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OLD TIME STYLES.
Tho Fashions In Ladies' Hats In Rich
mond After the War.

Tho Fashions In Ladies' Hats In Rich.
mond After the War.
A southern lady in diary which she
kept throughout the civil war tells of
bonnet which she made and which
was regarded as quite stunning" The
author of Dixie After the War"
quotes from the diary as follows:
We had been wearing coal scuttle
bonnets Of plated straw, trimmed with
corn shuck rosettes. made fifteen one
spring, acquired fine name as mil
liner and was paid for my work.
l recall one that was quite stunning.
l got hold of IL bit of much worn white
ribbon and dyed it an exquisite shade
of green with tea made of coffee ber-
ries. Coffee berries dye lovely green.
You might remember that If you are
ever in war and blockaded
When the northern ladies appeared
on the streets of Richmond they did
not seem to have ON any bonnets at all.
They wore tiny, three cornered affairD,
tied on with narrow strings, and all
their hair showing in the back. We
thought them the most absurd and
trifiing things. But we made haste to
get some.
The Yankees introduced some new
fashions in other things besides clothes
that | remember yividly, one being
canned fruit | had never seen any
canned fruit before the Yankees came,
Pleasant innovations in food were lik0
to leave lasting impressions on one
who had been living on next to nothing
for an indefinite period.
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THE LIC0RIcE PLANT.
Where II Grows and How Its eIaei
Juice Is Treated

Where II Grows and How Its elaek
Juice Is Treated.
Black licorice is made from the Juice
Of the licorice plant, mixed with starch
to prevent 1t from melting In hot
weather. The licorice plant grows for
the most part on the banks of the
Tigrs and Euphrates rivers, which
flow through immense treeless prairies
of uncultivated land. The climate of
these great plains Is variable. Half the
year it is mild and pleasant, but for
three months it Is very cold, and for
three months in summer hot winds
sweep across the country, raising the
temperature to 104 degrees for weeks
at time.
The llcorice plant Is shrub three
feet high and grows without cultiva-
ton In situations where Its roots can
reach the water. The usual time of
collecting is the winter, but roots are
dug all the year around. At first the
root is full of water and must be
allowed to dry, process which takes
nearly year. 1t is then cut into small
pieces from six inches to foot
long. The good and sound pieces are
kept, and the rotten ones are used for
flrewood
AS the valley of the Euphrates con-
talned one of the earliest civilizations
in the world, 1t is probable that licorice
is about the oldest confection extant
and that the taste, which pleases near
ly all children today, was familiar to
the little brown boys and girls of
Babylon and Nineveh 5000 years ago.
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THE CHILD'S MIND.
Give 1t Chance to Develop by It's
Natural Processes.

Give 1t a Chance to Develop by Its
Natural Processes.
The littler they are the better, be-
cause farther removed from the world
that is ours and deeper placed in their
own world. A good baby radiates
peace. Every one who is rightly con-
stituted smiles at the sight of it.
They are busy, they are cheerful.
AS rule, they seem to be kind to one
another. They are not bored, and un-
less the weather Is insufferable or they
are sick they are not depressed.
What philosophers! What heroes!
Is it strange that the attitude of an
unperverted child should be the Chris
tan ideal?
The great merit of children as COM
panions lies in the breadth of their
tolerations. They are easy to please,
agreeable to most propositions and not
very critical.
They do not know better" That Is
one of their delightfulest traits. Chill
dren will trust you, and that is one Of
the most gratifying compliments pos
sible.
In the company of children you have
relief in considering what will pay.
The things that they do and prefer to
do, do not pay, as a rule, except in the
doing of them.
Wise elders who are qualified to
train the mind of child are pretty
scarce. The next best thing Is the
elder who Is wise enough to respect
the childs mind and give 1t chance
to develop in sympathetic atmos-
phere by its own natural processes
e. S. Martin in Harper's Magazine.
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Auditors Notice.

IN THE ORPHANS COURT OF
MONTOUR COUNTY. IN RE
ESTATE OF HARINE
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
in 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. 106 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.
Danville, Pa. Mar. 2. 1907.
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SCOTCH TERMS.
Tho Word "Clan" and the Relation Of
Clansmen and Chief.

