MONTOUR AMERICAN;
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa.. Mar. 21 1901
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TO RAISE THE MAINE.
Cofferdam to Be Ballt Around th©
Wreck at Havana.
The steamer Morgan, which recently
arrived at New Orleans from Havana,
brought back Ave of the American con
tractors who went down there, accom
panied by divers and others, to bid on
the contract for raising the wreck of
the American battleship Maine, says
the New York Sun. There were 12 bids
In all, that of a Chicago firm being ac
cepted. Its offer was to raise the
Maine at its own cost and give the
United States government 3 per cent of
the proceeds.
All the contractors agree that the
Maine could be raised, but that the job
would be difficult. A cofferdam must
be built entirely around the wreck, it
will be constructed of long pollngs and
thon embanked with dirt, making it
•water tight. Then the water can be
pumped out of the lnclosure, leaving
the wreck exposed in the mud. Der
ricks and powerful lifting machinery
will then be brought Into use and th#
hull lifted from its bed of mud. If 1!
can be patched up so that it will float,
that will be done. If it cannot be
raised, It will be torn to pieces whll«
the cofferdam keeps back the water.
The divers found that the wreck had
settled some 40 feet In the soft mud,
the bottom of the ship being GO feet
below the low tide mark. The cost of
raising the vessel is estimated at from
$200,000 to $300,000. Its value when
raised cannot be estimated, but some of
the contractors thought it might be
worth $400,000. One of the contractors
thought that If the vessel could be
floated it would be worth $1,000,000.
The general impression was that it
conld not be floated.
The divers found two magazines In
the vessel containing 300 tons of pow
der Intact and uninjured. All the div
ers and surveyors agreed that th«
Maine had been blown up by a mini
set off from a land battery.
Question of Ethics.
"Be truthful," said the teacher.
"Always?" asked the boy.
"Always," answered the teacher.
"Never tell a lie?"
"Never."
"Not even a white lie?"
"Not even a white lie."
"Huh!" ejaculated the lad scornful
ly. "Its a mighty good thing for you
you ain't a boy with my dad for a fa
ther."
"Why?" asked the teacher.
"Because," replied the boy, "if you
was my dad's little boy an you'd heard
what he said about Aunt Eliza comin
to visit us with her children an Aunt
Eliza had asked you If you weren't all
glad to see her an you'd told the truth,
like I did, you'd think there was a
place where your trousers was mighty
thin after dad got through with you."
He went back to his desk, and as he
sat down with great care there was an
expression on his face that showed the
great lesson of truth had been, at least
in a measure, lost on him. And in hjs
indignation and innocence he did not
appreciate the humor associated with
the fact that his teacher did not belong
to that division of the human race that
wears trousers.—Chicago Post.
In many churches of Provence and
Italy, especially those near the sea, ex
voto paintings placed on the walls in
accordance with vows made by pil
grims in moments of danger are often
remarkable for their frames. Among
the curiosities may be enumerated
laths formed of splinters from ships
that have been wrecked; also frames
made of pieces of heavy cables, occa
sionally painted bright hues, but some
times left In their primitive gray color
and splashed with tar. Nailed to the
laths surrounding a painting repre
senting sailors fighting with fierce sav
ages may be seen African or Polyne
sian spears and darts or swords made
of hard wood, evidently mementos of
terrific struggles. Sailors or landsmen
who have made vows during times of
peril at sea and who have no trophies
to display will surround their paintings
with broad bands of wood heavily iu
crusted with shells and seaweed, not
Infrequently of rare and extremely
beautiful kinds. London People's
Friend.
GIVE HER SOFT WATER.
Three farmers' wives, asked at an in
stitute tliis winter to name the par
ticular thing which they would most
like to have to add to the comfort and
convenience of their country homes,
said, "Soft water." Now, was not
that funny? With barrels and barrels
of soft water pouring onto the roofs of
their homes and running away to
waste after every rain and these good
women forced to use the hard well wa
ter for all the washing and cleaning
Incident to their housekeeping! Any
man can putin a good cistern for $25,
and $lO more will put a pump connect
ed with It and an enameled sink in
the kitchen. When so small an ex
penditure as this will make a woman
happy, why not do it?
CITY ME* AND COUNTRY HOMES,
As the facilities afforded by mod
ern lnterurban means of transit are in
creased more and more are well to do
city people seeking homes in the
country. Children ought never to be
born and raised in our cities. City
conditions, with polluted air, water and
milk, lack of play room, vicious sights
and associates, imperil not only the
physical but the moral well being of
the little ones. It Is the bottle baby
of the cities which swells the mortality
lists In the summer months, and the
effort to raise them at all is like trying
to raise a calf on the skimmilk from
a separator creamery. The «}esire for
the country home by city men is giving
a marked increase in value to all farm
lands lying within reach of our large
eastern cities.
The western farmer talks differently
about his possessions to the local as
sessor from what he does to his broth
erdn-Law from Vermont who Is making
his first visit west. He illustrates the
difference between contraction and ex
pansion.
Ten beet sugar factories were in op
eration in Michigan last year, which
used 250,000 tous of beets and paid the
farmers over $1,000,000 for them. For
ty-eight million pounds of refined gran
ulated sugar were made. The crop is
becoming a favorite one with Michigan
farmers.
com pmicEEiiists.
