MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville. Pa.. Mar. 28 1901 COMMUNICATIONS. All communications .sent to the AMERI CAN far publication must be signed by the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. Work In the Caliaon. It Is the strain within the bowels of the working chamber, unnoticed gen erally while there; tlie change on com fug Into the outer air that the sand bog (the workman) dreads. Under an air pressure the blood is forced away from the extremities. It is driven from the exterior into the central organs, espe cially toward the brain and tbe spinal cord. The man, exhausted by toil under these conditions, climbs a long ladder. He Is in the airlock again, with the up per door alone closed. The lock tender Jerks up tbe bottom door. With a twist of the valve he hustles the compressed air out The ordinary atmosphere rush es In. The upper door is thrown up, and God's sun and air come to the prisoner. The reaction Is too severe. The blood, released by the sudden vanishing of 30, 40, 50 pounds of air pressure on each square inch of the body, refuses to act normally. Heart and lungs weak en, vitality ebbs. A sand hog is never sure that the next trip may not be his last. The practical limit below ground Is 50 pounds of air pressure. The men that can work in that atmosphere are masters of their trade. Yet now and then a manvis met with who has the strength togo farther. Cromwell Chllde In Leslie's Monthly. Where the Leak Wa«. Once, years ago, when Daniel Web ■ter was secretary of state, there was an Important foreign matter up for dis cussion before the cabinet, and the ut most secrecy was of course maintain ed, but the whole thing was blazoned about in a few hours after the cabinet meeting. So the president hastily sent for his cabinet to talk over this leak. Each man had a different Idea of It. Finally Mr. Webster arose, saying, "You, gentlemen, goon with your dis cussion, and I'll be back In a minute." In a few minutes he returned and re peated every word that had been spo ken In the room in his absence. He explained that If, by standing close to the door outside the cabinet room, you held your ear to it, you could not dis tinguish one Intelligible word; but If, moving back from the door and a little to one side upon a certain spot in the carpet, you kept aa attentive ear, ev ery word could be plainly heard as though whispered. Some enterprising eavesdropper bad experimenting with the door and had found that upon that exact spot was some acoustic property of the door or room that conveyed the aound In perfect entirety.—Saturday Evening Post ' As so much money is spent on cotillon favors it seems a pity that the gifts given are not of a more enduring quality. While a certain amount of glitter and tinsel undoubtedly adds very much to the spec tacular effect of the room souvenirs of a less perishable nature are much more appreciated by the recipients. They need not necessarily be valuable, al though it goes without saying that the silver articles, pins, etc., that are often given are highly appreciated, but they might be something that can be kept. "Where did this come from?" asked a book lover recently, picking up a delicious little volume of poems bound in soft green leather. "That was one of my favors last night at Mrs. Z.'s dance," answered his daugh ter. "Now, that is worth having!" exclaim ed her father. "If you would always bring home something like that instead of that trumpery rubbish you litter up your room with, it would be worth while." Dainty little volumes are certainly one of the most charming and acceptable of favors, and if tied with broad ribbon they look quite as effective as some senseless confection of tissue paper and artificial flowers. They will probably not cost any more, and the donor will have the satisfaction of knowing that the souvenir of her dance will be cher ished. "I wish I knew what makea a girl pop ular!" is an ejaculation one often hears sighed forth by young society women, all of whom are naturally anxious to score a success in the social world. Of course, as every one realizes, popularity is an intangible quality, and it is difficult to analyze the exact reason why one in dividual is a persona grata in every as semblage and why another who makes even more effort to please is less con sidered. Still there are certain persons who are naturally pleasing, yet fail to make the best of themselves. They are left in the background chiefly by reason of their own want of perception and too mueh diffidence. To such a little advice might be helpful, and therefore the views of a woman of experience on the subject are given. "It is a great mistake," she says,"to depreciate one's own powers of attrac tion either to oneself or to others. The former renders you constrained and self conscious in your manners, and as peo ple are very apt to take you at your own valuation it is equally bad to run oneself down to others. A modest assurance, if one can combine the two qualities, is far better. This is far removed from con ceit, which of couTse is odious. A frank, cordial manner is the best social quality a woman can possess, but here again comes a distinction. An ever eager ness to please repels instead of attracts. It must be a natural, kindly manner and frankly bestowed