MONTOUR AMERICAN
FRANK O. ANCLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa.. Jan. 24, 1901
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Mr. Scarlet said that the Common
wealth seeks no victim, and he did not
stand as the avenger of Martin L.
Fisher, he simply represented the
Commonwealth in an effort to see
that justice is done. It was for the
Jury to decide the case from the evi
dence alone, without influence by their
feelings or sympathies.
Crime, he said is something that the
law forbids. The law is addressed to
man as a responsible being. The ob
ject of government is the protection of
life, liberty and property. Life to
M. L. Fisher was the greatest blessing
that can be vouchsafed toman. From
that he was cut off. Murder is the
highest crime known to the law except
ing treason.
The statutes reverberating through
the ages from Sinai itself is for the
protection of life. The learned man
commits murder secretly for fear that
he may be punished; the ruffian mur
ders with the dirk or gun through the
promptings of rage and hate.
The difference between murder in
the first and second degree is intent.
Intent is the planning to do something
before the act is committed. The
story of this case is a brief one, but every
element in it,he said point* to the first
degree. Continuing Mr. Scarlet said:
"I,shall show you that even the evidence
ot the defense,proves murder in the first
degree. That is shown by acts committ
ed both before and after the commission
of the crime. The defense says the
threats that enter into this case are not
specific. jThreata are not usually speci
fic. But these threats were uttered in
anger."
Mr. Scarlet then reviewed the diff
erent threats to show that they referred
directly to the intent to commit mur
der.
"Another circumstance of preparation
for the commission of the crime," Mr:
Scarlet said: "was the fact that he
immediately began by getting drunk
to put himself in a condition where be
could commit the crime, with hopes of
commuting his punishment. Is that
an evidence of the good character
which the defense has tried to show?
He went and borrowed money to buy
a revolver. A revolver is not associat
ed with life. It almost always signi
fies death. He claims that he bought
it to protect himself from Strouse. If
Strouse was such a dangerous man,
why did he go up there where he
would be in danger. Why did he not
take his borrowed dollar and hire some
one else togo for his clothes, or why
did he not take a policeman with him.
Here we have the threat and the pre
paration for the crime, now comes the
search for the victim. Revenge was
in control of the man. The search for
clothes was an excuse for his presence
on the farm."
Mr. Scarlet said that the purchase
of ten cartridges, when five would have
sufficed to kill one man, indicated that
Winterete«n intended to kill Strouse
as well as Fisher. He also said that
the defendant had contemplated suicide
but like all criminals, he was a cow
ard, and could not carry out the whole
of his plan.
In regard to Wintersteen's condi
tion when he gave himself up. Mr.
Scarlet said: "There was not a scintilla
of evidence of insanity. The defense
could have introduced direct evidence
to show it, but the only attempt to do
that was simply an effort to impeach
the evidence of the prosecution.
Mr. Scarlet said that all circum
stances, logically connected, proved
murder in the first degree, but he fur
ther intended to prove that crime by
the defense itself.
The defense of intoxication or in
sanity, he said, was placed out of the
case by the testimony of Wintersteen
himself, who swore that before the shoot
ing he was perfectly cool and did not
lose control of himself until he crossed
the field.
In regard to good character, Mr.
Scarlet said, that the testimony of
Wintersteen himself showed the malice
in the man. He also said that the
claims of defense were false. If the
shooting was in self defense, he said,
Wintersteen would not have said after
the shooting, "I bought the revolver to
shoot Martin Fisher and then myself?"
Self defense, said Mr. Scarlet, pre-
Hupposes sanity.
In regard to the shooting the at
torney said: "The shot, asclaimed by
the defense is an impossible one. Win
tersteen said Fisher reached with his
left hand toward his hip pocket. In
another statement, he said that Mr.
Fisher at first sat with his baud on the
Im)w of the buggy top, and that he
stood with his left hand on the left front
wheel of the carriage, and again he
claimed that both men remained in the
same position. That is a lie, and if
ever a man was justified in lying, Win
tersteen was when he testified. I will
show by Mr. Fisher's own blood on his
clothes that those statements were lies."
At this point Mr. Scarlet gave to
the jury Mr. Fisher's clothes, to show
that it would have been impossible for
Mr. Fisher's hand to have been reach
ed for his pocket to have been shot as
he was.
Mr. Scarlet said that no man shot
through the lungs as Mr. Fisher was
could have said "get up" to his horse,
as Wintersteen says he did after the
second shot was fired.
Mr. Scarlet concluded with an elo
quent, impassionate peroration in which
he asked for simple justice in the case.
It was 3:15 o'clock when he con
cluded his speech. After a few minutes
recess Judge Little began his charge to
the jury.
