MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville. Pa.. Nov. 14.1901 COM MI MI ATIO.W All communications sent to the AMF.KI CAS for publication must be signed by the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. RAILWAY RUMBLES. Ireland claims the honor of the first electric railway in the United King dom. It is said that the cheapest railway fares iu the world are to he found In Hungary. Denmark lias a government railroad system of 1,167 miles and 323 miles of private railroads. The Servian, Roumanian and Bulga rian railroads are owned exclusively hy the respective government*. Travelers on Prussian railways whose baggage, through no fault of their own, falls to arrive with them can now have It sent on request free to their bouses. The difficulty of railway construction in some parts of Africa is Illustrated by the fact that on the Freetown Mat tru line. In Sierra Leone, eleven steel bridges had to be built In a distance of only thirty kilometers. A representative of the Paris Tempt has been examining railway stations in Germany, and he declares that those o! Dresden. Cologne, Hanover, Frankfort, Bremen, etc., are far superior to any of the French except the Parisian. A l.argr Cerfjr. Two old hunters were swapping yaroa and had got to quail. "Why," said one. "I remember a year when quail were so thick that you could get eight or ten at a shot with a rifle." The other one sighed. "What's the matter?" said the lirst. "I was thinking of my quail hunts. I had a fine black horse that I rode ev erywhere, and one day out hunting quail I saw a big covey on a low branch of a tree. I threw the bridle rein over the end of the Unit) and took a shot. "Several birds fell and the rest flew away. "Well, sir, there were so many quail on that limb that when they flew off It sprang back Into place and hanged my horse!"— Los Angeles Times. English Uttll Stew. For four plump quails provide four oysters, four tableßpoonfuls of butter, three large cupfuls of ox tall soup or rich stock, two small glasses of port or madeira, two tablespoonfuls of onion »tnegar, the same of India relish and paushroom catchup, celery salt, white |>epper and four slices of crisp, brown toast. Leave the quails whole, simply opening down the breast. Put the but ter In a frying pan over a hot fire and when brown lay the quails In the pan. Cover and cook ten minutes. Turn and cook ten minutes more. When browned on both sides, add the soup or stock, wine, catchup and relish. When It boils again, add celery salt and pepper to season and thicken with a table spoonful of flour wet up In cold water. Stir It gradually until It bolls. Turn each quail on its back and insert an oyster. Cook tive minutes and serve on sllceß of toast with ibe liquid poured over all. Spldera Are Indaitrloaa. No small Insect ever escapes froi*- the web of a spider, a fact which Is uot to be wondered at when It Is con sidered that an ordinary sized snare may contain as many as 120,000 viscid globules. The spinner Is constantly engaged in repairing injuries to the web inflicted by wind, stray leaves or captured Insects. Once a day the whols snare is subjected to rigorous examina tion, and any broken or loosened threads are adjusted.—Cornhlll Maga alns. Farias a Creditor. Like many another famous man both before his time and since, Talleyrand exhibited, at least In early life, a great reluctance to settling with his credit ors. When he was appointed bishop of Autun by Louis XVI., he considered a line new coach to be necessary to the proper maintenance of the dignity of (hat office. Accordingly a coach was ordered and delivered, but not paid for. Some time after, as the newly appoint ed bishop was about to enter his coach, he noticed a strange man standing near who bowed continually until the coach was driven away. This occurred for Mveral days until at length Talley rand. addressing the stranger, said: "Well, my good man. who are you?" **l am your coachmaker. my lord," replied the stranger. "Ah." said Talleyrand, "you are my coachmaker! And what do you want, wf coachmaker?" "I want to be paid, my lord." "Ah. you are my coachmaker, and you want to be paid? You shall be yaid. my coachmaker." "But when, my lord?"' "Hum," said Talleyrand, settling himself comfortably among the cush ions of his new coach and eying his coachmaker severely, "you aro very Inquisitive!" Mow Hl#k Birds Fir- A Strassburg aeronaut says he has •ten an eagle at the height of 3,000 yards, and again a pair of storks and a buzzard 900 yards above the sea level. On March 10. 1890, some aerouauts observed a lark flying at a height of 1,000 yards On July 18, 1899, another balloon met a couple of crows at an altitude of 1,400 yards. These, how ever. are exceptions. Birds are hardly ever seen alwve a height of 1,000 yards; even above 400 yards they are not fre quent. Jk. Itrllc of Feter the Great. The cottage where Peter the (treat dwelt when he was learning the trade of shipbuilding In Zaarndam, Holland, still exists, though somewhat dilapidat ed. It contains the rude furnlturs which the great Peter used—a bed stead. table and two chairs. It is in cased In a building erected for the pur pose. and over the mantel Is a tablet erected by Alexander of ICussia In 1814. All who use Atomizers in treating nasal catarrh will get the best results from Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price, in cluding spr»ying tube, 75 cts Sold by druggists or mailed by Ely Bros., V. Warren St, N Y New Orleans , Sept 1, 1901. Messrs ELY BROS —I sold two bot tles of your Liquid Cream Balm to a cutosmer, Wm Larnberton. 