on all comers." Likelr to Caaao Trouble. It Is said that France Is trying to buy 100,000 square miles of land from Brazil. The Monroe doctrine declares that the western hemisphere Is no lon ger opgn to colonization by European powers. The colouies which they al ready held they could retain without , Infringing the Monroe doctrine, though they have since lost most of them. But they cannot, consistently with tha 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 alt France to acquire from Brazil a 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. Congressman Naphen rises to luqulre as to whether the exportation of mules to South Africa Is in violation-of tbe .spirit of our neutrality laws. This would seem to hinge on the question as to whether a mule is a hors de combat. Young Mr. Rockefeller Is now telling other young men how to get rich. It will be quite Impossible, however, for a good many young men to do this In the way viiunjr .Mr. Rockefeller did. i !a number OF CHANGES I ■ j Notwithstanding that April Ist is Mill I some days in the future several families . about tow n have already changed resi dence, while an unusually large num ber are getting ready for the regular moving day, April Ist, which occurs on Monday next. The demand for houses . of moderate rent, say of from seven to j ten dollars per month, is something un j precedented, surpassing the demand of even a year ago when the steel plant . was in operation. At that time people ensconced in houses of any sort, were 112 glad to hold onto what they had, while those who had to move fancying that the prospects for the future were bright : diil not object to high rent, so that it is ' true that houses commanding twelve to 1 fifteen dollars per month were easily rented, which the present spring may be I begging for tenants. There are still a considerable number, mostly of the r wage-earning class, who can not afford to pay a rent of more than eight or ten dollars per month, who are still hunting " houses. : Among the changes to be noted are ' quite a number occurring on Mill street | Jacob H. Fry will move from the Sper ring building to theSeohler block. Harry Rhodes will remove his tailoring estab -1 lishment into the Sperling building. The i room vacated by Mr. Rhodes will be oc i cupied by the stationery store of John G. Brown, whp will remove his family to the brick residence, 118 West Market 1 street. The store room in the Brown building will be occupied by W. L. An trim with a dry goods store. Andrew , Russell will occupy the residence por tion of the Bloch building, in which he has opened a restaurant. Mrs. Moses Bloch will move into the Brinton resid ence, Church and East Market streets. J. P. Carroll, manager of the People's shoe store, will remove to Sayre, this state. He will be succeeded by James Powers, of this city, who has purchased the stock and will conduct the business. Philip S. Moser.who will remove to New Columbia, will be succeeded by J. C. Heddens as landord of the Heddens House. Tailor F. W. Howe will occupy his new residence, East Market street. The Vincent property vacated by Mr. Howe will be occupied by F. G. Peters. A. Mason, salesman for J. H. Goeser, will remove from East Market street into Bridal Row, Church street. B. K. Shoe maker, proprietor of the liquor store, opera house block,has removed into res idence No. 349 Ferry street, vacated by George Ricketts, who has moved to his own home on Church street. A. L. Delcamp, of South Danville, Tuesday moved his household goods into residence 112 East Front street, former ly occupied by John Rebman. The Welsh mansion vacated by Mr. Del camp, will be occupied by Mrs. Pitner. Samuel Morrall will remove from his farm at Kipp's Run to the VanNostran property. His son, Charles, will re main on the farm. Elias Woodruff,who conducts a farm near Roaring Creek, will remove to his own home, on Gearhart street, South Danville. G. Edward Roat who occupies the Woodruff home, will remove to the residence owned by Jud son Vastine, Gearhart street. Fred Purpur will remove from the double res idence owned by Clinton Smith, Rail road street, to the tenant house on the farm of Amos Vastine. Robert Map stone will move into the house he va cates. OF UNTOLD VALUE. The Information Contained in This Gentle men's Statement is Priceless. The hale, the hearty, the strong can af ford to toss this paper to one side impa tiently when they retyi the following,but any sufferer in Danville who has spent a mint of money and suffered hours of excrucia'ting torture caused by kidney complaint will stand in his own light if he does not follow the valuable advice offered by. Mr. W.C. Richard, Grocer, living, cor Iron and Third at Blooms burg who says:—" I was taken suddenly with stitches in my back which were so excruciating, that I almost fell to the ground. I was confined to my bed for over a week, and the pain was so in tense I could not rise with out assist ance. Doan 's Kidney Pills came to my attention and I took a course of the treatment. It cured me.'' 