we look while we are
doing it, photographs do not help US.
We have never seen ourselves In the
flesh. Mirrors and pictures are poor
aids when we sit down and try to see
ourselves with the minds eye.
THAT is why people are so deeply
interested in anybody who is said to
resemble them. Just say to a man,
4 know somebody who Is the dead i'm
age of you and he will never rest till
he sees that person. Then If the like
ness is really true he will own that
up t\ that time he had had no concep-
ton of how lie really looked"
The visitor smiled wanly.
Il wish YOU wouldn't talk like that"
she said. 1T makes me feel positively
uncanny."-New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
Promotions i'm Guard.

Promotions in the national guard
will move little more rapidly for
few wears, and there will be great
change in the list of general officers
of the State troops if bill introduced
Tuesday night by Senator Godcharles,
of Northumberland, is passed. The
measure provides that after man has
served forty years in the guard he may
apply for retirement, and that when
an officer reaches the age OF sixty-four
years he shall be retired without fur
ther ado Officers so retired are to be
advanced to the next higher grade, and
at the expiration of the commissions
held at the time of retirement they
may apply for new commissions at the
higher grade, which they will hold as
retired officers during good behavior,
which virtually means for life. Offic-
ers on the retired list may be entailed
for any duty, except commanding
troops. 1T is my idea to introduce
bill which shall be for the good of the
guard as a whole" said Senator. God
charles is speaking of the measure.
Senator Godcharles is conversant with
guard matters and needs, having serv-
ed as inspector of rife practice in the
twelfth regiment until less than a
year ago.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
The Story Ofa Medicine.

It's name-"Golden Medical Discovery"
was suggested by one Of its most import
ant and valuable ingredients - Golden
Seal root.
Nearly forty years ago, DIR. Pierce dis
covered that he could, by the use OF pure,
triple-refined glycerine, aided by GER
tain degree OF constantly maintained
heat and with the aid of apparatus and
appliances designed for that purpose, ex-
tract from our most valuab native me-
dicinal roots their curative properties
much better than by the use of alcohol,
so generally employed. So the now world
famed Golden Medical Discovery" for
the cure of weak stomach, indigestion, or
dyspepsia. torpid liver, or biliousness and
kindred arrangements was first made, as
IL ever sin4e has bNen, without particle
4 sla9ceStNtae jS fist Of its ingredI-
will show that 1t IS Rads from the most
valuable medicinal roofs found growing
Rredients Lave received the z-T4l, Len.
PsIts. LeaGhels and XEilsSS- -4an -Hl1Gl16
Nedlcl who IecQmWend them aSths IsIY
besf remedles for The diseases Tor YhlcR
"GoIdeQ MedIcaIQlscQYerXr 4 -adYlsed.
a little book oil these endorsements ha5
been compiled by DIR. r. V. Pierce, Of
Buffalo, n. Y, and will be mailed free to
any one asking same by postal card, or
letter addressed to the Doctor as above.
From these endorsements, copied from
standard medical books Of all the differ
ent schools Of practice, 1t will be found
that the ingredients composing the Gold
en- Medical Discovery" are advised not
only for the cure of the above mentioned
diseases, but also for the cure OF all ca
tarrhal, bronchial and throat affections,
accompanied with catarrhal discharges,
hoarseness, sore throat, lingering or
hang-on- coughs, and all those wasting
affections which, il not promptly and
properly treated are liable to terminate
In consumption. Take DR.. Plerce's Dis
covery in time and persevere in its use
until you give it fair trial and IT is not
likely to dlsappoint. Too much must not
be expected OF it. 1t will not perform
miracles. 1t will not cure consumption
In its advanced stages. No medicine will.
II tCUl cure the affections that lead up 70
consumption, II taken IN time.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
Laying Pipe at Hospital.

Up to the present the winter has not
been sufficiently severe to hold up out
of-door work on the hospital grounds.
One of the most important pieces OF
work ever carried through during win
ter is approaching completion at pres
ent. This is the laying of pipe to con-
duct water from the pumping station
to the gate house, a distance of fifteen
hundred feet. The work has been in
progress for some weeks past and al
though rendered unpleasant and at
times difficult by the damp and wet
weather it has suffered but few inter
ruptions. Three-inch pipe is being
laid
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
Our Billions of Ancestors.