141.5 De lachaise St . New Orleans, he has used the two bottles giving him wonderful *nd most satisfactory remits Gso W McDI'FF Pharmacist DEATH OF MRS. M. C. MGHTNEk At Detroit. Mich—Daughter of the Late Feter Baldv, Sr. Late Saturday evening, November 9th, in Detroit, Mich., occurred the death of ; .Mr". Martha H. Lightner, widow c»l the | late Kev. Milton Clarkson Lightner, former rector of Christ Episcopal church, | this city. The funeral took place Tues j day afternoon from Grace Episcopal church, Detroit Mrs. Light ner was 77 years of age. ■She was a daughter of the late Peter Haldy, Sr.. and a sister to the late Ed vvard U. Haldv. She i-~ survived by tive sons and one daughter, aH of Detroit, two brothers, Peter Uahly, Jr., of St. Paid, Minn., Kev Hurley Haldy, of : Philadelphia, and two sisters. Mrs.! Char'es Mailhews, of Plaiidield, V J., i and Mrs. W. I Greenough, of Ph ladel- i phia. Hev. M. C. Lightner was rector, of Ci)ii»l church froiu 1542 unt ; l ls-48. He was an earnest worker and succeed ed iu building up a large congregation. In lovinc memory of llev. Mr. Liyhtner, Christ church was several years ago pre sented with an elaborate pair of altar candlesticks. Jumped on a Ten Penny Nail. The little daughter of MR. J. X. Pow ell jumped on an inverted rake made of ten penny nails, and thrust one nail entirely through her foot and a second one half way through. Chamberlain's Pain Balm was promptly applied and five minutes later the pain had disap peared and no more suffering was ex- ! perienoed. In three days the child was j wearing her shoe as usual and with ab- j solutely no discomfort. Mr. Powell is a well known merchant of Forkland, Ya. Pain Balm is an antiseptic and heals such injuries without maturation and in one-third the time required by the usual treatment. For sale by Paules & Co. Abrams Repents His Act. Miss Emma Maxwell,who was cruelly deserted by B. F Abrams on the eve of her wedding at Shamokin. Friday re ceived a letter from the latter post marked Philadelphia, asking hrr for giveness and promising to marry her, as soon as he was able to make enough sal ary to sup[»ort her. No address nor date was given and the police suspect it is a rtise to throw the officers off the track. —Mt. Carmel News. "Last winter an infant child of mine had croup in a violent form,* says Elder , John W. Rogers, a Christian Evange list, Filley, Mo. "I gave her a few doses of Chamberlain's Cough remedy and in a short time all danger was past and she recovered." This remedy not only cures croup, but when given as soon as the first symptoms appear, will prevent the attack. It contains no opium or other harmful substance and may be given as confidently to a baby as to an adult For sale by Paules <£: Co Home Missionary Meeting. The nineteenth annual meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Northumberland Presbytery con vened in the First Presbyterian church of Bloomsbnrg yesterday afternoon to remain in session during today. The devotional exercises of the open ing session were conducted by Aire. W. I. Steans, of this city. Ms.W. A. Alir- Atce replied to the greeting. Mrs. I.(i Barber also of this city as Secretary of Freedmen, presented her report yester day afternoon. The meeting was full ol interest and was attended by quite a few from Danville. To the Public. Allow me to say a few words in praise of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I had a very severe cough and cold and fearei I would get pneumonia,but after taking the second dose of this medicine I felt better, three bottles of it cured my cold and the pains in my chest tisappeared entirely. lam most respectfully yours for health. RALPHS. MEYERS,F»4 Thirty seventh St., Wheeling, W. Ya For sale by Paules & Co. New Scales. A new fivc-tou scales has been install ed at the coal yard of Franklin Boyer near the D. L. & W. station by the P. & R. railway company. The scales were putin under supervision of W. L. I bach who left for his home after completing the work yesterday. Cut this out and take it to Paules & Co s .drug store and get a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, the best physic. They cleanse and invigorate the stomach, improve the appetite and regulate the bowels. Regular size. 25c. per box. Only Gallery Seats For Sale. Every seat in the parquette and dress circle will be reserved before to morrow night s entertainment. The price for gallery tickets will be .">0 cents or SI.OO for the Course Don't miss Phinney's band it is said to be one of the finest on the road to-day. A LIBERAL OFFER. The undersigned will give a free sam ple of Chamberlain 's Stomach and Liver Tablets to any one wanting a reliable remedy for disorders of the stomach, biliousness or constipation. This is a new remedy and a good one. For sale by Paules & Co. State-Lehigb, November 16. Williamsport will be a point of special interest on Nov. Ifi, when the State Le high football teams will face each other on the Athletic park grounds. All aboard for the great game. (Mr barbers will add relish to their Thanksgiving dinners th s year with the thought that that day ends the foot-ball season and on the morrow they will have "haircuts" by the score. Football is growing in favor and as the sport gains in popularity the length of the hair of the player and rooter does like wise. "A Turkish Bath" will appear at the Opera House on Saturday evening. The company carries three complete acts of fine scenery. Oriental furniture, tap estry and Algerian rugs and the most approved electrical appliances, includ ing two Newell chandeliers. Kev. Adoiph !;•*; * r was H Bloomsburg j visitor yestervi-H", 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 o t cures made by Dr. 11. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, 8 '! 'be great kidney, liver Ci (UtVJr?; Ili an( * bladder remedy. "I y k c" ltisthe great m'edi ■*i?Mk ' 112 cai triumph of the nine !\V_L\ i j; ,1 teenth century; dis- C'fi V- } j > covered after years of .( 112 If" 112 J . J 1 scientific research by r r ' Kilmer, the emi (]. " nent ki <iney and blad- 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 fT-~)t 7V * send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing regular fifty cent and Home of swaini>-Roo*, dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. RIVERSIDE'S BUSY INDUSTRY Big Orders Held t7 Hoover Bros. Will 1 Build Annex. Riverside's busy little industry, Hoov er Bros, planing mill, which never suff ers for want of orders, just flow is ex- ! ceptionally busy. On the pay roll are ; twenty-six men, all skilled and ex peri- , enced in their line of work, while the I machinery installed is of a modern up- | to-date type which gives the mill quite , a remarkable capacity. Among the orders being tilled by the firm is one for the Reading Iron Com pany, comprising the sky lights ami window frames needed for the iron work in course of erection here and an-order for F. Q. Hartman comprising the win- j dow frames and woodwork in general for his new silk mill at Berwick for which ground has already been broken. Hoover Bros, contemplate building ( an additon !o their plant and will break ground in the near future. The new portion will comprise a ware room and j commodious office. A FRIEND'S ADVIUE. Will Often Help You Greatly. R»ad Wha a Danville Citizen Says. You may hesitate to listen to the ad- ; vice of strangers, but the testimony of friends or residents of Danville is worth your most careful attention. It is an easy matter to investigate such proof as this. Then the evidence must be con j elusive. Read the following. Mrs. Edward H. Lunger of 11 Church St., says:"l suffered so much from pain in my back that I could uot sleep nights. | The pain over my hips was continuous and when on my feet it was one steady gnawing ache. It hurt me to do any- j thing requiring bending over, and tin sharp twinges would catch me so , suddenly that I had to brace my back against something until they stopped The kidney secretions annoyed me and headaches accompanied the backache. I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and in the statements of those who had Ijeen cured the symptons were so much like mine that my husband procured a box for me. They did me more good than any medicine I ever tried. Ino longer had any backache and was free from any embarrassment caused from the se cretions. I can honestly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to others suffering as I did." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cts. Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo. N. V., sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute Pennsylvania Railroad's Winter Excursion Route Book. In pursuance of its annual custom. the Passenger Department of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company has just issued an attractive and comprehensive book descriptive of the leading Winter resorts of the East and South, and giving the rates and various routes and combina tions of routes of travel. Like all the publications of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company, this ' Winter Excursion Book" is a model of typographical and clerical work. It is bound in a hand some and artistic cover in colors, and contains much valuable information for Winter tourists and travelers in general. It can be had free of charge at the principal ticket offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, or will be sent postpa d upon applications to Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. This year the Elks' lodges of Sunbury, Lock Haven and Renovo will join the Williamsport Lodges in holding services in memory of their departed brothers. The Elks' memorial service, which is an annual occurrence, will be held in the Lycoming Opera House, Williamsport, on Sunday afternoon, December 1. J Harrison Walker, Esq., of Bellefonte, a member of Lock Haven Lodge, will de liver an oration, and Miss Sara Peck, of Lock Haven, has been invited to sing a solo. The services will be of a highly impressive nature, and will no doubt be largely attended. Several members of the Sunbury lodge reside in Danville When a horse picks up a nail in his foot what does the driver do? Does he whip the limping, lagging animal and force him along? Not unless he wants to ruin the horse. At first sign of lame ness he jumps down, examines the foot and carefully removes the cause of the lameness What is called "weak stom ach" is like the lameness of the horse, only to be cured by removing the cause of the trouble. If you stimulate the stomach with "whiskey medicines' you keep it going, but every day the coudi tion is growing worse. A few doses sometimes of Dr Pierce's Golden Medi cal Discovery will put the disordered stomach and its allied organs of diges tion and nutrition in perfect health Ninety eight tim?s in every hundred "Golden Medical Discovery " will cure ! the worse ailments originating in dis eases of the stomach. It always helps. It almost always cures. To cure con j stipation use Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pel | lets. They're sure Will Exchange Pulpits, Iter I»r. Pennej.acker, of Mulberry street, M. K. church, Williamsport, an 1 Kev. Harry Cunin Harman, pastor of I St. Paul's VI. E. church, this city, will ! exchange pulpits. Snndav nent. It is gratifying to note the interest a majority of the property owners in this auction have taken in the matter of cleaning away the rubbish which ac cumulated about their premises during the fall 112 A Big Watch Sale 1 vt/ w U/ Early this fall 1 was offered a large lot ot high (|/ - rade watches at about one third below regular prices. \fj W I wa.» obliged to take more than 1 needed for iuv regular vfc trade. 