CHARGE OFTHEJUDGE
Judge Little made a clear and un
biased charge to the jury, reviewing
the important testimony, and explain
ing or reading the law that applies to
the case, summing up his charge as
follows:
"The prisoner is presumed to be in
noncent. When you retire to make
up your verdict in the case, you start
in your deliberations with this pre
sumption of innocence in his favor. It
is the humane presumption of the law,
and to which this prisoner is entitled
by the law. This presumption will
continue until the proof satisfies your
minds beyond a reasonable doubt, such
as we have heretofore defined, of his
guilt.
"Before the jury should convict this
prisoner of murder in the first degree,
they should lie well satisfied, and be
yond a reasonable doubt, that he
cherished in his heart the fully formed
purpose to kill Fisher, that that inten.
tion was accompanied by such facts and
circumstances as showed;the prisoner's
mind to be fully conscious of its own
purpose to kill him; and that there was
sufficient time afforded the prisoner to
enable his mind to frame the design to
kill, and to select the instrument, the
revolver in this instance,and the means
to carry this purpose into execution—
in other words that the murder.it mur
der was committed, was in the lan
guage of the statute, 'a willful,deliber
ate and premeditated killing.'
"We have heretofore, very fully de
fined, as we believe, the law of the
crime, and then in substance stated
that all homicide is presumed to l>e
murder, until the contrary appears in
the evidence, but this presumption
rises no higher than that the murder
was of the second degree.
"The question of the guilt or in
nocence of the prisoner is left to the de
termination of the jury. If you con
vict him of murder, you will be re
quired to say by your verdict whether
it is murder of the first or murder of
the Becosd degree. If you believe the
evidence warrants, you can convict,
under this indictment, of voluntary
manslaughter.
"If you shonld conclude that either
of the prisoner's propositions ot defense
have been established to the satisfac
tion of your minds by a fair preponder
ance of the evidence, viz: That of
drunkenness and that of self defense,
he will be entitled to your verdict.
"If upon a careful and conscientious
survey of the whole of the evidence, as
jurors in this important cause, having
the interests of society, as well as your
own as jurors, and of this defendant,
you are not satisfied of the guilt of the
prisoner—beyond a reasonable doubt—
it is your duty, and should l>e your
pleasure, to acquit him: On the other
band, if you are satisfied of his guilt,
beyond such reasonable doubt, that
homicide—whether it be murder or vol
untary manslaughter—was committed,
fearlessly and conscientiously, as jurors
and as men, pronounce such a verdict,
which the truth as you learn it from
the evidence and the law requires.
"This cause is about to be submitted
to you for your consideration. Let not
the gravity of the charge against the
accused deter you in the discharge of
your duty as jurors. You have l>een
deprived of your accustomed privil
eges during these days, a«d have list
ened patiently to the development of
the facte in the cause. Bring to th*
further discharge of your duties as
jurors a cotwt'icntious desire to do
right.
"It is but natural for the humflnp
heart to be touched by feelings of sym
pathy with those who are in trouble,
but sympathy should have legiti
mate place in the jury box.
"Render such a verdict, which wHI
be satisfactory to your own consciences
and which will do justice, both to the
Commonwealth and to the just right*
of the accused."
AT MORNING SESSION
When court convened yesterday mom
ing a good sized audience was present
ready to listen fco the concluding pro
ceedings. Judge Little was not present,
and Associate Judge Thompson adjourn
ed court until »fter noon.
Judge Little was much better in tbe
moraiog, and it was thought that he
might possibly have attended court. It
was deemed wisest, however, to give him
a tittle more chance to recuperate,rather
than tax his strength too soon, with the
danger of increasing bis illness.
Anxiety was caused from another
quarter in regard to the case. That was
the condition of some of the jurymen.
Several of the men on the jury are farm
ers, and none of them are used to the
confinement and lack of exercise entail
ed by this service. Since the second day
of the trial, when Mr Sandel had a sick
headache, there has been no time when
all of the jurymen have been well; and
the farther the case progressed, the
more did the confinement tell on the
twelve men. Yesterday morniug those
who had watched the case most closely,
expressed a fear that unless the trial
could soon be completed, it would be
necessary to throw the case over for a
new trial next term, because of the ill
ness of one or more of the jurymen.
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.
There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep
l [ 111 II EjjL-SA tive. Many sudden
' OLlwvl deaths are caused by
it heart disease,
AkM/ pneumonia. heart
Ilc5« Ut\ ure or a P°p'**y
UICT,-VfA q pare often the result
'N\\q °' kidney disease. If
jj ( 4 kidney trouble is al-
IbA n lowed to advance the
sM Eg kidney-poisoned
blood will attack the
vital organs or the
kidneys themselves break down and waste
away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles most always result from
a derangement of the kidneys and a cure is
obtained quickest by a proper treatment of
the kidneys. If you are feeling badly you
can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy.
