MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville. Pa., June 20 190 1 CO.H.MI MC \TIO\S. All communications sent to the AMERI CAS for publication must be signed l>y the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. ANNOUNCEMENT. 1 hereby announce my name as a candidate for reiiominatioii fortheoffice of Prothonotary and Ch-rkot tin' Courts of Montour County, subject to the ac tion of the Republican Convention. .1 C MILKER. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. To the Republican electors of Penn sylvania 1 am directed by the Republi can State Committee to announce that the Republicans of Pennsylvania, by their duly chosen repsentatives, will meet in convention at the Opera House, in the city of Harrisburg, on Wednes day. August 21, at 10.80 a. 111.. for the purpose of nominating candidates for the following offices One person for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court. One person for theoftice of State Treas urer. in occordance with the rules governing the organization, the representation in the State Convention will be based on the vote polled at the late presidential election. Under the rules each legis lative district is entitled to one delegate for every two thousand votes cast for the presidential electors in 1900. and an additional delegate for each fi action of two thousand votes polled in excess of one thousand. By order of the Republican State Com mittee. FRANK REEDER, Chairman. W. R. ANDREWS. C E. VOORHEES, Secretaries. PERSONALITIES. King Victor Emmanuel 111 has or dered an automobile for his own use. Governor Barnes of Oklahoma, who has just retired from office, has accept ed the presidency of a new bank in that territory. The czar has presented M. Dcicasse with a gold snuffbox ornamented with diamonds. The gift is said to be worth more than 100,000 rubles. U. S. Grant, Jr., is the latest convert to the orange growing fad. He has re cently purchased the largest orange grove In San Diego county, Cal. Benjamin Carlton Hoyt, who died the other day in St. Joseph, Mich., was the founder of that city and the only sur viving Michigan pensioner of the Black Hawk war. Baron Deforest, the adopted son of the late Baron Ilirsch, was married the other day In Paris to Mme. Menier, fa mous for her beauty, widow of Albert Menler, once well known on the Euro pean turf. Oeorge Macdermott, an English co median who died a few days ago, is credited with introducing the now pop ular word "jingo" by means of a song which he sang in 1*77 when the Brit ish fleet went through the Dardanelles. Love never grow old in Virginia. Near Powhatan the other day a mar riage license was issued to Scipio Swann and Mamy Langborn, colored. The bridegroom is 99 years of age. and the bride is 89. Scipio expects a hap py new century. M. Pierre de Notliae, conservator of the Versailles museum, who announces that he has discovered an authentic portrait of Petrarch in the National library of the Rue de Richelieu, is fa mous throughout Europe as an author ity on Italian literature. George Jacob Holyoake, the English socialist, has just celeirrated his eighty fourth birthday. It is more than (JO years since he began his career as a public lecturer, and his entire life has been passed In working in the Held of social and political reform. Baron Kentero Kaneko, Japan's new minister of justice, is one of the best English scholars in Japan, speaking the language with fluency and writing It with almost the same idiomatic preci sion as a native. He is a graduate of Harvard and acquired his legal train ing in Japan. He is 47 years old. Notwithstanding the Baroness Bur dett-Coutts' 87 years, she has several seniors among the British peers. First comes the Karl of Perth nil Mel fort, who Is 94. Next is Lord Gwydyr, who Is 91, and then the Earl of Devon, one of the few parson peers in the house of lords who do not sit on the Lpb-'-opal benches, who Is 90, and then Lord Field. THE TURF RECORD. Fred Dietz Intends to race Bessie Bonehlll, 2:05% pacing, this year. Veteran Budd Doble will drive the fast California colt, The Roman, this ■eason. Sagwa, 2:1314, has, according to re ports from Baltimore, been shifted to the pace. Ben Rennick has purchased a green trotter, by Re-election, which he work ed a mile In 2:l8 1 ,i. Dr. Robinson, 2:17*4, pulled a wagon In 2:28, last half in 1:13, over the To ledo half mile track the other day. The brother of Boralma, 2;08, recent ly foaled In Kentucky is marked the same as his distinguished fraternal relative. Walter Hine of Philadelphia prom ises to make some of the fast pacers show a lot of speed to beat Itoscoe in the road races this year. The last of the get of Mambrlno King, a brown filly foaled In July, 1900, Is owned by John Bradburn, su perintendent of Village farm. Charles Chiprnan of Philadelphia Is making a splendid showing on the New York speedway with his crack road team, Sam T and Jack Miller. L. F. Keen, Marion, I ml., has bought from J. A. Works, Vevay, lud., a young mare by Wllstar, 2:l7Vi, that has «hown a fast mile with little work. A SOUVENIR OF WAR TIMES The "Knapsack" a Product of the Soldiers' Talent at Camp Edward. Frank Rilfel ot Riverside has a very interesting souvenir of war times in the form of a small newspaper called the "Knapsack" printed at Camp Edward, ls»i'J, which he has kindly permitted us to peruse. The publication, which typo graphically is creditable enough in ap pearance, is the product of the soldiers' talent exclusively and