(C. niinued from Kirst Page.)
around the curve, on a 'flying switch,"
without any warning. Damages, there
fore, in the sum of SIO,OOO are demand
ed.
The plaint ill is represented by James
Scarlet and R. S. Amraerman in addi
tion to District Attorney Welsh. Hon.
Simon P. Wolverton «112 Sunbury, and W
11. Khawn of Catawissa, appear for the
P. & H. railway company.
The first witness called was Dr. E. A.
Curry, who attended the plaintiff and
performed the amputation.
Among other witnesses were Frank
Ross, sheaiman at the Heading Iron
Works, who had charge of the gang to
which Weaver belonged; William Bausch
who saw Weaver struck; William Miller,
who assisted in carrying him away, be
sides several others who were eye wit
nesses.
The testimony agreed on the follow
ing points:
That the car being loaded stood on
the outside or canal switch and that in
order to reach it from the mill the men
had to cross the main track or siding;
that the car with a brakeman at the rear
end without an engine attached was
shot around the curve at a rapid
rate of speed without any warning
either by whistle or bell; that Weav
er standing upon the main siding had
just delivered his load of iron on the car
and was in the act of turning around
with his back to the approaching car
when he was struck on the shoulder and
thrown to the ground. The trial in pro
gress.
Grand Jury's Recommendations.
The grand jury completed its labors at
11:15 Tuesday morning. Its report was
presented to the court, af er which it
was discharged from further attendance
at the present^term of court.
The grand jury report finding one
true bill. They report the courthouse
in good condition. The hall on the first
floor, however, they condemn as dark
and gloomy and recommend that the
upper panels of the doors of the Pro
thonotary's, Commissioners,' grand jury
and Register and Recorder's office be re
moved and opaque or obscure glass in
serted, the effect of which will be to ad
mit light iuto the hall, preventing at the
same time a view of the rooms. It was
recommended that the glass at each door
he lettered to indicate theoffico.
At the jail the cement floor in cell No.
1, the brick ceiling in cellar and the lock
box in second story were reported as in
need of repair. The purchase of half a
dozen strong chairs for use of prisoners
in the hall, some window strips and re
papering of two of the bed rooms of the
Sheriffs residence were recommended to
the county commissioners.
The river bridge was reported as in
good condition, with the exception of
the roof. It was euggested that the
watchman be instructed to remove all
bunches of hay and straw and other
combustible matter that might be drop
ped in the bridge as a precaution against
fire.
How's This ?
Weoff»r One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
K. J. CHENEY L CO..
We the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TKCAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
O. WALDING, KIKXAK & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood iuyi mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists.
Hall's Familv Pills are the best.
This Time A Shovel Factory.
There are few rumors affecthig the
business interest of our town which are
more persistent than those that relate
to the recently dismantled Bteel works,
which reveals the interest our residents
feel in the future of the plant and the
anxiety with which they look forward to
its rehabilitation. These rumors are not
confined to Danville, but are current
over a wide section and our business
men during their trips out of town fre
quently bring back information not ac
cessible here.
One of these rumors very widely dis
cussed is to the effect that the disman
tled building is to be occupied by a shovel
factory, a plant at present located in
Philadelphia, which employs some 150
hands. The rumor, which was invests
gated yesterday, really seems to have
some foundation, although it could nol
bo fully verified.
The fact is well known that the Bes
semer Company is casting about for
some profitable line of manufacture and
it would not be surprising if it had
hit upon the shovel industry.as it is one
among many, which, it seems, can be re
lied upon at present to yield a dividend.
A meeting of the stock holders will be
held yet the present month and it is un
derstood that the board of directors
have some proposition to make looking
to a re-equipment and operation of the
plant.
LOTS MORE LIKE IT.
Plenty More Proof Like This And All
From Danville People.
No chance for argument here.
No better proof can be had.
What a Danville man says.
Is the best If evidence for, Danville
people.
Read this case.
We hive lots more like it.
Mr. Jos. Hooker of 102 North Spruce
street, says:—"l was for a long time
afflicted, with lameness in my back and
pain over my kidneys I had a great deal
of nervousness, restlessness; did not
sleep well had bad dreams and was con
tinually tossing from side to side striv
ing to get a comfortable position. The
kidney secretions were not normal I was
tired all the time and often had a dull
aching in the back of my neck. I read
accounts of Doan's Kidney Pills curing
people- The description of their symp
tons tallied almost exactly with mine
and induced me to try the remedy. On
using them a short time the whole
trouble disappeared.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cent a box. Foster-Millburn Co., Buff
alo, N. Y. sole agents for the U. S.
Remember the name —Doan s—and
take no other.
Will Have Light.
Prothonotary J. C. Miller held the
lucky ticket. No. 54, which drew the 50
gallons of eoal oil offered as a prize by
the Washington Hose company last ,
night.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble !
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Out.
Fill a bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
sediment or set
rjT-' tling indicates an
1 unhealthy condi
rn/A In J- PmOir TION °*
VvA 1 / neys; if it stains
] your linen it is
J ev 'dence of kid
convincing proof that the kidneys and blad
der are out of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. It corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
it, or bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled togo often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. It stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
If you need a medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists in 50c. andsl. sizes.
