MONTOUU AMERICAN . . . >. . . I \ PRANK C. ANCLE. Proprietor. Danville. Pa.. Jan. 31. 1901 COM M (JNICA I'IOXS. All communications sent to the AMERI CAN for publication must be signed by the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. HEPIIBIICtN TICKET. I I DISTRICT. FOR POOR DIRECTOR, Franklin Boyer, Sr. BOROUGH. FOR AUDITOR, D. R. Williams. FIRST WARD. FOR COUNCIL (3 years) Amos Vastine. FOR COUNCIL (1 year) William W. Davis. FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR, Dr. E. A. Curry. FOR ASSESSOR. Joseph L. Frame. FOR JUDGE OF ELECTION, William G. Kramer. FOR INSPECTOR OF ELECTION, William J. Williams. FOR JUSTICE-OF-THE- PEACE, William V. Oglesby. SECOND WARD. FOR COUNCIL. Reuben Buyer FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR, J. H. Montague. I OR ASSESSOR. 11. E. Seidel. FOR JUDGE OF ELECTION, Harry Shick. FOR INSPECTOR OF ELECTION, C. M Johnson. FOR-JUSTICE-OF-THE-PEACE, J. H. Woodside. THIRD WARD. FOR COUNCIL. John Jj. Evans. FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR, Jesse B. Cleaver. FOR ASSESSOR, Harry Kerns. FOR JUDGE OF ELECTION, William M Russel. FOR INSPECTOR OF ELECTION, Curtis Cook. FOURTH WARD. FOR COI'NCI L. Joseph Gibson. FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR. J. J. Stewart. FOR ASSESSOR, John Jenkins. FOR JUDGE OF ELECTION, J. D. Hummer. FOR INSPECTOR OF ELECTION, Joseph Sherwood. FOR JUSTICE-OF-THE-PEACE, Henry Kneibler. SLEIGHING IMPROVED Although it did not do as much as was hoped, yesterday's light fall of snow touched up the sleighing so that it is much improved both in the town and eountry roads. The jingle of sleigh bells was heard on all sides throughout the afternoon and evening. Several sleigh ride parties went out from Danville to different points. A number of boys ami girls from the First ward school rode to Bloomsburg, where they spent the evening. Anoth er party of about a dozen young people drove up the Bloom road several miles and spent the evening at the home of James Moyer. The Ground-Hog. If the last Friday in the month is to control the following month we will have a tough time of it during February. Last Friday was not very pleasant to contemplate as the forerunner of a full month. But we have an opportunity for charm ing away the baneful influenceof the last Friday hoodoo. The ground-hog. He must come out of his hole next Satur day and turn three times around, stop ping each time with his tail to the south in an endeavor to see the north star at midday. If in this operation he sees his shadow, he must go back to his hole and remain six weeks. It is to be hoped that he will not be able to see his shadow in which event he will be seen out again and the weather will be pleasant and agreeable. Sleighed to Limestoneville. A sleighing party driven by Lattimer Ammerman left this city yesterday morning at eight o'clock for Limestone ville where they were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. William Geiger. Those present wire: .Mrs. Peter Burger, Mrs. J- B. Laidacker, Mrs. Arthur Myerly, Mrs. William Forney, Mrs. Daniel Shultz Mrs. J. H. Woodside, Mrs. J. C. Mince moyer, Mrs. John Jacobs, Misses Sadie Laidacker, Minnie Shultz,Bessie Forney, Annie Klase, Annie, Maude and Mabel Geiger. An excellent dinner was serv ed. Sleigh Ride to Milton. A party of sixteen young people drove to Milton last evening. They were the Misses Annie Ileiss, Ethel Burdick.Ruth Carodiskey,Olive Lunger, Gussie Doster, Josie Andrews, Nellie Morehead, Lillie Payne, Maine Ware, and Mabel Gear hart and Arthur M. Heddens, Edward Fallon, Jacob Lormor, William Russell, Albert Dreifuss, William Dougherty, Frank Russell, John Ilennigan and Will iam Grove. Appointed Tax Collector. George Arn«ine was Friday ;ifter- I noon appointed t : \ o'.le tor for West Hemlock »oWlish';- > ' 'ii; le, e the Hi.- ' expired term or tin .lie Wil'iam I!. Crossluy. i AMUSEMENTS. "The American Girl." •'The American Girl," which will be presented at the Opera House on Satur day evening is a comedy drama that teems with thrilling situations and strong comedy scenes. Theattention of the audience is drawn upon the plot of the play from the ri»e of the curtain, and the interest increases until the final climax. The author, H. Grattan Don nelly, has made a departure from con ventional lines, and has evoked a clean cut, sparkling, vigorous and intensely dramatic play. The story is told in beautiful language, and the situations are so arranged that the comedy and dramatic elements alternate so rapidly that tears and laughter mingle through out the entire piece. Lincoln J. Carter, the owner of many successes, "Heart of Chicago," "Fast Mail," and others, has written a new play "The Eleventh Hour" which will be at the Opera House February 6th. "The Eleventh Hour" has far outrivall ed any of his former successes. It is a play that requires good acting and il is promised that with this attraction a more than competent company will be presented. Special Notice. The following letter will explain itself: Hotel Lafayette, Pbilada., Fa., Jan. 22M, 1901. Dear Mr. Laumaster: — I nui sorry to have to inform you that Mr. Beck has notified me that it will be impossible for him to keep bis February engagements on account of his duties in Washington before the U. S. Supreme Court. There is nothing we can do in the matter to get him to keep his en gagements if it is impossible for him to do so. Of course he authorized me to make the engagements, and he is sorry that he is unable to fill them. There is another man who would be available for Feb. 13th, who is perhaps the most popular lecturer in the country to-day, and one for whom there is very great demand; I refer to Dr. Mclntyre, of Chicago, you probably know of him. His lecture "Buttoned-Up People" is very popular, and at the same time has plenty of good sense in it; his terms are positively SIOO, and he will not