MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville. Pa.. May 16 1901 COM Ml \ ICATMK\S. All communications sent to the AM KI;I CAN for publication must be signed by the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. NEW SHORT STORIES Witnv» Wasn't Interested. Gardiner Lathrop of Kansas City tells this: The witness had been de scribing a murder, and lie seemed over anxious to convict the defendant. The defense was an alibi. The witness had told how he had seen the defendant slip up to the deceased, plunge a Jew eled knife Into his heart, and lie had even gone so far as to distinguish the sort of buttons he had on his coat, al though it was nighttime. The defense got hold of him something in this way: "Yon say you saw this murder com mitted?" "I am certain of it, sir." "It was 9 o'clock at night?" "Yes, sir; the clock In the church tower had Just struck 0." "I believe you said you were about 75 feet away?" "Between 70 and 75 feet; somewhere along there." "Of course this killing was not done under an electric light? - ' "Oh, no; it was done in an alley. There were no lights there." "And yet you say you distinctly re member that you saw a Jeweled knife In the defendant's hand and that the buttons on his coat had a curious little cross on them?" Then, musingly: "And yet you were 75 feet away, and it was a dark night? Now, are you lying or were you drunk?" "Oh, said the witness, "you can fig ure it out to suit yourself. I don't care anything about the case anyhow." Dolliver Denlened. It IB seldom that any one who is not entitled to the privilege of the floor of the senate manages to slip by the keen eyed doorkeepers who guard the entrance. Their watchfulness is un tiring, yet one day during the recent special session they had to admit them selves outwitted, and by a book agent at that. The feat was accomplished through a combination of unlimited as surance and prosperous appearance. About half an hour before the opening of the day's session a middle aged man .with a few books under his arm walk- ENGAGED HIM IN CONVERSATION, ed rapidly through the senate recep tion room and as though he had been accustomed to do it a dozen times a day turned Into the lobby. He made his entrance with such an air of au tMority that no one stopped to ques tion him. Entering the chamber, he Bought out Senator Dolliver, sat down beside him and engaged him In con versation. In a few moments the gen tleman opened up in praise of the books he carried and exhibited tlies specimens, dilating upon the rare ex cellence of the bindings, the paper and the print. Senator Dolliver was nat urally taken by surprise to find him self besieged right in his senatorial chair by a book agent, but recovered himself enough to ask, "How did you get here?" "Oh, I Just walked In!" replied the canvasser. "Just walked in?" echoed the sena tor. "Well, then," he concluded, "the sergeant-at-arms of the senate will as sist you to 'just walk out.' " And the commercial gentleman was officially Bhown to the door. —Washington Times. Iteed'n WarnlnK. The struggles of the speaker and his lieutenants on the floor to keep down appropriations and to curb certain committees of the house that have been In recent years thoroughly domi nated by certain departments have brought to light a bit of unwritten his tory of Mr. Heed's more recent regime. One day one of his chairmen came in with an earnest request for certain legislation which the department was clamoring for. "Waal," said Mr. Reed after listen ing to the importunity, "wait till you get it before going out on the terrace to spread your pinions and to ask the de partment what more It wants." Mr. Armour linen- H IIOK. On one occasion the late Mr. Armour made a Christmas present of a suit of clothes to every clerk in his office. With the exception of one they all se lected good business suits worth SSO or SOO. The exception went in for a dress suit that cost $125. Armour call «<? him up. '"How is this, Mr. Blank? It's all right, of course, but I notice you were lavish to yourself beyond all your asso ciates. What surprises me Is that after all my many years In the business you should thiuk I failed to recognize a hog when I saw him." Angora <«oatn. It U estimated that there arc about 400, 000 Angora goats In the United States and that our annual production of mohair Is about 1,000,000 pounds. Although very little lias been said or written about Angora goats during the last 40 years, they have been extensive ly bred in the western states and terri tories, especially In Texas, New Mexi co, Nevada, California and Oregon. ► The rural mail route, the farm tele phone and the centralization of tie country schools are three agencies whleh aj£ going to do much to change things on*the farm. A crop of white beans raised amopg the trees of a 20 acre orchard is not only a good thing for the young or chard, but pays about as well as any crop raised on the farm. Washingtonville Items. Washingtonville, May 15. —The base I ball season will open on Saturday aft ernoon next, when our strong team will cross bats with the New Columbia nine. Base ball enthusiasts here may feel just ly proud of our club. They cannot help but play good ball. The team is made up as follows: Sidney Hotfa, pitcher and captain; Hen Wise, manager and lelt tield : Will Hotfa, catcher; Oliver Wagner, Ist base; John Zaner, 2nd base; Harry Billmeyer, 3rd base; John Dailey, right liehl ; Clarence Setdel, left tield ; Del Seiilel, short stop ; John Robinson, substitute. Arrangements are being made for a game with Muncy at this place for Saturday, May 25th. A return game will be played al New Columbia on Memorial