MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANCLE. Proprietor. Danville. Pa., Jan. 17, 1901 COM.Mt SIC.4TIOXS. All communications sent to the AMERI CA'! for publication must be signed by the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. COIRT PROCEEUIXCS. «Con tin'led from first page,) keen him with his hat off before, but she recognized him by his voice, when she heard him speak in the Justice's office. Ralph Ritter, the prosecutor in the case, was next called to the stand. His testimony was in substance as follows: Early in the evening of Sunday, Nov ember 11, he was coming along the Bioom road at East Danville, on his way to church. When he was near the "board walk," he saw a man standing beside the walk. The fellow stopped for a minute near the end of the "board walk," then went on, until suddenly Kitter heard the man say: "Hold up your hands!" Ritter paid little attention, thinking at first that it was an acquaintance, John Kocher. He was going by with out stopping, supposing the fellow was fooling, when the man fired a revol ver. the bullet whizzing past his ear. Ritter then got out into thi middle of the road, he -ould not tell exactly how, be was so frightened. He then saw that the fellow had a handkerchief tied over the lower part of his face, and he knew that something unusual was going on. The man then said: "I want your money!" Ritter replied: "I haven't got a cent." An instant afterward, for fear the man would shoot him, he said: "Yes I have got half a dollar." He took this money from his pocket and gave it to the man, who then said: "I want two things more out of you. 1 waut two more quarters!" The man said : "Then I'm going to shoot you 1" Ritter then begged for his life, sayiag: "That wont do any good to kill me." Ritter testified that some one, he thought it was Chief Mincemoyer, told him that night that the fellow who rob bed him was Dave Barrett, but he did not known Barrett before, although he recognised him later in 'Squire Bare's office. On cross examination, he said that he recognized Barrett in Justice's court be cause he was pointed out to him as a man under arrest. Lloyd Krum testified that on the even ing the crime was committed Mrs. Green await came to his house and told him of the robbery. He took his gun and went with her until they met a man whom he compelled togo back with bim. As soon as this fellow spoke, Mrs. Green await said it was the robber. Mr. Cole also identified the man as the robber and several people in the crowd said that the fellow was David Barrett. Mr. Krum then told of the manner in which the prisoner broke away, threat ening to shoot any one »ho touched him, and escaped. Mr. Krum said that the next morning he found the knife, that had been stolen from Mr. Cole, ly ing just inside the picket fence, near where his prisoner bad stood the uight before. Frederick Lynn testified that he knew Dave Barrett, and on the uight of Nov ember 11, he saw him between six and seven o'clock near Jacob Cole's house. Lynn wag with Mrs. Greenawalt, going toward Cole's. He had heard her call ing for help. They met some one who said: "A man has been killed!" to which she replied: "Yes and you're the man who did it." Krum soon caught the mar who was pointed out by Mr. Cole as the man who had robbed him. Mr. Lynn then went home. He could not recognize the man whom Mr. Krum had because it was dark. John Bvers testified that he knew Dave Barrett. He was called shortly after six o'clock on November 11, by Mrs. Greenawalt, who said some one was in their house, demanding ff>,ooo. He went with Mrs. Greenawalt after getting a gun. The first man he met was Dave Barrett, who said: "A man has been shot." Mrs. Greenawalt said: "You shot bim, I recognize your voice." He said that Mrs. Greenawalt again said the fellow that they held, had rob bed her and her uncle. Mr. Cole was called and identified the man whom they held as the one who had held him up. Mr. Byers identified the man in court as Dave Barrett. Jacob H. Rudy, who lives at East Dan ville. swore that he knew Dave Barrett. He went out on the evening of Novem ber 11, when he learned of the robbery at Coles, and saw Dave Barrett there. He also saw Mr. Cole and Mrs. Green awalt identify the man as the one who robbed them. He talked to the man who was held and whom he identified in court. He said that Barrett finally broke away from the crowd that surrounded him, fired bis revolver and got away. He swore that he has known Barrett from a boy. John Foust testified that he knew Dave Barrett. On the night of the rob bery he went out toward Cole's house, when he saw Barrett arguing with a crowd about their right to hold