MONTOUR AMERICAN FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville. Pa., July 4 1901 COHMI XU \TUt.VS. All communications sent tot lie A ,\i i:KI CAN for publication must lie signed by the writer, and communications not so signed will be rejected. ANNOUNCEMENT. I hereby announce my name as a «amlidate for renominatiun for theoftice of Prothonotary and Clerk of the Courts of Montour County, subject to the ac tion of the Republican Convention. .1. c. MILLER. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. To the Republican electors of Penn sylvania I am directed by the Republi can State Committee to announce that the Republicans of Pennsylvania, by their duly chosen repsent.at.ives, will meet in convention at tin- < >pera House, in the city of Harrisburg, on Wednes day. August 21, at 10.30 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 oecordance with the rules governing the organization, the representation in the State Convention will l>e 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 1900, anil an additional delegate for each fraction of two thousand votes pulled in excess of one thousand. By order of the Republican State Com mittee. FRANK RKEDER, Chairman. W. R. ANDREWS, C. E. VOORHKKS, Secretaries. THE BUSY MOTH. How to PrtTtnt lta Depredation* In ClothlnK and Carpet*. The flitting to and fro of the active little moth at this season Is a warning to the house mistress of what will hap pen unless vigorous measures be adopt ed to protect woolens anil furs. When there are many clothes to be looked after, it is well to take a special day for the purpose of airing and cleaning them. If possible, choose a clear, sun shiny day; if there are breezes stirring, all the better. Take the woolen gar ments and attach them to the clothes line by pins, shaking and beating the dust from each piece with a willow car pet beater. If there are grease spots, remove them by sponging with ammo nia and soft water. When the clothes have had Ave or six hours of sunshine, they may be brought in and packed away in mothproof chests. There are housekeepers who place great confidence in a newspaper wrap ping as a protection from moths, but if one lives In a particularly "inotliy" place the newspaper is not to be de pended upon. If mothproof boxes are not to be had. put tlie winter clothes in tar paper bags that seal,or, falling that, make a large ba« out of muslin or cali co free from holes. Line a large trunk or dry goods box with the empty bag, pack in the garments, having made ■ure that there are no moth eggs in them. Tie the opening of the bag with twine, leaving considerable space for "neck." Pack a handful or two of camphor balls again'st the Inside of the tied place and tie again, tying the balls In. In large cities moths are more numer ous and much more voracious than in most small towns or the open country. For city people it is more prudent to Bend costly fur garments and fine rugs to a reliable storage house that insures their safety from moths during sum mer. Moths delight in dark corners, and they love to deposit their eggs in soft inoquette and uxininster carpets and the fluffy fine woolly parts of the fringe of upholstered parlor furniture. After being thoroughly beaten carpets and rugs that are to be kept at home for the summer would be the better for being sponged off with turpentine lie fore being roiled or folded, says The Household. Senllderlnx Variety In Hutu. The hat with many brims Is one of the fads this season, and it may be supplied with two or live if you like, according to the New York Sun. A light blue straw hat shows five brims veiled with blue chiffon, but so arrang ed that they fall very closely together, and the simple trimming Is a bow of soft ribbon in green and blue with two large quills straight across the front. Turban toques are perhaps the most popular style Just at the moment for spring wear, but the larger shapes with broader brims are biding their time. Toques of colored straw with a rosette of silk to match and one con trasting quill, possibly silver and black, for trimming are one specialty. A military hat in the trlcorne shape is one of the fashionable shapes made wonderfully becoming by the way it is trimmed and perched on the heail in a coquettish manner. The brim and In If of the crown on the left side are almost covered with roses. With the great variety of straws, mil an braids, silk straws, leghorns, cl ps and crinoline added to the endless va riety In combinations of straw and chiffon and straw anil tulle it Is an easy matter to imagine something of the diversity which is possible in the millinery department. Lock and i'luck. Two clerks named Thomas and Clar ence were In the employ of a wealthy merchant. Thomas was always an in dustrious lad, but Clarence was much given to frivolity and was extravagant In his habits. In after years Clarence married his employer's daughter and was made a partner In the business. Thomas continued to be an honest, in dustrious clerk all his life, and his services were much appreciated by Clarence and his father-in-law. Moral.—There is no royal road to success.—New York Commercial Ad vertiser. A Writer'* ANplrntlons. They were looking tbro»::h the li brary. "If yoi. hi..l 1 • divine eift what would you rather write?" asked the romantic young woman. "Checks," replied the sordid young man —Philadelphia Iteeord. TIRED OF THE TRIP. SO HE GOT OUT OF THE BALLOON BY THE JUMP ROUTE. Anil I'hrn When He Told tht Kng- Ifuh Hl e a lie Met Whut He Had Donf They Con»lderately Carried Him UIV to an Innane Asylum. 