Day. Many improvements have been made at Billmeyer's Park this spring and it is more beautiful than ever. The season will open next Saturday with the Milton Y. M C. A. picnic. There will be fifty in the party. Many other picnics have also been booked. The iishing in this vicinity is excel lent. IN DANVILLE. Every Claim is Backed by Local Testimony. It the reader wants anything strong er than the opinions and experiences of his neighbors, what can it be Y Mr. Josiah Williams, of SO Ash street, barber, says:—"l did not have to use a whole box of Doan's Kidney Pills tie fore they cured my back of depressing aching and removed the lameness which had made every movement pain ful. The lameness centered right over uiv kidneys, and stooping or lifting sent a sharp twinge through me. When on my feet a dull gnawing pain took all the vim out of me. 1 gave some to Mr. C. H. Stoes, of 217 E. Mahoning St., and as I had no further use for them and lie was as pleased as with the positive results obtained." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.. sole ageuts for the U. S. Remember the name Doan's and take 110 substitute. Wallace (Jircus. The members of the famous Stirk family, a great feature of the Wallace circus this year, are doing work that borders on the marvelous. In truth, some of their attainments are of such complex difficulties that it frequently passes with but little more notice from the public than their simpler displays. It not infrequently happens that when a particularly hazardous feat is accom plished the strongest and most pro nounced applause will come from the entry wherein the other actors of the show may invariably be found ranged as spectators when "the Stirks are on." When an act can hold the attention of actors as that of the Stirks does, it may indeed be said to lie truly great. Will be at Bloomsburg Tuesday, May 21st. A hearty appetite does not always in dicate a healthy condition. It is not the quantity of food which is eaten but the quantity which is assimilated, which determines the actual value of the food consumed. If the stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition cannot con vert the food into nourishment, and in to the blood then the food is an injury instead of a benefit. For all disorders of the stomach and its allied organs of digestion and nutrition, there is a certain remedy in Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It removes clogg ing obstrutions. It strengthens the stomach, nourishes the nerves, enriches the blood and builds up the body. It is a fiesbforming, muscle making preparation making firm flesh instead of flabby fat. "Golden Medical Dis covery" contains no alcohol, whisky or intoxicant of any kind, and is equally free from opium, cocaine and all nar cotics. Pennsylvania Railroad Special Excursion to Pan-American Exposition. On Thursday, May 23, 1901, the Penn sylvania Railroad Company will run a special excursion to Buffalo on account of the Pan-American Exposition, from Philadelphia, Washington, and Balti more, and adjoining territory. Round trip tickets, good going only on train leaving Washington 7.50, Philadelphia s.ijO, and Baltimore 8.50 A. M., Harris burg 11. H5 A. M., and on local trains connecting therewith, and good to re turn on regular trains within seven days, including day of excursion, will be sold at rate of fit.oo from Philadel phia, SIO.OO from Baltimore and Wash ington, $8.40 from Harrisburg, $5.65 from Williamsport, and proportionate rates from other points. For specific time and rates, consult local ticket agents. V Men Who Handle Millions. |. The government is more trustful of the employees in Its financial center than is any private corporation. In the United States treasury the whole output of the nation's currency Is handled by men who are under neither surveillance nor bond. The paying tell er handles $40,000,000 or $50,000,000 a year. The exchange clerk has every day SGO.OOO In change nt hand. The money In charge of the keeper of the cash room runs from $170,000,000 upward, and the chief of the issue division handles millions every day. Any of these men could get away with enor mous amounts of money and be reason ably secure against detection for a con siderable length of time. Nevertheless, peculations from the treasury have been few and small in amount during Its history. There is an axiom In the department which runs as follows: "Wherever money is handled there is a point at which the honesty of the individual must be the main reliance." And so the treasury dispenses with the services of spotters. However, private business Interests involving the handling of large sums of money are not likely to follow this example. Spotters may be an evil, but they are a necessity iu the present phase of human development, and until some psychological chemist devises a prep aration to make men honest the type is likely to persist.