MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville. Pa.. Apr. I 1901 COMMUNICATIONS. All communications sent to the Am kiu- CAN for publication must be signed by the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. Washin£tonville Items. Washingtonville, April 10. —A valuable horse belonging to Benj Ware tell and broke his leg today. Mr. Ware was driv ing along the public road near Alex Bill meyer's when the animal stumbled and tell, causing a fracture near the fetlock. The horse was killed. Farmer in this vicinity have general ly begun their spring ploughing. Sever al will be ready to sow oats next week. County Superintendent W. D. Stein bach was in town today and purchased a Bet of double harness at /cliff's sad dlery. A new base ball team was organized tonight, which will be known as the Junior Base Ball team of Washington ville. Ross Heacock is Manager and Secretary; John Robinson, Captain, and William Seidel, Treasurer. The positions will be tilled as follows William Sel del, 1 b.; Isaiah Gresb,2 b.; Walter Kob inson, 3 b.; Clav Martz, I. 112.; Elmer Martz, c. 112.; William Wagner, r. 112.; J. C. Kobinson, s. s.; Koss Heacock, catcher; Allan Pollock, pitcher. Substitutes, Fuller Kunyan and David Wagner. The club will play its tirst game with Turbot ville on April 20. It challenges any team averaging 105 or 110 pounds to p!av a game during the three weeks following Saturday the 13th inst. A Famous Old Canal. The days of the Pennsylvania canal are now numbered and soon the famous old waterway will be abandoned forever. Manufacturers and others who have been using the water have been noti fied to look elsewere for their supply. The canal, which was built by the State, came into possession of the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company by purchase in 1859. The Pennsylvania Canal, and its branches, consist of 144 miles of navigable canal, with a width at water line of fifty-two feet, extending from Columbia, Lacanster county, to Northumberland, thence to Luzerne county, and from Northumberland to Loyal Sock, near Williamsport. Gen eral Isaac J. Wistar is president of the company, and Thomas T. Wireman, of Harrisburg, is its chief engineer. It is a model of canal navigation in its con struction, and all of its appliances, and in the maintenance of its sixty locks (overcoming 277 feet in elevation), 99 houses for employes, 73 wasteways and overflows, covering 7,322 feet of surface; 309 bridges, 71 culverts, five dams, across large streams; 33 aque ducts, . comprising 2832 feet of super structure; 193 canal boats. N lumber boats, all involving a watchful care and zealous supervision. Although the traffic on the canal has not yielded any profits to its owners for some years, it is, nevertheless, a worthy monument of the once famous lim of Pennsylvania's system of internal im provements which formed a memorable part in the history of the Common wealth. Free Concert in Y. M. C. A. Holl. The concert by the faculty of the State Normal school assisted by Mrs. Vida Bowman-Drum and Thomas Dailey, which was given in the V. M. C. A. hall Tuesdaynight \vasa thoroughly enjoyable aflair. The audience was unquestion ably the largest that 'ever convened in Y. M. C. A. hall. Every inch of stand ing room was occupied, the crowd ex tending down the wide stairway and fill ing all the space available on the tirst floor. The program, as printed in yesterday morning's issue, was carried through in a very able manner. The musical num bers,all of which were classical were ren dered with most pleasing effect, the "Irish Folk Song" by Mrs. Vida Bow man-Drum, and the violin solo by Mr. Dailey, especially, winning enthusiastic applause. Mr. Dailey received an en core. Miss Welsh as a reader made a fine impression. She has a strong and pleasing voice and gives evidence of cul ture along the line of elocution. Among her three selections was"The Night Watch," which was rendered with strong dramatic ettect. Improved Telephone Service. The Shamokin Valley Telephone Company started an all night telephone service this week for the benefit of their i many patrons. Miss Laura Grabb er, the night operator, will be in the exchange all night to answer calls of patrons. The exchange will lie open every hour in th»- week except on Sun days, when it is open only from S:0'l to 1:00 and Ip.intoH p. m. This improved .service will be greatly appreciated by the patrons of the Montour and Colum bia Telephone Company in this city. Howe & Polk Grant An Advance. Howe & Polk have granted an 8$ per cent advance of wages at their Structur al Tubing Plant, which affects all em ployes except ordinary laborers, whose wages remain at |l.oo per day. The ad vance will go into eflect on May 1. Howe A Polk are looking forward to a very busy season. All our leading in dustries are now in line for advance in wages, which reflects no little credit up on our town. Rev. Heck And Family Leave. Rev. O. G. Heck left for York Tues day in which city he will officiate as pastor of the Duke Methodist church, he having been appointed to that charge at the late conference. Il« was accompanied by his wife and chil dren. A large party off riends of tii* family