'T went up lii a balloon once, and I never want to make such a trip again," said Colonel A. Noel Blakeman. "My experience as an aeronaut was in Lon don," he continued, "and it would never have occurred but for a friend I chanced to meet there. He was going to make an ascent, and he persuaded me to accompany him. "The balloon was a feature of some big exhibition, and every day it was inflated and made an ascent, with four or Ave passengers, in charge of an ex perienced aeronaut. There were about live in the party I took the trip. We got into the basket, which was boxed in quite high, then let the rope go, and we shot up about 3,000 feet. It was interesting to look down on the world ami hear the noises of London streets coming from so far below. The balloon sailed along smoothly, and we drifted for about eight miles. "It was when we tried to descend that the trouble began. The method was to throw out anchors as the bal loon settled toward the earth. The aeronaut said that when one of these anchors ■ caught firmly he would haul the balloon down to the tree In which the anchor was expected to become fastened. This would be done by wind ing in the rope on a winch in the car. We would be expected to climb out of the balloon into the tree, he said, and he would then take hold of the valve rope and, standing a safe distance away, open the valve, let the gas es cape, and the big affair would collapse and sink. He Informed us that we must get clear of the sinking folds, as they would come down fast, and If they caught and covered us we would be In an atmosphere of most poisonous gas. "All this was very interesting, but we did not seem to be making very much progress toward the point where we would have to look out for the de scending folds of the collapsing bal loon. The anchors caught In a whole lot of trees, but they did not hold. One would get tangled In a tree, and then the balloon would sway far over, tilt ing the basket in which we were until It seemed that we would be spilled out. Then the anchor would break loose, and we would shoot up again. "I became very tired of this and told the aeronaut that I thought It was time to bring the voyage to a conclusion. He told me if I did not like it I could Jump out. At first I thought he was simply resentful of my remark, but he said he meant what he said. " 'When the car tilts over again, you climb out on the edge,' he said, 'and let go. It will probably be a plowed field underneath us, and you won't get hurt.' "Well, I did as he suggested. W r hen the anchor caught again, I climbed out and hung to the edge of the car. When I saw that the car was as low as It was likely to get, I let go. I dropped about 12 feet, and, as he expected, a plowed field was below us. "As soon as I dropped out the bal loon, relieved of my weight, shot up in the air again and soared off. I walked to the nearest road and continued along it until I came to an inn. "I asked the landlord how far It was to London, and he told me It was eight miles. I ordered a carriage to take me there, and while I was waiting the landlord asked me where I had come from. "I took him to the door of the Inn, and, pointing to the balloon, which was then sailing along about a quarter of a mile above the ground, I said, 'I Jump ed out of that.' "The man looked at me in alarmed fashion, and after I had returned to the sitting room I noticed that several peo ple peered through the window at me. "Finally my four wheeler was ready, and I set off for London. After we had driven along for half an hour or so the coachman suddenly turned the horse in through a gate, and we drove into a big courtyard. I yelled to him and asked him what he meant, that I wanted to go straight to London, but he paid no attention and slowly circled the court. When he stopped on the other side, a man wearing glasses stuck his head in the carriage, scrutinizing me closely, pulled back, said something to the coachman, and we drove onto London. "Finally we reached my lodgings, and when we did so the coachman Jumped off the box, ran up the steps and as soon as his knock was answered asked if Mr. Blakem&n lived there. The maid was Just answering that I did when I reached the top of the steps and collared the fellow. " 'What was that place you drove me into on our way to London?' I asked him. " 'lt was a hinsane hasylum, sir,' he replied. 'When you said you had Jump ed out o' that balloon, we thought you was crazy and maybe you was a es caped patient from the hasylum.'"— Washington Post. Realized Ilia Own Madneaa. "Now you are tired of me and abuse me," sobbed the young wife whose hus band refused to hire another maid to take care of her pet dog. "Yet," she continued, "not two years ago you were Just crazy to marry urf." "Yes," answered the complacent man h*ute; "my friends told me so at the time, but I didn't realize It until after we were married."—Kansas City Star. It is said (hat some early Chinese coins were made In the form of keys, probably because money unlocks the heart of the high official. Atlanta News. A Fellow OelliiK, Hasben —Yes, I am always interested In perpetual motion Ideas. I like 'em. Tatters—Yer do? What fur? Hasben—They never work.