MONTOUR AMERICANi FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. — I Danville. Pa.. Mar. 14 1901 COJIJHXKARIOXS. All communications to the AMERI CAN for publication must be signed by, the writer, and communications nut so signed will be rejected. CHEERILY OPTIMISTIC. In Ambition* I'ropoMlllon With Some Formidable If*. The United States exceeds every oth er country in its abundance of beef, pork, mutton, fish, game, fowls, bees, j wheat, corn, rye, barley, oats, rice, > buckwheat, beans, peas, potatoes, veg- ] etables, hops, fruits, grasses, nuts, to bacco, sugar, milk, butter, cheese, cot ton, wool, hemp, flax, hides, furs, fibers, feathers, iron, coal, copper, zinc, gold, silver, tin, lead, petroleum, quick silver, salt, mica, granite, marble, sand stone, limestone, chalk, clay, cement, sand, asphalt, precious stones, precious woods, limbers, rivers, water powers, medicines, seacoast, harbors, bays, lakes, colors and perfumes. For the ensuing four years, from March 4, 1901, the following funda mentals will continue undisturbed: A. The (fold standard. B. The existing tariff. 0. Th# policy of peace. D. Ite programme of progress. Therefore, if for the same period of four years L Labor ufilons will not strike. & Wage earners will submit peaceably to what ever readjustment of wages may be found nec essary to meet foreign competition, a Traffic associations will not increase freight rates. 4, Transportation companies will not cut rates except In unison with other lines, a The banking institutions will combine to pre vent money panics, a Shippers will use American ships only. T. Manufacturers will combine to prevent over production. And If during the same period of four years al Congress will cut or authorize private capital to cut an adequate ship channel from the great lakes to the sea. k Erect public buildings at every point where interest on the cost would be less than the rent paid. C. Cause such new treaties to be negotiated with foreign countries as will permit granting dif ferential tariSs on goods brought in American bottoms. a Keep the public revenues equal to necessary public expenditures, 112. Lop off all useless commissions and unwar ranted outgoes. The United States will so completely dominate the commercial and indu»- trlal world as toWtsult In— L A common standard of money. IL A common rate of postage. lIL A common law of commerce and business. I IV. A common language of commerce. V. A common unit of weight and measure. VI. A common method and time for taking the census. YIL A permanent world's congress, composed of delegates or representatives, according to population, from all Independent civilized countries, convening to enact international laws. VIIL A fixed supreme court of the world, com prising a high justice from each country. IX. Inferior national courts in each country in I which the citizens of all other countriei may seek justice. X. Dismemberment of the great standing ar mies. XL A grand world's president. To bring about practically these things and thus secure permanent peace, progress and comfort to all peo ples Is a manifest possibility with Amer ica, the bread basket of the world, the cradle of Individual liberty, the safe refuge of oppression, the central sun of national enlightenment, the acknowl edged king of Industrial development and the battle line of progressive civili zation.—Frank Abial Flower in Nation al Magazine For February. SILVER KING AND SENATOR. Brilliant Career of Thonina Kearna, the Senator Elect From I tali. From n Pennsylvania coal mine to the United States senate. Such is the history of Thomas Kearns, the "Silver King" of Utah, whose life reads like a romance. Born iu Pennsylvania of Irish parent age In the year 1555, his boyhood and youth, says the Los Angeles Times, were spent in hard work an<_ poverty. In 1870 the whole family, consisting of Mr. Kearns and wife and six children —four boys and two girls—moved to Nebraska. They settled In Holt coun ty, locating on government land, and became members of the John O'Neil colony. The eldest boy was the first sheriff of Holt county. He was shot dead by a cowboy resisting arrest. Thomas was noted for his venture some disposition and, hearing of the great fortunes being made In the west ern mines, started out alone In the year 1880 and went to Utah, locating at Park City. He began as a day laborer In the mines, saved his money, and about two years later he and his part ner, David Keats, acquired the Silver King mine, which proved to be a veri table bonanza. He-married a daughter of a wealthy Utah miner in 1888 and has one child. The senator is not what might be called an orator, yet he has an abundance of Celtic tire and humor and a vast amount of common sense, which enables him to make an excellent show ing on the public platform. Tom was always a "mother's boy" and after he had made his fortune in the mines spared no pains nor expense to provide comforts for her in her old age. A splendid shaft of marble erect ed by her son marks the last resting place of Mrs. Kearns, who died at O'Neil City In 1890. The Missouri senate has passed a bill affixing the penalty of death to child abduction. This will strike most people as a wholesome and necessary measure in view of the enormity and cruelty of the crime, especially when it Is remembered that the recent escape from punishment for it in a case that has attracted the attention of the en tire nation makes the danger of its rep etition greater. It will hardly fail to be noted also that wretches are threat ening to torture children and put out their eyes iu case ransoms are not paid. To say that the lives of fiends like these should be spared is worse than mawkish and mischievous sentimental ly- . , Minister Conger's objection to the Immediate execution of Prince Tuan and General Tung is likely to prove