1 will therefore hold a special watch sale for two week-. The price 1 offer these watches for is in many jly case?- le.-> than wholesale prices. If you intend pur- fK\ yll ehn-inira watch for Christmas: vou can make vour selec- tj\ 11/ tion now, pay two dollars down and we will keep it for f* v<> vou until Christmas. v |/ See Display in Window. ff\ t REMPE 'p vV« JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH. ■ _ AMUSEMENTS. - A TURKISH BATH COMPANY. t Before you have finished laughing tit j one incident, you discover that you are . roaring at a dozen others. Such has been the experience of past seasons, and is more true of this season's production i of "A Turkish Bath which will be seen at the Opera House on Saturday even ing. ' A company of 2o artists, comprising all that is best in musical farce, vaudeville and light opera, and a wealth of scenic equipment easily stamps A Turkish Rath" as the leading fun show of the season. The Village Parson. One of the most popular attractions of the present day is that beautiful and interesting drama entitled. The Village Parson." The piece has scored an im mense hit wherever produced, and its success has been achieved long since. There is an attractive ring in the title, which calls the attention <»f all classes of amusement goers to the theatre. Tin play deals with the affect on of the heart, an 1 i- one wherein human emo tions and pathos are strongly depicted. • >lllll ,4:14 f~T ■ i; i m ! !||fill /ifhs Is my Mama here. Sir? A very strong company has been en gaged. each with reference to the part assigned, and it is confidently believed that this pretty play is rendered in much better style than is usual with traveling cotnp inies. Han Is mi • special scenery has been painted expressly for this pro duction by well known artists, and uni que effects also assist in the finished per formauce. Tne Village Parson op;ns at the Opera House on Monday evening next. How's This ? We offer One Hundred Hollars Keward for any case of Catarrh that ean not tie cured by Mall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the hist l."> years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transae lotis and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. WEST & Turvx. Wholesale l irugjiistS.Toledo. O. W'AI.DINO, KINNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood an,d mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price Ti 1 . per bottle. Sold by all drug gists. Hall's Family I'ills are the best. !*io iicforri'il Payments. "Is your daughter learning to play by note?" "Certainly not," answered Mrs. Cum rox a little Indignantly. "We pay cash for every lesson. The idea'"—Wash ington Star. Well Bred, Gentleman—That looks a well bred dog. Owner —1 should think he was well bred. Why, he won't have a bit of din ner till he's got his collar on!— Punch. He Had Grrat Kij»eetatlon». "How do you account for the fact that Mi.-s 1 'till ion, the wealthiest heir ess of the season, Is going to marry Nodo, who hasn't a cent to his name?" "Oh, but he lias great expectations." "Ho has? What are they?" "He is going to marry Miss Bullion" New York Times. Harper* Ferry. Harpers I'erry was named after liobert Harper, an architect aud mill bu'lder, born In 1703 in the town of Oxford, England. He came to Amer ica In 173." with his brother Joseph and located in Philadelphia, where for a time he prospered but, failing later, concluded to join the Friends of Lou doun county. Va. En route to his new Lome he camu upon the gap In the Blue Kidgo mountains, where bo made fcls home. AN OVERWORKED PHRASE. fht Espreaalon "He Took Ilia I.ltr In Ilia llamU." "Tho expression 'lie took Ids life in his hands' always struck me as being very foolish," said a bright young gen tleman, "and I have often wondered why KO many persons persist in using it when they want to speak of extraor dinary dangers. Now, extraordinary danger is one thing and the simple, commonplace thing of taking one's own life In one's hands Is an entirely differ ent thing. "I work In a big building. There are a steam engine and a mammoth boiler In the basement. Whenever 1 enter that building, if they are running the engine iu the basement, I take my life iu my hands. I get on the elevator on the fifth floor; 1 take my life In my hands. 