MONTOUR AMERICAN
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa.. May 30 190 1
COMMUNICATIONS.
All communications sent to the AM KKI
CAN for publication must be signed by
the writer, and communications not so
signed will be rejected.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I hereby announce my name as a
candidate for renominatiou for the office
of Prothonotary and Clerk of the Courts
of Montour County, subject to the ac
tion of the Republican Convention.
J. C. MILLEK.
THE REVIEWER.
The Barthnldi statue of Liberty is in
good condition, but its surroundings are
in bad shape. It is nobody's business to
make the place worthy of its name and
its fame.—Philadelphia Ledger.
California robbers carried off an entire
gold mine the other night, jarring it loose
from Mother Earth with dynamite. The
man who stole a hot stove would be
ranked as an awkward amateur in Cali
fornia.—Minneapolis Tribune.
Already the Germans are becoming
iired of the conflict in China, and it is not
to be wondered at that the British public
would welcome nothing more eagerly
than news of a settlement of the South
African trouble. —Denver Republican.
Apparently there is more truth than
wit lu the quips that have been made
about Turkey's financial condition. Izzet
Pasha, Turkish minister at Madrid, has
again tendered his resignation on account
of nonpayment of his salary.—Pittsburg
Dispatch.
A young woman in New Jersey broke
off her engagement on her weilding day
because she found the prospective groom
bad deceived her as to his prospects in
life. Cupid is finding the bandage over
his eyes out of date in these business
times and is getting as sharp about cash
accompaniment. as his own arrows. —
Baltimore American.
The Pennsylvania State college lias
Just graduated 40 dairy experts. Cauli
flewer, as we know from Mark Twain, is
oaly "cabbage with a college education,"
asd Pennsylvania cream cheese properly
manipulated by these experienced hands
qiay develop into a Brie or Camenibert
defying distinction front the imported ar
ticle.—New York World.
TOWN TOPICS.
New York owes $300,000,000 and is
within $10,000,000 of the debt limit. Ev
idently the limit must be raised soon.—
Baltimore Herald.
St. Louis is certain to have a world's
(air, now that the United States has come
to time with $5,000,000, and there can
b« no doubt that she will have a hot
time, as has been the case in St. Louis
•very summer for 100 years.—Louisville
Post.
.Wisconsin has finally enacted a law
taxing bachelors. Here in Boston we
have got a school of housekeeping in
stead. And we opine that when it comes
to encouraging matrimony the Boston
Idea is the more fetching and farreach-
Ing. —Boston Herald.
It is now charged that the stone out of
which the postoffiee is being constructed
is bad and that granite blocks with holes
in them have been built into the struc
ture. The stone contractors, however,
should not be harshly judged. The holes
in the stone may be due to decay since
the structure was begun.—Chicago News.
The new steel double decked ferryboat
Chicago was launched at New York the
other day. The new boat is the largest
of its kind in New York harbor and will
ply at Cortlandt street ferry. New York
era are doing well to have a daily re
joinder as they cross the ferry that Chi
cago is always getting there.—Chicago
*Uw«.
THE DOMINIE.
For the first time in its history the
British Church Missionary society lias
passed the £400,000 point in its annual
receipts.
A feature of some 50 Congregational
churches are men's clubs which aim to
keep up good fellowship and secure con
certed action on matters of municipal re
form.
"I was never in debt," said the late
bishop of London, "until I came to be the
head of this see." He then had to keep
up two houses, and the act of 1810 for
bids the lettiug of either of these.
▲ large staff of women is employed at
the "Vatican for the sole purpose <>f keep-
tie Dope's wardrobe in perfect condi
tion. No spot or stain may disfigure the
garments worn by his holiness, and as
he always appears in white one wearing,
even of a few hours, deprives the robes
ol their freshness.
LEGISLATIVE.
The sweetest song has never been
sung, the biggest fish is still uneatight,
and the Ideal tax law has yet to con
vince a legislative body. New York
.World.
Kidnaping children in order to extort
money from their parents ought to be
made a capital offense, ami hanging
should promptly follow conictiou.— Phila
delphia Bulletin.
To the legislature: Doubt every bill
that creates a new institution, estab
lishes a new commission or board, calls
into being a new officer or increases sala
ries.—lndianapolis News.
THE PRESS.
If you do not like vice and crime,
change the light. If you look into a tnir
ror and see a dirty face, do you wash the
fac© of the mirror?
I do not want a press which shows up
the virtues of humanity and not 'h
faults, but let us havi th, t in
whole truth and nothing but the truth.—
Dr. L yman Abbott.
Despite the defects of the Ameriean
press it holds up a mirror of the whole
world's affairs. The mirror may ie>t be
the right kind, but its tendency is to lead
the people to self consciousness.
THE COOKBOOK.
Do not pat or smooth down mashed
potatoes, as it makes them heavy.
A delicious cake filling is made from
chopped figs mixed with crabapple oi
apple jelly.
Scraps of plain or puff paste trimmed
from patties or pies may be sprinkled
with grated cheese and made into cheese
straws.
Chopped orange peel added to mince
qieat gives the meat a pleasant flavor.
Two fresh peels will season about eight
■aarts of mince meat.
FIN, FEATHER AND FUR.
A kangaroo consumes as much grass ns
six sheep. There are but about 000,000
left In Australia.
Sparrows haven strange antip 'tliy for
robins, and sometinn - t' . v become ac
tively antagonistic to them
The rarest fish in Briti ii wai> rs N the
ribbon fish. Only 10 specimens have heeu
recorded in the last ccntnrj It is tin in
habitant of the great depths of the oceau.
IIEIDINC WORKS
ALMOST IIESTROVEU
(Continued from First Page).
which flew aloft, or by the heat of a
cinder tap which lay below wnere the
fire originated. The loss is difficult to
estimate; it may reach one hundrtd
thousand dollars. It is feared that the
loss is not wholly covered.
