MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville. Pa., June 13 1901 CO MM II .\1( A T ION S. All communications sent to the AMERI 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 reuomiuation for the office of Prothonotary and Clerk of the Courts of Montour County, subject to the ac tion of the Republican Convention. J. C. MILLER. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. To the Republican electors of Penn sylvania lam directed by the Republi can State Committee to announce that the Republicans of Pennsylvania, by their duly chosen repsentatives, will meet in convention at the < )pera House, in the city of Harrisbnrg, on Wednes day, August 21, at 10.80 a. m..for the purpose of nominating candidates for the following offices: One person for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court. < )ne person for the office of State Treas urer. In occordance with the rules governing the organization, the representation in the State Convention will be based on the vote polled at the late presidential election. Under the rules each legis lative district is entitled to one delegate for every two thousand votes cast for the presidential electors in 19(H), and an additional delegate for each fraction of two thousand votes polled in excess of tme thousand. By order of the Republican State Com mittee. FRANK REEDER, Chairman. W. R. ANDREWS, C. E VOORHEES, Secretaries. Flag Day In the School*. Colonel Allan C. Rakowell, the flag commissioner of Lafayette post. G. A. R. of New York, who distributed sev eral hundred United States flags to tho schools of Porto Rico immediately aft er the occupation of the island, has since been an active worker in the In culcation of patriotism in the schools throughout the country. Holding rank as aid-de-camp of the commander In chief of the Grand Army of the Repub lic, he is able to use the Influence of the vast organization in this commend able work. Recently he sent to the aids of the several states and through them to the local aids of the counties a circular letter appealing for the gen eral observance of June 14 as Flag day In the public schools. In the circular to be distributed by the Grand Army officers he suggests the following pro gramme of exercises: 1. Prayer. 2. Salute to the flag. 3. National hymns. 4. Addresses by soldiers and citizens. 6. Flag drills. 6. Quotations from eloquent orations and poems on the flag. 7. Kinging of bells. This simple programme will serve admirably where the school officers have not had the time or forethought to prepare a more elaborate one. It is surprising bow much life and enthusi asm may be aroused in an assemblage by the ceremony of saluting the flag and in the flag drill where scores and hundreds of children take part. School trustees and teachers can make the first Flag day of the twentieth century a notable one by the adoption of the suggestions circulated by Colonel Bake well through the posts of tlie Grand Army. The children love the flag of their country and cannot be drawn too close to It In veneration of its history and the sacrifices that have made It re spected the world over. Lessons in patriotism should early be taught the rising generation, and the fitting ob servance of Flag day is one of the most effective means of inculcating these high lessons, the learning of which conduces to the highest citizen ship. In a sefrmon preached at Asbury Park, N. J., Rev. Dwight E. Marvin, D. D., spoke somewhat candidly of the relations of the church and the press. "Churches do not advertise as they should," said Dr. Marvin. "Twenty five years ago a simple announcement In the local paper was considered suffi cient by most business men. Today the successful merchant feels it incum bent to take more space and advertise more carefully and attractively, yet the church has not changed, but still retains the custom of former years and contents Itself with brief statements of services in the column of church no tices found in the Saturday paper. The newspaper is the church's handmaid to assist in advancing the divine king dom, but It has no right to ask for all kinds of complimentary notices and re views of Insignificant meetings and en tertainments as puffs. This, too, is de grading. I have come in business con tact with a large number of publishers In my life, and I have generally found them businesslike, courteous anil will ing to act generously toward the churches that have shown themselves willing to advertise to any great ex tent or speak good words lor the daily paper. It should be thoroughly un derstood that the publisher of a daily paper Is under no obligation to ad vertise the church without pay or spread Its fame and receive therefor only criticism. As a vender of news and an educator of the people he is un der obligation to tell the news, speak the truth and teach morality, l>ut that does not put him under bonds to print paragraphs lauding tiie minor activi ties of the church." cuiie insinuates that the warlike talk of her neighbor in the boundary line dispute Is only another case of Peru vian bark. The stock maii:ot has become so qui et that public attention is now directed to