MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville. Pa.. Apr. 4 1901 COMMIIMIC \TIO.NS. All communications seni to tin* AM IKI CAN for publication must be signed by the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. GALVESTON RECOVERING. C. M. Waltaon Talk* About the < at»»- tiovbt —Bnilneas 1* ->'«t Affected. "Any one who has never been in Qftlreston and goes there now would nsver know there had been a storm, void C. M. Walston to a Kansas City Journal man. "Business has not been very much Uppalred, and. while many people left Qalveston on the heels of the tornado, a great many have come back, and among them are many new faces. As for the number of deaths in the tor nado, that will never be known to a certainty. I believe it was between 10,000 and 12,000, but so many families were always coming and going on the gulf steamers that even the census taken immediately after the catastro phe could not be relied on. Work on *be sea wall is progressing rapidly, and when completed it will be a bulwark of safety. "Two thickly resldenced blocks on thlaii dialect lies somewhere be tween 'maun' and 'maan,' but as it cannot be literally symbolized the word should be spelt in dialect pas sages simply as in English." How to Prepare a la Tripe. Boil eight eggs hard, chill in cold water, then remove shells and separate yolks and whites, keeping yolks entire. Shred the whites. Make a pint of bechemel sauce. Place the yolks of eggs in the middle of a heated dish and the shredded whites around them. Pour the boiling sauce ovei them and sprinkle a little minced pars ley over the top. Garnish with fried cre.utons of toast points JOHN GULICK STILL AT LARGE The Home cf His Father Suarded Night ly Victims Euried Tomorrow. t he double murder at Klinesgrove on Tuesday morning yesterday was the Olie absorbing topic. The excitement in i ■" the vicinity ot theGulick home,especial ly, is still :it fever heat. A searching party of forty persons, resumed search ! yesterday morning, scouring the hills and valleys in every direction with the j hope of finding some trace of the mur ; derer. Another party of a dozen or more stood guard over the Gnlick home during last night and the night preced ing to prevent him, should he still be alive, from returning and killing other members of the family. Many persons incline to the view that the desperate man ha* killed himself in one of the ! ravines or sought death in the river and that his dead body will eventually be found. The County Commissioners of North umberland county, however, yesterday ollered a reward of §IOO for Gulick's ar icst. There are some grounds for be lieving that the murderer was in this city Tuesday night, if not during yester day. The theory is that he crossed the river between Klinesgrove and Chulas key. Harrison C. Kase, of South Dan ville, who was over seeing some work on his farm on the Northumberland road about three miles below this city, dur ing Tuesday forenoon, was struck with the singular movements of a man an swering the description of Gulick who crossed his land and took the tow path for Danville. Mr. Kase up to that time had not heard of the murder. The funeral of the two victims of the tragedy will be held Friday morning at 10 o'clock. The burial will take place in Rush Presbyterian cemetery. IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW. What A Heap of Happiness it Would Bring to Danville Homes, Hard to do housework with an aching back. Hours of misery at leisure or at work. If women only knew the cause; Backache pains come from sick kid neys. Doan's Kidney Pills will cure it. Danville people endorse this. Mrs. Edward H. Lunger of 11 Church street says: I suffered so much from pain and lameness in my back that I could not sleep nights. The pain over my hips was continuous and when on my feet it was one steady gnawing ache. It hurt me to do anything requiring bending over, and the sharp twinges would catch me so suddenly that I had to brace my back against something until they stopped. The Kidney secre tions annoyed me and headaches accom panied the backache, I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and in the statements of those who had been cured the symp toms were so much like mine that my husband procured a box for me. They did me more good than any medicine I ever tried. I no longer had any oack ache and was free from any embarrass ment caused from the secretions. I can honestly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills to others suffering as I did. 