were at the station and that i much regret was felt at this breaking of j ties was plainly manifest in the many j tearful farewells which took place jus( j (previous to the departure of the train. I SHALL BLADE ! lll : A KNIFE Cuntifiued from first page, compunction and declares that if he hadn't killed him his own life would have been in danger. He has a marked dislike for Attendant Heller and Sup ervisor Swank and yesterday morning he remarked that he would yet kill them. The testimony of the physicians, Drs. Bobbins, Curry, McCuaig and Adams, who performed the autopsy, wound up the inquest. Their testimony agreed that the wounds were all of such a na ture as could have been produced by the knife blade, if the patient could have devised some means of holding it in the hand so as to make it of eflect in l striking the blows. The probability is that Caprio wound a ball of string around tlie end fashioned for the hinge which he clutched in the palm of his hand when he struck, the hlade pro truding from between his lingers. The string still tied around the knife gives color to this theory. How the patient came into possession of the deadly weapon, will, of course, remain a my stery. The wounds were all of a more serious nature than described Wednes day night. Death was immediately due to the blow upon the breast, the weap on there piercing the sternum and pun cturing the aorta, or main artery, which carries the blood from the heart. A hemorrhage ensued, the blood pressing upon the wind pipe and the air passages leading to it and producing suffocation. The jury rendered a verdict in accord ance with the above facts. A MEASURE OF MERIT. Danville Citizens Should Weigh Well This Evidence. Proof of merit lies in the evidence. Convincing evidence in Danville. Is not the testimony of strangers. But the endorsement of Danville peo ple. That's the kind of proof given here. The statement of a Danville citizen. Mr. Levi Alleger of 102 North Spruce, st. says: I had much lameness in my back right over my hips and ever lasting ach ing over the kidneys. It hung right to me, and stooping or lifting anything caused sharp pains to pass through me. I had pains between my shoulders and running down my spine, which unfitted me for my work. I could not sleep well nights and was tired all the time. I read about Doan's Kidney Pills curing others of this trouble and I got them and after taking them I felt all right. They are the only thing which ever did me any permanent good." For sale by all dealers, price 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. Y. sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doan sand take no other. Death of Joseph Levers. Joseph Levers, a respected citizen of Milton, died at his home on Centre street Sunday evening about five o'clock of kidney trouble. He was in the fifty seventh year of his age, and is survived bv his wife and son Edward. Mr. Lev ers was a moulder by trade and had been in the employ of the Milton Car W r orks for over twenty years. He was a good mechanic and an upright citizen, lie served in the war of the Rebellion as a member of Co. C, 187 th regiment, en listing in Danville, and is a member of Henry Wilson Post, Grand Army of the Kepublic. His funeral will take place on Thursday afternoon at half-past two o'clock. Interment will be made in Harmony cemetery. The popular view of the relation of the blood to human character and con duct is marked in many a familiar ex pression. We speak of there being "bad blood" between people at enmity, of blue blood" as indicating ancestry, of black blood" as describing a treacherous nature, and in many another phrase mark our belief that in the mental, moral and physical man,"the blood is the life.' The one basis of a healthful, happy and useful life is pure blood. With the blood pure, disease has no permanent lodging place in the system. For this reason the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery rids the body of diseases which have their origin in impurity of the blood. It absolutely purifies the blood, carrying off the waste and poisonous matter, increasing the action of the blood making glands, a,id building up the body by supplying the Wood in quantity and quality such as is esseatial to a condition of health. It cures ninety-eight people out of every hundred who give it a fair trial. Brecht— Gernert, Thomas Brecht, of Myerstown, and Miss Dora Gernert, of this city, were married at Sparrow's Point, Md. t on April 4, at the home of Henry Brecht, brother of the groom, the ceremony be ing performed by Kev. Miller, the Luth eran minister at that place. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gernert of West Mahoning street, this city, and has a large circle of friends. The young couple will take up their residence in Sparrows' Point where Mr. Brecht is employed. Dislocated His Shoulder. Our townsman, W. B. Rhodes, who with his family is spending the winter at Natchez, Miss., met with a serious runaway accident last week. Himself and tamily,acw>«n|>anLed by a Mr. Boyd, of Milwaukee, had driven to a point at some distance from the city and were just starting on the return drive when the horse driven by Mr. Rhodes he came unmanageable and ran away. Mrs. I:bodes and children occupied another conveyance, Mr. Boyd being in the bug gy with Mr. KJtiodes. Both gentlemen were thrown ou*. Mr. Rhodes' right shoulder was dislocated and Mr. Boyd was rendered unconscious by t,he shock. Both gentlemen still sutler from -the ef fects of the accident. Kev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont., r«KWmmended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I fcac emphasize his statement, It is a positive,' ure for catarrh if used as directed." R*'» (Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pre* Cttwych Helena, Mont. After using Ely's Cream bauu; ,six weeks I believe myself cured of catarm .Joseph Stewart, Grand Ave., Buffalo, N. «' The Balm does not irritate or cause ouiezing. Sold by druggists at 50 cts. or by Ely Brothers. 56 war ren St, New V Busy Places. Our freight houses are busy iiese days. Merchants and draymen are ! ilit-r- unloading and hauling away great 'ooxes innumerable barrels and crates and oiu manufacturers are busy I loading ears with guxjU to be shipped | to all parts of the country. DO YOU GET UP WITH A LANE BACK ? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the news papers is sure to know of the wonderful ii ij , cures made by Dr. —ii Kfmer'sSwamp-Root, i I '^ e S reat k'dney, liver C bladder remedy. - y \V Bis the gTeat med ; - , >1 .s/ caltriumch cf the nine \ V - \ hln ,een, k is " Hill covered alter . of p2 p 2 >,' r _. Uijll scientific research by ■j _ |E"" | Dr. Kilmer, the emi (| _ s - " nent kidney and blad —| ■ der specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec ommended for everything but if you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. It has been tested in so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to pur chase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,Bing regular fifty cent and Hom«of Bwunp-Roo«, dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. AMUSEMENTS? Vogel & Big Minstrels. The above organization will appear at the opera house on Saturday evening and will present one of the most novel, interesting and pleasing entertainments ever offered the amusement loving pub lic. The program is overflowing with rapid-fire fun and genuine surprises, beautiful costumes, pretty music and dazzling scenic and electrical effects form an important part of the enter tainment. The entire mammoth pro gram is everywhere presented in abso lute perfection, never curtailed in any detail, a fact that makes this organiza tion still more successful each successive season. The management's motto has beeu 'Perfection Makes Perpetual Popu larity.' A Good Company. The Lester-Walter Stock company be gan a week's engagement in the opera house last night and presented"The Prince of liussia, - ' before a crowded house. The company is one of merit,and the performance throughout was excel lent. Mr. Walter is a young actor of ability and his portrayal of the character of "Alexander" was fine. Miss Leona Leslie appeared to an advantage as Jose phine, and she did some very clever work. The supporting company is strong and among those who deserve special mention are Le Roy SDyder, Charles F. Neilson and Miss Emma Bolton. The play was finely staged,and the costumes were handsome. Between the acts clever specialties were introduced by Emma Bolton, Will iam Cushman, Johnson & Stanley, and others.—Columbia Daily. The Lester Walter Stock Company will be the attraction at the opera house next week. DKAFNKSS CANNOT BK CI'HKD by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There IN only one way to cure deafness, and that is by con stitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube get* inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Jm perfeet 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 to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out often are caused by catarrh,which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY Si CO . Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family l'llls are the beat. Defense will be Insanity. It is thought that John Gulick who murdered his mother and brother last week and gave himself up on Sunday will be tried for his heinous crime at the next term of Northumberland county court. The murderer has engaged coun sel to defend him and there is now no doubt that he will plead insanity. His father, who is seventy-three years of age, will be the chief witness. There are two -charges of murder against him. When asked by the justice, before whom he was arraigned, whether fie was guilty or not guilty Gulick was speechless. His counsel, J. Simpson Kline, answered "not guilty" in his stead. Throughout the whole proceeding the murderer showed no amotion. Neither does he betray any feeling as he sits in his lone ly' cdl where tlvere is nothing in the environments to distract his thoughts from himself and his inhuman crime. Every precaution is taken to prevent him from committing suicic'e. Kvery thing but his bedding is taken from his cell at 8 o'clock at night and not a liuht but the one at the end of the long cor ridor is left burning. Constable J. M. Conrad of Upper Au