MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville, Pa., June 27 1901 COMMUNICATIONS. All communications sent to the A M I:KI CAS for publication must be signed by the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. ANNOUNCEMENT. I hereby announce my name as a caudidate for rcuomination fortheoflice of Prothouotary and Clerk of the Courts of Montour Comity, 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 choseu repseutatives, will meet in convention at the < )pera House, in the city of Harrisburg, on Wednes day, August 21, at 10.-io a. m..for the purpose of nominating candidates for the following offices: One person for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court. One 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 1000, and an additional delegate for each fraction <>i two thousand votes polled in excess of one thousand. By order of the Republican State Com mittee. FRANK REEDER, Chairman. W. R ANDREWS. C. E. VOORHF.KS, Secretaries. SARAH AND THE "INDIANS," Bernhardt Played Fedora For Them at 35 Cent* a Head. Sarah Bernhardt, the great French actress, once played in Sullivan, lud., at 35 cents a head. It was many years ago, and Bern hardt was makiug a tour of the coun try. On the way from Louisville to Indianapolis the train was stopped at Sullivan by the news that a serious freight wreck had occurred a few miles up the road completely blocking the tracks and making progress to Indian apolis impossible until the next day. "Very well," said the manager in ex cellent French and with forced calm ness. "Since we cannot leave town we will give a performance here." "Impossible," said Mine. Bernhardt, also In French. "Quite impossible." "Not a bit," said the manager, and he went about it. The divine Bern hardt, being under contract to play a certain number of nights, was induced to consent. There was no "opera house" iu Sullivan, but the Masonic hall was rented, and some of the scen ery was crowded Into it. The local Job office got out a lot of handbills in a hurry, and messengers were dispatch ed to the adjoining towns to spread the glad news that Bernhardt, the di ,vlne Sarah, was to play in Sullivan that night and that admission would be 85 cents "No use trying to charge metropoli tan prices here," said the manager to the treasurer, and that gentleman sigh ed and said he supposed not. In the early evening there began to come into town long lines of green farmer wagons, each holding a family party. When the house was full, the great Bernhardt cautiously took a peep at It from behind the flimsy curtain. "Mon Dieu!" she cried, raising her Jeweled hands. "Look at the Indians!" But she played Fedora for them, and she played until 11 o'clock.—Philadel phia Saturday Evening Post. HE USED THE SALT TEST, Am Old Apache * bief'n Knonlidee of the Human Sjnteiii. In the early days of Union Pacific railroading Victoria, Nana and Gcron lmo, the three chiefs of the Arizona Apaches, with 100 of their best bucks, j came through to Green River, Wy. They had heard of the "heap wagon •nd no boss" aud had come to stop the train. They made a lasso of rawhide, and 50 men on each side held onto the rope as tlie freight came down the Wasatch divide. The engineer saw when several miles away what the In dians were up to, so lie whistled "off brakes" and, opening his throttle, let her loose. The cowcatcher struck the rope and hurled the Indians in all direc tions, literally tearing them to pieces, headless, armless and legless. The three chiefs went south to their cactus plains very crestfallen. Before they selected these men the old Chief Victoria had them a piece of rock salt about as big as a pecan, run swiftly about 100 yards, sit down on a log or rock and cross their legs. T hen he watched the vibration I of the feet, which were crossed. The feet which vibrated the longest or had the longest strokes he declined to ac cept for a severe duty or a dangerous trip or for one that was at all hazard ous, but he accepted the feet which vi brated short, distinct and regular strokes. Now, what did the old chief know about pulsation of the arterial system or of heart action and indeed about salt in the system? I have lived near to Indian reservations and have had occasion ofteu to survey over their lauds for railroads and other objects, and I have wondered where old Vic toria got his idea. Is not the child of the sagebrush plains better postetl than his paleface brother? Chicago Inter Ocean. How to lie leftover*. A tablespoonful of stewed tomatoes left over from dinner may be saved and added to the roast beef gravy of tomorrow. The half cup of peas left from to day's dinner may be added to the breakfast omelet and thus convert a Dk in omelet into a sightly one. Water In which rice Is boiled should be put away to mix with milk for the children or may be added to a cream •oup. A cupful of cold boiled rice may be added to your breakfast muffins or wratfles, making them lighter, more eas- ILr digested and mora palatable. A CURE FOR CANCER. California Phyalcinu Declare* the 1 liny IN a Sure Kemedy. Much Interest has been aroused by the declaration of Dr. J. M. Selfridge of Oakland, Cal.. that cancer cau be cured by means of the X ray. Dr. Selfridge, who says he has effect ed several cures, declares the treatment is simple and painless. He has used it on himself with highly satisfactory re sults. He said in a recent interview: "When the X ray was discovered, I was naturally interested from a purely scientific standpoint. Later I was dou bly interested to learn that several emi nent German scientists were experi menting on cancers with the X ray. At first they did not meet with much suc cess, but when I realized that the green light had an effect on the growth I de termined to experiment on my own ac