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. Swallowed A Bottle of Cologne. Miss Lizzie Goodman, the charming 16 year old daughter of Rev. B. Good man of Irish Valley, near Shamokin, is receiving medical treatment for a pecu liar affliction. One day last week she was enjoying the company of a couple of girl friends. The good natured and jolly trio were having lots of fun, when Miss Goodman placed a small bottle of colo gne to her mouth. In a paroxysm of laughtt*- caused by a witty sally, Miss Goodman accidentally swallowed the vial and its contents. She is greatly alarmed over the aflair but up to the present time has experienced no bad re sults. The girl is the mother of the woman just as "the boy is the father of the man." The period when the womanly functions begin is one to be carefully watched and considered. Irregularity or derangement at this time may be promptly met and cured by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. But neglect at this critical period may entail years of future suffering. "Favorite Pre scription'' acts directly npon the woman ly organs giving them perfect vigor and abundant vitality. It removes the ob structions to health and happiness, and delivers womanhood from the cruel bondage of "female weakness." You pay the postage. Dr. Pierce gives you the book. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages, 700 illustrations is sent free on receipt of stamps to defray cost of mailing only. Send 21 one cent stamps for the paper bound book, or 31 stamps for cloth Iwund. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf falo, N. Y. Clover seed bids fair to be exceeding ly scarce the coming spring; at all events it has suddenly advanced in price, and farmers who have to buy find that they must pay more than they ex pec ted. The interest of all good Methodists : will be centered upon Chambersbnrg for the next few days, as matters of im- j portance to the denomination wiJJ be , discussed and disposed of. ! Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. All the blood In your body passes through your kldfleys once every three minutes. fThe kidneys are your blood purifiers, they fil ter out the waste or impurities in the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they iai\! do their wck. cess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected ' kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidney poisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their begin ning in kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp« Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases and is sold on its merits by all druggists in fifty cent and one-dollar siz es. You may have a V 3 sample bottle by mail Home of swamp-Root free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y./ Counterfeit China. Other things besides money are coun terfeited, and purchasers of old china have to be continually on their guard or they will be paying many dollars for what Is worth only a few cents. "The market Is full of imitation chi na," said a lower Fourth avenue dealer in antiques who was asked about the matter. "Persons who rely on marks are sure to be deceived, for marks are easily imitated, and there is not one that has escaped forgery. "Both French and English manufac turers forge all of the most sought aft er marks and find sale for their prod ucts. In looking for old china I find that every mark of importance has been forged, from Dresden to Worces ter and 4 Crown Derby, not excepting old Sevres. Every day would be pur chasers come here and visit other New- York shops, looking for china, and have no mortal idea at all correct of what they are buying. Yet they will talk after a most learned fashion and will take offense at the very suggestion that they may be deceived. "If you are going to judge of china by its marks or evidence of its age and use from discoloration cracks and chipping, you arc* more than likely to be cheated, for all of these things are easy for an expert and dishonest deal er to Imitate. If you are not a Judge of china, then hire an honest expert to purchase for you."—New York Herald. Her Seven Stages. It Is held by a writer on woman that the seven stages of woman's life may be reckoned as composed of multiples of ■even. The first seven years are infancy, the second seven childhood, the third sev en girlhood, and the fourth seven bring fully developed womanhood. The fifth seven—that is, from the age of 28 to 35 — may be looked upon as the infancy of age, for during that period one learns to exercise the faculties and perceptions that have developed in the preceding years. Until tue age of 42 the lessons go on and character is being matured ani fixed. After that few changes are made in the real person. Slight varieties and variations of opinion are likely to occur, but nothing deep or vital to transform the life. How's This ? Weofftr One Hundred Hollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured l>y Halt's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. We the undersigned, known K. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe liini perfectly honorable in all business transac tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. WEST & THCAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. WALOIKO, KINNAN & MAHVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. Ohio. flail's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold l»y all drug gists. Hall's Familv Pills are the best. ■ •ilia In Ihe Tread rower. When grinding feed for our herd. Bays an Ohio farmer, we use a 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. The grain feed Is bran, old process oilmeal and gluten feed. Man Qneei Elisabeth Refnaed. Queen Elizabeth began to have suitor* 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 Btorms of a disputed succession. 