lecture for a cent less. We are not in any way responsible for Mr. Beck s inability to fill his engagements (and will lose money by his cancellations) 1 am willing to pay something from my own private funds toward the fee of Dr. Mclntyre should you desire fiim. This will partly oflset the additional expense you are obligtd to assume in making the change. Kind ly let me hear at once. Yours very truly, C A. PEPPER, Agent. Dr. Mclntyre has been secured and will deliver his lecture Wednesday even ing, Feb 13th., at 8:30 o'clock, after prayer meeting. Persons holding course tickets, are requested to take notice of the change. IP WOMEN ONLY KNEW. What a heap of Happiness it would bring to Danville homes. Hard to do housework with an ach ing back. Hours of misery at leisure or at work. If women only knew the cause; Backache pains come from sick kid neys. Doan's Kidney Pills will cure it. Danville people endorse this: Mrs. Edward R. Lunger of 11 Church Street says:—"l suffered so much from pain and lameness in my back that I could not sleep night. The pain over my hips was continuous and when on my feet it was one steady gnawing ache. It hurt me to do anything requiring bending over, and the sharp twinges would catch me so suddenly that I had to brace my back airainst something un til they stopped. The kidney secretions annoyed me and headache accompanied the backache. I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and in the statement of those who had been cured the symp toms were so much like mine that my husband procured ab >x for me. They did me more good than any medicine I ever tried. Ino longer had any back ache and was free from any embarrass ment caused from the secretions. I can honestly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to others suffering as I did." 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. Inspection of Company F Postponed Un til March 18. Colonel C. M. Clement has issued an order which changes the dates of the annual inspections of all of the com panies of the Twelfth Regiment. Ac cording to the former order, these in spections were to occur during February. But owing to the fact that this regi ment will participate in the inaugura tion ceremonies at Washington on March 4, the inspections have been postponed until th£ middle of March. According to this order, the inspection of Company F has been postponed from February 2H to Monday, March 18. In the mean time the local company is drilling faith fully on the manual of arms, so as to make as good a showing as possible at Washington. Spindle Company Meeting. A meeting of the stockholders of the Safety Spindle company was held Tues day at the Montour House. Besides the Danville stockholders, the meeting was attended by U. 6. Smith, of \Nill iamsport, and John Eves, of Millville. Mr. Eves is secretary of the company, and he is also a large manufacturer of wagons at Millville. He has experi inente 1 with these spindles, and has de cided to use them on all of his wagons. It was decided to have the castings for the spindles made by the Q. B. Backus company at Williamsport, the spindle company furnishing all moulding ma chinery. The assembling of the parts will be done in Danville. Washingtonville Republicans. The Republican primary election was held in Washingtonville Tuesday eve Charles Moser was chairman and Will iam Robinson, secretary. The following nominations were made; For Borough Council, A. C. Courson and Franklin I instead; School Director, William Rob inson; Judge of Election, George Moser; Jnr pector of Election, Howard Ritter; Assessor, Gecrge W. Cromis, Jr., Auditor Charles Moser. "Grip" refuses to be dislodged from Danville. DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the news papers is sure to know of the wonderful i|_ , i jr. i cures made by Dr. —il Kilmer's Swamp-Root, I the great kidney, liver W-r^ J Lk and bladder remedy. U <L" Bis the great medl- H 112 Jv/ 1 cal triumph of the nine \wl_l M teenth century; dis \£= V, PI!I covered after years of u / ' ww "l)H scientific research by •JJ Dr. Kilmer, the emi f * _; " nent Sidney and blad • <jer specialist, and is wonderfully successful In promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec ommended for everything but if you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. 11 has been tested in so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to pur chase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,Bing-g^^^BHj|.^^^ regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Root dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY Fistic Encounter Furnished Entertainment ■at Washingtonville. A slight clash of arms—and fists —fur- nished entertainment for Washington ville people on Tuesday evening, and incidentally decided the relative prowess of town and country boys. A sleigh load of young people from Danville drove to the Eagle Hotel. Dur ing the evening two or three of the young ladies of the party went out on the stivet for a few minutes, when they en countered several boys from near Wash ingtonville, who attempted to show them attention of the kind abounding in such games as "snap and catchem" and "drop the handkerchief." The girls objected to this attention. One of the young men from Danville promptly came to their rescue, when five or six of the country boys pitched onto him. Several other young men from town then took a hand, and for a few minutes a regular "Donnybrook Fair" time re sulted, In the end the country youths retreated in confusion, much the worse for their encounter. A Word to Women. Any sick woman is invited to consult by letter with Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting phvsician of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical lustitute, Buffalo, N. Y. In active practice of more than thirty years, assisted by a staff of nearly a score of associate physicians, Dr. Pierce