Tho Word "clan" and the Relation Of
Clansmen and Chief.
Everybody knows that the word
"mac" pronounced in Gaelic machk)
means son, so that, for example, Mac
Donald literally means the son OF Don
aid. But 1t is not generally known
that when woman is spoken of the
highlanders substitute for mac" the
feminine "nich," which means daugh-
ter; that the vocative of mac" is
"vichk" 1--WE spell phonetically), which
always replaces mac when person
Is addressed, and that the nominative
plural is michk (sons) or claun Chill
dren). Sir Walter Scott's ignorance Of
Gaelic frequently led him into error
upon these points, both in his poetry
and In his novels.
The meaning of the Gaelic word clan,
rs just stated, is children, and the obe-
dience which clansmen owed to their
chief was considered by them rather
as the affectionate obedience due by
children to q father than as that due
by subjects to ruler. They believed
themselves to be all blood relations
descended from common ancestor, Of
which their chief was the living repre-
sentative. The clansman who hesitat
ed to save his chiefs life at the ex-
pense of his own was regarded as a
coward who fed from his fathers side
in the hour of peril. On the other
hand, the chief was expected at all
times to acknowledge the meanest Of
his clan as his relation and to shake
hands with him wherever they might
happen to meet. Subordinate to the
chief and generally related to him
were the chieftains and tacksmen.--
London Standard.
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FOUND A HOLE FOR HIM.
Experience of u Fresh Young Man In
His Start In Business.

Experience of a Fresh Young Man In
His Start In Business.
Here is something that should appeal
70 every young man starting out In
business: when came to New York."
said bright fellow to me, 81 engaged
by the year as entry clerk with large
dry goods house. ! soon found out l
couldn't get along with the superin-
tendent, dictatorial, domineering
man. Being young and brash, sass
ed him, which made matters all the
worse for me. At last my position be-
around for another place. The man.
ager of great grocery house asked
where / worked and why l wanted to
make a change. | told him in all frank
ness, and he asked me to come around
in a few days. | guess I talked alto
gether too much. When l called he
said, 1 have no place open at present,
but l guess l can find hole for you
That was enough. I went back to my
store and resigned.
1.-The next morning l presented my
self before the manager of the grocery
house. AS ! told you,' said he, I have
no place open at present. and walked
away. But said l, didn't you tell me
you would find hole for meP L did,
he answered back. Amt you in itr
He then added, Mr.. r., the superin>
tendent of the firm you have been
working for is my brother l have
worked since then with my hands in
my pockets, and the lesson took good
deal of the freshness out of me. It
taught me to look before leapad."-
New York Press
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NO SENSE OF HUMOR.
4 Scientists Criticism of a Comic
Book For Children.

bcOH OF SHiioTohs
Charles Monselet, a Frenchman of
letters, published comic scientific
dictionary" for the benefit of children,
who found no little amusement In his
odd accounts of things in the animal
world which We're perfectly familiar
to them, but which were described In a
rather fantastic way in NJ. Monselets
book
The editor of certain scientific Jour.
nal, however, was much surprised and
shocked at NJ. Monselet's ignorance
when he took up the book, and he
wrote an article about 1t In his paper,
which ran as follows:
"a certain NJ. Monselet has publish
ed dictionary for the use of children,
most extraordinary ignorance, such as
the following:
"'Sardine-A little fish without any
head which lives in oil
"As If fish could live without a
head and in oil!
Another definition:
"'Parrot-A bird somewhat resem-
bling the pigeon generally green when
1t is not red or yellow or blue. Cocka
toos sometimes live to be a hundred
years old, except when they are stuff
ed, and then there is no limit to the
length of their life.
Now, it happens that the parrot Is
not a pigeon at all and never has the
colors that NJ. Monselet gives to him,
and, in short this NJ. MSnselet knows
no more OF natural history than he has
grains of common sense"
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DIET AND HEALTH.
Use Foods That viii Give the System
the Oil II Deman