circulated exten sively through Colonel J. M. McCarter's regiment and General J.J. Peck's Bri gade. These two paragraphs quoted show what methods made the publication of the "Knapsack" possible: "We are again indebted to the 'Typos' of the I'enn'a. Thirteenth for favors con ferred upon us." "Lieut. Rogers of Co. C. weekly fav ors us with his services as a compositor. They are greatly appreciated and we in vite him to "do some more." The "Knapsack" was ably edited, containing in a condensed form a lot of regimental news and other matters which must have aided materially in re lieving the monotony of camp life. ONE CERTAINITY Some Danville People Fully Realize it Now When the back aches from kidney ills. When urinary troubles annoy you, There's a certain way to find relief. A sure way to be cured. Doan s Kidney Pills will do it. Danville peoj>le endorse this claim. Mr. Josiah Williams of 30 Ash St., barber says:"l did not have to use a whole box of Doan s Kidney Pills before they cured my back of depressing ach ing and removed the lameness which had made every move painful. The lameness centered right over my kid neys and stooping or lifting sent a sharp twinge through me. When on my feet a dull gnawing pain took all the viiii out of me. 1 gave some to Mr. C. 11. Stoes of 217 East Mahoning street.as I had no further use for them and he was as well pleased as I with the results obtained. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cts. Foster- Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doan's and take uo substitute. JUDGE WALTER'S ACCIDENT Judge Walter, of Northumberland county is able to be about again after a serious accident which befell him at South Danville, Monday. He was at the station awaiting the arrival of the 4:55 train west when he stepped up on a small freight truck which slipped from under him and precipitated him to the platform. He struck his head very forcibly and was rendered unconscious. He was taken to his home at Mt. Carmel, where he received medical treatment. He was badly bruised about the head and spine and still sutlers considerable pain. A man talks aliout owning his busi ness. But, as a matter of fact his busi ness owns him. His whole life is re gulated by the demands of his business. The time at which he rises, his break fast hour, the time given to meals, are all determined by business obligations. He rushes through lunch because he "can't spare the time from business" to eat leisurely. He won't take a rest be cause he is needed at the store or office He is in fact an absolute slave to bus ness. The results which follow this slavery are to be seen on every hand. Men dyspeptic, irritable, nervous, with drawn faces, and hollow eyes, sit at the desk or stand behind the counter until they collapse in a fit of sickness, or are taken away with heart failnre. Those who cannot escape the exactions of business will find a friend in Dr. Piere's Golden Medical Discovery. It strength ens the stomach, increases the action of the blood-making glands, increasing the vitality and physical vigor. It makes men strong and prevents those business break downs which so often terminate fatally. A party of young ladies and gentle men drove to Buckborn last evening, where they were entertained at the home of Jacob Blecher. Those in the party were: Misses Olive and Jennie Foulk, Maine and Tillie l'ritchard, Ber tha Cromwell, Martha Kussel, Nellie Milligan, Sylvia Cromley, Mary Harris, Charles Leniger, Heber Lloyd, Frank Kdmondson, Charles Hart, Hugh Ben nett, Walter Breckbill, Harry Walker, Walter Marshall, Myron Bernheimer and Arthur Campbell of this city. Miss Margaret Crawford of Allen's Mill. The party was chaperoned by Misses Annie l'ritchard, Lizzie Foulk and Hattie Rus sel. Let me say I have used Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and can thoroughly recommend it for what it claims. Very truly, (Rev.) H. W. Hathaway, Eliza beth, N. J. I tried Ely's Cream Balm, and to all appearances am cured of catarrh. The terrible headaches from which I long suffered are gone.—W. J. Hitchooch late Major U. S. Vol. and A. A. Gen., Buffalo, N. Y. The Balm does not irritate or canse sneezing. Sold by druggists at 20 cts. or mailed by Ely Brothers, 50 Warren St., New York. A OAT IN BEI7. i Oh, whit il so rare as a day in btd, A season of rest complete, A day of delight from morning till night. With plenty of good things to eat. For scientists say, and we must beliere, If we want a wise, clear thinking head. And a body that's tough, of the right kind *f stuff. We iimat give it a day off in bed Imagine the yawning and stretching and til Of the joys such loafing would bring; Imagine the bliss of a day spent like this. While the world was a-toil and a swing 1 Just fancy the envy of all fellow men Who knew you were bunked for the dayl Why, the malice you'd spread by your day ot in bed Would more than aton« for lent pay. Oh. naught is so rare as a day in bed. Not even « clay in June, And blest be the man who Invented the plan. Who deserves a far loftier rune! I beg you to try it and see for yourself (Though I haven't myself, it is true), For there's nothing, I say, so rare as a day In bed, unless it Is two. —Joe Cone In New York Sun. In the churchyard or i-eign, near Bolton, will be found a tombstone bearing the following amazing sen tence: "A virtuous woman Is ss. to her husband." The explanation seems to be that space prevented "a crown" being cut In full, and the stonemason argued that a crown equals ss.