You may have a sample bottle of this
wonderful discovery
and a book that tells
more about it, both sent E" T, tnk-iS%
absolutely free by mail,
Address Dr. Kilmer 8c Home of swamp-Root.
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men
tion reading this generous offer in this paper.
A CONTRACTOR S
HEAVY JOB
New Boiler for the Polish Brewery Bolls
In the Gutter,
The new boiler about to be installed
in the Polish Brewery, which was des
cribed in these colutns last week, has
not yet arrived at its destination. W. A.
Shepperson has the contract for hauling
it from the station, and it proves one of
the most difficult jobs that be tver un
dertook.
It was loaded on a four-horse truck at
the P. & It. railroad, Monday morning.
The boiler weighs nearly twelve tons and
the street leading to the brewery as is
natural at this season is soft and springy
and as a result the truck is stalled
about half the time. By Monday night
little more than quarter of the distance
was covered; by Tuesday night the boil
er lay in the gutter about midway be
tween the station and the brewery. At
that point the street is in a decidedly
bad condition, and the wheels on on
side of the truck sunk in up to the hubs
which caused the boiler to roll oil. After
infinite pains the boiler was reloaded
yesterday and about half of the re
maining distance covered. It is doubt
ful whether tonight will see the boiler
at its destination. Four days from the
P. & K. depot to the brewery is indeed
unprecedented time.
The healthy old man wears his gray
hairs like a silvery crown. What if he
be threescore snd ten if there is still fire
in his eyes, firmness in his command, in
bis voice and wisdom in his counsel?
He commands love and reverence. Yet
how few wear the mantle of age with
dignity. Dim eyed, ijuerlous of speech,
halting in step, childish in mind, they
' 'lag superfluous on the stage." dragging
out che fag end of life in a simple exist
ence. The secret of a healthy old age is
» healthy middle age. The man who
takes care of |ns stomach who keeps his
body'properly nourished, will find that
the body does not fail him in old age
The great value of Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery lies in the preserv
ation of the workiug power of the stom
ach and other organs of digestion and
nutrition. From this centre is distributed
the nourishment of the whole body, the
salt for the blood, the lime for the bones,
phosphates for the brain and nerves,
A sound stomach means a sound man.
A man who keeps his stomach sound by
the use of "Golden Medical Discovery
will wear the crown of gray hairs as be
fits a monarch, with dignity and ease.
Excursion To Washington, D. 0,
On Thnrsday, April 18, the Philadel
phia & Reading Railway will sell special
excursion tickets from Wjlliamsport,
Danville. Tamaqua and principal inter
mediate stations to Washington, D. C
via Philadelphia and the Baltimore &
Ohio R. R. Special through coaches on
train leaving Willianisport at 7:20 a. m.
Tickets good on the 7:32 a. m. train from
Danville, connecting at West Milton
with the through coaches. Excursion
ists will arrive at and depart from
Baltimore & Ohio station, one square
from Capitol. Tickets will be good
going on trains and date specified above
and will be good returning on regular
trains, except the "Royal Limited" un
til Sunday, April 2Mth 1901 inclusive,
also good for "stop over" at Philadel
phia on the return trip within time
limit, if deposited with Ticket Agent at
Reading Terminal (12th & Market Sts.)
Philadelphia. For further information
consult nearest P. & R. Ticket Agent.
Round trip nite from Danville, #<>.ss.
Death of Walter T. Kase.
Word was received in this city Mon
day of the death of Walter Toucey Kase
of New York,formerly of Danville,which
occurred at the home of his mother in
Greensboro, N. C., on Sunday. Mr.
Kase was a son of the late James D.
Kase and left Danville in 18!H*. For sev
eral years he was a book keeper in the
office of the Danville Nail Mfg. Co.,and
later was employed in the furnace offices
of the North Branch Steel Company.
The decease-! i« survived by a wife, a
3-ye&r>ol<J daughter, his mother, four
sisters and one brother: Mrs. S. S. Voor
hees, of Albany; Mrs, S. C'arrington, of
Bramwell, West Va ; Misses Kleauor and
Mabel Kase and DeWitt Kase,of Greens
boro, N. C.
Farmer Sciiaeffur's Speak-Eaßy.
J. I). Schaefler, of Mondata, Northum
berland county, is an enterprising farm
er. He has made it a practice of sell
ing farm produce over a long route tak
ing in three counties. On the return
trip he loaded up beer aril peddled it
along the route. He was arrested at
Pottsville yesterday charged with vio
lating the revenue laws.
To The Trade.
We have just arranged with B. K.
Shoemaker, of Danville to Handle our
line of Pure Medicinal Rye and Malt
Whiskies. We Guarantee their Purity.
Rochester Distilling Co.
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co l
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I YOUR EYbS lJ§Si I
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& A great many headaches come from Eye- &
W strain; and the poor victim never guesses the W
source of the trouble. I have permanently •*:
\>! cured hundreds of cases of persistent headache
by fitting the patient with proper glasses. y-
W I examine your eyes, will tell you if your
headache comes from your eyes or not. jL
No charge for examination.
ft HEUSTPtY REMPE, *
wj. SCIENTIFIC OPTICIAN & JEWELER.
*2 -&' r
A MASTER OF MEN.
