MONTOUK AMKHKSAN
FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor.
Danville. Pa.. August I 190 1
CO >1 >ll Mt ATIOXS.
All communications sent to the AMI:KI
CAN for publication must be signed b\
the writer, and •oiniuunications not so
signed will be rejected.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I hereby announce my name as a
candidate for r> nomination for the office
of Prothonotarv and Clerk of the Courts
of Montour County, subject to the ac
tion of the Republican Convention.
J. C. Mili.KK.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
To the Republican electors of Penn
sylvania lam directed by the Republi
can State Committee to announce that
the Republicans of Pennsylvania, by
their duly chosen repsentatives. will
meet in convention at the < >pera House,
in the city of Harrislmrg, on Wednes
day, August 21, at lo.no ;i. in., for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
the following offices ! —_i
One person for the office of Justice of
the Supreme Court.
One person for the office of State Treas
urer.
In occordauee 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 1900, and an
additional delegate for each fraction of
two thousand votes polled iu excess of
one thousand.
By order of the Republican State Com
mittee.
FRANK HERDER. Chairman.
W. R. ANDREWS. C. 12. YOOEHKKS,
Secretaries.
RL HOPFCS FULFILLED.
Aft> r tbe rain, then the sunshine againi
* After tho night the dawn.
And a sweet release and abiding peace
After the pain has gone.
But over and over this lesson stern
The fickle an-1 careless old world must learn:
t'nder the beauty and bloom of the rose,
In hiding:, the sharp, cruel thorns repose.
He only knows of the sweetness that flows
• Prom nature's purest fills
Who, weary, mounts to the life giving founti
Far up among the hills.
Put over and over this lesson stern
The fickle and careless old world must learn:
t'nder the beauty and bloom of the rose.
In hiding, the sharp, cruel thorns repose.
Aft. r the fear and the sad, bitter tear,
Cometh the hope fulfilled;
After the climl». then the prospect sublima.
As the Good Father willed.
Dut over and over this lesson stern
The fickle and careless old world must learn:
v t'nder the beauty and bloom of the rose.
In hiding, the sharp, cruel thorns repose.
—Los Angeles Herald.
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I LIGHTFINGERS. |
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O Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewis. Q
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l '- The start of the whole matter was
the lodging of a complaint at Scotland
•Yard by a well known jeweler doing
business on the Strand. lie had miss
ed two diamond rings from a tray he
had been exhibiting to several lady cus
tomers. but unfortunately for him the
gems had been gone an hour perhaps
before he knew that deft lingers had
purloined them under his very eyes,
lie could recall tln- names of four or
five ladies, and he beaded the list with
tbe name of a marquis" wife, bnt the
Inspector on duty might well smile and
turn away at that. Had the jeweler
in it been in such a perturbed state of
mind he would never have included
that name. Indeed, lief ore he left the
place he apologized, partly to himself,
for having given any names at all, as
It was utterly absurd to suspect any of
BY A TREMrNDOrs EFFOKT SHK PULLED
HERSELF TOO ETHER.
the owners of having taken the rings.
He seemed to feel it a duty to report
his loss, however, and after being
quietly advised to have an eye on his
employees and unknown customers he
was dismissed with the promise that
tbe matter would be looked Into. As a
matter of fact, no assignment was
made on the case. Some flash chap
had "lifted" the Jewels without even
his call being remembered, and it was
no use to hunt for a needle in a hay
stack.
It wasn't three days before another
case was reported by another Strand
jeweler. This time it was a diamond
sunburst, and he was positive that he
had shown it to only three ladies before
he missed it. lie was reluctant to give
the names, but when pressed to do so
that of the marquis' wife again headed
the list. The others were almost as far
above suspicion, and the Inspector look
ed at the complainant iu a way to make
him feel like a culprit. This time I
was put on the case, but I shall be hon
est enough to say that it was a mere
matter of form. It was more than any
official's head was worth even to hint
that one of the three ladies mentioned
might have carried the ornament away
lu a moment of absentmindedness.
It was about five days after this that
the third case was reported. This time
a Jeweler had lost a pair of valuable
diamond earrings, and he had to be
hard pressed by the Inspector before
he would admit that the loss was de
tected almost immediately after the
marquis' wife bad left the store. She
liad greatly admired the ornaments and
had partly decided to purchase them at
a later date. Not for one instant, not
.... ...o intr. um me jeweler suspect the
lady of title of even taking the jewel
away in a lit of abstraction, but some
how lie felt it his duty to report the
case. Tiie inspector didn't Muff this
third tradesman quite ns heavily as he
had the first and second, and lie looked
grave ami thoughtful when 1 was giv
en the case and tie related particulars.
I was told togo my own way about it,
but if I made a blunder Scotland Yard
would see me no more as a detective.
That wasn't at all encouraging, you
see, but I had togo ahead and make a
start. Much to my surprise, after
thinking the matter over I came to the
conclusion that the marquis' wife
might possibly be guilty of shoplifting.
The idea almost took my breath away
at the first go off. but when I came to
recall the many rumors about the mar
quis being .1 gambler, hard up, a man
•if miserisli habits at home, and so
forth, there looked to be something in
it from a detective's standpoint.
