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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
EDMUND KEAN.
To See Hin Act Was Like Reading
Shakespeare by Lightning.

shakespeare by Lightning.
Before the third century after the
oirth Of Shakespeare had reached its
first quarter there was born In England
TO a stage carpenter and a strolling ac-
tress a child destined to grapple with
the poets highest thought and inter
pret it with vividness that to this
day stands unriyaled. Coleridge's terse
comment that to see him act was read.
ing Shakespeare by lightning, reveals
him with the fullness of a volume. Ed
mund Kean, along with most people
early trained to an art, had little f any
education of the schools. He was when
boy provided with instruction by
some benevolent people whom his
smartness and beauty attracted, but he
rebelled against the tasks of study and
went to sea. But life there was too
rough for his fine nature. He returned
to England and at the age of seven be-
gan the study of Shakespeare's charac
terS with his Uncle Moses. This he
continued with an actress named lids
well, who taught him, besides, as well
as she knew, the principles of her art.
At an early age he bad the credit OF
originality so surprising as even then
to challenge the supremacy Of Philip
Kemble. At fourteen he played Ham
let. King George had him recite at
Windsor castle, and it is said this incl
dent lei some gentlemen to send him
10 Eton. but there IS no record of it.
At twenty he was In provincial troop,
4 member of which he married, and
TOR six years thereafter until his glori-
Gus night at Drury Lane, his life was
one of hardship, struggle, obscurity,
but, thanks to the faith in himself not
hopeless. His London debut was made
at twenty eight He had fought for il
hard and long and would then have
missed it but for the falling reputation
of the theater. London debutS in first
roles are not easy for provincial &C
tors, and none knew better how hard
they are to get than Henry Irving.
Kean seems to have been at his full
splendor and made Il hit. After that
his habits were altogether prejudicial
to the refinement of taste or the acqui.
sition of knowledge.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
Dangers of the Revenue Service.


The officers of the internal revenue
service make little fuss over their ac-
complishments. The world scarcely
hears of them unless they have had
desperate hand to hand fight with
mountain desperadoes which has re
suited in the death of several of their
humber. But day after day and night
after night they go about their work
calmly, quietly. in constant danger OF
death from a shot from some ambush.
ed moonshiner or blockader. Yet these
men are an absolute necessity for the
safeguarding Of the cJuntry's interests
and they deserve mach credit for their
hard task. scarcely appreciated by the
great mass of the people.-David A.
Gates in Metropolitan Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
CONSCIENCE MONEY.
what the Old Time Publishers PAID
From n Sense of Justice.

what the Old Time Publishers PAID
From n Sense of Justice.
Some interesting details have been
given out lately as TO the sums volun-
tarily paid to British novelists by
American publishers before the days Of
International copyright. Any American
firm could reprint at once whatever is
sued from the English presses, but
some publishers arranged with British
authors for advance sheets Of forth
coming works, thus enabling them to
get the start of ''piratical" firms which
paid the author nothing. 1t Is interest
ing to observe the occasional disparity
between the merit of the book and the
price paid. The whole thing was In
the nature of leap in the dark Often
the sum given by the American pub
Usher was really more than the Amer
lean rights would probably have been
worth had 1t been possible to secure
them by copyright. Thus Anthony
Trollope got $500 for "Sir Harry Hot
spur" one Of his poorest novels; George
Eliot $500 for Daniel Deronda" and
Charles Reade $1,000 for "a Woman
Halter" No publisher today would
pay any such sums for these books II
he were permitted to read them before
buying.
On the other hand, by way Of com
parison, the very best books brought
their authors only trifling returns from
America. Charles Reade received only
$3.50 for Put Yourself In His Place"
$1,000 for Hard Cash." these being
two of his finest novels, and $1,000 for
love Me Little. Love Me Long
Thackeray got only $3.50 for THE New
comes" and $500 for Henry Esmond."
Trollope obtained from the Harpers
1925 for "The Bertrams," $3.50 for
Castle Richmond" $500 for "Phineas
Finn" $3.50 for The Eustace Dia-
monds," "Orley Farm" Lady Anna"
and Ralph the Heir" The $500 for
his Cicero" is fully as much as any
American publisher would give today
for the copyright of such a book.
George Eliot received only 500 for
adam Bede" and $500 for "Sllas Mar
nGr. 'Ihe MIL on the FLOSS Drought
her 81, 800.
Wilkie Collins and Dickens were the
most popular authors of the precopy-
right period, and they Jared best OF all
1T the hands of their authorized Amer
lean publishers. The former drew from
this country 81 500 for The Woman In
white" So, 750 each for 1.-The Moon
stone and Man and Wife" and $4,000
for Poor Miss Finch" To Dickens
the Harpers paid $3.50 for Little
Dorrit." 81 500 for BLEAK House"
$4,000 each for "Our Mutual Friend
and "A Tale of Two Cities" and 81 500
for "Great Expectations, this last rep
reSentng the high water mark of such
voluntary paymentS.-B Bookman.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
A TREE OF ILL REPUTE.
The Fresh Juice of the Upas Acts n
Deadly Poison.

