MONTOUR AMERICAN
1
KRANK. C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville. Pa., July II 1901
Ml \TIO\S.
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CAN for publication must be signed by
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signed will be rejected.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
1 hereby announce my name as a
candidate for rcnomination for the office
of Prothonotary and C'lerk of the Courts
of Montour County, subject to the ac
tion of the Republican Convention.
J. C. MILLKK.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
To the Republican electors of Penn
sylvania lam directed by the Republi
can State Committee to announce that
the Republicans of Pennsylvania, by
their duly chosen repsentatives, will
meet in convention at the Opera House,
in the city of Harrisburg, on Wednes
day, August 21. at 10.80 a. m., for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
the following offices:
One person for the office of Justice of
the Supreme Court.
I )ne persi >ll for the office of State T reas
nrer.
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. L'nder the rules each legis
lative district is entitled to one delegate
for every two thousand votes cast for
the presidential electors in 1900, and an
additional delegate for each fraction of
two thousand votes polled in excess of
one thousand.
By order of the Republican State Com
mittee.
FRAXK RKEDEII. Chairman.
W. R. ANDREWS, C. E. VOOKHK.ES,
Secretaries.
SALT AND PEPPER.
llotp These Article* Illicitly Valuable
In a Hygienic Sense.
A writer in the New York Evening
World says that salt and pepper are
not only of value in bringing out the
flavor of the food to which they are
added, but are very valuable from a
health standpoint.
In eastern countries the condiments,
such as pepper, are used to profusion In
all foods. Gastric troubles, common
enough in other countries, are conspic
uously absent, and the free use of pep
per has much to do with that fact. Salt
and pepper work against fermentation.
When the stomach is out of order of, as
the common saying is, upset, it is in a
state of fermentation.
A certain very wise physician who
has advanced to the point where drugs
seem the unimportant thing and com
mon sense the important in making the
sick well is advocating the use of pep
per and salt even in a glass of milk. It
improves the flavor to a remarkable de
gree, a fact you can prove to your own
satisfaction by taking two glasses of
milk, one in its original simplicity, the
other changed by the addition of a
pinch of salt and a dash of pepper, then
sip a little of each. The chances are
that you will prefer the seasoned milk.
Besides improving the flavor and
overcoming the tendency toward fer
mentation, the pepper will practically
disable any microbes that may be float
ing In the fluids. Thus the gastric Juices
will perform their perfect work of
changing microbes to food.
The Chemistry of Tonn.
Tears have their functional duty to
accomplish, like every other fluid of the
body, and the lachrymal gland is not
placed behind the eye simply to fill
space or to give expression to emotion.
The chemical properties of says
The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette,
consist of phosphate of lime and soda,
making them very salty, but never bit
ter. Their action on the eye is very
beneficial, and here consists their pre
scribed duty of the body, washing thor
oughly tliat sensitive organ, which al
lows no foreign fluid to do the Bame
work.
A Mnrrel of Snrgery.
Surgery has reached a point at which
almost any marvel may be expected,
but it has remained for a Russian sur
geon to attempt and «ucceed in per
forming an operation hitherto regarded
as flatly impossible. He has repaired
the great femoral artery— has spliced
on to it an artificial length, just as a
plumber might solder a piece of leaden
pipe to a brass one.
HevolvlnK Kite* For Sltrnallni*.
William A. Eddy has demonstrated
that a windmill with a revolving up
right shaft and horizontal revolving
bars three feet in diameter can be car
tied to a great height by means of
mammoth kites and made to revolve
suspended lanterns with greater light
power than the revolving single lights
used by the lighthouses.
A Sfrnm Discovery.
Two well known Austrian scientists,
Professor Loefiler and Dr. Uhlenruth,
announce that they have discovered a
seruiu which will protect animals
against the foot and mouth disease.
This serum affords animals inoculated
with it. immunity for from four to
eight weeks against infection from the
disease.
I.itiiic Dlatnnee I'hotournnby.
M. Vautier, a photographer of Gran
son, Switzerland, has just perfected an
instrument by which he is enabled to
take distinct photographs of objects at
a great distance. He made experiments
at Yverdon recently and took many
photographs of landscapes that were
several leagues distant. He even suc
ceeded in photographing a group of
huts which were 210 kilometers distant
from Yverdon.
Control of Stvlne Ofneane.