It corrects inability to hold urine and scald
ing pain in passing it, and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being compelled to
go often during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and the
extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. It stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold
by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar '
sized bottles. You may
have a sample bottle of
this wonderful new dis- gfiKrpffliti KjjfffH
covery and a book that
tells all about it, both Home of Bwunp-Root.
sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co. j
Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention j
reading this generous offer in this paper.
Miss Fagan Surprised.
A pleasant surprise party was tender,
ed to Miss Marcella Fagan by a number
of friends at her home on West Center
street on Tuesday evening. Those pre
sent were:
Mesdames Patrick McVey, Thomas
Payne, Harry Peyton, Roße Rogers,
Charles Morgan, William Paugh.Augusta
Riffel, John Barrett, Harrison Paugh,
Patrick McKenna, Frank Reilly, Jerry
Love, Margaret Cady, Robert Paugh, Jr.
John Tooey, Mary Hofer.John Delanty,
Daniel Hahn, James Coleman, Michael
O'Brien, Daniel Mellon,James Connelly,
James Grimes, Richard Dowd, John
Dal'on, Alfred Yerrick, George Lewis,
Frances Scott, Benjamin Cook, Misses
Mame Martin, Lizzie Scott, Mazie Am
merman, Mary McVey, Nellie Tooey,
Mary Coleman, Gertrude Peyton, Wini
fred Rainier, Jennie Fagan. Mary Brady
Mame McVey, Maggie Fagan and Katie
Payne.
Americans are known as a dyspeptic
people. The extend of this disease may
be inferred from the multitude of so
called "medicines" offered as a remedy.
They are often in tablet form and
have no valne except palliatives of the
immediate effects of dyspepsia. The
man who uses them may feel better but
is surely getting worse. They do not
touch the real cause of the disease. Dr.
Pierce 's Golden Medical Discoveoy is a
medicine specially prepared to cure
diseases of the stomach and organs of
digestion and nutrition. It is not made
to give temporary relief bnt to effect
permanent cure. In ninety eight oases
out of every hnndred it ?ure« perfectly
and permanently.
It has cost Dr. Pierce $25,000 to give
away in the last year the copies of his
People's Common Sense Medical Ad
viser, which have been applied for.
This book of 1008 pages is sent free on
receipt of 21 one cent stamps to pay
expences of mailing only. Address Dr
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Twentieth Oentury Edition.
The Bethlehem Times has issued a
very attractive Twentieth Century edi
tion. The issne contains forty-eight
pages of news and many of them are on
calendar paper. In its list of promin
ent men of the historic old town we
notice an excellent half-tone cut of Prof.
J. Fred Wolle, the great musician. Prof.
Wolle visited Danville last summer and
many of our people will remember his
organ selections at St. Paul's M. E.
church.
We give no rewards- An offer of this
kind is the meanest of deceptions.
Test the curative powers of Ely's Cream
Balm for the cure of Catarrh, Hay Fev
er and Cold in the Head and yon are
Hure to continue the treatment. Relief
is immediate and a cure follows. It is
not drying, does not produce sneezing.
It soothes and heals the membrane.
Price 50 cents at druggists or by mail.
Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New
York,
Entertained by Mis. Guskins.
Mrs. Walter Mu-kiim eptertajped the
Ladies' Aid Society ot iheT'initv Luth
eran church at berhouie on VV> ft Ma
honing street ves'enlav aft*moon, Those
presentwere: Mrs. \\ .Ilium Wertman,
Mrs. Mary C. Moyer, Mrs. Peter Berger,
Mrs. John and daughter Miss
Sadie, MrS. Elizabeth Fletcher, Mrs.
Harry Woodside, Mrs J. C. Mincemny
er, Mrs. Thomas H. John and Mrs. Wil
lard Fetterman.
Tin*re is more Catarrh In tiiU section of the
country th;ui all other diseases put togetlu-T
and until the last few years was supposed to
t# }ft£nr.abl,e.oFor a great many years doctors
local remedies, and »>y falling to
cure wltli local treatment, ppi ll ln ~
curable. Science has proven catarrh to lie a
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cfire. ui#n»/actured by F- J- Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, OMo.'ttfMp W/iJy constitutional cure
on the market. It lr> f/iternally In
doses from 10 drops tom teaspoojiful. If
diW'Ctly on the blood and mu,cous surfaces of
(ttu- The offer o/one hundred dollars
torany easi'U IfH-'PF*- Se H f 'T circulars
«.ijd testimonials-
Hold by Druggist*,
Hall's family Pills are the Oe«t.
The many friends in this city of E- E-
Yandegritt.the former clerk at the Wind,
sor Hotel, Philadelphia, will be pleased
to know that be is now manager of that
bouse, which is popular with many per
moii. visiting Philadelphia from Montour
county.
TEACHERS' MEETING.