effective in view of the fact that these two distinguished Celestials are 1.000 miles distant from Peking and at tin' ' head of a well equipped army of lot),- 000. The freshmen at Kendall Green in stitute, Washington, are hazed by being >■ obliged to talk until their hands are ' swollen. It might be added incidental- ly that this is a school for the deaf and dumb. LUXURIOUS DYING FOR sls. Au lui-itielit of Ihf KAIIUU Colony I* Neiv \ork. The lii'li.iM colony of .New York sup- j tlii- anecdote to a paper in The ; Century. entitled "Humor and Pathos of , I the Savings Bank:" ! An old Italian street vender, a con j euuipiive, let ling that his end was draw -1 big uear, prepared a scheme for ending j hi- days in comfort. Observe the origi ' nalitv iiisd delitae) of the scheme lli.it | he succe-sfiiily worked on Kittle Italy, lie had inly Ij'To in the hank, and of this he drew .ST" ami redeposiied it in a few days. He drew it again and again re deposited it. continuing the operation at brief intervals until "ii the credit side of his passbook he had entries of all these various sains footing up SSUO and ou the j opposite page drafts to the amount of | about s7* "i -balance if 1 After careful I ly cullii; : out the page showing the ' amounts drawn and leaving the long line ! of deposits he took to his bed and -'a'led , in his friends. He was dying. They , could see that. the old man told them. They were good fellows, and he loved ■ them all. and lie wished Pedro, the ha- i nana peddler, and good Giovanni, the | 1 bootblack, and Artnro, the wine seller, to j know how affectionately he regarded | I them. What he had to leave them was j not much. Would Edgardo, good old ' Edgardo. kindly find between '.he niaV ti'c-s and what used to be the springs his bankbook? Yes; that was At. Take it to the window and tell liini how much was tlieie. Eight hundred? Ah, well, i thanks to God that it was so much; but, '■ oh, that it were more for such good fel- | lons as they! Ilottore P.artollo had told him that he miirlit live three months, till spring; would his good friends put back his book under j the mattress, and when he was gone—no, j they mustn't cry—would they take it up | to the bank, draw the amount and divide | it between them? Meanwhile, as his lov- j ing friends of the present, his heirs in tlie future, would they kindly attend to his little wants? Would they? Did they? That old fel low* was fed on the fat of the land while be lay there in bed. He drank more Clii anli in a week than he had swallowed in live years. It was even hinted by some that Arturo, the wine seller, was hasten ing the end by the vile Chianti that he constantly produced from his stock, while the pushcart man was so generous of un ripe bananas for the sickroom that there was a division of opinion in Mulberry street as to whether he was cheering his friend's finale with fruit or endeavoring to complicate consumption with other ills. At last he swallowed his last flagon of Chianti, and though Little Italy made a decent pretense of sorrow, it was really en fete—at last the SS(K) was to be drawn'. I was in the bank when the principals, in their holiday clothes and with a few cho sen friends, arrived. They stated the case and asked for the amount, from which the pushcart man was to receive some $lO for fruit, the wine seller SIOO and the others various sums invested for the inva lid and his funeral, leaving some $350 as the "dividend." I need not describe the em ali sized riot that followed when the abstraction of the pages from one side of the book was explained to the swearing mourners and a tender was made to them of the sls, all that the deceased *iad in bunk. How's This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that can not l>e cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. 1". J. CHENEY & CO., We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe liiru perfectly honorable in all business transac tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. WEST & THUAX. Wholesale Pruggists.Toledo, O. WAI.DING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood aiyl mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all drug gists. Hall's family l'ills are the best. The reported decision or a nuinner 01 capitalists to build a large sugar refill cry in Philadelphia and to operate it independently of the sugar trust fur nishes another illustration c.f the fact that an attempt to monopolize the pro duction of an article of general use be gets competition. If present plans are carried out, the public is likely to be the gainer. A bill Is pending in the Illinois legis lature which, if it becomes a law, will make it criminal for a candidate for public office to ask a voter to "take something." It might go a step fur ther and enact a statute restraining the official when elected from taking any thing more thau his salary and mile age. The latest bids for the construction of United States warships shows two new firms ready to undertake the high est class of shipbuilding. With this development at home the entrance of one'of the older firms into an interna tional trust can be looked upon with complacency. The rumor of the pardon of Mrs. Maybrick unhappily proved to be with out foundation. However, it may serve to bring the case to the attention of King Edward and remind him that such an act of clemency would nut be an unworthy start for a new reigu. An impartial Missourian has named one of his twin boys McKinley and the other Bryan. These boys will as likely as not grow up in brotherly love. $25,000.00 Given Away. In the past year Dr. R. V. Pierce has given away copies of his threat work. The Peoples, Common Sense Medjcal Ad viser, at an expense to hin of 125,000,00 exclusive of postage. This standard book on medicine atid hygiene, contains 1008 pages and more than 700 illustra tions. It treats of the greatest and gravest problems of human life in sim ple English, from a common sense view. It answers those questions of sex which linger unspoken upon the lips of youth and maiden. It is essentially a family book and its advice in a moment of sudden illness or accident may be the means of saving a valuable life. This great work is sent a bsolutely free on receipt of stamps to defray the cost of mailing only. Send 21 one cent stamps for the book paper binding, or ;J1 stamps I for cloth covers. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. A New Dining Car. The Lackawai»««. Railroad put into service this morning tt Dining Car, which in many ways is the nu«jt i,e/inti fnl now in its service. The interior of this car, which was bnilt in the Com pany's snops at .Scranton, is finished throughout in whi*e enamel and gold, with which the mahogany furniture makes a beautiful contrast 77 je Kitcjtf.'ji is fitted with the most modern devices, atid is prepared to turn out the same excellent OJAUIS which have given the Lackawanna Railroad ,§n enviable reputation throughout the States. To Tbfe TraiCie, We have just arranged witJ. }i K. Shoemaker, of Danville to Handle o' line of Pure Medicinal Rye and Malt ' Whiskies. We Guarantee their Purity. * Rochester Distilling Co Duffy Malt \yhisfeey Co. ! Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor j , _ and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid neys are out order -Umiu-w JIVIT — or diseased. | Kidney trouble ' "• ~ become ro prvaleut 9SLSN jj that it i -ion • | for a chili . /7 1 \t~Tl a W' c ' e< * w ' ( h weak kid neys. If the child urin | ate 3 f OO o ften. if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted v/ith bed-wetting, depend upon it.the cause of 1 the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first ! step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant | trouble is due to a diseased condition of the ■ kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as | most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. ' The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- 112 - cent and one dollar | sample bottle by mail J ; free, also pamphlet tell- Home of swamp-Rnot. | ing all about it, including many of the ! thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and ; mention this paper. hiilN In 1 ii<■ Tri'fli! Power. When grinding feed for our herd, I says .-m Ohio fanner, we use :i tread power and two thoroughbred bulls. Not only is this economical, but the bulls are kept in better condition, be ing easy to manage, and are better breeders. All our grain is ground, whether it Is fed to young or matured cattle. We are satisfied that It is much more thoroughly digested and conse quently much more valuable. During winter we feed ensilage twice a day and clover, hay or millet once. 'I he grain feed is bran, ohl process oilmcal and glut' ti feed. SmyrnM Fi,n:» In Amprlra. The Insect which fertilizes the Smyr na tig was successfully carried through last winter in California, and dining the summer it was cared for with such good results that in one locality in Cali fornia more than six tons of Smyrna figs of the highest grade of excellence were produced and packed. Down to the present time the Smyrna tig has had a practical monopoly of the dried fig market of the world. Nous had been successfully fjrowa in America. It has been estimated that the value of the Smyrna tig industry to California will not be less thau §l,ooo,ouu annu ally. The publisher of Burke's Peerage says he receives orders for more cop ies of the work from America and re ceives more inquiries from this countty about questions of preceYnco than from all the rest of the world. Stiil it can be asserted that there is a fair percentage of people in this country who are not snobs. A GBEAT RECORD. f# Hard to Duplicate it in Danville. Scores of representative 1 citizens of Danville are testifying on the following subject. Such a record of local endorse ment is nuequaled in modern times. This public statement made by a citizen is but one of the many that have pre ceded it and the hundreds that will fol low. Read it: Mis. Nelson Hollister of «l I Mill St . says: "My son John was always troub led with his kidneys, and I was told by one doctor when we lived in Lewisbnrg that he would always have bother wit h them. H«* bad pain in his back, could not sleep and the kidney secretions were annoying and embarrassing. There were pains in his head and be was de pressed and dead tired the whole time. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved him of the whole trouble. My husband also used some for lameness in his back and they gave him immediate relief." For eale by all dealers. Price HO cent a box. Foster Millburn Co., Buff alo, N. Y. sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name- Doan's —and take 110 other. UNCLE SAM'S SPOTTERS. EspeclalJy the Man In Eiirnpf W lio Look* Out For Smngglrm. "Uncle Sam's large and well organ ized secret service," says S. 11. Adams in Aiuslee's, "is made up mostly of men who coine properly under the head of detectives with police powers, but it lias its class of bona fide spot ters, whose entire duty it is to ingrati ate themselves with persons suspected of having designs to evade the custom house duties and to warn the baggage inspectors at this end of the impend ing swindle. "In cleverness, address and adapta bility the secret service spotter is easi ly at the head of his profession and even ranks with the trained experts of the European diplomatic corps. It is essential that he should be a man of the world, for he must associate with all kinds of people on equal terms. He has no fixed abode, but lives in va rious European capitals when he is not on shipboard, where he is much of the time, lie must never let himself