1 go out of town; the car may tumble over a trestle somewhere. I walk along the street; a sign may fall on me. i make my way across tha thoroughfare; who knows but what a street car or a vehicle of some sort may not run me down? 1 cross the riv er; may I not suddenly find myself In the swirling stream and slnkinn for the last time? If 1 walk along the street, may not a brick or a loosened cornice come crashing down upon me? There are a row and a shot or two on the corner; may not a stray bullet wing me? And so on. "Pessimism? No. Logic. That's all. It just shows the difference between taking one's own life in one's hand and the matter of confronting extraor dinary danger. These risks are ordl nary, plain, old, everyday risks. The fireman who dashes into a burning building to rescue a child, the fellow who grabs the bridle of a runaway horse, the hero who will plunge into the river to save some person who Is about to drown these are the persons who confront what I would call ex traordinary dangers, and the worn platitude of saying of one of these 'he took his life In Ills hands' would not fit the case because there would be in the act an element of heroism wldch would place it much above the com monplace."—New Orleans Times-Dem ocrat. HOYT'S JOKE ON M'KEE. How the Playwright Ilotl a lilt of tun Willi Hi* Mounter. On one occasion Manager McKee was watching a performance from a box, where he was seated with some friends. During the first act an usher came to him with the Information tiiat a gentleman was waiting at the door to see him on most important business. "Tell him I can't come out—l'm very busy," was the answer. The usher returned in a moment to say that the man insisted on seeing Mr. McKee, who again sent out word that It was impossible to see him. The man outside then sent iu the message that he was an author and had a play that he wished McKee to read immediately. This incensed the manager, who said to the usher: "Tell that fool out there that this is no time to bring a play to be read. Get him out of the place—l won't see him. I won't read his play." A few minutes later the usher came back and informed McKee that the man utterly refused togo without see ing him, and that he must be granted an interview, also that he was quite sure that the manager would not only read his play, but he would also pro duce it, and added that he would bet SI,OOO that Hoyt & McKee would be only too glad to get the play. At that McKee became furiously angry, and, excusing himself to his party, left the box with the intention of personally inviting the jiersisteiit author to begone. "Where's that idiot who insists on seeing me?" he asked of the treasurer at the box office. Then the treasurer pointed to a man standing in the shad ow with a roll of manuscript under his arm. It was Hoyt, with his newly finished play, which he handed to McKee, who said to those present: "It's on me— what'll you have, boys?" New York Clipper. Odors That I'ermente FoodstnflTa. A tisli dealer iu one of the most styl ish parts of New York was deeply hurt and badly worried one day by the com plaint of one of his big customers that a fine salmon which he had sent to the house for a big dinner had proved to be entirely uneatable when served ow ing to a m.ist penetrating taste of creo sote that pervaded it. The fish dealer realized, although tlie charge was not made directly, that he was more than suspected of having sold a stale fish that had been washed or brushed with an antiseptic preparation to hide Its 1 condition, lie knew that the salmon had been perfectly fresh when he sold ' it.and for days he puzzled in vain over | the problem. Hut suddenly he reuiem t bered that on the day the fish was sent ■ nit a tank wagon full of creosote had stopped before his place and that his ■ cart, into which the fish was being placed, was direeth alongside of the powerful stuff. That appears to have been enough to permeate the delicate tlesh of the tisli.— New York Press. Wooes !Hor plieii* Willi IMeture. - "I have found a cure," snid a physl i cian, "for a person who isn't chronical i ly atlileted with insomnia, but who temporarily cannot sleep. It is a curi ous tiling that the picture of a person yawning will almost invariably induce sleep. "Try It yourself some time if you come across sticli a photograph. For the life of you you can't help yawning, after a moment, and persistent gazing at the sleepy head will almost inevita bly send you to the coucli for a nap."— New York Times SA I ! IMrs MISTAKES. SOME THAT MEN CONSIDER TO BE OF REMARKABLE VALUE. Paradoxical a« It May Appear, the Per/eolion of a Preclom Stoue In J.nrisely flue to Some Finperfeetton In It* MuUliit; l>y Nulnre Paradoxical as it may appear, the perfection of a gem is largely due to some imperfection iu its make. Some little mistake made iu the laboratory of nature produces a defective stone which is perfection itself from the lap idary's point of view. Ninety-nine out of every hundred emeralds dug from the mine are almost white and of little value, but the hundredth one is of a rich velvety green and, if without oth er llaws than its color, sells for S3OO a carat or 240 times as much as its col orless brother. The reason of the rich color which gives the emerald its value is that nature, in making the stone, put in too much oxide of chromium, just as the cook sometimes gets too much sal eratus iu the biscuits. The standard of perfection iu the laboratory of nature is the colorless emerald, and her deep green ones are some of her failures; failures which, nevertheless, delight mankind, however much they may dis gust nature. You could buy a ton of oxide of chromium for the price which half a grain of it gives to a cheap and common crystal. When nature makes mistakes in man ufacturing diamonds, the results aro equally remarkable. Her standard for a diamond is a pure white stone, but sometimes a foreign substance gets into the crucible, and the result is a red or blue diamond. A