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. Our Schools in This County. Many of the country schools have made an upward stride during the winter. The pupils and patrons of the Watts school had a Hag raising a few weeks ago. The tlag is 14 by 9 feet of standard wool bunt ing. The money was raised by an even ing entertainment at the school house and a box social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Probst. About S2O were raised aud after paying all expenses of the tlag raising, enough money was left to purchase paper and paint for the sides and ceiling of the school room. Miss Adda llavman, teacher of Clark's school, Liberty township, has made the start in this county in establishing a public school library. The pupils of the school held an evening entertainment to raise funds for this purpose. The en tertainment was a success. A few vol umes were contributed and with what have been purchased, make a total of 1G volumes. The selections were largely made by Miss Hayman and Mrs. Annie Simington of Mooresburg. The estab lishing of this library is a highly com mendable effort. In more than half the schools approp riate exercises were held on Washing ton's Birthday. At California school sixty-five visitors attended the exercises. At the new school, in Derrv, the room was packed. The exercises in the Wash ingtonville school were also witnessed by a large audience. On last Thursday evening Miss Bessie Baup held a very fine entertainment at the Jackson school. COUNTY Sr FEIIINTENDENT. I)KAK\ KSS C A -\N'OT UK C(KKI) by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by con stitutionai remedies. Deafness In caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im perfect hearing, and when it is entirely clos ed deafness is the result, and unless the in flammation can be taken out and this tube restored toils normal condition, bearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases outoftenare caused by catarrh,which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We w ill give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cute. Send for circulars, free. I'. J. . VanAlen, Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Van Alen and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Waples.of Northumberland, and W. B. Chamberlin of Torresdale. T. W. Lee, General Passenger Agent of the Lackawanna Railroad, is evident ly convinced that through express trains by way of Newark and the Orange will pay. Heretofore, all the Lackwanna's vestibnled trains to Buffalo, Chicago and St. Louis have been run by way of Paterson and Boon ton. Now it is under stood the Company will send one or two of its flyers over the Morris & Essex Branch I he Cause of Many Sudden Deaths. There is a disease prevailing in this country most dangerous because so decep fc 11 1|» five- Many sudden deaths are caused by it heart disease, Qj(L/ \iJjtjr P neumori ia. heart II ZAIT\ failure or apoplexy 11 | "VIA. pare often the result 'IAJ kidney disease. If jvl J kidney trouble is al ij. \ Vk lowed to advance the §=! kidney-po is one a blood will attack the vital organs or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Bladder troubles most always result from a derangement of the kidneys and a cure is obtained quickest by a proper treatment of the kidneys. If you are feeling badly you can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy. It corrects inability to hold urine and scald ing pain in passing it, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The riild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root i» soon realized. It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sized bottles. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful new dis covery and a book that JjfSF 0 tells all about it, both Home of Bwamp-Koot. sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper. IN MEMORIAM MRS. A. S. BOWMAN Paper Bead at the Central Penciylvania Conference at Chambersburg . The following paper was read at the memorial services held in connection with the Central Pennsylvania confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal church at Chatnb ersburg Sunday: Mary Alice, wife of Rev. A. S. Bow man, after a li ngering illness, quietly passed to her heavenly home from her earthly home, the Methodist parsonage, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Saturday morning, March 2.'!, 1901. Her husband and chil dren were with her when she fell asleep. Mrs. Bowman was born in Danville, Pa., December 14, 1845. She was the eldest daughter of John and Harriet Rockafeller. She was brought up in a Methodist home and gave her heart to God in her 17th year under the ministry of the Rev. J. 11. C. Dosh, in a meeting at which a number of her associates were converted. So clear and bright was her conversion that she never doubted its reality. On her 17th birthday she was baptized and joined the church. With the most careful home training, with a clear religious experience, with positive convictions of duty, with great love for the church ol her choice, she was well prepared to occupy the throne that awaited her and to reign queen in the house ot a minister of the Gospel. On the third day of March, 1874, she was united in marriage with the Rev. A. S. Bowman, Itev. Samuel Creighton, her pastor, and Rev. Samuel Barns, presid ing elder, officiating. A woman of rare grace and unusual force of character, her influence abides in the home she made so happy