Has anybody ever stopped to think
how many male and female ancestors
1t took to bring us into the worldf
First, of course, 1t was necessary to
have father and mother, and our IA
ther and mother must have had ia
ther and mother, and so on back to the
time Of Christ 4 careful calculation
of all these ancestors shows that there
must have been 139, ,235, OH ,4S9, ,534, ,976
births to bring one Of us into the
world. And this is only from the time
Of Christ and not from the beginning
of the world According to one author
lty, II from single couple for 5000
years each husband and wife had mar
rled at the aye Of twenty-one and there
had been no deaths the population Of
the earth would he 2,199.915, followed
by IA ciphers To hold such popula-
tion it would take several worlds the
size Of ours
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
BILL INTRODUCED
TO STOP TREATING
HARRISBURG. Jan. %.

A bill to stop treating in any places
where vinous. malt or spirituous llqu-
ors ale sold was introduced in the
house this morning by Mr.. Thomas, of
Bucks. 1t provides that the proprietor
of any place of this kind who allows
treating shall be guilty of misdeme-
amor and shall be subject to fine of
S1O0 and Imprisonment of sixty days.
The act defines treating thus: TO
be the practice of inviting one or
more persons to drink any malt, vim
GUS or spirituous liquors as a colnpli-
ment or as a civility, often i'll return
for the like favor shown.
The old scheme to erect new coun-
ty in the upper part of the state and
make Hazleton the seat thereof-it was
once designed TO do this and name the
new county Quay cOunty-came up
again this morning Mr.. Boyle, OF
Luzerne. presented a bill providing for
the erection and organization of new
counties out of parts of two adjoining
counties.
Mr.. Flack. of Bucks, introduced Il
bill TO provide that townships which
have abolished the work tax shall get
more money from the State. Under an
act of April ~. 1905, townships. by a
majority vote of the electors. can alb
olish the work tax; any which 90 so
are to receive annually from the State
sum equivalent to fifteen per cent.
of the amount of road tax collected in
such townships. The bill read by Mr.
Flack this morning amends the second
section of that act so that such town
ships shall receive fifty per cent, OF
the total collection.
The house today passed finally these
two bills, the first of the session:
Enlarging the powers of county com
missioners to erect county bridges aud
empowering them to construct new
bridges when existing ones are not
sufficient to accommodate traffic.
Amending the act of March 26, 1908,
empowering cities TO condemn land
tor certain purposes so that land may
be condemned for workhouses, poor
houses and garbage disposal plants.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
COWS r1ILKED
ON CAPITOL HILL
HARPTSPuDC To,


At the meeting of the State board of
agriculture and the Pennsylvania
Dairy union in the old executive build
ing there was test of a milking
machine in the basement of the build
ing this morning This was the first
time COWS have ever been MIXED in a
State building. AT 8 80 o'clock this
morning four fine COWS were driven
into the basement of the building, and
in the presence of large orc-y-d vi
people, including J. j. Hill, master of
the State grange, secretary of Agricul-
ture Critchfeld. Farmer William
t. Greasy, and Prof. H. E. Van Nor
man, president of the Pennsylvania ia
Dairy union, the milking machine was
applied and started by an operator,
and it did the work
"This milking machine said Presi-
dent Van Norman, "acts on the prin-
ciple of suction and pulsation 1t
milks the cow just as calf would in
feeding from the mother cow"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
AN ORDINANCE.