The man with a sure cure for hog
cholera can be "fired" off the premises
without the slightest fear of Injuring
an Inoffensive business enterprise or
giving science a setback. Hog cholera
Is not understood even by our best vet
erinarians. L'ntil they know something
definite about it, can we expect some
Ignorant schemer with more enterprise
than business Inner to show us the
light? This R ' ver lias been true and
Isn't now. The judicious use of pre
ventives, the giving of clean feed and
pure water are our most effective weap
ons in fighting swine diseases.—farm
and Home.
TREATMENT OF HAIR.
How to Prevent Falling Oat—Scalp
and Tonics.
Falling hair Is one of the most com
mon ills that attend upon spriug, beau
teoua spring! Possibly it is a symptom
of weakness, and as such should be
treated by a touic of iron, which the
doctor will prescribe, says the Phila
tlelphia Times. Outward treatment Is
also advisable. The hair should be
washed regularly, but not too fre
quently, or it will become still more
impoverished.
An excellent shampoo is made by
melting a cake of pure castile or olive
oil soap shaved Into thin slices In a
quart of boiling water. When the soap
is thoroughly dissolved, the result will
be of jellylike consistency. Add to it
one teaspooiiful of bicarbonate of soda,
ami when cool perfume it or not, as
preferred. Put the result away in a
wide mouthed jar for use. For a sham
poo wet the scalp with hot water and
rub a small quantity of the mixture
well into the roots, ltinse afterward in
several waters, each one becoming cool
er and cooler. Where dandruff is pres
ent a good shampoo consists of powder
ed borax, 2 ounces; powdered cam
phor, 1 ounce; boiling water, 2 quarts.
Mix these ingredients, and when the
mixture is cold bottle it for use, and
rub a little of it well into the scalp
every few days.
Scalp massage is a powerful auxil
iary to hair health and is best perform
ed by a specialist. It affords relief to
nervous headache and neuralgia. A
simple and efficacious hair grower is
made from pure castor oil, 2 ounces,
and eau de cologne, 10 ounces. If the
spirit is of the proper strength, the oil
Is freely dissolved, and the solution is
clear and beautiful, cleanly and safe.
One of Sir Erasmus Wilson's famous
tonics was the following: Tincture of
Jl ounce; bay rum, 6 ounces; olive oil, 1
&Mice. It is said that one ounce of
rock sulphur broken into small pieces
{fliot powdered) added to this lotion will
regard the coining of gray hair. Then,
.too," the following quinine tonic is
highly efficacious: Sulphate of quinine,
half an ounce; bay rum, 16 ounces; oil
of rosemary, half an ounce, and tinc
ture of cantliarides, 2 ounces. Dis
solve these in enough spirits of wine to
make the mixture smooth.
How to Frlca«Hee Chicken.
Put the chicken after It Is cut in a
saucepan. Clean the giblets and add
them. Slice a medium sized onion and
add it to the chicken; then put In two
cloves. Pour boiling water enough over
the chicken to just cover up to the lev
el. Cover the saucepan; stand it over a
brisk lire. When it has boiled 15 min
utes, season the chicken well with salt
and pepper; cover it again and set it
back on the stove, when it will simmer
slowly till very tender. Then add a
pint of cream, and when it begins to
bubble again thicken it by stirring in a
heaping teaspoonful of flour, thorough
ly dissolved in cream. If the chicken
Is not fat, add a tablespoonful of but
ter. Don't use salt pork. It hardens
the chicken and detracts from its flavor.
How to llralae Liver.
Skewer in shape and lard upper Bide
of calf's liver. Put it in a pan with
pork trimmings. Putin the pan one
third cupful each of carrot, onion and
celery cut in dice, three peppercorns,
•three cloves, one bay leaf and two j
cupfuls of water. Cover the pan close
ly and bake slowly two hours. Uncov
er the pan the last half hour. Remove
the liver to a hot platter. Make a
brown gravy by adding flour rubbed In
a little cold water to the pan, season
with salt and pepper and strain the
gravy around the meat.
How to Pan Potatoes.
Cut raw potatoes in thin slices, put
them In a baking pan, sprinkling each
layer with salt. When the dish is
nearly full, pour sufficient milk to cov
er the potatoes, and bake them in a
slow oven about two hours. Stir them
occasionally, taking care not to break
the slices, and If the milk Is reduced
more than one-half add a little more,
as there should be a good deal of mois
turp when the process is finished. This
mode of cooking gives a peculiarly de
licious flavor even to inferior potatoes.
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How to Remove Mildew.
Mildewed linen may be restored by
soaping the spots while they are still
'.wet, covering them with fine powdered
*chalk, which should be well rubbed in.