and per fect, and in the various activities of the church in which she took the greatest interest. In all the places where her hus band has ministered she formed warm and lasting friendships. She was a de voted, aflectionate and self-sacrificing mother, a most faithful wife and a true help-meet to her husband. Appropriate services were held in the church at Hollidaysburg,Monday morn ing at 9 o'clock in charge of presiding elder, Rev. J. Ellis Bell. Suitable ad dresses were made by Kevs. J. McKen dree Reiley and T. S. Wilcox. Thence the body was taken to Danville, Pa., where services were held in the house of her childhood. She is survived by her husband and three children—Martha 8., at home; John R., who graduated with honors last June from Wesleyan Univ ersity, and George 8., a student in Will iamsport Dickinson seminary. GEORGE M. GLENN. "Cleanliness is next to godliness." Dirt and depravity go hand in hand. This is just as true of the inside of the body as the outside. Constipation clogs the body and clouds the mind. Consti pation means that corruption is breed ing in the body, poisoning the blood with its foul emanations, befogging the brain with its tainted exhalations. Con stipation is the beginning of more dis eases than, perhaps, any other single disorder. The consequences of consti pation are legion. Headache, pain in the side, shortness of breath, undue full ness after eating, coldness of the ex tremities, nervousness, indecision, lass itude, dizziness, sallowness, flatulence, and a score of other ailments are direct ly caused by constipation. Cure consti pation and you cure its consequences. The quickest cure of this evil is obtained by the use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel lets. They are small in size but wonder ful in result. They cure permanently They contain no injurious ingredients. The use of them does not beget the pill habit." Ask your druggist for them. Send 21 one-cent stamps, the expense of mailing only, and receive Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, in pa per covers. This work contains 1008 pages and 700 illustrations. For HI stamps in can be had in substantial cloth binding. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y. To Vote on The Proposition. The Pennsylvania canal company, which recently notified its division Sup erintendents, that water will not be let into the canal this spring as usual, will take final action in the matter on Thurs day of next week, April 11, when a special meeting of the stockholders will be held at the Broad street station, Phil adelphia, to vote upon a proposition to abandon the canal, which came into the possession of the railroad company in 1859. The meeting will assemble at noon. 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 irritating, and does not produce sneezing. Price 50 cents at druggists or it will We mailed by Ely Brothers, 5<5 Warren Street, New York. Upon l»eing placed into the nos trils it spreads over the membrane and relief if immediate. It is an agreeable cure. Shooting Match Friday. The shooting match between the Bloomsburg Gun Club and the Danville Kifle and Gun Club which was to have taken place at DeWitt's park yesterday was postponed until Friday owing to the inclement weather. * IT'S ALL IN \ \kt /jfvjjT - W it YOUR EYLS I it/ W ' ' A great many headaches come from Eye w? strain; nud the poor victim never guesses the source of the trouble. I have permanently W cured hundreds of cases of persistent headache by fitting the patient with proper glasses J- I examine your eyes, will tell you if your Q headache comes from your eyes oi not. i No charge for examination. jn j* HE NR"i REMPE, * SCIENTIFIC OPTICIAN & JEWELER. A BOER WAR INCIDENT. Account of Commandant De Wct'af Most Dashing Exploit. GRAPHIC BTOBY OF ONE OF HIS MEH Vanon Boer Leadti'i Hiatorlo Con duct of PrMldtnt 9teyn to Presi dent Knger Told by P. Plen»r—A ' C ritical Moment—Tkr Commandant ! Waa Orerwronffct. P. Plenar has written In The Con- Pmporary Review for March the fol wtng Interesting account of Com mandant Christian De Wet's most dashing exploit In the South African 1 war. The article, which Is published by permission of the Leonard Scott Publication company, is in part as fol lows: • Of the various exploits to the credit of Hoofd Commandant Christian De Wet there Is not one that for historical Importance will ever compare with his dash through the British cordon around Fourdlesburg and subsequent ] march Into the Transvaal. He was charged with the escort of President Steyn to President Kruger. Nearly all the members of the government ac companied the president, and had the British efTorts to capture this com mando been as successful as they were untiring the war would long since have ended. However, De Wet got through, and one who was there pro poses to tell how. Bethlehem had been taken. We were cooped up in the mountains. News from the Transvaal was discouraging, j Something had to be done, and we determined to