—Notes and Queries. Ill* Iniliicnaiit Inquiry. He (on his knees)— Darling, I love (•oil with all my heart, with all my soul 4nd with all the strength of my being. She Are you In earnest, Clarence? lie (reproachfully) In earnest! Say, j do you think I am bagging my trousers 1 this way for fun?— Puck. 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 i| j, gr~ cures made by Dr. —2 | Kilmer's Swamp-Root, 1 I the £ reat kidney, liver I J anc * bladder remedy. - | Rt'l j- It is the great medi > i n§ ca ' tr iumph of the nine \WL \ j{] ,ften, h c J _ |!l covered at'er > < I i' II 112 I 'lil scientific research by •J Dr. Kilmer, the emi n - . ' ne "t kidney and blad ' der specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou bles and Uright's Disease, which is the worst form of k dney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec ommend! dfor everything but if you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the r< medy you need. 11 has been tested tnso maiiy ways, in hospital work, in private practice, imong the helpless too poor to pur chase rel ef and has proved so successful in every ca."-e that a special arrangement has been mae'e by which all readers of this paper who havf 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 ii you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and - send your address to Dr. Kilmer 8c Co.,Binp regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Root, dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. ANOTHER IMPOSTOR, TURNS UP Hsw An Impecunious Individual Raised The Wherewithal far a Drink. An impecunious individual with a thirst yesterday was detected in a con temptible scheme to obtain the where withal to buy whiskey. He was very meek and he didn't ask much, only "two cents," the sum required to "mail a very important letter" which he wish ed to send away. When he approached a shoe maker he represented himself a member of that craft; in a tinsmith shop he was a tinsmith and soon. Hard ly any one refused him the small sum he asked and he soon had enough to pay for five stamps, with money to spare. Finally the fellow's breath and the slight jag which began to manifest it self indicated to what use the money was being applied and his little scheme was balked. The police were looking for the inpostor last evening, but it seems that he had left town for fresh pastures. Catarrah Cannot be Cured. Willi I-OCA I. AI'I'LK'ATM >NS, as they can not reach the seat of the disease Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous unr faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure IK not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription, it is composed ot the bent tonic* known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. iSend for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75e. Hall's Family Pills are the best. THE PRESIDENT AT PLAY You should have seen the president nt play a few weeks ago. It was a very pretty sight. Little Leonora I'., a child off» or 0, caine one day to the White House to see Mrs. McKinley. Leonora arrived all starched and frill ed and with her best and primmest manners to the fore. Her old black mammy nurse was with her, and it was evident that Leonora had been In structed to be very polite and not to sit down In the presence of the mis tress of the White House unless press ed to do so and, above all, to answer all questions promptly. Both the pres ident and Mrs. McKinley received the child. They did all they could to make her feel at home, but Leonora was evi dently a good deal awed. At last Mrs. McKinley, observing the years of the old black mammy, pressed her to sit down and the child, too, but I.<eonora said admonlshlngly to her nurse in an undertone and holding herself bolt up right: "No, mammy. Servants must not sit." "Why, Leonora," said Mrs. McKin ley, much amused, "mammy's an old woman. And you sit down yourself." "Oh, yes'm," returned the child gravely. "But, then, I'm people." This reply nearly bowled the presi dent over, and he and Mrs. McKinley smiled broadly. Then Mrs. McKinley took out her watch, which contains a portrait of the president. She held It out and said coaxingly: "Leonora, you cannot tell me of whom this Is a picture." Leonora drew nenr and scanned the open watch. A bright look swept over her face. "Oh, yes'm! I know who it is." "Well, who is it, Leonora?" "It's Dewey." This was altogether too much for the president. He went off into a lit of laughter, long and loud.—"The Con gressman's Wife" in Saturday Evening I'ost. Hl* First Railway Ride. An old man who luts been a farmer for 57 years In Missouri says: "When I began farming, I plowed with a wooden plow, cut wheat and oats with a sickle and thrashed them out by the tramping process, cut the meadow with a scythe and used a wooden tooth har row. Much of the wheat and corn I raised was eaten by deer, turkeys and prairie chickens. It was no uncommon sight to see as many as 20 deer In a herd. Just think of the jump from an ox team to a railroad! I remember my first trip on the cars. It was In 187«>, I think. My wife and I drove from Harmony to Ashley to see some friends. When at Curryville, we con cluded to take a trip up into Audrain county to Vandalla. Well, when the train started and we were moving over the prairie the experience was so pleas ing and novel that I couldn't help thinking of the wonderful age. It felt so good to be wheeling through space that we remained aboard until we reached Mexico, the county seat of Au drain county. It was wonderful togo that far and back In a day." Horn tn Make Maple Sirup Costard. Make a custard of five well beaten eggs, one-fourth of a teaspoonful of ealt, three cups of milk and a generous half cupful of maple sirup. Mix and strain Into buttered cups and bake In a pan set In hot water in a slow oven. When the centers are firm, chill the custard, turning from the molds, and HfTC. * | | Recor( ' s | SUPPLIES | * HALF PRICE 3! 