'Obstinate spots of mildew will yield to
the following treatment: Pour a quart
of boiling water over two ounces of
chloride of lime, strain this through
cloth, then add three quarts of cold
water. Let the mildewed article stand
In this for an entire day. Then rluso
thoroughly.
lion to Make Strawberry Croustade.
I r A croustade of fresh strawberries
makes a delicious early spring dessert
Bake a sponge cake in a thick sheet
and cut it Into squares of about
inches or Into rounds. Then cut small
er squares or rounds from these, leav
ing an opening of generous size In the
middle of each. Fill this with straw
berries, sprinkle with powdered sugar
and serve with a coll of whipped cream
on the top of each.
How to Preserve Cherries.
Stone and stem tart cherries, saving
all the juice. To every pound of fruit
allow a pound of sugar. Put the sugar
and juice in the presetting kettle over
tho fire and when the sugar is entirely
dissolved add the cherries. Cook until
the sirup Is very thick, then put into
glass ja.rs and seaL
How to Make Rose Leaves Saehat.
Crumble dried rose leaveß to tiny bits
by rubbing them between the hands.
Stir In equal parts of powder of orris
root, heliotrope and rose. Mix well and
use.
The Potato Crop.
Potatoes that are fully ripe will nev
er gain In quality by being left In the
ground a month or two, but will sure
ly lose In quality and dryness. If
grown on moist soil or wet with fre
quent showers, dig early potatoes and
store them in the cellar, as that Is the
lest place for them. If the weather Is
hot, pick up as fast as dug. Do not let
them get hot, or they will surely rot if
piled together in any great quantity.
Curl on Peach Trees.
For leaf curl of the peach, bordeaux
mixture In proportion of five pounds of
topper suixihate, five pounds of lime
and 45 gallons of water gives the best
results. The first application should be
made before the buds open In spring.*
A remedy for Nassal Catarrh which
is drying and exciting to the diseased
membrane should not be usf d. What
is needed is that which is cleansiug,
soothing, protecting and healing. Such
a remedy is Ely's Cream Balm. Price
5(1 cents at druggists or it will lie mailed
by Ely Brother's, sti Warren Street,
New York. The Balm when placed into
the nostrills. spreads over the niembrans
and is absorbed. A cold in the head i
vanishes quickly.
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fil
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, achesandrhea
ma': f'-om ex
blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ning in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits 112 '-V 7 *".
by all druggists in fifty
cent and one-dollar siz
es. You may have a
sample bottle by mail Home or swamp Root,
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer
fit Co., Binghamton, N. Y.'
Aid For 4uil>ltloii» Girls.
ibe educational committee of the
Association of Collegiate Alunimv,
Philadelphia branch, lias collected data
designed to l»e of service to Philadel
phia girls who wish togo to college.
Information will be furnished inquir
ers regarding college preparatory
schools for girls, situated in Philadel
phia and suburbs, and concerning the
principal colleges and universities of
the United States admitting women.
The committee especially desires to
give helpful and personal suggestions
to those trying to prepare themselves
for college.
An Illustration.
Phil Ossifer —All great men started
from humble beginnings.
Cy Nick—Yes. There's Johnson, fur
Instance. He began by sweeping out our
oflice 15 years ago, and he has just been
appointed janitor of the whole building.—
Ohio State Journal.
Pathetic Case.
"Dabney staid away from Miss Jipp's
wedding from grief, didn't he? You
know she jilted him."
"He let the impression get out that it
was grief, but he told rue it was be
cause he couldn't borrow a dress suit."—
Chicago Record.
Not Fatal.
Willie—l think I could die listening
to Miss Trlller sing.
Cy Nick—Oh, you may feel like dy
ing, but you'll pull through. I've been
through It often.-Ohio State Journal.
How's This ?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that can not l»e cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY & CO..
We the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 1.1 years, and lielleve him
perfectly honorable In all business transac
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TKUAX. Wholesale I>ruggists.ToU*do,
O. WALDINU. KINNAN & MAKVIN, Wholesale
I truKglsts. Toledo. Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. I'rice "jr. per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
I n I form For Women.
A Belgian artist, M. Van de Vel.le,
has been lecturing In Vienna on the
subject of women's dress. The lecturer,
as reported, reminds one of nothing so
much as the tilting of Don Quixote at
a windmill. M. Van de Velde seeming
ly would have been much better em
ployed with the palette and canvas ex
cept perhaps In so far as he gave harm
less pleasure to his audience. The
whole drift of the lecturer's remarks
was in favor of uniformity. This comes
surely with an odd sort of grace from
the lips of one who is professedly a stu
den: of nature. One can well Imagine
the ironical smiles on the faces of M.