the fights over the umpires' deci sions. PROCEEDINGS OF JUNE COURT (Continued from First Page.) defendant and the plaintiff to pay the cost." H. M. Hinckley, attorney for the plaintitf, moved for a new trial, reasons to be filed in four days. The case of Commonwealth vs. Steph en Moser went on trial yesterday after noon. The charge is shooting with in tent to kill and the case in point of im portance and interest, therefore, ranks little short of murder itself. Notwith standing the stifling atmosphere of tlie court room there was a large attendance of spectators. In selecting a jury the defense fully availed itself of the pre rogative of challenge, standing aside the entire number allowed. Following are the twelve jurymen selected . James T. Magill,Dennis Bright, John Richards, Nicholas Hill, C. C. Ritter, Louis Seitz, l>. I). Williams, Peter A. Rishel, Will iam Salmon, Warren L. Smith, Daniel Schure, Isaiah Dawson. Moser, the defendant, was brought, in to court handcuffed. He was cleanly shaven, well dressed, clean and genteel in appearance, the perfect picture of health, if not contentment. District Attorney Thomas Welch is being assist ed by James Sctrlet, Esq. Edward S. Gearhart, Esq., represents the defend ant. The following witnesses for the Com monwealth were heard vesterday after noon: Franklin M. Taylor, William Dyer, Andrew Kelley, Philip Boyer. William Auten, Roy Shultz, Alexander Billmeyer, Adam Smith. Morris Moser and Daniel Morgan. The testimony was mainly a reproduc tion of the evidence adduced at the hearing, on May -Ist last, which was fully reported in these columns at the time. It tended to show that Moser tired the shot with intent to kill and that to avert suspicion at a late hour he rode to his father's house at Strawberry Ridge, where he spent the night, using one of Alex. Billmeyer's horses, which be surreptitiously removed from the stable. Moser's remarkable story as to the man who fired the shot and the part he himself played in the plot as related by witnesses, made the evidence quite complicated and added a degree of in terest. One of the witnesses —Morris Moser, who was called to testify, is a brother of the defendant. The young man was entitled to a good deal of sympathy. His evidence, however, did his brother but little injury. He agreed that Step hen spent the night of April ISth at his father's house, arriving after they were all in bed. The testimony of others went to show that he arrived there at a late hour after the shooting. The wit ness, however, was certain about noth ing. He could not tell at what hour bis brother arrived, but inclined to the view that it was early in the night. They were in the habit of retiring early at his father's bouse, he said. The next witness on the list when court adjourned last evening was Res Burgerstock. More interest attaches to this witness than to any other one of the lot subpoenaed, as he is the man implicated by Moser's discredited story as the principal in the shooting. He will be one of the first witnesses this morning. There is little doubt as to the nature of his testimony. He will no doubt exculpate himself and assist mat erially in placing the guilt where it be longs. Free medical advice. Men and women suffering from chronic diseases are in vited to consult Dr. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., by letter, absolutely without fee or charge. For more than thirty years as chief consul tine physician to the Inva lid's Hotel and Surgical Institute of Buf falo, N. Y., Doctor Pieice has devoted himself to the treatment and cure of chronic forms of diseases. Assisted by his staff of nearly a score of physicians, each man a specialist, his success has been phenomenal, ninety-eight persons in every hundred treated being absolute ly and altogether cured. Women have es pecially availed themselves of Dr Pierce's offer of free consultation by letter, thereby avoiding the unpleasant ques tionings, the obnoxious examinations, and odious local treatments considered necessary by some practitioners. Over half a million women have been treated by Dr. Pierce and his staff tor diseases peculiar to women, with unvarying suc cess. Write without fear as without fee. Every letter is treated as strictly private and sacredly confidential, and all answers are sent in plain envelopes, bearing on printing upon them. Ad dress Dr. R. V. Pierce, World's Dispen sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. F, E. McArran In A Collision. F. E. McArran, agent for the Prud ential Insurance Co. had an exciting experience Friday. He was coming in from Mausdale and accepted an invita tion to ride along with Barton Heud rickson, of Valley township, who was driving into town. In descending the hill on North Mill street their buggy was run into by a team driven by Livery man Erwin Hunter, which had gotten beyond the driver's control. Mr. Ilend rickson's buggy was upset and Mr. Mc- Arran was thrown out head first, land ing under the feet of one of Mr. Hunt er's horses, which fell on top of him. Realizing his danger Mr. McArran seiz ed the horse by the reins so that when the animal sprang to his feet the man was lifted from the ground; otherwise he might have been badly trampled by the runaway horse. Fortunately no one was hurt, although Mr. Hendrickson's buggy was totally wrecked. Let me say I have used Ely 's Cream Balm for catarrh and can thoroughly recommend it for what it claims. Very truly, (Rev.) H. W. Hathaway, Eliza tietli, N. J. I tried Ely's Cream Balm, and to all appearances am cured of catarrh. The terrible headaches from which I long suffered are gone.