METEORIC CAREER OF ALEXANDER
HAMILTON, PATRIOT AND FIGHTER.
Fortune* of nn Immigrant Ilo> In
the American Colonlen—A War Hero
In HU Teen* anil a Ripe Statennian
at Thirty—Duel With Burr.
[Copyright, 1901, by O. L. Kilmer.]
r O 8 p d 1 Ugly
execrated. The
verdict of the rhymester reflected popu
lar sentiment at the time, for the na
tion instantly caught the spirit of the
opening lines—
Oh, Aaron Burr, what have you done?
You've killed great General Hamilton—
and drove the scheming adventurer
Into exile. Hamilton was canonized
and his name enrolled among the Im
mortal few "not born to die."
Of the two men Burr and Hamilton,
If blood counts for anything In shaping
human destiny, Hamilton should have
been the adventurer and Burr the high
minded statesman. One account of
Hamilton's birth and parentage states
that lie was the legitimate son of a di
vorced Frenchwoman who had mar
ried a Scotchman and another that he
was the natural son of a young Eng
lish woman. Whatever his parentage
it availed him little In life, for lie was
thrown upon the world at 13 years of
age and began his struggles as a mer
chant's clerk.
The boy Hamilton was ambitious,
but not a dreamer. He worked bard in
a counting house in the island of Nevis,
West Indies. Having the scribbling
habit, he one day wrote up a hurricane
visit which devastated the Island and
with that bit of literary success to
speak for him sailed for the American
colonies. He was then 15 years old
and with the aid of a private tutor en
tered King's college, as Columbia was
then called. Two years later the Immi
grant stripling leaped unasked to the
platform of a patriot meeting and
made a burning speech for colonial
rights. That was the debut of Hamil
ton, the statesman and one of the au
thors of the American coustitutiou. The
actual outbreak of war found him
equally ready for the work of the hour.
While the colonists were talking
young men of military spirit began to
get ready to fight. Hamilton, the
schoolboy, formed a company of artil
lery among his fellows, and when flu
troops were needed lu the field the
New York convention accepted the
body for active service, with Its boy
leader as captain. The battery was a
model of discipline and attracted the
attention of Washington. On his re
treat from Long Island he gladly took
It along to swell his little army. For
tune favors the bold. The troops were
drawn up at White Plains to fight a
hopeless battle. Swarms of British
attacked the patriots, but when their
main column attempted to climb the
slopes where the Americans lay In
trenched Hamilton's gups swept them
away by platoons. General Greene
told Washington of the boy artillerist,
and Hamilton was transferred to army
headquarters, where he became flu
confidential aid of the commander in
chief. For a youth of 20 Hamilton's
swift rise to place was enough to turn
his head. In five years the poor linmi
grant had reached the top. lie was
not only the aid but the spokesman
of the greatest man In America. Wash
ington used Hamilton's pen not ns an
annalist merely, but as au advocate.
Talent and dash are not so rare in
young men that Hamilton can be set
up as a marvel in this respect. But bis
courage was timely, his capacity ex
Imustless. One of the times that tried
Washington's soul was after Saratoga,
when the American army In the north
Jjad no foe to face. But the British,
under Howe, were marching up tin
Delaware. Washington had given aid
to Gates at Saratoga, and now that
his own depleted army was hard press
ed he sent one request upon anothei
asking him to return the troops, with
others as he could spare them. 1 inally
Hamilton, then a colonel, went to A 1
bany to urge Gates to act. The gen
eral proposed to return Morgan's corps
to Washington, aloug with a few worn
out brigades, but Hamilton refused to
be put off with that. He was indig
nant and talked back to Gates in terms
which brought the re-enforcements. On
the way dowu the Hudson the column
crossed the lines of Israel Putnam, a
semi-independent commander, who was
ambitious to recapture New York. Put
nam actually detached part of the
Washington re-enforcements to help on
his plans. Once more the young aid
took the matter lu his own hands.
Said he to Putnam, "I uow, sir, in the
most explicit terms, by his excellen
cy's authority, give It as a positive or
der from him (Washington) that all the
Continental troops ppder your com
mand be Immediately marched tore
enforce the army under him." Veteran
though lie was, a major general and a
personal power lu the colonies, Putnam
dared not oppose the beardless boy,
because the boy had right on his side.
Hamilton's physical bravery was
equal to every crisis. At Monmouth,
when others were shaky and doubt
hung over tlie leaders, he rode to the
side of his chief and cried out, "Let u»
die here rather than retreat!" That
was the spirit for Monmouth, but on
another occasion he did retreat, and
that in the company of one so gallant
as Light Horse Harry Lee. After the
battle of Brandywine Hamilton anil
Lee were sent across the Schuylkill
with a few troopers to destroy a quan
tity of stores and rob the British of
so much plunder. In the midst of
their work the British appeared. Light
Horse Harry and four troopers leaped
into their saddles and rode for their
lives across a bridge, while Hamilton,
with the rest of the party, escaped by
a boat, exchanging volleys with the
British who thronged the bank until
out of range.