be In the slightest degree suspected. "There is always a number of these agents In Paris, because of the great American trade there. They live at the fashionable hotels and live the life apparently of flaneurs and boulevar diers. In all lines of trade that concern dutiable goods they are experts, and no large purchase by au American iu Paris Is unknown to them. Their cir- j cle of acquaintance is enormous, but nobody knows them for what they are. Iu one way or another they contrive to make the acquaintance of any per son whom they suspect and unostenta tiously but unremittingly trail him. "Many a time some man who has made a heavy purchase of diamonds or laces and so disposed them that he felt sure of being able to get them j through the port undiscovered has | been passed on the dock by a chance j acquaintance of the voyage over who. unseen, presses a little note Into the iuu.d o' the customs inspector. That note toll* All that the wily smuggler would wish to secret, and his baggage 1.4 men ilt .--ty .Jced until j the hidden articles are broup : o ,to j light. lie has been followed over by £hQ spotter. Men employed iu tills line get goo l , pay—a> high as ?10 a day but it costs xiie j,. much to live In the ! manner in which > . must main tain cnemseives. Notice. The first tu-d final account of W Fred, Jacobs H;iHw,n F'eisch a lunatic, has been filed in jny oftc-i an ! ' will lie presented at the next term of | the Court of ( '<.>lllllloll Pleas of Montour i County for confirmation ni si. and it 110 | exceptions ure ftjed, will be confirmed absolutely within four days thereafter. •T C. Miller, Prothonotary, cssrar tr.sr tf- a?.*-tr-tpt *• 112c 1 «• c '3? »!!' Silverware % * VM * | That Wears w Cheap, thinly plated Silverware, is costly j I % at any price. Good relial)le ware costs more 1 at iirst but the wearing qualities are so good it ly j is much cheaper in the end. I Our plated Knives, Forks, Spoons &c. in- | •»• elude such makes as 1847 Rogers, Rogers & , Bro. star brand, Wm. Rogers and Pairpoint, all 1 good but none costs more than others. I yfo Solid or Sterling Silver Spoous, Forks, &c. ff\ in many new styles. (|\ -IEHSriFfY" REMPE. * i THE COMMUTER. Row lie Spend* Til* floor* of Dally Railroad Traveling'. The much abused suburbanites, •whom the cartoonists picture as com- ; i Ins to the city every morning from | I "Lonesomehurst," "Lost Man's Lane," I : "Pnmehuist-by-the-Trolley" aud other . i places with equally suggestive names, j I are an interesting class of individ uals. The transient element of the 1 city's population spends several hours | every day whirling over the railroads, i When the novelty of these daily bits j 1 of railroading has passed into the i monotony of years of travel through ' the same country the commuter has ] learned to make the best of the time 1 ; he spends on the train. The "card fiend" is a prominent fig ure in this class. Both morning aud | evening four or five games of cards are going on in every smoking car. and | it is safe to say that thousands of dol lars change hands in tliis "innocent j amusement" while the players are bur- j ryiug to or from business. Next to the "card sharp" is the man ! who only enjoys his cigar and paper. He Is oblivious to all his surround -1 lngs and only shows animation when he is at his journey's end. Many of the policies and plans of some of this city's most successful business men have been born or do- i veloped on these trains. The short respite between the bustle of the city j and the cares of home life Is to this 1 type of man a season for meditation. Another interesting commuter is the individual who is on good terms with j all his fellows. He travels up and j ; down through the car exercising his j i repertory of latest jokes or sympa j thiziug with some gloomy looking friend who thinks that all the world is against him. He seems to never grow weary in his well doing. The train life of the commuter is now j 1 and then enlivened by wrecks. Though j tossed about and sometimes cut and i ; bruised, he generally escapes serious | injury. Such experiences as these he considers the spice and coloring of his ' existence.—New York Mall and Ex- . press. COLOR OF GOLD COINS. Rca*on* For Difference* In Tint of Coin* of French Mintage. Some time ago a Frenchman placed j together a number of gold coins of I French mintage of the beginning, mid dle and end of the last century. He was much surprised to see that they j differed iu color. He set about finding i out the reasons for this difference, aud 1 the results of his Investigations have j i been published in I.a Nature. There is a paleness about the yellow of the 10 and 20 frauc pieces which j bear the effigies of Napoleon I and , Louis XVIII that Is not observed In the goldpieces of later mintage. One j admirer of these coins speaks of their color as a "beautiful paleness" and ex- i presses regret that it is lacking In later j j coins. The explanation of It is very j j simple. The alloy that entered into (lie ■ French gold coins of those days con- ! faiued as much silver as copper, and it i was the silver that gave the coins their Interesting paleness. The coins of the era of Napoleon 111 were more golden in hue. The silver | had been taken out of the alloy. The gold coins of today have a still warmer and deeper tinge of yellow. t This is because the Paris mint, as well 1 j as that in Loudon, melts the gold and the copper alloy in hermetically sealed ) I boxes, which prevents the copper from being somewhat bleached, as it always ' is when it is attacked by hot air. So Uie present coins have the full warm- ( ness of tint that a copper alloy can j give. If the coins of today are not so lmud- ! some in the opinion of amateur collect- i ors as those Issued by the first Napo leon, they are superior to those of ei i ther of the Napoleons