him. Barrett finally pulled a revolver, dared any one to touch bim and ran down the road. He has known Barrett from a boy, stood right beside him that night and was positive tbat he was the man. Wellington Rudy testified that he saw- Barrett in the crowd near Jacob Cole's house on the night of November 11. He saw Barrett pull out a revolver and say that be would shoot any one who touch ed bim He said that it was dai kat the time. Am&udus Gtiss testified that he has known Barrett for ten or eleven years. He saw Barrett in the crowd near Mr. •Cole's. Some one asked if any one new the fellow, lie said : "Yes, that ss Dave Barrelt." He heard Mrs. Green- await aud Mr. Cole identify the man who had robbed them, and he pointed Bar rett out in the court room as the man. JohnS. Krum, a constable of Ea9t Danville, testified that he knew Dave Barrett, whom he saw pass his place on 1 the night of November 11. He went down to Cole's, being sent for to arrest ; Barrett. James Morrison swore that between five and six o'clock on the afternoon of November 11, four men, one of whom j gave his name as Martin, called at his house. He identified the man in court as Dave Barrett. The four men demand ed some cider. To avoid trouble he brought cider from the cellar. He talk ed to the man whom he pointed out as Barrett. The fellow finally said: "1 was fooling with you. My name is Barrett and not Martin." Chief J. C. Mincemoyer testified that he knows Dave Barrett. On the way from the station to the jail, after Bar rett was arrested, the prisoner said to him that if he had not been full, the Shamokin police would not have arrest ed him. The Chief swore that Barrett was arrested on a warrant sworn out by RAlph Ritter on November 11. The prosecution here rested its case, and Mr. Chalfant asked that the District Attorney specify on just which couuts of the indictment the case should go be fore the jury. District Attorney Welsh refused to make such a specification. It was 3:30 o'clock when the prosecu tion rested, and all the evidence was in troduced by the defense by four o'clock. Mrs. Thomas Black was the first wit ness examined for the defense. She tes tified that on the eveuing of November 11, she was at the house of Mrs. Burke No. 505 Railroad street, and that Dave Barrett was in the kitchen there. That was between five and half past fi*e o'clock. Katherine Burke, thirteen years old, testified that on the evening in question Dave Barrett was at her home on Rail road street until six o'clock. John Burke, a boy, swore that Bar rett was at their home on the night of November 11, coming at five o'clock,and staying there until he i,Burke) left home at ten minutes of six. He saw Barrett at Rogers' house on the same street lat er on the same evening. John Knapp testified that he saw Barrett on the evening in question at the house of William Myers on Railroad street at five minutes past six o'clock. He noticed that the clock there was five minutes faster than the town clock. Bar rett sat there about fifteen minutes. Miss Mary Ellen Rogers testified that on the evening of November 11, Dave Barrett was at her home on Railroad street at about seveu o'clock. Michael Burke testified that on the evening in question he met Dave Barrett coming down Bloom street between 8:30 and nine o'clock. That was just above the Third Ward school. The defense rested at this point. In summing up for the defense, Mr. Chalfant called attention to the testi mony of witnesses for the prosecution who could not positively identify Bar rett as the man who committed the crime. He also recounted numerous re corded cases of mistaken identity, in which circumstances pointed much more conclusively to the identity of persons than in this case. Mr. Welsh, in summing up for the prosecution, called attention to the con tradiction of the positive testimony of witn?ssesfor the two sides,and said that he thought it was as reasonable to be lieve that the case of mistaken identity could be on the side of the witnesses for the defense as those for the prosecution. The case was give to the jury at 5:20 o'clock. About seven o'clock the jury handed in a sealed verdict, which will not lie made public nntil court convenes this morning. The other criminal cases will be put over the term, except the Wintersteen murder trial, for which a jury will be drawn the first thing this morning. A Helpless Child. A weak and puny child is badly handicapped in the battle of life. It is isolated from the healthy enjoyments of its little fellow beings. It cannot par take either of their play or their study work and progress in the world; its whole life is embittered by incapacity and weakness. Any