count. "I secured a machine, and, after plac ing a lead mask over my face, entirely covering it save where I was afflicted, 1 began systematic treatment. I found relief from the beginning. Now I am thoroughly cured. "My theory is that the X ray kills the molecules which constitute the primal cells where life actually begins. It fre quently takes thousands of these mole cules to make a single cell of the tissue. The deterioration or decay of these molecules, I judge, may cause cancer. It probably does. "The X ray has the effect of drying up these atoms and in time prevents the spread of cancer. Ultimately it kills the disease. lam positive when I say the X ray can cure cancer." LEARNING TELEGRAPHY. A Novel Device That Should Aid Would He Operators. It takes the ordinary telegraph pupil a long time to read infallibly the tick ing of the sounder. An instrument has appeared, says a writer in the Chicago Record-Herald, which is designed to simplify instructions in telegraphy and to give in a comparatively short time a complete knowledge of the Morse al pliabet. The omnlgraph, as this instrument Is called, consists of a base board on which are an ordinary key and sounder and a toothed disk. A spring contact adjacent to the wheel engages the pe ripheral teeth of the disk. If the disk be rotated, the spring contact is forced outwardly by the teeth, but drops back automatically and thus makes and breaks the circuit. The experienced telegraph operator detecting these makes and breaks of the sounder rec ognizes them as the dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet. A close inspection of the disk reveals the fact that the teeth are so arranged as to spell the sentence "John quickly extemporized five tow bags." If the disk be turned in a forward direction, this sentence, thus oddly worded to In clude every letter of the alphabet, is ticked off at the sounder. If rotated in the opposite direction, the sentence will be telegraphed backward. This disk, which Is completely under the control of the student, can be turn ed at any desired speed, thus giving him an admirable opportunity of try ing hhnself at all gaits. If he is not a quick reader, the practice can be taken at a slow rate and gradually worked up until it reaches a speed that would try the most skillful operator. When the student has learned to receive mes sages at all grades of speed, he can take up the transmission of messages in the regular way by means of the key which forms part of the apparatus. I'neN of Scrub Palmetto. It has been discovered that the saw palmetto is both a source of health and of wealth, and the probabilities are that at a day not far in the future it will be adding largely to the prosperity of the sections which formerly cut it down and cast It into the fire. The medical properties of it have been found very valuable in the treatment of kidney and other troubles, and vari ous proprietary medicines manufactur ed from the saw palmetto are now find ing their way Into the markets. Haw Invented a Talklntc Clock. An ingenious Austrian inventor has just patented a speaking clock which he claims will be of the greatest value to persons of forgetful and irregular habits. It consists of a clock phono graph combination. In place of the usu al striking attachment is a phono graph which cau be set to speak a sen tence at any time desired, thus becom ing an unfailing reminder to its owner of the duties of any hour. KfTect of Llicht on Silkworm*. M. Camllle Flammarion, the celebrat ed astronomer, has been studying the effect of colored light on silkworms. White light yields the maximum and blue light the minimum production of silk. Next to white light the purple of the red end of the spectrum gives the best results. Blue rays increase the number of males and "warm rays" th«S number of eggs laid by the females. Wiimiin laventn a Condemned Food. Mrs. L. O. Ferson of Chicago has in vented a condensed food, or emergency ration, which is said to possess great merit. The new condensed food is a simple compound of pork and beans compressed into a cake. Unlike pem ntican and some other compressed foods, there is nothing at all unpleasant In its appearance, the inventor says, and it is not unpalatable. *».lai>an Has a Stranae Dlaeaae. A strange disease has made its ap pearanee in Tokyo aud in various other parts of Japan and is now spreading rapidly, to the consternation of the people. It is said to come from For mosa, and it only attacks the cells of the hair, which it destroys once and forever, leaving the scalp as bare as u billiard ball. TALES OF CITIES. Toronto saloons close at 7 o'clock on Saturday evening, that no workman with a weakness may spend his wages before he gets home. Chicago has a much disregarded ordinance requiring that the windows of high buildings shall be so adjusted that they can be washed from the in side. The vexed question of street signs has been solved in a novel manner by the city authorities of Topeka, where street crossing plates are used. There j are eight iron footway signs at each | Intersection. The method, it is assert- j ed, is quite popular. To accommodate those who are partial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids in the nasal passages for catarr hal troubles, the proprietors prepare Ely's Liquid Cream Balm Price in cluding the spraying tube is 75 cents, druggist or by mail. The liquid em bodies the medicinal properties of the solid preparation. Cream balm is quickly absorbed by the membrane and does not dry tip the secretions bat changes them to a natural and healthy character. Ely Brothers, 00 Warren St., N. Y. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor 1L __ i j. and cheerfulness soon fiik disappear when the kid 'tinvirKtL ne^s are out °* orc * er -Mftln £ or diseased. Kidney trouble has rll!S\' S£hl • become so prevalent \] that it is nc* vi 'mmon | •1/ for a chii- , I rn /y a "" c,ec ' wit^ y I if- neys. if the child urin ates too often, if the 1 urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to | control the passage, it is yet afflicted with I bed-wetting, depend upon it.the cause of | the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first | step should be towards the treatment of i these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and bo:h need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold cent and one dollar sizes. You may have sample bottle by mail free, alio pamphlet-tell- Home of sw»mp-Root. ing all about it. including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Fashionable ladles burn sandalwood In their rooms to drive away mosqui toes. The pennyroyal our great-grand mothers burned for the same purpose Is quite as effective, smells nearly as good aud costs next to nothing. »? «t X A certain woman in Fayette, Mo., is ICX) years old, and she has never been on a railway car, though trains pass her town daily. She is afraid of them. Is it worth while to live a century If one does not know any more than that at the end? at •• * A writer, Tolstoi thinks, ought to feel the public's pulse. lie is fond of toll ing the following story of two Ameri can girls who came to see him In Mos cow, says London M. A. P. They had traveled around the world, starting from New York in opposite directions to meet again in Moscow for the ex press purpose of calling upon him When they had finished, Tolstoi didn't know anything more gallant to say than: "Well, ladies, I think you might have employed your time to better purpose." As lie spoke he felt the rudeness of the remark and was about to add some excuses when one of the young ladles cried: "Ah, how much like Leo Tolstoi! 1 was ready to bet that you would say something of this sort." And they went away as happy as larks. Catarrah Cannot be Cured. with LOC'AI. APPLICATIONS, an they can not reach the seal of tlie disease Catarrh in a blood or constitutional dim-use, and In older to cunt it you must take Internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure 1H taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians In this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It Is com|K>sed ot 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. .Send for testimonials, tree. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the liest. Society. The avenue was extremely gay yea terday. Mr. and Mrs. Corydon Wadburner met in front of the Ash de Cash club and spoke. Mrs. Wadburner wore pearl gray. Miss de Munn and Miss Beryl de Munn were visiting the commercial agencies, inquiring as to the debts of his grace the Duke of Chesplaster. The Misses de Munn wore all their diamonds. Mrs. Lovelace-Lovelace exercised her dog. Roth were in half mourning for Mr. Lovelace-Lovelace.—Detroit Jour nal. Have You Talent? "One good way, I think, to Judge whether we have a talent for anything or not is to watch the motive that draws us toward doing a thing," writes Helen Watterson Moody in Tha Ladies' Home Journal. "If we do it because it is the fashion, or because other girls are doing it, or because we have to do it for some useful purpose, it is not probable that we have a real talent for it. But if we find ourselves doing it just because we really love it and would rather do it than not, if it Is doing the thing itself that attracts us and not the eclat it is going to give us in the eyes of others—why then I think we may reasonably conclude that God has given us a real talent for that particular sort of thing." To Spite III* Creditors, A nobleman in Madrid, after spending his fortune aud getting deeply into debt, loet his wife. His friends advised him to marry a rich bride, but to the dismay of his creditors he married a poor wo man. When asked why he did so, he answered: "For revenge. To make my rascally creditors rave." A I'at betlo Bereavement. Miss Singer—l saw in the paper that there is to be an entertainment for a musical orphanage. Fray, what may a musical orphan be? Mr. KenitaH—l can't say positively, you know. But I imagine it must he a child deprived of its native air.—Har per's Bazar. The Wife of "Bob*." Lady Roberts Is a buxom matron whe looks in the pink of health. Her expres sion Is much more severe and determined than that of her husband, so that it is •asy to guess that she Is the dominant partner—a fact known to every Anglo-In dian. Hhe la Idolized by her devoted and most amiable spouse. Lord Roberts married under very Inter esting circumstances. He had come back from India a handsome young officer with a newly won Victoria cross. At a garri son dance in Waterford he met the good looking daughter of Captain Bews, late of the Seventy-third foot. He fell in love with her and, despite the opposition of his family, was married to her within three months. They All Lead Ca. Towne —Blugore's not very Interest ing himself, but there's a born leuder of men In his family. Browne —You don't say? Towne —Yes; it's a girl; arrived last night.—Philadelphia Press. I ni porta ut. He—Darling, will you be my wife? She—Have you u recommendation from your tlancee?