has treated and cured over half a mill ion women. All diseases peculiar to women are treated with success. This consultation by letter is absolutely free. Every letter is treated as strictly private and sacredly confidential. Answers are mailed promptly giving the best of medical advice. Ail answers are sent in plain envelopes bearing on them on no printing of any kind. Write without fear and without fee to Dr R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Registering Mail With Carriers. Few people in Danville understand that they can register a letter with any carrier on his regular rounds for delivery or collection just as well as by taking their letter or package to the post office, Each carrier can take and receipt for re gistered matter, provided the letter or package is properly sealed or done up and the postage for registry together the regular postage is affixed,or the cor rect change is ready. We •nve 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 you are sure 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. FRENCH HIGHWAYS. Constant Supervision the Secret oI Their Excellence. Nations who possess vast territories, who are In the habit of undertaking vast enterprises, are apt to overlook de tails. And yet when we stop to think the perfection of anything and every thing lies In the scrupulous attention that Is to be given to details. Instru ments of precision only differ with or dinary Instruments in care given to de tails, to small perfections. An inven tion which Is a success Is the one in contriving which the inventor has giv en the most time to smallest particu lars. The French have applied that principle to the administration of tho maintenance of roads. The greatest attention has been paid to the smallest thing that contributes to the simple mending of a rut. The cantonuier who does the work Is one of an administra tion that Includes and employs the niost skillful scientists and engineers In the world. The simple stone that he lays to help mend the rut has perhaps occupied a hundred minds before it is putin its place. "Useless trouble." you may say. Not at all. The object in the maintenance of roads is to have them all kept in such a state that carriages will roll upon them In the best of conditions. It Is, then, of the greatest Importance to ob viate all obstacles, all sources of re sistance to the circulation, and to pre vent or stop from the beginning all de fects to which roads are liable. This can only be done by constant overseeing aud with a perfect organ ization of resources at hand, consisting of materials and manual labor. Cut the meat In smaller pieces tnan for a stew. Put into a saucepan a ta blespoonful of butter and a tablespoon ful of flour and stir over the fire until it is dark brown. Then add for two cupfuls of meat the same quantity of stock, salt and pepper to taste. 801 l for an hour and serve. This dish Is much Improved by adding to it a dozen or more fresh mushrooms about five minutes before removing from the fire. Ilotr to Develop the Fluore. It is said that the following exercises develop the lines of the figure and make walking a graceful performance: Walk on tiptoe, toes slightly outward, with the knees straight, the hands clasped tightly behlud the head, elbows as far back as possible. The more tightly the hands clasp the bark of the head and the farther back the elbows are held the better the result • TROLLEY WORK BEGUN Contractor Scanlan Has Started Work at Bloomsburg. Contractor M. F. D. Scanlan, with his engineer and foreman,arrived iu Blooms burg Tuesday and immediately began the preliminary *teps toward the build ing of the new trolley. They have plac ed their tool box at the canal bridge op posite the Citizens Land Improvement Co's lands, the boundary line of the town of Bloomsburg and Jicott township. From this point they have commenced driving their stakes northward, and will continue in the direction of Berwick, while later another force of woikmen will commence and work southward through Bloomsburg. If the weather is favorable it will be but a few days until a large force of men will be at work. There Is more Catarrh tn this section of the country than all other diseases put together and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable.uFor a great many years doctors pronounced It a local disease, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling to cure with local treatment, pronounced it In curable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the market. It Is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. The offer of one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address. Sold by Druggists, 7f>c. Hull's family Pills are the best. CALIFORNIA. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has arranged for a special personally condncted tonr through California to leave New York and Philadelphia on Febrnary 14, by the "Golden Gate Special," composed exclusive ly of Pul man 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 $445. ' I For further information apply to ticket I agents; Tourist agent, 1190 Broadway, | New York; 4Court Street, Brooklyn; 789 ' | Broad Street, Newark N. J. ; B. Cour | laender, Jr., Passenger Agent Baltimore I District, Baltimore, Md. ; Colin Studds, 1 j Passenger Agent Southern District, i j Washington, D. C.; Thos. E. Watt, Passenger Agent Western District Pitts burg, Pa ; or address Geo. W Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, 1 Philadelphia. FLORIDA. The first Jacksonville tour of the ' season via the Pennsylvania Railroad ■ allowing two weeks in Florida, leaves i New York. Philadelphia, aud Washing -1 ton by special train February 5. Ex | cursion ticket, including railway tran i 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 11 New York, $50.00; Buffalo, $54.25; i Rochester. $54.00; Elmira. $51.45; Erie. ! $54.85; Williamsport, $50.00: