MONTOUR AMERICAN
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa.. Apr. 4 1901
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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
<he south side of the Island were com
pletely washed away by the storm, and
the fort at the west end of the island
Is now at the water's edge, whereas
formerly it was a block and a half dis
tant. During the great storm the
average depth of water on Galveston
Island was ten feet."
Mr. Walston said the people of Gal
veston at the beginning of the storm
did not think much of the water rising,
because only two months previously
there had been a terrific rainstorm, and
the water was three feet deep all over
the city. He said the enormous dam
age to property was on account of the
high wind, arising in the northeast and
blowing the water up the streets, then
veering to the southeast with like re
sults, so that when the two currents
met in the center of the city they form
ed a distinctive tidal wave, which, re
ceding, carried everything away with
It.
LETTER FROM CHAFFEE.
The General Relate' His Experience.
Delay* of Diplomacy.
Captain A. Orsay of Austin, who was
fo* many years connected with the ad
jutant general's department of Texas,
recently received a letter from General
A. R. Chaffee, with whom he formerly
Berved in the regular army, says the
New York Sun. The letter is dated at
Peking, Feb. 1, and says in part:
"I don't know how long we are to re
main In Peking. The ministers get on
with their negotiations very slowly.
IWe army people have nothing to do but
to await results between the ministers
and Chinese plenipotentiaries. The Chi
nese have a reputation for being slow,
bat I think eight or ten ministers, with
varying thoughts and wishes to be har
monized into one, are slower than the
Chinese officials or Chinese methods of
business.
"The winter has been very changing;
cold, but not distressingly so; sunny
days, very little snow and during last
month very little wind. Windy days
are to be dreaded because of the horri
ble dust sent whirling everywhere, la
den with every poison induced by filth.
The surface of the ground is a recepta
cle for all tilth. Scavangers remove
scrapings to some extent, which are
used for fertilization of the soil.
"Nothing Is wasted in China. They
are the most economical people in the
world, I think. All work. There are
few beggars in a population so dense
and poor that at first sight one would
think half must beg or steal to live. I
have four troops of the Sixth cavalry
here. No officer or man with them now
tliat was on roll in your day, 35 years
ago—all gone long ago."
The Real Waldersce.
Count Waldersee, the representative
of German aggressiveness in China,
has had to bear the blame of so much
brutality credited to German soldiers
and so much warfare against unresist
ing Chinese that his name promises to
be used by the Injudicious to scare
children into good behavior, says Har
per's Weekly. For how much of what
we have disapproved in German do
ings in China he is really responsible
it Is not possible to say, but until he
went to China he was regarded as one
of the most civil and respectable per
sons in Europe. General Wilson, who
saw him in China, was most agreeably
Impressed by him and deprecated the
Idea that he had countenanced atroc
ities. Ilis wife, as is well known, is
an American woman, and Americans
who have visited her at home have
brought back admiring reports of the
count who is pictured as a courteous
and agreeable gentleman, who, after a
fashion that is less prevalent in the
United States than it once was, reg
ularly reads prayers every morning be
fore his assembled household.
American Hon»e« In EnKland.
Even American planned houses now
promise to invade England. Two of
the best plans for country houses pub
lished in The Ladies' Home Journal
have been taken by prominent Eng
lish families for homes in the suburbs
of London, and the buildings are now
being erected.
A Sennltlve Scot.
A sensitive Scot rebukes the London
Daily Chronicle for saying that his
countrymen pronounce man "mon."
"The absurd form 'mon,' be writes, "is
the hall mark of Scots' vernacular as
written by a southern pen, and its In
trusion has often lent additional sad
ness to comic journalism, even, alas,
to the pages of our chief humorous
periodical. In the north of England
'mon' certainly occurs; in Scottish
speech never. In Scott and Stevenson
one may look for it in vain. The
broad, soft vocalization of the word in
Ix>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. <JHENKV He CO , Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Tendered a Reception.
Mrs. Lillie Rea McCormick entertain
ed a number of friends Friday evening at
her home on West Market street at an
informal reception in honor of Mr. and
Mrs. John Dorris of Huntingdon. An
orcliestia discoursed music during the
evening an:! refreshments were served.
Among the guests from a distance who
were in attendance were: Mr. and Mrs.
C. <>. 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 \
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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
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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 <l* licate greens
as asparagus or maidenhair ferns or
even the common fern or srnilax artis
tically arranged. Perhaps the loveliest
floral setting for the East, r feast would
be one of white tulips and maidenhair
ferns, says Ella Morris Kretschmar in
the April Woman's Home Companion.
These could be arranged iu a single
piece in the center of the table, or the
centerpiece could be of ferns alone in
variety and the tulips placed at each
cover in tiny crystal vases only large
enough for a single bloom and its
leaves. Tulip leaves are very effective
and should never be removed in any
disposition made of the flower.
Next to the pure white of Easter, in
tulips or other flower, leaving the lily
with its sacred symbolism to its right
ful ofllce in the church, this choice
would fall upon something yellow, the
most gladsome of colors and nature's
spring favorite. Of these, jonquils are
probably the most effective.
Russia and Manchuria.
It seems to be the unalterable pur
pose of Russia to secure possession of
the province of Manchuria, in China,
at whatever cost and wholly regardless
of the attitude of the other powers.
According to late cable dispalches
from Peking, an ultimatum to this end
has been sent to the Chinese authori
ties. Li Hung Chang declares that he
is powerless to resist the demand and
is said to have appealed to the United
States, Great Britain, Germany and
Japan to intervene in China's behalf.
This persistency on the part of Russia
to get control of Manchuria is of dual
concern to the United States.