The Fresh Juice OF the Ipas Acts IA
Deadly Poison.
An evil reputation has long been
borne by the upas tree, Anttaris toxl-
caria. which grows in Borneo and 9th
ar East Indian islands. 1t Is still q
common belief that birds flying with
In the influence of its poisonous va
pors instantly perish and that it is ia
tai for animals or men to rest be
Meath its shade. 1t resembles certain
rhus plants Qike the poison Ivy in
emitting a volatile substance which
affects the skins of certain suscepti-
BILE persons. though others are unaf-
fected The sap is very poisonous and
is the chief substance used by the
Dyaks of Borneo for poisoning the tips
of their darts.
In this process an incision is made
in the bark of the tree and the milky
exudation collected on a palm leaf
and dried first in the sun and then
over a fire until a thick brown mass
is left. In this state 1t can be kept
without deteriOrating, and when re-
quired for use it is made into a thin
paste with the juice of tuba" root,
which is used to stupefy fish, or with
tobacco or lemon juice. and the ends of
the darts dipped into the mixture and
dried. These darts are made from the
middle stem of the palm leaf and are
about six or eight inches in length and
,I,, nP
needle
They are used with wooden sumpl-
tan, or blowpipe, which is about seven
or eight feet in length and has an in
ternal diameter of about One-quarter
inch A bird struck by one Of these
little darts Is instantly killed. and n
pig dies in about twenty minutes.
The fresh juice of the upas tree,
whether swallowed or injected into
The blood. acts as a violent poison.
causing cOnvulSiOnS and death.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
BIRTH OF A "GASSER."
ioise of n Blowing Well Drowned
All other Sounds.

Noise of n Blowing Well Drowned
All other Sounds.
In the Broadway Magazine is story
by Rupert Hughes concerning the oil
wells of Texas. He tells of the birth Of
'gasser."
, 1t screamed like the death cry of a
thousand panthers." He says: The
long steel cable has been sent flying
like twine string. A great length Of
pipe has been hurled against a tree
and wrapped around it. The derrick
was almost hidden in white haze. A
geyser of fine sand was streaming up
ward and eating away the lofty crown
block.
Seth knew what it was. He found
Tom, and they gesticulated at each
other They made faces, but no audi
BILE sound Their voices were vain as
candles in the full sunlight. Each was
trying to yell the same thing.
"'She'S n gasser, blowing her head
off,
"NIen gathered from everywhere and
acted like crazy folk, working their
jaws and delivering no message.
"They were soaked, drowned, OBJ
liberated in a sea of intolerable noise.
a mile away at the railroad station
the passengers were equally made
dumb by the uproar II man want
ed a ticket he had to write out the
name of the station. An engine rolled
In with a bell that rocked without
sound and q whistle emitting puffs Of
white steam that no one heard.
"The animals Of the region were
greatly disturbed There was much
breaking OF harness on the part Of
horses, and one or two galloped about
under empty saddles. Their riders
were doubtless stuck in the mud some
where, head first.
"a few pigs wandering here and
there had shifted at the noise and re-
turned to their luxurious wallows In
the oily muck
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
Omen of the wedding Ring,

At the close of a recent divorce case
a woman spectator remarked:
81 knew they wouldn't pull together
very long. The crease made by her
wedding ring proved that. When she
had been married six months | saw
her take her ring off one day. The
mark it had left was so faint you could
hardly see it. You can always gauge
the length of a marriage by the impress
sion made by the wedding ring. In
some cases the ring, even though en-
tirely too large, sinks away into the
finger. Such a mark as that indicates
a marriage as lasting as eternity. 9th
er women may wear ring as tight
as the skin, yet it will leave scarcely q
streak on the flesh. In that case look
out for an early termination of the con
tract"
The other women present said moth
ing, but all improved the first oppor'
tunity to slip their rings around and
inspect the telltale mark. The faces
of some wore an expression of salts
faction, others of disappointment, but
nobody knew the reason therefor
New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
a Most Valuable Agent.