The lady was well known to me by
sight. She was past 45, much faded,
and her face always carried a fretful,
worried look. I simply waited until
she appeared on the street in her car
riage, as if iioimd on a shopping tour,
and then followed her. It was a week
after the third case was reported that
she came out. and she went directly to
a Bond street jeweler's. 1 followed
her into the store, where she was
known and received with great servil
ity. and when a tray of jewelry was
placed before her I felt sure that the
next half hour would clear her of all
suspicion or complicate the case still
further. Iler manner was that of lofty
condescension. She slowly and lan
guidly inspected the jewels, and now
and then the proprietor of the store,
who was waiting upon her in person,
had his attention attracted for the mo
ment elsewhere. My lady finally de
cided to call again and was bowed out,
and she was hardly clear of the door
when I revealed my identity to the
jeweler and asked him to be sure that
there was nothing missing from tfco
tray. He was at first inclined to ad
minister a snub, but when he found
the finest ring of the lot conspicuously
absent lie almost fell over in a faint.
There was no room to doubt that the
lady had "lifted" it, but that only made
the case worse in a way. For a trades
man and a detective to charge a lady
of quality with shoplifting was as bad
as treason against the crown. A mere
word would tiring financial ruin upon
the jeweler, and he was ready to stand
the loss ten times over rather than
speak it.
Twice more within the next fort
night I followed the lady into jewelry
establishments and morally convicted
her of shoplifting. This made six cases
in all, and, no matter how the victims
felt, we of the Yard were quite deter
mined that something ought to lie done.
I had been on the staff for ten years,
and my work had given good satisfac
tion, but I was selected as a sacrifice.
I mean by that that I was ordered to
secure an interview with the lady, in
form her of my discoveries and take
the consequences. I must take all the
burden on myself and clear the Yard.
There could be but one ending, and
before making my call my resignation
was written out, and I had arranged
togo with a private agency. One
morning I appeared at the residence of
the marquis and boldly asked for my
lady on important business. I was
kept waiting until she was satisfied
that I was neither a process server nor
a creditor and was then admitted to
the presence of a very slipshod looking
woman who showed ine scant courtesy
when she said:
"Well, sir, you are here, and now
what is it?"
"It's about the jewelry, my lady," I
replied.
"What do you mean?"
"The finger rings from Black's, the
sunburst from Brown's, the earrings
from Green's. You carried tliem away
and forgot to return them."
My lady's face went white as snow,
and she gasped for breath, and I ex
pected to see her faint away. By a
tremendous effort she pulled herself to
gether, and as the color came back to
her cheeks she hissed at me:
"You dog, you! The marquis shall
see that you get your just deserts!
Leave the liousq at once!"
I left, anil within an hour the mar
quis was at tlie Yard to say that he
would uproot the whole system if I
was not promptly bounced and an apol
ogy rendered. The Yard apologized, I
was bounced, anil my lady had a story
for her friends about attempted black
mail. There were no more thefts, how
ever, and as a private detective I even
recovered some of the stuff from tho
shops where ray lady's maid had pledg
ed tliem to raise casli for her mistress.
"Sweating" Bee*.
The process known as "sweating" is
not confined to human beings. It is
applied to bees by some up to date
keepers.
The natural tendency of the bee to
work and its great dislike to idleness
art.- made use of to the fullest extent.
Honey Is a product that yields a good
profit, so the beekeeper brings tho
flow rs as near as may be to the hive
and induces his insect gatherers to
work hard to collect the honey from
them.
An expert beekeeper gives the fol
lowing idea of what they will do. Sev
enty-five acres of land planted with
white clover or sanfoin will keep 100
hives busy during the three summer
months. The yield of honey for each
fine day is ten pounds per acre, and as
the plant flowers twice and remains in
bloom for a week very often the total
yield is 10,000 pounds.
Combmaklug is lighter and less dan
gerous work than gathering honey, so
the young bees usually perform tills
task But the keeper wants them all
to work and work hard, so he provides
the base of the comb In natural size
and pure wax. That leaves less work
t<» be done at home, and the bees go
out immediately there Is nothing more
for them to do inside. The keeper also
tal.- s care to constantly empty the
<"'it l i i:j, so that the bees shall always
I- laboring to till it. —London Stand
llow to Mil ke (iicn 111 l»«p SoJad.
Pare tlie cucumbers and put them
in! ■ ice water. Whip stiff one and a
half eupfjils of cream and fold into it
112 ur tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, the
same quantity of horse radish, a tea
sp 1 Hl l'ul of salt and two or three dash
ex ut" paprika. Stand this dressing on
the ice. Just before serving dry the cu
cumbers In u napkin. Cut them iu
thin slices, dress with oil, vinegar, salt
and pepper and arrange on H bed of let
tuce. Cover with the whipped cream
and send any that may remain to the
table iu a bowl.
It has been fully demonstrated that
Ely s Cream Balm is a specific for
Nasal Catarrh and cold in the head.
This distinction has been achieved only
as tiie result of continued successful use.
A morbid condition of the membrane in
tit • nasal passages can be cured by this
purifying and healing treatment. Sold
by druggists or it will lie mailed for f>(J
cents by Ely Brothers, s<t Warren Street,
New York. It spreads over the mem
brane, is absorbed and relief is immedi
ate.