—Philadel phia Press. i A Wonder In Watchmaking. Among the treasures of a Swiss mu seum, inserted in the top of an old fash ioned pencil case, is the tiniest watch ever constructed. It is only three-six teenths of an inch in diameter, and its little dial not only indicates hours, minutes and seconds, but also the days of the month. So j>erfectly formed is this lllllputlan watch that It keeps ex cellent time and is a marvelous piece of mechanical workmanship. 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 (joes not dry up the secretions but changes them to a natural and healthy character. Ely Brothers, .00 Warren St., N. Y. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a f—«. sediment or set • tling indicates an yfcX-unhealthy condi ,ion oi the kid 2/ if ne y s • " " sta ' ns j your linen it is J evidence of kid- J tzJJSL ney trouble too r ' rec l uent desire to *—""" ""the i convincing proof that the kidneys and bun 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 Swunp-Rooi. Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men tion reading this generous offer In this paper. T>r Wtouii l.addle. A gentleman OK U walk from one of the suburbs of Glasgow happened to call at a farmhouse, where he was readily supplied with a glass of milk. He offered the woman sixpence, but she declined all payment. "I oouldu' tak' money for't," she said In her own proud way. The gentleman expressed his ac knowledgment and went on his way, but at the garden gate he detected a small boy playing. Surely, he thought, this is the lady's son. So he put his hand In his pocket to give him the six pence, when he heard a shrill voice. "That's na ma laddie, sir." Then there was a pause, and the voice afterward resounded, this time directed toward a small boy at the side door, "Gang oot, Wullle, an speak till the nice gentle man at the gate!"— Liverpool Post. Wonderful Maaleal Memory. Sir John Stainer had a wonderful musical memory. It was put to the test once at the Crystal palace when he had to play the organ In the "Mes siah" and a folio copy, on which alone he could see the score, was not forth coming. The conductor was In desphir. Sir John cut the knot by a wonderful tour de force, playing the part fault lessly right through and entirely from memory, probably the only time the "Messiah" has been so rendered. —Lon- don Standard. How's This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that can not lie cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe blm perfectly honorable in all business transac tions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their tirni. WEST & TRUAX. Wholesale Drugglsts.Toledo, O. WAI.DINO, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all drug gists. Hall's Family Pills are the best. ▼erdl and the Critic*. No outsiders, not even members of the press, were allowed to be present i»t rehearsals of Verdi's operas. "A production of a work of m'ne," said Verdi, "is an affair between that work and the public. Ido not write for the press, but for the public, who will sup port me If my work Is good or who will execute me If It Is not. I do not cars for aught else." M.de Nevers thus de scribes Verdi's attitude at a dress re hearsal of "Otello" In Paris, when tbe press was present against his wishes: "The critics were all placed In the corbellle of the amphitheater, some ten rows of stalls having been cleared away to make room for a table and chairs for Verdi, Bolto and the direct ors. MM. Sardou, Mellhac, Halevy, Obln, the director of fine arts, and two or three dignitaries and officials of the Opera sat behind In the remaining rows of stalls. Among the critics were MM. Reyer, Bruneau, Joucieres, Bel lalgue, Pessard, Corneau and Sarcey. The foreign press was represented by M.de Blowltz and myself, and as Ver di came in all stood up, with hats off, and cheered the wonderful man. The orchestra Joined, of course, In the ova tion, and It was to the musicians that the master went, and, bowing his ven erable head very low, he thanked them for the kind demonstration and shook hands with the nearest, but never once did he turn our way except for one mo ment, when he took us all in with a side glance—an ugly one—and then for the rest of the evening, some Ave hours, ignored our presence completely." Heal Nice Bathing. It may be doubted if a tub bath in Jamaica is a luxury. The bathhouses make a brave show In a row of low brick buildings In the rear of the ho tels, each little house with a big stone tank for a bathtub. I went out to see the baths on my first day In Kingston and was surpris ed to see a sign nailed against the wall bearing the words: "Gentlemen Are Requested Not to Use Soap In the Baths." "Why are gentlemen requested not to use soap In the bathsV" I asked the ho tel clerk, a dignified young woman of dark complexion. "Because it soils the water and makes it unpleasant for the next bather," she said. "But do your guests all bathe in the same water?" I asked. "Oh, yes," she replied. "You see, the tanks are So large and the pipes are small. It takes all night to till the tanks, and the water has to last all day." r.tpiuinra. Barber—Why Is it that yon aud your brothers are so bald? Victim— l'll tell you if you'll to Buy nothing more about it. Barber—Sure. Victim (whisperlng)--It's because our hair has fallen out.