—S. 11. Adams In Ainslee's. Hlipid llnilivny Speed Aimed At. One hundred and sixty miles an hour Is the speed aimed at by a new electric railway company in Germany under the direct patronage of the emperor. Cars with accommodations for T>o per-, sons each are now being built and will ! be tried on a 30 kilometer track. In its advanced and chronic form a cold ; in the head is known as Nasal Catarrh and is the recognized source of other diseases. Having stood the test of con tinued successful use, Ely 's Cream Balm is recognized as a specific for membran : al diseases in the nasal passages, and you should resort to this treatment in your own case. It is not drying, does not produce sneezing. Price 50 cents lat druggists or by mail. Ely Brothers, 156 Warren Street, New York. Give up , ' prejudice and try it. DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the news papers is sure to know of the wonderful n ,| cures made by Dr. !l Kilmer's Swamp-Root, « I thc S reat Sidney, liver C . w-r'y (t and bladder remedy. " U r b is'he great medi , y .1 cal triumph of the nine i V I I If) teenth century dis -1 \ ' covered i..' , of , ■ J 11 scientific researcu L/ 'j l- )r - Kilmer, the emi (l -—; - " nent Sidney and blad ' der specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec ommended for everything but if you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. It has been tested in so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to pur chase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to Dr. Kilmer &. Co..Bing regular fifty cent and Home of Bwunp-Rooh dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. LIST OF JUEORS FOR JUNE TERM. GRAND JURORS. Anthony Township.—William Bren nen, Daniel Bitler. Cooper Township.—Henry Baylor. Danville Ist. Ward—Frank C. Derr, William Fallon, William E. Gosh, Charles E. Jamison, Amos Vastiue. Danville 2nd. Ward.—George Gib bony, William H. Moyer, Thomas Prout. Danville 3rd. Ward.—William Gerst, Robert Murray, William N. Russel, Christian Sach. Peter Waldman. Danville 4th Ward.—George Bachin ger, Charles Getz, Charles H. Howe. Limestone Township.—John Ashen felter. Washingtonville Borough.—Frede rick S. Butler. Mahoning Township.—William Fern, Calvin Heller, Edward L. White. TRAVERSK JURORS. Anthony Township.—Peter A. Rishel, Henry Umstead. Danville Ist. Ward—Warren L. Smith, Dennis Bright. Danville 2nd. Ward.—lsaiah Dawson, Charles Dietz, Calvin C. Ritter. Danville 3rd. Ward. Lenard Foulk, Charles Hunt, Fred Hurley, Nicholas Hill, Joseph Jones, Jaiues B. Lloyd. Richard Morrall, Philip Ortman, Wil liam Rogers, William Salmon, David Williams. Danville 4th Ward.—James L. Ma gill, O. H. Pitner, John Richards, James Toohig, JamesConley, Sr., James Coleman. Deny Township.—Frank L. Courson. Limestone Township.—Franklin P. Cromis, William D. Geiger, J. O. Kaufman, Samuel Schuure. Mahoning Township. —George Ber ' ger. Calvin Blecher, Lewis Seitz. Valley Township.—Hiram Wertman. West Hemlock Township.—Joseph Hutchinson, Jacob Umstead. Liberty Township.—Wm. E. Boyer. Notice of Assessment and Appeal. The County Commissioners sitting as a Board of Revision will hold appeals for the several districts between the hours of 9 a. in., and 4 p. m. as follows, to wit: Anthony, Monday, May 13th, Ex change . Limestone, Derry and Washington ville, Tuesday, May 14th, Washington ville Liberty, Wednesday, May 15th, Moor esbnrg. Valley and West Hemlock, Thursday, May 16, Court House. Cooper, Mayberry ami Mahoning, Fri day, May 17th, Court House. Danville, First Ward, Monday, May 20th, Court House. Danville Second and Fourth Wards, Tuesday, May 21st, Court House. Danville, Third Ward, Wednesday May 22, Court House. N. B, —Appeals will not be heard af ter above stated times. By order of Commissioners, JOHN C. PEIFEK, Clerk. NOTICE. Now March 18th, 1901, it is ordered that the time for the holding of the reg ular terms of the several Courts in and for the County of Montour be changed, and that hereafter the time for the holding of the said Courts be fixed for the fourth Mondays of February, May, September and December of each year. This order to take effect on the second Monday of June, 1901. R. R. LITTLE, P. J. Attest, J. C. MILLER, Clerk. ircmiurri oi me w nile Mouse, There are doubtless In every large city In the country larger and more val uable collections of bric-a-brac and art furniture than that to be found in the private apartments of the executive mansion, but it is a question whether there is in the length and breadth of the land any other half so Interesting. Rarity Is, of course, a universal charac teristic of the artistic gems scattered through the home of the presidents, but better than that Is the fact that al most every piece is fraught with mem ories and associations that make it a prized possession. Of the whole num ber probably half are the gifts of kings and rulers, tokens of appreciation from friendly nations, and the remainder, having been fashioned especially for the White House, have uo duplicates anywhere else In the world.—Woman's Home Companion. Her Opinion of Compliments. "No," said Miss Cayenne, "1 don'l care for people who continually pay compliments." "But It shows an amiable disposi tion." "Perhaps, but the habit reminds me that some people are willing to pay only what costs them nothing and what they don't really owe."—Washington Star. Seen at the Wrong Time. Employer—Mr. Rcdink, you got off yesterday afternoon under the plea of being ill. I saw you afterward going to the races, and you didn't appear to be at all unwell. Clerk—You ought to have seen me nfter the second race, sir. I waa bad enough then Tit Hits. STATE OF OHIO, CITV OK TOI.RDO, 112 LUCAS COUNTY, J FRANK J.CHENEY MAKES oath that lie IN tiie senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHKNKV & Co., doing business In the City of Toledo County and State aforesaid, and that wld firm will pay the sum of (INK HI'NDKKO DOL LARS for each and every ease of CATAKKH that <-annot be cured l>y the use of HALL'S CATAKKH CUKE. FRANK .1. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this (itli ilay of December, A. I>. ISSO. A W. OLEASON, J SKA I. , • —y— ' Notary. Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials free. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. i AT THE J FIRST SIGN i 4) that your eyes are ,/ 1 m (f| \kf hurting, you should vis- / it me. It may mean w^UiK/J^mmhk. \ii endless trouble to you \|> per glasses worn in time will save your eyes as nothiug else will. My ten years of work * Vfc in fitting {.'lasses and studying the eye assures you of the best W service in eye-fitting. VS Jt REMPE. $ Jeweler and Optician. HE CUSSED THE TOWN END OF THE FIRST CAPiTAL OF ILLI NOIS PROPHESIED BY AN INDIAN. The Destruction of the Town of Km kHskla Was In Accordance With the l.ast Words of the Chief Who Died For a Woman's Love. Since the waters of the Mississippi river washed away the last vestige of Kaskaskia, the first capital of Illinois, an old legend that contained the proph ecy of the total destruction of the once flourishing little city has been recalled. Kaskaskia was situated on a peninsula at the Junction of the Kaskaskia and the Mississippi rivers, and in 1882 the Mississippi river cut its way through the peninsula, leaving the remnant of the town on an island. The water con tinued to wash away the rich alluvial deposits on which Kaskaskia was built until, late In 1900, the last foot of the land where the town once stood disap peared. This singular ending of Kas kaskla's once splendid ambitions has recalled to the superstitious the story that the town was cursed in the eight eenth century by an Indian who had been wronged by one of the leading citizens. Jean Benard came to this country from France In IG9B, bringing with him his wife and his 10-year-old daughter Marie. The family settled In Kaskas kia, where Benard established a mer chandising business. The Frenchman soon became one of the most prosper ous and most Influential men of the town. Marie, his daughter, grew to be a beautiful woman, much courted by the most eUgible young men of the new country. She was in no hurry to ac cept any of them, and her fame as a belle spread from Lake Michigan to the gulf of Mexico. A young chief of the Kaskaskia tribe of Indians, having become converted to Christianity after several years of study under the tutelage of the Jesu its, built himself a house in Kaskaskia and was taken into partnership In one of the trading houses there. He was prosperous, handsome and well edu cated and was soon received into the homes of the white settlers. One night at a ball he happened to meet Marie Benard. The girl was at once fascinated by the tall, fine looking Indian, who fell In love with her at first sight and made no secret of his admiration. But Be nard pere soon noticed the attachment and forbade his daughter from commu nicating with the young Indian. To make sure that there would be no more meetings Benard used his Influence to prevent the chief from attending any of tho social entertainments given in Kaskaskia. But love always finds a way, and the young couple managed to see each oth er despite all the precautions of the girl's father. But Benard became aware of these meetings and again took means to prevent them. He was & man of wealth and Influence, and he had the Indian forced out of his part nership in the trading company. The Indian left Kaskaskia. For al most a year nothing was heard of him, and Benard thought that his daughter had forgotten her lover, for she ap peared gay and careless, and she ac cepted with apparent pleasure the at tentions of a young Frenchman. One night when a large ball at Kaskaskia was at Its height Marie Benard disap peared. Those who searched for Marie dis covered that the young chief of the Kaskasklans had been seen that even ing in the town, and the conclusion was at once reached that the girl had eloped with him. Benard at once organized a party togo in pursuit of the fugitives. As there was a heavy snow on the ground, their trail was easily discov ered and followed. The Indiau and Marie had crept away afoot, aDd as their pursuers were supplied with fast horses the young lovers were captured after a day's chase about 40 miles from Kaskaskia. Their destination had been the French settlement at St Louis, where the Indian had provided a home for his wife. The Indian surrendered without re sistance, and the posse started on the Journey back to Kaskaskia, taking the two captives. Most of the men who composed Benard's party wanted to kill the Indian instantly, but Benard would not allow it, for he said that they should leave him to deal with his daughter's lover. When the party reached Kaskaskia, the girl was placed in the convent there. Then Benard took the Indian to the bank of the Mississippi and, binding him tightly to a log, turned him adrift in the river. As the help less Indian floated away to his death he raised his eyes to heaven and cursed Benard, who, he declared, would die a violent death. Tho Indian's last words were u prophecy that within 200 years the waters which were then bearing him away would sweep from the earth every vestige of the town, bo that only the name would be left. The unhappy girl died in the convent. Benard was killed In 1712 In a duel. The last trace of Kaskaskia has been obliterated, and the superstitious de clare that the Indian's curse has had something to do with the passing of the once flourishing town. On dark and stormy nights the ghost of the Indian is said to appear. The specter, with strong arms bound and face upturned, floats slowly by on the river where the stream sweeps by the site of the van ished city in which Marie Benard once lived and In which she died mourning the red man that she loved.