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
and cheerfulness soon
»'!i L ~ disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
-uUIMa Z3|? —~ or diseased.
Kidney trout!" has
become so prevai
'jl that it is r-* ■ -
'/i ' or a c: ' ' rn
/ Y \aV\ a '^' c,e d v-'th v,
'J y % neys. If the child urin
' w ates too often, if the
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
bed-wetting, depend upon it.the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
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 both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty- iF-jlTr
cent and one dollar
sue ;. You may have a gffafffflj'l wHjjjpßiffi
sample bottle by mail
free, also pamphlet tell- Home of
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.
How to Make F.»ti£ Sonp.
Stir a teaspoonful of beef extract into
one quart of boiiing water; add a grat
ed onion, an eighth of a teaspoonful of
celery seed or a little celery chopped,
half a teaspoonful of salt and a salt
spoonful of pepper; stir constantly un
til It reaches the boiling point; strain
through a line sieve and pour it while
hot iuto the well beaten yolks of two
eggs. Add four tablespoonfuls of care
fully boiled rice and serve very hot-
Ladies' Home Journal.
llow to Make I'll I cure nil Butter.
Epicurean butter is served with grill
ed meats, etc. To make it put two
tablespoonfuls of fresh butter in a
small bowl and work into it thorough
ly with the point of a silver kuife a
mixture of cayenne, mixed herb pow
der, minced parsley, lemon juice and
mushroom powder. When tills Is ac
complished, set it on the ice and as
soou as solid stamp it into dainty
pats. Hot these about tiie meut in
serving.
Novel Ammunition.
During the sieges of mediaeval times
it was very common for the beleaguers
to throw from their catapults and oth
er military engines dead bodies of dogs,
swine, together with pieces of horse
flesh and similar carrion into the city
or castle besieged iu order that the de
fenders might by the stench of this
putridity be forced to a surrender.
SIOO REWARD. SIOO
Tiie readers of ilii> puper will lie please'* to
learn that there is at least one dread' dis
ease that science lias lieen able to cure in all
ts stages anil that, is Catarrh. Hall's <'a
tarrli Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity, ('atarr)i
bein£ a constitutional disease, requires a
Constitutional treatment. Mali's Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly up
on the blood and mucous surface of tiie sys
tem. thereby C.estroyinn the foundation of
the disease and giving the patient strength
by building up t he const i tut lon and assist ing
nature in doing tiie work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative powers
that t hey offer One Hundred hollars for any
Case t hat it fails to cure. Send fur list of
Testimonials.
Hold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's family I'ills are the best.
MAKING A NEW TOWN.
What a (ir«*n( Industry 11M* Done In
k V niiN\ I \ a it in.
The town of South Sharon Is a crea
tion of the Sharon Steel company. The
originators of the company about two
years ago purchased over I,OUO acres
south of Sharon, and after selecting
sites for the furnaces and mills laid out
the remainder of the land in lot plans.
The lots have been disposed of with
phenomenal rapidity.
The steel company has under course
of erection IJSO dwellings, to be either
sold or rented, as tenants ina3 - prefer.
There arc? also over 150 other houses
going up in the town. When all the
mills are running, many more homes
will be erected to accommodate work
men, to say nothing of other inhab
itants of the place.
The main streets have been paved
and sewered, and tracks for an electric
car line between the town and Sharon
have been completed. It is likely that
the town will be incorporated as a bor
ough and called Ituhl <'ity, In honor of
the first president of the steel com
pany.
The new town Is now in the midst of
a building boom. The finest building
thus far erected is the four story brick
office structure of the company on a
terrace 2o feet above Broadway, the
main street. The next building of
prominence is the Broadway hotel. In
the business section stores are being
built, another hotel is soon togo up,
and in the residence districts many
handsome homes are being erected.
BrlKht Stnra Not the l.nrKinl.
The amount of light we receive from
tiny star depends upon its distance, its
size and the brilliaucy of its surface. A
faint star far away may therefore be
much larger than one which appears
brighter to us because it is nearer, and
as a matter of fact it is known that some
faint stars have a much larger mass tha*
is, weigh more—than Sirius. ttie bright
est star in the heavens, although this lat
ter star is three times heavier than our
sun.
The Danube flows through countries
in which . r >2 languages and dialects are
spoken. It is 2.000 miles in length and
bears on its current four-fifths of the
Commerce of eastern Europe.
A REPUTATION.
How it was made and retained iu Dan
ville.
A good reputation is not easily earn
ed. and it was only by hard, consistent
work among our citizens that Doan's
Kidney Pills won their way to the
prond distinction attained in this local
ity. The public endorsement of scores
of Danville residents has rendered in
valuable service to the community.
Read what this citizen says
Mr.Levi Alleger of 102 North Spruce
St., says: I bad much lameness in my
back right over my hips and an ever
lasting aching over the kikney. It hung
right to me, and stooping or lifting any
thing caused sharp pains to pass
through me. I had pain lietween my
shoulders and running down my spine
which unfitted me for my work I could
not sleep well nights, and was tired all
the time, especially first thing iu the
morning. 1 read aliout Doan's Kidney
Pills curing others of this trouble and
I got them and after taking them I felt
all right. Toey are the only thing which
ever did me permanent good.
For sale by all dealers Price 50 cts.