1 W to close out our line of Graphophones we cut the price in two. 'P Look at these prices: j«\ W Gram! Graphophone and Horn st>o.oo, now 8 >O.OO. J*. VI/ Coin Slot " " " 20.00, " 10.00. 112 w|i Cabinet " " " 11.00, " .>.50. Brass Horns 5.00, " 2.50. M Records 85.00 do/. " 2.50. /*\ Ml All other parts to talking machines which we have in stock Oil at Half Price while they last. REMPE. J, WATCHDOG'S WEAK POINT. A llurjtlH-r Telia 111* Secret For Soutb liitt the Most Savaire Brutes. James Seymour an old burglar who has spent most of his life iu the state prisons of New York and New Jersey for house breaking, has just begun au other ten years' term for jobs commit ted in Mount Vernon, Pelham and oth er suburban towns. Chief Foley found 14 houses which Seymour attempted to enter, and Seymour was convicted of getting into two of them and carrying away a lot of silverware and clothing. In both houses large watchdogs were kept on guard, and Chief Foley and the owners were at a loss to under stand how the burglar could have pried open the windows without causing them to bark and arouse the house holds. Curiosity finally led the chief to question Seymour, and the old bur glar gave him the recipe just before he 1 left for Sing Sing prison. "Getting past dogs Is dead easy if you know how togo about it," said the bur glar. "Old crooks understand the trick so well that it's not often a dog bothers them. He may give a few growls if he's in the house, but there's a way to quiet him quick. Some people-are fool lbh enough to think that burglars carry steak, chops, dog bread or something of the kind about iu their pockets to feed the critters with or that they chloro form them, but this is a mistake. "All we have to do is to hunt up a horse just before we start on the job and rub our hands several times up and down one of his legs, at the same time touching the fetlock. It don't matter what kind of an old skate he is. There's something about the scent of a horse's fetlock that will make any dog your friend the miuute he smells It. I've tried it dozens of times, and it never failed." Seymour then told how he got into a house in New Jersey which was guard ed by four of the fiercest bulldogs he ever saw. "I knew that the brutes were there and that they were likely to make me trouble," said he, "so just before 1 tackled the place I stopped along the street and rubbed my hands a good five minutes on the fetlocks of an old horse that was hitched to a cab stand ing in frout of a rumshop. Then I made for the house and began careful like to pry open the window to the din ing room. "It was moonlight, and I could see all of them silver shining on the side board, but It looked like a mighty risky job to try to get it with them four ugly brutes stretched out a-guard lug it. But things were slow with me, and I was determined not to let the chance go by, so I sawed the catch and then raised the sash easy so as not to make any noise. "Once or twice one of the dogs gave a low growl, and I had to lay low, but when I finally got the sash up enough to shove iu my bauds it was all over. The minute they smelled them up they got and came over to the window and began licking my fingers. When I got in, they never made a growl, but fol lowed me around the room like pet lambs while I gathered up the silver ware and dropped It in my bag." "But what Is there about the fetlock of a horse that attracts the dogs?" asked Chief Foley. "You've got me," responded Seymour. "I never heerd anybody explain it. The receipt was give to me by an old man in Trenton prison that used to steal dogs, and I've been using it ever since when occasion requires. It works so fine that I believe I could take the watchdogs away with me after I rob the houses if I wanted to be bothered with the brutes."—New York Sun. For Momjnlto llltei, Naphthalfue. The United States consul general at Frankfort, Mr. Gueuther, writes to the state department that Dr. Voges, di rector of the national board of health of Argentina, has discovered an alleg ed "sure cure" for mosquito bites. It is none other than the familiar "naphtha lene." It neutralizes the poison, he says, even when the spot bitten is greatly Inflamed, and If fresh bites are rubbed with it no swelling follows. Dr. Voges Is a trained man of sci ence and is therefore not likely to make an exaggerated statement. It may be that naphthalene will do all that he claims for It when used on the bite of the Argentina mosquito, but would avail nothing against the Jersey or even the common American variety. But the remedy Is well worth a trial, as mosquito bites only too often trans form the beauty and repose of seaside or country vacation into an itching fe ver of wretchedness. New York World. The Doubt About "Eleotroeutl€»n." New York adopted electrical exeeu tlou in the dark, as It were, without adequate knowledge of the subject, j Several years have passed since, and electricity lias made wonderful prog ress In every direction. But the con clusion that electric shocks Inflict a merciful death has not been confirmed. There Is no reason why any state should follow New York's example If humanity be the purpose in view and J the motive.