MONT9UR AMERICAN
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa.. Mar. 7 1901
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
I ________
New System Developed by the
Weather Bureau.
RECEIVER OF SOUNDER TYPE USED
Chief Moore Says Marconi's Keeordu
Have Already Ileen Snri»iui«e«l— Ap
paratus Completed That la Expect
ed to Enable Operators to Signal
Ship* Five Hundred Mile# Out at
Sea.
A new system of wireless telegraphy
has been developed by the weather bu
reau.
"It is a success," said Willis S.
Moore, chief of the bureau, recently to
a Washington representative of the
New York World. "We have been ex
perimenting for a year at Cobbs island,
In the Potomac river, 70 miles below
Washington.
"We have completed an apparatus
that we expect will enable us to signal
ships 500 miles or more out at sea. We
shall soon send out ships equipped with
receiving instruments. We have just
completed a station at ltoanoke, N. C.,
and will soon have stations at Hatteraa
and Cape Henry.
"We have succeeded in telegraphing
perfectly with our wireless system for
60 miles over a rough country around
WILLIS s. MOORE.
.Washington. That, I believe, is fully
equal to the best transmission that has
ever been accomplished by the Marconi
method. Our system is quite distinct
from his and is ix-ing developed along
our own lines.
"We succeeded in sending messages
for some distance from a staff only
three feet high. We established regu
lar communication between the labora
tory and Washington, 60 miles, une or
our men has a farm near Fort Myer,
Va., just across from Washington. A
staff 100 feet high was on the place,
and at the top we placed our instru
ments. We were able to communicate
with the Island as regularly and as
freely as though we were working over
a wire. The speed of the waves was
practically that of light.
"Wo used a system of dots and
dashes, and our receiver was of the
'sounder' type. We read messages by
eound. We expect, however, to develop
a receiver that will record messages.
Notwithstanding our success it does
not seem that wireless telegraphy is
developed yet to the point whero it
can be used for ordinary commercial
purposes on land. The earth disturb
ances and the conditions that surround
cities would prove obstacles."
THE SPEAKER'S GAVEL.
Mr. Joy Presented With One Sent by
<1 St. I.onis Minister.
A gavel was presented to Speaker
Henderson of the house by Mr. Joy of
St. Louis and forwarded to Washing
ton by Rev. T. U. Hagerty of St Louis.
The gavel was accompanied by a letter
from Rev. Hagerty, which was turn
ed over to tho speaker after the pres
entation by Mr. Joy.
The gavel is one of the neatest in
the collection which the speaker has,
nays the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The head is of oak taken from the
house in St. Louis which was present
ed to General Sherman by the city.
The handle is of hickory taken from
the log cabin which was built by Gen
eral Grant on tho Dent farm, near St
Louis. The speaker will make use of
the gavel at times, and when not in use
he will keep it with the G7 other gavels
which have been given him since his
election as speaker. One which he
■values as much as any other ia made
from a tree In the grounds of Upper
lowa university, where the speaker
was educated. It is the plainest of his
gavels. The most ornate is one pre
sented by the people of lowa upon his
selection as speaker and is heavily
bound in gold. It is valued at $l5O.
I ever grew on the lawn is Splra-a
van bouttel. When in full bloom, it
looks very much like a great bank of
enow. The flowers are small and borne
In great clusters, so great in fact that
they bend the long, slender stems al
most to the ground. It truly is a beau
tiful thing, hardy as an oak and does
not sucker. If 1 could have only one
shrub on the lawn, it would be Splra-a
van houttei, says a writer in an ex
change.
Valnp of Dren*.
Of course when one comes in from the
day's work a meal is necessary. The only
thing to guard against is tiiking it when
one is too fatigued to digest it. If. instead
of sitting down as soon as possible after
entering the house to dinner or supper,
the weary worker were first to take a cup
of beef tea, or even of weak tea, with a
little piece of bread and butter, which
would a' t as a stimulant, she would by
the time she had made her toilet for the
evening be sufficiently rested and refresh
ed to eat a hearty meal with benefit.
And right here comes a word as to the
importance of dressing for the evening.
It is not merely a habit of refinement, but
it helps one to overcome fatigue to get rid
of the dust of the day and to put on fresh,
cool garments instead of those one has
worn since morning. The donning of
some sort of evening dress—be it only a
well worn blouse— lias a tonic effect on
both mind and body and should by no
means be omitted, even by the weary
business woman living alone in a board- i
ing house. —Pittsburg Dispatch.
"THE GHOST OF THE CAGF."
Art I.' \pinn;ttion of OI1JCTWI«<? Iwi
t.lU-aulc Klrialttr Accident*.
A S ii'.itur linn ran across a party of
M.iiipiiia lin nin iiit' office of the Arling
t'ln. :ilid tln v wire talking about elevator
a «i< Icii i~. In tlii- party was a member of
the city engineer's corps, who said:
"Every year there are hundreds of ele
vator accidents, and very few of tlieni are
from the breaking of cables or brakes.
The majority of the cases on record can
be traced to I his one fact: The victim
stepped into the shaft. Now. why on
earth would a s:;nr man do such a thing?
Why, he simply thought he saw the eleva
tor car in it* accustomed place, and when
he stepped on what he thought was solid
floor he went to his death. The first of
these remarkable elevator accidents that
was ever noticed came to light in the min
ing rt •: *of Colorado. Years ago 1 was
ut in that section of the country engi
neering for different companies, and ia
regard to these accidents I speak from
what 1 actually saw. The first accident
of tiii* hind 1 ever heard of was in one
of the deep silver mines of Leadville.