Every person requires a certain
amount of oil In his food in order to be
healthy Our ancestors lived to a large
extent on olives, filberts, chestnuts
and other nuts containing oil. The
present generation uses too little oil in
its diet. This can be taken in the
shape of the pure expressed olive oil,
as an emulsified salad dressing or by
eating nuts, olives, etc. 1t may be
matter of choice how the system gets
its oil, but certain amount is essen
tial to the enjoyment of good health,
The good results of the habitual use Of
the above articles in the diet are soon
shown, especially when persons are in
clined to colicky indigestion and con-
stipation. Doctors will do well to in
struct their patients to use pure olive
oil in moderate doses, also as dressing
for salads. Various kinds of nuts have
high dietetic value because Of the
oils which they contain and can be
used to advantage. When patients in
cline to consumption, pure cod liver
oil ranks at the head of oily SUBJ
stances, but the lesser oils also can be
taken in moderation.
Nature furnishes many cures for the
successful treatment Of diseases IL we
will but study her methods instead of
following fads. The result will be q
greater progress In building up resist
ance and immunity from disease
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THE FIRST ZOO.
China, 1t Seems, Counts That Among
Her Many Records.

Her Many Records.
The Chinese had the first ZOO Men
ageries are thought to owe their orr
gin partly to the cult of sacred ami
mails and partly to the ambition of
rulers TO possess specimens of rare and
valuable creatures from foreign lands
or savage beasts from their own. In
the simplest forms geological gardens
were one Of the earliest developments
Of culture and We're familiar to the
Chinese, Indians, Greeks, Romans and
pre- Spanish Mexicans In ancient times.
The oldest recorded menagerie Is Chi
nese, dating from 1150 B. G. The den
of lions kept by Darius. as described
in the book of Daniel, is an example
of one of those primitive menageries,
while the cult of sacred white horses
by the ancient Greeks and Romans
and that of so called white elephants
In Burma and Siam are instances of
second type. A live giraffe was re-
ceived at the menagerie of Schonbrunn
as early as 1928.
The Paris establishment is regarded
as the earliest entitled to the designa-
tion geological gardens In the mod
ern sense of that term, which owes its
origin, however, to the formation of
the menagerle in the Regents park.
OF German establishments of this sort
the one at Berlin Is the earliest.
American ZOOS, notable among which
is New York and Chicago, are among
the completest in the world. - Ex-
change.
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PERSONALS.

Clarence McMahon, of Philadelphia.
spent yesterday with his mother, Mrs
Thomas Mcmahon, Spruce street. Mr..
McMahon is rapidly recovering from
his recent serious illness.
Rev. q. b. Dunn, of Nescopeck, for
merly pastor of the United Evangelic-
al church in this city, called on Dan
vile friends yesterday.
Rev. Harry Minsker will return this
morning from the U. E. conference at
Carlisle.
John Diebert, delegate from the Dan
vile United Evangelical church, re-
turned yesterday after attending the
sessions of the conference at Carlisle.
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FRENCH SENTIMENT.
The Way II CIassifies the Greatest
Men of the Nation.

The Way II cIassifies the Greatest
Men of the Nation.
The Petit Parisien in 1906 conducted
a very interesting plebisclte, the object
of which was to ascertain who, in the
opinion of its readers, were the ten
greatest Frenchmen of the nineteenth
century. More than 100000 votes
were given, and the result was that
Pasteur came out at the top of the poll
with 1888, ,425 votes. The next were
Victor Hugo, who received 1927, 103
votes; Gambetta 1,155,672, Napoleon
1,11S,O34, Theirs 1,O39, ,453, Lazare Car
not 95O,7I2. Curie S51, ,107, A. Dumas
pere S5O,602, Dr. RouS 603,941 and
Parmentier 49S,S63. Immediately fol-
lowing We're Ampere, the electrician;
Brazza, the explorer; Zola, Lamartine
and Arago.
1t will be observed with interest how
large is the proportion of scientific
men in the number Of those who, In
the opinion of Frenchmen, occupy the
highest places in the records of the
country. Napoleon Is only fourth,
though Pasteur heads the list, and
Curie. Roux and Parmentler, the chem
ist who introduced the culture of the
potato into France, are also honored,
while Ampere and Brazza are not far
behind Literary men and statesmen
dispute with the scientists for the
highest distinctions, and the national
sentiment of France is evidently &c.
!ectic.
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Bad Symptoms.