PROHIBITING THE DISTRIBU-
TION OF SAMPLES OF MEDIC
AL PREPARATIONS, WITHIN
THE LIMITS OF THEBOROUGH
OF DANVILLE, MONTOUR
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA,
PRESCRIBING THE PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE
PROVISIONS OF SUCH ORDIN-
ANCE, AND FOR OTHER PUR-
POSES.
SECTION /. Be it ordained and en-
acted by the Chief Burgess, and by
the Town Council of the Borough of
Danville, in the County of Montour
and State of Pennsylvania in council
assembled, and it is hereby ordained
and enacted by the authority Of the
same: That it shall not be lawful for
any person or persons, firm or firms,
company or companies, association or
associations, corporation or corpora
tions to throw or distribute, or cause
to be thrown or distributed any bottle
or bottles, box or boxes, package or
packages, or other device or devices
containing samples of medicine,
drugs, pills. ointments, nostrums,
compound or other substance used as
medicine or like articles of any kind
whatsoever, in any street, alley, or
upon or about any public or private
property, building or buildings, dwell
ling or dwellings, door yard or prem
ises within the limits of the said Bor-
ough of Danville.
Any person or persons, firm or firms
company or companies, association or
associations, corporation or corpora
tions who or which shall violate any
of the provisions of this ordinance
shall forfeit and pay fine of twenty
five dollars for each and every such
offense
SECTION ?. All fines and penalties
imposed by any of the provisions of
this ordinance may be sued for, col
lected and recovered before any JUS
tice of the Peace of the Borough of
Danville, as debts of like amount and
fines and penalties imposed for the
violation of Borough ordinances are
now by law collectable and recover
able, and shall be paid over TO the
Treasurer of the sand Borough for the
use of the said Borough.
SECTION g. All ordinances or parts
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
The Nickname.

The public man in America who has
never been tagged with a nickname
may be just as efficient and worthy OF
praise as his brethren who are known
as "BilT" and Joe" but he has not
achieved an equal measure Of popular
ity. Nicknames are oftener inspired by
affection than by aversion. 1.-The men
Of the people" so called, are invari'
ably nicknamed Venerable citizens
still refer to ABE" Lincoln, dwelling
with reminiscent affection upon the alb
breviation. Nicknames both good and
bad are as old as history. In this coun.
try the people have a way Of abbrevi
ating the names of the men they really
like and assigning their full titles to
the men who prefer dignity to popular
ity.-Pittsburg Gazette.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24

DO you love me as much as / love
youY"
The Barnard college girl smiled. DO
you wish me TO prove it?' she said.
For answer he bent forward, expect
ing to receive the usual binding of the
promise.
II mean mathematicaIly." she con-
tinued, drawing her face back. "Now,
don't be cross. Listen! We belong to
a certain circle. We are the radii OF
that circle. Two radi of circle are
equal to Il third radius Of the same cir
Gle
He wasn't good at mathematics, but
he conceded the point.
Things which are equal to the same
thing are equal to one another. Well,
supposing that you and l are equal to
y. an unknown quantity
He was perfectly willing to suppose
anything.
~ is ouf love for each other. We
are equal to X Things which are equal
to the same thing are equal to one an
other. Therefore must love you in
the same ratio that you love me-!
He didn't walt for any more mathe-
natics The tx" hA"amo X'taavi-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
MAKING WAMPUM.
Process That Requires Both Pa
rienCe and Skill.

rienCe and Skill.
With certain tribes wampum is still
highly priced and necklaces are worn
by men. women and children when
they are the fortunate possessors of
them. To make wampum various kinds
of shells are used, white and those
having a lavender hue being most
liked.
The thin shells are broken into little
p'e..as and by aid of nippers are made
- nearly round as possible When
each piece is drilled in the center, the
old time fire kindling style of drill be
ing used. the shells are then strung and
rolled with the hand on fat stone.
which grinds them until they are
smooth and even.
Comparatively few Indians among
hose who prize wampum beads most
highly have the skill or patience to
make them. even though they had the
materials. The fact is there are but
few wampum bead makers in the coun-
t-,. and II often happens that long pill
gY;mages must he made to secure the
rSulSiteS for really me Dedus, anu, a.
with the white mans trinkets, that
which is far fetched and dear bought
is most sought after for ornamentation
Around some OF the ancient ruins IN
the southwest the little disks Of wam-
pum are often found in the sand, and il
Is probable that they We're deposited
in the graves in very early times and
washed out or exposed by the wind $
action. These ruins are in the best
state of preservation of any In the
country Absolutely nothing Is known
of their builders. and the origin OF
these ruins was as much mystery
when Coronado first saw them in 1910.
when he made his famous invasion, as
it is to the people of the present day
Indians Friend.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
H. B. PATTON,
AN ORDINANCE.


TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING
OF TRANSIENT. RETAIL MER-
CHANTS IN THE BOROUGH OF
DANVILLE, ,MONTOUR COUN-
TY, PENNSYLVANIA AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
FAILURE TO OBTAIN THE
SAME.
SECTION /. Be it ordained and en-
acted by the Chief Burgess, and by the
Town Council of the Borough of Dan
vile, in the County of Montour and
State of Pennsylvania, in Council as
sembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same:
That hereafter every person, whether
principal or agent, entering into, be.
ginning, or desiring to begin, transi-
ent, retail business in the Borough of
Danville. in the County of Montour,
and State of Pennsylvania, for the sale
of any goods, wares or merchandise
whatsoever, whether the same shall be
represented or held forth to be bank
rupt, assignees, or about to quit busi-
ness, or of goods damaged by fire, wat
er or otherwise shall take out a license
for the same from the Chief Burgess
of the said Borough of Danville and
which said license shall be duly sign
ed by the said Chief Burgess and at
tested by the Secretary of the said Bor-
ough. The amount of such license in
the said Borough of Danville shall not
be less than twenty five dollars 1925. :
00), nor exceed the sum of two nun
dred dollars 1920. OO), per month or
fractional part thereof, to be paid to
the Treasurer of the said Borough of
Danville for the use of the said Bor-
ough. Said license to be renewed
monthly during the continuance of
said sale, and upon failure of said per-
son or persons SO to secure such Ii
cense, he, she, or they shall be fined
in q cur, not loco than opo I,pJ rod
dollars ($100. 00), nor more than two
hundred dollars (s200. OO). to be col
lected as otler fines are by law col
lectable. an / in default of payment of
said fines, to be imprisoned in the Jail
of the said County of Montour for a
period not exceeding thirty days.
SECTION All ordinances or parts
of ordinances inconsistent with CT con-
trary to the provisions of this ordin-
ance are hereby repealed
APPROVED the 22nd day of Dec
mber A. d. 1906.
WILLIAM j. ROGERS,
Chief Burgess.
HARRY B. PATTON,
Secretary of the Borough of.Danville.
Council Chamber, Danville, Decem-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24

A singular way of removing oxygen
from the air by the aid Of plant 1s
PENDED over water. IS placed n mush-
room. and sunlight is allowed to fall
upon the plant The mushroom alb
serbs the oxygen from the air in the
lar. and the carbonic acid formed dur
ing the process is absorbed by the wa
ter. which gradually rises In the jar
to one-fifth of its height. The mush-
room now dries up, but its animation
Is only suspended, as may be proved
by introducing beside it green plant,
when 1t will recommence to vegetate'
being nourished by the oxygen exhaled
from the fresh plant
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
Friendship.

Friendship, this beautiful relation OF
life to life. soul to soul, is of most Sc
rious import 1t sometimes makes our
warmest friend in reality our worst
enemy. Bad qualities in a friend are
false lghts-they lure to evil Many
of us are constituted so that it is easy
for Us to form friendships, Let us be
careful OF those thus brought under
our influence and power. Let us keep
them unsoiled. Let us feel that grave
responsibilities lie in our friendships
and that they also enshrine glorious
opportunities.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
LAWS IN CHINA.
They Take No Account of the Inten-
tions of the Accused.