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 over—and dropped. The fact was, though admiration was as necessary to this strange woman as food, though flattery wns never too gross nor adoration ever too 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, congratulation* offered—when this incorrigible spiuster would declare hysterically that she could out and would not!— Harper's Bazar. 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 In case ransoms are not paid. To say that the lives of fiends like these should be spared is worse than mawkish and mischievous sentimental ity. In All Stages of Nasal Catarrh there should be cleanliness. As experience proves, Ely's Cream Balm is a cleanser, ' soother and healer of the diseased mem brane. It is not drying nor imitating, and does not produce sneezing. Price 50 cents at druggists or it will be mailed by Eli Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New* York. Upon being placed into the nos trils it spreads over the membrane relief is immediate, it is an agreeable cure. f r * 112 | IT'S ALL IN M% | | YOUR EYbS | A great many headaches come from Eye |r w strain; and the poor victim never guesses the w source of the trouble. I have permanently \ll cured hundreds of cases x of persistent headache J? w by fitting the patient with proper glasses. W I examine your eyes, will tell you if your jL headache comes from your eyes or not. i No charge for examination. /f\ vfc HENRY hempe, * * SCIENTIFIC OPTICIAN & JEWELER ' 00' o*' 00 > 00' 00 " 00 o** 00'00 ' 0 Im (THE STRONG HKMj Four sturdy lives stand between Ed- j ward VII and a possible lapse in the | succession of the house of Guelph to j the British throne. When loyal Eng- ; lislnnen mention his majesty, they are j very apt to add "whom God preserve," j and this is, in fact, the official way of j wishing long life and health to the oc- j cupant of the throue. But, as the 1 | Photo by Milne, Edinburgh. DI KE OK CORNWALL AND YORK, world lately learned, even English roy alties are mortal, and the good wishes of his subjects are not likely to prolong I the life of his majesty when the last I call comes. It is, at any rate, some comfort to the wellwisbers of the dynasty that now reigns in Britain to know that tliey are of a long lived and prolific stock. For two generations at least the succession in a straight line is assured, and it seems likely that the present royal family of the "tight little island" will j continue to reign until some change t takes place in its form of government, j The present heir apparent to the Brit ish throne is George Frederick Ernest j Albert, duke of Cornwall and York, | who when he assumes the reins of gov- j ernment will be known as George V. He was born on June 3, TBt»r>, at Marl borough House, tiie London residence of the former Prince of Wales. The Duke of Cornwall and York is not yet the I'rince of Wales, and refer ence to him as such is somewhat pre mature. That title does not descend by right to the eldest son of the sover eign, but is conferred on him by royal patent. Edward VII was made Prince of Wales when he was 4 weeks old, and he will no doubt in the near future confer the same title on his son. The Duke of York i*s the second and only surviving son of his majesty, the first having been the Duke of Clarence, who died in 1892. At the time of the death of the Duke of Clarence he was affianced to Prin cess May of Teek, and soon thereafter | Photo by Hughes & Mulling, London. PBIXCK ALBEKT AND PRINCESS VICTORIA, rumor connected the names of the prin cess and Prince George. Queen Victo* . i ia heartily approved of the match, and the young couple were married on July 0, ISU:>. They have four children three sons and a daughter—Prince Ed- J ward. Prince Albert, Princess Victoria and Prince Henry. Common report has it that the Duke \ of York before his marriage to Princess i May was morganatic-ally united to a daughter of an English admiral. If; H N M H M MMf FOUR STURDY LIVES 1 ASSURE THE PRESENT 1 SUCCESSION TO THE 1 BRITISH THRONE » / M j this marriage really occurred, it was j invalid in the eyes of English law, and jit was diplomatically suppressed. In justice to the duke, however, it must j be said that prior to the announcement i of his espousal to Princess May the j archbishop of Canterbury proclaimed | from the steps of the Chapel Itoyal 1 that there was no ecclesiastical or le I legal obstacle to the union. The Duke of York has been known S as "the sailor prince" of England., for he was educated for the royal navy and has served in it lor many years. He entered the navy with his older broth er in 1877. He began as a cadet and advanced through all the grades in reg ular succession. In 1899 he obtained his first command, a torpedo boat, and his latest commission was as command er of 11. M. S. Crescent. The heir apparent is about 5 feet 6 inches in height, but he has not the kingly appearance of his royal father, t He wears a full beard, in accordance with the English naval