The teachers of Liberty township held
their third meeting in Clark's school
honse, on Saturday afternoon, January
19th. This meeting took more the char
acter of a local institute. Patrons and
pupils of the school were present, be
sides teachers and directors. The fol
lowing program was rendered by pupils
of the school:
Recitation —Clinton Stump.
Recitation—Mabel J. Stump.
Song—Smaller pupils.
Recitation —J. Raymond Keefer.
Recitation—Henry Keefe.
Song—Primary Class.
Composition—Aimee J. Robinson.
Recitation —"The Childrens' Hour,"
by Longfellow, Anna May Robbins.
Recitation—"Ring Out, Wild Bells,"
by Tennyson, Aimee J. Robinson.
Sup't W. D. Steinbach then gave an
excellent address on "Beautifying the
Schcol room." His suggestions were
very practical. First, "cleanliness is
beautiful." Have clean floors, clean
wall, clean windows. Mr. Steinbach
mentioned the practicability of paper
ing school room walls, making them
both neat and beautiful. School rooms
should have good, and well kept furni
ture. Pictures should be purchased by
the board of directors, and should be
well chosen. Prominent pictures hung
on the front wall will 1 e constantly
within the view of pupils. Three pic
tures suggested for this, were Christ as
a center, and on either side, Washing
ton and Lincoln. No cheap pictures
should be seen, neither should the walls
be covered with a multitude of pictures.
Only those should be chosen which are
tasteful, and which give information.
Every school room should have win
dow curtains. Secure the best of every
thing for the school room, if possible.
Above all, do not say that anything will
do for the school room," and anything
will do for the boys and girls who are
pupils there.
Mr. Steinbach was followed by Mrs.
R. H. Siinington, who had very appro
priately chosen as thesubject of her ad
dress, "Beautifying the Boys and Girls."
She described the discomforts of an old
time school house, where nothing of
beauty ever met the eye of the pupil.
Before going on with her address,
Mrs. Simington suggested that among
the pictures chosen for school room de
coration, be those of Frances Willard.
and Florence Nightingale, and that
patrons of the school present these
pictures.
Then she said that beautifying boys
and girls, does not mean simply making
them outwardly beautiful. The home
liest woman she had ever known, had
the most beautiful soul.
Beautifying our lives is like making a
statue. Little by little the work is done.
Every good thought and deed, will
make a beautiful curve Every evil
thought or deed will cut and ugly gash,
marring the perfection of the whole.
Luck does not make a beautiful, suc
cessful life. She knew of one young
man whose "luck" had been in always
doing his very best. Boys' best opport
unities are in the country. Very many
of our great men came from farms.
These two addresses, brought forth an
animated discussion on the improve
ment of schools from an ethical and aes
thetic standpoint. Mr. Robinson, gave
a very interesting talk.
Among others who followed him,
were Miss Elizabeth V. Moore, of Cei>
ter school, and Mr. George Robinson,
teacher at Mooresburg.
The next teachers' meeting will be
neld at the Center school house, Febru
ary 16th. "A. H.
OF UNTOLD VALUE.
The information contained in this gentle
man's statement is priceless.
The hale, the hearty, the strong can
afford to toss this paper to one side im
patiently when they read the following
but any sufferer in Danville who has
spent a mint of money and suffered
hours of excruciating torture caused by
kidney complaint will stand in his own
light if he does not follow the valuable
advice offered by: Mr. W. C. Richard
Grocer, living, cor. Iron and Third st.
Bloomsburg who says:—"l was taken
sudenly with stitches in my back were
so excruciating, that 'I almost fell to the
ground. I was confined to my bed for
over a week, and the pain was so in
tense I could not rise without assistuace
Doan's Kidney Pills came to my atten
tion and I took a course of the treat
ment. It cured me."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cent a box. Foster-Millburn Co., Buff
alo, N Y. sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name —Doan's —and
take no other.
CALIFORNIA,
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged for a special personally
conducted tour through California to
leave New York and Philadelphia on
February 14, by the "Golden Gate
Special," composed exclusive ly of Pul
inan parlor smoking, dining, drawing
room sleeping, compartment, and ob
servation cars, returning by March 20.
This special train will be run over the
entire route. The best hotels will be
used where extended stops are made, but
the train will be at the constant com
mand of the party.
Round-trip ticket, covering all nec
essary expenses,s4so from all point on the
Pennsylvania Railroad except Pitts
burg, from which point the rate will be
£4-1 ■>
For further information apply to ticket
agents; Tourist agent, 1}9(5 Broadway,
New York; 4Coflrt Strpet,Brooklyn; 7»9
Broad Street, Newark N- J- ; B. Coflr
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.