They Take No Account of the Inten-
tions of the Accused.
The incompatibility of laws based
on diverse civilizations is nowhere
more marked than in China, says Ho-
sea r. Morse in the Atlantic. There
no bankruptcy law is possible. If
debtors own estate will not suffice to
pay his debts the deficiency must be
made good by his father, brothers or
uuclcs; If = debtor absconds his i'm
mediate family are promptly imprison-
ed; If the debtor returns he Is put In
prison and kept there indefinitely, so
long as he can find money for his
daily food until released by payment
In full or by death. This Is the law.
When In 1895 Admiral Ting found
himself forced to surrender Weihaiwei
and his fleet he committed suicide.
BY this courageous step, technically
dying Jetore surrender he saved his
immediate family-father, mother, sons
and daughters-from decapitation and
their property from confiscation, the
penalty when a commander surrenders
an imperial fortress. This is the law.
When in the old days an English
gunner caused the death of Chinese
by firing salute from a cannon from
which by oversight the ball had not
been removed. he was seized, tried
and executed. And in 1880, when In
the course of n disturbance with Eng
lish and American sailors at Canton
Chinese was killed, the authorities de-
manded that if the guilty person could
not be detected and executed the
whole party should be handed over
for execution. This Is the law.
Intention Is never taken into ac-
count. A dollar for a dollar, an eye
for an eye, life for life, and all
for the emperor and his representa-
tives-this is the law of China.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24

Professor Huxley had funny way
Of remembering certain anatomical de-
tails of the human heart. On tie left
side of the heart there IS a valve with
two flaps resembling a bishops miter
and known as the mitral valve. The
corresponding valve on the RIGHT side
has three flaps The only means by
which he could remember their re
spective positions, said Huxley. with
his skeptic's humor, was by the re-
flection that a bishop could never he
in the right
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
A YEAR TOO SOON.

After all the glorious time the peo-
ple of Hazleton had at their "Old
Home Week" it does seem too bad
that a borough official should have
discovered that they had it just year
too soon. This discovery was in the
shape of a seal which very clearly
shows that 1857 was the year of the
organization of the borough. The
Hazleton Standard says that now is
the time for anybody to come forward
who wants to engineer another re-
union next summer.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24

"Mr. Merchant" said the new clerk.
preparing to ask for more money, Il
think understand the business pretty
we'll now, and
"Yes?" interrupted his employer.
"Well, keep at it four or five years.
Perhaps You'll understand it then as
well as you think you do now."-Phil'
adelphia Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
Administrators Notice.

Estate of Mary Crossley late of the
Borough of DanvilIe, in the county Of
Montour and State of Pennsylvania
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
Administration upon the above state have
been granted 10 the undersigned. All
persons indebted TO the said estate are
required to make payment and those
having claims or demands against the
said estate, will make known the same,
without delay, to,
J. P. BARE
Administrator
Mary Crossley
deceased,
Edward Sayre Gearhart,
Counsel.
P o. Address.
Danville Pa.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24

Life is full of contrarlness and non
payment of allmony," complained the
woman as she took her seat reluctantly
at her desk on the morning after the
dance when | was married and
had more leisure than anything else
the days We're long and deadly. but
now that am free and life might be
one endless dream of gayety | have TO
work."-NeW York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
Overproduction of Coal.

There has been an overproduction of
c)al in the anthracite fields owing
largely to the mild weather prevailing
and storage room is so much taken up
that some collieries have already clos
ed temporarily and others will likely
follow next week
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
Rails For kulD'S Road.

The Shamokin Trolley Extension
Company on Friday let contract with
the Pennsylvania Steel company. of
Steelton, for 2, 240 tons of rails, which
will be laid as soon as possible over an
eighteen-mile stretch between Sha-
mokin and Sunbury.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
IWO-STORY FRAME BUILDING
Executors Notice.

Estate of William Taylor, late of Lib
erty Township, Montour county
deceased.
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate pay.
ment and those having legal claims
against the same, Will present them
without delay in proper order for set
tlement TO
HENRY VINCENT, Executor.
Danville, Pa, January 11th, 1907.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
She Is Single.

Good luck has befallen Miss Mabel
Sprague, of Minersville, a rich uncle
dying in London, England, leaving her
fortune estimated at SO, 600. Miss
Sprague is an attractive young lady
and it will be interesting to many
young men to know that she is single.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-01-24
Want to Change Name.

A movement is now being made to
change the name Of the UNITED Am
erican Mechanics" to National Or
der of Americans" and this question
is now being voted on in the various
councils of the order all over the coun
try.