During Friday the plant was fairly
besieged by a curious crowd of sight
seers. The scene presented was a deso
late one, indeed.
The tire has eaten out the very heart
of the big structure,leaving in its path a
tangled mass of charred timbers, bent
and broken steam pipe and gearing. In
the ruins lie no less than six steam en
gines, three of them large ones, used to
operate the bar, skelp and old puddle
mills, respectively; others burned over
were smaller engines used respectively
to run the fan, the saw and the squeezer
in the puddle mill.
David Thomas, superintendent of the
Reading Iron Woi ks, was interviewed on
Friday. Mr. Thomas estimates the loss
at nearly SIOO,OOO. Questioned as to in
surance, he replied that that matter is
wholly in the hands of the Reading of
lice and he did not feel prepared to make
a statement. It was rumored, however,
among insurance men Friday that
Ihe amount ot insurance on the portion
of the mill burned is less than $50,000.
A FRIEND'S ADVICE
Will Often Help You Greatly. Read What
a Danville Citizen Says.
You may hesitate to listen to the ad
vice of strangers, but the testimony of
friends < >r residents of Danville is worth
your most careful attention. It is an
easy matter to investigate such proof as
this. Then the evidence must be con
clusive. Read the following.
Mrs. Edward Lunger of 11 Church
street, says:"l suffered so much from
pain im my back that I could not sleep
nights. The pain over my hips was con
tinuous 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 secretions annoyed me and
headaches accompanied the backache.
1 read about Doan's Kidney Pills and in
the statements of those who had been
cured the symptoms 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
hail any backache and was free from
any embarrassment caused from the se
cretions. I can honestly recommend
Doan s Kidney Pills to others suffering
as I did."
For sale by all dealers. Price -TO cts.
Foster Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole
agents for the U. S.
Remember the name Dean's and take
no substitute.
rhoonitiK Ftoweri.
In making a choice of flowers for an
entertainment the color scheme of one's
rooms should be first taken into account
and only such varieties o< flowers used
as will harmoniously blend with it.
A red dining room is effectively deco
rated with American Beauty roses or the
ordinary red roses, or, if one cannot af
ford such expense, red carnations may be
substituted. The candle shades, cakes,
bonbons, Ices, etc., can easily be made to
carry out the color scheme.
When asked as to what flowers he sold
the most of for decorating purposes at
night, a fashionable florist replied that he
had orders for all kinds, with the possi
ble exception of violets. These dainty lit
tle flowers should only be used for lunch
eons or other functions in the daytime,
as they are too somber by artificial light.
Bennty SReep.
Nearly all of the great beauties of the
world have testified to the value of
sleep. Under its Influence every muscle
Is relaxed and all care dispelled. The
heart beats slower, gaining new vigor for
the waking hours. A midday nap, if only
of a few minutes' duration, is wonderful
ly refreshing, and it is generally conceded
that sleep during the earlier hours of the
night is far more beneficial than that ob
tained after midnight.
What does it profit a women if she
gains the whole world of knowledge
and lose her own health? Young
women students, and school teachers,
eager, ambitious, and full of energy,
very often neglect their health in the
struggle to gain education. They eat
insufficient food, at irregular hours,
they allow irregularity of the womenlv
functions to be established, and the result
is that they become chronic invalids with
all their education practically worth
less. There is a plain road back to
health for such as these, marked by the
feet of thousands. It is the use of Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for
diseases of the stomach and digestive
and nutritive organs, and Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription for diseases of the
delicate organs of womanhood. A cure
so certainly follows the use ot these
remedies that out of hundreds of thous
ands who have tried the treatment,
ninety-eight in every hundred have
been perfectly and permanently cured.
Constipation, with its calaminous con
sequences, which is a common ailment of
students, can lie entirely cured by the
use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Among tue puonc servants wno are
worried by foolish questions the super
intendent of mails in the postoffiee gets
his full share. One of his visitors on
a certain occasion was a man who said
to the deputy who answered the call
at the window:
"I am going out of town today and
want to get a letter to my brother, who
Is on board the Majestic, and she is
not due until Wednesday. I don't
know where he will stay In New York
or where be will go from here. Can
you help me?"
"Certainly we can," said the clerk.
"A mailboat goes to meet the steamer,
and if you address your letter properly
and put domestic postage on it It will
be delivered all right."
"But how shall I address It—where
shall I send it?"
"Address It 'John Smith, passenger
on board Incoming steamer Majestic,
due In New York, Dec. 12.' That will
reach him."
"No city? No nothing?"
"That's all—Just as I told you."
The man thanked the clerk and went
away, and came back a little later with
an addressed letter In his hand.
"Say," he said to the clerk, "about
that letter. I've addressed It and
stamped it all right, but the man's
name isn't John Smith. llow about
that?"— New York Tribune.
Exposure to a sudden climatic change
prouuees cold in the head and catarrh is
apt to follow. Provided with Ely's
Cream Balm you are against Nas»l
Catarrh, Pricesocents at Druggists, or
Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New
York, will mail it. The Balm cures
without pain, does not irritate or cause
sneezing. It spreads itself over an ir
ritated and angry surface, relieving
immediately the painful inflammation,
cleanses and cures. Cream Balm quick
ly cures the cold.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Out.
Fill a bottle or common glass with your
Water and let i* stand twenty-four hours; a
. sediment or set-
I TO f ' tling indicates an
un healthy condi
nvr tion °* '^ e
Wl'A 1 t ne y s; il stains
1 y° ur '' nen is
il ,-^rV ii ' evidence o( kid
jljQ \|J £J TZaJvL ney trouble; too
mvyjy bequent desire to
' ~pass it or p?in in
~ the bael.
convincing proof that the kidneys ana u»u
der are out of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort In the knowledge so
often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. It corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
It, or bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled togo often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. It stands the highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
If you need a medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists in 50c. andsl. sizes.