break through, neck or j nothing. It was In the dusk of a bit- i terly cold and windy day that we moved forward into Ketiefs nek, 4,000 horsemen In front and rear, the guns 1 mostly captured Armstrongs and not much loved of our gunners, in the cen- ■ ter and a wagon train fully four miles , long forming the column's backbone. The next evening the real march be gan. We moved forward out of the nek at a fair pace, halting every now , and then to let the wagons close up. At first not a Blgn could be seen of the British, and fears of an ambush began to be whispered. The advance was continued in the most cautious manner. Presently, however, the Brit ish camp was observed. There It lay In the blackness not a thousand yards 1 from the road, evidently fast asleep j and ripe for a surprise. De Wet held i his hand, for the Issues Involved were too grave, and our column passed by j In silence and secrecy. Shortly after, the moon rose, and by Its light we pass ed and cut the telegraph wire connect ing Bethlehem and Senekal. At mid night we halted, Bafely through the cordon. A few days later we were almost captured. A convoy had been observed to our left, and a commando left to at- j tempt Its capture. When they were j busily engaged, a large body of Eng- ; llsh swooped down upon the laager from the right The wagons were has- ! tlly lnspauned and sent off, and the J men took up positions to keep the Eng- j llsh back. The commando which had j been drawn off by the convoy got back j Just in time to save the situation, but i BO close a call was It that after sunset > the British Nordenfeldts could be seen j spitting Are on our retreating wagons. Fighting now slowed down a little, | and w© began to think more of the problem before us than of the enemy I behind. Very few were in De Wet's i confidence, but all could see that we I should have to cross the railway and ! probably at a fortified point. At last we came in sight of the railway. The j long column halted. It was now 4 in i the afternoon. We had started that | morning at 10, with the enemy in close pursuit. In the distance was seen the railway line —the line that must be ; crossed that night or never. Suddenly a train appeared, steaming slowly along. "Look, look! See the smoke!" j "Can they see us?" Of course they could, and a warm reception that night | appeared probable. Some became very thoughtful. A few even made their ! wills. All were determined. While j the wagons and carts were being form- | ed luto eight separate columns the burghers, lying In groups on the veldt, discussed a simple meal and gave their Mausers a final polishing. As dusk fell the word was given to advance j One troop of horsemen swept away to j the right, another to the left, while the j main body moved slowly forward, j President Steyn at the head. De Wet j galloped from column to column on his j white horse, arranging, swearing, Jok- | lng. Under the stars we moved along, j a silent, resolute body of men. We near the railway. We see a light. It la i that of a train, which, standing mo- ; tlonless upon the track, appears to us , like some giant sentinel. We approach j to within 60 yards and halt. I)e Wet : dismounts, steals forward and with his own hand places a stone on the track. He returns. The train moves slowly forward, strikes the obstruction and j Stops. The driver gets down, lantern In hand, and removes the stone, all un- j conscious of his danger and our pres- [ ence. "Shall 1 shoot him?" whispers | some one. "No!" says De Wet. He is I right A deep stillness reigns, broken , at Intervals by the ntlghlug of some restless stallion. Curse the brute! All | sit motionless, every nerve at the high- | est tension, longing for something, any thing, to break the spell. The trucks and carriages may be filled with sol diers. and an engagement might spoil everything. De Wet Is overwrought "Back, president; back a little way!" he urges hoarsely. Steyn does not stir. Then slowly—ah, so slowly—the train moves on, and we cross the line, draw ing a long breath as we reach the other side. Soon every vehicle is safely over, , the march resumed, and at 2 a. m. we halt after 14 hours in the saddle. At dawn the right wing rejoined us, bringing In a hundred prisoners and a ■ i large assortment of loot, from choco i late creams to mail bags. It appears | they had allowed the train that we ' had seen to pass unhindered. Another j came along, however (I don't know j what our left wing was doing), and of | this they managed to derail some | trucks, but the rest of the train would 1 have escaped had It not been for the I resource of one of Theron's men, who, j Just as the train was moving on again, i sprang on the engine and smashed the j vaive, bringing it to a standstill. Fir lng was already going on, and after a j few minutes the enemy shouted, "We ; surrender!" Their arms were taken ' and the dead and wounded seen to. On the second day we reached, near 1 Reltzburg, the first range of hills since leaving Fouriesburg. At 