—Chicago Post. Sensible Germans. The Germans are not too proud tc learn from other nations. They art now buying American locomotives wit! a view to ascertaining In what respect they differ from their own make. The \ administration of the Koyal Bavariau! railway has ordered four engines from the United States, and the Oermau! manufacturers are agitated on this ac count.—London Engineer. TO GET GOOD ROADS. NARROW ROADS AND WIDE TIRES SOLVE THE PROBLEM. Military Hltthi\a>s of the Old Ro mans Were Made Narrow Wear Better and Cheaper to Build—Wide Roads More Susceptible to Huts. L. Lodian, writing in The Motor Age on"The Roads of the World," declared that he has reached the conclusion that broad tires and narrow roads are the key to the good roads problem. "It stands to reason," he says, "that if a road is narrow It is self wearing even. It Is far more economical to build, quicker to construct and easier to main tain when It needs looking after. We see proofs of this in our own country districts—narrow roads that are al most hard as adamant, while the wide roads are often muck furrows." Continuing, Mr. Lodian writes: "Au tomobiles may be seen running over roads in Italy that were constructed more than 2,000 years ago—the self same roads, hundreds of miles long, over which the Roman legions tramped flushed with victor}', over which St. Paul walked and over which the French troops so repeatedly marched in the early part of the century just passed. And through all those ages of centu ries the roads have scarce felt the touch of repair. In fact, most of them have never been repaired during 2,000 years of existence simply because they have never needed repair. "When the Romans built their splen did military roads, they built them on a sort of 'self repairing' principle—that Is, they built them narrow enough to compel traffic to wear tliem down even ly; for the—what seems to us moderns —narrowness of the old Roman roads has often been a matter of remark. The real object of this narrowness I have never yet seen stated In any ex position on road engineering otliei than the Idea being advanced of econ omy anil rapidity of construction. But I learned the real motive during trav els in Italy In 181)1-2. "We all know that a wide road is only too liable to be worn into ruts. The wider it is the more ruts It will de grade into unless sharply looked after. I have seen some natural made roads In Siberia a quarter of a mile wide, but such a collection of ruts! On the other hand, during travels in the Mexican re public I have seen narrow—say 12 feet —natural made roads running through a marshy country almost as hard and compact and smooth as some of the as phalted streets of New York, Paris or Berlin. These roads in Mexico to which I refer had on either side of them the quick mud country. In popular lan guage this country is termed 'quick sands;' but, like a good many other things popular, this Is erroneous. The earth is literally a quick mud, a tena cious clay, and sticks like glue to the clothing if you happen to sink a foot into It, as did the writer. Among rail road engineers this quick mud is known as 'gypsum,' and to handle the treacherous ground properly has been a problem In track construction. So in Mexico the traffic, being forced to con fine Itself In the quick mud country to a 12 foot gauge, has in the course of years hammered out a track as hard as a first class French highway. "Now, the Romans built their 2,000 year lasting highways purposely nar row so that the roads should be 'self repairing,' 'self mending,' or 'self wear ing even,' or what expression you like to apply to a road which automatical ly, so to speak, keeps itself in good order for a couple of millenniums. Since the old Romans never extended their conquests to America, we are not possessed of any remains of their roads, but the traveler In most parts of Europe will see them. You will even find them as far north as old Scotia —since the republic extended Its conquest even unto Caledonia. A sec tional view of a Roman road shows that the successive layers of material used in their construction consisted of, first, loose stones, 11/>l l /> feet thick; next, stones and lime, three-fourths of a foot thick; then cemented brick and tile debris, one-half foot thick; the whole topped by basalt blocks one foot thick. The Roman road Is not a French road, nor a metal road, nor one of Macad am's, but, so far as the surface is con cerned, a substantial solid stone or rock wearing surface, made thicker and rendered more permanent than even the thickest flagstone sidewalks In Europe or America ever were. "The loose stone underlayers render ed drainage excellent. Can it be won dered at that these ancient Roman highways are still today almost as per fect as two millenniums ago? Just think of It—hundreds of miles are stiil In good order, without having, as be fore stated, felt the touch of repair! "Ho may follow one of these rock stone highways till It suddenly 'runs to seed' in a cornfield or smiling vine val ley. He may be Informed that if he likes to trudge across five or six miles of cross country land under cultivation he will pick up the stone highway again. The interregnum space of road has been torn up— nobody knows when —for the construction of forts or houses. Even the peasants used to