You may have a sample bottle of this
wonderful discovery
and a book that tells
more about it, both sent
absolutely free by mail.
Address Dr. Kilmer & Home of Swamp-Rooi.
Co., Binghamton. N. Y. When writing men
tion reading this generous offer In this paper.
LIST OF JURORS FOR JUNE TERM.
GRAND JURORS.
Anthony Township.—William Bren
nen, Daniel Bitler.
Cooper Township.—Henry Baylor.
Danville Ist. Ward. —Frank C. Derr,
William Fallon, William E. Gosh,
Charles E. Jamison, Amos Vastine.
Danville 2nd. Ward.—-George Gib
bony, William H. Moyer, Thomas
Pront.
Danville Brd. Ward. —William Gerst,
Robert Murray, William N. Russel,
Christian Sach, Peter Waldman.
Danville 4th Ward.—George Bachin
ger. Charles Get/., Charles H. Howe.
Limestone Township.—John Ashen
felter.
Washingtonville Borough.—Frede
rick S. Butler.
Mahoning Township.—William Fern,
Calvin Heller, Edward L. White.
TRAVERSE JL'KOKS.
Anthony Township.— Peter A. Rishel,
Henry Umstead.
Danville Ist. Ward. —Warren L.
Smith, Dennis Bright.
Danville 2nd. Ward. —Isaiah Dawson,
Charles Dietz, Calvin C. Hitter.
Danville 3rd. Ward. Lenard Foulk,
Charles Hunt, Fred Hurley, Nicholas
Hill, Joseph Jones, James B. Lloyd.
Richard Morrall. Philip Ortman, Wil
liam Rogers. William Salmon, David
Williams.
Danville 4th Ward. —James L. Ma
gill, O. H. Pitner, John Richards,
James Toohig, JamesConley, Sr.. James
Coleman.
Deny Township. —Frank L. Conrson.
Limestone Township.—Franklin P.
Cromis, William D. Geiger, J. O.
Kaufman, Samuel Schuure.
Mahoning Township—George Ber
ger. Calvin Blecher, Lewis Seitz.
Valley Township.— Hiram Wertman.
West Hemlock Township—Joseph
Hutchinson. Jacob Umstead.
Liberty Township.—Win. E. Buyer.
He Un« Suix-rnlitl»UN.
lie was a big. hearty workingman.
and when a spare, thin little niau en
tered the tram car, stumbled and sat
upon bim he sai«l In reply to the little
man's apologies:
"Don't trouble, sir; it's all right.
There's no 'arm done."
Wben we saw the big man a week
later, we were shocked at the change
In him. He seemed to have shrunk to
half his former bulk.
"Why, whatever's the matter?" we
exclaimed.
"You remember that little man wot
sat on rue in the train last week, sir?"
"Yes."
"Well, It's all through 'lm I'm wastin
away like this!"
"Preserve us!" we cried. "IIow?
Why?"
The shrunken giant wrung his bands
In despair.
"I found out next day,"he groaned,
"that 'e was the coroner. An 'e sat on
me! I'm shuperstlshus, an it's lookin
ahead I am. Oh, Lor'!"— London MaiL
t.ovr and Thrift.
The late Professor Sbuttleworth of
London was particularly fond of telling
how, wben he once acted as locum
tenens in Devonshire, he had to pro
claim the banns of marriage of a
young yokol and a village maid. A
fortnight later the young swain called
at the professor's lodgings.
"You put up the banns for me," he
said.
"Yes, I remember," replied Mr.
Sbuttleworth.
"Well," inquired the .yokel, "has it
got togo on?"
"What do you mean?" asked the pro
fessor. "Are you tired of the girl?"
"No," was the unexpected answer,
"but I like her sister better."
"Oh, if the original girl doesn't mind,
you can marry her sister."
"But should I have to be 'called'
again?"
"Certainly, that's necessary," an
swered Mr. Sbuttleworth.
"But should I have to pay again?"
"Yes, it would cost you three and six
pence."
"Oh, would it?" rejoined the yokel
after reflect ion. "Then I'll let It re
main ns it is." And he did.—London
Telegraph.
By Wny of SnKKCMtioti.
"The trouble with me," spoke the
young man who was on his way home
with his best and loveliest from a par
ty at the Keuhurst club, "is that I al
ways feel embarrassed when I am out
lu company. I never know what to do
with my hands."
"Suppose you just hold them up."
said a hoarse voice in his ear.
The voice pertained to a large, rough
looking man with a mask on his face
and a large, rough looking revolver in
his band, and the youth lost no time In
complying with the suggestion.—Chica
go Tribune.
Bicycles are generally considered
very modern Inventions, but some of
the Egyptian obelisks bear figures
mounted on two wheeled vehicles re
sembling the old velocipedes.
STATE OK ()HIO, t'ITV OF ToI.KOO, J
LUCAS COUNTY, 1
KKANK J. CHENEY makes oath that lie in
the senior partner of the firm of K. .1. CHENEY
A Co., doing business in the City of Toledo
('ounty and State aforesaid, and I Mat said firm
will pay the sum of ONK Ht'NI»REI) DOL
LARS for each and every ease of CATAKKII
that cannot be cured by the use of HALI.'H
CATARRH CUKE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, tills 6tli day of December, A. IX IHH6.
I A. VV. ULEASON,
\ SEA I. /
' , ' Notary Public.
Mali's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists, price7sc. per bottle.
Hall s Eaiuily I'llls are the best.
112 Graphophones, \
It < > Recor(ls '»;
I SUPPLIES |
t HALF PRICE «
T q\
•?• to dose out our line of Graphophones we cut the price in two. m
\y Look at these prices: jut
W Grand Graphophone ami Horn $60.00, now 8.50.00. vf
i|> Coin Slot " " " 20.00, " 10.00. »f*
ili Cabinet " " " 11.00, " 5.50. I^l
j*- Brass Horns 5.00, " 2.50. fi\
W Records $5.00 do/. " 2.50. m\
All other parts to talking machines which we have in stock
iii at Half Price while they last.