In ail the dramatic incidents of Wash
ington's career as commander Hamil
ton figured. He was with Washing
ton at the time of Arnold's treason,
and it was from his lips that the gener
al first learned the terrible story of
guilt. He pointed out to Washington the
disaffection in the patriot army which
endangered the cause and finally re
signed from the staff when he thought
his personal rights were ighored. The
courtship of Hamilton with Elizalieth
Schuyler was an incident of his busy
life in Washington's camp. He met
his fate while on the mission to Albany
securing troops from Gates for Wash
ington. Afterward the Schuylers lived
at Morristown when Washington made
his headquarters there.
Hamilton's personality was his strong
point. His weakness lay in an irasci
ble temper. Washington once accused
him of want of respect for his chief.
"I am not conscious of it," said he,
"but since you have thought of it we
part." Although Washington tried to
heal the breach, the young aid re
mained firm. Hamilton's figure was
not commanding. He was light, but
well made. "Little Lion" was a name
which suited and which clung to him
throughout his career. A fine shaped,
symmetrical head, eyes deep set and
full of light and fire, a long, sharp nose
above close set lips, these gave to the
advocate his "penetrating features," to
the searcher of hearts his "piercing
look." Socially "the Little Lion" was
a favorite. Open hearted, hospitable,
helping any one in need with both
money and labor, declining heavy fees
from the wealthy clients and taking
none from the poor, the man who had
made the nation rich left only name
and fame to his family.
The self confidence of the "young
West. Indian" #mained with the war-
EgSSP
HA t*. •
GESfEHAIi ALEXANDER HAMILTON*,
rlor and the statesman. As he had re
buked Putnam so he rebuked the sen
ate for useless demands for informa
tion, and that august body took the
lesson meekly. He forestalled an out
burst of scandal by Issuing a pamphlet
which was at once a confession and an
appeal, and the American public ac
cepted it. The self confidence ol' Ham
ilton was not born of audacity nor con
ceit, but of conscious power. Impartial
contemporaries said that he was the
superior of Webster in creative force.
As an advocate before Juries or as an
orator on the platform Hamilton won
by direct attack upon the intellects and
hearts of his hearers. He had no silver
tongue, but drove his own deep convic
tion home to the heart by the spirit he
put into words.
Burr's bullet was aimed not so much
at a personal enemy as at a public
Nemesis. Hamilton had denounced the
arch Intriguer again and again in the
course of the fierce political tights fol
lowing the adoption of the constitution.
He tried to make peace with Burr and
finally fought as a public duty to vindi
cate his dignity, his honor and his pres
tige as a leader of men. When the
challenge was given, Hamilton asked
for a delay of the meeting in order to
settle important affairs for his clients.
Burr used the time in practicing with
his pistol. Just a week before the duel
Hamilton presided at a Fourth of July
banquet of the Society of Cincinnati.
During the convivialities of the even
ing he was called upon to sing a favor
ite ballad, which he did with spirit,
Burr being one of the company.
The night before the encounter Ham
ilton wrote a protest against the code,
ending 11 with a statement of his rea
son for fighting.
Said he,"The ability to be in the fu
ture useful, whether In resisting evil or
In effecting good in those crises of our
public affairs which seem likely to iiap
pen, would probably be inseparable
from conforming with public prejudice
In this particular."
A hero in war, a master in council
and a prince in debate, he could not af
ford to shirk an affair of honor. He
made po effort to kill his antagonist,
but coolly stood at a disadvantage to
meet Burr's tire. His own pistol was
discharged as he fell forward, and tut
bullet went in the air.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
fcMILY GEIGEh'S I- iL)E.
A R r»ol ul J t»uai> Iftrroib** W bo H Sol
Often 11 t-ur«J Of.
On ihe firing liue woman may he worse
tlinu :ui insignificant unit, hut if she can
not shout straight - ho can and frequently
docs ride as straight as a man and show
a man's resource in emergency. As a nat
ural result each war has its collection of
state and national heroines. Emily Gei
ger v.as South Carolina's heroine of the
Revolution, aud her elaims to respect and
remembrance are s»»t forth below: <y
In tlie spring of 1781 General Nathaniel
Greene attempted to capture the most im
portant post in upper Carolina, but lic'ng
advised of Lord llawdon's rapid approach
with a large British force, he withdrew
across the Saluda river and was pursued
by Kawdon to the Enoree river.
llawdon's forces were reported divid
ed, and Greene considered it imperative
to communicate with General Sumter,
who was stationed on the Wateree river,
60 that, united, tlie two might make au
attack on the British general.
General Sumter was over 100 miles
away, with many rivers and forests in
tervening. M:re formidable than these
were the British soldiers guarding every
road leading to the south and the Tory
inhabitants of the country between the
two patriot forces. There was some ditli
ty in finding a man willing to undertake
the mis i =n, but a girl of 18 came to Gen- i
eral Greene and offered her services.
She was Emily, daughter of John Gei
ger, an arm lit patriot who was crippled
and unable t<> bear arms, aud she begged
an opport>:ii'ty to do something for her
country. She was a good horsewoman
and knew the lords for many miles.
General Greene hesitated to send this
defenseless «i;| on so perilous a journey,
but finally her insistence prevailed. 110
gave her a written message to Sumter,
which she memorized before beginning
Ler journey.
On t!;e evening of the second day after
she had crossed the Saluda river and
was approaching the broad Congareo
near Columbia three of Itawdon's scouts
appeared iu the road in front. As she
came from the direction of the enemy
and gave evasive answers Emily was
taken i-!to Lord Itawdon's presence. He
was suspicious and sent for two Tory
women living ilnee miles distant to
search the prisoner.