Wilkes j barre, $50.35; and at proportionate I rates from other points. ' | For tickets, itineraries, and full in- I formation apply to ticket agents; B. P. ' j Fraser. Passenger Agent Buffalo Dis trict, 307 Main Street, Ellicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. ; F. Palmateer, City Ticket Agent. '2O State Street, corner Corinthian, Rochester, N. Y. ; E. S. I Harrar, Division Ticket Agent. Will iamsport, Pa.; or address Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. A Great Convenience To The Traveling Public. The Lackawanna Railroad is planning still further improvements in its Dining Car Service. Having equipped its through trains with palatial dining cars and opened an elaborate restaurant in its Hoboken terminal, it is now arrang ing to supply a buffet service on through express trains between New York and Plymouth, Pa., via Scranton. This ser vice will be started on Wednesday Jan uary 23rd. The train leaving New York at 4.00 P. M. will be equipped with a vestibul ed buffet, drawing room, parlor car en abling patrons to secure dinner before reaching Plymouth. The correspond ing Eastbonnd train leaving Plymouth at 7.05 in the morning will be similarly equipped. Not only will the parlor car passeng ers have the benefit of the new service, but arrangements have been made whereby the occupants of the coaches may also enjoy a similar service. A portion of the coach nearest the parlor car on each train has been fitted up with four tables suitably secured by headboards, and a special waiter will be in charge of this portion of the car. Another waiter will be detailed for the Buffet Car so that parties of both are assured a prompt, efficient aud satisfact ory servioe. Unsolicited Praise For The "Lackawanna." En-route New York to St Louis Mo., Lackawanna Railroad train No. 3 Jan'y 15th, 1901. "After many meals on Dining Cars during the past forty years I have never eaten one so neatly served, so well cook ed, so satisfactory in every way as the lunch today. I his is my first trip over this road and it will not be my last. I like to tell of a good thing when I have found it. C. H. GOODMAN, M. D. St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Hoffman's Funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Isaac Hoflman was largely attended from the residence in South Danville Thursday afternoon at two o'clock. The services were conduct ed by the Rev. F. S. Vought and Rev. G H. Day. Interment was in Mt. Vernon cemetery. The bearers were C. Yocum, Charles Ammerman, Peter Startzel, J. H. Rase, Major C. P. Gearhart and Peter Berger. The family desire to thank all friends who so kindly assisted them in their time of bereavement. Mrs. Heim Entertains. Mrs Joseph Heim entertained a num ber of friends at a '?kiopfa" party at her home on Church street last evening. Those present were: Mrs. Harry Ellen bogen, Mrs. Julius Ileim, Mrs. Samuel Blocb, Mrs. Lewis Bloch, Mrs. Herbert Wyle, Miss Bertha Goldsmith Miss Gertrude Heim and Mrs. Isaac Gross. The Lackawanna train due here at 8:20 p. hi. was three hours l#te last evening dub to a (Jfelay t*i the main line j t «?•: sr S' e- sr sr. sr tr. t»r sr sr sr. csr- c- sr uf It's Time O) % t t0 Think {fat of replacing thnt old \ll watch of yours with a /$j (112 new one, Our line of IMI Watches contains the I 3 1 one yon want,at the price AAwj VW f^\ i|y yon want to pay. WyA\ \\ 'I) \9i every price we can offer U <1 a guaranteed time-keep- er and can save money — ? ;1 \4/ —W yj for yon. There is beauty in the design as well as quality in Kit the make of our watches. ** HEISTIR.'Sr REMPE, * Yyj DANVILLE'S LEADING JEWELER. a' «»■ **■ 0* • 00-I*-^^ r ■ S THAT FIFTH ACE. When the gold craze of 1840 was at its height, I was following the life of pro fessional gambler and general crook at D , one of the largest mining towns of the west. I had fleeced a couple of min ers of a snug sum at Round Hole, a small mining camp a few miles north of D , and had promised to give them a chance to win back their losings. Their names were Dodson and Mowyer. The former was a little fellow, while his partner was tall and powerfully built and spoke with a peculiarly yet rather pleas ant drawl. Early ou the appointed Sunday morn ing I set out for Hound Hole, and when I arrived stopped at the Big Strike sa loon, where 1 was to meet my two vic tims. Presently they came riding up to i the door and dismounted. As they came in it struck me they acted rather formal. Dodson nodded. Then Mowyer said, in that peculiar drawl of his, "Well, see'n's yer afore us, s'pose ye don't mind takin somethin fer luck?" And I joined them at the bar. Shortly after we were seated at a table, and it was Dodson's deal. The deck we had belonged to the saloon. The night before a desperado had been shot in this same room, and when Dodson picked up his hand he found on one of his cards a fresh blood stain. That was enough for him. "I don't think there is anything that wouldn't happen to us," he said, "if we use these cards." So we threw down our hands. Seeing in this a golden opportunity. 