gusta township, Northumberland county who took Gulick into custody, through his attorney yesterday presented his claim for the 112 100 reward offered for his capture. The County Commissioners refused to pay it, ,cpntending that as <Julick gave himself up the constable is not justly entitled to the money. If the reward is paid at all one-half of it will likely goto the boy Mettler Surgeon who discovered the murderer. Gulick sleeps most of the time and eats well. Guide to Washington D. C. Can be necujjs-y 1 from P. «& R. Ticket Agents by persons expect togo with the excursion to Washington on Thursday, April lHth. Special through coaches from West Milton for pass engers leaving Danville at 7.82 A. M. Tick's good also on the 11.25 A M. train ij'toy '.yver allowed at Philadel phia returning. fo>.'-i>ets good eleven days. Round trip raU. P»nville $0.55. To The Trade. We have just arranged with B K. HuwtWi.kvr, <>f Danville to Handle our line of i'nu Rye and Malt Whiskies. We Giwwt"" their Purity Rochester Distilling Co. Duffy Malt Whiskey Co. j HT S It ITS ALL IN /® 0/ 't* S YOUR EYLS Cfflij I \b vSffc/v 't* , V' A great many headaches come from Eye- W strain; and the poor victim never guesses the yi source of the trouble. I have permanently w cured hundreds of cases of persistent headache -J- W by fitting the patient with proper glasses I examine your eyes, will tell you if your £ W headache comes from your eyes or not. No charge for examination. HE2sTP?."y REMPE, '» x SCIENTIFIC OPTICIAN & JEWELER. £a«*aaa« 3 3 3 3 -3* A CENTURY EECOBD. I THE VALIANT NINTH REGIMENT IN FOREIGN AND INDIAN WARS. Organised to Fight Kramer In 1798. Bftttln With Engllik, M«xlcan», Spaniard* and Chinese—With Scott | at Landy'a Luie and In Mexico. [Copyright, 1001, by O. L. Kilmer ] 1861, but threJ months before the lowering of the flag on the memorable fortress the stars and stripes were fired upon In Charles- | ton harbor over an attempt to carry relief to the Isolated garrison. Major Anderson abandoned his posi- | tion in Fort Moultrie on the 20th of I)e- | oember, 1800, without orders from [ Washington and for the reason, as he | reported to the war department, that he believed that the state government of South Carolina meditated a hostile act. The day after Anderson retired to Sumter the governor of South Carolina sent him a courteous but peremptory request to return to Moultrie. Ander son replied that he "could not and would not" return. The governor then called in person to say that there was , an understanding with President Buch- j anan tliut no re enforcements should be sent to any of the forts In Charles- i ton harbor and that in moving the gar- , rlson of Moultrie to Sumter Anderson had re-enforced the latter. That strap day an armed steamer sent a party to seize Qafttle Plnckney, and a demand was ma<le for the surrender of the [ United States arsenal at Charleston. Some one In authority had the nerve ( to stand by Anderson, and on Jan. S orders were sent to Lieutenant Charles K. Woods of the Ninth Infantry, then on duty at Fort Columbus, New York harbor, to proceed to Charleston on the steamer Star of the West and carry troop* to Fort Sumter. Within a few hours after receiving the order Woods , embarked with 200 men. two officers and a surgeon. The soldiers were recruits In welting at Fort Columbus for trans fer to the Ninth regiment, then sta tioned on the Pacific coast. The pas sage to Charleston was made in three 1 days, and at midnight on the Bth the ; steamer, with her lights out, stole j Into the harbor. A strange steamer, : tying in tb® main ship channel, was encountered ju»t before daylight, and she retired up the channel, firing rock- ] eta and burning red lights for signals of alarm. The Star of the West kept on her ' course until within three-fourths of a mile of Bumter and Moultrie, when she j was suddenly fired upon by a battery masked on the north end of Morris | Island. The steamer sailed close to the : Island In order to avoid the fire of Fort | Moultrie, as the commander had been j warned that state tropps were in pos- , session of Moultrie. Evidently the j state government had also been warn- | ed by telegraph from New York of the j sailing of the relief expedition to Sum > ter, for the South Carolinians had j made full preparations to give the par- ; ty a warm reception. The battery on | Morris island had been planted espe- | daily to guard the channel. It was manned by cadets of the South Caro- 1 linn Military academy, under command j of Major P. F. Stevens, and Cadet George E. Haynesworth fired the first Sfaot. The Star of the West carried the ! usual American ensign when fired ' upon and immediately ran up a full sized United States garrison flag at the fore, but this was not respected. I and the shots flew thick and fa;?t, chief- j ly passlug over. The range was a trifle over half a mile. One shot bare ly missed the m a ehlnery of the steam er, and another richochet shot struck the fore .chains above the water line, j Fort Sumter's guns did not attempt : to help the steamer, and those in Moultrie were silent. Lieutenant Woods saw some steamers passing down the channel for the purpose of cutting the