—Chicago Inter Ocean. H* Kirn Better. "Oh, John," she cried, cut a teoth!" "Aw, go 'way!" broke In little Willie, wbo was playing on the floor. "You can't cut a tooth! You may break It, but you can't cut It!" Chicago Post. THE HOUSEHOLD. Bon to Ventilate 11 Room—By a Wo man For Women—Sonic Beau tiful DcHNertst. But in spite of this constant changing by natural renewal from outside it is a good idea to give a quick and complete change once a day to the air of living rooms, smoking rooms, bedrooms and dining rooms. This Is best effected by opening windows that will make a direct draft, keeping in mind that a few minutes only are required to ac complish the purpose. Make this change of air when a room is to be va cant for, say, 1"» minutes, which will give time for somewhat heating the cold air taken in. For the sickroom a fireplace is the safest ventilator, lack ing which adroit management or de vils too elaborate to be here detailed will secure a proper atmosphere. In a large house with few occupants this clean sweeping out of stale air need be resorted to but rarely, as sweeping days, the natural renewal from the cracks and crevices, with the opening of doors from goings and comings, are sufficient.—Ella Morris Kretschmar in Woman's Home Companion. By n Wo 11111 n For Women. Here Is a woman's device for keep ing the bottom of the skirts dry and clean on rainy days. It consists prima rily of a wide strip of waterproof cloth which Is designed to be attached to the clothing in such a manner that it forms an elongated pocket around the bottom of the skirts. This pocket may be used as an addition to either a storm skirt or mackintosh, being secured to the inner edge of the skirt by any convenient method. The lower edge then falls considerably below the dress and un derskirts and is provided with safety pins. The latter are utilized to fasten KEEPS THK DRESS DRY. the protector to the innermost skirt as high up as is possible without stretch ing the fabric. It will thus be seen that an inclosing pocket is formed to contain and protect the skirts from all moisture. As the tendency of the de vice is to raise the clothing from the ground it is not necessary to hold the skirt up with the hand. When the wearer reaches home, the protector can be detached and hung up to dry. Some Beautlfnl Dr»Kertn. It is well togo to the caterer for the fancy cream to close an elaborate din ner. There are beautiful shapes to be had in single forms or In a large piece. For a white dinner there are large lilies molded with pistache leaves and stem, or for a pink dinner there are pink roses, also with foliage. An ice cream basket tilled with molded fruits of various kinds—apples, pears and peaches—ls always attractive, especial ly if it Is passed 011 a tray covered with sprays of fern. A large basket made of strips of sponge cake woven like a peach basket and lying on Its side, with a quantity of ice cream peaches falling from it, is also pretty, and there are of course any number of other forms. The cakes served with the cream should be the small ones iced in colors purchased at the caterer's or a good bakery, says Harper's Bazar. Fruit Is not necessary at a dinner, but If It is served it should be the choicest to be had, and not a great quantity should be passed. Coffee should be offered In the drawing room to the ladies and to the men wherever they smoke their after dinner cigars. Furniture Polish. A good polish for brass, nickel plate and pewter can be procured of a drug gist under the name of trlpoll. It is an exceedingly line powder made from small shells and Is sold for a few cents per pound. Moistened with sweet oil it is used like whiting upon silver. With these two simple materials, whit ing and tripoll, on hand the house keeper will have no necessity for spe cial preparations. Tripoli is the best cleansing material for brass bedsteads, andirons and fireplace fittings as well as for exposed plumbing and for bronzes. To polish fine carved wood and cabinet work mix one-half pint lln- Beed oil, half pint of ale and the beat en white of an egg with one ounce of alcohol and the same quantity of am monia. Shake well, apply a little at a time with a soft piece of old linen and then polish with old silk. If well corked, the mixture can be kept an in definite period.—Helen M. Hunt In Good Housekeeping. A LONDON CRIMINAL. THE FOG THIEF AND HOW HE PLIES HIS PECULIAR TRADE. He Operates lioldly Itotli In the City and oil I lie 'I liiuiit »—< Hrrlen (Jff His Plunder From Vuni and Cabs Shrouded In the Deiiue Glooin. Thousands of thieves long Cor fog with a great longing. Incredible as it may seem, property worth tens of thou sands of pounds is every year stolen from vans and lorries alone in London streets. Quite nine-tenths of this prop erty disappears during fogs. The leaders of the fog thief gangs usually have some little capital to start with. One of them affects to be a cartage contractor on a small scale. He takes very quiet premises that have a high boarding round and that are not overlooked. If he has plenty of cellarage, all the better. He has at least one smart trap and horse and two and sometimes three rogues togo with It. It is during the late foggy afternoons and early evenings of winter that the hauls are made. Streets with ware houses—and not shops that are lighted brilliantly and early—on each side and that are often congested with traffic are mostly chosen. The small and smart though dingy and inconspicuous looking trap plunges into the thick of the traffic. It soon, in the gloom and murk, places itself immediately behind a van or lorry piled with packages of various kinds. The men in the quick trap are all on the alert. One of them, a man chosen for his immense physical strength, goes to the head of the pony on some pre text. He soon lias a package down from the van in front. He is provided with sharp cutting instruments, and he has a powerful piece of strap