— Philadelphia Press. Valuable Alloy of Alum Inla m. Magnaliuni Is the name given to an alloy of aluminium and magnesium in vented by a continental scientist, and the reports upon It are of the most en couraging nature. It Is lighter than pure aluminium. It can be worked and turned like brass or copper, and It 1» stronger than brass. It is stated that It does not oxidize at all, fumes of ammo nia and sulphuric acid not dainaglog it. It can be turned, bored, drilled, milled, filed, ground aud polished easily. g yi \il The diamonds we have for sale are pure, perfect, brilliant 'JJ fly blazes of white. So much for the goods. The prices exactly fj\ '•!'• represent their worth. Nothing more, nothing less. Every dol- m W lar you pay us for diamonds is represented by so much value. .?. jl/ Buying diamonds is like putting money in the bank. It is sate f^\ :?? and secure, besides giving continual pleasure to the wearer by m \w its cjuivering rainbowy flashes of beauty. REMPE, CHILDREN'S COLI'MX. Thf Boy Water Carrier. In many countries the heaviest burdens the people have to carry are borne upon their heads. In Mexico boys are early taught to carry heavy loads in this man ner, huge water jars being balanced with wonderful skill. In many Mexican lo calities months and sometimes years go MEXICAN BOY WATER CARRIES. by without a drop of rain, and all the wa ter the people use has to be drawn from wells and often carried long distances, lu the picture is shown a Mexican boy water carrier. You can see how easily he carries the great vessel, the only means for balancing being a single rope, which he holds with his hand.—Chicago Record-Herald. A Good Cat Story. This is a true story and has never be fore been printed. The cat belonged in a New England farmhouse years long gone by and was a great pet of the master. Tom did many wonderful things. He did not lift the knocker, but he opened the door and did it as readily as one of the children. He accomplished the feat by springing up and bringing his paw down heavily upon the catch, when the door never failed to open. How he learned to do this was never known, but it must have been by observation, as he was never taught. Tom always knew the hour for meals and practically could not be barred out, as he had the key to the situ ation, no matter how strenuously the family slammed the door behind them. When all were seated at table, there would be a little click of the latch, and in would walk Tom, seating himself beside the muster. If his presence was ignored, he would reach up and pat the matser's arm; then, sitting back, would quietly wait, for Tom had learned that any great demonstration on his part, such as a mew, meant his immediate dismissal from the dining room. Here was a curious thing—he knew or seemed to know that his only safety lay in escaping the at tention of the mistress, who strongly ob jected to the "munching of a cat" while her family were at table. So he was con tent with small favors, for the master was chary of calling forth any caustic re marks by the dealing out of a bone. Tom was never known to steal, although plen ty of opportunities offered in the way of a kitchen table loaded with savory things and a wide open pantry door where cream stood delieiously inviting. He lived to be 17 years old, which was considered a re markable age for a cat.—Los Angeles Times. Chased by • President. Mrs. McKinley is exceedingly fond of children. At Canton, before and after the election of 1890, the young boys and girls of the town, knowing the reception which they would find at the famous little house on Market street, had a way of running in quite informally to see the wife of the future president. One day during a rainstorm a ragged little fellow walked up the yard to the porch and tried to get in the door. In some way he had heard that Mrs. McKinley liked little boys, and he, too, wanted the honor of her caresses. And perhaps be should see and speak with the president himself—who could tell? So ho marched bravely up all by himself. But he didn't know how to ring the bell, and his little knockings brought no response. No one happened to hear him. He waited and waited, his heart sinking lower and lower under his torn, dingy jacket. After a time hope and courage failed liiin as he started mourn fully away, the tears gathering in his big brown eyes. Some one in the household saw him as he walked sadly down to the gate and called the attention of Mr. Mc- Kinley to him. Quick as h Hash the president elect ran out of the house hatli-ss in the rain and brought the lad back with him, wher. Mrs. McKinley's kindness and a big plate of ice cream rewarded him for all his trials. It is not every poor boy that has had a presideut of the United States chasing him bareheaded in a rainstorm. An Optical Illiiaioo. Here is a remarkable optical illusion. You would think to look at this diagram that the two heavy black lines were curved. As a matter of fact they are ex actly parallel. This may be proved t»y holding them up edgewise to the eye. The divergent lines which strike out from the center are of course responsible ARB THE LINES STRAIGHT? for the trick. They lead the lines of vision astray and make you think that the two parallel lines are farther apart at the center than they arc at tbe ends.