Star of the West off from ( retreat and, getting no sign from An derson in Sumter, turned about and barely got across the bar on the fast ' ebbing tide. Young Flaynesworth, whom the [ South Carolinians always credited 1 with the first shot of the war, after ward fought for the defense of Fort j Sumter when attacked in 1863. By u singular fortune the Ninth regi m««t had no further connection with tha civil war than that narrated of tho Star of the West expedition. The recruits were forwarded to the post on the Pacific, and Lieutenant Woods was j promoted and assigned to volunteer commands. Beginning at the battle of j Shiloh, where ho was colonel of the I Ohio, he fought under Grant and Sherman to the end of the war, winning the brevets of major general in both the volunteer and regu lar service. At Bentonvllle he com manded a division, and possibly Haynesworth's last shot was aimed at his line. ; Bit If the Ninth missed glorification 14 ifye clv'J war that Is the only con flict of the republic in which Its ling was absent, orgauiw/4 to Jjght the j French in 1708, It had no etiautii to prove Its mettle, but in the battles on j the Canadian border In 1814 its Hag was often bathed in blood. The Ninth i fought gallantly In defense of Fort j | «wt«, at Luudy's I-ane, In the j brigade led by General Scott, was the i only regiment of the command left to j rally upon after the desperate fighting which decided the day. According to the custom of those times, the Ninth was credited to the state of Massa chusetts, and congress awarded honors : to the Bay State for the prowess dis- I played by her sons at Lundy's Lane. In the Mexican war the Ninth was j led by a volunteer colonel, but in this I case volunteer was not another name ' for "greenhorn." Vermont, the home | of heroes, numbered among her sons | Truman Bishop Ransom, a soldier by I training and spirit. He had establisli j ed and drilled the Vermont militia and ' also Instructed men for the United States navy. When the government ; called for troops to fight Mexico, Ran i som volunteered and before the first I batUe was colonel of the Ninth. Tho j regiment at that time counted among | its subordinates William B. Taliaferro, j who was one of Stonewall Jackson's ; brigadiers; John S. Sloeum, killed at i Bull Run at the head of the First Rhode Island volunteers, and Jesse A. I Gove, colonel of the Twelfth Massa ! chusetts, killed at Gaines Mill, j Colonel Ransom was killed at the storming of the citadel of Cbapultepec j In a crisis similar to that which cost j the life of Colonel Liscum at Tien-tsin. The Ninth was in the division of Gen j eral Pillow and was selected to follow i on the heels of the voltlgeurs who ! stormed the wall outside the citadel, ! and in case of disaster to the stormers or delay In their attack the Ninth was to charge forward in a skirmish line to the crest. Half way up the ascent the stormers met with a check, anil the Ninth rushed forward only to find the way blocked by troops who would not 'or could not press on. While trying to : urge the line forward General Pillow j was wounded and Colonel Ransom j shot dead when he was close up to the | storming party showing his men the way to the crest. The fall of Its leader did not dismay the Ninth. It crossed 1 the wall surrounding the castle and en tered Into a race for the citadel with the Eighth Infantry. Two lieutenants of the Eighth who were conspicuous in this affair afterward made history as i generals in the Confederate service. These were James Longstreet and j George E. Pickett. Longstreet was shot down while the line was strug gling up the hill, and Pickett took the flag under his care. Hurrying forward i to plant the colors on the dome of the citadel, Pickett found Major Seymour of the Ninth ahead of him and the flag of the conquered Mexicans lowered I from the staff. The flag of tho Eighth | being the first at hand, Major Seymour I ordered it run up to replace the Mexi | can banner. [ General Pillow found numberless he j roes among the rank and tile of the Ninth at the storming of Chapultepee. j He named 17 officers and 11 enlisted j men for conspicuous bravery during j the attack on the wall and citadel, i Fate seemed to have destined the Ninth for service on the Pacific coast, I for as soon as the Mexican war closed | the regiment was rushed to northern j California. A history of the battles of this regi ' ment with Indians for over half a cen- I tury would be a thrilling rouiauce. it j fought with everything in war paint | from Arizona to Oregon and even en • dured the exile of Alaska. Spokaue ! and Sioux, Cheyenne and Apache, have | faced the white men under the flag of i the Ninth, but they never once covered | that flag with defeat. In a campaign ' against the redskins back in the fifties | a contingent of the Ninth numbering I 150 men was surrounded by hostiles | near Fort Walla Walla. The Indians j forced the fighting all day and after a | sundown charge retired to wait for ! morning. The soldiers had barely i CHARLES K. WOODS, U. S. A. [Commander of tho Star o( the West expedition in January, 1861] ' three rounds of cartridges per man, and it was 7."