HEISTREMPE, J,
ON A JAPANESE RAILROAD.
Maeh Eating and Smoking Mark the
Journey* of the Natives.
The second and third class railroad car
riages give the foreigner an opportunity
to study life of the Japanese people. On
entering the first thing one notices is that
white lines are drawn across the glass
windows, and upon inquiry the informa
tion is elicited that some of the people
who travel in the cars are unused to
glass, which perhaps they have never
seen before, and that they are apt to put
their heads through if there is nothing to
indicate that a substance bars the way.
In cold weather all Japanese travelers
carry rugs, for the cars are heated merely
by long steel cylinders filled with hot wa
ter and laid on the floor. Since the pas
sengers are always pulling open the win
dows, Japanese cars in midwinter are a
menace to the health of every individual
who has become used to an even tempera
ture within doors.
The smallest incident of travel Is
enough to break the ice, and if a person
has a wrong ticket or has lost anything
it is a matter of Interest and solicitude
for everybody else. Many of the passen
gers are apt to behave with the same un
restrained freedom as in their own homes.
If they are starting on a long journey,
they at once proceed to make themselves
as comfortable as possible. A rug is
spread out on the seat, for they are very
particular never to sit on anything that is
not perfectly clean. Then they shake off
their geta, or wooden clogs, and curl their
feet up underneath. The next thing is a
smoke, in which both men and women in
dulge, sometimes lighting cigarette after
cigarette, but more often they use the
tiny Pipe, which never contains more to
bacco than a Wisp the size of a pea and
affords one, sometimes two puffs to the
smoker. The ash is then knocked out on
the floor and another wisp stuffed in and
lighted from the smoldering ash which
has just been thrown away. This is kept
up, off and on, for hours.
When not smoking, eating is going on.
At every station there are venders of the
little mandarin oranges. Every passen
ger buys a dozen or more and eats them
in a short time, throwing the skins about
the floor. Boys pass by with tea in tiny
earthen pots, a cup placed over the top,
and this may be purchased for 3 sen (a
cent and a half), and the teapot is left in
the car.
Besides leaning out of the car windows
to buy these, the passengers have little
wooden boxes filled with lunch. In the
upper part is closely packed rice, in the
lower are all sorts of little pickles and
bits of cake. Attached are two wooden
chopsticks.
The Japanese throw all sorts of refuse
about, and from the appearance of a car
after the passengers have been In it for
a little while one would imagine that the
people are very untidy in their way of
living. Porters enter at some of the sta
tions and brush up whole panfula of ref
use, and on some lines of the road a
spall boy in a spruce uniform comes to
the car door at each stop, with a clothes
brush in his band, makes a deep bow
to the occupants and Inquires if there is
anything that they want—New York
Sun.
ANTIQUE TIMEPIECES.
The Fascination Thar Hold For All
Sorts of People.
Ancient clocks and watches seem to
have a singular fascination for all sorts
of people. Philip the Cruel of Spain is
said to have had more than a thousand
in his famous collection, and the late
George W. Childs of Philadelphia, who
was as kindly and gentle as the Spanish
monarch was inhuman, was equally de
voted to the fad. In this city several
curio dealers make a speciality of ven
erable timepieces and keep a list of
those which they can secure from private
owners when the occasion requires.
"The demand for these goods," s«ld
one of these merchants, "is of a varied
nature. One type of customer wants an
old clock to give an air of dignity or of
comfort to a hall or sitting room. Noth
ing, in fact, is sleepier than a huge Dutch
ball clock six feet high, which ticks like
a blacksmith beating an anvil and which
rings an old fashioned gong bell. Anoth
er type enjoys polite deception and Im
poses a purchase as a time honored heir
loom.
"A third type purchases clocks which
are marked by high beauty and artistic
finish. Some of the ancient constructions
were made by artists and cannot be sur
passed, if equaled, by those of today.
This is especially true of those which
came from the workshops of famous
French, Flemish and Italian designers.
Clocks of this class always command high
prices and may be considered works of
art ruther than mere timekeepers. The
fourth type seems to have no particular
idea in their fad. They want old time
pieces and ask DO questions as to their
works, their beauty or their historical
connection. If a clock is a century old,
well and good; if it is two centuries old,
so much the better, and if it is three cen
turies they are beside themselves with de
light.
"There are a few who purchase watch
es and clocks for historical associations.
Of these the number Is much larger than
is usually supposed, and it grows every
day. The greater attention paid to his
tory and biography has helped the move
ment, as has also the practice of giving
exhibitions and making gifts to museums
and learned societies." —New York Post
Horace Greeley'* Lavish War.
Horace Greeley was lavish in his gifts,
often to most unworthy recipients, and
was sensitive when admonished on the
subject by even his closest friends, says
a writer In Success. Ho loaned thou
sands of dollars to a scapegrace son of
Commodore Vanderbilt, and when Van
derbilt appealed to him to stop it Gree
ley courtly closed the conversation by
saying he did not expect the commodore
to pay the loan.
In one of the man's conversations I had
with him in his dingy office in the old
Tribune building I ventured to suggest
that ho was a more generous giver than
his means justified, to which he answer
ed: "Well, I guess that's so, but I can't
stop it. I am like the southern planter
who, after spending the proceeds of his
crop in winter reveling, closed up the ac
count by selling a slave. I do it by sell
ing a share in The Tribune." He origi
nally owned nearly or quite one-half of
the paper. When he died, he bad but
one share remaining of the 100.
Medical Attendance Half Prloe.
Doctor—l beg your pardon, ten visits
at 2 marks a visit make 20 marks, and
you have only given me 10.
Lady (whose children he has attended)
—But children under 10 only pay half
price anywhere.—Kladderadatsch.
MEXICAN MATTERS.
Fifty thousand men are at present em
ployed on public works in Mexico.