"One of the oldest men in the employ
if (he company, a man who had been fol
lowing milling for half his life and knew
this mine as he knew the streets of Lead
ville. ran a car of ore over tho edge of
the shaft on the third level and was drag
ged down to the bottom with it. He was
mortally injured, but before he died he
told the doctor that he saw the 'cage' at
the shaft.
"Since that time there have been any
number of accidents of a like nature in
the mines out west. Sometimes the vic
tims were all killed at once, but those
who survived always swore that they
saw the cage. I have talked to old min
ers, and they say they dread nothing
more than the 'ghost of the cage.' They
say that it comes to men who have work
ed all their lives in the mines. In fact,
the longer a man has worked in a deep
mine the more apt is he to see the 'ghost
of the cage.'
"So, taking it all together, I firmly be
lieve that those who lose their lives by
stepping into open elevator shafts really
see the elevator car. It is one of the
most fatal optical illusions in the world,
but such it must be. The victim has be
come accustomed to seeing the cage at
the shaft when he reeds it, and the pic
ture of it is fixed on his brain. When
the fatal step is taken that sends him to
death, he really SITS it—the ghost of the
cage."—Memphis Scimitar.
The reception tendered to Lord Rob
erts upon his return to London was a
very sincere expression of the admi
ration In which he is held by his
countrymen, but it was decidedly
lacking in enthusiasm and exultation.
According to the dispatches the crowds
were "much subdued by the news of
Boer activity." It seems to have had
a decidedly sobering effect.
The Hay rauncefote treaty, "amend
ed and approved," has been placed in
the hands of the British secretary of
state for foreign affairs by Embas
sador Choate. Now the question comes
up, What will the Marquis of I.ans
uowne do with it? _
How's This ?
We ot.er One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. cnF.XEY & CO..
We the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
W EST & TRCAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
O. WALDINO. KIXNAX & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
How to Prepare P.UKI a In Tripe.
noil cigm o.m >••
water, then remove shells and separate
yolks and whites, keeping yolks entire.
Shred the whites. Make a pint of
bechemel sauce. Place the yolks of
eggs in the middle of a heated dish
and the shredded whites around
them. Pour the boiling sauce ovot
them and sprinkle a little minced pars
ley over the top. Garnish with fried
croutons of toast points.
Stack liny.
Feed stack hay before that stored in
the barn to tivoid loss. While the hay
will dry out nearly as much in one
place as in another, there is a far great
er loss in feeding value in that put up
In stacks due to spoiling on top by the
weather and on the bottom by damp-
ness from the ground. The Colorado
experiment station found the loss to be
12.4 per cent in feeding value in stack
ed bay and but 2.5 per cent in that
stored in barns, a difference of 10 per
cent. Thus nine tons of hay putin the
barn will feed as much stock as 10
tons put In stack. When this test was
made, the conditions were more favora
ble than the average season for feeding
stack ha v.— American Agriculturist.
IN DANVILLE
Every claim is backed by local testimony.
If the reader wants anything stronger
than the opinions and experiences of
his neighbors, what can it be ?
Mr. Josiah Williams of 510 Ash street,
barber says:~"l did not have to use a
whole box of Doan's Kidney Pills before
they cured my back of depressing ach
ing and removed the lameness which
had made every movement painful.
The lameness centered right over my
kidnej s. and stoopping or lifting sent a
sharp twinges through me. When on
my feet a dull gnawing pain took all
the vim out of me. 1 gave some to Mr.
C. H. Stoes of 217 East Mahoning St.,
and as 1 had no further use for them and
he was as pleased as with the positive
results obtained."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cent a box. Foster Mi 11 burn Co., Buff
alo, N. Y. sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name —Doan's —and
take no other.
M.it- Hutchison gave an exhibition
the other afternoon in New York of
his instrument to make the deaf hear.
Among the physicians present were
Dr. E. Gruening, Dr. Gorham Bacon
and Dr. Frederick Whiting. Several
deaf mutes from the New York Insti
tute For Deaf and Dumb were also
present, and the test was generally
successful, says the New York Suu.
All the mutes except one, who was to
tally deaf, were made to distinguish
various sounds. The machine intensi
fies the articulation of sounds, but does
not increase the volume. A whisper
through the machine is beard more dis
tinctly than a shout. The machines
are easily portable, being attached to
a smnli dry battery so formed that it
can be worn inside the coat. It has a
transmitter and receiver somewhat
similar to those parts of the telephone.
Announcement.
To accomodate those who nr.' partial
to the use of atomizers in applying li
quids into the nasal passages for catm r
/ml trouble*, the proprietors prepare
Cream Balm in liquid form, which will
be known as Ely's Liquid Cream Balm.
Price including the spraying tube is 75
cts. Druggists or by mail. The liquid
form embodies the medicinal properties
of the solid preparation. Cream Balm
is <|nickly absorbed by the membrane
and does not dry up the secretions but
changes them to a natural and healthy
character. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St.,
N. Y. 1
do rou 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
it i ! cures made by Dr.
—nfy iji Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
t ! the great kidney, liver
11 anc i bladder rem- i
-t jf /-VW t r it is the great me "
-1 \j>V caltriumnhnf.iv. nine
l\V-J\ jjlsH teenth
I.VML !l!l covered ai.- . j
('luff' -M scientific researcn by
Dill (~ D r - Kilmer, the emi
[] ® y - _ ' nent kidney and blad
' der specialist, and is
wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. It has been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer & Co.,Bing-K^^jMp | HjjE£
hamton, N. Y. The
regular fifty cent and' Homo of Swamp-Root,
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
A\ onld Let Women Vote.