— King. Ihe degree of doctor of laws has been conferred upon President McKln ley by the University of California. Only twice before since the fouuding of the university in 180S has this degree b*eu bestowed by the institution. I \|jf The diamonds we' have for sale are pure, perfect, brilliant W m blazes of white. So much for the goods. The prices exactly M :T: represent their worth. Nothing more, nothing lews. Every <lol- i 11/ lar yon pay us for diamonds is represented by so much value. ™" •i" Buying diamonds is like putting money in the bank. It is safe /|\ and secure, besides giving continual pleasure to the wearer by \|/ its quivering rainbowy Hashes of beauty. ™ HElsnFr* HEMPE, WITHOUT TURNING A HAIR. A Londonrr Calmly Returned Money Given to Hiui l»y Mistake. A gentleman of ray acquaintance had a curious experience of manners and customs of modern England a few nights ago at the theater. He had taken four stalls, but at the last mo ment found two of his party unable to come. On his arrival at the theater he left the two spare tickets at the box of fice, the clerk promising to sell them If he could and send the cash to him when they were sold. He took his place and soon afterward was gratified to see his two surplus seats occupied. The individuals who took them were attired in evenfng dress and bore the outward semblance of gentlemen. My friend began to look out for the money which was to come from the box office. Presently a concesslonnaire entered, passed down the row of seats and ad dressed one of the two newcomers. My friend noticed that the commissionnaire passed something to one of the gentle men, who put It Into his pocket with out a word. A sense of uneasiness stole over my friend with regard to the 15 shillings that was due to him, and as the even ing was getting on he thought he would go and make an Inquiry at the box office. His susxtlcions were veri fied. The clerk had sent In the money by a commissionnaire. The commission naire was called from the door and on seeing ray friend at once realized that he had given the money to the wrong man. lie promptly went back to the theater, my friend following to see the fun. The commissionnaire went straight to the part}- to whom he had handed the money and said, " 'Ere, you've got 15 shillings that don't belong to you." The other replied in an unconcerned way, "Oh, yes!" took the money out of his pocket and returned It to the com missionnaire. "He showed no trace of embarrassment," says my friend. "He handed back the money, as he had pocketed it, without turning a hair." I always like to think the best of peo ple, and possibly this Individual, being a stranger to music halls, was under the impression that It Is the practice of the proprietors of such establishments to send a commissionnaire around from time to time to distribute cash bonuses among the audience.—London Truth. PECULIAR NAMES. The Queer Way Ten Million Children Were Designated. "In a long experience in the treasury department I have come across a very large number of names, many of which are rather peculiar," explained an old official, "but I think the list of names In connection with the subscription to the 3 per cent bonds surpasses any thing In the way of peculiarity that I have ever observed. Of these the one that struck me most was a man who signed himself Ten Million and who re- Bides out In Oregon. We thought the name was an Imaginative one and wrote the man that it was desired that the bonds should be registered In real names only and that no further atten tion would be paid to his subscription until he was heard from. He replied that his name was Ten Million. His letter was written on the printed letter bead of the firm of Million Ac Million, two brothers. "Then followed an explanation that his father and mother were unable to select names for their children that were mutually satisfactory and that as a result, though they had had ten chil dren, none of them was ever christened formally. The first child was a girl, and she was known only as One Mil lion. The second child, also a girl, was known as Two Million. Thus they ran along until Ten Million was reached, and he was the writer of the letter, the other member of the firm being a brother whose only name, as far as the family was concerned, was Seven Mil lion, the seventh child. He added that One Million had afterward called her self Una Million, that the third girl was known after she had grown up as Trio Million. The others had taken on addi tions to their names, and he had adopt ed the name of Tenis Million, but his real name was Ten Million and nothing else. The bonds were issued to him and on the books of the department were registered In the name of Ten Million."—Washington'Star. When Matches Were Introduced. The Atlas, a London newspaper, pub lished on Jan. 10, 1830, the following paragraph undur the head of "Instan taneous Light; "Among the different methods invented for obtaining light Instantaneously ought certainly to be recorded that of Mr. Walker, chemist, Stockton-on-Tees. He supplies the pur chaser with prepared matches, which are put Into boxes, but are not liable to change in the atmosphere, and also with a piece of flue glass paper folded In two. Even a strong blow will not inflame the matches, because of the softness of the wood underneath, nor does rubbing upon wood or any com mon substance produce any effect ex cept that of spoiling the match. But j when one Is pinched between the folds | of the glass paper and suddenly drawn out it is instantly Inflamed. Mr. Walk-. er does not make them for extensive iale, but only to supply the small de- J suand In his own neighborhood."—New castle (England) Chronicle. Her Version of It. A young girl lu a class preparing for admission Into the church was asked j by the pt'.stor how she ought to obey J the fifth commandment, to honor her | father and mother. She answered I promptly, "I ought to take them out I for walks on Sundays, and I ought not to let them see how much more I know than they do." She expressed an opin- j ion probably quite current among young people concerning the prepon derance of knowledge in the rising gen eration. —<Cong rega tioua li s t JOHN ADAMS' WIFE. A Letter Prom Abigail Adams—The Vice President's Function. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 0, 1797. Dear Sir—l received your letter' of Nov. 24 by the post of yesterday. With respect to the notes you write me about, I wish you to do by them as you would by your own, as I do not want at present either principle or interest. I think it would be most for my inter est to do by them as you propose. The method you mention, of adding to the outhouse so as to give me a dairy room, I like very much and would leave it to your Judgment. I think It would be best to have It large enough to take of a closet that cold victuals, etc., may not be mixt in with dairy affairs. I should be glad to have it compleated if possi ble before I return In the spring, but the winter has set in with great vio lence here, and the rivers are already frozen up, so that I fear we shall not have a chance of getting any cheese here. Congress are but just getting into business, and the vice president is not yet arrived to sit six months togeth er. Regulating debates, moderating warmth and reading papers is a labori ous task and what, I fancy, the present V. P. does not like so well as rocking in his pivot chair or amusing himself with the vibration of a pendllum. I have never yet seen the southern man, Washington excepted, who could bear close application for any length of time. What a ringing would here have been in all the Jacobinical prayers from one end of the United States to the other If somebody else had done so! We are all well. The cold weather has entirely put a stop to the yellow fe ver, and no person would now suppose that such a calamity had ever befallen the city. The synod recommended a day of fasting and prayer. The differ ence between this place and N. Eng land was this: Being recommended by a body of l'resbeterlan ministers, none of the church clergy would Join in it. Ever}' shop in the city was open as usual, and a very small proportion of the Inhabitants attended worship. Busi ness and pleasure went on as usual. Remember me to Mrs. Tufts and all other friends. From your ever affec tionate ABIGAIL ADAMS. THE BRITISH TOURIST. H* Was PleHsantly HurprUcd by the Train Boy'* Attentions. The British tourist sat In the car ami gazed Idly across the bleak prairies. He felt a slight touch and, looking around, found that a uniformed youth had deposited several ruddy oranges on the seat. "He didn't wait for the money," re marked the tourist, gazing from the fruit to the rapidly retreating train boy. "He never does," said the fellow pas senger, with a knowing smile. "Oh, I see! It is one of the advan tages of your great railroad system. Free fruit for its patrons." The British tourist was Just peeling the second orange when a dainty pack age of chocolate confectionery was de posited on his knee. "By Jove," he exclaimed enthusias tically, "this Is delightful! When I re turn home, I shall write a paper on the excellence of American travel." In less than ten minutes he was the recipient of another package. It was a little box containing a black cigar and two matches. "No wonder you Americans like to travel," he said, biting the bitter end of the cigar. Then he found that a comic publication had found its way to his seat. "This is great!" he grinned. "1 am going to tip the boy. Wait a moment." The train boy halted, and the tourist held out a dime. "What is that for?" asked the boy. "For yourself." "You owe me a half, mister." "Owe? 1 thought you were giving these things away?" "Not today. The half, please." "But why don't you take the mouey when you leave the stuff?" "Because we'd never sell it." The tourist reluctantly handed over the coin. "Going to write about the excellence of American travel?" asked the fellow passenger. "Not I," responded the British tour ist. "I am going home and tell the na tion about the trniu robberies over here!"— Exchange. Vitality of Hebrews. If the future population of the earth Is to be estimated on the basis of race vitality, then there Is no question but that the Hebrews will yet be in the majority. Statistics show that the average longevity of the Hebrew race is greater than that of any other. Their numbers must therefore be increasing relatively to every race, and they cer tainly are. Whether It is due to the sanitary measures enjoined by their re ligion or because of native vitality is for students of sociology to decide, but the fact still remains. Yet numbers *re not always to control the destiny of the race, and It is to be supposed that fraternity and good sense are slow ly wiping out race distinctions.—Bos ton Globe. A Hnmlile Apoioßj. "We feel that an apology is due," ex plains the editor of the Kplketown Bliz zard, "to the estimable young woman who teaches at the schoolhouso in Dis trict No. 5. Through the wretched blunder of a worthless tramp printer whom we trusted with the setting up of an item Just as we were closing tho forms for our last week's edition we were made to say that 'Miss Ruby Mc- Connell. the handsome and popular teacher in ltlggs neighborhood, is the proud possessor of an elegant new black beard.' We wrote it 'black board' "—Chicago Tribune. THE LATER HARVEST THAT WHICH COMES FROM A LONG, LOVING WEDDED LIFE. In the Sunset Time ilui»i*> Are the THO W IIU <'HII Sit Together AND Drra m of the Lum; Juurney, With Its Kouiili nutl Smooth Sputa, They Have Marie Side by Side. The wedding anniversaries of the aged are especially rich in memories and in the summing up of the value of wedded life as apart from all their other relations to the world or to humanity, that inde scribable iiue of separation from every other tie and interest which a husband and wife feel so strongly when they say "we" aud mean the dual life which is yet one in mysterious unity. The wed ding day reminiscences cling together within that close drawn boundary, and they lie in the daintily adjusted