Foster Milbnrn Co., Buffalo, N. V., sole
agents for the U. S.
Rememlier the name Doan's and take
no substitute.
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FORGOTTEN.
r A imi* ypar r, r so ago
fibe spurklerl everywhere.
With shi aiders l«r<; and fare
The fairest of lh» fair.
B'p read about her nvnrv day
An havinif been at this or that, ,
At club or tea or ball or play.
Attraction centered where she sat.
A little year or so ago
She swayed a certain set.
Without her functions failed, but, oh.
How quickly we forget!
The men who flocked around hor then
Now flatter othor Kirlg, anil thry
read her name with envy when
She swayed ne'er think of her today.
A preacher Raid some words, and, 10,
A maiden ceasod to be!
The fair one people used to know.
Oh, where, oh, where is she?
There's one who bends with loving jraz*
O'er something small and frail and sweet.
1 wonder if she mourns the days
When all the world was at her feet?
—Chicago Kecord-Herald.
t CARRIAGE* fIY ** I
I THE SCAFfOLD:
In the seaport of Calais, which for
over 100 years was under the power of
the English, there once lived a bache
lor, Josse Dullart, who had come there
to carry on business. He was a native of
Ilaillenl en-I'Tandre, well qualified to se
cure for the London merchants the wool
of which the Flemish weavers make (
their various materials anil to derive
an honest profit from each. Naturally,
because of his commercial subtlety and ;
because of the pleasant and comforta
ble life which came to him in conse
quence, our man became exposed to the
jealousies and 111 will of the other
tradesmen, English for tho most part. 1
lle did not know It, since the hypo
crites allowed nothing to become evi
dent, but, on the contrary, made every
endeavor to present an agreeable ex
terior to him, so as not to compromise
in the least the slight advantages which'
accrued to them through his kindliness.
Nevertheless they decided to ruin him
and to that end contrived a device so
black and so wicked that Sir Satan
klmself in his demoniacal mind could
not have imagined a better. In pursu
ance of the scheme one of them secret
ly concealed in the house of Josse Dul
lart a leather bag containing a sum of
100 llvres sterling in gold crowns. Hav
ing done this, he went to the criminal
magistrate with two comrades as wit
nesses to accuse his colleague of hav
ing robbed him.
At that remote period then? hail not
yet appeared under the canopy of heav
en any of the imptulen .sharpers, slug
gards and swindlers who in the course
of time have shamelessly said and writ
ten that ownership means theft, and
the money earned by some is so much ;
lost by others, with the sole Intent that j
they may pi| everything into confu
sion and be able easily to slip into their;
purses that which is another's.
The world has indeed heard of much
folly and seen many Iniquities, but not
that, and human Justice, which had nev-1
er known of any jesting upon the mat
ter, would have hung their like high i
and in short order, dealing with them
precisely as she would with veritable
robbers.
Who was amazed at seeing the po
liceman of the provostship invade his
home, ransack his coffers and chests, 1
produce from them a sack of gold of
which lie knew nothing and a legal
clerk take down disquieting notes of
the affair in his illegible scrawl? It
was the ill fated I Millart
The poor fellow strove with them In
vain, vowing to God his Innocence, but
words could not prevail against deeds. :
Now, he could not explain how the
sack, the evidence of his crime, had
come Into his possession, whence It fol
lowed that the innocent man was con
demned to the halter as if he had been ,
guilty.
The affair, however, let loose In an
uproar all the devils of Calais. Think
of It —a great merchant, with a house
of his own, convicted of common lar
ceny, like a vulgar rascal!
In the end the populace, while it
was not privy to the plot laid by a half
dozen arrant rogues, was nevertheless
not mistrustful. It rather Inclined in
favor of the pitiable citizen of Itallleu
lols. This without taking into consid
eration the peasants on the outskirts
of the town, who were French, not hav
ing been expelled from their tireside
by the conquerors, as had been the j
jKjor commoners of the city, and who
hated all the English within their bor-:
ders.
So it may be said that the throng
which swarmed about the streets and
crossways on the day when Dullart j
was to be taken to the gibbet entertain
ed more compassion for hbn than deri
sion, above all, if you take into ac
count the fact that he was young, good
In every respect and of a prepossessing
appearance.
From the jail to the gallows Josse
walked with bowed head by the side
of a priest, who enjoined him to re
joice that he was about to pass into at
better world, lit; did not glance at a
single person, so great was the shame |
he felt on account of the filthy mischief
«>f which he was accused. It was only
when he had ascended the first rounds
of the fatal ladder, having the cord i
about his neck, that below the soldiers
grouped around the base of the gibbet, I
lie perceived the crowd and recognized
among them a fair young woman for
whom in happier days he had conceiv
ed a tender and violent passion.
At the sight of her he experienced a
yet more poignant sorrow at leaving so
soon and so painfully an existence
from which he had expected to derive
such delicate felicities. And then, im
pelled by a sudden reminiscence and
by a natural instinct for preservation,
he began to cry out with ail liia might:
",L<oyse, Loyse, by God the l ather, j
the Son and the Holy Ghost, I adjure
you! Save my life, claim me in mar
riage."