1 quickly produced a deck from my pocket and gave it to Mowyer, as it was his deal next in order. For a moment he hesitat- j ed, and then, looking at me from under his shaggy brows, drawled out, "W ell, pardner, 1 s'pose this deck's all right, but eee'n's how this ain't no 'make believe' game we're a-goin to play here diree'ly, 1 reckon 'twon't do no harm to make sure," So he began carefully to suit them, one by one. The only mirror Round Hole could boast of was over the bar in the Big Strike saloon, and while he was busy with the cards I noted how plainly you could see his reflection iu the glass. Ah! 1 I could make use of that glass later on, j for it would tell me whether he held any aces to spoil the effect of those 1 had in my sleeve, for we were playiug poker. Before we commenced a stranger came in and asked leave to join us, and soon we four were deep in the "game of blttfl." Before the first hand had been played I became conscious of Mowyer's eyes fol lowing my every move. He was watch ing me like a cat, and, stealing a glance in the mirror, 1 saw his big six shooter \ was lying in his lap. So he was sus- I picious? Very well; I would risk nothing until big money was at stake. We played for an hour. Dodson and I were ahead, Mowyer and the stranger were losers, and then the critical moment came—nearly everything on the table was In the pot. Mowyer had bet his last dol lar and "called" us. In the excitement I worked in a "cold" ace at the risk of , my life, played it safe aud won the pile , on a "show down." If five aces had come out that time, there would have been another tragedy at the Big Strike. Mowyer was out. I held most of the "dust," but Dodson and the stranger were not ready to quit, so another hand was dealt. It was the stranger's deal. I had noticed he was very light fingered, and as he shuffled the cards I saw him slip one up his sleeve, but I said nothing. I was playing in luck, and after he and Dodson had staked everything I "called" \ them and won the pot again fair and ) square enough this time. Well, we separated, and I mounted my j broncho and started back to I) , $2,t100 , ahead. But I had barely got out of eight of the camp when, looking back j over the road, I saw a cloud of dust.j with now and then a glimpse of horse men. When they came nearer. I saw they were headed by Mowyer, and ! drew j rein. In a moment they had come up and I formed a circle around me. Mowyer dis mounted and stepping forward drew hi> ugly looking six shooter and commanded me to dismount also. He simply said: "Would ye be so good as to let us see them there same cards again?" The oth ers were grimly silent. I complied carelessly, with a gambler s j nerve —but with a sinking sensation at i my heart. "Now, pardner," he resumed, "we be! a-goin to count these cards again. Ii \ they're all straight, well and good. But I if there's one card more'n there ought to , be, ye can say yer prayers. I reckon y< j know,"he added significantly, "whether there is or not 'thout us eountin. And | he proceeded, laying each card out by it j self on the hot, dusty road. If I had only put that "cold" ace out <>f j the way! I thought now I was as gu'.d ! as "done for." We were all watching Mowyer. ll< had come to one ace, anil now another diamonds and spades. Shuffle, shuffl*' shuffle, every one intently watching. Now only a few cards left, now only seven j six—five. Ah, another, the ace of hearts , A slight murmur through the crowd and then silence again. Slowly now; shuttli-. shuffle, five and four gone. Now onlj three left, now two; so, then, it was thej last card in the pack. And now the lasi card—and it was the deuce of diamonds! ! That fifth ace had not been found—and ! I was the most surprised man in the par- ' ty. Again we parted, and as I risinned; my way it suddenly came to mo like a i flash—about the stranger at the !> k Strike saloon and the card I saw him Blip. Yes, I knew now where the fifth act was. And as I think it over now it seems, in i deed, I was pretty near to death that time —"within an ace of it," one might say.—Exchange. Mosqnltoea. That cosmopolitan pest the mosquito does not necessarily perish with the on- | coming of winter. On the contrary, mos j quitoes have been observed in the lati tude of Washington to hibernate, adult specimens living from November until the succeeding April or May with all j their powers of torment unimpaired, al- : though their activity is suspended in win ter. The mosquito needs but little food, j and it is the female that thirsts for blood, }he males contenting themselves with ' water and vegetable fluids. l>r. Howard ascribes the fact that mosquitoes are of ten found upon dry prairies many miles from water to the longevity of the adults of certain species, which enables them to survive seasons of drought. Railroads : have been responsible for the transporta- 1 i tion of mosquitoes into regions where j they were previously rare. Their power of (light is not great, and it is believed that they are not distributed far through j Ihb fcgl'ucy of winds. COFFEE, AIUIS STYLE. VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY WE PREPARE IT. A Xavnl Officer's Experience at a Function nt tlie lloane of II Sheik Who Ilnd Not flevn Eiponcil to For eign Influenced. This account of coffee drinking as prac ticed by Arabs who have not been ex posed to foreign influence is told by a British navsl officer of high rank. The place was the town of Sernail, in the ter ritory of the sultan of Oman, at the ex treme southeastern corner of the Arabian peninsula. Semail lies 120 miles from Muscat, the capital of Oman, aud 90 miles from the sea. At the time of this Visit there had been but two other Eu ropeans in Semail in all its history. "An Arab town," said the naval officer, "is scarcely what is suggested by the English meaning of the word. It is more a collection of detached houses, each sur rounded by its own grounds of from 30 to 100 acres. As my travels in Oman were conducted under the immediate pro tection of the sultan, and as he had pro vided for my special use his own particu lar riding camel, I was received every where with great respect. My reception in the house of one of the principal sheiks of Semail took place ou the sec ond day of my visit to the town, when I paid a call upon Mohammed b'in Naser el IJinawy. "In accordance with Moslem custom, I pronounced the name of God on cross ing the threshold, and while being con ducted to the divan by my courteous host gave the salutation 'Es salaam aleikum,' the salutation of peace to the assembled company. A beautiful carpet of Persian work and a pillow covered with embroid ered silk were ready for my reception. Putting off my shoes at the edge of the