with a hook at one end. If there Is a boy sit ting behind the van, the men In the trap contrive to get him down by di verting his attention. Even with a view to distracting the possible atten tion of carters, the thieves generally get up an altercation, or "barney," among themselves or with others. They are men of colossal impudence and powers of abuse, and all attention be comes riveted upon them. In one case not far from Farringdon street last De cember they carried off one parcel of furs worth £7OO, the van boy being temporarily blinded, as alleged, by a lad with the thieves blowing some snuff Into his face from a pea shooter and then disappearing. One of the most notorious of these fog thieves was a lithe young fellow who crept along the back of a pony to Its head, American jockey fashion, and hooked what he could from out of the van in front. The great hauls of these men are when they follow cabs and private car riages from a railway station. In such cases they generally use two traps and horses. A cab is marked that has ap parently valuable luggage on the top. This is followed till some dark street Is reached where the way is narrow or congested; then the driver of one of the traps, that has a rery swift pony harnessed to it, deliberately drives across the head of the cab or carriage horse. Of course there Is an angry alterca tion, and while this is going 011 the thieves on the other trap have got into the immediate rear of the luggage la den vehicle. One of the thieves goes along his horse's back and lifts the lug gage down. One of the hauls effected last winter In this way was worth £B,OOO and was the property of Mr. de Silva, an Argen tina millionaire. The robbery took place not far from St. Pancras' church just before the shops were lighted up. As the summer sun brings forth myriads of living creatures, so does a Thames fog bring out upon the dark and apparently deserted river a vast horde of thieves. At least a dozen of the wharf and lighter owners complain of losing from their respective wharves as much as from one to six hundred pounds' worth of coal alone every year. The reader can learn at any river side house frequented by tugboat men that there are scores, literally scores, of tugs on the river that have never bought a pennyworth of coal for great numbers of years. The Thames police would tell that same reader that men have retired on competences who have been reported to have made their whole fortune out of coal stolen with Im punity on the river. The police are helpless over the vast exupuse of river and in the labyrluth ln« backwashes. If they raid one of boats in the gloom and dark ies, the spoil Is turned out to the bottom of the river in a trice. If this sort of thing can be done to such an extent with a commodity like coal, it may be imagined what befalls other valuable property on wharves or in lighters. The fraudulent picker \,p of the river blesses the fog. The picker up Is a man who notices that certain barges with valuable cargoes are moor ed lu such a way that, If they broke loose, they would entail vast expense. The picker up sees that these barges do break loose. That part of his work he does in d> ad secret And theu, inak lug plenty of noise about It at this stage, he rescues from danger the very barges that he has set adrift and sendo in a heavy salvage claim.—Lon don Answers. Acids That Are Death to Cholera. The acid of lemons and oranges la fatal to the cholera bacillus. Even If placed upon the rinds of the fruit the germs will not survive longer than a day.—Ladles' Home Journal. In the Georgian language, spoken In the mountains between the Caspian and Black seas, dada means mother and mama father. lie nt Home. In everything study to bring out charac ter and Individuality in conversation. Have your new books and mnga/.iues on the drawing room table, banishing nltogethef the usual lumber of that piece of fuini ture. Your fricuds will find subjects for talk on every hand If your parlor shows that you live and think and work there among your books, pictures and plants. Make your preparations for company as perfectly as you can before your guests coine and then try to forget nil about the details of your entertaining in attcntj ing to thera. Don't be thinking about. oj*sters and coffee, or of the flowers and fruit on your luncheon tables while Mabel is telling you how she passed her school examinations or Tom is explaining his last game of football. Be "at home" to your friends. —Ada C. Sweet in Wouiau'i Home Companion. "I understood the patient was nt death's door with his disease." "So he was, but It dldu't take that young doctor long to pull him through |t."— Philadelphia Times. Two Sides to a nnrjcalli. "Talk about superstitions. I sold my louse and lot for a high price on Fri uay." "Maybe the other man had the Uad luck." —Chicago ltecord. I iOR LITTLE FOLKS. Mimical Insects. Singing birds are esteemed in all countries, but in Japan the musical sou lids emitted by certain insects are appreciated. Listening to these minute singers Las been for many centuries a favorite pastime of the Japanese and has given birth to an original com merce. At Tokyo, toward the end of May and the beginning of June, one sees sus pended under the verandas of houses little cages of bamboo from which break upon the silence of the fresh twilight strange little whistlings of metallic modulations and light trills which fill the air with a delicate music. It is habitually in the evening, after the hour of the bath, that the people of Tokyo seat themselves and listen to the shx-ill concert. The most prized of these singing Insects Is the suzumushl. Its name means "Insect bell," and the sound which It emits resembles that of a tiny silver bell. It Is a tiny black beetle with a Hat body. The kutsu wamushi 1# so named because its cry resembles the sound made by a horso In champing his bit. There are two species of It, one a light yellow and the other a pale green. Really, this in sect is a kind of winged grasshopper of fat body and common in many countries.