The girl stood there trembling with
emotion among her companions. Hear
ing herself thus addressed by name by
the prisoner, she became convulsed
with agitation; almost unconsciously,
half moved by pity, half incited by
her neighbors, she approached the gib
bet without the police daring to pre
vent her.
"Oh, Loyse," repeated the prisoner
nrd< inly. "I am innocent. I swear It
by my eternal salvation! Demand me
in marriage, and you will have saved
my life!"'
She did not know one word to say,
she had so lost her senses, but she ex
tended her hand, which the poor devil
seized with avidity. Seeing this, the
people in all direction began to roar:
"A marriage, a marriage! She has
claimed him! Cut the cord, hangman;
cut it. cut it!"
The executioner (lid not cut the rope,
but he let it drop, undecided as to what
was most expedient for him to do, and
as the crowd continued to bellow and
even become threatening the officer of
the provostship, judging it an oppor
tune time for a delay, led the condemn
ed man back into his cell in order to
submit his peculiar case to the law.
And the people dispersed content, be
lieving the man from that moment to
be saved.
Hut the stealthy cats did not so eas
ily let go one whom they held in their
claws. They had a man to be hanged,
a pretty little man. a man over whose
hanging they licked their lips, and
here how people pretended that he
was taken out of their grasp! And
why, I ask you? Cnder the most fool
ish of pretexts, iu the name of some ri
diculous custom, some illegal pretense
which granted grace, full, free and im
mediate, to any condemned man whom
a woman declared in public to desire
in lawful wedlock. Who ever had
heard of an equal subterfuge?
Hut. all, traditional or written, ti.
law is the law, and the case in ques
tion had to be elucidated! Unwillingly
rather than willingly they opened an
inquest upon the matter in hand to
learn whether or not so unreasonable
a usage had ever at any period had
power by law, which Inquest finally es
tablished that no similar case had been
presented since the time of the con
quest in Calais, but that previous to
that date there had been many such
cases, more particularly in Flanders
and in Artols than in I'icardy.
In consideration of these indecisive
conclusions the enemies of Dullart urg
ed the magistrates to override the law,
and the magistrates (lid not demur. It
was the governor who placed an ob
stacle before them ill view of public
opinion, which had become greatly agi
tated over a controversy which had
at stake the life of a man made in the
image of God. Suddenly that dignitary
called to mind the example of prudence
offered of yore to the world by that
worthy magistrate l'oiitius I'ilate in
order that lie might avoid thrusting
his own linger between the tree and
its bark. In place of announcing his
fears in public he appealed to 11is mas
ter, King Edward, the fourth of that
name, to decide the matter according to
his own good pleasure.
The monarch judiciously estimated
that one man more or less upon the gal
lows was of small value iu enhancing
his glory and bespoke clemency for the
case under consideration. lie ordained
then that the old usages should be con
formed with and that full pardon be
awarded the condemned man, under
the condition, be it well understood,
that the solicitor of his love hold him
duly to his engagement.
So it came to pass that the good Josse
had the rare and marvelous fortune to
espouse a gentle and well favored maid
en after the approved fashion instead
of the cold and grimacing death and
to be indebted to his wife for that
which ordinarily men owe to their
mothers only that is to say, his life.
A similar occurrence took place a
short time afterward unexpectedly at
the city of Koueii. As a certain thief,
a native of Hautvilliers. was conduct
ed to his fate, a loud old woman step
pod out of the crowd below and declar
ed that she desired him in marriage.
The prisoner, astonished, considered a
moment; then, remarking that the
aforesaid person was a homely hag,
shook his head and pursued his way to
the gallows, observing to the execu
tioner:
"The wench, I don't want her!"
And in a moment lie was wedded to
the gallows.—Chicago Tribune.
t«» the Wolvex.
For sheer melodrama the English
jewel robber Houghton's arrest would
be hard to beat. After his last big dia
mond theft he was traced to West
Hromwich and thence led the detect
ives a dance over the country. At last
when the pursuers were hard on his
heels he dashed into a traveling men
agerie which was exhibiting just out
side Hiriniiigliam. There lie found one
of the attendants fastening up a van
cage containing a pair of large gray
wolves. He tlung the man on one side
and opened the cage, shutting himself
in with the beasts and daring any one
to fetch him out. The strange thing
was that the wolves, which the propri
etor had always considered the most
dangerous animals in the show, took no
notice whatever of the fugitive, but
showed great ill temper toward the
keeper and a constable, who had great
difficulty iii dragging Houghton out.
\ qnmtlan (it Location.
"I thought, count, that you were a
dead shot?"
"I am."
"And yet, though you said you would
shoot your adversary through the
heart, you hit him in the foot."
"It was an error of judgment. I
thought his heart was in liis boots; It
turned out to be in his mouth." —i-ion.-
doii Telegraph.l
1J0AI) MAINTENANCE.
KEEP THE SURFACE FREE FROM
HOLES AND RUTS.
]'ro|i«*r I se of the It«»<i«l
ll«»;ii«* mude Machine—frowning th«
II Si way—AIIKIC of Side SloyoN,
l'r«*|>arii«K For Winter.
The chief object in the maintenance
of an earth road is to get rid of the wa
ter as quickly and as fully as possible.
In maintenance, as in construction, wa
ter Is the great enemy of good
The secret of success in maintenance
is to keep the surface smooth and the
side ditches open, says Professor Ira
O. r'eiker in Illinois experiment station
bulletin.
