MONTOUR AMERICAN
FRANK C. ANCLE. Proprietor.
Danville. Pa., Jan. 17, 1901
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COIRT PROCEEUIXCS.
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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 <he X-line's.
"That the skin is intimately connect
ed with the lungs is proved by the
fact that our minor ills of the respira
tory tract—colds, for instance—are al
most always traceable to a checking
•112 the perspiration, so that the impuri
ties of the blood poison us," says Har
vey Sutherland, in Ainslee's. "Every
body knows the story about the little
boy that was covered with gold leaf as
a cherub for some Roman pomp and
how he died In agony a few hours
afterward. The poisons manufactured
1 by his own organisms slew him, to
say nothing of his suffocation. Burns
j involving more than one third of the
i general surface are fatal because the
excretory powers of the skin are less
ened beyond the abilities of the other
depuratory organs to make up for.
j "Varnish an animal and It will die
In from six to twelve hours, say some
authorities. This Incontrovertible fact
Is matched by another equally incontro
vertible —that nobody ever heard of
any case of tarring and feathering that
i killed the victim, lie might have had
all kinds of trouble In getting the stuff
• off, and he might have felt a shock
1 to his pride, but he didn't die that auy
j body ever heard of.l never assisted
j at a ceremony of this kind at either
end of the Joke, and so I can't speak as
i to the completeness with which the
! body is covered with the tar, but from
' my general knowledge of the character
j of the people of the west and south
! west, where such sports are freely In
-1 dulged In.l should say that It would
I most likely be a thorough and eompre
-1 henslve pigmentation. It may be that
the man breathes through the quills
of the feathers stuck on. but I doubt It.
; I should think tar would seal up the
I pores of the skin quite as effectually
aa varnish, and It Is a paint warranted
! to wear In all weathers and not to
j crack or scale off."
The Klu That Made Hlb Mad.
j A Boston man, in speaking of certain
foreign characteristics, told the follow
ing story; "A middle aged American
couple traveling abroad some years
! ago called in Rome on a sculptor with
whom they had been acquainted years
before. The visit passed off pleasant
ly, but at Its close the host gallautly,
but none the less to her surprise and
chagrin, kissed the lady as he said
goodby. The sculptor was an elderly
| man, but nevertheless It was a liberty,
and she was not astonished to hear her
' husband ejaculate: 'Why, 1 never heard
of such cheek! I've a good mind togo ,
back and tell him what 1 think of him!' J
"After two or three remarks of a
! similar tenor. In which the note of an
! ger was rising, the wife decided to
i pour oil on the troubled waters and so,
i laying her hand on his arm, said; '1
know, dear, he shouldn't have kissed i
me, but what does It really matter?
What does a kiss count In a woman of
my years? He is a very old man, and
j probably he was following the fashion
■ of the country.'
| "Her husband turned an astonished
i face. 'Of course I don't mind his klss
j lng you,' he raged, 'but.' and his voice
I rose, 'lt's his having kissed me that has
hurt my feelings!'
"The sculptor had followed the Ital
ian custom and kissed both wife and
husband." —New York Tribune.
Kot the Ran* Viol Man's Fault.
| A capital story relating to good old
i times Is still told In the Fen district
jof the eastern counties. As Is well
known by many and even now remem
bered by some, a bass viol was often i
procured to help the choirs In parish
churches.
One lovely Sunday morning In the
summer while the parson was droning
out his drowsy discourse and had about 1
reached the middle a big bull managed
to escape from his pasture and march
ed majestically down the road, bellow
ing defiantly as he came. The parson,
who was somewhat deaf, heard the
bull bellow, but. mistaking the origin
of the sound, gravely glanced toward
the singers' seats and said In tones of
reproof;
"I would thank the musicians not to
tune up during service time. It annoys
me very much."
As may well be Imagined, the choir
looked greatly surprised, but said noth
ing.
Very soon, however, the belligerent
bull gave another bellow, and then the
aggrieved parson became desperately
ludlgnant.—-Cassell's Magazine.
A Mountain Accident.
A serious seeming accident with a
! fortunate termination Is reported by a
I western exchange.
A man and his wife, while driving
along a mountain road In Oregon, met
with a curious mishap. The wagon
was overturned, and the occupants fell
out. The woman dropped Into the
branches of a tree 50 feet below, and
the man went sliding and bumping
fully 300 feet to the bottom of a ravine.
When he recovered his senses, he was
comparatively unhurt and went to his
i wife's rescue, but It was an hour be
! fore he could extricate her from where
she hong by her skirts.
l.lnroln'i Offhand War.
In 1801, when Mr. 1, In coin was on hU
way to Washington to be Inaugurated
an president, his train stopped at Roch
ester, l'a., a station on the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad. Mr.
Lincoln alighted from the car to stretch
his long limbs by walking on th*' sta
tion platform. His Identity became
known to the townspeople assembled
there, and a friendly conversation with
him ensued.
lu reply to a reference to the threat
ening political outlook he said, "Oh, nq
one has been hurt yet."
Seeing a tall man In the crowd, Mr,
I Lincoln remarked that he and the man
I were of about the same height and pro-
I posed that they measure. They took off
! their hats and stood together, back to
back, while some one placed a hand
above their heads and found Mr. Liu
oolu to be slightly the taller
Old Ffttblotifd i diifer cure.
Take the common sheep sorrel which
prows in your yard and which children ;
eat because of Its sourness, mash It up j
Into a pulp In some vessel that will i
save all the Juice that would otherwise
be lost, then put It Into a bag and !
squeeie out all the Juice onto a pew-1
tor plate to pet some of the acid from
the metal, then put this out in the
sun and let it dry until about as thick
as tar. then putin tight bottle. If the
skin is not broken, put a drop of chlo
ride of potash or lye on it to break the
skin and then apply the sorrel on the
cancer, just covering: it with a thin
coat. If the sorrel pets too thick, a
little water will make It so that it can
be handled.
The pain will be severe, but it is oth-!
erwise harmless. It will stop hurting
in a few hours. Keep up these appli
cations, one every day. until the cancer
can be lifted out without pain. It took
four days in my case. The sorrel will
cook the cancer, but it doeß not eat It
as it does the flesh, hence it eats all
the flesh away and lets the cancer i
loose When you see the cancer, put j
the sorrel on it and not on the flesh. j
When the cancer is out, heal the sore
with any kind of healing ointment.—J.
A. Wayland in Appeal to Reason.
Bury Their l.rfm Alive.
The Chinese have a curiously cheer
ful way of disposing of their lepers, j
The relatives of the afflicted person
propose to him that they bury him
alive, and, such is the fatalism of the
Chinese, that the victim readily con
sents. An extra elaborate meal Is
served to him In the way of a farewell
banquet, and then the funeral proces
sion forms. The man who is about to
be immured under the Sod follows his
own coffln. and when he reaches the
grave he takes a dose of laudanum,
hops into the IH>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.
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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.