woman who expects to become a mother ought to know what Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will do both for her own health and safety dur ing her time of trial and also to insure her in bequeathing a fair measure of health and strength to the prospective little one. February Elections. All elections in Pennsylvania for Ward Borough and Township officers will be held on the third Tuesday of February. As the third Tuesday of February falls on the 19th,nominations for Ward, Borough and Township officers must be made eighteen days before the day of election, or not later than Friday, Feb ruary Ist. Certificates of nomination and nomi nation papers for candidates for Ward. Borough and Township offlceH.and elect ion officers and school directors, shall be filed with the County Commissioners at least eighteen and fifteen days res pectively betore the day of election, the day upon which the act is done, paper filed or notice given to be excluded from and the day of election to be included in the calculation or reckoning. W. L. Gouger, chairman of the Re publican county committee yesterday issued a call for a meeting of the Re publican ward committtees of the city, to be held at Hotel Oliver next Monday evening at eight o'clock. At that meet ing a time will probably be designated for holding the primaries for making nominations for the diflerent borough officers. No call has yet been issued for a meeting of the Democratic committees. Avoid all drying inhalants and nse that which cleanses and heals the mem brane. Ely's Cream balm is such a remedy and cures Catarrh easily and pleasantly. Cold in the head vanishes quickly. ' Price 50 cents at druggists or bv mail. . Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking and to a great extent loss of hearing. By the use of Ely 's Cream Balm drop ping of mucus has ceased, voice and hearing have great]v improved.—J. W. Davidson, Att'y at Law Monmouth, 111. Auditors Have Adjourned. The Montour county Auditors have adjourned after completeing their ex amination of the county bills paid by the Commissioners for the year 1900 and found them all correct. Over-Work Weakens Your kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood in your body passes through your kidneys once evety three minutes. fThe kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil ter out the waste or impurities in the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work. Pains, achesandrheu matism come from ex cess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidney poisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves .that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin ning in kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and is sold on its merits fr-'lj 7 *' by all druggists in fifty cent and one-dollar siz- Ktfr es. You may have a sample bottle by mail h nm « of free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer 8l CO., Binghamton. N. Y.^ Preparing for Big Business. By the middle of next month, if every thing continues togo well, the North and West Branch Telephone company will be in full operation in Williamsport so states Chief Engineer Lewis, of the Eastern Electrical Construction com pany. As soon as the Williamsport line is in operation it will be connected with the lines of the Home Telephone com pany, the head offices of which are at Lewisburg, the Montour and Columbia Telephone company with main office, Danville, the Shamokin Valley company and several other adjacent companies. After the line is built to Newberry work will continue right on west and as the Jersey Shore borough council, at its last meeting, gave the company permission to operate in that place, the line will there connect with the Commercial Tele phone company, which covers Clinton and Centre counties and which is now in operation as far east as Jersey Shore. The new company will start with eighteen day operators, and for these positions the applicants are many. In fact, Mr. has a whole drawer full of applications, and he is worrying how he is going to select the right ones. The big switch board at Williamsport is arranged for 1800 'phooes. LOTS MORE LIKE IT. Plenty more proof like this and all from Danville people. No chance for argument here No better proof can be had What a Dauville man says Is the best. If evidence for Danville people. Read this case. We have lots more like it. Mr Jos. Hooker of 10'J North Spruce street, says:—"l was for a long time af flicted with lameness in my back and a pain over my kidneys I had a great deal of nervousness, restlessness: did not sleep well had bad dreams and was con tinually tossing from side to side striv ing to