Representative Henry C. Smith of
Michigan has introduced the following
amendment to the federal constitution:
The house of representatives shall be composed
ot numbers chosen every second year by the peo
ple of the several states, and the electors in each
Btate shall have the qualifications hereafter pre
scribed by a>_'. of which qualifications
shall be ur.ifurw in all the stat< 5.
The member from Michigan has over
looked a decision of the United States
supreme court, delivered by Chief Jus
tice Waite In 1873, which declared:
"Tho United States has no voters of its
own creation. * * * The franchise must
be regulated by the states." The qual
ifications of electors therefore cannot
be "prescribed by act of congress."
This decision was made for the purpose
of preventing women from voting un
der the fourteenth amendment. To be
sure, it reversed one of its own deci
sions thereby, but it stopped the leak
in the dike which would have inundat
ed the country.—New York Sun.
"Every Inch a Ilncness."
Here is a description of the gown
worn by the Duchess of Devonshire,
one of England's enormously wealthy
and handsomest duchesses, at the pri
vate theatricals which were a feature
of the house party recently invited for
the Prince of Wales (now Edward VII)
by the duke and duchess at their splen
did residence, Cliatsworth:
A veritable duchess look> d her grace
of Devonshire, robed in p.ilo 1.1 no of
the richest fabric veiled in jewel em
broidered chiffon, the skirt and decol
letage studded with diamonds and a
small coronet of the same gem worn
over a wreath of green leaves. One
shoulder was massed with lovely pink
blooms, and many rows of pearls, with
clasps of sapphires am! diamonds, wen
worn rountl her grace's throat.
The queen ot Spam wuen at m. ,*«o
bastian gave sittings for a bust to the
well known sculptor Lucien Pailez.
The bust, which is larger than life, rep
resents the queen in court dress, with
the crown upon her head and the royal
mantle draped over her shoulders. M.
Pailez is said to have succeeded in nn
nn cnli«ili«bk Hhrnt
A grain of sand in the eye can cause
excruciating agony. A grain of pepper
in place of the grain of sand intensifies
the torment. The pain is not confined
to the organs affected. Tin-whole liody
feels the shock of that little irritating
particle. It is so when there is any
derangement or disorder of the delicate
womanly organs. The disorder may
seem trivial but the whole body feels it.
The nervous system is disordered.
There ar»' fretfulness, irritability, sull
enness and depression of spirits. The
general health of woman depends on
the local health on the organs peculiarly
feminine. Remove the drains, ulcera
tions, bearing down pains, and other
afflictions of women, and the whole
body feels the benefit. Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is a specific IV. r
the diseases that undermine the strength
of women. It is free from opium, co
caine and other narcotics, poisons Which
enter into many other preparations for
woman's use. It makes weak women
strong and sick women well
The Wife of "Bobs."
Lady Roberts is a buxom matron who
looks in the pink of health. Her expres
sion is much more severe and determined
than that of her husband, so that it is
easy to guess that she is the dominant
partner—a fact known to every Anglo-In
dian. She ia idolized by her devoted and
most amiable spouse.
Lord Roberts married under very inter
esting circumstances. He had come back
from India a handsome young officer with
a newly won Victoria cross. At a garri
son dance in Waterford he met the good
looking daughter of Captain Bews, late of
the Seventy-third foot. Ho fell in love
with her and, despite the opposition of
his family, was married to her within
three months.
New Gym For Princeton,
At a recent meeting of tlie committee
In charge of securing funds for the
erection of a new gymnasium at
Princeton ways and means of obtain
ing the required amount, $200,000, were
discussed, and the announcement of
several handsome sums of money was
made. Professor William I.ibbey, sec
retary of the committee, said he was
very confident the entire $200,000, and
possibly $250,000, for the new structure
will be at the disposal of the commit
tee within the next two years. He also
remarked that it would be one of the
finest gymnasiums in the eastern
states. As soon as tlie subscriptions
will warrant it work on the building
will be begun. It will be erected on
the south campus and will adjoin the
Brokaw building. The plans are new
tn the hands of the committee.
THE TRUSTS AND THE WAGE EARN
ERS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Important news of interest to every
employe ami employer of labor will be
published in The Philadelphia North
American, beginning with Monday,
March 4. and continuing daily for sever
al days. These articles deal with mat
ters which affect every man's pocket
book, and will be of vital interest to a
liberty-loving publio. Everyone will be
discussing these news articles Every
one should rend .them.
Notice.
The first and final account of W. Fred.
Jacobs committee, of Harmon A. Freisch
a lunatic, has been filed in my office and
will l»e presented at the next term of
the Court of Common Pleas of Montour
County for confirmation ni si, and if no
exceptions are filed, will be confirmed
absolutely within four days thereafter.
J. C. Miller, Prothonotarv.
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"» WTK Silverware %
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* That Wears *
Cheap, thinly plated Silverware, is costly
J . ! at any price. Good reliable ware costs more ;L
* it first but the wearing qualities are so good it JL
is much cheaper in the end.
Ifj*\ Our plated Knives, Forks, Spoons &c. in- jm
q\ elude such makes as 1847 Rogers, Rogers <Sc jm
fj\ liro. star brand, Wm, Rogers and Pairpoint, all m
ff\ g°od but none costs more than others. my
flfX Solid or Sterling Silver Spoons, Forks, &c jff\
in many new styles. iji
HENRY IR.EIMIF'E.
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VENTILATING PROBLEM.
Fresh Air In the Ponltry House D«f-
Inif the Winter Season.