- W. J. Hitchcoch late Major LT. S. Vol. and A. A. Gen., Buffalo, N. Y. The Balm does not irritate or cause sneezing. Sold by druggists at 'io cts. or mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St., New York. Structural Tubing Nine Loses. The Structural Tubing base ball club played the Northumberland nine at De- Witt's Park on Saturday afternoon. The Northumberland boys put up a good game winning by a score of 2(S to 5. Up son and Evans were the battery for the home team, and Leary and Shipman for Northumberland. A good sized crowd witnessed the game. Death of Thomas Kennet. Thomas Kennet, who resided with his sister, Mary Kennet, near the Fair Ground, died Saturday morning aged i 45 years of heart disease. The Cause of Many Sudden Deaths. There is a disease prevailing in this country most dangerous because so decep- r —~, H | 11, fcUL_M tive. Many sudden R rt |LK» deaths are caused by heart disease, pneumonia. heart HLWJW ITV TU&M failure or apoplexy - I 'rA- 'pare often the result .lA)\V °' kidney disease. If j I E®| kidney trouble is al- I\\ n Vil lowed to advance lii V a fejL-—i soiled Oo " : '' *^ e , j.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 mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is 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 1- V"" have a sample bottle of this wonderful new dis covery and a book that "SSXJjgl' tells all about it, both Home of Swamp-Koot. sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co. j Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper. GRAND JURY'S RECOMMENDATION Alteration of Ventilator on Court House and Improvements at Jail. The grand jury presented its report to the court in which the following im provements were recommended: Repair of cellar floor at jail, removal of ashes from cellar and I lie placing of a cupboard in same for use of Sheriff's family. Jtwas also recommended that the ventilator in the courthouse be altered ami improved by erecting upon it a funnel-shaped tlueso as to prevent the back flow of cold air. With regard to the improvement of ventilator on the courthouse, Judge Little took occasion to remark that it was a recommendation with which he heartily concurred, as the facilities for ventilation of court room are inadequate and occasion a great deal of discomfort when the room is crowded. The public buildings were reported as in good condition. PICNICKED AT ROARING CREEK The members of tlie class 1901 of the Danville High school, accompanied by a few friends, picnicked at Roaring Creek yesterday. The following were in the party: Misses Margaret Lenhart, Julia Argrave, Maud Leighow, Julia Arms, Bessie Klase, Gertrude Meyer, Emma Gearhart, Mary Fry, Clarence Derr, Joseph I)ivel, Jacob Geise, Charles Mortimer, Howard Lunger, Joy Brader, Mrs. Elmira Coulter, Prof. Carey and Prof. Gordy. A CASE OF IT. Many More Like it in Danville. The following case isbnt one of many similar occurring daily in Danville. It is an easy matter to verify its correct • ness. Surely yon cannot ask fur better proof than such conclusive evidence. Mr. David D. Jones of 401 Church St, says . "Doan's Kidney Pills cured lue of an enervating backache and lameness across my kidneys. I might say 1 had aching stitches just over my hips, and later on I had a great deal of pain through the top of my head. Doan's Kidney Pills invigorated the kidneys and though I did not use them a great while, they cured me and 1 have had no return of the trouble since. As a reme dy for kidney afflictions they werejso satisfactory in my case that I am glad to endorse the claims made for fhein at all times. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cts. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute. Annual Convention. The Prohibitionists of Montour Conn ty are called to meet in annual Conven tion on Saturday evening next, June 10th, at 7 o'clock, in Salvation Army Hall, Ferry street. A County Executive Committee will be elected, delegates to the State Convention appointed, and the nomination of candidates will be made. A full attendance is urged. THOS. W MILLS, County Chairman. J. M. KF.LSO, Secretary. The Carnation Club. The Carnation Club met at Master Robert Ammerman's home last evening, this being the last dance of the season. The following members were present: Marie Fetterman, Florence Price, Myra Saunders, Ixjrene Philips, Marion Jones, Edward Price, lteber Moyer,James Scar let, Robert Ammerman, Lewis Williams, Mary Walker and Catharine Kemmer. The feature of the parade at Lewis burg on the Fourth of July will be the 12th regiment, N. G. P. Already com panies E, K, B, A and C have signified their intention togo and no doubt the majority of the