get a comfortable position. The kidney secretions were not normal I was tired all the time and often had a dull aching in the back of my neck. I read accounts of Doan's Kidney Pills curing people. The description of their symptoms tallied almost exactly with mine and this induced me to try the remedy. On using them a short time the whole trouble disappeared,' For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cent a box. Foater-Millburn Co., Buff alo. N Y. sole agents for the U. 8. Remember the name— Doan's—and take no other. To morrow Evening. The third number of the Y. M. C. A. star entertainment course will be given at the Opera House to-morrow night. The Katherine Ridgeway concert com pany will be the attraction. The follow ing artists compose the company. Miss Ridgway, reader. Mrs. Waterhouse, soprano soloist; Mr. Kerr, Basso soloist; and Mr. Brush, piano soloist. Speaking of the company the Joliet Republican says:— It is her genius, her exquisite refine ment in interpretation, and the mark of dignity Miss Ridgeway leaves to every thing she touches, which makes her a delightful entertainer. In her presence one feels the subtle power of a perfeci lady, with lofty ideals of noble woman hood, which is more powerful and im pressive than the charms of the most perfect beauty. Miss Ridgeway cannot come this way too often, for Joliet will always guarantee her a packed house. A strictly high class performance is guaranteed. Seats now on sale at Grone's book store. There Is more Catarrh In this section of the country than all other diseases put together and until the last few years was supposed to tie Incurable.oFor a great many years din-tors pronounced It a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced It In curable. Science has proven catarrh to lie a constitutional disease. :md therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's < 'atarrli Cure, manufactured by I-'. .1. Cheney .V Co., Toledo, Ohio. Is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken Internally In doses from to drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood stud mucous surfaces of the system. The offer of one hundred dollars for any case It fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address. Hold by Druggist*, 75c. Hall's family l'llls are the best. Farmers' Institute. The attention of our farmers is called to the institute, to be held at Exchange Feb., 11 and 12th., by the State Depart ment of Agriculture, assisted by the local boartl of institute managers for the county. These meetings are in the in terest of all our farmers, and open to all. The expenses of conducting them is borne by the Slate. No collections are allowed or tho advertising of any busi ness. The discussions are upon farm topics for the benefit of farmers. Ar range your business so as to attend and take part in the exercises. All classes of citizens are welcome, and interesting programmes have been prepared. The county chairman is J. K Murray of l'ottsgrove, Pa , who will be glad to send programs or information to any one who will make the request. The State speakers who will be present are: Prof. S. 15. Heiges, York, Pa., S. F. Harbour, Ilarrisburg, and J. 11. Poasly, Belleville, Pa. CALIFORNIA. Thirty-five Days' Tour via Pennsylvania Railroad. i The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has arrange! for a special personally conducted tonr through California to leave New York and Philadelphia on February 14, by the "Golden Gate Special " composed exclusive ly of Pni man parlor smoking, (lining, drawing room sleeping, compartment, and ob servation ears, retnrning by March 20. This special train will be rnn over the entire route. The best hotels will be used where extended stops are made, but the train will be at the ivmstant cum maml of the party. Round-trip ticket, covering all nec essary expenses.#*.")!' from all point 011 the Pennsylvania Railroad except Pitts burg. from which point the rate will be s4+s. For further information apply to ticket agents; Tourist agent, 119t> Broadway. New York; 4Court Street.Brooklyn Tsy Broad Street, Newark N J. ; B. Cour laender. Jr., Passenger Agent Baltimore District. Baltimore, Md. ; Colin Stndds, Passenger Agent Southern District. Washington, D. C.; Thos. E. Watt, Passenger Agent Western District Pitts burg, Pa ; or address Geo. W Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia. FLORIDA. Personally-Conducted Tour via Pennsyl* vania Railroad. The first Jacksonville tour of the season via the Pennsylvania Railroad allowing two weeks in Florida, leaves j New York. Philadelphia, and Washing- | ton by special train February 5. Ex cursion ticket, including railway tran sportation. Pullman accommodations (one berth), and meals en route in both directions while traveling on the special train, will be sold at the following rates i New York. $50.00; Buffalo. $54 2:>; j Rochester. $54.00; Elmira. $51.45; Erie. $54.85; Williamsport, $50.00; Wilkes- j barre. $50.85; and at proportionate j rates from other points. For tickets, itineraries, and full in- > formation apply to ticket agents: B P. i Fraser, Passenger Agent Buffalo Dis- | triet. 