Ventilation of the poultry house is a
matter which needs little or no atten
tion in warm weather when the doors
ami windows are left wide open day
and night, but with the advent of cold
weather and the closing of doors and
windows to keep out the cold ventila
tion becomes a matter of considerable
importance. The fowls must have pure
fresh air to breathe or they will be
come victims of disease. If the poul
try house is not properly aired, it will
be damp as well as full of foul air. In
cold weather the moisture exhaled
from the lungs of the fowls condenses
on the walls of the poultry house in
the form of frost. A thaw melts this
frost, and it drips from the roof and
walls, making the house damp and un
wholesome. Where tho houses are well
aired daily and are not overcrowded
the amount of frost on the walls or
dampness ("sweating," as It is com
monly called) Is not enough to do
harm. Where a house "sweats" enough
to be troublesome, even when well
aired daily, it is pretty certain that
there are too many fowls in the house.
I am opposed to the common and
"patent" ventilators, because they do
not ventilate. If the fowls were blessed
with the power to operate the ventila
tors themselves and had sense enough
to do so, then patent ventilators might
give good results. As It is the poultry
man lias to set the ventilators accord
ing to his judgment, and if sudden
weather changes come during his ab
sence the fowls have to take the conse
quences.
Nearly all ventilators create drafts,
and drafts in the poultry house mean
colds and roup sure. The difficulty of
managing ventilators can be readily
understood if you will stop to consider
that a small, thin current of air from a
small opening is a draft and is danger
ous. It does not purify the air any
more than a small thin stream of clear
water flowing into a muddy pond puri
ties the pond. It simply makes a little
current of purity and then is lost In the
foulness. This little thin current is
what causes mischief. On the other
hand, a large volume of pure air does
purify and is not dangerous to health.
Again, a ventilator which on a warm,
still day admits little or no appreciable
amount of air becomes the source of a
strnric •-'oM draft the moment the
weather changes to cold and windy.
My advice has always been to open
the doors and windows of the poultry
house to air it out with a good volume
of fresh air daily all winter, the win
dows to be opened while the fowls are
exercising in the litter, tho length of
time that they are to be kept open to
depend on the state of the weather. On
bright, sunny, warm days the windows
should be open as long as the sun
shines In the house. On cold or stormy
days keep the windows open only long
enough thoroughly to renovate the air
in the house. Betnember that on warn?
or still days it takes some time to air
the house thoroughly, and when weath
er is very cold and windy a few min
utes will often be sufficient to change
the air. Do not make a mistake in cold
weather and keep the house wide
open sufficiently long thoroughly to
chill it. Airing the house well requires
judgment on the part of the poultry
keeper.—Dr. Woods in Poultry Month
ly. _
Cheap Trap Xests.
These nests will not cost more than
1 cent each, as any grocer will give
away the old egg crates. Make hinges
of pieces cut from old shoes. The exit
should be exactly like the front shown
herewith, except that the trap should
COST, ONE CENT EACH.
swing out instead of in. Be careful
that there is plenty of play for these
lids, so that they will neither bind
against the top' when the hen enters
nor against the sides when she has
squatted. Make the curved openings
not more than two inches deep in the
middle.—Poultry Monthly.
This nest is practically the same as
the Eureka nest, invented some years
ago by Mr. A. J. Silberstein.
Thliiun Thnt a Hen Should Have.
In order for a lien of a certain weight
to produce an egg of a certain size or
weight she must have just enough
wholesome food. Her system must not
be overtaxed by too much or starved
by too little. In fact, everything must
be conducive to the comfort of the hen
if a continuous yield of eggs Is expect
ed. The quarters must be dry, warm
and clean; the hen must not be allowed
to remain In idleness, for this will sure
ly lead to bad habits. Besides, it is
contrary to nature for a hen to have
nothing to do, aud nothing tends to
produce good health and to keep a hen
In a laying condition like exercise. It
brightens her up, makes her thrifty
and vigorous, and In severe cold weath
er lively exercise helps to keep her
warm. The egg contains a variety of
substance, and so the food of the hen
must be varied accordingly—grain of
different kinds, bone and meat, vegeta
bles, lime and one other article which
should never lie overlooked, and that is
grit If you wish hens to do their best
in producing eggs all winter, see that
the flocks are not too large or too many
crowded in the house. Fifty good hens
well eared for will give better satisfac
tion and greater returns than 100 half
kept. As a general thing, it is not the
large flock that is making the clear
profit for the poultry raiser, but the
small lots that are well kept.—V. M.
Couch.
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
The Peru (Ind.) Steel Castings com
pany employs only men who do i»ot
drink.
Lancashire is the next richest county
to London. It is rated at £24,000,000
against London's £43,500,000.
In the German empire there are 2.918
public establishments for hot baths
one to every 18,000 inhabitants.
Among the thousands of bodies bur
led In the potter's field of New York
there is not one of a Chinaman.
A California paper says that the men
who live on the ranges are notable for
their remarkably retentive memories.
It has been suggested lately that the
wireless telegraph might find a useful
application in the fire alarm signaling.
The British claim to control the gold
fish market of the world. The fisli are
getting scarce and the price has dou
bled.
The next census round up will find
100,000,000 in the-United States. So
says the superintendent of the census
bureau.
The scheme to divide Texas has been
revived. If it should ever come to any
thing, El Paso would be made the cap
ital of the new state.
A wide awake American has erected
fitoam pumps on the Jordan and is sup
plying churches all over Europe with
genuine Jordan water.
The salmon output in the northwest
exceeds that of all former years. "Not
wanting any more" was the only limit
to the catch this season.
Antlcosti Island, in the gulf of St
Lawrence, though owned by a French
man is under the British flag and sub
ject to the Canadian laws.
The diamond tooth craze seems to be
increasing, and a New York dentist de
clares he simply piled up orders dur
ing his stay In the French capital.