Van de Yelde's hearers when he told
them that at a public dinner or festival
the men with their symmetrical cloth
ing "showed more beauty" than did the
ladies. The Belgian dress reformer
will be satisfied with nothing short of a
uniform toilet for women.—Philadel
phia Ledger.
Johnny Suspects III M Pa.
"Pa," said Johnny, looking tip from
his book, "what Is the meaning of 'me
tempsychosis?' "
A look of confusion suddenly over
spread pa's countenance, but It was
only for a moment.
"'Metempsychosis,' Johnny, means-
It means—but if I should tell you you
would very soon forget the meaning.
Look in the dictionary for It yourself,
and then you will be more likely to re
member. Information that comes with
out effort seldom lingers in the mem
ory."
Half an hour or so later Johnny
sought the dictionary in the library.
When he got there be found ( pa with
the dictionary open at "Met." Doubt
less it was merely a coincidence, but
Johnny could not help thinking that his
pa was something of a fraud.— Boston
Transcript.
Buth.
The youthfuluess and vivacity of the
famous French actress, Sarah Bern
hardt, have been the wonder and admi
ration of the public for many years.
There Is probably no woman before the
American public today who takes
greater care of herself than Mme. Bern
hardt. Writing in The ledger Month
ly, Stella Stuart says that a sponge
bath which affords exquisite refresh
ment to tired muscles and Jaded spirits
and is an excellent preparation fur the
evening toilet is used regularly by the
talented French actress and is said tc
be a potent auxiliary In preserving bet
apparently perennial charm. It con
sists of:
AJcohol % pint
Spirits of camphor 2 ounces
Spirits of ammonia 2 ouncei
Sea salt 2 ounce!
Boiling water tu make one (jiiart
Agitate thoroughly. Bub into the
skin with the bare hands. It Is excel
lent to bathe the neck and shoulders be
fore donning evening dress.
Chnnued For the lletter.
Pater Grumps—You seem t<> lie very
saucy, Arthur. When I was a little boy
like you, 1 was thankful to get enough
dry bread to eat.
Arthur—What ripping times you must
think you're having, living with mother
and me now, pop!— Stray Stories.
Very Strange.
Brooks —Ilarduppe says he took a
Stranger for you yesterday.
Bivers—That's funny. Now today he
took me for a stranger.
"How's that?"
"He wanted to borrow $lO from uie."-»
Sioart Set.
\iU The diamonds we have for sale are pure, perfect, brilliant 'V
blazes of white. So much for the goods. The prices exactly /f\
represent their worth Nothing more, nothing less. Every dol- j|i
\|/ lar yiiii pay us for iliuiuoii'ls i> represented by so much value.
kki Buying diamonds is like putting money in the bank. It is sate
and secure, besides giving continual pleasure to the wearer by j**
\s/ its quivering rainbow}* flashes ol beauty.
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CHILDREN'S COLUSL.
A l)OK Thnt Churns.
The uses to which the dog are pnt arc
many and are constantly increasing in
number as his fitness for different kinds
of work is appreciated. In Holland al
most all the vegetable and fish carts of
the market are drawn by dogs. The
same animals carry the light cargoes of
the north, and in the Alps they accom
pany searching parties and are kept in
tlie monasteries for the purpose of locat
ing travelers who have lost their way and
would otherwise perish. In our own land
scarcely a week passes without the pay-
Blent of a tribute of some sort to a crea-
HK LIKES IT.
tnre of the canine breed for his acts of
heroism or other performances which in
dicate that he has a natural insight into
the affairs of men.
A comparatively new use to which the
farm dog is being putin northeastern
Ohio nml western Pennsylvania is shown
by the accompanying illustration, which
demonstrates how a dog runs the churn.
The animal shown has churned the en
tire product of a large dairy for the last
two years. It will be seen that the prin
ciple upon which the churn works is a
simple application of the old treadmill,
and dogs are easily taught their part of
the work. The common shepherd dog is
said to be the easiest to teach, and,
having once been in the treadmill, lie
barks aud capers around when prepara
tions are being made for his new occupa
tion, thus showing by his actions that he
finds as much delight in the work as do
Lis masters in having him perform it.
In this case the cross section near the top
is a lever and connects with the handle
of an old fashioned churn to the right not
shown in the picture.—Chicago liecord.
Why Do Hird* Migrate*
No one has given a really satisfactory
reason for the migration of birds. Some
say it is a matter of instinct; others that
It is a matter of example—the younger
learning from the older; still others, tlrnt
it is largely a matter of search for food.