tear up the roads for the sake of the flagstones when they wanted materials for their houses or mills. But all that was stopped long ago. In a few places the torn up gaps have been replaced with metal roads, which have required more looking after and repairs In two years than have the old roads of the republic In 2,000. "By metal road, it may be necessary to explain. Is not meaut a road of any metallurgical properties or coverings, but the kind of broken stone used for and usually rolled into the surface. This 'metal,' or. rather, mineral. Is generally the common grayish blue tints visible on railways laying claim to 'standard rock ballast track.' " ♦♦»♦♦♦»♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ I |1 If NEW H if WOMAN If ♦ ♦ By Eliza Archer*! TT XX Conner. XX ♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦| now Mrs. Ann Flam m T lton is truggling to I fatlioin tlit? meaning, if ■MMHrt ""'anness, of life- She was a widow when she married Hamilton, a |, at .j JC i or> She was keeping boarders and laying up money, Hamilton being one of her lodgers, lie had scarcely enough to pay his board and was laying up not a cent. He was a good sort of man, however, and so soon as she was his wife and he had her to plan for him and furnish capital for him to do business on he became successful. They were quite happy and harmonious. She was ambitious that they should be well to do in their old age. So she generously told Ham ilton he need not even pay her any more board after they were married, but should put his money into "the business," she supporting him and her self and giving him more capital from her lodging house enterprise. So it went on 17 years. By that time Ham ilton was worth $25,000, all made from capital his wife had earned and fur nished to him. But he put it into his own name, take notice, with that chiv alrous generosity characteristic of the masculine sex. Then, having finished things, he lay down and died. He left no will, only a scrap of paper saying he owed his wife a 17 years' board bill. That was not worth a spring poem iu the court. When Mrs. Hamilton went to claim her money, some relatives whom she had never seen came and took it from her, and the court decid ed it was theirs. Next time she mar ries she will know what not to do. * » * It is for the development of the indi vidual soul that we are born into this world. If the individual character is not developed in a woman, she is no better off than a horse or a cow. Con eider carefully ami earnestly what are your own particular talents, your own convictions of right and justice, and do what you think best. If you are wrong, you will suffer for it and learn thereby. If you are right, you will have grown and cultivated a new flow er for eternity. I>o not take up a fad merely for the sake of posing or seem ing different from others or of attract ing attention to yourself, for that is despicable. But consider in all seri ousness what you yourself would rath er do and be; then go and do and be it. V? » 3? Women, don't live in your affections and don't live in the past. There never was a past so good that there was not a still better future. * », * There is in London an actresses' fenc ing club which is exceedingly well pat ronized and which is doing wonders for Its members in the way of adding to their strength and gracefulness. «tit *1 When a miserly old curmudgeon who never lets his wife have a cent of her own falls into a well and the wife lets down the bucket to him and draws him up in safety, she deserves great credit, does she not? t» v» •» Fashionable ladies burn sandalwood in their rooms to drive away mosqui toes. The pennyroyal our great-grand motliers burned for the same purpose is quite as effective, smells nearly as good uud costs next to nothing. * * * A certain woman In Fayette, Mo., is 100 years old, and she has never been on a railway car, though trains pass her town daily. She is afraid of them. Is it worth while to live a century if one does not know any more than that at the end? «S In all the years women have had suf frage in Colorado only one fraudulent voter has ever been found among them. Probably opponents would say women have not sense enough to cheat iu vot ing. * * tt Mrs. Lillian R. Pardee, formerly ac tive In politics in Utah, is now in New York city in charge of a woman's life Insurance department connected with one of the leading companies of the country. Mrs. Pardee is an able, con scientious woman, and her prospects for success are bright, even though she has left a state where she could vote for an old fogy one where a wife's earnings still belong to her husband. « I? * In the towns and villages of New York state women taxpayers may now vote on all questions for raising money by a tax levy. They have the same fight in Louisiana. «? * « Mrs. Hetty Green believes it is the duty of every woman to manage her own business affairs. She says: "What man has done woman can do. If I had let other people manage my business for me, I most likely wouldn't have any business to do now." ** * «r Mrs. Cyrus J. McCormick has given $20,000 to build a girls' dormitory for a Tennessee college. Miss Louise Loeb won the oratorical contest among the students of Wisconsin university, which entitled her to represent that university at the Intercollegiate ora torical contest Society women of Bos ton are training in athletics. Let the good work goon. Raising Geese. Goslings are easily raised. They must be kept out of the wet weeds and rain and must have plenty of grass and water. They should be fed bread and milk as soon as hatched, for if you wait until they learn to eat grass they will not cat anything else. Bread and milk is very essential, as the sweet milk will make rapid growth. I.eaf Curl on Pencil Tree*. For leaf curl of the peach, bordeaux mixture in proportion of five pounds of topper sulphate, five pounds of lime and 45 gallons of water gives the best results. The first application should be made before the buds open in spring. They All Lend I n, Towne—Blugore's not very interest ing himself, but there's a born leader of men In his family. Browne—You don't say? Towne—Yes; it's a girl; arrived last uight.