carpet, and after a short but ceremonious dispute with my host as to who should sit down first, I was established on the carpet, with the pillow at my back for comfortable support. "Close to the seat of the host and a little to his left was a small raised plat form of stone on which were placed the 1 requisite utensils for preparing coffee. A small charcoal fire, urged to a white heat by means of a pair of bellows, provided the boiling water. On either side of the tire were two large jugs of some white metal as well as several smaller ones. On a shelf near by were several zarfs and fingans. The zarf ia the holder for the coffee cup, and these on the shelf were of various metals, some of gold beautifully worked, some of sil ver, and some even of copper. The fingan | is a coffee cup without a handle and hold ing about as much as a liqueur glass; these were of china and porcelain of dif ferent designs and value. "The coffee maker was a black slave said to have come from the frontiers of Abyssinia. lie seemed to be about 23, of slight and graceful form, with finely cut features and well molded limbs, quite black and with hair almost woolly. His ! costume consisted of a waist cloth of | colored cotton supported around his waist by a piece of cord tucked up on one side, and a sort of embroidered waistcoat but toned in front but leaving arms and legs bare. "It is not in accordance with desert etiquette to introduce for discussion any serious matter until after coffee has been served, so that the conversation consists almost entirely of general topics and the i interchange of compliments. While this very small talk is gravely going on the , slave, having first let down his waist cloth so that it hangs down below his 1 knees, passes around among the company I with a small straw mat in one band, a ' mat made of various colored grasses and I about the size of a dessert plate. In the i other hand he carries a cylindrical grass I box from which he pours coffee berries upon the grass mat. All berries which | are not of the right color he picks out ' and throws away or returns to the box. | Without any ostentation he manages to call the attention of all the guests to the fact that the berries he has selected are all of the best tint. "Then, pouring the berries from the mat into an iron ladle, he roasts them over the charcoal fire, which he blows to a white heat with the bellows. Coffee berries in Oman are never roasted to that dark brown or black color which is com mon in Europe and America, but are con sidered at their best when they take on a rich reddish brown color. Turning the roasted berries out to cool on the grass mat Abdullah, for that is the name of the slave, sets one of the large metal jugs on the fire to warm. "The coffee is not ground in a machine, for that would waste all its fine essential oil, but is pounded up in a mortar made of dark and hard basalt having a deep narrow well, into which the berries are poured. Taking the mortar between his knees, Abdullah forces the pestle into the Well and down upon the roasted befties, which he slowly crushes into a fine grit of which every particle is about the size of small seed pearls or mustard seed. •"By this time the water in the large jug on the fire is nearly boiliug. Filling one of the smaller jugs with the almost boiling water, he throws in the crushed coffee and allows it to boil for a short time, stirring it all the time with a stick. Then, placing on a brass tray the best 2arfs and fingans, the slave fills the cups With the infusion, keeping the grounds in the jug by means of a piece of bark held over its spout. Handing the tray to the most honored guest, he says, 'Semmoo,' which means 'l'ronounce the name of God.' "Taking the cup from the tray and looking at his host, the honored guest pronounces the great formula of Moham medanism in the words 'Bismillah ur rahman ur-rahim,' which mean 'ln the name of God the compassionate and merciful.' Then the guest sips his coffee without stigar or milk, but sometimes a few aromatic seedß or ambergris may Ue added. If the guest is of very high rank, the host takes his own cup immediately after the guest, but under ordinary cir cumstances be waits until all the com pany has been served." He Slept. Dean Ramsay, the witty Scottish di vine of the eighteenth century, used to tell a story about one of the earls of Lauderdale. llis lordship was taken very ill, the worst symptom being insomnia in an aggravated form, llis little son, hear ing that recovery would be impossible without sleep, said, "Send for the preach ing mon frat Livingston, for fayther aye sleeps when that minister is In the pul pit." The doctors considered that to act on the suggestion would be judicious, so the minister was immediately brought. He preached a sermon; sleep came oa—■ and the earl recovered. FOR STRIPING PAINT. Simple Device For Decorating Bi lker Flat or Hounded Surfaces. A simple device l>y means of which painters can readily stripe flat or rounded surfaces, described by The Scientific American, is the invention of Mr. George H. Allen of North Creek, N. Y. The striper consists of a paint reser voir closed at one end by a screw cap provided with a vent hole controlled by an adjustable gate. At the other end of the reservoir a nozzle is located. Embracing the reservoir are two clips, the upper of which is made of spring IMPROVED PAINT STRIPER. metal and receives between its ends a guide arm bent near its lower end. I The second clip serves the purpose of | holding a flat spring up on which a rocking arm is mounted, carrying at | its lower end a sealing cup. The flat ; spring normally presses the sealing cup j tightly against the nozzle to prevent ! the escape of paint from the reservoir. In-order to stripe a surface with one j or more straight lines the guide arm j carried by the upper clip is adjusted so that its bent end engages the edge