other companies will de cide favorably. The local company will in all probability go. Captain Gearhart says he does not want to take less than forty-live men, as he wants to compare favorably with the other companies. Flower Yards Despoiled. Flower thieves, who seem to have a partiality for roses, are operating in the vicinity of Grand anil Water streets. Four flower yards were looted on Mon day night. In some instances not only were the remaining buds injured but the bushes were ruthlessly destroyed. An effort is being made to apprehend the flower thieves. Catarrah Caunot be Cured. with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can not reach the seat, or the disease C 'uturrh is a blood or constitutional disease, ami In order to cure it you in list take Internal remedies. Hall's ('atqfTh Cure is taken Internally, and acts directly on the Wood and mucous sur faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a (juack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians In this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two Ingredients Is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Hend for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hull's Family Pills are the liest. , * Graphophones. 1 5 « ta|,ds S * - AND 1* it GlpSi supplies » * HALF PRICE * 6 . . /f\ to close out our line of Graphophones we cut the price in two. •k- Look at these prices: jli ■I Grand Graphophone and Horn 860.00, now $.'50.00. 11/ Coin Slot " " " 20.00, " 10.00. # \fcf Cabinet " " " 11.00, " 5.50. ff\ \kt Brass Horns 5.00, " 2.50. M i|i Records 85.00 doz " 2.50. All other parts to talking machines which we have in stock i at Half Price while they last. W HENR"i REMPE, t, a" SOME JUNE GOWNS. CHARMING NEW MODELS FROM A FASHIONABLE TROUSSEAU. Exqulaife Bridal and House Gotrna. Dainty Mualina Smart Shopping Suita Low t'rired Corded Black Silk For Summer. The Juno trousseau, now in the proc ess of making, contains no more Impor tant items than wedding and house gowns. Rome very charming designs, selected from Vogue, are here given. The wedding gown is described as made of heavy panne crape over cream BBIDAIi AND HOUSE GOWNS. taffeta. The foundation Is finished with two plaited ruffles veiled with chiffon and lace. The panne crape drop skirt has a deep, graduated, circular flounce tucked in groups an 3 cluster tucks at hem. The applique designs on the skirt at the top and bottom of the flounce and crossing the hip to the point in front are of a heavy cream silk lace. The bodice has a deep tucked yoke and tucking above the girdle, with lace trimming between. The elbow sleeves are finished with a double ruf fle, and the lace stock Is pointed In front. The empire house gown Is of net, renaissance lace and batiste over a pink Bilk princess foundation, veiled with pink chiffon, which 16 fitted by shirring at the waist and Is ruffled at the bottom. The collarless yoke Is of renaissance lace, and the elbow sleeves are finished with chiffon ruffles. The summer gown at the left of the second cut is of white India linen. The skirt is laid In fiue tucks to below the knees, where the fullness Is let out and forms a flounce, which Is appllqued with designs of yellow lace. The upper and lower portions of the bodice are tucked, with the fullness making a puff between the tucks. The collar and yoke are of yellow lace. There are el bow sleeves, the upper portion tucked; sash of green soft silk and knot of the same silk on the left of the bodice; flat hat of yellow straw trimmed with black and pale yollow roses and para sol of green silk with frills of white chiffon. The other gown Is of pink dimity striped with white. The three piece skirt is finished with a deep band of lace and a deep tucked flounce. The bodice, which fastens up the back, has the yoke and lower sleeves of lace over plain pink lawn the shade of the dimi ty. The hat Is of white tulle trimmed with pink roses and black velvet. Many are the foulards, challles and etamlnes Intended for the forenoon shopping suit for May and June, which is smartly made with open fronts pouching slightly over a belt, the back flat and belted In. There is a turnover PAINT? SUMMER MUSLINS. shoulder collar reaching to the shoul der seams and sleeves Just over the el bow with upturned cuffs. Among low priced black silks the va riety called "corded" are summerlike In lightness and very good for a two season wear ordinarily. Taffetas queen It over all the other silks for trimmings this season and are so covered with plain and fancy stltcb lngs that one cannot always detect the silk beneath. The narrowest ribbon finishes are In great demand —something between a ribbon aud a gimp. Dead go/d trimmings are thought much smarter than those bright, shin ing, showy ones are. What "Qoeen" the Coffee. "Not one cook iu a hundred is care ful enough not to allow coffee to boll, hud boiling will queer the best coffee on earth. It must come Just to the verge of boiling and stay there for a few minutes, but never go beyond, for boiling brings out the tannic acid and not only Injures the flavor and aroma, but makes the stuff positively injuri ous," says one expert. MATRON