The first Jacksonville tour ot the
season via the Pennsylvania Railroad
allowing two weeks in Florida, leaves
N, p w York, Philadelphia, and Washing
ton by H/euiaJ train February 5. Ex
cursion ncket, including raflwuy 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
York, $50.00; Buffalo, $54.25;
Rowiester. Elmira, $51.45: Erie,
$54.85; Willlanisport,' Wjlkes
barre. SSO 3. t >: and at proportionate
rates from other points.
fyf Ji'-kefcs, itineraries, and full in
formation tfi fipket agents; B. P.
IPrastr, Paw&nger Ageut Burtatg Dis
trict, 307 Main Street, Ellioott Square,
Buffalp, N. Y. ; F. Palmateer, City
Tiokjbt 20 State Street, corner
C?>rit>ti)iau. Ityohegfeer, N Y. ; E. S.
Harrar, f)jvjsioft Tickfct Will
iauisport, Pa. ; or atjdpesg \y, Boyd,
Assistant General Paswntfer Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
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* HE ISTPfY" REMPE, *
T?» DANVILLE'S LEADING JEWELER.
DIE map COLD
Nearly 50 years ago, In the city 0 '
New York, not far from what is no* 1
called the Battery, there stood a squar j
and gloomy looking edifice of stone, the'
occupied by a rich old dame, Ursul.
Bond, with her granddaughter, Leonora
who was in her seventeenth year, when
one evening in June as she looked frou
the door ere she should bar, bolt and loci)
it for the night, a frank and manly voic
called out from a near heap of ok
boards, where the owner of the voic
had been watching for more than a)
hour:
"Leo!"
"Hist!" whispered the maiden. "Is i
you, Walter?"
"Is the coast all clear?" was there
ply, as a tall and handsome youth of 2."
years showed his activity by gaining th«
side of the maiden by a bound that clear
ed fully ten feet.
"Why have you come so late?" sir
asked.
"You must let me remain In the housi
all night. This morning as I was goin;
to my work I passed the open window
of an ale shop, and I heard a strangi
voice mention your name. The voice,
in the ale shop were speaking in French
which, you know, I have learned bj
night study. Well, I heard enough t<
tell me that the strangers—there wen
two of them—intend to pay Dame Ursu
la a visit some time between midnigh
and dawn and for no good purpose. S<
here I am to act as your defender."
"But you should have told the police.'
"Bah for the police!" said Waltei
Brandon. "Am I not a match for twt
men who speak bad French?"
"But, my dear Walter" —
But Walter had glided into the houst
and vanished as quickly as one of thost
rats he had mentioned.
Leonora was in great perplexity, yet as
she had boundless faitk in the discretion
of her lover she barred the door and
hastened to her grandmother.
"You've been very long In barring th<
door," aaid the old woman, as she closed
her huge ledger, which was to her what
a Bible should have been. "l thought 1
heard the voice of that impudent younj;
carpenter, Walter Brandon."
"Please, grandmother, let me have a
light," said Leonora, who trembled at
the thought of spending that night ii
darkness.
"A light!" screamed Dame Ursula, as
tonlshed at such extravagance; "awaj
with you; yon will be asking for some
thing more to eat next."
That night, as the clock In the ha I
struck 2, the dame was aroused from a
golden dream by a sharp pain In hei
seek and a loud oath.
Springing front her bed, she shrieked
for help, and pursued by the assassii
rushed into the hall. She gained a dls
tant room In time to lock herself in. At
this Instant her horrors were augmented
by the report of a pistol, immediately
followed by a shrill scream, and then by
another pistol shot, and ere the echo had
died away the assassin burst the old door
Irom Its hinges and was in the room. The
horror the dame endured as she crouched
against the wall, nraylng that the dark
ness might shield her, curdled her blood
in her Veliu. But suddenly the assassin
sprung a light. At the eight of this man,
isstead of orouching in fear or screaming
with terror, the dame sprang to her feet,
saying:
"So it is you, John Bond, who have re
turned to murder your wife—coward!"
"Hag!" hissed the old man —yet he was
much younger than she —"do you think
because the devil lets you live so long
that you are to live forever? Tell me
where you have hidden your hoards, and
those of your first husband, whom all
men say your poisoned to marry John
Bond."
"To tell you, I must leave this room,"
said Ursula, aa her corpselike visage
grew livid with hate and despair.
"Whither, treacherous hag?"
"To the cellar, John Bond. Come!"
And stepping boldly by him she went
on along the hall, lighted by the thief's
lantern, which he carried.
"If I suspect treachery—if you cry for
help—l will shoot you dead, Ursula
Bond." Ursula led the way.
"Lift that trap, John Bond," said she,
Solnting to a h eav y ' ron r ' n 8 imbedded
1 the floor.
"Lift it yourself, hag! If your treas
ures are there, you have made daily prac
tice of going down to them."
Ursula grasped the ring with both
hands and strove to raise it till, growing
impatient, he grasped it himself and rais
a trapdoor about three feet square. A
ha staggered with the weight Ursula
sprang against him, and he Ml headlong
into the aperture.