There are several niacliines or devices
•which are very effective In filling the
ruts and depressions and In keeping the
surface smooth. Different tools are
best under different conditions. The
writer has seen a heavy stick of tim
ber shod with a steel plate and drawn
by two horses used for this purpose
with great success. He has also seen
a railroad rail so used. The rail Is usu
ally 14 or 10 feet long and is drawn by
| four horses. When the ground is mel
low and loose after freezing and thaw
ing. the rail will smooth the road down
i nicely and do it more rapidly than the
road machine, since it cuts a wider
swath. One round trip is sufficient for
any road. The time when the work is
most advantageously done is compara
tively limited, and therefore one rail
should not be expected to cover too
much road.
In the late spring, after the ground
has settled, the roads should be pre
pared for summer travel by being shap
ed up with the road machine or road
grader. When this work is to be done,
the ground is comparatively dry, and
consequently the heavier road scraper
is required and can be handled on the
roads. It is somewhat unfortunate
that this tool is ordinarily called a road
grader, since the name has possibly
led to a misconception sis to an impor
tant use of the machine. As an instru
ment of road construction this machine
is used to give a crown to the road, but
as an instrument of maintenance it
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rori; HOUSE LOAD.
should be used only to smooth the sur
face and restore the original crown.
Apparently some operators assume that
the machine is not to be used except to
increase the crown of the road. Em
ployed in this way the crown is made
too great, and a big ridge of loose earth
is left in the middle of the road which
only slowly consolidates and which is
likely to be washed into the side ditch
es to make trouble there. Since the in
troduction of the road machine there
has developed a strong tendency to in
crease the crown of the road unduly.
Doubtless the object is to secure better
drainage of the roadbed, but piling tip
the earth is an inadequate substitute
for tile drainage. Side slopes steeper
than just enough to turn the water into
the side ditches are a detriment.
In smoothing the road the road ma
chine should be run over the ground
lightly so as to smooth down the ridges
and till up the ruts. Only enough earth
should be moved toward the center of
the roadway to replace that washed
down by the rains. The blade should
stand nearly square across the road,
and considerable earth should be shov
ed along in front of the blade so as to
have enough loose earth to till any de
pressions. The surplus earth should
be evenly distributed along on the sur
face.
This work should be done early, be
fore the ground becomes hard and diffi
cult to work and before traffic lias been
compelled partially to do the work of
the road leveler and while the surface
is in condition to unite with the loose
earth left by the machine. Unfortu
nately this work is often postponed until
the ground is so hard that it is impos
sible to do a thoroughly good job. If
the ground is a little too wet for agri
cultural tillage, it is all the better for
roadmaking, since it will pack better
than though it were drier. During the
summer, if the road becomes very bad
ly rutted, the road machine should be
run lightly over It.
In the summer when the roads get
roughed up they can be materially im
proved at small expense by running
over them with a harrow having the
teeth do »vn quite flat.
Finally, during the fall the roads
should be repaired with special refer
ence to getting them into good shape
for the winter. Any saucerlike depres
sion or ruts should be tilled with earth
like that of the roadbed. The mate
rial should be solidly tamped Into
place. Holes and ruts should never be
filled with stone, bricks or coarse grav
el. The hard material will not wear
uniform with the rest of the road, but
produce bumps and ridges and usually
result in making two holes, each larger
than the original one. It is a bad prac
tice to cut a gutter from a hole to drain
It to the skle of the road. Filling it is
the proper course, whether the hole is
dry or contains mud. The holes most
requiring attention are found at the
end of bridges and along the sides of
small wooden box culverts.
The Weekly Got There Hurl jr.
Foundation is a new t.wn tip In tb«
Ka lispell county of Mjatana, where
the new gold belt Is beirg unbuckled,
"l is a very n w town Indeed -barely
three month': old, but It has a weekly
paper already In the West Fishei Ga
zette. which was started .vitliin a
month after the rush to the camp be
gan. Maybe trade follows the flag; cer
tainly. anyway, the press follows the
crowd speedily nowadays.
Whiskey Medicines.
The temperance press is emphasizing
the danger to the home in the use of "
medicines" which are loaded with
whiskey or alcohol. In this respect, as
well as in the remarkable character of
their cures, Dr. Pierce's medicines
differ from other preparations. Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
'Favorite Prescription" contain no
alcohol, whiskey or other intoxicant,
and are equally free from opium, eo
caine and other narcotics. Every family
should have a copy of the People's
Common Sense Medical Adviser, sent
absolutely free, on receipt of stamps to
pay expenses of mailing only. Send 21
one-cent stamps for the book in paper
covers, or HI stamps for cloth binding.
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo N. Y.
THE MOSQUITO PEST.
Method* of a New Jersey Town to
Get Kid of a Nuisance.
The Village Improvement society of
| South Orange, N. J., lias started in sys
tematically to abolish the mosquito. In
i a r« « ent Interview the chairman of the
committee explained tin - method adopt
' ed. He said:
"Our work is only preliminary as yet.
Pr. <>. 0.-Howard, chief entomologist
; of the United States agricultural de
partment, issued a pamphlet in which
i he . aid that any community might rid
itself of mosquitoes if it took the right
j means and was energetic and pera I st
ent.