A conduit line to cost $."00,000 Is pro
jected in Folkestone, Kent, England,
In down town sections, with an over
head trolley system in the suburbs.
An eminent Italian doctor has been
experimenting with the inhalation of
petroleum fumes in cases of whooping
cough and has obtained good results.
Houses which are damp because of
proximity to undrained land may be
rendered more habitable by planting
the laurel and the sunflower near them.
A report from Monterey, Mexico, de
clares thnt the miners In Mexico sub
stantiate the claim that the Chinese
discovered this continent long before
the days of Columbus.
An improved mail service has been
Installed in Frankfort, Germany, the
tramway company having recently add
ed seven automobile cars and seven
trailer cars to the street railway mail
service.
A hotel landlord In St Louis has es
tablished curfew regulations in his
house. Promptly at 10 o'clock at night
the curfew rings, and guests at that
time are expected to turn out the lights
and goto bed.
In New Zealand there exists a brass
band whose members are wholly
mounted on bicycles. This band, which
is located at Chrlstchurch, consists of
ten players, and these not merely ride
their bicycles to practice, but fulfill
their engagements on the wheel.
The Cunard company has decided on
building several steamships which will
be expected to wrest from German
built vessels the speed championship
now held by the latter. Other English
lines will probably follow suit In the
attempt to outdo the Deutscliland.
The London Daily Mail says that the
days of the banjo are numbered in
England and that that instrument will
soon be included in the same category
with the mouth organ aud the accor
dion. The zither will probably be the
favorite instrument the coming sea
son.
The Boston park board has extended
the time within which horseless car
riages can be driven ID the park sys
tem. Automobiles can now be run
from 8:30 until 11:30 in the evening.
The vehicles must not travel at a
higher speed than ten miles an hour
In the park.
Professor Lewin of Berlin has found
among 300 laborers who constantly
handle copper eight men whose hair
had in consequence obtained a green
ish tinge, which no washing would re
move. The phenomenon lias been
known, he says, 200 years, but it takes
several years to produce it.
Half size pianos are being made in
Germany for the use of children who
are learning to play. Doctors declare
that much permanent injury is done to
the muscles of the fingers by endeavor
ing to stretch an octave or more, so the
new pianos are made with keys half
the usual \\ idtb in order to prevent
such Injury.
Photographing objects solely by the
light from the planet Venus lias been
successfully accomplished. The ex
periments were conducted within the
dome of the Smith observatory at Ge
neva, N. Y., so that all outside light
was excluded except that which came
from Venus through the open shutter
of the dome.
Japan will shortly be the strongest
naval power In the far east Three
new warships have lately arrived from
England, France and Germany, and
the Hatsuse Is expected from England.
In mere tonnage alone the four new
vessels surpass the total tonnage of the
11 Japanese or the 12 Chinese ships
that were present at the great sea fight
in the Yellow sea.
Germany Is rapidly becoming a na
tion of whisky drinkers, according to
the report of Commissioner of Internal
Revenue Wilson. More distilled spirits
aro exported from this country to Ger
many than to any other foreign coun
try. The Germans, apparently, are
partial to Bourbon whisky in prefer
ence to rye. For the year ending June
30, 1900, 411,489 gallons of Bourbon
and 137,578 gallons of rye whisky were
sent
"WORRY I.N THE HAIR.
A SUBJECT THAT IS EARNESTLY CON
SIDERED BY MANY WOMEN.
Sonir of the 'l'hlnKii I aed (u Keep
Hair Froiu Falliiitt Out or 'l'arnluK
(ira> —Our Urauduiothem Were
Maid Dmitltr Their Many Heiuedlm,
If it is fair to judge by the way the
i women talk, this question of what to do
for the hair is the greatest rival that the
servant girl question has. Those who
"lalk about it are frankly worried, while
j those who say nothing are quietly experi-
I meuting with and lotions reeoui
| mended by specialist . by sympathetic
1 friends. If your t. . «s "falling out by
handfuls," there is some comfort in the
thought that your neighbor's is doing the
very same thing, and if you find nearly
i everything you try a blank failure so far
I as remedying the evil is concerned rest
| content that she is having the same expe
j rience. After all, though, the person
who declares that baldness is on the in
crease is a good deal of an alarmist.
Look at the woman of 50 years of age.
It is only in rare instances that she is
narrowed down to a thin wisp of hair,
; while the woman of the generation be
j fore her was often the victim of a baid
pate and of a cap to cover it long before
she had reached the half century mark.
Most persons talk as if this evil of falling
hair were something entirely new. If it
( is, why did our grandmothers feel it nec-
I essary to anoint their heads with tea or
with sage tea, and why were all the po
mades and washes and lotions concocted?
Considering the advice and hair invig
orators which used to be generally ac
cepted, it is no wonder that the cap was
i only a matter of time. The usual plan
j was to brush the scalp until redness and
a warm glow were obtained and then to
' dab among the roots of the hair with
some one of the hair lotions. If this lo
tion produced a smarting sensation, all
right and good; if not, the brushing was
resumed. The basis of most of the invig
! orators was either the tincture or the
vinegar of cantharides, and cantharides
is really another name for Spanish flies,
the chief ingredient in very hot plasters.
It stands to reason that the process of
pumrueling an already sensitive scalp
with a stiff hairbrush, then adding a blis
tering compound of file and cologne and
perhaps u little rosewater was enough
to set up an answering irritation. Some
times tea was mixed in.and an old fash
ioned hair tonic was made by scalding
| two ounces of black tea with one gallon
of boiling water, straining off the liquid
and adding to it glycerine, cantharides
I and bay rum in generous proportions,
j This of course made a large supply of
j the wash, but since it was to be applied
j twice a day it was well to have plenty on
hand.