in the fact that ! it costs less to make them. The double j operation of the oxidation of the copper I and cleaning it off the surface of the j coin with acids is no longer employed, j and the large elimination of copper ; from the surface of the coins, formerly | practiced, made them less resistant un I | der wear and tear thau are the coins I ! now in circulation. I'ortHKfU'a Kind Hearted (Jncn. A crown never went with a kinder ( i heart Uian that of Queen Marie Amelie j of Portugal. To the poor and ailing of j her capital she is more than an angel | | of mercy, for this extremely modern j queen is exceptionally equipped for ; her mission. Queen Amelie is to all intents and purposes a physician, 1 though it Is not true, as has been stat ed, that her majesty possesses n doc- j tor's degree. Medicine, in spite of the I many distractions of her position, re- ; mains always her chief interest. Fall- j lug very little short of professional knowledge, she has combined a rare intelligence with the power she has j | to improve the hospitals in the city of I ! Lisbon. This work has taxed the pow- ' ors of this capable queen to the ut- j j most and incidentally has endeared her ! to many thousands of the unfortunate ; among her subjects. Many are the stories fold of her sim j pie kindness and of her skill and brav- j ery. For years Queen Amelia lias j worn a medal for jumping into the Tagus and saving a child from drown- j second medal has been sent to ; jier by tii.- i f ! n recognition of her , bravery In Having h boalpiai) from an | | untimely death. No act j seems too great for the doctor-queen i and not one of her subjects too lowly foi ji.e.i notice. In walking through a *oo4 near p.i-j. mjaoe not long ago she came upon a wood'HitJef jvjjw find been injured by n fall from a trfifif, Promptly and skillfully she bound up ' hi- wounds and saw him carried safe -liy to ills tOtia.gr Little guessing the identity of his Deneraelress, f he poor | man. overcome with gratitude, asked < for her "address," that he might send L'-i ii u«n< tof eggs Chicago Hecord. I L'ART NOUVEAU. The "TJetv Art" Movement In Fnrnt ttire, Jewelry and Silverware, i "I/art nouvoau" represents an un known territory for the majority of | people. Indeed it may be said that only 1 the industrial designers whose sphere lies in all the furnishings that goto , | make homes beautiful as well as com fortable are conversant with it, or pos ! sibly also those connoisseurs who are always on the alert and susceptible to j all new influences. At the Paris expo sition the "new art," which is a prod uct of the vivacious aud strenuous French artists, was very thoroughly ' exploited in furniture, jewelry and sil verware, audit remains only a matter SIDEBOARD INLAID WITH MARQUETRY, of time when it will strongly influence American styles so far as the more i costly and elegant lines in all these ar ticles are concerned. I/art nouveau—in one of its phases, at any rate—goes straight to nature for inspiration, though not always, per- } haps, with the almost severe directness | !of the instance hero given—a sideboard j Inlaid with marquetry of natural | woods. The artist lias conceived the very novel and somewhat curious no i tion of carving on the panel a flock of | geese. These birds are finely cut and grouped in natural attitudes and shown In bright, gay colors against a ground Of yellowy brown with a slight rose tint. The purpose of this piece of fur niture is not lost to sight, and its form, i though light, is pleasing as well as em -1 luontly useful. There is a big drawer j ever the panel and three etageres, with glass fronts, to hold knickknacks or i plate. Pretty carved designs ornament i the sides, while all the back is inlaid in many colors and gives a very happy effect to this quasi rustic but refined article. | " WORKING FOR EGGS. A Succession of Pallet* In the Way *to Get Winter Ekki. It would be better if poultry keepers would interest themselves in the selec tion of layers, as it is really of more Importance than exhibition points, be cause the majority of people keep fowls simply for the eggs or as a hob by, and if care be taken to select only the best layers and set them the profits would increase wonderfully. As a rule, extraordinary laying hens, particularly In their second year, "will lay right up I to the end of autumn or beginning 'of winter and then molt. Such hens l require a little extra eare at this time and usually come onto lay again in i February. After they have been rest ing the germs are stronger, and gen- I erally the first few dozen eggs laid will 1 be fertile. A good layer can, with very little practice, bo detected by the formation : of her head and eye, and if a iierson will watch the habits of the hens known to be good layers he will soon be able to pick out the others without watching them. fhe first one or two litters of eggs laid by pullets are not so serviceable, 60 sure or profitable for hatching as is their later product, because they were first formed at a time when the pullet was growing and the organs not fully developed- Selections should be annually made for the purpose of keeping up the youth and strength of the race and to supply the places of such fowls as have become too old or from other causes unprofitable to breed from. There can be no question that the best way in which to obtain a supply of winter eggs, no matter what the breed kept may be, Is to have a suc cession of pullets, for, as our readers will find, there is a great difference in seasons. This matter of a succession of pullets Is of supreme Importance for those who require a regular supply of eggs all the year round—and who does not? Supposing the flrst batch come out early in February, they should, if of the lighter breeds, com mence laying about August or Septem ber, when the older ones are going Into molt, and thus render special serv ice. Then with more pullets hatched, say every second week until the end of it may be looked for that these fvlil begin operations correspondingly until Christmas. The very early pul- > lets are not enough, for, as a ru)e f {hey will lay until we have a snap of cold weather, when their places should be taken by the later hatched birds.