> miles to the nearest post. ! JJefore daylight the little column, j which was mounted, charged through I the Indian camp made rui'ning fight of 24 hours without losing a sin gle man. It was not inglorious ease for the Ninth during the civil war, for the sav drfea were continually making forays 1 and raiding the settlements. Then fol lowed the era of railroad building, when the Cheyennes, Sioux and Apa ches gave the troops on the plains no respite from war at its fiercest. At Santiago the Ninth dashed over j "Hell's Crossing" and charged up to ! Fort San Juan. Needless to say that j the nioord of Lundy's Lane and Cha : pultepec was not Iptipfet}. i did not eclipse the glories won iu a ietV ; tury, but rather gave a splendid ell ; max. Geohuk L. Kilmer. I I WOMAN AND FASHION. V or Ontiloor Sprint* Wear—lllooniinn lliitw— \ Sinhi*l Wliile Serii«* ('out n me. The ■-!klrt and jacket of this model j are made of warm looking and yet not heavy material. Homespuns or vicunas j would look as well as broken pattern I English cloths, which have a good deal | of style besides the advantage of not /- \ FOR OL'TUOOK WEAK. creasing or getting shabby. It would be nice to have a dress of this kind for out of door wear in the morning. White i cloth lapels would be more in the style \ of this class nf costume than silk, but | the latter is preferable for a costume j not exclusively intended for travel.— j New York Telegram. I Fllouiiilns Hat*. The picture hats of the Frenchy order that will be worn later in the season will leave the impression that the trlm j mer stood iu a garden and trimmed from the bush or tree. When your hat suggests that, you may rest assured you are wearing the right thing. The \ poetry of nature is the latest cry in millinery where flowers are used. We ' find the long ostrich plume on low 1 crowned, wide, circular brimmed hats 1 fixed as grando mode. Indications 1 point to the abandonment of all small ' birds. Women themselves are showing ' a sensitiveness to wearing them lest they be commented upon too freely in ' public places.—Abby E. Underwood in I Woman's Home Companion. • 1 A Smart Spring; Coattime. The gown lias a white serge skirt, box plaited and mounted on a deep fit ] ted yoke, but with points, and bordered with a band of tiie serge. At the hem it is trimmed with five bands of light blue canvas, four narrow and one wide. 1 The smart little Eton jacket is of blue 1 canvas, slashed at either side of the 1 front, with tlie edges held together by 1 a band of canvas fastened at the ends | with a gold button. The slashes and WHITE SEKUE WITH BLUE. ■ all the edges are bordered with a nar row band of the white serge, and the large sailor collar is of the serge, fall ing over a second collar of tucked white muslin. The canvas sleeves widen be low the elbows, are slashed and border ed with serge and fall over very full undersleeves of white muslin, finished with a plaited cuff and a frill of the same. The blouse is of the muslin, and the cravat and belt are of black taf feta.—Philadelphia Ledger. Faptiionw For Boys. For really little boys nothing is better than the sailor or Russian blouse suits. They rise superior to the flight of time, with its ever changing fashions iu clothes for men, women and girls. The small boy in his middy suit, with the long, flaring trousers or knee breeches, is always in fashion and always at tractive to look at. says Harper's Ba zar. The Russian suits have been a fad for mouths past and are certainly picturesque for the small boy from 3 to 8 years of age. They will still be worn this next summer t'nlliuK the Doctor, A good story is told of I)r. X., who Is the physician in charge of the female wards of one of our best known chari table institutions. One evening about 9 o'clock Mary, a new Irish servant girl, knocked at the door, saying: "Doctor, the head nurse wants you to come down to supper." The doctor, swelling in his pride of superiority above the nurses, sent the Irish girl away with a curt message. Ilalf an hour later the head nurse came to his room looking very serious. "Po.-toi " she said, "No. 8 i» yery but} Indeed. I think you ought to see her at once." "Why did you not let me know be fore V" was the reply. "Why, doctor," said the nurse. "I sent you void b> Mjiiy half an hour ago." "The fool!" -aid the doctor. "She told me to come down to supper!" "Why," said the nurse, "I sent you word to come down to eight!" An inquiry made the whole thing clear. Mary thought it more polite to pity "<'oj! ( u <lown to supper" than t<j say "Come down to ate."—Pearson's Weekly. F«rJITIN(i A Wll.lM AT AN ADVENTURE THAT MADF ONE MAN SHV OF THAT KIND OF BEAST. He In Willi iiK to Go u Luiik Hny Around to Avoid Ferovioun Ani- 1 mala, Gv«n Ttiouijl. Scleuce Suyn They Will Flee tit Man'* Approach. "I have read in tbe papers certain scientitie assertions that no wild ani mal will voluntarily attack or pursue a human being, but tliat. 