Pomatums for the growth of the hair
have always been considered inferior to
the lotions in efficacy. Pomatums or po
mades were often used merely as a dress
ing for the hair without any idea of re
newing its growth. The pomades were
often delicately colored and delicately
scented, but nevertheless the fact re
mains that the basis was in most cases
nothing more or less than a mixture of
lard and suet. The combination might
be of two parts lard and one part beef
suet or of five parts lard and two parts
mutton suet, the latter mixture used
chiefly in white pomades. In either case
the suet was subjected to a purifying
process. For a lotig time the fat of the
bear was held in high esteem for pro
moting the growth of the hair, perhaps
because its rankness made it seem pow
erful. As a matter of fact little of the
so called bear's grease which eager
searchers after something to improve
their hair used to try had ever been in
sight of a bear. The dealers readily con
cocted a mixture of pure lard and palm
oil with a few other ingredients and
passed it off on the satisfied and unsus
pecting public.
All of these and many more tonics
have had their firm admirers, those who
were ready to say that they were the
best things In the world for the hair, and
that proves very conclusively that ev
ery scalp has its own peculiar little
traits, and what will make one person's
hair cease from falling and crop out in a
luxury of new sprouts will bring the
next person down with her locks to de
spair.
It is as nonsensical trying to lay down
n course of treatment for all heads as
trying to devise a treatment for all com
plexions. In both cases the health must
be taken into account. One person with
a most beautiful skin may declare that it
is the result of never using soap on her
face, while If another blindly followed
her example the result would be far
from charming. It is a bad plan to try
anything just because some one else has
found it good. For instance, one woman
whose hair by right of age should be thin
has a heavy mass of soft, pretty hair.
Her chosen hair tonic has been a pat
ented remedy in which sugar of lead, sul
phur, ammonia, glycerin and water ap
pear in varying proportions. A person of
nervous temperament, with a highly irri
table skin, would be very unwise to fol
low her example. Furthermore, what is
good for an oily scalp would be the
height of folly for a dry scalp. Even
with the same individual the treatment
frequently needs changing. The scalp,
in the first place, might be covered with
dandruff. To cure this there is nothing
better than some mixture containing cor
rosive sublimate. After the symptoms of
dandruff have disappeared there is no
longer need of the corrosive sublimate,
and something to merely nourish the
roots of the hair should be substituted.
The only unvarying rules are: Give your
hair as much freedom as possible by nev
er knotting it at night for one thing. Do
not brush and mangle your scalp as you
would scrub a floor, but rather treat it
gently and favor it as you would a sick
child. Avoid close aud heavy hats. Have
your sleeping room cool, and look out for
your general health. If you are obliged
io do much nerve or brain work, you may
expect your hair to grow thin, but if you
can keep a good digestion there is hope.
-Sew York Sun.
Tlie Woman's Hotel.
It really looks as though the woman's
hotel were going to be built. Of course
there Is still a little doubt about It—
that seems as inseparable a part as its
front door—but matters are shaping
themselves rapidly. There is scarce a
woman who is not interested in this
project. Those who live in town see
the enormous need of such a hostelry,
and those who live elsewhere look on it
as a possible haven for themselves
But it seems like one of those thing*
which are too good to be true. The
housing of women—that is the odious
but correct term, I believe—is a prob
lem only second to the housing of the
poor, and one which the women have
been ingeniously settling for them
selves. Some fly to the boarding house
and loath it; some keep house co-oper
atively 'n a fiat and weary of the lack
of privacy; some "prig in the studio"
and are but half nourished; others take
rooms and depend on the cheap tables
d'hote..
Itut all tiiese are a weariness to the
flesh, besides having deplorable effects
on the spirits. Therefore the woman
worker in New York, whether student
or wage earner, looks eagerly to the
woman's hotel as a happy haven where
she may anchor safely and where ex
penses shall not be too high. The enor
mous numbers of girls and women who
live outside of our city and who find
it necessary to come here are equally
excited over the prospect of a definite
refuge. In the opinion of many wise
women, they would far better not
come, for New York Is more than over
crowded with women workers, but ap
parently the sagest advice is power
less to prevent the Influx.—New York
m aud Express.
AN UNQI JET FOLK.
VENEZUELA AGAIN INDULGES IN A
REVOLUTION.
Why Our South \ inerit'll n >rlghli«in
Huve Brcuiiif Dlasnt ixlirri Willi
Their I'rr»i<l e u I American later
em a to Ue Prulepti'il.
Venezuela. the tiery South Amerieau
republic that lies on the southerly coast
of the Caribbean sea, is having its pe
riodical disturbance. Judging from Its
past history, Venezuela would cot he
happy without trouble of some kind,
for the land has been in an almost con
slant state of disturbance since it* free
ing from Spanish domination There
have been countless unsuccessful rebel
lions and successful revolutions.
During the revolt preceding the pres
ent one in IS'.CJ President Andrade was
deposed and forced to tlee froui the
country by the insurgents under Gen
eral Cipriauo Castro. The latter has
been president of Venezuela ever since,
but lie has made himself unpopular by
his arrogance and assumption of un
constitutional power. The malcontents
have therefore decided to oust Castro
and restore Andrade. They have thus
far met with decided success and under
General liolando control the entire
state of Bermudez. in the eastern part
of Venezuela. The malcontents have
also gained successes in the west and
are closing in on Caracas.