The last named reason will hardly hold,
in view of the fact that often birds dis
appear when food conditions are seem
ingly perfect. Notwithstanding natural
ists have studied and written much on
the subject, the real reason remains a
mystery. Some extraordinary stories are
told of migratory birds. It Is said that
the Virginia plover flies to the height of
two miles and at a speed of 225 miles an
Lour. It Is reported that a blackcap
warbler arrived at a certain bush in the
north in three successive years at half
past 3 o'clock of the afternoon of the
name day.—American Boy.
A Tloy's Joke.
Tlie little son of an officer prominent in
the navy circle of Washington has made
frequent visits to the neighborhood of
Sandy Hook in summer. The other day,
overhearing his parents discuss sundry
naval matters, he pricked up his ears at
one remark of his father and asked to
have it repeated.
"I was just telling your mother," said
the officer, "how we organized the mos
quito fleet during the war with Spain."
"The mosquito fleet!" echoed tho boy.
"Oh, yes; I suppose that must have the
New Jersey for its flagship?"
Miss llrown's rholngraph.
Little Mtsa Brown
Came up to our town
To sit for lier photograph,
fler bunny she brought
(How funny, she thought.
The photograph man should laugli)!
"Flease 'take' my muff—
I love Its white fluff—
Aud bunny, my precious pet.
I'll smirk or I'll pose,
I'll work or I'll doze,
If only you won't forget."
''Now. do not frown
Noi drop your eyes down, i
But gmile at the lady there;
Now clasp bunny tight,
1 Your muff Hi just right;
Tlie camera's caught you fair!' l
—Good llousc kcoptaf.
Drive Hull.
Drive ball is a game played only by th»
older children. A court is mapped out
aud a big, soft ball is placed b«tween the
captains of the two lined up teams of five
players each. Tho ball is driven back
and forth between th« teams, but can
only be hit by the fist. A goal counts
two.
SUMMER FURNITURE.
Hint* For the Woman Who IN Open
ifiK Her Country llouue.
Dame Fashion not only says what
we shall wear and how we shall wear
it, but she wishes to dictate what kind
of furniture we shall have in our city
find country homes. What will do for
one will not do for tlie other. In the
first place, country houses—not the
millionaires' palaces, but Just the
houses of the ordinary well to do peo
ple must be papered with burlap,
chintz or cretonne. Burlap makes a
rich covering, and the designs are so
artistic that no one can be blamed for
liking it. Soft greens iu old style de
signs and reds in several shades are
among the handsomest. These are for
the hall and dining rooms, but the par
lors must have chintz in some old colo
nial pattern. The bedrooms tire hung
with chintz or cretonne in light and
cheerful colors. The ceilings are deco
rated with a little stenciled pattern in
the corners, matching as closely as pos
sible with the chintz. A strip of gilt
molding around tlie walls for pictures
gives them brightness,and insomecases
there are panels made with strips of
the gilt molding. This makes it almost
obligatory that the bed coverings, cush
ions and also the drapery of chimney
and bureau all should be in some color
to match. Where there are several
rooms each is made to have a special
scheme of color, and the room is then
known as the red, blue, pink or yellow
one, as the case may be. All ribbons
match, and much lace is used to edge
all the different pieces, like counter
panes, pillowcases, etc.
For the dining room of the country
house oak cane seat chairs are better
liked than any, and, iu fact, all the din
ing room furniture is of the same kind.
It is cool and looks so. The parlor sets
have the usual number of chairs, but
this season they are upholstered in
grass cloth and are finished in green
and soft woody browns. There are
tete-a-tete sets, two rockers, two side
chairs, a couch and a pretty table, all
made In the same way and upholstered
in the cool and pleasing grass cloth.
Matting is laid on the floor when any
carpet at all is used.
But, after all, it Is on the porch that
tlie greatest care and style are found.
Nearly all porches now are closed iu
by wire netting so fine that no mosqui
to can wriggle through it, and the
vines are trained up outside of this.
Tlio finreltos uro wldo ami roomy, mid
here is what fashion says must be put
on thein for the daily use of the family
and visitors:
First, a porch set, consisting of table,
two big rockers, one side and one arm
chair and tete-a-tete. Hammocks are
hung wherever there is room. Swing
ing couches and steamer chairs are
also useful, as they can be folded like
the Arab's tents. All these are uphol
stered in grass cloth antf are made of
weathered birch and finished In Flem
ish style. The woven wire swing
couches, covered as they are with the
cool grass cloth, are ideally perfect.