—Mor gan Bates in American Poultry Jour 1 m 1 The crowned heads of f-iii'ppe nave lately been kept pretty busy ackuowl . edging their profound appr6ciation of in metropolitan journals for ex pressions of 3)'fcpJ/athj' and congratula- tion, as the case may be. .is adver- tlsements for rival journalistic enter prises their majesties are almost as 'useful as a bdlboard or a sandwich j man. HOW TO GLUL. Home- Efforts Hade Effective— L.eawt (•Inc. Bent Joints. Withlu the province of the household glue will be found a valuable auxiliary. The best regulated family must some times confess to the possession of a piece of furniture requiring its useful offices. The armless chair, the legless table, tlit- I a, hi : liliated remnants of once useful aud pretentious house hold furnishings, a> familiar objects in many :x home, yet these may come within the pale of p:>°sil>le redemption and renew the promise of continued usefulness. During the past f<»w years there have been written many dissertations con demnatory of the use of glue iu the construction of furniture, inspired mainly by those who, while well inten tioned, have been satisfied to gain their knowledge on the subject secondhand, or at best from theoretical rather than [ practical sources. Clue in its place and with proper ! usage lias its value. It is not the use, J but rather the abuse, of it that is to be condemned. The joint that is strong enough in itself without the glue can surely iose nothing in stability by 1 its addition. So to glue two pieces of wood togeth er that they adhere and become as one will at first thought seem an act so simple v. t > render any suggestion as to the proper method of procedure un necessary. and yc t. simple as it seems and in reality is, the number of persons at nil conversant with its proper ac complishment are indeed very limited. It has been remarked that, where home efforts have been made at rejoin ing, in very many cases they seem to have beeu conducted on the theory that the more glue used the stronger the joint wouid be, but the reverse would be nearer the truth. The less used the better, providing all the parts of the surfaces to lie joined are covered. Be fore applying the glue heat the pieces you desire to join: then, when glued, bring and held together in position j with a handsei-c.v. < in tlie absence of this use:' .! :. S !e. bind up with cord 1 or rop.' unt!! tin- j >int is thoroughly hardened, vi t i t!i< restraint may be removed and a!l supei fluous glue scrap ed of;'. !:i addition to this, whpre pos sible, it would i.e well to further make the work secure by the addition of a nail, being can fill not to split the wood in the (petition. Kvery description of ; Killing should be d«i'.e*in the same man i ner. The wood should previously be 1 warmed, not too much, however, be j cause if scorched the life of the glue will be destroyed or at least the power of adhesion be impaired. But when all is said there is some | thing of greater importance as a fac- I tor of success than any mechanical [ manipulation, and that is the quality | nnd condition of the glue. In all well regulated furniture establishments the : utmost care is exercised in keeping it sweet and clean. When old and de j cayed, glue becomes absolutely worth less for purposes of adhesion. It can therefore readily be seen that to insure satisfactory results such precautions as we have pointed out are alike bind ing on amateur and professional. Let it be constantly borne in mind | also that as much of the glue as possi ble should be pressed out of the joint; j otherwise it will not hold for any length ! of time. For tlie reason that the Japa nese do not take this fact into consid ! eration it will be found that their wood | work crumbles to pieces when submit- I ted to the test of our climate. I.lver and Bacon Daintily Served. Saute the liver in a little bacon fat j which is on hand and when done make a little gravy from it with flour and j hot water. Heat a clean pan and drop in slices of | bacon of waferlike thickness. If the pan I | LIVER AND BACON WITH PAKSLEY GARNISH. Is very hot. they will curl up into rolls and by turning with a fork will be brown in a few minutes. Arrange round the liver and add a garnish of parsley. Horne Radinli Sance For Beef. Horse radish sauce is one of the best relishes to serve with beef. There are several different methods of mak ing this sauce, most of tlieni being ex cellent. One sauce is made thus: Take two tablespoonfuls of freshly grated horse radish, moisten it with a little vinegar and add one heaping teaspoon ful of sugar, a scant teaspoonful of salt and half a teaspoonful of dry mus tard. Mix these well together, aud just before serving stir in three table spooufuls of whipped cream that has been well drained TkliiKH Every Woman Want* to Know. The new, or comparatively new, way of dressing the hair is with a slight parting at one side and a drooped wave across the forehead. The black velvet bow in the hair is a becoming addition, but rather apt to add a few years to one's appearance. Mercerized cotton fabrics and fou lards are among the first materials provided for the season of early spring dressmaking. The large "drum shape" represents good style in muffs, which come iu er mine, mink, seal, sable, fox and lynx. Extra long bear boas are elegantly worn by tall and dignified women. Automobile coats run trorn 45 to 54 inches in leugtii. Decorative trifles are extensively used in