of the surface. As the device is drawn along the nozzle is opened by pressing the end of the rocking arm carried by ' the lower clip so as to bring the seal ing cup upward. The merits of the de vice are obvious. Some Novel Invention!). ' By the use of a recently patented in haler sufferers from catarrh, hay fever i and similar diseases may treat them selves at night, the time when affec tions of the throat and head make the most formidable strides. The device consists of two absorbent pads connect ed by a wire spring, the latter being bent to a shape convenient for attach ment to the central cartilage of the , nose. With the idea of eliminating to some extent at least the disagreeable afflic tion of seasickness two Englishmen have devised a self leveling chair. The chair is suspended from two rings i ; working in a framework at right an- ' I gles to each other, and it is claimed the t chair will remain level in the roughest sea. The idea is also supplied to berths. Umbrellas or canes may be provided j ' with a spring hook fixed just under the i | head by which they may be hung on a ' rack or hooked into the pocket when it ; \ Is desired to use both hands for some j other purpose. The hook is concealed j when not in use, forming a smooth j joint with the surface of the stick and ( is released by pressing a button. Late sleepers may be interested in a ' German invention. An ordinary elec [ trie alarm is connected with contact , points underneath the bed, the weight | of the sleeper forcing them together . and forming a circuit When the alarm i is released, the bell continues ringing 1 till the weight is removed and the cir -1 cuit broken. Comfort in cold weather Is insured by a combined carriage lamp and foot warmer. The lamp is placed below the body of the vehicle and is connected by a tube directly over the blaze with a warming chamber Inside the body of the wagon on which the feet may be placed. Golf players may get rid of the cad die by using a device patented in Eng land. The caddie bag is provided with an inflated ball at the bottom and at the top has supporting legs which can be folded out of the way when not in use. Amateur photographers will appreci ate a combined cane and tripod. Three telescoping legs are pivoted to a small head, the latter being provided with a threaded shank to which a handle can be secured when the tripod is folded. Mustard as usually served in cups or open pots soon dries up. A German has invented an airtight cup having a piston projecting through the top. On pressing the piston a plunger forces the mustard through a spout in the in side of the cup.—Chicago Evening Post Grows In a Sealed Flnwk. In the botanical garden of Berlin Is to be seen a cactus which has grown for seven years in a glass flask sealed by fusion. The growth of the plant was expected by the fact that the soil In which it grows contains a certain quantity of spores of fungi, which cov er the sides of the flask with a greenish layer. These In dying furnish the car bonic acid necessary for the life of the cactus. Another question which is more difficult to answer is the origin of the water which is necessary to main- : tain the life of the plant This may be derived from the decomposition of the cellulose. However these questions may be answered, the fact remains that the plant lives and develops In a hermetically closed medium. The ex periment Is not difficult to carry out, and Its stud}' may lead to interesting results.—New York Evening Telegram. Zeppelin's Alrnhlp. More time, endeavor and money have undoubtedly been put into the Zeppelin airship than into any previous enter prise of this nature. It is 30 years since Count Zeppelin first turned his attention to the airship as an engine of war, and those who were making ex periments In flight by means of aero planes were Inclined to look upon him as a visionary. llow to I»laWe Rice Butter ChL.cs. Add three cups of warm milk to oue j cup of rice boiled teuder and mix [ smooth. Add four level tablespoon fuls of butter, softened, but not liquid; a level teaspoouful of salt, one aud two-thirds cups of white coruiueal, a j large tablespoonful of flour and two i eggs well beaten. Beat thoroughly aud bake in shallow tins in a quick oven for half an hour. How to Make Completion Powder, Five ounces of powdered talcum, five ounces of best rice flour, two and a 1 half ounces of best oxide of zinc. Per- : fume with a mixture of bergamot j ylang-ylaug and neroli or use merely a drop or two of oil of rose. It can be tinted with powdered carmine. Sift repeatedly by fluffing through bolting cloth. How to Cure Cold Sorei. Cold sores can checked by apply ing peroxide of hydrogen, sopping it on with a bit of absorbent cotton Pure glycerin is also a good remedy. Perox ide of hydrogen is an antiseptic espe cially adapted to cold sores, as it im mediately forms a chemical action VJtli tbfe prisonous discharge. 1 ROAD TAXES WASTED. tack of Intelligent Snpervl»lon Is the Chief Cause. In an article in The Technograph Professor Ira <>. Baker, University of Illinois, contends that under intelligent supervision the road tax can be paid as effectively and economically in labor as in cash. 110 says: "It is frequently argued that because the annual road tax produces no hard roads that therefore at least a large part of the money is wasted. (1) In most states part of the tax is spent for new steel bridges. In Illinois a little more than one-quarter of the road tax is so spent. Steel bridges are a sub stantial improvement and would be al most imperative with stone roads. (2) Another considerable part of the taxes Is used in renewing wood culverts and the floors of bridges, which expense would be practically the same whether the roads are improved or not (3) A further sum Is spent in improving the drainage, whicli would be required be fore good stone roads could be built. (4> Part of the road