AND MAID. Mrs. Potter Palmer is a recent con vert to the fascinations of golf and has made application for membership in the Wheaton club. Adelaide Bistori, the Italian actress, Is about to marry the mayor of Turin. She is 80 years old and has been living in retirement since 1878. Miss Jennie Benedict, a confectioner, has been elected a member of the Lou isville board of trade. She is the first woman in the city to join that body. Mme. Fatti (Baroness Cederstrom) is negotiating for the hire of a villa at Saltsjobaden, a watering place on the Baltic, a few miles from Stockholm. Mrs. Mary E. Lease publicly denied her state before an eastern audience. "I am a New York woman," she said. "Don't say I am from Kansas. I am ashamed of that state." Sarah Bernhardt has sent a portrait of herself when a little girl G years old in the quaintest of frocks, with long, white, frilled pantaloons, to the Chil dren's exposition now open in Paris. The Duchess of Cleveland, Lord Bosebery's mother, who died recently, spent most of each year In the historic Battle abbey, Sussex, on the exact site' where the battle of Hastings was fought in 1060. Miss Helen Bennett of Deadwood, S. D., has just been elected a county su perintendent of public schools. She is a Wellesley graduate and has for some years been manager of a theater in Deadwood. Lotta Crabtree, the retired actress, Is now at Belvedere, Cal. "I have come here to California," she said recently, "solely in the hope that the climate may prove of benefit to my mother. She is 81 years old, and her health is very poor." Mrs. Louis Botha, the wife of the Boer general, is of Irish extraction, be ing the great-grandniece of Itobert Em met. "She has been,"says The King, "one of the most beautiful of women in the Transvaal and, though now the mother of a numerous family, is still a very charming and comely little wo man. She Is a highly cultured woman, well read, musical, of artistic bent and a most successful and popular hostess." THE PEDAGOGUE. John D. Rockefeller has contributed 112 1,000 tqward the current expenses of the Training school in Springfield. Mass. William C. Whitney of New York has given the sum of $25,000 to the Yale bicentennial fund. It will be available,at once. The one hundredth anniversary of Daniel Webster's graduation from Dart mouth college Is to be celebrated in that institution on Sept 24 and 25 next. Professor Max Farrand, who has re cently resigned from the chair of his tory of Wesleyan university to accept the professorship of history in Lelaud Stanford, Jr., university, is now deliv ering a course of three lectures at the latter institution. Dr. Richard Douglas has retired from the medical department of Vanderbilt university. In Nashville, because of dif ferences with the faculty over an ex tension of the facilities of the depart ment. He was a prime mover in es tablishing the department and during the first three years of its existence was secretary of the faculty. THE COOKBOOK. A rich color may often be given to a soup by long boiling instead of employ ing browned tlour or burned sugar. To ascertain if fish is cooked suffi ciently test It with the prongs of a fork. If the fish separates cleanly from the bone, it is cooked and should bt taken up at once or it will break auG be spoiled. Baked bananas are wholesome and nutritious. Make a thin sirup of lemon Juice and powdered sugar with boiling water. After peeling the bananas lay them in a porcelain lined pan and pout the sirup over them. Then bake about 20 minutes. A delicious flavor may be given tc coffee by rubbing the lump of sugai which sweetens it over orange or leuior rind. People who like the slice of lem on in their tea will appreciate a slict of lime Instead, which will give a de iiciously piquant flavor. BRAKES AND COUPLINGS. There is a mile of railroad in Kansas for each 150 of her inhabitants. An electric express railway is to 1* built between Liverpool anil Manches ter. The Canadian Pacific railway has en gaged seven of the best Swiss guides to conduct excursions In the Hockj mountains this summer. This is tht third batch that have been engaged by the company. A fast train was delayed one houi between Harvey and Lemert, N. D., while coming east recently. The loss between these two stations, which art only 31 miles apart, was caused by the Russian thistles which were piled along the tracks. WAVES OF WATER. The amount of water flowing out ot the Nile is 10 times that of the Thames The deepest lake in Europe is Con stance—l,o27 feet. It is equal In area to the isle of Man. Lake Tetecaca, lying iu South Amer lea between Peru and Bolivia, is tht highest large sheet of water In tht world. It Is 13,000 feet above sea level The Pacific ocean has a greater vol ume of water than its stormy sistei sea. There are 72.000,000 cubic miles of water iu the Atlantic and 141,000,G0C |u the Pacific. THE REVIEWER. The Jersey mosquito will have a bill for tlie people who would drain the Haekensack meadows. New York World. Prosperity has reached Missouri. A Moberly man sold an old pair of trou sers with sl<Js iu one of the pockets for &U cents.