In Bermudez, by the way, are situat
ed the famous asphalt deposits about
which there is so much dispute among
Americans. This Yankee trouble is,
however, only a side issue and has lit
tle or nothing to do with the impend
ing revolution. Our government will
see through Francis B. Loomis, our
minister at Caracas, and by the pres
ence of warships that American inter
ests do not suffer by the revolution.
President Castro has prepared for
himself a refuge in case, as seems
probable, he is compelled to flee the
From a recent photo.
VENEZUELAN' COAST, NEAR BERMUDEZ.
country by buying a fast American
steam yacht. It is said that, like most
South American politicians, he has
feathered his own nest well while in
office and need have little fear as to his
financial future. General Castro is
about 40 years of.age and is hard
working and well educated. He lias
been a Liberal and has long been prom
inent in Venezuelan politics.
General Andrade, who will probably
reoccupy in the near future the Casa
Amarilla, or "Yellow House," as the
executive mansion of Venezuela is call
ed, is well known in Washington. He
served as Venezuelan minister to this
country during the administration of
President Cleveland and was very pop
ular in the diplomatic corps. Senor
Andrade has had much experience as a
diplomat and speaks English fluently.
Although Venezuela has an area of
-560,159 square miles and is a country
very rich in soil and in minerals, its
population is less than 2,.100.000. and of
this only about 1 per cent is white. The
rest are Indians, negroes or of mixed
race. Some parts of the country have
never been thoroughly explored and re
main exactly as they were 400 years
ago. Naturally, as the country lies be
tween 1 and 12 degrees north of the
equator, it is in parts very hot, but the
heat is tempered by the mountainous
nature of much of the surface. Ca
racas, the capital, near the northern
coast, has a climate that ranges be
tween 48 and 84 degrees F. It Is a
pleasant city and the pride of Venezu
ela. •*
The state religion of Venezuela is Ro
man Catholic, but the freest toleration
is extended toward all other faiths.
There are three distinct classes in Ven
ezuela, the ruling class, the commercial
class and the lower class. To the first
belong the real rulers of the country,
the politicians and soldiers, although
the bulk cf the army of the republic Is
recruited from the third or lower class.
To the second class belong the busi
ness men, the merchants of the towns,
the cattle raisers of the interior and
others.
The remainder of the population com
prises the third class, the lower Orders
of the towns, the workers on the farms
and plantations and those of the Indian
population who are subject to the re
public. Professional and educated men
usually turn their attention to politics
and run the country, so that there is
really in the so called republic little
semblance to our form of government.
The chief products of Venezuela are
coffee and sugar. About one-fifth of
the population is engaged in agricul
ture. In ISDB the exports of Venezuela
amounted to $8,159,024 and the imports
to $14,378,115.
Most jluilcNt of Women.
"What most impressed you at Ober
ammergau?" was asked of a returned
tourist recently.
"It was the conduct of Anna Flunger,
tlio young woman who waited on our ta
ble where we lodged. She took the part
of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The only
remarkable thing about it was that she
v as just as simple aud unaffected as we
might have expected any young woman
of the village to be, though hers was the
part which the young women of Oher*
anmiergau count worthy a life's ambi
tion and the greatest honor that can come
to oue of them in ten years und but once
to one.
"Saturday night she served us at table,
and Sunday morning she served our sim
ple breakfast, all as if unconscious that
in an hour she would be the heroine in
that sublime drama.
"The best thing I got at Oberammer
gau was not anything that I saw on the
stage. It was that simple exhibition of
unaffected Christian service, and it help
ed me toward a truer interpretation of
the true Christian spirit."—Youth's Com
panion.
Mule Ileal* Drain Beat.
The bray of Missouri's indispensable
product, the mule, is now heard around
the world from Cape Town to Hollo
and frequently drowns, according to
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, the
drutu boat as It circles tlio globe.
LXBTOF JUIOIIB FOR "MARCH TEEM
GRAND JURORS.
Anthony Township.—Wm. S. Ellis.
Jacob \\ llsi in. .Toiln F. Diehl, Jacob
Kreamer Danville Ist. Ward.—Ellis
Seidle. Danville :{rd. Ward —James
Dailey, John C, Patterson. Danville4th
Ward.--John Hock, John Morrall, Rob
ert Goodall, Henry Kneibler, Thomas
Jen kens. Derry Township.—William
Springer. Liberty Township.—Caleb
Auten, Daniel A cor, Albert Fenster
niaker. Limestone Township.—Jas.
Shells Mayberrv Township.—John Vas
tine. Mahoning Township. John Leh
man. \ alley Township.- John Fry.
Thomas Crossley, Horace Sidler. West
Hemlock. Jacob Blohn, Jasper Stetler.
TRAVERS JURORS.
Anthony Township. Safnuel Snyder,
Geo. Watson, Harry Plotts. Danville
Ist, Ward.—Robert Catfccart, J. O.
Heed. Clarence Seidel, Harrv Bauscli,
Jonathan Sweisfort, Wm. W. Davis.
Danville 2nd. Ward.—David E. Herr
ing, Sam Vankirk. Frank Startzel. F.
R. Harner. Danville 3rd. Ward. John
C. Patton, Horace Bennett, Geo. E.
Ricketts, Curtis Cook, Jacob Fischer.
Danville 4th, Ward.—Andy Magill, Jr.,
John Sherwood.John J. Hughes,Adolph
Beottinger, John B. Kinn Jr.. John
Henrie. Derry Township. —Charles E
Shires Sr. Liberty Township.- Theo
dore Cromley, Wm. I lue. A. J. Bill
meyer, Thomas Cromley, Charles C.
Boyer Thomas C. Bitler," Henry Roat,
John Bondman. May berry Township.—
Isaac Adams. Valley Township.—Jos
eph Chnrm. Wm Richardson.