They sustain and rest one all over.
There are bamboo tea tables, bamboo
hanging racks and no end of other easy
chairs, all made with a view to com
fort and coolness. Besides all these
things calculated to till the summer
days with coolness and pleasure, there
are numerous devices for keeping the
masculine element In the fold, chiefest
TRAVELING CLOAK,
among them being tables holding all
sort 9 of things for the benefit of the
smokers.
As everybody Is on the wing now or
•oon to be 1 will end this letter by tell
ing of a most excellent and sensible
traveling cloak. This can be made of
black taffeta silk, of popllnette or of
serviceable mohair. No lining is neces
sary. The one in the Illustration Is of
black taffeta and has a trimming made
of ribbed mohair braid, with a couple
of fancy steel aud Jet buttons at the
bust. In the back the garment bang 9
loosely and has two rows of the braid
down the center. This braid Is the
lightest made and the only kind suit
able for taffeta. It is also suitable for
mohair, which resembles silk so close
ly. The sleeves are loose, as they
bhould be for a dust and traveliug
cloak. They are lined with plaid silk.
HENRI LITE ROUSSEAU.
NOVELTY IN ENGINES.
The Diesel Requires No Stoker and
Giullsi Ko Smell or Smoke.
The Diesel engine is a new thing,
rich with promise. It bus no boiler
and 110 furnace; it requires no stoker;
it emits no smell or smoke. I have
seen a 22 horsepower specimen at work
wear Manchester, writes a correspond
ent of the London News, and the prin
ciple is equally applicable to an engine
of 2,200 horsepower. Its fuel is vari
ous. The Manchester specimen feeds
on air and oil—ordinary air and oil of
the coarsest and cheapest. Oases —in-
cluding, it is believed, one that is at
present a waste product—and coal dust,
also in conjunction with air, are alter
native articles of diet. In any case, the
Diesel requires only half as much food
as other engines.
And now to give some clew to the
why and wherefore. The returning pis
ton in the latter stage of the stroke
compresses air until It is sufficiently
hot to Ignite oil that is gradually in
jected, and the resulting expansion pro
pels the piston again. The inodorous
and invisible product of combustion is
expelled from the cylinder by a current
of air having play during the earlier
stage of the piston's return. An initial
thrust of the piston is secured by the
introduction of compressed air from a
special reservoir.
It only remains to explain how It is
that the new engine gives forth nei
ther smoke nor smell. Complete com
bustion of fuel Is the Ideal that Mr.
Diesel has aimed at and apparently
achieved. The smell that comes from
oil motors and the smoke that arises
from chimneys (it has been explained
to me) both represent fuel which, ow
ing to a deficiency of available oxygen,
has escaped combustion and employ
ment. In the new engine air and oil (or
other fuel) are balanced, or, rather, the
former \s introduced in excess of the
quantity necessary for the consumption
of the latter.
Women Join clubs because they enjoy
sociability, which is placed upon an in
tellectual basis. The pleasure to be de
rived from the exclusively fashionable
gatherings is militated against by the
fact that the circle is comparatively
small and is composed of persons who
have similar traditions and standards.
There is apt after a time to be a sense of
monotony; there is also apt to be rivalry,
and above all, a woman must be young
end beautiful or rich and influential iu
order to extract the true essence of the
pleasure of fashionable society. Club so
ciety is much more democratic and is
composed of a greater variety of ele
ments. Its reason for being is intellec
tual. Such rivalry as exists has nothing
to do with material things. The elderly
and plain woman, poor in purse and un
known outside of her club, may win her
double firsts there and find a life that
otherwise would have been lonely and
unexpressed tilled and warmed by what
she receives and what she is able to
five.—Mrs. Ella W. Peattie in Chicago
Times-Herald.
Pre»«y Tops Easily Made.
The simplest of house tops to be
■pun on top of a table or some other
6mooth surface is made by putting a
sharpened stick through the center of
a piece of pasteboard cut into a per
fect circle. Care must lie taken that
the wood is longer above the disk than
below, so that it will keep its balance.
If the disk is decorated In water colors,
It will be prettier as it spins,
a game of tops may be played by mak
ing these tops for a number of children
and letting them try who can make
bis spin longest.
Sow They Get I'p Early.
The empress of Itussia leads a sim
ple life when at St. Petersburg, rising
generally before 7 o'clock iu the morn
ing. In this matter she greatly shocked
the ladles of the Russian court when
she first took up her abode among
them. They were In the habit of mak
ing their appearance about 12. Now all
the ladies of the court and most of the
Russian aristocracy breakfast early
owing to the example of their empress.