10 the next morning a scout raced In with the i news that the enemy had captured our i convoy and was coming down on us at full speed. A London fire brigade could not have beaten our cannon and horsemen In the race that followed for the hills lying between ourselves and the British, and no sooner were they j reached than a heavy fire was opened lon the British cavalry slowly advanc ing across the plain in parallel lines, j under protection of their guns, it is true, but absolutely without cover. It was a grand sight, shortly to be fol lowed by a grander, for presently Gen eral Philip Botha, the brother of Louis, gave the order, "Storm!" Out from the shelter of the hills the burghers dashed, right In the face of the enemy, who halted at the sight and fired rapidly. Never wavering for a moment, our men raced along, each anxious to be first. Then the British cavalry turned and sped back to their j guns. The scene now resembled a I game of chess—at one part a cloud of English retreating fast, closely pur [ sued; another section making a stand ' and keeping their particular opponents at bay, and a third party, lying in a : mealie field, brought a Nordenfeldt : Into play, driving back the Boers near est them. Presently firing slackened, and the dashing little affair ended In both British and Boers returning to | their respective starting points, with I honors fairly even. The British movement now became more and more vigorous. We attempt ed to cross the Vaal at a certain drift, i but when actually In the water were fired upon from the other bank. With the enemy In front and rear we had to j retreat under shell fire to another drift j higher up, where we managed to cross, [ losing a couple of wagons In the proc ess. Lord Methuen had marched from j Johannesburg to Intercept us here, but after a heavy engagement we forced our way through and passed the rail way near Potchefstrooin, meeting a Transvaal commando which had occu pied Potchefstrooin on the previous day. We now expected a little respite, but our hopes were vain, for the Brit ish kept on our heels. Our mules, ox | en and horses dropped out daily, and it I seemed as if the shelter of the Maga llesberg range would never be reached. That night we made another long | trek through hours of freezing cold, ' and the following afternoon the first ' outlying hills of the Magaliesberg , range were passed. At G o'clock the I enemy attacked in force, and the rear j guard was forced to retire, losing five i killed and wounded. We continued j trekking through Oliphant's nek, which I was being held by a small body of De j larey's. The wagons, safely through, outspan- I ned beneath the tall green trees that ! stud the pleasant valley beyond the I nek and by the clear waters of the mer ! rlly rippling nex river. Beyond, an i other nek lies, and this we also uian j ned, although no serious attack was i expected there. We were wrong, for j on the second day the British rushed j the pass, forcing us to retire. The whole range had consequently to be given up, and a general retreat follow ed. The road being clear, a hot pur suit was feared, but for some, to us In : explicable, reason the British made no advance, leaving us to recuperate at i leisure. Anxious to meet Kruger and discuss j further operations, Steyn now took | leave of De Wet It was a short leave j taking, but significant. De Wet's part ing words were: ! President, they say the blood now being and still to be elied will rest upon niy head, lie it sol 1 prefer that to surrendering and thereby ! rendering useless all the sacrifices ot the past. | Should peace negotiations be opened do not con j dude them without my presence. 1 want no half | peace! The president signified his assent, i and after a cordial handshake the two j parted, and the little column set out j on Its perilous way, Kitchener In the j rear, In front Baden-Powell. What will posterity say of the fact that the entire ' party consisted of barely 50 men? We | pushed on rapidly and reached Pie' j naar's river at dawn on the third day. I Here we found a commando in hourly j expectation of an attack from Baden i Powell, who was bent on Intercepting | us. After breakfast we set forth again, and Just In time, for scarcely had we I started than the first scattered shots j began to fall, followed by a rapid | Maxim fusillade, showing the expected | action had begun. Time and our charge i were too precious to admit of our tak j lng part, however averse to leaving I during an engagement, and we eontin | ued on our way, listening and looking I bark till out of earshot. Baden-Pow i ell Just missed us by an hour. We were now heading for Middle burg, but upon nearing It we heard It was In possession of the enemy, so we sheered off toward Belfast Bel fast also taken! It was really getting monotonous, and we lost no time in making for Machadodorp, which was duly reached on the following day and where a special train was waiting to conduct the president to Waterval On- I