First, it is against the general policy
of this government, which from the
very beginning of the Chinese contro
versy has steadfastly opposed any
thing approaching the dismemberment
of the empire. It is likewise against
our contention for the maintenance of
an "open door" for trade in China. The
transfer of Manchuria to Russian con
trol would practically close to us a
rapidly growing market for American
goods, particularly in cotton fabrics
and kerosene oil.
Manchuria has a population of about
8,000,000 and is usually classed as a
dependency, not a part of the compact,
central territory known as "China
proper." The single treaty port through
which foreign commerce enters Man
churia is the port of Xewchwang,
whose customs officer says in a report
to the Chinese government: "The entry
of 584,877 pieces of American drills,
valued at 2,02.'!,040 haikwan taels (liaik
wan tael equals 73 cents in American
gold) shows the firm hold these goods
have on the market, they having in
creased tenfold in as many years.
American sheetings are even more
sought after, over 1,000,000 pieces hav
ing come in. valued at 3,010,910 haik
wan taels. The importation of Ameri
can cotton flannel quadrupled in com
parison with the total for preceding
years. American kerosene oil has leap
ed from 1,730,000 gallons to 2,282,000
gallons and Russian kerosene oil from
02,000 gallons to 20r»,000 gallons, though
great as is this growth the consump
tion is small in comparison with the
district fed, but there is a strong com
petitor in the native vegetable oils."
Thus it would seem that the United
States has especially strong ground for
protest against Russia's aggression.
Among 300 farmers, raisers of corn,
hogs and beef, assembled at an insti
tute meeting only three raised their
own strawberries, and this in a locality
where the strawberry was as easily
raised as the potato. Some had tried
and failed; others said it was too much
bother; others—the many—said they
would be glad to raise them if they
only knew how. As the time will soon
be here when the bed must be planted,
we give simple directions for making
one which, if followed, will insure any
man all the nice berries his family can
possibly use. Take a strip of land
eight feet wide and ten rods long, plow
It eight inches deep, then disk and har
row it till it is putin the finest tilth..
If the soil is thin and poor, put six o*
eight loads of well rotted barnyard
manure on it before plowing, Get 400
plants from some reliable dealer—some
home man, if possible—of four or five
varieties, such as Lovett, Clyde, War
field, Beder Wood, Crescent, Parker
Earle, Brandywine or other varieties
which the home dealer can recommend.
Set out the plants in three rows three
feet apart and plants three feet apart
in the row, mixing the varieties when
planted; keep well cultivated and free
from weeds the first season; cover with
two Inches of prairie slough grass, corn
stalks or clean straw after the bed is
solidly frozen up in the winter; rake
covering off after plants commence
growing in the spring and leave cover
for mulch between rows; then in June
your reward will coiue. After fruiting
keep the weeds and grass out of the
bed as much as possible, fruit next
year and then plow the bed up. The
way to be sure of plenty of berries, is
to plant a bed every spring. We have
followed up this plan for 27 years and
have never failed- it is worth know
ing that if you can irrigate the bed dur
ing the blooming and fruiting season
you can almost double the yield.
RtRAI, TELEPHONES.
The rural telephone is rapidly win
ning Its way all through the best de
veloped agricultural sections of the
country. And this is all right. It does
very much to mitigate the isolation
and monotony of life on the farm; it
puts the farmer in close touch with the
markets day by day, the family phyaj-,
ciau and his business associates all
over the county. More that* alt these
tilings, it ministers to the pleasure and
comfort of the wife and mother in a
social way, who can without effort of
haying to fix up—change her dress and
dress her hair—call up her neighbor
and have a heart to heart talk, a rare
privilege when she gets Into that men
tal state somewhat peculiar to the sex
when it seems just as though she must
say something to somebody. There is
no improvement which a man can
make for his farm and his farm homo
which will pay so large a return as a
telephone. Most towns in the country
now have a local system and a central
office and operator, and it is an easy
matter to build these county liues and
connect them with such town system..
If this matter has not been looked up
in your neighborhood, suppose you go
at It, 1
RISE OF AUTOMOBILE
4" Tsi«'» Belnu T«-*ted In the
rd Statea.
"The success of gasoline au
bill's in France brought about tl
yival of steam automobiles in En
and America and was iaimed
emulated in the United States b
construction of electric automobil
"It L;.s been reserved for the
tieth century to witness the s
taneous development of autou
construction along all three lines
rapid a rate that it is impossib
yet to tell which is in the ascend
writes Edward Emerson, Jr., in
lee's Magazine for April. "Wha
the outcome, it is plain already
the contest is to be decided in Am
for in this country alone all th»
ferent principles of construction
found ready acceptance and are
ed forward to their logical concl
with youthful vigor. With accu
ed conservatism, English autou
constructors cling to steam propu
In France and Germany progre
made chiefly in the developmei
gasoline machines. To America,
urally, feil the leadership in the
struction of electric automobiles
that leadership bids fair to be ri
by American builders of jrasolin
steam automobiles as well,
firms in the United States turn c
three classes in almost equal i
tion."
A Chicago woman has adopted o
form of catering as a business. II
cialty lies in using what the hostf
at hand, which gives an air of indi
ity that no hired service of chii
plate can secure. The cut glass,
and artistic odds and ends of chi
placed to the best advantage, 01
modes of decoration are devised
dainty menu arranged. She nev<
courages more than eight courses
the hostesses who have profited I
services say that her dinners are in
bly successful.
In addition to the dining room tl
ergetic young woman looks after t
ception and dressing rooms. In th
mer she rearranges the bric-a-bra
furniture, having superfluous ehai
moved or others added when neede
the latter she sees that pins and ha
are plentiful in their respective
that needle and thread are at ha
case of accident to glove button o
draperies and that a powder box
vitingly adjacent.
A ilnd Jadee.
Some years ago King Ed ware
then Prince of Wales, was a gu>
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.
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