Nearly one-fourth of Mexico's foreign
trade was handled through the port of
Tampico last year.
The 20 Mexican banks reported in the
government reports show a combined
capital of $70,000,000.
The foreign trade in Mexico, both im
port and export, now amounts to an an
nual value of $140,000,000.
The public debt of Mexico amounts to
$115,178,012 payable in gold and $123,-
118,982.20 payable Iti Mexican silver.
Last year Mexico manufactured 376,-
000,000 packages of cigarettes and 119,-
000,000 cigars. This is an increase of
10 per cent over the previous year.
The Mexican army of more than 25,000
men is supported upon a trifle more than
a million Mexican dollars a month. The
Mexican congress does not cost a mil
lion dollars a year.
Henequen will continue to be Mexico's
most important article of agricultural
export for a good many years to come.
The value of this fiber shipped during
the last fiscal year was over $26,000,000.
Coffee comes next in importance, with a
value for the export crop of nearly sll,-
000,000.—Modern Mexico.
PERT PERSONALS.
Speaker Henderson lacks the snap of
Reed and as a consequence has a quieter
time.—Atlanta Constitution.
Possibly the emperor of Austria desires
to elevate the throne by marrying Mine.
Schatt, the actress—Memphis Appeal.
It looks as if it would be a good in
vestment for Francis Joseph to engage
Czar Reed at a Schwab salary to run his
reichsrath for him.—Pittsburg Times.
The king of England cannot play golf
well; but, as his partiality for tweeds is
known, he will probably retain the es
teem of his Scotch subjects.—Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Tesla is now talking of sending a wire
less message through the earth —not
around it, as reported. The probabilities
are the electrician will find this more dif
ficult than some of his recent perform
ances of talking through his haL —Chi-
cago News.
THE COOKBOOK.
An oniou for soup should be stuck with
cloves and added after the stock has been
skimmed.
Sardines dipped in boiling water, skin
ned, boned and pounded in a mortar
make excellent sandwiches.
An addition to the list of sauces served
with vanilla or banana ice cream is pine
apple sauce. The sauce is made with the
shaved fruit cooked in sugar as for pre
serving.
Pineapple used in the place of lemon in
tea is a little out of the ordinary. Either
the fresh fruit or that which has been
preserved may be used, and a very little
in a cup of tea has the effect of a cordial.
FLOWER AND TREE.
A new species of nasturtium, whose
distinctive feature is its profusion and
continuous flowering, has been developed
in the greenhouses of the University of
Nebraska, where experiments have long
been in progress.
Plants need a good deal more water as
the days grow longer and warmer than
they do in midwinter. They should be
given all they can make use of. Watcfc
the surface of the soil, and whenever it
looks dry give more water.
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Reduced Rates to Gettysburg via Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
For the benefit of those desiring to
attend the Annual Encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, Depart*
ment of Pennsylvania, at Gettysburg.
June 3 to 8, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell excursion tickets to
Gettysburg from all stations on its line
in the state of Pennsylvania, on June 1,
2, 3, 4, and 5, good to return nntil June
10, inclusive, at rate of a single fare for
the round trip. For specific rates,
apply to local ticket agents.
Reduced Rates to Cincinnati via the Penn
sylvania Railroad, account Convention of
United Societies of Christian Endeavor.
Gn account of the Convention of the
United Societies of Christian Endeavor,
to be held in Cincinnati July 6 to 10,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell July 4 to 6. from all stations on
its line, excursion tickets to Cincinnati
at one fare for the round trip.
These tickets will be good for return
passage, leaving Cincinnati not earlier
than July 8, and not later than July 14.
For specific rates and full information,
apply to ticket agents.
Reduced Rates to San Prancisco via the
Pennsylvania Railroad, account Epworth
League Convention.
On account of the Fifth International
Convention of the Epworth League, to
be held in San Francisco July 18 to 23,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Ooiypauy
will sell, July 4 to 12, from all stations
on its line, excursion tickets to San
Francisco at greatly reduced rates. For
specific information regarding rates,
routes, and conditions of tickets apply
to ticket agents.
Pennsylvania Railroad's Past Express
Trains between Philadelphia and Wilkes
barre.
Beginning May 27, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will place in service
two fast express trains each way, week
days, between Philadelphia and Wilkes
barre via Pottsville and Hazleton on the
following schedules: —Leave Philadel
phia 9:10., a. m. 4:10 p. ni. and arrive
at Wilkesbarre 2:25 p. m. 9:15 p. m.
Leave Wilkesbarre 7.15 a. m..4.25 p. m.
and arrive at Philadelphia 12:50 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
These will be solid vestibule trains,
consisting of combfned car, standard
passenger coaches, and Pullman buffet
parlor car.
Pullman buffet parlor cars will also
Ih* run between Philadelphia ami Read
ing, week days, on trains leaving Phila
delphia at 5.33 p. m.and leaving Read
ing at 8.00 a. in.; and between Phila
delphia and Pottsville, week-days, on
trains leaving Philadelphia 8.42 p. m.
and leaving Pottsville 2.55 p. m.
BILL OF THE PLAY.
May Irwin is planning a trip around
world, liii'tly for pleasure.
Joseph .1 ji isuii <elebrated his seven
ty-second liithday a short time ago.
Augustus Tlionias is writing a new
play, "Coloiado," which will be produced
in New York in November.
Sarah Cowell Le Moyne is said to be
the only American actress who ever
broke bread with Queen Victoria.
John Hare, the English actor, said re
cently that he was about to retire from
the stage for an indefinite time if not
permanently.
Rostand is at work upon a new play
to be called "The Theater." Coquelin is
to have the principal part, that of a bro
ken down actor.
There is talk of an all star produc
tion of"The Merchant of Venice," with
Richard Mansfield, John Drew, Julia
Marlowe and other notables in the cast.
Marie Tempest has announced she
will appear as Becky Sharp at the
Prince of Wales theater in London be
fore long. Her ptay is a new version of
"Vanity Fair."