—Philadelphia Press. Important, lie—Darling, will you be my wife? She—Have you a recommendation from your fiancee?— King. HEAT AS A CURE ALL. Here Are Some Good iuKitt'illom For the Amateur Xurae. When a patient is not confined to the | bed, it may be well in a ease of throat , trouble to use cloths wrung from hot ! water, but under no consideration is it safe to use water about a patient in bed, j notwithstanding the belief of many in the efficacy of hot water as a cure all, ! writes a woman who knows in Good Housekeeping. It is heat, not moisture, that quiets | pain. Wet cloths retain heat only a brief i time, but they do something else. They j dampen the bedding and the patient's | clothing, to his great danger. Often the ! dampening produces serious cramps, causing excruciating suffering, and those in attendance, thinking the cramps are a ' part of the illness, keep up the wet cloth treatment instead of hastening to change i the wet clothing for dry. There have been cases where death soon followed such treatment. Nothing proves better than a good dry 1 heat to quiet pain. Hot water bags and | bottles are excellent if perfectly tight. ! Hot sand bags also are good to place be i tide the body and limbs. A relay of hot plates wrapped in woolen cloth will do I wonders in giving relief to a patient. In any case of serious bowel trouble it ! Is well to follow up with relays of hot j plates, light weight earthen, or better j still, because of their lightness, are the l tin plates such as are used by bakers, be- I ing always careful they are as hot as can j be borne and not too hot and wrapped in cloth. This remedy will allay inflammation and pain to a wonderful degree. It is also excellent in rheumatism of the hip, knee or ankle. A frequent change of hot plates well wrapped in woolen and placed beneath or over the suffering joint as the patient lies in bed will bring great relief. Hot woolen blankets greatly assist in pulling a patient through serious neural gic pains. Another great help in the sick room is found in the use of wool cloths smaller than blankets. These are made by cutting one or more thick wool blank ets into four or six pieces each. Do not flinih at cutting up a blanket. Consider that the object is to get the sick one re stored to health. The price of a pair of blankets would go but a little way on a doctor's bill, and these wool squares will last for years for use in the sickroom. They can be cleansed and put away from moths between whiles. Nothing is more handy. They can be heated and tucked around the patient as desired, being heated often enough to keep up the necessary warmth. This gives much comfort and induces sleep. Beware of dampened beds and clothes, even In health. ALL THE NEWS OF SPORTS. , A Departure Which Will Please All WLo Enjoy Athletics. The Great Philadelphia Sunday "Press" has arranged to devote a special section each Sunday to the sporting news of the day. This section is cer tain to be heartily welcomed by those wh< > are interested in outdoor pastimes. In this manner the news is conveniently 1 classified for the reader and he is able to quickly and readily find the report of any athletic event in which he may be interested. "The Press - ' has long been noted for the accuracy of its sport ing news and this same high standard J is maintained in the sporting section of the "Sunday Press" with the added ad ■ vantage of the news being kept well to gether. Baseball, yachting, cricket, rowing, horse racing, college athletics and all kinds of sports on land and water are featurized by "The Press" both | daily and Sunday. It prints more and better sporting news than any other 1 Philadelphia paper. Pennsylvania Railroad Reduced Rates to ' Detroit, account National Educational Association. For the meeting of the National Edu cational Association at Detroit, July 8 to 12, 1901, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets to Detroit from all stations on its lines, at the rate of one fare for the round trip, . plus $2.00. Tickets will be sold July 0, 7 and 8, good returning to leave Detroit not earlier than July 9 nor later than July 15. By depositing tickets with ' Joint Ageut on or before July 12, and the payment of r>o cents, the return limit may be extended to leave Detroit i not later than September 1. | Reduced Rates to Cincinnati via the Penn sylvania Railroad, account Convention of United Societies of Christian Endeavor. On account of the Convention of the United Societies of Christian Endeavor, to be held in Cincinnati July <> to 10, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell July 4 to (i.from all stations on its line, excursion tickets to Cincinnati at one fare for the round trip. These tickets will be good for return passage, leaving Cincinnati not earlier