evening coiffures. Black embroidery on batiste and chifl'on is one of the novelties iu trim ming. It is predicted that shirt waists are to be daintier and more delicate than ever in material, which includes finest cot tons, silks, linens and batistes as well as silk and cotton and silk and linen mixed fabrics. The plateau lint has made a great hit. It frames the face and hair de lightfully. White cloth dresses are chosen by the extravagant and completed with little boleros <•? white caracul bordered with sable, and a noticeable feature of the trimmings on dark cloth gowns is oriental embroidery. Nasal Catarrh quiokjy yields to treat ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agreeably aromatic. it is received through the nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole surface over which it diffuses itself. A reiiitidy tsa ; -.aj Catarrh which is drying or exciting to the dis eased membrane should not be used. Cream Balm is recognized as a specific. Price 50 cents at druggists or by mail. A cold in the head inimodiatel/ disap pears when Cream Balm is used. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York. KILLS WEEDS OR INSECTS. Novel Farm Implement Capable of b Variety of ( sea. Benjamin F. Brown of Ark., lias designed the apparatus de scribed l>y I lie Chicago News for use in destroying insects and noxious weeds and also for burning stumps of trees. It consists of a firebox which burns ei;!u r coal or wood, with a rota ry fan to create intense heat bv forcing the draft. The furnace is mounted ou a two wheeled carriage, which nialies it easy to transport it from place to place, and arrangement is made for adjusting the size of the mouth WEED AND INSECT DESTROY Kit. through which the fiery draft is emit- ! ted and also for revolving the fan by j hand when the machine is standing j still, as when burning a stump. When utilized for destroying weeds or burn- j ing stubble, tlie hood is adjusted close ' to the ground and the machine pro-j pelled at a rapid rate, when the gear ing puts the fan in motion and drives ; a fierce heat through the opening in j front, which cuts a swath of ashes ! through the field. By providing for i the substitution of a fertilizer spread- ! ing apparatus or seeder in place of j I the firebox the machine's utility can be j | greatly increased, and it will be found 1 a valuable addition to the stock of j farm machinery. ; To Prevent Shipwrecks. During tiie past two years there have . i been many wrecks of vessels navigat ! ing the coasts of British Columbia ami i Alaska. I have heard complaints from ; mariners engaged in the northern trade i that the coasts north of this city are not properly lighted and that the wa ters to the northward have not been a 9 fully sounded as safety to vessels re ! quires. I append hereto an editorial article j which appeared in The Province, pub- I lislied in this city. If the invention 1 therein described will accomplish the results claimed, it is undoubtedly need j ed along these coasts. Shipping statis- ! tics show that tlie recent storms along the western coast of British Columbia j have surpassed in general destruetive uess any previous visitations. From j Cape Beale north along the Vancouver island seaboard has long been dreaded ground for navigators, a portion of it being known by the significant name of"the graveyard of the Pacific." It will interest those whose calling takes them into these waters to learn that an invention is now being investigated by the marine authorities and navi- 1 gators at Southend-on-Sea which, if it I may not go a long way toward making j lighthouses obsolete and unnecessary, j is expected to be of much value in the prevention of shipwreck from any one j of 90 per cent of the usual causes. This is an automatic system of sigual- j ing, which will warn ships of their ap- ! proach to dangerous rocks and coasts in all weathers, when even a flashing j light might not be seen and the boom ing of a fog horn lie unheard. A metal- ; . lie conductor is fixed on an elevation j ashore or a lightship or reef or liglit j house. From this setlieric waves are i | transmitted over a zone which has a radius of seven miles. All vessels with- ! ' in that area which are fitted with re- j | ceivers are warned of their proximity I to danger, the distance ami the paint { of the compass being registered. At j the same time a bell rings, and there- , ceiving instrument records the name [ of the place that is being approached. ! The automatic part of the Invention consistsof steel bearings with a number 1 of teeth which pass over a Morse trans-1 mitter. No operators are needed. The j Instrument or machine works absolute- I j l.v automatically. In its elementary \ ' principles the system resembles Mar coni's method of wireless telegraphy, j but in detail the system is essentially different. The committee of investiga tion at Southend-on-Sea has enthusi- I astically indorsed the invention after submitting it to a variety of tests in both fair and foul weather, and a syn dicate is now being formed to engage in its manufacture on a large scale, the Inventor stipulating that the price main tained shall be a moderate one, he him self preferring to be remembered as a philanthropist rather than as a million aire inventor.