This would have been Mary Ander
son's "silver" year as an actress had she
remained in active service in the profes
sion. Her first appearance was made
Nov. 27, 1875, in Louisville in the char
acter of Juliet.
Byron in the theater will be decidedly
a novelty to our generation. Yet Sir
Henry Irving is to risk the experiment.
At the final curtain call of his Lyceum
season he announced for the coining
winter the production of "Manfred."
A company playing "A Pair of
Tramps" were recently quarantined in
their special car at Monmouth, Ills., the
negro cook of the company having de
veloped smallpox. The members of the
company were vaccinated, and then the
quarantine was removed.
THE ROYAL BOX.
The Duke of Connaught has been ga
zetted grand master of the Order of the
Bath.
It is said that Prince Charles of Den
mark, the second son of the Danish
crown prince, will probably hereafter
live in England, as both he and his sister
prefer that country to their own.
Queen Alexandra is the obstacle that
stands in the way of Prince George of
York inheiiting the title prince of Wales.
She was devoted to her eldest son, the
deceased Duke of Clarence, and has «a
sentimental feeling about her husband's
title going to any one else.
It is a rare privilege to be permitted
to visit any of the kaiser's palaces. He
thinks he is entitled to at least as much
privacy as the lowest of his subjects,
and bis orders in regard to visitors are
strict. As the Neues palace is regarded
as, above all others, a haven of rest, few
tourists are permitted within its pre
cincts.
King Edward VII is one of the oldest
of parliamentarians. As a member of
the house of lords since ISG2 he has seen
nearly all the peers of today take their
seats. As Duke of Cornwall since his
birth he has possessed a peerage for a
louger period than any living man ex
cept Lord Nelson, who succeeded in
18115, and Lord Dufferin, who succeeded
to a peerage of Ireland in 1841.
THE JEWEL CASKET.
A lady's watch in plain black enamel
and brilliants is a striking and elegant
object.
"Tooth" ring mountings are used for
some very large diamonds for men's
wear. They display the stone with great
effectiveness.
Pretty tie clips of gold wire in heart
shape are useful accessories in the even
ing toilet. They are set with pearls and
turquoises.
An adjustable bracelet adapts itself to
any size of wrist. It is constructed on
the trellis pattern and contracts or ex
pands after the fashion of the familiar
iron gate.
Foreign fashion budgets tell us that
the scent ball is to be the novelty of the
i coming season. This is a hollow sphere
J pierced with small holes and holding a
' bit of sponge saturated with perfume.
In simple silver trifles or elaborate gold
affairs adorned with diamonds or other
stones it affords an attractive accessory
for chatelaine, chain or bracelet.—Jewel
ers' Circular-Weekly.
THE DOMINIE.
Twenty-six English bishops rank as
peers.
After going for 15 cents at a rum
mage sale the bust of a former pastor of
a St. Paul church was recovered by the
ladies of the congregation.
Colonel John Jacob Astor, at a meeting
of the trustees of the Cathedral of St.
' John the Divine in New York city, an
| nounced his intention to present a chime
of bells on the completion of the struc-
I ture.
The Rev. Dr. Daniel J. Hauer of Han
over, Pa., is the oldest Lutheran clergy
man in the United States. He is 90 years
old and was ordained to the ministry in
1525. He occupied the pulpit regularly
for 09 years and during that time held
charges in four states.
THE WRITERS.
ITcnry James prefers to do his literary
work "at night in a quiet room with an
old pen and a fresh cigarette."
Joaquin Miller, the poet, has just
bought 700 acres of farm land in Nueces
county, Tex., and will make his future
home there.
Mr. Howells keeps the original manu
scripts of his books. His publishers get
the typewritten copies, which all pub
lishers prefer.
Carlyle was 42 when he published
"The French Revolution," the first work
to which he formally put his name. Ilis
"Cromwell" was published when he was
50.
THREE CITIES.
Cincinnati is the only municipality in
the United States that owns and oper
ates a railway system. It is valued at
$33,500,000.
London has 56 parks and gardens of
from one-fourth of an acre to 198 acres
and 30 open spaces and commons from
one acre to 207 acres in size.
lowa Falls, la., is not a large place, but
it is not without civic pride. The city
i has decided to have a fine system of pub
lic parks and is willing to pay for them.
Why She Wept.
Among the Mainotes, descendants of
the Spartans, thieving is considered a
very honorable employment. An Eng
lish traveler, being entertained at the
house of one of the mountaineers, took
some sliver articles * from a packing
case he had with him to eat his dinner
with. At the sight of such costliness
an old woman began to cry, the Eng
lishman having asked what affected
her so much:
"Alas, my good sir," she replied, "I
weep because my son Is not here to rob
you of those beautiful things!"
The Power of Mn»k.
It is said that a grain of musk will dif
fuse a perceptible odor through a room
for 20 years. It does this by filling the
air with particles of its substance, that
being the way in which all perfumes act,
and yet so infinitesimally s small are the
particles that the grain of musk shows no
diminution of weight at the end of the 20
years.
A misanthrope is a man who pretends
to bo disgusted with all mankind, but in
reality he is disgusted only with himself.
—Chicago News.
The silk industry of China employs, it
Is estimated, from 4,000,000 to 0,000,000
• p*>ple.
MATRON AND MAID.
Mrs. Whitelaw Ileid Las offered SS.WO
toward the establishment of a civil hos
pital in Manila.
Mrs. Margaret Dclantl, the novelist,
has begun a series of flower sales at her
Boston home tor the heneiit of the poor
of that city.
Miss Hughes of Kinmel, who was wall
known as one of <iueeu Victoria's maids
of honor, has bet u appointed lady in
waiting to the Princess Louise Auguste
of Sleswick llolstein.
A marble statue of Frances E. Willard
will soon be placed in Statuary hall, in
the capitol at Washington. This will be
the first statue of a woman ever set up
in the histrotic chamber.