TRIAL LIST TOR MARCH TERM 1901.
Mary J. Misho. v.s. RoJjert McClellan.
J. B. Gearhart v.s. Deborah Vincent.
Peter Weaver, v.s. The Reading Rail
way Co
The Burgess and Town Council of the
Borough of Washingtonville, v.s. The
County of Montour.
Franklin B. Mans and Chas M. Mans,
v.s. The Township of Mahoning.
Certified from the records at Danville
Pa., this 12th, day of Feb. 1901. '
•T. C. MILLER Prothonotary.
EtiISTEK'S NOTICES.
To ALL CREDITORS, LEGATEES AND OTHER
PERSONS J NTH! KSTKI, -Notice is hereby given,
that the following named persons did on the
oat* affixed to their names, file the accounts
of their administration to the estate of those
persons, deceased, and Guardian Accounts, Ac.
whose names are hereinafter mentioned, in
,1"-,. '' e , of the Register for the Probate of
Wills and granting of Letters of Administra
tion, in and for the County of Montour, and
that the same will he presented to the Orphans'
Court of said county, for continuation and
allowance, on Monday, the l«th «l«y of
March, A.1)., 1001, at the meeting of the
I ourt in the afternoon.
.Tuny. 5. —First and Final account of
Charles V. Ainmerman, Ad
ministrator of the estate of
Jesse C. Ammerman, late of
Cooper Township, Montour
County deceased.
Ireby. 6.—First and Final account of
William L. Sidler, Guardian
of Maud S. Voder, a minor
child of Cecelia Voder, late of
the Borough of Danville,
Montour County, deceased.
Feby. I(s.—First and Final account of
Ellen C. Smith, Administra
trix of the estate of Benjamin
Dieffenbacher, late of Derry
Township, Montour County,
deceased.
Win. L. Sidler, Register.
Register's Office,
Danville, Pa. Feby IK, 1901.
YV ,DOW ' S APPRAtSKMEST.
i Notice is hereby given to all persons inter
ested,that the following appraisement of per
l sonal property set apart to the widow of de
, cedent, has been tiled in the office of the Clerk
of the Orphans' Court of Montour County,
and the same will be presented to said Court
for Confirmation nisi.at Danville oil Mon
day, March isth, l«JOl. ;i nd will he con
firmed finally within four days thereafter,
unless exceptions are previously filed:—
Sarah M. Crossley widow of Wm. H. Cross
ley late of West Hemlock township, dee'd,
*3OO. personal.
Jennie Marshall widow of John Marshall
late of Limestone Township deceased, for
SSOO. j. C MILLER,
Danville Feby.9, 1801. Clerk O. C.
ADM IX ISTRA TOR'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 undersignecL All persons in
debted to the said Estate* are required to
inak" payment, and those having claims or
demands against the said estate, will make
known the same without delay to
CHARLES*. WAGNER.
Administrator,
P. 0., Address, Ottawa. Pa.
or DANIEL W. RANK. Att'y.
Liuiestoneville, "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. I
Notice is hereby given that Letters of Ad
ministration upon the abovie estate have been
granted to the undersigned. Ail 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
WILLI A G.FORNEY.
Administrator of Sarah Forney deceased, P.
O. address, Riverside, I'a.
EDWARD SAYKE Gf.AKHAßT.C ounjse^
gXECITOK'S NOTICE.
Estate of John S. Mottern. late of Ma
honing Township, Montour County,
Pa., deceasdd.
Letters testanieutary upon the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned all
persons indebted to the said estate will make
Immediate payment and those having claims
against the said estate will present tliem
without delay to
LLOYD CASHNER. Executor
It. S. AMMERMAN, Attorney.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
IN THE ORPHANS' COI'RT OF MON
TOCR COUNTY.
lii re the First and Final Account of
Peter A- Rishel and James C. Kishel.
Administrators of George Washington
Rishel. late of the township of Ma
honing, County of Montonr and State
of Pennsylvania, deceased. Appoint
ed by an order of the Orphans' Court
of said county to make sale of the real
estate of the said decedent, under
proceedings in partition.
The undersigned Auditor appointed by the
Orphans; Court of Montour County to make
distribution of the balance in the hands of
Peter A. Kishel and James C. Rlslu'l. account
ants as aforesaid, in the above case, will
meet all parties interested, for the purposes
of his appointment on Tuestlny March l'j,
mill, at bis ( fflce No. 1150 Mill street. lUinville
I'a.. at 10o'clock in the forenoon of the said
dav. All persons having any claim on tin.
safd fund will present the same at that tiuie.
or be hereafter barred from coming in upon
l he same.
H. M. HINCKLEY. Auditor.
Danville, Pa.. Feb. li'th. IHOI.
DITOR'S NOTICE.
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT OF MON
TOUR COUNTY.
Iu the matter of the First and Final ac
connt of William K. Holloway, Ad
ministrator of the estate of Clarence
H. Frick, late of the Borough of
Danville, in the County of Montour
and State of Pennsylvania, de
ceased .
The undersigned appointed auditor by the
aforesaid court to distribute the balance In the
hands of the said Accountant will sit for the
purpose of discharging the duties of his ap
pointment at the Register and Recorder's
office in the Court House in the I !orough ol
Danville. Cennn., on Friday, NHIIII l»t»
mm, at ten o'c.ock in tin- forenoon of said
day, when and where all persons having
claims on the said fund are required to pre
sent and prove the same, or be debarred from
thereafter coming in for a share of the saitl
fund.
WM. L. SIDLER. Auditor.
Danville, Pa., Feby 7th. 1901.