—London Globe. Oar Patent Taken. ' "Women have never figured to any great extent as inventors," says a Phil adelphia patent lawyer. "The latest reports show that since the patent of fice was first established, in 1790, only 5,757 patents have been granted to wo men. There are other Interesting fig ures. There have been 415 patents is sued to colored men, of which 28 were granted to one inventor and 22 to an other. More than 80 per cent of the patents issued are to citizens of the United States. Forty persons have taken out more than 100 patents each. Thomas A. Edison heads the list with 742. Francis 11. Richards has 619, George Westinghouse has 239, Hirain S. Maxim has 140, Philip Diehl has 137 and Louis K. Johnson has 114." Wlut Millions Mean. With regard to the electrical wave signaling idea Sir R. Ball avers that the apparatus at present in use would require to be Intensified in power "a thousandfold and then a thousandfold again and finally multiplied by another 16 before an appreciable signal could be transmitted to Mars." This 16 mil lionfold increase of intensity demanded on the part of wireless telegraphic powers would appear to put out of court altogether all ideas of interplan etary communication of the kind in question. Sir Robert, however, teach es us another little lesson much needed all round respecting the impossibility of our conceptions being able adequate ly to deal with big numbers. lie re minds us that there are not 1G,00U,000 Inches comprised in the distance- be tween Lancaster and London. Again, the age of a man 16,000,000 minutes old amount to over thirty years, while 16,000,000 millions of wheat grains would weigh a ton.—London Chronicle. What Would Follow. "Why didn't you loan Starker your snow shovel? That isn't much of a fa vor." "No. But you don't know Starker. If I loaned him the shovel, he would want to borrow my heavy coat and ear muffs. He'd dig in the snow until he caught a se vere cold, and then his son would want to borrow my horse to ride for the doctor. Likely as not he'd want to borrow enough to pay the doctor too."—Chicago News. NOTICES. To ALL CREDITORS, LEGATEES AND OTHER I'EKSI INS INTERESTED— Notice is hereby given, that the following named persons did on the date affixed to their names, tile the accounts of their administration to the estate of those persons, deceased, and Guardian Accounts,&c. whose names are hereinafter mentioned, in the office of the Register for the Probate of Wills and granting of Letters of Administra tion, in and for the County of Montour, and that the same will be presented to the Orphans' Court of said county, for confirmation and allowance, on Monday, the 10th <lay of June, A. D., 1001, at the meeting of the Court in the afternoon. Feb'y. 28.—First and Final account of Charles M. Reed, Executor of the last will and testa ment of Sarah Amelia Reed, late of the Borough of Dan ville, Montour County, de ceased. March B.—First and Final account of John Blee, Administrator of the estate of H. F. Blee, late of Derry Township, Montour County, deceased. March 22.—First and Final account of John Dyer, Administrator c. t. a. of the estate of Josiah Dyer, late of Liberty Town ship. Montour County, de ceased. April 20. —First and Final account of Stinson L. Brobst and Will iam M. Hartzell, Adminis trators of the estate of Sus annah Harteell, late of Ma honing Township, Montour County, deceased. May 11. —First and Final account of William G. Forney, Ad ministrator of the estate of Sarah Fomey, late of the Borough of Danville, Mon tour County, deceased. May 11. —First and Final account of Elmer Feustermacher, Will iam Fensterniacher ami Franklin Feustermacher, Executors of the last will and testament of John Feus termacher, late of Valley Township, Montour County, deceased. May 11.—First and Final account of William L. Sidler, Admin istrator c. t. a. of the estate of David Davis, late of Val ley Township. Montour County, deceased. May 11.—First and Final account of William C. Runyau, Admin istrator of the estate of Catharine Johnson, late of Derry Township, Montour County, deceased. May 11.—First and Final account of Nathaniel Bennett and Ella M. Bennett, Executor and Executrix of the last will and testament of Mary E. Davis, late of the Borough of Danville, Montour Coun ty, deceased. WM. L. SIDLER, Register. Register's Office, Danville, Pa. May 11, 1901. yymows A iM'it A is KMKNT. Notice is hereby given to all persons inter ested.t hat the following appraisement of real and personal property set apart to the widow of decedent has been tiled in the office of the Clerk of Orphans' Court, of Montour County and the same will be presented to said Court for confirmation ni. si. at Danville, on Mon day, June 10, tool, and will be confirmed tin ally wit hin four days thereafter unless ex ceptions are previously filed, viz : Mrs. Mary Deen, widow of I'erry Decn. late of Danville, Montour County, dec'd, person al. SAOO. J. C. MILLER. Clerk O. C. Notice. In the Court of Common Pleas of Montour County. Notice is hereby given that the tirst account of David F. Conger, committee of Martha Saul, a lunatic has been tiled in this office and unless exceptions are tiled to the same, it will lie confirmed absolutely June 14. 