Miss Olive Monalesen, daughter of a
European resident of Bombay, has-just
been married to the young rajah of
Jhi ml, lord of a native state in India.
The wedding took place according to the
Sikh rites, the bride being fully aware
that the groom already had at least two
wives.
The wife of Consul Wildman, who,
with her husband and two children, was
lost in the Rio de Janeiro, was a descend
ant of Ilenry S. Foote, once governor and
senator of Mississippi. She was a niece
of Mrs. \V. M. Stewart, wife of the sen
ator from Nevada, who is a daughter of
Governor Foote.
Miss Sarah Scovill Whittelsey of Chi
cago is the only young woman who can
boast 'if holding both a Yale and a Har
vard degree. From Radcliffe she ob
tained her It. A. At Yale two years of
postgraduate work, culminating with her
thesis on "Massachusetts Labor Legisla
tion," have given her a Ph. D.
The Ductaoss of Somerset will be the
first among the British peeresses in order
of precedence at all the coming ceremo
nials, as there is no Duchess of Norfolk.
The duchess was a Miss Susan MacKin
non and married the fifteenth Duke of
Somerset in 1577. The dukedom of Som
erset, which ranks next to that of Nor
folk, dates from 1540. The Norfolk duke
dom is of still more ancient creation, dat
ing from 14.53.
King Edward has just conferred the
Royal Red Cross upon Mine, de Ferrieres,
superintendent of the French hospital at
Johannesburg. This decoration was in
stituted in 1883 as a recognition of serv
ices rendered by women iu connection
with the nursing of the sick and wound
ed of the army and navy. Among the
first upon whom it was bestowed was
Miss Nightingale. Countess Roberts is
also entitled to wear it.
Knot* A boat Animals.
Since the natural park at Yosemite,
Cal., has been established and hunters
are forbidden to shoot game the bears
have become so taine that they run
along the roads in front of the stages
and coine quite close to the valley
hotels.
In an effort to drive the English
sparrows off the telegraph and tele
phone wires in Cincinnati a current of
electricity strong enough to kill a man
was turned upon the wires, but the
birds did not move and seemed not to
be injured in the least.
A cat about half grown can devour
20 mice a day, or 7,300 a year.
An owl was shot 400 miles out to sea
bj the captain of the British steam
ship Etlielreda. No other case is on
record of a land bird having flown so
far from shore.
ANIMAL LIFE.
It is estimated that there are now only
1,000 buffaloes alive on the North Ameri
can continent.
No wonder the fish crop 5s never
"short." The flounder lays 7,000.000
eggs annually, several others from 1.000,-
000 to 3,000,000, while the turbot is
credited with depositing from 11,000.000
to 12,000,000 during each breeding sea
son.
A camel possesses twice the carrying
power of an ox. With an ordinary load
nf 400 pounds, he can travel 12 or 14
Jays without water, going 40 miles a day.
Camels are tit ro work ai 5 years old, but
their strength begins to decline at 25,
although tiny usually live to 40.
A FEW FIRSTS.
The first French colliery, vras opened
in 1722.
Paraffin oil was first used for lighting
purposes in 1820.
India rubber was first used for effacing
pencil marks in 1770.
The first book ever printed in Switzer
land bears the date of 1470.
Notice.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Montour
County. Notice is hereby given that the first
account of David F. Uouger. committee of
Martha Saul, a lunatic has been filed in this
office and unless exceptions are filed to the
same, it will lie confirmed absolutely June
!4, l'JOl.
.I.C. MILI.BR, Prothonotary.
Danville. Pa.. May 10, l'.Wl.
NOTICE.
Now March 18th, 1901, it is ordered
that the time for the holding of the reg
ular terms of the several Courts in and
for the County of Montour be changed,
and that hereafter the time for the
holding of the said Courts be fixed for
the fourth Mondays of February, May,
September and December of each year.
This order to take effect on the second
Monday of June, 1901.
R. R. LITTLE, P. J.
Attest, J. C. MILLER, Clerk.
Mil 111
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Subscription to Montoui
American SI.OO per year.
ill NOW.
NOTICE IN PARTITION.
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
MONTOUR COUNTY, NO 2 JUNE
TERM, litoi.
Theodore Doster And Agnes B Doster
His Wife in Right Of Said Wife,
Harry Latimere And Elizabeth Lati
mere, His Wife, In Right Of Said
Wife, Sarah Johnston, Mary .1
Johnston And Samuel Johnston,
Plaintiffs.
* vs
Isaiah l/ilkert. William Hilkert, John
Hilkert, Eleanor Hilkert, Mary M.
Hilkert, Richard Moser, And Eve
line' Moser, His Wife, In Right < H
Said Wife, And William Cleveland
Defendants.
TO WILLIAM CLEVELAND:
One of the Defendants above-named:
WHEREAS on I lie twenty-first day of
March A. D. 11(01, a Writ of Partition in tin
above-stated ease was issued against I In- al<o\ e
named Defendants to answer ibe abov< nam
ed Plaintiffs ofa plea wherefore, whereas, tfje
said Plaintiff and the said Defendants, above
named,, respeetively hold together and un
divided a certain messuage, tenement and
town lot of land situate on tfae East ..t
Mill street in the Third Ward of the lioroti;:ii
of Danville in the County of Montour and
.State of Pennsylvania, hounded and describ
ed as follows,,viz: I-'ronting on Mill street on
the westward adjoining a four foot wide allev
on the northward, an alley on the eastward,
and lot number fifteen 'la/now owned by Pet
er McCann, on the southward, extending in
width on Mill street thirty-four feet, more or
less, and extending hack of the same width to
alley aforesaid, said lot being in length on the
porthern side along said four foot wide alley
ninety-seven and eighty-seven onehundredt lis
feet and in length along the southern side
ninety-two and nine-tenths feet, with the ap
purtenances and whereupon are erected a
Two-Story Frame Bwelliui House.