The woman who has periodical head.
aches, backache, sees imaginary dark
spots or specks floating or dancing before
her ewes. has<pnawing distress or heavy
full tc.,i,o TX Stomach faint snaIIs Dr.
oInc % .%5nu"n aItnn q, io,nn hSa,,,,na, aIe
s.ns ,ss, eom .ens ing, III .omui aouomlhaI VI
peNle lsHon, easliy starIiea OF excitea'
lrregufr or painful periods, With or With
out fSJvlc cat2erh, is suffering from
weakntSses sanyuerangements That should
nave e9ly aHention: Not all OF above
symptoms ape likely 10 DO present In any
case at one fime,
Neglected. or badly treated and such
cases bifn run Into maladies WHICH de-
mans He surgeons kniie II they 90 not
res,&t1atally.
No medicine extant- has such q long
and numerous record Of CURES IN SUCH
cases as III. -RieTce.Sr E-aYQlite- -PreScrlb-
tQ9@- no medlcine has such strong
pEQleSslonQl @ndarsement- Of each Of lis
seleral lln9ledtenfs-Marthm morc than any
puM9fr ol aGdtnarX 20, nQn,nrQleSslonal feS-
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BEES IN WARFARE.
Two Instances In Which the Insects
Were Used as Weapons.

Two Instances In Which the Insects
Were Used Weapons.
History records two instances in
which bees have been used in warfare
as weapons against besieging forces.
The first is related by Appian of the
siege of Themiscyra, In Pontus, by Lu-
cullus in his war against Mithridates.
Turrets were brought up, mounds were
built and huge mines We're made by
the Romans. The people Of Themis-
cyra dug open these mines from above
and through the holes cast down upon
the workmen bears and other wild
animals and hives or swarms of bees.
The second instance is recorded in
an Irish manuscript In the Bibliotheque
Royale at Brussels and tells how the
Danes and Norwegians attacked Ches-
ter, which was defended by the'Saxons
and some Gallic auxillaries. The Danes
were worsted by stratagem, but the
Norwegians. sheltered by hurdles. tried
to pierce the walls of the town when
what the Saxons and the Gaeidhil
who were among them did was to
throw down large rocks, by which they
Droke uoWn the HuTuleS over tueiT
heads' What the others did to check
this was to place large posts under the
hurdles.
What the Saxons did next was to put
all the beer and water of the town into
the caldrons of the town and boil them
and spill them down upon those who
were under the hurdles, so that their
skins were peeled off. The remedy
which the Lochlans applied to this was
to place hides outside on the hurdles.
What the Saxons did next was to
throw down all the beehves in the
town upon the besiegers, which pre-
vented them from moving their hands
or legs from the number of bees which
stunG them They afterward desisted
and left the city.
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srAGEsTRUck.
An Incident of the Boyhood Days Of
William Mckinley.

An Incident of the Boyhood Days Of
William Mckinley.
One does not readily associate our
martyred president, William Mckinley,
with an ambition to become an actor,
but IN grouping of eminent person
ages who have conceived at one time
or another in their lives a passion to
tread the boards we find the subjoined
account:
"It was while holding the humble
position Of clerk at hat store in Gin
cinnati that Mr.. Mckinley became
stagestruck and once confessed that
he did not outgrow his desire to be-
come an actor for many years after
ward. This desire arose through wit
Messing the Shakespearean plays as
presented by the great tragedian, Ed
win Forrest, for whom Mr. Mckinley
conceived a great admiration.
"Imagine my feelings the presi-
dent said ON one occasion when relat-
ing his boyish ambitions, when For
rest walked into our store one day to
make purchase. l rushed to the
front In order to serve my Ideal hero
of the theater The sale, however, was
made by an older clerk, but 1 was
given the privilege of pressing and
stretching the hat. The great actor
stood near me, observing my work, and
the smile of appreciation which he
gave me was one of the events Of my
youth. '"-Scrap Book.
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THE TONSlLS.
Il is Not Known What Purpose These
Structures Serve.