flue white brilliant of one carat can be bought for $125, but a blue stone of that size would be cheap at $3,500. A red diamond is of even greater value, a red stone of fifteen grains having been sold for $5,000. Vet the little particle of foreign material which nature carelessly let fall into the mixture when she was making that stone down in the heart of some prime val volcano is of less value than a grain of common salt and only got there by mistake. Nature manufactures in her laborato ry a material called spinel. You can buy a block of spinel as large as you can carry for a few dollars. Sometimes in making spinel small quantities of chromic acid get into tlie material and color it a deep red. The pieces so col ored nature rejects as spoiled in the making and throws them in the dust bin, from which men dig them out and call them rubies. A ruby of thirty-two carats recently sold for $52,000. Yet the material of the cheap spinel and the valuable ruby are practically the same, save for that small fraction of chromic acid which g>«t into the ruby by mistake. When nature starts out to manufac ture opals, she endeavors 10 make them without any cracks iu them. In this she seldom succeeds, coining nearest to perfection in the Mexican opals, which have few cracks in them and therefore little luster. The fiery glow of the ori ental opal and the play of light in the depths of that exquisite stone are duo entirely to the numberless cracks which seam the surface of the gem. It must give nature a poor opinion of mankind when she sees him selling the Mexican opals, which are nearly per fect, for 12 cents a carat and paying s'.!s a carat for her failures, tiie cracked tire opal of the east. Not only in gems, but in many other things, does nature make mistakes and failures, the results of which are high ly valued by man. Tha cliank shell, a shell much like tlie conch shell of these shores, is one of the commonest shells on the beaches of India, and millions of them are gathered and burned for the lime that is in them. Yet in a tem ple near Kaudy, Ceylon, are two cliank shells which hold the place of honor in a. shrine covered with gold, anil no amount of money could buy them from their guardian priests. Their value consists in the fact that nature was not quite herself the morning she fabricat ed these shells and gave a right hand ed twist to them instead of a left hand ed one, such as has been given to all other chank shells, so far as man knows, since the beginning. Baron ltothschild once paid S3OO a 42-jzen for some Schloss Johannisberg I vine, and it is admitted that, taking Everything Into consideration, it was not an exorbitant price. Vet the wine of the same year from the vineyard di rectly adjoining the Johannisberg vine yard, on the same bank of the llblne, ft vineyard whose soil is, to all appear ances, the same, only brought $5 a doz n. And there is no special secret about the manufacture of Johannisberg wine or about the variety of grape uuii. Its great value comes from a little joke of nature. In the soil of the Johannisberg vineyard there is an infinitesimal amount of a certain salt which is found in the soil of no other vineyard. The admixture is so slight that no chemist has ever been able to Imitate it, yet it is worth many thou sands a year to the owner of the vine yard. When Gold Luutu Green. Gold can be beaten out so thin that it allows light to pass through It, in which case, though it still appears brilliant yellow by reflected light, it is green as viewed by transmission—that is, by the light that passes through It. This curious effect can easily be ob served by laying a piece of gold leaf upon a plate of glass and holding it be tween the eye and the light, when the gold will appear semitransparent and of a leek green color. And There Are Of hers. Waggs—Old man Blowitt has a re markable memory, hasn't he? Naggs— Wonderful. Why. lie actual ly remembers a let of things that never happened.—Chicago lteeord Herald. EASILY UNDERSTOOD. The Close Sympathetic Connection Between the Nervous And Digestive System Ac- Counts for Much Debility. The great influence the nerves have over digestion is noted in case of smlden shock or fright. No matter how keen the appetite it disappears. Nerve Force practically controls digestion in tin- pro dnction of gastric juice. When Nerve Force is lacking digestion i s usually im paired thats why Dr. A W. Chase's Nerve Pills restore from so many stom ach troubles they restore Nerve Force Mrs. M. Fields of No. 128 Pine street, Danville Pa., says "1 have been both ered a good deal for some time with a nervous indigestion and was feeling poorly generally I did not rest well and had frequent nervous headaches. I got some of Dr. A. W Chase's Nerve Pills at Gosh's Drug Store and used them and felt that I received a very de ciiled benefit. I rested better and felt toned up and better generally Dr. A. W. Chase s Nerve Pills are sold at 50c. a lxix at dealers or Dr. A W Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo N. Y. See that portrait and signature of A. W. Chase. M D. are on every package F. M. Heniugton transacted business in Sunbttrv yesterday NO CHANCE TO KICK. fimpklnii Fount! the l'larr Too Mach Of H <aOOtl I hlllH. "I thought you wen* going into the country with your family, Simpkins? Couldn't you Bud a place?" "Oh, yes; I found a place—a farm house on the edge of the lake." "Any boating privileges?" "New boat« and the lake stocked with fish." "But no bathing?" ' Yes, there was a place reserved for bathers." I suppose the accommodations were poor?" "Couldn't have been better." "There must have been mosquitoes?" "Not one in that region." "Th.'ii it was malaria?" "Malaria nothing. The air was per fect. "oh, it was the money consideration? Prices too steep?" "The prices were ridiculously low." "Then in the name of goodness why are you not there?" "\V« would have all been miserable. There wasn't a chance for a single kick."