Dutir;: the few minutes that she was
left alone Euiil; tore up and swallowed
the paper <*:! - i■!> h General Greene's dis
patch \va< whten. aud her secret was
safe. ahho:i;.h cv< ;y seam of every gar
ment was tipped open by the women
searchei s.
When Lord Kawdon permitted her to
continue In r way. he furnished her an es
cort to the house of a friend several
miles distant, and there a fresh horse
was given her by the patriot.
Setting out again as soon as it was
prudent, Emily continued her ride
through swamp and forest, where the
darkness was intense, until daylight,
when, with the exception of the time lost
at British headquarters, she had been 24
hours in the saddle.
At 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the
third day the brave girl rode into Sum
ter's camp and, although almost fainting
from fatigue and hunger, deliveted clear
ly the message from General Greene. It
is said that in one hour Sumter was
ready to march and soon after joined
General Greene. In consequence of this
union of the American forces Itawdon
was compelled to retreat to Orangeburg,
aud later, despairing of success, he sailed
for Europe.
Two weeks after her ride Emily Geiger
returned home. General Greene present
ed her with a pair of earrings and a
brooch that are still in existence, as is a
beautiful silk shawl presented to her by
General Lafayette on the occasion of his
last visit to this country. —Youth's Com
panion.
They Are Looking Forward to It.
The days are growing noticeably
longer. It will soon be time, says the
Somerville Journal, for the small boy
to take his annual doses of sulphur
and molasses.
The Two Bnllders.
Two men, a Chinese legcfM runs,
Once found that each must build
A house, and each, in building, was
An artisan most skilled.
But one thought ot the days of work.
And weary was at heart;
The other thought not of the toll.
But how 'twere best to start.
The one knelt down before his joss
With countenance dismayed;
He asked the joss to build the house
And prayed and prayed and prayed.
The other gathered up hts tools
And straight the task assailed;
He hewed the Joists and hung the doom
And nailed and nailed and nailed.
The one prayed on before his jo6S
Through all the weary while;
The joss peered from the sltar stnoke,
With something like a smile.
The other, when he built his house.
Took all the extra planks
And burned them at the joss' feet.
An ottering of thanks.
The one looked up from where he knelt
And cried: "Oh, wicked man!
You did not wait for holy aid;
Yours was a wicked plan."
The other smiled and answered him,
"I'd not ask joss to bless -'1
A quality that might be termed
As simple laziness." '
ty;
The beauty of the legend is
That it may be applied ■> T
To any work we may attempt '
Or any faith beside.
For, asking Providence to da
Some toil which we would shirk
Is apt to teach a lazy man
The usefulness of work.
—Baltimore America®.
All the world Is familiar with snuff
boxes, but snuff spoons are pretty little
refinements of which this generation
has hardly heard. Very probably they
came Into use about two years after
Sir George Itooke's expedition to Vigo
bay In 1702, when he captured half a
ton of tobacco and snuff from the
Spanish galleons, and snuff thus be
came a common article in England.
One of the characters in a comedy
published at Oxford in 1701, entitled
"An Act at Oxford," by Thomas Baker,
says, "But I carry sweet snuff for the
ladies," to which Arabella replies: "A
spoon too. That's very gailaut, for to
see some people run their fat fingers
into a box Is as nauseous as eating
without a fork."
In the forties and fifties snuff spoons
were still in use on the Scottish border.
They were of bone and of a size togo
into the snuffbox. People fed their
noses, it was said, as naturally as they
carried soup to their mouths. As late
as 1877 a fanner at Norliain-on-Tweed
was seen using one.—Gentleman's Mag
azine.
Orchard trees will bear to be planted
much more closely together in the west
than they will In the east, for the rea
son that all western orchards are at
best short lived, aud one need never ex
pect to see there apple trees a hundred
or more years old, such as may be
found in New York and the N'ew Eng
land states. The trees in the western
orchard are further benefited by mod
erately close planting, as they afford
protection to each other from the heat
in summer, the cold in winter and the
force of the winds of the prairie re
gions.
Nasal Catarrh quickly 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 remedy for Nana! 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 immediately disap
pears when Cream Balm is used. Ely
Brothers, 56 Warren Street. New York.
The Steel and Iruu Combine. j
The raited States Steel coin puny,
■with $800,000,000 of capital and the j
very foundations of the iron and steel I
business of the country in its control, j
becomes quite the iTiosi powerful anil i
extensive corporation ever created. It 1
is the consolidation of consolidations, *
*.he constituent elements of which, we 1
are told, are these great industrial coin- j
binations, the most conservative state
ment of their capital being given:
Carnegie Steel company $160,000,000 '
Federal Steel company 09.745.000 I
American JSteei and Wire company 90,U0;),t*J0 i
National Tube company fcO.OJO.OUO
Am erican Bridge company 70 # 000,0i)0 '
National Steel company 69,000,000 |
American Sheet Steel company 49.000,000 j
American Tin Plate company 46.8*25,000
American Steel Hoop company 33,000,000
Total ?'.57,070,000 1
The combinatiou of these concerns j
forms a substantial monopoly of the
iron and steel industry of the I'nited
States. It need have no fear of sue- J
cessful rivalry, since it possesses ex- '
traordinary facilities for crushing com- !