custom. In his manner he is kindly, gentle and unas suming, and although he has a high sense of the responsibilities of his po sition his general appearance is not that generally ascribed to one born in the purple. In fact, "the divinity that doth hedge a king" is conspicuously absent about the heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain and India. He bears a striking resemblance to his first cousin, the czar of Russia. The eldest son of the Duke of York is a happy, healthy youngster of 6% who does not let the fact that there are only two lives between him and the throne stand In the way of his thorough en joyment of existence. He is typically English in appearance, sturdy, blue eyed and light haired, with a bea,utiful complexion. His good looks are shared by his two brothers and their sister. Prince Albert is just over 5 years of : age. Princess Victoria is not quite 4, | while the baby of the family, Prince Henry, will celebrate the first anniver sary of his birth In March. The English papers abound in stories about the royal grandchildren and pic- Photo by Lafayette, London. PRINCE ED WARD OF YORK. , tures of them. According to the most recent account, Prince Edward is a "great pickle"—what we would call a | "mischievous little chap"—Prince Al j bert is "a flue, healthy little fellow," and Princess Victoria is "a charmingly dainty little child, with a delicate com plexion and dainty ways." Prince Henry is of course too young to have attracted the admiring atten tion of British biographers. He was born at about the time of Queen Vic toria's visit to Ireland, and the Emer ald Isle expected that he would be named Patrick. That name does not, however, appear in the list of those borne by the child. CarlfU anil His Cat. In a letter of Mrs. Carjyle's, written to her maid Jessie, there is an amusing reference to Carlyle and his cat. Says Mrs. Carlyle: "That cat! I wish she were dead! But I can't shorten her days because, you see, my poor, dear, wee dog liked her. Well, there she is! And as long as she attends Mr. C. at his meals* (she doesn't care a sheaf of tobacco for him at any other time) so long will Mr. C. continue to give her bits of meat and driblets ot milk, to the ruin ation of carpets and hearth rugs. I have over and over again pointed out to him tlie stains she had made, but h<f won't believe theui her doings. And the dining room carpet*was so old and ugly that It wasn't worth rows with one's husband about. Now, however, that nice new clotli must be protected against the cat abuse. So what I wish is that you would shut, up the creature when Mr. C. has breakfast, dinner or tea, and If he remarks on her absence say it was my express desire. He has no idea what a selfish, Immoral, im proper beust she is, nor what mischief she does to the carpets."—London Globe. i WOMAN AND HOME. ONE OP THE HEROIC NURSES OF CIVIL WAR TIMES. Mmnen Who \re In Demand—The Womanly Woman—Wouirn as lira uiatiata—SugK<*allon» on the Art of rieuaiUK —Tilt* Stjllnh Girl. Mrs. Margaret Hamilton of Wake field, Mass., is one of the heroic women who gave her services as a nurse in the war of the rebellion. She is president of the National Association of «tlie .Nurses of the Civil War and secretary of the Army Nurse Association of Massachu setts and is an active, bright, wide awake woman and patriotic to the core. She was born in Rochester in IS4O and, being an only child, was much in dulged by her parents and knew little of life's cares until the death of her mother in 18.17. This left a sense of desolation and loneliness in her heart, and she became restless. Being of a re ligious nature, her aspiration was to be come a Sister of Charity, having been trained in their schools. This did not meet the approval of her father, as he did not wish to be paited from his daugh ter, but finally her pleadings gained his consent. lu 1800 she entered the orphan asylum as an aspirant for the orders of the sis ters. This favor of admitting her was because her father had been a generous friend to the church and asylum. After MRS. MARGARET HAMILTON, a probationary term of three months she was sent to the mother house in Em mitsburg, Md., where she remained six months, learning their methods. This was in the autumn of 1801, when the alarm of war struck terror into many a peaceful home. In the spring of ISGIi an order came to tbe mother house to send three of the sisters to Slat terlee United States Military hospital in West Philadelphia. When Mrs. Hamil ton heard the message, it tilled her heart with a true happiness that she had to conceal as a part of her discipline. But she was determined on one thing, and that was to leave the order if she was not chosen and to offer her services in the great struggle. Her fears were happily groundless, and she was sent early in May, 1802. Mrs. Hamilton's feet began to blister from constant standing, but her services were unremitting. During 1802. ISOo and 1804 the hospital was constantly filled, this being especially so after the battle of Gettysburg. The wards were overcrowd ed, and tents were erected to accommodate 2,000, most of whom were colored troops who, when recovering, made the place lively with tent meeting hymns and pray ers. Mrs. Hamilton can never forget what the soldiers of the rebellion sacri ficed that this nation might free the bondsman. She married a soldier of the Nineteenth Maine volunteers, and by this marriage eight children were born, seven of whom survive. The army nurses are the queens who have heroically wielded their womanly scepters. Long life to our noble army nurses and to the interesting subject of this sketch!