—Chicago Record Herald. Salad Hating Good Seas*. Even men are progressing gastronom- Ically. Scientific dietetics has at last revealed to us the fact that the woman who eats salad on a hot day In July, August or September Is displaying sound gastronomic sense, says What to Eat. The long haired dreamer in the restaurant may have been nineteen dif ferent kinds of a fool upon every other proposition in life, but he knew what to eat on a hot day. The human ani mal needs grass or Its equivalent In summer. With their oil the salads sup ply everything a man physically needs In hot weather. All the civilized race# of the world are salad eaters, but Amer- | leans eat less than do any other people. | It is not a sign of mental decay or mor al degeneracy for a man to eat salad; it is gastrouomlc sense. Work For it. Nothing that is of real worth can be achieved without courageous working. Man owes his growth chiefly to that { active striving of 'he will, that en counter with difficulty, which we call effort; and it is astonishing to find how often results apparently impracticable are thus made possible. ( lean HI U Whimle. The origin of the saying "as clean as a whistle" Is ascribed to the "whis tle tankard" of olden times, in which the whistle came into play when the tankard was emptied or "cleared out" t«. announce to the waiter that more liquor was required. Under the mogul emperors extensive systems of roads were constructed la India connecting all leading points In the peninsula. Hli Ability. "And how is my old school friend Birnson getting on?" said the man who had returned to his native city after a long absence. "Oh, he's doing first rate." "But he was such a bright boy we al ways expected he would display espe cial ability." "Well, I don't know that ha hasn't displayed especial ability." "I never hear him mentioned In con nection with any of your elections." "No; that's Just the point. lie haa shown ability togo ahead quietly and build up a business. He doesn't have to run for office." —Washington Star. Critical. She—You don't love me as much as you did or you would have stayed lon ger last night. He—But you Insisted on my going. "And if you had loved me you would not have gone."—Detroit Free Press. Exception. "Hit's gwine to rain," announced Aunt Cliloe. "I kin feel It in my bones." "People kin feel eve'yt'lng in dey bones," said Uncle Eph'm, with crush ing sarcasm, " 'ceptin de marrer wot dey really got in dem."—Chicago Trib une. A Good Thins. Gotham—Watts has got one of those good thing automobiles. Church—Why do you call it a good thing? "Oli, the power gave out, and 1 saw him pushing it along."—Yonkers States man. The Hallway Instinct. "How did that railway magnate's daughter happen to accept Jim Boozle by Buffer?" "I think it's because he runs his name In three sections." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Frlcndlca*. Kind Lady—Poor fellow, have you got no friends? Hay Haeard—No, mum; 1 hain't got nobody but relatlves.--Exchange. 1101 AMU AND THE Pill 111 PRESS 112 I Cp# M I .lIH «H. Subscription to Montoui American SI.OO per year ill II Colds " 1 had a terrible cold and could hardly breathe. I then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and it gave me im mediate relief." W?C. Lay ton, Sidell, 111. * __ How Vill your cough be tonight? Worse, prob ably. Fqr it's first a cold, then a cfough, then bron chitis of pneumonia, and at last; consumption. always tend downward. Stop this downward tendency by taking Ayer's Cherry Pec toral. Tlrec Ufl: 2Sc . Sic.,'Sl. All in ( (lsU Consult your doctor. If he »»y» it. thsn do «• It* »»r« It be tell* jou not to take it. then don't take it. He knows. Leave it with him We »re willing J. C A¥ EK CO.. Lowell. Kau NOTICE TO HEIRS. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MONTOUR COUNTY NO 2 JUNE TERM 1901. IN PARTITION. THEODORE DOSTER ET AL vs. ISAIAH HILKERT ET AL, RULE OF HEIRS. To Theodore Doster and Apnea V. Dos ter. bis wife, in right of said wife, Harry Latimere and Elizabeth Lat iinere. his wife, in right of said wife, Sarah C Johnston, Mary A. Johnston, and Samuel Johnston, Isaiah Hilkert. William Hilkert. John Hilkert, Eleanor Hilkert (now Eleanor * raig) and Richard Craig, her husband, in right of his wife, Mary Hilkert, Richard Moser and Eveline Moser, his wife, in right of said wife, and William Cleveland. Plaintiffs and Defendants, and all of the parties in interest in the above stated Proceedings, respect ively: You and each of you are hereby duly noti fied that upon the petition of Samuel Johns ton one of the above-named Plaintiffs,ln such behalf presented before the aforesaid Court setting forth. Inter alia, that the real estate described in the Inqulsitirvheld lon the above stated case, could not be dfvided without pre judice to or spoiling the whole thereof and that the Jury of Inquest did accordingly val ue and appraise the said real estate at eight hundred dol ars, and that upon the absolute confirmation of said Inquest the aforesaid Court made following decree and granted the following Rule of which you ar.d each of >ou are hereby further duly notified to take notice and to govern yourselveß accordingly In the premises, to wit DECREE OF COURT. "And now Sept. 2>th, 1901, the wiihln peti tion read and considered and It further ap pealing that the Return of Inquestln this case has been confirmed absolutely the Court gran a Rule on al> parties ii.Uf.