scales in which we weigh life's values. The heart asks, What have all these years brought to me? These joys, these hopes so often unrealized, these deep felt trials, these sometime discords, these intensities of emotion, births, deaths, meetings and partings—what have they left me? Hap py they who can say "left us." Two aged people sitting together, hand in hand, recalling the past, make one of the loveliest pictures which we see in our intercourse with men and women, aud there are very few who, remaining thus j united after sharing the stress aud strain of life's battle, will not say fervently, I "Life is indeed worth living." What a harvest field it has been! How | every day in all these long years has con i tributed its portion to the weaving of the j great tapestry at which they worked I without seeing one design! Now, with ! its face turned toward them, they see I what it all means—rich, glowing color ! where joy and ardor aud prosperity guid j ed the needle; spots of faded brightness j where tears had washed the weaver's ina ! terial with such salt floods that it had lost | all charm, yet now lending tender con trast to the sunshine paths. Yes, each was needed in its place, and nothing would have been perfect without the ; countervailing inlluence of light upon I shade, of grief on too vivid joy. I do not believe that any day in our I personal calendars has so much import as I the anniversary of our wedding day. Our j birthdays are of feeble value in compari- I son, and the heart does not then so ques j tion itself as to what share we have had I in the outcome of the years. Had I been ; more yielding there, had 1 been more ten | der at that critical time, had I been brav er, more true to my convictions, more willing to bear temporary displeasure for i future good—how questions rush to the | lips while the great roll unfolds itself and j we see the past as we could not see that j present which can never be recalled! But where is there such a harvest as i comes from a long, loving, wedded life? I Those sincle detached men and women whom we know, reaching out after some satisfying verity to fill the hunger of ' their hearts—sister's children, art, sci ' ence, public charities —look so pathetic : when putin the balance with the deeply | moving, intense emotion of those whose | every word and act had a reflex action upon another heart aud soul and in whose influence and character lay the possibili ties of good or evil to a nature indissolu bly united to its own. What autumn festival is like that which a devoted old couple keep togeth ' er? Their vintage is over, but the good j wine their love pressed from the rich grapes of their young lives warms their veins now, ati-l no winter can chill j them. Children and children's children j call them by name, and no wind of pover | ty can rob them of their chief treasures. ; There is something most touching notiee j able in the self satisfaction shown by ! very aged people if they outlive the ordi j nary limit of united lives. The golden anniversary of 50 years brings out even a recurrence to some token of bridal or i nament, and if 00 years are allotted there I really seems to be a show of personal J pride, as if they were in themselves meri ' torious so long to remain in happy unity, j an example to the young. I The lar>;e majority of old folk have, alas, to abide alone after death has taken the other half of their lives into the laud which no man can enter without his aid. Lonely they may look; set apart and sep arate they must feel; maimed and halting j they must goon until the strong, tender hand of the releasing angel leads them within the veil. But to these also there appertains an aftermath. No arid place can come into hearts that have been nourished by faithful, pure, unselfish love. He who goes forth in the morning for the abbreviated labor of his failing strength misses the audible voice of blessing ami the tender touch which sent him cheerfully forward In happier days, j but he is not destitute of the influence of i what, being once his, cannot be taken from him. The door does not close with out a gentle echo of the "voice that is still" being spiritually heard, and"the vanished hand" has left an imprint which will always cling to him. He is never really alone in truth. Love does not pass out and away from lives hallowed by fidelity and unceasing tenderness. Lone ly he is, but not alone. And where many a white haired wo man sits silent in the sunset hour of her wedding day, with the setting sun sym bolizing her life in its bright, steadfast radiance, you will often see an expres sion of peaceful serenity upon her face, and it needs no interpreter to explain that she is dwelling in close companion ship with that which, though unseen by others, is integrally a part of her very ex istence. She also knows that the es sence of that happiness which made her so proud of her titles of wife and mother is unquenchable, and her sunset hour is sustained by the harvest of her faithful years. There seems a magnetism in these elo quent though failing lives which ought to be an appeal to a higher aud nobler esti mate of married life. These sweet times of later harvest have come not to the querulous, the irritable, the selfish, the unreasonable. The married life which lias been spent in endeavor each to con trol and absorb the vital individuality of the other leaves no sustaining power for this soft after growth which is so price less when strength fails and the hand loses-its cunning.