tier and Paul Kruger. LATEST IN ATHLETICS. Push and Pull Game Suitable For All Classes. YOUNG AND OLD (JAN TAKE PART. No ApparatUH Itequlred In the Gutue, It la Easily l.t-nrned uutl t'romotrs Endurance unci Agility Can Be I'la>etl in or Out of Duora—ltulra of tUe Game. Push and pull is the latest athletic diversion. The game is a recent in vention of Wilbur F. Gearlieart of Louisville and possesses many advan tages over other games that require skill and strength. Push and pull requires no apparatus, is easy to learn, can be played by any number of players at all seasons of the year, either in or out of doors, says the New York World. It is particularly advantageous in gymnasiums after routine class work and for police and military organizations. Being cal culated to promote strength, endurance and agility, as an exercise for general development it has few equals. Wher ever played push and pull has beeu a success and bids fair to become very popular when better known. The fol lowing diagram and rules explain the game: | T 4 Boundary Line. | T A~A .1 A A A A AAA I • ♦ 4 Middle Line. j I vvvvvvvvv v j I Boundary Line. I I VA Indicate positions ot players upon I j lining up. | HULKS, 1. Push and pull is played by two teams having the same nuiril.pr of players. 2. There be appointed a referee, who shall govern the pkiyers and decide all points of the game. 8. When a large number of players participate in u game, one or more judges i::ay lie appointed to assist tiie referee. 4. Three parallel lines, four feet apart and of a length suitable to tlie number of p.ayers, shall be drawn on the ground or floor, which shall be known respectively as the middle anu two bound ary lines, according to their positions. 5. The boundary lines shall be marked at inter vals of three feet, to indicate the positions of the players upon lining up. 6. At the command "line up" from the referee the players shall immediately assume their posi tions on the boundary lines, each team occupying one line and facing the opposite team. 7. There shall be two halves in each game, known respectively as the push half, which is the first, and the pull half, which is the second and last half of the game. 8. At the command "hold," given by the ref eree, at the beginning of the first half the players shall advance and take hold of each other at arms' length, hands holding arms of opposite player near the shoulders, right arm outside and left Inside, feet back of the middle line. 0. At the command "set" the players shall set themselves for the push or pull, according to the half that is being played. 10. At the command "push" the players shall endeavor to push each other over the opposing team's boundary line without changing holds or turning around. 11. When a player has been pushed over his boundary line, he shall be considered out and shall remain on the side he has been pushed to until the count has been taken by the referee. 12. The referee shall count the number of play ers on each side after each half and keep score accordingly, each player that has been pushed or pulled out giving a point to the opposite team. 13. At the command "hold," given by the ref eree at the beginning of the second half, the play ers shall advance and take hold of each other's right wrists with their left hands. 14. At the command pull" the players shall endeavor to pull each other over the boundary line in a direction opposite to the push. 15. When a player has been pulled over the op ponents' boundary line, he shall be considered out and shall remain on the side he has been pulled to until the count has been taken. 16. Falling down, breaking holds, pushing or pulling before the commands are given by the referee or interfering with the movements of a neighboring player on either side shall count a point against the player resorting to these tac tics, whether accidentally or otherwise. 17. The team having won the greatest number of points at the end of a game or set of games shall be deemed the winner. 18. The relative positions of the players upon lining up for the first game shall be governed by the referee, whose duty it shall be to place play ers of corresponding weights opposite each other. 19. By mutual consent the relative positions of the players may be changed after each game of a set or series. NEW INCANDESCENT LAMP. Nomeglnn Invention Described by I'ODHUI General at Frankfort. In a report to the state department at Washington Consul General Guen ther, at Frankfort, says: "It is reported that C. Petersen of Christiania has constructed a new r in candescent lamp which Is of interest on account of its peculiar arrange ment. For the radiation of light a con ductor of the second class, which con ducts electricity only when heated, is used, the same as in the Nerst lamp. The conductor in this new lamp, how ever, is not a thread, but a small rod, which is brought to a white heat and thereby emits light. Around this sec ond class conductor a thin metal wire of good conductivity is wound, which is connected with the current conduct or by equalizing resistors, which serve the purpose of heating the second class conductor and Increasing the resist ance of the current. The second class conductor takes up the greater part of the current. "This arrangement results in a great saving of the electric power, which about equals that of a Nerst lamp, but yields a considerably stronger light." A Woman'a First Duty. Now 1 am not of that number who be lieve that all a mother's time should he given to her children. 