-stedin this case to appear in open Court on the twenty-third day of December 1901, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon ot the said uay to accept or refuse the real es tate mentioned in the said writ at the apprals ed value thereof, or make bldi-on the same or show i ause why the same should not be sold on their refusal to do so. By the Court. Certified from the records at Danville, Pa., this twenty-eighth day of Sept 1901. J. C. MILLER, P othonotary. M. BHECKBILL Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, Dan\ llle, Pa., Oct 28,1901. WM J. BALDY, EDWARD S. GEABHART, Counsel. DITOK'S NOTICK. IN THE ORPHANS' COURT OF MON TOUR COUNTY | In Re-Partition of the Real Estate of 1 Jane R> bbins, late of the Township of Liberty, County of Montour and Stase of Pennsylvania, Deceased. The undersigned, appointed by the afore said Court Auditor to make distribution of the sum in Court, remaining after paying the costs and expenses, being the purchase-mon ey of the real estate of the said decedent al lotted to Clinton Rebbins, will sit tor the purpose ot discharging the duties of his ap pointment at his Law Offices, No. 106 Mill Street, in the Borough of Danville. Pennsyl vania, on FrMlwy, Jiuv 15, 1901, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, where and when ail persons having any claims against the said fund are requested and re quired to present and prove the same or be debarred from thereafter coming in upon the said fund. EDWARD SAY RE GEARHART, Danville, l a., Oct. 9, 190 i. Auditor PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ! In partition in the Court of Common Pleas of Montour Couny at the suit of William J. Baldy, Alienee of ClarenceC. Huber, deceased DeV\ .it L. Joues, Junior, and Car ie Jones, his wife, in right of said wife. Roberts Har lan, and Josephine Harlan, his wife, in right of said wife, Plaintiffs, and DeWittC. Jones, Junior, Administrator d b. n. of Samuel Hu ber deceased, Jerr\ S. Hubtr, Administrator of El.en Huber, de eased, Agnes V. Baker, widow of William S. Kaker.d. ceased.W llliam H. Huoer and Cordelia Huber, his wife, Jerry Huber and Hannah Huber. his wife. Henry J. Croßsley and Ella > rossley.hls wife,ln right of said wife, Defendants, No. 2, June T- rm, 1901. In pursuance of an order ot the Court of Common Pleas of Montour County, the un dersigned will expos- to public sale, upon tne premises, situate in the Kirst Ward of the Bor ougn of Danville, in the county of Montour, aud State of Pennsylvania, on Saturday, Nov. 23rd, 1901. at ten o'clock in the forenoon "112 the said day, the following described premises, being the real estate in said partition proceedings men tioned and included, viz: all that certain mes suaee, teneme t an . tract of land, siiuate in the Kirst Ward of the Borough of Danville, In the ounty of Montour, and state of Pennsyl vania, bounded and described as follows, viz: Beginning a*t a point in line of land of Head ing Iron Company then e along the same North fortv-three degrees East thirty-two and four tenths feet to a point, thence along the North thit ty five and three tourth degrees East one hundred and thirty-five and five ten Ihs feet to Ihe South bank of the Pennsyl vania cana', thence along 'he said canal No'th forty-eight degrees West ninety five feet to a corner of the lot formerly belong'ng to Peter Baldy, thencealong the said last men tioned lot and alley south tnirty-twoand one half degrees Wot sixty-eight feet to a corner thence along said alley North fifty-seven de grees West twenty-four feet to another alley, thence along sai«l last me tioned a.ley south thirty two and one half degrees West one nun dred and tweutv-two and five tenths feet to a point 111 said alley, thence ulon* said last mentioned alley North fifty seven degrees East ten and twentv-five one hundredths feet j to a corner of lot of M L. Shindel, thence i al >iig said last mentioned lot North eignt> • 4 four degrees forty minutes East thirty three i feet to a point, thence along said last mention I ed tot Sou 1 h flf.y three degrees Kast sixty-two I and seven tenths feet to the place of I ning, with f he appurtenances, and whereupon I are erected a ' I'WJ-stURY FRAME IRON FOUNDRY | lately known as ■'HUBEk'S FOUNDRY." I TERMS OF SALE:—Twenty per cent, of ' the purchase monev shall be paid in cash at the striking down ot the property, and the balance thereof shall be paid on the confirma tion absolute of the sale. Deed to be deliver ed to the purchaser or purchasers thereof upon such confirmation absolute and the costs of writing the same shall be paid by the purchas cr or purchasers. MICHAEL BRECKBILL, Sheriff. EDWARD SAY RE < I E ARHART. Counsel, sheriff's Office, Danville. Pa., Oct. 22nd. 1901. Three Notable Fashion Journals L' Art De La lode, $3.50 per year Robes De Luxe, SS.OO per year. The Amertian Ladies' Tailor, $12.00 per \ear. We will tie glad to send sample .•opies to anyone sending name and address and a 2 cent stamp for L'ART DE LA MODK, 10 cents for ROBES DE LCXE and 25 cents for Tut AMERICA* LADIES' TAILOR. .nOHSfc-BKOIGHTON CO. 3 Kast Nineteenth St., New York
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