Let us return to Walter. While Bond
entered the house from the front his ac
complice, a brutal wretch from France,
had gained a noiseless entrance from the
rear. Had Walter been at his post this
would not have happened, but poor Leo
nora, horrified at the thought of what
might happen to her lover, had sought
him Instead of her couch.
Not until the sudden flash from the
French burglar's lantern streamed across
the room did Walter remember his selt
imposed office, and as he sprang to his
feet the burglar, turning to fly, was shot
through the lungs. But ns he fell here
turned the shot, qnd \Valter, with the
thought that ftjß skull yvas crushed, fell
senseless. Poor Leaner# bfttl already
swooned.
When Walter regained his senses, he
found his sweetheart weeping and chaf
ing his hands, and he was delighted to
discover that the robber's bullet had only
stunned him. The burglar was dead.
Not six months from that night Walter
became the husband of the wealthy Leo
nora, who was sole heiress of Dame Ur
sula's wealth, much of which, in gold, was
loanJ secreted about the mansion. The
year following, as Wal|«r was directing
the excavations for a new edifice where
the old one had stood, his workmen dis
Covered a lantern and near it a human
skeleton.—New York News.
That Urate.
"After I have been working In the
jtitchen for half an hour," said she, "1
don't have any appetite."
The hateful wretch turned over and
#yer with bis fork the mourning bordered
steak that represented 4U minutes of a
woman's life gone forever aud remark
ed, "I don't wonder." —Indianapolis
fress. __
She W«s WfMd
Paterfamilias— Why didn't you come
when I called?
The Daughter—l was held up.
Paterfamilias—You don't mean—
The Daughter—Not so loud,
George la in the parlor. —Ohio State Jour
nal.
The Harvests of Last Year.
The final crop report of the depart
ment of agriculture, Just made public,
presents some Interesting figures as to
our harvest of 1900, showing that on
the whole it was an abundant one,
more than fulfilling the moderate hope
held out by the earlier estimates of the
department.
The yield of wheat was 522,229,508
bushels, which is not so large by 25,- j
000,000 bushels as that of the previous
year and Is lower by more than 150,- j
000,000 than that of the phenomenal
year of 1898. The falling off from the
record of 1899 is more than accounted .
for by the loss upon the spring crop
on account of drought In the north- j
west, the harvest of winter wheat ex
ceeding that of 1899 by more than
53,000,000 bushels and falling below j
that of 1898 by less than 30,000,000.
There has been a considerable reduc
tion in acreage for spring wheat in the
last three years. So far as our export
trade is concerned, the general loss in
quantity is partly made up by highei
prices.
The corn crop of 2,105,102,516 bush
els not only considerably exceeds the
estimates, but Is the largest since
1896, when the low prices had such a
discouraging effect. The acreage was
the largest yet planted, the Improved
prices of the last two years having
caused a recovery of spirits on the pari
of the farmers.
Oats show an Increase In both acre
age and yield over the last three years,
and the record has been exceeded only
In 1895, while barley shows a heavy
falling off from a somewhat Increased
area sown. It Is the only crop foi
which the report is decidedly unfavor
able.
It was altogether a bountiful har
vest, bringing a large measure of pros
perity to the tillers of the soil and like
wise to the country at large, as the
country's prosperity depends largely
upon the abundance of the products of
the soil.
" A Tinker's Du.
There is no profanity In saying that
any certain thing "Is not worth a tink
er's dam," although It is so considered
by many. The expression originated
many years ago, when tinkering, or
mending, leaky vessels was much crud
er than It Is now.
In former times the use of rosin to
check the flow of solder when placed
on tin was not generally understood, st
least by the roving tinkers. When one
of these gentlemen of the road found a
Job, such as mending a wash boiler or
other tin household utensil, he would
get from the housewife or domestic a
piece of soft dough. With this hs
would bnlld a dam around the place
where he Intended to put his solder.
Inside of the circle thus formed he
poured the melted lead. When the
metal had cooled, he would brush
away the dam of dough that had con
fined it to the desired limits. The heat
had hardened the heavy paste and
baked It thoroughly, so that It was ab
solutely of no use for anything else. It
became one of the most useless things
In the world, and there was not enough
of It even to be worth while carrying to
the pigs.
Hence the expression, which was
| originally intended to convey a certain
Idea, appears to have been retained,
while the origin Is not generally
known.
Blaek Diamonds.
Black diamonds are comparatively
rare and correspondingly high priced.
They are three or four times as hard as
the white ones, and fire cannot harm
them, however great the heat, but if a
drop of water should touch them while
heated they will explode and leave
nothing but a little heap of sand In
their place.
Their beauty is not remarkable, but
on account of their extreme hardness
they are Invaluable for dressing sur
faces Impervious to the friction of any
other material. The largest black dia
monds are set in the end of a round
short bar of steel, with a handle of
wood, and are used In dressing emery
wheels that have lost their "trueness."