— New York Herajd. On ''Stool# of Repentaopa," When a student In Girard college breaks a rule of that Institution, he is punished by being compelled to take a seat for 20 minutes on "a stool of re pentance." When this punishment was Inaugurated years ago, one stool was nec essary. Now there are 64. LATE POTATOES. Bl(a Don't Trouble Theui and Fall Raiua Make Tliem l.arK«. We think it always best to plow early for Late potatoes and then work fre quently to kill weeds and conserve moisture and warm up the ground and then not plant until about the middle of June. The seed will have to be look ed after to keep it from sprouting. This can be done by spreading it out thinly in a light place and shoveling it over about twice a week. It will wilt aud shrink up some, but this won't hurt It. It can be cut a few days be fore planting If kupt dry and protected from the sun. If you have no regular potato planter, furrow out deep with a shovel plow aud cover with something drawn by the team. If the sun shines hot, the seed should be covered as fast as drop ped, for the hot sun will soon injure it as It lies in the furrows, ltun the har row over the patch once or twice be fore the vines come up. and you will get rid of nearly all weeds. The potatoes will come up in about a week if the weather Is warm and the ground damp and continue to grow from the start. Planting at this time of the year will bring It out of season for the first crop of bugs, and by the time the second crop conies on the vines will not bother much. Bugs don't like rank vines, as they don't seem to be just suited to their taste. The vines will be small without any tubers on them in the dry part of the season, aud by the time fall rains come the potatoes will be formed ami large enough to require all the moisture there Is likely to be, and they will grow very rapidly. They should not be dug until the vines are killed by the frost, and it Is always best to let them remain iu the ground for some time after, as they will ripen up and be of better quality. They should be dug before too hard freezing and before the ground be comes soft aud muddy. Your judg ment must be used in these things. If not muddy, they can be picked tip without waiting for them to dry and stored as fast as dug. It won't hurt them to store when damp, as they al ways have togo through the sweat when stored In large piles, concludes I. U. Cowdrey of Michigan, writing to Ohio Farmer. THE HORSE TO RAISE. The (Int Par Excellence For the Farmer—Always Han Hlii Value. Draft horses of good form sell al most according to weight, except that as weights Increase prices rise at a much greater ratio, so that extreme weights bring enormous prices if only the bone Is satisfactory. Prices range from $125 to S3OO, with an occasional one higher and with an increase of about 10 per cent when matched iu teams. These prices are sometimes exceeded, and dealers insist that prices were never so low that a span of draft horses would not brlug $«>oo if only they were good enough. This is par excellence the horse for the farmer to raise. Only the blood of the best draft breeds and the heaviest and best boned stallions is suitable. Even then the demand for extreme weights necessitates the use of large mares that are good milkers. In no other way can colts be produced with sufficient bone and feeding quality to attain the size and tiulsh demanded by the markets. Even then the youngster must be supplied with the best of feed in large amounts from the very first. Plenty of good pasture, clover hay, oats and corn Is Imperative, and there is no better feed for young horses than green corn cut from the field and fed whole. Only the best blood should be used, and then every effort must be made to keep the horse gaining from the first If he Is to top the market. All this Is much like growing beef, and these are the horses to produce on the farms. They can be produced no where else to advantage, and when it Is remembered that the draft horse is really the highest priced standard horse in the market it is easy enough to see what horse the farmer should raise. He not only sells for more average money, but if bred with the same care there are fewer culls, and no training is required beyond light common work to familiarize him with the harness and with drawing. Tlie disposition of the draft horse is so docile and his an cestors have labored so long that he works almost by instinct, and he re quires no special training togo upon the markets.—E. Davenport. Ha» rack Unloaded Without l.iftiiitc. One of the easiest ways to unload a hayrack without lifting it off is to set four posts In such a manner as to be far enough apart one way to miss the DEVICE FOR UNLOADING A HAYRACK, running gears of the wagon aud far enough apart the other to hold a 16 foot rack. Top boards are nailed to the posts. These are pointed at one end and by driving through between tin? two pan els the rack is lifted from the wagon, being gradually raised as the wagon passes along. The Clean Clipped Work florae. 1 have worked a clipped horse two summers and think 1 shall never work him another summer without being clipped, lie used to sweat profusely, and the hair would twist up and make him look bad, and It would take a man an hour to clean him off and make him look decent. After clipping he hardly sweat at all, stood the work better, kept easier and was always clean.