The glycerne employed in DR.. Pcrce's
medicines greatly enhances the medicinal
properties which il extracts from native
medicinal roots and holds in solution
much better than alcohol would. Ii also
possesses medicinal properties of its own,
being a valuable dcmulccnt, nutritive,
antiscptic and antifcrmCnt. 1t adds
greatly to the efficacy Of the Black Cherry
bark, Bloodroot, Golden Seal root, Stone
root and Queens root, contained in
Golden Medical Discovery" in subduing
chronic, or lingering coughs, bronchial,
throat and lung affections, for all of which
these agents are recommended by stand
ard medical authorities.
In all cases where there is wasting
awayof flesh, loss of appetite, with weak
stomach, as In the early stages OF con-
sumrtibn, there can be no doubt that gly.
cerine jacts as a valuable nutritlve and
aids yhe Golden Seal root, Stone root,
Oueeh's robt and Black Cherrybark In
promdng digestion and building up the
flesh anSIstrength, controlling the cough
and bringing about healthy condition
OF the wtSle system; Ot course course ~ muSt il;II
not cure consumption except in its earlier
stages. Il will cure- -XerY severe -Q6SIl,,
nate. hang-0m. CHRONIC -cQuGlS= =1EQlShlal
and rTfyHgeaI trQnhleS-ald CHRONIC sore
throat win -hoarSeneSS. In acute coughs
&c Isnot so effective. Itis in the lingering
hang-on coughs, or those OF long standing,
even when accompanied by bleeding from
lungs, that it has performed its most
marvellous cures.
Prof. Finley Ellingwood, NJ. D., of Ben
nett Med. College, Chicago, says of gly-
cerine:
uIndyspepsia 1t serves an excellent purpose:
Holding a fixed quantity OF the peroxide of
hydrogen in solution. 1t is one OF the best
manufactured products of the present time in
its action upon enfeebled. disordered stom-
achs, especially II there is liberation or ca
tarrhal gastritis Catarrhal Inflammation OF
stomach. IL is a most efficient preparation.
Glycerine will relieve many cases of pyrosis
(heartburnl and excessive gastric tstomach
acidity."
oGoiden Medical Discovery" enriches ana
purifes the blood curing blotches pimples,
eruptions, scrofulous swellings and ola sores
Send to DR.. r. V. Pierce OF Buffalo. n. Y.
for free booklet telling all e,bout the native
medicinal roots composing this wonusrfui
medicine. There Is no alcohol In II
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
SUGAR MAKING.
The HindOOs Probably Learned the
Art From the Chinese.

The HindOOs Probably Learned the
Art From the Chinese.
The Chinese. who invented almost
everything before anybody else heard
of it, claim to be the original discover
ers of the process of sugar making,
and 1t is said that sugar was used in
China as long ago as 5000 years. This
Is misty, but the fact is well establish
ed that it was manufactured in China
under the Tsin dynasty 200 years at
least before the Christian era began.
India has put forward q claim for
priority of invention, but the probabil-
lty is that the Hindoos learned the art
of sugar making from the Chinese and
that through them the knowledge final
ly spread to the western nations. Ne
archus. when sent by Alexander on an
exploring voyage on the Indus, brought
back reports of honey which was
made by the Asiatics from cane with
out the help of bees.
At this time neither the Greeks nor
the Jews nor the Babylonians had any
knowledge Of sugar, but later the art
Of making the artificial honey" be-
came known and practiced, though it's
progress and development were ex-
ceedingly slow. 1t was prescribed as
medicine by Galen in A. ID. 80, and
up to the seventeenth century it had
become nothing more than n costly
luxury. to be used only on special occa-
siOnS Even as late as the beginning
Of the eighteenth century the annual
consumption of sugar in Great Britain
had reached only 2O,OOO,OOO pounds,
whereas it is now more than 2,000,000-
600 pounds.
Refined sugar was not made in Eng.
land till 1869. The art of refining was
learned by a Venetian merchant from
the Saracens, who sold the secret to
him for 100000 crowns.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
Fire I'm New Capitol.
HARRISBURG. March 6.