than July 8, and not later than July 14. For specific rates and full information, apply to ticket agents. Reduced Rates to San Francisco via the Pennsylvania Railroad, account Epworth League Convention. On account of the Fifth International Convention of the Epworth League, to be held in San Francisco July 18 to 23, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell. July 4 to 12. from all stations on its line, excursion tickets to San Francisco at greatly reduced rates. For specific information regarding rates, routes, and conditions of tickets apply to ticket agents. «ii m AND THE IB IKlf B » rnin I J ADVANCE. Subscription to Montoui American SI.OO per year. i HI 1. HUMOR OF THE HOUR They Compromised. A very, very fat man was be, and when he entered the Chestnut Hill ac commodation Sunday night lie looked around for a whole seat to himself. The car was nearly filled, and the best be could do was to share a seat witL another passenger. A hasty inventor) decided him in favor of a very thin young woman, and even then it was a rather tight squeeze. The young woman in trying to make room for him dropped her handkerchief, which landed on the floor directly between the man's feet. He was a man of such Falstaftian girth as to be totally oblivious of any thing beyond the range of his vision, and he could scarcely see over his own chin. The young woman was wedged in so tightly that she could hardly move. "Pardon me," she said. "I have dropped my handkerchief." "Where is it?" asked the fat man. "On the floor, between your feet," answered the thin young woman. The fat man made an effort to look in the direction indicated, but although be grew very red in the face from tlie effort he couldn't see beyond his waist coat buttons. Finally he said: "I get off at Tioga. Do you go far ther than that?" "Yes. I goto Wayne Junction," she said. "I guess I can get along without it for awhile." "Thank you," said the fat man, great ly relieved. The young woman recovered her property at Tioga, where the fat man extricated himself from the scat.—Phil adelphia Record. Tier (irntli* Raillery. It so happened that the faint heart ed suitor accidentally sat down on a pin. "Ah," cried the maiden, "that's once you wer<» able to get to the point, any way!" Being thus encouraged, be hastened to make the customary avowal.—Chi cago Post. An Explanation. "See here!" exclaimed an angry man to a horse dealer. "You said that horse I bought of you yesterday hadn't a sin gle fault, and now 1 find he is blind ir. one eye." "Oh," replied the dealer calmly "that's not a fault; it's a misfortune.' 1 —Chicago News. A Ilnnl One. r The Child—Mother, dear, where is the wind when it isn't blowing? A Happy Ilide, Jawson—How did your automobile journey turn out? Dawson—Beautifully. Although I j ran over two pedestrians and three bi cycles and knocked two wagons into a | ditch, my motor was not at all injured, and I arrived just on time.—Tit-Bits. An Offensive Word. "What's the matter with your part | ner? I tried to talk to him about the I margins of the hook I want printed, ! and he hastily left me." "Oh, he was caught iu the big stock slump, and he's a little nervous."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. ANNUAL REPORT. J. H. Shultz, Treasurer, in account with the Valley Township School Board for the year ending June 30th. 1901. I)R. To State appropriation $ 965 28 To Bal. from last year.. 458 -u Received from collectors 526 40 From other sources. 28 97 Total $2279 06 CR. Teachers wages £1470 00 Amount paid teachers at Institute.. 52 >0 Text I looks os 04 Supplies 54 97 Fuel, etc »:i >2 Fees of collector and treasurer <i* 4H Secretary's salary and postage 26 00 < >t her expenses ttlj 01 Total 81W9 77 Italance in hands of treasurer ... $ 279 29 X. E. SIDLKU. Secretary. I DITOK'S XOTlt K. The tiuncrsigned. appointed Auditor l>y the aforesaid Court lo distribute the balance hi the hands of 1 lie said accountant to and auiong the part i.'s legally entitled thereto, will at tend to the dui les of his appointment. at his law office. No. 106 Mill street, in the Borough of Danville. I'a.. on Tuesday. July Hth. I'.'Ol, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, where and when all per»ons having claims against the said fund are required to present and prove the same, or be debarred from any share or portion of I he said fund. HARRY C. HARE, Auditor. Danville, Pa., June 17th, 1901. A I)|111X ISTHATOK'S XttTK I-.. Estate of George W. Steinman. Lat<- of Derry Township, Montour County Pennsylvania. deceased. Notice Is hereby given that letter of Ail ministration upon the above State have granted to the undersigned. AII persons In debted to the said Estalc. are required t( make payment, and those having claims or demands against Ihe said estate, will make known the same without delay to LEVI MOSER, Administrator. RALPH KISNKR, Attorney. ST I»ATKIX'S \OTK K. Estate of Wellington Hartman. hate of The Township of Cooper in The Coun ty of Montour And State of Pennsyl vania. Deceased. Notice Is hereby given that Letters of Ad ministration upon the above estate have been granted to the undersigned. \ll persons in debted to the said estate are required to make payment, and those having claims or de maiuls against the said estate will make known the same without delay to NAOMI V. HARTMAN Administratrix of Wellington Hartman, Deceased. I*. O. Address, (irovania, I'enoa Kt>w \HI) swi'K Counsel.
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