— Michigan Farmer. A COUNTRY ROAD. A dusty, stony way, whose bord'ring sod U thick with blackberries and gnldenrod; Abrupt, bare hills on one side looking down. And from the other you can see the town Follow the liver's course through meadows preen, O'er which thick woods and marble ledges lean. A little farther, where the road descends, A biook's soft tinkle with me bird song blends, (Oone from its edge the dear old dame's small cot Half hidden by quaint flowers); lush bergamot Makes sweet its banks, its depths the boys still swim Or watch the minnows from some willow limb. Upon its bridge how often 1 have stood. Watching the west, whose glory seemed to flood With tenderest light the poorhouse and the graves Beside it—-turn to gold the brooklet's waves — Till from the hill, oh, dearest sight of all, I saw my father, and I heard him call! He came with sturdy stride and swinging pail— My hand in his—told my day's whole tale Of joys, that 'math his bright smile seemed to grow, While lessened was my every childish woe As his sweet words fell on my soul like balm While we walked homeward through the fragTant calm. —Mary M. McCarthy in ltoston Transcript. SALTED BUTTER. Why It Keep* Better Than Ilntter That IN Fresh. Why does salt butter keep better than fresh butter? We must first real ize that the bacterial population of a moderate sized pat of butter may be reckoned by millions, that a tiny lump only large enough togo into a thimble has been known to be tenanted by nearly 48,000,000, that, in fact, In con suming a slice of bread and butter you may unconsciously be assimilating in dividual lives exceeding In number those of the whole of Europe. Thus the urgency for keeping these hordes In check and hence the efforts which are made, first, to set up effectual barriers to their Ingress by taking proper pre cautions in the production of milk and, second, in the conduct of the processes involved in the manufacture and distri bution of the finished article. Included in these processes is the ad dition of salt in such quantities as to justify the butter being known as salt butter, tins addition being made with the object of extending the keeping powers of the butter or, in other words, I to suppress to a large extent the activi ties of the butter bacteria. That salt does act in this manner is shown by the fact that in butter thus treated a very large reduction In the number of micro-organisms present is effected. There can be little doubt, therefore, | that the common butter microbes do I not by any means regard salt as their j elixir of life. In England boraclc acid Is said to be i extensively used in butter as a preserv ! atlve or antiseptic agent, while in the United States a recent public health document states that none was report | ed to have been found in the samples of butter examined. This is probably due to the fact that in America there exists a strong prejudice In favor of salt butter, whereas in England the use of salt butter Is the exception and not the rule. Hence in America salt can be used as a preservative Instead of the i boraclc acid employed for that purpose In England. The densely populated condition of butter above referred to is not to be wondered at if we realize that the raw | material in the shape of milk may con tain from 500,000 to as many as 109,- 000,000 of bacteria in a few drops.— ! Longman's Magazine. Where Ynnheen Beat 'Km. He is from England, and not long from there. He was visiting his friend; I iu Hyde Park and, of course, he was I boasting. "Oh, yes, me boy, the United State! i does very well for a new nation," he | saitl kindly. "You are great In some I respects, but look at us. We have oui navy, that beats the world; our army, never licked; our great steamship lines, our bank, Lombard street, the financial : center of the world; our loyal colonies, i and all the rest. What can equal them ? "And we have age too. Look at oui abbeys and our ancient towns and out papers of state. Why, man, in Svhat can you boast of beating us?" His Hyde Park friend studied a mo ment. Then he replied: "Down in Texas there is an old chap ! who was talked to just this way once j by a man from your country who went ( there for his health. And after all the ! Englishman's boasting was done tlu man of the cattle country winked at me, rolled his tobacco over in his mouth and spit 14 feet into the eye of a pig standing that far away. " 'Kin any bloody Englishman ou earth do that?' says he. And I ask you, can he?" Tlie Englishman suggested brandy and soda in disgust.—Kansas City Jour nal. Advice From the Box. Oil one occasion in the fifties an ama teur dramatic performance was given in San Francisco for the benefit of some deserving charity. Among the performers was the late Hugh Farrar McDermott, the poet, and in a box was Mr. Mills. The play was some classic piece, and the acting was so bad that what should have been a tragedy be came a farce. In the last act McDer mott dropped his sword and, stooping awkwardly, picked it up. There was a titter In the audience, which increased as the luckless performer asked, "What Khali I do with this envenomed blade?" From the banker's box came In a queer stage whisper, "Stab yourself, Hugh, and be done with it!"— Frank Leslie's Monthly. Malevolence is misery. It Is the mind of satan, the great enemy, an outcast from all joy and the opponent of ull goodness and happiness.—J. Hamilton. It don't matter if the world Is round or flat, you'll roll off It if you don't keep your balance.—Atlanta Constitu tion. To have a perfect stomach a man or a woman must dine well and breakfast and sup simply.