30? Main Street. Ellieott Square, i Buffalo. N. Y. ; F. Palmateer. City ! Ticket Agent. 30 State Street, corner j Corinthian, Rochester, N. Y. ; E. S. ■ Harrar. Division Ticket Agent. ill- I iamsport. Pa.; or address Geo W. Boyd, i Assistant General Passenger Agent, i Broad Street Statiou. Philadelphia. It Will 6* A Great Convenience. The Lackawanna Railroad, under the , direct supervision of its dining car de- | partment, will open on the morning of January 12, a restaurant and lunch j counter in the Hoboken terminal. For more than four months carpenters, j plumbers, electric light men, painters and decorators have been at work upon j these rooms, which now compare favor- j ably with the best restaurant plants in the city of New York. The kitchen has been thoroughly fitted with the most perfect modern equipment and is pre pared to handle rapidly and thoroughly the great variety of dishes which are in- j eluded in the menu. The restaurant j proper is roomy, light and airy and its tables are fitted with hight grade china, crystal, silver and linen. The bill of fare includes that large variety of per 1 fectly prepared dishes which within a year have made for the Lackawanna Railroad the reputation of giving to the i public the l>est all around dining car | service in the United States. The same care, diligence and energy which have built up this enviable reputation for the dining cars will control the management . of this Hoboken restaurant. In addi- J tion to the restaurant a large lunch j counter will be maintained in the Ho- j boken terminal for the accommodation of those who desire quicker service and 1 less elaborate meals. It is the aim of the management to provide the best possible meals at the most reasonable ; rates and prices have been fixed in ac cordanoe with this idea. St A Day At Atlantic City. The train service of the Philadelphia Reading Route has been so arrangeed that persons living in Philadelphia or adjacent towns, can goto Atlantic City ' in the morning, very conveniently, re | turning the same day in the' evening j Trains leave at 9.00 A.M. weekdays and at 9.00 and 10.00 A. M. Sundays, mak ing the run in a little more than an hour. Returning, leave Atlantic City 5.80 P. M. weekdays or 4.80 and 7.80 Sun days, giving ample time for luncheon, pleasant walks and the benefit of the delightful salt sea air. A number of good hotel s are open the year round, so that those desiring to stay longer can do so, and lx> comfort ably taken care of. The Philadelphia & Reading offer j choice of two ferries at Philadelphia— one at foot of Chestnut Street, and the other one at the foot of South Street The Hall Block Signal System is used over the Atlantic city Railroad—the best of all known safety devices. Pull man parlors cars are run on all express trains, as well as the very finest coaches. Engines burn hard coal no smoke. Insincerity. "Our civilization demands a greater or less degree of mendacity," remarked the abstruse person. "We are con stantly encountering some empty phrase, some conventional remark, which Is absolutely devoid of sincer ity." That's right," answered the book agent. "That's perfectly true. I am reminded of It every time I walk up to the front step where there Is a door mat with the word "welcome' on It." — Washington Star. Am Kxpert. "Blowhard is always boasting of his driving abilities." "It comes natural to him. lie has been handling the ribbons behind the counter at Gunamaker's for six years or more."—ltlder and Driver. Ebony was esteemed as an article of luxury by the ancients. In India It was employed by kings for scepters and Images and as It was supposed to annul the power of polaona was often made Into drinking cups. Lost Iler Match. Lorcn P. Merrill of I'arls tells the story of the particular old woman, and he makes her a resident of Llvermore. She was not only old. but she was of the worrying, fretting species of antiq uity. She bad fretted away her friends and relatives until she was at length living alone In a small house In the outskirts of the town. Just as she was retiring one bitter cold night she dis covered that but one unllghted match remained In the house. She lay awake until almost daylight, worrying and disturbing herself with wondering If the match was good. At last she got up and hunted up the match and struck It to see If It would light her kindlings In the morning.