petition. Its organizers are the men :
whose names are identified with recent
operations of magnitude in the railroad j
world by which a "community of in- |
terest" has been established between •
important transportation lines. These !
geLtlemeu are also extensively engaged I
in the coal business and, besides, con- j
trol vast deposits of iron ore. They :
hold in their hands the raw materials, !
the facilities of manufacture and trans
portation and the control of the mar
kets. If in their capacity as railroad
men they should kindly accord to them
selves in their capacity as producers of
iron and steel the favor of discriminat
ing rates or if through their control of
coal production they should lend to
their iron and steel business a helping
4iand, any attempt at competition
would oe futile. Probably the worst
capitalistic abuse of the present time is
the secret rebate, and it is a matter of
public concern to know whether the
organizers of the United States Steel
company feel a just abhorrence of that
Illegitimate and pernicious practice.
Since legislation has been quite unable
to check it in lesser and comparatively
insignificant corporations it will be dif
ficult indeed to reach this colossus if it
chooses to use its vast opportunities to
the public detriment If it be content
to do a legitimate business in a legiti
mate way, giving labor, which is the
most important factor in its opera
tions. a just and equitable reward and
selling its products to the consumer at
a fair and reasonable margin of profit
above the cost of production and trans
portation, the public can have no spe
cial reason for quarrel with this great
est of all industrial combinations,
though there are many who will decry
as harmful to the public interests the
centralization in a single corporate
body of such vast elements of power
and influences as are embodied in the
United States Steel company.
Testimony of Handwriting Experts.
The refusal of Justice Fursman to
permit a handwriting expert to give to
the jury his opinion as to the author
ship of certain papers submitted by
the prosecution in the Kennedy mur
der trial in his court In New York
raises an important point in criminal
jurisprudence and bears upon the
Whole question of expert testimony as
well as the particular form of testi
mony covered by the ruling.
In the present Instance it was sought
by the prosecuting attorney to identify
the defendant as the murderer by prov
ing by comparisons that he was the
writer of certain signatures found on
the person of the murdered woman.
This method has heretofore been gen
erally permitted by the courts. Jus
tice Fursman, however, held the writ
ings offered for comparison were not
disputed writings, that they were not
in issue, not in controversy and that
expert testimony as to their authorship
could not be admitted unless they were
in dispute.
The effect of this ruling, if it should
be sustained by the court of appeals,
will be to place much narrower limits
on expert testimony in New York state
courts than now surround it. Indeed
it would practically eliminate the testi
mony of handwriting experts from the
majority of cases in which they have
been a considerable factor, at least in
the matter of occupying the court's
time and the expenditure of the pub-
He's money. Iu so many cases have
these experts, apparently possessing
equal qualifications, been found to flat
ly contradict each other regarding any
given exhibit of penmanship that the
public and even the courts themselves
come to look with more or less discred
it upon this sort of testimony. Fre
quently the expert witnesses, whether
in the matter of handwriting, chemis
try, medicine or surgery, are inclined to
give purely ex parte testimony iu b«-
half of the party by whom they are
employed. Unquestionably there are
times in criminal cases when tl#> opin
ion of men trained in specialties is
vital, but it would seem that in the
Interest of Justice and public econ
omy some change or limitation might
be put upon the prevailing system of
ex parte employment of experts. As
jugtice Fursman apparently brought
up the matter for the purpose of hav
ing the court of appeals pass upou it
the final decree of that tribunal will be
awaited with interest.
Delaware does not seem disposed to
part with her unique mode of punish
ment, the whipping post and pillory
Early in the present session of the
state legislature a movement was made
to reduce the scope of their use, and
certain bills looking to that end were
passed through one branch of the legis
lature, but these efforts have ultimate
ly resulted in nu enactment in precise
ly the opposite direction. Not only has
the other house refused to pass the bill
abolishing the pillory, but both houses
have now passed a bill, which awaits
the governor's signature, prescribing
public whippings for wife beaters, who
are to receive from sto 30 lashes. By
a general consensus of judgment wife
bpaters are among the most despicable
of characters and ought to receive se
vere and humiliating treatment. Im
prisonment is hardly a fair penalty, for
the wife suffers from the lack of the
husband's services. Fines scarcely
1 reach the evil, for the vicious man is
seldom cured t»y a mere stroke at his
pocketbook, and often the fine reacts
upon the wife. Public humiliation and
physical suffering, giving to the offend
er his own medicine, used to be found
most effective in the days of drastic I
treatment In the name of the law.
In view of the recommendations sent
to congress by the president for re
i warding the naval heroes who deetroy-
I ed Cervera's fleet In Santiago harbor,
there is special interest in the publica
tion just made by the editor of The Na
val Service Gazette of a conversation
which he had with Rear Admiral, then
Commodore, Schley on board the Brook
lyn the day after the battle. When
j congratulated on the thoroughness of
I his achievement, as evidenced by the
smoking wrecks along the Cuban
coast, the commodore disclaimed his
right to any special credit for what he
called simply the performance of his
: duty, but he did not hesitate to ex
press his joy at the chance which had
brought him the opportunity to fight
and win a great battle. "I am thank
ful," he added, "that it found us pre
pared and that we did our work so
well that there can be no dispute as to
j where the victory lies." A moment lat
' er the visitor said, "You'll get a sub
| stantial reward for yesterday's work,"
aud then inquired. "If you could name
your own reward, what would you have
from the president and congress?"