—Minneapolis Times. The one weak spot in athletics in our colleges and universities today is that its work looks rather to competitive contests than to physical development. —Philadelphia Press. A people that can build battleships equally well ou both sides of a vast continent must be credited with the highest degree of mechanical genius.— St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It is difficult to explain the policy of Great Britain in South Africa, consid ering that Great Britain has one Ire land on her hands already, on any oth er hypothesis than the old and pious one of "judicial blindness."—New York Times. There is a world of pathos in the fate of that 8-year-old boy in New York who drowned himself rather than goto Sunday school in ragged clothes to re ceive the jeers of the other boys. Pride and poverty too often go hand In hand. —Buffalo Courier. The sublime p<»rte will just about do as it pleases with the mail that comes into the sultan's domain. An expe rience of 20 or 30 years with the great powers of the world has demonstrated to Abdul Hamid that they are a lot of bluffers.—Chicago News. The claims filed before the Spanish claims commission for the loss of life by reason of the destruction of the Maine put the United States in a queer attitude. Under the treaty with Spain this country must pay all damages to American citizens growing out of the Spanish war. If it Is shown that the Spaniards destroyed the vessel, the United States will have to pay the damages.— Galveston Daily News. FOREIGN FACTS. Britain grows GV-> tons of potatoes to the acre, France 3 1-5 and Itussia only 2 tons. Shop assistants in Australia work only 50 hours per week. In Ballarat every shop, except those of tobacco nists, fishmongers and hairdressers, closes at G p. in.for the first four days P»of the week, on Friday at 1 p. m.and on Saturday at 10 p. m. Up to about 40 years ago Cornwall, England, supplied nearly all the tin used in the world, but now only about 7 per cent of the total supply comes from there. The Malay peninsula has takeu Cornwall's place, furnishing about GO per cent of the world's pro duction. and the Dutch East Indies comes next, with 19 per cent. The plan of using wine as a portion of the regular rations of farm horses is being seriously discussed in France. The experiment of feeding the animals on a mixture of bran and wine, carried out by one farm, was brought into no tice at the last meeting of the Herault Agricultural society, and a commission was appointed to inquire into the sub ject. TOWN TOPICS. The streets of San Francisco are be ing wet down with oil to settle the dust, and the people come up with the dust to settle for the oil. That's a slippery proposition.—Denver Times. While Buffalo is running an exposi tion In this country Glasgow Is running one for Europe, birt while each of them may think a great deal of the other nei ther is saying anything complimentary. —San Francisco Call. We do not understand that Washing ton is plagued with grade crossings, but they allow cars, wheels, automo biles and fashionable carriages to tear through the streets fast enough to kill spine foot passengers once In awhile.— Syracuse Post-Standard. SCRAPS OF SCIENCE. By a new French process celluloid is made without the use of camphor, naphthalene being employed instead. Two hundred canals have been ehait ed on the surface of Mars. The nar rowest are 30 miles wide. Now a French scientist announces that he has discovered a method of producing X rays without the use of electricity. Clouds consist simply of water divid ed into minute globules or drops. They differ in no essential respect from the steam emitted by a teakettle or the mists or fogs that till river valleys at sunrise. These forms of water are all produced in the same way. POWDER AND BALL. It is proposed to increase the war strength of the Belgian army to ISO,- 000 men. Russian military cadets are now per mitted to wear mustaches and beards. Their naval confreres are to wear mus taches, but must shave the beard. Colonel Arthur Hamilton Lee, for merly military attache at Washington, is urging larger pay for soldiers and other American Improvements for the reorganization of the British army. FOREIGN ALLIANCE. The continental talk about a trade league against the United States does not amount to—a continental.—Boston Journal. No steps are likely to be taken by any European states to combine against America, though talk of zollvereins and dreibunds is evidence that hard words are beginning to be used. Philadel phia Times. STATE LINES. Pennsylvania has a new juvenile court law providing for special hear ings and for investigations by proba tion officers iu cases of juvenile of fenders. One of the laws of Texas imposes heavy tine and imprisonment on law yers who foment suits against rail roads and other corporations or who advance money to clients to secure such cases. Delay in payment beyond a fixed lim it will hereafter cost insurance compa nies in Tennessee a 25 per cent addi tion to a policy's face value, nor may a company do any more business in the state till it settles. The Duke of Orleans has refused the throne of Sicily, saying that he will sit on the throne of France or on none. The duke is npt Ukply to do any throne sit ting for some time. Esterhazy's latest affidavit that he wrote the Dreyfus bordereau is likely to command little attention. He seems to have lied himself into hopeless ob scurity. CHINA'S BIG FINE. China has signified her willingness to pay for the fiddle if the dancers will only leave the hall.