— Boston Traveler. Women Who Are In Demand. Women who are "Jacks of all trades" are now the ones who are earning most money and who meet with least difficulty in finding good situations. Indeed, there are not near enough of them to supply the increasing demand for their services. With the amassed wealth of this coun try and the numerous outside duties which necessarily devolve upon the wom an head of a large establishment there has seemed to come, among other things, an opening for a second self —a working mistress, so to speak, in the home. To fill such a position high class women 6f considerable education and refinement are desired, for ,they must, when the madam is unable to do so, take up the reins of the household at any point. They must interview special visitors, go ou con fidential missions, also errands of mercy and put forth an exemplary moral tone before the young people. In fact, this position requires a woman endowed with tact, one of heaven's greatest and a general amount of savoir faire. She should never be at a loss for a word or allow any emer gency to find her unprepared. Not only is she the power behind the throne, but even must she at times look after that structure's steadiness. Again, she must have no talent for what Ituskin regards as so great a crime —idleness. There are flowers to be ar ranged in the drawing room, a thing never wisely intrustud to unskilled fin gers. There are cards to be wtitten to place iu front of each guest's place at dinner, something which servants know nothing whatever about, and, besides, this dexterous individual must even per haps spend some hours iu studying a monologue or poem to declaim after the repast is over. sne must be able to amuse as well as serve. In no way does such a position as this conflict with that of a housekeeper's. Of ten the same establishment will shelter them both. The one backs up and at tends to practical arrangements, the oth er is alert for the social order of things. But a word to the wise is enough. The woman who feels herself capable of till ing such a position can secure no doubt a luxurious home and have placed in her hand anywhere from SSO to SIOO a month. The combination of a trained nurse and a nursery governess has recently suggested itself to clever minds, so that now it is not unusual to find in the home one individual possessed of these diverse attainments. There are, as is well known, a number of women who go through a certain amount of hospital training and yet find, after they have completed their course, that they prefer not to pursue it as a steady profession. But if they happily have some other latent talent, such as that of being a governess or a companion to young girls, this very knowledge of nursing will great ly them to place themselves with a much larger salary than they could oth erwise command. —Buffalo Courier. The Womanly Woman. It's a mistake for women to dwarf their finer feelings, either because they're afraid of being sentimental or because they consider that worldly wisdom means roughness of manner and speech. Some women are impolite to their infe riors because they're afraid that the free and equal attitude will be the outcome of decency. People who are extraordinarily careful about their dignity usually do it because they haven't any to spare. The true gentlewoman is not afraid to be civil to her servants. The really worldly wise woman knows how surely sympathy is needed and how much good it does. She is not afraid of being thought sentimental because she writes lore letters to her woman friends or because she recollects the names and birthdays and ages and addresses of most people she ever knew well. A really strong minded woman is not afraid of being called only a woman. She nizes every attribute of her womauli uess. She is not ashaaisd to be seen loo diitig her baby or feeding Ae dog. She does not open her heart to rs and read its history to them, but >f a stranger happens on a hit of her life she owns it without apologies. It seems we're very much afraid of be ing acused of having hearts. We iiuigh at love's young dream even while we be lieve iu our souls that what the poet said was altogether true. We hide away our fondness for our nearest and dearest, and sometimes they never tind it till their life is all behind them and the pang of losing them has startled us from o.ir disguises. Men, perhaps, more than women, harden their hearts and call the process the ac quiring of self control. Women should be always sweet voiced and tender hearted. Strength does nut mean hardness of heart or roughness of voice. We lose from our lives half their magic and half their power when we scoff at the sympathies, the little self denials, the eager wish to be of service or to give pleasure and mock it with a good word put to a bad use —sentimentalism.