—Lewlaton (Me.) Jour nal. £ It's Time O % S t 0 Think * \Af of replacing that old it/ watch of yours with a /§ Ji jjj? new one. Cur line of jffl / Watches contains the IGj I one you want .at the price Ayw 1m 112 you want to pay. V' \ * \t/ every price we can offer \ \ Ow a guaranteed time-keep- er and can save money for yon. There is beauty in the design as well as quality in ifc the make of our watches. * HENRY REMPE, * DANVILLE'S LEADING JEWELER. The Error* of Society. The dark blots that divorce makes In society are too easily seen and too sad to write much about, so I will g!ve only a few incidents of the absurd and ' humiliating positions in which people , may be placed; 1 once occupied a seat on the grand stand at the Newport Oa sino during a tennis match. After 1 i had been in my seat a short time, a man I knew, once divorced, but remar ried, came in with his new wife and occupied the two seats on my left, and a few moments later the woman from whom he had been divorced and who I had also remarried wame in with her new husband and sat directly on my j | right. Whether the ticket agent ar- j ranged this for a joke I am not pre pared to say, but all went well until 1 i grew tired of the game and got up, leaving the four In a straight row, ' which made an interesting picture for a few moments. The four soon rcallz- j ed. however, what people were staring and smiling at, and, looking daggers at one another, immediately rose and disappeared in the crowd. The inci dent amused the lads and misses very • much. i A lady I know very well in New I York, who was giving a dinner party. | ' told me she always dreaded the ar- I ranging of her guests at her tablt j lest she put people together whom the j j "law had set apart," as she put It. J "It would be perfectly dreadful to seat | a gentleman beside a lady to whom he j is paying alimony."—Smart Set The Court »fdfd roitlac. A trial was progressing at the City I Hall police court when the Judge espied | In a group of young girls mingling in j the large audience a delinquent wit- j ness whom It was urgent he interview. | "Mr. Marshall," his honor exclaimed, j "have that young lady step here." "Which young lady, your honor?" j "I don't know her name the one j with the light straw hat and dark skirt," the court added. The clew was ' Insufficient. c "What kind of waist?" Inquired the marshal. "Ruffle on the sleeves and trimmed i with—er—the usual sort of what d'you I call em." said the court. "I understand. You mean leg of mut ton sleeves, with- er—what's his name attachments," replied the marshal In faint hope of striking the technical term. "No; not exactly," said the Judge. "Would you recognize an empire i gown if you saw one, Mr. Marshal?" I "Upon oath, no; I wouldn't swear to j 1 it.- | "Well, I know It wasn't an empire j gown or a Mother Hubbard. I don't j think you understand much about fe- I male apparel." But here the young lady generously stepped forward, while a little boy laughed, and the marshal threatened to send him to the penitentiary for life. —St. Ixiuls Post Dispatch. Falnfnl Result* of Stoutness. A stout man lifted himself Into a j Heights car the other morning and took ; the only vacant seat. Pretty soon a j ! lady came aboard, and the stout man , i quickly arose to tender her his place. As he reached a standing position the car suddenly started, and he sat down with a sound like a broken slat. Blush ing deeply, he once more struggled to ■ his feet and was about to step out Into | the aisle when the motorman saw a j wagon on the track ami fiercely ap ; plied the brakes. The car stopped so suddenly that the stout man doubled over on a thin young man In the front seat and almost cracked his slender neck. The young man pushed the dents out of his derby hat and muttered some remarks that were not compli mentary to fat people In general. Then the fat man braced himself for the third time, and the lady sympathet ically remarked, "Please don't trouble yourself." But the fat man's spirit was up. He crowded out Into the aisle and tilled It so full that the lady could not get by him; then, with a polite wave of Ills hand, he Indicated the seat and backed out of the way. "Thank you!" said the lady very sweetly. "But I get off at the next stop." Then the fat man went out and filled up the back platform.