and a frame stable, etc., marked in th ■ piot
of Alexander Montgomery's Addition to the
Borough of Danville, number sixteen, (lii) In
block number seven (~), of which the said De
fendants deny partition to be made between
them according to the form of the Act cf As
sembly in such ease made and provided and
unjustly permit the same not to be done,
contrary etc., and which said writ is made re
turnable at the next term of the aforesaid
Court, the same being on
Monday, June ioth, 1901,
AND, WHERE As upon the affidavit of Sam
uel Johnston, one of tlie Plaintiffs, above
named, made and tiled in the aforesaid Court,
011 the 21st, day of March, A. D. l'Jtll, it appear
ed to the Court that the residence of the above,
named William Cleveland, the last of the De
fendants, aitove-named, is tot lie Deponent, at
present, unknown,the Court made the follow
ing decree or Order of Publication, to wit.;—
"And now March 21st. UtOl it appearing t<
the Court by the < >atli of Samuel Johnston out
of the Plaintiffs in this case, that the resid
ence of William Cleveland, the last named o
the Defendants in the said case, and win
holds a tenancy by tbecurtesy in an undivid
ed one forty ninth interest in the premise
mentioned in tlie Writ of Partition in tiii:
case, is unknown to him, the < ourt on motioi
of Edward Sayre (iearliart of Counsel fo
Plaintiffs direct notice to be given fo the sail
William Cleveland by publication once a wee!
for six successive weeks, before the returi
day of the said writ, in one weekly newspape
printed and published inthe Borough of Dar
ville, in the County of Montour and state o
Pennsylvania.
BY THE COURT.
MICHAEL BRECK BII.L, sheriff.
WM. J. BALDY, < .. .
EDWARD SAYRE GEARU ATT. F counsel.
Sheriff's Office Danville, Pa., April 2.'! rd, l'.Hil.
KGISTEK'S NOTICKS.
To AI.L CREDITORS, LEGATEES AND OTIH
PERSONS I NTEKESTED— Notice is hereby give
that the following named persons did on tl
date affixed to their names, file the accoun
of their administration to the estate of tlu>
persons, deceased,and (iuardiau Accounts,A
whose names are hereinafter mentioned,
the office of the Register for the Probate
Wilis and granting of Letters of Adininisti
tion, in and for tlie ( ounty of Montour, :i
that the same will be presented to the or pi lai
Court of said county, for confirmation ai
allowance, on Monday, the lOtli day
J line. A. 11.. I'.toi. at the meeting of l
Court in the afternoon.
Feb'y. 28.—First and Final account
Charles M. Reed, Execut
of the last will and test
ment of Sarah Amelia Ret
late of the Borough of Da
ville, Montour County, o
ceased.
March 8. —First and Final account
John Blee, Administrator
the estate of H. F. Bit?
late of Derry Townshi
Montour County, deceast
March 22.—First and Final account
John Dyer, Administrat
c. t. a. of the estate of Josh
Dyer, late of Liberty Tow
ship, Montour County, d
ceased.
April 20.—First and Final account
Stinson L. Brolist and Wi
iam M. Hartzell, Admin
trators of the estate of Sv
annah Hartzell, late of M
honing Township, Monto
County, deceased.
May 11. —First and Final account
William G. Forney, A
ministrator of the estate
Sarah Forney, late oft
Borough of Danville, M<
tour County, deceased.
May 11.—First and Final account
Elmer Fenstermacher, Wi
iam Fenstermacher a
Franklin Fenstermachi
Executors of the last w
and testament of John Fei
terinacher, late of Vail
Township, Montour Conn
deceased.
May 11. —First and Final account
William L. Sidler, Adia
istrator c. t. a. of the est.-,
of David Davis, late of V
ley Township, Mont<
County, deceased.
May 11.—First and Final account
William C. Runyan, Adn i
istrator of the estate
Catharine Johnson, late
Derry Township, Mont'
County, deceased.
May 11. —First and Final account
Nathaniel Bennett and I
M. Bennett, Executor s
Executrix of the last v
and testament of Mary
Davis, late of the Borov
of Danville, Montour Co
ty, deceased.
WM. L. SIDLER, Registei
Register's < )fflce,
Danville, Pa. May 11. UHH.
tyillOW'S A I*l* It A ISK.>I K.\T.
Notice is hereby given to all persons int
ested.fliat the foilowingappraisement oft
and personal properly set apart to tin wit
of decedent has been tiled in thcoilic of
Clerk of (>rphans' Court, of Montour < '< >u
and the same will be presented to said < t>
for continual ion ni. si. at Danville, on
<IHV, June 10, l'.Hil. and will U eoiifiii
finally within four days t hereafter unless
cent ions are previously tiled, viz :
Mrs. Mary Deen. widow of Perry Deen. 1
of Danville, Montour County, deed. per
al, *;t00. J. C- MILI.HU
Clerk O. i
ATOK'S SOTICK.
Estate of George W. Steinman. I.
of Derry Township, Montour Com
Pennsylvania, deceased.
Notice is hereby u'iven that letter of
ministration upon the above state li
granted to the undersigned. All persons
debted to the said Estate, are require
make payment, and those having claim*
demands against the said estate, w ill m
known the same without delay to
LEVI MOSER,
Administrator.
RALPH KISNER,
Attorney.
MITIt E.
Estate of Wellington Hartman. Lat»
The Township of Cooper in The Co
ty of Montour And State of Penn
vauia. Deceased,
Notice is hereby given that Letters of
ministration upon the above estate have I
granted to the undersigned. All persons
debted to the said estate are required ton
payment, and those having claims or
mantis against the said estate will 11
known the same without delay to
NAOMI V. HA HTM \ \
Administratrix of Wellingt'
Hartman, Deceased
I'. O. Address, (irovania, Pet
EDWARD SAYKK O EARHART, Counsel.