—Phil- adelphia Press. WOMEN HI Dramatists. It has been asked more than once whether women can write plays. Awhile back this question provided an elaborate discussion, the upshot of which was that, whereas they might be able to do so, the fact remained that they had not so far distinguished themselves in the field of dramatic literature. It can no longer be said, however, that women are not to be seriously reckoned as rival competitors with men in this particular kind of work. How far they are successful at present or whether they are likely to do still greater things for the stage it is not proposed to discuss just now. But what does seem to need saying at this juncture, when there are signs that the woman dramatist is making herself prominent and is doing notable work, is that a splendid opportunity here presents itself for women to exercise the best pos sible influence on the drama of the day. We hear it frequently asked, Does the drama make for good? And, thinking on the pessimistic problem plays that are pfoduced and on the theme which gener ally furnishes forth the play of the day, one hesitates to reply affirmatively. One would be specially sorry to think that as they have the chance of elevating, or at all events of preserving the best to.ne of the drama, women did not avail themselves of their chances. Women are without doubt as capable as men of put ting gOod stories intd dramatic shape and supplying our stage with well written and well constructed plays, but it is to be hoped that they will not be tempted to forget that it is woman's metier to com mand respect, and her privilege to influ ence for good.—Philadelphia Ledger. Shipping of the Great Lukes. Few people, we imagine, realize the vast extent of the commerce of the in laud seas known as the great lakes. According to figures secured by the treasury bureau of statistics, coupled with the report of the officer in charge of the Sault Ste. Marie canal, there were received by vessels at the 37 prin cipal ports on the great lakes between April 1, 1900, and the close of the year a total of 1,266,234 tons of flour, 52,- 834,236 bushels of wheat, 70,805,801 bushels of corn, 33,290,707 bushels of oats, 11,526,501 bushels of barley and 1,840,892 bushels of rye. These figures relate purely to the movements be tween United States ports and do not therefore include the shipments to or from ports on the Canadian side of the canals or through the Welland canal. The great bulk of the grain traffic orig inated at Chicago and Duluth and had Buffalo as its point of destination. The receipts of iron ore by water at the ports embraced in the bureau's com pilation reached a total of 16,208,027 tons, and this may be accepted as about 85 per cent of the entire movement of Iron ore both by rail and water. All the principal ore receiving and shipping ports are covered by the bureau state ment. Of the 16,268,027 tons handled 15,843,681 tons are shown to have been shipped from the six ports of Two Har bors, Duluth, Escanaba, Ashland, Mar quette and West Superior, and 13,623,- 609 tons were received at the six ports of Ashtabula, Cleveland, Conneaut, South Chicago, Buffalo and Erie, a re markable exemplification of the extent to which the Iron ore traffic Is concen trated. Many different classes of commodi ties, such as provisions, dry goods and hardware, are reported under the gen eral head of unclassified freight. This movement at the principal lake portt during the past year reached the ag gregate of 3,471,131 tons. In this traf fic the city of Chicago led with 842,221 tons. The receipts at ports were: Buffalo, 608,831 tons; Cleveland, 275, 673 tons; Detroit, 234,482 tons, and Milwaukee, 325,124 tons. In view of the efforts being made by the owners of the lumber carrying ves sels on the great lakes to effect a com bination with the purpose of maintain ing rates it Is perhaps interesting, as illustrating the scope of this branch of inland commerce, to note that lumber shipments were made during the sea son from 32 of the 37 ports the com merce of which the bureau of statis tics kept a record, receipts being re corded at an equal number of ports. The total receipts aggregated 2,122,403 thousand feet- A novel lawsuit has been entered in Pennsylvania against the Erie Railroad company to recover damages for oil wells burned. The plaintiffs claim that the fire was started by a spark from a locomotive of the defendant company and ask judgment in the sum of SIBO,- 000. Doubtless sparks from locomo tives have started many fires, particu larly iu the oil producing sections of the country, but we do not recall any instance where the railroad company has been held responsible for the dam ages. Several state legislatures have enacted laws to compel railroad com panies to equip their locomotives with spark arresters, with the view of sav ing timber and other valuable proper ty, and some have taken ad ditional precautions to prevent fires from stray sparks that escape the ar resters. An adjudication upon the ques tion of the extent of the responsibility of railroad companies and the line of evidence employed to make a railroad culpable for its offending In the emis sion of sparks will be of interest A Kansas agricultural college bulle tin gives the average annual milk and butter' product of Kansas cows at $9.65. To test the matter, whether this small return was the fault of the cows or of the manner of caring for and feeding