A Woman Sanitary Inspector.
Miss Finola Sullivan, daughter of the
late president of the Queen's college.
Cork, Ireland, has been appointed a
sanitary inspector in the Pembroke
township in County Dublin. She had
passed the Dublin and London sanitary
examinations, took the National Health
society's special courses of nursing In
the Chelsea infirmary and Is higliiy fit
ted for her post.
Advanced Methods.
"The old fashioned maple sugar camps
ore all gone."
'"Yes. It takes a glucose factory to
make our old fashioned maple sugar now
adays."—Chicago Record.
A MBK lclau.
"They say my cousin is a wonderful
doctor."
"You bet be is! I swallowed a nickel
the other day, and he made me cough up
s2."— Topt;ka Capital.
AH That's Lett Them.
While autos, bikes and equestrians
On park roads take their flights
The only rights of pedestrians
Seem to be funeral rites.
—Smart Ist.
Acetylene fsr Lighthouses.
Consul General Guenther of Frank
fort reports that at the lighthouse of
Altenbruch acetylene gas has been ex
perimented with, as the strongest pe
troleum light proved too weak for this
station. It Is stated In German papers
that the results were entirely satisfac
tory, and it is expected that acetylene
gas will now be used extensively for
lighthouses.
Girls In Business Life.
Because a girl takes a position of serv
ice in a store is no reason why she should
proclaim a personal declaration of inde
pendence to every customer by her de
portment toward her. She simply cannot
afford to do it, and the sooner she realizes
it the better it will be for herself. Let me
whisper a secret to yotfr girls who expect
to take some similar position hy and hy.
It is this: You will find that courtesy,
pelf respect and an interest iu the busi
ness in which you are engaged are the
conditions of ultimate success, and no girl
ueed fear failure if *lie has added to
To put the brake on the wagon going
down the hill is a help to the horse,
when the wagon is heavily loaded. Hut
what driver would think of applying
the break to a loaded wagon going up
hillV If he did the sensible horses
would probably balk. Many a man is
iu the condition of pulling a load up hill
with the break set against him. When
his stomach is out of order, and the
allied organs of digestion and nutrition
impaired in their functions, a friction
is set up which has to be overcome in
addition to the performanceof daily
duties. A foul stomach makes a foggy
brain, and the man with a disordered
stomach has often to grope his way
through thh day 's business like a fog.
He forgets appointments. Problems
seem presented to his mind "wrong end
to." This condition is entirely remedied
by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery. It puts in the stomack
and digestive, and nutritive systen into
a condition of perfect health, and gives
a clear brain, a steadv hand and a light
step for the day's duties. When consti
pation clogs the channels of the body.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets will work
an effectual cure of that disastrous dis
easp.
i'UIl IIXIK
"Bill, lie's got us now for certain. Wot
shall we do!""
"Why, Jim, I've 'card as 'ow bulldog*
once they «its their teeth into anyflnk
never lets go. Ere, boy, size it!"
"Wot O, Bill! That was soiuethin
worth knowin. It only cost a coat too."
—Comic Cuts.
No Higher.
"Let me see, how tall is your building} 1 "
"Seventeen stories."
"Well, we can only insure it up to th«
limit."
"What's the limit?"
"The eighth story."—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
flaying Molatan.
She was newly arrived from the old
country, and she went to the store for
sirup.
"Give tne a pound of treacle," she
said to the grocer.
"Treacle!" repeated the grocer. "You
mean molasses."
"Possibly."
"We don't sell It by the pound, but by
the measure."
"Oh, then give me a yard!"—Pitta
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Romance a la Mode.
"I shall be at the opera tonight," he
wrote. "I can bear the suspense no
longer. If you love me, wear a red
rose. If I may no longer hope, then let
It be a white rose."
That night she wore a yellow rose.—
Smart Set
He Milt Be a Hypnotist.
"I wish I had that $5 Skitts owes
me."
"Why don't you ask him for it?"
"I'm afraid togo near him for fear
he'll borrow more money of me."—Chi
cago Record.
Reduced Rates to Meeting of Baptis
Young People's Union of America, Chi
cago. via Pennsylvania Railroad,
On account of the International Con"
vention of the Baptist Young People's
Union of America, to be held in Chica
go, July 25 to 28, the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company will sell excursions tick
ets from all stations on its lines to
Chicago at rate of a single fare for the
round trip. Tbese tickets will be sold
and good going on July 28, 24. and 25,
and will be good to return until July
80, inclusive. Tickets remaining on
deposit after July 80 will be good re
turning, leave Chicago until and in
cluding August 24, on payment of fee
of 50 cents to Joint Agent.