1901. J.C. MILLER, Prothonotary. Danville, l'a.. May 10. lam. KEHOKT OF THE < OXOITION OF The Danville National Bank, AT HAKYILLK In the.State oi Pennsylvania, att lie close of busi lieM, Wednesday, April 'l4th, 1901 (HAKTEKMt'MHKK 107* RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ?214,171 .10 U. S. bonds to secure circulation 200,000 00 Premiums on U.S. lionds 4,50000 Stocks, securities, etc 213,524 94 Banking-bouse, furniture, anil nxturee 20,000 00 Due from National Hanks (not Reserve Agents) 20,X'»011 Due from State Hanks and hankers.. 1,411 12 Due from approved reserve agents 157,591 IA Intel nai-Keveniie Stamps ;tsn 00 Checks and other cash items U22 I*l Notes of other National Banks 4,50000 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents aye 21 LAWFUL.MO.NKV KESKKVK in HANK, viz S|>ecie i 25.166 Legal-tender notes 7 000 Redemption Kund with I). S. Treasurer 6 per cent of circulation 9,000 00 Total $578,5»i3 5H LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid in $200,000 00 Surplus fund 40,000 00 Undivided protits,iess expenses and taxes paid »5,&52 29 National Banknotes outstanding 200.H00 00 Due toother National Banks 8,915 09 Dividends unpaid 565 00 Individual deposit" subject to check... U7A291 ;W Cashier's checks outstanding 611 30 Total %575,505 5H STATK ok PENNSYLVANIA, t „„ . County of Montour, \ ' I, M.(i. Vounginan, Uashierof the above-nam ed Bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true to the best of my knowledge and be lief. M O YOUNOMAN, Cathier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this »th day of May, 1001. Correct—Attest: A. H. GBONE, Notary Public D. It. EC KM AN, i JOSEPH Hl'.vnCK, I Directors. WM. J. BALDY, ) NOTICE IN PARTITION. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLKAS OF MONTOUR COUNTY, NO 2 JUNE TERM, 1901. Theodore Doster And Agnes B. Doster, His Wife in Right Of Said Wife, Harry Latimere And Elizabeth Lati mer*. His Wife, In Right Of Said Wife, Sarah C. Johnston, Mary J. Johnston And Samuel Johnston, Plaintilfs. vs Isaiah Hilkert, William Hilkert, John Ililkert, Eleanor Hilkert. Mary M. Hilkert, Richard Moser. And Eve line Moser, His Wife, In Right Of Said Wife, And William Cleveland Defendants. TO WILLIAM CLEVELAND: One of the Defendants above-named: WHEREAS on the twenty-first day of March A. I). 1901, a Writ of Partition in tile above-stated case was issued against the above named Defendants to answer the above-nam ed Plaintiffs ofa plea wherefore, whereas, the said Plaintiff and the said Defendants. abovt»- named, respectively hold together and un divided a certain messuage, tenement and town lot of land situate on the East side of Mill street in the Third Ward of the Borough of Danville in the County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and describ ed as follows.iviz: Fronting on Mill street on the westward adjoining a four foot wide alley on the northward, an alley on the eastward, and lot number fifteen (15) now owned by I'eV er McCann, on the southward, extending in width on Mill street thirty-four feet, more or less, and extending back of the sarue width to alley aforesaid, said lot being in length on the northern side along said four foot wide alley ninety-seven and eighty-seven onehundredths feet and in length along tiie southern side ninety-two and nine-tenths feet, with the ap purtenances and whereupOii are erected a Two-Story Frame DwclliDg Honso. and a frame stable, etc., marked in the pu* of Alexander Montgomery's Addition to the Borough of Danville, number sixteen, (16) In block number seven |7», of which the said De fendants deny partition to be made between them according to the form of the Act of As sembly in such case made and provided and unjustly permit the same not to be done, contrary etc., and which said writ is made re turnable at the next term of the aforesaid Court, the same being on Monday, June ioth, 1901, AND, WHERE AS upon the affidavit of Sam uel Johnston, one of the Plaintiffs, above named, made and filed in the aforesaid Court, on the 21st, day of March, A. D. 1901. it appear ed to the Court that the residence of the above named William Cleveland, the last of the De fendants, above-named, is to the Deponent, at present, unknown, the Court made the follow ing decree or Order of Publication, to wit.;— "And now March 21st, 1901 it appearing to the Court by the Oath of Samuel Johnston one of the Plaintiffs in this case, that the resid ence of William Cleveland, the last named of the Defendants in the said case, and who holds a tenancy by the curtesy in an undivid ed one forty ninth interest in the premises inentioned'in the Writ of Partition in this case, is unknown to him, the Court on motion of Edward Sayre Gearhart of Counsel for Plaintiffs direct notice to be given to the said William Cleveland by publication once aweek for six successive weeks, before the return day of the said writ, in one weekly newspaper printed and published in the Borough of Dan ville, In the County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania. BY THE COURT. MICHAEL BRECKBILL, Sheriff. WM. J. BALDY, I mnnsel EDWAKD SAYKE OEARHArT. 112 Sheriff's Office Danville, Pa., April 23rd, 1901. Estate of George W. Steinman. Late of Derry Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letter of Ad ministration upon the above State have granted to the undersigned. All persons in debted 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 LEVI MOSER, Administrator. RALPH KiSNER. Attorney. 11l 111 AND THE III! ' HED.Y M (p | [ft i I J«in. Subscription to Moiitoui American SI.OO per year Bill NOW.
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