A black diamond Is the only substance
that will not be ground away by con
tact with the emery surface.
Black diamonds are also used as
points In scoring pencils which are
used by sealers of weights and meas
ures to mark glass receptacles. They
are used by dentists for drilling teeth
pefore filling them with gold. In ap
pearance thej- Ic>qH more like a shining
little splinter pf Iron or grain of coal
than a precious gem, and their chief
mission Is a distinctly commercial and
not an ornamental one.
Her Directions.
A Fifth avenue photographer Is tell
ing the story of an Incident which
amused him, though It involved a com
pliment which he missed.
A woman came Into the building anfl
ashed If the besf RhHto,gr|ipher in tnij
city had a studio there, "with a halr-
Iresser's establishment under It."
"You are In the right place, madam,"
fpturqed the pjpvatqf mat}, w|»q was
questioned, "for this Is the best pho
tographer In the city, though there Is
po hairdresser In the building."
The woman rose with a sigh.
suppose I have made q mistake,"
eald. "I wanted ,|i—
lijew Times.
An Adjunct to T«|H,
!fp.»ifhapß you £an direct me," she
paid, with pompous condescension, to
the floorwalker. "I've a crying need
for"—
"Yes'm," Interrupted the floorwalker
in his quick, nervous way, "Hftn'k'-
chief d'portment. flf couuter, uex'
alaie."—Philadelphia Press.
fbelr Iniyreaetona of the World, Men
and Sunlight.
How does it feel to be in absolute j
blackness a lifetime?
What are the blind man's impressions j
of the appearance of the world, men and
things he has never seen?
What are his thoughts as he gropes
around in blackness?
John Hayden, an intelligent, lifelong
blind man, answered these questions and
told strange, interesting facts about the
lives of the blind.
"To be always in darkness," said Hay
den, "is, of course, terrible, but with
time we get used to it, and that makes
our lives much easier.
"There is a heavy black mist before us.
Our minds are most of the time dead be
cause we cannot see things, and our
minds have very little to work upon.
Then this darkness makes us fear the
world. We always imagine that all kinds
of danger is ahead of us. We blind peo
ple know that this fear is groundless, but
despite that we cannot get rid of it.
"Blind people's thoughts are almost |
alike. We are sometimes melancholic, j
but most of the time we think of religious
matters and get much comfort from that. I
There are very few blind freethinkers.
"Our impressions of the appearance of
the world are nearly the same. I have
talked with a great many blind people
about that and found that our impres
sions were nearly alike. These impres
sions, though, are rather vague.
"We mentally picture New York as a
square mass of earth with cuts between
for the streets. Our fellow man—well, j
we get by feeling some idea of his shape, 1
but the blind eye has no conception of ]
size or appearance. All men look alike j
to the blind. Voices differ; the step dif- !
fers. We picture the sun as an immense
globe of fire with red rays shooting out j
all around it. Daylight appears to us as
millions of white shafts floating high
above the earth.
"The way we blind folks dream will no
doubt surprise ordinary people. Our
dreams consist only of the things we
have heard. We cannot dream of scenes
and places because we have, of course,
never seen them. When we, for instance,
dream of our friends or acquaintances,
we dream of hearing their voices. We
cannot see them, but recognize them by
the sound and quality of their words.
"Many people when they see a blind
man walking alone on the street wonder |
how he manages to find his way without'
i aid. That is easy to understand. When
| going around, we are guided by sound
and what we call landmarks. Nearly
I every street has to us its own peculiar
! noise. We can tell almost every street
i we have previously passed along by its
; own noise. Landmarks are the cracks
and breaks in the sidewalk along our
way.
"We become very well acquainted with
almost every little irregularity in the side
walks along our way, and by that and
| the different noises in the street we can
i always find our way."—New York World.
When iweive is uad.
One would think that 12 was more
i entitled to be considered an "even'
number than 10, for its halt Is an
j "even," whereas the half of It) is "odd "
Yet on the Stock Exchange 12 Is an
'odd" number. The house takes live
shares as the basis of dealing, remarks
Commerce, and all multiples of fiw» are
' considered "even" numbers Any in
termediate numbers are "odd." and
parcels of shares not divisible by 5
are difficult to sell except nt a reduced
price
That's Another Story.
When * poor young man marries a
rich girl all the women say he la
1 mercenary; but when a rich man mar
ries a rich girl they say such a love
1b the most beautiful thing In the
world—New York Pregg.
low to Make Orange none?.