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Rn;lnc Krult. The prudent man never buys the fruit which Is marked with the highest prices, and his motive Is not merely j economy. He knows that the second l grade fruit Is riper than the most ex peusive, which In nine cases out of ten Is too green to be eaten Immediately. It Is held at high prices because the dealer knows that It will ket-p, and as It ripens and grows better tit for hu man consumption Its price will be re duced. That Is the stage of the fruit when the price Is lowered for the first time. It Is then ripe and In condition I to be eaten. And the prudeut man who doesn't always feel that he has got the best article only when he pays the most for It buys his fruit at the marked , down price.—New York Sun. Center of Hinge Trade. Freeport, Ills., claims the distinction ] of being the largest producer In the world of several small manufactured articled, such as coffee mills uud spring hinges. In the latter article especially this town Is recognized as being the center of the trade and has no serious competitor. The total annual output of the town Is 12,000 gross pairs, or 3,450,000 single hinges. They are ship ped principally to Europe and the northern part of this country. When ever a Freeport Inventor has an Idea the chances are two to one that the re sult will l>e a new style of spring hinge. Five hundred thousand coffin* mills i will be made here this year. No other town approaches these figures. I port also ships more fancy poultry j eggs than any other city In the world. The trade amounts to SOO,OOO anuually and the eggs are shipped to every quarter vt the globe. The Slcta and X and settles down for eternity. l>r. Wittenberg, writing on the sub- Joot of leprosy In China, states that the pure nerve form Is the least common. In such oases, as is well known, the pa tients may goon for years. As to the mixed form, it is fairly common, hut it is a difficult matter to estimate the number of lepers In any given district. The sufferers lead the common life so 1 long as they remain free from destine- ; tive lesions. When these occur to any ! marked degree, the leper is either seg regated in a hut or he is allowed to j wander about the country, sustaining life by begging. Pr. Wittenberg re- ' cords oases of direct contagion from j mother-in-law to daughter-in-law. King Humbert'* ri«» Tree*. King Humbert took great pride In his pine grove and one day. arriving unex pectedly, found a forester preparing to cut down a tree. ) "What are you about?" asked the king. "This pine is growing too tall, your j majesty." "Would you like it If 1 ordered your ■ feet to be cut ofT because you are taller ' than your fellowsV" The hint was enough and the tree loft j I unmolested.— London Telegraph. The Gentle Bender. What has become of the gentle read- 1 er? asks Samuel M. Crothers in The 1 Atlantic. One does not like to think j that he has passed away with the stagecoach and the weekly news letter and that henceforth we are to be con fronted only with the stony glare of the Intelligent reading public. Once upon a time—that is to say. a generation or two ago he was very highly esteemed. To htm books were dedicated with long rambling prefaces and with episodes which were their own excuse for hei. g. | In the very middle of the story the writer would stop with a word of apol ogy or explanation addressed to the gentle reader or at the very least with a nod or a wink no matter if the fate I of the hero be In suspense or the plot be Inextricably involved. "Hang the plot!" says the author. "1 must have a chat with the gentle rend er and find out what he thinks about it." And so confidences were interchang ed, and there was gossip altout the uni verse and suggestions In regard to the queerness of human nature until at last the author would Jump up with: "Enough of this, gentle reader; perhaps It's time togo hack to the story." NOTICE. Estate of Sarah Forney late of the Bor ough of Danville, in the County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Ad ministration upon the above estate have Iwn granted to the undersigned. All persons In debted to the said estate are required to make ; pavnient, and those having claims or de mand* against the said estate, will make known the same, without, delay, to WILLIAM U. FOHNHY. Administrator of Sarah Forney deceased, P. ! O. address, Riverside, Pa. KllW ARI) SAt RK t Jr.ARHART. OOHIISeI. ■ 1111 PLANING MILL! HOOTER BROTHERS MANUFACTURING Of Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas, Brackets, Frames and Turned Work of all Kinds. Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and Rough Lumber. RIVERBIDE. NORT'D COUNT*. FOB FIRST CUSS WORE IT 5111 - vl ii Good Work. Special atten fj, I V \« i »''v i ■»£s•,' "** X" Promot tlon U'ven La- , * dies Suits and M vj;» .. ?v' 112 a Delivery. Waists, (jents yl t '■ ( • Kight Prices. White Panta- Yi' 'Lit** *•« « . .jJli' "■( vJ ' ' ■ All packages loons and Vests, K* ; . " ... ' **?' 