011 the con trary, the fiercest of them, as tradition and the tales of woodsmen classify them, will make haste to escape the possible sight of man, unless, in des perate cases, hunger may urge it to ap proach him, its most dreaded foe. such cases being extremely rare," said a matter of fact and veracious New York business man. "If that is so, I had a little experi ence once with a wild animal that must have been the most desperately hungry beast that ever longed for food. The occurrence was in northwestern Penn sylvania, where one winter I had some business that called me ten miles from the county town to one of the back woods districts. It was late in the aft ernoon when I started on my return to the village. The way was over a lone ly, narrow, crooked mountain road, bor dered by deep woods much of the dis tance. Toward dusk, as I was round ing a short turn in the road, my horse, which had a good deal of spirit, shied suddenly and sprang forward on a furious run. "At the same instant an animal with glaring eyes plumped down from some where and landed in the sleigh at my feet. It had evidently leaped from a tree at the horse, the quick movements of which nervous animal had defeated j that purpose, and the attacking animal j had alighted with its fore feet on the robe that lay across my lap. it glared ' furiously at me, with its face not more than two feet away, as it clung to the robe witli its sharp claws, growling fiercely. I had never seen a wildcat, but 1 knew instantly and instinctively that I had one to deal with here, and it seemed to be a very large and sav age one at that. I had 110 weapon, but fortunately the whip that stood in its socket on the dashboard was loaded at the butt. "Clinging to the reins with my left hand—the horse was running away—l quickly drew the whip from the socket and struck the wildcat on the head with the heavy butt That caused the animal to loosen its hold on the robe and drop into the snow at the side of the sleigh, but the agile and furious beast was up in the fraction of a sec and and with one bound sprang on the j back of the sleigh, which had a low body. "Although the horse was running madly away along the narrow and crooked road, throwing the sleigh from side to side and threatening it con stantly with destruction against some rock or stump, I was obliged to drop the reins and leave the result of the runaway to chance, for the wildcat was struggling desperately to gain a foothold in the sleigh and fight me at close quarters. I knew that if the sleigh should happen to come into col lision with any obstacle heavy enough to wreck it I would be no match for the catamount, now wrought to the ut most ferocity, fighting It on tbe slip ping snow, even if I were unharmed by the collision, so I strained every nerve to conquer the determined beast while I still possessed the advantage of foot bold in tbe sleigh. "Once I thought it was all up with me, for as the sleigh was carried abruptly round a short turn in the road by the speeding horse one runner struck a stone or a root, and the sleigh careened and ran at least 5U feet on the other runner alone. I mechanically threw the weight of my body toward the upper side of the sleigh, all the time raining rapid blows on the head of the wildcat with the butt of the whip, and forced the sleigh down to its balance on both runners again. A few more blows after that, and I was re joiced to see the detei mined and tena cious beast first loosen one claw, hang for a second or so by the other, while it tried to seize the top of the back of the sleigh again with its teeth, and then tumble to the road and lie motiouless in the snow. "I dropped back ou the seat limp and weak and too much unuerved to make the least effort to obtain control of the runaway, which was still rush ing wildly along the uncertain road, made still more uncertain by the gath ering darkness. The horse ran at least three miles farther and theu begau to slow up and at last stopped half way up a long and steep hill from sheer exhaustion. 1 had by this time recov ered sufficiently to take charge of the horse again and drive the rest of the way tQ the town, which wasn't far, and where I arrived with the horse covered with foam, a sleigh splintered and covered deep with scars and scratches made by the desperate wild cat and myself so badly used up by nervous shock that It was three days before I was able to get about again In anything like good condition. 1 never heard whether the wildcat was killed by my blows or not, but I have an idea he was. I hope so. Science may be all right In declaring that wild animals will hasten to flee at the very suspicion of man's approach, but it' ever 1 qm going anywhere and bear there are wildcats in that direction I'll go around some other way."—New | York Press. There is a bill before the Indiana leg- j islature providing that 110 marriages, j shall be celebrated in the state unless the contracting parties have been passed by a board of physical exam iners consisting cf two mothers, two physician ami an jttorney. If the bill pecomos a law the huuiau race 114 Indiana will doubtless improve at a rapid rate, but really the 1100siera are pretty hale, hearty and healthy peo ple, and are in no greater need of physical improvement than the rest Of mankind. There is a good deal of nonsense in the various to regenerate the race by statutory enactment which are occasionally | sprung on state legislatures. Next summer ought to be a great baseball season—tliat is if there shall then be as much expert baseball play ing as there hss been expert baseball financiering i>y magnates during the last month or so. What Could He »*)'t "Charley, dear," k.aid youug Mrs. Tor- 1 lips, "i going to turn over a new |eaf." ''ln what connection?" "I'm going to quit being superstitious. I have always disliked to begin anything Ou Friday." "Yes; it is very silly of you." "Well, your arguments have convinced me. You know that new dres3 I was talking to you about?" "V-yes," "Well, I'm going to start out and buy the material on Friday just to show I'M Aot afraid."