them, the experiment station bought a lot of common scrub cows and by feeding them properly made them average a return of $37.75 each, one of these scrubs producing a product worth $60.88. While dairy form and dairy blood are indispensable to large butter production, It Is still proved by the above that the feeding of properly balanced rations to even scrub cows will increase their milk product four fold. There Is a thought right here for every man who keeps cows anywhere. The Saadmftß, The Stndnun carries Made of raveled thistle down, , All powdered o'er with pollen From drowsy poppies blown. And he rures all baby'i hurt* With his sleepy, soothinst hind. As be nil* on hit salve fresh from Dream laud. Come Wback-oa-the-forehead, And Bump-on-the-noae, And Cut-on-the-flog*r, And Tiny-stumped toe*. And Poor-litlle-bee-sting, And Stumble-and-full. And Slap bang and Bruisy— Come tr.e, and come all. And use of the salve of the Sandman. Just lay your little head t In your own dear mamma's lap And close the te\r glued lashe* As if to take a nap. 4 Then listen for the Sandman, Crooning low a slumber song, While he rubs on the salve fretli tram Dreamland. Come Whack-on-the-fore head. And Bump-on-the nose. Arid Cut-on-the-flnger, And Tlny-stumped-ton, And Poor-little-bee-sting, And Stumble-and-fall, J And Slap-bang and Bruisy— Come one, and come all, * And use of tie salve of the Sandman. J —Good Housekecptaf. COST OK SHREDDED FODDER. The net cost of preparing the fodde from an acre of corn shredded and pu In barn or stack is about $3.50. Exper ence shows that 25 per cent of this foe der so prepared will not be f*ten b the utoek to which it is fed. Assumln that 1 V-x tons of such fodder will be ol tnined from .an acre of such corn, w have 2,250 pounds of fodder equal 1 value to good timothy hay at a cost < |3.50. These ligures represent the a' erage cost of producing this sort of ca tie food. If a man can buy clover ha; well cured at $4 per ton, there is n< economy in cutting and shredding cori fodder, the ton of good—now, mind, w< say good—clover hay being of equa feeding value. A friend of ours notes that the butct er bird likes the sparrow for a break fast during the cold mornings of th winter. Now is the time to get a paper c pansy seed and sow in a box of eart in the kitchen if you want a nice lot < strong plants in June to set out. STATEMENT. The following Is a statement showing tl aggregate value and assessments made by tl respective assessors of the respective Ward Districts, and Townships in the County ■ Montour and State of Pennsylvania. Trie nial assessment ol Real Estate made In tl year 1900. Anthony Township, .5401,5 Cooper Township, 148,7 Danville, First Ward, 825,7 Danville, Second Ward, 428,H Danville, Third Ward, 814,2 Danville, Fourth Ward, 814,1 Derry Township, 259,9 Liberty Township, 463,8 Limestone Township,... 441,1 Mahoning Township, 294,8 Maberry Township, 88,(■ Valley Township, 140,1 Washingtonrille Borough, 59,7 West Hemlock Township,.... 92,2 Total *4,752,05 NOTICE. Public notice is also hereby duly given th Saturday the thirteenth day of April A. 1901, between the hours of nine o'clock in t forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoo and the Office of the County Commission* of Montour County in tne said County Coi House, In Danville, Pa., have been appoint as the time and .place respectively, for flna determining whether any of the valuations the said assessors have been made below >ust rate, accordingto the meaning and i tention of the Act of Assembly in such spec! behalf made and provided. H. C. Sandel { County Commissioners of G. W. Miles J Montour County. Wesley Perry I County Commissioner's Office. Danville, March 25th, 1901. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of John Marshall late of tJ Limestone Township, County of Mo tour State of Pennsylvania, decease Notice is hereby given that letter of A ministration upon the above State ha granted to the undersigned. All persons i debted to the said Estate, are required make payment, and those havlirg claims demands against the said estate, will ma known the Same without delay to CHARLES A. WAGNER, Administrator, P. 0., Address, Ottawa, 1 or DANIEL W. RANK, Att'y. Limestonevilie, Pa. ADMINISTRATOR'S SOTH'K. Estate of Sarah Forney late of the B' otighi of Danville, in the County Montour and State of Pennsylvan deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of I ministration upon the above estate have t« granted to the undersigned. All persona debted to the said estate are required to nn payment, and those having claims or mands against the said estate, will mi known the same, without, delay, to WILLIA G.FORNEY. Administrator of Sarah Forney deceased O. address, Riverside, Pa. EDWARD SAYRE GEARHAI»T.Coun*e^ gXEI'VTOR'S NOTICE. Estate of John S. Mottern, late of J honing Township, Montour Cour Pa., deceasdd. Letters testamentary upon the above est having been granted to the undersigned persons indebted to the said estate will tn immediate payment and those havingela against tlie said estate will present tl without delay to LLOYD CASHNER, Executor R. 8. AMMERMAN, Attorney. MONTI INI AND THE 111 WEEKLY (I (P rn 11.01) IB Subscription to Mont American SI.OO per yt ill NOW
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