—Ladles' Home Jour nal. Instead of buying an article you do not need of an agent, pay what you owe.—Atchison Globe. There are some women who seem to be perennially youthful. The grown daughters are companions as well as children, and the color in the mother 's cheeks, tha brightness in her eyes, the roundness in her form, all speak of abounding health. What is her secretV S|ie j>j at the middle age of life when so many women are wo.n. wasted and faded, and yet time has only ripened her charms. The secret of this matron ly health and beauty may be told in the brief praise. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Per scription. The general health of wom en is so intimately related to the local health of the delicate womanly organs, that where these are diseased, the whole body must suffer. "Favorite Prestuip tion" dries the debillitating dratns, heals ulceration and inflammation, cures female weakness and imparts to tlif delicate female organs natural vigor and vitality. Women who have lost their health and thair beauty have been made "robust and rosy eheoked" by the , nse of this marvelous medicine. FFOLD POLES TO HIRE. Varlont Interesting; Pi-utDroi u( the Pole Yard Ilua>lne»i>. "Scaffold I'oles to Hire." So read a sign painted ou the end of a building standing in a pole yard, and a man whose eye chanced to fall upon it wondered just what it meant. He had heard of renting steam boilers and pianos and horses and railroad cars and so on, and he knew that there is scarcely any thing, perha;>s nothing, that canuo' be rented, but he had never heard before of renting scaffold poles, and it seemed an odd thing to do. As a matter of fact there are I its of scaffold poles rented. It is an old and to those who have occasion to know about it familiar branch of the pole yard business. Scaffold poles are rented, of course, most largely to builders, and time are more builders who hire scaffold piles th:i: there are who own them. This for tli«- simple reason that it is for most build ers cheaper to hire. The very largest builders who must have a yard anyway in which to keep material and plant of one sort and another own their own scaffold poles and keep them when not in use in their own yard where they have rooni for them. The smaller builder, having very likely no material yard, has no convenient place to store poles when not in use, and he hires poles, as for that matter some of the larger builders do ulso. Scaffold poles are let at so murh for a job, whether it is a few days or weeks, but while a builder keeps the poles for one price on one job as long as he may need them he cannot if he gets through with a job early haul the poles off to set up on another job without paying more rent. The life of a scaffold pole is about six years. A pole yard man said that they could be made to last ten years by care. People always drive uuils into scaffold poles. These nails rust, and the wood around them rots, and the pole gradually goes to decay. If the poles were all carefully overhauled and looked after when they came back to the yard from a job and the nails all pulled out. they would last four years longer, but this is not done for the simple reason that it wouldn't pay. The cost of the work would be greater than the gain by it.and so they use the poles as loug as they are fit to use and then chop them up.—New York Sun. TALES OF CITIES. Toronto saloons close at 7 o'clock on Saturday evening, that no workman with a weakness may spend his wages before lie 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 s< lved in a novel manner by the city authorities of Topeka, where street crossing plates are used. There are eight iron footway signs at each intersection. The method, it is assert ed, is quiti popular. Lawn I'cHlcontN the New Thing* Lawn petticoats are going to be very much worn this summer In place of Bilk, with thin skirts. They are always A FliOC FKOU UNDERSKIBT. the exact shade of the gown, cut long and trimmed with lawn ruffles or lace. The pretty white undershirt sketched is made with a very full, wide flounce trimmed with Valenciennes lace frills and Insertions. CERTAIN RESULTS, "Nothing can be Surer," is the Testimony of Danville Citizens. The stage of uncertainty is over in Danville. There can now be had plenty of positive proof in the testimony of citizens. Evidence of this nature should convince the most skeptical doubter in this vicinity. Read the following: Mr. Jos. Hooker of 102 Xoith Spruce St., says; "I was for a time afflicted with lameness in my back, and a pain over my kidneys. I had a great deal of nervousness, restlessness; did not sleep well, had bad dreams, continually toss ing from side to side striving to get a comfortable position The kidney secre tions were not normal, 1 was tired all the time and often had a dull aching in the back of my neck. I read accounts of Doan's Kidney Pill curing people. The description of their symptoms tall ied almost exactly with mine and in duced me to try the remedy. On using them a short time the whole trouble disappeared. 