—New York Post. CleaniiiK I.nee. A dressmaker, especially successful in renovating laces, uses alcohol for the cleansing agent, washing them in it as if it were water. She cleans the most cost ly varieties in this way and says that it i.s better, as it is certainly safer, than naphtha. "Have by some surgeon Shylock on thy charge to stop his wounds lest he do bleed to death." People can bleed to death. The loss of blood weakens the body. It must follow that gain of blood gives the body strength. The strength ening effect of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medi cal Discovery is in large part due to its action on the blood-making glands and the increased supply of pure, rich blood it produces. It is only when the blood is impoverished and impure that dis ease finds a soil in which to root. The "Discovery" purifies the blood and makes it antagonistic to disease, When the body is emaciated, the lungs are weak, aud there is obstinate lingering cough, "Golden Medical Discovery" puts the body on a fighting footing against disease, and so increases the vitality that disease is thrown oft', and physical health perfectly and perman ently restored. It has cured thousands who were hopeless and helpless, and who had tried all other means of cure without avail, Twenty-one one-cent stamps to cover expenses of mailing only will obtain a copy of Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages, in paper cover. Send thirty-one stamps if cloth binding is preferred. Address Dr. H. V. Pierce Buffalo N. Y. A. S. Hottenstein, of Milton, visited , Landlord T. F. Moyer yesterday. HUMOR OF THE HOUR Baalneaa Wu» Good. The Inquisitive young man sat next to the self reserved lawyer in the limit ed express. The inquisitive young man tired of looking out the car window soon after the train left Albany, and he turned to the self possessed lawyer for amusement. "Pleasant day?" said the young man by way of striking up a conversation. "I am not much of a Judge of the weather," was the reply from his seat companion. The inquisitive young man was quiet for some moments. Then he broke loose again. "Going far?" he asked again. "Far enough," answered the man of self reserve. "Par as Buffalo?" was the third ques tion of the Irrepressible. "Perhaps so. Perhaps not," was the reply. For a long time the young man was silent. lie spent the flying moments tracing his full name with his little fin ger on the window pane. Suddenly the self reserved lawyer spoke to him. "I'm finding business good Just now," said he. The inquisitive young man was much flattered by the condescension and the remark of the lawyer. His last ques tion came easily. "What is your line?" he asked. "Biting holes out of porous plasters," was the reply, and two or three thoughtless persons who sat near by In the car smiled.—New York Sun. On Hand nt the Right Moment. lie wasn't strong on logic, but when he fell into the water in a lonely place he knew enough to save himself. "What a good thing I was here!" he said in a spirit of congratulation. "If I wasn't, 1 might have been drown ed."—Philadelphia Times. How to Make Tapioca Jelly. Put a pint of boiling water into a double boiler and into it stir one-fourth of a cupful of tine tapioca, half a cup ful of sugar, one-fourth of a teaspoon ful of salt, half a cupful of seeded rai sins and a dozen blanched almonds cut In pieces. Stir occasionally, and when the tapioca becomes transparent add flavoring to taste and serve hot with sugar and cream. WHATDOES THIS LAOK. Surely Danville readers cannot ask for better proof. The Danville reader may ask for more convincing proof than testimony publish ed from representative residents of neighboring cities, but as the proof we offer has been decidely convincing in Bloomsbnrg it should carry considerable weight in Danville. Mr. Geo. Mifflin, Dentist on Main St., Bloomsbnrg says:"l proem red Doan's Kidney Pills from Moyer Bros. Drug Store for my brother-in-law Peter Leis enring at Bear Gap. He suffering in tensely from the kidney and from pain in his back and loins. The usual ac companiments of inactive kidneys were present and added to his misery. Doan's Kidney Pills which 112 sent him gave positive relief. He has pretty thorough ly made known the merits of this remedy in this section. 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. Pennsylvania Railroad Reduced Rates to Detroit, account National Educational Association. Fur the meeting of the National Edu cational Association at Detroit, July 8 to 12, 1901, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets to Detroit from all stations on its lines, at the rate of one fare for the round trip, plus #2.00. Tickets will be sold July 6, 7 and 8, good returning to leave Detroit not earlier than July 9 nor later than July 15. By depositing tickets with Joint Agent on or before July 12, and the payment of 50 cents, the return limit may be extended to leave Detroit not later than September 1. 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 0 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 lie 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 23, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell, July 4 to 12, froui all statious 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. in in AND THE nil m Pfitss ® | en i I J1 MIL Subscription to Montom American SI.OO per year, HI NOW. UHCHARD AND GARDEN. A hard wind will dry out the roots of trees very rapidly. In setting out trees be sure that no air spaces are left around the roots. Plants cannot live without leaves. Sooner or later they will suffocate, as plants breathe through their leaves. Cut off the sprouts that spring up at the base of the fruit trees, plum trees especially. They are, to say the least, unsightly. All winter and early spring pruning causes a more exuberant growth in the parts remaining. Summer pruning, however, checks growth. Spraying with a solution made by dissolving an ounce of sulphide of pot ash in four gallons of water is recom mended for all kinds of mildew. It requires plenty of Bunlight