taxes is used to pay for mowing the roadsides, which would be desirable even if the road surface were improved. (">) Finally a considerable portion of the money is used in maintaining the surface, and if the roads were improved a considera bly larger sum would be required for a like purpose. "The claim is frequently made that a large part of the labor tax is wasted. Possibly in the early history of any community, when there Is slight social intercourse among the farmers, more time was wasted in gossip than now, but at present the loss by this practice is not very great. It is by no means uncommon for a farmer to give consid erably more labor than is exacted. He uses the roads and desires to improve them for his own benefit. Further, a farmer would probably prefer to pay $2 in labor tiiau $1 in cash, and hence the evils of the labor tax system may not be as serious as is generally claim ed, since practically the farmer's vote determines the amount of road tax he will pay. "Admitting that there are inherent defects in the labor tax system, it is not proved that they are greater than in the casli system. Cash paid day labor aud contract work in city affairs are not always ideally efficient There is probably no universally 'best sys tem' of maintenance of highways. Some of the famous roads of Europe are maintained by a cash tax aud some by a labor tax. There are no better roads nor no more complete system of ! ' i. iiicc tha:i in France, and yet I>.\ ' ••• the jr.- a tor pit of the wagon r . ".s cf I'r: :i •• are maintained by the fcibor tax system. The fun la mental ii . t i:i the construction aud mainte nance of American highways is the 1:of intelligent and effective super vision." The great railroad corporations are getting together in the Interest of har mony and, incidentally, higher freight rates. ORPHANS' COURT OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE. E t -te of Sarah Forney, late of the Bor ough of Danville in the County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, deceased. By virtue of an Order os the Orphans' Court of Montour County granted to him for such purposes, t lie undersigned as Adminis trator of the said decedent will expose to public sale upon tiie premises on Thursday, Feb. 28th, 1901. at two o'clock in the afternoon of the said day. tiie following real estate of the said decedent to wit: All that certain messuage or tenement and town lot of land situate in the Fourth Ward of the Borough of Danville in the County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, viz: Fronting on Vine street 011 the Eastward, adjoining lot No. 188 on the Northward, an alley on the Westward, and lot now or formerly of An thony DeShay on the Southward, containing in width on Vine street fifty feet, and in depth one hundred and twenty-four feet, aud num bered one hundred and forty (140). and mark ed in Samuel Yorks addition to the Borough of banvilie aforesaid, with the appurtenan ces and whereupon are erected a Two Story Frame Dwellioi House and other outbuildings. TERMS OF SALE: Twenty-five percent of the purchase money shall tie oaid In cash at the time of striking down the property, and the balance thereof shall be paid upon the confirmation absolute of the said sale. Deed to be delivered to the purchaser upon the confirmation absolute of such sale and the costs of writing, revenue stamps thereof, etc., to be paid by such purchaser. WILLIAM G. FORNEY. Administrator of Sarah Forney deceased. Edward Sayre Gearhakt. Counsel. Danville, Pa. Jan. 31st. 1901. SHERIFF'S SALE ~ -OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE j Bv virtue of certain writs of Fieri Facias is sued out of tiie Court of Common Pleas of Montour county, and to me directed, I will expose to Public Sale at the Court House iu the Borough of Danville. Montour county and State of Pennsylvania, on Honday, Feb. 18th, 1901. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the said day, the following described real estate, viz: All that certain messuage, tenement and town lot of land situate in the Borough of Danville. County of Montour and State of Pennsvl vania, bounded and described as fol lows, to wit: Fronting 011 Front street on the South, by lot of Jacob Asliton on the West, an alley on the North and Nassau street 011 the East, being Fifty feet more nr less in fronton Front street and extending back One Hundred and Fifty feet to Alley, being lot Number Fourteen 114) in Snyder s Addition to Danville. The improvements the premises are a Two-Story Frame Dwellim House, 1 frame stable, a small frame store and shoe maker's shop and all necessary outbuildings. Seized, taken into execution, and to be sold as the property of David Kuckel. M. BRECK BILL. Sheriff, W.J. Bai.dy. Attorney. Sheriff's Office. Danville, Pa.. Jan, HOth, ISXJI. Estate of John Marshall late of tht Limestone Township, County of Man tour State of Pennsylvania, deceased Notice is hereby given that letter of A.I ministration upon the above State hav< granted to the undersigned. AU persons in it'.'btod to the said Estate, are reouired t< make payment, and those having claims 01 demands against the said estate, will mak< known the same without delay to CHARLES A. WAGNER, Adminlst rator. P. O , Address, Ottawa, Pa or Daniel W. Rask. Att'y. Limestoneville, Fa. NOTICE. Estate of Sarah Forney late of the Bot ough of Danville, in the County c Montour and State of Pennsylvania deceased. Notice is hereby given t lint Letters of Ad ministration upon the above estate have l>eei granted to the undersigned. A.: person* U debted to the said estate are rc((ui\ t J h> inak payment, and those having claims or de munds against the said estate, will wak kno.vn the same, without, delay, to WILLIAM G. FORNEY, Administrator of Sarah Forney deceased, P O. address, Riverside, Pa. Edward Havre Oearu .\ut Counsel.
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