—St. Paul Globe. China's proposition to pay the indem nity on t lie installment plan shows that she knows something about west ern business methods after all.—Phila delphia Ledger. China promises to pay that $327,<>00,- 000 indemnity, but wants time. In this crisis China should call on the sultnn of Turkey for a little udvice.—Chicago Record-llerald. Russia's offer to guarantee the Chi nese indemnity may be an act of Chris tian kindness, but it looks like a scheme to enable her to pay the debt and foreclose on the country.—San Francisco Chronicle. llow the Chinese indemnity is to be paid Is a problem the difficulty whereof is not made less great by the divergent views of the various powers. China herself appears to have given it up, her representatives having contented them selves with making the statement of the utmost limit of the ability of their nation to pay.—Philadelphia Record. FOWLS AND THEIR FRUIT. Always feed sound grain. It pays in the end. Lard rubbed freely on the legs wi remove scabs. While chickens may be raised at all seasons of the year, the system of man agement should vary with the seasons. A well feil and well cared for fowl is always in prime condition, and a lit tle extra feeding at any time will lit it for the table. If the guinea chicks are hatched by hens in the poultry house, they will be tamer. They are excellent foragers and insect destroyers. When the fowls have all the char coal they need, the results are readily noticeable in the bright color of the comb and wattles and activity dis played by the fowls. It Is certainly a wild claim to make for any breed that they lay the largest, richest, the most and best eggs. Each breed has its merits, but none can make and hold this claim. Killed by Electricity. David C. Hunt of this city Tuesday received a telegram apprising him of the death of his nephew, Frank VVilley, of Chicago. The deceased, who was an electrician, was killed by electricity while in pursuit of his calling. The telegram iurnished no details. Death occurred Monday. The unfortunate young man, who waa. in his twenty-second year, was the only son of Mr. Hunt's sister, Mrs. Willey. In company with his mother he visited this city some years ago. During the war with Spain he was in the United States signal service and was ou duty in Cuba and Porto Rico. Himmen-Kilgus. Joseph A. Hiinmen and Mary M. Kilg us, both of this city, were married last evening. The ceremony was performed by Rev. D. L. Fogleman at bis resid ence, Bloom street, at 9 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. llimmen will reside at 212 East Mahoning street. PHILADELPHIA & READING'S SUM MER BOOKLET. The 1901 edition of "Pleasant Places on the Philadelphia & Reading's Rail way' ' is a neat booklet giving the sum mering places on the line of the railway and a list of hotels and boarding houses from the seashore to the mountians, with prices of board, rates of fare, etc., and is a very handy book for those seek ing a place to spend the summer months. It can be procured at the principal tick et offices of the Company or will be mailed to any address on receipt of a #vo cent stamp by Edson J. Weeks, General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia. Reduced Rates to Cincinnati via the Penn sylvania Railroad, account Convention of United Societies of Christian Endeavor, On account of the Convention of the United Societies of Christian Endeavor, to be held in Cincinnati July <» 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 Francisco 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 33, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell. July 4 to 12, from all stations on its line, excursion tickets to San Francisco at greatly reduoed rates. For specific information regarding rates, routes, and conditions of tickets apply to ticket agents. 111 Hill AND THE 111 ran m 112 [Olll I J IK ADVANCE. Subscription to Montoui American SI.OO per year, 111 1. THE HORSE SHOW. Emma Offutt. who won the M.and M.in 1896, is in training once more. The Canadian trotter, Superior Lily, 2:19*4, will be seen iu the grand circuit this season. Freed, 2:17 l /a. pacing, is being worked without the pyjamas by M. S. King at Vhe Cleveland track. Ira Ryerson was the leading money winning driver at the late meeting in Vienna. His horses won $2,775. R. P. Lougee drove Lady Harris, a pacer, by Combination, a mile in 2:26\4 hitched to a cart at Readville the other day. The pacing gelding Chestnut, 2:12*4, will again be campaigned in 1901, and according to reports from Danville, Ind., he is a sure two timer. The E. H. Harriman who was such a conspicuous tigure in the stock market recently is best known to horsemen as the owner of John R. Gentry and Starn boul. George Cochran, Allegheny, popular ly known as "Rusty," is now quartered at the Cleveland track with Single K, 2:131/4, and Lucy B, a promising green gelding. A horse standing 23'£ hands high has been imported from Spain by L. N. Roberts, Boston, according to re ports, which, if true, makes this giant nearly eight feet. The green pacer Tommy Pointer ia now owned by A. E. Cummings, Read ing, Pa., who purchased him recently from W. C. Brown, Chicago, for $2,000. It is claimed he has 2:10 speed.