to pro duce fine apples, peaches, pears, plums and other fruits. Prune so as to let the sun shSne among the branches. When and How to Paint. The best time of the year to paint is when the spring rains are over and the wood is dry, but before flies get too plenty. After the bulk of flies are gone In the fall is also a good time. Most farm buildings can be painted by the owner or farm hands without employ ing an experienced painter at high wages. In applying the paint the two Important points to bear in mind are to have It of the right consistency and to spread it thin and evenly. Always bold the brush and hand at right an gles to the material which you are painting and do not be afraid to us* plenty of elbow grease to brash in the paint. The most durable paint for out door work is pure white lead and raw linseed oil. Navreat Photography. Photographing objects solely by the light from the planet Venus has been successfully accomplished. The exper iments were conducted within the dome of the Smith observatory at Ge neva, N. Y., so that all outside light was excluded except that which came from Venus through the open shutter »112 the dome. The time was the darkest hour of the night, after the planet had risen and before the approach of dawn. The actinic property of the light from Venus was much stronger than antici pated, the photographic plates being re markably clear, intense and fully timed. SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE! By virtue of certain writs issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Mon tour County, aud State of Pennsylvania, and to me directed, will be exposed to public sale on the premises iu Anthony Township, Pa., on Saturday, July 20, 1901, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, the following described real estate, viz: All that certaiu piece or parsel of land situate in Anthony township, in the County of Montour, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded aud described on the North by lands of Jacob Litch ard, on the East by lands of Jackson P. McKee, on the South by lands of W. Basklow, et., al , and 011 the West by lands of Jacob Low, containing about 40 acres, more or less. Seized and taken into execution, and to be sold as the property of John Derr deceased, with notice to the heirs of John Derr, deceased. So Ans. M. BRKCKBILL. H M. HINCKLEY, Att'y., Sheriff. Danville. Pa., June 27. 1901. ANNUAL REPORT. J. H. Shultz, Treasurer, iu account with the Valley Township School Board for the year ending June 30th. 1901. DR. To State appropriation 112 965 2s To Bal. from last year 458 41 Received from collectors 826 40 From other sources 2S 97 Total $2279 0«i CR. Teachers wattes $1470 00 Amount paid teachers at Institute.. 52 50 Text books »8 04 Supplies 54 97 Fuel, etc Wi s2 Fees of collector and treasurer 41 Secretary's salary and postage 26 00 Other expenses t.Wi 01 Total $1909 77 Balance in hands of treasurer. i 279 20 N. E. SIDLER. Secretary. IN THE ORPHANS' CO CUT OF MON TOUR COI'NTY. In Re the First and Final Account of John Blee, Administrator of H. F. Blee, late of the Township of Derry. Montour County, Deceased. The unnersigned. appointed Auditor by the aforesaid Court to distribute the balance in the hands ot the said accountant to aud among the partias legally entitled thereto, will attend to the duties of his appointment, at his law office. No. 106 Mill street, iu the Borough of Danville. Pa., on Tuesday. July lt'th, 1001.at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the said day. where and when all persons having claims against the said fund are required to present and prove the same, or be debarred froui any share or portion of the said fund. HARRY C. BARE, Auditor. Danville, Pa., June 17th, 1001 NOTICE. IN THE ORPHANS' COURT OF MOX TOUR COUNTY, in tiie matter of the first and final account of Stinson 1,. Brobst and William M. Hartzeii Administrators of the estate of Susannah Hartzeii, late of Mahoning Township, in the County of Montour and State of Pennsyl vania, deceased. The undersigned, appointed auditor by the aforesaid court, to distribute the balance in the hands of the said accountants to and among the parties found to be legally entit led thereto, will attend to the duties of his said appointment at the Register and Recor der's Office in the Court House, in the Bor ough of Danville. Penna., on Monday the fifteeuth day of July A 1 1901. at 10 o clock in the forenoon of said day. when and where fallpersons having claims against the said suiiu are required to pretent and prove the sam.t or be debarred from coming in upon the aid fund. WM. L. SIDLER, Auditor ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTK fc. Estate of George W. Steinman, Latt of Derry Township, Montour County Pennsylvania, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letter of Ad ministration upon the above State havt granted to the undersigned. All persons in debted to the said Fstate. are required ti make payment, and those having claims or demands against the said estate, will makt known the same without delay to LEVI MOSER, Administrator. RALPH KISNKR, Attorney. ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE. Estate of Wellington Hartman. Late of The Township of Cooper in The Coun ty of Montour And State of Pennsyl vania, Deceased, Notice is hereby given that Letters of Ad ministration ui<on the al>ove estate lia\e been granted to the undersigned. All persons in delited to the said estate are required to make pxyment, and Ihose having claims or de mauds against (he said estate will inaku known the same without delay to Naomi V. Hautman Administratrix of Wellington Hartman, Deceased. I'. O. Address, Orovania, Feu u» Ekwakd Say ke U»arhaht, Counsel,
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