Mix together the Juice of three
I oranges and the grated rind of one. a
i (mall capful of sugar, a tablespoonful
| of butter and the well beaten yolks of
two eggs. Cook over a slow fire, stir
: ring constantly, until about as thick
as honey. Serve cold. Thla Is excel
lent with fritters, all kinds of warm
bread and griddlecakes.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of John Marshall late of the
Limestone Township, County of Mon
tour State of Pennsylvania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letter of Ad
ministration upon the above State have
granted to the undersigned. All persons in
ebted to the said Estate, are required to
make payment, and those having claims or
demands against the said estate, will make
known the same without delay to
CHARLES A. WAGNER,
Administrator,
P. 0., Address, Ottawa, Pa.
or DAMIL W. RANK, Att'y.
Limestoneville. Pa.
ADMINISTRATOR'S 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 been
granted to the undersigned. All persons In
debted to the said estate are required to make
payment, and those having claims or de
mands against the said estate, will make
known the same, without, delay, to
WILLIAM G. FORNEY,
Administrator of Sarah Forney deceased, P.
O. address, Riverside, Pa.
EPWARD SAYBK GEARHART. Counsel.
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The Address He Got.
A Russian gentleman tells a funny
story of his first encounter with the
English language.
The day after his arrival in London
he made a call on a friend In Parle
lane, and on leaving the premises In
scribed in his notebook what he sup
posed to be the correct address.
The next day, desiring togo to the
same place again, he called a cabman
and pointed to the address that he had
written down. The cabman looked
him over, laughed, cracked the whip,
and drove away without him.
This experience being repeated with
two or three other cabmen, the Rus
sian turned Indignantly to the police,
with no better results. One officer
would laugh, another would tap his
head and make a motion imitating the
revolution of a wheel.
Finally the poor foreigner gave it up,
and, with a great deal of difficulty,
recalling the landmarks which be had
observed the day before, found his way
to his friend's house. Once there, and
In company with one who could under
stand him, be delivered himself of •
hot condemnation of the cabmen and
the police of London for their Imperti
nence and discourtesy.
His friend asked for a look at the
mirth provoking address, and the
mystery was solved. This was tba
entry:
"Ring the bell."
The Russian had with great care
copied, character for character, the
legend of the gatepost, supposing thai
It Indicated the house and street-
Pearson's.
Mnatn't "Own" Their Engines.
The railroad engineer who "owns"
his engine is not in favor with his su
periors. Complaints about trivial mat
ters are likely to be made against him,
and soon be finds himself without a
berth. The phrase "owning an engine"
doeß not mean that the engineer has
acquired title to his Iron horse. The
expression Is used of a man who has
been with a certain engine so long that
i he becomes a part of IL He knows its
1 every peculiarity, he feels Its every
protest against a heavy load, and he
nurses It and coddles It as If It were
his child. He dislikes to run the en
gine at top speed for fear something
will happen to It, and in consequence
his train is frequently behind time. He
takes a grade at half the rate he should,
and he runs cautiously down hill. In
a word, he "owns" his engine.
Of course this Is all very nice and
Idyllic, and It Is the kind of thing a
person likes to read about In stories of
the railroad. But plain, practical rail
rend men look at It differently. They
a:;rue that the best engineer is the man
who never fails to run his train aecord
htg to his running time, the man who
Is never behind and seldom ahead. So
it comes about that the engineer who
makes a master of that which should
be his servant wonders who has a
grudge against him. Hut It Isn't
grudge: it's business.—New York Mat
and Express.
Made I'p For l.ovs Tl.-ne,
When President LLiuger sailed fo»
England some ye-irs ago, he was the
object of much concern to his fellow
passengers on I >a:*d th. !> iiner from
Cape Town, many t.f v. hum were con
sumed with curiosity when they no
ticed his absence from the dinner table
for the first four days out.
On Inquiry they found that the care
ful Transvaaler spent the dinner houi
on deck, where he ate biltong and bis
cuits. When asked his reason, he tea
tlly replied, "I.have no money to fool
away on expensive eating, like you
Englishmen."
The correspondent who tells the story
and who was on board at the time
adds, "You should have seen the old
man trying to make up for lost time
when It was explained to him that hi«
passage money included his meals on
board."
A Skeleton la Every Closet.
The expression "There is a skeleton
In every closet" Is said to have Its
origin in the fact that a soldier once
wrote to his mother, who complained
of her unhapplness, to have some sew
ing done for him by some one who
had no cares or troubles. At last the
mother found a woman who seemed
to have no troubles, but when she told
her business the woman took her to a
closet containing a skeleton and said:
"Madam, I try to keep my troubles to
myself, i but every night 1 am com
pelled my husband to kiss this skel
eton, wiio was once his rival. Think
you. then, I can be happy?"
Time It Waa Killed,
Particular Diner—This fish, waiter-
Truthful Waiter (promptly)—Waa
killed this morning, sir.
Particular Diner (approvingly)— You
did quite right to kill it, because it
had been oa shore so long that It must
have forgotten how to swim, and
would have been drowned If It had
ever gdne to sea again.