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. ill Hi AND THE 111 111 PRESS (p | rn m J) J in ran. Subscription to Montoui American SI.OO per year ■II. Marshall'* Absentralndednena. One day Judge Marshall, engrossed In his reflections, was driving over the wretched roads of North Carolina on his way to Raleigh In a stick gig. His horse turned out of the road, and the sulky ran over a sapling and w as tilted so as to arouse the judge. When he found that he could move neither to right nor left, an old negro, who had come along, solved the difficulty. "My old marster," he asked, "what fer you don't back your horse?" "That's true," said the judge, and he acted as advised. Thanking his deliv erer heartily, he felt in his pocket for some change, but he did not have any. "Never mind, old man,"he said. "I shall stop at the tavern and leave some money for you with the landlord." The obi negro was not Impressed with the stranger, but he called at the tavern and asked the keeper if an old gentleman had left anything there for him. "Oh, yes," said the landlord, "lie left a silver dollar for you. What do you think of that old gentleman?" The negro gazed at the dollar and said: "lie was a gem'man, for slio', but"— patting his forehead—"ho didn't have much in here."—World's Work. A Leading; ((nmtlnn. Hobb—l put SIOO in the bank for my baby the other day for his majority. Nobb—That's good. How long are you going to keep it there?— Harper's Bazar. The modest man has everything to gain and the arrogant man everything to lose, for modesty has always to deal with generosity and arrogance with envy.—Rivarol. l'»e of Lime ou Acid Soil*. On acid soils beets, spinach, lettuce, muskmelons and some other plants wholly fall or make a poor growth. The nse of litne will correct the acidity and Insure a good crop. SHERIFF'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE! By virtue of certain writs issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of Mon tour County, and State of Pennsylvania, and to me directed, will be exposed to pnblic sale on the premises in 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 certain piece or parsel of land situate in Anthony township, in the County of Montour, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described 011 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 heirsof John Derr, deceased. So Ans. M. BRKCKBILL. H. M. HINCKLEY, Att y.. Sheriff. Danville, Pa.. June 27, 1901. ANNUAL REPORT. J. H. Shultz, Treasurer, in account with the Valley Township Sclit>ol Board for the year ending June 80th. 1901. DR. To State appropriation $ '.ttij 28 To Hal. from lust year 458 41 Received from collectors H26 40 Prom other sources 2S «7 Total ®227H Otl ill. Teachers wanes $1470 nu Amount paid teachers at Institute.. 52 ">0 Text books lis 04 Supplies r»4 S7 Fuel, etc M. I 83 Fees of collector and treasurer as 43 Secretary's salary and postage 26 IV Other expenses CM! 01 Total SI9SKI 77 Balance in hands of treasurer $ 27U *_H V E. SIDLER. Secretary. gXKCI'TtIR'S OTICK. ESTATE OF JACOB MOSER. DECD. Letters testamentary on the estate of Jacob Moeer, late of Liberty Township, Mon tour County, Pennsylvania, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned, to whom all persons Indebted to to said estate are re quested to make payment, and those having claims or demands will make known the same without delay to PETER B. MOSER. ( ... MMI . JACOB B. MOSKK. » hAe ' utors. June 27. 1901. IN THE ORPHANS' CO CRT OF MON TOUR COUNTY. In Re the First and Final Account of John Blee, Administrator of H. F. Blee, late of ths Township of Derrv, Montour County, Deceased. The unnersigned. appointed Auditor by the aforesaid Court to distribute the balance in the hands of the said accountant to and among the parties legally entitled thereto, will attend to the duties of his appointment, at his law office. No. lUti Mill street, in the* Borough of Danville, Pa., on Tuesday. July Kith, loot,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 from any share or portion of the said fund. HARRY C. BARE. Auditor. Danville, Pa.. June 17th. I!H)1. NOTICE. IN THE ORPHANS' COURT OF X!ON TOUR COUNTY. In the matterof the first and final account of Stinson L. Brobst and William M. Hart/.ell Administrators of the estate of Susannah llart/ell. late of Mahouing 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 tin- partles found to l>e 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, Penua.. on Monday the fifteenth day of July A. D.. lttOl. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day. when and where fallpcrsons having claims against the said sund are required to present and prove the satn.» or be debarred from coming in upon the aid fund. WM. L. SIDLER. ~r A IKHI.MSTKATOK'S NOTH K. Estate of George W. Steinman. Late of Derry Township. Montour County Pennsylvania, deceased. Notice is hereby given that letter of Ad ministration upon (lie above State liavt granted to the undersigned. All persons in debted to the said Estate, are required tt make payment, and those having claims or demands against the said estate, will niaKt known the same without delay to LEVI MOSER, Administrator. RALPH KISNER, Attorney. 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 upon the aliove estate have tieen granted to the undersigned. All persons in debted to the said estate are required to make pH.vinent, and those having claims or de mauds against the said estate will make known the same without delay to NAOMI Y. HARTMAN Administratrix of Wellington Hartman, Deceased. P.O. Address, Urovania, Penna EDWARD HAY HIS UEARHAHT, Counsel.
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