n
Mice aud matches formed the com
biuatinn that arly this morning set
fire 70 a de in the office of State Re
gistrar Bait, in the Department of
Health, at tn new State capitol Night
Watchman f. NJ Householder was
parading through the corridor in the
north wing of the capitol when he
smelled smoke. 1t was about l O'Clock
and he knew there was no necessity
for fire at that hour, and he began
an investigation, which resulted in the
discovery Of the fire in DR.. Bats
office.
Watchman Householder quickly gave
the alarm to State Health C0mmis-
sioner Dixon, Private Secretary Morse
and Clerk Nelson who we're still in
the main office of the department, and
the quartet quickly unreeled the hand
hose kept for fire purposes and break
ing in the door of the office soon had a
stream on that destroyed the fire mic
robes, the conhagratlon germs ana the
fame bacteria.
An alarm was sent out, but when the
firemen arrived they were informed
that their services were not needed as
the fire had been extinguished.
Swift justice followed upon the in
cendiary act of the mouse that nibbled
the matches and set the desk on fire.
In clearing away the debris the in
cinerated remains Of the incendiary
were found, the fire fiend being crem-
ated in his attempt TO set fire to the
capitol, Nothing remained OF the
mouse but a charcoal and a soorohed
trail. a gross of mouse traps have been
ordered by Superintendent Rsmbo.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
A MILITARY OESPOT.
The Experience of One Private In
the German Army.

the German Army.
The following is the experience Of a
German army r"ivate:
During the second maneuvers | was
sent on ahead to select quarters for my
company. The police supply the names
of householders who are expected to
shelter the soldiery, and | had to de-
eide on the number of men who should
be assigned to each place.
1t seems that our major dispatched Il
courier with Il message for our captain.
For some reason or other the message
was not delivered. The next day the
captain called ne out and in the pres
ence of the whole company rebuked me
for not delivering the message.
81 did not receive any message" |
ventured
shut up your mouth, You liar!' he
thundered And again he beloved,
:'Why didn't you deliver that message,
you
| told him Il second time that | had
not received any message. The cap
tain's temper broke all bounds. With
an oath he rode his horse at me full
tilt, hurlin% filthy names at me the
while
When he had ridden right up to me-
fully expected he would run me over,
but | dared not move-he suddenly
refined in his horse and. drawing long
dagger from his belt, shouted, livld
with passion, Il have half mind to
stick this through your vile body, you
schweinhund"'
Once more he asked me about the
message, and once more | answered
him.
Then five days confinement and
bread and water be your punishment
you liar" he retorted.
He repeated the question several
times and increased my term of impris.
onment each time | answered in the
negative until my term of lmprison
ment equaled fourteen days. | was
placed under arrest Next day | was
released
| afterward found that the captain
had discovered his mistake, but he
never referred to it.-World Today.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
SATURDAY, Mar. 8, 1907.

at o clock 7. II.
the following described real estate:
All that certain farm tract of land
situate partly in Derry and Anthony
townships, county of Montour, State
of Pennsylvania. bounded on the North
by public road leading from Washing.
tonville to Exchange, on the East by
lands of Roup. On the South
by Chillisquaque Greek and lands of
Howard Billmeyer, on the West by
lands of Kleeman. Diehl and Love.
Containing three hundred and seventy
one acres and forty perches. common
ly known as John r Bennett farm.
ALSO AT THE SAME TIME AND
PLACE THE FOLLOWING DE.
SChIBED PERSONAL PROPERTY
About twenty six tons bailed hay;
about three tons bailed straw; About
thirteen hundred and fifty bushels of
shelled corn about one hundred BUSH
els of oats
TERMS OF SALE:-Real Estate,
Three thousand dollars shall be paid
i'll cash upon striking down of the
property nalance within thirty days.
Personal Property: Twenty-Five per
entum Of the purchase price to be
paid upon striking down of the prop
erty balance at the time of delivery
within thirty days.
J. HECTOR McNEAL, Trustee.
NJ. BRECKBILL. Auctioneer.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
CnSiiN Windsor GnnIIc.

No royal castle has cost Great
Britain more in hard cash than that
of Windsor, says the London Chron-
icle When George ~. announced his
intention of making it family resi-
dence parliament granted him $500, ZOO
toward its reconstruction. For four
years the work went merrily On under
fresh grants. and the king then took
possession of the private apartments.
That did not end the expenditure how
ever. BY the time William ". had
satisfied himself that there was moth
ing more to be done the castle had
swallowed up close to a million
pounds
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07

"Massa&ps." said telegraph opera
tor, always slide over the wires bet
ter on Monday than on any other day.
The wires. You see, have protited by
their Sunday rest. 1t is a fact that in
animate - Wcll as animate things get
tired ana need a vacation occasionally
Yon know h3v uuc this is of razors, OF
automobiles, Of locomotives, and it Is
lust a. true of telegraph wires. a wire
after its Sunday rest gives quicker,
fuller and "a mse delicate transmits
sion. Ii is like a piano that has Just
been tuned"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
Auditors Notice.