structures serve.
The tonsils are two collections Of
glandlike structures at the back part
of the mouth, one on each side, be-
tween the pillars of the palate. 1t Is
not known what purpose they serve.
Some have supposed that they arrest
the germs of disease which may be In
hailed or taken in with the food, but
they evidently can catch very few OF
the germs which rapidly pass them In
the food or water or in the air which
is inhaled, and it is well they cannot,
for they are themselves very suscepti-
BILE to disease as some sufferers know
to their sorrow. Others have thought
portals of entry for many disease
germs into the body.
The tonslls are very liable to become
inf1amed This condition constitutes
tonsilitls, or, when an abscess forms,
quinsy. Young persons, over fifteen
and under thirty, are most subject to
Inflammation of the tonsils, although
children and even those well along in
life may suffer. 1t occurs with special
frequency in those whose tonsils are
enlarged and usually in persons who
are run down. in general health or in
whom the power of resistance has been
lowered as a result of worry or over
exertion.
The extra study in preparing for
difficult examination In school or col
lege and the anxiety concerning the re-
o,,It Dt I,ip =
tack Of quinsy, especially in those of
SO called rheumatic tendency.
There are various kinds of tonsilitis,
but the symptoms Of all are quite sim
liar In the beginning. The patient feels
Ill, has chilly sensations, loss of appe-
tite, more or less headache perhaps,
constipation, feverishness and feel
ing of discomfort or actual pain in the
throat. Soon the fever becomes high,
the throat is dry swallowing is pain
full, there is often more or less earache.
and the patient seems seriously i'll.
Suppuration may or may not occur.
The pain and throbbing are most se-
we're when it does.
The attack lasts usually from two or
three days to Il week and is apt to ter
inmate quite suddenly, although If but
one tonsil has been affected recovery
may be delayed by an extension of the
Inflammation to the other tonsil. In
that case the whole tiresome process
must be gone through with again.
The disease is almost always serious
enough to require the physicians care,
for the treatment calls for Internal
remedies as well as local applications
Whatever else is done, the bowels
should be kept open from the begin
ming of the attack.-Youth's Compan-
ton
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THE MALE OPERA HAT.
Why It Rises Superior to Any Passir
Fashion Dictates.


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en"hses Vi s'sie III ha.s' anu one Vi
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MIL, 'h's eoinpiaih''
why "''ack as coiiapsloie, many
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chaFe'" oe ciaquet
nave su'h nat anu also siih nat
III Which re~f'ect tnlnk alher from
ihost uoehahiites. whenever nave
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One Of the decidedly beneficial acts

One Of the decidedly beneficial acts
of the last Congress was the enactment
of q law providing that stamps to the
value Of ten cents when attached to
letter or package in excess of the regu-
lar postage take the place of the speci-
al delivery stamp. After July 1, next,
when this new law goes into effect, all
the bother of rushing around to drug
stores, branch postoffices and other
places in search of a special delivery
stamp will be avoided. When the writ
er Of a letter (whether local or for out
Of the city wants it especial deliv-
cry" all that is needed is to attach
twelve cents worth of stamps to it.
two cents for the regular postage and
ten cents to make up the charge for
especial delivery"
The words especial delivery" must
in all cases be written or stamped on
the letter or package to which the ex-
ira ten cents worth of stamps are affix-
ed. 1t is the belief that this new de-
parture will greatly increase the local
as we'll as the out of town special de.
livery business. because it obviates
hustliDg around for a special delivery
stamp, which is seldom kept in bust
ness Office or at residence and hereto
fore had to be specially gone after, in
case one was needed. After July l,
next. all this Inconvenience will be
done away with.
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Roman House Heaters.

The methods used by the Romans for
warming their houses were clever. In
Rome itself artificial warmth may have
been brought rarely into use, though
the Italian winter requires fires at
times, but when the Roman took up
his abode abroaf IS the conqueror he
certainly lived in chilly climates. In
the country houses he built in England
he had carefully devised heating ar
rangements, which are called hypo-
causts. These are f1ues running un-
der the tessellated floors. Fires were
lit outside of the house, and the hot
air passed under the floors. To do
this much required knowledge Of
the builders art, with the necessary
precautions against fire. Remnants Of
these hypocausts are found today in
England, built during the Roman oc-
rupation.