—Washington Star. ' Mrs. Fitzsimmons Stops the Show. Owing to the sudden illness of Mrs. Fitz --millions, who portrays one of the t leading character- in the play, there was no performance of ' Ihe Honest Clack «niith" at Sunbury last evening. Mrs. Fitzsimmons appeared with the com pany at Harrisburg Tuesday night, but was taken suddenly ill at the Common wealth Hotel early yesterday morning. Her condition was so serious that two physicians were called and under no circumstances would 'hey permit the patient to be removed. Columbia's Copper Plant. Columbia county's copper plant locat ed near Central at the foot of North Mountain will resume as soon as new machinery, being installed, is placed in position. The capacity of the plant is 250 tons of ore per day, the ore yielding 0 per cent copper. STATEJIKST OK VALLEY TOWNSHIP. Jacob Roup in Acct. with Valley Twp., as Supervisor for the year ending April sth, 1901. nit. cit. Amount of Duplicate sssl 97 License Tax 57 00 Received from I>. W. Koust 2 00 Return Tax 7 07 Unsealed laud 4* Work (lone by Citizens . Jilt (#i Bridge Material 12 41 Hardware & Tile. 40 50 Shed for Machines 1 00 Counsel fees 2 50 Repair for Road Machine-. 1 tij Supervisors Services 81 days at 81.50 per day... 121 50 Books 30 Making Duplicate 1 90 Bond Ac Oath 125 Township Watering trough IS 00 ! Percentage on collection $421 20 . 21 56 i Audit or fees 2 50 t'se i>f House '.V. I». Wise 1 00 Printing Statements :j 00 Exonerations 2 M Order to l>. 1». Williams 2> 80 Interest on order II 20 Paid to I), li. I*. (.'hiids IS 57 »18 58 tiHl 21 Balance due Township 227 37 918 58 Audited this 5 day April 1901. Wm. It. Richardson. • , O.C. Jenkins. , Auditors. D R. P. Childs iH Acct. with Valley Twp., as Supervisor for the year ending April sth. 1901. DR. C'R. Amount of Duplicate §sis 88 License Tax 57 00 Received from t >. Treasurer for use of machine.... . 708 Received from Mahoning Twp... 12 00 $594 96 Work done by Citizens $403 04 Wagon Watering Trough &c ' 13 85 Tile& Bridge timber 12 47 Posts A: Rails 5 00 j Stone for Road .. 11 90 Order from .tos. Churm 14 20 Attorneys fees 2 50 Blacksmithing Handle (i Sand.. t> 55 Supervisor Services r>s days at >1.50 per day 87 00 Duplicate Book Bond it Oath.... 2 75 Return Tax 1 50 Exonerat ion 1 97 Percentage on collection SliMi 00. 9 50 12Perch of Stone for Bridge 40cts per perch 4 80 Publishing Statement 3 00 Auditors fees 2 50 Use of house W. D. Wise. 1 00 Received from Jacob Roup $lB 57 013 53 Audited this 5 day of April 1001 ": , c:y,.,;a;S" lson ';A-ai.or». STATEMENT. The following is a statement showing the aggregate value and assessments made by the respective assessors of the respective Wards. Districts, and Townships in the County of Montour and State of Pennsylvania. Trien nial assessment ot Real Estate made in the year 1900. An t bony Town slii p, $401.557 Cooper Township, 149,718 Danville, l'irst Ward 825,775 Danville, Second Ward, 428,.*10 Danville, Third Ward, 8)4,220 Danville, Fourth Ward, 814,130 Derr.v Township, 259,935 Liberty Township, Ktt,B2o • Limestone Township,.... 441,141 Mahoning Township, 284,.'!96 M aberry Township, 83,856 Valley Township, 140,151 Washingtonville Borough, 59.7H5 West Hemlock Township, 92,22-! Total 54,752,02 R. NOTICE. Public notice is also hereby duly given that » Saturday the thirteenth day of April A. D. 1901. betweei 'be hours of nine o'clock in tbe forenoon ant ir o'clock in the afternoon, and the office 'be County Commissioners of Montour Cot intnesaid county Court House, in Danv, Pa., have been appointed as the time and place respectively, for finally determining whether any of the valuations of the said assessors have been made below a 1 list rate, according to the meaning and in tention of tin' Act of Assembly in such specific behalf made and provided. H. C. Sandel ( County Commissioners of (i. W. Miles Montour County. Wesley Perry I County ( ommissioner's Office. Danville, P» March 25th, 1901. AOMI.MSTKATOR'S XOTHE. Estate ot George W. Steinman, Lafe of Derry Township, Montour County. Pennsylvania, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letter of Ad ministration upon the above State have granted to the undersigned. All persons in debted to the said Estate, are required t«> make payment, and those having claims, or demands against the said estate, will make known the same without delay »o LEVI MOSEH. Administrator. RALPH KISNER, Attorney. ill liU AND THE lllfl <p [n rat« I .OU i Subscription to Montoui American SI.OO per year. 11l NO!
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