—L. Edwin Dudley, Unit ed States Consul at Vancouver. THE CENSUS OF 1790. Tnited State* Population Then YTn« Lest* Ttiun 4,000,000. When the first census of the United States was taken in 1790, there were 18 states and the southwest and north west territories. The returns fixed the population at 3,929,214, while those of 1900 give over 70,000,000, a fourteen fold growth in 110 years. In the first census nothing was sought but the number of inhabitants, and the task was assigned to United States marshals, who performed the' work for several censuses. In the cen sus library is a record of the first cen sus, which shows that the census of 1790 was ordered in March and com pleted by October, 1791. a very credita ble showing when the difficulty of com munication is considered. The popula tion was divided into five classes —fr e White males of Hi years and upward, Including heads of families; free white females, including heads of families; free white males under 10 years, other persons, slaves, Fourteen enumeration ; districts were mapped out of the 10 states and the population of tlie towns, counties and states given. All of the states except Maine and Massachusetts bad slaves. Virginia led with a popu lation of 747J510 whites and 202,000 ' slaves. North Carolina was second, with 393.751 whites and 100,000 slaves. Maryland hadVi population of 422,736, ' ©f which 103,030 were slaves. The slave i population of the northern states is given as follows: New Hampshire, 158; Rhode Island, 94K; Connecticut, 2.704; New York, 21,- Ji24; New Jersey, 11,423; Pennsylvania. 1 8,237; Delaware, 8,887; Vermont, 16. < The population of the southwest ter j ritory was 30,691 whii.es ar.d 5,-11* t slaves The record is full of errors in caleula ; .tion and addition, but is Interesting in | showing how the population lias in creased and how the art of census tak i "ag has developed with the population. | —tidltlwore buj,. J The thriving American city which lias already built a library building [ without assistance of Mr. Carnegie is j entitled to a few regrets wheu ii thinks » nt all those millious waiting to be giv *n away. Likely to C'nuse Tronbie. It Is said that France is tryirg to buy 100.000 square miles of land from Brazil. The Monroe doctrine declares that the western hemisphere is no lon ger ojfen to colonization by European powers. The colonies which they al ready held they could retain without infringing the Mouroe doctrine, though they have since lost most of them. But they cannot, consistently with the established policy of this country, ac quire new colonies or add to those they had before. The traditional policy of this country, therefore, would not per mit /'ranee to acquire from Brazil i colony twice as large as England and half as large as France. If this were once permitted, the Monroe doctrine would no longer be respected by other European powers.—Louisville Courier- Journal. Men Qnoen Elizabeth Refused. Queen Elizabeth began to have suitors when she was 13 months old, and the pro cession of discomfited gentlemen ends on ly when she was so far advanced in years - that the idea of marriage became ridicu lous. For reasons of state it was impor tant that she should marry, her ministers fearing more than anything else the storms of a disputed So, one by one, kings and princes, lords, gentle men and commoners,- avowed their love. They were (most of* them) listened to, smiled at, sighed ovet— and dropped. The fact was, though admiration was as necessary to thist strange woman as food, though flattery ;was never too gross nor adoration ever ttfo palpably assumed, when it came to marriage she balked. Again and again her distracted ministers felt that all was arranged; bells were rung, Te Deums recited, congratulations offered —when this incorrigible spinster would declare hysterically thai she could not and would not!—' Harper's Bazar. LIST OF JUBOKUFOB MARCH TERM GRAND JURORS. Anthony Township.--Win. S. Eilis, Jacob Wilson, John F. Diehl, Jacob Kreamer. Danville Ist. Ward.—Ellis Seidle. Danville 3rd. Ward. —James 1 Dailey, John C. Patterson. Danville4th I Ward. —John Hock, John Morrall, Rob ert Goodall, Henry Kneibler, Thomas \ Jtnkens. Derry Township.—William j Springer. Liberty Township.—Caleb Anten, Daniel Acor, Albeit Fenster maker. Limestone Township.—Jas. Shell. Mayberry Township.—John Yas tine. Mahoning Township.—John Leh man. Valley* Township —John Fry, Thomas Crosslev, Horace Sidler. West Hemlock. Jacob Blohn, Jasper Stetler. Travers Jurors. Anthony Township.—Samuel Snyder, ; Geo. Watson. Harry Plotts. Danville ; Ist. Ward.—Robert Catbcart. J. O. Reed, Clarence Seidel, Harry Bansch, Jonathan Sweisfort, Wm. W. Davis. I Danville 2nd. Ward.—David E. Herr ing, Sam Vankirk, Frank Startzel, F. R. Harner. Danville 3rd, Ward.—John I C. Patton, Horace Bennett, Geo. E. Ricketts, Curtis Cook, Jacob Fischer. ! Danville 4tb, 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. Blue, A. J. Bill meyer, Thomas Cromley, Charles C. Boyer Thomas C. Bitler, Henry Roat, John Bondman. Mayberry Township.— | Isaac Adams. Valley Township.—Jos, j eph Chnrin, Wm Richardson. TRIAL LIST TOR MARCH TERM 1901, Mary J. Misho. v.s. Robert MeClellan. J. B. Gearhart v.s. Deborah Vincent. Peter Weaver, v.s. The Reading Rail ! way Co" The Burgess and Town Council of the I Borough of Washingtonville, v.s. The I Countj* of Montour. 1 Franklin 13. Mans and ("has M. Mans, v.s. The Township of Mahoning. 1 Certified from the records at Danville Pa., this 12th, day of Feb. 1901. J. C. Miller Prothonotary. -QEmSTKR'S XOTH KS. 1 To »AJ.L CREDITORS, LEGATEES AM) OTIIER j I'F.KSt ins i ntehestki) —Notice is hereby given, I that the following named persons did on the ; date affixed to their names, tile the accounts I of their administration to the estate of those | persons,deceased,andOuardian Accounts, Ac. ' whose names are hereinafter mentioned, in ! the office of tlie Register for the Probate of , Wilis and granting of Letters of Administra tion, in and for the County of Montour, and j that t lie same will be presented to the Orphans' < ourt of said county, for continuation and | allowance, on Monday, the istli day of j March, A. !>., 1001, at the meet ing of the I Court in the afternoon. Jany. 5. —First and Final account of Charles V. Ammerman. Ad ministrator of the estate of Jesse C. Ammerman, late of Cooper Township. Montonr County deceased. Feby.