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How to Cream Paranlpa.
Boil tender and slice lengthwise. Put
over the fire a "spider" with two ta
blespoonfuls of butter, add pepper and
6alt and a little minced parsley. Shake
until the mixture boils. Dish the pars
nips, add to the sauce three table
epoonfuls of cream in which has been
stirred an even tablespoon of flour.
801 l up once and pour over the pars
nips.
TrHnmiilxhloii of Typhoid.
Professor William Royal Stokes, city
bacteriologist and professor of patholo
gy, University of Maryland, has recent
ly completed many experiments which,
it is declared, prove that neither dogs
nor cats, horses nor cows, pigs nor mice
nor any domestic animals can transmit
typhoid fever to a man.
PRIVATE SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE!
The following described farm is here
by offered for private sale, to wit: All
that messuage, tenement and tract of
land situate in the Township of Valley,
in the County of Montour,Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows, viz:
On the East by lands of Franklin Diehl.
on the South by lands of William Curry,
on the West by lands of John Conway
and on the North by lands of C Jenkins
and others, containing one hundred and
twenty-five acres, sixty-five acres of
which is cleared land and the remain
ing sixty acres being wood land, and
whereupon are erected a two-story
frame dwelling house, a large bank
barn, and other out buildings. There
are also situate on the premises a well
of good water, and fruit trees of all
kinds.
For further information inquire of
John Hendricks at the premises, or of J.
P. Rare, Esq , No. 405 Ferry street, Dan
ville, Pa.
J. P. Bare, Esq., Gen Agt.,
for Sarah Casselberry.
SHERIFFS SALE
OP VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE!
By virtne 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
public 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
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 on 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. BRECKBILL.
H. M. Hinckley, Att'y., Sheriff
Danville, Pa.. June 27, 1901.
ANNUAL REPORT.
J. H. Shultz, Treasurer, in account
with the Valley Township School
Board for the year ending June
80th. 1901.
r>K.
To State appropriation 112 965 28
To Bal. from last year 458 41
Received from collectors 826 40
From otter sources 2? 97
Total i 2279 06
«'R.
Teachers wattes $1470 UU
Amount paid teachers at Institute.. 52 50
Text books 18 04
Supplies 54 97
Fuel, etc Vi
Fees of collector and treasurer H8 4-1
Secretary's salary and postage 26 00
Other expenses 1% 01
Total SIHW 77
Balance in hands of treasurer $ 279 29
N. E. SIDLER. Secretary.
NOTICE.
ESTATE OF .JACOB MOSER, I)EC D.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
Jacob Moser. late of Li!>erty 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
I'ETER B. MOSER. - Kv<l „. ltn _„
JACOB B. MOSER. i t " xetutor>> '
June 27,1901.
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT OF MON
TOUR COCNTY.
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 liy the
aforesaid Court to distribute the balance in
the hands of the said accountant to and
among the partias legally entitled thereto,
will attend to tin- duties of liis appointment,
at his law office. No. 106 Mill street, in the
Borough of Danville. Pa., on Tuesday, July
ltith, 1901, 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, 1901.
NOTICE.
IN THE ORPHANS' COURT OF MON
TOUR COUNTY.
In the matter of the lirst and final account
of Stinson L. llrobst and William .M. llartzell
Administrators of the estate of Susannah
Hart/ell. 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 pari les 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, l'enna.. on Monday the
| liftcenth day of July A. D.. 1901, at 10 o'clock
I in the forenoon of said day, when and where
i fallpi i-Sons having claims against the said
sund are required to present and prove the
sam.» or la 1 debarred from coming in upon the
aid fund.
WM, 1.. SIDLER, Auditor
AUMISISTKATOH'S NOTICE.
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
ilchtcd to the said Estate, an- required t<
make payment, and those having claims or
demands against the said estate, will make
known the same without delay to
Levi Moser,
Administrator,
Ralph Kisnfr,
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 upon t he aliove estate have been
granted to tlie undersigned. All persons In
drilled to the said estate are required to make
|v vnient, and those having claims or de
Diands ugainst the said estate will make
known the same without delay to
Naomi V. Hartman
Administratrix of Wellington
Hartman, Deceased,
l'.o. Address, Urovanla, Penna
tuwAKU Havkb ukarhakt, Couusei.