MONTOUR AMERICANi
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
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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. <i. —First and Final account of
William L. Sidler, Guardian
of Maud S. Voder, a minor
child of Cecelia Yoder, late of
the Borough of Danville,
Montonr County, deceased.
Feby. 10.—First and Final account of
Ellen C. Smith, Administra
trix of the estate of Benjamin
Dieffenbacber, late of Derry
Township, Montonr County,
deceased.
Win. L. Sidler, Register.
Register's < iftiee.
Danville, Pa. Feby Hi, 1001.
yy inow-s aFi'iiaiskmest.
Notice is hereby given to all persons inter
ested.that the following appraisement of per
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 ni si. at Danville on Mon
day, March isth. 1001, and will be con
firmed Anally witldn four days thereafter,
unless exception* are previously filed:
Sarah M. < 'rosshy widow of Wm. H. Cross
ley late of West Hemlock township, dee'd,
£iiNi. personal.
.Jennie Marshall widow of John Marshall
late of Limestone Township deceased, for
t3OO. .1. C Mil.l. Kit.
Danville Feby,#. l'.Kll. Clerk O. C.
XOTICK.
Estate of John Marshall late of the
Limestone Township, County of Moil
tour State of Pennsylvania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letter of Ad
minis)ration upon flit- above State have
granted to the undersigned. All persons in
dchtcd to the said Estate. are retiuircd to
make payment, and those having claims or
demands against tin- said estate, will make
known the same wit hout delay to
CHARLES A. V. .MINER,
Administrator,
I'. O , Address, Ottawa, l'a.
or Daniki. W. Rank, Att'y.
Limcstoueville, l'a.
.VOl'lt K.
Estate of Sarah Forney late of the Bor
ough «112 DaffVille. in the County of
Montour and State of Pennsylvania,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters of Ad
ministration upon l lie above estate have been
granted to the undersigned. All persons in
debted to the said estate are required to make
payment, and those having claims or de
mands against the said estate, will make
known the same, without, delay, to
y/ju.tA G:waxEi
XdtiiiniMi'u.or oi s ir,ill Forney decfviscyl, I:
11. address. Rivers life, J';).
Eiiwaiih sw he (ii aim!i;t. Counsel,
pXEt VTOICX XOTICK.
Estate of John S. Mottern. late of Ma
honing Township, Montour County,
Pa., (tee.easdd
Let ters testamentary upon flic aim ve estate
having been granted to the undersigned al.l
pel Pons indebted to the said estate will make
immediate payment and those having claims
against the said estate will present them
without delay |o
LLOYD CASUNER, Executor.
U.S. \vmkrmAn Attorney.