1 believe that for the highest good of both they should have a time each day apart, hut this season of relaxation does not necessitate the turn ing over of one's babes to the street or to the mercy of one's neighbors. Attend to church matters, sing in choirs, beloug to clubs, if ye must, oh, ye mothers —I would not curtail your privi leges—but remember that your lirst duty to your God and to society is to your children. lieniember, too, that children need something more than mere restraint and government; they need love, fellow ship and sympathy in order to allow the budding faculties to grow. As children learn conduct by direct imitation, they should have their models constantly be fore them, and these must be supplied by the persons who help to form the envi ronment. It will therefore not do to act in one way and instruct in another, to have one standard for oneself aud quite another for them. Yet this is what par ents aud guardians with more or less pretense regularly do. "Consistency, thou art a jewel!"—L. M. Townsend in Woman's Home Companion. HI'RAI. MAIL BOXES. Some country boys returning home from town with too many schooners of bper aboard thought It would be a Binart thing to ti 11 a rural mall box which was placed by the side of the highway full of bullet holes, so out came their revolvers. They either did not know or were too drunk to realize that the little uncouth receptacle for the mail was as fully protected by the postal laws of the government as the elaborate and ornamented mail box of the great city. If a fellow really wants to get into trouble, there is no way in which he can do it easier than to monkey with Uncle Sam's mail boxes, no matter whether they are located on a city boulevard or a country lane. Uon't forget this, boys. EASTER DINNER TABLE. Point* un Decorutliiß ft With Spring Flower*. The decoration of an Easter dinner table should be a joy to ( very woman who can command .some spring flow ers; for, of course, if available, only spring flowers, with their promise of new life and golden days, would be one's choice, lacking which, however, no flower need be sconit d. (tne can make a table beautiful with green alone, particularly such a country house in England, and, lng up a sporting paper iu the bi room one morning, was soon dc its contents. A clergyman, a guest, noticed this, and, sidlin asked in a tone that was mea carry reproof, "Is your royal hig really interested in that paper?" The prince glanced around. "I read anything I do not feel into In."he remarked. The clergyman, though, would i denied. "Do you know, your highness, that one of my friend lost hundreds of pounds by betti horse racing and has never won thing?" he asked. "Well," said the prince as he t to another column, "he must havt a very bad judge of horseflesh." STATEMENT. The following is 11 statement showl aggregate value and assessments in a (It respective assessors of the respective ! Districts, and Townships in the Cou Montour and State of Pennsylvania, nial assessment ol Real Estate made year J9OO. Anthony Township, Cooper Township, Danville, First Ward Danville, Second Ward, Danville, Third Ward, Danville, Fourth Ward, Derry Township, L.i berty Tow nship, Limestone Township Mahoning Township, Maberry Township, Valley Township, Washingtonville Borough, West Hemlock Township Total $4 NOTICE. Public notice is also hereby duly give Saturday the thirteenth day of April l!Kil. between the hours of nine o'clock forenoon and four o'clock in the aft* and the Oftiee of the County Commit of Montour County in tne said County House, in Danville, Pa., have been apj as the time and place respectively, for determining whether any of the valuat the said assessors have been made b< just rate, according to the meaning a tent ion of the Act of Assembly in such behalf made and provided. H. C. Sandel i County Commissioner G. W. Miles - Montour Countv Wesley Perry I Countv Commissioner's Office. March 25th. 1!H)1. I > >ll .\ IST K ATOM'S > OTIC K. Estate of George W. Steiuman of Derry Township, Montour C Pennsylvania, deceased. Notice is hereby given that tetter ministration upon the above Stat granted to the undersigned. All per? debted to the said Estate, are requ make payment, and those having ci» demands against the said estate, wi known the same without delay to LEVI MOSER, Administrator. RALPH KISNER, Attorijfsy. ill IK AND THE PIHPI WEEKLY PI fll [f] in J) IJ i» ii Subscription to Mo American SI.OO per ■lll 1