IN THE ORPHANS COURT OF
MONTOUR COUNTY. IN RE
ESTATE OF CATHARIN
HAHN, LATE OF THE BOR-
OUCH OF DANVILLE, IN THE
COUNTY OF MONTOUR AND
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
DECEASED. IN PARTITION.
The undersigned appointed By the
aforesaid Court, to make distribution
of the fund paid into and remaining
i'll the said Court after payment of the
amount of costs and fees taxed and ap-
proved by the Court, to and among the
parties legally entitled thereto, will
meet all parties interested for the pur-
pose of his appointment at his Law
Offices No. lO6 Mill Street. Danville,
Montour County, Pennsylvania, on
FRIDAY, APRIL 9Th. A. D., 1907, at
eleven O'Clock in the forenoon of the
said day, where and when all persons
having claims on the said fund are re-
quired to make and prove the same or
be forever debarred from thereafter
coming in upon the said fund.
EDWARD SAYRE GEARHART,
Auditor
Dauyi;,e, Pa. Mar 9 1867.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
BILLS EXCEED REVENUE.

This is the way it strikes the Hazle-
ton Daily Standard If one may form
an opinion from the number of bills
offered in the State Legislature the
members seem to be impressed with
the belief thai the income of the State
Of Pennsylvania is unlimited. The
bills asking for money already exceed
in smOuDt the annual reveDues,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07

For two centuries we have been cry
Ing Encore at the end OF a song.
where Frenchman never says it, his
own equivalent for ii strangely being
the Latin Bis And ION the tapfs"
appears in English far more often than
In French. aud misunderstood at that.
since II does not meau 'op the carpet"
but OF the tablecloth Of the council
table for discussion London Chroni
cls.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07

"Ohp' gasped the beautiful woman
as she fell back. clutching at her heart,
and permitting the telegram to flutter
to the floor
Her fashionable guests rushed for.
ward. crying:
What is it? Has your husband met
with an accident"
mo. no." she moaned. at is from
my son-in-law | am n grandmother
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE

Investigation showed that the fire
had started in drawer in a desk in
which matches we're kept, and the
mice in making a square meal of
match heads had ignited them and the
fire followed. The flames ate down.
ward and then communicated to the
other wood work in the room, all of
which was ba ily blistered before the
fire was extiDguished. The furniture
of the room was also blistered SO that
it must be replaced. The loss will
amount to about $1,000. Superinteud-
ent Banbo at Cuce set meu TO work to
straighten matters out, and the room
will be ready for occupancy in a short
time.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE &
Personal Properly

Pursuant to an order issuing out of
the District Court Of the United States
for the Eastcrn District Of the State of
Pennsylvania the undersigned Trustees
of the estate Of William IT. aiimer,
Bankrupt, Will expose at nnh'ic sale
or outcry, at the CouIt liuusc Steps,
in Dauville, Montour County, Penn
svlvauia on
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07

Reside close TO dentists if you are
not fond Of street music Itinerant
organ men clrcfuliy avoid playing
anywhere near The house of prac-
titioaer who can eTcctually stop or
remove ~ t"on1las3me grinders.-Lon-
don pnnrh
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07

Estate Of Michael II p liza. late Of
tie Borough of Daryih', Montour
county, deceased.
All persons iudchtel 10 said estate
arc requested to make Immediate pay
ment aud those having legal claims
against the sane, will present them
withou, delay in proper order for set
Element TO
MRS MARY JANE PERSING,
Executrix.
Danville. Pa, Nov. lst, 1905.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
His StubbOrnness,

Haven't You and your friend got
through hat argument YETI" asked q
parent his youngest SON
TT isn any argument" answered
the boy II am merely telling Jimmie
the facts in the case. and he is so
beastly stubborn that he won't under
stand. Chums
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-03-07
A Limited Habit.

Il see that some of our scientists
claim that death is largely matter Of
habit, depending upon thought and all
that. he said
Nonsense" she replied Did you
ever know any one who was in the
habit Of dying|'- Philadelphia Inqulr.
ar