'•The improvement society had some
trmsptjiideiice with l>r. Howard on
i the subject, and finally, realizing that
the individual co-operation of every
| lioc-ehohh-r was required, we arranged
! for a lecture by I)r. Howard.
"In the first place, you can't have
1 mosquitoes unless you have water,
i Without standing water there will be
i no mosquitoes.
I"The question of drainage is impor
; taut, and if a lowland is drained a per
| matte nt Improvement is effected. Three
: fourths of the property owners having
! lowlands have started to drain them,
and the others are about to follow the
\ example.
"Then, we have bought some oil, which
two men. going about the village with
a cart, have used to cover all the stand
ing water. In about five days they
emptied ten barrels of oil. This opera
! tion will be repeated in about a week
; and again at intervals thereafter of
l about three weeks.
"Oil itself will kill the mosquitoes
which alight on the water and will kill
j the wrigglers, which have to come up
j to the surface of the water every few
minutes to obtain air. We have been
: fortunate in finding tin enthusiastic
; ally in the local inspector of the board
of health. a;,d he has practically taken
charge of the work for us.
"After taking care of the standing
water we have begun impressing the
importance of the work upon lndlvid
| "als. Cesspools are responsible for
millions of mosquitoes. It is the same
j with cisterns, but there is no necessity
• for cisterns now that there is a public
1 water supply. A pint of oil is all that
is necessary In it cesspool to kill off
whole communities and generations of
I mosquitoes.
"We have Interested people in the
j poorer sections of the town by giving
I the oil away. We select some one in a
! central section and make him the cus
todian. As the fluid used is not illu
minating oil, we are not afraid that it
will be diverted to u u\s other than that
to which it is intended. We use what
is called fuel oil.
"Rainwater barrels are a prolific
source of propagation, and we have
found that four broods of mosquitoes,
averaging 5,000 a brood, is the result
of one rainwater barrel.
"Of course mosquitoes can breed in
water tanks, flush tanks and even in
the traps In plumbing. We advise peo
ple to protect themselves from the mos
quitoes by inclosing water tanks with
netting.
"We are confident of local relief and
perhaps of immunity from mosquitoes,
and we are encouraged, not only with
the slight results we have bad, but
with the cordial co-operation on the
part of the public.
"In ponds where it is not deemed ad
visable to spread oil it is best to stock
with fish. The ordinary sunfish is very
fond of mosquitoes and will clear out
a pond in excellent shape."
The creditors of the Duke of Man
chester are to accept 12s. Gd. on the
pound. Papa Zimmerman drove a close
bargain, and the creditors had little
choice in the matter. Thus are Amerl
can money and enterprise ruining th«
British trade.
REDUCED KATES TO THE SE
SHORE.
Annual Low-Rate Excursions to Atlantic
City, etc., via Pennsylvania Railroad,
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged for three low-rate ten-day
excursions for the present season from
North Bend. Troy, Bellefoute, William
sport, Mocanaqna, Sunbury. Shen
andoah. Dauphin, and principal inter
mediate stations (including stations on
branch roads), to Atlantic City, Cape
May. < >cean City, Sea Isle City. Avalon.
Anglesea. Wihlwood, or Holly Beach,
on Thursday, August s and 22. 1901.
Excursion tickets, good to return by
regular trains within ten days, will be
sold at very low rates. Tickets to At
lantic City will be sold via the Delaware
River Bridge Route, the only all railline,
or via Market street Wharf, Philadel
phia.
Stop over can be had at Philadelphia,
either going or returning, within limit
of ticket
For information, in reguard tospecilic
rates and time of trains consult hand
bills, or apply to agents', or E. S. Harr
ar. Division Ticket Agent. William
sport. Pa.
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112 CO P[R TOW
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Subscription to Montoui
American SI.OO per year.
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LOUISIANA ROADS.
Their I'renciit Condition Prevent®
Stute Development.
Hon. F. C. Blacksher, a planter and
large real estate owner of Robeline,
La., in a recent interview in the New
Orleans Times-Democrat on the road
question said:
"I tliink bad roads are the greatest
drawback to this parish—in fact, are
the stumbling blocks to immigration.
I have had many men visit me and
go over my lands with a view of pur
chasing. but after traveling over the
roads would give up the idea of I'liv
ing, saying that the roads were of such
a nature that the difficulty of market
ing the crops would be too much of an
item. They would, therefore, leave our
parish and seek some country where
the roads were better."
lie further said that to maintain the
roads in good condition in that parish
would i>e a very small item compared
to the breakage and increase amount
of team, to say nothing of the time
and labor lost ingoing over the roads
in their present condition to and from
the different markets. He believed
that good roads would induce immigra
tion and benefit the people more than
anything else, lie is a lirm advocate
of the state fixing by statute some
i mode of bettering the present condition
of the public roads through this sec
tion of the state. He is of the opin
ion that the bad loads are now holding
the state back and advocates the adop
tion of some method to better their
condition at once. "No one knows the
difficulty the people experience iu go
ing to and from the markets during a
wet season unless lie were togo out
in the country himself and see the
conditions. Yes, you may say I favor
anything that will tend to benefit the
present condition of the public roads."
' THE REVIEWER.