— Horseman. THE WHIRL OF FASHION. Bertha collars of embroidered batista appear on very many of the new gowns. French challle and the sheer, beauti ful nun's veilings are proving two very favorite materials in preparing the summer outfit. White, black and white and soft gray feather boas have taken the place of all heavier kinds of neckwear. These are but instances of very many styles, how ever. Tours de cou are seen in all col ors. A novel idea in flower trimming is a wreath of ivy geranium. The foliage is extremely delicate, lending itself to any shape, and the pale pink or red blossoms are pretty in various combi nations. Veils of plain mechlin tulle are tak ing the place of the fancy designs. Tulle of the same color as the flowers on the hat is considered most tasteful, although white lace veils are worn with simpler hats. Wide ribbon in plaid, floral or Per sian patterns is in demand for sailor hats. Some pretty hats for morning and country wear are trimmed with plain wide ribbon edged with a straw braid to match the hat A French design for making beach and mountain costumes has the blouse arranged to represent a white shirt waist in front under an Eton jacket, collarlesa or not and with or without revers, as the wearer chooses. THE DOMINIE. General O. O. Howard has declined to accept again the presidency of the Congregational Home Missionary so ciety. General Howard has desired for several years to retire. The Rev. Charles O. Day, secretary of the Congregational Educational so ciety, has been elected Bartlett pro fessor of homileticß and practical the ology at the Andover Theological semi nary and has been chosen president of the faculty, the executive head of the Institution. Dr. Day is a graduate of Yale in the class of 1872. The Rev. Mr. Pearson, the clergyman who was elected sheriff of Cumberland county (Portland), Me., after having been nominated as a Joke by the liquor men, has been a source of unending trouble to them ever since. His rigid enforcement of the prohibition law has, It is said, resulted in an oflfer of a large gum if he will resign or goto Europe and remain there until his term shall have expired. PEN, CHISEL AND BRUSH. Swinburne has a marvelous memory, He once recited several pages of Mil ton's prose 20 years after reading them. Robert I. Altkeu has been chosen aa the sculptor for the American navy monument to be erected In San Fran cisco. John S. Sargent, the painter, wat born in Italy in 1850. He was educat ed there and in Germany until he wai 18. It was Lord Leighton who flr»t encouraged him to paint and suggested his studying under Carolus Duran. Briton Riviere is probably the onlj living artist who exhibited at the Royal academy while still at school. Whei he was a Cheltenham boy of 17, tw< of his pictures, "Sheep on the Cota wold" and "Tired Out," appeared el the academy walls, and six years ear lier, when a boy of 11, he had exhibiS ed two pictures, "Love at First Sight* and "Kitten and Tomtit," at the Britt lsh Institute. HIVE AND BEE. Foundation for brood comb may be made from the darkest comb. In all receptacles for comb honey we would advise full sheets of foundation. Plenty of storage room has much to do in controlling the swarming of Ital ian bees. The only way drones can be retained in a hive is to keep them in a queen* less colony. Hives should be made sectional; then if at any time more room is needed an« other section can be added. In breeding bees artificially It is verj Important to first get good cells from brood that is at the right stage. If the hives are not properly mad« and the proper number of combs used, there will be trouble with brace combs. NOTH K. Estate of George W. Steinman, Late of Derry Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania, deceased. Notice is hereby Riven that letter of A<l ministration upon the above i-tate have granted to the undersigned. All pevaona ta ilebted to the said Estate, are reaulred in make payment, and those having cwiui* o* demands against the said estate, will mate known the same without delay to Levi Moser, Administrator. Ralph Kisner. Attorney. NOTIIK. Estate of Wellington Hartman. Late of The Township of Cooper iu The Coun ty of Montour And State of Pennsyl vania, Deceased, Notk-e Is hereby given that Letters of Ad ministration upon the above estate liave been granted I > the undersigned. All persons In debted to the said estate are required tit make payment, and those having claims or de mands against the suid estate will maku known the same without delay to Naomi V. Hartman Administratrix of Wellington Mart man. l*e?ea»ed. I*, t>. Address, virovanla, Peuna EpwAKD Sayks C'ounsal.
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