After the commodore had declared that
| it was not for him to measure the val
; ue of what had been done he continued:
"I would suggest this as a good and
j sufficient reward: I-et the president or
congress have struck of/ bronze medals
! commemorating the victory. Let one
i be given to every officer aud man who
j participated ia the baltle, one of these
j medals togo to me. 1 would value it
| highly. You know. I don't believe In
! special medals of gold and silver. Just
plain bronze medals, 112 ; all aiike. Then
there is one more reward which I
! would like. It would mean much to
j me. It Is 'the thanks of congress by
| name.' That's all I expect, all I hope
• for. With it and my own conscious
! ness of duty done I shail be satisfied."
j The editor of The Naval Service Ga
zette asserts that Admiral Schley has
not changed his views since that day.
We never knew a man to have very
good luck with the mammoth clover as
a hay crop. It is too coarse and is apt
to lodge when the big stems become
mildewed and unpalatable. As a fer
tilizer, the green crop to be plowed
under, It is better tlmu the medium
> clover and is all right for a pasture.
So great is the fertilizing value of
I the clover plant that we had as soon
have a field in clover two years, re
( moving the crops of hay and seed, a a
j to have 13 good loads of manure spread
'on each acre of the land. And there
; is, besides the added fertility, a better
condition of the soil secured with the
i clover than is possible In any other
way.
We have a friend who makes a
ipeclalty of buying good calves and
feeding them high till they are 1
fear old, then selling them. He tells
as he can make an average gain of $25
per head on them, the secret being that
the ration fed thein will make nearly
twice as many pounds of meat at this
age as it will on the 2 or 3 year old
iteer.
A friend of ours bought a well bred
but untrained and unfitted horse not
k>ng since for $75. He kept thofcorse
for 70 days and fitted him up to 4rlve,
then sent him to Chicago, where Be
was sold for $345 to a scalper, wAp the
next day matched him up and sold the
team to a New York nabob for $J?000.
l'here Is a lesson in the foregoing for
men who have well bred and nntralned
horses.
A reader wants to know what to do
with the red ants which ruin his straw
berry bed. We would move the bed,
for we know of no way to get rid of the
ants. An old hen turkey with a lot of
little turks will, if cooped near an ant
hill, clean them out the quickest of
anything we know of.
In certain parts of Mexico and Cen
tral America are caves of large dimen
sions which for ages have been the
roosting and breeding places of mil
lions of bats, whose excrements have
accumulated to such an extent that •
most valuable fertilizer is available.
One man owning such caves has sold
1,700 tons of this fertilizer at S4B per
top. A
A Masculine I.ady'a Maid.
A Bostonian while exploring the flle9
of a paper printed in his town a cen
tury ago came across this rather star
tling advertisement: "S Rogers informs
those ladies who wish to be dressed by
him, either on assembly or ball days,
to give him notice the previous day.
Ladles who engage to and don't dress
must pay him half price."
Censorship In China.
The censorship Is a very real thing in
China. There any one who writes an
Immoral book ia punished with 100
blows of the heavy bamboo and ban
ishment for life. Any one who reads
It is also punished.
We came across one of those tree
peddlers a few days ago who are sell
ing fruit trees to farmers at more than
twice the cost at which they could be
obtained from any home nurseryman.
Don't pay such prices.
If you think that you cannot win
your case at the end of a lawsuit, R is
always best to arbitrate, for the basis
of all arbitration is compromise, and
so arbitrating you will be sure to get
something and save costs.
NOTICE.
Estate of John Marshall late of the
Limestone Township, County of Mon
tour State of Pennsylvania, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that letter of Ad
ministration upon tin' aboye State have
granted to the undersigned. Ail ppr&ov* l&
debtcd to tlie said Estate, are required to
make payment, and those having claim* or
demands against the said estate, will make
known the same without delay to
CUARLES A. WAGNER.
Administrator.
I'. 0., Address, Ottawa, Pa.
or DANIEL W• RANK, Att'y.
Limestoneville, I'a.•
A OILIXISTLT ATOM'S NOTICK.
Estate of Sarah Forney late of the Bor
ough of Danville, in the County ot
Montour and State of Pennsylvania,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters of Ad
ministration upon the above estate have been
granted to the undersigned. All persons in
debted to the said estate are require! to uiakt
payment, and those having claims or de
mands against the said estate, will make
known the same, without, delay, to
WILLI A (3. FORNEY.
Administrator of Sarah Forney deceased, P.
< >. address, Riverside, l'a.
EDWARD HAYKK UEAHHAUT.C onpset.
gXKCCTOR'S NOTICK.
Estate of John S, Mottern. late of Ma
honing Township. Montour County
Pa., deceasdd,—
l.etters testamentary upon the above eatat
having been granted to the undersigned ah
pet sons indebted to tin* said estate will maU,
Immediate payment and those having claims
against the said estate will present them
without delay to
LLOYD CASHNER. Executor.
' R. s. YMMERMAN, Attorney.