=~
By taking £lO worth of trouble you
can now have $2 worth of unused reve
nue stamps redeemed.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
The connection between sanity and
red liair deserves investigation. Out
of 2<h) patients in one asylum only one
is red haired and only four are blondes.
| —Providence Journal,
i American macaroni made from Amer
ican wheat by Americans and by an
i American process is to be one of the
; slogans of the industrial battle upon
which the United States is now enter
ing.—Chicago liecord-llerald.
We never hear of hazing at an In
dian school. The Indian pupils are
savages who are striving to become civ
ilized. The white students, many of
them, are civilized humans who are
striving to become savages.—Denver
I'ost.
About $r,00.000,000 has been collected
in the last two years by the special
war taxes. They were all little bits of
taxes, but 1 and 2 cent collections from
L'ucle Sam's big family of 70,000,000
count up fast and large.—New York
World.
This is the age of electricity. But
who is the inventor whose genius will
discover a way to prevent the occa
sional breaks and interruptions in the
currents which are now at the front of
| modern progress and are changing the
face of the world?— New York Tribune.
NOTICE OF INQUISITION.
IN* THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, OF
MONTOI • u Cor NT v NO 3 .Tr nk
TERM 1901.1N PARTITION.
Theodore Doster and Agnes B. Doster
his Wife, in Right of Said Wife,
Harry Latimere and Elizabeth Lati
mere his Wife, in Right of Said
Wife, SarahC. Johnston. Mary A.
Johnston, and Samuel Johnston,
Plaintiffs.
VS.
Isaiah Hilkert, William Hilkert. John
Hilkert, Eleanor J. Hilkert, Mary
M. Hilkert, Richard Moser and Eve
line Moser, his Wife, in Right of
Said Wife, and William Cleveland,
Defendants.
Tn William Cleveland,
(tue of The Defendants Ahoie-Named.
You are hercliy duly notified that I»y Vir
tue of l lie writ of part it ion in the aliovc pro
ceeding to rue directed, an In<iuisit ion will
lie held on the premises therein descrilied
situate in the Third \V:ir<l of the Itoroutrh of
Danville in t he County of Montour and Mate
of Pennsylvania, on Krldii}', Sr|itriiilicr
'ioili. I art I. at eleven oVIocU in I lie fore
noon of tIK said day, to ascertain and in
quire. anions ot her "things whether the said
premises can lie p;ii t» d and divided without
prejudice to or spoiling the whole thereof,
or otherwise to value and appraise the same;
where and when you may attend if you deem
proper.
M. ItItECK 1i11,1,. Sheriff.
W.M. J.BAI.DY.
KIIWAUD SAYHK OEAUII AHT.
Counsel.
Sheriff's ofllce hanville, I'a. Inly I'.'tli.
1901.
ANNUAL REPORT.
J. H. Shultz, Treasurer, in account
with the Valley Township School
Board for the year ending .lune
30th. 1901.
I>K.
To State appropriation $ tMil 2fi
To Bui. from last year.. 4DN -11
Received from collectors 4i>
From other sources. 2s
Total (M>
CIS.
Teachers wages $1470 U>
\mount paid teachers at In>litut> 52 50
Text IMIOKS !IS IM
Supplies . 54 H7
Fuel, etc s2
Fees of collector and treasurer lis 48
Secretary's salary and postage 2ti M
Other expenses tUi 01
Total sumo *7
Itulance in hands of treasurcr.... s 279 29
V K. SI Hi.El.' crctary.
pVKt't TOU'S Mi l l) K.
KSTATK OF.I At 'OB MOSKU, HF( l>.
I.etters testamentary on the estate of
Jacoli Moser. late of l.ilierty Township. Mon
tour County. Pennsylvania, deceased, have
lieeii granted to the undersigned, to whom
all persons indented 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'KTEK It. MOSKU. i .. . ,
.lA<o|{ p.. Mt is IK. i ut °rs.
June 27. t!HH.
Y>'HMSTKATOH> VOTICK.
Estate of George W. steinman. Lab
of Perry Township. Montour County
Pennsylvania, deceased.
\.'l ire is hereby sivi n that letter of Ad
millislt'.'ition upon tin* :tlx>vc Stati 1 have
ltr;illl«*<i to 1 h«» iimltTNiirncd. All persons in
lii'htnl to tln» said I.slate, ait required t<
inakf payment, and thus** 11 asi MLT claims or
demands against the said estale. will make
known tlii k same without delay to
LEVI MOSER,
Adniijiisit ator
HALI'M Kisx I:<{.
Attorney.
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A IKI \'S \OTICK.
Instate of Wellington Hartinan. 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
min c : :'it ion II pon t he a hove estate have been
"t-..nt -i i i the tie iL^ncd. \|| persons in
.1 t.i t!• "lm reijnired to titnke
vent. ml th'-se .. 1: . ■i i• n-• or de
••lands ngaitisl .!;•• ■ ■.•l « .i f • vviil make
1111 II the 5a.,... wiMj c.it. ... i.. . to
At • ! i \". 11 i : .Ml \
\dmlais|ratrix oi \V> llnu'ton
ilartiii.'in, l-etcasrd.
1". I ' Address, (irovam: , IVDUH
EMVAISI) SAVUtIitARHjIItT, t'outlhll.