1 K ' V.'y called for and Repairing dune V ' 1 v A r . , , , 1 delivered free. when ordered. > „ Give us a call. Danville Steam Laundry, No. 20 Canal St (.ore and Kase, Propr A »T« •( S*i T»»» The absurdities of officialism hart perhaps never been better Illustrated than by the Incident ID the career of Lord Shaftesbury which the author of "Collections and Recollections" relates: One winter evening in 1867 be was altting In his library In tiros venor square, wheu the servant told him that there was a poor man waiting to see him. The man was shown in and proved to be a laborer from Clerken well and one of the innumerable re cipients of the old earl's charity. He said. "My lord, you have been very pood to me, and 1 bava come to tell you what 1 have beard." It ap peared that at the public house which be frequented he had overheard some Irishmen of desperate character plot ting to blow up Clerkenwell prison. He gave l-ond Shaftesbury the in formation. to be used aa be thought best, but made it a condition that bta name should not be divulged. If II were, bis life would not bs worth an hour's purchase. Lord Shaftesbury pledged himself to accrccy, ordered his carriage and drove Instantly to Whitehall The authori ties there refused, on grounds of offi cial practice, to entertain the informa tion without the name and address of the informant. These, of couras. could not be given. The warning was re jected, and ths Jail was blown up.— Tooth's Companion. Her WtMla* An accommodation train on a dis tant railroad was dragging along, when a long, lean and sallow woman, to wbat appeared to be subdued bridal finery, leaned across the aisle of the car and said seriously to a lady sitting opposite her: "Dear met It's s kind of a solemn thing to be travelln with two hus bands, now, ain't it?" "1 do not know what yon mean." re- plied the lady. "Oh. mebbe not Well, yon see. my first husband died 'bout a'year ago au was burled over In Patriot county, an last week I was married agMn. an me an my second husband have been over In Patrick county on a little wed dln tower, an 1 thought I'd kind of like to have my first husband burled In the graveyard nigh where I'm goln to live now, an my second husband was wlllln. so we tuk my first hus band up. an he's In the baggage car along with our other things. My sec ond husband Is settln out ou the platform takln a smoke, an 1 been settln here thlnkln how solemn It Is togo on a weddln tower with two husband* It s a turrlble solemn piece ot in/tn-ss when you come to think of tt " Laurent* l.ee In Llpplncott's Mugattue. Wkr C*hl«* Uet Tlrt*. There has been some question, says The Electrical Engineer, as to the rea ! son why certain cables lose their con ductltiK properties aud have In somt instances to be replaced A learned Frenchman has submitted a paper on the subject to the Academic des Sci ences In till* paper tie states that when cables lose their electrical prop erties It Is because they arv alwaya used for one kind of current only, ei ther |s»slttve or negatue. If used sometimes for positive snd sometimes for negative, they will, he ststes, pre serve their ixmductlve qualities indef initely. Liperiments with nine wires running from I'srls to Pljon demon strated this, he ssys. r**r«Hik*«i*. "You hsven't much sympathy for ths request from your employees for short er hours." "Not much." answered Mr. Cumrox. "It goes to show that men don't know when they are well off. If they had been Invited around to muslcsles and dragged through Europe by Mrs. C. snd the girls like 1 have, maybe they'd appreciate the privilege of stsylng In a nice, cotnfertable. businesslike office nine or ten hours a day."—Waahlngtoa Star. latkUt W mm Rw«, In some old court memoirs of the eighteenth century which have receut ly been called agalu to attention It li stated that when (leorge IV was a baby he was bathed only once a fort night. That was thought to be plenty often enough In those days for a child to be washed. When one of George's little slHters had measles, the royal mother gave most careful Instructions that the child's linen was uot to 1* changed too soon, as she feared that some careless attendant would clothe It In garments Insufficiently aired and so "drive In the rash." In those days people were much afraid of clean lluen and bathing. It was believed the com plete bodily ablutions were weakeulug, yet prluce. peer and peasant alike eaU ed lu at every ailment the doctors ot the period, who bled tbeui luto a stat« of weakness and sometimes death.